Don't You Forget About Us

Don't You Forget About Us is the fourteenth story arc of IDW Publishing's, spanning issues #38 and #39. In the story, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Snips, and Snails become lost in the mountains during a class field trip.

Issue #38
Cheerilee takes her class of foals on a nature hike through the Foal Mountains, with Applejack and Rarity among those chaperoning. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon are uninterested in viewing nature, but when Cheerilee offers a week of no homework to the first pony who spots a rare species of bird called the Turul, they quickly change their tune.

As the hike leads into a particularly twisted mountain path, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo get separated from the rest of the group looking for the Turul. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon follow after them, eager to win a week of no homework, and Snips and Snails shortly afterward. Their pursuit of the Turul soon leads to them getting lost, and they can't remember the way they came.

The bossy Diamond Tiara quickly takes charge and starts walking in what she believes to be the right direction, and Apple Bloom suggests following so they don't get separated. However, the path leads them into unfamiliar territory, and even Silver Spoon admits that Diamond Tiara is going the wrong way. Unable to come to an agreement—especially due to Diamond Tiara's arrogance—the group cries out for help. Apple Bloom suggests staying put and letting the others find them, but their cries for help attract the attention of a ferocious bear. With a bit of teamwork, the foals manage to give the bear the slip.

As a result of being chased by the bear, the group becomes even more lost than before. Apple Bloom comes up with another idea for Sweetie Belle, Snips, and Snails to combine their unicorn magic and send the rest of the hike group a distress signal. Unfortunately, their combined magic fizzles out, and Diamond Tiara provides little help with her constant ridiculing. She suggests that Scootaloo fly up high enough to spot the others from above, but this plan also fails due to Scootaloo's trouble with flying.

Fed up with Diamond Tiara's snobbishness, the Crusaders, Snips, and Snails go off on their own in search of rescue; even Silver Spoon leaves her behind. Left on her own, Diamond Tiara soon gives in and races to catch up, but she trips and falls over the side of the path, dangling from a tree branch. As the other foals try to save her, Apple Bloom falls over the edge as well, and the issue ends with both Apple Bloom and Diamond Tiara in cliffhanging danger.

Quotes

 * Rarity: Are you sure this is safe?
 * Applejack: For crying out loud, Rarity! Of course it's safe.
 * Rarity: I can't even tell where we're going and look how high those cliffs are!
 * Applejack: It's fine! Us Apples have a perfect sense of direction. And we are not going that high up.


 * Rarity: I don't know how I let you talk me into chaperoning this field trip, Sweetie Belle!
 * Sweetie Belle: Because you're my sister and you love me. And when Applejack signed up you felt guilty.
 * Rarity: Right.


 * Apple Bloom: Oh no, I think we might be lost!
 * Diamond Tiara: Ugh! So much for the Apples' perfect sense of direction.


 * Apple Bloom: None of this looks familiar.
 * Sweetie Belle: We are not heading in the right direction!
 * Silver Spoon: I hate to admit it, but I think the blank flanks are right.
 * Scootalooo: Yeah, this was a dumb decision.
 * Diamond Tiara: Do any of you geniuses have a better idea?


 * Snips: We're going to be free! No rules! No ponies telling us what to do! We're free!
 * Snails: We are the mountain kings!


 * Apple Bloom: Did you actually want Scootaloo to help us get out of here, or did you just want to see her fail?
 * Diamond Tiara: Maybe a little bit of both.
 * Apple Bloom: Unbelievable! We're lost in the mountains. We don't know if anypony is looking for us. It's going to be night soon. And there are bears running around! And your biggest concern is still making fun of us?