It’s not every day the princesses
pass all their responsibilities on to your and your friends.
You wanted to boost Twilight’s confidence,
so you brought back Chrysalis, Cozy Glow, and Tirek to attack her?
Discord was Grogar?
You’ve been setting up challenges for us the whole time, haven’t you?
My bad.
The ultimate battle for the fate of Equestria
is coming!
We’ll hold ‘em til you get back.
Fly, you foal!
And now for your complete destruction!
Won't that be fun?!
Patience Cozy.
Destruction is so...
permanent.
We need to show the rest of Equestria
that we’ve broken their heroes first.
Besides,
we should have fun with our guests.
No!
We should hunt down Twilight Sparkle.
As long as she’s out there she’s dangerous.
Is that big strong minotaur
that scared of one little pony?
Relax. It’s not like her friends are going anywhere.
The fools brought the remains of my throne to Canterlot
to protect themselves.
Those shards block their magic.
Careful. Too close and the shards cancel even our powers.
But on this side of the cavern,
we’re the most powerful beings in Equestria.
Thanks to Grogar’s Bell.
Isn’t that right...
Grogar?
What are you doing?
You saw what happened
when you tried to take Discord’s chaos magic.
Yea, but there’s alicorn princess magic in there now too!!
I could be so much more powerful if I just could have-
What do you mean you could be?
Um... hello?
I'm the best one of all of us. Nobody seems to be-
What are you talking about?!
The best at what?
This is really bad.
We gotta find Twilight.
She’s probably already figured some way to defeat those monsters.
Any idea how we get out of here to do that?
Too sticky.
There’s no way anypony could get through this.
I’m so sorry.
It made so much sense in my head.
Twilight defeats her worst enemies
and is filled with confidence.
I truly did have the best intentions.
I swear I’ll make it up to you.
That’s gonna need to be a pretty epic make up.
Stay away from the bell!
You pest!
None of us can use the alicorn’s magic
until we figure out how to handle
that fool’s ridiculous chaos magic.
I could always tell you how.
It would give you power over all reality.
But you’d have to ask nicely
and spare my friends.
No Discord! This isn’t the way to help!
Discord, could you please-?
Threats are more my speed.
Speak!
He’s lying.
He won’t tell us.
I certainly won’t tell you
after the way you lied to me last time we teamed up
you musclebound cretin.
This “cretin” could destroy you before you blink
so choose your words carefully.
You’re right.
Cretin is too polite.
How about "pathetic centaur
who uses magic to compensate for the fact that deep down
he’s afraid he’ll never be enough to please dear old Dad,
King Vorak"?
You missed!
Did he though?
Get her!
Get Twilight!
No way! She's always needed you guys!
Find Twilight.
We may not have our magic but we aren’t completely helpless.
We’ll hold them off as long as we can.
That was a pretty epic make up.
Just save Equestria!
And keep Fluttershy safe!
Why are you out in the open?
Hide!!
Where is everypony?
The unicorns have been gathering in Celestia’s School of Magic
ever since the attack.
That’s where I was headed when I saw you!
What about earth ponies and pegasi?
It’s everypony for themselves.
That ain’t right.
Well you can all stand out here and debate.
I’m going where I’m safe.
Chrysalis was telling the truth.
They really have turned ponies against each other.
Everypony’s scared, that’s all.
We just need to get to Ponyville and find Twilight pronto.
She’ll know how to set things right.
Please, stay calm!
I know it seems bad.
But there’s no need to panic!
Give us one good reason not to!!
Because Ponyville’s own heroes of Equestria
are here to save us!
Where’d all these ponies come from?
Earth ponies been pourin in looking for somewhere safe.
We don’t have unicorn magic to protect us
or a city in the sky to hide in like those cowardly pegasi.
Cowardly?!
They’re blocking Cloudsdale!
Said they don’t want any “grounded” ponies
up in their business!
Listen up buddy-
Don’t! That’s exactly what Chrysalis and the others want.
More fighting.
We know you’re scared!
We’re here to help!
Oh, you better fix this!
Twilight’s probably as worried as everypony else
and tryin to find somewhere safe.
That’s why I was sure she’d be waitin for us in Ponyville.
Where else could she be?
I know where Twilight is!
Oh! Thank Celestia you’re all alright.
She’s upstairs.
It’s not good.
You’re here?
I was so worried.
Where are the princesses?
They put up a crazy fight
so we could escape and find you!
Mission Accomplished!
Now let's save Equestria!
They made a terrible mistake.
You all did.
From the second I got away
I’ve been searching every book, scroll and spell
for a way to rescue you and stop Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy.
But I haven’t found anything.
I’ve failed.
You’ll come up with something.
We can’t save Equestria without you!
You all escaped without my help.
You didn’t need me then,
so why would anypony need me now?
We know things look bad,
but we’ve been in tough spots before and we always-
Look around! Nothing we’ve ever done has mattered.
Sombra? Returned and destroyed the Tree of Harmony.
Chrysalis? Tirek? Cozy Glow?
Returned and more powerful than ever.
The School of Friendship? Shut down.
Everypony in Equestria is so blinded by fear,
they can’t remember what friendship is.
Nothing we do makes any difference.
But, we're still free and together!
And it’s not like things can get any worse!
Haven’t we learned never to say that by now?
The Windigos!
That’s just a Hearth’s Warming Eve Story.
Creatures made of wind
that spread cold and misery across the land
to punish ponies?
Seems pretty real to me!
Let the pegasi deal with this!
There’s nothing we can do except hide!
That’s enchanted wind!
We can’t control it.
And we can’t rely on those snooty unicorns for any help.
Build up the cloudbank!
We’ll try to block it!
What about everypony down below?
They’re on their own.
We all are.
Fortify the shields around the school of magic.
We need to protect ourselves.
It’s all we can do.
We have to do something!
I’ve already done enough.
You want the truth Twilight?
Bad things happen!
No matter what you do,
there’s never gonna be a time when everything’s perfect.
But that don’t mean you quit tryin.
What if I make things worse?!
Ever since Celestia told me I was taking over
I’ve been gaining confidence.
Then I find out it’s all a lie.
Equestria has been falling apart around us
and I didn’t even notice!
What kind of princess does that make me?
I’m scared.
I probably know more about being scared than anypony.
But thanks to all of you,
I’ve learned I’m always less scared when I’m with my friends.
If we’re facing impossible odds,
we’re facing them together!
It’s what we always do darling.
But we’re on our own
and we have no idea what to do!
That’s true pretty much every time
something terrible is about to happen.
We don’t have the Elements of Harmony anymore.
How can you all be so calm about this?
Because,
even if you don’t believe you can do this,
we do.
We believe in you.
In us.
The truth is, all our lives
wouldn’t be the same if we hadn’t met.
We’re better off because of our friendship with you.
So when you say you haven’t made a difference,
that’s just not true.
You’ve made a big difference.
To us.
Thank you.
Sometimes, even the Princess of Friendship needs a reminder
that there’s more to the Magic of Friendship
than rainbow lasers.
Although that part is pretty cool.
We still need a plan.
That sounds like the pony I used to foal-sit for.
Count us in!
No. You need to stay here and protect Flurry Heart.
If we don’t...
If things don’t work out, she’s Equestria’s last hope.
Okay. Three of our worst villains have taken over,
powered up by ancient magic.
Everypony in Equestria is so scared and divided
that the Windigos are circling
and it’s up to us to fix it all.
What are we gonna do, Twilight?
The same thing we do everytime, Pinkie.
Try to save the world.
Every prisoner is safely in their cells.
Now we can hunt down the rest of the-
Windigos!?
I’m not hunting anypony d-d-d-d-down in this weather!
Can’t we magically get rid of them and w-w-warm things up?
I don’t think we should.
This could work out quite well for me.
You mean us!
The harsh weather is the final blow
to break the ponies’ spirits.
Once Equestria is a frozen wasteland,
we’ll use our magic to destroy those windy beasts.
Ponies will be so grateful, they’ll do whatever I want.
The Windigos are ancient magic.
It would be unwised to leave them unchecked.
Best we'd deal with them now.
We probably should deal with Twilight and her friends
before anything else.
I thought it was too cold for you to hunt anypony down?
We don’t need to.
They're right there!
You think they know we’re here?
I’d say they have an idea.
That bell has Discord, Celestia and Luna’s magic inside.
If they use it against us-
Discord’s magic is so chaotic
he’s the only one who can use it.
You just can’t accept
that you were beaten before you even realized
there was a fight, can you?
You can’t beat us if we never give up.
As long as I have my friends by my side
- I’ll put my faith in Friend- - Ugh!
Can we get on with this please?
We need to get that bell
and get Discord and the princesses their magic back!
Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, you’re with me.
Sweet!
- I’ll grab that bell in ten seconds- - No.
We're the distraction.
They’re gonna get the bell.
Come out! Come out wherever you are!
There!
Step right up evil fillies and gentlevillains!
Try your luck!
Missed me!
Close but no cherry chimichanga!
Thanks for playing!
Do they have to be so annoying!?
Not annoying...
Distracting!
Now, now Professor.
We all know you’re not the fast one.
Enough!
Or the dragon’s wings get plucked!
Please! Don’t hurt him!
Don’t worry about me!
Just save-
Turns out that
the "magic" of friendship is your biggest weakness.
A fitting end to your pathetic story.
No matter what, we face it together.
What happened? Can I open my eyes?
Y'sure can!
Way to go Twilight!
It’s not me!
Don’t let them escape!
Which ones?
The changelings won’t fool them forever.
And I don’t know how long the unicorn’s shield will hold.
I don’t understand.
How are you all here?
That’s kinda our fault.
You know those long lectures about friendship
you gave at School?
We all know the story of Hearth’s Warming Eve!
We can defeat the Windigos together!
You really think if we all sing a couple songs
everything will be fine?
It’s not just singing that saved the founders of Equestria.
It’s what it represented.
Earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi becoming friends.
We learned at Twilight’s School
that friendship is the most powerful magic there is.
Focusing on our differences keeps us divided.
Villains and creatures like the Windigos
use that division against us.
Yaks strong. Ponies strong.
But yaks and ponies stronger together!
Yaks must be loyal to pony friends!
I know helping other creatures by being
kind and generous sounds lame.
But I’ve seen how powerful it can be!
Playing together,
singing together, even laughing together.
That's what real heroes looks like.
Were we really happy by ourselves at the bottom of the ocean?
Be honest!
It’s the ponies that showed us a better way!
They’ve taught us how powerful
love and the magic of friendship truly is.
We can’t let them stand alone!
We’re their friends. They need us.
How ‘bout that.
It’s just like you said the day we opened that school.
The more creatures who know about friendship,
the safer we’ll be.
We told you you had it all figured out!
Enough!
Because of you I almost lost my way.
But every creature here has reminded me of
the true power of friendship.
There will always be darkness in the world.
But there will also always be those who find the light.
The Pillars knew this.
That’s why they created the Elements of Harmony.
The Elements showed me and my friends
how strong our friendship could be.
Together we worked to bring harmony to Equestria.
But there will always be more to do.
Which is why we teach others about the magic of friendship.
Others who will continue our mission after we are gone.
Now I truly understand.
The elements were just symbols.
The real magic has always been right here.
And the more who understand how powerful friendship is,
the stronger we will all be.
Together.
This is bad, isn’t it.
You think friendship will save you!?
We will always return!
Nothing will ever stop-
Chocolate Rain?
Don’t look at me!
Pinkie! You took Discord’s magic from the bell?!
How do you feel?
Hmmm... Tingly. Itchy.
Also like...
I COULD TRANSFORM THE COSMOS
SO EVERYTHING IS MADE OF ICING!!!!!
Perhaps maybe I should...?
Waiter! There’s some chaos in my soup...
There isn’t a punishment worthy of all you’ve done.
Oh! That does seem fitting.
May I help?
Please?
Together forever.
I can’t think of anything that they would want less!
When I sent you to Ponyville, I had high hopes.
When you became Princess of Friendship,
I knew I made the right choice.
But nothing could prepare me for how proud I am right now.
Equestria is definitely in the right hooves.
You are ready.
You know what? I think I am.
Thank goodness.
A first question your highness,
what do we do with all these creatures?
We’re gonna need a lot more chairs for the coronation!
Actually, as ruler of Equestria,
I’d like to postpone the coronation for awhile.
At least until the castle’s rebuilt.
Besides, there’s something we need to do first.
The post-apocalyptic donuts.
- Interesting choice. - I know.
But there’s going to be plenty of time
for all the challenges and struggles and adventures to come.
For now I just want to spend a quiet moment
with the six best friends I’ve ever had.
Well, mostly quiet.
It’s like the end of an era.
Or the beginning of an even more awesome era!
All I know is that whatever comes next
is going to be perfect.
How do you know that?
With you guys by my side,
how could it not?
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