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Previously….

"Ooommm MY GOODNESS! I CAN'T HANDLE THIS!"

"Nothing is working."

"I just have to get it together."

"This is your friendship festival! Everypony's happiness rests in your hooves."

"Worrying about the friendship festival again?"

"Everypony is depending on me to give them the best friendship festival possible!"

"Twilight. You are letting that get to your head. You can't let ponies control your decisions."

"What if they reject me?"

"They won't. Just go in there and be yourself. I believe in you."

"You always seem to know what to say to me."

"It's kinda my thing. Now go on already."

"Good morning Princesses. I have an idea that I think will make our friendship festival the most wonderful celebration Equestria has ever seen."

"Yes, Twilight. We are very excited."

"Ponies have been arriving from all over all morning."

"I like to think it's to see us, but Songbird Serenade might be the bigger attraction."

"Songbird Serenade's performance is not scheduled to start until after you begin the sunset."

"So, you're saying you want to move the sun and the moon for the party?"

"Well, I'd do it myself, except I don't have your magic."

"Twilight. Each of us uses our powers to serve Equestria in our own way. You already have all the magic you need."

"So, that be a no?"

"It's time we do more important things than this."

"Okay. Just 218 things left to do and then we're ready."

"How'd it go with the other princesses? They'd like your idea?"

"Not exactly. They think I can make today perfect without their magic."

"Not everything requires magic."

"This festival is your brilliant idea, and we know you're up to the task."

"But what if I'm not? If I fail at the festival, then WHO AM I?"

"Will you just calm down for once? You just need to trust us and not worry about every tiny little thing. It's starting to get quite annoying."

"Twilight. LOOK AT ME! This will be the biggest celebration Equestria has EVER seen! This day will define who YOU are, the pressure is intense, it's ALMOST TOO MUCH FOR ANY SINGLE PONY TO HANDLE! AHHH!"

"But you have us. So stop worrying."

"Hiya. I'm looking for the pony in charge."

"Songbird Serenade? Um, I was just going to check on you. I'm Princess Twilight. And sorry about the mess, I'm usually not so.."

"Caked in cake?"

"Storm clouds? I ordered perfect weather! Rainbow Dash!"

"That wasn't her. It just randomly appeared."

"Oooh! I bet those are the new clouds I ordered!"

"Or definitely not the clouds I ordered."

"Ryan! NO!"

"Ponies of Equestria! We come on behalf of the firecesome, the powerful, the almighty Storm King!"

"And now, to deliver the evil, EVIL message, put your hooves together for COMMANDER TEMPEST!"

"Is that a unicorn?"

"I think so. But what happened to her horn?"

"She lost it after an Ursa Minor tore it off with it's claws which resulted in her magic becoming very unstable."

"Tempest is it? How may we help you?"

"Oh, I'm so glad you asked. How about we start with your complete and total surrender?"

"Hi there. Not exactly sure what's going on, but I know we can talk things out."

"Oh, goodie. All four princesses."

"Actually there's FIVE OF US! If you're looking to pick a fight, then I'll give you one."

"So you can just take your sorry rear end and get the HECK out of here! Your choice."

"Here's the deal ladies. I need your magic. Give it up nicely please. Or we make it difficult for EVERYONE!"

"And why should we cower before you?"

"I was hoping you'd choose difficulty."

"You are only making this easier for me. Even if you manage to take down everyone else, you can't get rid of me."

"Even if you manage to take down everyone else, you can't get rid of me."

"Easy as pie."

"That's not the Princess! Grubber, get HER NOW! AND FIND THAT RIDICULOUS PRINCE CREATURE TOO!"

"GUYS, WE'VE GOT TO GET THE PRINCESS!"

"Over here, y'all!"

"Everypony okay?"

"I think I'm fine. It's not everyday you are saving your friends from drowning by using most of your magic and strength, but I think I'll be okay."

"We got to go back there and FIGHT!"

"You seriously want to go BACK?!"

"We can't hide here forever."

"We got to keep them from Twilight and Zachary too."

"The queen."

"Uh, what Queen?"

"Celestia told Luna to find the Queen of the Hippos. Luna can't, so I have to."

"Hippos? Seriously?"

"I've heard they're surprisingly graceful for their size, but they're always hungry."

"They're somewhere south. Past the Badlands."

"That means we'll have to leave Equestria."

"I understand you're scared. But I have to find this Queen. She might be our only hope."

"Uh, you're not getting all the glory."

"We got your back."

"We're all behind you Twilight."

"Hmm? A road? Where there's a road, there's a…"

"What is that?"

"That is Klugetown. It looks pretty nice from here, but beware, the creatures that live here are very shady and dangerous. So stay close together because one of them might try to sell you for bits. It's quite weird out there."

"Ooh, hey! You with the horn. You selling?"

"Don't listen to him. All of these creatures are dangerous."

"Hi there. Oh, I'm sorry. Here. Let me help you with that."

"HEY! NO magic around my merchandise!"

"Okay, we just gotta stick together."

"CAN I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE?! CAN ANYPONY TAKE US TO THE QUEEN OF THE HIPPOS?!"

"Want something? You gotta give something."

"Well, how about a big warm hug from a grateful pony friend?"

"This breath mint? Seriously, buddy. Help me help you."

"Pinkie. You can't just take off."

"Relax Twilight. I totally got this."

"How much for the GIANT Gecko?"

"Who are you calling a Gecko?"

"I want that FANCY PURPLE HAIR! I'll give you two starbucks for it."

"Two starbucks?! It's worth more than that!"

"I WANT THAT COOL STICK THING!"

"Back up everyone! Y'all in serious danger. Just look at all those colors. They're infected with pastellis coloritis."

"Don't worry. As long as you're not covered in purple splotches, you'll be fine."

"WHAT DO I DO?!"

"Enjoy your last moments and don't touch anyone. Because parts will fall off."

"You are AWESOME!"

"Capper's the name. Charming's my game."

"I don't know if we should trust him."

"Twilight, as far as I can see, he's the only one that actually cares out here. I don't sense any malicious intentions here, and I'll tell you if I see any."

"We could definitely use a friend out here."

"You know what? Little cotton candy and lion with the crown is right."

"Apologies for the state of my litterbox. I wasn't expecting guests."

"You really think the ponies got this far?"

"Oh, they're here."

"Attention. A little purple pony passed this way."

"Tell me where she is."

"Or something real bad is going to happen."

"You think we're gonna fall for this again?"

"Poison or no poison. You're gonna pay."

"OOOH! Fishman got dropped!"

"Guys! We've been looking for the wrong Queen! We don't need the Queen of the Hippos. We need the Queen of the Hippogriffs!"

"I kinda knew that already."

"Why didn't you tell us? This could have been useful information several hours ago!"

"I know. But where's the fun in that?"

"Oh. Oh, the hippogriffs. Now the trouble with that is, no one knows where they are."

"Says here they're on the top of Mount Aris!"

"You mean the mountain right outside the window?"

"Objects and windows may be less mountainous than they appear."

"Let's go everypony!"

"WAIT! You can't make it by yourselves. You need an airship and lucky for you, I can get you a ride."

"I think we can get there on our own."

"How are we going to do that? Not everyone here has wings. And teleporting all the way over there requires a lot of magic and I don't want to waste it when we can just use a different mode of transportation."

"You do have a point. But how would we get there?"

"Go by airship."

"Here's Verco!"

"These ponies better shoot rainbow lasers out their eyes if they're gonna settle your debt! Brought the big cage."

"Let's load them up!"

"You were… You were going TO SELL US?!"

"I knew IT! We gotta get out of HERE!"

"It's not what it looks like. Also, we have a bigger problem on our hooves or claws or whatever it is."

"Silly little ponies."

"Tempest!"

"Trusting strangers? Big Mistake. Big."

"So we meet again. I let you know right now, that if you try to get to my friends, you WILL suffer my wrath."

"You think that the Storm King is firecesome, powerful, and almighty? Well, let me tell you that NO ONE is more firecesome, more powerful, and more almighty THAN I! NOTHING can stand against me!"

"So get lost or things will turn ugly. Your choice."

"GO! GO!"

"Get HER NOW! AND THAT RIDICULOUS LION CREATURE!"

"You gonna be scared now ponies!"

"We have to get there! To the DOCKS!"

"Hurry!"

"BEST ESCAPE EVER!"

"Did you hear something?"

"Eh, probably just the rats. If we find 'em, we'll eat them."

"What do you think, Twilight?"

"The last time we trusted somepony, he tried to sell us!"

"No, he did not. He was only doing that so we could escape from Tempest."

"Hey guys. Come check this out!"

"What are we supposed to do with them?"

"I think we tie them up."

"Nah, we'll clip their wings!"

"We scar them!"

"What say the book, Captain Solano?"

"Storm King's rule book says throw them overboard."

"You think that you can just throw off anyone you wish? PREPARE TO FEEL MY WRATH!"

"ALRIGHT THAT'S LUNCH!"

"What?"

"So you were about to toss us overboard and you stopped for a lunch break?"

"Storm King only allows one break a day for meals and it's back to hauling goods."

"So you're delivery guys?"

"These uniforms aren't doing us any favours."

"Then can you deliver us to Mount Aris?"

"Sorry, we do what the Storm King orders, or we suffer his wrath."

"Right. Still going overboard."

"Eh, it's nothing personal."

"You weren't always delivery birds, were you?"

"Yeah, we used to be much more adventurous."

"Woah. You used to be pirates?"

"You birds have a choice to make. You can let some cloven hoofed Storm King tell you how to live your lives, or you could be AWESOME again!"

"I know you had it in you! Now for the finishing touch."

"I hate to burst the party, but WE got company!"

"Storm Guards! Looks like they found you."

"Tempest!"

"This is the last straw."

"You think she saw my Sonic Rainboom?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"That thing can be seen from a million miles away."

"ARGH! That lion is DRIVING ME NUTS! Once I get my hooves on him and the precious princess, he will be SORRY HE EVER CROSSED ME!"

"Where's the pony princess and that pathetic excuse of a lion prince?"

"All we're hauling is Storm King merchandise."

"We have to get off this ship before they tell Tempest we're HERE!"

"We helped them get their mojo back. They're not going to give us up."

"I got this!"

"Now, I'm going to count to three and if you don't tell me where they are, your ship is going down."

"One."

"What are you doing?"

"Two."

"Oh, this is getting intense."

"Three."

"What?"

"OH, FOR CELESTIA'S SAKE!"

"What the hay is she doing?"

"Thank goodness."

"Whew. Quick thinking, Twilight. Oh, and you too Zachary."

"That was fun."

"Can we do it again?"

"Next stop: Mount Aris!"

"Hippogriffs, here we come!"

"Are you sure this is the right place?"

"This place is empty!"

"Something bad happened here."

"I believe I know what happened here. The Storm King invaded this palace just like Canterlot, and the Queen, Queen Novo, had the entire kingdom hide underwater to protect themselves."

"I think I noticed something over there. I'll go take a look."

"You saved us."

"Ah, it's no big deal. What are you guys doing out here?"

"Oh, well, Queen Novo told us to take a look out here for danger, but we saw nothing."

"Well, it was nice meeting y'all. Have a nice trip home and be careful next time."

"What were you thinking? I mean, stealing their pearl?"

"The Queen was going to say yes. We did what you told us and that made her realize that we were ponies worth saving."

"You just wanted us TO DISTRACT HER!"

"I never would've done it, but this isn't Equestria! We can't just dance around with con artists, making Rainbooms, and expect everything to work out!"

"It's not enough!"

"No Twilight. We were going to get the help we needed. The only thing that stopped us was YOU!"

"Well, I'm DOING THE BEST I CAN! It's all on me. I'm the last princess."

"She's after me too, in case you've forgotten."

"Oh, and where have you been? Out doing some ridiculous thing?"

"I actually saved someone's life out THERE in the OCEAN! It seems that you have been blinded by anger rather than what's important."

"You're also the one who doesn't trust her friends!"

"Well, maybe I would've been better off without FRIENDS LIKE YOU!"

"Pinkie. I.."

"I just can't talk to you right now."

"You really screwed up this time. You're lucky I don't get as offended like they do because of my cold stone heart, but I didn't like what you said either. I hope you're happy."

"Twilight. It's okay."

"We'll figure it out."

"No. I can't. I ruined everything. There's no chance to save Equestria now. It's all my fault."

"SPPIKKEEE!"

"TWILIGHT!"

When I made it on the ship, it was quite creepy. It almost looked like the Nether in Minecraft, so I was nervous that the floor would give out and lava will be right there. I heard noises and it turns out Twilight was trying to get out, but was unsuccessful. She tried pushing the cage, it did nothing. She tried blasting magic at it, again, nothing happened. I heard hoofsteps and set myself on top of the cage to watch. It was none other than Tempest. She taunted "Oh, the Princess of Friendship with no friends *laughs a bit* and no way out." I can get her out, you imbecile. Twilight asked "Why are you doing this?" Because she's somepony who turned from the light and seeked the darkness. "You're a pony. Just like me." However, Tempest grew angry at this. She went up against the cage and charged up her magic. She said "I'm NOTHING like you. And more than you'll ever be." OH NO! You've done it now. You DO NOT threaten Twilight like that! I charged up my magic and sent lightning bolts at Tempest causing her to fall back against the wall. She grunted and I came out into my lion form growling waiting to pounce.

I said "You're wrong. She still has friends. And even if she doesn't, she still has ME! Like I said, NOTHING can stand against me! Also, don't you dare even think about threatening Twilight like that. You do that again, and I'll wipe you from the face of Earth in two seconds." Tempest just laughed and said "I'll be more than even you. You think you can stop me? Please. I have plenty of enough magic to stop you." I said "HA! I don't think so. I am one of the most powerful creatures in all of Equestria. Also, every time my magic hits you, a spell is cast weakening your magic until you can no longer use it properly. So good luck standing against me." Tempest said "We'll see about that." She sang a song about how friendship is for the weak and that the strong and mighty are better off without depending on others. That is completely false. I understand where you come from, but that's no reason to turn to the darkness. Like I said two chapters ago, the darkness will always betray you in the end. Nothing is forever in this world. Only God is. Sorry for going religious, but like I said many times, it's necessary for the story.

Tempest pushed a lever and it caused Twilight's cage to go up onto the deck of the ship. NO! We both saw how Canterlot looked and it was HORRIBLE! That storm cloud covered all of Canterlot literally. Twilight said saddened "I'm so sorry you felt so alone." It won't do anything right now. She doesn't care. Tempest fired back "I saw the truth. My "friends" abandoned me when times got tough. Looks like I'm not the only one." I NEVER abandoned Twilight in her time of need. I just went nearby and stayed with her this entire time. If you try and twist it to your own purposes, then you have no point in trying. I said "You think that the strong and mighty don't need friendship? That it's for the weak? You are sadly mistaken. I am literally the most powerful creature in all of Equestria and I still depend on friendship. My power comes from friendship. You are saying that it's for the weak because you fell down and never bothered to get back up again. That is truly sad and disgraceful. You should be ashamed of yourself for doing that." Tempest said "Spare me your words, Prince. You know NOTHING about what I've been through all these years."

Yeah right. The scepter can read that part of the timeline and knows that you never tried to start over. She then turned to Twilight and said "Face it Princess. Friendship has failed you too." No you liar. She never gave up when times got tough. She got back up and resolved everything. Twilight said "Friendship didn't fail me. I failed friendship." I know that's not true. Don't let fear blind you from what's true. We arrived back in Canterlot and it looked even worse in town than outside. Ponies were captured, had to be forced doing things, and there were storm creatures running around. They forced two ponies to drag Twilight's cage and all we could do was stare at poor Songbird who had also been captured. She was just trying to sing, but these ridiculous creatures refused to let her. Once we got to the throne room, it was pretty bad. I saw all three Princesses cast to stone and it looked bad. The cage was set down and the cart rolled away with Grubber closing the door. He just laughed and I growled. You won't get away with this, you pathetic excuse of a hedgehog.

Twilight said "Tempest. Don't do this. Don't give the Storm King-" before getting cut off by Tempest who said "Your magic? Did you think you'd keep it all to yourself? Time to share." Uh, how about no? You ain't getting any of Twilight's magic at all! You can take mine, but not hers. "I'd love for everybody out there to know what you could really do!" Uh bad time, Tempest. The Storm King is right there. He said "Oh. Fascinating. What can you really do?" I said "Try this." I charged up my magic and set out a lightning bolt burning him a bit, sending out fangs that really did hurt and blasted him with the scepter's magic. I said "That's what you get when you DEFY ME!" I then went back into my shadow form and wrapped myself around Twilight to protect her from getting her magic stolen. Grubber, being the coward he is, said "Your bidding, mighty one." He then darted his eyes around and left super quickly closing the doors. The Storm King said "Bidding's good. I like bidding. Umm, what are you supposed to be?" Are you blind?

Twilight replied "I'm the Princess of Friendship." The Storm King just laughed at that and I growled shaking the Earth a little bit stating my clear anger at these ponies. He said "Oh. That's nice. Why is this one still MOVING?" Because we were smart and didn't want to be stripped of our magic. Tempest repiled "She and her friends put up a bit of a fight, but she's alone now. Unless you count that RIDICULOUS LION PRINCE who I'm gotta take him and blow him to PIECES!" I growled super loud that it shook the Earth some more and I summoned fangs that almost hurt like getting your fingers cut off. "She won't be a problem, but that lion is. We must dispose of him somehow." HA! Good luck. The Storm King said "Yeah. So, speaking of problems, this palace, it seems a little too oh I don't know CUTE! I don't like cute. I NEVER did like cute. Doesn't really go with my whole BIG, BAD, POWERFUL, MAGIC-DIE thing, does it? Deliver the punchline Tempest, BECAUSE THIS HAS GOT TO BE A JOKE!" He slammed his staff into the ground and I knew what was happening. Not on my watch.

I went out of my shadow form and pushed Twilight's cage out of the way and stood in her place. Twilight was confused, Tempest grew angry, and the Storm King wasn't even paying attention. I looked over at Twilight and said "I must do this." After I said that, the staff began to drain my magic from me. It was very painful since it was forcefully ripped out, but I still held strong. The Storm King just laughed at his supposed victory and I was about ready to collapse. He said "Check out the light show!" I DON'T CARE! It might be cool for you, but not for the rest of us! After that was all settled, I collapsed to the ground and couldn't feel anything. I looked over at Twilight and saw she had tears in her eyes. She pulled me over with her magic and cried in my chest. She said, choking up sobs "This is all my fault! If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have done this." I said coughing a bit "Twilight. It's not your *coughs* fault. It would have *coughs again* happened anyways. I rather have *coughs some more* my magic taken away than to have "coughs EVEN more* you vulnerable." I looked over at Tempest and saw she was about to explode. She charged up her magic and sent it my way. But the scepter put up a shield blocking the magic.

You might be wondering how that's possible. Well, the magic that was stripped from me was inside my body. I still have the magic from the scepter. Since it comes from the Tree of Harmony, it's magic cannot be stripped of. So half my power is gone, so it leaves me a lot more vulnerable than before. Tempest tried again and again, but it would not break. She grew frustrated and yelled at the top of her lungs. He he. You can never truly defeat me. I put it down and right after that, the Storm King used his staff and destroyed Twilight's cage sending both me and her flying out to the balcony and destroying the opening outside. He said "Not bad. Actually kind of first rate. What else does it do?" Oh no. Please don't say that. The magic that comes from my body is the super loud roars, shadow form and my super powerful strength. Tempest said "Your excellency, you promised to restore my horn and-" before getting cut off by the Storm King who said "Okay. Hang on." I looked over and saw the sun moved to a different position. Oh dear. Now that staff has Celestia and Luna's magic inside, he can control the days and turn it into chaos just like Discord back in Season 2.

"You've got to be kidding me. I can move the Sun?" That is very bad. He just stepped over us and Twilight looked back at Tempest who had doubt but continued walking. "Now this is what I'm talking about!" No, not really. You'll mess up the entire schedule. He went to the end of the balcony and began moving the Sun and Moon back and forth with relative ease as if he's having the best time of his life. "Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. Day. Night. Day. Night. Day. Night. Day. Night. Day. Night. Day. Night. Sunrise. Sunset. Ba ba ba." After what felt like forever, I looked over the balcony and saw that our friends had made it through the defenses and successfully to the castle. However, Tempest was infuriated at this and said "What? How?" Twilight gasped and I said "That's what is called the Magic of Friendship, blind fool. The one force you CAN NEVER truly defeat." Twilight said "It's… it's the magic of-" before getting cut off by the Storm King who said "Yeah. Yeah. Friendship and flowers and ponies. Blaugh!" That was really cringey.

"I'm so totally over the cute pony thing. This ENDS NOW!" He charged up the staff and blasted it into the sky causing a thunderstorm that resulted in a tornado. Thankfully, all my friends retreated so they wouldn't get flung into the air. However, those ridiculous storm creatures got caught and were flung in the air and were spinning around. That thing was probably traveling over 200 mph an hour causing mass destruction. However, the Storm King was loving it. He said "NOW I TRULY AM THE STORM KING AND THE ENTIRE WORLD WILL BOW TO MY BUA BUA BOOM BABY!" I don't think so. Tempest went up to him and said "Yes. Yes. You are every bit as powerful as I promised sire. Now, restore my horn, and I swear to use my magic to serve you." She bowed before him and what happened next completely shocked me. He laughed and said "Who cares about your dinky little unicorn horn?" Why would you say that? Tempest was shocked at this and said "But we had an agreement!" Doesn't seem like the Storm King cares anymore.

The Storm King fired back "Get with the PROGRAM! I USED YOU!" What? Okay, that's messed up. So she did all that for nothing? How disgraceful. But now she isn't a bad guy anymore. "It's kinda what I do." Sad, but true. He charged up his staff and my scepter blasted magic back at it trying to push it back. Since it was the Tree's magic, it successfully blasted the other way and made the Storm King crash into the wall groaning at the same time. However, I saw Tempest was about to fly off into the storm and I signaled for Twilight to get her while I took care of the Storm King. Just when Tempest was about to be dragged in, Twilight grabbed her hoof to prevent her from going any further. I heard Twilight say "Hold on!" Tempest asked "Why are you saving me?" That's what friends do with each other. When the darkness fails you, the light will always come back to redeem you. Twilight said "Because this is what friends do." She pulled Tempest back and the Storm King aimed his staff at them ready to get rid of them.

[Insert We Believe from Newsboys]

I heard him say "Aww. Isn't that just so sweet? *laughs evilly* Yeah. See ya!" Oh no you're not! I stood in front of them and put up a shield with my scepter that would not break at all no matter what you tried. I heard screaming and I saw our friends come at him and send him backwards. I put down the shield and began charging up my scepter one more to get rid of this betrayer once and for all. I heard Pinkie say "Bulls eye." Definitely. Twilight came over and said "Pinkie. You all came back." Of course they did. You think they would abandon you? No, I don't think so. "I'm so sorry. I was wrong to-" before getting cut off by Pinkie hugging her who said "I'm sorry too. Friends mess up sometimes, but we never should-" before getting cut off by Rainbow who said "Uh? Make up later. THIS ISN'T OVER!" I looked over and she was right. The staff was about to blast magic full of alicorn magic. Everypony gasped and the staff shot out lightning bolts that caused the ceiling of the castle to fall and have things be blocked.

Tempest tried to get through that, but the debris was moving too fast and trapped her in. I heard Twilight say "I've got to get control of it!" Yes. You must or I fear that this storm will rage on forever. Pinkie said "GO! You got this Twilight!" I think it would be better if we did it together. Twilight said "No. We've got this. Together." That's my girl. Applejack threw a rope onto a rock and the rest of the group held each other's hooves to reach the staff. I saw the Storm King come out of the rocks and he said "The staff belongs to me." I came charging at him to stall him from getting the staff, but it was far more difficult. I gave him claw marks, but he hit me back. So I countered by biting him with my teeth and he screamed out in pain. He said "THAT'S MY STAFF!" No, it's NOT! He attacked me again and I let out a huge roar that shook the Earth some more and he was pushed back. I also used some of the scepter's magic to blast him away, but he only fell a few feet.

I looked up and saw Twilight was almost there. However, the Storm King used my distraction to his advantage and jumped up to get the staff. However, he didn't get it and Twilight got it, but both him and her got caught into the storm and were taken away. NO! It can't end like this. We all saw the sacrifice she made and it even left Tempest speechless. No. NO! Wait. I looked up and saw there was no more lightning and thunder. I saw Pinkie cry and I was about to break down too, but then I saw the light and out came Twilight. She had calmed the storm. She looked like Jesus descending down from the clouds when the second coming happens. All the rest of my friends came in for a group hug and I just wrapped myself around her holding her tightly making sure she'd never let go. Yeah, call me soft all you want, but when you see the one you care about most make a sacrifice like that, it really shakes your core.

I saw Tempest looking on and she went away disheartened. I was about to let her in when I noticed a grunt. Tempest turned around and saw what happened. When I was about to fire my scepter, Tempest came flying in and shielded us from the last orb that would have turned us to stone. It caused the Storm King to turn to stone as well and he fell to the ground shattering to pieces. We managed to prevent Tempest from falling as well just in time and we pulled her back safely to the ground. Rainbow said "Woah. I can't believe she did that." I can. What's with all the sacrifices today? Oi vey. Twilight said "I can." She powered up the staff and released Tempest from the stone prison. She breathed again and was finally able to put her past at rest for now. Fluttershy said "Now what?" We fix everything that was destroyed and restore Canterlot? Yeah, sounds about right. We all looked at each other and then to Tempest. She said "Now, we fix everything." Yes, we do. She walked to the throne room and put the scepter down to fix up the place.

The staff caused the Princesses to be released from stone and to give their magic back. Even my magic returned. Which means YEAH! I have my super strength back and I can turn into a shadow easily now. Twilight ran over to the princesses and watched as everything was restored to it's rightful place. Even my scepter and crown glowed and blasted magic in the sky clearing away the storm and allowing the Sun to shine down once more In Equestria. After that, the concert started. I heard Spike say on the stage "Ahem. Fillies and Gentlecolts! Get ready for a little SONGBIRD SERENADE!" The crowd roared in cheers and I just smiled that Equestria is restored at last. Songbird said "And now, to celebrate the fact that we are all still here in once piece, give it up for Princess Twilight and her friends." The crowd cheered even louder and we all smiled amongst ourselves. We were obviously famous at this point and the Princesses bowed a little bit with me and Twilight returning the gesture. Then the lights turned off and the concert began.

As the concert went on, I heard Skystar run to her mother, Queen Novo who in return said "You are so grounded." Oh dear. That's gotta be a hefty punishment back in Seaquestria. When the stage moved up, I charged up my scepter and crown and blasted magic in the sky causing a rainbow to form. Everyone was amazed and Twilight said "How did you do that?" I said "Spell I learned. I have my ways." After I said that, I wrapped my wing around her and watched the concert go on. When we watched Songbird fly by, we noticed that Tempest was in the back by herself about ready to leave. We both exchanged concerned glances and went over to her. We both heard Tempest say "That's one thing that never changes around here. The party." Yep, that's how it is in this universe. Twilight said "Well, I hope you stay. More friends are definitely merrier." Absolutely. Tempest sighed and said "But umm, my horn." I said "Who cares about what happened to it? It makes you special in your own unique way that no one else can have. If ponies can accept me for who I am, then they can with you as well."

Twilight said "He's right. I'm sure ponies will be able to warm up to you and become friends with you." I said "Also, don't let the past blind you from your potential. The past is a closed door and you no longer need to live there. Live each day at a time and only worry about the present. Not the past, not the future, but the present." Twilight said "You know, your horn is pretty powerful. Just like the pony it belongs to." Tempest took a deep breath and finally put her past behind her and truly accepted friendship. She said "I did tell you I wanted to show everypony what I can do right?" Yes, you did. Light it up. She charged up her horn and blasted a lightning bolt in the sky. It caused a fireworks show and everypony was amazed at that as well. Both of them looked up in the sky and me and Twilight offered her our friendship. Pinkie said "Nice touch Tempest." Sure was.

Tempest said "Actually, that's not my real name." Wait, WHAT?! The scepter never told me this. Darn you. Pinkie became super interested in this and asked "Oooh. What is it?" Tempest went up to her ear and whispered "It's Fizzlepop Berry Twist." You know, that actually makes sense for a pony like you. Pinkie was super excited at this and said "Okay. That is the most AWESOME name EVER!" Dang, lower your voice Pinkie. I wrapped my wing around Twilight and said "We have done it again." Twilight asked me "What's that?" I said "Restoring Equestria and bringing another pony to the light of friendship." She said "Oh. That. Nothing can be more perfect than this." What was that? She pulled me in and kissed me passionately. I returned it because I can. Another day well done.

AN: Finally done with this. I have memories with this. I actually wanted to tell you that I saw this movie the first night it came out in theaters. I had a great time. Thankfully, no one made fun of me for being a brony, so that was a plus. That's actually one of my good memories before COVID struck the planet. This was supposed to be out yesterday, but things happened. I believe, after thinking for a bit, that I'll do Forgotten Friendship, Spring Breakdown, and Rainbow Roadtrip. Although, bear with me as this might not be the best thing you've ever seen. It might be short, but I'll make it as long and exciting as possible. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.

Next Chapter: The appearance of the Memory Stone. After Sunset realizes that her friends don't remember the good person she's become, she travels to Equestria to seek answers from Twilight. Also, she meets Prince Zachary for the first time and reconciles with Celestia. After looking in the Restricted Section of the Canterlot library, they come across the Memory Stone notes from Clover the Clever. With this new information, Sunset discovers it's none other than Wallflower Blush. Determined to stop her, she works with Trixie to help fix this and get her friends memories back. Will she be able to, or does Zachary have to intervene?

Until then, my fellow readers