Hello and welcome back every pony! So with all I have heard from you, the awesome readers, I think I have a general idea of where you all stand on how much longer you can stand the season finale. And so with all your choices brought into account, I'm gonna try an end it in about three or four chapters. Regardless of this, I am going to make it as good as I possibly can, not trying to rush the ending too much.

So with that said, let's say hi to the pony that's going to be joining in the review today!

Twilight Sparkle: Hello every pony. *She said, smiling towards all of you. Then as she looked around she rose an eyebrow* What in the name of Equestria happened here?

Let's just say, it'll take A LOT of convincing before I bring Derpy Hooves into the intros again. I think the intro is going to be stuck like this forever now.

Twilight: Uh-huh... Well, either way, I think they're all here for the comments, not us talking. Plus you do have a schedule to keep.

I do? *checks pockets and pulls out a paper that is folded way too much. Once I finally unfold it, I see that there IS a schedule on it* Wow, guess I forgot about that... How did you-

Twilight: *Ahem* Schedule? Remember?

Oh, right! Anyway, let's do the Top Three Comments, The Disclaimer, then I'm gonna incorporate something new into the intro after that. So without anything else... *Checks schedule to make sure, then when I finish going over that, I rip into a thousand little bits and throw them into the air like confetti* Let's start!

Twilight: Hey, why would you rip up that schedule?! Now you're going to be unorganized all day!

I'm always unorganized! Anyway, Top Comments!

3: Swift Lightning. I like the Medieval Times too. Honestly, it's the one historical time zone that people can create so many stories based off of! And that's only one of the reasons as to why I love it!

Oh and also, glad to see that you liked the reverse psychology part. I thought that may not have been that funny, and since it was one of the only parts about the chapter that had some humor in it, I was pinning a lot of hope onto it alone.

Twilight: Also, thank you for keeping track of how many of us are saved thus far. At least some humans are organized! *She said, looking to me*

Hey! I told you, I'm an unorganized person! I really don't know why I had a schedule in the first place.

Twilight: I made you the schedule in the morning, remember?

Oh yeah, now I remember. You know, I really hate that which ever pony I put in my intros somehow ends up in my mind that whole day from beginning to end.

Twilight: You think we like being stuck in your mind all day?! It's unorganized! That, and it's filled with random YouTube videos, cartoons, drawings, and movies! Honestly, where's all the math, science, and logic you got from school?!

Sealed away in a safe somewhere. I forget where. Anyway, next comment!

2: devildog452. To be completely accurate on that... I don't know for sure yet. You see, Discord is pure chaos, meaning that he's basically an evil version of Pinkie Pie. And since I feel that I'm butchering Pinkie's randomness as a character already, I don't want to butcher Discord's too. I've never had a strong suit for writing a random personality into a character, as you all have probably seen. I can make them go crazy, angry, manipulative, and on some rare occasions, I can fit some romance parts into a story. But yeah, when it comes to randomness or, to a lesser extent, romance, I feel like I just plain out suck at writing those parts. That's why the only real kind of humor I feel good at making is situational humor and sarcasm. So yeah, I'm gonna need to try to practice my random writing a lot more before I want to try to write Discord in the story without butchering him. Because since every pony loves reading a good story with Discord, destroying Discord as a character will break this story and the reading audience away from it.

Twilight: Actually, to be more accurate, the evil version of Pinkie Pie is Pinkamena.

Don't remind try to remind me of that name! I've tried hard enough to keep myself from thinking about a certain other fanfic, and you are not making me tell the story about how I reacted to seeing that story!

1: ONIMOT. You know, I used to have a best friend that was OBSESSED with WWII. In fact, to be more clear, he was obsessed with anything war related at all. He'd always bring this stuff to school like papers about stuff happening in current times, and it was actually pretty cool. Although, some of it did get a little repetitive.

Okay, now that that's done and finished. Now for the... Twilight what are you doing?

Twilight: Trying to put your schedule back together! You can't just rip it up and ignore it! What if you forget to do something?! *Is using glue and tape to try to put the bits back together*

*Sighs* Twilight, stop. You're not going to put all of those pieces together. Besides, I have a few pieces in my hand still, so you really won't be able to put it together.

Twilight: *stops and gives up* Fine. But don't come running back when you forget something important you have to do.

Twilight, I have Summer Vacation. All I have to do is remember to breath and write stories. I'm safe. Speaking of stories, let's start this chapter up!

Disclaimer: I do not own MLP (Wish I did) All I own and have rights of are Blitz, Whipper, and this idea.

Intro Area decorations to date: Broken ceiling, wires all around the floor, thousands of tiny pieces of paper, some stray pieces of tape and glue lying around.


As I was standing on the hill overlooking it all, I saw just about every pony that was in the resistance arguing. It was most of the pegasi versus most of the earth ponies and unicorns, and I could only glare greatly at the sight of it all. Because they were in no condition to fight off Whipper's army like this, and that much was obvious.

The only ponies that weren't arguing and yelling like the rest of them was the doctor, Diane, Dusty, Beatrice, the mayor, Fire Leaf, Bright, Jewel, Carrot Topper, and Flitter Calm. All of them, plus about twenty other ponies, were simply watching the rest of the resistance fight with one another.

That's when I decided that enough was enough. If we were gonna stop Whipper's Army, then we're gonna have to stop going to war against each other. And the only way I was going to do that was to send a message to all of them. And I knew just how to do it.

Seeing how it was about to break out in a fight any second now, I acted fast. I unhooked my ear and made cuts on the right and left side of my vest, making cuts so my wings could come out.

After making the cuts for my wings, and putting my ear back in place, I decided that it was also time I ditch the eyepatch. My eye felt fine, and this stupid patch was only getting annoying by this point. So as I took it off I closed my good right eye and looked around with the glass left one, seeing that it was working as if it was just a normal eye.

So with all that situated, I took to the skies, flying over the eye of the storm that looked like the two leaders of both sides were about to break out in their own little fight. But before either of them could throw a punch, I stopped them.

"SHUUUUUUT IIIIIIIIT!" I yelled out with the volume and force of a Drill Sargent in the military. The two leaders stopped in their places and looked up, seeing me flying in the air. Most of the other resisters saw me flying too and gawked at the sight. Any of the others that didn't hear me at first saw how nearly every pony else was looking in the air, and looked themselves. All having a shocked expression in the end when they saw me in the air.

"I'VE HAD ENOUGH A THIS! IT'S LIKE THE SECOND I LOOK AWAY, ALL A Y'ALL START FIGHTIN AGAIN!" I kept yelling loudly. I saw some of the rioters start to shrink down by my loud commanding voice, but I didn't care at this point. I have gone all three days with only lashing out at Whipper because I thought he was the only one that thought badly about pegasi. But now I guess Whipper was just the worst of an even bigger problem.

"WE ALL CAME TOGETHER TA STOP WHIPPER, BUT IF Y'ALL CAN'T AGREE ON WHO THE REAL ENEMY IS HERE, THEN I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE CANCE AT BEATIN EM!" I told them, not going easy at all anymore.

They were all quiet and some a little scared at my voice. I then flew down to the 'eye of the storm' with great speed, landing in between the leaders of the two groups. I turned towards the pegasus leader, not wanting to seem that I was going easy towards the pegasi group. "NOW WHAT'S ALL THIS ABOUT?!" I asked, using a voice that was loud enough to make the Royal Canterlot Voice seem like a normal yell.

"W-well ya see Sheriff, cause that earth pony over there tried ta steal two barrels worth a water fer himself, them barrels started a rollin down that steep slope ya see over yonder. I tried ta catch em 'fore they hit tha boulder, but it was to late!" He said, getting angry. "Next thing I know, this dang lier is given me the blame!" He said.

"Okay." I said calmly with no emotion. I then turned to the leader of the earth pony and unicorn and kept the same calm emotionless voice and expression. "And yer story?" I asked, remaining calm.

At this point, every pony was staying quiet throughout this whole thing.

"Well Sheriff," He said as he did that tough guy sniff thing and continued. "I was standin right by tha water barrels, an I'll admit, I was sneakin a mug a water. But when he caught me, he tackled me inta the barrels, making two of em start ta roll down that there slope. He chased after em, but he wasn't fast enough. So, in tha end it was his fault fer most a tha water bein wasted on the ground!" He said, raising his voice at the pegasus in charge of the other group.

And just because of that, the two of them started arguing again, the rest of the rioters following suit. I was ticked off by this point and when every pony had pretty much forgotten I exsisted, I knew I had to make them quiet down another way.

I found and picked up a small, blue toy harmonica on the ground, quickly coming up with a way to trick them. I put it up to my mouth, putting my other hoof up to my metal ear, activating it. I made it play the loudest thing I could think of. Extremely loud white noise.

They all immediately stopped, covering their ears with their hooves. They all had closed their eyes as well, keeping them from seeing that I wasn't even using the harmonica. But after about seven seconds of the white noise, I made as loud a note as I could with the harmonica, turning my ear off at the same time.

It worked as I started quieting down the harmonica and looking around, seeing them start to take their hooves off their ears. I then flew up into the air so they could all see me talking. "NOW DO I HAVE Y'ALL'S ATTENTION OR WILL I HAVE TO USE THIS AGAIN?!" I asked, holding up the harmonica with one hoof as menacingly as you could possibly look while holding a little blue toy harmonica in the air.

"NO!" They all screamed out, not wanting to go through that noise again.

"GOOD!" I said, putting the harmonica under my hat, just in case I had to use the white noise trick again. "NOW, SEEIN AS HOW NONE OF YA WILL GET ALONG NO MATTER WHAT, WERE GOING TA HAVE TA FIX THAT! SO I WANT EVERY PONY TA PACK UP THEIR TENTS AN STUFF AND MEET ME AT THAT HILL OVER YONDER," I said, gesturing to the hill my friends and the twenty plus ponies were on. "IN NO MORE THAN SEVEN MINUTES!" I said. They all then hurried as fast as they could, trying to pack up their tents and other camping equipment.

As they did that, I flew over to the hill the rest of the resistance was on. "Y'all better pack up yer stuff too. This'll have ta include tha lot of ya I'm afraid." I told the, being sincere to them since they did nothing wrong. Some were a little fearful about all that just went down, but the majority of them knew just why I had to do that and understood, going off to do so.

"Bright? Can ya stay? I gotta somethin else I need ya ta do." I told her, stopping her from going off to pack her things.

"What do you need?" She asked, looking at me from the ground while the others went off to pack their camping equipment.

"I gotta plan ta help em all get along. But since you don't have any problems with pegasi, I got somethin else I need ya ta do." I told her, kind of explaining just why I only asked her to not get her camping equipment.

"What is your plan?" She asked, wondering just what my plan was.

I simply smiled at her, having an idea for how exactly I was going to make them get along.


As I stayed flying in the air, I looked at the army of one-hundred and seventeen. That not counting me and the two spies that were still trying to figure out just when Whipper was going to begin his march.

So once I saw every pony else gathered around me with their camping equipment, I decided to start-up my next plan. This one, leaving only one outcome. Equality between every pony in the resistance. "Alright, now like I said earlier, I'm fed up with every pony fightin between one another! So y'all left me no choice!" I told them all, looking over the giant crowd in front of me.

"No choice but ta do what?" One of them asked from the crowd.

"From this point on, were gonna be breaking up inta small campsites a two through out all tha campin grounds! Each camp consistin a one pegasi, and one earth pony er unicorn!" I told them with a serious look on my face.

I already heard them all start to complain and argue about the whole idea of a pegasus sharing a small camp with an earth pony/unicorn, but it had to be done. If we were going to learn how get along with one another, then we'd all have to be at least in neutral territory on a regular basis.

But I didn't want them to try to weasel their way out of it. And being a pro weaseler myself, I knew that they were already trying to come up with some kind of reason. So I took the little blue toy harmonica out from under my hat and waved it in front of me, not afraid to use it. That shut them right up.

"That ain't all either! If'n ya don't find a partner ta camp up with, I'll find ya one for ya!" I said, putting my harmonica away. "Now me, Diane Sarsaparilla, and Sparkle Bright are gonna be goin around every once in a while throughout tha whole time were all here ta make sure there ain't no arguin!" I said to them, Bright already aware of this. I also told Bright that while I was announcing this, to find Diane to tell her about my plan so that way she was aware of this.

Seeing them both smiling at me with complete agreement to the plan assured me that this was going to work even more.

"Anythang else?!" The leader of the pegasi group from earlier asked.

"Now that ya mention it, yeah! Thanks fer remindin me!" I thanked him, hoping some pony would ask that. Every pony that knew me should know by now not to ask if I had anything else to say. Because if they do, then trust me. I would think of something else.

"Yeah. Thank." I heard a few ponies say as a majority of the ponies around him just sneered.

"I'm also gonna need y'all ta prove yer gettin 'long by talkin ta one another. Cause in tha mornin I'm gonna ask each of ya three questions 'bout tha pony yer pared with. Fail two a tha three questions, and yer gonna have ta sit there an watch as every pony else eats breakfast AND lunch. The lot of ya that fail can still have dinner an water, but that's it! I bein clear ta y'all?!" I asked, not backing down at all by what I was saying. I was going to have to get them all to get along, and by how much the fighting between them was escalating. Yeah, they needed to get it together. And fast.

"Yes Sheriff Alamo!" Most all of them said. But there was some who didn't agree. Most of them being the ones in the front.

"Sheriff, there ain't any water ta drink!" The earth pony in charge of the group earlier yelled out. "Them dang pegasi are tha ones ta blame fer that!" He finished.

"Hold on, it ain't our fualt! You tried ta steal some water and I stopped ya!" The pegasus said, getting in the other's face.

"By destroyin it?! Yeah, that's way better than me takin one mug full!" He yelled out, angry at the pegasi.

"I am not afraid ta use this!" I said to the two of them, holding out the harmonica.

They both quieted down and looked at me, seeing the look on my face that showed I had more to say.

"Now," I started, putting the harmonica back under my hat. "if'n tha two a y'all are gonna keep arguin 'bout the water, than were gonna fix it!" I said, looking at the two of them.

I tried to think of a plan, looking ahead as if the answer was right in front of me. But the only thing out in the distance where I was looking was the Everfree Swamp, shrowded by-Rain Clouds!

"And if all the earth ponies and unicorns think tha pegasi side is ta blame, then I think us pegasi are just gonna have ta fix it!" I said. The pegasi started complaining while the rest of the resistance started to agree to the plan, or wonder where I was going with this.

"Now I'm gonna need you," I said, pointing at the leader of the pegasus group. "you," I said, pointing to the leader of the earth pony/unicorn group. "Flitter Calm, Fire Leaf, Golden Jewel, Sparkle Bright, Dusty, and Diane ta meet back up here after yer done findin a new camp partner. Take yer time, and if ya can't find a partner, come ta me. I'll help ya find one." I told them, dismissing them.

All of the resisitance started to leave, leaving me by myself on the hill. I landed back on the ground, thinking over my next plan. After the next part was done, we were all gonna start to cool down.

The only other pony left near me was Bright, who I asked to stay and keep her campsite the same after they all left. "Okay Sheriff Alamo, what did you need from me?" She asked, wondering what I was thinking.

"Well, seein as how ya already have the right mind-set of equality, I don't need you ta pair up with any pony. That, and the earth pony/unicorn to pegasi ratio was off by two. So I need ya ta pair up with some pony else I got in mind." I told her.

"Okay. Then who is it?" She asked.

"Tune. He ain't here since he's probably still writtin that other dragon. An since he can send letters ta tha Princess, and yer doin a mission fer tha Princess..." I let her finish the rest of my sentence.

"You want me to be near Tune in case I need to send a letter to her. Alright, I get it now." She said with a nod.

"Good. Now here's the other thing. I need ya ta fill in a few blanks fer me. Why ain't the pegasi controlin weather like they should be? I mean, I know they've controlled tha whether 'fore, cause a Hearth's Warmin Eve explainin that." I said, knowing I was missing something. During my three months of living in Equestria, Twilight has gone all 'teacher mode' whenever something happens that I don't get. Luckily for me, one of those times she mentioned main holidays. One of those being Hearth's Warming Eve.

"Wait, I thought you were from the future. Shouldn't you know the answer to that already?" She asked, confused about me not knowing what happened.

"Well... Let's just say that I didn't know that much 'bout this point in time." I told her, not wanting to find out that I was from another dimension. Explaining that in my time was confusing enough, so try imagining explaining that to some pony from the past.

"Well almost no pony knows the truth, but lucky for you Princess Celestia told us. You see, sometime after a hundred years ago, all three types of ponies lived in peace and equality. But one day, a feud began between the pegasi and earth ponies. Eventually, it started to include the unicorns, who joined the earth ponies side. And no matter what Princess Celestia said, neither side would back down from the dispute." She started filling it in.

"Wait, what about Princess Luna?" I asked, wondering why she wasn't included in helping Princess Celestia to calm every pony down.

"Who?" She asked, confused by what I had asked.

"Nothing, forget it. You were sayin?" I asked, not wanting to waste any time. It wouldn't be long before the others got back.

"So some time later, the pegasi were done arguing and decided to take action. So they came together and got rid of every cloud in Equestria, making Equestria start to go into a drought. Now, two generations later, pegasi never taught the new generation how to control weather. And the same for the next generation. So now, no pegasus really knows how to control weather. In fact, the more I think of it, the fabled City of Clouds doesn't sound like much of a fable." She said, aimed towards both of us as she started to remember an old fable she heard one time.

I guess that it must've been Cloudsdale she was talking about. I cleared my throat a little loudly and that made her focus again. "Right sorry. So I guess that since pegasi don't have any real reason to have wings anymore, all earth ponies and unicorns see pegasi as show-offs for having them." She finished.

After telling me that story, it all made sense to me now. Since there was no weather anymore other than an endless drought, pegasi didn't have their original place in Equestria. And since wings were now only to help go faster, it only made other species of ponies think that pegasi were jerks and only showed off. And to make it worse, ponies like Whipper punished them for revealing their wings, flying, or for any pony treating pegasi as equals because he hated them. So he made them feel bad for having wings in the first place.

And to make it worse, Princess Celestia couldn't put a stop to it personally, forcing her to let it pass on its own from fear of being overthrown. But she still knew that pegasi had their own roles to play and she couldn't just accept society in how it was. So that only left her with one option. Find some pony who saw pegasi as equals and ask for their help. That way she could set things right indirectly, without the risk of being alienated.

As I thought about all of this, the others came back over to where we were, wondering just why I called them all.

"Alrighty, what'd ya need Sheriff?" The pegasus leader asked, all of them thinking it.

"Well, I'm gonna prove somethin all of us have fergotten. Ya see, every pony has always thought a pegasi's wings ain't that useful. Well now we're gonna prove just how wrong every pony that thinks that is." I told them.

"If this is about tha pegasi, what're we here for?" Dusty asked, confused.

I turned towards Dusty and smiled. "Easy. Since the barrels broke after rollin down that slope, we're gonna need new barrels. So I need you, Diane, Golden Jewel, and mister water lover here," I said, gesturing towards the leader of the Earth Pony group.

"The names Arts sir." He said to me.

"Arts?" I questioned, wondering what kinda name that was.

"Crafty Arts ta be exact." He said, nodding as he said it.

As he said that name, I had to keep myself from cracking a smile at it. It was such a corny name, but it wouldn't really help me keep a leader like appearance if I laughed at his name.

"Well nice ta finally know yer name Arts." I said with a nod of my own. "Well, I need you four ta work on four barrels fer the water me and the other pegasi are gonna get." I told them.

"Were gettin water?! How?!" Diane asked, shocked.

"That'll be a surprise." I said with a smile. "But 'fore we can get any, I'm gonna need you four" I said, turning towards the pegasi I called up. "to cut slot in yer vests fer yer wings." I told them.

"Wait, why do we need ta use our wings?" Flitter Calm asked, well, calmly. "Wings aren't good for much of anything but getting us in trouble." She told me with still no emotion.

I simply sighed and shook my head. "All y'all don't get it do ya? Wings are nothin ta be ashamed off. Pegasi have wings fer a reason. It's what makes us special." I told them. "Now are ya really gonna act like something yer naturally born with is somethin ta be ashamed off, er are ya finally gonna do what you were born ta do and fly?" I asked her.

They all had a look of thought on their faces. And slowly but surely, they all nodded. Each of them agreeing with me.

"Good. Now any pony got a knife ta make cuts fer y'all's wings?" I asked.

The leader of the pegasi group rose his hoof, and I pointed to him. "You. Can I see it?" I asked him.

"Sure. And by the way, name's Old Yeller." He said as he tossed the knife towards me. As I caught it, I kept focusing on cutting the slots instead of his name, because it reminded me about that story with the dog.

So I took the knife, carefully making cuts in each of their vests for their wings. One by one, they each got their wings out of the holes and stretched them a little.

Once I gave the knife back, I flew up in the air a little. The rest of them starting to fly once again. I turned to Bright as they all were starting to fly up to where I was. "Bright, while we're gone, can you watch over the camp? I gotta help teach em all somethin." I told her.

"Sure. You can count on me Sheriff." She said with a smile.

"Thank ya kindly. And Jewel," I started, her turning towards me. "'Member, four barrels. Countin on ya ta handle the group." I told her.

"Well if I can make the best jewelry outside of Equestria, than making a few simple barrels should be easy for us." She said with the up most confidence in her abilities.

"Great." I finally turned towards the three other pegasi that were in front of me in the air, now all flying. Though some seemed a little rusty at it. "Alrighty then. You three follow me. I'm wanna show y'all somethin." I said to them. I then flew off towards Everfree Swamp at a slightly slow pace so they all could keep up.


"Wait, where we flyin anyway?" Yeller asked as they all followed me in the air.

"Were flyin above the Everfree Swamp over yonder." I told him, pointing to the swamp in front of us.

"Everfree? What kinda name is that?" He asked, confused.

Not knowin that it didn't have a name, I quickly thought up a lie. "Just thought it's a nice name an all. 'Sides, any pony else got a name fer it?" I asked him, glad Applejack wasn't here to call out all the lies I've made since coming here.

"Guess not." He said. "Why we flyin over the swamp any how?" He asked, all three of them wondering.

"Cause, I found somethin out that's gonna be pretty dang helpful. And here it is." I said, stopping in front of a rain cloud.

"A rain cloud?! That's yer master plan fer water?!" Fire Leaf asked. "What?! Are we just gonna bring a whole bunch a clouds back ta camp?!" She asked, wondering if I lost my sanity from bein in the sky to long.

"Actually, that's just what were gonna do." I said with a slight chuckle.

"Yer kidin right?" Flitter Calm asked, not thinking this was a laughing matter.

"Nope. Now, try ta make this here cloud rain." I told em, gesturing to the rain cloud right next to me.

Yeller went ahead and flew forward first, curious as to whether he could move it or not. So he started by poking the cloud, surprised that he actually touched the cloud instead of going through it. He then flew above the cloud an attempted to land on it, again surprised that it worked. The others gasped in amazement at what he was doing.

"Good. Now jump on tha cloud ta make it rain." I said, telling him what to do as I put a little distance between me and the cloud. It would not be wise to them see me short-circuit from getting wet.

After moving back, Yeller then started jumping on the cloud. And as he did, it started pouring rain. They all gawked at the sight of it and smiled, seeing rain. Fire Leaf even went as far as to go under the cloud and catch the raindrops in her mouth as a way to drink the rain water.

Yeller then looked towards me. "Where in Equestria did ya learn about all this?!" He asked, wondering where my amazing know-how on rain clouds came from.

"Well... Let's just say some pony used ta tell me bout it in a fairy tale. Guess me bein a dreamer an all paid off." I said, not technically lying about that. "Now fer tha rest of ya. Find some rain clouds, fly em back here, and show me you can make em rain. Once y'all find out how, we're gonna bring em back fer tha others ta have some water." I said, glad to finally be making some progress.

"Yes Sheriff Alamo!" They all said with a salute. Soon enough, they all flew off in different directions to get some rain clouds, leaving me to wait for them.

As I saw them all leave, I started looking around the Everfree Swamp. And as I looked I was glad that the others weren't just saying some rumors that clouds moved on their own in Everfree. Now because of that fact, we had enough water to take care of the whole camp and maybe even help Canterlot.

Once I realized that, I felt the picture in my pocket change again. I took it out and saw that Ponyville in the background went from dried-up and destroyed, to green hills and trees. Though the whole town was still in ruins, at least it had its trees, rivers, and flowers back the way they were. But that wasn't even the best part about the picture changing.

The part that took me by surprise, was that Applejack now permanently faded back into existence. I guess that since the land of Ponyville went from dried up and deserty, to fertile and green, the Apple Family eventually ended up creating Ponyville. So that must've been what made Applejack fade back into existence for good.

I smiled at the progress of it all. It was all going back to normal. Now I just had to hope that when we get back with the water, Jewel and the others will have the barrels finished to pour the water into.


Jewel's POV

So far, so good. All of us together have finished two barrels already and are now working on the final two. Turns out that the four of us make a nearly perfect team.

Diane and Dusty have a great connection with one another, and they haven't even argued or had a different opinion than the other once. That's what made me decide to let them work together to make one barrel, while me and Crafty Arts worked on another. And they worked as if they were made for each other, and that was just so beautiful to watch. Oh I hope I will find love like that!

Oh wait, I will find love like that! The picture of my great grand-daughter Rarity proves it! Though, her having almost the exact appearance as me doesn't help me to find out who my husband to be is. Though, he must be rather dashing if our family line still retains our beauty through two generations of-

"YEEEE-OUCH!" I heard Crafty Arts yell out in pain right beside me. We all looked over to see that one of the hoops of the barrels were being wrapped around him instead of the actual barrel. And by my magic.

"Oh! I am dreadfully sorry about that! I was in a deep thought about something!" I said, using my magic to get the barrel hoop off him.

"Just, focus a little more next time will ya?" He asked, massaging the part of himself the barrel hoop was constricting.

"Yes, I understand. I just don't know what happened. Usually I can get side-tracked a little, but not to the point where my work takes a turn for the worst over it." I said, trying to explain my side of the situation.

"It's all good." He said, not holding that much of a grudge. "So what work do ya do anyway?" He asked, getting back to work on the barrel. The other two were working on the fourth barrel again, in their own little world, which left me to make small talk with Crafty Arts while we finished.

"Well as you can tell by my appearance, I am a lady that used to live in Canterlot. And up until recently, I thought that I might want to bring some of the culture of Canterlot to the towns that surround it. So me and my good friend Sparkle Bright built a business in Pony Valley where we can sell jewelry. Even though, I do the actual making of the jewelry." I told him, glad to hear some pon else take interest in what I do. "And what about you?"

"Well, I don't got much ta tell ta be honest." He said, getting some wood in place for me to put the barrel hoop around. "Ya see, I live kinda secluded outside a Pony Valley. So I don't do much. But fer those that do know me, I like ta make em some art." He told me. "Like ya said, it's borin an bland out here." He finished.

"Really? What kind of art do you create?" I asked, actually kind of interested in what it would look like. He definitely wasn't from Canterlot, that much was clear as day thanks to his un-caring appearance. But I have wanted to know what art would look like from ponies outside of the town, and he had some work.

"Well, I gotta small statue right here." He said, reaching into his pocket. He then pulled out one of the most amazing artistic creations I've ever seen!

It was a small statue of a simple unicorn on a pedestal. Yet for some reason, the unicorn was standing in such a refined pose that screamed so many things to me. Was she standing in that pose simply for looking fabulous, or was she proud of something? And if either of those were right, why did she agree to pose? Or where did she come from? And what if she was standing in that pose because she had a moment of success? She looked like she had just fullfeld her life goal, but what was that goal?! Could she have maybe accomplished the impossible?! Did she perhaps outsmart some pony else to get her way?! Gasp! Is she actually a cruel, cold-hearted pony who is simply gloating about her victory over something?!

The more I looked at it, the more I couldn't help asking myself so many questions about it! I mean, I had seen gigantic unicorn statues in the Canterlot Gardens where they pose in a look that makes it seem that they were successful at something. But this is the only statue that has ever really made me think about it it's success before!

"This!... This is..." I tried to say, but I just couldn't find the words.

"Yeah, it ain't the best I know." He said as he put it back in his pocket. "I ain't that good at makin statues ta be honest. " He said, misinterpreting my lack of words for thinking it was horrible.

"Why, not at all!" I managed to blurt out, trying not to give him the wrong idea.

"Beg yer pardon?" He asked, caught off guard by what I said.

"I think that statue alone is one of the most creative works of art I have ever seen!" I told him with complete honesty. "Never before has any piece of art like that one statue alone spoken out to me like it has! Such a simple design, but it speaks to any pony on so many levels!" I continued.

"Aw, yer just sayin that. 'Sides, it ain't as amazin a sight as you are." He said, smiling at me.

"You really think I look amazing?" I asked, touched by his words.

"Yeah." He said, keeping that smile on his face. I couldn't help but blush a little at his kind words and giggle at them. They were just too touching, and I must've looked like an idiot after hearing them.


Blitz's POV

As the four of us were flying back to the campsite, each of us with a decently sized rain cloud each, I felt the photo again. I quickly took it out and looked at it, and watched as Rarity faded back into existence. And it wasn't until we got back to the camp that I understood just how that happened.

"Hey every pony!" I called out, the four of us flying towards Golden Jewel's group. Only, Diane and Dusty were the only ones outta the group that noticed us come in as Arts and Jewel were in a deep conversation, Jewel blushing all the while.

"Uh, hello?!" I called out again as we all started to bring the clouds towards the ground. Diane and Dusty got Arts and Jewel's attention and they looked towards us. Not one second later did their jaws hit the floor.

"Are-Are those clouds?!" Arts asked, shocked.

"I-I believe they are!" Jewel answered for us.

"Them barrels ready yet?" I asked, landing on the ground as the others held the clouds.

"What in tarnation?!" We all turned to see the mayor and a few other earth ponies run over. "What in Equestria is that?!" He asked.

"Why, they're a few flyin pegasi bringin in some rain clouds fer the camp! What'cha think they are?!" I asked, laughing I what I said. I knew he was really asking about the clouds and not the pegasi, but it was a good idea to point the attention towards the pegasi that helped too.

"Really?" The mayor asked, walking over to where the clouds were. They were all close enough to the ground, so the other three were just relaxing on them as they saw the mayor step up.

He then looked towards Flitter Calm. "Y'all really brought them clouds here?" He asked her.

"Yes. What's wrong with that?" Flitter Calm asked, looking like she was mad when she really just acted more calm than ever.

"No! Not at all! I think it's amazin! Thank ya!" He said, not wanting to make her angry, although I'm pretty sure that was impossible.

"Oh... Well, it ain't nothin really..." She said, actually acting kind of shy like Fluttershy for once. Another thing I noticed was that she was blushing a little.

"Nothin?! Why that's an understatement! Yer a hero!" He said, still not wanting to make her angry, being extremely careful not to make her angry. What he didn't realize, was that he was complimenting her to no end. Me and the other around fifteen ponies just watched as this all played out, not daring to interrupt them.

"I wouldn't say I'ma hero... 'Sides, I'm sure any pony coulda done what I did." She said shyly, me now easily able to tell that she was Fluttershy's ancestor.

And as the mayor kept complimenting her and cheering her up, bringing her out of her calm attitude, I felt the photo change again. I pulled the photo out of my hat, deciding that it was easier to get to it since it was now changing quicker each time. When I looked at it, I saw that Fluttershy faded back into existence. It was a little funny too because in this picture, Fluttershy wasn't acting shy what so ever really. You could still tell that she had a timid nature, but she didn't look scared at all. Even with the destroyed and ruined Ponyville right behind her.

Seeing her, along with all the other changes in the picture made me sure that this was all going to go back to normal. Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Spike, Applejack, and Fluttershy were all back in the picture, along with me while I was in the picture the whole time. Not only that, but all of Ponyville went from being in a desert to being green and filled with life, though it was still destroyed.

But before any pony else could see the photo, I hid it back in my hat. I then cleared my throat loudly as the mayor and Flitter Calm weren't talking all that much anymore, and every pony else was starting to come over to see the clouds. I flew a little in the air to see them all and spoke up. "Now listen here every pony! Thanks ta tha help a these three pegasi, we all flew over the swamp over yonder and retrieved a few rain clouds. 'Nough water in each of em ta fill each a these four giant barrels a water." I said gesturing towards the finished four barrels.

"Fire Leaf, Old Yeller, Flitter Calm. Would ya kindly show em just what ya learned 'bout these rain clouds?" I asked them.

They all nodded and moved three of the clouds over three barrels. They then jumped on them liked I told them to, and all the rain started falling into the barrels. Not one drop going anywhere else.

I turned towards the audience, all of them shocked with amazement. "Now y'all see just what pegasi are capable of? We got wings fer a reason! Are wings ain't fer showin off an bein different, they're fer gettin ta the clouds in the sky, and handlin whether!" I told them all.

They all began to smile at the sight of all the water in front of them, happy we had something to drink. "Ya see, all ponies got somethin special! Earth Ponies got their great strength and toughness, able ta help em get their jobs done! Unicorns got their magic so they can overcome any obstacle they gotta handle! Finally, pegasi got their wings so we can get around and help bring weather across the land! And cause we all fergot 'bout that, every pony started thinkin that pegasi ain't as good as the other kinds a pony! But that ain't the case! We are all equal!" I yelled out with enthusiasm.

"Yeah!" They all cheered, now glad to accept that fact.

"We can all live together in harmony!" I added.

"Yeah!" They cheered louder than last time.

"And ponies like Whipper, who think that pegasi ain't as important! Ponies like him need ta learn ta accept equality!" I yelled out.

"YEAH!" They all yelled out, now fully understanding the point of our mission. I saw them all happy and ready to stop Whipper and his army. I also noticed that the whole audience didn't have a majority of the earth ponies and unicorns on one side, with the pegasi on the other. It was all in one, equal group.

"SHERIFF ALAMO! SHERIFF ALAMO!" I heard two voices cry out in fear as I saw the audience make a path for them to go through. That's when I saw the two ponies that went to spy on Whipper's army come over.

"We got terrible news!" One yelled out. "We found out that Whipper and his armies a leavin town tammara mornin!" The other said.

"What?!" I yelled out, shocked to hear this. With the amount of town folk that Whipper took with him, I would've expected him to take a few days to get ready, but I guess that wasn't the case.

"And that ain't all!" The second one yelled out. "Whipper captured a bunch a Timberwolves! He plans ta use em ta take over Canterlot by just setin em free inside!" He yelled in even more fear now that he said it.

"WHAT?!" Me, along with multiple others yelled out in shock. Whipper had gone off the deep end! He doesn't even care about any pony in Canterlot at this point! He just wants to take over!

"Yeah! The two of us, with eight other ponies, were forced to go inta the swamp and capture em! We snuck away and ran right back 'ere ta tell ya!" The first one said, happy they got away. "We lost em though and they gave up! So, they don't know bout tha resistance!" he finished.

That made me a little relieved, although I didn't really think about the possibility about them finding out about us until now. I started taking this all in, thinking of what to do now.

But the more I thought about it and looked around, the more I started to relax. Because as I looked at the rain clouds emptying, I was able to come up with a plan.

"Sheriff." Bright asked as she walked up. being second in command, they all looked to her now. "What are you thinking?" She asked, seeing me relax and have more of a thoughtful look on my face.

"Who me?" I asked, startin to grin. "Oh nothin, just thinkin a how we're all gonna celebrate once we stop Whipper." I said confidently, my idea ingenious.

"HUH?!" They all asked, surprised by my sudden confidence.

"Whipper's army may have Timberwolves, but the rest a tha army ain't a problem. Why, they only joined Whipper's foolish plan cause they saw what he meant by Celestia not doin much 'bout our drought. Well, since we got 'nough water right here, and back at them clouds over tha swamp, I'd say the drought is the least a our problems!" I announced to all of them!

I heard them start to mumble in agreement, seeing what I mean. I grinned even more and turned toward the other three flyin pegasi. "Fire Leaf, Flitter Calm, Old Yeller!" They all stood at attention as I said their names. "I need y'all ta help every pegasus here ta learn just how ta control all them clouds over at the Swamp. Have em bring em here and..." I looked around for the right spot. Then I saw, off in the distance, a decent sized crater where the lake was going to be in the future. "Practice pourin water inta that there crater." I instructed them.

"Yes Sheriff!" The three of them announced, saluting at me.

"Okay!" Fire Leaf said, flying up next to me and looking at the audience. "I want all pegasi ta follow me! First, we're gonna make a few cuts in yer vests fer yer wings ta show! Then, fly above the swamp. Old Yeller will show ya how ta get tha clouds! Finally, ta tha crater where Flitter Calm will help ya pour water! By the time we're done, we're gonna have ourselves a lake!" She yelled out, getting them excited.

"YEAH!" The pegasi cheered. Fire Leaf, Old Yeller, and Flitter Calm all then went to their proper spaces, the rest of the pegasi following on foot after Fire Leaf.

That just left the unicorns and earth ponies. "Now fer all y'all, get ta the trainin! We got some Timberwolves ta get ready ta stop!" I announced.

"YEAH!" All the earth ponies and unicorns cheered, runnin off to train.

"Sparkle Bright, Golden Jewel!" I called out to the two of them. "Can ya stay here? I need yer help personally." I told them as I flew off towards a different spot.

"Alright. Come on Golden Jewel, let's go." Bright said as she followed suit.

"I'll see ya later, my shinin Jewel." Crafty Arts said, kissing Jewel's front hoof before smiling at her. Jewel blushed and nodded, running after me and Bright to see what I needed help with.

And with Celestia starting to bring the sun down, we didn't have much time to finish up everything I needed to do. Cause if I was going to take on Whipper while the others fought the Timberwolves and kept the other townsfolk busy, I needed to be at my best and have a way to defend myself. And I had a certain tail in mind that was going to help me out.


Whipper's POV

Ha! Everything's going perfectly! All these idiots think that I'm right, but that ain't even the best part! They're all willing to fight Celestia under my command, without as much as a second thought! And when it's all over, and that dang lazy 'Princess of Equestria' will soon be the 'Princess of the Dungeon'! Ha ha ha! Nothing can ruin this moment for me! Nothing!

"Whipper! We got interestin news fer ya!" Quickshot said as he approached me. Me sitting on a temporary throne in the middle of the Whipping Grounds, he stood in front of me.

"That so? What is it?" I asked with a great big grin on my face, feeling on top of the world right now. I felt as if nothing could bring me down.

"After doin a little scouting, I found out that Alamo's built up a resistance 'gainst ya." He said.

"What?" I asked flatly, my grin falling. He had better be kidding right now

"Alamo got the same 'mount a ponies as we do. Earth Ponies, Unicorns, an Pegasi alike." He continued. I don't know how, but somehow those two sentences managed to ruin my day.

"Ya better be jokin Quickshot. Cause I ain't likin what I'm hearin." I told him, starting to glare. If this was a joke, I was NOT laughing.

"No. 'Fraid not sir." He said. I was able to just barely tell behind his mask that he was a little scared by my anger. But he quickly remembered something and I saw a smirk grow across his face. "But I got good news too." He said to me.

Seeing his smirk, I couldn't help but smile a little myself. Quickshot wasn't no fool, so it had to be good whatever it was. "Then spit it out already!" I ordered, liking the amount of power I had.

"We got them Timberwolves ya wanted." He said to me with a hint of evil happiness in his voice. Something that I was starting to like the sound of.

"That so? How many?" I asked, curious. That swamp had tons a wolves, and I was hoping we got enough.

"I'd say 'bout thirty of em." He said, smirking even more.

"Really?! Oh, let me see em!" I asked, now excited to see them. I always loved Timberwolves, the blood-lust of them being so enjoyable to watch.

He turned towards one of the roads that lead to the Whipping Grounds and whistled a signal of some kind. That's when I saw the giant cage filled with tons of hungry and feral looking Timberwolves.

Me, along with the majority of the army that was around the Whipping Grounds and not around the town, all looked at either amazement or fear. Me with excitement.

I got up and went over to them, starting to cackle as an idea about feeding the Timberwolves came to mind. Then, the more I thought of it, the better it got. So I started cackling even louder and louder, until stopping once I stopped at the cage.

One of the Timberwolves got real close to me and looked at me. I cackled a little more, petting his head without fear. I don't know why, but it was like I was a Timberwolf whisperer. As long as I had no fear in me or was sure about whatever plan I had going on in my head, the Timberwolves saw me as like the Alpha Wolf or something. I always figured it had to do with them smelling fear, but that didn't matter to me because I was the bravest pony around.

"Y'all do look hungry don't ya?" I asked them. The one I was petting whimpered a little in agreement, admitting that he was indeed hungry.

"Well y'all won't have ta worry 'bout bein hungry no more. Cause I know of one lazy alicorn and her nosey lackey pegasus that'd be perfect fer fillin in as dinner." I said to them with a little glee in my voice. After saying my plan I couldn't help but start to cackle a little, then finally couldn't hold it in and cackled as loudly as I ever had. My plan was working out perfectly! And these Timberwolves were gonna insure me of victory, and the throne for good!

The Timberwolves joined in my mad cackling by howling at the setting sun. And what a perfect setting sun it was. I watched as it set, knowing that by this time tomorrow, I was gonna be the new ruler of all of Equestria! And no pony would have anything to say about it!


That does not sound good! So with both sides knowing about the other, who's gonna come out on top?! The Timberwolf Loving, Whip Happy Whipper?! Or the Literal Head-In-The-Clouds, Cypony Sheriff Lonestar Alamo?! It's gonna be the most amazing MLP Western Stand-Off ever! (Especially since it's probably the only MLP Western Stand-Off ever) See you all next time for the beginning of the end!

P.S. Even though it's only just two more chapters left in the finale, it might take me a little longer than usual to write them out. Especially when I gotta fit enough of it in two chapters. So you'll have to expect the next chapter in a range of 3-5 days instead. Sorry, but I promise that I will try not to disappoint!

QotC: What's scarier? Having to fight Whipper? Or having to fight Blitz/Alamo? Why?