Chapter 7: Dragon Unleashed! The Magic of…

The group of friends continued running away from the teahouse where they stopped as they saw something in the bushes.

North sniffed the air and knew this scent anywhere.

Turns out it was Queen Haven where she pulled herself out of the bushes.

Zipp and Pipp: Mom?

The sisters ran up to their mother who was relieved her two daughters were safe.

Haven: Oh, my darlings. Thank hoofness.

Zipp: You escaped.

Pipp: How did you find us?

Something ran out of the bushes where it jumped on top of Hitch to reveal it was Cloudpuff who returned the sheriff's badge.

Hitch: Oh, my badge, yes!

North Star: That explains it.

Haven: Oh, I'm so glad I found my little fillies. Now, I know that if you just come back with me, we can explain everything. Spin the story, and they'll love us again. Right?

Pipp and Zipp looked at each other, then at their mother, then at North. They knew the decision to make.

The royal sisters walked up to North's sides as they faced their mother who was dumbstruck.

Haven: W-What? Zipp…

Zipp: Sorry mom, but I'm tired of lying after so long.

Haven: Pipp, sweetie, please…you always side with me…

Pipp: Forgive me mom, but….

Pipp looks at North and remembers what happened yesterday.

Pipp: I think it's best we continue bringing back our magic.

Haven was shocked. Not even Pipp sided with her where she then eyed North.

Haven: You rather side with some…stallion-thing than your own mother?

Pipp: He's not a thing…he's North Star.

North looked at Pipp as they smiled at each other where he did the same with Zipp.

North was glad the sisters were staying by his side and that they stuck to the truth.

The group heard more movement in the bushes where it turns out Alphabittle and a group of unicorns followed them.

North Star: Oh great…

Sunny: Let us explain.

?: There she is!

The ponies turned their heads to show Zoom with Thunder and other pegasi guards who followed Haven.

Zoom: Your Criminal Highness. You're coming with us.

Thunder: Argh! Unicorns!

Thunder threw a tennis ball, aka the shield, at Alphabittle where it bounced off his head.

Alphabittle: Give me back my crystals and boomerang and leave Bridlewood.

Haven: Your crystals? That crystal belongs to me.

Alphabittle: Not any more, it doesn't. I won it fair and square.

North Star: Hold on, I beat you fair and square. All I did was wear a disguise to hide my wings.

Alphabittle: So what? A freak of nature like you doesn't deserve the crystals.

Izzy: Why does everypony call him that?

Alphabittle: What, he is.

Haven: I'm actually agreeing with you.

Zipp: Mom!

Haven: What?

Pipp: What did he do to be called a freak?

Haven: Well, look at him.

Zipp: You can't just judge somepony on their appearance.

Hitch: And trust me, I learned it the hard way.

Alphabittle: Well it does it matter, both crystals are mine.

Haven: Huh! I certainly doubt it. Unicorns are known to be cheaters.

Alphabittle: You pegasi always thought you were better than us.

Zoom: Hey, that's our queen you're talking to.

North Star: (Weren't they trying to- Ah forget it..)

Unicorn Mare: She's not a queen here.

Zoom: Who do you think you are?

Unicorn Stallion: We're gonna zap you with our horns.

North Star: (More lies…really?)

Both sides started to argue where North's hearing was being overwhelmed where all he sensed was anger but he then sensed one emotion that stuck out…fear.

North's echolocation looked into the crowd where he saw the same colt from the swing. He was getting scared and North had to do something.

North Star: No pony has magic!

Both sides were quiet as they stared at North where a random unicorn said, "Bing-bong!"

Sunny then walked up to North.

Sunny: But we are here to bring it back.

The ponies started to question what Sunny said and some were doubting her.

Sunny: I know it sounds unbelievable, but please, just let us try.

Pipp: Please, mom.

Zipp: Trust us.

Haven: You two…*sigh* Fine.

Alphabittle: You're wasting your time, kid.

Izzy and Sunny stepped up in front of the crowd.

Both mares stood on opposite sides staring at each other where Sunny held the pegasus crystal where Izzy held the unicorn crystal.

Sunny: Ready, Izzy?

Izzy: Ready.

Both mares held their crystal as they slowly raised their respective hoof as they slowly put the crystals closer together.

Everypony watched, or in North's case, listened, as they waited for their magic to return.

North sensed all the emotions around him, it was a mix of excitement, suspense, and curiosity as they waited.

The two crystals then connected but nothing happened. Now there was nothing but confusion.

Sunny: It…It…

Unicorn Colt: Why didn't it work, Daddy?

Unicorn Dad: Cos it was all just make-believe.

Sunny: We can try it again. Maybe…Maybe we did it wrong somehow.

Everypony just got sad and walked off.

Sunny: Wait, wait, don't go. Oh, come on.

Sunny tried to put the crystals together several times trying to do something but nothing happened.

Sunny: Work! Work. Please work. Come on.

Hitch and North walked up to Sunny's side to tell her…

Hitch: Sunny. It's OK. You did everything you could.

North Star: Yeah, we'll find another way.

Sunny turned around and faced them.

Sunny: I…I thought it would work. I was so, so sure of it.

Sunny got up and walked towards Alphabittle and Haven.

Zipp: What do we do now, Sunny?

Sunny gave Alphabittle back the unicorn crystal where she gave Haven back the pegasus crystal.

Sunny: I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused you.

Sunny then walked up to North all teary eyed showing she was close to crying.

Sunny: And I'm sorry for dragging you around only to make you fail.

North took Sunny's hooves.

North Star: But you didn't. There has to be another way. We just have to look for it.

Sunny just laid her head on North's chest as tears broke free.

Sunny: But I made you let your father down. And there's nothing we can do to fix that.

Sunny walked away where North tried to reach for her.

North Star: Sunny…

Pipp: Sunny! We can't give up.

Sunny stopped with her back towards them where she turned around.

Sunny: I thought that I could make a difference. But everywhere I go, I just make things worse.

Izzy: That's not true. We're all in this together, right?

Pipp: Yeah.

Zipp: Of course.

North Star: We can still bring magic back. All we have to do is find out where we went wrong and figure out what to do.

Their words had no effect.

Sunny: I'm so sorry I let you all down. Including you North…I failed you, and our fathers.

Sunny walked away to return to Maretime Bay.

North felt something inside him break apart where he senses all the sadness from everypony as Hitch followed Sunny.

Hitch: I guess this is goodbye…friends.

Zipp: Better hurry…Sheriff

Hitch walked off following Sunny where North was wandering back and forth.

Alphabittle: What's got him acting up?

Izzy: North, calm down…

North Star: What are we missing? I knew we overlooked something, but what?

Haven: What's he doing?

North continued moving back and forth.

North Star: What would dad do?

(17 years ago)

Young North: I don't know what to do dad. I tried everything.

Astral: You have all the pieces, figure it out.

Young North: But I still don't know what to do.

Astral: Then retrace your steps. Start at the beginning.

Young Star: Does that mean I have to start over?

Astral: No *laughs* I mean look back at your clues, your pieces. Star from the first piece and look over the other ones you get later. Go over everything you have as many times you need to…

(Back to present)

Astral: And then you'll find what you're looking for.

North Star: (Got it. Thanks dad.)

North got on top of a rock and sat down where he got into a meditation position.

Haven: What is he doing now?

Pipp: Don't know. This is new.

North Star: (Okay, time to think about. First, learning about the crystals. That was when Zipp showed us that old station. When she showed us the crystals, the pegasus crystal glass was in perfect tact, but the unicorn glass was broken. The unicorn crystal glass was under a tarp because of it being broken.)

North then processed all that info and continued thinking.

North Star: (After learning of the crystals, we figured that would bring back magic but it didn't work. We got the two crystals but I know we're missing something. Let's look back at the station. The pegasus glass was intact but the unicorn wasn't. But that's because the station is super old and had no maintenance forever)

North then processed the two thoughts together.

North Star: (Wait a sec…Broken glass…old station…no maintenance…what if there was an earth pony glass, but unlike the unicorn one, it was completely destroyed. Plus, why only two magic crystals when there are three kinds of ponies.)

North figured it out.

North Star: (That's it! There aren't two crystals, there are three! One crystal for each pony! The only reason we didn't see it at the station was because it was broken!)

North jumped up and landed in front of every pony.

North Star: I figured it out!

Zipp: What is it?

North Star: There are actually three crystals! We only thought there were two because we didn't see a stained glass panel of the earth pony crystal because the station was old so naturally it would break apart. That's why it didn't work in the first place.

Pipp: Wow! You thought all that?

North Star: Dad once told me that if I have all the pieces of a mystery, I think back and look at the clues I have with me from beginning to end. Then I put it all together to see the big picture.

Izzy: So you're saying that…

North Star: There's still hope. We can still bring back magic.

North then faced Haven and Alphabittle.

North Star: I know you don't trust me but please…give me a chance.

Haven and Alphabittle looked at each other where they looked at North and gave him the crystals.

Alphabittle: Better be right this time.

North Star: I know what I'm doing. Haven, get your pegasi, and Alphabittle, get the unicorns and head to Maretime Bay, I'll meet you there.

North ran off towards Maretime Bay where Izzy, Zipp, and Pipp followed him.

North Star: You girls sure you can keep up?

Zipp: Shouldn't we ask you that?

Izzy: Yeah! Besides, I got involved with your mission since you bumped into me.

Pipp: That and I did promise you a private performance.

North chuckled as he started to think of them and Sunny where he felt something in his heart.

North Star: (Never thought I would find THAT four times over. Now I know why I feel like this about them and Sunny. I love the mares. All four of them. Never knew I would fall in love four times. But for now, I have to focus.)

North and the Mares continued running to Maretime Bay and didn't stop.

They eventually made it to Maretime Bay where the sun was close to setting but it was covered by clouds.

North smelled the air and had a bad feeling.

North Star: Be aware, my senses are saying something's up.

North's ears shot up where he faced forward where he detected Sunny running towards him with Hitch behind her.

North skidded to a halt where Sunny did to where their snouts almost touched.

North Star: Sunny! Hitch!

Sunny: North! Girls!

North Star: That's not all.

North smiled as he looked back where there was Haven and Alphabittle followed by a bunch of pegasi and unicorns.

Sunny: You all came!

Alphabittle: You can thank that nut job.

North just gave a cheeky smile where he faced Sunny.

North and Sunny: I just discovered something!

North and Sunny just laughed.

North and Sunny: There's a third crystal!

They laughed again until Sunny remembered something.

Sunny: You have to go! You're all in danger!

Haven: I'm sorry. What?

North smelled the air.

North Star: Burning oil?

Everypony hears the sound of a horn blaring where they see Sprout driving some giant red machine with green lights shining towards them.

North Star: Great…This loser.

Sprout stops the machine where a group of earth ponies with antenna-like helmets and slime catapult helmets.

North Star: Are they preparing for war?

Hitch: Yeah, Sprout convinced them somehow.

Sprout: Would you look at this! Our enemies delivered themselves to us. Oh! And the monster is with them! Even better!

Haven: No, no, no, we're not here to fight, Mr Big Robot Pony.

Sprout: I do not accept your surrender. Load the Splat-a-pult!

Some of the earth ponies turn tailed and run off back to Maretime Bay.

Sprout: Oh! Why do I have to do everything myself?

Sprout pulled some switches as his machine started to transform.

Zipp: We have to stop that thing!

Izzy: But how?

North took Sunny's hoof and placed the two crystals in it.

North Star: You know what to do.

Sunny looked at the crystals then at North and decided…

Sunny: North, there's something I got to-

North placed his hoof over her mouth.

North Star: Later, okay?

North turned around to face Sprout.

Hitch: You kidding! I know you're strong but not even you can't destroy that thing!

North Star: Don't worry… I got this.

North face Sprout.

Sprout: Oh, and what are you going to do?

North Star: So you think I'm a monster? Alright, I'll show you one.

North stomped his hooves down where shackles formed on his back where scales formed on his hooves from the bottom to where they bent as they also formed around the side of his neck to the sides of his face.

North's teeth also turned into fangs as they became sharp.

North then let out a loud roar where everypony covered their ears.

North Star: I'm North Star. Ice Draconian-Alicorn. With what power I have, I will stop you!

Sprout: Bring it freak!

North turned around to face Sunny

North Star: No time! Go!

Sunny: Follow me!

Sunny led the others to her house, the Lighthouse.

Sprout: Oh, no, you don't!

Sprout steered his machine to go after them where North jumped in front of the window.

North Star: You're dealing with me!

North ripped off a piece on the rim of the windshield and pierced it through the window where Sprout shrieked then glared.

Sprout: You little!

Sprout drove in a serpentine pattern to shake North off where Hitch saw this.

Hitch: He can't deal with that on his own, I'm going to help!

Zipp: I've got your back, Hitch.

Zipp and Hitch turn around where they hopped onto the machine as North jumped on top of the roof where Sunny, Izzy, and Pipp ran inside and up to the lighthouse.

North dug his hooves into the roof and started to rip it off.

Sprout: Get off!

Sprout pulled another lever where two giant Splat-a-pults formed on the side. Left side spinning forward and right side spinning backwards.

North hung on where Sprout slammed the brakes where the prodigy slipped off and was hanging on the edge.

Hitch: North!

North was slipping where he slipped off the roof only for a certain tail to grab his right hoof and pull him up.

It was Desna.

Desna: Told ya you were helpless without me.

Desna pulled his friend back on top of the machine.

North Star: You came back…

Desna: And I got some help.

Des used his tail to point where North's echolocation saw what it was.

It was his village. Every single creature from changelings, to kirins, to hippogriffs, and so on.

North even located his mother River Harmony, his grandma Ocean Rose, and his little sister Obsidia Scream.

North Star: They're all here….

Desna: Yeah, and I just wanted to say I'm sorry for everything and that I was out of line and-

North Star: As much as I want to hear you were wrong and I was right, but we got to stop his stupid deputy before he starts a war.

Des nodded where he started to open a hatch where he found some machinery.

Desna: Might not be the engine but looks important!

Des hopped into the machine and started destroying everything inside.

Inside the top of the lighthouse, Sunny, Izzy, and Pipp were placing the crystals together where Sprout rammed his machine into the building.

The crystals fell over their holding and all over the floor.

Sunny got up with the pegasus crystals where and saw the other crystals were missing.

Sunny: Where are the other crystals?

North ripped off the other metal piece on the windshield rim and stabbed it around the engine.

North Star: Des, work faster!

Desna: Hey! I might be smart but I'm no tech-head!

Hitch got in front of Sprout's view.

Hitch: This ends now!

Sprout: What, and let them have magic? Never!

Sprout motioned the head of the machine to throw Hitch off where he loaded the Splat-a-pults which started firing slime everywhere.

Ponies started to run all over the place dodging the incoming slimeballs.

North Star: Des!

Desna popped his head up and saw what was happening.

Desna: Give me a minute! Two tops!

Des got back into the machine and started pulling wires.

Desna: Come on!

As slimeballs were being fired, the armadillo critters were barely hit where Alphabittle used himself as a bodyshield where one of his hooves was slimed and got stuck.

The slime was hitting the lighthouse which had a big crack down the middle.

The slime hitting the window startled Pipp where one of her hind hooves stepped on the earth pony crystal.

Pipp: Sunny!

Pipp tossed Sunny the crystal who caught it and placed it into its holding.

Sunny: We need the unicorn crystal.

Izzy: I'm looking, I'm looking!

Sprout drove his machine towards the lighthouse where Izzy found the unicorn crystal only for the machine to hit the lighthouse again and make her drop it where it landed at the end of the balcony.

Due to the lighthouse coming apart, the lift towards the lightroom broke and fell with Pipp still on.

Pipp screamed as she was falling with the lift but luckily it stopped before she hit the bottom.

Pipp: Oh. I'm OK!

Izzy ran towards the unicorn crystal and grabbed it only for the balcony to fall apart with Izzy still on it where she screamed.

Sunny: Izzy!

Izzy was seen hanging over the edge where North detected her.

North Star: Izzy! Des, hurry!

Desna was still trying to figure out how to stop the Splat-a-pults.

Sprout was backing up where Alphabittle was in his path, still stuck to the slime as Pipp ran out of the lighthouse.

Pipp: Alphabittle, look out!

Before Sprout could run over Alphabittle and the critters, Haven pushed them out of the way where none of them was hurt.

Hitch was reaching for the pin for the left Splat-a-pult where Zipp was making sure he didn't fall.

Hitch pulled the pin where the left Splat-a-pult was sent flying towards Izzy and Sunny.

North Star: No!

North grabbed his boomerang and tossed it where it clanged against the Splat-a-pult and knocked it out of the air.

After being in the clear, Sunny swung Izzy towards the unicorn crystal as she pulled her up as both fell down where Izzy showed she caught the crystal.

Both the boomerang and Splat-a-pult hit the ground where Des pulled the right wire and disabled the other one.

Desna jumped out of the machine where he was covered in soot.

North Star: This ends now. Des, set me up!

Des jumped on top of the roof where North reached out and grabbed hold of his friend's tail.

Desna: Kick flank North!

Des swung North into the cockpit where North kicked his way in and slammed into Sprout.

North Star: Guess who!

Sprout: Get out!

Sprout tried to punch North who blocked it and pinned Sprout's hoof.

North Star: I'm not one for conflict but that doesn't mean I'll fight back!

North started punching Sprout in the face with his free hoof several times and then started slamming the deputy's face into the controls where he destroyed them.

North slammed Sprout into the opposing door where North prepared a buck.

North Star: Have a nice flight! Nǐ zhè gǒu shǐ!

North bucked Sprout out of the cockpit where the deputy hit the ground.

North then realized it was a mistake to slam Sprout's head into the machine where he saw the controls were destroyed.

North Star: Des! Hitch! Zipp! Bail out!

Desna, Hitch, and Zipp jumped off the machine where North got on top of the roof.

North Star: Only one thing I can do…

North jumped off the machine and landed in front of it.

North Star: This is it dad. The big finale…

North put his front hooves up where the machine hit them where North started using his own dragon strength to stop it.

Everypony saw this.

Phyllis: Is he insane?!

Alphabittle: He's going to get crushed!

?: Never doubt a hero's descendant.

The ponies turned around and saw the creatures from North and Des' village.

Haven: Who are you?

River: River Harmony. Mother of the stallion stopping that machine.

Everypony was in awe as they saw other earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns with other creatures they never saw.

Ocean: That's my grandson! Make your grandma proud!

Obsidia: You got this big brother!

Hitch: Big brother?!

Pipp: Didn't he mention he had a sister before?

North was struggling as he was fighting the machine but the damage done was making it overheat.

Pipp: He's doing it!

But he and the machine were getting close to the lighthouse.

Hitch: But not fast enough!

After getting close to the lighthouse, North kicked his back hooves up and started to keep the machine from moving any further.

North started yelling in ferocity and pain where inside his body, the bones for his legs started to fracture where his ribs broke apart as the pressure was exerting onto the lighthouse causing it to break apart even more.

North Star: Come on!

North roared where the top of the lighthouse gave wave and started to fall off.

Sunny and Izzy were still inside where they fell on their stomachs and got up where North continued to fight back against the machine where the engine exploded as it fell apart.

North fell on the ground as he struggled to get up where his body turned back to normal.

North Star: I….I did it…

Sunny placed the unicorn crystal into place with the others but nothing happened.

Sunny: Why isn't it working?

The lighthouse gave way as it fell apart with Sunny and Izzy inside.

North's echolocation detected them where he forced himself up and started to jump into the air and used the oncoming rubble as hoof holds as he continued jumping towards Sunny and Izzy.

North made it to the two mares and caught them on his back where he started to glide down only for a piece of debris to hit and dislocated his left wing where he crashed into the ground with the two mares on his back.

Sunny: Oh, no, North!

Sunny and Izzy pulled North on his hooves as they tried to get him to safety.

North's ears shot up where the big top of the lighthouse was about to fall on top of them where North reacted and pushed Sunny and Izzy away.

Time went slow for a bit until it sped back up as North was buried under the debris of the lighthouse.

Desna: NOOOOOOOO!

North's family was shocked to see one of their own buried alive where everypony else was terrified of what happened.

Sprout finally got up and saw the mess that was caused mostly by him as he and all the other ponies and creatures saw the destruction where they saw Desna looking for North.

As the dust cleared, North's bottom half was buried as he was unconscious.

Desna tried to lift the debris up where Sunny tried to help.

Sunny: Help! Somepony! Some creature! Help him please!

Alphabittle, Hitch, and other stallions got up and helped them lift the debris off North.

Alphabittle: We got it, pull him out!

Desna used his tail to pull North to safety as the group of stallions let the debris go.

North was placed on his back as his head was laid on Sunny's legs.

Sunny: North, please…wake up….

North coughed a bit where he opened his eyes but his echolocation was blurry.

North Star: Sunny….

Sunny: It's okay. You're going to be okay.

North Star: The magic….it didn't return…

Sunny: I'm sorry. It didn't.

Zipp, Pipp, Izzy, Hitch, and Des gathered around North as everypony and creature did the same where North's family joined the huddle.

River: Son…

North Star: Hi mom. Sis. Grandma.

Obsidia: Why are you alway so reckless, big brother…?

North Star: Guess it's something I got from dad.

North tried to laugh at his joke only to cough a bit as blood started to drip out the side of his mouth where he tasted it with his tongue.

North Star: So this is blood….Never knew what it was like….

Des placed his head on North's chest and heard the rate of his heart where his eyes went wide.

Desna: Not good.

Hitch: What's wrong?

Desna: He's….He's dying.

Everypony and creature gasped at this.

Sunny: No, no, no! North, you can't die!

Zipp: Yeah…W-We still haven't gotten you new eyes! Plus you said we would fly one on one with each other!

Pipp: You asked for a private performance right?! Y-You can't die until that happens!

Izzy: And you promised we'd be together no matter what!

North Star: I guess *coughs* I won't be able to keep any promises now…And I was so close to restoring magic. But on a plus side….I get to experience everypony and creature together for the first time after thousands of years.

Sunny looked up and he was right, everypony including the creatures from North's village were together and weren't fighting when she looked back down at North.

Sunny: But that doesn't mean you should die.

Sunny and the others started to get teary eyed.

Sunny: Please…Don't die. I can't lose you too.

North weakly placed a hoof on Sunny's cheek as he smiled.

North Star: Whatever you do. Don't give up on what you believe.

North faced Hitch.

North Star: Thank you Hitch…for realizing the truth…and for doing your part.

North then faces Des.

North Star: Desna…my best friend. You were like a brother to me….I'm glad you came back….brother…

North faced Pipp.

North Star: Pipp…don't stop doing what you love. Keep singing and dancing till your heart's content.

North then faced Zipp.

North Star: Zipp, keep speaking the truth…and be free….

North faced Izzy next.

North Star: Izzy, even if I die, I will always be by your side…just look up at the stars, and find the Northern Star. That will be me…

North then faced up to look at Sunny.

North Star: And Sunny….thank you….for everything….Thanks to you, we were able to succeed and restore friendship…I wish I could have seen it.

Sunny took her hoof and grabbed the one touching her cheek as she held North's hoof.

North Star: I wished I could see….that way I could see what you all look like….I don't even know what my dad looks like. All because I'm blind….Just how messed up is that…

Obsidia: It's not….even though you couldn't see, every time we looked at each other and had fun, it was like you could see me and every creature.

North Star: Thanks sis. Grandma. Mom. Thank you for taking care of me…since dad…passed….I'll make sure I'll pass on your regards…to him….

North's heart rates started to decrease as his echolocation became more blurry.

North Star: Everypony and creature….I'm glad I met every last one of you….I…had….fun….

North's heart stopped as his echolocation went dark.

The hoof Sunny was holding went limp where she gasped in horror.

Des placed his head on North's chest and couldn't hear a single heartbeat where he raised his head up and started crying.

Desna: He's gone…

Sunny started crying as she held North where Izzy and Hitch started to cry.

Zipp and Pipp hugged and cried into each other.

North's family was also in tears as they lost somepony in their family.

The group then had flashbacks of the time they had. North and Des on their way to Maretime Bay. Meeting Izzy and Sunny. Meeting Zipp. North's apology to the sisters. The "Fit Right In" song. North against Alphabittle. And the campfire.

Des placed his hoof over North's eyes and closed them as he took a picture out of his bag and placed it on North and moved his dead friend's hooves over it.

The picture was North with his father when he was still alive while with the rest of his family along with Desna himself.

Desna: Sunny, you have to keep moving forward. He would've wanted you to do that.

Sunny looked at Des and then at North where she got up and gently placed North's head down and wiped the drip of blood off his lip.

Sunny: I'll never forget you.

Sunny then turned around and faced all creatures of Equestria.

Sunny: Now I understand. Something North understood before any of us did. It's not the crystals that need to be brought together. It's us. We can bring back everything that was lost, but it's up to us. We can stay separated by fear and distrust or we can choose friendship! Like how North chose it above everything else. He didn't care about himself or magic, he cared about everypony and creature being friends. We can do the same, or let it die with him.

Sunny looked down and saw a picture of her as a filly with her father where the frame was broken into four pieces.

Sunny: We can even choose love.

Sunny then faces every creature.

Sunny: That's the true magic.

Haven walked up to Sunny where she put a piece of the frame back into place.

Alphabittle followed where he put a frame piece into place.

Phyllis then walked up to Sunny and placed another frame piece together where Des put the last frame piece together as he backed up to stand beside the three leaders as they smiled at her.

Everpony else gathered where the crystals, which were buried under the rubble, started to glow where they started to float into the air and circle Sunny.

The crystals then started to spin fast around Sunny and carry her into the air slowly.

Every creature was in awe where glowing magical golden wings and horn formed on Sunny where her hair was undone and a rainbow streak formed down her mane and tail.

The crystal then shot up into the air and came together as burst of magic formed something like the Northern Lights as it cleared the clouds and brought back all magic.

Izzy's horn started to glow where she got all giddy where the sisters' wings started to glow where they started to fly.

Pipp: We're actually flying!

The same thing happened to all creatures of Equestria where their magic was being restored.

The pegasi could fly again and the unicorns can use their magical horns.

Sunny used her own wings to descend as Pipp and Zipp fly around her.

Zipp: Sunny! Check you out!

Desna felt his body act up where his horn glowed where some bits of his mane started to flicker fire.

Desna: Awesome!

Sunny and the royal sisters landed all cheerfully.

Hitch: What?

Sunny: I can't believe it!

Izzy: Now, that's what I call a glow-up!

Pipp: Look!

They all looked at the sky where the magical lights shone across Equestria.

Back in Bridlewood, the unicorn horns all started to glow as they all got their magic back where the crystals themselves started to glow.

In Zephyr Heights, pegasi are seen flying all over the place free and cheerfully.

Back in Maretime Bay, Sunny and the others were happy until Sunny saw North's resting body where she got depressed.

Sunny: I wish he was alive to experience this.

Hitch: He would probably have the biggest smile in Equestria if he did.

Izzy: And with a sparkle like his, he would shine like the Northern Star itself.

Zipp: His flying and magic. All prepared to happen.

Pipp: But he's probably happy enough knowing we're okay.

The group smiled at each other where the ground started to glow where the Northern Star shone above North.

Both lights covered North as his body was levitated into the air as it started to glow.

His bones, ribs, wing, and other injuries were fully healed where his eyes and mouth shot open with bright white lights where the light faded as he was gently placed down on the ground.

North's picture floated around until Des caught it where every creature saw North starting to move where he got up.

North slowly opened his eyes and they were no longer blank. They were a lilac indigo and he could see.

North can finally see.

North felt his face and inspected his hooves to test his eyes where he shot up into the air with his flight and flew around the ocean where he used unicorn telekinesis to carry some water.

North then flew above every creature and spun around where he shot his wings up as the water burst as the droplets sparkled in the light.

North safely landed facing the four mares he fell for where he had a gentle smile.

North Star: Sunny. Izzy. Zipp. Pipp…..I see you….

The mares knew exactly what he meant by that.

Sunny/Izzy/Zipp/Pipp: We see you too.

Izzy, Zipp, and Pipp run up to their now official boyfriend and hugged him where they each kissed him as they hugged him.

Sunny slowly walked up to North where both stared at each other.

North Star: Sunny…

Sunny: North…

Both closed their eyes and moved closer where they kissed each other on the lips where every creature cheered.

North and Sunny separated and placed their heads together where their horns crossed as Sunny had tears of joy having the stallion she loved back with her.

Obsidia: Big brother!

Obsidia came out of nowhere where she and Des tackled North with excitement knowing he was alive as they hugged him.

Ocean laughed.

Ocean: Eh hee hee! Now would you look at that! I got myself four potential future granddaughters! He's definitely Starkiller's descendant!

River wiped a tear away as she looked up into the starry sky.

River: Astral, our son did it.

?: I know…

Everypony turned their attention to the voice where they saw the spirit of Astral Haze standing next to Argyle.

North Star: Father?

Sunny: Dad?

Argyle: Hello Sunny.

Sunny: Dad!

Sunny ran to her dad where they hugged each other where North just stood in front of his father in awe.

Astral: Amazing work son. You made all of us proud.

North Star: All of us?

Pretty soon, more spirits appeared. It was all of North's ancestors and right there beside Astral's side was the ancestor who started their legacy…Starkiller.

Starkiller: Yes. All of us. Every single one of us is proud of you for what you have done. You and your friends, and four girlfriends *winks* done something we've all failed to succeed.

Astral: But none of them is any prouder than me.

Astral hugged North who cried as he hugged back.

Starkiller: North.

North and Astral separated as they faced their starting ancestor.

Starkiller: Be on the lookout for Nemesis. My brother.

North Star: Wait, brother. He should be dead, why should I look out for him?

Starkiller: Because of his unique ability. As long as darkness exists, even by the smallest amount, he will exist. So he's out there alive and probably with answers you need.

North was amazed. He and the others can learn the truth of the past.

Starkiller: But for now, relax. You deserved it.

Starkiller and the ancestors faded away when Astral faced his family when his wife approached.

River: Astral….

Astral: River…

Both kissed and crossed horns as Astral faded away.

Sunny was seen with her father still who was starting to fade.

Sunny: Dad…

Argyle: Sunny, I'm so proud of you.

Sunny: Dad, I missed you so much and I thought that I let you down and that…

Argyle: You didn't. You always did your best and kept trying. And now you won't be doing it alone.

Argyle and Sunny stared at the others then back at each other.

Argyle: Have to get going now. Take care, my little pony.

Argyle faded away as North held Sunny's hoof as they watched.

Everypony and creature were now enjoying themselves in town where Cloudpuff was seen flying around playing with a earth pony foal where another one was staring at Alphabittle because he was so big.

Izzy and another unicorn mare were seen putting the trolley back on the rails where Zipp posed with other ponies and creatures as Pipp took their picture.

Sprout was then seen all beaten thanks to North as he was falling Phyllis.

Sprout: Mommy? Was I a good sheriff?

Phyllis: Er….Look! A flying dog!

With Sprout distracted, Phyllis walked off where Sprout was left disappointed.

The others gathered together by North and Sunny.

Hitch: You did it, Sunny.

Sunny: No. We did it - together.

Izzy: Now we never have to be apart!

The group put their hooves together where they looked at Desna.

North Star: You to Des.

Des placed his hoof in the middle as they all raised them.

All: Hooves to hearts!

The mares hugged their boyfriend soon after.

Pipp: Think we can make this work?

North Star: Hey, we restored magic and reunited all pony kind. I'm positive the five of us can make this work.

Out of nowhere, an earth pony stallion with a backpack with balloons attached landed in front of them.

Balloon Stallion: Hey, guys, what did I miss?

The stallion turned around and saw the group where he screamed in panic as he ran off.

Desna: So…who's going to explain this long story?