When the next morning came, Anastasia and Sitka started their training, and so for the next 29 days which slowly passed one-by-one, they both trained together as hard as they could in order to get strong enough and ready to fight Margaret and her friend whom she mentioned (although not by name), but despite their training for the upcoming fight against Margaret and her friend was an advantage for both Sitka and Anastasia, because then the two will also be able to take down many other enemies besides just them (Margaret and her friend), Sitka and Anastasia's training for the upcoming fight was also a disadvantage, because from morning to evening, they won't be able to see and/or tend to Charity and Faith, and so this means that they will be able to see and tend to the newborn baby centauresses only every night, from dusk to dawn.

However, luckily for them and also very fortunately, Bluebell, Layla, Linda, Chloe, Aylene and all the others are able to care for and tend to Charity and Faith while Anastasia and Sitka are training hard every day in order to get strong enough to fight Margaret and her friend, and at the same time, Russell is slowly healing in the hospital and his condition is slowly raising up and he's also on the road of recovery, but while he's still healing in the hospital, Russell still had one thought that was bothering him - which pony he would choose and accept as both his partner and his best friend - Applejack, Pinkie Pie or Rainbow Dash? For now, Russell is still healing in the hospital and only time will tell before he will be fully healed and ready to announce his own redemption to all of Equestria.

The next 29 days slowly passed one-by-one, and by the end of the 29th day, Russell has already fully healed from all of his injuries, which completely disappeared from his body, from his leg injuries which he received during the fight against Ron, to his other injuries which he received on the rest of his body from Margaret (Sitka's mother), and so with his body is already fully healed, Russell can now leave the hospital and go meet everyone else (especially Shujaa, Kenai and Agatha), who are all waiting for him to come along and join the good side (and also so that he can announce his own redemption to all of Equestria), and so with his body is already completely healed, Nurse Redheart and the other nurses who work at Ponyville Hospital allowed him and gave him a permission to go and leave the hospital at last, and so with that permission given, Russell finally left Ponyville Hospital and he went to meet up with everyone else so that he can tell them all that he wants to join the good side and also to announce his own redemption to all of Equestria.

The following day after the end of Russell's full recovery, everypony and every creature from all across Equestria came to Canterlot and attended to the special ceremony in which he will announce his own redemption and will also explain to everyone about how and why did he decided to leave Black Heart, Yigal, Gilad, Ezra and their animals' side and reform in the first place, and that in turn will also reveal to everyone that there's a new evil human living in Equestria (in that case - it's Dan Ashmor).

During the ceremony, Russell explained to everyone about his story and also about the reasons why he decided to leave the villains and reform in the first place, but once he explained and told everyone about Dan Ashmor being a new villain despite the fact that he's only a toddler who is still less than 2 years old (which in turn would make him even younger than Andy and Zoey), almost nobody believed him, almost nobody that is except for Chloe, Aylene, Stephan, Agatha, and even Andy and Zoey themselves, who knew that he wasn't joking, nor lying about Dan Ashmor being a new villain who could become a threat to all of Equestria in the future, and so in order to support Russell, Andy came up and stood right next to him and explained to everyone who stood in front of them and all around that despite his extremely young age, Dan Ashmor would use to make Russell's life feel miserable by peeing on his fur all the time and also by treating him like a toilet before Russell's redemption, and he even told everyone that when he and Zoey first met Russell after he left the villains (and also after the two toddler centaurs were banished away from home by Anastasia, who was pregnant at the time), he was able to smell the horrible scent of Dan Ashmor's pee in Russell's fur, which told him instantly that there's another human being living in Equestria who might actually be the same as bad as Yigal, Gilad and Ezra, and that the new human could and also might actually be a dangerous threat to all of Equestria in the future once he's at least a young teenager or a fully grown adult.

However, just then, shortly after everyone heard what Andy said about Dan Ashmor being a potential villain who could and might cause a lot of damage to all of Equestria once he's old enough, an all too familiar wicked female voice suddenly said and yelled out loud "THERE YOU ARE, RUSSELL!", and upon hearing what the voice just said, Russell immediately swallowed nervously for he knew very clearly who is the owner of the voice who just yelled out his name - it was none other than Black Heart herself. Then, shortly afterwards, the wicked Pegasus mare was seen trotting up and making her way through the massive crowd of ponies, non-ponies and even centaurids, and Yigal, Gilad and Ezra are also seen following behind her with their animals in tow, but that's not all - Dan Ashmor was also seen riding on Black Heart's back, and once the villains managed to get past the massive crowd of creatures from different species, Dan Ashmor moved his head and looked from both behind and over Black Heart's head, neck and mane and saw Russell with Andy standing right next to him, and when the toddler human boy saw the red leopard again, he smiled evilly at him and said in a cute yet also demonic voice "Well, well, well! Look at what we have here!", and then he added "It's Russell, also known as - my favorite toilet! It's so good to see you again!", and then he laughed evilly at him, thus causing and prompting Russell to mutter back "Oh, no.".

Then, Black Heart flapped her wings and so that's when she flied and went up towards Russell and Andy, and once she reached high and close enough to them, that's when she landed right in front of them with Dan Ashmor still riding on her back and also holding onto her mane so that he wouldn't fall off, and when Russell saw his former owner and the wicked toddler human boy from up close again, the red leopard started feeling very uncomfortable, and even Andy could sense and feel that something might or even will go horribly wrong, despite the fact that it's only the first time Andy have just met toddler Dan, and also from up close and even face-to-face.

Then, Black Heart lowered herself down onto her haunches for a moment so to let toddler Dan climb down and get off her back, and once the toddler human boy stood on the solid floor below, that's when Black Heart stood back up on her hooves right next to him and the two gave evil smiles to both Russell and Andy, who could easily tell that something could and would definitely go horribly wrong, and just then, Dan started walking up towards them and then he said as he reached and came up close enough to the red leopard and to his toddler centaur friend "Did you thought that you could really escape me, Russell? Well, my caretakers and I we all suggested that since you didn't liked me even a bit, we all knew that that would lead to you betraying us and joining all these filthy creatures of the good side!", but upon hearing what he said, Russell roared angrily at him in the face and then he yelled back "How dare you speak to me again after everything bad that I've been through with you?! You're the most disgusting and horrible toddler ever known to exist in this world! I even have some proofs which can tell everyone around that you're indeed a future villain!".

However, when toddler Dan heard what Russell just said, he asked the red leopard "Oh, yeah? Like what?", and then Andy explained back as he looked and stared Dan dead in his eyes and gave him a stern face "Well, for an instance - I know that you mistreated Russell so badly before he ran away from you villains and left you behind, and I also know that you even referred him to as your personal toilet!", but upon hearing what the toddler centaur before him just said, Dan just laughed back at him and said "It's not true at all - I do love Russell as my friend too and I just want him to come back home to us villains, which is where he truly belongs!", but then Russell interrupted him and said back "I know that you're lying to me, you horrible little monster! I will never come back home to the villains' side with you!", and then he turned his head to Black Heart and said to her "And as for you, Black Heart, you can just forget about me and replace me with some other animal who will be truly willing to do as you and as your human friends ask! I'm done with you, and I don't want to come back to the villains' side with you! I'll rather choose to be a good animal instead!", and when Black Heart heard everything that he just said, she just stared and looked at him with a shocked expression, unable to express her feelings to him after hearing what he just said to her about that he's finally willing to reform himself to the good side and turn his back on and betray the villains due to his horrible mistreatment which he received from them before his redemption.

However, just a short moment later, something snapped inside Black Heart and so that's when her shocked expression immediately transformed into an angry one, and once pure fury and rage could be seen in her eyes, that's when she screamed and yelled in anger as she then started attacking Russell, who in turn decided to fight back against his now former owner, but after a few long minutes of fighting each other, Black Heart got the upper hand and so she managed to grab Russell by the neck with her forehooves and then she started to choke him to death right before everypony and every creature's eyes, thus shocking them all with the fact that she won't hesitate to kill those who betray her, although Chloe and Aylene did saw it coming because they both already saw the memory showing Black Heart killing her own husband and Aylene's father (Wild Berry) for both not accepting her cruelty and heartlessness and for betraying her for her being abusive towards Aylene.

When Andy saw his red leopard friend being choked to death, the toddler centaur cried and begged "Stop it, please! He's my friend! Don't choke him like that!", but Black Heart just ignored him and kept squeezing tightly at Russell's neck and throat, and then Dan laughed evilly before he then said to Russell "If you won't accept what I always do to you, then I guess that's it, Russell! If we can't have you as a loyal friend, we're going to have you as a trophy instead! It will be my great honor to have your beautiful skin as my toilet, until I grow up into a fully grown man and decide to hang it up on the wall instead!", but upon hearing what the toddler human boy just said, something suddenly snapped inside Andy, and then, just a short moment later, his hands clenched into fists and he started digging and kicking at the floor with his horse legs and hooves, and finally, a scowl of anger formed on the toddler centaur's face as he then glued his eyes and his eyesight on Dan, thus showing that he's now ready and willing to fight the malevolent yet also young human for saying such horrible words on his friend like that.

Then, Andy said "How dare you?!", and that was enough to cause Dan to immediately turn away from Black Heart and Russell and look at him instead, and then he asked back "Huh? What did you just said to me?", and that's when Andy raised his voice and yelled at him in anger "HOW DARE YOU?!", and upon hearing what he said, Dan said back to him "Well, well, well. Now you wanna fight me, do you?", and then Andy yelled back "Of course I'm going to fight you! You will pay for saying such horrible words on my friend like you just did! I won't let you get away with that so easily, you future monster!", and upon hearing what the toddler centaur said, Dan said back "We'll see about that, filthy centaur!", and then, without hesitation, the two male toddlers started fighting each other and so that's when a duel soon began between them.

When everypony and every creature who are present all around saw the fight between Andy and Dan Ashmor, they were all in shock, and Zoey was the most shocked to see her twin brother willing to fight Dan and beat him in order to both defend Russell's respect and also to teach the evil human toddler and future human villain a lesson for messing up with him (Russell, not Andy himself) the whole time before Russell's redemption, and during the fight, they all heard Dan Ashmor suddenly yelling while still fighting back against Andy "How dare you filthy centaur messing up with me?! Who do you even think you are?! You think you can win against me?! You don't even know what power is!", but then Andy yelled back "You're wrong, Dan! I do know what true power is! The true powers of both good and evil! And I'm for one not going to let you or your elders hurt my friend like this!", and so without warning, the toddler centaur immediately turned tail and then he angrily bucked Dan right in the chest with his horse hind legs and hooves, thus throwing him over the balcony on which they, Russell and Black Heart all stood and also causing him to fall down straight towards the massive crowd of ponies, non-ponies and centaurids, who all watched him falling down towards them, but luckily for him, however, Dan was caught in midair and was rescued in time by Tony Black, who immediately responded and leapt up to his rescue, and once they're back on the solid ground below, Tony Black immediately took Dan back towards the other villains in order to make sure that no other creatures won't hurt him.

However, despite the fact that she was and still choking Russell at the same time, Black Heart noticed what just happened to Dan, and so when she looked at Andy and stared him in the eyes, the Pegasus mare's face started turning red from anger, and then she immediately let go of Russell's neck, thus finally letting him catch his breath and recover from the attack, but then Black Heart decided to kill Andy for both taking on Dan and also for winning in the fight he just had against him, and so that's when she angrily charged at Andy and she managed to grab the 2 year-old toddler male centaur by the tail and forcefully started dragging him along with her towards the edge of the balcony on which they and Russell stood, and then, without warning, she cruelly and heartlessly swung Andy and tossed him up into the air before she then turned tail and then bucked him in the rear end and launched him from over the balcony, hoping that that will end him for messing with Dan, and when Andy started falling down towards the massive crowd of many different creatures below, he gasped with fright and then he immediately covered his own face and especially his eyes with his small human hands and braced himself as he waited for his small body to hit with the ground below.

However, just as Andy was about to hit with the ground below, something strange suddenly happened - as Andy braced himself as he waited for his own body to hit with the ground below - nothing happened. Then, a short moment later, when Andy felt that nothing is really happening to him, he suddenly became curious and so he slowly uncovered his face and eyes and looked down, only to find out that he's actually hovering just a foot above the ground, but that's not all - he also felt like he was surrounded by a magic aura and he saw that it was also a pink one, but it wasn't from any creature who is capable of using magic all around, but when Chloe, Aylene, Bluebell, Layla, Linda and everyone else looked down at Charity and Faith, who were being held up by Bluebell and Layla, they all saw that Charity's Unicorn horn is glowing up in the same pink magic aura which surrounds Andy and makes him hover just a bit above the ground, and back then, that was also the same pink magic aura which prevented Anastasia from crashing into the ground after she jumped through the wide open window in the royal castle while she was still pregnant, thus showing and revealing that Charity's magic is what saved both Anastasia and now Andy from getting seriously injured, or even worse - killed.

Then, shortly afterwards, Charity's magic (which she used and controlled) slowly started lowering Andy down towards the ground below, and once he touched the ground below with his hooves, that's when Charity's magic finally let go of him, and once Andy stood on solid ground and also appeared safe and sound and completely unharmed, that's when he sighed in relief and said to himself "I'm safe.", and then everypony and every creature who are present all around (except for the villains, of course) were all relieved to see that Andy is okay and that he didn't got hurt after being thrown over the balcony by Black Heart, but when she saw that Andy is safe and sound, Black Heart immediately turned her attention back to Russell, and so that's when she decided to kill him for his beautiful skin and fur, and then she also said to him with pure rage burning in her eyes "Say goodbye, Russell!", but since Russell has already recovered from the last attack (which was from Black Heart herself), he was ready to fight her and show her what happens to somepony or to someone when he or she (or they) neglects, abuses and/or messes up with a leopard like him.

Then, shortly afterwards, Black Heart and Russell immediately charged towards each other, but this time, however, Russell got and received the upper hand instead of Black Heart, as he then swiped at the wicked Pegasus' left shoulder with his right foreleg and forepaw, and it soon turned out that his sharp claws were very effective, for not only he was able to slash Black Heart on the left shoulder, but also he was able to slash her near the left wing too, thus it's very likely that he managed to seriously wound her, and then he turned tail and yelled at the Pegasus mare with his rear end is now in front of her "Get out!", and then he immediately kicked her up in the face with his hind legs and hind paws, which also turned out to be very effective as the kicking force from the reformed red leopard's hind legs and hind paws was actually enough to both launch and send Black Heart flying over the balcony and then falling down to the ground below, only to end up crash landing right on top of Gilad and Ezra, who both got hit and injured from having the Pegasus mare crash landing on top of them, but the two adult human males are luckily still alive and are able to get her off of them before they both stood up again and dusted themselves off.

However, shortly after they both recovered, Gilad and Ezra immediately turned their attention to Black Heart, and they both gasped in shock the moment they saw her injury which she just received from Russell, and when the injury on Black Heart's left shoulder and near her left wing started bleeding, Gilad said "I think we should go now! Black's Heart's wounded here!", and then Ezra added in agreement "Yes, that's right! We gotta go now!", but before the villains left, Yigal looked up at Russell and then he yelled at him in anger "You will pay with your life for doing that to our friend, Russell! You hear me?! You will pay with your life for what you've done!", and so with these words being said, that's when Gilad and Ezra took Black Heart with them and then they lifted her up and placed her on top of Scamper (Gilad's golden (albino) zebra stallion), and to make sure that their injured Pegasus friend doesn't falls off his back, they supported by sticking close by both of Scamper's sides and each of them placed a hand on each side of Black Heart in order to support her while she's sitting on top of Scamper's back, and so with Black Heart both sitting and riding on top of Scamper's back and with Gilad and Ezra supporting her in order to make sure that she doesn't falls off his back, that's when the villains turned around and started walking away and making their way through the massive crowd of many different creatures, and once they all reached the other side of the crowd, the villains kept walking and traveling away from Canterlot and they went all the way back to their home, which is located within the deep parts of the Everfree Forest.

Later, with the villains are gone (for now, of course), Russell calmed himself down and said to himself "I hope that one day, I won't have to see or hear from that Black Heart, or from any of her evil human friends anymore.", but just then, shortly after he said that, a voice suddenly called him and asked "Russell?", and when he heard the voice saying his name, Russell turned his head and looked over, only to then see a Pegasus mare flying and hovering over the balcony and also in front of him, but this time, however, it wasn't Black Heart at all - it was none other than the element of loyalty herself - Rainbow Dash.

When Russell saw her hovering over the balcony and also right in front of him, he asked her "What do you want, Rainbow Dash?", and when she heard what he said, she lowered herself down to the balcony and once she stood on all fours before him, she said "Look, Russell. There's something I really want to talk to you about.", and when he heard what she just said, he asked "What is it, Rainbow Dash? Is there's something wrong?", but then she said back to him "Oh, no, not at all, Russell.", and then she added and explained "It's just...ever since you left Black Heart and her evil human friends and joined all of us, I saw you being so loyal and friendly towards everypony and every creature around, especially towards Andy.", and when he heard what she said, Russell raised an eyebrow and then he asked "And?", and soon after she heard what he said, Rainbow Dash continued and explained "Look, Russell. I know that once you used to be a villain, but now that you left the villains and now that you also willingly reformed and joined the good side, I just want to say...that I wanna be your friend. Your bestest friend to the very end.", and then she approached a bit closer and stretched her right foreleg and forehoof to him and asked "How does that sounds to you, Russell? Do you want me to be your bestest friend?".

When he heard what she just said, Russell first felt tears of joy forming in his eyes, and just then, after a short moment and without any hesitation, he went up to her, reared and stood up on his hinder legs and then he wrapped both of his own forelegs and forepaws around Rainbow Dash's neck and pulled her into a loving hug, thus showing her and everyone else that he really does wants to be best friends with her, and upon seeing Russell crying tears of joy and also accepting her as his bestest friend, Rainbow Dash couldn't help herself and she too started crying tears of joy and then she also started hugging him back too, and when everypony and every creature saw the touching moment between them, they all couldn't help but smile happily and look up at the two of them, but out of all of them, those who truly loved and liked the touching moment between Rainbow Dash and Russell for the most are Celestia, Luna, Fluttershy, Rarity, Shujaa, Kenai and Agatha, who all knew that the two will make a pretty good team and will also be good partners with each other, and that's because Rainbow Dash and Russell have many things in common.

Later, after the end of the ceremony in Canterlot, everypony and every creature went back to their respective homes and homelands, but as for Russell and Rainbow Dash, they first went to Rainbow's old and previous home (which is located up within Cloudsdale, home of the Pegasi), but since Russell doesn't have any wings on his back, nor he can walk on clouds, Rainbow Dash had no choice but to carry him along and on her back the whole time, but surprisingly, she was actually able to carry his whole weight easily, and even when she flew up towards her old and previous home in Cloudsdale, and the reason to this is that it's because she was a strong mare, and Russell himself wasn't too heavy for her to carry on her back, and so once they reached Cloudsdale, Rainbow Dash immediately took Russell with her to her parents' home so that he can meet them and explain to them why he chose to leave the villains and reformed and decided to stick with Rainbow Dash, and later, after they visited Rainbow's parents, Rainbow Dash and Russell left Cloudsdale and they flew and went all the way (with Russell riding on Rainbow's back) to Rainbow's current home, which is located near Ponyville - the Cloudominium, and once they arrived at the Cloudominium, Rainbow Dash immediately took Russell with her inside to live with her in her home from now on, and indeed, from this day forward, Russell and Rainbow Dash will be living together and with each other as best friends and good partners happily ever after.