All for the heart, the land and a battle ageist the wicked witch.
The ponies had approached The Eastern Tower and they search for the door of the tower to get in. When the found, they wonder if its lock or not. Ember try to push it open, but it won't botch.
"Let's burst it open with some kicks." Suggest Jasmine. "And it will be easy if the two of us can do it."
"I'm with you Jas." Shooting Star agreed to help.
They walk up to the door, turn around and kick the door with their back legs. They nearly got it, until they burst the door opened. It makes a lot of noise and had the bats flying out through the windows.
"That was too easy." Shooting Star said about the open of the door.
"Maybe too easy." Ember muttered.
Inside the tower is quite cold and creepy. The ponies see nothing but broken tables, chairs and cobwebs everywhere. Even the next room has nothing but empty baskets and barrels.
"So what shall we do?" Buttons wonder.
Just before any of the ponies said a word, the door that they've just gone right through had suddenly slam itself and now its pitch black inside.
The ponies screamed that they're in the darkness, but Ember use her horn to lighten the place up. Buttons is doing the something.
"What just happen?" Sweet Stuff wonder with a shock.
"Something must have shut the door." Said Jasmine. "Or someone."
"I you think Terra had been expecting us?" Melody ask.
"I think so." Said Ember, "Let see if we can find any stairs."
"Stairs?" Shooting Star wondered. "What for?"
"Terra should be at the high point of the tower. And if we find the stairs they can lead us to her net and the golden heart."
"Are those the stairs?" Sweet Stuff point to something behind Ember.
She shine some light on it and the stairs had been reviled. They led to the top to the tower, the ponies cannot see what's up there. They see some stone steps are missing and they can hear the sound of the bellowing wind, which came from the small windows of the tower.
"You saying that Terra could be up there?" Shooting Star ask.
"I bet so." Said Ember. "And I think I should go alone."
"What!?" cried the ponies in shock.
"But Ember you can't face that witch all by yourself." Complied Buttons.
"I'm sorry, but I can't risk you getting hurt. I appreciate of what you did for me by coming here. But I'm the only one who can use the golden heart and stand against Terra.
"This is my duty as princess and my way of responsibility. I let you, my mother and every pony down, but I won't let it happen again."
"But Ember…" Melody try to say something.
"I'm sorry. But this is the good for it. Please try to understand, I don't what to lose my friends to that monster."
The five mare were in silence for a moment. They don't want Ember to go alone and facing the harpy witch. They really care for her, even having her as a lifelong friend.
But close to understand of what Ember will try her best as their princess and a protector of their home. She is an alicorn and had powers that is enough to fight anything dangers.
"Well," Jasmine said slowly, "O.K. We'll…hold down the hoof here."
The other had to agreed, but to their hearts that they couldn't. But had they have to for Ember.
Ember was please about but feeling bad of leavening them. Like she left to Cantorlot. But she need had to make sure that her friends are out of this chaos and think what's best for them and to herself.
"Thank you," said Ember before she head up. "And…wish me luck."
"We hope you'll will." Muttered Shooting Star.
As Ember took few look at her friends, she hurry up the stairs to the top of the tower alone, with the light on her horn to see through the dark.
Her friends watch her go and hoping she be alright without them.
Ember went up the stairs to the top of The Eastern Tower, with the light of her horn. She can feel the cold breeze, the darkness close a bit around her and there was no sound of Terra. But she'll know her when she reach the top and even there are small windows of the tower that the wind through. But there was no light appeared from them that it is still dark outside and still cover with dark clouds of Terra's witch craft.
As Ember continued going up, she never thought that she is now alone and had her friends stay behind. She find it hard of being alone, even the things she had to do. That she use to be a student like Twilight Sparkle and now she a princess that she'll take responsibility. Like she told her friends and for their sake as normal ponies and there no point of getting them involved.
It was the best she can do, if she truly love them.
When she finally made to the top of the tower, she carefully take a peek and she can see some broken cross bows that the ponies from long ago use to defends. And the watching points of the tower, old and broken seats.
And then something caught her eye. A huge nest made out of branches and leaves in the middle of the floor and a stander far from it. Ember is betting the golden heart is hidden in the nest and hope that Terra is not around to surprise her. But she had a feeling that she could be betting her. That it looks easy, but Ember cannot risk it as she went slowly to the nest.
As she went closer, she wonder if there a sight of the harpy or a sound of her. But there was still no sign of her, which is good or maybe too soon to realize it.
When Ember had made it to the nest, she began to search of the golden heart. That it must be in it. But as she search through the branches, the twigs and the leaves of the nest. There was no sign of it, as it is not in the nest.
"What did Terra had done with it?" Ember wonder to herself. "Where did she hide the heart?"
She question was soon to answer, when she feel the blow of the wind and then a laughing sound coming from nowhere inside the tower. Then Ember is beginning to realize it's a trap.
She heard the flap of wings and something had got its talons on the bird stander towards Ember. It was Terra reviled herself and to Ember horror, she got the golden heart around her neck. She fear that Terra is planning to use it against her, but Terra can't possible willed it and only Ember can use it.
"Looking for something?" Terra questioned.
Ember did not speak and seeing that is so terrified and so big up close. But she cannot let that scared her. She had come this far and she cannot let Terra stop her.
"You dare to challenge me? That you have come this far?"
"I do dare." Ember bellowed. "I'll not be beat down by the likes of you and I'm ending this terror! Now give me back the heart!"
Terra laughed and rose her wings out.
"If you want this precious item of yours." She hissed. "You have to fight for it. If you still have the spark to do it."
"Bring it, you witch!"
Ember open her wings and light her horn to have another round with Terra.
"But I am a witch!" Terra chuckled. "And to make this more interesting. Let's hit the skies."
She lifted off the stander with the golden heart and take off by breaking through the roof of the tower.
Ember flew after her as her wings can lift her. She in now in for the fight of her life and she still need the heart to take down the terra of the skies.
Back where Ember's friends are, they heard the sound from the top of the tower and began to worry.
"What's happen up there?" Buttons wonder.
"I don't know." Said Jasmine. "But it looks like Ember had just met up with Terra."
"You mean she realized we're here?" ask Melody, "And waited for Ember to come?"
"And if Terra still has the golden heart in her talons." Buttons added. "Ember won't be able to manage without it."
"We've have to go and help Ember!" Shooting Star suggested.
"But Ember doesn't want us to get involved in this." Melody reminding.
"But we have to do something." Sweet Stuff snapped. "We can't just leave Ember facing that bird witch all by herself."
"Your right Sweet Stuff." Shooting Star agreed. "Ember is our friend and she maybe needs us."
Jasmine, Melody and Buttons find hard to understand, they don't want to disobey Ember words before she went off on her own because she an alicorn princess. But they are close to agree with Shooting Star and Sweet Stuff. Ember is their princess and their best friend.
"Then…" said Jasmine, "Let's go. But first we need some light to see the stairs."
"You got me." Buttons smiled and light her horn. Lucky she learns how to do that spell and as she shine through the upper way to the tower.
Ember is facing Terra, as she try to blast her with her beam and tackle her with her horn. Terra is so fast then before, as she try to grab Ember with her talons, zap her with her eye blast, and strike her with her beck. But Ember manage to dough her attacks by rolling sideways left and right. She became much faster now that she never done before.
The air fight went on, as they were above the tower and the forest, just in the clouds of the dark sky. As lightning strikes pass and the chill of the wind blows through.
Ember is trying her best to get close to Terra and try to get the golden heart out of her talons. But she is quite dangers to get close.
Just then, she was about to play chicken with Terra, she flew in full speed towards her with her horn lit up. Terra does the same and had her burning red eyes lock on Ember. As they got close, Ember use her teleport to avoid the strike of the harpy, which made her stopped in her flight. Ember reappear beside Terra and shot her with her beam, with a good hit. Ember realized she need to be cunning, if she can get the chance.
When Terra get shot by Ember beam, the golden heart came off from Terra's neck and fell from her. Ember notice when she try to take it from Terra and then dive down after it. As fast as her wings can.
She cannot lose the heart, is her only hope to defect Terra once and for all and restore her homeland.
Terra watch as she recovered.
"You are a cleaver little pony." She said. "But not quite cleaver enough." Then she went after Ember.
The golden heart is falling above the tower and Ember was much close to it. But she can hear the sound of Terra's wing, as she is coming and getting close behind her.
She use her magic to get hold of the heart, as she finally got it back. But then Terra was in rage, that she use her screech. That same thing she use on Gloria and much deadly.
Ember was caught in it that it hurts her head and had her crash down through the roofs of the tower. The golden heart had lead just far away from Ember. As she got herself up with a woozy head, but recover a bit. As she hurry over to get the heart, Terra came crash in and got it back in her talons.
"Do you think you can defect me!?" Terra inquired. "I am unbeatable!"
She blow the whole roof off with her wings and cry with her screech, as the storm grow stronger and darker with lightings strike down.
Ember is about to shot another beam from her horn, but then Terra let out her screeching cry on the red alicorn. Ember quickly use her shield to protect her, but it can't hold much longer. Terra's screech is so strong that it will soon break Ember's constrictions and get her to pass out.
Ember's shield is about to break and she can't handle Terra on her own. She feared that will failed again and unable to get the heart back. What will she do?
Oh dare, Ember is on hear own. What will her friends do? Even without Twilight ad her friends. The will be something new, which we will find out.
