Chapter 12: Peace and Happy Endings
Matthew soon returned with a good length of chain. They wrapped it round the changeling queen, then dragged her back to Equestria. Princess Rose instructed for all the changelings, on both sides, to follow her. They did so and within moments, they were back in the town square of Las Pegasus. At the same time, Ryan and Emily were returning from Canterlot High with all the changelings that had come from there.
Queen Chrysalis growled at the sight, "you useless fools, I don't know why I bothered to keep you as my servants."
"To be honest, we don't know why we didn't leave you long ago," they said angerily.
Patrick smirked at the mere sight of Ryan, "looks like you've been working hard for once." It was common joke between the duo since Ryan mostly works with computers. "Now you know the meaning of the words; 'Hard work'."
"Yes I guess I do, but at least I did more than you," smirked Ryan.
Patrick stuck her tounge out at him. Chrysalis growled again, "happiness, friendship, it sickens me."
"Oh keep quiet Chrysalis or we'll let Twilight unleash all of her anger on you," Matthew said firmly. "Cause trust me, she's gotta alot of it and she's not afraid to use it for what you have done."
That shut her up good and proper.
"Uh Matthew, I don't want to blow my anger off again, it takes too much of my energy away," Twilight whispered to him. "Plus I feel rotten after I calm down."
"I know that, it was just an empty threat." He then looked up to the skies and saw another group of ponies coming towards them. "Isn't that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna?"
"It is them," said Rainbow Dash, "and they brought all their guards too."
She was right. The Princesses of day and night had arrived with as many guards as they could gather. They were surprised to see though that the changelings weren't fighting, and order had been restored.
"Sorry Princesses, but you've missed all the fun."
"Fun? I wouldn't excatly call fighting for our lives fun," snorted Applejack.
"Okay, maybe not fun," Rainbow Dash said meekily, "but either way, the fighting is over. The Nuclear bombs are deactivated, and Starlight Glimmer even managed to stop the changelings from fighting."
Princess Celestia looked down to Starlight Glimmer, "has she now?"
"I didn't do this alone, I had help, from all of my friends. It was a team effort."
Twilight nodded happily. She then turned her attention back to the Princesses, "there's no more fighting, but we did bring you back a little something." She looked back to Matthew and nodded.
Matthew nodded back and pulled on the chain, "Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, here's our little gift to you. The former Queen of the changelings; Chrysalis." With one mighty pull, he brought Chrysalis forward and made her fall flat onto the ground in front of the Alicorn princesses.
"Well, well, if it isn't Chrysalis," said Celestia. "It's been too long hasn't it?"
Chysalis snarled, "I should be the one standing above you as you coware before me. You dare take away my vengance, my army, my kingdom. You should fear me."
"Well I don't, I pity you though. You had a chance to learn from your actions, yet you pull this stupid stunt."
"It wasn't stupid, it was superb. That was until you sent your stupid student and her friends after me. You will pay for this Celestia, you willl..."
"Oh shut up!" snapped another voice. A hoof was slammed down on Chrysalis' face, shutting her mouth. The hoof belonged to Princess Rose, "you've said enough already, now be silent."
Chrysalis glared at her daughter.
Princess Rose looked to the two princesses and bowed to show respect, "Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna, it is an honor to finally meet you face to face. I'm glad to see you got my message."
"So it was you that told us that Twilight and her friends were in trouble," said Princess Luna.
"Yes I was. My friends had spotted them in the fight, and reported everything to me. I then used my magic to send you the message. You see, unlike my mother, I don't want destruction, vengenance or to harm others. I wish for peace, order and to be friends with others. That's why I sent the message, and why I decided to get involved."
"Well it's a good thing you did Sugarcube," said Applejack, "otherwise we'd be in more hot water than a pig on a summer's day."
"I'd say it'd be like we were in hot lava," said Rarity.
"Yeah now that you mention it, it was that bad."
Princess Celestia could only smile, "Well now, I have to say that I am impressed. Despite the odds being aganist you, you fought hard and proved that the Magic of friendship can beat any dangerous forces."
Matthew looked shamefaced at that moment, "not at first we didn't."
"I beg your pardon Matthew?"
"Well, both Twilight and I can admit that we had grudges that put us at serious risk, and together we forgot about the magic of friendship. But in the end, when we did get beaten, the magic of friendship really come through to help us. Like how a certain pony I was angry at before saved me from falling in the Rogers Center."
Starlight blushed hearing that.
"Well then, it seems that many lessons have been learned today," smiled Celestia. The smile faded when she looked down to Chrysalis, "as for you, you are going to learn a very important lesson. Vengenance isn't always the best answer. You will be taking the cell that used to belong to Starlight, at the very bottom of the Canterlot Dungeons."
"What? NO!" cried Chrysalis. She tried to get up to attack, but was smacked down by a powerful magical attack, once again by Starlight.
"Now that's what I'm talking about, nice work," smiled Twilight. Starlight nodded and high hooved her teacher.
A changeling flew over towards Princess Rose and handed her a rusty looking object. Princess Rose accepted it and placed it around Chrysalis' neck, "this is to prevent her from changing forms or to use her magic ever again."
"A useful feature," smiled Luna.
Celestia looked to her guards, "you may take our prisoner back to Canterlot."
They nodded and after accepting the chains from Matthew, they flew Queen Chrysalis back to Canterlot. She growled loudly and swore for revenge, but this only brought about a 'rolling the eyes' gesture from everyone.
Once they were out of sight, Princess Rose spoke up, "with my mother now locked up, I guess I assume the role as leader of the changelings. And I propose for peace, we will never again attack the good citizens of Equestria, or any other world, but in exchange, we would like to have regular food."
"I think that can be arranged," smiled Celestia.
Princess Rose looked back to the changelings, "do you all swear that you will obey my rules and never attack again?"
"We do," they all said in unison.
"Do you also promise never to betray your friends?"
"We do," they said in unison.
Princess Rose nodded, "very good my friends. Now let's get you back to our base, we can help you with your injuries and make sure you are taken care of." Her attention went back to Twilight and her friends, "I am sure our paths will cross again Princess Twilight, and if you ever need us, don't be afraid to call for help."
"We won't forget," smiled Twilight.
"Very good."
And on that note, the changelings took off towards the secret headquarters of Princess Rose and her changelings.
Once they were out of sight, Matthew fell to his knees, "ow, now that really hurts. I feel like a mess, and I properly look like one too. Sara is going to have a flipping fit over this."
"I'm sure she'll be fine, knowing that you did your part," smiled Rarity reassuringly. "Though I will admit, we all look a little messy. I wouldn't mind getting back to Ponyville and getting freshed up."
Rainbow Dash looked down unhappily. Applejack noticed this, "now what's the matter with you Sugarcube?"
"Well I was hoping we could explore Las Pegasus after our mission."
A smile came to Twilight's face, "well who says we have to leave so soon? We do have the hotel room for one more night, and there is that concert tonight. So why don't we stay here tonight and go back to Ponyville tomorrow?"
"Let's put it to a vote," said Matthew. "All in favour of staying in Las Pegasus tonight and going back to Ponyville tomorrow, say 'I'."
"I!" Everypony and everybody said in unison.
"The I's have it then, we're staying for the night."
Once they had gotten their cuts covered with bandages and gotten freshed up, they went out into the city of Las Pegasus. They got a chance to meet many of the locals that live there, and they in turn learned about the humans. Then they visited the Tower of Friendship and Twilight gave a complete history lesson on the tower. Of course, Rainbow Dash, Ryan and Applejack fell asleep during most of the lesson. They also visited an animal santuary with many adorable creatures. Neither Fluttershy or Emily wanted to leave any of them.
At the end of the day, they went out to the concert where it turned out that the singer for the night was Rara; Applejack's old fillyhood friend. She sang the two songs she performed in Ponyville not too long ago, and some new ones she had recently written up. There was even a surprise duet with Saphire Shores.
"She never told me she was going to perform with Rara," Rarity whispered to Applejack.
"Well maybe this was a last minute decision," she whispered back.
The concert was a great success, and the heroes went back to the hotel to rest up. Matthew was even kind enough to let Starlight sleep in the chair, "but then, where will you sleep?" she asked.
"I'll sleep on the floor," he answered.
"I don't know about that."
"Don't worry Starlight, I'll be fine. Besides, I kinda deserve it after attacking changelings before the big fight and thinking you were with them." He then added with a sly grin, "and nothing you can say will make me change my mind."
Starlight giggled, "Alright then, I give up trying to change your mind."
They all slept wonderfully that night and returned to Ponyville the next morning. They were of course given a great welcome back by all the ponies there. After that, the humans were split up and explored much of Ponyville. Matthew got his request fulfiled by visitng the Crusader's clubhouse and getting to meet them. He even compilmented Sweetie Belle on her singing, and whispered quietly to her that she was his favourite Crusader. She blushed hearing that, but promised to keep it a secret.
Sadly, the visit was soon to come to an end.
"We'd love to stay and explore more of Equestria," said Patrick, "but we got to get back to Earth. I promised my boss I'd be back in two days from now."
"Yeah and I have projects to do when I get home," added Ryan.
"I just wish we could come back," sighed Emily. "I mean, it's not like we can go through a doorway and appear in this wonderful world."
"Who goes through a doorway to get to another world?" asked Rarity in surprise.
"I do," muttered Discord.
"Oh, I just remembered that from a movie."
Princess Celestia had been visiting at the time, and walked up to the humans, "you four have proven yourselves to be loyal and trust worthy friends. Becasue of that, I want you all to have these." With her magic, she brought over tiny little capsules on chains and gave them to the four humans, "these are enchanted so that way you come and go anytime you wish."
"Really? Oh thank you Princess Celestia."
"Yes, thank you very much," said Ryan and Patrick in unison.
Matthew was happy about that too, now he wouldn't have to wait a full year to see his pony friends again.
"Gather round my friends, I will send you home today," smiled Twilight.
"Hold on to that thought for one second Twilight, I got some pony I need to speak with," said Matthew. He walked away from the group and over towards Starlight Glimmer.
"I suppose your world is going to forever hate me for what I've done."
"Some people might, but they won't get to know you like we have. You are a good friend Starlight Glimmer, and I'd be honored if you were ever to come back to Earth."
"Really?"
"Really," Matthew nodded.
Starlight was so happy that she got up on her back legs and gave Matthew a hug. Matthew could only smile as he hugged his unicorn friend back for less than a minute.
"I guess then you'll be seeing us in the television show."
"Yeah I guess I will, or maybe sooner thanks to this capsule. Just do your best to be a good student Starlight, and I know you'll become a great pony."
"Thanks Matthew, and actually, I was thinking of changing my mane style a bit."
"Oh? And what are you going to change it to?"
"You'll find out. Just do me a favour and take care of yourself."
"You got it."
Matthew held out his right hand, and Starlight high hooved him with her right hoof. Matthew then walked back to the group and stood alongside them.
"The offer still stands if you ever need us," he said to Twilight.
"We'll remember that," said Twilight. "But I hope next time you do come here, it won't be to save our world from chaos again."
"Well you never know."
"Till next time my friends." Twilight's horn lit up and with one more wave, they were gone.
Several weeks had passed since the attacks in Toronto, Las Pegasus and at Canterlot High. Patrick had gone back to Edmonton while Ryan and Emily went back to Toronto, but things were never dull. The four humans had learned alot more during their adventure than they did last time, and after getting over the pain, Matthew has been learning on how to control his anger.
On Saturday March 26th 2016, Matthew and some other people were gathered at his house for two reasons. One was for a 'Friendship is Magic' session, and the second was to watch the first episode of the sixth season of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
"It's going to be interesting," said one member, "I'd like to see how Starlight's going to do, now that she's part of the crew."
"If you ask me, she shouldn't be part of the crew," said another member. "She stole cutie marks and attacked through time and space. She should be locked up."
Matthew cut into the conversation, "now come on, that's not something we learn from the show. Yes some villians like Chrysalis can't be reasoned with, but in the case of Starlight Glimmer, if there is a chance to make her see the error of her ways and teach her on how to be a better pony, then it's better to forgive and forget."
The second member raised an eyebrow, "you've changed your views on Starlight Glimmer. A few weeks back, you were aganist her."
"Well you know, having gone through what I've been through, I think it's only fair to learn from all that."
One more thing Matthew had learned was that now people were no longer doubting if Equestria and the ponies were real. They were now true believers, and thus many had even joined the Friendship is Magic groups in Toronto, New Liskeard and Edmonton.
"Hey everyone, the show is about to start," shouted the first member.
Matthew took his rightful seat and they all went quiet as the episode began. To everyone's surprise, except for Matthew, Starlight appeared walking through the hallways of Twilight's castle, but there was something different about her.
"She changed her mane," gasped the second member, "why did she do that?"
"Maybe to show a new and improved her? Like what Sunset Shimmer did?" suggested the first member.
Matthew could only smile, "so, that's the mane style you were talking about," he thought to himself. "I like it Starlight, I like it."
The End!