the best elements within us
can spread light and virtue and i know
ponies who represent them all
strength bravery healing beauty
hope
and sorcery
myself and these pillars of equestria
were gathered together by another to
maintain and share the light of these
powerful ideals but we soon came to
believe the pony who brought us together
only wanted that power for himself
cast out and alone this power mad pony
turned to darkness to satisfy his thirst
transformed into a pony of shadows he
returned for revenge to extinguish the
pillars light and rob the world of hope
to stop him the pillars and i must make
a grave sacrifice
but we shall leave behind a seed
in hopes that one day it will grow into
a force to stand against the darkness
for all time
we must now face the fiend
with the only plan we have
i only hope it will be enough
that's the last entry and maybe star
swirl's final words before he vanished
my little pony my little pony
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a beautiful heart faithful and strong
sharing kindness
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i've always wondered what happened to
star swirl
this is quite a discovery sunburst
so it's genuine you can verify that this
journal really belonged to star swirled
a bearded
indeed from the looks of it the last
thing he wrote before facing the pony of
shadows
uh so the pony of shadows was really
real
it appears so we never met the other
pillars and we were too young to
understand the danger they faced hold on
a second now all those legendary ponies
were real too and they went off with
star swirl to face the pony of shadows
and then none of them were ever heard
from again
yeah weren't you listening
but what happened to them all they must
have defeated the villain since
equestria is still full of light and
hope but how and where did they go
my old ponish is a bit rusty but i
wonder if the answers can be found
somewhere within the pages of this book
well i just happen to be an expert in
old ponish i mean i've practically
memorized every ancient text about star
swirl there is
seriously all of them
we have fond memories of our old teacher
if you could discover what happened to
him we would be most grateful
solving a thousands year old mystery
could take forever think of the research
the re-reading the re-re-reading
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you might find you need help
luckily she's got a whole bushel of
helpers right here totally uh
how long will all this research take
exactly
let's get this back to my library i'm
sure we'll figure out what happened in
no time
figure it out yet twilight
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oh what did you figure out
you figured something out
what is it
nothing i mean star swirl was a genius
obviously but forget old ponish there's
parts where his horn writing is like
another language oh
twilight we've been studying and
referencing and cross-referencing for
three days straight now
i haven't spent this much time reading
since the last daring due book came out
perhaps it is time to take a break this
mystery is over a thousand years old
after all another day or two won't make
a difference
two days i don't want to waste two
seconds
i'm close to an answer i can feel it
here
from say ponhenge what's that
the temple of ponhenge you can read that
the horn writing's pretty sloppy but
it's nowhere near as bad as mine
tawar dull grimlick of fola fiergenborg
at the base of full mountain
user endemus shield
our last stand
well
that sure sounds like a clue to me
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i can't believe it
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i've never seen magical runes like these
before have you
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i don't think anypony's seen any of this
for a long time
it take a whole team of ponies to clear
away all this brush
even then i'm not sure we'd find out
what happened here over a thousand years
ago
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you're right
i suppose it was a long sh*t cheer up
twilight finding a whole set of ancient
ruins is pretty impressive
well maybe you could write a paper on it
i guess i hoped we'd get here and the
mystery would just magically be
explained
uh twilight
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star swirl
i i wanted to be you my whole life i
can't believe you're here
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i don't think he is here
i don't think any of them are
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[Applause]
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you summon me at your peril stars world
once i defeat all of you this round will
embrace the darkness as i did so long
ago
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drawing me here will only make me
stronger you will never defeat me
we did not come here to defeat you
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are you doing
we came
to contain you
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[Applause]
well you did ask for a magical
explanation
oh
what just happened
it looked like star swirl cast a spell
that banished the pony of shadows of
course powerful magic like that would
leave an impression on this place
bringing the book back here let us see
what happened which was what
star swirl and the rest of the pillars
sacrificed themselves to save equestria
it's amazing to think one of the
greatest mysteries of equestria was
solved with a musty old book from an
antique shop
but i wouldn't say the mystery's solved
star swirl's spell was one of the most
powerful feats of magic in all of
history it'll take years of study before
we fully understand it i think i
understand star swirl spell
i know i finished one of star swirl
spells before but this one was on a
whole different level was it an
expl*si*n of magical feedback any
vocation a kind of incantation it's star
swirl so the possibilities are endless
and once starlight set me on the right
track with this crazy horn writing
i mean he was a genius so i guess we can
forgive a little messiness i went
through the journal again and it's
amazing
twilight darling
we understand you're excited but that's
all we understand
what exactly is so amazing only how star
swirl and the other pillar sent the pony
of shadows to limbo
they did what now
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they used their magic to open a portal
between worlds to limbo and pulled the
pony of shadows inside
darling your diorama i made more
star swirl thought the only way to trap
the pony of shadows in limbo was for the
pillars to take him there so they got
stuck too
the pony of shadows must have been
really awful for them to do that
i suppose being trapped for all time
with a super duper bad guy in limbo
might be okay if you were doing the
limbo
but that's still pushing it the thing is
i think i can get them out
twilight are you serious you can save
the most legendary ponies of all time
i don't know opening portals between
worlds didn't work out well for me
are you sure it's safe
first of all you open portals through
time and second of all star swirl wrote
the spell you used to do it if he'd been
here he could have stopped it
equestria would be safer with him in it
we have to save him
but you'd be saving all the pillars
right
and they disappeared ages ago that's the
thing about limbo it isn't one place or
another it's in between so time stands
still if we can pull them out it'll be
like they never left i actually built
another model to demonstrate
what can we do to help if i'm right we
need to find items that are connected to
the pillars in some way
you mean like stuff that belong to them
how would we know what to look for
or where
luckily star swirl took a lot of notes
my compatriots are as varied as the
realm itself and hail from every corner
of our land bringing with them artifacts
and talismans of great power um twilight
what are you
doing are you doing anything
rock hopes shovel
flash magnus's shield
this means flower
metal brooks mask and the blindfold
submacula
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i guess we don't need to figure out who
should get what
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professor it's a mighty helm headpiece
maybe it belonged to rocco himself
legends don't wear helmets this belonged
to a real pony oh i can guarantee rock
hoof was as real as you and me
and i suppose that ravine was dug with
his trusty shovel to save the village
from an erupting volcano
probably
i love old legends as much as any pony
but a pony's strong enough to save a
village from rushing lava with a shovel
is
a preposterous
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i can't believe you just did that
you saved us
i bet if you told somepony else the
story it might sound
preposterous
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i suppose some stories might be true
and rock hoofs appears to be one of
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them oh you keep those hooves to
yourself dearie
this place has been in my family for
generations and i'm not about to let
some whippersnapper take the last good
piece of it
time wise ponies came from far and wide
to see these gardens
but that flower's the only worthwhile
thing left
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perhaps it just seemed like your gardens
were worthless but a little pruning can
work wonders
of course you will have to look after
more than just one flower now
you've given me back my family's legacy
the flower you wanted seems like a fair
trade for that
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i can't believe flash magnus's shield
ended up in the dragon lands
good thing you brought the official
equestrian friendship ambassador to the
dragons to help you navigate our customs
like our favorite sports surfing
okay that was awesome
dragon lord ember commanded us to make
peace with ponies but it doesn't mean
you can surf in our spot
whoa fellas as the official equestrian
friendship ambassador to the dragons i
have to say that's not very friendly
well what do you know
the puny pony dragon sticking up for his
pony pal
hey that's an ancient pony artifact
clothes off my gorge board i found it in
the desert and finders keepers
it isn't yours huh it sure looks like
mine but i might consider erasing you
for it
no problem
um no i mean
you
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on your marks get set
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i won i won
give up the shield garble
lord ember only commanded us to be nice
to ponies she never said anything about
pony loving dragons
since dragon lord amber commanded you to
make peace with ponies you can't very
well att*ck one of their friends can you
i guess we'll find out
why is he always hiding behind ponies i
wasn't hiding when i b*at you down the
ridge
you fell wow you must be slow if all
spike had to do to win was fall down i'm
faster than you doubt it fine i'll race
you back to the top if you win you can
have your pony jump
but if i win you'll leave and i get to
give it to him
fine i'm pretty sure i could b*at you
anyway but with that heavy hunk of metal
on your back it'll be a snap huh oh yeah
thanks for the tip
see you at the top loser
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hey that's mine
finders keepers
remember
see because that's what you said to them
when they first showed up
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just remember not to turn away from them
cattail flash bees can get pretty
aggressive i guess that's why none of
the other bayou animals can get to the
water
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wouldn't it make more sense for you to
wear the master comes the bees
it would
if i didn't have to fly up here to move
their hive
now the other bayou creatures can get to
the water without the bees feeling
threatened
you know you didn't have to help with
this i would have lent you the mask
anyway i know
but i couldn't leave without helping
i don't think anypony can find anything
in there
i wouldn't give a hulk just yet
this old blindfold was stuck in the
drain
weren't you looking for a blindfold oh
yeah
i can't believe i'm gonna meet star
swirled a bearded you know outside of my
dreams i can't believe you're actually
going through with it what do you mean
i'm all for pushing the envelope
obviously but this is pretty out there
for you twilight
what's out there about saving the most
legendary ponies of all time from a
thousandth year old prison well nothing
when you say it like that
unless the most legendary ponies of all
time knew what they were doing and we
shouldn't mess with it
i'm sure star swirl and the pillars did
the best they could back then but magic
has come a long way mostly because of
the work they did
that's true and you did get your wings
from finishing one of star swirl spells
exactly
but then i messed with one and nearly
destroyed the universe so
starlight star swirled the bearded is
the greatest wizard who ever lived the
chance to have him back in equestria is
worth the risk that's good news
otherwise we'd have brought the shield
for nothing i hope you don't think
you're the only one to find her artifact
because this here shovel says otherwise
everything is a competition but this
mains flower is by far the most
attractive of the artifacts you're just
saying that because you didn't have to
scuba dive in a pit of green slime to
get yours or move a flash behind
good work everyone
let's do this
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what
what has happened
it worked we brought you back to where
you and the others have been trapped in
limbo for over a thousand years but i
figured out how to get you home what no
no no no you must undo what you've done
what why i mean i don't think i can you
cannot bring us back but i did i brought
all the pillars back you cannot bring
only the pillars back
oh no
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my little pony
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