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that's the last entry star swirls final
words before he vanished all those
legendary ponies were real too and then
none of them were ever heard from again
they used their magic to open a portal
to limbo
we need to find items that are connected
to the pillars in some way
we brought you back you cannot bring
only the pillars back
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my little pony my little pony
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faithful and strong sharing kindness
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your pitiful attempt to imprison me has
failed star swirl
you must return us to limbo it's the
only way to stop him i only figured out
how to bring you back working on it no
table of contents allow me to assist
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there
without the power of bonehenge your
banishing spell is useless
you have studied my writings surely you
have some other plan no i just wanted to
save you i didn't think don't fret when
i extinguish the light and hope of this
miserable world you won't remember any
of this
this one is almost as strong as you
stars were but even my wicked state she
cannot stop the mighty shadows
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lucky for her she's not alone
know this fiend we will not rest until
we find a way to return you to limbo
never your days of gloria through
starsworld
now my dark power will rain and you six
will bow to me
um where'd he go that is a riddle we
must unravel and quickly how long have
we been gone over a thousand years
then my spell worked before it was
meddled with and the realm has been at
peace for a millennia
we did have to save everybody from
nightmare moon and discord and chrysalis
and king sombra and lord t reckon there
was that one time when starlight
traveled through time and almost
destroyed life as we know it
but that's all in the past if you were
truly this accomplished we will stop the
pony of shadows twice as fast together
we shall see it is an easy thing to say
you have saved the world it is quite
another to do it oh we've saved the
world beardo and we can do it again be
that as it may the problem of locating
the pony of shadows remains and this
land is vast
it sounds like you need a map luckily we
have just the thing
something about this magic seems
familiar
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did you know he can do that he's stars
he can do anything
this map and indeed this very castle are
grown from the seed we planted over a
thousand years ago and it did work
what worked each of us infused a crystal
seed with our magic in hopes that it
would grow into a force for good we
wanted to leave something to protect the
realm in our absence but we never
dreamed our gift would become so
powerful y'all mean the elements came
from you
you know the sparkly crystal things that
grow from the tree of harmony and
represent each of us
laughter honesty generosity loyalty
kindness and magic
they are reflections of our own elements
of hope strength beauty bravery healing
and sorcery
we had no idea our small seed would
bloom into the living spirit of the land
i am glad our mantles have passed to
such capable ponies more importantly we
no longer need pronehenge to send our
foe back to limbo we can use the stored
magic in this tree of harmony but
doesn't a banishing spell take a lot of
power we'd have to sacrifice the
elements for that mm-hmm they'd be gone
forever
star swirl i don't think the tree can
survive without the elements if it dies
equestria will suffer if the pony of
shadows has his way your land will not
exist so unless you have a better idea
our foe will seek dark places from which
to draw power i will prepare my spell so
that we may strike as soon as you find
him
what are we waiting for i like your
spirit
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what about this one
see pony etiquette isn't gonna help
right now spike
uh twilight are you okay
i just unleashed ultimate evil and
doomed equestria because i was obsessed
with meeting my idol why wouldn't i be
okay
you didn't know that was gonna happen
but i should have listened to you and
left things alone now the elements of
harmony will be lost to fix my mistake
maybe there's another way if there is
twilight will find it
portalgate portal keys portal spells yes
if the pillars can hold open the gateway
to limbo a powerful pony can do the
banishing spell herself do you know what
this means i can stop carrying books
the pillars don't have to leave
equestria even though we'll lose the
elements we'll have the ponies that
created them and the pony of shadows
will be banished for good
that's great
but i was thinking of another way that
maybe doesn't involve banishing at all
star swirl knew what he was doing when
he cast that spell if i can make it even
better maybe he'll see that i take magic
as seriously as he does
it seems the dark place that starts well
indicated on the map have changed
i bet the ponies shadows would have
loved the ghastly caverns before a
thousand years of erosion turned it into
the ghastly gorge the appaloosian wastes
sure sounded dark and desolate who knew
they would become such a popular square
dancing destination and i get how this
part of equestria used to be cast an
eternal night where the pony of shadows
could draw power and wreak havoc while
ponies were powerless to stop him
but come back
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it seems there are fewer dark corners in
the realm these days
isn't that a good thing true the pony of
shadows will have a hard time regaining
power when he rears his head we'll be
ready
isn't there some way to banish him
without losing all of you oh i wish
there were but to save our home we are
willing to leave it
i don't think you'll have to my spell
isn't finished yet but i think we can
send the pony of shadows to limbo
without all of you having to go as well
while i appreciate your
enthusiasm twilight this is hardly the
time to take risks on half-baked spells
begging your pardon mr the bearded but
twilight doesn't do anything halfway
especially not magic
seriously she got her wings by finishing
one of your spells i think you'll find
her work is worth reading before you
dismiss it out of hoof
while it is an unconventional approach
i believe it could work
hmm
i suppose there is a chance but we still
have no idea where to find the villain
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maybe we should try there
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the hollow shades
i think a branch of the apple family
lives there
they have to be pretty distant the
hollow shades was abandoned eons ago
hmm that's odd the only time the maps
called all of us to one place was
starlight village
so it's like a super villain tracker
no of it
do you think the map could be trying to
tell us where the pony of shadows is hmm
the tree of harmony acting to protect
the light of the realm
yes a good thought twilight
i will make my notes on this spell
ready yourselves for battle
uh i know i'm not as experienced as all
of you but is banishment really the only
option i mean it's been a long time
maybe the pony of shadows is ready to
talk i doubt we can save our homeland
with a conversation but we could try
starlight i'm sure starswill and the
others did try the pony of shadows was
not interested in reconciliation once a
villain always a villain
twilight sunburst would you accompany me
i wish to refine this spell for our use
come we must prepare for the struggle
ahead
i know star swirl is a great wizard but
this whole plan seems
wrong
the maps only ever sent us to solve
friendship problems
maybe so but the pony of shadows doesn't
really seem like the friendship type
honestly we don't know anything about
him
no pony does
that's not entirely true
you all knew the pony of shadows before
he became what he is now you must have
been friends so what happened
the tale of our rift is a sad one
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stygian was a pony like the rest of us
though more scholar than hiro he
recognized our emerging world would need
champions to defend it
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he may have gathered us together but he
himself was just an ordinary unicorn who
soon grew jealous of our abilities
he stole objects from each of us
artifacts to use in a spell
and we cast him out for it
we always thought he'd return and seek
forgiveness
but when we saw him again his heart was
bent on within
he dashed even my hope of saving him
but why did he steal the artifacts from
you no doubt it was an enchantment to
take our powers for himself hmm
that looks like a lot of work it is what
must be done and it would be best if we
were not disturbed
i'm sorry starlight but we can't stop
the talk the stakes are too high and we
have to vanish stygian to limbo i get it
uh who stygian was the name the pony of
shadows gave up when he turned to
darkness and i'm just trying to figure
out why envy he wanted more power than
he had and that desire led him down a
path from which there is no return
i know from experience that's not always
true when the map called u6 to my
village it was for a friendship problem
are you sure this is different i stygian
wants to destroy all that is good in
this world there's no way to befriend a
pony like that
i guess i'm lucky your idol wasn't
around when you decided to be my friend
i might have been banished to limbo too
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i am glad we have the chance to see what
has grown from our efforts so long ago
it seems a shame to harm it a necessary
sacrifice with the element's power we
will bind the pony of shadows in limbo
and thanks to twilight we will remain to
watch over the realm ourselves
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um how do we use them well
oh
i'm not sure they simply work for us the
elements are attuned to you we must use
their magic in pairs no problem we're
used to banishing evil before breakfast
and it'll be an honor to save equestria
with y'all
i really hope twilight knows what she's
doing
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ah i don't remember reading anything
that said the hollow shades was like
this
oh
the pony of shadows must have twisted it
to his purposes
prepare yourselves
he is here
show yourself and face us
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i definitely would have remembered
reading about this
when you turned your backs on me i
discovered this place
the darkness spoke to me of a power
beyond any i could imagine and i
listened
the shadow and i became one
soon all of the realm will be the same
then all ponies will feel the despair i
did when you cast me out
we did what we had to do you tried to
steal our powers for yourself
no it was you who were selfish
now
you will pay
are you still sure this isn't a
friendship problem
ready open the portal
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now
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no you will not trap me again
i push him in
there's a pony in
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there are you stygian
i was once until my friends betrayed me
but star swirl says you betrayed them
you wanted their magic no i wanted their
respect i brought them together i
planned strategy and i read all i could
about the beasts we faced but i didn't
have magic or strength so nopony ever
noticed me
i went to ponhenge to make my own copies
of the artifacts with them i thought i
could be a pillar too and stand by their
side in battle
i never wanted to steal their power
but instead of sharing and letting me
help my friends threw me out
so i became stronger than any of them
the darkness welcomed me when no pony
would i will do what i must to protect
it
this is all a misunderstanding if the
pillars knew how you felt i'm sure they
wouldn't have turned their backs on you
the shadow isn't who you really are let
me help you be stygian again even if my
friends did still care what makes you
think you have the power to help me
because it's what she does
i wasn't so different from you and
twilight helped me change
there's one pony in equestria that can
save a friendship it's her
i
i want to believe you
but the darkness will not be stopped
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you don't need it anymore
revenge isn't what you want
friendship is
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the shadow won't let go of him he wants
to stop but he can't do it alone
then we must help him
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yeah
oh it felt so good to do that again
friendship power rash
the elements they didn't disappear maybe
because we use them for healing magic
instead of banishing
look
long ago you needed our help stygian but
instead of listening we turned our backs
on you pride clouded my judgment
i owe you an apology
thank you for helping us see the errors
of our ways twilight
it seems i never accounted for the magic
of friendship
thank you swirl star uh star swirl
um
so apparently a conversation can save
equestria
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something tells me i will be making a
lot of apologies today
i simply cannot believe how tall you've
gotten
well it has been over a thousand years
will you stay here and teach magic once
again my sister and i have such fond
memories of your lessons
as long as you don't ask for those
essays we owed you before you
disappeared
i'm not certain canterlot is where i
belong
the realm has grown and i believe i'll
have a look around before i settled in
any one place
and i long to see what has become of my
home
i believe we all do
then i hope you will return to canterlot
on occasion and share the wisdom of your
great experience with the next
generation of ponies we would be honored
but if it is wisdom you seek look no
further than your own pupil she showed
me that the power of friendship is a
magical force indeed
and that in turning away from others you
hurt yourself as well
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it's funny i thought meeting my idol
would give me all the answers i ever
wanted but instead i forgot what i
already knew
good thing i had a student of my own to
remind me
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my little pony
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