Celestia: It is time for us to retire.
Twilight: And you want me to take your place?
Celestia: With the help of your friends, of course.
You may call me Grogar.
Together, Equestria will be ours.
Sombra: I will take back the Crystal Empire on my own!
Spike: How are we going to stop them?
Twilight: With the Elements of Harmony!
With those, we can defeat anypony.
[rumbling]
[explosion]
[shattering glass]
[evil laughter]
♪♪
♪ My little pony, my little pony ♪
♪ Aaaahhh ♪
♪ My little Pony ♪
♪ I used to wonder what friendship could be. ♪
♪ My Little Pony ♪
♪ Until you all shared its magic with me. ♪
♪ Big adventure! ♪ ♪ Tons of fun ♪
♪ A beautiful heart! ♪ ♪ Faithful and strong! ♪
♪ Sharing kindness ♪ ♪ it's an easy feat ♪
♪ And magic makes it all complete! ♪
♪ To have my little pony ♪
♪ Do you know you're all my very best friends? ♪
♪♪
[evil laughter]
What just happened!
The Tree of Harmony can't really be gone, can it?
It can't be.
But it is! You thought you'd defeated me,
but you led me right to
the source of your power!
Now that it's destroyed,
nothing can stop me!
[click click]
He's right. With the Elements gone,
I don't know how we can defeat him.
Then we'll just have to beat him the old-fashioned way!
[click click]
[explosion]
♪ [dramatic music] ♪
[crashing]
[zap]
♪♪
[zap]
[shout]
Hey!
Ha! You're no match for me!
I will finally rule the Crystal Empire.
Wait. With you out of the way, I will rule all of Equestria!
NO!
Oh, yes. And I think I know exactly where I'll start!
Don't you dare say it.
Your sweet little home town.
You leave Ponyville alone!
Or what?
Without your Elements, it would be so easy to control you.
[ghostly sounds]
[screams]
But there's no point,
my conquering Ponyville is already your greatest fear!
Ha ha ha ha!
NO!
[evil laughter continues]
What do we do?
I don't know. The Tree of Harmony grew the Elements;
it kept the Everfree Forest under control.
And now it's gone.
Sombra will take over Equestria,
and it's all my fault.
I knew I wasn't ready to take the Princesses' place,
but I never thought I'd mess up this badly.
What are you looking at me for?
This is usually when you say something funny
to lift our spirits.
Sorry, nothing about this is funny to me.
[sobbing]
I'm sorry, I'm trying to be strong,
but I just can't bear to think about poor Sweetie Belle
under the spell of that monster.
Or those sweet little Cake twins.
Or Spike or Starlight.
Or Angel or anypony forced to do that monster's bidding!
[splat]
What the--
Twilight, what are you doing?
We can't just stay here.
I don't have a plan and I don't know what I'm going to do
once we get out, but we can't just sit here
and let Sombra make slaves of every pony we love.
Let me help. I'm faster.
I like digging.
[drill motor buzzing]
I've been known to get my hooves dirty.
Move over, y'all!
Normally I wouldn't dream of digging, but right now...
Show me the muddy!
[explosion]
♪♪
[gasp]
Apple Bloom!
It's me. Look at me, sugarcube!
♪♪
Twilight, you gotta free her, please.
[small explosion]
I-I-can't. Without the Elements,
my magic isn't strong enough to stop Sombra's!
Spike!
Spike, where are you going? Starlight?
We must lay siege to Canterlot.
No! Snap out of it, you two!
You're stronger than his magic.
Rarity: Sweetie Belle, please stop!
I can't get her to stop. I can't get her to--
None of us can. We can't reach them.
[shrill scream]
[sobbing]
He made them bake a black licorice fruitcake that says
"Congratulations to our favorite Supreme Emperor,
King Sombra!" in green frosting.
It's the ugliest cake I've ever seen!
[blubbering]
Twilight, this is bad. Like really bad.
I've never been so sad in my whole life.
I don't know what to do. I don't know how to free them
and I don't know how to stop Sombra!
Everypony was so sure I'd do such a great job.
Well, this is exactly what I was afraid of.
Could anything else possibly go wrong?
Well, with the Tree of Harmony gone,
the Everfree Forest could grow out of control
and threaten the town.
Darling, that's oddly specific.
♪ [horror sting] ♪
[gasps]
[crackling]
[gasp]
Even if we figure out how to defeat Sombra
and bring everypony back to Ponyville,
if we don't stop the forest,
there won't be a Ponyville to come back to.
♪♪
Ahem.
♪♪
For our friends.
For our families.
For our home.
For Equestria.
[crackle]
Equestria!
♪ [battle music] ♪
♪♪
[whoosh]
♪♪
[shudder]
[zapping]
You! Break it down.
[hooves clattering]
[crashing]
♪♪
[zapping]
♪♪
They've fled. Celestia and Luna are too cowardly
to even stand against me. Equestria is mine!
[laughter]
[grunts]
[clanging]
Come on, everypony!
[crackling]
[scream]
[crackling]
[chittering]
We've been at this for hours,
but it's just growin' back too fast!
We have to keep trying!
[zap]
♪♪
[gasp]
[zap]
I know we're supposed to be able to handle things
on our own, but I've never been happier
to see two ponies in my whole life!
Nopony is meant to handle this on their own.
Starswirl! The Tree of Harmony, it's--
I know. I alerted the princesses as soon as I could.
I felt it, when it happened.
Like part of my essence just ceased to be.
I know what you mean. I'm sorry.
Don't be. I've more than enough magic in me
to keep the Everfree Forest under control.
You can do that?
The Pillars and I planted the Tree of Harmony.
Who do you think kept the Forest under control
before it did?
It will take time,
but with the Princesses' help, I can keep it at bay.
[zap]
Aw, yeah! Go get 'em, Beardy!
[zapping]
[explosions]
Sombra's back and he's taken control of all of our friends.
We've left Canterlot defenseless!
Twilight, you must go! Defend Equestria
and we shall contain the forest.
At least now we're back to just one problem.
[explosion]
[terrified screams]
♪♪
Aw, everypony's all evil-y.
Sombra's going to force us
to fight our way through our friends?
Not if I can help it!
♪♪
[gasp]
♪♪
[zaps]
OK. Guess we need a different plan. Twilight?
I don't know! I'm not prepared to fight against
the citizens of Equestria.
I guess that's one more thing I'm not ready to do.
Well, we'd better figure out something quick
because none of them seem to have a problem with it.
♪♪
[shriek]
Sorry about this, Fancy Pants!
♪♪
We promise we'll let y'all out as soon as we can!
[whoosh]
♪♪
Will I go here?
Or here?
Or here or there!
♪♪
Huh?
♪♪
Gotcha!
[whoosh]
♪♪
I don't know how long we can hold them off.
And holding them off isn't what we need anyhow.
We need to get inside.
But we can't just leave them here,
all possessed and Sombrafied.
What do we do, Twilight?
I don't know, but we can't stay here.
[poof]
I'm sorry we couldn't help our friends,
but I didn't know what else to do.
At least we're inside.
Yeah. All we have to do now is defeat King Sombra.
I-- we--
[chomp]
Oh, my. No Elements? No princesses?
Seems like you're in a bit of a pickle.
Or are you in [snap] more of a jam?
Mmmmm.
Discord! What are you doing here?
Well, I was going to hang these up all over the castle
to celebrate your coronation,
but apparently, it's a bit premature.
I'm so glad to see you!
We could really use some all-powerful
Lord of Chaos' help right now.
Moi? Oh, I couldn't possibly.
♪♪
Aw, poodles!
♪♪
Discord, please?
Ugh. Fine.
Just to be clear, I was really rooting for you to do this
on your own and parlay that confidence boost
into being the best Protectors of Equestria you can be.
A little less talking and a little more helping!
[zap]
Thank you, Discord!
I don't know what we'd do without you.
[zapping]
OK, "King" Sombra. Time to give up the crown.
[chuckle]
Here to fight the good fight with nothing but your wits?
Admirable, but foolish.
Ha!
[growl]
Well, I guess it's on me to be the MVP today.
I was betting on you, and I do hate being wrong.
Although if you think about it,
I am your friend so maybe you win because friendship wins?
Although Fluttershy should get most of the credit for that.
She's my favorite.
[growl]
[loud moan]
[gasp] Discord!
[evil laughter]
Not even the Lord of Chaos can stand against me!
I am truly the most powerful creature in Equestria!
[zap]
Discord!
We need you!
Please wake up. Please wake up.
[sobbing]
Discord!
I'm so glad you're OK. We can't beat him without you.
You couldn't beat me with him either!
[laughter]
[cough cough]
It would appear that you're on your own.
I have nothing left to give.
That's it then. We're doomed?
Of course you are!
I can't believe it's taken you this long to realize it!
Now, how shall I eliminate all this clutter
in my throne room?
[angry shouts]
Listen to me. You don't need me.
You don't need the princesses
and you certainly don't need the Elements.
Fluttershy, you will always be kind.
Applejack, you will always be honest.
Rarity, you'll always be generous.
And Rainbow Dash will be loyal as can be.
Pinkie will always bring laughter wherever she goes
and Twilight, you are and always will be
the embodiment of Magic.
You lost sight of what's in front of you.
You're here, together, willing to give
everything you've got for Equestria.
Nothing and no pony can ever take that away from you
because that's who you are.
[nasty laugh]
It's going to take more than a sentimental speech
to save you.
Discord's right. We've proven time and time again
that the real magic is the six of us working together.
With these girls by my side, I'm not afraid of you.
I'm not afraid of what you can do or how much power you have.
You should be.
[zap]
You may knock us down, but we're going to get back up again.
[zap]
And again.
[zap]
And again. As long as we're together,
we will never stop trying to defeat you.
[zap]
[shout of pain]
For our friends.
For our families.
For our Home.
For Equestria.
[zap]
[grunt of pain]
No! This can't be possible! Your magic can't defeat mine!
I destroyed the source of your power.
You can't destroy our friendship, Sombra.
And we keep telling bad guys.
But y'all just don't seem to remember.
Friendship is magic.
♪♪
No!
[cracking]
♪♪
[door opens]
Do you want more juice?
Only if it's not too much trouble, and it's red,
and it has one of those little umbrellas, and two cherries.
No no. Actually make it three. And maybe some doughnuts?
I see you've made yourselves at home.
Celestia! Luna! I know what you're going to say.
I should have called on you as soon as I knew
how dangerous it was.
A good leader knows when to ask for help and I didn't.
And because of me, the Tree of Harmony was destroyed.
Equestria deserves somepony much better than me
as its leader.
You're right.
Oh!
About one thing. A good leader knows when to ask for help.
But a great leader has the courage to admit
when they've made a mistake
and the strength to make it right.
Today, you've proven to me beyond any doubt,
that you will be a great leader.
Will be?
Luna and I have decided it may have been
a bit unfair to thrust this upon you
without giving you the time you need to prepare.
Oh, thank goodness! I really wasn't ready.
Not ready? So Twilight's not taking over?
This was all for nothing?
I pretended to be very hurt and gave
one of the most convincing speeches of my life.
PRETENDED?
Of course. You don't think some would-be-king
could actually hurt the Lord of Chaos, do you?
Anyway, as I was saying, I pretended to be very hurt
to convince you that you didn't need anything
but yourself to be the incredible leader
I know you can be! And now it's not happening?
It will, but when she's ready.
How can she not be ready?
What a waste of a perfectly wonderful speech!
Honestly, I don't know why I even bother!
So he could have ended the whole Sombra thing
whenever he wanted.
But he didn't because he cares.
That's Discord for you.
He sure has a weird way of being supportive.
Super odd dude.
[poof]
I heard that.
[poof]
[giggles]
Also, truth be told, Celestia and I had fun today,
fighting side-by-side with Starswirl for our home!
It's been years since we've gotten to do what you girls do.
You all make it look so easy.
Well, we are kind of an awesome team.
Every adventure is heart-pounding
but so rewarding!
I'm up for anything, as long as it's with all of you!
Life certainly hasn't been dull since we met.
Nowhere else I'd rather be.
We are pretty incredible together.
And we would do anything for Equestria.
I guess I know, when the time comes,
as long as we're together, we probably--
Ahem!
--we definitely got this.
[huggy noises]
Now, I'll say something nice about centaurs.
Tirek, you say something nice about changelings.
And Chrysalis, you say something nice about ponies.
NEVER!
Let us hope the three of you will be enough for my plans.
And what of King Sombra?
Did he succeed?
HA!
[zapping]
I'd say he gambled and lost.
But at least he can serve as a warning
to those who doubt continuing with my plans.
Unless any of you have doubts.
Not I.
No.
I'm good.
Then we shall join forces and work together
to bring Equestria to its knees.
[evil laughter]