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Oh, good, we're all here!
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So everypony got an urgent
summons to the castle
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with no explanation?
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Yup! I just love a good
mysterious summons.
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What's it about? Do you
think it's a surprise party?
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Hey, why are we running?
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Because something could
be terribly wrong!
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Somepony turned bad,
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another evil creature
back for revenge!?
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Don't you think you're
being a little paranoid?
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Why else would the princesses
send scrolls in such a hurry?
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Good point. They'd know
better than to make us worry.
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Plus, I like it when
you run so fast;
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the walls get all blurry!
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Wheee!
Race ya!
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Girls, thank you
so much for coming.
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What's wrong!? What can we do!?
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That's just it. Nothing's
wrong. Everything's perfect!
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Did y'all call us down
here just to tell us that?
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With all due
respect, Majesties,
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you might want to save
your urgent summons
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for matters that are a
bit more... well, urgent?
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Well, there is more to it.
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Equestria is currently
enjoying its longest period
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of harmony in recent years.
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And it's all thanks
to you, Twilight.
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And your
friends, of course.
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Who, us?
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Oh, pshaw! [giggle]
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It's about time
you noticed!
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Thank you!
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Because of your efforts,
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there's been less
and less for us to do!
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So, after much consideration,
my sister and I have decided
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it is time for us... to retire.
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Breaking News! The royal
princesses retiring?
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I have so many
questions.
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Who'll take over? Who
will run Equestria?
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Will it be someone
tall, dark, and handsome
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or will it be the
Lord of Chaos?
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Ugh. Fine, go with
the obvious choice.
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You're retiring!?
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Princesses can retire?
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Of course we can! I, for
one, am looking forward
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to a little R&R, maybe
a trip to Silver Shoals.
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And you want me to
take your place!?
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Mm hm!
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With the help of your
friends, of course.
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We can't think of
anypony more worthy.
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Over the years, we've
watched you grow.
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You've faced
task after task.
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...challenge
after challenge.
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...countless adversities. Yeah,
yeah, we get it.
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And you've always
prevailed.
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Thank you, but that
doesn't mean that I'm--
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that we're ready
to do what you do!
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Oh. Of course you are. I realize
this is a lot to take in, but--
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Nope! Makes perfect
sense. We're awesome.
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[gasp] Does this mean we
get all your powers!?
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Ooo-oo! I call dibs on showing
up in everypony's dreams!
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You can't be ready to step
into their horse shoes
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just like that!
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Well, if the Princesses
think it's time to retire,
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we're not a bad choice.
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We always have Equestria's
best interests at heart.
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That's a fair point,
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which should be taken
into consideration
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when we have a
roundtable discussion.
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Well, I'm in.
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Darlings! We'll all need a
complete wardrobe update.
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And I would love to pick your
brain about mane maintenance.
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When you have a moment.
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As long as we all have each
other, I'm sure we can do it.
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Yay!
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Protectors of Equestria
on three. One, two--
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If you're all on board,
I guess I am too.
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All: Protectors of Equestria!
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It'll be a bit of
an adjustment,
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but I imagine the
transfer of power
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will be a lengthy process
which will give me--
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Actually, we just
need a few days
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to put together a
little ceremony.
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Heh heh. A few DAYS!?
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But... that's so soon!
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Shouldn't there be some
sort of training program?
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That lasts weeks, no,
months, if not YEARS?
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Everything you've gone
through over the years
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has been a
training program.
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OK, but there's got to be
a guide or a rule book?
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Yes, I have it right here:
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"How to Rule Equestria"
by Nopony McPretendsmith.
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The Friendship Journal
you wrote yourselves
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is a better guide than
any we could provide.
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We have the utmost
confidence in you.
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And we hope you have
the same in yourself.
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Oh, I'm absolutely
certain she does.
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I am not confident
about this at all!
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Well, that's what I thought.
I was being sarcastic before.
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What? This is all
so predictable.
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Now's the part where you all
tell little Sparkle here
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that everything is
going to be fine.
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But she won't believe you.
[groan] I don't need to be here for this.
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It's just, I know I said
yes, but then they said
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"in a few days" and there's
still so much to figure out!
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It's all happening so fast!
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I think I need some--
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[gulp] OK. I'll feel
much better--
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Once you make
a plan?
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Oh. Wow. It's
like you--
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--knew you were going to
react this way? We did.
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Classic Twilighting.
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"Twilighting?" You...
you made me a verb?
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It's not a bad thing, we just
know you have a.... process.
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Stage one. You get big
news, and you're like "No!"
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But then you pace, and
you chart, you worry...
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It's OK. You go
ahead and "Twilight"
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and we'll be here for you.
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You're all acting so calm,
but this is a big deal!
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What will we do if
something big happens
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and the princesses
aren't there to help?
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Um... If you think about it,
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they literally
almost never help.
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Huh.
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And.. we still always win!
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Like when Sombra almost took
back the Crystal Empire,
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or when Chrysalis
pretended to be Cadance,
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or when Tirek came back and
absorbed all the magic,
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or the other time Chrysalis
tried to take over,
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or with Cozy Glow and the
school. [gasp] Am I missing anything?
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Pony of Shadows.
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Starlight when
she was evil.
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Discord when he was evil.
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Do Flim and
Flam count?
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See? We've almost
always done things
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without the princesses' help.
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Which makes sense now because
it was all just training
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for you to take over.
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And it worked. I mean,
if you think about it,
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there hasn't been
a single villain
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that we couldn't defeat.
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Phew.
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One day, you'll see.
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I will defeat Twilight
Sparkle and her friends,
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and they will pay for
stealing my kingdom!
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Pssst! Tirek!
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It is Lord Tirek
and what is it now?
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I just want to make
sure you can see my
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"best friends rock
sculpture" from over there.
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Lord Tirek.
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A changeling?
See? She gets it.
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Chrysalis, Queen
of the Changelings.
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Or at least I will be when I'm
restored to my rightful place.
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Why did you summon
me? What do you want?
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Wah! Oh, golly! We
didn't bring you.
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I thought you freed
us from Tartarus.
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Tartarus? Whoever
pulled you from there
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must have been somepony
very powerful, indeed.
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King Sombra! You
have returned?
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Why did you
bring us here?
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Deep voice: He didn't.
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It was I.
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You may call me... Grogar.
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The Grogar?
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I thought that you
were a legend.
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I've heard of you!
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Who..?
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I assure you, I
am very real.
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And you have all been brought
here as part of my plan
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to rid Equestria of Twilight
Sparkle and her friends
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once and for all!
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Heh heh heh heh.
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I am so sorry, but
the name Grofar
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just doesn't
ring any bells.
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GROGAR! I have
been away too long
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if my name no longer
strikes fear into the heart
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of one so tiny.
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Perhaps a demonstration
of power is in order?
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Grogar is ancient and
extremely powerful.
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The land that would
become Equestria
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was a mere collection
of farms and pastures
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until he declared himself
Emperor of all he saw.
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I remember hearing tales of
his tyranny when I was young.
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I have also heard of the
first Emperor of Equestria,
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the "Father of Monsters."
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I gave life to the
foulest of creatures
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and allowed them to run wild,
taking what they wanted
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and destroying the rest!
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My reign was a glorious
fear-soaked epoch
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of darkness in Equestria.
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Ha! Until Gusty the Great
rose up and banished you.
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That fool believed taking
my bell would defeat me,
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but she only weakened
me temporarily.
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Um, Tirek is really old. No
offense, you look great.
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But if he knew about
you when he was young,
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we have super-different ideas
about what "temporarily" means.
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Silence! I have spent
millennia gathering power,
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biding my time, waiting
for the perfect opportunity
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to seize control of Equestria!
And watching all of you.
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I've seen each of your
humiliating defeats
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at the hooves of
six puny ponies.
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And do you know why
they've always bested you?
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Because they cheat.
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Because they are
annoyingly lucky.
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I'm just a kid, so...
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It is because they
work together.
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Where one is weak, another
is strong and thus unified,
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they are a formidable force.
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But we shall use their own
strategy to defeat them.
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What are you suggesting?
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I suggest nothing. I
DEMAND that you join me
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and together Equestria
will be ours!
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I don't do "ours",
I only do MINE.
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I will take back the
Crystal Empire on my own
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and I will destroy anypony
who gets in my way!
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Such confidence.
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Go. Try to take
back your kingdom.
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I shall send you
there myself.
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If you prevail, you
may keep it.
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But when you fail,
you will submit to me.
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And if I refuse this... deal?
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Then I shall return
you to the darkness
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from which you
were summoned.
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Fine. But this is
a waste of time,
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as I will crush
those who defy me.
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I will defeat all who
get in my way. I--
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I advise the rest of you to
prepare to work together.
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Well, working together
sounds an awful lot like
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making friends, so
you two are in luck
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because I know all
about that!
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Twi? You in here? With the
school closed for the summer,
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I didn't think anypony
would be here.
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So much to do, not enough
time. No! I already did that.
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Wait. Nope. I didn't.
OOOH, NOT ENOUGH TIME!
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HELP! She's spiraling.
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We're at the "my plan
needs a plan" stage
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of a Total Twilight
Melt Down!
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Oh. Got it.
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Twilight?
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Did I write down "eliminate
redundant lists"
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on my School of
Friendship to-do list,
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or my personal to-do list?
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TWILIGHT! Gah!
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Starlight! Oh, good, you're
here. I need to talk to you.
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Oh-kay...
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Hang on, I had "talk to
Starlight" written down
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on one of these. Just let me
find it so I can cross it off.
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Wow, you are
"Twilighting" hard.
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You say
Twilighting too!?
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Well, EXCUSE me, but
this is the first time
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I've ever been asked
to run A WHOLE KINGDOM!
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Ah! You're right. You're right... Heh.
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So.. what did you want
to talk to me about?
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Ah! Here it is. I
wrote it down.
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Starlight, you have blossomed
into one of the strongest,
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smartest, most
caring ponies I know
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and I can't think of anypony
better to leave in charge
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of my castle and the
School of Friendship.
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So what do you think?
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WHAT? You want ME to
take care of the castle
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and RUN THE SCHOOL?
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Yes?
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00:14:10,718 --> 00:14:13,151
Ah! I can't! I'm
not ready!
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Remember what happened
the last time
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you left me in charge!?
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And now you want me
to do it PERMANENTLY?
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What if I don't do the
right things!? [gasping] What if--
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Starlight! Get a
hold of yourself.
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You've risen to every
challenge you've ever faced.
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You can do anything you put
your mind to. You've got this.
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Ha! And so do you!
See what I did there?
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You just said everything
YOU need to hear.
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00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:41,112
Ha ha ha! Nice try, but running
a school and running a country
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are two very different things!
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Now if you don't
mind, I have 7,432
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more things to take
care of before I become
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the new Ruler of Equestria!
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It was a valiant effort.
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The guard says Sombra's
breached the castle!
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Hurry, Twilight! We need you!
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Do you have
Flurry Heart!?
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I thought
you had her!
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[gasp]
Ah!
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[whining] Mama!
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You won't get
away with this.
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Oh, but I
already have!
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Ha ha ha ha!
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With the Cyrstal heart
now in my possession,
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there is nothing to
stop me from ruling
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the Crystal Empire.
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Kneel before Sombra!
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Ah. Long live the King.
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Thanks for coming so quickly.
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Sure thing, but if you're
going to be the ruler
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of Equestria, you may want
to work on your penmanship.
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This looks like it says,
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"Cadance sent an
emergency message.
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Sombra's back and he's taking
over the Crystal Empire."
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That's exactly what it says!
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00:16:36,196 --> 00:16:37,862
But... But how is that possible?
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00:16:37,964 --> 00:16:39,830
I thought the Crystal
Heart had dispelled him
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into the Ether!
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00:16:41,167 --> 00:16:43,801
I have no idea, but he's
back and it's up to us
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to save the Empire
and my family!
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00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:48,606
Shouldn't somepony
tell Celestia and Luna?
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00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:50,408
Oooh. Good point.
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One of us should probably
loop in the real rulers
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of Equestria.
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00:16:55,281 --> 00:16:57,915
No. If we're going
to run Equestria,
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00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:00,451
we'll need to handle things
like this on our own.
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00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:04,555
Oh, Twilight! Could
this mean that you finally
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have the confidence to
ascend to the throne
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like the princesses
believe you can?
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Maybe... Unless you'd consider
taking care of Sombra for us?
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00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:18,869
Oh, no no no no no. You
were absolutely right.
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00:17:18,971 --> 00:17:21,806
You need to learn how to handle
these things on your own.
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Ta-tah.
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00:17:23,743 --> 00:17:26,010
Handling things on our
own is all well and good,
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but last time we defeated
Sombra with the Crystal Heart.
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What if he has it already?
How are we gonna stop him?
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With the Elements of Harmony!
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00:17:41,895 --> 00:17:45,396
With those, we can defeat
anypony, even Sombra!
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00:17:45,498 --> 00:17:47,131
Ah no no no no.
You didn't need
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the "Elements" the last
time you defeated Sombra.
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And I'm not sure using
them still counts
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as handling things
on your own.
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00:17:54,607 --> 00:17:58,843
My family is in danger.
I'm not taking any chances.
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00:17:58,945 --> 00:18:00,711
She's got a point.
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00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:02,446
Ugh. Fine.
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00:18:03,483 --> 00:18:04,849
What's his problem?
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Starlight, can you stay here
and take care of the school?
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I've got you covered.
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00:18:30,677 --> 00:18:33,578
It's cute that you think
that will do anything.
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00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:36,315
It might not, but they will.
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00:18:37,317 --> 00:18:38,683
Cavalry's here!
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00:18:40,854 --> 00:18:44,021
[chuckle] How can I be surprised
when I'm waiting to show
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all of you your greatest fear?
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00:19:04,511 --> 00:19:07,645
Oh, Twilight. How
disappointing.
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00:19:07,747 --> 00:19:11,582
Equestria was in your care
and you let it be destroyed.
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00:19:13,653 --> 00:19:15,653
You should all surrender.
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00:19:15,755 --> 00:19:18,523
Nothing can defeat
your own fears.
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00:19:24,297 --> 00:19:26,064
We didn't need to defeat them.
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00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:28,899
We just needed to face them
long enough to distract you!
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00:19:33,806 --> 00:19:35,874
NO!
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00:19:36,776 --> 00:19:39,544
It's cute that you think
that will do anything.
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00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:55,526
You may have won the battle,
but I shall win the war!
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00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:05,636
Ya hoo hoo hoo!
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00:20:08,074 --> 00:20:11,242
We totally just wiped
the castle with that guy.
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00:20:16,683 --> 00:20:17,815
Thanks, Twily.
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00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:20,351
But that was fun!
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00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:21,753
And.. easy.
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00:20:22,155 --> 00:20:24,889
As magical battles go,
that was a cakewalk.
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00:20:24,991 --> 00:20:27,091
Mmmmm, "cakewalk".
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00:20:30,463 --> 00:20:33,498
We did handle this
pretty well.. on our own.
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00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:34,900
Does this mean--?
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00:20:35,101 --> 00:20:37,701
I still don't feel like I'm
one hundred percent ready,
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00:20:37,804 --> 00:20:38,936
but will I ever?
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00:20:39,138 --> 00:20:40,872
Knowing you? Nope.
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00:20:41,874 --> 00:20:45,810
I have you guys, and we have
the Elements, and together,
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00:20:45,912 --> 00:20:48,446
we've never failed.
We'll be OK.
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00:20:57,056 --> 00:20:59,658
Once again, Equestria is safe.
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00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:02,026
What should we
do to celebrate?
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00:21:02,228 --> 00:21:04,128
I vote for a cakewalk!
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00:21:14,841 --> 00:21:15,673
What's going on?
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I don't know!