Starlight Glimmer?
I was sure I saw her, Spike!
Welcome home, Twilight!
We travelled back in time
to when Rainbow Dash
performed her first sonic rainboom?
Without the rainboom,
you and your friends will
never form your special
cutie mark bonds!
But whatever Starlight did in
the past changed things here!
I don't want to live in
that awful future we saw!
I don't think you'll have to!
All servants of Queen
Chrysalis found
in these woods must be destroyed!
Wait!
We're not changelings!
I'm a pony!
And he's a dragon!
A likely story!
Do something dragonish!
That works!
The servants of
Chrysalis will do
anything to save their evil skins!
Stop!
If they are changelings
we'll soon see,
though I think they're not
what they appear to be.
Zecora!
Please, you have to listen-
Beneath this salve,
no changeling hides,
for it reveals the truth inside.
What does it mean?
The meaning is far worse I see,
for it is we who should not be.
I think I can explain.
I'm sure you can,
but let's not talk here.
Chrysalis and her army
will soon draw near!
The changelings took
over not long ago,
though I'll wager in your
world that isn't so.
Chrysalis and her army
tried to take over Canterlot,
but my friends and I stopped her!
Those friends as you know
them are not here, alas.
But tell me how all
this came to pass.
Starlight Glimmer,
a pony who travelled back in time
to stop my friends and me
from ever coming together!
And it is these friends
you have in life
that keep Equestria
free from strife?
I guess so.
But this is the second time
I've come back and this world
is even worse than the last one!
If Starlight keeps doing the
same thing in the past,
how can the present
be so different?
Ah, time is a river,
where even the tiniest
changes seen can lead to a
cascade of events downstream.
This part of the forest
is dark and damp,
but it's done well
to hide our camp.
This is cosy.
Please you have to help us!
The changelings att*cked Ponyville!
We barely escaped with our lives!
The only changeling att*ck
I see is the one
that comes here looking for me!
It's taken quite a while
to find you, Zecora.
What a lovely village you've chosen
to stage your little resistance.
It looks absolutely delicious!
Oh come now, Zecora.
You're vastly outnumbered!
I know you don't want
your charges hurt;
come quietly to the
dungeons of Canterlot
and I promise to leave
the others alone.
Why would she ever trust you?
Even if there's a chance Chrysalis
will honor her word, shouldn't you try?
Race to the map while
we hold off the att*ck,
stop Starlight and put the
whole world back on track!
Time to make a decision, Zecora!
Even if what you
are saying were true,
we'd never surrender to
a creature like you!
Not bad, but it's gonna take
a lot more than that!
Lucky for you there's more
where that came from!
You've really gotta
work on your aim.
Whoa!
What are you doing?
You have to finish your race!
No way!
This is way more exciting!
See?
You can't stop me no matter what you do.
Aww man.
That's strange...
Well, you obviously
don't mean us falling,
because that's becoming pretty routine.
No, it's just the other times
we've come back it's been day!
But look!
Why would the map bring us back
to a different time of day
than when we left?
Um, maybe we should
figure it out later!
The Castle of the Two Sisters!
Well, don't just stand here!
This place looks a lot
cleaner than I remember it.
Rarity!
The castle isn't open
for viewings today.
The tapestries all need changing.
Again.
Rarity, it's me!
I don't socialize with dragons.
I don't know any pony who would.
Rarity, you have to listen to me!
The future of Equestria's at stake!
I don't know how you know my name,
but I am far too busy to entertain
some tourist's ridiculous fantasies.
I have to get back to the map
so I can stop Starlight
from changing the past,
because every present I come
to is worse than the last!
Time travel, you say?
Now that's something
I'd like to see.
Tell me how you came by this
magic to travel through time!
The Princess asked you a question!
And unless you wanna
end up in the dungeon,
you'll tell her what
she wants to know!
No pony in my kingdom
but me should possess
a magic powerful enough to change time.
Your kingdom?
Who else?
Um... Celestia, of course!
My sister has been imprisoned
in the moon for years!
But it is no less a fate
than she sentenced me to!
Now, reveal to me the
source of this time magic!
...Alright.
Twilight, no!
We have no choice, Spike.
I can take you to it,
but you'll have to get
past the timberwolves.
I am the ruler of all of Equestria.
You think I can't
deal with timberwolves?
No. I know you can.
And if you were thinking
of trying to escape...
...it will be very unfortunate
for your friend.
How does it work?
A pony from my time used this spell
to travel back and change the past.
And now you will give this spell to me!
With it, I will ensure that
the Elements of Harmony
are never found,
and my reign lasts forever!
But it won't.
What?!
In my world, my friends and
I found the Elements,
and used them to defeat you!
And I will do everything in my
power to bring that world back!
No!
Noooooo!
Now more than ever I know
how important it is to stop you!
Well, good luck!
Up for another race-ending fight, Twilight?
No. You were right. I can't stop you.
But you can't stop me from trying,
and we could be stuck
doing this for all eternity!
If that's what it takes to
keep you and your friends
from getting your cutie
mark connection, then I'm game!
What you're doing goes
way beyond cutie marks!
Everything we do here in the past,
even the smallest change,
can snowball into an avalanche
of trouble for the future!
Oh, next I suppose you'll tell me that
the fate of all of Equestria
hangs in the balance'!
It does!
Spare me your overblown ego!
No group of friends,
not even Princess Twilight's,
is that important!
I don't know how important
other ponies' friendships
are to the future,
but I can show you what
the world is like without mine!
Where are we?!
The future.
Or rather, the present.
But there's nothing here!
I wish I could say I was surprised,
but every world I come back
to is worse than the last.
I don't know why my friends and I
are so important to Equestria,
but we are!
I don't believe you!
Come on, Starlight, look around!
Like I said, everything in the
past affects the future,
even the tiniest act.
And what you're doing leads here.
I know I can't stop you,
but I thought showing you this
might change your mind.
Change my mind?
You don't know anything about me!
I was perfectly happy before you
and your friends ruined what I built!
I don't know what
happened that led you
to make your village
without cutie marks,
and I'm sorry my friends and
I had to take it away.
You want to know
what happened to me?!
I'll show you!
Where are we?
That map of yours is connected
to every part of Equestria,
and this part is my home.
Sunburst and I did everything together.
In fact, I don't remember
us ever being apart.
Until today.
And just like that, my friend was gone.
His family recognised his magical
talent and sent him off to Canterlot.
I never saw him again.
Wh... why not?
Because of his cutie mark!
He got his, and I didn't!
He moved on, and I didn't!
I stayed here and never
made another friend
because I was too
afraid another
cutie mark would take
them away too!
That's ridiculous.
A cutie mark can't take your friends away!
Not everypony's lucky enough to get
their cutie mark at the
same time as her friends!
You don't know what it's like to lose
a friend because of a cutie mark.
But once I stop the rainboom,
you will!
And when I destroy this scroll,
there'll be no way for
you to change it!
Starlight, you're right!
I don't know what
you went through!
But I do know you can't do this!
I've seen where this leads,
and so have you!
I only saw what you showed me!
Who knows what'll really happen?
I've seen it a dozen times!
Things don't turn out well in
Equestria without my friends!
Ugh, what's so special
about your friends?!
How can a group of ponies
that are so different be so important?!
The differences between
me and my friends
are the very things that
make our friendship strong!
I thought Sunburst
and I were the same.
But we turned out different,
and it tore our friendship apart!
So try again!
Make new friends!
And if something that you
can't control happens
that changes things,
work through it together!
That's what friendship is!
And it's not just my friendships
that are important to Equestria,
everypony's are!
When yours ended, it led us here,
but just imagine all the others that are
out there waiting for you if
you just give them a chance!
How do I know they won't
all end the same way?
I guess it's up to you to
make sure they don't.
One castle of friendship, check!
What in Equestria was that?
Is everypony okay?
Eee! Can you do it again?
One group of amazing friends, check!
Yeah, Spike,
it looks like we're home!
Uh... what's she doin' here?
Actually, it's kind of a long story.
I mean,
I knew my rainboom was awesome,
but I never thought all of
Equestria depended on it!
Or on us!
I think it's more than that.
Friendship connects all of Equestria,
and undoing one group of friends
made its magic less powerful.
I can't believe y'all were able to
travel through time and all that.
That Starlight must
be pretty magical!
She obviously has
more talent for magic
than almost anypony I've seen.
My magic couldn't stop her,
I had to convince her
to stop on her own.
Once I realized that,
everything fell into place.
But if she's as powerful as all that,
we can't just send her on her way...
can we?
Actually, I kind of have
something else in mind.
I know there's no excuse
for what I did,
but I want you all to know that
I'm ready for whatever
punishment you think is fair.
I've been thinking about how badly Equestria fared
without just one group of friends,
because even when
one friendship dies,
the results can be disastrous.
I know first-hoof how true that can be.
And that's why I've asked you here.
If you're willing to learn,
I'm willing to teach you what I know.
You'll have the power to make
Equestria an even better place.
How do I start?
Starting is easy!
All you have to do is make a friend!
And you've got seven
of them right here.
? I never thought that
I would find a place ?
? To step right in
and start again ?
? I never thought that
I could just begin ?
? Right where I left off
and make a friend ?
? Don't ever think that
it might be too late ?
? You don't have to wait. ?
? There's no mistakes
the friends you make. ?
? A friendship's only
made of what you bring ?
? And you can do it right,
you can do anything ?
? Just use your eyes ?
? This time, no lies ?
? Just don't disguise ?
? Who you are inside ?
? Because your friends are
always there for you ?
? You don't have to be the same
for friendship to be true ?
? Because your friends are
always there for you ?
? Around the world,
it's still the same ?
? Together you
have more to gain ?
? There's nothing that
a friend won't do ?
? Everywhere you go ?
? Friendship there will grow ?
? When you find it,
it's the key ?
? Friends can change
the world, you see ?
? Everywhere you go ?
? Friendship there will grow ?
? When you find it, it's the key ?
? Friends can change the world ?
? Friends can change the world, you see ?