The Last Alicorn

As I make my way towards Ponyville, I encounter two squadrons. One is dragons and the other is changelings. I am able to take them out easily, but I sustain minor injuries myself. I end up with a bruised ankle on my front right leg and an agonizing headache from a blow to my temple. My arrows end up covered in blood and my rifle is overheated when I am done fighting off the soldiers. I clean my arrows in a river and carry my rifle in my magic to avoid burning myself while waiting for it to cool down.

When I reach Ponyville, I find it in ruins. The entire town is burned and Aunt Twilight's castle has numerous broken windows. The school is mostly destroyed, but the library is still standing enough that it will not collapse on me. I go in Aunt Twilight's castle to reflect on some of my memories from when I was still a baby. I find the recipe for Chancellor Puddinghead's pudding in one of the cookbooks and remember when I tampered with that one winter around Hearth's Warming Eve. I write down the recipe in case I want to make the pudding myself later on. I take the time to make a few portions of soup in the kitchen along with a few single-serving cakes that I can eat later.

In the school's library, I search for a while until I find the grate in the floor that leads into the caverns. Since 1,000 years have passed, the grate is rusted shut. I bang on the grate for a few minutes until I break off the rust. I end up getting a workout when I have to force the grate cover open. After entering the cavern and walking in pretty deep, I am met by the spirit of the Tree of Harmony.

"Are you looking for Gallus?", the spirit asks me.

"Yes."

"Come with me."

The spirit leads me to a chamber where I see markings on the floor. I recognize these markings as the symbols that Cozy Glow had drawn when she tried to create a vortex that would siphon all of Equestria's magic. As I look around, I notice the spirit motioning me to a tunnel. I follow this passage until I reach a room where Gallus is sealed in a crystal and wearing a necklace similar to the one Yona was wearing. Since I saw one of these amulets again, I make a hypothesis that all five are wearing these. I am not sure whether or not they are what allowed them to seal themselves. After the spirit leaves me, I start breaking the crystal apart. Gallus wakes up as I start breaking the crystal away from his face and starts struggling to break himself out. He manages to break free once I have gotten the crystal off of his talons, and then thanks me for waking him up at last. I tell him where Yona has gone and he sets off for the stronghold after we both leave the caverns.