Opening of the guardians of harmony :

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~I always admit the ways of my cowardly past; I can't help that. And still, I always act afraid I am oblivious, and now it's back to haunt me forever ~

The intro starts with sunset looking at the school statue. Above, transparent images of her past were shown from the time Celestia showed her the mirror, her argument with Celestia, her escape to the human world, her stealing the crown, becoming a demon, and crying in the crater. The scene then changes to twilight as she walks down the school hallway, where transparent images of her past being play: being blackmailed by cinch , sunset shouting at her, and becoming midnight sparkle. The next scene was of sunset in the air, looking at a mirror and putting her hands on it. The mirror shows her pony form doing a similar action to hers. The camera zoomed out to show that sunset was in the human world and her pony form was in equestria, with the mirror separating the two worlds.

~ Countless skies that I've painted surely, this is where my heart finally doesn't fall apart, won't fall apart ~

The scene changes to show a sky with sunset in her pony form, trying to reach it, before being changed to her human form, trying to reach it. It then changes to Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity,Trixie ,wallflower and Flash doing a similar action. The sky then turned black before the scene changed, showing the ancient door used to seal Grogar and his forces breaking open. Then the scene changed to sunset falling to a dark abyss, but she was caught by both the human twilight and princess twilight, who pulled her up where the rest of her friends were waiting for her.

~ Jumping high from my dreams, I'll fly, no matter what the cost. Today, I'll find a way to shake off all the pain. Within my dreams, I'll touch the sky, but I still realize I won't survive the fight without you by my side ~

The scene changes to sunset, and the rest of the guardians of harmony fighting grogar monsters from a group of reapers, vindicator, metal bane, snow queen, ,game master, etc. The scene changes to them fighting Toxzon in an abandoned warehouse. After Twilight dodges an attack from him, she uses her telekinesis to hold him down. Then sunset charged at him with a flame-covered fist. Then the scene shows Principal Celestia and Luna in the hallway of the school, then to the CMC in a movie theater, the human tempest and starlight in black light base, and to Princess Twilight sitting down on the Canterlot throne, surrounded by her friends.

~ You give me light; when I have lost my way, I fall asleep because I always find you in my dreams ~

The scene changes to show sunset on the school roof, looking at the sunrise. Then the scene changes to show discord, star swirl, and Stygian. The next scene changes back to the fight with Toxzon to show Sunset punching him with her flaming fist, causing him to fly into the air and fall to the ground on his back. Afterwards, Twilight, Fluttershy,applejack,rarity , Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Sunset flew into the air, grabbed hands, and fired a large magical blast at Toxzon, creating a large explosion.

~ I wanna always be with you. I'll give you everything I have~

The scene changes to the guardians of harmony,discord ,star swirl, Stygian, and Princess Twilight in sugar cube corners enjoying themselves.
…..
In Sunset House, Sunset was in her room getting her journal from her drawer. After getting the journal, she opened the book to an empty page, and immediately after she did that, she grabbed a pen and wrote on it.

“Dear Princess Twilight, I need you to contact Celestia immediately and tell her I need to see her now. I have no time to tell you why, but it is important that I see her now.”

Sunset stood in silence waiting for Twilight to respond, and after a while, the pages of the book glowed as Twilight responded back.

“Dear sunset, I would like to help you contact Celestia, but the problem is that Celestia isn’t responding to any of the letters I had Spike previously sent. I am not even sure she would respond to my letter now.”

“She will respond to this, especially if you write on the letter that I know the truth. She will know what it means. I can’t explain to you right now, but trust me, she does.”

“Ok, I will try.”

Sunset waited for a moment or two for Twilight to respond, and after a while, she saw the book glow again and saw Twilight was responding back.

“She's responding back. She wrote that we can meet her at the castle of the two sisters.”

“That’s good to hear. Get the portal open; we will be there in a few minutes. We will see you on the other side."
….
In the living room of Sunset House were the rest of the members of the Guardians of Harmony: Discord, Stygian, Star Swirl, Starlight, and Thorax. All of them sat in silence waiting for Sunset, and after waiting for a while, all of them suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, causing everyone to turn to see Sunset entering the living room.

“All right, everyone, let’s go. It’s time to head to the portal.” Sunset said.

“Finally.” Rainbow Dash said before turning to look at Star Swirl, Discord, and Stygian. ” And while we are going to the portal, you can finally tell us everything.”

“I suppose it’s fair enough.” Stygian said before he and everyone exited the house and after sunset locked the front door, everyone quickly got into discord van, which he had parked outside of the house. After getting in, Discord started the van and drove in the direction of the school.

“All right, you all want answers; well, I guess I should start from the beginning first.” Stygian said.”It was centuries ago when Grogar first started building his army. He recruited all forms of dark creatures into his army, from vampires to werewolves to demons to even dark wizards and witches and even some human mercenaries who were quick to join his side once they saw the huge amount of fortune he was willing to give them. I was one of those dark creatures Grogar recruited into his army. The first time I met Grogar was when he used his magic to summon me from the deepest, darkest pits of Tartarus itself.”

“Tartarus,” Sunset said in shock.

“That’s right.” Stygian said.” I am a demon from Tartarus itself. Anyhow, after summoning me, Grogar offered me a place among his army, and since back then I was still just a regular demon that only desired to cause pain, destruction, and deaths, I accepted his offer, and due to my powers and abilities, I was able to move up through the ranks with ease until I became one of his top generals that answered directly to Grogar himself. Under my leadership, I lead Grogar's army against countless cities, kingdoms, and nations, leaving them in ruins, and as you probably know by now, when words of Grogar's army attack spread, both the humans and magical creatures quickly join forces to combat us. Two of the people that help lead this united force were Discord and Star Swirl. I fought them countless times in the field of battle, and even though it was two against one, our battle always ended in a draw. “

“Wait, wait.” Rainbow Dash said. ” Are you saying that even though both Discord and Star Swirl are working together, the best they can do is end the fight in a draw?”

“Yep.” Discord, who was sitting in the driver's seat, said.

“But how?” Flash, said in shock. ” I mean, Discord is pretty strong himself, and from what I just saw, so is Star Swirl.”

“Stygian was simply that powerful.” Star Swirl, who was sitting next to Discord, said. ” Had he fought one of us one-on-one, he could eventually win. However, since both me and Discord always fought him together, our combined strength and ability were enough to fight him to a draw.”

“Anyhow, after one of our fights ended in another draw, all of us quickly retreated back to our respective bases.” Stygian said.” However, on the way back to Grogar base, I discover the hard way that the injuries I received from my fight with them were much more severe than I previously thought, as even with my natural healing ability, I was still unable to fully recover from the injuries. I ended up succumbing to them and eventually needed to rest by a tree until my injuries healed enough for me to make my way back to the base, which I fortunately could tell would take days. So without any other choice, I lay down next to a tree, waiting for my injuries to heal enough to move again. However, not long after I lay down next to the tree, a man found me, and in his hands I saw he was holding an axe. The man, once he saw me, began approaching me, and I thought that was it for me, but much to my surprise, the man instead took me to his house, where he and his daughter attended to my injuries. This random act of kindness shocked me so much that I didn’t know what to think. Anyhow, during my time there, I grew close with the father and his daughter that I actually consider them as friends, and when I recover enough to make the trip back to base, I begin to develop something that no demon has ever developed. I began to develop a conscience.”

“At first I try to ignore it and try to continue leading Grogar army. However, when we attacked a city, I saw a group of reapers cornering a father and his daughter, and for a moment I couldn’t help but imagine the father and his daughter I befriended taking their place, and without thinking, I attacked the reapers and saved them.” Stygian said.” And once it dawned on me what I just did, I quickly left the city and went to some place seclusive to process what I just did, and for days I stayed there, not knowing what to do. Eventually one day I decided to visit the father and his daughter again, and after spending a few weeks with them, I began to realize that despite spending years attacking and tormenting humans, I genuinely don’t know much about them. So after leaving the father and his daughter once again, I took on a human form and began going to human cities, towns, and villages. But this time, unlike before, this time I wasn’t attacking them but just simply visiting them and interacting with them, and during that time I realized that there was more to the human race than I previously thought, and before I knew it, I grew to love the human race, and when I saw the pain and suffering Grogar and his forces were causing them, I was suddenly overwhelmed with a feeling of guilt over what I had done and realized that there was only one way for me to make things right.”

“By switching sides.” Twilight said.

“That’s right, “Stygian said. ” When I first went to Star Swirl and Discord and told them about my change of heart, they didn’t believe me at first, but when I had proven to them that my change of heart was genuine, both of them fully accepted me to their side. Of course, however, even though both Discord and Star Swirl and many of their friends and allies accepted me, there is still the problem of my old reputation of being Grogar's top general, which can easily cause many problems and trust issues among our allies. So to avoid this, I took a human form and a new identity. The backstory we came up with was that I am a young man from a village somewhere that Star Swirl took in when he saw my talent and skill in magic, and the rest, as you can say, is history.”

“And what about the whole thing Star swirl said about you and him being frozen in crystal?” Sunset, asked.

“That was just a cover story we made up to hide my old identity.” Stygian said.” The truth is only Star Swirl was frozen in crystal, and I was free to help Discord run Blacklight in secret.”

“So why didn’t you tell any of us this?” Rainbow Dash asks.

“And us.” Starlight said as she gestured to herself and Thorax."I thought we were friends."

“Actually, Starlight, I actually already know.” Thorax, said awkwardly.

“Wait, seriously.” Starlight said in shock.

“Sorry, but I promise to not tell anyone.” Thorax, said.

“We are going to have a long talk once this is over.” Starlight said.

“Look, guys, I understand that all of you are frustrated that I kept this a secret from you all, but you must understand that the reason why I didn’t tell any of you is because I didn't want you all to think badly of me, and also it's because till now I am still ashamed of my past actions.” Stygian said as a look of guilt and shame formed on his face. ”Even though it was centuries ago, I still felt the guilt and shame of what I had done."

“I know how that feels.” Sunset said as she placed a hand on Stygian's shoulder. ”I know how it felt to always feel guilty and ashamed of your past actions, and even though we can’t change the past and undo our mistakes, we can at least try to become better people and atone for them.” Hearing that Stygian smile.

“I suppose you have a point there, sunset.” Stygian said.

“We are here.” Discord, said he as he parked the van in front of the school. As soon as the van stopped, everyone but Star Swirl, Stygian, and Discord exited the van.

"You guys not coming?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"No, we will just wait here until you all come back." Discord said.

The group headed towards the front of the school, and once they stopped in front of the statue, Sunset immediately stepped forward and placed her hand on the base of the statue and saw that her hand had gone through it, showing that the portal is now open. Sunset pulled her hand back and turned back to look at her friends.

“Alright everyone, the portal is open.” Sunset said to everyone.” We can go to Equestria now.”

“So really, we are going to Equestria.” Wallflower, asked.

“Yep, we are.” Sunset said.” And if I remember correctly, this is probably your first time going to Equestria.”

“Yeah, it is.” Wallflower said.”And I am quite nervous about it.”

“Don’t be.” Flash said, trying to reassure Wallflower. ”There's nothing to worry about.”

“I agree with Flash.” Twilight said.”There’s no need for you to be nervous about this, and besides, we all will be there with you, so you don’t have to worry or be nervous about anything.”

“All right, guys, let’s go.” Sunset said.”But remember, we go one at a time so we don’t end up landing on each other.” After she said that, everyone went into the portal one by one, with Sunset being the last one to enter. However, unknown to everyone watching them enter through the portal from the rooftop of the school, was Joe, who just stared at the statue in silence.

….

Sunset, after exiting the mirror, immediately finds herself losing her balance, and immediately after she lost her balance, she fell face-first onto the ground. She quickly got up onto her feet only to immediately lose her balance again and fall again. Luckily, before she hit the ground, she put her hand forward, stopping herself from hitting the ground. As soon as she did that, she saw her hands were hooves and quickly remembered that she was a pony now, meaning that the reason why she kept falling down onto the ground was because ponies aren’t supposed to stand on two legs. After shaking that thought aside, Sunset quickly turned her attention to her surroundings and saw she was in Twilight's library, and in the library was a group of ponies who she recognized as Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Trixie, and Flash.

However, she saw two things that caught her attention: one was a large bug-like creature who was standing next to an earth pony who had a green coat and moderate aquamarine mane, and in addition to that, the earth pony's cutie mark was an image of a flowerpot. It only took her a moment to finally realize that the large bug was Thorax and the earth pony was Wallflower Blush. The second thing that caught her attention was the fact that there were two starlights. Both Starlights were currently staring at one another in astonishment.

“Well, this is weird.” One of the starlights said.

“You’re telling me.” Thorax said as he looked all over his body.

“So you must be the human world version of me.” One of the starlights said.

“And you must be this world version of me.” The other starlight said.

“Um, so how are we going to distinguish the two since they look completely identical?” Applejack said.

“I know how.” Pinkie Pie said before she pulled out from her mane a beanie hat that looked exactly like the one Starlight would usually wear. Pinkie Pie then placed it on one of the starlights.

“There, now we know who's who.” Pinkie Pie said. ” The one with the hat is the human Starlight, and the one without the hat is the pony Starlight.”

“How did you know I was the human starlight?” Starlight asked.

“Just a hunch,” Pinkie said.

“Now the only problem left is how we are going to address them.” Applejack said.” We can’t just call both of them Starlight. It will be confusing.”

“Oh, that’s simple.” Pinkie said.” We just call human Starlight Glimmer and pony Starlight Starlight.”

“Sounds fair enough.” Glimmer said.

“Anyhow, Starlight, where’s Twilight?” Sunset said.

“Twilight had Spike send me a letter in advance before you guys arrive to tell me that she will arrive here soon.” Starlight said.

“That’s good to hear.” Sunset said.

“So this is Twilight Castle.” Wallflower, said in awe as she looked around the room.

“Yep, this is Twilight Castle, or more accurately, this was her castle since, you know, after becoming princess of Equestria, Twilight moved to Canterlot Castle.” Starlight said before turning to Wallflower. ”Anyhow, I don’t think we were properly introduced. I am Starlight Glimmer.”

“I am wallflower blush.” Wallflower said.

“Well then, nice to meet you, wallflower.” Starlight extended a hoof towards Wallflower, who took it and shook it.

“You too, Starlight.” Wallflower said. Suddenly, what sounded like a doorbell being rung was heard.

“That must be twilight.” Starlight said.”Come on, let’s go, everypony.” The group exited the library and went into the hallway, where they then began making their way towards the front door.

“Wow, this place is amazing.” Wallflower, she said as she looked around the castle.

“I quite agree with you, darling.” Rarity said as she looked around. ” I almost forgot how beautiful Twilight Castle is.” The group continued to walk through the hallway until they reached the doors, which Starlight opened through the use of her magic, revealing Princess Twilight, who was standing outside of the castle.

"Sunset." Twilight said happily before turning to look at the rest of the guardians of harmony."And rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Flash, Trixie, Fluttershy, and Sci-Twi. It's good to see you guys again."

"It's good to see you too, Twi." Applejack said with a smile, which was mirrored by everyone.

"And you must be Wallflower, Human Starlight, and the earth version of Thorax." Twilight said as she turned to look at the three."It's good to finally meet you three."

"And it's good to finally meet you, princess." Glimmer said.

"Please just call me Twilight." Twilight said.

“Hey, where’s Spike? Shouldn’t he be here with you?” Sunset asked.

“Oh, Spike had something to attend to, so he couldn’t come with me.” Twilight said.” He, however, tells me to give you all his regards. Anyhow, everypony, let’s go. Celestia is no doubt already waiting for us, so it is best we go now to meet her."

"You don't have to tell us twice." Sunset said before she and everypony began making their way out of the castle and towards the Everfree Forest.

....

In the Everfree Forest, the group continues to walk through the forest until they eventually stop once they see they are near their destination.

“So that’s the castle of the two sisters.” Sunset said as she eyed the castle.

“Yeah, it is.” Twilight said.” Come on, every pony, let’s go. Celestia is no doubt already inside waiting for us.” The group then makes their way across the bridge and towards the castle. Once they were at the doors, they opened them and entered the castle. As soon as they entered the castle, they saw standing on the bottom of the staircase were both Celestia and Luna.

"Sunset shimmer." Celestia said as she smiled happily when she saw her old student.

"Princess Celestia, it is good to see you again." Sunset said as she ran towards Celestia and hugged her. Celestia uses her wings to return the hug.

"It's good to see you again too, Sunset." Celestia said before she and Sunset break the hug. "But please just call me Celestia. I am not a princess anymore." Celestia then turned to look at everypony that had come with her from Earth.

"And you must be all of Sunset's friends." Celestia said with a smile."It's nice to finally meet you all."

"It's nice to meet you too." Sci-Twi, said.

"Anyhow, I believe we should go now." Celestia said."We have many things to discuss. So let's head to the throne room now."

"I agree," Sunset said before she and everypony began making their way up the staircase, where they then began making their way towards the throne room. As they walked, Sci-Twi decided to ask the question that had been on her mind and pretty much all of their friends minds.

"Sunset, what exactly did you see when you read Grogar's mind?" "Sci-Twi asked Sunset.

"I saw everything." Sunset said."I saw the truth of everything."

"What do you mean by that exactly?" Rainbow Dash, asked. "Can you please stop being vague?"

"Don't worry; we will help explain everything." Luna said before she and everyone reached the throne room.

"Why are we doing here?" Flash asked. As if to answer her question, Celestia lights up her horn, and immediately after she does that, the floor in the middle of the room opens up, and a familiar pedestal Twilight recognizes all too well rises up from the ground. Luna then lit up her horn, and immediately the pedestal was removed from the hole, revealing a raised platform.

"Alright, everypony, let's go." Luna said before she and everypony got onto the platform. Both Luna's and Celestia's horns glowed, and immediately afterward, the pedestal lowered itself into a chamber that was lit up by the torches that were attached to the walls. After the platform reached the ground, everypony saw waiting for them on the chamber floor were three figures that Twilight recognized all too well.

"Star Swirl, Fancy Pants, and Fleur." Twilight said in shock as she saw the three figures in front of her.

"Greetings, twilight." Fancy pants, said.

"I don't understand why you three are here." Twilight asked.

"Don't worry; you all will understand soon enough." Star Swirl said before he and everypony began walking down the chamber hallway until they eventually reached a large metallic door that had two small holes. Both Celestia and Luna inserted their horns into the holes, and immediately after they pulled their horns out of the holes, the door opened up, revealing a room where embedded in the center of it was a large, beautifully crafted sword.

"That's quite a beautiful sword." Rarity, said as she and everypony entered the room.

"What is this place?" Twilight asked.

"This is the place where Equestria's greatest secret is kept." Celestia said before she pointed to a large painting that was hung on the wall of the room.

"What the." Starlight said as she and everypony eyed the painting.

"Are those Alicorns?" Twilight said as she looked at the painting that depicted what looked like an army of armored alicorns fighting hordes of hideous monsters.

"And is that Grogar?" Sci-Twi said as she and everypony saw that in the center of the painting was what looked like a large mass of flesh and tentacles with what looked like a large ram head attached to it. However, what caught everypony's attention the most was the armored alicorn that was in front of the monster, pointing a sword that looked exactly like the one that was embedded in the middle of the room towards the monster.

"It is," Luna said.

"Okay, just what the heck is going on here?" Applejack asked.” The entire time you guys haven’t been clear on what’s going on.” She then turned to look at sunset. ” And in your case, Sunset, you haven’t been clear on what exactly you had seen."

“Alright, I suppose you do have a point there.” Sunset said.” What I saw when I read Grogar’s mind was the truth—the truth of how everything became the way it is now.”

“And what exactly does that even mean?” Rainbow, said with an annoyed voice.

“Maybe we can help explain everything.” Luna said before her horn suddenly glowed, and immediately afterward, the ceiling that was in the middle of the room opened up, and a large blue diamond attached to a pillar began to extend from the opening.

“Celestia, what is that?” Twilight asked.

“This diamond here will show all of you the true history of Equestria.” Celestia said before the diamond glow and multiple streams of magic hit every pony.

…..

Twilight opened her eyes and found herself and every pony in what looked like a white void.

“Where are we?” Twilight asked.

“We are in the mindscape, “ Luna said. ” In here our minds are connected to one another.”

“But why are we here?” Glimmer asked.

“To show you all the truth.” Fancy pants, said. ” And to do that we need to go back to the beginning, the very beginning of everything.” As if to emphasize his point, the environment around them suddenly changed, and everyone found themselves in what looked like a black void.

“What's going on here?” Thorax said.

“What’s going on is that the diamond is showing us the past.” Luna said.

“The past.” Rainbow Dash said before she looked around. ” I don’t get it. If it was showing us the past, then why is it so dark here?”

“It’s because it’s showing us the era before existence came to be.” Celestia said.” However, that’s not all it’s showing us, for it’s about to show us how existence came to be.” As if on cue, a bright light suddenly appeared, covering every pony. Everypony looks to the source of the light to see a large being made of light appearing in the void.

“What’s that?” Starlight said in awe.

“That’s my dear is the great maker.” Star Swirl said. ”He is the one who created existence itself.”

Everypony watched in awe as the great maker began using his powers to create stars, galaxies, universes, and eventually planets.

“And once he created existence itself, the great maker then created countless cosmic and celestial beings to help govern existence itself and ensure that balance is maintained.” Fancy pants, said.

The scene then changed to show the great maker creating countless different celestial beings of all shapes and sizes.

“One of the celestial beings that was created was mine and Luna’s mother.” Celestia said, shocking everypony. The scene then shifts to show what looks like an alicorn standing on a desert wasteland. The alicorn has a pure white coat and a pure black mane that has what can be described as stars covering it. The alicorn cutie mark was one half sun and one half moon with what looked like stars surrounding it. However, that wasn’t what caught every pony’s attention. No, what caught every pony’s attention was the fact that the alicorn, who they all could tell was female, was standing upright on two feet and had hands instead of hooves, and in addition to that, her body structure was more humanoid. She was naked, with the only thing that could probably count as clothing being her fur.

“It’s that…” Starlight said in awe, which is mirrored by all the equestrians.

“Queen Faust.” Princess Twilight said.

“Yes, that is indeed our mother queen Faust.” Luna said.

“I can’t believe it.” Sunset said.

“Um, a little context here, please.” Flash, said. ” It’s obvious that this queen Faust person is a big deal, but in case you guys forget, we aren’t from Equestria, so we don’t know anything.”

“Oh right, sorry,"Sunset said. ”Queen Faust is the name of Celestia and Luna's mother, and she is also the creator of ponykind.”

“You mean she is basically an Equestria god.” Glimmer asked.

“She is.” Sunset said.”Every pony in Equestria knows about her, and in fact, the second a pony is born, they are immediately born with an instinct that tells them that they are a creation of Queen Faust.”

“Legends said that the reason why Princess Celestia and Luna never take the title of queen is because that title belongs to Queen Faust, who even though she has long since left Equestria, is still the queen of Equestria, and even though no pony has seen her in what have been centuries, she still lives.” Sunset said.

“Our mother is still alive, sunset.” Celestia said.” Both Luna and I can feel it. Even though she has long since left Equestria, both I and Luna can still feel it in our very spirit that our mother still lives.”

Everypony then turned to look at Faust, who was glowing for a few moments before multiple beams of light were fired from her body. At first there were a few, like ten, but the number increased from ten to hundreds, then thousands, then to ten thousand. The beams hit the ground, and everypony watched in silence and awe as the beams formed into anthro alicorns. They then saw Faust giving the newly born alicorns an order, and immediately all the alicorns got to work. They watched as the alicorns split into groups.

One group of alicorns began walking all over the desert, and as they walked, countless plants, such as flowers and trees, began sprouting from the ground they had previously walked on. In the air another group of alicorns was using their power to form rain clouds that rained heavily on the plants that had sprouted in the desert, and on the ground somewhere a group of alicorns was moving the sun so that it could provide enough sunlight to the plants. Once the alicorns were done, Sunset and all her friends saw that the alicorns had turned a desert wasteland into a large tropical forest.

“That’s quite amazing.” Applejack said in amazement.

“It is.” Celestia said before the scene suddenly changed, and everypony found themselves in what looked like a large futuristic city, and in addition to that, they saw the countless Alicorns that inhabit the city going through their daily lives.

“Where are we?” Sunset said as she and everypony looked around their surroundings in complete awe.

“This is Xanadu, the home world of the alicorns.” Celestia said.

“Xanadu” sunset, twilight, and starlight, said in shock.

“Um, what’s Xanadu?” Thorax asked.

“Xanadu is said to be the paradise where all ponies go to once they die.” Sunset explained. ” Basically, it is pony heaven.”

“Unfortunately, due to the original knowledge being lost a long time ago, ponies mistakenly believe Xanadu is the name of the afterlife they go to.” Star Swirl said. ”In actuality, Xanadu is the name of the world that the alicorns previously inhabited.” The scene then changed to show what looked like outer space and countless alicorns flying out from a planet and into the vastness of space, where they immediately scattered to different parts of space.

“What is going on here?” Sunset said."Where are they going?"

"They are going throughout the galaxy to help spread hope." Luna said."Our mother always taught us that those who have the power to help others should help. For great power always comes with great responsibility."

"That sounds like what Spider-Man always said." Trixie said."With great power comes great responsibility"."

"I am not familiar with this Spider-Man you speak of." Luna said."But whoever he is, he is incredibly wise to understand that with great power comes great responsibility."

The scene then changed to show what looked like a single male alicorn standing in a barren desert. Surrounding him was a tribe of strange, alien-looking creatures. From what Sunset can tell, the creatures seem to be greatly affected by the desert, as it looks like they haven't eaten or drunk anything in what might have been days, if not weeks, as she saw some of them were on the verge of death. The alicorn was looking at the tribe in silence, who was looking at him in curiosity. Suddenly the alicorn flew into the air and raised his hands into the air, and immediately the sky started to rain, and the tribe was suddenly surrounded by an oasis that suddenly sprouted from the ground.

“Incredible, “ she said.

“They actually created an entire oasis to help them.” Wallflower said.

“That’s just a small example of the alicorns using their powers to help those in need.” Celestia said before the scene then changed to show what looked like two different alien races battling one another in a large planet-scale conflict. They watched as advanced alien tanks shot and killed what looked like alien soldiers and what looked like large alien spaceships firing down on their enemies soldiers and vehicles. They watched as the ground was slowly being littered by dead soldiers from both sides. Suddenly out of nowhere, a large bright light suddenly descends from the sky itself, causing both sides to stop. The light stops in the air above in the middle of the battlefield. As soon as the light subsided, it revealed a female alicorn. The alicorn raised one of her hands, and immediately everyone from soldiers and vehicles to even the spaceship that was shot down and falling towards the ground froze in place. The scene then changed to show the alicorn overlooking a peace treaty being signed by the representatives of the two alien races. The scene then changed again to show the two races now coexist in peace.

“Incredible, she actually managed to resolve an entire conflict.” Sci twi said.

“And the way she just managed to cast a freeze spell powerful enough to easily freeze everyone and everything.” Twilight said.”I can't barely hold a freeze spell to freeze a small army of ponies that was numbered around twenty or thirty, and she was able to cast one that was powerful enough to freeze an army that was probably around more than a thousand, and from what I can tell, she did it with relative ease.”

“What you just witnessed, Twilight, is just a small glimpse of the true power of the alicorns.” Celestia said.”Alicorns in the ancient past used to wield incredible powers that were beyond anything you could comprehend.”

“How powerful were they?” Twilight asked.

“It’s nearly impossible to tell you how powerful they used to be.” Celestia said.” But to give you an idea. You know how Discord is one of the most powerful beings in Equestria who wields incredible powers beyond anything we've ever seen.”

“Yeah.” Twilight and Starlight said at the same time.

“Well, compared to the ancient alicorns of the past, he is nothing but a small child.” Luna said.” In fact, the youngest children of the ancient alicorns are as powerful as Discord.” Hearing that, both Starlight and Twilight immediately have a look of shock on our faces.

“They are really that powerful.” Starlight said in shock.

“Yes, there are.” Fancy pants, said. ”Which makes it a real relief that they use their powers for good instead of evil.”

As if to emphasize what he said, the scene then changed to show a group of alicorns assisting an alien race in rebuilding a city that looks like it has been destroyed through some kind of disaster. Sunset and her friends saw one group of alicorns use their powers to lift large debris off the ground while another was using their powers to help in the reconstruction of the destroyed buildings. They also saw another group of alicorns using their powers to help the aliens that were injured from the disaster.

The scene then changed again to show what looked like an alicorn being surrounded by a tribe of lizardman-like species. Everypony watched as the alicorn taught the tribe how to farm strange alien fruits and vegetables and taught them how to forge tools.

“Is she teaching them how to farm and forge tools?” Sunset said.

“She is.” Star Swirl said. ”Ancient alicorns back then didn’t just use their powers to help the inhabitants of other planets; they also helped provide guidance and knowledge to them so that they would grow independent and no longer depend on the alicorns help.”

“Think of it like parents teaching their children so that they know how to take care of themselves and are no longer dependent on their parents for survival.” Luna said.

The scene then changed to show an alicorn giving a group of humanoid aliens a strange crystal seed that was as big as a tennis ball.

“What is that?” Twilight said.

"That's the seed of Harmony." Star Swirl said. ”An item of great power that was created by Queen Faust herself.”

"Wait, seed of Harmony." Sunset said in shock before the scene suddenly changed to show the humanoid aliens planting the seed into the ground, and shortly afterwards, a large crystal tree emerged from the ground.

"Is that?" Starlight said in shock.

"That's right, the seed of Harmony is the seed that grew the tree of Harmony." Fancy pants, said. "The alicorn of ancient past would give the inhabitants of the world their visit, a seed of Harmony, so they could grow their own tree of Harmony to defend them from any threat that might endanger their world."

"Of course you should know that the number of the elements of Harmony and the type of elements of Harmony each tree produces varies." Luna said."For example, one tree produces only two elements of harmony, which are bravery and forgiveness."

"Another tree only produces four elements, which are knowledge, joy, hope, and bravery." Star Swirl said.

"I still don't get it." Sunset said."If alicorns were this powerful, then how come you two aren't like that? And while we're on that topic, where are those alicorns now?"

"That's a good question, Sunset." Celestia said."But before you can understand what happened to all the alicorns, you need to first understand the alicorns greatest enemy."

The scene then changed to show a large black void, and in that black void was a large monstrous creature that seemed to be made of pure darkness.

"W-what is that?" Fluttershy said in fear as she and everypony eyed the monster that easily dwarfed them.

"That's the monster I saw from Grogar's memories," Sunset said.

“What is that thing?” Flash asked.

“That’s the great destroyer.” Luna said.”The counterbalance to the great maker.”

“Counterbalance.” Twilight asked.

“As you should know, Twilight, the universe always seeks balance, and thus everything in existence has a counterpart, such as light and darkness or order and chaos. One concept can’t exist without the other.”

“And in this case the counterpart to the great maker is the great destroyer.” Star Swirl said. ” A being of pure darkness whose sole goal is to destroy existence itself.”

“And like the great maker who created countless cosmic and celestial beings to help govern existence, the great destroyer created countless monsters to assist it in its goal to destroy existence. “ Fancy pants, said.

Everypony then watched as the great destroyer opened its mouth, and immediately after it did that, a large black mist came out. The mist then slowly formed into large, monstrous creatures of different shapes and sizes.

“And out of all the monsters that were created, one stood out from the rest.” Celestia said.”That monster is Grogar.”

The scene then changed to show traveling through the endless void of space was a large monster that, if Sunset was being honest with herself, would fit perfectly in an H.P. Lovecraft story. The monster was made of a large mass of red flesh and tentacles with what looks like a large ram head attached to it. Said head had eyes that were completely red.

“Is…is that.” Rainbow Dash said with a look of fear, which was mirrored by every pony.

“Yes, that is Grogar the Devourer himself.” Luna said.” In his full strength.”

“Out of all the monsters that the great destroyer had created, Grogar was his most powerful and the most feared.” Celestia said.

The scene then changed to show Grogar, who was as big as a planet, approaching an alien planet. The inhabitants of the planet, after detecting Grogar approaching the planets, quickly sent out a large fleet made up of countless spaceships of various shapes and sizes. Everypony watched as all the ships fired countless laser blasts and missiles at Grogar. The attack, even though it made a successful hit on Grogar, did nothing to slow him down, and in fact, it seems the attack did nothing to him. Grogar then let out a large roar, and immediately spawning from his body were countless monsters of various shapes and sizes. The monsters, after being spawned, immediately charge towards the fleet of ships, who immediately fire their weapons at them. However, while their weapons are more effective against the monsters, the monsters were still numerous, and in addition to that, more monsters were still being spawned from Grogar. The monsters eventually overwhelm and destroy all the ships before heading towards the planet itself.

The scene then changed again to show the spawn monsters attacking the planet. Everypony watched in horror as the monster attacked, destroyed, killed, and devoured anything they saw. They also saw the planet's military trying to fight back against the monsters and protect their people; however, it was all in vain as the wave of monsters was endless. They then saw a large shadow suddenly cover the planet's surface, and every pony looked up to see Grogar was floating above the planet. Grogar then used his tentacles to stab through the planet's surface, and after a few moments, cracks began forming on the planet surface.

“What’s happening?” Sunset asked.

“He is absorbing the planet essence.” Star Swirl said. “Basically devouring them, hence why he is called the devourer, as he devours the very essence of the planets he attacks, and by devouring the essence, Grogar's power grows stronger.”

Every pony watched in horror as Grogar continued to absorb the planet's essence, which in turn caused more cracks to form on the planet, and before they knew it, the planet suddenly exploded, killing both the planet's inhabitants and all the monsters. They then see Grogar fly away.

“Where is he going?” Applejack asked.

“To find another world to devour,” Fancy Pants said. ” This is what he does. He invades a planet and devours its essence, destroying it completely in the process, and once he is done, he then goes to look for a new world to devour. This is how it always goes. Rinse and repeat.”

“It was due to him that countless worlds were destroyed.” Celestia said.” And more than a billion lives were lost.”

“And unfortunately, planets weren’t the only thing he targeted.” Star Swirl said. ” As Grogar also targeted the cosmic and celestial beings that were created by the great maker.”

The scene then changed to show Grogar floating above a decapitated body of a large armored giant that was almost as big as Grogar. The giant head was floating nearby, and both it and its body were leaking a stream of blue energy. Everypony then watched as Grogar opened his mouth and sucked the energy that was leaking from both the body and the head.

“What’s he doing?” Wallflower asked.

“His absorbing the essence of the dead celestial.” Luna said.” And like with the planets essence, his powers grew with each celestial and cosmic being's essence he devoured.”

“And unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, not even his fellow monsters were spared.” Fancy pants, said. ” As Grogar also targets the other monsters that were created by the great destroyer.”

The scene then changed to show Grogar devouring a giant monster that was as big as the moon. Sunset and her friends watched in shock as Grogar chewed on the monster before swallowing him.

“But aren’t they technically siblings?” Sci twi asked.

“There are.” Luna said.”But unfortunately for them, that means nothing to him as he devours hundreds, if not thousands, of his siblings.”

“And let me guess, his power grew each time he devoured one of his siblings.” Sunset asked.

“That is correct.” Fancy pants, said.

“Our mother, after gaining wind of Grogar's rampage, made it her mission to stop him.” Celestia said, and immediately the scene changed to show a large army of armored Alicorns wielding a variety of weapons fighting a horde of monsters and Queen Faust herself, who is wearing beautifully crafted armor, fighting Grogar himself.

Everypony watched in amazement as Queen Faust fired a large magical blast that was probably as big as the moon. The attack hit Grogar, and once the smoke from the explosion cleared up, it revealed that the attack managed to leave a large wound on Grogar. However, unfortunately, the wound immediately healed up, and after healing from his injuries, Grogar then launched one of his tentacles towards Faust, who managed to successfully dodge the attack. However, this didn’t stop Grogar, as he simply launched more tentacles towards Faust, who immediately not only dodged all the attacks but also fired a magical blast at a few of the tentacles, destroying them. However, unfortunately, all the tentacles that were destroyed simply regenerated.

“Unfortunately, however, despite our mother's best efforts, she was unable to stop him as Grogar had grown too strong for her to beat.” Celestia said as she and everypony watched Faust being wrapped in one of the tentacles. A bright light suddenly covered her, and immediately she released a large burst of light that destroyed the tentacle. After destroying the tentacle, she then turned her attention back to Grogar and fired a large magical blast at him, causing a large wound to appear on his body. Unfortunately, like before, the injury was instantly healed up.

“Without any other choice, our mother was forced to retreat.” Luna said.”Resulting in her first battle with Grogar ending in complete failure. “

“And after successfully retreating back to Xanadu, our mother realizes she needs to come up with a new plan to defeat Grogar.” Celestia said.

“And eventually she did, as she came up with a plan to develop a powerful weapon that can help them defeat Grogar.” Fancy pants, said.

The scene then changed to show Faust standing in the middle of a large platform, and surrounding the platform were countless alicorns. They also saw that Faust was holding a small, yellow glowing sphere, and standing next to her were two young alicorns who seemed to be around their early teens. When Sunset saw the color of their mane and fur, a sudden realization hit her as she realized who the two teen alicorns were.

“Those two alicorns standing next to Faust are their….” Sunset said.

“Yes, Sunset, those two alicorns you see before you are both me and my sister Luna.” Celestia said

“What’s that Faust is holding?” Twilight asked.

“The item you see Faust is holding is called a dwarf star.” Fancy pants, said.

“Dwarf star.” Thorax said.” What is that?”

“A dwarf star is a powerful item that was created from the residual energy of an imploding sun.” Star Swirl said. ” It is due to this that a single dwarf star contains a huge amount of energy that is comparable to the Sun itself.”

Everypony then watched as Faust raised the dwarf star into the air, and immediately all the alicorns, including Celestia and Luna, fired a large beam of light from their hands and into the dwarf star, and not long afterward they saw what looked like a stream of energy coming from the sun and the moon heading towards the dwarf star, and shortly afterward some of the stars above her fired a stream of energy towards the dwarf star.

“What’s happening?” Sci twi asked.

“What you are witnessing is the creation of one of the most powerful weapons to ever exist.” Celestia said.” Our mother has come up with the plan to create a powerful weapon by combining the powers of a dwarf star, a sun, a moon, a few stars, and finally the combined powers of all the alicorns.

Everypony watched as the dwarf star continued to receive energy from the sun, moon, stars, and all the alicorns. However, as the alicorns continue to give their powers to the dwarf star, something unexpected happens. A bright glow suddenly covers all of them.

“What’s happening?” Sunset said before the glow covering the alicorns disappeared, and what she and all her friends saw shocked them to the core. ”No way.”

“It can’t be.” Twilight said.

Sunset and all her friends stood in shock as they saw the alicorns turn into the earth pony, unicorn, and Pegasus they know today.

“But that means…” Starlight said.

“That all the ponies in Equestria are descendants of alicorns.” Luna said.

“But…but how.” Twilight, said in shock.

“What you are witnessing is the result of us giving up a majority of our powers, “ Celestia said. ” It is due to us giving up a majority of our powers that we become the way we are now.”

Pinkie Pie then suddenly spotted something in the crowd of ponies that caught her attention.

“Guys, look.” Pinkie Pie said as she pointed a hoof towards something, and immediately everypony turned to see something that caused their eyes to widen in shock, as standing among the crowd were two ponies that looked like Star Swirl and Fancy Pants.

“What.” Sunset said before she and everypony turned to look at Star Swirl and Fancy Pants. ”How.”

“You mean how we are still alive.” Star Swirl said. ”Well, it’s quite simple really, even though we have given up most of our powers and lost our status of alicorns. We were the lucky few who managed to still have our immortality.”

“You mean that the entire time you and fancy pants were former alicorns?” Twilight said.

“That’s right.” Fancy pants, said.

“What about her?” Flash said as he pointed to Fleur.

“Oh me, I am just one of the few regular ponies who is trusted enough to know the truth.” Fleur said.

“I can’t believe this. All this long, all this time, the ponies in Equestria, including me and Twilight, are descendants of alicorns.” Sunset said as she placed a hoof on her head. ” This is beyond mind-blowing.”

“I agree with you, sunset.” Twilight said with a look of shock, which was also mirrored by Starlight. Sunset then turned to look at the young versions of Celestia and Luna and immediately opened her eyes in shock as she saw the young versions of Celestia and Luna were not alicorns like they were now but were instead unicorns.

“How…how are you guys unicorns?” Sunset said.

“As we said, us giving up our powers causes us to lose our alicorn status.” Celestia said.

“But then how are you guys alicorns now?” Starlight asked.

“Our mother, before leaving Equestria, used her magic to awaken our alicorn bloodline.” Celestia said.”Of course, even though our status of alicorn was restored, we are still in no way as powerful as we once were.”

“Alicorn bloodline,” Twilight said.

“Yes, alicorn bloodline.” Luna said.”Even though all equestrians have lost their alicorn status, the potential to once again become an alicorn still existed in all of us.”

“It was also due to this alicorn bloodline in you that I was able to make you an alicorn, Twilight.” Celestia said.” You see, Twilight, the thing is I didn’t turn you into an alicorn; I just simply awoke your alicorn bloodline that was in you.”

“Wait, does this mean every pony in Equestria has the potential to become an alicorn?” Sunset asked.

“Their do,” Star Swirl said. ” But it is not guaranteed if the alicorns blood could even be awakened at all. Take me and fancy pants, for example. Despite still maintaining our immortality, we are still unable to awaken our alicorn bloodline.”

“And so far only three ponies have been able to awaken their alicorn bloodline.” Luna said.” And those are you, Twilight, Cadance, and Flurry Heart, whose alicorn bloodline somehow awoke by itself.”

Everypony then turned back to look at Faust to see the dwarf star she was holding suddenly float out of her hands and into the air, and as soon as the stream of energies stopped coming into it, it suddenly began to change form, and before they knew it, the dwarf star took the form of a large sword that Sunset and all her friends recognized.

“That’s the sword that was embedded in the middle of the room.” Rarity said.

“That sword is called the celestial sword.” Luna said.” And it is possibly the only weapon in existence strong enough to stop Grogar.”

The scene then changed to show Grogar was heading towards Xanadu. The scene then changed again to show Faust holding the celestial sword, standing on the planet's surface, and looking at the sky. Behind her were Celestia, Luna, and all the ponies. Faust then turns to look at everypony and waves her hand, and immediately everypony but Faust disappears in a flash of light.

“What happened? Where did you two and all of the ponies go?” Sunset asked..

“Our mother, after sensing Grogar coming towards their home planet, immediately sent all of us to some place safe while she battled with Grogar alone.” Luna said. Everypony then watched as Grogar's giant, monstrous form suddenly appeared in the sky above Faust. Faust, however, instead of being scared, just flew into the air and towards Grogar.

The scene suddenly changed to show the aftermath of the fight. Every pony saw Faust was covered in bruises and breathing heavily, and Grogar was now reduced to the size of the moon, and just from one look, every pony could tell he was greatly weakened. However, what caught everypony's attention the most was the planet Xanadu, or in this case, what was left of it, since it was now in pieces as everypony saw its remains floating aimlessly in space.

“What happened to Xanadu?” Sunset asked.

“It was unfortunately destroyed during the battle between Faust and Grogar.” Luna said sadly. Everypony then watched in silence as Faust pointed her sword towards Grogar and fired a large beam of magic that sent Grogar to the endless cold void of space.

“Our mother managed to successfully defeat Grogar, but it came at the cost of our home world as it was destroyed during the battle.” Celestia said.”And because of that, our mother has no choice but to find a new world to inhabit.”

“And the world she chose would eventually become Equestria.” Sunset said.

“Yes, it was.” Fancy pants, said.

“And it so happened the world she chose was the world that Grogar crash-landed in.” Sunset said before turning to look at Luna.”Luna, you said that the mindscape is the place minds are connected to one another. Is that correct?”

“Yes, that is correct.” Luna said.

“Then is it possible to show the memories I saw when I scanned Grogar's memories?” Sunset asked.

“In theory, yes.” Celestia said.

“Then let’s test the theory.” Sunset said as she began to concentrate, and before anypony knew it, the scene then suddenly changed to show a flaming object heading towards a planet. Everypony watched in silence as the object crash-landed on the planet, and upon closer look, they saw the object was Grogar, or more accurately, what was left of him, as he was now incredibly smaller when compared to what they saw before, as he didn’t look any bigger than a small dog.

“That’s Grogar,” Sci-Twi said as she and everypony stared at Grogar as he slowly began burying himself underground.

“What’s he doing?” Wallflower, asked.

“Finding a safe place to rest until he manages to recover at least a small amount of his power.” Sunset said as she and everypony watched Grogar completely submerge himself underground.

“This place looks familiar.” Twilight said as she looked around the area where she couldn’t help but felt a strange sense of familiarity with the area that Grogar landed in.

“The reason why this place looks familiar is because the land here will one day grow into the Everfree Forest.” Celestia said.

“The Everfree Forest,” Twilight said in shock.

“That’s right.” Star Swirl said.

“Tell me, Twilight, have you ever wondered why the Everfree Forest is the wild wooded area it is now? Well now , you know.” Celestia said.” When Grogar submerged himself underground, he left a residue of dark energy that caused it to become the wild, uncontrollable forest it is now.”

The scene then changed to show a large bright light coming down from the sky, where it then landed on the ground, and once the light disappeared, it revealed Queen Faust, Luna, Celestia, and all the ponies of Equestria.

The scene then suddenly changed again to show Queen Faust was in a bed with a blue glow around her.

“What’s going on here?” Twilight asked.

“Our mother used up much of her remaining energy sending us all to Equestria, and thus, due to that, she had to enter a hibernation-like state to recover her lost energy.” Luna said.” And since our mother was sleeping and we were still too young to rule, the ponies of Equestria were left to their own devices, which unfortunately led to arguments as the ponies, being so used to Faust guidance, ended up arguing with one another on which one should be in charge, which in turn caused them to split up into tribes based on their species.”

“And that’s not the only problem we face, as unknown to us at the time, our greatest enemy was also on the planet.” Celestia said.” And he has recovered enough of his strength to become an active threat to us.” Sunset then concentrates again, and immediately the scene changes to show a forest that Twilight recognizes as the Everfree Forest. Everypony watched in silence as the ground slowly burst open, and out came a large ram creature.

“Grogar,” Sci-Twi said in shock as she and every pony watched Grogar crawl out of the ground. Sunset then concentrates again, and immediately the scene changes to show Grogar in a cavern of some kind.

Grogar was looking at some papers that were on the table, and when Sunset stepped closer to have a better look at the paper, she saw there were magical spells and equations. Once he was done looking at them, Grogar walked towards the middle of the cavern, where he then stomped his hoof a few times, and shortly afterward, a cage containing a male unicorn suddenly appeared. Everypony then watched as Grogar opened his mouth, and immediately after he did that, the unicorn magic suddenly flowed out of his horn and into Grogar's mouth.

“What is he doing?” Thorax asked.

“He is draining the unicorn of his magic in order to recover his full strength.” Sunset said as she and Everpony watched Grogar completely drain the unicorn of his magic, and once he was done draining the unicorn of his magic, the unicorn suddenly fell onto the ground, and Everpony watched in horror as they saw his cutie mark disappear.

“Wait, the way he drained that unicorn of his magic.” Twilight said as she slowly recognized the way Grogar drained the unicorn magic. ” It’s quite similar to how Tirek drains magic. How is that possible?”

“Hmm.” Celestia said as a thoughtful look appeared on her face. ” If I recall correctly, Tirek learned the draining magic spell from Sendak, who, if I recall correctly, had been secretly sneaking in to and from Equestria in order to learn as well as steal all of Equestria's magic. It is possible he might have somehow found Grogar's notes and formula on how to use the draining spell.”

The scene then changed to show Grogar attacking a unicorn village and draining much of the unicorn magic. However, eventually a group of unicorns dressed in armor suddenly appears and attacks him, eventually causing Grogar to retreat. The scene then changed to show Grogar was back in the cavern again, where they saw him standing in the middle of the cavern muttering something.

“What is he doing?” Rainbow Dash, asked.

“He is muttering some kind of spell.” Sunset said as she and everypony watched Grogar muttering his spell. Once he was done, he opened his mouth, and immediately after he did that, white steam began coming out of his mouth, and once the steam left his body, they began taking the form of ghostly and translucent creatures that resembled horses.

“The windigos.” Twilight said in shock as she recognized the creatures that Grogar created.

“Grogar actually created the windigos.” Starlight said in shock.

“But why?” Twilight said, Why would he do that?”

“To spread fear, that’s why.” Sunset said.”His plan was to send the windigos to spread fear among the ponies tribe so they would spread negative energy for him to devour to regain his strength.”

“Except the only problem is that his plan ended in failure.” Starlight said.”As the story of Hearthwarming goes, the friendliness and warmth between Clover, Smart Cookie, and Private Pansy creates the Fire of Friendship that drove the windigos away.”

“Which, unfortunately, wasn’t enough to stop Grogar, as he just created new monsters to terrorize the ponies in order to produce more negative energy for him to feed.” Sunset said before the scene change to show Grogar standing in a large deserted clearing. Everypony watched in silence as Grogar was muttering another spell before opening his mouth, and shortly after he did that, a large stream of black liquid came out of his mouth, covering the clearing, and after a while, he eventually stopped. After he was done, the liquid began to slowly morph into different shapes and sizes, and before anypony knew it, the liquid morphed into monsters of different shapes and sizes.

Twilight looks closer and immediately recognizes some of the monsters Grogar had created. She saw among the huge horde of monsters were a Manticore, an Ursa Major, a Hydra, a Cockatrice, a group of Timberwolves, a Bugbear, and many more. The one that caught her attention the most was that she spotted a changeling among the horde.

“Is that a changeling?” Twilight said in shock.

“Wait, does that mean Grogar was the one who created the Changeling race of this world?” Thorax said in shock.

“Hey, what’s that?” Starlight said as she pointed to a group of smoke-like monsters that resemble horse skeletons, with small butterfly wings, pale colors, and human-like teeth.” I've never seen creatures like those before."

“Those are umbrums.” Celestia said.”An ancient race of wraith-like beings that used to terrorize the Crystal Empire in the ancient past before getting sealed away. Of course this didn’t stop them from still terrorizing the Crystal Empire, as a single member of their species was able to escape from their imprisonment. That umbrum was none other than Sombra.”

“Sombra,” Twilight said in shock.

“That’s right, Sombra is actually not a unicorn but is actually an Umbrum.” Celestia said.

“Guys, look.” Pinkie Pie said before pointing to a group of creatures that look like a cross between a fish and a horse.

“Those are sirens.” Twilight said as she recognized the creatures.” Grogar created the siren race.”

The scene then changed to show Grogar was back in the cavern and looking at a crystal ball that was showing Grogar monsters terrorizing the ponies of Equestria and causing them to produce negative energy. Everypony then saw negative energy flowing into the cavern and towards Grogar, who turned his attention from the crystal ball and towards the negative energy floating towards him. The negative energy then flew into him and was immediately absorbed by him, and slowly more negative energy began appearing in the cave, and slowly but surely, Grogar began to absorb them into him.

“That’s why he created those monsters and sent them out into Equestria.” Twilight said.” The purpose of those monsters was to cause terror and produce negative energy for Grogar to devour and regain his strength.”

“Hold on, isn’t that what he is doing now?” Wallflower said.” You know, creating and sending monsters to terrorize people so they will produce negative energy for him to devour and regain his power.”

“I guess this means he’s been doing this for centuries.” Sunset said as she and every pony watched Grogar absorb more negative energy, and after he was done absorbing another negative energy, a portal suddenly opened, gaining Grogar's attention, who turned to look at the portal to see Discord exiting the portal.

“Discord.” Twilight said.” Why is he there?”

“He is there because he is attracted to the chaos that Grogar was creating.” Sunset said as she remembered what she had learned when she looked through Grogar's memories. ”Basically, Grogar created so much chaos that he ended up attracting discord to Equestria.”

The scene then suddenly changed to show both Discord and Grogar fighting in a forest. Their fights left a trail of destruction in the forest. Everypony watched as Discord, after dodging a magical blast that was fired from Grogar's horn, fired a large magical beam at Grogar, only for his horn to glow and immediately a shield to appear, which was able to successfully block the attack. After making the shield disappear, Grogar let out a large scream that created a large sonic blast that sent Discord flying into the air, and shortly afterward, he landed on the ground. After discord landed on the ground, he quickly got up and dusted himself off. He then turned to look at Gorgar before snapping his fingers and disappearing.

“What was that about?” Rainbow Dash, asked.

“That was Discord and Grogar fighting over who gets the right to rule Equestria, and as you can tell, Discord lost,” Sunset said before the scene suddenly changed to show Grogar was back in his cavern crafting a bell of some kind. Once he was done, he used his hoof to hold it up in the air, and once Twilight saw the bell, her eyes widened in shock as she recognized the bell.

“That’s Grogar bewitching bell.” Twilight said in shock as she and every pony then saw Grogar heading towards an arcane circle that was drawn on the ground.

“What’s he doing?” Rainbow Dash, asked.

“He is planning to speed up his recovery by using the bewitching bell not only to drain all the magic in Equestria but also to absorb it into himself.” Fancy pants, said.

“And he would have gotten away with it too had we not intervened.” Celestia said.

Just as Grogar was about to place the bell in the middle of the room, a bright flash of light suddenly appeared in the room, causing him to stop and turn to look at the light, and once the light disappeared, it revealed three unicorns. Two of the unicorns were Celestia and Luna, and the third one was an unknown unicorn. The unknown unicorn was a mare with a white coat and a green mane and tail.

“Who is that?” Sunset said as she pointed her hoof to the unknown unicorn.

“That is Gusty the Great.” Luna said shocking everypony.

“That’s gusty, the great.” Sunset said in shock as she and everypony eyed the legendary pony. Suddenly a realization hit Sunset. ” This is the battle that led to Grogar's defeat and banishment.”

“It is,” Luna said.

“You two were the unicorns companions that assisted Gusty in taking down Grogar.” Twilight said in shock as she and everypony watched Luna, Celestia, and Gusty battle Grogar.

The scene then suddenly changed to show a ruined forest, and in the middle of the destroyed forest was Grogar, who was standing over both Luna and Celestia, who was lying on the ground covered in bruises and injuries. Grogar's horns then suddenly glow, and he was about to fire an attack at them when suddenly something hit him from behind, causing him to scream as he felt his magic was being drained, and seeing their chance, both Celestia and Luna quickly get away from Grogar as quickly as they can. Shortly after they did that, Grogar then collapsed onto the ground, and after he got up, he turned to look behind and saw Gusty, who was holding the bewitching bell.

Grogar then glares at Gusty and quickly charges at her. However, Gusty just simply responded by firing a beam that flew over Grogar and opened a large portal that was sucking him towards it. Acting quickly, Grogar quickly planted his feet into the ground to prevent himself from being sucked in. Unfortunately, however, this was in vain as the suction force of the portal was slowly dragging him into it, and all Grogar could do was glare angrily at Gusty and at Luna and Celestia, who were now standing next to her. However, before Grogar was successfully pulled into the portal, he spit a black liquid towards Celestia, who managed to successfully dodge the liquid, causing it to fly through the air until it hit a tree.

Grogar then let out a small laugh before he was pulled into the portal.

“What was that about?” Rainbow Dash asked as she looked at the black liquid. ” What the heck was that thing supposed to be?”

“That you can call Grogar’s final parting gift.” Fancy pants, said. ”Which turned out to be without a doubt one of his most dangerous creations.”

“How is that pile of black slime dangerous?” Rainbow Dash, asked.

“Because it is more than a slime.” Luna said before the scene suddenly changed to show a large landscape under a night sky, and in that landscape were Celestia, Luna, Star Swirl, and Fancy Pants, and in front of all of them was Faust herself, who was holding the celestial sword. Faust then presented the sword towards Star Swirl, who used his magic to take the sword. She then turned her attention to both Celestia and Luna and placed a hand on them, and immediately after she did that, a bright glow suddenly covered them, and when the light disappeared, it revealed both Celestia and Luna were now alicorns.

“This is the day Faust left Equestria, isn’t it?” Sunset, asks Celestia.

“It is,” Celestia said in a sad voice as she and Luna watched their mother disappear in a flash of light.

“ Why did she left.” Sunset asked.

“Our mother was never clear why she had to leave.” Luna said.”The only thing she ever told us was that she had to fulfill her purpose and that until she returned, we were to rule in her place.”

The scene then changed to show Luna, who seemed to be older now, was in her room looking at her reflection that was being reflected in a full-length mirror. As Luna stared at her reflection, the eyes of her reflection suddenly glowed dark, and before anypony knew it, the reflection suddenly turned into a mist of darkness that suddenly flew out of the mirror and covered Luna's entire body, and not long afterward, the mist of darkness was suddenly absorbed into Luna.

“What was that?” Sunset said.

“That was Grogar’s parting gift.” Celestia said.”That black slime you saw Grogar spit out before he was banished was actually a small piece of darkness that came directly from his own essence. At first it was incredibly weak, but as time goes on, it continues to grow stronger and stronger until it is strong enough to fulfill its purpose.”

“And what that purpose is,” Sunset asked.

“To find a host to possess and corrupt them.” Fancy pants, said. ”It does this by first finding a host, and once it finds a host, it latches onto them and begins to slowly corrupt them by preying on their insecurities, their doubts, fear, and resentment.”

“In this case, the darkness targeted Luna and her resentment for me.” Celestia said.” As you know, Luna in the past resented the fact that ponies do not love her night as their love, my day. However, it was only a small resentment, nothing too large. Unfortunately, however, due to darkness's influence on Luna, that small resentment turned into complete hatred to the point that she became Nightmare Moon.”

“Wait, are you saying that Luna became Nightmare Moon because of Grogar?” Twilight, said in shock.

“That’s correct.” Luna said in sadness.”And sadly I was not the first victim to fall under its influence.”

“What do you mean?” Starlight asked.

“What she means is that there was actually one other pony who had fallen prey to the darkness influence.” Star Swirl said.

“And who was that?” Twilight asked.

“That pony was Stygian.” Star Swirl said.

“Stygian.” Twilight and Starlight said in shock.

“That’s right.” Star Swirl said. ” You see, after we managed to free Stygian from the darkness, I decided to ask him how he managed to become the pony of shadows, and he told me that during his exile he encountered a mass of darkness that enveloped him and preyed on his anger on us for banishing him and eventually completely corrupted him into becoming the shadow of darkness, and after I asked Stygian to describe what the darkness looked like, I quickly went to both Celestia and Luna to tell them what I had learned, and when I told them the description that Stygian gave me, they instantly recognized it as the same darkness that had corrupted Luna into Nightmare Moon.”

Suddenly everything around everypony suddenly disappeared, leaving them in a familiar white void.

“What’s going on?” Sci twi said.

“We are at the end of our story.” Luna said before a bright flash suddenly appeared, causing everypony to close their eyes, and once they opened them again, they found themselves back in the chamber. Sunset turned to look at the celestial sword that was still embedded in the middle of the chamber.

“I hope this answers all your questions, Sunset.” Celestia said.

“It does.” Sunset said as she turned to look at the celestial sword. "This sword is our only hope to defeat Grogar."

"The answer you seek is in the past," Flash said, catching everypony's attention.

"What was that?" Sci twi said.

"That's what the great forge master said." Flash, said. "This must be what they were trying to tell me. They were trying to tell us to look through the past to learn of Grogar history and, by extension, learn about the celestial sword."

Celestia and Luna then approached the sword, and immediately they lit up their horns and covered the sword with a magical aura before pulling out the sword and presenting it to Sunset.

"Take it, sunset." Celestia said."For you need it in your quest to defeat Grogar."

"Thank you, Celestia." Sunset said as she used her magic to take the sword.

....

In Twilight Castle, everypony had returned back from the Castle of the Two Sisters and was now gathering in front of the mirror portal. Celestia, Luna, Twilight, Starlight, Fancy Pants, Fleur, and Star Swirl were currently seeing them off.

"It's a shame that our time was quite short." Celestia said to Sunset. "I would have loved to spend more time with you and catch up on lost times as well as get to know more about your friends."

"I felt the same way, Celestia." Sunset Who has the sword strapped onto her side, said. "But unfortunately we have a more important matter to attend to right now."

"I understand sunset," Celestia said.

"But maybe we can try to spend time some other time when everything is over." Sunset said, causing Celestia to smile.

"I would love that sunset." Celestia said. Everypony then said goodbye to one another and was making their way through the portal. Sunset, who was the last one, was about to enter the portal but stopped for a moment before turning to Celestia and running towards her and giving her a hug, which she returned. After separating, sunset then went through the mirror.

"I just hope she and everypony would turn out alright." Fancy pants, said.

“Don’t worry; I am sure everything will turn out alright.” Celestia said.

“And how are you so sure?” Fancy pants asked.

“Because I have faith in sunset.” Celestia said.

“And that goes for me too.” Twilight said, “And I have faith that Sunset and the rest of her friends will win because as long as they are together, they can overcome anything.”

Everypony then began leaving the library one by one, and Celestia, who was the last one to leave, took a moment to stop and turn to look at the mirror portal one last time. She let out a small smile before leaving the library.
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End of chapter 19

End song

Play Date a live season 3 ending last promise

[Let's make the last promise with your.My heart full of scars that had never healed] The scene started with sunset in her pony form, standing in a white background. It then showed her and her human form separating from one another.

[You picked it up gently. When I was feeling down because everyday was mundane, ] The screen then moved left to right to show the images of rarity, Applejack, rainbow dash, fluttershy, pinkie pie, Twilight sparkle, sunset shimmer, Flash, wallflower, Trixie, star swirl, Discord,tempest, starlight, Grubber, Stygian, sunburst, and thorax.

[You hugged me tightly. Right here, with you. I want to keep watching the stars flowing through the sky at night. Let's make the last promise with you] The screen then split in the middle and began moving again to show principal Celestia, vice principal Luna, the CMC, Granny Smith, the shadowbots, Juniper Montage, Vignette Valencia, K-Lo, Su-Z, Cadence, shining armor, Twilight velvet, and princess Twilight, who was in her human form.

[Even if I disappear from this world] The screen then split in the middle again and began moving again to show Vindicator, Metal Bane, Snow Queen, Game Master, the other, Queen Chrysalis, Lord Norlock, Tirek and Sombra, Cinch, Adagio dazzling, Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze, the Dark Warriors Caster, Berserker,viper,dawn ,jumper,widow, Danny, Albert, Brad, and Toxzon.

[I don't care if you notice it; I just want to keep it how it is. My feelings, that you noticed, will last forever.]
The scene then changes to show an image of all the guardians of harmony in their superhero forms battering a group of reapers. The scene then changes to a pony sunset looking through the magic mirror, with the reflection on the mirror showing her human form looking back at her. The final scene was of all the guardians of harmony standing in front of the base of the statue.

Author's Note

Sorry for the late update, everyone, but I've been quite busy lately and have not had much time to continue with my story.

Anyhow, as you have learned from this chapter, Grogar is basically responsible for many of the series villains in one way or another and has left a permanent mark on Equestria even after centuries of being defeated and banished from Equestria.

To give a full summary:

He was responsible for causing the Everfree Forest to become the wild wooded area it is now:

He was the one who created the windigos:

He was responsible for creating the Ursa Major and Minor, which eventually led to Tempest Shadow losing her horn and caused her to join the Storm King:

He was the one responsible for creating the magic-draining spell, with the notes and information of the spell eventually being found by Sedak, who then taught it to Tirek, who then taught it to Cozy Glow:

He was the one who created the siren race, which eventually resulted in the birth of the dazzling:

He was the one who created the Umbrum race, which in turn resulted in the birth of king Sombra:

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He was the one who created the changelings race, which eventually resulted in the birth of Queen Chrysalis:

It was through the chaos he had caused during his time in Equestria that eventually attracted Discord to Equestria:

He was the one who was responsible for corrupting both Stygian and Luna and turning them into the pony of shadows and Nightmare Moon, respectively:

And finally he was the one who created the bewitching bell that Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow would use to terrorize Equestria:

He was responsible, directly and indirectly, for almost every villain in the series that has threatened Equestria.

In addition to that, this chapter reveals how Grogar was able to prevent himself from being changed by the portal. As you have read in this chapter, Grogar is an ancient cosmic monster that is possibly as old as the universe itself, and it is due to his nature as an ancient cosmic monster that the portal was unable to properly change him. Also remember how in the author note back in chapter one when I mentioned why Grogar was called the Devour when he wasn’t called that in canon; well, now you know. It is because he is a monster that devours worlds, celestial and cosmic beings, and even his siblings and pretty much anything and everything.

In addition to that, did anyone like my explanation for why Celestia and Luna never have the title of princess?

Anyhow, time for our call back of the day:

The part where Twilight said how she can barely hold a freeze spell to freeze a small army of ponies that was numbered around twenty or thirty is a callback to the season 5 episode 23 of My Little Pony: The Hooffields and McColts

And time for the reference of the day:

The great maker and the great destroyer were inspired by Marvel Comics One Above All and One Below All, respectively.

Anyhow, please leave a comment on what you think of my story so far.

Next chapter: The rainbow of darkness.