Author's Note

GOOD ENDING

Chapter 8: BAD ENDING
Chapter 10: NEUTRAL ENDING
Chapter 11: WORST ENDING

Good Ending

Good Ending:

Lyra looked up at Sunset. “I didn’t know it would kill them…” she sighed “but what can I do? You cannot bring back the dead.”

Sunset hung her head. “It might not be too late, if we can return the magic… we can save your friends.”

Lyra’s eyes welled with tears. “I just wanted to have magic… I didn’t know…”

Sunset pulled against her arm restraints. Scared, but also saddened at Lyra’s condition. “We have to hurry, the sooner we get back to Equestria… the better our chances are of saving your friends.”

Lyra gulped. “We? Our? You would help me after all I’ve done to you? After I tried to steal your magic… I could’ve killed you.”

Sunset held up her hand, but she couldn’t lift her arm. “Hey, some people did the same for me once, I believe in second chances.”

Lyra quickly untied her and hastily grabbed the bell off the table.

“Let’s get out of here.”

Once in the stage room they found the animatronics awaiting them.

Gently Sunset placed her hand on the muzzle of Pinkie Pie, and then moved over to Twilight. “It’s going to be alright… both you ponies and you animatronics… we’re going to fix you all up.”

Lyra waved the bell collecting the fragmented magic from the animatronic vessels. The clamoring of metal hitting the ground echoed through the old building. “We’ve got to hurry.”

As they pulled up to the high school, the sun had already set. They looked like a couple delinquents sprinting across the field. They also, must have looked like a couple of head cases, as the dove into what otherwise seemed to be a completely solid statue.

As they passed into Equestria Sunset grabbed the bell with her mouth, and slammed in onto the ground.

As it chimed the sound rang out, causing their ears to ring. Bursts of light shooting into all directions as the magic found its way back to its rightful owners.

“We should check on them…” Lyra said.

Sunset held her hoof out to stop her. “I don’t think they’re going to forgive you as easily as I have… I’ll have friend of mine check in on yours, alright?”

Weeks had passed, and the pizzeria was looking not too shabby.

Pinkie Pie stood next to her pony-animatronic self. The new coat of paint and new curly re-tufted hair looking new and sparkly. “This place isn’t so bad.”

Sunset and Apple Jack exchanged glances, covered in grease and evidently having been working on the animatronics for ages.

Rainbow Dash tightened the bolt on her own robot. “This face-plate just loves loosen itself.”

“Should’ve seen it before we got the replacement.” Sunset replied, Rainbow shuttering at the idea.

Apple Jack stood next to her namesake as well, “and yall should feel lucky, mine was damn near impossible and mighty’ discomfortin’”

They all shared a laugh. Twilight joined them, peering at the purple alicorn animatronic. Sunset joined her. “This one is for the other Twilight, isn’t it”.

Sunset put her arm around her friend. “It’s for both you, but the crown, that’s definitely for her.” She laughed, and as Twilight pushed up her glasses, she joined her in laughter.

Lyra stood at the steps “this place is looking much better… I owe it to all of you.”

Fluttershy hummed a bit, standing to the right of Lyra. “Um… I don’t mean to be a bother… but do I have an animatronic?”

Lyra laughed. “I actually have a mascot costume I might be able to make look like you?” She said,

Fluttershy smiled smally, “I don’t mind.”

“And me, Darling?” Rarity asked.

“Oh!” Lyra shouted, turning behind the counter and pulling out the old marionette. She handed it to Rarity. “Here you go!”

Rarity’s face twisted in disgust, but she attempted to offer a polite smile. Until the laughter started. The far-off very haunted sounding laughter.

Almost in unison Sunset and Lyra said “you’ll get used to that.”

Then everybody began to laugh, drowning out the haunted doll.