"No need to cast any spell," you smile at the Princess and take her hoof in your scaly hand.

"I haven't held a claw like this in so long," she says.

You smile, a blush on your purple complexion spreading.

"You've become so heroic."

"Do we... know each other?" you ask.

She blinks. "Don't you remember?"

"I only remember waking up in the woods and being told I needed to slay you."

She clutches your hand very tight. "I think that might have been going on for a very long time. I haven't seen my friends in so long. I fear they may have... died."

You cringe. "Death..."

"Happens." She finishes the sentence.

"No, no, no. This is very, very, wrong. Don't listen to her!" the narrator shrieks.

"As friends, we can overcome difficulties," the voice of the friend says.

"Not this one! It's inevitable," the narrator says. "The world will end. You will die, your friends will die--the princess will die."

You look into the princess' eyes. "Are you my friend?"

She lets your hand...your... claw go. She blinks. "Maybe I was. I think I could be. Can I do anything to demonstrate friendship?"

"I'm not sure."

"Oh, this mirror is a bit damaged," she notices the tarnished mirror. "I can remove that spot of blemish." She does, with a wave of her horn and magic.

You can see her standing beside you.

"You have such beautiful spikes," she says, running a hoof along your back.

"That's familiar."

"I think so too."

You take a deep breath. "Let's get out of here."

"Wait!" The narrator objects. "You can stay here. Fall out of love, or like, or friendship or whatever it is you two might erroneously think you have."

"I think..." you postulate. "That you'll stop bothering us when we leave."

"Because the world will end!"

"You haven't given me any reason to trust you or be friendly. You've just shouted commands at me."

"Because I'm trying to help you!" the narrator screams.

"It's not said in a friendly fashion," the voice of the friend says.

"Come on!" the narrator rages.

You take Princess Twilight Sparkle's hoof, and together you strike out beyond the door of the cabin, into the world.

And--

We reach an ending.

But... soon enough... the world ends and... you're on a path in the woods... again... for a third time?

Author's Note

You reached an Act 2 Ending and information for it is below... but there is also an Act 3 ending... Travel down the path again here!

Ending Type B: Free the Princess
Specific Ending: "The Liberator"

Some key questions:
1. Why is the princess developing the way she is developing?
2. Why can't the princess leave the cabin... except when she can?
3. Why seemingly can't you stay dead?
4. What does the narrator really want? (Ending Ds give some insight into the narrator and its goals.)
5. Is there only one or are there multiple universes?

Ending Types:
A. Slay the Princess
B. Free the Princess
C. Failure
D. Stasis