"I can't imagine that," you say. "She's my friend."

"Oh no, no, no," the narrator chirps. "This construct is breaking apart. She used you--she made you her servant. Her slave!"

"That's not true. We were true friends... in this life," you say.

"I am not talking about this life! She was your adopted sister. And she ignored you and made you work for her!""

"Spike!" the Princess calls out. "I remember!"

"She remembers how she exploited you!"

"But Spike--that's not all there was. There were good times too. And oh Spike, I am so sorry."

"You're sorry... now. When you need me?" you ask.

"I wish I remembered..." the voice of the lost muses.

"I remember we were friends..." the voice of the friend asserts. "True friends. We owed each other our lives. When everypony else we knew from our youth died... we shared our lives."

"I am--I've apologized to you before, and I took corrective actions. Remember? I was wrong. Please remember."

You do.

"Aha!" the narrator exclaims. "Reboot. Restart. Just the spell."

"Wait!" you call out.

"This is far too dangerous a situation. You could ruin everything. You cannot remember. You need to go back to the start."

"I will not!" you say.

"You don't have a choice."

"I think... I am very powerful," the princess says.

"We knew that already..." the voice of the lost says.

"But I know a relevant spell.... It relates to my other old friends... If I could just remember something about them--"

"I'm remembering some of them!" the voice of the friend insists.

You grasp at memories. You are almost there--but the narrator is speaking and it's jumbling your thoughts.

"Fine. You won't remember this, since we're doing a hard reboot, so I will share a secret. You are correct. I took... you from a world and jammed you into intellectual concepts. I know you Princess Twilight Sparkle, and you, Prince Spike."

Your eyes widen. It comes back to you. But you can't focus on your friends. You just focus on yourself.

"Insidious!" the voice of the lost calls out,

Together, the voice of the lost and the voice of the friend call together: "focus on your friends!"

You do your best to keep remembering. The princess does too.

"I do not think you can get back to where you came from--no matter how hard you try. You have accomplished the best good deed any creatures can do. I am sorry for your sacrifice. I am sacrificing myself too. Princess Twilight should understand that at least, because we are--perhaps I should not share that... just in case." The narrator sighs. "Next time, I will focus on bringing out concepts alone. I have--I have learned so much from filling your vessels with the concepts. Now, I can use the concepts themselves. They should be more malleable and less apt to go astray. My plan should turn out better in... Slay the Princess... the video game.

The world explodes.

IF you have found the memories of Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie in the Act II endings, click here for the secret ending.

Otherwise, see the Author's Notes below.

Author's Note

This is an "Act Three" ending.

This "Act Three" is structured different from how the game did it, to encourage you to purchase the game if you liked this adventure.

Consider this Act Three ending a 04: Friendship ending. There are two Friendship endings.

You may start again and try to find a different ending or you could track down the memories of Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie and then make your way back here.