The Ending of the End - 4 Parter

[Previously on My Little Pony]

Grogar: “...together we will destroy our enemies!”

The terrible Grogar commands his legion of doom to finally make their move on Equestria.

Spike: “You’re not still freakin’ out about the princesses retiring and passing on all their responsibilities to you and your friends, are you?”

Meanwhile in Canterlot, Equestria prepares for Twilight’s coronation and the passing of the torch.

Celestia: “This was always your destiny, Twilight.”

Luna: “But is that what you want?”

Yet all is not well. A rift grows between the royal sisters as Celestia pushes Twilight closer to her destiny of ruling Equestria while Luna questions if ruling Equestria is what Twilight truly wants.

Starlight: “Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow are attacking the school!”

The villainous trio launch a daring raid on the School of Friendship and kidnap Twilight’s friends, sending her into a spiral of self doubt!

Twilight: “They have my friends! … We need to organize a search.”

The remaining heroes rally together to search all of Equestria for the villains and Twilight’s missing friends.

Neighsay: “Across our land... pegasi, unicorns, and earth ponies fight amongst each other.”

But another problem presents itself: friendship fracturing throughout Equestria thanks to the villains’ machinations.

Luna: “Being a ruler is choosing between saving ponies you care about and the needs of your subjects.”

Twilight confronts the realities of looking after an entire kingdom, forced to choose between her duty to Equestria or to her friends. Her choice is clear.

Twilight: “I can’t let my friends down.”

As a divided Equestria holds its breath for the final battle against evil, far in the north another enemy rises from the icy winds.

My Little Pony
My Little Pony
Ah, ah, ah, ah...
My Little Pony...
I used to wonder what friendship could be
My Little Pony...
Until you all shared its magic with me
Big adventure, tons of fun!
A beautiful heart, faithful and strong!
Sharing kindness - it's an easy feat!
And magic makes it all complete!
You have My Little Ponies...
Do you know you're all my very best friends?

The inner sanctum of Grogar’s cave echoed with intermingling shouts of indignation.

“Unhoof me you ruffian!” Rarity growled, squirming in the grip of Chrysalis’ telekinesis. The changeling merely grinned, shoving her captive into a large metal cage with the other ponies.

Tirek slammed the cage door shut and leaned down to look at Pinkie Pie at eye level, the party pony glaring back at him. “Oh, how the tables have turned! No stupid jokes? No annoying songs to sing?”

“Everypony loves my not-your-birthday song!” Pinkie protested. “But I can sing you something else. Ooh, how about this one! Let the rainbowwww remind you – ”

Chrysalis held Pinkie’s mouth shut with her magic. “At last! The pitiful heroes of Equestria imprisoned before us. Oh, how I’ve dreamt of this moment!”

“Well keep dreamin’!” Applejack retorted. “Truth is, I’d be quakin’ in my boots if I were y’all. Every last one of our friends is probably out there lookin’ for us.”

“Yeah! The princesses are totally gonna kick your flanks!” Rainbow Dash yelled, simulating a roundhouse kick in the cage.

Cozy Glow flitted beside Rainbow, feigning a panicked expression. “Oh golly, you’re right professor Dash!” She looked at Chrysalis with phony dismay. “We never thought of that!”

“This place is hidden by powerful magic. And besides, your friends might not be for much longer…” Chrysalis taunted, a sinister smile creeping over her face.

“While you were teaching friendship at school, we’ve been using those lessons to tear it apart!” Cozy said gleefully.

She tossed the Journal of Friendship into the cage and the ponies looked at it in disbelief.

“A whisper here, a rumor there…” Chrysalis mocked.

Tirek grinned. “Destroy some crops, cause some damage.”

“Turn pony against pony,” Cozy sang, circling the cage.

“Until only fear remains!” Chrysalis snarled. “Fear that will ensure our rule over all of Equestria for generations!”

The three villains laughed in unison.

“You see, you ponies aren’t the only ones who can gain new allies,” Tirek said smugly, gesturing to his colleagues. “We decided to take down your pathetic kingdom together.”

“And share the spoils!” Chrysalis added greedily.

“We found a better way to be bad!” Cozy summarized.

Chrysalis rolled her eyes. “Ugh, please.”

“So y’all are friends now or somethin’?” Applejack asked sarcastically.

The villains looked at her incredulously, then at each other.

“Absolutely not!” “No way!” “Uh uh!” Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy fired back at the same time.

An awkward moment of silence passed.

“Leave them,” Tirek growled, looking at his comrades. “We have plans to make.”

The three villains left the ponies behind and walked into the cave’s antechamber. In the next room, they could see their fearsome leader, Grogar, looking deeply into his scrying orb. Fortunately, the orb didn’t show the trio and instead envisioned a black, nebulous shape.

“It’s safe; he isn’t watching us,” Cozy whispered.

“For now,” Chrysalis seethed. “That treacherous goat was manipulating us from the start!”

Tirek raised an eyebrow, “You were the one who wanted to betray him.”

“And he did promise to let us rule…” Cozy Glow added, placing a hoof on her chin. She glanced over to the side of the room where the three powerful artifacts she stole lay dormant.

“I am a queen! I don’t need permission to rule my kingdom!” Chrysalis barked, only just managing to keep her voice low. “Once I deal with Twilight Sparkle and Grogar, all of Equestria will fall before me!”

“You mean US!” Tirek corrected, scowling in the changeling’s face. “If you want to follow King Sombra to the darkness, be my guest.”

Cozy got between the two and put her hooves out. “Look, I don’t trust Grogar either… but he has the Bell.”

“Perhaps. But he needs us, for now,” Tirek reasoned.

“And once the ponies of Equestria are under our hooves, it’s only a matter of time till Grogar gets what’s coming to him!” Chrysalis conspired.

The three villains shared a nasty laugh.

In the halls of Canterlot Castle, Celestia and Luna found themselves surrounded by nearly a dozen ponies each, yelling out at them and each other.

“The fair citizens of Cloudsdale will not stand for your frivolous accusations!”

“Oh, please! You’re telling me those storm clouds just happened to ruin our crops?!”

“The McColts destroyed our fountain!”

“No, them Hooffields did it!”

“We unicorns can do more with our magic than move furniture!”

Celestia took to the air, raising her hooves in a calming gesture. “Everypony, please! Let’s settle down and work through these concerns together. Blaming one another only divides us and makes Equestria more vulnerable!”

“Equestria’s already in danger! Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow could attack again any day! Appleoosa will not be unprepared…” an earth pony delegate said.

“Pfft, you think a couple barricades are gonna stop them?!” a unicorn jeered. “Our shields are – ”

“CITIZENS, HEAR ME!” Luna’s royal Canterlot voice shook the room. “CEASE YOUR BICKERING AND UNITE!”

The stunned crowd looked at Luna and for a moment all was quiet. Then the arguing started again in full force, mixing into an unintelligible mishmash of angry voices.

“Luna!” Celestia scolded. “This is hardly the time for the royal Canterlot voice!”

“At least that way somepony will actually listen to me instead of brushing me off!” Luna countered.

“I DO listen!” Celestia insisted, stomping her hoof. “I’ve listened and listened and listened all day for a thousand years and I can’t get a break!”

“Maybe if you – ”

A blinding white flash interrupted Luna. Discord floated above everypony, munching a large bag of popcorn. The snack showered on top of the rather annoyed dignitaries, some of whom stopped arguing and looked up at him.

“Oh my! I haven’t seen this much chaos in eons!” Discord said cheerfully. He snapped his talons, and the popcorn disappeared. “I can’t believe nopony thought to invite me!”

“Discord!” Celestia said, making her annoyance plain. “This isn’t the best time.”

Discord looked down, seeming to only just become aware of all the other ponies in the room.

“Oh, of course, my mistake, my mistake,” Discord chuckled. He leaned down to the assembled petitioners, eyes glowing dangerously. “SCRAM!”

The shocked dignitaries turned and bolted out of the throne room without looking back.

“Discord!” Luna yelled angrily.

“Relax! I’m doing you a favor, honestly!” Discord said, lazily floating through the air. “Don’t you know by now that Twilight and her friends always handle this sort of thing?” He snapped his claws and the stained-glass window of the Elements of Harmony defeating Discord changed to Twilight and her friends in a group hug with the draconequus. He looked around, seemingly confused. “Where is our ruler-to-be anyway?”

Celestia breathed out, regaining her composure. “Twilight’s friends have been taken captive by Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow. She is leading the search for them.”

In an instant, Discord lost his relaxed demeanor. He zipped out of the air and landed in front of the two alicorns with a worried look. “Taken? Taken where?! Oh dear, that wasn’t supposed to…” Discord trailed off, biting his talons nervously.

“We don’t know where. Perhaps you could find Twilight and… wait, what do you mean ‘supposed to’?” Luna asked, looking at Discord with suspicion.

Instead of answering, Discord snapped his talons and vanished.