When Equestria pony Summer Rain woke up the next morning, everypony else was up, including her Twin.
Equestria Girls Summer was laying on her belly facing Summer, with a Fluttershy on either side. They were all waiting for Summer to wake up.
"Hi Summer" Equestria Girls Summer said with a smile. Three special girls... They all got a big hug.
Everypony else was already up, and mostly talking with their Twin. Both Raritys and both Pinkies were in a group talking together.
Both Twilights were gone however.
Princess Cadance came in, and led them all to a nice breakfast in a different room.
Everypony enjoyed the meal, even the Equestria Girls.
After breakfast, Princess Cadance took everypony for a walk, that ended in a large meadow near the Crystal Palace.
They all spent the better part of the day wandering around, enjoying the calmness and beauty of this place, together.
At about noon, Princess Twilight and her Twin rejoined everypony else, and the Summer Twins hugged them both.
Summer spent most of the day with her Twin, and they talked a lot. For a large part of that time, both Fluttershy's joined them. It was an amazing treat.
Everypony laughed. Everypony cried some too.
Time spent with Twins is priceless.
It was about mid-afternoon.
Equestria pony Summer wanted to write a song to try to capture just a glimpse of the 'Twins experience'. She knew a 'glimpse' would be all she could accomplish, the amazing joy of being with your Twin was just so deep and complete.
Summer just leaned gently against her Twin, and Equestria Girls Summer seemed to amazingly, immediately, and effortlessly sense what was on her Twin's heart, that they needed to write a special song together.
Both Fluttershys were with them at this point as well. They may have even sensed this too... ...maybe because they were both incredibly sensitive... ...maybe because they were the Summer's sisters... ...maybe both, who knows.
The four of them found Princess Cadance, then asked if they could have some means to write with.
Princess Twilight overheard what the Summers asked, and so she volunteered to write the words for the Summer Twins with her magic.
When the paper, ink and quill were ready, Princess Twilight then called everypony over.
They would do this as a group.
They would all stay in their pony form for this too.
Before long, all seven sets of Twins were laying on their bellies in a tight group... ...crying... ...helping with the words of the song...
This was a special song...
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Twins Song (softly and breathy as only Fluttershy could)
Our two worlds mixed, where are you from?
How did I live without you?
Our destinies fixed, I saw you come...
I just could not look from you...
[Chorus]
I am your friend for the rest of your life,
and no one can take me away...
You are my friend for the rest of my life,
and no one can take you away...
I am you..
My hand in your hand, we fear no wrong,
you know I would never harm you
Whatever may come, our devotion is strong
and your best is all I long for you
[Chorus]
Our friendship is magic, I feel in my heart,
there simply is no explanation
This bond that we feel, so full and so real...
...sobbing deeply... ..holding tightly...
[Chorus]
Through play and tears...
Through mounting years...
Come what may...
I will always say...
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
~~~~~
When they were done writing the words, Summer asked the two Fluttershys to make up a tune, and and sing it for them.
Fluttershys were normally much too timid for such a thing, but they both deeply loved every single pony in this group, and that seemed reason enough for them to truly want to sing.
After a few minutes, the tune was done, and they sat up and sang it together for the group. It was absolutely beautiful. It was hard too... The Fluttershys were quickly choking back tears... They had to stop twice and cry some before they could finish it...
This was ok, everypony else was crying too...
When they were done singing it together, everypony was hugging their Twin sobbing deeply... The Fluttershy Twins just fell to the ground and did the same...
They all cried together for a while like this...
Well, it was just a 'glimpse' anyway...
The entire 'Twins' experience was so, just, 'out of the blue'. Nopony had any idea that one pony, just making friends in a different world, would un-earth such an amazing Gem...
Later in the afternoon, Princess Cadance began rounding everypony up for the Council of Princesses.
Before they all went back to the Portal room, Shining Armor addressed the group. He spoke carefully and deliberately.
The goal of the council was to decide Discord's fate, specifically for his role in the events of the rebellion that placed Sunset Shimmer in power, along with his crimes against Princess Twilight and her friends.
The Council was made up of three Princesses; Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Twilight.
Summer later learned that Princess Cadance had asked to be excused because she doubted her ability to remain objective. Discord had tortured her for hours to find the location of the Portal.
Aside from the Princesses, Shining armor and the Military Magistrate, only the seven Twins would be in attendence.
Shining Armor soberly warned all present that a review of the timeline of the events leading up to the 'coup' was an important part of the proceedings. He wanted everypony to be ready for that.
Shining Armor indicated that this would be a Military Tribunal, and that NOPONY should speak unless specifically addressed.
After this careful preparation, Shining Armor lead everypony back to the Portal room.
Princess Cadance, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were already there.
The Magistrate began the proceedings by admonishing everypony present that the truth was more important than anything else. Regardless how they felt about Discord, justice demanded that they handle him fairly and justly.
As Shining Armor had warned, the Magistrate first reviewed the chain of events prior to and including all of Discord's actions which were his contribution to the coup.
Discord came to Ponyville, went to Fluttershy, then asked her to accompany him to the Library, then asked Princess Twilight to gather the other four.
After Princess Twilight and her five friends were all present, Discord then reminded Fluttershy about her promise to not use her 'Element of Harmony' against him, and she confirmed she would not.
Equestria pony Fluttershy wept, softly at first, for the rest of the council. Her Twin just held her.
Discord then asked that Princess Twilight and the rest of her friends give him their 'Elements of Harmony" and they refused.
Standing together, without Fluttershy's 'element', they tried to fend off his magic, but quickly failed.
Discord then used his magic to knock them all over, and then he took Princess Twilight's crown, followed by the necklaces of the other four ponies, and then took he took Flyttershy's necklace as well.
Horrified, Fluttershy told Discord that he was not being friendly at all. Discord just laughed and said "Yes I am, I just have a different, more powerful friend."
Discord used his magic to quickly strip the jewelry away, and simply mounted the six 'Elements of Harmony' as a crown on his head.
Discord then marched all six of them to Zecora's hut, and he asked for the Alicorn Amulet. Zecora refused, so Discord squeezed this Zebra into successively smaller objects, until she finally told him where it was.
Once Discord had the Amulet, he quickly put it on saying that he "wanted to take it for a spin".
Discord forced Princess Twilight and her friends back to Ponyville, leaving Zecora squeezed into her own work table.
Starting with Applejack, Discord formed huge tombstones, and simply stretched each of the ponies, screaming, across each of their tombstones, alive, and left them to die.
Rainbow Dash flew off at this point.
After murdering both Rarity and Pinkie Pie like this, Discord found Rainbow Dash at a place called 'Summer's Tree', and placed her on her tombstone there.
Discord then murdered Princess Twilight on her tombstone behind the Library.
Discord then took the Alicorn Amulet off, and then murdered Fluttershy on the tombstone in front of her cottage.
Discord then translocated himself to Canterlot, outside Sunset Shimmer's cell.
Sunset Shimmer quickly blasted out, killed some Guards nearby, took the 'Elements of Harmony' and the Alicorn Amulet, magically embedded them in her body, and became a huge monster.
Discord then translocated himself back to the Crystal Palace.
Discord used his magic to remove the Green eye zombie spell from Princess Cadance and tortured her for hours to find the location of the Portal. Making no headway, Discord finally stretched her alive, across five floors on the back side of the Crystal Palace.
All activity stopped at this point until Summer and the Equestria Girls arrived... ...Probably less that 8 hours later...
The Magistrate was obviously reading this, and was not very familiar with a lot of the details.
Most of the ponies present had lived through this entire nightmare, and were weeping softly, some loudly...
After a brief pause to consult his paperwork, the Magistrate resumed.
"Discord's deeds were certainly terrible, but the main question of guilt rests on if there was any coercion involved."
"Fluttershy, was Sunset Shimmer present at any time as Discord carried out the events of that evening?" the Magistrate asked.
Equestria pony Fluttershy was a wreck, crying on her Twin's shoulder, and could say nothing. But her Twin knew, as did both Pinkie Pies. They all three said together "No sir."
The Magistrate accepted this and continued. The next question focused on whether or not Discord's attitude reflected coercion, pressure or fear in any way.
"Fluttershy, when Discord first came to get you that evening, was his attitude out of character or reflecting external pressure in any way?" the Magistrate asked.
Again Fluttershy's Twin and both Pinkie Pies said "no sir."
The Magistrate next pointed out that Discord's comments, both the one about taking the Alicorn Amulet "for a spin", as well as his laughter at his own 'more powerful friend' comment, further reflected the fact that Discord was acting on his own, and not due to any coercion from any outside source or influence.
The Magistrate concluded that, according to Equestrian Law, void of any conclusive evidence of Coercion, the law would find Discord guilty. It was ultimately up to the three Princess to agree or disagree with this finding.
The Magistrate then gave the three Princesses some brief time. They could talk, they could discuss, they could ask any more questions. At the conclusion of this brief period, he would ask for their verdict, one at a time.
It was silent in the Portal room for a few minutes, except for the weeping of a number of ponies.
All three Princesses sat motionless, said nothing, asked nothing.
"Princess Celestia, your verdict please" the Magistrate asked.
"Guilty."
Princess Luna, your verdict please" the Magistrate asked.
"Guilty."
Princess Twilight, you verdict please" the Magistrate asked.
"Guilty."
The Magistrate did some writing in the documents before him. Then he said 'officially':
"The defendent has been found guilty by an honest and impartial council of three Princesses. His crimes all commend the death sentence, and this is the resultant finding of this Council of Princesses. This Council is now adjourned.
Very quickly, before anypony even moved, Princess Twilight asked that everypony remain seated. Then she said to Equestria pony Summer Rain "Summer you have been strangely quiet. Do you wish to add anything?"
Summer replied quietly with a bow "Yes Princess, if I may."
Princess Twilight said quietly "Summer, you may speak."
Summer slowly walked half the distance towards Discord's Cell. Her words would be directed at him.
While walking slowly there, she threw herself back on her hind legs, and immediately stood up into her Equestria Girls form.
As she took the next step, her two wings materialized, substantially larger, extending from her back. They were vaguely outlined in bright blue at first, but then quickly filled in as the light Tan of Summer's pony coat.
They next flattened straight outwards to the side and curved slightly forward... menacingly...
Everypony saw that her Cutie Mark, though covered with clothing, was glowing brightly.
Everypony then gasped as a large, pure white Unicorn horn materialized on her head, again, first with bright blue outlines, then filled in with a pearl colored hardness.
Along with the horn came a very low, clearly discernable rumbling sound. It was not loud, but in the confines of the Portal room, everypony could hear it, but more importantly, they could feel it in their stomach.
By now Summer's eyes were closed, her head was tilted up substantially and tears were streaming down her Equestria Girls face.
Summer stopped near Discord's Cell, and put her arms locked straight down at her side, with her knuckles outward in defiance.
"Discord..." she yelled...
It wasn't anger Summer was feeling, it was anguish. Her voice was higher then normal, she was carrying the pain of others.
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"How could you...
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"The most sensitive pony in Equestria made a promise to you...
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"My sister took a great risk, and promised you something very important, just to show you... ...she just wanted to be your friend...
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"You brutally forced that promise to be the basis of simply taking what you wanted from her...
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"Then you forced Equestria's most sensitive pony to watch you torture and murder six of her friends...
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"Then you brutally murdered her as well..."
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Summer never opened her eyes during this, still crying...
After a longer pause Summer yelled...
"Please, never again..."
When Summer said the 'g' sound in 'again', she lifted her right heel to --
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"Stop!"
It was Fluttershy... She yelled as loud as she could, but it was otherwise quiet in the room, except for that low rumbling... Summer would have recognized her sister's voice instantly, anyway...
Fluttershy knew Discord's destruction was coming, some time before she stopped her sister...
Summer had her back to her sister, and didn't see that, as Summer approached Discord, Fluttershy's eyes grew larger by the second...
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Summer froze... Her crying stopped immediately, and she opened her eyes and looked down, almost as if she was guessing what her sister wanted...
Without turning around, Summer slowly put her foot back down, but stayed ready...
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For a minute nopony moved, and only the low rumbling could be heard.
"Yes, Sis?" Summer said quietly.
Fluttershy burst into tears at this point... "I'm sorry Sis... I just can't... I want to know... I want to hear from Discord before we..." Then Fluttershy just cried...
For another minute nopony moved...
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Summer next burst into tears herself...
She lifted her right hand and simply waved her hand at Discord's Cell...
The Magical Shield disappeared...
The Crystal Cacoon disappeared...
Discord was immediately changed from stone back to his normal form...
Summer changed back into a pony, and the rumbling went away...
Everyone gasped at her Cutie Mark though...
It was a large, rapidly rotating, pure white Pearl. It was rotating slower and slower. Summer didn't move for a minute, and it was rotating very slowly, then split out into the three drops of her normal mark, and they only then faded from pure white, to their normal colors as their rotation stopped.
Still crying, Summer lifted her head long enough to look at Discord briefly, then she bolted to the balcony, spreading her wings on the way, and was soon gone.
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Magical beings can often feel their opponent actually charging the magic they would soon cast.
Discord had felt this from the 'people' that faced him, and realized his doom was certain, and the magic he faced was far beyond anything he thought even possible.
Discord was as White as a ghost... He was scared to death... His eyes were big, and he was speechless... He couldn't say anything... He couldn't move...
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Princess Twilight spoke first.
"Discord, we know you can translocate, but please don't move.
"The most sensitive pony in Equestria... The one pony who had the most to lose by offering you her friendship... The one pony who suffered by far the most from your actions...
"...has gained you a temporary reprieve...
"And the pony that just left, has witnessed, first hand, the disgusting results of your atrocities. I am convinced she could have killed you effortlessly, and would have in seconds. (Some ponies gasped at this.)
"Please stay right where you are."
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The Magistrate spoke next, and quickly.
This is a military tribunal, and the verdict has been fully received, we can't just--"
Princess Celestia responded quickly herself.
"Thank you, Magistrate for reminding us if this crucial fact. This particular situation has been deemed worthy of additional consideration, and we will revert back to the authority of the Military Tribunal when the facts are better known. Please accept our apologies."
The Magistrate looked over at Shining Armor, who himself was scowling, but he simply nodded back.
"This Tribunal is temporarily recessed" the Magistrate said slowly. Even as distant from the actual events as the Magistrate was, this did not seem right to him.
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Princess Twilight said quietly to Princess Celestia "We really can't continue without Summer Rain..."
And Shining Armor walked quickly out the door...
Summer Rain flew quickly up to her 'jumping off' spot up in Cloudsdale, then sat down, and just sobbed...
"Oceans of pain caused by... How could..."
Summer had already decided she would ignore everypony, she didn't want to talk to anypony... Period...
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"Summer..."
Summer opened her eyes... It was Shysage...
She was quickly hugging him tightly and sobbing... She didn't know him very well, except that the last stallion she had cried on was him... And he was the one that had rescued her from monsters... And he had taken such amazing care of her when she was the most vulnerable... And he wanted her to help him write her story...
Summer felt like she was intruding, but simply couldn't help it. In some strange way, she felt she needed him... Out of all the ponies in Equestria, this is probably the only one she would even talk too right now... And, Summer felt, he was the only one with answers right now too...
Shysage himself was surprised, and felt it a little awkward, not really knowing what to do.
He had watched all this on his 'scope' thing, and he knew exactly what had happened. But then, he had also seen, first hand, the terrible atrocities that Discord had committed, that Summer had to face... Shysage knew exactly what Summer was feeling...
Shysage was quickly crying with Summer, hugging her tightly...
Protective stallion that he was, he had wanted to do this all through her dark journey, but could only watch in horror...
After maybe ten minutes, Summer pulled herself away, and looked at Shysage... She needed answers... Still, they were both weeping softly.
"Shysage, you saw all that didn't you?" Summer asked.
"Yes..." Shysage replied softly.
"Shysage, what should I do? This seems so wrong to me... After all I had to go through because of him..." Summer cried...
Shysage paused for a minute, then said very quietly
"Summer, trust your sister..."
Summer's crying slowed, and she thought for a minute, then looked into Shysage's eyes long enough to know that he really meant what he was saying. Well, maybe a little longer.
"You think that is right, even though you don't understand..." Summer said quietly...
Shysage was surprised that this mare could read him so easily...
"Yes..." Shysage again replied softly...
"Ok..." Summer said with a sigh... "I don't understand either..."
Summer turned to go, then said softly "Shysage, I like you."
Shysage replied, also softly "I know of no other wom-- er, mare who is as committed to true friendship as you are... I am honored..."
Summer took to the air, and headed back to the Crystal Palace.
Summer landed on the balcony in the Portal Room, maybe half an hour after she had abruptly left.
It looked like nopony had even moved, including Discord.
Well, Summer noticed that Princess Cadance was standing next to Shining Armor now...
Summer walked over to her sister, and started crying on the way...
Still, Summer managed to say "Sis, I will trust you..."
She cried on Fluttershy's shoulder a few minutes, then tried to calm down. She walked over next to her Twin, and hugged her instead, and wept softly. Well, they wept softly together.
Princess Twilight spoke next.
"Fluttershy, we want to understand what you want us to do at this point. You had a reason for stopping whatever Summer was going to do. What would you like us to do...
Fluttershy was immediately weeping softly. She realized she was holding everything up.
Still, Fluttershy said "I think we need to hear from Discord... I want to know why he did that... I just want to hear his side first, before we--" Fluttershy was crying and couldn't talk any more.
Princess Twilight turned and walked over to Discord at this point to speak. The other four Equestria ponies, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie came up and stood next to Princess Twilight, two on each side, then they all sat down; they all faced him together.
Princess Twilight spoke again "Discord, you have heard what Fluttershy wants to know..."
Without pretense... Without corny jokes or dumb disguises... Without fanfare or a bad attitude... Discord replied simply
"I'm so sorry... Sunset Shimmer lied to me... She used me to get what she wanted...
Rainbow Dash spoke up quickly "Come on, Discord, you were having a blast when you led us to our doom..."
Discord spoke again, quietly "Sunset Shimmer told me you ponies were just pretending to be my friends so you could master my magic... Then she told me that the Alicorn Amulet would help me see your lies, and see the truth... I wanted to know who I could trust, so I put the amulet on. And I don't know that Sunset did not cast any of her spells on me, either...
Spreading lies to separate friends... The Equestria Girls all knew that this is exactly what Sunset Shimmer had done to them too, as did Princess Twilight...
And Summer Rain knew, now, that Shysage was right, and her sister was too...
Applejack spoke at this point "Well Discord, what in tarnation are we supposed to do now... You murdered all of us...
"Yes... I can only apologize... I never knew the amulet was so evil... No one ever told me..."
Shining Armor could contain himself no longer... He yelled "You tortured my Mare... ...for hours..." He stopped here because he had to, he was outraged...
"Yes, and that was so very wrong... But still, Stallion, you are very handsome... Would you like to trade bodies with me? Look at me, I'm a, well, Sunset Shimmer said I looked like a 'Collection of Garbage', and that she couldn't bear to look at me. She told me the Portal would fix my body, and sent me away to find it..."
Tears actually came to Discord's eyes at this point.
Discord further mentioned "But I doubt the Portal can do that... And I think everything else Sunset Shimmer told me was a lie too..."
It was quiet for a few minutes. Everypony knew what Discord had done was abominable. But Equestria treasured justice, as Summer Rain herself had said. Whether contrived or not, there was more than a little 'reasonable doubt' after hearing Discord's side...
Princess Twilight spoke next "Discord, what do you think we should do with you?"
Discord replied quickly "Just kill me... And please do it fast. I deserve nothing more..."
After a brief delay, Discord added simply "Fluttershy, I'm so sorry for what I put you through..."
Everypony in the room knew that Discord was the 'master of appearance', but still...
Princess Celestia was the one who originally felt Discord could be 'reformed', and she spoke up at this point.
"Magistrate, what are our options as far as some sort of probationary, temporary stay?
The Magistrate replied quickly. Evidently what he heard had led him to have some doubts himself.
"Probationary Stay requires two components. First, there needs to be punitive compensation, which basically means he has to work to address the damage he caused, however the leadership of Equestria feels this should be administered.
"Second, every single living, direct victim, and all presiding Princesses must agree to the probationary stay. It must be unanimous..."
Princess Twilight said softly "Princess, I can answer for Zecora."
At this, the Magistrate made a notation on his documents.
Princess Celestia said quietly "Magistrate, we are ready to proceed."
The Magistrate looked at his documents for a minute or two, then he spoke.
"This Military Tribunal will now address the recommendation of a temporary, probationary stay to the death sentence rendered previously.
"I will call out the names of all of the direct victims and the presiding Princesses. As I call your name, please either say 'Agree' or 'Disagree', and we will stop at the first 'Disagree' response we encounter.
"Princess Twilight and Zecora"
"Agree..."
Rainbow Dash"
"Bah, Agree..."
"Rarity"
"Agree..."
"Fluttershy"
"Agree..."
"Applejack"
"...Agree..."
"Pinkie Pie"
"Agree..."
"Princess Luna"
"Agree..."
"Princess Celestia"
"Agree..."
"Princess Cadance"
There was a brief delay here...
"Agree..."
"Wait, there's one more, I think, excuse me a minute."
Summer was already crying. She knew what the answer would be but was still having a hard time with her 'dark journey'...
"Oh here it is, Summer Rain"
Still crying... "Agree..."
The Magistrate again did some writing on the documents before him, then he spoke.
"The findings of this Military Tribunal have been amended to the recommendation of a 90 day probationary stay of the death sentence. The accused is remanded to the care of the rulers of Equestria to administer the terms of the probation."
Then he looked at Discord and said sternly "Discord, note please that the guilty verdict is not rescinded, it is merely postponed for now. Another Military Tribunal will be required at a later date to decide that. It should be very clear that you must be on your best behavior."
"This Military Tribunal is concluded."
Before anypony had a chance to move, Summer Rain got up and walked slowly towards Discord.
While walking slowly there, she threw herself back on her hind legs, and immediately stood up into her Equestria Girls form. The rest of the changes proceeded exactly as they had earlier...
As she took the next step, her two wings materialized, extending from her back. They were vaguely outlined in bright blue at first, but then quickly filled in as the light Tan of Summer's pony coat.
They next flattened straight outwards to the side and curved slightly forward... menacingly...
Everypony saw that her Cutie Mark, though covered with clothing, was glowing brightly.
Everyone then gasped again as a large, pure white Unicorn horn materialized on her head, again, first with bright blue outlines, then filled in with a pearl colored hardness.
Along with the horn came a very low, clearly discernable rumbling sound.
By now Discord was again very frightened, almost cowering in fear.
Summer Rain spoke boldly, well as boldly as Fluttershy's sister could. Still, everypony in the room could hear her.
"Discord, listen carefully..." Summer started.
"WHO you CHOOSE to listen to...
"will ultimately determine WHAT you become...
"Try to remember that..."
"I... I will..." Discord replied faltering...
Summer then turned quickly away from him, and walked slowly back to her sister, changing back into a pony in the process.
Summer found her sister's shoulder and just cried, sobbing deeply.
She could only hope Discord never hurt her sister again...
Nopony moved in the room for maybe five minutes, as Summer cried on her sister's shoulder.
Without moving, Princess Twilight said "Summer Rain".
Summer quickly ran before her Princess, and bowed on her forelegs.
"Have you been using my Magic?" Princess Twilight asked.
Still bowing, Summer began to cry again "Yes, Princess, I'm sorry... I felt like I had to, like I didn't have any choice..." Summer was sobbing again...
This was not the response Princess was after at all. She marvelled to herself that this simple Pegasus mare before her, had no clue...
Twilight said softly "Summer..." and user her foreleg to raise Summer to a sitting position. Summer was still crying though.
"Summer... You were using your own magic."
Summer didn't move, but stopped crying, and looked up at her Princess in wonder...
Princess Twilight continued, softly.
"Twilight and I were at the Canterlot Library this morning doing some research.
"The magic that we Unicorns were seeing around you made no sense, it was clearly none of ours, and we would know.
"And no, you wouldn't be able to use my magic when I was dead.
"We didn't find much, but we found this. Well, Twilight found it, someone had already marked the page in this ancient book.
"This is a copy of a tracing from a tombstone that probably dates back thousands of years."
Twilight used her magic to hold it up for everyone to see. It was the outline of Summer's Cutie Mark.
Princess Twilight continued.
"The tombstone was for a mare named Shila the Beautiful, but that's not the important part.
"This ancient book is about Pony Magic, and catalogues the various types of magic historically known to exist in Equestria. This is a book specifically about magic, and is very old.
"This page is at the very end of this book...
"There are some words on this page next to the tracing of the Cutie Mark. It translates to just five words."
Princess Twilight was having a hard time not crying herself at this point. She said them as best as she could.
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"Phantom Alicorn
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"Magical Power Unknown"
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Princess Twilight was fighting back tears... She loved Summer... ...a lot...
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"Summer, the night that Discord took away our gems, it wasn't me reaching out for magic, it was your magic trying to help us...
"It wasn't through the Portal either, your magic was trying to use the Twins in both worlds as the bridge between us...
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"I felt the same magic as we faced Sunset Shimmer together...
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"Summer, there is no magic known to Pony history that is stronger than yours...
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"Summer..." Princess Twilight said softly and lovingly... "This is who you are... ...the rarest, and most powerful pony to ever walk... ...to ever breath air in Equestria..."
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Summer was still bowing before her Princess. Shysage had accidentally prepared Summer for this
Through her tears, Princess Twilight started to say something, but Summer quickly interrupted, and spoke slowly and softly.
"Princess please....
"Please don't make me a Princess...
"I already have one Princess, you Princess Twilight...
"And I will love you and serve you until I die..."
Summer's Twin was already at Summer's side bowing, and Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie Pie -- the rest of the Twins, immediately joined them.
All Princess Twilight could do was cry...
Princess Twilight tried to hug them all, really she did, and they cried together for a while.
History in the making... ...never felt so good...
After maybe 30 minutes, Summer stopped everypony and spoke softly to her Princess.
"Princess, can tomorrow be a 'just Twins' day with no other official business?" Summer asked, her head bowed in respect.
Princess Twilight smiled at this Phantom Alicorn and said "It might be hazardous to disagree with you, but that sounds fine." Princess Twilight had a Twin now too after all.
And they all knew Summer would never do anything to hurt Princess Twilight.
Princess Celestia agreed. "Tomorrow will be a day just for Twins to be together."
It was dusk now in Equestria, and Air Coaches were waiting outside to take all the Twins back to Ponyville.
Everypony followed Shining Armor and Princess Cadance through the halls down to the main door. They were soon at the Coaches.
Summer said quickly "My Twin and I are going to Cloudsdale..."
One of the lead Air Coach stallions said "We can't go there miss, I'm sorry."
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna offered to accompany them to 'the city in the sky', it was not that far from the Crystal Palace, just high up in the clouds. Summer thought her Equestria Girls Twin may need some help.
Summer and her Twin spent maybe five minutes crying on their sister's shoulders. They each had missed their sisters dearly.
The Summer Twins were soon on the main avenue in Cloudsdale.
Once they landed, both Summers took the opportunity to bow to both these special Princesses.
Princess Celestia left both ponies bowing, and began to speak softly.
"Summer, it is clear that your pursuit of true friendship has rapidly expanded wildly, in amazing good, on both sides of the Portal. And a lot of this nopony may ever know. We are all speechless at your accomplishments, arrived at simply by being a friend.
"In addition, nopony could have guessed it would come to this ahead of time, but your pivotal, no, singular role in the rescue of Equestria cannot and will not be overlooked. Everypony in the realm owes their very life to the compassion, bravery and devotion that you and your friends showed that dark night.
"This startling revelation that you are by far the rarest and most magically powerful pony in Equestria's history will also not be overlooked, although we will probably want to keep that information concealed. The tactical value of the Phantom Alicorn is that she can appear out of nowhere, and that quality has significant military benefits when needed.
"It might be beneficial to help you learn to use you magic in a guided sort of way, but it is doubtful that any of the Unicorns in Equestria are competent for this task. Your precious Princess may be the best person for that after all.
Princess Celestia stopped a minute in thought, then continued.
"Such amazing power wrapped in such true humility and amazing devotion...
"You really should be made a Princess, especially since none of the rest of the leaders of Equestria could ever stand against you. More importantly, your qualities so amazingly, completely exemplify everything that a Princess should be. But we will let your dear Princess decide that.
"For now, let me just thank you again."
Both princesses began to cry...
"My sister and I are alive because of you... Our realm is alive because of you..."
Princess Celestia only then drew both Summers up with her leg, and then both Princesses took turns hugging each of them.
They then flew off into the dark, back to Canterlot.
This was the first time that Summer and her Twin were alone.
For a few minutes, they just hugged and cried together.
Euqestria Girls Summer said softly "You are amazing..."
Equestria pony Summer said softly back "I'm just a pony... committed to true friendship..."
Equestria Girls Summer said "...that's why you are amazing..."
Then they just hugged and cried together a while longer.
They were Twins...
Summer and her Twin then headed off down the avenue.
Equestria Girls Summer thought for a moment, then said softly "Shysage?"
Her Twin said simply "Yes."
They were soon walking into his dimly lit house.
He rose to greet them, but couldn't speak, still amazed at the events of the day, and still trying to fight his emotions and record them, what Princess Celestia had just said specifically.
Equestria pony Summer hugged him tightly for a minute, was soon weeping softly, then they left.
Shysage tried to go back to work.
Out the door, Summer's Twin said "mom and dad next?"
Summer replied "Wow Twin you are getting really good at this!"
Equestria pony Summer walked in first, and greeted her parents, and hugged them as they cried a little while. Summer suspected that they already knew about the events of the last week.
Only then did her Twin come in, and they welcomed her warmly, hugging her as well. This surprised Summer, evidently they already knew about this part too.
"Can we spend the night here mom?" Summer asked.
"Sure dear" her mom quickly said. "You can sleep in here if you want."
"Thanks mom, we will need to leave at Sun-up though." Summer said.
"Thats fine dear, we will be heading to bed shortly too." Mom said.
It was soon dark in Summer's parent's house in Cloudsdale.
Summer lay next to her Twin.
"So Tomorrow, Shysage again? I don't know any more..."
Summer answered softly "We are going to do his job for him tomorrow, for Twins day, and take his place. He has been up, probably almost non-stop for maybe two weeks. He doesn't know it yet, but he is going to get some sleep."
Well, he knew it now. This was good, he would be up most of the night anyway, still getting down all the details for the Twins Song, the Council of Princesses, and the revelations that followed.
It had been another amazing day in Equestria, and Shysage had his hands full trying to record everything.