Epilogue
Sunset Shimmer watched as the school fell into the hands of the Dazzlings. Their one hope of fixing everything had failed, their hope of saving Twilight had failed, the magic of friendship…failed. She saw Twilight hovering in midair and reached out one last time, this had to work.
“Twilight, please listen to me for a second.”
Twilight turned her head towards Sunset to hear what she had to say. “What is it?”
“Listen Twilight, I know that we used you but what about your friends in Equestria? What about them, did you think about your other friends or how you’d explain this to them?” If Twilight still listened to logic, then all she had to do was get her to realize her mistakes. If Sunset used her Equestrian friends and princess Celestia as reasons to turn around then Twilight might just come back.
“What about my other friends? What do they have to do with any of this?”
“Say you went back to Equestria now, how would you explain to them what you did? There's also Spike, what will he do now that you're a siren? And what about the princesses, did you think about how this will impact your Equestrian life at all?”
Twilight brought her hand to her chin in thought, a quizzical look played across her face. No, she hadn’t thought of that. She hadn’t thought about any of that. She had been so fixed on what was happening here that the consequence never crossed her mind. But she didn't care, why should she?
“If my friends should-no, my friends back in Equestria will understand. They're true friends and they'll except me no matter what. Even princess Celestia, she trusts me and my judgment.”
“But, Twilight, you have to snap out of it. We can't do this without you.”
Twilight smiled at Sunset almost wickedly, if there was still a chance that she would go back then it just vanished. She chuckled, inwardly laughing at Sunset.
“You really don't get it do you. I'm done with helping them, i'm done with being the one tasked with solving every problem they can't handle. But more importantly, i'm done being everyone's little tool. Sorry Sunset, i'm not going back.”
“...” Sunset stared in shock and dropped to her knees. She failed...again. Twilight wasn't going to come back to them, all hope was lost.
“You should go back now, I don't want to hurt anyone, but who knows what will happen to them. Sunset, could you do me a favor and keep an eye on them?”
Sunset snapped to attention. Maybe there was still a little of their Twilight in there after all.
“Twilight.” Adagio’s voice called over the hill.
“Bye Sunset, try not to get into any trouble.”
“Twilight-”
Twilight flew over to Adagio and reveled in victory as she thought back to what Sunset had said. She thought, They'll understand. They have to, they're my friends.