The Three's Redemption

by Melody Song

The Deal and Escape

"You see, a while back, we were sent by Grogar to retrieve his Bewitching Bell." Tirek started to explain.

"His what?!" Shining Armor asked, remembering Starswirl mentioning something like that.

"The Bewitching Bell is an ancient talisman of great power. Legends say it fueled Grogar's most powerful-and evil-magic. It was supposedly stolen from him by Gusty the Great and her Unicorn Warriors, then concealed by magic. I've always wanted to find out where it was. If a powerful artifact like that was out in the open where anyone could reach it, then it's trouble. It wouldn't be good if ponies like Caballeron or monsters like Ahuizotl were able to access it." Daring spoke up, she was limping along behind the others.

"Are you okay? You're limping." Spike said

"Thanks, I hadn't noticed." Daring said sarcastically. "I'll be fine. I was injured by Caballeron's goons before I was taken down here."

"Like I was saying, Grogar sent us to retrieve his Bewitching Bell from where Gusty had hidden it, Mount Everhoof." Tirek was inturrupted yet again.

"Mount Everhoof?!" Spitfire, Soarin, and Rainbow exclaimed.

"Now what?" Tirek asked impatiently

"The three of us have been up there before, and never seen it. There's even a whole outpost that harvests Everplant. How can it have been hidden up there and nopony has ever found it?" Spitfire asked

"You've gone up there before? How?" Cozy asked

"The weather is rough, but if you're a good enough flier, you can make it to the outpost. They even run deliveries across Equestria, so it's not impossible to reach." Soarin replied

"Well we had enough trouble getting up there, and worse, Grogar sent us to retrieve it so we could learn to work together." Cozy said, gagging

"We were forced to, in the end. The bell was at the very peak of the mountain. Unless you have been to the top, you would not have seen the cave in which it was hidden, or the magic barrier surrounding it. We had to work together to get to the top, by using all of our skills and not fighting. Chrysalis agreed to relinquish her magic so I could break the magic barrier. Then Cozy flew in and got the bell, I returned the magic to Chrysalis, and we left the mountain." Tirek said

"A cave? Soar, we sheltered in a cave during that big storm on the mountain, remember?" Rainbow asked him

"Yeah, but it wasn't at the peak, and we didn't go far enough in to see if there was anything there." Soarin responded

"It wasn't at the peak Tirek, there is no peak on that mountain, just random ledges and caves in each one." Chrysalis argued

"Alright, enough. The point is, we retrieved the bell." Tirek finished

"Then where is it? Grogar wouldn't need you anymore if he had it, and he wouldn't need to bring the mares down here." Discord said

"Well..." Cozy zipped away and returned holding an ancient, teal colored bell with strange markings.

"This is our deal." Tirek said, gesturing with his hand to the bell. "We let you go, you take the bell and hide it, far away from Grogar." he explained

"May I?" Daring flew up to Cozy and took it from her, landing. She winced a little as she shifted it in her hooves, examining the markings and cracks. "It's genuine. This is the real Bewitching Bell." Daring reported

"What would we do with it?" Twilight asked

"If you let me take it, I can put it in a museum. I'll even guard it personally until Grogar is defeated, no pony will be able to get their hooves on it." Daring suggested

"Or maybe I should take it. I can put it in the Canterlot vault, with official guards to insure it's safety." Shining Armor objected

"We could hide it in the private Wonderbolt Museum. Since all the 'bolts know it's there, we'd be able to guard it from the air and the ground, maybe post guards that rotate out." Spitfire said

"The Crystal Empire's light and love might be able to stop Grogar from attacking and finding it." Cadence added

"My chaos realm could easily disguise the bell's presence." Discord said

"Why are you even friends, you can't even agree where to hide this." Chrysalis spat

"We aren't friends because we never fight, we're friends because we care about each other." Twilight said.

"So, what do we do with this thing?" Spitfire asked, gesturing to the bell with her wing.

"I think...that Daring should take it. She has the most experience with ancient artifacts, and I suppose her knowledge of its power will help her hide it more securely among museums." Twilight said

"A museum, now that I think about it, is not the best place for this yet. I can hide it in my home, though. There are plenty of other artifacts I've been deciphering to conceal it." Daring said

"Now that you've all finally agreed, can you go?" Chrysalis hissed

"Why do you care?" Scootaloo asked

"In case you haven't noticed, I feed on love, and even with all your bickering there is plenty of that here for my taking. Unless you would like for me to go into a feeding frenzy, you should leave." Chrysalis spat

Chrysalis' horn lit up with her sickly green magic. She tugged on a rock jutting out of the wall. A trapdoor opened above them.

"This trapdoor will take you above, then this foul beast can teleport you away." Tirek said, pointing to Discord

"Just because you haven't considered reforming doesn't mean it's a bad thing." Discord retorted

"But you know, you acted like friends to retrieve the bell, you said so. You worked together." Twilight said

"That's why we want it out of here!" Cozy exclaimed "We almost became friends with each other over that bell. We're villains, we can't be friends."

Twilight sighed in exasperation.

"Now leave. Never speak of this allegiance again." Tirek said. They headed up.

Author's Note:

I would like to apologize for originally releasing the final chapters all at once, I have regretted it for a while. But I'm keeping the speech I wrote on the last chapter. Here it is:

I am so sad that MLP is going away, but I know it will live on in our hearts, and in the stories we write. Don't give up on websites like this one, because even though the End tied up a lot of things like ships, the next generations, and more, it doesn't matter, because we can change that in our stories. Stories are not set in stone, as Legend of Everfree's end song proved, we can change them if we want. So please, keep writing your stories, keep imagining events beyond the end.
Don't give up on your fanfictions
They are still part of the MLP Universe

Okay, once again, sorry.

~Melody Song

Comments

[Nightflight406]

9881391
Just a Cozy Glow imitation.

[Melody Song]

9881437
Ah, okay
but if you found that backstory depressing, you should check out my story called Fleetfire, where I will make chapters about the backstories of Spitfire and Fleetfoot

[Nightflight406]

I guess that means that Discord just shot the villains into Tartarus?

[Melody Song]

9881672
what do you mean? The ending is supposed to be a reference to what happened in the final episodes

[Nightflight406]

9881695
If Discord is Grogar, and the villains don't have the bell. Then Discord has no more use for them.

[Melody Song]

9881704
Well, remember, they don't know Discord is Grogar yet, so he has to keep pretending that "Grogar" doesn't know they even had the bell. But even then, they are starting to regret their decisions, so they may even redeem themselves.

[Dashie04]

Ok, time for constructive criticism abridged.

This story has a great concept, and it has the potential to be really good if you cleaned it up a little. I’d suggest getting a prereader, you might want to make this story flow a bit better as well. A lot of talking makes a story less enjoyable.

Anyways, this fanfic is good in concept, but I think if you got a prereader and such, it’d be even better.

[Melody Song]

9881968
thanks, and I'm looking for one, but not a lot of my friends like MLP, and my Bestie isn't great at proofreading things (no offense to her, of course)

[Dashie04]

9881971
I always work voluntarily, but I’m not a professional proofreader. Just letting you know.

[Melody Song]

9882009
I'll keep that in mind, thanks

[Nightflight406]

9881834
I was hoping for a reform story. Bummer.

[Melody Song]

9882139
You can always imagine that they do, whenever I think there's more to the story than the show portrays, or feel like it needs a different ending, that's what I do.

If i get enough comments like yours I might add a bonus chapter about them reforming....

[Nightflight406]

9882145
Yeah. When the three were turned to stone, I wasn't like, "That was harsh," or " But Cozy Glow is only a kid! " No I was like, "Great job Princesses. The other elements will die and new elements will have to take over. So they'll be back in a thousand years when you are hiding in your retirement." Also is it possible that Gen 5 will be Twilight's student from the last episode?

[Melody Song]

9882181
Do you think i'm on the writing staff?
Kidding, but I think only they could give you the answer to that question, though you are right about the villans turned to stone. Actually, I'm kind of hoping G5 will be about the student 6, since we haven't seen much of them

[Nightflight406]

9882199
That was my first idea. Maybe it's what happens between Twilight's coronation and the ending. There are many questions I have about things. Also Twilight's line about Darkness and Light made me think of Snoke.

Darkness rises and light to counter it.

[Melody Song]

9882211
Yeah, but you know, I wouldn't mind if G5 changed some of the things in the last episode, like the pairings. We don't know who Twi and Rarity ended up with, and I personally am more a fan of Soarindash and Applespike than AppleDash, I know it's a matter of personal opinion and though I was hoping to see Soarindash in the show, I kind of liked how they were giving the fandom room to make their own ideas on ships

[Nightflight406]

9882224
Well it may not even be a pairing. Also since the Grand Galloping Gala, I thought Soarin was with Spitfire.

[Melody Song]

9882247
I ship Spitfire with Fleetfoot, and also...
HAVE YOU NOT SEEN ALL THE SOARINDASH REFERENCES?!!!

Not that I'm trashing your ship, sorry if it sounded rude

[Nightflight406]

9882252
Not at all. In fact maybe you can help me. See I'm doing a EqG Main 7 shipping series. I've got Sunset Shimmer and Morro. Twilight Sparkle and Rat. Fluttershy and Clancee. Maybe Rainbow Dash and Hondo Ohnaka. But I still need Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie. Any thoughts. I want characters that are male, aren't in a relationship, and are not from anything MLP related. Also I want someone I have seen. You put a suggestion and I'll tell you if I've seen it or not. Also if you want to know who these guys I'm shipping the Main Seven with are just ask.

[Melody Song]

9882300
You're right, I don't know who they are, but I actually prefer to stick to my OTPs for each ship. I don't mind helping you with your ships, and I'm not trying to be biased, but if I do have ideas, they probably won't become favorite ships of mine. Still happy to help!

Seriously, who are those characters?

Also, I might not reply for a while. I think it's time I go to sleep

[Nightflight406]

9882338
Morro
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QZOzTX1VaiY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7W-GrSIQOKw

Rat
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2ePBNGmxVK8

Clancee is a nervous serpentine pirate who gets sea sick. His last episode he redeemed himself by standing up to the major villain.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FovkHEg2jm0

Hondo Ohnaka
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rJV790bnOrk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9WT6yKcGs

[Melody Song]

9882420
Alright, I'll get back to you when I can, I'm pretty busy most days

[Nightflight406]

9882804
Okie Dokie.

[nightshroud96]

9882300
Will Spike get someone too?

[Nightflight406]

11613343
Sorry. I scrapped the idea.

[nightshroud96]

11616172
Aw..

Wished Spike didn't get left out before it got scrapped..

[Nightflight406]

11616343
He's a dog in EqG.

[nightshroud96]

11619960
Why not make him human though?