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// Epilogue 
// Story: Equestria Girls 3: Carrie Sparkle 
// by grl6p 
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Three weeks later...

The Shadowbolt 5 and the newly formed Humane 7 were having a girl’s night at Sour Sweet’s house to catch up on how life was treating them and to watch a pre-taped Channel 5 News special on the Shattered Crystal Prom that one of Indigo Zap’s older brothers, Lightning Zap, had pulled a few strings to get early.

“I still can’t believe that Browser View from Channel 5 News team interviewed both our schools on what happened these last few weeks.” Sci Twi said as she clutched Spike in her arms, “It only seems like the prom was just yesterday.”

“Well we did end up making national headlines with people claiming it was the worst high school disaster since the Columbine shooting.” added Sugarcoat, “But they did say people could learn from everything that happened and bullying could be-“

“SSSHHH! It’s starting!”

A voice began narrating, “It was one of the worst high school disasters in over 15 years. What started off as an innocent prom between Canterlot High School and Crystal Prep Academy turned into a nightmare when severe bullying led an innocent student to snap and cause a trail of mass destruction in the process.”

Sci Twi began blushing at that comment, but Rarity put her hand on her shoulder.

“Tonight, we hear interviews from the Wondercolts and Shadowbolts on how this tragedy unfolded and what can be done to prevent this in the future.”

As the theme song played, Indigo Zap played around with the remote and paused the tape, “This isn’t gonna be the full one hour special with all of that boring filler, this one has the taped interviews from us,  our friends and teachers about what happened regarding the prom and what followed afterwards.”

“Well less talking and more playing, I wanna see how this goes,” Lemon Zest said excitedly.

Indigo unpaused the video for the interviews.

“So Flash Sentry, what was it like taking Twilight to the prom?”

Onscreen, Flash Sentry has a bandage over his head from the bucket wound and a black eye.

“Well, I had originally planned to go to the prom with my former girlfriend, Sunset Shimmer but after I saw the video she suggested I take Twilight instead of her.”

“Did you have a nice time with her?”

“Of course we did.” Flash Sentry replied, “We danced together, we kissed, and we won prom king and queen. Everything was perfect until the prank.”

“Do you remember what happened after you were knocked out?”

“I only remember getting hit in the head and I had blacked out. Then I woke up in the hospital and when more and more students from both schools started showing up, one of my friends came to me and explained everything. I had no idea what Twilight had been going through and now I feel like I should have done more to help her. Now I’m glad she’s okay.”

In the living room, Sunny Flare asked, “Hey Twilight, how did things go with Flash after he returned to school? And are your other dates traumatized as well?”

“When I first saw Flash when he came back, he asked me if I was okay and we talked about the date for a few minutes. But the most important thing is that he’s alive and well.”

“Scott missed a week of school because he was afraid of dying. He’s currently in therapy but he managed to forgive Twilight for the attack.” Rarity added.

“As for Cheese,” Pinkie Pie said, “He told me it was the most fun he’s had in years. We had a good laugh about it and then he asked me to be his girlfriend. I said yes!” 

“That’s so romantic!” Sour Sweet gushed, “Now shut your trap, the Shadowbolts and I are being interviewed.”

“You girls were the some of the first at your school to stop bullying Twilight. Correct?”

Sunny Flare was the first of them to talk, “Yes we were. After realizing our mistakes, we began to reach out to her more. We would invite her to sit with us at lunch and hang out together after school.”

“I remember one memory where we hung out at my house to calculus homework.” Sugarcoat said, “Since it was Twilight’s first time doing homework in a group, she was a bit nervous, but it all managed to work out.”

Browser asked, "What's your opinion on bullying in school? Do you think it should be stopped?" 

"Anyone who bullies should be ashamed of what they're doing." Lemon Zest answered, "Everyone at CPA were huge dicks to bully Sci Twi but now they're slowly starting to learn their lessons. I just hope that all bullies out there realize that their bullying ways have consequences. They have to learn to stop bullying somehow."

"Thanks, we will now continue the discussion with the CHS students who first opened their arms to Twilight."

The Humane 5 (minus Sunset and Sci-Twi) were sitting in the room where the Shadowbolts once were.

"Have you girls ever had any encounters with Twilight before the prom?”

“As a matter of fact,” Applejack said, “Our Wondercolt statue has this strange portal to another dimension and a few days before our annual fall formal, this girl came through the portal and said she was Twilight Sparkle.”

“Wait so, there’s two of them?”

“Not exactly,” Fluttershy added, “The Twilight we met was a princess in the other dimension. She had come over because our other friend Sunset Shimmer has stolen her crown so she teamed up with us to help her win fall formal princess.”

“Then after Sunset threw a hissy fit and turned into a scary demon lady,” Pinkie Pie continued.

At the house, Pinkie told a blushing Sunset, “No offense.”

“Twilight helped us defeat and reform her using the magic of friendship.”

“That’s a great story. Now can we still talk about how you helped her at the prom?”

“Well, we were planning the event when we received a video notification about human Twilight being in an embarrassing video.” Rarity said, “We decided to help her out by having our friend Flash Sentry take Zher to the prom mixer. I even made the prettiest dress for her.”

“How did you bring her back down to earth after the disaster?”

“Sunset Shimmer turned into a angelic demon and there was a ton of fighting until Sunset convinced her that anger is not the answer and well- here we are.” Rainbow Dash concluded.

“Well it seems like you girls are very good examples of friendship. I’m proud of you for being there for Twilight.”

“Thank you,” Applejack replied, “Our missions at CHS and for the Shadowbolt 5 at Crystal Prep are for us to work to prevent bullying and make sure no one is alone.”

The girls clapped at the TV speech. 

After a couple more interviews from students and faculty members of both schools, Coco and Trixie were up next sharing an interview.

"Now girls, I know this is hard," the reporter said, "But can I get a couple of words on what happened with Rough Rider?"

Trixie gulped, "Well, nobody asked me to prom at CHS, so I made the stupid decision of finding a date on this online dating website called www.findmytruelove.com. Rough Rider was also on the website and he wanted to meet me in person to take me to prom and I said yes. Well, after I was banned, I was so upset I planned revenge on Twilight and teamed up with him. Along the way, he tried to make advances to me but I ignored them because I was so focused on getting revenge. After the prank occurred, he forced himself on me. Luckily, the girls came to me and helped me put him to justice."

"How did his trial go?"

"The trial was difficult," Coco said, "but everyone managed to put aside their fears and spoke out about their experiences with Rough Rider. He now has a 30 year prison sentence and is a registered sex offender."

"I'm probably going to need a while to recover from what happened that night." Trixie said, "But I know that with Coco's help and with the support of Sunset Shimmer and her friends, I know I can move forward and become a better person."

In the living room, Sci Twi said, "I'm really proud of Trixie for putting her fears aside to speak out about her problems."

"I totally agree," Rainbow Dash replied, "Now that really makes her great and powerful."

Everyone else slightly giggled.  

On the documentary, Sunset Shimmer and Sci Twi were the last of the night to be interviewed. 

"Good evening ladies, two have already done your community service, right?" asked Browser.

After the Shattered Crystal Prom, Sci Twi and Sunset Shimmer voluntarily went to the police station and confessed to what they did. Officer Silverstar listened to them and agreed that they should be punished for it.

"Since you two had a rough night, you're not gonna be arrested. But you will have to do community service to pay your debt to society." said Officer Silverstar.

"Okay officer, we won't let you down."

Sci Twi said, "We did every minute of it. It was disgusting but it was worth it."

"I want to ask a few questions about some of the events that led up to that night? Do you feel comfortable talking about it?"

"Yes." Sci Twi began speaking, "I've always been the type of girl that focuses on her studies. I didn't have many friends up until near the prom because everyone at Crystal Prep had always bullied me for being an intellectual and other stupid rumors. There were times where I developed suicidal thoughts but I had a support system in my family that helped me stay grounded."

"When did you first discover your telekinesis?"

"When I was being filmed in that 'Clumsy Locker Girl' video, the gym teacher and Dean Cadence decided I should go home for the day. I was so upset I ended up breaking a light in the gym. I didn't think anything about until I noticed a telescope in my bedroom was levitating on its own. I worked to control it but when the prom prank happened, all hell broke loose and you pretty much know what happened."

"Sunset, a reporter had mentioned something about a double demon fight in the local park. Can you give us better detail on how it all came together?"

"I'm sure some of my friends told you this, but my school has this Wondercolt statue that doubles as a portal to another dimension. Every now and then we get these spurges of magic. Last fall, a princess from another dimension saved me from a dark path at the fall formal. And a few weeks later we had a Battle of the Bands started by three siren girls who used magic in the forms of these ruby amulets to give them angelic singing voices. It's a pretty long and complicated story."

"Interesting."

"As for the prom, I managed to grab Twilight's amulet and when I saw my friends pulling other students to safely during the disaster, I let their powers go into the amulet to make the magic of friendship. Then I followed Midnight Sparkle to where she was and, after a bit of convincing, I managed to bring her back down to earth."

Twilight smiled, "Now that I'm at CHS, people have been treating me so much better and I have a lot of new friends. But every now and then, I still have nightmares about the events of the Shattered Crystal Prom but I am slowly starting to heal from it."

The reporter continued, "Well now that you mentioned it, we just wanted to let you to know that the local boys & girls club did a fundraiser so you two will not have to pay for the damages caused at the Shattered Crystal Prom."

Both of them smiled at each other.

"Any last words before we end?" the cameraman asked.

Sci Twi spoke directly to the camera,

"I will speak for both me and Sunset Shimmer. Thank you all so much for your help, When this whole thing first began, I had no interest in making friends and only wanted to get through life without being picked on. But now that I met all of you, I know that friendship is the greatest thing I'll ever know and I have all of you to thank for it."

Everyone began cheering as the credits rolled.

In a post-credits scene (courtesy of Lightning), Shining Armor congratulated his little sister, 

"I'm so proud of you Twily."

Cadence said, "You did amazing Twilight. We love you."

Sci Twi smiled as the scene changed to the company logos and Sour Sweet turned off the TV.

Sunset Shimmer held up her soda can, “I want to propose a toast. To Twilight for bringing us all together and teaching us to stay strong during hard times!”

“To Twilight!” Everyone cheered as they clinked their cans together.

Sci Twi began to smile from ear to ear as she went about the night with her new friends, know knowing that everything in her life was going to be just fine.


The End