The rangers and elements had arrived at Canterlot Castle for Twilight’s coronation when they saw the two royal sisters. “Celestia! Luna!” Steel cried out. “We’re here!”
The two regal princesses were startled by this. “Oh, Rangers!” Celestia asked. “What are you doing here?”
“We are trying to entertain them, but we’re not sure if we can keep them waiting for long!” Luna said with worry,
“You don’t have to!” Steel said, showing Twilight to them. “She’s here! It’s time for take 2 of Twilight’s coronation!”
“We gotta put her coronation gown on first!” Rarity suggested.
“Not to worry.” Ben said as he and Betty came with a black ball.
“We have a clothing capsule for that.” Betty said as she threw it at Twilight. When it hit her, the gown materialized on her and she was already wearing it. Everyone was astonished.
“Oh, hey. It actually...worked.” Zoey said, giving the two a glare.
“Nevertheless, you look perfect, Twilight!” Steel said.
“Are you ready?” Devon asked her, walking up.
“You know what? I am!” She said with confidence as she was ready for this one moment.
“Great!” Devon said as he went to greet the audience who was watching. “Princess Twilight is here!” He announced as the audience cheered in excitement. He turned back to the two sisters. “Go on, you two.” He told them.
“We will.” Celestia said as she and her sister went to greet the audience while the rangers and ponies minus Twilight went to go sit in the audience. “Citizens of Equestria and beyond!” The sun princess announced, which made everyone cheer louder. “My sister and I have ruled this land for quite some time, but even we know that change eventually comes to us all. And though we know it can be unsettling, it's as natural as the rising and setting of the sun and the moon. Both of which my sister and I feel confident leaving in the hooves of the pony who will come after us. And so without further ado, I give you the new ruler of Equestria - Princess Twilight Sparkle!“
The crowd cheered in excitement as Twilight came to greet the audience and smiled at her two predecessors. She accidentally tripped, which made Celestia and the crowd gasped, but not her friends because they knew even then, some people make mistakes.
She got up and the two sisters took off their crowns and fused them to form Twilight’s new crown, to make her the new ruler of Equestria! The crown was placed on her head, and just then, Twilight started to move funny as the birds and swans came looking for the special snacks Fluttershy gave to them.
The others were a little confused as they saw what was going on. “Uh, are you sure that is supposed to happen?” Nate asked confused, pointing to the strange, yet funny calamity that Twilight was going through.
“Oh, dear. I know these aren't the snacks I promised, but it's all I could find.” Fluttershy said a little worried the others looked at her and then to Twilight as they saw swans honking.
Nearby on a hill, Spitfire and the other wonderbolts were waiting for Rainbow to start their special flight pattern, but she didn’t come. “Well, Dash or no Dash, Twilight's about to get that crown.” Spitfire said to her teammates. “Wonderbolts, roll out!”
They all flew off as Dash arrived. “No! Wait!” she said in shock. At that moment, fireworks went off, and Twilight was mysteriously lifted off the ground by the birds up in the air which really shocked her. So far, this was going to be a disaster!
“Guys! Look!” Devon said as they all saw the state that Twilight was in. Everyone was shocked.
“It’s Twilight.” Applejack realized. “She's in trouble.”
“Oh no!” Steel said when he saw Twilight hanging from a thread by the swans in the air! “She’s gonna fall!”
“Somebody save her!” Zoey said in shock. Twilight was about to fall and her coronation would turn out to be a messy mess!
Just then, Steel thought of an idea! “I got an idea!” He said. “Ravi! Lift me up on my feet!”
Ravi did so, and Steel jumped up from his hands like Michael Jordan would have done. “Gotcha!” He said as he caught Twilight just in time! He then did a parkour jump and thrust high in the air and reached into Twilight’s gown and found a silk spider! So, that’s what has been making her move like crazy! “Get outta there, you little bug brain!” He said as he pulled it out of the gown and threw it to the ground.
They then landed safely on the balcony where the two regal sisters were and Steel announced to the crowd. “Behold! Your new princess!” The crowd all went up into an uproar of excitement of how Steel’s rescue went and thought it was part of the performance.
Twilight turned to Steel and smiled. “My hero.” She said to him.
“Awww, thanks, Twilight.” Steel said as he “blushed”.
“Close enough.” Luna said as she and her sister smiled and the crowd cheered for Twilight’s coronation going from a disaster to a success! Even her friends all cheered in excitement as well. Twilight smiled knowing that Steel rescued her and saved her from a moment that would be totally laughable!
This coronation had turned perfect!
Later on, the Rangers, Ben, Betty, the rest of the elements, Spike and Cozy Glow were sitting at a table waiting for their friends to return.
“Well, at least the coronation is over.” Pinkie said.
“Yeah!” Ravi said as well. “And it was phenomenal!”
“And the way, Steel rescued her? That was amazing!” Nate said in excitement.
“Do you think Steel’s secretly a superhero?” Betty joked.
“Ssssshhhh.” Rainbow said. “Here they come.” They turned and saw a very tired and happy Twilight, wearing her coronation gown with her mane all frizzled and messy, along with Steel, Nate’s beast bot brother. Twilight gave a massive sigh of relief as she walked up to the table. She put her face down onto the table, tired from the day’s antics and happy that the coronation went off without a hitch, thanks to Steel’s rescue.
Pinkie was the first to laugh, fitting for the element she once represented. Ben and Betty joined in. Soon, the entire table was giggling away at just how terrible and yet spectacular the coronation went. It may have been a utter mess, but with Steel and Ravi’s help, the coronation didn’t go so bad after all.
Steel didn’t laugh as he didn’t get what the joke was. “What?” He asked them. “What’s so funny?”
“That was something!” the newly-crowned Princess Twilight exclaimed as she wiped the tears from her eyes.
“It was more than something!” Steel said to her. “It was phenomenal!”
“I was just about to say the same thing,” Starlight Glimmer said as she came to Twilight. onto the scene, barely concealing a gift. “I know maybe it wasn't the coronation you planned, but it's good to see all of you laughing.”
Spike kicked up some dust on the floor as he walked up to her. “We wanted to give this to you before you left Ponyville, but things got a little hectic.” He said, holding out the present.
“Since you're moving away, we thought if you missed any of us or Ponyville, this might help.” Starlight said.
Twilight leapt up off her seat and magically unwrapped the gift. It was a book! A book with moving pictures, capturing the memories that the six had shared. Twilight couldn’t help but feel her eyes water, caught in remembrance. There were memories of her past moments she had with her friends and some of the memories were of her friends and the Power Rangers battling together. The last one was the recent battle they had, ending Evox’s legion of Doom and saving the world, Equestria and the Morph-X from being corrupted. “Awwwww…” She said sweetly.
“It's a book of memories.” Pinkie started.
“And we all chipped in some.” Applejack continued.
“No matter how much things change, you'll always have this to look back on.” Fluttershy finished.
“We knew how much you like books, so we agreed to make an album out of those moments.” Zoey said in agreement.
“And just like any book, it’s something that will be with you forever.” Devon said coming to look at the memory book.
“Remember this one?” Steel said, pointing to the scene where Tommy and Ivan came to save them from the legion of Doom. “That’s one of my favourites!”
“This is a better present than I could ever hope for.” Twilight had tears of joy welling up in her eyes as she smiled. “I love it.” She said closed the book, “Thank you so much. But I don't want to only look back. Obviously, the coronation wasn't perfect, but that doesn't matter. It's our relationships that really count, and we have to maintain them.”
“But now that we'll be living in different places, I'm not exactly sure how.” Rarity’s voice drooped towards the end of her sentence, feeling a bit sad.
“Knowing, Twilight...” Steel said confidently. “I bet she has a plan to figure that out!”
“You bet I do, Steel!” Twilight said, with the same happy tears in her eyes. “I suggest we meet once a moon.”
Everyone gasped in shock. “Once a year?” Steel asked.
“In fact, my first royal decree as ruler of Equestria is to establish Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Spike, Starlight Glimmer, Cozy Glow, Ben and Betty Burke and the Power Rangers as the first ever Council of Friendship!” Twilight proclaimed happily as she cried tears of joy.
Everyone gasped in excitement as Twilight was forming a Council of Friendship and all her friends would be part of it. “A council?” Steel asked. “Are you sure about this, Twilight?”
“Of course I’m sure, Steel!” Twilight happily told her. “It’s our friendships that last and I want use to rule together, knowing that we’ll get through this...no matter what happens, we got this...together!”
“Well, I think that’s a good first decree.” Nate said to her.
“And what a wonderful decree it is!” Former Princesses Celestia said as she and Luna entered.
Steel walked up to them while slow clapping. “So, you’re finally the former rulers of Equestria?” He asked them.
“Yes, we are. We always knew that whatever adversity you faced, you and your friends would find your way through it together.” Luna said, with a tear in her eye.
“We know Equestria is in the perfect hooves with you and your friends looking out for it.” Celestia smiled at her pupil’s progress. “And while we'll always be here if you need us, it's time for us to be on our way.”
“You're leaving?” Twilight asked, concerned. She didn’t realise that the princesses would be leaving so soon.
“So, where are you going now?” Steel asked.
“We hope you'll come and visit us in Silver Shoals,” Luna reassured.
This threw Steel in for a loop as he was just trying to process what she said. “Wait, what?” He asked bluntly.
“Did you not understand what I said?” Luna asked quizzically.
“Are you saying that after you retire, you’re both planning of spending the rest of your lives in a retirement home?!” Steel asked in shock. “You’re not even that old!”
Nate walked up to him. “I was going to say that was rude.” He turned to his “brother”. “But, he’s right! That doesn’t sound like much for your future.”
“It may not be much...” Celestia said to them. “It may be what we need to relax after our era has ended. “But now it's time for you to rule on your own. You're all more than capable.”
The tears returned to Twilight’s eyes, raising her hoof to her chest and accepting her position as ruler of Equestria. “Thank you.” She said. “For everything.” Twilight leapt at Celestia and the two embraced in a big hug, everypony else quickly joining in and becoming part of Celestia’s great wingspan. Laughter filled the courtyard as a new era was heralded in.
“Speaking of which, Ben, Betty and I are gonna work on a few things in the lab.” Nate said, “But, you’re welcome to come visit Grid Battleforce anytime, Twilight.”
“We got some new inventions to show you, when you come visit!” Betty told her,
“Yeah!” Ben said. “It’ll be fantastic!”
“I’m gonna continue some ranger training and be with my dad.” Devon said. “He’s trying to get all the Morph-X towers ready and with Evox gone, there’s time to make all the energy safe.
“My mom and I are heading to our grandparents for Christmas.” Zoey told them.
“And, I have big plans at home with my Mom.” Ravi said. “But, I guarantee we will come visit!”
“That’s a promise.” Devon said smiling.
“I’ll help my brother in the lab with all his inventions, but I’ll definitely still come visit you!” Steel said excitedly.
“We’ll be at Grid Battleforce whenever you come visit or when you need us.” Nate said to them. “For now, we gotta go! It’s almost Christmas.”
Everyone was surprised at what that means now! “Wait! What day is it?” She asked in shock. “Oh, no! Hearthswarming Eve is just around the corner! And I still haven’t decided any presents for my friends!”
“Don’t worry, Twilight.” Zoey said. “You’ll still figure out what to get your friends.”
“In the meantime, we gotta go spend the holidays with ours.” Nate said as he readied up the portal guns and opens portal leading back to Earth. “You’re always welcome to come visit!”
“Wait, how did you build those, Nate?” Cozy asked in surprise.
“Ben, Betty and I built them.” Nate said to the filly. “It’s a much easier way to travel between homes.”
“Well, golly. If you really mean it.” Cozy said assured that everything would be okay.
“We do. Now, we gotta go for the holidays.” Nate said as he, Zoey, Ravi, Ben, and Betty went through the portals. “Are you coming too?”
“No, Steel and I are going to take the long way back to the portal.” Devon told him while Steel nodded in agreement.
“Ok.” Nate said. “We’ll meet you there!” He left through the portal as they closed.
“Bye!” Twilight said.
“We won’t forget you!” Starlight said as well.
“Bye!” Pinkie said as she got out a megaphone. “DON’T FORGET TO WRITE!” She asked in a normal voice. “Do you think they heard me?”
“We’ll go.” Devon said. “But, we’ll always stop by and visit.”
“Goodbye!” Steel said as he and Devon left to take the long way back home to the portal back to Earth.
“Goodbye, Steel!” Rarity called out.
“Go get 'em, big guy!” Rainbow Dash said in agreement.
“We’ll miss you!” Twilight called out.
“You DO realize they’re coming back to visit, right?” Rainbow whispered to her friend.
“Of course.” Twilight said in realization as she blushed.
Later on, Twilight and her friends were all walking out of Canterlot Castle to begin their new roles. “Princess…” Twilight started.
“You can just call me Celestia now, Twilight.” The former sun princess said.
“Okay… Err… Celestia? Can I ask you to do me a favour?” Twilight asked.
“I’m not staying up as a temporary ruler,” Celestia bluntly stated, “and neither is Luna.”
“No, that’s not it,” Twilight looked to her left, seeing her school, “I would just like for you to stay on as headmare of the School for Gifted Unicorns. I might take over Magic School at some point, I just think that this should be more incremental…”
“Ah, that’s why you were surprised at our leaving earlier…” Luna pondered, “I’m guessing you’re going to ask us to stay as vice-headmare?”
Twilight nodded her head. “I’m sure I’ll find my own student someday; I’m just trying to plan out my own path.”
“Actually, I was going to stay on anyway…” Celestia giggled, “I’m far too much of a busybody to fully retire. Teaching at the school has always been a bit of a holiday for me… But…”
“But?” Twilight looked at Celestia with tears in her eyes, “but what?”
“But, it’s the holidays Twilight,” Luna said with a chuckle. “Class broke up last week. We’re not back for a few months.”
“Ah…” Twilight blushed, “I guess not working at the School of Friendship anymore has made me forget term times…”
“Also, don’t forget that the governments of Equestria don’t reconvene for a couple of weeks anyway. This is quite the downtime.” Celestia advised her.
“Oh, right, Anyway, can you help me move everything? I’d be a lot happier if you guys helped me figure out what staff will need to move with me to Ponyville…” Twilight asked the sisters.
“Actually, I’ve got an appointment at the post office…” Luna said.
“And I’m sure Discord’s already booby-trapped my room at Silver Shoals,” Celestia huffed, "I'd better go warn the other ponies there before things get out of control."
"I understand..." Twilight sighed, "I guess I can do it myself."
“How about we be your entourage for the time being?” Applejack piped up, “Ain’t nopony better.”
“I’m sure I can find the finest dressmakers in Equestria willing to move to Ponyville to serve the princess…” Rarity agreed.
“I’ll get your royal guard,” Dash continued, “do you have any preferences on reformed villains? I think Tempest Shadow might do a good job…”
“I’ll make all the welcome cakes for everypony!” Pinkie piped up, “oh and, talk to the chefs in Canterlot about everything.”
“And I’ll…” Fluttershy started, “I’ll just…”
“We’ll take care of the rest,” Starlight said in agreement. “I’ll take care of the school occasionally, and Spike and Cozy and help you get acquainted to your new role and help me in the headmare’s office. How does that sound?”
Twilight wiped away yet another tear from her eyes, her wing now being more salt than feather. “Thanks girls, I don’t know what I’d do without you.” She said as they all, including Cozy and Spike all took the train back to Ponyville.
Meanwhile, as Devon and Steel were walking back to the portal to Grid Battleforce, Steel got a weird feeling that even thought their enemy had been defeated, he felt that all bad things were not over yet. “I just had a bad thought, Devon!” Steel said to his friend. “What if Evox isn’t really gone?”
“And, I had a bad thought too, Steel!” Devon said in agreement. “What if you’re right?” They arrived back at the portal to return to their world. “Somehow, I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Evox.”
As the two rangers were heading back to their world, deep in the sewers underground in Equestria, a red and silver robot was recovering and plotting something diabolical. “Great!” The robot said. “Just great! First, I lose my Cyber Dimension...then I survive and head to this base only to find out its abandoned.”
The robot had an investor cap and looked like a chef who invented Gigadrones and Robotrons the robot stepped out of the shadows. It was Scrozzle! And he had survived the wreckage of his own world and has since escaped to Equestria to get revenge on those that destroyed his habitats.
He was furious that he had lost the recent battle with the heroes who despised him and wanted to get back at them for ruining his plans! He shook his hand furiously. “Someone will pay for this humiliation!” He vowed in anger. “And, that someone is the POWER RANGERS!”