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// Diary Entry #7 
// Story: Cozy Glow’s Diary Entries of Love 
// by HAKDurbin 
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Dear Diary, 

Equestria and Button are within my grasp! 

That high and mighty buffoon, Grogar, is not so scary anymore now that I have the means to get rid of him. A few weeks ago, he sent me, Tirek, and Chrysalis to get his all-powerful Bewitching Bell, and through teamwork, we successfully found it. But instead of bringing it back to him, we hid it and claimed that we were unable to retrieve it. The fool bought our little fib, and last night, we found a book in the restricted section in the Canterlot library that tells us how to activate it and take away his magic.

It's all too perfect. The almighty Grogar will fall with his own Bewitching Bell, and then I absorb all of the magic in it and dispose of Tirek and Chrysalis. The best part is the three of us agreed to try to destroy each other after we deal with Grogar, so if I obliterate them before they get a chance to do it to me, well, it's fair game. 

I can see it all now. I appear in Canterlot with remains of my enemies and an elaborate story of how I changed my ways and bravely stopped them from taking over Equestria. The princesses might not believe me, but hey, that's why it's a good thing I will absorb Chrysalis' magic, including the ability to brainwash creatures before I get rid of her. After that, there will be a parade in my honor before going back to Ponyville, where Button will have heard the news and will be waiting for me. 

Of course, I'll need to get rid of Twilight Sparkle and her friends, but I'll have to wait a few years for that. If they suddenly disappear not too long after I come back, ponies will get suspicious. But that's okay, because my Button will be there with me, and we will have many friends to secure my reign. In a few more years, we will get married, and he will conquer in my name as my husband and the leader of my forces. Mrs. Cozy Mash: Eternal Empress of Friendship. I feel goosebumps all over my body just thinking of that name.

I worry about how Button is doing, though. I'm scared to think of how he's been struggling to live without me. I wish I could turn back time and fix things so that the Tree of Harmony didn't stop me, and I'm there for everything that Button has been up to. Is he still playing that arcade game thinking about when we destroyed the mothership? Have the villagers destroyed the evil sorcerer under his command? Has he and his minions become so powerful that they have vanquished that horrible minotaur as quickly as a cockatrice turning its victims into stone? If the answer is yes to any of those questions, then I hate the Tree of Harmony even more, and I'm glad that Sombra got rid of it. Any pony or other creature who was also responsible for my imprisonment will receive a hundred - no, a thousand times the misery Button and I are going through right now. 

But what if his sweet, little heart has been corrupted by the mean things ponies have said about me? Sweetie Belle might be driving him away from his violent interests into more cheerful things. She could have driven him away from video games altogether and be making him go to school. Golly, she could have confessed her love to him, and he would suddenly be into her just because she's so cheerful and pretty. 

I have to stop her somehow. I have to confess my feelings as soon as possible. I can't do it in person yet, but maybe I can send him a letter. I could say that I'm being held up in Grogar's Lair against my will, and I want to make up for my mistakes. From there, I will tell him how much he means to me and how I think about him every day. I'll sneak out again at night just to put the letter on his front porch. It's not the same as telling it in person, but the important thing is he knows and that he will be rooting for me while I save Equestria. I'm going to do it. As soon as I am done with this entry, I'm going to write a love letter to my Button, and he will be mine forever.

More than likely, I won't need you again after this happens because I will have my stallion to keep me company, but I want to thank you for being exactly what I've needed all this time, Diary. These entries were the perfect first step in me becoming the Empress of Friendship and Love that I was always meant to be.


Farewell,

Cozy Glow