//------------------------------// // 12. Harmony returns // Story: My Little Pony the Movie 2: Secret of the Magic Pearl // by Italibaso //------------------------------// Thirty minutes earlier The two mighty alicorns were locked in battle, using the full extent of their abilities against each other. Their fight took them all across Equestria and beyond. Daybreaker's many fire blasts caused destruction everywhere she went. Luna had to use every ounce of her magic to stop Daybreaker's fire from destroying places in Equestria any further. Their battle eventually took them back to the desert again. ''Impressive, sister! I didn't expect you to last this long!'' Daybreaker shouted to Luna in a mocking tone, ''But now let's see if you can try and stop THIS!!'' Daybreaker used her magic to unleash giant parts from the sun. They turned into big balls of fire that swooped down past the clouds and headed straight towards Luna. She tried to outfly the balls of fire, but they kept following her everywhere she went. Luna stopped in mid-air and quickly encased herself inside a orb that looked like it was made from the night sky. The balls of fire crashed into her with full force, slowly pushing the orb back from the pressure. Even with the protection from the orb, Luna could still feel the heat from the fire. She eventually felt sweat drops rolling down her face. Luna knew for sure that Daybreaker's attack would soon penetrate through the orb. She had no other choice, but it was life or death in that moment. Luna decided to give in and began to transform. Within a matter of seconds, she was no longer herself. Nightmare Moon was back once again. Nightmare Moon's orb was finally strong enough to withstand Daybreaker's attack. She pushed it back with a dark night beam from her horn as the orb around her disappeared. Daybreaker looked suprised as soon as she saw Nightmare Moon's beam pushing back her fire attack. The fire alicorn quickly flew out of the way as Nightmare Moon's magic and the fire disappeared into the desert. Nightmare moon unleashed an evil laugh, one that she had only let out many years ago, ''Ooohh, you really turned up the heat with that one, sister!'' She said out loud. The princess of the night struck back with another magic blast that looked like the night sky. Daybreaker quickly fired a big blast of fire back at her sister. Their two attacks collided with each other and caused a magical explosion between both of the alicorns. ''Ah, so you've finally decided to show me your true power,'' Daybreaker commented, ''I like it!'' Daybreaker created a giant orb of fire above her horn. The fire orb became twice as big as herself before it detached into five blasts of fire that surrounded Nightmare Moon from all sides. The black armored alicorn summoned five portals around her as soon as Daybreaker's fire blasts headed her way. The fire blasts went right through the portals, which disappeared into thin air immediately after. ''Is that the best you can do, sister?!'' Nightmare Moon said, talking back in a mocking tone. ''Oh, I am just getting started!'' Daybreaker retaliated before she decided to attack Nightmare Moon with more fire blasts. Nightmare Moon dodged the rest of Daybreakers's attacks as they both flew further into the desert without them realizing it. The dark blue alicorn's eyes darted down when she noticed something that shocked her to the core. Down at the desert there was what looked like another pony firing purple magic. Nightmare Moon let out a small gasp as soon as she could make out who that pony was. ''Twilight.'' Nightmare Moon said to herself as her evil eyes turned back to normal for a moment. Twilight was there, alive and well, attacking her own friends with her magic for some reason. They all looked exhausted, barely able to move another muscle. Daybreaker took notice of her sister slowing down in mid-air as she was still getting distracted by what she saw below her. ''Now I got you.'' Daybreaker said to herself with an evil smile. The firey maned alicorn used the opportunity to attack her sister with another one of her fire blasts. It resulted in a direct hit in the back that caused Nightmare Moon to shriek in pain. The fire of Daybreaker's attack completely destroyed Nightmare Moon's armor, reducing it to ash and causing Luna to turn back to her normal self. She then fell down to the part of the desert where Twilight was still fighting her friends. Her body hit the sand hard as the remaining ash from her armor fell next to her. Daybreaker didn't waste another moment and went down after her sister to finish the job. ''Princess Luna!'' Spike uttered when he saw the dark blue alicorn's unconcious body a few meters further away. The rest of Twilight's friends also took notice and gasped at the sight. Twilight stopped in the middle of her attack and looked behind her at Luna's body with her glowing eyes. She then looked up as soon as the corner of her eye saw a tall pony with a mane made of fire heading her way. Daybreaker looked shocked the moment Twilight's eyes and hers met. The overwhelming flow of emotions of the situation caused the fire alicorn to stop in mid-air. ''Twilight? You're.....alive?'' Daybreaker said to herself. The tone in her face had completely changed. The evil glow in her yellow pupils was gone for a moment. Twilight Sparkle's yellow glowing eyes widened at the sight of the fire alicorn, who was still looking at her in surprise. ''You again?!'' Twilight shouted with a furious look on her face. The evil glare stayed on Twilight's face for a moment, but soon got replaced with a sinister smile as the purple alicorn got an idea. After letting out an evil chuckle, the dark aura went out of Twilight's body and headed into the sky, causing her eyes to return back to normal. The purple alicorn quickly shook her head and looked at her surroundings. The first thing that caught her attention was seeing her own friends laying on the ground, looking wounded and exhausted. ''W-What happened?'' Twilight asked herself in a panicky manner. The dark aura formed into the shape of a menacing smiling skull that immediately headed towards Daybreaker. The fire alicorn tried to eliminate it with another fire blast from her mouth, but the evil aura simply opened its mouth and swallowed the fire like it was nothing. For the first time a look of fear appeared in Daybreaker's eyes as she was faced against something she couldn't harm. Before she could get away, the dark aura shrank down into a black line and went inside Daybreaker's body straight through the chest. Twilight eventually looked up behind her and saw the alicorn with a big mane of fire in the sky. It didn't take long for her to realize who it was. She widened her eyes in shock and slowly stepped back. ''Princess Celestia?!'' Twilight said out loud. But there was something else about her that took her by surprise. The same dark aura that Twilight remembered seeing around Callidus was flowing around Daybreaker's body. The fire alicorn was visibly struggling against Cladis's control, but it only took less than a minute before the spirit of destruction managed to take control of her. A dark red glow appeared in Daybreaker's eyes. The fire of her mane grew bigger, the heat around it becoming as hot as lava. The color had changed from bright orange to dark grey along with her armor. ''Yes,'' Daybreaker said to herself, having a slight distortion in her voice, ''With your power at my command, there'll no one creature left to stop me!'' The sound of Daybreaker's loud evil laugh started booming across the desert. Luna regained her conciousness and looked up where Daybreaker was. ''And now, I will erase this entire world out of its pathetic existance!'' Daybreaker announced. A small orb made of black fire started forming high above her horn, growing larger with each passing second. Luna gasped in shock and immediately flew over next to Twilight. ''With me, Twilight!'' Luna said urgently. The dark blue alicorn shot a magic beam from her horn towards Daybreaker. Just as the beam was about to hit her however, the dark aura around Daybreaker's body seemed to block the magic beam, preventing it from reaching her. Twilight quickly shot her own magic beam at Daybreaker as well. But even their magic combined wasn't enough to break through. They tried powering up their magic as much as they could, but it only managed to push the dark aura back a few inches. Eventually Twilight and Luna were forced to stop shooting their magic to prevent themselves from using up all their energy. The black fire orb continued to grow larger and larger. Its size became almost as great as half of Equestria. Twilight's friends eventually joined in and tried to do whatever they could to stop Daybreaker's attack. Applejack and Rarity threw rocks that layed about in the desert. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash tried to fly closer, but the pressure coming from Daybreaker's power alone was preventing them from even getting within a few meters of reach. Neither of them gave up, but eventually the dark aura from Daybreaker pushed them back down towards the desert. Their bodies crashed into the sand. Luna, Twilight and her friends were forced to watch helplessly as the possessed Daybreaker let out another evil laugh. None of them had ever seen such terrifying power before. ''It's no use!'' Twilight said to Luna, ''Nothing's working! What are we gonna do?!'' ''I...don't know....'' Luna answered to Twilight with a look of despair. ''So that's it then? We're doomed?'' Applejack said to herself. The increasingly large orb above Daybreaker's head was reflecting inside her eyes. ''SAY GOODBYE!!'' Daybreaker shouted. She looked like she was finally ready to descend the orb down at Twilight and the others. Suddenly a bright light appeared in the clouds floating right above Daybreaker's black orb. The possessed fire alicorn was still too caught up in readying her attack to notice it. Just as Daybreaker was about to launch the black orb down at Twilight and friends, a white beam emerged from the bright spot in the clouds and struck down. The beam went right through the black orb until it hit Daybreaker with full force. Spike, Luna and the other ponies all saw how the giant light beam had struck Daybreaker. The black orb vanished slowly thanks to the bright light that had spread through it. Daybreaker let out a loud shriek as the bright light consumed her inside a white sphere, sounding like that from a suffering monster. Cladis got forced out of the fire alicorn's body and destroyed Daybreaker's dark armor in the process. The evil spirit's shriek still continued as his form became that of a big black skull. A white beam escaped from the sphere that Daybreaker was still in. It started circling around and completely consumed Cladis into an orb, silencing his shriek and shrinking him down before dissolving into nothingness. Cladis was no more. A few seconds later, The white sphere shrunk into itself before exploding. Its bright light spread all over the desert, forcing Twilight and the others to shield their eyes as the light when right through them. Everyone seemed to be reaching their limit, just barely able to fend off any creature standing in their way. Capper, using one of the spears dropped by one of the storm guards, could barely fight back and was eventually forced to dodge any incoming attacks. Captain Celaeno and her pirate friends wanted nothing more than just lay down and rest, but the mind controled creatures of Klugetown didn't give them any chance. Most of the storm guards had already been knocked unconcious, with only a few of them still having the energy left to keep on fighting. Tempest was the only one who was still able to keep going. Grubber on the other hand, was all out of energy, laying on the ground and panting steadily with his weapons dropped to his side. Tempest gave it her all to protect the little hedgehog for as long as she could. But even she felt that sooner or later she would be reaching her limit as well. ''Guess I should've......eaten less cake....and more fruits....back at the castle.'' Grubber said while still panting steadily. ''I don't know...how much longer.....I can keep this up....'' Captain Celaeno said, sounding out of breath. The pirate birds still attempted to fight with their weapons against some of the oncoming creatures, despite being almost completely exhausted. They finally couldn't take it anymore and collapsed on the ground together. More creatures began to surround them, all of them with weapons at the ready. The pirate birds crawled away until their backs were against each other. They had nowhere left to go. ''Thanks for everything, y'all....'' Captain Celaeno said to her pirate friends one last time, ''You'll always be the best friends a Captain could ever have....'' Eventually even Capper couldn't fight anymore and collapsed next to the pirate birds. Tempest couldn't feel her hooves anymore, her forehead was sweating and her legs were trembling. The opposing creatures started closing in on her and Grubber. She collapsed next to the little hedgehog once any of her energy left to fight was gone. ''Never thought this is how it would all end....'' Grubber said before closing his eyes while breathing steadily. All Tempest could do was place her own body over Grubber's to protect him. She closed her eyes and clenched onto him, ready to face whatever the creatures were about to do to them. As everyone accepted their fate, something bright and white appeared on the far end of Klugetown. Within a few seconds, a large magic wave spread itself across the town, eventually reaching every single creature possessed by Callidus's spell. It went right through everyone and continued to spread itself further across Equestria. Luna, Twilight and her friends opened their eyes again once the light had finally disappeared. Everyone's eyes turned to the sky with looks of relief. The dark clouds were gone, replaced with a beautiful blue sky and a sun shining bright all over the desert. There was no more sign of Cladis's spirit anywhere. The one thing they did see was a pillar of light far away in the east, the same area where Black Skull Island would most likely be. It was then that they all realized, It was finally over. Queen Novo and Princess Skystar had succeeded. ''They did it, y'all.'' Applejack said to her friends with a relieved smile on her face. ''So that means it's finally over?'' Twilight asked. ''For real this time?'' Pinkie Pie added. ''Eeyup,'' Applejack responded with a little nod, ''Peace and Harmony has returned to the world.'' ''As is meant to be.'' Fluttershy added. They all started laughing together, knowing that Applejack and Fluttershy were copying the words from the book at Capper's house. The six ponies and Spike all embraced each other into another big group hug. Twilight felt a familiar feeling of warmth and comfort, something she remembered feeling the last time they saved Canterlot from the Storm King. Luna watched on with a smile, but widened her eyes when she thought back to her sister. The dark blue alicorn flew up as her eyes searched through the desert. She gasped when she spotted Celestia, back to her normal form again, laying unconcious on the desert while breathing steadily. Luna immediately flew down to her sister. ''Sister?'' Luna said worriedly, placing her hoof on Celestia's shoulder while shaking her gently. Celestia opened her eyes and slowly stood back up on her hooves. ''I'm alright.'' Celestia responded. Luna could see a slightly somber expression appearing on Celestia's face. ''Are you sure?'' Luna asked with a concerned look. ''Luna...I....'' Celestia said, ''I'm so sorry....when I saw what happened to Twilight, I just couldn't control myself....'' ''Don't worry about that, sister.'' Luna said before giving the white alicorn a comforting hug, ''It's over now. Daybreaker is gone. That's what matters.'' ''How do you know for sure?'' Celestia asked. Luna smiled, ''Because I was taught the same thing once by a group of very special ponies.'' She said before glancing back at Twilight and her friends with a little smile. ''Where's Callidus?'' Twilight asked her friends. Luna and Celestia's eyes turned to the big pile of ash that layed about in the desert a few meters away. Twilight saw the pile of ash and slowly began to realize what had happened to Callidus. Twilight looked back at Celestia, ''Did you...'' ''I didn't mean to......'' Celestia said with a guilty look before Twilight could say anything else, ''...I just couldn't control myself....'' ''None of that is your fault, sister,'' Luna reassured her, ''And remember what Twilight told us about him? About everything he did? There was nothing we could do for him.'' ''She's right,'' Twilight added as she walked over to Celestia, ''We've tried to get through to him many times, but he just wouldn't listen to reason.'' Celestia let out a small sigh, ''I suppose that is true.'' Suddenly Rainbow Dash gasped and widened her eyes, ''Klugetown!'' She said out loud. ''You're right, we almost forgot!'' Rarity added. ''Come on, everypony!'' The purple alicorn said before they all headed back to Klugetown in a hurry. Every creature from Klugetown looked around in confusion, seeing the many weapons laying about on the ground as well as all the destroyed houses surrounding them. Their eyes had returned back to normal and the dark aura from Callidus's spell had completely vanished. ''What in the world happened here?'' A shark creature asked. Every creature simply shrugged in response. One of the grey pig creatures spotted a group of familiar enemies standing just a little furhter in the distance. ''Look over there!'' The pig creature said. Every creature's attention turned to Tempest, Grubber and the storm guards. ''They must be the ones behind this!'' The shark creature said. ''Let's get them!'' A rat creature shouted. Everyone grabbed a weapon from the ground and got ready to fight. ''No no no, stop!'' Grubber said urgently as he got in front of Tempest, ''It's wasn't us! Callidus put you all under an evil spell and caused you to act crazy!'' ''.....What?!'' Another creature amongst the crowd exclaimed while raising his eye brow. ''He's telling the truth!'' Capper added, ''You probably don't remember much, but we've witnessed everything! Nothing that happened here was their fault, it was all because of Callidus!'' ''And why should we believe that after everything they've done to us?!'' One of the creatures asked. ''Because we fought along side them,'' Captain Celaeno replied as she and the other pirates stood by the side of Tempest, ''Me and all of my friends would've been goners if it weren't for them!'' Tempest looked on with a little smile on her face. ''Then what about that tattoo on her flank, huh?!'' One of the creatures pointed out, ''Why does she have that?!'' ''That doesn't matter anymore!'' Tempest explained desperately, ''It merely a symbol of who I used to be, but not who I am right now. Please, you have to believe me.'' Before anyone could say anything about the sudden revelation, one of the grey pigs noticed a small group of ponies and a small dragon in the far distance. They seemed to be entering the town in a hurry. The grey pig widened his eyes, ''Hey, Tober!'' He said to another pig while tapping his shoulder, ''Aren't those the ponies who took our airship?!'' Everyone turned there attention to where the grey pigs were looking. That's where they saw Spike, Luna, Celestia, Twilight Sparkle and the rest of her friends getting closer. Tempest, Capper and the pirates looked overjoyed, seeing their friends alive and unharmed. ''You're right, Timbur! That's them!'' Tober responded. The other grey pigs gathered around them. ''Oh, great. Them again.'' Rainbow Dash said to the other ponies when she saw the group of grey pigs. ''You ponies still owe us an airship!'' Timbur exclaimed. ''Don't worry, Rainbow Dash. Leave this to me.'' Fluttershy said to the blue pegasus. Timbur and Tober stepped closer to the ponies with small axes in their hands. ''Long time no see.'' Timbur said with an angry expression. ''We're awfully sorry about your airship. We truly are.'' Fluttershy said to him in a calm and understanding tone. ''You stole it from us!'' Tober retaliated. ''Borrowed, actually.'' Pinkie Pie said. ''Without permission!'' Tober responded. ''We wanted to bring it back to you bu-'' ''But you didn't!'' Timbur said before Twilight could finish her sentence. ''Don't worry, we can give you another one.'' Fluttershy suggested with a friendly smile. ''A better one!'' Pinkie Pie added. ''A better one.'' Fluttershy repeated to Timbur. ''That one!'' Pinkie Pie said. Her mane was pointing to Tempest's airship that was still floating above Klugetown. ''THAT ONE?!'' Grubber said out loud with an angry expression. Timbur and Tober gave Grubber a stern look, causing his angry expression to disappear and make way for a nervous smile. ''Uh I mean, yeah that one. We got plenty of those anyway.'' Grubber explained while rubbing the back of his head. ''But you can only have it on one condition.'' Fluttershy said. ''And what may that be, little pony?'' Timbur asked. Suddenly Fluttershy flew up close to Timbur and Tober. ''Promise me that you'll never EVER abduct any more innocent animals again....or else!'' Fluttershy explained to them with a stern look. Tober and Timbur were about to say something back, that was until the yellow pegasus gave them a very intimidating stare. It caused the two to silence themselves immediately out of fear. ''W-W-We promise. No more imprisoning cute, innocent little baby animals. R-Right Tober?'' Tober eventually responded in a frightened voice. ''Yup.'' Tober replied in a overly squeaky voice. ''Good.'' Fluttershy replied. Her stern face vanished in an instant and got replaced with a gentle smile. ''Kind, understanding and very stern at the same time,'' One of the storm guards said to the other storm guards with a little smile in his eyes, ''Told ya she was the best pony.'' The others storm guards all smiled and nodded in agreement. A shark creature looked up in the sky when he noticed two birds flying in the corner of his eye. One of them seemed bigger than the other. The smaller one was carrying something shiny in her right arm. ''Are those birds?!'' The shark creature said while pointing at the sky. ''Are those planes?!'' A mouse creature asked in curiosity. ''No, those are.....'' Tober said as he slowly started to make out who was coming their way. Every creature in Klugetown looked up and saw Princess Skystar and Queen Novo descending down from the sky. They all made room for them as the two hippogriffs landed on the ground. The first thing that stood out was the bright shining pearl that Skystar was keeping under her right arm. ''The hippogriff queen and her daughter!'' Timbur said, finishing Tober's sentence. ''It really worked, mother!' Skystar said to Queen Novo in an overjoyed tone, ''Everyone here is back to normal again!'' ''What's she talkin' about?'' A shark creature asked. ''Callidus had put you all under an evil magic spell and turned you into his zombie army!'' Pinkie Pie began to explain in her usual quick manner, ''And then there was a big battle in Klugetown, and axes were flying everywhere breaking through windows! And also-'' Pinkie Pie kept rambling on about the events for at least five minutes, all while every creature gave the pink earth pony looks of confusion. Her friends on the other hoof, just playfully rolled their eyes at her, since they all were used to it at this point. Once she was finished talking, there existed a moment of pure silence from everyone of Klugetown. Every creature looked flabbergasted at Pinkie Pie, trying to process everything she just told them. ''Did that all really happen?'' Tober eventually said, finally breaking the silence. ''Well, maybe not the part about evil chimi cherry changas coming to life,'' Pinkie Pie replied while rubbing her chin, ''But the rest is all true.'' A big grin appeared on Pinkie's face as a squeaking noise could be heard. ''So that little hedgehog Grubber really was telling the truth.'' Tober said. ''I literally JUST told them that.'' Capper said himself with an unamused look. ''I guess that would explain all this mess.'' Timbur said while looking at all the destruction around him. ''So Callidus basically turned us into his zombie slaves? A fish creature asked. ''Pretty much.'' Rainbow Dash responded. ''And he even called us all worhtless too,'' Another fish creature replied, ''I still can't believe that.'' ''Why not?'' Spike asked. ''Because Callidus was the one who brought us all together here many years ago,'' Capper began to explain, ''Including me. He told us he wanted to create peace and unity amongst many different creatures. And for a long time, we all believed him. But it's clear now that all he truly cared about was gaining power and respect over us.'' ''Oh....'' Spike replied with a somber look. ''And to think I actually used to look up to that guy.....'' Capper said, which Tempest took notice of. Tempest sighed, ''I know that feeling all too well....'' ''Speaking of Callidus,'' A mouse creature suddenly, ''Where is he now?'' ''...He's gone...'' Celestia answered calmly. ''You mean gone is in....'' The mouse creature said. Celestia nodded. ''There was nothing we could do for him,'' Luna said before any of the creatures could say something about it, ''We all tried to get through to him, one way or another. But he always refused to listen. In the end, he brought it on himself.'' Grubber sighed, ''I guess not everyone always changes for the better, huh?'' Queen Novo and Princess Skystar eventually stepped forward in the center of the square, making it so that everyone in Klugetown could see them. ''Listen, everyone,'' Queen Novo said to the creatures of Klugetown, ''You've all suffered for a long time. And I know I'm partly responsible for that. But I promise you all that's gonna change. We're gonna help you rebuild your town back to it's former glory.'' ''And so will we,'' Tempest added before the storm guards all started nodding in agreement, ''But we can only do that if you give us the chance.'' It took a good minute or two for every creature of Klugetown to think about and discuss what they've been told by Pinkie, Queen Novo and Tempest. As much as they wanted to trust Tempest and the storm guards, the recent events of Callidus's betrayel had still left them a bit doubtful. ''Alright, we'll give you another chance,'' The shark creature answered, ''Don't make us regret this.'' ''She won't,'' Queen Novo said as she glanced over to Tempest with a gentle smile, ''I can tell you that from experience.'' ''But with Callidus gone, who's gonna be our leader now?'' A fish creature asked. Tempest glanced over at Capper for a moment, ''I think I already have an idea.'' ''Me?!'' Grubber said with a hopeful look in his eyes. Tempest rolled her eyes, ''No, not you. And besides, you still gonna have to return all that food you stole from them, right?'' Grubber let out a nervous chuckle while rubbing the back of his head, ''You got me there. But then who did you have in mind?'' Tempest looked over to Capper and walked over to him. She stopped right in front of the tall cat with a confident smile on her face. ''Me?!'' Capper replied in surprise. ''Him?!'' Grubber added. ''HIM?!!'' Every creature of Klugetown said in perfect unison. ''I mean, I'm flattered of course. But still, why me specifically?'' Capper asked. ''You just said yourself that you looked up to Callidus, didn't you?'' Tempest asked. Capper nodded, ''Your point?'' ''Maybe now's the time for you to become the leader of Klugetown that Callidus couldn't be.'' Tempest explained. Every creature of Klugetown, Celestia, Luna, Twilight and the rest of her friends all awaited Capper's answer. ''Well, okay then. I guess I can try,'' Capper eventually answered, ''But I don't know anything about being a leader.'' ''We can help you with that.'' A voice said from behind Capper. Capper turned around saw that the voice belonged to Twilight Sparkle, who was standing between Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. ''Thanks,'' Capper said, still sounding unsure, ''But I still don't know if I....'' ''Come on, what happened to all that charisma of yours?'' Twilight said in a joking manner. ''There's big difference between con-artist charisma and leader charisma, you know.'' Capper said to Twilight. ''I know it's not going to be easy when you first start out,'' Skystar explained to Capper, ''but things will only become much easier the more you try.'' Skystar gave a small wink to Twilight. The purple alicorn responded with a cheerful smile. ''Twilight, me and my sister will give you all the help you need until you are ready.'' Celestia explained to Capper. Capper thought about his decision for a moment. He looked around and saw the looks of everyone's faces, eagerly awaiting in anticipation for his response. ''I vote for him!'' Captain Celeano suddenly shouted. ''Me too!'' Rarity added. ''ME THREE!!'' Pinkie Pie shouted through a megaphone that she had pulled out of her mane. Soon everyone else joined in and started hooraying Capper as loud as they could. The tall cat couldn't believe his eyes, seeing everyone was adoring him. It was a feeling that could not be put into words. Never would he have imagined a day like this ever happening. He showed a little smile on his face while a little tear was hanging under his eyes. ''Hey!'' Everyone looked behind them to see who was talking. Further in the distance they saw Verko, who was all tied up with a rope and hopping towards them. "Forgot about me, didn't ya?!" Verko exclaimed angrily. He kept hopping a bit more until he tripped and fell on the ground. Capper's eyes turned to Captain Celaeno and Spike, who both let out a nervous chuckle. "Sorry, we kinda didn't know what to do with him." Captain Celaeno said. Capper smiled, "Don't worry about it. Once I explain everything to him, he should be good. I have a way with words.'' Meanwhile, Queen Novo headed over to Twilight. The purple alicorn took notice of the tall hippogriff's shadow hanging over her and turned around. ''You and your friends are still invited to the Hippogriff Freedom Celebration, just to let you know.'' Queen Novo said before giving Twilight a little wink. Twilight responded with a little smile, ''We'll be there. That's a promise.'' ''Thank you.'' Queen Novo said with a warm smile. Queen Novo and Twilight's attention turned back to Capper, who was being surrounded by the many creatures of Klugetown, all welcoming him as their new leader. They both got lost in the moment and looked on with heart warming smiles along with Twilight's friends.