The next morning, at Maretime Bay, Izzy is sitting on a bench in the middle of the town. She was feeling so upset, that she missed Sunny so much. "*sighs* I wish you were here, Sunny..." She said in a broken voice.
Pipp and Zipp approached Izzy and they sat next to her.
"You hanging in there, Izzy?" Zipp said.
"No. It's Sunny. I miss her..."
Pipp frowned. "So do I."
"Me too." Zipp said.
"You know, she wasn't being herself ever since Sprout ruined everything. I just hate seeing her so upset..."
"She'll come back soon. We're sure of it." Zipp said, and Izzy smiled a bit.
A few seconds later, when Izzy turned her head, she gasped when she saw someone arriving in the distance. "Sunny?" She said softly. It was indeed Sunny, who has returned with Sprout, Phyllis and Lily by her side. Her smile grew and she ran up to her. "SUNNY!!!"
"Izzy?! IZZY!" Sunny shouted, and she ran up to her friend.
"Sunny? She's back!" Pipp said, as she and Zipp flew off to her.
"NO WAY!"
Sunny and Izzy hug, and Pipp and Zipp joined them, as they tearfully reconcile.
"Oh, Izzy..."
"We missed you so much." Izzy said.
"I missed you, too. I'm so sorry about our fight."
"None of that matters. I'm so happy you're okay."
"It's good to have you back, Sunny." Pipp said.
"Thanks, Pipp."
Izzy opened her eyes, and noticed that Sunny's alicorn magic was gone. "Wait... your magic..."
"Where's your glow-up?" Zipp asked.
Sunny's smile faded. "It... poof, disappeared." She said, and Izzy felt gutted. "I'm sorry..."
"Oh, Sunny..." Izzy hugged her once again.
"Hey, you brought Sprout back!" Zipp said, as she just noticed him.
"Oh no, we brought him back. We travelled everywhere to find him." Phyllis said.
"Really? Where was he?"
"Uh, it's probably best that we don't talk about it." Lily said.
"Umm, okay." Zipp said. "Welcome back, Sprout."
"Thanks." Sprout smiled.
Pipp turned to face Lily and tilted her head. "And who's this unicorn?" She asked.
"Girls, meet Lily Heartshoe." Sunny replied.
Izzy gasped with delight, and she gave her a huge smile. "Hi, new friend! My name's Izzy Moonbow."
"Nice to see you, Izzy. Wow, we totally look the same!"
"Well, except for our color, but, mostly the same." She and Lily giggle. "So, how did you meet Sunny?"
"Oh, I found her crying the other night, by a lake. I decided to let her sleep with me."
"Did you?" Izzy said, and Lily nodded her head. She, Pipp and Zipp stared at Sunny.
Sunny felt guilty of what happened on the night she left. "*sighs* Look, I know you guys were trying to help me, and I shouldn't have turned you down on wanting to stay at yours. I'm happy to sleepover with you tonight, and I mean it."
Izzy felt extremely happy. "Oh, that's amazing, Sunny!" She said, but then she felt questionable. "But... do you really wanna do that?"
"What? Yes! Why are you asking me?"
"We wanna show you something!" Pipp said with excitement.
"Yeah, but, you'll have to be blindfolded first." Zipp said. "Izzy?"
"Blindfolded? What do you-" Sunny said, and Izzy wrapped a piece of cloth around her head to cover her eyes. "Hey, whoa! Izzy, what are you doing?"
"Don't take it off 'till we get there, okay?" Izzy said, as she started guiding her.
"Why? Where are we going?"
"Okay, this I gotta see." Lily said, as she decided to follow them. Phyllis and Sprout did the same.
"Honestly, where are you taking me?" Sunny asked, as Izzy hasn't stopped guiding her.
"Almost there... Aaaand, stop!" Izzy said, and Sunny stood still. "Ready?!"
"For what?" Sunny asked, as she was still confused as to what's going on.
"You can take it off now!"
"Okay..." Sunny said awkwardly, as she took the cloth off her head. She gasped in surprise, as it was revealed that her house has been rebuilt into a more modern Zephyr Heights-like style. All of her friends have been working on it together whilst she was away.
"SURPRIIISE!!!"
"TA-DAAAAAAA!!!!"
Sunny was speechless, as she couldn't believe it. "My... my house! You fixed it!!" She said happily.
"Yeah? Whadda ya think?!" Zipp said.
"It looks... different, but... but better! I can't believe it!"
Lily gazed at Sunny's new house. "Wooow!"
"Welcome home, Sunny Starscout." Hitch said.
"Hitch..." Sunny said, and she gave him a big hug. "Thank you so much."
"You're welcome." Hitch said, when he hugged her back.
"You brought back our magic, so we wanted to return the favor." Carter said, as he walked up to her.
Lily was surprised to see him. "Dad!"
"Lily!" Carter responded, as he and his daughter hugged.
Sunny was surprised too. "Carter! Did you do this?!" She asked.
"No, we all did it! Together."
"We did our part, hoof to heart. Just like your dad said." Hitch said.
Sunny was about to cry. "Guys, I'm... *sniffles* I'm at a loss for words right now. I don't know what else to say."
"We couldn't leave you without a home." Izzy said.
Hitch looked to see Sprout arriving, and his smile disappeared. "Well, look who came trotting back..."
Sunny turned to see Sprout, and she put her hoof on Hitch's chest. "No... Go easy on him." She said.
"Why? You know he-"
"Hitch, please... Let him explain."
"Explain what?" Hitch asked, but Sunny didn't answer. He sighed and went up to Sprout.
"Ooh, Sunny, we also have some gifts for you!" An earth pony said.
"Yeah, we think you're gonna love them!" A pegasus said.
"Really? What are they?" Sunny asked.
Izzy brought out a new bag for her friend. It was colored purple, and it featured the pins of Applejack's, Fluttershy's, Rainbow Dash's, Pinkie Pie's and Rarity's cutie marks that were attached to its strap, with Twilight Sparkle's cutie mark being on the front of the bag, but in full color.
"A new bag?"
"Hitch and Carter told us everything about the guardians, so we wanted to add pins of the cutie marks of Twilight Sparkle's friends on the strap." A unicorn said. "Whereas hers... on the front." Sunny took her new bag and looked at it with a smile. "You like it?"
"I love it even more." Sunny said, as she put it on. "Thank you."
"Hey, guess what we've got!" A filly pegasus said, as she and her friends brought forward a present.
"OPEN SESAME!!!"
The fillies opened it up, revealing a cute bunny. Sunny gasped lovingly, as she gently picked it up and cradled it in her arms. "A-a bunny?! Oh, you look so cute...!"
"We thought you needed a pet."
"And we called her Bunny!"
Sunny was confused. "What? Bunny??" The fillies giggled. "Bunny the bunny? That's... uh, something." She giggled back.
Sprout was telling Hitch everything about his past, and he even apologized for his antics.
"Listen, I'm sorry about everything, okay? I know you won't forgive me... but Sunny did."
Phyllis nodded her head to Hitch, who understood how Sprout felt, but was still feeling disappointed.
"*sighs* Sprout Greenhoof... I'm glad that you've accepted friendship, and I'm sorry about what your dad did to you." Hitch said. "But that won't stop me from saying this - 'you're fired'."
Sprout felt ashamed and lowered his head. "I understand..."
"From being an emperor." Hitch continued.
"Wait, what?" Sprout said in surprise, and brought his head back up.
"I have to be honest with you. You've learnt a valuable lesson, and I'm surprised that Sunny gave you a second chance. And you know what? So am I." Hitch took off his belt, and he put it over Sprout, officially making him the new sheriff of Maretime Bay. "So, as the new sheriff of Maretime Bay, do you promise to keep everypony safe and in line?"
"I promise." Sprout nodded, and he smiled.
Everypony was complaining about Hitch standing down as sheriff.
"Wait... Are you sure about standing down as the sheriff, Hitch?" Zipp asked.
"Ah, well... I just thought about becoming a detective instead." Hitch winked at her.
Everypony gasped, and Zipp giggled.
"What?!? I was just joking!"
"No, you talked me into it, and I should probably do it in style."
"Hitch, you don't have to do this."
"I want to, Zipp. For you." Hitch smiled.
"Well, look at you moving up in the world!" Zipp kissed him on the cheek, and Hitch felt surprised.
"ZEPHYRINA!!" Haven shouted.
Zipp felt uncomfortable. "Uh... sorry, Mom."
"Calm yourself, Zipp, she's not mad." Alphabittle said.
"No, I'm GLAD!" Haven said, overjoyed. "You've made a boyfriend!"
Zipp thought her mom was jumping to a conclusion. "Well, I just kissed him, so, we're not really-"
"It's still a great start! Especially for us."
"Mom, you're... you're dating Alphabittle?!" Pipp asked.
"Ah, come on, Pipp, we started since your performance!" Alphabittle said. "And I did give you that pizza, didn't I?" He said to Haven.
"*giggle* You sure did." She and Alphabittle nuzzled each other.
"Well... congratulations, Mom. Uh, to both of us, really." Zipp grinned.
"Hey, Sunny, you wanna look inside your new home?" Carter said.
"Oh yes, please."
"This will be a big one!" Izzy said.
Sunny opened the door to her new house, and much to her surprise, the interior was majorly modernized. "Wow!"
"Looks just like our home in Zephyr Heights, right?" Pipp said.
"It really is!"
"Oh my gosh, this is AMAZING!!" Lily shouted.
"I know, right?! Everything seems very hi-tech!"
"You're not wrong." Zipp said. "We've added a 4K TV, adjustable stools, a comfy couch, floor heating for the winter, and some of the coolest gadgets you'll ever need for the kitchen."
"Oh, and we even restored the lift." Pipp said, and she pressed the button that brought down the new lift. "Stunning!"
"Guys, I still can't believe you did all of this for me." Sunny said, as she got even more speechless. "I love it!"
"I guess plan AB was a total success." Izzy said to Pipp.
"That's not all, though." Carter said.
"Isn't it?"
"Nope. There's one last surprise upstairs. Come and see."
They went upstairs to Sunny's new bedroom, where there was a special box waiting to be opened on the balcony.
"You even remade my room!" Sunny said, and she looked at her new bed. "Wow, look at the bed!"
"Yeah, it's a king size, so we can both sleep in it!" Izzy said.
Sunny chuckled. "Izzy...!"
Carter showed Sunny the box. "Well, what are you waiting for?" He raised his hoof. "Go ahead."
Sunny took a deep breath and walked up to the box. She opened it, and saw that the figures of the Mane Six, and her lamp have all been restored. Sunny smiled and was on a verge of tears. "You fixed them..."
"Like I said, your dad and I go way back."
Sunny touched one of the figures and shedded a tear. "*sniffles* Hello, friends..." She said softly.
"They started it all... and you brought it back. So their legacy lives in you."
"No..." Sunny said, as she went to her friends, Izzy, Pipp, Zipp and Lily, and stood right beside them. "It lives in us." She said proudly.
Carter looked at his daughter with some concern.
"Does this mean I'm not grounded, Dad?" Lily asked Carter.
Carter sighed, rolled his eyes and smiled. "Not this time, Lil. As long as you stay out of trouble."
Lily was so happy. "OH, THANK YOU-THANK YOU-THANK YOU-THANK YOU!!!!" She hugged her dad so tightly, who then hugged her back.
"I think this calls for a huge party! Don't you think?!" Sunny said.
"YEAH!!!" Izzy said with excitement.
"Oh, bring it on!" Zipp said.
"YAY! I love parties!" Pipp said.
"C'mon, everypony!" Lily said.
Sunny and all of her friends went back to Maretime Bay to throw the biggest party everyone has ever seen.
And hours later, at dusk, Sunny, Izzy, Lily, Pipp and Zipp where in the top of the lighthouse making floating paper lanterns. Once they finished making them, they went out onto the balcony.
"Are we all ready?" Sunny asked.
"Ready!" Izzy said.
"Yes! I've never done this before." Lily said.
"Let's do this." Zipp said.
Together, they let go of their lanterns, as they floated away into the sky.
"Oh my stars, it's so beautiful..." Pipp said.
"Where do we think they'll be going?" Lily asked.
"Ooh, I know! Into the stars!" Izzy said.
"Yeah, me too!"
Sunny's smile faded, as she was feeling a little upset about still missing her father.
"What's the matter, Sunny?" Zipp asked.
"I... *sighs* I just wish Dad was here to see all of us united." Sunny said.
"We do too." Izzy said, feeling sorry for her friend. "We're sorry you miss him."
"He would be proud of you, and that you have friends like us." Zipp said.
"Thanks, Zipp." Sunny smiled. "And I would never want to fight any of you, or let you down."
"We know you didn't mean it that night, and we forgive you." Pipp said.
"And letting us down? *scoffs* No. You would never do that." Zipp said.
"And besides, magic or no magic, you're always special to all of us." Izzy said.
After Izzy and Sunny stared at each other, the girls looked out at the sea for a few seconds.
"So, what do you think is out there, Sunny?" Lily asked. "I'm guessing there are a lot more lands than this!"
Sunny chuckled. "I don't know." She said. "But whatever there is, we'll go and explore together. As a family."
"We'll do our part, hoof to heart, right?" Izzy said.
"Always."
"We love you, Sunny." Pipp smiled.
Sunny got emotional hearing this, and she started having tears of joy. "I love you too, girls."
They all gathered for a loving group hug, and Sunny was so happy that everything was fixed and she had the very best friends that she would ever have.