Lord Sulien lands on the floor and glares at Xena. "Why don't we tell the truth now, Athanasios? Everything."
Xena shakes her head. "No. The truth is worthless here. The only thing now is for Harmony to be restored. Your little game has gone on long enough, Sulien."
"Then why don't I give you one chance? One chance to restore this 'Harmony.'" Sulien strides over to the doors on the other side of the chamber and opens them, showing off what appears to be an old-fashioned camera on a tripod. "Do it. Do what you know will achieve this goal."
Xena's breath catches in her throat. "You kept it?"
"Of course. You know what would happen if it were to be destroyed." Sulien shrugs and steps aside. "One chance."
"I- I can't." Xena hangs her head. "It's not my decision to make."
Sulien waves a hoof and Twilight and her friends are seized and pinned down. "Very well. Say goodbye."
"Goodbye," Xena says, then twirls and lunges at the fox holding Twilight and knocks them off.
What follows next is a battle, with foxes and Voidwings all having different goals and being unsure how to proceed according to their lord's wishes. Only the ponies have a goal, which is to get to the Elements of Harmony, which are hanging behind the machine on the far side of the chamber.
While all this goes on, Xena sneaks away to the machine and grabs it. This can't be used again. She takes the machine over to a window and is just about to jump out when Sulien tackles her and sends the machine flying.
The two grapple with each other, both trying to keep the other from the machine. But all that stops when Xena realizes the sound of fighting has diminished to be just Xena and Sulien. Looking up, Xena realizes that the ponies have all been recaptured and Sulien was just a distraction. With a final lunge, Xena uses up all her strength to grab the machine and hug it to her chest.
Sulien stands tall over Xena and looks at her guards. She nods. "Athanasios has shown where she stands. Deal with them all as traitors to the crown."
Xena watches in horror as a guard prepares to snap Twilight's neck. This can't happen... She breathes in, one last time, lifts a claw, and smashes the machine.
The change is immediate. Xena vanishes, the destruction of the machine keeping her alive destroying her. Sulien is the next to go, then Voidwings and Flying Foxes all around the chamber. As the effects ripple onward, all monsters made by the machine vanish into the air, as if they were never there in the first place. And soon the world is devoid of the forces that ruled it for five years.
Twilight looks on in confusion and despair as she realizes what Xena did. "She... did it."