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Twilight strained against the pull of Lucent's magic. The air was thick with heavy energy as Twilight's power was drawn away.
Lucent watched in manic glee. "I'll be unstoppable! Equestria, no, the whole planet will be crushed beneath my hoof! All that and more, once I've taken your magic."
Twilight cracked open her eye. Rarity, previously motionless within the grasp of Lucent's magic, let her horn blaze to life.
"In your dreams, you horrid mare!"
Lucent cackled. "What would you do against me, you harpy? Weak as you are—" Lucent stopped short as her flow of magic began to fluctuate. Her horn throbbed as she felt her powers begin to slip away from her.
"No! How?!" She dragged Rarity closer, snarling into her face. "You have no strength, not like mine! You— gah!" Lucent shook her head, and with a hateful scream, she squeezed her magic tighter, making Rarity wheeze and let her magic fizzle out.
But Lucent's magic continued to bleed away. Horrified, she turned back toward Twilight, whose magic had begun to rapidly recover. Lucent tried to fight against the drag of Twilight's spell reversal, but it was too late. Her magic winked out and left Twilight and her friends free.
Before passing out, the last thing Lucent saw was the stern, empowered face of Twilight Sparkle.