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// Commencement 
// Story: Final Conclusion: Twilight Sparkle and the Transdimensional Cataclysm 
// by Canter Star 
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        In all my days, in all my years, I have never known of a greater catastrophe than the day Princess Celestia invited me into the Canterlot Archives, to inaugurate my new wing in the High Castle...If only I could have foreseen the impending tragedy that occurred that fateful day...I probably could have prevented the greatest disaster ever to strike Equestria and the world...
I will be brief in my exposition...a scientific alicorn - such as myself - successfully performed an experiment which created a transdimensional portal...what harm could it do, right? After all, it ushered in an era of discovery and exploration...He chose to abuse his powers, and use the portal to wreak havoc throughout all the dimensions he gained access to. 
That is why Princess Celestia summoned me to do the job: me, my friends, and even the help of my brother and Princess Cadence. Our numbers soon grew and we became a whole armada of ponies of all shapes, sizes, kinds, and dimensions. The whole universe turned its tides against this lone individual who gained control over the universe, and wanted it for himself...
Most of the ponies who participated in this predicament regard it as a sinister disaster: a time in Equestrian history which not only did we not ever want repeated, but should never have happened in the first place. They want nothing to do with this era of destruction and mayhem. For they only see this event in a negative light, influenced by the relentless forces of the enemy. But I...I do not regard it in the same light as most ponies else. Though I do not wish for anything like this to ever break out in Equestria or the universe ever again, and bring the fabric of reality to jeopardy again, I see it as a time of hope, reformation, revolution, and pride. We not only saved Equestria from total annihilation, but we came out on top in a harmonious atmosphere in a time of desperation. 
Nevertheless, I shall now begin my tale, under the impression that by telling it to you, you will not only gain an understanding of what kind of cataclysm the universe could throw at Equestrian civilization and have us Equestrians exceed victory, but that you will ensure that we must never endure this quandary; nor shall our posterity, for as long as we continue to exist; starting on the most important day in my life. For it was not only the day that I was called to battle, but it was the first time you and I saw eye to eye.