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// Chapter 11: All is Restored 
// Story: My Little Pony: Tirek's Revenge 
// by Darkblaze15 
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	Not long after the Battle of Ponyville begins, John and his group descend upon Ponyville, where they see the Mane 6 taking on a massive army of Changelings while the villains of Equestria watch.  
“We have to go help them,” Jenna says urgently, and she, Starlight, and Jacob are about to dive into the action when John realizes that something’s missing.  
“Wait a minute, where are Celestia, Luna, and Cadence?” he asks, “If Twilight and her friends are here, then that means they’ve already been to Canterlot, but that means the princesses should be here.”  
“You don’t suppose they’ve been . . .” Starlight begins to say, but Emily interrupts her.
“No!  That can’t happen.  That couldn’t happen!”  
“All the same, Emily,” John says, “we should go back to the palace and see for ourselves.  Jacob, Jenna, Starlight, you three stay here and help with the fight.  Looks like they could use it.”  
“Aww yeah, that’s what I’m talking about,” Jacob says excitedly and dives into the battle, with Jenna and Starlight close behind, while John and Emily fly back to Canterlot as fast as they can.  When they arrive, they find the streets quiet due to all the Changelings being called away, so they gallop hard to get to the castle before too much time passes.  When they get down to the dungeons, they see Fluttershy and Spike consoling three seemingly very weak princesses of Equestria.  As soon as they enter the hallway, Fluttershy and Spike become overjoyed to see them, and even the princesses acknowledge their arrival despite their physical state.  
“What happened to them?” Emily asks Fluttershy.
“They’ve been in those awful cells for too long, I’m afraid they can't move on their own, let alone help our friends,” Fluttershy says nervously. 
“Well, maybe I can help here,” Emily says, “I’ve been practicing an intricate healing spell in case of emergencies like this, maybe it can heal them.”  
“It’s certainly worth a try,” Spike says, “go for it!”  So, Emily trots over to Celestia and begins to cast her spell as the others watch in hope that their last option works.
Back in Ponyville, Twilight and her friends are becoming visibly tired from all the fighting; Jacob, Jenna, and Starlight’s arrival helped with the numbers for a little while, but there was still too many of them.  When Twilight manages to break away from a group, she sees Tirek, Chrysalis, and Sombra merely watching the chaos with sickeningly gleeful expressions.  
“If you truly want to see who deserves to win, then why won’t you cowards fight us yourselves?” she asks them furiously.  
“Why, we thought we’d give you the benefit of the doubt, that if you couldn’t defeat my precious minions, then surely you would be no match for all of us,” Chrysalis jeers, “but, if you want to see our combined force, then be my guest!” and the three of them charge towards the fight.  Feeling slightly overwhelmed but still determined to defeat them, Twilight prepares for the worst when Tirek is hit from behind by an unseen magical being and topples to the ground.  Outraged, he spins around to see his attacker and roars; Sombra and Chrysalis do so as well and gasp; there, hovering above them, are the three princesses of Equestria in all their glory.  John, Emily, Fluttershy, and Spike land not too far away from the group as Tirek taunts Celestia.
“How did you escape?  You can’t defeat us, we’re stronger than all of you!” he growls.  
“We’ll just see about that,” Celestia says as the three princesses cross their horns and create a giant magic “spirit bomb”, which they unleash upon the villains and engulfs them.  When the spirit bomb disappears, so have Tirek, Chrysalis, Sombra, and the Changelings, leaving only the Mane 6 and their friends lying in confusion.  
“Where did they all go?” Rainbow Dash asks, then they all see the princesses and bow in respect and honor; Equestria was safe at last.
Once the princesses land, Twilight trots over and exchanges an emotional greeting.  “But, how did you get out of the dungeons?” she asks them, “You didn’t look strong enough to stand.”  
“We had some help, which we are very grateful for,” Princess Celestia says to Twilight and motions to Emily, who blushes in gratitude.  “You, on the other hand, seem to have grown quite a bit taller than I remember,” Celestia says approvingly, observing Twilight in her new form, which makes the others chuckle.  
Suddenly, Cadence sees Starlight Glimmer and glares at her; “Twilight, isn’t she one of them?” she snarls, but Twilight reassures her “not anymore, it’s alright.”  Then, Twilight trots over to Starlight Glimmer.
“Starlight, thank you for all that you’ve given up for us.  For me,” which makes her smile.  
“I’m sorry for all that I’ve done to all of you; I guess I never really knew true friendship until know,” Starlight says. “But, I think I should go now, see if I can’t try making new friends again – the right way,” she adds.  Everyone says goodbye to Starlight as she trots away to her bright new future.  
“Now, I suppose we should see what kind of damage those monsters inflicted to our home,” Princess Luna says solemnly, and they all walk away into Twilight’s castle.
Once inside, they gaze at the true extent of Tirek’s revenge against Twilight; she becomes especially emotional over losing the golden Oaks chandelier.  Then, Celestia explains that they know a spell that will put everything right again in the world; Twilight agrees as the royal princesses form a circle – or at least part of one.  They gesture for Twilight to come over; realizing the spell requires all the princesses, she trots over and they all touch horns with one another.  From their tips, another ball of magic appears and emits a large wave of magic across Equestria, restoring it to its normal state, fixing the interior of Twilight’s castle, and returning Twilight to her original form and giving the Mane 5 their magic back.  A couple of days after the defeat of the villains of Equestria, a world-wide celebration of the Mane 6’s and princess’ efforts takes place, with ponies recognizing everypony’s contributions, including the valiant efforts of John Darkblaze, Emily Flutterheart, Jenna Lightningstrike, and Jacob Braveheart.  Parties were held in every town, which Pinkie Pie and Jenna had a part in planning, and Equestria was the most joyful place it had ever been.  Even as night fell, ponies were still partying in every corner of Equestria; Twilight, however, was lying underneath a tree, reading a good book and gazing up at the stars, finally at peace with herself.