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Prologue: The Pillars of Equestria[]
"The best elements within us..."
"...can spread light and virtue..."
"...and I know ponies who represent them all..."
"Strength, bravery, healing, beauty, hope, and sorcery."
"Myself and these Pillars of Equestria were gathered together..."
"...by another to maintain and share the light of these powerful ideals."
"But we soon came to believe the pony who brought us together..."
Poof!
"...only wanted that power for himself."
"Cast out and alone, this power-mad pony..."
"...turned to darkness to satisfy his thirst."
"Transformed into a Pony of Shadows, he returned for revenge..."
"...to extinguish the Pillars' light and rob the world of hope."
"To stop him, the Pillars and I must make a grave sacrifice."
"But we shall leave behind a seed..."
"...in hopes that one day it will grow into a force..."
"...to stand against the darkness for all time."
"We must now face the fiend with the only plan we have..."
"...I only hope it will be enough."
"That's the last entry."
"And maybe Star Swirl's final words before he vanished!"
Waaat?!
The legends are real[]
"So it's genuine? You can verify that this journal..."
"...really belonged to Star Swirl the Bearded?!"
"Indeed. From the looks of it, the last thing he wrote before facing the Pony of Shadows."
![[memories of Castle Mane-ia engage]](/wiki/File:Rainbow_Dash_looking_nervous_S7E25.png "Rainbow Dash looking nervous S7E25.png (1,004 KB)")
[memories of Castle Mane-ia engage]
"Uh... So, the Pony of Shadows was really real?"
"It appears so."
Sugarcube, please. Time and place.
Come on, Spike, don't leave a pony hanging.
Deciphering Star Swirl's writings[]
Did Pinkie break a Pinkie Promise or something?
That's gross, darling.
"Hearg sylfum se Ponhenge..."
"The Temple of Ponhenge?!"
"You can read that?!"
"The hornwriting's pretty sloppy..."
"...but it's nowhere near as bad as mine."
"Toward dol grimlic..."
"...of Fola Firgenbeorg..."
"At the base of Foal Mountain..."
"User endemest scield."
"Our last stand...!"
"Is that Cheese Sandwich, singing an Old Ponish version of 'Word Crimes'"?
The Temple of Ponhenge[]
PONI
RULES
(No joke. That's what these runes say when decoded.)
RULES
(No joke. That's what these runes say when decoded.)
Applejack hasn't done that since Season 4!
Uh, it was like this when I found it! I swear!
The Pillars of Equestria's last stand[]
"You will never defeat me!"
"We did not come here to defeat you."
"We came... to contain you."
NOOOOOOO!!!
Solving Star Swirl's spell[]
"It's amazing to think one of the greatest mysteries of Equestria was solved with a musty old book from an antique shop."
"But I wouldn't say the mystery's solved."
"Star Swirl's spell was one of the most powerful feats of magic in all of history."
"It'll take years of study before we fully understand it."
"I think I understand Star Swirl's spell!"
Correction: Hours of study.
Twilight, that's a little too close for comfort.
Congratulations, Twilight, you made Starlight feel bad. I hope you’re happy.
"Rockhoof's shovel!"
"Flash Magnus' shield!"
"Mistmane's flower!"
"Meadowbrook's mask!"
"And the blindfold Somnambula wore..."
"...when she faced that nasty sphinx!"
Applejack and Rockhoof's shovel[]
Here's the kick...
It's good!
It's Indiana Jones! All that's missing right now is his theme!
Rarity and Mistmane's flower[]
That's not Rarity's aura color. Is the Old Gardener helping in the restoration effort?
Rainbow Dash and Spike / Gorge-surfing[]
Nailed it!
Fight for Flash Magnus' shield[]
How to get your flank/tail kicked in one easy step: Claim you're faster than Dashie.
Rainbow Dash Vs. Garble! Fight
Uhm, Garble's a might outclassed in this contest...
"Hey! That's mine!"
"Finders keepers, remember?"
"See, because that's what you said to them when they first showed up—"
Oh, shut up.
Fluttershy and Meadowbrook's mask[]
Pinkie Pie and Somnambula's blindfold[]
I'm...not sure I wanna know what that is....radiation?
Count on Pinkie to be immune to toxic substances!
Starlight Glimmer's reservations[]
"I can't believe I'm gonna meet Star Swirl the Bearded!"
"You know, outside of my dreams." T.M.I., Twilight.
"And you did get your wings from finishing one of Star Swirl's spells."
"Exactly."
"But then I messed with one......"
"....and nearly destroyed the universe, so..."
We know you nearly did, Starlight.
"Let's do this!"
