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Flurry Heart, Pound Cake, Pumpkin Cake, Misty Trail, and Dusk Fall stare as Maredusa stands on the gray clouds above the empire. The sky is nearly black now and crackles of lightning continue to strike the ground, brought on by Maredusa's amulet. Frazzled crystal ponies flee into their homes, while Dusk turns to the others.
DUSK: Follow me. I know a safe place.
Pounds, Pumpkin, and Misty take off after Dusk while Flurry stays back, staring up at Maredusa.
FLURRY (to herself): Alicorn princess…
Dusk has led the group to a door that leads to a shelter in the ground. She pulls the latch open with her teeth and jumps in, while Pounds holds the door open as Pumpkin and Misty follow suit.
POUNDS: Alright, is this everypony?
Flurry screams in the distance. Pounds turns toward the sound to see her narrowly avoiding a strike of the black magic from Maredusa's amulet.
MAREDUSA (to Flurry): Calm down, Princess, I just want to have a chat!
Maredusa uses her amulet to continuously aim magic toward Flurry, but she dodges each strike by teleporting out of the way before it can hit her.
MAREDUSA: You can't keep zapping yourself out of the way forever, you'll have to face me!
Flurry reappears after teleporting and stops to catch her breath, her horn fritzing small sparks of golden magic from straining it. Maredusa closes in.
MAREDUSA: Then again, I am enjoying this game of Whack-an-Alicorn!
She strikes Flurry. She falls to the ground, groaning.
MAREDUSA: That's more like it. Now hold still just a moment longer…
The magic emitting from the amulet grows larger than before as it heads toward Flurry, but it's countered by a burst of magenta magic struck from the distance.
FLURRY: Wh-what?
She raises her head with another groan, turning groggily to see where the magic came from, just as Princess Twilight Sparkle lands. Twilight is partially standing over Flurry to shield her from Maredusa's next attack, and her horn is still glowing its powerful magenta magic.
TWILIGHT: Stand down, Maredusa.
FLURRY: Auntie Twi!
MAREDUSA: Finally!
(She jumps off her clouds, flying down to hover in front of Twilight and Flurry.)
I've been waiting to meet the all-powerful ruler of Equestria. Honestly, I'm a bit disappointed, I expected a bit more of a majestic sight. Maybe you'll look a little better in STONE!
(Her horn lights up in red magic, the first time she's using it instead of the black magic that emits from her amulet.)
TWILIGHT: Flurry, go hide.
FLURRY: But I--
TWILIGHT: I said, go hide!
Pounds appears, swooping down to grab Flurry.
POUNDS: Come on, Princess.
FLURRY: Auntie…
They fly off into Dusk's shelter while Maredusa finally lands on ground, standing before Twilight.
MAREDUSA: So what's your plan here? Defeat me with the Magic of Friendship? I hate to break it to you, but your friends won't be coming to bail you out this time.
TWILIGHT: You don't know what you're talking about.
MAREDUSA: You really think I wouldn't make sure the Princess of Friendship's friends were out of the way?
Twilight lights up her horn, trying to ignore her.
MAREDUSA: Oh, you don't believe me? Well then, see for yourself.
(She uses her amulet to project a scene around her, displaying events that had transpired earlier in Ponyville. The Mane 6 have banded together to fight against Maredusa, but she strikes a hole in the ground between them with her magic. They lose balance, and she lights up her horn and strikes them before they can get up, turning them all to stone.)
They put up a fight but really, what are they without you?
Twilight's eyes widen. The magic from her horn dims.
TWILIGHT: No…
MAREDUSA: And what are you without them?!
She uses Twilight's moment of distraction to strike her with the magic from her amulet. Twilight crashes, wincing.
MAREDUSA: You're going to look great next your friends in my statue collection. I think I'll call it the Garden of FOOLS!
Twilight gets up quickly, but as soon as she turns back, a burst of red magic from Maredusa's horn is just about to strike her. As soon as it does, the spell rises up through Twilight until she's turned into stone.
MAREDUSA: 'Looking a little gray there, Princess.
(She pats the top of the statue's head.)
Don't worry, you'll get plenty of sun in the garden. Now for that other little princess…
(She flies up, her voice booming.)
Come out, come out, wherever you are!
As she's staring down at the street, Rose Thorn nervously tries to dart from behind a bush to the shelter of her house. Maredusa flies down and lands in front of her. She steps back, trembling.
MAREDUSA: Ugh! You're no princess.
(She lights up her horn, charging a blast toward Rose Thorn. The spell rises up, turning her to crystal instead of stone since she's a crystal pony.)
Ugh, am I going to have to search this entire empire myself? Chances are her with her overpowered princess magic, she might not even be here.
(She shakes her head, flying up again.)
Well, fine. Stay hidden, Princess. You'll think to turn yourself in, before I make the whole of Equestria meets the same fate as your precious ruler.
(She flies off.)
Cut to inside Dusk's shelter. Flurry is rapidly pacing at the foot of the stairs.
FLURRY: Oh no, this is bad, this is bad, this is--
(She stops herself, listening.)
I don't hear my aunt anymore. I have to go back out there and see if she's okay--
Pounds stops her with an outstretched wing.
POUNDS: Are we sure that's a good idea?
While he'd been turned around, Misty had flown to the top of the stairs. She holds the door slightly open as she peers out.
MISTY: It's all quiet. Crazy snake mare's wrecked the ground but I think she's gone. Wait…
She flies out. Flurry, Pumpkin, and Dusk follow. Pounds grumbles but also begrudgingly accompanies them. Misty lands in front of the statue of Rose Thorn, and the others join her.
MISTY: Is that…?
DUSK: Rose Thorn. She looks like how us crystal ponies look when we connect with the crystal heart. Usally, it's supposed to be a good thing.
(She turns to the others.)
It's never a good thing for me. I hate being shiny.
Flurry squeaks. The others head toward her as she slowly approaches the statue of Twilight.
FLURRY: Oh no, oh no no no no.
(She stares at the statue, holding one hoof over her mouth as she starts to cry.)
Auntie Twi? Aunt Twilight? Auntie…?
PUMPKIN: Flurry…
Flurry shakes her head, flapping her wings.
FLURRY: No, no, I can do this--she'd know how to do this. Turning a pony back from stone is easy it's just…let me just…
(She steps back. Her horn lights up and she shoots the magic toward the statue, but it bounces right back and hits her. She squeaks in pain, panting as she lights up her horn again and shoots another magic burst toward the statue. Once again, it fires back, continuing to wound her. Her mane turns messy as the cycle continues, she groans and grits her teeth.)
Stop…backfiring…come…on!
(The next burst of magic that bounces off the statue is particularly strong. Flurry shrieks as it knocks her back.)
PUMPKIN: Flurry, stop! You're hurting yourself!
FLURRY: No, I can't! I need…I need her. I can't do this on my own, I don't know what to--I don’t know how--
(She races closer to the statue, trying to shake it with her hooves.)
Please come back to me, Auntie. Please, please…
(She puts her hooves back on the ground, lowering her head and leaning against the statue as she sobs.)
Please…
The others turn to each other, saddened but unsure what to do.
PUMPKIN: Oh, Flurry…I don't know what to say--
Dusk swishes her tail in front of Pumpkin, silencing her.
PUMPKIN: Huh?
Dusk walks over to Flurry as she continues to sob, one wing wrapped around one of the statue's legs.
DUSK (to Flurry): Okay, listen. I'm not gonna pretend to know exactly how you're feeling, or pretend like I know everything's gonna be okay. But I know you can't just stay here and let yourself sulk, even if it's the only thing you want to do. I know you're sad and scared, but use that to motivate you to get up and fight against that crazy snake mare so we have a chance of saving your aunt and every other pony in Equestria who needs our help. I'm by your side and the rest of us are, too, but we can't do this without you. We need you, Flurry Heart. What do you say?
Flurry takes a moment. Tears are still streaming down her face, and she still keeps her wing around the statue, but she turns her head toward Dusk and nods.
FLURRY: Y-you're right. It's up to us now. But can I…can I just have a moment?
PUMPKIN: Of course.
The others gather around Flurry and settle down.
PUMPKIN: We'll wait right here with you.
~STARRING~
Princess Flurry Heart: The daughter of Princess Cadance and Shining Armor and Princess Twilight Sparkle's niece. An Alicorn.
Pound Cake: The son of Mr. and Mrs. Cake and Pumpkin Cake's brother. A Pegasus.
Pumpkin Cake The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cake and Pound Cake's sister. A Unicorn.
Misty Trail: The daughter of Misty Trail and Sky Stinger. A Pegasus.
Dusk Fall: A crystal pony born after the empire's return. An Earth Pony.
Maredusa: An evil mare with reptilian wings and snakes for a mane. An Alicorn.
Princess Twilight Sparkle: The Ruler of Equestria and Flurry Heart's aunt. She is also the Princess of Friendship and represents the Element of Magic. An Alicorn.
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THIS ONE GAVE ME FEELS WRITING MY POOR BABY FLURRY I SWEAR THINGS WILL GET BETTER. Uhh technically this is supposed to be the end of part 1 but damn what a depressing note to leave off. Since the end of the first part of FIM's first ep ends with Nightmare moon returning, last ep prob should have been the end of part 1. So maybe I'll switch it around but for now I guess this is the end of part 1! Next ep we'll meet Ambrose and start our gang's quest.
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