I can't believe this is the final chapter! Don't forget to review! :D

(This scene takes place right before Savannah and the human Mane Six leave the police station—sorry it's a bit out of order with the rest of the story.)

Savannah pulled up outside the police station and recognized two cars parked nearby. One, she knew, had been the one Rarity had driven to her house. The other belonged to Rainbow Dash—if nothing else, the rainbow decals running the whole length of the car would have given her a hint.

Hurrying inside, Savannah spotted the five girls waiting anxiously by the windows. They swarmed her as soon as she opened the door.

"Thank goodness you're here!" exclaimed Fluttershy.

"They simply wouldn't listen to us!" Rarity huffed.

"Where's Sunset Shimmer?" Savannah asked firmly.

"They've got 'er in the int'rrogation room," Applejack explained, pointing to a two-way mirror in the wall. "Can't imagine what that poor girl's goin' through."

A lone officer standing outside the door suddenly found himself face-to-face with a very angry Savannah Swift. "What's going on in there?"

He looked up and Savannah raised an eyebrow as she recognized him from earlier that afternoon. "Officer Colton?"

He seemed just as surprised to see her. "Miss Swift?"

Savannah frowned again. "What's going on here? Who's in there?"

"Officer Killian is interrogating a suspect about your sister's kidnapping."

"Sunset Shimmer?"

Colton raised an eyebrow. "Yes. How did you know?"

"She called me when you arrested her! Listen, she is not connected to Tara's disappearance at all!"

Colton raised a hand before Savannah could keep talking. "Hold on there, ma'am. Let me get my colleague and you can talk to him about this."

Taking a deep breath, Savannah attempted to calm herself down. "Alright."

As Colton opened the door to the interrogation room, Savannah got a glimpse inside. The room was sparsely furnished, containing only a table with chairs at either end. In the end nearer to the door Savannah recognized the second officer who had come to her house—Officer Killian. As Colton beckoned to him Savannah saw Sunset Shimmer at the other end of the table. But this wasn't the same friendly girl who had been at her house earlier. Sunset looked scared, slumping in her chair, her eyes downcast at the table in front of her. But more than that, she looked cold. Her jacket had apparently been taken and she had only a tight, sleeveless tank top on underneath. She seemed to be shivering as she rubbed her bare arms.

Any attempt Savannah made to calm down dissolved as her pity for Sunset turned into anger at what was happening to her.

Killian closed the door just then as he stood outside, looking at Savannah in surprise. "What's going on? Why are you here?"

Savannah clenched a fist as she recalled seeing Sunset in the interrogation room. "I'm here because you have arrested someone totally innocent for kidnapping my sister!"

Killian glanced over his shoulder back at the door before making eye contact with Savannah again. "Shimmer? You think she's innocent?"

"I KNOW that she's innocent!" Savannah exclaimed. "Look—if I thought she helped kidnap her, don't you think I'd have mentioned that to you at my house?!"

Killian didn't answer.

"Let her go!" Savannah ordered.

The officer walked back toward the interrogation room and opened the door. Rainbow Dash clenched her fists in excitement. "You. Were. So. AWESOME!"

"You're free to go," Killian told Sunset. Almost immediately, Sunset hurried out of the interrogation room and grabbed her jacket off the table where she had handed it over. Savannah put a hand on the girl's shoulder. "Come on."

As the doors of the police station closed behind the girls, Sunset turned to Savannah Swift with tears in her eyes. "I—I—thank you! How can I ever pay you back for getting me out of there?"

"Show me the portal," Savannah replied immediately. She held up the book proudly. "Princess Armonia has invited me to come to Equestria!"

The girls squealed in excitement.

"Congratulations!" Rarity exclaimed.

"I wish I could go!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"Just show me where it is!" Savannah repeated.

About fifteen minutes of driving time later, their three cars parked in front of Canterlot High and the eight ladies hurried to the base of the horse statue. Sunset knelt beside the base and carefully extended a hand toward it. Savannah raised an eyebrow as the young woman's hand passed right through the seemingly solid stone. For a second, as though she was looking through a frosted glass window, Savannah could have sworn she saw Sunset's hand turn into a hoof.

But the moment was soon gone as Sunset withdrew her hand and stood up. "It's still open. Looks like you're good to go."

"So what are your plans when you get to Equestria?" Applejack asked curiously.

"I want to see my sister again and spend time with her. And if I like it enough…I may just come back here, sell my house and my car, and go to Equestria for the rest of my life."

"I'm sure you'll love it there," Fluttershy agreed.

Looking at the circle of girls around her, Savannah sighed. "I'm going to miss all of you. You came to help me when I was worried about my sister, and now you've shown me the gateway into another world! You have no idea how much it means that I'll be with Tara again very soon."

"In the meantime, can we help you wrap anything up here?" Rarity offered.

"Actually, yes." Savannah tossed a set of keys from her purse toward Applejack. "Park my car back at my house, will you? Just so it's safe."

Applejack caught the keys in midair. "You betcha!"

"And one last thing." Savannah retrieved the magic book from her purse. "I won't be needing this in Equestria." She handed it back to a grateful Sunset Shimmer.

Sunset hugged the book to her chest. "Thank you," she whispered.

"Now, girls, I believe I should be going." Savannah waved one final farewell before facing the portal uncertainly. With a deep breath, and holding tightly to her purse and backpack, she walked into the portal and vanished from sight.

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I can't begin to tell you the joy I felt in that moment. My big sister had safely arrived in Equestria and we were together again.

Savannah pushed me to arm's length and looked me over in surprise. I hadn't realized I was still in my anthro body. "Are you half-alicorn or something right now?"

"Yes! Wait till you see me as a full alicorn!" I laughed and then remembered we weren't alone. "Oh! This is Princess Cadence of the Crystal Empire. Cadence, my sister Savannah." The two greeted each other warmly and I couldn't help but notice that Savannah was taking this much better than Ford had. Of course, she'd had a few hours to prepare—and Sunset Shimmer's story had told her quite a lot.

"And this is the officer sent looking for me—Samuel Ford."

Savannah looked at him and seemed surprised. "Hey, I think I remember you!"

"How?" he asked skeptically.

"Before I came here, I saw your picture on TV. They said the police department declared you…oh. They declared you legally dead." Savannah sighed. "I'm sorry."

Ford just stood there for a second. "Oh, well, that's just great! Now I definitely can't go back!" He walked to the other end of the room and stared out a window.

Cadence stepped delicately from her throne. "I'll leave you alone for a minute," she whispered to me and left.

I looked up at Savannah. "What should I say to him?"

"For now, nothing. Just leave him alone."

Just then I heard Twilight's voice from outside the door. "Can I come in?"

"Sure, Twilight!" I called. Immediately the doors were engulfed in Twilight's magic as she dashed into the room. "This is your sister, I guess?" she asked with a glance at Savannah. I couldn't help but chuckle. Twilight seemed much less fazed by the presence of another human now.

"Yep! I'm Savannah. And who are you, little one?"

Both Twilight and I cringed at Savannah's use of "little one". Twilight may be the smallest of the five alicorns but she was a princess nonetheless.

Twilight stood up a little straighter. "First off, I'm not 'little'. I'm young. And my name is Princess Twilight Sparkle."

"Ah, so you're the famous Twilight who defeated Sunset Shimmer, contributed magic at the battle of the bands, and helped my sister here get her own magic." Savannah smiled. "Sorry I called you little."

"It's okay. Anyhow, I came here because I've got a surprise for Savannah." Twilight pawed the air excitedly. "I found your pony counterpart!"

Savannah raised an eyebrow. "My what, now?"

"Every human has a pony counterpart in Equestria, and vice versa," I explained. "Sounds like Twilight found yours."

A sparkling crystal pony trotted into the room at that moment and looked up at Savannah in awe. My sister laughed in delight. "Oh my gosh! What's your name?"

"Savannah," the crystal pony answered. "What's yours?"

"Savannah!" Human Savannah knelt on the floor and talked excitedly with her pony counterpart, both of them obviously very happy to meet.

"Thanks, Twilight," I smiled as the two new friends talked. But I knew not everyone here was happy. Officer Ford was still staring out the window. "What do I do about him, Twilight?"

The little alicorn seemed uncertain. "If you think he's ready, talk to him. If you don't…just let him alone."

I could see that he was still sore about being declared dead back in the human realm. If that was the case, going back was probably not the best option for him.

But was staying here any better?

Leaving Twilight with the two Savannahs, I walked to about the middle of the room and performed my transformation spell so I was human again. That would probably be less strange to Ford than approaching him in my anthro form again. Cautiously, not quite sure what to say, I walked over to him.

He spoke to himself as though he didn't see me there. "They wrote me off so quickly…couldn't have been more than a few days."

"I'm sorry," I apologized.

"It's not your fault." He leaned against the wall and sighed. "But now I can't go back without having to explain where I've been. Nobody would believe the truth." He looked at me and half-chuckled. "Especially if I told them the more bizarre parts." He looked awkwardly at the floor. "I know this will sound a little crazy, but…is it possible for me to stay here long-term?"

"Of course!" I answered. "Why wouldn't it be?"

"Well…because I'm in a world that could pass for being a little girls' cartoon show."

Both of us laughed at that. "Seriously, you can stay here as long as you want," I answered. "You can even stay at the palace in Canterlot for now until we find you a permanent place to stay. Just one thing."

"What's that?"

"You stand out like a sore thumb—no offense," I added quickly. "It's just that so far, the only human that all ponies are comfortable with having here is me—and you look nothing like a young female human." Suddenly I got an idea. "Of course! Remember when I turned into my half-alicorn body so you could see it?"

"Yes, but what—"

"What if I did that to you? I can't give you too much of my alicorn magic because a human body cannot bear it. But if I give you just enough to be able to transform into a stallion…"

He looked at me like I was crazy. "Why would I want to do that?"

"So you can walk around Equestria whenever you want without getting weird looks and maybe scaring everypony."

"Okay…"

With a snap of my fingers I turned anthro again. In preparation for transferring the magic to him, I put my hands on his shoulders—and immediately realized what I was doing. I turned slightly red and backed up. "Um…this is how the magic would get transferred into you. You don't mind, do you?"

"I guess not."

I replaced my hands and closed my eyes, concentrating, summoning my alicorn transformation magic. A quick peek told me the magic was flowing—my hands on Samuel's shoulders were glowing a slight pale purple as my control of the Element of Magic flowed into him.

And then, in a brief flash, Samuel Ford was a stallion Pegasus pony.

The spell caught the attention of Twilight and the two Savannahs, all of whom reacted with surprise and happiness at the transformation. Ford, on the other hoof, didn't seem quite sure what to think. "Um…what if I want to change back?"

"Just imagine yourself as a human again and you can change back," I replied. He seemed to think for a moment and then became a human again, almost falling over as he readjusted to being on two legs.

Instinctively, I reached out to grab his arm and steady him. But as luck would have it, I missed his arm—and grabbed his hand instead.

He looked up at me in surprise. This time I really blushed and released my grip. "Hehe…sorry."

"You gotta give me some of that magic, sis!" Savannah exclaimed.

"Maybe later."

Savannah gestured for me to come closer so only she and I could talk. "Did you see his cutie mark when he was a pony?"

"No, what was it?"

"It was a shield with four small white stars over it—and a really fancy design on the shield. It looked like a cloud divided into six sections—one was purple, one was lavender, one was pink, one was amber, one was blue, and one was red—and in the middle was a broken sword. That was just the design on the shield itself."

"Oh my gosh…" I whispered.

"What's wrong?"

"The design on his shield…that's MY cutie mark!"

Savannah raised an eyebrow and suddenly chuckled. "I foresee something more than just a casual relationship here."

"Shut up, Savannah."

My sister giggled.

Twilight pawed the air. "Hey, everypony—and everybody," she added with a glance at Savannah and Samuel, "can we get some breakfast now?"

"Breakfast?" Savannah asked in confusion. "I just came from almost midnight!"

"You know, jet lag," I told her and we both laughed at ourselves. Twilight looked puzzled. "What is…jet lag?"

"I'll explain later…MUCH later," I answered.

And so ends my first MLP fanfic and my first-ever published fanfic-Let Rise a New Alicorn. I can't tell you all how much it's meant to be reading reviews (*cough* don't forget to review *cough* :P ) and PMs encouraging me to keep writing and giving me feedback on this. It's been great, and I hope you'll all check out my other stories. Remember the sequel, "The Struggle of Harmony"-two chapters are already up and a third is on its way! :D Thank you for sticking with this story for so long and God bless! Merry CHRISTmas and Happy Hearth's Warming Eve!

-LoverofChrist