My Little Pony: The Human Chronicles

Episode 16: The Power of Friendship - Part 2

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Recap: Last time, upon hearing that the Princess has finally a way to send Toby and Sophia, home the girls and Spike give Toby and Sophia a grand farewell party and each
said their goodbyes to them. But suddenly Lord Tirek appeared and revealed that the true destroyer in the prophecy is actually Spike, who immediately took on his super dragon form. After a brawl with Spike's evil half, Celestia appeared and knocked everypony out before handing Toby and Sophia over to Tirek who revealed the power that made Toby so strong before taking it, draining the power of Sophia's Element of Harmony, and sending them home. With the encouraging words of their respective families, Sophia and Toby finds a way to get back only to see Equestria ripped apart by the Rainbow of Darkness.

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And now the season finale of the Human Chronicles...

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Below a blood red skyline was a ravage landscape spread out like a nightmare architect's models. The water had become molten lava, the once grassy ground had become solid stone and all the trees were bare and burnt.

In the middle of the devastation, two small golden barriers are spread out on the rocky ground. They dissipated to expose Toby and Sophia, unconscious but intact. They sat up to find themselves now in the middle of Ponyville, which has become blasted, ravaged and dreary. Rubbing their heads with a groan, they looked around the place where they had fetched up and cannot even begin to make sense of the apocalypse that has just wrecked the world of Equestria.

The now nine-year-old kids soon picked up themselves up and began to wander around the destroyed town looking lost.

"We should have gotten here sooner… maybe we could have done something," Toby said to himself softly.

He and Sophia comes around a corner and stops cold with an incredulous stare when they comes across the which was filled with inhabitants of Ponyville who have all been turned to stone. Toby and Sophia make their way through them and recognizes several; Snips, Snails, Big McIntosh, Granny Smith, Zecora, The CMC, Cheerilee and the Cakes, all petrified with terrified looks on their mugs.

"All these innocent ponies… all our friends," Sophia muttered sadly.

The two then noticed something in the distance; seven glowing shields. Wanting to know what was concealing them, they rushed over to them. Once they got close enough the shields dissipated and revealed the Mane Six and Spike, much to their joy.

"Girls! Spike! Wake up!" Toby cried.

Hearing his shouting, the girls and Spike all slowly came to.

"Ugh… Toby? Sophia?" The purple unicorn asked as she looked up to him.

"You're alright!" Sophia exclaimed relieved. The others slowly got up and did their best to regain their composures.

"Ugh… uh… what just happened?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

Spike gazed at the destroyed landscape around them "Oh man… what happened to Ponyville? Where is everypony?"

"They've all been petrified, by Lord Tirek," Toby replied, "He did this, using the power he stole from me,"

"Power?" Twilight Sparkle echoed.

"Yeah, the Legendary Rainbow Power, it's what gave Toby his strength and powers and now that Tirek has it, it's become the Rainbow of Darkness, which was all needed to do this," Sophia stated.

"So your powers are gone?" Applejack inquired Toby.

"Afraid so," Toby nodded solemnly.

"But what in Equestria knocked us all out like that?" Rarity asked.

"Yeah, and why aren't we all scary looking statues?" Pinkie Pie added gesturing to the petrified ponies with scared yet scary looking faces.

"Well the thing is… it was the Princess," Toby told them.

Everypony looked absolutely shocked.

"Wait… the Princess knocked us out?" Twilight Sparkle questioned in disbelief and shock.

Sophia nodded, "Yes, and she gave me and Toby to Tirek in the hopes of him leaving Equestria alone. Obviously, he did not keep his word."

Toby agreed, "Yeah, who would have thought a demonic-looking, black magic wielding centaur would be the type to not fulfill his promises."

"But why? Why would the Princess give you both up like that?" Rainbow Dash demanded "You're the protectors of Ponyville for Pete's sake!"

"He convinced her that as long as we stayed in Ponyville, the more monsters he would send after us and in turn bring more danger to the land," Toby explained, "And based on my track record it's not like she didn't have a good reason to believe him…"

"But… but you've done so much good since you've come here," Twilight Sparkle insisted.

Toby thought for a minute "Ok, you quickly make a list of all the good things I've done since being here, and I'll make a list of all the bad,"

A few minutes later Twilight had just complete and entire page of good deeds that Toby had completed since coming to Equestria, which he held up proudly with her magic.

Her proud smile faded when Toby unrolled a very long piece of paper that stretched all the way to the edge of town, much to everypony's shock.

"I would have written down more but I ran out of ink for my quill and… your library is kinda… burnt down," Toby admitted.

"WHAT?" Twilight Sparkle proclaimed as she began to panic, Applejack patted her on the back comfortingly.

"Please, I want to leave now…" Fluttershy said quietly and scared.

"And go where? The whole world is toast!" Rainbow Dash said bitterly, "And the only pony who'd know what to do is…"

She stopped when she realized she was about to say the Princess's name, everypony quickly became saddened.

"Yeah. We could really use her help right now…" Sophia stated.

"Really?" Spike asked surprised "After she pretty much… betrayed us?"

"She did not betray us!" Twilight Sparkle stated firmly.

"She's right, she was doing what she thought was best for her kingdom. Obviously it was not the smartest decision in the world… and now she's a statue," Toby said.

"And we're all that's left,"

And sure enough, Sophia was right. In the ruins of Canterlot castle, which had party fallen off the edge of the mountain it was lodged in and into the molten lava lake, Princess Celestia was also petrified along with Luna and many members of the castle guard.

"So… what's your point, sport?" Applejack questioned.

"Wait… back in the field, when we all got knocked out, I think I did hear the Princess's voice. It said, "Be safe." She did something. Something that protected us from Tirek,"

"As if it really matters," Rainbow Dash said depressed "Look around, there's nothing left. What's the point?"

Pinkie Pie's usual smile then turned into a sad frown as she drooped down to her knees. Everypony else also looked equally depressed and defeated, everypony aside from Toby and Sophia, that is.

"Hope," Toby said with fire returning to his voice "That's the point. Look guys, I know things seem bad."

"Which they are," Rainbow Dash added. Everypony nodded in agreement, Toby looked annoyed but pressed on.

"But we're all alive and when there's life there's hope!" Sophia stated, "Look, we all come from different worlds, I get that. But as long as we're still here, we still have a chance. And that's why we're going to keep fighting"

"But without the Elements, the Princess or your powers…" Twilight Sparkle began before Toby cut her off.

"Forget those things! We're all heroes, remember? But we're not heroes because of those things OR our powers," Toby told them as he gestured to his heart and head. "We're heroes because of this and this. It's not the power, it's us!"

"Maybe, but my power still caused a lot destruction and nearly destroyed the whole town and you!" Spike reminded.

"Nopony's gonna remember that! It's not like your life's on video and your mistakes are rerun for the world to see!" Toby told him. He, Spike and Pinkie then gaze at the horizon, AKA the camera, strangely for a minute.

"Uhm… what the hay are you guys looking at?" Applejack questioned.

"Nothing!" They all said in unison.

"So anyways, the plan is; we get to Tirek's place, smite all his minions then him and find a way to change everything back." Toby stated

"That is your plan?" Rarity questioned flatly.

"Well it's all we got! And beating ourselves over what has just happened is just doing a favor for Tirek and every other bad guy we've ever gone up against," Toby stated "So in the future, let's save the beat downs for the bad guys, deal?"

Toby put his fist toward. Eventually everypony else followed suit.

"Deal!" They all cried in unison.

"Alright, let's make this thing rock and go get that son of a diamond dog," Toby proclaimed.

"Right, but uh… where do we go first?" Fluttershy asked.

"Uh… how about that scary-looking floating castle from the future?" Sophia inquired as she pointed to Tirek's floating fortress which was far off, on the other side of the molten sea.

"Works for me!" Spike said confidently.

"And we even have a boat!" Toby added, gesturing to the boat shaped piece of charcoal.

Rarity shuddered "But… but I'll get… charcoal all over my coat!" she exclaimed.

"Your looks or your life, which is more important?" Sophia asked her.

"Both are!" Rarity yelled.

Toby groaned, "Just get in!"

Toby forcefully shoved her into the charcoal boat, everypony else jumped in as well as Toby began to push it towards the molten sea, albeit with much difficultly.

"Wow, you are weak without your super strength!" Rainbow Dash remarked.

"Gee, I did not know that…" Toby said sarcastically "Maybe if we live through this I can take some time to go to the 'gym for nine-year-olds!' and while I'm at it I'll drop a weight… on your head!"

"A bit rude… but I couldn't have said it better myself," Applejack stated.

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Eventually, the gang had made it across the molten sea and were panting heavily, trying to catch their breathes. They appear to have been fleeing from something.

"Ugh! That ride was just awful!" Rarity proclaimed.

"Forget awful, it was downright terrible," Rainbow Dash added. "Where did you learn to canoe, Toe?"

Toby stepped forward to join them with Fluttershy clinging to his back tightly and afraid.

Toby smiled sarcastically, "Oh, I'm sorry I couldn't row faster than a GIANT MOLTEN MONSTER!" he exclaimed.

"WHERE!?" Fluttershy cried, scared.

Toby shrugged Fluttershy off of him as they began to approach the castle even closer.

"So… does anypony even have a plan for what we do when we Tirek's creepy castle?" Applejack inquired.

Pinkie Pie immediately got an idea, and everypony quickly guessed what it was.

"Ooh! We could…" she started.

"No." Toby, Sophia, and Twilight said.

"But maybe we could…"

"No!" they said even firmer.

Pinkie Pie frowned, defeated, while they pressed on, on the way Toby and Sophia began to notice something rather odd; there wasn't a single monster within sight, just fire and brimstone.

"Odd… where are they?" Toby wondered.

"Who?" Pinkie Pie questioned.

"Tirek's monsters, they should be patrolling or something, I know we're not within a mile of his castle yet but still…" Sophia said.

"You're not… disappointed?" Fluttershy asked, "Are you?"

"It's just strange, that's all," Sophia stated.

"But as long as we have some piece, we can come up with a plan. Ok, everypony, gather up,"

The girls and Spike did so as Toby bent down and began to use a piece of charcoal to draw his plan in the ground like chalk.

"Alright here is the plan," he said as he began to draw shaped in the rocky ground. "Pink, you're the balloon. Flutters, you're the butterfly. RD, you're the lightning bolt. Rare, you're the diamond. AJ, you're the apple. Twi, you're the star. I'm the 'T'. Sophia, you're the rose. And Spike, you're the heart."

"Why am I the heart?" Spike inquired in a slightly whiny voice.

"Because I said so, now focus," Toby told him "When we attack, we'll attack in groups of two, tag teams, with the exception of one team. Lightning bolt and Butterfly are team one. Diamond and Star are team two. Apple and Balloon are team three. And 'T', Rose, and Heart are team four, that is also the order we'll attack him in. You with me so far?"

Everypony nodded. The Spike sneezed and let out a gust of green flames scorching the spot where Toby drew the plan.

"Bless you!" Pinkie Pie chirped.

"Good work, you just sneezed away the plan," Toby said flatly.

"Sorry!" Spike apologized.

"Never mind, you all know your jobs now, so let's do it!" Sophia stated. They all nod in agreement and continue to make their way to the castle.

"Well, it looks like luck is finally turning around everypony!" Twilight Sparkle remarked.

Just then, an astral protection of Tirek's head, made entirely of red energy appeared before them. This started them and made them freeze instantly.

"Or not…" Rarity squeaked.

Toby's and Sophia's eyes narrowed as Toby looks at a long burnt stick and held it like a sword while Sophia transformed into hr Sibyl form, "Tirek! We're ready for you!" they proclaimed.

Tirek raised a brow at Toby. "Hmm, Morrison and Lawrence. While I am slightly impressed you two managed to get back here and survive my take over, it makes no difference," he said, "Turn back now."

"No way!" Toby and Sophia shouted back.

"You misunderstand, I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. Now turn back before I make all of you," Tirek told him.

"Oh yeah?" Rainbow Dash asked, "You and what army?"

It takes only an instant for his unearthly forces to emerge from the ground and completely surround the nine friends. Fluttershy let out a shrill, terrified scream while Toby just looked at Rainbow Dash annoyed.

"You just had to ask, didn't you?" Toby asked her flatly.

"Attack!" Lord Tirek commanded.

The monsters all dove towards them, with their claws and teeth ready to dig in.

"Spike, super mode, GO!" Toby ordered "Twi, Rare, give yourselves plus Pinkie and A.J a lift!"

Spike grew to his fifty-foot winged dragon form, then Toby and Sophia jumped onto his back as he took off. Twilight and Rarity used their magic to levitate themselves as well as Pinkie Pie and Applejack off the ground while Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew upwards. The monsters landed in a dog pile.

"Going up!" Toby said as they all flew towards the castle.

The monsters watch them go and suddenly, each of them grew wings and flew upwards the join them.

"Did you know they could fly?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"How would we know if they could fly or not?" Sophia inquired highly annoyed.

"Guys, we got company!" Twilight Sparkle cried, as she gestured to the large swarm of monsters heading their way.

Toby gained a determined look on his face as he pointed his stick like sword forward.

"Charge!" he yelled.

The nine of them all flew towards Tirek's army. Pretty soon both groups were heading for a collision course.

"Rainbow, Fluttershy, Sophia, make it windy!" Toby told them.

"On it!" Rainbow Dash saluted. Fluttershy and Sophia also nodded in agreement as they and Rainbow Dash flew forward towards the horde.

They began to spin around and around until they created a swirling vortex that sent most of the horde flying in different directions. But several of them still proceeded.

"Twi, Rare, shed some light on these numbskulls!" Toby ordered.

Twilight and Rarity nodded as they both charged up their magic until finally they released an intensely bright burst of magical energy that blinded the horde and stopped them in their tracks.

"Now Pinkie, A.J!" Sophia called out.

"We're on it!" Applejack cried as Twilight and Rarity pushed her forward along with Pinkie Pie.

"Whee!" Pinkie Pie cheered as she and Applejack went flying towards the horde. They slam their hind legs into their mugs, pushing them all back and further away from them.

"And now… barbeque 'em Spike!" Sophia commanded.

Spike nodded, charged up his fire and let out a large gust of flame that instantly fried all of the monsters and reduced them to ashes.

"Yes!" Toby exclaimed.

"We're doing it!" Pinkie Pie cried "We're gonna win!"

All of a sudden Lord Tirek himself appeared right in front of them and pushed them all back by simply holding out his palm. They all scream as they crash landed on the ground like meteors.

Lord Tirek laughed "You fools will never learn!" he stated "Did you honestly believe that by simply eliminating all my minions you'd be able to defeat me?" he asked.

Toby groaned as he got to his knees.

"Holy Moly... Guacamole that hurt..." he groaned

"Well, boy? Do you?"

Toby simply dusted his shoulder off ,"Wasn't exactly trying to beat you like this, Tirek." he said "See, I just wanted to see what it would take to bring you out of your little hole,"

"So you could do what?" Lord Tirek questioned.

"So we can beat you, duh," Sophia stated. "All the way into the ground!"

"How? I have magic and you have NOTHING!" Lord Tirek bellowed.

The others then got to their feet and all stood beside Toby and Sophia, also looking very determined.

"They have us!" Rainbow Dash said firmly.

Toby and Sophia smiled gratefully "Thanks guys," they told them.

"Ha! Look at the precious ponies, trying to protect their lovable foreign friends who try to understand their ways and fails," Lord Tirek said mockingly before charging up a ball of intense dark magical energy, "Now step aside, those two humans has interfered with my plans far too often. Now they must die!"

As Lord Tirek launched the energy ball at Toby and Sophia, the Mane Six and Spike quickly attempt to shield Toby and Sophia from the blast as soon as it neared them. A large
explosion was then caused when the energy ball hit the earth.

Lord Tirek laughed triumphantly but stopped when he saw something coming out of the smoke.

"Huh? There's no way! It's impossible!" he cried.

Suddenly, something that appeared to be in the shape of a giant light blue phoenix raised out of the large smoke cloud. Tirek looked closely and saw that the phoenix was actually another astral projected generated by Toby and Sophia who were floating inside the winged creature's core. Also inside it were all seven of theur friends who were floating inside alongside them. Toby's and Sophia's eyes, along with everypony else's eyes snap open.

"Impossible is our specialty!" they proclaimed in unison.

"But how!? I took the power of the Rainbow away from you and the Elements of Harmony are powerless against me!" Lord Tirek cried.

"You did, but now Tony's power and the Elements of Harmony are fueled by a very special kind of magic, a magic created from the bonds I've made with these guys, a magic that you can't break or take away from me! Friendship! And in case you haven't figured it out yet; Friendship is magic!" Sophia stated.

The phoenix astral form let out a long, and booming screech and it began to fly straight towards Tirek, who for the first time, began to look afraid.

"No! Stay back!" he shouted. He attempted to shoot down the giant bird with several energy blasts but they only bounced off.

"Ha! Now your hour has arrived!" Toby said determined.

Lord Tirek growled angrily then began to laugh madly.

"No matter how strong your little 'bonds' are with these idiots it won't be enough to kill me!" Tirek boasted.

The phoenix stopped in mid-flight and floated there while Toby and Sophia smirked.

"We'll see about that. You'll never really know for sure until I try," they said.

Tirek growled. "What's wrong horn head? Afraid?"

"No… Just annoyed." Tirek stated. "These little ones follow you… despite your obvious differences… so tell me… what makes you so special?"

Toby and Sophia just smirked again. "Nothing. We're just some kids from Brooklyn," Sophia said.

"Is that so?" Tirek inquired evilly, his eyes glow brightly as energy began to crackle in his palms "Then die together!" He held out both of his palms and aimed them at Toby and the others.

"RAINBOW OF DARKNESS!" he yelled.

A long rainbow stretched out towards them, the weird thing about this rainbow was that all seven of its colors were either black, dark gray, gray and white, like a photo negative picture.

The rainbow slammed into the phoenix, which let out a long, tortured screech. The nine of them all struggle as hard as they can to keep the rainbow from breaking through the blue aura.

"We can't hold this back for long!" Twilight cried.

"That's ok, I don't need much time to whoop this guy back to rock he crawled out from!" Toby told them "Just keep holding on while Sophia and I take care of him, and don't worry, this isn't over until justice prevails and this creep is whipped out! After all, every good story has got to have a happy ending!"

A single tear drops from Rainbow Dash's face.

"Go get 'em Toby and Sophia!" she yelled "And don't forget; you're Equestria's greatest heroes! MY heroes! So don't you dare lose this!"

"Don't worry Dash, we won't, it's the least we can do for our number one fan!" Toby smiled before he Sophia flew out of the phoenix. Toby used his energy butterfly wings while Sophia flew on her hoverboard flower. Suddenly, Toby's butterfly wings slowly transformed into large, feathery white angel wings which give off a glittering rainbow trail as he flew while his eyes glowed bright blue. Sophia also underwent in an upgrade as well. The red skirt of her dress became blue. The arm cuffs now have additional blue. There are a few flowers added to her flower headband. Sophia is now wearing sandals which are brown at the soles and the straps have leaves attached at the bottom. But the most noticeable changes are Sophia's new wings which are butterfly-themed and have a color scheme of green and yellow, and her hoverboard flower which is now a rainbow-colored rose with green sharp-edged leaves underneath. The Mane Six and Spike were amazed.

"Wings… Toby's got wings! Real wings! And Sophia got a new upgrade for her Sibyl form!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed excitedly.

"He's harnessing the full power of the Rainbow of Light and she's just gave out wisdom that is stronger than before!" Twilight deduced.

"Yes… but who knows what these transformations could do to their bodies?" Rarity wondered.

As Toby and Sophia zoomed toward Tirek, blood red scar-like lines began to appear all over their upper bodies, including their faces.

"TOBY! SOPHIA!" Everypony cried out in alarm.

"It's cool guys! I said we wouldn't lose and we MEANT IT!" he cried.

Just then energy from the dark rainbow began to fade away and gather into Toby's right palm. Sophia feel her powers return to her as she saw the rose-shaped gem on her bracelet got its color back.

"WHAT!?" Lord Tirek cried out in shock.

"I don't know how long you've lived Tirek, or how many times you've cheated death but no more!" Toby and Sophia declared as Tirek's eyes widen with fear. "It's the end of the line for you!"

Twilight's eyes widened, "Toby's turning the Rainbow of Darkness into the Rainbow of Light and Sophia has her old powers back and combined with her new powers!" she realized.

Energy from the rainbow and the Element of Wisdom continued to gather and gather until finally it became two balls of light: one is pure white with swirling multicolored lights flowing from it and the other is yellow and green with leaves and petals surrounding it. Toby and Sophia then disappeared then reappeared in front of the shocked Tirek.

"Take this! SONIC RAINBOMB!/Take this! MOTHER EARTH'S PULSE!" they shouted together as they slammed the two spheres into Tirek's chest. He screamed as the magical energy grind into his chest before phasing itself inside of him. After it did so Tirek's body began to crack up, due to the large amount of energy inside of him.

"I. CAN'T. TAKE. ANYMORE!" Tirek bellowed loudly "I. HAVE. DEVOURED. ALL I CAN! NO!"

And with that Tirek's body was destroyed in a massive explosion, creating a shock wave followed by a Technicolor wave of energy similar to that of a Sonic Rainboom that swept the destroyed land around them and even reduced his entire castle to rubble, which fell into the lava lake below.

The nine-year-old kids smirked to themselves, "Checkmate," they said triumphantly.

Toby, Sophia, and their friends gently float back to the ground.

"So… did we win?" Pinkie Pie wondered.

"Yeah… I think we did!" Toby realized. He then became very excited, "We did it! We won! We won!"

"We sure did!" Sophia cheered happily.

"Aw, man, I can't believe we won!" Spike exclaimed.

"I can! We're awesome!" Rainbow Dash cried. "BEST. DAY. EVER!"

Everyone then started cheering loudly and jumping for joy, they each gave each other a tight and loving hug. Twilight then noticed that the burn marks on Toby's and Sophia's upper bodies had spread all over and now resembled ritualistic markings.

"Oh, Toby, Sophia, your bodies!" Twilight cried.

Toby and Sophia looked at themselves and shrugged, "It's ok, Twi. We're fine," Toby assured her.

"So… it's really… over?" Fluttershy asked happily and slowly,

"Indeed it is," Twilight Sparkle nodded.

"Ooh, this calls for a party!" Pinkie Pie cried. "Party time!"

"Agreed, one hundred and ten percent!" Sophia added.

"Absolutely!" Rarity agreed.

Spike then noticed something around them.

"Guys?" Spike spoke up "I hate to be the bearer of bad news but… if it's over… then why is everything still destroyed?"

Everyone looked up and saw that Spike was right. The land around them had still not returned to his gorgeous former state and still looked like a nuclear bomb had decimated it and turned all the water into lava.

"What? I don't get it!" Rainbow Dash proclaimed a bit angry. "Tirek's gone, so… why hasn't everything returned to normal?"

Toby sighed sadly. "The Rainbow of Darkness did this, not Tirek, so that must be why everything hasn't changed," he guessed.

"Then… how do we change it back?" Fluttershy asked.

"Maybe… if you use the Rainbow of Light!" Twilight Sparkle realized. "Yeah! If the Rainbow of Darkness can destroy then the Rainbow of Light must be able to fix! It makes total sense,"

"Yeah, except I don't know how to make that happen," Toby stated.

"Then what do we do?" Spike inquired.

"Just let me think for a bit," Toby told them as he walked a little further away from them and began to think. "Come on, there has to be a way to fix this, think, think, think!" he muttered under his breath.

Toby though and he though, he thought and he pondered, he pondered for what seemed like forever until something struck him. He glanced at all the ritualistic marks on his and Sophia's arms, chests and faces as well as his sweaty palms and got an idea. He turned to the Mane Six.

"Follow me and Sophia," he told them before zooming off towards town with Sophia. The others looked a bit confused but followed him anyway.

They soon arrive at the center of town, where Toby and Sophia were standing right in the middle.

"Spike, stick," he told him, holding out his arm.

Spike nodded and tossed Toby his burnt stick.

"Oh and hold this," Toby added as he took off his red and blue cap and tossed it to Spike.

Toby then took off his shirt and began to draw a large circle around him in the rocky ground along with a few equestrian symbols while Sophia got off her hoverboard rose. The Mane Six and Spike just watched in confusion.

"Uh… Toby? Sophia? What are you two doing?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"You'll see in just a second," he told her.

He soon finished and from the looks of it, it looked like he and Sophia were standing right in the middle of a ritualistic circle.

"What is that?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

"It's what I'm going to use to fix everything, using the Rainbow of Light," Toby responded "You see, Tirek caused all this because he absorbed the Rainbow of Darkness into himself and expelled it like a bomb, all I have to do is do the same thing but with a little extra magic mojo and Sophia's Element of Wisdom."

"That could work…" Fluttershy realized.

"It will work," Rarity stated.

"Yay! Go Toby! Go Sophia!" Pinkie Pie cheered.

The circle then began to glow dimly around Toby and Sophia.

"It's starting," Sophia said as a wall of magic light surrounded the circle, as well as herself and Toby.

Then a thought popped into Twilight's head "Wait! Tirek was only able to survive that spell because he's, well… from this world," she told him "So… if you do it… what's gonna happen… to you?"

Toby and Sophia didn't say a word and instead looked at their seven friends with solemn looks on their faces. It took them a while but everypony soon realized what Toby and Sophia were planning to do and what might happen to them which made their eyes widen with absolute horror and sadness.

"No…" Spike breathed horrified.

Toby and Sophia glanced upward at the dying sun above them all as tears began to stream down their faces.

"I don't know… if this whole experience was a dream or not…" Toby started to say before he and Sophia looked at their friends with sad smiles. "But it was nice… having friends for a while…"

"Toby, Sophia, no!" Twilight Sparkle cried out desperately.

"Please, darlings, you must get out of there!" Rarity begged.

"Plus, stop!" Applejack added.

"Don't do this!" Rainbow Dash shouted angrily and sadly.

"Please!" Fluttershy squealed.

"Toby- woeby! Sophia!" Pinkie Pie cried.

"Sorry girls, this is the only way… as they say, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, in this case me," Toby said as the glowing circle began to glow even brighter.

"Toby, Sophia, we're talking about your life!" Spike exclaimed.

"Man… my Mom would so kill me for this…" Toby said wistfully.

"And don't get me started on Dad…" Sophia stated, as wistful as Toby.

"Toby, Sophia…" a tearful Twilight started to say.

"Just make sure our families get our letters… the ones we wrote in case we couldn't find a way to send us back, they're at our place," Sophia told them, tears now flowing down her face like a waterfall as well as Toby's.

As Toby whispered "Just make sure they get them… ok? And remember: we are... and always will be... your friends," The six ponies and the baby dragon watch helplessly as Toby and Sophia clapped their hands together before holding each other's hands.

"This is for you, guys," they said.

The markings on their upper bodies began to glow with glowing blue and yellow lights, respectively. The glowing circle then glowed so intensely that it blinded all seven of them. Toby then outstretched both of his arms high in the air while Sophia floated a few feet upwards as her wings every colored part of her Sibyl outfit glowed hot white. A blinding white light began to overtake the two human kids as they smiled peaceful smiles.

"We'll miss you…" they breathed tearfully.

The light forms into a wide column that rapidly spread outward over the land and the Mane Six and when it cleared away, the town of Ponyville had been restored to its proper, unravaged condition. Clear blue sky, houses and streets, all as they should be.

The wave passes elsewhere in the city, reviving all the petrified townspeople, and one final burst restores the bay and Canterlot Castle. Everypony in town looked greatly bewildered and confused by what had just occurred and what had occurred moments ago.

The Mane Six unshielded their eyes and to their shock and joy they saw that Equestria had been fully restored to its rightful glory.

"That… was…" Rainbow Dash said slowly.

"Unbelievable!" Applejack remarked.

"They did it… They saved the world…" Twilight Sparkle breathed.

"Yeah…" Spike nodded, he then noticed the spot where Toby and Sophia were previously standing was empty and Toby and Sophia were nowhere to be seen. "Then… what happened to them?"

"Yeah, where'd they go?" Rainbow Dash questioned.

She was answered with silence. All of the ponies turned away, refusing to make eye contact. Sad looks appeared on their faces.

Rainbow's eyes widen with realization and horror.

"No… don't tell me… don't tell me they're gone girls," Rainbow Dash begged her friends tearfully, she then began to call out for her friends, "Toby? Sophia! GUYS!"

There was no answer, just silence and the sounds of the muttering townspeople.

All of the ponies started to cry uncontrollably as they sought comfort from each other. Spike gazed down upon Toby's cap sadly.

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From a far, Luna and Celestia, now free of the petrifaction, gazed upon what had and was just conspiring now. Both Princesses had tears in their eyes as well and allowed single drops to fall from their faces while a blue butterfly flew off into the distance.

It had been over a month since the final battle with Lord Tirek, and stories of all of Toby's and Sophia's deeds had spread from the town of Ponyville to every corner of Equestria. The Princess' even made stained glass images of the young boy and girl in Canterlot Castle in their memory.

Toby and Sophia's house remained vacant. Both the princesses agreed that it should be cared for as he cared for all the ponies in Ponyville. Also, the girls decided that Irene, Toby's pet goldfish and Chestnut, Sophia's pet squirrel, would be taken care of by all of them, as a way to honor Toby and Sophia.

All the ponies in Ponyville had known of the strange residents that had graced their humble village. Most even knew about all the courageous and selfless acts they did to protect so many of the natives and were grateful to them. Many felt guilty for being so afraid of them and some missed them terribly.

They even created two large wooden statues that greatly resembled Toby and Sophia in the center of town, where they were last seen, as sort of memorial statues. Near the statues, set gently on a large piece of wood was Toby's old red and blue cap, which each of the Mane Six took care of greatly.

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One day, Twilight had just entered Sophia and Toby's old house and gazed around it sadly. It was then that she saw it: the letters Toby and Sophia told her to give to their respective families in case they couldn't send them back. She magically levitated them over and unfolded it before reading Toby's letter to his dad.

Dear Dad,

I know you're probably pretty angry at me right now. Dad, I'm sorry I disappeared on you like that. It's kind of a long story of where I am and it was more or less out of my control. But really, I kind of enjoyed being here. You see, after Mom died, I didn't know what to do, you were always away and I had no friends to help me. But then I got some very cool skills and a chance to protect a place I didn't know existed, and I saw it as a new way to help others. Not to mention, I made seven great friends in the process. And at first I did fine. Dad, you would have been so proud. I fought with honor and dignity. At times I got knocked down hard but I kept remembering what you always said Just keep on going and don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something. I may have gotten knocked down but I kept on fighting, I was determined not to give up. You taught me that. Do you remember? You also taught me that if your determination runs low, fill it back up with loyalty. Remember that one? And Dad, you know what the United States Marine Corps motto is "Semper Fidelis" or "Always Faithful." I'll never betray my friends. Never. But I can never, ever, shake that very big possibility that one day I may end getting my friends in danger because I'm such a big target, and no amount of loyalty or dedication will change that. See, Dad, I thought about courage. You always said that courage was facing your fears, and the proof of courage was in the risk you take and the sacrifices you make. So, what can I say? Without my friends, I'm helpless, and there's nothing I can do to change that. That's why I can't leave this place. I have to continue protecting the only friends I got, even if that means I might die. I'd hate to see how you would react if you did hear I died but that'll always be a possibility in my line of work now. I spent my whole life trying to be the hero that you taught me, the kind of hero that sticks by his friends and his family no matter what, the kind of hero that you said was the highest achievement possible. I'm sorry, dad. But I'll never be that hero.

Your son,

Toby

Twilight then began to cry after reading the whole letter.

"But you were that hero…" she said quietly. Twilight then read Sophia's letter.

To my beloved family,

I'm sure you're all worried that I won't be able to be with you guys anymore. But you should be happy that even though we have hardships in the past, we stayed closed together and forever will be together even though some of us are literally separated from us, . When I first arrived in Equestria, I was always focused of finding Toby ever since he disappeared on me. But luckily, I was able to find him and met seven new friends here. With help from Toby, I protected the town from incoming threats and enemies. Although Toby and I are different from all our pony and dragon friends, we still treat each other equally. I never back down for my friends or for Ponyville, not even one bit. It's like the lessons Dad taught me before he was arrested: 'Keep going. Each step may get harder but don't stop. The view is beautiful at the top.' And because of his words, I always have the courage to stay positive as I live my life while helping Toby and my Equestrian friends. Without them, I will be just a face in the crowd who never had a chance to stand out. I've also learned from another quote I've read from a book: 'Friendship fuels confidence and determination. Every word of encouragement acts as fuel for the flame of confidence. The more encouraging words you have, the brighter your flame becomes. Thanks to them and thanks to you, I've become the girl I am today: always optimistic and caring for her friends and family.

Sincerely,

Sophia

Twilight smiled at Sophia's letter, "Oh Sophia, we'll always remember you and Toby."

Just then a brief image of smiling Toby and Sophia flashed in her mind, making her gasp sharply. The rest of the girls, who were all standing outside on the balcony, looked inside concerned.

"Twilight?" Rarity asked.

"You ok, sugarcube?" Applejack added.

"What did ya find?" Rainbow Dash inquired.

"Is there any snacks?" Pinkie Pie inquired.

A determine look appeared on Twilight's face. She turned around raced out of the house, past her friends and jumped off the balcony before racing off.

"Twilight!" Rainbow Dash cried.

They all jumped down and raced after her.

"Slow down, Twi!" Applejack called out.

"Where in Equestria are you going?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Home!" Twilight stated.

"Home?" Fluttershy asked.

Twilight then stopped, the others also stop along with her. She turned to face them.

"Yes, I'm going home and when I get their I'm going to study, harder than I ever have before!" Twilight Sparkle declared.

"What in Equestria for?" Rarity questioned.

"Is it for a party?" Pinkie Pie inquired excitedly.

"No, it's not for a party," Twilight Sparkle replied flatly, "It's because Toby and Sophia are alive!"

"WHAT!?" They all yelled in unison.

"But… Twi, we all saw them sacrifice themselves last year," Applejack stated "They were destroyed,"

"That's right! They became this big, blinding white light and whoosh! Everything was back to normal and… they're gone," Pinkie Pie finished with a sad note.

"Look, I know what we saw but… it just doesn't feel like Toby and Sophia are really gone," Twilight Sparkle stated "And maybe that's because they aren't! And maybe with the right spell, we can see them again!"

Everypony looked surprised and stared at her.

"I have no idea how to make that work…" Twilight admitted "But if… if I study hard enough, I will find a way to bring them back. I can't explain it. I just know. Will you all help me?"

Twilight gave all her friends a begging like look. One by one they all start to smile.

"Like you really need to ask, Twi," Applejack smirked "Let's do it, ya'll! For Toby and Sophia!"

Applejack put her hoof forward. The other quickly followed suit.

"For Toby and Sophia!" Rarity nodded.

"For Toby and Sophia!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"For Toby-woeby and Sophia!" Pinkie Pie chirped happily.

"For Toby and Sophia," Fluttershy whispered sweetly.

"Alright then!" Twilight Sparkle added.

And with that all six of them hoof bumped.

"Yeah!" they cheered.

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Back on Earth, George Morrison and Clara Lawrence had just pulled up to their house and entered through the front door. They took a few steps inside then glanced to the living room where they saw ten-year-old Toby and Sophia were packing stuff into their respective bags.

Toby was now wearing a red, white and blue outfit that resembled the first outfit that Rarity made for him. Also, his hair was just as messy as he had it before he came to Equestria, the only thing missing was his hat. Sophia is now wearing the ladybug-themed outfit that Rarity made for her and her is neatly combed and it has a headband braid just like before.

"Going somewhere, you two?" George asked.

"Yeah, to the park," The red headed kid replied, "The guys and us are planning on building a worm hole generator,"

"You mind telling us why?" Clara asked.

"There's a chance that it could really work," Sophia replied, "The guy who's in charge of building it is really smart and if it works, we can create a portal to
another world, "

"I see," George mused "If you can't use your magic then you'll use machines is that the plan, son?"

Toby stopped packing "I know our spell did something. We saw Equestria being but back together briefly. We thought we'd end up being sent to kingdom come afterwards… but instead we woke up here," he said, "And to this day we still haven't figured out how or why."

"Well the way I see it… you knew the only way for you to survive that spell was if you came back here, so you did without thinking," George said, "Subconsciously, I guess you could say."

Toby gazed at his formerly bandaged arm, all of the burn marks that were previously on his body have faded away like the wind. Sophia gazed at her bracelet, which is her Element of Wisdom. Her burn marks have disappeared as well.

"Still… what got returned to us got lost again," Sophia muttered, "We should have found a better method, another way."

Clara smiled, "Well, nothing's ever perfect, am I right?"

Toby chuckled "Yeah, I guess so," he said, "See you when we get back."

Toby and Sophia took their bags, stood up and walked right past their parents. They then exited the house and started to walk down the sidewalk until they reached the corner where they first disappeared to Equestria. They gazed at it sadly and they then saw translucent images of the Mane Six and Spike all smiling above him and smiled back.

"Hey, Toby! Hey, Sophia!"

Toby and Sophia turned and saw a few of their classmates, such as the ones who previously ignored Toby a year ago waving at them.

"Come on, hurry up! The wormhole generator isn't gonna build itself!" One of the boys cried.

Toby and Sophia smirked and chuckled, "Right! Coming!"

They glanced at the images again before they slowly fade away.

"Until we meet again guys…" they muttered to themselves.

And so with Equestria finally at peace, Toby, one of the saviors of the planet, and Sophia, the wielder of the Element of Wisdom and the other savior of Equestria, take their leave to await the day when they are needed once again. They then began to happily rush down the sidewalk as the bright sun shined its bright lights down toward them. The cherry blossom petals began to swirl in the wind around them as Toby did a triple front flip while Sophia laughed and ran down the sidewalk. As they, ran a blue butterfly followed him closely. They then jumped in the air.

"Yeah!" they cried.

Finally, happy to be home and now with a group of friends they can call their own, all thanks to six ponies and a fire breathing dragon all from another world that lies just beyond our reach. Now the young heroes must return to their normal lives, in the hopes that Equestria never again sees the kind of darkness that brought it so close to destruction. But when that day comes, there will be one who will step out of the shadows and fight in the name of all that is good and true.

Until we meet again.

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Author's Note: And there you have it. Sophia's upgraded Sibyl form is Paula's 2nd evolution appearance: Rose Sibyl Paula. Just like before, I will continue on writing the sequel, 'Back Home', while the rest of the series will be cancelled until further notice.