"Since the score is tied, the final event will determine the winner of the Friendship Games," Vice Principal Luna announced. "Somewhere on campus, a pennant from each school has been hidden. The first team to find their school's flag and bring it back, wins."

"And as soon as our teams are ready, we'll begin." Dean Cadence added in.

"How do you think it's going for both sides?" Forte asked.

"They're tied..." Cherry brought him up to speed.

Forte looked at her in the Crystal Prep uniform and wrinkled his nose. "No offense, Cerise, but you look rather ghastly in that."

"I'm dropping out as soon as this is over." Cherry promised.

"Cherry!" Principal Cinch called over.

Cherry sighed, she then made herself go over to her fellow students as they grouped up.

"Hopefully this will end happily." Forte whispered.

---

"I know I'm asking you to beat a team that isn't playing fair, but Canterlot High must be made to understand that even with magic at their disposal, beating Crystal Prep is simply not an option." Principal Cinch said before looking directly at Sci-Twi and Atticus.

"What if they grow wings again?" Sugarcoat asked, nearly scoffing.

"A fair question," Principal Cinch adjusted her glasses. "Though, I believe we can now fight fire with fire."

"Why are you looking at us?" Atticus asked, referring to himself and Sci-Twi.

"I've seen what Twilight's device can do," Principal Cinch explained. "Containing magical energy is fine, but have you considered releasing it?"

"But, I don't even understand how it works..." Sci-Twi excused.

"But you'd like to..." Principal Cinch retorted. "And since our opponents have already used it to stay competitve, I see no reason why we shouldn't do the same. Unless, of course, you have no interest in Everton. Though, honestly, I'd like to think there's more knowledge packed in that little device than any independent study program could offer."

'Is she serious?!' Atticus thought to himself.

Principal Cinch and the other Crystal Prep students, except for Cherry, began to manipulate the two brains of their group.

Cherry's eyes widened and she shook slightly. "Oh, no, Teller warned us about this..." she whispered fearfully.

Atticus and Sci-Twi were even considering unleashing the magic the device had contained.

The other students circled them. "Unleash the magic... Unleash the magic... If we lose, you're both to blame..."

"Stop!" Cherry ran over to stop Principal Cinch and the other students from tricking Atticus and Sci-Twi. "Guys, don't do it!"

But her voice didn't seem to reach them as if something was blocking her from being heard. Cherry rushed over, but the other students stood in front of Sci-Twi and Atticus, glaring coldly to her, even colder than she would be. Sci-Twi's pendant glowed brighter, but did not yet open. Principal Cinch and the Crystal Prep students were just so cruel with their words and they were only interested in seeing Canterlot High fall and them never being actual friends.

'Well, if we did unleash the magic, Sci-Twi would be able to understand it, hopefully.' Atticus thought to himself.

Sci-Twi took her necklace off and walked across the ground with Atticus as Sunset and Mo were walking from the opposite side.

The teachers called for the student teams, but Atticus and Sci-Twi were now really about to unleash the magic to make their wishes become reality.

---

Teller was grabbed and Dr. Faciler's shadow consumed and took over his body. Teller's eyes squeezed shut and he narrowed them as they were now purple and he was being controlled by Dr. Faciler.

"GUYS, NO!" Sunset, Cherry, Spike, Patch, and Mo cried as Sci-Twi held out the pendant and Atticus was opening it to unleash the magic.

Sci-Twi and Atticus then opened it up. There was a huge explosion that made nearly everyone fall in despair. Sci-Twi and Atticus dropped the pendant and they were now floating in the air.

"Yes, yes, YES!" Teller cheered in Dr. Faciler's voice.

There was a glowing and deathly magical ball that was overtaking Sci-Twi and Atticus.

"Heeeelp us!" Sci-Twi and Atticus cried as the magic was consuming both of them.

Cherry was able to run over to them and began to try to help them out of the sphere of magic. "Let go!" she demanded to the magic orb.

"CERISE!" Forte panicked.

Cherry grunted, trying to pull them down, but she felt her feet no longer touching the ground as she was going up with them. "No, no, no!"

The magic orb now had all three of them inside it and all three of them were now transforming. The others looked in slight horror and curiousness as the three now had rather frightening transformations that came with wings and they were now floating in the air. Teller continued to laugh evilly at the display as he rubbed his hands together. Principal Cinch was terrified and backed away from the scene.

Sci-Twi laughed, looking to Sunset. "You were right! I didn't understand magic before, but I do now!"

"And now for Equestria!" Atticus told her evilly before destroying the Canterlot High statue with his magic.

The portals grew bigger and the magical land known as Equestria was being shown. There were several ponies who looked worried about what was happening.

"Cherry, stop!" Fluttershy cried.

"SILENCE!" Cherry hissed before blasting magic.

The Humane Six dodged out of the way as pegasi were flying in alarm.

"W-What's going on, Daddy?" Moxie asked her father.

"I'm not sure, Mox..." Penn said nervously as he held his children in fear.

"Guys, you can't do this!" Sunset told Sci-Twi, Atticus, and Cherry.

More and more Equestrian portals appeared with Cherry, Atticus, and Sci-Twi's evil magical blasts. Principal Cinch was the most cowardly and she tried to escape.

Teller jumped down in front of her maliciously and came closer to her. "Where do you think you're going, Principal Cinch?" he asked wickedly.

"Anywhere to get away from those monsters and I suggest you and the students do the same." Principal Cinch said before running past him.

Teller laughed wickedly in response. The Crystal Prep students were downright horrified, more than the Canterlot students. No one could say though who was more frightened, the ponies in Equestria, or the humans of this world.

"Guys, stop it!" Mo begged. "You're destroying this world just to get to the world of magic!"

"So what? There's more magic there I want to understand it all!" Sci-Twi told her before using her magic in the center of all the students.

The students ran as there was a gaping hole of an Equestrian sky which was frighteningly overwhelming. Sunset and Mo fell down by Sci-Twi's pendant. The Humane Six helped students who were about to fall into the hole.

"Don't let go!" Applejack called out as she was helping a student up.

Five Crystal Prep students who seemed to had become the Humane Six's rivals looked to each other. They all had the same thing on their minds and they agreed to help the students. Rarity nearly fell with a couple of students until Indigo Zap and Lemon Zest came to their rescue. Sunset picked up the pendant which somehow activated the Equestrian magic in Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy. Along with Patch's Equestrian magic.

Sunset felt overwhelmed, but she glared to Sci-Twi, Cherry, and Atticus. "This isn't the way!" she scolded.

"Look, I know you guys feel powerful right now, like you can have everything you want, Sunset's been where you were if you recall!" Mo called out to them.

"She's right, I've made the mistake you're making!" Sunset agreed. "I put on a crown and just like you, I was overwhelmed by the magic it contained! I thought it could get me everything I wanted!"

"Oh, you're wrong..." Sci-Twi shook her head with an evil grin. "Unlike you, I can have everything I want!"

"No, you can't!" Mo disagreed. "Even with all that magic and power, you'll still be alone! Atticus, I fell in love with a kind, gentle, and brave boy, and frankly, you're not him with that magic! True magic comes from honesty, loyalty, laughter, generosity, kindness!"

"We understand you guys," Sunset added firmly. "And we want to show you the most important magic of all!"

"You can do it, girls!" Patch cheered.

Sunset and Mo were lifted into the air. They then threw down the pendant and a blast of magical energy transformed them as well.

"The magic of friendship!" Sunset and Mo told Sci-Twi, Cherry, and Atticus together.

"Now that is so awesome!" Patch cheered.

"Yowza..." Spike added, with very wide eyes.

Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy were amazed at the sight themselves.

"Come on, Sunset, let's clean this place up." Mo told the flaming headed girl.

Sunset nodded in agreement. The two then blasted their positive magic to make the Equestrian portals disappear.

"Whew, thank goodness those portals are gone." Patch sighed out of relief.

Sci-Twi, Cherry, and Atticus were outraged that they tried to fight Sunset and Mo now.

"It won't work!" Dr. Faciler taunted Sunset Shimmer and Mo, still controlling Teller's body. "It's three against two! YOU WON'T WIN! YOU'LL NEVER WIN!" But then when he saw Teller began to take back control.

'GET OUT OF MY BODY!' Teller shouted.

"NEVER!" Dr. Faciler growled back. "I'M IN CONTROL NOW! WITHOUT ME, YOU'D ONLY BE A MUTE KID WHO NEVER GOT HIS WAY!"

Teller growled internally, then noticed his body now had Faciler's talisman.

Charlotte rushed over, remembering what happened to Tiana when Faciler tried to keep her a frog forever and even kill her. "I got news for you, Shadow Man, Teller's a brilliant man and a wonderful magician!" she then detached the talisman and smashed it against the school wall, making ghosts and shadows fuse out of it.

"NOOOOO!" Dr. Faciler's voice shouted as his soul escaped out of Teller's body.

Teller groaned, looking a little weak, but not on the verge of death.

"Are you okay?" Derpy asked.

"Ugh..." Teller rubbed his temples.

"You know what makes me feel better?" Derpy asked, then took out a random tray. "Muffins!"

"You like your muffins, don't ya?" Teller smirked to her, taking one.

"Muffins are magic!" Derpy giggled.

"So they are." Teller smiled.

Derpy giggled and smiled to him. Teller smiled back peacefully. Sunset, Sci-Twi, Atticus, Cherry, and Mo kept trying to fight each other in their own little magical duel.

"Oh, Teller, I was so worried!" Penn hugged his partner. "You worried me to death! Oh, I'm glad you're okay!"

"Well, we're not out of danger yet, we still have a magic problem." Teller said.

Penn cursed under his breath.

---

A cracking hole appeared to be the fiery underworld known as Hell as where the bad people go when they die. Dr. Faciler was being sucked through the hole, but he grabbed onto Darla's ankle and dragged her down with him.

"Hey, lemme go, you bully!" Darla demanded. "HELP!"

Patch began to try to pull her away from the Shadow Man, luckily Atticus also noticed this and it snapped him out of it. The Shadow Man kept grabbing for one of them.

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY GRANDBABY, YOU HORRIBLE, AWFUL MAN!" Charlotte growled and stomped on his hand.

Dr. Faciler howled in pain and he was being dragged down to Hell as the portal was closing up with him getting what he deserved.

"Bye-Bye, evil Shadow Man!" Darla waved.

Dr. Faciler yelled as he was going to have an eternity of torment.

Charlotte picked up Darla and held her close. "Oh, baby, thank goodness you're okay..."

Darla nuzzled against her biological grandmother.

"Thank goodness you weren't dragged down with that evil man." Patch smiled.

"I'll say..." Darla was relieved, she smiled down to the Dalmatian puppy.

"Darla got in trouble... And I didn't even help her..." Atticus muttered, weakening from the dark magic.

"Twilight!" Spike's voice was heard.

Sci-Twi evilly laughed, but she then saw her puppy looking emotionally overwhelmed over of what she had become. "Spike...?"

Sunset and Mo were weak for a moment, but they got stronger as Sci-Twi and Atticus got weak. Cherry kept evilly laughing as she still had her evil powers.

"Cerise, please stop!" Forte's voice called out.

Cherry laughed darkly, then looked over. "What do you want, you old fool!?"

"Cerise... Sil vous plait..." Forte begged. "You're frightening your friends..."

"I have none, remember!?" Cherry scowled. "Neither do you!"

Forte narrowed his eyes. "I believe you and I have a partnership... You became my first real friend after I've left my master..."

"I... I have?" Cherry asked, softening up a little.

"Yes, you have and you do have friends!" Forte told her.

"I do?" Cherry asked.

"Cerise, everything I told you when you were a child were wrong!" Forte tried to convince her. "You have a wonderful life, even if you don't truly appreciate it! Look all around you!"

Cherry looked as his words guided her. This was enough to wipe out the unleashed evil magic and make Cherry and Atticus go back to normal. All that was left was Sci-Twi. And where the positive magic took over her.

"Take my hand, Twilight," Sunset held out her hand. "Let me show you there's another way. Just like someone once did for me."

Sci-Twi shied away at first. But she had tears of regret in her eyes and she held out her hand to the golden girl. The two joined hands with a heavenly glow and they were now both slowly coming down, back to normal.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for any of this to happen." Sci-Twi said with with tears in her eyes.

"I know," Sunset soothed. "And going by my own experiences, they'll forgive you." She then took Sci-Twi's hands with a reassuring smile.

This made Sci-Twi happily smile back. Spike leaped into the air and tackled down Sci-Twi playfully, carrying her glasses in his mouth.

---

"Um, what just happened?" Penn asked.

"Magic, Daddy, magic!" Moxie hugged her father.

Penn bent down and picked her up. "I guess there is such a thing as magic."

"Ugh..." Cherry groaned and fell to the ground while suddenly glowing.

"Cherry!" the others cried in concern.

Eglantine appeared as she carried a glowing sphere in her hand and opened it up, revealing Cherry's cutie mark. The cutie mark and Cherry then lifted into the air and spun around until there was a small explosion and Cherry slowly fell back down to the ground. Cherry then stood up slowly, now wearing her normal clothes, and she looked back to her original self, she turned to the others.

"Guys... It's me..." Cherry whispered once she was restored.

"It's so great to have you back." Atticus smiled.

"Aunty Eglantine...?" Cherry saw her grandmother's best friend. "What are you doing here?"

"I thought you could use a little help, dear..." Eglantine gently stroked her hair.

"How's Mom?" Cherry asked.

"She's fine now, she won't remember anything bad that's happened," Eglantine smiled, then handed her an envelope with a package. "I best get going now... I have work to do of my own."

"Can't you stay and tell me a story about Grandma?" Cherry pouted.

"Sorry, dear, but I really must be going." Eglantine said.

Cherry hugged Eglantine tightly. "I miss Grandma..."

"She misses you too..." Eglantine kissed her forehead, acting as a surrogate grandmother and walked away, taking out her wand and transported away.

---

"Did you help her?" a cloaked figure with a female voice asked.

"Yes, her mother was struck, but taken care of as you requested," Eglantine nodded. "I also gave her the envelope, she should be able to catch on afterward."

The cloaked figure removed her hood to reveal a beautiful elderly woman with scruffy ginger hair and sapphire eyes, even though she was elderly, she was still gorgeous. "Thank you, Eglantine for everything..."

"Of course, Mally..." Eglantine smiled back, walking off with her then.

---

"Well, at least now, the worst is behind us." Patch smiled.

"Not quite yet." Atticus groaned as soon as he saw Principal Cinch coming out of hiding.

Cherry tucked away her envelope. "I think someone needs a little bit of confrontation."