The moon went down and the sun rose the next morning. She awoke and headed downstairs for breakfast. Just as breakfast ended, a knock came on the door. Sunset answered revealing Lyra and Bon Bon.

"What's going on?" asked Twilight unsure.

"I invited them over to talk." answered Sunset.

Twilight felt her heart sink.

"Don't tell me you told them." said Twilight worried.

"I did." sighed Sunset.

("See, you can't trust her.") said the voice.

"Shut up." said Twilight.

"Are you talking to that voice?" asked Lyra worried.

"Maybe." answered Twilight weakly.

"We want to help." said Bon Bon.

The four gathered together.

"I've had things rough since I got out." confessed Twilight.

"It's fine to tell us." said Lyra.

"Yeah. We'd be happy to help you." agreed Bon Bon.

Twilight rubbed her face with her hooves.

"How can I be sure you mean it?" asked Twilight flatly.

"What do you mean?" asked Sunset surprised.

Twilight rubbed her left foreleg with her right foreleg.

"I need to make sure you're being sincere and not lying to me." explained Twilight.

"Why would think that?" asked Lyra hurt.

"I need to know." answered Twilight flatly.

"I love you with all my heart." said Sunset.

Twilight shook head head.

"I'm sorry, but that's not enough." replied Twilight sadly.

Meanwhile, Tirek and Discord managed to reach Canterlot. Their combined effort easily captured the city and Tirek feasted on the magic of the ponies. They attacked the castle where Shining Armor confronted Discord. However, Tirek intervened and drained Shining of his magic. The sinister duo forced their way into the castle easily dispatching the royal guard. Tirek burst into the throne room where the Royal Sisters and Cadence where waiting.

"Oh look, a welcoming committee." cooed Tirek.

"Your reign of terror stops here." said Cadence.

"We managed to defeat Sombra and we shall defeat you." added Celestia.

Tirek let out a laugh.

"Try it." replied Sombra.

"Have at thee!" cried Luna.

The princesses jumped into action, but where quickly tied in chains.

"Don't bother trying to escape. Those chains are designed to suppress magic." said Discord.

"You traitor!" spat Cadence angrily.

"I knew we could not trust him." said Luna bitterly.

Discord looked at Celestia.

"Discord, how could you?" asked Celestia heartbroken.

Discord felt his heart break, but quickly shook his head.

"You never cared for me." said Discord.

"That's not true!" declared Celestia hurt.

"If you did, you wouldn't have kept her alive." said Discord coldly.

Discord walked away.

"Please, just drain them already." requested Discord.

Tirek grabbed the princesses and drained their magic. Powered up beyond belief, Tirek opened a portal to Tartarus and sent the princesses there.

"Good." said Discord flatly.

"Get a hold of yourself!" snapped Tirek.

Discord nodded his head.

"You're right. I've made my decision and there's no going back." said Discord.

"Discord, what did you mean by keeping 'her alive' exactly?" asked Tirek curious.

"Twilight Sparkle." answered Discord.

Discord explained what happened with Twilight to Tirek.

"Thank you for that useful information." said Tirek.

Tirek removed the necklace he was wearing.

"This was given to me by someone very close and I want you to have it as a sign of our alliance." said Tirek.

"I gratefully accept." said Discord.

Discord took the necklace and put it on.

"Let's Ponyville a visit." said Tirek sinister.

Meanwhile, the Mane 7 and Spike had warned the residents of Ponyville. Most of the residents boarded up and hid. Sweetie Bell, Scootaloo and her Aunts all went to Sweet Apple Acres. Cloud Kicker led the pegasus ponies to flee to Cloudsdale. Amethyst Star, Derpy, Dinky, Carrot Top and Doctor Hooves stayed with Cranky and Matilda in their cabin. Vinyl, Octavia, Cheerilie and the Flower Ponies stayed with Zecora in the Everfree Forest.

"I bet Discord will catch Tirek soon." said Fluttershy.

"I bet he takes his sweet time." replied Rainbow.

"Or perhaps, these things just take time." said Discord.

"You're back!" cried Fluttershy.

Fluttershy embraced her friend.

"Something isn't right." mused Sunset.

Sunset Shimmer noticed the necklace Discord had around his neck.

"What's you're wearing?" asked Sunset suspicious.

Discord looked down and frowned.

"It's a trap!" exclaimed Sunset.

Sunset tackled Twilight as Discord snapped his fingers.A cage landed trapping Fluttershy, Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie and Spike.

"What are you doing?!" asked Sunset furious.

Sunset suddenly heard large steps headed her direction.

"We'll save you!" declared Sunset.

Sunset and Twilight fled as Tirek marched over.

"I gathered all of them plus her little dragon friend." said Discord proudly.

"I thought we where friends." said Fluttershy tearfully.

Discord frowned angrily.

"If we where friends you would have chosen Twilight Sparkle over me!" exclaimed Discord angrily.

"Part of being friends is forgiveness. I forgave you after what you did." replied Fluttershy.

Discord felt a ping of pain in his heart.

"Enough!" declared Tirek.

Tirek drained the group of their magic.

"There's no point in keeping them. Twilight is the one we're after." stated Discord.

"Are you going soft on me?" asked Tirek angrily.

Discord didn't answer.

"Kill Fluttershy." ordered Tirek.

"What?!" asked Discord horrified.

"Prove your loyalty by killing your so-called friend." answered Tirek.

Discord looked at the crying Fluttershy then back at Tirek.

"No." stated Discord.

"Just like my brother." said Tirek flatly.

Tirek suddenly trapped Discord with his own magic.

"You where never my ally or my friend. Just a tool and you've outlived your usefulness." stated Tirek.

Tirek drained the magic from Discord then dropped him. He found Twilight and Sunset outside Ponyville.

"Found you at last!" declared Tirek.

"Run!" ordered Sunset.

Twilight began running as Sunset fired a blast of magic which didn't even phase Tirek.

"I'll run too." decided Sunset.

Sunset caught up to Twilight and teleported them both to Golden Oaks Library.

"We should be able to buy some time." said Sunset.

The two noticed Tirek.

"Shit!" cried out Sunset.

Sunset grabbed Twilight and began to teleport when Tirek's magic destroyed the library. Both ponies landed hard on the ground as Owlicious managed to escape.

"My home." said Twilight sadly.

Owlicious fled as Sunset desperately fired volley after volley of magic at Tirek. None of which even scratched him.

"How pathetic." spat Tirek.

Tirek backhanded Sunset sending her crashing into a tree.

"Now as for you Twilight..." began Tirek.

Tirek was suddenly hit by another blast of magic.

"Run!" cried Lyra.

Lyra began running around Tirek to tie Tirek's legs.

"How pitiful." said Tirek.

Tirek broke free easily and grabbed Lyra. Seeing this, Bon Bon pulled out a smoke bomb.

"I've haven't used these since my Agency days." thought Bon Bon.

Bon Bon threw the smoke bomb at Tirek. This momentary distraction allowed Lyra to teleport out

"We have to help Twilight!" declared Lyra.

Tirek fired his magic hitting the ground. It knocked out Lyra and Bon Bon. Tirek quickly drained them of their magic.

"Now then..." began Tirek.

Tirek was hit in the face by a volley of magic by Sunset.

"Don't...forget...about...me..." panted Sunset.

Tirek grabbed Sunset who attempted to squiggle free.

"Just like a rat." scoffed Tirek.

Tirek drained Sunset of her magic and dropped her on the ground.

"It's just you and me." noted Tirek.

("Well you're fucked.") said the voice.

"I don't have my magic." stated Twilight.

"It's only locked away." said Tirek.

("Just give up.") said the voice.

"Give me your magic and I won't hurt you." said Tirek.

("Good deal.") said the voice.

Twilight looked around at her friends trapped or hurt.

("You're worthless.") said the voice.

"Shut the fuck up!" cried Twilight.

Everyone was taken aback by this.

"I screwed up big time, but my friends have forgiven me!" declared Twilight.

Twilight fired a power blast of magic staggering Tirek.

"My magic is back." realized Twilight surprised.

Twilight slammed her hoof down.

"Okay, let's fight." said Tirek.

Twilight began firing volleys of magic at Tirek while dodging and weaving his attacks.

"My magic might not be enough." huffed Twilight.

A thought suddenly hit Twilight.

"I could use the Blood Manipulation Spell." mused Twilight.

Twilight shook her head.

"I will never go back." said Twilight.

Twilight ran off destroying the cage and freeing her friends. Rainbow grabbed Lyra and Applejack grabbed Bon Bon while Twilight grabbed Sunset. The group hid in the Everfree Forest.

"Darling, how ever did you get your magic back?" asked Rarity.

"Her love for her friends overpowered the spell." answered Sunset.

"How cliche." chuckled Bon Bon weakly.

"If anypony could do it Twilight could." said Lyra weakly.

Discord rubbed the back of his neck.

"Fluttershy...I am sorry." said Discord sadly.

"It's alright Discord. I can sympathize where you're coming from." said Fluttershy.

"Plus, you did turn on Discord and refuse to kill Fluttershy." added Pinkie.

Discord took off his necklace and handed it to Twilight.

"Twilight, I forgive you for what happened and I am sorry for any pain I caused." said Discord.

"It's okay." said Twilight.

Discord placed the necklace on Twilight. Upon doing so, Twilight saw her rainbow.

"This is my key." said Twilight amazed.

"Are you sure?" asked Sunset surprised.

Twilight nodded her head in confirmation.

"We have to get to the chest." said Twilight.

The group raced to the Tree of Harmony and the chest. Twilight held the necklace which turned into her key and unlocked the chest.

"Now what?" asked Sunset.

The group heard Tirek's powerful steps.

"We have to do this together!" cried Twilight.

The six turned their keys unlocking the chest. It unleashed a rainbow which hit the Tree of Harmony. This enveloped the seven ponies in a rainbow which carried them outside.

"What is that?!" asked Tirek.

"The Magic of Friendship!" declared Twilight.

The Mane 7 fired a rainbow beam as Tirek fired his own beam of magic. The beams collided, but the Mane 7's beam overpowered Tirek's beam. The rainbow beam hit Tirek freeing all the magic he captured. It also freed the princesses and returned him to Tatarus.

"We did it." said Twilight.

The rainbow beam then shot the Castle of the Two Princesses and restored it to perfection.

"So cool." said Spike.

The rainbow suddenly engulfed Twilight.

"Twilight!" gasped Sunset.

The rainbow dissolved and Twilight stood up. Suddenly, wings popped out.

"You're an alicorn!" declared rarity.

"That's awesome!" cried Rainbw.

"Congratulations." said Applejack.

"Yes. Congratulations." said Fluttershy.

"I gotta throw you a party!" declared Pinkie.

Spike hugged Twilight.

"She really was Celestia's prized pupil." said Sunset.

Twilight looked her wings, the Castle of the Two Sisters and her friends.

"It's over." sighed Twilight in relief.

The ponies of Ponyville returned with Tirek defeated. They watched the battle from their hiding places and formed a crowd. The girls where ready to defend Twilight when the Ponyville citizens embraced Twilight as a hero. Spike then burped up a letter causing the Mane 7, Spike and Discord went to Canterlot. Once there, they arrived at the palace. Inside, Celestia was waiting. Twilight gulped seeing her mentor for the first time since her punishment.

"Princess..." began Twilight.

Celestia smiled as she embraced Twilight.

"I am so glad to see you are okay." said Celestia relieved.

"I'm so sorry for everything I did." sobbed Twilight.

"It's okay Twilight. It's okay." said Celestia softly.

Twilight walked back rubbing the tears from her eyes.

"Princess, I am sorry too." said Discord regretfully.

"Please Princess, Discord refused to kill me." said Fluttershy.

"It's true." said Applejack.

"Indeed. Discord even fought against Tirek." said Rarity.

"Discord, I can spare you." said Celestia.

"Thank you." sighed Discord in relief.

"I believe we are missing the big elephant in the room." noted Sunset.

Twilight opened her wings.

"Yes. It seems the Tree of Harmony had rewarded you for your actions." said Celestia.

"It also repaired the Castle of the Two Sisters." noted Spike.

"I guess that belongs to you now." said Luna.

"Well, we did just lose the library." said Sunset.

Celestia led Twilight to the balcony where the citizens of Canterlot stood below.

"Twilight! Twilight! Twilight!" chanted the crowd.

"Why are they chanting my name?" asked Twilight confused.

"Your victory over Tirek could be seen from here." answered Shining Armor.

Shining Armor hugged his sister.

"Citizens of Ponyville! I present the Princess of Friendship! Twilight Sparkle!" cried Celestia.

The citizens cheered as Twilight looked on.

"My past is not today." said Twilight.

Author's Notes:

A/N: That is where we'll end we'll end this story. I hope you liked it. I don't hate Princess Twilight so I created this to give her that title. I also gave her the Castle of the Two Sisters (I feel like they where building it up to be her new castle until Hasbro ordered a new toy) as her new home. I am not sure where I am going next or if I will continue onward with Season 5. For now, thanks for reading and please review.