While Twilight had managed to stall Misery, the fact of the matter was that, in this fraction of a second, a metal slug was heading straight towards her forehead. She didn't have enough time to even register the sudden great explosion from the gun's muzzle, Twilight barely even had a clearly defined thought in her head. There was this one thread in her head, the start of realizing just how hopeless the situation had become with just a single strike.

Still, if she would have fully understood the fact that she was less then a tenth of a second away from swift death, then she still would not have mourned her fate. She had managed to at least remove a threat that Misery could use against her friends. At this point, she had to entrust everything to them. She just hoped they would not miss her too much.

And that was the moment Twilight noticed something right in front of her eyes.

A huge clang was heard in the room, and Twilight heard two things zoom past her head.

"Just in time," said Erase, landing on the floor in front of her. He had jumped right over Twilight, placing his sword in front of her, cutting the bullet in two, diverging it in such a way to not harm her. He was still in that dark cursed form. Twilight's ear stung a bit, but when she checked, it was unharmed. She realized that half of the bullet had grazed her, but she was alright. She was alive. Erase looked up at Misery. "So... it is indeed true."

"You heard, did you?" asked Misery, unamused.

"Yes. We all did," said Erase. Twilight had been aware of their presence, because she knew they simply had to catch up with her, but when nopony had come to her aid, she had managed to figure out what her friends had tried to do. Misery had told her, and them, everything important herself. Twilight removed the fabric concealing the entrance, and behind it, all of her friends were standing, and Mood, Instrumental, Solitary and Random. The moment Random saw Rerry, he rushed towards her with actual fear on his face, bowing down, unsure what to do. He was in complete shock. Fluttershy ran up to them, examining Rerry herself.

"How could you?" asked Instrumental with such spite in her voice. She was trembling with anger.

"I thought it was too much with Y, but now you hurt Rerry as well?! And you did all of this to us! I haven't been able to see my family because of you! I hate you! I hate you!" yelled Solitary, tears running down her cheeks.

"Misery, our goal has been to punish the pony that caused us to be cursed. What you have done is indeed much more terrifying than anything we could muster on our own. Prepare to be punished for your crimes, either by my blade, or by the law. The choice is yours."

"This is my choice," said Misery, taking a single step backwards. Twilight realized to her horror that she was standing in the middle of Cesom. She raised her front legs above her heads. "Enneh nårf igam senneh at! Adyl ta gid rellafeb gaj. Cesom, anniraksräh snelos argeseb cho aksräheb!" As she spoke those words, the lines in the large stone suddenly glowed, they flashed with a white light before everything turned silent.

"In retrospect, we probably should just have had her killed before she could act," said Erase, calmly, looking directly at Misery who was still pointing her gun towards them. The only reason Erase, despite his skill with a sword, had managed to cut a bullet was that he had known where Misery had aimed, and that he had been very, very lucky. He would hardly be able to perform such a feat again, and he doubted that even his thick armor-like skin would be able to withstand such a weapon. Misery would have planned for such an event.

"Did, did it stop working?" asked Fluttershy.

"No, it is merely taking its time," said Misery. Suddenly, a hole appeared in the roof right above the center where Misery stood, stone had simply vanished into thin air. Twilight could feel a cool draft from above. In the blink of an eye, whatever light was in the room vanished, and the only source of light was a beam, coming from far above, from the full moon itself.

"I have a bad feeling about this," said Random, holding Rerry carefully in a worrying embrace.

Again, the lines and complex patterns on Cesom's surface started to glow, pulsing. A subtle sound started to noticeably become apparent, like a tone in the back of their heads. Twilight's throat felt dry and she had some trouble standing up straight. The light started to gather in a single place on Cesom, the center.  Misery made sure to not stand there.

"We need to stop-"

The room was bathed in a golden and white light. In less than a second, it converged into a single point beneath Random, and then it slowly started to reach towards the sky.

"It's a beam! It will try to get to the Princess!" yelled Twilight. "If that happens, we all die!"

"It's too late! Even touching this will result in your demise!" yelled Misery, her white mane flowing in the strong winds.

"I won't let you win, Merry!" yelled Random, suddenly sprinting towards the center, leaping towards it. As he got above it, the light shot out towards the sky, but it could not even touch him. His very presence reflected away the light, stopping it from leaving the chamber. Instead its powerful energy was wildly and randomly split, constantly moving in smaller beams towards the upper walls. They set fire to the red curtains surrounding them.

"Get away from there!" yelled Misery. She shot towards him, but of course, it merely missed, hitting the ground.

"Cursing me was a big mistake on your part, Merry," said Random with a strained voice, he sounded like he was in pain, and the sheer force towards his body, as resilient as the curse made him, slowly made him being pushed upwards. Twilight knew they had to find a way to stop it before he was completely pushed aside.

Misery suddenly seemed to struggle with her weapon. She seemed to have no more ammunition for it.

"Rainbow Dash! Get her!" yelled Twilight.

"Right!"

In less than a second, Misery was tackled by Rainbow Dash. Twilight ran up to her, her horn glowing, emitting dangerously hot energy. She put it right up to Misery's neck.

"Tell us how to stop it! Tell us how to stop it, now!" ordered Twilight. Misery merely laughed.

"I don't even know how. I only know one or two commands, both to destroy the world. But even if I did know a way to let you live, you would never be able to make me talk. Within a few minutes, Celestia will have lost her powers, and I will have won."

"Tell us, you insane wacko!" yelled Spike, in a fit of desperation he punched her in her face, believing her to lie. It was not a lie, but none of them believed it. Misery started to bleed a slight bit, but she smiled at him.

"You are a dragon, are you not? What's more terrifying? That not even your hide will protect you against the sun's heat? Or that you and your kin will actually be able to survive on its surface, slowly starving and suffocating as your home is melting and burning around you? Tell me, if you will," said Misery, giving him a frightening grin.

"We only have one hope left. Mood," said Erase oddly serene, looking back at Mood who had not even moved from the entrance. He was just staring down on the floor. "Mood! Help us!" ordered Erase.

"What can he do?" asked Spike.

"Not much, but unless any of you can read minds, then he's our only chance. Mood, come on." It was clear that Mood was in shock.

"We've wasted so much for so little. We've hurt so many, and not one bit of it justifiable. We're monsters... I can't, I can't use these eyes ever again, they are the worst of me. I thought I had someone who understood, a way to finally make my family laugh again, all taken from me," said Mood, a bit distant, as he looked up at them, he was crying. Erase was the only one not looking away, he looked right into his eyes, but without fear.

"Grieve later, my friend. Right now, we need you to take the first step to make amends," said Erase.

"'Make amends', Erase? What could you possibly do to make amends of the poor ponies you've killed, or even murdered? It was for nothing. You can't see yourself in the mirror anymore, can you? You don't even dare to call yourself Hiltguard, anymore, do you?! Hiltguard would never have reached such desperation, and you are not him, anymore. If you do not believe our curses represents darkness in our hearts, then look no further than at yourself as you are now. You are not Hiltguard the Warrior, anymore, are you?! You've turned into Erase the Beast! She's turned you, and all of us, into monsters!" yelled Mood, ignoring the fires that started to spread in the red curtains.

Erase just looked at him with determination. He seemed to refuse to weep, but just like with everypony else, he would could do nothing to stop the tears in his face. He did not divert his eyes from Mood, however.

"Mood, she has done a lot to hurt us. She has tricked us to hurt others, but this is no time to cry over it. If we truly regret what we have done, it is our duty to stop this. It is merely a first step, but an important one. Please, help us. Just use your power one more time," said Erase. "I will personally cut out your eyes and tongue so you can be with your family, if you wish me to. I will do whatever it takes for you to use them, just, this, one, more, time. Be brave."

Mood didn't move.

"Okay, how about using it for payback?" asked Spike. Mood immediately walked up to Misery who looked away with an expression of rare dread.

"I will break you, in half if I need to. You will not hurt my family through me or anything else, ever again," said Mood with ferocity, finally getting out of his shocked state. Spike grabbed Misery's head and forced her to look at Mood, but she kept her eyes closed.

"Could you hurry up! I'm about to fall off!" yelled Random.

"The odds of it working are slim! Just because you might get tidbits of information doesn't mean-" Misery started, but she was rudely interrupted.

"Shut up and open your eyes!" yelled Applejack, pulling her lids open. Misery found herself looking directly into Mood's crying eyes.

"Atulsva, Cesom," said Mood. Random suddenly fell down on the ground, as the beam immediately ceased to shine. Within moments, the surface's glow receded back into the giant black obsidian shape. The opening above them ceased to exist, returning back to nothing but stone. Twilight let out a simply huge sigh of relief. It seemed like the danger was over.

"You think that's enough to make me cry? Instead you make me laugh. I can always-"

"Reslennabröf aråv trob at cho vläjs gid atniröf, Cesom," said Mood. Suddenly, Twilight heard a sound in the room. It came from beneath them. It was a single crack where they stood.

"What did you do?" asked Misery in terror.

"I think... I destroyed it," said Mood. Twilight just stared at him, almost in utter disbelief. If only Celestia could have been there, because the very hope of Cesom's destruction would have made her very happy. Suddenly, the crack started to expand, but it was quite slow, and the cracks were small. It seemed to pose no threat to them.

"Are you sure you really just destroyed it? Doesn't seem like a big crack," said Rainbow Dash. Then, with a loud noise like broken glass, the entire thing was covered in cracks in an instant.

"No! NO!" yelled Misery.

"Misery, it's over," said Mood.

"I won't let it end! I've worked too hard for this day!" yelled Misery. As her captors were busy in the moment, worrying about the cracks, she suddenly punched those holding her down and got away from them. She managed to get to the center again, and she pulled out something beneath her cloak. Twilight recognized it from some old schematics a guard had showed her a few days prior. It was a bomb.

"Don't!" yelled Twilight. Misery pushed a button, and Twilight could hear a ticking.

"Whatever energy is in this ancient artifact can change the universe itself! If I can hurt it now, maybe I can at least make the extreme energy release take down the mountain, maybe the entire world!" yelled Misery. Twilight noticed a single tear run down her cheek in her desperation.

They all hurried to approach her, but Misery held up the bomb, the threat enough to stop them in their tracks.

"Don't, a second push of this button and we're all going to die down here. I prefer to survive, and do better next time, just in case my plan fail again. Still, I won't hesitate to send you all straight to hell. I imagine it can't be much further down than were we are right now," said Misery. "One minute left before this explodes," said Misery. The cracks beneath them started to get more severe, and the fires around them started to make it all a little too warm for comfort.

"Hey, Merry," said Twilight. Misery looked over at her.

"What, Twilight Sparkle?" Twilight just smirked, and then she teleported from her sight, revealing the pony right behind her: Mood, who was staring right at Misery. Misery's second to last thought in this reality was 'She used him on me, the irony'. She fell over, dropping the bomb who landed safely beside her.

"I don't know what your inner demons are, but I honestly hope you never get away from them," said Twilight, looking down on the unmoving body. Suddenly, light started to shine in between the cracks, and suddenly, every cursed pony there was enveloped in light.

"What's happening?!" shouted Instrumental. They all asked themselves the same thing, but they received their answer when Erase suddenly started to shrink and return to his normal colors. His black armor simply fading away like a dark stain on reality being washed away. His talons were turned to hooves, and his swords dropped to the ground, shattering into a thousand pieces, and then disappearing in black smoke.

For a moment, Erase could only look upon his hooves, his actual hooves. He looked so shocked, unsure, but eventually a new emotion could be seen in his face: happiness.

In a very short amount of time, all at once, most of them explored the implications of it.

"Spike," said Random. Spike was on the same wavelength, and punched Random in his side. He didn't miss, his fist was not pushed aside. Random was actually bruised.

"It works! I can be punched! Hurray!" yelled Random.

"They are gone! Our curses are gone!" yelled Solitary. She proceeded to hug Erase, who blushed at the sudden embrace.

"Hey, jerk," said Rainbow Dash to him. He looked up at her. "Ha, made you look."

"I, I can see you in the eyes, I can... But how is this possible?" asked Mood.

"Maybe you told Cesom to take away your curses?" asked Twilight.

"Hello!? There's a bomb in here with us!?" yelled Fluttershy from over at Rerry's side.

"Right," said Twilight, just a tad too calmly. "Run!" she yelled, in a distinctly more panicky voice.

"Help me with Rerry, please!" yelled Random, running up to the changeling.

"I got her!" yelled Twilight.

"What about Misery?" asked Fluttershy, unsure about what to do.

"I'm more worried about the bomb," said Rarity.

"It should go off any second now. Do you think it could destroy the foundation of Canterlot? Or worse?" asked Erase.

"I don't think it could work this deep down into the mountain, and I doubt anyone would create Cesom so it could destroy anything like that. If that was true, these huge cracks would have blown it up already. Come on, we have to leave now!" said Twilight. She was about to grab Misery when the cracks suddenly greatly expanded, Misery fell inside the dark stone, outside Twilight's reach. She started to run towards the crack to get her, but Erase stopped her.

"There's no time, Twilight Sparkle, just leave her!" said Erase.

"I can't just leave a pony to die!"

"But can you risk the wellbeing of all of your friends?" asked Erase, looking into her eyes. Twilight didn't like it, in fact, she hated it, but there was a certain amount of truth in his words.

"She'll probably be fine if she's a ghost," said Pinkie Pie in the background. Twilight didn't hear anything.

"Damn it, no time! Just run!" yelled Twilight. As they left the room, averting their faces from the intense flames, Twilight thought that perhaps this had turned out for the better. With an ego as hers, Misery might never have been able to return from the curse like Twilight had. And Twilight doubted that Misery would enjoy the rest of her life trapped in a cell.

"I've almost forgotten how it's like to run on all four hooves," said Erase, sounding oddly blissful, considering the fact their lives were once again in danger.

***

Misery found herself in an endless gray void, her hooves touched no water, just an empty dry wasteland, cracked by the lack of moisture. All was so darkly gray.

"Where am I? What did you do, Mood?!" yelled Misery with anger in her voice. It echoed, but quickly fading out. She heard something behind her, she turned around with her gun at the ready, taking aim, forgetting she had run out of bullets. What she saw made her unable to fire.

"Merry, it is so nice to see you again," said the stallion in front of her.

"Not possible, I- I killed you! I felt you fade away myself!" shouted Misery.

"It's alright, everything will be alright," said the stallion.

"You can't be him, you can't be my father!" yelled Misery in anger. The sandy stallion with the white mane walked closer to her. He reached out her hooves and embraced Misery, she had not felt a hug in a very long time.

"I forgive you, Merry. I love you, my dearest daughter," said Silver.

"Stop it! I killed you!"

"And I forgive you for it. I am a bit disappointed in you, but hey, every father has to go through the rough times," said Silver.

"Stop it! STOP IT! I hate you!"

"As a father that loves you, I want you to know that you are an aspect of yourself right now. You are your own ego. Goodbye," said Silver, smiling as Misery fell through the ground, down into darkness. She fell and she fell, for what seemed like a very long time. She was very confused at what was happening. And then she opened her eyes.

She found herself in the very heart of Cesom, surrounded by stone constantly shattering and breaking. The fires above was her only light source. In the light, she saw something fall down right next to her. It was her own bomb. The little clock on the side showed that there was still time. Three seconds.

Her last thought in this reality was 'Curse you, Twilight Sparkle, you little fu-'. As always, the foolish mare only blamed anyone and everyone but herself.

***

The group had just gotten outside of the room as they heard, and felt, an explosion from Cesom's chamber.

"Don't stop, just run!" yelled Twilight.

"Everything is coming down on top of us!" yelled Spike who was riding on Erase's back. Indeed, the very top of the tunnel was breaking apart, cracks everywhere, the sound of a mountain giving in echoing in the endless cave.

"Just keep going! I did not come so far just to die!" yelled Solitary.

"Come on, just past the next room!" yelled Twilight, still carrying the changeling.

"Hang in there, Rerry, please don't die, not now," said Random.

"C-chance," she whispered, barely audible in the collapsing tunnel.

As they reached the exit, Erase got behind them and basically pushed them all ahead by running as fast as he could. They leaped out into the open, and sturdy cave just as the tunnel collapsed completely. They landed on the ground, breathing heavily, the adrenaline easing the pain of any injury, their beating hearts making them unable to properly hear, but they were fine, mostly, at least.

***

"Someone, somewhere, I don't know who, hates me with a passion," said Erase, Solitary helping him walk by letting him lean towards her.

"Erase, I'm so sorry," said Solitary.

"It's alright, don't worry about it. I am just happy to finally be rid of the curse. Exchanging one bad leg for another means little to me as long as nopony but myself is hurt," said Erase. Twilight looked back at them as they walked through the caverns, they were almost at the elevator up. Spike was still shaking on Twilight's back, Erase had asked him for something so innocent, and it had turned out to be something so gruesome.

"Erase, you could have told Spike about what you were planning on doing with the fire," said Twilight.

"I was bleeding too much and I needed to close the wound. Spike, be proud, your flames saved my life," said Erase, looking back at his hind leg, or rather, his lack of one. The entire limb had been completely crushed under a large boulder. There had been blood everywhere. The pain of both the crushing and the fire necessary to close the wound of the amputated limb had been so terrible Erase had fainted, three times, but he was slowly recovering from the shock. The gruesome view was something he didn't particularly enjoy seeing.

"I guess... that you're going to need a lot of help from now on," said Solitary.

"I'm handicapped, not helpless. You don't need to do anything."

"But I want to."

"I don't nee- I don't deserve you!"

"Hiltguard, I love you!" she burst out. There was a sudden silence as the two ponies stopped. The others had to get up to save Rerry, so they kept going.

"Solitary, I... You're too young, too inexperienced, too... too good for me."

"We both know we've done terrible things. I'm not too good for anyone."

"But you have merely caused ponies to be lonely, and even that have been tearing you apart. I've killed."

"Because you thought you had too, because you were forced! I know you have a bad side, Hiltguard, but that's not why I love you. I love you because of all the good in you, I've seen some of it, and I know from your pain alone that you have plenty more good to share. Please share it with me," said Solitary.

"Solitary, I-"

"My name is Sheila Shield, Hiltguard. And I love you."

"I... I love you too, but-"

"No buts. Hiltguard, I'm far too aware how it is to be all alone in the world. I know you of all ponies know that feeling well. I never want to be alone again. I'm asking you to at least try. If you are not good for me, we will see that, and I will respect your decision then and let us just be friends, but I will not accept you deciding what is right or not before we've even given it a chance," said Sheila.

"I-"

"Just a chance. Let's share a cell or something, let us have some good talks, where I don't have to be afraid of calling you 'friend', 'chum', or... 'sweetie'."

"Get going you two, you're falling behind," said Applejack. She leaned closer to Twilight. "They, are going into a cell, aren't they?" she whispered.

"They have to be punished in some way, right?" said Twilight just as quietly.

"We will all willingly be put into a prison, Twilight. But, considering I helped save the world with using my body as a shield, I have some demands," said Random.

"What are they?" asked Twilight. If she, or anyone, would allow his demands to be met was all about what they were.

"Dot go free and return to her parents. She has had nothing to do with this. She's more innocent than you. The second is that Rerry goes free if she choses to. She has merely followed my orders. It's in changeling nature. I love her, I don't want to see her starve inside a cell. Also, please let Mood meet his family at least once. Just for a single day." He sounded calm, yet it was like he was pleading,

"We'll see, I think," said Twilight.

"For what little it's worth, I'm sorry, we all are, but mostly me. I didn't quite trust her, but my friends were happy in her care, so I never actually confirmed any suspicions. I wonder how many lives she has taken without our knowledge," said Random, walking closer to the levitating Rerry.

"I just happy this is all over," said Spike.

"It's not quite over yet. What about Celestia?" asked Twilight.

"This is so not fair. I mean, Y was in Group Misery, that vote shouldn't count," said Spike, looking down at the ground.

"Wait... What if it doesn't?" asked Fluttershy, getting her hopes up.

"No, the vote counts. What matters is not who started the vote, but the tally," said Random, dashing her hopes swiftly.

"Why?"

"It's a loophole that Misery made sure to exploit. To me, it makes sense now that one of us 'just happened' to be a politician who could get into the meeting. Since the vote was originally designed to get tyrants off the throne, it was deemed that if the vote had started, by, say, a bunch of villages pleading with the council to hold it, then it would be followed through. That's what happens when you write laws with poor wording in it, somepony will find a way to exploit it."

"There... there just have to be a way to get Celestia back on the throne," said Twilight.

"If there is one, nopony will have seen it coming, and you would end up making a lot of ponies angry," said Random.

"If only you would have kept your curse," said Twilight. Random couldn't help but to laugh at that notion.

"Yeah, I suppose. I think I would have used my powers on them ahead of time, but we didn't want to risk being found out too soon. Maybe that would have been useful to you."

"Hm... There has to be a loophole. I've read about the law... Just let me think," said Twilight.

"Please wait, just focus on Rerry, I beg you," said Random. Twilight saw the elevator in the distance, they would soon be out of here. And then, they would head for the castle.

***

Twilight left Rerry in the hospital wing to be taken cared of by some medical ponies, if they could help her with her wounds since she was a changeling was far from certain, but for the moment it was everything Twilight and her friends could do. Erase was also left there, to get proper care for his removed limb.

As they had said, they had willingly entered the dungeon, all of them. Random had asked to be with Rerry, and Solitary had asked to be with Erase, but Twilight had to deny them that until she was sure what to do. For the moment, she had to think of a way to get Celestia back on the throne. Random accepted it, not happy, but understanding. Solitary did so too.

So, she walked through the corridors, quietly reciting the law surrounding the vote to herself. Since it was an old law, it was quite likely there was something overlooked by the ponies and rulers of olden times. Something, something...

"I'm missing something. 'As a member of the royals or delegates initiate voting the vote can be passed once all present at the meeting vote'. I keep... I keep getting back to that, there is something... Wait." What had Celestia said? She had used different words describing that part of the law.

'Everyone here has voted, and the vote is final once cast.'

Then Twilight's eyes widened. "I've got it!" she yelled, turning towards her friends.

"What?"

"Let's see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten... Yes, there are enough, but they might not listen to me... Still, it's a chance," said Twilight to herself.

"Princess, what are you doing?" asked Applejack. Twilight just shook her head.

"Technically, I'm not a princess yet, or maybe ever," said Twilight. "Come on! We need to get to the meeting right away."

"It's way past midnight, they are probably not even-"

"Then I'll force them to get there! They have not finished something they started!" said Twilight, filled with hope. There was still a slim chance, they could get Celestia back in charge.

"What?"

"The vote isn't over yet! The law says that 'everyone present' is supposed to vote before it's over, not just the delegates and royals. We, Cadance, Shining Armor and every other guard there can still vote. We can tip the scale!"

"Come on, then! Let's go!" yelled Rainbow Dash and flew ahead.

***

As they reached the meeting room, the delegates were about to leave.

"Not so fast, everyone!" shouted Twilight, trying to sound like she was in command. Most turned to her, surprised. Some didn't listen to her. They had no real reason to. As far as they knew, their obligations were done for the day.

"What is it?"

"I need every single one of you back in that room at once. We have not finished our business there," said Twilight. She turned towards Shining Armor.

"Shining Armor, find a guard and tell him to go find Celestia and bring her here," said Twilight. King Pero walked up to her and her brother.

"Impossible, Princess Twilight. As we've said you are not-"

"King Pero, the vote isn't over yet," said Twilight. This made all of those on their way to their rooms stop in their tracks.

"What do you mean?" asked Pero.

"The law states that everyone present must vote before it is decided, not everyone just in the meeting. There were plenty present that haven't voted yet. Me included," said Twilight. Pero stared at her a bit funny for a short moment, before his eyes widened in shock.

"That's correct! Celestia is still technically a ruler. Her crowning of you isn't valid under these circumstances," said Pero, hopeful. He grabbed the tiara on Twilight's head and turned to everyone there. "Come on, everyone, back in, we have a vote to finish!" he basically commanded to the tired group. "Yes, your guards too, everyone who was there must be so again," said King Pero before turning back to Twilight. "What about this Y fellow?"

"He's dead."

"Oh well, we know what he voted on anyway," said Pero.

"Your Majesty, if I may ask. You are Celestia's friend, but you voted against her, why?" King Pero sighed.

"Because her transgressions were too big for me to overlook. My position as king essentially forced me to try to punish Celestia for summoning the Circle of Destruction. Otherwise my kingdom could suffer greatly for it in the long run. But..." He turned towards his own guards. "You, I would just like to say that I have absolutely nothing against you voting for Princess Celestia to stay in charge here," said King Pero, not so subtly hinting of what he wanted them to do. "After all, it's not like the opinion of a few guards can properly reflect an entire kingdom," said King Pero, grinning to them. That was good, sure, it was only about three votes, but still, every vote would count. They could very well lose again if every other guard voted against her.

"Can't we try to, like, butter them up?" asked Spike, looking at the unsure guards.

"No, don't. They could just see it like that, and then they might vote against her because of spite," said Cadance. "It's best to just respect their opinion. I get the impression that lack of respect has been a problem these past few days. Let's not make it worse," said Cadance.

"At least some of the guards are on Celestia's side. Thank goodness for old broken laws," said Spike.

"Let's hope for the best. Princess Luna, I'll make sure to inform you about what has happened, but for now, everything is fine. Misery is defeated. We won't have to worry about her anymore. We won."