1 00:00:06,166 --> 00:00:07,916 [gurgling] 2 00:00:09,583 --> 00:00:10,833 [chuckling] 3 00:00:10,916 --> 00:00:12,791 [majestic music] 4 00:00:18,333 --> 00:00:20,208 [tense music] 5 00:00:21,583 --> 00:00:24,708 [laughing maniacally] 6 00:00:28,750 --> 00:00:31,333 [laughing] 7 00:00:31,958 --> 00:00:33,125 Ahh! 8 00:00:33,208 --> 00:00:35,500 Everypony, please stay calm! 9 00:00:35,583 --> 00:00:38,166 Do not panic. Everything is under-- 10 00:00:38,250 --> 00:00:41,500 Zoom! I forgot my shield! Do you have one?! 11 00:00:41,583 --> 00:00:43,583 Hey, something feels funny… 12 00:00:44,541 --> 00:00:46,333 [screaming] 13 00:00:46,416 --> 00:00:49,083 [townsponies screaming] 14 00:00:49,166 --> 00:00:51,166 [laughing] 15 00:00:52,083 --> 00:00:54,958 [townsponies screaming] 16 00:00:55,041 --> 00:00:56,291 It can't be! 17 00:01:02,416 --> 00:01:05,375 [Dapple] Elder Flower! Look out! 18 00:01:07,541 --> 00:01:09,791 Ah, are you okay? What was that? 19 00:01:09,875 --> 00:01:12,541 [stammers] I don't know! 20 00:01:12,625 --> 00:01:13,916 Dapple, look! 21 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,250 Oh my, my… 22 00:01:16,333 --> 00:01:18,625 Oh! Ah! 23 00:01:18,708 --> 00:01:21,083 Oh no. What's happening to us? 24 00:01:21,166 --> 00:01:22,500 [Elder Flower gasps] 25 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:25,916 Our Cutie Mark Magic, it's being stolen! 26 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,666 Everypony run! 27 00:01:27,750 --> 00:01:30,583 [screaming] 28 00:01:34,208 --> 00:01:37,125 Oh my hoofness! What do we do?! 29 00:01:37,208 --> 00:01:39,208 Run! 30 00:01:39,291 --> 00:01:41,750 [townsponies screaming] 31 00:01:41,833 --> 00:01:44,541 Now dragons? What's next?! 32 00:01:44,625 --> 00:01:47,208 [stomping] 33 00:01:49,458 --> 00:01:52,000 Leave us alone! Please! 34 00:01:52,791 --> 00:01:55,166 Whoa, what kind of welcome is this? 35 00:01:55,250 --> 00:01:56,791 It's me, Spike! 36 00:01:56,875 --> 00:01:58,750 Friend to ponykind since forever? 37 00:01:58,833 --> 00:02:00,958 -Royal advisor to-- -[Sprout] Dragon! 38 00:02:01,041 --> 00:02:04,541 [screaming] 39 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:06,666 [townsponies screaming] 40 00:02:06,750 --> 00:02:09,083 [pony] Dragons! Ahh! 41 00:02:09,166 --> 00:02:11,375 [sighing] Nevermind. 42 00:02:11,458 --> 00:02:13,375 It's cool, everypony. He's with us. 43 00:02:13,458 --> 00:02:16,041 Hitch? Sheriff Hitch?! 44 00:02:16,125 --> 00:02:17,958 Wait… what?! 45 00:02:18,041 --> 00:02:19,625 Ha! 46 00:02:26,041 --> 00:02:29,291 Now, can somepony please tell us what's going on here? 47 00:02:29,375 --> 00:02:32,083 [Glory] We don't really know, but it's bad! 48 00:02:32,166 --> 00:02:34,916 Our Cutie Marks are all gone! And… 49 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,375 And… the pony who took them all… 50 00:02:37,458 --> 00:02:40,125 she was an alicorn! 51 00:02:40,666 --> 00:02:42,000 [gasps] 52 00:02:43,833 --> 00:02:46,458 ♪ Hey you've gotta let it glow ♪ 53 00:02:46,541 --> 00:02:48,500 ♪ You've gotta let it shine ♪ 54 00:02:49,833 --> 00:02:52,750 ♪ Oh let's make our mark together ♪ 55 00:02:52,833 --> 00:02:54,833 ♪ Just riding on forever ♪ 56 00:02:54,916 --> 00:02:58,375 ♪ Just keeps on getting better better better ♪ 57 00:02:59,333 --> 00:03:00,666 ♪ Hey ♪ 58 00:03:00,750 --> 00:03:03,000 ♪ Everypony everywhere ♪ 59 00:03:03,083 --> 00:03:04,875 ♪ You can feel it in the air ♪ 60 00:03:04,958 --> 00:03:08,208 ♪ Find your spark and just glow and shine ♪ 61 00:03:08,291 --> 00:03:10,791 ♪ Make a mark that you can share ♪ 62 00:03:10,875 --> 00:03:13,083 ♪ Hoof to heart you know we care ♪ 63 00:03:13,166 --> 00:03:14,541 ♪ Oh ponies come on ♪ 64 00:03:14,625 --> 00:03:17,625 ♪ Let's all unite ♪♪ 65 00:03:22,083 --> 00:03:24,791 [Rocky] Uh, Jazz, are you seeing what I'm seeing? 66 00:03:24,875 --> 00:03:27,833 Our friends just rode into town on flying dragons?! 67 00:03:27,916 --> 00:03:30,958 And Pipp's hair is still fabulous! 68 00:03:31,583 --> 00:03:32,958 [Jazz] Where have you ponies been?! 69 00:03:33,041 --> 00:03:34,666 Who would do something like this? 70 00:03:34,750 --> 00:03:36,458 Her name is Opaline. And she's-- 71 00:03:36,541 --> 00:03:38,958 Oh, Opaline! 72 00:03:39,041 --> 00:03:40,458 Oh, yeah, yeah, of course, of course! 73 00:03:40,541 --> 00:03:42,458 You know, I was really racking my mind, like, 74 00:03:42,541 --> 00:03:44,500 who really would do something like this? 75 00:03:44,583 --> 00:03:46,666 Okay yeah. No, that makes sense, continue. 76 00:03:46,750 --> 00:03:49,166 Izzy, who else did you think would do this? 77 00:03:49,250 --> 00:03:51,166 Honestly, uh… 78 00:03:51,250 --> 00:03:54,541 I've always been a little suspicious of Hitch's crab friend, McSnipsalot. 79 00:03:54,625 --> 00:03:56,291 [Izzy] He's just so pinchy! 80 00:03:57,291 --> 00:03:58,416 Hey! 81 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:00,750 Rocky, Jazz, show us what happened. 82 00:04:00,833 --> 00:04:02,791 [mysterious music] 83 00:04:02,875 --> 00:04:04,833 There! They disappeared through there. 84 00:04:04,916 --> 00:04:07,416 But how is Opaline doing this?! 85 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:10,166 She had these magical vines that followed her through town 86 00:04:10,250 --> 00:04:12,208 and they stole the Cutie Marks. 87 00:04:12,291 --> 00:04:13,916 -[Sunny gasps] -And where is she now? 88 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,458 [Zipp] The trees. 89 00:04:15,541 --> 00:04:18,083 She must be using the trees like portals! 90 00:04:18,166 --> 00:04:20,333 Just like we did when we went to the Isle of Scaly. 91 00:04:20,416 --> 00:04:24,750 But to open a portal, you'd need a key, right? 92 00:04:24,833 --> 00:04:28,791 Without one, Opaline would need so much more than pony magic. 93 00:04:28,875 --> 00:04:31,041 [Misty] But she has fire Alicorn magic! 94 00:04:31,125 --> 00:04:33,000 And she has the Dragonstone… 95 00:04:33,083 --> 00:04:34,750 And the actual dragons! 96 00:04:34,833 --> 00:04:38,083 And, she has all of our Cutie Marks! 97 00:04:38,166 --> 00:04:41,541 So she found a way into Maretime Bay through the tree… 98 00:04:41,625 --> 00:04:45,541 [gasps] If she broke through Twilight's protection spell that means… 99 00:04:45,625 --> 00:04:49,083 she could be back to finish the job at any moment! 100 00:04:49,166 --> 00:04:51,708 Everypony and everything could be in real danger! 101 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:54,250 You're right… Even the Unity Crystals! 102 00:04:54,333 --> 00:04:55,833 [gasping] 103 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:57,333 [pop] 104 00:04:57,875 --> 00:04:59,833 I'm just gonna say it. 105 00:04:59,916 --> 00:05:02,833 We're doomed! 106 00:05:02,916 --> 00:05:06,333 [townsponies screaming] 107 00:05:06,416 --> 00:05:08,250 Wait, everypony! Come back! 108 00:05:08,333 --> 00:05:10,750 We need all hooves on deck here protecting this tree! 109 00:05:10,833 --> 00:05:13,708 But without our Cutie Marks, we're not ourselves! 110 00:05:13,791 --> 00:05:16,875 We can't protect anything! Ugh! 111 00:05:16,958 --> 00:05:19,333 [Misty] Yes… you can. 112 00:05:21,958 --> 00:05:23,791 [Misty] I know it doesn't feel like it right now. 113 00:05:23,875 --> 00:05:26,875 But you all have something to offer! 114 00:05:26,958 --> 00:05:31,208 You're all smart and brave and kind. 115 00:05:31,291 --> 00:05:32,333 I've seen you. 116 00:05:32,416 --> 00:05:36,125 [Misty] Any of you would do anything to help your fellow pony. 117 00:05:36,208 --> 00:05:37,791 Even you, Sprout! 118 00:05:37,875 --> 00:05:39,750 Really? Aww! 119 00:05:39,833 --> 00:05:43,875 Look, I know Opaline. She's awful. 120 00:05:43,958 --> 00:05:46,708 She kept me locked in her lair for moons. 121 00:05:46,791 --> 00:05:49,208 But I survived all of it… 122 00:05:49,291 --> 00:05:51,291 Even without a Cutie Mark! 123 00:05:51,375 --> 00:05:54,541 [Misty] Yes, your Cutie Marks are special. 124 00:05:54,625 --> 00:05:57,333 But they're not the only thing that makes you special. 125 00:05:57,416 --> 00:06:01,583 And nopony can take away what makes you special on the inside. 126 00:06:01,666 --> 00:06:04,250 Yeah! You're powerful ponies! 127 00:06:04,333 --> 00:06:08,000 Any one of you could kick a door off its hinges in two and a half tries! 128 00:06:08,083 --> 00:06:10,708 That is… oddly specific. 129 00:06:10,791 --> 00:06:12,291 Thank you very much! 130 00:06:12,375 --> 00:06:13,666 We'll do our part. 131 00:06:13,750 --> 00:06:15,541 But how are you gonna stop Opaline? 132 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:16,666 Do you have a plan? 133 00:06:16,750 --> 00:06:19,875 A plan? Ah… Of course! Absolutely! 134 00:06:20,666 --> 00:06:21,916 Okay! Who has a plan? 135 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,458 Oh, Oh! Me! I do! 136 00:06:23,541 --> 00:06:25,458 Here's what we're gonna need: 137 00:06:25,541 --> 00:06:27,125 Two bathtubs full of glimmerberry jam, 138 00:06:27,208 --> 00:06:29,583 a stick of bubble gum, and exactly 16 cases 139 00:06:29,666 --> 00:06:31,291 of assorted craft supplies. 140 00:06:31,375 --> 00:06:32,750 This ain't gonna be easy, 141 00:06:32,833 --> 00:06:35,875 but if we time it just right, 142 00:06:35,958 --> 00:06:38,791 -then we're gonna-- -That is… an option! 143 00:06:38,875 --> 00:06:41,041 [nervous laughter] Any other ideas? 144 00:06:41,125 --> 00:06:44,166 We need to figure out how Opaline is stealing the Cutie Marks. 145 00:06:44,250 --> 00:06:47,333 And we need to do it before she comes back here and finishes the job! 146 00:06:47,416 --> 00:06:48,791 [whimpering] 147 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:51,208 What if Zephyr Heights and Bridlewood are in danger, too?! 148 00:06:51,291 --> 00:06:52,416 This is too much! 149 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:54,625 How are we supposed to do this on our own? 150 00:06:54,708 --> 00:06:56,291 [Sunny] We're not on our own… 151 00:06:56,375 --> 00:06:59,666 Opaline's not the only pony with dragons on her side! 152 00:07:00,791 --> 00:07:03,833 [Toots] So uh… What'd you come up with? 153 00:07:04,458 --> 00:07:05,583 [pop] 154 00:07:05,666 --> 00:07:08,875 [groans] 155 00:07:09,958 --> 00:07:11,625 Spike! What happened?! 156 00:07:11,708 --> 00:07:13,208 He just collapsed! 157 00:07:13,291 --> 00:07:16,041 [groans] I'm not feeling so great either… 158 00:07:16,125 --> 00:07:18,875 This must be some kind of pony spell! 159 00:07:18,958 --> 00:07:20,833 Is this… a-a trap? 160 00:07:20,916 --> 00:07:24,541 No, it's the Dragonstone! It has to be. 161 00:07:24,625 --> 00:07:29,250 If Opaline has dragons under her control, she's using the stone to do it. 162 00:07:29,333 --> 00:07:32,458 If she uses up all of the Dragonstone's magic, that could-- 163 00:07:32,541 --> 00:07:36,333 [Spike] That could put dragons back to sleep for another thousand moons. 164 00:07:36,416 --> 00:07:38,416 We can't let that happen. 165 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:42,875 Dragons! Come with me. That stone doesn't belong to this Opaline. 166 00:07:42,958 --> 00:07:45,458 And if we're gonna have any chance at stopping her, we're gonna need 167 00:07:45,541 --> 00:07:48,208 all the dragon power we have left. 168 00:07:48,291 --> 00:07:50,166 [Luxxe] Spike… what about the one… 169 00:07:50,250 --> 00:07:51,833 The hatchling? 170 00:07:53,750 --> 00:07:56,750 What? No. You can't… He's just a baby. 171 00:07:57,916 --> 00:08:00,125 He is stronger than you know. 172 00:08:00,208 --> 00:08:01,583 Hitch, he's right. 173 00:08:01,666 --> 00:08:05,083 Sparky's the one who filled up the Dragonstone in the first place. 174 00:08:05,166 --> 00:08:08,375 He's why Opaline's Fire Alicorn magic is so powerful. 175 00:08:08,458 --> 00:08:09,416 [burbling] 176 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:12,041 And if she got her magic through Sparky… 177 00:08:12,125 --> 00:08:15,250 Maybe he's the one who can take it all back. 178 00:08:15,333 --> 00:08:19,458 He is strong. But he's still my… my little… 179 00:08:19,541 --> 00:08:22,041 Believe me, he always will be. 180 00:08:22,125 --> 00:08:23,125 But trust us. 181 00:08:25,291 --> 00:08:27,791 [excited burbling] 182 00:08:29,208 --> 00:08:30,750 You got this, bud. 183 00:08:32,250 --> 00:08:33,500 [excited burbling] 184 00:08:36,791 --> 00:08:38,166 [cooing] 185 00:08:39,541 --> 00:08:42,083 [cooing] 186 00:08:46,458 --> 00:08:48,583 Spike! Be careful. 187 00:08:48,666 --> 00:08:50,875 Don't worry about me, Princess Sunny! 188 00:08:50,958 --> 00:08:52,458 This isn't my first rodeo. 189 00:08:53,291 --> 00:08:55,208 [majestic music] 190 00:08:55,291 --> 00:08:57,125 [Spike] Protect your ponies! 191 00:08:57,208 --> 00:09:00,000 I'm not… I'm not a princess! 192 00:09:00,083 --> 00:09:00,916 [Spike laughing] 193 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,791 [Spike] If you say so! 194 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:05,666 [Hitch exhales] I'm gonna gather everypony by the tree! 195 00:09:05,750 --> 00:09:08,333 We'll meet you back there as soon as we check on the crystals. 196 00:09:08,416 --> 00:09:09,708 And Hitch! 197 00:09:09,791 --> 00:09:11,750 Promise me you'll be careful, too? 198 00:09:12,333 --> 00:09:13,583 Hoof to heart. 199 00:09:14,333 --> 00:09:15,458 [shouting] 200 00:09:15,541 --> 00:09:17,041 [whimpering] 201 00:09:18,166 --> 00:09:19,583 Everypony, listen up! 202 00:09:19,666 --> 00:09:20,791 [gasping] 203 00:09:20,875 --> 00:09:22,833 I know you're scared. 204 00:09:22,916 --> 00:09:24,625 But we're stronger together, 205 00:09:24,708 --> 00:09:26,833 we're safer if we're together! 206 00:09:26,916 --> 00:09:28,958 Everypony to the Together Tree!… 207 00:09:29,791 --> 00:09:31,250 [gulping] 208 00:09:31,333 --> 00:09:33,666 [tense music] 209 00:09:38,166 --> 00:09:39,375 Phew! 210 00:09:39,458 --> 00:09:41,958 She must not be able to enter the Brighthouse still. 211 00:09:42,041 --> 00:09:43,291 She never could do that… 212 00:09:43,375 --> 00:09:45,916 Good. That means the protection spell is still intact! 213 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,375 At least here… 214 00:09:47,458 --> 00:09:49,125 -Wait -Wait for what?! 215 00:09:49,208 --> 00:09:50,625 Where are we going?! 216 00:09:50,708 --> 00:09:52,208 [Pipp] Zipp. Zipp… 217 00:09:52,291 --> 00:09:53,500 [Pipp] Equestria to Zipp! 218 00:09:53,583 --> 00:09:54,500 [Pipp chuckles] 219 00:09:54,583 --> 00:09:56,791 [Pipp] Zipp. Zipp. Zipp-uh! 220 00:09:56,875 --> 00:09:58,833 What are you doing?! Studying?! 221 00:09:58,916 --> 00:10:01,166 [Zipp] Showing you this! Ha! 222 00:10:01,250 --> 00:10:04,583 [Zipp] Ever since Elder Flower told us about the connected roots, 223 00:10:04,666 --> 00:10:07,750 I haven't been able to stop thinking about… this picture! 224 00:10:08,458 --> 00:10:10,833 [Zipp] It's from the library back home in Zephyr Heights. 225 00:10:10,916 --> 00:10:12,000 [Zipp laughing] 226 00:10:12,416 --> 00:10:13,250 So… [exhaling] 227 00:10:13,333 --> 00:10:14,500 What am I looking at? 228 00:10:14,583 --> 00:10:15,958 [Zipp] Underneath the tree. 229 00:10:16,041 --> 00:10:19,416 Roots that look like they power the ponies' Cutie Marks, right? 230 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:21,250 Oh, I think I see where you're going. 231 00:10:21,333 --> 00:10:22,916 Three trees… 232 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,125 [Zipp] The Maretime Bay Together Tree. 233 00:10:25,208 --> 00:10:27,500 Misty's Together Tree in Zephyr Heights. 234 00:10:27,583 --> 00:10:30,375 And the Wishing Together Tree in Bridlewood. 235 00:10:30,458 --> 00:10:32,083 Three trees. 236 00:10:32,166 --> 00:10:35,500 Somehow she tapped into the connection between the three, 237 00:10:35,583 --> 00:10:37,666 but I just can't figure out how-- 238 00:10:37,750 --> 00:10:39,166 [Misty] It's not three trees. 239 00:10:40,250 --> 00:10:41,208 It's four. 240 00:10:41,291 --> 00:10:42,375 [all] What?! 241 00:10:42,458 --> 00:10:43,875 [Misty] There's a fourth tree. 242 00:10:43,958 --> 00:10:46,958 Opaline has her own magic tree in her throne room. 243 00:10:47,041 --> 00:10:49,708 But it's not beautiful like the Together Trees. 244 00:10:49,791 --> 00:10:51,750 It's dark and twisty. 245 00:10:51,833 --> 00:10:53,750 It's supposed to feed on unity magic 246 00:10:53,833 --> 00:10:58,000 but it never worked because Opaline never found unity with anypony… 247 00:10:58,083 --> 00:10:59,333 [thunder booming] 248 00:10:59,416 --> 00:11:01,375 [ominous music] 249 00:11:01,458 --> 00:11:02,916 She's never had a friend like-- 250 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,125 Elder Flower! 251 00:11:04,208 --> 00:11:08,625 [gasps] She's not friends with Elder Flower?! 252 00:11:08,708 --> 00:11:12,375 Uh, no! Elder Flower said they're all connected. 253 00:11:12,458 --> 00:11:16,208 If our Cutie Mark Magic is flowing through the roots of the trees… 254 00:11:16,291 --> 00:11:20,583 Then Opaline must be able to reach them through her own tree! 255 00:11:20,666 --> 00:11:24,333 So, she can travel through the trees and she's using the trees 256 00:11:24,416 --> 00:11:26,000 to steal the Cutie Marks?! 257 00:11:26,083 --> 00:11:28,208 Whoa. This is a lot! 258 00:11:28,291 --> 00:11:32,208 Um… Hey, where did Hitch say he was gathering all the ponies, again? 259 00:11:34,208 --> 00:11:37,375 [Hitch] See? It's cool. We're safe here together. 260 00:11:37,458 --> 00:11:39,250 Everything is-- [gasping] 261 00:11:39,333 --> 00:11:40,708 [whooshing] 262 00:11:40,791 --> 00:11:43,333 [Sprout] Not good! Everything is not good! 263 00:11:43,416 --> 00:11:45,875 Ah! My essence! 264 00:11:45,958 --> 00:11:47,125 [screaming] 265 00:11:47,208 --> 00:11:48,541 It's not safe! 266 00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:50,333 -Get away! -We were wrong! 267 00:11:50,416 --> 00:11:53,083 Oh, this is not good. 268 00:11:53,166 --> 00:11:54,625 Okay, opposite plan! 269 00:11:54,708 --> 00:11:56,166 Everypony split up! 270 00:11:56,250 --> 00:11:58,291 Get away from the tree! 271 00:11:58,375 --> 00:11:59,708 But, but you said to go-- 272 00:11:59,791 --> 00:12:04,083 [Sprout] My Cutie Mark! Mommy! I want it back! 273 00:12:05,208 --> 00:12:08,291 If the tree here in Maretime Bay is doing all this, 274 00:12:08,375 --> 00:12:10,833 then what about the one in Zephyr Heights? 275 00:12:10,916 --> 00:12:12,791 [phone buzzing] 276 00:12:12,875 --> 00:12:14,958 [Pipp singing on ringtone] 277 00:12:15,041 --> 00:12:17,458 [Queen Haven's voicemail] You've reached Her Royal Majesty, Queen Haven 278 00:12:17,541 --> 00:12:19,125 of Zephyr Heights' voicemail. 279 00:12:19,208 --> 00:12:22,250 Please leave your message after Cloudpuff's bark! Haha! 280 00:12:22,333 --> 00:12:23,958 -[Cloudpuff barking] -[phone beeping] 281 00:12:24,041 --> 00:12:26,166 -No answer! -Did you leave a message? 282 00:12:26,250 --> 00:12:28,041 She doesn't know how to check her messages! 283 00:12:28,125 --> 00:12:30,500 -We have-- -We have to warn Zephyr Heights! 284 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:31,625 We're on it. 285 00:12:31,708 --> 00:12:33,416 -[melodic horn honking] -Izzy?! 286 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:35,541 Okay, I've got Bridlewood! 287 00:12:35,625 --> 00:12:38,083 Hitch, you're in charge of here! 288 00:12:38,166 --> 00:12:41,291 You listen to me. Can you handle this as a solo Hitch mission? 289 00:12:41,375 --> 00:12:44,541 Dah, I don't know! Uh, I mean, uh-- 290 00:12:44,625 --> 00:12:46,250 Where are Sunny and Misty? 291 00:12:46,333 --> 00:12:48,375 They're at the Brighthouse on the lookout! 292 00:12:48,458 --> 00:12:50,125 At least we know the crystals are safe. 293 00:12:50,833 --> 00:12:52,125 [glitching] 294 00:12:52,208 --> 00:12:54,333 [Sunny] Oh no! Not again! Not now! 295 00:12:54,416 --> 00:12:57,166 [Misty] It, it doesn't make any sense! 296 00:12:57,250 --> 00:13:00,583 The ponies are frightened, but they're still working together! 297 00:13:00,666 --> 00:13:02,166 It's Opaline! It has to be! 298 00:13:02,250 --> 00:13:04,541 [gasping] She's figured out a way inside. 299 00:13:04,625 --> 00:13:06,708 That's not possible! She's not strong enough 300 00:13:06,791 --> 00:13:08,833 to break through the protection spell yet! 301 00:13:09,375 --> 00:13:10,750 What do you mean, yet? 302 00:13:10,833 --> 00:13:13,250 If Opaline gets enough Cutie Mark Magic, 303 00:13:13,333 --> 00:13:17,708 she'll have enough power to break any spell and take all the magic! 304 00:13:18,333 --> 00:13:20,250 Ugh! That can't happen! 305 00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:24,083 We can't let Equestria lose their Cutie Marks and their pony magic, too! 306 00:13:25,041 --> 00:13:26,375 [glitching] 307 00:13:26,458 --> 00:13:28,375 What defense would we have then? 308 00:13:28,875 --> 00:13:30,500 [ominous music] 309 00:13:30,583 --> 00:13:32,541 [wind howling] 310 00:13:42,500 --> 00:13:44,041 Looks like nopony's home. 311 00:13:44,125 --> 00:13:45,625 [burbling] 312 00:13:45,708 --> 00:13:48,416 [Spike gasps] The Dragonstone! Do you sense it, too? 313 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:51,375 It's definitely inside there, but it… 314 00:13:51,458 --> 00:13:53,250 it feels distant. 315 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:57,333 Like she's keeping it somewhere… below. 316 00:13:57,416 --> 00:14:00,166 [Fountain] Oh no! C'mon! Not a-- 317 00:14:00,250 --> 00:14:02,000 -[door clangs] -Dungeon! 318 00:14:02,083 --> 00:14:04,791 Urgh! You know I hate dungeons! 319 00:14:04,875 --> 00:14:07,416 You know what happens to a dragon in a dungeon? 320 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:08,666 They chain us up? 321 00:14:08,750 --> 00:14:11,041 They chain us up! Correct! 322 00:14:11,125 --> 00:14:13,500 I've been chained up in a dungeon before, Luxxe. 323 00:14:13,583 --> 00:14:16,000 Have you?! It's not cool. 324 00:14:16,083 --> 00:14:17,500 It's not cool at all! 325 00:14:17,583 --> 00:14:20,500 Shh! Opaline can return at any moment. 326 00:14:20,583 --> 00:14:22,000 [ominous music] 327 00:14:28,333 --> 00:14:30,041 There! 328 00:14:30,125 --> 00:14:32,083 It's just been charged… 329 00:14:32,166 --> 00:14:34,083 Oh no. Lava and Jade. 330 00:14:34,166 --> 00:14:36,666 She has them! That means she must've… 331 00:14:36,750 --> 00:14:38,083 Chained them up! 332 00:14:38,166 --> 00:14:39,583 Once we retrieve the stone, 333 00:14:39,666 --> 00:14:41,458 we can rescue them and set everything right. 334 00:14:44,041 --> 00:14:47,083 She's got some kind of magic shield around the stone. 335 00:14:48,916 --> 00:14:52,041 Oh, that's where you're wrong, Spike… 336 00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:53,291 [chuckling] 337 00:14:53,375 --> 00:14:56,583 I didn't put a spell around my Dragonstone… 338 00:14:57,166 --> 00:15:00,083 I put a spell around my dragons! 339 00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:01,791 [cackling] 340 00:15:01,875 --> 00:15:06,125 Aw, come on! I told you guys! 341 00:15:06,208 --> 00:15:09,083 [groaning] 342 00:15:09,166 --> 00:15:12,458 [Spike] Ugh, you can't keep us in here forever! 343 00:15:12,541 --> 00:15:13,708 Oh, hush. 344 00:15:14,250 --> 00:15:17,750 [Opaline] You'd be surprised how long I can keep somedragon in here. 345 00:15:17,833 --> 00:15:19,250 You're mine now. 346 00:15:19,333 --> 00:15:22,166 My own little Scaly Army. 347 00:15:22,250 --> 00:15:24,083 How lovely. See? 348 00:15:24,166 --> 00:15:26,666 I can make friends too. 349 00:15:26,750 --> 00:15:28,750 Friendship, ha! 350 00:15:28,833 --> 00:15:31,375 They used to tell me that was magic. 351 00:15:31,458 --> 00:15:34,333 [chuckling] You know what I think is magic? 352 00:15:34,416 --> 00:15:35,333 [babbling] 353 00:15:35,416 --> 00:15:38,541 Power! And soon, I'll have all of it. 354 00:15:38,625 --> 00:15:40,583 Dragonstone? Right there. 355 00:15:40,666 --> 00:15:43,166 Cutie Mark Magic? Incoming. 356 00:15:43,250 --> 00:15:45,458 Prisbeam? Soon enough. 357 00:15:45,541 --> 00:15:47,000 Together Trees? 358 00:15:47,083 --> 00:15:49,375 Did you see my tree upstairs? 359 00:15:49,458 --> 00:15:50,666 Poor little thing. 360 00:15:50,750 --> 00:15:52,791 I tried and tried to make it grow, 361 00:15:52,875 --> 00:15:56,125 but you know what feeds a Together Tree, right? 362 00:15:56,666 --> 00:15:58,708 Did you guess "Unity?" 363 00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:02,125 That's correct. It's always unity. 364 00:16:02,208 --> 00:16:06,166 So my little tree would always just wither up and die. 365 00:16:07,125 --> 00:16:11,791 [Opaline] Why, even when I found it a real live friend, it wouldn't grow. 366 00:16:11,875 --> 00:16:16,833 No matter. My little fake friend brought some real unity magic back to me 367 00:16:16,916 --> 00:16:18,833 whether she meant to or not. 368 00:16:18,916 --> 00:16:22,458 And all it took was one tiny spark 369 00:16:22,541 --> 00:16:24,291 to activate my tree. 370 00:16:24,375 --> 00:16:25,458 [whimpering] 371 00:16:25,541 --> 00:16:28,041 And once my tree woke up, 372 00:16:28,125 --> 00:16:31,125 well, it made friends with the tree in Maretime Bay 373 00:16:31,208 --> 00:16:33,500 and another tree in Bridlewood. 374 00:16:33,583 --> 00:16:37,916 And then my friend Misty, do you know what she did? 375 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,916 She grew a brand new one for us in Zephyr Heights. 376 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,083 So maybe My Little Misty 377 00:16:46,166 --> 00:16:49,708 really has been a true friend, after all. 378 00:16:49,791 --> 00:16:52,833 Now all of the Cutie Marks come to me… 379 00:16:52,916 --> 00:16:56,125 One by one. Bing. Bong… 380 00:16:56,208 --> 00:17:01,333 But I'm saving my favorite Cutie Marks for last. 381 00:17:01,416 --> 00:17:03,833 And once I have those, 382 00:17:03,916 --> 00:17:06,458 nothing will stop me 383 00:17:06,541 --> 00:17:08,875 from total domination! 384 00:17:08,958 --> 00:17:12,750 Then, Equestria is mine! 385 00:17:12,833 --> 00:17:18,125 [cackling] 386 00:17:21,458 --> 00:17:23,875 [whimpering] 387 00:17:23,958 --> 00:17:26,041 [glitching] 388 00:17:26,125 --> 00:17:28,291 Oh, this is all my fault. 389 00:17:28,375 --> 00:17:29,916 I never should've come here. 390 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,125 If I hadn't helped Opaline, she never could've done all this. 391 00:17:33,208 --> 00:17:36,416 You can't think like that. What were you supposed to do? 392 00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:39,500 Stay in that creepy lair forever by yourself? 393 00:17:39,583 --> 00:17:42,166 Besides, I'm the one who made us all leave. 394 00:17:42,250 --> 00:17:44,458 We never should've gone to the Isle of Scaly! 395 00:17:44,541 --> 00:17:47,625 We should've stayed here and protected Equestria. 396 00:17:47,708 --> 00:17:49,791 [glitching] 397 00:17:49,875 --> 00:17:53,333 But then you wouldn't have helped the Dragons find their courage again. 398 00:17:53,416 --> 00:17:57,000 You're a leader, Sunny. You always help everypony. 399 00:17:57,083 --> 00:17:59,583 I'm not a leader. I'm just a pony. 400 00:17:59,666 --> 00:18:02,750 A pony who can't ever stop stirring up trouble! 401 00:18:02,833 --> 00:18:05,333 Sunny, you know that's not-- [gasping] 402 00:18:05,416 --> 00:18:07,666 She's back! Opaline's here. 403 00:18:07,750 --> 00:18:08,791 How do you know? 404 00:18:08,875 --> 00:18:10,875 I can feel it in my hooves. 405 00:18:10,958 --> 00:18:12,166 See it in my mind… 406 00:18:12,250 --> 00:18:14,500 [Opaline cackling] 407 00:18:17,583 --> 00:18:19,750 Everypony, keep away from the tree. 408 00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:22,041 This is the Sheriff's responsibility! 409 00:18:22,125 --> 00:18:24,500 I won't let any more of you be in danger. 410 00:18:24,583 --> 00:18:26,458 -[chirping] -[Hitch] Kenneth. Guys. No. 411 00:18:26,541 --> 00:18:28,166 You can't be here, either. 412 00:18:28,250 --> 00:18:30,041 [tense music] 413 00:18:34,125 --> 00:18:36,833 [Opaline] Don't try to hide, ponies. 414 00:18:36,916 --> 00:18:39,250 I will find you! 415 00:18:39,333 --> 00:18:41,333 Not as long as Sheriff Hitch is around! 416 00:18:44,416 --> 00:18:47,000 [chuckling] Earth Pony Magic! 417 00:18:47,083 --> 00:18:49,958 Ah, what'll they think of next? 418 00:18:50,041 --> 00:18:53,791 Wait! Kenneth! Steven! McSnipsalot! 419 00:18:53,875 --> 00:18:55,166 No! 420 00:18:58,333 --> 00:18:59,583 No… 421 00:19:01,125 --> 00:19:02,791 Ugh! 422 00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:04,541 [chirping] 423 00:19:12,166 --> 00:19:14,291 [whimpering] 424 00:19:14,375 --> 00:19:17,708 Come out, come out, wherever you are! 425 00:19:17,791 --> 00:19:19,666 Not in my town! 426 00:19:21,833 --> 00:19:24,125 Ugh! [grunting] 427 00:19:24,208 --> 00:19:25,458 Ah! 428 00:19:25,541 --> 00:19:27,000 [grunting] 429 00:19:27,916 --> 00:19:29,750 [laughing] 430 00:19:29,833 --> 00:19:33,541 Your weeds are no match for a Fire Alicorn! 431 00:19:33,625 --> 00:19:35,000 -[thudding] -Huh? 432 00:19:36,125 --> 00:19:38,750 [Opaline] Well, look at that. 433 00:19:38,833 --> 00:19:43,750 And I thought I'd collected all of the other Cutie Marks. 434 00:19:46,208 --> 00:19:47,250 Not today! 435 00:19:48,166 --> 00:19:50,458 [grunting] [Hitch] Run! Get out of here! 436 00:19:50,541 --> 00:19:51,750 After them! 437 00:19:51,833 --> 00:19:53,625 No! [groaning] 438 00:19:53,708 --> 00:19:55,250 [Opaline] There it is. 439 00:19:55,333 --> 00:19:57,583 Ripe for the plucking! 440 00:19:57,666 --> 00:19:59,166 [groaning] 441 00:20:00,708 --> 00:20:03,083 Not in my town! 442 00:20:03,166 --> 00:20:05,791 [grunting] 443 00:20:05,875 --> 00:20:07,041 Ah! 444 00:20:09,958 --> 00:20:11,500 [grunting] 445 00:20:16,333 --> 00:20:18,083 [grunting] 446 00:20:19,208 --> 00:20:22,000 [laughing] 447 00:20:22,083 --> 00:20:24,125 -She's got Hitch! -We have to help him! 448 00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:28,458 Sunny… I-I can't. 449 00:20:28,541 --> 00:20:30,666 Misty! We have to. 450 00:20:30,750 --> 00:20:32,750 I don't think I can face her. 451 00:20:33,750 --> 00:20:36,000 You don't have to. Stay here! 452 00:20:36,083 --> 00:20:38,875 Somepony needs to protect the Unity Crystals. 453 00:20:39,708 --> 00:20:41,708 [grunting] 454 00:20:42,916 --> 00:20:45,083 [tense music] 455 00:20:48,458 --> 00:20:49,583 Not… 456 00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:51,500 in my… town. 457 00:20:53,333 --> 00:20:54,291 [both] Hitch! 458 00:20:54,375 --> 00:20:57,500 [laughing] 459 00:21:00,791 --> 00:21:02,958 [stomping] 460 00:21:03,041 --> 00:21:04,708 [roaring] 461 00:21:04,791 --> 00:21:06,458 [Opaline laughing] 462 00:21:08,041 --> 00:21:11,625 [Opaline's laughter echoing] 463 00:21:12,875 --> 00:21:14,125 Hitch! 464 00:21:15,541 --> 00:21:17,958 No! Hitch! 465 00:21:18,041 --> 00:21:19,875 [Jade] Now, Mistress Opaline, 466 00:21:19,958 --> 00:21:24,375 all of the Cutie Mark Magic in Equestria is yours. 467 00:21:24,458 --> 00:21:26,708 Not quite. 468 00:21:28,875 --> 00:21:31,833 [Opaline] Four little ponies to go… 469 00:21:31,916 --> 00:21:33,875 [thunder booming] 470 00:21:36,041 --> 00:21:38,666 [♪♪] 471 00:21:38,750 --> 00:21:41,208 Subtitling: difuze