Family Trees Pt. 2

Family Trees Pt. 2Formatted on-screen as Family Trees Pt.2 without the space after "Pt." is the seventeenth episode of My Little Pony: Make Your Mark, the third episode of the series' Chapter 5, and the seventeenth episode overall. It is the second part of a midseason two-parter.
In this second part, Misty seeks to use the Breezies' key to lead her to what she most desires: answers about her true family.
==Summary==
===Where has Misty gone?===
Picking up where the previous episode left off, the Mane 5 search for the missing Misty inside the Breezies' Night Market but cannot find her anywhere. Unbeknownst to them, Misty has made her way out of the Night Market and into the foggy forest outside Bridlewood. Realizing this is the same situation as in her recurring dream, Misty searches for the door she saw. Misty runs into a lone Breezie in the forest; while the Breezie is unable to help Misty find the door she is looking for, it does help her find her way back to the Night Market.
While searching for Misty, the Mane 5 pass a market stand selling several artifacts, including a fossilized dragon footprint. The sight of the footprint catches Sparky Sparkeroni's attention, and he gets the most excited he has been since Opaline drained his dragonfire. The ponies believe the best way to fully restore Sparky's strength is to reunite him with the rest of his kind, and Hitch Trailblazer realizes he may soon have to say goodbye to Sparky.
===I've got you and you've got me===
With the help of the Breezie she met in the forest, Misty gets back to the Night Market and reunites with her friends. Zipp Storm, having been pressuring Misty about her recurring dreams up until now, makes clear how relieved she is that Misty is okay. Misty shows her friends the key she was given in the previous episode; she believes whatever it unlocks will have the answers she seeks about her past and family.
To that end, the six ponies ask around the Night Market for information about the key as well as the possible whereabouts of the dragons. During their search, Hitch and Misty sing the song Mane Family. The ponies' search does not yield much results, but they tell Misty that, even if she never finds out about her past, they consider her a part of their family.
Zipp, however, succeeds in locating the door from Misty's dream after clearing away some of the Wishing Tree's overgrowth. Misty considers using the key to find her family, but remembering that the key can only be used once, she instead decides to use it to find the dragons for Sparky. She uses the key to unlock the door, and a magic portal opens. Sparky runs through the portal, and the Mane 6 follow after.
===To the Dragon Lands and back===
On the other side of the portal, the Mane 6 and Sparky are transported to the Dragon Lands, and Sparky instantly feels more energetic than before. The group discovers footprints and dragon artifacts, but there are no signs of the dragons themselves; the ponies theorize they fled their home to escape from Opaline. With no one to leave Sparky in the care of, Hitch decides to keep looking after him until the dragons are found.
The ponies use the portal to return to Bridlewood, and the Breezies close the Night Market for the evening. Though Misty has not found any answers about her past, she is glad to have helped Sparky. However, when Pipp Petals shows Misty some recent photos she took with Zipp, Queen Haven, and Alphabittle, Misty recognizes Alphabittle in the photos and has another memory flash. She realizes that the large, shadowy figure in her dreams was a younger-looking Alphabittle calling out to his missing daughter.
===Misty and Alphabittle===
At the Crystal Tea Room, Alphabittle shares with Queen Haven the reason why he feels the need to stay in Bridlewood. He shows Haven a picture of a young Misty – his daughter – and explains that she went missing many years before. After many failed attempts to find her, Alphabittle has stayed close to Bridlewood just in case she miraculously returns home.
Just then, Alphabittle's cutie mark starts glowing, as it has been doing for the past several hours, and Misty enters, her cutie mark also glowing. Once the initial shock wears off, father and daughter tearfully reunite after years spent apart, and the Mane 5 and Queen Haven watch them embrace.
The next morning, Alphabittle and Misty are very excited to catch up on lost time, and Sparky is back to his old, rambunctious, fire-breathing self. The episode ends with the ponies celebrating and making a toast to family with some of Alphabittle's tea.
==Quotes==
:Sunny Starscout: Misty is still just learning her way around Bridlewood. What if she got lost?
:Hitch Trailblazer: It wouldn't be hard to do in a place like this. In fact, I think I'm lost! Where am I?!
:Pipp Petals: It's just a bunch of old rocks.
:Fossil Merchant Breezie: [angry high-pitched gibberish]
:Sunny Starscout: Oh, I think we offended her.
:Hitch Trailblazer: Yes. Yes, we did.
:Hitch Trailblazer: [referring to Sparky] I always knew I'd have to say goodbye to him one day. But that day might be sooner than I thought.
:Misty: You've all taught me the true meaning of family and friendship. I'm willing to wait a little longer to solve the mysteries of my past if it means I can save Sparky's future.
:Misty: So I guess now we just—
:Izzy Moonbow: Step through this strange door into the unknown based entirely on the word of a tiny pixie pony!
:Pipp Petals: I bet we're gonna see a big dragon any second now!
:[beat]
:Pipp Petals: Any second now!
:[beat]
:Pipp Petals: Any second now...
:Hitch Trailblazer: Maybe they're just off foraging somewhere?
:Sunny Starscout: All of them? At the same time?
:Misty: I know Opaline's interest in total domination goes way beyond Equestria.
:Zipp Storm: She wants to rule over the Dragon Lands, too?
:Misty: Over everything.
:Hitch Trailblazer: I'll be Sparky's protector for as long as he needs me.
:Izzy Moonbow: When does this mystical magical market come back?
:Breezie: [high-pitched gibberish]
:Hitch Trailblazer: She says, "You never knoooow!"
:Izzy Moonbow: Huh. That doesn't really narrow it down.
:Misty: Who is that?
:Pipp Petals: Oh, that's Alphabittle!
:Misty: D-D-D... Dad?!
:Mane 5: [deep gasp]
:Izzy Moonbow: Alphabittle is your dad?!
:Queen Haven: Who is she?
:Alphabittle: My daughter.
:Queen Haven: [gasps] You have a...?!
:Alphabittle: Misty? But how?
:Misty: I'm home, Dad!
:Alphabittle: So, um... y-you wanna hear about my tea kettle collection? Uh, of course you don't! That probably wouldn't be interesting.
:Misty: I'd love to hear it! I wanna hear everything.
:Hitch Trailblazer: He's still trying to learn to control his fire breathing, and ever since we all went to the Dragon Lands, it's more powerful than ever.
:Queen Haven: You all went where?!
:Pipp Petals: Uhhh, I think I have to go work on my mane and hoof line!
:Zipp Storm: And I, um, gotta help her!
:Queen Haven: Girls!
:Alphabittle: To family! We wouldn't want it any other way!
==Gallery==
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Misty and Alphabittle reunite with a hug C5E3.png
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==Notes==
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