Luna the Miracle Boy: Forgotten Friendship

—Official warning

**Luna the Miracle Boy: Forgotten Friendship** is the first of four hour-long story episode Luna the Miracle Boy series. It is also known by two alternative titles: **Devastating Memory Sponge** and **Retrieving the Sunset Shimmer Corps**. The date on this story episode is being set on 16-19 May 2020.

In this story episode, Roman discovers that she's been erased from the Petrovburg Heroes' memories (especially Luna as her rival boy) and must race to find the evil magic and the perpetrator responsible.

## Summary

### A friendship to remember

The story episode begins on Friday – May 16, 2020, with Roman as the queen of Canterlot Presidential yearbook committee in representing Seborga High School and the Sunset Shimmer Corps, walking around the presidential taking pictures of Luna and his friends of the Petrovburg Heroes and the other civilians for the yearbook, all while she and the Petrovburg Heroes sing We've Come so Far in the background. In the yearbook room, Roman bumps into Lester Amanda – a quiet girl from the stage name "Lester and the Silver Spoon" whom Roman has known since twelfth grade but has a tendency to be ignored. She presents Roman with the votes for the yearbook "Superlatives", "Best", "Most", "Most Likely", etc., and the Frihetens discover that they were voted "Best Friends". Tobias suggests they take a group picture for the yearbook at Norway Bay on Saturday, May 17 – which commemorated as Norway's Day.

Suddenly, Cecil of Seborga High angrily bursts into the room, demanding to know why she was not voted "Greatest and Most Powerfulest" in the yearbook. Roman says that category does not exist, and when refuses to put it in the yearbook, Cecil vows revenge and leaves by a smoke bomb. Roman and the Petrovburg Heroes leave the room as well and turn out the lights, unintentionally leaving Lester alone in the dark. That night, Roman writes to Luna in her magic journal and catches him up on recent events. When he finishes writing and goes to bed, |strange magic swirls through the night sky and gathers in the forest outside Canterlot Presidential University.

### Happy Norway's Day!

On Saturday – May 17, 2020, the Petrovburg Heroes gather together at Norway Bay in commemorating Norway's Day. Luna brings his self-selfie-taking camera drone for their yearbook picture. Tobias and Jason decide which beach blanket to use for the photo, and Vincent partakes in some scuba diving. When Roman arrives to join them, they are confused by her friendly behavior and act hostile toward her, denying that they are her friends. Roman touches Dennis' arm to read her mind as Martin's did, and she sees past events like the Miracle Contest and Friendship Games. However, where Roman would appear in these memories, there is only a vacant space.

"*It's like I've been... erased!*"
— Roman Rosalina
Roman tries to convince Luna and the Petrovburg Heroes that she's their friend, citing the six magical geodes they all wear and the times they've shared. However, they only remember her as the bully who tormented them during the presidential freshman year, and Luna only remembers when Roman steals his moon sphere, reports to Principal Tony as if he had destroyed the auditorium so that he will be immediately disqualified from the Miracle Contest, destroys his moon sphere, having an evil plan to beat him in the Friendship Games, and yelled at him during the same event. Getting an idea, Roman writes to Luna in her journal and asks if they are friends, to which Sergey the Twilight Sparkle replies "yes" and asks what's wrong. Roman decides to explain in more detail in person, and she uses the portal outside Canterlot Presidentials as a teleport to the Petrovburg Embassy Office at Equestria.

### Urgent helps from the Petrovburg National Embassy in Equestria

Later in the Embassy Office, Roman explains the situation to Sergey. Sergey suggests they turn to a certain civilian for help. they appear before Princess Finlandia and Princess Moravia. Roman apologizes to Princess Finlandia for everything she did before running away to the republic for the first time. Finlandia forgives Roman and the two share a warm hug. After hearing about Roman's situation, Finlandia suspects that Princess Aulia is the real culprit, and she leads Sergey and Roman to the restricted section of the Embassy Library.

After some time researching, Sergey and Roman discover the ancient writings of Oda Nobunaga, which mention a magical object called Memory Sponge. Long ago, an evil sorceress used Memory Sponge to erase others' memories, and whenever Nobunaga came close to stopping her, she erased his memories and escaped. To counteract this, Nobunaga secretly wrote everything down so that he'd know the sorceress' next move after his memories were erased. Nobunaga's last known action was chasing the sorceress through a portal, but the last page of his writings is missing. Sergey theorizes that Memory Sponge ended up in the republic and that someone is using it to erase everyone's memories and make them hate Roman forever.

"*But, who?*"
— Sergey and Roman
### Wiped out

Back at Norway Bay, Luna expresses some worry about Roman, but Cecil (hanging out nearby with Snips and Snails) tells him and the rest of the Frihetens not to concern themselves with someone pretending to be their friend. With Roman away, responsibility for the campus yearbook falls to Tobias, and she once again brings up her request to be "Greatest and Most Powerfulest" girl in the yearbook. Tobias has a vague memory of Cecil bringing this up before, and when Cecil gets pushier with her request, Tobias says she'll think about it.

Back in the Embassy Office, Roman thanks Sergey and Princess Finlandia for their help and decides to return to Petrovburg to find out who has Memory Sponge. In the meantime, Sergey decides to search the presidential library again for a way to restore his friends' memories about Roman. Roman returns to Norway Bay during the Frihetens' volleyball game, and she tries once again to convince them that she is their friend, showing them photos of welcoming Martin to Canterlot Presidentials on her phone. Unfortunately, the Petrovburg Heroes are still skeptical, and Cecil reminds them that Roman made fake photos in the past. When Roman trips on a beach ball and accidentally breaks Luna's camera drone, the Frihetens (except Luna) become even more distrustful of her.

### Monday after Norway's Day

At the presidential campus on the following Monday (May 19), the presidential students all avoid Roman, and when she tries to help up Victor after knocking him over, he gives her his lunch money, much to her frustration. She confronts Cecil at her locker, believing she is using Memory Sponge as consequence for Roman refusing to put her in the yearbook. However, Cecil doesn't know what Roman is talking about. As Roman grows more desperate, Cecil starts to understand her dilemma and sympathizes with her. She offers to help Roman find Memory Sponge in exchange for Roman putting her in the yearbook as the "Greatest and Most Powerfulest" girl.

Meanwhile, Sergey finds the missing page of Nobunaga's writings and learns that after defeating the sorceress, he buried the stone in the middle of a rock formation somewhere in the republic. He also learns that if someone's memories are erased for longer than three days, they stay erased forever. Sergey tries to warn Roman via his magic journal, but Roman forgets the journal in her locker.

### Good Cop, Great and Powerful Cop

In the presidential cafeteria, Roman and Cecil discuss possible suspects for holding a grudge against Roman but with everyone's good memories of her erased, everyone is a suspect. They ask around campus about Memory Sponge, but their investigation doesn't turn up any leads. All the while, Roman watches Luna and his friends having fun without her. Back in the yearbook office, Roman looks through the yearbook for more potential suspects and realizes they never questioned Lester, who had been sitting in the corner of the room the entire time. As Cecil talks with Lester, Roman finally reads Luna's message about Memory Sponge's three-day time limit, meaning she only has until the end of the day to restore Frihetens' memories.

In the screensaver on Lester's computer, Roman notices a photo of the rock formation where Memory Sponge was buried. When Roman asks about the photo, Lester says it was taken in the campus' gardens for the Seborga High Gardening Club – of which she is the only member. As Lester makes a picture for the presidential yearbook, Roman reads her mind and sees memories of Lester constantly being ignored and unnoticed by the presidential civilians. In her solitude, she picked up gardening as a hobby and made a small garden outside the campus. One day, she accidentally dug up Memory Sponge and cloth with instructions on how to use it. Resentful of all the attention Roman gets now, Lester used that sponge to erase Luna's and the Petrovburg Heroes' memories about her.

### Plans for devastating Memory Sponge

Through the song about Invisible, Lester expresses her bitterness of always being ignored, even by people she has known for years. As she sings, Roman tries to retrieve Memory Sponge from her backpack, but Lester notices and grabs it away. Roman gets angry and tries to take the sponge by force, but Lester uses it to erase her and Cecil's memories of the past few hours. Roman and Cecil are left locked inside the yearbook room with no memory of when or how they got there.

Roman tries calling someone outside the room, but everyone has already left for the day. Remembering the trials of Nobunaga, Roman finds a note in her pocket addressed to herself telling her to "check the video". She plays a video on Luna's nearby camera drone, which Roman left recording the whole time in case her memory was erased, and she and Cecil discover that Lester has been behind all the memory-erasing. Watching Lester's bitterness and Roman's anger on the video, Cecil realizes it isn't enough just to not be mean to someone – one must also reach out with niceness. When Roman says she is glad to still have one friend in Cecil when the time limit runs out, Cecil is inspired to use her stage magic to free Roman from the locked room so that she can save Luna and his Friheten friends.

### Retrieving Sunset Shimmer

In the campus parking lot, Roman catches up with Lester and tries again to reason with her. When Lester reveals that she used Memory Sponge to erase Roman's memories, Luna and his friends overhear. Roman reaches out to Lester, but she refuses to listen and decides to use Memory Sponge to erase all of the Petrovburg Heroes' memories about the presidential university, Realizing this would erase their friendship entirely, Roman jumps in the way and sacrifices her own memories, much to the Petrovburg Heroes' horror. With all of her memories of the republic erased, Roman awakens in unfamiliar surroundings, believing she is still a lunatic girl.

The Friheten Seven are moved by Roman's sacrifice and approach her to help, calling her their friend. All of a sudden, the magic of the geodes combines, resulting in brand new magical transformations and wardrobes. Their combined magic creates a blast of light that destroys Memory Sponge and restores their memories. With their memories restored, Roman celebrates with a group hug with Luna and the Petrovburg Heroes. Lester deeply ashamed of herself apologizes for what she's done, and Luna apologizes to her in return for making Roman feel invisible for all these years.

Sometime later, Luna and his rival girl – Roman, praise to Allah in thanking Him for His help. The new CPU yearbooks are finished, and Cecil is surprised to discover that Roman approved her request to be put in the yearbook. Meanwhile, "Best Gardener" Lester's Gardening Club has several new members, and her copy of the yearbook has signatures from all of her new friends.

## Quotes

*For more quotes, see the episode's transcript.*

**Lester**: Excuse me.
**Roman**: I'm sorry. I didn't see you come in.
**Lester**: I've been here for a while.
**Roman**: I didn't realize.
**Lester**: I've been trying to get your attention for, like, half the song.
**Dennis**: [softly] Ain't she a quiet one?
**Jason**: Yeah. And we know some pretty shy people. Am I right?
**Vincent**: We do? Who?
**Roman**: Am I missing the joke here?
**Tobias**: The only joke is whatever this is you're playing on us, acting all nice like you're our friend.
**Vincent**: By the fidelity, it's not funny!
**Jason**: Because you are so chic, princess.
**Dennis**: And we ain't friends anymore!
**Roman**:Wait. What?!
**Roman**: Princess Finlandia, the last time we saw each other, I was your snide little pupil who betrayed and abandoned you.
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: [whispering] I wouldn't have said it that way. [clears throat] What you means to say is...
**Roman**: I mean that I come before you a changed civilian, humbly asking for forgiveness, guidance, and knowledge.
**Princess Finlandia**: I've missed you, Roman.
**Roman**: I... I'm so sorry, princess.
**Princess Finlandia**: I am not familiar with the exact spell that could have erased my Petrovburg Heroes' memories, especially my son – Luna. But it sounds like Princess Aulia is in her regime in our republic.
**Princess Moravia**: Hmm. Indeed. The toilings of this nefarious enchantment could portend unimaginable catastrophe if left unchecked.
**Roman**: [stifles giggle]
[slap!]
**Roman**: Sorry, Lady Moravia. I'm just used to hearing you say no students parking in the faculty lot. Heh-heh.
**Princess Moravia**: This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a campus of great power.
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: [prolonged gasp] Oh-my-gosh-oh-my-gosh-oh-my-gosh-oh-my-gosh-oh-my-gosh! So many books all unread! Ancient historical artifacts! [gasps] I just... I thought...! I can't...! [wheezes]
**Roman**: You sure you're up for helping me go through all this stuff?
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: Don't take this away from me!
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: No way! Can you believe they have Petersburg Cantabiles Volume Thirty-One? You heard me! Thirty-One! Roman, that's when it gets good! [gasps] Over here! An original Windigo Weather Warning from the pre-Petrovburg era! Astaghfirullah! I can't! I just can't!
**Roman** and **Princess Finlandia**: [laugh]
**Luna**: I've been thinking... Should we be worried about Princess Roman?
**Cecil Lulamoon**: Yeah! Worried she comes back, Luna! I think it's a shame the way she's treating you, pretending to be your friend. She's obviously up to something. Roman thinks the whole campus exists just to serve her. [snaps, to Snips and Snails] Water, please!
**Princess Finlandia**: This is quite a contrast from the last time we parted ways. But you are not that way anymore. With every choice you make, you prove yourself to possess a kind heart.
**Roman**: I guess I had a good lecturer.
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: Yes, girl. You were a good student since you moved to Seborga High.
**Roman** and **Sergey**: [laugh]
**Princess Finlandia**: [angry with Roman] Are you saying I wasn't a good lecturer?
**Roman**: Oh, no! I wasn't...! She didn't sa...!
**Sergey the Twilight Sparkle**: She didn't say that, ma'am!
**Princess Finlandia**: [laughs]
**Roman** and **Sergey**: [join in laughter]
**Roman**: Does Princess Finlandia have a sense of humor? Looks like I'm not the only one who's changed.
**Celestia**: Bring it on, Jason! You and Lady Toby just bought your team a one-way ticket on the express train to You're Going Down!
**Jason**: Ooh. Nice game face, Tia.
**Celestia**: Thanks! I've been practicing all day. Isn't that right, little baby camera?! You're at my house now!
**Roman**: It was an accident! Don't worry, Luna, I can help fix it.
**Luna**: It's okay, princess. I'm very sure you've helped enough.
**Roman**: So... here we are.
**Cecil Lulamoon**: Here we do are.
**Roman**: Where's Memory Sponge? You turned Luna and his Friheten friends against me just because I wouldn't put you in the yearbook as the Greatest and Powerfullest?! "Powerfullest" isn't even a word!
**Cecil Lulamoon**: What are you talking about, Roman?
**Roman**: It's not a word, Cecil!
**Cecil Lulamoon**: No. What Memory Sponge?
**Roman**: The one you used to erase everyone's memory! You manipulative... chic!
**Cecil Lulamoon**: A sponge that could make everyone forget all the bad tricks I've done...? Which are no tricks. Your puny rock pales in comparison to the Great and Powerful Cecil!
**Cecil Lulamoon**: So you have this idea of who you're supposed to be, but no one at campus sees you that way. Is that it? Trust me. I get it.
**Cecil Lulamoon**: Let's talk motive. Who here hates you enough to erase everyone's good memories of you?
**Roman**: If you go back far enough... everyone. [sighs]
**Cecil Lulamoon**: [writing] "Known enemies: all."
**Luna**: Good as new! Best Friends yearbook group picture – The Friheten Seven. Especially my dear girlfriend, Princess Martin!
**The Petrovburg Heroes**: Best friends!
**Cecil Lulamoon**: Uh, who are you?
**Lester**: Lester Amanda. I've known you since the twelfth grade.
**Cecil Lulamoon**: Ahh! I remember twelfth grade. Not you specifically, but what a grade it was. The Great and Powerful Sessssil debuted her disappearing frog trick. You know, a lot of people don't realize how much work goes into raising tadpoles.
**Lester**: Why should you notice me? After all, you're Roman Rosalina. Everybody loves you now. [sighs] Why can't they see you haven't changed?
**Cecil Lulamoon**: Actually, the Wise and Moralizing Cecil was making a point. You said you didn't do anything.
**Roman**: I didn't! I wasn't mean to her at all!
**Cecil Lulamoon**: But maybe it's not good enough to not be mean to someone. Maybe you have to be nice.
**Roman**: [sighs] At least when the sun goes down and everyone hates me forever, I'll still have one friend in the night.
**Cecil Lulamoon**: Huh?
**Roman**: I mean Luna. He is the Greatest and Powerfullest boy of Canterlot Presidentials that has to offer, so I guess I can't complain about him.
**Cecil Lulamoon**: You poor fool! You actually believed me when I was pretending to give up? Mere stage banter! The Great and Powerful Cecil never gives up on herself or her friends. I mean, her Pretty Decent Assistant-Detective-Helper People.
**Roman**: Listen, Lester. I used to be just like you. Sure, I was popular, but I was lonely.
**Lester**: You're nothing like me, and I'm not lonely, because I have... plants! That sounded less lonely in my head.
**Roman**: I've ruined their friendship once before. I'd rather give up my own memories than let it happen again!
**Roman**: Who are you?
**Luna**: Princess, we're your friends.
**Dennis**: We may not remember you...
**Celestia**: But after seeing what you did...
**Tobias**: ...the sacrifice you made for us...
**Vincent**: ...we'd be proud to call you...
**The Petrovburg Heroes**: ...our friend!
**Luna**: Lester! You have magic you do not understand! But it is nothing compared to the Magic of–!
**Celestia**: Yeah, yeah, we get it. Destroy that sponge! Light her up, guys!
**Cecil Lulamoon**: I demand to speak to the yearbook queen! How did this get in here?
**Roman**: A yearbook queen never reveals her secrets!
**Roman**: I've got a yearbook delivery for Seborga's Best Gardener!
**The Petrovburg Heroes**: [cheer]
**Luna**: Good job, princess. As your rival boy, I am proud of you.
**Roman**: [gladly] Thanks.
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## References

1. **Main course**
	* https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/My\_Little\_Pony\_Equestria\_Girls:\_Forgotten\_Friendship