Celestian/Desaian coexistence Arc

## Part 1

### Martial Artist's Program

The girls, Maria and Sizilien, also hope to join the academy. Sizilien, whom Shin is smitten with, also develops a crush on him. Shin earns the enmity of Kurt, who leaves after being scolded by August, King Diseum’s son, Shin’s cousin. Shin comes first in the exam and has to give a speech. Kurt is furious to discover he is in A class while Shin made it to the higher S class. Shin makes changes to the protective spells on his academy uniform. Sizilien confides to Shin she has repeatedly rejected Kurt who is now threatening her. August uses his royal status to force Kurt to leave. Shin invites everyone to his home to ask Merlin and Melida if he can alter Sizilien’s uniform to protect her against Kurt. Melida reveals this would make Sizilien’s uniform a National Treasure level item. Sizilien tries to refuse, proving to Melida she is honest and worthy of the protection. Diseum asks Shin to never reveal he can create National Treasure items or it could lead to inter-kingdom war, though he does ask for uniforms for August, Julius and Thor. Maria sensibly refuses one. Shin offers to take everyone home using his teleportation spell which was also supposed to stay secret.

### Emergency

Shin starts escorting Sizilien to and from school. Shin decides not to join any clubs so Augustus suggests he start his own, which the entire class insists on joining, so the Ultimate Magic Study Group is formed. Diseum’s council discuss the increase in demon sightings, so Diseum orders an investigation. Kurt’s father confronts Kurt about his behaviour. Kurt snaps and rants about the worthlessness of commoners and his hatred of Shin, so his father withdraws him from the academy. Augustus wonders why Kurt changed so radically and Thor reveals Kurt’s behaviour changed after visiting Mr Schtrom, a blind teacher who was exiled from another kingdom. Schtrom visits Kurt and casts a spell on him. Shin accidentally reveals another secret when he tells his friends he killed a demon when he was 10. Shin suddenly senses a demon before Kurt appears and tries to kill them all, having transformed into a Demonoid. Shin forces everyone else to run while he faces Kurt, hoping he can destroy the demon magic while sparing Kurt, but when Kurt begins a spell that would destroy the entire Academy Shin is forced to kill him by severing his head. Augustus warns him destroying a Demonoid will make him famous and his life very difficult for the foreseeable future.

### Instigator

Shin theorises Kurt was a victim of human experimentation. Diseum presents Shin a medal for destroying Kurt. Merlin is angered Diseum is involving Shin in politics, but accepts it is necessary. Shin’s fame means his tutors have to test students wanting to join his study group to keep membership manageable. Diseum explains to his council Shin’s theory Kurt was artificial. Two students manage to join Shin’s group, Mark son of a blacksmith and Olivia daughter of a restaurant owner. Shin asks Mark to upgrade his sword to better handle his enchantments. The Security Bureau investigates Schtrom who expresses remorse at Kurt’s death. The investigators invite him to help by studying Kurt’s corpse but once at the castle the investigators reveal Kurt’s name was never made public. Exposed, Schtrom destroys part of the castle. Shin engages him in a duel that destroys Schtrom’s mask, revealing he is not blind but has Demonoid eyes. Shin casts a heat ray spell so hot it turns the sand floor to glass, leaving Shin unsure if Schtrom disintegrated or escaped. Diseum’s council congratulates him on his victory, and though he tries to explain his heat ray spell, they have no idea what he is talking about. Schtrom is revealed to have escaped and survived.

### Prologue: the statue of Discord

Cheerilee taking her students on a field trip in the "world-famous" Canterlot sculpture garden. Her class consists of Apple Bloom, Diamond Tiara, Scootaloo, Silver Spoon, Snails, Snips, Sweetie Belle, and Twist. Cheerilee points out statues representing friendship and victory. When Scootaloo remarks how cool a cutie mark representing victory would be, Apple Bloom snidely says that Scootaloo is not "victoryful" at anything. Sweetie Belle says “victoryful” is not a word, and Scootaloo indignantly asks her, "What are you, a dictionary?"

Cheerilee interrupts their bickering by describing a statue of a "," a creature with “the head of a pony and a body made up of all sorts of things.” She asks her students to guess what the statue represents. When Scootaloo guesses "chaos," Sweetie Belle calls her a "dodo." Apple Bloom jumps on her friends' heads and tells them they’re both wrong, and the three start fighting. Above them, a small circle on the draconequus statue glows briefly. They stop fighting when Cheerilee pronounces all three correct, saying that the statue represents discord, or "a lack of harmony between ponies.” Cheerilee says that each of them will have to write her an essay about discord. As the class leaves, a large crack spreads across the draconequus statue and a cackle is heard.

### The first signs

After the introduction, Rainbow Dash is flying above Ponyville when a fast-moving pink cloud sends her spinning. She discovers that the cloud is made of cotton candy, and the sky fills with cotton candy clouds that rain chocolate milk. Applejack is harvesting corn when Rainbow Dash alights and complains about the crazy weather. Suddenly, the kernels on the corn start popping, and popcorn fills the field. Pinkie Pie is delighted by the delicious abnormalities. Rarity shows up in a purple rainsuit and matching umbrella. Even as she speaks, the apples on the trees swell, making the trees sag with their weight. Applejack yells at Fluttershy to control the squirrels and rabbits who are feeding on the enormous apples, but the forest creatures' legs elongate (like the legs of creatures in Salvador Dalí’s paintings ).

Twilight Sparkle arrives with Spike, and says she has a new "fail-safe" spell to reverse the strange changes to the weather and animals. She casts the spell and a bright purple band of magic sweeps the land, but nothing happens. Undeterred, she tells Rainbow Dash to corral the clouds and Applejack to lasso them. Twilight instructs Fluttershy to coax the animals into eating the cotton candy clouds and popcorn instead of the apples. Not long after, Spike receives a letter from Princess Celestia, telling the six ponies to come to Canterlot immediately.

### Discord returns

They meet the Princess in a corridor lined with stained glass windows. Celestia explains that the strange weather is being caused by Discord, a creature that existed in Equestria long ago. Discord’s rule caused unrest and unhappiness for all ponies until Celestia and Princess Luna defeated with the Elements of Harmony. However, since the two Princesses cannot wield the Elements any more, Celestia tells the six ponies that they must use the Elements once again to defeat Discord. When Twilight promises that the princess can count on them, Pinkie interrupts, saying that chaos is a good thing if chocolate rain is involved.

Princess Celestia opens a locked door with her horn and takes out a box, but she and the friends discover that the Elements are missing from it. Suddenly, Discord's voice echoes around the room, and he animates a depiction of himself in one of the stained glass windows. Discord comments on each element that the six friends represent, and poses a riddle: *To retrieve your missing Elements just make sense of this change of events. Twists and turns are my master plan. Then find the elements back where you began.*

Twilight deduces that Discord has hidden the Elements inside the castle's outdoor hedge maze.

### The maze

As they approach the maze, Rainbow Dash confidently flies up to get a view of the maze, but her wings vanish and she crashes to the ground. A moment later, Fluttershy's wings and Twilight and Rarity’s horns go missing. In a flash, Discord appears, and explains that they are going to play a game to find the Elements of Harmony. The two rules are: No flying and no magic. Every pony has to play, or the game is over and Discord wins.

Hedges spring up and separate the friends, who agree to meet in the middle of the maze. As Applejack tries to navigate the maze, she spots three apples, like the ones on her cutie mark, rolling away from her on the ground. She follows them to the edge of an apple orchard. Apples start falling off the trees and animating themselves; they tell her to look in a pool nearby to learn how their journey will end. She does so and sees a vision of the six friends arguing and agreeing to never speak to each other again. The camera pans up, showing Discord using puppet crosses to animate the apples. Applejack cannot accept the idea that she needs to lie to preserve her friendship with the other ponies, and Discord hypnotizes her, draining her of color. Almost immediately the orchard fades, and a section of hedge vanishes behind her, revealing Twilight. Twilight tells her friend that she heard talking, and asks her who she was talking to; Applejack denies speaking, looking around shiftily. Twilight wonders whether she lied but determines that "Applejack wouldn't lie."

Pinkie hops merrily through the maze until she stumbles upon a garden filled with balloons similar to those on her cutie mark. The balloons have smiling faces and are laughing. She giggles with the balloons until one of the balloons' strings trip her. She tumbles into a puddle of mud and stops laughing, but the balloons start jeering at her. Discord appears to Pinkie and tells her that the balloons, like her friends, are actually laughing *at* her, not *with* her. She initially denies it, but when Discord makes her friends' faces appear on the balloons, she sees that laughter can be cruel and hurtful. Discord hypnotizes her and turns her gray. The balloons pop to reveal Twilight and Applejack. Pinkie rejects Twilight’s greeting and walks away. Applejack lies again, saying she didn’t notice anything wrong with Pinkie. Twilight decides to pick up the pace before the stress "gets the better of all of [them]."

Rarity is complaining about having to do "outdoor sports" when she finds a large rock blocking her path. Embedded in it are three diamonds shaped like her cutie mark. Discord appears in the diamonds' reflections and tells Rarity it's her lucky day for finding the beautiful diamonds, "the one thing in Equestria that could rival [his] face for sheer beauty." He starts to hypnotize Rarity, but she resists and tries to walk away. However, she succumbs and runs back to the rock, losing her color as she chips away at the rock. She unearths what appears to be a huge diamond. As she starts to carry it away, the remainder of the rock breaks apart, revealing Twilight, Applejack, and Pinkie. Twilight’s greeting is cut short when she sees Rarity carrying a large boulder. Rarity becomes very protective of her "diamond," refusing to share it with the others.

Fluttershy cautiously climbs out of the hedge she has been hiding in, and starts giving herself a pep talk. Three butterflies like the ones on her cutie mark appear. Not wanting to be left alone, she decides to follow them. The butterflies turn out to be Discord in disguise. He tries to convince her that her friends think she is helpless and laugh at her behind her back. Fluttershy accepts the fact that she *is* helpless and that her friends are kind enough to understand. Again, Discord tries to corrupt her, and Fluttershy resists, saying that her friends want her to know of her flaws so she can improve on them. Frustrated, Discord gives up and hypnotizes her by simply prodding her head.

A section of hedge disappears, revealing the others. When Twilight greets Fluttershy, she insults Twilight and smacks her with her tail. Fluttershy even knocks Pinkie Pie into a hedge. As Applejack laughs at Pinkie and Pinkie retorts, Twilight realizes that something is happening to her friends. She tries to assist Rarity with moving her rock, but Rarity warns her that the rock belongs to her.

Rainbow Dash runs through the maze and suddenly spots a cloud that looks like her cutie mark. Believing it to be her element, she chases it, only to find Discord lying on a hammock made of clouds. Ignoring Discord's attempts to be civil, Rainbow Dash tells him to prepare for a fight. Discord tells her that he is only there to deliver a riddle about the consequences of picking the wrong choice. He hypnotizes her by showing a vision of Cloudsdale collapsing. He drains her color and makes a box appear, giving her the choice of taking her wings from the box and leaving, or staying in the maze forever.

### Discord wins the game

Meanwhile, Twilight tries to reassure herself, saying that Rainbow Dash would never let them down. However, Applejack spots Rainbow Dash flying away from the maze. Discord appears and tells the ponies that Rainbow Dash broke the "no wings, no magic" rule. He declares that the game is over and says: *Looks like we might be due for a big old storm of chaos!*

## Part 2

### A storm of chaos

Continuing after a short recap of the first part, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity argue in the remnants of the castle hedge maze in Canterlot. When Twilight tells Discord he unfairly claimed that the Elements of Harmony were hidden in the maze, he reminds her that he never said so. Discord leaves to begin his reign of chaos, mockingly telling Twilight that maybe the "magic of friendship" can help her. Twilight decides to search for the Elements of Harmony in Ponyville.

### Finding the Elements of Harmony

On the return trip to Ponyville by foot, the disgruntled ponies encounter soapy roads and long-legged bunnies. Discord reappears, announces to Twilight that Ponyville will become the "chaos capital of the world", and vanishes. The ponies finally arrive at Golden Oak Library, but when Twilight tries to usher her friends inside, they lose even more of their color. Rarity refuses to go inside, saying she's on to Twilight's "plan" to steal "Tom" from her. Twilight finds out that Tom is Rarity's name for the boulder. Resigned, Twilight levitates the boulder and crashes it through the door, leaving a giant hole in the wall. Once inside, Twilight asks Spike to retrieve the book about the Elements of Harmony, but her friends play a game of Keep Away with the book, keeping it out of her reach. Once Twilight finally gets her hooves on the book, she finds that all of the Elements of Harmony are tucked away inside.

Frustrated that her friends no longer care about this discovery or the current crisis, Twilight forcefully puts the elements on Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, and Spike, who she assigns the role of Rainbow Dash. Twilight rallies the ponies with the plan of defeating Discord so they never have to see each other again, and they all gleefully go outside, except Rarity, who has trouble pushing "Tom" ahead of her. Twilight angrily chucks the boulder out the window, leaving another giant hole in the wall. Discord appears outside of the library, taunting them into stopping him by making a bulls-eye appear on his chest for them to "fire" at. Twilight attempts to combine the elements' power to defeat Discord, with Spike standing in for Rainbow Dash, but nothing happens. As the ponies go their separate ways, Twilight's colors turn dull and she sheds a tear that splatters in the shape of a broken heart. Discord celebrates his victory as Ponyville is driven even deeper into total chaos.

### Re-discovering the importance of friendship

Twilight throws away her element of magic tiara and tells Spike that they are leaving Ponyville. However, Spike starts regurgitating a seemingly endless pile of scrolls from Princess Celestia, which turn out to be all of the friendship reports Twilight had sent to her during her time in Ponyville. After reading her own friendship reports, Twilight remembers the importance of friendship, regains her resolve and color, and sets out to restore the rest of her friends.

### Reverting to their previous selves

Twilight finds Applejack at Sweet Apple Acres, and uses a memory spell to project memories of past adventures with her friends into Applejack's mind. Applejack regains her color and goes back to her original self. She confesses that she told lies because she could not face a future of their friendship ending. Twilight then performs the same spell on Fluttershy, and Fluttershy exclaims that she just had the worst dream. Twilight restores Rarity, who tosses away the boulder and says, "Let us never speak of this again." Next is Pinkie Pie, who laughs at her previous predicament.

The friends find Rainbow Dash, who is still brainwashed and sitting upon a small cloud, believing it to be Cloudsdale. Twilight and the other ponies sneak up to a sleeping Rainbow Dash in Twilight's balloon, and Fluttershy tries to hold down Dash so Twilight can restore her personality. However, Fluttershy, now back to her kind personality, cannot take an aggressive approach and wakes up Dash to politely ask her if she can hold her down. This prompts Dash to grab onto "Cloudsdale" and fly away. Twilight, Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie Pie give chase in the balloon, which Fluttershy is pulling. Applejack manages to lasso Rainbow Dash, but the rope catches on Pinkie Pie and Rarity's hooves, dragging them out of the balloon as Rarity yells that Pinkie was supposed to secure the rope, still attached to the elusive Pegasus. Fluttershy is unable to keep up until she is reminded about Discord's rule over Ponyville. With that, she outpaces Rainbow Dash and the others are able to secure her while Twilight reverts Dash to her previous self.

### Confronting Discord

The friends confront Discord, who is sitting on a throne holding a glass of chocolate milk. He drinks the *glass* and throws away the *chocolate milk*, which explodes. Discord, still confident of their inability to defeat him, makes himself an open target. However, now that the six ponies can wield their elements, they combine their powers and fire a giant rainbow, just like they did when they defeated Nightmare Moon, causing an explosion much like Rainbow Dash's sonic rainboom. Discord watches in horror before he is turned to stone once more. Ponyville goes back to normal, and all chaos and disharmony caused by Discord is neutralized... Princess Celestia holds a ceremony in Canterlot, honoring the ponies for defeating Discord, where a new stained glass window depicting the friends' victory is unveiled.

### Villain's speech

The Deplanetizer was used by Chairman Drek from the beginning of his plan to create a new home for the blarg, New Quartu. The Deplanetizer, developed with the help of Dr. Nefarious, was used by Chairman Drek to destroy five planets in the Solana Galaxy, including planet Tenemule, with harvesters taking the pieces from the planet to use for New Quartu.

### Veldin

One day, Ratchet received news that the Galactic Rangers were holding tryouts for a new recruit at the fairgrounds. Ratchet was successful in the tryouts but was rejected by Qwark, the leader of the Galactic Rangers, for his bad record. Later, at night, Ratchet, who was sad and hopeless, discovered a defect warbot crashlanding on the planet. After booting up again, the warbot warned Ratchet that an army was coming to attack Aleero City. Ratchet calmed the robot and offered to repair him first back at the garage, then the two formed an alliance soon after.

Alonzo Drek growing up had never had a proper home planet, as Drek Industries, his father's company, polluted the planet to the point which it was no longer hospitable. Drek, working with Dr. Nefarious, began to construct New Quartu, a new home planet created with pieces of other planets, taken apart after being destroyed by the Deplanetizer.

Dr. Nefarious operated a warbot factory in Skorg City, used to supply Victor Von Ion with warbot forces to attack the Galactic Rangers and prevent them from intervening in his plan. However, the factory was struck by lightning, causing it to produce a defect, Clank. Drek ordered Victor to destroy Clank, but in "Escape the factory", Clank managed to flee in an escape pod. Victor damaged the pod, causing it to crash land on Veldin instead of reach its destination of Kerwan.

The warbot defect, whose full name was "Warbot Defect B54296", was then given the name "Clank" for short, by Ratchet. Making their way back to the garage, Ratchet and Clank fought their way through the blarg, who were swarming the plateau in search of Clank. When they made it back to the garage and the blarg were eradicated, Ratchet successfully repaired Clank. Ratchet falsely claimed that he was a friend of the Galactic Rangers and could help Clank, to which he accepted. The two then set off for Aleero City on Kerwan.

### Novais

Ratchet and Clank crash land on the planet after being shot down by a blarg saucer, while originally on their way to Kerwan. Their ship is damaged, but not completely destroyed, and they must search for a way to repair it. The planet is under attack from the blarg due to Agnogg Buckwash's nephew Skidd McMarx accidentally revealing secret blarg planets for the hydroharvester on Aridia.

Agnogg Buckwash and the Plumber's roles are switched. After rescuing Agnogg Buckwash in the mission "Defend the planet" instead grants the two an infobot for Aridia, showing a different transmission from Skidd McMarx, his nephew. The Plumber, after the mission "Find someone to help you repair your ship", grants an infobot with coordinates to Kerwan for free (which contains a transmission from Chairman Drek about his invasion of the planet), and repairs their ship, provided the two saved Mayor Buckwash.

### Aridia

Skidd McMarx had opened the McMarx Sports Shack in Outpost X11, though during the opening had accidentally received blarg plans for the hydroharvester. This led the blarg to attack the Sports Shack, separating Skidd from his agent. In "Locate Skidd McMarx", Ratchet and Clank arrived and saved Skidd from the sandsharks blocking his way to his ship, leading Skidd to grant them a McMarx 4000 Hoverboard. In "Find Skidd's Agent", they saved Skidd's agent from an attack by blarg forces, reuniting Skidd and his agent, as they offered Ratchet the chance to compete in the hoverboard race on Rilgar in Skidd's place. Finally, in "Locate the gadget inside the McMarx Sports Shack", they retrieved a Hydrodisplacer from within the shack.

### Kerwan

Kerwan is home to Aleero City, which features the Hall of Heroes, the headquarters of the Galactic Rangers. Aleero City is invaded by Chairman Drek, who sends a warbot army from a Class G *Dreadship* led by Victor Von Ion to destroy the Galactic Rangers and stop them from interfering with his plans. The Rangers fight the warbots from their Hall of Heroes, and are mostly unsuccessful. However, Ratchet and Clank arrive, using Mr. Micron's ship with Mag-Boosters that allow them to take down the *Dreadship* by throwing warbots into it. This destroys the warship and ends the assault. Shortly afterwards, Qwark, after being put on the spot by reporters, recruited Ratchet and Clank to the Rangers.

Ratchet and Clank were left stranded in the city after a blarg destroyed their ship, and had to find a route to the Hall of Heroes. This led to them fighting through blarg forces to reach Al's Roboshack, where Al upgraded Clank with a Heli-Pack for free as a gesture to the Rangers. Al then advised them that they could find a train to the Hall of Heroes, as a grav-train near his roboshack would take them straight back. They then used the Heli-Pack to travel to the grav-train station and rode a grav-train, transporting ships, statues, and dangerous animals and disconnect a bomb installed on it by the blarg. After disconnecting the bomb from the train, they then took the train to the Hall of Heroes.

Ratchet and Clank were then trained by the Rangers in the Hall of Heroes. Ratchet was trained by Brax Lectrus, and completed the Rangers' fitness course, while Clank stayed behind with Elaris, the tactical support.

### Rilgar

Ratchet and Clank received coordinates to Rilgar on Aridia from Don Wonderstar, Skidd's agent, after finding him and reunited him with Skidd, and after helping Skidd get to his ship. As Skidd was injured, he suggested Ratchet compete in the hoverboard race himself, using the hoverboard that Skidd had given him.

Upon arriving, the Blackwater City Administration closed down the hoverboard race due to an amoeboid attack, and released extermibots to deal with them. In "Travel to the hoverboard event", Ratchet and Clank fought through the amoeboids and the extermibots (who attacked Ratchet after identifying him as a "rodent-type organism"), and stopped the infestation, causing the race to be put back on. They then spoke to Starlene, the host of the race, and won the hoverboard race in place of Skidd.

The two also detected a gadget on the planet. In "Search the sewers", they used their Hydrodisplacer to travel through the sewers of the city in search of it, however, the sewers began to flood forcing them to escape to the surface, at which point they found the Shady Salesman. The Salesman asked them to search the galaxy for RYNO holocards, which contained the plans he could use to assemble a RYNO, offering to assemble one for them for free if they found all the cards. He then gave them a Trespasser to help acquire cards.

### Dr Nefarious

After Ratchet and Clank were recruited to Galactic Rangers, he assigned them the mission "Find the top secret Blarg research project", having knowledge that the blarg were working on a secret project, but unaware of what it was. After exploring the space station during this mission, the two found that the blarg were trying to grow a mutant army and aliens, and their secret project was the ability to control a blargian snagglebeast, much to Qwark's surprise. The two then defeated the snagglebeast and survived.

While at the station, the two were also able to explore it further. Clank could "journey outside the airlock" to command gadgebots to venture out and find a set of Magneboots for Ratchet. Both could also search the nearby blarg weapons transport warship for weapons, to find a Predator Launcher, though retrieving it caused the warship to self-destruct.

### Gaspar

Ratchet and Clank received coordinates for the planet from an infobot in the Blarg Tactical Research Station, Nebula G34, after defeating the blargian snagglebeast. The infobot contained Nefarious' transmission regarding the XK-81 Jetpack located on the planet. After the two reported to Captain Qwark, he requested they travel to the planet in search of the Jetpack so that Elaris could construct more for the other Galactic Rangers.

Upon arrival in the Blarg Research Outpost, they were unable to explore the outpost further from where their ship landed. In "Fight the Blarg", the two fought through Nefarious' Blarg Depot, and obtained the Grindboots, allowing them to explore the outpost further, leading them to find the Jetpack. Upon exploring further, they encountered the Brain Scientist on the outskirts of the outpost, a blargian scientist who collected telepathopus brains as a hobby. He possessed a Jetpack, and assigned them the mission "Trade 10 brains for a jetpack", in which they collected nearby telepathopus brains found in egg sacks. After collecting enough brains and obtaining the Jetpack, they used it to explore the Telepathopus Fields further for more brains, and he offered them the mission "Trade 20 brains for an infobot", after which he gave them an infobot for Batalia. The two also collected all 90 brains and traded for bolts, thus being rewarded with the Box Breaker.

### Starwatch

Batalia is instead a snow-covered planet, attacked by the blarg to destroy its Starwatch Defense Cannon located in Fort Krontos, a surface-to-space cannon that disrupted the blarg's harvesters. Ratchet and Clank received an infobot from the Brain Scientist on Gaspar, after trading 20 telepathopus brains for the infobot.

Ratchet and Clank arrived with Cora Veralux, as the three aimed to reach the fort to use the tower in "Travel to the Fort". Once they arrived, they found the fort had been taken over by the blarg, and its cannons would prevent them from crossing. In "Get to the Turret", Ratchet used his magneboots to sneak in through the ventilation shaft, and the three fought through blarg forces in here. Then, Ratchet used the Starwatch Defense Cannon to destroy the battleships.

In "Ride the rail", the two also used the grindboots to ride the rail transit system, and at the end, found an infobot with a transmission from Grimroth Razz about his brother Felton Razz being in danger on Pokitaru.

### Pokitaru

Pokitaru was home to Felton Razz, the brother of Ratchet's mentor Grimroth Razz, and Felton had lived here to begin a new life of fishing. Grimroth Razz sent Ratchet and Clank a message via an infobot, which they obtained after "Ride the rail" on Batalia, asking them to help Felton Razz.

When they arrived, they found blarg hydroharvesters attacking the planet, draining its water supply from a Pumping Station. After finding Felton Razz, he told them that a technician was here on the planet for a comic book convention who could upgrade their class-g *Star Jumper* ship with teslarockets that could destroy the hydroharvesters. This commenced "Find the technician" in which he took them to the Pokitaru Tiki Longue and Karaoke Bar to find Al. While fighting through puffoids and telepathopuses along the way, Felton and Ratchet told one another stories, and upon arriving at the inner Jowai Resort, found it under attack by blarg troopers and blarg space commandos.

After meeting up with Al, they took the boat back to their ship, allowing Al to install the teslarockets, commencing "Destroy the hydroharvesters". Once destroyed, Al installed the Thrusterpack for Clank. This allowed them to unlock special bolt cranks, which they then used to unlock a forcefield to the Pumping Station. The two traveled there to fight the amoeboids inside in "Clean up Amoeboids in Pumping Station", and found the O2 Mask at the end of the station. Finally, the two found an underwater passage and climbed the Torgoff Waterfall in "Find a way to the top of the waterfall", rewarding them with a gold bolt.

## Part 3

### Quartu

Later, the Galactic Rangers, led by Captain Qwark, launched a direct assault on Drek Industries in "Infiltrate the factory". As they were unable to access the factory, Clank found a way inside through the ventilation shaft in order to disable the security lasers, and locked up Zed, Drek's assistant. As the Rangers attacked, Drek deployed evil Zurkons to defend the factory as they arrived. A group of Zurkons cornered Qwark inside Drek's office, where Drek persuaded Qwark to betray the Rangers. The Rangers later regrouped, after defeating a giant Mrs. Zurkon, but failed to capture Drek before escaping. Instead, they interrogated Zed, who revealed the Deplanetizer's next target was Novalis.

### Deplanetizer

Chairman Drek later targeted Novalis, a populated planet. After the Galactic Rangers learned of this by interrogating Zed, Qwark instructed the Rangers to attack the Deplanetizer, though as was usual, did not develop a plan. When the Rangers asked what his plan was, Qwark claimed he would "reason with" Drek, and left the Rangers on his own. Following this, "Take down Victor Von Ion" commenced, in which Ratchet destroyed Victor Von Ion's warship. Worrying for Qwark's safety, Ratchet went into the Deplanetizer alone, while Victor attacked the *Starship Phoenix* in vengeance, to be defeated by Clank.

On board the Deplanetizer, Drek found Ratchet and captured him with a Mag-Net Launcher, and proceeded to justify his reasons for building a new home for the blarg. Ratchet then learned of Qwark's betrayal, as Drek sent him on an escape pod allowing him to witness Novalis' destruction. Qwark later confronted Drek about this, as Drek had promised not to harm the Rangers, and had not revealed Nefarious' involvement. Nefarious then used the Sheepinator to transform Drek to a sheep and eject him to New Quartu, betraying Drek and effectively taking over the blarg.

### Kalebo III

After the destruction of Novalis, Elaris gave Ratchet and Clank coordinates to the planet to search for a Hologuise, as it was crucial to her plan to infiltrate the Deplanetizer by disguising Ratchet as Qwark. Upon arrival, the planet was under attack by the blarg, and the island on which the Gadgetron Headquarters was located was flooded after the blarg destroyed a dam.

In "Find the Focus Lab", Ratchet and Clank fought through the blarg forces to defend the planet and reach the Gadgetron CEO, Wendell Lumos. Along the way, several blarg had hijacked the Weapon Testing Labs, sending the test dummies to attack Ratchet, though the third lab only contained sheep. After reaching Wendell Lumos, he thanked them for defending the planet, but lamented that the Hologuise had sold out. Instead, he suggested they win the hoverboard race, as it was given away as a prize for first place. Ratchet used his Hydrodisplacer to drain the water, making the hoverboard races accessible again.

### Deplanetizer; round 2

Later, the Rangers regrouped without Ratchet, where they learned that Umbris was the next target of the Deplanetizer. Due to Umbris' unstable core, its destruction would take the entire star system with it, and as such, it became evident that Dr. Nefarious was merely using Drek to cause destruction through means of vengeance against the Rangers for mistreatment. Elaris had a plan to use the Mag Boosters to knock the Deplanetizer off course, while Ratchet and Clank would infiltrate the Deplanetizer using a Hologuise to disguise as Qwark and sneak on for "Locate the Gravity Stabilizer", in order to disable it so that Mag Boosters would prove effective. After sneaking through the station, Ratchet and Clank hacked a terminal to locate the gravity stabilizer, though the Deplanetizer's warbots were then alerted to their presence. In "Head to the Core", they then fought through warbots to reach the gravity stabilizer and disable it.

After disabling the stabilizer, Ratchet and Clank encountered Qwark. After a battle against the captain, Qwark began to see the error of his ways and apologized for his mistake. Nefarious then attacked the trio, who tried to stop him from firing the weapon. While Nefarious successfully fired the weapon, the Mag Boosters prevented it from hitting Umbris, as he then engaged them in a battle. Nefarious was defeated, and Ratchet, Clank, and Qwark managed to barely escape the station before it crash landed on Umbris.

## Part 4

### Destiny-part 1

Hand Witch Teela has been tasked by the Word Witch Evelyn and Kronis to find, and steal, the Sword of Grayskull and return it to them. She infiltrates the palace's armory and manages to bypass the security measures, eventually finding the sword and taking it for herself. She is met by the palace guards, who try to prevent her from leaving with the sword. They are unable to, however, and she is successfully able to get around them. Teela finds it difficult to navigate the palace when she is plagued by a voice inside her head telling her to find the swords champion.

Meanwhile, Adam is rescuing Cringer's nephew Kitty who has gotten himself stuck on a branch on the side of a cliff. Adam manages to climb down, but finds himself in a tricky situation when the tiger cub forces them to topple after chasing a dragonfly. Adam is laughed at from a distance by Krass, an old family friend. Adam and Krass must, however, run to Cringer's aid when he is captured. The two are successfully able to secure his release, and the 'Beastopoids' that captured Cringer are destroyed.

Back with their tribe, Adam, Cringer and Krass are shocked and surprised when they come across Teela, a young girl who is capable of practicing magic. For this, she is locked in a cage as punishment — Adam explains that the cats do not like magic, but he has no opinion on the matter. It quickly becomes clear that Adam has no recollection of who he is or where he belongs, and is surprised when Teela tells him that he sounds like he is from an upper-class family in the city. Adam and Teela talk about King Randor and his actions, and both surmise that he is disliked throughout both people and tribes for his behaviour.

Teela explains that a voice in her head told her to deliver a package to a champion, and let her to the tribe. The conversation between Adam and Teela is cut short, however, when Tiger Tribe are attacked by Kronis, Evelyn, Duncan and numerous reprogrammed Poacher Bots attack the village. They begin to burn down the village, and Teela hands Adam a sword, citing that a voice in her head led her to deliver the package to him. He is confused, but agrees when she asks him to get the package as far away from the village as possible. Despite his promise, Adam is forced to unwrap the sword and just as he comes face-to-face with Kronis and Evelyn, the sword lightens up and smoke wraps around Adam and the storm clouds gathered and Adam reads the inscription on the sword and is lightning hits him and the pain suddenly subsides as Adam is suddenly forced to stand up straight as he starts to transform. Adam feels his arm get longer and expand with muscles as his shoulder gets bigger. His other arm quickly expands until it's as muscled as the other one. His chest and upper body finish expanding and growing upwards. His leg was the next to explode into muscle. Adam kicks his leg out as he then returns to a standing position. The mismatch between Adam's legs causing him to lean over to one side, his remaining leg explodes with muscle as the last of his normal puny human body disappears. Adam suddenly changes as a new personality starts to take over. A personality better suited for his new bodybuilder powerful physique and he shouts like a pro wrestler "I HAVE THE POWER!!!!". As the smoke clears Evelyn and Kronis look in horror and infurration. Adam was now buff, confident, and... uh... dumb. Adam lifts his muscular arms before he quickly brings them down. Adam then flexes his arms and pecs making a grunting sound as he does so and gives a confused look. Krazz's eyes went wide stared at him with wide eyes and could not believe his transformation. And while she would never admit it she found her eyes drawn to the huge muscles on Adam's arms. Krazz tries to keep her attraction to Adam's new muscles from showing on her face in case as Cranger looks towards Krazz in shock as she says that Adam has become a buffoon, As the now muscular Adam fight off the robots, he discovered he has become muscular and Teela's eyes went wide as she recognized the power of Grayskull has changed Adam, at the same moment, Adam's use of the power of Grayskull causes the evil Keldor to be released from suspended animation at Snake Mountain. Sensing the power, Keldor swears to himself that it belongs to him.

### Destiny-part 2

Having transformed into a heroic figure moments earlier with the help of Sword of Grayskull, Adam battles against the bots to protect the Tiger Tribe, his friends and more importantly the sword. Against them, Evelyn and Kronis continue their reach for their sword. Evelyn casts a duplication spell on the bots which eventually puts them at an advantage. Moments later, however, Adam called upon the power further, using the command "Lighting Strike", which destroyed the remaining bots, but also depleted the sword's power, koncking him out and turning Adam back into his normal self. Kronis and Evelyn are knocked back by Duncan and Krass who arrive moments later in a ship and transport them away. Despite Krass' objections, Teela is able to convince them to take her along.

Setting up a makeshift Tiger Tribe camp, Duncan, Tess, Cringer and Krass question Adam about his abilities, and his transformed form, which Krass jokingly dubs "He-Man". They attempt to force the change again, but find that the Sword is out of energy and needs to be recharged at Castle Grayskull. Nonetheless, Adam is confused about the events that have transpired but each vow to find out what is happening.

Kronis and Evelyn, meanwhile, stumble across a camp of soldiers outside Randor's Checkpoint. They are confused when they notice that the soldiers aren't moving, and go closer to investigate. Evelyn explains that the soldiers have had their life force drained out of them, and it is not long before another soldier stumbles toward them warning them to run. As the soldier passes, they notice a man draining the life force from a soldier. It quickly becomes apparent that the distant man is none other than Keldor, whom they long suspected had died.

Keldor explains that he was severely weakened during their coup ten years earlier, but was not killed. He has spent the last decade in stasis, and must now steal the life force of other people to remain alive. Given this new information, Kronis and Evelyn connect the dots about Adam and reveal that Keldor wasn't the only Royal who survived the night of the coup.

The group panic once more when they are surrounded by bots. With the bots still enchanted to duplicate on attack, the they are unable to defend themselves and find themselves in a difficult situation when Duncan is unable to ready the ship for take off. Suddenly, the tribe are saved by Keldor, who refers to himself as Adam's uncle, both surprising and worrying him simultaneously.

### Destiny-part 3

Following on from their previous meeting, Adam and Keldor talk about his origins. Keldor tells Adam that his brother is the King of Eternos and also Adam's father, making the two princes. Adam is reluctant to believe him, and remarks that he doesn't remember anything from before his time with the jungle. Meanwhile, Evelyn and Kronis watch from afar, questioning why Keldor doesn't just take the sword from Adam and be done with him.

After talking with Adam, Keldor is able to charm Adam into revealing the Sword of Power and, when he does, Keldor snatches it from him and blasts him back, knocking Adam out, with his staff. Keldor signals to Evelyn and Kronis to take out the others, and the two fire a missile at the tribe. Using her abilities, Teela is able to divert the missile, which takes out a group of rocks directly above them. The rocks fall and entrap Teela and Adam within them, whilst Krass is trapped within the ship.

Using her abilities to hold back the rocks, When Adam wakes up Teela warns him that she cannot hold the rocks forever, and they will have to find a way out somehow. Krass begins to panic in the ship, and asks Adam if this is like the crash her father was in. When Teela questions what Krass means, Adam explains that a ship crash killed Krass' parents; she only survived through wearing her father's helmet.

Duncan and Cringer try to figure out a way to rescue the others from the rocks, but find that they are lacking the necessary equipment to do so. Duncan does have an idea, and reveals that he can send a signal to the ship to blast its engines if Cringer is able to dig a hole in the rocks large enough for the signal to be sent down into; he is successfully able to do so as Duncan returns his claws.

Meanwhile, Kronis and Evelyn follow Keldor on his trip to return the sword and reveal Castle Grayskull. The two talk about whether they can trust Keldor, but Keldor reveals that he too doesn't trust either of them, and is surprised that they haven't killed one another in the ten years that he has been gone. Eventually, they arrive at the castle and Keldor returns the sword to its rightful place, thus revealing Castle Grayskull once more.

Duncan is able to send a signal down to the ship triggering the blasters, which blasts back the rocks and frees Teela, Adam and Krass' from the wreckage. They make their way to Castle Grayskull, hot on the heels of Keldor and the others. Arriving at Grayskull, the tribe enter and find themselves greeted by a broken statue. Tess is able to use her magic to glimpse at the statue's former self, and realises that it is the Sorceress — the defender of Castle Grayskull. Teela takes the Sorceress' staff and guides them into the chamber, where they are privy to a history lesson.

With the staff, Teela is able to show the tribe what happened moments before Adam's memories were lost. Keldor tried to bribe the Sorceress into giving him the power of Grayskull, however given a choice, Keldor chose the sceptor instead of the sword, therefore chose wrong. Attempting to take the power of Grayskull with the sceptor took a toll on Keldor and cursed his bones. Seeing their history reminds Adam of what he is, and he is able to call on the sword and transform himself into He-Man.

Moments after doing this, he is attacked by Keldor who threatens his friends. Keldor tells him that he can either restore the chamber or watch his friends be turned against him.

### Destiny-part 4

After being threatened by Keldor, Adam is able to distract Keldor momentarily whilst Teela escapes the shackles put upon her. Following this, Teela helps unshackle the others, and they prepare for a duel with Keldor, who continues to threaten the tribe, demanding that he restore the power to the castle.

The tribe try to escape, but find themselves ambushed once more at the castle entrance by Keldor, Kronis and Evelyn. Scrambling back inside, Adam has no choice but to reunite the sword with the castle and return the power. Advantageously, however, Adam restoring the power grants each member of the tribe an upgrade, and each one becomes more powerful than they previously were.

Teela, Cringer, and Duncan continue to battle against Kronis, Evelyn and Cringer's shadow. As Keldor continues into the depths of Castle Grayskull, Adam follows him, confronting him. The two begin duelling, and Adam tells Keldor that he will never have what he wants. As the fight inside of the Castle continues, each of the tribe give themselves names: Teela becomes a Sorceress, Cringer becomes Battle-Cat, and Duncan becomes the Man-At-Arms. The tiger and the three children all received a new alter ego, while Keldor faced He-Man inside the bowels of Grayskull. When He-Man proved to be too powerful for him, Keldor thrust this scepter into the power emitting from the chamber (transforming the scepter into the Havoc Staff) and dragged his two accomplices into it, thereby making their escape.

Arriving at Keldor's lair, Snake Mountain, Evelyn and Kronis were surprised to see that the power of Grayskull had transformed Keldor. He was now much more muscular, but had also been stripped of more of his flesh. His head was now nothing but a skull, causing a change in his voice as well. But Keldor had now accepted his fate, and had decided that he no longer sought the Power of Grayskull, but instead would rely on the Power of Havoc and rename himself Skeletor.

### The wedding announcement

Spike delivers a letter from Princess Celestia to Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack. In the letter, Princess Celestia asks Twilight and her friends to help with the upcoming royal wedding in Canterlot. Applejack will provide catering for the reception, Pinkie Pie will host it, Fluttershy will train and conduct the bird choir, Rainbow Dash will perform a sonic rainboom during the ceremony, and Rarity will design the wedding dresses. Twilight receives the keystone job of overseeing the preparations.

Twilight is shocked to learn that the bride and groom are "Princess Mi Amore Cadenza" and Twilight's brother, Shining Armor. Twilight is upset because he never told her about his wedding or Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. In a song called B.B.B.F.F. ("Big Brother Best Friend Forever"), Twilight recalls how she and Shining Armor used to do everything together, and how much she misses him.

### Arriving at Canterlot

On the train ride to Canterlot, everyone except Twilight happily discusses the wedding, and only Applejack notices Twilight's glumness. Upon inquiry, Twilight says that she is still thinking about Shining Armor's neglect of her, though Applejack tells her not to worry.

At Canterlot, it is evident that there has been an increase in security: the train passes through a pink protective sphere encasing the city, there are many guards at the station, and Princess Celestia keeps watch with the aid of a telescope from the balcony of the highest tower. Shining Armor is happy to see his sister and affectionately calls her "Twily.” Twilight immediately berates him for not telling her about the wedding, but Shining Armor explains that he had no choice and Princess Celestia wanted an increase in security in response to an exterior threat. Twilight concedes but remains hurt. Shining Armor reassures her that she has always been, and always will be, important to him, and asks her to be his Best Mare.

Shining Armor explains that Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is the full name of Cadance, Twilight's former foalsitter. Twilight proclaims her to be "beautiful, caring, and kind" and "the best foalsitter ever.” A flashback shows that filly Twilight and Cadance used to frolic in the park, play on the swings, and resolve lovers' quarrels. Twilight remembers their chant: *Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!*

Twilight sees Cadance and eagerly reminds her of their chant. However, Cadance fails to recognize it and proves indifferent to Twilight. Shining Armor announces that Cadance will be monitoring the wedding planning. When he says that they are happy to have Twilight there, Cadance smiles at Twilight malevolently.

### Directing the preparations

Twilight begins overseeing the wedding preparations, starting in a castle kitchen Applejack has been provided. When Cadance shows up to check the catering, Applejack offers her an apple fritter, which Cadance insincerely calls "delicious.” Applejack gives Cadance a bag of fritters in case she forgets to stop for a meal, but when Applejack turns around, Cadance tosses the fritters into the trash.

Twilight, incensed by Cadance's ingratitude, visits Rarity, who is working in the tower room she stayed at in Sweet and Elite. Twilight begins to describe Cadance's temperamental behavior, but Cadance arrives with her bridesmaids, (Lyra Heartstrings, Minuette, and Twinkleshine). Cadance ignores Rarity’s greeting and appraises her dress. She says that she was hoping for more beading and a longer train, and turns her attention to the bridesmaids' dresses. Displeased, she demands that Rarity make them in a different color, despite the fact that her bridesmaids love their dresses. Rarity is more than happy to comply with the royal demands, but Twilight calls Cadance "Princess Demandypants" when Cadance is out of earshot.

After nightfall, Cadance meets Pinkie Pie inside the castle ballroom. Pinkie presents her flamboyant reception plans, which include a board game, carnival music, and dancing. Cadance compares the setup to a "party for a six-year old,” although Pinkie Pie is oblivious to the insult. Meanwhile, Twilight has been eavesdropping on their exchange.

### Disbelief

Princess Luna enters the shield and switches places with Princess Celestia on the tower balcony for the night. Meanwhile, the six friends and Spike are sipping drinks after a day of work. Twilight seizes the opportunity to find fault with Cadance, calling her the "absolute worst bride-to-be ever.” However, her friends rationalize Cadance's behavior. Fluttershy mentions that Cadance criticized one of the choir birds during rehearsal, but the bird in question was off-key. The friends suggest that Twilight is still being excessively protective of her brother, but Twilight insists that her friends are too preoccupied with wedding preparations to notice Cadance's attitude. Frustrated, she storms off.

### Talking to Shining Armor

Twilight visits her brother's house and tries to talk to him privately, but is interrupted by Cadance, who is also intent on speaking with him. Twilight watches Cadance scold Shining Armor about a crest he is planning to wear with his dress uniform, which belonged to his favorite uncle. Shining Armor protests and Cadance swiftly casts a spell on him, making him to go wall-eyed. Frightened, Twilight runs away. Shining Armor sees Twilight running off and wonders what she wanted to tell him.

### Attempting to warn everyone

Twilight runs to the castle to where her friends are staying. Her friends explain that Cadance has chosen them to be her new bridesmaids, and they interpret it as a reward for their diligence and evidence of Cadance’s good intentions. Nobody knows where the former bridesmaids are or listens to Twilight's warning. Twilight leaves, saying, "Looks like I really am on my own."

The wedding rehearsal takes place the next day, but Twilight is not there. When Shining Armor turns to take his wedding ring, Twilight bursts into the wedding hall, proclaiming that neither she nor Shining Armor should stand next to Cadance. Ignoring the inquiries of Fluttershy and Applejack, she approaches the podium and points at Cadance, crying, "She's EVIL!" While aggressively cornering Cadance, Twilight condemns Cadance's behavior towards her friends, the sudden disappearance of the bridesmaids, and the spell she cast on Shining Armor.

Cadance, bewildered by Twilight's accusations, runs away in tears. Twilight chases her out and proudly trots back into the hall. However, Shining Armor contradicts each of Twilight’s accusations. He claims that Cadance's magic was intended to alleviate his migraines, which were caused by 24/7 maintenance of the protective magic barrier; Cadance replaced her bridesmaids because of their apparently shallow motivations; and her brusque behavior towards Twilight's friends appeared to be due to the stress of having to make all of the decisions for the wedding in her groom’s absence defending Canterlot.

Shining Armor contrasts Cadance's efforts with Twilight's apparent lack of concern for the wedding. He dismisses Twilight from her position as Best Mare and suggests that she not attend the wedding at all. Her friends and Princess Celestia also leave to check on Cadance. Twilight is left in the wedding hall alone, where she laments the loss of a brother and a potential sister. She begins to doubt her opinion of Cadance.

When Twilight is still in the hall, Cadance appears and comforts her, stroking her mane affectionately. When Twilight apologizes, Cadance's eyes turn green, and she says that Twilight *will* be sorry. Cadance summons a ring of green fire, which engulfs Twilight in a sphere of energy. Cadance walks out of the room as the sphere and Twilight sink into the ground.

### Trapped

After a short recap of the events from the first part, Princess Cadance’s imposter has trapped Twilight Sparkle in the caves beneath Canterlot. The image of her false form appears on the crystal walls, and she hints at her plans for Shining Armor and taunts Twilight. Twilight shoots magic at the cackling reflections and blasts away a wall to reveal the real Princess Cadance, startled and disheveled. Twilight quickly has Cadance at her mercy, believing her to be the imposter. Cadance pleads with her, telling her that she had also been imprisoned inside the cave, but Twilight doesn't believe her. Cadance finally recites the "Sunshine, Sunshine" rhyme she had taught Twilight as her foal-sitter, which the imposter didn't know. Twilight's suspicions are banished, and the two embrace.

In the song This Day Aria, Part 1, Cadance's imposter sings about how her plans will come to fruition as she prepares for the wedding in Canterlot, and the real Cadance sings about her determination to save her fiancé as she and Twilight try to find a way out of the crystal caves. After the song ends, a camera pan shows that Cadance and Twilight are beneath the hall where the wedding ceremony is starting. Twilight teleports herself and Cadance to the cave's exit, but they are confronted by the bridesmaids: Minuette, Lyra Heartstrings, and Twinkleshine.

### Chrysalis reveals herself

Celestia is about to pronounce the couple mare and colt when Twilight and Cadance burst in. A flashback reveals that Cadance and Twilight distracted the bewitched bridesmaids with a bouquet of flowers before escaping from the cave. She declares the imposter to be a changeling, a creature that takes the form of a loved one and gains power by feeding off of love. The imposter, enraged, reveals her true form: Chrysalis, Queen of the Changelings. Chrysalis says that Equestria has more love than any place she's ever encountered, and conquering Equestria will give her and her changeling army more power than they've ever dreamed of. Even as she speaks, the changeling army is battering away at Canterlot's defenses.

Princess Celestia, infuriated at having been deceived, declares that even though Shining Armor is powerless, she will defend her subjects. She fires a white-golden beam of magic at Chrysalis, who retaliates with a green beam of magic. Chrysalis' beam overpowers Celestia's, smacking Celestia to the floor, knocking off her tiara, causing her mane and tail to stop flowing, and scorching her horn. Chrysalis is astonished by the power she has gained from Shining Armor's love. Struggling to remain conscious, Celestia instructs the six main characters to retrieve the Elements of Harmony, their only hope for stopping Chrysalis.

### Race to the Elements

The six ponies race towards Canterlot Tower where the elements are held. The changelings finally shatter the protective sphere and start wreaking havoc in the city. The six ponies are hemmed in by a crowd of hungry, vicious changelings, which take on the appearance of the six. Using everything from their hooves to Pinkie Pie's party cannon, the six ponies defeat the first wave of changelings. However, their reprieve is short; Canterlot Tower has already been overrun by more changelings. With the numbers stacked heavily against the Mane Six, they are eventually captured.

### The power of love

The changelings have imprisoned Celestia in a lime green goo cocoon in the wedding hall and glued Cadance’s hooves to the floor with the same substance. Cadance insists that the six friends will save them, but a group of Changelings walk in with the friends held in custody. Chrysalis gloats that everyone but Twilight was too fixated on the wedding to notice anything. Applejack apologizes on behalf of the others for ignoring Twilight’s doubts, and Twilight assures Applejack that she has no hard feelings. Chrysalis sings a stanza to the tune of This Day Aria as she observes the chaos in the streets below.

Twilight frees Cadance and urges her to try and break the spell on Shining Armor. Cadance embraces him and breaks his trance with her spell of love. Shining Armor says that he doesn’t have the strength to repel the changelings, but Cadance declares that her love will give him strength. The two connect horns, creating a powerful, bright pink, purple and white whirlwind of magic that lifts the couple into the air and shakes the room. When they look into each other's eyes, their bodies glow with bright white light and take on a heart shape as the magic expands outward as a bright, purple sphere. The ponies shade their eyes from the light, while Chrysalis and the changelings are thrown out of Canterlot. With the changelings gone, and Celestia free from her cocoon, the ponies prepare for the real royal wedding.

### The royal wedding

At the wedding, Twilight takes her reinstated place as best mare as their parents look on proudly from the audience. Celestia pronounces Cadance and Shining Armor mare and colt and levitates their rings onto their horns. Celestia commends the heroism of Twilight and her friends and emphasizes the importance of trusting one's instincts. The bride and groom step out to a balcony to wave to a crowd of cheering ponies. As Shining Armor and Cadance kiss, Celestia reminds Rainbow Dash to perform her sonic rainboom for the ceremony.

The scene changes to the evening wedding reception in the courtyard, where the newlyweds start dancing. Princess Luna joins her sister and the Mane Six and unknowingly asks if she missed anything. DJ Pon-3 works her turntables and Twilight sings Love Is In Bloom while a montage of humorous and memorable photos taken during the party is shown. At the end of the party, Shining Armor thanks Twilight and they hug. Before departing, Cadance tosses her bouquet to the onlookers, which Rarity, in a screaming fit, snatches from the other bridesmaids. Twilight and her friends happily watch the royal carriage depart, and Spike unknowingly humors them by saying that he has even better plans for the bachelor party. The episode ends as fireworks light the sky above Canterlot.