Twilight realizes that the spirits of the Elements are present, and she explains how her friends represent the elements of honesty, kindness, laughter, generosity, and loyalty. The five ponies run into the hall and comfort Twilight. Nightmare Moon and Twilight face off, resulting in Nightmare Moon shattering the orbs in front of her. Nightmare Moon creates a purple whirlwind that teleports Twilight and the orbs to another tower. The ponies enter the castle ruins and find five stone orbs, which Twilight believes are the first five Elements of Harmony. The Shadowbolts turn into purple smoke, which slithers away. When Rainbow Dash learns that she must abandon her friends to join the Shadowbolts, she turns down the Shadowbolts and ties the bridge so her friends can cross. When Rainbow Dash flies to the other side to fix the bridge, three Pegasi appear and invite her to be captain of the Shadowbolts, their group of elite fliers. As the ponies discover, the bridge leading to the ruins is broken. When the castle ruins come into view, Twilight races excitedly toward them but nearly falls into a gorge, prompting Rainbow Dash to save her by the tail. " I'd never leave my friends hanging." - Rainbow Dash See also: "Descent" and "Nightingale" The Shadowbolts test Rainbow Dash's loyalty by offering her fame and power. The sea serpent, extremely pleased and grateful, helps the ponies cross the river. Rarity generously donates her own tail to repair the sea serpent's mustache. The sea serpent is upset that a "tacky little cloud of purple smoke" whisked by and tore off half his mustache. The ponies come across a river blocked by a sea serpent. " I simply cannot have this crime against fabulosity go uncorrected!" - Rarity Rarity helps a serpent with a mustache problem. The thorn dissolves into purple smoke, which zooms away. She removes the thorn and the grateful manticore licks her mane. When the other ponies try to forcefully subdue it, Fluttershy tells them to stop. " Sometimes we all just need to be shown a little kindness." - FluttershyĪn angry manticore confronts the ponies. Twilight lets go, and Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy catch her.įluttershy shows compassion to the manticore, winning its trust. Applejack assures Twilight that she will be safe if she lets go of the cliff. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash catch Rarity and Pinkie Pie, but Twilight slides to the edge of a steep cliff. When they are walking on a mountainside, a cloud of purple smoke triggers a landslide. " What I'm sayin' to you is the honest truth. The ponies decide to look for the Elements but are unaware that Nightmare Moon has been listening to their conversation the whole time.Īpplejack tells Twilight to let go. The book also says that the Elements are stored in the royal sisters' ancient castle in the Everfree Forest.
They learn that the elements of kindness, laughter, generosity, honesty, and loyalty are known, but the sixth is a mystery. The scene when Celestia reassigns Twilight's studies to Ponyville, and the one when Twilight discovers the Elements of Harmony and defeats Nightmare Moon reappears in Memories and More.Īt the Golden Oak Library, Twilight Sparkle and her friends find a book about the Elements of Harmony. The scene when Applejack saves Twilight from the cliffside reappears in Harvesting Memories. The Shadowbolts scene reappears in Deep Tissue Memories. The manticore scene reappears in Memnagerie. The Laughter Song and its scene reappears in Cakes for the Memories. The scene when the Mane Six meet Steven Magnet gets reused in A-Dressing Memories as an example to why Rarity is so generous. The plot of the storybook Friendship is Magic, included in the Friendship Is Magic Gift Set and Pony Friends Forever Pony Scooter Friends Daisy Dreams & Rarity bundles, is similar to the plot of the series' two opening episodes. Prim Posy, Lemony Gem, " Serena", " Tornado Bolt", Cotton Cloudy, " Princess Erroria", " Noi", Aura, Liza Doolots, " Dinky Doo", " Pinkie Feather", " Rainy Feather", " Mango Dash", and " Sweet Pop" were to appear in the episode.