Original subtitles

♪

You gotta really flap 'em hard.

(grunt)

Whoa!

(crash)

Maybe not quite that hard.

♪

Whoa!

Looking good up there, princess twilight.

Applejack, you know you don't have to call me that.

Why do you protest so?

You've already given up wearing your crown

The least you can do is embrace your new title.

If other ponies want to address me that way,

I suppose it's fine. But...

Not my friends.

It just doesn't feel right.

The summer sun celebration is only two days away

And I'm never going to be ready to perform my part.

Not if you spend all your time down here you won't.

Now get up there and show every pony the big finish!

♪

That's what I'm talking about!

Waa-hoo!

(scream)

(grunts)

(cough)

(scream)

(zoom)

(scream)

(crash)

Wow! That was a big finish!

(moan)

♪ my little pony, my little pony ♪

♪ aaaaahhh!

♪ I used to wonder what friendship could be ♪

♪ until you all shared its magic with me ♪

♪ big adventure

♪ it's an easy feat

♪ and magic makes it all complete ♪

♪ my little ponies

♪ do you know you're all my very best friends? ♪

♪

♪

You look amazing, darling.

They've really captured your regality.

I suppose.

Don't be so modest.

It's everypony's dream to someday wear a crown

And have their coronation ceremony preserved

In stained glass for all to see.

I don't know if it's every pony's dream.

Most of my dreams are about frosting.

We don't want to miss our train.

Fluttershy's right.

The official celebration may be here in canterlot

But whoo-wee! Has the mayor put us in charge

Of one heck of a party back home.

Aw, don't look like that, sugarcube.

You get to be right there with the other princesses

When celestia raises the sun.

And I'm honored.

Really I am.

It's just that the summer sun celebration

Is what first brought all of us together.

It just doesn't feel right not getting to spend

Such a special day with my ponyville friends.

It doesn't feel right to us either, darling.

If the mayor wasn't so desperate

We'd most certainly stay here in canterlot.

And of course we do understand

That your royal duties must come first.

The summer sun celebration

May have brought us together,

But it's something much bigger

That'll always keep us connected.

Exhibit a.

The six of us are united by the

No amount of "royal duties" is gonna change that.

Right everypony?

Uh huh!

Mm hm.

Right, pinkie pie?

Creamy, creamy frosting.

(sigh)

You should take that as a "yes".

It'll be like you're in ponyville with us!

Unison: Cross my heart and hope to fly.

Stick a cupcake in my eye.

Rarity: And yu will be with s

Right after the celebration.

We already have an appointment on the books

To discuss the royal upgrades to your loft decor.

Conductor: All aboard for ponyville!

(murmurs)

Whee!

(clattering train wheels)

♪

(sigh)

I can't help it, spike.

And I already feel like I'm missing something.

For the princess.

Dear twilight, you aren't missing anything.

Your friend, pinkie pie.

Pinkie pie: That's me!

Whoo whee! (laughter)

But I am.

Check. Check. Check. Check. And... Check.

I credit your extremely competent assistant.

The celebration isn't until the day

We could still fit in a quick trip to ponyville

To finish off these last few things before the main event.

What if we were delayed getting back

And then couldn't remember which things we'd done

What we hadn't done and what we had done

By not doing the one really important thing

That we were supposed to do?

(thud)

Uh, so that's a "no", then?

These are the first royal duties princess celestia

I can't risk letting her down.

Celestia: And I'm sure you won't.

♪

Your highness!

No need for that now, princess twilight.

Sorry.

No need to apologize.

Sorry.

I must admit that it is wonderful to actually

Be looking forward to the summer sun celebration.

For my subjects it has always been a celebration

Of my defeat of nightmare moon, but for me?

That I'd had to banish my own sister.

I guess I'd never really thought about it that way.

But now it has become a wonderful reminder

Of her transformation back into princess luna

And our happy reunion.

I am so pleased that you will be playing a role

In the festivities.

To see your friends return to ponyville without you.

Maybe a little.

You may no longer be my student,

Princess twilight,

But I hope you know that I will always be here

If you need me.

Just as I hope that you will always be there

When I need you.

(spike clears his throat)

I think this guy needs you.

A message for princess twilight.

(party noisemakers)

A letter from ponyville, I presume?

Never mind.

It's not important.

Spike, where were we?

We should probably go over the checklist one more time.

I knew you were gonna say that.

I'll leave you to it.

(clicking footsteps)

♪ (threatening theme)

(crackling)

(birds chirping)

Huh?

Check. Check. Check. Check.

(stretching groa)

What time is it?

It's the middle of the night.

But it could be morning.

That's just it.

I can't tell.

Whoa. That is weird!

We have to find out what's going on.

(confused murmurs)

What do you think it means?

Princess twilight will know.

(excited murmurs)

I'm sure it's just...

Your highness, you must come with us.

It's princess luna and princess celestia.

They're gone!

(horrified gasp)

Twilight: But I don't understand. Where are they?

It seems that princess celestia and princess luna

... Vanished .

Vanished!

This is why we have come to you.

We await your command.

My command?

We're officers of the royal guard.

We take our orders from royalty.

With princess luna and princess celestia gone

And princess cadance overseeing

The crystal empire now,

That means we take our orders from you.

Princess twilight, there is no time to waste.

We need to know what you want us to do.

I want you to continue the search for princess luna

We have to find them before ponies start to panic.

There must be some clue that can tell us

What's happened to them.

If you find something, anything,

Let me know immediately.

Way to take charge, twilight.

Your highness, news from ponyville.

The everfree forest appears to be, well...

...Invading!

(gasp)

(chittering)

Fluttershy: Excuse me. Pardon me.

Are you all right?

(chittering)

(bleating sheep)

(low growl)

My goodness, what is it that has caused you all

Such distress?

(groaning growl)

Whatever it is, I'm sure it's nothing

You need to really worry about.

(door opens)

(shrill scream)

♪ (horror sting)

No. You were right.

(whimpering) very, very worried.

(stretching)

Applejack: Come on, y'all, put your backs into it.

(stretching)

(chomp)

Nope.

(chomp)

Nope.

(slap)

No.

(grunt)

Dagnabit! We ain't never seen this kind of trouble

With weeds before.

I've never even seen these kind of weeds at all!

Have y'all?

Where the heck are these things comin' from?

(crackling)

And what in tarnation is going on with the sky?

Rainbow dash: Oh, no you don't.

This is ponvyille territory.

After the summer sun celebration.

You everfree clouds need to just head on back

To where you belong.

Whoa!

(whoosh)

Gonna make me do this the hard way, huh?

(za)

(shouts)

Hey!

(crackling)

♪ (cheerful humming)

Hm. Something strange about the sky.

(crackling)

♪ (eerie)

♪

What in the name of calming chamomile is going on?

(slurp)

Opal essence, darling, I'm so sorry.

I promise I'm not doing this on purpose.

(slurp)

(hiss)

It wasn't me.

I swear.

(growl)

Sweetie belle, if this is some sort of prank

You and your little crusader friends are pulling,

I find very little humor in it.

Sweetie belle: Rarity! You have to help me.

I think something's wrong with my horn.

(thud)

(scream)

(high-pitched scream)

♪

(scream)

(galloping hooves)

Where are we going?

The everfree forest is ... Invading.

And the elements of harmony to stop it.

I just hope we haven't missed the train.

Uh, twilight, there is another way for us

To get to ponyville, remember?

There is?

(grunt)

You can fly.

Oh. Right.

Whoa!

(sputtering engine)

♪

(whoosh)

(panicked screams)

(galloping hooves)

Something very strange is going on and--

(gasp)

I for one would appreciate an explanation.

All I know is the sky's split in two

And these clouds moving in sure aren't from around here.

Applejack: Neither are all these crazy plants.

They're comin' from the everfree forest.

And try as we might, us earth ponies

Can't do anything to get rid of 'em.

Don't suppose you know any magic

That might stop 'em from spreadin'?

Alas, this whole "raging forest" situation

Seems to have left my horn on the fritz.

We have to figure out something.

I don't know how much more of this

Ponyville can take.

(sna)

I don't know how much more I can take.

Applejack: The forest is expandin', y'all.

And judgin' by how fast it's movin',

It doesn't seem content just takin' over ponyville.

I reckon before long, it'll cover half of equestria.

♪

(crackling)

♪

Whoa!

(groan)

I'm starting to wish we'd taken the train!

Almost there.

We need to get the elements of harmony

And find the others.

Incoming!

Whoa!

(smash)

(thud)

Oh, thank goodness.

Oh, I hope you know we wouldn't normally

Go through your books without permission.

(door open)

Sweet, sweet, wonderful ground.

Ok, I get it!

I need to work on my flying.

But the everfree forest is just a teeny-tiny bit

Out of control.

(rattle)

(slam)

Guess it turned out you were missing something

Here in ponyville after all.

(crac)

What's causing all of this calamity?

Has princess celestia sent you to dispel it

Post haste?

Not exactly.

You see, princess celestia is,

Well, she and princess luna are both...

They're missing!

(horrified gasps)

But I've got a hunch we're going to need

The elements of harmony to get them back.

Oh yeah.

Just like old times.

(click)

Boo-yah!

I told you we'd always be connected by the elements.

(sigh) now we just gotta figure out who to aim

These bad boys at so we can get celestia and luna back

And keep the rest of equestria from becoming plant food.

Any ideas?

Pinkie pie:I haven't found squat in any of the books

I've been looking through.

Oopies. Missed a spot.

Half-day. Half-night.

Strange weather patterns.

Out of control plants.

I think I'm starting to get a pretty good idea

Of who we're up against.

♪

♪ (rising orchestral)

(zap)

♪

Winter wrap up.

Winter wrap up-- ooooh!

Ho ho! Now twilight, you know princess celestia

Said that you were to give me a heads-up

Before you summoned me with that little spell she gave you.

In case you haven't noticed,

I was in the middle of a particularly

Invigorating shower.

Release princess celestia and princess luna

And stop the everfree forest from invading!

(crackle)

Why whatever are you talking about?

Don't you play dumb with us, discord.

We know you're the one behind all of this.

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love

What you've done with the place,

But I couldn't possibly take responsibility.

I'm reformed.

Don't you remember?

Yeah. Right.

This has got your cloven hoof-prints all over it.

I'll have you know that I have only one cloven hoof.

(whac)

(poof)

Such accusations.

And here I thought we were friends.

Drop the act, buster! We're onto you.

Ladies, ladie, I'm innocent.

Would I lie to you?

Unision: Yes!

Fluttershy: Um? Maybe?

Well, then, it seems we've reached an impasse.

I'm telling the truth, but you think I'm lying.

What do friends like us do in a situation like this,

Princess twilight?

Congrats by the way on the promotion.

You totally deserve it.

I say we blast him back to stone.

Works for me.

Here! Here!

Hey! We can't do that.

What if he really is telling the truth?

Well, finally!

Somepony willing to give me the benefit of the doubt.

The rest of you could learn a lot about

Friendship from my dear friend, shutterfly here.

Um, it's fluttershy.

Oh, right. Whatever.

If you're not the one responsible,

Then help us figure out who is.

I suppose I could,

But after all the hoof-pointing and besmirching

Of my good name, I just don't know if I'm up to it.

(needles clicking)

Why don't you ask your zebra friend

If she knows anything?

♪ (african drums)

Zecora!

From my home, I've had to flee.

The forest has grown too wild even for me.

Any idea why all this is happenin'?

I'm afraid it is a mystery to me as well.

But I may have something that,

If combined with a spell...

I do not dare to use it myself.

The results would be tragic.

It only responds to alicorn magic.

Princess twilight, you can turn the potion

From purple to white.

After a sip you may see why the sky is day

And night.

(grunt)

(zap)

Oooohhh!

(gulping)

Doesn't seem to be work--

(zap)

♪ (celestial theme)

Where am I?

Not another step.

Princess luna!

I don't understand.

Why did you and celestia disappear?

Did you really expect me to sit idly by

While they all basked in your "precious light"?

There can only be one princess in equestria.

And that princess will be me!

(cracking)

(explosion)

♪

(whistling wind)

♪

(maniacal laughter)

♪