WE'RE GETTING CLOSER.
I CAN HARDLY WAIT!
I FEEL LIKE SHOUTING. I'M SO EXCITED,
WHOO-HOO!
WHOO-WEE!
CANTERLOT, HERE WE COME!
I LOOK FESTIVE ENOUGH. OH, I DO HOPE
THERE IT IS… CANTERLOT!
OOH!
ISN'T CANTERLOT WONDERFUL Twilight Sparkle: OH,
THIS TIME OF YEAR?
YEAH. I WISH IT WAS HEARTH'S WARMING EVE EVERY DAY.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO LOOK AT!
GONNA POP RIGHT OUT OF MY HEAD. I FEEL LIKE MY DARN EYES ARE
I HAVE AN IDEA.
MY LITTLE EYE" AS WE WALK. LET'S PLAY "I SPY WITH
I'LL GO FIRST.
AN 8-FOOT CANDY CANE. I SPY
I SPY A SNOW PONY!
I SPY SOMEPONY EATING A GINGERBREAD HOUSE.
AND IT'S ME!
MMM.
* MY LITTLE PONY *
* AH-AH-AH-AH *
* MY LITTLE PONY *
WHAT FRIENDSHIP COULD BE ♪ ♪ I USED TO WONDER
* MY LITTLE PONY *
* UNTIL YOU ALL SHARED ITS MAGIC WITH ME *
* BIG ADVENTURE ♪ ♪ TONS OF FUN *
* A BEAUTIFUL HEART FAITHFUL AND STRONG *
* SHARING KINDNESS ♪ ♪ IT'S AN EASY FEAT *
* AND MAGIC MAKES IT ALL COMPLETE *
* YEAH, MY LITTLE PONY *
* DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE ALL MY VERY BEST FRIENDS? *
PRINCESS CELESTIA CHOSE US I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT Twilight Sparkle:
TO PUT ON THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAY OF THE SEASON.
DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT AN HONOR THIS IS FOR ALL OF US?
OH, I WISH SHE HADN'T HONORED ME QUITE SO MUCH.
I CAN'T GO ON STAGE!
I DON'T WANT EVERY PONY LOOKING AT ME!
NOTHING TO FEEL NERVOUS ABOUT. FLUTTERSHY, DARLING, THERE'S
NO?
OF COURSE NOT!
ARE PREPARING THEIR OWN PAGEANT ALL ACROSS EQUESTRIA, PONIES
FOR HEARTH'S WARMING EVE IN THEIR OWN TOWNS.
IT'S TRADITION.
SO, YOU'RE SAYING THEY'LL BE TOO BUSY TO COME TO OUR PLAY?
WELL, NO.
THE CANTERLOT PAGEANT… WE'RE IN
THE BIGGEST, MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCTION IN ALL EQUESTRIA.
WILL COME TO WATCH US. A LOT OF PONIES
A LOT?
HUNDREDS. HUNDREDS?
MAYBE EVEN THOUSANDS!
OH! MY HAIR!
APPLEJACK, BE A DEAR AND SHUT THOSE WINDOWS, WILL YOU?
RAINBOW DASH! RAINBOW DASH!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
THE FOUNDING OF EQUESTRIA. IT'S A RE-ENACTMENT OF
THE RAINBOW DASH SHOW. IT'S NOT
THE RAINBOW DASH SHOW. WELL, IT SHOULD BE
I'M THE STAR.
FLUTTERSHY, YOU'VE GOT TO COME OUT OF THERE.
CURTAIN IN TWO MINUTES.
LET ME HANDLE THIS. TWILIGHT,
MY HAIR!
PINKIE!
THE HEARTH'S WARMING EVE PAGEANT
IS ABOUT HARMONY AND FRIENDSHIP.
SHUT THE WINDOW!
MM.
ONCE UPON A TIME, LONG BEFORE THE PEACEFUL RULE OF CELESTIA
OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND OF EQUESTRIA, AND BEFORE PONIES DISCOVERED
PONIES DID NOT KNOW HARMONY.
IT WAS A STRANGE AND DARK TIME…
WERE TORN APART BY HATRED. A TIME WHEN PONIES
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I KNOW.
DURING THIS FRIGHTFUL AGE, EACH OF THE THREE TRIBES…
THE PEGASI, THE UNICORNS, AND THE EARTH PONIES…
CARED NOT FOR WHAT BEFELL THE OTHER TRIBES,
BUT ONLY FOR THEIR OWN WELFARE.
IN THOSE TROUBLED TIMES, AS NOW,
THE PEGASI WERE THE STEWARDS OF THE WEATHER.
BUT THEY DEMANDED SOMETHING IN RETURN…
FOOD THAT COULD ONLY BE GROWN BY THE EARTH PONIES.
DEMANDED THE SAME… THE UNICORNS
BRINGING FORTH DAY AND NIGHT. …IN RETURN FOR MAGICALLY
AND SO, MISTRUST BETWEEN THE TRIBES FESTERED
UNTIL ONE FATEFUL DAY, IT CAME TO A BOIL.
AND WHAT PROMPTED THE PONIES TO CLASH?
'TWAS A MYSTERIOUS BLIZZARD THAT OVERTOOK THE LAND
AND TOPPLED THE TRIBES' PRECARIOUS PEACE.
THE NORMALLY INDUSTRIOUS EARTH PONIES
WERE UNABLE TO FARM THEIR LAND.
EARTH PONIES WERE FREEZING.
THE HOME OF THE PEGASI FARED NO BETTER.
THE PEGASI WERE HUNGRY.
WERE FREEZING AND HUNGRY. AND THE UNICORNS
EVEN THE UNICORNS' MAGIC WAS POWERLESS AGAINST THE STORM.
EACH TRIBE BLAMED THE OTHERS FOR THEIR SUFFERING,
AND THE ANGRIER EVERYPONY GREW, THE WORSE THE BLIZZARD BECAME.
AND SO, IT WAS DECIDED THAT A GRAND SUMMIT WOULD BE HELD
TO COPE WITH THE BLIZZARD. TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
EACH TRIBE SENT THEIR LEADERS.
DAUGHTER OF THE UNICORN KING, PRINCESS PLATINUM.
RULER OF THE PEGASI, COMMANDER HURRICANE.
AND LASTLY, LEADER OF THE EARTH PONIES, CHANCELLOR PUDDING HEAD.
FINALLY SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES PERHAPS THE THREE TRIBES COULD
AND AGREE ON A WAY TO GET THROUGH THIS DISASTER.
ALL I WANT TO KNOW
ARE HOGGING ALL THE FOOD. IS WHY THE EARTH PONIES
US? WE'RE NOT HOGGING ALL THE FOOD.
YOU ARE!
OH, WAIT. YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S US.
YOU MEAN OLD PEGASUSESES WELL, IT'S ONLY 'CAUSE
ARE MAKING IT SNOW LIKE CRAZY!
FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME, IT'S NOT US!
WE'RE NOT MAKING IT SNOW. IT MUST BE THE UNICORNS.
WITH THEIR FREAKY MAGIC! THEY'RE DOING IT
HOW DARE YOU?
UNLIKE YOU PEGASI RUFFIANS,
WE UNICORNS WOULD NEVER STOOP TO SUCH A THING.
HMPH!
WELL, IF YOU NON-EARTHS
WEIRDO POWERS TO FREEZE US ALL, AREN'T GONNA STOP USING YOUR
PLUMB OUT OF IDEAS. THEN I'M JUST
AN EARTH PONY WITH NO IDEAS. WHAT A SHOCKER…
COMMANDER HURRICANE, PLEASE CEASE WITH THE INSULTS!
YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME, YOUR ROYAL SNOOTINESS!
I BEG YOUR PARDON! I AM A PRINCESS!
I WON'T BE SPOKEN TO THAT WAY.
WELL, I'M LEAVING FIRST.
NO, I'M FIRST!
AND THE BLIZZARD RAGED ON.
SO THE SUMMIT OF THE TRIBES
DID NOT TURN OUT AS WELL AS HOPED,
AND THE THREE LEADERS RETURNED HOME TO LICK THEIR WOUNDS
AND, BASICALLY, COMPLAIN.
ATTENTION!
WELL? AREN'T YOU CURIOUS ABOUT HOW IT WENT?
OOH, COMMANDER HURRICANE, SIR.
HOW DID IT GO, SIR?
HORRIBLY!
THOSE OTHER TRIBE LEADERS ARE SO DISRESPECTFUL.
ARE A MIGHTY TRIBE OF WARRIORS DON'T THEY REALIZE THAT WE
AND SHOULD NOT BE CROSSED?
WE HAVE GOT TO BREAK RIGHT THROUGH THOSE WEAK FOALS.
CLOVER THE CLEVER, I NEED YOU!
YES, YOUR MAJESTY?
SEE REASON, AS I PREDICTED? DID THE OTHER PONY TRIBES
THOSE OTHER TRIBES ARE IMPOSSIBLE!
CAN NO LONGER BEAR I, FOR ONE,
THOSE LOWLY CREATURES. TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR
ARE NOBLE AND MAJESTIC. THE UNICORNS
WE WILL NO LONGER CONSORT WITH THE LIKES OF THEM.
WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN EASIER TO USE THE DOOR, CHANCELLOR?
MAYBE FOR YOU, SMART COOKIE, BUT I AM A CHANCELLOR.
I WAS ELECTED
TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW
WHICH MEANS I CAN ALSO THINK INSIDE THE CHIMNEY.
INSIDE A CHIMNEY? CAN YOU THINK
UH…
I DIDN'T THINK SO.
UGH.
HOLD ON TO YOUR HOOVES! OH, MY GOSH.
I AM JUST ABOUT TO BE BRILLIANT!
THAT'D BE A FIRST.
I HAVE DECIDED
THAT THE EARTH PONIES ARE GONNA GO IT ALONE!
TRIBES DIDN'T COME AROUND? OH, SO YOU MEAN THE OTHER
SHOOT.
I REALLY THOUGHT WE'D GET THROUGH TO THEM IF WE…
DON'T WORRY ABOUT THEM.
WITH ALL THE FOOD, RIGHT? WE'RE THE ONES
ACTUALLY, WE'RE ALL OUT.
FINE. THEN WE'LL HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE NEW
WHERE WE CAN GROW SOME NEW FOOD,
AND WITH ME AS OUR FEARLESS LEADER, WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
WHERE SHOULD I START?
THE POINT IS…
…WE MUST FIND A NEW LAND.
COME ON, PRIVATE PANSY. LET'S GET A MOVE ON.
HUP ONE, HUP TWO.
AAH!
GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF, PRIVATE!
WE CANNOT LET ANYTHING
FROM THE MISSION AT HAND… DISTRACT US
TO FIND, AND, IF NECESSARY, TO CONQUER A NEW LAND.
CONQUER, SIR?
NEVER KNOW WHERE ENEMIES MIGHT BE LURKING.
I DON'T SEE ANY ENEMIES, COMMANDER.
JUST SNOW.
WHAT'S THAT? AHA!
THIS IS GETTING OLD. OKAY.
THIS IS SIMPLY TAKING FOREVER.
MY HOOVES ARE KILLING ME.
HAVE WE BEEN WALKING FOR? HOW LONG
ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, YOUR HIGHNESS.
A NEW LAND WOULD BE SO HARD. I NEVER IMAGINED FINDING
BUT IT'LL ALL BE WORTH IT, DON'T YOU AGREE?
I ACTUALLY THINK
THAT THE THREE TRIBES COULD'VE TRIED HARDER.
STOP!
WHAT'S WRONG?
THAT IS WHAT'S WRONG.
IT'S JUST A STREAM. YOUR HIGHNESS,
WE CAN CROSS IT EASILY.
TO GET MY GOWN WET. I REFUSE
OF ARRIVING AT MY NEW LAND I HAVE NO INTENTION
LOOKING LIKE A BEDRAGGLED EARTH PONY,
A ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE PEGASUS. OR WORSE YET,
HAVE NO INTENTION I, FOR ONE,
OF STOOPING DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL.
ON THE OTHER HAND,
WATCHING YOU STOOP DOWN. I HAVE NO TROUBLE
UGH.
AND DO WATCH THE GOWN, DARLING.
OF THE BOOKS IN YOUR LIBRARY. IT'S WORTH MORE THAN ALL
YES, YES.
THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THIS IS DEFINITELY
WE'RE GOING IN CIRCLES. IT FEELS LIKE
BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
I'M READING THE MAP WRONG? ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT
YOUR CHANCELLORNESS. ABSOLUTELY NOT,
IT'S JUST THAT THERE ARE HOLES IN THE MAP, AND…
OF COURSE!
HOW ELSE COULD I SEE WHERE I WAS GOING?
YEAH. UH…
I NEED TO BE ABLE TO TALK. OR TALK?
HOW WOULD WE SURVIVE I MEAN,
IF I JUST SUDDENLY SHUT UP?
HAPPEN, YOUR CHANCELLORSHIP. HEAVEN FORBID THAT SHOULD
IT'S JUST THAT THE MAP IS ALSO UPSIDE DOWN.
I GOT A NEWS FLASH FOR YOU, COOKIE.
THERE IS NO UP OR DOWN. THE EARTH IS ROUND.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S SUCH A RELIEF TO ME
THAT YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THIS MAP.
YOU DON'T NEED RELIEF. RELIEF?
IF ANYPONY NEEDS RELIEF AROUND HERE, IT'S ME!
I'M A CHANCELLOR! I'M A BIG SHOT.
YOU'RE JUST MY, UH…MY…
SECRETARY.
WHATEVER.
YOU TAKE THE MAP
WHILE I ENJOY SOME RELIEF.
CHANCELLOR PUDDING HEAD. YES,
AND SO, EACH LEADER ENCOUNTERED OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY,
BUT EVENTUALLY, THEY ALL ARRIVED IN A NEW AND WONDROUS LAND.
NO PONY HAD EVER SEEN PARADISE BEFORE.
WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR! THIS IS THE NEW LAND
WHAT A VIEW!
I CAN SEE MY FUTURE HOUSE FROM HERE.
I PROCLAIM THIS NEW LAND TO BE…
PEGASOPOLIS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH JEWELS.
THIS WHOLE LAND IS DAZZLING! THIS RUBY IS DAZZLING.
I'M DOUBLE DAZZLED!
IN THE NAME OF THE UNICORNS, I HEREBY DUB THIS LAND UNICORNIA.
THE AIR! THE TREES!
THE DIRT.
THIS DIRT IS THE DIRTIEST DIRT IN THE WHOLE DIRT WORLD!
PERFECT FOR GROWING FOOD. AND FERTILE, TOO…
OF THE EARTH PONIES, IN THE NAME
I THINK I'M GONNA CALL THIS NEW PLACE, UH, DIRTVILLE!
HOW ABOUT EARTH?
EARTH!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ME FOR THINKING OF IT.
WE FOUND OUR NEW HOME!
I PLANTED MY FLAG FIRST!
DID TO! DID NOT!
EARLIER THAN FIRST. I PLANTED MINE
ARE TRESPASSING IN UNICORNIA. ALL OF YOU RIFFRAFF
THE NAME IS PEGASOPOLIS.
PEGASOPOLIS! EARTH!
UNICORNIA!
WE FIGHT FOR THE LAND. I SAY
MAY THE BEST PONY WIN.
THAT'S BARBARIC.
THAT BRUTE INTO THE DUNGEON! CLOVER THE CLEVER, THROW
WHAT DUNGEON?
IF WE ALL CALM DOWN… LOOK, PERHAPS
LET'S ALL CALM DOWN. I AGREE.
I VOTE FOR CALM.
I'LL HAVE YOU COURT-MARTIALED FOR INSUBORDINATION, PRIVATE!
ON THE BATTLEFIELD. WE SETTLE THIS
A SNOWBALL AT ROYALTY? WHO DARES THROW
WAIT A MINUTE.
WHERE'D ALL THIS SNOW COME FROM, ANYWAY?
NOT AGAIN! OH, NO.
AND SO, THE PARADISE THE PONIES HAD FOUND WAS SOON LOST,
BURIED BENEATH A THICK BLANKET OF SNOW AND HARD FEELINGS.
INSTEAD OF BEAUTIFUL, IT WAS BLIZZARDY.
INSTEAD OF WONDERFUL, IT WAS WINTRY.
INSTEAD OF SPECTACULAR, IT WAS SNOW-TACULAR.
INSTEAD OF…
WE GET IT! MOVE ON!
[ LAUGHS NERVOUSLY, CLEARS THROAT ]
EVERYPONY WAS FORCED TO SEEK SHELTER.
THEY SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW,
BUT THE ONLY SHELTER FOR MILES WAS A COLD AND DESOLATE CAVE.
AND, OF COURSE, THE THREE TRIBES HAD TO SHARE IT,
AND NO PONY WAS TOO HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
COMMANDER HOT HEAD. PLEASE,
IT'S COMMANDER HURRICANE.
PLEASE, COMMANDER,
AND GIVE ME MY ROYAL SPACE? COULD YOU JUST STAND BACK
YOU MEAN LIKE THIS, YOUR HIGHNESS?
INDEED NOT.
THIS INVISIBLE LINE? YOU SEE
PRIVATE, OUTLINE OUR TERRITORY FOR EVERYPONY TO SEE.
YOU SEE THIS REAL, NON-INVISIBLE LINE?
NO UNICORNS OR EARTH PONIES ARE ALLOWED TO CROSS IT.
THIS IS THE SOVEREIGN TERRITORY OF PEGASOPOLIS.
CLOVER THE CLEVER!
SMART COOKIE!
I KNOW, I KNOW.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
DON'T GO AROUND THE ROCK! GO OVER IT!
I'M NOT GIVING UP AN INCH OF TERRITORY TO THE ENEMY.
THAT ROCK IS CLEARLY
ON THE UNICORNIA SIDE OF THE CAVE,
AND IT BELONGS TO US.
THERE COULD BE JEWELS INSIDE. WHO KNOWS?
I CLAIM THIS ROCK FOR PEGASOPOLIS!
UNHAND THAT ROCK THIS INSTANT,
YOU SCOUNDREL!
YOU FOUND MY ROCK. OH, LOOK.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT EVERYWHERE.
YOU INVADED OUR TERRITORY! HEY!
FINDERS, KEEPERS, LOSERS, WEEPERS!
THAT'S THE LAST STRAW!
GIVE ME MY ROCK!
LOOK, EVERYBODY, THE ENTRANCE!
NOW THERE'S NO WAY OUT! GREAT.
WE'RE TRAPPED!
THIS HORRIBLE FATE! YOU TWO DESERVE
YOU'VE DONE NOTHING BUT ARGUE AND FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER!
YOU'VE BEEN FIGHTING, TOO, YOUR HIGHNESS.
YEAH. WORSE.
I HAVEN'T BEEN FIGHTING NEARLY AS MUCH AS YOU.
HOW RIDICULOUS!
A UNICORN NEVER STOOPS TO FIGHTING.
UNICORNS KNOW YOU'D NEVER WIN. THAT'S JUST 'CAUSE YOU WIMPY
EARTH PONIES ARE NUMSKULLS!
PEGASI ARE BRUTES!
UNICORNS ARE SNOBS!
AH!
WHAT IS THAT THING?
THEY MUST BE WENDIGOS.
WENDIGOS? WENDIGOS?
MY MENTOR, STAR SWIRL THE BEARDED,
TAUGHT ME ABOUT THEM.
FEED OFF FIGHTING AND HATRED. THEY'RE WINTER SPIRITS THAT
THE MORE HATE THE SPIRIT FEELS, THE COLDER THINGS BECOME.
THEN THIS IS OUR FAULT… WE THREE TRIBES.
WE BROUGHT THIS BLIZZARD TO OUR HOME
BY FIGHTING AND NOT TRUSTING EACH OTHER.
NOW IT'S DESTROYING THIS LAND, TOO.
AND NOW OUR BODIES WILL BECOME AS COLD AS OUR HEARTS,
ALL BECAUSE WE WERE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO HATE.
WELL, I DON'T HATE YOU.
COMMANDER HURRICANE I ACTUALLY HATE
THAN I HATE YOU GUYS. A LOT MORE
I DON'T REALLY HATE HER. ACTUALLY,
I JUST REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY, REALLY DISLIKE HER.
WELL, I DON'T HATE YOU GUYS, EITHER.
NOR DO I.
NO MATTER WHAT OUR DIFFERENCES, WE'RE ALL PONIES.
WHAT WAS THAT?
I DIDN'T KNOW UNICORNS COULD DO THAT.
I DIDN'T, EITHER.
HAS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE, NOTHING LIKE THIS
BUT I KNOW IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN JUST ME.
IT CAME FROM ALL THREE OF US, JOINED TOGETHER IN FRIENDSHIP.
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT,
THE THREE PONIES KEPT THE FIRE OF FRIENDSHIP ALIVE
BY TELLING STORIES TO ONE ANOTHER
AND BY SINGING SONGS, WHICH, OF COURSE, BECAME THE WINTER CAROLS
THAT WE ALL STILL SING TODAY.
EVENTUALLY, THE WARMTH OF THE FIRE AND SINGING AND LAUGHING
AND THEIR BODIES BEGAN TO THAW. REACH THE LEADERS,
TO MELT THEIR HEARTS. AND IT EVEN BEGAN
TO SHARE THE BEAUTIFUL LAND THE THREE LEADERS AGREED
AND LIVE IN HARMONY FOREVER AFTERWARDS,
AND TOGETHER, THEY NAMED THEIR NEW LAND…
…EQUESTRIA.
* THE FIRE OF FRIENDSHIP LIVES IN OUR HEARTS *
* AS LONG AS IT BURNS, WE CANNOT DRIFT APART *
* THOUGH QUARRELS ARISE, THEIR NUMBERS ARE FEW *
* LAUGHTER AND SINGING WILL SEE US THROUGH *
* WILL SEE US THROUGH *
* WE ARE A CIRCLE OF PONY FRIENDS *
WE'LL BE TO THE VERY END ♪ ♪ A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
WE SHOULD BE SO HONORED THAT PRINCESS CELESTIA CHOSE US.
SHE MUST REALLY THINK
WHAT GOOD FRIENDS ARE. WE EXEMPLIFY
APPLEJACK, I THOUGHT YOU CLOSED ALL THE WINDOWS.
DON'T BLAME ME.
RAINBOW DASH SHOULD'VE FLOWN UP THERE AND SHUT IT.
AFTER ALL, SHE'S GOT WINGS.
WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO DO ALL THE HIGH-UP CHORES?
WHY CAN'T TWILIGHT USE HER MAGIC FOR A CHANGE?
YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOT IT.
* MY LITTLE PONY *
* FRIENDS *