Tara Strong credited as playing...
Twilight Sparkle
- Shining Armor: I have to find the Crystal Heart!
- Twilight Sparkle: No, you stay here with Cadence. She needs you, Shining Armor. *I'll* retrieve the Heart.
- Rainbow Dash: Let's do this!
- Twilight Sparkle: I've been trying to figure out how I'm meant to pass Celestia's test. Retrieving the Crystal Heart must be it. But there is something else you can do.
- Rainbow Dash: Name it.
- Twilight Sparkle: You and the rest of our friends have to keep the Faire going.
- Rainbow Dash: What? With that *thing* moving into the Empire?
- Twilight Sparkle: The whole purpose of the Crystal Faire is to lift the spirits of the Crystal Ponies, so they can activate the Crystal Heart.
- Rainbow Dash: Yeah, and?
- Twilight Sparkle: If the Crystal Ponies find out that King Sombra is trying to take over the Empire again, their spirits are gonna be anything but lifted. It won't matter if I find the Crystal Heart. They won't be able to make it work. You have to keep them happy here at the Faire.
- Rainbow Dash: Keep the Faire going and the Crystal Ponies' spirits high. Done and done!
- Shining Armor: Twily, be careful.
- Twilight Sparkle: I will.
- Princess Celestia: [Twilight walks in on an illusion created by King Sombra's magic. In the Crystal Castle a moment ago, she now thinks she is back in Canterlot Castle] What are *you* doing here?
- Twilight Sparkle: I don't know! I opened the door and...
- Princess Celestia: And now you must go.
- Twilight Sparkle: Go where?
- Princess Celestia: Doesn't matter to me. You failed the test, Twilight!
- Twilight Sparkle: I don't understand! The test?
- Princess Celestia: Not only will you *not* move on to the next level of your studies, you won't continue your studies *at all*!
- Twilight Sparkle: I... You didn't say anything about no longer being your student if I failed!
- Princess Celestia: Didn't I?
- Twilight Sparkle: But... what do I do now?
- Twilight Sparkle: [black crystal barriers grow up around Twilight] The Heart... Where's the Crystal...
- Spike: Here! It rolled over to me when you dropped it!
- Twilight Sparkle: Don't move!
- Spike: [grunts]
- Twilight Sparkle: You can move, just not toward me! How could I have been so foolish? I was just so eager to get it! Then when I saw what was going on outside, I...
- Spike: You have to get out of there, Twilight! You have to be the one who brings the Heart to Princess Cadence! If you don't, you'll fail Celestia's test!
- Twilight Sparkle: King Sombra is already attacking the Empire. He could reach the Crystal Ponies at any moment... reach Princess Cadance, my brother, my friends. There may not be enough time for me to find a way to escape.
- [stone cracking]
- Spike: *You* have to be the one to bring the Crystal Heart to the Faire.
- Spike: Me? But Twilight...
- Twilight Sparkle: Go!
- Spike: But...
- Twilight Sparkle: Goooo!
- Shining Armor: Everything's gonna be okay. You've gotta stop saving my rump like this. It's starting to get embarrassing.
- Twilight Sparkle: Wasn't me who saved you in the end. It was Spike.
- Shining Armor: It's just a test. Maybe she'll let you retake it.
- Twilight Sparkle: I don't think she's gonna give me a new test.
- Princess Celestia: [looking at the restored Crystal Empire from Canterlot Castle] It's beautiful.
- Twilight Sparkle: I wish it had been me who ultimately made it so. But it wasn't.
- Princess Celestia: Twilight, as I understand it, Spike brought Princess Cadance the Crystal Heart because you weren't sure how quickly you could find a way to escape the tower. You weren't willing to risk the future of the citizens of the Crystal Empire in an effort to guarantee your own. Far better that I have a student who understands the meaning of self-sacrifice than one who only looks out for her own best interests.
- Twilight Sparkle: Does this mean...?
- Spike: [outside] She's totally gonna lose it!
- [breathes heavily]
- Spike: Keep it together, buddy... Gotta stay strong... for Twilight...!
- Twilight Sparkle: [opens the doors] I passed!