I stayed here and never made another friend, because I was too afraid another cutie mark would take them away too!
That's ridiculous! A cutie mark can't take your friends away!
Not everypony's lucky enough to get her cutie mark at the same time as her friends!
[Teleports them back to the past]
You don't know what it's like to lose a friend because of a cutie mark. But once I stop the rainboom, you will! [snatches the time travel scroll with her magic] And when I destroy this scroll, there'll be no way for you to change it! [starts to slowly rip it in two, to Twilight and Spike's horror]
Starlight, you're right! I don't know what you went through! But I do know you can't do this! I've seen where this leads, and so have you!
I only saw what you showed me! Who knows what'll really happen?
I've seen it a dozen times! Things don't turn out well in Equestria without my friends.
Ugh! What's so special about your friends?! [rips the scroll even further] How can a group of ponies that are so different be so important?!
The differences between me and my friends are the very things that make our friendship strong!
[starting to tear up] I thought Sunburst and I were the same... but we turned out different, and it TORE OUR FRIENDSHIP APART! [rips the scroll close to breaking point]
[flying up] So try again! Make new friends! And if something that you can't control happens that changes things, work through it together. That's what friendship is! And it's not just my friendships that are important to Equestria - everypony's are! When yours ended, it led us here. But just imagine all the others that are out there waiting for you if you just give them a chance!
[still crying] How do I know they won't all end the same way?
I guess it's up to you to make sure they don't.
[Twilight offers her hoof. After some hesitation, Starlight takes it and releases the scroll, which Spike quickly retrieves. The rainboom happens, and Twilight and Spike take Starlight back to their time.]
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