Original subtitles

Twilight: I can't believe you two are going

on a Friendship Quest!

This is amazing!

What do ya mean, Twilight?

We've been on one together before.

Exactly!

This is the first time the map has teamed up

the same ponies for a second quest.

That is special.

Must be 'cause we're extra good at solvin' friendship problems.

Twilight: I hope so.

Cause it looks like this one might be a little tricky.

You're going to the Peaks of Peril.

The... Peaks of... Peril?

Aw, it's just a name.

It doesn't mean anything.

Like how Cloudsdale is in the clouds,

and the Crystal Empire is made of crystal?

Fair point.

So what can you tell us about the place, Twilight?

Only what Rockhoof told me.

Back in his day, nopony knew much about the Peaks of Peril.

Except for the legend on this ancient shield.

It says a group called the Kirin used to live there,

known for their kindness and truth-speaking.

Now we know why the map called us.

Unfortunately, other creatures also lived there.

The Nirik. Fearsome beasts of pure fire.

Maybe...you should go instead of me, Twilight.

[nervous giggle]

Sorry, Fluttershy.

Flanks don't lie.

Aw, I'm sure the two of us'll get that friendship problem

solved, no matter what kinda creature has it.

[nervous giggle]

♪ My little pony, my little pony ♪

♪ Aaaahhh ♪

♪ My little Pony ♪

♪ I used to wonder what friendship could be. ♪

♪ 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! ♪

♪ To have my little pony ♪

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

♪♪

[chugging train]

[whistling wind]

Guess nopony else is goin' out as far as we are.

Maybe they know something we don't.

Now Fluttershy, I've told you a dozen times!

There's nothing to be scared--

[growl]

[both scream]

[old person's voice] I'm sorry.

[scream]

You really startled us!

It's just that I'm not used to seeing anypony

taking the train to the end of the line.

[ominous] The final destination.

The last stop!

We get the picture. Why?

Nothing but uncharted terrain and wild beasts out that way.

[bursts of evil laughing]

Well, maybe there's a little somethin' to be scared of.

Eeyah!

♪♪

Agh!

♪♪

[panting]

Those must be the Peaks of Peril.

Tough goin', huh Fluttersh-- Fluttershy?

Agh!

[grunt]

Oh!

[chittering]

♪ [sweet music] ♪

There. That should be enough flowers to keep your tree cozy.

Fluttershy!

What are you doin'?

This is no time for visitin' varmints!

We're on a friendship quest, remember?

Yes, but actual-- -Come on!

We're burnin' daylight.

I know, but what I found out is that--

Now, we gotta get up that peak.

I figure if we use some rope and elbow grease,

we can make it up half--

APPLEJACK! CAN YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO ME?

[Ahem] What I'm trying to say is,

the squirrels told me a short cut they take

to the Kirin village.

[grinding rock]

Oh. Heh heh. Sorry, Fluttershy.

I s'pose I got a little too caught up in the adventure.

That's all right.

If you hadn't come back to get me,

I probably would've talked to the squirrels all day.

[gasp]

♪♪

[laugh]

I hope that's not a Nirik.

[frightened whimper]

[rustling leaves]

Show yourself!

[whimper]

Well, hi!

I'm Applejack, and this here is Fluttershy.

If you have any friendship problems, we're here to help!

Huh. Quiet bunch, ain't they?

We're from Equestria.

And we're plum-tickled to meet y'all.

So...

What are your names?

APPLEJACK. FLUTTERSHY. Remember?

Maybe they don't understand us.

Do.

You.

Understand.

Ponish?

Oh! But you don't speak?

Don't or won't?

Will you excuse us for a moment?

You have to ask "yes or no" questions, or they won't answer.

Like talkin' to Angel bunny?

Not exactly.

I can always tell what Angel is feeling.

But these Kirin, don't show anything.

Well, how are we gonna solve a friendship problem

if none of 'em will tell us what it IS?

♪ [scary music] ♪

These Kirin are quieter than an apple blossom on snowfall.

Still. There's gotta be some way to make 'em speak.

Beautiful day, ain't it?

Knock knock!

Now you say "who's there?"

Police!

Police who?

POLICE say somethin'?

Uh oh. I feel a sneeze comin' on.

ACHOOOO!

Fluttershy: Gesundheit!

Ugh!

Don't any of y'all talk?

♪♪

Now we're gettin' somewhere!

A dark spooky path that leads into unknown territory?

Tell ya what, sugarcube.

You stay and see if you can get anything

out of these here Kirin.

I'll go try to find one that talks.

Phew! Be careful! And watch out for Niriks!

[teeth chattering]

♪♪

[rustling leaves]

Aaaah!

Phew...

Aaah!

Oh! Have you seen a Kirin that talks?

Any idea where I should look?

Oh, for the love of Celestia.

Can't you just say SOMETHIN'?

[laugh] Gotcha!

Sorry,sorry but that was too good.

Oh, you don't know how much I miss jokes.

HI-larity! Am I pronouncing that right?

Some words I haven't said in a wil.. While.. While.

Hi, I'm Autumn Blaze.

You've just arrived and perhaps you're tired or hungry,

or reflective, and want to sleep and eat and journal?

Which you should do! Of course. But first, OH! OH!

What joy to talk with another creature, it's been so long.

You must tell me everything about you;

there's so much to say, so much to DO!

Oh, look at me, I'm going on and you haven't seen--

I mean have you seen--?

Of course, you haven't, you just so I will, yeah.

Follow me.

That was somethin', all right.

♪♪

[wind hisses]

Oh, wow.

This is amazing.

Oh, You think so too?

The way the light shimmers off everything like...

like it all suddenly woke up the moment you saw it,

and you realize maybe the water and the mountains and the forest

and the, yes the rainbow and the stars and the sky

are all looking back at you thinking the same thing?

That we are a part of the everything.

That maybe there's just one thing, and we are all it!

I was gonna say "it's pretty," but yeah.

Ha ha ha! Mmmmm.

And this is just the first stop on a journey

of amazing things to see, smell, tiptoe through!

I haven't been able to share all of this with anypony in forever,

since they all took that vow of silence,

so it's a lot for me to, you know, PROcess. ProsCESS.

Deal with.

Whoa, there... Vow of silence?

That's uh, that's why they asked me to leave.

I hope it's not a sore subject, but you mind explaining

why y'all went quiet in the first place?

It's a long story.

You'd rather not talk about it?

No. -I under--

I'd rather SIIIIIIIING!

♪ La, lalalalala lalala, lalala LAAAAAA! ♪

THE KIRIN USED TO SPEAK AND SING WE WEREN'T ALWAYS QUIET

WE TOLD STORIES AND FUNNY JOKES MY STAND-UP WAS A RIOT.

BUT THEN ONE DAY A FIGHT BROKE OUT

AND HURTFUL WORDS WERE SAID

FLARING TEMPERS WERE INFLAMED DESTRUCTION QUICKLY SPREAD

AND FLAMING RED FROM HEAD TO HEAD EVEN BURNT OUR BREAD!

Sorry, I forgot how much I love rhyming!

Where was I? OH RIGHT!

MY HAPPY VILLAGE LAY IN RUINS RELATIONSHIPS GOT WORSE

SPOILER ALERT: WE'D QUICKLY LEARNED

THAT WORDS COULD BE A CURSE.

"NO MORE TALKING" YELLED OUR LEADER.

THE LAST THING SAID OUT LOUD.

INTO THE STREAM OF SILENCE WE STEPPED AS A CROWD.

THE WATER COOLED EMOTIONS AND PEACE WAS SOON RESTORED

BUT WITH NO WAY TO SPEAK MY THOUGHTS

I GOT SUPER BORED.

Seriously. There's only so long that

Sudoku can keep you entertained.

CAUSE RAINBOWS WON'T LIGHT UP THE SKY

UNLESS YOU LET IT RAIN

AND SHINY APPLES SOMETIMES COME WITH WORMS.

THOUGH YOU CAN'T GIVE UP YOUR LAUGHTER

CAUSE YOU'RE SCARED OF A LITTLE PAIN

IT'S A LESSON THAT THE KIRIN NEVER LEARNED.

I WAS STUCK IN SILENT PRISON WITH THE VOICES IN MY HEAD

TILL I TRIPPED OVER MY SALVATION IN A HELPFUL FLOWER BED

I'D FOUND A CURE TO CLEAR MY PIPES

AND I BECAME QUITE CHATTY

WITH YEARS AND YEARS OF STORED UP WORDS

I DROVE MY VILLAGE BATTY!

THEY DIDN'T LIKE MY JOKES AND SONGS

AND DAILY DOSE OF NEWS

THE PLAYS I WROTE, THE SPEECHES SPOKE, VARIETY REVIEWS,

OR THE STORY ABOUT THE KIRIN WHO HID BELOW AN OPERA STAGE

[spoken quickly] and fell in love with this opera singer

he wore a freaky half mask and played the organ

and got all broody because the singer was in love with

another dude so he took her away on this underground gondola

I mean, who doesn't love musical theatre?

THE VILLAGE LEADER MADE IT CLEAR I HAD TO MAKE MY CHOICE

I COULD STAY AND LIVE WITH THEM OR I COULD KEEP MY VOICE

SO I CAME HERE, BUT LEFT THE COUCH ALONE,

THEY'RE HARD TO MOVE.

WITH JUST THE VIEW FOR COMPANY UNTIL YOU HEARD ME GROOVE!

Take it away, boys!

♪♪

CAUSE RAINBOWS WON'T LIGHT UP THE SKY

UNLESS YOU LET IT RAIN

AND CANDLES JUST WON'T GLOW UNTIL THEY'RE BURNED.

THOUGH YOU CAN'T GIVE UP YOUR LAUGHTER

CAUSE YOU'RE SCARED OF A LITTLE PAIN

IT'S A LESSON THAT MY VILLAGE NEVER LEARNED.

NO MATTER HOW HARD I SCHOOLED THEM

FEAR OF HURT IS STILL WHAT RULED THEM

SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA LET IT RAIN!

YEAH, SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOTTA LET IT RAIN.

I can't believe it!

No pony should give up feelin' their feelins,

just to keep from gettin' angry.

That's what I said!

Y'know, when I started talking again.

I bet this here's the problem that Fluttershy and I

came to help y'all with!

Really? Who's Fluttershy?

Oh, did you name your shadow?

Mine's called Silhouette Gloom of the Sundown Lands.

Riiiight.

Well, I'm thinking if we just go talk to the other Kirin,

we can get 'em to welcome you back proper-like.

Maybe even convince 'em to take your cure!

Oh, Yes, Yes of course!

Oh.. Just one small thing.

The antidote from my anecdote?

It's gone.

There's no cure left?

I used the last of the Foal's Breath flowers to make it.

And I haven't seen them bloom since.

Well, this wouldn't be a Friendship Quest if it was easy!

I'm gonna start by gettin' your friends to welcome you back.

You know? Between you and me,

I'm not sure she's going to convince them.

Nope.

But... I hope she does.

Fluttershy, guess what!

Both: I figured out the friendship problem!

Me too.

Go ahead.

[giggle]

Bet that's a problem the Kirin never have.

[giggle] No.

Anyhow, we gotta get 'em all talkin' again.

Oh, no-no-no-no-no!

We can't ever let that happen.

I thought you said you figured out the friendship problem!

Was somethin' lost in translation?

The Kirin are usually peaceful and kind.

But when they get mad, they turn into Niriks,

creatures made of fire and vengeance!

That seemed less scary when it was in a song.

The last time they all argued, they got so angry,

they accidentally destroyed their whole village!

So the Kirin decided to make sure

it would never happen again.

But that's no reason to stop talkin'!

Yes it is!

Fire is dangerous.

Especially in a forest like this!

Think of all the animals it could hurt!

Not if they don't turn into fire-breathin' Nirik

in the first place!

And how can you be sure that won't happen?

There's gotta be a better way

than givin' up all your feelings!

APPLEJACK!

You're not LISTENING!

Cause you're not TALKIN' any sense!

Fluttershy: Um, what are they doing?

Hey!

Maybe they got worried because we were arguing with each other.

Aw, shucks.

We were just havin' a normal, civil disagreement.

Honest!

Where are they taking us?

To the Stream of Silence.

If we hit that water, we'll never be able to talk

or feel anything ever again.

[gasp]

PUT THEM DOWN!

♪♪

[frightened squeal]

It's all right, I think I know this one.

And she's tryin' to help.

[whoosh] Well, yeah!

Can't have them silence the only friend who'll speak to me.

She talks!

You have no idea.

Fluttershy, meet Autumn Blaze.

Thank you for that, um, wall of fire.

But I thought Niriks were dangerous when they're angry.

How did you know you could control your temper?

I didn't. I guess anger's like other feelings.

It's not about having them, it's what you do with them.

And giving up happiness to keep away anger is no kinda life.

I never thought of it that way.

I can't imagine not being able to talk to my animal friends.

Fern Flare, you used to love to laugh at everything.

And Rain Shine, you sung the most beautiful harmonies.

Don't you miss it?

I know you're worried about fightin'.

But friends can disagree without causin' a ruckus.

Every pony gets mad sometimes.

Even Applejack and I argue.

What? When do we ever argue?

Ahem. On the way here!

And about the Kirin being silent!

And RIGHT NOW!

[chuckle] We don't always see eye-to-eye.

But we never let that get in the way of our friendship.

And if you're really angry, then take some time away

to be a Nirik where it won't hurt anypony.

I think they're tryin' to say somethin'.

OK. Are you hungry?

Oh, no! Somekirin trapped in a well?

OK, Baby?

Baby fish?

Baby- Baby fish mouth?

Something?

Anything?

Ah just write it down!

This is making me furious!

Would you excuse me?

I'll be right back.

[roar]

You were saying.

Oh! You want the cure for the Stream of Silence!

That's wonderful!

Uh, Isn't it?

Well, it would be.

Except there aren't any flowers left to make the cure.

Are you sure?

Oh, beyond sure.

Believe me, I've had a lot of alone time lately.

I searched the entire forest seventy three and a half times.

Although I wonder if that second half could make a difference.

I wish she'd told us what kind of flowers she's looking for.

They're called Foal's Breath.

I've never heard of that.

[chittering]

Uh Fluttershy? A little help?

[chittering]

He says he knows where to find Foals Breath!

Well, what are we waitin' for?

Lead the way!

THAT's what Foal's Breath looks like?

Autumn Blaze never would have made it past the Peaks

to search here.

I owe you an apology. -Why?

'Cause if your kindness hadn't made you stop to help

the squirrels, we never would've found this here flower.

And if your honesty hadn't convinced the Kirin to talk,

we wouldn't NEED to find it.

Heh heh. Guess it's a good thing the map sent both of us.

♪♪

You found them! Where were they?

Tell me everything, and feel free to add

complicated descriptions and comedic tangents.

Oh, right. First things first.

♪ [majestic music] ♪

[excited chatter]

Autumn Blaze, you have given us a gift:

the realization that anger is within us.

But it is our choice how we let it out.

We would very much like it if you came back to live with us.

I can't say how much we've missed your beautiful voice.

♪♪

CAUSE RAINBOWS WON'T LIGHT UP THE SKY UNLESS YOU LET IT RAIN

AND CANDLES JUST WON'T GLOW UNTIL THEY'RE BURNED.

THOUGH YOU CAN'T GIVE UP YOUR LAUGHTER

CAUSE YOU'RE SCARED OF A LITTLE PAIN

IT'S A LESSON THAT MY VILLAGE NEVER LEARNED.

OH YES, CAUSE RAINBOWS WON'T LIGHT UP YOUR SKY

UNLESS YOU LET IT ...

♪♪

RAIN!

[TOCK]