My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Season 3 Episode 1-2 The Crystal Empire Part 1-2 >With Cadance's magic weakening, Twilight instructs her friends to continue the fair to raise the spirits of the crystal ponies while she goes to look for the Crystal Heart by herself, assured this is the test Princess Celestia alluded to; however, she allows Spike to come long. The pair pass several traps King Sombra had placed in the castle and eventually come to the Crystal Heart, just as Cadance's magic gives out and Sombra races to reclaim the empire. Twilight moves to recover the heart but walks into a trap, telling Spike to take the heart in her place. On his way down, Spike falls, but he and the heart are saved at the last moment by Cadance and Shining Armor. The Crystal Ponies pour their emotions into the heart, recreating the protective spell on the empire and obliterating King Sombra. Twilight returns to Celestia, convinced she has failed her test, but the princess tells her that she has passed, knowing when to give up her personal goals for the greater good.