Guys, I have some...surprising news.
Twilight vs. Lyra Opens Dimensional Rift
It was supposed to be just another game. An important matchup in the Divisional round, certainly; the rubber match between rivals who had met twice earlier, of course. What it became was something else again.
Just outside Twilight Sparkle's new palace, a throng of spectators from Ponyville and beyond witnessed a thrilling chase. Twilight took off and Lyra matched her pace, staying just a few votes behind throughout the first half. Seeing that things were too close for comfort, the princess doubled her efforts after halftime and jumped out to a double-digit lead--but once again Lyra fought back. Twilight saw her momentum stall completely as nightmares of 2013 nearly came back to haunt her again. But the timer ran out, and she held on to win the game by just nine votes.
The contest itself was the closest the Princess of Friendship and the indomitable underpony had ever fought. An overjoyed Twilight spouted fireworks from her horn. Before the postgame interviews could begin, a blinding flash suddenly enveloped the courtyard.
A consolation prize? Lyra looks as dumbstruck as everypony else.
It was discovered that Lyra, in anticipation of winning and revisiting the human world, had started up the dimension-hopping machine Twilight helped her design three years earlier. When Twilight's fireworks clashed with the magical energies being given off by the machine, two impossible things simultaneously occurred.
One was Lyra transforming into an alicorn. The other...
"...Where am I? And where are my wings?"
Upon examining the scene, Princess Celestia determined that Twilight Sparkle had been stranded in another dimension. Tournament officials have not stated what they plan to do about this, but one thing is for certain: Twilight's EFC Championship rematch with Princess Luna is going to be very interesting.
Unicorn Twilight, 52-43
Recaps of our other three games will be up soon.