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>It's slow going down the rest of the stairs.
>You spot no less than three pressure plates and one tripwire, and skillfully guide your party around them all.
>Eventually, though, you finally reach the bottom.
>Or at least, you hope it's the bottom.
>Your aching knees really can't handle any more stairs.
>A huge stone door looms before you, decorated with thousands of lines of Demonic script.
>Celestia steps forward and places a hoof on the door.
>"This is it." she announces. "I can feel a tremendous amount of exotic magic beyond this threshold."
>You can feel it too. It's the same strange feeling you felt on the day Cheerilee left you. It's almost as if a faint, electric wind is swirling around your body, just at the edge of perception.
>"Well, what are you waiting for?" Apurimac cries out. "Open it!"
>Celestia, Luna, and Twilight all grasp the door with their magic and roll it aside.
>The chamber beyond almost defies description.
>It is another massive cavern, perfectly round and probably about the size of one of those domed stadiums that accommodated 100,000 people back on Earth.
>However, you barely even notice that.
>Your eyes are drawn upward instead.
>Up above you, a million orbs of shimmering light all swirl slowly around the room.
>Some lights burn more brightly than others, but all are interconnected by delicate, infinitely thin rays of golden light. The web of pure light hums and pulses in a soothing song older than time.
>It is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen or ever will see. It is as if someone took a perfect starry night, multiplied it tenfold, and weaved it all together with heavenly golden thread.
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