Celestia had no doubt that the final blow would come down to the Elements in the end. Her purpose here was to distract and weaken Nightmare Moon, and thereby give the bearers time to activate them.

The best way to do that was, in her opinion, to make herself the biggest threat. She cringed inwardly to see her sister present in this fight, not knowing if it was wise -- but glad, very glad, to see Luna fighting with all her strength against everything she had once become.

She swet aside the ring of energy with one massive wing, ignoring the smoke that curled up from the blackened feathers. No more energy attacks, then...

Lines of golden light spread like ice cracking through the plinth Nightmare Moon had stood on. The stone burst into several large chunks swathed in sunlight, a glow that began to spread around the clearing as Celestia poured more power into her magic. As light swelled in a corona around her horn, she summoned up the full strength of her telekinesis. The stone chunks flew at Nightmare Moon with punishing force, followed by branches and stone chunks on the ground, followed -- with a cracking and crashing as they shattered from the force or ripped free of the ground -- trees from nearby.