@genervt  
Correct

Looks like the crusade time table got kicked up by a good few hours.

@Entrinity  
You can thank Flash Magnus for finally making the Royal Guards not be pushovers anymore and be useful for a change.

This was awesome to see. Sure they didn’t really do anything to help but if bringing what looks like ALL the guards in Canterlot doesn’t show they wanted to, I don’t know what does. It was also cool to see that Equestria has a military that can mobilize that quickly and does indeed have female soldiers.

@ForestFox99  

 
With that sort of writing a parasprite could make Celestia and Luna useless. At this point you, or better I, cannot take any of this seriously anymore.

I guess he is making a wong exit.

@Background Pony #E061  
Yeah, why take the long route on foot when you can fly again or use teleportation? Celestia, Luna, and Neighsay knew just what to do once their magic was returned so they could get to Ponyville in time to capture Cozy.

Screw walking! Everyone double time!

Happy Neighsay makes me happy

@Background Pony #7E7F  

 
If you remember the events of Twilight’s Kingdom when they transferred their magic to Twilight to prevent Tirek from getting it, it resulted Celestia and Luna’s manes and tails no longer being able to sparkle and flow under their own power as their innate magic that allowed that to occur was with Twilight now.
 
The same thing here, only on a much slower process. When Celestia and Luna were drained of their innate magic by the spell Cozy cast over the time frame of the two parts, it took away their ability to fly and caused their manes and tails to stop sparkling and flowing under their own power. Once their magic came back, their manes and tails starting sparkling and flowing again, and they quickly took advantage of being able to fly again to get to the School of Friendship faster to prevent Cozy’s getaway and arrest her for high treason.

@TheMultiBrony21  
The princesses, several students and Neighsay did their part by cutting off her escape routes before the guards arrived.

@genervt  
You mean their guards stopped Cozy Glow from escaping… About the only time they could ever capture someone.

@ForestFox99  

 
They stopped Cozy from escaping.

@FoldabotZ  
Eeyup.

@TheMultiBrony21  
They were both assholes in the beginning and then after a life-changing event, they turned into better people(well, person and pony).

@FoldabotZ  
Eeyup.

Gotta hand it to Neighsay, he knows how to travel.

@ForestFox99  
…When was this?
 
But anyway, that’s mostly because civilians are the ones usually in the midst of it all.

This appears to be near the end of the finale.
 
I assume that, at some point, Cozy took Celestia and Luna’s magic, which, like in Twilight’s Kingdom, rendered them unable to fly, or allow their manes and tails to sparkle and flow of their own free will.
 
Once their magic came back, shown here as orbs of their respective auras diving back into their horns, and with their manes and tails sparkling and flowing again, Celestia and Luna, realizing they no longer had to rely on straight-up walking to Ponyville to confront Cozy, spread their wings and take flight with those Royal Guards who could fly with them, while Neighsay, with his magic returned, immediately summoned his portal to get to the School of Friendship as well.
 
I assume that once Neighsay warned the Royal Sisters of Cozy’s scheme, they attempted to get to Ponyville via flight, but once Cozy removed that option with taking their magic, they had to rely on walking the long distance there on foot with that large contingent of Royal Guards before everything was fixed.
 
Since there is no scene yet uploaded of when Celestia and Luna lose their magic and their manes and tails stop sparkling and flowing like back in Twilight’s Kingdom, I’ll have to wait for the US debut to see what actually led to this scene.
 
Still, the timing couldn’t have been better since it allowed the Royal Sisters, Neighsay, and the guards to make it in time to apprehend Cozy and lock her in Tartarus.

@TheMultiBrony21  
Perhaps he was currently in his dimension and when the magic got sapped he was trapped there?

Cozy Glow, I´ve come to arrest.

@ForestFox99  
Agreed.

@Background Pony #7797  
I know, but it’s feels very forced when civilians have been shown to save Equestria more often.

@Background Pony #7797  
True.
 
But one thing I can’t rap my head around is where was Discord in all of this?

@ForestFox99  
They aren’t exactly fighters. They’re rulers. I mean they set up armies for a reason.