Been still trying to process the premier. Though I will offer one semi-crackpot  theory while I wait for the 3rd episode. Ya 'know how Twilight got all sparkly when she used the elements of friendship without the elements to defeat Sombra? Part of me wonders if the upcoming episode will have Treelight and Twilight be connected as one soul or something like that. If we go by the sudden season 1 logic about how they were elements the whole time and that the jewelry was just the focus of the power they already had then they could try something...