//------------------------------// // Epilogue: The Day Isn't Quite Over Yet // Story: The Day My Beard Turned Into Pinkie Pie // by Thunderbug80 //------------------------------// Epilogue The Day Isn't Quite Over Yet "Thanks, man," Jerry Burnside said in appreciation as he was helped up the front porch steps to the house at 34 Harding Drive. He was being supported by his fellow Hell's Angel Harvey Grimwold, and together the two had just experienced the most interesting day of their lives. Between Harvey's beard turning into a pony, being clubbed in the knee by a psychotic cop, and Harvey's death and subsequent resurrection by his beard and a purple talking unicorn, it had been decided that it was time for a well-deserved rest. "All good, man," Harvey Grimwold responded with a grunt. He was still rather sore from his recent introduction to the ground after a one hundred foot flight from his former motorcycle, Jeanie. His old beard may have saved his life, but whatever she had done had only been able to dull the pain. Not that he could complain. The two friends made their way into the house. Harvey kicked a few stray beer cans and some of the splintered wood from the coffee table out of his way, then helped Jerry take a seat on the couch and sat with him. He stared at the remains of the table and a box of what was once a banana pepper and cheese pizza that had been squashed under Jerry Burnside's rear end only hours earlier. Several roaches were on the pizza and were helpfully cleaning up the smelly mess one tiny nibble at a time. He ignored them and looked at Jerry. "So," Harvey began. "Ponies, man." "Yeah," Jerry responded. "Ponies." The room was silent for several minutes as the bikers looked around the room and tapped their feet on the floor. Harvey leaned forward and picked up one of the table legs, examined it carefully for a few moments, then tossed it back onto the floor. "It's pretty quiet without my beard," he said solemnly. He turned to look at Jerry. "The pink one, I mean." "Yeah man," Jerry said. "I wonder what Pinkie is up to now, in that there Ponyland she lives in?" he mused. "You think maybe she's partying right now?" Harvey asked. "Whatever she's doing, it's probably a lot of fun," Jerry responded. "She was a fun-loving beard." Harvey nodded. "Huh, that's weird," Jerry said, moving to get a closer look at Harvey. "You still have a pink hair in your beard." Harvey raised his eyebrows. "I guess I'll cut it off later." He thought about Pinkie and their short time together. It seemed to him like they had been together a lot longer, but it also didn't seem like it had been enough time. Well, that purple unicorn had come and taken her back home. She was probably back with her friends where she belonged, maybe having that party she had wanted. It was better that way. Nothing could possibly go wrong in Ponyland, right? "Where the hell are we!" Stanley Turner yelled hysterically. He stood up and brushed dirt from his clothes, or at least he thought it was supposed to be dirt. It all seemed rather unreal to him, as if he were in a dream. But dreams weren't supposed to hurt this much when you fell to the ground in them. He looked upwards towards the sky frantically. Pinkie, the only one who seemed unworried about their current situation, turned her head sideways for a moment as she studied their surroundings. She then turned to Twilight Sparkle. "Hey, I don't think we're where you wanted us to be. Again!" she chuckled. "Oh well, let's go explore some more!" Twilight stood up and began to magically remove the dust and twigs from her mane. She lowered her eyelids in annoyance. "No, Pinkie. We're not where I wanted us to be, because somepony decided to yell 'Oh, wait!' in the middle of a highly complicated and dangerous spell! And we're not going to go randomly exploring! We need to figure out where we are so we can get home!" She stamped a hoof on the ground for emphasis. Pinkie giggled. "Well that was silly of them! Anyways, we can't find out where we are by just standing here, I mean duh! Oh, and I think I accidentally brought a human back with us," she said with a smile while patting Stanley's leg with a hoof. For the first time since arriving after the spell, Twilight looked at Stanley. Her eyes widened and she took a step back. "Ack Pinkie, what's he doing here?" "You only just noticed him? He's been with us the whole time, silly!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Wow Twilight, you must have bumped your head when we landed," she added helpfully. Twilight gritted her teeth. "Excuse me for not noticing the human when we're being chased by a flight of dragons!" "Why are there dragons here?" Stanley whined from behind a tree. He was still gazing into the sky as if one would appear at any moment. "Well," Twilight turned to Stanley, "if we're in the Everfree forest as I suspect we are, then seeing dragons isn't such a big deal. In fact, it's almost to be expec... wait, who are you? You were driving that weird chariot thing and yelled at all those other humans, right?" "Good question!" Pinkie exclaimed. She turned to Stanley. "What is your name, anyway? I just know you as the pizza guy." "I'm Stanley and... wait, why are there dragons here?" Stanley repeated. He was half-kneeling and hugging the tree tightly. He turned to face the ponies slowly. "Where have you ponies taken me?" Pinkie bounded over to Stanley and gave him another hug. "Well Stanley, I don't have my welcome wagon with me, but let me be the first to welcome you to Equestria! Or the Everfree forest! Or wherever Twilight managed to teleport us to!" she beamed. Stanley stared at the two ponies for several minutes. He might have stared longer, but Twilight realized after several minutes that he had somehow managed to pass out while still gripping the tree and staring at them. She sighed and turned to Pinkie. "You grab one leg, I'll grab the other. I'm pretty sure if we keep heading this way we'll end up in Ponyville eventually. We need to hurry up and get back to the library so we can find a way to get this human back home. We can't have a human staying in Equestria. Who knows what problems could arise?" "Can't you teleport us there?" Pinkie asked. "Sorry Pinkie, after such a complicated spell as the one I used to get us back here, I need a long rest before trying anything like that again. We'll have to hoof it." Twilight replied. Pinkie and Twilight each bit one of Stanley's pant legs and began to drag him through the Everfree forest, slowly leading them all away from Ponyville and towards the unexplored and unknown regions of the world.