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// Epilogue:  All Alone 
// Story: Cruel Twist Of Fate or (Friendship Is Tragic) 
// by SapphireWings999 
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           A few years have passed since that fateful day and my life has spiraled out of control ever since.  I stopped publishing stories pretty soon after the incident while focusing all my time and whatever money I had into finding Ariel and whoever had stolen her.  All these years later, though, there’s been no success.  I stopped following My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic long ago, though I’d heard it only went on for about 2 or 3 more seasons afterwards.

           I’ve tried in vain to find my talisman in the hopes that I could someday return to Equestria, but my efforts were fruitless.  It was probably better that way.  After the profanity-riddled outburst I’d made against the girls that night, soo long ago yet still fresh in my mind, I doubt they’d ever forgive me; I wouldn’t even forgive me.  Finally, I’ve been in and out of my local nuthouse several times in the past few years after too many suicide attempts for me to keep track of.

           Several times over the years, and even now as I sat in the mental ward, I would forget about the friends I’d left behind back in Equestria, forget about my own identity as an Alicorn Prince there, sometimes for weeks at a time.  I’ve often feared that I might forget about them entirely, that, one day, their memory might never return to me.  The thought alone is terrifying.  For the time being, though, there’s little else for me to do aside from wallowing in my own solitude and misery.  All alone.

To be continued?