//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: The Defective Warp Pipe // by Level Dasher //------------------------------// Geez. I didn’t realize how long it would take recounting my adventure. Leave it to my college-bound nephew to ask for story time the day after I get back from another dimension. What a procrastinator! He’ll never get into Mushroom University that way. But if he does get in, he’ll definitely be prepared for the social side of college. Damn kid even asked about the sex, what a piece of work. Like that’s any of his business! Actually… it kinda reminds me of Angel… *Ding-dong* Oh, now what? He didn’t leave anything here, did he? “Do you want to get into college or what? I told you— oh, I’m sorry. I thought it was my procrastinating nephew again.” “Quite alright, sir. Nope, just a mail call.” “Thanks. Let’s see, usual stuff: bill, bill, EOB, junk mail, bill…” “Actually, sir, there’s something else. I was wondering if you could shed a little light on it: some little creature in a cloak handed this to me and pointed at the writing on the envelope, then it just bounded away. I didn’t know what to make of it, but it didn’t seem dangerous, so here you are.” Huh? What’s that about? What does this envelope say? Yoshi Yoshi Island Mushroom Kingdom Well that’s nothing too unusual, but why was this given to the mail-yoshi by hand? Hopefully the letter will explain everything… My Dearest Yoshi, I know that it hasn’t been very long for you. If my math is correct, it has probably only been about a day or so since you arrived back home. However, after five years here, I finally had enough. A lot has happened here since you left. If I tried to tell you everything, it would be insane, so the main things I will tell you are that Twilight’s brother got married to a princess, and on top of that, Twilight herself is now a princess as well. We are all incredibly proud of her. Twilight told me to tell you that if you hadn't gone behind my back and gone to the moon with Dr. Whooves that day, she would never have been crowned— she would have used the outdated teleportation spell and had her life drained away, so she is, quite literally, eternally grateful to you. Twilight now has her own castle here in Ponyville as the Princess of Friendship, and has access to not only her own library, but Canterlot’s as well. After finding nothing in her library, I recently took the opportunity to ask her if I could go into the Canterlot library, to which she escorted me personally. I took a few days to do some research, something that isn’t my strong suit, but after five years, I knew I had to find something. I’m happy to report that I did. When Princess Celestia told us that she would not be able to open the portal between our worlds again, she wasn’t wrong— she can’t. What I found out is that any immortal can open the inter-dimensional tunnels, but only once. That was why when Discord made his way to the Mushroom Kingdom, he needed us to open the portal again in order to get back. Anyway, now that Twilight is a princess, she is immortal as well. This left us with three immortal beings in Equestria— Twilight, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadance, Twilight’s sister-in-law. This gives us three trips between dimensions until another immortal appears. I’m guessing that by now you’ve figured out who wrote this letter, and if so, you’re probably wondering how you’re reading it. Well, based on what I just told you, I will say that now we are down to two trips between dimensions. When you look up from this letter, my cloaked messenger should be there, waiting to reveal himself to you. I won’t be far behind. No signature… but who am I kidding? I knew who it was when I read the words ‘five years.' Wait, the cloaked messenger… it could only be— “Sir, do you know this rabbit? It turns out he’s the one that gave me that letter.” Angel… that could only mean— “I see you got my letter. I knew I could trust my messenger. He hasn’t failed me yet.” I never thought I would hear that voice again... END