Making the Best of it
Epilogue
It’s been a few months since Anthony's time in Equestria and he still had no memories of his time there, but life went on and he didn't really think of it anymore. Life was going good for Anthony, he grew out of his shell, he had a lot of good friends, he even got a job at the local movie theater and he met a girl that works there that he likes. Then one day when he was channel surfing, Anthony came across an old episode of My Little Pony and for a reason that he couldn't place his finger on, he loved it, but it seemed more than a show to him, almost like he knew the characters. Anthony went online and before he knew it, he watched all the episodes, but the newer episodes seemed somehow soulless. But still he waited for the next episode to be released.
A week passed and the next episode was up, but this episode somehow felt familiar to Anthony. It opened up with Fluttershy who was taking care of the animals outside her cottage, then she saw a tan stallion that had a curly brown mane and a cutie mark that was a movie reel, laying just outside the Everfree Forest. The poor pony was covered in cuts and he was dirty, after the episode intro the scene cut to this pony waking up and Fluttershy flew over with some soup and told him to eat up. After he was done he told Fluttershy that his name was Wallie and that he was not from around Equestria, and that he showed movies from his homeland to make his way around. Eventually he set up his movie equipment at Sweet Apple Acres and it was a hit. Throughout the episode more and more ponies came to see the movies that he showed and Ponyville came over populated with these newcomers. He asked the mane six to meet him at Twilight's place to tell them something, once they where all there Wallie told them that he had fun but it was time for him to leave Ponyville. The six protested but he told them that his time was up and there was nothing that anypony could do about it. Wallie left the library, then a moment later the six ran out to sendoff their new friend, but all they saw was him vanishing into orbs of light flying off into the havens.
When the orbs were flying up Anthony paused the video, he felt that something was very different about this episode, then he noticed something about the orbs of light. He noticed that if you drew a line between a cluster of orbs it made out a poor looking "G". Anthony got a piece of paper and marked where the orbs where on the screen, after that was done he connected the dots and was speechless at what he read. The hidden note read "Good bye Anthony", Anthony's eyes started to water, his mind was slowly being filled with the memory's that had been locked away. The memories of his time in Equestria filled his heart with a multitude of different emotions.
"How is this happening? I thought that Celestia said that I would forget all my memory's." Anthony said to himself.
"I said may forget all your memory's Anthony."
Anthony's eyes went wide as he heard Celestia's voice in his head, "C-Celestia? How are you talking to me?"
"Well after all this time, I finally found out the way Discord sent images to you world and have done so myself, although its hard to send the images, my thoughts are easy enough."
"Okay... but can you explain how I remembered all of this?"
"You see Anthony, memories are never truly forgotten, they are just locked deep in your heart. All I did was remind you that they where there."
"... Thank you Celestia, but what happens now?"
"Now I will take my leave, seeing as you are happy in your world there is no need for me to bring you back, and don't worry, I will continue to send Twilight and her friends adventurers to the same people Discord did, if only to make sure that you can at least know how they are."
Tears started to fall from Anthony's eyes, "Thank you Princess Celestia, I will never forget your kindness."
"Good bye Anthony, I hope that you have a wonderful life." With that, Anthony felt that Celestia's presence was gone.
Anthony wiped away his tears and continued to live his life to the fullest. And true to her word, Celestia helped the show continue and even though Anthony knew he would never see his friends in person again, he was happy to know that they were all still living their lives happily and that was enough for him.