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// Epilogue 
// Story: The Last Stand of the Alicorns 
// by ihaveofficiallyretired 
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An unusual noise brought Princess Celestia back to the present.  It sounded like some kind of siren, and after several seconds, a large blue box appeared before her in the castle.  Out stepped The Doctor and Ditzy Doo.

“Your Majesty,” said The Doctor, and both he and his assistant bowed before the princess, now ruler of Equestria.

“Doctor.  How long it has been since I saw you last.”  The princess left her throne and descended the steps to greet The Doctor properly.

“Meh.  Wibbly wobbly timey wimey.  I last saw you only a few minutes ago.  Admittedly, you and Princess Luna were fillies.”

“So Doctor, I never did find out who our mysterious ‘killer’ was.”

“Ah yes.  Well, there wasn’t really a killer.  You remember the tower collapse, yes?”  The princess nodded.  “That was it.  ‘Originally’ you and Luna were supposed to be in the tower when it collapsed.  Well, it was never supposed to collapse.  A draconequus brought back a particularly drunk pony with the intent to cause trouble.  It ended up with a weapons warehouse exploding, sending catapult ammo hurtling toward your bedroom.  The plan kind of backfired though, it lead to a few alicorns fleeing to other parts of the world.”

“So, there are others?  I had no idea…”

“I don’t know where they are, or if they will ever reveal themselves.  Anyway, we just wanted to make sure everything turned out the way it was supposed to.”

“Well, it seems that you have done well.”  It was then that Luna entered the court.

“Celestia, who are you tal-“  She stopped and noticed first the large blue box in the middle of the room.  Then her attention went to The Doctor.

“Hello there.  Glad to see you’re still here as well.”

Luna looked at The Doctor in confusion.  “So…you really were from the future.”

“Uh-huh,” started Ditzy, “and guess what they had in the past: MUFFINS!”

The Doctor looked at his assistant, and she started towards the TARDIS as if The Doctor had crushed all her hopes and dreams.  “Well, this is where we part.  We have other things that we need to attend to.”  The Doctor procured a piece of paper, of which had WEEPING PEGASUS, 20 MI W BALTIMARE - COLGATE written across it.  “If this is what she thinks it is, then time is of the essence.  Goodbye princesses.”  The Doctor and his assistant entered the TARDIS and departed. 

“Well, that was nice,” remarked Luna as she left the court, probably to go to get ready to raise the moon.

Princess Celestia gathered a pen and paper and began to write.

My dearest student,

Your questions are good and justified.  I can tell you that Luna and I are not the only alicorns in Equestria, but most are in hiding.  There is more that I could tell you, but I would much prefer to tell you in person.  I understand your current predicament, but if ever you find yourself in Canterlot, feel free to drop by and I will tell you everything.

Your ever-loving teacher,

Princess Celestia