//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: LEGO Equestria Girls 2 // by Chronicler06 //------------------------------// Epilogue Back in Equestria, Princess Twilight Sparkle’s pony friends — Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity — waited patiently near the Crystal Mirror within its secret room in her castle. When she and Spike had left for the Lego World, the five friends had agreed to take turns watching the portal to ensure that Twilight would have at least one of her friends there to greet her whenever she would return. However, now that they were approaching three days since her departure, all five ponies had decided to start waiting together. Twilight had promised that she and Spike wouldn’t be gone for long, so it was understandable that they would start getting concerned after a few days. In addition to the five mares, the engineer stallion Rusty Wrench also waited beside the Crystal Mirror. Twilight had instructed him to constantly watch the machinery he had constructed to open the portal and make sure that it would stay open until she returned. For him, it had definitely been a long three days. Fortunately, Fluttershy and Rarity had been kind and generous enough to keep him comfortable and well fed. And with Applejack and Pinkie Pie keeping watch overnight, he was able to get some rest with the assurance that if anything went wrong, he would be immediately woken to deal with the problem right away. By the middle of the afternoon, the six gathered ponies were steadily growing anxious when something suddenly flew out of the mirror. Everypony immediately snapped their attention towards the object, but then some of them raised an eyebrow when they saw that it was nothing more than a simple red baseball cap. Interestingly, the front of it appeared to be customized with the word “LEGO” embroidered on it. As everyone stared at the mysterious hat, Fluttershy asked uncertainly, “Should we send it back?” It was right at that moment that a fully loaded book cart came through the portal, immediately followed by a certain lavender alicorn and purple baby dragon. The instant they came through, the book cart went over the steps in front of the Crystal Mirror and toppled over, causing Twilight to lose her grip on the handle and fall over onto all four hooves. “Twilight!” exclaimed the five mares excitedly as they quickly rushed over to their friend and embraced her in a group hug. Twilight smiled warmly as she returned the hug to all of her friends. Once they broke off the hug, she calmly explained, “Sorry for being away for a few days. Things turned out to be a lot more difficult than I had anticipated, but my Lego friends and I were able to defeat the sirens and save the Lego World.” “That’s a relief,” said Rarity. “I simply can’t imagine how horrible things might have turned out for the Lego World had you not assisted them.” “Believe me, the sirens came extremely close to succeeding,” said Twilight. “In fact, I don’t think we could’ve had any chance of stopping them if we didn’t have Sunset Shimmer around to help us.” “Whoa, whoa, whoa!” Rainbow Dash suddenly spoke up. “You’re saying that Sunset Shimmer actually helped you beat the bad guys?” “In more ways than one,” replied Twilight with a proud smile and a nod. “And the best part is that, thanks to her efforts, she will not be going back to prison. Instead, she’ll only be on probation for a year.” “Well Ah’ll be,” remarked Applejack in astonishment with a smile. “That girl really has turned her life around, hasn’t she?” “Alright! It worked!” Spike shouted excitedly as he picked up the hat that had come through the portal a moment earlier. He quickly put the red cap on his head and was pleasantly surprised to find that not only did it still fit his drake cranium, but also felt like it was now made out of soft fabric instead of solid plastic. When everypony gave him confused looks, he simply shrugged and said, “What can I say? I really like this hat!” Twilight just smiled and rolled her eyes. Behind the Princess of Friendship, Rusty Wrench asked uncertainly, “So, uh, now that you’re back, should I shut this thing off?” Twilight glanced back at Rusty, then smiled and replied, “Don’t worry, I got this.” She levitated the magic journal out of its slot on the apparatus. With the power source gone, all of the complex machinery quickly shut down, sealing off the portal between the two alternate universes. As she picked up the book cart and levitated all of the dumped books back onto it, she asked, “Did this apparatus remain functional the entire time I was away?” “Well, it did shut down twice due to some minor breakdowns,” admitted Rusty, “but I was able to get it all fixed and back up and running within an hour for both incidents.” “Thank you very much,” said Twilight with a nod of approval. “I’ll be sure to call you over the next time I need to open the portal. For now, you’re free to return home.” “Thanks,” said Rusty contently as he hefted his saddlebags full of tools onto his back. “And feel free to drop by my workshop if you ever happen to visit Las Pegasus. Bye, girls!” He gave one final smile at the group of friends, then turned away and began heading out of the castle. Once she had properly put all of the books back on the book cart, Twilight placed her magic journal on top of it and pushed the cart ahead with her magic. “What’s all this for?” asked Rainbow Dash as she raised an eyebrow. “Study material on everything about the Lego World,” answered Twilight. “Now that I wasn’t in a serious rush to get home, I decided to take the time to collect all of the really important texts to help me better understand how the Lego World works, and compare the differences and similarities it shares with Equestria.” “Are you sure they won’t mind you taking all these books?” asked Fluttershy. “Of course it’s okay with them,” replied Twilight. “After all, it was their Celestia who gave these to me.” Applejack chucked and quipped, “Ah guess some things never change, do they?” Twilight couldn’t help but giggle at Applejack’s remark as she led her friends out into the hallway. Once the room containing the Crystal Mirror was empty, Twilight turned back to the doorway and repeated the secret knock on the floor. Once that knock was completed, the blocks of the surrounding walls began to shift around, grinding against each other as they automatically formed themselves into a solid wall between the room and the hallway. Within a few seconds, the final block slid back into place — the one she had initially pushed in to open the door. As she walked back to the book cart, she remarked, “Always remember to close the door on your way out. Especially if it’s a secret door.” As Twilight pushed her book cart over to the library, Pinkie Pie pranced beside her and excitedly asked, “Are you gonna tell us everything about what you and our Lego-selves did to save to world from the sirens? I bet you guys did all kinds of fun things! Like teaming up with pirates, or Spike building a double-decker couch, or Lego-me getting her head stuck inside a trashcan, or even—” “Whoa, there, Pinkie,” Twilight suddenly said. “I’ll get around to all of that. For now, I’d just like to relax and enjoy being back in Equestria with all of you.” As Twilight’s pony friends followed her towards the castle’s library, they all said various words of agreement. Although they were certainly very eager to hear all about Twilight’s latest adventure in the Lego World, there was no denying how glad they were to have their friend back home, safe and sound. Click. Adagio Dazzle had a bitter look on her face as she picked up yet another medium grey 2x4 brick and placed it on the unfinished wall. Clack. She and her two companions, Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk, were slowly rebuilding the walls of LEGO Maximum Security Prison under the close watch of a few security guards. Click. The three of them were wearing orange prison jumpsuits and had their wrists bound by handcuffs. At least they were able to keep their hair pieces in their usual style. Clack. Adagio paused as she picked up another grey Lego brick and stared at it. “All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall,” she grumbled before placing that brick on the wall. Click. “We were so close,” continued Adagio in frustration. “We were so close! We could’ve had every single person in the world catering to our every demand. Instead, those insolent Master Builders just had to keep standing in our way!” Clack. While Sonata continued adding bricks to the wall, Aria paused as she faced away from Adagio. The violet former siren frowned and furrowed her brow as she heard the group’s self-proclaimed leader continue her rant. “And that’s not even the worst part,” continued Adagio. “We had the power to stop them, even at the last minute. But who is it that took us down with great power that suddenly came out of nowhere?” Click. “Shimmer,” spat Adagio. “How did she of all people suddenly become a Master Builder just like that?! She was supposed to be a hated felon with no creative talents whatsoever! It makes no sense!” Clack. “And now she’s granted freedom with nothing more than a slap on the wrist, while we’re the ones who get to rot in jail for the rest of our lives. I swear, if we ever get out of this miserable dump, I’ll—” Finally fed up, Aria growled loudly and shouted, “Stop complaining already!” With the grey 2x2 brick in her hands, she smacked Adagio’s head right off her body. She then shoved that brick onto Adagio’s neck joint and grumbled, “Brick-head.” Adagio screamed as her head came back down and landed on the ground a few paces behind her still-standing body. Sonata suddenly started laughing out loud as she clutched her sides. “That is so funny!” she exclaimed between giggles. “Because you took off her head, and replaced it with a brick!” Her laughter now became so uncontrollable that she collapsed to the ground and started rolling around while still clutching her sides. Aria frowned down at Sonata with displeasure, but when she glanced back at Adagio’s body with a brick for a head, she couldn’t help but crack a smile and let out a light chuckle. “Hey. That is kinda funny,” she quipped. She then joined with her own laughter, though unlike the blue former siren, she remained composed enough to stay standing. While the two girls continued laughing at Adagio’s expense, her body crossed her arms while her head glared at them and grumbled, “You two are just the worst.” Sunset Shimmer was enjoying another bright sunny day in City Park of Canterlot City as she sat down on a bench that offered a clear view of the horse statue not far away. She looked down at her magic journal resting on her lap and smiled as she read the latest entry from Princess Twilight. She turned the page over to a blank page and, with a pen in her hand, she began writing. Dear Princess Twilight, Missing you already, and I hope you’ll be back soon. Things are definitely looking up for me here in the Lego World. But I know I still have a lot to learn about friendship. Hope you don’t mind if I write to you for advice when I need it. Your friend, Sunset Shimmer. With her message complete, Sunset glanced up and saw Rainbow Dash walking up the path towards her. “Hey, Sunset!” greeted Rainbow excitedly. “Word’s getting out about how much our band rocked that night, and people wanna hear more from us! Our first gig is right at the other side of the park tomorrow afternoon, and we could use someone like you as lead singer. What do ya say?” Sunset glanced back down at the message she had just written, then closed the book and smiled at Rainbow. “Count me in,” she answered as she got up from the bench and followed Rainbow down the path. After everything that had happened over the past week — rising from a hated felon to an admired Master Builder — Sunset couldn’t be more pleased with her new lease on life. Inside a dimly-lit room in an unknown location, a mysterious stranger in a standard astronaut suit stared at a board on the wall. Posted on this board were various notes; pictures of a spaceship over a castle, a flying train, a submarine stranded on a beach, and a pirate ship in a city harbor; a blueprint of the dark broadcasting towers; and a map of Canterlot City with City Park circled in red. As the stranger continued staring at the board, the only noise to be heard was the faint hissing of the suit’s breathing system. Crash! “My bad!” called out the voice of a boy, followed by the clacking of Lego pieces being put back together. After a few seconds, the voice spoke up again. “Y’know, you don’t have to keep wearing that thing. You’re not exactly out in public right now.” As the boy resumed fixing whatever he had accidentally destroyed, the stranger waited a few seconds before finally disconnecting the helmet with a light hiss and lifting it off. Once he was done building, the purple-skinned boy with a red cap on his head walked over to the stranger and asked, “So, uh, anything new lately?” The stranger had lavender skin, a hair piece that was tied up in a bun and colored dark blue with a violet and magenta streak down the middle, and wore a pair of black thick-rimmed glasses. “No doubt about it, Spike,” said Twilight Sparkle of the Lego World. “There’s definitely some strange things going on…”