Marginalia - App Stories and Odds and Ends from Ponyville Ciderfest

by Nyronus

Scattered Pages Coda - Closing

Fizzy was a simple kirin. She had many interests and talents, things she loved, things that annoyed her, and many places she’d been, and on this day, she found herself alone, seated at a table. In her magic was held a book, and on her face was a soft smile.

“Wha’cha reading?”

Fizzy looked up and blinked in surprise.

“Oh, uh… a book?” Her smile became sheepish.

The pony laughed as she pulled in across from her. “I know that. What kind of book? I love the cover! It’s very pretty.” The pony’s smile was warm and curious.

Fizzy’s expression softened as she put the book down. She ran a hoof over the cover and gave that soft smile again. “Friends of mine… well, they kind of wrote it. It’s sort of a book of memories from an adventure we all had together.”

“Oooh! An adventure.” The mare’s eyebrows waggled in excitement. “Tell me more!”

Fizzy giggled. “It’s a bit of a long story.”

“I’ve got time!” The mare grinned. “If you don’t mind, that is.”

Fizzy leaned forward and her smile became a grin. After all, there was little Fizzy loved more than sharing joy with others. “Alright, buckle in, then,” Fizzy said, getting comfortable. “So it all started when I was asked to help with a convention…”

The two talked on into the afternoon, and while there were no lights, no portals, and no characters leaping from pages, a kind of magic happened. Fizzy shared her story – her thoughts and feelings, her regrets and triumphs – and in doing so, part of her story found new life in another. Even if Fizzy never saw this mare again, that story would live on in her. Coming to her in idle moments, springing to mind in conversation, falling into her considerations. On and on.

Stories beget stories. What we do, and what we say, and what we dream lives on in others.

And there are always more pages to be written.

Author's Note:

This story was written both to as a coda to the Scattered Pages book - an end note of sorts to the thematic ideas of the book and the con itself - but it was also written very pointedly as my thank you letter to the dozens and dozens of people who made this project a reality.

We truly went on an adventure, friends, and the stories we told will live on in all we share them with. This project has been a dream of mine for a year since Vivid asked me to help lead it, and you all granted me the gift of making that dream real. So, from the bottom of my heart - thank you.

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