Hours later, everypony, from all over Equestria, and Twilight, her friends, Snowshy, Lunar Ebony Blade, were just outside Canterlot, in a big area, as everypony sat down, and Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Twilight, and her friends, Lunar Ebony Blade, and Snowshy, all stood in front of everpony, as Twilight, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash had Darkness's sword in their hooves, and put it on a table nearby as Princess Celestia went to podium first, and said, "Before I say anything else, I would like, Princess Luna, to say what she wants to, she has the right after all that has happened today."
Princess Celestia stepped back, and Princess Luna stepped forward as she was now wearing Darkness's soul crystal, on her, in the form of a necklace, and she said, as she began to tear up a little, "Everypony, today, as you know, Bolverk has been defeated, and permanently banished from this world.... But I lost my husband in the process, but he fought, and gave up even his life, so that we all, can continue to live, and grasp hold of this future we have been given. So I ask you all, don't let his sacrifice go in vain, let us continue to live, and let's start out today, making and building a future, worth telling throughout the ages, and as my husband wished, that one day, all species of ponies, and creatures alike, will set aside their differences, and all get along, and accept each other for who they are, not for what they look like, or what species they are. So I only hope, that one day, his final wish for this world, can be realized someday...thank you."
Everypony in the audience, had either been tearing up, or was crying at this point, as they all clapped their hooves a little, and went quiet, as Princess Celestia stepped up to the podium, and said, "Today is a day of mixed blessings, for on this day, Equestria has been saved from total annihilation, but at the loss, of somepony, I know, we all respected, and looked up to. Darkness faced much hardship in his life, but he didn't let that get in the way, of seeing what was truly important. I, for one, want to realize his last wish for this world, so I ask you all, that someday, we can, together, realize that dream! Let us remember today, for what we have all gained, and what we have lost, on this day, it shall be a holiday, a day of rest, a day of remembrance, today shall be forever be known as 'Darkness Day', where we will celebrate our victory on this day, but remember the heavy cost of what was taken away from all of us, in order for us, to continue to live, and keep this world safe. So, I ask you, let us never let his selfless sacrifice go in vain. I for one, considered Darkness, a close friend of mine, and he will be greatly missed, but not only did he, his friends, and his sister, give us a future, and a tomorrow, he gave us, the history, that we never knew. Let us learn, and let us continue to live, for him, for our friends, for each other, thank you all. And now, I think his friends, had something they want to say."
Princess Celestia stepped back, as everypony said or did nothing, they just paid attention, and listened, as Twilight went to the podium, and said, "I speak for myself, and my friends, because we all feel the same way, we all lost a friend, we deeply respected, and cherished. I only wish, that there could've been some other way, but in the end, we wouldn't have been victorious, if he hadn't been there, as he once said us, 'Only a sorcerer pony, can defeat a sorcerer pony, unless you have the same spell, embedded into your sword, or element of harmony, I'm afraid it's in my hooves now'." Twilight paused, as she began to tear up, and with her voice shaking up every now and then as she spoke, she continued, "In end, he knew what he had to do, and he knew that he had to be the one, to end it all, so let us always remember for what he, gave to us, and what he left behind for us all, let it not be in vain, thank you."
At this point, the crowd, was all crying, as Twilight stepped back, and Snowshy went up to the podium, and said, "My brother, even in his earlier years, was always unique, he wanted to be himself, and when society then, shunned him, and treated him badly, for that, he fell into despair, and fell victim to Darkness Night. When Darkness was returned to his original self, he once told me, 'I have caused so much pain in this world, if I have to give up my life, then so be it. It is the least I can do, I have a debt to repay, and I'll give anything, to keep those I love, and this world safe from harm.' My brother never stopped believing in a better world, a better place, with not one care for his own safety, he truly loved this world, and everything in it. So from now on, let us continue to live, and realize his final wish, thank you."
Everypony clapped their hooves together, through the tears, and Snowshy stepped back, as Lunar Ebony Blade came up to the podium, and everypony went quiet, as he began to speak, "I may be from a different world, and I may have not been here for very long, when this all started, but I have to say, Darkness was a one-of-a-kind friend, he knew what he had to do, he knew the risks, and he did it anyways, because that's how much he wanted to keep us all safe, so let us just realize his final wish, his dream, one day, thank you."
Everypony clapped their hooves a little, as Lunar Ebony Blade backed away from the podium, as Princess Celestia went up to the podium, and said, "Thanks to Darkness, Darkness's friends, and his sister, they have told me, where, he wanted to be buried, so if you will join us, on the highest hill, in the Unicorn Range, we hope to see you there, thank you." Everypony began to follow Princess Celestia and the others, and they all headed for the Unicorn Range, and 30 minutes later, they had all arrived, as everypony stood around Darkness's grave. His grave also had a large statue in front of it, as it had him holding his Katana in front of him, with a serious, but determined face. Just then, eight strong ponies, came slowly through the crowd, carrying a very large and beautiful casket of Darkness, as Darkness himself, was inside, as the top of the casket was opened, and his eyes closed, and his hooves crossed, close to his neck. The eight ponies, layed down the casket on the ground, right in front of the open hole, and Princess Celestia, said, "Before he is buried and layed to rest, for those you, that want to pay your respects, may do so now."
Everypony of all kinds, of different species, and even the changelings, Queen Chrysalis, the griffons, and the dragons showed up, to pay their respects. One by one, as everypony passed, flowers, ornate metals, prized possessions, were layed on the casket.
When Princess Luna got to the casket, she kissed Darkness's lips, one last time, and said, "I will always love you...rest in peace. I can't wait till we meet again, in our next life."
And with that, she moved on, sobbing a little, as Snowshy went up to the casket, hugged Darkness and said, "Thank you brother...for everything...I promise you...I will keep this world safe. I will never forget what you've done for us. I will miss you."
Snowshy then put a gem, with the color of her mane in the casket, beside Darkness's head, and moved on, and Twilight and her friends, went up to the casket, and each said something to Darkness, hugged him, and each put a a gem, each one the color of each one's coat, beside Darkness's head, as Twilight said, "Now, even in death, we will be there for you, rest in peace, Darkness, leave the rest to us."
Twilight and her friends then moved on. Lunar Ebony Blade went up to the casket, and said, "Thank you, for what you did for us all. Rest in peace."
And Lunar Ebony Blade put a gem, the color of his coat, in the casket beside Darkness's head, and moved on. After everypony got to pay their respects, Princess Celestia said, as everypony now was standing around the grave once more, "Princess Luna, I think you should be the one to give the order."
Princess Luna nodded, as she said through tearful eyes, "Thank you, my sister....You are free to put him to rest now."
The eight ponies, closed the casket, and picked it up, and carefully lowered the casket, into the open hole, and began to bury it, as Princess Celestia, said, "Darkness, rest in peace, may you find the joy and peace in the next life, as you did in this one. Farewell, we will never forget you." At this point, even Princess Celestia started crying, as everypony did as well, and after the hole was filled up, everypony went to the statue, and layed all sorts of flowers in front of it, and began to leave.
Queen Chrysalis, the changelings, and the dragons went up Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, and the others, and as Queen Chrysalis said, "Because I respected Darkness, and for what he stood for, we, the changelings, have agreed, not to attack for ten years, after that, we will be back, and will come for you all."
Princess Luna said, "Very well, and we will be ready for you."
Queen Chrysalis smirked, and gave an order, as she and the changelings began to leave, and the dragon lord stepped up, and said, "Because of Darkness's noble sacrifice, we hereby want to make an alliance with you all, if you ever need our help, just call us."
Princess Celestia said, "Thank you, and we accept, may we deepen our friendship together." The dragon lord nodded, and gave an order, as the dragons began to fly away.
Twilight and the others went up to Princess Luna, as Twilight said, "I can only imagine how you feel right now, but if you ever need anything, just call us."
Princess Luna said, "Thank you all, I really do appreciate it."
Twilight then said, "I heard Darkness talking about 'your children', what did he mean by that?"
Princess Celestia said nothing, and Princess Luna had to answer, and said, "I am pregnant, with two foals, and I found out, just before we got here, that I will having a colt, and a filly."
Princess Celestia then said, "I can only imagine, how happy Darkness was."
Princess Luna replied, "He was overjoyed, even though, at the time, we didn't know, what I was having."
Princess Celestia said, "But he would've been so happy nonetheless."
Princess Luna said, "I know he would've been. Now, if you don't mind, I think I'll just stay here for a while. And I want to take Darkness's sword sent to my home, if you don't mind." Princess Celestia nodded, and gave an order to a nearby guard, to send Darkness's sword, to Princess Luna's castle, and she was done giving the order, the others nodded, as they began to leave, as Princess Luna sat in front of the statue of Darkness, and sobbed.
Twilight said to Princess Celestia, "Will she be alright?"
Princess Celestia said, "I don't know, but she won't be for a while, in the meantime, I volunteered, to take on her duties, as Princess Of The Night, by raising, and lowering the moon, on top of my own duties, for as long as she needs."
Twilight said, "That's very kind of you, if we can help, in any way, let us know."
Princess Celestia said, "Thank you all, I'll let you all know soon, if I could use some assistance. Now, I must go, I need to get ready, to lower the sun, it's getting close to time, to raise the moon." As Princess Celestia finished speaking, she flew off, towards Canterlot.
Everypony else then left, except, for Snowshy, Twilight, and Lunar Ebony Blade, as Twilight asked Lunar Ebony Blade, "Now, that it's all over, and Equestria has been saved, and you have realized your true talent. And even recovered your family's sword, what will you do now? And where will you be staying? Are you going to stay here, in Equestria, or will you go back to the human world?"
Lunar Ebony Blade replied, "I have decided, I would rather stay here, than go back to the human world, there's nothing worthwhile for me, in the human world anymore anyways. And as far as what I will do now, I don't know, I guess I'll figure it out, as time goes on. However, I do know, I would like to rebuild my family's legacy, and home, someday."
As he finished speaking, Twilight said, "And I can say, for everypony, that we all would be very happy, to see that someday, and I'm sure, Darkness would be happy too."
Lunar Ebony Blade said, "He probably would be."
Just about then, Snowshy said, "Well, I think I'll go into a temporary hero retirement for a while, and enjoy some much-needed time, with my special somepony, see you all later!"
And with that, Snowshy flew off, and Lunar Ebony Blade left, as Twilight said to herself, "Today is new day, today, a brand new future, begins. With a true tomorrow in sight, we can work together, and keep this world safe, we owe it to Darkness, and to our friends. A brand new legacy begins, as now history, will finally know the truth, of the truth, that was kept from us." Twilight grew silent for a moment, and then began to walk home, and she then she said to herself, "Yes....a new day begins, and a new legacy, it has only just begun.....I can only wonder, what the future holds for us all..." Twilight said nothing else, as the sun began to lower, and the night sky filled the sky and the moon began to rise.