//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Epilogue // Story: My Little Mages: A Mask Of Insanity // by Masterofnone169 //------------------------------// Chapter 6: Epilogue The fields were very pretty at night time. Especially when you can still see the light coming from the Sweet Apple Acres barn. Of course today was almost an opposite to that. There was a lot of loud music, light, people and food all around the fields. It's been 3 days since the little, incident. And Pinkie was back to her usual cheery self again. After all this party was in her honour for her return. I was standing just to the side of the stage listen to the brilliance that Vinyl and Octavia could make together. Don't get me wrong, Both of there music is amazing. But like most magic out there, its power is stronger when it's together. And Vinyl Scratch and Octavia were no different. As Vinyl was messing about with all the holograms she produced to create the beats and syntheses. Octavia was making a chilled atomsphere with beautiful melodies from her cello. Over by the food stands I saw Mr and Mrs Cake fully prepared to serve food whenever someone asked for it, providing Pound and Pumpkin don't get to the food first. They had already chewed but nearly half of their back up food in case they ran out, funny how such young little creatures can have the same appetite as Pinkie. But the food did look amazing. Donuts, eclairs, pies and a 5 tiered chocolate cake. What was not to love. Everything was going so well and was planned amazingly that even to two royal Princesses arrived. "How is everything going Twilight." Said Princess Celestia with a rather happy smile on her face. "I feel great, never better as of fact." She probably would have replied if she didn't see the cake at food stand. Celestia was the most kind person ever besides Fluttershy, but only if cake isn't around. It's the one thing that no could stop her from doing anything, if cake was involved, she'd do it. Of course they have been a few incidents when it went a bit too far but, we are who we are and no one can stop use. Princess Luna simply face palmed herself and sighed. "Well, can't say I wasn't expecting that. By the way Twilight, I heard about an incident thou had with a certain 'Mask'." She glared at me for a few seconds unimpressed. "Yes Princess, we did." I got out my bag showed Luna the mask that had been causing all the trouble. She sighed again, only this time in repetitiveness. "Yes, I know of this mask. It was one created by Discord himself." I couldn't helped but feel a little bit surprised at what I heard. "I think we should find a place to sit and discuss it there." "I agree." Said Luna. She didn't smile, I think the only time I ever saw her smile was during Nightmare Night, her first ever night of fun. We found a small table over by a set of bushes and sat down. Then we starting talking. "Thou see Twilight. Discord may have been the king of chaos, but even he had limits. Not as in morals or standards. As in power. His favourite form of chaos was mortal chaos, arguments, wars, politics, the lot. But some people out there even he could not control. And so he created these masks, ones so that it would destroy the person from the inside out until it became a follower of him." She paused for a few seconds and started talking again. "I'm assuming all of the murders that have happened recently have all ending up okay. Shall I say 'Alive' again." She looked up to the stage. Octavia was the first victim and yet she was standing up there on the stage playing her best solo piece as if nothing happened. "Yes Princess. When Pinkie took the mask off she smashed it, then some strange vortex was swirling around it. Then she smashed it again and all of a sudden they all came to life." Luna must have known what the problem was, if it was a problem. "That easy to explain Twilight. Have you ever broke any of you magical equipment or even your staff?" I just simply nodded in happiness. I'm too organised to be able to break something. "I see. Well it's something that happens to any form of magical equipment. Once it's destroyed it rebuilds itself and reverse and for of death it has caused itself. Because the mask killed people it brought them back to life after being destroyed." Everything did make sense now. Luna must have seen that I understood and walked of. I could see her running to Celestia, looked as if she was hoarding all the cake again so Luna must be trying to stop her. I looked around for a bit. I could see Applejack dancing with Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy sort of hiding herself in a corner trying not to be noticed. Then I saw Pinkie Pie. I usual, she was jumping up and down and performing, once again another impossible for a physics. I then noticed Spike standing next to me. I didn't how long he had been there for, but it wasn't important. "Spike, take a letter." "With Pleasure." I cleared my throat the starting my letter. "Dear Princess Celestia." Before I could say anything else Spkie interrupted me. "Uuhhh Twilight, the Princess is over there." He pointed over to the food stand where I could see Luna trying to get Celestia away from the cake. And the I overheard for the first time ever, Celestia speaking the royal Canterlot voice. "THIS IS MY CAKE! AND I'M GANA EAT IT!" I just simply shaked my head and spoke again "I don't think she want to hear it at the moment to best to write it." "Okay." Said Spike getting ready to write. Dear Princess Celesta Curiosity might be important sometimes. But only if it's with the right thing. One thing that Pinkie couldn't seen to understand. Some things in this are better left unknown. I remember some wise words from a shaman I know. 'Curiosity kills the cat, and turns the most sweetest of people into rats'. Your Faithful student Twilight Sparkle