Soon enough Danny was discharged from the hospital- doctors were still baffled as to how the colt healed so fast. His wing healed up and his burns were almost clear, and fur on that side of his body was already growing back. Eventually all that was left was a scar that got progressively smaller over the weeks post being discharged. The white coat was restored.
In what became one of the most followed court cases in Equestrian history, Blueblood was eventually found guilty unanimously. His horn was turned over to Zecora, who whipped up potent potions into multiple doses to be taken over a month, each dose once a week. It was sent to Strawberry Blossom, who had a business that was beginning to flourish yet again.
One quiet and sunny Saturday morning, Danny, Sam, and Tucker ventured into Ponyville. All of them were carrying a towel on their back. They made their way to Twilight Sparkle's library and knocked on the door. Twilight answered the door a second later. She had a bag that carried a towel and goggles. "Hi guys!"
"Hey Twilight. Are we waiting for anypony else to go to the lake with us?" Sam asked. Twilight opened the door wider.
"Come in. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie are already waiting. We're just waiting for the rest." she said. The two she mentioned were sitting on the floor by their bags, playing a card game Tucker had introduced them to from Earth. Pinkie Pie had on comically large swimming flippers and snorkling equipment already and Fluttershy had a pink towel by her. Spike was impatiently pacing back and forth, waiting to go swimming already. They looked up and smiled.
"Hi guys!" Pinkie Pie said with a wave.
"How are you all?" Fluttershy asked. Danny grinned.
"Never been better. Ghosts are taken care of and I get to relax and go swimming for a day. What more could I want?" he asked. Rarity's voice came.
"We're here!" the unicorn called. She, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash came in. Rarity was wearing a gorgeous sunhat that was blue and had a yellow ribbon tied around the base, which swept down past the brim of the hat in the back. She was carrying a royal blue towel with yellow trim. "Am I the looker of the lake or what?"
Applejack rolled her eyes. "Aren't y'all going swimming? That hat won't do you much good if you're swimming."
"Oh, pish-posh, Applejack. You can all have your fun, but I have no desire to trounce into a dirty old lake with icky fish swimming around. I will just be relaxing and sunbathing."
"Then what do you need a towel for?" Rainbow Dash asked. Rarity scoffed.
"Surely you don't expect me to just sit down on an uncleaned beach chair, do you? The towel will add to the beauty and protect my beautiful coat."
Silence met her and then Twilight smiled. "Well, let's get going. We finally get a break after the whole fiasco and Danny's healed up. I spent hours making a schedule that would adhere to me having time in my schedule to have a schedule today to go swimming!"
Spike sighed. "I didn't know you had to put together three schedules just to go swimming. Now c'mon!"
The day that went by at the lake seemed all too fast. Rainbow Dash kept having fun flying up and then diving as fast as she could into the water and then turning and launching herself into the air like a rocket out of the water. Twilight would occasionally document creatures she saw in the lake, and Fluttershy spent a lot of the time feeding or playing with some of the animals that resided by the water. Danny would sometimes turn invisible and sneak behind somepony and splash them- but after the first couple of times they caught onto telling when he was trying this and splashed him before he could splash them.
Rarity went between snoozing and reading on her towel. Spike was having a blast playing in the water and once or twice convinced Rainbow Dash to take him on her back when she did a dive in the water for fun. Eventually the baby dragon was tired out by all the exercise in swimming, and after drying off, curled up next to Rarity, who had already fallen asleep while sunbathing.
When the evening came, they agreed it was time to pack up. Spike yawned. "What a great day. We gotta do this more often and-" The dragon began to cough and gagged. He burped and not one, but two letters burst out of his mouth. Twilight picked one of them up- it was from Strawberry Blossom. She opened it and read aloud.
"Dear Beloved Friends,
I can't thank you enough. I'm onto my last dose of magic restorer from Zecora. I sent a letter of thanks to her and decided you all deserved a thank you as well. My business is booming again, though it wasn't easy at all without magic. And now my life is returning to normal again after those years of torture. Without you, I could've never gotten my life back. I am forever indebted to you and please, come to me for strawberries whenever you need them. No charge.
P.S. Look at the photos I sent you in the envelope.
Love, Lady Strawberry Blossom."
Applejack smiled. "Now, ain't that heartwarming? Let's look at the pictures."
Twilight pulled out five photos from inside the envelope. The first one said Before First Treatment, and had a picture of her horn still in a short stump. The next one said First Treatment, and the stump on her head had nearly doubled in size. The third said Second Treatment, and the horn began to narrow down and elongated. The fourth said Third Treatment, and all that was left in the horn to be filled with the tiny tip. The last said Projected Finish by Next Week, and it was the same photo as the last one, except only she doodled in the last part of the horn. It was a crude drawing, wobbly drawing, and she added at the bottom, "P.S. that was drawn with magic. It took a lot of trying, but I did it. My magic should be fully restored by next week."
Sam grinned. "Aww, a happy ending. And usually I hate those in stories. But seeing as this is real life and not a story...I should stop talking. I've already beaten up my goth indifference as it is."
Twilight picked up the other letter. It was labeled From The Desk of Princess Celestia. Twilight read the first couple of lines and then gasped. "It's for your parents, Danny." she said. She passed it to Danny, who opened it curiously with his hooves and read.
"Dear Doctor Madeline Fenton and Doctor Jack Fenton,
We have begun to create Equestria's very own ghost portal for scientific study in Canterlot. We would like your help instructing and watching over the construction of the portal. Seeing as you're now Equestrian citizens, I'd like to commission our first doctors on ghosts to help with the building. Please send a letter of reply in a few days.
From the Desk of Princess Celestia."
Danny shuddered. "Why do I get the feeling this whole portal thing isn't going to go as desired?"
"Relax. What could go wrong? We would know what to avoid after the first time with you." Rainbow Dash said. Danny shrugged nervously.
"I dunno...I just have a strange feeling about this..."