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// Epilog: A Lovely Home 
// Story: Moondancer's Spoiled Rich Reform Test Trial 
// by Nebbie 
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Spoiled comes home, having been gone a month. Diamond Tiara will barely look at her.

Spoiled breaks down into tears, apologizing.

Filthy Rich is shocked, urges Tiara to hug her mother.

The filly reluctantly agrees.

Spoiled says she'll make it all better by getting to know Diamond's friends.

Diamond says nothing.

Spoiled says it'll be a long road.



When morning came, I felt to my side where Lightning Dust should be, but found just the sheets. I opened my eyes and looked over, and she was sitting on the toilet, with the seat down.

"Hey...Spoiled?" she asked with a solemn look.

"Yeah?" I asked, having a feeling I knew what she was gonna say.

She looked right in my eyes. "You were...you were alright, ya know? I'm gonna miss ya."

It wasn't much, but it was something. "Hmph, and I suppose you aren't entirely terrible. Make sure to give the next mare a taste of Tartarus for me, it's only fair."

She chuckled as Moondancer and some guards approached. "Well, get goin' before I cry or somethin' and look weak in front of the stallions!"

I slowly got out of bed with a groan. "Already? I have to piss so bad!"

Lightning lost it.

I looked at her, confused, and noticed that the others were staring at me too. It took me a moment to realize I'd said the worst swear since the time Filthy surprised me with an unlubricated feather duster in my rear while I was trying to clean. I began to blush slightly and trotted to Moondancer. "Right, well, I think I've had enough of this place, and I'm sure I can hold it a little while."

Moondancer nodded and escorted me out.

As we left, Lightning was still caught in a fit of laughter, snorting a bit. I can't say for certain that she broke wind, but I really hope she at least didn't wet herself...would be quite embarrassing to manage to do so on a toilet. Good thing the guards aren't the mocking sort.

I pondered a moment about who would replace me. "So, will she get another cellmate?"

Moondancer nodded. "Do you recall the, erm, magical outage last week?"

I recalled the few days we were kept in our cells while all the guards save one left. "Yeah...what was that all about? I take it Equestria was in danger to yet another villain with too much time on their hands that wanted to take over? Seems like it's a monthly occurrence."

"That villain was a crazy filly. She acted all sweet and playful, but she was scheming with Tirek to use magical artifacts to drain all magic and take over the world from Twilight's school. The princesses were hesitant, but I convinced them it was worth a shot with how well you did. Besides, the filly is just a pegasus, so what's the worst that could happen?" Moondancer gave a little smirk that made me very uncomfortable.

I shuddered a bit thinking about what kind of filly could plot with that monstrosity, and how Lightning would probably try to seduce her...and maybe succeed. "Well, sounds like she would...suit her."

"We'll see." Moondancer said coldly.

I made a mental note to avoid this facility for at least the next month.



After the handover to the guards in a fancy airborne carriage, I took a moment to realize just how much I missed a little bit of privacy. Nopony was looking at me! I briefly considered opening a window to relieve myself in the manner Lightning Dust insisted was best, with a hope that ponies below aren't looking up, but decided that I had indulged myself far too much in antics like hers. Ponyville wasn't that far, anyways.

Once on the ground again, I came face to face with my husband, and a sad-looking Diamond Tiara. I rushed over and gave them both a hug. "I'm so sorry!"

Filthy sighed and patted me. He didn't say anything, which told me he was trying to hide that he was crying.

Diamond, however, was not so quiet. "Mom, it's okay, really! I missed you... Just...please don't hurt me again, okay? Dad said you'd get better."

That one made Filthy sniffle. Foals are so innocent. She probably didn't even know I was drunk at the time. "I promise, sweetheart, and I did. How about we all go home and play a board game? Something we can all enjoy."

Diamond broke the hug. "Uh, mom? I thought you said those games were for foals?"

Silly me to underestimate, a filly's memory, let alone my own offspring. I instinctively reached for an excuse before settling on something relatively close to the truth instead. "Right, well, I just think we need to do something together, so we can be more of a family again." I broke the hug hesitantly, hoping Filthy had finished with his few tears.

He smiled a bit and looked between of us. "Agreed. Glad you're back, sweetheart. Perhaps I should find out just what horrible experiments they did to get you acting this way later!"

I thought about slapping him right then and there for such a demeaning joke, but instead chuckled and came up with a witty reply. "Oh, I'm afraid you'll need to do quite a bit to make me part with the secrets of Mistress Moondancer the Magnificent and her array of high-class techniques. Maybe we can see later." I finished with a wink, which got him blushing very, very slightly.

Diamond clearly didn't get it, giving me a confused look. "Mom, let's go, you're acting like Apple Bloom after she's had too much cider, but without the burps."

"That's only cause I haven't had a breakfast fit for a princess yet!" I replied, making both facehoof slightly as we got trotting. Our lovely home wasn't far away, and was absolutely spotless when I arrived, indicating that Filthy had realized for once just how much I meant to him. I gave him a thankful smooch.