//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: A Desert Tale // by Seanessy //------------------------------// “So that’s what all the fuss was about?” the white unicorn asked sitting in the hospital bed, her leg almost completely back to normal thanks to a shot and some special herbs from Zecora. “Hehehe, eeeeyup! But Ah learned my lesson, first place don’t qualify who Ah am. My friends and family will be proud of me no matter what.” Applejack admitted, blushing. “Annnnnnnnd?” Pinkie raised an eyebrow. “And never try and find mah way outta a Pinkie Promise!” The gang shared a laugh. “Sorry again for leaving you, guys, I don’t know what we were thinking,” Twilight said, “Although if SOMEPONY had turned back when I told her to then maybe this wouldn’t have happened.” The purple unicorn raised an eyebrow at Rainbow Dash who blushed and put a hoof behind her head. “Hehehehe… Sorry, guys!” “It’s quite alright, darling; it was… a rather enlightening experience.” “Oh? Anything worth writing to the princess?” Twilight asked. “Actually, now that you mention it, yes. Spike! Take a letter, darling.” Spike pulled out some parchment and quill. Rarity cleared her throat and everyone had their eyes and ears on her. “Dear Princess Celestia, I learned that sometimes you can find yourself in a situation with little to no hope. You will come upon challenges in your life that make you feel as if you can’t go on. But Pinkie Pie taught me that, although all odds seem against you, and life seems unfair, sometimes the best way to get through it is to smile and tell yourself that everything will be alright. Your faithful student, Rarity.” The pink pony smiled and Twilight nodded as Spike sent the letter off to the princess. “Alright, ya’ll, let’s get outta here and let Miss Rarity rest on up!” All of the ponies left, except Pinkie Pie. Rarity smiled at her. “Thank you, Pinkie Pie…for giving me the hope I needed to go on.” Tears welled up in the corner of her eyes and the two equines hugged. “There’s one thing I don’t get though. You almost let that train hit you, darling. Why?” “Well, I couldn’t make you laugh with jokes or my clever rhymes, so I thought maybe physical humor would get you to crack a smile.” “All that just to get me to laugh?” “Element of LAUGHTER…duh!” said the pink pony as she giggled. Rarity raised an eyebrow and shook her head. She couldn’t believe she actually learned a friendship lesson from somepony with such an eccentric thought process. “Seeing you hurt wouldn’t have been funny Pinkie… so I guess we could say your joke would’ve been… a TRAINWRECK!” The unicorn laughed at her own joke. She looked at the pink pony who shot her a bemused look. “Whyyyyy dontcha just let me stick to the joke making?” “Of course, darling.” The two mares shared a laugh and hugged each other tightly. “But ya know what still gets me, Rarity? That raincloud.” “Oh, right, so peculiar. It was gone as quickly as it came too.” “Guess it’s just one of those things we’ll never know.” ****************************** Princess Celestia sighed happily as she sipped her tea. In a nearby open window, a raincloud drifted in. The elegant alicorn raised an eyebrow and approached the cloud. She tapped it gently, and a gray pegasus, with a blonde mane popped from the cloud and looked around. Princess Celestia smiled and shook her head. “Somepony got turned around again, didn’t they?” “Princess Celestia? Awh, did I take this cloud to Canterlot instead of Ponyville again?” “Yes, Derpy, I believe you did.” Derpy smacked her forehead with her hoof and the princess laughed. “I just don’t know what went wrong!” The End