~ Epilogue ~
Tomorrow and Together
The couple awoke in the royal bedroom.
They were beneath the covers of the bed, muzzles brushing, breaths touching, eyes openings simultaneously. Little flutters to push the haze away, leaving, in the clarity, the face of the other upon waking. Smiles graced their lips, which leaned forward, giving the other a little peck.
Then came the creaking of wood.
Both of their heads rolled on the pillows to the view of Luna sitting on the other side of the room, seated on a stool with a filly in her arms, rocking Flurry in her sleep. It hadn't been often she was allowed such intimacy with a loved one. Wanting this had evoked guilt and less reason to visit.
Something she was greatly mistaken in having done.
Behind her loomed the expanse of the bedroom window, the sun resting in the horizon, inching upward in serenity. No rush asked or needed, the time taken allowing the room to slow down, breathe well, and feel free in the moment.
And even so slowly the sunlight came washing in, pouring over their lazy forms, the shifting of sheets delicious on the ears. Yawns broke the morning followed by tiny giggles. All comforted with the other on this Saturday morning.
All's well that ends well.
“You me be wondering why I decided to bring your daughter into the room, sleeping, as you two were doing the same.” Luna grinned with pained eyes that come in giving a disastrously surprise. “This is not a kindness for anyone but me and her. Something is underneath those covers which you will not like.”
Luna then looked down at the filly. “And I trust you will not scream upon finally getting Flurry to sleep.”
The couple threw off the covers to their bodies still being joined.
And Sombra, still the size of a mouse, stuck in a glass jar, atop the bedside dresser.
He cursed and raged from his cage, none paying in mind but Luna in, seeing the couple not scream—approaching the bed. She laid the filly next to her parents and picked up the glass, shaking it around, watching, her face giant through the glass, his body slamming around like a pinball.
“It would appear that you two were fused the second your eyes closed, meaning since it happened in the real world... this may very well be permanent.”
Shining and Cadance, screamed, to waking Flurry.