//------------------------------//
// Epilogue: Returning Home 
// Story: If Rainbow Dash was in... FALL GUYS 
// by RushingWind-01 
//------------------------------//

A drone placed Rainbow Dash on the Plinth of the Winner's Ceremony. She looked around and saw the 59 other contenders on a grandstand. The ones who were eliminated before the final were watching the contestants who qualified throughout the show and cheered for the big winner.

"Aw, thank you, thank you. But you guys did great too!", Rainbow Dash said humbly. And then, two drones brought a crown to the winner. They placed it on Rainbow Dash's head. "Wow! Does that crown mean that I won?" She almost started to cry out of joy.

A Fall Guy on a hovering platform came to Rainbow Dash. "Yes, it's true. You won the show, and therefore the crown.", they said.

"Whoa! Who are you?", Rainbow Dash asked.

"I am Bert, the announcer of this amazing show. I have been watching all those Fall Guys for one year now, and we got so many winners. I heard of one Fall Guy who won the show eleven times, and he even won Fall Mountain, our main Final Round, once.", he said.

"Ha, that must be a really good one if he won eleven times. This one was just my first.", Rainbow Dash said.

"True. And you showed what you got, and proved that you are the best.", Bert said, "You deserved the crown, um..."

"Rainbow Dash. The pleasure is mine.", she said.

"That's a nice name. And it suits you, I must say. Let's see if I can make a costume for a Fall Guy that's similar to you. After all, many winners as well as costume creators had many ideas for cool costumes already, like Cuphead, Chell or Sonic. Heck, one Fall Guy even heard of a famous livestreamer, and they made a costume dedicated to him too.", Bert said.

"That sounds cool.", Rainbow Dash said.

"It is.", Bert said, "Is there anything that we can do for you, my dear winner?"

Rainbow Dash remembered how she fell into the portal, out of her own world. Applejack must be worried sick about her, and so must be her other friends...

"I... I got here through a portal... Can you help me to get home to Ponyville?", she asked.

"A portal? Oh. Looks like my younger brother was playing with the Portal-O-Tron again. Hold on a second." Bert flew off and returned later with a ray cannon in his hand. He fired it, and a portal to Ponyville opened. "I can't tell where the portal will spit you out, but I do hope we meet again for another round.", Bert said happily.

"Maybe. Thanks for the experience.", Rainbow Dash said, winked, and jumped into the portal.





Applejack, Twilight, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were in the forest, looking for Rainbow Dash.

"It just makes no sense! She can't be further away than this!", Applejack said, irritated and worried.

"Hey, don't be angry, Applejack. I'm sure we will find her soon.", Fluttershy said softly.

Suddenly, Pinkie Pie's tail shook frantically. "Ooh, my Pinkie Sense is acting up."

Applejack looked to Pinkie. "Can y'all please stop worrying about your tail and instead help me to find--"

Applejack's sentence was interrupted when Rainbow Dash fell down and crashed onto her. "Hey, guys. What are you doing?", Rainbow Dash said.

"Rainbow!" Everyone save for Applejack hugged Rainbow Dash happily, glad that she was safe.

"We were so worried about you. Where have you been?", Fluttershy asked before she untied Rainbow Dash's wings.

"Yeah! Applejack took us through all of this forest, looking for you!", Pinkie Pie said frantically.

"Speak of the devil... Get off me, Rainbow!", Applejack squeezed out.

Rainbow Dash got up and hovered up so Applejack could get up. "Heh, sorry, Applejack.", Rainbow Dash said in excuse.

Twilight noticed the golden crown on Rainbow's head. "Rainbow? Where did you get that crown from? I didn't remember seeing it when we last saw you.", she asked.

"That's... a long story. I'll tell you everything when we head home.", Rainbow said.

And as the five ponies headed for their home, Rainbow Dash told them everything. About the portal, the show, and even about her winning the Final...

And soon, one Fall Guy would wear a costume which looks just like her, dedicated to the winner of the latest installment of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout...