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// Epilogue: A New Journey Begins 
// Story: Sky Dancer, the First Flying Unicorn 
// by Scroll 
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Star Breeze nestled herself into the clouds to get herself comfortable. She stuffed part of the clouds under her neck to make a makeshift pillow. She then laid her back down upon the cloudy ground and "pillow" while facing up into the night sky. Star Breeze lifted up one hoof above her and squinted one eye shut as she measured the distance between the stars using her hoof as a marker. Using this body part as a sort of measuring stick was somewhat difficult for her, however, largely because of the color of her coat.

As she did so, she suddenly recalled she did something just like this on the night she learned of her father's journey many years ago. She recalled being so anxious to learn how she might defy the impossible as well, and perhaps become the world's first spellcasting pegasus. 

Her communion with the Red Crystal since those days had astonishing progress, and it did help her to cast spells if she wanted to but it was really just borrowing from Crystal Sage's potential, which she felt was okay. She had his permission as long as she held up her side of the bargain but, deep down, she knew she had not really found her own horn yet. Thanks to her years of study under Crystal Sage's tutelage, as well as that of her father, she knew how to forge her own crystal wand which could be used as her own surrogate horn. She even knew what her own magical aura color would be. 

Unfortunately, the best materials for making a crystal wand was virtually extinct a long time ago. Those crystals sank into the earth and became the magic of the planet. There was one way she could get to the Starlight Dust comets, however. She was just waiting for her opportunity to show up.

She thought, with gratitude, of all of the blessings she had in her life. Moving from place to place on her family's airship was mostly a seasonal affair. The rest of the time, like this night, the airship was parked and waiting for the busy season to begin again. In the meantime, her father gathered more clouds and stuffed it around the airship, making the cloud ship turn more into a small island that none but fellow pegasus and her father could trot upon (or a griffon on the rare occasion). Of course the airship itself had solid walls and floors for any other customers who were not pegasi. If it couldn't do that then there would be little point in having an airship. Pegasi could naturally fly anyway. 

Star Breeze closed her eyes and touched the Red Crystal and had it absorb all of the positive energy she felt at feeling so lucky to be born into this family. It had always been a joy for her from start to . . . well, now. The rest of her life was likely to continue to be a thrill, but the only way she could know for sure was to turn the page.

Speaking of which, she actually had read the book, “Sky Dancer, the First Flying Unicorn” that Discord popped into existence and her father subsequently scanned and thereafter made a virtual copy of within the Red Crystal. She even read about this night as well, recalling that was as far as the book itself went. The book called this the epilogue, but it was actually a prologue for her since it marked the beginning of her own story. Like her father once said, the book never did mention her own age exactly. In the epilogue it only hinted at the fact she was much older, but teenager? Adult? Who could say? That meant she was left guessing when her own story would really begin, but she had a very good feeling about this night.

Primarily because, and this was only a recent realization, she felt ready. The book mentioned that part too, as she recalled. It mentioned that, on the night she starts her own journey, she would feel ready for it, and she did. After all of her previous travels and training and strong emotional support, she felt strong and confident. Confident enough to take on all of time and space. Basically, she would continue to do what she had always done all her life so far, but on a much grander scale in her future. 

Of course, she knew that no pony should do that alone. Even the very strong sometimes need backup, and they could always use more friends regardless of the condition of their strength. Besides, it makes the journey more worthwhile too. A chance to share the journey with some other pony or creature made the journey itself that much more worthwhile.

Any second now, Star Breeze thought anxiously as she bobbed her right hind leg over her other bent leg. Soon it will be my turn, and then the real fun begins! If you thought my father's journey was impressive then . . . well, you'd be right of course but mine will be just as impressive, if not more so! Watch out, Universe! Star Breeze is on the rise!

As if on cue, she heard the mechanical wheeze of the TARDIS as it started to make its materialization process. She knew what it sounded like thanks to her father's records within the Red Crystal, but this was the first time she heard it personally. She grinned excitedly as she rolled herself to her hooves and watched as the famous blue box finished appearing, then she watched it open its doors seemingly on its own. 

“The end of one story is just the beginning of another!” Star Breeze said aloud to herself excitedly. “Here I go!”

She trotted into the TARDIS without looking back.

The End