Echo

by Valley Fjord


Epilogue

Pinkie Pie had done it again. Everything looked perfect, simple, but perfect. She knew that the library didn't need much since Fluttershy and Rarity were doing their part to darken the room and spread out the decorations but an extra Pinkie smile still came out once the three finished before the fracas up stairs was stopped.

Looking over the room once it was done, Pinkie spotted the saddle bag and hurried to its side. 'I'll just pull this all out so that Twilight can get it going quicker' she told herself as she picks it up in her teeth; the weight of the bag hardly phasing her.

Everything in the bag looked important so Pinkie carefully removed all the contraptions. A book laying on top of all the equipment had a picture similar to one of the items and Pinkie make a note to herself to use it to figure out what everything was.

“Pinkie Pie, should you be messing with all of that?” Rarity said when she saw what Pinkie was doing. “I dread to imagine how disappointed Twilight will be if something happens.”

“Nothing to it, Rarity, this book says all I need. I'll have it up in no time so Dashie and Twilight won't need to do anything but party.”

Her grin held an almost infectious quality to it as she plugged cords in and poked at buttons. To Rarity and Fluttershy it looked like she was playing with it, but the book really did mention how to do everything she needed to know.

A purple blur appeared on the wall a foot from the screen and was followed by Twilight's voice. “Rainbow Dash, you're asleep right now and Spike is right next to you snoring so I know I can say this without...” the wall went black for a moment and Pinkie took the opportunity to try and align the projector. “Sorry, you just rolled over and my heart jumped so much I had to stop and rewind the recording.”

Twilight lift her head and smiled warmly. “I've been thinking so much about this and I – I don't think I'll be able to show this to you for a while but I want it to be recorded so that If you...” the screen blinks off again and at that moment the three ponies each share a thought in silents. 'Did she really record this?'

“I can't help myself. I feel so scared when I see you move, but that just means I can't stop watching you.” she moved back, growing smaller on the screen, and a blush welled up on her face. “When we... if we share the way we feel I'll happily show this recording to you but because I don't know when I can let you see this I'll say it now. Rainbow Dash, this trip was all I needed to know how I felt it - it has given me so much joy just knowing I would be out here with you, and that we are going to be making something happen that will be so magical as well as the fact that we will be the only two to ever truly see it...” she stops again and she closes her eyes.

“My words don't want to work right now so I'll try being direct like you always are and say; you are the most special pony I have ever met and some day soon I would like to ask you to be my special somepony.” Pinkie fumbles with the buttons until the image stops with Twilight's face on the screen and the three ponies pass looks of confusion between each other.