Epilogue
“Spike, can you help me find Intermediate Conjuration?”
“Ugh, I would if I wasn’t busy alphabetizing your field guides!”
Twilight Sparkle studied one of her past journals in her library built into a tree. She occupied herself with her notes as Spike struggled to carry an unnecessarily high stack of books. With the slightest trip, the little dragon assistant toppled over with the tomes crashing down on him. Twilight turned around to see him in a daze buried underneath her collection.
“Uh, never mind, I’ll get it.” She said and walked over to her bookcases.
“Ouch, I think I sprained my tail.” Spike uttered.
Twilight searched through her neatly organized books to find her magic reference guide. She noticed that some of them were not supposed to be in that section. Irritated, she turned to her assistant emerging from the pile.
“Spike, I told you to organize this section.” She scolded. “I see story books where there should be conjuration guides.”
“Hey, I can’t tell the difference.” Spike complained. “You got me working so hard I can’t even distinguish book titles anymore. That’s it, I’m gonna go lie down.”
Twilight shook her head and pulled out one of the misplaced story tomes. Curiously, she read the title.
“The Legend of Midnight Hour? I don’t remember getting this book. It must have been in the library before I moved in.”
Somehow, the unfamiliar novel piqued her interest and she walked over to sit on one of her couches. Twilight studied the cover; it was dark blue with silver trim. She opened to the very first page which had the table of contents on the right. On the left was a colored drawing of a pony. The elaborate etching depicted a ground view of a blue unicorn stallion standing in a desert wasteland. His mane and tail were black and his strange cutie mark seemed to be a full moon with clock hands pointing upward. Whoever this stallion was, he was portrayed in a triumphant and heroic manner beneath a dark backdrop. Twilight assumed this was the title character. Intrigued, she called Spike over.
“Spike, come take a look at this.”
The young dragon returned reluctantly. “What is it now, Twilight?”
“Have you seen this book before?” she asked.
“No, it looks too long for me to read. I’ll stick to my comics, thank you. Why do you ask?”
“There’s something about this pony in the picture. He looks…familiar.”
“Hey you know what, he kind of looks like you, Twilight.”
“You think so?”
“Well, I mean he sort of has your eyes.”
Twilight looked at the illustration again and noticed that the stallion’s purple eyes were just like hers. This sparked something in her.
“Spike, take a letter.” She announced. “Tell Princess Celestia I would like to see her tomorrow. I think this is something that she might know about.”
The next day, Twilight paid a visit to the royal castle of her praised teacher. Princess Celestia welcomed her to Canterlot and the two sat down in the lounge for tea. Twilight kept the newly discovered book on her.
“So, Twilight, what brings you to Canterlot Castle so soon?” asked Celestia warmly as she sipped her tea.
“Well Princess, I found this strange book yesterday.” Twilight answered pulling out the book of question. “It looks kind of old, and I thought you might know about it.”
“Oh? What is it called?”
“I think it’s a story. It’s called The Legend of Midnight Hour. Does that sound familiar?”
Celestia’s face became swept with shock. She paused before saying anything and closed her eyes in recollection.
“Midnight Hour…” she repeated. She kept this expression of cold stillness. Then her eyes finally opened to reveal a hint of tears. She smiled and spoke softly. “Now that is a name I have not heard in a long time.”
“So you knew him?” asked Twilight.
“Oh yes, I knew him quite well. He was a powerful unicorn who saved Equestria from peril. And he was a dear friend of mine. He was a lot like you.”
“Well, if you knew him, then I guess you would like to keep this book.”
“That won’t be necessary, Twilight. I think I already know the story quite well. But why don’t you read it to me here? I’d love for you to learn about him.”
“Um, okay.” Twilight smiled back and turned open the blue book. Before reading aloud, she quickly read the first paragraph in the first chapter in her head and spoke to herself.
“Hmm, that is interesting. Midnight read quietly to himself as he sat on the roof at night.”
The End