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// Epilogue 
// Story: Trailblazer The Rescuer 
// by Trailblazer Rocker 
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The seven ponies made their way out of the temple and into the castle. They kept on walking through the castle and were flown down to the base of the mountain. Their trip back to Ponyville took a full week, but they didn't have any enemies to deal with.

All seven of them were stopped when they were passing through Tethleon. Mayor Dunnam stopped them.
"You, Trailblazer, are the best there is!" he shouted. "I don't think there's a proper thank you for your actions!"
"Well, I couldn't have done it without my friends. They kept me going throughout this journey." Trailblazer told him.
"I'm thinking of erecting some statues of you six, honoring your courageous efforts to save us all!" he said back.
They stopped, and their jaws dropped.
"You can thank me later for that."
"Hey, they're here! They made it!" The Rising Warriors guild swarmed them, praising them and shouting cheers for their success.
"Make way, please!" a feminine voice cried out amongst the noise.
StarBright made her way through the crowd to greet Trailblazer. "You're still safe! Oh, thank God that you're all still okay!" She hugged him tightly, showing a sign that age was about to cry.
"Uh, Trailblazer." AppleJack was growing a bit rude. "Who's this pony?"
"StarBright is my sister, AppleJack."
"Oh, what?"
"They are, A.J," said Twilight. "He wouldn't go out with his own sister."
"Okay, that's better."
"Really, you're a great brother. I couldn't ask for a better older one!" StarBright dug her head into his neck. Trailblazer took his foreleg and wrapped it over her shoulders.
"Things got bad, I heard. But it's all good now."
StarBright looked up and noticed AppleJack. "Oh! Is this you're marefriend that you were talking about when you were here earlier?"
"That'd be me!" said AppleJack.
"Okay, nice."
"Well, we should all get back home," said Rainbow Dash, motioning for them to get going.
"If you ever decide to come back to visit or whatnot, Trailblazer... Please consider it." Mayor Dunnam ordered the crowd to create a path to let the seven pass by. They left Tethleon, with their backs towards the city and headed for Ponyville.

On their way, they went through Marehattan. Wayne and Cinnamon saw them walking through the city, and they stopped them to congratulate them.
"Good on ya, you six!" said Wayne. "If it weren't for you, we'd all be cast under darkness and slaves for that demon thing we saw a few days earlier."
"You deserve a medal or something for your efforts," said Cinnamon. "You have our honest gratitude."
"Heh, we came, we saw, we kicked it's ass!" Trailblazer taunted.
"Yeah, you did!" Wayne stopped and noticed AppleJack. "So, was this that marefriend you said was kidnapped?"
Trailblazer looked at her. "Yeah."
AppleJack stepped forward. "Ah am. It wasn't no fun now, but Ah'm glad my little sugarcube saved us all. He's the greatest!"
"Is that what she calls you?" Wayne chuckled. "'Her little sugarcube'?"
"Oh, shut up!" Trailblazer closed his eyes and rubbed the back of his head, a little embarrassed.
"Oh, don't worry now. It's all good!"
"Oh! I just remembered!" Rarity piped up. "AppleJack, your brother and sister are here!"
"What? They are??"
"What, the big red pony and the yellow filly with a bow on her head?" Wayne interrupted. "They just left yesterday."
"Oh, they did?"
"Yeah. I won't stop you. Go back home and tell them the good news."
AppleJack nodded and left with her friends towards Ponyville. Their trip from there and towards Ponyville took a few days, but there was no pony around to cause trouble and slow down their progress.

They finally reached the Ponyville gate, but Trailblazer hesitated.
"Wait... AppleJack." He looked at her.
"What is it?" she wondered.
"Stand by my side." Trailblazer stood on her left side and rested his right foreg over her shoulders.
"What's this for?"
"You'll see why."
They walked through the gate to Ponyville and entered the town. Already, the residents saw them come back, and they immediately began to praise and cheer for them. They ran up to them and crowded them all. They tried pushing their way through, trying to accept as much of the praise they got as they went around looking for AppleJack's siblings. There, they saw Big Macintosh with Applebloom on his head, looking around for them at the same time.
"Hey, Applebloom!" Trailblazer yelled.
Applebloom turned to look in the direction of where she heard her name. There, she and Big Mac saw Trailblazer and AppleJack side-by-side.
"Make room for us, please!" demanded Trailblazer.
The crowd backed off and left an open area around the seven ponies. Big Macintosh worked his way through the crowd to get in the open area. Once they found solid ground, Applebloom jumped off of his head and on the ground, looking at the two, standing side-by-side.
"AppleJack?!" Applebloom began to smile and looked about ready to cry at the sight of them. "AppleJack!"
"Oh, Applebloom!" She and Applebloom ran towards each other, with Applebloom laughing through a few tears of joy. As they got near, she jumped at AppleJack. She caught Applebloom, and they hugged each other. Applebloom continued to laugh, hanging onto her sister. Big Macintosh trotted up to them.
"Big bruddah!" AppleJack shouted.
He simply smiled and hugged her too. They held their group hug for a moment until Celestia descended from the sky and into the open area that was left by the crowd.
"I cannot thank you seven ponies enough," said Celestia. "Not only have you rescued AppleJack, but you have also saved the world from utter chaos and destruction. Words cannot express my gratitude right now."
"Heh, heh... Yeah, thanks," said Trailblazer.
"I'll be the host of another dinner party in your honor, if you'd like. I'll assure you that it won't be like the one we had last time."
"It's all good, Princess," said Twilight.
"Then, it's settled! Next week, at 7:00 p.m, this dinner party will held back at Canterlot Castle for the same heroes that saved the world! Please plan on being there. Surely, you won't want to miss this!" She called that out to the entire crowd and left. After that announcement, the crowd diminished and split apart. Soarin' Spitfire, and Vinyl Scratch walked up to Trailblazer.
"You are the BOMB, 'Blazer!" said Vinyl Scratch. "I knew you rock, and now, you RULE!"
"Thanks a million, all of you!" Soarin' thanked them with. "So, hey, Trailblazer. Could we speak with you in private?"
The three walked away with Trailblazer, out of earshot. Spitfire began the conversation.
"So, thing is, we were thinking of putting on another show in a couple of weeks... Would you like to be with us again, maybe even be a part of our full-time musicians?"
"Whoa, seriously??" he asked.
"Yeah, seriously. You and Vinyl, sounding good, while we are in the sky performing! The last concert we had with you two in it was a huge success!"
"Yeah, count me in!" Trailblazer pounded his hoof up against Soarin's, but he noticed in the corner of his eye, Rainbow Dash, looking upset. He felt bad on how he got to be with the Wunderbolts, yet it meant more to her than it did to him. Then, an idea came to his mind.
"Now, I'd like to ask you something too," he said.
Soarin' and Spitfire looked at each other, confused.
"I'm pretty sure that you both know Rainbow Dash, right?"
"Oh, yeah... We know her quite well," said Spitfire.
"Well, I was thinking... Maybe you could let her be a part of your flight squad?"
"Well, I know she has the speed talent, but we're looking for skill, not speed."
"I had a feeling that that was going to be the answer, but I've seen her skill put into use during our journey."
"Unless she knows good maneuvers, it's not happening."
"Not happening?" Trailblazer started to support her. "Boy, I've seen her zip through cave stalactites and a forest canopy, and I've seen her brave a pony-gulping dragon, waves of spears getting thrown at her, and a bunch of magic attack beams, shooting stars, and 20 other spells that I don't even recognize, all without getting scratched! She HAS the skills all right!"
"Whoa! Are you serious?" The two Wunderbolts were shocked.
"You can ask the other four that came with me, and they'll tell you the very same thing!"
"Wow..." Soarin' said, astonished. He turned to look at Rainbow Dash. "Hey, Rainbow Dash! Come over here!"
She looked up, and flew over to them quickly. "What is it?"
"We were just discussing our next performance and were thinking of having Trailblazer as our musician from now."
"Oh, was it just about him...?"
"Well, actually, he's been talking about you while you were all on your adventure. He's been telling us about your flights, and it's left an impression on us."
"Wait, what are you saying here?"
"You've been flying through magic attacks, dragons, and stalactites, right?"
"Oh yeeeeaaaaah, I HAVE!"
"Well, that's impressive, really. Would you... Like to show them off with us?"
Dash's pupils became huge and her ears drooped. "You... You MEAN it??"
"Yeah. How about performing with us as our newest Wunderbolt?"
"OhmyGodOhmyGodOhmyGodOhmyGodOhmyGod..." Rainbow Dash was awestruck.
"I take it that that's a 'yes'?"
She squealed with delight. "Yeeeeeess!" She then tackled Trailblazer and looked at him with a big smile. "This is a dream cone true, 'Blazer! You are like, THE best friend ever!!" She then got airborne and wheeled happily in the air.
"She was REALLY that much of a fan of us, it seems," Spitfire commented.
"Ah, she'll calm down in a little bit. Just give her time to celebrate." Trailblazer picked himself up and dusted himself off.
"Well, we'll discuss this next show later. We have some more errands to run," Soarin' said. With that, he, Spitfire, and Vinyl Scratch took off.

The dinner party that was hosted by Princess Celestia and the Wunderbolt performance and concert were both held with no mistakes or incidents. They all has dinner, Celestia gave them all awards, Rainbow Dash was a Wunderbolt like she had always dreamed of, and Trailblazer performed along with Vinyl Scratch at the Wunderbolt's show. After that show, he walked alongside AppleJack and took her back home.
"Yer the greatest colt there is, ya know that?" she told him.
"I'd like to think of myself that way," he answered with.
"Well, yer the best in mah book, Ah'll tell ya that."
"And you're the best mare I could ever have, too. You're my little sweet apple."
"Aw, Trailblazer!" AppleJack giggled. "Yer embarrassin' me!"
"Well, who is there to embarrass you in front of?"
"Well, that wouldn't matter one bit. Yer still the best."
They smiled at each other and gave each other a big hug, hanging on tightly and nuzzling each other too.
"It's gettin' late, Trailblazer."
"Yeah, it is." Trailblazer let go of her and stood on all fours. "I'll letcha go now. Sweet dreams, AppleJack." He finished with a kiss on the cheek and began to walk away.
"Good night. Trailblazer." With that, they walked back into their homes and went to bed. It had been an eventful month for all of them, but he was still going strong. He thought about a future with her, but he became afraid of the possible rejection. He stopped and went to bed and slept. He finally had a good rest ever since AppleJack was back. And he thought on keeping it that way.