Epilogue Part 2: I Am Not the Break Man
Rock, Roll, and Doctor Light were all standing in the main event hall of Canterlot Castle, the same room where Mega Stallion had previously fought the Mega Stallion Killers and Shining Armor around a week before. At the conference the princesses had held, they both explained about how Discord had once again escaped from his prison, and how the Elements of Harmony were unable to stop him. They gave thanks to Mega Stallion for taking the initiative and saving Equestria.
Once the entire population knew the story, it didn’t take long before it was discovered that Mega Stallion was Doctor Light’s creation, and that his civilian name was Rock. The idea of holding a celebration for his heroics was quickly put together, and the three of them were the guests of honor.
Besides being the center of attention among the guests, Rock stood out in more ways than one. He wore a tuxedo, much like many of the male attendees, but over it, he was wearing a sheath carrying the Captain of the Guard’s sword. Seeing as how this was a large-scale event, he was expecting Shining Armor to be there to retrieve it.
Roll, wearing a fancy red party dress, came up next to Rock. “What’s wrong? This is a party, thrown in your honor. You should be more excited!”
“I am excited! It’s just…it’s more than a little awkward to be attending a party in the exact same room where I fought four different ponies. Not to mention, it’s in my honor, the honor of the pony who defeated fourteen ponies to achieve his victory. And every single one of them seems to be here.”
“Well then, this seems to be the perfect time to apologize and make amends, doesn’t it? Just go up to all of them and say you’re sorry. I’m sure they’ll all understand. Maybe you’ll even make some new friends.”
Rock considered it. “You know Roll, you’re right! This is my chance to show my previous opponents that I’m a good guy. After all, nearly all of them never met me outside of battle. This could be my only chance to set things right.”
He looked around the room, trying to separate his previous targets from the Canterlot nobles who had also shown up. The first one he noticed was Rarity, talking with one of the nobles. He trotted over to her. “Hello Rarity.”
She studied him for a minute, and came up blank. “I’m sorry, have we met before? I don’t recognize you.”
Rock realized that his normal outfit looked drastically different from his combat armor. “Probably should have introduced myself better. I’m Rock, but you probably remember me as Mega Stallion.”
Her eyes lit up. “Oh right! You look so different when you aren’t fighting! Things were pretty crazy in the tunnels, weren’t they?” She looked over at the stallion she was previously talking with. “Fancy Pants, would you excuse us for just a minute?” He nodded, and walked away.
Rock studied Rarity, who was quite possibly the most well-dressed pony in the entire room. “I must say, your outfit looks really good. But your armor, I’m sorry, it was beaten in how good that looked. Rainbow Dash officially had the best.”
“Yes, the Jewel Armor was a bit gaudy, but I still did like the absolutely positive shine it gave off.”
“Oh, it shined, all right. Nearly blinded me when I walked into the room.”
“I can’t help it if you came in at a moment with incredibly bad lighting. So, why did you come to talk to me? Judging by the one time we met, we hardly seem like we would be friendly.”
“I just wanted to apologize. Even if I had a job I needed to do, I still felt really bad about fighting other ponies who were only doing their jobs for the same reasons I was.”
“Well, it was very nice of you to be such a gentlestallion about the whole ordeal. Just so you know, I haven’t forgotten about the little deal you made. Now that I’ve met the real you, you seem like you would be a good date.”
Rock suddenly remembered his comment about possibly going on a date with Rarity once the war was over. He suddenly didn’t know what to say, and began looking nervously around the room. He found a way out of the conversation. “Well, I see Fluttershy over there, so I should probably go talk to her. Nice talking to you.” He walked away as quickly as possible.
Approaching Fluttershy, he began talking. “Hey Fluttershy, it’s me, Rock.”
She yelped quietly, and jumped a foot into the air. When she landed, she looked over at Rock. “Oh, h-hello.”
“So, are you always this jumpy? I figured you were just nervous because all of Equestria was at stake.”
“I’m sorry. I’m really shy. It has nothing to do with you. But, our first impressions could have been better.”
“I know. I just came over to apologize. You were only following orders, and it was my first fight. I entered a little hot-tempered, and got really mad at you for something that wasn’t your fault. I should thank you, though. You gave me a frame of reference for what to expect from my other fights, and I got some basic combat training from you.”
Fluttershy wasn’t expecting such a sincere apology. “Oh! Well, thank you. I’m happy I could help. It certainly didn’t seem like helping at the time.”
“It sure didn’t. I need to go talk with the rest of your friends. So far, I’ve only spoken with Rarity. Do you know where any of the others are?”
Fluttershy pointed over at the tables, but all Rock could see were the Wonderbolts. Upon further inspection, he noticed Rainbow Dash looking at them from a distance. He walked over to her.
Rock walked back over to Roll. “Well, I got pretty much everypony I wanted to talk to. Do you know where Twilight Sparkle is?”
“She’s been talking with Doctor Light since you walked off. She’s incredibly interested in the work he’s done. Maybe she’d like to really meet his accomplishment?”
“I don’t think so. She’s giving Doctor Light the attention he deserves after all his hard work. I need to find her brother so I can give him this sword back.” He walked off to find Shining Armor, looking out one of the large windows for a brief second. Outside was a dark silhouette. While he found it confusing, Rock didn’t think anything of it, until he saw its scarf flapping in the wind. “There’s only one pony that could be.”
He walked up the main staircase, looking for a window to get onto the roof. In his search, he passed through a hall of stained glass windows, each depicting a scene from Equestrian history. Most notably, he saw one of him firing a plasma shot at Discord. “It’s only been a week. How fast can Celestia get these made?” Eventually finding a normal window, he opened it, and stepped out onto the roof.
Outside, he finally saw him up close. Standing on the roof, looking at the horizon was his brother, Blues. “Blues! It’s me, Rock!”
Blues held up a hoof. “I could tell. Light installs tracking chips into all of us. I removed mine, but I was still able to find you.”
“Well, that explains it, then. I was wondering how you always knew when I needed help. Which brings up the most important question: Why did you help me? I’ve heard you don’t have the best relationship with Doctor Light, so why assist me?”
“You’re right, I don’t have much respect for Light. But I found out what you were doing, and I was impressed. You may be a robot, but you’re showing off quite a heart. I suppose only a brother of mine would show so much life.”
“You ran away from home 2 years ago. What have you been doing all this time?”
“I’ve started a life in Ponyville. The locals think I’m just a normal pony, and I’d prefer to keep it that way. I’m living what I consider to be a perfect life for a robot, one where nopony knows that you’re just a robot. I’d be willing to believe it myself.”
“Except that you’ve got a buster for a hoof. If you wanted to just be a normal pony, why did you bother taking the weapon? That’s not what normal ponies do.”
“I understand, but the world can be a dangerous place. You and I both saw it. I like to be prepared for any sort of danger. If it wasn’t for my preparedness, you’d be dead right now.”
“You ran away. You disagreed with Doctor Light’s ideas and caring nature. You’ve been trying to sever any ties with who you really are. Yet, you accept it once again to save me.”
“Don’t think of it as something personal. I was only doing the right thing. You’re the warrior robot, you were the only one who could save Equestria. And as a normal citizen, it was my job to help. I would have done the same thing if it was anypony else in your place.”
“You can say that, Blues, but I know that deep down, you care about your brother. Admit it.”
“Maybe I respect you, only a little. You may be a robot bound by programming, but you act like a real pony. And you somehow live life under Light. It takes bravery to survive under him.”
“Doctor Light is a nice pony. He misses you and worries about you. He wrote about how he could never replace you, no matter what other robots he built.”
“Aw, how sweet.” Blues was speaking pretty sarcastically. “Tell Light I’m doing fine. I don’t need to talk to him or keep in any sort of contact, but my life is good.”
“I’ll be sure to relay the message. It’s been nice talking with you, I just have one more question. When I was in the Chaos Realm, how did you rescue me?”
“There’s more than one entrance into the Chaos Realm. At least, there was when Discord was tearing all existence apart. Thankfully, that ‘Doctor’ pony was there to fix the damages.”
“It’s been great talking to you, Blues. Are you sure you don’t want to come back with us? Doctor Light can fix you up. Please, I’ve barely met you. I don’t want to lose you.”
“Don’t worry. I’m invincible, no matter what. I’ll live my life however I see fit, whatever Light thinks doesn’t matter to me. Nothing really does.”
Rock looked at Blues one last time, a hint of sadness in his eyes. He didn’t know if Blues felt the same way, as his eyes were covered by sunglasses. “Is there a reason you’re wearing your sunglasses at night?” When he looked back at Blues, he saw that he was no longer there. He walked over to where Blues was standing, and looked off to the distance.
Back on the ground, Celestia was looking for him. She wanted to give proper and personal thanks to him. When nopony could tell him where he was, she walked outside to try and find him. A group of ponies all followed her, trying to locate the hero. They all looked around outside, but none of them could find him. Luna was looking up at her moon, when she noticed something high up. “Look, up on the roof!”
All the ponies looked to where Luna was pointing, and sure enough, Rock was standing on the roof of the castle, his hair blowing in the wind. It was a pose that none of them would ever forget.
Off in the distance, Blues was standing in a tree, looking at his brother. He held his hoof up in the air. “Fight, Mega Stallion. For everlasting peace.”
The End