As far as stories go, everyone involved in this one tried to keep it quiet. It was a humiliation for almost all of us, that Mute almost won, Equestria was almost lost, and I had been so much of a different dragon in that story that if it weren't me telling it, you wouldn't think it was me.
Mute was one of the worst things that had ever happened to me, and something about it possessed me, but it was, undeniably, a strange little thing with strange little powers. Even though I wish that the ending was happier, it wasn't. Everything returned back to normal, and all eyewitnesses that were somehow convinced it wasn't their imagination had such strange and unrealistic descriptions of the thing that nobody would have believed them.
Although I sometimes think I see it at night, before I go to bed, I know it is just the tree outside of our house, and nothing else. My imagination has done darker things than fabricate a story of the likes of Mute, and I hardly have recollections of others telling the story. I no longer know whether or not I did see a creature as strange as it. Twilight has not spoken of the incident since the thing itself. Applejack, once her wounds had healed, was hesitant to speak to me afterwards, for she didn't see the collapsing tree, and understand my motives for attacking her. As for Mute, Twilight covered the area of land where the hole was in dirt, and planted trees there. She used an insta-grow spell out of impatience for it to change. Like I said, she was silent throughout the whole process, not confessing what she was doing before, during, or after she had covered up the scene.
Twilight made the mistake of leaving the tree that had collapsed without a head to it. Not many dare venture in the Everfree Forest, and nobody dares cut down trees in there, in order to avoid messing up the strange habits that the forest contains. Therefore, if I ever possessed the desire to, I could rather easily find the spot that it died in. For all we know, Mute still lives, undigested, in the monster's belly. That makes me happy: he deserved something like that, for all the hassle he put me through.
However, I never plan to go back to that wretched place. I have learned quite the few things from the event.
Never go back to the Everfree Forest alone, and unmotivated, like before.
Listen to Twilight's advice. It applies to me more than I imagine it to.
And finally, and most certainly most important of all, never miss one of Pinkie Pie's parties.
The fate of Equestria may depend on it.