In the coming weeks the Grand Galloping Galla has come up, Princess Celestia invited both Lunar Dawn and Night Gale as VIP guests. Night Gale spent most of the Galla with Lunar Dawn. Celestia seeemd to be hanging around in plain sight of Night Gale's vision.
"So, does this mean we'll have peace in Equestria after all that fiasco?" Lunar Dawn asked Night Gale with curiosity about.
"I can't answer that exactly. If he came back a second time for round 2, there could be a chance Shadow could return." Night Gale replied. Just then, Celestia approached the two ponies with the usual smile about her on a normal day, if there ever was on for her.
"Why don't you two go enjoy the Galla?" Celestia said only nudging Lunar Dawn.
Lunar Dawn quickly trotted off to the middle of the floor while Night Gale stayed behind with Celestia. He may have been dressed for the part, byt he didn't enjoy being formal at all.
"You're a hero to them, whether ot nor they understand what went on here or not. You showed that even time can correct the events that were intended for an evil cause." Celestia's face straightened as she spoke to her old friend.
"I see now, I was brightest alicorn of our-I mean my- time. All over a discovery that we thought would provide answers to our origins. He chose me to carry out a plan to take over the future, wiped me of anything but my name and post, and used my own power to make us fall." Night Gale spoke up, looking up at Celestia with worry in his gaze.
"I know that you are sorry, Night Gale, there was nothing you could do."
"He can't destroy all of me though. A part of me lives in him, and a part the his shadow lives on in myself."
On the way back early from the night at the Galla, an intelligent unicorn was minding his own business on a lonesome road leading home. Humming to himself respectively, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a strange little trinket sticking out of the ground not far from the side of the road. To his well being of collecting strange items from all over Equestria, he dug it out of the ground and much to his surprise, it was nothing but an old music box. The unicorn shook it once then wound it up to see if the box still worked. Tick Tick Tick Click Da Da Danananana na na nana
"Well, atleast the old thing still works. A fitting lullaby for such an antigue design too." He stated to himself before placing the box on his back.
Night Gale shook in his horseshoes for a split-second. He was now dancing with Lunar Dawn and the others at the Galla.
"Everything all right, Night Gale?" Lunar Dawn reacted when she saw the alicorn shake.
"I think somepoy found the music box, and wound it up." He replied blankly.
"Is that a bad thing? For all of us?"
"The spell didn't break as far as I can tell. Just hope for the best."
Lunar Dawn just nodded quietly and nuzzled herself under Night Gale's chin, closing her eyes, and smiling. Night closed his eyes and smiled to himself too, just happy to live another day. What lies next for this defiance of time? Only time can tell us that answer, which might be scloser than you think.