Epilogue:
The old changeling sitting in that old creaking rocking chair had remained silent for a long moment, staring out of the crystalline window with the rain pattering against it. She saw a drip running down her cheek and assumed it was the rain dripping down on her reflection but then she noticed that it was no rain but the tears on her own face. She wiped away her tears and turned towards the kids who had remained silent reverently after her storytelling had ended.
In front of her sitting six little children, three were pony fillies, three changeling youngsters. All of them sat around her rocking chair, peacefully.
“Granny Lily what happened next?” one of the pony fillies wanted to know.
“Eva came to my house and I was able to regain my strength by leeching the affection she felt for me. She brought that wise sage with her, who was able to seal the energy-leak within my body with some stinking green liquid. I recovered shortly after. Do you understand why Eva was a hero?”
The kids nodded.
“Not only did she save my life. She also created the first bounding between ponies and changelings. She then became the first ambassador, despite her young age. She preached love and tolerance to both sides. It took almost two generations to completely abandon the disharmony between our two races but in the end we overthrew our racism. Raindrop, does it feel strange to sit next to Moonstone?” She asked a young pony filly next to her.
The filly looked at the changeling sitting to her left but then she shook her head.
“See, you are the blossom of your grandmother Evasion's seed of kindness.”
“As you know she married my brother Regard. Since I wasn't sick anymore, he had nothing to worry about. He finally was able to chase after his love interest he had kept at a distance for so long.
After her mother's death Eva got elected to be the new Queen of the hive. She used her influence to set the foundation our law was based off, The same rules she had learned from the Cutie Mark Crusaders so many years ago. In the end she didn't launch a branch agency in Canterlot, no- she made all of Equestria Cutie Mark Crusaders by teaching their values to every filly in the world. With ponies and changelings living that close together in harmony, there was no lack of love-energy anymore. Changelings rediscovered their magical abilities. Master Sunray's theory was proven right. True kindness towards each other soon made the once feared corruption a mere fairy tale.”
Teary-eyed she took a deep breath.
“As a Queen and ambassador she traveled to other tribes and forged strong alliances with the griffons and the dragons which still last up to this day. A few years before princess Cadence of the Crystal Empire passed away she called Eva to her side and finally accepted Eva as her stepdaughter. She even said that she was proud of her and that she only regretted to admit it that late-”
She turned towards the window again looking at the statue of Evasion's portrayal, made completely out of crystals which stood directly in front of her house. That very statue marked Eva and Regard's gravesite.
The rain had stopped and the storm had moved on. The sky was clearing allowing the evening sun to touch the now sparkling tombstone, covering it in a warm sunlight.
“Today is her fifteenth obit. You shall always remember the greatest changeling who had ever lived. The greatest hero I have ever known...”
THE END
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