//------------------------------// // Alternate Story Epilogue: A little encouragement // Story: Fluttersized // by Barrobroadcaster //------------------------------// Luna, Discord, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity and Pinkie Pie all rode to Cloudsdale on the backs of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. They landed in the center of the city, still giant-sized after Twilight's magic had struck it. Princess Celestia, the size of a hummingbird amongst the giant pegasi, flew over to them as they disembarked. "Princess!" Twilight said, galloping over. "Hello Twilight, hello everypony." she greeted them warmly. "What took you all so long?" "Sister, much of Canterlot is in ruin. Much rebuilding will be required." "Oh?" Celestia asked. "What happened?" "Princess Celestia... I..." Twilight began. "It was my fault Princess." Rainbow Dash spoke up. "I fought Fluttershy in the city. I should've just tried to talk to her... or went to go find you. Or something. I'm sorry. It's my fault." "No." Rarity spoke up. "If I hadn't let Trixie make me angry, none of this would've happened in the first place. She wouldn't even have gone to Canterlot. I'm to blame." "No." Luna said. "I let my temper get the better of me too. I only made things worse, trying to chase after her, trying to change her back on my own. I let Canterlot be damaged... even the castle. It's clear I'm not even fit to rule in your abscence." "It was my fault." Fluttershy said. "I should've just stayed by my friends' side. I should've-" "Stop it, just stop it!" Twilight yelled out. "It was all our faults. We all could've done better, there's something we all could've done to fix this sooner but we didn't. But we never stopped trying. All of us, we all tried to solve this problem... for me. Even you Fluttershy. You tried to go to Princess Celestia. That's why you were on your way to Canterlot in the first place. You didn't run away from a confrontation. You were just trying to get help. Like we all should've done from the beginning." Princess Celestia smiled again. "Sometimes we all want to solve problems our own way Twilight, especially big ones. But sometimes you need a little help from your friends, even if it's just a little encouragement." Twilight practically had tears in her eyes. Celestia always knew just what to say. "Thank you Princess." Twilight whispered. "Now, it's time for us to set everything back to normal... or normal size at least." Celestia said to her student. Twilight nodded. All across Cloudsdale, the megasi assembled. Derpy was last, her bag was still full of mail. It hadn't taken her long to realize that the packages were a little large today. They gathered in the center of Cloudsdale, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy in the center of the massive megasi herd. Twilight nervously went over the spell one last time in her head. Her friends and both princess were behind her, there for her. "You can do it Twilight." they encouraged her. The purple unicorn's horn glowed with the mysterious power of the size-changing spell. "All right everypony. Say cheese!" A flash of purple light enveloped Coudsdale and covered the sky. In a blink, the spell had finished. Cloudsdale was returned to its normal size and the pegasi along with it. They stretched their wings and flew about enthusastically, relieved that the clouds around them were back to their regular size again. Twilight and the rest of the group galloped over to hug Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, a hug that was just the right size. "A lot happened Princess. I'll be sure to write you a letter about it later." Twilight said. "Why write a letter?" Discord said, wearing a pair of sunglasses as he walked amongst the crowds. "You write enough letters Twilight. I caught the whole thing on film! Let's watch the movie!" 3 and a half hours of bad puns, shakey camera angles and King Sombra not getting screen time later... "That was the worst film I think I've ever seen." Rarity said, exiting the theater in Cloudsdale. "Oh come on." Discord moaned. "It wasn't that bad. Look what I had to work with. Magic ponies. Who could write an interesting story about this?" "I'll get started on that letter right away Princess." Twilight said to Celestia as they strode by with Luna. Celestia nodded but didn't even turn to look at Discord, neither did Luna. "Yeah, the camera was so shakey I couldn't see most of the action." Rainbow Dash remarked, flying past. "How can you think that WHEN YOU WERE IN IT?!" Discord facepalmed. "Eh, too much fourth-wall humor in it for me." Pinkie said as she bounced by. "How can you say that? No, seriously how can YOU say that?" Discord asked in disbelief. Shocked, apalled, that's how he felt. Everypony's a critic. Finally, one pony was left. She quietly walked up beside him. "I don't know Discord. I kind of liked it." Fluttershy said. Discord looked over to her, surprised. "You... you did?" "Mm-hm. And I'm sure your next film will be even better!" Fluttershy said, giving him a little encouragement. "Here's your glove." "Oh, thanks." He'd almost forgotten about it. He popped it back on his paw. It fit... like a glove. He thought about something and then snapped his fingers. "Here." he said and presented her with a camera. She looked at it, unsure. "You want me to keep this for you?" "No, just hold onto it for me. I'll be back for it soon!" Discord gave Fluttershy a big kiss that froze her face and then he disappeared into the night sky. Fluttershy rubbed a hoof on her cheek and smiled softly, thinking to herself. She then trotted down the streets of Cloudsdale for the second time that day. She decided that while she was there, she'd see if the florist was still open and maybe buy some new seeds. Meanwhile, back in Canterlot... It took Barro and Michael Hay hours to get back to where the stagecoach carrying Michael's equipment was. The city was a mess, the roads in the southern half of town were blocked by debris. When they finally got back to the spot where the stage was, the ponies pulling it had all removed their harnesses and were over by the giant-sized notebook, still lying in the grass. "Looks like your story did find an audience Barro." Michael commented at the ponies reading. Barro nodded. "I guess so." "How are we going to get that book back to normal size?" Michael asked. "Maybe I'll keep it this size. Who knows? Might be useful as a plot device." Michael Hay smiled. "Now that's an interesting idea."