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// Epilogue 
// Story: The Lightless Night 
// by Matthias Ramsey 
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Sweetie Belle shot straight up up in bed with a scream, causing the dozing Rarity to jolt.
"My goodness, Sweetie Belle! You-"
Sweetie Belle grabbed her sister's foreleg, tears pouring from her eyes. "Rarity! We're dead! Me, Scoots, Applebloom...we all got killed by timberwolves!"
"My word, how many painkillers did I give you? Listen to you. Sweetie, if you're dead, how are you talking to me?"
"Then...I escaped somehow! But they got Scootaloo and Applebloom!"
"They're fine, Sweetie. They were here to check on you earlier."
"I don't believe you! I need to talk to Applejack and Rainbow Dash!"
"Sweetie, I-"
Sweetie Belle used her magic to grab Rarity' s phone. She quickly dialed Applejack's number.
"'Ello?"
"Applejack, I-"
"Oh, heya, Sweetie Belle! How're ya doin'? Hurtin' at all?"
"A-Applejack, Applebloom is...she's dead."
A pause, then, "That fever musta messed up yer head. Applebloom's right here with me."
"Let me talk to her!"
"Sure thing. Justa sec."
A pause, then, "Hi, Sweetie Belle! Ya feelin' better?"
"Y-you're not dead?"
"Naw, why? Should ah be?"
"What about Scoots?"
"Scoots is right here, so ah think she's fine. Ah think ya jus' had a bad dream."
"A dream?" The never-ending night made more sense now.
"Yeah. See, ya had...uh, some big fancy word. Uh-pen-duh-sie-tis or somethin'."
"Appendicitis?"
"Yeah, that. Anyway, you had ta get surgery. You had a bad fever for a while afterwards, but it went down 'bout an hour ago."
"So we didn't go into Everfree Forest on Lightless Night?"
"That was weeks ago, Sweets."
"And we didn't get killed by timberwolves?"
"Naw."
"What about Zecora? They got her first..."
"Saw her in town today. She's fine."
"I...I gotta go."
"Bye, then."
Sweetie Belle hung up. "I..."
Rarity hugged her little sister. "Shhh. Everything will be fine."
"This time...I believe you."





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