//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: Rainbow's Revelation // by Olpert //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash wasn't afraid. The sweat that was glistening on her face came from the hours of training and preparation she had undergone before she went out to do what she had planned. Her body was trembling slightly as she was eagerly awaiting the perfect moment to begin. It was imperative that she waited for it, as there would be no point in what she was doing if it didn't reach the biggest possible amount of ponies. Perched on the roof of the Town Hall, Rainbow took another look at the clock tower. 12:58... Almost time. She had figured that the best time to reach as many ponies as possible would be after lunch time, when ponies came out of their houses to chat, do business, take walks, and generally fill the streets, so she had set her starting point at 13:00. And she had been right; the streets were indeed filled with ponies. Some of them she knew, most of them she didn't. But everypony knew Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash, the leader of the Ponyville weather squad. Rainbow Dash, bearer of the Element of Loyalty. Rainbow Dash, the only pony alive able to pull of a Sonic Rainboom. Soon, they would know something else about her as well. Rainbow breathed in deeply, then slowly let her breath escape through her mouth. She was ready. The clock ticked over to 12:59. One more minute... and then this all will be over. One more minute to think about what she was doing, to have her doubts, to call it quits. But whenever she thought about quitting, she remembered why she was doing it. She remembered the times she herself had lied about herself to fit in, and how it had hurt her. She remembered the warm reaction of her friends to what she had dreaded to talk about for all those years. She remembered the mare that she had made to suffer for so long, just because she didn't have the guts to be more open. She remembered that Fluttershy loved her. And that she loved Fluttershy. Nothing that was going to happen this day would change a thing about that. She wasn't going to lie to anypony anymore. What she was about to do was flashy, impressive, spectacular, radical, cool, and awesome, but also one more thing, and that was the important one. It was one hundred percent Rainbow Dash. Not just the parts that everypony knew about, it was all of her. And everypony was going to see it. In the distance, the clock tower chimed once. Rainbow smirked. It's go time! Mundane Task was quite happy with his job. The pay was good, he had plenty of free time, and he was pretty sure that he wasn't in danger of being laid off anytime soon. Sure, it was a bit boring, but whose job isn't at times? And besides, he didn't appreciate excitement as much as other ponies, anyway. No, the fact that Mayor Mare had thought it a good idea to make him “General Overseer Of Peace And Quiet In Ponyville” suited him quite well. The Mayor had believed that Ponyville's reputation as Equestria's biggest magnet for catastrophes it had garnered over the years of being attacked by ancient lunar goddesses, spirits of disharmony, and bunnies, was hurting the tourist industry quite a bit. So, she decided that there should be somepony that would reassure the public of the general safety of the town as well as regulate it, and that pony was Mundane Task. He held his office for about a year now. The fact that the “Days without incident threatening the peace in Ponyville” counter he installed in front of town hall as his first order of business had yet to reach double digits was not quite helping the public image, though. These days, his job consisted pretty much of one thing: Sit on a bench near town hall, wait for something town-threatening to happen, and flip the day counter accordingly. Today had been a quiet day, so, as to his routine, he got up from his watching bench at precisely 13:00, went up to the day counter, and climbed the ladder to where the oversized numbers where hanging. Just as he was about to replace the current number of eight with nine, he heard a loud bang behind himself, followed by some form of shock wave. He sighed, and instead grabbed the zero. After having replaced the number, he calmly stepped down the ladder, and turned to see what had happened this time. He saw a giant prismatic ring that was slowly expanding outward from a pegasus rocketing straight upward from town hall. Rainbow Dash, huh... I'm pretty sure that I didn't authorize a Sonic Rainboom today. That'll be a pretty hefty fine right there. He was just about to go and and file the necessary paperwork when he noticed that Rainbow Dash did not seem to be done. Her colorful contrail still streaming behind her, she seemed to be doing some sort of aerial maneuver. No, wait, not a maneuver... Skywriting? That wasn't authorized either. As Mundane Task was adding the amount of bits that were about to become state owned together, the pegasus continued to fly this way and that, spelling out one letter, then two, then three more before finally stopping in midair, breaking off her contrail, and landing in the general area of Ponyville Park. Curious to see what Rainbow Dash had written, Task looked up once more. There, in perfect cursive, in prismatic colors, and in letters big enough for all of Ponyville to see, stood three words: "I AM GAY" Shaking his head, Task gave a small smile. Well, how about that... He climbed back up the ladder and replaced the zero with a nine. She's still gonna have to pay the fine, though.