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// Epilogue 
// Story: Stormy Forecast 
// by urthdigger 
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	The train pulled into Ponyville’s battered station, and let six colorful ponies off.
“I still can’t believe you tried to get me on a date with Spitfire,” grumbled Rainbow Dash. “Do I have some kind of sign on me that says ‘Please interfere with my love life’?”
“It was an easy mistake to make! I mean, with how much you were talking about how nervous you were to meet her, it seemed obvious you were trying to get up the nerve to ask her out!” explained Pinkie Pie “Besides, I mean I always assumed you were…”
“Assumed I was what?” asked Rainbow Dash with a glare of death.
“…nothing!” squeaked Pinkie Pie
Fluttershy looked like she hadn’t slept in days, and kept muttering “Those poor dolphins…”, Rarity had some bruise on her face she said came from “saying the wrong thing to the wrong pony”, and Twilight and Applejack were currently somewhere between hungover and drunk.
“Never vacationing again…” muttered Twilight
“That was not nearly as fun as I thought it’d be. More sad than anything,” agreed Applejack
The six friends looked out over the town, and noticed something was wrong.
“Twi, I’m not sure I can trust my eyes: Does it look like someone kicked over half the town to you?”

Everywhere Twilight and her friends looked, the residents of Ponyville were fixing up what they could, and rebuilding what they couldn't. The worst case scenario of a tornado did come to pass: many houses along the north end of town were completely demolished, their debris having been flung into (and in a few rare cases, through) other structures in town. Twilight was elated to find the library was at least alright, having only suffered another tree through the bedroom window.
"Did they evenly listen to my advice? More importantly, where's my house?" asked Rainbow Dash. Sure enough, the massive cloud structure was gone from the sky. "Twilight, I'll be right back. I need to teach someone the importance of reading. With my hoof." Before Twilight could puzzle out what hooves had to do with reading, Rainbow was off in a blaze of color."

Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack all left to check on their homes, while Twilight went back to her library, where her assistant was happily re-shelving a few books "Oh! Twilight, am I ever glad to see you!"
"Not so loud..." winced Twilight
Spike continued, in a lowered voice, to tell her all about what had happened during the week. From the mayor's meeting, to the emergency preparations, to the two days waiting out the storm in the bunker, and finally their emergence to see the wreckage the storm had caused. 
Twilight nodded softly at the end of the tale “Spike… take a letter.”
Her assistant eagerly grabbed a quill and a pot of ink, glad to see things becoming somewhat normal.

Dear Princess Celestia
I learned some things this past week. I’ve learned that messing in somepony’s love life only leads to tears and shouting, and is awkward for everyone involved. I learned that orcas occasionally eat dolphins, and that this can be traumatizing. I learned that sometimes famous people are a lot meaner in person. I learned the joys of turning to alcohol when a trip is going horribly, and that it doesn’t help seasickness. At all. However, I also learned that the same courage and strength of spirit that drew me to my friends is present in all the people of Ponyville. The magic of friendship means more than just developing a deep bond with those you know, it also means trusting the people in your community, and knowing that they are all there to help when times are tough. I shall be expanded my research on the magic of friendship to include this fact... starting tomorrow. I have a hangover to sleep off.
Your faithful student
Twilight Sparkle