//------------------------------// // Epilogue: Diary of an ex-human. // Story: Five years of Ice, A thousand years of Flame // by Lucky424 //------------------------------// Log entry number one: So, Twilight has decided that I need to start writing a diary. Luna has received an 'invite' to Saddle Arabia, so she should be gone for a further two weeks. The transformation is going to take place tomorrow, apparently it is a long, and possibly painful, experience, especially if it is permanent. I'm going to miss my fingers...not sure how I'll please Luna with a hoof, but I can learn. It's going to take time learning to walk again, but hopefully I can get it down before she returns. Log entry number seventeen: It happened again today. All I was doing was taking a stroll through Canterlot when a pony noticed me and gasped in shock... I stared back at the ponies staring at me, and one by one they started to bow. I turned around expecting to see one of the princesses, but there was nopony behind me. I shook my head and sat on my haunches. “Guys, come on. Enough with this crap already.” A little filly slowly trotted over, nuzzling against my foreleg. “Please... don't be mad, your majesty. We don't want you to be unhappy.” I sighed, remembering what I had said to the last crowd. “Look, I'm not royalty, okay? I just happen to have a horn and wings. So do changelings. Not that I'm one of those creepy ass bugs!” “Hey, I resent that!” I looked up to the pupil-less eyes of a changeling mare. “Uh... sorry. Anyway, the point is I'm just a regular pony. The royalty is over there, behind you!” Their gazes followed my fore hoof, which was pointing to a second hoof bookshop, where I had spied Twilight trying to use me as a distraction so she could slip away. The crowds immediately turned and bowed, before heaping praise upon her. I watched her cheeks light up in embarrassment, and went to back away, but I looked down to see what was holding me. It was the little filly. “Could you help me? I've lost my mommy in the crowds.” “Uh...sure. Hop on my back and we'll look for her together.” I bent down and the little unicorn jumped onto my back, nestling between my wings. “So then sweetie, what's your name, your mothers name, and what does she look like?” “My name's Dinky, and my mommy is called Mommy.” I couldn't help but laugh at that, the innocence of the young is always awesome. “But... other ponies call her Derpy, and she's got the same coat and mane colour, and her eyes are all duuhh!” She rolled her eyes, finishing with them crossed. I laughed again, before spotting a pony with bubbles for a cutie mark chatting up a storm with Twilight. I pushed my way through the crowd, making my way over to the pair. “Excuse miss, I think you dropped this.” I turned slightly to show the filly on my back, and she was swept up in the mare's forelegs. I looked to Twilight and smirked, before teleporting away, leaving her to deal with the crowds... …that was a fun day. I spent the afternoon as a colt for my punishment, but I couldn't complain. Not when the castle staff dropped their duties whenever I appeared to fawn over me, especially in the kitchen. It's no wonder I felt sick that night after eating that many cakes... Log entry number twenty three: I WANT MY FUCKING FINGERS BACK!!!! Log entry number twenty four: After my outburst, and subsequent rampage throughout the castle yesterday, I had to pay a visit to the shrink. It took several hours, but eventually I had let go of my fingers. I was a pony now, and for the rest of my unnaturally long life, as apparently alicorns had. I didn't need them. She even gave me tips on how to please a mare. That would come in use soon. Log entry number thirty six: It was hard avoiding Luna as she came back a day early, so I had to spend my time hiding as best as possible. I couldn't even use magic, as she would undoubtedly detect it. What made matters worse, she didn't know about my transformation, so she was in human form. She had just entered my room, checking the hall behind her, which gave me enough time to hide in the closet, door cracked open a little. She walked across the room and into the bathroom, where I heard things being moved. She came back out a few minutes later, dressed in frilly black lingerie. I had to close my eyes to stop myself reacting, but they reopened when I felt her magic flow. A pole appeared, reaching from the floor to the ceiling. I wasn't sure what was going on, until she grabbed a hold of it, and wrapped one of her legs around it. Then some music started and she began to dance. I wanted to jump out there and then, but I had to stick to my plans. She continued for half an hour, and she was very good at it. She reached a hand between her legs, her eyes shining with surprise. She gathered up a dress and left the room, checking to make sure the coast was clear again. I assumed that she was going to... 'take care' of herself, as she couldn't find me. I eased my way out of the closet and into the bathroom, to do the same. Turns out magic can work the same way as fingers! Log entry number thirty seven: She said yes! For that moment, my heart stopped beating as my brain went through her saying no, our eventual break up, and me with some random mare from wherever. But then she tackled me to the floor and said yes. My thoughts drifted to Sarah soon after, but... I loved Luna more. And I knew that where ever Sarah was, she would be happy for me. I could finally close that chapter of my life. Log entry number thirty seven, annex a: Luna insisted I contacted Sarah this evening, so together we sat in front of the comm terminal, waiting for it to boot up. The words 'checking connection' flared up, and we were rewarded with a tired looking woman covering herself with a blanket, staring at the screen confused. She recognised Luna, but it wasn't till I spoke in English to her that she understood fully. She was a little taken back, but accepted it. We said our farewells and Luna and I retired to bed. The night was young, and we had a lot of energy. It was very embarrassing, the amount of giggles coming from Luna's mouth as I tried to... 'mount' her. I used my magic on the top drawer and brought the gag out, telling her to stop laughing. She did so with her mouth, but I could still see the mirth in her eyes as she looked back at me. It soon turned to surprise as I found the right position... Log entry number hundred and thirteen: I am going to fucking kill Armour! Last night was my stag party. Not too bad, started off with a few bevies in the castle, surrounded by a few stallion friends, and then we hit the bars of Canterlot. The last place I remembered being was in Hoofers, and then I woke up this morning with a rather attractive and supple young mare... hoofcuffed to me. And then I noticed the click of a camera and felt somepony teleport away. Almost immediately I heard thundering down the corridor, and tried to get the cuff off, but even magic wouldn't work. The door burst open revealing a shocked Luna, who had a stallion cuffed to her hoof. After a quick chat, the mare and stallion went their separate ways. It also took several hours to find somepony with a key for the locks. Once we saw the giggling couple, Luna and I swore revenge on Cadance and Armour. Log entry number two hundred and sixty eight: It's tomorrow. I am more nervous now than I have ever been. What if something goes wrong? What if she changes her mind? I had voiced these questions, and more, to some of the castle guards, but they had all replied that things were going to go well. I chose to listen, but the worries were still there. If things went as planned, then I wouldn't be updating this for a while. If not, then I'll see you tomorrow night diary. Log entry number three hundred and one: Well, I guess we can safely say that things went to plan. We've just got back from the honeymoon, and are fucking exhausted. No, I'm not writing any of those details in here. Twilight wants to see this sometime, and that is something private. There was some talk, mainly from Luna, about foals, but we both agreed to wait at least a year. Time wasn't an important factor for us, so we could wait. I wasn't immortal, but neither were Luna or Celestia. We just had extremely long lives, and could still be killed in other ways. It's now my priority to make sure that doesn't happen to my wife. Log entry number three hundred and forty six: We got that motherfucker Armour back at last! All it took was getting Chrysalis to pose as Cadance, and getting him to run through one of her fantasies for her. What he didn't know about was the camera we had placed in the room. Once he was finished, and they left, we ran in, grabbed the camera, and took the film to be delveloped. He didn't show his face for a month after we plastered the Crystal City with the best picture of the lot! Log entry number four hundred and twenty five. I apologise if this entry seems sloppy, it's been so long since I wrote with fingers. Luna taught me her human spell today, as she wanted to show me something. At first I was hesitant to comply with her request, but the sparkle in her eye told me it was for both of us. Once more I found myself on two legs, walking awkwardly. I went to the storage cupboard to get my clothes, but Luna pushed me into a chair in the middle of the room. A quick flash of her horn and the pole appeared, fixed firmly to the floor. It was one hell of a show! Log entry number five hundred and seventy two: Luna's being ill for a while now. She constantly eats, and then a few hours later it returns. She's put on weight as well, but refuses to see a doctor. Exercise isn't helping, so I've given her another two months. If she hasn't improved by then, I'm taking her there myself. I can't stand to see her like this, something is clearly wrong but she's choosing to ignore it. I know she sometimes sneaks a peak in here, so if you're reading, please... just go to them, for me? Log entry number six hundred and twelve. I've had enough. It is only midday, but as soon as I have written this I am hunting her down and dragging her, kicking and screaming to the hospital. She is going to get a check up whether she likes it or not! Even if she tries to beat me away, she's still fucking going! ...Luna watched as the quill in his magic was set down on his desk, and then he closed the diary with his hoof. He let out a sigh and prepared to stand, and she felt it was time to make her presence known. “Alec?” His head turned to look at her and he smiled. “I... think it's time we went to the hospital. My meals are now staying down, but I am having stomach pains. Could you come with me?” He trotted over and nuzzled her, wrapping a wing over her back. The trotted down the hall together, heading towards the infirmary. The tests were extensive. Luna was hooked up to all kinds of machines, there were blood tests, magic ability tests, even eyesight tests, but they couldn't find anything wrong. One of the nurses came in to check her vitals, but when she placed the stethoscope to Luna's chest, her hoof slipped and it rested on her stomach instead. The nurses eyes went wide with shock, and she charged out of the room. “Hey, what's wrong? Get your ass back here and tell me now!” There was no answer to Alec's enquiry, and he prepared to chase the mare down. The doors swung open once more, and she returned, pushing a small screen. “Nurse...what is it?” She looked to him and smiled, then began rubbing a cool liquid on Luna's stomach, before placing a medical tool over it, which was hooked up to the screen. “Wait... that's an ultra sound. Nurse... why are you smiling like that?” The screen came in to focus, and tears of joy slowly seeped from Luna's eyes. There on the screen was the silhouette of a foal. The nurse turned back to the pair, a massive grin on her face. “Congratulations, you're going to be parents!” She squee'd out. 'THUD' Both mares looked to the unconscious stallion laying splayed out on the floor. Luna giggled a little, lifting him with her magic and settling him down on the bed next to her. She nuzzled under his chin, and then thanked the nurse. She let more magic flow and teleported them to their room, where she chose to remain snuggled against her stallion for the moment. “Well... things are about to get interesting...”