Epilogue: Much, Much Later
The pages turned as one sought to remember. It had been such a long time now, far far too long for what had been lost to them. Picture after picture filled the tome, all of them once cherished memories, and now reduced to painful reminders.
“Spike my dear?” A voice called out to the large form.
“In here…” Came the slow reply. “I was just looking at them again.”
“Three thousand years later and you still miss them,” Luna chuckled. “You’ll get the hang of immortality in time my love.”
“I have plenty of it,” Spike chuckled. “Do you remember this day? When Rarity and Twilight finally tied the knot?”
“Yes. I remember Rarity had 12 nervous breakdowns from the dressing room to the alter.”
“Was it only 12?”
“Yes dear,” Luna laughed. “Remember this day?”
“The day Twilight discovered that portal to a human world? That was a horrible ordeal,” Spike chuckled.
“Or how about the day they became superheroes?”
“I miss that costume,” Spike nodded.
“It wouldn’t fit you now dear.”
“Honey, 90% of the houses in Equestria don’t fit me.” Spike laughed. “What about this day? The day Shining took home the gold for the Equestrian Games.”
“I remember that. And here’s the guards taking it back,” Luna smiled. “Goddess that was so mean of Tia to hide it on him.”
“She did warn him,” Spike noted.
“Uncle Spike? Aunt Lulu?” A voice called out to the pair. “What are you guys doing?”
“Hey Sparky,” Spike greeted kindly. “Come on over, I wanna show you a few pictures of the greatest mare’s in Equestria, your moms.”
“How did they come together?” Charity Sparkle, otherwise known as Sparky, asked as she took a seat next to her giant draconian uncle. “They never got around to telling me. It was always ‘Sparky don’t do that!’ or ‘Sparky let him go!’ I kinda miss them now is all…”
“I miss them too hun. They were both so amazing. You’d have loved them if you got to know them before you were born. But that’s not what you asked. It all started when somepony got sick, and had to miss out on work. Who would have thought that one incident would lead to the true love of two very dear friends? That was when your mom, Rarity...”