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// Epilogue 
// Story: Never Ending Fears 
// by Faith Everlasting 
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SEVEN MONTHS LATER


Spike woke up from his deep slumber and yawned for a good ten seconds. He scratched his scaly chest with his claws and slowly turned over onto his other side to plant a kiss on his beloved wife. However, when he puckered up his lips, they were met with a cold pillow. 

"Wha-?" Spike mumbled as he slowly sat up in his bed. Applejack was nowhere to be seen... at least not on the bed. He quickly gazed around the room and noticed that her wheelchair had not been touched. "Applejack?"

He quickly got out of bed and looked underneath it, but to no avail. Spike started to panic like he always does when he doesn't understand something (remind you of any purple pony?). He started to sweat uncontrollably when he couldn't find her in the bathroom, the kitchen, the living room, the dining room, or the family room.

"Applejack!" 

The frazzled dragon ran out the front door, scanning over the orchard as quickly as he could. Granny Smith had given them a secluded part of the farm to live on as a wedding present so that Spike could continued to make the roasted apples (which were now being sold even in Canterlot)! Princess Celestia even made a point to advertise the delicious fruit so that they could provide for themselves.

"AJ? Come on, honey, talk to me!" 

His heart was pounding loudly inside his ears as adrenaline coursed through his veins. He was about to scream as loudly as he could, when he saw a familiar sight steadily walking towards him.

He sighed in absolute relief and wiped a gallon of sweat off his forehead.

"Applejack! I thought something happened to you!" 

He swooped down from the sky and scooped Applejack up into the air which made her cry out in joy. She cuddled up against his chest and gave him a small kiss before he set her down.

"Well, Sugar Cube, somethin' DID happen ta me." She beamed with pride when Spike's eyes widened in shock.

"What? What happened?!" He looked her over and did not see anything peculiar, until he looked at her back legs. The bandages that were previously wrapped around her right back leg... 

"They're gone!" He brushed his claw down her leg in amazement and then looked to his wife for an explanation.

"Ah decided I'd go to the doctor's early this mornin'. Figured you needed yer sleep." Applejack began to prance around her husband with a smug look on her face as he stared at her in awe. "Apparently, mah leg's all better!"

"But... how is that possible?"

"Ah don't know! Even he didn't know! He said it was a miracle!"

"I'll say!" Spike hugged his wife firmly, but then pulled her away and looked at her sternly. "But this doesn't mean that you can get back to bucking apples just like that!"

"Oh, ah know, Spike."

He smiled at her response and released his hold on her.

"There's also... another miracle the doctor mentioned..." Applejack trailed off when Spike looked at her again with shock. She blushed softly as the dragon placed his claw on her shoulder and looked her in the eye.

"What miracle?"