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// Epilogue 
// Story: Doctor Whooves: Nightmare in Old Equestria 
// by sgamer82 
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	Their house was on a hill, miles out from the village.  The house had seen a lot of love over the years as they raised their family.  Now, however, only two elderly ponies lived there.  Their children had all moved on to their own lives, and were raising children of their own.  An elderly brown unicorn sat with his wife, a blue unicorn, watching the moonrise together.  It had been their tradition for many, many years.  They were thought of as eccentrics, even amongst their children, for wanting to go and stare at the Mare in the Moon.  They didn't care.  The moon was precious to them.

Edge Glimmer and Meanderly, knowing what the Mare in the Moon was, could never bring themselves to fear it, like so many ponies had begun to.  The legend had begun to spread soon after the events at Whinnychester Castle.  For the two of them, who had been there for those events, the moon was a thing of bittersweet sadness, not fear.

Their moon watching was interrupted by a sound.  A sound the two of them had heard only once in their lives, so very, very long ago.  A wheezing sound that heralded the arrival of one special pony.

Both ponies looked around them frantically, searching for the tall blue box with the words “Police Barn” on that would soon appear out of thin air.  It appeared, fading in and out, directly behind where they sat.  The door opened and out strode an earth pony with an off-white coat, wearing a dark brown jacket with a paisley scarf and an umbrella tucked into the pocket for easy carrying.

“Hello, friends,” the pony greeted them, tipping his hat to them as he did. “I hope I am not intrrruding.”

“Doctor, what are you doing here?” Edge Glimmer asked.  He recognized the very pony who had tried to save his Princess so many years before, looking the same now as he did then.

“Well, I was leaving Whinnychester about fifty or so years ago and a thought occurred to me,” the Doctor began. “It occurred to me that, yes, you have your parts to play.  Your rrroles to fulfill.  But then, I realized, eventually your part would be done.  It would be up to your next generations to continue your oh so important legacy.  I assume Twilight Moon and her siblings have gone forth and begun their own families?”

The ponies nodded with some uncertainty.

“Wonderful.  That should be in order then.  That in mind, I decided it would be safe now to come back and make you an offer.  A retirement package, of sorts.  A thousand years into the future, perhaps?”

Edge Glimmer and Meanderly’s eyes went wide as they realized what the Doctor was offering.

“So, what do you say?” the Doctor asked.


THE END