//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: Pinkie's Sweet Tooth // by Atreyu //------------------------------// The spring afternoon sun cast its glorious amber light over Ponyville. Shining light through the canopy of trees, illuminating their humble beauty in a sparkling array of golden and emerald lights, shifting and swaying gently in the breeze. The contrasting lights and shadows upon the thick line of trees and flowers, adding to the brilliant reality and depth of the scene. The gentle buzz of activity, of friends and neighbours-- a community, interacting in the town square below, harmonised with the song of the various birds around him. Marcus Kane inhaled deeply, absorbing the peace and vitality of the life around him. The warm kiss of the golden afternoon sun upon his face and the gentle caress of the breeze around him completed the transcendence. He opened his eyes again and saw his six friends coming to meet him on top of the hill. He waved a hoof to them. They all smiled and waved back. The pure beauty of what he was now a part of was washed over him and sent a ripple of hope and joy all across his body. And, for the first time in his life, he felt true peace.