//------------------------------// // Epilogue // Story: [PonyType] // by Jaytee //------------------------------// 1 Year later... Alex woke up later than he ever had. It was the day he was dreading the last few years of his time here, and the time had come. He was finally going to go back. He sat up and looked around. His armor was there, his closet full of clothes, everything he had ever owned in the last 8 years. All of it wasted. He shifted his body to look like his original jacket and jeans. He sighed and walked over to the door. It opened silently, and he slipped out quietly. In the last 8 years he had rose to the top of the guard, stopped a few griffon assassination attempts, tore down an entire invading griffin legion on his own, and eventually brought peace to Equestria. He cleared his throat as he walked towards the room he was meant to meet everypony for one last time. He pushed open the large double doors, and looked at the group of 8 before him. Luna, Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Applejack, and Celestia. He smiled as he prepared his final good-byes. Lucky for him, he would never have to say anything. "Good to see you off Alex. We'll all surely miss you." Alex only smiled. He steeled his heart for what was coming next. He decided to cut straight to the point. "I don't need to do this... let's just... Get it all over with. Did you get everything I need?" "It was hard, but yes." Celestia said. Out from behind Celestia, a young stallion walked out. Alex sighed, and turned his head to the small pony. The small thing had grey fur, with a black mane that had a single white pinstripe down the side, and had two folded wings. For once in a long time, Alex genuinely smiled. He looked with painful eyes to Celestia. "Are you sure this will work?" He inquired. Nervous about what he was about to do. "From what I've studied about you, yes this will work." Celestia gave him a nod, signaling him to finish his work in Equestria. He put a hand on the young one's head. The small stallion fully opened his eyes to reveal two bright red eyes, with a hint of grey swirling around inside. Alex closed his eyes, and set his virus to work. The poor young pony was enveloped by the virus immediately. The eight mares inside watched curiously, unsure on how this would end. Alex removed his hand and looked at the small pony. The only thing that had changed was his fur color, it had shifted from grey to black, now matching his mane. The small pony hiccuped and sent a small fireball into Alex. Alex simply stood there as the fire singed a small part of his chest. He looked towards the group of mares. "Looks like it worked..." He turned to Luna. "I guess this means goodbye." Alex didn't have a second thought about it as he was wrapped in the warm embrace of the 8 mares, Luna crying quietly. "I'll always remember you, even if you don't..." She whispered into his ear. "...forever..." She hugged him tighter. He looked past the quietly crying princess to see a very excited looking Pinkie Pie. He was about to say something when she exploded with energy. "FOREVERRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She yelled, and jumped onto Alex. He pulled himself away from the group and looked to Luna. "I think it's time for me to go." he said, with slightly sad eyes. "The conditions are that you won't remember anything, and all your newly gained powers will be gone, it will be like you were never here. Are you sure about this?" Alex simply nodded. He turned to all of them and waved goodbye as Celestia and Luna's magic enveloped him. He took one last breath, and felt his powers being ripped from him, and his body beign restored to default. He managed one last phrase before disappearing completely. "Goodbye, I'll miss you a-" he disappeared with a flash. ---------------------------------------------------------- Alex hit the center of the crater with a loud CRACK! What had happened? Had he blacked out mid-air? He turned to the tank on his left and picked it up, throwing it in some random direction, mowing down crowds of people. He simply laughed as he turned to the building next to him, and began running to the top. Once he was out of sight of his captors, he simply looked around. Something was clouding his mind. He looked at his hand, and on the back of it was a faint blue blowing sphere. He swiped at it, and his hand went right through. He watched as it faintly disappeared, leaving a faint dark blue glow on his hand. He dismissed all his thoughts before leaping off the building, aiming to crash down on the poor people below. ---------------------------------------------------------- Luna watched quietly as Alex disappeared. She turned to the young stallion next to her. Though he was not much older than Rarity's sister Sweetie Belle, he was severely neglected by his only parent. He didn't truely know how to fly. He only spoke in short sentences. Though he had just been infused with Alex's power, Luna and Celestia needed to restrain his powers, until he actually needs all of them. Luna turned to the Elements of Harmony. "I think it's time we departed. There is much I need to converse with with Celestia...Privately." "Oh- Oh of course Princess Luna!" Twilight said hastily, moving quietly out of the room. After the mares had left, Luna turned quickly to Celestia, with teary eyes. "He's gone, Celestia... What will we do with him?" She pointed to the now scared looking stallion. She turned her head away from him, and whispered quietly to Celestia. "He doesn't even have a name..." Celestia turned to Luna. "All in due time, sister. But for now..." her horn began to glow, and the young stallion was enveloped with a white glow. "His powers are limited. But only just." She whispered, turning away from the young stallion. "What should we do with him?" "I think Twilight could use some light in her life. Or maybe Rainbow Dash, she would make and interesting motherly figure, but she might not be up to it..." "Let us think about this over time, sister. For now, let us keep him here." Luna said, slowly walking to the young stallion. "What just happened?" He said, quietly. His voice was lower than normal ponies of his age. Though it startled her, Luna smiled slightly. "Nothing you need to worry about, my friend. You have a great life ahead of you." She nuzzled him slightly. ---------------------------------------------------------- Another 2 years later. Helix woke up quietly, and turned his head to the rising sun. He groaned and rolled over in bed, smacking his now screaming alarm clock. He groaned and rolled over. It was Saturday, and he didn't need to get up. He actually just planned on falling back to sleep. His head was still friendly with his pillows, and his mind was just beginning to drift when there was a swift knock on the door, waking him up completely. "Helix! Scootaloo is here to see you!" He groaned. "Alright, Twilight... I'll be out in a sec." He sat up and looked in the mirror. His mane was a lot longer it used to be, and his once single white stripe had multiplied to many. But something was wrong. He sat up quickly and ran to the mirror. His once red eyes were now grey. He began to panic as he soon saw they morphed back to red. His breathing calmed, and he did a once-over on his entire body. His wings were larger than most ponies his age, and he had a double DNA helix for a cutie mark. He smiled at it, though he had no idea what it meant. He calmly walked down the stairs and to the door. He waved to a very happy looking Twilight. "Bye Twilight!" He waved. She waved back calmly, before turning back to her books. Helix turned to the orange mare in front of him. "Alright, Scoots. Let's roll." He said, flaring out his wings. "I'll race you to practice!" "Oh you're on!" Scootaloo said, opening her own wings. They both took off to the sky in the blink of an eye, leaving a small dust cloud in their wake. (A/N: YES! IT'S HERE! Your sequel! Sorry I couldn't bring Heller into this, yet. But I need to play the game first. Thanks for all that are following this story! I'll update this story to let you know when I decide to release the full sequel, if you guys still want it. [Let me know]. Thanks to all of you who have come this far! And for anyone who decides they don't like where this is going, you don't have to read it. Yay!)