The sunset was glowing brightly, the Unicorns' magic was finally restored and Artemis was overjoyed.
"This is utterly stupendous! Finally!" he happily cheered. His joy was short-lived, however, as a distinct purple pony was making her way toward them, marching her hooves in a precise tempo. It was Madame Urbmane, and she was not at all pleased to see them late, not to mention out of the cave and empty-hoofed. She had expected the Foal's Gold to be delivered to her at the most efficient time possible.
"Well, well, well." she said with an authoritative and arrogant voice. "Look who's back."
She was not alone, as behind her was a large crowd of mineworker ponies and other citizens of Cliffside, who had clearly been arguing with her based on the way they kept themselves around the mare.
"Just 'cause we do things in an orderly fashion 'round these parts, doesn't mean we leave them for dead!" one pony in the crowd shouted.
"I agree with that!" shouted another.
"Oh for Celestia's sake, we're in the hands of engineers." Arion stated with a frown.
"They were trapped! It would have been a waste of resources to help them! They're expendable!" Urbmane shouted to the crowd whilst pointing to Blue Button.
"No we are not. We learned something today, that everypony will find their calling in life eventually. They just need to give it some time and thought! Everyone is valuable here. No one is expendable!" shouted Tealeaf with a passion.
"Oh please..." Urbmane huffed. "That stallion? He's utterly useless!"
"That's a lie!" Arion retorted as he addressed the crowd. "If it hadn't been for him, we'd still be stuck down in that dark, miserable, abominable place! I'd rather have been in Tartarus with the evil creatures!"
"Listen up everypony! I'm sorry for how I've been this awful long time. It just took me a while to figure out what my super special talent really is. I know it's rather strange to ask but, I hope you can all trust me and respect me like you once all did when I was a colt. I can help you again, I'm motivated and I know what I'm doing with my life now. I respectfully resign from my job, Urbmane." Blue had spoken up proudly.
The crowd was agreeable and they didn't hesitate to form a circle around the stallion and his friends, excitedly anxious to hear of their adventures into the dreaded Cliffside mines and of Blue's newly discovered passion in life. Urbmane, on the other hoof, was shocked that everypony had agreed with an expendable worker. She huffed, stared at Blue Button and walked off, her head held so high in arrogance that her neck may have broken if she had raised it but an inch more. The stuck up mare proceeded to amble back to her office in disgust, disappearing behind the giant gates, which seemed to protect her from the outside world.
Meanwhile, Blue Button was about to tell his new tale to the crowd when he caught a glimpse of a small, sad-looking filly sitting on a bench staring at her hooves. She did not look to be very happy at all. He paused for a while before Artemis brought his attention back to the story which needed to be told.
"Artemis, why don't you tell the story for now?" he asked with a smile.
"Of course my good chum!" He jumped up and began to speak. "It was with but a corner and a dark alley that this stallion found these ponies. He obviously led the whole venture due to his magical intuition and skill-" Artemis's excited voice slowly faded away as Blue Button trotted in the direction of the miserable filly. His legs seemed to perform the action without his command or knowledge. He beamed slowly as he walked through the streets, out of the inner city and into the distance, further than the naked eye could make out. To Arion and Tealeaf, he was now a single blue and peach dot on the horizon.
"I'll go after him!" stated Arion, but Tealeaf held her hoof out to detain him with a smile.
"I think he's doing what he needs to do. It's his gift to Equestria." she said. "We have a lot to do too. Do you wanna have a picnic under the gazebo later with me?"
"Can Artemis come?" Arion asked.
"Sure, once he's eventually finished with his story, but that might be a while." They both rolled their eyes, chuckled and sat down with the crowd.
Blue Button is running to the filly now. He will help her. He will run over the great mountains of the Unicorn Range to reach the foal, and all of the unstable cliffs and treacherous slopes in his way will stand aside and bow to him in respect, for he has won. Luna's soft moonlight begins to break through the clouds and soften his heart for he is now a complete pony, together forever.