epilogue: step one: protect ponies, step two:????, step three: profit
***Canterlot one week later***
"I think a monument to my greatness should be right here" Isaac said pointing to a random spot on the canterlot ground near a hedge maze.
"You know that's where discord was originally imprisoned, right?" Luca asked as she clung to Isaac's back since she was to lazy to walk today. Isaac just looked back at her and grinned before saying,
"They have to replace one being of chaos with another don't they?"
"Please, the only chaotic thing you do is walk on two legs,"
"You wound me" Isaac grinned as he started to carry the changeling along the path back toward the castle itself which stood proudly against the skyline with its pristine white towers. "If we ever retire, you want to live here?"
"I don't know, to many snobs around here"
"There are snobs everywhere, but I see your point"
"Besides I hear ponyville is pretty exciting, Even when we retire we wont get bored from doing nothing"
"God, you reminded me when I was there and discord got out" Isaac shivered at the thought of being trampled by rabbits again since it took the doctors three days just to find all of the bone fragments in him.
"You know we are the thrill seeking type"
"Yeah, you kind of did make me an adrenaline junkie"
"Did it start with our first contract or when I surprised you with appearing as a female dragon"
"The first one" Isaac said calmly while trying to look interested in something else since he didn't want Luca to see him blushing. They passed many different sculptures depicting various ponies and villains throughout equestria's history when they walked over to a relatively new one of Sombra. There was an inscription underneath that read,
A pony who sacrificed everything to protect his people only to become the one who harmed them.
"You think ponies will eventually stop fearing Sombra" Isaac asked as he read the inscription.
"Have they stopped fearing you?"
"Well I kind of a mercenary Luca, even if we only pick the contract that deal in protecting others they don't need to know that"
"True, but you'd expect them to put two and two together" As Luca said that they finally reached the entrance hall to the castle which was decorated with balloons and confetti obviously by pinkie pie. When they had returned to canterlot Celestia though Isaac had decided to give up on the contract only for him to ask for a bonus as he held up a gem in a cage. Celesia asked why it was in a cage when Isaac said it growled at him before laughing his ass off. After locking the gem deep within the forbidden archives Celestia had decreed there be a celebration today and Isaac would get a special reward which he detested greatly.
Walking in Isaac was met with the smiling faces of five ponies and one face that was more disgruntled appearance. Isaac decided that since he gave pinkie a chance he could give one to applejack.
"Listen applejack whatever the hell you're pissed about can you just tell me"
"You lied to me repeatedly, put my sister in danger, and stole some of my apples"
"You kept asking questions about things I told you not too repeatedly and you kept asking anyway"Isaac began before taking a deep breath and continuing, "I kept my eyes on your sister the entire time she and her friends were diving into that lake, besides how was I supposed to know there was a lake monster in there,finally I paid for those apples you just didn't accept the currency I gave in exchange" Isaac reached into his bag before producing four bits, "This should cover it"
Applejack just looked at him slack jawed at everything he just said and then handing her bits as if it would fix everything.
"Ah still don't trust you"
"Did I ask you to trust me" Isaac said before walking further down the line of ponies only stopping to ruffle Twilights hair when he reached the end of the row where the princess of the sun stood.
"Are you ready for your special reward, Isaac" she asked.
"Is it a useless title or a useless lesson"
"No Isaac, I am giving you a job offer"
"I already like this"
"You and your companions shall work as a special task force for the crown, however your still your own group. You will be the first offered an jobs that the guard can't quite complete"
"Like you were going to hire someone else, but that sounds nice though next time no mind control"
"No promises"
"Great"
"Sister do you mind..." Luna walked into the room and looked over to see Isaac and her necklace.
"Hey moon moon, what have you been doing"
"I've been looking for my necklace since it disappeared after you returned it"
"Really, I wonder where it is"
"We believe it's around your neck"
"Well would you look at the time, We'd love to stay but we got other jobs to do" Isaac then proceeded to bolt out of the castle so fast that in the wonderbolt's academy spitfire yelled 'THAT'S AN ACADEMY RECORD' which confused many of the ponies she was currently training. The other four of their merry band were already waiting by the gate with their cart full of coin as Isaac was sprinting down the street yelling for them to go ahead and go when the Lunar princess dive bombed Isaac.
"THOU THINKS TO STEAL FROM THE CROWN, THOU SHALL FEEL THY_" Luna stopped yelling and began giggling as Luca had turned herself into a bird and started to tickle the night princess with her feathers while Isaac made his way out of the city.
"Alright first things first, Who wants to by a small Island?"