A few days later, Cosgrove traversed around his reforming dreamscape. His avatar was also in a state of healing; He still had a few traits of his monster form, including being at this point the size of Shining Armor. When he walked over to the tree, he found Chelsey, Diver, and Zipper there as well. He approached them cautiously as he found their heads hanging low.
“What’s wrong?" He cocked his head "Did we-?”
“We won.” said Chelsey
“But... Schnookums…” whispered Diver
Cosgrove sat down on his haunches with his head low.
“Areyou-” said Zipper
“This is releasing him, but not the way I or Applejack had in mind." He looked over "How’s Trog?”
“Trog is staying at Tambelon." Chelsey rubbed a hoof on his shoulder "Last I heard, there are now 100 inhabitants there.”
“Also some of the our other suitemates moved over to the Everfree Forest.” Diver winked
They were then interrupted as a large shadow was cast upon them. They looked to find Princess Luna, now with a bandage around her neck. It was time to go. Cosgrove hugged his friends in a deep embrace. Luna opened his dream door, allowing his friends to return to their dream world. The Hipparion looked at the tree and closed his eyes. The sound of wood stretching is heard until he opened his eyes. The tree was in a similar shape to Schnookums including having leaves in the mouth for his baleen.
“Rest well… Both of you…” Said Cosgrove as a tear dripped from his face.
Back in the physical world, Zecora, recently awoken from her long rest, walked to a swollen river in the Everfree Forest. After drinking some of the water herself, she dipped a large vase into the flowing river, filling it up to the brim. Suddenly, her peripheral vision caught sight of something that widened her eyes.
It was a Brobdingnag, but this individual is 3 meters tall. As the Zebra watched it feast at a small tree, she noticed even smaller individuals eating the brush. All of them looked to a deep baritone sound coming from upriver. Another individual, much larger than Schnookums was for the most part, was trudging down the river. Zecora moved out of the way as the colossal being turned to it’s right and left the water. It stopped for a while before giving out a bellow. A few yards away, more individuals of a similar size were walking down the river.
Zecora smiled at the sight of the herd as they continued to their new feeding grounds.