Author's Notes:
Thanks to Deadinlight for beta-reading and helping me edit
Epilogue: This is Not the End
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I should have known, falling in love was the worst thing I could have done while being on the run. Now I am in bed with a stallion that first tried to kill me, then bedded me, and finally broke my heart when I found out who he really was… Why do the princesses do this to me? Or is this Discord’s fault?
Oh no, little pony, I had nothing to do with this… HAHAHA
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Shadow Eyes grumbled as she pried herself from the sleeping grasp of Rich. She knew he was right, she was scared, of letting anypony in… She had been falling for Rich before she realized he had been the one trying to kill her, no… That isn’t true, she did fall for him, and she did still want him, as evident by the fact she just laid with him. Shadow Eyes made her way to the entrance and stood there facing the door, focusing on just the door and she argued with herself, she knew that if she allowed herself to be with Rich, what did that mean if Silver Hoof did wait for her? No. She couldn’t make that excuse, even if he had, she told him not to, she told him to move on with his life, that where she went, he couldn’t follow, a life of secrets and lies, and if this pony, this thief, could handle the truth of her, then perhaps it was time she let a pony in…
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Rich Quick groaned at the loss of warmth in his bed, slowly waking up and finding her not there, but on her pillow, a small note that read, in very messy hoofwriting:
“Rich, you’re right, I’m scared, I have lived most of my adult life on the run, hiding from ponies who want me dead, and Celestia knows what else…
I know that I never gave you an answer…
So if you are still interested in being in a relationship with a mare who nearly killed you the first time we met, with a mare that practices the forbidden arts. With a mare that, if discovered will be the end of your life as you know it…
Come to my apartment, I will be waiting for you there”
Rich Quick dry swallowed as he realized the mare would be giving him a chance finally? Then he shouldn’t waste anymore time...