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// Epilogue 
// Story: After the Nightmare 
// by CORACK 
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Selene stood happily in the field enjoying the warm summer breeze flowing through her coat. After nearly a lifetime of harsh winters, it felt marvelous, even after the month she had spent here in Equestria she still wasn't sick of it. In the distance rolling green hills slowly gave way to the rocky terrain that formed the foot of Canterlot Mountain. She took off at a gallop heading towards the nearest hill.

Panting slightly as she reached the top, she stretched her wings impatiently, and looked to the sky, waiting for Luna to arrive. Far away in the sky, she spotted a small blue speck; slowly it grew larger and larger until she could make out her friend gently gliding down towards the ground.

"Sorry I'm late, court ran much longer than I expected," Luna said. "Are you ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be," Selene replied with a smile.

"Remember it isn't just about flapping your wings, without a pegasi's innate magic there is no way those wings could support you. You must feel this magic, take hold of it and direct it through your wings, then you can take flight."

"I know, you've said that a hundred times, but for someone who grew up without wings or magic, it's hard to keep everything in unison."

"Don't over think the process, do what comes naturally, your body wants to fly, it will if you let it," Luna said. "Why don't you try a simple hover."

"I know I'm thinking too much, that's why I chose this spot, I had something else in mind." Selene said with a grin.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked as Selene started to back up. She did not like the twinkle she saw in Selene's eyes.

Selene had chosen this hill specifically, on the side she had climbed it sloped up gently, but on the other, there was a sharp drop downward before it evened out. She took off as fast as she could at the edge of the cliff, praying she would not trip up. When she reached the edge she launched herself into the air, and flared her wings out. Almost immediately she began to fall back down, she started flapping her wings but her strokes were uneven and she accelerated towards the ground below.

Luna watched as Selene fell from the sky, she was already galloping towards the edge of the cliff, preparing to catch the crazy mare before she could fall and injure herself. She knew running wasn't going to be fast enough so with a pop she teleported to the bottom of the cliff and looked up.

A hundred feet above her, she heard the sounds of joyous laughter as Selene glided gently in a circle very slowly losing altitude. Every once in a while she applied a gentle flap to regain the height she had lost. This time Luna noticed with pride that the wing beats were even and smooth. She flew up to her friend grinning happily.

"First off," Luna said. "Don't ever do that again, but secondly congratulations."

"It worked, didn't it?" Selene said, sticking her tongue out at her friend. "I knew I was over thinking it, so I forced instinct to take over and now that I've felt it I can repeat it." She shifted her wings and began to hover in place, Luna hung next to her.

"I do have one question though," Selene said her face turning serious.

"Yes?" Luna asked.

"How do I get down?"