Epilogue
“I still can’t believe I lost…” Rarity cried out in despair, as they trotted out of the event grounds. Behind them, the sun slowly went down the distant horizon, as the day’s event finally drew to a close, with shops closing and ponies packing up and leaving. “…and to Blueblood, out all ponies!”
“There, there, Rarity…” Spike said, walking beside her and trying his best to comfort the saddened pony. “…you’re still the best Twilight to me. I think… Does that sound weird to you? Cause that sounds really weird to me.”
Ignoring his last comment, Rarity shook her head as she continued to grieve about her defeat. “That’s nice that you think that way, but that still doesn’t change the fact that Blueblood defeated me, even though I was clearly the winner!”
“Uhh…” Spike said, scratching the back of his head. “…well, if it helps, I had a bad day too. Most of my time during the reenactment was spent behind a wall of shield where I couldn’t watch the scene unfold, while the entire re-enactment itself was a big failure, because of the Changeling re-enactors.”
But nothing Spike could do can stop Rarity’s whining, as she was bent on complaining about her defeat.
“How could I have lost though?” She asked him. “My appearance was perfect. Don’t I look just like Twilight?”
“Of course you do!” Spike said, hoping that it would do something to comfort her. “Ain’t that right, guys?”
“Eyup.” The Big Mac replied, giving a firm nod of the head.
“You can bet!” Pinkie Pie said, bouncing around.
“Totally.” Rainbow Dash said as she flew above them.
“Yeah…” Applejack replied, grunting as she dragged along her still unconscious and drunk customer.
Smiling because of the responses, Spike gave Rarity a positive attitude as he tried his best to keep her spirits up. “In fact, I bet if Twilight was staring directly at you, then it would look like she was staring directly at a mirror.” He said, adding a winning smile to it.
But that smile soon faded when a small thought occurred to him.
“Wait a minute, where is Twilight?” He asked, looking left and right to search for the pony princess.
“Over here!” A voice called out, making the three of them turn to see a tired, yet happy looking Twilight trotting towards them, a certain something floating beside her under her magical aura. Getting closer with each step, Spike was able to get a clearer view of the book she was levitating and was able to read its title: ‘Book of Arcane Magic: Spells and Rituals.’
“Hey, Twilight-“ Spike called. “-where’ve you been? And where did you get that book?” He then questioned, knowing that the book would have gone to the first place winner of the Twilight Sparkle lookalike contest, which was supposedly Prince Blueblood.
“Oh this.” She said, nervously gazing at the book. “Well, uh, I got it from Blueblood…”
“He gave it to you?” He questioned.
“Yeah, definitely!” She said, a little too quickly. “After convincing him with my magic, he just gave me the book.”
“So you basically told him that the book with be more useful with your magic and he willingly gave it to you?”
“Yup, that’s what totally happened. Let’s go with that.” Twilight said, before shuffling on, urging them to move faster. “Now, let’s get going, because I think I saw the actual Royal Guard over here. Oh and by the way Spike, if the Royal Guard or the press end up knocking on our door, don’t, I repeat, DON’T, answer it.”
“Alright, Twilight, whatever you say…” Spike said, not bothering to ask more for he didn’t want to get involved any further.
“Good, now let’s just hope that my title of Princess of Friendship gives me immunity to any court case…” She muttered, as they made their way back home.
“Wow, you ponies are really dedicated to your roles…” Luna said, impressed at the massive cave system her loyal Changelings had brought her too. Placed on a throne made of sparkling gems and surrounded by these Changelings, she was impressed at the place they managed to build and the enormity of it all.
Despite the fact that she was still annoyed at them for ruining the reenactment, destroying her hopes of showing off how good of a leader she truly was, it seemed that this gigantic cave system they brought her too managed to wipe away that annoyance and replace it with respect for them.
Then again, you’d think a bunch of ponies who can build such a cave system would be better at reenacting fights… She thought to herself.
“It’s as if I’m actually in a Changeling cave.” She praised, awe and wonder still evident in her voice. “The Queen of the Changeling in her own domain!”
Her voice echoed around the cavern, hitting the stone and bouncing back till it went on and on.
“Although, I don’t think a Changeling cave would be this bland…” She said, looking down on them. “A little more décor would be nice, don’t you think? Maybe add some torture chambers and hang some cages on the ceiling to make it look a little more fearsome and scary.”
“Yes, my Queen, it shall be done.” One of them said as he stood up, and, leading on as a few of them followed, buzzed away to do her bidding.
Smiling that they seemed to like her suggestion, she gave a small nod of triumph, evidently pleased with herself. Then, a small idea came to her mind and as she gazed at the Changeling in front of her, she couldn’t help but get excited the more she thought about it.
“With this Changeling act you all got going here, do you think you can help me pull a prank on my sister?" She asks.