Just As I Once Was

by Matthias Ramsey

Epilogue: Greater Heights

Sweetie Belle stood on the balcony with her sister and master, newly acquired wings folded close to her sides. Though she had mended her horn long ago, she still wore bandages on it so she would never forget why she had to mend it.
Rarity dabbed her eyes with her handkerchief. "Sweetie Belle, I...there are no words to describe how proud I am of you. Why, it seems like just last week I was here watching Twilight go through the same thing."
Sweetie Belle sighed. "Yeah, but...now I just feel...sad."
"Sad? How come?"
"My training is complete. I...I don't know what to do with myself now."
Twilight laughed lightly. "Oh, Sweetie...though you may be done training, you are never done learning."
"What do you mean?"
"All I've taught you is what I know. That is by no means all the knowledge in the world." Twilight made a sweeping gesture with her horn at the horizon outside. "Explore the world. The quest for knowledge is never complete. You have wings now. You can both literally and figuratively soar to greater heights. Who knows, maybe one day, your students will know all there is to know. You will always be a student-a student of the world-until you literally know it all. I myself know that I will not complete that goal, but who knows, maybe you or your students will."

And so, Sweetie Belle, with a newfound appetite for learning and and unquenchable thirst for knowledge, set out to travel that which her master sought: all of the knowledge the world had to offer.
Who knows, maybe one day her time as a student will truly end. But until then, there is always something new to learn. Always so much left to know.

END

Comments

[Matthias Ramsey]

2624893 Elusive was deaf and dyslexic. It was very hard for her to learn the material.

[Spryzler]

2625213 Oh I see. Well, she still got a good mark. Nice ending by the way too! Great fic with a different point of view and style.

[Matthias Ramsey]

2625793 Yup. Not the most creative with names sometimes.

[Matthias Ramsey]

2625511 My goal was to not make anyone look stupid or anything. It was a special needs class, after all.

[Spryzler]

2625991 I wasn't calling them stupid by any means! Gah... What have I gotten myself into... I'm sorry.

[Matthias Ramsey]

2627702 You're fine. Stupid was my poor choice of words, not yours.

[Spryzler]

2627922 Whew. Thank you.

[Matthias Ramsey]

2628202 No problem.