With Kretin defeated, Ponyville had slowly returned to normal. Those who had been turned to stone had thawed, and there had been many tearful reunions. The unicorn whom none of them had recognized, Celestia had explained, had been an otherwise ordinary mother of two named Rain Breeze, who had been reunited with her family after having the misfortune of encountering Kretin while picking mushrooms in the forest.
The entire group was gathered in Twilight's Library. They had all gotten hugs from Stitch, of course, and Luna had opened a small ripple in the dimensional vortex with the assistance of some extremely old books. It was an energy draining spell, and could only be kept open for a few minutes.
"Your work here shall not go unrewarded," Celestia said. "You are more than welcome to return here whenever you like, especially if Equestria needs you."
Stitch shook his head, and pointed into the tear. "Family," he said.
Applejack looked at Trixie, as all of them minus a unicorn were gathered at the scene. She began to say something, but Pinkie interrupted. "This is so exciting! I wish Rarity hadn't denied the invitation to send Stitch off, she'd have loved this!"
"Rarity has taken time off to spend with Sweetie Belle," Twilight reminded her. "Some moments have to be enjoyed before they're gone, and her little sister is growing up quickly. Not to mention she's probably traumatized by all this."
Stitch was hugging Fluttershy, who was crying. "I'm gonna miss you most of all," she sniffed.
"Do hurry," Luna warned. "I can't keep this open for much longer."
Stitch patted Fluttershy on the head and bounded through the rip, the smell of beaches and pineapples wafting through it. Luna gave a great grunt of energy and the ripple closed, her horn powering down.
Celestia sighed with satisfaction. "Alright, all of you, let's be leaving. I for one would like to celebrate the return of all my little ponies."
Rainbow Dash flew up to the front of the group. "Whatever happened to all the pieces of Kretin, anyway? Are you sure they're not going to be a problem again? Where could you possibly find somewhere that's permanently daylight?"'
Celestia just smiled, and briefly glanced upward to the sky, before looking back at Rainbow Dash.
"Don't you worry about that, I took care of it."
***
Several days after Stitch had left, with things having returned to normal and even Trixie having participated in the festivities, being much more enjoyable to be around, even if prone to egotistical outbursts. As Twilight and Spike slept, a small spike of energy appeared where the rift had closed. A small round object of some sort burst into existence and flew into the Library, bouncing off various walls before flying through the open window. It landed on a small ridge and rolled underneath the tree, never seen and quickly forgotten.
Barely visible on the small object was a set of numbers.
627.
You know that now you're obligated to write a sequel, right?
3801932 I've been planning a third installment but it's only in the ideas phase. I want to write other things for a while.
3801935 Bring Lilo it is needed. Whats next?
SANDWICHES
3805026 Sorry, no plans for Reuben.
3805740 Have you read the first story, Six Two Six yet? If that wasn't mentioned here OR in Six Two Six then that's going to have to be something I need to fix. Easy enough.
HECK YES :D EVIL EVIL EVIL
3806239 also does Six Two Six Two happen after the Leroy and Stitch movie?
3809961 Six Two Six happens BEFORE the series so Leroy and Stitch has not happened yet. And before I get swarmed with "WELL THEN HOW DID THE EXPERIMENT CAPSULES GET OUT?!"
I HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT.
3810017 oh so that means Stitch won't know about 627's abilities and weakness huh, doesn't Jumba create 627 sometime in the series though?
3810164 Correct and Correct
Evile, the most dangerous of all the experiments, pure unredeemable evil, 6 arms, 2 heads, the abilities of most of the previous 626 experiments, including Stitch's but better and his only weakness is that he is easily amu sed Andy when he starts laughing it is practically impossible for him to stop.
4231736 pinkie pie, hes toast.