Epilogue
June 4, 1016,
I was being hunted, I could feel it. More then a decade of taking care of baddies for Twilight had honed my senses greatly. I continued on though as if I didn't notice, hoping to lure them out. Soon enough, my patience was rewarded. A blur jumped out at me like a canon ball, but it wasn't fast enough. I reached out and grabbed it around the head and rubbed my knuckles into his head.
“Ow, I give, I give!” Said my attacker, “You win, dad!”
“You got a lot to learn if you're gonna catch me off guard.” I said.
“So what'cha get?” Razor asked.
“Elk.” I answered.
“Nice. You gonna make that sweet and sour stuff?” He asked.
“Sure, that sounds good” I answered.
The two of us walked back home with our dinner in tow. When we got inside, I gave Jynx a peck.
“Took you long enough. You almost missed breakfast.” She said, “Getting rusty in your old age.”
“What are you talking about, I'm not old.” I said.
I took the meat to the meat freezer and stashed it away. After a quick wash, I went back up to the table.
“Razor, go tell your sister it's time to eat.” Jynx ordered.
The young cub went to the bottom of the stairs and yelled up, “Snow, mom said come eat!”
Snow was born the January after the war during a particularly beautiful snow storm, hence her name. She was mostly pony in appearance, a unicorn to be precise. The only features that betray her tigony (the name Jynx and I decided on for pony-tigers) nature was her coat color, eyes, and teeth. Other than that, she seemed like a perfectly normal filly.
“Hurry up and eat.” I told them, “We gotta be at Sweet Apple Acres in an hour.”
Damn these kids can eat.
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“Hay, Raz!” Called a cyan pegasus colt, with a fire red mane from beside the barn.
“I'm gonna go hang out with Blaze, OK.” Said Razor.
He flew over to his younger cousin and bumped his hoof with his fist, “How's it going Blaze.”
“I just creamed Flash in a race, so pretty good.” He responded.
“Is going to leave us alone now?” Razor asked.
“Doubt it.” Answered Blaze, “I bet he would if you just stood up to him. I mean, your awesome when you want to be. I know you could kick his flank if you wanted to.”
“N-no I couldn't. I'm not that great.” Replied the cub, “If I were more like dad I could, but...”
“You cryin again.” a country accented voice suddenly spoke.
“Yah!” Razor jumped, “Don't do that, Autumn!”
“You're so easy.” She said, “And cute.” The farm filly ran her hoof across Razor's chest.
His eyes widened and he stammered, “I, to, uh, do, um, haha, wh...”
He tried looking anywhere but at the filly in front of him. His gaze went to the side where he saw...
His eyes snapped back to Autumn and he grinned, “You know, I think you're good looking too. You wanna make out.”
Autumn's composure started slipping, “Uh... wait, you want to.” She said, sounding sad.
“Why, are you jealous or something... Surprise.” He said.
“Wha?” She flashed green and took on a white pegasus form, with a short, red mane, “How did you know it was me?”
“Cause Ah'm right here.” The real Autumn said.
The four friends joined each other in a laugh.
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“I'm kinda hoping for a filly this time” Dash aid as she bit into her jalapeno and mustard sandwich.
“Twilight said she's coming, so just ask her.” I said.
“Ask me what, now.”
I turned around to see a pair of ponies landing behind me, “Dashie here wants to know if she's having a filly.”
“OK, let's see here.” Twilight's horn flashed and a faint glow appeared around RD's belly, “Nope, another colt.”
“Aw pony feathers.” Said the pegasus.
“Well hay, you what they say, 'third times the charm'.” I said. She just rolled her eyes.
I looked over at another familiar face, “Why hello your prince-y-ship-ness. Come to visit an old friend from before your immortal days”
“Shut up, Shiro. You wouldn't believe how hard it is helping to run two countries.” Waya replied, “I'm just glad Uncle Crazy Ghost is willing to do most of the work with the Lycan Empire while I'm here.”
“So... can you actually use that thing?” I asked pointing to the now fully grown appendage on his forehead.
He was about to answer but Twilight cut him off, “Not without breaking, tearing, or injuring somepony or thing nearby.”
“Yeah, I'm still an earth pony at heart. Magic just isn't my thing. The wings though, those are awesome.”
“Yeah, flying kicks all kinds of ass.” I agreed, “After we're done here let's have a match. We'll see if those wings will give you an edge. Right now though, I’m going to go find Midnight so we can get this show on the road.”
I made my way to a tent set up near the orchard. After a quick knock, I let myself in.
“How ya holding up Mid?” I asked.
“Uh... nervous.” He said simply.
“That's alright. It's normal.” I told my son, “I was the same. Be glad you can't get sweaty palms.”
“Hehe, You always know how to lighten the mood.” Midnight said.
“Well, it's not every day my oldest son get's married, so it's important that I do.” I said, “Now let's go make this the best day in Applebloom life.”
“Alright, dad.” He said as the both of us headed out of the tent, and toward the altar.
As we walked I thought about everything I had been through. This place may not have been all rainbows and sunshine, no things like that only exist in shows for little girls, but it truly is a wonderful, wonderful world.
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And that's pretty much it, my story. I know you're saying, “But there's still questions that need to be answered. How did you actually get there? Why did you turn into a tiger to begin with when Sato stayed human? Where the hell does Mephisto keep disappearing to?” Well, every question does indeed have an answer, but that doesn't mean you'll ever find out. Like I said in the beginning, I never found out how I got here. I just did
Of course this isn't quite all. I had a few other interesting experiences. Like the time that Razor, Snow, and several of their friends disappeared into thin air, but that not this story, nor is it mine. Perhaps you'll hear about it in the sequel or something.
So I guess this is good bye for now. If any of my family is reading this, know I still love you even though I’m in another world. To everyone else... stay thirsty my friends.
Yours truly,
Shirotora, the most interesting tiger in Equestria.
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I would like to thank all my readers for their support. Especially the ones that commented almost every chapter, and those who let me use their characters.
This story may be marked complete, but it's not quite done yet. I'm going to post a few deleted, and alternate scenes as well as the tragic alternate ending. I might also put up a few side stories, slice of life kind of stuff. Also for you fans of smut, if you want I could post a few clop scenes of the other characters.
I'm going to be taking a short break from writing. Nothing major just a week, maybe two. I'll still be writing a little, but only sparingly. Hopefully I’ll be able to finish part four of my Dawn Shield series and get that posted.
Thanks again everyone, and keep a look out for “Into the Black: A Mare's Tale”, coming to a FiM fan site near you.
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Finally done and I feel sad that no new chapters to the story
Amazing story and very long
Umm who is sato?
1629182 The first human. The one that appeared 1300 years ago in Luna's and Discord's bedroom.
Fantastical work Shiro. This work is simply...
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1629161 Like I said in the final AN. The main story is done but I'm planning on adding a few side stories.
Congrats on finishing the story! I can't wait for 'Into the Black', as I said earlier.
P.S. Five days, Including the weekend, off school for Thanksgiving, so I get to write all the fucking time! So, the next part for OHoaT should get done much quicker than the first one. Just thought you'd wanna know, seeing as you seem to like it most of everyone following it. Also, fuck family during the holidays, fimfiction is all I need! <- God I hope no one I'm related to sees that, or I won't be writing again for a while lol.
FINALLY, Someone uses A wonderful world in a fim fic. was wondering when someone would do that.
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1629298 It'll pick up speed. When I first started this I had about a dozen people following it. Now I'm almost at 200. I also had about ten people watching me, now I have 70.
1629365 True enough. I seem to be the opposite for my stuff though. On my past two stories, not counting Mortia Onus, I seem to get an influ of favourites in the first few days, about fifty to sixty for each, then they slow and almost never change. I don't update very fast (understatement of the fucking century) so I have no huge chance of getting featured to increase potential viewers. Ah well, none of that honestly matters. As long as one person reads my stories, I'll continue, so I'm not too disappointing.
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Y'know looking to see how many favourites each story has made me realize; it's kinda surprising to look through the list of people following your stories. Imagine the shock I got when I found out two of my favourite authors at the time OHoaT was posted, Gyvon (who seems to be other most enthusiastic about OHoaT) and tony1685, had favourited my stories. I would say the same about you, but you favouriting and commenting on my story introduced me to you, but you are one of my top five authors on the site and MAN do I seem to love going off on a tangent.
Anyway ramblings done for now, hheh-heheh
1629461 Tangents are nice. Like this one time I was walking my dog and some dude ran past butt naked saying the mailboxes were trying to eat him.
So sad...to see such a great fic come to an end, but at the same time, the resolution brings a sort of peace of mind.
Also...Waya...is...AN ALICORN! And one that helps run not just Equestria, but also the Lycan tribes!
1629522 i.imgur.com/zDcF7.gif lol
1629583 This is why I have you and Husk for editors in Into the Black.
I love following a story to the end just for the feeling of seeing it grow
1629522<< you live in america right....
cause in england we get roads collapsing and cars getting sucked into their abyss.
then the roads turn into ramba rapids.
but in England crazy stuff happens elsewhere.
1631739 You're from England, huh. I'm sorry to hear that
1631791 I Know Scotland is so much better.
It is though. EVERYTHING IS BIGGER AND BETTER
and there's haggis
F-ING NOM NOM HAGGIS NOM NOM
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1631843 Umm, huh
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dem feels
its just sad to see shiro's story come to a end
the sequel better be good or I'm gonna come and cut you
1631791 England can be a dank, dreary crapsack country...unless you know where to look :L
and its a good way to end the story dude, *sits and waits very very patiently for a sequel* i'll be here for sometime :L
1634862 Unfortunately yes. I have three stories in line before the sequel, but one is very short.
1636913 meh, it'll be worth the wait dude
I'm not going to lie. I just finished this (I wanted to wait until I could sit down and read the whole ending out...) and I'm not quite sure I know what I'm going to do? Well besides pre-reading / editing Into the Black... This was one of the first Fan-Fics I really got into. Truth be told, you inspired me to take my OC's short story (about 800 words) and turn it into a true story, which to date now has not one, but two sequels in production! So thanks for the Inspiration!
So, now that's over with, I owe you a good and proper Review...
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Why don't I just move to what I dislike? Let's see, you killed several characters I liked... Laila, Carrot Top, Mr Cake (Whom, for whatever reason, you renamed "Carrot Cake"), Ruby Heart and Thunder Struck (Whom we never knew, but what is it with everyone killing her parents!?)... Pinkie being sterile. For some reason, that just seemed cruel, something that she never deserved. At least she ended up with Surprise in the end...? (If you had given her Surprise's coloring, I would've shit bricks though!) You also may want to go through and look at your word choice and grammar throughout, as I have noticed a lot of little things that 'slipped under the radar'...
Not as bad as advertised, now was it?
So for what I liked? I really liked Shirotora Godsbane as a character. He is multifaceted and deep, far from a one trick character. Equally able to make you laugh, as groan in frustration. He is a really engaging character and I readily found myself attached to him. One particular point in the story was particularly powerful... Celestia killing Jynx. I'm not going to lie, that hit too close to home...You wrote that way too well. I was not expecting it at all and I read the first part and it crushed me. I quickly turned to the second part (as I had fallen a bit behind) hoping, nay, praying that what I had read was some sick joke of Celestia's? A dream of Shiro's? Anything but that...Anything. Then the funeral scene... I ended up in a ball, out on my deck, trying to breathe. I know that pain all too well, and you conveyed that expertly. I felt his pain along with mine and I wanted to die all over again. (Clearly I didn't, because I am typing this...) No other character have I ever rooted for so strongly, so personally, as I have for Shiro after that scene...
I also really enjoyed the Alternative Universe aspect to this story (Which IMO you should add to your tags...), the idea that the Equestria we have come to know and love is an idealized world, not the one that it actually is. It sort of reminds me of my OC's story actually... Totally no influence from this story, no. Nope, none.
Finally, I really enjoyed the chapters when you added facts about Equestria and her mythology. Something you occasionally worked into the story itself, especially in the later chapters...
So far as I am concerned, you have delivered on all your 'promises' - based off the story's description - and have entertained me thoroughly throughout...I shared his frustrations, laughed with him and I cried with him. You have given yourself a name in my mind as an author and I now eagerly await your future works, and the promise of a sequel makes me giddy!
I give this Story a perfect score. You have now unlocked all the ponies for future play-through's!
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1648624 Wow. I don't know what to say, thanks. I'm glad I had that much of an effect on you. I know a lot of the story had some messed up scenes, but the sweetest endings come from tragedy. Pinkie's sterility was something I had to think on for some time, but I needed a real reason for her to want to adopt Surprise and for others to accept it. Laalia's death is necessary for certain aspects of the sequel. Carrot Cake's (that's his actual name, and Mrs. Cake's name is Cup Cake) death was more because in war death won't pass you up just because you're liked. As for Jynx's death, that was rather easy to write. When was in high school (about 12 years ago now) my girl friend died of cancer. It was easy to write because I already know how it feels to lose the one you love. Of course That's also where I learned that you have to live every moment like it was your last, because for all you know it is.
1648764 Wow, I did not know that about the cakes! Hory sheet, I learned something new thanks to you!
I suspected as much, when I read the part about her death...but I didn't want to bring it up. Since you shared, I feel I should too. I don't normally talk about it, but I too lost the love of my life, her time was cut short right before my eyes...
Well. I understand now why the Doctor tears the last page off of every book.
Wow I just read this after Into the Black: A mares tale. You produce top quality stories. Can't wait for what you come up with next.
Good story there was many mistakes and a few holes in the story line but it was still very good and looking forward to more.
ok, i Officially like this story again. it got really depressing, but it's back on my favorites to read.
i am probably to only non-alicorn immortal so far that i know of. i am currently on the other side of the galaxy fixing a problem that has to do with weeping pegasi.
I just wonted you to know that was a grate story. I did enjoy it vary vary much. I like the first ending more then the alternative one. I hate it when at the end, when you have spent so much time to build up the mane players, just to kill them at the end of the story. I like live hearos at the end, who live to enjoy there Slice of life moments of there life.
I am sad that Princess Celestia died in the story. Was she reignited with her mother? Her mother did the same when she gave her life, making this worlds hell?
This shall be fav because this is one of the greatest story ever. Of all times.
This is a wonderful tale that brought joy and sadness. Kinda of remind me of griffin the griffin. Which is good as well.
You sir are right up there along with the famous Pen Stroke in the league of greatest writers.
You have another follower!
You have redeemed yourself,
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to clean up my manly tears
*clap*clap*clap* you have done an amazing job on this fic. Kinda sad there's going to be no more shiro (well I'm not counting the rest cause you said it wouldn't be from his perspective and the sequel is part of this fic, that will be next) . There has been many great times, and the rare other side, but it all worked out in the end. So congrats and good luck in the future
I can't even anymore,I just.... I CAN'T! This story is beyond expression, comprehension, and all the -sions there are
just do this time 10 because it won't let me
so I feel like the only way to even get a small % of how I feel is to put 100 mustaches of swag. So I will