In the Clouds

by Thought Prism

Epilogue

Well, Tamiyo thought. This was it. She was finally about to close this chapter of her life for good. She was going home, anxiously anticipating a proper return to form. She could face her family with a smile. And she owed it all to those standing before her now. Twilight, Spike and the others, even Starlight and the Crusaders had all turned up to wish her well on her journey back. They were here for her then, and they were here for her now.

The experience was moving, to say the least. "It looks like this is goodbye for now," Tamiyo said.

"Looks like it," said Rainbow Dash. Then, she struck a pose. "A mare's gotta spread her wings, but even Daring Do can't adventure forever, right?"

"Take care of yourself, now," said Applejack, crossing her forelegs.

"We'll miss you," said Sweetie Belle, her adorable puppy-dog eyes on full display.

Tamiyo's breath hitched. Bittersweet emotions began to well up behind her eyes. "I don't know... if I'll be back."

"That's no way to think, darling," said Rarity with an uncharacteristic tension. "This sort of thing is always a matter of when, not if."

"Yeah," said Pinkie, fiddling with her tail. "If you never come back, how will I get to make you smile again?"

Starlight snorted. "When you put it like that, Pinkie, it sounds like you're in love with her or something."

Tamiyo had to force herself to chuckle with the rest of them, too busy trying to keep her composure.

When the laughter died down, Spike cleared his throat. "Just, keep thinking of us, ok? 'Cause we'll do the same."

Fluttershy nodded in confirmation, resolute.

Taking a deep breath, Tamiyo faced Twilight. Though she hadn't spoken, Tamiyo knew it was because she just didn't have the words. The alicorn's violet eyes shook with emotion.

Without thinking, Tamiyo found herself rushing forward, and wrapped Twilight into a fierce hug.

Multiple gasps sounded from around her, but Tamiyo saw none of their reactions, for her eyes were shut tight.

"T-Tamiyo!" Twilight stammered.

"Thank you," Tamiyo whispered.

Tamiyo released Twilight, and stepped back. Shock and confusion gave way to light and pain as the group's eyes each looked up at hers.

"Thank you all," she said.

Tamiyo took a deep breath, gathered her mana, and Planeswalked away.

~ Fin ~

Comments

[FanOfMostEverything]

What more is there to say? Thank you for a very sweet crossover of two of my favorite things.

[Starlight Nova]

What is this a crossover of?

[Thought Prism]

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Magic: The Gathering. I probably could have made that a bit more obvious beyond just putting it in the appropriate group. But now future confused people can just see this comment, so I guess it works out.

[Sesquame]

That was really nice.

[Thought Prism]

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Thank you! *scoots away awkwardly from oldest fic*

As for the whole gods as planeswalker repellant thing, I was trying to come up with a decent reason as to why none had visited Equestria in recent memory. The only other one I thought was feasible would be xenophobia on the part of the 'walkers, but that would have been in poor taste. There's a reason they retconned Nissa.

[Sesquame]

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Heh, I think people get too hung up on explaining that. To draw on Theros again, remember that not even Heliod knew walkers existed until after Xenagos did his thing. That's why he murdered Elspeth afterwards because he felt threatened. The existence of walkers isn't really known on most planes. Ojutai had a few ancient scrolls locked up in his super secret restricted section, but there's no reason Celestia would need to have the same amount of knowledge off the top of her head as the deepest archives of an ancient wisdom dragon.