Epilogue - Reunion with the Sun
The soft singing of birds outside his window drifted into Quiver’s awareness as he awoke in his bed, sore but contented after the events of the previous evening. He silently thanked Sour for insisting that he grab a quick shower, and then wondered if he’d be thanking her for anything else as familiar smells caught his attention.
He emerged from his bedroom and made his way towards the kitchen, where he found his cousin at work on a pot of oatmeal and a skillet of hay bacon. Sour turned to him and smiled. “Hey, good timing. We’re a few minutes away from eating.”
“You made breakfast?”
“You made dinner. And got to be a big hero and bore your soul to your friends and ponies you barely knew. I figured that deserved a decent meal at least.”
Quiver smiled. “Thanks Sour.”
She let out a small laugh. “Don’t thank me yet, I’m hardly a master chef. Besides, I’m probably going to make too much.”
A grin crossed the stallion’s face. “You’ve got an active lifestyle, and I don’t eat nearly as much as I should. I think we’ll manage.”
Quiver made his way out of the kitchen towards the living room, with every intention of opening a window to allow some fresh air to flow inside. As he did so, his thoughts went back to the previous evening. A part of him was surprised at how the night had gone, particularly at how he’d slept as contentedly as he had. The cynic in him, sounding just a little bit too much like his father, said it was just exhaustion, but he couldn’t help but reflect on how peaceful he felt. It was like a weight had been lifted from his back, after finally opening up about his brother.
He wasn’t about to start going on about him to everypony he met, of course. His family’s business wasn’t the concern of some random pony on the street. But ponies he trusted, that he viewed as friends? They could know. And they did.
He didn’t have a perfect life, not by any means. But he did have a good one, he reasoned as he opened a window. And if this was as good as things got, then he could be satisfied with that.
And then he heard something.
“T’was a blessed day, when she called me friend.
That word lifted my spirits, and gave me joy without end.
Whom am I to thank, who’d cause my soul to mend?
She who would run with the sun.”
His eyes went wide as he heard those words. He remembered them. He’d written them, long ago, and intended them for only one other. And the voice speaking them…
“A treasured heart, that’s her gift to share.
Among those cruel souls, she made known her care.
You’ll find few finer, upon this I would swear.
She who would run with the sun.”
He rushed to his front door, and opened it, silently hoping that his ears weren’t playing tricks and that this wasn’t some cruel joke. The sight before him said otherwise.
“Though wounded by monsters, she would stand tall and brave.
In places of cruelty, paths of kindness she’d pave.
Faced with a monster, she’d name them as nave.
She who would run with the sun.”
She hardly looked any different from how he remembered her. A bit more muscle and tone to her frame, but he failed to see that as a bad thing. Amber coat, her mane short and sporty and her tail long and loose, both still crimson and yellow, with those beautiful wings tucked to her sides.
“She’s ever at my side, when push comes to shove.
Her spirit’s like an eagle, her heart like a dove.
Who is this fair maiden? The one whom I love.
She who would run with the sun.”
She opened her eyes, those beautiful cyan eyes, and they lit up with surprise. Not only her own, but the reflection of his as he dared to say the only word he could. “Runnie?”
A nervous smile spread across Sunrunner’s face. “Hey Quivs. Long time no see.”
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Awww...
8862354
That's it! That's the reaction I was hoping for!
Hmm... Should I? Yes, it's definitely good enough for a thumbs up, and the lessons in it were good, and I wasn't a fan of most of the episodes rendered invalid in the Quiververse by this anyway, and the one episode I didn't dislike wasn't one I particularly miss being overwritten, and it did free the 'verse from several canon problems, but...
...Oh who am I kidding? You deserve it with this one, and any counterarguments would be too much nit-picking for even me. *faves*
Two chapters together in one day! I couldn't have asked for anything better! Glad to see that Spoiled Milk got what she deserved and Legalhawke was awesome, I'm glad that she appeared!
Was that a poem that Quiver wrote? The one he mentioned that he made for Runnie? It was so beautiful! Kinda thought that it could be a song at first but I liked it either way.
8862621
Huzzah!
8862632
Yes, that was the poem that Quiver wrote to Sunrunner before they were separated. She memorized it. Says something right there - he meant a lot to her, too.
8862440
I can understand that. I had no real problem with it, mainly because I liked the way they tied the Crusaders' mark into burying the hatchet with Diamond Tiara.
My biggest issue with the episode - and this is just the fanfic writer in me - is that I thought that the CMC getting their cutie-marks so close to the finale would set-up Starlight Glimmer's plot of revenge on the Mane 6. I thought for sure that the Crusaders' marks was going to play a factor in the finale back then! XD
Anyway, I understand your view on it, and I'll be interested to see what more you may do with the CMC in the future of the Quiververse. ^_^
8863847
Well, I hope that it was a pleasant surprise.
I finally got around to reading this and I gotta say, I regret not getting to it sooner.
8873114
Hey, I've gone through that so many times with so many stories. I imagine those authors are just as glad to know people are finding time and reading them as I am that people are finding time and reading mine. And I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
I just hope I'm able to get the next one out without too much trouble.
Never mind.
9996377
Dang. I didn't even get to read your first comment. Sorry about that.
9996534
It was asking for a sequel, which I found after I posted it.
9996603
Ah. Well, I hope that you were happy with it.
9997372
I was, and with the next one. Although I have to ask, is Bits ever going to get what's coming to him?
9997377
Quiver's father? Time will tell on that.
9997434
Alright, I'll take what I can get.
10907742
Well, as later chapters show, she doesn't really think things through.