Remembering
Sunny's eyes opened up and saw her ceiling as her 7 AM alarm blared out like clockwork. She reached over and shut the alarm off, and sat up, stretching as she swung her hind legs over the edge of the bed. Tying her hair in her signature braid, she went over to her closet and pulled out the black cloth vest that served as her uniform for museum curator. Her name tag had been polished last night, and the small buttons featuring the cutie marks of the six Guardians had been transferred over from her saddlebag to all four sides of her name tag.
She thought about throwing it on and heading out right away, but the museum didn't open until 10 AM, and she didn't need to be there for final checks until 9, so she had a bit of time to play with. Putting a hoof to her chin, she took the vest off of the hanger and took it downstairs, laying it over the back of the couch while she went to the kitchen, and preheated the oven while she started to go through her baking supplies...
Sunny was nearly overflowing with excitement as she stood in the middle of the Guardians of Harmony wing, refurbished, refilled, and ready for the opening in five minutes. Upon stepping into the wing proper, the first thing to grab your attention was the amazing miniature-scale crystal replica of Princess Twilight's castle. Izzy took her arts and crafts very seriously, and took every available reference image in the memory gems to carve and chisel a near-perfect replica of how the castle looked back in its prime. The unicorn was fully prepped for the day with notes and facts about it and the surrounding town of Ponyville for curious patrons.
"It looks amazing, Izzy. The best unicycling I've ever seen," Sunny told the unicorn, who stood proudly next to her exhibit.
"Eh, I'd say it's more uni-chiseling than unicycling this time around. But I'm glad you like it! I hope everypony else does too!" Izzy replied.
To the left of the central castle exhibit, was the Wonderbolts display, containing three pegasus mannequins. One had the Academy recruit uniform, which was quite simple, covering the barrel and neck of the left mannequin.
Next to that was the formal dress uniform, which consisted of a white dress shirt, black neck tie, and a dark navy blue coat, with all manner of ribbons and insignia adorning the chest. Finishing off the mannequin was a pair of aviator shades.
Finally, hanging from the ceiling above both of them was the 'in-flight' pegasus mannequin, fully clad in the Wonderbolts flight suit. This covered the entire body, legs, hooves, and only had openings for the ears, wings, tail, and muzzle. Completing the uniform was the opaque flight goggles tightly wrapped around the head.
Standing next to the exhibit was Zipp, clothed in a second dress uniform.
"Looking sharp, Captain Storm," Sunny told her.
Zipp gave her a smirk.
"Gotta say, I could get used to hearing that," the pegasus replied.
Sunny walked over to the right of the castle model, where an oak and glass display case sat in the open, containing the Journal of Friendship. A gold plaque was mounted on the front of the display, titling the item inside, thanking the town of Bridlewood, as well as Gloomy Sonnet specifically, for donating it to the museum.
In the back corner, a replica of the crystal wall with Discord's final inscription was lit up on display. She and Mystic had debated for a few days on whether they should complete Discord's signature on the wall, before ultimately deciding against it, as Sunny believed patrons should realize that he had written this message with the very last bit of his energy, not lasting long enough to finish his name.
Pipp was currently in the center wing, livestreaming with her phone before the doors opened for everypony else, and Hitch was outside on crowd control. Apparently, word had gotten around, and this museum re-opening was the biggest event in town, and Mystic Cinnamon was currently figuring out the best way to make sure they didn't bypass the building's occupancy limit.
The castle model, Wonderbolt exhibit, and Journal display took up the center of the wing, and CanterLogic's new gem projector displays took up the outer walls.
The wood and glass display cases were not needed, as CanterLogic's solution included their own. Each case held fourteen crystals safely underneath a macro lens, which positioned itself perfectly above a gem that museum patrons could select with a simple button panel, mirroring the layout of the gems in the case. Once a button was pressed, the lens moved into place, and the image was sent to a monitor built into the top of the case. A smaller display below the buttons displayed any info that had been gathered about the memory contained in the gem.
There were sixteen identical cases ringing the outer walls of the wing, and Sunny had decided to sort them by the guardian they focused on, providing large cutout art mounted on the walls above the cases to inform patrons what the cases focused on. From left to right, stills of Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack all looked proudly into the distance.
"And that concludes our pre-show of the Maretime Bay Museum of History Re-Opening!" exclaimed Pipp, coming back into the Guardians wing with her phone still live. "Again, sorry if you couldn't be here, as things are looking to be quite lively and crowded today. Check back later, Pippsqueaks, because I'll be doing interviews with donors and museum curators throughout the day. Later!"
Pipp tapped the record button to stop the feed, then pocketed her phone and turned her attention to Sunny.
"Alright, pre-show is done. You ready for this crowd?" She asked the earth pony.
"I sure hope so. That crowd is more than twice what I was expecting, wow!" Sunny said, glancing out past the front desk to see Hitch patrolling down the line, making sure everypony was staying orderly.
"Alright," came the voice of Mystic Cinnamon as he came out of his back office. "I've done the numbers. We can have thirty patrons to a wing at a time, thirty standing by in Admissions, and no more than one hundred twenty in the building at any given time. Think we can keep things moving?"
Sunny glanced to the exit, where a second semi-circle desk had been added to keep track of the patron count, as well as double as a gift shop. Two stacks of identical books, containing four dozen new copies of the Journal of Friendship waited to be bought for five bits each on the way out, with all proceeds going to the upkeep of the museum.
"I think we are, yeah. This is so exciting!" Sunny said, glancing down at her vest, making sure it was even, and making sure her name tag was level.
"Alright, then I guess we'll say a few words, and we'll start letting them in," Cinnamon said, walking out to the front area, taking one last look at the clock on the wall, watching the second hand tick over to 10 AM. With that, he walked out to the front steps, as Sunny and Pipp waited in the lobby.
"Ponies of Maretime Bay and beyond, welcome to the re-opening of our Museum of Equestrian History. Please let me take a moment now and thank the museums in Bridlewood and Zephyr Heights for participating in an exchange of artifacts that has lasted the past few months, and the couriers, several of whom are here today, for getting everything here safely, as we strive to correct our histories and learn more about ourselves and each other as Equestria continues to reunite."
Cinnamon paused to allow for cheering and stomping from the crowd.
"Me and my staff will admit, today's turnout is well above expectations, so it will take time to get all of you through our exhibits. We will give groups enough time to take everything in, and rest assured, we will get all of you in here to look at what we have managed to gather. Thank you again, and please enjoy your visit."
With that, he stood aside and Hitch began to let them file in. Mystic greeted each of them as they passed through the doors, as did Sunny, shaking hooves until she saw a familiar unicorn walk in. She had a light gray coat, a black mane concealing her right eye, a red scarf around her neck, and a scarlet beret around her horn and covering her left ear.
"You must be Gloomy Sonnet. It's so nice to finally meet you." Sunny said, coming up and hugging the unicorn mare.
"I'm glad so many others can see that heirloom now, instead of it collecting dust in an attic," Gloomy replied.
"It's on display in the Guardians wing. You have no idea how helpful it was to my research. It was in such good condition that we were able to republish it. In fact..." Sunny paused, quickly going over to the stack of books, and taking the top one, coming back over to the unicorn, and offered the book to her.
"Compliments of the museum, and with my enormous gratitude. Thank you so much."
Gloomy gave her a smile, accepted the book, and nodded respectfully before putting the book in her saddlebag and continued on into the central wing, letting the line behind her to continue filing in.
Sunny greeted a dozen more ponies as they filed in and began exploring the central wing, and then she paused again when she saw Sprout Cloverleaf come in, and his gaze immediately met hers, and he smiled as he stepped up to her with a smile.
"Good morning, Sunny," Sprout greeted, shaking his friend's hoof.
Sunny smiled back.
"I was hoping I'd see you here today, Sprout. I prepared a little something before coming here today." Sunny told him, before stepping back to the main desk, and returning to him with a platter that got his memory jogging. With a smile, she offered him the platter.
"Unicorn cupcake? Freshly baked."
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Downright great wrap-up to this emotional, but enjoyable story. Certainly appreciated the work that went into the exchanges, characterizations and general wrap-up. Especially liked the effort everybody made, the references to the preparations, the dialogues between Sunny and her friends and Gloomy showing up to the re-opening.
All in all, glad to see this story get such a wonderful ending.
And now the REAL journeys begin
Awwwww! Wonderful ending!
WOOHOO!
Such a great story. I'm a bit sad it's over tho
Well what a way to end your story and it looks like everything turned out pretty well and the reopening of a museum to see Twilight's Journal and the crystal gem and everything and Sunny greeted gloomy and also thanking her for the donation and it looks like Sprout is also here as well this was a pretty good story keep up the good work
This is by far the best Gen 5 fanfiction out right now. This story was wonderful and I enjoyed reading it.
The part with Discord’s last message hit different, since he’s one of my favorite characters it was sad seeing him go. But I’m the way you detailed his last moments by writing a message in the castle of friendship, not even able to finish his own signature. I find it endearing that he decided to uses his last moments leaving a message for future generations. It’s sweet.
Overall it was a great little story. Good Job.
I really enjoyed your story from start to finish and I'm kinda sad that it's over. I loved the references you placed in it and the very last message that Discord had left before he literally vanished from existence.
It'll be interesting to see if G5 digs into the past as well as this story already has.
Such a good wholesome fun story . Thank you for sharing this amazing story with everypony ,you are an amazing author and hope to read more of your amazing work in the future.
Great work! I've really enjoyed this story. Concept, characterizations, and execution are spot on.
And you have a great framework should you ever want to revisit with some shorts or one shots, like if the ruins of the Crystal Empire or old Canterlot are found.
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Until they blatantly tell us or show us otherwise, I consider Zephyr Heights to be Canterlot.
Beautiful, cute story. A true slice of life and a wonderful 'what if' piece of what could occur after the movie's events.
Unicorn Cupcake sounds good right now.
Nice ending to the story. :)
And as others have said before, should you want to revisit this world, you have a fantastic starting point.
A nice end. A lovely story from start to finish.
I'm gonna anger the internet with one word.
Sproutscout...
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That is indeed infuriating, and also at the same time, one of the best ship names I have heard in this fandom.
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NO
Mommy why is that purple dragon kissing that white unicorn? is it magic?
Ping ping bong ping bong ping pong!
This was a fun read
I hope they have more copies of the Journal somewhere. Wouldn't be surprised if 48 turns out to not be enough.
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NO!
THAT SHIP SHALL NEVER EXIST!!!!
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They can always print more.
Great way to end a story like this one. And wonderful job overall!
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Ready to sell before closing time the same day? Doubt it.
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Well they really weren't prepared for the crowd that they got.
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Most ponies will likely buy a 3rd or fourth print run copy
The lessons of the past are the keys to a better future after all.
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Meh, I've seen better.
Brilliant story. The Administration will archive it (for future use).
Sprout finally got that cupcake he was denied as a colt :D
Remembering who and what they were will keep things from happening again.
Yeah that reminded me
Why they didn't investigate what he wrote more?
That the crystals with memories were used to seal the magic and other things?
Also the same with the magic mirror.
It's like learning that a nuke detonated in the past and ignoring it.
Kind of disappointed
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You'll have the cake and you'll like it!
*Starts shoving it in your face*
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I have my ways of setting the internet on fire.
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Canterlot is probably under Zephyr Heights
Probably like sealed underground
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yea, he/she ended this to soon tbh,
Good story mate, you've done the new generation proud.
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Oh, likewise. I'm just picturing it being built on top of the old city - like New New York being on top of old New York in Futurama. So like sewer workers might break thru to the old castle some day.
The Museum of Equestrian History is one way to honor the great heroes of Equestria. Thanks for this story.
It's been a wonderful journey. I'm glad I was here for it.
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Jerk
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Brussel sprout
A nasty little bugger
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I think people misunderstood what I meant and what was I talking about.
What I meant that humans in mirror world don't need any magic.They don't want it even if it's tamed, especially if controlled by teenagers who want to play pretend superheroes.
Ponies in Equestria can keep it or not, that's their home,whatever.
In the human world, it only causes problems and only greatly benefits certain people like Sunset and the human mane 6
Magic was thrown to the human world like if it was a trashcan and magic acted like invasive species in many forms.
Like Sirens and Gaea Everfree, and also new elements there. It acts like invasive species and parasite.
It will manipulate everything there that already existed just to "sustain" itself and grow.
Mmm. Cupcaake.
Great fic! From the castle to the formation of the museum, the story flow is practically flawless!!
I wish I had even half the competency you had!
My only worry is that the Friendship Journal they have is rather outdated since Starlight is never mentioned. It is missing the events from Season 5-7 since the Mane 6 never did any additions after mass-copying it judging by how "Fame and Misfortune" and Neighsay's view in "School Daze" went. The last thing we need is the three tribes uniting against the other races as a result (if any of them are still alive that is). You can't get them all right, I suppose.
Great fic for Gen 5. Hope to read more in the future of your stories and many others to come. Cheers!!!
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Already outlining a sequel. Thanks for reading!
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Just want you know know that I just put out a one-shot based on this.
Great story! I loved it :D
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Sequel in progress! Thanks for reading!
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Yeah, self-forgiveness is much more difficult than regular everyday forgiveness.
As to the cure-all comment, I merely meant that in fiction, it seems that you can get away with just about anything so long as you say you're sorry.
There's an artist on Deviantart who did a really great bit on Starlight Glimmer. She's done some really bad stuff and in the show's canon her friends practically fell over themselves to forgive her whenever she did something wrong.
In this artist's head canon Starlight is a medical definition psychopath she can't learn from her mistakes and always goes to extreme measures. In one of her stories she nearly killed Twilight and RD's new baby daughter in a fit of rage over how unfair it was that this mewling infant had the happiness that she felt she deserved and had worked so hard for. Thankfully Spike had gotten up in to grab a snack and was able to stop her. Sorry was not enough.
I'm not saying that Sprout didn't deserve forgiveness I just feel that it might be more realistic if Sunny had to will herself to forgive him over some time.