All was quiet.

For once in her life, all was quiet.

There was no disease to worry about, no blood, no battles. For once, Twilight Sparkle could breathe peacefully, worried not about when or where the next dreaded engagement would take place...but when it was time to make sure her daughter got her appropriate, nutritious snack...something Big Macintosh was still trying to figure out.

"Ah don't understand why she's gotta eat PEARS Twi'!" Grumbled the apple stallion, his teeth crunching down on a delicious apple "Pears are nothin' but gross!"

At this, Twilight merely rolled her eyes, gently pushing a tiny piece of a mushed pear into her daughters open, expecting mouth. Moonlight munched on it, a happy look upon her face as the unicorn said back "It's a good source of vitamin C, and it's a good source of fiber. You should learn to eat some yourself some time."

The three of them were situated on the top of a high hill just outside of a massive valley to the far, far south of the Equestrian border. The refugees of the country had followed them downwards, away from the vicious fighting between their armies and the griffons. Through the entire valley, a thriving colony was prospering, ponies working around the clock to build shelters, plant crops, raise walls, and solidify their new position in the world, a new place to call home.

Twilight nestled Moonlight in her hooves, nuzzling her cheek as she sighed, relaxing under the delicate hooves her lover ran up and down her sides with. It had been nearly a month since the Battle of Haven City, Celestia sending them word every chance she could get about how the war was going. Despite their awful numbers and odds, ponies from across many regions were flocking to Equestria to fight against the griffons, knowing that it was a very real possibility that if the griffons took over Equestria, there was no guarantee that they would stop there. Stalliongrad had been retaken, along with Manehatten and Phillydelphia, with the main object now to push on to Hoofington and secure the eastern shores.

The unicorn sighed happily as she was pulled into the hooves of her stallion, Moonlight playfully pawing at her mother's cheeks. It was a long, quiet moment for the three of them, the wind gently pushing across them as Macintosh suddenly asked "Do ya think this is it Twi'...? Ya think it's finally over...that we're gonna be ok?"

Twilight turned her head upwards to look at him, to stare into his clean, pure eyes as she thought about all that had happened to them. There was a long pause as Twilight's smile grew, pressing her lips against his for a moment before she drew back and whispered "You know...I think despite all that's happened...what we've all been through....this time...this time I think we're all gonna be ok." She looked up into the sky, the sun setting and splaying its beautiful colors of a sunset orange and purple across the air, ending the final chapter of their bloody struggle for Equestria.

Author's Notes:

I would just like to take a moment to apologize for how long it has been since I have updated. My life has been one of a wayward spiral of uncertainty these past few months, where money has been tight and my dreams and goals I once thought I had began to blur and become an uncertainty themselves.

To my editor BlackSnowyOwl, who I have not talked to in quite some time, I give my deepest apologies to you. For dropping off the face of the planet as I did to you and to the rest of my fans, it is something I am not sure I could ever forgive myself for, but I can only pray that maybe one day you could find it within your heart to forgive me for my foolishness.

I have worked tirelessly for several nights to bring this story to its final close, and I must say I believe I am very pleased with how it has turned out.

Though I may not be a master of writing, and that the quality of the work may not be the best in the eyes of many, I am confident that as I continue to work, I will grow in both skill and efficiency. The road to success as a writer has been a long, hard one, and I know I'm no where near close to reaching its end yet. But I want to thank all of my followers, fans, friends, and family for supporting me along the way. Without you all, these worlds I have created with my imagination could never have existed.

So again, to all of you I apologize...and thank you for being so supportive and understanding.

Thank you to you all.

-Wolokai E.A. KuRR.