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Discord… Discord is…?

It’s gone. I’ve killed it, Pinkie.
Everything has ended.

Author’s notes:

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Pinkie?
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Are you still here or I’m alone again?
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Hm, it seems like she’s gone. Well, now it’s time for me to go!

I don’t think so, Louis! We need to explain a couple of –wait a minute, talking like that is a pain in the ass– we need to explain a couple of things!

Louis?

The original author!

Y-you’ve met the original author?!

What?!

REALLY?

Hey, Peewee! It’s been a long time. Last time I saw you I still thought you were an invisible underlined alicorn, remember? And now it seems like the alicorn was me all the time! Hah! Man, those were the times.

I’M NOT SURE THIS IS THE BEST MOMENT FOR NOSTALGIA.

I’m with Peewee here.

Yeah! How can you be an alicorn! And who’s Louis?!

Author’s notes:

Hmm, that’s me. Hello.

I… I’m not sure what’s the first thing I need to ask.

Same here. I just… there are a lot of things that I don’t understand right now!

Oh, don’t worry. I’m going to tell you everything. Because, well, see the title of the chapter?

…”Epilogue”?

Exactly. That means that this is the last time we’ll talk, girls. And Spike. And Peewee.
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Peewee, just a dumb question: are you…?

MALE.

Oh, ok. Thanks. Anyway, yeah, I’m going to explain everything because that’s the only way this story can end, don’t you think?

Hm. If you say so.

Oh, but can we get a little more comfortable, please? I really need to sit down…

Same here.

Couldn’t agree more.

Oh, of course. We can use the asterisks. We should go to Carousel Boutique, just because… well. Irony and that shit. Almost everything has happened in front of the store, and we can sit down at Rarity’s room.

Rarity?

Hmm, I’m okay with it, I guess.

Then let’s…

Wait!

Pinkie?

We can’t go now! There’s a thing we have to do before it’s too late!

Pinkie, what are you talking ab-

*Hug*

Welcome back.

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Author’s notes:

Man, it would be fun to end the story here, right? Heh. Like, “sure, we’re going to explain everything, BUT THE READERS AREN’T GONNA READ SHIT!” Oh man, I really should do that.

But I’m afraid some of you may know where I live, so yeah, no. Let’s go back to the characters. If I’m lucky, Aragón won’t say a lot of things about me.

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…So, now we’re all here.

We’re inside Carousel Boutique, yes. The readers know it, so you can start.

But Twilight, didn’t you already know everything? You predicted that Aragón was coming back.

…And I still don’t get how the hay did she do that.

Not exactly. I realized that Aragón couldn’t be human, because there was no “human” tag. And I also deduced that he had to be a Mary Sue.

Same here. I understand the trail of thoughts that brought you to that realization, but the details… I mean, have you always been an alicorn?

Mostly. Ah, and now that you mention it, I don’t like being an equine, so if you don’t mind I’m going to change my form again.
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Done! Neat, huh?

Um, you still have a tail.

Oh, I know. I realized I could shapeshift in the Void, and since then I keep a tail.

Uh, why?

Why not? It’s awesome! Look I can wiggle it!

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Wiggle wiggle wiggle! Are you looking? Huh? Are you? Look, it’s awesome! Wiggle wiggle!

I can do it too! Wiggle wiggle wiggle!

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WIGGLE WIGGLE!

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WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE!

WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE!

And this is the asshole that has saved us?

Even though I love Pinkie with all my heart –platonic way, AJ–, I’m sure that in this case you can say “those are the assholes who saved us”.

Nah, she’s my mother after all.

WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE!

WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE!

Eh, sugarcube?

WIGGL-Yes?

Um, we know that you’re having a good time with your tail, but, eh…

Cut it out, princess. You can wiggle your tail later.

Uh. Sorry.

So, please, let me start with this. You are an alicorn, and if I’m not wrong, Twilight, you say that he’s been an alicorn all this time?

That would be an option, but I don’t really think it’s the right answer. I mean, for what I’ve deduced from the book… Oh, wait. Aragón, maybe you want to say this.

Nah, not really. Go on, I want to see what do you think.

Hmmm.

LATER, SPIKE. LET HER SPEAK FIRST.

I know, I know…

Well, then allow me to explain everything from the beginning once again, because last time I said this I was in a hurry.
As I said before, when I went back to the Void before freezing Discord with Pinkamena’s help, Aragón gave me a book. It was called Oh, let’s write a fanfic, let’s write a fanfic! I’ll call it “thesuperfantasticalstory!”, and the author’s name was Aragón.

Uh. I know that book.

Me too! It’s the book we read before Discord killed Aragón!

Um, but how did it…?

When Discord and Chrysalis attacked, they destroyed the book. Or at least that’s what I think, maybe I’m wrong and it appeared in the Void just because Louis wanted it to be there. Both options are entirely possible.

Oh. And that book is our story?

Yes. Everything that had happened to us was written… except for the ending.

The book writes itself, but only until the last chapter, not the one you’re into.

So you can see your past?

Yes. Aragón made me read it all, and that’s when I noticed that the beginning was far worse than the ending. There were a lot of mistakes, but they disappeared with time… except for the “human” tag, which never did. Aragón had said to me earlier that I should be looking at the tags, so I found that very quickly.

Uuuh. What kind of… mistakes are you talking about?

Hmm? Oh! Spike! You’re an author too, I completely forgot it! Eh, well, I was kidding when I said that you were so bad, I just… Maybe you need an editor?

I’M SORRY?

Ack! Eh, I just…!

Awk-waaaard…

Oh, Spike, don’t be sad! The story was pretty good, I had a lot of fun!

Eeeh. Maybe you’re exaggerating a little here, Pinkie…

Sigh.

It’s not your fault, Spike. Really. You’re not a bad author. Louis is.

Author’s notes:

HEY!

After all, you didn’t know I was an alicorn, right?

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Yeah! That’s what I wanted to ask. I mean, I’m your author! How can you be an alicorn if I wrote you as a human all the time!

Aaand here’s where the weird stuff begins, I guess.

Oh, my.

Okay, so let’s recapitulate. Who’s the real author and how does everything work? Because I’m afraid I’m lost too.

Let’s see. Aragón is our author. And by “us” I mean Pinkie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity and me. Right?

Not exactly. I think that Pinkie may be not my creation, but Spike’s. After all, I never wrote her. She just appeared when I was getting started with the fanfic, remember?

Yeah!

So… only Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Twilight are Aragón’s creations?

Yes. I wrote Aragón as a writer who wrote about you –but only you. Pinkie was another character of mine, I guess, although I don’t see the difference between you and them because, well, technically I wrote about all of you!

What?

I guess nopony has thought about this before, but I’m your author too, girls! I mean, I had an idea for a story, and it was about Aragón, a human writer, meeting Pinkie and writing about you, girls. He was a bad author and he shipped you, so you became alive and… well, everything else.

Oh my god, you’re right. You’re the one who wrote everything on the first place!

Huh. Wait a minute, you paired me with Dash?!

Oh, god, not again. Yeah, you were shipped and now you’re a couple, that subplot was done years ago so let’s forgive it, please.

Funny that you’re the one saying that.

Shut up.

Then Spike is everypony’s author? And Peewee is the editor… but how can Peewee be in the story? I mean, I guess you’re fictional too, but…

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HEY, I DON’T KNOW. I ALWAYS ASSUMED THIS WAS NORMAL.

Being inside a book. That’s normal.

YOU DIDN’T THINK IT WAS WEIRD THAT SUDDENLY AN AUTHOR COULD CONTROL YOU, REMEMBER?

Oh my…

I’m afraid that I’m starting to get a headache. So, both Spike and Aragón are our authors or…?

Hey, I think we’re doing this backwards. Maybe we should start talking about the highest level, and not about the lowest one, don’t you think.

The highest level… which is Louis’, right?

Exactly. Let’s start with the douchebag.

Author’s notes:

No, really, stop insulting me. It’s totally wrong and you know it.

So, okay, the highest one is the dude inside a box. But who is he? I mean, is he another human or…?

That is… a tricky question. Well, first of all, “Louis” is not his real name.

It’s not?

But then why are you calling him that?

Because it’s a little less confusing. “Louis” is just a nickname he came up with. I guess we could say that it’s a joke of some sort.

A joke? I don’t get it.

But then, what is his name?

Author’s notes:

Well, I guess that I can say it. I mean, this is the epilogue, right? It’s not like I’m breaking the mystery. After this, there aren’t more chapters, so…

You’re going to say it or I have to do it for you?

Why the hell do you know so much suddenly? Because of the Void?

The Void? You mean that strange afterlife you keep talking about? I thought it was because of the book he read about how to write…

Nah, none of them. The reason why I’m suddenly smart as a smart waffle is by far more ridiculous.

And it’s because…?

Because of Louis’s real identity, of course.

Which is…?!

Author’s notes:

Eeeeh, how can I say it? Let’s see… Hum. This is awkward.

My name is… I’m Aragón, girls.

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WHAT?!

Boom.

THE HELL?! YOU’RE NAM-OH, FOR FUCK’S SAKE! THAT’S THE REASON WHY ARAGÓN’S CREDITED AS THE AUTHOR IN THE BOOK! THIS SHIT HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF ME ALL THE TIME AND I HAVEN’T SEEN IT?!

I-I… I don’t… what?!

That’s it, it’s official! I’m completely lost! There’s no way I can understand this, so for now I’m going to stay in the corner and look cool! See you when you’ve finished!

But, but then who’s Aragón? You two have the same name?

I WAS SURE I CAME UP WITH YOUR NAME! HOW CAN YOU…?!

SO, SPIKE, YOU NAMED YOUR CHARACTER AS YOUR AUTHOR? OR HE NAMED ARAGÓN AS HIMSELF?

But, are you the same person or you just…? Where’s the joke?!

Author’s notes:

Weell, it’s not really a “joke”, it’s more like an easter egg of some sort. You see, Louis Aragon was a French writer, poet and editor, master of Dadaism and Surrealism. You know, those two genres that talk about alternative realities and random things. It suited this situation a lot, so I used the name “Louis” although I have nothing to do with him.

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Oh Celestia.

SO YOU WERE… HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.

Author’s notes:

From the readers, mostly. I mean, it’s on the website. Author: Aragón. I’m the one who post the chapters, who answers the comments, my avatar is a tower, I’m writing everything you’re saying, etcetera. Also, I’m a Spaniard. That means that English is not my first language, so that’s the reason why you suddenly don’t know how to talk properly. Hell, I’m talking via author’s notes and I’ve been posting this kind of notes all the time. Yet some of them think I’m a character. I guess I’m too clever for them.

…Okay, so, you’re inserting yourself in this story.

Author’s notes:

…You could say that, yeah.

I’m not very fond on books, but I’m pretty sure that’s a bad thing.

Oh, believe me, it gets far worse. Remember that I said that I know everything because of this guy’s identity? Remember that I’m also named Aragón? And remember that even though you died too, only I knew everything in the Void? Why am I so special?

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Yes.

…no!

Yyyyessss.

You inserted yourself in your story twice?!

Oh God.

Even I’m surprised. I mean… Woah.

Author’s notes:

Oh, please. It’s not so bad!

Not so bad? Louis, you wrote me as a self-insert-mary-sue monster, and when I became a character on my own (which is a GOOD thing, because storytelling does that), you wrote yourself again so you could still be the fucking protagonist!

Holy feathers. That’s… is that even possible?

MY EDITOR’S SENSES ARE TINGLING. AND BY “TINGLING” I MEAN “THEY HURT LIKE HELL”.

Author’s notes:

Oh, shut up.

Dude, just admit it! I mean, Mary Sues, Deux ex machines, grammar mistakes and two self-inserts? You’re the Hitler of writing!

Author’s notes:

GODWIN’S LAW! I WIN THIS ARGUMENT, YOU MENTIONED HITLER! Also, I’ve never written a Deux ex machine! Everything I’ve used has been previously established!

Yeah, sure, ‘cept for that time when suddenly everypony knew that you can heal your wounds with sugar, even though it’s never explained!

Author’s notes:

STILL! GODWIN’S LAW!

Hey, Aragón! I mean, Aragón-with-a-tail! What’s Godwin’s law?

Hmm? Oh, it’s a silly thing that we humans have. You see, there was this crazy dude named Adolf, who was…

Oh, wait! Never mind, it’s not really important! I just wanted you to stop arguing.

Oh.

Also, you’re going to travel in space and time.

Wait, what?

*Inserts meeting of Aragón with Aragón*

*Plof!*

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…I’m not even surprised anymore. What –sigh– what was that, Pinkie?

Oh, just a silly thing I’ve remembered when Aragón has mentioned Godwin’s law! You see, he was the one who told me about sugar healing our wounds, and that the readers could interact with us. He travelled in time, and I remembered him having a tail, so I knew it was the time!

Hey, now that you mention it, I’ve read about this.

Yeah… but it’s still a little weird.

…I think the same.

That book sure it’s handy.

Ssso we can travel in time now?

Author’s notes:

Nah, it’s more like a one-time thing. I think he’s already returning…

*Plof!*

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Author’s notes:

Now, I think someone owes me an apology?

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Hey Aragón! How’s it been? Past is cool, right?

…Asshole. Louis, I mean.

Author’s notes:

Eat it, dumbass!

Eh… What just…?

Oh, I read about this. Aragón has given an explanation for the sugar-can-heal-us thing. So it’s not a Deux ex machine anymore. And even more, now the story has foreshadowing.

Oooh.

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So…

Are you going to start explaining things or…?

Oh, yeah! Sorry. Let’s see, eh… Okay. Let’s start from the beginning.

Finally.

First thing first: this is a story. I highly doubt I’m surprising someone when I say this. Everything started with Louis. He came up with a story, and he started to write.
The story he wrote was about Spike writing a story… but the fact that the author was Spike was a mystery, of course. Spike was writing my story, and I was writing yours. Then I failed, and you became alive and crazy stuff all night long, as you already know.

That still doesn’t explain…

Be patient, Spike. What you need to understand is that Louis wrote everything from the beginning. He imagined Spike writing a story, but in his mind, Spike could write only about a human writing about ponies, because he thought the idea was funny… and it also gave him the opportunity to insert himself in the story. So, when we say that you’re my author or that I’m Twilight’s author, in reality we’re not saying anything. Louis is the author, hands down. We’re characters -some of us may be higher or lower, yeah, but we’re still characters from a story.

That… I don’t know if that makes sense.

Hmm. Let’s put it this way: Spike wrote about me, but he was controlled by Louis the entire time, right? At least at the beginning. And I wrote you, but I was controlled by Spike –who was controlled by Louis. In the end, who’s the author of who is a silly question, because Louis is the author. So, a character can interact with his author, because this is a story after all.

That’s a very complicated way to say “this is fiction, so a person can enter his own story because the final author is stupid”.

I guess. But this also means that Louis can write a self-insert no matter the level. He controls everything.

Author’s notes:

Eyup.

But even with Aragón controlling, me, how can you be an alicorn if I’m your author?

I think you don’t get it, Spike. You wrote Aragón, but Louis wrote you writing Aragón… so he could write Aragón being an alicorn without your knowledge. Am I right?

Yes.

So you’re an alicorn because Louis wanted his self-insert to be powerful and omnipotent?

Yeah.

But sometimes you were narrated, and the narrator said that you were a human!

Well, I narrated Aragón a couple of times –mostly at the beginning, before Greentalk captured me– and I talked about him as a human. Because as far as I knew he was a human…

Let me guess: after that, Louis was the one narrating, right?

Author’s notes:

Yes. I kept calling him “human” because I wanted to keep the fact that he was an alicorn a mystery! Although I left some clues, like not using a “human” tag. He can heal with sugar too, and only ponies can do that –another proof that he was an alicorn all this time.

And of course, he didn’t know because…?

Hey, I know this one! Because he’s stupid!

Rainbow Dash, you’ve been being rude all this time, stop it!

Then Louis wrote everything, and… he didn’t write very well, right?

That’s what I saw, yes. Gummy, for example. Or the computer. Or Sweetie Belle… a lot of things appeared and suddenly disappeared.

Author’s notes:

Hey, I can’t be perfect.

I see that as sort of foreshadowing for the incredibly stupid ending. This is a story so bad-written that the only way it can end is with a Deux ex machine as big as Texas, don’t you think?

Author’s notes:

Another proof of my genius!

…I wouldn’t say that, but if you want to be happy…

I’m starting to feel like the only one who really wants some answers, girls, because I’m the only one who’s asking questions… Anyway, you’re an alicorn and there have been a lot of hints, we get it. But what about Greentalk, for example?

I THINK I CAN ANSWER THAT. GREENTALK WERE BOTH CHRYSALIS AND DISCORD FROM THE START. THEY WERE FROM OUR WORLD –MINE AND SPIKE’S- AND… I GUESS THAT’S ALL. THEY WERE EVIL. THE END.

But… but why were they evil?

I gave Discord a lecture about that, now that you mention it. They were evil for the sake of being evil… because, well, they were free. Louis doesn’t control us anymore, remember? Or… wait, do you control us?

Author’s notes:

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Not really. I mean, I wanted this to be a silly comedy and you just killed someone, so you can clearly see that you have as much free will as possible. I’m writing the script, but you’re the ones who run the show.

Good. So, as I was saying, Greentalk were evil for the sake of being evil. That’s really it. They could have been good guys if they had tried, but they were too scared.

AND BEING FROM MY WORLD, THEY WERE WAY HIGHER THAN YOU… AND DISCORD WAS SO POWERFUL THAT HIS LEVEL DIDN’T REALLY MATTER.

Yeah. He was very… Very… Wait. Rainbow Dash?

Yes?

Are you in this room? With us? I mean, can I see you?

Uuuh, yes?

Oh my.

Then can someone explain me why I’m still acting as a rational being and not bathing in Dash’s intestines, please? Because last time I checked, I was still a villain.

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Well, maybe you’re a hero now!

Frankly, I’m almost hoping that’s not the case, because that means…

Author’s notes:

Of course you’re a hero now! Aragón the alicorn has defeated all the evilness you had inside, and now you can live a happy life because of him!

Oh Celestia, I’ve been reading books all my life so I could be in a story like this?!

Woah.

That’s… that’s fabulous, but, eh…

Although I should be grateful because now I’m not going to kill my friends, I really wish you could have come up with something better, Louis. Really.

You know, it’s amazing how I’m the closest thing to a waifu you’ll ever have and I still hate you. Just… wow.

Hey, don’t be so cruel! He’s trying to help us and the only thing you do is criticize him!

Author’s notes:

Thank you, Pinkie. At least someone knows how to react properly.

You’re welcome!

Oh, yeah, that’s another one. Do you guys remember canon-Pinkie and canon-Twilight? Or Canon-Pinkie and Canon-Twilight, you can name it whatever you want.

Oh, the two weirdos that appeared at the final battle?

Where are they? Who are they, by the way?

They are here. And technically talking, they are me.

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They were like a door or something… a way for me to come back from the Void. They were made of sugar, after all, and Twilight and Pinkie are Louis’ favorites, so it makes sense, in a sick sort of way. I’m his self-insert and his Mary Sue –and his, ugh, waifu or something– so when those two became one, that one was me. I’m, like, the epitome of bad writing. A Deux ex machine meets a plothole and becomes a Mcguffin Mary Sue while resurrecting an original character no one really cares about. That’s skill, you need to admit it.

So… that’s the reason why they talked that way?

Author’s notes:

Yes. They were always under my control, because they weren’t exactly “alive”, just puppets. They talked that way because that’s the only thing that came to my mind.

So your body is formed by…?

Please, don’t think about it too much.

You say that… Pinkie and Twilight are Louis’ favorites?

Well, it makes sense.

What?

I mean, look at it! Everything that happens, it happens because Twilight or Pinkamena or Pinkie or Aragón have something to do with it. The only thing that doesn’t have any of them as a protagonist is, well… y’know. You and me.

And that can be explained as the author being an AppleDash fan, so absolutely everything that’s happened is a sick representation of Louis’ fetishes.

Hey, but that’s good! You have to write what you like, right?

There are exceptions, Pinkie.

Anyway, I think that’s everything, right? You know who Louis is, you know who’s your author…

Fluttershy is only controlled by Louis, right?

Yes. Twilight, Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash are controlled by Aragón, so they’re the lowest ones. Spike is the one who controls Pinkie and Aragón. Pinkie is my author, and Louis controls Spike, Peewee and Greentalk… at least until they died.

If you put it that way, it’s easy to see why we died. Rarity, Rainbow, Applejack and me, I mean. We were the weaker ones.

Oh, but you’re not weak! You did an amazing job at the fight!

But even thinking that, we have to admit that we were lucky. Because, well, we were the only ones Aragón could resurrect. What would have happened if Fluttershy had died instead?

…I could have been resurrected by Louis, right?

You could have been resurrected by Aragón too, I guess. I mean, he’s as powerful as can be, so…

BUT WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH? TECHNICALLY TALKING, FLUTTERSHY IS ABOVE ARAGÓN, SO HE SHOULDN’T BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH HER POSITION AS A CHARACTER.

It’s like if I died. I’m Aragón’s author, so he couldn’t resurrect me. Right?

I’m… not very sure, now that you ask me.

How can you not know this? Aren’t you like, a literal know-it-all by now?

Well, that’s what I thought, but this proves otherwise. Louis?

Author’s notes:

It’s a tricky question. On the one hand, authorhood…

That’s not a word.

Author’s notes:

It is now. Authorhood is something more than just “power”. Greentalk couldn’t have resurrected you either, because you’re not tier creations. You can kill almost everybody if you have enough power, but only your author can bring you back to life.

You said “almost”. Are you talking about…?

Author’s notes:

There are some exceptions, and you’re one of them, yes. You, Fluttershy, couldn’t have been killed by Greentalk… but that’s because you’re completely different from them. You were born out of irony, remember?

Oh…

How… convenient.

What?

I was just thinking… I know that Fluttershy couldn’t be hurt by Greentalk. Only I can hurt her, because a bunch of reasons I already explained, but… Now that I can think about it more calmly, it doesn’t really make sense.

I, for once, think that I can understand what you’re thinking about. Both Greentalk and Fluttershy were created by Louis, so… they were in the same level, right?

Well, Fluttershy only appeared here because our dear author had decided that I had to be ridiculed, so she wasn’t going to appear here according to his plans. Greentalk was completely different, because Louis wanted to write them here from scratch. And that mumbo-jumbo just means that, well, Fluttershy was immune.

It didn’t really matter a lot after all, right? It’s not like Greentalk tried to directly attack her. They just knew it wasn’t going to work.

How did they know that is easily explained too, right? They knew a lot because usually villains are more powerful than the heroes so you can add a little tension to the story. And here, knowledge is the best weapon…

But then again… How convenient. Right? And I’m not just talking about Fluttershy. Why didn’t Discord kill Spike from the beginning? Why did Chrysalis kill Aragón shortly after killing Twilight and the others? Sure, they couldn’t kill Fluttershy and I was the central piece of their plan so I couldn’t be attacked. But, why Aragón?

Well, it was either him or Pinkie, right?

Yes!

Yeah, but having Pinkie killed was far more useful than zapping Aragón. They didn’t even try to hit her.

But if Aragón hadn’t died, then…

Everything would have gone down the toilet?

Yeah…

Without Aragón killed, nopony would have been resurrected and Pinkamena would have killed Fluttershy, so…

It’s like if they had been controlled so we could win.

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You know… Only an author can resurrect you. Because he created you, right?

That seems to be the case.

That… that sounds a lot like…

…Like the human idea of “God”, right?

Yeah.

A god… like Discord?

No. It’s more like an omnipresent thingy that just controls everything. It’s like Fate, I guess… everything you do is observed, and although you’re kind of free…

You’re an actor in a theater, and somebody else has written the script. You can try to act on your own, but you would en being guided, it doesn’t matter if you want it that way.

That’s possibly the worst description of the human faith in something superior that I’ve ever heard.

Well, she’s a pony, y’know.

That doesn’t matter. What does matter is that we’ve suffered a lot, and we shouldn’t forget that we are fictional after all. Louis can control us, and although we think we’re free, we can’t be sure.

But… We…

We’re insulting him all the time. There’s no way a guy like him would control us so he can insult himself.

But what if this is a game? What if he just likes to see us dance? Every author is a bastard, because you can’t write a story without a character suffering a little. What if everything was scripted from the beginning? What if Greentalk was always Louis and we’re also nothing more than mindless puppets? What if he’s making us doubt of our freedom just because he finds it funny? He can control everything. Everything.

THAT IS… SCARY.

But that… that would mean…

That would mean that he killed five of us just because he thought the story would be better that way. That would mean that Applejack and Rainbow Dash had been suffering a sick relationship based on a lie and all the emotional pain that comes with it because he was bored. We’ve been thinking all this time that this was an accident, that both Discord and Chrysalis became sentient and decided that they would be the villains just because they were bad-written. But… what if that’s not what happened?

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We’re calling him an idiot, but maybe he’s just pretty clever and tries to hide it from us. Maybe he’s just playing dumb. And after everything it’s done, he puts these words in my mouth because he wants us to doubt ourselves. Maybe he’s been playing all this time and everything was going to happen? After all, Aragón himself said that Greentalk’s apparition was scripted.

Well, it was, but I’m sure that they just went out of control. This is a comedy after all. They were expected to be as stupid as me. Yeah, they were villains, but the kind of villain you laugh at, not the one who kills you and torture your bird.

I’M STARTING TO GROW TIRED OF THAT APPELATIVE. WE PHOENIXES ARE MORE THAN JUST “BIRDS”, THANK YOU.

I’m with Aragón here. If we think that Louis is a genius playing with us, then we need to doubt everything, and that’s… that’s just paranoid. I think the simplest answer is the correct one, Pinkamena. Discord and Chrysalis didn’t kill Pinkie because she was too powerful –you saw her in the fight!

I know. But still… there’s a possibility, and you know it. We think that we broke free, but maybe that’s the joke. We’ve never been free after all.

But there’s no way we can know if we are free or just controlled without knowing it…

And that only makes the situation much more terrifying.

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…It’s your choice.

What?

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I said that it’s your choice. No matter what I say, you won’t believe it. So I guess it’s your choice. You can’t know the truth, but you can guess. And maybe you’ll be right. There’s no way you’ll be sure about your decision, but that’s what life is about, right?

If we’re being controlled, then we’re not alive.

But… If we feel like it, even a fake live becomes real, right? I mean, we think we’re alive, we act like we’re alive, we do stuff like alive things… What’s the difference between being fictional and real if this is the case? We don’t need to make a fuss about it.

The difference is that one thing is a lie and the other is real.

You know… I once thought the same, but someone taught me that sometimes, what’s a lie and what’s the truth is not an absolute. It’s more like your decision.

If you feel it’s real love, then it’s real love even though it’s fake, right?

What?

Nothing you need to worry about, Pinkie. Just an old talk we had.

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You don’t know what they’re talking about? Didn’t you read the entire story, Pinkie?

I left some things unread. A lady always knows when to look away. Right, Rarity?

Uh? Oh. Yes, indeed. I’m surprised you know such a thing, Pinkie!

Heheh!

But still, even though you may think that…

Pinkamena… You know, I think that there’s no truth and there’s no lies here. Maybe it’s our choice after all. Maybe it doesn’t matter.

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Maybe… maybe what we need to ask ourselves is what we would like to do. Be optimistic or being pessimistic? Think the best or the worst?

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I’ve spent all my existence being pessimistic. It’s not like I’ve had the choice, having to murder my friends all day, you know.

Well, maybe it’s time for you to change then.

Yeah! Being happy is fun, you should try it!

I think the same.

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Oh, come on. Don’t be a party pooper.

…Sigh.
I guess I won’t think about it then. It’s not like I have a choice with you all being like this, really. There you have, Louis. I think you’re an idiot instead of a genius. Did I pick the right option?

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I’m afraid you’ll never know.

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So, what are we going to do now?

I don’t really know. Louis?

Author’s notes:

I’m not doing anything. The story has ended, so I’m not needed here. Bye.

Bye!

SO… WE JUST DISSAPEAR OR…?

No. When you finish a story, the characters are still alive in your mind. So we’re never going to die, unless something kills us before the actual end of the story.

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Y’know, I kinda expected that something random would have killed us by now.

I guess “irony” doesn’t work anymore.

So… now we just end the chapter? Like that?

Aw, that would be boring!

Yeah! Can’t we, like, go out with a bang?

I would really like a peaceful end. Although it’s not really an end. There are a lot of things we have to do, right?

I would like to spend some time with Rainbow, yeah. That’ll be good.

Uh.

And we need to find gummy! And that spider kitten!

…You can leave that last thing out.

Oh, we also need to work on your dress, Twilight. The “maid” look goes pretty well with your fur, but I’m sure that with a little changes…

Oh snap.

And I could show you our world, Pinkamena! Now that you’re a hero, it will be amazing! Although… I don’t really know where we are exactly going. I mean… are we still in Equestria?

I… I don’t know!

WELL, THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.

Yeah! And we could work with a new story, Peewee!

THAT WOULD BE FUN.

And I can hang out with you! Yeah, you still kinda hate me, but that’s better than nothing, right? I’m a brony after all.

Meh.

Oh, we don’t hate you!

Thanks.

And you’re an alicorn! That’s going to be amazing, right? There’s so much fun you can have with an alicorn friend!

Yeah! I’m an alicorn, and that’s awesome! And I’m pretty sure I’m going to stay this way a looooong time!

Eyup. A loooong time. What was the long pause for?

Another chance for the irony to show up. But I guess that without Louis working, there’s no more irony. What a shame.

CERTAINLY.

Hey, have you noticed that the readers aren’t showing up a lot lately?

I guess that the door is finally closed.

Door?

Or tissue in the time and space, or whatever you want to call it. It doesn’t really matter. Pinkie and Peewee had a lot of fun talking about that stuff at the beginning.

Huh.

So, farewell to the readers then?

Yes! Goodbye to all of you!

Bye!

It’s been a pleasure.

Goodbye, and thank you for all your help!

Bye!

FAREWELL.

Um, goodbye.

See ya later! Or never, I don’t know.

Nah, I highly doubt that a sequel is possible. What would we do?

Anyway, I guess this is finally the end.

Goodbye.

And thank you.

And now, girls and Spike and Peewee, if you excuse me, I think I’m going to narrate for the last time. Okay?

Okay!

If you want to…

Ahem.

It was a beautiful day in Ponyville. The sky was blue, the sun was shining…
…and everything went perfectly fine.