“What… what do you mean you ‘quit’?”

Everypony present was completely caught off guard by Malice and DJ’s proclamation. None of them could completely process what had just been said, none could be more true for Celestia.

“I, too, am confused nephews. What you say needs more context, please.”

“Then let us elaborate. Over these past seven months, Malice and I have traveled to many, many different worlds and done many, many things. Some things, I hate to say, we aren’t proud of. We have been heroes, villains, criminals, saviors, and more.”

“And after going through all that,” Malice continued, “we’ve come to the decision that it isn’t the kind of life we want. Not even someone as chaotic as me wants this life anymore. We’re tired of it; tired of the fighting, the life saving, constantly fearing for our lives. It’s not worth it anymore.”

DJ walked up to his mother, his expression one of a hardened warrior that repents the actions that he had to do. “I’m sorry, mother, but we’ve had enough. We are not heroes that you can call on at a moment’s notice for every small problem that crops up. We’re not the military, we are civilians who only did their civic duty. Now, should any major crisis come up, I assure you that you can count on us, but anything less than that and you can count us out.”

They all stood in stunned silence at the pair of alicorns, both having looks of defiance. Neither looked willing to back down from this stance. Or so Celestia could feel. Her son was adamant on this, she was certain, but she could also feel the pain behind these words.

“My sons, why? Why do you take this stance? Precisely, how many worlds did you visit?”

DJ sighed, looking to the ground and then back to Celestia. “Including my first six months? A little over fifty.”

“FIFTY?!” his family shouted at him, shocked and aghast at his statement.

“Yes, over fifty freakin’, fucked up worlds.”

“While Malice’s words are a little crude, yes, many of those worlds were less than pleasant. More than once we were targeted and nearly killed. In many, we had to… take lives to be able to survive and help save that world. In other cases… we weren’t able to save them.”

“DJ…” Twilight said sadly, moving to nuzzle him as lovingly as she could.

“Thank you, Twilight. I’m sorry for being so dark here, but I’ve seen and done things that no one should have to. And I’m done with it. So, yes mother, I quit. No more world saving, no more heroics, just living the life I have in Ponyville with my wife and children. That’s all that matters to me now. I hope you can respect that.”

Celestia looked down at the young, blue alicorn, her face passive and free of any emotion. Her eyes scanned over his being, scrutinizing him over every last detail. After several intense moments, her figure relaxed and she grew a comforting smile.

“My sons, DJ and Malice,... of course I respect your decision. You are correct, you’re not military. Even if you are royalty, you’re still civilians and as such should not be expected to constantly be saving Equestria. All I could ever ask of you is to live your lives the way that make you happy.” She used her wings to pull them both into a hug. “I will love, you no matter what you choose.”

“Thanks mom.” DJ said, nuzzling her chest.

“Whatever,” Malice groaned, but didn’t resist the hug.

“So Malice is a big softie,” Berry quipped with a wry smile, giggling at her “brother” being embraced lovingly.

“Shut the fuck up, Berry.”

“Malice,” Celestia said with a warning tone, glaring at him. “Do not curse at your sister.”

“You ain’t the boss of me! I’m my own pony; I do what I want!”

“One more outburst like that, young man, and I will have to punish you.”

“Bring it, ya old bat!”

“That’s enough of you!” Luna yelled at him as she approached and got in his face. “You will listen to your mother and you will like it! Or so help me, I will banish you to the moon without dinner! Do you understand me?!”

Surprisingly, Malice backed off with a look of fear. “Ma’am, yes ma’am! I will do whatever Celest--” Luna’s glare hardened, “er, whatever mom tells me to do!”

Twilight, Scootaloo, Nyx, and Celestia all gaped at how quickly Malice caved in to Luna’s demands. Their attention was soon diverted, however, by DJ chuckling to himself.

“What’s so funny?” Twilight asked him.

“Malice is, of course! Him and his little crush on Luna~.” Malice’s cheeks turned red as he glared at his twin, while everypony else stared wide-eyed at the chaotic pony.

“I. Do not. Have a crush. On. Luna!” Malice seethed through his clenched teeth.

“Oh yeah, sure.”

“I don’t!”

“Uh huh.”

“Is this true nephew? Do you truly have a crush on me?”

“No! That’s sick! You’re my aunt! I like the other Lunas… oops.”

“AHA! Admittance!”

“Shut up!”

“Tell me, Malice,” Celestia said with a warm smile. Though if one looked hard enough, they would see the slight twitch at the edge of her lip. “Why do you have a crush on my sister?”

“Well… it’s because… um....Luna is best pony,” he mumbled.

“What was that?” she prodded sweetly.

“Luna is best pony?”

“Dude, just say it!”

“Luna is best pony! There? Ya happy now?!”

Luna and Celestia were silent after that outburst, unsure of how to process exactly what they had been told. DJ, who continued to smirk, couldn’t help, but comment on the situation.

“He totally tried to kiss Jen’s Luna.”

That was enough to turn Luna’s already pink cheeks completely red, just thinking of kissing Malice. “Ehem, well that’s… something. I am not sure what it is, but it is certainly something.”

“We did more than kiss,” Malice boasted with a smirk. “I just made the kid hide out in the deeper parts of our mind while Luna activated an anthro spell. She knew more than I thought she did.”

“Dude! There’s children present!”

“Yeah! This fic is only rated ‘Teen’! Keep this up and we won’t be able to keep it that way.”

“...Pix, did you just break the fourth wall?”

“Heh, heh, heh… oops.”

“Oh, great, now the author’s gonna bark at us… again!”

There was completely silence as the three alicorns looked around them, expecting something. Not sure what, but they were. The others, however, were completely confused as to what was occurring, just deciding in the end to pass it of as the randoms being random.

“Well, this is a new development. Usually he’s yelling at us for breaking the wall.”

“He even did it when we were in the other worlds. This is odd.”

“Should we, like, ring a bell or something? Get his attention?”

GAH! Enough already! That’s it, I’m done!

“Oh no! What have we done?! He’s gonna end the story!”

I’m not ending the story, I’m just done with this. Fine, break my wall for all I care, I don’t give a shit anymore. Just try to keep it to a minimum, okay? Now, back to the story with you lot!

“Did, did he just give us permission to break the fourth wall?”

“Heck yeah he did! This is awesome!”

“Calm down, Pix. We have to keep it small, little bits here and there to keep things interesting.”

“Right, right. What were we talking about? Oh yeah! Malice slept with an alternate Luna! ...Ew!!”

“What? I’m not related to every Luna, just the one here. Any other is completely fair game.”

“...Now who’s got issues?”

“Fuck you, bro. Fuck you.”

“Malice!” Twilight screeched. “What did I say about that foul mouth of yours?”

“We’re not at home. It’s fair game outside.”

“Maybe, but you are now in my home, my son. And I do not appreciate such language.”

“Oh yeah?! Well you can take your rules and shove them…” Malice trailed off as he noticed Luna’s harsh glare burning through him. “....right in my face and I will follow each one to the letter. Yep, that’s what I was gonna say.”

“Nice save,” DJ quipped. “Well, mom, it’s been great catching up with you and aunt Luna, but we need to get going back to Ponyville. Pinkie’s putting together a big shindig for me and I don’t want to miss it. You up for a Pinkie party, Pix?”

“Duh! That alright, mom?”

“Of course, Berry. You go have fun with your brother. You both have much catching up to do.” She nuzzled Berry and pushed her over to the Sparkle family. “Just let me know if you stay the night.”

“Sure thing! Let’s go, bro! Heh, that rhymed.”

DJ rolled his eyes. “Clever, Pix, really clever. Let’s go.”

"Bye grandma! Bye great aunt Luna!”

“See ya!”

“Farewell, my children, have fun!” Luna was simply happy with just waving. DJ gathered them close and jumped right back to the treebrary.

“It’s good to be home,” DJ remarked as he settled down on the couch. Twilight jumped up to join him, snuggling into him with her head underneath his chest.

“It’s only home now that you’re back, DJ. I wouldn’t dream of having this be a home without you.”

“Thanks, Twi. That means a lot.”

“Ick! Too much lovey dovey mush!” Malice nearly screamed. “Don’t we have a party to get to? I’m hungry!”

“For once, I agree with Malice. Let’s go! I don’t want to miss out on any of Sensei Pinkie’s cooking!”

“Yeah, come on dad! You can’t miss your own party!”

“Let’s get a move on daddy, they’re probably waiting for you already!”

“They sure are!” Pinkie said as she appeared from out of the chimney.

“Pinkie, why were you in our chimney?” Twilight asked sincerely.

“Well, I was preparing to do a classic musical number, but then you all appeared so I figured it was probably time to get Frosty over to the party!”

“Frosty?”

“I tell you later.”

“Fine. Lead the way, grand master,” Pix said with an exaggerated bow. DJ just rolled his eyes as Pinkie giggled and put on a regal façade

“Why yes, my faithful students, I shall lead the way. I shall lead you down the path of enlightenment, where light is always shining and ponies are givers instead of takers. It will be a long and difficult road, but--”

“Just shut up and take us to the party,” Malice interrupted. Everypony froze, almost literally as a sudden chill went through the air. Pinkie, still smiling widely, slowly turned her head to look at Malice. She slowly moved from her spot, not making a single sound nor letting her face change, getting right in Malice’s face.

“You’re new here, so let me explain something to you,” she said in a sickly sweet whisper that sent shivers down his spine. “When I’m being my amazing Pinkielicious self, you are not to interrupt me.” She leaned her face right into his, making him lean away in slight fear. “Understand me?” Malice couldn’t nod his head fast enough. “I wanna hear it.”

“I will never interrupt you again, Pinkie Promise!”

“Great!” Pinkie said as she pulled back, the air in the room suddenly returning to its normal temperature. “Then come on! You two are needed on stage now!” She reached out her legs to impossibly long lengths, grabbed the two alicorn brothers and dragged them away. The next thing they knew, they were on a large wooden platform with two ponies and a dragon looking at them.

“What just happened?” asked a groggy Malice.

“I think we just got screen pulled.”

“Yepperoni!”

“BRO!!” DJ suddenly found himself being squeezed by an overexcited dragon. “You are back! I didn’t believe them at first, but you really came back!”

“Yes, yes I did!” DJ managed to choke out from the back breaking embrace. “Now, could you let me go before you completely break my spine!?”

“Ack!” Spike immediately dropped him, turning him into a nice heap on the floor. Malice snickered as Spike apologized profusely.

“Yer fine, Spike,” DJ waved off as he got back on his hooves. “Woo, you’ve gotten stronger, little dude. I’m impressed.”

Spike blushed, rubbing the back of his head. “Well, yeeaah. But, I am in my teenage form, so I’m a fair bit stronger like this.”

DJ looked again, confirming that it was indeed a drake that stood easily over six foot looking back at him. He couldn’t help the little knowing smirk that came to his muzzle, nor the words that he spoke next. “You just came from Rarity’s, didn’t you?”

That question, coupled with that smirk, sent Spike into a sputter fit, unable to form anything coherent.  “I, I, I don’t, I-don’t-know-what-you’re-talking-about!!!”

Malice broke into a snicker fit, unable to hold back. “Oh please, I saw you both, little drake. We already know.”

Spike paled slightly. “Please don’t tell Twilight! There’s no way she would approve of… well, you know.”

DJ, again, waved off his concern. “Don’t worry, man. Your secret’s safe with us.”

“Eeyup.”

“Gah!” Malice jumped slightly. “Oh, didn’t even see you there. You are way too quiet, Red.”

“Red?”

“Malice doesn’t like to use names. He prefers vague insults that can be used like names.”

“Like the kid said.”

“See?”

Spike looked at Malice for a moment. “What’s he doing out anyways?”

“Hey!”

“Malice is free to do as he pleases, Spike. He’s my twin and, as such, I expect you to be able to at least tolerate him. He’s not evil after all.”

“Could have fooled me,” Spike mumbled under his breath. This received a slight glare from Malice.

“Enough with this!” Pinkie interrupted. “We’ve got a party to do!”

“Then what are we doing back here?”

“Silly Frosty~!” Spike and Mac both silently mouthed ‘Frosty’ in confusion, then shook their heads, deciding to focus on it later. “You’re going to sing! You need your band after all!”

“I’m going to sing? Wow, how long has it been since we did that?”

“Since world thirty-four,” Malice immediately answered.

“Oh… yeah. That one was… interesting, to say the least.” He shook his head, clearing it of old memories. “Anyways, I’m a little underprepared Pinks. I don’t even have…” DJ trailed off as he looked at his brothers in confusion. “Why is Mac behind the drums?”

Mac shrugged. “Ah gave up the bass. The drums are more mah thing. Malice can take the bass if he wants ta.”

The mentioned pony rolled his eyes. “Gee, thanks.” Still he moved over to it and picked up the bass, giving it a few experimental strums. “This’ll work.”

DJ sighed and shook his head. “Whatever. Still, I don’t have anything prepared for this. What am I supposed to sing?”

Pinkie looked out from behind the curtain. “Well, you’d better think of something Frost, because those ponies are starting to get restless. They need something to start this party off right.”

DJ stopped, looking right at Pinkie with a blank expression. “...Say that again.”

“That again!” Pinkie said with a dopey smile.

“No! Repeat what you said.”

“What? ‘Start this party’? That’s what you need to do, start the party.”

DJ smiled and grabbed his trust acoustic. “And that’s what we’re gonna do. I got just the song. Hey boys, you ready for a homecoming Equestria will never forget?”

From his chest pocket, a little draconequus peeked out, smiling at him. “Whenever you are, Boss! Just start it up and we’ll follow, like always.”

“Thanks Uno! Alrighty, brothers of mine, it’s time to welcome myself back home. Ready?”

“As I’ll ever be,” Malice said oh-so-helpfully.

“Eeyup,” Mac said with a twirl of his drumsticks.

Spike played a quick cord on his electric, smiling at DJ. “It’s been over a year since we’ve last heard you singing around town. It’s time for Ponyville to be complete once more.”

“Eeyup.”

DJ smiled at them. “Thanks guys. Alright Pinks, we need a hype mare. Are you up for it?”

“Leave it to me! Just get ready to do that music that you do!” Pinkie fled behind the curtain and began to speak to the crowd. “HEEEEE EVERYPOOOOONYYYYY!!! Who here is ready to party!?” The ponies all stomped and cheered in response, making Pinkie beam even more. “GREAT! Because I got a special treat for you~!” The crowd began to mumble amongst itself, all wondering what their resident party pony meant. “Ya know, for the past year Ponyville hasn’t felt the same. Almost as if something were missing. Am I right?” There were nods in the crowd. “Well, I think we can finally fix that! So without further ado, please welcome back a pony very special to me, to our princesses, and to every Ponyvillian: Prince Blue Frost!” Now, they were all confused. “Also known as DJ Sparkle!!”  Nopony was even given a chance to process that surprise as the curtain rose and the music pumped immediately with that familiar blue pony leading the charge.

Yeah

First off hit the groove, let the music play

Next stop everybody, its time to celebrate

Bady go so lets go show, make the genes you got become real

Let's do this, let me hear you, now show me how you feel

Start, start, start the party

Come on, come on everyone

Let's start, start, start the party

What you waiting for now?

Start, start, start the party

Come on, come on, live it up

Let's start, start, start the party

I know you never gonna wanna stop

Despite the strangeness of everypony’s favorite missing prince being no longer, well, missing, they got into the beat right off the bat. They were dancing and grooving, just all around having a great time. This kept DJ smiling as he danced around with Malice and Spike as they played. He spotted Twilight in the back with Fluttershy, both of whom waved when he caught their eye. Nyx and Scootaloo were out dancing with the other members of the CMC. Pixel had found her way over to the other Elements and was dancing her heart out with them. It was going to be a fun night.

Stand up and do the dance, the way you do

I-I- can see all the crowd on the dance floor when its through

Baby go so lets go show, like you never ever did before

Let's do this, let me hear you say more, more, more

Start, start, start the party

Come on, come on everyone

Let's start, start, start the party

What you waiting for now?

Start, start, start the party

Come on, come on, live it up

Let's start, start, start the party

I know you never gonna wanna stop

Let the music take us

Everytime, just close our eyes

Feel the grove, wanna shake us

Everywhere, and everybody, turn it up and start the party

We got it rolling, never slowing down

Lights, camera, action, start the party now

I know your ready there's no need to wait

Now's the time for us to celebrate

Start, start the party (Let's do it)

Start, start the party (Everybody now)

Start, start the party (Let's get to it)

Start, start the party

Start, start, start the party

Come on, come on everyone

Let's start, start, start the party

What you waiting for now?

Start, start, start the party

Come on, come on, live it up

Let's start, start, start the party

I know you never gonna wanna stop

Start, start, start the party

Come on, come on everyone

Let's start, start, start the party

What you waiting for now?

Start, start, start the party

Come on, come on, live it up

Let's start, start, start the party

I know you never gonna wanna, come now let me hear you holler, put your hands up your never gonna stop

With the sudden stop of the music, everypony applauded and cheered. DJ, smiling widely, picked up the mic again and addressed them all. “Hey Ponyville! Look who’s back! Did anypony miss me?” The cheering was almost deafening, causing him to flinch. He looked back at the crowd with a blink… then two. “Wow. That’s… that’s just awesome guys! I’m touched, honestly, that all of you missed me. For that, I feel I should be honest with you.” The ponies went silent. “Not a word of this leaves Ponyville, capiche?” They all went through the motions of the Pinkie Pie Promise, reciting the famou lines. “I didn’t go on a Cultural Journey. Due to an accidental spell, I was sent to Canterlot… in a parallel universe.” The murmuring was a little disconcerting. “I spent those next six months, hoping between universes to get back home. However, due to reasons, I was not able to stay here when I returned seven months ago. So, I went back to traveling these parallel worlds, learning and experiencing new things as I did so. I’ve seen some things, man, and some stuff… I wouldn’t recommend it.”

The laughter he received from that old reference was enough to keep the smile back on his face. “Thanks for laughing at that. Now, I’m glad to say that I’m back after going through that Tart… no, no Tartarus doesn’t begin to describe what I went through. To put it plainly everypony, I’ve been through hell! I’ve been to hell and back, time and time again. And you know what I say to that kind of life? (You may want to cover any foal’s ears for this next part). I say: Buck that shit! No more! No-bucking-more! I’m done with it and never going back. ‘Cause the only thing I want to do with my life now is to be here, with all of you. You took a chance on me all those years ago, so in return I give you all the rest of my life. Though, Twilight has first dibs so don’t go doin’ anything drastic.” The sudden shift caused everypony to break out in hearty, mirth-filled laughter. DJ smiled wider than he had in a long time, a long time. “Now let’s get back to the party! Start the music!”

I ain't got no car

And I've got one pair of jeans

They've been stretched too far

And now they're weak at the seams

I can't say what's next

And I got nothing up my sleeve

But I don't lose my head

'Cause it ain't really up to me

And I'm doing just fine, I'm always landing on my feet

In the nick of time, and by the skin of my teeth

I ain't gonna stress 'cause the worst ain't happened yet

Something's watching over me like sweet serendipity

whoa whoa oh oh oh

sweet serendipity

I don't ask for a lot

No, nothing more than I need

'Cause I love what I got

Don't need to play the lottery

I just want to be strong

At the end of the road

I don't want to hold on

I want the strength to let go

And I'm doing just fine, I'm always landing on my feet

In the nick of time, and by the skin of my teeth

I ain't gonna stress 'cause the worst ain't happened yet

Something's watching over me like sweet serendipity

And what will be will be

In the nick of time and by the skin of my teeth

I ain't gonna stress 'cause the worst ain't happened yet

Something's watching over me like sweet serendipity, sweet serendipity

Like sweet serendipity

Don't look, fate can only find you

Can't choose for something to surprise you

Set sail without a destination

See where the wind takes you

You never know where you're going to fall

But I'm not worried, I'm not worried at all

And I'm doing just fine, I'm always landing on my feet

In the nick of time, and by the skin of my teeth

I ain't gonna stress 'cause the worst ain't happened yet

Something's watching over me

And I'm doing just fine, I'm always landing on my feet

In the nick of time, and by the skin of my teeth

I ain't gonna stress 'cause the worst ain't happened yet

Something's watching over me like sweet serendipity, sweet serendipity

Sweet serendipity

Don't look, fate can only find you

Can't choose for something to surprise you

Set sail without a destination

See where the wind takes you

Sweet, sweet, sweet sweet

Sweet serendipity

Sweet, sweet, sweet sweet

Sweet serendipity

Sweet, sweet, sweet serendipity

“Alright!That was rocking! I think I got one more in me before I get off my soapbox up here. Are you all up for that?”

“YES!!” was yelled right back him.

“Ack! Ok, ok! You don’t have to yell! Sheesh, some ponies.” They all chuckled at his antics on stage. “So...Twi? What are you doing up here?”

“I came to make a request,” Twilight said as she walked on stage. She walked right up to him and whispered in his ear. He smiled at her, but then he looked worried.

“Are you sure you can handle it?”

Twilight recognized that it was just a small worry in his eyes, instead of simply overprotectiveness. “Yes, I can handle one song. Please?” she pouted.

“Hrk!” DJ clutched at his heart and had to struggle to stay standing. “Stop with the cuteness! I surrender!” A roar of laughter bombarded DJ for his “performance” and he glared at them all. “Oh hush up!” More laughter sprang up as he harrumphed. He smiled and shook his head, letting out a little chuckle of his own. “Alright, hon, let’s sing ‘em a song.”

“Yes,” she nodded, “Let’s.”

Gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet

Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet

Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends

And feed my soul where the blacktop ends

I'm lookin' down the barrel of Friday night

And ridin' on a river of freeway lights

A goodbye city I'm country bound

'Til Monday rolls around

Gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet

Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet

Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends

And feed my soul where the blacktop ends

The workin' in the grind is an uphill road

I'm punchin' that clock and carryin' that load

I bust it all week and then I'm free

The weekend belongs to me

Gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet

Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet

Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends

And feed my soul where the blacktop ends

So come on

Give me some fresh air give me that farm

Give me some time with you in my arms

Far away from the hustle and the pressure and the noise

Gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet

Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet

Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends

And feed my soul, you betcha

Gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet

Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet

Goin' back to the well gonna visit old friends

And feed my soul where the blacktop ends

Where the blacktop ends

Where the blacktop ends

Ooh! Where the blacktop ends!

With the final song coming to close, he bid the audience adeu and trotted off into the party with his wife and brothers. The Discords (Uno, Dos, Tres, Quatro, and Cinco) took their place on stage and played out some tunes to keep the party moving. Several ponies came to welcome DJ back, while the ones who knew kept trying to get DJ over to the bar Pinkie had set up. He had politely refused, but Ditzy and Lyra’s dual pouting, coupled with Twilight’s agreement, he shuffled off to the bar for a drink. As they downed their drinks, Doc was able to convince him to tell them a tale from his travels.

“Come now, Frost, you must have at least one tale you can tell us all. Don’t leave us in the dark, here.”

Strangely, Malice grumbled about a ‘stupid old perv’, leaving them even more confused. This gave DJ an idea for a story. “Well, Malice’s grumbling has sparked an interesting adventure. I suppose I could tell you all about Ryan and Darkness Shade.”

“Who are they?” asked Pixel Berry. “Those are some weird names, so it must be a good tale.”

“Indeed it is. Ya see, Ryan and Dark were a part of the first world we traveled to.”

“Oh, yes, now I remember,” Twilight interjected. “He was the one in a relationship with his world’s Applejack, right?”

“Uh, right,” DJ said with some slight discomfort. No pony was quite sure why, but left it be for now. “Well, for starters, Ryan and I are actually quite a like. Just replace some of the more negative qualities with more randomness and age me a few more years and you got him. They were really nice there and even offered to help me get home. We had a ton of misadventures during the first week, but it all culminated when an evil cult decided to restore chaos into the world. See, on Ryan’s Equestria, Discord was much worse back in the old days, causing mass chaotic destruction--”

“The greatest kind of chaos there is,” Malice quipped. Several ponies glared and deadpanned at him, but he just looked proud.

“R-right,” DJ continued. “Anyways, that Discord was brought to the future by the cult. Ryan and I tried to fight him, but he was too strong, sending us back to the past to get rid of us. There we met Starswirl the Bearded--”

“You did?!” Twilight beamed, getting right in her husband’s face.”Ooh! What was he like? Was he nice? Did he look like he did in the pictures? Tell. Me. Everything!!”

“Twilight, honey, calm down. For one, he was dick.”

“WHAT?! B-but he’s...and the spells… and the journal!”

“Calm down!” DJ said putting his hooves on her shoulder to steady the mare. “Look, Twi, that wasn’t the Starswirl from here. Our Starswirl is probably very different from the douche we met in Ryan’s world. However, I did get you something.” DJ magicked up a little photo and handed it to Twilight. “I managed to get you an autographed photo of the old coot.”

Twilight took the picture in an instant and squealed as she looked at it. She lunged forward and hugged her husband tight, peppering him with kisses. “Thankyouthankyouthankyou Thank You!! Best Husband Ever!!”

“Aw,” DJ said with tinted cheeks as he pecked her cheek back. “Anything for you, Twilight. Anyways, back to the story. With that bearded weirdo’s help, we went back to the future (yep, I really just said that) and teamed up against the evil Discord. It took us using our strongest powers, but we sent him packing! After that was mostly monotonous as Twilight and I tried to figure out a way for me to get home. We figured it out after three weeks, but something went wrong and I got sent to another parallel, only this time with that cooky time warping thingamajig. I’m even loopier than before because of it.”

“I’d be surprised if you weren’t as wibbly wobbly as the worlds after that.”

“Not helping, Doc. Maybe I’ll tell you the other stories sometime, but for now, let’s just enjoy the party.”

“I’ll drink to that!” Spike and Malice shouted as they toasted each other’s beer mugs, downing the liquid in an instant.

“Does Malice have a drinking problem?” asked Lyra, who seemed concerned.

“Nah, I pretty much got it figured out.”

“Heh, good one,” DJ snorted giving his twin a hoof bump.

The night progressed easily after that. There was much partying, plenty of fun and drinks, and was an all around amazing party. As it wound down and ponies started to leave, DJ and his family also decided to call it a night, retiring to the Books and Branches Library around two in the morning.With Nyn and Scootaloo tucked in, the two alicorns found themselves in bed, kissing passionately.

“I missed you so much, Twi,” DJ said in between gulps of air.

“I missed you even more, my love!” said Twilight as she drank in her lover. They held each other tightly, though kept aware of the baby growing in Twilight’s stomach. There they laid, simply basking in each other’s embrace, never letting go, nor ever wanting to. Things were as they should be, and would hopefully stay as such for a long, long time.

...Yeah that’s not gonna happen.

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