“And that’s that,” I said, closing the book. “From Apathy to Zing. A to Z. All twenty-six stories. What did you think?” The filly looked up at me, a grin creeping along her face from ear to ear. Just like Twilight. Goddesses, I missed her so. But ponies like this little one were keeping her legendary voraciousness for knowledge alive and well.

“What did I think? What did I think? That was awesome!” She exclaimed loudly nearly knocking me from my seat. There was a long time ago that such a sound would have sent me scurrying, but I had long since faced that fear. The filly was bouncing with glee. “Thank you so much Miss Fluttershy. Do you think any of those ponies are still around?”

“Well... we may never know,” I said. “They’re recorded in this book, but for all we know they may never have even existed. Just the imaginings of somepony looking to entertain others. But… even stories of imagination have a ring of truth to them.” The filly stopped, looking down at the ground for a moment. “What’s wrong, sweetheart?”

“Do… do you think anypony will remember me, Miss Fluttershy?” she said. I could see the tears starting to form in her eyes. This was bothering her something fierce. I wasn’t quite sure what to tell her.

“Well...” I finally managed to muster, “I’ll always remember you.”

“I’m serious, Miss Fluttershy!” The filly cried out, stamping on the ground. I smiled softly, resting a hoof on her shoulder.

“Sweetie… ponies will remember you, if you go do something worth remembering,” I said. “Be generous, and kind, and always stand up for yourself and your friends. Especially your friends."

“I… I see,” the filly said, clearing her would-be tears. "Do you think if I do something big, I'd end up in a book?" I smiled again. So... not just like Twilight, then. Sure, she had Twilight's appetite for reading, but she wanted to be recognized... like Dash. I shook my thoughts from my head. I really needed to stop comparing random fillies to my long-dead friends.

“I’ll tell you what,” I said. “If you go out and do something worth remembering, you promise me that you’ll come back and let me know if you do… I’ll make sure you’re in a book, because I’ll write it for you, okay?” The filly’s smile lit up.

“Thanks, Miss Fluttershy!” The filly said. “I’d better get going so I can get started!” she trotted towards the door, and I couldn’t help but notice the flash on her flank.

“Umm, sweetie?” I said, stopping her. The filly looked back at her flank and grinned widely. Instead of bare fur there was now the image of a brown book. On the cover of the book was the symbol of two alicorns circling a star.

Ohmygosh, ohmygosh! My cutie mark!” The filly shouted jumping up and down. “What do you think my special talent is?!”

“It means,” I said proudly. “That you just got the first chapter of your own story. The day you discovered your fate, to become a true Wasteland legend.” I smiled widely, pushing open the door.

“Now go on, you have a lot to do.”

Author's Notes:

And that is that, after almost a years worth of work gathering everyone who helped and waiting on their entries the ABC's are complete!

I hope you all enjoyed the stories as much as the authors enjoyed writing them. This was fun and maybe someday it'll happen again. But no time soon, I need to work on some things before I try and be the leader of something like this again.

Huge thanks go to volrathxp for helping me keep on track and finding some replacements when the orignal letters didn't work out.

And as I've said many times already a huge thanks to everyone who participated weather you made a story or couldn't think of one, thanks for at least trying.

But most of all thanks to everyone in this community, thank you all for taking the wonderful world Kkat made and making the massive wasteland we all know and love. This is for all of us the veterans, the new comers, and those who aren't in the community yet. To all of you thanks for expanding the wasteland, and good luck with your own tales.