My Little Pony: The Elements of Heroes
Chapter 26: Epilogue: The Brightest Day
Previous ChapterAuthor's Notes:
So, yeah. That's all of them. All chapters including the epilogue and the sneak peek of My Little Pony: The Destruction of Earth 4HN-7R0. Hope you enjoyed it!
Epilogue: The Brightest Day
One day later,
We arrived at the train station minutes later after some preparation. The Mane 6 and we were ready to go to Canterlot for a celebration of our victory as heroes. So, we got our train tickets, got aboard of the train and took our seats. So far, life was good. Nothing really bad is going on except for petty thieves and criminals, we stopped them for now.
We talked for a while in the train about several things. Twilight about knowledgeable things, Rarity about our new white clothes and how it's so revolutionary and stuff, Pinkie Pie on planning the best party yet ever created by ponies with the help of his former enemy but now friend Cheese Sandwich, Applejack about farming and stuff, Rainbow Dash about the highlights of our battle with Dark; and Fluttershy… Well, Fluttershy's being Fluttershy. Quiet but sometimes gets into some of our talks.
"I'm more of an inside person, an introvert. I like to play video games and stuff and sometimes, I go to the gym and work out so I can't be fat looking. And when I'm bored, I do stuff like spin the axe at our backyard and practice some knife tricks."
"Well, you gotta go out and live the farm life! It's good for yer' health, y'know."
"Yeah, yeah, alright."
"Are you going to wear those clothes every time, dear? I mean, it's starting to smell bad." Rarity coaxed. I didn't notice that it was starting to smell bad, "Oh… Well, let me change that."
My ring started to glow and my clothes with it. It then changed my appearance from the long jacket to a buttoned t-shirt, jeans and some shoes.
"You look good in that outfit, Ryan." Fluttershy said in a quiet voice.
"Thanks!"
"WHOA! How did you do that?!" Rainbow Dash asked with awe.
"This ring acts as my storage. It comes in handy sometimes.
I looked at Spike and it seems that he was enjoying. "{Psst! Spike, come here.}" I tried to get his attention. He heard me and walked towards me, "What is it, Ryan?"
"{How's you and Rarity?}"
"Oh… I don't know. She seems more interested in you rather than me."
"I know but don't let that get the best of you. Here's a tip, after we get off the train, invite Rarity to eat at a restaurant."
"How will I do that?"
"Just trust me, dude. Ask her, go for it! And oh, go to a restaurant that she really likes. That way, the bond between you and Rarity will soon strengthen and in time, it will develop."
"You sure about that?"
"Of course, I am! Even though I have no love life before I got Fluttershy, I got a lot of things stored for you in the future. Well, what are you waiting for? Go for it, dude!"
Spike smiled and nodded, then approached Rarity. Silver noticed the talk Spike and I had, "Giving Spike some love tips, eh?"
"Dude, you have no idea how long he's been waiting to tell Rarity his feelings. Age doesn't matter right?"
"I know. Guess you were right about the age thing. Who knows, maybe Spike will get the girl?"
Suddenly, we saw Spike running towards us with a huge smile on his face. "Guys! She said yes!"
"Now that's what I'm talking about! Hi-fucking-five!" I whispered loudly.
"Thanks, Ryan! I couldn't done without you!"
"Anytime."
We talked around a bit more. The ride lasted a couple of hours after that. The train stopped and we got out of the train.
"…The Flim Flam brothers must be a pain in a— err… neck."
"You have no idea, sugarcube."
Suddenly, two ponies stood in front of us. One with a mustache, until I recognized them.
"Are they the…"
"Yep, The Flim Flam Brothers."
I heard a lot about them from Applejack, they tried to put Sweet Apple Acres out of business and tricked Applejack into lying that their tonics work. What a bunch of losers.
"Hello ponies and… Whatever you are! Care to take this cool-looking bag?"
"We recently opened our new antique shop! We figured that you would be our first customers!"
"Wait… That's my bag! What the hell are you doing with my bag?" I shouted.
"What are talking about, boy? We found this just lying around in a trash can, we figured that we can sell this."
"That is my freaking backpack. I got my name and my signature on it. See? 'Ryan W.' and a sign right there. I am Ryan Wilson. Give me that!"
"No wait, dear customer! Maybe it means something else! It can be Ryan Waffle!"
"Ryan Waffle? Are seriously fucking kidding me? I have my things in there! Look, there's a knife, my glasses and my books inside here. What else do you need as evidence that I AM THE OWNER of this bag?"
"How can we tell that this knife and the other items in this bag is yours?"
I grabbed the knife and showed my skills, spinning it non-stop. Blender, Helix etc.
"There, is that enough? Now give my bag or else I'll break your neck."
They were terrified, so they dropped my bag and ran away. They are indeed a pain in the fucking ass. How do they even try to run a business with that attitude anyway?
I picked up my bag and removed its dust. "Who threw this away anyway? Do they have any idea about looking inside the bad and find whose is it?"
"Ever heard of 'Not leaving your valuable items unattended?" Ray opposed.
"I got teleported to Night Forge for Christ's sake! I… uhh… Good point."
We continued to walk through Canterlot to reach the castle, until we ran into a familiar face. "Vinyl! What are you doing here?" Ray asked.
"I was just going to pick up my friend here, Octavia." She replied.
Ray introduced Vinyl to the two other humans, "Vinyl, this is my friends, Razor and Michael. And I'm pretty sure you already know Ryan here."
"Ha! I don't forget a face like you who sang beautifully in stage when Pinky threw a welcome party. Hey, why don't you sing again later? I heard there will be a party on the Castle."
"That would be awesome. Sure, we'll be there."
Razor walked up to Vinyl, "Ummm… Hi, uhhh… I'm Razor."
She shook his hand, "Vinyl Scratch."
"I know that we just met, but can you and I maybe… go out sometime?"
"Yeah, sure. I'd like that."
"Tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow, it is. Bye!" Vinyl and her friend trotted past us.
I approached Razor and patted him in the back, "Duuuude… You got the moves of a fucking fly! You got the girl in just one direct hit! But why her?"
"I last saw her when we were still here in Ponyville. Our eyes caught and then suddenly, she smiled at me. Well, it wouldn't be rude if I ask her to go out together sometime."
"How the hell… Nevermind, it's the heat I suppose. Makes mares vulnerable to males."
We called a cab on the way to shorten our trip to the castle. We arrived minutes later, entering the gates and smelling the beautifully fresh flowers on the castle gardens. Relaxing might be a good thing to do at this time of a nice day after that encounter with Dark. Christ, I never get that out of my mind.
But it's over now, let the past be untouched and the future come, right?
We entered the castle and was greeted by Celestia standing on the stairs, "Congratulations, Ryan, Ray, Razor and Michael. You have saved your Earth and our Equestria. Because if that orb did open a portal, it will send out an energy pulse and erase all good from Equestria."
"No problem, Princess. We are always here to help."
"EEEEEEEEEEEEE PARTY TIIIIIME!" Pinkie shouted in excitement.
"Not yet, Pinkie. We'll party if we say so." She pouted and said 'Aw!'.
"Huh… Never knew the orb could do that." Ray muttered to himself.
Rarity asked me something, "Can I ask you a question, dear? Shouldn't you be going home now since you defeated Dark?"
The others asked that question as well, I tried avoiding the question; but I don't want to lie. "Well, you see… Something tells me that I think it's not yet time to go home just yet."
"You'll be staying here?" Fluttershy said with a smile. "Yes. I will be staying here."
Pinkie jumped in big excitement and happiness. "YAY! UH HUH UH HUH! YAAAAAAY!"
"I'm glad that you can stay here. We could use a hero like you," Celestia trotted down the stairs. "After all, if something really grave happens. We could always count on you."
"Uhhh… Yeah, sure."
"The Guards will be leading you to your rooms. Silver and I will be having a talk."
We all were led to our rooms by the Royal Guards that the princess sent. I was the last to go but I was curious to hear what Celestia and Silver are talking about. As soon as the guard left, I sneaked out of the room and stealthily went to the throne room. I arrived at the throne room minutes later and took a peek inside. I saw Silver and Celestia talking about something. To further hear the conversation, I quietly tip-toed nearer to them until I actually hear what they are talking about.
"Silver, can I ask you something?"
"What is it, 'Tia?"
"Can we go out later this afternoon? If that's… okay with you. I-I mean if you're okay with that."
"Yeah, sure! It'll be fun. But is it okay for a princess and a servant dating and stuff?"
"Yes, it is."
"Well, okay then!"
"G-Great! You're dismissed."
Before Silver turns around and goes for the door, I quickly went back to the entrance of the door. Silver pushed the door opened and saw me leaning beside.
"Woooow… The Princess? Really?"
"YOU HEARD OUR CONVERSATION?!" Silver quietly shouted.
"*chuckle* Yeah, I did. But holy shit, the Princess likes you."
Silver blushed, "What? No! The Princess wouldn't like me. I mean, not in a million years."
"Aaaand what if she does?"
"Well…I uhhh… I just go with it."
"Yeah, that's what I thought." We started walking down the halls "Unbelievable, The Princess fucking likes you. How?"
"I already told you, she doesn't like me! Me and 'Tia have history together, it's a long story."
"Lay it on me. I like to hear a good story."
"So…
As Silver explained his story altogether, I was quite fascinated at his story. But hell, the other parts were hard to believe at first and I can't tell if he's showing off or not. But you who the hell cares anyway?
"Huh… That's pretty hard to believe. But I do believe you. And wow, you have been in a lot of events than I am."
"Pretty much, but not as worse as you."
"It's still unbelievable. The Princess? You? Get out of town."
"You better believe it."
The party has been set at the castle garden. As I looked down the window, I saw Pinkie starting up all the decorations and stuff with Cheese Sandwich. She noticed me looking and she waved as I waved back at her. Silver said that he's going to meet Celestia this afternoon and hurriedly ran towards the exit
Things have just been easy for me after the fight with Dark, with no threats on the ponizens or whatever. I was able to rest my muscles and party because, why not? A man sometimes needs a day off from work, right?
I arrived at the party with the others where Pinkie and Cheese are just finishing up the preparations. Spike, Rarity and Silver are missing but something tells me that they are on their dates. May their hearts be forever one, I guess.
"Hello Pinks!"
"HI RYAN! Isn't this party super awesome?!"
"YEAH IT IS! Aahahah, now when will the party start?" I asked.
"Oh, it will start later. We don't wanna spoil the surprise!"
"Yeah, I'm sure you won't. Ah, this must be Cheese Sandwich! I'm Ryan, this is Ray and Michael and Razor."
"Hiya! What do you think about the party decorations?" he asked.
"Not bad. It's great! Hey wait… Where's Fluttershy?"
"I never saw her walk with us. Maybe she's in her room." Twilight replied.
"I guess, I should find her then." I walked away from them and entered the castle. As I was walking, I asked a few guards about the Mane 6's rooms particularly Fluttershy. So they led me to her room and continued to their business.
*Knock* *Knock*
I knocked the door and heard a faint voice from inside saying, "Come in!". I entered the room to see Fluttershy just sitting there, a sad emotion imprinted on her face. I approached her and sat next to her and wondered what's wrong.
"What's wrong, 'Shy? Is everything alright?"
She looked at me, "Y-Yeah… I'm o-okay. Really, I am!".
"Come on, don't be like that. I know that something's wrong."
Taking a few deep breaths and shaking the nervousness off her, she opened her mouth and tried to let it all out, "It's just that… I… I can't face you after all that happened with Dark. I… j-just can't forgive myself when I…" From that point, she started to cry. "…killed you! Wahhhh!" Then she sobbed uncontrollably.
Feeling sad for her, I placed my arm on her hip and the other on her face. "Hey, hey now. Look, it's not your fault when you almost killed me. Dark hypnotized you, you weren't yourself that moment. It was Dark's fault, not yours. I know that you yourself won't do that to me, either way I forgive you and I love you."
"It was so… dark and cold. All I had in my mind was to *sniff* kill you. I tried to control myself but I can't. But when I heard your voice, you gave me strength and I was able to break free of her. And I wanted to say thank you but when I saw your body, I'm not able to."
"Well, here I am now. Alive and healthy."
"But what if someone kills you again? I can't take that risk anymore!" She suddenly hugged me tight. Actually, I fear that that might happen. I also can't take the risk of myself be killed again, let alone Fluttershy. And I can't let anyone hurt her.
"I won't die, Fluttershy. Don't think anything like that, okay? I will always and always will, be in your heart and no one in Equestria, Earth, Heaven and Hell can separate us both. Is that okay?"
I wiped away her tear and nodded, "Great, look at me and smile. The party will be starting later at night."
She smiled and looked at me in the eyes, she was so beautiful. I slowly leaned closer to her face, as we planted each other a kiss. Her soft lips on mine were amazing… It felt good.
We then separated from each other. "Heh, you still got it. Come on."
"Hey, Ryan?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"What is it?"
"Can you turn back into a normal human? Just for us?"
I paused for a moment, "You'll have to find out later."
We walked outside and hurriedly ran through the castle gardens. As I opened the door, there are a lot of ponies in the gardens; dancing, singing and socially interacting with each other. Lights shooting out of the disco ball, food on the table, and Pinkie with her…
"PARTY CANNON INCOMING! *BOOM!* THIS PARTY IS SOOOOOOO FUN! *gasp!* Ryan's here! Everybody party harder!"
Pinkie the party girl and Cheese Sandwich the party guy "I'm much of an introvert, so parties have no effect on me; but, for the sake of "fun", I'll join in!"
The party kicked it up a notch. Loud music, dancing ponies, and… Oh shit, is that Rain Chaser? My God, he's a DJ now! Good for him. I walked over to Rain Chaser and talked to him.
"Yo! Ray told me about you. Nice skills, man!"
"Oh… my God! Ryan Wilson! You're like my idol, dude!"
"Well thanks. Hey, do me a favor and turn it down for a bit."
Rain turned the volume to mute as I was about to make an announcement. "Uhhh… Hello, good evening, everypony." I spoke into the microphone.
"Funny how everything for me turned into a complete hellhole in a week. One minute I'm home enjoying my Sunday milkshake and the suddenly I'm there fighting a pony after not only my love but also the spiritual energy of 7 billion human beings. Crazy, right? I'm just an average normal teenager, and then I'm here being honored as the hero of Equestria and Earth, not to mention the others; Ray, the guts of steel. Seriously, the guy has nothing to fear. Razor, the heart of gold. He doesn't want miss one single petty crime and goes for it whenever he wants to aaaaand probably some mares are eyeing him already. Just kidding though. Finally, Michael the freaking brain of the team, smart guy. Completely blew my mind, he knows everything."
"Someone asked me that can we be just normal humans, without powers and abilities and stuff." Suddenly, Ray grabbed the microphone and spoke, "But we can't be normal just yet, because you see, I was turned to a super weapon by a government for experiments."
Ray gave the mic to Michael, "Look at me, transformed into a demonic celestial hybrid by the government too."
Then he passed it to Razor, "Turned into a killing machine by my own parents, trying to achieve 'the perfect son'. But, a man took me in and trained me to develop my abilities. Never got to know his name but he's already like my father."
Razor then gave it back to me, "I can't back up on my responsibilities. This ring is practically, already a part of me. At the start, we all wanted to be normal. Just average humans, going to school and stuff. But I will never forget these words… With great power comes great responsibility."
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. And never giving up" Ray spoke.
"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity." Razor followed.
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. And you need the guts AND THE BRAINS to do that."
I then finished it off, "This is our path, our gift and curse. We always have a choice, and we can always choose to do what's right. I hope that answers your question." I looked at Fluttershy and smiled as I smiled back.
The crowd stomped their hooves with approval of the speech me and my friends just spoke. Spike, who recently arrived of their date with Rarity, approached me, "Hey, dude. End it with a song!"
I nodded, I looked at Rain, now with Vinyl by his side, "Hit it, Rain!"
Then they played Happy by Pharell Williams.
After the song ended, everyone clapped and cheered. Everyone loved my performance. I thanked everyone and left the stage. Hours later after the party ended, the trio approached me, "Nice speech we had there, Ryan." Michael praised
"Yeah, I just wanted to let that all out."
"We all wanted to. We did a good work out there." Ray added.
Suddenly, some pony janitors came in and cleaned the castle gardens but before they do that, I stopped them, "Excuse me, we can clean all of these. Don't worry."
"What a kind boy, go ahead."
Razor approached me and asked, "Why did you insist on cleaning?"
"I mean why not, right?"
They eventually agreed to help clean the gardens. I saw Silver walking towards us, "Sil! How are you, man? How's the date?" I asked. He approached me with a blank face. He then leaned closer to my ear and whispered.
Holy shit…
"OHHHHHH! HOLY FUCKING SHIT! UNBELIEVABLE! GODDAMN THAT'S FREAKING 3 POINTER! HI-FIVE! OH MY GOD!"
"What? What is it?" Ray asked.
"You will not believe this, man…"
"Lay it on us!" Razor persuaded.
We huddled, "{Celestia is in love with Silver!}"
"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAHHHHHHH!" We all reacted like immature teenagers.
"HOLY SHIT! MY GOD, THAT IS FUCKING CHUCK NORRIS CHICK MAGNET LEVEL RIGHT THERE!" Michael praised Silver.
"Dude, congratulations! You got Celestia, the fucking legendary princess of the damn sun! Woooow, that is fucking unbelievable."
"Thanks, man. It feels like a dream… or either a nightmare. I don't even know."
"Hey, dude. Cheer up, you might be luckiest motherfucker in the whole world."
"Yeah, I know. Hey, you cleaning?"
"Yep, wanna join us?"
"Sure!"
This is going to be a really long night.
A/N: Hope you like the story epilogue! Next is the sneak peek to My Little Pony: Destruction of Earth 4N7-HR0. Enjoy!
"What are you doing?" I asked. Jackie walked towards me with a seductive look imprinted on her face. I backed up slowly but at the same time, she walked faster.
"Don't you fret, sugarcube. It's just a favor for taking care for us for the past years."
"That's some big hotdog you got there, Ryan…" Sparkie added
"EEEE! It's so cute!" Pinkie followed as Flutters just stood there staring at my private part.
"Back off every one! Please, this is not the right time and place to do this kind of stuff!" I coaxed. But their ears were covered; they won't listen to me in any way. Why did Dashie leave me here anyway?! After all that talk we had in the bathroom and she's just gonna leave me here with the whole gang to play me?! Unbelievable! This is not what I signed up for, Max! Goddamn it, where are you?
Running out of choices, I saw my ring on the table and suddenly the ring zoomed into my ring finger. "ENOUGH! Back off right now or else!" I shouted as the ring filled me with its energy, changing my appearance into my original suit (The white clothes)
"I wIll NoT tOleratE tHIs Kind Of Action in ThIs DORM!" I shouted as my voice turned into a deep and distorted kind.
"W-What the hay?" Jackie spoke in utter fear.
"What in the…" Sparkie followed.
"Ooooooo, shiny lights!." Then Pinkie.
"…M-Master?"
As I saw their faces, I realized that I made a huge mistake. I slowly stored the energy in my ring and removed it. Damn it! Why did I do that? Stupid Ryan!
"Uhhh… I can explain, everyone remain calm and we'll talk these through."
The 4 stared at me as they were waiting for an answer when Sparkie spoke, "Who… are you?