Doctor and Ditzy’s Science Theater

by Rixizu

Episode 20 - Part 4

Epilogue

The Eve of the war was celebrated amongst all; Ponies and Gryphons alike, sans those of elitist personality drank and ate together, forgiving and befriending each other.

Ditzy: So are we going to ignore that Griffons are apparently bloodthirsty lunies?

Pinkie: Hey! Don’t stereotype them like that! Okay, so only like one Griffon sorta disproves that, but I’m sure the rest are actually really nice!

Talk of moving into Equestrian and Gryphon towns became common

Doctor: The murder of entire populations makes that pretty easy.

and things seemed as though the war had never happened and there was no hostility whatsoever.

Ditzy: Really?

Pinkie: Multiple war crimes? All in the past!

Things seemed to lighten up and the world as a whole seemed a happier place.

Doctor: The author got sick of making every single thing black.

Ditzy: Wait a minute, what ever happened to Gilda’s dad?! I thought the were going to do something with that.

Talk of the new Alicorn was also a common occurrence,

Ditzy: Already she got ire for her strict and overeager education policies.

one that Celestia and Luna were interested in.

Pinkie: They were particularly interested in her policies on taxation, tariffs, zoning laws, and cake.

Spike and Twilight had yet to return and they had not been seen since the fight between Spike and Hyperion.

Ditzy: They got hitched at Las Pegasus.

The Gryphons claimed Spike as their new king as were the rules regarding Royal death battles.

Pinkie: Hey wait a minute! They forgot to fight with the giant foam Q-tips!

Doctor: It looks like Spike is disqualified.

They accepted Spike as their king, and ponies were excited to learn the ways of the Gryphons.

Pinkie: (Pony) This means I can depose Celestia and become king!

Ditzy: (Pony) I love how they kill ponies and other weaker creatures for fun!

        It had been three days since the war ended, and those three days had been spent finding and burying the dead. The celebration was to both celebrate the peaceful joining of the two species as well as lighten the heavy hearts of those who lost family in the war.

Doctor: About, oh, ten percent of that was military.

The celebration took place in the Royal Hall of Canterlot, where the two sisters resided at the head of the table. Beside them were the still morbid and depressed Elements of Harmony, unperturbed by the end of the war.

Doctor: (Rainbow Dash) We didn’t get to do anything!

Pinkie: (Fluttershy) Many of my animal friends didn’t get a chance to tear some Griffons to shreds and eat their entails!

They all agreed that the only thing that would brighten their spirits was to see Spike and Twilight both happy and together. Little did they know, their wish would come true in a dazzling way.

Doctor: That is until the water balloons came off.

        Chatter filled the hall as the different conversations took place.

Doctor: (Griffon) But then I got this cream and the itching went away!

Pinkie: (Pony) And then I said, ‘That’s not my hoof that’s my chicken!’

Happy ponies and gryphons were enjoying themselves while the mourning guests were slowly gaining some happiness by the realisation that nopony or gryphon else would go through what they went through.

Pinkie: Hugs all around!

Celestia and Luna sat side by side, Twilight’s friends gathered on either side of them. Celestia rose to her hooves and addressed the guests with a stomp of her hooves that echoed above the voices. She had their attention.

Pinkie: (Celestia) Can anypony point me to the bathroom?

        “Fillies, Gentlecolts and the Gryphon equivalent of both. It is with great pleasure that I announce the official joining of the species. Gryphons will have the option to live and work among ponies, including high class jobs such as joining the Royal Guard should you desire it. Also, Ponies are allowed to venture into Gryphon land if they wish, hopefully able to do the same should their new king ever return from wherever he has gone.” she declared.

Doctor: (Celestia) Rumor has it that he was last seen in Denny’s.

There were merry cheers in response to this and raised glasses, toasting the declaration.

        “In addition, I would like to formally apologise to my Student, Twilight Sparkle and her Dragon, Spike. My judgement was poor in relation to the fragile nature of the previous relationship between Ponies and Gryphons.

Doctor: (Raises eyebrow) Really? Who would have guessed?

Pinkie: (Celestia) I did nothing to solve the problem!

As a result, I made a lot of mistakes, and it pains me to realise how foolish I was. I could never ask for your forgiveness were you here with us at this time.” There was a solemn silence throughout the hall as the guests had nothing to say on the matter and respected the fragility of her statement.

        “You know, it’s shit like this that makes me hate Canterlot perties.” a voice said from behind her.

Ditzy: (Spike) All this somber crap! Where is all the drinking, laughter, and belching?

She turned around to see nopony there. She scanned the others for an answer and found Luna trying to cane her neck around to look behind her throne. “What about you, Twilight?” the voice asked. Twilight? Celestia thought, turning toward the throne completely. Twilight emerged from behind Celestia’s throne, revealing her new wings to everypony.

Ditzy: (Pony) How utterly tacky!

Doctor: (Griffon) She was better as a unicorn. Ruined forever!

Pinkie: (Pony) Booo! Get off the stage!

        “We’ll have to make sure parties in the Misty Mountain aren’t as boring as this.

Pinkie: Yeah, no Pin the Tail on the Pony!

I mean it was alright until my teacher here brought up shaky troubles that really have nothing to do with anything anymore.” she replied, smiling.

Pinkie: (Twilight) Now who wants to cut the cake.

Twilight stepped toward her teacher and rubbed her head long her neck, showing her that the sun princess was forgiven.

Ditzy: This will not exclude her from any pranks in payback.

        “Twilight, you’re an Alicorn?” Rainbow Dash asked in disbelief.”

Pinkie: (Rainbow) I knew it! You are a Mary Sue!

        “For the fstest flyer in Equestria, she’s pretty slow on the uptake, huh?” the first voice spoke again, emerging from behind Luna’s throne.

Pinkie: (Spike) Tada!

Everyone gasped in surprise at the drastic change Spike had made.

Pinkie: (Pony) Did he gain weight?

Ditzy: (Griffon) It looks like he got a haircut.

Doctor: (Pony) I like his new hat!

They laid eyes on the golden dragon standing before them with his arms crossed.

        “Spike… you’re… you’re a–.”

Ditzy: A princess!

        “Yep! I’mma BOSS!” he joked, chuckling afterward. Twilight chuckled along with him.

Ditzy: (Rainbow) Bwahahaha! That’s what you look like now? You were so much cooler when you were black!

        “But he knows that I’m the boss, right Spike?” Twilight challenged.

        “Yes, Ma’am!” Spike replied in a lazed mock salute.

Ditzy: (Twilight) Now bend down. I need a hoofstool.

“Oh, by the way, I have a little gift for everypony.” he added, taking a somewhat straight forward stance.

Doctor: (Spike) It called a pet rock. It’s all the rage in Manehatten now.

He spread his arms wide and gave a loud clap. A golden wave spread out along with the sound and went through everyone in the hall. The Elements of Harmony grew brighter, and they found themselves adopting their original personalities. Pinkie’s changes being the most noticeable, with her mane and tail tangling up into cotton candy and her giddy grin and giggle returning with a vengeance.

Pinkie: (Pony) I wanted a new car!

        “Last thing I’m going to do is let my friends live in darkness while we bask in the light.” he said. Twilight approached Spike and took her place beside him.

Ditzy: (Fluttershy) I liked the way I was!

        “Princess, Celestia. Meet your new allies; King Spike and Queen Twilight.

Ditzy: You may of heard of them.

We are the new rulers of the Gryphon Empire, now called the Royal Alliance." she declared. Applauding from the guests erupted as Princess Celestia and Luna were both rendered speechless.

Doctor: Understandable.This is a bizarrely happy ending for everything that happened so far.

Amidst the loud noise, Twilight brought herself to Spike's attention and whispered into his ear.

"And honey, I'm pregnant."

Pinkie: (Spike) Bye honey! You’re on your own!

Ditzy: Celestia they aren’t really for a foal.

Author's Note:  

And that's it, my loyal fans. The end of 'The Spread of Darkness'. Next in the trilogy will be 'The Darkness That Binds'.  

Ditzy: Celestia! It never ends!

Doctor: And with our luck there are probably 5 more sequels after that.

Ending theme is Hanging On by Elli Goulding

Doctor: And that ends part 2 of the Darkness trilogy.

Ditzy: Another sequel! Another sequel!

Pinkie: Legend of Spike Jr. Even More Darkness!

Doctor: Can’t get enough darkness right?

Ditzy: The color black is dead to me.

Pinkie: That was really fun!

Doctor: Well, it was certainly interesting to revisit this universe.

Ditzy: Interesting is one way of putting it.

Doctor: Better or worse than the original?

Ditzy: That is like saying “What is worse? Being burned alive or being buried alive?”

Pinkie: So is that a maybe?

Ditzy: Um, well the original didn’t have foal murder so I will go with that one.

Doctor: Sensible.

Ditzy: Can we just get out of here?

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Pinkie hopped out of the theater with the Doctor and Ditzy following her.

“It’s about time for me to take off.” Pinkie explained before breaking out into tears. “I’m going to miss you guys so much!” She scooped the Doctor and Ditzy into a light but firm hug.

“Me too!” Ditzy piped in. Ditzy also found herself tearing up.

“It won’t be the same without you. Far too quiet.”  The Doctor patted Pinkie on the back as he said this. Ditzy could see he was getting emotional too. Pinkies instantly tightened her grip a little.

They stood that way for a few minutes until Pinkie finally let them go. “Bye Tim-I mean Doctor! Bye Ditzy!” Pinkie waved.  She was about to leave, but stopped, turned around, and quickly gave the Doctor a quick peck on the lips. He blushed a hue that matched the one on Pinkie’s face. She left for the next room that somehow got her out of here.

“Don’t say anything.” The Doctor warned.

“I wasn’t going to.” Ditzy said in the best straight face she could muster.

“Good.” The Doctor said simply and left the room. His head turned to hide his blushing.

Ditzy jumped for joy went the Doctor was out of sight. Things were looking up.  Her advice to Pinkie worked and the Doctor was one step closer to having a marefriend.

Building up what power he had, he tried to force the darkness out once more, but instead of darkness, his fist glowed a bright golden colour. His scales shimmered and soon he was a gold and white dragon with red eyes.

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