Author's Notes:

Songs Included:
Dueling Banjos
Kevin Owens- Fight
Finn Balor- Catch Your Breath
Metallica- One

The two stepped through the portal and were transported back to Deltorix’s house. Everything was exactly how it was before they left. Looking at the clock, it surprisingly read 10:45am.

“So, what happens in Equestria,” Deltorix asked

“After you left, Celestia allowed Solaris to fall asleep. Equus is no more,” Discord said sadly “Everything here is just as it was when you left. Your pictures and videos on your phone will remain, as will all your memories from the time you spent. In addition, you will notice changes in your diet. Namely, preferring salad over meat.”

Brian grabbed his laptop from the other room and quickly downloaded the contents of the phone for safety.

“Where do you go back to?”

“To borrow an idea; there is always an Equestria and there is always Discord. I will be keeping an eye on you. Besides, one version dies doesn't mean everything is gone,” Discord replied

“With the bag and some of the other objects I have; what can be kept?”

“The necklace is yours, as well as the demon blades. That bag is yours to keep as it's designed to react only to you. Sadly, your knives must be left at home. They're too long to carry legally,” Discord answered

Before Discord allowed time to resume, Brian asked to head home as there were some things he hoped the God of Chaos could give him. Once inside the house, Brian removed the demon blades and kept them nearby the bed.

“Want the others,” Discord said gesturing to the plushies

“If you don't mind.”

Discord snapped his fingers and summoned the remaining plushies of the mane-six and Celestia. Three others of Vinyl, Sunset and Octavia also appeared, although visibly different from the others. After summoning them, Discord also waved a hand over them, which removed the dirt from the ones he had, and would prevent all of them from getting dirty again.

“Thank you very much. Perhaps I'll rejoin Del before you return time.”

After having something to eat, Brian decided to run a few errands. The first stop was an electronics store, where he decided to buy a pair of multi-terabyte hard drives. In the same parking lot was an art store, which had some things he desperately needed.

Once he walked in, he headed for where the pencils were and grabbed five 24-packs, along with four big boxes of color pencils. Looking at the drawing pads, he found one with 200 pages and grabbed five off the shelf.

“You have a question,” a worker asked as Brian approached her

“Do you happen to have any boxes of these drawing pads, I could buy?”

“It's not common, but I can sell you a couple boxes. Each one contains 50 books,” the worker replied

“Thank you very much.”

The two boxes were loaded into the back seat of the truck, while the rest of the supplies were on the front seat. Brian’s final stop was the nearby bookstore. Having been there before, he immediately grabbed a copy of the two ‘Elements of Harmony’ guide books. Heading to the DVD section, he found the individual seasons of ‘Friendship is Magic’ along with a box set of the ‘Equestria Girls’ movies.

“Are these for you,” the cashier asked

“Yes.”

“Don't worry, you're not the first to buy those. We don't judge anyone for their purchases. That necklace, it's from ‘Camp Everfree’; right,” the cashier said

“Yeah, based on. So is the class ring,” Brian said with a hint of sadness in his voice that went unnoticed

With all the errands finished, the next step was returning home. Each hard drive was to be used as a backup to all the pictures and videos Brian had on the laptop. After that, he started writing everything down. Accounting for breaks, it was a month later when he finished, with thousands of pages written on the computer.

Once his memories from Equestria were written out, Brian started drawing select memories. Each of the books was numbered and had simple notes as to the contents. The first book contained just images of the characters, one could easily find. As the books went on, one had drawings of some of the people he killed, with them being graphically detailed. With all the drawings, the work took an additional four months to accomplish. Brian took the time to scan everything to the computer and back those up as well.

“Damn, man! You went through over 100 drawing pads already!? Huh, I remember that moment. The Gala where I got married. We'll never forget them; will we,” Deltorix commented opening a book to a random page

“We spent billions of years there. Besides; while writing my memoir, it came to 250,000 pages.”

“A quarter million pages!? Holy shit dude! How much detail did you get into,” Del exclaimed

“Quite a lot. The images in the books are the entire history, although two images aren't in the last book.”

Opening up the 105th book, the last two pictures were similar, but different. In them was the selfie they took before heading home with the sun in the background between the mausoleums. The second was the same image, but had the ghostly forms of their friends and families surrounding them.

“’We'll meet again’. Before we left, I would swear I heard those very words; if just barely above a whisper. I drew that because it's the true image my camera didn’t capture,” Brian said sadly

“I believe you, even if the rest of the world wouldn't. Besides, everyone would just consider this some elaborate fantasy you created,” Del replied “Now what? You’ve written and drawn the history, what more is there?”

“I actually thought about getting a tattoo of my cutie mark. Yours is drawn in here as well.”

“Where do you plan on placing it,” Del asked curiously

“The front of my forearms, where it was in the ‘Equestria Girls/ Humanquestria’ universe.”

“I'd probably get mine on my upper right arm,” Del said

“Tomorrow, we head to the tattoo parlor. You can stay here, if you want.”

“No thanks. I'd rather be at home. You'll pick me up around 10am, right,” Del commented

“Yeah. See you tomorrow, bro.”

After Deltorix left, Brian jumped on his Xbox and changed his gamer tag to reflect the promise to Luna. He played a few songs on Rock Band before having a salad and sandwich for dinner. As they would be heading to the tattoo parlor tomorrow, he made sure to get scrubbed up to be presentable.

“Morning. I have the book me to make things simpler. You aren't going to chicken out, are you?”

“Nope. I'll fight through the pain,” Del replied confidently “No trench coat?”

“Don't want the irritation from it.”

After Deltorix jumped in the truck, the two headed to get their tattoos done. As they walked in, two females were heading in at the same time.

“Good morning. You're a fan of ‘My Little Pony’, too? Your necklace is based on ‘Camp Everfree’, right? Sorry; perhaps introductions are in order. I'm Melody and this is my best friend Rose. We're looking at getting a tattoo of potential cutie marks on our thigh, but don't have an idea to the design,” Melody said

“It's nice to meet you both. I'm Brian Dragnov and this here's my best friend Deltorix. I'm not a tattoo artist, but if you don't mind, perhaps I could draw up an idea for your tattoos?”

“If it's not too much work,” Rose answered

“Not at all. I have ours already drawn up.”

“You're going to draw a design for these young ladies? Thank you. When people don't have an idea want a tattoo, it's a pain in the ass. I'm Jimmy, by the way. The owner of the establishment,” Jimmy said

As the four headed inside and sat down, Brian withdrew his drawing pad and blinked. Unbeknownst to him, after blinking, his eyes went solid blood red, and he fell into a trance.

“Young man? You alright,” Jimmy asked with panic in his voice “Man, that shit ain't normal.”

“B? Can you hear me,” Deltorix added

Deltorix grabbed Brian's phone and snapped a picture of him, before videotaping him. Brian drew an exact replica of his daughter Melody’s cutie mark, which consisted of a cello’s F clef and violin’s G clef linked as a heart, with musical notes circling it. Turning the page, he started Rose’s design, which consisted of a rose with petals falling off. Once both pictures were finished, he blinked and his eyes returned to normal. After finishing the images, Jimmy borrowed the book and copied the images for the tattoo artists to use.

“What the hell happened to you? Dude, you weren't moving and your eyes actually went blood red. Here, take a look,” Deltorix said handing him the camera

“Fuck me. I honestly had no clue about anything. I entered into a trance and that's all I know.”

The phone beeped to announce a message was received. Looking at the number, it wasn't recognizable, but after viewing the message, the sender seemed familiar.

‘Red eyes, huh? It seems there are some lingering affects from your trip.’

“Jimmy, do you mind if I took a look at your phone? Someone just sent me a message, but it's sender is unknown.”

“Trying to see if there's a name spelled in the phone number? Go ahead. When you're ready, I'll get you in a chair,” Jimmy answered

Taking a glance at the keypad, the sender became clear. DISCORD was spelled out and it seemed reasonable. The God of Chaos would be the only one to recognize what happened. After getting his answer, he headed over to Jimmy’s booth.

“Where do you want the tats at,” Jimmy asked

“The front of both my forearms. Thanks for the glimpse at the phone.”

“You're welcome. Are you ready,” Jimmy replied

“I am.”

Brian started to focus on his breathing, and closed his eyes before meditating. While Jimmy was putting the ink on his arms, Brian was completely motionless the entire time. About ninety minutes later, Deltorix finished his tattoo and headed to see Brian who was still in the booth.

“Your friend alright? He hasn't moved since I started,” Jimmy asked

“I'll wake him up for you,” an apprentice artist suggested cracking his knuckles

“Not a good idea. My friend is a martial artist. Best to not do anything stupid,” Deltorix answered

“He's right you know,” Brian said waking up as Jimmy finished the tattoo fifteen minutes later

“Are you alright, young man? First, your eyes went completely blood red and you were motionless. And while I tattooed you, you didn't so much as flinch,” Jimmy asked

“I went into a trance when you started. I guess I can really lose track of time when it happens.”

“Brian, could we ask you something? How did you know about my love of music or Rose loving to garden,” Melody asked as they exited the booth

“I didn't. The two of you reminded me of someone I knew and thought it might fit.”

“Thank you. Perhaps the four of us can get together officially,” Rose suggested

“I wouldn't mind.”

“Before you go, I have a question of my own. Where did you get those scars on your arms,” Jimmy asked

“About six months ago, I was struck by lightning and ended up in the hospital for 48 hours.”

“The scars look like they're just ink. I've never seen anything like them,” Jimmy admitted

“The doctors were just as surprised.”

When Brian and Deltorix arrived at his house, Discord was sitting on the couch with 25 huge binders in front of him.

“Welcome back. Nice tattoos. I hope you don't mind I took the liberty to print off your memoir and bind it for you,” Discord said casually

“Thank you for that.”

A few weeks later, Brian gave the girls his address and they decided to head over there while the boys were playing videogames.

“I hope you don’t mind us being here,” Rose said

“Not at all.”

“What's with all the binders and boxes,” Melody asked

“A story I wrote. The boxes contain drawing pads that illustrate certain scenes.”

“Wow, some of these are surprisingly dark. How'd you come up with these; especially in a MLP universe,” Rose asked flipping through a book

“My parents made a murder-suicide pact and shot themselves right in front of me on my birthday on October 13th. Del introduced me to MLP and I wrote that story for fun. I have a great imagination that allowed me to get into detail.”

“Sorry about your parents deaths. Do you know why they did it,” Melody asked

“I've been asking myself that question and still don't have an answer.”

“Changing the subject, just how many pages are there,” Rose asked

“Quarter million. Like I said, very good imagination.”

“How did you create your necklace,” Rose asked

“It was a gift from an old friend. I couldn't say where he got it from.”

“It's an exact replica of the Camp Everfree stones. It's amazing,” Melody said

“Do you mind if we go through the boxes,” Rose asked curiously

“Under one condition; these are not to leave the house.”

“That's fine with us,” the girls said together

Over the next few hours, they managed to finish one binder of text as they referenced the images at the same time.

“This is incredible! You should get this published,” Rose suggested

“I'm not sure about that right now. Perhaps in the future.”

“By the way, thank you again for designing our tattoos. Although, I can see where you got the idea from. If you do publish this, would you mind changing the names of the two of us? That way nobody gets the wrong idea,” Melody said

“That won't be a problem to change the names. Anything in particular you'd prefer instead?”

“Perhaps, ‘Lily’ instead of ‘Rose’; and ‘Eve’ instead of ‘Melody’. That way, it's not a case of art imitating life, or vice versa,” Rose suggested

“That's fine with me. Simple edits to make.”

“What's downstairs,” the girls asked

“Dojo and music studio. I've played cello for twelve years and started playing guitar for three years now.”

“Can you play for us,” Rose asked

“Of course.”

The group headed downstairs and Brian grabbed his guitar while Melody used his cello. During their duet, they played their own version of ‘Dueling Banjos’ and had fun. Melody mentioned that that was the first time she ever attempted to play cello as she was actually a viola player.

“You played just fine for the first time on a cello.”

“Thank you very much,” Melody said kissing him on the cheek

Before the girls headed home, they agreed to meet up again and head to a restaurant for an official date. Melody and Brian were considered officially together with one another; as were Rose and Deltorix.

A year later, the four decided to head to a MLP Brony convention. Both boys decided to go to a jeweler and buy a pair of engagement rings and surprise the girls. As they were getting ready, Brian wore his regular solid black outfit and had on his stone necklace, while Deltorix wore what he felt comfortable.

“Boys; glad you could make it,” Rose said excitedly

“We wouldn't miss it.”

As the four headed inside, an attendee wearing severely mismatched and patched up clothing approached them.

“Brian, Deltorix; long time no see,” the person said

“Sorry to be rude, but you look like a human version of Discord,” Rose said

“It's not rude. I actually think of it as a complement,” ‘Discord’ said “Before I forget, do you mind if we head to another room, so we could talk?”

“I guess,” Melody said reluctantly

The five of them headed into a side room as ‘Discord’ snapped his fingers and both sealed the room and stopped time.

“I guess I should do that; huh,” ‘Discord’ said cryptically

“You probably should.”

“What are you talking about,” the girls asked simultaneously

“You girls mentioned I looked like a human version of Discord. What if I told you,” he started before transforming “I actually AM Discord.”

“That has to be a trick. Discord, here can't be possible,” Rose said in disbelief

“Well, you cant spell ‘impossible’, without ‘I'm possible’,” Discord replied with a chuckle

“Perhaps an explanation. I never told you the complete truth for good reason,” Brian said taking a breath “That story isn't fictional. What I said about my parents dying was the actual catalyst for being sent to Equestria. Discord and another power, decided I deserved a second chance.”

“You mean you're billions of years old,” Melody asked in disbelief

“Not exactly. I retain all memories of Equestria as does Deltorix, but we were returned to our human forms. We aren't immortal at all and will die sometime.”

“All those drawings of dead ponies; those were your doing,” Rose asked

“Yes. The entire time there, I killed a total of 330; although I never learned what happened to the last guy."

“What do you mean? Didn't you kill him,” Melody asked

“I teleported the guy away without a destination in mind. Doing so isn't recommended, which is why I cant say what happened. Neighsay was a bigot, thinking he was better than anyone else.”

“Would you consider publishing that? Knowing it's another life,” Melody asked

“I would. I'd just say that it was due to a very active imagination. Both of you are the only ones that know the truth.”

“What about you, Del? Would you be happy knowing that others could potentially read about that,” Rose asked

“I don't mind. Besides, as he said, it would be completely fictional,” Deltorix replied

“Be honest; what was the real reason you wanted to be with us,” Melody asked directly “Are we a replacement for your family you lost?”

“At first, I thought it had to be a cosmic joke. Meeting two girls that resembled our family seemed to be ridiculously impossible. I'd be lying if I said I didn't love you. You are the best thing to happen to me.”

“Honestly, I never thought I'd ever find anyone to be with before I met you. I never thought I'd say this but, ‘you complete me’,” Deltorix answered

“Before I forget, this necklace isn't based on ‘Camp Everfree’, it actually WAS from there. During my time in Equestria, I did head through the portal to the ‘Equestria Girls’ universe. The black stone was one I found in the cave, away from the others. Sunset gave me hers that Discord made an exact copy of. The remaining six were from Twilight and the others. The day before they died, Sunset and I were given the stones as Discord copied them. And the ring was my actual class ring I had designed.”

“Who was the other person who sent you to Equestria,” Rose asked

“Lucifer.”

“Did you ever meet him,” Melody asked

“Yeah, twice. Here's a photo of him and I,” Brian said showing them the image

“That's amazing! How was Hell, anyways,” Rose asked

“Not bad. A portion of it is a bazar that contains merchants selling things from various parts to weapons. The biggest part is a glorified ‘Sin City’. While there, I did meet the Grim Reaper.”

“What happened with that,” the girls asked together

“He wanted to apologize for what happened. His job is just to take the dead to the afterlife, and both my parents were taken along with a friend of ours.”

“I speak for both of us about not wanting to talk about the loss of our friend,” Del added

“Thank you for telling us. It wasn't about being secretive, but how we would take the knowledge you told us,” Melody said simply

“Now that we know, let's head back inside,” Rose suggested

Discord returned everything to normal as the five headed back to the main hall. Discord left, leaving the others to enjoy themselves at the party. Some time during the event, Brian reached into his jacket and removed the ring box before taking off the jacket.

“Melody, I never told you this, but you are the best thing that ever happened to me. I have a question for you,” Brian said pulling out the box and dropping to one knee “Would you marry me?”

“Yes,” both girls said simultaneously

“When do you want to do this,” Rose asked

“It's a full moon tonight. Perhaps we have it tonight with Luna watching over,” Deltorix suggested

“I'll gladly preform as a priest for your wedding if you want. These events usually have a priest as wedding proposals aren't uncommon. I'm Pastor John, or ‘Brony John’ by many attendees,” the pastor said

“Thank you sir.”

Later that evening after most of the attendees left, Pastor John led the four outside to a gazebo set up.

“Which of you wants to go first,” the pastor asked

“I'll go with first with Brian,” Melody answered

“Do you take one another to be your lawfully wedded partner,” John asked

“I do,” Brian said

“I do,” Melody replied

“I now pronounce you man and wife,” John said

Deltorix and Rose were next to get married. Afterwards the group drove home where Del and Rose were dropped off and Del proceeded to carry his wife over the threshold.

“Brian, I have to ask, how can you stay here? It's not to be rude but your parents died here,” Melody asked

“It's my home, regardless. I asked them after cleaning the scene to let me stay here. Del’s my best friend and brother, so to speak, but I can't stay there forever. Precautions were made about cleaning the entire house of residue and while I'm not particularly religious, I had a spirit cleaning done to prevent anything from happening. I also had everything of theirs that wasn't essential stored in the metal garage out back.”

“Sorry, I was curious. This is a nice house, it's hard to see anyone living here alone. So these are yours? A reminder of your friends,” she answered picking up a plush

“Yeah, I won't forget my time there or my friends. It took me almost six months to get everything out of my head. A month of writing and four and a half to draw everything up.”

“Speaking of writing, are you going to publish this,” Discord asked “I've taken the liberty of correcting the names.”

“I need a publisher, first.”

“You have one. Dismond Cord, Esquire at your service,” Discord said changing into a human in a tux before taking a bow “You have an appointment with the executives to discuss your book. We leave in the morning.”

The next morning saw Melody joining her husband on the drive to the airport while Discord took care of getting tickets for the trip.

“Have fun,” Melody said kissing her husband

“I'll try. We'll be back in a few days or so. If all goes well, the trip will be short.”

During the flight, Brian ended up sleeping as he figured it would be a long time before he could get rest. Once there, they were given a limo ride over to the office and led upstairs to the owner Harley Price’s office.

“Let me get this straight; you'd like permission to turn a fan creation into a licensed novel,” Miss Price asked curiously

“Yes ma'am that is correct.”

“If I agree, who is going to publish it and where would it be done,” she asked

“To answer your question about whom is to be the publisher, that would be me. Allow me to introduce myself; Dismond Cord, Esquire, I own the startup Chaos Publishing,” Discord said “And to answer your second question, the publishing would be done at Mr. Dragnov’s house.”

“Where did you get the idea for this story,” she asked

“My friend introduced me to ‘My Little Pony’ after my parents died. I used the world as a basis and just added personal details to separate it from others.”

“Do you happen to have a copy of the text? I'd like to read it myself,” Miss Price asked

“Everything is on this hard drive. You can make a copy for yourself.”

“Mr. Cord, is there a name you prefer for simplicity?

“You can just call me Discord. It's easier,” Discord said

“Looking at what you have written, much will have to be removed to make it easier to publish,” Miss Price said

After making a copy of the text on the hard drive, Brian and Discord headed to their hotel to work on revisions. Brian removed his laptop from the bag and made a copy to work on.

“Perhaps that should be removed,” Discord said pointing to a section

“Anything about the specific nature of my parents’ deaths will be eliminated to not give any personal details out.”

“What about the deaths? What do we change,” Discord asked

“We'll leave the deaths in, but remove the gory details. Nobody needs to know about that. Same with the Storm King ships. The part about blowing up the engines will be removed as it makes it sound like they died as well.”

After a few hours of editing, the story had a lot removed that was felt to be unnecessary, which dropped a chuck of pages from the total. Using that as another starting point, the story was condensed even further, to be able to be split in smaller books.

“These new edits you make are easier to follow along. I noticed quite a lot was removed regarding deaths that were quite graphic. I agree to promote this book. What is going to be the financial rate,” Miss Price commented

“Perhaps 51%/49% in Brian's favor? You wrote the actual series, but it was his imagination that added the other details and extended it out,” Discord suggested

“Very well; I accept. Congratulations on you new book, Mr. Dragnov,” Miss Price

“Thank you ma'am.”

“Discord; are you aware that you may be breaking copyright by using that name,” Miss Price asked

“I should be telling you the same thing. Perhaps I should explain, but first some precautions,” Discord said snapping his fingers

He made sure that the room was silenced and the windows were completely closed and blocked to prevent anyone from spying on them.

“You actually based your character of Discord on me,” Discord said changing to his original form

“That's impossible, how can a fictional character be here,” Miss Price asked

“Equestria is real. In fact, the story Brian wrote wasn't fictional. He actually visited there and wrote that story based on his life,” Discord explained

“Miss Price, I'd like you to keep that secret to yourself, if you don't mind.”

“Of course. I promise not to tell anyone,” she replied

The return home was uneventful as although Brian was excited, he was trying not to overly wind himself up.

“So, how'd it go,” Melody asked

“They accepted it. All we have to do is get it bound.”

“Already ahead of you. I am the God of Chaos after all,” Discord said snapping his fingers

Once they arrived at home, a second shelter in the back was summoned. Inside was printing equipment and copies of the book sitting on the floor.

“Maybe we can celebrate your book later this evening,” Melody suggested

“I'll leave you two alone for now. Just call me when you need me,” Discord said before disappearing

That evening after the two had sex, Melody took a pregnancy test and was confirmed.

Discord sent the bound copies to Miss Price to distribute and promote how she saw best. Brian chose not to make any appearances and actually made sure to use the pseudonym ‘K-Nightmare’ as the author’s name to not get bothered by press or media.

Brian was actually surprised that his book became a best seller. The details were so elaborate that many reviews featured that fact. Bronies were ecstatic that a fan story actually was published and sold extremely well.

“Brian, we have something else to celebrate now. Our daughter is going to be born soon,” Melody said over the phone

“Awesome. I need to see Del for a moment before I head to see you, sweetheart.”

“Brian, what brings you here,” Rose asked upon answering the door

“Something I needed to talk about.”

“Congrats on your book becoming a best seller,” Del said hugging his brother

“That's what I came by for. This is for you,” Brian said handing him a briefcase

“You're serious? What about you,” Del asked

“That's half of my share of the royalty money this month. I figured you deserve it as you were there and know the true story. Besides, think of this as a fund for when you decide to have a child of your own.”

“I don't know what to say,” Del said

“Perhaps ‘thank you’ is more than enough,” Rose said “You better get to the hospital. Mel’s expecting you.”

“I know, I had to give you that before I did.”

After leaving, Brian drove fast enough to not break any laws and still managed to arrive with enough time to spare. Once there, he was automatically directed to the room his wife was located.

“Told you I'd be here.”

“Cutting it a little close, though. She's about to arrive,” the nurse said “Are you sure you'll be okay? Most fathers don't look.”

“I'll be fine.”

After their daughter emerged, Brian noticed she had his features more so than Melody’s.

“Welcome to the world, Harmony.”

“Harmony Octavius Dragnov, welcome to the world,” Melody said “I thought it would be a nice surprise with the middle name.”

“Thank you, it means a lot.”

While Melody was giving birth to her daughter, Rose and Deltorix decided to try for a child of their own. Almost a year later, Rose gave birth to their daughter Lily. Lily and Harmony would play together as often as they could, and though of one another as sisters due to their closeness. When Harmony was ten, she was taught to play cello by her dad. On her thirteenth birthday, he had a different question for his daughter.

“So, what do want to learn how to play,” Brian asked

“Shouldn't you be telling me what to play,” she asked curiously

“Playing for enjoyment is better than being forced. If you don't enjoy what you're doing, you'll never continue.”

“That song you play; the wrestling one, could you teach that to me,” she asked

“Ah. ‘Fight to Catch Your Breath’. Of course I'll teach you.”

After spending a while learning, Brian taught her a few others she enjoyed. Harmony admitted her favorite was playing Metallica’s ‘One’.

Twenty-one years later on October 13th, Brian decided to tell his daughter the truth about everything. Melody decided to see Rose in the meantime to give the two enough time to talk.

“Harmony, I think you're old enough to know the truth.”

“The truth about what? This silly little story,” Harmony asked rudely gesturing to the books

“That ‘silly little story’ as you called it, isn't fictional. I wrote that after visiting Equestria after my parents died.”

“You never mention them. How'd they die,” she asked trying to change the subject

“Murder-suicide. Your grandpa shot your grandma in the chest before turning the gun on himself. I watched it happen from only feet away. I was given a second chance at life by going to Equestria.”

“Why are you changing the subject? You tell me the truth about my grandparents only to continue that lie about going to a world of talking ponies,” she asked

“You've seen the drawings. If those were fake, I'd need a helluva imagination to create those details.”

“You could do it. If you can bullshit a story, surely you could fake some images,” she argued “I'm heading back to my dorm to clear my head. Bye dad.”

After their talk, Harmony stormed out of the house and headed back to her college dorm room to be alone.

“That has to be fake. There's no rational explanation otherwise,” Harmony said out loud

“So, he told you, huh? Dad told me the same thing, that the contents are real. What if it is true? We don't know what's out there, so why couldn't there be a universe for ponies,” Lily asked entering the room

“I guess. Honestly, I don't know what to think. On one hand, I'd like to believe him; but on the other, he has to be lying,” Harm said with a sigh

“Well, let's the subject. Have you gotten your essay turned in yet,” Lily asked

“I just need to post it. In fact, I wrote it as a response to that story,” Harm replied

As Harmony left to her dorm room Deltorix decided to head over and see his friend.

“I tried to tell her the truth, but Harmony just left.”

“Well, we both told them the truth. It's up to them whether to believe it or not,” Deltorix said

“That's the thing; I guess I was hoping my daughter would accept question. Stupid idea to believe that. She's a realist and would need to see absolute proof to believe otherwise,” Brian said with a sigh

“She'll come around sometime. The girls are busy at college, so they probably have a lot on their mind,” Rose suggested as the girls entered

“I hope so. The last thing I'd want to do is cause a rift between us.”

Over the next four years at school, Harmony and Lily started to find themselves separated frequently. Neither wanted to lose their friendship, but they decided to follow their dreams. Both girls became teachers, but on opposite ends of the United States.

“Take care, Lily. Write when you can,” Harmony said

“Friends forever? Cross my heart and hope to fly,” Lily started

“Stick a cupcake in my eye,” both girls finished

As Harmony moved into her new house, she kept a copy of her father's story to analyze it. She wanted to try and find anything that would lead her to believe that her father actually was lying.

Unbeknownst to anyone else, she bought a set of plushies to keep. While the major goal was to discredit her father, she secretly hoped the world was real to visit it once.

“Hey, Harm; do you hate those books? Every time I see you, you've put more marks in that book then before,” another teacher asked

“I don't hate them, but don't believe these could ever be real. Come on, a world of talking ponies? That's crazy, Diamond,” Harmony replied

“You don't think so. I mean, you do have a picture on your desk you drew,” Diamond said picking it up

The drawing consisted of a blue eyed silver unicorn with a blond mane and tail. Harmony based it on herself, but chose silver to make it stand out from the rest.

“It's complicated. Promise me you won't repeat anything I tell you to anyone.”

“I promise not to tell another soul about our conversation,” Diamond replied

“My father wrote this series. He says it's real, but I find it hard to believe. I want it to be real to justify him; but I also don't because it doesn't seem possible,” Harmony said in a hushed voice

“I can't help you. Look to your heart for the answer,” Diamond answered

After their conversation, she drove to the cemetery to visit her grandparents, to find her father there as well.

“I'm sorry dad about my comments to you. They were rude and uncalled for,” Harmony said

“It's alright. You have your opinion about things that differ from mine. I never should have expected you to just except the truth right away,” Brian replied

“It's just like your favorite coin. On one hand, I believe it's bullshit; but on the other, I actually want to go.”

“A friend of mine would be able to help you, but I haven't seen him in a while,” Brian replied

“What's his name?”

“Honestly, I forget. The initials were ‘D.C.’ if I remember correctly,” Brian said

Over the next twenty years, Brian's health started to diminish. As he couldn't continue playing, he would ask his daughter to play instead.

“Harmony, could you play a song for me please,” Brian asked

“I haven't played in a long time, but I'll try.”

A while later, Brian and Harmony had to bury Melody only months after both Deltorix and Rose died.

“Goodbye darling. Now you can be with your friends,” Brian said

“Bye mom. I love you so much.”

After burying Melody, Brian grabbed a notebook and would constantly write. Most would be incoherent, but he did start writing a letter for his daughter.

“Dad, what's that your writing?”

“It's not finished yet. You'll read it sometime in the future,” Brian said vaguely

While writing the letter, Brian started rereading his biography to keep himself occupied. While doing that, he would write simple notes amongst the pages about various things. On the last page of his biography was a simple phrase he wrote.

‘I'm coming home.’

To the surprise of both him and Harmony, another line of text appeared underneath the first.

‘Welcome Home, Brian.’

“Goodnight Harmony. It's time for me to go,” Brian said

“Goodnight dad,” Harmony said kissing her father on the cheek

With that, Brian fell asleep in peace knowing his life was finally completed. He may have been given a second chance at life, but now was the end that was long overdue.

Harmony and Lily reunited over the past few years as both their parents were joined together. The four of them were buried in the same place as her grandparents.

“Rest in peace, everyone. Dad, I'm sorry about everything. I love you all,” Harmony said “Lily and I are planning on getting married soon. I hope you're proud of us.”

“Thank you all for everything. I hope you all accomplished everything in life you wanted to,” Lily said

● PURGATORY ●

Brian just died, but he was currently sitting inside a chamber with two hooded beings sitting above him. Next to each was a door; and he automatically knew this was. The room was his Purgatory before being sent to either Heaven or Hell.

“Brian Dragnov, you know why you are here, correct,” a being in a hooded white robe asked

“To be judged for my actions in my life.”

“We gave you a second chance at life by sending you to Equestria. You did make mistakes, but in the end, you were granted forgiveness,” Lucifer added

“Once you returned to being human, you were a much better person. For that, I welcome you,” the white robed being said

“Thank you,” Brian said with a bow

The door to the left opened and Brian immediately headed inside. As he passed through, his Equestrian pegasus form appeared next to him as he walked forward.

“Welcome home, Brian,” his family said

“We told you, we'd see you soon,” Octavia said

Looking around, the first few people that approached were his parents, and his best friend. Following behind them were Octavia, Vinyl, Sunset and his kids. Lastly; Luna and Celestia led the Elements of Harmony over to see him. He was finally at peace and could be with the family he had.

“I'm sorry.”

“What do you have to apologize for,” Celestia asked

“For taking advantage of Equestria and making money off it.”

“You did no such thing. You made sure your story could be passed on and read by others. Equestria lives in the hearts of others; thanks to you,” Luna replied

“Thank you; for everything.”

● EARTH ●

After visiting their loved ones, Harmony and Lily headed home where a letter was waiting for them on the table.

“It's addressed to you, honey,” Lily said handing Harmony the letter

‘If you're reading this, I'm already dead. An old friend, by the name of DISmond CORD delivered this to you. I love you Harmony. These years haven't been kind by taking my brother Deltorix and your aunt Rose, but you've been there for me when times got rough. I didn’t expect you to believe me without proof, so he can help.
Your ever loving father,
Brian Dragnov
P.S. Congrats to you and Lily on your marriage.’

“What is meant by that,” Lily asked pointing to a line in the letter

“Discord. What's that,” Harmony replied

“The question isn't ‘what’; its ‘whom’. And that whom is me,” Discord said popping into the room “Greetings. I am Discord, Equestria’s God of Chaos. A.K.A Dismond Cord.”

“How can you be here on Earth?”

“I've been Brian's friend and guardian for billions of years. Harmony, if you are up to it, I'd gladly take you to Equestria,” Discord replied

“I want to see my dad's version.”

“Sorry, but that's impossible. That Equestria is dead and your father left moments before it died. I can send you through to another version for a week,” Discord said

“I agree. Could you stop time before we go? I'd like to return to the same time I left.”

“Tomorrow I will pick you up to go. Don't worry, I'll be there with you,” Discord said before disappearing

“What do you want to get out of this,” Lily asked

“I'm done with trying to debunk the story. I just want to see it for myself.”

“Have fun. Just don't do anything I wouldn't do,” Lily said

“That's vague. Plus, I'm not going to have sex with any of them.”

“Why not? When in Rome,” Lily said with a chuckle

“That's you, not me.”

“To each their own,” Lily said