The last thunderbolt

And so the three raced on. They raced and raced again, until they were only 2 left. But Whitemane knew that Blackmane wouldn't stay in Ponyville for long, and Rainbowdash had a hunch too, but that didn't keep them from racing together, in fact, all they did lately was just dash around through the sky, apart from loving to spend time a bit more....privately, every now and then. You would think that the two would probably settle down eventually and start a family, but the two had absolutely no intention of doing so....at least for now. It would be hard to imagine a Rainbowdash doing nothing but sitting home all day, doing chores and cooking.....No, the two were born to be free, and so was Blackmane.

Nothing really kept Blackmane in Ponyville, and one day he just left after thinking about that. Rumor has it that he restored the town of Coltifornia back to it's former state, but he didn't stay either, coz he had a bad feeling of what would happen if somepony found out that he was the reason why the town needed restoring in the first place. Blackmane was as independent as the wind itself, his home was neither Ponyville, nor Appleloosa, nor Coltifornia.....His home was Equestria itself, and most of the time he wouldn't spend the night in the same place twice in a row, and over the day he traveled thousands of miles, seeing him pass over Ponyville was not a rare sight. Every now and then he stopped by to say hello to Whitemane and the others, but never really stayed for long....Although somepony supposedly saw him drinking tea at Fluttershys hut a few times.

After the war, all the allies returned home. The griffon kingdom forged an alliance with Princess Celestia. Nopony knew if the diamond dogs actually found any spoils of war....or anything at all that they could use for that matter. The rest of the allies returned to their homes as if nothing had happened. The Wonderbolts offered Whitemane a place at their side, but Whitemane refused saying that he has had bad experience with being a part of a teams of flyers. Most of the Wonderbolts didn't know what he meant by that but Spitfire sure did. Spitfire was the one that made the offer, and tried to hand him the Wonderbolts goggles, but when he refused she just smiled and said "I understand" and then she gave him a sincere hug and said "it's good to have you back Whitemane"

"I'ts good to be back." Replied Whitemane.

"And so ends the story of the sons and fathers of Equestria." Said an old pony in a rocking chair, and the small fillies and foals starting clapping for him.

"Wow!"

"Awesome story mister!"

"What a shame it was all lies!" Said one of the more spoiled foals.

"Was not!" The young ones started arguing.

"Oh yeah? How do you know it was true?"

"There's a statue of the two brothers right outside my home."

"Whitemane and Rainbowdash are still racing through the skies very often, and i still see Blackmane passing by every now and then."

"Just coz he has a black trail doesn't mean he's Blackmane, and Whitemane might just be an ordinary every day, non-hero pony."

"What about the statue right outside my home?"

"Yeah well, that could be from anything, it doesn't necessarily have to be from winning a war. The voidling thing might have just been made up!"

"What about Legionnaires grave?"

"As if it was hard to write that on just some random ponys grave."

"But..."

"I've heard enough lies one day." Said the foal, walking towards the exit. "And everyone knows that ponies only wear sunglasses to try and look cool, would such a hero wear them?" Said the foal, walking out the door while looking back at the others, and accidentally bumped into Whitemane who happened to be taking a walk with Twilight right outside the house.

"I don't wear my sunglasses to try and look cool, kid." Said Whitemane, and lowered his head to match the height of the foal. "I wear them to hide the scars in my eyes, for not everypony could bare to see the things that i have seen in my life." The foal got slightly ashamed of himself, and Whitemane walked off as if nothing had happened.

"Shame on you! you should know better than to talk that way about a father of Equestria!" Twilight said to the foal and followed Whitemane.

The old Stallion cleared his throat and spoke. "Well, i think you kids best be on your way then, your parents are probably starting to worry about you anyways. This was no short story time. and don't ever forget to tell this story to your friends and family, we must keep the story of the sons and fathers of Equestria alive."

"Will do gramps."

"I'm telling my brother right away!"

"Thanks for the story mister."

The fillies and foals left the old stallions house one by one. After they were all gone, Whitemane came back and stepped in. The two looked at each other and smiled.

The old stallion threw away the blanket that was covering his body and revealed the body of a stallion in his best years, took off his glasses and removed his fake mustache and beard.

"Having fun, eh brother?" Whitemane laughed.

"Well somepony has to keep the story alive. And i'd say my job here is done." Blackmane laughed back to him.

The two brothers placed their hooves on each others shoulders. "I'ts good to see you again brother."

"Likewise."

"When are you planning on leaving again?"

"I might just stick around for a bit this time...i've done enough traveling around Equestria to last 5 lifetimes."

"That's good to hear brother, and it so happens that i'm not the only one who's been awaiting your return....care to take a look outside?"

"Why not."

The two brothers stepped outside of the house and found themselves surrounded by the mane six who were happily all staring at them.

"Ready for your welcome party brother?"

"As ready as i'll ever be, he he." The brothers started laughing, and the mane six joined them for a laugh, and they laughed, and laughed, until i ran out of ideas for continuing this story.

                                                                                  THE END