"It's over. We won, we can tell Princess Celestia now. We just kill the Changelings around the base and we can start repairing Equestria." She smiled and hugged her friends, crying in happiness and exhaustion as the rain slowly died, her bare skin feeling a warmth as they all looked towards the far horizon and smiled. The sun came out to celebrate their victory with them, and they all felt years of stress melt away, though the tragedies remained. Twilight looked to the others and smiled. "We can go to Celestia and give her the good news."

Dusk and Fluttershy had been at the back of the group, quiet and reserved until they heard that. They had been locked in a kiss as Twilight was talking, and at the notice of their gazes they slowly pulled away from each other and grinned sheepishly. Fluttershy was blushing a deep crimson and trying to hide behind her hair. "I kind of... have a... thing for Dusk...."

"You don't say? I'm glad you found someone you're happy with, and Dusk?"

Dusk looked up at hearing his name and blushed. "Yes?"

Twilight got directly up to his face, a dangerous glint in her eyes. "If you do one thing to hurt her, you bet your ass I will hunt you down and make sure that you never feel anything down there again, got it?"

Dusk looked her in the eyes as Screw smirked, trying to hold in laughter. "Of course, Princess Twilight, I would never harm her willingly. And I assure you, you wouldn't be able to catch me."

Twilight smiled as they got in the car, driving back down the road and to the open countryside, heading back towards the EDAU base ad Princess Celestia, bursting with happiness and excitement; they could finally rebuild, start anew, and Equestria could go back to normal; but it would never be normal, never again. They laughed and joked on the ride, teasing each other with dares as they terminated all undead they saw, ridding all traces of infection from immediate sight. They got to the base and informed the princess, and she hugged them all and sent out soldiers to eradicate the rest of the infected, then she sent out another group to see an estimated time of rebuilding all major cities and towns, Canterlot included. After Celestia went off to fly to Canterlot Golden Heart and Caramel Twist showed up, bandaged and smiling, and they conversed about future endeavors.

Three years later, Equestria was born again, and its streets and homes thrive again, the outbreak simply a memory in the minds of those who were there. But they know, deep down in their being, that nothing will ever truly be the same, because they know they'll never recover from the horrors they experienced, in the wasted lands.

Author's Note

I'M F***ING DONE! YAHA! *blows streamers and sh** around* Finally, it's been a long, hard go, and I had a little fun, but damn this needed to be finished. I hope you all enjoyed and I will see you in the next story.