Ten years later.

Epilogue - Spike

So the six spirits of the elements of harmony saved Equestria once again and it may hasen’t been the last time.

Spike lays the quill down and sighs in relief. “It’s finally done” he smiles and stands up. The dragon walks to the fridge and takes a sandwich. In this moment Twilight comes in:”Good evening Spike!” she smiles and looks at his desk:”Oh, have you finished your book?” she smiles softly. Spike munches and nods:”Yep! My fourth book is finally done, just finished” he smiles:”Wanna read it? I mean, it’s nothing new for you, but I think it’s worth a shot!”

Twilight looks through the pages:”You’re an amazing writer Spike, I know a lot of ponies who enjoyed your books and they’re all over Equestria! Of course I will read it, I read the other three too. About Nightmare Moon, Discord, Chrysalis and all the other adventures! It’s great that someone writes all our memories down” she hugs his assistant who is like a son to her:”I’m sure the next generations will love to read it!” Spike shrugs:”Yeah, so that it’s not getting an old pony’s tale like Nightmare Moon was. Thanks Twi, it means a lot to me” he snickers:”I’m gonna make my usual tour now” he smiles at her and walks outside.

The dragon flaps his wings, he even goes off the ground for a few moments, but not very high and not very long. The dragon sighs full of bitterness. Since they saved Equestria six months ago his wings have grown a bit, he practices every day, but he doesn’t really get better at all. The purple dragon frowns and begins to walk through the streets of Ponyville.

His first stop is at Sugar Cube Corner. He slowly opens the door and peers inside:”Hello?” he asks because nopony seems to be inside. Suddenly a little pony jumps at him and snuggles the dragon. Cheery Pie is as happy as his mother always is:”Hello Spike!” the little guy greets him. Spike stands up and holds the little one in his arms. He walks inside and looks around:”Where’s your mom?” he asks.

Cheery suddenly struggles and gallops upstairs, he looks back for a moment:”You know Spike! My mommy plans pa’ties fo’ the p’incesses now!” he announces and continues running.

“I know!” Spike shouts and giggles.

After a few moments Pinkie comes downstairs, she actually bounces downstairs:”Hey Spike! I’m sorry, I’m planning a pretty big meeting for Princess Luna right now” she hugs him tightly:”What can I do for you?” she adds with a big grin.

Spike licks over his lips:”Do you have the usual?” his mouth is full of water already.

Pinkie nods with a great grin on her face. The pink earth pony takes a blue cupcake with baby sapphires in it and hands it Spike:”Rarity says they’re the best yet” she giggles:”Bye Spike!”

“Bye Pinkie” he answers and throws the cupcake in his mouth.

His next stop is at Carousel Boutique. He opens the door like it was his home and enters the shop. Rarity’s mother walks towards him:”Rarity is upstairs Spike” she smiles. Spike nods and hops upstairs into Rarity’s room:”Heeellooo darling!” he calls her and walks inside. The unicorn gallops to him and kisses him on the cheek:”It’s simply divine to see you sweetie” she kisses his mouth.

Spike kisses her back, full of passion:”I’m happy to see you honey, I always miss you so much when you’re in Canterlot”

Rarity frowns:”I know, it’s horrible that I can only be here Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I miss you so much!”

Spike nods in agreement:”I miss you too, but Pinkie’s gemstone cupcakes make it better” he giggles happily:”I have an idea Rarity! I asked Twilight and she says I can come with you every Sunday, I just have to come back to Ponyville Tuesday evening!” he makes his big announcement with a lot of pride in his world.

Rarity gasps, she hugs him tightly and isn’t even able to stop kissing him:”That’s wonderful Spikey! Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you” she almost cries and gives him a last kiss.

Spike giggles and kisses his girlfriend back. As every time when Rarity is in town he has dinner with her family, a nice talk and lots of other things pairings do all day.

It’s sunset when Spike leaves Carousel Boutique with a big, happy smile on his face. His next stop is Fluttershy’s cottage. He walks through the garden and it seems like the animals already waited for him coming. A lot of birds land on him for a short while and a cat nuzzles him. He snickers and knocks at Fluttershy’s door.

As Spike expected Big Macintosh opens the door. The dragon bows:”Evening Big Mac”

The tall, red stallion just nods and lets the purple and green dragon inside.

“Swike!” the baby pegasus Autmn Blaze cries. He crawls towards him to hug him. Of course Spike hugs him back:”Hey Blaze, nice to see you” he nuzzles him and goes to Fluttershy.

She is pretty busy taking care of Peewee, the little phoenix just had his first cyclus and Spike needs the pegasus’ help to take care of him, but Spike visits Fluttershy sometimes anyway. He pets the phoenix who has no feathers anymore:”Are you alright Peewee?” he just answers with a squeak and a cough. Spike giggles:”Yeah, that’s what I thought. Just wanted to check on you” he smiles at Fluttershy:”Thanks Flutter”

She nods:”That’s no problem Spike.  Blaze loves to play with Peewee and the other animals”

He puts the little colt down and hugs his pet for another time:”I don’t have much time today sorry, see you” he waves and walks away, on four legs this time though.

It takes him a while to get to Sweet Apple Acres, it’s already night when he arrives the barn. He knocks at the door and Apple Bloom opens the door only a few seconds afterwards. She still walks with a limp, but she’s much better now:”Good evening Spike, nice to see you” she smiles and leads him into the kitchen where Applejack is pretty busy baking with her children.

Spike takes the bits out of his pocket and lies them on the table:”I hope the pie is fresh today” he licks his lips again. Applejack nods:”Of course Spike” she answers and hands him the treats” he looks at them with sparkly eyes and water in his mouth. Apple Bloom strokes his scales:”These are not just for you Spike! Give Twilight some too” she smiles.

The dragon rolls his eyes:”What do you think?!” he snickers and takes the treats:”Thanks like every day”

Both Applejack and Apple Bloom throw two apples at him and say:”Buy some apples!” Spike catches them, talks a bit with the family and leaves the barn after a while.

It’s a pretty long track from Sweet Apple Acres back to the library, it would take him about half an hour. He suddenly sees two dashing things in the sky. He assumes that they’re two pegasi. He shrugs and walks ahead, but all of a sudden one of them dashes down to them. Spike is a dragon, he is able to see extremely good in the night, like a cat. He realizes who that is immediately. It’s Rainbow Dash:”Hey Dash! What are YOU doing here?” he forms an O with his mouth.

Scootaloo lands beside Rainbow. The cyan pegasus smiles:”The Wonderbolts are performing tomorrow. We just fly around here to visit you guys. I’m the leader of the Wonderbolts remember?!” she grins and hugs the baby dragon. “Yeah, you just mention it every time we see you” he answers.

Scootaloo nods in agreement:”It’s going to be my first show outside Cloudsdale Spike! Will you all come?”

Spike nods:”Yep! I just forgot that for a moment. Rarity told me even Sweetie Belle is coming too. You know her tour ended a week ago, she’s visiting Ponyville again” he smiles and eats one of the apples.

Scootaloo smiles:”That’s awesome! We wanted to visit Twilight now” she takes off into the sky, Rainbow starts flying to.

Spike looks at his tiny wings and frowns:”I don’t think I can do that…” he sighs and sits down. Suddenly something tackles him from behind. Rainbow Dash puts him on her back:”That’s no problem!” she chuckles.

Scootaloo nods:”Don’t worry Spike! You’ll be able to fly someday! It took me forever to learn flying” she smiles to comfortably. “Until Rainbow Dash gave me lessons of course!”

Spike eats the other apple and looks at the ground. The lights are beautiful, it’s interesting to see all the ponies from above. How they talk and walk, how they do what they always do at this time of day. He loves to see the nature, all the flowers and trees. He looks at the birds that fly far in the distance or right beside them. He smiles and looks ahead again. He looks ahead, ready for the future.