Two years later...

A very bright light shines through the deep, dark caverns of a cave system, moving swiftly as the person the light is attached to looks all around, followed by the sound of zipping rope and clinging metallic parts that echo throughout the caverns.

You grunt as your legs hit hard against the rock wall, double checking your safety restraints as you finish rappelling for the moment. Thanks to the intense training from your new job, you've proven to be quite capable at rappelling, though only just.

As you look around with expected disappointment, you begin to reminisce about everything that's passed throughout the past two years.

During your return to Equestria, you were fortunate to bring Fizzle along for the ride at least. It was quite adorable seeing him get into his first train ride and experiencing all that came with it. Although the passengers aboard weren't exactly as keen on having a dragon aboard at first, they slowly warmed up to him for the most part.

Even though you were still really unsure about what would truly happen, long story short was that Shining Armor was able to convince the Royal Migration and Ethics department to give Fizzle permanent citizenship status, even though the process did take longer than what you expected. If he wasn't the Captain for the guards, he'd make a hell of a consultant.

After being honorably discharged by Shining and some other higher ups in the Guards, you were fortunate enough to come across Sentinel not too long after that. He was able to show you the path towards another new, just as impactful job.

A firefighter.

...slightly ironic, but it did come in handy. Fizzle was by no means a pyromaniac, but he is a dragon that still does dragon things now and then.

Good thing your house is mostly made out of bricks and stone.

Overall, life has treated you well through these years. More than you could've asked for, that's for certain. Even more so now that Fizzle has found his own footing in Canterlot. You've put in the good word to that one tall unicorn that worked in a brand new bouquet not too far from your home, and since it was just reopened, she was more than eager to hire new employees if they met their requirements.

With the massive amounts of gems used on clothing here in Equestria, a dragon like Fizzle came quite handy in terms of inspecting and collecting legitimate gems. Even more so when Fizzle told her that his hoarding tendencies were oddly much less so than that of a normal dragon.

Needless to say, he nailed the interview and now works happily, but always makes time for you, just as you do for him. Sometimes, you both just call in for a day and laze around in bed, in each other's arms as you show him a couple pony or human movies.

You slowly rappel deeper into the cave, seeing a glistening gem on some loose jagged rocks to your side. With your magically enhanced drill in one hand and the rope on the other, you move towards the gem, squinting a bit due to your flashlight gleaming against it. As you carefully maneuver through the jagged edges, you finally get a good look at the gem and sigh in frustration. You then put the drill back onto the hilt on your toolbelt and pull out a book from your pack, with the words 'Dragon Courtship' on the front cover in gold, along with two serpent-like dragons forming a heart around the words.

After flipping through a few pages, you close the book quickly and shake your head, continuing downwards.

Your mind wanders as to what happened to the three dragons that tried to sabotage the Royal Border Guards' only lifeline to the outer world. From what you were told, the dragons were reported to by one of the Princesses themselves after they were informed of what happened.

Nothing much is really confirmed after that, but the rumors going around is that they're possibly on the verge of complete exile by the current Dragon Lord. As long as neither of you see them again for as long as you both live, you could honestly care less.

You quickly look around the cavern, ignoring a majority of the gems around you. You feel the air become more damp and cool, then you hear the sound of soft rushing water and a couple droplets. As you try to get a better footing, you suddenly slip over a wet boulder and after struggling to gain a grip, the rope gives way and you begin to fall.

"Oh SHI-"

You land with a loud splash, falling into the underground lake halfway from the bottom of it. Opening your eyes, you quickly struggle to swim back up to the surface, detaching some of the less vital equipment to make it easier to swim. After a couple of seconds, you quickly rise up to the surface and gasp, shaking your head and coughing heavily to get rid of the excess water.

"Fuck's sake... Please gods, tell me the rope is still connected to the top..." You mutter to yourself after gaining your composure. You grab the wet rope still attached to you and yank at it softly. After nothing happening, you tug on it harder and harder, with nothing happening still.

Sighing in relief, you hear a very faint glowing sound to your side. Looking over, you see something of a decent size glowing on the shoreline of the lake. You begin to swim towards it, eyes locked onto it as your face glows brighter the closer you get.

Your mouth opens wider as you finally reach the shore, climbing out of the lake and standing up, walking towards the gem. Finally having a clear look at it, you crouch in front of a large, glowing gem, glistening as smoky lines flow throughout the inside of the gem.

You pull out your book once more and fumble around a little bit due to how wet it is, carefully flipping through the soggy pages as to not damage them further, until you reach the page you were looking for.

You then look up at the gem, with the biggest smile on your face.

"Perfect."

Author's Note

Ok, this is the last official chapter, I swear! I just wanted to include this because I'm that sappy.

So, although the main part of the story is now officially over, I will be adding the occasional clop/romance chapter, as well as some behind the scenes chapters that detail things I didn't think about back when I was writing the main story. I don't know how many,
or when, it'll just appear when it appears.

I hope I'll make more Fizzle-based focus stories in the future, but only time will tell. Aside from that, I hope you've enjoyed what I had to offer overall.

(If you can't get enough of Fizzle like me, then let me refer you to this Pastebin that I made which has a ton of Fizzle-related content. Enjoy it as much as I have!)