Having placed her small plush against the pillow, Misty took a few steps back and took in her new bedroom as a whole. It wasn't too different from what her simple room back in Opaline's castle was like, if only because she hadn't yet had the time to decorate it more extensively. That would come with more belongings eventually.

"Well, it's not much, Madame Taffytail, but it's a start," Misty said to the plushie resting on the pillow of her new twin bed.

After briefly discussing it with Sunset, she had decided to leave her dilapidated home as it was, taking nothing from it, and leaving it to the forest to slowly reclaim.

"Finished settling in?" she heard a familiar voice behind her ask. She turned, and saw Sunset enter the room.

"For the most part. I'm hoping I'll figure out a way to earn this," Misty replied.

"Misty..." Sunset began, stepping forward and pulling her into a gentle hug. "You don't have to do anything of the sort. You just got your cutie mark, and you've come back home for the first time in your life. You have enough on your plate without having to worry about 'earning' where you lay your head at night. Because a safe, loving home is something that everypony deserves."

Misty smiled at her as they parted from the embrace.

"Besides, we're going to have plenty more to occupy our minds. There's magic classes which will resume tomorrow, not to mention helping Sunny and the earth ponies where we can... They're entering a brand new magical world all their own, one that has no books or history to go off of."

"I definitely noticed using my magic was a lot easier as I was putting this room together," Misty told her.

"Getting your cutie mark will certainly do that. If the level one books aren't enough to do on your own to catch up with the class, let me know, and I'll try and see what time I can set aside for some one on one with you."

"Thanks, Sunset. I'll do my very best. I promise."

Author's Note

Not much of an epilogue, I know, but I was tired of having this story hang over my head incomplete for months now.

Regardless, thanks for reading!