Epilogue One More Joy

Adagio had ridden with Aria and Mike to Sonata and Fluttershy’s. So on the ride back, Mike and Aria were chatting away, not really noticing Adagio’s uncharacteristic silence.

When they arrived at the Chips house, Adagio Hugged and kissed Mike and Aria and crossed the lawn to her own dark house.

Removing her keys from her purse she approached her own door. But before she unlocked the door she saw the small package against the door.

Aria looked at the label and smiled.

Inside, Aria went upstairs to take a shower, put on some comfy pajamas. She then went into the kitchen to make a cup of Chamomile tea.

Sitting on the sofa with the reading light on, she opened the package and read over the included form letter from the Camelot Archives Office. Adagio smiled so hard it hurt but she didn’t care. She had in her possession the one thing she knew that could get her the job she wanted. Not so much needed.

“So they finally believed me,” said Aria out loud.

She then opened the part that held a large framed document.

It was a diploma with the ribbons and seal of the Canterlot Academy of Music. It was a modern award but actually dated over six hundred years ago.

But the most important part was the inscription:

The smile actually hurt as she sat in her living room in the subdued lighting and the quiet that she now craved.

To be continued…