Friendship is Recovering

Epilogue

Two years later

I was looking through the current newspaper as I waited for someone to arrive. He's late again; just like always, I thought, chuckling to myself as the door opened.

"You're late again," I said the newcomer in a simple tone.

"You need to stop changing the looks of your house so much... it makes it harder for anyone to find you," He said, glaring at me as he straightened his fedora.

"It's not an excuse for a detective like you to be so sloppy like this," I said jokingly.

"Well John, you did insist on living here," He said, giving me a grin to show me that he wasn't fooled this time.

"You know I'm not going back to my old house Chris," I said, giving him a disappointed look. He was intentionally late to try to get me to raise my hopes about beating him in his own game.

"At least make your home more recognizable, it looks like a hurricane just tore through the house," he said, looking disappointed at the mess.

"I'll get to it when I can," I told him.

"You said that same exact thing last week, and it is still as messy as it was last week," He said, giving me a harsh glare.

"Not my problem now," I said, giving him a sly smile. He realized what I just did.

"Wow... anyways, I think I found something that you would be interested in," He said.

"What is it about?" I asked, looking interested in what he found. He would then put down a drawing of a statue of a horse that had wings and a horn.

"Rumors have it that this artifact is strangely not from this world and many treasure hunters have attempted to find it, all of them came back home empty handed," He said, and pulls out a small map of the world and puts it on the table.

"Go on..." I said, sitting down in a chair at the table.

"I found the location, but you know, people say that you have officially retired," he said with a sly smirk.

"I'm in my 20's by now, haven't they figured out that I was actually kidding?" I asked him with a small chuckle.

"Nope, that's what made it easy for me to get this location anyways," He told me. I would look at him.

"I think I can do one last treasure hunt," I said, and looked at the area that he circled.

"Just like dad..." He whispered under his breath.

"I heard that," I said.

"Oh right... forgot that you have trained your hearing," He said, using his hat to hide his embarrassment. I gave him a soft pat on the shoulder and resumed to look at the map.

This is my best chance on returning back to there... I never forget my promises. I thought, and immediately face hoof palmed.

"What is it?" My brother would ask me, being confused about why I face palmed.

"I never will forget my Pinkie Promises," I said, correcting my thought.

"Pinkie Promise?" He asks me in confusion.

"Just something with one of my friends," I said with a smile. I knew Pinkie would possibly hurt me if I keep calling it a normal promise

"Right..." He said. I knew that he would probably still think I am crazy and go along with it.

"Let’s just get going to the area," I said, picking the map up off of the table and rolling it up.

"Are you sure you are ready for doing this?" Chris would ask me out of concern, but in reality, I knew he wanted to know if I was sane.

"Of course I am, I am a treasure hunter after all," I told him.

"Alright, I'm convinced, I'll just get the plane ready and tell the pilot where we are headed," He said, and walked out. Before I followed him, I pulled out the yellow feather from my robe and looked at it.

"I am coming back for you Midnight... because I have something left to say to you," I said softly. I smiled and put the feather back into an inner pocket of my robe and walked out of the door. Instead of slamming it hard, like I usually do, I closed it softly.

I was not planning on ever returning back to the house if this artifact worked like the one I found years ago.

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Adventure will always await, it's just up to you if you choose to seek it out.

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The End(For now).