Months have passed as another year rolled around. During that time, since Discord being sealed once again by the efforts of the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony, a lot has happened for the star group of friends in Ponyville as many lessons in friendship were learned by Twilight and her friends, who each wrote to Princess Celestia on what sort of lesson they learned after the whole mishap with Twilight’s ‘Want It Need It’ Spell fiasco. And not just the seven friends, but other ponies also learned a lesson in friendship.

Rarity and her little sister, Sweetie Belle, having to deal with their own relationship as siblings before eventually settling their differences after the Sisterhooves Social, as told in a letter to Celestia by both Rarity and Sweetie about the hardships of being sisters, but knowing that it can be overcome with a bit of teamwork, accepting each other’s differences and having fun together.

Apple Bloom’s impatience in trying to get her cutie mark quickly comes back and bites her in the flank when she had to go through having the Cutie Pox, a rare, but harmless, disease that caused her to have an outbreak of different cutie marks and causing her to do too many talents at the same time, stemming from a potion she created when visiting Zecora while the zebra was out. She learned that waiting for what one’s heart desires can be hard, and taking a shortcut would only lead to dishonesty and not working as one never earned it. It is about being honest with oneself and others as that is what every heart desires.

Rainbow Dash, after learning she and Silver were without a pet, though the latter declined in having one due to him likely not being able to take care of one considering how he is always out and about, decides to hold a competition to find the best pet for herself. When all the other animals that were potential candidates failed to come to her aid after large boulder landed on her wing in Ghastly Gorge aside from a tortoise who did, she learned that the most important quality in a pet, or in any friend is not how cool they are or how much they can do, but is a kind of spirit that will stand by her.

This was because despite seeing the falcon having all the qualities she wanted, she desired to be able to finish the race alongside her pet, which she was able to do with the tortoise. After that, she decided to name him Tank, for the fact you couldn’t stop him no matter the cost.

From learning about humility and grace during the whole ordeal with the Mare Do Well, to the Cutie Mark Crusaders learning their mistakes when it came to their gossip column as Gabby Gums, it goes to show how far friendship is special to anyone, and that it is precious to not shattered. However, it is around this time that ideal would be put to the test... And it all began with a letter and an invitation.

Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Rainbow Dash were enjoying a nice little picnic in the park. The girls were all talking amongst themselves about their day, but were interrupted when Spike came running as quickly as he could to the group, panting heavily.

He then gave a deep breath before belching out a green flame, with a letter. Twilight takes it, recognizing it as a letter from the Princess. She then opens the letter and begans reading it aloud.

With that news, Rainbow suddenly shot in the air doing a somersault, pumping her hoof.

“Princess... Celestia wants me to... To... Wedding dress? For a Canterlot wedding...” The shocked Rarity said, before fainting on the spot.

Spike then remembers as he nervously pulled out another letter, this being an invitation.

“Oh wait... I suppose I should’ve given you this first. Heh heh...” Spike chuckled.

Twilight rolls her eyes as she read off the invitation, the girls all pop their heads behind her to listen.

“Princess Celestia cordially invites you to the wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and...”

The girls just look at Twilight, with just as much surprise in their faces. Applejack then approaches her.

“Your brother is getting married?” Congratulations Twilight! That’s great news!” Applejack said patting her friend.

“Yeah, great news.” Twilight said in an agitated tone, looking up at Canterlot, seeing a round, pink sphere surrounding it, but not focused on that.

“That I just got from a wedding invitation! Not from my brother, but from a piece of paper! Thanks a lot, Shining Armor. I mean, really, he couldn’t tell me personally?”

“Hey, Twilight, just thought you should know I’m making a really big decision that changes everything. Oh, never mind, you’ll hear about it when you get the invitation.” She then puts it down and walks back.

“Princess Mi Amore Candenza? Who the hay is that?!” Twilight bellowed, as she breathed heavily through her nostrils.

“Sorry, it’s just that Shining Armor and I have always been so close. He’s my B.B.B.F.F!” She said, swinging her hoof toward them.

There is a brief pause as the girls just look at each other. Twilight rolls her eyes, realizing they didn’t know what she meant.

“Before I came here and learned the importance of friendship, Shining Armor was the only pony I ever really accepted as a friend. Well, there was Silver too... But this is different.” She said, as a small red bird lands on her hoof.

She gives it a small nuzzle before letting it fly away. Slowly memories of her early childhood as a small filly in Canterlot came flooding back, where she just walked down the street, her face deep in a book.

When I was just a filly, I found it rather silly
To see how many other ponies I could meet
I had my books to read, didn’t know that I would ever need
Other ponies to make my life complete

But there was one colt that I cared for
I knew he would be there for me

The small filly Twilight then bumps into something as she looks up from her book, before look up at a tall, white unicorn stallion with a light gray coat, a long moderate sapphire blue mane with moderate cerulean and dark phthalo blue streaks, moderate cerulean eyes and moderate sapphire blue hooves. His cutie mark bore the symbol of a blue shield with a six-pointed star in the center and three smaller five-pointed stars on the top.

The tall colt gave a bright grin as the filly immediately smiled brightly, dropping her book and hopping around her older brother happily, while Shining reared and flailed his forhooves playfully, before grabbing Twilight, giving her a playful noogie on the head and snuggling her closely.

My big brother, best friend forever!
Like two peas in a pod, we did everything together

He taught me how to fly a kite (Best friend forever!)
We never had a single fight (We did everything together!)
We shared our hopes, we shared our dreams

More scenes of her time with Shining pass by, like learning how to fly a kite, Shining taking an apple and using his magic to split it in half for him and Twilight to share, Shining watching Twilight levitate a book and looking proud of her when she does it, and then the two standing near a balcony of Royal Guard saluting to the Princess, with Shining doing the same with a bright grin, with Twilight giggling as she watches him.

Soon it shows Shining waving good-bye to Twilight and Spike as they head off to Ponyville for the first time.

I miss him more than I realized
It seems...

Soon her friends all join in, with content smiles on their faces as they look at Twilight, whom look saddened.

Your big brother, best friend forever
Like two peas in a pod, you did everything together

Looking up, she sees the clouds in the form of her and Shining tossing a ball back and forth, before Shining begins to wander off.

And though he’s, oh, so far away
I hoped that he would stay

Twilight’s eyes begin to tear up, as an imaginary image of Shining, now a stallion, stands beside Twilight, smiling softly at her.

My big brother best friend
Forever...
Forever...

The image of Shining disappears, as Twilight wipes the tears from her eyes. Her friends all look at each other, with a look of worry as Applejack walks over to her.

“...I wanna tell you that I think your brother sounds like a real good guy.” The mare added.

Twilight sighs as she heads back over to the group and sits down with Rainbow and Fluttershy.

“He is pretty special. I mean, they don’t let just anypony be captain of the Royal Guard.”

“So let me get this straight. We’re helping out with the wedding of not only a princess, but a captain of the Royal Guard?” Rarity asked.

This only caused Rarity to faint again, only Twilight, without looking, pulls a pillow that manages to catch Rarity’s head. While she looks disappointed still, the rest of the group just chatter excitedly about the wedding.

The moment Silver received the letter and invitation from Celestia, it blew the stallions mind when he saw who was getting married. However, unlike Twilight, he was aware of who Princess Mi Amore Cadenza was and more of a reason why it was mind blowing to him. He knew Shining Armor when he was a young colt, having met him a few times whenever he and Twilight played together and Shining happened to be with her at the time.

At first, he was sort of intimidated by him consider how tall he was for a colt but began to warm up to Shining, and thought he was a pretty cool pony to be around after getting to know him a bit more. Learning he wanted to be part of the Royal Guard sort of gave Silver a bit of an idol, as he hoped he aspired to be someone who wanted to protect others from danger. It may have also stemmed from the fact Silver didn’t have any siblings of his own, being an only colt, so he sort of looked up to Shining as a big brother figure and wanted to learn more from him.

However, by the time Golden passed away, Shining was already enrolled in the Royal Guard for training and hasn’t seen him since. Even during Silver’s frequent stops in Canterlot, he hasn’t been able to see Shining Armor considering how busy he likely was with being the captain of the Royal Guard, and after reading the letter Celestia sent him on what his role would be for the wedding, would mark the first time in years he gets to see Shining again.

Back on the topic of the wedding, Celestia’s task for Silver to be involved in the wedding was a rather interesting one. He did read on the roles Twilight and the girls would be doing, but received a separate letter for his task alone.

Silver placed the letter down on his desk, taking a moment to think it over. It is true that since he came back home the previous week, word from the grapevine has been floating around that some mysterious group is threaten to come to Canterlot in an attempt to invade, but it has just be speculation so far and no actual evidence has been found to confirm this rumor yet.

”...Seems a bit too convenient though. A royal wedding is coming up, and rumors of an invasion on Canterlot surfaced and yet no confirmation has been made to prove it. Would make sense if it does occur though, and seeing as it is possible that who or whatever is from this group could already be in Canterlot as we speak... Waiting and lurking for the right moment...” Silver thought.

“Well, if the princess is confident in my ability to solve this behind the scenes, who am I to question it. Guess I’ll just have to be extra cautious then... And yet play it all naturally. Can’t really let the girls know, don’t want them to worry and for them to just focus on the preparations...” He said to himself aloud.

“...But for how long can I continue to keep these secrets from them? I know sooner or later they will know what sort of training I been doing these past few months... And if this threat does make itself known, I may have to resort to using it. Hopefully, that won’t be the case.”

He then looks over by his bed, eyeing his Mythril Sword in its scabbard resting against the wall by the bed. And next to it, what looks like a normal wooden oak staff.

It was strange, one morning before heading to the Golden Emerald to help Diamond Dust out, Silver received a package without a return address or the sender’s name on it. Inside the box, contained the staff and a small note simply saying ‘Use it well.’

He wanted to believe it may’ve been Crimson that sent him the staff, but found that to be impossible as he only had conversations with the human in his dreams, and yet part of him thinks it could be possible that Crimson may actually be somewhere in Equestria, if not the world. Aside from Celestia and Luna, nobody else knew about Silver training to use Black and White Magic and from what Celestia told him, Crimson wielded weapons that had magic to them, but to replicate them was difficult to do because of the fact it came from out of this world.

The staff itself didn’t look at all special, it was simply an old, wooden staff made of oak. Yet, when he tried using it with some of his magic, he found that it seemed to give him better control in spellcasting a Fire spell, not feeling as drained as he would be if he tried to conjure up the spell without the staff. He found that it made training a bit easier, if not for the fact he has been at this for months and since been able to do most of the first and second tier spells without little difficulty, but the stronger spells that were above those were still hard for him to master, leaving him drained of mana and exhausted. He hoped that when he got more time, to try out the higher tier spells and see if using the staff would make much of a difference.

Looking at the clock, he saw it was nearly past two in the afternoon. He knew that the others would be arriving later to Canterlot, and from he learned, Twilight was still feeling a bit dejected about the news not being passed on to her by her brother directly. He felt bad for Twilight, but knew deep down she couldn’t stay mad at Shining, considering how tense everything was getting as the wedding was approaching.

Grabbing his cloak and sword, opting to leave his Oak Staff behind, he leaves his residence and makes his way to the train station to wait for the others to show up. He saw how many guards were around while the citizens were out and about their day as usual, all chattering excitedly about the wedding.

He reached the platform and stood there and waited, not before nodding to some of the guards. As he stood there, he couldn’t help but hear some chattering down the street from three mares. He takes a glance, noticing three mares walking toward the palace, one unicorn and two pegasi and each sporting a long ponytail.

The unicorn had a lilac coat, a mane that was half deep reddish brown and half reddish brown, moderate malachite green eyes, and a cutie mark of the Zodiac symbol of Capricorn.

The second pony had a grayish purple coat, a dark gray mane with light gray streaks, medium malachite eyes, and a cutie mark of the Zodiac symbol for Aquarius.

The third pony, whom Silver was mostly focused on, was one with a light brilliant violet coat, very dark gray mane, vivid sap green eyes, and a cutie mark with the Zodiac symbol of Pisces. She also wore what looked like a gold ring with a bright pink gemstone embedded in the center, on her right hoof.

Silver just couldn’t help but stare at the three mares, namely the violet one. Something about them felt... Different. Soon, the violet pony happened to looked toward the train station at a small glance, noticing Silver staring at her. She arched her brow, as she tilts her head, which caused the stallion to quickly turn back around and look the other way.

”Oh geez, she saw me staring at her... Just relax, maybe she won’t question it...” He thought, sweating slightly.

However, as if a strange force heard his thoughts, she heard one of the other ponies call toward her.

The violet pony, known as Aquamarine, looked toward her friends who stared at them.

“Uh, you okay? I asked if you were coming.” The grayish purple mare replied.

Not before she took a quick glance back at Silver, who was now focused back on waiting for the train.

Friendship Express
Around 2:15 PM

The train was already reaching toward the town limits of Ponyville, as Rainbow Dash and Applejack watched the town slowly shrink as they rode away.

Spike, Rarity and Fluttershy also had their heads out of the car windows as the train began to make its approach toward the tunnel.

“So you all get to help with the big fancy wedding, but I’m the one who gets to host the bachelor party! I have just one question.” Spike said, as the two look at him.

The girls simply all laugh at the question as the train enters through the tunnel. Soon it came out of the otherside, bringing back light in the car. While this goes on, Applejack notices Twilight sitting away from them, by herself, still looking down. She walks over to her while her friends continued to chatter away.

Twilight didn’t look at her, simply staring out the window toward Canterlot as it slowly drew closer.

“I’m just thinking about Shining Armor. Ever since I moved to Ponyville, we’ve been seeing each other less and less. And now that he’s starting a new family with this “Princess Mi Amore Ca-whatshername”, we’ll probably never see each other.” Twilight responded glumly.

“Couldn’t seem to make time to tell me he was getting married.” She mumbled.

Eventually the train makes its journey up the mountain side as they make their approach to Canterlot. Greeted by two guardsponies that let the train pass, it passes through the pink, magical barrier as everyone in the train feels it pass by them, including Twilight who wasn’t really paying attention up until they made it through. The train slows down as makes it to its destination.

Outside, Silver watches the door open and sees the girls slowly peek their heads out, noticing how many guards were around on the platform alone, all monitoring them.

“I’m sure they’re just taking the necessary precautions. Royal weddings do bring out the strangest ponies.” Rarity replied as she follows the two out.

Fluttershy and Pinkie follow out, but not before Pinkie starts showing signs of sneezing.

“Well, it is nice to see you girls here.” Silver said, catching their attention.

He chuckles and gives her a pat on the head as the others came over to greet their friend. While that happens, Applejack and Twilight exit out of the train car, with former looking toward Twilight.

“Well, let’s get going! We have a lot of work to do!” Pinkie yelled as they all began to move onward to the palace, the girls nodding in agreement.

“Yeah. Congratulate. And then give him a piece of my mind.” Twilight responded as she trots away from Applejack and passed the group.

“She’s a bit upset that she found out about the wedding from an invitation and not from her brother’s own mouth. She’s been like this since she found out about the announcement.” Applejack replied.

“Oh boy... I better go talk to her before she does something crazy. You girls just head on to the palace and we can catch up later.” Silver responded, as he begins to trot after Twilight.

Twilight just made toward the inner courtyard, trotting angrily past the guards. Silver nods to a few of them as she catches up.

“Twilight, hold up a moment! You just get off the train and not even say hi? That is pretty unlike you.” Silver joked, hoping to lighten her mood.

“Sorry Silver, but as if you can’t tell, I am not in a cheery mood at the moment...” She spat back.

“Right, right. Because of learning about your brother’s wedding without the big bro telling you about it himself. It is no reason to hold a small grudge over his head about it. I’m sure he has a reasonable explanation for it all.” Silver reasoned.

She rolled her eyes, not before spotting up in the balcony several guards, and a familiar blue maned unicorn directing a couple pegasi guards away.

She then approached the center of the courtyard, looking up to where Shining and the guards were all at.

This causes several of the guards to immediately point their spears out toward Twilight, as Shining walks over and looks down, and then smiles brightly. The guards then went at ease when their captain recognized who it was.

“Twily!” Shining greeted, taking his helmet off before rushing down the stairs.

“Ah, I’ve missed, you, kid. How was the train ride? I–” Shining reached his hoof out toward Twilight, but she stepped back not wanting to be touched.

“How dare you not tell me in person that you were getting married! I’m your sister, for pony’s sake!” Twilight spat out.

“It’s not my fault! Princess Celestia has requested a major increase in security. Didn’t you see all the guards at the train station?” He asked.

“Yeah, there’s a big wedding coming up. Maybe you heard about it?” Twilight replied sarcastically.

“Oh come on, Twilight. Give the guy a break. Least hear the big guy out.” Silver reasoned.

Shining then looked at Silver, taking a moment to remember him before blinking.

“Wow, you really grew since the last time I seen you. I just remembered you being a tiny.” Shining replied.

“Or maybe it was because you were tall. I mean, even now, I still sort of dwarf compared to you.” Silver chuckled.

“Boys, I know it has been a long time since you two seen each other, but... I’m still right here waiting for an explanation!” She yelled.

“Oh... Yeah right. Sorry Twily.” Shining rubbed the back of his head before he continued where he left off.

“Let’s see... Oh right. The amount of guards at the train station has nothing to do with the wedding. I’m sure you probably don’t know this yet, but a threat has been made to Canterlot.” Shining explained.

“We still don’t know who is responsible, but Princess Celestia asked that I help provide additional protection.”

“So no clues have been found since the rumors started cropping up?” Silver asked.

Shining shook his head, before he looks down at Twilight, lifting her head up to meet him eye level.

The two ponies looked at each other as the follow Shining up to the higher part of the castle overlooking the courtyard and surround parts of the outer palace. The three stopped on the bridge that lead to inside the palace, as Shining closed his eyes.

His horn begins emitting a light rose aura. It starts becoming brighter as he unleashes a spell, with an audible ‘pop’, that seems to reinforce the large barrier that surrounds Canterlot. Twilight looks at the barrier, baffled, while Shining shakes his head as he gives a rather tired look.

“Wow, and this looks like it is slowly taking a toll on you, Shining. I been here for almost a week and you had this whole thing up since then. I just hope you don’t pass out next time you do it again.” Silver said, giving the taller unicorn a concerned look.

“Thanks Silver. It hasn’t been easy on me, but the burden of keeping Canterlot safe and secure rests squarely on my shoulders. Staying focused on the task at hand has been my top priority.” Shining replied.

Twilight, hearing this, began to soften up upon hearing understanding the situation.

“Okay, okay, I get it. You’ve got a really important job protecting all of Canterlot with a force field only you can conjure up.” Twilight responded, not looking as angry as she did before.

“But still... How could you not tell me about something as big as your wedding? Am I not that important to you any more?” She asked, sadly.

Both Shining and Silver gave her a sad look. The elder brother placed a gentle hoof on her shoulder.

“Hey. You’re my little sister. Of course you’re important to me.” Shining assured her, before giving a sly, playful grin.

“But I’d understand if you didn’t want to be my best mare now.” He said, looking down at her with grin.

“Well congrats Twilight. See, this all worked out in the end.” Silver responded.

But then, remembering who he was supposed to marry, Twilight stepped back, before giving an annoyed look at Shining.

“But I’m still pretty ticked you’re marrying somepony I don’t even know! When did you even meet this “Princess Mi Amore Cadenza”?” She asked.

“Wow, you really don’t know Twilight? I mean, think about it. It’s in the name plain as day.” Silver smirked.

“Twily, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is Cadence, your old foalsitter.” Shining answered.

“Cadence? As in the Cadence? As in the greatest foalsitter in all the history of foalsitters?!” She asked excitedly.

“Ohmygoshohmygosh! Cadence is only the most amazing pony ever! She’s beautiful, she’s caring, she’s kind...”

She then has a flashback when she was just a filly, in her room as she looked through a toy chest. Upon seeing a young, pink alicorn with a moderate violet mane and moderate rose and pale gold streaks, tied into a short ponytail, light purple eyes, and a cutie mark of a heart made of crystal with two small gold reeds underneath the little unicorn jumped for joy and hugs the alicorn tightly, while the other returns it tenderly.

The one thing she remembers more fondly is the special chant the two made up together.

”Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!~” Both the young Twilight and Cadence chanted together before falling on their backs laughing.

She then remembers when the two were walking along the street, and noticed two couples in front of a café arguing. Twilight was just amazed that Cadence was able to get the two to stop arguing and just give lovey-dovey eyes at each other all through her own magic.

”She is a pretty awesome pony. I remember the first time I met her...” Silver thought.

It was seven years ago, and a young Silver and his mother were just walking down the street toward their residence. Silver, as usual, sat on Golden’s back while the two head for home. As they did, Golden turns a corner and accidentally bumps into a young Cadence who was walking with a young Twilight. Silver nearly fell off, but was able to grip onto his mother’s back.

“Oh! I’m so sorry! I didn’t expect that dear!” Golden said as she helped Cadence up.

“Oh no, it is alright miss. I didn’t expect anypony to come around that corner.” Cadence replied.

Golden looked down at Twilight with a gentle smile. Cadence looked at Silver and Twilight.

“Yep! My mom knows Mrs. Golden Veil since she goes to her jewelry store! She is a nice pony.”

“You are too sweet little one. But yes, Twilight Velvet is one of my customers.” Golden replied.

“I didn’t notice your wings until now. Forgive me, your highness.” Golden bowed her head.

“Oh don’t worry about bowing, ma’am. Sure, I am learning to be a princess by my auntie Celestia, but just treat me like any other pony. Besides, now I’m Cadence, part-time foalsitter.” She responded, as she pats Twilight on the head, who giggles.

Suddenly, the young colt tensed up. The older, pretty pink mare being that close suddenly made Silver lose his words.

“Well, you just have to be the cutest little colt I seen. And I had my fair share of watching over colts and fillies, but you seem like a real sweetheart.” Cadence said, before giving Silver a small boop on the nose.

“Oh he is my little angel.” Golden said, giving her son a small nuzzle, which slowly helped fix his mind.

”That day, the two talked for a bit, and Cadence was pretty amazed that how busy she was with running the store, and having to take the time to homeschool me. Mom didn’t mind that much, but Cadence could tell that it was often taking a toll on her, but mom did a good job at not showing it. She really didn’t want to worry me or anypony, though when Cadence offered to act as a foalsitter for me, my mom was just happy. She knew that I was a bright and well-mannered pony, but wished that I would be able to have time to play with other more and not so much being alone or having to be at work with her all the time. Even if I didn’t mind, mom knew the workplace wasn’t a place for a colt as young as me, and that I needed to be out more, you know being a kid.” Silver said.

”After that day, whenever Cadence came by, it was pretty fun. And I guess it made things easier whenever she watched Twilight, considering how well we got together as friends. I sort of saw Cadence as a big sister I never thought I ever wanted, being an only child. She was understanding, kind, caring, gentle, and I don’t know why but I always felt... Safe.” Silver finished, before coming back to the present.

“If anypony is lucky to being marrying Cadence, it would be you Shining.” Silver said with a grin.

“How many unicorns can just spread love wherever they go? I only know of one! And you’re marrying her!” Twilight declared, before hopping around Shining like Pinkie Pie on a sugar rush.

Shining gave a proud chuckle, while Silver just laughed watching his friend acting like a filly.

“You’re marrying Cadence! You’re marrying Cadence!” Twilight yelled in a sing-song voice.

However, she stopped before a taller, pink alicorn walks out of the doorway, looking down at Twilight.

“I hope I am not interrupting anything important.” Cadence said, raising a brow.

And then, she went and did it. Nothing could prepare Silver than watching Twilight do the chant she and Cadence did when they were younger.

“Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves, and do a little shake!” Twilight sang, as she wiggled her flank up.

”...Oh sweet Celestia, she actually still does that...” Silver thought, and tried hard not to burst into a fit of laughter.

However, he is able to hold it in, when Cadence just asked, with a bit of confusion and... Slight annoyance in her tone.

Twilight stops, and looks at her confused, before grinning again, getting up to her.

However, Cadence just brushes this off and walks past her, completely uninterested.

Twilight now just looked a bit hurt, and further confused, as she watches Cadence go over to Shining.

“Well, I’ve gotta get back to my station, but Cadence will be checking in with all of you to see how things are going.” Shining said, as he wraps his arm around her, while Cadence looks at Twilight with a grin.

“I think I speak for both of us when I say we couldn’t be more excited to have you here. Right, dear?” Shining asked, looking at Cadence.

“Well, we’ll let you get to it.” Shining added before giving Cadence a kiss on the cheek.

Silver was just watching this quietly, sensing the troubled feeling Twilight was having, and the rather cold feeling he was getting from Cadence.

“I was gonna say if you find the time, stop in to see me. I’ve been kind of interested to hear where you’ve been all this time.” Shining replied with a grin.

With that, Shining leaves them, heading back to his station, as Cadence walks past Twilight, not even giving her a second glance.

“...Uh, y-yeah. Sorry, I’m just... Taken aback. I know it’s been so long since we seen her and yet... She didn’t even seem to recognize me that much.” Twilight responded hurt.

“Hey. Don’t let it get to you. I’m sure she is just trying to cope with the pressure of making sure her wedding goes without a hitch. Just give her a bit of time, I’m sure she’ll come around.” He said with reassurance.

“But... I can’t lie and say I don’t agree with you though. It has been some time, you’d think she would’ve at least been a bit happy to see you... See us.” Silver said quietly.

“Well... I guess we should get started on our tasks, eh? After all, the girls need you now so you just do what you do best and get this wedding planned out, yeah?” Silver said, trying to perk her up.

Twilight simply nods, still hurt. She just knows something is wrong, deep in her heart.

As the day went by, Twilight visited each of her friends to help plan out all the preparations for the wedding, however she still couldn’t get the fact of Cadence not seeming to care about seeing her again after so long. While in the palace kitchen, she was checking down the list for food while Applejack was helping the other palace staff get the food prepared, namely the wedding cake, the ice sculpture that took the mare 10 seconds to make, and some fritters which Twilight was given by having an orange hoof shoved into her mouth. Regardless, it was a tasty fritter.

It was all well, until Cadence comes in, declaring to be only referred to as ‘Princess Mi Amore Cadenza’, much to Twilight’s annoyance, yet Applejack didn’t seem bothered by it at all. Twilight did notice more about Cadence’s change, like when trying an apple fritter, she claimed to ‘love-love them’ yet her tone sounded to say otherwise, and then upon being given a bag of fritters to take with her by Applejack, no one but Twilight notice the princess tossing the bag into the small trash bin as she was leaving.

Next, she was with Rarity who was busy preparing the wedding dress for Cadence, as well as the bridesmaids. Twilight voiced her concerns to her friend, yet she seemed to occupied with the task at hand to hear her. Only after Twilight tried to mock Cadence by saying her full name, did she enter the room, to which Rarity immediately complimented on being given the opportunity to design her dress, leading to the same uninterested response as earlier. She wasn’t alone, as three mares followed Cadence into the room, Twilight noticing two pegasi mares and an unicorn. She deduced these were the bridesmaids.

As Rarity described how the dress was being made, Cadence decided to voice her opinion for changes to the dress to be made, like having more beading and more train, as well as a different color. Her bridesmaids each voiced their opinion, who thought the dress looked fine as it was, only to be shut down when Cadence glared coldly at the three mares, whom all flinched and looked away.

The one that looked more visibly hurt was the violet mare with the dark gray mane and ponytail with the Pisces cutie mark. Cadence then makes her final declaration to make them a different color regardless of what her bridesmaids said. Twilight was getting more and more agitated and at the same time, suspicious.

Twilight decided to instead, spy on Cadence who was in the ballroom where Pinkie was explaining how the reception would, in typical Pinkie Pie fashion. Of course, she tells Pinkie that the reception would be perfect if they were celebrating a six-year old’s birthday party before leaving. However, being Pinkie, she took it as a compliment and thanked Cadence without realizing she was being negative towards the bubbly mare.

It was the evening, as Luna decided to change shifts with Celestia, who has been on lookout for the entire day.

“Rest, my sister. As always, I will guard the night.” Luna said, ensuring Celestia with a gentle pat.

Celestia nods, before walking back inside as she decides to turn in for the night after a whole day of watching for potential threats. While that was going on, Twilight and the others were down in a small café hanging outside chatting amongst themselves after a whole day of planning. Twilight exits out of the building, levitating her drink as she approaches the table her friends were at.

“Bet I can guess what you’re all thinking. Cadence is the absolute worst bride-to-be ever.” She spat out as she almost slams her tall glass on the table.

He friends all look at her with a confused look. All the while, Spike was continuing to play with the small bride and groom dolls that were meant for the wedding cake.

“...Where is Silver? He said he’d show up after we were done for the day.” Applejack asked.

“Probably still busy with his task. He did say he wanted to go visit Shining to catch up, but I asked him before he went home for the evening if Silver stopped, he didn’t.” Twilight replied.

The girls all shrugged, before Rarity looked back at Twilight, who was now sipping her drink.

“Also, Twilight dear, whatever did you mean by your statement before? Cadence is an absolute gem!” Rarity responded with a bright grin.

“Well, of course she is! Why shouldn’t she expect the very best on her wedding day?” She replied with a grin.

“Applejack, did you know that after she told you how much she just ‘love-love-loved’ your hors d’eouvres, she threw them in the trash?”

Applejack just stared at her, with her mouth open, but then just gave a sincere smile.

It was then Fluttershy raised her hoof up to add her opinion into the discussion.

“She did raise her voice at one of my birds during rehearsal.” She calmly said.

The bird then sang a note that was off-key, enough it made the other girls jump.

Twilight just couldn’t believe how her friends were being like this. At the time they should believe the distress and signs about how Cadence isn’t acting, they are just more focused on the wedding and getting it done.

She is then cut off as she watches Spike and Pinkie play with the two dolls, making kissing noises for them. She really thought Pinkie Pie would be the one to take this seriously, but alas...

“Never mind.... Rainbow Dash, you believe me right?” Twilight asked, being hopeful that the Bearer of the Element of Loyalty would be on her side.

“Sorry, Twi. Been too busy prepping for my sonic rainboom to pay much attention to the bride’s bad attitude.” Rainbow replied, busy looking at her wings.

At this point, Twilight looked like she was about to blow a gasket. These were her friends for pony’s sake! Rarity then walks over to her.

“The princess is about to get married. I’m sure any negative behavior she might be displaying is simply the result of nerves.” Rarity said, placing a hoof on her shoulder.

“And I’m sure it’s the result of being an awful pony who doesn’t deserve to even know Shining Armor, let alone marry him!” She argued.

“Think maybe you’re bein’ just a tiny bit possessive of your brother?” Applejack asked.

The rest of the group all responded by agreeing with Applejack. This only caused Twilight to be more upset.

“I am not being possessive, and I am not taking it out on Cadence! You’re all just too caught up in your wedding planning to notice that maybe there shouldn’t even be a wedding!” She yelled, as well as slamming her hoof down again.

This caused her glass to get knocked over, as well as the others drinks, all the while Twilight storms off. The group just look at each other worried.

Luna’s Bedchamber - Canterlot Palace

Meanwhile, Silver was outside Princess Luna’s bedchambers. He is stopped by two thestral ponies.

Aware of his involvement with the assistance of the Royal Guard, they nod before knocking on the door.

“Your Highness, the pony known as Silver Guardian wishes to speak to you urgently.” The guard said.

“Yes, Your Highness.” The guard replied back, as they open the doors to the room.

Silver nods to them and heads in, as they close the doors behind him. Silver looks around briefly, as he notices Luna outside on the balcony, looking through the telescope.

“I take it you have news about our mysterious group that has decided to threaten the sanctity of our city?” Luna asked.

“More of the lines of something that needs to be taken seriously... And it involves the bride-to-be...” Silver said without blinking.

“Okay, I just want you to know that I am not pointing hooves at anypony. I just wish to discuss some happenings that have occurred with Princess Cadence, and how the more closer the wedding comes... The more I feel as though trouble will occur.” Silver explained.

“You have my full trust Silver. I am a mare who wishes to hear all the possible outcomes of one’s testimony before judging. You are sensible young pony, so I am confident you will do your best to explain to me what you need to say...” Luna replied.

“Thank you for the trust, Princess. I would’ve gone to Princess Celestia, but considering how she has been busy watching over the city and having turned in for the evening, I didn’t want to bother her. Plus, I know she put her full trust in me with this task, but if I am to say what I am about to say to you, she might dismiss it as paranoia, and the fact it is Princess Cadence just having pressure on her to ensure her wedding goes perfectly, and I understand that.”

“Well, she has been acting rather... More cold as the day went by. When me and Twilight first saw her again, after so long, we didn’t know what to think. We just got done recalling fond memories of Cadence being our foalsitter, and how she was a kind, caring, nurturing pony toward us, and basically anypony else for that matter. However, when Twilight greeted her, she acted as though she doesn’t even remember her or even cared for that matter. I know if there is pressure for the bride of a wedding coming up, but even then she would’ve been happy to see her again. And she didn’t even seem to acknowledge my existence, despite being right next to Shining Armor. I don’t feel the warm, comforting feeling I felt when I was colt with Cadence now... I just feel something dark... Something cold.

I can’t put my hoof on it, but I’m still trying to figure that out. Anyway, in regards to my patrols around Canterlot and the surrounding area, I haven’t seen any signs of intruders or danger. Believe me, I wandered around all over the place today, and found nothing out of the ordinary. However, on my way here... I did overhear something strange between Cadence, and one of her bridesmaids.”

Silver was just wandering around the palace corridors, wanting to make his way into town to go see Twilight and the girls as they were going to meet up after they were done with their tasks for the day, and then stop to see Shining Armor. As he was walking down one lone hallway, devoid of guards strange enough, he heard two familiar voices, arguing.

He heads to the corner of one hallway, and then peeks around. There he sees Cadence and that violet pony he saw earlier that day while at the train station.

“W-what do you mean Princess? I don’t understand.” Aquamarine asked with sadness.

“B-but... This ring is important to me. You said that you were alright with me wearing it regardless of how our dresses would turn out and it would’ve mattered that much.” Aquamarine defended.

“Well... I decided to change my mind. The others didn’t seem to argue over their attires, yet you are making a big deal over this. You are to remove that little shoe of yours and wear all silver! This wedding needs to go perfectly, and I won’t let one of my bridesmaids ruin it over some ring!” Cadenced yelled.

Aquamarine just found herself trembling as she shy’d from Cadence’s glare.

“...W-why are you being like this, Princess? Like earlier when me, Amethyst and Garnet came with you to see your dress and we said we l-loved how it looked, you just ignored our opinions...” She quivered.

Cadence remained silent, before rolling her eyes. She was getting tired of this.

“Maybe you should know this, dear. This is my wedding, not yours. If I want to make the changes to make sure it becomes perfect, I will do it. I won’t allow anypony to turn this into a debate on how how other ponies feel, because their eyes are going to be on me...” Cadence said in a dead calm voice.

The violet pony just found herself unable to respond, her mind was racing. However, before she can respond, and unable to be seen from Silver’s perspective, Aquamarine noticed how Cadence’s horn began to emit a green aura. She knew that wasn’t right, but then looking into Cadence’s eyes, they suddenly shifted from violet to dark green, cat-like, eyes as the pegasus began to feel odd.

“Good. Now then, come along dear. I have a task for you and the other bridesmaids.” Cadence said, as the two began walking down the hall.

Silver, not able to grasp what happened just now, decided to just make his way out of there. His time with the girls would need to wait, he had to see Princess Luna now.

“It was strange. One moment, the two were arguing over how the bridesmaid wanted their attire to look, and after that, it just ended with violet pony agreeing, and then just leaves with Cadence.” Silver finished.

Luna listened carefully as Silver finished his story. As many would think it was a simple case of just wedding based material, the whole thing involving Cadence acting out toward her own bridesmaid with little hostility, to just them stopping and moving on did seem a bit suspicious.

“You do present an interesting case here dear Silver. While I would just say dear Cadence is trying to make the best out of this to ensure the wedding goes off without a hitch, her behavior as of late has been rather something to note at. My sister disagrees with me, thinking dear Cadenza is just under stress from the preparations and it isn’t something to worry over, however from what you gather, and likely what young Twilight Sparkle thinks, perhaps there is more to this than meets the eye...” Luna deduced, getting up.

“For now, just continue about your time here as normal. Unless Cadenza does something that is beneath her, we can only just keep a close eye on her, as she has done nothing wrong. What you told me will stay in this room, as I don’t wish to worry my sister or our subjects.” She replied.

“Alright, I’ll be sure to keep a closer eye on Cadence. For now though, I shall take my leave. I wish to visit Shining before calling it a night.”

“Have a pleasant evening, dear Silver Guardian. And have pleasant dreams as well.” Luna said gently with a soft smile.

“...Things are about to get more interesting... We need to be ready for anything, as it may seem.” Luna muttered to herself after the doors closed.

”...Perhaps, you might get your chance after all...” Luna thought, as she returned to the balcony.

Shining Armor’s Residence - Canterlot

Shining was in his living room, dressed in his uniform for the wedding, adjusting one of the straps to his crest that he plans to wear. As he gets it adjusted, he hears a knock on his door. He goes to answer it and cracks it open, to find his younger sister with a saddened look.

“Twily!” He said with a grin, as he opens the door more to let her sister in.

Twilight just comes in, quiet, as Shining pulls his crest out to show it off to her.

“Your big brother’s looking pretty good, don’t you think?” He asked, smiling proudly.

However, he is answered with Twilight looking up at him with a pitiful look. He then looks at her with a worried look.

She is then interrupted by the sound of someone clearing their throat, revealing Cadence’s presence as she looks down at the two.

She simply comes down and approaches Shining, seemingly ignoring Twilight, who gives a frustrated glare.

“Can I speak to you for a moment, dear?” Cadence asked, as she heads to a door to another room.

Shining tilts his head before looking down at Twilight, nudging her with his elbow.

“Better go see what she wants.” He said grinning, before heading into the room, closing the door.

Twilight sighed, and begins to hear the two speak, muffled by the door. She then had doubts, but decided to see what they are talking about. She quietly approaches the door, quietly cracking it open and peeks inside as the two talked.

As she approached the door she could make out the subject involving her, before seeing that Cadence didn’t want Shining to wear the crest he had one.

“I thought I made it perfectly clear I didn’t want you to wear that.” Cadence said, slightly frustrated.

“Oh dear... Is it another one of your headaches?” Cadence asked in a mock worried tone.

Suddenly, her horn flared up green as a beam of green magic hits Shining’s horn, causing him to hit the floor, going wall-eyed.

Twilight gasped quietly, as her eyes widened. Shining gets back up, as his eyes look off and tinted green.

“She isn’t just unpleasant and rude. She’s downright evil!” She said aloud.

She then bolts away and out the door, just as Shining and Cadence come out. Shining shakes his head as he sees her sister leave.

She leans in and gives him affection, but Shining still ponders over Twilight.

“Huh... It seemed like she had something else she wanted to tell me.” He thought aloud.

Twilight just kept running as she makes her way back to the palace. Luna, who was observing from above at the balcony, hears Twilight, before speaking out loud to her.

She stops as she just looks at her friends all chatting away, and all wearing dresses. She just looks very confused at what she is looking at.

“Can you believe it? We’re gonna be Princess Mi Amore Cadenza’s new bridesmaids!” She said cheerfully.

“New bridesmaids? What happened to her old bridesmaids?!” Twilight questioned.

“She didn’t say. But she did tell us that she would love-love-love it if we’d fill in for them.”

“You sure this is what I should wear? Doesn’t seem all that aerodynamic.” She said pulling at the tail end of the dress.

With that, the rest just excited talk and chatter about it all, while Twilight looks like she is about to have a mental breakdown.

“Whose on their own?” A male voice said from behind, causing Twilight to yelp in surprise.

“Woah, sorry Bookie didn’t mean to scare you. I was just coming back from your brother’s but he wasn’t hom--”

He looks past Twilight and sees the others chattering away while wearing their dresses.

“Okay okay, first personal space Twilight. Second, slow down, what do you mean?” Silver asked.

Twilight begins explaining what she saw at Shining’s house, as well as everything she was witnessing with Cadence during the day.

“The girls don’t seem to care as they are too excited about being the new bridesmaids, and nopony knows where the old ones are!” Twilight yelled.

Silver’s ears twitched the moment she mentioned Shining acting odd after Cadence used a spell on him, and the fact the bridesmaids were missing.

“Silver, we have to warn the Princess! Cadence is clearly evil and nopony doesn’t seem to see that but me!” Twilight screamed as she grabs a hold of Silver.

“Okay, now listen. I am with you on that something bizzare is going on around here. You are not the only one that finds Cadence being rather... Shady. Now, I trust you, I really do, but you have to think about this Twilight. You would be accusing not just the bride-to-be, but a princess of Equestria of doing something that is clearly a threat to anypony around. But we can’t do anything unless we have solid proof that Cadence is really doing these things. Just saying what you witnessed won’t be enough, and chances are she will likely defend herself with an excuse that can dismiss yours easily...” Silver explained.

“Hey, for now the best we can do is just keep an eye on her. We don’t want to cause an incident just a day before the wedding.” Silver said sagely.

“You expect me to just pretend nothing wrong is happening, when I clearly saw Cadence do something to my brother?! His life could be in danger Silver!” Twilight argued.

“I’m sorry Twilight! I’m just as suspicious about Cadence as you are, but pointing hooves isn’t going to solve anything. Ponies will think you are being paranoid and just make things worse, and just defend it by saying Cadence is just trying to make things perfect for the big day.” Silver rebuked.

“Listen... For now, just go and get some rest alright? I’ll be sure to keep a close eye on things. I know you want to expose this, but you need to have a clear mind. It is late, been a long day for us all. Tomorrow is the rehearsal right? Just go there, and continue to play along, and not do anything rash.” Silver said softly.

“Okay, I’ll swing by tomorrow to watch, but might run late. Just try to be cool, kay?” He said, placing a hoof around her.

“Alright, try to have a good night...” Silver said, hugging her softly before letting go and turning around heading home.

“I’m sorry Silver but... They have to know... They have to open their eyes...!” She said quietly to herself.

The next day was the wedding rehearsal, as Celestia and Shining were talking with Spike sitting on a step. The organs begin to play as the new bridesmaids all move toward the altar.

“Perfect, girls. No need to rush. Then of course, Cadence will enter.” Celestia instructed.

The Bridal Chorus begins to play, as the two guards by the large doors open revealing Cadence, who looked more content. Shining just looks toward her fiance with light smile as Cadence slowly makes her way to the altar to stand opposite of Shining. She stops and the two be affectionate toward one another, as Celestia nods in approvement.

“I’ll say a few words, and then we’ll begin with the vows. Shining Armor, you’ll get the ring from your best mare.”

Cadence and Shining look to his left, but look surprised when they realize something was missing. Spike just continued to play with the two cake dolls, before tossing the groom doll away.

They all noticed that Twilight wasn’t there when she was needed to be. Everyone just shrugged, before the doors all burst open, surprising the guards. There Twilight stood, and looked rather furious.

“I’m here! I’m not gonna stand next to her! And neither should you!” She yelled.

Everyone just stares at Twilight surprised, while Shining just looks around uncomfortable, before looking to Cadence, who was just frowning and glaring at Twilight.

“I’m sorry, I... I don’t know why she’s acting like this.” He reasoned.

Applejack gives her disapproving look as Twilight slowly makes her way toward the altar.

However, Twilight just shuts her up by pulling her stenson down to her face with her magic.

“I’ve got something to say! She’s evil!” Twilight yells as she points at Cadence.

This just causes everyone in the room to chatter with concern, as the guards also look at each other, one whispering how awkward this is getting. Shining then stepps in front of Cadence defensively. But Twilight disappears and reappears behind the two, glaring at Cadence, who starts to look worried.

“She’s been horrible to my friends, she’s obviously done something to her bridesmaids, and if that wasn’t enough, I saw her put a spell on my brother that made his eyes go all...” She then makes a wall-eyed faces as her eyes spun around.

She backs Cadence into a corner, as everyone all stares at her, with Twilight giving a mad grin. This only causes Cadence to start tearing up and sobbing.

“Why are you doing this to me?!” She cried as she runs past her and toward the doors.

“Evil! And if I don’t stop you, you’re gonna ruin my brother’s life!” She finished.

This caused Rarity and Rainbow to just look aghast at what they witnessed. Twilight then turns around looking pleased, trotting back before bumping into Shining, who just looks down at her, now furious. Twilight then just gave a weak apologetic look.

“You want to know why my eyes went all...” Shining said as he does the same thing Twilight did, before one of his headaches comes back and making him wince.

“Because ever since I started having to perform my protection spell, I’ve been getting terrible migraines. Cadence hasn’t been casting spells on me. She’s been using her magic to heal me!” He retorted.

Twilight just sat down, looking at his brother, wanting to say something, but he wasn’t giving her the chance to as he continues.

“And she decided to replace her bridesmaids because she found out the only reason they wanted to be in the wedding was so that they could meet Canterlot royalty!”

Twilight was just getting no chance for a rebuttal. She never seen her brother this angry with her before, considering they hardly ever fought like this.

“And if she hasn’t been on her best behavior with your friends...” He stomped his hoof down.

“...it’s because with me being so busy, she’s had to make all the decisions about the wedding!” He finished.

“She’s been completely stressed out because it’s really important to her that our big day be perfect! Something that obviously wasn’t important to you!” He screamed.

This causes Twilight to gasp, suddenly realizing what she has done. He then begins to walk away from her toward the doors. His anger starting to lessen, but still had a hint of disappointment in it as he didn’t look at her. Twilight just sits there unable to say anything.

“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go and comfort my bride. And you can forget about being my best mare.”

“In fact, if I were you, I wouldn’t show up to the wedding at all.” He said softly, as he leaves the room.

The girls didn’t even look at her, but all looked upset. Spike even walks past Twilight, with a sad look, but also one that did show disapproval.

“You have a lot to think about.” Celestia said, not amused by her student's actions.

She walks out slamming the doors shut, leaving Twilight alone in the hall. She was tearing up, as she slowly made her way to the altar, laying on the stairs, filled with nothing but regret.

“Maybe I was being overprotective. I could’ve gained a sister.” She thought aloud as she looks up at the ceiling.

“...but I just lost a brother... Silver, why didn’t I just listen to you...?” She asked herself.

She began seeing a smaller version of Shining and herself playing together happily.

He was my big brother, best friend
Forever...

Then, the smaller Shining disappears leaving the small Twilight alone and confused.

And now, we’ll never do anything
Together...

The smaller Twilight just looks down in sadness, before being shattered by a hoof, and a pony walking toward Twilight. She looks up and sees Cadence, who just gave a content smile, as she gently strokes Twilight’s mane.

However, that content smile came with a sudden shift of eye color, as Cadence’s eyes changed from violet to green, before she replies with a cold look.

Twilight’s eyes widen as she is suddenly surrounded by green flames and not able to get away. She gives an evil smile as Twilight is surrounded by a green dome and slowly begins to sink into the ground.

He just looks in shock and terror as he witness Cadence using her spell to send Twilight somewhere underground. Cadence then looks up and stares at the stallion, as he remains still.

“I should’ve known... It looks like me and Twilight were right to be suspicious of you...” Silver said in a dead calm tone.

“...You are definitely not Cadence... What did you do to Twilight...?” He asked calmly as he starts approaching her.

“Oh, don’t worry about her. I just sent her away... Where she won’t ruin my plans. After all, she was going to ruin my perfect day.” 'Cadence' replied.

“Oh believe me, I was taken aback by her little outburst. I mean, the fact she witnessed what she did, and having been wary of me since she arrived here... However, the fact that everypony will feel sorry for the saddened bride-to-be, and how I have been at this for almost a week, nopony wouldn’t believe her even if what she said was all true.” 'Cadence' said, pacing back and forth.

“Taking advantage of the fact a wedding this big would only mean it would be natural for the bride to be stressed by the planning, and nopony would be none the wiser to suspect her of her being evil.” Silver said, watching her carefully.

“That little pony has almost ruined my plans. She isn’t as naive as her little friends are, even Princess Celestia doesn’t suspect my ultimate motive.” She chuckles.

“Make that two ponies that aren’t as naive. After all, I been monitoring you throughout the day yesterday, and I know Cadence wouldn’t be this way. Even when you were having a little chat with your bridesmaid in the hall last night, and suddenly got her to agree with you over the matter of one gold shoe with three silver shoes being an ugly fashion choice... You brainwashed her to agree with you, got rid of the her and the other two bridesmaids and decided to have my friends act as the replacements without giving a reason why...” Silver deduced.

“Well, good thing Celestia tasked me to act as extra security as my role for the wedding. The Royal Guard have been hard work trying to find the intruder who managed to get in Canterlot before Shining’s protection spell was set up... And I happen to be staring right at them now...” Silver smirked.

“Then I guess I gotta make sure you don’t leave this room to blab out to anypony, little colt!”

She fires a beam at Silver, who jumps out of the way and manages to dodge each shot she fired at him. He tries to lunge at her, but she manages to teleport out of the way, causing him to slide across the floor.

Suddenly he hears a pop behind him, and turns around only to be grabbed and pushed into the wall by 'Cadence', her horn glowing dark green.

However, the ring around Silver’s hoof began to emit a green glow. This caused 'Cadence' to notice, but before she realized it...

She was struck in the face, causing her to yell in pain, letting Silver go. She holds her face wincing. It was then Silver’s eyes widened. The moment 'Cadence' looked at him, part of her face wasn't natural, with what looked like a very dark gray insect-like chiti, part of her mane was now dark cerulean and part of her horn looked twisted.

He attempted to attack again, but she was quick to surround him with green fire like Twilight. He couldn’t get past it. He knew he was beat... For now.

“I should just end you here... But, perhaps trying to see you suffer underground would be fitting... Nopony will find you or that unicorn...”

Silver just glares as he slowly begins to sink into the floor, before smirking.

“Well, allow me to give you a bit of some parting words then...Hope you have a fun time hiding that shiner... It really suits you.” Silver quipped before finally disappearing into the floor.

“Blasted little colt...!! How could he be able to cause me to break my disguise like that?!” She yelled, growling.

She then breathes deeply a few times before calming back down, her face slowly begins to shift back to before she was hit, though a faint mark can be seen. She frowned, furrowing her brows.

“No matter... Two possible hindrances have been taken care of. Nopony will know, and all shall continue, for my day slowly comes, hee hee hee...~”

Guardian of Legends - Unity

by The Hero of Harmony

Chapter 11 - A Canterlot Wedding, Part 1