Mare, Twilight could get the hang of this whole walking and talking business. As she trotted to and fro, milling around the streets of her once hometown, she realised how different it was to do something like this than when she was a little filly. Back then, it was a distant second affair what every other pony was getting up to, always she had her head in front of a book, the first and foremost object in her life. But now she couldn't keep her head in one place, always darting her eyes over the many mares and colts, filled with an immense curiosity as to what adventure they were up to, and whether it was as important as the one she had in mind.
Strolling along at a decent pace, the unicorn had to be grateful to the one stallion that had properly introduced her to the whole wide world: her dear brother, Shining Armor, or was it Armour. To be fair, she had barely paid him any attention ever since she had arrived in Ponyville, and when a letter came bearing an invitation to his wedding, it was just as much of a shock to hear from him in so long. He was the biggest pony in her life prior to her arrival, well, except from a certain dragon wandering about Canterlot as well.
So it came as quite the pleasant surprise when, turning a corner, Twilight found one particular pony standing at a cafe table, not her brother, but in fact his newly wed wife, the one and only Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. Twilight considered herself quite the lucky mare to find such a mare, for the sight of her sister-in-law was enough to be met with enthusiasm. Except it wasn't. Maybe it had something to do with the unusual circumstances placed upon her, but Twilight suddenly felt that some of her previous comments of praise about Cadence may have been somewhat bias and exaggerated. Such as her claim of being the greatest "foalsitter in the history of foalsitters" which may have been a slight misaimed representation since she was Twilight's only ever foalsitter. But still, there was no reason for Twilight to pass up the chance to speak with a dear friend, in-law, foalsitter. So up she trotted and engaged her conversation gears.
"Cadence!" She exclaimed once she was close enough.
"Sssh!" The princess silently hushed her upon getting over the shock of her appearance.
Twilight was naturally taken back by her snappy tone, but when she noticed the pair of binoculars around Cadence's neck and her eyes darting to and fro suspiciously, she decided to play along.
"Oh right I get it. Sneaky sneaky." She replied at a much lower tone.
"Mare oh mare, can't a princess preform some undercover detective work around here." Cadence barked back irritable but quietly.
"Oh I'm good at this sneaky stuff." Twilight proclaimed in a manner that didn't suit the situation.
"Right." Cadence replied before scoping through the binoculars again.
"Whatcha up to?" Twilight said eagerly.
"Trying to track down my heritage," Cadence replied quickly, still examining the scene through her scopes.
"Oh how fun." The excited unicorn replied.
Taking note of what Cadence was doing, she too examined the crowd, and throughout them, she could make out one unicorn in particular. One with a light amber mane over a light grey coat, trotting about at a stiff pace. For some reason, he looked familiar.
"Do I know that colt from somewhere?" She asked the princess.
"It's Prince Blueblood." Cadence replied, taking note, for it was him she was discreetly observing.
"What's he got to do with you?" Twilight asked curiously.
Prince Blueblood trotted into a shop, making Cadence curse a little but giving her time to focus on Twilight.
"Well he's my cousin for starters." She replied.
"Wow, I did not know that." Twilight exclaimed excitedly.
"Neither did I, I was under the impression that he was my brother or something." Cadence said. "But that's whats so strange about the whole thing."
"Why's that?" Twilight asked.
"Well." Cadence started. "You know he's the nephew of Princess Celestia, right."
"Right."
"And you know I'm the niece of Princess Celestia, right?"
"Right."
"So?" Cadence asked her.
"So what?" Twilight said puzzled.
"Well isn't that just the least bit suspicious to you?" Cadence asked. "I mean, Celestia herself doesn't have any children herself. Neither does Luna, been stuck on the moon for all those years, right?"
"Right." Twilight slowly followed her.
"Well, I can't remember my parents." Cadence explained. "And since Blueblood isn't a sibling, I can only assume he has different parents then I."
" So?" Twilight was unsure where she was taking this.
"So!" Cadence explained. "So, there's at least two separate siblings to Luna and Celestia, not to mention another two spouses."
"I see." Twilight said simply. "Interesting. Very interesting."
"More like suspicious." Cadence added. "Not to mention the issue of me being a Pegasus Unicorn, while Blueblood's just a plain old unicorn.
"Yeah." Twilight agreed. "Say does your beau know about any of this?"
"Shining Armor?" Cadence replied suddenly. "Oh, haven't seen him in a while, he's off on important business."
"Really, what kind if business?" Twilight asked with done concern.
"I don't know." Cadence said. "Said it was top secret, confidential, well aside from having something to do with foreigners."
"You don't say!" Twilight exclaimed, quite surprised.
"I do." Cadence replied.
It was just then that Prince Blueblood had left the shop she was monitoring. Now with her target in sight again, Cadence couldn't waste any more time indulging the purple unicorn.
"Well Twilight, this has been fun." She said. "But if you don't mind." She finished, urging the unicorn away from her.
"Yeah yeah, goodbye then." Twilight said before taking her leave.
Well that was enlightening to say the least, Twilight thought to herself ad she made her way through the Canterlot streets. Certainly put her image of Celestia in a very different light. And speaking of the princess, Twilight was now not too far off from the palace. Imagining the many answers to be found there, she picked up the pace, Celestia now almost within her grasp.
But first, a little music...