//------------------------------// // Honeymoon in Selenia- Part Three // Story: My little Short Stories // by Paradise Oasis //------------------------------// Honeymoon in Selenia- Part Three "Twilight, was that absolutely necessary?" My wife and I had returned to our room, following out 'incident' outside the sacred caves. The two of us were packing our things, as we were certain that Twilight's outburst was going to get us kicked out. "How can you even ask me that, Tornado? With the way those two treated us?" The pink unicorn snorted indignantly, slamming her suitcase shut. "They thought Dream Valley ponies were stupid! How dare they play mean tricks on us like that!" "I will admit that their remarks were a bit... immature." I replied, levitating my own suitcase onto the bed. "And besides, they only acted like that because of how your treated Pretty Visions." "Well then, she shouldn't have come onto you like that!" She snapped, shaking her mane. "I don't like hussy mares getting fresh with my husband!" "Twilight, I kissed her hoof." I sigh in exasperation. "I was merely trying to be polite, and she really didn't do anything in response." "Oh, sure, take her side!" Twilight snapped back, in one of the few times she's ever been upset with me. "And I'll bet you just enjoyed having her around on our honeymoon, too!" I can only sigh in exasperation, as my wife got the last of her luggage together. The two of us were ready to head down to the desk to turn in our keys, when a knock came at our door. A Pegasus guard was there, a rather grim look on his face. "Princess Twilight?" The grim-faced soldier bowed to her politely. "The royal minister would like to have a word with you." "Now we've gone and done it. I just knew there would be trouble about this." I put a hoof to my head, trying to stifle the migraine I was getting. "Why oh why did this have to happen on our honeymoon?" ... The throne room of Selenia's royal palace was a large, magnificent chamber. Greatly resembling it's once-great counterpart in Canterlot, Tornado even noted the stain glass windows depicting the original Harmony bearers’ greatest triumphs. The royal minister was standing before the vacant throne, the pink Pegasus with a white and blue mane looking down at Twilight and I as if we had were strange aberrations that had crawled out from beneath some rock. The mare's gaze fell upon the pink Tiara my dear wife was wearing, before she finally opened her mouth to speak. "Ah, Princess Twilight. Welcome." The mare stated, as our three guides trotted into the room behind her. "My name is Curly Locks, and wanted to I apologize for my inability to meet you upon your initial arrival here. State affairs can be very tiring, and with our beloved princess on holiday, I have been kept extremely busy with affairs of state." "O-okay..." My wife replied uncertainly, taken aback. "T-thank you, I guess..." "By the way, we wanted to thank you for the wonderful mane-dos you gave us with your magic." Braided Beauty smiled, as her maned snaked and writhed around on her head. "I must say, we've never had such lively haircuts before!" "Yeah, this is so amazing!" Twisty Tail agreed, as her mane groomed itself with the brush it was holding. "I mean, I won't even have to get my mane ready for a date now, it'll do it for me!" "And you've actually created a very legendary look for us!" Pretty Vision exclaimed, as her hair held up a mirror for her to admire herself in. "Did you know Lady Ringlets is said to have and a mane like this? I can't believe we'll all get to look like the founder of Hoofkaido!" "Indeed, I might wish to get such an animated haircut myself." Curly Locks finished, smiling at my wife. "Thank you so much for giving the ladies of the royal court such a wonderful makeover." "But I...I..." Twilight replied, dumbfounded. My wife had been prepared for just about any reaction from these ponies, from being kicked out of the country to being diplomatically chastised. But to actually be thanked for her little outburst, well, that was a factor she had not counted upon. "You're welcome, I guess..." "But why exactly did you call us here, your Excellency?" I asked, hoping to draw things back to the point. "Ah yes, Thank you for reminding me, Prince Tornado." Curly replied, looking straight down at my wife. "Princess Twilight, in the absence of our beloved Sovereign, the crown to the only Equestrian royal within the borders of our kingdom. As we are a continuation of old Equestria, that position would fall to you, Princess." "Me?!?" My wife asked in shock, her jaw nearly hitting the floor. "I'm the ruler of new Equestria?!?" "For the duration of your Honeymoon, we would like to offer to you the temporary position of Princess and prince of new Equestria." the royal minister offered, smiling and bowing to the stunned mare beside me. "Consider it our wedding gift to you and your spouse." "I...ugh..erm... ack!" Twilight suddenly sputtered, her eyes going wide in shock. Then, all at once, she suddenly burst into tears and galloped out of the room, tears streaming down hr face. "WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" "Twilight!" Called out, moving to run after the fleeing unicorn. But Braided Beauty stepped in front of me, and shook her head. "Let us talk to her, your highness." She Motioned with her hoof towards Twisty Tail, who nodded her head in agreement. "Please wait here." As the two galloped off after Twilight, Curly Locks let out a sigh. "Well, that certainly went well." The royal minister turned to leave. "Pretty Visions, please see to our prince here, I have important state duties to attend to." "Don't worry, your highness." The mare reassured me, as Curly Locks trotted out of the room. "The girls will take good care of the Princess." "Good grief, just wish I knew what was going on here.." I groan, rubbing my head with my hoof in frustration. "Twilight has been acting weird ever since we first arrived here." "Prince Tornado, did something happen during your wedding, that may have upset the Princess in some way?" Pretty inquired, her mane wriggling morphing into a set of question marks. "I noticed something really seemed to be bothering her." "Well, her best friend did kind of turn against her, and try to break up our wedding because she didn't approve of me." I reply, thinking back over the events of the wedding. "So, she has had to deal with the grief of her dearest friend's betrayal, and the stress surrounding her wedding, all in the past few weeks?" The mare cocked an eyebrow, as the strands of her mane formed into a series of fingers wagging at me. "And did you ever think to ask her what was bothering her? Did you try to ask why she was so upset?" "Hey! I did ask her what was wrong! " I protested, realizing where she was placing the blame. "I just didn't push the issue when she didn't want to talk about it. Besides, weren't you ladies the ones who played that little trick on us in the caves?" "I... will admit that was a mistake. But we thought she was just being a snooty royal." Pretty replied, her hair animated hair drooping in response. "We believed we would just be teaching her a small lesson in humility. The three of us had no idea she was dealing with than much stress, or we never would have pulled such a prank." "But I...you... well..." I trailed off, the great historian and scholar finally stuck speechless. "Okay, I admit I messed up. I should have been more aware of my new bride's feelings. Especially since I can feel them myself ." I noted, thinking of the lifebond. "Hey, your new at this whole 'marriage' thing, you'll learn." Pretty replied with a laugh, her mane wriggling humorously. "You and Twilight both have some adjusting to do, and it's not going to be easy, for either of you." "I must admit, you New Equestrians sure do live up to the alicornist ideals of the old kingdom." I reply admiringly. "Twilight never expected you to be so nice to her, especially after the way she acted." "What can I say? Being friendly is a way of life for us." She trotted up beside me, her mane giving me a pat on the back like a hand. "Now let's just hope the others can get through to Princess Twilight." … It wasn’t long before Twilight and the other three came back, my wife looking much calmer than she had been before she had run off. Before any of them had a chance to speak, I ran up and hugged my wife. "Listen, honey... I'm so sorry I didn't pay enough attention to your feelings." I whinnied sadly. "This whole mess is all my fault." "No Tornado, I'm the one who should be sorry." She looked down in shame. "I was hiding how much everything hurt, and trying to live my romantic fantasy of a honeymoon, calling you all those silly names." She turned her head away. "I should have told you how I felt." Hey you two, lighten up!" Braided Beauty protested, her mane moving to brush Twilight's hair. "This is you two's honeymoon, you should be enjoying it, not moping about the mistakes you've made!" "Yeah, that stuff's solved now, " Twisty Tail agreed, her mane adjusting my glasses. "You should be out having fun!" "Twisty's right, Twilight!" I agree ethusiascitally. "You've always wated to be a fairy tale princess, right? Well, now's your chance!" "You know what, Tornado? You're right!" My wife smiled, looking up towards the empty throne. "This is our time to shine... and we're going to show New Equestria what a real royal couple should be like!" "Well this should be intresting..." I reply uncertainly, as my wife ascended the stairs to the seat of power. "Long live Princess Twilight!" The brush n' grow ponies exclaimed, as I moved to stand beside her. Turning over the events of this trip in my head, I cannot help but wonder if our dear Queen Majesty di not arrange this specifically for Twilight and I's benefit (with the aid of the true princess of New Equestria, who now gets a week off from her normal duties). Looking over at my wife, I am remided of how much my wife had wanted to live out her fairytale drams. I am so very pleased she is happy now, and one can only hope our honeymoon goes a lot smoother from here on out.