Wedding (epilogue)
Bon Bon sat at the table in the evening air and watched the celebration as she sipped her wine. The bride and groom had just left the reception, but the music was still playing and ponies were still partying. If it weren’t for the bandages and a few bruises that she and Berry were still sporting, it would have been impossible to tell that the entire city had been under attack just hours earlier.
“You know something I don’t get?” Berry said as she drained another glass of wine. She looked at Octavia and raised an eyebrow. “How in Equestria did Vinyl end up in charge of the music? Canterlot is not her scene at all.”
“I was wondering that too,” Bon Bon said. Both ponies looked to the grey mare sitting at the table with them.
“Vinyl has always been a fan of Shining Armor,” Octavia said. She looked over her shoulder at the Unicorn who was still spinning records and pumping music into the air at the other end of the party. “She says she got her cutie mark at one of his shows, so naturally she begged me to ask him for her. She wanted me to use my connections to get her the performance.”
“Shining Armor had a band?” Berry asked.
“Who knew?” Bon Bon said and both mares started laughing because of the wine.
“I can’t believe she did that,” Minuette said as she and Lyra came over to the table. “I’m so sorry, Lyra.”
“Yeah, guess the Element of Generosity was on vacation or something,” Lyra replied as the two mares walked up. Both of them were in brand new bridesmaids dresses and had their manes restyled. Bon Bon smiled. The sight of Lyra in her dress made everything worth it to her.
“Mom!” Pinchy yelled as she appeared out of the crowd. She ran toward Minuette and threw her hooves around her. “You do look like a princess!”
“Pinchy…” Berry warned.
“Oops. I mean you look better than a princess.”
“Thank you, sweetie,” Minuette said as she rubbed Pinchy’s head. “But you’re still in trouble for eating that syrup for breakfast.”
“Aw,” Pinchy whined, but her frown instantly disappeared when she spied a slice of cake on the table.
“Mind if we join you fine ladies?” Lyra asked as sat down next to Bon Bon. She used her magic to raise the bottle of wine and refilled Bon Bon’s glass.
“After everything we’ve been through, you two better join us,” Berry said. Minuette sat down next to her and the Earth pony pulled her closer while Pinchy continued to happily eat her cake. “Where’s Twinkleshine?”
“Oh, she’s fighting off stallions with a stick over there,” Lyra said. She pointed to the Unicorn and sure enough, Twinkleshine was surrounded by stallions. “They keep asking her to dance, since they found out Minuette and I are already taken.”
“Dancing does sound nice,” Minuette said. She stopped Berry from taking another sip from her wine glass and pulled her away from the table.
“Whoa, hold on there,” Berry said. “You heard the doctor. I need rest.”
“Funny. You didn’t seem to need rest earlier,” Minuette replied as she dragged Berry away. “Pinchy, there’s more cake over at the buffet table. Why don’t you go get an extra big slice?” Pinchy’s eyes went wide and she bolted away. Minuette looked back at Lyra and Bon Bon and winked.
“Um, Octavia?” Lyra said. “Vinyl said she um…wanted to talk to you about something.”
“Really?” Octavia said. She looked over her shoulder at the D.J. “She seems to be rather busy at the moment. I am sure it is not urgent.”
“Um, no, she said it was really important. Please.”
Octavia’s eyes went wide with understanding. “Oh, I see. I had best go speak with her then.” The cellist stood up and quickly made her way away from the table.
“Lyra, what did you do?” Bon Bon asked as the two of them sat alone at the table.
“What? I didn’t do anything,” the Unicorn said. She slipped her hoof around Bon Bon’s neck and pulled her close. “At least, not yet.”
“Uh huh,” Bon Bon replied. “If you’re about to shove cake in my face or something like that, you’ll regret it.”
“Um…no, not cake. It’s nothing that messy.” Lyra scratched the back of her neck and looked up at the sky. “Well, actually, it’s probably messier than cake. At least, that’s what I’ve heard. Minuette said so.”
“Lyra, whatever you’re planning, stop. I’ve had enough excitement for today.” Bon Bon rested her head on Lyra’s shoulder and closed her eyes. “I just want to sit here like this, with you.”
“Well, um, you see, I can’t stop. I already spent a lot of bits on it.”
Bon Bon pulled away from Lyra’s shoulder and glared at her. “Are you telling me that you paid somepony to shove cake in my face at the wedding?”
“It’s not cake!” Lyra protested. “Ugh. This would have been so much easier if Rarity hadn’t pushed me out of the way. Just…close your eyes, okay?”
“Lyra, if you think I’m going to—”
“Please, Sweetie Drops?”
Bon Bon blinked in surprise. Lyra never used her real name unless it was important. It had taken Bon Bon years to work up the courage to tell Lyra it in the first place, and she had threatened the Unicorn with bodily harm if Lyra ever dared to make fun of her or use it against her.
“Okay…” she said slowly. She closed her eyes and braced herself. She was expecting something cold to be dumped on her, or feel frosting being shoved up her nose, and she was already planning how she would get even with her marefriend. But when nothing happened, she grew anxious. “Lyra? Are you still there?”
“Um…Sweetie Drops? I, uh…”
Bon Bon made a face even with her eyes closed. “What if somepony overhears you?”
“Right, sorry. But, um…I need to ask you something. Something important. You can open your eyes now.”
Bon Bon opened one of her eyes half way and looked at Lyra, still expecting some sort of attack. The Unicorn was huddled next to her and her left ear was flopping back and forth. Whatever she had to ask, it was really troubling her. Bon Bon was about to ask what it was when a box floated up in front of her, held by Lyra’s cream-colored magic.
Bon Bon’s breath caught in her throat.
“I really wanted to catch that bouquet,” Lyra said as she scratch the back of her neck again and looked down at the ground. “I thought it would have helped the moment. A lot. But, um…I didn’t, so…I’m afraid this is all I could do.” Lyra took a deep breath, cleared her throat, and opened the box. “W-Will you…m-marry me? Please?”
Bon Bon stared at the ring in the box. It was simple band of gold with a sapphire and an emerald placed next to each other at the top. They were craved to look like they were wrapping around each other and Bon Bon couldn’t tell where one ended and the other began. Tears began to build in her eyes and she struggled to remember how to breathe.
“Um…Sweetie Drops? I-I mean, Bon Bon?” Lyra asked nervously. “You’re making your girl kind of nervous with the silence. I-I can go steal that bouquet from Rarity, i-i-if that will, um…help you.”
Bon Bon pushed the box gently aside and set it on the table. Lyra’s eyes went wide with horror as she looked at it. They darted back to Bon Bon and began to water. The Unicorn’s ears fell completely flat and her mouth hung open. She just sat there in shock, on the verge of becoming a complete wreck, until Bon Bon leaned forward and kissed her. Fiercely.
“Now you know how I felt when I asked you out,” she whispered as she put her forehead against Lyra’s and gazed into her eyes.
“So…that’s a yes?” Lyra asked, her cheeks completely red. “I wanted to wait until after Princess Cadance and Shining Armor left, because I didn’t want to intrude on their ceremony, but I’ve been trying to find the right—”
Bon Bon smiled and put her hoof on Lyra’s lips. “It’s a yes.”
“Um, great,” Lyra said as her face turned a shade of red that Bon Bon didn’t think was possible.
“Aw, aren’t you two sweet?” a voice teased. Bon Bon and Lyra both jumped and knocked their heads together, then turned to see Berry sitting back at their table with a huge smile on her face.
“Sorry, Lyra,” Minuette said as she sat down next to Berry. “I tried, but apparently the only dancing Berry knows isn’t…appropriate for this type of party.”
“That’s not true,” Berry said. “I just haven’t had enough to drink yet. Or nopony else has.”
Minuette rolled her eyes and poured her wife another glass of wine, then looked at Lyra with beaming eyes. “So what did she say?”
“You knew?” Bon Bon asked.
“Yeah,” Lyra answered. “I asked her for advice.”
“And what did you say, Bon Bon?” Minuette asked, her eyes turning to her now.
Bon Bon blushed and snuggled next to Lyra. “Yes, of course.”
“Great!” Berry said as she set her glass down. “So when’s the wedding? It’s not going to be as…exciting as this one, right?”
Bon Bon laughed. “I hope not, but my Maid of Honor tends to be a bit wild, so I can’t promise anything.”
“Really? Sounds like my kind of—” Berry stopped when she realized that Bon Bon was staring right at her. She blinked several times. “You…you’re joking, right? Me?”
“Is that a problem?” Bon Bon asked.
“Yes,” Berry replied instantly. “I-I mean, I’d love to, but…”
“But what?”
“Come on, Bon Bon. You know me. I’m…I’m, well, me. I not exactly anypony’s first pick for something that important.”
“You’re right, you’re you,” Bon Bon said. “I thought I knew you. A pony who drinks too much and spends all of her life curled up in a bottle.”
“Yeah,” Berry said as her ears fell. “That.”
“But I was wrong. You’re one of the greatest ponies I’ve ever met. You risked your life for those you love. You’re brave, loving, and a great fighter too. There’s no pony more fitting of the title Maid of Honor that I know.”
“Really?” Berry whispered. “Even though I’m—”
“Now you stop right there,” Minuette said as she gave her wife a hug. “Everything Bon Bon said is true. I know it, Pinchy knows it, and it’s time you learned it too. If you’re not everypony’s top pick, then it’s their loss.”
“Well, Berry? It would mean a great deal to me if you would,” Bon Bon said.
“Sure,” Berry replied, wiping a tear from her eye. “I mean, I would be honored.”
“Can I be in the wedding too?” Pinchy asked as she popped her head in between Minuette and Berry. “I didn’t get to be in this one.”
“Of course you can, Pinchy,” Bon Bon said as she looked at Lyra. The Unicorn smiled and nodded. “You can be the flower girl. How does that sound?”
“Yay!” Pinchy said as she took another big bite of her cake.
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So, the bridesmaids are rescued and the wedding was a succes! Aw, Lyra proposing to Bon Bon was so sweet! Anyway, keep making good stories!
YAYY!! THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!
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I am actually writing my next one right now, and I think it will be pretty good. I'm glad you enjoyed this one, and that you thought Lyra proposing at the end was acceptable. I was worried some ponies might think it was too cheesy.
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Did you ever see 'The Expendables II'? Everyone in that movie was awesome, but remember the end fight? Stallone got the snot beat out of him in his final fight, whereas Statham didn't really have a scratch on him. Both of them were still amazingly awesome though, so think of it like that.
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...but if you really need to choose, I'm going with Berry Punch in this one because you actually got to see Berry being awesome, whereas Octavia you just saw the aftermath.
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ALL OF THE DAWWs!!!
Glad you liked the ending.
4623231 Nah, it was ok. Elaborated wedding proposal are boring. So, what´s the next story about?
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I thought about that and I know what you mean, but as far as I know, Twinkleshine isn't really shipped with anypony. Plus, that would have meant adding a whole new character to the story. I like to think of her as the quiet friend in the group who isn't too concerned about finding a special somepony.
Yet.
4628172 Yeah, I think I might work on that for my own story. This is great by the way, I really loved that ending too. It's really sweet.
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You wouldn't happen to be that pony who left a comment on Berry Punch Replies saying that you wanted to read this story because Twinkleshine is in it, are you?
I'm glad you liked the ending. If you do end up pairing Twinkleshine with somepony in the show, let me know who you choose. I saw a story on here a few weeks ago that was about her deciding to break up with another pony, but I never got around to reading it.
Oh! And you can't pick Sea Swirl or Symphony for her! Those two ponies are reserved for me! Mua ha ha!
4629907 No that wasn't me, I have no idea who that was. I found this story when I was looking through other stories. I saw it had Lyra and Bon Bon and the tag line about the changelings getting their asses whipped by Bonnie and Berry and thought hey I wanna read this! I however only felt sorry for the changelings for about a trillionth of a second before it passed. Also I want to say that I really liked your idea for what Berry said to that drone. In my story My Little Pony: Echos of Dream Valley I think I'll have one of my protagonists give a similar speech to the changeling queen of that's alright with you. It's great idea. I have no idea who I'll pair Twinkleshine off with yet, but I'll get something going.
4629097 Very tough... there's also the fact that each of them is totally awesome, and I just read the IDW comic where the alternate good Sombra sacrifices his good side to suck the evil out of alternate evil Celestia and Luna and at the end there was a picture of the alternate Octavia and she looked soooooooooo cool. So now my choice is harder to make!
I have an idea: TIE!!!
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No! You may not use any part of my story for you story, or even ideas inspired by my story! It's not like I did that exact same thing with Berry ponyality and Minuette's nickname... (shifty eyes)
Nah, just kidding. I take it you mean the part where Berry tells the Changeling that they could get all the love they want if they used their talents in other ways? You may certainly use whatever you wish from my story. I would be honored actually. All I ask is that you do what I did in the notes and just make a little mention of where you were inspired from.
4633436 Oh I'll definitely credit you for the inspiration. I wouldn't have done any other way. It won't be Berry delivering the statement of course. It won't be word for word either, but the meaning behind it will be that same.
4630811 I second that idea.
4635604 WHO'S GONNA THIRD IT??!!!
Your Berry Punch is officially my Berry Punch. Great story!
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Official Berry Punch is official.
If you like her, you should go check out the blog I based her off of. It's a bit racy at times, but it's where I got her from.
Welp, you probably saw this comin' round the corner...
I've always been a bit unnerved by how people lacked confidence in how they handled their Bon Bon. Everyone wants their Lyra to be wacky and unpredictable and stark in her comedy while Bon Bon is the Abbott to her Costello. You found a healthy and believable way out of that by having Bon Bon's conflict come more from within herself than from Lyra or any other source. She sought to hold onto herself. She drew from within to draw Lyra's true character back out from the spell. You got to play the introvert/extrovert pairing instead of the wacky/straight one, and I still felt like Lyra was getting the good end of the deal in it all. Lyra's proposition might seem totally superficial, but it also provided the perfect response to all that Bon Bon went through for her...even some things that Bon Bon may have not gotten fully around to explaining at that moment in time. Really beautiful.
Your Minuette continues to sparkle. The punctual nature you mentioned in "After the Bachelorette Party" reflects in that silly insistence on maintaining good dental health. After all that her Berry and Pinchy had gone through, it clearly should not have to matter for a day or two--but she remembers and sticks to her guns all the same. Even returning characters with essentially no role can be given life with little touches like that.
I feel sorry for someone who was looking to read this for Twinkleshine. I've mentioned her a couple times talking with others, but she's not really anyone in my head yet. Maybe I'll try to fashion her an identity. I wanna work more with main characters in the future, but BG love doesn't die quickly.
And now I finally comment on Berry. As it seems you're reading my story right now, you should be fully aware that my Berry takes a lot of the old jokes about her to an extreme while being quite cruel/foul and--due to inspiration from my friends in Berrytube, who are quite mature in their drinking habits--not automatically affected in a purely negative manner by alcohol. Your Berry is basically my Berry without the serious baggage she acquires in my backstory. The intense loving, the utter and self-aware failure at refinement, the teasing and unsheepish manner of "romance", her undaunted and resilient fighting nature, her uncouth alpha-dog method of handling new situations--all there. I just add more wrinkles. I'm aware that some of those wrinkles may distance others from fully adopting her, but I don't care. If people wanna say your Berry is the official one over mine, I wouldn't even remotely get bent out of shape. You made her a badass too. And having talked enough with Goldenmercurydragon (who steered me to your fic!) about what makes Berry badass, I can assure you it would be no loss at all. You've done well by him as well.
Finally, I would be more than happy to help you proofread. I am a perfectionist and I went to the National Spelling Bee many many moons ago. I saw some errors here and I'd send you a list if you wanted to make the fixes.
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Whee! Another long comment! Glad you enjoyed reading it so much.
I've noticed that a lot about Lyra and Bon Bon too. Too often it seems like Lyra is the fun loving pony and Bon Bon is really just a kill joy, or just finds Lyra annoying, and I'm forced to wonder: why does Bon Bon stay? The default mode of her face seems to be, "Why am I dating/married to this freak?" and I don't like it. So I tried to make it seem like she did enjoy Lyra's crazy adventurous spirit, but still found it a bit tiring at time. I'm glad you liked the way I wrote her, because that's what I was going for.
Also glad you liked Minuette and Berry's personalities too, especially Minuette. I've been talking with M.Dragon on nearly a nightly basis as well, and while we've dug pretty far into Berry's personality, we're just now getting to Minuette...and we're finding that there doesn't seem to be as nearly as much there. I've come up with a few ideas, which actually ties into my next statement.
Like you and Dragon, I like to think that Berry has some serious baggage kicking around in her head. The thing is, in my head and my universe here, she's already dealt with a great deal of it. It's still there for sure, but it's not crushing like it used to be. The reason being because she met Minuette. You catch glimpses of it in this story--mainly when she starts doubting herself walking through Canterlot--but most of it is under control now. I'm planning on writing a long story about how these two met, and it that story, I think Berry is going to be more in line with your version, if I understand it correctly. Sadly, this story is on hold until I either finish Shattered or Bloodlines, because I'm not about to try juggling three big stories.
As for Twinkleshine, yeah. I feel bad for her too, as did some of the other readers. She really is just a cameo in this story. It was done for two reasons. The first, the professional reason, is because if I had included her as a full character (and whoever comes to save her), this story would have been much longer and probably wouldn't have gelled as well. How would her rescuer meet up with Bon Bon? Who would it be? How did she escape capture too? So many questions.
The second reason, the personal one, is because Twinkleshine really, really, really doesn't seem to have any character to her. I mean, even Sea Swirl and Symphony, the ponies I've taken a liking to and have made it my personal mission to make more well know, have more to them than Twinkleshine it seems. I would like to perhaps write about her in the future, and perhaps one of the prompts for this season's Writers Training Grounds will give me a good opening, but at the time, I just didn't know what to do with her. I didn't know what she would be like, who she would be friends with, if she had a special somepony, or anything of that sort.
Thanks again for reading, and I'm really happy you like my take on the characters so much. Feel free to point out the typos, as my brain eventually becomes blind to them because I proof read so many times, but they do drive me nuts.
Late to the party but I wanted to state how much I loved this fic. It was simply an amazing surprise trying to find a not mediocre lyrabon story and stumbling upon this masterpiece. Thank you so much for sharing your talent!
7821263 Always happy to share, and even happier when ponies take the time to leave a comment. I'm glad you enjoyed reading about Bon Bon Berry Punch tearing through Changelings to get their girls back.
Thank you.
*cracks up* OMG she does... I just never thought of it that way before
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No problem I've always been interested how the background characters or the side characters do after all the crazy things been happening and how every action is been going on
That is a nice reference to the comic of Shining Armor's backstories how he fell in love with cadence which I love that book by the way
You know looking back of this sentence it makes it so amazing since the show made it cannon in season 9 😍😭
Aww what a way to end a story and it's really sweet of Lyra proposing to Bon Bon and it makes it more wonderful knowing in the future and the show they made it Cannon which I was so happy for that but anyway this was a pretty good story keep up the good work