Another Royal Wedding?
Rainbow Dash flew over to Fluttershy’s cottage. Normally, Rainbow Dash wasn’t one to get suspicious about her friends. She left all of that stuff to Twilight. But this time was different.
This time, she’d read Daring Do and the Mystery of the Marvelous Magician.
She’d been inspired a lot by Daring Do’s books and she was itching to find a mystery of her own so she could emulate the awesome mare. As far as her books went, to solve a mystery all you had to do is look at all of the facts available, and then come up with the most impossible I-never-would-have-guessed-that explanation possible! Mystery books were exciting that way.
But now she needed a mystery, which was why she was at Fluttershy’s house.
Something was up with Fluttershy. She was gone for the whole week of the dragon migrations. Not just hiding; gone. And before that, she'd actually managed to knock her back. Her! Rainbow Dash! She'd hit a cliff, and the cliff cracked before she did! How did Fluttershy manage to do that?
Personally, Rainbow Dash suspected aliens. There, first part of the mystery, come up with an answer that nopony could guess, was solved. Now all she needed was clues to prove it, and she'd be the best detective ever!
She knocked on the door. When she didn’t hear anything she crept inside.
She was stealthy. Almost… dare she think it... like a ninja. She was Rainbow Dash, the ninja detective.
"This is so awesome." Rainbow Dash snickered.
And then it hit her.
‘It’ in this case, being the foot of Fluttershy’s pet rabbit Angel.
With a cry, she settled into her kung-fu stance, but Angel’s kung-fu was too strong. If she was a ninja, then angel was Buck Norris. After several well placed roundhouse kicks to the face, Rainbow Dash was knocked out of Fluttershy’s cottage, and onto her back.
Looking up, she saw several of Fluttershy’s critters looking down on her.
“You will speak of this to nopony.” Rainbow Dash commanded, before she took to the skies.
~O0O~
The six ponies known as the Elements of Harmony lay down on a picnic spread on the hills just outside of the small town of Ponyville. The birds sang, and Celestia’s sun beamed down on them. It was a week after Twilight’s brother Shining Armor got married. Everypony was happy, and munching on daisy sandwiches. Except Pinkie, who was having cupcakes.
“Wasn’t that the most glorious wedding you’ve ever been to?” Rarity sighed happily.
“It was wonderful.” Fluttershy said, sighing quieter.
“It was the most teriffickest party that’s ever been for this whole month!” Pinkie said. “I’m gonna top it though.” She said smugly.
“What?” Rainbow Dash perked up. “What party could possibly be cooler than that? It was a royal wedding!”
“Yeah, I know that silly filly.” Pinkie Pie giggled. “But I’m gonna top it!”
“How do you top something like a Canterlot wedding?”
“One of my friend’s birthday parties of course?”
“Really? Who’s birthday is it? Spike, take a note!” Twilight was, of course, all over the scene.
"Uh, Twilight?" Applejack asked. "You do know Spike's not here right?"
Twilight looked at the empty space behind her, then blushed. "Of course I know that. It's just... I've recorded each of your birthdays. So far, I only know Applejack's and Pinkie Pie's. So whose birthday is it this time?"
“It’s Fluttershy’s of course!” Pinkie cheered. “The big 2 0!”
The golden pegasi, who had, up until this point, been relaxing, suddenly sat upright with an ‘eep’. “Oh no! I completely forgot!”
“It’s alright Fluttershy.” Twilight said with a smile. “I’m sure we’ve all been to busy to remember out birthdays at some point.”
The other four ponies looked around at each other with confusion.
“Forget… Brithdays?” The sound of gears screeching to a halt came from pinkie’s mind, and her face twisted into an expression of stunned disbelief.
“Or maybe it’s just us two.” Twilight murmured.
Rainbow Dash poked the pink party pony, who promptly fell over. “I think you broke Pinkie Pie.”
“Well Fluttershy, did you have any big plans for your big day?” Rarity asked. “More importantly, do you have any plans for what you’re going to wear?”
“Um… yes.” Fluttershy said. “But I… don’t really want to…”
Suddenly Spike came running up to them. The dragon stopped for a moment to catch his breath. “Could you guys… maybe have… your picnics… a little closer to the library?” He gasped.
“Do you have a letter from the Princess?” Twilight gasped.
“Yeah.” Spike huffed.
“Oh no!” Twilight gasped. “This is terrible! She only just wrote to us last week to attend a royal wedding! If she’s writing again so soon, it must be for something as urgent as that! Or even more urgent?”
“What could be more urgent then a Canterlot Wedding?” Rarity asked.
“Maybe the Canterlot Society for Biological Protection has accidentally created a virus that will mutate ponies into zombie ponies! Maybe the ravenous hordes of zombie ponies have already overcome the royal Canterlot Guard and Princess Celectia with zombie magic and are on their way here right now! Maybe they need the book I accidentally spilled some of my breakfast on yesterday to stop them, only they can’t, because now nopony can read it!”
Everypony stared at Twilight.
Pinkie jumped up. “Did you just say new ponies were coming to ponyville?”
“That seems mighty unlikely sugercube.” Applejack suggested. “Spike, why don’t you give Twilight her letter.”
“It’s two letters actually.” Spike held up an old looking roll of parchment with a Canterlot Sealed scroll attached to its front. ”And they're for Rainbow Dash, not Twilight."
“Ooooh, a letter inside of a letter.” The wheels in Pinkie’s head started turning again. "I wonder if it's possibly to make a cake inside of a cake." She gasped. "Can you do that? A cake inside of a cake? Or is that too much cake for any one pony to handle?"
Twilight unrolled the first one, the one from Princess Celestia, and read; "'Dear Rainbow Dash. Thank you for the wonderful prank, this one was very clever.'"
“Huh?” Rainbow Dash looked confused. “But I didn’t prank her! … This month.”
Twilight decided not to argue with her friend, and let the next letter speak for itself. It was slightly more difficult to unroll the second scroll, but thankfully she had magic. “Then was do you call this? ‘To Her Royal Majesty Celestia, The Queen-Who-Would-Be-Called-Princess, The Sun-Bearer, The Sky-Master, The Gemstone-Maned, The Great-Trickster, The Unseen-Hand, The Mirror-Match of All-Dragons, The Gardener, and The Sunland Lord. To She-Who-Has-Many-Names, I, Smaug, offer you an invitation to the Nightlands, so you may witness our daughter’s wedding.’”
“Oh my goodness.” Fluttershy gasped. “I had no idea Princess Celestia had so many honorifics.”
“This doesn’t sound like a prank from Dashie at all.” Pinkie said, scrunching up her nose. “In fact, it doesn’t sound funny at all.”
“You’re right.” Twilight said. “But I haven’t read all of it yet.”
“Oh! Maybe there’s a punchline?” Pinkie Pie asked.
“Oh dear.” Fluttershy hid her head.
Twilight kept reading. “'I, Smaug, know you would be worried of the daughter-of-your-heart attending as a bridesmaid, and so invite you to let your mind rest. I also believe that my daughter’s marriage will bring about a new age of peace and co-existence between dragons and ponies.'”
“Celestia has a… daughter-of-hearts? What’s a daughter-of-hearts?” Rarity asked, her eyes wide, as she leaned over to try and peek at the scroll.
“I don’t know.” Twilight said.
“It’s a dragon term.” The others turned to stare at Fluttershy, whose quiet voice the unexpected source of this new information. “It means… somepony you think of as a daughter, but who really isn’t.”
“How did you know that?” Twilight asked. “Spike and I searched the whole library for anything on dragon culture, and we couldn't find anything!”
“I just… um…” She waved at the note. “Maybe you should… keep reading…”
Twilight, eyes wide now, continued to read the note. “I hope that you and your Elements of Harmony will be able to forge a new bridge between Dragons and Ponies, even as we enjoy the blessed wedding of our daughter, her royal highness… Fluttershy, The Unblinking?”
All eyes turned to the pegasus, who was hiding behind her mane.
“Boy, this is a good prank Dashie!” Pinkie Pie laughed. "It's not very smart though. Fluttershy's not a dragon!"
“It’s not a prank.” Fluttershy whispered. “I meant to tell you about it sooner, but… um… I’ve sort of been raised by dragons. Specifically… the King and Queen of dragons. And they want me to marry somedragon on my twentieth birthday.”
Reactions varied.
Rarity gasped. “Fluttershy’s been raised by dragons!?” She fainted and collapsed backwards.
“Why didn’t you tell us this before now?” Applejack asked.
“I didn’t want you to be scared of me.” Fluttershy whispered. “Please don’t be scared of me.”
Rarity shot upright and gasped. “Fluttershy’s getting married!?” She fainted again, this time on a pillow, absentmindedly put down by Twilight.
“We’d never be scared of you sugarcube.” Applejack said.
Pinkie Pie gasped. “Oooh! Guys, you know what we should do?”
“Allow me to take a wild. Guess.” Twilight said, almost glaring at Fluttershy.
“PAAAAARTYYYYYY!” Pinkie Pie cheered.
Rarity shot upright and gasped. “Fluttershy’s turning twenty?” She fainted again.
“Why didn’t you tell us?” Twilight asked. “You knew we’d find out about this marriage anyways! Why would you keep it from us? Do you want a repeat of Applejack’s silver medal panic?”
”That was a one time thang.” Applejack said crossly.
“I’m sorry, I meant to tell you, but I got so distracted by Princess Cadence and Shining Armor’s wedding.”
Rarity sat upright and gasped. “Fluttershy… do dragons wear wedding dresses?”
“Yes.”
“Then I will design yours!” Rarity cheered, and fainted again, this time with a wide smile on her face.
"You must know all about dragons!" Spike realized. "Can you teach me about them?"
Something suddenly clicked for Rainbow Dash. “Man, this would totally explain why the first time I met you, you were playing King Of The Hoard!” Everypony stared at her. She blushed back. “Okay, maybe I’m not the best detective in the world.”
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This doesn't explain why Fluttershy's scared of most dragons though. In fact, it seems almost counter-intuitive.
Continue this, for i must have answers!
Fluttershy is best dragon.
This is really interesting! faved and thumbs up.
534541 Maybe she was just using that as a cover up because she didn't want to tell her friends or she just wanted to avoid dragons all together because they might recognize her or something.
534541 Well, I think this also explains it as well, since those older dragons were mean and aggressive to Spike. I think most dragons are, but does that mean all dragons? No. It could well mean that Fluttershy's parents are the exception and that they raised their daughter to be wary of other dragons. Which is a just reasoning, seeing as dragons can be both cruel and greedy. (That and I"m just rolling with it.
)
Anyways, this is a good story. (I have no idea why, but I just love romances between Fluttershy and a dragon.)
YES. SMAUG.
I LOVE YOU LORD OF THE RINGS FAN. (if you are that is 
)
This is good. Continue.
534541 I think that might be part of the joke. Fluttershy's not scared of dragons, she's scared that her friends will find out that she was raised by them. If, during the Migration, a dragon flew down and shouted "Hey, Flutters! How've ya been?" that kind of would have blown her cover.
Actually, the more I think about it, the more this makes sense...Fluttershy was excited to see spike, a baby dragon. She pretended to be afraid to go and shoo the dragon away from the mountain because it might have recognized her. She hid from him so he wouldn't. When it bowled her friends over, she got mad. The dragon was afraid of her because she was, adopted or not, the dragon princess.
534541 abusive father? Watch Friendship is Witchcraft
534657, 534651, 534633, 534607
Ok, ok, clearly I didn't think too hard before making my comment.
This. This is awesome.
Hey,
Interesting, if a bit silly. But sometimes silly is good!
JMH
Why do I ship Fluttershy so strangely?
534633 oh good, I'm not the only one
534725 I like strange ships too. (Though, usually the strange couple makes more sense than I realize.)
It must have felt like a shotgun shot in da faic.
534740 Chrysalis x Fluttershy.
Wtf am I doing?
534772 Okay, some strange ships make sense. Others...don't even go there.
It's always possible that Fluttershy is afraid of dragons precisely because of what she knows about them, of course.
Anyway, writing and characterization are decent so far (I'm willing to let Pinkie screech to a halt over the concept that somebody could forget "Brithdays" slide
) and the premise is squarely in "crazy enough to be awesome" territory. Tracking this.
This intrigues me
when is next chapter coming out
WHAT?!
old red-boy from season one musta been babysat!
534900>>534541
Perhaps Fluttershy's been faking her fear of dragons and not wanting to get near them because one of them might recognize her and then her friends would know about this whole thing!
534651
I AGREE WITH YOU 100% BRO!!
Typos aside, I love it and eagerly await more.
Also, Fus Ro YAY is now head cannon for this story imo.
There you are, you sneaky little pegasus...
Smaug won't be pleased with you.
This looks to be an interesting concept, will be watching to see where this goes.
Frostwyrm
please finish the story
i'l be very, very, very sad if this is the end. 
Woah!
Woah! 
Woah! 
WOAH! 
What is this? This is the most comments Ive ever gotten for a story in a single day - less then a day! - and for something that I wrote on a whim! You guys are amazing!
Now, I'm new to the sight, and haven't mastered the subtle art of responding to more then one comment at a time. I'll try to respond to you all now.
Yes, Fluttershy's pretending to be afraid of dragons so she doesn't blow her cover and scare her friends. I'll explain more about it next chapter, rest assure.
Yes, I like wierd pairings too. Or more to the point, I like any pairing so long as the author puts enough passion in it and sticks true to the characters, so this makes me excited when an author pulls this off with characters who aren't a very likely couple.
I was planning on updating irregularly, just whenever I scribbled somehing together, but after this wonderful reception you can be sure I'll have something ready for you very soon.
Although, I can't write like lightning the way most authors here seem to, so 'soon' means maybe a week, and this story will still be sharing its update time with my other stories. 
Cake inside of cake
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*nom nom nom nom nom nom*
pretty legit cant wait for more
536813 about a week?...faster than most of the people I watch
534541 She's probably afraid she might meet her mother or father or someone who knows them.
536813 Typo time! You should get someone to proof read for you. Or wait a few hours/day to post your chapters and read them later. It's very hard to see your own mistakes right after you write something.
‘It’ in this case, being the foot of Angel’s pet rabbit Angel.
Fluttershy's
She was stealthy. Almost… dare she think it... like a ninja.She was Rainbow Dash, the ninja detective.
There's no space after the period
Personally, Rainbow Dash suspected alines.
Aliens
"This is so awesome." Rainow Dash snickered.
Rainbow
“Do you have a letter fomr the Princess?” Twilight gasped.
From
Spike held up an old looking roll of parchment with a Canterlot Seal scrolled attacked to its front.
Take out the word scrolled, and should be attached not attacked
“Allow me to take a wild. Guess.” Twilight said, almost glaring at Fluttershy.
Why the random period and cap'd letter?
I'm very interested in seeing where this goes, could be a great read.
Wait, I ... I'm OK with this.
You, sir, are a genius.
Watched and faved.
So, Will she get married to a dragon? Or will she get married to a pony as a representative to the dragons? Just curious.
I absolutely cannot imagine who in Equestria might be Celestia's daughter-of-heart, somepony not her daughter that she still thinks of as one... It's a complete mystery! You got any idea who that could possibly be, Twilight?
Well, this is certainly interesting.
Fluttershy has been a dragon princess this whole time? Tracking! 
Can't wait for more!
534643
Yes I am.
I was a fan before it was cool to be a fan.
537972
The Wild. Guess. Was supposed to emphasize how angry Twilight was, but the rest of those were mistakes.
And I even edited it twice before posting! Thanks for catching those for me.
541739
Gonna have to wait and see.
536948
537668
Eh, some of the stories I'm watching can be pretty fast. like Background Pony; updates about every week, but each chapter is around ten thousand words.
539260
Thank you, I'm going for genius!
And thank you to the rest of you for your comments too! Second chapter will be coming soon.
558221 That wild. Guess thing still seems really out of place
534740 I like strange shi- Oh. Fan fiction romance, not boats. Damn.
"She was Rainbow Dash, the ninja detective."
I have a sudden urge to make bumper stickers saying that...
Great story, perfect humour, and LOTR and Chuck Norris jokes. Despite the presence of typos and grammar mistakes, I'ma continue reading this for the sheer excellence.
Love the LOTR reference, the story was great
Just adds a little bit of icing on the cake........speaking of cake; 
bad I know
cake inside cake incaketion
Ha! This is going to be a fun story to read.
Any one else catch the LOR refrence?
Personally, Rainbow Dash suspected aliens.
I'm not saying it's dragons.
But it's dragons.
But seriously, hilarious start, will be reading more.
You have my attention.
Wha? Bu... I... she... that.... bu...
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But there is one they fear.
In their tongue she is Dovahkiin,
DrAgOnBoRn!!!!
Oh... wait a second...
Who the hay is Princess Celectia?
Pinkie forgot her own birthday too. Party of One.
........... Check please... *faint* so... much... awesomeness...
Fus ro yay.
694633
Very hard not to catch it, in my opinion.
Also, this should be interesting. Will read more on the morrow. Now? MINECRAFT!image.spreadshirt.com/image-server/v1/compositions/19815507/views/1,width=280,height=280,appearanceId=4.png/kids-hoodie-diggy-diggy-hole_design.png