Cadance lifted a teacup to her muzzle and took a light sip before letting out a content sigh. She had spent the last five months in Saddle Arabia to, as Celestia put it, become more worldly, strengthen political ties, and further her range of social experiences. Of course, except for the political reasoning, these had been the same reasons that she had been told to foalsit through her teen years, and she suspected that to put her through frustration had been the reason for this trip as well.
Now she was home though, and was able to let her tired wings rest while she sat on a couch, awaiting Celestia's arrival and drinking her tea. Cadance hoped nothing too chaotic had happened while she had been gone, but knowing Equestria, that one thought would make the country have to prove her wrong.
Almost as if on cue, a plate of scones floated through the air, carried by a somewhat transparent, purple mare in a tattered, black cloak. The ghostly being bowed to her as she let her magic drop the tray besides Cadance. "Hello Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I am the resident wraith of both Golden Oaks Library and Canterlot Castle. It is a pleasure to meet you."
Cadance blinked a few times before lifting the cup to her mouth and taking a larger gulp, cringing as the hot liquid ran down her throat. It did not wake her up like she had hoped though, and so she swallowed hard and put on a forced smile. "You don't say now. How... um, fascinating. Does Celestia know about you?"
Twilight nodded, while not noticing the slight aura around Cadance's horn. "Of course she does. She in fact was the one who suggested I meet you since she is running late. Apparently, a nephew of hers is asking how many dates he can bring to something called the Grand Galloping Gala, and is being adamant about at least half of the Wonderbolts. It was actually pretty funny to watch."
Cadance let out a small laugh as the glow on her horn disappeared. She had decided that if Celestia trusted the being, she should be able to as well. "That sounds like Blue Blood. He can be a bit of a... hoof full, at times, but I suspect once a mare smacks him across the muzzle he'll turn around." She paused for a moment, thinking about the two weeks of 'courtship' they had gone through. "Hopefully."
Twilight nodded and gave her a big smile. "Well, it seemed like Celestia was about ready to smack him with the necronomicon, so maybe that chance will be sooner than you think."
Cadance spat out her drink through Twilight as her eyes widened. "Since when has Celestia been learning necromancy?"
"She isn't."
"But you said she had the necronomicon."
"Yes."
"If she isn't using it for magic, what is she using it for."
"To smack me, Trixie, and Luna whenever we get into fights."
Cadance simply stared at the hovering ghost as her brain desperately tried to work. She had heard about Luna's arrival, and could believe that she wouldn't be able to accept Twilight's innocence, just as she was beginning to have a hard time doing as well, but the rest made no sense. "Who's Trixie?"
"A kitsune that took residence here and is now one of my best friends, though she won't admit it."
More gears started to break in Cadance's mind as she tried to choke out anything. "Except don't kitsunes usually kill wraiths and are respectful, and above all else, normally in Saddle Arabia?"
Twilight shrugged. "I suppose that might all be true, but Trixie likes to say she's on a special mission into Equestria for her kind, though she won't quite say what it is. Of course, we have nothing to fear. A thousand years of aging does wonders to a wraiths power, and I can easily keep her down if she causes trouble."
"A-a-a thousand..." Cadance brought the teacup back to her lips spending a few moments draining it as she tried desperately to calm down. She was on the verge of a panic attack at this point, and hoped the bitter liquid might help.
As she drank though, the pink alicorn heard Twilight say, "Fluffy! You should come say hi to Princess Mi Amore Cadenza."
Lowering the cup, Cadance saw an undead manticore walking her way, and finally broke. "Shine Bug!"
In only a few moments, Shining Armor burst into the room, spotting a confused wraith that he had been told about a while ago but usually never saw or heard, her pet, and his fiance, who was currently in a protective bubble. He lowered his raised spear and bit into his cheek. "May I know what's going on here?"
Cadance reached out to him, shaking a bit. "Hug me, I'm scared."
Shining scowled as he swept his beloved into his hooves and then glared at Twilight. "What did you do to her?"
Twilight's form shuddered as the guards pony she had continued to watch scolded her. She swallowed hard and tried to smile. "I was merely answering her questions. I didn't mean for them to scare her."
Shining frowned and stroked Cadance's mane. He could hear her muttering about how Celestia had gone insane, a sentiment he had at one point shared, but now accepted, as well as all the supernatural things that surrounded the castle. Still, he empathized more with his soon to be wife, rather than a dead mare. "I'm sorry Twilight, but you must have overwhelmed her, so please, leave."
Twilight immediately nodded and began to float away. Just before she went through the wall though, and Fluffy almost attempted to walk through it, she turned around. "May I know why you came when she called out Shine Bug?"
A small chuckle came from Shining as he heard the stupid pet name come from somepony else. "I suppose it does sound weird, but as my fiance, pet names are perfectly fine."
Twilight paused for a moment, staring at the mare that had seemed actually quite nice, if not a little weird. She a pretty mare that she had hoped to befriend, but could now only be her enemy. She slowly nodded to herself about what she had been told, and floated away, trying to think of a good outlet for her jealousy and confusion.
A few minutes later, as Cadance was just getting composed, Celestia finally trotted in, at the same time as her sister. Cadance saw the well guarded secret of Luna being a foal, and fell back on the couch, finally done with the day as a whole.
Celestia looked down at her sister and the small, blue filly blew at her nose, blowing away some of the frost and snow from it. "May I know why Twilight froze my room?"
She looked from Luna, to Shining, to muddy manticore prints, to Cadance, and then simply outside. Something told her that somehow, Blue Blood would not be her biggest annoyance of that day.
What about Blue Blood try to court Twaith as he see her around the castle many times and think she is a new noble or some important pony and then find she is not a pony but a wraith?
If you keep doing this well, I don't care what your chapters have to do with the comments.
6215747 he would go from blue blood to blue balls
6215769 Or Blue Face as he is scared
6215780 aih that's true
6215747
this.
would be a far better use of the romance tag.
6215747 well that would be an interesting mix
But it would be pretty hard to bileeve that he doesn't know that twaith is a wraith i mean he must have seen her floating around the place unless he's one of those that adamantly disbelieve any and all supernatural things. Because that would be a funny chapter if that is indeed the case
6215986 We are talking about Blue Blood, for him, only he is important. Other things are not important.
6216023 good point I'll addmit that's true.
Still I would like to see how those two will act around each other
Is Twi related to Shiny at all here? If you already covered it I can't remember. Hopefully she and Cadence will still be friends.
6216061 Yea she is. It was in one of the earlier chapters
6216061 Yes, but with a thousand years of seperation. Think along the lines of two randomly chosen Chinese people who both happen to be related to Genghis Khan. That's pretty close to literally how related they are.
Can we have cadence and twilight have a girls night to get along better.
Shine Bug? That's an interesting pet name she has for him. Especially considering the bugs those two are associated with.
I'm waiting for Hastur to show Up and take Twilight to a Rock concert! All, of course being approved by Cthulu and tia
6216864 Great, now I'm suspicious of Cadence and will probably see evil behind every action of her. Good job
I guess Twaith froze Luna's room to... Let it go.
Sorry (not sorry).
Hmm... I also wonder if Trixie can talk to some animals... Hey Trixie. What does the Fox say?
I'm also actually wondering if some modern sayings would go over Twaith's head... Could be silly of she tries to interpret them.
6217000
Happy to help. But even if there is something there it doesn't mean she's evil, just different.
6216888 Hastur?
6217659 Well the one "version" I'm talking about is from Bucking Nonsense's Who Is This Lord Tirek You Speak Of? story. He and a couple of friends judge a Rock Off. Entertaining chapters
6217735 ... *Jumbled hisses* How dare you try to make me read!
I'm sorry, but I VERY rarely read fanfiction, and thus will not be including characters from them, unless the authro themselves contact me, and possibly wish to do a guest chapter of Twaith.
More Celly and Luna. Or alternatively Twilight/Sunset helping Cadence watch over Luna.
Hmm, I'm wondering how Twi is going to try to make Cadence into her friend after that. I mean, this is Twilight. She's probably going to try to "fix" things.
Personally, I'd like to see interactions between Luna and Twilight.
6217412 Well, what I meant is that she might already be replaced. She was just on a long trip, which would be the ideal opportunity to kidnap her, and comes back calling her fiance "Shine Bug". Since in the show all the events from the S1 pilot to "Princess Twilight" happen in one year (ridiculous, I know), even the timing would sort of fit. It's all very suspicious.
6217066 Huh... Coincidentally, my previous comment was the 666th. Holy hell, it's frozen over.
6215780 Or blue everything, if Twi gives him hypothermia.
6219183 And on that note....
Imagine it now, she *thinks* she has a chance at Shining, so she accepts Bluebloods proposal! Blueblood thinks he's getting the power of a millenia old wraith that could scare his aunt out of power! While she thinks she is getting a means at driving Shining Armor to jealousy!
But then as the Gala goes on, she watches Shining and Cadance having fun, and not really paying attention to her. So she gets colder through the night. Blueblood is freezing his balls off for most of the Gala, but internally chanting "it'll all be worth it". As they dance, the floor is ice, Blueblood tries to get her punch, it freezes, and so on.
By the end of the night, both Twilight and Blueblood are spent.*
Once Twilight realizes her plan won't work, she tries to break it off with Blueblood. He is too frozen to be furious, and it seems that both his plan is smashed to bits for nothing, and for some other reason he's feeling sad....could he possibly have liked her? Nonsense, he only did this for her power under his hoof....obviously.
*Twilight (optionally) can give up persuing them and realizing that Shining Armor won't see her as she sees him, and decides to be the bigger 1000 year old being in this. Thus ending the love Twiangle (I know there's a fiction named that! I just like the pun)
6219183 I can see it...
Blue Blood go to Twaith
"Give me a hug, you big cutie"
Blue Blood try to give a hug to twaith, she is surprised and Blue Blood end inside of a giant cube of ice.
It might be interesting if Twilight, Cadence, and Trixie all had a giant cat fight over Shining Armor.
6232832 Late at night, and she hasn't known him for long.
Well, I didn't expect it to be my comment. Though I can't say that this was a bad use of it!
God this was an entertaining chapter