“Page, relax,” Swift said, “Seriously, last time I saw you this nervous we had a massive magic eating centaur approaching Canterlot.”
Shifting my magic along my cloak, I nodded, “I know. It’s fine. I’m fine. I’m fine. Everything is fine. Stop panicking. It’s fine.”
He grinned, “Page. Deep breath. Then get out there.”
Nodding, I ran my magic through my hair one last time before I nodded again, “Right. Yes. Okay then. Just… walk out there.”
“Just walk out there.”
“...Are my hooves moving?”
“They’re not,” He laughed and gave me a small push, “Go!”
Finally getting my hooves to move, I walked outside, giving the four guards waiting for me a nod, “Okay, let’s go.”
Blue Dawn smiled and nodded, “Lead the way, sir.”
Taking a breath, I moved along the corridor, my guards falling into formation around me. It didn’t take long until we stepped out into the bright sunlight, the clear blue sky empty of any cloud.
No twenty four hours of night. Celestia has finally decided that it would be too disruptive, it wasn’t just affecting Equestria after all.
I suppose it was a bit much of an ask to be completely honest.
Blinking in the bright sunlight, I overlooked the large open area. We weren't actually at the throneroom or even the castle for this. Too small, funnily enough.
Instead we were at a massive square at the edge of the city, overlooking the lands below. The entire area were decorated and absolutely packed with ponies.
Swallowing, I made my way down the ramp. Last time I was before this many ponies, it was to announce that I was an Alicorn.
...No, this was a lot more ponies and foreign dignitaries. Forcing a relaxed smile, I moved along.
Thousands of eyes on me as I approached Celestia slowly where she was standing on the raised floor for everyone to see.
Climbing up the short ramp, I gave Twilight, Midnight and Cadence a smile where they were waiting at the foot of it along with Shining Armour. The rest of the Elements were there as well, in the first row.
Making my way up the ramp to Celestia, I smiled at her as well.
She smiled and then leaned in, “Looking good, Page.”
“Thanks Sunshine,” I answered equally quietly, “I don’t look as terrified as I feel, do I?”
Celestia shook her head a bit, “No. But relax, Page. You’ll do fine. The moment you see my sister, you’ll forget everything else, I promise.”
“...You have done this before, haven’t you?”
“Which part? Marrying two ponies or marrying period?”
“Yes,” I said and kept my eyes firmly at Celestia, trying to ignore the thousands of ponies watching us.
“Both,” She admitted, “Even if the second one is… quite a bit ago,” before she looked behind me and motioned a bit with her muzzle.
Turning to look, I just froze at the sight. Luna was at the other end of the aisle. She looked.. Wow. It was the most amazing sight I'd ever seen.
Luna in that bright white dress, shining in the sunlight, the light glittering in her star filled mane in a way I had never seen before.
She looked like the goddess she was. Every single stallion here and a good portion of the mares must be envious right about now and I really couldn’t blame any of them.
Wow.
I couldn’t do anything but watch as she slowly approached. Amazing. I was the luckiest pony in the world and all I needed to do was not fuck this up, and then we’re away for a couple of weeks away from everypony else.
My Luna. My Sky.
Suddenly everything became a shade darker and I looked up in surprise as the quickly gathering pitch black clouds covering the sky from behind the mountain.
What in the world… the sky was supposed to be clear. There were no clouds planned for today.
A loud deep horn echoed through the air and a large airship lowered itself out of the clouds, quickly approaching the square.
Looking at Celestia, I met her eyes for a second before I turned to Blue Dawn which were standing by the foot of the ramp up to the stage, “Alert the guard,” I told her over the sound of surprised and nervous ponies, “Be ready to move.”
She quickly saluted and galloped off, taking wing after only a couple of steps.
Turning back to the airship I watched it start to lower I had a bad feeling about this and whoever was in that thing were in for a world of hurt for ruining this for Luna.
Loooooooololololoolool
So Storm King and Tempest Shadow
I hope that he will take initiative like when with Chrysalis and Sunset Shimmer
Its the Strom King's army I am guessing.
hahaha, and so the plot thickens. I wonder what a storm king invasion will look like with actually proactive guards, can't wait to find out!!!
Press F to pay respect
I'm not going to lie, that twist suprised me. Although I gotta ask, do villains have a thing for crashing royal weddings?
Congrats Storm King, Tempest shadow, and Grubber...you have fucked up.
Badly.
Now get the fuck outta their before page kills every last yeti in existence.
Oh hey, look. It's a...
...Complication.
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Also Tirek. Page has come a long way from the stallion who stabbed a villain with a fruit knife to distract her long enough for the real hero.
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Even if ponies will still suck in defence , Changelings won't
On one hand, yay edge-pone. On the other, let them burn!
Why do I think page and tempest will get along really well
First it was 'MoonPage' Then it was 'SunsetPage' Now it's gonna be 'ShadowPage'. What are you, writing a book? I'm sensing a theme here Hiver.
Storm King, meet the Blankest Page... Queenslayer extraordinary...
Oh you poor stupid fools. You messed with the wrong Kingdom on the WRONG Day. Especially with Foreign Dignitaries whose Kingdoms would likely mobilize their forces because of an attack on high ranking representatives
Ahhh there we go, was wondering when things were gonna get more complicated
This can not go the same way the movie did... cause you know, pissed Luna, pissed changelings, pissed Blank Page... and an absolutely livid Cadance
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It does appear to be a theme
I hope they won't behave as headless chickens like in the movie. After all, this is not timeline for little girls. 😉
Page: SHINING, SHIELD! TWILIGHT, HAUL THAT THING DOWN, HARD. RAINBOW, CLEAR THOSE CLOUDS!
Page: "SOUND GENERAL QUARTERS, ALL HANDS MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS AND WHERE IS THAT ANTI-AIR COVER!"
Isn't this a bit early yet for the Storm King's invasion?
Granted, this is probably the one big event in Equestria that's virtually guaranteed to cause all known existing alicorns to gather in one location in one city at a specified time that would have been scheduled for months in advance.
There's at leas some confusion on my part about the lore involving the Staff of Sacanus: In the MLP movie it first showed up in, it apparently required at least four alicorns to be present before it could be used to siphon their power into it using a ritual circle, all for the stated goal of granting the Storm King power over storms. Yet in the EQG movie, it is implied that the Strom King already had power over storms, as his "power" had somehow leaked through a previously unknown portal between the two worlds and the Staff of Sacanus had to be brought to the human world so it could be used to contain it (power that, in the previous movie, the Storm King never had until after the Staff of Sacanus was fully charged). And then there's the AU Nightmare Knights arc in the IDW MLP, where Eris used the Staff of Sacanus to steal Princess Luna's power, again contradicting the MLP Movie, in which it is stated that it required the power of four alicorns to empower it (presumably at least four alicorms - I'm going to assume that any extra alicorns beyond that number would be just dandy).
Granted, I'm kind of wondering where the lore for the Staff of Sacanus had come from that Tempest Shadow knew that it required the power of four alicorns, as this implies that either:
a: There had been at least four alicorns present in the world at the same time at some point in the distant past, and that the Staff of Sacanus had been used before.
or b: The Staff of Sacanus is a recently crafted artifact that someone thought up, designed, and made for the express purpose of draining and then controlling the energy of at least four alicorns. A project that presumably started once news of Twilight Sparkle's ascension to alicornhood had spread.
In either case, I strongly suspect that Grogar is ultimately responsible for the creation of the Staff of Sacanus, whether directly or indirectly. It's just the sort of despair causing artifact that he would have enjoyed setting loose in the world.
EDIT: Oh! And we should be able to see the difference the presence of three War Magi (Princess Luna, Prince Page, and Sunset Shimmer) and the personal guard of both Luna and Page (neither of whom I can see as not being is attendance as their respective charge's honor guard) makes on the battle to follow. After all, it's one thing to crash Princess Twilight's Friendship Festival, which she herself probably lowered security in the spirit of friendship, but quite another to crash the wedding of the most paranoid alicorn in existence barely a week or two after he had been kidnapped.
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u mean MANE not hair :P
And here comes the Storm king to fuck things up. Luna not going to be a happy pony.
Nightmare Page here we come! I want to see Stormy screaming in a sleep he can’t escape.
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Considering that the Storm King is responsible for the fall of Abyssinia (the cat people kingdom), had ensured that it wasn't possible for them to recover economically, and had presumably done the same to other kingdoms during his conquest, I'd say that he actually deserves to be trapped in a living nightmare. At least most other conquerors, even the evil ones, have at least some interest in actually ruling the lands they take over, whereas all the Storm King seems to do is pillage, burn, and leave poverty and despair in his wake.
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So... Dream of the Endless's 'Eternal wake'?
The victim fell into a deep slumber, while inside the dream the victim suffered one horrific, mind-raping nightmare after another, with the victim dying then 'waking up' to the next one. (Source, The Sandman comics from Neil Gaiman, though I bet a better source is elsewhere.)
... I approve.
HA! To everyone.
Watch it turn out to be Iron Will.
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ok so that ls going to happen.
go find hair clippers and shave the king.
can some one grab a bottle of skelogrow and give it to fizzle pop.
Storm king gonna get murdered to death after this
Drep breaths
Sunset.
Yes Page?
Those Magical Munition Batteries installed?
“Yes.”
“Why aren’t they firing?”
“We need to confirm the identity of-“
“No we don’t.”
“No we don’t?”
“No we don’t. FIRE!!!”
Tempest: Demands surrender.
Page: Blows up the Airship behind Tempest.
Well, it seems Tempest just interrupt Luna and Page's wedding...
Nice knowing you Tempest, you will be missed.
Page: Intruders! I must fight th---
Princess Skitter: DRONES! CODE CUDDLEBUG! I REPEAT! CODE CUDDLEBUG!
Page: Wait wha---
*Hundreds of changelings swarm around Blank Page and turn into a living shield like army ants*
Princess Skitter: Perfect! Blank Page is safe from all dangers now~!
Page: can't...breathe...
Storm King bucked up. Wrong festival to crash...
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PARTY HAAARRRDDD!!!
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Meh... I bet she will be stardust if shes lucky by the end of this
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Adorable and effectiv Very nice idea
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I wannt him to be placed on Tireks grave with a message on the gravestone: "Stupid enougth to mess around with the ones Blank Page loves"
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That my jam! Lets party hard all over the Stormkings army
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I wannt the Storm Kings grave beside Tireks. Lets start a collection of the idots that dared to mess with Blank Pages beloved
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Yep. Good to make a name for himself and get every singel nation against him... Plus military at maximum strength when he invaded... He fucked up good! Epic fail!
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Mehhh... Not his Yetis but his going to rip him a new one big enough to fit on Canterlot mounten If Celestia isnt going to burn him to cynders...
Seriously the last one fucking up so hard was killed from the inside...
whats up with weddings being ruined in this tv show...
Ughh Time for the MLP movie. lol.
Quick Skitter have your changlings take on the form of Page, Celestia, Luna, Twilight, Midnight and Cadence. They won't know who to target. We can call it the Changling Shuffel.
Page:
Huh.
I was wondering where Tempest was...
Can't ever have weddings in Equestria smh
Weddings in this world just never work out.