Princess Celestia was looking at the sky, waiting for her niece to come back.
Twilight was with her, and the Alicorn was disappointed at not being able to give more news about the situation of the mare's old foalsitter, but Cadance really didn't tell her much. Her latest letter just said she had been sucessful and would come back with more news. It seemed that she wanted it to be a surprise.
They didn't have to wait a lot longer, Cadance came flying in, flanked by three pegasus guards. Twilight also saw her, and started waving and shouting, despite the fact that the princess wasn't close enough to hear.
Still, she soon came down and Celestia waved the guards off. Her apprentice and niece did their own small ritual, and then Cadance produced a book from within a knapsack.
"Here Twilight, I knew you would be interested in this. It's about the history of Changelings." She gave the book to Twilight "But keep it a secret for now, okay? I'll talk to auntie a little bit and then we'll catch up."
Twilight nodded and galloped out of the room. Cadance smiled at her and then turned to the other princess.
"So, it seems like things really went well." Celestia said, knowing Cadance wanted to talk.
"More than well." The young princess seemed to be almost bursting with joy "Things went AMAZING!" She pointed her forehooves at herself "You are looking at the consort of the Changeling Queen!" She exclaimed.
"What." Celestia blinked.
"Chrysalis and me got along well." Cadance said with a nod.
Celestia froze again, at the sheer depth of understatement this implied, before finally managing to say:
"Okay, explain things from the beginning."
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"Well, this seems like a logical progression of events." Celestia said, having recovered her normal calm "So, we need to discuss how best to integrate Changelings in society. Not just the Stranger thing, but also how to educate the ponies about Changelings and everything."
"Yeah, and I hope all that doesn't take too long." Cadance said with a small frown.
"Why?" Celestia asked "Is there another problem? I thought your love was enough to make the rationing thing a much smaller issue."
"It's just that I don't want to delay our marriage too much." Cadance said.
Celestia became slightly nonplussed "But aren't you already married?" She asked.
"We are married in the Changeling custom, but we still need to have a marriage in the pony custom." Her eyes started shining "I want to have a big ceremony, with musicians, all kinds of foods and..."
Celestia smiled as Cadance procceded to describe her own perfect marriage. It seemed like the problem had been resolved in a clear way, even if it also was an unexpected way. It made her glad.
"Oh, that day is going to be perfect!"