Celestia touched her horn to the diamond. The moment her horn touched the diamond it moved aside. Once the diamond was out of the way Celestia lead the group into the room.
Twilight upon entering the room gasped. There in the middle of the room was a crystal table piled high with all sorts of meat.
Luna seeing the look on Twilight’s face said, “Twilight, for us to be immortal once a year on the day of the Grand Galloping Gala we must meet here to eat meat. Every immortal does this, even Cadance. She did hers during the gala this year. I know it will seem evil, but it is the only way.”
Twilight seeing for the first time the true price of immortality looked at every pony and said,“I understand now why you keep this a secret. It disgusts me to eat meat. However there is something that disgusts me even more. That would be the thought of me dieing. So I accept these consequences for I can not bear to leave Rose without her true love.”
Celestia smiling proudly said,“In that case welcome to the family Twilight Sparkle Galaxia. I’m so proud of all the choices you made.”
As every pony sat down to eat Emerald camewalking through the door. However she stoped short upon seeing Twilight there.
Emerald looked to Celestia and said,“Mother, what is Twilight doing here? I thought this was supposed to be secret. But you risk it by inviting my daughter's fiancee. What are you thinking?”
Celestia, Luna, Rose, and Twilight looked up to see Emerald more angry than ever. Luna took a deep breath and said,“Emerald, earlier tonight Twilight asked me to marry her and Rose in the Astral Planes. After that Celestia and I had no choice but to explain everything to her. Once we finished explaining everything she still wanted to marry Rose. I have never seen in all my years a stronger love. So to prevent Rose from eventually having to bury Twilight when she died we revealed the true price of immortality.”
Luna paused to take a breath before she continued,”Anyway once we revealed the truth she said and I quote, ‘It disgusts me to eat meat. However there is something that disgusts me even more. That would be the thought of me dieing. So I accept these consequences for I can not bear to leave Rose without her true love.’ After that we sat down to eat when you arrived.”
Emerald after hearing what happened said,“Well in that case I am sorry for my attitude. Welcome to the family, Twilight. May you forever be happy.”
Twilight got up and gave Emerald a hug and said,“Emerald, thank you for accepting me into the family. You have no idea what this means to me.”
As twilight took her seat everypony started to eat. After Twilight took her first bite of meat she gasped.
Everypony upon hearing the gasp looked at Twilight while Rose said,“Twilight, what’s wrong?”
Twilight said,“Rose, it turns out that I love the taste of meat. I’m shocked because it tastes like heaven. I thought it would be disgusting.”
Everypony but Twilight laughed while Celestia said,“Twilight, meat is like any other food. It can taste good or bad based on how it is cooked. What you just ate is called a bacon cheeseburger. It is seasoned cow but not the sentient ones you know of.”
Twilight looked at all the different meat and asked,“Celestia, what would happen if we ate meat outside of the day of the gala?”
Luna solemnly answered,“Twilight, it is of the utmost importance that you understand what I’m about to say. There were two immortals who tried to eat meat outside of today. They were are parents. However when they took a bite of meat outside of today they tried to eat each other. It was a miracle Celestia and I were able to stop them.”
Celestia noticing the tears in her sister's eyes said,“Luna, I’ll finish the story.”
After receiving a nod Celestia said,“We were able to stop them from eating everypony, but at a terrible price. You see to save everypony we turned our parents into the diamond door you saw. We were young at the time, but powerful. We were even younger than you are now and to save the world we cast a forbidden spell. Luna and I made sure to erase the knowledge of this place and the spell from existence. The only ones able to remember are the other immortals.”
Twilight looked at Celestia and said,”Wow, talk about a dark family history. Celestia and Luna I’m sorry for your loss.”
Luna having stopped crying said,“Thank you,Twilight. However there is no need to feel sorry. After all it happened two thousand years ago.”
Twilight understanding their wishes droped the subject. Over the next half hour everypony ate, chatted and had fun.
As the night drew to a close everypony said their goodbyes while Luna said,“Twilight, and Rose tonight I shall come to get you in your dreams. I will take you to the Astral Planes where I will marry you. Congratulations to you both.”
Once Luna was finished Rose cast a teleportation spell on her and Twilight taking them home. Rose and Twilight exhausted from the day hurried to bed. Ten minutes later found Rose and Twilight standing in front of luna in the Astral Planes.
Luna looking proud said,“Do you Rose take Twilight to be your mare? To love and to hold. In sickness and in health. Til death do you part.”
Rose standing straight and proud said,“ I do. For as the sun can’t rise by itself neither can I live without her.”
Luna the turned to Twilight and said,“Twilight, do you take Rose to be your mare? For better or worse. For all eternity.”
Twilight shyly said,“I do. For as I can’t live without air neither can I live without her.”
Luna looked at both of them and said,“Then as Princess of the night and ruler of the Astral Planes I now pronounce you mare and mare. You may kiss the bride.”
The moment Luna finished Rose and Twilight kissed sealing their love for all time. With her task complete Luna went on her way.
The next morning Rose and Twilight woke up feeling completely at peace. Rose looked at Twilight and said,“Would my mare like breakfast in bed?”
Twilight giggled. “It would be lovely to eat thine breakfast in bed my love.”
Rose said,“As you wish my love. I shall return post haste with thine breakfast.”
Twilight said,“Then I shall wait for thine return.”
Rose bowed to Twilight and left. Fifteen minutes later Rose returned with two of each. A stack of pancakes, waffles, coffee and a pitcher of fresh apple juice. Rose used her magic to open the door to the bedroom. Upon entering Rose said,“Thy breakfast is served my queen.”
Twilight said,“Thank you Rose. This breakfast is perfect as are you.”
Rose blushed. Rose did the calming exercise her mother taught her and said,“Thank you, Twilight for that compliment. Anyways once we are finished with breakfast we need to talk to the Cutie Mark Crusaders and their sisters about them being our flower girls at the wedding. Then there is the cake and the food. We can’t forget the invitations too.”
Twilight placed a hoof on Rose’s forehoof and said,“Rose, calm down ther is plenty of time. However you’re right. The sooner we get it planned the better. Just so you know I wouldn’t mind just getting the paperwork signed.”
Rose gasped and said,“Twilight, we can’t do that to our family and friends. After all our mothers are looking forward to the wedding.”
Twilight nodded and began to eat her breakfast. An hour later found Rose and Twilight walking up to Applejack’s house.
Twilight knocked on the door and waited. When the door opened Twilight saw Applejack standing there. Twilight looked at her and said,“Applejack, are Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom here?”
Applejack smiled and said,“Of course they are. So are Rarity and Rainbow Dash. Why? Is something wrong?”
Rose looked at Applejack and said,“No nothing is wrong. We just have a favor to ask of you all. That includes Rarity and Rainbow Dash.”
Applejack nodded and lead them to the dining room. Once there she asked,“Okay what’s the favor?”
Twilight proudly said,“Rose and I would like the Cutie Mark Crusaders to be our flower girls at the wedding. Is that alright?”
Rarity and the others said,“Of course it is. Only if they want to. However seeing how happy they are that would be a yes.”
Once they finished taking they all gathered in a group hug. Meanwhile Rose thought this is a true family.