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// A Royal Wedding 
// Story: Alicorn Nature 
// by SC_Orion 
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Rainbow giggled giddily as she looked at herself in the mirror. Rarity actually made a dress she was happy to wear. It looked nice on her, accenting her perfectly. Her dress was a light purple, the same shade as Twilight's coat. Rarity called the color lavender, but it looked like a light purple to her.


Her mane and tail were brushed and had a slight sheen to them, reflecting the sunlight and giving her a slightly majestic appearance. She didn't realize how nice it was. She considered doing it more often, it felt nice. But at the same time, it had taken hours upon hours to get her to look this way, and she didn't think it was worth it, no matter how nice she looked and felt.


And standing still for that long? That was torture.


She fluttered her well-groomed wings at her sides. Her feathers were clean and pristine. They were perfect, yet somehow she knew they wouldn't match Twilight's beauty, nor come anywhere near as close to being half as beautiful as Twilight would look.


Her heart pounded in her chest at the thought of Twilight. The beautiful mare, the alicorn princess... Twilight would be hers in just a few hours. She felt like she was going to explode from excitement. She didn't think she'd last these last few hours without seeing Twilight once. Of course, if she wanted to see Twilight, nopony was going to stop her.


Already she could picture her alicorn's beautiful purple eyes, so vast and deep, staring back into hers. The most beautiful smile in all of Equestria, all directed at her.


A knock on the door caused her to blink as the thought faded away. She huffed a little and fluffed her wings. "Yeah?" she called. She turned around as the door opened, and a unicorn walked in. Rainbow didn't recognize her.


The unicorn smiled, but the smile looked wrong. "Rainbow Dash?" she asked.


Rainbow noded. "Yes?"


There was a green whoosh surrounding the unicorn, and the disguise melted away. The tall, black carapace of Queen Chrysalis was unmistakable, and the laugh echoed through the room. "Mmm... I can already taste your love... and it's delicious..."


Rainbow jumped around as soon as she stopped gawking. "Chrysalis!?"


"Mmm, yes," Chrysalis replied. She sauntered on into the room, heading towards Rainbow's side. She looked exuberant and there was an insane glint in her eye. "You know, I couldn't truly decide which of you to go after... you both have so much love. In the end, though, I decided that you would be the easier target. After all, you're just a pegasus, and your beloved Twilight... well, she's the bigger threat. I'll replace you, and then my swarm will disable her... it will be... oh so easy once you're out of the way..."


Rainbow frowned. "Okay, seriously... why do you think it'll be easier to disable Twilight once I'm out of the way?"


Chrysalis paused and blinked. "What do you mean? Without you, she'll be heartbroken! She won't be able to help stop us! And with your love and her love, I'll be unstoppable!"


Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "Seriously? Do you have any idea how mad Twilight will be when she finds out?"


"She's not going to find out," Chrysalis retorted. "Not until it's too late to stop us!"


Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Yeah, sure. Chryssie, we know how this went last time, and it didn't go too well for you, now did it?"


Chrysalis glared and hissed at Rainbow. "Silence!" she ordered. She lit her horn and pointed her head down at the pegasus.


There was a violent crack in the air and a blinding burst of magenta light. Rainbow smirked. A cold, calculated voice greeted the Changeling Queen. "Chrysalis."


Chrysalis jumped around to face the new arrival. Twilight wore a loose fitting light blue dress, the same shade as Rainbow's coat. The hem was like a rainbow, and her mane and tail seemed to shimmer in the light. Or maybe it was from the magic she was wielding.


Rainbow could practically see stars in her mane, which seemed to flow with magic.


Yes, her mane was definitely shimmering from her magic.


Chrysalis did a double take.


Twilight wasn't having any of it. She grabbed the changeling in her magic. Her grip was enough to make Chrysalis squeak. Twilight tilted her head to the side, then threw Chrysalis at a wall. She turned to follow her with her horn, then when Chrysalis impacted the wall, an explosion of magenta magic followed.


The pillar of magic slammed into Chrysalis and shot her through the wall, sending her flying off into the distance even faster than the first time. Twilight huffed and squinted. Outside, she could see dark clouds of changeling carapace. She flared her wings, then used her magic to make them disappear.


After a few seconds, Twilight smiled and turned back to Rainbow.


"Hey," Rainbow greeted nonchalantly.


Twilight sauntered over to Rainbow, then embraced her and nuzzled her before giving her a kiss on the forehead. "Sorry about that. I would have been here quicker but Rarity-"


The door opened. "TWILIGHT GET BACK IN HERE!" Rarity shrieked.


Twilight giggled a little. "I'll see you later!" she said. She turned, then skipped over to the doorway, her tail flicking eagerly in her wake.


"It's bad luck to see the bride before the wedding!" Rarity chastized. "And what happened to the wall?"


"Oh, just taking care of something..." Twilight trailed off.