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// Short 8 - Marital Bliss 
// Story: My Little Pony: Small Town Life 
// by Mythic Night 
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Only a few days after returning from their trip to Manehattan, Low Tone and Blossom Beat stood together outside town hall, ready to head inside to be married by Mayor Mare. Behind them stood a small group consisting of their parents, siblings, and closest friends who were all there to witness this joyous occasion. Their families weren’t at all surprised at the news of their engagement, and Blossom’s parents actually expected it; a couple months prior, Tone had come by asking her father’s permission to marry, as he’d been raised to do.

“Well, here we are,” said Tone, looking up at the tall building standing before them. “About to get married…” As he gazed at the building, he reflected upon their relationship, and all the important events—when they first met at the band tryouts, their first date, their first kiss, the first time she told him she loved him, and the first time he told her he loved her—and knew that this would be the biggest, most important event of all, at least up to that point in their lives.

“Not getting cold hooves, are you hon?” Blossom asked, standing next to him in a simple, yet lovely white dress from the Carousel Boutique. Her green bandana had been swapped for a white one, holding back her newly-braided mane, and her tail had been braided in the same style as well.

“He better not, if he knows what’s good for him!” shouted his mother, of all ponies, causing everyone—the couple included—to laugh at the maternal threat.

“I’m not!” he assured them, smiling down at his lovely bride-to-be. “After all, who could be nervous about getting married to such a beautiful mare?”

“You don’t clean up so bad yourself,” she replied with a smile, looking over the well-dressed stallion. He was wearing an old tuxedo, a hand-me-down from his grandfather who was just about his size, and which was last worn at his grandparent’s wedding. “So, ready to do this?”

He nodded. “Yeah, I am.” With that, they all headed inside, and were promptly guided to the mayor’s office.

Tone knocked on the door before entering, and Mayor Mare looked up from her paperwork with a warm smile. “You must be Low Tone, and Blossom Beat, correct?” They both nodded, and she stood up to move out from behind her desk. “I guess that means I have a wedding to officiate, don’t I?” She looked to their families and friends peeking in from the door, too many to fit into the office, and she chuckled. “Let’s all go to the lobby for the ceremony, and then we’ll come back here so you can sign the paperwork.”

Once they were in the lobby, Tone and Blossom stood before Mayor Mare, while the rest of their family and friends stood nearby to observe. The couple held hooves as the mayor said a few words about the joy of true love, and the need to remember that love during the tough times ahead. Eventually, it came time for the vows.

“Blossom Beat,” she began, looking at the mare as she asked, “do you take this stallion to be your lawfully wedded husband?”

“I do,” Blossom answered without hesitation.

Mayor Mare smiled and nodded, turning to the stallion next. “Low Tone, do you take this mare to be your lawfully wedded wife?”

“I do,” he replied.

“Then by the power vested in me as mayor of Ponyville, I now pronounce you husband and wife!” she declared, to the cheers of their family and friends. The couple in question grinned at one another, and shared a tender kiss, their first as a married couple.

Afterward, the two followed the mayor to her office to fill out some paperwork, while the rest of them headed back to Tone’s family farm to get the food ready for the reception in the barn. The couple entered the barn to the cheers of their loved ones, and after enjoying a delicious home-cooked feast, they all ended up dancing the night away.

The reception wrapped up in the wee hours of the morning, and Blossom and Tone went to bed tired and happy. Their wedding may not have been fancy, but they didn’t need it to be; all either of them wanted was each other. From then on, no matter what happened, they would face the challenges ahead together, as husband and wife.