In years the come the Mane Six would often refer to Twilight’s wedding as being the biggest and fanciest all of theirs. However, it was the afterparty that went down in history as being one of Pinkie’s best Super Duper Parties. Not only were there hundreds of creatures in attendance, everything from the food to the decorations was turned up to the max. But what really made the night was the special performance from AJ’s foalhood friend Coloratura, aka Rara. Ever since her last performance in Ponyville, the popstar and been busy doing her World Tour and performing in under a new label. So when Pinkie and Cheese announced the singer would be performing there was a lot of screaming and stamping. Everypony was pretty much freaking out and when Coloratura took to the stage in seemed as though their inner fan ponies had been released. The creatures from outside Equestria were slightly confused at this display but quickly accepted that the technicolour equines just had strange traditions.
The gorgeous earth pony looked as striking as ever in a soft coral, off the shoulder gown the perfectly offset her aquamarine grey coat. Her dark indigo mane with opal streaks was twisted into a simple yet still elegant bun with a few strings of pearls holding it in place. Coloratura walked confidently onstage and announced that she was performing a song specially written for the occasion and congratulated Twilight and Flash, before adding how happy she was to perform to Ponyville again. This was met with roar of approval and hundreds of stamping hooves, claws and paws alike. However when the popstar began to sing everycreature instantly fell silent. Her voice was so pure and clear as a bell, yet at same time it was full of passion and tenderness. The bride and groom took to the floor, gracefully waltzing on the manicured lawn outside the Friendship Castle. Lots of other couples soon followed suit. Fancy Pants and Rarity whispered and swayed together whilst the pair of party ponies seemed to be experts at the waltz. Applejack and Spike stood side by side, watching from the sidelines. The purple dragon had failed to rouse the princess in the morning because he had flown over to Sweet Apples Acres bright and early to escort the orange farmpony to the wedding. However he went a little too bright and early. AJ was touched his eagerness though so allowed him to help her do her morning chores. The pair ended up having a lot of fun together. Now, on the other hoof, the tension and silence between them was palpable. The huge crowd and dozens of dancing couples were neither of their cups of tea. The purple dragon loathed to neglect his duty as the earth pony’s escort so cleared his throat awkwardly.
“Er, so do you, um, maybe wanna dance?”he offered.
“Ah, shucks. Ah’m dreadfully sorry Spike but ah’ve never danced a waltz before. I wouldn’ wanna embarass y’all,”Applejack answered honestly, a slight blush creeping onto her cheeks.
“Embarrass me! Purlease, you could never,”the scaly reptile scoffed,”I’m sure I could teach you. After all, me and Twilight took a master class on it a few weeks ago and look how great she is now.”
The farmpony had to admit the lavender alicorn had certainly grown past her dancing like a complete maniac ways.
“Oh, alright. Ah suppose it wouldn’ hurt to try,”AJ conceded allowing Spike to lead her onto the dance floor.
Rainbow Dash watched her friends with a mixture of pride and disgust. While she couldn’t be happier for them, there was a part of her wanting to gag at all the fluff and mush. That was until she spotted a certain pale blue pegasus making his way towards her.
“Hey Dash,”Soarin greeted her, trotting up beside the cyan pegasus,”I thought I was gonna be your escort today. I mean, I did wait for half an hour outside your house. Eventually I figured you must of forgotten or something.” There was a slight hint of hurt in his voice despite the light and chilled tone he had adopted.
“Oh, ponyfeathers! I did forget, I’m so sorry. There was an emergency at Twilight’s and I guess I must of just missed you. Sorry, again. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?”the rainbow-maned pegasus asked, aghast that she had accidentally stood up her crush.
“Well, I guess a dance and dinner tonight would just about cover it,”the stallion smirked playfully.
“Done,”Dash said quickly, then flushed. Normally the mere mention of a waltz would be enough to send her bolting. But, this was Soarin after all, so she could probably make an exception. Obviously it had nothing to do with her thumping, treacherous heart.
The two pegasui joined the mix of creatures on the floor and were soon just as entranced as the rest of them. There seemed to be magic in the air and the gorgeous love ballad being sung in the background only added to the mood. However, the song did eventually came to a close, much to the disappointment of the crowd who hollered for an encore. Coloratura simply bowed and blew kisses before walking offstage. The banquet then took place and Octavia and Vinyl started up a dubstep track with a lot of classical influences. A toast was held and many speeches said before everyone went off to enjoy the feast. Each of the white tents housed around one hundred creatures and the menu had taken into account each of their special dietary requirements. Everyone needed only to read to item they desired off the menu and it would appear on the plate in front of them, a little spell courtesy of Starlight Glimmer. Even the yaks could’nt find anything to complain about.
Later, when Twilight had finally managed to escape from dozens of creatures wanting to either congratulate, cry onto, catch up with or crush her with a hug she slipped over to Rainbow Dash, who was signing some autographs with the Wonderbolts.
“Psst, Rainbow,”the alicorn hissed. The cyan pegasus turned to her with a grin.
“Oh, hey Twi,”she said,”Would you like a free, signed picture of Yours Truly?”
“Of course not! I see you every day!”the alicorn cried,”And that’s more than enough. I just need to borrow you for a sec.”
“Okay, okay. I’m sorry, I can’t help that I’m adored by the masses,”Rainbow sighed melodramatically, giving Spitfire a questionimg glance. Her commander nodded and Dash walked off with Twilight.
“I was thinking we should probably tell the girls, Spike, Soarin and Flash now about the little, um, incident yesterday,”the princess said pointedly.
“Oh, right. Yeah, I guess we should,”the rainbow maned pegasus agreed. The pair had already caught up that morning and gone through the whole ‘thank goodness we’re back to normal’ hug and excited chatter. Twilight had had to restrain the Rainbow however after she told her that it was all Discord’s doing. She had made the cyan pegasus swear not to murder him on sight. Speaking of the draconequus, he didn’t seem to have showed up to her wedding, not that Twilight was complaining, of course.
“So, do you want to go round everypony up and bring here?”the alicorn asked.
“Sure thing,”Dash said, zipping off into the crowd.
Five minutes later Fluttershy, Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity, Spike, Flash and Soarin were assembled at the foot of the castle. Each wore a slightly confused expression.
“Um, so we’ve brought all here to tell about something really strange that happened yesterday,”Twilight began.
“OMC!LemmeguessYouguysgotintoamassivefightandmadeawushfireachothertoexperiencewhatitwaslikebeingyouforadaybutthenamagicalcrystalOcellusfoundactuallymadeyouswapbodiesandyoutotallyfreakedoutbutthenyoujusthadtoacceptyoursituationandyouactedaseachotherforthedaywhichwasreallyhardanditwasreallyawkwardespeciallyaroundyourloveintereststhenyousleptineachothersbedsbutinthemorningyoustillhadn’tswitchedbackthenyoualmostgaveuphopeuntilDiscordappearedinRainbow’shouseandofferedtoswitchyoubackinexchangeofbeingTwilight’sfuturefoalsgodfatherandTwilightacceptedthenyouswitchedbackbutreallyitwas Discord’s fault all along!”Pinkie yelled, before collapsing onto the ground.
“Another hunch?”the princess asked dryly, to which the pink party pony could only nod.
“Wait, so you guys SWITCHED BODIES!”Flash cried.
“Y’ALL SHOULD OF TOLD US!”AJ lambasted.
“That sounds awfully uncomfortable,”Fluttershy added.
“So, it was you who actually asked me to your own wedding?!”Soarin gaped at Twilight.
“THIS IS SOOO WEIRD!”Spike yelped.
“Darling, how could you agree to Discord being your future foal’s godfather?!”Rarity gasped in horror. Everyone just looked at her in disbelief.
“Seriously?! That’s what y’all got from that whole thing?”Applejack sighed, shaking her head.
As everybody continued to demand answers from the pair Twilight and Rainbow gave each other a look that simply said ‘Oh Celestia, this is gonna be a looonnnggg afternoon.’