//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Tears of a princess // by lightningflare1 //------------------------------// Tears of a Princess Months of preparation have finally led to the wedding of the century! Bigger than Cadence and Shining’s own wedding. The wedding of Twilight and Luna. It was the eve of the wedding, and they couldn’t wait to get it over with. They both knew it took a lot of planning, especially a royal wedding but it was still tiring none the rest. Everyone was looking forward to the event. After Twilight had finished clearing things up with her friends and family. They announced their engagement to the rest of Equestria. The majority took it well and didn’t care much that two of the four princesses were fillyfoolers. They were happy they had found love, but there were a few ponies who were disgusted by the idea. They didn’t think that kind of ponies could cause so much trouble until... A few days earlier Twilight was visiting Canterlot to see Luna about the floral arrangements, and a few more last-minute arrangements. Twilight walked out of the floral boutique and held a small pile of papers in her magic. The florists had given her possible floral arrangements they could choose from. "Let’s see... Luna has a meeting with some ambassadors from the Changeling Kingdom. But I’m pretty sure she has some free time afterwards..." Twilight mumbled to herself, lost in thought to notice two stallions following her. Uh... if only we could have a simple and small wedding... unfortunately that’s not possible...., Twilight thought sighing as she turned a corner. She accidentally bumps into another pair of stallions. The princess back away and rub her nose, "Oh, I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going" Twilight said when she backed into the stallions from before. Twilight looked back as all four unicorns closed in on her. She slowly narrowed her eyes, knowing something was about to happen. "Disgusting abomination" a light blue, unicorn stallion shouted, "Being a princess doesn’t excuse you for the disgusting crime you’ve committed!" "You shall be dealt with," a light brown one said as all four forced Twilights into an ally way. "Guess we should have expected this! A commoner and nightmare moon.... we should have dealt with you two sooner" the last unicorn said. "Commoner... I see.... you must be some of the noble ponies that were forced out of court" Twilight said glaring at the stallions. Twilight had expected this sooner or later. When she came out to Equestria with Luna, Celestia did a purge of the noble inside of her court. All the nobles who held negative feelings towards same-sex marriages, or for anything else that wasn’t for the well being of Equestria. They were immediately dismissed and replaced with more accepting ponies, who didn’t harbour such feelings. Those who left respectably kept their noble titles, but those who didn’t have their title stripe away. "Are you confident enough to face me? Or should I remind you I’m the element of magic?" Twilight said as she stood firm in place. The four stallions look at each other and seem too hesitant. Twilight was well known for her magic abilities long before she ascended Princess-hood. "Well, gentlecolts?” She asked once more. The stallions didn’t respond or move as they glared down at her. Twilight smiled and pushed them to the side before walking in between them. She was halfway through the alleyway when one of the stallions fired a magical ray at her. Twilight caught the glow of his magic from the corner of her eye. She quickly dodges it with the ray burning her right cheek and lower ear. Twilight let out a soft gasp as she quickly returned fire. She shot at the hooves of the stallions before teleporting away. She soon reappeared in Luna’s room, the one place she knew it was safe. She could have easily gone back to her castle, but she wasn’t sure who to trust now. What ponies were after her, and who the nobles paid to watch her. Ugh... I let my guard down, Twilight thought as she touched her cheek with her hoof, flinching slightly at the pain. Twilight’s ears twitch hearing the bedroom door open. She quickly lit her horn expecting one of the nobles who might have figured out where she was. Luna yawns and walks towards her bedroom. She had just finished another boring meeting and was looking forward to a quick power nap before her next royal duty. She lit her horn opening the door, as she walked inside, she jumps slightly seeing her fiancé in a fighting stance. "Love? What’s going on?" Luna asked closing the door behind her, "What are you doing?" Luna turns the light on with her eyes widening slightly, seeing her future wife with burn marks. "Love! What happened?!” Luna said rushing over to her. "A group of ex-nobles came to pay a visit," Twilight explained feeling Luna moved her head to the side. Those ponies again...., Luna frown with her horn glowing. She sighed deeply and hug Twilight in her hooves and started to heal Twilight’s wounds. "Did the mistake of turning my back on them, but luckily I was able to dodge it," Twilight said wrapping her hooves around her future wife. "Love, I don’t want you to go out alone anymore," Luna said resting her head on top of Twilights. "I’m going to assign some guardpony whenever you go without me." "What? Luna, I don’t need to be babied." Twilight said pulling away from her and placed a reassuring hoof on her chest, "I can handle myself in a battle." "Beloved, I just healed you from a minor wound," Luna said with a frown, "Those nobles will seek out retribution for what we have done." "Luna, please don’t worry about me. I knew something like this was going to happen and I’m perfectly able to handle myself. I appreciate the offer but you should be more concerned about protecting yourself. They not only after me, you know." "Love, you should know this by now. I’m always going to worry about you and I’m always going to protect you, rather you like it or not. Just please be careful alright? The last thing I want…. Is for you to get badly hurt." The lunar princess said resting her forehead on Twilight’s shoulder, sighing deeply and taking a moment to smell her scent, and enjoying her soft coat. "We can talk about this later. Let's just focus on the wedding," Twilight said nuzzling against her fiancé. Luna lifted her head up from Twilight’s shoulder and nodded in response before the two shared a passionate kiss. Present The big day has finally arrived, ponies all gathered to Canterlot Castle, all trying to get the best spot they could around the balcony. They lined the streets to where the royal carriage would pass by, all hoping for a glimpse of the brides. Everything was finally set, the guest have all arrived and took their seats, all anxious for the wedding to begin. "Hey, Twily," Shining said entering his sister’s room quickly adjusting his uniform. He stopped in shock, seeing his sister in her wedding dress. Twilight wore a white wedding dress, very simple which fit her taste, there was lace around the bottom. Shining took a step closer and notice the lace was a crescent moon and star. Twilight’s mane was neatly tied up in a bun with a small diamond crown on top of her head. He sniffs and shed a few ‘liquid pride’ tears, "Oh! Twily…. You look so beautiful…." "Thank you, Shining," Twilight said pulling the veil over her face, "Did you make sure Luna wasn’t a changeling?" "I tried… she got mad at me and kicked my flank…" the white stallion mumble rubbing his flank at the horrible memory, "Then she called me a… horse ass…." "Yup, it’s the real Luna," the purple mare said before erupting into laughter. "I never knew Luna could be that mean…" Shining said with a sigh. Shining frown as he recalled the times, he encountered the princess of the night. She always wore a natural expression, not showing her emotions, acted as a royal princess should be just her sister. Even when he married Cadence, he always got that side of Luna. "Well, she doesn’t have to act all ‘princessy’ with you now. You’re going to be her brother in law after all," Twilight said quickly examining herself in the mirror. "But why is she so mean towards me…." He mumbles with a pout. The two soon heard a loud knock the door, "Who is it?" "The wedding is ready to begin. Are you ready, Princess Twilight?" A guardpony asked "Ready, Twily?" Shining asked turning towards his sister. "Ready," Twilight replied smiling at him. A large group of ponies stood across from each other, filling both sides of the room with a red carpet separating them. The walls were aligned with lavender flowers mixed with statice flower jewel. Both flowers being the favourites of Twilight and Luna for obvious reasons. A beautiful chandeliers hang above the carpet with the sun lighting up the rest of the room. Banners of all four princesses cutie marks stood near the altar with Celestia at the centre. She looked over at her sister, who simply wore a white tuxedo. She never liked the idea of wearing dresses. Somepony would normally have to force her to wear one on at royal events. Naturally, the lunar princess decided not to wear a dress for her own wedding. In just a few minutes… I’m about to marry the mare of my dreams, Luna took a deep breath as she felt her heart beating like crazy. Her eyes glanced over at their guest, Thorax, Discord, Ember, along with many other friends Twilight had made throughout the years. "Nervous?" Celestia whispered smiling at her sister "Just a little…." Luna said smiling in return, "I just can't wait to see Twilight in her dress," "Rest assure, sister," Celestia said placing a large white wing around her, "I went to check on her and she’s stunning." "Indeed, she does," Shining said standing across from the lunar princess, "One thing is for sure, Luna. You’re going to love the dress." A light blush appeared on the navy-blue princess as she listened to her sister’s words. Luna gave her sister a quick hug when they heard the music begin, announcing the arrival of the other bride. Quickly, Luna stood back in her place as the grand doors slowly opened. The two regal sisters watch as all of Twilight’s friends, yes, even Sunset Shimmer had made the trip from the human world to attend her friend’s wedding. All seven mares, all brought together because of Twilight walked down the aisle, wearing stunning dresses themselves. Twilight…., Luna could feel her heart beating even faster and was worried, she might have a heart attack from this anxious waiting to see her future wife. Her heart suddenly skipped a beat, eyes locked into Twilight’s as she stood at the end of the aisle with her parents beside her. A blush quickly rose to turn Luna’s cheeks a bright red. "She’s…. she… she’s so…. Beautiful…." Luna whispered watching Twilight walked down the aisle. Luna…., Twilight smiled staring back at her moon princess, tears dangerously about to overflow from the joy she was feeling. She could feel her own heart skip a beat when her eyes first saw her. The two mares lovingly stared at each other; to them, there was no pony else in the room. It was simply Luna and Twilight, it was only them in this special moment. "Take good care of her," Luna was quickly brought back to reality, her eyes looking down at Nightlight as he gave Twilight’s hoof to her. The lunar princess gave both parents a smile, "I promise. Twilight means more to me than the moon itself," Luna said with Twilight Velvet hugging the two mares. Twilight’s parents smiled kissed their daughter’s forehead before taking their seats. "You look absolutely stunning, my love," Luna whispered as they slowly turned to face Celestia. "You’re not so bad yourself, Luna," Twilight whispered as they held hooves. "Please be seated," Celestia said watching as ponies took their seats before giving their full attention to the couple. "Mares and gentlecolts! We are gathered here today to celebrate the union of Princess Twilight Sparkle, and my sister, Princess Luna. The strength of their love proven strong and undeniable when a terrible curse fell upon them. They proved that true love will survive anything, even a curse that forces two lovers apart. May we have the rings, please?" "You got it!" Spike said holding a red velvet pillow with two silver rings. Twilight and Luna looked down at the rings, one being silver with an alexandrite stone in shape of a star with small amethyst stones along the band. The second ring is almost identical with the star being replaced with a crescent moon, and the stones reversed. "Thank you," Celestia said taking the two rings in her magic. She smiled at her sister and form- her now sister in law. She placed the amethyst crescent moon on Twilight’s horn and the alexandrite star on Luna’s. "I now pronounce you, wife and wife!" Celestia said as the room erupted in cheers. "TWILY!" Shining cried tears overflowing, "MY BABY SISTER MARRIED!" Oh, Shining.... this is worst than usual, Twilight thought watching as Cadence did her best to comfort him. Twilight shook her head and turned to Luna. The two smiled lovingly at each other before the two shared their first kiss are wife and wife. As they parted, they could hear the roaring cheering of the ponies outside, confetti falling down below them as they walked onto the balcony. Twilight and Luna looked down at the ponies below giving them a wave of their hooves. "Like smiling is so hard, just like waving, right wife?" Twilight teased recalling the time her wife and sister in law switch cuties marks. Luna blinks a few times with her brain quickly recalling the event her wife was referring too, "Haha… very funny," Luna replied turning to face her. She smiled and kissed Twilight on the lips, hearing the crowd below cheering even louder. Moneybags slowly opened his eyes his vision focusing on his stone-cold cell. He moved his hooves slightly as the chains cling together, his eyes looked up at his horn and the anti-magic ring around it. He growled in annoyance; this damn ring was preventing him from using his magic. Regardless of how powerful a unicorn or alicorn was, this ring blocked all magic. Moneybags hated this ring with a passion, but he had to admit… this little ring will be quite useful for his plans. The sincerest smile formed on his muzzle when a sudden explosion tore through the prison. The prison shook from the impact, alarms and shouting filled ponies’ ears. It seems my ride is here…. It's about damn time! Stay too long in this hell hole, Money sat up from his old and very uncomfortable bed. He walked over to the bars and could hear the panic going around the prison. The guards were frantically running around, a few were trying to put the fire out the explosion had caused, others tried to calm the excited prisoners and regain control, while Moneybags simply waited. "Get those prisoners controlled!" a guardpony shouted before running passed Money’s cell, "Get the wounded to the infirmary! Hurry!" "yes sir!" another guardpony shouted before running the opposite direction. "Ugh… what’s taking them so long," Money mumble while he impatiently taps his hoof. He was about to lose his composure when he notices the two guards from moments ago, hit the cold floor with their necks broken. Hehe, there he is…. Brother, the former noble’s smile grew even bigger as the hooded pony walked towards the cell; taking the keys from one of the dead guard’s body. "Money Bags, you’ve looked better." The hooded pony said opening the prison door, "Did losing your entire wealth cause this?" "Hm… save it! Just open the door," he replied with a glare. The hooded pony shook its head and opened the prison door with his magic. Money smiled and patted his brother’s back, "Thank you, dear brother, you can remove that hood now." "Hm…" the stallion obeyed his brother request. He removed his hood with his black eyes immediately staring back at Moneybags with his dark grey coat. He ran his hoof through his light greyish mane before turning to his brother, "We have less than ten minutes before the place is swarm with reinforcement." "Crescent, would you please?" Money said motioning to his chained-up hooves. "The royal wedding was today," Crescent said easily removing the chains with a quick spell. The chains fell to the ground while Money rubbed his hooves, he took the ring off and held it in his magic. "Aren't you going to get rid of that?" "This little thing… annoying but will be extremely useful for my plans." He replied glancing at the ring before looking back at his brother, "Wedding you said?" "Those two got married today," Crescent said seeing his older brother laugh slightly, "What’s so funny, brother?" "My, my, we must send our congratulations to the newlywed couple…."Money said laughing even more as the two simply walked out of the prison. "They must be so happy…. For now…."