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// Chapter 54 - A Canterlot Wedding Disaster Part 1 
// Story: My Little Pony: Ren's Adventures In Equestria 
// by MaxTV1234 
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"Jamie....Jamie....Jamie!" W-what?! Where am I? Oh wait...I'm at the Golden Oaks Library. Huh...I must've stayed up too late last night...again. What was I doing? Well other than late night book reading, I was busy researching both Starswirl's journal and the smudgy note that Ren, Nicole, and Rantaro found in the new areas in the room. I stood awake in the entire night just the sole purpose on deciphering them, even finding a way to uncover the note Ren made.

"Finally, you're awake!" I looked over to my right, and to my surprise, i-it was Twilight! She looked over me with a concern look and asked "You okay? I was starting to worry because you took a long time waking up from me and Spike's calls."

"O-oh..." I muttered, looking around in surprise and saw myself in my own desk that both Twilight and Spike provided for me when I started helping out around here. I gave her an apologetic look and said "Oh...sorry about that..."

"It's okay. No need to apologize." Twilight assured with a soft smile. "Anyway, Spike and I were just checking up on you to see if you were awake just so we could have breakfast together."

"O-oh...s-sure Twilight." I nodded, trying my best not to blush in embarrassment. "L-let's go eat!"

"Okay!" Twilight chuckled before walking off from my desk. I soon got up and dust myself off before letting out a yawn. Man...I'm getting too tired out for this. I really want to stop doing what I was doing but right now! I just can't stop myself! Right now, I'm trying to decipher the journal's code but it's difficult for us to decipher it, not only because I have a hard time understanding the language, but for some reason, no one but us humans can be able to read it. I just don't understand why, but in the meantime, I should get some breakfast. 

I headed towards the kitchen to see Spike cooking up some meals by himself with a satisfied smile on his face.

"Oh hey Jamie! You're just in time for my special made breakfast!" Spike smiled.

"O-oh really? What's on the menu today?" I asked curiously as Owlicious, who has happened to be helping Spike at the moment came over and delivered some dishes for us. It was a special made French Toast, but it had hay for the stuffing and some carrots on top of it. "U-umm...is this supposed to be French Toast?"

"Well  yeah." Spike shrugged. "It's Twilight's favorite dish."

"Oh...I-I see." I nodded before putting my hands together and saying a praise for dinner. I was taught to always praise before eating dinner. Why do you ask? Well I was told by my peers that it's very respectable to do it.

After I was done praising, I picked up my fork and began eating it and once I took a bite out of it, I let out a small smile which went unnoticed by Spike and Owlicious.

"So...do you like it?" Spike asked curiously. 

"Hoo Hoo?" Owlicious twisted his head a bit backwards before looking at me with curious eyes. 

"I-it's very delicious...Thank you for making breakfast Spike." I thanked with a soft smile. "You know, you're quite good with your cooking. It makes you almost look like a professional Chef."

"Maybe..." Spike chuckled with a smirk. "I could maybe be a chef and open up my own restaurant. Oh, that could be good."

"And whatever happened to always being my assistant, Spike?" Oh! It's Twilight! I didn't even see her there! She just walked over to the kitchen with a smirk and a raised brow. "I thought for sure that you vow to never leave my side as my number#1 assistant?"

Spike scratched the back of his neck with his spatula and made a nervous chuckle.

"W-well...you know Twilight? I was just joking as usual." That didn't sound like a joke at all. You sounded like you were serious onto dreaming about being a chef and opening a restaurant.

"Right." Twilight rolled her eyes as Owlicious flew over and placed the same dish I was eating. She then looked over at me with a smile and asked "So Jamie, how's your breakfast?"

"O-oh...I-it's good. Thank you for asking." I smiled softly at her. "Thank you for asking me."

"Tee-hee! Anytime Jamie!" Twilight giggled before taking a bite of an Equestrian version of French Toast. "So anyway, you weren't doing anymore research late last night without me, were you?"

I felt a bit shocked and worried about her finding out about that as I began stuttering.

"U-u-uhh...w-w-ell....I-I...." Oh man oh man oh man! H-h-how could I explain this to her?! Suddenly, I began to hear her snickered, along with Spike and Owlicious. "U-u-umm...what?"

"It's okay if you did it." Twilight waved it off with a smile. "You were just so curious, that's all. It's understandable based upon the clues we found so far during your time here in Equestria."

"Yes." I nodded with a small frown on my face. It's been exactly six months, several weeks, and presumably 50 days since I first gotten here. Sorry...I haven't been good keeping track. I'm...totally useless...aren't I? Though I wouldn't say that aloud towards the others because I really want to get strong. I only told Jack, Mason, Ren, and Kodiak of this because...I trust them. I never had friends like them before, and I was always known for my books but many people try to be friends for my money because I'm the heir of the Watson family's fortune. I feel so much ashamed of myself for ever being a part of a rich family...especially a rich family that has a neglectful father.

"Well either way, I can understand." Twilight nodded. "Even I am so curious onto solving the mysteries behind you and the others' appearances in our world or why you were inside of that home-ship. To think we have the other clues but we're just drawing a blank here." 

"Y-yeah...I supposed you're right." I sighed. "I-I'm sorry...."

"What are you apologizing for?" Spike asked curiously.

"I-it's just that...I'm so unreliable..." I sighed sadly. "When we finally did find some clues....w-we get ourselves into a blank and start back to square one. I-I really am unreliable..."

"Don't say that Jamie!" Twilight shook her head. "It'll take a long while till we find a way to uncover the smudge out of that letter they found back in Nicole's room."

"I am still confused on why it wouldn't be wiped away in the first place." Spike shrugged, taking a bite of his french toast. "I mean, no matter how much ink dropper we use, it doesn't work."

"Well it's possible that it could possibly be that the smudges grown attached to the paper?" I suggested, which Twilight hummed in agreement.

"That's a possibility." Twilight sighed. "The best way is to find out...hopefully that Princess Celestia might help out."

"Y-yeah...it's best if we sent out this l-letter to her." I nodded with a meek smile. "Also...thank you for making this breakfast, Spike."

"Ha ha, anything for a friend." Spike winked.

"F-Friend?" I asked in surprise. "Y-you...really think of me a-as a friend?"

"Well of course!" Spike nodded with a smile. "You and Twilight are always hanging out, helping us around the library, and you're quite intelligent with a lot of facts and logic."

"O-oh..." I blushed a bit before looking away nervously. "Y-yeah....thank you Spike..."

"Anytime!" Spike chuckled.

"Well anyway, if you boys are done chatting..." Twilight handed Spike her dish with a smile. "We should get to the first part of the list, clean-up and then later pack some stuff up for a little picnic with the others."

"Huh? P-Picnic?" I asked in surprise. 

"Oh right, we never told you yet." Twilight turned with a soft smile as she gotten out of her seat and began heading towards the end of the room. "See, we were having a little picnic with the others just to hang out."

"Oh...I-I see." I chuckled a bit. "W-well...we better get to cleaning, huh?"

"You bet!" Twilight nodded before she headed towards out of the kitchen. "You do the dishes while I go sweep around the library."

"Y-yes T-Twilight!" I nodded. "A-And...I hope you have...umm..."

Twilight let out a giggle before saying "Well either way...thanks for your assistance."

I let out a weak smile and nodded before she took her leave to do what she said she needed to do. I smiled softly at her, feeling a bit joy from us. Every time I see her read, compliment me for my skills, I...I felt so happy to find someone who loves similar things like mine. 

"So..." Spike turned to me with a sly grin. "How it's going on with your crush?"

"It's going great, Spike! She's feeling so wonderful and-".....Ah crap! Why did I say that?! In front of Spike and Owlicious no less! Suddenly, I began to hear them laughing while my face turned bright red in embarrassment.

"P-p-please keep it down!" I begged, which caused them to be quiet. "T-thank you..."

"I knew it! You really do have a-" I immediately closed Spike's mouth in hopes he doesn't blurt it out loud enough for Twilight to hear! 

"P-please be quiet!" I pleaded, which he rolled his eyes before looking over me with an annoyed look. "Thank you...anyway...just forget w-what you heard...it's not like it's important anyway...."

"Hey, don't say that." Spike patted me on the back, bringing up a smile. "I mean, so if you have a weird thing for Twilight. I mean, Ren is dating Fluttershy and Mason and Rarity...well, that's one thing. I'm not sure about Jack and Rainbow Dash considering that they like to challenge each other in competition and like to argue a lot, so...yeah..." 

He shrugged while I slumped my head down and sighed "I-It's nothing important...I...I'm just a loser. No way she would like a coward l-like me..."

"How could you not know?" Spike questioned with a raised brow. "Just talk to her when you have the chance."

"A-Are you sure?" I asked, looking at him with a confused look. "W-what if...she just laughs at me?"

"What could possibly happen by simply laughing at you?" Spike questioned.

"W-well...umm...." I looked away with a nervous look before I began scratching my hair over and over again. "Ugh! What am I saying?! I'm so stupid!"

"Dude, just calm down." Spike said with a blank look before letting out a sigh and smiling over me. "Just stay confident for once. You're not gonna keep your secret crush thing a secret forever."

I looked away with a sad look. You know...Spike has a point. I can't keep hiding it away from her for like forever. I have to tell her how I feel...I've been keeping this away but...why am I having so much of this intense feeling with her? I...I just don't get it....why do I have feelings for a pony? N-no offense to her! I'm not saying that there's nothing wrong with that but...it's just...how should I put it?...You know what? Just ignore me...you all probably wouldn't want to listen to a coward like me.

“What are you guys talking about?” AHH! I immediately turned around in shock upon seeing Twilight coming into the room with a raised brow. “I can practically hear you guys mumbling back at the living room.”

“I-i’ts nothing Twilight! We were just discussing some…things.” I had to lie…I…I just don’t want her to find out. But…I supposed that Spike does raise a point….there’s no way I have to keep hiding my hidden feelings for her…but I’m just scared on how she would react…I’m just…too much of a coward. No way she would like a coward like me.

“Well…okay.” Twilight shrugged. “Come on, we should hurry and clean up, do our morning book read sessions, and head over to the hills just at the park.”

“Y-yes Twilight!” I nodded firmly, but held a nervous look on my face.

“You got it Twilight!” Spike winked before getting off of a small stool he was standing on and began doing some clean-up. 

“In the meantime, I better head and sweep off the floor. Jamie, do you mind if you dust some of the bookshelves for me, please?” Twilight asked with a hopeful smile. I looked away nervously and began stuttering again.

“O-o-oh! Y-yes Twilight! I-I’ll get right o-on it!” I nodded before making my way out of the room, passing by Twilight and went to do what she asked me to do.

Though…I supposed what Spike told me is true. I can’t keeping it forever…when the time is right…I’ll tell her….I’ll tell her…that I…love her….if she would accept it and won’t mock me…but no…I trust her. Of course she wouldn’t laugh or mock me for something so simple like that…right?

Later
Kaede’s POV

“Ahh…a wonderful idea Kay.” 

“Tee-hee! Thanks Rarity. I just thought this blanket was good enough for the picnic.” I chuckled before placing it down onto the ground while the others went helping out. In case you guys didn’t knew was that we planned a picnic just a few weeks after Ren’s 16th birthday party skirmish. It was really fun playing detective during that incident, but what I’m really glad is that we finally decided to hang out on this picnic we planned out. 

Jack, Applejack, Mason, and Rainbow Dash were busy having a competition in arm/hoof-wrestling. Carrie was playing with Ren and Fluttershy and the rest of our pets. Me, Rarity, and Rosy were busy setting things up to make things more ‘pizzazz’ or would Rarity might say.

“Say, are you done yet?” Kodi asked, wagging his tail a bit. “Because I really really want something to eat now.”

“Just settle down, boy.” Ren chuckled, petting him on the head. “You just need to relax and wait till the others show up.”

“Ren is right.” Fluttershy nodded. “I think it's very rude to keep bugging ponies when they're busy."

"Oh right." Kodi chuckled with a small smile before noticing that Rosy was walking over to him with a soft smile as she nuzzled his leg. "Oh hey there, Li'l Rosy!" 

"Meow!" Rosy nodded with a purr. "Meow Meow!"

Rosy jumped onto his face and began playing around with him, causing him to laugh and rolled around the grass.  We all watched over and laughed as we settled down on the food, drinks, and such we brought over for the picnic. 

"Ahh..." Jack scratched his belly with an amused grin. "Well I'm glad that we finally get some decent food."

"Right." Applejack nodded before turning to him with a raised brow. "You sure that  you won't be eating any meat today? I mean, practically everypony around in Equestria knows about you."

"Don't worry." Carrie assured. "Me, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo wrote an apology about that all over Equestria so everypony will be alright...I think."

"That's a relief." I sighed before smiling over her. "That was so nice of you! Thanks Carrie!"

"Indeed, little sis." Mason ruffled her hair, causing her to laugh a lot.

"Hmph!" Jack scoffed, letting out some air out of his nostrils. "Well still...I rather eat some hamburgers than some 'hay'-burgers."

"Come on, it's taste so good Jack." Rainbow retorted. "You even said that they taste not bad."

"Exactly. 'Not bad'." Jack scoffed before letting out a light burp. "Ooh, been holding that for a while."

"Ugh!" Rarity scoffed, waving her hoof away in disgust. "Has anypony back in your world  taught you any manners?"

"I'm a biker. I can do whatever I want, ya frigging loon." Jack snorted, only to receive a death glare from Rarity herself. Ooh, I really hoping that you wouldn't call that again. You know how she is, Jack.

"Now now, you guys." Ren said with a soft smile. "No need to fight."

Jack and Rarity glared at each other before scoffing each other and muttered "Fine..."

"So where's Twilight and Jamie?" Carrie asked curiously.

"Don't you worry Carrie!" Pinkie explained, messing around with her hair. "After all, they'll be any minute right...." She raised her hoof and pointed towards the end of the hill. "Now!"

"Hey you guys!" We looked over to see both Jamie and Twilight walking over with smiles on their faces. "Sorry if we were late! Had a lot to do over for the morning chores list I scheduled."

"It's alright." Mason assured with a light bow. "You're just in time to enjoy this picnic."

"T-thank you." Jamie nodded before the two settled down on the ground. "U-umm...did we miss anything along the way?"

"Oh no, nothing much." I waved it off with a smile. "We were just hanging out while we waited for you guys to show up to have our little picnic."

"O-oh...I see. Thank you all." Jamie thanked with a meek smile, twiddling with his notebook a little. "S-so...I-I just heard about this picnic just earlier and...well...s-sorry..."

"What are you apologizing for?" Rainbow asked with a raised brow. "So what if you forgot? At least Twilight made you remember about it at least!"

"I-I know but..." Jack slammed him on his back, much to his surprise. "A-AH!" He shrieked in fear.

"Just relax kiddo." Jack grinned. "So what if ya didn't bring any food to the picnic? We're fine now."

"Yeah!" Pinkie nodded, appearing right in front of Jamie with a huge grin. "We got plenty of food like hay-burgers, hay-fries, carrot cake, apple pie, and-"

Rainbow immediately slapped her mouth shut with a sheepish smile. 

"Yeah...I think it's best if you didn't bring any of that up." Rainbow insisted.

"At all." Kodi added, causing the rest of us to laugh.

"W-well...even so..." Jamie softly smiled at us. "T-thank you."

"Anytime..." I nodded before picking up a slice of apple pie for him. "So...care for a slice?"

"O-oh yes please!" Jamie nodded before accepting my offer and taking a bite of the apple pie. Just by one bite, he felt amazed by how delicious it was. "Oh my goodness! I-it taste so good! I've never had an apple pie before!"

"Heh, well it's your lucky day!" Applejack grinned. "It's one of my Apple Family's secret recipes!"

"I don't think it's that hard or too much of a secret to know how to make apple pies." Ren stated, scratching his cheek in embarrassment while the rest of us laughed at that, realizing how true is that. 

Heh heh heh. Well...looks everyone is enjoying this party as much as I am. I'm really glad everyone is enjoying and I'm also glad to be a part of it and I'm sure Jamie feels that way too. I'm super glad that-



U-ugh...what? Where am I? I then saw a static image of me having some sort of helmet on my head with my eyes peacefully closed. What's going on? What is that thing?

"I may not be someone special. I may be an ordinary high school girl but...I really want to offer my help to others. That's why I'll keep fighting off and I would sacrifice myself for my friends...because that's what my heart tells me."

What...did I say? 



"Ooh..." I rubbed my aching head, unable to stop the headache while the others looked over at me with great concern.

"K-Kaede darling, are you alright?" Rarity asked in worried.

"H-huh?" I looked up to see them looking at me with concern, causing me to smile meekly at them. "O-oh...it's nothing. Just a minor headache."

"Oh...I-I see." Rarity sighed in relief. "You nearly gotten a big scare out of us."

"Tell me about it." Mason nodded. "Are you sure you are alright, Kaede?"

"Y-yeah...totally!" I nodded. I'm not sure what I saw...but I'm sure we'll talk about it later.

"What's going on here?"

Hm? Was that...?

Soon, we saw two figures walking towards us which we were all too familiar with.

"Well well well, thought I found you guys here." Oh boy, it's them. Apparently, we were introduced once more by Rantaro and Nicole together again. Like seriously, these two seemed to pretty know each other very well that I honestly can't tell what's up with that? 

"Hello there..." Nicole greeted with a small wave before looking over her iPad.

"What brings ya here Rantaro and Nicole?" Ren asked curiously.

"Did you also come for the picnic?" Fluttershy asked. 

"Nah, I was busy minding my own business. I have no need to go around and play around in some picnic." Rantaro shrugged till Nicole intervened.

"He's joking around. He's feeling eager to join in on you." Nicole explained, causing Rantaro to stiff a bit before leaning his fedora down a bit.

"Would you just shut up for once?" Rantaro scoffed before turning to us with a smirk. "Ignoring her for a moment, just thought I could chat up with ya guys."

"...Alright, so what do ya want partner?" Applejack questioned suspiciously. "I highly doubt that someone like you would want to hang out with us."

"True." Rantaro shrugged. "I just felt bored with her being around me."

"No, you dragged me over here to hang out with you because you felt too bored being by yourself and your friend, Gizmo." Nicole retorted bluntly. 

"Seriously? Is there an off button on ya?" Rantaro asked irritably with a blank look.

"Tch! Get lost!" Jack scoffed.

"Come on you guys." Ren begged. "They're just trying to be nice. At least we could let them hang out with us on this picnic."

"Well yeah!" I nodded in agreement. "I mean, we planned this picnic for weeks and so we all deserved it."

Everyone looked at each other, some felt doubtful and highly suspicious of Rantaro while the others thought that Nicole was no problem...well except for her social skills of course. 

"Well...Kaede does raise a good valid point." Rarity spoke up.

"I think it would be nice for them to join." Fluttershy smiled.

"I'm not interested." Rantaro scoffed. "Besides, I think Nicole would love to join with you while you guys are just wasting my time."

"No I don't." Nicole said bluntly while she glanced away. "I...rather be somewhere in my room." She narrowed her eyes towards Rantaro. "Besides...you practically dragged me away from my room while I was on my iPad."

"So?" Rantaro snickered. "Can't a guy like me just love to drag a girl off like that?"

"I...have no response to that." Ren said, sweat-dropping a little.

"Me neither." I nodded in agreement, sweat-dropping as well.

"Just leave me alone." Nicole said sternly. "I'm not good around crowds."

"Well you won't if ya don't improving your social skills." Rantaro scoffed. "Jeez, so annoying. Maybe if I should have left you off..."

"Ah..." Nicole stared at him for a while before glancing away and began doing something on her  iPad, much to our confusion.

"Ooh! What she doing on that weird iPaddy device thingy?!" Pinkie asked curiously. 

"Maybe playing a game?" Ren suggested, prompting Twilight to give him a weird look.

"Really? Do you really think a professional psychologist would play a game on that device of hers?" Twilight questioned.

"Well yeah." Ren shrugged, which made Fluttershy, Kodiak, and Rosy chuckled in delight at the suggestion Ren made. 

"Now now Ren." Fluttershy patted her on the head.

"I have no interest in some picnic. I know you guys don't bother with me." Rantaro shrugged. "You guys haven't been trusting me for two months."

"For obvious reasons!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Yeah! You're a frigging criminal!" Jack growled, clenching his fists tightly.

Rantaro gave him a bored look before letting out a yawn. "Wow...like I haven't heard that before? So what you say doesn't apply to you considering that you're a brute of a biker as well?"

A tick-mark appeared on Jack's forehead as he grabbed him by the tie and prepared to punch him through the face.

"Why you little piece of-"

"Hey wait!" Ren stopped us, along with me and Applejack. "You guys! Don't! We're supposed to have fun!" Ren exclaimed in worried.

"Ren's right, you guys!" I nodded in agreement. "No need to fight!"

"Settle down partner!" Applejack held Jack back, forcing him to let go of Rantaro's tie. He gave off a scoff while the rest of us sighed in annoyance.

"See? Even the brute doesn't like me?" Rantaro shrugged. "You guys can't trust me."

Nicole stared at him for a while before going back on her iPad.

"E-everyone..." We looked over at Jamie, who held a nervous look. "D-do we really have to fight? U-umm...I'm sure it's just a m-misunderstanding...P-please..."

We all stared at him with concern looks before letting out sighs.

"Fine...only because you said it Jamie." Rainbow groaned.

"Besides, we all should be enjoying this!" Carrie giggled. "I mean, I never eaten this much food before."

"Yeah!" Kodi nodded in agreement, biting onto some chocolate cake Pinkie brought over. "Mm-hmm! It's so delicious! I can't believe the Cakes ever made the best chocolate cake ever!"

"Don't forget! They even Rennie's birthday 'MMMM' cake!" Pinkie added, which made Ren smiled at that.

"Yeah, though..." Ren scratched the back of his neck with a sheepish grin. "You kinda ate all of it up, remember?"

"Oh right..." Pinkie muttered, realizing that before letting out a huge grin. "But don't worry Rennie! I promise that I'll bake you another 'MMMM' cake!"

"R-really? Thanks Pinkie!" Ren grinned happily.

"A-are you sure?" Jamie asked curiously. "D-didn't you say that it took you over by several months or so to create it?"

"That's gonna be one of my Pinkie Promises to fulfill!" Pinkie winked. "And besides..." She soon turned over to...what is she even looking at? "The audience knows that we kinda fast-forward a lot through these chapters, ain't that right readers?"

"....." We all stared at her with befuddled, confused, weird, and blank looks on our faces.

"Whaaaat?" Kodi asked before looking over at Rosy, who only shrugged in confusion.

"Twi....light!.." Huh? We looked behind us to see Spike running towards us with a tired out look on his face. "I...have...lemme just...." He began taking some deep breaths before sighing in relief. He raised one claw before we heard his stomach making some weird sounds before he let out a loud burp of fire out of his mouth, and out came was a letter from the princess herself.

"Interesting..." Nicole muttered, tapping her chin in thought. "Does that happen to him every time?"

"A lot, yes." Mason replied a firm nod. "Though...what does Princess Celestia sent for us this time?"

"Let me read it over." Twilight picked up the letter by using her levitation magic and unveiled it as she began reading it aloud. 

"Dear Twilight, I am sure you are as excited as I am about upcoming wedding in Canterlot."

She looked over us with a confused look and asked "Wedding?"

"I don't know any wedding at all." Ren shrugged.

"Me neither." I added.

"Ooh! A wedding!" Carrie asked in excitement. "Ooh! It's been so long since I've been to a wedding!"

"Really?" Jamie asked in surprise. "D-did you e-ever attended weddings when you were still living with the O-Ortega Family?"

"Yep! Big brother, Elena, and I always attended some of our relatives wedding parties and they're always the best!" Carrie giggled. "I always love being the flower girl and always pushing my big brother into kissing Elena."

"C-Carrie!" Mason gasped, trying his best to hide his blush while the others snickered as Jack hardly patted him on the back and barked up some laughter. 

"Ah ha ha ha! Who knew your sister had the guts to make ya do that to your girl!" Jack laughed, adding more and more embarrassment to Mason. Frankly, I feel sorry for him. Honest.

"S-strange..." Jamie muttered before looking over his notebook. "I-I don't remember you receiving a letter about some wedding over by Canterlot."

"That's what I'm wondering!" Twilight exclaimed before looked back at the letter and went back to reading.

I will be presiding over the ceremony, but would very much like you and your friends to help with the preparations for this wonderful occasion. Fluttershy, I would like you and your songbird choir to provide the music.

"Oh my goodness!" Fluttershy gasped in surprise before smiling happily at it. "What an honor!"

"Yeah!" Ren nodded. "I think you'll do wonderful at the part Fluttershy!"

"Ha ha." Fluttershy blushed over at Ren. "R-right...thank you Ren."

"Pinkie Pie, I can think of no one more qualified than you to host the reception."

"Hip, hip, hooray!" Pinkie cheered, jumping into the air with an excited grin on her face.

"Applejack, you will be in charge of the catering for the reception."

"Well, color me pleased as punch!" Applejack chuckled.

"No argument there." Jack snickered.

"Rainbow Dash-

Rainbow Dash lets out a yawn, already getting bored of this.

"...I would very much appreciate it if you could perform a Sonic Rainboom as the bridge and groom complete their 'I do's'".

The moment she heard that, Rainbow Dash flew around in loop-de-loops with an awestruck look on her face.

"Ahh yeah!" Rainbow grinned happily.

"Sounds like someone's excited." Rantaro grinned a little.

"Rarity, Kaede, you two will be responsible for designing the dresses for the bride and her bridesmaids."

"Wait what?!" I exclaimed in shock. Me and Rarity slowly looked at each other with excited looks on our faces. "P-Princess Celestia wants us..."

"To make wedding dresses for the bride and bridesmaids?!" Rarity finished my sentence as the two of us grabbed ahold of each other by the arms and hooves and began jumping up and down with glee, letting out some squeals while the others watches us in amusement.

"Huh...it would seem that Princess Celestia sees a good talent in you." Nicole stated. "So what else does it say Twilight?"

"Well..." 

"Mason, you will act as a bodyguard and served the best stallion for the groom." 

"Ah...I see." Mason smiled a bit. "That would be an honor to do."

"Well of course!" Carrie grinned happily. "With your skills big brother, you would get best honor of being best pony or man of the wedding!"

"Thank you Carrie." Mason hugged his sister, which she hugged back.

"Ren, Jamie, Jack, Rantaro, Carrie and Nicole, you four boys will be the groom's best stallions while the two girls acts as the bride's bridesmaids."

"Oh sweet! I never been a 'Best Stallion' before!" Ren chuckled. 

"Huh...can't believe she would allow some guy like me to be a 'Best Man' for a wedding..." Rantaro muttered before letting out a smirk. "Neat."

"Did ya hear that Nicole?" Carrie asked excitedly. "We're gonna be the bridesmaids!"

Nicole glanced away, feeling silent all of a sudden. Carrie blinked in confusion before she began to feel concern for her.

"Umm...Nicole?" 

"....Sure, okay. It sounds okay." Nicole shrugged, much to the rest of our shocked.

"JUST LIKE THAT?!" We all exclaimed in shock.

"Sure." Jeez, she really like giving us blunt answers, doesn't she?

"Anyway, there's more to it." Twilight began reading more of the letter.

And as for you, Twilight and your fellow novelist friend, Jamie Watson, you two will be playing the most important role of all: Making sure that everything goes as planned. See you all very soon.

- Yours truly, Princess Celestia 

"O-oh!" I gasped in surprise a bit. "S-so we're gonna oversee the wedding? That's...quite an honor."

"But I don't get it. Who's getting married?" Twilight wondered aloud.

"Oh right!" Spike takes something out behind him, revealing to be another letter. "I was supposed to give this to you first."

Seriously? Well talk about suspense and concern on that. Rolling her eyes, Twilight unfolded the next letter Spike handed her and began reading it.

"Princess Celestia cordially invites you to the wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and..." She widened her eyes and lets out a shocked gasp. "My brother?!"

We all paused for a moment before making shocked looks on our faces.

"WHAT?!"


My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic


Jamie's POV

"W-w-w-w-w-w-what?!" I gasped in shock. T-T-Twilight...has a brother?! W-well...there was always a possibility/50% chance on that she had a sibling, but I dismissed that claim for a long while we were getting along so well.

"You mean...." Ren spoke up with a surprised and shocked look. "Shining Armor is getting married?!"

"Shining Armor?" Rantaro questioned with a raised before snickering. "Pfft! What a lame name. Who names their children like that?"

"You did forget that in Equestria, there are a lot of weird names, right?" Kaede pointed out.

"True, but that name is obviously the funniest ones." Rantaro chuckled. "I feel sorry for the guy for ever having a name like that."

Suddenly, he was hit on the head with a rolled up letter that Twilight used with a stern look on her face.

"This IS serious, Rantaro!" Twilight exclaimed. "Don't you guys get it?! My brother is getting married!"

"Your brother's getting married?" Applejack asked, feeling excited by that. "Congratulations Twilight, that's great news!"

"Yeah!" Carrie nodded. "It must feel awesome knowing that your brother is dating a wonderful girl!"

"It must be an honor, right?" Kodi asked with a smile. "I mean, if Princess Celestia is entrusting all of us to prepare this wedding then it must be a real honor for your brother to do that."

"Plus, Shining Armor IS Twilight's older brother." Ren added. "But man, I haven't heard from Shining Armor for a long while."

"Ah...so you know who this Shining Armor character is, huh?" Nicole questioned.

"Yeah! He's the Captain of the Royal Guard back at Canterlot." Kaede explained with a chuckle. "He escorted us towards the castle and we soon learned that he was related to Twilight."

"So..." Twilight turned to Ren, Kaede, Mason, and Carrie with a stern and fiery glare, causing me to flinch in fear. "You're telling me that you guys met my brother back when you were called by Princess Celestia herself and you never told us about that?! Not even to me?!"

"Uhh...yeah?" Ren answered, feeling a bit intimidated by her.

"Is there...something wrong Twilight?" Carrie asked.

"Oh nothing. I'm fine. Everything's great." Twilight scoffed before sitting down on the blanket and began chomping over a sandwich. "That I just got from a wedding invitation! Not from my brother, but from a piece of paper! Thanks a lot, Shining Armor. I mean, really, he couldn't tell me personally?"

"T-Twilight?" I called in concern. "U-umm....I-I'm sure he had his reasons. M-maybe...a surprise?"

"Oh yeah, sure." Twilight huffed before she began speaking in a different tone like she was imitating someone, possibly her brother. "Hey, Twilight, just thought you should know I'm making a really big decision that changes everything. Oh, never mind, you'll hear about it when you get the invitation. Princess Mi Amore Cadenza? Who in the hoof is that?!"

She lets out a snort before noticing our stares we sent at her.

"Umm...Twilight? Are you okay?" Fluttershy asks in worried. 

"She's feeling upset, anxious, angry, frustrated, and disappointed and heart-broken that her brother never told her about getting married with a girl she claims she doesn't know." Nicole described, much to our shock.

"Y-yeah...that." Twilight sighed. "It's just that-"

"You're very close with your brother, correct?" Nicole guessed.

Twilight looked at her for a while before letting out a sigh.

"Yes...that." Twilight looks down with a sad look.

"You must be really close with your bro, huh?" Jack questioned, scratching the back of his head. "I get that, I mean that I've been close with my older sister for quite a while."

"You have an older sister?" Ren asked in surprise.

"What? I never mentioned that?" Jack asked, which the majority of us shook our heads. "Well too bad, you're hearing it now."

"But anyway..." Twilight spoke up again. "Sorry, it's just that Shining Armor and I have always been so close. He's my B.B.B.F.F!"

We all blinked a few times, unable to comprehend what she meant.

"B.B.B.F.F?" Ren asked in confusion.

"What the hell does that supposed to mean?" Jack questioned.

"Umm...c-can you be more specific?" I asked curiously. Twilight sighed before saying "Best Big Brother Friend Forever!"

"Who in their frigging minds say that?" Jack snorted.

"It sounds like an extended version of B.B.F." Kaede pointed out.

"True." Mason nodded, having a firm and serious look on his face. "...Say Twilight, about this wedding, just exactly when was it planned?"

"Huh? Oh well..." Twilight looked over at the paper. "Apparently this letter was addressed since two months ago."

"Two months..." Mason muttered. "Hmm..."

"Something in your mind?" Ren asked curiously. Mason went silent for a moment before opening his eyes and said "It's nothing. I was just curious, that is all."

"Well anyway..." Nicole spoke up. "You were talking about how close you two were before you moved out of Canterlot and decided to live here in Ponyville, right?"

"Y-yeah!" Twilight nodded.

"Surprised that she somehow managed to figure that out." Rainbow whistled.

"What do you suspect? She's a psychologist." Rantaro reminded us before narrowing his eyes at her. "An annoying and silent one if I might add."

"You were the one who dragged me outside." Nicole retorted.

"Shut up." Rantaro rolled his eyes.

"But even so...." Carrie turned to Twilight with a soft smile. "You just gotta have faith in your big brother, Twilight. I mean, I'm sure he has his reasons."

"I hope so..." Twilight sighed. "Truth be told, before I came here and learned the importance of friendship, Shining Armor was the only pony I ever really accepted as a friend."

"R-Really?" I asked in confusion before making a meek smile. Y-you must've been lucky to have someone to look up to, huh?"

"Exactly!" Twilight nodded with a smile. "I'm glad that you understand Jamie!"

"Are you kidding?" Jack snorted. "This guy has like 24 sisters or whatever."

"T-true..." I nodded. "B-but Twilight...are you worried...about him marrying this bride of hers?"

"Well...I guess you can say that." Twilight sighed, glancing down sadly. "It's just that...it could be possible that he could have forgotten about me."

"Twilight..." I muttered, feeling so worried and concern for her.

Suddenly, we began to hear some music being played while I noticed some making knowing smiles while the rest of us drew a blank on what was happening. Seriously, where is that music being played?

(Twilight):

When I was just a filly, I found it rather silly
To see how many other ponies I could meet
I had my books to read, didn't know that I would ever need
Other ponies to make my life complete

But there was one colt that I cared for
I knew he would be there for me

My big brother, best friend forever!
Like two peas in a pod, we did everything together

He taught me how to fly a kite (Best friend forever!)
We never had a single fight (We did everything together!)
We shared our hopes, we shared our dreams
I miss him more than I realized
It seems...

(Jamie and co.):

Your big brother, best friend forever
Like two peas in a pod, you did everything together

(Twilight):

And though he's, oh, so far away
I hoped that he would stay
My big brother best friend
Forever...
Forever...

“Twilight…” I fully understand how you feel. But…surely if what you said is true about your brother. I’m sure he hasn’t forgotten about you…unlike me, I’m pretty much a forgettable guy…

“Don’t feel bad Twi.” Ren assured. “As one of your H.P.F.F.’s…”

Everyone stared at Ren, blinking in confusion which made him sigh and say “Human and Pony Friends Forever…”

“Ohhh!” We all said, realizing what he meant now. Ren turned to Twilight with a soft grin and said “…I wanna tell you that your brother is a real hero fro somepony being captain of the Royal Guard.”

“Yes, Ren makes a good point.” Mason nodded with a small grin. “Shining Armor is quite a good figure who fights for justice, so it would make sense why he would fall in love and marry a princess.”

“True, and he really is special.” Twilight chuckled. “I mean, they don’t let just anypony be captain of the Royal Guard.”

“I know!” Carrie smiled before looking over her brother. “He could possibly be stronger than you, big brother.”

“That is a possibility.” Mason mused himself. “So…when do we leave?”

“According to here…” Twilight looked over at the letter. “About this afternoon.”

“Plenty of time to pack up!” Kaede smiled happily. “I better sort out my clothes and get ready.”

“Alright, I see why not.” Nicole shrugged lightly.

“Hmph. For a princess inviting me over and making me best man…” Rantaro chuckled with a smirk on his face. “This will be something that won’t be a waste of my time.”

“Does everything you do won’t be a waste of time?” Applejack questioned with a raised brow.

“But other than that, this will be awesome!” Ren grinned happily.

“Tell me about it!” Kodi barked happily. “I never heard or even been to a wedding, but I bet it’ll be amazing!”

“And it would romantic.” Rarity sighed happily. “It’ll be magnificent…ahh…”

Rarity soon began falling down, prompting Mason to catch her as she held a soft smile on her face. Everyone began laughing while I stared at her with a meek smile. These guys…they always find a way to enjoy themselves. They’re really good people…I would know this after spending a long while with them after being stuck in this world. Even when Twilight having some sort of brotherly complex issue with this Shining Armor pony. I am quite interested into meeting him but…I-I’m just so scared just by meeting him…w-what if he doesn’t like me by first glance? I-I…don’t want him to hate me because of my cowardice…well…I guess the only way to find out is by maybe seeing what kind of pony he is.

“H-hey Twilight?” I called nervously before looking away from when everyone stared at me. “A-About your brother…you say that he’s captain of the Royal Guard, r-right?”

“Yes? Why do you ask?” Twilight raised a brow at me.

“W-w-well…umm…” I twiddled my fingers nervously, wondering what should I say. Maybe I can ask her about what her brother is like and if he's too overprotective...I...I guess it's sorta rude to ask something like that. "...N-Never mind..."

"Jeez, where did all of your confidence go?" Rantaro snickered. 

"Hey! Shaddup!" Jack hissed angrily.

"Yeah! Leave Jamie alone!" Rainbow insisted, narrowing her eyes at the broker.

"Everyone, calm down." Nicole said sternly but with a calm look. "Fighting and arguing is only gonna make things worse."

"Yeah everyone." Ren nodded in agreement with a smile. "We all gotta be happy that we're being invited! I mean, this will be an awesome experience! I mean, we're all the guests of honor!" 

"Exactly!" Kodiak grinned. "Oh wait...what about me and Spike?"

"Oh right, we never did figure that out." Kaede said, realizing about that.

"Don't worry, me and Kodiak have special roles." Spike chuckled, placing his hands on his hips. 

"Wait, we do?" Kodiak asked in confusion. 

"Yep! Just hold to that furry tail of yours and be good by my side, Kodi!" Spike wrapped his arm around Kodi with a gleeful smile while the husky himself looked at the dragon with a confused look.

"Oh wait, there's more..." Twilight looked over at the invitation as she began reading more of it.

"Also, I would like for the cute little Cutie-Mark Crusaders, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo to be the flower fillies of the wedding."

"What?!" Rarity immediately raised her head, accidentally bumping into Mason's forehead as he winced in pain but managed to hold her and not drop her on the grassy floor. "OW!...I am so sorry Mason darling!"

"I-it's quite alright." Mason assured. 

"So our own little sisters are gonna participate in the wedding as well?!" Applejack gaped before forming a bright grin on her face. "Well I'll be darned! That's quite nice of the princess to allow them to be flower fillies."

"In other words, you mean flower girls, correct?" I asked meekly. 

"Yep!" Applejack nodded.

"Well either way, it's going to be a blast!" Ren smiled. "We got the whole gang together in this!"

"Well at least it'll be something interesting and totally not boring..." Rantaro shrugged. 

"Sure. Okay." Nicole shrugged.

"Great! Let's finish up with our picnic and get started onto heading into that wedding!" Kaede insisted.

"Well of course!" Ren agreed. "I mean, Princess Celestia chose us for these roles because she knows that we have a strong bond with each other and we'll be able to further our friendships by making Shining Armor and this Princess's wedding come true to their eyes!"

"Yeah!" Everyone cheered while I stared at Ren for a moment before sighing and glancing down. You know...Ren is always the motivator for these things. He always stood up for others with either his words or that Hacking Gun that my family developed. I...I just wish I had that courage. I'm not complaining, I know I'm working out as much hard as I can as well as standing up for myself.

"Something wrong Jamie?" Huh? I gazed over at Twilight, who held a concern look at me. I let out a nervous chuckle and shook my head before replying "Of course not! I-I'm fine! Just feeling a bit down."

"I guess I can understand that." Huh? She does? Oh....she must mean her brother not telling him that. I'm sure he had his reasons why. I-I...just don't know what are they but hopefully we might be able to find out.

"Well..." Ren gave us a soft smile. "Let's get to it everyone! Because we got ourselves a little wedding to crash!"

"Don't you mean 'set-up'?" Kodi asked with a raised brow.

"What? I was trying to act cool." Ren retorted, shrugging.

"His personality is so childish." Nicole stated bluntly.

"Yep, for a fifteen." Rantaro couldn't help but agree with her. I slightly nodded in agreement, hearing what they said. Ren does act like one, but...it's his personality apparently that'll make anyone be his friend. Despite his naivety, he manages to encourage others and support them to the end, he even stood up against Iron Will right before me and Fluttershy did. He's...someone I could rely on...but someone who looks much better than me despite being an ordinary high school student.

"Well I'm more than happy to help out as well!" Fluttershy smiled before kissing Ren on the forehead, much to his embarrassment. Yep...he's really lucky.

"You know, Ren here is quite a good friend, isn't here?" I looked over at Twilight smiling over him. "He always manages to keep going no matter what. That's what makes him a good friend to count on." 

"Really?" I asked in worried. 

"Yeah." Twilight smiled before looking over me with a soft grin. "And I count on you because you're quite reliable with knowledge and good info you give us."

"O-oh...!" I looked away with a slight blush. "W-well...thank you."

"Anytime. I just hope whenever there's trouble, I can always rely on all of you." Twilight chuckled, causing me to smiled softly at her. Twilight....thank you for accepting my ability...I may be a forgettable guy...but I'm quite a good mystery novelist and...I'll be a good friend to Twilight and co....I hope...



Later

"A Sonic Rainboom? At a wedding?! Can you say 'best wedding ever'?!"

"BEST WEDDING EVER!"

"That was a rhetorical question." Nicole stated, cleaning off her glasses. "And please don't shout that out loud again, Miss Pinkie Pie."

"Sorry, I couldn't contain much of my excitement!" Pinkie giggled.

Well...I guess it might be exciting to attend a wedding. Anyway, soon after we finished with our picnic. We began packing our things as fast as we could and managed to get tickets to go over to Canterlot. Apparently, Granny Smith and Big Mac promised to bring over the Cutie-Mark Crusaders to the wedding by the next day for the rehearsal. Carrie felt bad that they couldn't tag along in the train ride with us, but they promised that they'll meet up later...hopefully.

"Me too!" Carrie cheered. "It's so awesome! I can't wait to check out the wedding!"

"Best part is that we're the best man and woman in the wedding." Ren chuckled.

"Umm....do ya mean 'best stallions and best mares'?" Fluttershy reminded him.

"True, but that's what we call back in our world." Ren shrugged.

"You know..." Jack let out a snort with a smirk on his face while he sat down on the entire seat while he lay down on his side. "I've been to tons of weddings with my gang."

"Really?!" Carrie asked in surprise.

"I...never knew bikers could hold many weddings." Kaede scratched her cheek in embarrassment.

"Hell yeah!" Jack winked with two thumbs-up and a toothy grin. "At the end of the wedding, we race around in our bikes, have wrestling matches, eating tons of food till our stomachs bulges out, and more junk!"

"Now that sounds like my kind of style!" Rainbow grinned determinedly.

"Well in normal weddings..." Mason spoke up, having a criss-cross position. "However, we do not do...that kind of stuff as you described, Jack."

"Well of course not." Rarity smiled towards him. "Weddings that fancy ponies do are normal things that I bet you humans do that the same like the bride and groom loving each other, sharing their kiss to commence each other's love, along with the wedding rings, and-"

"Okay, I think that's enough. No need to hear more of your fantasies." Rantaro cut her off with a slightly annoyed look. 

"Hmph! Why I ever!" Rarity scoffed, annoyed for Rantaro cutting her off like that.

"In other words, you mean like a normal wedding." Nicole said, looking over her iPad.

"W-w-well either way..." I smiled a bit, taking some notes down on my notebook. "I-I say...it's pretty much a nice thing for the princess to entrust us to set up this wedding right?"

"Yeah." Kaede nodded in agreement before she made a light chuckle. "I guess it shows how much she trusts us."

"Well you all get to help with the big fancy wedding," Spike said before forming a grin and turned to Kodiak. "But me and Kodiak are gonna host the bachelor party!"

"Oh! So that's our new jobs?" Kodiak asked in excitement.

"You bet!" Spike snapped his fingers while the rest of the gang gave him amused smirks, blank looks, and raised brow. "But one question: What's a bachelor party?"

"Wait..." Rantaro gave him an annoyed glance. "You mean to tell me that dear old Celeste gave you the job to host the bachelor party despite not knowing it."

"Uhh...yeah?" Rantaro let out an irritated sigh, tilting his fedora down a bit.

"Well...I could tell you." He offered his hands and gestured Spike to pay him up, causing him to make an irritated look towards him before he took out his some bits towards him. "Good choice! Well I'll tell you when we arrive."

We all looked each other before the rest of the gang began laughing while I stared at Spike with a confused look.

"Umm..." I muttered, blinking in confusion. Does Spike not know that a bachelor party isn't supposed to take place till before the wedding? Because I'm afraid having one after the wedding is quite a stupid thing in my opinion.

Suddenly, I heard a heavy sigh before looking over to see Twilight making a depressed look as she sadly gazes out of the train car's window.

"T-Twilight...is there something wrong?" I asked in concern. "You look...pretty down unlike some other times when you get exhausted like me." I blushed in embarrassment upon realizing what I said. "N-n-not in a bad way! I-I swear!"

"No Jamie, it's not your fault..." Twilight sighed. "I'm just thinking about Shining Armor. Ever since I moved to Ponyville, we've been seeing each other less and less. And now that he's starting a new family with this 'Princess Mi Amore Ca-whatshername', we'll probably never see each other."

"M-maybe that won't be p=possible." I assured, having a nervous look on my face. "Y-you're his sister, r-right? I mean...I never met him, but I'm sure he still remembers you and cares for you. I-I would know this by experience."

"Oh right. You said that you have 24 sisters, right?" Twilight turned to me with a soft grin before forming a frown. "It must be pretty hard having that much."

"W-well...most of them are half-siblings." I replied, twiddling my fingers nervously before looking down sadly. "A-and besides...they're the only people I have to call 'friends'."

Twilight must've sensed my sadness as she placed her hoof on my shoulder, much to my surprise and embarrassment.

"Hey, don't feel bad. You have us, even me." Twilight smiled softly. "As long as we stick together, we'll always be B.F.F's forever."

Twilight, do you really mean that? Well...I guess that's such a stupid question to ask considering how nice and generous they all are. They helped me practically try to make me braver little by little...I guess she does have a point. They're really are people who I can rely on...my....friends...friends...I never made a single one in my life. I always get hurt, betrayed, berated, and insulted by people....all because of my status....Though being here helps me avoid all of that...and I'm...kinda grateful for that.

"Whoa....." Huh? I looked over to see something that caught my interest. Apparently, the moment we saw Canterlot off a distance, we were all caught-off by surprise upon seeing something...strange about the city.

For some reason, it was covered in some of giant shield bubble. It must've been concocted by a spell and the only one powerful enough to make it width enough to stretch itself into an entire city is Princess Celestia. She is quite powerful enough to do that...right? I-I'm not doubting her skills as a princess, just...curious. Who else could make that bubble shield?

"What the hell's up with...that?" Jack asked with a raised brow.

"Huh...I thought it looked strange." Rantaro said nonchalantly.

"Yeah...what is going on over there?" Applejack wondered.

"Ooh! Do you think that maybe somepony blew the biggest bubblegum balloon there?" Pinkie guessed.

"...That doesn't seem likely." Nicole replied, tilting her head a bit.

"And besides...it doesn't look like a giant bubblegum balloon." Kaede pointed out.

"Yeah..." Ren nodded before slowly taking out his Hacking Gun in concern. "Whatever it is, we should be careful and maybe ask somepony once we arrive to Canterlot."

"Good idea." Twilight nodded. "That way we might find out what's going on..." She then furrowed her brows in anger. "As well as speaking with my brother."

"Oh right!" Ren turned to her with a smile. "Hey Twi, you don't mind having to come with you and chat up with Shining Armor? I mean, it's been a while since we last seen each other."

Twilight huffed before replying "I see why not..."

"In that case , I too wished to come along." Mason suggested.

"Big brother?" Carrie asked, raising her brows in surprise upon hearing that.

"I just wished to chat up with Shining Armor. See what's he up to?" Mason chuckled with a smile. 

"Sure, I see why not." Twilight sighed, causing me to feel more nervous and concern for her. She really doesn't seem pretty happy about her brother not telling her about the whole wedding plan, huh? I guess with her staring at the window blankly with a depressed look and huffing angrily, I guess I can take that as a yes.

No sooner as we finally arrived to our destination, Canterlot. We soon exited out of the train as we began moving out of the train station as Pinkie bounced around in her cheery and excited self.

"We're here, we're here!" Pinkie yelled out.

"Jeez, of course we are. Just shut up for once." Rantaro scoffed before looking around the place, seeing many Royal Guard soldiers around the place. "Oh boy...sure is a lot of guards around here. It would be a problem with me getting some quick cash around here."

"Wait what?" Kaede asked, not overhearing what he said.

"Oh. Nothing." Rantaro snickered.

"He was planning on making people give him their money by giving them reliable info." Nicole stated bluntly.

"Ugh...remind me why are you here again?" Rantaro asked, glancing at her in an irritated state.

"Because you brought me over by force." She stated bluntly.

"Oh right..." Rantaro groaned.

"Anyway...what's up with the Royal Guards anyway?" Rainbow wondered, looking over at each and every one of them as we walked pass them. I nearly covered my face with my notebook because I felt afraid just staring at their piercing gazes.

"Man, is this wedding really that important that it needs this many guards?" Ren questioned aloud.

"I'm sure they're just taking the necessary precautions." Rarity suggested. "Royal weddings do bring out the strangest ponies."

"Aaaaaaaaa-" Huh? Who just sneeze? And...why did it sound like a trumpet? We all turned to Pinkie Pie, who was busy sniffling her nose before noticing us looking over her. "....What?"

"...The hell was that?" Jack asked.

"What was what?" 

"Umm...it's nothing." Kaede shook her head with a sheepish smile. "So anyway...we should probably go over and meet up with the princess, right?"

"R-right..." I nodded before turning to Twilight. "B-but Twilight...don't you have t-to see your brother?"

"Yeah. I do have to meet up with him..." Twilight huffed before muttering "And then give him a piece of my mind."

"Well...o-okay?" I smiled nervously. I just hope that she doesn't try and hurt him...not one bit, maybe.

"Oh right! Shining!" Ren gasped. "We should go over and meet up with him!"

"Yeah!" Kodi nodded in agreement.

"Hey wait, Kodiak!" Spike called. "What about us planning that bachelor party together?"

"We can do that later, I promise." Kodi assured before adding "And besides, I can't plan any bachelor party. I AM a husky, after all."

"Oh...right..." You're just realizing that now?!

"Very well." Mason nodded before turning to Carrie with a soft smile. "Would you like to see Shining Armor, Carrie?"

"Sure!" Carrie nodded.

"Well you all have fun. We shall converse with the princess and go over with our assigned jobs." Rarity insisted, which the others agreed.

"I rather go chill out over by the lobby." Jack let out a yawn. "Besides...I probably need a nap."

"Umm...do you even need to take a nap at a lobby in a fancy castle like this?" Kaede asked, sweat-dropping a little.

"Meow..." Rosy shrugged, popping out of Kaede's backpack and looked at Jack, cocking her head.

"Well either way, I guess I'm out." Rantaro began taking his leave, much to our surprise.

"W-wait! Where are you going?!" Fluttershy asked in worried. Rantaro glanced at her with a bored look but held a smirk on his face.

"I'm off to mind my own business. That's all." Rantaro waved it off before he entered the castle. So wait...i-is he gonna investigate the castle? O-oh...I just hope he doesn't do anything that could lead us into trouble. I don't want Princess Celestia to be mad at us for something like that.

"...I should go too." Nicole sighed before adjusting her glasses. "I don't seem to have a choice, after all."

"Yeah, you kinda don't." Rainbow shrugged. "But other than that, you might enjoy helping out the-"

"The wedding so I don't feel left out, am I right?" Nicoel guessed, catching Rainbow by surprise before growling at her.

"Oh come on! Stop doing that!" Rainbow hissed before flying inside of the castle.

"Ah...looks like she's gone." Nicole said, blinking in surprise.

"Well...we should get going then." Applejack sighed. 

"Ooh! Ooh! How about we go over and help me out with the party?!" Pinkie insisted, grabbing her by the arms and began dragging her towards the entrance of the castle.

"W-whoa!" Nicole exclaimed in slight surprise, being pulled away by her.

"Well they're gone." Ren smiled awkwardly upon seeing the two just gone like that.

"You think Nicole might get along with Pinkie Pie?" Carrie asked curiously.

"...." We all looked over at each other before shrugging.

"Well either way, we'll meet up with ya all later." Applejack smiled towards us. "See ya!"

"O-oh...yes. Goodbye." I nodded with a soft frown as the others began heading inside of the castle while me, Twilight, Ren, Carrie, Mason, and Kodiak. 

"Oh? Are you interested onto coming with us Jamie?" Mason asked with a raised brow.

"Y-yes...I am quite curious onto meeting S-Shining Armor." I nodded with a nervous look. "I-is that a bad idea?"

"No, we don't mind." Twilight assured before huffing "Of course, I'll be sure that my brother gets a piece of my own mind."

"Why do I have this feeling that it's not gonna be well?" Ren whispered to Kodiak.

"Because I don't think it will, Ren." W-well...judging by how she's feeling right now...I say it's not gonna be good.



Later

“A-Are you sure t-this is the way?” I asked her as we followed her throughout the courtyard of the castle. I-I mean…I get why she’s upset, but…I’m sure there’s a good reason…plus, I am quite curious to know a lot about her brother. Ren, Mason, Carrie, Kaede, and Kodiak claimed that he’s a very good pony who serves justice very well…but I-I just wanna see for myself…not that I’m doubting them of course!

"I'm positive!" Twilight said, not looking back at us as we continued our way throughout the courtyard. "Once I see him, I'll be sure to give him a good lecture that he'll never forget."

"Now Twilight..." Mason spoke up. "Please calm down. I'm sure your brother has his reasons."

"Yeah! Just have faith!" Carrie added, looking at Twilight with a concerned look.

"Yeah...faith..." Twilight scoffed before we arrived to some sort of barricade where a bunch of royal guards were standing on top of it. They noticed us before raising their spears at us, and the one between the two looked different because he had a blue-Mohawk style and his helmet looked different than the others. Twilight looked up with narrowed eyes before saying "I've got something to say to you, mister!"

The two guards didn't raise their spears down until the one in the middle raised his hoof in the air, signaling them to lowered their weapons at us before taking off his helmet, revealing to be a white stallion with dark blue mane and tail.

"Yo Shining!" Ren greeted with a bright grin. "Long time no see, eh?"

"Hey Ren! Hey you guys!" Shining greeted them with a grin. Oh...so that's Shining Armor. Alright...he sounds like a good pony right now. "How it's going?"

"It's going awesome!" Ren winked with a grin.

"It has been quite a while, hasn't it?" Mason said with a small smile. "How's it going what with being Captain of the Royal Guard?"

"It's going well. Never better." Shining chuckled before noticing Carrie and began ruffling her hair with his hoof. "And how it's going with you Carrie? Been nice and listening to your older brother?"

"Yep!" Carrie grinned happily. Kodiak came over and licked Shining Armor in the face, causing him to laugh.

"Whoa, I didn't expect you to get so big Kodi." Shining laughed.

"Well I've been growling a lot lately." Kodi chuckled. Shining Armor nodded before noticing his sister right next to me, while the purple unicorn in question gave her brother a death glare.

"And Twily! Ah, I've missed you, kid. How was the train ride? I-"

"How dare you not tell me in person that you were getting married! I'm your sister, for pony's sake!" Twilight yelled, much to Shining's startle.

"It's not my fault!" Shining Armor exclaimed. "Princess Celestia has requested a major increase in security! Didn't you see all the guards at the train station?"

"Well yeah, sure is a lot of guards around here." Ren nodded, answering Shining's question before looking over at the giant bubble shield. "Along with...that."

"Yeah well..." Twilight puffed her cheeks a bit. "There's a big wedding coming up. Maybe you heard it Shining?"

"A-all of this for a wedding?" I asked in confusion, which drew his attention towards me. I flinched in fear and stuttered "S-sorry...I didn't mean to upset you!"

"No, you didn't upset me. I was just...surprised. I thought that Ren and three of his three other friends were the only humans here..." Shining stated, much to my confusion. He then let out a soft smile and said "Oh sorry, I never did ask for your name."

"O-oh..." I nodded with a meek smile. "I-I'm Jamie Watson...i-it is an honor to meet you, C-Captain Shining Armor."

"No need for the formalities, just call me Shining." He punched me on the shoulder hard before laughing. I winced in pain before rubbing my aching shoulder before chuckling nervously. "Anyway, are you another human by the way, Jamie?"

"Y-yes..." I nodded, feeling a bit intimidated. 

"Well of course." Twilight sighed. "But he's not the only one. Apparently, there's three more humans appeared in Equestria as well."

Shining Armor jaw-dropped from hearing that, which made the other guards to silently snicker from behind his back. Shining Armor managed to regain his composure by shaking his head before asking "I-I see...so there's 8 humans here in Equestria?"

"Well yeah!" Ren nodded with a smile. "Though their personalities might be...troublesome to handle, but you'll get along with them."

"Well alright then." Shining shrugged with a soft smile before turning to me, causing me to flinch and stand up straight before I gulped in fear. "So...you're one of them, right?"

"Y-y-yes sir!" I nodded frantically, much to Shining's confusion yet amusement.

"You know, you don't have to keep being all nervous." Shining stated. "I'm a good guy in the side of justice."

"I-I know...T-Twilight told me about you...at least today, that is." I sighed, clutching onto my notebook. Shining Armor turned to Twilight with a confused look before asking "So you just told him about me today...when you were about to get ready to set up my wedding?"

"Well...yeah..." Twilight chuckled nervously. "Sorry about that..."

Shining looked at his sister for a moment before sighing and making a smile at her. "Well...at least you told your new friends about me." 

"Well thanks anyway..." Twilight sighed before smiling softly at him. "Well anyway...Jamie here is a very nice human and a mystery novelist."

"Wait..." He soon gazed at me with a raised brow, much to my fear. "You write mystery books?"

"Y-yes...I may not look like one, but I am a mystery novelist and a very amateur one..." I muttered, twiddling my fingers a bit. He looked at me for a while before giving me a soft smile and said "Well I'm sure you and Twily here seemed to be good friends what with your love of books, eh?"

"Y-yes sir!" I nodded, turning a bit afraid before sighing in relief. "But yes, I helped your sister at the library."

"Wait...you work with MY sister?" Uh oh! D-did I screw it up?! H-he probably thinks of me as some dirty pervert! 

"Well it's true. He's been a big help with me over by the library and he's of great knowledge with books and such. He's been very helpful." I blushed a bit at the explanation she gave. S-she really thinks that I'm helpful?

"....I see." He smiled towards me. "Well any friend of my sister is a friend of mine."

"O-oh...thank you." I smiled softly towards him. Shining Armor looked over at me with a suspicious gaze before giving me a soft smile. 

"Well...you don't look or sound like a bad pony, but I know you seemed...a nervous novelist." I slumped down in disappointment while the others gave me sympathetic looks. Oh man...you don't have to rub it in...

"So Shining..." Ren spoke up with a curious look. "What were you saying about all those Royal Guards here?"

"Yeah, what's up with that?" Kodi asked curiously. "Is this wedding so big that it requires this many of them?"

Shining Armor shook his head before making a serious look and said "It's not about the wedding. A threat has been made against Canterlot."

"A threat?" Mason asked with slightly widened eyes. 

"Yes." Shining nodded. "We don't know who's responsible for it, but Princess Celestia asked that I help provide additional protection."

"D-does it involve that shield we're seeing in the skies?" I asked in worried.

"Of course." Shining nodded with a smile. "I'll show you all!"

He closed his eyes for a moment as a weird energy started glowing on his horn and soon, it shot into the sky at the center of the shield and it began reforming itself, making itself more stronger...at least I think so.

"Whoa...!" Ren, Carrie, and Kodi smiled in awe. As soon as he was finished, he let out a gasp and put his hoof on his head, much to our worried.

"A-are you okay?" I asked in concern.

"Y-yeah..." Shining nodded. "Just a minor headache. Whenever I placed this force field spell all over the city, it affects me."

"Ah yes." I muttered loudly enough for others to hear. "Whenever a unicorn or Alicorn uses magic too much, it gives them a headache and could really give them a magical stress, which could lead to uncontrollable magic."

"Exactly!" Shining nodded with a smile, much to my surprise. "I gotta say, you sure got some knowledge despite only being in Equestria for a long while."

"O-oh! I-I didn't annoy you, did I?" I asked in worried.

"No, of course not." Shining shook his head with a light chuckle. "I say that proves that you really are great."

I couldn't help but feel surprised and happy that someone else around here appreciates my talents. Other than most of the gang, I'm really glad that no one was annoyed or tick-off by my loud muttering.

"But you know, that was pretty cool." Kodi said with a grin.

"Well..." Shining scratched behind Kodi's ears, much to his joy. "The burden of keeping Canterlot safe and secure rests squarely on my shoulders. Staying focused on the task at hoof has been my top priority."

"Kinda similar to what my big brother does." Carrie chuckled, which her brother couldn't help but nod in agreement.

"Well he did came from a family of great unicorns." Twilight grinned before turning to her brother with a worried look. "But I get it. You've got a really important job protecting all of Canterlot with a force field only you can conjure up. But still...how could you not tell me about something as big as your wedding? Am I not that important to you any more?"

Shining Armor gave his sister an amused smile before ruffling her mane and said "Hey. You're my little sister. Of course you're important to me. But I'd understand if you didn't want to be my best mare now."

Twilight froze in shock along with the rest of us as she slowly asked "You want me to be your best mare?"

"Well...yeah." Shining shrugged.

"Wow, that's a n-nice offer for your own sister." I smiled a bit before looking over at Twilight. "Though, I told you that your brother would never forget  you."

Twilight chuckled before nudging me a bit and said "Well...I guess you're right."

"Y-yeah..." I blushed a bit and looked away. Thank goodness for that...huh? I noticed her brother looked between us with a raised brow. Uh oh...W-why is he looking at us like that?

"But that's quite an honor, dude." Ren smiled before bumping fists with each other. "You know, I'm quite proud of ya for you getting married to this Princess Mi Amore Cadenza."

"You can say that again, and I think you'll be amazed by who I date, especially Twily." Shining smiled, much to Twilight's confusion.

"Really? But I don't even know who's this 'Princess Mi Amore Cadenza' is." Twilight pointed out.

"Twily, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is Cadance, your old foalsitter." Wait what?! F-Foalsitter?! That's...surprising. I gotta say, that can't be a coincidence, right?"

"Cadance?" Twilight asked, her eyes turning into awe and excitement before making a happy grin. "As in the Cadance? As in the greatest foalsitter in all the history of foalsitters?!"

Shining chuckled before saying "You tell me. She was your foalsitter."

Twilight let out a happy gasp before exclaiming "ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!"

"Wait...Cadance?" Mason asked with a surprised look. "Shining Armor...is this Cadance a pink Alicorn and the adoptive niece of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna?"

"Yeah?" Shining nodded with a confused look. "How do you know that?"

"Because I met Cadance the last time we visited Canterlot during Twilight's birthday party." We all looked over at Mason with surprised and shocked looks. 

"Y-y-you have?!" I gasped. "B-but...why didn't you tell us?!"

"I thought it wasn't necessary and I didn't want to bother her." Mason explained. "But she did tell me that she was her foalsitter to Twilight."

"So you knew who she was this whole time?!" Twilight exclaimed in shock. However, Mason shook his head and replied "No, I haven't till now. I didn't know that her full name would be...that."

"Point taken." Ren scratched the back of his neck, sweat-dropping. "Other than that, she must be a really good friend, Eh Twi?"

"Yep! She's the greatest foalsitter ever!" Twilight laughed.

"I can vouch for that!" Shining Armor's horn glowed and out came some pictures appearing out of nowhere. He showed us a couple of pictures that showed a younger Twilight with a young pink Alicorn pony, who I think is Cadance, reading books together outside and another showing young Cadance pushing a young Twilight on a swing with happy smiles on their faces. "These are old childhood photos that we kept for a long while."

"Aww, you remember that Shining!" Twilight chuckled.

"Wow, you looked very happy..." I muttered loudly with a small smile. "You and Cadance really are close, aren't you Twilight?"

"Well duh!" I flinched upon realizing Twilight overheard me. "Me and Cadance are childhood friends, and the best foalsitter I've ever gotten!"

"Oh boy! I can't wait to see her!" Carrie jumped in excitement. "I really wanna meet her!"

"Is she really that good?" Mason questioned curiously. "We've only met for a while since Twilight's birthday, so I never gotten the chance to know her well. But I could tell she's a very sweet pony."

"She sure is..." Shining grinned before raising a brow of suspicion. "Say...you aren't...trying to hit on my special somepony, aren't you?"

"W-what?!" Mason exclaimed in shock and embarrassment. "N-no! Of course not! I have my own love back in my world and I would never steal a fellow lady from a good pony like yourself."

Shining Armor looked at him for a while before giving him a smile.

"Alright, you win. I won't suspect you on hitting on my special somepony...for now." For now? But...Mason stated that he doesn't have a thing with your lady, right?

"Well either way, I'm sure that you guys will be overjoyed and be good friends with Cadance!" Twilight assured with an excited grin.

"You...seemed to now feel excited for this wedding now, Twilight." I pointed out, sweat-dropping a little.

"Well yeah!" Twilight nodded with an excited smile. "Now that I know that it's Cadance marrying Shining, then I'm okay with that! I mean, how many unicorns can just spread love wherever they go? I only know of one!"

She began jumping in excitement before she began singing "You're marrying Cadance! You're marrying Cadance!"

"Spread...love?" Ren questioned. "What is she? A cupid?"

"What's a cupid?" Kodi asked, cocking his head to the right. 

"A cupid is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. It's latin for 'desire and love' and is said to be the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars." I explained, making everyone to stare at me in surprise. "W-what?"

"Nothing...it's just that you said something without stuttering." Ren stated. "But thanks anyway."

"T-thanks..." I muttered, looking away nervously. "S-so....when do we meet her?"

"Don't know, she should be in her room." Shining Armor replied.

"Did I hear somepony calling for me?" Huh? Who said that? "Or am I interrupting the moment?"

We turned around to see a pink pony with a horn and wings, which makes her an Alicorn like the princesses, wearing a small golden crown on her head and small golden shoes on her hooves.

"So that's Cadance?" Kodi asked in confusion and awe. "She sure looks like an angel."

"You can say that again. I guess she really is related with Celeste and Luna." Ren added, staring at her in awe as well.

"Cadance!" Twilight smiled happily before racing over and..."Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!"

.......Eh? What...was that? 

"Huh?" Carrie asked, cocking her head a bit.

"What was that?" Ren asked me, which made me sweat-dropped and shrugged before replying "I have no idea."

"Ah, Princess Cadance." Mason greeted with a soft grin as he walked over to her, ignoring Twilight's little...dance. "It is an honor to see you once more."

Princess Cadance looked at him with a raised brow before asking "What the heck are you supposed to be? Someone's pet?"

Mason widened his eyes in surprise before saying "No Princess, it's me."

"Uh-huh." She rolled her eyes. "Whatever, freak show. Out of my way."

She moved him aside before looking over Twilight and asked "And what were you doing?"

"Cadance, it's me, Twilight!" Twilight said, which made her make an uninterested look.

"Uh-huh." She scoffed before walking past her and walking over to Shining Armor. 

"I've gotta get back to my station, but Cadance will be checking in with all of you to see how things are going. I think I speak for both of us when I say we couldn't be more excited to have you here." Shining said, looking at his soon-to-be-wife with as mile. "Right, dear?"

"Absolutely!" Princess Cadance giggled, nuzzling her special somepony.

"Wow, so you're Cadance?" Carrie asked with a smile. "It's nice to meet you! I'm Carrie!"

"And I'm Ren Loodan." Ren greeted with a grin, only to received an annoyed look from Cadance. "I know, it's a weird last name but you'll get used to it. But anyway it's nice to meet you as well Cadance. I never knew you were Twilight's foalsitter."

"That's Princesss Mi Amore Cadenza." Princess Cadance scoffed, surprising Carrie and Ren. "And I have no time with a bunch of freak shows."

"U-umm, excuse me Princess Cadance?" I called, only to receive a glare from her upon hearing that name. "I-I mean, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, i-it's very nice to meet you and me and Twilight promised that we would make y-your wedding-"

"Enough of the stuttering, weirdo." I flinched in fear upon hearing what she called me. S-she doesn't have to be rude....

"I-I'm sorry." I apologized.

"No Jamie, no need to apologize." Twilight assured before giving a small glare at Princess Cadance.

"Well anyway, we better head over." Shining said with an amused smile while the rest of us looked at him surprise. Huh? But...didn't he hear what she called us before?

"Exactly!" Cadance giggled before she and Shining began taking her leave until Mason stopped them.

"Hold on, before you go...I let you know that I wished to thank you for making me the best stallion, Shining and Princess Cadance." Mason said with a smile.

"No problem, anything for a friend." Shining chuckled, only to receive a scoff from Princess Cadance.

"Don't listen to this freakish nobody, Shining dear. He's just in our way." Cadance rolled her eyes, much to Mason's surprise. "Now let's go and let him play hero somewhere else."

"Oh right. Sure." Shining Armor nodded before looking at  Mason apologetic. "Oh well, we better go. We'll see you two later, okay?"

"Umm....yes. I'll see you around, I guess." Mason nodded before looking over at Princess Cadance, who gave him a scoff before the two began taking her leave, leaving the rest of us behind.

"What was THAT all about?" Kodi questioned. "She doesn't look nice at all."

"That's because she isn't." Twilight shook her head, furrowing her brows into a glare. "I can't believe that Cadance wouldn't remember our little dance! She and I would always do that whenever we see each other in our entire lives!"

"Oh...so that's what that was." Ren said before letting out a nervous chuckle. "Though, I can't imagine a grown pony like her doing that."

"But why did she call us mean names, especially at big brother?" Carrie asked, feeling a bit sadden at that.

"That's what I'm wondering." Mason nodded, crossing his arms in thought. "She never acted like this when we last met at the book store."

"R-really?" I asked incredulous. "M-maybe...she was e-exhausted?"

"No, she didn't look exhausted." Mason shook his head.

"W-well...alright. I guess I shouldn't have upset her..." I sighed sadly, still remember her calling me a 'weirdo'. I then felt a comforting hoof on my shoulder, which made me look over at Twilight, who gave me a soft smile.

"Don't listen what she said. Just ignore her and let's just go." Twilight suggested, which made me smile a little as I nodded and replied "R-Right...okay."

"But still, what was up with that?" Kodi wondered. "I mean, Shining Armor didn't even criticize her what she called us."

"Yeah, he was even standing right next to her when she called us names and acting all arrogant." Ren added before sighing "But man...I feel like we might have another arrogant relative of Princess Celestia. Hearing her talk all mighty and such reminds me of Blueblood."

"Yeah." Carrie nodded. "I can't tell who's more mean. Blueblood or Cadance and we only just met."

"....." I noticed Mason looking over where Shining Armor and Princess Cadance were last standing at with narrowed eyes. Wonder what's in his mind? He's probably upset that he was called a freakish nobody at the last minute. W-well...I'm sure there's a reason why she did it.

"...That's can't be Cadance. She's never this mean." Huh? I looked over at Twilight, who narrowed her eyes at where Princess Cadance and Shining Armor were last standing at.

"Huh? W-what did you say Twilight?" I asked in confusion.

"Nothing." Twilight sighed heavily before she began walking away. "Come on you guys, let's go do our duties and see how the others are doing."

"O-oh...Okay." I nodded before we began heading out. Though I wonder...why did Princess Cadance or Princess Mi Amore Cadenza act that like. We only just met and she just began insulting us like that. She even thought that she never ever met Mason despite him telling us that he met us before. I-I just hope that maybe she would improve her attitude.....



Later

"Alright Jamie, let's get to work." Twilight said, handing me a clipboard.

"Y-yeah. Let's check over this wedding and see if it's good and perfect." I smiled a bit before we began heading over to our first destination: The kitchen.

So anyway, we soon began doing our jobs as me and Twilight were checking over the stuff. Ren, Kodiak, Carrie, and Mason decided to take their leave and explore more around the castle. Me and Twilight each held our own clip boards, which we became prepared before leaving for Canterlot. Right now, we headed over to the kitchen, where Applejack presided.

"Oh hey you two!" Applejack chuckled. "You both had a good time seeing the groom?"

"Yeah, something like that." Twilight sighed before smiling softly. "But anyway, we're here to see if you gotten everything ready for the wedding."

"Yes." I nodded before going over the list. "Have you made the wedding cake? Made the ice sculpture? As well as some delicious desserts made by your secret ingredients?"

Applejack let out a toothy grin before pointing over to the said items I described.

"Cake, check. Ice sculpture, check. Best darn bite-size apple fritter you ever tasted..."

Huh...looks pretty good. And now for the taste test. Me and Twilight each grabbed an apple fritter, but we chose the same one, much to our surprise.

"O-oh...you first." Twilight offered.

"No no no, I-I insist. You can have one." I pleaded with a meek smile. "I-I'll just have another one."

With that, I taken my hand off of her hoof and grabbed another one as the two of us took a bite of the apple fritters, and once we tasted it, we felt like this food was cooked by a five-star chef!

"O-oh my! This taste so good!" I exclaimed in joy. "A-amazing work, Applejack."

"No problem James!" Applejack grinned with a wink.

"Mmm. Check." Twilight smiled, marking it down on her clipboard.

"Yeah. I think maybe both the groom and bride might love it." I smiled a bit before noticing someone was playing around with the bride and groom figurines on the wedding cake. I squinted my eyes a bit before realizing that the one who was playing with them was Spike himself.

"I do. Do you? I do!" Uhh...is he playing around with the figurines? I guess I can't complain considering that Spike's a baby dragon. As he kept playing around the figurines, he soon noticed the stern looks from both Twilight and Applejack, which made him laughed nervously before placing the two figurines back onto the cake at the exact same spot.

"Well anyway..." I looked over at the checklist. "I guess that's everything. We should probably head over to the next room and-"

Suddenly, we heard the doors slammed open, startling me a bit. I looked back to see Princess Cadence, I-I mean...Princess Mi Amore Cadenza making her way with a serious look on her face.

"Hiya, Princess!" Applejack greeted.

"Please, call me Princess Mi Amore Cadenza." She's seriously making us use her full name? She doesn't have to make us do that. 

"Hiya, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. You come to check out what's on the menu for your big day?" Applejack grinned.

"I have!" She chuckled, but I felt a bit intimidated by the way she was laughing. S-seriously...what was up with that?...And why was some chords being played when she was laughing? Soon, my thoughts were cut-off as I noticed Princess Mi Amore Cadenza taking a bite of one of Applejack's apple fritters. She widened her eyes in shock before making a nervous laughter.

"Delicious! I love-love-love them." She replied, which seemed to make Applejack happy.

"Aw, shucks. Why don't you take a few to go?" Applejack offered before squealing a bit. "I know how you brides can be. So busy, you forget to get a little something in your belly."

As Applejack kept rambling on, I saw the princess dumping the whole tray of apple fritters into the trash, causing me to widened my eyes and gasped.

"Did...you see what she..." Twilight slowly turned to me with a shocked look. 

"Y-yeah...but why did she lied to her like that?" I wondered aloud.

"That's what I'm wondering..." Twilight muttered, narrowing her eyes. "Something isn't right about her."

"O-okay...but what? Maybe she's stressful because of the t-threat?" I suggested, which made her shook her head.

"No, it's not that. It's gotta be something else..." Twilight suggested.

"Hey, what are you two talking about?" Applejack asked, which startled the both of us as we looked back to her, who gave us a confused look before taking out another batch of apple fritters from the oven. 

"N-nothing!" I exclaimed. "W-we'll be taking our leave!"

"Exactly!" Twilight nodded before the two of us immediately took our leave. 

"Well bye you two!" Applejack shouted as the two of us decided to keep it between ourselves and headed over to our next destination: The wedding dress.

As soon as we entered the next room, we saw Kaede and Rarity working on the wedding dress while Rosy the cat was being playing with a ball of yarn. 

"H-hey you guys." I greeted, gaining their attention. 

"Ah! Jamie! Twilight! You two are just in time!" Kaede smiled happily. "We were just about to get you guys and tell you that the dress is finally finished."

"It took about an hour or so, but we managed to do it." Rarity giggled. "I can't wait for Princess Mi Amore Cadenza to actually like it!"

"A-an hour?" I asked in surprise before realizing who I was talking about. "W-well...it's understandable considering you two have a grand knowledge on fashion sense."

"Thanks Jamie!" Kaede giggled. "I just can't wait for the princess to like our work!"

"Same here Kaede darling." Rarity giggled.

"W-well...it does look...stunning." I stated with an soft smile. "I-I'm sure she might love it...I guess."

"Yeah...she'll really love it." Twilight said sarcastically, much to our surprise. Though...I guess I know why she's acting like this.

"Twilight darling, what's going on?" Rarity asked in concern.

"Oh, you should have seen how she acted back there. I don't know when she changed, but she changed!" Twilight complained before she began mimicking Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. "Please, call me Princess Mi Amore Cadenza."

"Come on, I mean the princess can't be that mean, right?" Kaede wondered aloud.

"W-well...she did insulted me and the others when we met up with her and Shining Armor..." I muttered, much to Kaede's shock.

"Oh my god! Seriously?!" Kaede gasped. "I can't believe it...I just hope that she doesn't act like Blueblood."

"Doesn't act like who now?" Ah! We turned around to see Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and three mares wearing bridesmaid outfits, which I assumed are the bridesmaids, entering the room with the princess having a serious look on her face. 

"Oh! Your highness!" Rarity cut in, deciding to change the subject. "Let me just start by saying what an honor it is to play a role in such a momentous occasion." 

She let out a nervous laughter, much to her annoyance.

"Uh-huh. Is my dress ready?" She asked.

"Yeah! It's finally finished!" Kaede nodded, earning a look from the princess as she asked "And what the heck are you supposed? A monkey?"

Kaede stiffed at that before smiling nervously at her with a sweat-dropped.

"N-no...I'm a human. My name is Kaede Ross and-"

"Yeah, I don't get care." She scoffed. "Show me my wedding dress."

Kaede furrow her brows a bit before she began heading her way towards a covered up mannequin.

"Right..." Kaede sighed. "Well anyway, it took about an hour but we finally managed to do!"

"Yes, of course!" Rarity nodded in agreement. "Um, we've been working on it ever since we were given the assignment, and I think you'll be pleased with the results! Mmm!"

The moment they uncovered the sheets, they revealed the wedding dress. Oh my...it looks amazing. It was fully white and beautiful with style. It was like an actual wedding dress and one of those expensive dresses that one of my sisters bought once.

But...I'm afraid someone else has a different opinion on that.

"I was hoping for something with more beading and a longer train." Princess Mi Amore Cadenza stated. 

"Oh, yes, of course." Rarity nodded in understanding while Kaede looked at her in surprise.

"And those should be on a different color." She added while the bridesmaids examined the wedding dress.

"I think they're lovely."

"Me too!"

"I love them!"

The princess glared over at the three bridesmaids, causing them to smile sheepishly. She looks back at Kaede and Rarity and firmly said "Make them a different color and that's an order!"

"W-wait!" Kaede called. "We worked like an hour on it. It's one of our best works!"

"And now you're going to have to make it good enough for my eyes to see again!" She scoffed. "Now get back to work, monkey!"

Kaede was taken back at that insult before glaring at her as the princess and her bridesmaids began to take her leave.

"Gee, maybe her name should be 'Princess Demandy-pants.'" Twilight rolled her eyes.

I looked at where she was standing with a worried and....suspicion. I don't know why...but there's something off about her. No, it's probably just my imagination.

"I can't believe it...she didn't have to insult me like that." Kaede whined. 

"No need to be sad, Kaede. I am sure that she didn't mean what she said to you." Rarity assured, patting her on the back. Kaede looked back at her with a soft smile while me and Twilight looked at each other with worried.

"Come along Jamie, let's go." Twilight sighed.

"R-right...okay." I nodded before the two of us began taking our leave, wishing our goodbyes to our friends. I can't believe Princess Mi Amore Cadenza would insult Kaede like that...I actually kinda like the dress and the way it was.



Later
Nicole's POV
....Okay, this looks pretty weird. After Pinkie dragged me into one of the giant hallways of the castle, she instantly got to work and somehow managed to create the whole place in style. She somehow did it in just five minutes so fast.

"Ooh! Ooh! Do you like it Nikki! Do ya? Do ya? Do ya?!" Pinkie appeared right next to me, causing me to feel surprise but I'm sure you all know that I didn't show it.

"...It looks pretty okay...I think." I shrugged before looking over at my iPad.

"Aww come on NIkki! You don't look that amazed!" Pinkie complained, sitting right next to me. "I brought you over to help out but you just keep not expressing your emotions more! In fact, my sister Maud knows how to be more optimistic but seeing you here..." She lets out a sad sigh. "It doesn't."

"I'm not good enough to show off my emotions despite being a psychologist." I explained, looking over at the data on my iPad. "All I do is listen to people's problems every time I get an appointment from them and find a solution to solve it. I was also known for my research about analytical psychology...." I looked over at Pinkie Pie, who was smiling at me for no reason. "...And you do not understand everything I said, right?"

"Nope! Not at all!" Pinkie shook her head, causing me to sigh a little before looking over at her iPad. "But you know, you keep looking over at that weird device thingy all day long, don't you ever get tired?"

"Not really." I replied with a light shrug. "I'm just analyzing on the situation that we are in."

"Analyzing?" She cocked her head to the right, causing me to adjust my glasses a bit.

"I am just curious about this place that I'm trying to figure out where we could possibly be." I explained.

"That's a silly question, Nikki!" Pinkie giggled. "We're in Equestria!"

"I know where we are, I want to know where we are." I clarified, only to see her to form a more confused look on her face. "...Never mind...you don't get it."

"Well maybe I don't, but you know..." She gave me a comforting smile. "I really want to help ya Nikki! I want to help ya and the others to get back home so that you can see all your friends and families again!"

"Friends? I have no friends and I guess my family would miss me." I sighed. And don't get me started on that subject....

"Then...what about your family?" I looked away from the subject, hoping not to show the tiniest bit of emotion. I just never experienced what those emotions would be because I don't wish for people to sympathize me because they don't understand me...

Before I could give her a reply, we heard the door opening, revealing to be Rantaro entering the place.

"Well well well, if it isn't Li'l miss emo girl and party popper." Of course he would come up with weird nicknames.

"Wait, I'm confused. Which one is little miss emo girl and party popper?" Pinkie asked curiously.

"Of course you wouldn't infer on those nicknames." Rantaro rolled his eyes before taking a seat. "So what are you two doing? And I have to say that I'm quite surprised that you both finished so quickly."

"Pinkie did all the hard work. I did nothing I could do." I sighed, looking over my iPad.

"Sure you did Nikki, you helped oversee things with your iPad!" Wait...how does that help out? I was busy analyzing the stuff. "But anyway Ran, we were discussing about family and friends!"

"Ooh?" He asked, feeling intrigued by it. "Well that's something I wished to learn more about."

"Please leave me alone." I begged with narrowed eyes. "There's nothing interesting of me to talk about."

"You can't keep hiding away from some bad stuff that happened to ya in the past." Rantaro stated. "Trying to run off from your problems and not experiencing life to its full potential isn't something to feel glad about."

"Oh really?" I asked, raising a brow. "Does that also imply to you?"

"In a way, yes." Rantaro shrugged before leaning a chair with his feet crossed. "So tell me, got any friends waiting for ya back home?"

"No." I answered bluntly. "I'm not good with having close relationships with people in my life."

"What?!" Pinkie gasped. "You never ever had a single friend?!"

"Yeah." I nodded while Pinkie looked at me in shock before she began crying in tears...in a rather dramatic way.

"WAAAAHHHHH! I FEEL SO TERRIBLE FOR YOU NIKKI!" Pinkie whined.

"There's no need to cry. I guess I was destined to be left alone." I shrugged, causing her to stop her tears and looked at me in surprise. "I'm not good with relationships, and I guess the same goes for my parents...I never saw them ever since they both died in a plane crash."

"R-really?" Pinkie asked, horrified by that. "So..."

"Yes...they're dead." I answered, taking off my glasses and cleaning off the lenses. "It happened when I was a kid. Since then, I focused on my studies on psychology and has been doing so well that I became quite famous for my research on analytical psychology."

"Really? So did you happen to get a college degree on a young age?" Rantaro asked curiously.

"Yep. At the age of 14." I answered, much to their shock.

"14?!" Pinkie gasped before making an excited smile. "That's amazing Nikki! I'm so proud of ya! You must be that super duper smart like Twilight and Jamie!"

"I wouldn't say that I'm THAT smart." I shrugged. "But...I don't like to talk about it. The point is...I'm not good enough to make friends and I never thought much on my family."

"....Do you ever wish that they would still stay with you to this point?" Hm? I looked over at Rantaro, who was looking away from our sights as he was gazing at the ceiling. "What I mean is that do you really think that you could just let go of something that easily on someone's death? Especially your parents?"

I didn't respond before closing my eyes and sighed "Well...I sometimes think of them, and yet I try not to. I just never express much emotions because of my keen observation skills on studying human emotion and sensing what they're feeling. I try not to show too much emotion because, frankly...I don't wish people to make fun of me. Plus, I thought it gives off a cool vibe on a cool person for you all to lean on."

"True, but what's the point?!" Pinkie exclaimed, much to my confusion. "Barely showing emotion is...so bogus! You should try and have fun more! Show off more of your emotions! Make more bonds with others!"

"You mean like you?" Rantaro asked with an annoyed glance towards her. 

"Exactly Ran!" Pinkie nodded. "You need to cry over for someone to comfort you when you're feeling so sad! You need to keep on smiling and stay positive and things that makes you wanna be happy! You need to get angry on when ponies try to make you upset and irritated! Next you need to show...well pretty much any emotion you feel to make yourself feel real! To make yourself feel like a real friend!"

"But why?" I asked in confusion. "I practically know what others are about to say."

"Then why didn't you say what she was gonna say earlier?" Rantaro asked, taunting me a bit which made look at him with slightly narrowed eyes.

"See! Those slightly narrowed eyes the writer just described right now showed you that you can show off more of your anger!" Pinkie exclaimed with a light chuckle, causing me to widened my eyes before I looked away with my gaze directly at my iPad and a light blush forming on my face.

"I-I'm sure that was an exaggeration..." I sighed. "Besides, you guys wouldn't be interested in me about my parents or my past."

"....Hey listen Nicole." Hm? I gazed over at Rantaro, who leaned back down with a serious look on his face. "Just don't keep holding back your emotions. Hiding who you are isn't gonna be easy, and I know you aren't the type to do that. Just....trust what your heart tells you. Trust the others, that way...they could trust you."

"Hm?" Strange....he acted so cocky, a lot arrogant, taunting and yet sneaky. But what he said...he's being all serious on when I said about the subject of parents and past. Hmm...I should study him more later.

"Hey you guys!" Hm? We looked over to see Ren, Fluttershy, Kodiak, and a bunch of hummingbirds coming into the party room. "Whoa, I gotta say that you guys really went super well on this room!"

"It's nothing! It's just what we do!" 

"What?" I looked over at Pinkie Pie, who gave me a wink while I blinked in surprise. 

"So what are you guys doing?" Rantaro sighed. "And hurry please. I don't like my time being wasted."

"You never like your time being wasted." Kodi pointed out, which made the broker rolled his eyes.

"We're doing alright. We're doing a little promise with my hummingbirds choir." Fluttershy explained. "I think the princess will like it very well."

"Are you kidding? She's gonna be amazed by it!" Ren chuckled with a grin. 

You know, it's understandable why he's always so optimistic like Pinkie Pie, but for a teenager at the age of 16, he's so...childish.

"What the heck am I looking at?" We looked over to see a pink pony princess walking into the room with a bewildered look on her face. "This is supposed to be the party room?"

"What? You're annoyed?" Rantaro asked with a raised brow.

"Exactly, freak show." She scoffed. 

"Of course!" Pinkie nodded with an excited look. "I mean, we've gone over with the games..." She held a bunch of dice and rattling them around before throwing them on a nearby board game that I don't know where she got that. "The dances..."

She began making some weird dance around us, which I guess it's tap-dancing in a way while Princess Mi Amore Cadenza wore an annoyed look on her face.

"So? I think this reception is gonna be perfect! Don't you?" Pinkie asked excitedly.

"Perfect!" She nodded with a fake smile before scoffing "...If we were celebrating a six-year-old's birthday party."

Pinkie let out a dramatic gasp before smiling over her and said "Thank you!"

"She was being sarcastic." I pointed out.

"But...Twilight said that you don't mind doing that." Ren pointed, earning a glare from the princess.

"I told you before to shut up freak show." Princess Mi Amore Cadenza scoffed. "I don't need you or what that purple cre...I-I mean pony said. It's MY wedding, meaning that I can make my own rules! Now shut up and beat it!

Ah!....I stared at the princess with a shocked look while Rantaro looked at her with narrowed eyes. She soon noticed us staring at her and asked "What? Too jealous to admire my beauty?"

".....What...are you?" I asked, much to her surprise.

"What are you talking about?" She asked with a raised brow. 

"You know what? Just...never mind." I sighed before I began taking my leave. "I'll see you all later...."

"Whatever...Goodbye." I sighed before taking my leave while Ren and the others watched me leave.

"Yeah, same here." With that, I saw Rantaro taking his leave, following after me as the two of us walked out of the door and closed it behind us. Soon, we looked at each other and decided to talk about it.

"So...I bet you saw that too, right?" I questioned, which he nodded.

"Hey, even a good lie that she came up with can't be oversee by my eyes." Rantaro giggled.

"I gotta say, you're quite good identifying lies. Really good ones." I said, impressed by his ability.

"What can I say? I'm the master of lies woman." Rantaro giggled, which made me rolled my eyes. "So what do you say about her?"

"Well...I noticed that her personality for off for a pony in that sort of style." I explained. "Her voice and emotions...it felt different like...I don't know what to describe it..."

"Really?" Rantaro asked, scratching his chin in thought. "Hmm...something's off with her. If I were you, I say keep an eye out for her."

"Right..." I nodded before I began taking my way. "But I just hope that you don't do anything too stupid and reckless."

"Woman, you don't know the half of it." Of course I wouldn't...anyway, it's best if I take my leave now. With that, I waved goodbye and began looking over at my iPad while I still thought over what I heard from the princess's voice. It seemed pretty off...I felt greed, power, lust of vengeance like...a monster....

"W-whoa!" 

"Ah!" I shook my head as I nearly fell off, and almost dropped my iPad as I looked over to see a random Pegasi Royal Guard accidentally bumping into me. He gave me a scared look before chuckling nervously.

"S-sorry...I didn't mean to bumped into you..." Hm? Strange...this guard seems different unlike the other guards. "P-please....I'll...just take my leave."

"....Okay." I shrugged before the both of us began taking our leave. I looked back at him with a curious look before looking over at my iPad. Whatever, I'm sure it's nothing., but for some reason...it's best not to lower my guards on the princess...nor that guard. 



Later
Jamie's POV
Well...this is officially a bad day for us overseeing the wedding like Princess Celestia wants us to do. We all were inside of the kitchen as we all discussed what we've been through. Jack finished up with his afternoon nap and was busy picking his ear, much to Rarity's disgust.

"Bet I can guess what you're all thinking." Twilight spoke up with an annoyed look. "Cadance is the absolute worst bride-to-be ever!"

"Who, me?" Spike asked in a high-pitched voice, playing around with the...what the?

"Spike...where did you get those?" I asked in confusion.

"Spike, doesn't that bride and groom figurines go on the cake?" Mason questioned with a raised brow. 

"Uhh...maybe?" Spike chuckled nervously.

"I know right?" Kaede asked. "Me and Rarity worked so hard on her wedding dress and she gave off a disgusted look on her face when she was describing it."

"What ever do you mean Kaede?" Rarity asked. "Cadance is an absolute gem!"

"...We are talking about the same pony, right?" Rantaro asked with a light scoff.

"But...she didn't even care about our dress and demanded it into her own image instead of how we liked it." Kaede pointed out.

"See? She was acting so mighty like she was queen or something!" Twilight agreed. "She was so demanding!"

"Well, of course she is!" Rarity stated. "Why shouldn't she expect the very best on her wedding day?"

"W-well...I supposed so..." I muttered.

"Applejack, did you know that after she told you how much she just 'love-love-loved' your hors d-eoveres, she threw them in the trash?" Twilight told her, which made her shrug with a smile and replied "Aw, she was probably just trying to spare my feeeings."

"Wait what?!" Jack exclaimed, widening his eyes in shock before getting up from his seat. "You're frigging telling me that bit-sized namby bamby pony just selfishly threw away some apple fritters?! The hell?!"

"I know, right?" Carrie nodded. "I mean, they taste so good! Who wouldn't like them?!"

"Come on everypony, it's okay." Applejack assured. "You should know that not everypony is gonna like something."

"You seemed pretty calm due to your love of apples." Nicole stated with a raised brow.

"Well I'm just darn excited for this wedding, that's all." Applejack chuckled. "You should know that-"

"It's your first time doing something by making your secret family ingredients in a big event such as this, right?"

Applejack stared at Nicole for a moment with a slightly surprised look before replying "Y-yeah...what you said."

"No you guys, she was just being fake and totally insincere!" Twilight exclaimed angrily.

"T-Twilight...please calm down!" I pleaded. "I-I'm sure she's being so stressful. Maybe because of the....you know."

"No, it has to be something else." Twilight shook her head before rubbing her chin in thought. "But what is making her act so....rude?"

"Well she did raise her voice at one of Fluttershy's birds during the rehearsal." Ren stated.

"See? Rude!" Twilight beamed at this until Fluttershy retorted it.

"Although, he was singing really off-key." To prove this, Fluttershy gestured the hummingbird on her hoof to sing, and it turns out, he really was singing low-key.

"Hmm...I suppose so that is true." I nodded, writing it down in my notebook. "But....she was acting all mean. She even insulted me and the others for a lot."

"I have to agree." Mason nodded. "And plus, she never acted like this before. She was nice and kind and generous like Rarity, in a way."

"Ahh, thanks Mason." Rarity giggled before raising a brow at him and asked "And what do you mean 'in a way'?"

Mason glanced away before clearing his throat and said "Uhh...I plead the fifth on that."

"It's true. She's been insulting Ren and the others all day long when we were helping out on the wedding." Kodiak stated. "Maybe Twilight might be onto something."

"Thank you!" Twilight sighed in relief.

"B-but Twilight...maybe if we ask her what's wrong, she'll surely t-tell us?" I suggested, only to flinch in her glare before sighing.

"She probably would insult you again." Twilight scoffed.

"She's probably just being too stressed out." Applejack suggested. "You know, like Jamie said earlier."

"Well still..." Twilight turned to Nicole with a serious look and asked "Nicole, you and Pinkie would have noticed how Cadance treated you two like that earlier."

"....." Nicole went silent on that before gazing at Pinkie Pie, who was busy playing with Spike on those bride and groom figurines, making kissing noises and laughing together. Umm...someone should probably stop them before they break those figurines. You should know that they're expensive to buy...at least in my family that is.

"Let's just say...she's demanding." Nicole said bluntly.

"See? Looks like some of these guys actually think I'm right!" Twilight grinned in a boastful way.

"Twilight, I'm sure it's nothing." Applejack assured, much to Twilight's annoyance.

"Well..." Twilight turned to Rainbow Dash, who was busy leaning on the chair she was sitting. "Rainbow Dash, you're with me, right?"

"Sorry, Twi. Been too busy prepping for my Sonic Rainboom to pay much attention to the bride's bad attitude."

Twilight lets out a frustrated growl, causing me to feel really worried for her.

"The princess is about to get married. I'm sure any negative behavior she might be displaying is simply the result of nerves." Rarity assured.

"Well she was insulting us all whenever we see her." Ren stated. "She's act like Blueblood."

Rarity let out a disgusted scowl before saying "Please don't ever remind me of that simpleton's name and don't you ever dare compared Princess Cadance to that imbecile!"

"Alright! Alright! I won't!" Ren raised his hands in surrender, sweat-dropping a little.

"Now now Rarity. Calm down." Mason patted her on the back with a soft smile.

"Although, she kept calling us names and even called my big brother a freakish nobody." Carrie added.

"I'm sure she didn't mean that." Applejack assured.

"God, you ponies are so stupid and naive..." I heard Rantaro muttered with him rolling his eyes.

"But you guys!" Twilight stomped her hoof on the ground, frightening me a bit with that. "I'm sure it's the result of being an awful pony who doesn't deserve to even know Shining Armor, let alone marry him!"

"Think maybe you're being just a tiny bit possessive of your brother?" Applejack questioned with a raised brow, which the other girls nodded in agreement while Ren and the others looked at each other uncertainty. 

"I am not being possessive, and I amnot taking it out on Cadance! You're all just too caught up in your wedding planning to notice that maybe there shouldn't even be a wedding!" Twilight slammed her hooves on the table, much to the other's shock. She soon turned to me and asked "You believe me, right Jamie?"

"U-umm...well..." I looked over to see everyone staring at me, wondering what my decision would be. "I-I....I....Well....I don't know...."

"Ugh!" Twilight growled as she began taking her leave, much to my surprise. "Fine then! It was wrong to ask of you Jamie!"

"N-no wait! Twilight!" I begged, trying to call out to her but she was already gone. "T-Twilight! I-I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to-"

"Just let her gone." I looked over at Rainbow Dash, who was shrugging like it was nothing. "It's simply another Twilight thing she's going through."

"Rainbow Dash is right. Just let her calm down and she'll be fine." Rarity assured. "I mean, surely she would understand what she done."

"A-A Twilight thing?" I asked in confusion.

"Basically, I think they mean that she tends to exaggerate a lot." Kodiak explained. "I guess it's understandable since she once went too far what with using that 'Want it Need it' spell on me once."

"Wait what?!" I exclaimed in shock.

"The hell's a 'Want it Need it' spell?" Jack questioned.

"It's a looong story." Ren said. "But...I can't help but feel like that we should still help her."

"Ren, just drop it." Applejack rolled her eyes. "She'll be fine."

"But still..." Mason spoke up, crossing his arms with a serious look. "There's something off going on here and I think Twilight might have a point."

"Don't worry, let relax." Rarity assured. I looked over where Twilight was and felt sadden that I couldn't side with her. I feel so useless....

"Huh? Is there something wrong Jamie?" Fluttershy asked, making the others looked at me with worried looks.

"I-it's nothing...I'm just self-loathing..." I explained with a heavy sigh.

"Self-loathing? What do you mean?" Ren asked in confusion.

"It's just that...I feel so useless...everyone is doing so well...and Twilight is so upset do to what Cadance...I-I mean Princess Mi Amore Cadenza done what with all her demanding and rudeness, along with insulting the rest of us." I explained sadly. "I...feel so unreliable..."

"Ooh, so Twilight made you all bummed out?" Rainbow Dash shrugged.

"N-no! Of course not!" I shook my head. "I...I made her feel so upset...I'm sorry if I'm wasting your time...I should just go..."

"Jamie, come on." Kaede said with a concern look. "We're not being rude and all that. You're just discussing what you're feeling, that's all. We all don't mind."

"R-really?" I asked.

"Hell yeah." Jack nodded, patting me on the back real hard, causing me to wheeze out. "Just relax and maybe we might be able to make her feel better."

"I-I hope....I just...." I silenced myself before looking down sadly. I can't say it to them...they might laugh at me. They've accepted Ren and Fluttershy's relationship because of his optimistic, naive, honest, and straight-forward personality. What would they say if a useless novelist who can't be reliable to anyone dates a purple unicorn mage who is the protege of one of the rulers of Equestria. 

"What? What is it?" Kodi asked curiously.

"I-it's nothing...I just want to be left alone for a while..." I sighed before I began to take my leave. "I'll be back for the wedding rehearsal....hopefully...."

"Hey, come on man." Ren said, getting up from his seat and placing a comfortable hand on my shoulder. "I understand how you're feeling right now what with Cadance acting so...rude and mean all today. But I'm sure she'll act nicer to us....though I supposed it is weird and I can't help but feel strange when I'm around her....but I'm sure it's nothing. Just relax a bit and stay confident and strong, man?"

You say that, but....are you sure I can stay confident? I've been exercising with you, Mason, and Jack for a long while, but...I'm still not ready.

"Yeah! We're all friends in this!" Carrie said excitedly. "As long as we stick together like glue! We'll always have each other's back!"

If what you say is true...then I'll try and have faith in you all. I just know that...

"O-okay..." I nodded with a meek smile before I began taking my leave and let out a heavy sigh. Man...this sucks. Not only is Twilight upset, but the others are having doubts and dismissing her thoughts because it's a 'Twilight thing' and it's practically normal. Well...I say that there's got to be something else other than that, right? Well...I should try and cheer her up....hmm...maybe...I could write her a poem? Yeah...that'll cheer her up....Yeah, yeah...



Later
So where is she anyway? I looked around the place, but no luck. I've searched around the castle, every corridor, every hallway, but it would seem that I can't find her anyway. Maybe...she went to go and check up on her brother and her old foalsitter. Maybe she's finally coming to terms that maybe Princess Mi Amore Cadenza isn't as rude...maybe?

Although, I gotta admit that I've done an excellent job on making this poem. I've worked very hard on it while searching out for her, and I am very proud of myself for making it. It's in one of my journal entries and I placed each of my sections with bookmarks. That way, I can know which entree of mine is. I hope Twilight would finally listen out to me...and I can try to be brave and stay confident....yeah...I can do it!

As I continued to walk around the hall, I finally found who I was looking for.

"Ah...Twilight." I smiled softly upon seeing her. I then began feeling the nerves entering through my body. "U-umm...I was wondering if you..."

"Jamie, shh!" Twilight hushed me, much to my disappointment. "I'm trying to listen in on my brother and Cadance's conversation."

"What?" I asked in confusion. "W-why are you doing that? I-I think it's very rude to do that!"

"Oh my Celestia!" Twilight exclaimed in shock, widening her eyes.

"T-T-Twilight!" I asked in shock. 

"No! Look at it!" Twilight's horn began to glow, forcing me to see what was going on through the keyhole. 

"N-no! Please don't!" I begged, trying to force myself from looking at what I was gonna see. I tried to but I was forced to look over it by force as I watched what was occurring inside of the room and what I witnessed....truly shocked and confused me at the same time.

What I saw was Princess Mi Amore Cadenza using some sort of mystic green beam directly at Shining Armor while he stood there with a dumbfounded look on his face, and his eyes were all green...like he was being mind-controlled!

"A-A-A-A-A-A-" Before I could let out a scream, Twilight shushed me by covering her hoof with my mouth. She shook her head before pulling me away from the doorknob as the two of us talked out what I've witnessed.

"What was that?!" I exclaimed in worried.

"I have no clue, but I knew I was right! She really is evil!" Twilight exclaimed with a grin. "Now I can prove to the others that I was right all along about her!"

"W-w-w-wait!" I pleaded. "Let's talk this through...I-I'm not sure about that Twilight..."

"What? Why?!" Twilight asked with an bewildered look. "We have proof! Plus, you saw it too, right? Then we can use your eyewitness testimony to show that Cadance is evil!"

"T-Twilight, please!" I begged, feeling a bit angry yet worried about this. "I-I know you're feeling shocked and angry over at the princess's behavior, but please don't take it out on her!"

"Are you siding with her?!" Twilight exclaimed with a raised brow before forming an angry look at me. "Why are you siding with her Jamie?! Don't you see that she did something to my brother! You can't say that can't be something else!"

"W-well...umm...." I twiddled my fingers nervously, feeling afraid on what I might say. "W-well....I think if we find out what kind of spell she used, then maybe we might suspect her or not. O-or...well...I'm sorry..."

"...I can't believe it." Twilight growled a bit. "I finally have evidence that might prove why Cadance is acting so strange this entire time and you're doubting me! I trust you Jamie! How could you not trust me?!"

"N-no...I'm not saying that!" I shook my head with a worried look. "P-please Twilight! T-think this through....please Twilight...I-I don't want to accuse someone unless we find out more and we can't just jump on conclusions."

"I am not jumping into conclusions!" Twilight exclaimed, stomping her hoof on the ground. "I want to get to the bottom of this! Would you stop acting so nervous all of a sudden and just believe what I saw?!"

I couldn't help but flinched in fear before feeling extremely nervously, wondering what to do.

"W-w-well....I should...well...I...I don't know..." I sighed, slumping down sadly from her look.

"....I see. Fine, it's okay." Twilight sighed. "I'm gonna go and tell the others about this! I'm gonna show everypony how evil Cadance is and how right I was! And you'll see how right I was."

"N-no wait! Twilight! Stop!" I called, but she ignored me and kept going. 

With that, Twilight was out of the corridor before looking back at me with a sad look while I still kept my head down with a sad look. I felt as if she was nowhere around as I stayed behind and sad sighly. 

I'm...so unreliable. I couldn't even go through a good conversation with her. I'm so...useless....

.....N-no! I shouldn't be crying! I should try and stop this! Twilight is only gonna ruin things for everyone and I have to do something! With that, I sprinted out of the hallway and decided to follow after Twilight before it's too late!



Later
Ren's POV

Man, it's been such a long day. I wonder if Jamie and Twilight are alright. Well maybe Jamie took my advice and could possibly talk with Twilight about her issues with the wedding, mainly her brother and Cadance. I'm still wondering something about the princess because if she really is nervous, then why does she like insulting me and my friends. It's just a thought, but...I can't help but wonder...

"Hey Ren!" Hm? I looked over to see Kodiak pointing over to see the girls were getting ready for the rehearsal. "Looks like they're all ready to begin."

"Oh right, I guess that's our cue to." I grinned before petting him on the head. "Good luck Kodi, I'm sure you and Spike will do great as holding the wedding rings."

Kodi smiled happily before nuzzling my leg and said "Thank Ren! I promise that we'll do our best!"

I nodded in agreement before heading over with the boys. Oh right, in case you don't know is that we're practicing for the wedding rehearsal. Apparently, Cadance made the girls her bridesmaids while Shining, like Princess Celestia told us in the mail, made us our Best Stallions for the wedding...well more like Best Man in the wedding, but whatever. Now then, let's get this wedding rehearsal started. We all soon stood at the end of the door while Shining himself stood next to Princess Celestia with a smile on his face.

"Can you believe that Cadance made us her bridesmaids?" Rarity asked in an excited tone.

"I know, right?" Rainbow Dash chuckled. "This wedding is so gonna be awesome!"

"Speak for yourself, we're THE Best Stallions of this wedding." Jack laughed. "Good thing I woke up for this to start!"

"Yeah, and you're about to do one useful thing for once." Jack glared over at Rantaro, who glanced away while leaning against the wall. "Count me out, not interested in it."

"Really? Even though you're one of the Best Stallions in the wedding?" Mason questioned with a raised brow.

"If their world is similar to our world, then I know how it goes." Rantaro shrugged. "I've been many weddings as long as I remember?"

"S-seriously?!" Kaede gaped at that. "How did someone like you ever get into weddings?"

"Girl, you don't know who you're talking to." And...I rather not find out how. But I'm surprised that he actually go to weddings. But if I had to guess, he either conned to get into it, or possibly even blackmail them into making a deal. 

"Tch, of course." Jack snorted before scratching his butt. "Oh well, it's none of my business anyway."

"Good choice." Mason whispered to him, which made Jack grinned at that.

"Say you guys?" Carrie called from the side of the hall with the girls. "Where's Nicole? I thought she would be here."

"Don't know." I shrugged. "She wasn't here till after we all departed after talking with Twilight and Jamie."

"I haven't seen her either." Spike added. "She wasn't around when we arrive here to the wedding hall as well."

"Huh....that's weird." Rantaro muttered. "Wonder where the hell did she go then..."

Me too...I mean, sure Nicole isn't the easiest person to get along with what with her knowing what we're about to say by mouth movement, and such. But still...

"Do you think she's alright?" Fluttershy asked in worried.

"I'm sure she's fine." Rarity assured. "She's...probably resting in one of the spare rooms Princess Celestia gave to us."

"I...suppose so." Fluttershy nodded.

"So what now?" Kodi asked curiously.

"I guess we should start." I shrugged before seeing Princess Celestia walking in with a smile on her face. "Oh hey Celeste, are you ready to start?"

"I am quite already, Ren." Princess Celestia chuckled. "Thank you for asking."

"So we all need to start like how any wedding starts off, right?" Mason questioned.

"Yes. Now then...formed a horizontal line with the mares first, and in the back, a horizontal line with the stallions or men in your case." Princess Celestia instructed us, which we nodded before we began heading our way to prepare ourselves for the wedding.

All of us, except Rantaro, did what the princess instructed and began practicing for the wedding. Soon, the girls began walking up first with confident smiles on their faces. The girls consisted of Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Kaede, and Carrie as they walked over to the princess.

"Perfect, girls. No need to rush. And now the boys..." We nodded before we walked over with smiles on our faces. The boys consist of me, Mason, and Jack only since Rantaro wasn't interested and also because Jamie wasn't here since he went off to talk with Twilight. Then of course, Cadance will enter." Princess Celestia said as she stood next to Kodi and Spike, each holding a pillow that contained the wedding rings for the bride and groom. "Perfect boys. Then of course, Cadance will enter."

With that, a couple of Royal Guards opened the doors for Cadance to entered as she walked towards to Shining Armor, who slightly jaw-dropped in awe upon seeing how beautiful she was. I let out a chuckle upon seeing that and nudging Mason, which made him smile softly.

"I'll say a few words, and then we'll begin with the vows. Now then Shining Armor..." Princess Celestia turned to him and said "You'll get the ring from your best mare after she takes it from Kodiak's pillow."

Kodiak heard his name called up as he wagged his tail in excitement, but not before I noticed Cadance making a disgusting scowl that nobody seemed to hear. What the? What's wrong with her? She doesn't like dogs, right? Well...I supposed that there are some ponies in this world who don't share the same liking like me, and that's a love with dogs.

"Do you? I do!" I looked over to my left to see Spike messing around with the wedding cake figurines, which made me shook my head in amusement. I can't say I like him messing around with them, he sometimes acts like my sister...in a way of course.

"Umm....has anyone seen Twily?" Shining Armor asked, looking around to see that Twilight isn't around.

"Not only that, Jamie isn't here either." Mason stated. "He's probably looking for her right now since we last spoken with each other."

"Meh, I bet they're fine." Jack waved it off before we heard the doors slammed, revealing to be a very angry looking Twilight as she stomped her way towards us. 

I let out a smile and said "Hey Twi, where's Ja-"

"I'm here! I'm not gonna stand next to her! And neither should you!" Twilight cut me off as she pointed her hoof towards Cadance, who felt really worried all of a sudden as Shining Armor tried to comfort her.

"I'm sorry, I...I don't know why she's acting like this." Neither do I! What's going on with ya, Twi? 

"Maybe we should just ignore her." Cadance suggested.

"You have to listen to me!" Twilight yelled.

"Why? What's going on?" Kaede asked in worried.

"Oh, goodness! Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked, looking at Twilight with a nervous look.

"I'm fine."

"You sure about that?" Applejack questioned with a raised brow.

"Yeah, you look like a steaming bull or Jack." I added, ignoring the raised brow from the biker standing next to me.

"Twilight wait!" We looked over to see Jamie immediately breaking into the room with a tired yet worried look on his face as Twilight continued "I've got something to say! She's evil!"

We all looked at each other in shock and surprise, wondering what Twilight was going on about.

"T-Twilight! Please! We don't k-know that for sure!" Jamie pleaded, but Twilight ignored him as she continued "She's been horrible to my friends, she's obviously done something to her bridesmaids, and if that wasn't enough, I saw her put a spell on my brother that made his eyes go all..." 

She made her eyes make a derpy look while Cadance stared at Twilight in shock before she began whimpering and then...the water works began happening.

"Why are you doing this to me?!" Cadance demanded.

"Because you're evil!" Twilight exclaimed as Cadance continued to cried while we stood there in shock. As I looked over, I noticed Mason and Rantaro staring at her with narrowed eyes. I looked over and saw how tearful Cadance but...she sure seems to cry a lot. All because of her accusations that Twilight is making. "Evil! And if I don't stop you, you're gonna ruin my brother's life!"

She began crying before she began running away from the hall while Jamie watched in horror.

"T-Twilight!" Jamie turned to her with a serious look. "W-why did you do that? W-we don't know that f-for sure if she was!"

"Of course she was! She was evil this whole time! She's not the Cadance I used to remember!" Twilight argued.

"But t-that doesn't mean that you should accuse her without any proof!" Jamie retorted.

"I know what I say and it's the truth! You even saw it for yourself, Jamie!"

"I-I know, but I-I'm sure there's a logical explanation for all that!"

"Whatever! I know what I say is true and I save the day!" 

"N-no you didn't..."

We watched them argue back and forth, feeling extremely worried and shock. I gotta do something before things get too far!

"Guys, hold on!" I ran over and got between as the two glared at each other. "Let's calm down and-"

"Fine! I don't know why I ever became friends with someone like you!" Twilight yelled out.

"And I don't know why I ever became friends with someone who always tries to confront the problems head on without thinking through nor being too possessive with her own brother!" Jamie screamed out before immediately shutting his mouth up with a shocked look at what he said, even I jaw-dropped at that while the others stared at him in shock and gasped.

"Uh oh..." Jack muttered.

"Uh oh, indeed." Rantaro nodded.

But no one was more shocked than Twilight as she blinked and backed away, feeling a bit hurt by what Jamie said before she was confronted by her brother, and boy, he was not happy by what she done. Twilight sheepishly smiled at him as her brother began speaking up.

"You want to know why my eyes went all..." Shining swirled his eyes around with a dumbfounded look before glaring at Twilight. "Because ever since I started having to perform my protection spell, I've been getting terrible migraines. Cadance hasn't been casting spells on me. She's been using her magic heal me!"

Twilight inhaled and sighed as Shining continued "And she decided to replace her bridesmaids because she found out the only reason they wanted to be in the wedding was so that they could meet Canterlot royalty! And if she hasn't been on her best behavior with you friends...!"

He stomped his hoof on the ground, frightening some of us as he continued "It's because with me being so busy, she's had to make all the decisions about the wedding!"

Wait what? But hold on...I guess that explains why she was pushy with Fluttershy's bird singing off-key and insulting Pinkie's birthday party that she, Nikki, and Ran made. And...what about the insulting? There's...no way she did all of that. Something is off by everything Shining Armor said, especially one more thing that made her feel so strange.

"I was trying to-"

"She's been completely stressed out because it's really important to her that our big day be perfect! Something that obviously wasn't important to you!" Shining exclaimed angrily before clutching onto his head with a small gasp. Twilight tried to comfort him with a small smile, only to be swatted away, much to our shock. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and comfort my bride. And you can forget about being my best mare. In fact, if I were you, I wouldn't show up to the wedding at all."

With that, he took off, leaving the rest of us speechless after hearing all that.

"W-wait!" Jamie called, gaining Shining's attention. "N-no please! It wasn't Twilight's fault! S-she didn't know and she was-"

"It IS Twilight's fault! And it always has been." Shining scoffed, which made me feel confused on that. "She's nothing than a nuisance and troubling sister!"

"What?!" Mason exclaimed in shock.

"S-Shining...you really don't mean that, do ya?" Kaede asked.

"Dude, that's messed up." Jack blinked in shock while Rantaro stared at Shining with a raised brow.

"I do know what I mean and anyone who's with her...don't bother coming to the wedding either." Shining scoffed before taking his leave while Twilight stood there with a shocked look before looking back at us before flinching upon seeing the angry look on Applejack's face.

"Come on, you all. Let's go check on the princess." What?! I turned around to Applejack and asked "Wait what? What about Twilight?"

"What about Twilight?" Rainbow rolled her eyes before she and the others began taking their leave. While they walked off and past Twilight, Rarity closed her eyes with an angry look on her face, Applejack glaring at Twilight, Pinkie Pie bouncing away and wasn't in the mood to talk or comfort Twilight, Rainbow Dash having an irritated look, and even Fluttershy...

"Fluttershy?" I asked with widened eyes. "You...too?"

Fluttershy looks back at me with a sad look and said "I'm sorry Ren....I'm so sorry Twilight..."

With that, she took her leave along with Spike, who felt like she shouldn't be here while the rest of us humans stood there in horror and shock. Guys...why?

We looked over to see Princess Celestia taking her leave as well with a somewhat angry and stern look on her face.

"I was-"

"You have a lot to think about." We all gasped in shock as she just told her student to be quiet while Twilight formed tears in her eyes with her mouth agape. We all pretty much stood there with stunned looks before hearing the doors slammed shut.

"Twilight..." Jamie turned to her with a sad look. "I-I-I...I'm sorry...I-I didn't-"

"No Jamie...you were right." Twilight whimpered. "Maybe...I was being overprotective.."

"N-No! No you weren't!" Jamie shook his head, forming tears in his eyes. "I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to doubt you!"

"No...you had the right to because...because...!" Twilight began crying as she walked past us and collapsed on the stairs, letting out tears. "I could've had a sister...but instead...I just lost a brother."

"Twilight no!" Carrie shook her head, wanting to comfort her till Mason stopped her. Carrie looked at her brother in surprise before he shook his head, gesturing us that she doesn't want anyone to be comforted.

(Twilight):
He was my big brother, best friend
Forever...
And now, we'll never do anything
Together...

"Twilight!" Jamie called, letting out tears. "I-I'm so sorry for everything! I didn't mean it! I swear! We're all supposed to be friends!"

"Yeah, the others will forgive you if you explain yourself!" Kaede suggested. "We know that we do and we know that you didn't mean it!"

"Yeah, you just didn't know!" I added.

"Just go away you guys...leave me alone...." My heart felt broken upon hearing her telling us to leave. We all felt stunned by it as Jack growled at her.

"Are you frigging telling us to just leave ya pony tail behind?!" Jack exclaimed. "Who the hell cares what your brother-"

"JUST GO AWAY!" Twilight yelled out, glaring at us with a tear-stained look on her face. I felt stunned before we all closed our eyes and felt silent as I whispered "Okay..."

We all did what she said as we slowly began walking out of the room while Kodiak whimpered a lot.

"Twilight..." Kodi sniffed, causing me to pat him on the head, hoping to cheer him a little. Twilight...I'm sorry...

Jamie's POV

No.....please don't abandoned me.....Twilight....don't do this....

While the others did what Twilight told them to do, I stood there with a stunned look, tears began falling down from my cheeks. 

"What are you still doing here Jamie? Just go away. You wouldn't want to hang out with a pony like me." Twilight's voice broke as she continued to cry out. However...I didn't listen to her.

"Twilight...please...it's not your fault." I shook my head violently as I looked at her with tears falling down. "It's mine! I should have done something! I should have said something to defend you! I....I was supposed to be your friend and..."

"What's the point? I've lost my brother, and all of my friends...even Princess Celestia..." Twilight whimpered, not bothering to look at me. "Just go away Jamie...go away...and never come back..."

"Twilight...I...Please..." I whimpered as I began sobbing too. "Please! Forgive me! I'll work harder! I'll do anything! Just please! Don't abandoned me! I...I made a friend who's just like me and I...I don't want to abandoned you!...Please!"

Twilight looked back at me, tears flowing down her cheeks as she yelled out "Just go away Jamie! Go away and never see me ever again!"

I stood there in silence....before I began crying again and began running away and yelled out "I'm sorry!"

With that, I ran out of the wedding doors before sliding down on my back next against the door with tears raining down on my face.

Why?....Why couldn't I do something instead of insulting Twilight like that earlier? I was supposed to be a friend....a friend of her....we all were friends. Weren't we...supposed to stick together and never leave each other's sides?....Was it all...just a lie...?

BAM!

W-what the? I got up and looked behind the door as I slowly opened it, seeing Twilight and...

"P-P-Princess Mi Amore Cadenza?" I stuttered as my face turned completely pale. What...is she doing here? How did she get into the altar?

"Cadance!" Twilight looked up to Cadance as she smiled apologetically at her. "I'm so sorry!"

The princess looked at her with a soft smile before it became an ear-splitting sinister grin on her face.

"Oh you will be." Ah?! What the?! I looked over to see green flames circling around Twilight as she looks around in horror as the green flames twisted and twisted on the spot she was and before you know it.....she was gone. No trace of her, Twilight Sparkle...is gone! 

"Twilight...?" I asked...my face completely blank.

No....no she couldn't...no....No...No no no no no no! NOOO! TWILIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!

To Be Continued