//------------------------------// // The wedding // Story: Heir to the Throne // by Arkantos //------------------------------// Five years later, ponies came from far and wide to the wedding of Clover the Clever and Sun Blast. Celestia, presiding, said, “Do you, Clover the Clever, take this stallion to be your lawfully wedded husband?” “I do,” she said. The Princess of the Sun smiled at her and turned to the other. “And do you, Sun Blast, take this mare to be your lawfully wedded wife?” “I do,” said Sun Blast. Celestia said, “By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife.” And with a roar of cheering from the audience of ponies, the newly married couple ran out of the reception hall followed by all the other ponies. Celestial couldn’t wait to follow, but she knew she had to. She would get to the reception eventually. When Celestia arrived at the reception, it was in full swing and she went onto the dancing floor. Someponies danced with her and some of the nobles started feeling weird that their ruler was dancing. One noble named Snooty Blue, a light blue unicorn with a golden mane and tail and a cutie mark of a question mark in a talking bubble,  said, “Your Majesty, why are you dancing on the floor when you should be on the throne making important decisions for Equestria?” Celestia’s mood went down as she walked off the dancing floor. Then a “HEY!” rang out. The Princess of the Sun turned to see an angry mare unicorn named Twilight Velvet, who said, “Just because she’s an alicorn and our ruler does not mean she cannot enjoy a wedding reception!” Funny, that mare and my niece share the same name, The Princess of the Sun thought. Snooty Blue couldn’t come up with a good comeback and backed off. Celestia’s mood went back up and she rejoined the others on the dance floor. Some hours later, the Princess of the Sun and some other ponies walked off the dance floor and sat down at the nearest table. The Princess of the Sun saw a piece of cake all ready to eat, and after one bite, her eyes widened and she realized that she loved cake. She thought that cake was to die for and thought about having a piece of cake later with her afternoon tea. Then came the time for the bride to throw the bouquet of flowers into the air. The lucky mare to catch it would be the next to marry. A whole crowd of mares were ready to catch the bouquet. Clover the Clever threw the bouquet and the mares dive bombed in the direction it was thrown and created a marepile. Eventually, the marepile disappeared and the lucky mare with the bouquet was Twilight Velvet. She galloped over to a stallion unicorn and Celestia wondered who he was. “That pony’s name is Night Light,” said Clover the Clever. “I heard those two got along with each other, and they look good together.” Celestia was not aware of two ponies lurking deep in the crowd of wedding guests. ”It seems that our Princess has moved on." A frenchman voice said. The voice belonged to a pony named Quiz Lamoni, a unicorn with a taste for style. Quiz Lamoni had a dark blue mane and tail, his coat was green, and his cutie mark showed two balls, one of fire and one of water, circling each other. The pony next to him was High Blood.  "As long Clover the Clever is alive, she’ll be fine,” said High Blood. ”But the reason I asked  you here is because I did some research about War Path, which was not easy. I found his tree and I think the Order should look closer at the apples." Quiz Lamoni gave High Blood a serious look and said, "We’ll talk about it at the next meeting." "Are you crazy?? We need to do it now!" High Blood said in a fearful voice. "Did you forget why we have these secret meetings?" asked Quiz Lamoni. "The reason we play it safe?" Flashback Ten years after Discord chaos. The city of Manhattan.  Cantorlot may be the capital city but Manhattan is the biggest city in Equestria. Usually, the ponies there are friendly, but that day the ponies were looking for the Order of Time because, allegedly, their leader killed the mayor of Manhattan. The Order leader didn't mean to kill the mayor, but what was done was done, so he let the ponies of Manhattan find him, and he accepted the punishment.. Several ponies called for the leader of the Order of Time’s head and they formed a pony mob with makeshift weapons. The Order of Time’s leader said, "They want blood, so I will give myself to them, unless one of you has a backup plan." The other cloaked ponies said nothing, so the Order leader removed his cloak. His name was Gold Blood. His mane and tail were black with gold highlights and his coat was brown. His cutie mark looked like a blueprint plan. As he walked to the door, a small pegasus colt ran to his hind leg, squeezed it, and said, "Don't go! Please! How will I tell mom that you’re not coming back?" Gold Blood sighed and said, "She does not know, so if she sees me, if she is part of that violent mob, she will know I was the leader of the Order. But she does not need to know of our little secret. So let's keep that secret between us, my little High Blood."  And with that, Gold Blood walked outside and readied himself for death as the mob got closer and the door behind him closed shut. Later, young High Blood heard that his dad had suffered a bloody death but his remains were yet to be found. The colt hoped his dad was still alive, but as he grew up, he lost that hope. Present day "I don't need to be reminded of that day." High Blood said with quiet rage in his voice. "I'm just saying, you’re almost in the same position as your father was then," said Quiz Lamoni.