Vapor was in the dressing room with Rarity and her assistants, who were busy getting her ready. Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Coco Pommel quickly set to work, making adjustments to her mane, getting it fully cleaned up, manicured, washed, and ensuring that it glowed and shone with a seeming natural light.
Coco looked in close. "I think makeup would be unnecessary."
"Thank Faust," Vapor replied. "I never was keen on that sort of stu- HEY! Watch where you put that!"
Rarity nodded as she removed the pin that had accidentally ended up where it should not have been. "Sorry, darling. But I must say you need to relax a bit. This is simple. It's as easy as getting married!"
"I AM getting married! And it's not easy with all the nerves!"
"But do try to keep still. Rainbow, Coco, please do help me with the gown. I trust she will look most splendid by the time we are done with this. Hold still!"
"How can we help if we hold still?" Rainbow Dash asked. "That is possibly the most ridiculous request I have ever heard."
"Touché," Rarity replied. "In which case, do come over and help me."
After a few more moments of pulling and adjustments later, Rarity used her magic to lower something else onto Vapor's head. Turning her briefly, she flipped a mirror round, and showed the world (and the subject) what a magnificent job had been done for the bride to be.
Her mane was done up in her usual, angelic way, and a golden crown was nestled in amongst her mane, beautifully shining out in the dark. Her eyes glowed in the light, although her face was not done up in any way, letting her natural beauty shine through. Around her neck was a golden choker, and she wore a dress unlike any Rarity had ever made before. The bodice was dark blue, and the sleeves which took up her forelegs (apart from the bottom of her hooves), although two holes were cut in the sides to give space for her wings. The skirt extended over, and covered completely, her hind legs and tail, and a white collar surrounded her neck, only accentuating her face and how stunning it was.
Vapor gasped, and looked about. "Do you think Sky will like it? I haven't told him what I had planned."
"Will you like what Sky's wearing? He didn't tell you what he had planned." Coco pointed out, Or should I say miss.
"Ahem," said a voice from nearby. "I hate to interrupt the work of the dressing room, but we are due to start. Please form up outside the West door when ready, and the chorus shall start."
"We'd better not waste any more time!" Rainbow exclaimed, bashing the door open. "Come on!"
The doors were opened, the birds began to sing, and Vapor looked about as she proceeded up the aisle. It seemed as if the entire town had turned out. The mayor was there, the Elements were in the congregation, her parents were there as well, the Apples were trying (and failing) to keep the catering under control (they had a lot of hungry mouths to feed!), Fluttershy was coordinating the chorus, and of course Twilight Sparkle was sitting there, having set aside her regalia to try and fit in. It was hard to imagine one of the other Princesses making a similar move, as Celestia, Luna, and Cadance were rarely if ever seen without their barding on. Then her eyes fell upon her own true love.
Sky Stinger. How had that tailor made him look so much more handsome than Vapor had imagined possible? He was wearing a dark grey suit, with holes cut in the side that allowed for his wings to pop through, which almost reached the bottom of his forelegs, and opened up where the collar sat around his shoulders and neck. In addition, his upper sleeves were slightly puffed out, and extended onto the back part, with a pair of fabric strands running around to the front of his chest, forming a nice red seal in the front. His hind legs had armor plating attached to them, and the bottom of the suit on his back legs was complemented with black boots that covered his hooves entirely. Vapor could only imagine how uncomfortable that lot must be to wear, but as she approached the front and stopped to face him, Sky's eyes suddenly seemed to glaze over and his body went completely rigid, as if he had suffered some sort of injury as he continued to stare off into space for several minutes. The priest, by this point, had begun to greet the assembled congregation.
"Gathered friends, today we are here to mark the wedding of Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail..."
Sky still wasn't reacting. Vapor waved a hoof in his face, but nothing happened. Then, suddenly, just as the vows were about to start, he seemed to snap back into reality for a moment.
The priest started to recite the first part of the vows for Sky to repeat, but as he was about to start speaking his jaw suddenly hung limp, before snapping shut. He brought his hooves up to his head, started shouting incoherent nonsense, and then ran at the front pew, bouncing off of it and crashing into another pillar, before seemingly recovering seconds later and standing up, looking totally confused.
Vapor tried to speak to him as the others looked at him with a mixture of horror and shock. ""Sky?" she asked. "W- what's going on?"
Suddenly, Sky started to shake, and he dashed straight past her, down the aisle, and straight for the door, galloping as fast as he could and knocking a table over as he ran along, before vanishing out of sight.
"Sky?" Vapor called, and set off after him, bouncing along as she did so. "Sky!?"
But it was too late. Sky Stinger had vanished into the crowd, and was nowhere to be seen.