//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 :The News // Story: A Cloudsdale Wedding // by Majestical4729 //------------------------------// Not long after Twilight has ascended the the throne, and grew to look like Celestia, one of her best friends, Rainbow Dash, is getting married. In Griffonstone, Rainbow Dash's first non-pony friend, a griffon named Gilda, is having a picnic with other griffons. Among the griffons are Gabby, a friendly grey griffon who once wanted a Cutie Mark, old Grampa Gruff, and Gilda's first griffon friend met after Pinkie and Rainbow's visit when the Map sent them to Griffonstone. Suddenly, Gallus, the first griffon student at the School of Friendship, appeared. "Attention, every creature!" He announced, "There will be a big wedding tomorrow in Cloudsdale, and for helping to defeat Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow, we griffons are all invited!" Every griffon cheered and was excited about the news, having become friendlier since helping to defeat the villains. The cheering and excitement went on until one griffon asked, "Whose wedding is it?" "Yeah, how can we attend a wedding if we don't even know whose it is?!" another griffon added. Gallus gave a nervous chuckle before saying,"Whoops, I kind of forgot to say this part: This wedding is a big important one because it is to celebrate the marriage of the co-captain of Equestria's best flyers, the Wonderbolts, Soarin, and one of Equesrtria's famous protectors and heroines, Rainbow Dash!" The mention of Rainbow's name stopped Gilda's yawning immediately. She cannot believe it! Her first ever friend is getting married, without sending her a personal letter to show that she was a close friend and different from the rest of her kind, ang sent another griffon to deliver the news and invitation to her country instead of her?! What happened to their friendship?! "Your first friend's getting married?! Oh, Gilda, isn't it great?!" Gilda's first griffon friend shook her claw. "And, I finally get to see what a pony wedding looks like!" Gabby cheered, "I'm so in!" "Yeah, so great, so in." A sarcastic Gilda replied, showing a different expression. When asked about her sudden change in behaviour, Gilda voiced out her worries of the effects the wedding can cause: "Ever since Rainbow Dash discovered that I was being a bully in Ponyville, we tore our friendship apart, and never saw each other again until she and Pinkie visited, and encouraged me to make friends. We befriended again, but still get to see each other very less. Now that she's getting married, and getting a new family to focus on, we might never see each other again! What if we lose our friendship again?!" Gilda blurted out with tears flowing from her eyes. Her friend comforted her, "Sorry, Gilda, I guess we never thought about that, but don't worry maybe your friendship won't be lost again." Gabby added, "Just like Twilight and her friends maintain their friendship despite the fact that they are far apart!" Reassured, Gilda responded, "Maybe you’re right.” In Ponyville, a certain pony was having the same opinions about the wedding as Gilda. Scootaloo, a handicapped pegasus whom Rainbow Dash took in as her adoptive sister, was not happy about the news. Scootaloo's two best friends, a unicorn named Sweetie Belle and an Earth Pony named Apple Bloom, were excited about the wedding, blind to Scootaloo's thoughts. "Congratulations, Scootaloo!" Apple Bloom exclaimed, "Your adoptive big sister's getting married, means you're getting a brother-in-law!" "Um, Apple Bloom? I think you meant an adoptive brother-in-law, Rainbow Dash is Scootaloo's adoptive big sister, after all!" Sweetie Belle corrected. "Whatever, but the main point is, isn't it great?!" Apple Bloom asked Scootaloo. "Yeah, great." Scootaloo sarcastically replied, "Not that I got an invitation not from my adoptive sister, but from a piece of paper! Thanks a lot, Rainbow Dash! I mean, can't she just tell me personally?! She's so fast, she'll have plenty of time! And Cloudsdale's just right above us! It won't even take five minutes!" Steam came out of Scootaloo's ears the moment she finished her last sentence. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle backed off from their furious friend, showing how scary angry Scootaloo was. The pegasus soon took notice of her friends' fearful expressions and apologised for her behaviour while explaining why she was so mad: "I'm so sorry I was acting like that. It's just, ever since my parents left, Rainbow took me in and raised me like I was her little sister. She always cared deeply about me, and never lets anything bad happen to me, even when I once seemed to disown her to be a fan of some reckless pony like Lightning Dust. Since then, we became warmer and closer. But now, she's getting married, and a new family, what if we... drift apart?" Sympathising their friend, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle comforted the pegasus with assuring words and tones. "Sorry we didn't think about it that way, Scoots." Apple Bloom apologised, "But maybe you won't drift apart." "Yeah, just like Twilight and her friends didn't. If they didn't drift apart, you and Rainbow Dash won't either." Sweetie Belle assured. "Thank you, both of you. I really needed it." Scootaloo thanked her best friends for their comfort, as they hugged.