//------------------------------// // Part 7 - Sudden Invitation // Story: Sweet Strings // by DashCamp(IDBrony) //------------------------------// Julian – CsCamper – DashCamp(IDBrony) Part 7 – Sudden Invitation “Lyra, are you sure with all of this, I don’t trust nor know about this ‘Humongologies’ meetings or something like that”, Bon Bon asked her question to her dear friend who was getting ready for a trip to Canterlot. “Yes, it’s legit, see this flyer?”, Lyra showed her a badly drawn brochure, with big words “HUMANOLOGIES MEETING” on it. “I don’t trust it”, Bon Bon took the flyer from Lyra and threw it away from her sight, Lyra levitated back the paper and put it carefully in her saddlebag. “Oh, come on, Bon Bon! Maybe this is my one in a lifetime chance”, she begged to the candy maker, “Fine” Bon Bon replied. Bon Bon accompanied her mare friend to the train station, she helped Lyra to hold some of her luggage,  since earth pony has stronger hooves than the other pony races, not saying alicorn though. Lyra got into the train and grabbed a seat in the train, she looked out through the train’s window. Outside, Bon Bon waved to her unicorn friend, Lyra waved back to the cyan pony. And after a short while, the train boarded to Canterlot. Unknown to her, Bon Bon transformed to a strange insect-being a short while after the train left, the strange creature mumbled some words and quickly flew away from Ponyville. Meanwhile, somewhere far from Equestria, a non-pony being arrived in a strange looking castle. The castle was dark, with holes on the castle walls, the holes were neatly round. The non-pony being flew through the window at the highest tower, as soon as he arrived, he quickly bowed down to a big alicorn. The alicorn was very strange, she might have an alicorn body, but there were holes on her body, a strange pair of wings, and twisted horn. “Cpt. Shanon reported for duty”  “Stand up, tell me your report, I want to hear everything.” “There will be a big wedding in Canterlot, between the Alicorn of Love and the Royal Guard Captain.” “Alicorn of love? Interesting, did you find any other things other than the wedding.” “Yes, Your Highness. I also found some ponies with strange power of love, I tried to taste some and it felt really different.” “What’s with the different” “I don’t know, Your Highness.” “Tell me who they are then..” ---------------------------------------------- “What a long journey”, the turquoise unicorn trotted out from the train, she relaxed her hooves after 5 hour trip in the train. “Oh.. Octav, I’m so worried”, she held tight a small old photo, a photo of her and Octav as fillies. She put back the photo into her saddlebag and levitated a small piece of paper into her line of sight, she read through the small paper carefully, “Mare-a-day st. , not far from the station.”. When she put back the small paper, an alicorn stood in front of her, without any further inspect, Lyra quickly bowed down to the alicorn. “So... your name is Lyra Heartstrings, am I right?”, the Pink Alicorn asked politely to Lyra, “Yes, your highness.”, Lyra replied to the alicorn with a low voice, afraid of something would happen to her. “Oh.. just stand up”, the pink alicorn said with a higher voice, Lyra stood on her four hooves and her face was facing straight to the alicorn. The alicorn was very beautiful, with colourful mane and matching pink coat, a small crown in her mane, and a gleaming blue heart gem as her Cutie Mark. “I’m Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, and I heard about your relationship with an earth mare whom you call as Bon Bon”, the pink alicorn whispered to Lyra’s small ear, Lyra felt embarrassed and asked back to the alicorn, “Pardon me, Princess. But how did you know about my relationship with my friend.”, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza smiled lightly, and replied to Lyra, “I’m the Alicorn of Love, you shouldn’t be surprised about that, but, anyway, I am searching for somepony to be my bridesmaid  in my wedding, are you interested?”, a question from the alicorn make Lyra shocked, she never felt really honoured in her whole life, with a short sentence, she replied “It’s an honour, Princess” Meanwhile, in Ponyville. Bon Bon was searching for her mare friend, she was very worried because Lyra left without leaving a single note. “Lyra.. where the hay are you, why are you leaving me like this?”, Bon Bon searched from the attic to the house basement, when she wanted to continued her search outside, a familiar unicorn bumped into her. “Oh, hi Bon Bon,how did you get home so quick?”, the DJ Unicorn asked the candy maker, “Get home? What do you mean Vinyl?”. “Well... I saw you with Lyra 10 minutes ago at the station, and... you came home so fast! Did you call a carriage or something?”, Bon Bon looked very confused, she couldn’t catch every single word Vinyl said into her mind, she was stunned. “Hey, Bon Bon, are you there?”, Vinyl shook her friend’s shoulder, Bon Bon was still stunned. Vinyl took a bucket of water near the hose, and flushed the water into the earth mare’s face. “What the hay is wrong with you!”, Bon Bon shouted at the white unicorn, Bon Bon was angry, “What do you mean with me, accompanied Lyra to the train station, and... what’s with all of this?”, Bon Bon asked angrily to the DJ, and Vinyl looked  very confused of her words. Not so far from those two mares, 6 familiar mares were having a small picnic. It was a fun picnic until the small purple dragon received a letter through his breathe, Twilight levitated the letter and read it loud in front of her friends. ‘Dear Twilight, I am sure you are as excited as I am about the upcoming wedding in Canterlot. 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! What an honor!”  ‘Pinkie Pie, I can think of no one more qualified than you to host the reception.’  “Hip, hip, hooray!”  ‘Applejack, you will be in charge of the catering for the reception.’  “Well, color me pleased as punch!”  ‘Rainbow Dash, I would very much appreciate it if you could perform a sonic rainboom as the bride and groom complete their I do's.’  “Yes!”  ‘Rarity, you will be responsible for designing the dresses for the bride and her bridesmaids.’  “Princess Celestia wants me to- ...wedding dress? For a Canterlot wedding... I, ah, ooh, oooh!” ‘And as for you, Twilight, you will be playing the most important role of all: Making sure that everything goes as planned. See you all very soon. Yours, Princess Celestia.’ The Unicorn was confused, she asked her fellow dragon assistance, “But.. I don’t understand who’s getting married?”. The small dragon gasped a bit, and smiled awkwardly, “Oh, wait! Uh, I was probably supposed to give you this one first.”, he said. The violet mare levitated the letter and started reading ‘Princess Celestia cordially invites you to the wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and..’ “My brother?!” To be continued... *Author Notes : Ah... the Royal Canterlot Wedding, I can’t forget the song ‘This Day Aria’, Fake Cadence’s lines keep ringing in my head. NO I DO NOT LOVE THE GROOM, IN MY HEART THERE’S NO ROOM, BUT I STILL WANT HIM TO BE ALL MINE....