As Princess Cadance started her hunt for her aunt Princess Celestia was fluttering through a secret passageway within the inner walls of her castle. The alicorn princess decided to travel this way so that ponies wouldn't catch her, as she wanted to remain anonymous. She then hit a lever, opened the wall, peeked out from her hiding place, and spotted her second target, Prince Blueblood, down the hall. Celestia couldn't believe her luck but stayed silent as she didn't want to make her presence known. Her nephew was cornering a maid and trying to woo a poor mare to go out on a date with him.
"Come on, sweetheart; it's Hearts and Hooves day!"
The maid looked annoyed as she rolled her eyes and grumbled, "Please, Prince Blueblood, I just want to get back to my duties."
"Come now; you're a commoner; you should be grateful I'm even talking to you."
She rolled her eyes and then said, "seriously!? You think I'll go out with you just because you're a prince!"
Blueblood started to swear and asked somewhat hesitantly, "yes?"
The maid scoffed, then strutted off with a "huff," shaking her flank. Blueblood lowered his gaze, seeming to be somewhat embarrassed by being dismissed in such a manner.
She saw how desperate he was and felt bad for him. He was raised almost isolated by his parents, causing him to have terrible interpersonal skills. She remembered how he was with Rarity at the Galloping Gala, and he came off as rude and misogynistic, but the truth was he was raised to be this way and didn't know how to interact with ponies in any other way.
The mare saw him eye a handsome royal guard, a white-coated pegasus with gold eyes and a wispy blue mane. The guard strutted on as he was going about his rounds and turned away, suddenly shaking his head and looking somewhat embarrassed. That was when it came to Celestia, her nephew was bisexual!
She watched as he eventually got the courage to talk to the guard.
"Good sir, would you come here for a second?"
The guard seemed somewhat surprised as he asked, "yes, prince Blueblood you asked for me?"
The prince then trotted over and said, "I...I…um, just wanted to ask, are you doing anything for Hearts and Hooves day?"
The guard shook his head and said, "Well, not exactly. I was; however, I am going to get off shift soon."
Blueblood perked up and asked, "I see; what's your name?"
"Feather Cannon, but my friends just call me Feathers."
"Oh, a lovely name..Wo-" He paused mid-sentence and hesitated about what he wanted to say.
Princess Celestia groaned, seeing that Blueblood was starting to chicken out. Spearheart turned his head and asked if he wanted to go on a date; worried he might say no, Celestia quickly pulled out her bow and aimed a shot at her nephew first. She then stood up on her hind legs with her toga flowing around her body as she notched two arrows. The princess placed the bow up to her muzzle, drew the bow, and, with a deep breath, let the bowstring go and sent her arrows flying. One landed right into the flank of the guard, and the other arrow hit her nephew's butt right in the center of his cutie mark. The two both had blank stares. She gave a little leap in celebration, being able to hit her nephew and his lover with her enchanted arrows, then continued to stay hidden and continued to watch.
Feather Cannon looked into the eyes of Prince Blueblood as he whispered, "p…prince Blueblood…."
"Yes?"
The pegasus' face turned a bright red as he stammered, "Prince Blueblood?"
Blueblood looked up with a confused look and squeaked, "yes, Feathers?"
"We…were you trying to ask me out?"
Celestia couldn't help but place her hooves over her mouth, anticipating what would come next.
Prince Blueblood was somewhat surprised, then began to stammer, "I…I want to ask, do you want to go out? I wouldn't mind getting a drink at a bar nearby?"
"Oh sure…but you know, being a prince and all, wouldn't that cause a bunch of gossip, not including the press, would be on us like hawks?"
Prince Blueblood nodded, then said, "yeah, your right…wana just come to my manor? We can have a private meal for ourselves?"
Feather Cannon slowly trotted over, nuzzled him with his face, and whispered, "that sounds lovely. Let's go."
The two then came closer, and it wasn't long until they started to make out! Celestia placed her hooves over her mouth, stifling her squeals, and watched the two break their embrace and trot down the hall with their heads nuzzling into each other.
Once she lost sight of the two, Princess Celestia skipped back into the passageways feeling proud of herself as she successfully found the perfect match for her nephew! She continued to fly through the dark shadowy corridors pondering who was next. Her niece Princess Cadance already had Shining Armor, so there's no point in using her enchanted arrows on her…then Twilight! That will be her next and last target. Still, this one will be the most difficult, seeing she's in Ponyville and must continue remaining unseen. The alicorn princess came out from a tunnel in the courtyard, peeking out from a hole when she saw the coast was clear. Celestia then slowly exited the tunnel, shook herself, and adjusted the toga around her. She was starting to enjoy the fabric around her body. She then flew up into the sky, squealing as the toga flew up around her, making the mare laugh as she soared through the skies and headed towards Ponyville to help find Twilight a coltfriend or a marefriend.
As Princess Celestia was flying towards Ponyville, Princess Cadance was busy searching all over the castle. Still, she couldn't find her aunt anywhere! She talked to many guards and other castle staff, and not a single pony had seen her since she raised the sun this morning. Many assumed she went to her room for a nap. But she had already checked there, and no pony was there. After checking her aunt Celestia's room and seeing she wasn't there, Cadance paused and thought things over. She knows her aunt was usually regal, but she can make rash and irrational decisions when she gets overly excited. Knowing she would be after ponies, she "thinks" she needs lovers such as her aunt Luna, Prince Blueblood, and maybe even Twilight Sparkle. So she would go check Princess Luna's room first!
The princess of love soared through the halls and burst into Luna's room, and looking over the night blue room and moon-shaped bed, she was nowhere to be seen! Princess Cadance slammed a hoof on the ground and shouted, "buck!"
A tired-looking batpony guard then trotted over and asked, "um…Princess Cadance?"
The pink-coated alicorn turned to face the guard and asked, "you haven't seen Princess Luna recently, have you?"
The batpony took a hoof to his chin and said, "when I went to end my shift, I saw her talking to my partner Moonbow. I thought it was odd."
"Odd? Odd, how?"
"Well…it went from a casual conversation than almost rather suddenly the two were flirting."
"I see," Princess Cadance sighed, seeing that her aunt Celestia used her enchanted arrows on Luna and this guard. She now had at least something to go on. Sir, can you show me where this happened?"
The soldier gave a nod and escorted Cadance to the spot. There she noticed the evidence of her aunts with Luna's dark blue feathers littering the floor. Further down the hall, there were white feathers near a wall. So the realization came to her; it seemed that Celestia shot her sister and this guard with arrows without them knowing, as this other guard didn't mention seeing Celestia. That would mean her aunt was using the secret passageways. Princess Cadance rose, pulled down an empty torch, and stood back as the stone wall started to move, revealing a secret passageway.
"Woah!? What is that!" the batpony guard shouted, being somewhat surprised.
Princess Cadance smirked, "trust me, this proves my hunch is right."
"What hunch!? You just stood there for several minutes!"
"Oh, right? Um…it just means I know why Princess Luna and that guard were acting strange," Princess Cadance quickly responded. She didn't want to let anypony know Princess Celestia was running around shooting arrows into ponies to make them fall in love. Princess Cadance continued to stand there pondering this new information. Seeing that Princess Celestia used the secret passageways proved to her that she was right, which means she probably has left the castle. But she would need to track the enchanted arrows back to the bow itself, and the only way to do that was to find Luna.
Princess Cadance turned towards the soldier and asked, "do you know where Princess Luna and her fellow guard went after their encounter?"
The soldier sighed as he pondered momentarily, then said, "I believe that they went to a nearby cafe; I think I know the one they were talking about."
"Would you mind if you could escort me?"
"Of course!" The soldier gave a wave with a hoof, and Cadance followed this batpony soldier down the halls as she was finally on the trail of princess Celestia. Hopefully, she can stop her before she can get to anypony else.
Princess Cadance and her escort bat pony soldier came with her to a quaint little cafe near the castle. She spotted her aunt Luna and the bat pony soldier named Moonbow gazing longingly into each other's eyes as they drank coffee and chomped on cute little heart-shaped cupcakes. It was cute, and Princess Cadance felt a little guilty as it seemed her aunt was deeply in love with this handsome batpony. But they were in love under an enchantment, which didn't sit right with her.
"Um…Princess Cadance? Since Princess Luna was found safe and sound, can I be excused?"
The princess of love turned towards the guard, and seeing how tired he looked, she felt somewhat guilty keeping the poor soldier up so late and said, "yes, go get some rest, please. Don't worry about me."
The batpony gave a loud yawn and said, "alright, if she needs me, just let her know I'm in the batpony barracks." He then trotted off with his eyes drooping. Princess Cadance then turned towards her aunt and her love, trotted over with a smile, and shouted, "Auntie Luna, there you are!"
The princess smiled and said, "oh, Princess Cadance, how are you? I thought you would be having a date with Shining Armor?"
"I would, but…well, I have to find Princess Celestia. It's rather important."
Luna laughed as she nuzzled her love, then said, "oh, come now, you should be out drinking and making love, not running around looking for my sister!"
Moonbow nuzzled back, and soon the two were making out. Princess Cadance gave an embarrassed look and trotted back. She soon lit her horn to see if her hunch was right, and surely enough, the enchanted arrows were embedded into the flanks of both her aunt and Moonbow. She levitated the arrows from their flanks and hid them behind one of her wings. Meanwhile, Moonbow and Princess Luna slowly came to their senses as they both gave each other embarrassed looks before removing their lips from each other's mouths. Luna looked around, a bit confused, and asked, "w…what came over me? What were we doing?"
"Ye…yeah, I feel the same way," Moonbow admitted, his cheeks flushing red from sheer embarrassment.
Meanwhile, Princess Cadance slowly stepped back and, with her horn, saw a trail of bright yellow magical residue leading off into the distance.
Luna turned towards her niece and asked in a rather desperate tone. "Cadance, do you know what did this to us? This was some enchantment, right?"
"I do…but I can't tell you right now, especially in public; I suggest going to your room and getting some rest," Cadance explained, and before Luna or Moonbow could ask more questions, she had soared into the air and was heading through the skies following the trail. When she saw where it lead, the princess of love gave a loud groan seeing them that the trail of magic was leading straight to Prince Blueblood's manor.