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// Chapter 4  
// Story: Maybe until death. I promise I do 
// by Fat1thatyoulove 
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Chapter 4 – Before you go

The walk from the train station to Twilight's parents house has never been a long one, and today the usually cluttered streets don't really seem to busy. Sure there's a few ponies rushing along past you three but for most of the walk through the still mostly unfamiliar city has been decent.

And now as you turn onto the street with the familiar two story white stone block house at the end of it your journey to tomorrow feels one step closer.

Violet must feel the same way because once her mind places the building still down the street her once slow pace that shes been using to look over the city, has now been changed into a happy gallop to her new goal.

You and Twilight keep pace with the little filly as the house comes into hooves reach. The light purple filly turns her head back to you two as she waits next to the door, Twilight's hoof comes to it as she knocks.

It only takes a few seconds for the door to open to a white pony, but the pony is not Velvet like you had kind of wanted. But at the same time you give the white stallion with the two shades of blue mane a friendly smile.

"Twily!"

At his own words Shinning extends himself from the doorway as he embraces the mare beside you. But the hug doesn't last long as Twilight's excited voice comes to her, "Shinning ?! You came?"

He looks surprised to the comment as he steps aside from the door, "How could I miss my own baby sister's wedding?"

As he steps aside Violet pushes herself into the house as you follow after her, still holding your ears to the conversation you walk past.

"...I just thought you and Cadence would be to busy with the Crystal empire, I would have understood if you couldn't have made it."

Twilight's words end the same as Violet's happily hop gallop as you four walk into the living room of the house and set your eyes to large pink alicorn standing in front of one of the couches.

You don't really know why but the tall pink pony's name has stuck to your head and you have no problem recognizing Cadence as she answers to Twilight's comment, "NOT coming?!" The pink mare gives a slight laugh as she shakes her head, "Twilight, you've been one of my oldest friends since you were a filly and you even turned my special day completely around when we got married...of course we had to come."

Twilight holds a happy smile as she looks between the two ponies but her voice doesn't come to her as a feminine voice echos from another part of the house, "Twilight?!"

The sound of frantic hooves comes to the room as you turn to the door way just to see the white mare coming into  the room, she looks like she has something on her coat but you don't really pay much attention to it.

Velvet's teal eyes pin to you and shift to Twilight, but the mare's happy tone and surprised tone doesn't last as her voice comes back almost in a mad high pitched feminine squeal, "Violet!"

You watch as the white mare holds her hoof out to the little filly as her voice comes to her, "Y-you've gotten so big?! A-and look at you you're not in diapers anymore!" A few more rambles comes from her but you can't really understand her as she starts to fan at her neck with her right hoof.

Twilight gives a little giggle as she trots over to her, "Hello mom."

But at Twilight's voice Velvet turns her toned voice to her, "How could you let her get older without stopping by again?" Her hoof motion stops for a moment as she points to her daughter, "This filly is growing before your eyes and you didn't even bother to stop by again?!"

The lavender mare is silent as she holds her smile to the white mare as she continues to push through her words, Velvet stops her voice as her eyes flutter and she calms her voice down, "Oh...and shes not the only filly that's growing up too fast." But her calmed voice doesn't really stay long as she looks over the lavender mare.

Another light giggle escapes Twilight's mouth as the white mare's chest starts to become sporadic with her breathing and her right hoof starts to fan at herself again, Velvet's voice is shaky as she bites to her lip, "No no no, I-I promised myself I wouldn't cry this time."

Twilight embraces the shaky worded mare as Velvet's voice continues to spike up in a high pitched low wine, at the hug the white mare gives a little sniffle before breaking it and sighing. Her voice comes back as she looks to Violet who has been sat to the ground a little confused to why the happy mare started sobbing.

"Oh, come here you." Velvet scoops the little filly up onto her back as she nears her, "See, I can still hold you." Her trot becomes the focus of everypony's eyes as she trots toward one of the couches and places the little filly down. But she turns back to everypony as she holds a hoof to Twilight, "You stop being a stranger." Her hoof shifts to Cadence and Shining as she talks, "You two had better stop that as well." Again her hoof changes as she turns back to Violet, "And you...stop making me feel so old."

Violet wiggles her front hooves to the pointing mare as Velvet's voice stops.

Velvet gives a loving smile as she looks over the little filly but she loses it as she looks herself over, "Oh just look at me...I have cookie dough all over me."

Shining's voice comes up as he talks, "Mom, you know you shouldn't cook when you're nervous."

The white mare nods her head as she sits to the couch with her eyes focusing to you and Twilight, "Your father went to the castle a little while ago, I do hope he'll be back before too long." She gives a slight laugh as she continues, "I swear that stallion would move the sun if he could if it meant making sure this wedding goes smoothly."

Twilight nods her head as she talks, "Well, we need to be heading to the castle soon. We still have to get ready for tomorrow."

At the comment the pink pony's voice comes up as she talks, "Sorry Twilight, but i'm not supposed to let you go to the castle today."

"Whys that?" Twilight squints to the comment a little confused as Cadence continues with a bashful smile, "I hope i'm not spoiling the surprise, but your friends had told me they didn't want you stressing out over making sure everything was planned, so..." She taps her hoof to her mouth for a second as she squints her eyes, "...I think her name was Rarity, but she already got us a spa planned for most of the day that way you can't go to the castle."

Twilight gives a slight laugh as she talks, "That's ridiculous, i'm not going to stress myself out? I have everything planned nothing can happen. Besides they don't even know how I want things to look or where I want them to be."

Cadance nods her head a little slowly as she talks, "Well they said you had sent them a detailed list?"

"Ha." Twilight rolls her hoof to the comment as she talks, "Those list where just copies of the one I have...I still have the main one."

You squint to the comment as you speak up, "But theres no difference to the list?"

Her voice comes to you as she talks, "I know, but it's not like I always want to make sure everythings perfect."

The room is silent for a moment as she waits for a response, you finally speak up as you move your hoof, "Go on and go, it will be fun."

Twilight blinks to the comment as she laughs, "But we already said we wouldn't do anything because we don't have somepony to watch Violet."

Velvet's ear flicks to the words as she brings her head from the little filly and towards the conversation, "No pony to watch?...Twilight I'll have you know that since you've left I have been studying how to do hoofing." Her hoof points to you as she talks, "Don't think that this pony only got her studying habits from Celestia alone, oh no."

You give a slight chuckle to the comment as Twilight tries to speak up, but her words are cut off as Velvet turns back to Violet. The white mare's hooves follow through a decent motion as you listen and watch her talking, "Violet, do you want to stay and eat cookies?"

Another laugh escapes your mouth as you watch Violet's confused answer.

"What do you mean you can't eat books?"

Twilight's voice comes back to her as she holds a smile to the white mare, "Mom, you asked if you would like to stay and eat books."

You nod your head as you think to yourself, still should have some credit for understanding Violet's reply.

Velvet rolls her hoof to the failed demonstration as she talks, "Still, I haven't had anytime with this filly because some ponies decided never to come back to Canterlot, now Twilight you two can do whatever you want to do. It's only me and your father tonight so we won't be busy."

Twilight is silent as she looks to you, but you don't even waste a moment as she talks, "Why not go and relax?" You give a slight sigh as you talk, "I know how to get to the castle when we leave."

At your words Cadence comes back to the conversation as she trots towards the door, "Come on Twilight, lets go have a nice day."

The lavender mare pauses for a moment before she floats her bag from herself and starts to talk down a mind list she must have planned in the short pause, "Ok, don't open this bag because my dress is on top, I'll come back here after that way we can go to the castle together and if anythings happens-..."

You take the bag from her with your hoof and you cut her off as you slightly struggle to balance on your three hooves as you walk over and place the bag on the empty couch, "Ok Twilight."

Twilight waits a few seconds before she gives you a smile and trots after Cadence who has already opened the door.

The pink mare nods to Shining as she and Twilight leave the house.

As the door closes Velvet stands from the couch as she takes the filly into her hold and places her back to the ground, "Come on Violet, we have cookies to eat."

You watch the filly happily follow after the white mare into the room as you take off the bag that's been around you the whole time.

As you take it off Shining's voice comes to you as he talks, "Listen, I didn't have much time to thank you and I want to return the favor."

You squint to his comment as you talk, "Thank me for what?"

Shining nods his head as he speak up again, "For taking care of my sister and everything you've done already...I know we don't really know each other too well but what do you say about me showing you around tonight?"

You hold a friendly smile to the stallion as you think over your situation, Twilight gets a spa day and I get to hang out with the bride's brother...you look over the stallion in your silent moment as you think to yourself, his idea of a bachelor party is going to be studying in the library or something else Twilight related...As your mind battle comes to an end you nod your head, "Ok sure."

"Alright great, I know a few places around the city I think you might enjoy for a bachelor party."

You nod your head as you try to hold a slight joyed smile as you think, something is at least better than nothing.

End of chapter 4