The Angel of Equestria

by Robobrony


Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Charles and Twilight had rejoined the others after their talk. Twilight was now standing before her big brother. Shining Armor started. “Twilight, I’m sorry for making a scene like I did, I just wanted to make sure you were sure you’re ready for this.”

Twilight smiled at Shining. “I know you do, and Charles helped me realize that, so I forgive you.”

Shining smiled back. The two then shared a brief hug. Night Light and Twilight Velvet watched their kids with pride. Velvet then came up to Charles. “Looks like you did a good job there, I knew you could handle it.”

Charles smiled at her. “Heh, thanks.”

Marble and Limestone were looking at Charles from around the corner of the hall, trying to keep themselves hidden. They brought their heads back around and Marble started. “Ok, we need to find some way to get Charles to like us.”

Limestone was a little hesitant. “I don’t know Marble, he said he didn’t want any more mare friends, maybe we should just forget it.”

“Oh come on Lime, how many stallions have come up to us to ask us out or something?”

“Well……..”

“Exactly,” Marble said as she pointed a hoof at her sister’s barrel. “Not a single stallion has ever come up to us and complimented us on our looks, then we meet Charles and he says he thinks were pretty. We just gotta try and get him to fall for us.”

“Well…..” Limestone looked in thought, she then looked back at her sister with a confident nod. “OK, so what’s the plan?”

Marble then brought her sister's head closer to whisper. “Ok, here’s what we do….”

Applejack just walked in with her mother looking very unhappy. “Stupid dad, I can’t believe him.” She said to herself.

“Applejack dear, I don’t agree with yer father either, I want you ta know that ya have my full support in yer decision, I think Charles is a fine stallion….uh….human…..you know what I’m sayin.”

Applejack smiled as she looked at her mother. “Thanks ma. It means a lot ta me.”

Applebloom then came running up to them. “Hey ma, where’s dad?”

Appletree looked down at her youngest daughter. “He’s stayin out in the barn fer now dear, he has some serious thinkin ta do.”

As if to contradict that statement, the door slammed shut and the apples turned to see Appleseed standing there, still with a straight look on his face. Appletree and Applejack glared at him. Appletree came up to him and spoke. “So, I take it yer here ta apologize ta Applejack?”

Appleseed just looked at her. “Before I make any kind o decision, I want ta have a word with this human Applejack is dead set on marryin.”

Appletree’s look seemed to intensify. “Appleseed, I swear, you better not do nothing ta ruin our daughter’s happiness.”

“Appletree, I just want ta talk with him.” He then walked past his wife and daughters, Applebloom was looking worried, Applejack just kept her glare on her father.

Charles was standing with his other marefriends now just talking when Appleseed came up to him. “Charles, I’d like ta have a word with ya in private if I may.”

Charles looked at him confused. “Um….sure, ok, excuse me girls.” Appleseed led Charles outside and just off the porch.

He turned to face Charles. “Charles, I’m gonna be straight, I don’t approve of my daughter marryin some non-pony creature.”

Charles wasn’t sure what to make of that. “Excuse me?”

“Look, you two are completely different species, I don’t want my daughter marryin somethin like you.”

Charles narrowed his eyes. “Something like me? So your one of those types.”

Appleseed cocked an eyebrow. “One of what types?”

“Where I came from, there were some who didn’t like others that were different just because of the color of their skin, they didn’t care what that person’s personality was like or anything. That kind of thing was known as racism, and it has been responsible for so many innocent lives lost because of it. Now you may not like me, and that’s fine, but I don’t care that your daughter is a pony, I love her for who she is, and she loves me for who I am, if you can’t accept that, that’s your problem.”

“Now look here son….” Appleseed was about to say something, but Charles cut him off.

“If you truly love your daughter, you’ll let her have this, now you can hate me all you want, I don’t care, all I ask is that you at least tolerate it, despise me all you want, go ahead, I’m used to it, but don’t do it at the cost of Applejack’s happiness.”

Appleseed looked deep in thought as he looked to the side and raised a hoof. He looked back at Charles and began. “Charles, you may not be a pony, but you do seem to make sense, now I haven’t changed my feelings on the matter, but you are right about me carin fer my family. From what you been sayin, I can tell you truly care about her, so as much as I hate it, I guess there’s nothin I can do about it. So fer the sake of my daughter’s happiness, I’ll do what you say and just tolerate it. I won’t like it, but I’ll tolerate it.”

Charles smiled at Appleseed. “That’s all I ask sir.”

Appleseed actually smiled back. “Fer a non-pony, you ain’t so bad.” The two then headed back inside.

Appletree greeted them as they came in. “Well Appleseed?”

Appleseed went up to Applejack first. “Applejack, I may not like it, but fer Celestia knows whatever reason, this feller makes ya happy, and the last thing I want ta do is get in the way of that, so fer the sake of yer happiness, I’ll put up with ya marryin him, I won’t like it, but I won’t say no more on the matter.”

Applejack’s glare turned to a smile. “Really dad? Ya mean it?” Appleseed just nodded. “Thank you daddy.” Applejack hugged her dad.

Appletree then whispered to Charles. “What did you two talk about, I never thought he would budge on this.”

Charles whispered back. “I just let him know how much I care about Applejack.”

Appletree smiled at him. “Thank ya Charles, yer a real gentle colt.”

Charles just made his way to the middle of the room. “OH Charles!” Marble and Limestone called out together.

Charles looked to see that they were standing in the hallway entrance with a mistletoe hanging over their heads. They were looking at him with half lidded eyes. “Oh boy.” He said to himself.

Marble started. “Oh my, it seems you have caught us under the mistletoe.” She said in an unconvincing way.

Limestone continued. “I guess that means you have to kiss us, doesn’t it Marble?”

Rarity, Applejack, Twilight, and Pinkie saw this and just chuckled to themselves, Cloudy Quartz couldn’t help but laugh at her daughter’s antics as well. Igneous just rolled his eyes with a smile.

Charles walked up to them. “Now girls, didn’t I say…”

Marble interrupted with a sly look. “Oh come on, it’s just one little kiss, what harm could it do?”

Limestone agreed. “Yeah, come on, it is tradition after all.”

Charles could see where this was going. “*Sigh* Fine, ONE…KISS.” The two looked at each other eagerly, they then turned their heads to Charles, closed their eyes and puckered their lips. Charles kneeled down and went for Limestone first, he gave her a quick one second kiss on the lips. Once he pulled away. Limestone gave a contented sigh. Charles then did the same for Marble with the same result, the two sisters leaned against each other and slid down to the ground.

“Step one….a success.” Marble said quietly.

“HEY GUYS!” Spike called out as he came in with Owlowicious on his head.

“Spike, there’s our little dragon son, come here you.” Nightlight said as he approached him.

“Spike, my little boy, there you are.” Twilight Velvet also made her way over to him.

“Hey mom, hey dad.” Spike embraced the two as they hugged him back. Owlowicious flew off Spike’s head and went over to Twilight.

“Hey there little bro, good to see you again.” Shining said as he too came over to greet him.

Spike then hugged Shining. “Hey there Shining, glad to see you again, so did I miss anything exciting?”

Shining gave him a sly look. “Oh, nothing much, just that Charles had proposed to Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie and they all said yes.”

Spike’s eyes went wide with surprise. “Really, whoa awesome, congratulations Twilight, girls!” Spike ran over to Twilight and gave her a hug.

Twilight smiled as she hugged back. “Thanks Spike.”

After they broke their embrace, Sweetie Belle came up to Spike. “Hi Spike.”

Spike smiled when he saw her. “Hey Sweetie Belle.” Spike gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

Sweetie belle just giggled with a smile. “Hee hee, awe Spike.”

Granny Smith then came out from the kitchen with Big Mac and called out to them. “All right every pony, dinners ready, grab a plate and stack up on grub!”

*****

The next day came and Charles wanted to take a walk through town on his own, it was nice being around so many, but it was also getting pretty noisy, plus he needed to get away from Pinkie’s sisters for a bit as they tried to convince him to share a room with them last night. He was wearing his blue winter attire with his blue jeans and his shirt with Applejack’s cutie mark on it underneath. He left his staff at the farm but was wearing his necklace under his coat. He was wearing his black shoes as well.

He came to the park and sat down on a bench for a bit. “Charles, just the guard I wanted to see.” Lightning Thrash’s voice called out.

Charles looked up and saw Lighting Thrash out of uniform as he floated down to him from the air. “Good morning captain.” Charles greeted.

Lighting landed right in front of him. “Relax Charles, I’m off duty, I’m just out enjoying the day much like you I imagine.” He said with a smile.

“Yeah, you could say that.”

“I never got to say this but, congratulations on your getting married thing.”

“Thank you Lightning.”

Lightning Thrash then looked in thought for a moment as he looked to the side, he then looked back to Charles with a somewhat nervous look. “Eh, look Charles, I’m sorry if I seemed harsh on you when you disappeared that day, it’s just that you really did worry me, we are friends after all aren’t we?”

Charles smiled at him. “Of course we are, frankly, I don’t think I would’ve been comfortable without some kind of punishment for what I did, I was letting my own emotions cloud my judgement. I’m sorry about what I did.”

Lighting waved a hoof at him. “It’s fine, everything turned out all right, so any idea when the wedding will be?”

“Not yet, we still need to discuss that.”

“Any idea who your best stallions will be?”

Charles raised an eyebrow at this. “Stallions, as in more than one?”

“Well yeah, when a stallion gets married, he can have one or more stallions as his best. Any idea who yours will be?”

“Is there a limit?”

“Well, traditionally, the stallion getting married can have two or three.”

“That’s good to know, then I think I know just who I want to have for my best stallions then, well, at least one stallion to be my best stallion.”

“And who would that be?” Lightning asked with a smile.

Charles smirked. “I would like it if you would be one of my best stallions captain Lightning Thrash.”

Thrash was surprised by this. “Me, really.” He smiled as Charles nodded. “HA HA, I would be honored, you got a deal Charles.” Lightning stuck out his hoof for a shake, Charles grabbed it and shook on it. “Well, I’d better get going, I got a date with my marefriends, I’ll see you later private.” Lightning then flew off.

Charles got back up and continued his walk. “So, I can have more than one stallion to be my best stallion, who else should I pick then?” He asked himself quietly.

“Comrade Charles, good morning.” Black Cloud called as he flew up next to Charles.

“Oh, hey Black Cloud, good morning.” Charles greeted as he continued to walk with Black Cloud flying next to him.

“Good morning to you too, I take it you have been having good time at Applejack’s place with so many ponies there?”

“Kind of, it’s nice to be around others like that, but it gets so noisy sometimes, plus, Pinkie’s sisters have been trying to convince me to let them be my marefriends.”

Black Cloud laughed. “HA HA, I would love to see that, I bet is funny no?”

“It’s kind of annoying is what it is, they’re nice and all, but I don’t know if I could handle a relationship with two more mares. In fact…….well.” Charles lowered his head.

Black Cloud landed and looked at Charles with worry. “Is something wrong comrade?”

“It’s just that I don’t know if I AM ready for this, I mean, FOUR MARES, how am I supposed to provide for them? I don’t know if I can do this.”

“Comrade Charles, let me ask you something, do you know how herdship works?”

“I.....guess not.”

“Is simple, herd is family, family helps each other and looks out for each other, you think stallion does all work to keep family together?”

“Well, back on earth, the guy is usually the one to take care of everything in a marriage, and he just has one wife a few kids.”

“Interesting, but not how it works here, because there are more than one in herd, herd works together to provide for one another, each of your marefriends have job no?”

“Yes, they do.”

“Then is no problem, they help you and each other as you will help them.”

“But, what if things don’t work out, what if I’m not ready for this, what if….” Charles was saying in a bit of panic.

Black Cloud flew up and put a hoof to his mouth to stop him. Charles stopped walking when he did. “Comrade Charles, calm down.” He removed his hoof. “Let me ask you another question, do you love the girls you are to marry?”
Black Cloud was now on the ground standing in front of Charles and looking him straight in the eyes.

“Well, yes but….”

“AH, let me finish, do they love you?”

“Yes, but….”

“AH…..then what is problem, you love them, they love you, you have been with them for a few months now and have only grown closer, yes?”

“We have.”

“Then you are ready, as long as you all love each other, there is no problem and you are ready for this, you can do this comrade, is no problem.” Black Cloud finished with a smile.

Charles smiled back. “Thanks Black Cloud, that was quite a pep talk.”

“Am always happy to help friend.”

Charles then got an idea. “Black cloud, would you like to be one of my best stallions for my wedding?”

Black Cloud smiled at this. “You want me as best stallion?” Charles nodded. “It would be honor Charles, I will happily stand by you on wedding day.”

“Glad to hear it Cloud, I should probably get back to the farm now, I’ll see you later, I’ll be sure to let you know when the wedding is, Oh, and also, I asked Lighting Thrash to be one of my best stallions too.”

“That is good to hear, we will be there for you on wedding day.” Black cloud then took off.

Charles decided to exercise his wings and flew back to the farm.

*****

Charles landed a few feet away from the house when Limestone and Marble saw him come. They quickly rushed to his sides and each grabbed an arm with smiles on their faces. “Hi Charles, welcome back.” Marble said.

“We missed you, you hunky stallion.” Limestone added.

Charles just shook his head as he walked in with two mares around his arms. Pinkie was out on the porch and saw this, she just laughed. She then remembered something. “Hey Charles, me and the girls have been telling every pony about how great you are with music, you wouldn’t mind sharing a little something with us would you?”

Charles smiled at this. “I’d be more than happy to Pinkie.”

“I can’t wait to hear you sing.” Marble commented.

“I just know you’ll be good.” Limestone commented.

Charles rolled his eyes while Pinkie giggled. “All right you two, I kind of need my arms if I’m going to do a song for every pony.”

“Awwe.” They said with a frown, they reluctantly released Charles from their grasp.

The four walked in and Pinkie announced Charles’s arrival. “Hey every pony, Charles is back, and he’s going to do a song for us, he’s been sharing music with us from his world and it is just fantastic!”

Charles stood in front of the fire place while every pony else gathered around to hear him perform. “Ok, the song I have in mind to share with all of you comes from a holiday similar to Hearths Warming, it’s a holiday called Christmas, just letting you know so no pony gets confused when I bring it up. Also, I want to dedicate this song to four very special mares that changed my life for the better and am happily marrying. Twilight, Pinkie, Rarity, and Applejack.”

The four smiled at Charles. He used his magic to create clones of himself, each with instruments for the song he would perform, the music started and Charles sang.

*****

Lightning Thrash was walking with Rainbow and Derpy through town on their date. They each had a smile on. Derpy was on his left and Rainbow was on his right. “Sure is a beautiful day huh?” He asked them.

“Yup.” Dash simply answered.

“It sure is, I love the snow.” Derpy also answered.

“That sure is something, Charles proposing to your friends and all?” Lightning thought out loud.

“I’ll say, I can’t wait for the wedding.” Derpy said with a bigger smile.

“It sure is, I’m real happy for them.” Rainbow Commented.

“You know, Stunner and Carbon proposed to their marefriends as well.”Lightning informed.

Dash looked at Lightning with surprise. “So Fluttershy’s getting married too?”

“Yep, Stunner and Carbon told me about it today when I ran into them.”

“How wonderful, that is so romantic.” Derpy said with a dreamy look in her crossed eyes.

Dash was a little surprised too. “Wow, it seems all our friends are getting married.”

Lighting looked straight ahead. “Yeah, it seems so.” He said quietly.

Dash and Derpy stopped in their tracks and looked at him with confusion. Derpy was the one to ask. “Is something wrong Lightning?”

Lighting walked ahead a little more then stopped. He gave out a loud sigh, then turned around to face them. “Girls, do you have any idea how happy I am to have you two in my life?”

Rainbow answered with a smirk. “I think I can imagine.”

Lightning continued. “All our friends are getting married to the ponies they love. Charles with Pinkie, Twilight, Rarity, and Applejack. Carbon and Octavia, and Fluttershy and Stunner, they all are getting married because they love each other.”

Derpy spoke up with a smile. “Well that is what happens when ponies love one another.”

Lighting pointed a hoof at Derpy. “Exactly, and I love you two with all my heart, which is why I figured why should we be left out of all this joy going around?”

Rainbow then looked at him with a cocked eyebrow. “What are you getting at Thrash?”

Thrash smiled at his marefriends. “What I’m getting at….is I would like it very much if you two agreed to marry me, will you two be my wives and make my life complete?”

Derpy’s and Rainbow’s jaw dropped. They slowly turned to each other for a moment, then looked back at Lightning. Rainbow Smirked as Derpy’s eyes got all watery. Derpy was the first to answer. “Oh Lighting, of course I will, thank you so much.” She then launched herself at him and hugged him tight. They then shared a passionate, open mouthed kiss.

Once they finished, Dash trotted up with that same smirk. “It’s about time you asked, I was starting to think you’d never propose.” Rainbow then wrapped her forelegs around Lightning’s neck and dipped him down so he was looking up at her. She pressed her lips to his and gave him a good hard passionate kiss. She stood him back up and mussed her mane a bit.

Lighting just stood there dumbstruck. “WOW….I mean……WOW.” Dash just chuckled.

*****

Charles finished the song and all the ponies were stomping their hooves in approval. He dismissed his magic duplicates and looked over the ponies. “Thank you all, I’m glad you liked it.”

His marefreinds then came up to him with smiles. Rarity was the first to speak. “Oh Charles, that was absolutely beautiful.”

Twilight then came in. “That was very lovely Charles, thank you.”

Applejack then gave her compliment. “I gotta say, I ain’t never heard anythin so pretty before.”

And Pinkie then came is as her usual bubbly self. “Wow Charles, that was really pretty, that was very sweet of you.”

Charles looked at each of them as he spoke. “Thanks girls, I’m glad you thought so.” He then went and gave each of them a kiss. Apllejack, Rarity, Twilight, Pinkie, and…….wait. Charles stopped after Pinkie, he looked and saw he was about to kiss Limestone. Charles pulled back, he looked and saw Limestone and Marble lined up with his marefriends, lips puckered and ready for a kiss. Charles couldn’t help himself, he just smiled at them. “Nice try girls.” He said to them.

They opened their eyes. “Awwee.” They said with disappointment. Once again, Charles’s mares couldn’t help but laugh a little at this.