//------------------------------// // BONUS Chapter: The Wedding (prequel to main story) // Story: Me, my Wife and my Daughter // by Br0nyb0y123 //------------------------------// Four years before Toffee was born, there was the most important of my life, the best day of my life, my wedding to Applejack. My day started back in Canterlot, four days prior to that, I had my Bachelor party with Lucky, Pokey, Blues, Thunderlane and Comet, but that's another story for another time. I was staying at a hotel getting ready for the big event. I was putting on a tuxedo until I heard a knock at the door, "Who is it?" I asked loudly as I was adjusting my tie in front of a mirror. "It's me, buddy" Lucky called from outside the door. "Oh, Lucky. Come in, man" I said. I looked through the mirror and saw Lucky enter through the door, wearing his tuxedo as well. He closed the door behind him and approached me, "Caramel, you look magnificent, bro" Lucky complimented. "Thanks, Lucky. You don't look too bad yourself, Hell, I swear with tuxes like these, we could be twins" I replied. "Hey, we don't need to be twins, man. You're still my brother" Lucky chuckled. "Thanks Lucky" I thanked again. "You alright, 'Mel?" He asked me. "Yeah, Luck. I'm just a little um....a little bit..." I struggled to find the write word. "Nervous?" Lucky questioned. "Yeah, that" I replied. "Hey, man. Don't be nervous, this is your big day. But if you're still worried, it's not that bad, your wife-to-be is nervous as well from what I heard from Dash and Rarity" Lucky told me. "Really?" I asked. "Yeah, man. But still, today isn't a day for you to be nervous, man. This is a day for you to be excited" Lucky said. "Yeah, you're right" I replied as I nodded. "Hey, man. Just relax when it's happening, and savor every moment of it" He said. "Yeah. Thanks man" I thanked for the third time. "Do you know you have a tendency for saying thanks a lot?" Lucky asked. "I do know" I joked. "Huh, I think Applejack will get annoyed at that" Lucky said. "Nah, she'll roll with it. I mean, she's been doing so for the past....um....three years, I think" I struggled to say. "You don't know how long you've been with Applejack?" Lucky chuckled. I thought to myself about how long me and Applejack have been together. I moved in with her last year, I arrived in Ponyville four years prior to this day, so I must've been with her three years now, because I started dating her about a year after I arrived in Ponyville, "It's three years, I'm pretty sure it's three years" I told him. "Yeah, but you forget things..." Lucky replied, "...lots of times" "Oh, speaking of forgetting things" I said, "Did you remember the wedding bracelets?" "Oh shit! I left at where we had the bachelor party!" He explained. "You idiot! Why did you bring them to the bachelor party?!" I shouted. Lucky then pulled the small box that had me and my wife-to-be's wedding bracelet, and started to laugh, "Oh my God, you actually fell for that. Hahaha" He chuckled. "Fucking hell, don't ever do that again!" I cursed. "Hey, man. It was just a joke" Lucky said. I calmed myself down, I can't get mad over one little joke on my wedding day, "Yeah, I know" I replied, "I can't let your bad prank ruin my day" "Bad prank? Man, it was a good prank" Lucky told me. I chuckled slightly, "If you actually forgot the bracelets for real, I would've had to kill you" "You? Kill me? Bro, you fucking love me, you wouldn't do that" Lucky told me. "True. I would never kill you" I said. "Didn't you kill someone back in Manehattan though?" He asked. "Didn't you?" I asked back, "I don't think we should even be talking about Manehattan, especially on this day, man. I fucking hated it back there and don't ever want to go back there again" I told him. "Do you wish you know..your parents were here?" Lucky asked. "Luck, that's like asking if I want the Discords here, and you know they fuck up, big time" I explained. "I'll take that as a no then" Lucky replied. "Huh, yeah, it's a no. Still, what are the rest of the dudes doing?" I asked and changed the subject. "They're already at the venue, man" He replied, "We just need to get there" "Alright" I said. I finally made it to where the Wedding ceremony was being held, Twilight had the privilege of asking Princess Celestia if the ceremony could be held in her palace gardens, and Celestia gladly accepted that, not just in favor of her student, but for Applejack as well, for her "many attributes to the Element of Honesty". Either way, I'm grateful it's being held in such a beautiful place, on a beautiful day as well. They're was many chairs set up for friends and family, with a tonne of family coming in from Applejack's side, none coming from my side. All of the ponies that were invited had arrived. I was standing at the altar beside my groomsmen, Thunderlane, Pokey Pierce, Blues Noteworthy, Comet Tail and my best man, Lucky Clover. Also, one the left side of us, was Applejack's bridesmaids, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and the maid of honor, Rainbow Dash. Another friend of Applejack, Spike the dragon, had learned to play the organ for when she comes down the aisle, and I'm grateful that he's doing that, "We should be annoyed at you, 'Mel" Thunderlane spoke. "Why's that?" I questioned. "You're getting hitched, dude. You're the first one of us to get married, you've finally became a man" Thunderlane said. "I'm twenty-three, Thunderlane" I chuckled. "You get the picture" Thunderlane joked. "He's not the first one to get married out of us. I got married before him" Blues told us. "Rubbish" Pokey Pierce replied. "Man, you're talking out your rear" Comet said. "With who?" Lucky asked. "You wouldn't know her" Noteworthy says. "Then you don't have anything to hide" Thunderlane said. "Guys..." I spoke out. All five of my friends turned to look at me, "Be quiet please. If you want to prove Blues wrong, do it after the ceremony, please" I said. "Oh yeah, sorry, man" Lucky apologized. "Didn't mean that, bro" Thunderlane said. "I'll prove it though" Blues told them. "Shut up, Blues" Pokey and Comet told our musician friend. I shook my head, though I was staying positive, their stupid argument could not make me annoyed at them, because in about one minute, Applejack is going to be walking the aisle, and I'm going to make the most important vows of my life. Here comes the Bride is starting to play on the organ, I stand there at the altar, awaiting my bride. I then see her walking down the aisle, wearing a beautiful dress, she's more beautiful than I've ever seen her before, being led by a trail of rose petals that were let out by Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, she came closer to the altar, being walked down by her Uncle Orange until she finally made it to me, she stood in front of me, wearing a wedding veil which obscured her face, I lifted it from in front of her and placed it behind, and it revealed to me Applejack's beautiful face, her emerald eyes, her soft smile, her beauty made me feel warm inside, I smiled back, she blushed. The Vicar stood on my right, whilst he stood on Applejack's left, he was reading to say his opening words, "Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today, in the sign of our Princesses and in the face of this company, to join together this stallion and this mare in holy matrimony, which is commended to be honorable among all stallions; and therefore, is not by any, to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly, but reverently, discreetly, advisedly and solemnly. Into this holy estate these two ponies present now come to be joined. If any person can show just cause why they may not be joined together, let them speak now or forever hold their peace" The Vicar said. I moved my eyes slightly away from Applejack's direction to look at the crowd, I looked at Big MacIntosh, thinking he was going to say something, but he never did, he let it slip, and apart from him, everypony was happy with me and Applejack getting married, The Vicar continued, "Marriage is the union of husband and wife in heart, body and mind. It is intended for their mutual joy, and for the help and comfort given on another in prosperity and adversity. But more importantly, it is a means through which a stable and loving environment may be attained" He spoke, "Through marriage, Caramel and Applejack make a commitment together to face their disappointments, embrace their dreams, realize their hopes and accept each others failures. Caramel and Applejack will promise one another to aspire to these ideals throughout their lives together, through mutual understanding, openness and sensitivity to each other" The Vicar observed the crowd before asking, "Who gives this mare in marriage to this stallion?" He asked. Applejack's Uncle Orange stepped forward, "This stallion here does so" The Vicar said as he nodded. He turned to look at me, it must be time for the vows, "Do you Caramel, take Applejack to be your wife, will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sadness and in joy, to cherish and continually bestow upon her your heart’s deepest devotion, forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto her as long as you both shall live?" He asked me. "I will" I simply replied as I smiled at Applejack, she smiled back.. And then the Vicar turned to Applejack and asked her the same question, "Do you Applejack, take Caramel to be your husband, will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sadness and in joy, to cherish and continually bestow upon him your heart’s deepest devotion, forsaking all others, keep yourself only unto him as long as you both shall live?" "I will" She replied. I continued to look into her emerald eyes, as she looked into mine, I can't express how happy I am, and the best thing is it's not even over, it's still building up to possibly the best moment that will ever in my life, when I kiss my bride. The part we're at now, is the exchanging of the bracelets, "For what token of your love do you offer?" The Vicar asked. I turned my neck to face Lucky, "Oh, yeah, the bracelets" Lucky realized as he pull the bracelets out of his pocket and passed them to me. "Thanks, man" I thanked. The two bracelets were inside a small box, I opened them up and then the Vicar asked, "May you place them both in my hoof?" I nodded and followed his command, "May these bracelets be a blessed symbol of this affectionate unity. These two lives are now joined in one unbroken circle. Wherever they go, may they return to each other, always. May these two find in each other the love for which all stallions and mares year and may they also grow in understanding and in compassion." He said as he passed my bracelet and Applejack hers, "And Caramel, Applejack?" We both turned to face him, for the final thing he has to say, "It is within my greatest honor, to pronounce you two Husband and Wife" He said, "You may kiss the bride" And so I did, I held my wife close and I kissed her, it was the best kiss of my entire life. As soon as our lips pressed against each others, the crowd applauded and cheered for us, but I couldn't hear it over the nirvana I was currently in with my new wife. As soon as we stopped kissing, we still held each other close and walked down the aisle, out of the palace gardens and then into our wedding, where we rode off onto where the wedding reception was being held, and the when our friends and family watched us ride away in the carriage, they all saw the back of it, which had a painted sign on it, Married Today. Together Forever.