B.B.B.F.F W.T.F
“Ahh,” Rarity sighed as she looked at the magnificent picnic she and her friends were having. “It is gorgeous out. Just gorg-”
“Twi... light! ...I... have...” Spike said, running up to the mane six frantically waving his arms around like a madpony. “I have a message for you.”
“Wow Spike, calm down,” she said, taking the letter from him.
“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. But... I don't understand. Who's getting married?”
“Oh, wait! Uh, I was probably supposed to give you this one first,” Spike said, looking away rather sheepishly.
“Princess Luna cordially invites you to the wedding of Beatrice Lulamoon and my brother?!” Twilight shouted as a tsunami of dread washed over in an instant.
“Your brother's getting married? Congratulations Twilight! That's great news! Even though you never once mentioned that you have one in the past two years,”Applejack said.
Twilight's mood darkened, couldn't any of them see how horrible this was? “Yeah, great news. That I just got from a wedding invitation! Not from my brother, but from a piece of paper! Thanks a lot Shining Armor. I mean, he couldn't tell me personally?” She said, as she picked up her tomato sandwich and started to mimic her brother. “Hey, Twilight, just thought you should know I'm making a really big decision that changes everything. Oh, never mind, you'll hear about it when you get the invitation. Beatrice? Who in the hoof is that?!”
“Um, Twilight? Are you okay?” Fluttershy said, concerned about her friend’s well-being after previous events where Twilight had a bombshell dropped on her.
Twilight wasn't okay. She was the furthest thing from okay. She was so un-okay she felt like she could run all the way to Canterlot and tell her brother how much of an idiot he was being. “Sorry, it's just that Shining Armor and I have always been so close. He's my B.B.B.F.F! Big Brother Best Friend Forever!”
“Ooooohhhhhhh,” the rest of the girls said once again feeling stupid even though that was a silly acronym.
“Before I came here and learned the importance of friendship, Shining Armor was the only pony I ever really accepted as a friend.
When I was just a filly, I found it rather silly
To see how many other ponies I could meet
I had my books to read, didn't know that I would ever need
Other ponies to make my life complete
But there was one colt that I cared for
I knew he would be there for me
My big brother, best friend forever!
Like two peas in a pod, we did everything together
He taught me how to fly a kite (Best friend forever!)
We never had a single fight (We did everything together!)
We shared our hopes, we shared our dreams
I miss him more than I realized
It seems…”
[Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity]
“Your big brother, best friend forever
Like two peas in a pod, you did everything together”
[Twilight Sparkle]
“And though he's, oh, so far away
I hoped that he would stay
My big brother best friend
Forever...
Forever…”
Applejack smiled. Being the only other mare with a big brother, she understood where Twilight was coming from. She could only imagine what she would have done if when she was still in Manehatten and found out that her brother was getting married to some mare she’d never met. “As one of your P.F.F.'s...
Pony Friends Forever...
...I wanna tell you that I think your brother sounds like a real good guy.”
“He is pretty special, even if he does still buy action figures, they don't let just anypony be captain of the Royal Guard.”
“So let me get this straight. We're helping out with not just a Canterlot wedding, but captain of the Royal Guard’s wedding?” Rarity said, barely holding all the excitement as she imagined hundreds of elegant white dresses.
"I guess we are,” Twilight said, happy that her friend was making a rather great distraction from her own worst nightmare.
For the train ride to the Canterlot, the girls peered out of the window, trying to catch a glimpse of the city as the train rushed by. The entire trip was horrible, every time they started to enjoy themselves, Twilight would go on another tangent about her brother.
"A sonic rainboom? At a wedding?! Can you say best wedding ever?!” Rainbow Dash said, just imagining already her sonic rainboom wowing everypony there.
“So you all get to help with the big fancy wedding, but I'm the one who gets to host the bachelor party! I have just one question...” Spike said looking rather haughtily with his masculine bachelor party over that girly stuff the other were doing. That was until a simple question popped into his mind. “What's a bachelor party?”
“Why the long face, sugarcube?” Applejack said trying to lighten the mood.
“I’m a horse,” Twilight said, trying to feel better. “It’s just that I’ve been thinking about Shining Armor. Ever since I moved to Ponyville, we've been seeing each other less and less. And now that he's starting a new family with this Beatrice Lula-what’shername, we'll probably never see each other.”
“Come on, now. You're his sister. He'll always make time for you,” Applejack said, getting really tired with Twilight’s mood.
“Couldn't seem to make time to tell me he was getting married.” Twilight huffed, once again going into another fit of depression.
“We're here, we're here!” Pinkie yelled, with one part joy and two parts relief of finally being able to get away from her angry friend for a bit as she rushed out the door with the rest of her friends soon following after her.
“Okay girls, you all know what you’re doing, right?” Twilight said, focusing her friends for the task at hoof . “Now, let's get going! We've got work to do!”
“And you've got a big brother to go congratulate,” Applejack added .
“Yeah. Congratulate. And then give him a piece of my mind,” she said, walking off with the most evil grin she could muster.
Finding her brother wasn't hard after she checked his office, the guard barracks, the throne room, the mess hall, Luna’s bedroom, and eleven other places, she finally spotted her brother coming out of the comic book store.
Duh Twilight, it’s Wednesday, Shining always gets new comics during his lunch break, She thought to herself feeling pretty stupid. No, bad Twilight, you're mad at that jerk. “I've got something to say to you, mister!”
“Twily! Ah, I've missed you, kid. How was the train ride? I–
“How dare you not tell me in person that you were getting married! I'm your sister, for pony's sake!” Twilight said, mustering all the rage she could after wasting half of her day just trying to find her brother.
“It's not my fault! Princess Celestia has requested a major increase in security. Didn't you see all the guards at the train station? And Luna’s been playing Mare of War with me,” he said, mumbling the last part.
“Okay, okay, I get it. You've got a really important job protecting all of Canterlot with a force field only you can conjure up. But still... how could you not tell me about something as big as your wedding? Am I not that important to you any more?” she said, trying her hardest to remain civil.
“Hey. You're my little sister. Of course you're important to me. But I'd understand if you didn't want to be my best mare now,” he said, try to salvage the situation. “Cadence would understand.”
“You want me to be your best mare?” Twilight said, shocked that he chose her and not Cadence.
“Well... yeah Twi, I would love having you there,” he said genuinely glad to see her so happy.
“I'd be honored! But I'm still pretty ticked you're marrying somepony I don't even know! When did you even meet this "Beatrice Lulamoon"?
“Oh, well Trixie’s insi-”
“Trixie? As in the Great and powerful Trixie? As in the greatest most magical pony in all pony history Trixie?!” she said, praying to Celestia that it wasn't the same mare.
As if on cue Trixie stepped out of the shop in with a full stack of comics. “Ahh Twibright Sprinkles, we meet again.”