Wedding of the Millennium Ch.7
Written By: Eddy13
Proofread By: Frostfairy and Just A Fabulous Cat
The garden in the back of Canterlot Castle had been prepared for the reception with balloons, streamers, and music specifically chosen by Pinkie Pie. Despite it looking like a foal’s birthday party, Celestia didn’t care. Applejack was manning the refreshment table with the best apple turnovers, bread, and pies her family could make.
The reception began with the tradition of the bride and groom cutting the cake, complete with cake feeding, although Discord had a little fun by shoving the whole slice down Celestia’s throat. Pinkie Pie and Applejack had outdid themselves. Everypony wanted a piece of the cake. As they ate, the music Pinkie Pie had hoofpicked herself played.
Of course, it wasn’t long before the host of the reception, Pinkie Pie herself, took charge of the DJ booth.
“Alright, everypony,” she said as she pulled out a certain record. “It’s time for the happy dappy couple to have their first dance as husband and wife!”
With that, the song that Pinkie Pie and Discord had chosen for Discord and Celestia’s first dance, Tale As Old As Time, began. Chuckling, Discord took his bride’s hoof and led her out onto the center of the dance floor, everypony getting out of the way to give them room and watch the happy couple. Getting on her hind hooves, Celestia placed her front hooves in Discord’s claw and paw before they began dancing to the song that was chosen to be theirs. The ponies off to side were mesmerized by the beautiful moment in front of them. They also couldn’t believe that Discord was capable of dancing a waltz so amazingly.
Of course, for the happy couple on the dance floor, none of this mattered. For Celestia, she was overcome with a wonderful fuzzy, joyous feeling that rivaled that she had experienced when Princess Luna was cleansed of her Nightmare Moon persona. For a long time, she was worried that this day would never come. That she would forever be a loner raising the sun in solitude. So to her this was a dream come true.
As for Discord, he was still entranced by Celestia’s appearance when she first came down the aisle. The way her eyes sparkled, the warm, gentle smile plastered on her snow white face. He felt like a fool for not noticing her beauty before he gave her those flowers weeks ago. Of course, that was to be expected because his memories had been wiped away until recently. Still, he was here, and he had no intention of letting her get away from him again.
“You look so beautiful, Tia,” the draconequus whispered to his new wife, hugging her just a bit tighter as his own smile grew bigger.
“Yes,” Celestia replied without moving her head from Discord’s shoulder.
“Uh, ‘yes’ what?” Discord asked befuddled, almost letting her go as he raised an eyebrow. Letting out a small chuckle, Celestia pulled him back to her and spoke.
“Remember what you asked me after you first returned?” she asked as she looked into the draconequus’s face with her ever gleaming magenta eyes. “I did miss you, Discord, more than you can imagine.”
Discord smirked in response. “Well, you certainly had a funny way of showing it.”
“Well, you weren’t exactly yourself that day, my love.” She then shifted a bit as her expression turned into a questioning one.“Which reminds me, you still haven’t told me how you regained your memories of our past together.”
“Oh, don’t worry. That’ll come eventually,” Discord said before chuckling.
“What?”
“You know, it’s funny. Technically, I’m now the legal ruler of Equestria, and that doesn’t even matter to me.”
Celestia grinned. “Then I trust you’ll leave all royal actions to me and Luna?”
“Oh, yeah,” Discord mumbled back with a nod. “That’s a major thing I remember agreeing to the last time we were engaged.”
Celestia smiled.
“I love you, Discord.”
“I love you too, Tia.”
It wasn’t long before Pinkie Pie gave the signal to allow other ponies to join in. Of course, the newlyweds still weren’t paying attention to what was going on around them. To them, the only thing that existed was the feeling of the two entwined in each other’s embrace.
Off to the side, Discord’s Best Mare was watching the scene happily as she wiped tears from her eyes and put on a smile. Weddings were such a wonderful thing to witness.
“Mind if I join you?” Rainbow Dash asked as she walked up by her fellow pegasus friend.
“Not at all,” Fluttershy murmured back as she made room for Rainbow Dash to sit beside her. Plopping down beside her, she let out a grunt as she shifted about before looking over and speaking.
“You know, you did a good job as Best Mare, Flutters,” Rainbow said to her friend. “And I knew you could do it.”
Fluttershy smiled in turn.
“Well I couldn’t have done it without you, Rainbow,” She said back, causing Dash to blush. As she proceeded to take a good look at Fluttershy as she looked away, she noted that even from a side profile, she couldn’t help but marvel at how Rarity’s dress seemed to make Fluttershy’s coat shimmer and her feathers shimmer in the soft lights that surrounded them, making her eyes unable to look away as if chains were around them. Rainbow Dash also felt mesmerized at the way her mane was done, the hair seemingly flowing, and the pink blending perfectly with the lilac placed just by her ear. Then the little butterflies scattered about... Not even at Shining Armor and Cadence’s wedding did Fluttershy look this amazing.
Still not paying attention to how her friend was staring at her, Fluttershy kept her head turned back to the newly married couple dancing as she spoke. “Don’t they look so cute together?”
Rainbow Dash chuckled as she looked out on the dance floor. “Hard to believe it, but yeah.”
“It’s all so romantic,” The yellow Pegasus then choked out as she wiped some more tears from her eyes. “Hopefully, one day, I’ll find a special somepony.”
Her words caused Rainbow Dash to chuckle again, this time uncomfortably. “Yeah, about that, Fluttershy...” The way she said it got her friend’s full attention, and earned a confused look. And now that she was looking toward her, Rainbow felt as if she looked more attractive than ever before. Her eyes were like little green stars, complimented perfectly by the eyeshadow she wore… Taking a deep gulp, the fastest flyer in Equestria continued. “Remember what you said about you finding foalhood friends getting together touching?”
“Of course,” Fluttershy replied with a nod. “What about it?”
Sighing, the cyan Pegasus pushed onward. Better now than never. “Well, I’ve been feeling something for a while now. It happened whenever I was around you. I tried to ignore it, but it kept on pestering me. Now it's gotten to a point where I can't keep it in anymore. This is a little difficult for me to say, but I guess what I’m trying to tell you is...” the speedster gulped again before blurting out what she had been holding in for so long. “I really like you, Fluttershy.”
“Well, that’s very sweet of you to say, Rainbow Dash.” Fluttershy said with a smile. “I’m lucky to have a friend like you.”
“No.” Rainbow Dash shook her head. “I mean, I like you…as more than a friend.”
Fluttershy’s eyes expanded wider than ever before, and Rainbow Dash couldn’t help but think she looked adorable. Eventually, her friend spoke.
“You…You mean…?”
“Yeah,” Rainbow Dash whispered back as she blushed in embarrassment.
“Well,” Fluttershy said softly. “There’s only one way I can respond to this.”
Rainbow Dash braced herself for the scream of shock. Much to her surprise though, it never came. Instead, when she opened her eyes, she saw Fluttershy giggling.
“I was worried that you didn’t feel the same,” The canary yellow Pegasus said with a smile.
Rainbow Dash was about to sigh in relief that her friend wasn’t disgusted with her when she let Fluttershy’s words sink in, to which her jaw fell open. Eventually she found her voice, but was only able to stutter.
“A-Are…Are you saying that…?”
“Uh huh,” Fluttershy replied before embracing her lifelong friend in a hug.
It took her a moment to realize what this meant, but then Rainbow Dash threw her hooves around her friend who had just become something more. It lasted for a minute before they looked up at each other. A goofy grin appeared on Rainbow’s face as she looked Fluttershy in the face. Somehow she became even more beautiful than ever in her eyes, especially with the wide smile she was giving her.
“Say, Fluttershy,” the cyan Pegasus slowly asked her new marefriend. “Would you like to dance?”
Giggling, Fluttershy just nodded before the new couple made their way on the dance floor, just as another slow song began. Of course, this didn’t go unnoticed by Rarity.
“Well,” The unicorn said with a smile. “It’s about time.”
At that moment, she was joined by Spike.
“How are you doing, Lady Rarity?” The little dragon asked formally.
“Oh, quite alright, Spike, deary,” Rarity replied as she kept her eye on the newlyweds who were now receiving congratulations from ponies. “They look so happy together. And Celestia looks so amazing.”
“You did an amazing job on her dress, Rarity,” Spike complimented.
“Thank you, Spike,” Rarity smiled before saying “You know, this whole experience has been an eye opener for me.”
“Uh, how so?” Spike asked.
“Well, if Princess Celestia can find happiness with Discord, then perhaps my special somepony doesn’t have to be a handsome prince after all. Perhaps… well, perhaps even a dragon could be the one for me.”
As a sensation of hope stronger than any Spike felt coursed through him, Rarity chanced a look at the little dragon. For some reason, he seemed different than she usually saw him. He looked more… attractive.
“You know, Spike, I never realized how handsome you look in formal attire.”
His eyes wide, Spike turned to the mare of his dreams. “Really?”
“Mmm hmm,” Rarity hummed back with a nod and a smile. “For some reason, it makes you look more mature.”
At first, Spike just thought she was just treating him like a foal again, but the look in her eyes said something different. Spike couldn’t believe this was happening to him! His fondest dreams were coming true! Fighting back a deep blush, he finally spoke.
“M-May I have this dance, Milady?”
“Why, yes, thank you,” The unicorn replied with a bow.
As Spike was giving himself the loudest cheer he ever did in his mind, the two made their way out onto the dance floor to join the other couples, with Twilight watching the whole time, a smile on her face.
“Way to go, Spike,” she whispered.
“Twilight,” Celestia got her attention as she and her new husband walked up to the princess of friendship, a smile like Twilight had never seen on her old mentor’s face. “Discord told me what you did for him. I can’t thank you enough for bringing the old Discord back to me.”
Twilight chuckled. “After all you’ve done for me, it was the least I could do in return.”
"That's not true, Twilight” Celestia said before hugging her former student. “You’ve done much more to make me proud of you.”
“Yeah, thanks a lot, Twilight,” Discord mumbled as he ruffled her mane.
With that, the newlyweds went on to talk to other ponies, leaving Twilight to smile to herself.
“That was certainly a lovely ceremony,” Came a familiar voice from behind her.
Turning around, Twilight saw a pony she hadn’t seen for some time approach her.
“Flash Sentry!?” she gasped back in surprise, while at the same time, her heart fluttering, “What are you doing here?”
“Part of Princess Cadence’s escort,” The guard explained while pointing to said princess and her husband dancing as he trotted up to Twilight before sitting down beside her. “It’s been awhile since I saw you, your highness.”
“Not too long, actually,” Twilight replied. “I was in the Crystal Empire when the dignitaries from Maretonia came.”
“Yeah, but unfortunately, I was too busy to see you,” Flash said before looking toward the princess and new prince who were still receiving congratulations. “I still can’t believe those two ended up together, especially after that business with Tirek.”
A terrible thought went through Twilight’s mind. “You weren’t one of Tirek’s victims, were you?”
Flash sighed. “Unfortunately. That monster rampaged throughout the whole empire. The other guards and I tried to stop him, only for Discord to hogtie us so that bad breathed creep could suck the magic right out of us.”
Twilight’s ears flattened. “I’m sorry to hear that.”
“It’s okay.” Flash perked up. “You and your friends managed to undo the damage and restore us to normal. Still, I’m surprised you were so willing to forgive Discord. Princess Cadence told us how Tirek double crossed him and took his magic too and you ended up saving him along with your friends.”
“As the Princess of Friendship, I don’t give up on friends that easily,” Twilight replied with a shrug. “And I can tell you for certain that Discord regrets helping Tirek.”
“Well,” Flash said with a shrug of his own. “If you can forgive him, I guess I can let bygones be bygones as well. However, I heard you suffered worse than most of us. I’m sorry about your treehouse.”
Twilight sighed. “I was pretty upset about it for a while, but my friends managed to help me get past it.” She then smiled. “It also helped that I took some of my anger out on Tirek.” That got a chuckle from both ponies. “Besides, it’s not exactly like I’m homeless.”
“So I’ve heard.” Flash murmured back.“That actually brings me to the real reason I wanted to talk to you. Have you gotten around to getting any royal guards for your palace yet?”
“Not yet. With all the planning for the wedding, I’ve been too busy to request any. Why do you ask?”
“Well, just to let you know,” Flash began slowly. “I’m thinking of transferring to Ponyville.”
Twilight’s eyes lit up. “Really?”
“Yeah. The Crystal Empire is great and all, but sometimes it can get a little boring.”
“I believe I’ve heard that before,” Twilight smirked as she thought back to her adventure with Cadence when Discord pulled his ‘blue flu’ prank.
“Yeah, surprisingly, Ponyville has a lot more excitement,” Flash went on. “Besides,” He looked to the princess with a shy smile. “I’d be closer to you.”
Twilight couldn’t help but blush as Flash continued.
“So what do you say? Would you let me join your royal guards?”
An idea came to Twilight’s mind before she replied. “I won’t just let you join the Ponyville Royal Guard. How would you like to be captain?”
Flash Sentry was shocked. “M-Me? A captain? Well, what else can I say but, I’d be honored!”
“Then it’s decided,” Twilight declared. “You are now captain of the guard in Ponyville.”
Flash Sentry bowed. “I won’t let you down, your highness.”
Twilight smirked. “Please, call me Twilight.”
The two ponies looked to each other with wide smiles before Twilight spoke again. “Would you like to get some punch?”
Flash chuckled. “I’d love to…Twilight.”
With that, the Princess of Friendship and her new captain of the guard trotted over to the refreshment table.
“Welp,” Applejack said as she watched her friends alongside Pinkie Pie. “Looks like we’re tha odd ponies out, Pinkie.”
“Yepperoni,” Pinkie Pie agreed before her eyes lit up. “Unless…”
Without even looking, Applejack instantly threw up her hoof in front of the party pony’s face to stop her. “Forget it, Pinkie”.
“Oh, come on!” Pinkie begged. “I promise I won’t step on your hooves.”
“No,” The cowpony said flatly, leaving Pinkie Pie to huff in disappointment.
“Oh, Pinkie Pie, before I forget.” Discord said as the newlyweds approached the two ponies. “A friend of yours helped me out with my bachelor party. What was his name again? Cheese Burger? Cheese Omelet?”
“Cheese Sandwich?” Applejack supplied.
“Yeah, that’s it!” Discord nodded. “Let me tell you, he knows how to throw a party as well as you do! It was so wild that I’m surprised that the policeponies didn’t break it up.”
“Yep,” Pinkie chuckled. “He learned from the master!”
“Hey, maybe there is somepony out there for you after all!” Applejack joked, leaving Pinkie Pie to blush.
Eventually, it was time for the newlyweds to depart on their honeymoon. A golden chariot with four Pegasus ponies was waiting to take them.
“That won’t be necessary, boys,” Discord said before snapping his fingers. In a flash, the chariot sprouted a pair of magnificent golden wings.
“Shall we be off, my dear?” Discord then asked as he held the chariot door open for his bride. Celestia smiled and nodded back.
Yet before entering the chariot, she threw her bouquet over her shoulders.
“I got it! I got it! I got it!” Rarity cried as she and the other single mares attempted to catch it.
The bouquet sailed into the crowd and when it parted, it was revealed to have landed in the hooves of both Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. The two stared at each other for a moment, before nervously looking away in opposite directions. However, they couldn’t help but smile and blush as their eyes turned back toward each other.
Winking at his Best Mare, Discord climbed into the chariot after his wife before the wings spread open and lifted the chariot up into the air. The newlyweds waved goodbye to the ponies below before snuggling up to each other, taking off for their honeymoon and their new lives together.
The End