//------------------------------// // Preparation and Revealing // Story: A Human In Equestria // by ABoyNamedAlex //------------------------------// I was shocked. I thought I was going to die. Did I just hear her right? Did Celestia, the princess who chased after me to try to win my heart for so long, just say that me and her sister are going to get married? I haven't even thought about it! How do you propose in this world? Do I give her a ring? I have no idea. "I have already made the arrangements. I told Luna that you have something important to ask her. You will meet her in the garden in five minuets. Go on now, go ahead, she might already be there, you don't want to keep her waiting." she said, pushing me towards the garden. I walked out into the open area and felt the night air blow in my face. I moved and sat down on the bench we first sat on together. I waited for what seemed like hours. Then I herd the clop of hoofs behind me. I turned and saw Luna walking up to me. "Hey, Luna, its good to see you. I have something I want to ask you." I said. "Of course, anything." she said as she sat down next to me. "Do you love me?" I asked. "Yes, I always have, do you need another demonstration?" she asked looking excited. "No, that's fine. That was not the only question I wanted to ask you tonight." I said. "Okay, what else do you want to ask me?" she asked. "Um, this may come as a surprise to you and what ever your answer is, I will be perfectly fine-" "Alex just spit it out!" she replied cutting me off. "Okay, Luna?" I said taking her hoof in my hand "Will you marry me?" I asked. "Oh my gosh, yes, Alex YES! I will marry you!" she said with tears of joy in her eyes. She leaped on top of me and laid a enormous kiss on me. I looked over without moving my head and saw Celestia looking at us with the mixed emotion of slight jealously and happiness. I turned my eyes back to Luna who was still on top of me. "I can't believe it. I'm finally getting married! This is amazing!" she said squealing in joy. "I know, we will have the ceremony soon. Next week perhaps?" I asked. "It will take a while to plan, and next week is to much of a wait for me, but it will have to do." she said. We both went to bed, when I tried to go back to my room, Luna bit the hood of my hoodie and dragged me towards her room saying "Oh no you don't, your sleeping with me tonight!" she said. "Why?" I asked. "Because I don't want Celestia getting any ideas." she said with me mouth full of my hood. I thought for a minuet and got a horrible thought of what Luna meant. I shoved that thought out of my head and told Luna to let go that I could walk on my own. We both went up to her room. She handed me some clothes to wear to bed and told me we were both needing a shower. I volunteered to go back to my room and take a shower but she refused to let it happen. She said she would get hers first and then she would let me use her shower. She walked into the bathroom and closed the door. As soon as I herd the shower come on, I left. I went down to my room and got a shower. I did it quick and made sure to get my clothes back on as soon as I was done. I put the clothes I was wearing on my chair to be washed later and was just about to leave when Luna walked in. My first thought was "crap". "I told you to wait. I guess we could just sleep in here though, but I am not leaving you unguarded at night, not with Celestia prowling around." she said. I thought for a minuet. With that last statement, she made Celestia sound like a rapist or something. I did not think about it much. We both crawled into bed. My bed was not as big as her's so it was a bit of a tight space. I was tired from all of the events of the day so I went straight to sleep. But before I drifted off I herd Luna's quiet and cute little snores. I felt a smile creep across my face and I fell asleep. I woke up and felt the sun from the window warm my face. I just love mornings like these. Waking up to the sun on your face, feeling rested, and hearing dirty moaning in your ear. Wait, dirty moaning? My eyes flew open and I looked beside me. "Oh, ah, its good to see you (pant) are awake (pant), Alex." was what I heard as Celestia's eyes met mine. I looked down at where my hand was and I found it resting on Celestia's butt. I guess that explains the moaning. I quickly removed my hand and asked her why she was in my room. She told me Luna was already up and starting the plans for the wedding. She told me she came in here to wake me up but apparently I was sleeping so soundly that she did not want to disturb me. She said seeing me asleep made her sleepy and she joined me. "Well, its good to know I can trust you to wake me up." I told her. I got up and looked around for my clothes. Celestia told me my clothes were being washed so I would have to wear something different. I was just about to slip my shirt off when I stopped. I grabbed a white t-shirt and a pair a jeans that I had brought with me from the last time I was in the human world. I walked into the bathroom and her Celestia yell "Awww, your no fun!" as I closed the door to the bathroom. I changed clothes and walked back out. Celestia was out of my bed and was just about to leave. I asked her where Luna was and she said that she was in Ponyville making preparations for the cake, decorations, dresses for her brides maids, and for her. "Oh, and I suggest you find your best man soon, and the rest of your guys." she said. This was a problem. I did not know many people in Equestria and the only guy I really knew was Spike. I decided to drop into Ponyville and ask him if he would be my best man. I asked some guards to fly me there and they happily obliged. I guess I have authority over them now that I am marrying Luna. They quickly flew me to Ponyville and dropped me off in front of Twilight and Spikes house. I walked up and was immediately rushed by Twilight and her friends. They all were asking my questions like was it true I was marrying Luna. I got them all off my back and told them yea, that it was true. I asked them if Spike was in and they said he was upstairs. I told them I had something personal to ask him. I walked up the stairs and found him drawing pictures in a book which he quickly closed and hid when I walked in the room. "Oh, hey, Alex. Long time no see. I herd you were marrying Luna. Congrats! Can I help you with anything?" he asked "Yea, I need a best man and I was wondering if you wanted to be it?" I asked. "Yea, of course. Us guys got to stick together, watch each others backs. I would love to be your best man." he said. I thanked him and asked if he wished to go back to the castle. He said he would later. I told him I would see him later. I left him and the girls behind( but not after they all said "bye Alex" in a unison of girly voices and strange looks in their eyes, hmm.). I walked around Ponyville and talked to some ponies. After about an hour I found Luna with Princess Cadence and Shining Armor looking at dresses. I hid from them knowing I would be dragged into hours of endless dress shopping and questions I could not answer( if my dad's information is true.). I heard them come out of the shop. The girls were talking and Shining Armor looked like he would rather die then take another minuet of this. "Shining Armor, over here." I whispered from my hiding place. He turned saw me from beside the shop and automatically looked better. He walked over to me and sat down. "How was it?" I asked. "It was horrible, the only thing they could talk about was dresses. The kept asking me for my opinion but I knew they wouldn't take it." he replied. "I'm so sorry dude. I wish I could have been there. We could have ran off and done something different. I'm sure what you went through was hell." I told him "Yea, it's all right. I like spending time with my wife, even if it is doing useless crap." he said. "Armor!? Where did you go!?" we heard Cadence call from a few yards up the road. "Aw, crap." I mumbled under my breath. "Oh, hey Alex. Its good to see you again. Me and Luna were just about to go to a cake tasting. You should come along!" she said. Shining Armor gave me a look that said you better go, that wasn't a suggestion, it was an order. "Uh, yea. Sounds like fun." I said. The girls led us off in one direction to a cake shop in town. I knew I was probably not going to enjoy this, and it would not be over quickly. We sat in some room trying more cakes then I could count. We finally chose one that was four layers and and was vanilla flavored. The icing was blue and black with a floral design. I was happy to get out of there. Lucky for me that was the last thing on the to do list. We all went back to the castle and relaxed. After about an hour, Cadence pulled me aside. "Alex, can I speak with you?" she asked. "Yea, what do you need?" I replied. "There is something wrong. It's Armor. He seems to be more distant than usual. He is always away doing something and I don't get to see him very much. I think he may be seeing somepony behind my back. While you two were talking today. Did he mention anything of that nature?" she told me. "Not really, he just told me what you guys did and caught me up on what I missed. Other than that, nothing at all." I replied. "Are you sure?" she asked. "About as sure as it gets." I told her. "It's just that something does not feel right." she said again. "Why are you telling me this? If you think Armor I cheating on you, confront him about it." I told her. "I would, its just, if I did he may turn violent. He is a lot bigger than me, and I'm afraid." she said. I knew this is something I should just walk away from. What goes on between these two is between them and them alone. If I got dragged into this, it could seriously screw things up for me. "You don't need to be afraid. Just sit him down some time and talk to him about it, but have a normal tone with him, don't accuse him of it over and over again, that's just going to piss him off." I told her. "Okay, Alex. I will try. It's good to know I have somebody like you who can help me in my time of weakness." she said. She walked off. I had just done something I know I will regret later. I went and found Luna, she was sitting on a couch. I sat down on the other end of it and we sat in silence. Occasionally she would scoot a little bit closer. Soon she was right next to me. When I was least expecting it she leaned over and hugged me. I asked her what she was doing and she told me she was scared. I asked her what she was scared of and she said she was scared that my mother did not give me enough hugs as a child and that it would turn me evil. I told her I would never do that and I was fine, but she refused to let go. She told me she was going to hold me forever and never let go. I brushed her hair with my hand and gave her a reassuring look, I told her that I was fine. She let me go and told me to never leave her side. I told her that I was never going to leave. I got up and told her there was something I had to do. I told her to go and talk to her sister, that there was a lot of tension between them. She told me she would. I walked back to my room and my brain began to burn. I fall to the ground and my eyes began to close. I'm taken back to the darkness I saw before. The creature is standing there. He looks just like me. I wonder why. Is this what I will become? "You are such an idiot. You have lost sight of my goal." he said. "And what would that be?" I asked. "I wanted you to destroy them, destroy them all. They are the reason why I am the way I am. They killed me. All I wanted was for humans to live in safety, all I wanted was to be sure that nothing would happen to them. Do you really think they love you? If you think they do, your stupider than you look." he said. "Well, you look like me moron, and another thing. Don't you ever tell me I'm doing something wrong. My life is my life and you have no place in it. My decisions are my decisions. If I want your opinion, I'll ask for it. No go back to sleep." I told him. He just looks at me. Then he began to laugh. Laughing a laugh that would have dug fear into most men, but I stood my ground. I would not show him fear. "You've got balls kid, I'll admit that. I guess I will let you make your own mistakes, then let you suffer for them later. Just like I did." he said. He disappeared. I woke up and I'm on the floor. I sat up and saw that it is around 6 pm. I left my room and walk down to dinner. I walked by Armor and Cadence's room and hear yelling from the other side. The argument was getting intense. Armor was yelling, Cadence is screaming like she's in tears. I guess she was right. I walk off down to the dining hall. Nobody is there. I got some food and sat and ate. My mind was on Cadence and the pain she must be feeling. She never wanted this. I don't know why I feel the way I do about this. This almost has nothing to do with me. I sat back in my chair. I pushed my plate out of the way. I ran back to Cadence and Armor's yelling. I stand at the door, one hand in my pocket, the other on the door. I know I should just leave this be, but my body moved before my mind could tell it to walk away. I pushed the door open. I saw Armor over Cadence. She had her face in her hoofs and was sobbing. Armor looked pissed. "Fine, since now that I know the truth, I will take my leave." he said. He walked out, bumping past me like I wasn't there. Cadence was still sobbing. I walked up to her and asked her what happened. She told me what had happened, and what I heard blew my mind. Armor did not cheat on Cadence, Cadence cheated on Armor. "What? That can't be true! You would never do anything like that!" I said. "It was in a time of weakness, Armor had not touched me in forever. I feared that he was falling out of love with me. I got so mad a decided to cheat on him to get revenge. I, I never knew this is what would happen." she said. All I could do was look at her. I could not believe what I had just heard. In a relationship if you are having problems, you talk about them. You don't go off and cheat on your partner. "Alex, I have to tell you something." she said. "What?" I said in a plain voice. "When you marry Luna, never fall out of love with her. I could not bear to see her go through the pain I am going through now. She could not take it. Promise me that you will love her." she said. "I will. I will never do anything that will hurt her in any way. You can take that to the bank." I said. I turned and walked off. I had to fix this. Shining Armor would never trust Cadence again, but I would make sure that everything was going to be fine. I found Armor in the courtyard. I walked up next to him. "I heard what happened. Cadence told me everything." I said. He did not answer, he didn't even look at me. "Look, she really loves you. She is in pieces right now and she feels really bad about it. Just go to her. The kind of love you two have is special. Its the kind of love that not even the powerful changeling queen could break. Just think it over. It may be hard to forgive someone, but it is even harder on the one you refuse to forgive." I said. Armor just stood there, ignoring me. I walked off, I had to let this unfold on its own, I had to let these two work it out. I had other problems I had to take care of...