"Mares and Gentlecolts."
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"We are gathered here today to witness-"
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"-the union of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza-"
A yawn and an early morning stretch.
"-and Shining Armour."
"Oh. Took them long enough."
A long serpent-like tail drags its way across the royal gardens, following a goat and lizard pair of legs.
Meanwhile, down in the Diamond Mines, where Canterlot rests itself upon, Twilight Sparkle and the true Cadance had traveled a long way through its winding maze of crystalline walls.
"Oh... we're never going to save him..." spoke the tearful Cadance.
'We will! We just have to find-' Twilight replied, spotting an open way through the ceiling of the cave.
'There!', she used her magic to then teleport both herself and Cadance up above the opening, only to come face-to-face with the missing bridesmaids who were placed under a hypnotic spell.
"You're not going anywhere...!" called out the bridesmaids all with a ghoulish tone to their voices as they made their slow approach towards the two. Backing away slowly, both Cadance and Twilight needed to come up with a plan to get passed the bridesmaids if they were to make it to stop the wedding in time.
With a brief moment of good thinking, Cadance produced a bouquet of lavenders to use as a distraction, throwing it off in to the distance with a levitation spell, watching as the bridesmaids movements shifted towards catching the bouquet. With that out of the way, they could safely make their way towards the wedding ceremony.
"If there's anything I've learned about handling a group of 'friends', it is probably best to keep them apart from each-other at all times... bah, but where's the fun in that?! Watching their antics was great fun!"
The creature made its approach towards the doors of the castle, easily disposing of what he saw as the 'red-shirt guards' at the click of its claws.
"...and if there's anything some ponies should know about me - it is that I sure do know how to make an entrance!"
The creature finished, closing the doors behind it as two dazed guards lie at the front doors as a few others showed up to check on their health.
As the guards began carrying the two away, Twilight and Cadance made their way inside without being noticed. Twilight had taken note of the slithering tail that was seen going inside and wanted to pursue further in the case that things could get worse.
"Laaaa daa-di-daaaa~ Laaaa doopty-daaaa~" sang the rather joyous creature as he slinked his way across the grand hall towards the Wedding Ceremony, only to glance outside the glass windows to the reception area to see the local DJ setting her equipment up. With a smile, he continued on towards his destination, humming the rest of the way. Just behind some of the pillars in the hall, Twilight and Cadance stood separate from one another, watching as the strange creature was heading in the direction they were going. With a confused look from behind the pillars, they glanced to one another.
"Discord!? H-Ho-How did he-" struggled the mouthful words of which Twilight needed need to say after their moment of silence.
"...The Wedding!", Cadance reminded Twilight through the brief confusion.
Having reached the back of the castle to where the the ceremony was taking place, the creature known as Discord stood tall as a hat and a tie were magically fixated to his body, the hat; broken and crooked, hanging pierced by one of his horns and the tie flailing around attached to the end of his tail.
"Princess Cadance and Shining Armour," spoke Celestia from beyond the doors
Well, here we go!
A big, cheesy grin glowing on his face as he tilted his hat slightly with his tiger paw, he made a coughing gesture before slamming the doors open with a kick of his goat hoof and a flick of his claw. Only moments later, Twilight and the real Cadance approached him from behind, looking passed him and in to the wedding hall, determined to put a stop to the fake Cadance's plans.
"Surprise~!" called Discord as he made his way along the walkway, seeing ponies left and right watching him in awe of his approach, only to have them soon realize that it was in fact the "Discord", as he summoned a milkshake and straw in to the grip of his claw.
Somewhere else in Canterlot was a shocked Pony Joe after checking underneath the bar only to come up and see one less Milkshake to be served on the tray.
"Hey! Who took one of my orders?!", he asked to no one in particular.
Discord, sipping from the straw loudly, watched as the strawberry milkshake emptied halfway to his stomach, only to look back up towards the supposed bride and her groom.
"You know... you haven't really done much of a good job so far... It's been rather boring to watch. But I must say that one musical number you did was quite splendid!"
The shocked impostor was at a loss for words and Celestia could only barely keep her mouth from hanging. Shining Armour on the other hand wasn't really holding much for reaction, which Discord didn't really enjoy seeing, so he decided to cut off the feeding line of magic that the impostor Cadance had set up before the wedding.
A slightly dazed Shining Armour shook his head, blinking a few times before questioning what was going on.
The impostor could only hiss in response to her magic feeding supply being cut off.
"Well, you had your chance but I decided to cut you short a bit."
A brief moment of silence washed over the hall as Twilight and Cadance shook off their daze and made their way passed Discord's towering form.
"Discord?!", called out the rest of Twilight's friends, who were currently working as bridesmaids.
"Cadance? What? There's two?", questioned a confused Shining Armour, only then just taking notice of the large Draconequus in the middle of the room, as though he was attending a tea party and he hadn't noticed the giant, pink elephant sitting at the table, having a cup of tea. "Discord?! Twilight, what's going on?!"
Applejack decided to speak up amongst her friends, "Ah don't understand! How come Discord's here? ...and why are there two of Cadance?"
"She's a... a changeling!" Cadance began to explain, slightly unnerved by the presence of the large figure that loomed a few hooves behind her wearing a smirk on his face as his gaze drew back to the impostor.
Continuing, "She... she takes the form of somepony you love... and gains power from feeding off your love for them!", trying to put passion back in to her voice and shaking herself free of the nerves she was getting.
Had things gone smoothly all along and this had been her wedding... she held a slight fear in having her nerves playing up had that actually happened, but wanted to get through this and to be with her love at home... or at least someplace better than here at that very moment.
Perhaps with Twilight... and perhaps her friends too. Lots and lots of cake after getting through all of this. Yes. Most definitely.