//------------------------------// // Epilogue-Another Royal Wedding // Story: Fire Hive // by ZackAttack //------------------------------// Three weeks later Sunday. Canterlot. The Castle. The wedding bells were ringing. I walked up the stairs, and Luna smiled at me. She looked beautiful in her dress. I could barely contain my excitement! After all these years, I was finally getting married to the most amazing mare in all of Equestria. “You excited?” I whisper to Luna. She nodded at me, grinning widely. I look around and see Rainbow, who smiles at me. We say our vows, and then Celestia says, “Do you, Princess Luna, my sister, take this colt, Techno Geek, to be your lawful wedded husband?” “I do.” says Luna. “And do you, Techno Geek, take this mare, Princess Luna, to be your lawful wedded wife?” Celestia continues. “I do.” I say, smiling, feeling warmth inside. Celestia smiles at Luna and I, then she says, “I now pronounce you mare and colt. You may now kiss the bride.” I looked Luna in the eyes, and we kissed. And the room went up in cheers. I whispered to Luna, “Here's a thought: how about we go dimension hopping for the honeymoon?” She smiled mischievously at me. “Sounds…fun.” she whispered back. Crack. I instinctively tackled Luna, absorbing the hit. Somepony had a gun. I don't know how, but somepony had a gun. No-one in Equestria had developed weapons as advanced as guns, at least as far as I know. Well, except for Rarity. I looked up, but saw nothing, except some thin smoke. Damn. Whoever they were, they were good. ~~~ The party was fantastic. Pinkie even called up Ponyville DJ Vinyl Scratch to play during the celebration! I looked for Luna, and found her throwing the bouquet into a small crowd of bridesmaids. Somewhere, I hear Rarity sighing, saying, “So I won’t be getting married soon, after all.” Despite the assassination attempt earlier, the wedding was fine. The Cutie Mark Crusaders were having fun with some other colts and fillies from here in Canterlot. Ponies Dancing. Vinyl having a sort of music duel with Equestria-Famous Glaze. More ponies dancing. However, I needed to speak with my wife. I trotted towards Luna, and whispered to her, “We need to talk in private.” She followed me to the balcony, and we stood in silence for a bit. “What is it, Tech?” Luna asked, breaking the silence. I sighed, before saying, “You know how Rainbow Dash always acts differently around me and you?” Luna nodded slowly. “As it turns out,” I continue. “She’s my -sorry- our, adopted daughter. Her house was actually destroyed, so she’ll be living with us.” Luna’s expression turns to one of surprise. “I’m sorry for not telling you earlier,” I say. “But I didn’t want you to stress about the situation. I mean, I just found out the day the war ended. You had to oversee the rebuilding of Ponyville.” She nods in understanding. “Well, I guess our family is growing already, don't you think.” she said with a smile, and I smile right back. She looks at me, and after a moment, we kiss and head back inside to the party. ~~~ I heard Glaze say, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-" as we walk in, but her voice is distorted. I hear Vinyl respond with, "Why are you using a broken mic?" Yep. This was the best wedding ever. Pinkie Pie was even replacing all of the treats at the tables, just as fast as they were disappearing! I thought that this was the best night of my life. Coming home was even better. Goodbyes were exchanged, and Luna, Rainbow, and I left to go home. Her house had been completely destroyed in the invasion, and hadn't been fully repaired. As we fly home, Rainbow whispers to me, “Does Princess-I mean, Mom know that I’m your daughter?” I nodded, and she flew over to Luna. I heard some quiet conversation go on for a while. At some point on this journey, I saw something down below, but it vanished before I could have seen it better. “Tech? Are you okay?” I look up to see Luna and Rainbow staring at me with concern. “Yes. I'm fine. I just thought I saw something down there…” I reply. “It was probably nothing.” But still, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the thing below looked suspiciously like red and black smoke. Monday. Ponyville. My House. I woke up, and checked the time. It was a little past two in the morning. I looked up and noticed Luna was still standing on the balcony. I walked up to her, and say, “How about that honeymoon?” A look of concern appeared on her face. "Now? But I may miss my duties as Princess of the Night, as well as Defender of Night Travelers-" I placed my hoof on her mouth. I smiled. "You worry too much. You shouldn't. I already built time travel into the Dimension jumpers, so I'm pretty sure that you'll be fine." She removed my hoof from her mouth, and smiled. "Alright. Sounds fun." she responded. ~~~ We returned home, where Luna resumed her nightly duties. “That was... interesting, to say the least.” she says to me. "Was it at least fun?" I asked. She nodded, smiling. Monday. Ponyville. My House. Whack. I wake up with a start, being rudely awakened by a random piece of parchment smacking my forehead. "Gah! What the hell..." I muttered, as I open my eyes, and see Luna lying down next to me, sound asleep. I smile, and then pick up the parchment. I unrolled it, and read: Dear Tech, A griffon showed up at my door, demanding to see you. He doesn't seem like he's going to leave unless you come see him. In other news, I found a changeling as small as an insect, and I think you would be interested in studying it. Your Friend, Twilight Sparkle. I sighed. Only Twilight could find something to do with science before lunch. I yawned, then I shook Luna to wake her up. She murmurs, “No. Five more minutes.” I whispered in her ear, “Come on. We have to go.” I shook her again, and this time she got up. “Huh? What is it, Tech?” she said as she got out of bed. “We have to go to Twilight’s. I have a hunch.” I replied. ~~~ We went to Twilight’s castle and found that all of Twilight’s friends were there, including Rainbow. Luna trotted inside, but before I could follow, I felt a griffon's claw on my shoulder, and a voice said, "Let's talk out here." I swallowed and turned around. I came face-toface with an angry-looking griffon. "What the hell is wrong with you?" he asked. "What did I do?" I asked, with a sigh. He raised his eyebrows. "Really? You don't remember leaving me to die?" I shrug. "I'm pretty sure I would remember doing that." "Come on!" He said. "Think harder. Mom adopted me off the street, and you were there. After five years of caring for me, an eleven year-old crippled street rat, you just disappeared. And I was on the street again. It took me two years to track you down and get to you, and you don't remember any of it?!" It took me a moment to process what he was saying. "Wait- so what you're saying is," I start. "You're my brother?!" He gave me an exasperated look. "What, do you have amnesia or something?" I shook my head. "Look," I say. "I'm a time traveler. Whatever happened to you may not have even happened to me yet, so give me a break. And besides if you didn't angrily hunt me down, how would I have even known you existed. What's your name anyway?" He took a deep breath. "Razor. Razor Sharp. I guess you named me after the fact I was good with knives. And why you gave me these to replace parts of my wings." He lifted up his wing to reveal metal replacements ending in bladed feathers. "Did I build this?" I asked, examining his wing. He nodded. He looked towards the castle. "We should go in before they do something irreversible that changeling." "So, you've met him?" I ask, and he responds with a nod. ~~~ We walked in to find a tiny changeling trapped inside a jar with even smaller holes in the lid for air. “Well, everyone,” Twilight says. “This is what I found.” Everyone’s eyes are on her…except mine. I noticed that the changeling was looking at me. His eyes are the same as a normal changeling, only lime green instead of blue. He presses his face against the side of the jar and mouths, “Help me.” When I saw this, I knew my hunch was correct. “…and then we dissect it and preserve its body.” Twilight said, finishing her plan. “No.” I said, in a flat voice. Everyone stared at me. The changeling gave a sigh of relief, and slumped against the side of the jar. “What? Why not? It'll be completely humane, and-” she said, before I interrupted her. “Not ‘it’. ‘He’.” I said. The changeling looks at me hopefully. I walked towards the jar and opened it. The changeling flew up and lands on my muzzle, and looked at me with a combination of happiness and thankfulness. Everyone except for Razor and I began to panic. Twilight said, “Tech, what did you do?!” “Simple.” I responded, trying to keep from dropping the changeling. “I released a pony from captivity.” They look at me with confused expressions on their faces. Twilight said, “But, it’s a changeling, not a pony.” “True.” I said. “Well, physically, at least. Mentally, he’s normal.” The changeling smiled at me. "Everyone, meet my brother, Computer Chip."