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// Wedding 
// Story: Confessions of An Alicorn Princess 
// by Sparrow9642 
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WEDDING


Over the week of preparation for the wedding, Rarity had pitched in on decoration for the wedding, and Pinkie had been doing the planning for the afterparty. Vinyl Scratch had provided music, along with Octavia, because the two music ponies made an excellent duo when it came to coming up with creative tunes for weddings. Rarity had also pitched in on the designs for Twilight and Rainbow Dash's wedding dresses, and had promised to make them unique, seeing this was the first ever wedding between two mares.
Princess Celestia had also caught the news of her student's marriage, and scheduled the wedding location in the Canterlot Castle Gardens; one of the most beautiful locations in Canterlot. Twilight was also a princess, so her wedding was more than likely going to end up in Canterlot, where all the royal weddings took place. Twilight may be a princess, but look at who she was marrying.  Rainbow wasn't a pony of royalty in any way, but that was of no concern to Twilight. The wedding was truly unique.
The ways of the wedding had to be altered a little, seeing it was two brides, not a bride and groom. At the ceremony, Twilight decided that both her and Rainbow would walk down the aisle when the time came, and instead of "Here Comes the Bride" playing, a song of Rainbow and Twilight's choosing would play instead. It took awhile to come up with a song, but finally Rainbow and Twilight agreed on a song, which was a instrumental tune called, "Unique Differences" that would be played by Octavia and her choir. It was a tune that matched them perfectly.
The day had come for the two to be wed, and the usual nervous feeling surged through both of them. Rarity had helped each with their dresses, along with their mane-styles, and any other certain things that was required. Twilight stood in her dressing room, staring at herself in the mirror. She grew more and more nervous the longer she waited, while Rarity was helping Rainbow with her dress. She just breathed as normal as she could, giving herself words of confidence, as she heard Rarity open the door. Octavia's choir had started to play as well, meaning it was time.
"Your lovely bride awaits," said Rarity, as Twilight made her way toward the door, only to starstruck by the sight of Rainbow. 
She was unable to mumble out a single word, as she stared at Rainbow in her dress. It was rainbow-themed, with a veil that glew in the sunlight, radiating Rainbow's beauty. The dress extended down the length of Rainbow Dash's body, even past her tail, with a rainbow pattern that glew. Her eyes were just visible through the veil.
Rainbow was speechless as well, as she stared at Twilight. Twilight's dress was a dark violet color with special fabric that looked like shining stars. The dress extended down Twilight's entire body, just past her tail, and looked like a night sky, composed of blinking stars. The veil was darker violet color, her eyes just barely visible. Both of them just stared at each other with a long smile on their faces.
"You look beautiful," mumbled Twilight, as she walked toward Rainbow.
"So do you," complimented Rainbow.
Rarity signaled both of them that they needed to hurry, so Twilight stood next to Rainbow.
"Ready to do this?" asked Twilight.
"With you by my side, I'm ready for anything," replied Rainbow.
Both of them remained close, as they made their way out of the castle to just outside the Canterlot Gardens, watching as everypony turned to the two mares. Twilight and Rainbow remained strong, and slowly walked up the aisle, trying to focus on the main thing, and that was them getting married. Octavia's music helped to keep both of them calm, as they made it to the end of the aisle. They stood across from each other, smiling, as the music lowered, and Celestia started to speak.
"Mares and gentlecolts, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of Princess Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash. The strength of their commitment is clear. The power of their love, undeniable. Their bond is unique in many ways, and even though some may find their love strange, it is clear that they belong together."
Twilight and Rainbow both smiled, as Celestia continued to speak.
"Rainbow Dash, do you take Twilight as your lawfully wedded wife through sickness and health, until death do you part?" asked Celestia.
"I absolutely do," replied Rainbow.
Celestia turned to Twilight.
"And, do you, Princess Twilight Sparkle take Rainbow Dash as your lawfully wedded wife through sickness and health, until death do you part?" she asked.
"I do," replied Twilight, staring at Rainbow Dash.
"May we have the rings, please?" asked Celestia.
Spike presented two rings, settled on a pillow of some sort. One was a ring with special properties; when held in the sun, a rainbow streak appears along the ring's surface. The other was a simple gold ring with a gem embedded in it, cut to look like Twilight's Element of Harmony; magic. Rainbow's ring was placed on a chain, seeing Rainbow was a pegasus, and had no horn. The chain would go around her neck, safe from harm.
Celestia grabbed both rings with her magic, and spoke again.
"I now pronounce you mare and mare, you may now kiss," announced Celestia, placing Rainbow's ring on Twilight's horn, and Twilight's ring around Rainbow's neck on the chain.
Twilight removed Rainbow's veil first, revealing Rainbow's rosy-pink eyes, followed by Rainbow removing Twilight's veil, revealing Twilight's deep violet eyes. Once the veils were removed, both of them finally kissed, sealing their commitment to each other forever. Both of them were more happy than ever before in their lives, as they released their kiss, listening as everypony applauded, and thinking of the wonderful future they'd have, now that they had officially tied the knot.
Through the applause of the crowd, Rainbow whispered into Twilight's ear. 
“Just wait until you see what I've planned for the honeymoon,” she whispered.
Twilight smiled at the sound of Rainbow's words, feeling her hormones start to race.
“I can't wait, dashie,” replied Twilight, winking at her beloved Rainbow Dash, as Octavia's choir begun to play once again over the applause of the fellow ponies within the crowd.