It'll take a little while to proofread through it all, but all I'll say for now is this:

-Both parts total to over 32K words
-The Formal will go exactly as planned
-This image says it all:

There seems to be some saltiness about Shining being immortal, as it makes Cadance seem pushy and selfish or something. That wasn't my intent, and to be perfectly honest, it was a throwaway line that I included on a whim. I really don't care either way, so if you think Shining being mortal would give Cadance a better motivator to do the time shenanigans, then I'll change it.

Badda boom. Fix'd.