The Chase
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“Here you are, Your Majesty; one ticket to Canterlot.” The clerk at the Ponyville train station slid a single ticket through the hole at the bottom of the window, his voice oozing professionalism; due to Ponyville now having its own resident princess, seeing royalty at the station had become somewhat of a weekly occurrence for him. The clerk’s calm demeanor slowly began to break down, however, as the pink alicorn before him showed not one iota of having heard him and instead continued to seemingly stare straight through him. Professionalism all but gone, the clerk nervously pulled at his collar, a bead of sweat rolling down the side of his face as the royal stare bore into him, causing his voice to squeak. “Uh, P-Princess?”
Cadance blinked and came back to herself with a start. Drooped ears twitching slightly at the relieved sigh originating from in front of her, she half-heartedly attempted to pull herself together and actually managed a semi genuine half-smile. “Oh, I’m sorry. I have… a lot on my mind. Thank you for the ticket.”
Encasing the train ticket in her blue magic, she began a sedate walk over to an empty bench situated on the far corner of the platform. Having just enough presence of mind to be thankful that the station was nearly empty, Cadance sunk despondently onto the bench. Tearing her eyes away from the happy couples she could just make out in the distance, she instead gazed at the ground in front of her and once again became lost in her thoughts.
The day had started out so well…
After accidentally outing herself to her two nosy aunts, and allowing them to convince her to finally follow her heart, she had made a few preparations before leaving the city. A few acquisitions were made in the city bazaar as well as a short trip yet frustrating trip through the royal gardens. Needing the time to compose herself – and finish a surprise for Twilight – she had deigned to take the train to Ponyville instead of arriving under her own power.
After having arrived in Ponyville, she had quickly made preparations to surprise Twilight later on in the day before actually meeting up with the purple alicorn. The two of them had spent the early part of the day catching up in the library, before Cadance had convinced the younger pony to take a walk with her. That’s when Twilight began receiving the small gifts she had prepared beforehoof, all signed by ‘a secret admirer’.
To Cadance’s rising glee, Twilight had seemed to love each and every one of her gifts. Playing ignorant as to who exactly her secret admirer was, Cadance had basked in the younger pony’s poorly contained giddiness at the well-chosen gifts, each of them having a deeper meaning to the purple alicorn than one might expect. Favorite chocolates, favorite flowers, a plushy companion straight out of the history books and a heartfelt poem…
In fact, everything had been going splendidly – she had even begun gathering up the nerve to confess - when it all came crashing down during supper…
‘”Wow!” Twilight whispered as she gazed wide-eyed at the restaurant Cadance had insisted on visiting, taking in the elaborate decorations and cozy atmosphere. It was a setting she would have expected to see in Canterlot, not the smaller town of Ponyville. “I didn’t even know Ponyville had a restaurant like this.”
Cadance giggled as she used a wing to close Twilight’s lightly gaping mouth, her giggles turning into a soft coo at the resultant blush on the younger pony’s face. Stretching her wing, she draped it snugly across the smaller alicorn’s back. Feeling Twilight’s slight jump at her actions, and seeing the blush on her face grow as she opened her mouth, Cadance swiftly averted her attention by elaborating on the restaurant.
“This one has actually been here longer than you have, though it’s only known to a select group.” Pausing in her explanation, Cadance nimbly bypassed the waiter and pulled out Twilight’s seat, sending the confused yet grateful pony a winning smile in the process. Making her way to her own chair – which she allowed the huffy waiter to pull out – Cadance debated for a split second before ordering them an appetizer of bread sticks and rose wine while they waited for the meal that she had pre-ordered.
As the waiter left the two alone, Cadance returned her attention to Twilight to continue her explanation only to come up short at the vision before her. Alit in the soft glow of the candles, Twilight’s soft coat shone and her large violet orbs sparkled enticingly. And when she smiled, Cadance was caught - her heart and soul ached to be closer to the vision before her, to the pony who was unequivocally – inside and out –the most…
“Beautiful…”
“Did you say something?” Twilight’s attention jumped from scanning the well-dressed couples dotting the restaurant – and fretting over the fact that she wasn’t wearing anything at all – to focusing intently at her companion.
“I-” Cadance hesitated briefly, not having meant to speak her thoughts aloud, before exhaling deeply. Closing her eyes for a moment, she gathered her courage before opening them and fixing her gaze on the lightly confused alicorn before her, a warm smile on her lips. “I said that you were beautiful.”
“Wh-what?” Twilight’s cheeks flushed as Cadance’s smile grew. Studying the mare before her, Twilight was unable to find any hint of deceit or teasing on her face, causing the younger pony to avert her gaze shyly. “What are you taking about? I’m not even wearing anything…”
“You don’t have to wear anything, Twilight; you shine with an inner beauty, one that can be seen by all even without clothes,” Cadance earnestly contradicted the modest pony, her own reservations disappearing in the face of Twilight’s low view of herself. “Especially without clothes…”
Twilight wrung her hooves together and ducked her head, allowing her mane to cover her flaming cheeks. She had never found herself particularly beautiful- oh, she was aware that she wasn’t exactly homely, but she had never thought of herself as attractive. However, as she took in the words Cadance spoke and the tone she spoke them in, Twilight couldn’t help but feel… odd. It was – after a few moments of reflection - a good odd, but still odd all the same.
Cadance opened her mouth to continue, some unknown need to make sure that Twilight knew she was speaking the truth urging her on, only to be interrupted by a hesitant cough. Blinking, Cadance turned towards the disturbance with a start only to espy a nervously smiling couple. “Hello?”
“Ah, Princess…es.” The nervous stallion quickly smiled at the purple alicorn before turning his attention back to Cadance. “Good evening. My wife and I were just dining and we couldn’t help but notice the two of you here. We were wondering, if it wouldn’t be bothersome, if you would consider-”
“What my husband is trying to say, Your Majesties, is that we were hoping that the Princess of Love wouldn’t mind signing our wedding book.” The mare nudged her husband aside lightly as she smiled hopefully. “It would mean a lot to us.”
“Wedding book?” Cadance tilted her head lightly, a confused smile on her face.
“Er, ‘honeymoon book’ would be more correct, though it doesn’t roll off of the tongue like ‘wedding book’ does…” The husband added bashfully as he rubbed the back of his neck with one hoof, a medium sized book clutched under his wing becoming visible as he shifted. “We, um, got married last week. We’re on our honeymoon trip across Equestria.”
“Oh! How lovely,” Cadance grinned at the bashful couple, not needing her magic to tell her that the two made a lovely pair. “Of course I’ll sign. Do you have a quill?”
“Thank you!” The mare practically squealed as she fished a quill out from a hidden pocket within her dress.
Cadance took the quill and opened the book that had been set on the table onto a blank page. About to press the quill to paper, she paused as a thought came to her. “Who should I make it out to?”
“Kites and Lilly Bloom, Princess,” Lilly Bloom smiled cheerfully as her husband draped a wing across her back.
“Alright then; ‘To newlyweds, Kites and Lilly Bloom…’”
Unbeknownst to Cadance, Twilight had gotten curious and had peered at the page. Watching as Cadance’s flowing script appeared, the gears in her head began turning as her eyes narrowed. Leaning back in her seat, Twilight slowly pulled the poem she had received earlier out of her bag and covertly unfolded it on the table before her. Gazing at the writing, Twilight blinked slowly as her suspicions were confirmed.
Cadance finished up and gave the quill and book back to the happy couple before bidding them farewell. Turning back to her own companion, Cadance was about to continue where she had left off only to notice that Twilight seemed troubled. “Are you alright, Twilight?”
Not even receiving a blink or twitch in response, Cadance frowned lightly before trying again. “Twilight?”
Twilight slowly moved her gaze from the piece of parchment she had been staring blankly at to the pink alicorn across the small table, an odd look on her face.
“Are you feeling well, Twilight?” Cadance asked worriedly.
Twilight’s mouth worked with no sound before she lightly cleared her throat. Shifting uncomfortably, she hesitantly met her elder’s eyes before speaking. “Cadance… can I ask you a question?”
“Of course you can Twilight,” Cadance blinked in surprise. “You can ask me anything.”
Twilight nodded slowly. Silence reigned for a few long minutes before Cadance gently jostled the younger alicorn from her thoughts.
“Twilight?”
“I’m not sure if I should ask…” Twilight mumbled, a slightly helpless look in her eyes. This was not a situation that she had ever found herself in before, and so she was feeling uncomfortably out of her depth.
“It’s okay, Twilight,” Cadance reassured the pony before her softly with a smile. “Like I said, you can ask me absolutely anything.”
Twilight nodded again and stared at her hooves for a long moment to gather her nerve before glancing up at her companion. “…Are you my secret admirer?”
Cadance froze. Her mouth opened and closed soundlessly before she was finally able to force her words out in a croak after a few long moments. “Wh-why would you ask that?”
“I compared the penmanship on the poem I received earlier to what you just wrote in that couple’s book… they were identical,” Twilight hesitantly stated in a quiet voice, her gaze never wavering from Cadance’s face. At this point, she deduced that she didn’t even need verbal confirmation, due to the mounting evidence before her, however… “Are you?”
“I-I-yes.” Cadance forced out stumblingly with a slight wince. This was not how she had planned to confess at all.
A few minutes passed in silence. Then a few more. Cadance’s hoof jittered nervously underneath the table as she waited for Twilight to respond, however the awkward silence only stretched on as Twilight stubbornly evaded her gaze by focusing on the table. Her earlier concerns, those that were barely banished by her aunts, started to trickle back into the forefront of her mind as the time continued to pass. Finally, Cadance could take the silence no more and desperately pleaded for Twilight to say something.
“Twilight…?”
“I’m sorry,” Twilight murmured before lifting her gaze and meeting Cadance’s. “I’m sorry, I just… I just don’t-”
“It’s okay, Twilight,” Cadance interrupted the younger alicorn, a false smile adorning her face to go with her barely chipper voice. “I expected this; really. It’s… this was a bad idea. I really should- you should stay and enjoy the food; it’s already paid for, but I forgot that I have somewhere that I need to be. I should- I should go.”
Standing up abruptly, Cadance ducked her head down and quickly made her way out of the restaurant, leaving her heart lone at the table.’
A self-deprecating chuckle bubbled up unbidden from Cadance’s throat as she thought about Twilight’s last words.
‘I’m sorry, I just… I just don’t…’
Slumping further into her seat, Cadance glumly decided that her aunt’s would be supplying her with the many tubs of ice cream she would undoubtedly need to compliment her heartbroken wallowing before sighing. “What could go wrong indeed…”
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“Twilight?” Spike questioned the purple alicorn as she walked by him without a word, her expression quite clearly troubled.
Not even hearing Spike over her own loud and jumbled thoughts, Twilight slowly dropped the take-out containers of food she had absentmindedly carried around with her for the past half-hour next to one of the book shelves, her troubled thoughts still churning around what had transpired earlier at the restaurant.
‘“Twilight…?”
“I’m sorry,” Twilight murmured before lifting her gaze and meeting Cadance’s. “I’m sorry, I just… I just don’t-”
“It’s okay, Twilight,” Cadance interrupted the younger alicorn, a false smile adorning her face to go with her barely chipper voice. “I expected this; really. It’s… this was a bad idea. I really should- you should stay and enjoy the food; it’s already paid for, but I forgot that I have somewhere that I need to be. I should- I should go.”
Twilight watched, conflicted, as Cadance stood up and made a hasty retreat not once looking back at the confused pony she had left behind.
“…I just don’t understand why you’d be interested in somepony like me…”’
Twilight slowly ambled forwards on autopilot, actually making it half-way up the stairs on the way to her bedroom before her steps faltered. Freezing with one hoof in the air, mere inches away from reaching the last step, she bit her lip and hesitated. Slowly, feeling that she owed at least this much to both herself and her former foalsitter, she allowed her mind to push past the slight awkwardness that had clung to her since finding out who her secret admirer was and looked at the past few hours objectively.
She was gifted throughout the day with some of the staple gifts of Hearts and Hooves; chocolates, flowers, a plushy, and a poem. On the surface, being gifted these things spoke of unoriginality on the part of the admirer; looking closer, however, showed a much different story.
The sweets she was given were white chocolates with bits of caramel toffee in them. The flower was of her favorite species, one which only bloomed in a specific, restricted, area of the Royal Gardens. The plushy was a lovingly hoofmade replica of Starswirl the Bearded’s underappreciated and widely unknown companion, Bamboo the Panda.
Her favorites. All of them her favorites.
And the poem… the poem was simply beautiful. Though it was a freestyle poem that followed no rhyme nor meter, it more than made up for that with the emotions it carried. It was a poem written from one heart to another, and Twilight felt a touched smile stretch her lips once more as she thought of the fact that somepony felt that way about her – plain old, slightly neurotic, egghead Twilight.
Taking in a deep breath, Twilight closed her eyes and let her mind drift to her not so secret admirer. Pushing any preconceptions she may have from her mind, she thought of Cadance – not as her old foalsitter or as a good friend, but as a mare who had romantic feelings for her. She pictured the slightly larger pink alicorn in her mind’s eye, and her breath caught in her throat.
She had always known that Cadance was beautiful, inside and out, but she had never really allowed herself to really dwell on that fact. Again, she stubbornly pushed away the awkwardness that began creeping up on her for mentally checking out one of her dearest friends. Objectively, Cadance was very attractive, in both personality and looks – and it also helped that Twilight already knew that they got on well and that they had a lot in common – but the real question was, could she be attracted to the older alicorn in that way?
Twilight took the plunge and conjured up a mental image of herself right next to Cadance. Anxiously, she watched as Cadance slowly walked up to the Twilight in her mind, her eyes and smile filled with a soft warmth, before she leaned in and-
“Uh, Twilight?” Spike spoke up again as he began slowly backing away, his snout scrunched up in a mild disgust. “You’re not going to get all mushy on me again, are you? You’ve got that same look on your face- like that time you all talked about how you got your cutie marks and you made me write that cheesy letter to the Princess.”
Twilight blinked as Spike’s words finally tore her from the mini fantasy playing in her mind. Turning her slightly dazed face towards him, she distractedly asked him to repeat himself as she attempted to straighten her suddenly ruffled feathers. She still wasn’t one-hundred-percent certain of which course of action she should take, or how exactly she should react to this unexpected bit of news, however there was one thing she knew for certain; she cared too deeply for Cadance to just let her run away. “What was that, Spike?”
“What’s going on with you Twi?” Spike questioned confusedly as he peered at her peculiar expression. “You’re acting all weird.”
“Nothing’s going on with-,” Twilight began only to freeze, her eyes widening to epic proportions as her wings puffed up in shock. “Going! I’ve got to go! I’ll be back later, Spike. Don’t wait up!”
Spike stared at the quickly retreating alicorn with a deadpanned expression before he threw his claws up into the air and muttered to himself in exasperation.
“Mares.”
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Twilight half ran half flew out the library door and down the darkening street, her eyes flittering frantically from pony to pony in an attempt to spot her fellow princess. Wings flapping awkwardly in an attempt to give herself a speed boost, Twilight quickly and systematically passed by all of the town’s more popular haunts. Becoming more frantic as time slipped away from her and the street lights began turning on one by one, she came to a hovering halt in front of Sugarcube Corner.
Mane and tail frazzled and feathers ruffled uncomfortably, Twilight began muttering to herself as she tried to think of where else the pink alicorn could have gone. “I checked there, and there and there. She wasn’t there- though I have no idea why I thought she’d be there in the first place- and I haven’t seen her on the streets. Oooh! Where could she be? It’s only been an hour, she couldn’t have gotten that far…”
“Heya, Twilight!” Pinkie grinned cheerily from her upside-down position in front of the purple pony, a rope being held by her puffy pink tail leading to her second story window. “Whatch’ya doing?”
“Not now Pinkie, I’m busy at the moment. I’ve got to superimpose a grid over Ponyville in my mind, while also compensating for the fact that Cadance could switch into a zone I’ve already searched.” Twilight muttered distractedly as her eye began to twitch, numbers and equations chaotically zooming through her mind at high speeds. “My best bet would be to search the whole of Ponyville instantaneously, but for that I would need a foci the size of an average pony with less than zero impurities, a mirror the size of Ponyville itself, and enough chalk to fill the library three times over…”
“Ooooh, sounds like a super-duper-splendiferous fun time!” Pinkie giggled as her tail let go and she landed head-first on the ground, her mane cushioning her fall and making a slight boing sound as she bounced. “Way more fun than just going over to the train station to catch her before she leaves.”
“Pinkie!”
Pinkie blinked as she suddenly found herself enveloped in her friend’s pink magic and suspended inches from Twilight’s face, though her ear-splitting grin never faltered and actually seemed to grow impossibly wider. “That’s me!”
“How do you know- never mind, that’s not important,” Twilight cut herself off as she gazed intently at the smiling party pony before her. “This is really important Pinkie- did Cadance say she was taking the next train?”
Pinkie began explaining at high speeds. “Princess Cadance came in earlier all gloomy and down so I whipped her up a batch of my patented Gloom Be Goo Gone- get it? Because the goo in the middle is so yummy and sweet that it chases away even the most toughest of tough frowns- and she said that they were really good, but maybe I didn’t make them strong enough because she still seemed kind of-”
“Pinkie!” Twilight shook the pink pony lightly in her magic, her voice slightly strangled. “Cadance. Next. Train?”
“Yeppers!” Pinkie nodded cheerfully, accidentally whipping Twilight in the face with her dangling hair in the process. Looking at her foreleg, she hummed thoughtfully before showing Twilight the ticking watch that the alicorn would have sworn before Celestia wasn’t there before. “You’d better hurry up with your super-duper fun plan though - the next train boards in five minutes.”
Eyes widening in mounting dread at a deadline almost passed, Twilight unceremoniously dropped Pinkie Pie as the magic surrounding the pink pony fizzled out. “Thanks Pinkie, I owe you one!”
“No you don’t silly!” Pinkie called from her sprawled position on the ground. “Just let me throw the party!”
“Sure Pinkie,” Twilight called back distractedly as she gave up the idea of running or flying – or the odd mixture of both she had accomplished thus far - and decided to resort to a tried and true method. Not seeing the almost manic gleam that came into Pinkie’s eyes at her words, Twilight lit up her horn and teleported away in an audible crackle of pink magic.
Making a series of short jumps across the town to conserve her energy and minimize the chances of a miscalculation, Twilight finally blinked into existence just to the side of the embarking platform with mere seconds to spare, having been unfortunately delayed – by an angry couple and a pickle barrel of all things - between her teleports. Quickly scanning the dwindling crowd, she finally spotted her target about to board the train at the far end of the platform. Heart in her throat and panting lightly, Twilight rushed forward and lit her horn up once more.
Cadance sighed as the conductor yelled ‘all aboard’ for the fifth time, intent on giving the stragglers one last warning before closing the doors. Posture slumped, she slowly walked up to the quickly dwindling line and took her place at the back. Raising a hoof to enter the train car, Cadance let out a gasp of surprise as she was simultaneously blinded by a bright flash and bowled over by something solid yet soft and warm.
Rolling off of the edge of the platform and onto the springy lush green grass, Cadance rapidly blinked the bright spots out of her eyes before looking dazedly down at the pony clutching tightly to her chest. Squinting only slightly, her eyes widened as she recognized the bedraggled form. “Twilight…?”
Twilight, for her part, just lay there clutching the older pony as she panted for breath. Heart pounding at her mad dash across town, she scrunched her eyes shut and buried her face in Cadance’s neck and kept quiet. Though she had made it this far, she hadn’t planned on what to do next, and so was practically paralyzed by her nerves. She really wished that she would have had time to read Lockheart’s The Art of Emotions before actually confronting Cadance.
“Twilight?” Cadance tried again, this time softening her voice until it was more soothing than startled, steadfastly pushing away her own mixed feelings at their encounter so as to give Twilight her full attention. “What’s going on? Are you alright?”
Biting her lip as Twilight nuzzled closer and her breath lightly tickled the sensitive fur on her neck, Cadance raised a hoof and lovingly rubbed small circles on the purple alicorn’s back. Barely registering the sound of the train departing, Cadance winced slightly as she shifted her wings out from beneath her and gently wrapped them around the precious bundle atop her, her wince turning into a tender smile as the smaller pony reflexively melted more fully into her embrace. “Are you going to tell me what’s wrong, Love?”
Blushing at the term of endearment, Twilight squirmed embarrassedly for a moment before attempting to burrow deeper into Cadance’s neck in an effort to conceal her flaming cheeks. She nodded slowly in affirmative, before quickly shaking her head to the side. Huffing slightly, she finally gave a small noncommittal shrug of her shoulders in response. She wanted to tell Cadance – it was the sole reason she had chased the other pony across town after all – but she simply didn’t know how to.
Cadance hummed thoughtfully as she continued her soothing ministrations, not at all aware of her slip of the tongue nor Twilight’s pleased yet shy reaction to it. “Perhaps you’d like to continue this conversation elsewhere?”
Twilight bit her lip and nodded once more, this time clearing her throat before speaking shyly. “Come… um… Come back to the library with me?”
Heartstrings effectively tugged at the soft pleading voice that escaped her beloved, Cadance smiled and responded the only way she could. “Of course I will, Twilight.”
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>Twidance
>HermitKlam
Instant thumbs up.
sorry to put it here and not on your blog post i'm having browser problems but i hope you update sleepless nights soon
And this smile on my face is proof that fluff still gets to me much better than any smut ever will.
TwiDance... ALL MY YES!!!!! Fav + Like !!!!!!
now if you would be kind.... GIVE ME MOR!!!!!
Yesssssss....
WHYYY? Are you some kind of super-author, designed to write every story I wish for? I mean, at this point I just need to auto-fav every story you release.
There are few Twidance-stories, and the few that exist right now are far from the fluff. But you jump to the rescue once again, with cuddling and cuteness and feelings.
).
I can't wait enough for part three, or any future Twidance you might write (Do it do it do it. Please?
Shouldn't this have an alternate universe tag? Since in this fic, Shining Armor and Cadance aren't married.
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Agreed, toss us an AU tag and you can skip large chunks of the description.
Also, pardon me while I consider this a fork of Say It, in which Celestia has merely given Cadance a turn with Twilight. Because no one does "Twilight has the full attention of three princesses, one in particular" quite like you, HK.
4145481 Glad it was met with approval.
I also have a few ideas for prequels and sequels...
Aaaaand now it does. Thank you.
4145582 No problem; I'm endeavoring to update all of my stories in the near future, so you shouldn't have to wait too long. I'll either add the next chapter on as... another chapter... or mark Sleepless Nights complete and post an optional direct sequel...
4145642 Fluff makes the world go round.
4145704 Glad you liked it. There will be a third and last chapter released soonish... and I say soonish because I just realized that I have a zoology lab exam on monday...
4145995 I'll take that as an 'I like it'.
4146482 I, too, have noticed the low amount of Twidance stories, and since Cadance has grown on me and I enjoy using her in my other stories... well, I thought, why not?
4146828 Why yes... yes it should...
4146893 Awww, thanks. I enjoy the fact that you enjoy the fact that I have turned Twilight into the royal cuddlebug. As for this being a fork of SI, it is unfortunately not, though you can continue imagining it as so I don't believe it wouldn't harm the flow of the story any. As for actually making an au fork of SI... well, perhaps when I'm through with this trimester... and have dished out a few more chapters for SI...
4146954
More SI is a thing devoutly to be wished.
Also - did you notice this story is sitting in the Featured box?
4146963
I... did not, actually. Huh. Imagine that.
4146954 I don't know if your interested but I saw in a few of your other comments that you like TwiDance + your writting one, hehehe, maybe you would like to check out my TwiDance "Love's Light: Is it Possible to Love Again?"
4146954
This makes me so very happy.
Oh man, one of my fave AU ships.
I'm gonna read the hell out of this!
this is kinda new!, i like it alot -
next chapter saucy scenes
At first, I just saw Twidance and thought that hey, that's a rare ship, let's check it out... And it's good, but weirdly enough I'm feeling like I recognize it... But I also know I've never read it before.
And then I look at who the author is and realize it's HermitKlam and everything suddenly makes sense! Very few writes Twilight + Royalty as well as you do.
Now that you have one Twiliestia and one Twidance story, will you write a Twiluna and complete the set? I wonder, because I would read it.
Either way, good to see that you're writing and do keep up the good work!
I really, really like this. The cuddling, the cuteness, the emotions. Plus, Twidance is adorable.
I'm going to read more of your stuff. But in the meantime, have this thumbs up and fave.
More Twidence. I've always wanted more Twidence.
It's always Twining. Twining this, Twining that. I'm totally up for incest fics, but Shining and Twi is just blah to me.
Always loved the idea of Twidence.
Ok this very well written, but not for me.
4150612 Thank you, and I wish you happy hunting on your search for stories more to your liking.
4150504 It is rarely shipped... Well, if this story turns out alright, I have a few ideas for some sequels (like perhaps an au version of 'Three's a Crowd')
4150488 Why thank you, I'm glad you like it. Cuddling and fluff seems to be a reoccurring theme in most of my stories... I just can't seem to help it.
4149266 That is... Thank you for... I'm glad you... I give up
I have no idea how to interpret that.
4149080 Wow, I didn't think my stories/ writing style would stick with a person so as to be that readily noticeable.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story - and my writing style. As for writing a Twiluna... definately, though that'll have to wait until the end of next month at the earliest; I'd like to finish up this school year and a few of the stories I have on the go beforehand.
4148986 I'm glad you like it. The next and last chapter will focus completely on Cadance and Twilight clearing the air and coming to an understanding. I don't know about sauciness, but I can guarantee cuddles
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4148383 Do forgive the poor dear, she missed out on a thousand years of the chaos those words inevitably bring.
4148175 I'm glad you approve and, by all means, read it as many times as you wish
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4147804 ...I may just be really tired but... yeah. It's 2am and my brain hurts, thus I must say that I'm not 100% sure what you meant.
4147347 I do so enjoy throwing around comments and heavily implying things...
4147128 I shall endeavor to do so. Tomorrow. Between *shudders* studying and working on my projects. It will be a welcome reprieve.
Go on...
4150733
Sorry for the lackluster response. Though that was just after I read the first chapter. Specifically when Luna made that comment about the only suitable mates for her and Celestia age-wise would be each other. I had very little time to actually post a comment and it was a... very real reaction regardless of how short it was.
4150733 I hope you enjoy reading it
Make more as soon a s possible. It is verry interesting.
"Twidance"...I like that name! It creates an interesting image in my head of two lovers dancing the night away...
Twidance? Na, I think I'm gonna go with CaLight I'm so sorry. Where I'm from that song is often mispronounced and it works. So sorry.
4149080
There More two royal are you fogetting( Just saying)
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I'm not sure Shining Armor actually has a royal title through his marriage to Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, so his royal status is just a possibility, while Blueblood is a jerk, to put it nicely.
I don't see HermitKlam writing a story pairing either of them with Twilight, and I'm not going to ask him to either
I guess Sombra could be called a king, maybe through right of conquest or maybe usurpation (he once controlled the Crystal Empire?), but considering that he's evil and his whole personality can be summed up with "vague looming villainy and "CRYSTALS!"" it'd take a bit of work pairing him up with Twilight in a manner that doesn't involve him somehow corrupting her or outright rape and mindbreak (I EXTREMELY doubt Klam would write that, and I probably wouldn't want to read it even if he did).
Other than those three, idk who those two other royals you are mentioning could be.
And wow, this reply comment got a lot longer than I intended. I blame sleep deprivation
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Chrysalis and sombra i was thinking
Beautiful
have a moustache 
4155973 Thank you; I shall cherish it
4155881 There is a reason for that. Though this story can stand alone, I'm leaving some things purposefully vague whilst hinting at other things so that - if when I'm done this story I find it satisfactory - I'll go back and expound on those issues in side-stories, sequels, and prequels. This was basically just a small excerpt from an idea that I had, that I wrote just to see if I could. The back-story's not there because, well, I haven't written it yet.
4155414 4154047 Er, I highly doubt that I'd ever write a Twi/Shiny or Twi/Sombra. Blueblood... that would be a comedy along the lines of 'how to lose a stallion in 10 days flat' (because barring a complete 180 in personality, Blueblood is too much of a jerk). Chrysalis?... I'd have to think on that one. Also, sleep deprivation is a legitimate
excuse for pretty much everything
4153113 4152554 Heh. They're Twidancing to CaLight
4152182 I shall endeavor to do so as soon as my schedule permits. Glad you're enjoying it.
4151836 Oh, one word comments are more than fine - it was just the tone behind it that I was unsure of. Was it a laughing 'hah!'? An I-can't-believe-I-just-read-that 'Hah!'? A seriously 'Hah!'?... So many things it could be...
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4150983 Somepony had to say it...
Suspected as much. I believe most stories that pair Twilight with Blueblood, Shining Armor or Sombra are just clop-without-plot, as I think I've seen it called, which doesn't seem to be your thing at all, if your work so far is anything to go by.
That little "have to think on that one" regarding Chrysalis vaguely implies that you might actually write a Twilight/Chrysalis story at some point in the future... This does not displease me at all.
I have a shipping name for Cadence/Twilight: Candlelight. You just rearrange some letters around and viola a ship is made.
4157090 Ship Twi with all the royal mares! Chrysalis needs her turn as well!
In fact, we need more royal mares for you to ship Twi with. Or why not branch out into "Lady"-territory, with Rarity or Fleur de Lis?
This is a Marviles story! And I await the last instalment of this wonderfly endering tale!!!
Lovely. Just lovely.
Please do finish. This is a good story and I'm really enjoying it.
You have no idea how glad i am you didn't leave it on a cliffhanger, with Twilight having yet to reach the station. Thank you so much. For getting them to catch up to each other before the end of the chapter. It was quite a relief.
I don't know why, but when I'm reading a good Fic I get pulled into the emotions within, hence why I feel annoyed when a story isn't finished and where it left off can seem cliffhanger.
Thankfully, you manage to make it cliffhanger, but in a way that is okay, because I can see the next chapter going the way I'd want it to.
I look forward to part 3 when it comes out
Oh hell yes!
Now I can't wait for part three.
Loved it
damnit klam i fucking love your stories.
every one ive read is pure gold.
"Heartstrings effectively tugged at-"
Cadance turned and frowned at the lime green unicorn. "Do you mind? We're having a moment here. "
"Sorry," Lyra muttered, before slinking off.
Sooo.... Will this get an update any time soon?
Herm derm deem derm....
I will definetly take a look, at this later. I am drawn in by twi dance so we'll see how this fic goes
I like it !! Please more
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Please write the next chapter... 
It is so awesome!
When you update i be super happy because of how well this story is writen.
Only slightly? Anyway, I'm just now getting around to reading your other stories, and so far I'm liking them. Just...the fluff in your stories is amazing.
I'm loveing this story , please update .
okay if shiny and Cadance are not marred then what about the A Canterlot Wedding because if Twilight is a alicorn and Cadance is now living in the Crystal Empire now the canterlot wedding time frame had to past as well so in this story is the wedding and the Changelings being just skipped or what???