Happily Ever After, Checklist Never Ending, Part 2
Wedding Planner’s Journal, Volume 2, Phases IV, V, VI, VII
HRH/PC T. Sparkle, coordinator.
Phase IV, T minus 6 weeks
INVITATIONS. All invitations have been mailed, couriered, or dragonfired. Still no response from the Oranges in Manehattan, however. I love our resident Ponyville mailmare Derpy dearly, and it will take a months’ stipend with of muffins to explain why I shipped all the invitations to Canterlot and Cloudsdale and had them re-mailed from elsewhere. Rainbow asked why Derpy was even invited to the wedding; I promised her there wouldn’t be anything tall, heavy, and breakable nearby.
RINGS. With unicorns it’s easier; we can always get a ring horn-fitted, which is what Luna and I did. With Pegasi and Earth ponies, the usual options are to get matching hoof-bands or have smaller rings set as pendants for necklaces. In truth it’s really just a formality for the ceremony, as married ponies don’t typically wear their rings full-time (again, Luna and I are an exception). This will be the case for AJ and Rarity, as their work lives would make wearing rings or necklaces cumbersome and even dangerous. Still, they wanted matching rings, so Rarity agreed to forego the usual horn-ring and agreed to necklaces instead. They picked gold bands with platinum filigree, and they’re gorgeous. Rarity declined to have a jewel set on hers – when you can find a bucket of diamonds just by concentrating on a patch of dirt, the gesture means more than the stone,
CAKE. The Cakes will supply the cake as their gift to AJ and Rarity, with Pinkie’s help. I trust them to moderate her choices a bit; there’ll be enough fireworks at the wedding without cakes that explode into smaller cakes, which in turn explode into cupcakes, which was coincidentally how Pinkie described her first design.
MARRIAGE LICENSE. This went surprisingly painlessly. My compliments to the Mayor on the smoothness of this process. Oh, how I do love filling out a good, well-organized form!
MAKEUP AND MANE STYLISTS. I let Rarity handle this one, and Applejack was about as thrilled as I expected. Rarity noticed AJ’s distress and promised her that she’d keep the “frou-frou nonsense” to a minimum. I know Rarity’s been dreaming of her wedding day for years, and having to tell Aloe and Lotus to keep their hooves off her fiancée left her face twitching for days.
Phase V, T minus 4 weeks
MENU. Applejack’s family will supply a cornucopia of apple-related desserts, treats, and main dishes. Few ponies know that Sweet Apple Acres also grows a vast variety of vegetables (even carrots! Don’t tell Carrot Top.), herbs, and other fruits, so the menu won’t be all Apple apples.
FLOWERS. Fluttershy knows all the flower vendors in town and has a fantastic garden of her own, and has agreed to coordinate the floral arrangements. Apparently Roseluck, Daisy, and several other florists in Ponyville owe her major favors. For what, I didn’t ask.
Phase VI, T minus 2 weeks
SEATING. Most of this wedding and the attendant reception will be standing room only, and the meal will be buffet-style, so there’s no assigned seating. For the wedding itself, Rarity asked for traditional Bride’s Side and Groom’s Side (or in this case, Other Bride’s Side) seating. Applejack suggested we eliminate the “sides” and seat close family in the front and allow friends and extended family to mingle as they arrive. Rarity’s developing a facial tic, I think, but she agreed.
DRESS FITTINGS. This is Rarity’s moment to shine, and it seems to have disappointed her that everything went perfectly. Her designs were so flawless that not a single pony needed even the first stitch altered. Fluttershy offered to make up a complaint; it was a touching if slightly absurd gesture.
VOWS. Luna is the officiant and must approve all alterations to the traditional Royal Canterlot wedding script. That’s the official position. Behind the scenes, I’ve managed to convince her that culture, society, and yes, even the sacraments have moved on in the last thousand years. Our own ceremony was highly non-traditional because of the lack of precedent for Princesses getting married, so she doesn’t have much to go on. Rarity and AJ can thank me later for eliminating the “wife is chattel” and “second through fifth wives’ approval not required” passages.
Phase VII, T minus 1 week
LAST MINUTE. The individual tasks at this point are multiple and relatively minor thanks to thorough pre-planning. Arrival times for all parties have been confirmed. Hotels have been reserved for those out-of-town guests not staying with local friends or relatives. I scoured the wedding grounds for hidden Party Cannons, just in case; I’m not sure Granny Smith’s heart can take another point-blank confetti blast like the one at the rehearsal.
Addendum, T minus 1 day
SUPPLEMENTAL. It’s the night before the wedding. All checklists are completed and all plans have unfolded without a hitch. Everything is as ready as it can get for AJ and Rarity’s big day.
Except that I can’t find Applejack.
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Ohshit,ohshit,ohshit,ohshiiiiiit!
Dammit, boy, you had to do this to me, didn't you? You left me waiting two days for an update and I get this stupid cliffhanger?!?!?!
Well there is the traditional wedding jitters the groom usually has,
Cause we all know that AJ will be wearing the pants in this relationship as the old cliche goes. 
Then there is Rarity 
"Oh, this is my big day and the worst possible thing has happened." *Cue fainting couch* "and this is positively THE...WORST...POSSIBLE...THING...TO HAPPEN." 
Looking forward to the conclusion.
why WHY ? What posessed you to dare do such cliffhanger ?
...That was a cruel ending. You just dropped a major cliffhanger right there. x_X
1866774>>1866630>>1866568>>1866525
Because I normally write these chapters as standalone episodes, I wouldn't usually include a cliffhanger or anything that connects the chapters. I wanted to keep it structured so that you wouldn't have to read chapter X to understand chapter Y. In this case, I have 4 interrelated chapters already done: Twilight's two wedding planner journals, the cliffhanger resolution, and the chapter after. I'll post the next one tonight or midday tomorrow (depends on if I get the last of the editing done), and the 4th one likely midday Sunday.
I'm a stinker, aren't I?
CALLED IT! Wedding shenanigans 101: Nervous breakdows.
Oh! I forgot to point out Rarity's frustration.(More shenanigans
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for some reason i would love to see that scene where Rarity tells Lotus and Aloe to keep their hooves on Applejack now that would be a riot to see. and Applejack's gone uh oh this cant be good looks like we got a run away groom well groom since i see ol AJ here wearing the tux in this relationship and Rarity the dress.
Cliffhanger, huh?
Well, you better actually finish the story man, or else...
Well, I'm not sure what I'll do, but I'll think of something terrible.
Hey, for all we know, Applejack was kidnapped by diamond dogs! She didn't necessarily run off!
Memo to self - this would be a pretty cool story to write some time.
Just wrapped up some chapter organization and went through my unused TMP writing prompts. I now have five (5) chapters queued and ready for Rustic & Romantic. The cliffhanger resolution is the next one up and needs a little editing. After that we've got a chapter that fits earlier in the timeline, a random fluffy chapter, plus two that... well, "after the cliffhanger" is as close as I'll say - you'll see where they fall.
1869703 yay for fluff :D
*edit*
nearly forgot the actual
My only point of contention is in the vows bit. It is entirely illogical for a matriarchal society to have old-fashioned patriarchal bullshit in the vows to excise. I know you wanted some comedy in there, but it does not make a lick of sense for this world.
Like I said, what could possibly go wrong? Screwing people over since the beginning of the universe!
"Apparently Roseluck, Daisy, and several other florists in Ponyville owe her major favors. For what, I didn’t ask." My guess would be controlling the local small herbivore population
1952718 Why does everypony seem to feel the need to ask that. ONE. BUCKING. QUESTION.
One of the very few questions fate itself will answer
EVERY
SINGLE.
TIME.
At least things don't seem to be horrifically catastrophic. yet.
P.S. Fate, that was rhetorical.