Return to Society

by Silent Sir 224

Finally! The Wedding at the Gates of Tartarus Part III

Is it done? Dusk placed a hoof on his chest, immediately noticing the stitches. I'll take that as a yes. He tried to sit up, but immediately noticed something holding him in place. He forced his eyes open, and saw that Fluttershy was holding him tightly, she kept her promise...

"Took you long enough," she teased before sitting up, "how do you feel?"

"Better," the two immediately that his voice wasn't strained or weak. "I can actually talk? This is going to be such a good day!"

"Don't get too carried away their, you are staying in that bed until those stitches come out. But I am really glad you're feeling better," she gave him a peck on the cheek.

"Of course, if you insist, my love..."

*****

Dusk spent the next week confined to that bed, he had his stitches removed and was finally released. Upon exiting the hospital, he was confronted by Shining Armor and told that the wedding would be held two days from then. The day of the wedding, he and Fluttershy are getting ready to be in attendance.

"Can you believe that we're finally having the wedding after the whole changling attack?" Fluttershy exclaimed, as she was putting on her dress.

"No," Dusk replied, fixing his tie on his tuxedo, "it's been such a hectic time for them, hopefully things will go much more smoothly for us."

"Oh, I'm sure that we won't have to deal with an army of changlings ruining everything," she made sure her garland was sitting correctly.

"Or an evil queen trying to take your place," he took one more glance at his reflection in the mirror to make sure that he indeed looked presentable, running his hoof through his gelled back mane.

"Yes, although do you think that you would be fooled by such a ploy?" She asked walking out of the bathroom, fully readied from head to hoof. The two got a whole new room since Dusk's release, and it was a little bit more comfortable than the previous one.

"Not at all, no one could even try to replace you," he walked up to he and kissed her deeply. Time stood still, neither one tried to separate, until the clock in the room struck two. "Looks like it's time to go, you ready?"

"Yes, hopefully this will go smoothly."

The two walked to the ceremonial chamber that was used before. Fluttershy took her place to conduct the song bird choir, Dusk found the closest seat to her and occupied it. Their friends stood as the bridesmaids on the opposite side of the room, except for Twilight who was the best mare and stood next to her brother. The ceremony was beautiful, the decor, the music, everything was planned to the letter. Shining Armor stood at the altar showing a combination of elation and nervousness. Cadence walked in with an elegant gown, following three flower fillies. Celestia mediated the ceremony, giving a heart warming speech about how the two proved their love for each other and the power their love held. Spike was the ring bearer, holding a large red velvet pillow holding the diamond bearing rings. Celestia picked them up in a golden aura and placed one on the horns of the bride and groom, "... I now pronounce you mare and colt!"

The couple kissed and Celestia queued Rainbow Dash to perform her famous 'Sonic Rainboom.' Dusk had heard the girls talk about it, but never gave it a second thought. He watched her fly out of her dress and fly up over the castle and with a loud BOOM and a rainbow pulse that stretched for miles around, she began to arch a rainbow across the sky. Okay, all of those times I doubted her abilities, just completely blown away. He just stared at the rainbow carved into the sky with new found respect for the pegasus.

The ceremony was being moved to the courtyard, Fluttershy met up with Dusk, "so what did you think of the sonic rainboom?"

"I think that it was an amazing spectacle, how long ago did she learn to do it?"

"When we were in flight school together, maybe ten years ago."

"And now, I have 20% more respect for that mare."

Fluttershy started laughing, "come on I don't want to miss the first dance."

Dusk followed her down to the courtyard where everyone was gathering around the dance floor, where the bride and groom were starting their first dance. The air was filled with light piano music and gave the whole scene more emotion. Then, Pinkie Pie stepped behind a turn table and placed a needle on the record, playing a more modern pop beat. The whole group started to dance around the married couple. Dusk noticed a unicorn mare appear behind the turn table, she had a white coat and a crazy blue mane. But the most noticeable thing was that she was wearing black rim sunglasses with purple lenses.

Shining Armor gestured for Dusk and Fluttershy to join them in the center of the dance floor. With a shrug, Dusk led Fluttershy out and just started waltzing with her, there was a nagging fear that they might be showing up the bride and groom. He dismissed it though, focusing on keeping up with Fluttershy and matching her pace. The two couples danced around each other for what felt like hours, but no one really cared, they were happy.

Once they all were too tired to continue, Shining Armor and Cadence walked up to their carriage and stepped inside. A moment later a bouquet flew out of the back of the carriage, Rarity pushed through the group of mares wanting to catch it, shouting "IT'S MINE!"

And it would have been, if Fluttershy hadn't swooped in front of her to intercept it, landing next to Dusk holding the flowers. "Now it's official!" She rested her head on his shoulder, smelling the flowers she just caught, the two noticed that Rarity was a little upset she couldn't catch the bouquet.

"Yeah, now we just need to decide the when and where," Dusk kissed her on the forehead.

"How about here, next spring?" She suggested.

"Sounds perfect, it's going to be a little crazy getting everything planned though."

"Yeah, but our friends and family should be able to help us get through it." She looked up at him, "besides, it's going to be worth it in the end. I love you so much, Dusk."

"I love you as much as one physically can love another." The two kissed deeply and held each other close, the moon was starting to climb into the sky before they stopped. "Come on let's head back to the room, we probably need to get ready to leave tomorrow."

"I'm just glad we got a new room, the first one was a little... awkward."

"This one is way cozier, I think that between the imprisonment, hospital stay and surgery, Mentor decided to give me a break."

Fluttershy laughed as she started walking, "you might be right, I never really took her for a prankster until our little trip to the dreamscape."

Dusk followed, "yeah, by the way, I never did find out what you and Luna exactly talked about that night."

Like any other time that the topic came up, she began to blush furiously. "Well... okay, I don't see any reason to hide it, since we're alone," she took a deep breathe. "Luna asked me what I most desired in my life with you and..."

"And?" He tried to push her answer along.

"Well, I won't go into any detail, but it involves... our honeymoon."

At that point, both of them were growing red in their cheeks. Dusk just started laughing, "well, that is a little bit of a surprise, I have to admit."

"So, what do you think?"

"I think, that it changes nothing, I still love you as much as I did five minutes ago. That's all that matters to me," he smiled down at his bride to be. She smiled back, and they walked back to the room almost anxious to see what the future will hold for them....

Comments

[lostdarkstellan]

[Silent Sir 224]

2510869 Legitimate argument to be honest, I can't say I agree with it entirely. But, I respect your opinion.

[soulyman]

GONNA TYPE IN CAPS BECAUSE IT WAS JUST THAT AWSOME! I LOVE IT ALL AND ALTHOUGH YOU DID THIS A WHILE A GO I SPENT ALMOST ALL MY TIME READING IT! I AM TELLING THE HONEST TRUTH WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT A STORY JUST LIKE DUSK'S (MINUS FLUTTERSHY) AND WHEN I SAW THIS COME OUT I READ IT ALL THE TIME! ALSO YOUR STORY CALLED A CHANGE OF SCENERY I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING CLOSELY RELATED! I WON'T SAY THAT YOU STOLE MY IDEA BECAUSE YOU RIGHTFULLY OWN EVERYTHING, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT WE THINK ALIKE AND YOU HAVE BETTER TALENT AT THIS KIND OF STUFF. I WILL KEEP FOLLOWING YOU AND BE VERY SAD WHEN YOU COME TO YOUR LAST POST. KEEP IT UP!

[Silent Sir 224]

3053911 That's what I was going for.

[Starcat5]

3053950
Please reply to posts in the chapter they were written in. The way Knighty has this site coded, I don't get notified of cross-chapter replies. This bug is as old as the hills, and isn't likely to be fixed any time soon.

[Silent Sir 224]

2774871>>3071364 Originally, it said meat but I took care of it in my editing.

[Starcat5]

And it is official. All that buildup over the papers in Canterlot calling him a "Monster" has completely fallen flat. No payoff at all, save for that bit with the CMC, which I thought was more buildup. At least the other Chekhov's Guns were firing on all chambers. Good story all around. Time to go to bed, and read the sequel in the morning.

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[Aquanova]

So, a great story if you we're to ask me. You did fairly well keeping characters in character, save for a few ooc moments. You did a great job having dusk in the main story of the show. And did a good job balancing the good and bad events. If I have one less than positive thing to say its that this doesn't seem like the best spot to end it in, I mean we are left here wanting to know what happened to the public view of him after he displayed his power, how the wedding went, and also things that may have happened in between or after those events.

On a side note you successfully made me impatient enough to postpone a comment on account of wanting to read the next chapter for a new record of 29 chapters. So although it cost you many comments with feedback and appreciation you did a great job shutting me up. (Don't think that a bad thing, do you really want comments that are this long on every chapter?)

[Silent Sir 224]

3656240 Well I appreciate your feedback and am glad you enjoyed the story. About the comments... you probably are right about how annoying it would be but I would be able to live with some long comments.

[Aquanova]

3656267 you could live with some long comments but restricting myself to some comments Isn't going to happen anytime soon, so I guess I'll be merciful and stop at this comment.

[Silent Sir 224]

3658116 Well I appreciate your comment and comment on your comment to tell you I like your comment.

[Zarose]

Woohoo! That was a really well made story my man. I really enjoyed reading it. I think I'll take a peek at what else you've made......

[soulyman]

4251456
Okay okay you got me.
I was just confused as to what he was doing with meat. Was he holding it in reserve if something similar to this situation popped up at another time? Possibly, just, It's not like he eats it or anything.
Oh well. Love the koala joke BTW.

Sincerely,
Soulyman