Ponywatching

by ThunderTempest

Prompt #492-Du Hast

“I can’t believe this,” muttered Diamond Tiara. The young heiress had matured greatly from the petty schoolyard bully she had once been, especially once her father began sending her to work at Sweet Apple Acres every summer break. She could still be petty, but she had acquired a modicum of humility, and a great deal of respect for the ponies who worked for a living.

“It’s almost surreal,” agreed Silver Spoon, “to think that Twist, of all ponies, would be the first of our class to be getting married.” The two friends were waiting patiently in Ponyville’s small chapel, along with the rest of their school class, as well as Twists’ and her groom’s family and friends. Twist herself was already waiting by the altar, and was waiting for the groom to show up. The anticipation was practically palpable in the air.

A stallion at the back of the chapel gave a signal to the organist, and the pony began playing the signature tune of ‘Here Comes the Groom’ as Twist’s mother began leading the sweating stallion up the aisle. Finally, after what seemed like an age, the unicorn was deposited by the earth pony mare, and the presiding pastor began the rites.

“We are gathered here today, to witness the union of these two ponies. In health or in sickness, in times of sadness and in happiness, and throughout all the changing of the seasons, may they be bound by the love that they share for one another. Candy Twist, do you take this stallion, to be your lawfully wedded husband, in the eyes of the Princesses and Faust The Writer, now and forevermore?”

There was a moment of silence while Twist spoke.

“I do.”

“And Sharp Snips, do you take this mare, to be your lawfully wedded wife, in the eyes of the Princesses and Faust The Writer, now and forevermore?”

A pony could have heard a pin drop in the silence between when the pastor finished speaking, and when Snips opened his mouth.

“Y-y-yeno. No I can’t!” cried Snips, and he bolted from the chapel, leaving a stunned Twist standing alone at the altar.

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Also, I did write this for the same prompt:

Nopony Ever Saw That Coming

It seemed like a perfectly normal day in Ponyville. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, Pinkie Pie was fighting a monster made of marshmallow, and Twist had become an alicorn, and was now declaring herself the ultimate ruler of Equestria.

Author's Note:

Written for Prompt #492-“Tongue Twister”
The prompt: What a Twist!

Comments

[Themaskedferret]

*Facepalms and groans* I did like the change of having the groom walk down the aisle.