Sound the wedding bells at once! On ev'ry corner, cry in joy! Beloved princess hath announced A union that all played coy
For they always did agree That matrimony can't be staved Their love was obvious can be Now let the final trials be braved
Cakes and dresses, line them up Measure twice, and then again Ensure there’s wine in ev’ry cup And music systems, watch that gain!
Now the revellers arrive In droves to see the nuptials With gifts aplenty, commerce thrives And ev'ry room is booked in full
Morning comes on day ordained A kiss as Flurry wakes her bride "I'll see you when it’s time to claim Reward for all our swallowed pride”
“On the 'morrow we shall be United in the eyes of law There is naught else I wish for me Than moniker of ‘wife’ to call”
With reply replete in love Does Cozy part from Flurry Heart Attendants ev’rywhere above Descend upon the two apart
First the dress, of finest silk Sends shivers as it slides past wing And then the jewels; white as milk The pearls surround her neck in strings
Next the preening, do hold still The pain will only last a skosh Then makeup too, applied with skill And finally, bouquet of rose
Bride of Crystal, mise en scene Reception where they all await The princesses, who all are then Sequestered in the tower great
Cold seeps into revelry As guests complain, a guard draws near To Cozy is delivery Of news most grim, sowing fear
"Lost all contact have we now" He warns her as the ice creeps in "With all five princesses somehow And just outside the air grows thin"
XVI.
Frozen fractals lace the walls An icicles descend from high Beyond the doors, the wind does squall Unnaturally Nature cries
"Take me to her room at once" Commands the next surviving heir She's led through halls in ice ensconced As Winter's touch corrupts the air
At the doors, it's hard to breathe And Cozy tells the guards to leave With all her courage now unsheathed She calls to one who starts to grieve
"Open up, my one true love! I know the patterns of your spell" So slowly, heav'ly, door does move And Cozy trots through blinding hail
Storm now pulls her dress from clutch A string of pearls is wrenched away As howling wind and chilling touch Attempt this sacred bride to slay
Calm asserts itself in time When Cozy finally tumbles out Into the eye of storm sublime And sees her lover free of doubt
"Welcome, Cozy, to the end" Serenity exudes the mare As from above she does descend To grace the saviour too aware
Of the horrors now unleashed "The princesses were no great match Surprise was all I had to pierce Defenses then at once dispatch
"Foes for which we've sought for long To fell and start a golden age The throne to you alone belongs Your pride and anger now assuaged"
Round the princess, chains of light Lock others in an icy cast Above the one who ended fight An orb of magic holds them fast
"What of you, O Goddess cold?" Though power burned throughout the room The pegasus does stand so bold And questions she of finest plume
"Victory, I see you've won And though this day was marked for us Commend I must this ploy you've spun To score this win without a fuss
"But condemn your secrecy I also must, for I would fain Agree to yield to clemency On this, the day of our domain"
"Sorry, truly, I do mourn The loss of greatest vow in life But better now than morrow's morn No mare should have to kill her wife"
XVII.
Silence reigned as Cozy balked "You surely cannot think that I Would raise a hoof to one who walked Beside me when I sought to flee
"Now we rise and fall as one The throne we seize will seat but two" Around the mare, the blizzard spun A whirlwind trapping her into
Icy death should she remain "Enough of this!" the princess screams A blade of ice she forged arcane Presented as was in the dream
"Do your duty, servant mine! If you believe yourself are bless'd As acolyte of one divine Then drive this sword into my chest"
In the maelstrom, silence reigns Except for tinkling as the blade Fell onto floor, 'til Cozy deigns To take the crown, so price is paid
"Truly did I swear to serve A greater power than myself And for that vow, you do deserve To live, to love, the greatest wealth"
"Useless then, you are to me" The air grows denser, colder now As power glows for her to see "If thou abandonest thy vow
"Death shall set you free as well" Ice infects the wings of both As jagged shards make lungs to swell The chill finds bone, the mare does cough
But she's made of sterner stuff In Tartarus, in stone, in flesh The ice cannot her fire snuff And so she takes up sword and leash
"Cause you gave me, cause to live And cause to die for too, you see" The hooves do tremble, but she gives A smile to one who set her free
Stunned by beauty so divine The princess watches as a mare Takes to the skies, with wings so fine And sheathes the blade with utmost care
XVIII.
Far and wide, a flash of light Illuminates the eve'ning sky Cacophony as all delight That Death the princesses deny!
Question next that they do pose If wedding still will carry on A look of sadness, they disclose Festivities, their time is gone
Somber is the mood that night As five do gather 'round a bed Where mortal mare for life does fight Against the wounds from which she bled
Then it happens, as the spark Departs one mare forevermore A gasp of horror as her mark Does now fade out, and is no more
Six to five, who all look up Disturbance in the stars they sense Relief as Aether uncorrupt Does beckon one to guide commence
"Go to her," the Eldest says To one who tried to end her life With heavy heart and no delays The youngest leaves to see her wife
Stars surround the one who gave Her life to save another's soul "Is this what sits beyond the grave Am I to wander without goal?"
One of many lights transforms And takes the form of alicorn "My love, who braved the greatest storm I come to you, deserved of scorn
“For we both can't but agree Was greatest sin that ever lived Corrupting faith did I to thee Forgiveness I implore you give”
Sorrow plagues her as she kneels Before the one she has so wronged Upon her chin, a touch that heals From one who smiles with peace prolonged
"Who among us have not erred? You gave me clemency from sin And now is judgment long deferred Delivered unto one who grins
"For before the price I pay A chance to love did I receive To die for self, a most sad way To die for love, I do believe
"Is better than to live with hate" A kiss then shared in astral sea As reconciliation sates The guilt that makes both want to flee
"So is this the last goodbye?" Does Cozy ask with tear-filled eyes "When I am gone, will you still try To fight until your last demise?"
Smiling, Flurry then replies "An end for most this would have been To strike a spell with sword of ice The blast did break your body then"
Magic glows around them now "But in an act of sacrifice Did you prove true to be allowed An honour that I can't suffice"
Transubstantiation starts As arcane forces now consume A mortal mare who did depart Too far before her time to bloom
XIX.
In the night, a star descends So bright that all can see as day Before the Crystal Heart it bends And lands in front, where dirges play
From the light, a mare steps out With wings and horn, it's all too clear What she's become, there is no doubt The other princesses draw near
Front and center, Flurry stands With horn aglow she then declares That privacy they do demand The spell is cast, away with flair
In their chambers, much to say But first a hug, and tears to fall For many trials have come this day And many more, beyond recall
"Worthy of the throne no more To you since I now have this horn" Though Cozy smiles, the dread is fore As she awaits her lover's scorn
"Blind was I, right from the start" The guilt in Flurry's voice is strong "Though horn your sport, within your heart Does matter more than wings or prong
"Always was it I alone That was unworthy of the throne For unlike those who are more grown I never earned this coat of down
"You, however, like the ones Who came before, did sacrifice The Heart, the Stars, the Moon, the Sun Among the chosen you suffice
"Only I was born as such And only I earned not my keep And so my anger was my crutch That cost your life, and so I reap
"Seeds of hate that I did sow But you broke free and showed faith true And now to you that I should bow I doff my crown, to give to you"
"Once again, I tell you this But selfishness did taint my vow" With utmost urgency they kiss "I wished to serve, so that somehow
"You would choose me evermore" With that confession, both grow light As sins forgiven, scars they bore Begin to heal, so they take flight
"Much to learn, of Faith and Love For both of us, a road so long Together shall we grow thereof As Hope will never cease Her song"
Dance among the stars as one For reckoning has still to come As they account for lies they've spun And purge the darkness they succumbed
But for now, their hope shines bright For they've found freedom in their faith Belief gives darkest minds the light To leave their pasts behind to waste
