Thirty Minutes Late

Steeling his nerves, Shining moved the box to the bed in order to stop its loud clattering and tore the note from the top. Just as he suspected, it was a letter from Cadance written in their special ink. The previously invisible letters started to glow a faint blue in the room’s special lighting.

To My Beloved Shining Armor,

Congratulations on solving my scavenger hunt, just like I promised, this hunt will end in something you love. While you and the guards were napping, I managed to pry apart bits of the carriage and seal our friend inside. Silters are just like stallions: once they’ve had their fun, they’re done. I may have had to convince you and the guards that the whole thing didn’t happen, but that was just so nopony would have to be worried. I’m sure you can understand.

Love Cadance,

P.S. Look behind you, sexy.

Shining Armor turned about face and found Cadance behind him in lacey white stockings and a similarly lacey saddle that was far too tight for her, in a good way. Her horn began to glow as he heard the mysterious box’s lid removed behind him. Cadence smiled warmly, “I love you, Shining Armor, with all my heart.”

With his beautiful wife before him and tentacles wrapping around his rear hooves, all Shining could think was, “Married life couldn’t be better.”