I had searched up and down ponyville for the mare and couldn't find her anywhere, so I had given up on searching for her completely. I was heartbroken for some reason even though I didn't even know her. None the less I had a gig to get to, more specifically the wedding in Canterlot. Vinyl said that the princess picked us personally because she knew that we would bring the party. Me and Vinyl were loading equipment into the van and as soon as we got the last bag in we sat and took a breath before heading out. "So how much longer until we have to leave?" She looked down at her phone and checked the time.

"About half an hour." She looked back up and laid down to look up at the sky, pulling down her shades. "Plus I'm starting to get hungry, where should we hit up?" She asked.

"Um, the fridge. Where else?"

"I thought we could go to some restaurant somewhere and eat." She gave me a puppy dog face and laid her ears down flat on her head.

"Hmmm, alright let's go to town." She pumped her fists in the air with triumph and raced to the garage. I got up wondering why she was going there when the van was right in front of us. I found her standing at the garage door with a huge grin on her face.

"What are you so smiley about?"

"Okay look, I was going to save this for your birthday but seeing how you've been a bit upset about not finding that mare you were looking for, so I got you a little something that will blow your mind." She stepped away from the garage and pressed the button. When the doors were fully open, there stood a Harley-Davidson VRSCDX Night Rod Special matching my colors and matching helmet. I was speechless, literally I couldn't talk I was so shocked.

"Uhhh, Basswave you okay." She had to wave her hand in front of my face for me to come back to reality.

"I- you- bu- Vinyl, I don't know what to say but, thank you so much." I quickly gave her a hug and turned to my bike to check it out. I got up to it and got on and felt the grips, the pedals, everything. It was my dream bike come true. Then Vinyl jumped on and put on the helmet.

"Well then let's go get something to eat!" As she grabbed my waist I shifted our weight of the stand and started walking us forward. I turned the key and revved it up. After letting it settle I looked back and said "You ready?" She gave a quick nod and held on. I twisted the handle and blasted off down the road. I took the scenic route around ponyville to soak up all the wind rushing through my mane. It felt great, being free, feeling like you could do anything. I looked over at the Canterlot's castle and noticed something weird. There seemed to be an abundance of pegasi flying towards the castle. I couldn't help but feel an ominous sensation, almost exactly like how I felt about my dream. I shook it off and focused on the trail ahead, but the feeling stayed. We quickly got to the cafe and ordered two daisy sandwiches and ate outside. I decided to talk to Vinyl about what I saw so I turned to her and asked "Did you see the castle?"

"No, what was wrong with it?"

"Well there were huge masses of pegasi heading towards the castle. I took one look at them and they just didn't seem right." I looked at her as she just sat there eating her sandwich.

"It's fine man, there's nothing wrong with a bunch of pegasus going to the castle now. They still have a lot of prepping to do for the wedding, might I add royal wedding, so just loosen up man there's nothing to worry abou-" She stopped mid-sentence which made me a little worried.

"Um, Vinyl everything okay? You seem a little tense." She looked with wide eyes and showed me her phone. The time was 12:26, we have to be at the castle at 12:30. "Oh shit." We scarfed down the rest of our lunch and sprinted to the bike. I revved it as hard as I could and blasted off as fast as It could carry us. We got home and Vinyl jumped off and ran straight for the van as I ran around the house grabbing our bags that had our formal and DJ outfits. I came back out and the van was already all the way down the road. 'You've got to be kidding me.' I thought to myself. There was one option left, strap the bags onto the bike and punch it. Once the bags were tied down I put on my helmet and hit the gas. I sped up next to the van and started cruising next to it. I turned on my Bluetooth and called Vinyl, when she looked she facepalmed herself.

"Look Bass, I know I screwed up but look I'm going to turn around now."
"No need, look left." She did and she almost dropped her phone.

"I knew that bike would come in handy, so I guess you got our bags too?" I pointed straight behind me to signal they were right there. "Great, oh uh by the way can I have my glasses they kinda got stuck in your helmet."

I took off my helmet and noticed that they were stuck, on me. I put my helmet in one of the saddlebags and turned to vinyl and stuck my tongue at her. "Nah!" I sped off ahead and left her in smoke. 'That was awesome!' I started to focus back on the road and once I got to the gates of Canterlot I couldn't help but be in awe. Everything was so, fancy. 'I'm definitely not moving here, too showy.' I got to the Inn we were supposed to stay at and parked the bike there. I went in and told the clerk who I was and he gave me my key to the room. I set the stuff down there and went out to meet Vinyl and she did not look happy. She punched me in the arm and took her glasses back.

"OW! What was that for?"

"For speeding away with my favorite shades ever." She just put them on and started walking to the van. I just rolled my eyes and got in. When we got to the entrance to the castle, there were a pair of guards waiting for us.

"State your name and business." The guard asked.

"Basswave Length and my friend in the van is Vinyl Scratch. We have come by the request of Princess Cadence to DJ for the reception." He gave me a hard look and nodded to his partner. His partner nodded back and stepped back to let us in. We rolled up to the outside entrance to the main hall and started to unload. We walked into the hall and had the wind knocked out of us. There were ponies running around putting up decorations which were beautiful purple silk fabric hanging down the ceiling. Pink roses petals were scattered around the ground and the most amazing sight I've seen. Princess Celestia was standing right there at the alter with Princess Cadence.

"Hey Vinyl, I'm gonna let the Princesses know that we're here. Do you mind setting up by yourself for a little bit."

"Nah, go ahead just set the bags over there." I complied and placed the equipment down where there was a custom DJ booth outside. I headed straight over to the princesses and Celestia eventually noticed me.

"Ah, Basswave you made it! I hope the guards didn't give you any trouble while you've been here. We have to take extra precaution for the wedding because there are some ponies who would like nothing more but to ruin a wonderful event." Princess Celestia said. I bowed and replied "No not at all, they were actually quite easy on me. I have to say though this looks brilliant! All the silk hanging, the petals, the arch made of branches it's just amazing what you did with the hall." I looked over to Princess Cadence and for some reason I couldn't explain, she didn't seem interested at all.

I mean call me crazy but usually the bride is the one who should be at least be helping in some way or getting ready in some room in the back, but she wasn't moving at all. She just had this look on her face as she watched the other ponies zip around to put together her wedding that was no more than 3 hours away. This look on her face, it was chilling, unlike any look the princess of love should ever have. She had a look of disgust and irritation, like she didn't even want to be there. She looked back and I swear, her eyes, they were emerald slit eyes for just a brief second and then gone. She suddenly had a completely different expression, like in that split second she suddenly found her purpose in life and everything mattered.

"Oh, Basswave I didn't see you there. Are you okay, you look like you've seen a ghost." Cadence asked. I then noticed that it did feel like that all the blood drained from my face.

"Umm, yes I'm fine. How are you coping with all of this?" I asked her as I gestured around the room.

"Oh I'm fine as well, It's just all so much sometimes and today is the day that it'm supposed to get married to the most charming stallion in the world." She had an ecstatic look on her that seemed to bring her back to her old self.

"Well I was just coming over to confirm with your majesties that me and Vinyl have arrived and are setting up. I guess i will leave you ladies to it. I'll see you around then."

"Bye Basswave, see at my ceremony." Then they both walked away. I had no idea what I had just saw, but i didn't like it. There were other weird occurrences throughout the day. An excess of ponies, ponies disappearing and showing back up hours later, even Vinyl seemed a bit weird. I couldn't let this feeling get to me though, the ceremony was about to begin and twilight was nowhere to be found. She was supposed to be Shining Armor's best mare but now nobody has seen her. Nobody knew and nobody seemed to care, not even her best friends. What if something bad happened? What if-.

My mind snapped back into focus when I heard Fluttershy cue her birds. Every pony looked towards the doors and there she was, Princess Cadence looking ecstatic as ever, but there was another emotion. This emotion looked like, hunger. An extreme gut twisting hunger that could be seen from a mile away. She got on the platform and Shining looked over at her, but something was wrong. He had a dopey expression on his face, like he didn't even know he was getting married. Then I noticed it, his eyes, they were a jade color with hints of his sapphire blue in them. What in the world was going on today. All these things happening, it wasn't just a coincidence. Somebody planned this. I wracked my brain for what I had read at Twilight's library. Who used these techniques for a plan sabotage. Then it hit me. Princess Cadence wasn't Cadence she was- Suddenly the doors flew open and none other than Twilight walked accompanied by, I couldn't believe it at first but it was Cadence. Everypony was shocked to say the least. This Cadence quickly explained my theory and revealed the true identity of the Cadence on the platform.

Suddenly there was a burst of green light so bright I had to avert my eyes. When I looked back my body had filled with dread. My theory was correct, standing where the fake Cadence used to be was the queen of the changelings, Queen Chrysalis.

Author's Note

Okay that's the 3rd installment of my story. If you've favorited and waited all this time for this chapter to come I wanna say that I am sorry for the wait, there has just been a lot going on. Next chapter should up a lot sooner I promise. Well I think I'm gonna go to bed it's pretty late where I'm so goodnight and if you haven't already drop a like or leave a comment down below but only positive things please. Anyways see ya later.
~BassWave