Ace's room:

"So Sunset you and Trixie going to that wedding thing the rumor mill was gossiping about?" asked Ace

"We would but you're hurt." said Trixie

"Oh none of that Sunset has a pair of twenty four seven spies to watch me and with the thirteenth rolling in I'll have that bunch of thick heads wanting to check in on me and have me tell them stories. I swear half of the younger ones act like I'm their uncle or grandfather. Despite how hard I trained them. So you two go see to it you nag shiny to death about him marrying up to Luna's sweet descendant and remind him if he hurts her I'll mount his head over our fireplace." said Ace

The drones giggle as the two mares roll there eyes. "Fine but those two are not leaving your side no matter what." said Sunset.

Later that day Twilight and Megan had returned to the library and were getting ready to turn in as they had an early day tomorrow. Megan came out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, her clothes had been washed and dried by Twilight who was finishing up when Megan came out of the bathroom.

Twilight looked up at Megan "So," she began "he really said that?" she asked resuming their earlier conversation.

"Yeah," Megan replied "it showed me just how much he loves you that he is that worried about you for it." she said as she removed the towel form her head allowing her long blonde hair to flow down towards the floor. It was then that Megan heard an unusual noise that sounded like a pomf.

Megan looked up at the source of the sound to confirm that it was indeed Twilight herself. Megan giggled and looked at the now very embarrassed lavender alicorn. "That excited are we?" Megan queried sweetly. She had gotten used to teasing her now ex-girlfriend Cindy, and her little sister Molly over her girlfriend Brandy. "Wife" she corrected herself, as she and Molly had gotten married as soon as Brandy turned eighteen.

Twilight's cheeks were completely pink as she turned her head to avoid looking at Megan. Now staring at the floor Twilight spoke "Well Bryan always talked about how beautiful you were, and he wasn't lying at all." she drew circles on the floor with her hoof "You are really beautiful Megan, and I really like the idea that we're going to be together at some point. You know not just for Bryan's sake."

Megan giggled and dropped the towel she was wearing from her body "Well?" she said "What do you think now?" her tone playful.

Twilight looked up and saw Megan's fully nude body, swallowing hard as she turned from pink to red as she said "M-m-m-maybe we should just go to bed. W-w-w-we have an early day tomorrow." she nervously trotted over to her bed

Megan rolled her eyes as she walked across the room and joined Twilight in bed. As she lay down she noticed that Twilight was facing away from her. "Oh come on Twilight, we're gonna be living together and sharing a bed more often than just tonight. You'll have to get used to looking at me naked." Megan chided "Besides," she said "you're going to be there when Rarity fits me for my dress and other new clothes so you'd better make the adjustments now. Especially since I don't have my new nightgown yet."

Twilight shifted under the covers "This is payback for when I said I couldn't wait to study you isn't it?" she questioned

Megan giggled "A little." she said as she gently took Twilight in her arms and pulled her up against her nude body. Megan moaned slightly as she rubbed against Twilight "Mmmmm, you're so soft Twilight." she said as she snuggled up to her. Twilight laid there frozen not quite sure how to respond to this.

Twilight could feel Megan's light breaths on the back of her neck as she finally closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

The next morning

Sunset was packed as was Trixie. As they where about to leave Trixie stepped in to weapon room and walked out with what looked like a large stack of boxes star topped staff and good numbers of matching knives. She floated the knives to Sunset. Who took them in her magic and tucked them in belt under her jacket.

"As Ace's herd mates we have to be ready to show why one of the greatest warriors in Equestria chose us." said Trixie

Sunset nodded. "And we have to watch out for any Canterlot elite that want to play grab flank with us or Bryan's mares." said Sunset.

The two nodded and walked out to the train station. Both in there favorite clothes and caring a few suitcases. As well as a stack of boxes marked danger high explosives...

Megan and Twilight made their way to the train station where they were joined by the rest of the girls. Pinkie came bouncing along a moment later. "Hi everypony." she said "Oh Trixie, Sunset I don't know you would be coming along too." she said cheerfully

"My teacher's descendant is getting hitched to her sisters descendant. You think Ace would let me or Trixie live it down if we missed out on making the poor colt suffer with a few incest jokes." said Sunset with a smile

"That and Trixie will not let a royal wedding happen with out her masterful skill with fireworks. Besides somepony has to keep Pinkie from blowing Canterlot off of the mountain cause she is thinking of a certain stallion and not how much of what she puts in the the fireworks." added Trixie with her trademark I'm the best grin.

Twilight glared at them "It's not incest when the blood relationship is separated by that much you two!" she huffed "Just because he's my brother and my family has those ties to Celestia doesn't make it incest."

Megan looked at Twilight "This stallion is your brother?" Twilight nodded "Did you tell Bryan that?" she asked

Twilight facehoofed and hung her head "No I forgot to tell him."

Pinkie giggled at Trixie "Well you are better with the fireworks than me Trixie." she looked at Twilight and Megan "Bryan is doing fine by the way. He was still asleep when I left, but I left him a note so he'll know."

The whistle of a train sounded drawing the mares eyes to the line as thick clouds of steam puffed up from a double stacked black steam engine rolling down the rails the engine had a the regular Friendship Express behind its cars. The twin stacked engine was one that Trixie Sunset and Twilight all had seen at least once it was the the military train engine used by the thirteenth and it looked like it was possessed. Tinted red silted Windows, spikes on the front a solid plow for a cow catcher. The whole engine and the one armored passenger cars and two strange freight cars and caboose all marched this them. Ace had his younger sister make every scrap of steel for the train he paid a pony in Manehattan to design it and had his unit build it in Canterlot. Behind the caboose was the regular four car friendship express train point the other way on the line.

The Red Thirteen as it was called cause of the red thirteen painted on the back engine his wickedly filling the station with steam mist as it stopped. Before the mist had cleared came the thundering sound of ponies unloading the the cars and a click as it was detached from the friendship express. When the mist clears the full thirteenth was standing at attention next to a large stack of crates. Five in the each row, and four rows total. The first row had red capes or cloaks on them. Off to the side were other ponies getting off the friendship express these where likely family of the thirteenth judging by how some of the foals acted.

The biggest pony in in silver mythril of the night guard full plate stepped forward a red cape flapping behind them. Then came a voice that if not for the coldness of the way the mare spoke would sound beautiful.

"Acting Captain Charger Solis and the thirteenth company of the Everfree watch of the lunar guard core reporting for duty lady Sparkle. The heavy plate was clearly twice as thick then it needed to be as mythril meaning that it was the same weight as normal full plate but three times stronger then a regular mythril suit would be. And the lances locked in attention position on the battle harness looked like they where created by a depraved mind two heavy bladed lances glinted in the morning sun. As the giant of a mare stood at attention with a salute to Twilight.

Dash whispered to A.J. "That mare is bigger then your brother!"

Applejack whispered to her marefriend "Eeyup, I didn't know that mares got that big." she replied as Sweetie Belle hid behind Spike, while Apple Bloom did the same behind Scootaloo.

Fluttershy backed away nervously and muttered "Oh my." prompting a loving nuzzle from Rarity

As the Friendship Express was readied for the return trip to Canterlot and the Red Thirteen pulled away Twilight looked up at the acting captain and swallowed hard "He he he he, hello Commander Solis." she spluttered. Ace's first officer and second in command always made her very nervous "I'm glad to see that Ponyville will be in such good hooves while Ace and Bryan are indisposed."

Twilight gathered herself "Oh and Princess Luna said that you are not to bother the mayor with excessive paperwork, she uh felt that I needed to tell you that to be clear on the matter. She also said that you should leave Bryan alone while he recovers, and that he has been placed on medical leave until it can be determined that he is fit for active duty again. Is there anything you needed to know before we leave?" Twilight asked

"No, Lady sparkle. Please pass my congratulations to your brother. It not often that one of us sun blessed wed so high above our station." (Sun blessed is old term for descendants of Celestia) said Charger before she about faced and started barking orders to the troops who with some glee went to work.

"Trixie finds it funny. My family only has a rumor of Celestia's blood line. But those that are in fact connected to her seem to have O.C.D. Charger and her paper work Twilight and her check lists. Trixie wonders if it's genetic?" said Trixie wile Sunset tried not to laugh at the joke.

Twilight turned to Trixie "And constantly talking in third pony isn't obsessive Trixie? It seems to me that you have your own obsessive quirks." she said with a broad smile as she trotted to the train leaving Trixie slack jawed.

Pinkie giggled "Zing! Good one Twi!" she said as she trotted after her. Megan simply shrugged and followed them.

"You know she has a point... but then again maybe your speech is the proof that Star Swirl the crazy bearded pony really did knock hooves with princess sunshine." said Sunset with a smirk before rushing off to the train.

"HEY! Trixie's mother told her it was presumptuous to speak of one's self in the first person! And Trixie will make you pay for that remark Sunny!" shouted Trixie.

"So A.J. what you think Trixie plans to do to punish Sunset? Whip or riding crop?" asked Rainbow as she daydreamed a little.

Applejack smirked "I'm thinking something along the lines of ropes and a riding crop myself RD." she said trotting to the train.

Fluttershy turned pink "Oh my." she squeaked.

Rarity however was a little perturbed "You do not need to discuss your bedroom habits in front of Spike and the fillies. It is most inappropriate." she huffed as she headed to the train.

Apple Bloom spoke "It's not like I don't hear when they're goin' at it." she trotted to the train with Scootaloo. Spike faceclawed and escorted Sweetie to the train.

When they got to their sets Trixie zapped Sunset with a spell shrinking her to about the size of a apple and was floating her in front of her face up side down. Sunset was shouting indignantly at Trixie. "Next time you will remember which of us knows the minimize spell created by Star Swirl the bearded." said a smug Trixie.

Twilight rolled her eyes and cast a nullifying spell returning Sunset to her regular size "Okay you two that's enough of that. Save your energy for the wedding preparations." Twilight huffed

Megan giggled "It's like they're sisters, it's kind of cute." Megan said sweetly as she took her seat next to Twilight

Pinkie bounced up to the two of them and settled in for the trip to Canterlot. She hopped onto the seat and snuggled up to Megan "Mmmmm, I see why Bryan likes to cuddle with you so much Megan. It's nice." Pinkie squeed as she got cozy. Megan just slipped her arm around Pinkie.

Twilight was starting out the window though. While she was happy to helping with the wedding she couldn't stop herself from worrying about Bryan. He came across as helpless in his very worst moments, even though she knew it wasn't true she was still the most protective of him out of everypony.

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Canterlot

Blueblood had his magic phone out as he watched some of the guards setting up seating for the wedding. "This is disgusting why is Aunt Celestia allowing this! He is common guard! He is not fit for a princess to marry!" he said angrily in to the phone.

The voice that answered back was that of female it sound velvety and alluring. "And what would you have me to do my prince. Our dealings must remain hidden or would you have me make myself known? A prospect that would hinder you goals and upset my family who has agreed to aid you. If you want something done about this wedding, then you have to do it yourself." said the mare before hanging up on him.

"Why that witch! Humph! Very well! I'll just have to put a end to this farce myself then." said Blueblood as he turned and walked off of the balcony.

"I can't believe you two spent the whole train ride making out in your seat after you made up! I mean three hours of the heaviest kissing I ever seen in my life!" said Rainbow Dash as she walked out of the train her wings nearly getting her stuck in the door.

"What can we say, we have a vary happy herd." said Trixie"

"Also my changelings where showing Ace a live action play by play in on his bed." said Sunset.

Applejack looked at her marefriend "Dang it R.D. you should of kept your mind on me and not what those two were doing!" she huffed indigently.

Megan and and Pinkie followed Twilight out of the train and onto the platform. Pinkie looked at Twilight "Come on Twi, Bryan would want us to have fun and not worry about him." she said

Megan nodded in agreement "We'll be back with him in a few days Twilight. He'll be fine trust me, he's a lot stronger than he seems." Megan said as the others disembarked from the train.

Apple Bloom and Scootaloo exited the train and playfully bumped each others flanks as they did so. While Spike and Sweetie Belle help Fluttershy and Rarity to gather their luggage.

"Dash couldn't help but watch, Applejack. After all Trixie is in show business." said Trixie with a shake of her hips.

"That's right and she would not have her fame if she couldn't draw a crowd with just her looks alone." said Sunset.

"Quite so. Trixie gets there attention with her fireworks, hooks them with her looks and then floors them with her skills and powers." said Trixie

Sunset bumped her flank to Trixie's "Yeah but only five ponies get to touch her. The rest have to settle for looking." Said Sunset.

Applejack huffed "That don't mean you gotta act like a shameless flirt Trix." she said as he went to retrieve her bags

Twilight went to retrieve her bags and said "I know girls, it's just that Bryan is the only coltfriend I've ever had and I'm worried about him." she responded while levitating her bags. She looked at Megan "Didn't you ever worry about him Megan?"

Megan smiled "I worried about him a lot sometimes, but then my mother told that if I really wanted to take care of him I would have to make sure I didn't smother him. He needs to have room to do what he needs to do, and we need to support him along the way Twilight."

"Yeah," Pinkie squeaked "we'll be here for him when he needs us. That's we've done that for three years you silly filly." she booped Twilight on the nose as she giggled "He'll be just fine, and then when he's out of the hospital we get to take care of him ourselves."

"That's right," Megan said "we've got to deal with this wedding and then we'll take care of him. But for now let the doctors do their job Twilight." said Megan

Twilight smiled gratefully at her two herd mates "Thanks girls, you're right." she replied as she trotted towards the palace.

When they reached the palace they found the Canterlot fire team and the smoldering remains of part of the garden.... the part where the reception was to be.

The fire chief was talking with Celestia. "I'm sorry we got here so late your highness but this wasn't our first arson today a group of street foals from the Canterlot orphanage had been running about lighting fires. By the time we got this report the closest fire brigades had run out of water. We were in luck the weather team was able to rush those clouds in or the whole royal garden and zoo would have burned down." said Chief Wet Blanket.

Megan's expression soured and she turned to Twilight "Already there's something that gets in the wedding's way? Twilight this isn't right, something's going on here."

Twilight looked at Megan "Really? You think somepony did this on purpose?"

Megan nodded "There is no way this is an accident. I don't have Bryan's intuition but I know when something is a set up. This," she waived her hand towards the scene of the devastation "is on purpose."

Twilight gasped "You mean that somepony is trying to sabotage the wedding!"

Megan nodded "Yes, what we need to do is do go on like we need to but keep our eyes and ears open for anything suspicious."

"Shall we talk to the girls and have them help us?" Twilight queried

"Not all at once." Megan replied "We talk to them one on one when we can avoid looking like we already know their game. Also I think that Sunset and Trixie will already have figured it out too. So we need to be careful and alert, if we do this right we can catch whoever is responsible red-handed."

Blueblood walked out and gasped. "Look at this mess! Fire chief! What took you so long to get to the castle? What if, and Luna's stars forbid, one of the princess had been caught in the fire!" Said Blue Blood

"We had fires in the city Prince Blueblood that's started before this one. Mostly in the poorer district we had to-" the chief was cut of.

"You put the common rabble above the safety of Princesses Celestia and Luna? How could you let your men wast time and water on fires in unimportant places when you got word of the castle ablaze! The moment a fire starts here every firefighter in Canterlot should have dropped what there doing to put it out!" said Blueblood. The fire chiefs gold coat was turning red and two of his men had him by his tail to keep him from attacking the prince.

"You're pathetic!" Twilight shouted quite suddenly "Ponies like you who don't care about others are just useless!" her face darkened "It's no wonder you're just set dressing Blueblood." Twilight stomped up to him "Now just take your little bad attitude and go somewhere you can be useful, like Tartarus!" she fumed while Blueblood backed away in fear.

Celestia Stared coldly at her adopted nephew and struck the ground with her hoof cracking it "How many times have Luna and I warned you about that behavior Blueblood?" she towered over the stallion "If you continue to express such views I shall have no choice but to discipline you myself. Am I clear Blueblood?" her normally soft purple eyes were hard as diamonds.

"Yes Auntie..." mumbled Blueblood before he slunk of to pout.

"At least he didn't hit on me."said Sunset.

"Fucking Nazi." Megan said under her breath

Pinkie's ears twitched "That doesn't sound like you Megan."

Megan sighed "I'm sorry Pinkie, he's just so useless. Also I thought Twilight was gonna hit him, she's not like that a lot is she?"

Pinkie shook her head "No, she is usually very calm, except when it comes to this kind of thing. Princess Celestia always said that you need to treasure everypony around you."

Megan smiled "I see why Bryan admires her so much, Majesty said the same kinds of things to us. I wonder sometimes if she was grooming us to lead the ponies in Dream Valley."

"So you just met the very embodiment of snob how do you feel?" said Sunset to Megan with a smirk

"Slimy." Megan retorted "People like him are ruining our society. They are also very hard to put up with."

Pinkie giggled "Oh boy are they, he's like the worst when it comes to that." she bounced over to a still fuming Twilight.

Megan looked at Sunset "How long is it gonna be before she calms down?" Megan said worry etched on her face

"There's a reason she lives in Ponyville beyond being one of the six guardians. Blueblood has tried several times claim her as his herd alpha. He even went around saying that she was his and any stallion caught with her would be tried for treason at one point. He lost his air yacht for a month and that stopped that. He still believes that Twilight will be his though." said Sunset.

"Trixie has her phone ready to take a picture of his face when he hears that, as he calls him, the Hairless Ape has made Twilight a member of his herd. Ace will want to see it. Might even hang it in the thirteenth's new barracks." added Trixie.

Ponyville Hospital Bryan's room.

"Hello mine dear friend. Dr. Joker's Wild is here to cure your ills with laughter and smiles. " Said a white furred unicorn with a and dark green mane and tail. He spun on his hind hooves and waving his fore hooves in the air. With never failing grin of his that would give Pinkie's a run for its money

Bryan shook his head "Buck my life. I've got the Mysterious Mare do Well's archenemy in my room, I don't wanna know what comes next." he laid there wondering if it was to late to take hogtied and sedated in a rubber room package.

"Oh haha monkey boy. The whole thirteenth is worried about you... So I offered to look in on our fave primate. So you want the bananas or not?" Said Lieutenant Jokers Wild. One of the five tigers of the thirteenth. As he floated the bunch of bananas over to Bryan. Joker was know for his off and some times offensive jokes. But he was a chaos mage his magic was the best kind of unstable and he was the worst kind of crazy. Needless to say Ace and him got along well even had the same laugh that reminds Bryan of the Joker in the first Batman movie. It was one thing when Ace was laughing and Jokers Wild is as far as any who knew the Batman could say joker as a good guy. But when Ace and Joker where laughing together... well you almost expected some world take over plan or epic crime. What you mostly got was near heart attacks, and very bad puns, even for Equestria.

Bryan gave Joker a deadpanned look "Humans are apes Joker, how many times do I have to tell that. And I can't eat bananas they make me sick. You don't want to get on Nurse Redheart's bad side trust me." he sighed "I'm sorry that I've worried eveypony, again." he turned quite thinking about the vengeful return of his bad luck.

"Oh yeah. Keep forgetting... " he sat down next to the bed. "Ace said you might be leaving the guard. He's taking it hard. Ace has lost friends in battle and seen a few members before you join move on to new units. But we've never had anypony not able to keep going. He told us what the bug did, but still, who will I get pester about being a primate. Sure I call old saw bones a bird cat and other things. And Black Lotus is a hoot when I call her a butterfly. But you are the only one that deadpans back to me, well other then Charger, but you at least smile when you do it. I don't think she knows how to. Either that or she needs to fill out a form she can't find to be aloud to smile." said Joker.

Bryan threw his head back and laughed "Ok that was a good one Joker, that mare would fill out form to go to the bathroom if she could make it efficient enough." Bryan wiped a tear from his eye from having laughed so hard "Unfortunately it's a risk every soldier takes just by signing up Joker, I don't even know where the strength to defy her came from. I really don't want to leave if you can believe that, I may not be the best of us in the thirteenth but it does mean something to me. I don't always let on, but I respect you lunatics, and I knew that Ace would take it hard." he sighed "Can't I just go through one bucking year without some epic level bad luck? I mean really is that so much to ask?" he huffed indignantly.

"Yeah your the bad Luck in the Lucky thirteenth." Said Joker giving him a light tap with his hoof. "But that's way ace likes having you around you draw the chaos to us. And It's me tell you I know chaos. That aside I understand. But I'll make a suggestion. Don't leave the guard just transfer to a non combat role. Like say being one of those dressed up show pieces of eye candy that the princesses have around all the time. Ace might sleep better knowing you illusions where protecting Luna from an archers bolt. Or after that lovely young princess you got heating up the sheets with you, the party animal and that tall blond and flank kicking human girl, gets crowned you could be her guard. Provided you don't distract her to much from her work. And before you ask Jammer visited Ace as soon as we got in he told her she told everypony and other race. On that note my wife told me to invite you and your herd to my place for dinner once we're settled and your out of the hospital and that bunch is back from the Canterlot. Harlequin, and my son's really want to meet the hero's of their favorite book series."

Bryan scoffed "You insane motherbuckers never needed me for that. I remember what Luna told me when Ace started to look at me for the thirteenth, she told me that calamity finds you on a regular basses. So no you don't need me for that. I know that Twilight will need some guards after her coronation, but let's be honest. Of the two of us Megan is the warrior and the leader, I'm the support." he chuckled a little "It's always been like that between us, she out front leading us, planing, making sure we all get through it. And then there's me always beside her like her shadow, always helping but never leading. And that's for the best, Megan is like both Luna and Celestia, she inspires you to stand with her. And when she tells you that nothing can stop you, well she's right." he turned and looked at the unicorn "That sounds nice Joker, although I wonder when you of all ponies got a family."

"I'll have you know that next to old Bone Saw and and that mute minotuar I'm the third oldest guard in the thirteenth, the oldest of five tigers and thirty years Ace senior. I just don't want the pain in the flank that comes with being a CO. They forced Lieutenant on me. Hopefully I can retire before they decided to stop accepting the no I don't want a promotion again reply. But yeah I'm older then I look. Best thing about the guard life being in near death experiences keeps you fit. As to my wife and colts well Harlequin, was a stage performer but after we met I paid her way through school and she's now a shrink. You might meet her soon. As to my colts Loaded Dice is almost old enough to join up He wants to follow in hoofsteps of his heroes, you included, and Punch Line my oldest is of all things lawyer. He works for the law firm Do' We' Cheatum, and Howl. Mister Cheatum is the most honest lawyer I met next to my son. And Howl is the most intelligent honest and hard working diamond dog you could ever meet..... Yeah I know that's not saying much but trust me if you need legal aid ever they're the ones you want."

Bryan shook his head "I forget sometimes that you ponies age more gracefully than we humans. I mean look at Granny Smith, she's got to be pushing two centuries and she's still pretty sharp. I know what you mean though, they pushed my rank on me too. Were it not for Ace and Luna the other captains would have pushed me into my own command." he shook his head "That would have been more or less a kind of punishment for me. I can't get used to anypony wanting to follow in my hoofsteps, make sure he understands that this path is not one to be taken up lightly." He laid back "I'm not fond of the idea of having to see a doctor over this, but I'll do it. I have to think about Twilight, Megan, and Pinkie. They are my priority now, thanks Joker. I need to rest more now, and I've got a lot to think about still."

"No problem, and for the record, Ace actually had voted to give you a squad to command after he trained you but Luna chose not to. You should have more faith in your self. You smelly ape." said Joker before leaving.

Sunset had managed to fix the damage with a plant growth spell. But the wedding was cursed. The next thing that went wrong was a pipe burst soaked all of fire works, lucky Trixie had a spell for that. Then the refrigerator blew out literally, followed by a chandelier almost making a permanent impression on Megan and Shining as they talked in the reception hall. And now moths eating Rarity's hard work!

Rarity was livid, she ground her teeth and shouted at the bothersome insects as she swatted them away with her magic. "Shoo! Shoo! Go away you loathsome vile things!" she stood there trying to zap the annoying pests and huffed "Oh where is somepony to help with this?"

Twilight was trotting by and heard the commotion "What's going on here Rarity?" she gasped as she saw what was happening

"Oh Twilight darling would be a dear and get rid of these horrible things!" Rarity said huffing again "They are destroying all of my hard work!"

"Oh dear." Twilight said as she quickly thought of a spell that would drive off the moths. she charged her horn and cast the spell sending the obnoxious insects away "There," Twilight said triumphant "now they'll bother somepony who really deserves it."

"Thank you ever so much Twilight darling. Now if you would be ever so kind as to go and collect Megan I need to take her measurements so I can begin work."

"Sure thing Rarity." she said as she trotted off. She realized that Megan was correct and decided to try to set a trap with the help of Megan, Trixie and Sunset. The next time the would be saboteur struck would be their last.

It was midnight... most ponies were asleep as shadowed figure skulked through the castle halls. In a blue magic he carried a few squirming and mewling sacks. He slipped in to the room where the song birds were being a kept for the wedding. He slowly opens the first cage and starts to lift the first sack.

As his hoof got near the cage he received a vicious shock causing him to drop the bag. the lights suddenly came on and a voice caused him to freeze on the spot "Ah ha! We've got you now so don't move!" Twilight said as she trotted out of the shadows. Her face showed a look of disgust "Are you really this sad Blueblood? Trying to sabotage a wedding? You make me sick!" Twilight said indignantly.

"Me?! A princess is marrying below her station soiling her blood line with that lowly guard! This wedding is a insult to all Equestria and the royal family!" Shouted Blueblood. "And you lady Twilight are a disgrace to alicorns, slumming it in that lowly mud wallow they call a town! On top of that you keep company with cheap whores those freaky ape things and worst yet lesser breeds like pegasi and mud ponies. When you should be here in Canterlot entertaining the rich and famous elite and the royalty of upstanding nations."

Trixie and Sunset both drew weapons. Sunset floating several daggers from her jacket as in a flash Trixie's staff paired and she was on her hind legs with her fore hooves holding it.

"Twilight I would very much like you to say he attacked you and that he resisted arrest so we can kill him." said Trixie who had dropped the third pony for once.

"Forget the legal for play, we should just gut him and feed his corpse the quarry eels. No pony would miss him." said Sunset It was clear something he said hit a nerve.

"PRINCE BLUEBLOOD!" the Royal Canterlot voice rang through out the room as an angry Princess Celestia teleported into the room with a flash of solar light. Her hooves touched the floor and she radiated rage "Luna and I have done our very best to guide you on the right path as we promised your parents all those years ago." She pawed at the floor with her hoof and flared her wings "You are hereby stripped of your title and will brought before the royal court for your crimes of hate! Furthermore all of you possessions and wealth are to be stripped as well as your herd. From now on you name Blueblood will be a 'black' name for your behavior. Equestria is a beacon of unity and equality! Guards! Take him away!"

"Yes princess." they said as they trotted into the room and chained him. "You didn't think that you could say such things about the ponies who have done the most to protect Equestria did you, you scum?" the question was rhetorical as they led him away.

Celestia fumed at this latest turn of events. "I will leave the rest of this to all of you. Well done Twilight and Sunset, your quick analysis of the situation left us with our responsible party. I bid you all good night, I will have Luna track down any other schemes that he may have been involved in." she turned and left the room.

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The dungeon

The guards dropped one by one. As the tall busty red head human woman walked through the halls.

Blueblood looked up from his bed in the cell. "What took you witch?"

The woman waved her hand and the door opened. "Had to talk to Hidia first she's mad you screwed up big time."

"Your mother can soak her head in my chamber pot. Is my ship ready?" said Blueblood.

"Yes the old goat was able to do what was needed of him. Your new mansion is waiting. And our businesses partners are putting the burned out lots to use as the plan was meant to be. Minus one Prince in the castle. The other pawn is in place and is working as fast as he can with out trying Luna's notice." Said the red haired witch as she walked behind him.

"Good soon the world will be the way it should with a unicorn king and those worthless alicorns as my herd."said Blueblood as he escaped in to the night.

The shadows in the dungeon began to flow and coalesce into the form of a unicorn. She reached up with her hoof and tapped a headset " The target has co-conspirators, you were right. What do we do now?" she said in a silken voice that caused a chill with every word.

"Did you see what race they are?" asked Shadow Wing over the magic link.

"Yes." said the unicorn "It was a human. One I have never seen before, what's more she was a magic user." Eclipse looked around at the guards who were under the effects of a power sleep spell "Inform Princess Luna, there are others from what she said, and they have agents in the city. I will keep an eye on the wedding for right now. she said as roused the guards from their magically induced slumber.

"Wait it's a human mare? With magic... great all we need is for my brother to meet her and he be to busy flirting to fight." said Shadow before closing the line.

He rushed to Luna's side staying in her shadow. "My princess, Blueblood has escaped but he had help from a female human with powerful magic. And by the sounds of it Blueblood has other allies in the city. I think he may be up to something. Beyond trying to stop the wedding." Whispered Shadow just loud enough for Luna to hear. His training as a ninja had made him take to staying out of sight when he was on duty.

An armored unicorn pony was waiting at the ship in gold armor. "They know that you have escaped sire. Should we set the diversion in play to cover your escape?" Asked the armored pony as Blueblood boarded the ship.

"Do it." He said simply.

The unicorn nodded as across the city several bombs went off including one in the castle dungeon hospital wing killing Chrysalis who had yet to be interrogated.

Blueblood sipped wine as his ship left in the chaos. "And to think it all happened right after the thirteenth got their transfer. " said Blueblood with mocking sorrow.

"Yes they would have found you and your conspirators right after the fires. Now most of the poorer sections of Canterlot and lesser business are ablaze and most of the water has all ready been used. The city will lose a lot of the lower income districts." Said the woman as she looked out on the flames a tear in her eye.

"What the buck is happening!" Shouted Trixie as she and Sunset rushed in to the room where Twilight was having tea with Celestia and Megan.

Luna nodded to Shadow "Set the weather teams to work immediately then, and send the rest of the Night Stalkers into the city to round up those remaining in Canterlot. Also send word to the guard at the hospital wing of the palace."

Celestia looked at Trixie "Be calm my little pony, Luna and the Lunar Guard's second division have it well in hoof. Blueblood and his confederates will find Canterlot well prepared. I'll need everypony to get everything back in order so the wedding will proceed." she smiled wryly "They will find that their attempt to cause a disaster thwarted quite well."

The weather teams scrambled and the second used them as cover to move in and start taking the remaining accomplices who were simply left to twist in the wind.

What they found was not accomplices but mind erased ponies that acted as ether living bombs or programmed drones... and they all had been earth ponies or pegasi. Most of them young mares seen in his company.

Shadow looked at the empty eyes of the Pegasus mare sitting in the room. It was in a building that would have been burned down by the bombs...

"He wasn't attacking he was using the attack to destroy the evidence... " Shadow ran out of the room and lost his last meal over the rail.

"Luna it wasn't what we thought he was cleaning house with fires all the hard evidence that connects to him is on that ship! All the ponies we are finding are ether the bombs or vegetables! We have to get that ship or we lose it all!" called in Shadow Wing

As the capture team neared the ship it flashed out of existence. It wasn't invisible the goggles had a true site spell on them the ship was gone. The possibly greatest criminals had escaped.

Luna said to Shadow "It matters not we shall have him soon enough those that were harmed are the priority Shadow. Take them to the palace medical wing and have them restored. Blueblood will pay dearly for all he's hurt for the moment you will go to Ace and inform the rest of the thirteenth, Ponyville must be secured." Luna turned to Eclipse "Now you are in charge of guarding the wedding while Shadow passes the word along to Ponyville."

"Yes my princess." she said and faded into the shadows

"Tia will be very upset, but all is not lost." she turned to her secretary "Inform my sister and Ace and Bryan's herd mates as well as the rest of the guardians at once."

"Yes my princess." she said bolting out of the room and rounding up her co-workers to deliver the messages.

Trixie and Sunset sat with Twilight, Megan and Celestia having tea... well Twilight, Trixie and Celestia had tea. As Sunset was pacing throwing a knife in the air and catching it in her magic... watching this made Megan antsy.

Megan got up from her seat "Sunset could you please stop doing that? You're making me nervous."

Luna's secretary entered the room "My princess the accomplices had turned out to more victims of Blueblood's scheming, they are going to be tended to. The airship however was lost, I am sorry my princess he has escaped." the dark blue unicorn hung her head sadly.

Celestia raised her hoof "Be at ease Moon Dancer, he will not allude the second forever and we can fix the damage that his plotting has done. Have the others been informed?"

"Messengers are on their way as we speak my princess." Moon Dancer replied.

Celestia nodded "Very well then, I shall see about delivering a speech to everypony in the morning assuring them that we will have everything restored as soon as we can, and that the wedding will go forward." her face hardened "I will also reveal Blueblood's treachery as well, he will be named an enemy of Equestria. Now I must retire for the evening." she said as she left the room.

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The crowds massed in the castle courtyard. It was early in the morning but most of Canterlot was there. Celestia walked out on a balcony and began to speak the crowd went quite at the sight of her. "My little ponies. Last night and in the days before we had seen much hard ship first the fires then delays in the coming royal wedding. All of this was the crimes of one pony one that I and my dear sister trusted and cared for. Our adopted nephew ex-prince Blueblood. He had been acting in secret for years sowing hatred and corruption in our nation. He escaped royal custody, and is fleeing with the aid of unknown parties. But fear not he is stripped of his rank and title, and his finances sized and will pay for both the buildings he has damaged and the care of those he has harmed. This afternoon we shall hold the wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Captain Shining Armor. So let us forget the horrors we have suffered and celebrate this new and joyous day and rest assured that the guard will not rest till the traitor Blueblood has been brought to justice!" Said Celestia no one in the crowd could see the tears in her eyes as she spoke she shed tears remembering the happy innocent colt Blueblood had been we she first took him in. But all she could here was the crowd's cheers.

By late that afternoon as Princess Celestia had promised the wedding of princess Cadence and Shining Armor took place. Though not a grand affair it was an occasion for rejoicing indeed. As the bride and groom said their I do's and sealed their commitment to each other with a ring and a kiss the sting of Blue Blood's treason lessened. Trixie's fireworks display was succeeded by a spectacular Sonic Rainboom preformed by Rainbow Dash. The reception party planned by Pinkie and entertained by Trixie ended late in the night after a stirring duet of an original song preformed by Twilight and Megan.

The poisonous atmosphere of Blueblood's hateful crusade was quickly replaced by acts of kindness and cooperation in restoring the damage done by the failed scheme. Within the next month Blueblood's ego driven ambitions would receive another blow...