Royal Romance

While the two princesses were being comforted, Velvet and Crescent were at home discussing what should be done. Velvet, who was much more against this than her husband had an idea. She said, "Crescent, I think we should pay Shining Armor and Cadence a visit and tell them about our concerns. I know Twilight would be more likely to listen to them, especially her brother. If we can get them to agree with us, they can talk to Twilight and I'm sure she will take their advice and end this ridiculous relationship with Celestia."

Crescent replied, "I don't know if that is such a good idea. She is already mad enough at us and I don't feel like her being even madder." He shook his head and continued, "Do you want to lose her trust forever honey?"

Velvet snapped, "Oh, so now you approve of this? Well you can stay here and idolize Celestia, I'll go up to the Crystal Empire on my own and convince Shining Armor and Cadence that this is wrong." She headed out the door and shouted, "I'll be back and I guarantee you, I'll end this."

She slammed the door and headed out to the train station. She bought her ticket and was able to catch the train shortly afterwards. The trip there usually takes a couple of hours but it seemed to take forever to the angry mother. Once she arrives she rushes over to the castle to find Cadence out talking to some of her subjects. She rushes over to her and nudges her. Cadence immediately recognizes her and said, "Twilight Velvet! It is so good to see you!" She had a stunned look on her face and asked, "Where is Crescent?"

Velvet replied, "We need to talk, all three of us. Crescent didn't come for reasons I can't discuss right now."

Cadence could tell that this was a serious matter. Shining was up in the throne room so it didn't take long for Velvet to get her opportunity to discuss her concerns. When they headed into the throne room Shining saw his mom and rushed up to her. He hugged her and said, "Mom! It is so good to see you!" He looked around and asked, "Wait, where is dad?"

Velvet rolled her eyes and replied, "He decided not to come because of a disagreement we had."

Cadence asked, "Velvet, it seems like you have something important you wanted to talk to me about when you got here. What is going on?"

Velvet replied, "Well, I don't know if you know this or not but Celestia and Twilight are marefriends now."

Shining Armor asked, "Really? Twily is dating Celestia now?"

Velvet slammed her hoof into the floor and snapped, "Yes. I saw them kissing on Celestia's balcony recently before she headed back to Ponyville. We approached Celestia about it first and she told us about how her and Twilight love each other. Even worse, Celestia has had these feelings for our Twily before she became a princess and Twilight told us that she has felt that way about Celestia since before her coronation as well."

Shining Armor asked, "Mom, you know Celestia and Twilight are close. Why does this bother you so much? I am happy that she is in a relationship with somepony who loves her and won't try to seduce her solely so they could become royalty."

Cadence added, "Velvet, you know my aunt will be good to her. She will be far better to her than anypony else ever could be and if that is what Twily wants, you should respect her decision." She glared at Velvet and continued, "Would you want her meddling in your love life?"

Velvet growled, "Well no but still. Celestia was Twilight's teacher and mentor. She was also like a second mother to her. She did basically raise her from the moment she got her cutie mark."

Shining Armor replied, "That is true but they are not blood related so I don't understand why you are so upset."

Velvet finally decided she would add a point of view of her's that she had not mentioned to anypony until now. She snapped, "You know what? I was hoping she would hook up with a stallion. I was hoping that she would marry a member of the royal guard." She cast her gaze over at Cadence and continued, "Princess, you married my son and he was the captain of the royal guard and now he is a prince....."

Shining interrupted, "Mom, Cadence and I truly love one another but this is a different story. I am CERTAIN that a lot of them would want to get with her so they could become a prince." He raised his voice and continued, "THEY WOULD USE HER MOM." He lowered his voice and continued, "And you know what? Most of them aren't even worthy of being in her presence, much less dating her."

Cadence added, "Don't you want Twily to be happy? I know my aunt isn't getting with her for her own personal gain, her and Twilight are together because they truly love one another."

Velvet finally realized that neither one of them would be swayed by her argument and angrily stormed out of the throne room. She shouted, "Fine, go ahead and support this. I'm going home."

After she left for the train station Cadence had a concerned look on her face. She asked, "Shining, do you think maybe we should go to Ponyville and check on Twilight? I am worried about her."

Shining replied, "I think that would be a good idea and besides, I think she needs to know about this."

They decided it would be best if they waited until the following day to head to Ponyville so that Twilight could have some time with her friends. While they both knew that Twilight would be happy to see them, they also knew that Twilight would likely go into a rage once they told them about what Velvet had done. By waiting until the following day to leave, they had time to think of how they would handle Twilight's anger.