Royal Romance

The next day arrived and the royal couple of the Crystal Empire were headed to the train station. Both were very excited to see Twilight but were still having problems figuring out how to handle Twilight and her rage when they told her about Velvet's visiting them and voicing her concerns. Once they got on board their train they began to discuss this. Shining Armor suggested, "You know honey, I think we should just talk with her for a while and get her in a good mood before we break the news to her."

Cadence disagreed, "Are you sure about that? I think it would be best if we get the bad news out of the way first and then the rest of the time we spend with her will be wonderful. After all, I would rather us leave with her having the good part of our trip fresh in her mind instead of the bad part."

Shining replied, "Oh, ok. We'll do it your way AFTER our traditional hugs and the traditional dance and song you two do."

Cadence smiled, "Well of course we will do that first!"

While the royal couple were headed to Ponyville, Twilight and Spike were eating breakfast on what seemed to be an ordinary day. Twilight was a bit more tired than normal and had a sick look on her face. Spike noticed this and asked, "Twilight, are you ok? You just don't seem right this morning."

Twilight replied, "Well I didn't get much sleep last night and I will admit, I am a bit sick to my stomach."

Spike asked, "Why?"

Twilight replied, "I'm just worried that my parents, especially my mom, are going to try to do something to sabotage the relationship that Celestia and I are in. She is so against us getting married but I don't care, she will not prevent me from marrying the one pony I love."

After a bit more talking Twilight headed up to her room to try to get some more rest. She figured that she could go and visit her friends in the afternoon, when hopefully she would be feeling better. A couple hours later there was a knock on the door. Spike answered the door and there stood Shining Armor and Princess Cadence. Shining asked, "Spike, is Twilight home?"

Twilight was laying up in her head and heard her brothers voice. She quickly rushed downstairs and hugged him. "Shining Armor, it is so good to see you!"

"It's good to see you too sis!"

After she broke the hug with her brother she immediately ran up to Cadence. Before they said anything else they started singing and dancing,

Sunshine, Sunshine
Ladybugs awake,
Clap your hooves
and do a little shake!

After they finished they embraced and Twilight said, "Cadence! I'm so happy to see you!"

Cadence replied, "It's so good to see you too!"

Twilight was wondering though why they would show up unannounced. She asked, "Shining Armor, Cadence, normally you write me a letter letting me know when you will come, is something wrong?"

Shining Armor replied, "Well sis, you might want to sit down for this. I have a feeling you might be mad after hearing it."

Twilight had a feeling as to what happened. She asked, "Did our parents go up and bitch to you about my relationship with Celestia?"

Shining Armor replied, "Well mom did. Dad wasn't with her because she said something about them having a disagreement over what she was coming to tell us."

Twilight went into a rage. She shouted, "DAMN HER! DAMN HER! CAN'T SHE JUST LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE? UGH I'M SO MAD RIGHT NOW I WOULD SMACK HER IF I COULD."

Twilight's face was redder than the apples at Sweet Apple Acres and was breathing heavily. Cadence put her wing around her and said, "Twilight, calm down. I know you're mad but I don't want anything happening to you and I know Celestia wouldn't."

It took Twilight a couple of minutes to get her bearings straight and once she was calmed down she replied, "You're right Cadence. I know I shouldn't let it make me so mad but when your own parents don't support you it really hurts."

Shining Armor asked, "Do you know anything about what the disagreement was about that caused dad to not come up with mom?"

Twilight replied, "Well it seemed like by the time their visit with me was over, dad seemed more open to this. I won't go saying he supports it but I don't think he is all that opposed to it anymore."

Shining Armor said, "I do know that mom is horribly against this. She tried to push her agenda on us thinking that she could cause us to take her side and talk you out of even being in a relationship with Celestia, much less marrying her."

Cadence asked, "Has she told you why she is so against this?"

Twilight replied, "Well she said that it is wrong because Celestia was my teacher and mentor, that along with the fact that she raised me from the moment I got my cutie mark."

Cadence asked, "She never told you that she wished you would have hooked up with a stallion?"

Twilight's jaw dropped open. She shouted, "WHAT? SHE WISHES THAT I WOULD HAVE HOOKED UP WITH A STALLION?"

Shining replied, "Yep. She said that she wished that you would have married a member of the royal guard, but I told her that most of them aren't even worthy of being in your presence, much less dating you."

She hugged her brother and said, "Thanks Shining, I really appreciate it." She got a sheepish grin on her face and continued, "And besides, I like mares, not stallions. I don't think she knows that and that is probably why she opposes this so much."

Cadence hugged her and replied, "Don't let your mom tell you who to love. I know my aunt will never mistreat you and that she isn't with you for her own personal gain."

Shining Armor added, "I told her that one of the guards or anypony else for that matter would use you just so they could become royalty. She didn't like it but oh well. She can either like it or lump it."

Twilight again thanks her brother but then got a huge grin on her face. She asked, "Shining, can I ask you a question?"

Shining nodded yes and Twilight continued, "Well I was wondering if you would want to be my stallion of honor?"

Shining Armor had a beaming smile on his face and asked, "You want me to be your stallion of honor?"

Twilight replied, "Well, yeah!"

Shining Armor enthusiastically said yes and hugged her. Twilight then looked over to Cadence and asked, "Cadence, do you think that you and I could talk alone?"

Cadence had a stunned look on her face. She asked, "Yeah sure but why does it have to be just us?"

Twilight replied, "It just does."

Shining Armor knew that his little sister needed some alone time with his wife and headed out the door to the cafe to get a bite to eat. While he was curious as to what Twilight wanted to talk to Cadence about he figured that she probably just wanted some time to spend alone with her and besides, he was quite hungry and soon his curiosity vanished as he began to chow down on a hearty meal.