Royal Romance

After getting some much needed sleep that night there was banging on Celestia's door, which startled both her and her new fiancee. Luna shouted, "Big sister, thou hast to get up to raise the sun!"

Celestia grunted, "Can't you just do it for me? Twilight and I are trying to sleep."

This frustrated Luna because it seemed as though Celestia was trying to pawn her duty of raising the sun off on her more and more. Then she remembered something from the night before. She remembered how she said something about how Twilight may not be returning to Canterlot so she decided she would raise it for her. "Ok Celestia, I will raise it for you." She then cheerfully continued, "But you know, I can't do it for you forever!"

There was something about her tone of voice when she finished her statement that brought a smile to Twilight's face. Deep down, she had a feeling that Celestia might consider moving to Ponyville with her. Twilight asked, "Celestia, why did Luna sound so cheerful when she said that she couldn't raise the sun for you forever?"

Celestia gave Twilight a gentle kiss and replied, "Oh I don't know, maybe she is just trying to sound happy for us."

Thirty minutes there was another bang on Celestia's door. Again it was Luna. "Big sister, Twilight, it is time for breakfast. Twilight's friends are waiting and besides, thou must be most hungry. We can hear thy stomachs growling."

Twilight replied, "Ok Luna, we're coming."

A few minutes later Twilight and Celestia arrived in the dining hall. While for the most part her envy had subsided, she couldn't help but find herself drawn to that huge ring on Twilight's horn. Celestia saw her eying it and asked, "Rarity, why are you staring so intently at Twilight's ring?"

Rarity replied, "I'm sorry your Majesty, I just can't help but admire Twilight's ring. You know how I am when it comes to gems!"

Twilight was much more understanding than Celestia was when it came to Rarity staring at her ring. She added, "Don't worry about her Celestia, you don't have to worry about her taking my ring. She is a good enough friend that I know she wouldn't do anything like that."

Celestia replied, "Well she better not!"

Luna wanted to lighten the mood as she could tell that her sister was getting upset with Rarity. Luna asked, "Big sister, Twilight, what are thy plans for today?"

The two had not initially made any plans but then Twilight decided that the time had come to let her parents know that it was official. She looked up at her fiancee and asked, "Celestia sweetie, would it be ok if we visited my parents? I think they need to know that this is official now."

Celestia had a nervous look on her face. She replied, "I'm not sure. I know you said your father has become more open to us being together but I'm still worried about your mom. I know she is really against us being together and I don't want to agitate her further."

Twilight asked, "Celestia, what can she do to stop us? Perhaps her seeing my ring on my horn will finally wake her up and she will know that there is nothing she can do. I don't expect her to be happy, I just want her to know that there is nothing she can do."

Celestia replied, "Ok Twilight, we will go and pay them a visit."

After a relatively normal breakfast the two princesses headed over towards the Sparkle Family's house. Twilight knocked on the door and for a minute there was no answer. This frustrated the two, especially Twilight. Just as they were getting ready to leave the door opened. They were greeted by Crescent Sparkle. Crescent asked, "Twilight, Princess Celestia, what are you two doing here?" He took a closer look at his daughter and gasped, "What.....what is that on your horn?"

Twilight asked, "Can we come in? We need to talk to you and mom."

Crescent showed them the way in. Velvet was sitting in on the couch when she saw her daughter and Celestia walk in. Immediately she got a scowl on her face. She asked, "Celestia, what are you doing here? Bring my daughter here to rub it in my face that you have complete control over MY DAUGHTER?"

Celestia replied, "No Velvet, we have come over here to tell you ourselves that we are engaged."

Velvet took a closer look at Twilight and gasped, "You really are!" Her emotions began to change from that to an angry pony to an elated pony. She rushed to Twilight and hugged her. When she saw the ring on Twilight's horn she realized that Celestia truly was serious about loving Twilight. She broke down into tears and continued, "I'm so sorry you two. I hope you can forgive me for my anger."

While Twilight was still skeptical, Celestia's eyes lit up and she replied, "It's ok Velvet. I can understand your concerns, mothers are normally protective of their daughters."

Crescent asked, "Your Majesty, do your parents know about you marrying Twilight?"

Celestia began to tear up and replied, "My parents do not know. Neither Luna or myself have heard from them in well over a thousand years."

Velvet asked, "Where do your parents even live?"

Celestia replied, "It is an awfully long story about what happened between them, Luna and myself so I will keep it short. Around a hundred years after Luna was born and we had mastered our roles of handling the sun and moon, they decided that we no longer needed them in our lives so they just took off and left. All they said is that they were going to a distant island somewhere and to leave them alone so even if I could get a hold of them, they wouldn't come anyway."

Crescent said, "Well don't worry, soon we'll be your in-laws and you can talk with us like you would your own parents."

Celestia replied, "Thanks Crescent, I really appreciate that."

Twilight's eyes grew wide and she excitedly said, "Mom, we're going to have to get you measured! After all, you will need a mother of the bride dress!"

Velvet hugged Twilight and replied, "That's right, I will!"

Celestia asked, "Well everypony, do you think we should head up to the Crystal Empire and let Cadence and Shining Armor know that this is official?"

Velvet excitedly replied, "Yes! I think that would be good."

Crescent asked, "So when do you two want this wedding to take place?"

Twilight replied, "Well we are kind of hoping that it would be sooner rather than later."

Both Crescent and Velvet enthusiastically agreed to that plan and headed to the train station so they could get to the Crystal Empire as soon as possible. They wanted to notify them, get them back to Canterlot and get all the proper preparations up and going so the wedding could take place as soon as possible.