Terrarian

Cortez looked over at gunpowder Garry, and grabbed another bottle of ale,"This is the most peaceful time of my life, I don't see a land could be like this."

"Aye, but ye be forgetting the frost moon and discord, there are still the likes of those around here." He drunkely replied.

"True, but then why haven't there been? It's been two months, and nothing majorly bad has happened."

"Ye, it had been but what about those cutie mark crusaders Ye have been talking about?"

"Meh, they haven't done anything that could compare to the frost moon, oh wait expect for the time whe—"

"Isn't some picnic ye have to go to?" The pirate interrupted.

"Oh yes I forgot" he looked at the clock at the edge of the room,"It starts in 1 minute!" Cortez dashed out before the pirate could speak.

He arrived at the site, scattering birds and tearing up grass,"Well, I'm here."

"It is just gorgeous today isn't it." Rarity said happily.

Spike ran up,"Twilight, I have, a, letter!" He yelled as he colapsed into the ground and flames protruded from his mouth.

Twilight picked up the letter,"Dear Twilight, I'm sure you are as exited about the weddi as I am-Wedding?! I will be presiding over the ceremony, but would very much like you and your friends to help with the preparations for this wonderful occasion. Fluttershy, I would like you and your songbird choir to provide the music."

"Oh my goodness! What an honor!"

Twilight continued,"Pinkie Pie, I can think of no one more qualified than you to host the reception.

Applejack, you will be in charge of the catering for the reception."

"Well, color me pleased as punch!" Applejack exclaimed.

"Rainbow Dash, I would very much appreciate it if you could perform a sonic rainboom as the bride and groom complete their I do's." Cortez wondered what that was.

"Yes!"

Twilight kept reading,"Rarity, you will be responsible for designing the dresses for the bride and her bridesmaids."

"Princess Celestia wants me to wedding dress? For a Canterlot wedding!" Rarity said excitedly.

"And as for you, Twilight, you will be playing the most important role of all: making sure that everything goes as planned.

See you all very soon, Princess Celestia." Twilight finished,"But whose getting married?"

"Oh wait, I was probably suppose to give you this one first." Spike handed Twilight another letter.

"Princess Celestia cordially invites you to the wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, and my brother?!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Your brother's getting married? Congratulations, Twilight, that's great news!"

"Yeah, great news that I just got from a wedding invitation! Not from my brother, but from a piece of paper! Thanks a lot, Shining Armour." Twilight said sarcastically,"I mean, really, he couldn't tell me personally? Hey, Twilight, just thought you should know I'm making a really big decision that changes everything, Oh, nevermind, you'll hear about it when you get the invitation." Twilight continued,"Princess Mi Amore Cadenza? Who in the hoof is that?! Twilight? Are you okay? Sorry, it's just that Shining Armor and I have always been so close."

Cortez watched as they continued talking,"So I guess I'll just come to Canterlot and hang around town, seeing as I'll be in this land a while, I might as well see the sights."

"Yeah, or you could come hang out at the bachelor party." Spike said and to Cortez it sounded almost like he was drunk.

"Sure, I'll check that out."

The next day on the train rainbow dash was exuberant,"A sonic rainboom? At a wedding?! Can you say "best wedding ever"!"

"Best wedding ever!" Pinkie pie yelled as they passed through a tunnel.

"So you all get to help with the big fancy wedding, but I'm the one who gets to host the bachelor party! I have just one question, what's a bachelor party?" Spike asked as the rest laughed and Cortez was becoming unsure if he wanted to be at that party.

Cortez was too amazed by the city billet off a mountain to hear the rest of the conversation. As they arrived he heard something about a shield around the city, and continued walking with them.

When they approached the pony he assumed was shining armour, he tuned out for most of the conversation, but his ears perked up when he heard something about a threat and how he was making he shield,"Wait, did you say something about a threat? If you did just tell me the details and ill take care of it."

"Whose this? Sorry that's classified." Shining armour said firmly.

"Ok, take the more difficult way then, the names Cortez, I'm not from around here."

"Nice to meet you, what are you?"

"I am a Terrarian, and if you'll share some info about the threat, I haven't killed anything in weeks and I'm be happy to take care of it for you." Cortez offered.

"Can I talk with twile for a second?" He walked a few steps away,"Twilight are you sure about this guy, I mean did you hear him?"

"Yeah, but he means no harm to us, he saved Ponyville on multiple occasions."

"But if he's so powerful how can he be so good, absolute power corrupts absolutely."

"I don't think he has absolute power, some of the things that appeared when the moon turned into a snowman posed a threat to him." Twilight replied.

"Alright i trust your judgment."

Cortez was rather uninterested in any wedding plans, so he went off to explore the city. He flew around for hours trying to comprehend how it was supported.

It was nightfall by the time he went back, and he saw the six ponies plus spike sitting around a table, arguing about what cadence was like.

"Bet I can guess what you're all thinking! Cadance is the absolute worst bride-to-be ever." Twilight told them all

"Twilight, whatever are you talking about? Cadance is an absolute gem!" Rarity said in shock.

"Rarity, she was so demanding!"

Well of course she was! Why shouldn't she expect the very best on her wedding day?"

"Applejack, did you know that after she told you how much she just 'love-love-loved' your hors-d'oeuvres, she threw them in the trash?"

"Aw, she was probably just trying to spare my feelings."

"No, she was just being fake, and totally insincere!"

"She did raise her voice at one of my birds during rehearsal." Fluttershy added quietly

"See? Rude!"

"But he was singing really off-key."

"Pinkie Pie, you had to have noticed how Cadance treated- Nevermind." She stopped knowing what pinkie would say.

"Rainbow Dash, you're with me, right?"

"Sorry Twi, been too busy prepping for my sonic rainboom to pay much attention to the bride's bad attitude." Cortez figured rainbow dash didn't want to take a side

"Cortez what do you think?"

"Well, I wasn't around so I'm not taking a side." He said not really wanting to be caught in the middle of an argument.

"The princess is about to get married. I'm sure any negative behaviour she might be displaying is simply the result of nerves." Rarity told Twilight.

"And I'm sure it's the result of being an awful pony who doesn't deserve to even know Shining Armor let alone marry him!"

"Think maybe you're being just a tiny bit possessive of your brother?"Applejack suggested.

"I am not being possessive! And I am not taking it out on Cadance! You're all just too caught up in your wedding planning to notice that maybe there shouldn't even be a wedding!"

Cortez could see a potential clash coming as Twilights brother walked up,"Twilie! Your big brother's looking pretty good, don't you think? Everything okay?

Cortez slipped out of the argument with his stealth mode as he saw the cadence and shining go into a room. He was not ruling out the possibility of Twilight being right, so he entered, his armour turning him extremely translucent.

"I'm listening, I'm listening"

"I thought I made it perfectly clear I didn't want you to wear that."

"This was my favourite uncle's."

"And?"

"And I think I should wear it."

"Are you disagreeing with me?"

"I guess I am!"

Cortez watched as the bride to be used some sort of magic on him

"Oh dear, are you getting another one of your headaches? Feeling better?" Cortez would have killed the princess on site, but decided to wait.

"She isn't just unpleasant and rude, she's downright evil!" He heard as he flew off into the night 'so she is evil, I guess the best choice is to interrogate her, then decided what to do.'

Cortez only stayed at the bachelor party for a while, then was too drunk to assassinate anyone, and saw Luna leaving the bachlor et party,"I see you left the party too."

"That we did."

"Not fitting in?"

"Yes."

"Me too, they also don't have any ale."

Luna chuckled,"What do you think about cadence?"

Choosing not to tell her about what he had seen he answered,"I haven't seen much of her, so I don't know. But I want to know how this city stays supported."

"Ah yes, it was done with great magic and architecture."

"I know a thing or two about architecture, my mansion now sits deep in the everfree Forrest as you call it, but my magic dosent really help me build, well except for the ice rod."

"I have lived long but not heard of these things, tell me, what is your land like."

"It is full of dangers and wonders. Overall I like it."

"Sounds nice. Farewell Terrarian, we must go for our midnight fly."

Cortez watched as she flew out the open window, as the moonlight shone into the room. He soon

Luna was flying into the night when she heard a demonic voice,"Hello nightmare moon."

Luna jumped, looked around and replied,"Thou must not call us that name."

"Oh there will be no need, the real nightmare is coming, and it's coming soon." Luna saw a flash of light then darkness, and she fell down into the royal canterlot gardens.

Cortez lay down on a couch and went to sleep, unprepared for the months of peace to end!