Twin Desires: The Tale of Two Ponies Who Want Twilight

Cadence had spent two nights with Fluttershy before leaving and it was now less than a month until the wedding. Twilight was wondering where Fluttershy was because she had planned on making her a bridesmare. Finally Fluttershy shows up at Sugarcube Corner for the daily get together with her friends. Fluttershy went into the sweets shop as happy as could be. When she was greeted by her friends Applejack asked, "Fluttershy, why are y'all so happy? Ah haven't seen you this happy in ages."

Fluttershy knew that she couldn't just come out and tell them about her tryst with Cadence. She replied, "Oh no particular reason, I'm just in a good mood."

While most of her friends had no clue, Rarity saw Cadence visit her a couple of nights ago and then leave just earlier that morning. She asked, "Fluttershy, why were you not here yesterday? Was it because of your visit with Ca.........?"

Just then Twilight came in. She said, "I'm sorry I'm late girls. I've just had a lot going on." She then noticed that Fluttershy, who was absent the day before, was present. She asked, "Fluttershy, where were you yesterday? I had an important question to ask all of you but I couldn't without you here."

Fluttershy knew she couldn't just come out and say that her and Cadence were making sweet love so she lied, "Well I was in the forest yesterday frolicking with my critter friends. I hope you're not mad."

Twilight replied, "Oh it's ok." She sighed and continued, "Ok, about that question. I am wondering if the five of you would be my bridesmares?"

Rarity was ecstatic. She asked, "Really, you want us to be your bridesmares?"

Twilight replied, "Of course! You are my best friends and I couldn't imagine not sharing my special day with you."

All five of her friends were ecstatic that she would ask them to do this and they enthusiastically said yes. What most of her friends were surprised by was Fluttershy's enthusiasm, especially given the negative reaction that she initially had when Twilight first announced her engagement. Fluttershy thought that by showing that much enthusiasm that she could get Twilight to make her the mare of honor because that would put her even closer to Twilight. Fluttershy asked, "Twilight, so who do you think will be your mare of honor?"

Twilight replied, "Oh, I was thinking of Cadence since her and I have been close ever since I was a filly."

While Fluttershy was disappointed that she wouldn't get to be really close to Twilight, she still blushed at the very mention of Cadence's name. Rarity saw this and asked, "Fluttershy, your face is as red as an apple. Whatever is wrong?"

Fluttershy again knew she couldn't tell the truth so she replied, "Well uhm......I."

Rarity realized that she had asked Fluttershy a question she would not want to answer so she interrupted, "So Twilight, what color do you want our dresses and more importantly, what color do you want your dress?"

Twilight replied, "Well I was thinking that you could make the bridesmaids' dresses an off white with accents that are the color of their coats and I think something similar to the color of my coat with my cutie mark on it would be good."

Rarity asked, "What about Cadence? What color do you want her dress to be?"

Twilight replied, "Well I think something similar to the bridesmares' dresses will be, off white with accents that match her coat."

Rarity asked, "Twilight, when do I need to have these dresses ready? How long is it until the wedding?"

Twilight replied, "Well it is 28 days from now so it would be nice if you could get them done in three weeks, three and a half weeks at the most."

Rarity replied, "Well I better get started right away!"

While Rarity rushed off to her boutique to start working on the dresses, up in Canterlot things were not looking so promising for Flash Sentry when it came to finding groomsstallions and a best stallion. While he was on duty he would continue to ask his fellow soldiers but naturally they would decline his offers, often with a laugh and an insult. Finally he decides that he will ask the one pony who is probably more hated than him, Prince Blueblood.

Flash was nervous as he headed to Blueblood's personal palace because he knew how the prince felt about those who were not of royal blood. Finally he reaches the palace and is greeted by two guards. These guards, like every other guard in Canterlot, did not have a favorable opinion of him. One of the guards asked, "What are you doing here private?"

Flash replied, "Well I need to speak with Prince Blueblood."

The other guard laughed, "You're kidding right? The prince will gag and throw you out!"

Flash replied, "Please, could you just please let him know that somepony wishes to see him."

The first guard sighed, "Fine. I'll be back but don't be surprised if he says no."

The guard headed into the palace and approached Blueblood in his throne room. Blueblood saw him and asked, "Guard, you are supposed to be protecting the entrance to MY castle. What do you want?"

The guard replied, "Your Majesty, there is this guardspony who wants to speak to you."

Blueblood replied, "Oh and who is this guard who wishes to speak to me?"

The guard replied, "It is Flash Sentry."

Blueblood knew of how much Flash was hated and realized that maybe if he did this that would help improve his image so he reluctantly told the guard to go and bring Flash to him.

Flash knew the protocol. Just like when he was led to see Twilight, he had to follow the higher ranking guard. When he finally arrived he saw Prince Blueblood in all his glory, snobby smile and all. Blueblood gave Flash a nasty look and asked, "What does a pony of non-royal blood wish to discuss with me?"

Flash asked, "Well your Majesty, as you know I am marrying Princess Twilight Sparkle in a bit less than a month. I am wondering if you would be my stallion of honor?"

Blueblood replied, "What? Me mingle with a commoner like that? Don't make me gag!" The prince then realized that maybe doing this would be in his best interests. He continued, "I am sorry for my reaction soldier. I will gladly be your stallion of honor."

Flash saluted the prince and replied, "Thank you your Majesty, I greatly appreciate it."

Blueblood said, "Thanks but now be gone with you! I have things I have to do!"

Flash left Blueblood's palace with a huge smile on his face. While he knew that Blueblood was doing this not because he wanted to, but to improve his image, he headed away happy. While it was not mandatory that grooms have regular groomsstallions, he had a stallion to be by his side and that is all that mattered.

While he was headed towards the base, in Ponyville, Twilight had caught the train to the Crystal Empire. While she was pretty sure that Cadence would happily accept her offer, she still had to ask her. Three hours later she arrived in the empire. She quickly rushed to the castle and headed up to the throne room. There she was greeted by her brother and Cadence. Immediately they ran up to one another and began their song and dance,

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

Shining Armor ran up to his sister, hugged her and said, "Twily! It's so good to see you!"

Twilight replied, "It's good to see you too."

Cadence knew that the wedding was less than a month away and figured that Twilight was probably up there for something such as advice. She asked, "Twilight, I know the wedding isn't too far away. Do you need some advice on what married life is like?"

Twilight replied, "Well no. I came up here to see if you would be my mare of honor."

Cadence replied, "Of course I'll be your maid of honor Twilight. We've been almost like sisters since you were a filly!"

Twilight said, "Thank you Cadence! I'm so happy that you'll be there for me on what will be the happiest day of my life."

Cadence asked, "Twilight, who will be your bridesmaids?"

Twilight replied, "Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy."

Cadence blushed upon hearing Fluttershy's name. She couldn't help but remember the two nights that they had spent together, which she considered the two most wonderful nights of her life. Twilight asked, "Cadence, why are you blushing? Do you have a crush on one of my bridesmaids?"

Cadence's jaw dropped open when she asked this. Despite Shining Armor being present, Cadence blushed and replied, "Yeah, I have a crush on Fluttershy."

Twilight looked over at her brother and asked, "Shining, did you know about this? Did you know about her crush on Fluttershy?"

Shining replied, "Yeah I know about it and I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not like she has a crush on a stallion!"

Twilight was stunned, She asked, "So you are perfectly fine with her liking one of my friends in a way that is more than just being a friend? What if Fluttershy was to seduce her or something? What if she was to divorce you and want to marry Fluttershy instead?"

Shining rubbed his hoof in Twilight's mane, messing it up. He laughed, "Oh Twily, you're so funny! Fluttershy is not going to seduce Cadence and steal her away from me!"

Cadence added, "Yeah Twilight. You know I love your brother."

Twilight realized that her questions were rather silly and overly paranoid. She replied, "Yeah, you're right. I'm just being overly paranoid!"

Once they got all that talk out of the way they began to talk about how their lives were going and sat down to a nice dinner. While Shining Armor did know about the tryst his wife had with Fluttershy, there was no way that either one of them were going to tell Twilight about it, especially why it happened. Shining Armor hated Flash probably more than anypony in the country and figured that his wife engaging in lesbian sex was a small price to pay to keep his sister from marrying Flash Sentry, who he considered a worthless piece of shit.