Captive of a Changeling Bride

I visited Fluttershy in the hospital although she’s been in a coma for three months the doctors say she’ll pull through, to make matters worse I find out that Cadence held off her wedding so the castle’s now filled with the sounds of celebrating royals while I stand behind the railing of a balcony, the city streets were repaired back to their original dust free marble and the moon gleams through the cigar smoke when I smell the faint sent of pineapples.

“Princess Cadenzia” I mutter not bothering to turn around.

“Please-“she chuckles “-just call me Cadence”

“Not a fucking chance…Cigar?” I offer holding up the pouch.

“No thank you” She answers keeping her distance.

“Good” I mutter tossing the cigar stub into the streets.

I turn around to see the pink alicorn in her wedding gown, trembling yet still able to keep her gaze even though it’s obscured by the silhouette of the roof.

“What do you want?” I growl.

“I just-“

“Just what? Wanted to see how I was? To see if I was coming back to the crowds of ignorant fucks that blind themselves from reality by hosting bullshit gatherings to make everyone around them feel like their wanted? You think that spending a few weeks in a mineshaft knowing that your fiancé is marrying a doppelganger is anything like waking up to knife slowly stripping away your skin and remembering you’ve been suspended above the ground for six months, letting your own shit and piss run down your legs? I’ve seen things for the past Twenty-four years and do you know what I realize? Nothing matters, there’s no such thing as love, or happiness, just bitterness and hate. A foal can be left for dead, and the world will just keep spinning.”

“You think we abandoned you?” She hisses stepping into the moonlight the film in her eyes shine with rage “When Celestia told me about the spell that…THING placed on you I made sure that we would scour the entire desert to find you.”

“Bullshit… your magic shield threw me out of Canterlot as if it singled me out thinking I was one of the Changelings, I wonder how long it was until Fluttershy started to feel her wings getting ripped off that you decided I was worth the lives lost? The only reason why you decided to rescue me was because if I died, so did Equestria’s defense and the only one who would be remembered is the embodiment of innocence”

“That’s.Not.True.” She snarls as her mascara runs down her cheeks “No matter what you may think, someone will remember you and they won’t remember the bad shit that you may have caused because when you decided to fight the changelings, you gave ponies who were just bakers, poets, and tailors the courage to fight back, you showed them that they didn’t need to rely on guards to defend them, you became their symbol of hope when everything was falling apart around them.”

“Hope is bullshit. Do you think I had any ‘hope’ growing up? Do you think I would delude myself into thinking that someone would take me away from all the shit I’ve gone through? That they could ‘save’ me? The only thing we have to face in life is death and sadly for you, alicorns don’t have the luxury of dying next to their spouse when their shitting and pissing themselves. Death is the only thing in this life that makes sense and it’s the only thing we can’t avoid.”

Silence falls between us… the only thing that can be heard is the muffled sounds of the reception until her breath quickens, next thing I know, a sledgehammer slams into my jaw, and a slender pink hoof grabs my neck as I’m thrust forward to meet the tear filled eyes of a pissed off bride.

“Now listen here you son of a bitch! Do you really think you can ridicule the ones I love and get away with it?! You’ve suffered for too long just so you can shut us out!” I try to protest but her grip tightens “Sure life can sometimes be full of pain but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to find somepony that can ease that pain. I’ve met a lot of ponies that thought their world was ending but when they told me what was making them go through so much pain I told them that no matter what they may think there will always be somepony who cares, somepony who will hug you, kiss you, listen to your pain and sometimes they will even fight to keep you safe no matter what you n=may think Frostbite there will always be somepony who cares.” Her short ragged gasps fill the air if anyone’s listening in; they’re too scared to butt in now.

“You done?” I gag.

Cadence shivers lets go of my neck wipes away the tears and mascara then turns to the door.

“You’re right y’know-“I say boldly when she turns the knob “-Even I’ve seen those who were on the brink of ending it all but they didn’t need to hear anything about someone caring… they just needed a good fuck.”

Without another word Cadence opens the door and slams it, as much as I hate to admit they're right. Sometimes reality needs a punch in the jaw. If we are meant to live in peace ‘adapt or die’ are famous words to live by, with this in mind I jump onto the railing, stand on my hind legs and ready my wings… time to test out the new gear.