The Wolf King

Canterlot three weeks later

The days had quickly rolled past, as the day for the historic royal wedding of Pony and Changeling was upon Canterlot, the soon to be newlyweds had been restless as they had planned out each and every tiny detail down even the designs of the tablecloths and napkins. With the food, that was an entirely different story, as multiple types and styles of food had been specifically catered to the needs of the guests, both local and the few foreign friends that had been invited, a few were coming from the Zebra lands, Neighpon and even from as far north as The Highlands.
Yet for Ulfric it had been a rather crazy three weeks, from arrange all the security, and to add to all that a threat had been made against the city three days ago. But that was things to a turn for the weird. About one day after the threat to Canterlot had been received both Chrysalis and Cadence has begun to act very strange one minute they were all happy and laughing , to acting like Ulfric was a complete stranger even going as far as looking in a way the seemed very off. This new situation was starting to cause red warning flags to start popping up one by one within the confines of Ulfric’s mind, something has happened and who or whatever is behind it has now comprised or done worse with two soon to be important individuals in the history of Equestria. Yet his attention was elsewhere as he now stood upon the rampart that overlooked the main gate and primary entry point into city observing a scene that put him into bewilderment. Below stood Twilight Sparkle, Spike and the other Elements of Harmony, who walked with awkward anticipation as the younger Sparkle angrily chastised her older brother.

"How could you go off and ask to mares I've never heard to marry you?" Twilight said with a huff. "When did you even meet this Princess Mi Amore Cadenza or This Chrysalis huh."

"Twily, Mi Amore Cadenza and Chrysalis are Cadence and Chryssi, your old foal sitters and storytellers " Shining Armor said with pride, only to get a look of shock and surprise from his younger sister.

"Wait thee Cadence and Chryssi as in the greatest foal sitters and story tellers in the history of foal sitters and storytellers." Twilight becoming more excited by the second.

"Hehe You tell me they were your foal sitters and storytellers." Shining Armor said with a chuckle.

“Wow, Cadence and Chryssi, their beautiful, smart caring and fun.” Twilight said staring of into the distance with a starry eyed look.

“That they are twily.” Shining said messing up Twilights mane on purpose just enough to annoy her, twas a good sign of a friendly older younger sibling relationship. However, fate had decided to derail that happiness at this exact moment

"How many unicorns or changeling can help others understand and spread," Twilight said "And I only know of one of each."

“I hope we’re not interrupting anything important.” came a voice Twilight was all too familiar with.

“Cadence, Chryssi!” Twilight said with excitement equivalent to that of Pinkie Pie. “Sunshine Sunshine Ladybugs awake, clap your hands and do a little shake.”

“What are you doing?” Cadence asked in disgust raising an eyebrow only to receive a look of confusion from the purple unicorn mare.

“I uh what, don’t you remember the little dance we would always do.” Twilight asked to which to the mares simply walked past with a look that was the equivalent of asking who she was and what was she talking about. For Ulfric this made his suspicions grow even more, and he quickly retreated without anyone noticing his departure. He would get to the bottom of this mystery one way or another and that was a definitive guarantee, no matter what was to happen, he would expose the truth for all to see.
The remainder of the next two days went by and they were very eventful, from the planning of what was to be served for the food, what music was to be played, and even how the dresses were designed and each time Ulfric would catch the end of each one of these moments seeing both Cadence and Chrysalis acting in a way that was very unlike them. And each time it was Twilight who would actively seek out the human, to the point both of them were now trying to find out what had caused the drastic change in personality for both Pony and Changeling. The latest piece of evidence that Twilight has brought to Ulfric was when she had caught both Cadence and Chrysalis casting some sort of spell on Shining Armor that made him look zombified and subservient to the Alicorn and Changeling even going as far as saying he would serve them both for ever, with this new knowledge brought to life, both the human and mare believed they had a reasonable amount of evidence to use against the now confirmed imposters, and bring out the truth. However things would quickly go from strange and confusing to defcon 1 on the day of the wedding rehearsal.
Throne Room day of the dress rehearsal
The throne room was empty save for Cadence, Chrysalis, Celestia and shining armor and the remainder of the Elements of Harmony all of whom were practicing their part for the wedding that was to commence tomorrow. Yet two individuals were hurriedly making their way to the very same room, for a very heated confrontation, while Twilight was wanting to expose the imposters and gain the truth Ulfric knowing that anything could go wrong at any moment was clad in full armor and had Lionsbane and Wolfsfang ready to be drawn and used the moment he felt the need for diplomacy was very much over.

“Ready?” Twilight asked with a hardened expression on her face.

“More than you realize.” Ulfric as he lowered his helmet over his head, acceptance or not he would be damned if he let some imposter try something, even if it had to result in violence. Twilight waited as she heard her brother ask where she was, knowing that now was the time the Lavender mare through the doors open.

“I’m here I’m not going to stand next to them and neither should you.” She said marching with Ulfric close behind, the two guards on either side of the door snapping to attention and saluting their Lord Commander.

“I’m sorry I’m not sure why she’s acting like this” Shining armor said after he saluted Ulfric.

“Maybe we should just ignore her.” Chrysalis said with and irritated glare.

“You have to listen to me.” Twilight shouted stomping her foot against the tiled floor clenching her fists in anger.

“Oh my are you okay?” Fluttershy asked as the timid Pegasus rushed to Twilights side.

“I’m fine.” was Twilights reply.

“Ya sure bout that.” Applejack asked only to hear a grunt from Ulfric who cast a look to the farmer that clearly said to stay out of this. The apple farmer gulped once and simply nodded before quickly moving away.

“I’ve got something to say,” Twilight said taking a few steps forward before pointing at both Cadence and Chrysalis accusingly “they’re evil.”
This sudden accusation caused Shining Armor to quickly move in front of both mares as the remainder of the main six and the two guards began to mutter in shock and disbelief to each other.

“They’ve been horrible to my friends, she's obviously done something to her bridesmaids, and if that wasn't enough, I saw her put a spell on my brother that made his eyes go all wonky.” Twilight teleporting besides the pink Alicorn and Changeling Queen circling them like a predatory beast.

“Why are you doing this to us?!” Both woman said as they started to cry.

“Because your evil.” Twilight said sternly, this ended up causing both of the mares to run from the throne room in tears, but Twilight still had on last jab to make.

“ Evil! And if I don't stop you, you're gonna ruin my brother's life!” Twilight yelled before slamming the doors shut, only to be face to face with a very angry Shining Armor.

“You want to know why my eyes went all wonky? Huh! Because ever since I started having to perform my protection spell, I've been getting terrible migraines. Cadance or Chrysalis haven’t been casting spells on me. They’ve been using her magic to heal me!” Shining armor said with aggression. Twilight gasp in shock upon learning this, but Ulfric did not by this, for one neither Cadence or Chrysalis had red magic but instead blue and green, so this was strike one. And this was even more evidence that Ulfric knew that would be able to unravel this mystery.

“And they decided to replace their bridesmaids because she found out the only reason they wanted to be in the wedding was so that they could meet Canterlot royalty! And if they haven’t been on their best behavior with your friends, it's because with me being so busy, they’ve had to make all the decisions about the wedding!” Shining said stomping hard once. Strike two for what Ulfric remember being told by both Cadence and Chrysalis is all three of them were planning the wedding, so again more proof of something foul was made present.

“I was trying to-“ Twilight tried to say before she was interrupted.

“They both have been completely stressed out because it's really important to them that our big day be perfect! Something that obviously wasn't important to you Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go and comfort my brides. And you can forget about being my best mare. In fact, if I were you, I wouldn't show up to the wedding at all.” Shining Armor said as he stormed off muttering a plethora of curses under his breath.

“C’mon y’all let’s go check on the Princess and queen” Applejack said as she and the remainder of the mane six left the throne room.

“Twilight words cannot describe how very disappointed I am in you right now.” Celestia said with a disapproving look as she walked past, only to lose said look as her eyes meet Ulfric’s who’s own eyes have a look of disappointment to her.

“I was-.“

“You have a lot to think about.” was all Celestia said as she slammed the doors shut.

“Damn that woman, even she is too blind to see the truth.” Ulfric said with a suppressed growl of anger.

“Maybe I was being overprotective. I could've gained two sisters. But instead... I just lost a brother.
He was my big brother, best friend
Forever...
And now, we'll never do anything
Together...” Twilight said with a defeated sigh, her ears folding against her skull as she hung her head in shame.
“It is far from over young Sparkle, is still remain unconvinced of the validity of what your brother has spoken, if I find it to be false then I will have a selection of choice words to speak to him.” Ulfric said as he began to formulate a new plan within his mind, however this train of thought was quickly interrupted as the doors to the throne room suddenly opened with a crash as Cadence and Chrysalis entered the room once more, not even showing a single sign that they had been crying.

“I’m sorry.” Twilight said facing them, but unable to look them both in the eyes.

“You will be.” both mares said, the moment they said this Ulfric’s hand dashed for his sword, yet before he could even draw the weapon from its scabbard, his hands were restrained as a sphere of red flame began to surround him and Twilight. The last thing they both saw were the faces of the now revealed imposters and their blood red eyes before both human and unicorn sank through the floor and out of sight.