A Burning and Loving Reunion

Three months have passed since Eternal Flames, along with his friends moved into Ponyville. During that time, Pinkie Pie had thrown him and his friends a big welcoming party. Eternal didn't really eat any sweets because he didn't have a sweet tooth, but if he did, he'd poor hot sauce on it to make it taste a bit better. While in Ponyville, Rarity had made his friends a few suits with the wedding coming soon. Eternal already had an outfit though but Rarity still made him a spare one. Applejack had helped out by offering a few apples to help satisfy their hunger when they were working on the house they were building. Of course Twilight and her friends also decided to have a nice and relaxing little picnic with the guys. They started talking about stuff that happened on their journeys.

"Wait,  why would Aunt Luna do something like that? It just pains me up inside to think that her dark side "Nightmare Moon" had gotten her banished for 1000 years." Eternal says in shock.

"Yes, but she's better now, thanks to a little help from Twilight." Spike says.

"But it wasn't as easy as it sounds." Twilight says.

"Yeah, but anyhow, congrats on yer parents gettin' hitched. You should consider yerself lucky, Partner." Applejack says warmly.

"Thank you." Eternal says smiling to A.J.

"So what else happened here besides my family going through these heartbraking hardships?" Heat Wave asks.

"Well, my big brother, Shining Armor had once fallen under a spell of the changeling queen, Chrysalis during his wedding with Cadance." Twilight says.

"Yeah, but we kicked some real changeling flank! Well...with a little help from Cadance as well." Rainbow Dash says.

"OOH, OOH, OOH! There was also the time when we fought against this huge bully named Tirek who was taking the magic from everypony from all of Equestria! Mostly it was Twilight fighting him with her enhanced magic she got from the other princesses before Tirek got a chance to take it from them." Pinkie Pie said in a fast and hyper tone.

"Yes, yes, so what kind of adventures did you and your friends have where you kind stallions were at, darling?" Rarity asks.

"Well let's just say it was like trying to stay alive, Ms. Rarity" Tidal Wave said.

"Oh my, was it that bad?" Fluttershy asked in a soft and quiet tone with a hoof covering her mouth.

"To be specific, we had recent battles with the dragons during our teenage years." Shadow Force says frowning at the ground.

"They'd constantly invade our kingdom, turning our towns into rubble and burning our produce." says Ground Dasher before he takes a bite out of his apple.

"But wait, how can you guys take on dragons? They're bigger in size and strength!" Applejack says raising one of her eyebrows.

"Well, we've got certain powers that aren't known to a lot of outsiders. We got them at birth. But they're different elements from each other. It helped us keep our kingdom going." Eternal explains.

"What do you mean "powers"? You guys are all earth pony...oh but I don't mean any offense to that." Twilight says.

"No worries. But maybe it'd be easier if we just showed you." Eternal says as he and his friends stand on all fours.

"Um...ok?" Twilight says with a skeptic look. Soon, Eternal and his friends get some distance from each other. They all hold out one of their hooves and close their eyes, except for Ground Dasher, who was only keeping his eyes closed. What happens next catches Twilight and her friends by surprise as each of the guys shoot out each of the following. Hurricane Blitz shoots up a strong gusting wind, which soon takes the form of a hoof-held tornado. Ground Dasher opens his eyes and thrusts his hoof upwards like an uppercut and causes the ground below his hooves to extend upwards into a tall stalagmite, but soon makes it comes down bringing the ground back to its original form. Shadow Force blasts out dark aura from his hoof and makes it vanish. Tidal Wave summons a miniature tornado made of water in his hoof but soon makes it vanish. Spark Wave growls and starts channeling electricity around his body and forms a lightning sphere onto his hoof before making it explode over his head. Finally, Eternal and Heat Wave channel balls of fire onto each of their hooves soon forming them into the shapes of phoenixes and makes them vanish into the sky. After this is done, they all sit down and see the looks on the girls' faces. All of them had their jaws dropped.

"That...was...AWESOME!!!" Rainbow Dash shouts with amazement.

"Hmm, maybe...just maybe..." Twilight says to herself.

"Come now, Twilight, dear. Let's not get any ideas on your ridiculous experiments on these gentlemen, darling." Rarity says, looking at Twilight with a stern face. Twilight then soon blushes.

"Sorry." Twilight says. Heat Wave soon started to blush himself.

'Wow...I didn't notice it until now...but...when she blushes, she looks so cute.' Heat Wave thought to himself. Eternal and his friends soon explains the rest of what happened during the war against the dragons years ago. Eventually they started talking about their fair share of having battles with Tirek as well.

It was 8:00 A.M in the morning and Eternal had just woken up in his bed. He was still a bit tired as he looked out the window seeing the birds flying by and chirping away. He lets out a quiet yawn and rolls out of bed. He fixes his sheets and walks over to his brother, Heat Wave, on the other side of the room who was still sound asleep. Chuckling a bit at how peaceful he looked, he had to wake him up, which he hated to do.

"Hey, lil' bro. Come on, get up, today's the day." He says softly. Heat Wave lets out a yawn and slowly opens his eyes.

"What's going on? Didn't I already get my paycheck yesterday?" Heat Wave says softly.

"Come on, Heat Wave. The wedding is today. You gotta get ready quick if you want to see our parents get "officially" married." He says still shaking Heat Wave. Heat Wave then knocks his brother's hoof away.

"Alright alright, I get it, I'll get-" he then cuts himself off with a gasp. "OH NO, OH NO, OH NO!!!!! I DON'T HAVE MY SUIT! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO, BRO?!" He shouts jumping out of his bed, running around the room trying to find his suit.

"Would you calm down already? I had it washed last night so you can stop worrying about it. Now go get yourself cleaned up, and then come down and have breakfast." Eternal says. He then walks downstairs into the living room and walks towards the kitchen. Heat Wave is in the bathroom upstairs brushing his teeth and combing his mane. All the while he started thinking about how his parents are going to "officially" going to be husband and wife. At the same time, he noticed how much his older brother, Eternal, had changed. Back then he always saw him as a reckless fighter, soon turned into a proper gentlestallion. Soon he started thinking about Twilight, which made him blush a little bit as he was looking himself in the mirror finishing up with his teeth and mane.

'Maybe one day I'll ask Twilight if...no...she'd probably reject me.' Heat Wave thought to himself. But he started to wonder if Eternal had feelings for Twilight which made him feel like he shouldn't try to take his brother's happiness. Eternal was downstairs cooking up some pancakes for his brother, while he cooked himself some eggs and a side salad. He kept on thinking about how some of his friends, along with his brother, started acting rather different when they saw some of Twilight's friends, along with Twilight herself.

'I don't know if it's a stallion's intuition, but I'm starting to think Heat Wave has a crush on one of the girls.' Eternal thought to himself.

"Hey, is that pancakes I smell?" Heat Wave says. Eternal looks back and sees his brother with who has a bright smile with his mouth hanging open and teeth sparkling. He'd start to chuckle

"Yes bro, I made you some pancakes. So go ahead and grab a plate and I'll serve them up for you."

Twilight and her friends were in her castle talking about Celestia's wedding. The girls had a lot on their minds, mostly it was Twilight and Rarity out of the 6 girls.

"I'm so happy knowing that Princess Celestia is finally getting married." Twilight says.

"You mean "officially" get married, but yes I'm simply delighted about it as well. But I can't believe the princess has 3 sons. Even though her oldest son is planning a wedding of his own, I still think her other 2 sons are simply to die for." Rarity says with a giggle.

"Hey Twi." Applejack said. "What is it, AJ?" Twilight replies. "You should know that that Heat Wave feller was lookin' atcha with a rather peculiar type-a look on his face." Applejack says with a wink causing Twilight to blush for a bit.

"I...well he IS kind of sweet...but...I dunno." Twilight says as she looks away still blushing.

"Aww, don't be embarrassed about it Twilight, I'm sure he'd make such a SWEET and LOVING coltfriend." Pinkie says which makes the others giggle along with her.

"Not funny, Pinkie!" Twilight says turning to Pinkie with a cute mad look on her face.

2 hours later, the gangs make their way over to Canterlot at Princess Celestia's castle. Upon arriving, they noticed half of the citizens of Ponyville AND Canterlot all seated in and chatting with one another. Twilight could spot her brother and Cadance along with Flurry Heart at the front row. As usual, Shining Armor is bawling his eyes out, making Eternal raise an eyebrow

"Uh...ok? Is he always like this at weddings, Princess Cadance?" He asks.

"Yeah, but I've gotten use to it." She replies with a slight chuckle.

"Ok then, I'm going to go check on my dad and see how he's doing." Eternal says walking towards the dressing rooms. "Hey guys, could you make sure my brother doesn't leave your sights? I won't be long." Eternal says looking back at his friends. They all nodded and soon he continues to walk over to the dressing room and notices his father fully dressed and ready to go. "Well, don't you look 10 years younger." Eternal says, making his dad jump. He gives a chuckle.

"I think you just scared a few years outta me, you little rascal." Royal Blaze says to his son.

"It's a pretty packed up house in there. You and mom ready for this?" Eternal asks.

"Of course I am, son. This wasn't the first time I had to get married, but I have a feeling this'll be my last one." Royal Blaze says. "Hey, it's almost time so could you wait outside with your brother?" He asks. With a simple nod, Eternal took his leave and finally takes his seat in the front row with his friends. 15 minutes go by and soon Royal Blaze arrives at the altar while Octavia and her orchestra start playing the wedding song. At the same time the cutie mark crusaders start spreading flower petals along the red carpet and finally not long after, everypony sees Princess Celestia walking down in her beautiful wedding dress.

"She's so beautiful." Heat Wave says quietly to his brother.

"Yes, I know." Eternal replies quietly to his brother. Celestia then arrives in front of Royal Blaze and they start smiling at each other. As Princess Luna helps Royal Blaze and Princess Celestia swear their vows, she finally says "I now pronounce this couple husband and wife, you may kiss the bride." Soon Royal Blaze lifts Celestia's veil over her head and gives her a passionate kiss. The crowd starts cheering while Eternal Flames just smiles proudly at his parents knowing that their finally "officially" married as they put it. Later after the wedding, everypony gathers at the ballroom.

"Attention everypony." She says. "I can't tell you all how happy I am to know that my husband and I are going to rule side by side along with my sister as well. I think I speak for all of you that today will be the start of brand new beginnings. Now, I'd like my son, Eternal Flames to step up here for a second." Eternal raises an eyebrow wondering what she's talking about but he just walked up to her. "Eternal Flames, what I'm about to give you is probably gonna be both a great accomplishment in your life and a step forward into your life. Please kneel, my son." Celestia says proudly. Eternal Flames decides to do what she says and kneels down in front of her. "Eternal Flames, as the Princess of Equestria, I hearby dub you, now and forever, the Prince of Equestria!" Celestia says proudly causing Eternal's eyes to shoot wide open. He was just given a title even more serious, yet honorable than being the "Prince of the Rogues" from his old kingdom. Trying to keep his composure, Eternal stands up and looks at his mother.

"Thank you, mother. I am honored. I'll be sure to hold this title with honor, dignity, and responsability." Eternal Flames says proudly. Soon everypony started cheering and Heat Wave jumped at his brother giving him a big ol' bear hug. Eternal hugs him back. Pretty soon Twilight and her friends, along with Eternal's friends start gathering around for a group hug.

"THREE CHEERS FOR NEW THE PRINCE OF EQUESTRIA!" Shadow Force shouted.

"HIP HIP..."

"HOORAY!!!"

"HIP HIP..."

"HOORAY!!!"

"HIP HIP..."

"HOORAY!!!"

Everypony cheer alongside with them for their new prince.

'At least now...my goals of becoming the strongest guardian Equestria will at least be much more meaningful and quite honorable at the same time, too. Mother...Father...brothers, and all my friends. Thank you all so much' Eternal says proudly in his mind as he looks at his friends and beloved family.