It had been about two months since King Sombra had been defeated and Garble had been turned to stone. And everyone had been busy preparing for a big day.

Spike and Ember's marriage day.

The two had decided to have the wedding in the Dragon Lands. There were three reasons for their decision: they had wanted it to be where they had first met, they wanted to share pony life mate customs with dragons, and most importantly, there was dragon traditional ritual that dragons do when they become life mates.

Spike was standing at an altar made by both dragons and ponies. By his side was Matches who was serving as his bestdrake since he was he was the first guy drake who became Spike's friend. Twilight stood across serving Ember's mare of honor since she was Ember's first pony friend.

Celestia stood at the alter to serve as the minister of the wedding.

In the benches sat all of their friends and family.

Rainbow Dash heard sniffing as she looked to her right to see Shining Armor and his wife Cadence sitting with Flurry Heart, Twilight Velvet, and Night Light. "Shining Armor? Are you crying?"

"No. It's liquid pride. Can you blame me? Spike is like a little brother to me and this is a big day for him."

Night then spoke, "He's right. Spike has been apart of the family since Celestia had brought him home to us. And seeing him take the same step Shining Armor did when he became Cadence's husband is a big moment for all of us."

At the altar, Match noticed Spike was sweating heavily. "Relax dude. If you get any hotter, you'll burn your suit off."

"Can you blame me? This is the biggest step me and Ember are taking. You'd be the same if you were in my spot right now."

Twilight smiled to the dragon she saw as a brother. "Spike? Match is right. If Ember didn't want this, would she would never had said yes to you when you proposed to her? I don't think so. You and her are perfect for each other and will have a fantastic future together. I just know it."

Spike smiled to his adopted sister as they soon began hearing Fluttershy's birds singing the wedding tune.

The doors to the chamber opened to reveal Ember in a beautiful white, wedding dress being escorted by Torch who was wearing a tuxedo himself. They soon met Spike where he took Ember's hand as Torch nodded to him and took his seat beside Princess Luna and Pipsqueak.

Celestia smiled as she began, "Dragons and ponies. We are gathered here today to join Spike Dracone of Canterlot and Dragon Lord Ember of the Dragon Lands in holly matrimony. They have done many extraordinary things in their time together. Including bringing our two races into peace with each other. They now proceed to take their next step in showing the love they shower. They will now recite their own speeches for one another."

Spike smiled to his bride. "Ember. Our time together has been the most treasured moments of my life. You have shown me what it means to be a dragon and how we can change to anything. Having you as my first friend from the Dragon Lands was how we first started, then you became the love of my life when you first came to Ponyville, and now I'm honored to take the next step into becoming your husband."

"Spike. You were the one to show me how life can be when you have friends. You inspired me to become the Dragon Lord I am to this day. You also showed me how important having you as my first friend is to me. Being with you as been one of the greatest experiences of my life. Even greater than becoming the Dragon Lord. And now I know the adventure will continue as I become your wife."

Not a single eye was dry after hearing this.

Celestia looked to her adopted son. "Do you Spike take Ember to be your lawful wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richness, for poor, in sickness and health, until death do you part?"

"I do."

Celestia then looked to her soon-to-be daughter-in-law. "And do you Ember take Spike to be your lawful husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richness, for poor, in sickness and health, until death do you part?"

"I do."

"The rings please."

Twilight and Match handed them the gold rings as Spike and Ember put them on their ring claws.

"You may now kiss your bride."

The two dragons embraced one another in a long, sweet kiss as everypony and dragon cheered.

Rainbow Dash then took to the air to do her signature Sonic Rainboom to mark the moment.

Soon later, everyone was out in a field where the reception was held.

Torch watched as his new son-in-law and daughter fed each other their cake. Thanks to Pinkie, a cake had been prepared with half being regular for ponies and the other half being studded with gems for dragons.

"You must be very proud of your daughter Torch."

Torch turned to see Celestia standing there. "Indeed I am. She showed me she earned being Dragon Lord and led our kind to making peace with yours."

"I couldn't think of anyone else I'd want Spike to spend the rest of his life with. Shall we congratulate them?"

"After you."

The two approached the newly wedded couple as Torch approached Spike with a smile on his face. "Spike. Welcome to the family. I can't think of anyone to be with my daughter for life and to call my new son."

Spike smiled to his new father-in-law as he shook his hand. "I'm honored to be part of the family Mr. Torch."

"Just call me Torch now son. Like I said, you're family now."

Celestia looked to Ember and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Welcome to our royal family Ember. While you were already a princess at first, I can't think of anyone I'd want more a part of our family as Spike's wife than you."

Ember smiled to her new mother in law. "Thank you... mother."

The two shared a hug as Spike watched his new wife and his mother share a family moment.

Twilight and Flash approached as Twilight asked, "So Spike. When you two return from your honeymoon, what's your living plan?"

Spike looked to Twilight and the other girls who have been his friends for a long time with a sad look. "As much as I love you all and love Ponyville, I plan on living in the Dragon Lands with Ember. Being her husband means I'll be sharing the responsibilities of this land with her. I hope you guys understand."

Twilight smiled as she wrapped her adopted brother in a hug. "Spike we understand perfectly. We knew you would be living with Ember here and have even prepared to have all of your belongings here while you and her are away. Just promise us you'll write whenever possible to keep us up with how you are and how Ember is. And it wouldn't hurt to come and visit when possible and we'll be sure to do the same and come visit when possible. Deal?"

Spike smiled and returned the hug. "Deal."

The rest of the mane 6 approached Ember with Rarity speaking first, "Promise us darling that you'll treat Spike well."

Rainbow then spoke, "Even though it didn't always seem like it, he's an important part of our group."

Applejack tipped her hat. "And he will always be important to all of us."

Pinkie smiled. "He's the best dragon any group of ponies could have as a friend."

Fluttershy brushed her mane back. "And he'll always be the kindest and most caring dragon we'll ever know."

Ember smiled to the group of mares as she said, "I can tell Spike is important to you all. Which is why I promise as your friend that I will always give Spike the love and respect he deserves as his new wife."

The girls smiled and surrounded Ember in a group hug. As the time passed Ember became used to displays of affection between friends such as hugs. So she smiled as she returned the hug the girls were giving him.

After the group hug broke, Torch approached his daughter. "Ember? I believe it is time for you and Spike to prepare for the Dragon Lands' traditions of soul mates."

Ember nodded to her father and led her husband to a secluded area with some of the dragon guards.

Celestia looked to Twilight. "So Twilight? Have you, Starlight, and Sunburst managed to figure out kind of magic Spike is holding within himself?"

"Not even close. We've searched through every archive of ancient magics from both my library and from that of the Crystal Empire's and have found nothing. While Ember and Spike are away on their honeymoon, we're going to try and search through some of the historical texts of the dragon lands and see if there's anything there."

"We're ready dad."

Everyone turned to see Spike and Ember wearing their custom armor.

Torch smiled before chanting to gain everyone's attention. "Dragons and ponies! It is now time for Dragon Lords Ember and Spike to perform the traditional Dragon Lands soul mate flight!"

Spike and Ember stood at the edge of the cliff as Spike asked, "Ready?"

"Whenever you are."

They both took to the air as everypony and dragon watched in astonishment. The two did a routine of flight patterns as the both gained altitude to the to the top of the tallest mountain where the sun reaches the top. Once the two reached the top of the mountain and stopped in front of the sun and as they began their decent back down they locked claws from their hind legs and their hands. The two began to spin together as closed in on to the ground. At the last minute, they unlatched their claws and flew to the stone at the bottom and scortched one spot with a burst a flames from both of them.

(If you want to see it in more detail look at 1:07:40 on this video.)

Everyone cheered as the two dragons landed in front of their friends and family.

Rarity spoke, "That was marvelous."

Rainbow asked, "So where are you two heading for your honeymoon?"

Spike said, "I thought it would be best to show Ember what the beaches were like in Equestria so we'll be heading to Mihyami for a couple of weeks."

Torch asked, "Who are you leaving in charge of the Dragon Lands while you're gone?"

Ember looked to her father calmly. "Don't worry dad. Match will be left in charge since he's my advisor. I trust him enough to know what choices to make and how to run the place while I'm gone."

Then a carriage prepared with their luggage pulled up to the two as Spike shared one more hug with his adopted mother. Celestia was shedding a few tears of joy. "I just can't believe my little boy is now a married man."

"Aww mom."

Ember looked to her father with a smug smirk. "How come you're not like that?"

"Who says I'm not. I just cry on the inside knowing my daughter is all grown up."

Ember surprised her father with a hug as he returned it soon after.

After breaking from their parents, Ember looked to the bouquet of flowers as she said, "Now it's time to decide who's next in line."

Ember tossed the flowers as every mare and dragoness made a grab for it only for it to unintentionally caught by Trixie. The blue mare looked to Match as the two began to blush.

Spike and Ember then entered their carriage and flew off as the carriage was being pulled by dragons. Their friends and family waved goodbye as they soon became out of eyesight.

Author's Note

As a way to kick off the new year of 2017, I wanted to make this for my patient fans who have been waiting for this.

Now unfortunately, because I'm going to class 5 days instead of 2 or 3 this semester, I won't be able to work on this much due to balancing classes with my job. I'll do my best whenever I can. Like for this, I ask you all to be patient and I will try to work on it when I have the time and drive to put my ideas in here.

I know this isn't much, but I'll try harder with the next one. I promise.

But for now, HAPPY NEW YEAR!