The Thunder Twist Chronicle

Chapter 15

The only sound I hear is my jaw hitting the floor. “Wh-when did you find out?”

“Just now,” She replies. “You’re not mad, are you?”

I give her a tight squeeze. “I could never be mad at you, love. I… just wasn’t expecting this. I guess I knew there was a chance when we did it, but… I just don’t know if I can handle it.” I sit down on the bed. “A baby,” I say to my hooves. “I honestly don’t know if I’m ready.”

Sil walks over to me and gives me a kiss on the forehead, “Don’t worry, we’ll do this together.”

I suddenly collapse into tears and fall into her arms. “What if I’m a bad father,” I wail. “What if our kid grows up to hate me? I couldn’t live with myself if that happened.”

“Hey calm down we have ten more month before that time. Trust me. You will be a wonderful father.”

“Thank you, Sil.” I hold her close and pull her on to the bed next to me. We fall asleep in that position.

The next morning I wake up to see that Sil is nowhere to be found. I run downstairs to see Gramma making her signature blueberry muffins.

“Good morning, Gramma. Have you seen Sil this morning?”

“Good morning, sonny,” she looks up at me brightly. “Yep, I saw her leave earlier, something about it being bad luck for the bride and groom to see each other on their wedding day before the ceremony.”

I look down, a little saddened. At least the wedding started at noon. I take a muffin and with a “See ya later, Gramma” head out the door to Gambit’s house.

As I walk down the street, almost everypony is congratulating me on my coming up wedding. This gets to be a little overwhelming, so I take to the skies. Up here, however, I can’t contain my joy, and I do a few Flare Bombs to let some of the excitement out.

After flying for about ten minutes, I land in front of Gambit’s house. Vinyl Scratch opens the door at my knock.

“Ah, Thunder Twist, I was just finishing up the record for your wedding. I assume you’re here to see Gambit.”

Yes, please.”

“C’mon in a sit down. I’ll go get him.” She walks upstairs to Gambit’s room.

A minute later, Gambit and I are walking down the streets of Canterlot, talking about anything and everything, but mainly the wedding.

“Dude, I can’t wait,” Gambit cries out. “This is gonna be so awesome. And the reception afterwards. I here Pinkie has something awesome planned. Oh, man I can’t wait.”

“You said that already, Gambit.” I look up to the clock on the castle, ten-thirty. “We should start headed to the castle. I need to talk to Princess Luna before we start getting ready.”

“OK. Race ya there.” He takes off.

“Hey, that’s not fair,” I say as I speed after him.

“Fair, you can fly twice as fast as me on a bad day.”

“Well, that’s true,” I reply as I speed past him. I fly straight up to Luna’s tower and land on the balcony, one of the perks of being captain of her guard. Gambit lands ten seconds after me. I knock on the glass door. Princess Luna walks up to it, sees us, and opens the door.

“Thunder Twist, Gambit, what are you two doing here?”

“I have a request for the ceremony, Princess.” I look at her hopefully.

“Anything, Thunder Twist. It is your special day after all.”

“Thank you, Princess. I was wondering if the lighting could be dim so I could take my goggles off. I want Sil to be able to see my eyes when I give my vows.”

“It will be done, Thunder. Now, you two better go get ready. Don’t want to be late for your own wedding.”

“Thank you, Princess.” I give her a hug. After being shocked for a second, she returns the hug. After we break I head down to my dressing room.

I turn to Gambit, “You’ve never seen my eyes, have you?”

“No, do I want to?”

“I thing you might like it.”

An hour later, I am standing on the dais of the throne room next to Princess Luna and Gambit. I look over to gambit in the dim light.

“Yellow.” He mutters. “Awesome.”
Music starts playing and the giant gold doors swing inward, revealing my bride. She is gorgeous. She looks up to me and is surprised when she sees my eyes uncovered. She recovers quickly and gives me a smile to melt my heart.

She walks up to me still wearing that beautiful smile, and Princess Luna starts speaking.

“Mares and gentlecolts, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of the Unicorn Shining Silver and the Pegasus Thunder Twist. These two have known each other since they were little foals, but only recently has their love come to the surface. Rarely have I ever seen a love as pure as the one shared by this pair.

She continues to introduce us for the next five minutes, but my eyes are locked on Sil’s, and hers on mine.

“Shining Silver will you take Thunder Twist to be your husband until the day you die?”

“I do, Princess. Oh, I do.” She doesn’t take her eyes off me the whole time.

Princess Luna nods. “And do you, Thunder Twist, wish to take Shining Silver to wife for as long as you live?”

“I do.” I do not break my gaze from Sil for a moment.

The Princess nods again. “They you may now,” she looks at my mask, “um…”

“Don’t worry, Princess, I can hold my breath.” I take off my mask, revealing my full face to the public for the first time in seven years. I grab Sil and pull her into a passionate kiss. The whole hall erupts into cheers.

To those of you who do not understand why i named this chapter Anthem, i suggest you listen to the song Anthem by Kamelot. also each chapter, with the exception of Knight of Equestria is named after a Kamelot song. i highly recommend you check them out. i really hope you have enjoyed the story so far. three more chapters left :)