Marriage

One evening later, everypony was at dinner inside the Castle. They were all seated and waiting for their meals to arrive. The girls were seated on the far end of the table while Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, Flurry Heart, and Twilight were sitting next to Spike and Celestia, who were sitting at the far end of the table.

"You know, when Apple Bloom looked at the paper and saw the name of the article, she thought that it was adorable. Like it was a fairy tale or something." Applejack said, trying to start a conversation.

"Likewise. Sweetie Belle said it was cute when she read what happened, though she did wonder to herself how it all started." Rarity claimed.

Without delay, Celestia asked,

"So how was your ride to Canterlot?"

"Oh you know... same old, same old. Just another ride." Starlight said.

"So princess, how did you and Spike come to form this coming bond of romance?" Rarity asked.

Both Spike and Celestia looked at each other, trying to find the right words to describe what happened at the Gala and to not make her feel guilty. It was gnawing into them like a group of beavers chewing into wood as they were trying to find the words. Then Shining Armor say,

"What difference does it make? They're in love and their baby is on the way."

"I know, but it wouldn't hurt know how it all started." Rarity said.

"Truth be told, I am a tad curious on how this kindlin' started between you two." Applejack said.

Knowing that they were gonna find out eventually, Spike said,

"Five months ago when we were getting the Gala ready, I was practicing on confessing to Rarity."

Rarity turned her head away when Spike brought that subject up.

"Anyway, while I was still getting warmed up, Celestia came into my room and helped me practice on 'confessing' to her and-"

Just then, he was stepped on in the foot by Celestia. He turned towards her and raised his arms in a way that spelled, 'What did I do now?'. Then she said,

"I'll continue from here, Spike. Now... after 'that' happened, I was incredibly grief-stricken that he wanted nothing to do with me. So Luna decided to help me with my problem by bringing me to Spike and tell him what I was really feeling. Then we promised each other that we would spend time with each other tomorrow. After that, I returned to my room, feeling giddy with love and happiness that I would get to spend time with my own son. It was really a joyous day after that. We did most of the things that we never got to do in a long time. It was like being reunited with Luna again for so long after you all saved her. I couldn't think of a better way to be more complete than I already am. And now... he's gonna be my husband in two days~." she said as she kissed Spike in front of everypony.

Seeing it just disturbed them. The girls were shocked, Princess Luna palmed her face in an embarrassed manner, Cadence covered Flurry Heart's eyes, and Shining Armor just felt indifferent to it. After a minute, she stopped.

"Oh Celestia... you know we shouldn't do that in front of everypony else." Spike said in embarrassment.

"I know. I'm just too happy to care." Celestia replied.

Just then, their meals arrived. After they were finished eating, they continued on with their evening. Twilight returned to her room, still perplexed by what she witnessed again. She was in utter shock at how close they had become. It was like she was watching dogs mate with each other for the first time and completely out of nowhere. The thought of it all just made her break down in hives.

"Just why are they feeling this way? Why wouldn't they tell me? How did I even become the odd pony out? What is even going on at this point?" she thought to herself as felt herself beginning to lose her mind.

"Twilight?" a voice called.

"Huh?" Twilight replied.

"Relax. It's only your BBBFF."

"Oh..."

"Is it okay if I come in?" he asked.

"Sure." Twilight replied.

Shining Armor slowly opened the door and walked over to Twilight.

"How are you holding up?" Cadence asked.

"It was a doozy." Twilight replied.

"I know. I never even knew that dragons and alicorns were this passionate. It almost reminds me of the time when you got angry at me for not being the first to tell you about the marriage me and Cadence were holding here." Shining said with a slight chuckle.

Twilight frowned at the thought of that as she was laying down.

"Hey. It's not that bad. When I first heard about this, I was flabbergasted at the news, but every time I look at it, I think of me and Cadence. It's-"

"Shining Armor..." Twilight interrupted.

"Yeah Twi?" he asked.

"Why am I always the last to hear about this type of news?"

Hearing it made Shining Armor lose his smile. Then all of a sudden, he had this worried look on his face.

"She's afraid for you."

"Huh?"

"She was worried about how you take this type of news. She thinks that you're so headstrong, stubborn, and a bit naive."

"Naive? In what way?"

"In a way that would make you feel like it's the end of the world."

"Why would she think that?"

"It's..."

It's what? Shining Armor, I can't figure this out unless you tell me what the problem is."

"I don't know how to describe it, but it's like the time when you first heard about me preparing to marry Cadence. It's just too hard to figure out. Are you gonna be okay, Twily?"

"Yeah..." Twilight said, feeling bummed out.

"Don't worry. It will be over before you even know it."

"Hmm. When are mom and dad gonna be here tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow noon. We better get some sleep."

Twilight nodded in agreement as Shinning Armor opened the door.

"Shining Armor?" Twilight called out before Shining Armor exited her room.

"It's good to see you again, BBBFF." she said with a genuine smile on her face as she came over to hug him.

"So that's where you've been." Shining Armor replied sarcastically as he hugged her as well.

After saying good night to each other, Twilight brushed her teeth, wiped her face, and got into her pajamas. She had no idea herself how it all really started, but she would find out for herself tomorrow the day before the wedding.