Marriage

After having lunch for about an hour, Twilight and her family went to the castle to get ready for the recital of the wedding. They were in their dresses and were awaiting Spike and Celestia for their preparation. They were in their dresses for preparation and put in order as Spike and Celestia were practicing their vows. The girls were set on the right side while the boys were placed on the left.

“I wonder how those two are doing with their vows?” Rarity asked.

“Beats me. They’re probably reciting them while having ‘fun’ with each other.” Rainbow Dash said with a chuckle.

“You do realize how insensitive that was, right?” Starlight asked as she elbowed Rainbow Dash.

“What? I’m just being honest like Applejack.”

“Wha-?” Applejack said, looking at the two.

“You made some of the jokes while Twilight was with her relatives.”

“Yeah, but I-”

They all glared at Applejack and Rainbow Dash as they were waiting. All of a sudden, Spike and Celestia came walking through the door. They were all bedazzled by the way they looked and how their appearances complimented one another. It was like watching a dream that came from a fairy tale. They all had no words to describe how lovely they looked in their clothes. As they were walking down the corridor, the CMC came down the halls as flower girls when they were cheerfully walking. After they were finished, Spike and Celestia were in front of the altar with Luna in the center as the minister.

“Mares and gentlecolts, we are all gathered here on this glorious day to see the wonderful union between my beautiful sister and this handsome young drake that I would like to call my nephew. We are all aware that he has been adopted by my dear sister and that this isn’t of the regular, but where there is love, those will be the ties that bind. These two have known each other since the day she adopted him and-”

Just then, Luna stopped and everypony was confused. Twilight asked,

“Princess Luna?”

“Sister?” Celestia asked.

Luna looked at them and said,

“Sorry. I just lost track of what I was gonna say next. I just remembered what I was gonna say next now. Oh wait...”

“Are you sure you know how to-” Spike said before being interrupted.

“I do.” she said, doing her best to hide her frustration.

“You know we could just have Cadence-”

“Don’t worry. I know how to recite a wedding speech. It’s nothing that I’ve never tackled before.”

“Really? Because Cadence-” Applejack said before being interrupted.

“Everypony, just please concentrate. We only have until tomorrow for the wedding.”

They all looked at Luna in a concerned manner as she was getting exasperated.

“Know what? Everypony take five. I’ll see what we can do next as we continue to practice this event.”

Everybody left their positions and spoke with each other. Twilight and her friends were sitting down while the CMC were walking with each other outside. Sweetie Belle said,

“This is so sweet. It’s like a fairy tale come to life when Prince Charming finally got his princess.”

“Uh... this is a wedding, not storybook.” Applebloom said

“We know Applebloom. Jeez, your family is too honest.” Scootaloo said.

“But I will say this. Spike is the luckiest dragon anypony has ever met.” Applebloom said.

“I know right?! His special somepony is a princess. A frigging princess!” Scootaloo said.

“Yeah. I have no idea how he did it, but Spike hit the jackpot! He’s getting married to Princess Celestia, of all ponies! Just how great can his life get?!” Applebloom said.

“Um... you do realize that he stopped thinking about Rarity because he wasn’t his type, right?” Sweetie Belle said.

“We know, we know...” Scootaloo said, annoyed.

“But he was my type...” Sweetie Belle sadly said.

“Really? Since when? You rarely ever-” Applebloom said before being interrupted.

“I’m shy, okay?! I didn’t know what to tell him.”

“But you’ve spoken to him so many times before...”

“I dunno. I was just waiting for this special moment in my life when he would just confess to me and say ‘I love you’ and...”

“Eh. It is what it was. When they have their child, you can fall all over him whenever you want.” Applebloom said.

“It would be very nice to see his kid.” Scootaloo said.

“Yes it would...” Sweetie Belle said a little glum, but cheering up a little.

When they were still talking, Applejack came outside the door and shouted,

“Sis! It’s time for us to get back in for practice.”

“Coming Applejack!” Applebloom shouted.

The CMC went back inside and everypony was back in their positions. The CMC were back holding their flowers and the girls were back on the right while the boys were back on the left. Luna resumed her speech as minister and said,

“Mares and Gentlecolts, we are gathered here to day celebrate the-”

Just then, they heard Rainbow Dash sneeze from the back. After sneezing, everypony gave her this annoyed look, making her blush and raise her arms signalling, ‘What was I supposed to do?’ After that, they all resumed to practicing.

“Mares and Gen-”

They heard another noise and looked around to see who was causing it. They looked to the boys’ side and saw that Shining Armor was fidgeting a little. They all gave him the same annoyed look that gave Shining Armor and he replied,

“Sorry.”

They went back to practicing again. After so many failed attempts for the next couple hours, Luna finally said in a tired voice,

“Mares-”

They heard another noise.

“Now who interrupted me this time?!”

They looked around and saw a clergypony accidentally kick a part of the bench as he was walking.

“My apologies your highness. Please continue.” he said as he walked to the door.

“You know what? Let’s just reschedule for this coming Friday. Three days. It should give us plenty of time. We will practice tomorrow noon.” Luna said.

With that, everybody left the royal church, feeling exhausted.

“Some wedding, huh?” Shining Armor asked, talking to Big Mac and Cadence.

“Eeyup.” Big Mac replied.

“With any luck, we’ll be lucky that Luna will be in any good mood tomorrow.” Cadence said.

“Eeyup. If anything, she could probably blow a gasket and still keep going.”

“You got that right. Let’s go see what we’re having for dinner tonight.”

“Good idea...” Cadence said with her stomach rumbling.

“Eeyup...” Big Mac said, completely exhausted from all the standing.

After having dinner, everypony went to speaking with each other, then back to their rooms from all the sleepiness they were feeling and turned in, waiting for tomorrow’s practice.

“Goodnight!” they all shouted to each other as they finally fell asleep.