Rarity hummed to herself as she continued to help the bride to be get ready. Light twinkled through the open curtains of one of Twilight’s spare castle rooms. Rainbow Dash was draped in a long white flowing gown. A garment which she only agreed to wear at Fluttershy’s insistence.

Rarity herself was draped in her latest dress, a light purple flowing dress with a purple rimmed hat. She picked up a come and placed it in Rainbow’s tangled mane.

“Ahh!” Rainbow Dash moaned as Rarity pulled the come through her mane.

“Really, darling you need to take care of your hair.” Rarity brushed out Rainbow’s tangled mane. “I wish you would have been more careful, especially on your wedding day.”

Rainbow fidgeted. The white flowing dress wrapped tightly around her body. She glanced nervously at the clock.

Rarity stopped brushing Rainbow’s hair. “Rainbow, is something the matter? You seem awfully tense darling.”

“Everything’s fine, I just don’t like being pampered like this; this wedding dress is too tight on my wings!”

“I made this dress specifically for you, Rainbow Dash; there is no way it could fit you tightly. So would you please stop bluffing darling, and tell me what’s wrong?”

“Fine,” Rainbow grumbled. “I’m nervous! I wasn’t even this nervous on my first day as a Wonderbolt! I feel like my belly’s made out of jelly! And I think I might pee myself during the ceremony! Happy now?”

“But, darling it’s your wedding day. You are going to marry the mare of your dream! You should be happy, not a nervous reck.” Rarity bit her lip. “Are you having second thoughts about Fluttershy?”

“No way!” Rainbow snorted. “I love that mare, like nothing else. I’m super happy to be her wife. I’m just nervous and I don’t know why!”

Rarity continued to brush Rainbow’s hair. “Hmm. How long have you two known each other anyway?”

“Since Junior Flight Camp.” Rainbow chuckled. “I can remember it like it was yesterday…”

Rainbow Dash waved to her parents as they headed back home. A smile beaming from her face she heads to her first lesson. Several other fillies and colts fly past her. Some followed by their teachers.

Rainbow flapped her tiny wings excitedly. Some distance away she hears laughter, and moves towards it. A brown colt was taunting a slender yellow filly with a pink mane. Big wet tears rolled down her face, which she covered with her hooves.

“Hey! Get away from her!” Rainbow Dash yelled, flying over and placing herself in front of the filly.

The colt grins. “Why should I? Are you her mommy? Cause I think this foal needs her nap time!”

Rainbow clapped her hooves together. “I ain’t her mommy! But I’ll beat you so hard you’ll go crying towards yours!”

The yellow filly continued to cry behind Rainbow Dash.

“Oh yeah? Wait till I get my friends. We’ll see who’s a cry baby then!” The brown colt flew away.

Rainbow Dash turned back to the crying filly. She nuzzled her neck and helped her to stand.

“Hey, I’m Rainbow Dash. What’s your name?”

The filly mumbled, she didn’t make eye contact, her mane obscuring her eyes.

“Sorry, I didn’t hear you. What was that?”

The filly mumbled again.

“Well, it’s not important. I think I’m gonna stick with you for awhile. At least until I know that jerk won’t tease you anymore.”

The filly whispered, “Thank you.”

“Hey, I heard that! You’re welcome. I guess we should go to class then.”

The filly nodded. “My name is Fluttershy.”

“That long?” Rarity finished coming Rainbow’s tangled mane.

Rainbow sighed. “Yeah. Not long after that I met Gilda. But Fluttershy was my first friend at flight camp. Actually my first real friend to be honest.”

“How do you mean?” Rarity asked.

“Well, even before flight camp my parents always entered me in these flying competitions. And their enthusiasm turned a lot of ponies off from talking to me. Fluttershy was the first pony I could just be myself around, and she even liked my parents.”

Rarity giggled. “I assume they will have an entire section devoted to you and Fluttershy in their house now?”

“They already declared me best wife in the world.” Rainbow face hoofed.

Rarity patted Rainbow’s shoulder. “Yes, darling but they are proud of you.”

“Huh, yeah I know.”

Somebody knocked on the door. Rarity cleared her throat.

“Who is it?”

“It’s Spike! Fluttershy wants help with her dress, and Twilight’s worried we won’t make it to the courthouse before twelve!”

Rarity looked at the clock. “Oh, nonsense darling. Spike, be a dear and finish helping Rainbow Dash. I will go see to Fluttershy.”

Rainbow bit her lip. “Maybe I could come to?”

Rarity dismissed this with her hoof. “Nonsense, it is bad luck to see thee bride before the ceremony.”

“But we’re both the bride!”

“Exactly, darling. It is twice the bad luck.” Rarity closed the door behind her. Spike pulled up a stool in front of Rainbow Dash and helped her tie her mane into a braid.

“Alright, I think we’re done. I’ll go tell Rarity and Twilight.” Spike went for the door.

“Spike! Wait, a minute you?” Rainbow asked. The purple dragon face her. “I just, I feel to nervous to go through with the wedding!”

Spike hurried back to the blue mare, and hugged her. “Rainbow Dash, it’ll be okay. It’s okay to be nervous on your wedding day. But you still love Fluttershy right?”

“Well of course I do!”

“Then there’s nothing to worry about.” Spike took Rainbow’s hoof. “Now, come on it’s time to leave.”

“Hold on, let me grab something.” Rainbow took out a bottle of wine from beneath a pile of fabric.

“Where’d that come from?!” Spike asked.

“Heheh, I might have hid a few of these around Twilight’s castle a few years back. I don’t remember why, I think it was Pinkie’s idea. But hey, figured I could use this if my nerves get the better of me.”

Spike rubbed the back of his neck. “Rainbow, I don’t think that’s such a good idea.”

“Ehh, maybe. But I’ll only use it as an emergency.”

“Huh, well okay. Come on we have to go.”

Spike led the blue furred bride out of the room and to Twilight.

Twilight was wearing one of her old dress, specifically it wasn’t a dress but rather a wizard's robe with stars on it.

“Rainbow Dash! You look lovely!”

Rainbow Dash blushed. “Thanks, Twilight. So are we gonna go or what?”

Twilight lit up her horn, and an energy beam engulfed her, Spike, and Rainbow Dash. They all appeared in a back room at the courthouse.

Rainbow shook her head. “What the heck was that?!”

Twilight blushed. “Sorry, Rainbow Dash. But I didn’t want to be late. And it’s best that Rarity take Fluttershy over here herself. We don’t want you to see the bride before the ceremony.”

“But we’re both the bride!”

“Exactly, it means twice the bad luck.”

Rainbow face hoofed. “Twilight, of all the ponies why would you believe in superstitions?”

“I don’t believe them, it’s just tradition, and as long it doesn't hurt anypony I don’t mind following it.”

Spike patted Rainbow’s shoulder. “Don’t worry, Fluttershy will be here soon.”

Rainbow sat down. “Yeah. I just hope my nerves don’t get me first.” She took a swig from the wine bottle. Twilight scrunched up her face at this. She took Spike to the side.

“Spike, how could you let her bring alcohol?”

“It wasn’t my fault, and I was in a hurry. It’ll be fine. I’m sure she’ll stop before she gets to drunk.”

“Too drunk?! Spike, even a little bit drunk Rainbow Dash is a whole helping of insanity that we don’t need to deal with.”

Spike shrugged. “Well, it’s too late now.”

Twilight sighed. “I suppose it is. The ceremony will start in an hour, ponies will start arriving soon. Oh and Celestia and Luna are coming!”

Spike facepalmed. Here we go again…

Author's Note

This is a collab with bright foal.