Chapter 8: The plan unfolds, insanity ensues

Chapter 8: The plan unfolds, insanity ensues

Arthas steps out of the shower, leaving a very satisfied sex hungry Fleur De Lis in the shower. He chuckles as he watches her hooves twitch from time to time involuntarily from the many orgasms he gave her. He softly says to himself, "Yeah it appears that I still got it after a thousand and some odd years. I wonder how long it has been since I stepped into the shower. I need to finish up in here and dry off, then put my clothes back on." He looks to where he set his clothes and finds that they have been washed and folded up neatly on the countertop with a note from Fancy Pants on top of them reading, 'Sure hope you are nice and relaxed after your invigorating shower with my associate Fleur De Lis. I had your clothes washed since there was nothing else for you to wear. I sure hope that she wasn't too much for you to handle, Your Highness.' He shakes his head and hopes that he didn't offend his gracious and generous host too much and then grabs a towel and dries his long hair first, then goes to dry off the rest of his body. He finally gets dressed and exits the room when a voice gets his attention.

Fleur De Lis' chest heaves, trying to catch her breath as she spots him walking out of the door and manages to say, "Thank you Your Highness, it has been awhile since anypony has been able to last longer than me when I get aroused. I sure hope that I wasn't a bother for you to deal with."

He turns back and says, "Not at all, you gave me a pleasant exercise. It was fun, if you ever find yourself in the frozen north, feel free to visit me at the top of Icecrown Citadel."

She smiles and then forces herself to stand so she can clean herself up and says, "Perhaps one day I shall pay a visit when my schedule allows it. I wish you a good day, Your Highness." She then turns the water on, ignoring how cold it is and begins to clean herself up from their recent activity.

Arthas nods and then closes the door behind him, leaving her to wash up. He then walks down the hall to look for his host Fancy Pants to apologize for his actions with his associate, finding him speaking with Suri about what they can do for shoes for him. He sighs and says, "Fancy Pants, can I speak to you for a moment over here?"

Fancy Pants stops his conversation with Suri and says, "Of course Your Highness, I will be right back to continue this discussion Suri." He follows Arthas to a corner of the room and asks, "What is the matter, Your Highness? Was the shower not to your liking?"

He shakes his head and chuckles saying, "No, no. It is nothing like that, I was just wanting to apologize to you for what happened in the shower earlier with Fleur De Lis. I sure hope that she isn't with anyone."

The pony waves his arms in protest saying, "Oh of course she is not with anypony, I just help her to satsify her urges when they become too much for her to handle. I am actually glad that you 'took care' of her for me this time around, I needed a break from her. I sure hope she didn't make you too exhausted, because we have a lot of work to do to get you ready for the ceremony tomorrow."

Arthas chuckles and says, "That is good to hear that I am not stepping on anyone's hooves with what happened with her, but the funny thing is that I tired her out. She was gasping for breath after I was done and dried myself and started to leave the room."

Fancy Pants chuckles at finding that amazingly funny and says, "So she has finally met someone with more endurance than her when it comes to the bedroom, oh this will be the talk of all the mares in Canterlot. Thank you for making my day Your Highness, now lets get started with what we are going to do about your look." He then guides him back to Suri to resume the conversation as well as getting started with her coming up with a design for his outfit.

A couple hours earlier in the wedding hall

Celestia's eyes are wide open in shock at what her student just told her about their journey to the Icecrown Citadel where she spent some of her life saying, "I can not believe that you took a long journey to go visit a place that was full of untold dangers just to satisfy your own curiosity! I still find it hard to believe that he allowed Luna and I to imprison him with the elements just because he was bored. I am sure you girls had a big fright when you witness him actually raise a corpse from death. Not just any corpse at that but the Queen of the Frostbrood dragons from Azeroth, Sindragosa. Did you know that the reason why mentioning her at all is forbidden in the Dragon Lands? You see, when Luna and I were growing up in Icecrown, we went to welcome back father and Sindy from their long journey. Father had already left to go deal with Discord, who was causing issues for him. Sindragosa was there to speak to us at least, so she told us where they went and what she did on the journey. She was sent by Arthas to investigate the migration of the strange dragons of this world, while he went to deal with the Umbrums that weren't happy with him claiming their land and refused to leave their city. Sindragosa had sent her two children to find out what was going on and why they were migrating to their sacred breeding grounds. When they didn't return, she grew worried and went to investigate herself and learned that they just attacked them right away and defeated them. She became enraged at them for just outright attacking her children, so she took revenge on them. She slaughtered half of the dragons single handedly, and then she killed their queen and stole her last egg. We grew up and returned to take the egg back, killing Sindragosa and watched her fall through the air and crash through the ice below. We then decided to deal with Father while we were there and had the elements with us, and you know how the rest of the story goes." She sighs and then looks at the rest of them, seeing their stunned and shocked faces and says, "The egg she stole, was Spike's egg. Dragon Lord Torch watched his father go insane from desperately trying to get revenge, so he did what he needed to and stopped his father from sending the dragons into extinction by ending his life. From that day forth, he forbade all mention and talk about Sindragosa and the events of that day on the punishment of pain of death to whoponyever mentioned it."

Twilight hangs her head in sadness, feeling guilty for disobeying Princess Luna and says, "I did not know that your father did such terrible things in the past, now I wish that I have left those questions unanswered."

Cadence wraps her wings around Twilight and pulls her into a hug saying, "Everything will be okay Twilight, I think fate had a hand to play in his waking up. Like you said, he was already awake when you six got there right? Now, I don't really want to know the details but I think it would benefit all of us if we knew the makeup of his forces and their descriptions so we can prepare ourselves if he decides to attack us."

Celestia nods in agreement and says, "I agree with Cadence on that, can any of you tell us what exactly you saw and the numbers?"

Pinkie Pie says, "We only saw what he had above ground, but I think there were like 100 Abominations, 400 Skeletons, 200 Liches, 4 Flesh Titans, 4 Flesh Giants, 10 Death Knights, 10 Frost Wyrms, 200 Banshees, and I think 100 Val'kyr. If you want me to guess at how many forces he could muster altogether, I would have to say four hundred thousand soldiers including the grave yard outside of the Citadel."

Everypony's eyes widen in shock and fear at hearing the sheer number of enemies they would have to deal with if he decided to wage all out war with Equestria as Celestia says, "Four...hundred..."

Cadence finishes for her saying, "Thousand soldiers altogether!!? That is way so many more than the one thousand guards we have at the moment, we better start recruiting and training soldiers ourselves and prepare for the day he decides to attack us!"

Celestia chuckles and says, "I admire your desire to prepare for war, but I think we can take things a bit slow. Luna's and my father would not do something as reckless and rash as that, he thinks up a plan and uses tactics. He issues orders to leaders if he leads a force that large, that is what he did when he attacked us at the Castle of Two Sisters. Amazingly though, we managed to prevail against the five thousand soldiers he brought to bear against us.

Twilight then says, "Let's put all of this aside to deal with after the wedding why don't we? After all, we do need to go back through the list and see what you would want for decorations and such."

Cadence says, "That sounds like a splendid idea Twilight, lets get this party going!"

The next day, three hours before the wedding...

Arthas looks in the mirror and checks himself out, seeing himself wearing a frost blue silk long-tailed suit with a deep, blood red silk vest with a white shirt and an Aquamarine tie and deep blood-red shoes and says, "Damn I look sharp in this suit. What do you think Fancy Pants?"

Fancy pants walks around and takes a good look and nods saying, "It will work for this wedding, though being a bit bold with the dark red. Now we shall do something about that long hair of yours, do you want us to cut it or do you want it slicked back. Slicked back manes seem to be all the rage these days."

He thinks about it and nods saying, "Lets trim the hair to be just above the shoulders, slick it back and then put the rest into a tie."

He then calls over a famous stylist he knows and then asks her to tend to Arthas's mane saying, "Bella, would you please help finish his look for him so we can be on our way to the wedding?"

Bella nods and then gets to work on Arthas's mane, trimming it down carefully and then combs it out and slicks it back. She fluffs up the front half of his hair to make it taller than in the back, remembering to put a frost blue tie in the back to add even more style to the look and says in a New Yoke accent, "There you go stallion, all fixed up and rearin' to go."

Arthas nods and looks at the mirror and says, "Alright then, let me know when you guys are ready to be on our way to the wedding."

Fancy Pants smiles and says, "We shall be back in a few moments, have a seat we shall be back in a bit once we are ready."

The group all head their own directions to go get prepared to attend the wedding, with Fancy Pants just heading up the stairs and down a hall as a few servants trail after him to help him get ready to go.

He walks over and sits down on a couch carefully, not wanting to damage the brand new suit that he got from Fancy Pants and waits for the group to return and thinks to himself, 'I think this is going to be the first family function I have gone to since I murdered my father.' He then closes his eyes for a little bit and then waits for them to arrive so they can go.

An hour passes by when Arthas wakes up to feel someone touching him and talking to him, opening his eyes to see Fancy Pants in a black and white suit. He coughs and says, "Is it time to go already? I just sat down a little bit ago to wait for you to be ready to go."

Fancy Pants chuckles and says, "At least you laid down in a way where your suit or your mane would be damaged. Shall we get going to the wedding then?" He then offers Arthas a hand to help him get up.

Arthas takes his hand and pulls against him, rising to his feet and says to him, "I don't want to be rude, but humans don't have manes, we have hair."

He chuckles and says, "Different names for whatever grows on our heads is all it is, there is not much difference between having a mane or hair. Come on my friend, we have a wedding to attend. Oh my, I almost forgot one important detail. I need to cast an illusion spell so other ponies don't cause a scene when they see you." He then proceeds to lead the group towards the wedding hall after casting a quick spell to make him look like a snow white unicorn pony with a blonde mane and tail, having green eyes and an image of a crown made of ice for a cutie mark.

The disguised human says, "With this, it will be much easier to speak to ponies. Thank you for doing this for me Fancy Pants, I shall signal you with a nod and raise my hand in the air when I am ready for you to cancel this spell out."

Fancy Pants smiles and says, "Oh the spell isn't tied to me, I just altered it so that it relies on your magic instead of mine. If you wish to release it, all you have to do is break the stem on this rose."

Arthas chuckles and takes the rose, then puts it into a pocket just above his left breast and says, "This world's magic is very interesting, I shall have to learn a bit more about it."

At the wedding hall, one hour before the wedding

Twilight is going through her checklist to make sure that she didn't miss a single thing on her checklist and says, "Okay, we have everything on the list checked off and we are officially ready to get this wedding started in earnest! Are you ready to go down the aisle single and walk back a married mare?!"

Cadence's knees tremble a little in excitement and nervousness saying, "This time, it will be the real me that goes down the aisle, not some crazy creature pretending to be me. So Twilight, my answer is yes I am ready to go down the aisle and return a married mare. I look forward to spending the rest of my life with my Shiny, and being your sister in-law. I hope that you find love yourself one day Twilight, love is also magical. Let's get this wedding started!"

Presently, just outside the wedding hall doors...

Fancy Pants leads the group past the guards when one at the gates asks to see Arthas's invitation. He quickly gets his attention by saying, "He is with me, isn't that good enough for you guard?"

The guard sighs and says, "Many apologies sir Fancy Pants, but we have been told to ask to see invitations from any pony that we do not recognize that tries to attend the wedding. Ever since the attack yesterday, Princess Celestia demanded that we ask any pony that we do not recognize to show their invitations." He turns back to Arthas and says, "Please show me your invitation sir, or I am going to have to send you away."

Arthas sees that Fancy Pants is about to argue with the guard again and interrupts him saying, "I received one a few months ago, but unfortunately a spell went awry and incinerated it. If you wish to verify the invitation, you shall have to ask Princess Cadence about it. Tell her that Frozen Crown lost his invitation due to a spell misfiring."

Fancy Pants looks at Arthas and smirks at how skillfully he just manipulated the guard with a lie and watches as the guard says to them, "Please wait here while I go ask the princess to verify that you were invited." The guard then turns away and swiftly walks into the hall, disappearing from view.

He then turns to Arthas and softly says to him, "I can't believe you managed to tell him a convincing lie like that, I would never have thought of saying something like that."

Princess Cadence is getting the final pieces to her dress on, when she hears a knocking on the door and answers saying, "I'm decent. You may enter, unless you are the groom. If you are the groom, stay out and speak!"

The door opens and a guard walks in and closes the door after him and says, "Princess Cadence, there is a male unicorn pony named Frozen Crown outside the doors attempting to attend the wedding. He claims that a spell went awry and incidently destroyed the invitation, do you know this pony Your Highness?"

She ponders on it and then answers, "I don't immediately remember any pony by that name, but my memory has been a bit slow in returning to me ever since I was abducted by changelings."

He nods his head then and starts to head out the door saying, "Very well then Your Highness, I shall send him away." He is stopped when the princess speaks to him again.

Cadence is curious as to what this pony looks like and asks, "Wait, what does this pony look like, guard?"

The guard turns around and faces her, then describes the male unicorn and says, "His coat is white as snow, he has a slightly upward curved unicorn horn, green eyes, a blonde mane and tail, and a crown made of ice for a cutie mark. Does that remind you of a pony you know, Princess?"

She taps her chin in thought, an odd idea crosses her mind and she thinks, 'I wonder if this might be him trying to reconnect with his family...' and answers, "Unfortunately it doesn't spark my memory yet, but I shall speak to them later about how I know them. So for now, permit him to attend the ceremony, but keep an eye on him and watch for any hostile intent."

He then nods and takes his leave and says, "As you wish, Your Highness. I shall personally keep a close eye on them and watch for any hostile intent." He then closes the doors behind him and returns to where the group awaits permission to enter the wedding hall.

Arthas stands there, waiting patiently for the guard to return when he spots the guard returning and says, "So, does she remember me or doesn't she?" He taps his foot in annoyance as the guard finally stops before them and speaks to them.

The guard says to Frozen Crown, "Unfortunately, she cannot remember a pony bearing your name or appearance. She has thought it over and decided to grant you entry into the wedding hall, you may now enter sir." He then steps aside to permit the group to enter the hall.

He smiles and then says, "Why thank you very much for allowing me to enter, guard. I shall have to inform your superiors of your diligence, what is your name?"

He is amazed by the pony praising his diligence in doing his duty, and answers him saying, "My name is Flash Sentry Sir. Thank you for complementing my diligence in doing my duty."

Arthas follows after Fancy Pants, heading into the wedding hall and finding their seats in the second row. He notices that there is one seat empty in the very front with a sign sitting on top of it saying 'Reserved for family' on it. Deciding against taking it for a better view, he stays sitting in his seat at the very end next to the center aisle.

Cadence waits for the music to cue her entry, she waits anxiously to see this 'Frozen Crown' for herself and says, "Geez, it is rude to keep a mare waiting you know..."

He looks around the room and sees Twilight Sparkle standing beside a male unicorn dressed in some sort of official looking outfit having a light gray coat, a blue mane with a baby blue streak and a almost purple looking blue color. Standing beside Twilight is a strange looking purple creature with green ridges on its back and claws for fingers, with two fangs poking out of its mouth. Standing beside the creature is two other male ponies, wearing outfits he does not recognize and looks to the other side and sees Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. At the back of the stage stands his daughter, Celestine acting as the minister or the one in charge of the ceremony.

Arthas watches as the doors open, revealing three young fillies acting as flower girls, throwing rose petals along the path the bride will be taking. The doors close behind the fillies as they move to the side once their task is done. As a few more seconds pass by, the music begins to play.

The doors open to reveal Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, having a light pink coat, wings and a horn, with light magenta eyes and a tri-color mane and tail with dark pink, purple and pale yellow streaks. All eyes are on her as she makes her way down the aisle. She notices the Frozen Crown pony and notices there is just a simple illusion spell active, deciding to leave it alone due to it being no danger to anypony. Not pausing for a second on her journey to the stage, she makes her way up the steps and stops before Princess Celestia so the ceremony can proceed.

Celestia looks at the two ponies soon to be wed and begins her speech saying, "Mares and gentlecolts, we are gathered here to celebrate the union of the real Mi Amore Cadenza..."

Cadence interrupts her with a smile saying, "Princess Cadence is fine."

Celestia briefly frowns at being interrupted and smiles, then resumes her speech saying, "Princess Cadence and Shining Armor." She then continues with the rest of her speech when she notices a familiar, yet unfamiliar pony in the second row. Not letting it distract her, she then says, "May we have the rings please?"

Spike approaches, lifts the pillow up with the two rings and waits for her to take them. He then watches as they are lifted in Celestia's magic, and then steps back to his spot.

She sets a ring onto each of their horns and says, "I now pronounce you Mare and Colt, you may now kiss your mare." She then watches as they both kiss and turn and walk down the aisle side by side and step out onto the balcony to be cheered as the new royal couple and kiss again in front of the citizens.

Arthas is amazed at how brief the ceremony takes when he sees a rainbow colored flash run across the skies, wishing he could see what caused that and hopes it ends soon.

A couple of hours pass by as the day begins its change to night as he is at the reception, tasting a few of the items they have there. He takes a liking to a few apple treats that are on a table when he hears flapping wings and looks around to find that it is his daughter Lunetha arrives at the reception finally. He smirks and thinks to himself, 'I shall have to go over and say hello to my other, long lost daughter later.' He then grabs a couple apple treats and goes to head back to a chair when he suddenly stops as he sees Princess Cadence and Shining Armor both standing in his path.

Princess Cadence suspiciously narrows her eyes and introduces herself to the pony posing to be 'Frozen Crown' saying, "Hello, I do not think I remember ever meeting you before in my life. Until yesterday that is...Frozen Crown, so please explain who you are and why you are here or I will expose you and pretend you have attacked me and cause a lot of trouble for you."

Arthas chuckles and answers her, "Unfortunately, we never had time to be properly introduced. My name is Arthas Menethil, I am the King of Icecrown Citadel. I am here simply to attend a party and socialize a bit before I return home. Just so you know, I am a threat even without my weapons and armor. I would highly advise against doing anything to ruin this happy celebration for the citizens, for it seems they will need some happiness for what awaits them beyond the Crystal Empires borders."

Shining Armor puffs up his chest, not liking the threat he made, but is calmed down quickly by his mare Cadence and says, "If you go looking for a fight, Equestria will rise up to meet you in battle. So watch your tone when you speak to the Princesses, I am the captain of the Royal Guard after all."

She puts a hand over his mouth gently and stops him and says to Arthas, "So why did you choose to attend a wedding, Arthas? I also would like to know if I am related to you in any way."

He puts a couple fingers to his chin in thought and answers, "I wanted to celebrate seeing one of my long lost daughters again after a thousand years of imprisonment. As for if we are related, I would have to see if you know Crystal Glow at all? She was the last child we had together just before Amore was transformed into Chrysalis."

Luna notices Princess Cadence speaking to somepony both familiar and not, then says to the group of girls before her, "Hello everypony, did I miss anything?"

Twilight chuckles and says, "You missed a bit, yes, but Celestia will have to fill you in on that unless she wants me to."

She cocks her head and says, "What in Equestria happened while I was patrolling the northern borders? By the way, who is that handsome pony that Princess Cadence is speaking to?"

Pinkie Pie speaks up saying, "I have asked around and he is a friend of Fancy Pants, his name is Frozen Crown."

Luna looks back at the handsome pony and says, "Well, I am going to go over there and introduce myself to them. It is a smart idea to know every up and coming celebrity is it not?" She then begins to make her way over to say hello to the new pony.

Cadence sighs and then says, "It is unfortunate to discover that we are related through Crystal Glow. At least I have answers to what I was wanting to know after I heard the story Celestia told us."

Luna catches the first part of that last conversation and says, "I was just coming over to say hello to the new and handsome pony here. Apologies for eavesdropping on the conversation, but who is related?"

Arthas and Cadence both turn to look at Luna as Arthas or 'Frozen Crown' says, "She said that it is unfortunate to learn that she is, in fact, related to me because of the evil things that I have done in my past. I have missed you, I was wondering when I would be able to see you again."

She doesn't catch the hint and continues to have the hots for the new pony at the party and says, "I do not remember ever seeing such a handsome pony as you before. I would remember a tall, good looking pony such as yourself. Oh I don't know if I would say it is a bad thing to be related to any pony. Do you enjoy the beauty of my night sky? Each night, no star is in the same place twice.

He blushes at her compliments, finding it a bit strange to have his own daughter hitting on him. Deciding to pop her bubble of fantasy, he says to her, "You should know if it is a bad thing to be related to me or not, after all, you and Celestine were both taken from me at a young age."

Luna's fantasy shatters into millions of pieces as the puzzle suddenly becomes clear with that vital clue, her eyes begin to shrink down to pinpricks. Not wanting to believe it, she starts to back away as her freak out begins saying, "W-W-What do you mean, w-w-why are you here father?" She begins to slowly get louder as her mind continues to panic, but is suddenly quieted down by Arthas.

Arthas chuckles and holds Lunetha tight, keeping her mouth firmly pressed into his shoulder. He keeps her from causing a scene and says in her ear, "We do not want to wreck the celebration here tonight, I informed Cadence that I am just here socially. I am celebrating at meeting my two long lost daughters again, would you care to dance? You can ask me whatever you like and I will tell you, my darling daughter."

She forces her mind to settle down at hearing that and taps him on the shoulder to inform him that she has calmed herself down, taking a breath of fresh air she says, "I cannot believe that you crashed this wedding father, but I shall accept your offer to dance."

He smiles and then holds out his elbow for her to take, after having to quickly put his treats back on the table in order to pull her into a hug to keep her from causing a scene. He says to her, "Do you remember how to perform the near touch I taught you and Celestine, Lunetha?"

Luna rolls her eyes at that and says, "Like I could ever forget it, you told us that it was vital for any ruler to know how to dance. I am sure that the style of dancing has changed quite a bit over the years, so we shall be drawing attention to ourselves...as well as stealing the spotlight for a little bit." She takes his offered elbow and goes with him to the stage, blushing again at being able to dance with her father once again. Realizing that she still misses him, she tries to get herself to forget how happy she feels at this moment.

Twilight and Celestia both look at Frozen Crown and Luna heading to the dance floor, Celestia's face is shocked at seeing that and says to Twilight, "I am surprised that Luna is going out to dance on the floor with somepony, maybe there might be another royal wedding some day."

The student glares at Princess Luna for dancing with a pony that she finds absurdly attractive crossing her arms in annoyance, she harrumphs and says, "Well I for one wish her good luck, for I too find that pony really attractive. I do not intend to allow her to have him first."

She chuckles at seeing the romantic rivalry beginning and defuses it by saying, "Now now Twilight, do you remember the old rules that are still viable to use these days?"

Twilight stops glaring at Luna and says, "Uhm, of course I still do. Where are you going with this, Princess Celestia?"

Celestia smiles and then says, "If there is a rivalry involving multiple mares, it is permitted for a herd to be formed with that stallion. Sadly, there hasn't been a situation that has called for it, including the day it was made."

Her eyes become wide with shock and says, "You mean to tell me that multiple mares that want the same stallion can form a herd by all of them marrying the stallion?!"

She laughs softly and answers, "Yes Twilight, though there does need to be a head mare in charge though. So I guess that you both could compete with each other for that position."

Twilight beams a wide smile and then squints competitively and says, "Well then, I say let the competition begin." She then starts to make her way towards the stage where the dj is, waiting for the song to come to an end before taking the mic and singing a song to get his attention.

As Arthas and Luna finish their dance a few minutes later, they make their exit from the stage. Just now noticing how many celebrity and noble couples have joined them on the dance floor. He says to her, since I have danced with one of my daughters. I guess it would be rude to leave Celestine out of it."

Luna smiles conspiratorially and says, "It would indeed be rude to do that, I shall inform her that Frozen Crown wishes to dance with her. Thank you for the dance, daddy." She then genuflects to him and takes her leave, heading straight for her sister.

Celestia watches a blush cover Lulu's face as she makes her way towards her, curious as to how her dance went with that new pony.

She stops and stands beside her sister with a grin on her face as she says, "That Frozen Crown is a marvelous dancer, Sister. You should go dance with him, I promise that you will enjoy it."

She tries to figure out what her sister is plotting, but plays along with it and says, "If you insist dear Lulu, I shall dance with a pony you are attracted to. Don't be surprised if you have to compete with me too for his affection." She then takes her leave and heads towards him, wondering if he really is that good at dancing.

Luna chuckles evilly and very softly says, "Oh, I am sure that it will be a love like no other dear sister. You are in for the biggest shock of your life." She then laughs softly at the joke her sister is walking into, eagerly waiting to see her reaction when she finds out.

Arthas hears a beautiful voice singing, and wonders which pony it belongs to and looks for around for them. He then spots a pony holding a mic and realizes that it is Twilight's voice that he is hearing. He smiles at how nice the voice is and then says, "What a beautiful voice you have there, I shall learn what you sound like when you scream soon enough." He turns and sees Celestine stop before him.

Celestia smiles at Frozen Crown and says, "It is a pleasure to meet the pony who has captured my sister Lulu's affections. She tells me that you are a very good dancing partner, would you care to dance with me so we can chat?"

He chuckles and then says, "I am indeed a talented dancer, but I must inform you that incest is not all that common where I am from, but it is not my thing. I may be evil, but I am not into that sort of thing."

She frowns and then says to him, "I beg your pardon young colt, but you and Luna are not related in any sort of way. So why do you think that it would be incest?" Her mind tries to assemble the clues before her, but comes up blank.

Arthas smiles and then pulls her into a hug whispering in her ear, "When I tell you this, do not make a scene. I am here on a social reason, I am here celebrating being reunited with my long lost daughters. It is good to see you again Celestine, I have missed you and Luna so much for the past thousand years."

As the clues finally make the image clear, she turns her head around and glares at her sister. She watches her sister cover her mouth with a hand as she laughs at her expense, then returns her attention back to Arthas and says, "Why in Tartarus did you decide to remain here, father? Why did you not return to your home, Icecrown?" She then steps back a little bit from him and waits for his answer.

He chuckles and then offers her his arm and says, "Well, can you blame me for wanting to see my daughters some more after a thousand years of imprisonment?"

Celestia takes his arm hesitantly and says, "I can't believe that I actually thought that Lulu had the hots for her own father. So what other reasons do you have for being here, aside from annoying us with your presence?"

Arthas leads her to the dance floor and says, "Oh I am just here to reannounce my presence to the world, and sing a song or to to cause a few nightmares for your citizens. Do you remember the dance I taught you that Luna couldn't quite get herself to enjoy?"

She tries to think of the one he means and remembers it and says, "Oh no, not that one. I hate that dance, it is so slow. But at least it is not a romantic dance, I would not agree to dance a romantic dance with you. Lead the way father, let's get this nuisance out of the way."

Twilight watches as her teacher takes the pony she is attracted to, to the dance floor. She squints her eyes and watches as she thinks, 'Not you too Celestia, I don't want an awkward relationship like that with you...' She then continues her song, praying that a romance doesn't spark between Celestia and the pony she fancies.

As the song gradually comes to an end, Arthas escorts her off of the dance floor. He then says to his daughter, "I am glad that we managed to catch up a little bit during our dance. I shall take my leave of this too overly happy occasion, fare well Celestine." He is about to make his way out of the party and say his fare wells to the new couple when Celestia stops him.

Celestia stops her father from leaving and looks to Twilight, knowing how she fancies him and says, "I think there is one more pony that you should dance with, father. After all, she is quite fond of you. Can you please dance with Twilight Sparkle for a little bit before you leave?"

He is annoyed by how his daughter is trying to play matchmaker with him and says, "I shall comply with your request just this once, because I would find it hilarious if you and Luna might one day end up calling her 'mother'." He then laughs evilly and walks away from her towards Twilight Sparkle.

She is stunned by her plan backfiring in her face, thinking to herself, 'I should have thought a little more cautiously at the repercussions this could bring. It would be very wierd for me and Luna to have to call her mother if she winds up marrying our dad.'

Twilight smiles at seeing the new pony walk towards her with a smile on his face, stopping before her and asking, "Twilight Sparkle, may I have this next dance with you?" She takes his offered hand and nods, feeling a blush coming to her face.

Arthas smiles and leads her to the dance saying, "It is a pleasure to finally have the chance to dance with a pony that is as pretty as you. I have danced with Luna and find her dark and mysterious, and her sister is cautious and calculating. One thing that sets you apart from them, is that they do not have your intelligence or skill with magic as I hear from other ponies. Do you know the dance known as Foxtrot?"

She looks at him with sparkles in her eyes as her face becomes flushed and says, "Of course I know it, I have studied all kinds of books and have learned how to dance from them. My parents tried to teach me, but I preferred my books to dancing with my father. I have been curious about you ever since I saw you in the second row at the wedding, what is your name?"

He plays it cool and gets into the beginning dance of the Foxtrot and says, "Oh my apologies, I thought that you knew me already. My name is Arthas Menethil, and it is a pleasure to finally be able to dance with you. Before you have a chance to freak out, I must tell you that I have told Luna and Celestia about my real name and why I am here. So do not cause a scene and stay calm."

Twilight's mind refuses to function at hearing him say that he is Arthas Menethil, desperately trying to regain function, her eyes dart around trying to find some other explanation and says, "Don't joke with me Frozen Crown, I have met the one who really bears that name. So try again, who are you really?"

Arthas then whispers into her ear, "I remember when you and your friends stood before me at the top of Icecrown Citadel. You, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, PInkie Pie, and Rarity all had such marvelous expressions on your face when you witnessed me raise Sindragosa from death to serve me once more by thrusting Frostmourne into the ground and demanding that she rise once again to serve her king."

She feels something click in her mind as her brain says to her, 'That's it, I'm going on vacation. This is just way too much to deal with. You are on your own Heart, I'm out of here.' Unable to think of what to say, her pupils dilate as she answers, "That is so amazing that you are able to do that Arthas, I would like to get to know you some more. Please tell me more about where you come from, I am just dying to know what your story is."

He is thrown off balance at her sudden interest in him and begins to tell her about Azeroth first. He tells her about how many different races are there and then after that he says, "The politics that go on behind the scenes are a mess, so don't ask me about them or I will get a headache trying to explain the entire history of Azeroth to you first just so you can understand what I was saying."

Twilight is enraptured by the existence of another world, and feels herself being drawn further towards him and says, "That is fascinating, I wouldn't mind hearing the history of Azeroth. In pieces though, so you don't get a headache from trying to explain it." Without her realizing it, she finds herself wanting to kiss him.

Arthas is absorbed by the moment at getting to talk to someone without them trying to kill him first and says, "I am enjoying talking to someone for a change. I have gotten used to them always trying to kill me first, I am enjoying telling you things about my world. I find myself actually missing it, I wonder if there will be any chance for me to see it ever again." His emotions and feeling take control of his actions before he realizes what is going on and feels himself leaning forward, his arms holding Twilight tenderly as the dance has ended. He notices her lips look so inviting and blinks slowly, leaning in and swinging her into a low dip as he gives her an open mouthed kiss.

She wraps her arms around her neck, enjoying the romantic kiss she is getting from him when her mind suddenly returns and screams, 'I go on a short vacation and look at what is happening! Stop acting like a love struck filly and wake up and see the insanity! You are fell for a monster! I can't believe that you allowed him to steal your heart like this, you even let him give you your first kiss!!'

He pulls her to her feet suddenly, realizing what is going on and is enraged. He keeps his cool and says, "I admire you for your skillful manipulation, but I am afraid that I must cut this tenderness short. I must give a congratulatory speech to the newlyweds and end my time here with a song and then take my leave in style." He then lets her stand on her own two hooves and makes his way towards the stage.

Twilight treasures the kiss he gave her and places her fingertips over her lips and blushes deeply, relishing the sensation of getting her first kiss. She then suddenly wakes up from her trance and feels her face turn beet red realizing what just transpired over the past few minutes. She then quietly says to herself, "Oh what did my heart let happen?" She then watches as he makes his way onto the stage as the dj is just about to put another song on and he takes the mic and clears his throat.

Arthas gets the attention of all the ponies attending the party by clearing his throat and saying, "I know that most of you don't know me, but I have to congratulate the newlyweds on their marriage. I wish them a long and happy life together in the tough times ahead. I must take my leave now, but first I shall sing you a song." He then looks to the dj and looks through the music selection she has available and picks one, then looks out at Princess Cadence and says, "I must give you a proper greeting now, so listen up Princess Cadence. This song is for you."

Luna, Celestia, Cadence and Shining Armor stand beside Twilight, who is still blushing at having her first tender kiss. Celestia clears her throat and says, "This will not end the party well Cadence, just so you know. Our father has a sadistic side when it comes to leaving, he leaves with a flair for the dramatic side."

Cadence scoffs and says, "I have noticed that during his rude entrance yesterday, but don't worry. I was kind of thinking this party should end before too long. After all, we do have plans to make to find out what his next move is." She then focuses on Arthas as he looks over the lyrics to the song and asks, "I wonder what greeting he is going to give me through a song?"

He finishes memorizing the lyrics and nods to the dj to indicate he is ready and waits for the song to begin and says, "Welcome to the family Cadence." He then listens to the music as he begins to sing.

Arthas laughs as he finishes singing, loving at how the ponies are all shocked and appalled at his song choice and says, "Now, as for my exit, allow me to introduce myself properly to all of you!" He then pulls out the rose and snaps its stem, watching as the spell is released and slowly begins to fade. He looks at the rose and sees how the broken part remains attached to it and tosses it through the air towards Twilight, who catches it eagerly and he says to the crowd, "My name is actually not Frozen Crown, it is Arthas Menethil! I am the king of the frozen throne that sits atop of Icecrown Citadel, I rule the numerous races that comprise the Scourge. Hail to the king of undeath!" He then casts a spell, summoning his steed Invincible.

Celestia, and Luna roll their eyes at his over the top grand performance as they watch in shock as a spot on the ground cracks and explodes outwards, revealing a desiccated forelimbs of an animal with hooves instead of hands that fights its way out of the ground neighing and braying, sounding like something from a nightmare. It pulls itself onto the ground, hidden from view as the dust cloud it kicked up trying to escape from the ground beneath it. She can only tell that it is wearing heavy armor and sounds unholy. When the dust clears, she stares at the horrifying image before her.

Luna stares wide-eyed at the horror before her, the rotting corpse of a large four-legged animal stands on the ground before her very eyes. Looking like it has been dead for at least a few years, with its pitch black fur and skin hanging down in some places revealing bones all over its body where the armor isn't covering it. She hears a few shrieks of terror as a few ponies scream and faint from the terrible sight and reassures the subjects as they begin to panic saying in the royal voice, "HEAR ME CITIZENS, AND HEAR ME WELL! THIS CREATURE WILL NOT HARM YOU WITHOUT IT'S MASTERS COMMAND! SO PLEASE CEASE YOUR PANICKING AND CALM DOWN. MY SISTER AND I, AS WELL AS THE ELEMENTS AND PRINCESS CADENCE AND SHINING ARMOR SHALL DEAL WITH THIS THREAT. THERE IS NO NEED TO FEAR THEM AT THIS MOMENT!"

Invincible approaches his master and shakes his head, feeling pity for the other ponies that are freaking out over how he looks right now and says to his master, "Sir, are you sure that doing things like this are absolutely necessary?"

He then laughs and says, "Of course it is necessary to do this, I have never went to a party I enjoyed more than when the subjects suddenly see when I introduce myself and piss themselves with fear! Come then my faithful steed, let us ride out of here in style!" He then jumps from the stage onto his steeds' back and gets him to rear up, charging a blue flames spell in his hooves when he comes crashing down on the tiles below.

Celestia looks around as guards raise shields around the guests, ready for anything that he might do to start a fight when Invincible's hooves come crashing down on the tiles below, going into a gallop, casting a weak flash spell that causes blue flames to burn briefly where his hooves land. She then sighs and hangs her head saying, "Oh father, you just had to stir up trouble and terrorize my citizens didn't you."

Arthas laughs and bellows back to all of the ponies that are currently in Canterlot at the moment, "Death shall come for you all!!" He continues to laugh as ponies continue to scream in terror and faint at the sight of him and Invincible. He steers him down an alley and guides him towards Fancy Pants' house to retrieve his armor, helm and weapons.