Three days have passed since Amare had appeared. During that time, she had gotten to know the elements quite well.

Twilight had even made very high regards to Celestia without revealing Amare's true nature.

Still, the time came when Amare's three-day stay was coming to an end. Yet, Amare didn't seem to be worried about going very far.

It soon became apparent when Twilight and her friends were invited to the wedding of Shining Armor, Twilight's older brother and only real biological sibbling.

Sunset was only too glad to help fill in some details about Twilight's BBBFF; which gave the rest of the elements where Twilight took to calling Sunset her BSBFF or Big Sister Best Friend forever. They easily took BBBFF to mean "Big Brother Best Friend Forever".

Shockingly of all, Amare was allowed to join the elements at the wedding. Which suited the disguised Changeling Princess just fine.

Here it is...the Wedding... Amare thought to herself on the train ride over to Canterlot. Three days of hanging out and gaining trust with the elements is coming to its conclusion at said wedding. I must do what I can to stop my biological mother before she ends up dooming not just Ponies, but changelings as well. Amare added to her thoughts.

A bit later, Twilight was informed by her brother that he was marrying Cadence.

"The best foal sitter ever." Twilight noted.

"Not gonna lie, she was quite nice." Sunset said, smiling. "So, shall we go get reintroduced to her?" She addded

"Why not?" Twilight said. The surrogate sisters found Twilight's future sister-in-law. "Cadence, it's very good to see you!" Twilight said.

"It's nice to see you too but...who is this beside you?" Cadence asked.

"C'mon Cadence, I know it's been a while since we last saw each other but you should remember me. It's me, Sunset Shimmer. Remember?" Sunset asked. She got a bit worried since Shining had told them there was an anonymous tip that changelings were going to infiltrate the wedding.

"Oh. Yes, I apologize. I suppose the upcoming wedding has me a bit stressed that I must not have recognized you." Cadence said.

"It's understandable Cadence. But before I let you off..." Twilight started doing that dance thing Sunset knew all too well. "Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake; clap your hooves and do a little shake!" She said. But Cadence did not join in the dance and that got the attention of both unicorn mares and even Shining Armor that time.

"Cadence, are you feeling okay? I can let not recognizing Sunset slide but that on top of it? C'mon, your surely not that stressed out about this, right?" Shining Armor asked.

"I...apologize...I'm just feeling so well right now. I think it's pre-wedding jitters getting to me...excuse me..." Cadence said and ran off.

"...Okay..." Twilight said.

"Listen, something is up. Twilight, you and the girls focus on this wedding, I'm going to explore Canterlot and see what I can find." Sunset said.

"Okay. You be careful sis." Twilight said.

"I will." Sunset said. But then...

"Sunset?" A female voice said. Suddenly up came not just Twilight and Shining Armor's Parents but also...

"MOM!" Sunset said running over to the other unicorn adult mare there.

"It's nice to see you so soon. Is this about the wedding?" Sunset's mother asked.

"Yes mom. It is." Sunset said. She turned towards Shining Armor and Twilight. "Shining Armor, Twilight Sparkle...this is my mother, Steller Flare." she added.

"It's a pleasure to meet you at last, Twilight Sparkle." Steller Flare said.

"Where's your husband?" Shining Armor asked.

"Dad sort of divorced mom shortly after Sunburst was sent to Celestia's School forcibly by mother here. We haven't seen hide nor hare of him since then." Sunset said, a bit saddened.

"Oh. That's disappointing." Twilight said.

"I didn't know what to do without him there to support me when Sunburst vanished. I'm just glad my daughter had you both to help her through that tough time. As far as I'm concerned, your just as much as my children as Sunset is. Both of you." Steller Flare said.

"It was mostly just Twily here but I do appreciate the thought." Shining Armor said.

"Mom, I'm going to explore Canterlot for a while. I'll be back before the wedding starts, I promise." Sunset said.

"Keeping an eye out for those invading changelings?" Steller Flare asked.

"...That would help out actually. I don't know if any got in before the shield went up." Shining Armor admitted.

"All the more reason for me to explore Canterlot then." Sunset said.

"Right. Sunset, you can do that then. I trust you. Me and the rest of my friends will help organize things for the wedding. I hope to have a rehersal for the wedding in three hours though. Think you can make it?" Twilight asked.

"I'll do my best." Sunset said and left.

"Well then, your parents and I will be enjoying some time chatting until the rehersal. I think there's much we have to learn about our families since my daughter has decided to become a big sister to you, Twilight." Steller Flare mentioned before the parents all left.

"Well Twily I'm glad you're so focused on organizing this for me." Shining Armor said.

"Well Celestia wanted me to do so so..." Twilight said.

"Actually Twilight, I was hoping you'd be my best mare." Shining Armor said.

"M-ME?!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Of course, I'm counting on you, LSBFF!" Shining Armor said. Twilight was practically filled with glee as she glomped her brother.

Sunset came across Amare who had just left Applejack's side.

"Sunset, don't ask any questions..." Amare then whispered in Sunset's ear. "Go to the Canterlot Mines underneath the castle. The rest will be made clear when you go down there." She whispered.

"I trust you, Amare." Sunset said and went down into the mines. There, she discovered...Cadence?!

"Sunset Shimmer? It's been a while..." Cadence said.

"You do recognize me after all." Sunset said.

"Oh...oh no...that means you've met her..." Cadence said. "Sunset, listen to me...you need to get me out of here. The 'Cadence' you met earlier wasn't me." She added. "Remember this? Sunshine Shine, ladybugs awake..." Cadence started the dance and Sunset joined in.

"Clap your hooves and do a little shake!" Sunet added on. "So, I was right, there was something off about the you I met earlier." Sunset said.

"Who you met earlier was really Queen Chrysalis of the badlands hive. A tyrant Changeling Queen out to enslave all of ponykind." Cadence said.

"We have to stop her! I'll get you out of here!" Sunset said. "If we hurry, we should be able to make it to the rehearsal!" Sunset said. Cadence nodded and followed after Sunset.

Author's Note

I may have skipped over the period of time Amare was staying with the elements, but I do hope that the meeting between Twilight and Stellar Flare more than made up for it. Also, this is beyond a shadow of a doubt, the easiest rewrite I've made of all the rewrites I've done. Mainly because of how easy it was to make nothing here seem out of character for any single individual, including Sunset and Shining Armor. This is most likely due to the prologue's existence establishing the fact that both Shining Armor and Cadence are very familiar with Sunset Shimmer and there's no doubt that even though Sunset is just a surrogate sister to Twilight, Cadence would've done the same dance with Sunset as she did with Twilight. Hence why I don't feel like anything feels out of character in this first part. Because everything is easily believable.