Chapter 9: The bells of a royal wedding.

The day was lovely and there were little to no clouds in the sky, it seems that seven ponies took advantage and had a picnic. In the distance was Spike running over, he seemed to be in a rush to get somewhere, Itachi had sensed the small dragon before the others.

"I wonder what has Spike running here like that?" Itachi thought confused.

Spike ran to the picnic and gave Twilight a letter before collapsing on the ground from exhaustion. Twilight opened the letter to read what was on it.

Dear Twilight.

I am sure you are as excited as I am about the upcoming wedding in Canterlot. I will be presiding over the ceremony, but would very much like you and your friends to help with the preparations for this wonderful occasion. Fluttershy, I would like you and your songbird choir to provide the music. Pinkie Pie, I can think of no one more qualified than you to host the reception. Applejack, you will be in charge of the catering for the reception. Rainbow Dash, I would very much appreciate it if you could perform a sonic rainboom as the bride and groom complete their "I do"'s. Rarity, you will be responsible for designing the dresses for the bride and her bridesmaids. And as for you, Twilight and Itachi, you both will be playing the most important role of all: Making sure that everything goes as planned. I hope to see you all very soon.

Yours, Princess Celestia.

The group of ponies minus two chaired at the news, then Twilight asked the biggest question that part of the day.

"But, wait, who is getting married? I don't know anypony getting married," Twilight questioned confused.

"Oops I was supposed to give this to you first," Spike said a bit embarrassed.

Twilight opened the scroll and read it out loud, "Princess Celestia cordially invites you to the wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and... (gasp) My brother?!"

The group was silent at the news, it was a shock to all before the silence could continue Applejack broke it.

"Well congrats Twi, it's always nice to hear that family is getting married," Applejack said with pride.

"Yeah, nice to hear that a brother is getting married by a piece of paper!" Twilight said annoyed.

"Uh, Twilight, are you ok?" Fluttershy asked worried about her friend.

"(Sigh), no, I thought that Shining armor would tell me something that important eye to eye, I mean he is my B.B.B.F.F." Twilight replied.

Everyone except for Spike looked confused at the last part Twilight said.

"My Big Brother Best Friend Forever" Twilight stated as if it was obvious.

"Oh," Five of the six said at once.

"Before I came to Ponyville, I had no friends, I only had Shining armor," Twilight said with a small hint of sadness.

"Do I hear music?" Itachi thought shocked.

At first, he thought someone put him under a genjutsu, but, found that he was not under any mind game. Itachi was truly taken back, Twilight had begun to sing, it was surreal, after a couple of lines the other ponies joined in. It was like a sitcom, seeing the ponies sing out of nowhere, and where was that music coming from?

In the end, Itachi was in silence, the singing was shocking at most, he had never seen anyone break out into song before. The others look at him in confusion, until Pinky pie asked a question, "Have you ever seen anypony sing before?"

"Not out of the blue like that," Itachi stated.

"Soooo, have you ever sung before?" Pinky pie asked interested.

"No, I don't sing," Itachi answered.

Applejack had turned her attention to Twilight and begun to talk.

"Well, as one of your P.F.F.s. I got your back," Applejack said with a friendly tone.

The look of confusion returned.

"Pony Friend Forever," Applejack stated in a monotone voice.

"Your brother has to be special if he is marrying a princess," Rainbow dash implied.

"Well, you are right, I mean, nopony is just made the royal guard captain," Twilight stated.

"Your brother is the Captain of the royal guard, and he is marrying a princess!" Rarity said in excitement.

"Well, we better get a move on," Rainbow dash said impatiently.

~~One Hour Later~~

"A sonic rainboom at a wedding! Talk about the best thing ever!" Rainbow dash said in excitement.

Itachi felt like he was in a vortex, the cart of the train was uneasy, and he felt sick, he knew this was natural, no genjutsu. Fluttershy looked over to see that Itachi had a tent of green, even through the fur on his face. She walked off to get something for her friend, Fluttershy never liked seeing her friends in pain.

"Here, drink this it will help," Fluttershy said in a caring tone.

Itachi had taken the cup and downed the contents, it had a bitter taste, but, after a couple of seconds, all of his senses came back. It was as if they were never affected at all, it was odd, but, stranger things happened back in his old world.

"Thank you, Fluttershy," Itachi said in his normal voice.

"You don't have to thank me, I just did what any friend would do," Fluttershy replied.

Those words had two effects on Itachi, it made his heart warm up at the fact she would do something this kind. And a cold stab, remembering what he did to all his friends and family, he thought if he really deserved a second chance. Even if he was here for a month he felt like it would all be taken away, like this was a dream.

"WERE HERE!" Pinky pie shouted in joy.

As the train neared the city, they passed through a pink wall of energy. It was as if the energy was reading them looking for something, it was unknown if it was good or bad.

"Somethings up, and I have a bad feeling about this," Itachi thought concerned.

Itachi was no stranger to royal weddings, but to have a forcefield over the entire city, that was only for invasions.

"I can only guess, the power of that shield, was coming from a single spot. Is it possible whoever is casting this spell has Kage-level magic?" Itachi whispered to himself so only he heard.

As the train came to a stop the group made their way off, and into the city, all of the ponies had gone their own way. Itachi was going around checking things off on the list, while Twilight gave Shining armor a word or two.

An hour had passed and Twilight joined Itachi, and the two were watching the cake being made. Itachi was fascinated at how big the cake was, and how it smelled so good, Twilight on the other hand was annoyed. He asked why the purple unicorn was upset but only got an, "I don't want to talk about it."

Applejack walked over to an ice statue to finish it off, then walked over to the oven and pulled out bite-sized apple fritters. She had given one to Itachi and one two Twilight, they both tried it, and both had happy smiles on their faces. It seems the Uchiha was not immune to the sweet taste of apple family home cooking, it made him feel happy, genuine happiness.

"I think that is all for the food part," Twilight started with that smile.

On one of the counters, Spike was sitting with the small replicas of the bride and grume. Twilight used her magic on the two cake toppers and put them on the counter, he gave an embarrassed smile with a chuckle. The door opened and Princess Cadence walked in, and the others bowed to the royal pony.

"Hi, Princess," Applejack said in respect.

"Please call me Princess Mi Amore Cadenza," Cadence said with a pompous attitude.

"Well hi Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, I assume you want to see what will be on the menu?" Applejack replied.

"Yes, I do," Cadence stated.

Itachi felt something was off with this princess, so He used his Sharingan just below mangekyou state. What he saw was shocking, the Princess was some sort of pony bug hybrid, there was a layer of magic hiding her true form. It seemed to be a mixture of illusion magic, and transformation magic, it was something to look into later until he got more information.

Applejack had given the Princess a sample, and she took a bite, even a blind man could see her act, she didn't like the food. After being given a bag of the heavenly fritters, Itachi watched as they were dropped into the garbage bin when Applejack didn't see them, which made Itachi feel a spike of anger. He understood why Twilight was not happy at Cadence being in the same room as her.

~~Three Hours Later~~

The night sky was hard to see in the city, all of the lights were blocking the stars, plus the pink dome over the city made it more difficult. The ponies were having dinner at a local restaurant, the more Itachi stayed in this city the more he didn't like it.

"I can tell you Cadence is the worst bride to be," Twilight said with annoyance.

All minus Itachi gave looks of shock as if what Twilight said was taboo.

"Darling what do you mean? she was nice," Rarity asked confused.

"She was so demanding, how can you say she was nice?" Twilight replied shocked.

"Well that is expected, her wedding day is coming up, she must be stressed," Rarity stated.

"Applejack didn't you see how she through your food away in the garbage?" Twilight questioned.

"Well, I'm sure she had a good reason for doing that," Applejack replied.

"Well she was only being rude, and insincere," Twilight said a bit annoyed.

"During the rehearsal, she did raise her voice to one of my birds," Fluttershy said.

"See, nothing but mean!" Twilight said feeling like she won an argument.

"But, he was singing off key," Fluttershy replied defending Cadence.

On Fluttershy's right front leg was a bird, it tried to sing but it was off key by a lot, the others flinched back at the sound. Twilight went to ask Pinky pie about the Princess's behavior, only to see that the pink mare with Spike was playing with the cake toppings.

"Rainbow dash, you are with me right?" Twilight asked.

"Sorry, I was too busy training for the wedding to notice anything about the bride," Rainbow dash replied.

"Well what about you Itachi, you were with me all day?" Twilight asked hoping for him to agree with her.

"I agree that she was acting a bit harsh, but, I don't think I can answer that right now," Itachi answered.

Twilight was confused and annoyed that none of the others agreed with her, she gave an annoyed grunt and walked away.

~~Ten Minutes Later~~

Twilight had burst through the door as if she had bad news, she went to speak but stopped when she saw what her friends were wearing. Rarity, Rainbow dash, Fluttershy, Pinky pie, and Applejack were wearing dresses, all suited for them.

"What are you doing?" Twilight asked confused.

"It is wonderful, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza made us her new bride maids," Fluttershy said happily.

"And what happened to the others?" Twilight asked with suspicion.

"She never told us, but, she loved the idea of us being bride maids a lot," Applejack answered.

"She must have thought our hard work was worth being bride maids," Rarity said with joy.

"And you thought she was bad," Applejack added.

"Are you sure this is good for flying, it doesn't feel aerodynamic?" Rainbow dash asked trying to get comfortable in the dress.

"You might be right, here let me make some adjustments," Rarity replied.

Twilight could only watch as her friends were not letting her warning of Princess Cadence. She hugged her head and left the room, at that moment, Itachi needed to get information on the Princess.

"It's time to pay this Princess Mi Amore Cadenza a visit," Itachi thought.

When none of the ponies were watching him he used a body flicker to leave the room, he thought none noticed. But, one pink pony sensed the departure of the unicorn, she didn't tell the others, she had a feeling this was for the best.

"Well of course, I mean he is my friend, after all, I wish that I can give him a nickname, it is hard to work with Itachi," Pinky pie thought to the author.

Walking into an alleyway he transformed into his human form, instead of wearing his normal attire. He was wearing a black body suit, with a cloth mask covering his entire head except for his eyes. Jumping from roof top to roof top he had made it to where the princess was staying, keeping to the shadows he used his Sharingan to take in all information he could.

"Alright, let's find the skeleton this princess has in her closet," Itachi thought interested to see what he would find.

Itachi got in a position so he could not be seen, he watched the princess looked around to see if she was being watched. Too bad for her she was, after the searching she relaxed, then Cadence was consumed in a green fire shocking Itachi. He watched as the fire dissipated to see the same bug pony from before, it was shocking, that this world had a version of the transformation jutsu.

"My plan is so close to succeeding, soon this world will be mine and the ponies will be food for my children," Chrysalis said in a creepy voice.

Itachi needed to tell someone about this, he used the body flicker jutsu to leave. Chrysalis had felt someone leave, it shocked her that something managed to sneak close to her like that.

"I know I was spied on, but, who could do that, I may need to act sooner than I thought. No calm down, the plan will work I just need to get them before they could warn any of the ponies," Chrysalis said to herself.

Tomorrow Canterlot would be witness to an event that will never be forgotten.

Author's Note

Sorry for the wait, I had to change my posting time, and life just gets in the way as well. But I will be continuing and I will at least have a chapter every week.