In Twilight's castle we see the sisters, Shining Armor, and her friends sitting while staring at Pharynx. Twilight who came in the room sat down on the couch. She wanted the truth and will get it. Shining was angry at Pharynx because he stole his wife or was supposed to be his wife.

"You have a lot of nerve coming here after what you did to Cadence. Ruining my wedding. I was gonna be happy! And you ruined that moment!!" Shining said.

Pharynx remained calm and tried to take some steam off of him.

"I know your upset about what happened. But I assure you that I had a good reason why." Pharynx said.

"Oh really? What exactly was the reason?" Shining said.

"We needed a new queen for the Hive." Pharynx said.

"That's a bullshit excuse!! Undo whatever spell you casted and gimme back Cadence!!" Shining said. He was about to punch Pharynx but Cadence stopped him.

"Shining!! Enough!! He didn't cast a spell on me!!" Cadence said.

"How would you know that?!" Shining said.

"Because I would have sensed some evil magic. But there's no evil magic coming from Cadence. So there's no spell." Twilight said.

Shining calmed down and sat in a chair. But he was still angry.

"Pharynx. We wish to know why you took Cadence. And the reason why your married to her instead of Shining." Celestia said.

"Ah yes. Lemme explain. When me and the Changelings heard the upsetting news that mother was on the verge of dying we needed someone else to take the throne. I was next in line for it." Pharynx said.

"Ok? But couldn't you rule the Kingdom alone?" Rarity said.

"Im afraid not miss Rarity." Pharynx said.

"So your mother was dying and you took the throne?" Applejack said.

"Yes. She caught a very deadly disease in her body that made her extremely sick. Because of her condition she was forced to give up the throne. We tried finding a cure for mother but we had no success. Since I took her place it still wouldn't keep the Hive alive. So in order to prevent that we needed a new queen to rule beside me." Pharynx said.

"And you choose Cadence? But why would you take her on the day of Shining's wedding?" Luna said.

"I admit it was rather uncalled for but we had no other option. If we didn't have a new queen then the Kingdom along with all Changelings would perish." Pharynx said.

"So you needed Cadence to keep your people alive?" Fluttershy said.

"Yes miss Fluttershy. It was our best option." Pharynx said.

"Well so far he's been honest the whole time. But you didn't force her into a marriage did you?" Applejack said.

"Of course not. We may be destructive Changelings but we had our mortals to stand by. Now after we brought Cadence to the Hive we gave her a choice. We offered her to be the next queen and if she accepted the marriage then we would be peaceful. No killing, no love feeding, and no destruction of any kind." Pharynx said.

"But what if she declined it? Which she should have done in the first place!!" Shining said making Cadence angry.

"Shining you might regret that if I did. If I declined the marriage then the Changelings would have attacked all of you and destroyed your homes. I couldn't risk losing you." Cadence said.

"Yes Shining. You should be grateful that it wasn't the case. A year passed with no Changeling attacks. I also forgot to mention that I told Cadence that she has my word to not attack any of you. It was a promise we made and I don't attend to break it." Pharynx said.

"Likely story!! How do we know you're not lying just to attack now?!" Rainbow said.

"Rainbow! He's telling the truth. I can understand why he needed a queen because of his mom dying. Please continue." Celestia said.

"Thank you. Anyways we knew Cadence wasn't going to accept right away. So we decided to give her some time to think. We didn't force her by the way. 2 years went by and we were dating at the time. But after thinking long and hard Cadence has accepted the marriage. Since she did there was a law she had to obey. By Changeling law if a pony marries a Changeling then they must become the breeder of the Changeling they're engaged to." Pharynx said.

"So by your law she needed to be your sex slave? Gross." Rarity said.

"I wouldn't use those words exactly. And I didn't treat her like a sex slave. When I say that I mean they have to breed with the Changeling they're engaged to and raise their children to make sure the Hive stays alive." Pharynx said.

"Oh. That makes sense. Sorry." Rarity said.

"No harm done. Now I should remind you Shining that she grew a liking to me when we were dating. I know that you wanted to have her but what's done is done. No hard feelings right?" Pharynx said.

"No. But im still not happy with what you did." Shining said.

"Shining. I did this for your safety. I didn't want you to get hurt. You understand right?" Cadence said.

Shining thought about everything that Pharynx told everyone. Eventually he sighed and faced her.

"Now that I think about it I guess it's better that you did what you had to do. Granted im still sore about Pharynx marrying you but I rather not have Changelings attacking us." Shining said.

"A wise choice Shining. Accepting the fact that she's married to me and you moving on. So you all understand now?" Pharynx said.

"Yes Pharynx. If Cadence loves you then we accept that." Twilight said.

The both smiled and held each other close. They were glad that everyone understands why Cadence was missing.

"Thank you. Now if you'll excuse us we had dinner for our anniversary. Ready dear?" Pharynx said.

"Yes my love." Cadence said as they left the castle.

<>

They walked all the way to the train station and got on a train on Canterlot. They arrived an hour later and made their way to the restaurant Pharynx made the reservation The both got their table and sat down and ordered their food. While they were waiting Pharynx couldn't wait any longer to give Cadence his gift.

"Cadence. I can't wait any longer. I want to give you my present. Hope you like it babe." Pharynx said as she gave her the present. She opened it up and it was a lovely emerald necklace. It had a emerald heart in the middle. She looked at it and smiled with tears pooling in her eyes.

"Oh Pharynx. It's beautiful. Thank you." Cadence said.

"Your welcome. I do anything for you babe." Pharynx said as they shared a passionate kiss. He even decided to put the necklace on her.

At that time the waiter came with their food. Cadence ordered the salad while Pharynx ordered the soup. The both enjoyed their food and left the restaurant and headed back to the hive. Meanwhile Cadence had one more surprise for their anniversary. But what is it? We'll find out.

Author's Note

Tune in next chapter to see the surprise Cadence has for Pharynx for their anniversary.