A Night with Queen Chrysalis

Princess Celestia walked away from her prize pupil "You have a lot to think about"

Twilight watched her big brother, best friends and even her beloved mentor leave her alone in the Canterlot Castle throne room, and who could blame them. She had ruined the Bride's wedding preparations, upset her brother the day before his wedding, and ruined everything!

She wept and sung sadly to herself

He was my big brother, best friend forever

And now, we'll never do anything together...

She saw a winged shadow cast over her, and she turned to see Princess Cadence standing watching her.

"I'm Sorry" Twilight sobbed to her old foal-sitter. Memories of all the times she cried around Cadence as a foal came flooding back - every scrapped knee, every failed spell, and every time kind Cadence had picked her up figuratively and often physically.

You will be Chrysalis thought readying her magic, but stopped herself just before casting the spell. Her master plan was coming together better then she imagined, and she didn't want to ruin it so close to it's final completion. Banishing somepony, especially a unicorn, to the same place as the real Cadence was a fundamentally silly idea - they could work together to escape. And if Twilight disappeared somepony might look for her, as even if she wasn't invited to the wedding anymore it was highly likely her friends or family would worry if the young pony actually went missing.

Besides, this 'Twilight' filly had a lot of love in her, and as tradition insists tonight the bride had to spend it away from her groom...

"Oh Twilight, I forgive you" Cadence replied with a smile "You only had your brothers best interest at heart afterall" and the alicorn took the weeping filly in her hoofs. "It's alright, it's alright..." she soothed Twilight, barely resisting consuming this pony's love for the form Chrysalis had taken right there and then.

"Oh Cadence, whatever did an ordinary pony like me do to deserve a foal-sitter, and sister in law, like you!"

"Don't be silly, we all make mistakes. Now lets go and find your friends" Chrysalis replied, trying not to sound shocked. If Cadence used to foalsit this young pony, that could make it much more awkward for this unicorn. Oh, this could be fun she thought mentally rubbing her hooves together in delight.

Celestia watched her niece through a crack in the door That's why you are the Princess of Hearts the Princess of the sun thought to herself. Satisfied everything had been resolved, and expecting a friendship report before the end of the night, Celestia quickly teleported away before the pair bumped into her.

Cadence took Twilight to find her friends and her brother, all of which reunited with Twilight with a massive hug, after a little push from the Princess. Cadence bid goodbye to her fiancée until the wedding, and Twilight told her friends she would be spending the night catching up with the Princess.

Cadence led Twilight to the bridal tower where she was staying, pretending to be interested in Twilights story she was so not interested in. But as they walked Chrysalis slowly read Twilights mind, to make sure she wouldn't be caught off-guard again. They entered the tower, and Cadence closed the door behind them, casting a privacy shield round the room without Twilights knowledge Not that anypony is likely to disturb the Bride tonight, but best to be safe rather than sorry

"Oh Princess Cad..." Twilight started as she looked around the beautiful brides room

"Just call me Cadence" Chrysalis corrected, with a bit of a inward chuckle, enjoying messing with the filly

"Of course, Cadence! We have so much to catch up on!"

"We do indeed Twilight, but I feel we haven't introduced ourselves properly..."

Cadence took a step back with a serious look, much to Twilights surprise, but a smile soon appeared on the fillies face

"Sunshine, Sunshine" Cadence began, with Twilight already joining in with the words and motions before the end of the first word. Chrysalis smiled at the joy building up in her dancing partners eyes as they built to the cimax. Twilight turned and shouted "Do a little shake!" just as a massive flash of light blinded her...