Harry Potter: The Seventh Element
Chapter 14: Chptr 14: Royal Canterlot Wedding Part 1
Previous Chapter Next ChapterA/N: This arc's ending was written while I had writers block for Apple Family Reunion. Hope you enjoy it! And before you review saying why wasn't it focused on Twilight when the real episode was remember this fanfic is about HARRY. Not the other Elements of Harmony. The ending will be very satisfying. Please Leave a Review!
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Chapter 13: Royal Canterlot Wedding Part 1
"I can't believe Shiny's getting married!" Harry said eagerly. Since he met the Royal Guard Captain the first time he went to visit his grandma after the Nightmare Moon revival the two had been close. Shining Armor had always wanted a little brother. Not that he loved Twilight any less.
The Elements of Harmony where on their way to Canterlot. Each one of them had been asked to help in the wedding in some way. Applejack of course was preparing the treats and baking the wedding cake, Pinkie Pie was helping plan the reception, Rarity was designing the bride to be's Wedding Gown, Fluttershy was asked to help organize birds to sing at the wedding, Rainbow Dash of course was asked to perform a Sonic Rainboom at the wedding ("BEST WEDDING EVER!") Harry was asked to be the Ring Bearer and help plan Shining Armor's bachelor party ("Momma, what's a Bachelor Party?) And of course, Twilight was supervising everything.
"I can't believe I had to get an invitation to know about it." Twilight was peeved off. She was his sister for Celestia's sake! His LSBFF!
Harry hid behind his mom a bit. Twilight could be scary when mad. Or when she went insane during "Lesson Zero" as their group now called it. When she charmed her Smarty Pants doll (Which was still missing by the way) and almost half of Ponyville went nuts over the thing. Starting with him and Applebloom and the other Crusaders. He shuddered remembering how the four of them fought over the old doll.
Its mine I want it! I want it!" Harry shouted kicking Applebloom in the back of the head to get to it.
"No its mine!" Sweetie Belle declared pulling it out of Harry's grasp with her muzzle. "Her mane!"
"I need it!" Scootaloo shouted bowling into the three.
And that was what got the proverbial ball rolling.
"Shining's probably just busy Twilight." Harry suggested as they departed the train. "He is the Captain of the Royal Canterlot Guard after all. He's probably organizing the security for the wedding."
His suggestion fell to deaf ears as Twilight stomped over in the direction of the castle.
"Come along we've got work to do." Rarity said to the others as they left the two ponies to their own devices.
"ACHOO!" Pinkie Pie sneezed out confetti to a shocked Applejack.
"Please don't do anything that gets us in trouble." Harry silently begged Twilight as their friends and his mom left for the castle another way. He followed Twilight.
They soon came upon a bridge. A stallion in a large helmet was directing others carrying spears and various weaponry.
"I've got something to say to you mister." Twilight said as she trotted up to the bridge. The other soldiers aimed their weapons at the two.
"Stand down." Harry ordered unfurling his wings. Though he was young he knew he had some authority over the Guard as his grandmother did being her direct descendant and all. The guards obeyed and saluted him.
"Your highness." They greeted.
Harry groaned. Every time he came the servants and guards called him "Your highness" or "Your Majesty." Even though he wasn't officially an announced heir yet.
"Twily." Shining Armor said happily, removing his helmet and smiling down at the two. "Hey kiddo." He greeted Harry with a noogie on his mane making the younger male growl in frustration to get out of Shining's grasp. "Oh I've missed you kid." Shining Armor said to his little sister. "How was the train ride?" He held out a hoof.
"How dare you not tell me in person that you where getting married?!" Twilight said in anger and hurt. "I'm your sister for pony's sake!"
"Its...not my fault." Shining Armor said. "Princess Celestia has requested a major increase in security. Didn't you see all the guards at the train station?"
Now that you mention it...Harry thought as his big brother figure went on about the security. We did pass through a barrier of some kind. And even then there where six guards waiting for us when we got off the train.
"Yeah, there's a big wedding coming up. Maybe you heard about it?" Twilight snapped at Shining before trotting a few feet away.
"It has nothing to do with the wedding. A major threat has been made against Canterlot, but no one knows who's responsible. "Princess Celestia asked that I provide additional protection. He looked right into her eyes as Harry came over. "This, you need to see."
Shining Armor stood back and closed his eyes in intense concentration. An intense, pink magical aura erupted from his horn. A brilliant magical burst surged from his horn full of protective energy and it was aimed up at the bubble surrounding Canterlot.
"The burden of keeping Canterlot safe rests squarely on my shoulders." Shining Armor told the two younger ponies as they walked. "Being focused on the task at hand is my top priority."
"Told ya so." Harry said as Twilight looked down and blew her a childish raspberry. Twilight rolled her eyes and walked on with the other two.
"Okay okay I get it." Twilight said to her older brother. You've got a big job protecting Canterlot with a force field only you can conjure up." The mare looked over the bridge as Harry was skipping on a hopskotch field drawn by foals earlier that day. "But how could you not tell me about something as big as your wedding?"She looked up at him pitifully. "Am I not that important to you anymore?"
"Hey, you'll always be important to me. Your my little sister." Shining Armor said as he put a hoof beneath her chin. "But I can understand if you don't want to be my Best Mare anymore." He looked away with a slight smirk.
Twilight's eyes widened. "You want ME to be your Best Mare?"
"Well...yeah." Shining eloquantly replied.
"I'd be honored to be your Best Mare." Twilight bowed at her big brother. "But I'm still pretty ticked that your marrying somepony I dont' even know!" She snapped poking Shining Armor's chest. "When did you even meet this "Princess Mi Amore Candenza?" She demanded.
"I've been wondering that too. You've never written about her." Harry popped up suddenly making Twilight "Eep."
"Harry don't do that." She scolded. "Its bad enough when Pinkie Pie does it."
Shining Armor chuckled. "Twilight, Princess Mi Amore Candenza is Cadance." The Stallion informed his little sister. "Your old foal sitter."
Twilight was confused for a minute but Harry's eyes widened with excitement and he started bouncing around. "Cadance? You mean THE Cadance?" She asked. "As in, "The Best Foal Sitter in all the history of Foal Sitters."
"Heheh, you tell me. She was your Foal Sitter." Shining Armor said good naturedly.
"And also my cousin!" Harry reminded her as he bounced around excitedly. "Twilight we're gonna be family!" He said eagerly.
"Cadance is the most wonderful pony in all of Equestria! "She's beautiful, kind, caring." Twilight went on about remembering times with Cadance when she was a little filly. "What other ponies can just spread love wherever they go? I only know of one!" She said eagerly.
Soon she was bouncing around with Harry saying "Your marrying Cadance." Until...
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything important." A pink coated alicorn mare came out onto the bridge.
"Cadance!" Twilight said eagerly. "Sunshine sunshine ladybugs awake!" She started the nursery rhyme Cadance had taught her when she was little. "Clap your hooves and do a little shake!"
Cadance looked at her oddly. "What are you doing?"
This caused Harry to stop bouncing and look at the new mare weirdly. According to stories from Twilight and her family the two where very close when she was a filly. Shouldn't she know the ladybug song?
"Cadance its me! Twilight!" Twilight said to the confused alicorn.
"Uhuh." Cadance brushed her aside to stand beside her fiance. Shining Armor put her leg around her. Twilight brushed the greeting off as pre wedding jitters.
"I've got to get back to my station." Shining Armor said to the two ponies in front of them. "But Cadance will be checking in on all of you to see how things are going. Right dear?"
"Absolutely." Cadance said with a kind smile.
"Okay sure!" Twilight said eagerly. Just happy that she and Cadance and Harry where going to be family. She eagerly left to get started on the organization. "Bye big brother! See you later!"
"Wanna come along kiddo?" Shining asked Harry as he started to leave. "I'll introduce you to some of my subordinates."
"Uh...okay sure." Harry said less than eager as they left Cadance on the bridge. "Bye cousin." He said to Cadance as they left.
"Goodbye...cousin." Cadance chuckled darkly as her eyes started glowing green.
Later in the afternoon, Twilight and Harry where with his mom in the kitchen. The earth pony mare balancing on a ladder. "Cake."
"Check." Twilight smiled adding a check to her list.
"Nevermelting Ice Sculpture." Harry said after adding his "Nevermelt" spell to the sculpture."
"Check." Nicely done by the way." She added. Referring to his spellwork.
"Best darn mini apple tarts ya ever tasted." She shoved one into Twilights mouth and threw one to Harry who munched on it happily. His moms apple treats where the best!
"Mmm." Twilight said with a perky smile. "Check!"
"Yummy." Came from Harry as he slipped under the table and raised a hoof quietly to swipe another.
"Nosiree." Applejack smacked his hoof away from the tasty apple yummies. "These are fer the weddin'." She pulled Harry out from under the table by his ear.
"Ow ow ow ok momma I'm sorry!"
"Howdy Princess!" Applejack greeted Cadance as she smacked Harry's hoof away again.
Harry rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as his older cousin looked at him sternly.
"Please. Call me Princess Mi Amore Candenza."
Harry rolled his eyes as his mom re-greeted her.
"Ya come to check out and see what's on the menu for your big day?" Applejack asked the
"I have." Cadance said with a false smile. Twilight was busy re-reading the check list. Harry saw her with a "I'd rather be anywhere but here doing this" look." He raised his eyebrow. Shouldn't a bride to be be a little more...excited? Nervous? He didn't know. But he could tell something was fishy.
He watched his mom grab a tray of tarts with her mouth and turned it over where Cadance could see. Cadance levitated a tart. Her horn lit up green.
GREEN? Harry thought. He looked over to Twilight. Her head still in the list. On page seven hundred something. When she brought her face out of the list again her horn had stopped glowing. Hmm. Harry rubbed his chin as Cadance said "Delicious." She layed her ears back. "I love love love them!"
Harry looked over to Twilight for an explanation. "Probably just nervous." She said to the foal.
"Aw shucks." Applejack said. "Why don't ya take a few to go." She handed up with her hooves a brown paper bag with a few inside. "I know how you brides to be can be. So buzy you forget to put a little something in yer bellies." Harry watched everyone get back to work as Cadance approached the the door...and threw the bag in the trash!
"No one throws away my momma's treats like that and gets away with it." Harry growled. Pausing on his way out to fish out the bag and take it with him.
"Auntie Rarity you should have seen the way she acted!" Harry said as he paced around the room. "Please." He mocked. "Call me Princess Mi Amore Candenza." He huffed. "She's nothing like she is in the stories Twilight and Shiny tell me about."
"Oh darling shush, she's probably just nervous about the wedding. She is royalty you know."
"I'm Royalty too. But I don't go about going "Please. Call me Prince Harry the Bravehearted." He mimicked Cadance again. "I don't know when she changed after she stopped foal sitting Twilight but boy did she ever!"
"Again darling, she's probably just nervous. Someday your going to be married to the mare or stallion of your dreams too and will be just as nervous as she is." The unicorn designer reminded her godson.
"I hope when I get married I don't act like that. If I ever did that Momma would buck my face. Especially if I threw out the mini apple tarts she worked on for hours just for me." He snapped at Rarity holding up a brown paper bag in front of her. vy magic. It was slightly damp on the bottom but Harry protected the precious treats with magic. He levitated the bag over to him and munched the last one before crunching the bag up and tossing it in the garbage.
"Harry you shouldn't eat food you found in the trash. Not only is it downright disgusting its unheygenic and not fitting of your status as royalty." Rarity scolded her godson. "And your starting to sound like a spoiled brat pining for attention. Almost like that Blue-" Harry interrupted her by getting in her face. Something he rarely did with anypony but when Blueblood was mentioned...all bets where off.
"I AM NOTHING LIKE BLUEBLOOD." Harry didn't need to shout. Rarity got the message clear as a bell.
"Did I hear someone say my name?" Harry turned and saw his cousin come in with her bridesmaides.
"Princess!" Rarity rushed over in front of her. "Thank you for letting me have the honor of being part of such a momentous occasion." She bowed in front of Cadance who looked down on her with indifference.
This only made Harry steam. Here his godmother was showing her the utmost respect. Something even his grandmother respected back. And she was looking down on her?! Steam was literally coming out of Harry's ears he was so mad.
"Is the dress ready?" She asked. Trotting over to the mannekins Rarity was supplied.
"Of course. I've been designing it since I was given the assignment. I think you'll be pleased with the results!" She showed the Princess one of her most beautiful works.
Cadance looked on it with indifference. Again. "I was hoping for something with a little more beading and a longer drape." She looked over the bridesmaids dresses. "And these should be a different color.
"I think their lovely." The mare on the far left said.
"Me too." The middle one agreed.
"I love them." The last agreed as well.
Cadance looked behind her at them with a glare. "Make them a different color." She demanded. She and the bridesmaids left.
"Gee." Harry said as she left. Shocked again at her behavior. "Maybe she should have been named Princess DemandyPants." Harry said disdainfully.
"Off you go. I have revisions to make." Rarity waved her godson off with a hoof.
From his position in the reception hall Harry had a good view of his grandmother on her balcony with her telescope keeping an eye out for any threats.
"Okay so we've been over the games." Pinkie Pie grabbed the dice and shook them before letting them fly with a big smile. "And the dances." She put on "Chicken Dance." music."Oh I think this going to be the most perfect reception ever!" She said happily bouncing over to the bride to be. "Don't you?"
"Perfect." Cadance said with a look. "If we where celebrating a six year old's birthday."
"Oh thank you!" Pinkie Pie said happily as she bounced along after her.
Harry glared after Cadance as the two left. Making his way to the apartment like home the six mares had been given for their stay he saw his auntie Luna come into the bubble. "Rest my sister. As always I will guard the night."
"Auntie Luna seems to be doing well." Harry said with a smile as he saw his grandma leave her sister.
Then he told his fellow Elements of Harmony his impression of Cadance...
"Cadance is an absolute Gem!" Rarity disagreed.
"But she was so demanding!" Harry Protested.
"Of course she was. Why shouldn't she expect the best on her Wedding Day?" Twilight asked after going over the list again for the umpteenth time.
"Momma did you know that after Cadance said she just "love love loved" your mini tarts she tossed the tarts you worked on so hard just for there to be extra in the trash when she left the kitchen this afternoon?" Harry asked his mother.
"Oh shoot sugarcube she was probably just trying to spare my feelings." Applejack waved it off.
"Well at least they didn't go to waste. And no she wasn't. She was being fake and totally insincere" Harry protested with raised front hooves.
"Whaddya mean they didn't go to waste?"
Applejack's question was ignored when Fluttershy said "She did raise her voice at one of my birds during rehearsals."
"Aha!" Harry said pointing a hoof at Fluttershy. "See! Rude!" Harry folded his hooved across his belly.
"But...he was singing really off key." The pink maned pegasus said. The bird screeched horribly. Harry covered his ears.
"Pinkie Pie you had to have noticed how Cadance treated y-" Harry started before he noticed Twilight and Pinkie playing with the figuries that went on the cake.
"Rainbow Dash." Harry turned to his best female friend. "You've noticed how mean she is right?"
"Sorry kid. I've been too busy prepping for my Sonic Rainbow to notice Cadance's bad attitude." The rainbow maned tompony said as she folded her wings repeatedly.
Harry growled in anger and left the mares to thier wedding planning.
Shining Armor was busy trying on his wedding tux and adding his favorite uncle's medallion.
Knock knock knock knock
"Harry!" He said eagerly. "Come on in kiddo. Shiny's looking pretty good. Don't ya think? He puffed out his chest. "Hey, everything okay?" He noticed Harry looking kinda down.
"Shiny, we need to talk." Harry said seriously. "I think your making a big-"
"Ahem." Harry stopped talking and turned back to see Cadance glaring down at him.
"Oh uh...hi sweetie." Shining Armor said.
"She sure has a way of sneaking up on people." Harry muttered darkly as the mare approached.
"Could I speak to you for a moment dear?" The mare asked before turning and walking back upstairs.
Better she what she wants." Shining Armor said to Harry before leaving the foal and following his fiance.
Harry soon heard muttered arguing.
"Please not with Harry right outside." Shining Armor begged.
"Just listen to me." Harry heard Cadance say.
"I am listening."
"I thought I made it perfectly clear I didn't want you to wear that." Cadance said sharply to Harry's big brother figure as he peeked through the door.
"But this was my favorite uncles."
"And?"
"And I think I should wear it."
Cadance scoffed. "Are you disagreeing with me?"
"I guess...I am." Harry heard a weird noise and saw a spark before seeing Shining Armor start struggling. with something.
"Oh dear. Are you getting another one of your headaches?" Harry saw Cadance's horn glow green and cast a spell on Shining Armor's head that made his eyes swirl with dizzyness.
"Feeling better?" Cadance said with a smug expression.
"Mhmm." Shining Armor shook his head yes as he stood dizzily.
Harry's eyes widened. "She's just not rude and insincere! She's downright evil!" The alicorn foal turned and ran as the couple where coming out before Cadance could cast whatever compliance spell she was casting over Shining Armor himself as well.
"Harry!" Shining Armor called out to the foal who was running off.
"Let him go." Cadance said as she started cuddling up to her husband to be.
"Huh...it sounded like he had something else to tell me." Shining muttered.
To Be Continued...
Okay so I decided to split it up after. This was taking waaay too long to find inspiration to write. Will post part two by next week at the latest!
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