"Hey Celestia, you wanted to see me?" Max happily smiled as he joined her out on her balcony.

"Indeed," she nodded yet kept her eyes turned to the garden below as she spoke, trying her damnedest to hide her nervousness. Never the less she couldn't help but shiver in his presence.

"Tia, are you okay?" He asked, reaching out and placing a calming hand on her flank.

'Mother, you chose so well for me,' she thought as the butterfly's in her stomach vanished the instant he touched her. Never in a million years would she believe that she, the Princess of the Sun, could love such an odd creature as a human... and yet here he was. "Max, when I asked you to become my consort, we both knew it would be a temporary position..." she stated, not bothering to look back at him, knowing she wouldn't be able to continue if she did. "As you have undoubtedly been informed by others, I am fated to wed the fabled Storm King..."

Now it was Max's turn to become nervous. As she spoke he began to have flashbacks to the various ponies who had told him of the prophecy, including Blueblood who took great pride in reminding him whenever he could. "Tia, what are you trying to tell me?"

Taking a deep calming breath, Celestia let the bomb drop. "Max, the Storm King has finally come to Equestria," she shiver as she felt her human flinch at her words, "Your time as my consort has sadly come to an end."

"I...I..." the conflict of emotions erupted within him so fast that it rendered Max speechless, all his life he had secretly been trained to be by Celestia's side, hell, her own mother had been his instructor. Even more, once he had arrived here in Equestria and met the Sun Princess, he had fallen in love with her. What was he supposed to do with his life now? 'Remember your place, human,' Blueblood's snide comment came back to haunt him... "w..hen," he had to pause and clear his throat to continue. "When will his highness arrive at the palace?"

"He's already here," she stated as she turned her beautiful eyes to gaze at him.

"I see," 'well fuck me!' Max's mind screamed, yet he did his best to not show the conflict within. "Do you wish for me to meet this king, maybe inform him of your likes and dislikes... or should i just pack and make a discreet exit?"

"You have already met," she said as a smile formed on her lips. "In fact, he stands before me as I speak..."

Quickly he pulled his hand off her rump and spun around... only to find that he and Celestia were alone. Oh so slowly the gears in Max's brain began to turn and the gravity of Celestia's words clicked into place. "Tia, what are you saying," he turned back to ask, only to discover she had moved closer and was sporting a mischievous smile.

"Max Tarrant Rex, my consort, my lover, my great thunder king... would you be willing to take the final step and become my husband?"

"Are...are you asking me..." Max had to blink the confusion out of his eyes, "little insignificant, raised on a Kentucky horse farm, back woods hick me... to marry a living sun goddess, you?"

"... Indeed..." Was her only response.

Two hours later, Twilight was at her desk in the library studying a new spell, while behind her Helm was teaching Spike the finer points on German style poker, when the little dragon began hacking and burped up a scroll. "Twi, you got a letter from Celestia."

"A letter from the Princess?" the purple alicorn stated gleefully as she bounded over, completely and utterly ignoring the miniature mushroom cloud coming from the remains of what was once a perfectly good maple desk.

"Must I constantly remind my loving mare that she to, is a princess," Schmidt commented in German. Two years ago Helm had begun teaching both Spike and Twilight his native tongue, and agreed that now, whenever they were alone, that they would only speak in German.

"Ja," she nodded with a giggle as she opened the scroll. However her joyfulness slowly disappeared as she silently read what was inside.

"Twilight," Spike asked, the first to realize something was off with his mentor/step-sister.

As a response, Twilight's eyes rolled up in her head as she passed out.

Instantly Helm and the little dragon were at her side. Gently the human scooped up his love into his arms as he glanced at the scroll laying on the ground. "Spike, find out what in that letter could have done this," he demanded while heading for the stairs and their bedroom on the second floor.

"Let's see, Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle... starts off as per usual," Spike hastily read as he followed along behind. "You have been my most faithful student all these many years... Blah-blah-blah, Joyous news... blah-blah-blah, getting married..." spike did a double take on that last part. "Holy smoke, Celestia's getting married!"

"While that is good news, it doesn't explain why Twilight passed out," Schmidt said as he gently laid her down in their bed.

"But it does, right here," Spike pointed to a spot in the letter. "Celestia wants Twi to be her best mare and wedding planner."

Both took a moment to gaze at the unconscious alicorn before nodding. "Yeah that would do it…"

"FIRE!" I shouted. After a moment, the 8.8cm gun on Jerry roared and a side of the barn we were to demolish promptly exploded outwards. "Good shot, Major."

"I aim to please." His voice came on over the radio. "Does the lady wish for another shell, or should I go park this beast?"

"AJ, is that good enough or do you want more explosions?" I questioned, glancing down at the stetson on her head.

"Hmmm..." She rubbed her chin with a hoof, before chuckling. "This barn's gonna come down one way or another, might as well blow it up completely."

"Major, load WPHE and let off one or two more shells." I stated. WPHE, while not a conventional tank shell at any time period, was unique as it was basically a white phosphorous shell that had more oomph to structures, while also burning it down. After I told him to load it, I placed a pair of sunglasses over AJ's eyes and grinned behind my polarizing helmet.

"Ready to fire." Major stated.

"... FIRE!" I shouted. Another roar and the eastern end of the barn was brightly burning. Another shell later, and a short pause, and Major was off towards the base with me sitting on the turret.

And I wasn't creepily stroking the MG42, damnit!

"General Durnkinscoff?" A courier flew up to me. At my nod, she held out a letter. "A message from Princess Celestia."

"How come she didn't just send it to me with our lamps?" I asked myself in confusion after I accepted it and placed a bit on her muzzle. She flew off after carefully plucking the bit off of her face.

"Dear Mark,

I know this may be a little overwhelming, but I have a simple, yet extremely important question for you.

I wish to know if you'd like to give me away at the wedding that I will be having with Max." And with that, my coffee was flying across the room. "I know that I do not have a father to do this, but I believe that you would be the perfect substitute.

Your friend,

Princess Celestia"

"Christ..." I murmured, staring into what was left of my coffee. After a few moments of silence, I sighed and leaned forward, slowly and gently picking up a quill. Not a pen, a quill, one that holds special meaning to me.

And hopefully it would hold special meaning to Celestia, as my gift for getting married because fuck it.

"Dear Celestia..." I began. "In order for me to do this, you must know one thing…"

The Royal court was filled to capacity as ponies and changelings from all over Equestria had gathered in the throne room, filling it with a menagerie of sizes, shapes, and colors. That wasn't even counting the banners and streamers that hung from the vaulted ceiling and clung to walls, or the massive amount of flowers that decorated every table and vase in the palace.

As for those gathered, they were here to watch the ceremony of a lifetime, the wedding of their Sun Princess, Celestia. Some were the friends and family of the distinguished Equestria's Human Special Forces, the human division of the Death Guard, here to witness the official combining of human and pony culture.

Others were Canterlot's nobility, who never missed a reason to attend court… any reason to say that "I was there when," and to hob-knob with royalty. There were also in attendance a group of delegates from countries and kingdoms friendly to Equestria, including Queen Chrysalis of the changelings and Chief Thunderhooves of the buffalo tribe.

Even Discord was making an appearance, sitting well behaved (for once) with his best friend Fluttershy.

The Elements of Harmony and their loved ones stood at the front line of the proceedings, on the groom's side and kept trying to reassure the nervous man, who despite his best efforts, was about to become a Prince. To his right stood his grooms; Jeremy and Anon, Prince Shining Armor, a reporter named Shutterfly, while at his side was Max's first and best friend, Dusty the maid. And from the raised throne dais the Crystal Princess of Love stood vigil over the proceedings with great pride and a small grin upon her face.

Once everyone had been gathered, a set of Day Guards marched down the main isle to stand at attention before the dais. With horns glowing brightly, they pulled forth long trumpets and sounded off… as the last note echoed all in attendance turned their heads and waited.

Seconds ticked by, yet just when the crowd began to murmur amongst themselves, music began to play as the doors to the room opened.

Reprising their role as flower girls, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo trotted slowly down the aisle, scattering white rose petals as they went. Following them was Red Dawn in full fiery alicorn mode, a set of gold rings sat on a silver pillow atop his back. Dawn really hadn't wanted to attend as an alicorn, but this was for Celestia… that and both night sisters had agreed he would never have to do it again, until they decided to get wed to some poor schmuck. Next to appear was the matron of honor and the bridesmaids. Dressed in shimmering deep blue, Twilight led Luna and Moon in a careful march down the aisle.

Once they had taken their place at the far left of where Max stood, the wedding march began and there was a flash as the Princess of the Sun appeared in the doorway.

She was dressed in a gown of white silk with gold and silver trimming and a 15 foot long flowing train. Her usually flowing rainbow pastel main and tail were in their more natural pinkish hue and ran in a brad that almost touched the floor. Her usual vestments of royalty, along with her crown, were surprisingly absent this day for reasons of diplomacy. While Mark, dressed in full USMC dress blues with a cerimonial sword attached to his belt, beaming with pride as he marched her down the aisle. He finally told her about his sorta father/daughter relationship with Faust.

There were "oohs" and "ahs" from the on-lookers and cameras flashed from the balconies.

For Max, time seemed to stand still as Celestia slowly sashayed her way towards him. However, soon enough Mark was stepping aside to allow Max to take his place at her side. As he did, the general of the human military leaned close and whispered something that caused Max to chuckle, reliving some of his tension… for the moment.

Together the two ascended to the first level of the raised dais and stood before the alicorn of love.

"Humans and ponies," Cadence began, using a slightly softer version of the Canterlot Voice. "We are gathered here today…"

And that was as far as she got for at that moment there came a loud screech noise from around the throne. Quickly several pairs of eyes turned towards Discord who calmly stood next to Doc and Fluttershy.

"Don't look at me, I'm just standing here," the draconequus shrugged. Just as suddenly as it began, the squeal dissipated to the sound of ripping fabric as a jagged tear in time and space appeared… slashing the throne in two.

A collective gasp spread over the crowd, some even fainted, as Queen Faust herself stepped from the rift.

"I must ask that you hurry up your highness," a distorted voice announced from the tear. "I don't know how long we can draw power from this star before it collapses."

"Thank you Doctor, I will endeavor to be hasty," she called back, however her eyes never left the sight of her eldest daughter or the man standing at her side. "We are burning up a star in order for me to be here this day of days," she flashed all a warm smile as she descended and stood next to a flabbergasted Lovebutt. "I do hope none of my little ponies mind."

Mark stifled a snort, disguising it as a cough.

When no pony, changeling, or human answered, she continued. "My dear," she nodded towards Cadence, "As Queen of this land, and mother of the bride, I request the right to preside over these proceedings…"

"a..As you w..wish," bowed the pink princess before rushing down the ramp to join her husband.

"Now then," she returned her attention back to the couple at hoof. "We will have to make this short and sweet," she stated, her horn lighting up as her mane and tail shifted to a swirling mass filled with stars and planets. Max and Celestia both nodded their agreement. "Then let's get this show on the road."

"Dearly beloved, We have all gathered this day to bear witness to this most joyous events. The wedding of my eldest daughter Celestia Solaris, to the human, retired Master Sergeant Max Tarrant Rex," she happily announced. "However, before we proceed, is there anypony here who has reason these two should not be wed?"

From over with the other delegates in attendance, Prince Blueblood started to state his objection, when Faust quickly added, "And remember that Max was MY choice for Celestia to begin with." Instantly Blue's mouth snapped shut and he faded into the background. Major, who was standing off to the side and generally being discreet, glared at Blueballs for a few extra seconds.

As the Queen Mother continued the ceremony, Max became lost in his own thoughts, the memories of growing up under the tutelage of Faust and his love for Celestia… that was until Celestia gave his side a slight bump. "Huh, yes?" he blinked back into reality and found all eyes upon him.

"Good answer," the Queen gave him a warm smile and a small, barely noticeable wink, before turning towards her daughter. "Do you, Celestia Solaris, take Max as your husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; to love and to cherish for as long as you two live?"

"I do," the Sun Princess gave a nod.

"Your Majesty," an overly excited voice called from the tear in reality. "We are running out of time!"

"Oh bother," she snorted more to herself, yet she pressed on. "It is here that we deviate from the usual pony wedding, to add a bit of humanity to this ceremony. May we have the rings please?"

Quickly Dawn stepped forward and waited until the Queen had lifted the bands of gold into the air.

"Not having fingers, we ponies have never needed to exchange rings as a symbol of our loving bond," she clarified. "However, for the humans it is a sacred tradition that we will observe this day, not only will the rings bond these two lovers as one, but humans and ponies lives in general."

"Now if you two will repeat after me," she floated the rings over to Celestia and Max. "With this ring, I thee wed…"

"With this ring," Max found it hard to speak through the wide smile on his face. Gently he reached up and slid the ring down Celestia's horn. "I thee wed."

"With this ring, I thee wed," she took her turn and used her magic to guide the band onto his finger.

"With this done, in the eyes of all here… and in mine, I now declare you man and pony, husband and wife," Faust announced happily. "You may kiss your husband!"

"Don't you mean wife?" Max asked.

"Equestria is a matriarch society Max," the Queen Mother reminded him.

"That make you my bitch," Celestia whispered as she kissed him deeply. Mark heard, and almost broke his calm demeanor by giggling.

"Faust," the Doctor called from the rift. "The star is collapsing!"

"Drat," the Queen stomped a hoof in annoyance before turning her attention to all gathered. "I'm afraid I must be going. But before I do, I just wish to say… Be well, my little ponies and I love you all."

Tears erupted and there were cries of anguish from many of the ponies in attendance when Queen Mother Faust stepped back through the rift and disappeared. Yet to Max and Celestia, it would remain the most happiest of days they could ever remember.

And Mark just stood there with a small, knowing smile on his face as he looked at Dawn. When Dawn looked over to him, he mouthed 'You're next, bitch.' Dawn almost shuddered.

The movie clashes so hard with this chapter, but hell I can make it work if I ever work it into this.