The last few days have been fairly peaceful around Ponyville. Everypony is worried about Miles, but Storm and Big Mac keep reassuring us that he'll come back. I certainly hope so. Celestia has been in a horrid state ever since Luna was taken. At least I've caught up on my studies. I just finished reading up on medieval spells and...

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

"Coming," I call out from my note stand. I walk over to the door and open it to find Pinkie Pie jumping around. "Oh, hi Pinkie Pie, do you..."

"Twilight! Twilight! You have to come with me right now!" she yells as she bounces up and down.

"What’s wrong, Pinkie?"

"What’s wrong!? A lot’s wrong! Luna's missing, Celestia won't smile, Miles is off on some long journey that's giving me the combo twitchy tail, knee shake, twitchy left eye, twisted tongue... Not to mention this was supposed to happen last arc but TB decided to make everything go flippy whippy so now Noahman1997 will finally get his Brony point thing in, even though I think he forgot, I mean it was six weeks ago but that doesn't matter because you need to come with me right now!"

"Who's TB—?!" I yell as she drags me outside. She runs around and starts pushing me down the empty street.

"Alright! There's a present for you down the street, go get it!" she yells before she runs down an alley. I look around for the present she's talking about, but I don't see anything. Well, this is probably just another Pinkie Pie thing, I'll just play along. I begin to walk down the road... where is everypony? It’s the middle of the day and there isn't a soul in sight... where is that music coming from?

"What in Equestria..." Out from every window, door, and alley jump out ponies playing the saxophone. They walk out on hind legs, thrusting their hips as they play the same beat over and over again. I look up to see ponies on clouds, roofs, taking up every ledge and bench to help play the song. I stare out at all of the dancing ponies and begin to laugh a bit at them. They play a bit of the song thrusting in one direction, then pivot to another and continue to thrust. I'm actually impressed on how well they're playing. Everypony is on beat, both with the music and the dancing. Where did they even get all of the saxophones?

"What is going on?" I say with a laugh as I begin to walk down the road. Suddenly a group of ponies wearing white masks jump in front of me and start break dancing. I pause to watch them, but they begin to dance away from me, so I keep walking after them. They have a pretty cool routine down. They do flips and spins around each other as the background dancers keep a step routine. They begin to run and roll around me making me stop and watch as they spin around me. One of them wraps a cloth around my neck and pulls me forward before they back flip away. I take a few steps forward as the sax playing ponies fill the street behind me, making forward the only direction I can go. I make it down a bit before a squad of ponies fly by and begin to do real stunts. Loops, drops, charges, and cloud tricks fill their routine before they fly over the road and drop rose petals over everypony.

"OK, what's going on?" I ask as all of the ponies around me back away to reveal two ponies standing before me. The mare has a beautiful red dress and the stallion has on a white shirt and a black vest. They begin to march back and forth, doing a samba or a waltz together. They begin to spin around, doing dips and flips as they dance around the open area. The stallion has a rose stem in his mouth that he keeps flipping around as they dance back and forth. I smile widely as the stallion dips the mare in front of me, offering me a red rose from his lips as he wiggles his eyebrows.

"Oh, thank you," I say as I take it with my magic, smelling it before I take a bite. He nods to me as he pulls the mare up with a spin. They walk away from one another as they hold a hoof out to each other. The crowd of hip thrusting, saxophone playing ponies run forward to make a corridor for me to walk down, so I continue to walk down, chewing as I watch all of them. I recognize most of the ponies as residents of Ponyville, but there are a lot of ponies that I don't recognize. I make it down to town square where I find another large opening. I wonder what kind of dance they'll do this time... I look over to the right to see Miles doing a weird shuffle as he steps out before me. I can see my parents and siblings behind him, smiling warmly at me as he approaches.

"Miles? When did you get back? Does this mean that Luna's back as well? Also, what's going on here?" I ask as I walk up to him.

"I... haff no clue," he slurs.

"Are... are you drunk?"

"It wash da only way they could get me ta shtay... now, without further adooo... MAGIC!" he says as he throws his fiery hand up, making a large green and black present come out of the ground. Everypony stops playing and dancing and watches me approach the box.

THUD

I hear something inside smack against the side and mumble loudly to itself.

THUD………THUD…THUDTHUDTHUDTHUD

"Uh... am I supposed to open this, or..."

"No no, dun' worry, I got thish," Miles says as he walks up to me and gets down on one knee.

"Miles... what are you doing?"

"Twilight..." he says as he takes my hoof and looks me in the eyes. "Will you marry... Shtorm?" My eyes go wide as my heart races...

CRASH

"YOU ASSHOLE!" Storm yells as he burst out of the box... that was made of stone for some reason, and tackles Miles... who only laughs uncontrollably as Storm starts to punch him. Marry... did... did he say... marry?

"Storm... are you asking me to marry you?" I ask, getting him to stop punching Miles and look back to me.

"Uh... yeah... I...

KER-TACKLE

"YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YEEEEEESSS!" I yell as I hug him tightly.

"Yes?" he asks as he looks me in the eyes. I nod uncontrollably as I start to tear up. He throws his forelegs around me and kisses me, making the crowd around us cheer loudly. I laugh a bit as I break the kiss and stand up.

KA-BOOM

I look up to see Rainbow Dash rocket across the sky, doing a sonic rainboom!

"Logic be damned! That'sh aweshum," Miles says from behind as he continues to lay on the ground.

"Storm..." I start to say as I look back to him, but stop when I see him kneeling before me, presenting a beautiful ring at the end of his wing. I pick it up and set it on my horn before picking him up to kiss him again.

"Alright you two, save some for the wedding," Rain Cloud says from the side as my family walks up to us.

"Mom, dad, I'm getting married!" I say as I hug Storm tightly.

"We know dear, we were there," Mom says as she leans against Dad. "Why don't we head inside to discuss the arrangements in private and to start the congratulations?" I nod as everypony begins to walk away from town square. I give Storm another kiss before I let go of him and begin to walk back down the road, leading everypony to my home.

"That was amazing Storm, when did you plan all of this?" I ask as I lean against him.

"Heh, I've been planning this ever since I got permission from your father."

"Is that why you wanted to have that dinner with my parents so badly?"

"Basically, though I didn't plan on so many things going wrong."

"What went wrong?"

"Well... When Miles came back I wanted him to be a part of it, but when everypony showed up he freaked out and scared away Fluttershy's birds, which made the weather ponies do their cloud hearts too soon. We ended up breaking them up while having to get Miles drunk to keep him here. He was the one who came up with the box idea. Originally I was going to be dancing with your mother, but a few flank squeezes later I went with plan B. Me being a present. Sadly I let Miles make the box, which proved to be a little too tough to break out of... then he popped the question for me..."

"Well, I still liked it," I say, getting him to smile back to me. We open my door...

"CONGRATULATIONS!" yell all of my friends as we walk in.

"Girls! Thank you so much," I say as I walk in and receive a group hug. Everypony piles inside as Spike runs around setting out plates of food and punch bowls. Two seat cushions have been set in the back of the room for me and Storm so everypony can congratulate us one at a time. First up are our parents.

"So, my little Twilight is finally getting married. We're so proud of you Twilight. Storm, I know you're a good stallion, you take care of my little girl," my dad says as him and Storm shake hooves.

"Don't worry, I will," Storm replies as my mom hugs me.

"I expect grandkids," she whispers into my ear, making me blush.

"Mom! I... well..."

"In time, I know," she says as she walks over to Storm and gives him a hug. I watch as he goes from pure joy to shock, then pure joy again... well, at least I know what he wants. Next is Rain Cloud.

"Storm, Twilight, I can't even begin to tell you how overjoyed I am right now. You brought me my son back, and now I get a wonderful daughter. I couldn't ask for more, and I know your father would be proud of you, Storm. Welcome to the family, Twilight," she says as she starts to tear up. "Oh... I'm going to move on before I completely break down," she says before she scurries off. Miles is next... this should be interesting.

"What'sh going on?" he asks as my brother pushes him forward.

"It’s the congratulations, it’s a pony tradition. Just tell them something meaningful and move on," Shining says as he pushes him before us.

"OK... so... uh, shorry about popping da queshtion for you..."

"It's alright Miles," Storm says as he drapes a wing around me. "I can understand wanting to ask Twilight to marry you," he says, making me blush.

"Heh, nah, only you would want ta ashk her, I've got my own woman ta ashk... wait... I already did... whatever, CONGRA—"

"Wait wait wait, hold on a sec," I say, making him stop. "Already asked... you asked somepony to marry you?" I ask, making his face drop as he realizes what he said.

"Aw shit... Luna'sh going ta be mad..."

"LUNA!" yells everypony before the room falls silent.

"Wow Miles, not even one chapter later," Pinkie says from the snack bar, standing next to some pale white mare I've never seen before... I think. She has a brown mane and a cutie mark of a pony on a pol—OOOHHH my god it’s Squishy Trap. Why did Pinkie bring a hooker? Why does he have his mane styled like a mare’s!?

"Miles, can you go upstairs and wait for us to finish down here? We need to talk after everything," Shining says to him, getting a nod in response from Miles. After he leaves, Shining and Cadence walk up to us to continue congratulating us.

"Well... at least love is in the air," Cadence says.

"Yeah... well I'm happy for you little sis. You've got a good stallion on your hooves here. I hope your years are filled with happiness," Shining says as he gives me a hug.

"Thank you BBBFF," I say as I hug him back. He walks over to Storm and shakes his hoof, both of them staring daggers at each other.

"Don't worry, they act like that to each other, but they'll get along, maybe with some encouragement," Cadence says as she hugs me.

"I'm not worried about them, I'm worried about..."

"I know, I know. But forget about that for now. We'll deal with that when we get to that. Right now it’s about you and Storm."

"Thanks, Cadence." The rest of my friends come and go, talking about how me and Storm make a perfect couple and making best wishes for the two of us. I would thank them and keep up with idle conversation, but in the back of my mind I kept going back to Miles and Luna. What have they done... what will Celestia do when she finds out? Does she already know? Does she know about his problem... well, I know she knows, but... we need to talk. After two hours of talking to everypony we finally send the last of them home and my family begins to head up stairs. We find Miles sitting in the middle of the room, legs crossed as he holds his knees. He has his eyes closed and seems to be focusing intently on something internally.

"Miles, you need to tell me everything." Shining says as he approaches him.

"Well... Luna and I are married now," he says calmly, keeping his eyes shut.

"And is there anypony who can verify this?"

"Well... some pirates, but I doubt they'll back me in this."

"Pirates? OK, start from the beginning, tell me everything. How you two got close, where you got married... if you've consummated it yet... everything."

"For what reason?" he asks as he opens his eyelids slowly to look Shining in the eyes.

"Well..." Shining starts, but stops when Cadence walks in front of him.

"Miles... this is very important. I need to know if I have a new family member..."

"According to what Luna told me on the ship ride here, you aren't really family members. More of... really close acquaintances that call one another family, but aren't really related."

"... Luna said that..." Cadence says as she backs away from him a bit, looking really upset.

"Don't take it personally, she still thinks very highly of you. But she doesn't really connect with many people because... well, a thousand years is a long time."

"Yes... well, why don't you tell us about what happened. How did you two get married?"

"Well... I think I should start with Soul Fire..." he says as he begins to recall all of the events that lead to them getting married. Them being in his subconscious, their date that ended horribly, their time in Topaz, and finally ending with their marriage at sea. I can tell he's leaving a few details out, but I think everypony can guess what happened in those parts. "...the last time I saw her was when I dropped her off at Canterlot." Everypony stays silent as we try to process what was said. I'm torn between this. On one hoof, Luna agreed to this. She loves him and they both deserve to be with each other. On the other hoof, MILES IS A BUCKING IDIOT FOR GOING BEHIND CELESTIA'S BACK AND IS GOING TO LOSE HIS PRIDE IN THE GALLOWS FOR TOUCHING A PRINCESS!

"There's one thing that I need to know, did you take her virginity? If you didn't, then I can help you out, but if you did... I don't see you keeping your privates," my brother says in a very serious tone.

"I did." BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK! Of course he did. Why wouldn't he! Because that would make life easy, that's why.

"*sigh* Then legally I have to arrest you."

"Legally? Do guards have the authority to make arrests outside of the cities they guard?"

"As Captain I do, please come quietly."

"Look, Shining, you're a nice guy so I'll let you in on a secret. I'm not going anywhere with you. I know you think you can take me, but you can't. I have a ridiculous amount of power on my side as well as a stronger will. My cause is much more meaningful than yours, and I will not lose out on it until my time comes. Please don't escalate this."

"What would you have me do!? I can't just do nothing!"

"Want my advice, go talk to Luna. You take your orders from her as well as Celestia, she can give you a better judgement than I could."

"Even then, I still can't leave this room without arresting you."

"Hmm... we could just say I hit you and got away..."

"This isn't a joke! This is my job, my life!"

"My life is on the line as well. Not to mention I'm chancing losing the woman I love..."

"Look, I want to help you, well, more of Luna then you, but you've got to give me something. I can't just up and leave because you asked nicely."

"Hmm... I've got something I was originally going to keep with just the Spartans, but if you pardon me until after you talk to Luna, I'll let you know as well."

"Well... it beats nothing, but this better be good."

"It is, do we have a deal?"

"*sigh*...I'm going to get fired for this... yes, we have a deal. What is it?"

"The leader of the terrorist group is a centaur named Tirek. He wants to shroud the land in eternal darkness. He's all black with red skin, and uses a weapon he calls the dark rainbow. He seems to be the bottom part of a pony and the top half of a human. He commands an army of different races. I saw ponies, griffins, orcs, diamond dogs and dragons at his compound. I think I screwed up his plans though. I know he wanted something from me, and I did blow up his compound. Its obvious to me that he has ties into the Equestrian government, and possibly the griffin one as well."

"That... that works."

"A centaur... where have I heard that before?" I say as I start to look through my books. I pull out Creatures of Legend and begin to skim through the pages. "Centaurs, though it is unknown where they come from, it is believed that they currently reside in the deepest recess of the pit. Their body makeup is half horse, half beast... there's nothing else on them." I place the book back and look back to everypony.

"What does this mean for the Spartans?" Storm asks, making my brother scoff.

"We do nothing at the moment. We're too few in numbers to be able to react properly to a mobile force. For now we wait for them to make a mistake and strike when he does. I'm a little weary to face him though, he says he was from the purge, which means he must have some ancient archaic skills with him."

"What's the purge?" I ask.

"It's a pivotal event in human history. To sum it up, that's when a really big war broke out that changed the way we looked at not only the world, but ourselves as well. I'd go more into it, but there are more important things at hand, so next time."

"Well, with the information you gave me, I'll have plenty of info to distract myself from arresting you... for now. I'll be sure to have a word with Luna as soon as possible. Please do me a favor and make sure you don't do anything to draw Celestia's attention."

"Will try," Miles says as he stands up. They stare each other down a bit before Shining and Cadence teleport away.

"Well... today was... interesting. We'll be sure to swing by when you two pick a date for the wedding. Please take care dear," my dad says before him and mom begin to walk out of the room. I watch them leave before I turn back to Miles and wait.

"What?"

"Well? What do you have to say for yourself?"

"Um... congratulations?"

"*sigh* What am I going to do with you, Miles?" I say as I shake my head.

"Trust me, nothing. Because Luna's going to kill me for dropping the ball like that."

"Well I'm happy for you," Storm says as he walks over to him and gives him a hoof bump. "I'm glad to see you back to your happy old self. Why don't you head over to Sweet Apple Acres to let Big Mac know about Tirek?"

"Good idea... OH! And before I forget, Storm Cloud. You have shown an exemplary amount of skill and battle readiness to move up to the level of Lieutenant - should you choose to take this responsibility, you would be able to make decisions that will forge the Spartan regiment in Equestrian history, do you accept these responsibilities?"

"I... I... yes. I accept the rank."

"Great, now I've got to go tell Big Mac that you're bottom bitch. Congratulations again," he says with a salute before he begins to walk out of the room.

"Hey! When Luna comes down here to kick your flank I don't want you hiding in my closet again!" I yell at him as he walks down the stairs.

"Cool. I'll just use your restroom then," he yells back. I shake my head and look back to Storm.

"So... marriage, possible execution, terrorist, and a promotion. Today's been eventful," Storm says as he walks over to me and nuzzles my cheek.

"Yeah... and it's only four o’clock," I say, getting the two of us to chuckle. "Storm... can you promise me something?"

"What is it?"

"Well, its just that... I don't see Celestia and Miles talking this through, and I know how loyal you are to the Spartans. Promise me that you'll never raise a blade to Celestia."

"Twilight, you know that I have to protect my squad mates... but... the best I can promise is that I'll only use a blade as a last resort."

"*sigh* I'll take it. It's not exactly what I wanted, but I'll take it."

"Sorry Twi. But lets not think about that. Right now it’s about me and you getting married. Let’s get some papers together and begin to organize everything." I put a smile on before I kiss his cheek and run over to my drawer and begin getting my supplies. He always knows how to cheer me up.

Shout out to noahman1997 for picking who popped the question and AllPonyProductions for picking the colors of the box. Brony on!