The wedding was quite nice.

I sat in the crowd, close to the wall as I watched Princess Cadence walk down the aisle towards a waiting Shining Armor and Princess Celestia. For the first time today, my shadow was missing. It was considered safe enough for him to quickly grab something to eat with Celestia in the room. Or at least I told him so and sent him to eat. He had been following me around without a bite all day.

It took some convincing, but Reliant Frost finally agreed.

Sometimes the similarities to some earth customs were just strange. This was one of them.

Very strange.

Even so, having your wedding ceremony performed by a literal sun goddess was a bit rarer back home.

I did wish Luna could have been here though. She would have been up there next to her sister and not next to me, but at least she could have been here.

Stupid threat.

Sighing, I focused on the ceremony itself. I'll see Luna tonight. She is my girlfriend, not my symbiote.

I don't need to spend every moment thinking of her.

Admittedly, it had been difficult not to lately.

They finished saying their vows and Princess Celestia smiled, “Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Shining Armor. It is my great pleasure to pronounce you...”

“STOOOOP!”

Huh?

Twilight rushed in and slid to a halt by the open doors as everyone stared at her. She looked pissed.

I had wondered where she had been, it was her brother's wedding after all. But then again, I might have been pissed too if my sister was getting married and I didn't even know she had a boyfriend.

Gasps all around at her interruption.

Princess Cadence ughed and stomped a hoof, “Why does she have to be so possessive of her brother!?” before she turned sad and started to cry, “Why does she have to ruin my special day?”

“Because it's not your special day! It's mine!” A second Cadence yelled as she ran into the room next to Twilight.

What.

“What.” Princess Cadence ...the one next to Shining Armor... asked before she pointed at them, “How did you escape my bridesmaids?”

She then shook her head, “No matter. You are still too late.”

Applejack looked confused, “I don't understand. How can there be two of them!?”

...Good question. What in the fuck is going on!?

Princess Cadence took a couple of steps forward(the one next to Twilight), “She is a Changeling! She takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding of your love for them!”

AH! Dominion! Fuck those guys!

...Wait, that's fiction. And they didn't eat love.

Princess Cadence(the one by Shining Armor) was engulfed in flame, it crawled over her, pink fur and wings giving away to black chitin and fibrous wings.

Her mane was flat and green and her mouth was filled with fangs. Her horn turned crooked like a stinger and her eyes were luminous green. Her limbs had holes through them.

She had waaay to many xenomorph features not to be fucking terrifying! I was clearly not the only one thinking so as the crowd was dead silent as we stared at her.

Where are the guards?

She started to laugh and walk towards Princess Cadence, “Right you are, Princess. And as Queen of the Changelings, it is up to me to find food for my subjects. Equestria has more love than any place I have ever encountered. My fellow changelings will be able to devour so much of it that we will gain more power than we have ever dreamed of!”

Princess Cadence glared at her, “They will never get the chance! Shining Armor's protection spell will keep them from ever even reaching us!”

...Yes, but what about everypony else in Equestria!? Where the fuck are those guards!??

The big bug laughed, “I doubt that. Isn't that right dear?”

Shining Armor nodded dumbly.

...Oh fuck. FUCK FUCK FUCK! I fucking knew it! FUCKINGFUCKITYFUCK!

Princess Cadence tried to get to him_ but the bug Queen cut her off, looking rather smug about it, “Ever since I took your place, I have been feeding of Shining Armor's love for you.” she said, moving back to almost rub up against his side, “Every moment he grows weaker and so does his spell. Even now my minions are chipping away at it."

She laughed, “He may not be my husband, but he is under my total control now! And I'm sorry to say, unable to perform his duties as Captain of the Royal Guard!”

WHERE THE FUCK ARE THOSE GUARDS!?!!?

“Soon my changeling army will break through. First we take Canterlot, then All of Equestria!”

“No.” Celestia said, stepping up, “You wont."

Oh you dun goofed now, buggy. Somebody is about to be hit by a star.

“You may have made it impossible for Shining Armor to perform his spell, but now when you have so foolishly revealed your true self...” Celestia started and stepped forward, meeting the bug, their horns clashing, “I can protect my subjects from you!”

Flapping her wings, Celestia pulled back and up into the air, her horn shining like a small sun and she fired a bright beam straight at the bug queen.

The bug answered with a green beam of her own and they clashed in the middle.

Smash her!

To my growing horror though, she started to force Celestia's beam backwards.

No. Nonononono!

She was supercharged! They fed on love and she had been eating the love meant for the Princess of Love! Of course she was on_top of her power.

Shit!

No guards. Someone had to do something.

Charging up the most damaging spell I could, I aimed it at her eyes and put as much power into it as I could handle.

Normally the cutting spell was made for things such as apples.

It struck the Bug Queen across the cheek and black chitin split with a spray of green ichor. She jerked to the side, crying out in pain. In doing so, she broke contact with the beam.

Celestia's spell smashed through the remains of her beam and hit the big bug, sending her crashing across the floor and smacked her against the wall. The bug dropped and laid still on the floor.

With a flap of her wings, Celestia flew over to her, putting a hoof on her in case she moved, glowing bands of light forming around the bugs horn and tying her legs together before Celestia looked at Princess Cadence, “Go to him. Use your magic to free him from her spell. Then reinforce the shield spell.” she ordered, “Twilight, girls. Come with me.” before picking up her fallen foe in her magic, “Blank Page, you as well.”