Twilight Sparkle sat by the window in the VIP carriage of the train to Canterlot. Her friends were all busy planning out their parts to the wedding that they were to be helping with.

She had the easy part, she was her brothers Mare of Honor. 'Though I guess it means alot more when your brother is the captian of the Royal Guard, is marrying Princess Celestia's niece and being married by Princess Celestia herself, who also happens to be your own personal teacher.' She thought, sighing out loud as she did.

Applejack noticed Twilight's sigh and trotted over, giving her a friendly pat on the back. "You all right Twi?"

Twilight sighed again. "I'm just a little nervous. And hurt that my brother didn't see fit to tell me himself."

Applejack chuckled and shook her head. "Come on Sugahcube. Ah'm sure he had a good reason for not tellin' you himself." Applejack reassured her friend. "You said he's the captain of the royal guard right? Maybe somethin's come up."

"Yes darling do be reasonable. He is marrying a princess after all. I'm sure it's a simple case of him just doing his job and making sure the security is in peak condition." Rarity added, looking up from her designs and offering a smile.

"Besides." Rainbow Dash said as she siddled up next to the lavender unicorn. "If there is something odd going on, we can give the guards a hoof as the Mysterious Mare Do Well and the Shadowbolt."

"Um..." Fluttershy whispered. "I don't think that would work." She pointed at the station walls as the train pulled in.

"Well shoot. No crimfightin' for us."

"The hay? That's stupid."

"You can't complain Rainbow. The doctor did tell you to take it easy for a few more days. And to check into the Castle's medical center."

"Yeah yeah..."

Pinkie glanced at the posters that were plastered all over the station walls and read aloud. "Wanted alive: reward 50000 bits. The Mysterious Mare Do Well. For the crime of vigilantism." She looked at the second poster. "Wanted alive: reward 60000 bits. The Shadowbolt. For reckless endangerment of civillians in the crime of vigilantism."

"Since when?" Rianbow Dash asked.

"Since forever." Twilight rolled her eyes. "This is the royal city, it makes sense that vigilantes would be criminalized and a bounty put on their heads."

"And with a wedding this important coming up, I can  only imagine that the guards would be extra suspicious of anypony who enters the city." Rarity reasoned.

A quintet of passes floated over to each of the ponies present. "Well they won't be suspicious of us. I had Princess Celestia pull a few strings so that the guards will pay us no mind." Twilight half smiled. "All you have to do is show this to the guards and you shoud be allowed access to anywhere in the castle."

"Well shoot. This'll make gettin' the ingredients Ah need that much easier. Thank you kindly Twilight."

"Oh. And if we show them to shopkeeps we can get any materials we need free of charge, provided we have proof of why we need them of course." Rarity beamed. "Hmm... I wonder if I can keep any left over fabric for myself..." She mused.

A loud squee drew all their attention to Rainbow Dash. "And if we need help from anypony or organization in Equestria, we just have to ask."

"Oh dear..." Applejack sighed before quietly clearing her throat and nudging Fluttershy and Pinkie. She began to mimic Rainbow Dash's voice mockingly, matching the pegasi's tirade word for word.

"This is gonna be so awesome! I'm going to see if I can get the Wonderbolts to help me with this, maybe I can teach them how to do a Sonic Rainboom so we can do a straight line fly by and deliver more than one. Then they'll have to accept me as a member or at least a reserve member to call in when one of the main group gets sick..."

Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy giggled quietly as Rainbow Dash continued her daydream with Applejack doing a mocking imitation.

Twilight turned to Rarity, "You'll keep an eye on the others right?"

"Of course darling, but where will you be going?"

"A few places. I probably won't be staying in the castle either."

"Oh?" Rarity raised an eyebrow. "And where will you be staying?"

Twilight shrugged. "Figured I'd use the time to spend some time with my parents. It has been a long time since I saw them."

"Say time anymore darling and I'd think you were a Chronomancer." Rarity giggled daintily.

Twilight chuckled before turning to their other friends, the train coming to a complete stop. "Alright girls!"

Without hesitation, the other four ponies turned to look at her. "You all know what you need to do. So get straight to the castle and get to it. I'll be in first thing in the morning and I expect to see some progress."

They all nodded and turned to the doors as they opened.

"Odd how the train didn't stop until we were ready to get off." Fluttershy wondered aloud.

"Talking is a free action." Pinkie stated simply as she bounced out of the car.

"What?"

"Nothing."

Fluttershy simply blinked, shook her head and took to the air, heading towards the royal aviary. "Hopefully the trained birds will be more receptive than the ones in the garden."

"The royal kitchen... gonna be a big place, hope the chefs don't mind takin' orders from me for a bit." Applejack furrowed her brow as she trotted down the path to the castle.

Rainbow Dash flew off towards the richer part of the city, muttering the addresses of several Wonderbolts to herself.

Pinkie was already long gone, which left just the two unicorns in each others company.

"So where are you off to first dear?" Rarity asked.

"The barracks."

"The what?"

"The living quarters for the guards."

"Oh. Going to talk with your brother I take it?"

Twilight nodded. "You should get to the royal dressmakers room, start working on the dress."

"Oh yes." The white unicorn giggled like a little filly. "I've poured most of my bits into getting the best equipment I can afford for my boutique, I'm curious to see how it stacks up to what they have at the castle, as well as all the special fabrics I'll be working with..." Rarity continued to talk to herself as she trotted off after Applejack.

Twilight smiled and shook her head before breaking into a gallop and heading towards the barracks.