The entire trip back to New Appleloosa only one thought occupied my mind. I’m going to get married soon. “PON3 better come through on this.”

Silver shot me a glance. “Come through on what?”

I thought for a second. “You weren’t there with us for that. I forgot.”

“Forgot what Midnight?” Silver stopped and tapped on the gate.

“We kinda sorta got kicked out of Tenpony Tower.” I rubbed the back of my head. “We have business we need to do there and PON3 said he could get us back in.”

Silver nodded and trotted through the gate. “So I take it that we’ll be heading there immediately if we have no work to do.”

I nodded. “Yeah if Rose has no more work for us I think we’ll be heading that way. Might stay there for a few days.”

Today a few less ponies seemed to be whacked out on drugs. Those that weren’t were leaning against buildings throwing up. I shook my head and kept walking.

Demo and Onyx were working up on the roof of town hall installing some weird gun. I had no clue what it was but it looked bucking amazing.

Rose opened the door for us. “So I take it you solved our little problem.”

I nodded still trying thinking about that gun. “Yeah we solved it. Should have no more problems.”

Rose nodded. “Good. I want this city to be at it’s best. I have reports from the last attack saying if you hadn’t come along when you did this place would no longer exist.”

“Yeah we did show up at a good time.” Harmony took of her helmet. “Do you have any more work for us?”

Rose trotted back into her office. “None that I am aware of. Demo and Onyx should get finished installing that laser cannon soon enough. You can have a few weeks off.”

“Well that settles it we’re going to Tenpony Tower and making it official.” I was ready for this.

Rose cocked her head to the left. “Make what official? Oh wait. You’re getting married aren’t you?”

Harmony and I both nodded. “Yes we are.”

Rose studied a board sitting behind her chair. “Have you got this all planned out?”

I shrugged. “We’ve got a general idea.”

Rose tsked at us. “You really should have it more planned out. Can I come with? I haven’t seen much of the wasteland and Tenpony sounds like a nice place to visit.”

“The more the merrier. No reason you can’t come along.” I smiled warmly.

The door behind us opened and the zebra mare walked in with a case on her back. “I’ve been waiting for a few hours to return this to you.”

Silver levitated the box. “You finished the sword that quickly?”

The mare nodded. “Yes I did. It was no challenge whatsoever.”

Silver opened the box and brought the Knight’s bane out. “It looks brand new. Well done. Now then it is time to decide your fate.”

The mare nodded and took a seat on the floor. “Do as you must.”

Rose put a hoof on Silver. “What do you mean decide her fate?”

Silver sighed. “While we were out looking for whoever has been dealing drugs to New Appleloosa this mare raped me.”

I couldn’t tell how Rose was feeling. Her face was a mixture of sadness, anger, and confusion. “So you’re telling me she raped you and you didn’t kill her immediately.”

Silver nodded and sighed. “Yes. She gave me a good reason not to kill her. So I let her live until my sword was finished.”

Rose thought for a few seconds. “Alright. Her sentence is not death, however she will be working for us forging swords and other equipment until I say she is free.”

The mare stood up a look of pleasure on her face. “If that is my fate than I shall work hard to arm your soldiers with the finest weapons I can make.” With that she walked outside and straight back to the forge.

“Ok then. Now if you want we can leave right away and go to Tenpony.” I trotted towards the door.

Onyx was standing at the door. “Why are we going to Tenpony?”

I smiled. “Because I’m getting married.”

“Oh right. Well I just came to tell Rose that we should have the cannon up in a day or so.” Onyx moved out of the way to let Demo in.

“Good. Maybe we can have this place ready before another bandit attack.” Rose pushed away from her chair and trotted over. “We do have a few sky chariots if you would prefer. Either way I’m not walking that far.”

“Well it would be best if we got there quickly. Stone do you mind taking care of the place?” Silver wrapped a wing around Rose.

Stone was looking over a few charts in an adjacent room. “Yeah I can take care of things here for a few days. Just try to be quick about this. We still have more work to do.”

“You’re now fun Stone.” Rose teased.

“It’s the wasteland Rose. I’ve got no time for fun and games. Far as I know we’ve got raiders ready to kill us right now. That reminds me Onyx have someone put that cannon up while you’re gone.” Stone waved us away.

“Yeah will do.” Onyx muttered the next part under his breath. “Bastard.”

I glanced between Onyx and Stone for a second before shrugging it off and trotting out the door. “Where are the chariots at?”

Rose kept pace with me easily. “Silver, Demo, Onyx, If you wouldn’t mind grabbing the chariots and meeting us outside the front gate that would be nice.”

They all nodded. Silver took the lead and headed for the chariots.

“As soon as we get to the tower we need to discuss plans for your wedding. I can’t believe you two haven’t already planned it out. We might be less than one day out and you only have a rough idea.” Rose sounded way too much like a mom.

I sighed. “You know you sound like a mother stressing over her daughter. You don’t need to worry that much. I’d be fine with a small wedding and then a night alone with my wife. That’s all I need. What about you Harmony?”

Harmony looked to the sky and thought. “What you’re suggesting would be nice but I think I would like a little more out of my wedding night than that. Maybe a medium sized wedding and then a night alone with you.”

I pictured what that would look like. “Yeah. I suppose that wouldn’t be too bad. Whatever makes you happy Harmony. We’re in this life together.”

Harmony slid up close to me. “There’s no mare I’d rather spend my life with. I love you.”

I smiled. “I love you too.”

I felt a sense of accomplishment. After leaving my home I had been able to do so much more in two months than I had ever been able to do in the rest of my life. And knowing within the next couple of days that I would be married to the mare of my dreams made me feel amazing.

Rose stopped us. “We’ll wait here. The chariots should be here in a minute or so. Now please tell me you atleast have dresses for the wedding.”

I thought for a second before pulling out the red dress I had found a while ago. “I found this after I left the stable. It fits me well enough. And Harmony should have one.”

Harmony rummaged through her saddlebags. “Yes I do. It’s similar to to the one Midnight has but it’s a stunning white.”

Rose looked us over for a few seconds. “I could see Harmony in white but Midnight I really do think you should go with a different color. Nothing against the dress. It is quite stunning but it wouldn’t work so well with your coat. If we could find it I would suggest maybe a dark blue perhaps gray.”

I put the dress back into my saddlebags a bit depressed. “Maybe you're right. I’m still keeping that dress around.”

Rose smiled at me. “Fair enough. Oh look our chariots await.”

Silver landed close to Rose. “I’ll take Rose so you two can talk on the way to Tenpony.”

“Alright sounds good to me.” Harmony and I hopped into the other chariot. “Let’s go.”

Tenpony was quite a long trip even flying in these chariots. I knew it would give me some time to talk to Harmony.

Harmony slid her helmet onto the floor. “How long do you think we’ll get to stay in Tenpony?”

I took off my helmet. “Hopefully we’ll get a week or more. I don’t know though. I don’t know how much influence PON3 has over Tenpony. So we could be able to go back whenever or we might get a few days. As long as we're together it doesn’t matter.”

Harmony kissed me. “I know. With you by my side I think we can do anything. I would like to spend some time in the tower just to avoid the wasteland.”

I thought back upon all that I’d been through with Harmony by my side. “Yeah we’ve been through alot together. If we can convince PON3 I say we stay in the tower for a few days. Relax, get married, and maybe go to the spa. That spa sounds amazing after the last few weeks we’ve had.”

“Yeah. It would be nice to go and get a hooficure and maybe a massage.” Harmony rolled her shoulders. “You know this armor does a good job protecting us but I’m a little sick of it.”

“Let me guess. It chafes doesn’t it.” I shifted around in the chariot.

“Yeah. At first it was fine but know it just sucks. One second.” Harmony slid the rest of her armor off.

I followed suit and breathed a sigh of relief as the last piece hit the floor. “That’s better.” I slid super close to Harmony. “Now I can be closer to my beautiful wife.”

Harmony booped my nose. “We aren’t married quite yet. But that’s going to change just as soon as we can find you a new dress.”

“I mean I get that the dress doesn’t exactly go well with my coat but where are we going to find a dress that will work?” I didn’t recall any shop in Tenpony selling dresses.

Harmony looked at me. “I think I know a place inside Tenpony that might have a dress that would look stunning on you. I just hope it’s still open.”

I cocked my head to the left. “Still open?”

Harmony nodded. “Yes, one of the oldest residents of Tenpony used to know a dressmaker. If he’s still in business then we might be able to find a dress for you.”

“That’s sound great.” I knew very little about weddings. I had only been to two my entire life. “Have you ever been to a wedding before?”

“I went to one when I was three or four. My mom was getting remarried after dad had died. Other than that no I don’t know anything about weddings. What about you?” Harmony put a hoof on my thigh.

“I went to a few when I was in the stable. Mostly friends of mom getting married. I don’t remember them all that well. All I remember is how stunning the dresses looked.” I chuckled. “I pretty much always wanted one of those dresses.”

“Well soon enough you can have one. Aurora can you send a message to PON3?” Harmony lifted her helmet off the floor.

Aurora appeared as a hologram. “I suppose I can send him one. Try to keep it short though I don’t know how good the radios in these helmets are.”

Harmony set the helmet down. “Ok tell him we’ll be at Tenpony before the sun has set and if he wants his radio dish he’ll have to meet us on the roof to get it.”

I heard a little click as Aurora finished recording. “Anything else?”

“I think that will do it.” Harmony leaned back.

I leaned back with her and just enjoyed the moment. It was midday so it wasn’t very cold in the air. Laying there with Harmony I considered just taking a nap.

“Midnight we’ve got a response from PON3.” Aurora simply flashed a light on my helmet.

“If it’s an audio message go ahead and play it.” I pulled my helmet off the floor and held so Harmony and I could hear the message.

“Took you two long enough. Unfortunately now might not be the best time. We’ve got a large group of raiders preparing for an assault on the tower. Unless you’re bringing an army with you I suggest turning back. PON3 out.”

I sighed. “Do you think Silver could hear me if I yelled at him?”

Harmony shook her head. “Probably not. You could toss a rock at him or something. Maybe float a ball of light in front of his face.”

I looked around but found nothing to throw at Silver. I lit my horn up and levitated a small ball of light towards Silver.

Silver paid it no attention and kept flying. Rose however saw it and tapped Silver on the flank. They talked for a brief period of time before Silver descended towards the ground.

Onyx and Demo followed closely behind. After about a minute we landed on the ground and Silver trotted over.

“Why did we stop? Is something wrong?” Silver put a hoof on the edge of our chariot.

“PON3 just sent us a message saying raiders are surrounding Tenpony right now. Said we might want to turn back unless we’re bringing an army with us.” I sat up.

Rose had trotted over. “It’s now or never if you two are going to get married. We have a few days without anything to do. If we take any longer than that we might be in over our heads. No you two are getting married.”

Silver shook his head. “I’m not risking your life and the life of our foal in this. If what PON3 has said is true we’ll be lucky if we get into the tower without getting injured. We’re going back to New Appleloosa.”

Silver turned to trot back to the other chariot but Rose stopped him. “Silver we have an obligation to these ponies.”

“I owe nopony anything. I have to keep you and our unborn foal safe.” Silver took a few more stops but Rose held him there.

“How many times have Midnight and Harmony saved not only your life but other ponies lives. You owe them this Silver. If nothing else you can put a shield over all of us as we get there and when we leave.” Rose put her hooves on the ground.

“No. There is too much at stake here. We’re going back.” Silver returned to the other chariot.

“Midnight scooch over.” Rose put two hooves onto our chariot.

Silver looked at Rose. “What are you doing?”

“I am going with them so I can help them to get married. You can come with us, but either way I’m going.” Rose was about to hop into the chariot when Silver stopped her.

“I don’t like this. The odds are against us and we have so much to lose. I can’t lose anypony else, Rose.” Tears streamed down Silver’s face. “I just can’t let another pony I care for die. Especially not you. I love you too much.”

Rose cut him off with a kiss. “You don’t need to worry Silver. This group will keep me safe. You will keep me safe.” A few tears welled in her eyes. “I know you will.”

They hugged. I felt a little bit awkward being one of the ponies that caused this. I did nothing and just let them stand there embracing each other.

Silver let go of Rose. “Ok. We’ll go but if anything goes bad I’m getting us out of there.”

Rose hopped back in the chariot Silver was attached to. “Let’s go we’ve got business to attend to.”

With a few flaps of their wings Onyx and Demo had us back in the air. Silver followed shortly behind. All I could see was him talking to Rose as we went.

I leaned back in the chariot again. “I think I’m going to take a nap. I would like to just enjoy the sunbeams and relax.”

Harmony pulled me close. “That sounds wonderful to me. I think I’ll join you.”

I kissed Harmony and then buried my face into her chest.

Most of the time when I dreamed anymore it was just a weird state of floating through the air. Right now though I was actually in a vivid dream.

I was standing in an altar of some sort. Harmony was next to me in a bright white dress. A crowd of ponies was behind us sitting in chairs watching us. I figured they were here to attend my wedding.

The door behind me burst open and a pony in full armor trotted in. I couldn’t hear what he was saying but somehow I knew how to react. I called out to Silver.

Silver looked over to me and nodded. Just after he nodded the window closest to him shattered as he jumped through it.

I relaxed and nodded my head at the pony in front of us.

My dream faded as I was thrown into another one. Unlike the last one this one actually had sound.

“What makes you think she’s good enough for you? You’ve barely know her for two months.” The voice was familiar.

My voice was shaky as I called out to the pony I could not see. “Mom?”

My mom came into view. “Yes honey. I wanted to talk to you.”

“How is this possible?” I looked around.

Mom shook her head. “That doesn’t matter. Right now what matters is that I talk with you. I wanted to say that I’m sorry for not being the best mother I could have been. I know you probably don’t want to hear it. Being the Overmare was a tough job on me. I always wanted to spend more time with you.”

I stood still but lashed out with my words. “But you never did. You never spent anytime with me.” Tears welled in my eyes.

“I know and I regret that more than anything else. Please talk to me.” Mom took a few steps closer.

“Why should I? You never talked to me. Never cared about how I felt. You didn’t know anything about me.” The tears rolled down my cheeks.

Mom giggled. “Honey I knew more than you thought. I’d known for a long time you didn’t want to lead the stable. I knew you liked mares. I knew so much but you would never open up to me. I tried many times to discuss these things with you. I wanted you to be happy.” Tears rolled down her face.

I had never seen mom cry before. Not once in the entire 18 years I had lived in the stable. “Mom… Mom I’m sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I just thought you would be angry at me. At who I really was.” I dropped to the floor.

Mom came up and hugged me. “No. Midnight look at me. I would never be mad at who you are. I would have embraced you and let you blossom into the best mare you could be. I always wanted the best for you. My job got in the way and I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you.”

I heard a little pop. “What was that?”

“Nothing for now. I don’t know much about what happened after you left so I’d like to know how you’re doing now.” Mom sat me up.

I calmed my mind. “I’m getting married in a few days.”

Mom hugged me. “My daughter's getting married. I’m so proud of you dear. Who are you getting married to?”

Here in my dream a photo of Harmony appeared. “I’m getting married to Harmony.”

Mom looked at the photo. “She looks like the perfect mare for you. I’m proud of you Midnight. Has anything else gone on since you left home?”

I nodded. “I made new friends and found Onyx. Right now we’re flying to Tenpony tower so Harmony and I can get married.”

Mom ran a hoof over my mane. “I’m glad to hear that. I know you had a hard time making friends in the stable. Now I have a surprise for you.”

“What is it.” I laid down.

Mom pulled out that book I had always loved. “I thought I might read to you one more time. I remember just how much you loved this book.”

I felt a little old for that but didn’t complain. “Ok. As long as I get to spend more time with you.”

Mom smiled and laid down next to me. “Ok. Let’s start from the beginning.”

I smiled. I felt better now about my past knowing that mom loved me no matter what. I felt a weight lifted off my shoulders as my mom began to read my favorite story.

“Chapter one. A princess. My princess.”

I didn’t hear anything else as the dream faded. “I love you mom.”

I woke up seeing the sun was low in the sky. Harmony was laying next to me. She had tossed a blanket over us so we wouldn’t get cold.

I didn’t want to disturb Harmony if she was asleep. It seemed I did not have to disturb her as she was awake.

“How was your nap Midnight?” Harmony sat up a little bit.

I thought of my dream and a single tear rolled down my face. “It was great.”

“Why are you crying?” Harmony pulled me close to her.

“I had a dream where I was talking to my mom. She told me she was sorry for not being there when I needed her. Sorry for making me feel like I wasn’t good enough. Sorry. Sorry for everything.” I let a few more tears escape me.

Harmony wrapped her hooves around me and held me close. I felt her hoof run down my mane a few times as she held me.

Onyx called back not knowing what was going on. “Tenpony tower. We’ll be there in about five minutes. So hold on tight we might have a rough landing.”

I wiggled a little bit and Harmony let go. “Thank you.”

She nodded and looked over the edge of the chariot. I did the same and was a bit afraid of the sheer number of raiders surrounding the tower.

The entire tower was surrounded by rows of makeshift tents. A few turrets were stationed facing away from the tower to defend against outside forces.

Rose had taken my helmet over to her chariot so we could communicate. “Right back into the thick of it.”

Silver called out through the microphone. “Hold on tight. We’re going to have to make a rough landing. Get you armor on just incase. I’ll throw a shield over us in a minute or so once we are just outside of their range.”

“Well shit. Out of the frying pan and into the fire.” I grabbed my armor and slid it on quickly.

Harmony had already put her armor on and was waiting. “Well we’ve come this far. Only a little bit further. Silver you got this.”

The shield formed around us. I kept one eye on the ground to see what the raiders were going to do. To my surprise not one of them even tried to shoot us. We descended quickly towards the roof.

PON3 was on the roof next to a doorway. He waved at us as we made our final descent and came to a halt on the roof.

“Welcome back. You chose the absolute worst time to come back. We’ve been having meetings with the raiders trying to negotiate. Nothing has worked so far and I’m not sure they’ll leave without force.” PON3 looked around.

“We didn’t bring an army. Just a couple looking to get married and a very protective soon to be father.” I trotted over to Rose to get my helmet back.

“Perfect. Absolutely bucking perfect. Now we’re stranded up shit creek without a paddle and you brought nothing to help.” PON3 turned away from us.

“We brought you your stupid ass dish that almost cost us our lives. Maybe you can be grateful for that before I kick you off this bucking roof and into the hooves of the raiders below!” I tossed the dish over to him.

“Yeah thanks for that. Doubt I’ll get to use it seeing as we’re about to be killed.” PON3 trotted back towards the door.

“Midnight give me one good reason not to drop his ass off this PON3.

“He’s the only reason we’re allowed back into the tower. Kill him and we might have made this trip for nothing.” I trotted up to the door.

“Yes our deal.” PON3’s eyes shifted about.

“If you tell me that the deal is off I will personal tear your front hooves off and ram them up your ass and then drop you down for the raiders.” I was about ready to kill this bastard.

“Deal still stands. Might want to watch yourself though. I can cancel it at anytime.” PON3 pushed the door open. “Now get inside.”

I could see the rage in Silver’s eyes as he shot me a glance. I shot him one back. He nodded and trotted inside.

The rest of us followed closely behind. This part of the tower was dark right now but we moved along quickly. After less than a minute we arrived at an elevator.

PON3 opened the door for us. “After we exit this elevator I don’t know you. I have a bad rep just for convincing everypony to allow this.”

Rose sighed. “That’s a shame I wanted to have you Dj at the wedding.”

PON3 looked at Rose. “Well if we’re talking caps I suppose I could do a little bit of Djing.”

Rose hoofed over a bag. “That’s what you’re going to get for your work. How does that sound?”

PON3 lifted the bag a few times. “Sounds like we’ve got a deal. I’ll Dj after the wedding. Anything you want to hear?”

Harmony jumped in. “Have to have a slow song to start it off. I still need to dance with my wife.”

I chuckled nervously. “After that I think most anything will do.”

PON3 shrugged. “Alright. I’ll put together a little something. When’s the wedding?”

Rose butted back in. “I’ll have to get back to you on that. Still have a few things to plan.”

“Well if you want I could pull some strings and have the ceremony and what not ready by tomorrow.” PON3 looked up at the number counting down. “It’ll cost you a little bit more but you won’t have to worry about anything.”

“Well we have some stuff to talk about. Harmony go see if you can find Midnight a dress. Silver and I will make sure everything goes well.” Rose took a shy step away from PON3.

“I guess Demo and I’ll just hang out around the tower. I think I still have a key to our old room. Hopefully they haven’t changed the locks.” Onyx rocked back and forth on his hooves.

The elevator stopped. The doors slid open with a hiss of steam. We were in a small armory. “You’ll need to deposit your weapons here. Can’t have ponies in the tower with weapons on them.” PON3 waved a hoof at us and trotted off.

Harmony and I dropped off our gear.

“Come on Midnight. We’ve got to find you the perfect dress.” With that Harmony dragged me out of the room and into the elevator. “Let’s see. I think his shop was on floor eight.”

The doors closed and the elevator started descending once again.

“After we get this dress we’re going to the spa. Hopefully this time we get some mares to give us massages.” I smiled and scooched closer to Harmony.

“Of course. I hadn’t planned to put that off for too long. You just need a dress. After that the spa and then maybe we’ll discuss wedding plans with Rose.” Harmony kissed me.

We held that kiss until the door slid open. Harmony led the way as she looked for the dress shop. It took Harmony only a few minutes to find it and drag me inside.

A stallion was sitting in a rocking chair. “Welcome. What can I help you two mares with today?”

Harmony dragged me onto a pedestal. “We’re here to get Midnight a dress.”

The stallion got to his hooves. “What’s the occasion?”

Harmony took a seat nearby. “Wedding.”

“Oh a wedding. It’s been a long time since anypony in the tower got married. Well then this is truly a special occasion. So we can’t just give you any dress. This dress has to be perfect.” The stallion hobbled over to a doorway.

I watched as he pulled out an entire cart lined with dresses. He wheeled it over to me. Dress by dress he looked between them and me trying to decide what was going to work.

“Well I’ve got a few dresses in the very back that might suit you.” He pulled out a measuring tape. “Just going to need your measurements.”

I stood there and waited until he was done measuring my frame. “So do you have something?”

“I’ve got one dress in the back that will fit you. What color will your partner be wearing?” The stallion hobbled back towards the door.

I answered simply. “White.”

The stallion nodded and I knew he was smiling. “Perfect. This dress will fit you perfectly and look stunning.”

I waited eagerly for the stallion to bring the dress out. Eventually he brought out a shade for me and a box.

“Come here and try the dress on. I just want to be sure.” The stallion waved me over.

I trotted over and went behind the shade. I opened the box to see the dress. “It’s beautiful.”

The dress was a dark blue with black tints that mimicked the sky on a clear night. It looked like somepony had taken the sky and formed it into a dress.

I slipped on the dress. It fit me perfectly. “Harmony do you want to see?”

The stallion looked me over. “Perfect it fits.”

Harmony trotted over and stopped to stare at me. “It looks absolutely gorgeous.” She trotted up and hugged me.

“How much does this cost?” I twirled around once.

The stallion pushed the shade away from us. “Two hundred caps. I’ve still got a few years left before I kick the bucket. Need all that I can get.”

Harmony pulled out caps and counted them. “Here’s two hundred caps. Thanks for the help.”

I slid the dress off and put it gently in the box. “Thank you good sir.”

The stallion smiled. “No problem. Just doing my job.”

Harmony grabbed ahold of my hoof and trotted towards the door. “Goodbye. We’ve got other business to attend to.”

The stallion said nothing more and retreated back to his chair.

Harmony dragged me out the door. “Now we can go do anything we want to. So I say we go to the spa.”

I smiled catching my hoofing. “I agree. It’ll be nice to relax and not worry about anything.”

We trotted to the elevator. A few ponies walked on by make rude comments. I couldn’t hear much but I knew they were pointed at us.

The elevator door opened and we trotted inside. I watched three or four ponies turn around and whisper “Buck you.” at us.

Harmony kissed my cheek. “Pay no attention to them. They live down there. The tower is divided into the rich half and then the poor half.”

“So they hate each other. Ok. Well buck them. I don’t care I just want to go to the spa and relax.” I considered sitting down.

Harmony wrapped a hoof around me. “What’s wrong? I can tell something is wrong.”

I sighed. “I’m tired of the wasteland life. I don’t want to continue on killing and stealing just to survive. I want more out of my life than just being a murderer and a thief. I want to settle down and not have to worry about any raiders or wild creatures or stupid bullshit anymore.”

Harmony held me close. “We’ll settle down soon. We just need a little bit more money to live off of and then we can forget about the wasteland and just relax. No more raiders trying to kill us no more killing. No more of the evils we have seen.”

The elevator doors opened. A mare greeted us as we approached the spa. “Welcome. How may we assist you today?”

Harmony answered for the both of us. “We would like the full package. And if it’s possible mares to help us today.”

The mare nodded. “We can most certainly do that. Follow me and we’ll go ahead and get you two onto the massage tables.”

We trotted along following the mare into the spa. Very few ponies were here today. I paid no attention to that and just kept trotting along.

It took very little time for the mare to lead us to the massage tables. “Go ahead and get comfortable. I’ll go get our finest mare masseuses and be right back.”

I nodded and jumped up onto one of the tables. “I’ve been looking forward to this.”

Harmony jumped onto the table next to me. “So have I. This week has been a long time coming. Now we get to relax for the day and then get married.”

I heard a door open. “Yeah. It’ll be nice. One more thing to keep me sane.”

The mare from early trotted between us. “They’ll be just a minute or so. Sorry for the wait.”

I waved her off. “It’s no problem. Thanks for the update.”

“Mhm. Oh I’ve got to go.” The mare trotted out of the room.

Harmony and I sat in silence waiting. After what I guessed was about a minute the door behind us opened again and two sets of hoofsteps approached us.

A mare spoke to us. “Good afternoon ladies. We’ll be helping you out today.”

“Alright, sounds good to me.” I relaxed my shoulders.

One mare got right to work on me. “So what brings you to the tower?”

I let out a little gasp as a few things popped in my back. “We’re here to get married. Oh yeah right there.”

“It’s been awhile since we last had a wedding here in Tenpony. So I take it you two are here to get ready for your stallions.” The mare moved her hooves up to my front shoulders.

“Actually I’m getting married to Harmony. The mare that I came here with.” I was feeling a bit better.

The mare let out a little gasp. “Oh I see. Is that why you specifically asked for mare masseuses?”

“Yeah it is.” Harmony held out her hoof to me.

“So you’re the couple DJ-PON3 was talking about. Interesting.” The mare kept working wonders.

“Yeah he said something about having to talk to the entire tower about letting us back in. Luckily for us he came through.” I rolled my shoulders feeling how much less tension they had in them.

“So when are you two getting married?” The mare put her hooves back on the ground.

“Should be tomorrow night. Are we done already?” I sat up on the table.

“Yes we are. If you’ll follow me I’ll take you to the sauna and you can spend some time there.” The mare walked out the door she had entered from.

“Come on Midnight. We’ve still got some things to discuss.” Harmony grabbed my hoof and led the way.

The spa took up most of this floor. As we continued farther in I could see that nopony was here except for those who were working.

The sauna wasn’t too far away and the mare already had the door open for us. “Step right in. After this we’ll get you two a hooficure. And then we can discuss whatever else you might want.”

I smiled and trotted into the sauna. “Thank you.”

“It’s my job. I’ll return to get you in a little while.” The mare smiled and trotted away.

“How are you feeling Harmony?” I took a seat and leaned back.

“I’m feeling a bit better after that massage. Still really excited for tomorrow.” Harmony took a seat close to me.

I let out a breath as I popped my back again. “It’ll be nice to finally be married. But the best part comes after the wedding.”

“And what would that be my wonderful mare?” Harmony scooched closer.

“The honeymoon of course. A night of uninterrupted time with you. Nothing could be better than that.” I looked over and kissed Harmony.

Harmony put a hoof on my plot and dragged me close. “You keep that up and I might have to take you right here. Lay you down and go to town.” She nibbled on my ear.

“Dammit you really know how to get me in the mood. I don’t want to get kicked out though. Dammit Harmony.” I pulled back from her.

“You know you love it. You know you want me.” Harmony smiled and kissed me.

I held that kiss for a solid minute. “Yeah I know. You really do know how to make me feel better. As soon as we’re done with the spa I say we go and have some fun.”

“With pleasure.” Harmony smiled.

“Always.” I leaned back again and just enjoyed the warm air around me.

I closed my eyes. I knew that I could easily fall asleep in here.

Fortunately I didn’t have enough time as the mare came back and opened up the door. “Come on you two. You’ve still got hooficures to get through and we’re only open for another hour or so.”

I jumped up and trotted towards the door. “Alright then. Lead the way.”

Harmony jumped up after me and followed behind me. “You’ve got a nice looking plot. Wouldn’t mind burying my face there for a while.”

The mare in front of me shook her head and kept walking. She lead us right into a room where four mares were waiting eagerly for us.

“Take a seat in those chairs and we can get to work on your hooves.” The mare trotted away leaving us alone.

I shrugged and hopped up into the chair. “Work your magic please. Today has been great.”

The mares all nodded and got to work. They all stayed silent as the worked on my rear hooves first.

“Harmony where are we sleeping tonight?” I closed my eyes.

“I doubt that we can still access my old room. Demo and Onyx have an extra room I think. We should be able to stay the night there if nothing else.” Harmony let out a sigh.

“We really should have thought about that before we got here.” I opened one eye.

“Probably should have yeah. Whatever though, we’ll figure something out.” Harmony rolled her head to look at me.

I yawned. “Yeah we will.”

I sat in silence with my eyes closed waiting for the mares to say we were done.

“We’re going to close in five minutes girls. Hurry up but still do a good job.” The mare from earlier had come back.

The mares said nothing and just continued to work. They had just finished up with my rear hooves and we’re beginning work on my front hooves.

I let my mind wander as I sat there enjoying this pampering.

I’m not sure why but I was drawn back to my mom. I had been avoiding thinking about her because it was painful. Mom really was always looking out for me and doing what she could. Maybe I was wrong to leave home. If I hadn’t thought I might have died. The world’s a confusing place.

Harmony tapped on my shoulder. “Come on Midnight. We’re done here.”

I opened my eyes a slid out of my chair. “Alright. Thank you ladies for the wonderful day.”

They nodded and waved us towards the front desk. I smiled and trotted away.

The mare who had greeted us earlier was spinning around in a chair at the front desk. She saw us and attempted to stop spinning.

I giggled as she stopped and fell out of the chair. “Are you ok?”

She jumped up to her hooves. “I’m fine. Are you two done with the spa for today?”

I nodded. “Yes we are. We’ve had a lovely day and we need to go prepare a few things.”

Harmony tossed a bag of caps onto the desk. “That should cover everything. Have a nice night.”

The mare smiled still a little bit wobbly on her hooves. “Thank you. Have a pleasant stay.”

Harmony and I trotted out the door and to the elevator.

“Do you remember what floor Onyx and Demo’s room is?” I called the elevator.

“I think it’s the twentieth floor. I’m not a hundred percent on that though.” Harmony looked off to our left.

“Well maybe we’ll run into them somewhere. If not I suppose we could just go back to our armor and see if PON3 has a place we can stay.” The elevator dinged.

Rose was standing inside. She looked like she had been looking for us. “There you two are. Did you have fun at the spa?”

I nodded. “Yes we did. It was very relaxing.”

Rose smiled and dragged me into the elevator. “And what about the dress? Did you find one?”

I levitated the box up. “Yes. Would you like to see it?”

Rose nodded and smiled. “Yes please.”

Harmony trotted in and closed the door. “Do you have a place to sleep tonight?”

“Demo and Onyx have a few spare rooms. They said we could stay with them for the night. Now Midnight I would love to see your dress.” Rose gave her full attention to me.

I opened up the box. “The stallion who sold it to us said it should go well with Harmony’s dress.”

Rose stared at the dress. “It looks very nice. Couldn’t say I would have picked a different color for you.”

I closed the box and returned it to my side. “What floor are we going to?”

Rose pushed the button for the twenty first floor. “Their room got moved so we’ll be meeting them next to the elevator.”

The elevator music was oddly disturbing. Unlike most of the music that was usually played in the tower this music was dark and depressing and sent chills down my spine. I was glad when the elevator stopped and the door opened.

Onyx was waiting there for us. “Hello. How was your time at the spa?”

Harmony pushed me out the door. “It was relaxing thank you for asking. So I hear we’ll be staying with you tonight?”

Onyx nodded. “We’ve got two bedrooms. Demo and I are going to sleep on the couch while the rest of you sleep in beds.”

“That’s very kind of you Onyx but are you sure you wouldn’t prefer to sleep in your own bed?” Rose trotted out and gave Onyx a kind look.

“We’ll be fine. We’ve slept on the ground before. Besides we’re giving up our bed to a couple who are soon to be married or a mare who is pregnant.” Onyx turned around and trotted down the hall.

“Well thank you for this then.” Rose smiled and trotted along with Harmony and I.

“How did the planning with PON3 go?” Harmony kept close to me.

“We got everything planned out. The ceremony starts at noon tomorrow.” Rose smiled warmly at us.

“So where are we going in the morning?” I stopped as Onyx did.

“The tower has a chapel on floor twenty. In the morning we’ll go there and make sure everything looks perfect.” Rose pushed us into the door.

“How many ponies are going to show up?” I trotted over to the couch. Harmony wasn’t too far behind me.

“PON3 assured me there’ll be enough ponies there to fill up most of the chapel. So no worries about nopony showing up.” Rose took a seat in a chair across from us.

I looked at my pipbuck. “Wow we spent a long time in the spa. It’s already eight o’clock.”

“We arrived here at Tenpony at like five thirty or so. It’s not too big of a surprise that you spent that long. I’m actually surprised it didn’t take longer.” Rose yawned.

“Either way it was a nice day. Now I think I’m about ready to go to sleep.” I yawned.

“Well then goodnight you two. I’ll go find Silver wherever he may be. I’ll make sure to get you up so we can be prepared for the wedding.” Rose hopped out of her seat and trotted towards one of the bedrooms.

Harmony and I got off the couch and trotted towards the other room. “Goodnight Onyx. Thanks for letting us stay here.”

Onyx waved a hoof at us. “It’s no problem at all. Get some sleep you’ve got a long day ahead of you tomorrow.”

I smiled and trotted into the room. It was a mostly barren room with little more than a bed. “Not the prettiest but with a mare as gorgeous as you I don’t need anything more.”

Harmony smiled and closed the door behind us. “I’m going right to sleep. We’ll get our chance to have fun after the wedding.”

I nodded and jumped into bed. “Sounds like a good plan to me.”

I curled up next to Harmony and slowly drifted off sleep.

Tonight was a peaceful night. No dreams really stuck out in my mind as anything of importance. Most of the time I was sitting in a hallway just enjoying life.

I awoke to Rose flipping the lights off and on. “Wake up you two. It’s your wedding day and we have things to do.”

I opened one eye to look at Rose. “Give me five more minutes.” I laid my head back down.

“I let you two sleep until nine. You have less than three hours to get ready. Now get up and let’s go.” Rose trotted over and pulled the covers away.

I sighed. “Fine. I’m getting up. Harmony? Where’s Harmony?”

Harmony was already out of bed trotting to the bathroom. “Don’t worry about me. Just get up and get ready.”

I slid out of bed. “Ok I’m up. Where are we going?”

“We’ll be going to the chapel on floor twenty one after you two are ready to head down there.” Rose smiled and trotted out the door.

I levitated my saddlebags over. “Where’s my dress?”

“Already down in the chapel. You can put it on when we get down there. Can’t have a dress that nice getting dirty.” Rose was in the kitchen.

I shook my head to wake up. “Ok. I’m ready to go.”

Harmony trotted out and looked at me. “No you’re not.”

“What do you mean?” I looked myself over.

“Your mane looks a little untidy.” Harmony levitated me a mirror.

My mane was a mess. “Oh it is. Pass me a brush please.”

Harmony tossed a brush my way. “No need to rush it. We’ve only got like two things to do before the wedding. Neither one should take very long.”

I started brushing my mane. “Is my mane always that way when I wake up?”

Harmony nodded. “It usually is but you’ve never had a problem with it. Today we do have to look our best.”

I grimaced as I pulled a few hairs. “Yeah. Oh buck that hurt.”

Harmony sighed at me. “Try not to pull out any more of your mane. I’m going to go eat breakfast.”

I looked in the mirror again. My mane was starting to be back under control. “Mane why do you have to be like this?” I pulled the brush through again.

I kept brushing my mane as I trotted into the kitchen. Rose was still cooking. I trotted over to the table and took a seat.

“Your mane is looking better. Could still use something though.” Harmony set her fork down.

I pulled the brush through once more. “Like what?”

Rose put another plate of pancakes on the table for me. “I was thinking a ponytail.”

Harmony looked at my mane. “I like the sounds of that. You’d look super cute with a ponytail.”

I shrunk back a little bit. “I like my mane the way it is.”

“You always have your mane that way. You really should do something special for our wedding.” Harmony dragged me close.

I really did prefer to just have my mane down. “Well…”

Harmony had a pleading look on her face. “Please.”

I tried to not give in but I failed. “Fine. Just this once I’ll wear my mane in a ponytail.”

Harmony smiled. “Thank you. I’ll go ahead and start giving you a ponytail right after I finish breakfast.”

I returned to my own plate of pancakes and started eating. Onyx and Demo had already left apparently. Silver was staring out a window.

“Honey you need to step away from the window.” Rose put a hoof over Silver.

“I’m going to keep an eye on them as much as I can. I can’t take any risks here. Not with so much at stake if they do manage to get into the tower.” Silver’s voice had no hint of emotion.

Rose sighed. “Could you atleast eat breakfast?”

Silver levitated a few pancakes over. “I’ll eat but I’m not stepping away from this window.”

Rose trotted over to us and took a seat. “He’s been up all night staring out that window. I know we risked a lot coming here but he needs to relax.”

I finished eating one of my pancakes. “It’s Silver. He won’t rest easy until we’re back home and not under threat of a raider attack.”

“I know. That’s one of the reasons I love him. He’s always at the ready to protect his friends and family.” Rose sighed. “I just wish he would take his own health into consideration.”

Harmony finished off her pancakes and started working on my mane. “He’ll start to take his health into consideration after he gets tired.”

“No he won’t. I know Silver better than anypony else. Once he sets his mind to protect his friends nothing can stop him.” Rose grabbed a mug. “Would you two like some tea?”

“No thank you. I’m not a tea person.” Harmony kept working on my mane.

“I’ll pass. The last time I had tea I swore it off forever.” I tried to keep my head still.

“Let me guess it was chamomile wasn’t it.” Rose took a sip of her tea.

“I think that’s what mom called it. She said it helped her to relax after a long day.” I held up the mirror to get a look at my mane.

“I could understand that. This is green tea though. It’s different than chamomile.” Rose held out a mug to me.

“I suppose I could try some. It’s not going to kill me.” I levitated the mug over and poured myself some tea.

I took a small sip just to test it. I was pleasantly surprised when the tea actually had a rather sweet taste. “What do you put in this?”

“I put in a little bit of honey. That’s how I’ve always made it.” Rose smiled and kept sipping her tea.

“Well I like it. Thank you for making this.” I smiled and took another sip.

“No problem Midnight. Your manes looking cute.” Rose pointed a hoof at my mane.

Harmony had just finished up. “I did my best. What do you think Midnight?”

I took a look at my mane using the mirror. I wasn’t use to seeing my mane up in a ponytail but it did look good. “I like it. Might have to wear it like this more often.”

Harmony kissed me. “I think you look beautiful.”

“Of course you do my wonderful mare.” I kissed back.

Rose giggled a little. “Well it’s about ten we should probably head down to the chapel here soon. Whenever you two are ready I’ll lead us down there.”

I was curios as to where Demo and Onyx were. “So where is everypony at?”

Rose thought for a few seconds. “Demo went with the guards to set up some explosive traps for the raiders outside. Onyx I think went to the roof to get some fresh air. PON3 should be preparing a party somewhere near the chapel.”

“Will Onyx and Demo be going to the wedding?” I slid my plate into the sink.

“If they aren’t too busy helping out around the tower. Onyx doesn’t have anything to do that I know of so he’ll be there.” Rose set her mug down.

“You look like you just thought of something.” I gave Rose a concerned look. “What is it?”

“Did either of you think about wedding rings?” Rose’s face was a display of horror.

“No. No I didn’t. Harmony?” I turned to face Harmony.

“I had thought about it last night. I thought PON3 was going to take care of that.” Harmony took a little shift in tone.

“Ok. We need to go check with him right now. If he didn’t think of that then we’ll have to find a set of rings.” Rose trotted quickly towards to the door.

I gave a last glance to Silver. “We’re leaving Silver. Don’t stare out that window for too long.”

Harmony grabbed one of my hooves. “We need to go Midnight. We’ve still got to make sure everything goes correctly.”

The elevator was about a fifteen second trot from Demo’s apartment. We halved the time by galloping.

Rose pressed the call button. “How are you two so laid back about this?”

“Neither of us have been to weddings really. We don’t know what the buck is going on.” I felt a lot more stressed now.

Rose stopped for a few seconds before speaking again. “I can’t blame you for that. I’m just glad we’ve got PON3 watching our backs. This would be a lot less smooth if it weren’t for him.”

I was glad that Rose was on top of these things but it did stress me out more than I liked.

The elevator opened up and Rose shoved us inside. “Now then.” She pushed the button for the twenty first floor.

“Do you have any idea where PON3 is?” I took a slight step back from the door.

“He is supposed to meet us in the chapel at ten or so. He said he was going to bring everything that we paid for to the chapel. Hopefully that means rings.” Rose looked like she was about to have a mental breakdown.

We rode down in silence. Each passing moment I could feel Rose getting more anxious and impatient. After about thirty seconds of the elevator being slow the door opened.

PON3 was there to greet us. “You’re late. It’s ten fifteen. Where were you?”

I couldn’t tell how he was feeling, mostly because of the glasses on his face. “We were getting ready.”

PON3 sighed. “Fine. Come with me and I’ll take you to the chapel.” He turned and trotted down the hall.

We followed shortly behind. Rose did not keep silent for long. “Did you get rings for them?”

PON3 nodded. “Yes I took care of everything minus dresses. You need to worry about nothing else.”

Rose seemed a bit more at ease. “Ok. That makes me feel a lot better knowing nothing should go wrong.”

The doors to the chapel opened as we approached. A few ponies were already inside waiting for the ceremony.

“I thought the ceremony was supposed to start at noon.” I looked around the room.

“No later than noon. Ponies here do have lives to live. I promised the party would start no later than one thirty. Everything is ready for you to start when you are ready.” PON3 shook his head. “Whatever go get dressed and let’s get this show on the road.”

Rose grabbed ahold of my hoof. “Midnight you’re coming with me. Harmony you’ll go with PON3.”

I started trotting behind Rose. “Ok so what are we doing?”

Rose dragged me into a room. “You are going to walk down the aisle and meet Harmony at the altar. So we got a few more things to get you dressed in.”

My dress was hanging up. A veil was hanging with it. “So I’ll be meeting Harmony out there?”

“Yes you will. Now go ahead and put your dress on.” Rose pushed me towards the dress.

I did as I was told and slid my dress on. “So what is the veil about?”

“In a traditional wedding the bride would wear a veil so we called you the bride and now you’ve got to wear the veil.” Rose picked up the veil.

I shrugged and grabbed the veil with my magic. “Alright I guess.”

Rose helped to make sure the veil went on correctly. “You look gorgeous. Now go out there and get married to the mare of your dreams.”

I opened the door. Music started and all the ponies present stood up.

As I started to walk down the aisle a few fillies fell trotted in front of me tossing rose petals on the floor.

Harmony was standing at the altar along with another pony. Her smile was contagious and pushed me forward a little faster.

When I arrived next to Harmony those present took a seat. Harmony and I turned to face the stallion behind the altar.

“Thank you all for coming here today. Today I have the great pleasure of joining these two ponies so they may live their lives together.” The stallion opened a little book. “So Harmony do you take Midnight as your wife to love and care for in sickness and health?” The stallion waited.

“I do.” Harmony smiled.

“And do you Midnight take Harmony with the same care?” He was smiling.

My heart skipped a beat as I realized I was finally living one of my dreams. “I.. I do.” My voice was shaky.

The doors behind us burst open. A guard stood there panting as he tried to speak.

“We’ve” Another pant. “We’ve got raiders advancing on the tower.”

Silver was standing over next to Rose. He immediately took a step forward.

I nodded. “Silver go deal with them.”

Silver gave me that devilish smile that told me he would leave none alive. “My pleasure.” He dived out one of the stained glass windows letting the true light of day in.

I nodded at the stallion behind the altar. “You may proceed.”

Silver’s POV

Midnight nodded. “Silver go kill them.”

I smiled. “My pleasure.” I hurled myself through the closest window.

We were up quite a ways but I could still see the situation progressing down below.

Turrets on Tenpony’s walls were glowing bright red as their barrels spun unleashing a hailstorm of bullets.

The raiders were holding strong behind barricades. A few sticks of dynamite were tossed over landing close to the tower.

I held my wings firmly at my side and dived straight at the ground. I waited until I was less than ten stories up. At the last second I flared my wings and prepared to hit the ground.

I smashed into the ground kicking up a small cloud of dust. I stayed concealed knowing what my enemies were planning. I tossed one knife forward.

“Ugh.” The knife had found it’s home in one of the raiders.

I put a shield up over myself and trotted out so I could be seen.

“That’s him boys. He’s the one we want. Five hundred caps to the idiot who brings his head to me on a pike.” The stallion was wearing a suit of power armor minus a helmet. Unlike the other he had a distinct color pallette telling me he was definitely a pony of importance.

I drew out the knight’s bane. I held it so it would absorb the sunshine.

The raiders stared at the sword in awe.

As soon as the sword charged I sent a surge of magic through it activating it. A thousand small beams of light shot forward blinding the raiders in front of me.

They faltered backwards unable to see. A few rubbed their eyes trying to restore vision.

I took my chance and lunged forward swinging both the Knight’s bane and my wing at the stunned raiders. Like most of the time I wasn’t able to see the full amount of damage I was causing. All I had to go off of was the amount of blood being flung around.

I skidded to a stop facing the door to Tenpony. Around ten raiders lay dead or dying on the ground. Multiple stab wounds causing them to bleed everywhere.

Raiders positioned themselves around me. They waited for me to drop my shield.

I dropped it for half a second and then pulled it back up.

Many of the raiders fired sending bullets flying in my direction. None of them even came close to hitting me.

The sound of gunfire was something most ponies feared. Sometimes though they came together to form a symphony of sorts. Different calibers made a variety of noises that were almost music to my ears. I was especially happy since the bullets had ricocheted killing a few of the raiders.

“Look I’ll give you one chance to live. You leave and nopony else has to die.” I stood there observing.

The stallion who I guessed was second in command started talking. “Surrender to one pony.” He laughed. “If you had an army maybe but just you I think not.”

I saw one of the raiders sneaking towards the tower. His world was spun around as I picked him up. “Oh goddesses help me!”

I held him above my shield a few seconds before hurling him into the air. I waited for a few seconds before poking the tip of the Knight’s bane outside the top of my shield.

The raider fell towards his doom screaming liking a little colt who didn’t get his way. His screams were silenced as his body impacted into my shield shattering every bone in his body instantly.

Blood dripped down the sides of my shield. I smiled and looked back up to the raiders. “You sure you don’t want to take that offer?”

The raiders held their ground. A few took a shy step back but did nothing further to retreat.

I quickly decapitated a small line of raiders standing off to my left. Their heads rolled for a second before their bodies collapsed.

Where they had been a new group took their place waiting for their moment.

I watched the skies as a group of pegasi flew over us dropping lit sticks of dynamite. “Hey you might want to look up.” I pointed a hoof toward the sky.

The one raider who did looked up just in time to see a live landmine smash into his face. Nothing remained of him from the shoulders up.

This work has always been a bit bloody but I do it for my friends. I will not let these raiders lay a hoof on anypony ever again. Not after what pain they’ve caused me already.

I flared my wings channeling energy for my next attack. As soon as the explosions stopped I jumped out of the shield at a line of raiders.

They reacted quickly firing every gun they had at me. Their bodies split in two as the Knight's bane sliced through them.

A few of the bullets had hit me. By the feel of it only one had been a good hit. A pair of holes was in my underbelly. One raider had fired low and nearly split my stomach open in the process.

I had a few healing potions on me. I drank a whole one and waited for the hole to be fixed.

“Just for that I’m going to kill you all.” I waited another half second for the raiders to get into formation.

All their attention was on me. I looked around to see what my best attack plan would be. After a few seconds I realized I might be bucked.

All the raiders were ready to attack me if I moved even slightly. Even with their numbers thinned down I couldn’t kill off many before they could kill me.

I kept searching for anything that might help. I heard a slight whistle and looked up.

Demo was hanging out one of the windows a long ways up. In his hooves was a balefire egg.

I put a shield over him as he started to descend. “Are you insane?”

Demo landed next to me. “Seems like we’ve got no other option.”

I looked around at the raiders again. “Dammit. What’s your plan?”

Demo set the egg down. “Do you think you can contain a balefire blast inside of a shield?”

“I’ve never attempted something of that caliber. I might be able to stop it from leveling the entire area instantly.” I started searching for any other way out of this.

“Well if you think you can hold a shield long enough that we won’t die I can detonate this balefire egg from about halfway up the tower.” Demo pulled out a little button.

I sighed. “We’ve got no other option. Shit. What you’re asking will require a shield around all of the raiders. Are you sure we don’t have more explosives that aren’t going to require such a dumb plan?”

Demo nodded. “We used all of the stockpiled explosives and none of the guards are going to risk their lives leaving the tower.”

A few of the raiders looked down at the egg. Their eyes went wide and then took a few steps back.

An idea popped into my mind. “Keep that egg close. I’ve got a plan.”

Demo nodded and picked the egg up. “Ok.”

I took a few steps towards the raiders. They slowly backpedalled trying to stay away from me.

I took advantage of their fear taking a few weapons. “Demo get that egg back into the tower. I can handle things from here.”

Demo looked down at me like I was insane. “You sure about that?”

“I’ve got a better plan than blowing us all to bits. Get inside and I’ll take care of these bastards.” I levitated the guns behind the raiders.

Demo nodded and flew back towards the tower. I kept the shield over him until he was safely inside the tower.

I smiled. “Who’s ready to die?” I fired all of the guns at once.

Most of the raiders in front of me dropped dead from a single shot. An unlucky few had their brains splattered everywhere by shotguns.

I spun around gathering as many guns as I could. I stepped slowly towards the raiders. I had an assortment of twenty guns held in my magic.

These raiders held their ground waiting. I could see in their eyes that they were scared.

“Nopony is going to threaten my friends and live.” My face dropped all emotion and all of the guns fired.

Time slowed down as I fired. I could track a few of the slower bullets on their trip at the raiders. I watched on as half of the bullets found flesh and tore into it.

The raiders hobbled for a few seconds before falling into the dirt dead. Those that remained took a few steps backwards to avoid their fallen friends.

Bells rung out from somewhere up above. I gave a quick look back up to my friends. I smiled and lunged forward firing every single weapon I had control of.

Midnight’s POV

“If there are any objections speak now.” The stallion waited. “I pronounce you two married. You may now kiss the bride.”

Harmony looked into my eyes as she lifted the veil.

My heart skipped a beat and I had butterflies in my stomach. Harmony and I were finally married. Now what were we going to do. I would have continued thinking but Harmony brought me into a kiss.

Bells started ringing. Somewhere off to my right somepony was planning a piano. I let those noises wash over me as Harmony and I kissed.

Nothing in the world had ever felt better than standing here in this moment kissing my wife. Harmony pulled away and smiled at me. I smiled back feeling on top of the world.

“You ready to go and have some fun my beautiful wife?” Harmony pulled me close to her side.

I smiled. “Yes I am.”

We trotted down the aisle and towards the door. The ponies here watched as we trotted along waving at us.

I remembered as we trotted through the door that I still owed Harmony a dance. Even with our practice sessions I still couldn’t keep up.

Harmony bumped me with her flank. “Relax. I asked for a slow song for a reason.”

I giggled nervously. “I know. How long are we going to stay at the reception for?”

Harmony dragging me into the middle of the room. “As long as we like. We’ve got all the time we need to do whatever. So let’s just dance the day away.”

“As long as I’m with you I could care less what we’re doing.” The music started up.

The lights in the room dimmed and a spotlight shone directly on us.

Harmony held out a hoof to me. “Shall we my love?”

I took her hoof and spun her in a circle. “I’m ready if you are.”

Silver’s POV

I had just finished off what remained of the raiders surrounding the door to the tower. The rest kept their distance.

I went over and knocked on the door.

“Is it safe yet?” One of the guards was on the intercom.

“It’s as safe as it’s going to get. Now get your fat lazy ass down here and protect this goddesses damned place or I will cut your heart out with a toothpick.” I left it at that and flew up to the open window I had jumped from.

The window had been a stained window depicting something I don’t remember what. I didn’t care as long as everypony inside the tower was safe.

Everypony had left the room while I was busy fighting those stupid asshole raiders. I walked towards the open door.

Inside Harmony and Midnight were dancing together in the middle of the room. I had to admit Midnight had gotten better from the last time I saw her dance.

I saw Rose standing in the corner of the room watching the newly weds. I trotted over to her.

“Hi honey. How are you?” I kept my distance knowing I was covered in blood.

“I’m doing well. Are you hurt? Did anything bad happen outside?” Rose looked me over.

“I got the raiders away from the door and gave the guards enough time to prepare if the raiders launch a second assault.” I shrugged.

“Did you get shot?” Rose brought my muzzle down to hers.

“I try not to but with that many raiders it’s hard not to get hit at least once. I drank a healing potion or two. Oh also I might need to set a bone back into place.” I lifted up my front left hoof.

“You broke a bone. How did you manage that one?” Rose grabbed ahold of my leg rather roughly.

I winced at the pain. “I slammed into the ground from about a hundred feet up.”

Rose shook her head at me. “I know you were trying to go for the intimidation trick but you really should stop doing that. How many times have we had to set one of your legs before?”

I thought for a few seconds. “Too many to count.”

Rose had already started applying the splint. “And that’s why you need to stop.”

I kissed Rose’s head. “I’ll try but no promises.”

Rose shook her head and pulled the splint tight. “Well it would be nice if our foal got to meet his father.”

That hurt a little. “Hey no matter how reckless I might act I’ll always come back. I’ll be there for you and the foal when it’s born.”

Rose sighed and kissed me. “I know you will.”

The music came to a stop and light returned to the floor. “I guess Harmony and Midnight had their dance.”

Rose dragged me into a hug. “Yes they did. Now you are going to get off of that leg. Can’t have you injuring it anymore than you have already.”

I lifted my hoof off the ground. “Lead the way.”

Midnight’s POV

I saw Silver trotting off with Rose. “Harmony.”

“Yes?” Harmony glanced quickly across the room.

“Do you want to stay and just enjoy the party?” I watched PON3 do what he did best.

“I wouldn’t mind staying and listening to some music. This isn’t exactly the music I would dance to anyways.” Harmony trotted off towards a small couch.

I gave one last look to the party before following. I could tell that some ponies present were already drunk off their asses.

I had to avoid a puddle of puke as I trotted over to meet Harmony. “So this has gone to shit quickly.”

“Just a little bit. It’ll be fun to watch for a while. Then we can go and do something a bit more fun.” Harmony pulled me onto the couch on top of her. “What do you think about that?”

I smiled seductively and lowered my voice to a whisper. “I think we might need to leave early.” I nibbled on Harmony’s ear.

Harmony quivered. “Keep doing that and we might not leave. We’ll make them leave.”

I reached out with my magic and grabbed a bottle of wine. “Well let’s get to work then.”

Harmony looked at the bottle. “I admire the choice.”

I popped the cork. “I figured you would.”

“Now did my wife remember some fancy glasses to go with that wine?” Harmony gave me a wink.

“No I just remembered to grab the wine before we left.” I grabbed the glasses with my magic.

“Well I knew what you were planning so I made sure to grab a few.” Harmony took the full glass from my magic.

I lifted my glass. “Cheers.”

Harmony pushed me off of her. “Cheers.”

We both took a sip. “So did you get us a room for the night?”

Harmony nodded and took another sip of wine. “PON3 set us up with the honeymoon suite. Nopony is going to be bothering us tonight.”

I took a large sip of wine. “Just the way I like it. Nopony to bother us.”

Harmony set her glass down and kissed me. “Let’s just stop talking and get down to business already.”

I jumped off the couch. “Let’s.”

Author's Notes:

I know it's an early upload, but I loved this chapter. So gave early chapter.