It had been nearly a week since the Twilight Princess had been released from her diamond prison. During that time, she had managed to make her way slowly through the dragon lands toward its borders. However, with her being still slightly weakened due to her almost eternal slumber within the diamond prison, she was now slowly regaining that strength through manipulating various beings that had even the slightest bit of intelligence when it came to communicating with others.

Over the course of that week, she would find many different beings to come across, including several other dragons that would look at her oddly. One instance occurred where she had to fight one of those dragons, using up some of her power in the process. Still, she would continue on, gaining more power as time passed. Her path leading her directly toward the ocean, and across that ocean, lay Equestria, the one place she would need to go in order to remove the most powerful of beings from the planet, so that she could rule in their place.

Back in Canterlot however, Midnight was still in the process of helping aid a few ponies in decorating the castle for the week to come. The time was dwindling down for the royal wedding, he and Celestia would return to their normal state from the reversion spell in only another twenty-four hours. Many of the ponies within the castle had become accustomed to the dark Alicorn’s shenanigans, so seeing him, along with Celestia, as foals, was a rather normal occurrence.

Currently, Midnight was in the throne room along with Twilight and Celestia herself to help with the decorating. Rarity was supervising many of the ponies that would be making or putting up banners, while Applejack was in the kitchen helping in making many of the banquet items that would be consumed after the wedding had come to a close.

For now though, the two Alicorns were still standing idly by, watching as ponies of all shapes and sizes worked feverishly to get decorations and many different settings just right for the wedding that would come in only a few days.

“Shew, this is a lot more work than I thought.” Twilight sighed as she ran a hoof over her forehead, wiping away some sweat that had been there. She looked over her checklist several times, glancing around the room to make sure that what she had marked off was indeed finished and ready to go.

“Yer tellin’ me! I never knew that there was so much stuff to do in order to set up a wedding, much less a ‘Royal’ wedding. I can only imagine the hell the guards are going to go through in order to keep things civil.” Midnight chuckled as his attention was brought to a young mare that was levitating several signature books in front of herself and the princess.

“Oh! I like this one!” Celestia stated with a smile as she pulled it closer to her to get a better look.

“Well then I think you should pick it love. I want this to be the best day possible for all of my brides to be. So anything you want done, or to be a part of the wedding, is your choice.” Midnight smiled toward her before being bowled over by the Sun Princess. She nuzzling him affectionately only to pause as a certain lavender Unicorn cleared her throat.

“As much as I would love to see you two kids being affectionate with one another, I think it best to wrap up with the wedding decorations before we can move onto rehearsal. We do want everything to be right after all.” Twilight smiled as she made another check onto her list.

“I’m just so excited though. You have no idea how I’ve longed for this day to come.” Celestia stated with misty eyes toward the two. “I feel as if............... as if............. I can’t honestly describe the feeling I’m having about this.” She stated in slight confusion for a moment.

“Like this is the day you’ve dreamt of since you were small?” Midnight concluded, causing her and Twilight to stare at him in surprise.

“What? I can be poetic at times too, ya know.” He chuckled as he gave the Sun Princess a playful nudge.

“It’s not that, Night, It’s just that..........” Celestia trailed off as Twilight began.

“It’s just that queen Chrysalis said the same thing when she tried to take over Canterlot during my brothers wedding.”

Midnight was taken aback a little by this information as he stared silently at the two for a moment. He looked away, giving a thoughtful expression before continuing.

“I wasn’t aware that she had said such a thing, but it won’t happen again. I’ll make sure that this wedding will go off without a hitch.” Midnight smirked to the two.

“Really? So you are absolutely positive that nothing is going to go wrong, even with the premonition of the Twilight Princess resurrecting herself?” Celestia sighed in worry.

“Even with that on the horizon, nothing will make this a day to regret. I have fail-safe plans in place just for this occasion. You girls have nothing to worry about.” Midnight smiled as the two gave him a hopeful smile in return.

“Let’s just hope that you’re right about that. I would hate to have the same problem that my brother had all those years ago.” Twilight sighed, thinking back to the event that had nearly destroyed the entire city of Canterlot.

“No worries love, all you need to worry about is your wedding dress.” Midnight chuckled before hearing her gasp.

“OH MY GOSH! I need to go and check on the dress to make sure it doesn’t need anything done to it! My mother and I aren’t the same size, so it may need to be altered!” Twilight groaned out as she trotted in place.

“Then get going.” Midnight chuckled, giving her a nudge. “I’m sure Rarity will assist if you need her.” He laughed as she bolted toward the exit of the room, her magic quickly snatching Rarity up and causing her to scream out in shock for a moment before she knew what was happening.

“Well, that was rather... unexpected.” Celestia stated with a smirk, only to make Midnight laugh.

“I’m surprised she doesn’t surprise you more often. But then again, I’m sure you’ve seen it all and heard it all before.” He chuckled.

“I have seen quite a bit in my lifetime, but not everything. Especially since you arrived into this world.” Tia giggled slightly giving him a nudge.

“Whaaaaaaat?! I surprise you?! NO WAY!” He laughed, giving her eye a lick and bolting toward the door.

“EWWWW! Midnight! Was that really necessary?!” Celestia yelled toward him, causing him to stop since she wasn’t taking chase.

She watched as his horn lit up and something appeared in front of his snout. She gave a shocked squeal as she heard his voice right in her ear.

“Got to keep you on your ‘toes’ now don’t I?” He chuckled before giving the inside of her ear a lick as well. The spell he had cast quickly stopped as he noticed her bolting after him, he only running away and laughing as he exited the room.

As Celestia rounded the corner out of the room, she came to a grinding halt as she noticed Shining Armor and Midnight on the floor from colliding with one another.

“Ow............ Midnight? What in the.......... do you seriously have to run around like you’re still a foal?” Armor groaned as he stood up and dusted himself off, stopping as he noticed the deadpanned expression plastered across Midnight’s face. “Sorry.” He stated with a sheepish smile.

“Shining Armor, what brings you here? Were you not scheduled to be at the training grounds with some of the new recruits today?” Celestia asked as she came up to Midnight’s side.

Shining shook himself back to reality as he remembered the news he needed to give to the princess before him.

“I apologize your majesty, but I have received word from one of our scout groups within the dragon nation.” He stated, but paused as Celestia gave a nod.

“Then let us go to the war room to speak of this subject. It will not be occupied at this time due to the activity going on for the preparation for the wedding.”

Shining gave a nod as Celestia and Midnight led the way to the war room to speak in private.

“WAAAAAHAHA HA!” Rarity shouted as she was unceremoniously plucked from within the throne room and dragged through the air behind Twilight as she made a mad dash into the hallway and down the corridor.

“Twilight! You put me down right this instant! *OOF* Watch where you’re going! *THUD* TWILIIIIIIIGHT!” Rarity continued shouting as she bumped into a pony before smacking into a wall while still being held within Twilight’s magical grasp.

Twilight came to a grinding halt as Rarity flew by her before being quickly pulled back like she was tied to an elastic rope. She began to turn a slight green from the rapid motion but managed to keep her lunch down as she glared daggers at the lavender Unicorn standing before her.

“I’m so sorry Rarity, it’s just that I forgot to put on my dress to see if it needed altered in anyway, and the wedding is in two days. I know how hectic your schedule is and I didn’t want to end up taking more of your time than needed.” Twilight pouted for a moment as she set Rarity onto the floor.

The white Unicorn gave her a saddened smile as she pulled her into a hug as she spoke. “Think nothing of it darling. I am more than happy to brush off a few things in order to help you fit perfectly into your wedding dress. Come, let us go to your guest room and put it on so that I can see what needs to be done to it, hmm?” She smiled lovingly toward her friend.

“Oh, I don’t want you to put off other projects just because of me, I wouldn’t want to upset any other pony.” She smiled bashfully, realizing the trouble she may be causing to any unsuspecting customers of Raritys.

“It’s no trouble at all darling, my loyal customers wouldn’t dream of taking up my time when it could be used to help with the royal wedding. Besides, none of them have put any commissions in for new attire for the wedding. They usually just go and buy something from within Canterlot’s, *shudder* retail stores.” She smacked her lips a little to get the taste from such filthy words out of her mouth. Afterwards, she gave a sincere smile as they both trotted into Twilight’s guest room to see her wedding gown already laying on her bed.

“Alright then darling, lets try it on and have you trot around to let me see how it moves on you.” Rarity smiled as she watched her lavender friend begin to put the dress on. After some minor complications she managed to get it on, but it seemed to sag a little in several areas.

“Oh my............. you said that this dress was your mothers correct?” Rarity asked, seeing Twilight nod in confirmation.

“Yes, it was hers, why?”

“Well, I don’t want to seem rude dear, but I think your mother may have had a few extra pounds on her flank when she wore this dress.” Rarity stated as she poked and prodded the dress, folding several areas as she attempted to guess what the right size would be for her friend.

“Well, she did say that she caught dad’s attention due to her flank. She never really elaborated about it thankfully.” Twilight giggled but paused as she noticed just how many inches of the dress had been folded in order for it to fit properly onto her flank.

“I must say Twilight, your........ mother............ had quite the flank when she wore this dress.” Rarity giggled slightly seeing Twilight’s shocked expression.

“Oh no! Does that mean?! That I’m?!!!” She began to slightly panic. “What if Midnight doesn’t like fat flanked mares?! RARITY! You have to help me find a spell for this!” She squealed out in worry only to stop as she noticed her friend giggling at her plight.

“Darling, you have nothing to worry about. I know that our stallion loves us unconditionally, no matter what we look like. So please, don’t worry yourself.” She smiled, giving Twilight a reassuring hug.

Twilight sat onto the floor, giving a sigh as she returned the hug. I know, I’m just worried about losing him. He is the most important thing in my life right now next to the princess. I can’t imagine myself without him.” She smiled sheepishly.

“Well, let us not worry about the what ifs darling. We have a wedding in only two days, let us take this time to get ready for that special event.” She giggled as they both stared at each other for a moment before squealing loudly and trotting in place.

Yes, this was going to be a wondrous day indeed, one that nopony would ever forget.