It has been one hour since I found out Vinyl's parents were attending her wedding. I finally decide to inform Vinyl that her parents decided to attend, and she reacted exactly like I expected her to. Actually, it's better than expected: she takes a deep breath, and then freaks out, destroying half the library and then busting down Twilight's front door, making it ten steps before Applejack catches her with a rope and drags her back in. Her reaction is better because she didn't get away with Beats and run away to parts unknown.

Though she doesn't want to talk about it with all of us in the planning committee, most of us already know that the situation with her parents is bad, but not to the extent that the normally hard-to-shake Vinyl would actually be physically shaking. It takes a few hours for her to calm down, and after that she decides to leave it up to us to decide the details. She leaves with Neon, Tavi and Beats for home, leaving Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie and myself to finish planning the wedding.

Pinkie has already arranged for the food to be taken care of, but Applejack wants to provide food for everypony, except the humans. The reason is a bit complex, though. About a month after the portals first opened it was quickly realized that the usual bout of anxiety, awkwardness, and even fear that comes with first contact wasn't there. Instead, we felt as though we were looking at a different race of humans. For Applejack, this was not a pleasant experience. At first, most men would ask her out, get shot down, and let it be. This did not last long.

It started with simply trying to earn her favor doing stuff for her. Then it turned to proving their strength. They challenged her brother to differing contests to earn her attention, and they lost. Eventually, one guy had it in his mind to cheat. I am unsure to this day what he did, but from then on most humans have trouble even having a kind gaze turned their way. She tolerates me for two reasons. The first is Twilight, since we had started going out she wanted to keep a closer eye on me. The other is that we had met before on a few occasions. It was not enough for her to let me off the hook, and I don't blame her, but at least I don't have to worry about her hurting me. Without a reason to, anyway.

For the party, she's bringing four different apple dishes and helping us set up the area for the wedding since it's being held on a hill owned by the Apple family. The site is indeed beautiful, and makes me glad Tavi and I talked her out of a wedding in the club she was planning. That is another thing I nearly forgot about, Vinyl's new club. She had originally wanted to work at one, but found they were not up to her standards. The quality was too low and the prices too high. Vinyl wanted to fix that so she bought a building and started massive renovation to make it club worthy. It was a bit out of the way, but no other building would do that was available.

After remem- I mean, after my schedule clears up, I enlist the help of Rarity to make the outfits for the occasion. To say she's ecstatic about it would be like saying Pinkie is subdued. She spends the last few days making dresses and outfits for us, though she still hasn't shown us what the dress Vinyl is going to wear looks like, says it is a secret project Vinyl wants done and she thinks it is marvellous. I will just have to trust her on this one, but I can't help but worry about Vinyl's decisions. Rarity I know I can trust. I met her a few times at some of the parties Luna would invite me to just in case she needed to just talk normally for once. She always looks good and knew human fashions well enough.

Speaking of decision making, Pinkie has been making some rather...interesting choices. The reception looks like it will be amazing, but her other plans seem to ruin the entire idea of a wedding. I think the worst part was the strippers dancing on top of a raised platform with the one preceding over the ceremony being a male stripper. I have no idea what she was thinking, especially since she knew a few foals would be there. The few times I have met her, she was almost always with foals. All of her parties had foals, and she certainly didn't invite Tavi and I to the kind of parties where a foal could walk in and join it just as easily as any adult. It was odd, but she said her Pinkie sense was tingling.

I had quickly asked for the validity of it, only to be dragged down by the mares who just said to accept it. I still remember meeting her in Canterlot at one of the parties Vinyl invited her to. It was the most enjoyable thing ever, though a lot of humans have had interest in her, most quickly got pushed away by her bubbly nature. Almost like they couldn't break through her perceived foalish innocence. More interestingly, she has made it very clear she goes both ways, and has made it clear she throws personal parties for it. She even has a list that I made sure was barren of my name. As for the music, Vinyl made the biggest surprise of us all. She wanted Tavi and I to play the music. I decided to play a few songs that I know would fit the mood since she asked it fit the mood, not her tastes.

It seems everything is going great: we hold a small party to celebrate the plans, and we're all set to finish the plans for the wedding as soon as possible. As the others leave for the night, Twilight and I make our own plans for the evening, planning out something quite a bit in advance. You see, she had a plan for how she wanted to be taken during her heat. The first day consists of acting out her fetish, and then the next will be simpler, but she wants to start planning early so we have everything ready for then. Even though it's two months away. Two days later, everything starts going hay wire.

It starts out simple enough, with Rarity receiving a rather large order of clothes that need to be done quickly. Unable to continue making our outfits for the wedding, we attempt to find other stores in order to get any custom made wedding outfits for Neon and some clothes for Tavi; and I need to place an order all the way in Manehatten, and they certainly aren't going to make a delivery all the way out here in time. At best, they'll arrive the day after the wedding.

Soon, a ton of orders for Apple family products arrive at Sweet Apple Acres, which is a deal they cannot pass up. They're looking at making twice their projected income for the year just from this one sale, so they regretfully pull their products from the party to be. It's unfortunate, but that places some extra strain on Pinkie Pie to get all the food together for the party.

Rainbow Dash receives a summons from the Couldsdale Center for Weather Control a few days after Applejack gets her call. It's a summoning to review her performance for the past few years as they're thinking of giving her a promotion to cover not just Ponyville, but a larger area surrounding it that includes a few more towns. The extra pay catches her attention, especially since not showing up could lead to demotion, or finding herself out of a job. We have unfortunately no possibility for a real replacement, so the air show for the celebration is cancelled. Vinyl seems to start feeling the effects as her wedding is crushed, and a few of us are starting to wonder why all of this is happening now.

The next day, Tavi receives a letter asking if she would like to perform at the opening of a library in Heliosburg that Twilight is requested to inaugurate. Then we receive the letter asking Twilight to open the library. They both want to go, the town being famous for its long history and strong musical background, but they both decline since Heliopolis wants nothing to do with me, and it would mean they would miss Vinyl's wedding. I wonder the exact reason as to why they ignored me, but I guess it's because they had already decided to write off humans as trouble.

Three days later, and the wedding is baring down on all of us. As we prepare for the influx of food from Sugarcube Corner, we receive a missive from Pinkie. They're on full production from a sudden and large request for a large amount of sweets. They're unable to bring as much food as originally planned, and Pinkie is going to be busy helping, but they expect to be done with the shipment an hour before the wedding, leaving Pinkie the time to set up what needs to be finished. As of that moment, the wedding seems like it's going to be far less of an event than what was planned, but at least it's happening.

The day before the wedding and Twilight, a few of the guests, and myself are setting up the wedding when I receive a letter myself. It's odd, to say the least. It's a threat to divulge my secret to the world should tomorrow involve Vinyl getting hitched. A curious threat to be sure, though it's also the key element I need to know what's going on. Thankfully, the ones behind this don't understand my 'secret' has been out for a long time, and, hopefully, I won't need the guard. They might shut down the wedding themselves.

As the sun sets and I retire with Tavi and Twilight to my home, they notice my change in behaviour.

"Sam, what's going on? You aren't yourself today," asks Twilight.

"Well you see, I got a letter demanding I stop the wedding between Vinyl and Neon. I have my suspicions of who and why, but I can't be certain."

"What!?" Tavi exclaims. "Who in their right mind would want to mess with Vinyl's wedding? And Sam, don't you dare try and say you won't tell us. You and Vinyl may be as close as siblings, but we care about her too." A nod from Twilight seals the deal. Over the time I have gotten to know the two of them, I have learned one thing: hiding anything from them is near impossible.

"Alright, I'll tell you, but you must both Pinkie Promise me that you will tell nopony about this. Vinyl has kept this secret for a reason after all." Twilight is about to go through the motions before Tavi stops her, her eyes boring straight into mine.

"One question first, does this have anything to do with drugs, that DJ, or that stallion that owned Club Caldera?"

"None of those."

As Tavi relaxes, Twilight goes through the motions of the Pinkie Promise, Tavi following shortly after.

"Alright, the first thing you should know is Vinyl's real name isn't Vinyl Scratch. It's Vincenza Staccato." Tavi and Twilight are left speechless as the news hits them, since the Staccato family is famous in Equestria for one thing and one thing only: being the greatest line of musicians in the world. They have never had anypony be the best at any one thing, but every musician that has come from their family has brought world level talent and amazing brilliance to their field. The greatest Staccato was Tempo Staccato, the famous maestro that gave the Canterlot Auditorium its name, the Tempora Marimus.

"She is a Staccato, no wonder she had the air of talent about her, but why does she hide it? I have known her for years and she never-"

"She wanted to make her way without the Staccato name paving her path for her, or haunting her failures."

After a moment, Tavi and Twilight fully understand why she had never said anything about her family. Twilight and Tavi have both been very public in who they are and what they do. Any failure would hurt the names of those that are connected to them, so they have no choice but to succeed. It's a massive amount of pressure that could have made them collapse at any time if they had failed. By never saying she was a Staccato, Vinyl has effectively relieved herself of these ties and is able to live her way.

"A few years ago, her mother remarried another stallion who seemed to be a fairly nice guy from the middle class, but he ended up not being so nice to Vinyl. You see, even though he married Vinyl's mother, her will states that the majority of her assets will go to Vinyl. There are some conditions, and that is why I know who is behind it. One of the conditions is she must get married and it must be her choice, nopony else's."

"So someone is doing this so she won't get that money?" Twilight seems genuinely angry that anypony would do this for money. If only we could live in as fair a world as she believes in.

"Yeah, specifically, the man her mother married. He has been fighting this for years, trying to keep her from getting a single bit so that he can live the life he wants. Before the company executives stepped in, he was basically ruining the company, but thanks to the will and Vinyl, they were able to stop him before it was too late. Right now, if he can ruin Vinyl enough, he can keep what he has and get everything that should be Vinyl's passed onto his spoiled rotten brat."

"It sounds like you have met this child Sam, who is he?"

"It's a 'she' Tavi. Her name is Spring Blossoms and I think she is trying to usurp Blueblood for most conceited individual. She is only fourteen, but she acts like she is right up there with the princesses in power. I remember hearing some rather interesting stories about her, but I know nothing personally."

"Wait, Spring Blossoms, I know her actually, she is a real piece of work!" Twilight exclaims, moving enthusiastically around the house. "She is a unicorn who currently resides in the Canterlot branch of Celestia's School for Exceptional Unicorns. She used to learn in the Crystal Empire, but after she seduced that bastard Flash Sentry she was sent here while he was exiled for messing around with a minor." Twilight's mood swing is evident, though I wonder what happened. Twilight has mentioned that name before, but she always says it is something she would rather forget.

"Back to the main issue though, this means her step-father is currently trying to ruin the wedding and soon it will be impossible to conduct a normal wedding. We may even lose Mayor Mare as the official to wed them. If that comes to pass the only one with the power to wed at the ceremony will be Twilight. So Twi, if push comes to shove, would you mind doing the ceremony?" Twilight looks shocked, ecstatic, and worried all at the same time. If only I could show three different emotions at the same time too.

"I don't know, that is a lot of studying to-" Twilight is cut off as Tavi interrupts with her before she can get caught up in one of her 'study storms'.

"Twilight, it is all written in the book you will be holding. You are expected to read from it as you perform the ceremony, so no worries there." As Twilight calms down, Tavi shifts from professional, to playful. "In the mean time, I think the three of us were going to do some...stress relief?" Twilight quickly abandons her thoughts of studying as the prospect of what is to come becomes clear once again.

"Alright, let's get to it then, I can't wait to try that new technique I read about. I am certain Sam will enjoy it very much." I can tell I am going to have fun tonight as I receive not one, but two playful smirks. The only question being, how long will we go?

As Tavi, Twilight and I approach the area of Sweet Apple Acres graciously given to us for the ceremony, I see that at least the Apple family had the time to put up the structures for us. It is hard to believe that just a few months ago Vinyl and Neon started going out, and now it is time for their wedding. Looking around the guests include my party of three, Pinkie Pie, and a few members of the town that were invited. Including a set of twins I became well accustomed to not too long ago, Aloe and Lotus, the spa twins.

After doing a little research on mare pregnancies, I found that a mare's hooves, just like a woman's feet, get a lot of stress and I wanted to get a few spa cards so that at the very least a few pains could be eased for her. Twilight recommended them to me as well since from all the stress and injuries I have received all too recently. I remember walking in to see a beauty of a mare with a pink coat and blue mane and tail. She was dressed then with absolute professionalism in a white dress and a headband to hold her mane back. She took me to the back where I met her sister, an almost perfect pallet swap with a few stray hairs.

To say they weren't attractive would be a lie, possessing splendid figures, even through their professional clothes. To say I didn't stare at their small butts and ample breasts would be a lie. To say Tavi didn't do the same when I first took her there would also be a lie.

As I approach the altar to make sure everything was there and ready, I notice something odd. It's an hour till the wedding, meaning only the individuals necessary to the wedding should be here, but neither the groom nor the bride-to-be are present. A quick glance around also proved that Rarity, who had planned to be here, is absent, though she would probably have been with Vinyl.

Looking back over the crowd, I can't help but also feel under dressed. I was wearing a proper outfit for the occasion, but some seem to be very well dressed. Tavi has taken to wear her best black dress, with Twilight wearing a very nice looking red dress in a Chinese style. Most of the stallions are wearing a tuxedo or something similar, but theirs is a lot more formal than mine. Most mares are wearing one style of dress or another, with the spa twins wearing kimonos that fail to hide their figures, especially their legs since the skirts end rather high up.

As I get myself out of my dirty thoughts I spot a limo over the horizon, and I realize that this limo is not the ride Vinyl or Neon were preparing to arrive in. Neon had spent the night with the Apple family, so he would walk here. Vinyl had arranged for a pegasus-driven chariot so this could be neither of them. As I finish processing it all, I realize the driver had reached the passenger door in the back, and as he opened it, I instantly could tell who was in it.

Vinyl's parents have just arrived.

Author's Notes:

Yes, I made Vinyl's real name Vincenza Staccato. I felt that great work deserved another shout out because reasons. So if you don't get it, go read this story!

As for Flash Sentry, more or less I hate the character, and the fact he messes around with my waifu. No one, messes with one of my waifus.

Finally, as an apology for the delay, have Twilight, Vinyl, and Pinkie being hot:


Where I found these: http://iopichio.deviantart.com/