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Honeymoon: Chapter one: The Dance
The sound of fine silver being tapped against a wine glass called the attention of every pony standing within the bridal table. Cotton cloud then signaled to Vinyl Scratch to turn off the loud dub-step music that was playing, Cotton Cloud cleared his throat and began.
"Everypony, I cannot tell you how much it means to me that you all came to my daughter's wedding, so I would like to begin with a toast. To Fluttershy and her husband, Big Macintosh."
"Yeah!" called Rainbow Dash from far back in the crowd of dancers, and was joined in by many others.
"Second, I would like to thank Big Macintosh in specific-"he turned to his new son-in-law "Young man, I cannot tell you how thankful we are that you cared enough to seek us both out, even though you had no idea could have possibly been."
The normally very comfortable stallion chuckled and looked down at his glass of champagne.
"You were able to do something that everypony else thought would be an impossible task. I cannot thank you enough." This was followed by a loud roar of applause, to which Big Macintosh's cheeks reddened further and further.
"Anyway, I do believe that I interrupted some- oh, what is it called, nowadays- cool groves? Anyway, back to the party!"
With that, Vinyl re-started the song, and everypony went back to their dancing. Vinyl left her table for a few minutes, to whisper something in Cotton Cloud's ear, to which he responded with a nod.
When the song was over, Vinyl picked up her headset, and cued the lights manager to dim the lights save a spotlight.
"All right, fillies and gentlecolts, it's time for the father-daughter dance! Everyone, clear the dance floor!" The dance floor cleared within seconds, and Cotton Cloud moved over to take his daughter's hoof to lead her out to onto the dance floor.
As they entered the dance floor, "Heaven's Missing an Angel" began to play. Fluttershy and her father slowly sway in the middle, as her mother began to sniffle a little, overcome with pride for the scene playing in front of her.
"Fluttershy, sweetie…" Cotton Cloud trailed off, not sure where to begin.
"Yes, Daddy?" Her cyan eyes sparkled in the light, almost outshining her dress.
"I couldn't ask for a better daughter."
"And I couldn't ask for a better Dad."
Now her father was beginning to tear up, his pride growing more and more.
"Promise me you'll write?"
"You couldn't stop me if you wanted to."
As the song neared the end, Vinyl picked up her microphone and announced the next dance: Bride and Groom would do a tango.
"Come on, Big Macintosh!" Applejack cheered from the crowd.
"Yeah, you two must have practiced for ten hours!"
With a sigh of resignation, Big Macintosh stood and walked out to meet his wife out on the middle of the dance floor.
"Come on, sweetie…" Fluttershy whispered in his ear, "I'm certain you'll do fine!"
"Ya'll know how bad Ah am at dancin'!" He whispered back.
"Don't worry, it's not like this is a contest!" Fluttershy replied with a shrug.
Big Macintosh noted in the back of his mind that Fluttershy loosened up a lot when she was inebriated, and that it only took about two glasses of wine… Celestia knows what a couple of shots of vodka would do- probably best to make sure she has company when she goes to a bar.
As soon as they heard the maracas, they moved to the beat as they had practiced so often.
The crowd cheered as they went into each dip, twist and turn of the dance. To his surprise, Big Macintosh never stepped on anything but the dance floor. Fluttershy giggled like a school filly when the song finished, and she was left being held up only by Big Macintosh's front hooves, which was extremely hard for him to maintain the pose.
Vinyl Scratch giggled as she read off the next dance: Mother-in-law and son-in-law. She knew how much Big Macintosh hated dancing, and couldn't help it as she noticed the expression on his face, one of dreaded resignation. She placed the song "My Wish" onto the table, and waited for Fluttershy's mother to enter the floor.
As Fluttershy's mother sauntered up to him, Big Macintosh couldn't help but notice: Fluttershy's mother looked so young she could have been Fluttershy's sister, instead.
"Listen, Big Macintosh." Fluttershy's mother began, her voice curt and almost cold.
"I know you make my daughter happy. That's all I could ever wish for. But-" She drew his ear right to her mouth "If I hear so much as a PEEP about you hurting my daughter, I will geld you so fast it'll singe. Got it?"
"Well. This MIGHT be where Fluttershy gets her Flutterrage powers." He told himself, unsure of how to react.
"Ma'am, Ah wouldn't dare think about hurtin' her."
"Good. Now then, you both excited about your honeymoon?" Fluttershy's mother instantly changed gears from threatening him to making light, casual conversation.
"Well, yeah, Ah'm pretty sure we both are."
"Going to give me plenty of grandchildren?"
Big Macintosh's cheeks burned with that question, unable to believe how such a seemingly sweet and polite mare could be having this sort of a question.
"Well, ta be honest, Ah'm not sure she an' Ah have even thought about that aspect of marriage… at all."
It was true. Big Macintosh wasn't sure that was something you should approach casually, even if you were married to the other pony. He figured that if you were constantly… "mounting" then it would not be a special experience.
"Oh? Well, now that certainly is a stretch from what I expected. In all truth, when I was worrying about the type of stallion my daughter would marry, my top fear was one who was in it for the sex."
"May we…" Big Macintosh wasn't sure of what to say, letting out a long "uh" to fill in the gap.
"Change the conversation?" She filled in.
"Eeyup."
"Oh, why certainly! Now then, do you two have a will written out yet?"
This time Big Macintosh gave her a flat-out look of disbelief.
"What? A mother cannot worry if her daughter has her affairs in order?"
"Ah think that the fact we've been married for 'bout half a day would give you a sufficient answer."
As the song ended, Fluttershy's mother curtsied, and returned to her seat, along with Big Macintosh.
"So, what were you two love-birds talking about?" Fluttershy asked him, as she lay her arms over his shoulders, an almost empty glass of champagne in her hoof.
"Oh, ya know, Mother-in-law an' Son-in-law stuff."
"Really?" Fluttershy hiccupped.
"Behcuz you were blushing really hard, so one of you's a pervy pervert." Fluttershy giggled out as she finished the glass.
"Yeah, well you're lookin' pretty red yerself, darlin'."
"Oh, really? Because I'd like to she you drink four glashses of champagne and not…" She trailed off, with a few hiccups the only indication she hadn't fallen asleep.
"Sweetie, Ah think ya'll should slow down on the drinks a bit."
"You're right, 'cause how elsh am I going to take care of… the…" Her eyes suddenly drooped closed and she passed out, falling right onto Big Macintosh.
"Oh sweet Celestia, somepony get a nurse or somethin!" Big Macintosh panicked. Having never been drinking with a pony who couldn't handle it, he was worried she might have overdosed.
"Don't worry, darling." Rarity called from the far end of the table. "She'll be fine. She's actually done that with me twice!"
"But Ah-"
"Now, now, you're a fully grown stallion, I'm certain you can handle a passed out drunken mare, can't you?"
Big Macintosh did the only thing he could think of to do- pick up his wife, and trot out to the carriage that was waiting to take them home.
"Don't be too rough now, all right? She's a very delicate flower!" Rarity called, poking fun at what she assumed to be Big Macintosh's intentions.
Big Macintosh rolled his eyes and signaled the pull team to leave.
Author's Note: Okay! Well! It's finally here… the beginning of this story! I guess I waited a little bit too long, to begin this one, considering my readers from Caring For A Certain Stallion all probably don't care anymore. Well, whatever. This story will hopefully remind them why the put me on Author Alert. Anyway, sorry for taking so long! I honestly could NOT figure out for the life of me how to avoid lemons with this! But yeah, expect this to be a story with a new chapter every 4-5 days… anyway, bye!