Happily Ever After, Right?

When the Mane Six, Spike and Prince Fledge came through the portal they're welcomed by what seemed like everypony in Equestria! There was a huge celebration going on, and it looked like Pinkie Pie was a bit down that she hadn't planned this one. Yet the overexcited pink pony just quickly shrugged it off and started to skip about like any young filly would at a party! Everypony just shrugged it off too and walked slowly to the throne room. Everywhere the looked ponies were partying and just singing, dancing and having a grand old time! It took awhile for them all to make it to where the Princesses sat awaiting for them return.

Princess Celestia looked at her personal protégé and had the biggest smile ever seen. She was so proud of her favorite student. She had really accomplished many since that very first day they'd met. No teacher had ever been fuller of pride then this beautiful goddess like pony had been of Twilight. Looking at her sister Luna and her niece Cadence both showed the same pride that they felt for the youngest and talented of the princess. All three of them stood proudly in front of the entire crowd who made way for the heronries to make their way to the center of the room. All of the Mane Six was enjoying the attention they're getting from the crowd. Even Spike who was riding on top of Rarity's back was getting his praise. Fledge on the other hoof was trying not to show how flattered but at the same time overwhelmed a bit by all the attention.

"Princess Twilight, we welcome you and your amazing friends' home. Welcome home, all of you! As you can see what you've done for both the Golden Enchanted Sovereignty and all of Equestria. We are most proud of all of you. Once again you've proven that the magic of friendship is clearly the most powerful form of magic ever created. Only second to the Magic of Friendship is the Power of Dreams. When both combined you managed to vanquish a great evil. Now that's done the story in the "Ponytales" book can finally have its ending. So welcome home!" Princess Celestia praised them as every other pony started clapping and showing their approval for the Mane Six's actions.

"Thank you, very much, Princess Celestia. Yet you and the others did help us out. We all did it together! That's the way we are. We rise and fall as one. So all of you believing in both the power of dreams and the magic that is friendship was truly a win-win combination! So I thank you deeply for all of your help!" Prince Fledge thanked her kindly.

The beautiful white Alicorn just smiled and bowed her head in respect. "You've done an impossible miracle and that only proves to me that you do understand what a dream really is. It's about making the impossible possible. So thank you for reminding us of that message. Now why don't we all enjoy the party for awhile? I'm sure after all that you've been through you and Twilight's friends would like to unwind. So come let's have some fun, okay, Prince Fledge?"

"Thanks, Princess Celestia! I'll do just that! Come on let's have some fun!"

"Yippee! Let's have some fun! I'm gonna get my party cannon and make this party ten times better! Excuse me! Must go get it right now!" and with further ado Pinkie Pie took off like a bright pink bullet to get her cannon. She went so fast that it looked like pink flames had lit the dance floor.

"After all this awesome stuff we've done over the last few days, I'm gonna go find Tank and tell him everything. So see you in a bit!" Rainbow Dash said quickly as she took off towards the Cutie Mark Crusaders who'd been tending to the ponies's pets while they'd been away. And it looked like Rainbow Dash really wanted to see her beloved tortoise every single awesome detail.

"I'm so excited and inspired by all that we did and saw in the Golden Sovereignty I'm gonna go take some of this golden fabric that Helena gave me and start on a new fashion line. I'll make tons of gentlecolts coats from it. Not as fine as the one I did for you, Prince Fledge, but they'll be fabulous! Now I must go and create!" exclaimed Rarity as she and Spike took off together.

"I'm gonna go have some of Granny Smith's spicy apple cider. Come on, Fluttershy. Let's go get some together?" suggested Applejack and Fluttershy nodded and left leaving Twilight and Fledge alone.

The pair looked at each other while both blushing awkwardly. Neither knew what to say or if they should even speak it. "Umm, would you care to dance, Twilight?"

"Sure! I'd love to dance! I on one occasion danced with a guy named Flash Sentry at this place called "high school" at this dance they called "Fall Formal". It was fun at the time. I wore this hot pink and royal purple dress and I killed in it. So let's dance!"

So the twosome went to the center of the dance floor and all of sudden it seemed like a spotlight was on them. Everypony in the room just went quiet. It was like you could hear a needle drop in that room. Yet they didn't seem to notice. They just began to dance and soon all they'd saw and heard was the beating of their hearts. There was a perfect world for each of them shining in the other's eyes. All of Twilight's friends and the trio of Princesses watched silently as Twilight and Fledge danced to the music of a violin, piano and flute. It was an enthralling as well as intoxicating melody and it made the moment perfect. The tune picked up the pace and the couple danced faster and faster and soon it seemed the magical moment would finally end. As the song ended they looked at the other and blushed once more.

Twilight looked at the Prince and he looked at her and finally she said, "If you like me, Fledge just kiss me already!" and despite the fact that he went red in the face for a second time he kissed her gently on the cheek. "Now can we go talk somewhere in private?"

"Alright, the moonlight balcony should be empty. Why is everypony staring at us? This is totally awkward. I've been to countless celebrations, even my own coronation, yet I've never felt as self-conscious as I do now. Let's get out of here, fast," Twilight urged quietly as she and the Prince galloped swiftly to the empty veranda where the silvery moonlight was illuminating it so beautifully and romantically. Just like a fairytale.

"So, girls, do you think he's gonna pop the question or not?" Applejack pondered out loud to the rest of the ponies, at the same time as Princess Luna and Cadence used their magic to shut the red silk curtains behind the pair. Everypony had this ridiculous lovesick grin etched on their faces. They did slowly walk away to give their friend some privacy. Nevertheless all of them were talking in hushed tones about what was going to happen next.

"It'd be totally awesome if he did."

"I've already got in my head what type of dress to make for the wedding!"

"I'm already getting cake ideas for it too!"

"Let's not rush things girls. It may not be like a storybook ending. She could always say no, you know?"

"Let's hope she says yes then!"

The diamond stars were out shining so brightly in the midnight blue skies. The moon was full and beautifully dazzling as well. The way the ivy and roses clung to the surroundings made this a stunning in addition to captivating spot. It was nice. Just like a fairytale, with just the charming prince and his beautiful princess enjoying a romance of a lifetime. They walked with their tails intertwined and smiling.

"Fledge, I must thank you."

"For what? I should be thanking you! Without you to inspire all of my people and all of Equestria all would be lost. I'd be force to tie the knot with that depraved self-obsessed diva of a princess Jadis. My kingdom would've ceased to exist. All hope would be loss! You're an amazing princess and a truly remarkable pony!"

"I thank you, for helping everypony remember the lessons of childhood. Without you we may've given up all hope on our dreams. Now we won't forget the lessons that come with the "Ponytales" book. And now at least there is an ending to your story. Now that we know you found your maiden and with her help defeated the Plague of Disbelief!"

"Yet that not the end to the story, it's almost the ending, nevertheless it isn't quite finished. I must still put pen to paper and write last few paragraphs. I also must know the truth. I won't go back without the truth."

"Truth? What truth is that?"

"I love you, Twilight Sparkle. You're beautiful, intelligent, caring, and kindhearted. You're everything I have ever wanted and everything I never knew I wanted. I cannot live without you. Nor do I wish to live without you. My father told me something that I didn't understand at the time. He said that when it comes to love you don't find it. It finds you. And I want you to be my wife! So please tell me. Do you return my feelings and please don't lie. Don't even try to sugarcoat it just tell me honestly how you feel about me!"

She was shocked and amazed. It wasn't exactly news to her; however she hadn't been quite ready to admit it aloud. Then she remembered what Princess Celestia had said about the difference between want and need. Now she understood what she'd been talking about. Now if only she could tell herself the difference. For a few moments she was quiet and won't speak at all.

"Twilight?"

"Fledge, I've been thinking about that answer for a long time. I know as a filly I was in love with the storybook version I knew of you. Yet that isn't true love, that was simple a childhood infatuation, just a meaningless crush. Though now that I've gotten to know you as a real person I must admit I do love you too. I will always love you, the real you. Not just the handsome, charming prince but the pony with a beautiful golden heart and a very beautiful soul! I love you so much!"

"Then marry me!"

"I wish I could, Fledge. I wish that we could dance off into our happily ever after. But how can we marry? We both have duties and responsibilities. I must lead the Rainbow Kingdom of Friendship. You must look after your own Golden Sovereignty of Dreams. How could we possibly be together?"

"Please don't put the duty before the heart, my love! We can make it work! I know we can! All I want is you, Twilight Sparkle! Please! If you love me then marry me!"

"How? How can we make it work?"

"You think that I've not dreamed since I came here how to make this work? I can combine our kingdoms. I'm not just talking about matrimony either! I know a way we can be together without abandoning our duties and responsibilities. It's also a way to make certain that our respective kingdoms goals of friendship for you and dreams for me never die either. We can make more ponies and others realize how important both are! And we can make sure that the Plague never comes back and that Jadis and her mother Belladonna never grow strong enough again to stop being shadows!"

"How? What do you have in mind? How do you plan to do such an impossible task?"

"I can unseal the barrier that keeps my kingdom separate from the rest of Equestria. I used a portal to take you and your friends from here to my home. Well, there actually a long complex story about that, but I'll give you the cliff note version. Countless millenniums ago before I was born or crowned and before my parents' death of course. My sovereignty was already a part of Equestria."

"The Golden Enchanted Sovereignty was a part of Equestria?! How is that possible?! I've study almost every kinda book there is and never heard such a thing! How is what you're saying even possible?"

"Like how my legend in the "Ponytales" book was incomplete, there are some other things that weren't mention in it, like you and your friends found out for yourself. When my father was a young prince and courting my mother, it was love at first sight for them. Yet shortly after they got married the Plague was started by Jadis's parents. To protect both our land and all of Equestria he used the Golden Crystal to split us from the rest of the Equestria. Then he also used the same magic to expunge all trances of our world from every pony's memories till we faded into that children's tale. It'd take a great deal of magic, but I can bring back my kingdom to be a part of Equestria once more. Thus we can live happily ever after!"

She was shell-shocked for sure! This seemed too good to be true. Yet as she gazed into her true love's beautiful copper eyes she could only utter a few words. "Is that possible? Can you do it? And would it be wise?"

"I cannot do it alone, no. It would take all of the magic you, your friends, and the Princesses posses to break the seal that is keeping us apart. Yet I know we can do it. And you know? Whether it's for good or bad change is always going to happen. We can do this, Twilight. Please consider it. Please?"

"I will marry you, Prince Fledge Dreamwings! I shall be your bride!"

"Excellent! Here's the engagement present," he used his magic to create a stunning new diadem. She smiled and they kissed. All of sudden there were fireworks and when they went back inside everyone was squealing and yelling congratulates. All their friends were just so super excited. After all the last wedding they'd been too hadn't been exactly perfect, given the evil and wicked imposter and all the evil that they'd to fight and fix, when Twilight's older brother Shining Armor got hitched. Therefore they all hoped that this wedding wouldn't be a repeat of that. Though before they'd even get started on all the wedding plans, they'd to first break the seal that kept their kingdoms apart. Which wasn't gonna be easy. But with all of Equestria help it was done. It turned out all of Prince Fledge's people had been super eager to reunite with Equestria, and now that the Golden Sovereignty was right next to Twilight's kingdom of Rainbow Friendship it all seemed meant to be.

Everypony in Equestria turned out for the wedding. Rarity had made the most beautiful wedding dress. Pinkie Pie had made the largest most beautiful wedding cake ever created. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had worked together to decorate the palace for the special event. Applejack had been helping with the food and every one else had been doing something to make it special. Even the people of Fledge's kingdom had done their part to make it the best day of both Fledge and Twilight's life. The wedding took place at sunset and everyone was just sitting quietly trying to not cry too much. But it was the most beautiful sight they could ever image when Twilight and her father were walking her down the aisle. The dress was so amazing and her new tiara really pulled it off well. Fledge looked happier then he'd ever looked to anyone else.

Princess Celestia would do the actually joining. So when Twilight looked into her mentor eyes she felt she really done something right. Now that she'd both learned the magic of friendship and now was with her true love.

"Friends, family, fillies and gentlecolts, we're gathered here today not to just unite two kingdoms or two ponies in holy matrimony. But to bless and remember what has been accomplished by both of them and their friends. So I'd like everyone take a moment to be silent and remember all of what we've learned and gained through both of them."

Everypony was quiet and now all the girls were crying. Some because they weren't the bride, others cause it was just so beautiful and emotional. Rarity was crying the hardest out of Twilight's friends and Spike was handing her hankie after hankie. Still she managed to pull herself together and watched with great happiness as did the others as Fledge and Twilight became husband and wife.

"Do you Prince Fledge take this mare Twilight Sparkle to be your lawfully wedded wife? To have to have to hold for richer or poorer, sickness and health, for as long as you live?"

"I do! Forever and for always I will love her and be faithful to her. I shall never break my vows to her and I will stand by her, and nothing will keep us apart!"

"Do you Princess Twilight Sparkle; take this stallion to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, for as long as you live?"

"Yes! I shall be faithful and never abandon him. I love for all that he is and not because he's a storybook hero or a handsome stallion prince. But for whom he is on the inside!"

"I now pronounce you husband and wife! All of Equestria rise up and now join us all blessing the union of this two!"

Everyone just got up and it was a bigger explosion of emotions and excitement ever. Everyone was just super happy. The party lasted all night long and even well into the next morning. But that didn't matter to anyone. For all that matter to Twilight and Fledge was they're both in love and finally were both where their hearts and dreams belonged.

The end.