Featured Song:

"This Day Aria" (colt version) from My Little Pony: A Canterlot Wedding

On the way to the cathedral, Peppermint was beginning to get a little suspicious. As she helped fly the coach with a little help from magic dust, she looked at Banjo, who was flying next to her and said,

"Banjo, have you noticed Obi-Wan is acting a little off?" Peppermint said.

"He's been awful cranky, that's fer sure." Banjo said.

"I've seen wedding jitters before, but Obi-Wan's normally so calm and collected." said Sapphire.

The horses could all sense something was very off about Obi-Wan. Some of them had been to at least a couple of their humans' weddings, and neither of the grooms acted like total jerks when they got nervous. At worst, they got sweaty or burst into a spontaneous musical number.

"I think we need to check something out." Peppermint said. "I've got an idea."

Meanwhile, Lamenta was getting a little suspicious as Obi-Wan was acting a little more pompous today. She thought him a lot of things. Polite, proper, and perfectly mannered, but he was never pompous enough to not like Peppermint showing him affection. And, I could've sworn Roya said she made Obi-Wan's outfit brown with a blue sash, not blue all over, she thought. And how would he of all people get her father and uncle mixed up, or not even seem to remember he had another Padawan?

"So, Uncle Obi-Wan..." Lamenta said. "This wedding must be a wish come true, huh?"

"Indeed." Obi-Wan said. "Don't get used to addressing me by name much longer, though, Princess. I will be duke soon."

"We're royalty before you." Lamenta crossed her arms. "You never seemed to mind me or Gabby calling you 'Uncle' since we met you."

Obi-Wan just rolled his eyes at Lamenta.

Anakin and Carmine looked at each other. Obi-Wan never rolled his eyes at anyone, not even at Anakin when he did something annoying.

Suddenly, the carriage shook.

"What in heaven's name-?!" Obi-Wan said. He looked out the carriage window and saw they were not at the cathedral. "Why are we stopping here?"

"Apologies, everyone." said Sapphire. "The restraints broke, and we won't be able to continue via carriage. We'll just have to carry all of you on our backs."

Suddenly, "Obi-Wan" looked worried.

"Ride...? To the wedding on... horses?" he said.

"Of course." Sapphire said. "You do know your own horse, don't you?"

The wedding party all exited the carriage and got onto the many horses, except for Banjo and Carousella, who left to go do a little investigating.

But, Obi-Wan walked over to Pinto.

"Good horsie." Obi-Wan said, starting to climb on the saddle, only to end up pulling Pinto's mane in the process.

"What in tarnation?!" Pinto said as Obi-Wan seemed to struggle getting on him. "Kenobi, I ain't your horse! And that's not the right way to get on me even if I were."

"Obi-Wan!" Peppermint said. "Remember me? Your horse?"

Peppermint used her horn's magic to get "Obi-Wan" onto her back.

"You seem a bit rusty today." said Peppermint.

"Oh, don't worry about me. Wedding jitters must be making me forget everything today."

Peppermint smirked. This was gonna be fun.

"Then you shouldn't have a problem with this ride.

Many important guests arrived at the cathedral, where many important guests were waiting.

The royal family of Solaris arrived on their beautiful horses and awaited the groom's arrival.

However... they were immediately surprised by Peppermint running in with Obi-Wan holding on for dear life on her back, shouting for her to stop.

"STOP HORSIE! STOP, I SAY! SIT HORSIE! STOP!"

"Uh... is that how he usually rides Peppermint?" Omega asked her father.

"Not even when he first got her." Anakin shook his head.

"Pobrecito." Estrella chuckled. She couldn't help finding it funny.

Peppermint seemed to have fun bucking like a bronco at a rodeo and messing with the man on her back as he struggled to hold on.

"How do you stop this thing?!"

Meanwhile, Banjo and Carousella made it back to the palace.

Having grown up in the more countryside territory of Equinaro, Banjo knew how to track anything suspicious, especially given how many times bushwhackers tried to rustle the sheep or the younger cowponies. And with Carousella, a trained royal guard, it would hopefully be a simple job.

"What exactly are we lookin' for?" Banjo asked, sniffing around.

"If Peppermint's suspicions are correct," said Carousella. "Obi-Wan isn't really Obi-Wan, and Obi-Wan is in real trouble!"

The two equines looked around the palace and walked into Obi-Wan's dressing room.

The whole room was a mess! This was a definite indicator of struggle in the room.

"Look!" Carousella said, picking something up with her magic. "It's Obi-Wan's lightsaber."

"But where's Obi-Wan?" Banjo asked.

"That's what we're gonna find out." Carousella said. "And we'd better hurry. I'm not sure how long the others can stall the wedding."

Carousella cast a spell on the lightsaber and scanned for DNA and fingerprints. She commanded the spell to scan across the planet to find a match and lead them to it. And a trail of blue sparkles formed, which the alicorns followed.

"SOMEONE GET ME OFF THIS WILD ANIMAL!" shouted the fake Obi-Wan.

"Peppermint, I think that's enough." Anakin said.

"Only my rider can stop me." sang Peppermint.

"STOP, I SAID! WHOA!"

And Peppermint came to an abrupt stop, dropping "Obi-Wan" on the ground with a tumble.

Obi-Wan panted and picked himself up.

"That thing is a menace!" Obi-Wan said.

Peppermint scrunched her nose and snorted. This was definitely not Obi-Wan.

Obi-Wan fixed himself up and began walking to the cathedral. He got himself to look proper and shook hands with whomever he could, but reacted rather differently when someone else came about.

"Congratulations on the wedding, Uncle Obi-Wan!" Gabby exclaimed, hugging Obi-Wan's legs.

Obi-Wan seemed rather shocked, but that was to be expected. No matter how big Gabby got, she never outgrew running up to her loved ones to give them a big hug. But Obi-Wan shook her off her leg and made her fall on her rear.

"Don't you know it's rude to run up and grab people?" Obi-Wan said, dusting himself off and walking away.

Gabby got up and looked at Obi-Wan with shock. He'd never reacted that way to her hugging him before.

"I was just hugging you." Gabby said. "I thought you liked my hugs."

"You want to hug someone, go find a teddy bear." said Obi-Wan. "Now, scram!"

Gabby felt tears come to her eyes when Obi-Wan said those mean words to her.

"Obi-Wan!" Shmi scolded, going to comfort her granddaughter. "Gabby, come here, Sweetie."

Obi-Wan didn't seem to care though, and he walked into the cathedral without another word.

"Everyone, huddle up when we get inside." Peppermint said.

The royal family and Peppermint all got into a huddle.

"Listen up, everyone." said Peppermint. "I'm sure you've all noticed by now that Obi-Wan isn't acting like himself."

"Uh, you think?" Boba said.

"He's been acting very rude and disrespectful." Caroline said.

"I've known Obi-Wan since I was a kid, and he's never acted like that even when he was mad at me," Anakin said.

"I've known him longer," said Qui-Gon. "I sense something is amiss."

Obi-Wan struggled as he was shocked over and over again by Death Watch soldiers. There were only a few of them, but they were pretty strong. Too strong for Obi-Wan to fight alone.

Obi-Wan couldn't use a Jedi mind trick to stop them, and they'd taken his communicator so he couldn't call for help. And without his lightsaber, he didn't have anything else to fight with. How was he going to escape and save Satine from marrying the wrong man?

"We've got a much better prison cell for you, Kenobi." said a soldier.

The soldiers brought Obi-Wan to a cell that looked like three stacked boxes, an inescapable type of cell Obi-Wan could not afford to be trapped in.

Obi-Wan struggled again, but the soldiers shocked him again with the collar.

Suddenly, two loud whinnies filled the room, and the guards fell down as something honey brown and something purple swooped at them, and blasted them with magic, trapping them in magical bubbles or throwing them into the walls and knocking them unconscious.

"Obi-Wan!" Carousella exclaimed. "Are you okay?"

Obi-Wan smiled with relief and pet the purple musicorn with delight.

"Carousella. Banjo. How did you find me?" Obi-Wan said. "Where are the others?"

"Long story." Carousella said, getting the shock collar off of Obi-Wan. "Which we don't have time for because you're about to be late for your wedding."

Obi-Wan hopped on Carousella's back, and she rushed out to fly him back to the wedding.

"Do you know who's impersonating you?" Carousella asked.

"I do." Obi-Wan said. "And he's trying to taking over Mandalore by taking my place and marrying Satine."

"That's somethin' we can't let happen." Banjo said.

"Not on our watch. Hopefully, Peppermint's told the others and they're stalling any way they can."

Meanwhile, at the cathedral, the ceremony was about to begin, and the imposter was in a dressing room fixing himself up after Peppermint threw him off her back.

Imposter:

This day is going to be perfect

The kind of day of which I
dreamed since I was small
All those armor loving bores
Say I look great in uniform
What they don't know is that
I have fooled them all.

Obi-Wan:
This day was going to be perfect
The kind of day of which I
dreamed since I was small
But instead of having cake
With all my friends to celebrate
My wedding bells may
never ring for me at all.

Imposter:

I care not a thing about the ring
I won't partake in any cake
Vows, well I'll be lying when I say
That through any kind of weather
I'll want us to be together
The truth is I don't care for her at all
No, I do not love the bride
For my heart is dead inside
But I still want her to be mine.

Carousella flew as fast as she could, but there was so much traffic going on that she had to constantly swerve in order to avoid bumping into anyone. And the grounds were too crowded for her to find a good place to run and use her magical horseshoes to transport to the cathedral.

So, the best she could do was keep going and not stop while Obi-Wan rode her.

Obi-Wan:

We must get there before it's too late;
Find a way to save the day.
Hope I'll be lying if I say,
"I don't fear that I may lose her
To one who wants to use her:
Not care for, love and
cherish her each day".
For I oh-so love the bride,
Oh, In my heart she does reside.
Oh, Duchess Satine, I'll
soon be by your side.

Peppermint walked down the aisle very, very slowly, carrying the pillow in her mouth with the wedding rings, hoping that they would be able to save the ceremony in time. The rest of the wedding party did the same when they walked down the aisle until it was time for Satine to walk.

They hadn't told Satine that she was about to marry an imposter because they feared it would alert the imposter and whoever he was having hold the real Obi-Wan. Wherever Carousella and Banjo were, they had to hurry!

Imposter:

Finally the moment has arrived
For me to take a very lucky bride.

Obi-Wan:
Oh, the wedding we won't make
She'll end up marrying a fake
My Satine she will be

Imposter:
Mine, all mine. [laughter]

"Hurry, Carousella! Hurry!" Obi-Wan said.

"I'm going as fast as I can!" Carousella said.

"We're gonna make it if it's the last thing we do!" Banjo said. "Incoming!"

The horses managed to dodge a billboard and then a flying vehicle that nearly crashed into them.

"Don't worry, Obi-Wan." Carousella said. "You are gonna get married today if we have to fight another Sith Lord!"

"I'm coming for you, Satine!" Obi-Wan said.

The flower girls and the bridesmaids all made their entrance, and then there came the moment for the bride to make her entrance.

Satine looked so beautiful in her dress. Her hair was curled so beautifully, topped off with a veil adorned and little white and blue flowers in her hair.

As she walked down the aisle, Peppermint and the rest of the wedding party began to look really worried. All they figured they could do now was wait and yell "I object" if the real Obi-Wan didn't show up in time.

The preacher went on and on with the usual stuff, and then came the part everyone hoped they didn't have to wait for.

"If anyone should have a reason to object to this marriage, speak now or forever hold your peace."

And that was when the doors burst open.

"I OBJECT!" said the real Obi-Wan.

Everyone gasped when they saw who came in.

The fake Obi-Wan looked with horror.

"How did you-?!" said the fake Obi-Wan. "I mean- Who is he to disturb my wedding?"

"This isn't your wedding. It's mine!" Obi-Wan said.

Obi-Wan looked a mess. His outfit was ruined, his hair was a mess, and he looked bruised and scratched up.

"I don't believe so." said the fake Obi-Wan.

The real Obi-Wan strode up to the altar, while Satine was perplexed.

"What-? What is going on? How are there two?" She stammered.

"Satine, this man is lying to you. He's an imposter!"

"Okay," said Carmine. "Does Obi-Wan have a twin we didn't know existed too? Or is something else happening?"

"Worry about that after this imposter is taken care of." said Obi-Wan.

"He is the imposter!" said the fake Obi-Wan, pointing at the real one. "He's obviously trying to take my place."

Satine looked between the two Obi-Wans.

"Satine, surely you know it's me." said the real Obi-Wan, taking Satine's hands into his own. "The day I proposed to you, I did so in the garden of the Old Jedi Temple."

"Anyone could've guessed that." said the fake Obi-Wan.

"Oh, really?" said Peppermint. "Why don't we put you guys to the test, huh?"

And all of a sudden, the cathedral changed to look like a game show setting.

Music played as lights shone on the red curtain.

"Ladies and gentleman," said Gabby in an announcing tone. "Welcome to the galaxy's newest game challenge, Imposter Jeopardy! And please welcome your hosts, Peppermint Twist!"

Peppermint entered in a sparkly red dress, her hair styled like a movie star as she stepped up to a microphone.

"My daddy, Prince Anakin Skywalker." Gabby announced.

"And my uncle, Prince Carmine Jinn!"

The two princes each entered, now dressed in new tuxedos. Anakin's was royal blue, and Carmine's was maroon.

The three hosts each stepped up with a microphone.

"And now, let's meet our contestants." Gabby continued. "On the left, we have Obi-Wan Kenobi number 1, who just entered Duchess Satine's royal wedding, claiming to be the real Obi-Wan. And on the right, we have Obi-Wan number 2, who many of us believe is the real imposter. We're about to see just how real either one of them is."

"The rules of the game are simple." Peppermint said. She motioned to a board initially marked Imposter Jeopardy and now it was a chart with different categories with choices from 100-500 points. "Choose a category for a certain number of points. The higher the points, the harder the question. And the real Obi-Wan will no doubt have the most correct answers."

"Let's play, say it with me..." said Anakin.

"IMPOSTER JEOPARDY!" Everyone shouted.

And thus the game began.

There were six different categories: Special Memories, Favorite Things, Life Changes, Health, Family/Friends, and Holidays.

"Obi-Wan number 1." said Peppermint. "You go first."

"Okay..." Obi-Wan looked and said. "I'll take Special Memories for 500 points."

People were astonished by his daring choice.

And the question was... What did Obi-Wan and Peppermint do for their first Friendaversary together and why?

It didn't take long for Obi-Wan to answer that question.

"We planted a peppermint plant together in the old Temple garden." Obi-Wan answered. "I knew it was important to Peppermint that we mark the day we became friends, and it became important to me too. And when I spotted that little plant in the nursery, it reminded me of the unicorn who came into my life. It was as sweet as her, came in a pot as red as the stripes in her mane, and it smelled of Peppermint like her. And we planted it together as a symbol that as long as we cared for it as we did our special bond, it would continue to grow stronger."

That touched people's hearts, and definitely earned the 500 points.

"Alright, Obi-Wan number 2." Carmine said. "Your move."

"I will take... Favorite Things for five hundred!" said the imposter.

Question: What was Princess Gabriella's favorite song when she was three years old?

Ten seconds to answer, and the imposter was at a loss. Then he thought about the horses and said,

"A song about horses!"

Buzz!

"Wrong!" Anakin said, and the right answer flashed. "The right answer was Baby Shark."

"I still can't get that song out of my head!" Obi-Wan said, rubbing his ear.

Obi-Wan went again, this time getting the category of family and friends.

What is Peppermint's middle name? Was the question for 100 points.

"Strudel." Obi-Wan said.

"Correct!" Peppermint said.

The imposter was beside himself with every question he took. Every time he got a question, he guessed, and got none of them right.

What was the name of Anakin's favorite childhood storybook?

What song did Obi-Wan and Satine first dance to?

Where was Obi-Wan and Satine's first date?

And every time he got a question wrong, a buzzing sound went on, and the real Obi-Wan answered correctly, earning the points instead of the imposter.

The imposter pretended to need to tie his shoe, unable to come up with a better excuse, and he bent down as a green butterfly-shaped mark appeared around his eyes, and he saw the same cloaked figure from before.

"Why didn't you tell me anything about Kenobi?" said the imposter.

"The deal was you get something from the royal family in exchange for me granting you the power to take the Duchess as your bride and take over Mandalore." said the figure.

"Well, I won't be able to do that without any knowledge of Kenobi or his colleagues."

"Fine! Just pick the questions, I shall see what my magic mirror can conjure."