Onyx rested against the tree, happy as could be because even while sleeping, he could feel the changes to his body. 'I have grown two inches.'
The girls talked about how beautiful the day was. Onyx could only smile because it had been roughly 2 weeks since he had completed his language, causing him to rest happy. He listened to Rainbow speak up, asking a question. "So how is Onyx girls. Is whatever sickness he had gone?"
The girls started talking about how healthy Onyx has been since he completed his Runic Language. Before they could start up on a new topic, Onyx heard Spike running towards them and smiled because it was the wedding. 'Candance was surprisingly a princess for a long while if I remember right because of Twilight had a flashback with her Foal sitting her.'
Spike gave the first of two letters. Onyx was surprised, it was not that different, and Shining had not told Twilight when she was in Canterlot last week. As he slowly listened to Twilight list out the duties that the girls would have, he nodded his head because that was pretty much the same thing as in canon. Before he could think about what the significant differences could be, he heard Twilight say his name. She spoke the words she was reading aloud to Onyx with confusion. "Onyx, I would like it if you could come as well to have a talk with Lune and me."
Twilight was confused that Onyx was added to the list and watched as he chewed his lips in thought. She questioned herself and Onyx aloud incuriously. "I wonder what she could wish to speak with you about Onyx."
Onyx let out a low hum and decided it give his speculation. "Maybe they want me to make something special for the bride and groom."
Twilight twirled the letter round and round, trying to find a hint about who the marriage could be about. "Still the questions remain… Who is marrying who?"
Spike blinked before pulling out a second letter and handed it to Twilight, who went on to read about her brother and some random woman that she has not met. "This cannot be right. I mean, Shining would tell me if he was getting married. After all, you do not hide that from family."
The girls quickly tried to comfort Twilight, leading to a massive Heart song and a flashback projected by harmonic magic. Onyx slowly watched the heart song and could not help but smile that it was about family because to Onyx, who was slowly getting back into contact with his brother, it was great. Onyx spoke up after the heart song in interest. "So, are we going to Canterlot to take care of this wedding girls today?"
They quickly nodded and rushed off so they could pack, leaving him and Twilight there alone. "You alright, Twilight?"
"How could my own brother not tell me that he was going to enter into a relationship and get married? He literally told me nothing when I saw him less than a week ago." Twilight complained while she paced in front of Onyx. "This does not make sense, right Onyx?"
Onyx shook his head from side to side and could not help but sigh because, from what it sounds like, Candance and Shining were keeping secret for some reason. "I do not know either of these people and cannot answer you, but from what it sounds like, your brother did not tell you for a reason."
Twilight sighed and left quickly back towards her house in annoyance because Onyx cannot help her. "I am sorry if I am taking this out on you, but I am really upset, Onyx."
Onyx watched her leave and could not but sigh before getting up and rushing over to his house and reaching it quite fast. When he had reached his home, he watched hurricane Pinkie fly around the room, gathering some things. He quickly moved to his bedroom and pulled his two prepacked bags, and smiled at them. "Pinkie, are you almost ready? We can get on the train soon we can be in Canterlot early."
"I can be ready in ten minutes." Pinkie yelled at Onyx and looked around for her last little bits. "Alright, let us go so we can be there early. The girls will be joining us at the station, alright, Onyx."
Onyx nodded and watched as Pinkie finished packing and rushed down the stairs, while he was walking down the stairs with her bags, he could not help but shake his head at the 4 bags she had. "Really all of that, Pinkie? I know some of those are clothes, but what about the rest?"
Pinkie nodded and explained how two of the bags were her premade color pallets and color combinations while one bag was clothes, and the last bag was her games and music selection. "Within these four bags are the perfect party planning supplies in the country Onyx. Besides, what do you have in your bags."
As they moved out of the house, Onyx could not help but wonder what he would be talking about with the two princesses of the land before deciding to answer Pinkie. "Weapons and Clothes."
Pinkie hummed aloud and watched Onyx before deciding to ask because those two things are bizarre to be taking together. She spoke with confusion in her voice. "Why on earth are you bring weapons to a Canterlot wedding?"
Onyx remembered a television show back on earth that showed how terrible a wedding could be that it went down in infamy. He spoke up with a slight mussing tone of voice, almost as if he remembered something. "I swore never to attend a wedding in less than armor and my weapon on me Pinkie… You can not talk me out of it, just so you know."
Pinkie could not help but shake her head at Onyx's words and looked at him in his clothing and could not help but ask. As she asked, her tone of voice was curious. "Are you taller, Onyx? Because I swear that you have gotten taller."
"I am, thank you for noticing." Onyx smiled at Pinkie as he followed her down to the train station and could not help but wonder why on earth he was growing taller. before deciding, he might be becoming peak in body musculature and spoke up about a bit of fib to Pinkie. "I must be going through a super late growth spurt."
Pinkie just started snickering at Onyx's words and looked around to see if any of the girls were there and saw Rarity with Applejack and Twilight. As the duo walked up to them, they could not help but smile. Pinkie asked the question that they were most likely thinking. "Where are Rainbow and Fluttershy?"
Twilight was about to respond when the two mentioned girls walked up, yelling out that they were there and not to leave without them. Onyx ignored the girls as they started talking to each other. He looked at the special train and could not help but be impressed with the water engine that was powering the thing. 'This is really impressive and interesting because I know that no one had made an engine at this level yet.'
The girls gathered their things and boarded the train, and quickly took their seats while the attendants put their bags where they needed to be positioned so they could get moving.
---Time Skip---
As they arrived in Canterlot, the girls quickly talked about what they were going to be doing before telling Twilight to go talk to her big brother. Onyx watched her run off, picked up his two bags, and started making his way to another location with the Girls. When they had arrived in front of Celestia, they quickly bowed to her. Celestia smiled at them and called out for her servants to show the girls where they would need to go. Celestia and Onyx watched them walk off, leaving the two of them alone. Celestia spoke up, happy to see Onyx after so long. "I require you to make something for me Onyx with your completed language."
Onyx bowed and listened to her request for a specific item which surprised the hell out of him because it sounds like Celestia suspected Candance was not Candance. "If you suspect this, why not attack her to confirm it, Princess Celestia."
"I cannot go around attacking random alicorns, Onyx. If I did, I would be no better than a tyrant." Celestia explained as she looked out the window. "Can you do it Onyx, can you make a detector that can tell me if Candance is Candance."
"Not in the time frame I have currently, Princess Celestia." Onyx answered honestly because it was not something, he just could not will it into existence this device without everything else. He spoke up another problem with her request. "And if she has been replaced, I will not be able to tell you anyway because I do not have her magical signature."
Celestia nodded her head and sighed because it was indeed a false hope anyways. She spoke, saddened that she could do nothing. "I am sorry for wasting your time on an impossible task Onyx."
---Nightmare Realm---
Asmund looked surprised that he was in a completely different place than he was before and looked around for answers before hearing a deep feminine chuckle. "Oh, little one, there is nothing to fear in this realm. We cannot interact physically with each other."
A pony appeared above them, radiating heat and power, looking like an evil version of Celestia. Asmund could not help but muse that it made sense if he existed then she had to exist as well. He was surprised that they could interact with each other. "Greetings, Nightmare of Celestia, I am the Nightmare of Onyx."
Daybreaker could not help it as she let out a throaty chuckle at his speech and looked him up and down. "Nightmare, huh, close young one but no cigar we are not nightmares so much as the opposite of those outside light and darkness if your person was a great healer you would be a great reaper of lives."
Asmund nodded his head at the information he was getting because it was free and looked at her fully armored and compared them and could not help but nod his head. "I see, so the fact my other self feels duty-bound makes me want to have no ties, but I sometimes feel things exactly like him, such as our love for our herd."
Daybreaker nodded her head because it was something that most did not get. "We are opposites, but that does not mean we can not agree with our outer selves. Celestia and I both want to be great rulers… she wants to do it through peaceful methods while sometimes getting her hands dirty… me I like the fight… I prefer war over anything else."
Asmund nodded his head because that made much more sense than anything else, and he could not help but look at the armor slowly growing over him. "When will I be complete, miss?"
Daybreaker could not help but sigh as she looked at the slowly changing Pony and smiled at him while swinging her legs. "When your outer ascends to the final stage for us ponies… I was wondering if you could answer a small question that I have?"
Asmund nodded his head because this was a simple enough thing. "If I can, I will, but if I cannot, I will tell you straight to your face… So ask but make sure understanding that I might not be able to answer you."
Daybreaker started laughing at his words and looked down at him. "It has been so long since I have been able talked to like that… not since Luna was trapped in this realm with me. I was going to ask you about your outer because we are curious about what and who he was before reincarnating."
Asmund was surprised because this was something, he was willing to expand on because it was a simple enough thing. "He was an outsider that most likely Chaos or Harmony, took pity on and allowed to reincarnate, and his old personality took complete control of our body."
Daybreaker quickly realized that the Pony was slightly different. "You are the original Onyx… aren't you?"
"My name is now Asmund…" Asmund answered while staring up at the Alicorn opposite of lady Celestia. "I would appreciate it if you used the name that I have chosen."
Daybreaker could not help but smile down at the Pony that showed no fear in front of her and quickly covered the hall in her power and flames. "Do you not fear me, young one?"
Asmund felt something stir in his chest and lash out, leaving a wooden and Gravel realm covering half the hall as well. "Should I?"
Daybreaker could not help it as she banished her realm and started laughing in a joyful tone. "You are so much more interesting than we thought you would be, young one."