Here it comes...

Cloud Dancer ran around in circles, trying to find the veil before it was too late.

"Oh, no, no, no, no!" she cried, throwing Calla's clothes all around her bedroom.

"What is it, Cloud?" Calla asked from the bathroom, where Amina was doing up her mane.

"Nothing!" Cloud lied, but she shut the bathroom door and kept searching.

The big day was coming. Today was the day Brawny would finally get to marry the mare he loved more than anything, McCallum Lily. Or Calla Lily. Both of those names work. Brawny was at his house, pacing and trying to calm himself down.

"Come on Brawny, you can do this. No turning back now. You love this mare. You can do this. You can do this. Just keep calm..."

Brawny started to put on his tuxedo for this special occasion. He looked pretty damn good. Brawny looked in the mirror, brushing his mane and reciting his vows. Brawny knew he could do this. Is this how all ponies feel on their wedding night?

Calla sat in the chair, wincing as Amina pulled her mane around in different directions. The nervous butterflies sat in her stomach, fluttering around in crazy patterns as she tried to calm herself. It was Brawny, Calla. There was nothing to fear. Nothing at all...

The only thing she was worried about was the other thing in her stomach. She'd only found out yesterday, making all the harder, but there was soon to be a little bundle of joy joining Brawny and Calla. She couldn't figure out how to tell anypony, however... It was a hard thing to speak about. She was worried it would make Brawny leave...

She wiped away the tears forming in her eyes and took a deep breath. Today was a happy day. There was nothing to fear. The rest would be resolved tomorrow.

Iris carefully slipped on her dress, gazing at herself in the mirror. Her man was too short to do anything with, so it was down as usual. Sensing that she was needed, she glided out of the room and down the hall.

"Calla?" she called softly through the door, "I'm coming in now okay?" she opened the door and slid inside. She walked up to Lily, waving Amina out of the way, and began combing through her mane, pushing it around in different ways to see what looked best. "This is your big day Calla. You must be excited." she nearly squealed.

Brawny was feeling confident now. He was ready to commit his life to McCallum Lily. Funny, if you asked him anytime before if he would ever get married, he would say never in his lifetime. Now look at him. He couldn't be happier.

Brawny stepped out of his house after he said his vows so many times they were branded into his brain and styled and combed his mane perfectly. He may not be a mare, but his mane was pretty important to him. He had to look good for this big night. Brawny then made his way to the Canterlot beach, where the wedding was being held. He was still reciting his vows. Not for memory, he just wanted to keep saying them to give an example of his love for Lily. Never ending...

"Hey, Iris," Calla greeted. Iris was one of the two mares she had told about her little secret, but she trusted her best friend with all of her heart. "Glad to see you here. Cloud seems to be a bit frazzled about something, but I don't know what it is. The dress is on the bed. I can't imagine what..."

Calla slapped her forehead in a facehoof. "Oh. Cloud, the veil's next to the nightstand."

She heard a sigh of relief, and Cloud popped her head in, handing the crown of flowers to Iris. It was a sheer white veil, reaching to her knees, crowned with crystal calla lilies and crystal red roses. Rosella herself could not bear to show up, but in exchange, she had sent Calla a crate full of crystal flowers. They were the finishing touch to the dress and veil, and Calla was grateful the her friend could be there in the small things.

On the matter of her surprise, she thought it best to keep it secret until a few days after the wedding. Then, it wouldn't be such a surprise, and all would be well. Right?

There was a knock and Cloudwing slid into Calla's room. "Um, hi...I thought I'd come early, just to, uh, well...Cage said I should come early..." She mumbled, as sht as ever but keeping her soft smile. "Oh, and Cage is bringing the cake later." Her nerves were buzzing, hoping that the cake would be perfect, praying that she hadn't messed up. Shaking her head slightly, she trotted over, "Sorry if me being early is inconvenient..."

Iris took the veil, lightly placing it on Calla's head. She turned the unicorn around, showin her herself in the mirror.

"There, see? No reason to be nervous, you look stunning." she stated, placing a few last-minute bobby pins in Calla's mane. She leane close to Calla's ear, whispering even though there was really no need, "how's te little one?"

Brawny Hooves was still going to where he would be married. He wished he could see Calla before he left. But, marriage traditions say that seeing the bride before the weeding makes bad luck. And Brawny hated bad luck.

Brawny wondered how Calla was doing. Must be ten times worse for her. Every mare wants to make their wedding night perfect. She must look beautiful. For the rest of the way, all Brawny thought of was how Calla looked and how sweet she was. Brawny struck gold with McCallum Lily.

Calla examined the dress from all angles. The silk gown had been created by her own two hooves, and she fretted over the hemline and a few jewels before deciding she was fine, nopony would notice.

She frowned at Iris and sighed.

"Fine," she responded. "I'm not that far along, silly. I'm not even showing. It's fine. We're all good for the day."

Iris laughed, turning around to see Cloudwing standing nervously at the door.

"Hey Cloud! It's totally fine that you're here early, I'll show you to the kitchen, it's where we'll be keeping the cake. I bet it looks amazing!" she said, trotting to Cloud and leading her out the door. She glanced back at Calla, knowing she needed some alone time. She waved at Amina, signaling for her to come out.

"I'll be back to get you Calla, okay?" she called as she left the room swiftly and glided down the hallway, out the door, and towards the beach.

Cloudwing nodded as Iris suggested going out, waving goodbye to Calla with her wing and following her away from the room. "Is everything okay? She asked absently, her ear twitching every few seconds. "I mean, well, how are you?" She nervously stumbled for words, her mind obviously elsewhere.

Calla took a deep breath and flipped the wave of hair Iris had left down out of her face. She examines her face in the mirror. Calm, collected, and serene. Nothing at all like the mare was feeling inside of her body.

Her greatest fear was that something would go wrong and the wedding would be called off. It was frightening, too, though she knew Brawny was faithful, that he might drop her at the altar. That was what scared her the most, though it was an unbridled fear.

She loved him. That was what caused all the fear. Calla truly loved Brawny, and that was probably why they were getting married, but her heart swelled at the thought of him waiting for her at the altar.

Iris led Cloud down to the beach, pointing to the chairs and the altar.

"And that's where the cake will go." she finished, pointing to an extravagant looking platter. The whole wedding was fairly simple, yet extremely elegant and intricately designed, Iris had designed it herself.

"Anyways, choose a seat, socialize with those who are here, etcetera." she stated, showcasing the large area.

Amina trotted around the beach, checking on this and that, arranging flower wreaths, and going off in search of the groom.

"Brawny!" she cried when she found him. "It is such an exciting event! I'm glad to see you."

She leaned in closely to the groom's ear and whispered.

"Don't screw it up. The poor mare is stressing out, and it's not ze day for zat. Tell me you aren't planning on ze dreaded 'leaving at ze altar.' I know you wouldn't, but she needs confirmation, I can tell."

Brawny trotted along the beach. A beautiful place for a wedding. He was glad they chose that. Wouldn't have been a more romantic place. Well, there probably was, but you catch my drift. He could see a few of the guests arriving. One that stood out was the delegate from Saddle Arabia, Amina, with that funky, yet interesting, accent of hers.

"It is a big and exciting day, yes." Brawny whispered right back to her. "Don't worry. I'd never leave her like that. But um, why would she be worried about that? Did I do something wrong?" Brawny stressed out a bit. Did he do something to make Calla not trust him? He was probably just overreacting. Better safe then sorry, I suppose

"You've done nothing wrong, Brawny Hooves," she said gravely. "Zere's just... pre-wedding nerves getting to her. Just be gentle. She's in a fragile state of mind."

With that, the Arabian nodded and turned away, looking to find Iris.

Back in the prep room, Calla nervously checked her hourglass. There was about a half-hour left until it would be time to go out and start the ceremony. It seemed like far too long to wait. The time was not going fast enough. She was ready to marry Brawny... And anxious for the time when it would be safe to tell him her little secret.

Star looked along the rows of seats, then towards the other guests. She wasn't sure where she was suppose to go, so she just stood in place awkwardly, clutching her hoof purse.

Primary strolled in casually and started setting up her canvas, and pulling out her paints. She sat on her stool and waited patiently for the wedding to start.

Iris waited by the chairs, but got bored as the time went by. She checked her watch, she still had 20 minute till she had to fetch Calla. She sighed and walked down to the water. She walked a little ways into the ocean, enjoying the cool waves washing over her hooves.

Brawny watched Amina trot away. She was a nice mare. Hard to understand sometimes. Brawny's heard weirder accents before. With that, Brawny trotted to the edge of the beach, looking out towards the ocean.

While zoning out and staring at the magnificent nature that was the sea, he saw Iris sitting around in the water. He waved to her. He didn't want to get wet and mess up the tuxedo. Gotta look good for Calla. Plus the tux cost a lot of bits. You wouldn't throw your money into the ocean now, would you?

Cloud watched Iris heading to the ocean and was about to join her when Brawny trotted down. Her shyness kicked in and she looked away, nervously scraping her hoof in the sand. It was then when Cage showed up, pulling a white cart with something veiled in it. He made his way towards her happily. "What're you looking so shy about?" He said, making her jump. She looked at Cage, tilting her head slightly. He looked flustered and messy and he wore a black tie that had slid down and become wonky. "Thanks Cage," She said, nuzzling him, then straightening his tie. "Now, I'm going to ask Iris if she can help get this to it's stand..." And with that, she left him on the beach and awkwardly made her way towards the ocean.

Iris heard a cart rolling in, then footsteps on the beach. She stood and begn walking towards Cloud and Cage.

"Ooh! Is that the cake? Oh I cannot wait to see it!" she checked her watch, "oh! I can't see it, no time. I have to go get Calla. The stand is over there, Cage should be able to lift it with magic. Hurry! Go!" she shouted, backing away. She turned and ran to the building where Calla was.

She ran up to the door, knocking loudly but enterin immediately. "Calla! It's time, you ready?"

Calla jumped as Iris came in.

"Yeah, I think so," she answered, wiping her sweaty hooves on her gown and taking one last glance at herself in the mirror before following Iris out.

"Okay, come on. You'll do great!" Iris said eagerly, grabbing Calla's hoof and dragging her out the door. She raced down to the beach, but slowed her pace and took Calla behind a veil-like thing.

"Alright," she whispered, it'll start soon. Stay here." she swiftly left the mare, and walked down the aisles. Checking to make sure everypony was seated.


Prime sat on her stool, patiently waiting for Calla and Brawny to get up to the alter. Her palette in hoof and a brush poised to paint, she yawned.

Brawny was ready to get married now. He had to admit, the butterflies in his stomach were still flying around. It's never easy on your wedding night. You;re basically giving yourself to the pony you love. And Brawny was willing to make that decision.

Brawny stepped up to the altar, waiting for Calla. He couldn't wait to see what she looked like. With how long it took, she must be absolutely beautiful. More gorgeous than she's ever been

Cage hurriedly levitated the cake into place, also moving Cloudwing to her chair, and took of the cover. The cake was three layers tall, each layer coated in fluffy butter icing with colourful fruit flowers pointing outwards around the edges. At the top were little figurines of Brawny and Calla under a tiny archway made of pure white flowers. Cage let out a relieved sigh, glad to see the cake hadn't been damaged on the way, and trotted to join Cloudwing, who was sat in her chair and carefully nosing her wing feathers. "Do you think I should of put a cherry on it? Maybe at the top?" She whispered restlessly. "Stop worrying, It's fine." Cage reassured her, "Now shhh, before it starts."

[I didn't know what flavour you wanted the inside to be, so it's up to you to decide ^_^]