The shout echoed off the walls as the spear struck the stallion’s jaw. There was a loud, wet crack and for a moment it looked like his jaw had broken. Radiant Shield smiled. One guard down, only twenty-eight more between me and the exit.

She brought the spear up to strike the next one, but the weight felt wrong. She glanced at the top and realized that it was not a jaw that had broken.

Fuck.

The blade had snapped off.

Two more guards dove at her. She shifted her weight, driving the butt of the spear straight at the rear guard’s ribcage. It glanced harmlessly off his armor and she fell sideways. She rolled over and kicked straight upward, just in time to hit the other guard in the stomach. She winced. Her hoof had chipped breaking out of her cell, and it was much more painful than she had realized.

No time to cry about it. She rolled onto her stomach, prepared to sprint towards the weapon rack, but her back leg buckled as she put weight on it. Another guard was rushing her. She planted her front hoof. Moments before they tackled her she lowered her head, moved one leg forward, and pushed. The guard flipped right over Radiant, and landed heavily on one of her companions.

Radiant Shield glanced around, trying to find the exits or a weapon. The arena was empty, save the guards she had just defeated.

Her ear flicked. Something was crackling, like electricity.

Her eyes widened. Before she could turn her head, the spell hit her. Her entire body felt like it was on fire. Every nerve and muscle screamed at her. Her mouth opened and followed suit. She couldn’t even hear her own shouts over the pain. It was agonizing. It went on for eternity. She wanted to die.

Then it stopped. She slumped over, her body completely fine and yet still reeling from the intense, throbbing sting. She tried to breathe, but she couldn’t take more than a few small breaths at a time. Her lungs hurt.

Somepony laughed behind her. Her brain hurt too much to guess, but she didn’t need to. A distinct chill settled over the area as he approached.

“Well, well. For such a short escape attempt, that was quite impressive, Radiant Shield.”

She tried to say something. Something insulting. No words came out. Her throat hurt.

“Bright Blade, pick her up. And Vibrant, take good notes. I have a feeling this will get interesting very soon.”

Radiant felt a flare of anger. Just enough to overcome the pain. “Stop…stop calling it Bright Blade,” she whispered.

Sombra let out a low guffaw. “Oh my, you crystal knights certainly love your clichés, don’t you? Is the Bright Blade you knew dead or some drivel like that?” Sombra walked around the fallen pony, chuckling softly. Finally he stood in front of her. “Ask her anything you like. She is the same exact pony she always was.” He smiled. “I just made her a little better.”

“Fuck you.”

Sombra beckoned Bright over with a hoof. “Tell me, Bright, when was the first time you met Radiant here?”

“We were assigned to the same platoon when I graduated from the Academy.”

“And how did you feel about her?” Sombra continued.

“I trusted her immediately,” Bright Blade said. Her voice was devoid of emotion. “We spent our first patrol together, talking about whatever came to mind. I knew that she would become my best friend. That I would do anything for her. That…that I would die for her.”

“That’s not Bright Blade,” Shield whispered.

Sombra grinned. “Good. Now Bright, why don’t you come over here and suck me off?”

Bright Blade smiled. “Yes, my lord.”

“Stop it.” Shield could feel herself starting to cry. She tried to hold it in. “That’s…it can’t be Bright Blade. It just can’t…”

“Oh, but you know it is.” Sombra leaned down and put a hoof under Radiant’s chin. He pulled her head up so that she was looking directly at him. “Your denial will only make it that much more obvious.”

Radiant closed her eyes. “Just kill me and get it over with,” she whispered.

Sombra let go of her head and it flopped onto the ground. “Now, where would be the fun in that? Simply killing you would be so boring.”

“You did it to every other member of the Crystal Guard. Including Bright…”

Sombra chuckled. “Oh, not all of them. There were so many members, I had to get a little creative after a while.” Sombra walked over to the guard that Shield had kicked in the stomach. She promptly stood at attention, her breathing somewhat labored. A teal mare with a dark black mane. Her crystal coat was incredibly dull underneath her armor. “Like Shadow Song here. Tell me, Shadow, how did I change your mind about my glorious rule?”

“You said that if I could hold my breath in a vat of water for an entire hour you would set me free, my lord,” Shadow Song replied.

Sombra smiled. “And?”

“The water was laced with magic. It was very…thick. It…” Shadow Song blinked slowly. “It violated me the entire time I was in it. It would push in and out of every part of my body. Over and over again. I tried to ignore it, or resist, but there was nothing I could do. Every time it made me orgasm I had to keep my mouth shut or lose the challenge.”

“And what finally happened?”

“I lost count of how many orgasms I had. I shouted after one of them and swallowed a bunch of the water. It tasted amazing.” Shadow Song licked her lips. “I drank more of it, and for some reason I didn’t drown. So I just kept drinking it and drinking it. It tasted incredible, I can’t even describe it.” She looked up at Sombra. “And then you pulled me out, and I didn’t feel angry or scared like I had when you put me in. And I knew that must have been your plan.”

“Indeed it was.” Sombra knelt down slightly and kissed the guard. Her eyes closed and her body quivered slightly. When Sombra broke the kiss a little wisp of shadow retreated into her mouth.

Sombra turned to the next guard, a blue stallion with a dull purple mane. His coat had the same dull sheen as Shadow Song’s. “And what about you, Blackguard?”

“The same test, my lord.”

“Oh, really? Well, I suppose there are bound to be some repeats.” He knelt down. “And how did it feel?”

“Incredible, my lord.”

Sombra kissed the guard, and the stallion made the same motions that the mare had; his eyes closed, his body quivered slightly, and when the kiss ended a small dribble of dark magic slipped into his mouth.

“You’re disgusting,” Radiant muttered.

“I’m practical,” Sombra countered. “One doesn’t simply take over the Crystal Empire, not without some tricks up their sleeve.” He smiled. “Besides, your former colleagues do not seem to mind.”

He stepped over to Shield’s limp body. “I am also fair, so I’m going to give you a chance to save your precious friend. A simple challenge, for an accomplished knight like yourself. Make her cum, and I’ll remove all the magic from her body.”

“You mean you’ll remove all of your magic from her body.”

Sombra smirked. “Clever girl. Very well, I will only remove my magic from her, provided of course, that you succeed.”

“Fine, heal me.”

The smirk grew a little wider. “And why would I do that?”

“Because it wouldn’t be as much fun if you didn’t,” Radiant said simply.

Sombra laughed. “Ever clever, aren’t you?” His horn lit up, and a thin cloud of magic seeped out of it. It wrapped around Radiant Shield, and she felt the tingling in her skin and lungs and hooves fade away.

She stood up and stumbled over to her friend.

Radiant knelt down. Bright’s legs were spread open in front of Radiant, and the rest of her body was propped up on her forehooves. Her friend’s coat sparkled softly in the low light. Shield leaned down. Her mouth was inches away from Bright’s groin.

She stopped. “You smell off,” she muttered.

Sombra chuckled. “I may have forgotten to order her cleaned. And sitting in the dungeons and then being killed doesn’t do wonders for one’s hygiene.”

“It’s not that,” Radiant said. “I’m used to that. She just smells…off.”

“Not stalling are you, Dame Radiant?”

Shield shook her head. She placed her hooves on Bright’s thighs. Bright bit her lower lip.

Radiant took a deep breath and pushed her mouth forward. Her nose bumped into Bright’s stomach, and Radiant stuck her tongue forward. It tasted salty. She pushed into Blade’s folds, her tongue squirming around her friend’s pussy clumsily and haphazardly.

Bright blade was breathing heavily. Her body was shaking.

Radiant drew her tongue up, and as she pulled it out she could feel it brush against Bright’s clitoris. Bright shuddered, and Radiant knelt down, repeating the same motion, but much more slowly, carefully.

The third time she paused at the top, letting her tongue rest on Bright’s clit for a moment. She rolled her tongue around on it, awkwardly pushing on it as many times as she could bring herself to.

Bright Blade shivered with each lick. Her breathing became faster. She closed her eyes and her head fell backward. Her chest began to visibly swell and deflate with each breath. Radiant’s tongue pressed into her again, and she let out a soft moan.

Radiant jerked her head back, her breathing louder than it had been before. “I…I can’t do this.”

“Please, don’t stop,” Bright purred. Her head was still lolling back, her eyes still closed. “I always hoped you would do this to me.”

Radiant scrunched her eyes shut. She turned back to her friend, and forced her head back down. She shoved her tongue back in, and it squirmed around for a moment before she worked her way upward. She paused at the top again, and then wrapped her lips around Bright’s clit. She wasn’t sure whether to kiss or suck or just breathe on it, and settled for a strange combination of all three.

Sombra smiled. It’s always so much fun watching virgins, he thought to himself. He pushed his dick farther into Blackguard, and the stallion moaned loudly as his king bottomed out. Sombra pulled out and then shoved himself roughly back in. A small dribble of precum leaked out of the guard’s cock, though it still wasn’t entirely free of its sheath.

Sombra started thrusting faster, and each one elicited a louder and louder moan from the stallion he was buried in. His gaze stayed on the two mares, and he could feel Blackguard tense and his anus clench right as Bright Blade let out her loudest moan yet.

He felt Blackguard shudder underneath him, and he heard a small, wet noise. The stallion slumped even further down as his front legs gave way. His mouth hung open and his face pressed into the dirt floor. His ass was still poked into the air; Sombra’s cock kept it in place as he continued to thrust in and out.

Bright Blade began breathing faster. One of her forehooves whipped around and pushed on Radiant’s head. Her tongue flopped out of her mouth. Her eyes snapped open and immediately rolled backward. She shuddered and fell over, her breathing softening as her body went limp.

Radiant jerked her head back and gasped loudly. Her face was soaked. She scrunched her eyes shut and continued sucking in lungfuls of air. She coughed loudly and stumbled groggily to her feet.

“There, happy?” She coughed again. “I finished your perverted challenge. Now let B.B. go like you said you would.”

Sombra pulled out of Blackguard, and there was a wet squelch as the he did. The stallion slumped over, small trails of cum dribbling out of his ass and penis.

“I promised I would remove my magic from her body.” He waved a hoof at Bright’s prone form. “And I already did.”

Shield spun around and knelt down. “Bright, are you okay? Say something, please!” She nudged her friend with a hoof, but aside from a small jostle Bright didn’t move.

Shield coughed loudly and turned back to Sombra. “What did you do to her?” she spat.

“Only what I promised to. I removed all my magic from her body.” Sombra smiled. “Oh, did you think she could stay alive without it? You killed her, remember?”

Radiant’s eyes went wide. She doubled over and coughed again. The loud hacking echoed through the arena. She couldn’t stop. Her knees buckled and she felt every heave wrack her entire body.

Finally there was a pause, and she opened her eyes. There was a small puddle of black goop on the ground in front of her. It was reminiscent of tar, but it roiled and shifted of its own accord.

Shield coughed again and her hoof shot up to her mouth. Her throat settled and she brought her hoof up. The same black substance was smeared across her hoof.

“No…”

Sombra laughed. It was like crunching gravel. “All that magic had to go somewhere, you know.”

“You…” Shield swooned. Her head felt heavy.

“Plus there’s all that magic I used to heal you.”

Radiant put a hoof to her head. “What…what’s happening to me?”

“Nothing really. Not yet. The magic isn’t quite done yet.” He walked over to her, his shaft still incredibly erect. “But I can fix that.”

“No, stay…” Radiant fell over. Her head felt so heavy and foggy. Her body felt warm. Uncomfortably warm. And the harder she tried to figure out why, the thicker the fog became. She shook her head violently, but it did not help.

Sombra’s horn glowed softly. “Is something wrong?”

“Stay…” She couldn’t remember what she was going to say.

“I always stay close to my subjects. I would never abandon them.”

“That’s not…” What was I going to say?

“Tarnished Shield, what's the matter?”

“That’s not my name.”

“Isn’t it?”

Shield shook her head. “No… It…it can’t be?”

Sombra smiled. “Why not?”

Shield blinked slowly, and her breathing slowed down. “I…I don’t know.”

Sombra leaned down, his mouth inches from her ear. “You want to help your friend, don’t you?”

Shield blinked slowly again. “Yes, of course I do.”

“I can help you bring her back. You can put all my magic back in her and fix everything.”

“I can?”

“Of course. I just need to put some more in you, and you can give it to her.”

“You…you would do that for me?”

Sombra smiled, and placed a hoof on Shield’s shoulder. “Of course I would. I always give my subjects everything they need.”

Sombra stood up and beckoned Shield to do the same. He made a little circle with his hoof, and Shield slowly turned around. Sombra placed a hoof on each of her cutie marks and thrust into her unceremoniously.

Shield gasped. It felt off. Every time he pressed into her, she felt a sudden flare of panic, and every time he pulled out she felt a distinct feeling of relief. Wasn’t it supposed to be the other way around? Wasn’t it?

The fog flared up and the answer slipped away. Everything was so slow and foggy and complicated. The fog dulled the panic too. Without it to distract her, she realized it felt kind of nice. She had never had sex before, so she hadn’t been sure what to expect, but it felt nice. Sombra being inside made her feel full and complete. Every one of his thrusts sent a little jolt of pleasure through her body, and the dull feeling of panic had been reduced to a whine in the back of her mind. She could just sit and focus on the pleasure coursing through her as King Sombra pushed in and out of her body.

The panic became louder, poking through the fog. She still couldn’t understand why she was panicking. Something felt wrong, something about Sombra. I mean, King Sombra. It felt strange, panicking but not knowing why. The dread mingling with the pleasure.

She felt close to an answer. For a moment the panic seemed to break up the haze and she almost had an answer. Then King Sombra came inside her. The mental mist thickened. The panic faded. Sombra pulled out of her and she collapsed onto the floor. A gasp or a moan or a shout might have slipped out of her mouth. It was hard to tell.

Sombra leaned down. “You know what to do, don’t you?”

Tarnished Shield got groggily to her feet and walked over to Bright Blade’s body. She flopped onto her friend’s barrel. Their chests pressed together, and Shield could feel her pussy rubbing against Bright’s leg. Bright’s coat was damp already as Shield slid across her, her sweat pressing into Blade’s coat and mane. Shield dragged herself up a little, pulling herself into position. She grabbed Blade’s head with her hooves and propped it up.

“Together forever,” she whispered. She kissed Bright, and she could feel her stomach deflate as her King’s magic poured out of her and into her friend. She could feel it slithering out of her throat and past her lips, leaking and flowing and pushing into Bright.

Bright’s eyes snapped open, and her throat flexed visibly as more of the magic poured into her. She brought her forelegs up and wrapped them around Shield, pulling her closer as they continued to kiss each other.

It felt like hours passed as they just lay there embracing each other. Finally, they broke the kiss at the same moment, and a few drips of the inky black substance dribbled out of the corners of their mouths.

“I’m…I’m sorry B.B.”

Blade smiled. “Don’t worry, I forgive you.”

Author's Note

Trivia; Shadow Song used to be named Crystal Song. Blackguard used to be named Brightguard. Neither of them remembers that.
Trivia 2; Pony spears have perpendicular mouth-handles about 2/3rds or halfway up the shaft (depending on model). Think tonfa, but spear-sized.
As noted in my latest blog post, I'm trying to be less boring while writing sex scenes. You can see some such effort here, but this chapter was mostly written before that epiphany. Hopefully I'll do better next time.