ACT 2: Swarm Assault

The morning of Celestia's departure, Shining and Cadance slept quietly in their beds as the warm summer air filled the room. They slept close to each other as Shining stirred from his slumber. His eyes fluttered open as he groggily hummed and looked at the alarm clock next to the bed. The clock read six fifty-eight, just two minutes shy of his alarm going off. Realizing that Cadance was still asleep, he removed himself from the comfort of the bed, disabled his alarm and made his way to the closet.

"Nnnnnngh... Shining..." Cadance moaned while still in her sleep.

Shining Armor smiled as he watched her stir, though he couldn't help that his dream came back that night. He convinced himself that there was no need to keep his mind on it and that it was time to move on. After all, he was in a relationship with a princess and that was far better than a random mare... so he tried to tell himself every morning he had that dream. The dream of the white mare and the indigo curled mane.

"Ohhhh... yes... that it." Cadance purred as Shining looked at the pink alacorn mare in her sleep.

"Is she... masturbating?" Shining mentally asked himself as he observed the moving form of his princess.

Shining chose to disregard her morning antics and grabbed his chain mail shirt that he wore under his uniform. He lifted the weighty article of clothing above his head and pushed his hooves through the sleeves. Pulling the shirt down to his waist, he quietly trotted to the mirror and inspected himself. He picked up a brush and began to adjust his mane so that he would look somewhat presentable.

"Shining... you naughty boy... stop teasing me..."

Shining couldn't resist the lustful murmurs of the pink princess as he crept back to the bed, deciding that he would assist her in her morning debauchery.

"Need some help with that, princess?" Shining asked, feeling a little aroused at Cadance's moans.

"Nnnngh... Shining Armor, stop teasing me like this... You're gonna make me soak the sheets." She whispered while cracking an eye open.

"I haven't even started to play with you. You're the one who's hoofing yourself." Shining playfully argued, earning a look of disapproval from Cadance.

"My hooves, for your information, are grool free." She shot back as she raised both of her forelegs and showed that there was a lack of any vaginal secretions. She also lifted much of the covers that warmed her. "Now stop teasing me with your magic and fuck me into this bed."

Shining looked at his horn and noticed that he has yet to cast any magic. He even looked at her horn to see that she wasn't using any of her magic either. "Cadie, I'm not using magic. And neither are you. You haven't touched yourself and I haven't touched you yet... Do you have a toy of some sort?"

"Me! Toys!? Never."

Shining shot her a deadpan look. "U-huh... That's coming from the mare who has a strap-on, four different sizes of faux-horns, three ponut plugs, three sets of anal beads, five pairs of hoofcuffs, two spreadbars, two whips, three paddles, two different sets of rope, a torture table and a spell book used to summon Cthulhu."

Cadance was taken aback from Shining's explanation on the matter and decided to combat his argument with one of her own. "All of that stuff I use on you. Now the spell book that summons the tentacle beast is one that Twilight gave me for my birthday four years ago, and I haven't even thought about using it until you brought it up just now."

Shining shook his head as he thought about the idea of his little sister giving her something so pervasive at an early age. Apparently she had been practicing long before her trapping him in the lookout tower. But he regained his focus to the present situation.

"Cadance, that still doesn't change the fact that you're using a toy."

Cadance grew impatient and decided to show that she was not lying. "For the last time Shining, I'm not using a damn toy! If you want to see what's inside my pussy then see for yourself!"

Cadance flipped the covers off of her as she splayed her legs wide open, exposing her moist marehood to Shining, who looked dumbfounded at what he was seeing.

"Uh... Cadie... you were right. That's not a toy. That's a parasprite."

Cadance found no humor in his statement and levitated a mirror in between her legs to see what was going on. "Ha ha, very funny. You know if you didn't want to fu-"

Her words were silenced as she saw a bright set of eyes in the center of a pink ball looked at her from the reflection of the mirror with bright blue eyes.

"Purrreeee?"

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! GETITOUT GETITOUT GETITOUT GETITOUT GETITOUT!!!

Cadance screamed frantically as she aimlessly flopped her hooves all over the place. Shining was left dumbfounded as he tried to calculate what exactly was going on, how it all happened and more importantly, why.

"What the hell Cadie!? Was I that boring!?" Shining asked the panicking mare.

"Shining Armor, I have no fucking time for your stupid little jokes. Just get this damn thing out of me!"

"Okay! Hold still..."

Shining lit his horn and allowed his magic to surround the parasprite. With a light tug, he pulled the invasive violator out of the scared mare's folds and onto the floor, where he subsequently squashed it under an angry hoof.

"Fucking little perverted shit. You just tried to vore yourself in my mare."

Cadance started to cry as she held herself. She felt violated in the worst, and also the most disgusting way. She could barely look at the stallion she called her own out of shame. Shining rushed over to his weeping princess' side, lifted her chin with a hoof and calmly assured her that everything was going to be fine.

"Cadance, it's over. The little bastard's out and now he's dead. It isn't like things can possibly get any worse."

And in a show of comedic timing, a voice could be heard out in the hallway.

"It's in my mane! It's in my mane! It's in my mane! GET IT OUT!!!"

A smile appeared on Shining's face as he heard the voice of the stallion that claimed victim to something being inside of his mane.

"See? Now Blueblood is having issues. The day is getting better already."

"I just had a bug in my vagina! That is not the sign of a good day!" Cadance snapped.

Shining marched to the front door and started to open the door as he spoke. "C'mon Cadie, that was just the worst part of your day. At least you won't have to see another one of..."

A parasprite flew into the room as he tried to finish his sentence. "...those..."

Shining opened the door wide to see a large congregation of the small spherical insects flying around the place en masse. They swarmed up and down the hallways in a show of technicolor horror as the smile that he wore in hearing Blueblood's cries of misfortune, soon disappeared.

"...annoying little fuckers!"

My dearest Twilight Sparkle,

It would seem that our plans for today will have to be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. I would like to make my appearance to the town of Ponyville come tomorrow morning. For the moment, please keep in mind that this is a casual visit, meaning that I will be there to speak to you and only you. Also, if you hear of a creature called the parasprite, do feel free to notify me as soon as possible. They would prove to be a problem and I would not want Ponyville to fall victim to their invasion.

I humbly apologize that our time together will he held off to a different date. Hopefully, we will be able to spend some quality time together come my next visit. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Your loving mentor,

~Celeste Delanise Valkyrie

Twilight immediately dropped the letter that she held with her magic as she started to frantically breathe and gallop around the library.

"Spike, postpone our visitation plans for today and start cleaning this mess! I have to go into town and notify the ponies that the princess will be here come dawn tomorrow!"

Spike, already picking up as many books as he could possibly carry off of the messy floor, looked at his caretaker with concern. "What happened Twilight?"

Twilight instantly spun around to face her assistant, muzzle to snout, as she answered her question. "What happened!? The princess postponed our meeting for today for tomorrow! Oh, I have to get the entire town ready for her arrival! I just hope that we're gonna be able to pull it off."

"Uh, Twilight... it's tomorrow."

"YES I KNOW THAT!" The purple unicorn said as she galloped to the front door. "That means we have only a day to pull this off! I can't possibly embarrass myself in front of the princess."

As the door slammed behind her, Spike was left to take care of cleaning up the library. He questioned what exactly was going on with the princess that would cause her to reschedule a day with her own student, knowing full-well that Celestia held no duty that was more important than spending time with the student that she took in as a surrogate daughter.

"YOU!"

"¿Pedóname, por favor?"

Blueblood angrily spat at Shining Armor as the confused captain looked at the angered prince, wondering what he was being accused of this time.

"This... This is all your fault!"

Shining was offended that he was being accused of the parasprites invading the castle. "Quack?"

"Stop your idiotic nonsense this instant and show some damn professionalism!" Blueblood scolded the captain as he continued to taunt the livid prince.

"Professionalism? How about you stop using your maids as sex dolls and then we can talk about professionalism."

"SHINING ARMOR AEGNUS SPARKLE, OLYSSEUS BLUEBLOOD PATRIKIOS! STOP YOUR INCESSANT ARGUMENTS THIS INSTANT!!!"

The walls of the castle seemed to rattle and shake at the demonic tri-toned voice of a very indignant Princess Celestia. The two immediately shut their mouths and stood at the position of attention, all while avoiding the urge to release their bodily wastes onto the floor. The solar princess slowly walked to the two stallions and gave the both of them a menacing stare.

"If I hear so much as you two exchanging a breath of air, I will personally hang you both by your entrails and leave you outside to rot in the sun, do I make myself clear?"

The two stallions shook their heads out of respect, and mostly fear.

"Good. Now apparently there has been an infestation in the city. As the both of you have discovered, that infestation is a phenomenon called the Parasprite Migration Cycle. This event happens every one to two hundred years or so, in case you were wondering or if any of you found this to be some sort of prank. Now, they would not pose too much of an issue if it wasn't for the fact that these creatures have a long list of problems, some of them including the cause of a major famine, mastering the art of deception, rapid reproduction rates and a habit of invading in places where the sun doesn't shine."

"Ain't that the truth?" Shining thought to himself remembering the ordeal that Cadance underwent just earlier that morning. Celestia continued her debriefing.

"There is also a reoccurring case where many towns that are struck by the swarming. Those who cannot find a proper defense of their food stores will find themselves starving until royal aid is permitted."

"Heh, good luck with that one. Those parliament members will be the ones eating away at you for lunch." Blueblood mentally mocked as he rolled his eyes and allowed the princess to continue.

"I know that the two of you are not the best of friends, but it will take a combined effort to quell our loses."

Shining saluted the solar princess, accepting the task despite the drawback of who would be teaming up with him. "For the citizens of Canterlot, ma'am."

Blueblood rolled his eyes and looked away from the captain that stood by him.

"Also keep in mind that if the public food stores are hit, then we would come out of the royal reserves, meaning we would have to ration our meals to that of a fifth of our daily consumption to accommodate the citizens."

Obviously, Blueblood heard that part of Celestia's argument. "One-fifth? OF OUR FOOD!? But... that's barely enough for the common feast in the slums."

Celestia stood tall and raised her snout in the air as she teased the prince. "A sacrifice that we all would have to make. That also include no deserts."

"Over my dead body!" Blueblood screamed, showing his support out of self-interest.

Celestia gave his statement a simple nod as she started to walk over to Cadance, who was slowly making her way down the hall. "Cadance, do you have anything to say?"

The pink princess moaned as she stumbled to the the three ponies' position. Her voice shook as she made her statement. "Auntie... I... feel... I... I'm cumming."

"SAY WHAT!?" Both Shining and Blueblood shouted as they watched Cadance fall face down to the floor, pointing her flank in the air. Her tail lifted and she panted hard as she felt something from within her trying to find it's way out. As she panted, she reached a hoof to her nethers and started to rub herself. With each movement, she could feel her orgasm rising from within her. Her eyes shut tightly while she seized her muscles, pushing out her much needed orgasm. As her tail flicked one last time, she cried out in a feminine grunt, pulling against her teased mound. Gritting her teeth, she rode out her orgasm and fell over to the marble tile floor below. As she fell, a small light-blue bulb with green eyes flew into the air and landed on the ground next to her.

"Purrrree?"

Shining and Blueblood stood with theirs jaws dropping deep enough to dig for jewels while Celestia stared blankly at the development.

"Well, that's a development." Celestia muttered.

"Dammit, stop it boner." Shining said to himself as he tried to hide his obvious arousal while it was still hideable.

"Oh my Cadenza," Blueblood said as he gawked at what had occurred before his eyes. "I am slightly disgusted, yet strangely aroused. Cadenza dear, I think you may have help me discover my new fetish."

"F...u...ck... y...ou." Cadance struggled to speak while she still tried to recover from her orgasm.

"Well it's apparently worse than I initially thought." Celestia whispered to herself. "Okay, new mission objective: Find any mares that are passing sprites. These sprites' reproduction is slowed to that of a third due to a chemical reaction that is caused by the exposure of a mare's vaginal fluids. This means that with each parasprite created every ten minutes, they will reproduce in around thirty minutes or more. Cadance will assist you in your mission, because of reasons."

Celestia batted an eye to the prude prince. Shining knew automatically why Cadance would be taking care of that department. Blueblood looked at the two ponies who both stared at him with an eye of discernment, causing him to be in the metaphorical 'hot seat'.

"...What?" Blueblood asked.

"Now that you have your assignments, I trust that you will be able to complete them. You three are my strongest magic users, so I will be depending on the three of you."

"You can count on us, princess." Shining saluted.

"Our dinners, as well as our deserts shall remain in our stores, consumed by only us." Blueblood proclaimed.

"Uguuuu... on it." Cadance said sluggishly, trying to stand up.

"Very good then." Celestia said before turning around. "I will protect the royal reserves alongside Luna and Azure. Poindexter and Longshot will take the Keeping District. You three take the Central District and the Inner District. Swifthoof and Silverleaf will take a small contingent and cast a barrier around the stores of the Lower District and the Slums."

Shining nodded at the commands of the princess and the three watched as Princess Celestia took flight and made her way down the hall.

"Well... I guess we are doomed to a party." Blueblood spat out, not wanting to work with the stallion who insults him on a daily basis.

"We'll continue our feud later. As for now, duty calls." The captain noted.

Cadance rediscovered her energy and stepped in between the two stallions as she tried to make the best of things. "Nice to see that you two have decided to join forces. After all... The enemy of my enemy is my fr-"

"Cadenza... Don't ever-"

"Say that again, babe."

Both of the stallions said in a collaborative effort to silence the notion of them ever being friends. Cadance took a step back as she realized that the two would appreciate her not finishing that quote.

"Oops... sorry."

Royal Food Conservation Center
Palace Grounds

Ponies throughout the city of Canterlot screamed and ran in circles as the sortied parties took their positions. Armies marched out of the barracks as the emergency response teams took the city by storm. Many were either trained guards or specialists that were skilled in magic use. As the various teams filtered to the city streets, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Azure held their ground nearby. The three ponies stood in front of a large hall that seemed to go on forever. With a sound voice, the two princesses cast their spells.

"Attollere!"

Celestia's horn shone brightly as it created a large set of golden walls, resembling the color of her magical aura, that contained the hall that they stood in, the windows and the ventilation shafts.

"Protegam!"

The walls solidified around the area, causing them to repel any and all threats to the food stores that lied further down the hall. Not too long after, Luna stood next to her sister as she lit her horn. A light blue flash filled the air as the the lunar princess cast her spell.

"Augeret!"

The spell hardened the walls to the point where there was no possible way of breaking them. The spell enhanced the strength of the protection spell that her elder sister cast before her, complimenting their efforts with one another.

Azure stood amazed at how well the two siblings could easily cast high level magic without so much as batting an eye. The magic that emanated from their horns simmered down until they were as calmed as their owners' demeanor.

"Wow. You two must be a really attuned to each other in order for your magics to synchronize like that."

Luna smirked at the compliment and spoke. "It takes the minds and hearts of the two casters to become united in purpose. Only then can your spells work in tandem with each other."

"Have you not tried to sync your magic with another?" Celestia asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Um, not really. I just learned a little about it in class. But I never really tried it. No need to."

Luna tsked and shook her head at the stallion's response. "That is most unacceptable. How dare you say that you would abandon such knowledge on the grounds of 'not needing to'. You must learn to sync your magic with another."

Azure blinked in reaction to Luna's argument. "No seriously. My skill set is set to close quarter combat. I can't use magic to those levels. That's going into the advanced casting. I only studied into intermediate."

Celestia giggled at his answer, causing him to become offended.

"What's so funny?"

"You." Celestia answered. "You stopped your lessons at an intermediate level. My student Twilight, who is a full seven years younger than you, has graduated her advanced courses and moved on into altering arcane algorithms, creating her own magic."

"Your student. Exactly. She took lessons from you." Azure tried to defend his position.

"She has a driven will to learn. That is why I teach her. But..." Celestia shared a look between her younger sibling.

"Maybe we could teach you how to use algorithms in your casting. As a result, you can become quite dexterous with your levitational skills." Luna finished her sister's statement.

"But I was born with a far more advance method of levitation skills. It's all those chants, runes and incantations that I don't understand... And besides, shouldn't we be watching over the food?"

"The food is taken care of on our end. There is nothing more for us to do." Celestia said as she walked to the other side of the unicorn.

"Then why are we here?" Azure asked, frustrated that he was asked to a pointless task.

Luna and Celestia looked at the upset guard and smiled as they came up with an idea. They both wore sinister looks as they closed in on the guard, thinking of a variety of ways to entertain themselves as they waited for the swarm to pass over.

"...No seriously, why are we here?"

Meanwhile in the Central District...

In the panic-stricken city of Canterlot, many of it's citizens ran amok as the numerous amounts of parasprites took comfort in the manes of their victims. Some even took to the the mares as the earlier parasprites did within Cadance, who were all inside of a tent in the Central District. Shining Armor took guard outside of the tent as Blueblood frustratedly erected a barrier around the large granary.

"Of all the things that I have been reduced to, a common errand boy is the last thing I would've imagined!" The prince arrogantly shouted to the stallion standing next to the tent. "Get over here and provide some sort of assistance!"

"Cadance has placed me under strict orders that I am not to leave this spot, nor am I to allow stallions to enter. I can swat away whatever parasprites comes our way but that's as far as I can go without leaving my post." Shining retorted, remembering why Cadance placed him in guard duty and not Blueblood. "And besides, if you were in my position, you would be sitting here trying to get a glance at what's going on in this tent."

"Oh come on now. Even you can't deny your curiosity in seeing the orgy taking place behind that tarp."

"And that's why you aren't allowed to come within fifteen hooves of this tent."

"Be honest Shining Armor, you're more aroused than you are attentive."

"Only you would think about sex in this current situation."

"No. For your information, I am thinking about the fact that my precious meals will be shortened to a poormare's helping. I am NOT eating a fifth of a sandwich every three hours."

"Three hours!?" Shining asked, frustrated that he would be so self-indulgent and also jealous that the glutenous nature of his diet has yet to have any effect on his physique. "How the hell do you even stay in shape?"

"I was more of a guard in my youth and have managed to retain my usual physical and magical exercises. They just so happen to have the payoff of... well taking the nearest maid and rutting her into the carpet afterwards."

Shining shook his head at the immature nature of the prince. It was similar to how Azure acted during the first year of high school but at the same time, it was far worse due to the fact that he actually didn't have to do much. At least Azure had to risk a trip across the city and down the halls of a school he didn't even attend. Blueblood had easy access and was a complete douche to the majority of the mares he met, often making them serve him instead. "How do mares even find you attractive?"

"Enough Captain. I am trying to protect a large storage of food. I am not here to entertain you."

"Funny. If I was in your position, I wouldn't even be able to focus with the fact that you were constantly peeking inside of this tent."

"Want to trade then?"

"Hell no. And let you just wal-"

Before Shining could finish his question, he and Blueblood witnessed something that they would've never imagined. The parasprites started to gather at their position and form a thick technicolor cloud of flying puff balls that coughed and gagged in unison. Before they could process what was going on, the sky above them darkened and the the numbers of the parasprites doubled into a mass that could block out the sun.

Shining ran from where he was stationed and stood adjacent to Blueblood, seeing that this was going to be a problem that neither one of them could deal with alone. Blueblood gasped in awe as the large cloud of the insects started to funnel to their position and make a charge for the granary. Blueblood gritted his teeth and braced himself for impact. Shining immediately erected a barrier around the tent, protecting the mares inside from any further harm.

"Protegam!"

Instantly, a magenta barrier encircled the tent and sealed off all means of entry for the moment. Shining was more than proud of his work but he knew that now was not the time to take admiration of his efforts. There was still the matter of protecting the granary. As he turned his attention to Blueblood, he saw that he was struggling to keep the forcefield around the large storage center intact from the large tornado made of prismatic insects. Though he struggled to keep a hold on the field, his resilience proved too great to overcome in a single blow. More of the bugs came.

"Ugh! These filthy bastards are a little heavier than anticipated." Blueblood admitted as the second wave of parasprites came from the cloud above. This time, there was a second funnel that fell from the sky and barreled towards the shielded tent.

"Looks like they'll be coming for me this go round." Shining muttered to himself as he braced himself for the impact of the thousands of creatures to hit against his barrier.

The legion of bugs dove from the cloud above and took the shape of two twisters, aiming for the two separate targets. Shining awaited the inevitable blow that would be caused by the funnel that closed in on his position. The funnels twisted and turned until each one of them hit their respective targets.

Blueblood, who was already hit once before, cringed in pain as the golden barrier concaved under the pressure of more than a thousand insects swept in and bounced off the shield. As the magic of his spell continued to distort, so did the the magic in his horn which lead to not unbearable pain, but significant enough to cause a headache that would cause the spell to falter if provoked enough.

Shining grimaced while the swarm assaulted his barrier. His protective spell, similar to the prince's, concaved inwards and repelled the attacking wave. But also similar to Blueblood's case, this would cause a painful headache to occur. Shining dipped his head and retracted a hoof in response to the pain.

"Shit! I didn't know these little guys would cause me so much pain." Shining mumbled while he stressed under the pain of the attack.

"That's the thing about unicorn magic. The more powerful the spell, the more painful it becomes if something interrupts the casting or if it strikes against it." Blueblood stated.

"Then what do we do?"

"Hold out, I suppose. Now shut up. I really would rather not be caught speaking so casually with you."

"You... I... Bu... You have got to be kidding me. You are worried about that while we have a large-ass swarm of these bastards trying to have at us?"

"Yes. Now brace yourself. They'll be coming in for another sweep."

The hive-minded horde made their way to the skies as they regrouped their formations and started to barrel a larger funnel to strike. As the funnel formed, the shape it produced became a wedge shape that seemed to be made for the sole purpose of hitting an impacted area quicker and harder than what was previously achieved. The two stallions blinked in horror as they witnessed the darkening cloud lower itself on their position. The swarm launched their next attack to what appeared to be the granary.

"Blue, you've got incoming!" Shining shouted to the prince as the two of them readied their positions once more.

Blueblood rolled his eyes and braced himself while the quickly approaching swarm made their way to the golden barrier. "I see it! Now don't call me that again! It's awkward enough to work with a rival."

Before Shining could respond, the large vortex fell atop of the barrier that Blueblood held together. The golden aura which covered the storage of food, bent inward and stressed to keep all of the parasprites who attacked it outside. Though the attack was repelled, it didn't go without causing a considerable amount of mental fatigue to the caster of the spell. Blueblood fell to his knees as the stress of the attack did a number on his mental stamina, causing a severe headache to occur. It almost caused him to become disoriented from the sheer force of the attack. But their attack was far from done; they had another objective to complete as the large funnel twisted and roared across the way.

"Armor, heads up!" Blueblood screamed out in pain, trying to warn the other unicorn.

Shining could feel the wind that the swarm produced sweep his mane as he anchored himself into the cobblestone road below him. He closed his eyes and amplified his protection spell over the large tent. He knew what was going to come and he knew that it was going to hurt, but he thought that if he would amplify the spell over the tent then there would be no chance of the bugs entering.

The large twister made it's way to the tent. But as soon as the forcefield strengthened, the large congregation of insects rose from the ground and took to the air. The funnel rose from the ground and suspended itself above, earning a surprised look from the caster below. Shining was perplexed at the development; he reassured himself that the parasprites would come to him and hit the tent from the front side. But he realized a possibility on why they ascended: they were going to strike from above.

"This is going to hurt..." The captain mumbled to himself as he saw the funnel in the air flex and weave.

Soon after, the parasprite funnel descended once again. As it fell to the top of the magical barrier, it created a whirring sound accompanied by the high pitched sound of the barrier trying to retain it's integrity. As the seconds ticked past the insect tornado rose to the air, leaving behind a pain-stricken stallion on his haunches. Shining held his head, trying to relieve the massive headache that he managed to suffer during the onslaught. His brain pulsed with the signals of his pain receptors going off all at once, leaving him temporarily disabled. And as he tried to recover, a large crack in his spell formed above the tent he protected.

"Armor, get up!" The prince commanded with ferocity. "Don't tell me that a swarm of magically enhanced bugs are causing you so much pain that you can't even stand on your own strength!"

"Look who's talking!" Shining lashed back out of pain and frustration. "In case you haven't realized it, you're in the same boat as I am!"

"Do you expect me to surrender my meals to that of ponies who stand below me? Never!" The prince said as he struggled to stand up.

"Oh for the love of... You've been serving community service for a full five years! How did you not pick up from that!?" Shining asked as he also stumbled to rise from the ground.

"Because I've been worse than they have and I deserve the best that life has to offer! To hell with them! Being around them only reminded me how better off these ponies are with today's systems of welfare! I say again, to hell with them! Let them figure out the pain of being helpless and homeless without all of the extra aid that they've been receiving! Let them experience what I've had to go through! Even... even they were more entitled than I was when I was younger!"

"So you didn't have the best of what life had to offer at an early age, but that still doesn't excuse you from being a total asshole to them! If you were truly humbled by your previous life, then you would try all that you could to see that those ponies would get the best out of the nothing that they have! Why won't you help them instead!?"

Blueblood found his inner strength and regain his hoofing on all fours as he screamed his answer. "BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE GETTING WHAT I NEVER HAD IN THOSE YEARS! I CANNOT STAND SELF-ENTITLED FUCKWITS THAT WERE GIVEN EVERYTHING FROM DAY ONE! I HAD TO EARN EVERYTHING! IF THEY WANT IT SO BAD, THEN I SAY LET THEM EARN IT FOR THEMSELVES!"

"Man... mommy really didn't like you, did she?" Shining asked sarcastically as he stood up tall.

"...No. She didn't. Now are we going to end this discussion or not? I can't be preached to at the moment."

Shining tried to approach the prince, who turned his back on the guard. He tried to talk some sort of sense into the prince as he reminded him of the real reason why they were there to begin with. "...I know that your past was bad. But do you have to be so selfish? I mean, we're not here for ourselves. We're here for the ponies we serve."

"I've earned the right to be selfish. These ponies serve only themselves while we serve them all the more. Now ready up, they're coming back."

Shining turned his attention away from the stallion and looked back to the sky. It seemed that the swarm readied their fourth attack on the two stallions. Shining gulped as he knew that anymore of the previous assault would prove to be a breaking point for the both of them. There was no hope of keeping up what they were previously doing. They needed a plan, and they needed one soon.

"Armor..." Blueblood said as he stood next to the other stallion. "Take down your shield on my command."

"What!?" Shining responded with shock. "Are you kidding me?"

"No I am not. Now listen to me. We can't keep this up on the account of the stress that these creatures are causing to both of us. And anymore stress of this magnitude will cause our barriers to break anyways, leaving us magically disabled and physically fatigued. So when they make a break for the granary, I want you to lower the shield and blast them with a strong bolt of your magic."

Shining placed a hoof to his chin as he thought about how many he would have to hit before staving off the attack. "That's way too many to blast in one go."

"You don't have to hit them per se, but rather disrupt their formation. That way when they do hit us, we can last longer as long as they don't hit our barriers in concentration. They will be dispersed in various areas and our spells will be effected in the smallest manner."

"So instead of being a battering ram, they'll be more like rocks and arrows; ineffective and annoying."

"Precisely." Blueblood confirmed, earning a bit of respect from the captain.

"Huh. As much as I loathe saying this, but that's not a bad idea."

Blueblood rolled his eyes as he reminds Shining of his service long before him. "I used to be a guard too. Now ready up. Lower your barrier on my mark."

The two stallions stood tall and watched as the cloud lowered itself once more. It seemed as if with every time the swarm descended, the funnel would grow bigger and stronger than before. So the both of them expected that this would be a rather powerful attack that needed to be diluted to a series of smaller attacks in order for them to remain standing by the end of the day. Once more, the funnel took shape and coned into a large wedge that closed in on the golden barrier of the prince. As they approached, Shining readied himself to deactivate the spell. The parasprites circled overhead and thrusted themselves towards the granary.

"Now! Let it down!" Blueblood signaled as Shining cut his spell loose.

The large magenta shield that covered the tent disappeared and now he felt all of his magic concentrate into his horn. Lowering his head to get a good aim at the center of the formation, he charged a deadly bolt of pure magical energy. As he maintained a lock on the funnel, he felt a force the pushed him further into the ground he stood on as the bolt of magic speared forth from his horn. Instantly, some of the parasprites that were caught in the beam or were close to it were instantly burned to ashes. The other parasprites that witnessed the massive counterattack took their retreat from the area that was still riddled with magical radiation.

The funnel that barreled towards the food stores was now reduced to nothing more than a rainstorm of the multicolored insects. The golden barrier held all of it's integrity against the powerless assault of the numerous parasprites that bounced helplessly off of the surface of the barrier. Blueblood smiled in seeing that his plan had indeed paid off with astounding results, though he was more surprised at the amount of magical strength that the captain had managed to put on display. Surely he was more powerful than their first encounter.

"Nice job on not messing up, Armor." Mocked the prince.

"Give me some sort of credit. They didn't make me Captain of the Royal Guard for nothing." Shining responded with snark, letting his pride show.

"No need to get big headed. They'll be coming in for..."

Before Blueblood could finish his statement, he and Shining watched as the large cloud of parasprites took to the sky with an even larger cloud above them.

"Another... pass."

Shining stood next to the prince as they both watched with mouths held agape. "We're fucked aren't we?"

"Ooooh maliciously." The prince concluded.

As they readied their horns for the next coming attack, they then noticed what was really going on as the cloud started to filter out.

"Wait... Are they-"

"Leaving?" Both Blueblood and Shining asked out of bewilderment.

As they watched the massive cloud start to disperse before them and head in a different direction, they could also hear the faint yet distinctive cheers of ponies being heard around the city. It would seem that their individual victory was one that was shared by the entire city.

"Now that's some music I could dance to." Shining muttered to himself.

"At least my lunch is safe." Blueblood stated proudly, earning a facehoof from the captain. "And the best part about all of it is that we don't have to deal with any more of these little bastards running around the city."

"Shining! In here! NOW!"

Shining's eyes sprang open as he turned around and ran for the tent that Cadance was in. As soon as he entered, he saw a miniature swarm that infested the tent. And just across the room lied Cadance on a cot as she rigorously rubbed her hoof across her soaking mound. It was then that he was reminded on why Cadance was here, as well as a few other mares.

"Shining... you need to get these things out of me now!" She stressed out as she continued to masturbate. "We've been having orgasm after orgasm after orgasm with these things. My pussy is sore from cumming so hard and so much. I am tired of giving birth to parasprites and even more tired of not being able to... you know."

"Well what do you want me to do about it?" Shining asked the sexually exhausted yet frustrated princess.

"Flush them out!" She answered, annoyed that these creatures have caused her so many miniature orgasms. "We're tired of constantly masturbating just in order to pass another one of these things."

"And how exactly do you plan for me to do that?"

Shining found himself being magically dragged across the room and to the cot that held his princess, earning the attention of the other mares in the vicinity. As soon as he was before Cadance, she grabbed him with a soaked hoof and pulled him towards her face, making him face her eye-to-eye. "You need... to fuck me... and fill me with cum... so that this little asshole inside of me can drown!"

Shining laughed nervously at the order, realizing that it wasn't just Cadance who was acting like this. "So you want me to do this for you and all of these other mares?"

"You said you wanted a threesome, now you got an orgy! Quit complaining, whip your dick out and get started!" Cadance shouted out as she pushed back Shining and ignited her horn. Her magic started to rapidly massage his sheath, trying to get him at his peak arousal.

"Cadie, serving you alone is hard enough. But now you expect me to do this with twenty-eight other mares?" Shining asked, trying to persuade her to think rationally. He didn't have the stamina to please four mares at once, let alone twenty-eight. He even had reservations on Blueblood being able to please that many mares in a single setting. There was no physical way to achieve that feat.

"...Actually I have an idea." Cadance said as she halted her ministrations to her fiance. While he tried to hide his erection from the other mares in the room, the pink alacorn mare summoned a dark green book with am unusual emblem set on the cover.

"What's with that book?" Shining asked while Cadance opened the book to the table of contents. She read the full title aloud.

"Hmm... The Tentacular Tentacle Tour to Two Thousand Orgasms: A Reference Guide to Spells Used When a Hoof Isn't Enough. Warning: For best results, use in the estrus season. For mare's use only*."

Shining nodded in approval of the description. "That'll work."

Cadance found the first spell of the book and immediately began reading the incantation off of the page. Before long, the book floated to the middle of the room and glowed an ominous green glow and erupted into a brilliant flash of light and smoke. As soon as the light faded, many of the mares, including Cadance, coughed and gagged at the smoke. Neither of them could barely see though the thick smoke that started to clear out from the tent.

"Well did it work?" Cadance asked herself as she watched the smoke clear to reveal the monstrosity that she summoned, assaulting the one pony who was far from need.

"CADANCE!!! HAAAALP!!! I'M NOT READY FOR THIS KIND OF RELATIONSHIP!!!" Shining shouted as the tentacles coiled and wrapped around his hind legs, suspending him in mid air. The dark green tendrils assertively clasped and squeezed his testicles. His eyes bulged as he felt one of the offending limbs encircle around his puckered ponut hole. The tentacles eagerly snuggled his flopping erection as it jerked the large rod up and down. Cadance watched in dormant arousal and apparent horror as her guard was being sexually assaulted. She looked in the book to see if there was anything that pertained to the usage of stallions. She instantly went back to the table of contents and read the bottom of the page.

"Okay...Uhh, fine print reads: *Do not use if stallions are present, as the tentacles will naturally try to assert their dominance over the opposing sex..."

And it just so happened that Shining was the aforementioned 'opposing sex' that the book warned of.

"Oopsie."

Shortly After...

A flurry of birds and butterflies roamed freely around the edge of the Everfree forest as they all watched a yellow pegasus mare gleefully trot by, singing to herself.

"♫La-la la-la la-la la-la la~♪"

As she trotted, she held a basked filled with beautiful flowers. Many of them were without flaws as she happily sang past another patch of flowers.

"♫La-la la-la la-la la-la la~♪"

She stopped at another flower patch to pick up another daisy to place in her basket as a squirrel eagerly bounced to her. As she turned around, she saw that the squirrel was holding something in it's possession. It held a dandelion seed plant firmly in grasp, presenting it to the yellow pegasus. She smiled and lowered herself to speak with the squirrel.

"Thank you little squirrel, but remember: these flowers are for Princess Celestia. Only the prettiest ones will do."

Before she could say anything else, she felt a light breeze come along. As the breeze swept the plain, all of the seedlings gently fluttered away. The only thing that remained of the plant that the squirrel presented was a sulking stalk of green. The squirrel saw that the one it carried clearly didn't match the qualifications of the yellow pegasus. In response, the squirrel signaled to the mare that it would return with another candidate for her basket. And with a lift of its hind leg, it dashed off into the other direction.

The mare continued her search, but soon found herself rather hungry. She knew that it wouldn't be the best thing to keep up a search on an empty stomach. She concluded that she would go to her resting place to partake in a juicy apple before continuing her search. As she made her way to the center of the meadow, she happily sang.

"♫La-la la-la la-la la-la la~♪"

"Purrreee?"

"Gah!"

The mare jumped at the sound of a random rock sitting next to her. She hid behind the larger basket that held all of her apples, knocking one over as she hid from the unusual occurrence. As she looked at the rock, she saw a set of legs and wings appear. Shortly after, it was a light-blue bulb with bright green eyes that chirped and purred at the mare.

"Purrreee?"

Immediately, the mare seemed to have completely warm up to the adorable little creature. She removed herself from her hiding place and approached the small creature.

"Hello, little guy. I've never seen anything like you before." The mare whispered to the small creature who flew over to the apple that she dropped on the ground earlier. It took a quick sniff at the large red fruit as the mare took the initiative of being kind to the unknown creature.

"Oh, are you hungry?" She asked. As she took notice of the creature's hunger, she realized that the apple was much too large for the creature to devour. So she crushed the apple with a hoof and turned it into a thick sauce. "Here you go."

Without warning, the small creature leapt to the basket of apples and in seconds, demolished the contents of the basket. The mare gasped in surprise but also in admiration of the creature's rather large appetite.

"I guess you were hungry." She muttered to herself as the small creature nuzzled her and found comfort in the warmth of her mane. As the small bulb closed it's eyes, she found her energy directed at showing the unknown creature to most of her friends.

"Purrrrree..."

"You're the cutest thing ever! I can't wait to show you to my friends."

Author's Note

Well this was a rough chapter to write. Not only was this a little difficult, I tried to get this out as soon as I possibly could. But due to me being hit hard with a number of communications, which led me to catch the flu, I was pretty much left out of the game. But now that I'm feeling a little better, I can get back on the ball. If this chapter is a little hit and miss, I apologize. I try not to leave with an unfinished chapter and come back to it after a two-day (or more) hiatus. So to make up, I will write a one-shot between two characters of your choosing (and a one shot in my case is no shorter than probably 6k words).

You all may suggest the pairing. Then whoever has a nice idea, you can all upvote them. The top three will be polled. The winning pair will be written out as soon as I find the time in between work, chapters, stories, etc.

Hope you guys will be able to stick around to the end.