Chapter Four:
Control

Twilight Sparkle couldn't help but feel weary about the box Cadence had presented. She was strung out from being denied what her body so desperately needed. Her stress management had never been particularly well handled. Spike knew that. Princess – no, Queen Celestia knew that after the fiasco with her enchanted Smarty Pants doll. She wasn't sure if she could handle what was to come. Cadence had just about tortured her by stopping.

The box glowed pink as Cadence's magic opened it. Out popped a small, somewhat phallic looking device. Twilight did know what it was, embarrassingly enough, when she had gotten too curious about her growing urges. It was something Spike didn't even know about. She would have died if he had found out what she was doing with one.

Cadence's wings spread out in anticipation, once she saw the expression that flickered across Twilight's face. “Oh, I think you know what this is. That look on your face...”

How Twilight wished that she could speak freely. She could have denied what Cadence said, despite how it was true. The most she could do was shake her head slightly, but Cadence only gave her a knowing wink.

“There's no shame in it, Twi,” Cadence said, giving her a nudge along with the affectionate nickname. “We all have urges and you've grown into a beautiful young mare. I'd rather it was with a toy like this instead of a colt that would break your heart, personally.”

Was that some sort of approval from her former foal sitter? More importantly, Twilight could have sworn it was getting hotter. Heat flooded her face from the embarrassment.

Cadence approached Twilight, her chosen toy in tow, floating with her pink magic. “Now then, back to what I was saying. I want you to learn control, Twilight. So often are we guided by instinct and impulse but as a leader, we can't always say what we want to. We can't always do what we want to. Bound by tradition and expectation are we. Some tradition is ridiculously outdated, but we are expected to keep it up.”

She settled beside Twilight's hindquarters, one wing tapping her chin thoughtfully. “I bet you're wondering why a tradition like this is kept up with. Nod your head if you are interested.”

It was an honest intrigue. Twilight Sparkle nodded.

Cadence spread Twilight's hind legs once more. “I expect you to keep your legs spread while I talk. If you waver or close on me, I will forcibly part them. I have another pair of shackles hiding around here. Got it?”

Twilight nodded again, feeling the adrenaline thrum through her body once more. Her legs would be straining from constantly staying in a position she was never in but she didn't want to be restrained along all four limbs.

The pink Princess beside her lay between her legs, maneuvering the toy between her hooves but not doing anything with it at first. “Many, many years before Queen Celestia was born, the land was dominated by Kings and Princes. Us ladies were no more than concubines with a fancy title, there to pop out foals and, more importantly, male heirs. We let the Kings control us and the Princesses of that era were hardly treated with care. They were often locked up like this, treated similar to how you are. Tied up, shackled. Until one Princess stood up for herself. She had a spirit no pony could break and she overpowered her dominating husband. Since then, she developed a system any future Princess.”

Twilight couldn't imagine any King treating his subjects like that, much less his own wife. It sounded like a dark time, which more than explained the soft candor of Cadence's voice.

Cadence glanced up at Twilight's exposed body. “It seems so strange for a lady fighting so hard to get out of this position to form a tradition where others endure the same treatment. However, her words remain strong through the ages. Face this so you will never face it again. We are meant to be broken to be built stronger. Since then, it is tradition. No Princess has ever broken it. Queen Celestia will not be the first to. I am expected to keep it going. Once you complete this, you will be expected to as well. You understand the importance of this, don't you?”

Twilight nodded, as she had to the rest of Cadence's questions. However, her legs, as expected, started to fail in their steadiness. The shaking in her limbs was visible as she struggled to keep herself spread, as she had been instructed.

Cadence's eyes caught the tiny tremors. “Oh, look at what I've done. I've talked for so long that you seem to be having...trouble.”

With that, she used her mouth to pick up the toy she had been nudging with her hooves. The toy was only maybe five inches long and somewhat artistic at that. Should the disconcerting eye glance at it, they would think it was some strange form of art, just a twist of colored glass. The subtle contours defined it for the sex toy it was. Glass dildo in mouth, Cadence leaned in close, brushing over Twilight's thigh with it. The sudden movement was small, but it seemed magnified tenfold for Twilight. She felt the cool glass on her fur and her skin, could feel every strand of fur that was parted to let the glass through.

Cadence drew back, then allowed her magic to hold onto the toy so she could speak. “You're so sensitive, Twilight. I wish you could see the expression on your face. Just the smallest movement brings the most exquisite reaction...”

With that, the glowing toy made its way back to the sweet spot between Twilight's legs. Twilight bit her lip as she felt the toy move, ever so slowly, until it came to the folds Cadence had been lavishing with licks earlier.

Twilight was twitching with the effort it took to stay still and obedient. Part of her wanted Cadence to just get it over with so she could rest her poor legs. Another part of her relished in how drawn out it was and she didn't know why. The anticipation of what Cadence would do shouldn't have been such sweet torture.

The toy would have penetrated the soft flesh it teased, but Cadence pulled it away. Twilight couldn't help how she squirmed, teased and denied yet again.

Cadence leaned in, her tongue lapping at the flesh that had been denied. The cry Twilight gave escaped too soon, before she could silence herself.

“Wait, my Princess. I wouldn't want you to break my pretty toy...” The amusement in Cadence's voice set Twilight off even more, making her pedal her hind legs in the air helplessly.

Cadence returned the toy to the box it had been drawn from. A similar toy was drawn from the box by the glowing pink magic she exuded. This toy was similar in shape, but made of a sturdier material. Soft rubber wasn't common in Ponyville. It was imported from cities like Manehattan to Canterlot. This toy would be able to withstand Twilight's needs.

“Do you want more, Twilight?” Cadence asked, knowing exactly what the reply would be. “Go ahead and answer that.”

She might have been given the chance to speak, but again, Twilight was struck speechless. How exactly was she supposed to put her needs into words, give voice to the strange sensations she had awoken within her?

The only thing she could do was gasp, “Please...”

Cadence resumed her spot between her hind legs, the new toy in tow by way of magic. This time, she didn't waste any time. The toy found Twilight's sweet spot and the purple alicorn arched up, pulling at the chains that held her front hooves above her head. The toy barely penetrated her but it had her arching into it, trying to get more of what she wanted.

“Stay still,” Cadence said, her voice firm in tone but soft in volume.

Time seemed to tick by slower as Twilight composed herself as still as possible. Her legs still shook from how long she had been holding the same pose. She wouldn't be able to hold her legs like this forever. How exactly was she supposed to convey that? Cadence might think it was a good thing if her leg muscles were worn out.

The toy parted her and slid in, slowly, so slowly. Twilight ground her teeth together, trying to fight against what she wanted, which was to rock against it. She had almost no practice with this, with the toy that Spike didn't even know about. Not that she ever had a chance to use it. The most it could have done was stretch her out, making it easier to accept this toy into her.

When it was finally inside, Cadence's magic rocked it back and forth ever so slightly, causing the smallest amount of friction. While it was moving, she eyed Twilight with approval. “Good girl. You took that in nicely. Makes me think you've had practice at this before.”

The comment made Twilight's face heat up again and Cadence laughed at it. “That's okay, we all have our own desires. Your job now, is to give in to them...to a certain extent. Resist the pleasure when it gets to be too much.”

How? How was that possible? The toy seemed larger than it really was, threatening to swallow her up from the inside-out...and that was from barely any movement. What would happen if Cadence decided to do more?

No time to think about that. She could feel the toy moving out of her, creating the most delicious friction. She had to suck back a gasp as the toy moved back inside, then out. The movement was slow, but it was enough to make her rational mind slip far, far away. All she knew was that wondrous feeling of being stretched and filled, over and over. She was tingly, she was hot all over...and Cadence had barely started.

Twilight couldn't help the moan that escaped her whenever the movement became faster. The toy was filling up her body, the pleasure was filling up her mind. She was so lost in it that she didn't know what else to do but give in to it, letting it rock her back and forth on the stone floor. Her cries were tiny mewls of pleasure, so soft in the large room but so loud in her ears.

“Let's go a little faster, Princess. Remember, as good as it feels, resist the pleasure. You don't get to come until I say so.”

Some form of reply escaped Twilight, but it wasn't anything intelligible. The noise was so foreign to the bookish pony but at the same time she didn't care. The movement was faster, rougher. The pleasure rose higher, out of her reach. Cadence was merciless in the control over the toy, making it move faster as Twilight squirmed and cried out. The chains rustled among the little slack they were allowed to have as Twilight pulled at them. The pleasure was rising faster, out of control. She wouldn't be able to resist it if it were to shatter her apart.

In the midst of the haze of pleasure, she heard Cadence hissing at her, “Resist it, Twilight. If you come without my permission, be ready to face punishment for disobeying me.”

How was she supposed to resist? Her head thrashed from side to side as cry after cry ripped from her throat. She was going to lose it. She was going to come and disobey the Princess because of it and there was nothing she could do–

“No, no, no!”

All rational thought had been obliterated from her mind as Cadence withdrew the toy from her. The pleasure she had been drowning in vanished once more, for the second time. Feeling the tease of orgasm denied to her twice made Twilight wild with protest, despite the consequences she faced for it. This was torture, pure torture.

Cadence's gaze was on fire as she set the dripping toy back in the box it had come from. Her horn glowed stronger and Twilight felt herself being lifted up, rear end first. She was dangling upside-down when Cadence approached her, riding crop in her mouth.

“I told you there would be punishment for disobeying me. That includes speaking.” Cadence's words were distorted from the object in her mouth but her voice was still harsh.

Twilight was about to apologize when she felt a sharp smack of pain on her flank. The riding crop marked her once, twice, three times before Cadence dropped her back to the floor. Her bottom stung with the spankings.

Cadence threw her head to the side once more, tossing the riding crop with the motion. “Now then, are you going to settle down? Nod your head to answer.”

Tears threatened to spill from Twilight's eyes, but she nodded.

“Apologize to me. Say, I'm sorry, Mistress Cadence. I won't be a bad girl again. And mean it when you say it.”

Twilight drew in a shaky breath to steady herself. The apology that tumbled from her lips was as sincere as she could make it.

“Good girl.” There was an odd glimmer in Cadence's eyes as she circled to the chains that held Twilight up. “Now, since you seem to have such a problem with your legs, I'm going to help you out a bit.”

Relief and pain combined themselves into the strangest cocktail as Cadence released her front legs from the cuffs. Feeling flooded back into her front hooves, which sent pinpricks of pain among the relief that came with having them released. Cadence's magic was everywhere in this room, making up for the movement she didn't have to make. The pulley released enough chain so she could move the cuffs to Twilight's rear legs. The cuffs were fastened around her hooves and pulled tight once more, forcing her exhausted hind legs up into the air without her having to hold them.

“You're letting the pleasure control you, Twilight,” Cadence said as she let Twilight hang by her hind hooves. She walked to a further point of the room. “I know it feels good, but that's exactly why you have to resist. Everything in life can be pleasurable, but that doesn't mean we give into it so wantonly. That's what creates indulgence without consequence...until it's too late. I can't let you leave this chamber until you get this right.”

Sex toys must have been hidden all over this chamber. Cadence pulled a longer phallic-shaped device out of one of her many hiding spots around the room. This one was angled, tipped with two heads, one on either side, meant for two to share. The sight of the toy was intimidating for Twilight, but if it was going to be used then there was a chance that she would finally be allowed release. She didn't even know why it was so important for her to be allowed to come. She just felt half-crazed with the need. This wasn't her usual behavior. Part of her was ashamed of herself for that...but the rest didn't care. The rest of her was desperate for that pleasure to go further than what it had been allowed do to before.

“You and I are going to do this right,” Cadence said. “First though, I'm going to need you to do something for me.”

Twilight eyed the pink silicone toy as the smaller side of the angled toy was held closer to her mouth.

“Suck.”

Twilight opened her mouth and the toy slipped in. The little bulb of silicone slipped in. Cadence's approval escaped her lips in a sort of affectionate growl. The toy was moved in and out of her mouth like the other toy had penetrated her. Twilight licked it the best she could, trying to stifle the gag that came from the motion.

“You are a good little girl,” Cadence said as she pulled the toy away. She licked her lips, then settled on the ground beside Twilight with the toy in hoof. A delicate little moan escaped her as she pushed the toy into the sweet spot between her hind legs, partly with her hooves and partly with her magic. When she stood up again, the toy dangled from her, giving her a silicone phallus that penetrated her and still left the other end waiting.

“Suck the other end now,” she instructed, standing over Twilight.

The toy dangled over her mouth, so Twilight leaned up and pulled it to her mouth with her hooves, licking and sucking like she had before. She felt Cadence's satisfied, hungry stare on her and glanced up for just the slightest moment to catch it. Something about that stare sent a spear of desire through her body.

“Enough,” Cadence said, pulling the dripping toy away. She pulled away from Twilight's mouth and stepped back some, to where Twilight's hind legs still dangled from the chains that held her in place.

Twilight gasped as the toy penetrated her. She and Cadence were joined by the same toy. As Cadence pressed forward, she felt the warmth of her body as she made full contact with her, the toy deep inside of both of them.

“You better be prepared to obey, this time, Twilight. I'm not going to go easy on you.”

That was the only warning Cadence gave, before she rose up on her hind legs, wrapping her front hooves up in what little slack the chains provided. Her hips rushed forward, moving the toy between them. Twilight hissed from the movement. She didn't know how she could control herself this time. She was half-crazed from the need to release and she didn't honestly know if she could control herself with Cadence this close, with her warm body so close...

There was something erotic and cruel in Cadence's gaze. Her wings spread apart eagerly at the double penetration between them and they ruffled and shivered with her. Her hips moved slowly at first, then faster, moving the toy between them. She drove the toy into Twilight's body mercilessly, taking in the moans that rose from the body beneath hers. She released her hold on the chains and allowed herself to fall over Twilight, pumping into her faster and faster. They were soon both in a frenzy, a sweating, panting, moaning frenzy driven by nothing but pleasure.

Twilight didn't know how much time had passed. Time seemed like an unnecessary concept when compared to the pleasure being driven into her body. It could have been seconds or hours before Cadence finally asked, “Do you want to come? Answer me.”

She struggled to find coherent words. “Yes, please. Please, Mistress Cadence. Let me come, please.”

Cadence moved her hips faster, penetrating faster. “Beg. I want to hear you beg more.”

Twilight moaned underneath her, not able to think properly. The begging that escaped her was genuine, driven by the pounding movement of the pony above her. “Please, Mistress Cadence, please. I need to come. I'm so desperate for it. Please let me come. I've been a bad girl and don't deserve it and I'm sorry but please let me come...”

Cadence was panting and moaning with her. Satisfied by the plea, she gasped, “Come with me. Right now. Come with me.”

The allowance had never been so desperately wanted. Twilight let her body give in to the pleasure completely, allowing Cadence to sweep her from a torturous plateau of pleasure and go beyond it. Her body lit up with heat and pleasure. Something she had never felt before overwhelmed her, over taking her with every breath in her body. She couldn't control it, just like she couldn't control the cries that were escaping her, each one louder than the last. Her hips were being rocked by the slamming movement of Cadence's hips, completely out of her control as she came, the pleasure on a completely different planet than what she had experienced before.

Above her, Cadence came, her body shuddering with the orgasm that surged through her as well. At the last moment, she activated her magic, pulling Twilight's upper half off of the ground, so she could capture her in a quick kiss. Her tongue slipped into Twilight's mouth, punctuated by a moan, before she released her.

Cadence's driving movements slowed once they had both come back down from the orgasm. Her hips moved slowly now, to match the affection in her gaze. “That's a good girl, Twilight. You came on demand. That's just perfect.”

The praise was glowing and affectionate. She pulled out of Twilight and used her magic to withdraw the toy from herself. Her head lowered and she lapped at the spot she had penetrated with the toy. Twilight shuddered when she felt her tongue, but it was only there for a moment before Cadence withdrew.

She was released from the cuffs next. The same cocktail of pain and relief mixed together in Twilight's hind legs as they were released from the position they had been forced in. She lay limply on the ground, unable to move.

Cadence lay next to her, cuddling close. There was affection in her voice when she murmured, “Rest, my dear Princess Twilight Sparkle. You've earned this.”

* * *

Twilight Sparkle had no idea for how long she had slept. When she awoke, she was still in the same spot she had been, with the addition of a pillow under head and a soft pink blanket over her body. She ached from how the chains had felt her, but it was a dull ache that pounded in the back of her mind, reminding her of what had happened.

Cadence was sitting nearby, sipping tea from a magically raised teacup. When she saw that Twilight was awake, she put the cup down. “Twilight.”

“This was real?” Twilight asked before she could stop herself. “Not a dream?”

Cadence opened her mouth to snap at Twilight for speaking, but found herself laughing instead. “Yes, this is real. You did a very good job, Twilight. I'd like to say you're ready for the next part of this training.”

Somehow, Twilight had expected more. At the same time, she was relieved to find that she hadn't failed at the task she had been assigned. She kept silent, looking up at Cadence expectantly.

Cadence pointed to the far wall with her muzzle. “There's a door over there. Go through it and it will take you to a set of stairs. Go up and you shall find Mistress Luna's chamber. Good luck Twilight. You've started something great here. Mistress Luna will ensure that the training sticks.”

That sweet, torturous anticipation flooded Twilight once more at the thought of leaving this chamber. From what Cadence had said earlier, Luna was a tougher teacher. She had been all instinct and adrenaline with Cadence. What would Luna be like?

Cadence must have seen the hesitance in Twilight's expression. She strode over and gave her a nuzzle. “Go on. You have to be brave here, Princess. We all have to be brave. As this training session is over, you are unbound by my rules. Mistress Luna will have some for you. I don't require you to call me Mistress beyond this point.”

With that, she glanced around, almost sheepishly and added, “And...I hope this hasn't ruined my image for you, Twiley. But as I said, this is tradition and none of us dare to be the first to break it. So unfortunately, this is one of the darker sides to being a Princess.”

Despite the fear that had been instilled in her earlier, Twilight couldn't bring herself to hate Cadence. The relationship between them seemed to have been rebuilt somehow, borne in the fire and flames of their small session together.

“I could never hate you,” Twilight finally said.

“Good. Now go on. Don't keep Mistress Luna waiting.”

Twilight took one more look at Cadence, taking in her sex-ruffled body and nodded. She didn't say anything else to her former foal sitter, but instead went to look for the door. She pushed it open and found the promised staircase that led up in a spiral. The stairway was dimly lit by torches that didn't seem to give off enough light.

There was something ominous lurking for her upstairs. Maybe it was just what Cadence had said about Luna...but Twilight knew there was something ominous on the other side of the staircase, waiting for her. She wanted to run back to the safety of Cadence's chamber. Yet, she stepped forward, climbing the staircase one hoof at a time.

Time to go visit Mistress Luna.

Author's Note

Man, all of the favorites make me smile. First off, thank you for all the favorites and comments.

A quick note, I saw a comment asking why the difference between "cum" and "come." It's a personal pet peeve of mine to use cum, just because it seems like a more informal word to me (or, maybe more like slang?). It's strange, but I guess it's one of those unbreakable writer's habits lol.

Another quick note, I realize that in true D/s, control can't be obtained in one session and might be something that needs...several sessions to attend to properly, but for story pacing's sake, Twilight's being sent on her way. The light coverage of her control will be noted on later by Luna and Mistress Luna is not someone you'd want to piss off... Twilight better be a good pony!