Don't Buck the Messenger

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Like two shadows bathed in the mysterious black of night they moved. Darting from cover to cover, hiding place to hiding place, they stalked through the empty shell of the embryonic town. None save for the watchful crescent moon above would have ever known of their passing... had it not been for all the giggling...

"Shiiiining."

"Whaaaaat?" I whispered back mimicking the drawn out hiss of the voice behind me.

A set of forehooves draped across my back as Cadance reared up, leaning against me while peering over my shoulder. "Is that it over there?" she whispered excitedly.

I peered up at her, admiring the giddy grin across her muzzle. "Nope, not yet."

She looked down at me through an eager set of glowing eyes. "Isn't this exciting? How much further is it? Do you think anypony has seen us yet?" she asked all at once.

I laughed softly to myself while slipping out from beneath her, taking her by the hoof and darting across the next dimly lit street and through another empty side alley. "No, I don't think anyone has seen us yet."

"Shiiiiining," came the same call from earlier.

"Whaaaaaaaat?" I whispered back again while rolling my eyes with a grin, knowing full well the response I was likely to garner yet again.

Cadance giggled sweetly, amused by her continuing antics. "Is that it over there?"

"So help me, young filly. Don't make me come back there," I responded in an amalgamation of a groan and a chuckle.

"Oh really?" She accepted my challenge with a sly grin and a raised brow. "And what if you do come back here? What are you going to do about it, big guy?"

My brow perked upwards as I turned back to reply. "What am I going to do about it?" With slow steps I approached, butting my forehead up against hers as she stared me down with a spunky look of defiance. "I'll tell you what I'm going to do about it." I pursed my lips and blew a short puff of air playfully up along her muzzle before stealing a quick peck from her lips as she blinked. "I'm going to do abso-lutely nothing."

Cadance's cheeks blushed a faint shade red with a saccharine smile. She giggled, returning a peck of her own before poking the tip of her tongue out at me with a wink.

'She's so cute...'

Princes Mi Amore Cadenza, the all-powerful alicorn princess of love was really just a silly little filly. A little filly that wanted to laugh, play and make mischief like any other. Constrained by her duties though, that side of her needed to be subdued. Weighed beneath the expectation of others, there was never room for a wrinkle in the poise or composure of a princess.

When it was just the pair of us though, I got to see a side of her that only a select lucky few would ever know. She was free; as was I. She gave to me a gift that seemingly few others could provide. The ability to be common, the privilege of being normal, the courage to relinquish the expectations of others and be just exactly who I was. We were free to be silly, free to be careless, free to act as if we weren't a prince and a princess, but instead just a colt and a filly in love. It was raw, it was innocent, and it was exhilarating.

I went to say something marginally clever when my ears suddenly perked up in response to an approaching sound. I pressed us both up against the nearest wall and gestured to keep quiet. My ears strained as a distant sound slowly melded into focus. It crept forward out of the darkness revealing itself piece by piece. It was loud, it was boisterous, it was... singing?

I peeked one eye around the corner of the wall and peered down the boulevard from whence the voice came. Coming up the street was a light tan stallion carrying a bottle wrapped in an unassuming paper bag. Alone, he swaggered up the dimly lit street while singing noisily (and off key) to himself. Every few paces he stumbled slightly, a loud hiccup broadcasting his obvious and advanced state of inebriation as he wailed his jaunty shanty.

"Oh, I may be but a foolish foal, *hic*, but in me heart there is one goal,

and that's to have a princess just fer meee! *hic*.

But I'll tell ya, lads, it's no easy task and I'll show ya why before ya' ask!

So settle down and hear me trouble, for where there once was one, now there's double!

Now you've gots ta help me, lads, ask yer brothers and yer dads!

Which is the princess just fer me?"

I crouched back into the wall as Cadance leaned into my shoulder trying to see the commotion for herself.

"Oh, Sweet Celestia may raise the sun, but I'll tell ya its not the only one,

who stands at attention fer their chance to seee! *hic*.

To share with her the morning's glory, I'll tell ya, boys, it'd be quite the story.

And all it'd cost is one sweet night, with a deeeity!

But though she may be new in town, the princess Luna can wear me crown,

to watch her turn and bounce around, oh what a sight to see!

Moonlit walks, I do enjoy. To be a consort in her employ, to be taken in as her favourite toy,

how I'd like fer it to be!"

A quivering smile cracked across Cadance's lips as she slid down the wall she rested against. She covered her mouth with both hooves while squinting her eyes, attempting to stifle her apparent bouts of laughter as the inebriated stallion passed by, unaware that the niece of his objects of affection sat well within earshot.

"Their lips are full, their rumps are round, oh when's me turn ta' pat 'em down?

But by the moon and by the sun, the heavenly bodies, must I choose but one?

So ya got's ta come and help me, lads. Ask your brothers and yer dads!

Which is the princess just fer me?"

My brow kinked. I had spent years protecting Celestia, and more recently, Princess Luna. A part of me felt it is was my duty to step out and confront the drunkard for speaking so crassly of his princesses. Any such notion melted away as I watched Cadance trying to hold back her squeaking laughter, kicking her hooves as her face flushed red in desperation to stay silent. When I looked at her, any semblance of my responsibility or authority disintegrated. I was no longer a captain of the guard or a prince of the Crystal Empire. I reverted back to the blue manned colt who used to sneak out of his bedroom at night to go and see his sister's foalsitter. She was like a liberating breath of fresh air. As if the suffocating stuffiness and formality of my new post could simply melt away whenever I was with her. The world was a less serious place when I was with her, and I liked it so.

I took Cadance by the hoof again and slowly began to creep across the boulevard behind the drunken stallion.

"-Their legs are long, their backs are strong, and I'd dare one of ya' ta' prove me wrong!

*Hic* But by the moon and by the sun, with those heavenly bodies, my day will come!

But first, ya gots ta' tell me, lads. Ask your brothers and yer daaaaads-"

The stallion howled before stopping in the middle of the street, sloppily throwing his head back to take a swig of his beverage before winding up for his big finale.

I felt a sudden catch behind me as Cadance halted in place. She looked up at me with a mischievous grin while giving a curt nod in the stallion's direction. I narrowed my eyes back at her, confused as I examined her impish smirk. She gestured a hoof outward from her chest as she opened her mouth in a singing motion. With sudden understanding, a smirk of my own broke across my face.

The stallion drew in a deep gush of breath before throwing his head back into the cool night air and singing loudly-

"WHICH IS THE PRINCESS JUST FOR ME?" we both bellowed in unison with him before zipping through the next alley, giggling madly as the stallion spun around to examine the seemingly empty street behind him. We ran on, crashing through the next few side streets with all the care and subtlety of a thunderstorm. We laughed hysterically as we clumsily tripped over and knocked aside garbage cans and other miscellaneous debris hidden in the dark during our dash to escape from what could possibly be rated as the world's most disinterested pursuer.

We ducked behind a large palette of tiles and crouched low side by side, still snickering childishly to ourselves.

"Their lips are full, their rumps are round, oh when's me turn to pat 'em down?" Cadance hummed with intruding laughter.

"It sounds like somepony made a little too merry after work tonight," I smiled.

"It was hilarious! I'll have to remember that little jingle for the next time my aunt's birthday comes around."

I tilted my head to her, raising my brow. "Be careful which aunt. I'm not sure Princess Luna would appreciate the little line about wanting to 'watch her turn and bounce around'..."

"Right, right..." Cadance lowered her chin in consideration before rising back up with a smile. "I think seeing the look on her face would be worth being reduced to a stain on the carpet though."

"Cadance, you can't do that, "I said with a stern expression. "The song obviously isn't even finished yet."

She looked up at me. "What do you mean?"

"Well, I heard about two princesses... But if I'm not mistaken, there's a third of which I would very much like to learn," I said with a grin.

Cadance's eyes immediately narrowed, "Don't you dare-"

"But then there's Cadance, a fit like a glove. The things she could teach me regarding the ways of love," I chimed with a grin, bobbing my head from side to side in sing-song tone.

"Shiniiing," she whined.

"Or of course, purely for safety's sake we could substitute you into Luna's parts." I brought a hoof to my chin undeterred by Cadance's protest. "I'd vouch that your lips and your rump meet the stated criteria and I can't say I'd be opposed to the idea of seeing you turn and bounce around-"

A large pink wing immediately brushed across my face, wiping the grin from my muzzle and eliciting a forceful sneeze from me as its feathered tips tickled across my nose.

"Sometimes I wonder why I even sneak around dark alleys with you." She deadpanned.

I sat up brushing the back of my hoof against my nose, trying to dismiss the tingling sensation of her feathers. "You know, there is no reason we have to sneak around. I'm sure everypony in town would be thrilled to have a visit from their princess."

Cadance sat up beside me looking away slightly. "Well, yeeeaaaa..." She turned back to me with a painted grin. "But isn't it more fun if it's just our secret?" My brow rose inquisitively as she grinned at me, obviously hesitant to continue. "Also... My presence here miiiight conflict slightly with the story I gave to the castle staff..."

"Wait, you lied to your subjects to come see me?"

Cadance bit the edge of her hoof with a cheeky grin while looking up at me through a set of puppy dog eyes. "maayyyyybe."

I chuckled slightly. She really was just a mischievous little filly trapped in the body of an alicorn princess sometimes. "What did you tell them?" I asked with a sly grin.

"It's a trick I picked up from reading Celestia's journal-"

"Wait! You read your aunt's journal??"

She blushed and looked up at me with the same puppy dog expression. I rolled my eyes and waited for her to continue. Who knew I had married such a devious little vixen...

"Well, it turns out that whenever she wanted to get out of something or needed an excuse to get away, she'd just tell the staff and guards that she had to attend an 'Equestrian royal summit'. Nobody ever asked any questions."

My eyes widened as my ears folded and expression suddenly dropped flat. 'Did she say, an Equestrian royal summit...?'

"Shining?" Cadence waved a hoof in front of my face, "Umm, are you alright?"

"I doubled the guard and personally kept an all-night vigil every time she held one of those summits..." I whinned while staring blankly straight ahead at no point in particular.

Cadence winced slightly. "Ah... Well, she did mention that she thought it was very sweet of you to put in so much effort..."

"All... night..." I deadpanned.

Cadance giggled softly at me. She wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged herself tightly against my body. "My big brave royal guard," she cooed up at me.

I looked down at her. I felt like an idiot... but as long as I was her idiot, that was okay. I smiled down at her and rubbed my nose to hers while squinting my eyes shut. "Anything for you, mi'lady."

She giggled sweetly again while cradling herself back from me. "Well, in that case. I was hoping there was a question I could ask you," she asked with a grin.

"No. That's not it over there."

Within a group of bushes nestled beneath the sill of a steel barred window we huddled. Through the threshold above came the boisterous ruckus of ponies shouting and laughing, celebrating the days end.

"Soooo... how do we get in without being seen?" Cadance whispered.

"I'm not sure. I hadn't really considered there being so many guards between us and my quarters," I replied, squinting my eyes in concentration as if it would help.

"You didn't count on the guards barracks, being full of guards...?" She asked skeptically.

I shrunk down lower amongst the surrounding branches and leaves, turning back to her with a strained wince of a smile. "Okay, so maybe it wasn't the world's most perfectly thought out plan..."

'Of course the guards barracks is full of guards! How could you forget that little point in your master stratagem?'

"Okay, umm, so what do we do now?" Cadance questioned, apparently still confident that I held the answer.

'What do we do now? What do we do NOW??'

With a slight smile she stared at me through her sparkling purple eyes, awaiting my response. She trusted me. She held the utmost faith in my judgement and my ability to get us where we wanted to go. Oh, how I desperately wanted to live up to that faith... Probably best I didn't inform her I was making this up as I went.

'QUICK! Think of something, stupid! You can't have the crystal princess sleeping in a bush all night. We could go through a window, but they're all barred... I could blink past, but the guards would hear the flash... I could start a small fire, but that's a little extreme... and kind of concerning as a suggestion...'

"Shiny?" Cadence peeped, tilting her head slightly with a raised brow.

"We need... a way.... to get past the guards...." I slowly stumbled over each word in a sentence that went nowhere.

'Genius... Truly, you are to strategy what Starswirl was to magic.'

Cadance kinked her brow slightly. "Ooookay, that's a good start. How do we do that though?"

"I'm, uhh..." I paused, glancing idly from side to side while searching for some last ditch way to escape my impending admission. "-not entirely sure," I whinned with a defeated sigh as my mind drew nothing but blanks and plans that would have me charged with arson.

"Oh." Cadance's brow softened with the admission. "Don't you have some kind of super-secret royal guard stealth technique or something you can use?"

It may have sounded an absurd thought, but it was a genuine possibility in her mind. The idea of me being stuck was an awkward realization. I always found a way, always knew some trick or ploy to overcome and succeed. There was nothing I couldn't do. I could move mountains or change the rotation of the planet if I wanted too. Even if that obviously wasn't true; to be held in such esteem by the world's most perfect mare... It almost made me feel like I could. I was her hero and I loved it. I thrived on it. That moment as her brow softened with an inkling of doubt cut daggers through me. It killed me to disappoint her, even subconsciously.

I lowered my head in shame and closed my eyes. "I'm a captain of the guard, not a ghost..."

'Hang on... You're a CAPTAIN of the guard.'

My eyes shot open as I stood upright within the bush, stepping into plain view.

"Shining! What are you doing?" Cadance hissed in a whisper.

"I know what to do," I shot calmly while untangling myself from the rustling branches and beginning toward the barrack's main entrance. "Stay here and stay hidden. I'll be back in a minute."

"Shiniiing!" she whispered after me again.

I turned back to her hiding place and pressed a hoof to my lips in a hush with a confident wink and a smile. I had a plan.

I strode casually toward the entrance way, stopping before the large wooden double doors. From beyond the threshold I could still hear the commotion of the barracks' unruly occupants. I shut my eyes and took in a long, deep and slow breath before clearing my throat and turning to face away from the imposing set of doors.

I rocked forward onto my forelegs, pulling my hind set into tight coils beneath me before lashing out, my hooves forcefully connecting with the door's wooden face and violently bucking through them. The doors flung open pivoting on their strained hinges and smashing into the walls on either side of the entrance way. The thunderous crack and resulting slam of my hooves striking through the door shattered the homeostasis of the room and seized the immediate and undivided attention of every one of its occupants. Near two full sections of guard ponies watched on in complete silence as I stepped nonchalantly into the barracks.

"Good evening fillies and gentlecolts," I chimed in a slow but bright tone, a pervasive intensity following the end of each word hinting at an undercurrent of contained malice. "Are we all having a pleasant evening?"

None answered...

"That's alright. I could tell from outside that we all were." I marched forward as I spoke, each step slow and casual but carrying with it an obvious measure each time my hooves stamped against the floorboards. "I'm glad all of you are enjoying yourselves. You have all worked hard, and this is your time to rest and recuperate." I smiled with an off kilter grin as I continued my slow tone. "It is almost a sacred time, you might like to say."

Several of the recruits traded unsure sideways glances with one and other. They jerked back to a dead-straight attention as my gaze passed across them though, none daring to meet my stare. "I do, however... have one or two concerns." My conversational tone began to die away as my voice gradually rose in intensity. "You see, fillies and gentlecolts, you have a special agreement with the Crystal Empire and its crown. The crown provides you with training, equipment, food and lodging. And in return, you fine ponies provide the crown with your valuable time."

"In fact," I chuckled darkly, "under this arrangement, you could consider the armour you wear as mine. You could consider the beds you sleep in, as mine. You could even consider the food you eat and barracks you are housed in as MINE."

"Therefore, I'm sure each of you can understand how seeing MY property treated in such a manner," I quickly pivoted my head, locking my gaze on a teal mare standing at attention by her bed and a messy over stuffed hoof locker, "- could, be considered distressing!"

I surged forward towards the mare in quick sharp strides, each strike of my hooves rattling the floorboards beneath. I stopped an inch from her face, blowing a snort of hot steam through my nostrils with a snarl. I watched her gulp as she began to sweat beneath my gaze, staring straight ahead to avoid my dagger-laden stare. "For example! I can't help but feel disrespected when I see my hoof lockers unmaintained and improperly packed!" I turned, briskly kicking over the locker and sending its contents spilling haphazardly across the floor.

My gaze suddenly shot sideways again locking onto another recruit, this time, an orange stallion. "And what about this!" I thundered forward again, my eyes bulging outward, threatening to leap at him from their sockets. "Recruit Glimmer Shot!" I butted my forehead roughly to his as he shrunk beneath me.

"Y-yes, Captain?" he whimpered weakly.

"What in Celestia's sweet sunrise is THIS," I shouted while pointing to something at the foot of his bunk.

"M-my- I mean, your helmet, Captain".

"And WHAT pray tell is it doing on the floor, Glimmer Shot!? The only, and I repeat, only time a guard's helmet touches the floor is if and when he falls in the line of duty!" I spun on my hooves and growled as I forcefully punted the helmet across the room sending it careening into the opposing wall with a loud metallic 'PANG'. I spun back to face the recruit, locking the joint of my elbow straight to point at him while leaning in to speak in a menacing growl of a whisper. "So help me, Glimmer shot, if I ever find your helmet anywhere other than on your head or a atop dry cleaned silk cushion, I'll make you wish you had fallen!"

I turned away and marched back into the center of the barracks to address the assembled recruits. "The state of this barracks is nothing short of a disgrace. Luckily though," my voice dropped quickly back to its conversational tone, "I am not an unreasonable stallion. I'm not going to keep yelling at you or threatening you with sanctions," I said with a sarcastic chuckle. "None of us wants that, right? ... I do feel that a small amendment is in order to our agreement however. Seeing as all of you have chosen to so blatantly disrespect the training, equipment and lodging that I have provided you; I feel that it's only fair that I treat the time with which you have provided me in the same manner. That is why ALL of you will be forming up outside in full gear within the next thirty seconds for a night of fun filled activities of my choosing!"

...No pony moved upon the conclusion of my tirade, too scared to put a hoof out of place. My eyes narrowed with a growl. "GO!"

What followed was a cacophony of frantic activity as the guards in training raced across the barracks desperately gathering pieces of their gear. Satisfied, I stepped back out through the doors of the building and inhaled a deep breath of the cool night air as the first of the recruits funnelled out onto the street. "Alright let's go! Move it! Move it! That better not still be you inside, Glimmer shot. Lift those hooves off the floor before I nail them to it, Prism Press!"

The last of the recruits stumbled out of the building and assembled into ordered ranks on the street, panting while still clipping parts of their equipment together.

"Corporal!" I bellowed.

"Yes, Captain." A slightly pudgy brown stallion stepped forward.

"You will be leading the phalanx on a gallop around the perimeter of the town, then up to the javelin range for a complete drill set. You do not return until everybody completes the course and makes ALL of their targets, understood?"

"Yes, Captain!" the stallion responded.

"Then move out," I said with a small nod

The corporal turned back to the assembled group. "Alright you lot, let's go!

I watched quietly as the formation set off down the street, drifting out of view. As the last of them disappeared into the dark mirk of night, I exhaled a heavy breath allowing my shoulders to drop and chest to deflate while shaking out my neck. I turned back to an inconspicuous set of bushes nestled beneath one of the barrack's window sills. Slowly, a bright set of amethyst eyes emerged from the foliage.

My brow dropped and my expression immediately softened as I started toward her hiding place, my head bowed slightly. "I'm really sorry you had to hear all of that, Cadance..." She poked her head out from within the bush, a blank look of bewilderment across her face as she stared at me. I winced as I continued, "it's just, sort of the way things are done-"

"Marry me" She interjected, her expression unchanged.

I squinted at her, craning my head back slightly. "I thought I already did that?"

A smile grew across her delicate lips. "Then do it again."

I laughed softly to myself while gesturing over my shoulder. "Come on, let's go inside."

She hopped out from within the bush and pranced toward me, slowing to a sashay as she passed by. She wiggled her hips from side to side in exaggerated motions, swishing her tail across my nose as she looked back at me with a sly grin. "Whatever you say... Captain." She winked with a giggle while continuing toward the now empty barracks.

Strictly speaking, the Captain's quarters were off limits to anyone but a captain himself. And strictly speaking, the newly emptied bottle of wine now laying across the floor was meant for toasting the completion of the towns construction. Today had been all about breaking established rules though. Today had been about breaking free from the constraints of the establishment at the very head of which we sat. Our own small rebellion against ourselves and who the world demanded that we be. The sanctity of the Captain's quarters would be restored with the coming day and the bottle of wine would be easily replaced long before it came time for toasts and speeches. Soon, all would be as it should again. Today though, had been about me and the mare I loved.

Today had been perfect.

"Okay, okay. One more." Cadance laughed brightly as she lay side by side with me atop a large rug, a blanket draped loosely over our backs. "Would you raaaather... be assigned to patrol the Everfree at night, ooooor take a place in blueblood's personal guard?"

"Blueblood isn't so bad," I replied. "Your cousin is just... acutely aware of his royal status, and likes to be treated as such."

Cadance tilted her muzzle forward, looking up at me through a raised brow. "Sooo, guard duty then?" she pressed.

"And be paraded around functions as a frilly armoured trophy while shooing away 'commoners'? I'll take the Everfree and its manticores, thanks."

Cadance giggled softly and leaned into my side, curling her head beneath my neck and nuzzling into my fur. "Today has been amazing." She sighed softly and let her eyes serenely drift shut. "It's just what I needed..."

I smiled to myself. I knew exactly how she felt. "It's been a long time since it was just you and me together. We don't get many private moments together lately," I added with the faintest hint of suggestion, the corner of my lip curling into a grin.

Cadance raised her head and kinked an eyebrow at me. "So that's what the wine was for, hmm?"

"Naw," I replied with a chuckle. "I do think it's my turn to ask a question though."

"Alriiight," she drew out expectantly.

"Earlier today, during our picnic," I started out bravely, confident I held the upper hand in this line of questioning. "You- ummm... that is; where did you learn to..." I stumbled over myself, my confidence quickly eroding as I lost my nerve debating how to phrase the delicate question. "What I mean to say is; since when have you been able to... you know...?"

Cadance giggled softly as I tripped stupidly over myself. She narrowed her eyes with a grin while swaying her head gently from side to side. "Since when have I been able to what? Swallow the length of my husband's huge, thick, black, stallionhood?" she cooed in a smooth voice, a slow, sultry inflection stretched over each drawn out syllable as she drowned each word with intoxicating suggestion.

I blushed, taken aback by her forwardness while managing a small nod. "Uh huh."

"Weeell, used in specific ways, magic can be used to suppress certain reflexes... Certain reflexes which might interfere in specific endeavours, for example," she laughed with a wink.

"You invented a spell to suppress your gag reflex??" I blurted flatly.

"Well, I had to tweak it slightly, but no, I didn't invent it... It's something else I found in Celestia's journal..."

'In Celestia's journal... a spell that basically amounts to a magical blowjob aid?... Just what exactly was she doing during those 'royal Equestrian summits'...?'

"Well, that's an awkward revelation."

"Yep."

An uneasy moments silence pierced our conversation as we both privately weighed the implications of her aunt's journal.

I fidgeted my hooves slightly. "Soooo... did you learn any other tricks?" I said, breaking the silence with a cheeky smile.

"Oh, so now suddenly you're in favour of my little research project with her journal?" She laughed, bumping her flank against mine.

"I didn't say that, and you didn't answer my question," I teased.

She poked her tongue out at me with a wink, "Well you'll just have to wait and see if I have anything else up my sleeve."

"Aww, no faaair," I whined like a a cheated foal.

Cadance smiled softly. "Do you remember when we were young, Shining? How we used to sneak around together... Did you ever imagine we'd end up here?"

"I only remember being a shy and awkward little foal with a silly crush on a pony way out of his league..."

Cadance rolled over onto her back and pawed a forehoof up at my chin while tittering sweetly to herself.  "Oh yea? and how did that work out for you?"

I looked down at her. Just the sight of her was enough to make me smile... "I'd say it worked out pretty well for me," I replied with a coy grin.

She scrunched her hooves to her chest, a smile growing across her muzzle as she reminisced over our shared past. "You were soo sweet back then."

"You mean I was a hopeless moron who could hardly string a sentence together around you," I sighed with a deadpan expression. "And what do you mean 'back then'. I'm still sweet."

"I for one, thought it was cute how you used to stutter," Cadance cooed, stroking a hoof along my jaw line. "Besides, you worked up the courage to ask me out on a date... eventually."

"Yea, only after Twilight threatened to tell you herself if I didn't..."

"Heh." Cadance blushed, turning her head slightly. "That might have been partly my fault. I may have mentioned to her once or twice that I thought you were really cute..."

I laughed to myself. "I guess she got tired of waiting for me to stallion up. Twilight always wanted a sister."

"Mhmm. She was almost as excited as I was when you asked me out for the first time."

"Yea, right up until she figured out she couldn't come with us on our dates." I rolled my eyes, memories of a shrieking lavender filly crying over being 'left out' flashing painfully through my mind.

Cadance gave a bashful sideways glance while laying on her back beneath me. "I was so happy when you asked me out... I was beginning to think that you maybe weren't interested in me..."

"How could I have not been interested in you??" I gawked. "You were the most beautiful, caring and all around most amazing pony I had ever met." I leaned down and brushed a few strands of her mane from across her eye. "And you still are," I continued in a low whisper. "You're something special, Cadance."

She glanced back up at me, still not entirely willing to meet my gaze. "I'm not so sure... There are three alicorn princesses in the world, Shining. Out of all of which, I'm probably the most ordinary. There are countless unicorn stallions though. Out of which you are most definitely the most incredible..." she whispered in a melancholy tone, still avoiding my gaze.

I knew that tone... I knew where she was going, and I knew what she was holding back. I wasn't going to let her get there. "Cadance." I slowly leaned down further, rubbing my nose to hers. "Don't say that. There is nothing ordinary about you," I whispered before leaning down and placing a gentle kiss on her forehead, pulling back just enough to leave a small gap between our eyes as I stared into her.

Unable to escape my gaze any longer, she met with me, her bright eyes glistening with an accumulating dew. "I'm sorry I just showed up on you, shining... I just- I really needed to come see you..." she said, her voice deteriorating to a weak whimper.

I gazed down at her. Even a princess could have her insecurities. In truth, it's often those who hide them best that struggle most poignantly. She had so much love to give to those around her. Love for her auntie, love for her subjects, love for me; she invested so much of herself into others that when those she cared about weren't around, she was left to wonder if she could attain that same love back. To wonder if she was worthy of the same love she gave...

"I haven't slept well in weeks..." she continued. "I couldn't sleep in our bed. It- every time I'd reach across it'd just remind me that you weren't there..."

"Cadance..."

Her eyes darted down as she curled over slightly, her voice taking on a minuscule shake. "I've been sleeping on a couch with a few cushions and a blanket... Even then though, I'd just lie there all night thinking about you... and- wondering if you were thinking about me too..."

My brow softened as I stared down into her glittering eyes. She had lost her parents to an evil king, her empire to a dark curse and she had almost lost me to a deceptive queen... There was nothing that scared her more than loosing those she loved.

"Cadance, come with me. I need to show you something," I stated bluntly, rising to my hooves and making my way slowly towards the chambers double bed. Cadance arose reluctantly after me, following behind in slow paces with her neck bowed low. I sat on the edge of the bed, its sheets unmade and pillows spread haphazardly across its surface. I tilted my head, gesturing it's other side.

Cadance complied cautiously, moving to other side of the large double bed. Beneath the messily strewn sheets sat a long soft lump. She peeled back the covers to reveal a crumpled and unassuming pillow. Beside it though, lay a small, well worn, wooden picture frame. She lifted the simple frame, sitting on the edge of the bed as she examined its interred image. From behind the blemished glass surface, a picture of herself stared back at her. It smiled up at her, shy, uncertain, yet somehow wholeheartedly trusting.

"You've been with me every night since I left," I whispered softly.

She stared at the smiling depiction of herself before slowly setting it down in her lap and turning toward me. "Shining..."

"Do you remember when I left for the guard's academy? I made you a promise," I continued while scooting across the bed, closing the distance between us.

Cadance sniffled slightly, her chin folding to her neck as her eyes drifted down toward the bed sheets. "You- you said you'd come find me again one day..."

"Even if I had to beat down the castle doors." I reached out a hoof and softly brushed it beneath her jawline, gently lifting her chin to face me. "And on our wedding day, do you remember another promise I made to you?"

"You said you'd never leave me..."

I leaned forward taking her in my arms and pulling her into a loose embrace. I stared into her eyes through a soft gaze and a minuscule smile, our faces resting a few inches apart. "And I never will," I murmured barely above a whisper.

Her eyes quivered and her bottom lip shook gently. "Shining," she whispered again, a slight tremble in her voice as she turned her head and brushed her soft, open lips against mine.

The sweet taste of freshly picked strawberries washed over my lips as I inhaled her voice. I twisted my head as her lips met with mine, brushing over them without forming the seal of a kiss. "You're everything to me, Cadance," I whispered as her inhaled breath spread a comforting warmth through my lungs and into my chest.

She pushed her muzzle forward, butting her nose up against mine and pressing my neck back. Her eyes slowly slid shut as her lips closed with mine leaving a singular slow, luxurious kiss. "I love you so much, Shining..."

I pulled her into a tighter embrace squeezing her body against me, her chest pressed tightly to mine as we kissed. Her tongue slipped its way past her lips to dab between my own before the silky muscle retracted to be followed by her lips again. I twisted my head at an offset to hers and closed my lips with her soft set as I turned my shoulders and slowly pulled her around beside me. Cradling her in my arms, I gently laid her back down onto the bed as I followed after, keeping my lips locked to hers in a gentle and slow embrace. She raised a hoof and stroked it slowly through my mane as I leaned over, holding her lithe body tightly to mine. Everything about her was soft... Her fur, her touch, even her gaze. My lips melded with hers, closing, parting and reforming as our muzzles rolled together.

"I love you too, Cadance. And like it or not, I'm afraid you're stuck with me forever." I whispered as our lips parted, a grin spreading across my face with a raised brow. "Let's hope you don't get sick of me too soon..."

A weighted laugh broke through her expression. "How could I ever get sick of you, Shining?"

"Oh, any number of reasons. My all-round abrasive and unlikable personality. My unhealthy affinity for chocolate tarts. My developmentally stunted colt-like emotional state... All of them are good choices"

"You should talk," she chuckled with a lifting tone while wiping a hoof across her eye. "Look at me. I'm a piping hot mess."

"Well yea, but you're MY piping, hot, mess," I purred through pursed lips.

She smiled up at me, wrapping her forearms around my back to pull me down into another slow kiss. "You were right, you are still sweet. You're a much better kisser now too."

"What's that supposed to mean?" I shot with a singular raised brow.

She raised her brow in response. "Do you remember our first kiss?" she said through an emerging grin.

My ears dropped back against my scalp with a wince. "Dooo you mean our first actual kiss...? Ooor that time I kissed you in the eye?"

"Which do you think?" She giggled.

"That's not fair! It was dark and we were hiding in a bush..." I protested with a frown.

"Then you got so embarrassed that you ran off without saying anything," she continued regardless.

"I had to check on Twilight!"

She tilted her head and stared at me unconvinced.

"Ugh, fine, so I wasn't a great kisser. I got better though... Right...?" I asked scratching the back of my neck with a sudden wave of insecurity.

"Oh you got very good at kissing. As well as a few other things..." she continued, her gaze shooting away with a mischievous grin.

"Oh really? Like what?" I pressed, my curiosity (and ego) peaked.

"Welllll..." she whispered with a sultry look in her eye while sitting up and pressing her muzzle to mine. She curled the tip of her tongue up and over my lips before following with her lips. She gently rolled us over, placing me down onto my back as she lay beside me, leaning over the top of me. Her tongue prodded from between her lips and rolled pleasingly between the centre of mine as she slowly drew me into another velveteen kiss. Her hoof descended to stroke down the side of my ribs as she whispered in her milky tone, "We've already established that you're a great kisser."

I smiled as her hoof bumped over each individual rib, my ears pricking upright. I parted my lips to take her smooth tongue with mine in a slow open mouthed kiss. My hooves gripped either side of her waist, sliding down toward her dainty hips. Her body pressed down tightly against me from above as her tongue writhed and danced with mine. I adored the feeling of closeness I got whenever we kissed. It was intoxicating just to be near her; having her above me in a passionate kiss was something else entirely again. It wasn't enough though. Like a drug, it was never enough...

I gripped her hips and quickly lifted her upwards, pulling her body entirely on top of me. She squeaked softly into my mouth as her legs parted to straddle just above my hips and her chest settled against mine. She rolled her body into its new position above me with a pleased grin bunched in the corners of her mouth as she leaned down forcefully into our kiss. She arched her back inwards and pressed her chest harder into mine while raising her hips slightly up into the air. I peered down and watched the pleasing curve of her rump as it rose above my hips before gently beginning to sway from side to side in the air. She knew I was watching, and she was all too happy to put on a show. I lightly gripped either side of her flank with my hooves, gently squeezing and massaging in slow circles against her soft fur. It was excruciating, but in a strange way, I loved it when she toyed with me... I wanted her more than anything. The thought that this goddess could view me with even a fraction of that same desire was an incredible thrill.

She pressed her muzzle tightly into mine as I responded, passionately curling my tongue with hers as our warm breaths freely exchanged. She suddenly broke her lips away and plunged her muzzle into my neck, gently biting and nuzzling against a spot of my skin before closing her lips around it and sucking voraciously. "And you know just how to touch and stroke me," she murmured into my neck.

My eyes settled back on her voluptuous ass as it hung in the air above my hips. It rolled in a slow semi-circle from one side to the other before changing directions and rolling back the way it came, each movement accentuated by a flick of her tail as it reached its apex. She slowly rolled her rump down toward my hips as she sucked on my neck before arching her back inwards and popping it vividly back into the air for me to admire. I grit my teeth as for the second time today, the familiar sensation of my stallionhood involuntarily unsheathing itself spread consciously through my body.

She lifted her head, draping her mane over my face as she leant down to lavish another passionate kiss on my lips before switching to suckle at the other side of my neck. She bit down on a new patch of skin, the hint of pain sending a jolt through my body and causing my shaft to twitch and bulge. She closed her lips around my neck again and began to suck at it while lowering her hips down once more. As her rump descended down onto me she felt an unexpected prod as my shaft grew proudly upright and erect from my hips. It's tip bumped between her thighs and slid its way up over her slit and between the purse of her firm rump as she lowered herself.

"Mmm, hello there," she whispered in a lustful groan while pulling her face from my neck to look back at the warm new sensation between her cheeks. She leaned back against my shaft, rolling her hips in short movements to grind its tip up and down between her soft ass cheeks. "Maybe best of all though; you have an incredibly well-endowed tool set and know how to use it," she hummed while turning back to me, a lustful glint intruding her sultry gaze.

"Oh, so you're famil -ah, familiar with it?" I stumbled while attempting to be clever, the sensation of my tip sliding between her cheeks making it blissfully difficult to focus.

"Oh yes," she replied with a devious smile, obviously satisfied with the strained expressions across my face. "I grew rather intimately acquainted with it when we were introduced earlier today," she purred, each syllable dripping with suggestion and innuendo.

"Really? Well then-" I suddenly thrust my hips forcefully upwards, pushing the tip of my cock up from between her cheeks and into the base of her tail before drawing it back and pumping it up and down between her cheeks, its tip caressing against the tight button of her ass. "I think it's about time it had a chance to grow more acquainted with you..."

"Haa..." She gasped, her eyes shooting wide as my cock pressed against her second hole. She moaned absent-mindedly, leaning further into my shaft as it pumped softly up and down between her cheeks. "Mmmm... Maybe it should..." she whispered, her tone dripping with sex. She rolled her body forward higher up onto me, pressing herself tightly against me as her fur intermingled with mine. My cock slipped from between her cheeks and fell forward onto my stomach with a fleshy slap before she slowly rolled herself back down my body. She straddled her hips above mine with my stallionhood sandwiched between her waist and my stomach as she smiled down at me. She pressed her forehooves into my chest, pushing my back firmly into the bed as she sat up against me, flicking her mane to the side as she began to sway her waist from side to side, grinding her hips and soft the lips of her pussy against the underside of my cock.

"Aaaahh..." I exhaled a heavy breath as she used the entire lower half of her body to jerk me. Caught between the fur of my stomach and the pressure of her sliding hips from above, my cock strained. There they were... The soft, puffy lips of her marehood. Like golden gates, they guarded the greatest treasure the world had to offer me. And here they were, swinging wide...

She pressed her hips down firmly onto me as she groaned softly, the lips of her pussy parting slightly as she ground them against the channel on the underside of my shaft. She rolled her stomach, drawing her hips back and forth with growing intensity as she closed her eyes and bit down on her lower lip, her soft groans steadily rising as her sensitive slit ground up and down along my cock. I stared up at her as she pressed firmly into my chest, pinning me to the bed. My nostrils flared as the sweet scent of her sex filled my mind. I drew in a deep breath of it as I felt her slit growing moist against my stiff cock, its juices beginning to lather the underside of my shaft as it slid up and down along it.

She rolled her head slowly to the other side as she released a heavy sigh, soft moans escaping beneath her breath as she built into a steady rhythm. She leaned down, stroking her hooves in gentle circles over my chest as she took me in an impassioned kiss as her pace grinding against me continued to build.

I leaned up eagerly into her lips as I raised a hoof and traced it slowly down along her back. I ran it down over her hip before lifting it and giving her rump a rough spank, the toned flesh rippling slightly against the impact. She squeaked into my mouth again and curled her body forward, hiking herself higher up onto my cock and rewarding me with series of intense thrusts against my shaft as she writhed the lower half of her body energetically against me.

She pulled her lips from mine and pressed her hooves back into my chest, pinning me against the bed again while sitting up on my hips. She stared down at me, her lip hanging loose with heavy breath as she ground her pussy up and down near the head of my cock. She hiked up the final inch or two and pressed the the lips of her moist slit against the underside of my member's head before pushing her hips back and rolling them in vigorous circles against it.

"Uuuuuhhh..." The withheld contents of my lungs expelled themselves in a low, grinding groan as her slit pressed against the tip of my cock. I wanted her. I NEEDED her. The head of my cock rolled vividly between the sopping wet lips of her pussy. I grit my teeth and pushed the back of my neck harshly into the mattress. I could feel the warmth of her marehood permeating down my shaft. I could smell the musk of her arousal. I could feel the slick lubrication of her juices already lathered across my shaft...

Whimpering a series of slight moans, she leaned forward and began to kiss at my neck again while grinding the head of my cock against the lips of her pussy. She pushed her chest tightly into mine for support while raising her hips into the air and reaching back between us to take my shaft with a hoof. She lifted her hips above my cock and slowly lowered herself down onto it, pressing its tip just barely between the folds of her slit.. She leaned down and took my lips in a sensual kiss as she swung her hips in slow circles.

My eyes shot open and I murmured a grinding moan into her mouth as the tip of my cock pushed between the soft flesh of her lips and pressed tightly against the entrance of her canal. Her tongue writhed with mine in wide, lustful sweeps as she held my shaft upright, lowering and raising her hips by minuscule degrees applying and relieving subtle weight and pressure against my head with each movement.

'One good thrust upwards and I could be inside of her...' The temptation was excruciating. This was her show though and I was determined to let her have it; even if it drove me to near the edge of insanity...

She danced atop my pole, its tip pressed between the lips of her warm, smooth slit as she ground against it, writhing her hips in wide circles. She held it in place as she lowered herself down against it, applying just enough pressure for its head to compress and begin sliding forward to squeeze into the tight passage of her marehood. I grit my teeth as my cock tensed, ready to squeeze inside of her. At the last moment, just as it was about to pop through and push into her, she suddenly raised her hips stealing back the pressure and letting it slide back out. Again and again she lowered herself onto my cock before maddeningly pulling back at the very last second.

The flesh of my cock burned as my shaft strained, desperately begging to slip into her. I was going to go crazy, and she was once again having far too much fun with me.

'Just one good thrust...'

She raised her head and rolled her neck, dragging the soft strands of her mane across my face as she breathed heavily, looking down at me with a smug grin. She pressed her hips down again, pushing my tip to the verge of squeezing into her before releasing the pressure once more.

'Just. One. Good. Thrust...

"You see, my prince," she said with a slight pant as she stared down at me through an untamed mane. "You've grown very skilled at a whole host of things." She pressed herself down against the tip of my cock again, stroking her hoof up and down against it as her playful grin returned, "I just happen to be better."

'My prince...' I rolled the words across my consciousness for a moment, carefully probing and analyzing its implications. 'Prince.' I waited expectantly, yet to my surprise, the familiar pangs of guilt, anxiety and inadequacy previously so vividly associated with the title didn't arrive. While still distasteful, the word somehow didn't seem as sour passing against my palette as it had earlier in the day. 'As long as she was my princess, maybe I could deal with calling myself a prince... It was a small price to pay to have her.'

I smiled vividly up at her."Oh, really?"

She smiled mischievously down at me with a bob of her brow.

If I was a prince, tonight I would have my princess.

I roughly gripped either side of her hips as she began to descend, holding her body in place as I suddenly pushed my hips upwards. The flared tip of my cock pushed between the moist lips of her slit before bumping roughly against the narrow entrance of her canal.

"Haaah-" Her body tensed, the grin evaporating from her face as her eyes shot wide and jaw fell, an exasperated gasp escaping her lips.

I pressed my hips forward while holding her rump firmly in place above me. The head of my thick stallionhood squeezed and compressed against her narrow canal. By all accounts I was fairly well endowed for a stallion, and she was very tight for a mare, which made for a narrow fit as I pressed forward, her eyes rolling to the ceiling as her accumulated breath escaped in a drawn out groan. The pressure against my head built as it compressed further and further, its shaft beginning to bend as I pushed forward. Suddenly and all at once, the resistance gave way as my head popped through her passageway and slipped into her pussy.

"Aaahh..." She threw her head back with a deep whimpering moan as my cock penetrated her for the first time.

I groaned beneath my breath as my eyes rolled back, the sensation of her slick, smooth inner walls hugging tightly against my shaft as it slipped deeper into her pussy lighting a solar flare in my mind. I was inside of her. She held the most delicate part of me within her body. I reached up with a hoof and gripped the back of her neck, pulling her into a passionate kiss as I locked my muzzle with hers and closed my eyes. The physical connection was indescribable as she slowly guided her hips down lower, squeezing my stallionhood deeper into her. I could feel every twitch and retraction of her musculature as her pussy tensed around my cock. I drew in a heavy breath through my nostrils as we passionately kissed, a state of euphoria spreading through my body. For one miraculous moment, we were one, holding nothing back as we shared every part of our being. Physically and emotionally linked at the peak of intimacy, it was as if I could feel her very essence coursing through my veins; and it was beautiful...

Gently I rolled my hips upwards, pushing deeper into her before slipping back out in slow rhythm. She pulled her lips from the kiss and held her muzzle an inch from mine as she stared into my eyes, her warm breath washing over my face as she panted. I stared silently back into her glimmering purple gaze. I wanted to say a million things, to tell her a thousand times how much I loved her; but there was no need. As they stared into me, her eyes told me more than words ever could.  I could only hope that she learned as much from mine. I rested a hoof on her ass, guiding her hips up and down as she began to bob them in opposing rhythm to my soft thrusts.

She moaned softly and rolled forward onto me with each thrust as my cock squeezed slightly deeper into her each time. Each repetition met with less resistance as her muscles relaxed around me and her pussy moistened with her own lubrication. I slowly began to lift my pace as I pressed my hips into her, my cock pushing half way up its length as she brought her hips down onto me.

"Shining..." she idly whispered my name with a gentle groan as her eyes drifted serenely shut again. I lifted my pace further, thrusting my hips upward to meet the bobs of her hips, forcing my cock deeper and deeper into the soft warmth of her sopping wet marehood. I groaned heavily as her tight inner walls milked me. With each thrust, my level of excitement grew. And as my excitement grew, so to did the force of my thrusts. I began pumping my hips upward at a steady pace, penetrating her deeper and deeper as cool beads of her juices ran down my shaft to pool against my balls.

"Ahh...Shining," she strung again, whimpering a grinding moan as each forceful thrust jolted her body forward. She pushed her muzzle into my neck and closed her lips against it, sucking vigorously as she muffled her pleasured groans against my fur. I hugged my forehooves over her back and squeezed her tightly against my body before reaching down and giving her shapely ass another firm spank as my thick black cock rammed into her again and again. I began to loose track of myself, slipping into the myriad vivid subconscious pleasures of her body. I lifted and lowered her hips in opposing rhythm as I pushed my cock up into her, her lips parting and stretching around the girth of my shaft on each thrust.

She bit down on a patch of my skin, gently nibbling against it as she suddenly straightened her hind legs on either side of me. She raised the lower half of her body until just the head of my cock hung tenuously within her, my wet shaft hanging in the cool air below. She rolled her hips in wide voluptuous circles, grinding my tip within her as she kissed up my jaw line and planted a brief kiss against my lips.

Robbed of her warmth, I stared up at her in confusion as she rolled her body sideways off of me. She took me by the hooves and pulled me upward from my back into a sitting position and another open mouthed kiss. She reached down and stroked up along the length of my cock as it rested in my lap. She broke away with a contented grin as she turned aside, standing on all fours atop the bed. She twisted her neck to look back at me with a sultry glint. "I want to be yours, Shining," she whispered. "All of me-" She bent her forelegs, lowering the front of her body down onto the bed while keeping her hips raised, presenting herself to me. "Forever," she concluded softly while resting her cheek against the smooth sheets, turning her head to stare back at me as her tantalizing rump hung exposed in the air.

She flicked her tail from side to side while seductively swaying her hips in the air. She slowly lifted her tail, holding it to the side and exposing her slit to me. I wasn't proud, but the inside of my mouth watered like a starved animal as she presented her body to me. Such an offer didn't need to be considered twice. I lunged forward doing something that surprised even me.

I bit down on her left cheek. Hard.

She squeaked a sudden yelp in jolted surprise as her body tensed. Her eyes drifted shut with an alluring giggle as her body writhed with the slight sliver of pain as it shivered excitedly up her spine. I mounted her hips from behind, hiking my body up onto hers as I placed my forehooves on either side of her back. She pressed her rump back into my hips as I lifted my stallionhood and gently circled its tip around the outside of her puffy, pink lips.

"Take me, Shining. Please..." she whispered into the bed sheets, a salacious thrill spreading up my spine as she begged for me. Again, who could refuse such an offer? All too happy to comply, I pushed my hips forward, sliding the flared head of my cock into her warm, moist marehood again. It accepted me far more easily this time, her muscles relaxing and her inner walls having been thoroughly lubricated by her sweet juices. I pressed my shaft deep into her, wasting no time in building up a quickly rising pace. I wanted her. I needed her. 'Forever...' The thought lingered blissfully on my mind. I pressed my body heavily down onto her back, pushing her cheek into the sheets and folding her body forward as I steadily bucked my hips , ramming my shaft into her harder and harder. Again and again it plunged deep into her pussy with a lewd squelch. She pushed her face into the bed sheets as her heavy pants steadily grew into grinding moans and soft whimpers with each thrust.

Haah... haa... ahh... haah...

My nostrils flared greedily, the thick musk of sex lingering heavily upon the air with every breath. I grit my teeth and let my eyes slide shut as the soft sensation of her inner walls drew my consciousness from the world. With a grunt I drew my hips all the way back before thrusting them forcefully forward, suddenly and without warning hilting myself all the way inside of her. Cadance screamed as the inner walls of her pussy clasped tightly around my dick. I drew back again until just the head of my cock rested within her before hammering it back in, forcing another cry from her lips as my fleshy rod hilted itself against her again, my balls slapping roughly against her exposed clit. My heartbeat raced and my ears grew numb as I drew back repeating the action again and again, her carnal cries only spurring me on harder.

"Haaah! Shining! Don't stop!. Please. Please...." She bit down on her lower lip and pushed her rear back against me, adding her own motion to each thrust and forcing my dick deeper and harder into her as she reached a forehoof back between her thighs to rub vigorous circles against her clit. I leaned into her body, hugging my chest against her back as I bit down on the side of her neck while pummelling her from behind with an unbroken chain of forceful thrusts. I pushed into a faster and faster rhythm, pressing the entire length of my cock into her with each thrust as the sounds of my hips slapping against her rump filled the room at a rising pace. She was so tight... Even with her muscles having relaxed and her juices dripping down my shaft, she was a tight fit. The walls of her pussy wrapped around my shaft, applying pressure from every direction as I pumped in and out of her. I raised a hoof giving her ass another rough spank, the strike rippling a sting through the flesh of her back side as I pounded my hips against it. I Felt her body tense beneath me as she screamed, her legs beginning to weakly quiver and give way as she writhed back against me, her mind and body lost deep within the throws of ecstasy. "Haaa, Don't stop! Don't stop..."

I groaned heavily, a bead of sweat collecting on my brow as I rammed my hips madly into her, hilting myself against her pussy on every thrust. I lifted my head and bit down on a lock of her mane, tugging briskly back against it and lifting her head from the sheets while mercilessly slamming her body forward as I savagely rutted her. "Shining... Shining... Shining...!" she gasped my name between screams and desperate pants for air as she neared her peak. I grunted brutishly as I leaned forward into her rump, throwing everything I could into each individual thrust.

Suddenly her back arched sideways with a forceful twitch as near every muscle in her body tensed and locked. The inner walls of her pussy tensed and clasped down almost painfully around my thick shaft. The back of her head curled back into her shoulders with a loud scream as the accumulated tension in her muscles coiled like a spring before explosively releasing all at once. Every nerve ending in her body fired simultaneously as the intoxicating waves of an intense orgasm gripped and rippled through her body, her form twisting with vivid involuntary spasms. The muscles in her pussy convulsed and tensed against my shaft as I stopped thrusting and hugged my body tightly against hers. I held her in my arms, kissing down her neck as her form shuddered against me.

She panted heavily into the bed sheets whimpering brief moans as the aftershocks of her climax slowly rang out. Her eyes slid shut as her legs gave way beneath her. My dick slipped out of her with a wet squelch as she fell away from me, rolling onto her side against the mattress. I stared down at her while breathing heavily through my nostrils. She smiled with closed eyes as she gently writhed her body against the bed while nuzzling her cheek affectionately against the bunched sheets. I leant down over her to plant a soft kiss against her lips as the crystalline seas of her eyes lazily slid open to meet mine. A grin of my own spread across my muzzle as she leant up to return a kiss of her own. "You're amazing, Shining..." she murmured in a low, loving whisper while gazing up at me, her being exuding a radiant and vivid afterglow.

I grinned mischievously, my still-stiff rod positively dripping with her aromatic juices. "Why, thank you, Princess. But I'm afraid I have bad news," I replied, pressing a hoof down on the side of her hip. I guided my body behind hers before sliding my slick cock between her pressed together thighs. "I believe I was instructed not to stop." I gently pushed and pulled my hips back and forth, grinding my shaft between the soft fur of her thighs as my tip rubbed along the underside of her stomach. I leaned in close to whisper softly into her ear, "I'm not finished with you yet, Princess".

Her eyes narrowed with a sly grin and a sultry laugh. "Oh, is that so?"

"I'm afraid so," I said with a nod, drawing my cock back and forth between her thighs.

"Well then," she cooed with a vivacious smile, twisting her upper body to wrap her forearms over my shoulders, "you'd best proceed, Captain."

Wasting no time and with a coltish grin, I sat up and gripped her hips, dragging her body closer to me while rolling her onto her back. I lifted her hindlegs upright before separating them on either side of me to reveal her moist slit once again. I leaned down over her luscious body, crawling between her legs to take her in a gentle kiss while positioning my hips above her. She closed her lips with mine while reaching down between us to take my stiff member in her hoof. Slowly she circled her slit with its tip while rolling her tongue forward against my lips. She leaned forward and bit down gently on my lower lip before brushing my tip over her clit and sliding it between the lips of her pussy.

Taking her cue, I compliantly rolled my hips forward and entered her marehood once again. It radiated vibrant heat through my cock as she shivered slightly, still supremely sensitive from her climax. I pressed my muzzle tightly into hers and deepened our kiss as I quickly built up into a rhythm of slow, deep thrusts. She moaned softly into my mouth as her tongue curled with mine in playful sweeps, my pace slowly rising.

'Forever.' The thought flashed through my mind again. I wanted to make love to her until the end of time. Sadly, I didn't think my fatigued body would hold out for so long though. My body was drained, my strength sapped, but that didn't matter. I didn't matter. The world didn't matter. Only she mattered to me.

It didn't take me long to build up to my previous level as I pushed my thick stallionhood into her in deep, loving strokes over and over again. Her hooves circled on my back, rubbing over my shoulder blades as our muzzles rolled with one and other. Her wings slowly unfurled and rolled open, splaying themselves delicately across the large double mattress. I pulled my hips back before gently pressing them back down, plunging my shaft inch by inch back into her. She vibrated a low drawn out groan through my tongue as her nostrils flared, drawing in deep, visceral breaths.

My temple began to throb as I closed my eyes, squinting through a wince. I curled one arm under her back, supporting her from beneath as I pulled her up into me while my other hoof brushed gently over the delicate feathers of her carefully preened wing. She closed her thighs around my hips, gently squeezing and releasing pressure against them as I plunged into her. I rolled her hips back and forth with mine on each deep stroke as I progressively pushed deeper into her until finally hilting myself against her again. My balls squeezed tightly against her lower lips as I pressed my entire length firmly into her before slowly drawing back for another thrust. She gasped the warm perfume of her breath into the back of my throat as she exhaled, its taste and scent almost as exciting to me as the sensation of being inside of her. I drew my hips back beginning another slow, deep thrust. I stared into her eyes, my heart pounding heavily within my chest as my abdomen began to tighten. "Cadance... I love you so much..."

She hugged her chest tightly up into mine while nuzzling the bridge of her muzzle against my neck. "I love you too, Shining..." she whispered softly as I pressed back into her.

"Uhhh... Cadance..." I groaned softly. "I'm going to-"

"Shh shh shh. It's okay," she interrupted me with a gentle whisper, drawing her head back to stare into my eyes with a reassuring gaze. "I want you to cum inside me..."

My eyes searched across her face before she leaned up taking me in another kiss. "It's okay. I want this," she whispered again while brushing a hoof across my cheek.

'Inside of her...' I wouldn't have long to decide. I could feel my own climax rapidly building as the warmth of her marehood and softness of her touch overwhelmed my senses. I sat myself upright, pulling her up with me as I rolled halfway onto my back resting her on my lap straddling my hips, my shaft still resting deep inside her.

She twisted her neck over her shoulder and turned to face our hips as she slowly began to bounce herself on my lap. Her pussy worked its way up and down my thick, black shaft as she leant forward and hooked her chin over my shoulder, kissing and caressing her lips over my neck. My stallionhood tensed dead straight as she rode atop it, forcing its length deep into her again and again. She groaned gentle, sumptuous moans into my neck as she worked, the sensual sounds filling my ears and drowning out even my own thoughts. She worked her way up my neck as she bounced her hips against mine, a gentle 'slap' filling the room each time our bodies met. She lifted her hips and slowly lowered them back down, swallowing my cock inch by inch with her pussy. I tensed and closed my eyes as I felt my balls begin to burn and swell. She hilted my long shaft within herself as she leaned in to kiss and nibble at the lower part of my ear. "Cum inside me, Shining..." she whispered in a low drawn out tone.

'Cum...' Merely hearing her utter the suggestion in her milky tone was an explosive thrill. She bit down gently on the base of my ear as she began to writhe her hips in wide circles against me, grinding the lips of her pussy against my balls as they wrapped around the very base of my shaft.

"Uuhhh..." I groaned deeply, feeling a pressure building at the base of my cock. I had already came for her once today. There was no denying the weariness of my form,  my stallionhood appeared exempt from such concerns though as a vigorous pressure built in my lower body. Cadance wrapped her arms over my back and pulled me into a passionate, open-mouthed kiss as she began to bounce her hips in short sharp movements again, riding quickly up and down near the base of my cock as her muffled groans rippled through our kiss.

Hngh... hngh... mphh... hngh-

I grunted into her mouth as my eyes shot open, a line having been crossed in my subconscious. There was no going back. Her eyes stared calmly into me, quietly reassuring me that what was about to happen was okay... and I believed them. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her close as I leaned deeply into the kiss while pushing my hips upward in short pumps. 'Forever...' The thought flashed through my mind one last time as a shivering tingle spread through my shaft and raced up my spine.

Haa... hngh... haah... aah-

The confined pressure within my pelvis suddenly surged upwards as if with the bursting of a seal.  My cock twitched vividly within her before a pulse rippled up its form, followed closely by a second. My shaft bulged as a rising force worked it's way way up the tall length of my rod. As the third pulse arrived, my stallionhood's head flared before suddenly bursting with an explosive pressure. I grit my teeth as my cock unleashed a massive, searing hot load of my thick, white cum into the depths of her pussy. I gasped a deep, stuttering and grinding groan into her mouth as the fourth, fifth and sixth pulses arrived no less powerfully than the previous, pumping load after heavy load of my seed into her.

I froze, holding onto Cadance for dear life. I couldn't think. I couldn't move. I could only hold onto her, breathe and ride out the incredible sensation as each spasm of my cock filled her pussy with more and more of my warm cum. I felt her stomach tense as she gripped tightly onto my hips with her thighs, her breath exchanging with mine in rapid, deep pants. Her grip tightened around my back as she clung to my body, moaning heavily and grinding her hips against me as I climaxed inside of her.

The moment was like no other. A rare, unattainable instance of simply existing. A moment that demanded neither thought nor action. A moment without cause or effect; without a past or a future. A moment where the rest of the world could be cut out as I existed solely in this one place, with this one mare.

The final convulsions of my cock came more weakly, no longer pumping in thick torrents but instead simply oozing my cum from its tip. Our lips had detached, neither of us possessing the presence of mind to continue the kiss. My mind buzzed with empty static as the last wave of my climax passed, both of us silently holding onto one and other as our mouths hung loosely together exchanging quivering breaths, her wings draping loosely over my forelegs as they cradled around her.

She gently rolled her muzzle forward, reconnecting our lips in as a gentle kiss the world had ever seen. My ears rang softly as I drew in heavy breaths through my nose, my body tipping subconsciously with her as we both drifted sideways. I was almost surprised when my side met the bed, unaware as to how exactly it had arrived there. I would have searched for answers or deduced a simple chain of events, but I simply lacked the energy. It was easier just to accept the events as they came. I was here, the bed was there, and my wife was in my arms...

We held onto each other, both of our bodies spent as my tired stallionhood began to wilt inside of her. I gazed into the liquid gems of her sparkling eyes as she slowly blinked them open with a serene smile. She leaned forward and took my lips in another delicate kiss. "I love you, Shining..." she whispered in the most minuscule voice imaginable as her eyes fluttered, struggling to hold their weight.

I hugged her tightly into my chest, our bodies still intertwined as a damp wave of exhaustion overtook me. She was everything to me. My world, my sun. The literal center of my universe. I leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead as she silently curled her face into my chest. "I love you too, Cadance..."

No response came as her body gently rose and fell with each soft breath. My weighted eyelids drifted slowly shut as I exhaled a contented sigh into her mane. Today had been perfect, just as tonight promised to be. My eyes dimmed as I began to drift slowly away to meet her once again behind the veil of my dreamscape, a stupid grin settling across my muzzle.

"Goodnight, my bride..."

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