Alabastards

Shining lurched upright in bed, gasping and throwing the covers from him as he panted, struggling to catch his breath from the sudden adrenaline surge. His mane was wet with sweat, as were the sheets and pillow. His first thought was that it was just a bad dream. Although, he would hardly call it a 'bad' dream. But it was certainly vivid. His eyes adjusted to the darkness.

This was not his bedroom. That much was clear. Even though it was still dark, he could tell in the moonlight coming in the window that he was in a suite in Canterlot Castle. The bed he was in was the largest he'd ever seen. It was too big for just him, alone in the sea of linen. Yet it was somehow familiar.

A swath of light crept out from under the door at the far wall. It shimmered and moved with the shadow of another pony moving on the other side. He was not alone. He watched with intent as the shadow moved.

BA-WOOOSHHhhhhh

The sound of the toilet flushing announced their exit after the water of the sink stopped. The door to the bathroom opened. Shining shielded his eyes with his hoof, squinting at the figure. They were tall. Too tall. It could only be-

"Celestia?"

"Good morning star shine." She greeted him. She was practically glowing. She turned off the light to the bathroom, easing the strain on his irises as she crawled back into her enormous bed with him.

"I... you... we..."

"Come now. I didn't mean to literally fuck you brains out." Celestia said. Shining had never before heard that word said in a way that seemed so lovely. The effect was immediate. "Ooh, ready for round two already? It's already so late that it's early." She said, stroking the tent that his lower half was pitching in the sheets.

"Ba- b-ba- ba-"

"Easy now." She said, her hoof leaving his tent be for now. "Take a deep breath. Put all the words together and try again." Shining looked out the window and back at her again, then down at her hoof beside his covered erection. The details of the previous night came rushing back. He started to hyperventilate. "Shhh." She calmed him. "It's okay. It's okay. Everything's going to be fine." Whoever was spinning the room really needed to stop doing that, Shining decided. It was making him dizzy. His eyes fluttered and rolled back as his head flopped back onto the pillow. With her stallion out cold, Celestia sighed and climbed back out of the bed.

Shining's eyes fluttered opened. There was only a sliver of the moon still above the horizon. His nostrils were flooded with a robust aroma. The smell was unmistakable. It was his beloved-

"Coffee?"

Shining looked at the foot of his bed. Celestia was standing there, looking at him. In her magic she held a mug and a carafe. Presumably filled with-

"Coffee?" She repeated.

"Wh- what?" Shining asked, still in a daze.

"COFFEE. Would. you. like. some?" She asked, overly enunciating each word. He blinked at her. Her lungs pushed air past her vocal chords, causing them to vibrate. The vibrations propagated through the air in varying frequencies, reaching his ear drums. Traveling through the medium of his middle and inner ear, they converted into electro-chemical signals through his auditory nerve to his brain. Combined with the signals he was receiving from his olfactory bulb, he was able to piece together this dastardly enigma of a puzzle.

Celestia waited patiently as she watched the gears whir behind his eyes.

He smelled... coffee? Yes. That was what that smell was. Her voice went up in pitch at the end of her sentence. That meant it was a question. She was gesturing, pointing the container at him. She was offering it to him. She was offering him coffee. Yes. We would like some coffee, his brain cells agreed. Say yes. His mouth opened.

"Yeah... sure." He groaned. She passes the mug to him, holding it for just a second longer.

"You sure you're okay? This is expensive stuff and it stains badly." She said, motioning to her silken sheets. Shining didn't react, instead shifting closer to the cup, sipping it from her grasp. Celestia watched the wave of goosebumps follow the caffeinated elixir down his body into his gullet. It was like watching something slowly switch on, as his eyes focused and uncrossed. "Your not going to pass out again on me are you?" She asked. He shook his head firmly. She let the cup go as he cradled it in his hooves with the care of a Faberge egg. He sipped it a few more time.

"Ahh."

"Feeling equine again?" She asked, smiling.

"Yeah." He answered.

Captain Shining Armor casually sat there, beside Princess Celestia of Equestria. In Princess Celestia's own bed. Drinking her royal coffee. And sporting his morning wood into her royal sheets. But until he finished this cup of coffee, none of that other stuff mattered. He gave back the empty cup. She place it, and the rest of the coffee on the dresser as the last bit of the moon slipped below the horizon.

"Excuse me for just a moment." She said, walking past the bed and pushing open the glass doors to her balcony. Shining watched her toned thighs ripple with each step as she moved past him. She thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of his eyes on him. Especially now that she could freely express her delight in it. She took a deep breath as her horn glowed and her wings flared open. A couple powerful beats of her wings lofted her into the air as she outstretched her hooves toward the sky. Shining watched the sun breach the horizon and moved upwards with her. Just as it did when he first saw her, all those years ago at the Summer Sun celebration. With the sun set on its course along the sky, Celestia drifted back down to the patio, walking back inside. Shining spoke as she joined him on the bed once more.

"There's something- well actually, a lot of things that I still don't understand. But one more than anything else." He said. She rolled onto her side beside him, still on his back as she lazily traced her hoof along his broad chest. "Why me?" He asked, turning to look at her. Her eyes were filled with genuine sympathy. "I mean, out of all of the stallions in Equestria, what makes me so special?"

"All of my little ponies are special." Celestia said sincerely.

"You know what I mean." He said. She turned away for a moment. She couldn't bear to look him in the eye and lie to him. She tried to think of something, anything besides the truth. Anything to keep from losing him. And what if she succeeded? What then? A relationship built on lies? He was too smart for that to work. He would figure it out eventually. In fact...

"I'm actually surprised you haven't figured it out already." She said. "It actually has mostly to do with your sister." She said, bracing for the next part.

"Twilight?" He asked. She took a deep breath. After this, there would be no turning back. He already knew so much. So much more than any one pony should. But this would change absolutely everything.

"No. Your... other sister." She whispered. Shining looked at her, puzzled.

"But, I have no other sister."

"Are you so sure?"

"I think I would remember my mom being pregnant with another foal. I've seen her regularly my whole life. Something that significant would not escape my notice."

"Do you remember when you first met Twilight?"

"Of course! I was still a young colt, a blank flank. But I remember that day clearly, when Mom and Dad came home from the hospital with her. I promised that I would always look after her. That was the day I got this." He motioned to his cutie mark. A protective shield.

"But do you remember before that? Do you remember your mother's pregnancy?" She asked.

"Well yeah I-" Shining's mind whirred. A book of memories from that year flipped through his brain. School, homework, friends. Picnic outings. His proud father and mother. But he could find no recollection of a specific memory of his gravid mother. All the excitement of an expecting parent. But he was too young to understand what she was supposed to have looked like, where foals came from. And then one day, he had a little sister. "I- I can't remember." He looked at her, with worried eyes. "What does that mean?"

"Tell me about your mother." Celestia requested.

"Why?"

"It will help you to understand."

"She's, she's kind, smart, a wonderful cook-"

"No, I mean, physically describe her."

"Uh, um, blue eyes. White and lavender mane. Three purple stars for a cutie mark. White-" He went silent. Celestia could see as the final piece of the puzzle fell into place in his mind. His pupils shrank to pin pricks. His face turned a whiter shade of pale. It was right in front of him this whole time. It was so obvious. Obvious to everypony around him. But he had refused to see it until now. It all made sense now.

"Your brother, Vinyl!?" Octavia asked incredulously "Forgive me, but this is a bit much, even for you."

"What? No!" Vinyl Scratch refuted. "You've met my bother. This isn't him."

"Well dear, I don't want to question the fidelity of your father, but you must admit, his appearance is quite striking."
......

"Does your father let you drive his ships often?" Rarity asked.

"My fath- what?" Shining stammered.

"Your father, Fancy. Was he the one to teach you to sail?"

"Fancy!? No, he's not my father!"

"Sorry, but the comparison is quite the dead ringer." She said. Shining looked up at the stallion in the wheelhouse, and then at his own reflection. White fur, two-toned blue mane. Blue eyes. It really was like looking at an older version of himself. Just, with a mustache.
......

"Shining, ever since that day, every white mare been barren, unable to have foals of their own."

Every white mare

"White fur..." He murmured. He had never looked at her like that before. But at the heart of everything, she was a white mare. Which meant only one thing. "I'm adopted. And so is Twilight." He said, looking down at his hooves. At his own. White. Fur. Celestia put her hoof on his. He looked up at her with a tempest of emotions awash in his chest. Tears blurred his vision. "Mom?"

"No." Celestia said curtly. "No, don't- think of it like that." She held his hoof. "Your mother is Twilight Velvet. She raised you, fed you, and cared for you your whole life. She changed your diapers and made sure you went to school on time and that you did your homework. You are the fine stallion you are today because of her, not me. Whatever else happens after today, do NOT forget that." She said. He nodded after a moment of reflection.

"But still..."

"Shining, I gave birth to you. Nothing more. Last night, it was tiny Pearl in that bassinet. Twenty five years ago it was you, in that very same one, being carried off into the night to meet Velvet, who wished, more than anything for a little colt to raise. I was no more than an egg donor."

"You didn't want me?" He asked as tears ran freely down his cheeks.

"Of course I did! I loved you. I still do. Now more than ever." Celestia said, welling up herself. "It breaks my heart to have to see my little ponies leave. But I still watch over them as I watched over you." She held him close. "Shining, you do not yet realize your importance! If our foals are capable of having one of their own, it will end this cycle of me having to abandon them! And that is worth everything to me. Don't you understand?" She cried. He felt his stomach flipping.

"But isn't it- wouldn't it be- if we did that?" He couldn't bring himself to say it. The 'I' word. He compromised. "It's taboo." After all these years, she had much less discomfort with the subject.

"Shining, rules usually exist for a reason, but some ponies can get so caught up in the rules that they forget the reasons. And that sometimes the reasons don’t apply. They put the cart before the horse and invent justifications for the rules instead.” She shook her head. "There can be no justice so long as laws are absolute. Even life itself is an exercise in exceptions." He listened intently.

"The incest taboo has some good reasons behind it.” She continued after a few moments, “It’s a fact that a sexual relationship complicates emotions. Not all ponies can work through the problems that it brings. If the romance fails for any reason, it can easily destroy the familial bond as well. When you have relations with your relations, it’s so much easier to hurt the one you love. That's why I would never be able to take you as a lover after raising you myself. The taboo also prevents the obvious issue of inbreeding for normal ponies.”

"Normal ponies?" He asked.

"Shining, if nothing else, last night should have taught you that our coupling is far more than a mere... biological process." She smirked.

"Right." He smiled at the vivid memory. Even in light of this revelation, she was right. Regardless of his physical origin, Twilight Velvet was still his mother, and his feelings for Celestia hadn't changed. "So what now?" He asked.

"Now, we have breakfast." She said. "Then, there is much to prepare for." She lifted the lid to the platter on the coffee table. Beneath were two large plates with an assortment of food.

"Wow! All of my favorites!" He said.

"I know. I have detailed files."

You know, that's a little creepy."

"Is it?"

"A little bit." He said, taking a bite of his meal. "So what is this 'much' we need to prepare for?"

"Your wedding." She said. Shining choked on his pancakes. Celestia gave his back a solid smack with her hoof, dislodging the bit of food. He gasped and caught his breath.

"I'm sorry. Could you repeat that? I think I had something crazy in my ear." He asked. She raised an eyebrow.

"That's flattering. I'm actually surprised that after what's happened in the last twelve hours that there is anything left to shock you." She said.

"So we're getting married?" He asked.

"Of course not. You know perfectly well why."

"Who then?"

"You know her." She said. "You dated for a while actually. Your sister's old foal sitter."

"Cadence?"

"Yes. Now please eat before it gets cold." Shining resumed his meal. "Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is far older than you realize. Over a thousand years ago, she was just a filly, but she was heir to the throne of the Crystal Empire."

"The Crystal Empire? I've never heard of it." Shining said.

"You wouldn't have. Few remember that it ever existed at all. Even my knowledge of the Empire is limited. But what I do know is that it contains a powerful magic. The Crystal Princess was what they called her then." She continued. "One Thousand years ago, King Sombra, a unicorn whose heart was as black as night, overthrew her family and killed her parents, taking over the crystal empire. I helped her flee the empire and ultimately Luna and I were able to defeat him, turning him to shadow and banishing him in the ice of the Frozen North. But not before he was able to put a curse upon the Empire. A curse that caused it to vanish into thin air, leaving Cadence behind with us." She rose from the bed, looking into the mirror on the vanity.

"She knew, just as I did, that the Empire would one day return. And that I would need her help. Though without the Empire to sustain her, she was not immortal like my sister or myself. So using a Cockatrice, we turned her to stone, and kept in the safest of places in the bowels of Canterlot Palace, to await for the time when the Empire would return. I released her from the stone some years ago to become more acclimated to modern times, and mature herself in preparation for its return."

"That's why you have that guard outpost in Northern Equestria? As some sort of lookout?"

"Precisely. I await word of the Empire's return any day now."

"I hated that assignment. But I never realized how important it was."

KNOCK KNOCK

Shining climbed out of the bed and hastily made himself appear decent as Celestia opened the door.

"Ah, we were just talking about you." Celestia said, letting the pink Alicorn in.

"Hello Shining." Cadence greeted.

"Hi Cadence. You look- great!"

"Thank you. You're even more handsome than I remember." She said.

"See? This will work out just fine." Celestia said.

"Tia, I understand that you and I need to keep our relationship a secret. But why the need for this arraigned marriage?"

"Illusion and misdirection. Illusion and misdirection. The Equestrian Enquirer will be so focused on the new princess that the spotlight will be off of me. And by association, us."

"And you're okay with this?" He asked Cadence.

"Celestia saved my life and defeated Sombra. She's been helping me prepare for my Empire's return. I owe her everything. And if that means occasionally sharing my prince..." She nuzzled him. "who am I to argue?" He turned back to Celestia.

"But how am I supposed to marry somepony I don't love?" He asked.

"You know, I'm not deaf." Cadence scoffed.

"I'm sorry. But you know what I mean." He said.

"But Shining, do you feel nothing for her?" Celestia asked. "Look at her. Remember when you two dated. Remember the dances you had."

"Remember that time behind the bleachers." Cadence whispered in his ear. He grinned and closed his eyes. Cadence's horn glowed as two halves of a heart circled them, coming together above them with a -snap-. He opened his eyes and remembered just how much he'd felt for her, now as fresh as when the were first dating.

"See? This will work out just fine." Celestia said again.

"Yeah?" Cadence asked Shining.

"Yeah." He breathed, a silly smile still plastered on his face. "Why did we ever stop dating?"

"You went to the Summer Sun Celebration and decided to join the Royal Guard after seeing Celestia for the first time." Cadence reminded him.

"Oh. Right."

"But it's okay now. Everything will be okay." Cadence said.

"Well, if you will excuse me, I have some wedding invitations to send." Celestia said, letting the two of them out of her chambers. Cadence and Shining walked back up the hallway to his suite. Stopping at his door.

"I know this is all very sudden, but I'm really glad to be marrying you." Cadence said.

"Me too." Shining replied. He felt giddy like a school colt again, the fresh love spell coursing through him.

"I wish we had more time to catch up. But there's a lot that needs to be done with the wedding the day after tomorrow." Cadence said. "I'll be back to see you shortly."

"Okay. I love you." He said.

"I love you too." She replied before she departed. Shining stepped back inside of his room. Cadence was pleased with Celestia's choice. She had honestly missed Shining quite a bit since he had left to become enlisted. And now they were reunited. That made her part in this much easier. She couldn't use her magic to force anypony to fall in love. Rather, it was more of a love reminder spell for both of them. It brings back the feelings of love that a pony once knew. But it can't fabricate it outright. She would never be able to make him love her more than he already did. Not with magic anyway. She smirked.

"Cadenza!" Cadence turned around to the voice. It was Princess Celestia behind her.

"Celestia? I thought you were sending invitations." Cadence said.

"I wanted to show you the Crystal Caves."

"Crystal caves?" Cadence asked, wary. Celestia's horn glowed green as her form shimmered into a copy of Cadence's. Before she could react, a circle of green flames surrounded her, imprisoning her in the caves beneath Canterlot. Chrysalis, Queen of the changelings, cackled in her new Cadence body.

Elsewhere, the real Celestia was busy penning a special wedding invitation to her faithful student. Princess Celestia cordially invites you to the wedding of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Captain Shining Francis Armor.

One Changeling Invasion later...

Chrysalis, the Queen of the changelings had grown strong feeding off of the love that Shining Armor was feeling after a night of passion with a goddess. Cadence's spell had redirected it for a time, helping her and Shining repel the Queen and her army. Unfortunately, the wedding had to be postponed for the bride and groom to recover. Shining and Cadence flopped onto the bed. It had already been a hell of a day. And now they had to do the whole wedding over again. Her love 'reminder' spell had since worn off. But Shining was still okay with the idea of marrying her. If he was to marry anypony other than Celestia now, he decided that he could do a hell of a lot worse than his High School sweetheart. After all, it would mean becoming a prince and moving into the castle. Closer to Tia.

KNOCK KNOCK

"Ugh, what now." Shining groaned as Cadence got up to answer the door.

"Oh, hi Cadence." Twilight said when she opened the door. She leaned inside. "Can I talk to Shining for a minute?"

"Sure. I actually need to go see Rarity about making me a new dress." She turned back to Shining. He was sitting up and swinging his legs over the edge of the bed. "I should be back in a couple hours in time for the new ceremony." She smiled to Twilight and left. Twilight stepped inside and closed the door behind her.

"Hey little sister. What have you done?" Shining asked as he took a bite of his his snack on the night stand.

"Sorry about kicking Cadence out. But there's only one pony I can talk to about this." She looked over at him, chewing as he listened. She realized that she hadn't eaten at all that day. "What are you eating?"

"Hay, little sister." He passed her the plate of seasoned hay fries. "Who's the only one?" He asked

"You of course. I haven't really had a chance to really talk with you since you'd been away." She said. He nodded in agreement.

"I've been away for so long." He admitted.

"So long." She sighed. He could see the hurt in her eyes.

"I let you go for so long."

"So long." She repeated. Looking at him in the eyes. He looked out the window, and back at her.

"It's a nice day to start again." He said.

"It's a nice day for a white wedding." She added.

She sat on the bed next to him. Neither of them saying anything for a while. "Thanks for saving me from that bug queen. For saving all of Canterlot." He said.

"Yeah. Hell of a day. But you and Cadence saved Canterlot. I just saved you and her."

"It's been a hell of a couple days." He added, exasperated. He leaned over toward her. "You said you needed to talk to me. So, what's up?" Twilight looked away for a moment.

"Shining, it- it wasn't just that I was suspicious of her acting out of the ordinary." She said as her shoulders slumped. "I didn't even know you two were still dating. And then out of nowhere I get a wedding invitation. I was jealous. Even if it had been the real Cadence, I still would have been jealous. And-" She glanced over at him. "And I guess I still am."

"Because you still have feelings for me?" He asked, already knowing the answer.

"Yes." She started to cry. "I know what I did before, when I acted on those feeling without thinking, it really hurt us. What we had. And I'm just so scared to lose you." She wiped her eyes. "I mean, ever since I moved to Ponyville, I've been seeing less and less of you. And now that you're getting married, and starting your own family, I'll hardly ever see you. And-" She grit her teeth and winced, forcing the words out. "And I just want you, so badly. I know it's not how a sister should feel about her brother, but it's what I feel, and I can't spend the rest of my life lying about it, or pretending that I don't feel it. Because I can't anymore."

"Twilie, I-" Twilight put her hoof up.

"No. Before you say anything, I have to speak my piece. I just need to have you, this one time, please! Before you get married and move out of my life forever." She could see the worried look in his eyes. "I'm sorry. It's- it's not like I'm going to hold you down and make you do it or anything. Of course you can say no. And of course you're going to say no. And you'll never speak to me again because I'm weird. But I just- I just had to say it. I had to try, and give it my all before it was too late." She finished, looking at him. He didn't look angry, or upset, or even surprised. He looked remarkably calm. Which was better than she expected.

"Huh." It was all he said, fairly expressionless.

"Well I was expecting a little more than that." Twilight huffed, almost more upset that he was hardly reacting at all.

"No, I'm sorry. It's just that... I've kind of been through a lot these last few days. So this whole thing..." He motioned between Twilight and himself "has kind of gotten the volume turned down a bit."

"So you're not upset? Don't you think I'm weird?"

"It's not that weird." She raised an eyebrow at that. "Well, I don't know. Maybe it is. But it might not be in this particular case." Twilight blinked in confusion.

"You've lost me."

"Wow. That might be a first for me." He smiled. It faded quickly as he ran his hoof through his mane. "Well, since we're getting things out in the open, I guess I can tell you that I just found out that I'm adopted." He confessed.

"I know."

"I know it must come as a shock to you that- wait! You knew!? Since when?"

"Since, like, a long time." She said.

"But, how?" He asked.

"I'd had my suspicions for a while. So I ran some tests on your DNA and compared it to mine and our parents."

"Wait, how did you get my DNA?" He asked. Twilight worked hard to suppress her bout of laughter.

"Are you joking? That was the easiest part. Not even considering that I lived in the same house as you and had free reign to your bedroom. But you leave your DNA everywhere. Your sheets, the laundry hamper, the shower, the walls-"

"Okay, I get it."

"And this one time I found some on the ceiling which was really impressive." She said with a wry grin.

"OKAY! I get it!" Shining yelled, blushing.

"What? It's a compliment!" She smirked. "Anyways, I finally confronted Mom and Dad about it. And when it was clear to them that the couldn't pull the wool over my eyes, they admitted that yes, you were adopted. But I was made to promise to never tell you. But you know now, so that's that."

"But what about you? You said you compared your DNA as well."

"I did. I know that our mom didn't give birth to me, but dad is my biological father. And since they were married before I was born... it meant that I was the result of extra-marital activity. I felt that it would be a tender subject to broach, so I left it be. I knew the truth, and that was good enough for my curiosity. Our mom is the mare who raised us. And that's what's important. You know?"

"Yeah. I know what you mean." Shining said.

"So since you're adopted and we're not biologically related, technically it's okay that I'm also attracted to you."

"That... actually explains a lot." He said. She reached over, putting her hoof on his.

"So... you don't think I'm weird?" She asked. He gave her a bit of a sideways look and smirked.

"Twilie, I've always thought that you were a little weird." He said, as he dried her eyes. She held his hoof on her cheek, pulling him closer to her. "Listen, I'm not going to judge you for who you are. Or the way you feel. I uh..." Shining scratched his head. "I've been talking to Princess Celestia and- I guess she's kind of put a lot of things into perspective for me."

"Yeah. She does that." Twilight laughed knowingly. Shining joined her. It was the much needed levity that they needed. He brushed her mane from her eyes. He leaned in closer to her.

"Twilie," he whispered, "I don't want to lose you either. And I don't want there to be unresolved issues between us. So if... this is what you really want..."

"Shh." Twilight hushed him and pressed her lips to his. Shining froze up for a moment, paralyzed. They'd kissed before, many many times. Even on the lips on occasion. But it was always a platonic affection. Or at least it had been to him. But this time it was definitely different. Everything about it felt differently. Her nose didn't bump into his this time. She'd tilted her head slightly. She lingered there on him. Her mouth was still closed though, as were her eyes.

Shining's eyes were wide, however. He couldn't not look at her. His sister was kissing him in a very not-sisterly way. His rational mind tried to reason it out. She wasn't really related to him. He could have just met her by chance and she would be the same mare. A totally viable mate. But his heart was much harder to convince. Biological or not, this was the filly that he'd grown up along side. He'd eaten breakfast beside her countless times. Read her bed time stories. Walked her to school. She pulled away from him after a short moment.

"Close your eyes." She said without even opening hers.

"How did you kn-"

"I can feel them. It's a little unsettling for me." She said.

"It's a little unsettling for you?" He mocked incredulously. "I'm still trying to warm up to this whole idea!"

"Shiny, just- close your eyes." She whispered. "You can... pretend I'm somepony else if you have to. I- I don't mind." She kissed him again. She could still feel that he was tense. "Pretend that I'm Cadence." She suggested. Shining closed his eyes as she asked. He felt her wrap her hooves around his back and his head as she kissed him more deeply. He tried to block out all those nagging thoughts that were distracting him and just focused on the feeling itself.

Objectively, it was not unpleasant, he concluded. Her lips were supple smooth against his. Her hooves running through his mane made the fur on his neck stand up. She shifted closer as her chest pressed against his. She felt warm against him. He could feel her lips quivering- her whole body was trembling with excitement. He could understand her excitement. To have been lusting after something for so long, something that she was so sure that she would die wanting and yet never receive. To finally have it at last. He imagined that this must have been how he seemed to Celestia last night. A nervous wreck, helplessly enthralled by their desire. Although Celestia certainly didn't seem to let it inhibit her from giving him an experience he'd never forget. Just the memory of it...

Shining melted into the kiss, relaxing his jaw. His lips parted slightly. Twilight followed the lead she'd been waiting for and kissed more vigorously. Her lips parted, letting her tongue touch his lips, running along them, beckoning his tongue to join hers. She leaned into him more, pressing him backwards onto the bedspread. She cradled his head as she laid him down onto the pillow, never breaking the kiss; even now, fearing that it would very well be the last time she ever got the chance. She shifted her leg across his torso, straddling his waist. He could feel her tail brushing across his lap, stimulating him further. The heat from her marehood was practically radiating against his abdomen.

Shining was still in a state of relative shock even as Twilight took the lead. His hooves did little more than lay limply at his sides as she climbed on top of him. On his back now, she let his head lay against the pillow beneath it as she released it, reluctantly, from her hooves. Her breath grew ragged against his cheek from her nostrils. This he noticed, as with his eyes closed, his other sensed grew more acute. Her hooves move instead to his, taking them in her grip and pulling them to her flanks. He held them there under his own strength. From there, her hooves moved back to his body, pressing against the contours of his strong chest and shoulders.

He felt her rolling her body in his hooves, her hips grinding against him. He could not deny that indeed, she did feel amazing. She tilted her head slightly, gently taking his lower lip in her teeth and sucking on it to an obscene degree. As though a prelude of acts to come. The message was clear, and its effect, immediate. His lip snapped back as she released it and began to plant little kisses across his cheek, a gentle one on his closed eyelid, finally arriving at her destination on his forehead.

Her violet bangs brushed against the spiraled ridges of his horn. She kissed him on the bridge of his nose briefly, while her horn rubbed against his. The texture of each horn stimulating the other was a duet of pleasures for the unicorns. Beneath her, she could feel his breath panting in an increasing tempo against her neck. With her tongue, she started at the base of his horn, licking a slow and sensual path up to the tip. There, her tongue retreated back into her pursed lips, pressed against the tip of his horn. Slowly, agonizingly so, she let his horn slip into her warm, inviting mouth. Inch by inch, his horn vanished behind her soft lips until she had taken his length into her completely.

But she was hardly content to just let it sit there. No sooner were her lips pressed squarely against his forehead did she slide back off of him, exposing his wet horn to the cool air of the room, longing to be enclosed in her warmth once more. Twilight obliged, faster this time, taking his horn into her mouth. But this time his senses were assaulted by her tongue dancing in wild pirouettes about his horn, driving him wild beneath her.

Such a wonderful feeling. He saw stars from behind his eyelids as her head bobbed on him again. It was a blinding feeling. He grew blind to the minor details. It no longer mattered what had happened before now, before this feeling. It no longer matter who was giving him this sensation. No. In this moment of bliss, all that mattered was the feeling itself. As was evidenced by the visible stirring in his loins.

Twilight paused her efforts for a moment when she felt his rapidly growing member brush against the underside of her tail. She smirked, his horn still in her mouth. She had been so nervous that she would fail convince him to even attempt this, and even then, to please him.

She reached behind her, feeling for him under her tail. She took his semi-rigid length in her hoof, directing it under her as she raised her hips. The sudden contact caused him to jerk in her hoof, stiffening faster now. She settled herself back down, his dick pinned against his belly between them.

She ground her wet marehood against the side of his shaft, getting it slick with her juices while she cupped his heft balls in her free hoof. She reveled in the feeling of him growing fully turgid between her legs, pressing her clit back and forth across his medial ridge.

Twilight couldn't bear it any longer. Letting his horn slip from her mouth, she had to look. She had to see it. And she would not wait another instant.

Looking under her, it was the most wonderful sight. His stiff cock, glistening in her wetness, straddled by her wanton pussy, splayed open against it. From the corner of her eye, she could see him wince in the absence of her mouth on his horn, in the agony of being made to wait. She could feel his shaft throbbing in time with the rhythmic pounding of his heart. The minute changes in pressure against her sensitive nub sent shivers up her spine.

Shining hazarded a glance, opening his eyes for the first time since they had began. Looking down between them he was mesmerized, watching her grind up and down along his length. To be fair, it was not the first time he had seen her privates. Indeed, they were nude most all of the time aside from special occasions. And Twilight made no special effort to hide her modesty from his eyes. He would almost suspect that she had intentionally flaunted it to him. Now, he understood why.

But he never looked at it before. Not really. But now, he looked. He stared, and drank in the view deeply. His eyes were fixated on her marehood as she ground against him. He noted every line and contour of her sex as it slid and puckered against him, soaking him with her moistness, often sliding all the way up to his tip and back again.

On a trip to the top of his shaft, she paused, lifting her hips a bit and letting him spring upward slightly, free from her weight pinning it down against his belly. She rolled her hips a bit and leaned forward over him.

The broad tip of his penis brushed across the petals of her flower, parting them as she aligned her honey hole with his shaft. She pushed herself down against him to halt him from moving further. She had to but press with a little more force and he would enter her. She looked down at him. Not at his stallionhood, poised to penetrate her, nor at his broad, rippling muscles. She looked at his face. His eyes were fixed at their point of contact, with her splayed across the head of his dick, watching waiting for her to lower herself onto him.

But Twilight realized something in that moment. In all of her years of lusting after him, she knew perfectly well that she could have just taken him at any moment. A unicorn though he may be, her magic was stronger, as was her will. And with her will, she could have had her way. But that was not what she wanted. It never was. She wanted him to take her willingly. And she could not accept him pretending he was elsewhere with somepony else.

Shining felt her eyes on him. His gaze traveled up her body, straddled atop him. At last, he looked into her eyes. For the first time since they had begun, he looked at her in the eyes. He looked, not at, but into her eyes. The eyes, they say, are the gateway to the soul. He looked into her eyes and into her soul. Therein he could see the pure, wanton desire. The years of unrequited, romantic love. The need. Her lips moved. A wisp of air brushed past her vocal chords, creating a vibration of sound barely on the edge of a whisper. A plea.

"Please."

A message as clear and plain as day, it was all the instruction he required. With a flex of his abdominal muscles he thrusted his hips upwards. Her hips sank downwards. His eyes never left hers. There could be no pretending as they stared into eachother. This could be nopony else of his imagination or memory. This was Twilight Sparkle. Her lips parted as his slick member slid into her hot, tight confines. After waiting for so very long, nothing could ruin this moment for her.

"Ow ow ow ow ow!" Twilight froze all movement and tensed up. Beneath her, Shining panicked.

"Twilie are you okay?"

"Augh, yeah, yeah, I just, need a second." She moaned. Glancing downward, Shining noticed a spot of red marring his white coat.

"Twilie! Are you- Am I... your first?" He asked. She smiled weakly at him. He looked surprised.

"Oh, come on Shiny, how many dates have you ever seen me go on?" She asked.

"Well, okay. But what about, you know, toys and stuff?" He asked. She laughed.

"You must have me confused with somepony who has the courage to go into an adult toy store." Her giggle caused her marehood to practically vibrate around his cock. He groaned at the sensation. Her virgin, or recently virgin, marehood was unbelievably tight around him.

For Twilight, the pain of her hymen passed after a few moments. The sensation of him filling her quickly replaced it with pleasure. She lifted herself from him, feeling the texture of his shaft against the sensitive lining of her canal. With naught but his tip remaining inside her, she halted her ascent and proceeded further downward onto him. This time, taking even more of him into her. She gasped as she felt his medial ring slip past her narrow opening.

With only an inch between their hips, she felt him reach her deepest point. His broad head pressed against her cervix. It was an odd sensation, coupled with a feeling of being impossibly full. But Twilight would not be denied. She took a deep breath and let the weight of her body pull her downward still. She felt the pressure against her uterus grow, her vagina, taught as it was, stretched but a bit more as he pressed her final barrier backwards just an inch more to make room for the massive intruder.

After an agonizingly long minute, she felt her bottom press against his strong hips triumphantly. She was pleased with herself. As big as he was, she was able to take him all. With a bit of accommodation of course. For a while she was content to just sit there, enjoying the fullness of Shining inside her at last, after all this time.

"Oh my stars! If I'm dreaming do not wake me up!" She whispered. She could feel him squirming anxiously beneath her. His hooves gripped her hips, pulling her upwards only to push her down onto his cock once more. She grinned as he started to take control of the rut.

She pressed her hooves into his strong chest to gain some leverage, lifting herself just a bit above him. His hips did the rest, bucking on their own up into her. His heavy balls slapped upwards against her with each thrust, giving her an idea. She put her hoof on his leg to stop him for a moment as she spun herself around on him. If her balls were going to be slapping into anything, she wanted it to be her clitoris.

No sooner had she brushed her violet tail across his face did he resume slamming into her hips, grabbing and pawing at her flank, squeezing her sensitive cutie marks. Then out of nowhere, he lurched forward, propelled upward by an unseen force aided by no magic.

In an instant, he was reared up, standing on his hind legs, with his hooves wrapped around her waist, holding her against his belly, impaled on his stallionhood as her own legs dandled off of the floor. He spun in place and landed on the bed on top of her, pinned against the mattress as he took her from behind. All reason and reserve fled his mind as he proceeded to pound against her hips at the edge of the bed.

No virgin he, Shining had a decent repertoire of experience with mares of all sorts. And sure other were more experienced. Others were more... kinky. And Celestia was absolutely world-changing. But they all of them, lacked the absolute intense intimacy he felt in this moment. This mare that he had know his whole life, who love him so intensely as he looked into her eyes. It was incredible.

Waves of pleasure rolled through Twilight with each wet slap of his balls against her leaking marehood. His weight on her filled her not with a sense of domination, but security, like the weight of a heavy blanket from the cold of the night. There was no place in the world that she would rather have been. He would never let anything bad happen to her. He had always been so protective.

Twilight's mind wandered to a memory of her foalhood, standing outside of her brother's room. "Shiny, I had a bad dream." She said into the darkness, stirring him from his sleep. "Can I come inside?" Even in the dim light she could see him nod, lifting his blanket.

"Sure." He would say. And she would sleep soundly, knowing that he was nearby to keep her safe. The weight of his hoof around her, like a protective blanket.

"Can I come inside?"

"Sure." Twilight nodded, lost in the memory. Her eyes shot open, reeling back to the present moment as she felt him sink into her to the hilt. "No, wait, not insid-!" She cried out, muffled into the bedspread as he lurched forward, pressing her muzzle into the duvet. His penis, pressed squarely against her womb flared inside her. The first blast of his hot seed rocketed from him, painting her insides white with his cum.

His cock throbbed and grew yet wider as the next rope of cum shot from his cannon, even more voluminous than the first. His massive shaft left little room in her slight marehood. Filled quickly, and with Shining's wide flare giving no exit, Twilight felt her tummy distend as he continued to pump load after load of rich spunk into her belly.

By the sixth pulse, the bulk of him was let loose inside her, sloshing about as he lifted himself off of her. Twilight pushed with all of her might, lifting her face from the bed and gasping for fresh air. She could still feel him twitching inside her as the last few drops left him into her. She pushed against his thigh with her leg. He fell away from her as his swollen cock finally slipped free from her with an audible 'plop'.

A forceful rush of his cum followed immediately from her thoroughly filled pussy, dribbling down her thighs. Her knees gave out as she slid down the side of the bed into a squat, resting her head on the edge of the mattress, silently hoping that the rest of him would drain from her aching loins.

Behind her, Shining's eyes rolled into the back of his head as he writhed on the floor, recovering from what had just happened. The floor was a mess and so was he.

"We uh- We should get cleaned up. What with the wedding and all." Shining said. Twilight nodded in agreement. He trotted to the bathroom, running the water in the sink to wash the smell of sex from his fur. Twilight cried into the blanket. Shining ducked his head out of the bathroom.

"Twilie, are you okay?" He asked, walking back over to her, putting a hoof on her shoulder. She looked up at him as tears rolled down her cheek. "Whats wrong? Did I hurt you? Was it bad?" She shook her head.

"No, it was wonderful! It was even better than I imagined it would be." She said between sobs.

"And that's why you're crying?" He asked, confused."

"Yes. Because you're getting married and this-" She motioned between them. "will never happen again." She cried, wrapping her hooves around him, pressing her face into his shoulder. Even in light of what they had done, in the cold sobriety that followed his orgasm, Shining could not deny his enjoyment of the act.

"Well, Twilie, I mean, never say never." He said with a half smile. She looked up at him, brushing her bangs aside.

"You can't mean..."

"Well, I'm pretty sure Cadence and I were intending on having an open marriage anyway, so... oofh!" He could feel his eyes being squeezed from his head as she nearly crushed him with her excited hug.

"Really!? Oh my gosh! You have no idea how happy I am to hear that!"

"I could hazard a guess." Shining gasped from within her grip.

"Come on." She said, grabbing him by the hoof and pulling him to the bathroom. Let's get you ready for your wedding!"

Twilight, ever the industrious mare, made short work of cleaning up her brother, herself, and the bedroom. Even with plenty of time to spare. Twilight accompanied Shining to the ceremony as his Mare of Honor. She adjusted his suit a final time as Fluttershy's bird choir began singing 'Here Comes the Bride'. First, the Cutie Mark Crusaders entered the hall as the flower fillies. Next, Cadence entered the hall in her new dress. Rarity's work on such short notice was nothing less than miraculous. Speaking of whom, Shining realized as he stood at the altar, that he was accompanied by no less than three mares that he'd had carnal relations with more recently than his bride. Twilight beside him, Celestia behind him, and Miss Rarity not far on the other side. He'd received no odd looks from her since they'd met for the wedding preparations. So he felt safe in assuming that she was still oblivious to the truth of what had happened that night. Twilight elbowed Shining as Cadence made her way up the aisle.

"Seriously though, I get why the Queen of the Changelings wanted to be with you. But how did you get somepony as amazing as Cadence to marry you?" Twilight asked.

"I told her she wouldn't just be gaining a husband, she'd be getting a pretty great sister too." He answered. With everypony in place, the ceremony went off without a hitch. With of course the one exception of Shining and Cadence getting hitched.

At the reception, Shining began his first dance with Cadence as bride and groom. Twilight looked on from the sidelines with a subdued jealousy, taking comfort in the hope that earlier today was the first of many more encounters with him. Pinkie Pie got the music going as Twilight started the first karaoke with "Love is in Bloom." Shining looked over at the DJ booth, noticing a familiar white mare. After the first dance, he took a second to get away from Cadence. Being one of the two guests of honor, he knew he wouldn't have much time before he'd lose his ability to be discreet.

"Hey." He said to Vinyl Scratch. She glanced over at him, lowering her shades for a moment as her eyes lit up.

"Oh hey! It's you!" She smiled.

"How are you and, um, Tavia doing? I haven't seen you since, you know, the hospital." Shining said, trying to broach the subject gently. Vinyl's smile faltered for a moment.

"It's okay. I mean, I was heartbroken at first. But we've decided to adopt. We're going to live in Ponyville actually!"

"I'm- I'm happy to hear that, for you. I'm sure you'll be a great mother." He said.

"Thanks." Vinyl moved back to her turn-table. "Now if you'll excuse me, the show must go on!" Vinyl put her shades back on. Shining turned to go back to the rest of his wedding guests, nearly bumping into Fancy Pants.

"I trust that our little secret is still safe?" Fancy asked, motioning to Vinyl.

"Yes." Shining huffed. "I didn't tell her anything. I just wanted to say hi."

"Be careful who you flirt with now, Captain." Fancy said. "You're a married stallion now."

"I was not flirting!" Shining refuted.

"Son, take it from somepony who's been in the spotlight for a long time." Fancy sighed. "It not about what you actually do. It's about what other ponies think you're doing." He said. "You don't want to give the tabloids any ammunition."

"Please don't call me that. I'm still getting used to the whole thing." Shining said with a wince.

"What? You mean s- oh. Oh! Told you, did she?" He asked. Shining nodded. Fancy put his hoof on his shoulder. "Shining, I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not going to stand here and feed you a line about being Celestia's consort because 'it's for the greater good' or that 'you'll get used to it'. Because both of those could very well be a load of bollocks. But take it from a stallion who's had more mares than hairs..." Fancy said before leaning in closer. "You'll never have better." He said with a wink before turning on his heel. "Ah, Lady Cadenza." Fancy greeted Cadence. "I was just giving my congratulations to the lucky stallion. Please forgive me for keeping him from you."

"That's quite alright." Cadence said, rejoining her husband's side. "Thank you for your lovely gift."

"You're quite welcome. And congratulations again to both of you." Fancy bowed as the couple departed him.

"Gift?" Shining asked.

"Yes. Mr. Pants has treated us to a week's stay at his resort bungalow at the Horseshoe Bay. All expenses paid." Cadence said with a smile. Shining looked over to Fancy, who was now chatting with Rarity.

"Wow, that sure is nice of him." Shining said. "A whole week. Just the two of us, and the beach." He said.
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"Miss Rarity, might I have this dance with you?" Fancy asked, extending his hoof. Rarity blushed.

"I don't think we should. It's the Father/Daughter dance." She said.

"My apologies." Fancy looked around them. "Is... your father here?" Fancy asked.

"No." She said, inwardly grateful for the fact. Fancy Pants was likewise grateful that, indeed, his younger brother Magnum, was not in attendance for today's event.

"It seems it would be a shame to waste an empty dance space with such a lovely melody."

"It would." Rarity agreed.

"Then may I have this dance?" He asked again. She took his hoof, smiling.

"You may."
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A cut cake and a few songs and dances later and it was already time for the newlyweds to depart. Twilight waited by the carriage, opening the door for Cadence. Shining took the opportunity to bid farewell to Twilight while Cadence gathered her long dress into the cab.

"Twilight!" Shining said before boarding. "None of this would have been possible without you, little sis. Love you, Twilie."

"Love you too B.B.B.F.F." She said as he leaned in to hug her.

"I'll come back and see you again soon." He whispered in her ear before boarding the carriage. Once inside, he closed the door, turning toward Cadence. "Ready to go?" He asked.

"Oh! Almost forgot!" Cadence grabbed the bouquet and tossed it out of the window to the brides-mares. As soon as they were away from the noise of the party, they each promptly fell asleep. It was a long ride to Horse Shoe Bay. It had already been a long day.

The steady, rhythm and vibration of the traveling carriage was the perfect lull for the exhausted ponies within. They were stirred from their well-deserved snooze only when their trip came to a final halt. The streak for the fresh dawn poured into with widows of the cab. They had arrived at Horse Shoe Bay, so-named for the shape of the landscape surrounding the partially enclosed portion of the sea. It made for warm, calm waters. The perfect location for the resort.

Shining and his new bride exited the carriage, taking in the site of their private bungalow. It was even bigger than his parents' home in Canterlot, with a full set of amenities. Best yet, it was a good quarter of a mile away from the other suites on the arm of the peninsula, offering the perfect seclusion for the celebrity couple. Their honeymoon plans were kept a secret from the public for the very reason. The carriage departed back up the only road that led to their suite. They were alone at last.

"Wow!" Shining said, eyeing the suite and the beach. "I can't wait to check everything out!"

"Well, first things first, dear." Cadence said seductively as she walked in front of him, raising her dress and dragging her raised tail across the underside of his chin, flicking his snout with the end. Her scent carried with it the myriad of memories from their little trysts while they dated in school. He wondered for a moment why it was that he had decided to go off and join the Royal Guard. "Why don't we check out the bedroom first?" She suggested. "And then you can... check this out." She purred, wiggling her flank at him. Her tail sashayed to the side, flashing him a glimpse of her marehood. Indeed, she was every bit as sexy as he remembered her from those days. She let her dress lower back down, covering her once more. He followed her inside the spacious bamboo hut, trying not to step on her dress's long train. She hopped up onto the wide expanse of the bed, sprawling out before him.

"You know, Cadie, I was a little worried at first about how this whole thing would work." He said. She gave him a confused expression. She motioned her hoof, bobbing in front of her mouth, pressing her tongue into her cheek in time, simulating fellatio. "No, I don't mean that!" He scoffed. They understood the mechanics perfectly well. Neither of them were virgins. And this was far from their first time with eachother. "I mean with the whole, Celestia thing."

"Oh." Her smile faded.

"I thought you said you were okay with all of that." He said.

"I am. I just, I was hoping that you weren't think about her right this moment." She said.

"I'm not. I mean, I am. But not like that anyway." He said, tripping over his words apologetically. "I guess what I mean is, I was more afraid that you were thinking about her, and about it being a problem for us."

"No. I love you." Cadence said. "Don't you love me?" She asked, the simplicity of the words belied the complexity of the question.

"Of course I do!" Shining answered truthfully.

"But...?"

"But what?" He asked back.

"But not as much as you love her." She said solemnly. Shining's first instinct was to deny it. To lie. Not even consciously. His mouth opened briefly. In that instant of denial, his instinct was to lie, even to himself about it. But he knew she was right. And she did too. He couldn't bring himself to try to lie to her face like that.

"I'm sorry." He said, looking at the floor. "I shouldn't have said anything."

"Hey." She called to him, regaining his attention. He looked back up at her. She patted the bed beside her. "Come here." He shuffled over to her and climbed into the bed with her. She could tell that he felt crumby for admitting that he loved somepony more than her. His wife no less. She held his head in her hooves as he laid against her chest. "I told you, it's okay." She reassured him, rocking gently as she cradled him. "To be fair, since we're getting things out in the open, I suppose I do too."

"Hmm?" He looked up at her puzzled.

"I love her more, as well." She admitted. He rolled in place in surprise.

"Wait, really? Like- like that? In that way?" He asked incredulously. She smiled at his disbelief.

"Shining Francis Armor! I can not believe that that surprises you!" She said defensively. "I am a full grown mare. And I was not about to just wait around for you while you were in the service."

"Well sure, but I never thought that you... that your barn door swung that way." He said.

"Well I am the Princess of Love. In all its forms." She smirked.

"So you did that- with Celestia?" He asked with vivid intrigue.

"Yes, with her too. Eventually."

"Eventually? After how many?" Shining asked.

"That is none of your concern. And besides, from what I understand, I should ask you the same thing!" She said.

"Touche'."

"But... after Celestia, I could never go back to anypony else. That is, until she arranged us." Cadence said. "I don't know. It's like, once you've been with her..."

"You'll never have better." Shining finished her sentence, echoing Fancy Pants' words. His memory of his time with Celestia was still freshly seared into his consciousness.

"Yeah." Cadence sighed. They both sat there together quietly on the bed. It was not at all how he had envisioned his honeymoon going. He felt a bit less guilty about his true feelings, after what Cadence had admitted. But even still. "Do you... still want to?" She asked, raising her eyebrow.

"Well, sure. I mean, if you still do." Shining said. "I was afraid that the whole discussion had killed the mood for you."

"Well, I may not have the centuries of experience that she has..." she smiled, grabbing him by his suit, "but I think I could still give her a run for her money." She pulled him across her, tossing him onto the bed on his back. It always surprised him how strong she could be. Before he could even react, she was on him. His vision went white as the wide skirt of her dress settled over his face. Blindfolded, for all intents and purposes, his focus was now on the tactile sensation of her hooves running down his belly, to between his legs. One cupping and caressing his hefty scrotum, the other gently stroking his sheath, coaxing little shiny to come out and play. She didn't have to wait long.

"Hmmm!" She could hear him moaning behind her as she first touched the beginnings of his exposed member, bringing it harder still. Although she did feel a bit left out in this solo act.

"You know, Shining, foreplay is a two-way road." She said. "And your face isn't the only thing under my skirt." She felt him twitch in her hooves at her words. There was so much to her dress that he felt like he was lost at the bottom of a linen bin. His hooves swam through the material, fishing for something, anything other than the disorienting whiteness. The pastel creme, pink and purple of her tail appeared first. He took a hold of it in his hoof, for fear of losing it again, giving it a firm tug. The gesture caused a ripple of goosebumps to run through her body. If not for his steady pull on it, her tail would have been standing straight up in wanton need.

Hoof over hoof, he worked his way up her long tail through the layers of cloth. He found his way to one of the pink pillars straddling his torso, and then the other. His eyes followed the triangle they formed to the apex above him. He released her tail and is sprang upward, revealing herself to him, and tenting the skirt up and away from him. He pawed at her flanks, pulling her hips down to him. She obliged, squatting her self lower over him, leaning down as she pulled his shaft up to her mouth.

Shining would not wait to bury his face into her hot muff. Before her hips even reached him, he lurched upwards, running his tongue along her slit in a wide swath. She settled backwards onto him, rolling her hips in little jerking motions with each pass he made across her wetness, causing the bed to rock in time with her rhythm. As he felt her mouth on him, his hips matched her pace with little thrusts of their own. On top, Cadence was not worried about his movement into her mouth. She was firmly in control of how deep he went. When it got a little too aggressive, she would back off, restricting how deep he could go. Simultaneously, she would press her flanks more firmly against his snout until the lack of oxygen brought him back to a more reserved motion. She did so love the feeling he was giving her though.

After a short while, they were able to get a good rhythm going. The small, steady motion of her hips against his tongue, and his little thrusts into her mouth began to cause the headboard to knock against the wall steady as a metronome.

Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock.

The baritone moans of his throat vibrated into be sensitive folds, which in turn elicited soprano squeals from the Princess atop him, all the the steady beat of the headboard. It was quite a lovely orchestra of carnal bliss.

"Care to make this lovely duet into a trio?" The Princess asked. The music of the bed stopped instantly. It was not the Princess of Love asking. Cadance pulled Shining's dick from her throat, letting it go with a wet slap against his fur.

"Princess Celestia!" She said in embarrassed surprise.

"Mffhff MhmHhhhm!?" Cadence lifted her hips from her husband's face. "Forgive me for not getting up, Your Highness." He gasped from under her dress.

"Ah, but it seems that you already have." Celestia said with a smirk, eyeing the throbbing shaft yet still attached to Cadence's lips with a very un-princess-like string of saliva. Cadence followed Celestia's eyes, and wiped her mouth, blushing a deeper shade of pink.

"Sorry." Cadence apologized for her appearance, her makeup now smeared with her sweat and spit.

"Not at all!" Celestia said. "I should be the one apologizing. I didn't mean to barge in on you like this." Cadence raised a skeptical eyebrow. "You must not have heard the knocking of my hooves over the knocking of your own." She said with a wry smile. "I just wanted to stop by and see how you were enjoying your accommodations. Very much it would seem. But you still haven't answered my question." Celestia motioned to Shining's penis, her eyes silently asking Cadence, 'May I?' Cadence took Shining's shaft in her hooves once more. This time, aiming it toward Celestia, who knelt in front of Cadence. In a single motion, Celestia took quite nearly the entirety of his shaft into her throat.

"Cadie? Is that you?" Shining asked. Cadence looked on in abject awe at what was, without a doubt, the most inspiring deep-throat fellatio she'd ever witnessed.

"If I said yes... would you believe me?" She asked. The fact that she was speaking so clearly while he was enveloped in a warm wetness of a luxurious pony's throat was all the answer he required. Cadence felt a rush of emotions. A strange combination of envy, jealousy, and impressed fascination. Celestia took his length into her esophagus with in a manner as casual as though she were simply brushing her teeth. But mostly, she felt lust as she watched her husbands cock moved and pushed a bulge through Celestia's white neck. After a moment of feeling Cadence's eyes on her, Celestia let Shining's length slip free from her mouth.

"Cadie, be a dear and do that thing you used to do." Celestia suggested. "You current position is... well suited for it." Cadence leaned forward, tentatively at first, then more boldly, giving Celestia's horn a long, loving lick. "Hmm." She purred. "And Shining, I do believe you were already preoccupied with your task at hoof." Cadence moved her hips back down to his face in a non-verbal reinforcement of the command. Celestia said naught else before resuming her work on his member. Mesmerized by the best blowjob of his life, he could do little else but comply with her order, burying his snout into Cadences pouting, pink petals once more. Cadence mirrored Celestia, taking her white horn into her mouth.

Indeed, with Celestia's head slowly bobbing on her husbands lap, she was in the perfect position to felate her long horn. Looking down, she could almost imagine it being her own legs hanging over the edge of the bed. To be a stallion, rutting Princess Celestia's throat. It looked fun, she thought. Shining's tongue grazed her sensitive clit, snapping her attention back to the present moment. Glancing back up at Celestia's horn she resumed her task. Much shorter and more narrow than Shining's dick, Cadence could likewise take in its length in its entirety. This time it was Celestia who was given pause as the sensation ran from her head down the base of her spine. In all of her years and experience, some things never grew old.

Their triangle of passion fed more and more into itself. Cadence was already teetering on the edge. Shining redoubled his efforts, his military competitiveness intent on winning this contest of wills. With a free hoof, he grabbed Cadence's tail, giving it a solid pull as he assaulted her clit a final time, sending her reeling. Shining was rewarded with a burst of her wetness on his waiting face. Cadence moaned loudly onto Celestia's horn, her teeth grazing its ridges in a brief loss of discipline. The combination of her vibrating moan and surprise nip was enough for Celestia's own climax. Though clearly not as tremendous as Cadie's deluge, Celestia had the patience in knowing it would be but the first of many for her that day as her own droplets fell gently onto the floor between her squatting thighs.

Celestia felt Shining's cock pulse in her throat. Cadence's reward in his mouth clearly the last straw for his fortitude. She pulled Shining from her mouth, and likewise, herself from Cadence's. Celestia had only the briefest instant to catch a gulp of air as the first bout of Shining's cum launched from his flared tip. It landed in a wide swath across Cadence's horn, down her forehead, nose and lips. Celestia, with a fresh breath in her, wrapped her lips over his cock again, taking the next load into her mouth. Cadence, no longer stunned from her surprise frosting, pushed Celestia aside with her cheek, replacing the sun princess's mouth with her own on him, taking the next two loads in her mouth greedily swallowing it all as Celestia continued to pump his shaft with one hoof, and rolling his balls with the other.

Shining's eyes were getting a good view of his brain as the rolled back in his head as both of the mares sucked and licked at his ejaculating shaft. He gasped and whimpered as the last droplets were licked clean the instant they appeared from him, and his length started to retreat from their over-affection. Shining got a breath of fresh air as the dress lifted away from him. He got his first look at Celestia since she'd arrived. She'd pulled Cadence's dress from her in her magic, and then pulled Cadence herself to her. The two mares were kissing passionately on the carpet as their cum coated tongues slid against eachother. Celestia was on her back, and Cadence on top of her. Celestia pulled away from the kiss first, if only to lick the rest of Shining's spilled seed from Cadence's sticky face. Shining lifted himself from the soaked bedding around his head onto his weak elbows in time to see Celestia sliding her hoof between Cadence's thighs, her hoof getting soaked by her arousal. Cadence purred at the contact.

"Hmm, Shining, I dare say you enjoyed that almost as much as she did." Celestia said as she continued to press into Cadence's folds. With her other hoof, she began to rub her own. "I would very much like to experience this talent of yours for myself." She punctuated the sentence by spreading her lips, winking in display. Shining slid off of the bed, getting down, low on the floor, pressing his lips to Celestia marehood. His large jaws covered her sex, housing an equally large tongue that Celestia enjoyed immediately. Cadence glanced back at the action between their legs. She shimmied backwards, away from Celestia's hoof, just enough to feel him bump into her. But his head was a continuously moving target. Celestia understood what Cadie was attempting to accomplish.

"Shiny, be still for a moment, dear." Celestia said. Shining stopped moving but kept his lips firmly planted on Celestia's clitoris, suckling. With another small adjustment, Cadence shifted her hip and Shining felt his horn sliding effortlessly into her snug vagina. Celestia smiled as the grin grew across Cadence's satisfied face. "There now, you may resume." She said. Shining continued his circuit of moving about his efforts on Celestia's crotch. This caused his horn to move about in all manner of unpredictable direction within Cadence, driving her wild.

Each of the mares, respectively already warmed up, held eachother tightly in each others hooves as their orgasms rolled through them a second time. This time, however, Celestia was treated to the stronger of the two. Her powerful legs gripped his head as she burst forth into his mouth, and some into his nostrils, dripping down his chin. Cadence moaned into Celestia's mouth, kissing her as her tight pussy gripped his horn, her own juices soaking his mane. By the end, there wasn't a spot on him above his neck that wasn't wet with mare cum.

After a long moment, Celestia's legs released him and he rolled away onto his back, gasping for air beside the panting mares. Cadence glanced at him, his shaft still markedly absent.

"Aww, Shiny. Even after that, your still not ready for round two?" Cadence asked in a playful tone. Shining didn't even respond, still recovering himself.

"Fear not dear." Celestia said, pulling her here-to yet unseen suitcase to her, opening it. From it she retrieved a bottle of what looked to be wine. Shining recognized the symbology from his encounter with Fleur De Lis. "Just a sip of this and he'll be back to full mast in a short time. And with the energy to use it!" Cadence's smile was wide enough to tie her lips behind her head. The glint in her eye made him nervous. "In the mean time..." Celestia overturned her bag onto the bed. All manner of toys of sexual perversions spilled out. "Something to keep us entertained until the potion has had time to take effect."

"Didn't mean to barge in on us huh?" Shining asked in a dry tone. "Just stopped by to see how we like the accommodations huh?" Celestia gave him a serious look.

"I am a Filly Scout. I always like to be prepared." She said, smiling herself. She levitated the potion into his hooves once he'd had a chance to sit up. "Just a sip now." She advised. Shining looked at the various pieces of equipment littering the bed. He didn't recognize most of them and could only begin to speculate as to their intended purpose. One of them came aglow in Celestia's magic. It looked like a stallion's penis, but with a head at both ends. She levitated it over to herself, rubbing one end against her pussy, getting it wet with her juices before sliding half of it's length into her.

"I don't believe that you were ever a filly." Shining said in an accusing tone.

"Honorary." Celestia amended, breathing heavy as Cadence positioned herself opposite Celestia, rubbing the other end of the dildo against her marehood in a similar fashion. Shining took a sip of the potion. He could feel the effects tingling through him quickly, renewing his stamina. Not unnaturally quickly, instead, almost pleasantly so. He watched as the other half of the dildo vanished into his wife and they began to eagerly mash their pussies together, creating obscene, slapping wet noises. Shining took another gulp of the potion and grinned.

It was going to be another long week.