Author's Note

If ya just wanna get to the 'good stuff' you can skip this chapter if you want.
I won't blame you.

At the doctor's office.

“So, do you know how it started?”

Shining Armour dragged his hooves across his face and looked up at the psychologist. “No, and I’m getting sick and tired of it.” He stood up from his chair and pounded the physiologist’s desk, causing his wife Cadence, who was sitting next to him, to yelp. “Do you know how many times I’ve been crushed when I wake up in the morning?!”

“That might help tell me when it started.” The doctor said blankly, crossing his legs.

Shining sighed, he realized he was starting to get a little worked up over this. “The first time it happened was when we got here in the crystal kingdom.” The doctor started jotting down notes as Shining continued talking. “A few days after that, she started...”

“Shining.” Cadence said, wanting to say something that could help.

“Let me tell him Cadence, besides...” Shining took hold of one of her hooves and patted it. “I know it isn’t your fault.”

“Yes yes.” The doctor interrupted. “Nocturnal horn emissions are a very common thing for unicorns to experience.” He turned toward Cadence. “And I’m sure alicorns have dealt with it before as well.”

“I haven’t.” Shining said, crossing his arms.

“It’s...more common for the mares.” He adjusted his glasses. “But I think I have just the thing to help with you with your wife’s problem.” He ducked under his desk and pulled one of its drawers.

“What are you looking for?” Cadence asked.

“Something….to stop it...from...oh Luna, where is it….Ah ha...found it!” He raised his hoof in the air, holding a glowing green ring.

“What's that?” Cadence asked.

“It’s a ring used back in the day for unicorn prisoners.” Shining answered.

Cadence looked at the Shining in confusion, then back at the doctor with the same expression. “It makes it so they are unable to use any sort of magic.” He tossed the ring over to Shining. He instinctively tried catching it with his magic, but he couldn’t, causing it to smack him in the nose. Shining picked up the ring and rubbed his nose.

Cadence asked, “Why couldn’t y-”

“It blocks off all sorts of magic that it can't even be held by magic.” He sat at his desk, put his hooves on the table and faced Cadence. “Put that ring on every night when you go to sleep. It will help with the horn emissions.”

Cadence blushed, putting her hooves over her face. “This is so embarrassing, this is something that a filly should be going through.”

Shining patted her on the back. “Aw, don’t worry honey. The sooner we start this, the faster it will stop, right?” He turned toward the doctor, hoping for a response.

“Yes, yes. I’m sure it will.” He reassured him. “May I talk to your wife for a bit. I must know her side of the story as well.”

Shining looked at him suspiciously, but he decided that it would be for the best. “Alright, I’ll be patrolling if you need me Cadence.” And with the ring in his hooves, he walked out of the room.

Cadence looked back at the doctor. “So.” The doctor started. “Do you know what's been causing all of this?”

Cadence scratched her neck. “I uh...don’t really know. It just started happening is all.” She put on a fake grin.

“Your highness.” He said. “I know that these emissions always have a reason behind them. Is there any reason why you have been-”

“Shrinking him.” Cadence said abruptly. “N-not that I know of.”

The doctor raised his eyebrow. “Highness, just tell me. It will be for the best.”

“Doctor, what are you talking about?”

“Well, what if I told you...” He took off his glasses and set them down on his desk. “you’re not the first?”

Cadence looked at him in confusion. “N-not the first what?”

“Well,” He responded bluntly. “You’re about the...let me see.” He patted his hoof a few times to simulate counting. “Fifth case I’ve dealt with this kind of thing.”

“Fifth?” Cadence looked away, thinking this was just some pep talk to get her to tell him her secret about-

“Yes, and in every case, the one who was doing the...ahem..shrinking, has done it out of...well..wanting a fantasy to come true.”

Cadence blushed. “What makes you think I have that same fantasy?” she asked angrily.

“I wasn’t saying you did,” the doctor reassured her. “I’m just saying that in every case I dealt with, and every time I talked to the pred, they admitted to it.”

“Pred?” Cadence asked, she never heard of that term before.

The doctor coughed. “That...Uh...that’s just a term they used when they were talking about it...I just thought you would know.”

“What fantasy were they talking about though?” Cadence wanted to make sure this doctor knew what he was talking about. He opened another drawer in his desk and pulled out paper.

“These are some notes that I wrote down on the accounts.” He handed it to Cadence, who read it to herself. “It’s just the notes...no names or personal information on them. Privacy is a thing you know.”

After a bit of reading, her face started to turn scarlet. “T-this is very...uh...”

“Yes.” He grabbed the papers for her. “But trust me, there are way stranger cases I’ve dealt with.”

Cadence rubbed her arm shamefully and looked up at him. “So, you think that I-” He nodded in response. Cadence sighed in defeat. “Alright fine, you got me, I love shrinking my husband…..b-but it’s only because I want to….well....” She scratched her neck. “You know...hold him in my hooves….and…..play with those little feet that he has….while I….slide my….tongue across that…..deliciously naked body of his….and give him the greatest tongue bath…”

“Ahem. Princess.”

“And as my tongue reaches that sweet pleasure spot of his, oh…he’ll just be begging for me not to stop…”

“Princess?”

“And I’ll give it to him…I’ll slide my tongue up and down that long, hard, little di-”

“Princess!”

Cadence snapped back into reality. “Hu?....Oh….uh….” Her face turned red again and she laughed nervously. “I’ll just...uh...just get going now.” She made her way to the door.

“Tell him.” He said bluntly.

Cadence turned around. “What?”

He started walking toward her. “Your highness, these emissions can last a long time before they go away, but if you face it head on-”

“‘Head on’?, but what if he doesn’t like it?” Cadence interrupted. “What if he….hates me for it?” She looked down at the floor in sadness.

The doctor frowned “He’s your husband, isn’t he?”

“Well...yes.”

“And he loves you and you love him, right?” He started to smile.

“Of course we do.” Cadence was beginning to get irritated. She just wanted to get out of here and end this

“Then go ahead and tell him. The worst thing he can say is no.”

“Which is exactly why I don't want to tell him!” She yelled. The doctor flinched, thinking that wasn’t the best choice of words to use. Cadence sighed. “It’s just that...If he says no, then…”

“So what if he does...you two will still love each other, right?”

Cadence went silent. Not knowing what to say. Maybe Shining will still love her, but what if he will never look at her the same way again if she went through with it? Or worse.

“Do you really think I should?” She asked

The doctor shrugged. “Worked with all the other clients, I’m sure it will work for you to.” He put on a smile that ended up making Cadence do the same.

Cadence noded. “Alright, I’ll tell him...And if he says yes...oh….then we can dive right into it….First thing I’ll do is lick that-”

“W-why don’t you just...’do it’ rather than talk about it.” The doctor interrupted.