The Beauties of Youth, the Adventures of Parenthood

Bed time came rolling around in no time, and that meant it was time for everypony to head their separate ways home. Sweetie Belle and Button were the quickest to leave, both promising (or at least Sweetie Belle promised for Button) to get an early start on the next day to be ready for their foal-sitting duties. Button seemed sure he could convince his mother that a sleepover at Twilights would be ok, none of them could wait to hear how he pulled that off. Rainbow was next to leave, after Daybreak and Twilight both promised not to ditch out on her tomorrow and be ready at a decent time in the morning. Neither of them could believe she was lecturing them on the importance of not being tardy. Nevertheless, Rainbow made her goodbye fast, then took off home.

With everypony gone and Spike still oddly absent from the room, Daybreak decided he would clean up the table and dishes. This was much to Twilights surprise, but a pleasant one at least. This left her with plenty of time to figure out just how much ice cream Aurora had managed to consume within the span of the evening and whether or not she should leave Sweetie and Button any stomach medicine, just in case. Surprisingly enough, it was difficult to figure out how much she had eaten, after all she knew Rainbow had devoured her own bowl immediately upon arrival. So that accounted for at least one, she had observed Button and Sweetie Belle mixing theirs into (some sort of) milkshakes, plus they had hidden theirs from Auroras sight. That left only hers, Daybreaks and Spike's.

She hadn't had the chance to eat hers during the meal, mostly due to the fact she had left to get Sweetie Belle those scrolls, so Aurora had probably eaten that one. Daybreak had nibbled on his but he hadn't seemed to finish it either, she had most likely gotten to his too, and with Spike absent for most of the meal...well...it was a pretty easy guess.

"Ok so...stomach medication...yes...now where's Spike...Where did he run off to?"

Snoring from the living room answered her question. She peeked around the door from the kitchen and saw her little assistant passed out on the couch. Giggling to herself, she returned to other matters, she'd inquire about his absence tomorrow.

With that minor mystery solved, she took care of getting their filly into bed for the night. This proved to be quite the chore as Aurora made it extremely obvious she wanted to sleep in their bed tonight. The constant wiggling away and scurrying back to their room, along with attempting to crawl into her and Daybreaks bed every time Twilight said the word "sleep". She had been hoping to get Aurora in her crib for the night so her and Daybreak could have some privacy, for the inevitable discomfort the next morning would bring. But it seemed like Aurora had others plans for them this night.

By the time Daybreak finished cleaning up the dishes, Twilight had all but given up trying to remove Aurora from their bed. Daybreak walked into the room to find their little filly completely surrounded by several mounds of blankets in the center of the bed, and Twilight with her hoof planted in the center of her forehead, sighing in defeat. Aurora hissed playfully as he neared her, it didn't take much for him to figure out what had occurred and why. But Aurora just looked too cute to resist at that moment. So, despite Twilights groaning, Daybreak decided she would be sleeping with them tonight.

Daybreak helped Twilight up into the bed, then quickly joined both her and Aurora in the sheets. It took a few moments to convince the little mare to release them from her grasp, but eventually she gave in, surrendered the blankets, and snuggled between her mommy and daddy. Daybreak leaned over and planted a loving kiss on the tip of his filly's nose. She scrunched up her face in obvious annoyance, but he knew she loved the attention. He then turned and saw Twilight giving him her famous "bedroom eyes" look, she had extra longing in her gaze this time. He chuckled, and planted a kiss on her lips

"Patience honey, tomorrow we'll have plenty of time to play, without scaring our child for life"

Even though he could see the disappointment on her face, she nodded, knowing he was right. They wrapped their hooves around each other and pulled Aurora tight between them, she was warmed by the comfort of their soft fur, and the fluff of their blankets. With a happy grin plastered on his face, Daybreak allowed sleep to take him and wash away all the exhaustion of the day, until his only thoughts became the comfort of Twilight's embrace.

.....

"You can't escape us Daybreak"

"The darkness will find you again."

"We'll find you Daybreak"

"We'll find you."

Something slithered alongside his leg, rubbing up against his fur with a slimy coating covering its sides, it stuck to his leg as it curled its way up his thigh.

Daybreaks eyes shot open! He grasped the sheets and threw them from the bed in a panic! His eyes darted along his legs searching whatever had been rubbing against him...but saw nothing, nothing but the mattress underneath him. Releasing a sigh of relief, he laid himself back down against his pillow, he reached out his hoof to embrace Twilight in a midnight hug...but she was not there. Slowly feeling around the mattress, he searched for her body, after three pats on the bed were unsuccessful he sat back up and looked around. He was alone in the bed...

"She probably just took Aurora downstairs for a late night snack...wouldn't be the first time."

Once again, he laid himself back down against the pillow and shut his eyes, waiting for sleep to claim him again.

"We'll find you Daybreak!"

This time there was no mistaking it! He shot straight upright and looked around, his eyes wide open! The room was too black at this hour to see anything, and the windows had been drawn shut, so not even the moonlight could penetrate the room. Which meant Daybreak was completely blinded by the darkness. Normally he would have just laid back again, but he knew he hadn't just imagined that voice, it had been too loud. With no outside light to guide him, he was left with no choice...he ignited his horns magic and illuminated the room. But it was not his horn that lit up in green light, but the walls surrounding their room!

He nearly screamed in terror, the walls of their room became inflamed in eerie green and crimson light! The walls themselves seemed to slither and move along grotesquely in the presence of his magic, like they were melting. Although no light came from his horn, Daybreak was certain it was his magic that had illuminated the room. The walls looked as though they had melted apart, closely resembling oozing green magma more than solid objects. His eyes desperately searched for some route of escape, but could find no exit to this terror. The doorway out had melted into ooze along with the rest of the room. Desperate for escape, he attempted to blast a hole in the wall directly ahead of him. However no power came from his horn, instead a great beam of green light shot forth from the wall and struck him in the chest, knocking him off the bed, stunned.

Unable to move, Daybreak could only watch, paralyzed by his own magic, as the bed and floor melted away beneath him, along with the rest of his room. He was left simply floating in darkness, nothing above, or beneath him. Yet he was sure he could still feel his back resting against something solid...perhaps the darkness itself, was solid. He could not move his neck, so instead he darted his eyes around as much as he could, hoping to find someway out. But one corner of blackness was no different than the next. For a moment, he thought he glimpsed something far off in the distance...possibly directly above him, or in front of him, he could no longer tell. He also found he could not judge the distance between him and it. It seemed to be growing slowly larger as it neared, but it could have been miles or feet away...before he could focus enough to get a clear image of it...they started again.

"Welcome back Daybreak"

"Welcome home Daybreak"

"We missed you Daybreak"

"Why did you leave us for so long Daybreak"

"We'll always find you Daybreak"

He attempted to shake his head and force the voice out, but they seemed to be speaking directly inside his skull. He shut his eyes, but still saw everything, the darkness, the object closing in on him from a distance, and the flashes of images these voice caused in his head. He cried out!

"Stop! Stop it! Who are you...where are you!?"

"We are everywhere Daybreak"

"We are everyone Daybreak"

"We are you Daybreak"

"You are us"

"Aghh buck you! You aren't me! I know who I am!"

"Do you?"

"Yes! I am the son of Discord, the son of Princess Celestia! I am a father and a husband! I AM PRINCE DAYBREAK!"

With a surge of power, his horn ignited in the dark, a shockwave rippled outwards from his body and with a great surge of strength, he broke the magic binding him and lurched forward in the dark! He now seemed to float, suspended in the darkness, but able to move at least...that was a start.  He felt good for a moment, as though he had conquered some small obstacle, but the voices merely laughed at him

"You are Prince Daybreak?"

"You are a husband, father, son?"

"You are none of these things, you are us, and we are you"

"We are the darkness and the darkness must not be breached, you cannot not breach yourself!"

"You are ours!"

"You, one piece of a whole, the last piece, and you will fit in your place!"

"You continue to exist because we allow it! And you will end when we demand it!"

The voices ceased, but the images did not, and the object slowly closing in on him suddenly grew massive in size! He no longer had to focus to see what it was, but that still did not help in his identification of it, he still could find no image or description...for complete and utter horror! The beast swam through the darkness, serpent-like in it's movements, a million crimson eyes, a million nightmarish mouths, all fixed upon him!

The images in his mind sped up as it closed in, blurring his focus, his concentration. He could find no power to summon against the beast closing in. He grasped at his head and horn, the blinding images brought pain and agony to his mind, his horn felt like it would explode at any moment! He resisted the urge to scream as the images became clearer, more focused to his attention. He saw his house in flames, splinters of fire falling from the rooftops, he saw Ponyville reduced to nothing more than ashen waste in the winds. He saw the great Canterlot castle fall to pieces like a pile of building blocks, the Crystal Palace shatter inward upon itself. He saw the Princesses fall to the ground in their throne rooms, his father crumple to the floor...into dust. He saw ponies fall to the ground as lifeless husks, the magic drained form their very souls and the color faded from their bodies. He saw his friends standing against a rising beast in the distance, then they each disappeared, one by one he felt their life force vanish from his consciousness. He watched Daring Do and Rainbow Dash fall from the sky, no pony to catch them as they came to ground. He saw...he saw Twilight standing against a being he could not see, he saw her battle, with powerful magic that surpassed his own on her side. He could not see what it was she fought...but he saw her lose...He saw her hit the ground and skid into the dirt. She kneeled down before the might of whatever was before her...then a second being came from behind the first. Unlike the first, this one was not blurred from his vision...he could see it clearly...it was him, in his two legged form, though he looked considerably different. Black tendrils of dark magic licked at his feet and his eyes had the same purple shadows that had burned from King Sombra's eyes. His fur had darkened and his Cutie Mark looked different...but he couldn't make it out

A voice he had never heard before, cackled out as Twilight kneeled in front of the pair.

"You should have known it would come to this Princess Twilight...In the end...Like Father...Like son"

In an instant, Twilight fell, the magic left her body and soul, she hit the ground as a lifeless husk, just as all the others had. Daybreak felt the loss within her overwhelm him and he could take it no more. He screamed!

"NO! STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT! WHY ARE YOU SHOWING ME THIS!?"

"It is fate"

"We will find you Daybreak"

The beast had closed the distance between them and its mouths all opened as it prepared to strike, he spotted the rows of razor sharp teeth in its maw that prepared to cleave him in half. He could not focus enough to summon any resistance...the beasts mouths came upon him as he screamed for Twilight to help him. He was reduced to a crying, whimpering colt in the dark, his body resembling his childhood form.

"...We found you Daybreak"

The jaws descended, and snuffed out everything.

Daybreaks eyes flew open! He sat up and started to scream, but silenced himself with an instinctive hoof to his lips. He looked around, quickly removing the sheets from his body. He was drenched in sweat...his eyes darted for the window, but he remembered he had shut them before going to sleep. Without thought he willed the windows open and allowed the midnight air to flow into in the room, cooling him down. He looked to his left, seeing Twilight and Aurora still snuggled together, fast asleep.

He didn't have the strength to stand without his legs shaking, so he merely glanced out the window from his bed. If he had to guess, it was about midnight right now. He considered waking Twilight and telling her about his dream...nightmare, but he decided it was best to let her sleep. He knew what the morning would bring for her, and he didn't want her anymore stressed than she already would be.

The cool night air felt good against his coat, but he knew it would take more than that to send him back to sleep after what he had just seen. Laying back down, he looked over at Twilight

"Well it's worth a try..."

He gently rolled himself over, until Aurora was once again in between the two of their chests. He brought his lips to Twilight and connected them slowly, then with careful care, he touched their horn tips together. He gently flicked out his tongue while Twilight slept, and whether by instinct or dream, she licked his back. A light spark traveled between their horn tips, linking their minds momentarily through their magic and their kiss.

"I just wanna feel how at peace you are Twi"

He saw her dreams, for an instant he saw into her mind, every thought that was shooting through her right then, but it was a peaceful ride. And although this exchange lasted only a moment, it was enough to calm him back into a dreamy daze. Their horns disconnected as his lips fell from hers, and within seconds, Daybreak was asleep with a smile.

.....

The next morning started off just as heat cycles always did, with an unforgivingly hot sunrise. Even before he had fully awoken, Daybreak could feel his body beginning to sweat beneath his covers, again. Through his half open eyelids, he could see Twilight twitching in her sleep, the heat already beginning to affect her body. Slowly, just as he always had done, he reached his front hoof over and gently wrapped it around her waist, giving her an ever-so-gentle, rub on the belly. He could feel her shaking, wiggling as she attempted to scratch at every part of her body that itched. Even without seeing beneath the covers, he could feel her attempting to grind her legs together to relieve the already, burning itch, that was forming within her body. To avoid getting himself too excited, he kept the covers down, one whiff of her heat and he knew he'd be on her within seconds. Normally that wouldn't have been a problem, but the other lump lying in their bed with them didn't need to be awoken by the sound of their antics so early.

Speaking of said lump, a tiny filly head suddenly broke through the sheets to the morning light. Unaffected by heat cycles at such a young age, this day would simply be an extremely hot one for little Aurora. She rubbed her eyes with her hoof, then stretched out her legs and wiggled them to the air. Her morning stretch would tell the world she was ready for a day of fun.

Daybreak figured he would let Twilight sleep for a bit longer, that way she would only be tortured by the heat in her dreams instead of reality for awhile. Plus this would give him a chance to get Aurora ready for the day. Sensing her fathers awakness, Aurora scurried over to his chest, Daybreak knew what was coming and quickly shut his eyes, preparing for the worst. Moments later he felt small hooves plant themselves in his gut...and then jump. She landed and jumped again, and again. She bounced atop his chest, attempting to fully revive him from dreamland so that he may shower her with attention and affection. She squealed cutely while she bounced

"Daaaaaaaddy? Daddy Daddy Daddy!"

Knowing it was pointless to attempt to outlast her, Daybreak surrendered to his filly and opened his eyes. He snatched her out of the air in his hooves, quickly rolling out of bed, he galloped across the room with Aurora held in one hoof. She released more squeals and squeaks, letting Daybreak know he was definitely entertaining her. They quickly burst through the door and down the steps to the kitchen, where Spike already seemed to be up and moving, his blanket and pillow still messy upon the couch. He saw them coming and dove for cover behind the dinner table. Barely escaping their wrath as they zoomed by him, Aurora giggling wildly as she flew above her daddy, and he galloped like a goofball carrying her around the room, pretending to make her fly. Spike mumbled grumpily from under the table

"Honestly...can't even make coffee or juice in the mornings anymore..."

Daybreak zoomed by, barely missing stepping on Spikes outstretched tail

"Since when..."

He came around the kitchen for another pass of the table, Aurora still held high.

"...Do you..."

Another pass around the room and out through the living room, Spike was beginning to wonder how many circles they could make before Daybreak became dizzy.

"...drink coffee?"

Spikes eyes began doing circles within his head, trying to keep up with these two was making him dizzy. He held one claw to his head

"Since you guys started making mornings around here loud and rowdy...I used to sleep in on days like today."

Daybreak skidded to a halt upon the (newly refurbished) kitchen tile. Taking a glance at Spike he began to notice the bags that had formed under his eyes, the young drake did seem alot less active since Aurora had been brought home. The last two years had really weighed on him in ways Daybreak still had trouble understanding, at times. Although he never voiced it, the events with Princess Celestia against Daybreak left him with many restless night. He sometimes wished Princess Luna would visit him like she had the others, but he lacked nightmares and that's normally what drew her in.

What Spike really longed for at this point, was some kind of closure between the Princess and Daybreak. Their rift, had caused Twilight to distance herself from Celestia for nearly two years. Not once had she written to her in this time, and it never seemed to bother her. But it bothered him, Twilight was his closest friend and more like a mother to him than anypony else had ever been. Then there was Daybreak, he had been the brother he always wanted, although he had distrusted him at first, he had learned to love him in the end. Daybreak had been selfless and kind in his treatment of Spike since they had met. These two were more than family to him, and he couldn't stand knowing that, deep down, no matter how much they denied it, it hurt them both that Celestia had seemed to have abandoned them.

Daybreak could see that Spike was lost in his own thoughts, smiling to himself he walked over and gently placed Aurora at his feet. The little filly instantly spun around and looked up to her friend with beady eyes, begging him to notice her. Spike caught her large eyed stare in his corner vision and sighed

"Alright you, come here"

He picked her up in his arms, instantly yielding a happy squeak from the filly. A small smirk tugged at Spikes lip, Daybreak always knew how to get him going.

"Hey Spike? If you want, you can play with Aurora for awhile this morning, I'm gonna go check on Twilight...You know how she is at the start of heat..."

Spike physically shivered at the thought of Twilights hormones being anywhere near him, ever, again. Especially after what almost happened last time.

"Yeah, you go do that dude...I'll stay down here and keep little Aurora company..."

Spike noticed that Daybreak had bolted for the stairs before he had even finished his sentence. He let loose a slow sigh and looked down at Aurora, still holding her enormous grin in his arms.

"Some things never change, huh?"

She squeaked again, as if agreeing with him, then pointed towards the kitchen with added enthusiasm.

"Hungry are we?"

She added several more squeaks, as though trying to point out that her answer should be obvious.

"Alright alright let's go get you some breakfast."

As he headed towards the kitchen to gather food for the hungry munchkin, his eyes darted to the top of the stairs. He saw Daybreak grinning wildly, as he slowly opened the door to his and Twilights room, entered, and slowly shut it behind him. Spike could only imagine what may happen within the next few minutes.

.....

Slowly, carefully, Daybreak crept over to Twilights bedside, he lowered his muzzle to hers and looked over her face. He had to make sure, absolutely sure, she was still sleeping and not faking like she so often did in the mornings. Her nose twitched as his breath crossed it, he suppressed a giggle at her cuteness, then noticed her lower body moving under the sheets. He nimbly climbed up and into the bed, making sure to cause as little movement as possible, he gently grasped the sheets in his teeth and swiftly pulled them from his sleeping love.

The sight that greeted his eyes made him blush, but not enough to break his concentration. He finished removing the sheets from her completely, and set them neatly at the hoof end of the bed. Returning his attention to the magnificent sight before him, he found it difficult not to lick his lips with hunger. Twilight was laying spread eagle on her back, her legs wide for the world to witness, and her left hoof buried in her crotch. She was trying to hoof herself in her sleep...clearly the heat had already started if she could be so horny already. Judging by the excessive amounts of wetness around her hoof and thighs, he was confident with his assumption.

The glistening folds of her marehood were on display for his hungry eyes, like she had positioned herself this way on purpose, just so he could watch. Well purposeful or not, he was watching, and enjoying it thoroughly. There came a sudden high moan from Twilight, as she twitched and squirmed around the bed.

"Ahhh...Daybreak please, give me...more...more...ahhh.."

He felt a warm flush in his cheeks...she was dreaming about him. Somehow, no matter how many times it happened, he always found that it sent his heart a little aflutter to know she dreamt of him. Judging by the speed her hoof was increasing, her dream must have been pretty intense. He suddenly became aware he had lowered his face down, almost between her legs, without any conscious thought. This gave him an idea, a very devious, but surely fun, idea.

Positioning his body properly, he moved to the end of the bed and lay on his tummy, with his head inches from her marehood and (very active) hoof. Slowly, he wrapped his right hoof around hers, taking a firm, but gentle hold on it. She didn't even seem to notice at first, then he worked his left hoof over to the other. With it speeding away trying to satisfy her, he knew it would be tough to hold, but he went for it anyways. With a quick jab, he grasped hold of her left hoof, and pinned both of her front legs down on the bed, spread wide! That's when she started to react! With her hoof no longer able to sate her lust, she began to twitch wildly in his grasp, attempting to free her front legs! Luckily for him, the difference in their strength had always been one-sided, and he was able to hold her down with ease. Once she realized that she could not free herself, she began to whimper in her sleep.

"Mmmph...p-please Daybreak...don't stop...why did you stop...it's too much...ahhh...no..."

She continued trying to thrash out of his grip with no success. Daybreak knew she wouldn't be giving up anytime soon, so he improvised some restraints for her. A quick flash from his horn, and her legs were fastened to the top of the bed by magical green chains. This left his own hooves free to play, although Twilight didn't seem to feel like cooperating with him, in fact she only began squirming more once she realized her legs were bound instead of held.

Even with all her thrashing about, Daybreak somehow managed to get ahold of her hind legs without getting kicked in the face, although, she came close once. With her bottom legs firmly held, he began to slowly spread them apart, he expected this to be easy since she had already been so horny and used alot of energy trying to squirm, but for some reason, now she felt like resisting...and she did a pretty good job of it too. He had to excerpt a good amount of strength to pry her legs open, but once he did and had them wide and high, the sight was magnificent. Her marehood was soaked with arousal and her flank cheeks tighter than ever. He couldn't resist giving her a small nip on the rear with his teeth. It was like licking at the frosting, before devouring the cake.

The feeling caused her to yelp in her sleep, he chuckled, wondering what that might have equated to in her dream. Her tail swished back and forth in a sweeping motion, as though she was trying to hide her flank hole and swollen lips. But instead it had the opposite effect on him, and only served to show them off more. He could barely contain himself...he knew it was time to wake her before he completely lost himself and began pounding her in her sleep (not that the thought hadn't crossed his mind).

He knew the perfect way to wake her would also be the most fun. He brought his muzzle down to her marehood, holding her legs up off the bed so he could have a view of her butt and lips. He let his warm breath roll across her lips and in between her flank cheeks, watching as he saw her give a visible shiver and her cheeks tighten. At that point, he could wait no longer

"Time to wake up Twily hehehe"

Not even a moment later, he extended his tongue, and plunged his face into her awaiting lips!