Moon Guide My Dreams

For the next three nights, Shining and Luna carried out their “affair” in their dreams. Whether it was during the day or night, Luna seemed to be right there to make things less boring for the Captain. It was in their dreams that there were no restrictions, no laws, and seemingly no bounds to whatever pleasures they could indulge themselves in. The garden, Luna’s bedroom, on the beach, in the most sacred of places...why not? Shining knew it was only in his dreams and the thought kept him sane. It kept him anchored. If he had actually done half of what they had done in his dreams, Cadence would do far worse than murder him, assuming he could even forgive himself in the first place...

These thoughts were what had lead Shining to downing a few shots at a local bar, frowning at the wooden surface. He had to figure out what he was going to do, and soon. The summit was half over, and he would be returning to the Empire before he knew it. He didn’t like thinking of that…

“Wow, you look like you just sucked a lemon,” came a familiar voice from behind Shining. He turned around to see someone he hadn’t seen for years.

“...Amity?”

The handsome grey earth pony stood behind him with his arms crossed, his silver and green streaked hair falling around his face attractively, though his expression was currently a concerned frown.

“Shine, the last time I saw you drinking your problems away was in college after Maple broke up with you,” he said, sitting in the stool beside him. “What’s going down?”

He looked over to his friend and he shrugged. “...marriage isn’t exactly turning out the way I expected now.”

“What’s going on? Dude, on your wedding day you looked like the happiest man in the kingdom,” Amity replied.

“I wasn’t thinking about the long term. You know about the crystal empire right? She’s the ruler and I’m the ‘other’ ruler.”

“Everyone knows about the Crystal Empire,” Amity assured him. “Something about the way you said other ruler sounded really depressed.”

Shining paused briefly then turned to the bartender. “Excuse me. Two glasses of apple brandy please? Leave the bottle. It’s on me.” he looked to his friend. “I got a LOT to tell ya…”

He had to seriously think. Could he seriously tell his best friend about all that had happened? SOMEBODY had to know...and this was no dream. The truth NEEDED to come out. Over a bottle of brandy and outside on the beach did he begin the story of what had happened. The arguments, the anger, the loneliness...but he hesitated right before getting to Luna.

Amity put a hand on his shoulder. “You can tell me anything, you know that. You’ve always been able to confide in me, and I promise you I will tell no one.”

The two had ended up on the beach by themselves, right near some of the rocks on the shore. They both sat down with the bottle and looked out over the waves, watching them cascade back and forth.

“...are you with anyone, Amity?” asked Shining.

“No, not currently. Why?”

“How would you feel if you were in my situation? You’d stay loyal right?”

Amity didn’t answer right away, taking time to consider everything he had been told. After a few minutes, he looked at Shining with a more serious expression than he was used to wearing.

“I’m not sure loyal is the right word, Shining,” Amity replied. “It sounds like you’re falling out of love with Cadence to be honest, and that it’s not your feelings that are keeping you together, but a fear of doing the wrong thing. You can’t stay loyal if your heart isn’t in it, because then you wind up disloyal to yourself.”

He nodded and sighed quietly. “...doesn’t mean I can’t dream or wish of something different. Princess Luna, she’s visited me in my dreams many times and has helped me to get some stress of in my mind but...not really any HERE.”

Amity nodded. “Dreams can only do so much I suppose. Did you set that limitation or did she?”

“We both did. She and I...for once, I never thought I’d say this, it’s complicated. It’s like...well it feels real, you know? Those dreams, they’re getting vivid. But in real life, well...I can’t even remember the last time I got ANY.”

Amity paused a moment before saying, “At all? Dude… that’s not cool!” He gave him a concerned look. “Then… did you want…?” He didn’t finish the question verbally, but the implication was very clear.

“Want what?” he looked at Amity...and then put two and two together. “Well...I can’t necessarily do anything about it. If Cadence doesn’t want to, I shouldn’t complain.”

“...well, what about…” Amity stopped and took a deep breath. “You do remember college, right? When you experimented? I know we were never serious, but… I do still care about my best bud, you know? I don’t want you to have to suffer if I can do something about it. It would just be a little stress relief, like back in school.”

Shining blinked before starting to blush. “But isn’t that...no...well I don’t see how it could be. And...it WAS fun. I was a little disappointed we never followed through though.”

“To be honest, I kinda was too but I don’t think either one of us was ready for it back then,” Amity mused. “It’s probably better that we didn’t.”

“...so where does that offer stand then?”

“Freely open, Shine,” Amity assured him. “Always freely open for you.”

Shining’s hand slowly moved over to Amity’s thigh and he smiled, softly stroking before moving over and softly kissing his best friend. Amity kissed him back, gently petting his cheek.

“...I can get us back to my room in the Guard’s sector right now. So we’re not out in public.” he said, looking at him with a light smirk.

“Good idea. Last thing we need is a tabloid article about this,” Amity agreed.

Shining nodded and stood up, taking Amity’s hand and letting his horn glow to cast the teleportation spell. In a few seconds, the two appeared right in the little room that Shining had recently called home. Shining looked behind him to notice the bed and then back into Amity’s bright eyes.

“I know it’s not much of a bed but...hey it’s comfy for two.”

Amity didn’t answer with words, simply pulling him into another kiss. He apparently didn’t care about the state of the room, something Shining appreciated. With no people to spy on them, Shining locked his arms around Amity’s waist and pulled him close, happy to feel a sense of arousal he hadn’t felt in quite sometime. It didn’t take long for both their shirts to go flying off and their pants soon followed. The two swayed as they kissed and groped one another till Shining shoved Amity down on the bed and straddled him, grinding their bulges together.

Amity moaned, smirking up at him. “Wow… you’re really eager huh? You really haven’t gotten it for ages, have you?”

“I don’t recall the last time.” he smirked, hands moving up along his chest and to his shoulders, going to kiss along his neck and grind further up against his lime green boxers. “All I know is that I need something a little more serious than dreams right now..”

Amity nodded, sliding his fingers down Shining’s spine in the way he knew drove him crazy. Shining shivered, his fingers pinching Amity’s rather sensitive nipples, causing him to moan and arch into the touch. They captured each other’s lips in a heated kiss as they began pulling each other’s boxers down, freeing their manhoods. Their lengths touched, causing them both to moan again.

“Unff…” Shining exhaled and bumped his head against Amity’s, murring quietly. “Could you...back there? Using my fingers only gets me so far...”

Amity smirked and slid down under him until his mouth was level with Shining’s crotch. He gave him a teasing lick just on the tip, causing Shining to shudder and moan. Liking this reaction, Amity took just the head into his mouth, very thoroughly lapping at him with his tongue and sucking lightly. As Shining’s moans increased in volume, Amity slowly took more and more of him into his mouth, working him carefully so he didn’t go over the edge but was still drowning in pleasure.

“G-gahhh...a-almost forgot how good you were down there...f-for a dom..” Shining moaned, trying to fight back the urge to let a side of him he locked away get loose...and also not to attract too much attention.

Amity smirked and gave his rump a little spank, causing him to yelp. “No screaming now, Shine. Don’t want to get caught now, do we?”

Shining only nodded briefly, looking down and watching him closely. “...no. But the thrill is at least a change…”

Amity slid out from under him and moved behind him. “So tell me… how long since you’ve had this?” He dove his mouth in between Shining’s ass-cheeks, teasing his tongue over his entrance.

“About aaaaaaahh!!!” he groaned, arching his hips and panting. “...a while...”

Amity spanked him again. “Shhhh now, no screaming,” he reminded him, returning to his task. He pushed his tongue slightly into the tightly puckered hole, loosening it slightly. Feeling the tightness become loose, Shining closed his eyes and just moaned quietly, light sounds escaping his throat as he found a pillow to lay his upper torso on.

Amity chuckled, sitting up and positioning his length at Shining’s hole. “You ready?” he asked.

He nodded and focused his magic to get a small bottle of lube from the dresser by the bed and move it over towards Amity.

“Be gentle, alright man?”

Amity caught the lube and prepped himself. “Always, Shine. I would never hurt you. Well, not unless you wanted me too.” With that little quip, he began pushing himself in, slowly and carefully since he knew Shining hadn’t been with a guy for years.

The intense feeling of his hole being stretched made Shining stifle a moan. He groaned into the pillow and spread his legs a little more on instinct. This was actually happening...and for the strangest reason, he didn’t feel guilt or regret.

Amity stroked his hips gently as he began to move inside of him, taking his time to ensure Shining felt nothing but pleasure. Shining couldn’t help the soft sounds that escaped him as Amity worked his own special magic on his body. This stallion knew how to please, and was using his knowledge to make it as good as possible for him. When Amity thrust in, he would also subtly pull Shining back onto him so he could penetrate even further. As he slid out, teasing fingers would brush Shining’s crotch, sending sparks through his body. Every moment was an intense sensation, and Shining found it more and more difficult to remain quiet.

Amity had leaned over and gone straight for Shining’s neck, a weak spot right on the pulse point. All the captain could do against it was just take it. Every thrust found it’s mark against his prostate and the desire to be under someone’s control grew. With Amity, he WANTED to be the one under his control. It felt right. No, it felt MORE than right at this point. His moans grew softer as he surrendered to Amity’s control

Amity began moving faster, thrusting harder and harder as he felt Shining relax and give full control over to him. He let out an approving growl as he stroked Shining’s butt, giving it another spank for good measure.

“You like, Shining?” he whispered sensually. “You like being dominated like this?”

“...y-yeah..” he said in between moans right into his pillow, his ass raised up and able to take him in by every single inch.

Smirking, Amity took full advantage of this to begin hammering Shining’s willing hole. Shining almost screamed at the sudden increase, but luckily managed to contain himself. Amity growled and bit into Shining’s neck again, wrapping his arms around him to hold him close as they both drew nearer and nearer to climax. Both struggled to hold back their waves but neither could, simply due to the fact that it was just too much. And they released upon the same time, both locked in a heated moment of passion and pleasure.

The pair collapsed onto the bed, panting and attempting to get air back into their lungs. After a moment, Amity kissed Shining affectionately. “Feel better?” he asked.

He gladly kissed his friend back and nodded. “Much...much better, actually.”

Amity nuzzled him, smiling. “I’m glad.”

Shining nuzzled him gently back and thought for a moment. “...Amity, can I ask you something?”

Amity looked at him curiously. “What’s up?”

“If I hadn’t gone for Cadence and took you up on that offer…” he had to choose his words carefully this time. “...would there have been a chance for us?”

Amity blinked, surprised at the question, but barely took a moment to answer. “Yes, there would have been. I really did like you, you know… and part of me still does.”

“The feeling is mutual.”

Thoughts like those could be destructive. But at this point, Shining knew that he needed to escape. Whether in reality or dreams, he had no regrets. And thus a third path unveiled itself to him...

~!~!~!~

Twilight stood on her balcony, gazing up at the cloudless sky and musing to herself quietly as she waited for her summons to be answered. She had a few things on her mind now, and it was causing a bit of a jumble in her extremely intelligent head. Fortunately, a knock sounded on her door, distracting her from her thought and making her smile.

“Come in Flash,” she responded. The pegasus guard stepped through the door, giving her a cheerful grin.

“Evening, Princess.” he replied, checking behind him and turning to close the door fully, locking it. “I don’t think anyone saw me. I’m glad--”

Twilight hugged him tightly, kissing him gently and cutting him off. Flash was surprised by her forwardness as it was unlike her, but he still happily returned the kiss. When they pulled away, he looked into her eyes.

“Is there something on your mind?” he asked.

Twilight sighed. “Yeah, actually, there is,” she admitted. “You remember a couple days ago when Cadence came bursting in here?”

Flash blushed at this, clearly remembering what had happened. “Yes. And I’m very surprised I didn’t get discharged.”

“Yeah, well, it’s actually because she was looking for my brother, Shining Armor,” Twilight said quickly, red-faced as well.

“The Captain? Is he alright?”

“He’s fine health-wise but… I’m not completely sure about marriage-wise,” she said quietly, as though afraid to be overheard. “Cadence has been… strange lately, and Shining’s been unhappy.”

Flash’s eyes widened and he whispered. “You think one of them might be cheating?”

“I don’t know about all that, but at the very least things have changed between them, and they’re both suffering for it,” Twi replied sadly. “They’re my family, Flash, and I hate seeing them hurt. I want to do something to help them, but I don’t know what. I’m the Princess of Friendship, not romance…”

It didn’t take long for an idea to pop into his head. “Perhaps I could find out what’s going on? At least gather some perspective.The one thing I don't want to see is your family get crushed by heartbreak.” He raised her chin up with his fingers. “If there’s anything I can do, you know I’ll do it. I’m here for a reason.”

Twilight smiled at him, wrapping her arms around him. “I know. Thank you Flash. Anything you can find out would be wonderful. I doubt they’ll tell me everything because they both like to protect me, but maybe you could do something…”

“I’ll ask around. Don’t worry about it,” he said, gently kissing her. “...of course, I’d be more inclined than ever if I had a little more motivation to do so...” He played with the strings on the robe that hugged her figure so elegantly.

Twilight giggled. “You think I would send my knight on such a dangerous mission without proper preparation?” she responded, allowing the robe to fall away and undoing the clasps on his armor.

His eyes widened as he looked over every inch of the new princess. Allowing his armor to fall to the ground, he placed his hands on her waist.

“And where may I ask did you get such exquisite lingerie?” he smirked. “These look just like the set I bought you a week ago.”

Twilight gave a mischievous smile. “It may just be…”

A smirk grew on his face as he slowly tugged his own shirt off and dumped it on the ground, going to kiss her once more.

“Must we keep this a secret...I’m not afraid to admit I’m in love with THE most gorgeous princess in Equestria.” he said, transitioning to her neck and collarbone with gentle butterfly kisses.

Twilight moaned quietly, tilting her head to allow better access. “It’s only for a while, Flash, I promise. I just want to tell my friends before telling the entire kingdom, you know? That means you coming back to Ponyville with me first… You are still okay with that, right?”

He nodded. “Of course.” He slowly guided her towards the bedroom and even scooped her up into his arms, extending his wings and flapping them to guide them gently to his bed. “I know how much they mean to you. Once the summit is over, the summer can be ours.”

Twilight hummed her approval, kissing him once again as he laid her on the bed, allowing their passions to take over. He playfully brought her wrists up above her head and he smirked.

“I’ll have to thank Luna properly one day for giving me the courage to get this close to you,” he said. “Until then...I think I’d like that little incentive…”

~!~!~!~

Waking up alone was something that the princess of Love had not gotten accustomed to yet. Ever since their arguments had grown more vocal, Cadence had found herself with little to do during the days and nights when Shining Armor wasn’t around. She spent most of the day wandering around Canterlot on her own, in casual clothing this time instead of her royal armor. She had gotten a few looks from people but shrugged it off. When evening arrived and the moon had risen, an idea came to Cadence. She immediately took to the sky and headed for the castle, landing on Luna’s balcony as she was turning to head back inside.

“Luna!” she said, rather loudly.

Luna, who had just returned from raising the moon, jumped at the sudden shout and turned around sharply, tensing slightly when she spotted Cadence but forcing herself to calm in order to speak with her. Taking a deep breath, she said, “Cadence, please do not do that. You frightened me.”

“I need you to look into my husband’s dreams. I am aware you check into all your royal subject’s dreams.” she walked towards Luna, boasting her authority with each step. “Has he been dreaming of other mares?”

Luna frowned. “Hold a moment, Cadence,” she answered. “What right have you to demand such a thing from me? Dreams are not within your realm of authority, they are within mine. You may also be a princess, but do not overstep yourself.”

“I believe I do have a right when I could possibly suspect my husband’s unhappiness might lead to infidelity.” Her eyes narrowed at the word. “If he is dreaming of other mares besides me, I DO have a right to know. He has been acting lazy, inconsiderate, and selfish with his own desires instead of focusing on this VERY important summit. And now I don’t know what he spends his nights on or with.”

Luna began to become nervous. She, naturally, knew exactly what Shining had been dreaming of, and the last thing she wanted was for Cadence to find out. Still, she forced herself to remain calm.

“Well?” she asked, crossing her arms. “You must have seen into his dreams at one point.”

Luna drew herself up to her full authoritative stature, even going so far as to spread her wings. “Mi Amore Cadenza, you have no authority over me and my dream guardianship, nor do you have any sort of right to demand such information about anyone’s dreams, even your husband’s. Part of my duty as the guardian of dreams is to maintain their privacy. You will not make me betray that confidence. As the princess of Love as well as Shining Armor’s wife, it is your responsibility to maintain your relationship with him, and you will not force me to--”

“Don’t you dare turn this around on me!” she said, raising her voice, her horn illuminating menacingly. “I have been nothing but faithful to my husband and now he refuses to speak with me or try to restore faith in our marriage. I have every right to suspect that he is having an affair with someone!”

“Have you?” Luna asked. “Or are you merely looking for a scapegoat so as to avoid responsibility for his unhappiness?”

“How would you--...” her eyes widened. “...you’ve spoken to him.”

“The prince is my friend, Cadence. Yes, I have spoken with him,” Luna confirmed, seeing no reason to deny this.

“What has he said then!?” she glared. “TELL ME! What slander and lies has he tried to place on me!?”

“If you must know, he said nothing more than your relationship has changed and that he is not as happy as he once was,” Luna replied. “All else I gathered from witnessing the way you interact with him, such as berating him so terribly when he was a mere five minutes late.”

“Are you commentating on my marriage?” asked Cadence. “...I will ask my first question one last time. Has he been dreaming of other mares? Is he truly that unhappy?”

“I will answer you once again. I will not break the confidence of my subjects and their dreams. It is not for you to know unless he chooses to confide in you,” Luna answered.

Cadence paused before scoffing, turning and spreading her wings. “Very well then. I should have guessed you wouldn’t say a word. You’re defending him. I have ways of finding out what my husband is up to, and neither you nor Celestia will stop me.”

Before Luna could respond, Cadence took to the sky and flew away. Answers would be found and at this point, Cadence didn’t care who she had to go through in order to find out what. Her suspicions though of an affair were all but confirmed. The fact there was now made her heart sink. All she could do now was find answers. And she would start with him…