Embracing the Sun

Taking advantage of the few permissions Josh has given her, Celestia took it upon herself to see the wonders of what it meant to be treated as a wife instead of a princess. Having no one but themselves to worry about, her first priority of being who she wants to be is by acting as normal as she can around the humans.

With the time of her healing taking more than expected, it was the perfect opportunity for her to be a normal mare with needs and wants that her Sweet Joshua can fulfill while they're on no schedule. Though there is still the fact of Equestria needing her, needing their princess, she cannot help with having a chipped horn that is going to take weeks to heal.

So for now it was her time to be free, to be treated normal, to be spoiled with the gifts of living without the stress of a kingdom on her back. And with the morning so young to her, our Princess of The Day made sure to convince her mate to take her to a particular building that is full of many mysterious wonders.

That store being...

"This one is even bigger than the one from before; How odd and fascinating." she pondered enthusiastically. Her hand remained strong with the grip she has on Joshua's. She made it into the entrance of a common mall and became mesmerized with how many stores there were for her to explore.

Jewelry stores, clothing shops, even a sweet shop, a spark of happiness flashed in the alicorn's eyes as she held onto her human. A powerful wave of appreciation washed over her, the joy she felt landed on Joshua's cheek as a kiss. And with that as a reward, he blushed in embarrassment of having so many people around him stare in awe of the disguised princess hanging onto him.

Husbands were envious, wives were jealous of the princess' beauty, and younger women were dragging their boyfriends away to stop them from staring at her hindquarters.

If it weren't for having a girlfriend already, many of these would have taken it upon themselves to butt in and try to persuade the princess from staying with Joshua. But sadly for them there was the evil glare that flared in Joshua's eyes as he accepted the hug that came next.

Even with everything he's been through, Joshua made it very clear that Celestia is his woman, his mare, his princess. He made sure to direct his glare to every male that eyed the alicorn like a piece of candy. But as he did so, a strange flicker of energy sparked through his body and flashed into his eyes.

The calm and collective color of blue was now matching Celestia's eyes, glowing the exact same tint and hue. Until he unknowingly channeled the magic inside him to his cornea's, in which created a flashing arc of yellow. Thus the many males he glared at proceeded to back away or look in the other direction.

They knew it wasn't normal for him to have such a change in eye color, so it was felt best to just turn away and get on with the morning that is still so young.

Unfortunately for them, but fortunate for Celestia...

"Mine." he growled in the mare's ear; voice full of passion and possession as he held onto her tightly, almost squeezing the breath out of her body.

Whether or not Celestia witnessed this change in him, she definitely sensed the vast amount of magic he just poured out of the very core of his body. She not only felt the pressure around her become much heavier but also sensed the spiking of his magic, and that did not sit well with her.

She remembered this pressure for its many terrifying factors. There was only one other creature that surrendered to the torrent of such magic, even when it was not his to bear. The many emotions that came with this magic proved to be more than what any living creature could handle.

Though the magic he possesses is just a giving of hers, an equal share of his spirit making her so much more powerful than ever, there is still the common denominator of what is happening. But to her surprise of this, the magic that flowed through her human's veins suddenly disappeared.

"What?" she whispered into his chest.

"Oh man...I feel dizzy." Josh groaned as he pressed a hand to his head, hoping to rub away the imbalance he suddenly felt.

This did more than alarm the alicorn. It worried her, it downright scared her enough to break away from hugging her human and drag him to the nearest food court to ensure herself of what is happening. If she had taken any longer with deciding what to do, Josh would be on the floor right now, with more than just dizziness.

Finally they sat down, and Celestia took action with taking all the necessary precautions. First she sat next to him and pressed her head against his, causing a very uncomfortable moment that many people witnessed as they ate. She didn't care though, for this was a matter involving the health of her lover.

Celestia was determined and very motivated to make sure her mate is okay, for she cannot live without him.

"Um...Tia?" he asked nervously, feeling the narrow glare in her eyes bore a hole into his soul.

"You have a fever, a very high one at most." she replied. Suddenly the princess leaned away and grabbed a plastic fork from the empty table behind her. She immediately placed it into Josh's hand and watched as it proceeded to bend and slowly melt into mush, before dripping onto the floor.

This created a big worry for Josh. The fork was not supposed to melt in his hand, not even bend to this fever Celestia said he has. But just as he was about to bring it up-

"Tia...what is-"

His mind went blank, and all of the willpower in his body could not prepare him for what just ignited from her to him, giving some freedom to a much more lustful part of his princess.

Sadly it had to happen this way, and all Celestia could do is watch as the fire in his soul became calm and caged by the power that was flowing through him.

"Oh dear." Celestia murmured, holding a hand to her mouth while the energy from her manifested through his eyes.

Free but still trapped, the eyes of her human shifted to a familiar shade of pink. Then came along the unwanted sound of a female's voices, one that escaped through her human's breath as he sat alone in the deepest corners of his mind.

It didn't take long for the alicorn to realize what just happened to him, nor did it take her much longer to figure out how it was happening to him. For within their bond, their connection, the one piece of her that has been locked away for so long was finally given a chance to do as it wants.

Or in this case...be with who she wants as well.

"Oh dear god, I'm finally able to move." Josh said in relief; only it wasn't Josh but someone only Celestia knows to ever exist in any reality.

"So you had to possess my mate for freedom." Celestia said flatly, her expression showing no amusement for the mare she sees in his eyes. "This is truly worse than what you did the last time."

"Oh come now. You know those guards loved bucking one another like mammals." the voice replied, using Josh's body to emphasize her meaning.

"What exactly is it that you want...Molly?"

The molesting goddess smirked and angled a hand to his/her chest with an innocent look upon her. "Why Celestia, you hurt my feelings with such distaste of my presence." she said in a southern voice. "Can't your sweet and caring other-half come out and just say hello every once in awhile?"

"Not when that hello involves torturing ponies with breeding." Celestia deadpanned, truly uncaring for the mare that was now taking things way too far.

Had she paid more attention to how the table cloth was moving so freely, Celestia would have noticed the lustful mare sneaking his/her hand for a real grab on what is down there. And judging from how she hummed at the sensation, while Joshua was feeling from within his mind-

"Oh my, my, my~" she cooed softly to the alabaster alicorn, the feeling so unreal and indescribable that it was impossible for it to be natural. Thus her eyes locked onto the princess' eyes, for she knew better. "Did sweet Celestia sneak a bit of her magic to a more private area on him?"

Staring at the monster of her soul, wide eyed and disgusted of such words, Celestia felt a twinge of pain and jealousy erode her as the molesting princess snuck another feel. This was without a doubt the worst thing that could ever happen to the Solar Princess, a real stab to her heart, and Molestia knew it.

"Naughty, naughty, Celestia." she mocked, receiving a dangerous snarl from her. "It is wrong to use magic on our future husband's foal maker. Just what will he say if he finds out that one of his lover's used magic down there."

"He's not your mate or lover." Celestia quietly snarled, fighting her every nerve to leap over the table and strangle the mare out of him. "Joshua is my mate, my lover, and someday he will be my king!"

Molestia just shrugged that argument and continued caressing what she can without making a scene. She made sure, though, for Celestia to see just how much she was touching the human to get under her skin. "Oh Celestia, still denying how we are so alike in so many ways."

"We are nothing alike!"

"Yes we are. We are two of the same body and mind, and there is nothing you can do to prove me wrong. Your love for Joshua is the same love I have for him, your need to mate with him is mine as well."

Celestia grew frustrated with her darkness to the point of thrusting a finger to her. She glared hatefully at the monster and growled her words with a venomous tone that can make Manticores cower.

"Your needs are not mine. What you call love is just mindless sex that you wish would never cease and desist. If Joshua had fallen for you, then he would be broken because you are what human's call a Nymphomaniac."

"Don't you mean we are Nymphomaniacs?" Molestia asked mirthfully, teasing the alicorn with her childish play of bringing out the true side of Celestia. "After all, you clop to him every single day. I mean just this morning you imagined a shampoo bottle being his-"

"Finish that sentence and I swear I'll come in there and rip you apart." Celestia interrupted threateningly, only to have her words used against her.

"You can come in right now, if you want. I'm sure our Sweet Joshua can handle a threesome with his future wives."

Just as she was about to say something to that, the Solar Princess remembered to bite her tongue so as to not give any more fuel to the fire of her other-half. For as long as she can remember having this pest for a darkness, anything she says or does can and will be brought back upon her with rude and unbecoming comments that always lead to the one thing that is always on Molestia's mind.

Why couldn't she have an evil counterpart like her sister?

Why could Molestia just be the opposite of her? A dull and boring mare that hates life and wishes to be alone for the rest of her days.

"You make it so difficult to not hurt you right now. You truly are the most unbecoming, vile, crude darkness that can ever live in a pony." she muttered.

"I try." the molester quipped, licking her lips while wondering the many things that Celestia dares not to ponder about.

Just as Celestia was about to change the subject, another flux of magic eroded Molestia/Josh as they remained seated. It was quick and alarming to her, but also frightening for the sheer fact of what was starting to consume them right in front of her.

Had she been at full power she would have been able to stop it. But with everything that's happened, all she could do is act terrified while Molestia lost control of Josh's body, hastily and also painfully.

After a moment though, a long and excruciating moment, Celestia was relieved to see that Josh is back to the world around them. But to the Sun Goddess dismay he was completely oblivious, he didn't have a clue as to what just happened. The very curtain of lies now closed over his eyes while the princess bit her lower lip out of worry.

At first he seemed trapped in his own mind, until he moved a hand over his head and rubbed what he believed is a mild headache.

At that point Celestia leaned over the table and softly held his other hand, followed with asking, "Josh, are you alright?"

Her human shook his head and groaned, "Yeah...just a headache."

Josh P.O.V.

I've had migraines before but this is enough to compare against a damn train hitting me. I may have been sitting at the moment but I could feel my entire body shaking as the princess worried over me. I felt...dizzy, like someone just broke into my mind and took control of my consciousness.

Heh, I know that's not possible but it really feels like something possessed me. My emotions and body language felt entirely different, so different that it was scary to me.

"Josh," Celestia says once again. She takes my other hand and grips it as tightly as she does with the other, such strength holding onto me so hard that I can't fight the grip. "Joshua, are you sure you're okay?"

I just said that I'm okay. I said to her that I have headache. What more does she need for me to convince her that I am alright? After all, a headache is just a headache, not a symptom of anything bad.

"Yes I'm fine." I firmly replied.

She still won't let me go. Her hands are still holding onto me as the gap between us lessens with how she stares into my eyes.

"You are sure that you are fine?" she asks again. Now I felt cornered and interrogated. "You just had a fever that made you melt a plastic spoon in your-"

"I said I'm fine!"

...

Everyone is staring at us, everyone but the cooks that are in the back. I remained angry with the alicorn as she recoiled back into her chair. For but a moment of staring-no, glaring at her, I breathe heavily and squeeze onto the aluminum container for napkins. I was not in control of myself, the thought of being angry is not even mine.

But still...I yelled at Tia, and she was just as shocked as the people around us, if not more.

And yet it took me forever to realize how much I hurt my princess for just worrying about me. I've never yelled at her like this, not for no reason. I've always been patient and collective about her being stuck in this world, again, because of my poor choice to have Luna send me home.

By now I was seeing how much it stabbed her in that fragile heart of hers. And with it came the guilt I suddenly felt after blinking in shock of myself. Grimly I remained in place as she continued staring at me with a worming quiver in her lip and sparkles forming in her beautiful eyes.

I was...no I am stunned of myself, and utterly disgusted.

"Tia," I paused, with shaking my head in shame of my actions. "Baby, I'm sorry for yelling at you. I didn't mean to snap at you like that."

Really? That's all I can say when I just yelled at the perfect goddess. Geez I am so fucking pathetic and-

"You're not fine." I looked up to her, only to see that same tender hand of hers move across my cheek. I froze in fear of what she is doing, until the gliding of her palm pinched my chin, forcing me to level my gaze with hers.

She didn't smile or scowl at me, but rather hold an emotionless stare.

"You're not fine at all." she says again. "You're ill and exhausted from all this running. Something is wrong with you, something that wasn't there before, and it is affecting how you are."

I grimace at how she is acting so stern with me, before realizing it is less than what I deserve for punishment.

"Yelling is not going to-"

"Yes it is, Joshua. Yelling is a sign that you are not well at all and it is showing in more than just that." she interrupted angrily. Before I could say another thing I find myself dragged out of my seat and forced to walk wherever she has in mind.

Reluctantly I tripped and stumbled to the nearest Gap store as we passed a bunch of curious couples that are on their way out the door. Celestia was so sure of herself that I could not stop her at all. She was pulling on me with that strength of hers, practically dragging me into the store as she pushes people out of the way.

You can only imagine how unhappy the other customers are when Tia is shoving or pushing them. Not that it mattered to her anyway, the idea of what she sees wrong with me seems to be more important than the day we are going to spend together before making that trip to D.C.

Strangely she takes me to the changing room and forces me inside, thus creating a bad scene of customers and sellers watching and listening to me struggle against her authority. And by struggle I mean I'm pressed up against the wall, chest touching breasts, and both of my wrists magically shackled in her mane.

You'd think a man like me would be enjoying this, attempting to the next base or home plate, but no. For some reason I have this damn mentality of keeping myself in check as she runs her hands all over my body. Now that is a feeling I cannot ignore so easily, especially at the same time of her fingers sliding under my shirt.

"Your heart is racing and your eyes are dilated." she points out, in which made me a little frightened whilst she continued rubbing me. "But that is just minor to what I am seeing right now."

I cocked my brow. "What are you seeing, besides my chest?" I asked sarcastically.

"Do you really want to know?"

"Yes I do."

"Very well. I'm seeing the magic I share with you erode your body at a very slow rate. The energy of my magic has not only made you eternal, but is also affecting your body and personality."

That did not sound good at all.

"What do you mean 'affect'?"

Finally she stopped and released me from her grasp, followed with sitting me down.

"It means you're becoming more susceptible to the energy of my magic. Just as I am more embracive of your masculine nature, you are becoming more susceptible to my feminine nature, in which makes you more expressive about what you feel."

"So to a certain extent... I'm becoming like you."

"If that is how you want to put it, then yes."

And just when I thought it is bad enough to be in the same dressing room with a female, I get to hear how I'm becoming estrogen man. To think we were going to shop and travel is an understatement of what I planned to do for her while we're still on earth. But I suppose it cannot be helped.

"Even so, you're still showing symptoms of what I believe to be magic buildup." she adds while pushing away from me.

She looks through the crevice of the curtain, an image of the determined Celestia, from the cartoon, flashes in my eyes. I see it all as I grow more nervous at the logic of security arriving any minute now.

She smiles the same as I can remember; the coy smirk of a motivated alicorn shows while I sit on the bench. "Good, I don't have to worry about your female kind listening to us." she sternly whispers.

"Don't you think you're acting a little dramatic about this?" I ask, without a care in the world.

There is not enough preparation in the entire universe that could help me brace for what came next. I literally sunk myself deeper into the shit hole I'm already in by speaking so rudely. Tia just seemed to be more frustrated by my stupidity, if that is what you would call it.

She returns from poking her head through the curtains; her arms are crossed, the glare of pure agitation glows in her orbs, followed with a menacing tap of her fingers.

"Magic Buildup is nothing to take lightly." she snaps quietly. "It is an illness ponies experience when they are not using their magic enough. My sister and I, however, release our buildup through our bodies, our manes for example. But for YOU to have the symptoms makes it much more difficult for us."

I give her a hard stare as the exasperation builds between us. I mean really, so I can't use magic like her and it is now making me sick in some weird way. If that's the case, she can just use her magic to take it out and make me as right as rain once more. It's not like I'm going to need magic anyway.

"Then just take out the magic I have and get rid of it. I don't have any need to be like Harry Potter or Merlin." I admit halfheartedly.

"I don't know who those humans are, but I am in no mood to find out, nor do I have the patience for your jokes." she sighs while pinching the bridge of her nose. Seriously, you're getting aggravated by my need to not have magic? "The point is you are in a very serious situation that I cannot fix so easily."

"Why not?"

"Because," she kneels to me and takes ahold of my hands. "Magic Buildup is much like any common illness, except the magic flows into your veins and slowly infects you. It grows in every inch of your body until there is no more room for it to grow."

"And what happens when it does?"

She licks her lips and exhales a trembling breath, then sadly replies, "It kills you. The magic that builds up inside you explodes, destroying your body and anything that is inside the radius of the blast."

Okay, maybe I should consider this as a really bad thing?

"So, basically, I'm dying?" I ask.

"No, you're just showing the common signs of Magic Buildup." she chuckles, in which I cock my brow at her. "But I can fix that. I can't take that magic from you because we are one. However-"

"However?" I interrupt. I did not like the look she was giving me; that sheepish smile implying way too much trouble as we hear more people entering the store.

"However," she coughs, clearing out the dry tone in her voice, "If it is possible for you to use magic, I can teach you a spell that will allow us to contact Luna. She can send Discord to retrieve us so that I can properly teach you how to control this magic, or we can go back to Equestria and do as planned."

"As planned?" I asked, "Did we plan something?"

"Well, no. But the original plan was to change you into a pony or whatever it is that fits you best. Doing so would help us in so many ways."

"What ways?"

She spins a finger through her hair and says nervously, "Well, for starters, it would allow us to be a true couple in the eyes of my subjects. You would be untouchable because being a pony or any Equestrian creature removes all suspicion of your living as my...my..."

"As your mate?"

"Well yes, but then you have to meet my parents."

And just like that, my calm and collective demeanor explodes with fear. The steadiness of my breath hastens as my eyes widen and her hands tighten around mine. A mass of silence is born between us as the thought of meeting more gods passes through my mind.

If there is a time to panic or freak out, now would be the right time to do so...or just shit yourself and run for the hills.

Not that it matters...I have none of those choices.

"Your parents?" I gulp questioningly, before clenching her fingers and shakily saying, "As in...the King and Queen of Equestria?"

"No," she quips with a nervous smile, "Equestria is like every other country, ruled by monarchs of the same position as Luna and I. My parents are elected royals of the entire world. They are the King and Queen of Equus."

"The entire world!?" I yell.

"Yes."

At that point I stand up and shoot out of the changing room with Celestia right behind me. I stomp out of Gap and ignore the many whispers the customers were throwing to one another. Nervously I make my exit and stop at the railing that blocks people from falling off the second floor.

While I heed Celestia's words and drown in fearful thoughts, a warm pair of arms wrap around me as the whispers from behind die down. Said arms give me gentle heating of unimaginable proportion as she loves on me with very intense kissing to my neck.

But even THAT cannot save me from the fear.

"Your parents...Gods that are practically the ultimate powers of your world." I say with a trembling laugh.

"Mother and father are very kind and very accepting, although they are the creators of Equestria." she says happily, trying to reassure me with her hands on mine.

I glare at her and growl out of fear, "Then why must I change? If they are as you say, then can't they accept you being with a human?"

"It's not that simple." she coos sadly, "You're not of our world or dimension. You are a creature that's never existed in Equestria, a being that most would see as a danger for your different qualities."

I gaze longingly into her eyes and allow those words to sink in, while finding myself trapped between what is right for us and what is best for our relationship.

Celestia places her chin on my shoulder. I remain silent and uptight, unable to keep my mind clear. "It isn't fair for me to change. I don't want to be someone else."

"And you will never be different from who you are," she began, "You are the same human I love so much, the same man that took me in when I was to be left as a meal for those wolves."

"That's just doing the right thing. Don't mix choices with personality." I exhale.

She tightens her hands on mine. "It isn't a mix of the two, nor a comparison. Joshua, you will always be the same human I know and love. I just want us to be together for all eternity, I want you at my side all the time, but first you need to accept that Earth is no longer your home."

"Because of some magical pull Equestria has on me?" I ask sarcastically.

Until...

"Yes, because of that." she states firmly, a subtle but stern nod from her slips the magnitude of the situation into my head.

"Please, Joshua, I am all but begging you, for the little ones that wait for you in Equestria, for me, to let me and the others change you into an Equestrian. Do this for the foals and me, show us the depth of your love by changing for us."

I lean up and breathe in the emotion of Celestia's quiet plead, while trying to hold in every bit of my hatred to changing. It felt like someone had taken my rights as a person and crushed them in front of me, even as she held me closely.

The only thing that felt best was to accept things as they should be, no matter how upsetting it is.

"So the only way for us to truly be seen as a couple-"

"As mates." she corrects.

"Sorry... as mates is for me to change into whatever seems fitting."

"Yes." she confirmed while glaring at a woman that keeps staring at me. "It is the only way for me to work around the documentation of your existence without trouble."

I rubbed my hand against the exact spot of my growing headache. My gaze drifts to the Dillards store as I fixate on my reflection for reassurance of any sort, hoping that she would chuckle and say that she's kidding.

But that is foolish of me to think.

"Fine, I'll do it." I sigh halfheartedly, receiving her warmest hug and kiss. Until the next part of this agreement brings us to a standstill. "But I have a few conditions that are to be made."

"Conditions?" she questions confusedly.

I turn to her, while narrowing my gaze. "Yes, a few conditions that are to my standards as a man."

"Okay~" she drawls nervously, "What are these conditions?"

"Well first off I want a position as a monarch, a place that makes me almost equal, if not, to you." I started, already getting the princess befuddled. "Sorry, Tia. You are a little soft with your enemies and other sorts of troublemakers. You need someone with not a care about right and wrong to put them in their place."

"I am not soft!" she snorts cutely, the blush clearly showing now.

"Second, I want you to become the mother of the foals. I want us to be their parents." I continue. Her eyes narrow to a hazy glare, the shift of her loving hold loosens to a dull trail of skin on skin, allowing me to finish with a different touch she has not felt from me.

"Anything else?" she sighs in defeat.

"Yes. There is one more condition." I said with a smile, reassuringly. She took in a gulp of breath as my hand rose to the bangs of her hair. Judging by the amount of pleasure in my touch, I could tell that I baited a moan from her.

"Just one more condition." I breathed lightly, our lips on the brink of connection.

She leaned her head into mine and touched, a flare of the connection glowed on the cutie mark of palm, while hiding within my sleeve for none to see.

"What is the last condition?" she breathes lovingly.

I smiled warmly and wrapped my arms around her back. While the firm cushioning of Celestia's perfect chest presses against me, a larger part of my heart flutters with true acceptance.

"Simple...my sweet sun," I tip her chin with my fingers. She gazes into my eyes and smiles as the words I never thought to say slip out with ease.

I whisper with love, "Never let me go, nor give me up."

"Never will I do either in any lifetime." she purrs lightly, "I made my mate, my true love, and it will remain that way forever."

"Even if another mare tries to have sex with me?" I chuckle.

She laughed cutely and says, "That won't happen, my love, because I'll send them to the sun."

"So which store do you want to go to next?" I ask as we pass by another clothing store. By now I am carrying more clothes than I should be buying for the princess, but that's how all females are.

Struggling to keep up with Celestia, I ask her to slow down and stay at my pace so that it does not separate us. Needless to say she didn't listen to me. Her ears probably went off when we stopped a jewelry store. Seeing all the married couples exit with rings, necklaces, etcetera, made her oblivious to how hard it is for me to walk with three bags in each hand.

But that is Celestia for you, and I think right now she was enjoying the large display of rings.

"Geez, Tia." I playfully complained, dropping the bags into a nearby chair. "I know you want to explore the mall, but could you at least walk with me?"

I expected her to answer with a chuckle or some kind of reply that is to tease or frustrate me. The seconds of my wait started to worry as the clerk in front of her eyed her gazing. Dollar bills were probably running through his head right now; each with its own sound of cha-ching.

"Tia?"

She didn't respond, just stare at the glass display with her hands shadowing a ring. She seemed to be deep in thought while staring at it, perhaps mesmerized by the many rings that symbolize marriage.

Curious, I approached her and wrapped an arm around her stomach. There was so much soft and tender warmth to her stomach that I almost fell into her neck. She was so perfectly fit as a mare in a woman's skin, a goddess that can fit in any world as any creature. If the clerk was not here I might have regressed from my usual attitude and fall into her neck with my own way of kissing her.

It...she was so fragile to me that I felt scared to squeeze my arm a little. I didn't know I needed her this bad until her acceptance of my hold snapped me out of my love stupor.

She continued to stare at the ring, but while...holding my arm.

"You want that one, don't you?" I whispered into her hair, drowning myself in the softness and smell of strawberries.

Her head shot up from the display. She had almost backed into my nose after hearing those words. Luckily I was fast enough to move my head to left before she did.

She shot around, but still within my arm. As if I had found the inner child of my princess, Celestia's eyes widened as the life in them went ablaze with that needy desire of what catches your eye. She didn't breathe for about a second. She licked her lips, then curled them whilst finding the courage to speak.

She was nervous, more nervous than I had ever seen in our entire time together. It was as if she fell from her maturity and retreated to this lovesick, teenage girl.

"Do you want that ring?" I pointed at the gold, diamond encrusted, Green Platinum weaved ring as the jeweler took it out of the display box and held it out for her. Charles was his name; so it says on his tag.

"The Kintyre Ring." he mused professionally, "It is our most expensive ring, but it is made from the gold that is found in Ireland. Our maker spends ten hours of his day just to make those green linings in each ring." He pointed at the diamonds now. "And these diamonds are from deep sea oysters." he finished with a bold smile.

Nothing more needed to be said about the ring. He and I both knew that Celestia was completely ensnared by the ring. Without looking at the ring one last time she looked away and bit her thumb with this cute as hell expression. It was fear and want mixed together, a combination that I could not resist melting to as the clerk waited for her to make a decision.

She wanted it, she needed it as the way I have implied about our secret relationship. Well secret because she is a pony, but open to the public because she looks like a normal person. I've dug my own grave by saying to others that she is my wife, so it is only proper for me to keep that going.

After giving her a few seconds to decide, I lost my patience and made it for her. I smiled at 'Charles' and happily said, "Do you take Capital One, and do you have one that can match for me?"

Oh how my question brightened her day just now. I had just done something that is unexpectedly the most rewarding deed a man can do for his lady. Celestia gave me the biggest smile and buried herself into my chest. Both of her arms wrapped around me and squeezed the air out of me as our smiling seller walked away from the display.

He went into the back, leaving me to gladly handle with an emotional princess. And by emotional I mean she was very emotional at the moment.

Twas sudden...But at least she is happy.

"No one has ever bought me such a gift, not even my own parents." she cried into my coat, matting the inner lining with her sniffling. "Thank you, my love."

I chuckled, then hugged her tightly.

"Being a monarch must make it hard for you to enjoy the little things in life, such as having someone buy you things?" I replied questioningly, receiving both a nod and a passionate kiss as her response.

"As a princess I am unable to enjoy many things." she sobbed, happily. "But this is just one of many things that I have not experienced throughout my eternity."

"Well I'm glad to help you enjoy one of them. But I am curious; what have you not enjoyed?" I asked with this goofy puzzle to my chin. I quirked my brow and curved the left side of my lip to give off this funny expression to make her stop crying.

It worked, to my surprise. She laughed in my chest while a few other couples proceeded to enter.

"Stop that or your face will be stuck that way." she giggled.

"Gawrsh." I said like an idiot, knowing I can't do it better than Goofy. "I didn't think about that."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Finally, after a full hour of getting the rings fitted, Tia and I were back on track with getting more of the necessities we need for our trip to Washington. Charles was quite a happy camper. He had himself a little fun with selling me two popular rings at the price of eighty-seven thousand dollars and thirty-two cents.

It was his privilege to sell them and my pain to buy them, but at least Celestia was happy.

Unfortunately our day was far from over. We still had to check out a few more stores that are for the foals. Even if the toys in here are for humans the foals would have a blast playing with the toys I use to have a kid. To my displeasure however there were quite a few moms and dads rushing through the store to get the latest thing for their little ones.

If Celestia wasn't around me right now, I'd have kicked that old man in his sack and taken that Bionicle Bundle that just came out. It wasn't fun getting a few of the toys I had in mind: Legos, Bionicle Sets, Remote Control Cars, Dolls, and few of those plastic fortress attachments you can assemble like a hot wheel tracks.

...

Well a few would not be accurate. I actually bought the entire thirty piece set so that it would be an empire. Of course R.C. Cars are not really going to last long in Equestria, but I am certain that Celestia has a way to charge things with her magic. And besides, it would be fun to have Sombra build a high dollar R.C. Car with me, and add the performance parts that caught my eye.

Sombra, Chrysalis, Nightmare Moon...

I miss them so much...I miss my kids...my babies.

"So did we get everything?" I asked as we exited the toy store. Thankfully I found one of the mall carts to haul all of our stuff in.

"I want to go in there." the Solar Princess quipped, pulling on the sleeve of my coat, dragging me to whichever store she had in mind.

I didn't pay attention to this store. The only thing I had on my mind was the many bags we've accumulated throughout the day. I was worried about someone taking one of them if we don't keep our eyes on them. Being dragged against your will makes it hard to watch our things, especially with an alicorn princess so impatient.

I should have paid more attention to what she was taking me too. I should have been more vigilante about the sheer fact of my princess not knowing what certain stores have inside.

Hardly keeping my balance, I stumbled to the store and listened to Celestia saying how she wants to try on the outfits. When we stopped we looked up the what it is that made her so desperate to come here. She was smiling like a Cheshire Cat, while I, on the other hand, went dead with any form of emotion.

I deadpanned at the big, neon-pink sign.

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me?" I said flatly.

I had thought that my day is over, but apparently it is not even close to being finished.

Fucking lingerie shops...

To Be Continued...