One Night with Celestia

It had been some time since Lavender accepted his new position as Celestia’s personal masseuse. Days turned into weeks, which then turned into months. He enjoyed his new job and being with Celestia whenever she needed a massage, it even went as far as to say he was developing feelings for her. However, he kept those feelings to himself since he thought he should keep a professional relationship with Celestia. From time to time he entertained thoughts of spending the rest of his life with her, or possibly even marriage. Normally, he pushed those thoughts aside as being too unrealistic a dream to pursue. There was no way Celestia would want to settle down with a pony like him was what usually crept into his mind whenever he thought about that. However, it didn’t stop him from dreaming. Luna, on the other hoof, he saw her as just a friend, someone he could hang out with and shoot the shit. Although both mares were attractive, Lavender felt more of a connection with Celestia than he did with Luna.

Celestia normally only scheduled massage appointments for once a week, as did Luna after she had worked out a deal with Celestia and Lavender about having a regular massage appointment of her own. Celestia’s massages normally didn’t end with sex like the first one did, but Lavender was fine with that. He wrote that first massage off as a one-time thing and didn’t let himself get used to it. A few of them, however, ended with something as tame as some cuddling or making out. Since Celestia and Luna only scheduled a massage once a week, it gave Lavender plenty of free time to pursue some hobbies that he didn’t have time for in the past. Life was going good for Lavender.

Today was like one of his usual days off, sitting in his apartment working on a fictional story he had been thinking about for quite some time, but never had the time to really sit down and write it. His concentration was broken by an urgent knock at the front door. He got up to see who it was, thinking it was probably nothing more than one of his neighbors, but soon realized it wasn’t when he opened the door. Standing in front of him were two royal guard members, one unicorn and one pegasus, clad in their normal imperial regalia. Both had their usual serious facial expressions. These stallions rarely ever smiled.

“You need to come with us. Princess Celestia needs to see you immediately,” one barked before Lavender could say anything.

Lavender obliged, not wanting to say anything or cause any trouble. He figured if two guards were sent to fetch him, it must be for something serious. But what? He didn’t recall doing anything wrong or breaking the law. Frantically, he racked his brain trying to remember the events of the last couple of months, any minor infraction that he could think of.

The guards, one on either side of Lavender, escorted him through the castle, almost like they were escorting a prisoner somewhere. Neither of them spoke, which made Lavender feel even more nervous.

As they approached Celestia’s office, one of the guards nodded to the door guard, who responded by using his magic to open the door. Once Lavender was inside, the door slammed shut behind him, almost catching him right in the flank.

Celestia stood next to her desk with an older looking unicorn stallion wearing a white lab coat standing next to her. Obviously, he looked like somepony who worked in the medical field, probably Celestia’s personal physician. Both had dead serious expressions on their faces. It seemed to be the general theme today, first the two royal guard stallions, and now Celestia and this doctor.

“What’s going on?” Lavender finally mustered the strength to ask.

“You must be Lavender Bloom,” the unicorn doctor approached Lavender. “Look, I’ve gone over the tests several times already. It’s conclusive, she’s…,” he stopped himself, then looked over at Celestia. “I think you should be the one to tell him.”

“Tell me what?” Lavender asked, a hint of panic started to well up inside him.

Celestia’s expression didn’t change, but she was worried herself, worried about how Lavender would react to what she was about to tell him. After what seemed like an eternity of silence, Celestia spoke.

“I’m pregnant.”

It was like someone dumped a bucket of ice water and a blacksmith’s anvil on his head. Celestia? Pregnant? He didn’t need to do the math; he knew he was the father.

“Wha…,” he stammered, not able to form a coherent sentence before everything went black.

Lavender woke to find himself lying on a couch in Celestia’s office with Celestia and the doctor looking down at him. A dull pain was present in his muzzle, most likely from when his face hit the floor.

“We didn’t expect you to faint like that,” the doctor said.

It was only a short moment before the realization of what Celestia had said cascaded back onto him. He pulled himself up to a sitting position.

“I’m sorry about that, I wasn’t expecting news like that today,” he said once his brain was ready process coherent sentences again. He tried to force a smile at his bad attempt at humor.

He worried about how Celestia would react to him fainting like that. He didn’t mean to do it. This was the first time in his life that he ever fainted. Him? A father? Lavender had never given much thought to starting a family of his own, but now it was thrust upon him.

“I’m going to be honest,” he started. “This is all very sudden for me. I don’t know the first thing about being a father,” he paused for a moment. “However, I’m going to do my best and be here for you every step of the way,” he looked Celestia dead in her eyes when he said that.

He meant it. He wasn’t going to skip out on Celestia because of one night of poor judgment.

“Thank you, that’s all I wanted to hear,” Celestia pulled him in close for a hug. A few tears welled up in eyes.

“I’ll give you two some space. I’ll be in my office if you need anything,” the doctor broke the silence, taking this as his cue to exit.

“Okay, thank you,” Celestia replied.

Once the doctor was gone, Celestia pulled away from Lavender. A hint of worry began to creep back into her.

“I…have a confession I need to make,” she started. “That night when we first made love and I told you it was a spur the moment kind of thing; that was only the half-truth. The whole truth was that evening…it was my time of the season. I’m sure you probably sensed it when we were in the room together.”

Lavender’s mind flashed back to the first massage and that feeling he had that every stallion gets when they sense a mare in heat.

“Normally, it doesn’t hit me that hard. I can usually keep my pheromones and urges in check with my magic, but it was exceptionally bad this year. I knew you were working that night and that you had massage experience. Thinking that having a massage might help with my urges, I came up with a plan to ‘accidentally’ run into you that night,” she continued. “That plan backfired, and the massage just made it worse. I just wanted those lustful feelings satisfied, even if it meant having sex with a stallion a barely knew. I hoped and prayed that maybe I would get lucky and wouldn’t get pregnant, but, as you can see, that didn’t happen.”

Lavender silently processed the information he just received. He remembered thinking that maybe Celestia planned that whole thing out, and now she just admitted it to him. He didn’t know if he should feel betrayed by her deceit or that she used him to satisfy a sexual urge, almost like a sex toy.

“Oh, Lavender, I hope you don’t think any less of me for this,” a few tears streaked down her face.

“Oh, no, I don’t,” he reassured. Seeing her crying over this made him realize that she felt awful for deceiving him like that. It was hard for him to get angry at her because she held a special place in his heart.

“A similar thing happened with my parents,” he continued. “They got caught up in it while they were dating, and the next thing they know, my mom was pregnant with my older sister. Like I said before, I will be here for you every step of the way. You don’t have to go through this alone.”

Celestia smiled, pulling him into another hug. That was exactly what she wanted to hear and then some. She had heard horror stories about stallions and mares having unprotected sex, the mare got pregnant, then the stallion didn’t want anything more to do with her. So, the mare was left to give birth to the foal and raise it by herself. It was sad, but it happened more often than naught.

“I love you, Lavender,” she spoke.

“I love you too,” came his reply. He was caught off guard by that statement, but a wave of calmness rushed over his body at the mention of those three words. I love you. He knew how he felt about Celestia, he cared a lot about her, but he didn’t know if she felt the same way. Now he knew.

The held their position for what seemed like forever. Something magical happened to them and they wanted to savor it. However, as much as she wanted to stand there holding her lover the rest of the day, she couldn’t; she still had responsibilities to take care of.

“I have to get back to work,” she brushed some of the tears out of her eyes. “Meet me here tonight after I lower the sun so we can talk about this some more,” her tone grew serious “I hate to swear you to secrecy, but whatever we discuss in here never leaves this room, understand?”

“I understand,” he replied.

She knew he wouldn’t go spreading this news around to everypony, but it didn’t hurt to make sure he knew of the gravity of this situation. The doctor couldn’t legally say anything either because he was bound by the doctor-patient confidentiality clause, not that he was interested in talking about Celestia’s personal life anyway. Lavender headed back to his apartment at a slow pace as his mind was still spinning from his conversation with Celestia. Right now, all he wanted to do was sit down and calm his mind.

Lavender spent the remainder of the day sitting in his apartment in a daze of what he had just learned. He was going to be a father! He couldn’t believe it. The thought terrified him more than any haunted house he had ever been to, but he knew he was going to have to stallion-up and deal with it. He and Celestia would need to have a long talk about this to figure out what should be there next course of action. This was something that had to be handled carefully; she was a public figure after all.

The only remaining task that Lavender had to do before he met with Celestia was Luna’s massage appointment. He had thought about cancelling it since he didn’t know if he’d be up for it after the news he just received. However, he decided against it; he needed something, anything, to take his mind off things right now.

The time drew near for Luna’s appointment and, as with her previous massage appointments, Lavender headed to Luna’s bedroom. Taking a deep breath, he knocked on the door then let himself in after hearing the okay from Luna. It took almost all of his willpower, but he was able to force himself to seem like everything was normal.

To Luna, it was the same old Lavender that she had been seeing for her past few appointments. Lavender thought this would just be a regular massage with Luna being her usual self, however, he sensed something different about her this time. She was being really friendly for some reason. Her massage appointments over the last couple of months had been rather uneventful, and therefore, Lavender let himself relax a lot when he was around her.

Once Lavender finished with the massage and started to leave, Luna stopped him by placing herself between him and the door.

“Hey, I still have a couple of hours free,” she sauntered toward him. “Do you want to fool around?”

Lavender barely had any time to register the shock of her question before she ran her tongue across one of his ears. He felt her hot breath on the side of his face, hotter than a blazing inferno. He knew what she was doing, but couldn’t do anything since his body seemed frozen in place from the shock. Luna had been wanting to do this for a while. Just like with Celestia, she had certain urges that needed to be satisfied as well. They were in the privacy of her bedroom, what harm is there with having a little fun? She figured he was like most stallions, and would jump on the opportunity to get his dick wet with no strings attached.

“You like it when I do that?” she whispered.

One of her hooves began to snake its way underneath him, heading toward his hind legs. As her hoof touched its intended target, he finally snapped back to reality.

“No…we can’t do this!” he finally regained control of his legs and took a few steps back from her.

“What? We’re just having a little fun,” she playfully said.

“Celestia will kill both me and you if she finds out.”

“Well then, she doesn’t need to know. This’ll be our little secret,” she took a step closer. “I can satisfy you just as well as she can.”

“No, I’d rather not take that chance with her,” he tried to be emotionless with that statement, but his eyes betrayed him.

“Why? Why are you so concerned about what she thinks?” her voice took on a more accusatory tone. “Are you two hiding something from me?”

“N…no,” he nervously replied, trying to avoid eye contact.

“You’re a terrible liar! What are you hiding from me!?”

“It’s nothing, I swear,” he began to grow more nervous.

“I don’t believe you,” by now she had advanced on Lavender, backing him into a bookcase. “What are you not telling me? Why are you so concerned about what she thinks?”

“Because she’s carrying my foal,” he finally admitted.

The shock of this new information caused Luna to back off. Her sister was pregnant? Even worse, she didn’t say anything to Luna?

“I’m…sorry, I thought you knew,” Lavender noted Luna’s surprised look. “I’ll…show myself out.”

Not knowing what else to do, Lavender left, wanting to put as much distance between himself and Luna as he could. He feared that this was going to cause a shit storm of drama since it seemed Celestia didn’t mention any of this to Luna yet. Whatever the reason, he was going to let Luna and Celestia deal with it. A part of him was worried that he just blurted all that out for Luna when Celestia specifically told him that to keep it between themselves. Not wanting to think about the scolding he would probably get from Celestia, he trekked toward the Canterlot shopping district to clear his head and to pick up something before his meeting with Celestia. He did wonder if this was the right time to do this given what just happened with Luna. No. It was now and never.

Luna, on the other hoof, had just finished processing the bombshell that Lavender just dropped on her. Her feelings were hurt that Celestia didn’t say anything to her about this. Celestia! Her own sister. With a furious scowl on her face, she stormed out of her bedroom, heading toward one destination, Celestia’s office. She wanted some answers.

Celestia was in her office going over some administrative documents when Luna barged in.

“Can I help…,” Celestia started, confused as to why Luna came in unexpectedly and interrupted what she was doing.

“When were you going to tell me you were pregnant?” Luna demanded after slamming the door behind her, her voice a little louder than she intended.

Celestia was surprised by that question and by the fact that Luna already found out about this. She knew the only pony that probably told her was Lavender.

“Don’t you think that’s something your little sister ought to know about?” Luna asked in a more normal tone of voice. “Don’t you trust me?”

“Look, Luna, I was going to tell you, I swear, but I wanted to wait until the right moment. I just found out myself this morning,” Celestia finally explained.

She wasn’t trying to purposely keep this information from Luna. It was complicated, and she and Lavender needed to figure it all out. That thought dominated her mind until another crept in.

“Wait, how did you find out about this?”

Luna didn’t respond right away. She knew what she tried to do with Lavender after her massage earlier, and knew that Celestia would probably be furious about it. Especially now that she was pregnant with his foal.

“Luna. How did you find out about this?” Celestia asked once more, her voice taking on a more stern tone.

“Lavender told me,” Luna admitted while trying to avoid eye contact with her sister.

“What do you mean, Lavender told you?”

“Well…,” Luna started after taking a nervous gulp. “After my massage appointment earlier, I…tried coming on to him. I swear, nothing happened!” she quickly added. “When Lavender refused my advances, I pushed him, then he got real nervous about something. I pushed him some more, and then he finally just blurted it out,” she braced herself for the verbal onslaught that was sure to follow.

Normally Celestia would have been furious about this, but something held back her emotions.

“If you want, I’ll cancel any future appointments I have with him,” Luna said, beginning to worry why her sister hadn’t started yelling at her yet.

“No, Luna. It’s fine,” Celestia finally said in a quiet tone of voice. “You said nothing happened, so I believe you, nothing happened,” after a beat. “Well, I guess you know now.”

Luna took this moment to breathe a quiet sigh of relief.

“How far are you along?” Luna asked, curiously.

“About three months,” Celestia replied.

“How’s Lavender taking this?”

“He’s scared,” she said with a chuckle. “Believe it or not, he actually fainted when I first told him,” she let out another laugh before becoming serious again. “But, I think he really wants to be a father.”

“Oh…well, congratulations.”

“Thanks,” Celestia smiled. “He’s going to stop by after I lower the sun to discuss this some more. You’re more the welcome to be here when he does.”

Luna gave a half-hearted smile. Her failed attempt at seducing Lavender was still on her mind and she didn’t know how he would react to seeing her again so soon.

Eventually Celestia would start showing that she was carrying a foal. She could keep the pregnancy hidden with dresses and gowns, but she wouldn’t be able to keep that charade up forever. Plus, with her having pre-marital sex and getting pregnant, it would reflect poorly on her since she was a role model for many ponies.

The time eventually came around for Lavender to meet up with Celestia. He set out toward Celestia’s office shortly after the sun had set. Upon arriving in the lobby, Lavender waited patiently for Celestia. She no doubt wanted some privacy for what she was going to discuss with him.

Celestia appeared in the lobby once all of her business for the day was concluded.

“Lavender, we can talk in my office,” she spoke.

With a nod, Lavender followed Celestia into her office.

“As you know, this is something that we need to handle very carefully,” she spoke once the doors were closed.

Lavender noted Luna standing over on one side of the office; he avoided eye contact with her as much as possible. A feeling of nervousness shot through him like bolts of electricity as he pondered if Celestia should know about what happened between him and Luna earlier, even though nothing really happened.

“I can’t keep this pregnancy hidden forever. Once I get past the eight month mark it will start to be fairly obvious that I’m carrying a foal.”

“I know,” Lavender replied.

Celestia noted the odd behavior between Luna and Lavender, no doubt from what happened earlier.

“To address the proverbial elephant in the room, Luna already fessed up to what happened earlier after her massage. You don’t have to worry about it, she won’t be doing anything like that anymore. Right, Luna?” she shot a stern glance over at Luna.

“Yes,” Luna quickly replied.

“Right,” Lavender breathed a sigh of relief, then took a deep breath. “I wanted to say something to you before we got started,” he took another deep breath. “Princess Celestia, you mean a great deal to me. I know this started off as a one night stand, and most mares or stallions would have moved on by now, but not me. I know I am not of noble birth and I do not have vast riches to shower you with, but I do know one thing…my love for you is unconditional. I am thankful for the day I met you and that one perfect night we spent together.”

Now was his chance. Nervousness welled back up inside him as he wondered how she would react to what he was about to say next. A whole colony of butterflies formed in his stomach. He took a few steps, then knelt down in front of Celestia. One of Luna’s hooves shot up to her mouth as she realized what he was doing.

“Will you do the honor of giving me your hoof in marriage?” he presented a ring to her with his left hoof.

It was a decent ring for something he was able to pick up at the last minute and afford on his salary. Not too flashy, but it got its point across.

Celestia had to stop herself from gasping when he asked her to marry him. She had considered that as an option, but wasn’t sure if he was ready for that kind of commitment and if he was stallion enough to actually ask her. However, her surprised feelings soon gave way for happy ones.

“I will,” she smiled.

The butterflies in his stomach soon disappeared at Celestia’s acceptance of his marriage proposal. He let out a breath that he didn’t know he was holding. She lowered her head so that he could place the engagement ring on her horn. Carefully, he slid it into position and took a moment to admire how it looked on her. Once it was all said and done, Celestia planted a passionate kiss on his lips, catching him completely off guard.

“Congratulations…again,” Luna said, once the kiss ended.

“Thanks, Luna,” Celestia said before turning her attention back to Lavender. “So, when do you want to do this?”

“Whenever you’re ready,” Lavender replied.

Celestia pondered over her schedule for the next couple of months.

“How does September sound?” she asked.

“That’s perfect.”

It was four months away; short enough that they could pull it off without too many ponies questioning the pregnancy, although it would be inevitable that some would raise their eyebrows at it. Especially since a couple of months after the wedding, Celestia would be giving birth. It was also long enough away that they could plan a decent wedding, nothing too extravagant, and to give family members and friend’s enough time to RSVP.

“Good,” Celestia said. “I’ll let it through my normal channels so only the appropriate ponies know what’s going on,” her tone grew serious. “Again, I must ask that you not to go spreading this around. At least not until we’ve finalized a specific wedding date.”

“I know,” Lavender replied, planting another kiss on his soon to be wife.

In just four little months, they would be mare and colt, joined in holy matrimony. Celestia and Lavender retired for the night, and Luna began her nightly watch. Luna was happy for her sister; she needed to find a nice stallion to settle down with. This made Luna think about herself and the possibility of her getting married. Over the past couple of months, she had been eyeing a couple of cute stallion bachelors, although nothing serious has happened yet. Lavender was one of those stallions, but now that he is off limits, she still had a few others to choose from. She was going to keep trying, and wasn’t going to let the whole Nightmare Moon issue hold her back any longer.

Lavender opted to stay the night in Celestia’s room. It was something they had to get used to since they would be married soon. He had no problem sharing a bed with Celestia, and neither did Celestia; she wanted some intimate time with him anyway. They cuddled while discussing her pregnancy and some wedding details, before finally drifting off into a restful sleep.