Lessons in the Carnal Arts

Celestia and Twilight reclined on the soft sheets of the jasmine scented bed, their heads resting close together, strands of Celestia's multi-hued mane mixing with Twilight's purple locks. Twilight nuzzled against her and Celestia returned the gesture. Evening light shone through the window casting the room in an orange glow. Two half empty glasses of red wine sat on the brown bedside table. Neither pony was drunk, only a little buzzed.

Celestia brought her mouth down to Twilight's neck and began to kiss it. Twilight sighed in contentment at the sensation of Celestia's muzzle tickling her neck. There was nothing Twilight loved more than the sensation of Celestia's mouth pressing against her fur. Actually, she loved everything about Celestia. The tinkling sing-song of her calm and gentle voice. Her strength, hidden behind softness. All the myriad ways she showed affection. The Unicorn sat up against the satin pillows, the smoothness of the fabric sending pleasurable feelings down her back. She ran her mouth against one of Celestia's large, white wings.

They hadn't said much for the better part of an hour. This was their date night and they had taken a long walk in the garden. Celestia had listened as Twilight had spoken to her about a recent book she had found. Occasionally, Celestia would respond or make some comment.

However, for most of the evening the Sun Monarch had been silent. Twilight hadn't said anything about it, but as she located a sensitive part of Celestia's wing she wasn't able to resist drawing her tongue along an area where she knew Celestia was ticklish.

Much to Twilight's amusement, Celestia giggled and squirmed like an overgrown cat. Twilight kissed the place between her primaries again. "Coochie-coochie coo. Knew that'd put a smile on your face."

Celestia retaliated running a hoof along Twilight's side, causing giggles to escape Twilight's lips. "I'm sorry if I've been morose or distracted this evening, my love."

Twilight kissed Celestia's neck. "It's alright. It'd be nice if you would tell me why, though."

Celestia surprised Twilight by slinking down and resting her head in her lap, like a foal seeking comfort. Twilight fetched the sun-emblazoned hairbrush from the bedside table. She ran it through Celestia's mane with her magic. Celestia closed her eyes, a dopey smile spreading across her face. She glanced up at Twilight. "Twilight, what is it about being spanked you enjoy so much?"

Twilight continued running the brush through her mane. "I'm not really sure actually. I think it has to do with the feeling of giving up power to somepony I love and trust. It takes a lot of trust to let someone whack your backside with a hairbrush." She playfully tapped the brush against Celestia's own backside before returning it to its intended purpose, running it through her marefriend's strands.

"Trust...giving up control...hmm."

"How about you? What do you like about being dressed up and treated like a foal?"

"The chance to recapture a little of my lost foalhood, I think.Being cared for. I...I think I'd like to be spanked when I'm in that...foal headspace I suppose you'd call it. There would be a certain freedom to being a naughty little filly squirming over her caretaker's knee. There's safety in limits and the feeling of someone to enforce those limits would make me feel...well safe. Like I wouldn't need to worry about all the tough choices. Somepony else could do it." She chuckled. "Of course, it's been so long since I was spanked I've forgotten what it feels like."

She rested her head into Twilight's lap, surrendering to her marefriend's ministrations as Twilight moved the manebrush through her tail. "To be honest, there have been a few times when I've felt as if I've deserved a good spanking or scolding. One reason I like having Luna back is I can always rely on her to scold me when I'm about to make a bad decision." She rolled her eyes. "I sometimes forget I'm the one that's the big sister."

"I don't think I've ever known you to make a bad decision."

Celestia gave her a flat look. "Really, Twilight? You can't think of any bone-headed, idiotic decisions I've made that have imperiled both the kingdom I love and the ponies I love just as much?"

Twilight shook her head. "Nope."

Celestia rested her head back on Twilight's lap. "I wish I was half the princess you think I am."

Twilight placed the hairbrush back on the bedside table. Then, she lifted up Celestia's head with a hoof. "Okay, Tia. Why don't you tell me what's wrong?"

Celestia shifted her eyes to the left. "Nothing. There is nothing wrong. Twilight, if I asked you to do something that might seem odd, would you?"

"During the time I've known you, you've sent me to a backwater town to make friends who turned out to be the bearers of the Elements of Harmony, sent me to face the God of Chaos and to rescue a lost empire, as well as several other things." She stroked Celestia's cheek. "I think we've safely established that I'd do anything for you, Queen of my Heart."

Celestia smiled, reached up and planted a kiss on Twilight's lips. "Alright. Alright. I want you to..." She mumbled something.

Twilight cocked her head. "Could you say that again?"

Celestia's face was as crimson as the setting sun. "Twilight. I want you to...I want you to spank me."

Twilight's eyes widened. "Oh, um, okay."

Celestia rolled over and lifted back up so she was side by side with Twilight. "I just want to know what it's like."

"I suppose you'll need to bend over the bed. So, just a few swats or..."

"A hard spanking not just a few swats. I'll transform into my foal form." She added, almost as a whisper, "It's about how I feel right now."

Twilight sat on the edge of the bed, deciding not to press what was bothering Celestia. She would tell her when she was ready. "Any implements or just my hoof?"

"Let's just...let's just see where it goes." She stood and lit up her horn. In her place stood a little pink-maned filly of about three who was hiding her face behind a wing. It was the most adorable thing Twilight had ever seen. "I'm sorry I was bad, Mommy. I need a spankin'."

Twilight patted her lap. "Um, alright. You come over here, um, you naughty, naughty princess."

The filly hopped up on the bed and laid over Twilight's lap. Twilight would fulfill any task the princess gave her, indulge her every whim. Yet, as Princess Celestia laid across her lap she found herself doing something she had never even thought about doing before. Denying Celestia's request. This was just too strange, too wrong. To even think of striking Celestia should be a crime! To even dare touch her in any way that did not please her...

Yet, this would please her. It was, after all, what she had explicitly asked her. Celestia laid across Twilight so her rounded backside was in the center of Twilight's lap, lifting up slightly. Twilight lifted a hoof, then hesitated. More than anypony, Twilight knew the sort of pleasure a spanking could bring. Twilight lightly brought the hoof down across the right part of Celestia's rump, holding it there. "That wasn't too hard was it?"

"No, Mommy. Dat's not enough spanks."

Obeying the sun princess, Twilight brought her hoof down across Celestia's rump again, this time slightly harder. The skin of Celestia's rump jiggled slightly. Twilight brought down several more swats, landing each swat on a different part of the rump. Celestia jumped slightly as Twilight brought down a particularly hard smack. Twilight stopped. She felt uncomfortable suddenly with the thought of going forward.

"Keep going." Celestia urged.

Twilight hesitated then continued bringing smacks down across Celestia's backside, increasing the force of each spank as she fell into a rhythm. She slapped the left and then the right side of Celestia's rump, peppering the Princess's posterior with spanks. Celestia began to yelp and squirm at the rain of spanks Twilight's hoof administered to her now blistering behind.
Twilight, for her part, was becoming increasingly uncomfortable. She cleared her mind, focusing on the task the Princess, no her beloved, had given her. If Celestia wanted this, if Celestia needed this for whatever reason, then Twilight would give it to her.

Twilight began to focus on the left side of Celestia's behind, her slaps coming down across the left cheek like thunderclaps. Celestia cried out as several hard spanks fell across her sit spot. Twilight moved her hoof, alternating where the spanks fell. Celestia kicked her hooves and Twilight wrapped a hoof around her waist, holding her still as she returned to smacking the right side of Celestia's rear. Each spank left a bright pink mark beneath Celestia's fur. The Sun Princess rested her face in the sheets as Twilight fell into a steady cadence of spanks to both sides of Celestia's rear end, alternating from left to right.

"I'm sorry!" Celestia shouted as Twilight spanked her sit spot again and then began spanking the lower part of her backside.

"What are you sorry for?" Twilight asked as she calmly continued the cadence of spanks. She stopped and began to rub where she had smacked, before lifting a hoof and giving Celestia several more smacks, moving back up to the center of her backside. She felt a little thrill at the way she was dominating her lover, but dismissed the thought, disturbed by it.

"I'm sorry I didn't believe you about Cadence! I'm sorry I couldn't beat Chrysalis! I'm sorry I sent my own sister to the moon!" Celestia buried her face into the sheets, crying.

Twilight stopped the spanking, shocked by Celestia bringing up what she thought of as ancient history. Deciding that Celestia needed this, she gave several firm smacks to the center of Celestia's bottom. She stopped, rubbing the sore skin of her behind. She then returned to swatting Celestia's backside. She alternated between swatting Celestia's backside and then gently caressing the place she had struck, knowing Celestia needed not just chastisement but comfort.

If she focused on Celestia, then she could ignore the strange thoughts she was having, dark thoughts of pleasure in domination or the little bubble of anger that rose up in her at the memory of Celestia scolding her unjustly, at the memory of Celestia not believing her. She lifted her hoof and gave several hard smacks to the right of Celestia's flank. Celestia yelped as Twilight increased the force and tempo of the spanks.

Deciding to finish the spanking, she gave ten hard spanks to Celestia's sit spot, the Sun Princess squirming and yelping. Twilight landed the final spank and then caressed her behind, rubbing the sore skin. Celestia continued crying and Twilight shifted so she was lying on the bed. The alicorn broke the enchantment and slid from Twilight's lap. Twilight wrapped her forelegs around the larger pony, laying the Princess' head in her lap, cradling and cuddling her while running a hoof through her mane.

Celestia cried into her lap as Twilight cuddled and cooed over her. "I forgive you, Celestia. I forgave you a long time ago." She gently kissed Celestia's forehead. "I love you."

Celestia sniffled and Twilight wiped away the last of her tears with a hoof. Twilight held her close. "Now why don't you tell me what all this is about?"

Celestia nuzzled Twilight, Twilight returning the affection. "You know how Chrysalis has been entering trade negotiations with us?"

Twilight closed her eyes and counted to three to still the raging storm in her heart. "What'd the Bug Queen say?"

"She wanted to speak to me privately and alone-"

"I told you not to."

"Yes, Twilight, I know. But I did and things got heated. She began mocking me, pointing out how I lost to her, how I didn't believe you...how Equestria would do better as a member of the Changeling Empire. A-at least she protects her subjects."

Twilight lifted her head and Celestia saw how Twilight's teeth were gritted together. "If by protect you mean slaughters without mercy."

"She said Equestria could do better than me. Maybe you could do better than me."

Twilight pressed her lips to Celestia's. "Celestia, listen. You have guarded and kept peace in this realm for over one-thousand years. You have made mistakes, who hasn't? But you care about each one of your subjects. And you have been nothing but wonderful to me. Don't listen to her."

Celestia smiled. "Thank you, Twilight."

They kissed once more, holding each other and resting on the bed.