The Cost of Asylum

Chapters

Best 'Laid' Plans
Kink 1: Depression is No Match for a Doughnut...or Twenty
The Last Sunrise of Canterlot.
The Lust is Doubled
Revenge is Sweet and Sticky
Kink 2: Pregnancy can be a Pain in the Teat
Queen's Gambit
Kink 3: Changeling Versus Predator
Twilight's Need
Kink 4: Sharing Fetishes
Office Love
Insert Joke Here
(Im)mortality
In Sickness and In Health
First or Second Date and The Dating Game

Best 'Laid' Plans

Celestia, previously Princess Celestia of Equestria, Diarch of the Sun and Ruler of the most prosperous country on the planet, made her way up the stone street surrounded by guards that did not answer to her. Things had gone badly in the last few years, and no matter how much he frustrated her, it only reinforced just how important the Lord of Chaos was. Then that fool of a pony had struck Discord down in his sleep, claiming to be acting for the betterment of the world, bringing true order to the world. But it had only released the chaos the draconequus embodied. The sun and the moon followed their own paths now, unresponsive to the alicorns who once guided them. The loss of their charges had impacted both Luna and Celestia magically and physically, the sisters reduced in stature to that of a regular alicorn, only slightly larger than Cadance due to their age. She kept her head high, though. Her sister and former student needed the reassurance at the moment, and she couldn't let her mask fall after coming so far.

"Sister, I do not think I find this course of action advisable any longer." Luna said, nervously looking around the streets. The buildings were strange, many done in a way that made the residential district of Manehatten look downright artistic. Walking here and there, creatures of every size, color, and species wandered the roads. Even the guards were a mixed bag, a young drake bringing up the rear while two diamond dogs stood at either side. A thestral led the way, leading them past other patrols that contained ponies of all tribes, changelings, griffons, canines, and dragons. To their shock, there was even a crystal pony in the market they were escorted through, peddling his wares to the crowds.

"I-I'm with P-Luna on this one, the situation began as highly unpredictable and has only degraded from there." Twilight said, eyes nervously flicking to the suppressor on her horn. It wasn't just any suppressor either, but a three-tiered linked band specifically made to stop all forms of magic an alicorn could access, including flight. That alone had thrown Celestia for a loop, as most countries would only think of her active magic as a threat. Obviously the ruler of this country was taking no chances, and making it obvious that there would be no easy way out for her.

Donning her usual serene smile, she gave both her companions reassuring looks. "The ruler has promised to meet with us. That is more than most of our old allies are willing to do. I'm certain we can find an arrangement that benefits us all." Now if only she could tell herself that several more times, the white alicorn might start to believe it as well.

"But we know nothing about him, other than the fact he built this city from the ground up, according to the residents." Luna said, pursuing a better reassurance. "The guards do not speak of anything to us, the citizens look at us with curiosity at best, we are thoroughly restrained despite these being 'peace talks'... sister, we should not be here, we should not have come."

"Where would you have us go, Luna?" She asked, facing her sister even as they continued to approach the castle. "The griffons and minotaurs declared war the moment they knew our power had waned, we cannot go to Cadance, as her country is besieged, and those who did no outright attack us refuse to give us asylum." Normally such talks would only occur in a private setting, but there was no reason to do so at this point. The situation of the ponies was well known throughout the world now. The only thing the white alicorn was thankful for was everyone she held close was still unharmed, and the Crystal Empire was nearly impervious to siege when the Crystal Heart was empowered. In addition, with all the land the Heart covered, starvation was not a worry for the Empire, as the harvests could continue throughout the year.

Luna stared ahead for a few moments, mind attempting to latch onto any idea. "There are, what of the untamed lands to the west?" She said hopefully. "We could take our subjects there, we could build anew and-"

"Luna, you saw our ponies. Do you really think they are capable of marching for days on end with no supplies and no real hope?"

"I still want to know how an entire city, one that's this developed and populated, and with technologies I've never even heard of, let alone dreamed of, could have grown without anypony saying anything about it!" Twilight yelled, stomping a hoof into the stone paved street in frustration. "The lights lining the streets don't have any magic as far as I can see, the guards all have weapon styles I've never seen before, the guards at the gate watched a bucking changeling drop it's disguise right in front of them and let it in-"

"Watch your words, alicorn." One of the diamond dogs cut her off. "The changelings have earned their place here, just as surely as the other races. Your being allowed passage and an audience with our ruler, it would be best if you didn't start your stay by questioning the Lord's decisions."

"That's another thing, why a lord? I know it's a title of importance, but there are better ones to choose from."

The dog just snickered, while the dragon huffed in amusement.

"He's said many times that he respected the tradition of rulers not taking the title of king, placing it as a position of reverence for the King of Old. I think I also heard him say something about not liking the title of Emperor, as it had evil connotations amongst his people. Something about a 'dark side'." The dragon said.

Luna snorted at the guards. "My questions are not important enough to warrant an answer, but hers are?"

"She didn't ask about our countries military strength, its economic production capacity, the process involved in creating our armor, or your hundred or so other questions about things delegates don't need to know." The thestral responded.

The group lapsed into silence after that, slowly approaching their target. It was strangely spartan to Celestia's eyes, used to her decadent palace of gold and marble. The structure was sturdy, that much was certain, but other than a few tapestries bearing symbols she couldn't decipher and a well kept, if small, lawn the castle could have been mistaken as a nobles estate. Actually, it could have passed as a nobles summer home, like the one her nephew had kept just south of High Talon.

"That's his palace?" Luna asked, thoroughly unimpressed. "I've seen restaurants with more decorations. Who does he hope to impress with this?"

"He doesn't try to impress, miss. The lord hates overly decadent places, said if he needed an army of servants to keep it clean it was 'too fuckin' big', and he'd be able to function just fine as long as he had four things; a throne room to hold court, a large ballroom, some guest rooms, and his personal quarters. A few more rooms were added as their importance was brought to his attention, but for the most part the lord isn't a fan of ostentatious buildings."

Celestia frowned, the phrasing sounding familiar to her somehow. She'd heard a few ponies use the alien word over the years, but most had no idea just how exotic the word they were using was.

"I've heard that word several times in the past." Twilight said, looking to the Diamond dog. "Would you happen to know it's actual meaning or history? Most ponies I ask say they don't know, that they'd just picked it up somewhere and there were no books that I could find that made mention of its origin."

"It's an expletive." Celestia answered, quickly falling into a lecture mode as they were escorted into the palace. The familiarity of the role helped calm her nerves. "It actually is often used as an alternate way to say mating, at least that's what I remember. Believe it or not, it's not Equestrian in origin. In fact, the word doesn't originate from our world."

"There are several other words like it, but for some reason that one seemed to be the most...virulent." The white mare said with a frown. Before her, the large doors were opened, allowing the group into the throne room.

"Equestrian delegates here to meet with the Lord of Metrocity" A guard to the left announced.

"Wait, Metrocity? Why would you pronounce it like that?!?" The purple alicorn ranted, the incorrect pronunciation leaving her left eye twitching.

"Because it's funny." A voice answered from across the hall.

Celestia's eyes widened as she took a look at the being sitting upon the throne. "Impossible." She breathed.

On the throne, the lord just grinned, that same shit-eating grin her soldiers had described to her so many years ago, that same shit-eating grin he'd had when she'd ordered him brought before her, that same grin he'd kept even as she ordered him exiled from her country to prevent the impending disaster his presence all but guaranteed. The only difference was the grin wasn't attached to a metal-grey furred and white maned pegasus with an unnatural understanding of physics and magic and an inability to walk a straight line. It was instead attached to a large, metal-grey furred and white maned alicorn, looking down on her group like a foal that had just been delivered its hearth-warming gifts. He was built just as she'd assumed he'd be from the attitude she'd remembered from their last encounter, lithe enough to retain agility, yet with enough muscle showing through his fur to mark him as a warrior. Instead of the grey flank she'd seen on him so many years ago, there was instead a large shield, set before a strange downward-turned blade much like the one her knights had found him with. One that was not made for a pony, or diamond dog, or any species she'd seen on Equis. Even his armor, patchy as it was at that time, was fitted for a different creature. In fact, she was certain the stallion had murdered the previous owner, until her mages revealed it was in fact his blood all over the items. The same armor that sat to the side of the throne room, properly displayed in its original form, clearly belonging not to an alicorn, but some sort of bipedal creature. His eyes too were the same, those green eyes that seemed to be able to track every movement in the room he occupied.

"I do believe you remember me, don't you Tia. It's an absolute pleasure to see you again."

Even after decades to puzzle it out, she'd never figured out why that grin caused her to feel so much anger. Seeing it once more, this time attached to the one being on the planet that had offered her ponies sanctuary, it was all the ex-princess could do not to either scream in impotent rage or break down and cry.

"Ares." Celestia said, eyes narrowing on the stallion.

"I'm honored, you do remember me! Here I thought you'd managed to flush it from your mind like so many other bad experiences, like your little drunken fiasco two hundred and fifty years or so ago." He said, his smile never faltering. "Guys, I'll be fine, take a hike." He said to the guards in the throne room, dismissing them with the wave of a hoof.

"H-how do you know about that?!" The alicorn stuttered, her cheeks tinting pink in embarrassment.

"Please, Tia. We both know, or at least I assume you've figured this out by now, that alicorns have extremely strong constitutions. Did you really think a couple of tankards of cider would normally have enough kick to knock you on your flank? Oh, now add a bit of child-like wonder to it, something you've never tasted before and wouldn't recognize, and suddenly everything is awesome. Everything is new and shiny, you want to touch everything, to feel everything. To taste everything." He finished, raising an eyebrow suggestively. "Honestly, though, you were starting to crack, worrying yourself sick over your sister's nearing return. The elements still weren't activating, as they wouldn't for nearly another two hundred years. I didn't like what you did to me, kicking me out when I was so miserably lost and weak, but I still knew you were important. I couldn't risk the sun falling when the moon was already out of the picture. So I gave you what you needed. Or better yet, I gave you an opportunity for a distraction and, what was his name... Grand Scepter? I gotta ask, Tia.." The grey male said, chuckling at her embarrassment.

"Was it?"

"What?" Twilight asked in confusion.

Luna puzzled out the statement, answering the younger mare. "I do believe he's implying that the stallion's-"

"No, I understood that! I mean, it's just, uh, I- Princess Celestia, you know him?"

"Oh, me and Tia here go way back. We're talking, what, six hundred years almost? Around that, anyway. Your a lot like her, you know. Just as much of a perfectionist, though she's better at hiding her blow-ups. I assume that comes with the extra experience." Ares said to Twilight. "I don't like her, but I don't hate her. I also certainly don't want a repeat of 428 before Luna's return. You know the Shifting Sands desert used to be a mountainous region? Dig deep enough under that sand, and you'll find glass."

"Tia likes to pretend she's above such 'base emotions' as anger and sorrow, but she just stockpiles them, don't you Celly?" He said, turning to the white alicorn. "After all, you need to be perfect, can't let anyone know just what kind of person you are at heart. I think most of the nobles would have a heart attack if you ever dropped that mask. Or is it even a mask anymore?" He said, the grin falling from his face finally. "We have a saying back home, you know. Sometimes we become so comfortable with the mask, we forget how to take it off, forget the person that exists behind it. Do you remember who you were before you were Princess Celestia? Can you let her go?"

Taking a steadying breath, Celestia focused on the stallion on the throne. "We are here to discuss the protection of my ponies. I came here to seek asylum for my subjects, and you have offered it."

"Right to business then." Ares said, his face becoming unreadable. "I've already taken the steps needed. Even as we speak, I have my people directing the refugees to prepared housing until something more permanent can be done for them, be it settling a nearby area or joining the city. I think you're going to have to learn something though, Celestia. Equestria is gone. Maybe someday you can rebuild it, take it back from the aggressors, but that day is not today. It's probably not going to be tomorrow, or the next year, maybe not even this decade. This little group here is currently a bunch of nobles without a country. Not only that, but two of you have been disconnected from your elements. But no matter what happens, your new lot in life doesn't seem to register, so we're going to do this through system shock. Your ex-subjects are safe, and will be treated as any being that visits, even given the usual chance at citizenship if they wish to pursue it."

"You however, Tia. I have a special task for you." He said, shifting in his throne.

The three alicorns before the throne gaped in shock at the obscene display before them. Ares had adjusted himself, now reclining against his throne with his hind legs spread wide, giving the mares an unobstructed view of his equipment. He grinned viciously at the white alicorn, even as she took a step back.

"Do you remember the last thing I said to you before you had me muzzled after you exiled me from your land, Tia? Kicked out of a land I already didn't understand into an infinitely more dangerous world? A world that would have killed me if I was any other being, a being who had already been subjected to such danger and hardship? I do. Come on now, I'm sure if you think hard you can remember it."

At her continued reluctance, or possibly lingering shock, he continued. "Come on, Celly, repeat after me. 'Princess Celestia of the Coming Dawn. You. Can-"

"-kiss my hairy balls." The alicorn finished in a whisper, eyes widening with horror as the implication struck home.

"There, that wasn't so hard was it? And remember, dear ex-princess; one for each. It's bad luck having one get jealous of the other." He said pointing a hoof at his grey orbs.

"Your insane! Your absolutely mad if you think my sister would do such a thing!" Luna yelled. "Besides, you weren't even a citizen, how did exile truly harm you?"

"Oh, I think my offer is quite generous. She merely needs to let go of her pride, the same pride that's put you all in this situation, do what I've asked, and I'll forgive her. Forgive her exiling me, forgive her imprisoning me with no reason given besides she thought I was trouble, forgive the fact that she assumed I had murdered someone, thus leading to her guards deciding whatever punishment she would assign wouldn't be enough." He listed, turning a cold expression upon the while alicorn. "Forgive the fact that you clipped my wings before throwing me out, robbing me of the one advantage my new form came with. Forgive the fact that you tried to steal my armor and weapons, tools that I'd created myself to defend myself from an impossibly hostile world.." He was quiet a moment, staring into the mare's eyes with disdain. "They dislocated my left wing, you know. For a long time I thought you'd ordered it. I was actually pleasantly surprised when Iron Heart was removed from his post for mistreatment of criminals after that falsely accused stallion was freed, and pursued recompense for his injuries."

"What do you mean her pride is the reason for our trouble?" Twilight said cautiously, attempting to keep her eyes from wandering. There was no way they could fight their way out, not with the extremely thorough restraints placed on them, so she knew they would be forced to play the stallion's game.

"She told you about how the Zebrican High Council wouldn't help you, right? Or how the dragons, minotaurs and griffons were not going to talk no matter what she did? I bet she didn't tell you how she made the Zebrican High Council visit her in person to request aid when their country was devastated by droughts. Won her a ton of support from her subjects. The Zebricans, not so much. The other races were looking at your plump little country for years, but the giant flaming pony on the throne kept them in check. She also went out of her way to punish them for their overly aggressive tendencies whenever she could with sanctions and political defeats. Without that doom hanging over them, well, Equestria was just too good of an opportunity. If they saw her on the field of battle now, she'd be a legitimate target. But we're getting off track here, aren't we?" The alicorn said, redirecting his gaze to the white mare. "I'm waiting."

"This could have been easier, you know." Ares said, his grin never fading even as Celestia slowly approached the throne. "I told you to come by yourself, didn't I? It would have just been me and you, Tia. No one else here, no added embarrassment."

The white alicorn closed her eyes, taking deep breaths to calm herself. Her pride was screaming at her to stab the fool in his nethers with her horn, but Twilight and Luna would be caught up in the repercussions as well. Not only that, she knew that wouldn't do more than put the stallion out of commission for a few days. She resolutely took another step forward. Faintly, she could here one-time student pleading with her, her sister yelling at the stallion, but she couldn't make out what they were saying. Her focus was on her target. One kiss each. Two kisses total, and she could stay with her ponies. The pony she'd exiled out of paranoia would drop any issues he'd taken with her over the years, and the matter would be settled. Stepping closer to the throne, she began to do what she always did during unpleasant court affairs; she planned for the future. She calculated the time it would take, the resources she would need to take back her home. She strategized how best to hit her enemies, be it economically or militarily.

Finally she reached the throne. She looked down slightly, not wanting to see the smirk on the stallion's face, but having it appear in her minds eye regardless. Her sister and student, no, her sister and her friend were both silent, likely unable to believe what they were seeing. Taking a halting breath, thick with the musky scent of the male before her, she leaned forward slightly, working herself slowly closer to her damnable target.

Everyone in the hall was silent as the white mare finally reached the throne, the purple alicorn hiding her eyes behind her hooves while the dark blue alicorn seethed, directing a blistering glare his way. For his part, Ares didn't really care. The alicorn before him had nearly killed him several times over, and he'd originally planned to return the favor. The only difference was that he wouldn't cut it close.

Time changes things, however, and as his situation changed, his plans for the alicorn changed from murder to public humiliation, planning on setting her in stockades before his palace each day for a year, maybe longer depending on his mood, less if he got to watch her pelted with rotten foods. Just enough to feel his need for vengeance sated. Then her country had fallen, the survival of most of her subjects only possible because he'd had agents slip her bumbling guards the physical invasion plans from the griffons. At the loss of her country, it faded to just something between the two of them, just making the mare do something that would turn her stomach inside out. Even his current plan was more out of frustrated anger than hatred, as the alicorn still introduced herself as the Princess of the Sun.

Watching her lean closer, he could feel a tingle of excitement run through his body. Not sexual excitement, despite the lewd task he'd set her to perform. It was the rush of seeing the one who'd held absolute authority over him so long ago at his mercy, obeying his commands no matter what. To his frustration, she stopped just short, her eyes unfocused and forcing herself to breath through her mouth. Growing uncomfortable in his current position, he wrapped a fetlock around her horn, pulling her muzzle the last few inches to his body, resting her snout against the soft fuzz of his sack.

"C'mon, Tia. Your almost there, one kiss each and I'll let it all go." He whispered down to her, fetlock still wrapped around her horn.

For a moment nothing happened, save the hot breath from her muzzle on his sensitive fur, but then she slowly shifted. It was faint, but soon, he felt the slight pull of a kiss on one, then she slowly shifted to the other, planting a second kiss.

"There, that wasn't so bad now wa-!" His tease died quickly, the alicorn resisting his attempt to push her horn away as she planted a third kiss over the second, before planting her muzzle against his skin and inhaling deeply. Shock rapidly shifting to confusion, the stallion looked up at the mares form and watched as her wings slowly presented themselves and her tail flagged high in the air. He was left confused for only a moment before the mares breath was blown out over his tingling skin, causing him to give a quick gasp. Then she began in earnest.

"That's quite enough, thank you. You can stop any ti-Hi!" He shuddered as she kissed once more, this time much more forceful, almost pulling him into her muzzle with the suction. Then his legs went stiff, the sensation of a long slick tongue dancing over his twitching orbs making itself known. It was more pleasure than he'd felt in recent memory, hell, more than he'd ever felt before and he grunted through gritted teeth, feeling himself start to slip out of his protective sheath. Almost immediately the slick muscle found the escaping organ, sliding over it repeatedly in an attempt to draw it out further. She lathered it in her saliva, laying soft kisses over its length before returning to its base every few moments, being sure to work over the newly revealed skin as it became accessible. Then, just when he thought it couldn't be any better, she gave a suckling kiss to the head and-

Ares weakly pushed against her horn, the pleasure fogging his mind even as he tried to reign back control of the situation. Soon the white mare was pulled from his throne, a loud wet pop sounding as her mouth was removed from his tool. Attempting to shake the lust from his eyes, the alicorn looked down to see Luna and Twilight physically holding the other mare back, Celestia's eyes unfocused and drool running down her chin as she continued to try to push towards him.

"Sister, stop, retain your control!" Luna said, struggling against the larger female.

"C-control?" Celestia said faintly, a manic giggle following before she yelled at her sister. "Do you know, how long I've kept control!?!"

Slowing in her push back to the throne, the wild-eyed princess stared at Ares, hunger in her eyes. "Do you know how long I've worried about snapping the pencil's I've been forced to choose from over the years, unable to enjoy a real rut for fear of breaking the stallion? Do you know how long I've been without, when I realized the substitutes would never scratch the itch?" Suddenly she renewed her push, bringing her sister and pupil along with her. "I even tried a bucking drake, and just ended up bleeding and scratched with a broken wing! Tartarus-damned wyrm didn't even get me off!"

For his part Ares was far from idle. Coming down off of his throne, he breathed in the thick scent of feminine arousal in the air. His ears twitched as the white mare spoke, the sound of a light pattering on the floor alerting him to her dripping slit. Feeling a damp spot under his hoof, he raised it to his snout, taking in the scent of her fluids. It wasn't something he'd expected or planned for, but now, it was all he could think of. It was all that was on his mind. The mare's lust-filled eyes, her splayed wings soon being matched by his own, her tail easily visible over her back as it waved at him from a few paces away.

No, it wasn't what he'd planned at all, but he was adaptable. He'd happily give them both what they wanted right now.

With a flash of light the two disappeared, leaving Luna and Twilight alone in the hall, the heavy scent of arousal from both parties hanging in the air.

The purple alicorn took one look around the now much emptier throne room before she realized what had happened. Holding her fetlock over her snout, the alicorn sighed.

"Buck."

Luna, taking a seat beside her, raised an eyebrow at the outburst. "I believe it was fairly obvious what they were planning, Twilight. You do not need to speak it."

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In a small, well lit chamber elsewhere in the castle, a bright flash of light and a loud pop signaled the arrival of the two alicorns in an empty room. As soon as their vision had cleared from the travel, they were at each others side, snouts buried in the other's fur, muzzle's gently running over the form of their partner. Not even bothering with a kiss at this point, the mare propped her forward half on the bed, looking back at the male with need in her eyes.

Despite his almost painful arousal, Ares managed to keep enough self-control to not mount her right there, instead approaching the bed at a leisurely pace, teasing her with his slow and deliberate approach. Reaching her, he used a hoof to brush aside the strands of her tail that had become stuck to her cheeks in the now-constant stream that trickled from her, leaning in and blowing softly over her ever-engorging lips. She moaned softly at the interaction, tail bobbing as if to wave him forward, but he merely moved a single hoof up, using the tip to trace her sex, the completion of his circuit punctuated by a wink.

"For the love of the sun, you fool, I've wanted this for years, don't tease me-hee!" Her protests were cut off as the stallion returned her earlier ministrations with his own, first circling her once more, this time with his tongue, then sliding the muscle up along her opening. Before she could say anything more, the muscle slid inside, squirming this way and that, setting off nerves that hadn't seen use in decades. She squirmed, a throaty moan of pleasure his reward and confirmation of her approval. Ares inwardly smirked as he explored her depths, an idea occurring to him. His horn lit up with arcane potential, and suddenly the white mare gasped in shock and pleasure. Having spotted her clit, he'd wrapped it in a soft glow, vibrating the magic field softly and using a slight warming spell to increase his aura's temperature. The idea seemed to work, as his target redoubled her squirming, bucking softly against his muzzle. Seeing and tasting the success of his first spell, his mind was awhirl with the possibilities. Settling on one idea with a devilish smirk, the alicorn stallion continued plunging the white mare's depths, much to her vocal pleasure. Just as he was beginning to notice her gripping his tongue with more regularity, he coated a hoof in a quick spell often used for incapacitation and pulled his tongue out from her folds with a messy slurp.

Celestia's lust-fogged mind immediately registered the lack of occupation, and turned her head only to see that damned smirk on Ares' face once more, before he moved a hoof forward and touched a weak lightning spell against her clitoris. The spell did no actual damage, her pegasus resistances protecting her from the discomfort. Her resistances did not, however, prevent the lightning from setting off nearly every nerve of her button, causing her to scream out as her body was assaulted by the intense pleasure her mind perceived the nerve stimulation as. He held the hoof against her for several seconds, the thrashing of his target never dislodging his touch. Eventually the white alicorn bucked several more times, increasing with intensity and desperation each time, before her entire body tensed. One final, needy buck followed by a torrent of thick fluids being ejected from her sex signaled the one time princess' climax, her breathing heavy and her eyes unseeing for a moment.

"What the buck was that?" She finally managed to wheeze, the high fading from her after a few moments.

Ares was slow in answering, cleaning the hoof he'd used of her orgasm. "Mild Taser spell, basically a small lightning bolt." Smacking his lips, he continued. "Not what I expected, I swore with all the desserts your always eating you'd be sweeter."

"Then again," he ran a the hoof over her flanks, gliding over the smooth fur "I seem to remember this being bigger last time I'd seen an image of you as well."

Celestia dragged her head across the bed, settling an eye on him. "There's not many cake trees in the forests around here." She rasped, energy finally returning. "You should work on that."

"Well, we'll have to fix this as well." He said, giving her flank a light nip. "An Equestrian treasure has come into my possession, and I aim to see it restored to its full glory."

"I thought you said you weren't a sun worshipper." She giggled, finally finding the strength to lift her head.

Ares nipped her again, this time eliciting a yelp of pain. "I'm not. Celestia I've not been very fond of in recent history. Celestia's glorious butt, however, is more than welcome in my castle. If it happens to bring a tag along with it, so be it." Lighting his horn once more, the mare found herself repositioned on the bed, this time completely settled on the bed with her tail hanging off. The only thing keeping her from rolling to her sides was his aura and her still-presented wings.

The stallion brought his forelegs up onto the bed, settling his barrel against hers. His aura now guiding his head as he rubbed a few circles around her re-inflating lips, he trailed nips and kisses up her neck, finally meeting her lips. He opened both pairs wide, his wide head slowly driving into her even as his tongue invaded her mouth, sharing with the female the lingering tastes of her own desire. As he slid inside at an agonizingly slow pace, she bucked her hips, legs uselessly flailing in the air, finding no purchase. Her wings fluttered wildly in excitement, brushing up against his own wings as he pressed against her tightly and sending small sparks of pleasure through both of their bodies.

Breaking the kiss, he leaned closer to her ear and whispered "I'm going to enjoy being able to put our alicorn stamina to use, Tia. How many do you think we can get away with in one night?"

He had to stop every once and a while, allowing her to become used to him before pushing forward once more. Before long, he felt his balls resting against her flank, his rod shoved as deeply into the female as he could manage. Then, with one last tensing of his body and one final needy thrust, he felt the back of her tunnel press against his head.

"Oh stars, finally!" Celestia breathed, bucking against him once more. Wrapping her forelegs tightly around his neck she glared at him. "Well, what are you waiting for? You wanted this position, now get to it!"

"Gladly." He whispered, nipping her ear before pressing his neck against hers, his own forelegs gripping her tightly. The next moment he slid himself out of her tunnel, nearly pulling out entirely, before slamming back in with enough force to cause a meaty slap to ring out through the room. The stallion grunted with the effort, slowly picking up speed, his pace starting out refined but slowly becoming more and more desperate as he felt his own lust driving him forward to release. The scent of her lust was all he could focus on at the moment. The pleasure he knew each strike brought her only serving to increase his own excitement. Feeling a buildup, the tensing of his body as he drove forward, he slowed his pace, altering his strokes to try and draw the first session out as long as possible. However long he delayed though, it was only a matter of time. Each moan of the alicorn beneath him drove him further, each thrust pushing him closer to his release.

For her part, Celestia was staring up at the ceiling with glassy eyes, her only focus on the rod deep inside her, the head that sometimes struck her deepest wall, the ring that continued to drag back and forth along her canal. So many times she'd tried to find a good lay, not the wheat sprig in a hallway sensations she'd been cursed with since her ascension. Even the drake she'd bedded had been a horrible experience, the relatively young being finishing much too soon, leaving her an aching, miserable pile of need even as the bastard wyrm curled up and fell asleep. Suddenly the pleasure multiplied, the ring dragging across a particularly sensitive point at just the right angle, drawing a whinny from her throat. She vaguely noticed Ares' ears perk up at the articulation, before he shifted himself to drive his tool repeatedly into an angled approach that drew the most reaction out of her.

Their pursuit of orgasmic bliss echoed through the room, the meaty strikes of flesh on flesh having devolved into the wet slaps of flesh covered in shared excretions as the stallion finally repositioned himself. His glowing horn pressed against her own, his wings dragged themselves over her own, and his entire body tensed as he finally reached his peak.

With one final stroke, their resistance shattered. For Ares, his release was punctuated with loud grunts of effort as he thrust himself as deeply as he could into the tightly gripping sleeve with each spurt, the warm payload spattering against the mares internal walls with enough force to be felt even through her haze.

For Celestia, ex princess of the sun, whom a true release had eluded for several centuries, her orgasm arrived in a wave of white hot pleasure. The feeling of her contracting vaginal canal attempting unsuccessfully to crush the rod buried deeply inside her, not letting a single droplet of his seed slip out no matter how much pressure built up inside her. The force of the strikes against her inner wall by the expelled payload of her mate. The warmth of his release. The pleasure of finally being rutted by a properly fitting male. The simultaneous stimulation of all her sensitive points, after so long of her mates not being able to reach or not having the proper parts to effect them. It all came to a head at long last, and made itself known in a scream.

One that left all but the thickest reinforced windows throughout the city shattered.

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The two sat on the bed, breathing heavily and soaked in each others fluids. They'd run themselves into the ground, only stopping to replenish their fluids from Ares' bathroom before returning to the bed. Fully exhausted, the two reclined in the bed, entwined in each others hooves as the afterglow of their last session faded. The suppressor had even been removed from the white mare's horn after it had gotten in the way one too many times, allowing them both to put their full effort into rutting each other stupid. Both had grins on their faces despite their exhaustion even as the morning sun peeked through the drawn curtains.

For Ares, it was the happiness of knowing his plan had yielded such unexpected and mutually beneficial results. For Celestia, it was the relief of a millennia-long dry spell, finally having a partner that could not only strike all the proper parts of her body, stimulating her horn, her wings, and her sex simultaneously, but could continue for as long as she could, her alicorn stamina often leaving even several stallions gasping for breath as she demanded more.

His breathing slowing enough to speak properly, Ares nuzzled Celestia. "I'd say negotiations were beneficial for all involved parties wouldn't you?"

"I-" Tia's post after-glow grin faded, her face becoming solemn. "By the sun and stars, I've fallen so far." Curling in on herself, she just stared against the wall over his side.

"None of that, now." The stallion said, pulling her in tighter. "Worry about the future when you've recovered. For now, rest. Actually..." Wobbly rising out of bed and pulling the other alicorn with him, he lit his horn and the two were pulled to another part of the castle. Checking the nearby doors, he found one that wasn't locked and opened it up, leading her into the spare guest room. He jumped up onto the bed, the door closing with a click as the lock was engaged, and lifted a wing, inviting her over.

Celestia hesitantly joined him, laying down on the clean sheets and reclining on the bed, pressing up against the creature that still smelled strongly of her own sex. Maybe that was what she needed to do. In fact it reminded her of a strange phrase she'd heard long ago. Yes, she'd do that.

Carpe Diem was the phrase she remembered. Seize the Day.

Where did it come from, she wondered?

Author's Note

Why did I do this? Why does anyone write these? Sometimes we see a character, and just can't help but think "She could use a good dicking."

Like my first one-shot, this started the MC uttering a single phrase.

"Celestia, you can suck my dick."

It evolved from there, or evolved as much as something of this, er, subject can evolve.

Kink 1: Depression is No Match for a Doughnut...or Twenty

Author's Note

Warning: contains inappropriate use of pastries, and alternate fillings.

I actually went out and bought myself a dozen doughnuts after writing about half of this. I'm still craving some, actually. I think I'll go grab another before I call it a night. Mmmm, maple-glazed doughnuts
Oh, and I'm in no way belittling or making light of depression. I just think both of them would be aware of such things at this stage of their lives.
Ctrl-f post to get to the action. You know, if you're impatient. I don't mind if you ignore my hard work :pinkiesad2:

Kink 1: Depression is No Match for a Doughnut...or Twenty

Ares sat in his office, a frown on his muzzle as he reviewed the problems that had arisen from the admittance of the Equestrians into his country. For the most part there were minor complaints; one or two ponies demanding the arrest of a changeling or diamond dog on the accounts of their species being slavers, which he ignored. Then there were several complaints from the ponies that a nearby shopkeeper had been attempting to charge extremely inflated prices for the ponies as his stall was closest to the refugees' living areas. It was actually documented by several guards, so the shopkeeper would probably face fines; Ares had put out a decree against a certain level of inflation. Some inflation was expected, as that was just business, but there was a set limit for that and a changeling guard had even overheard the store owner making disparaging remarks about the 'damned grazers'.

The stallion narrowed his eyes as he read the name. Auto was a diamond dog that had originally been a berserker for his pack before they dispersed into the city, and this wasn't the first time the dog had tried to cause him trouble. The first time he'd literally walked right up to the castle, demanding that Ares step off his throne as 'Stupid ponies not strong enough to be Alpha'. A week in intensive care had prevented the idiot from challenging the stallion's rule a second time, but that didn't stop him from causing trouble other ways.

"Charge him the usual fine for ignoring a decree. I'm honestly not even surprised he's causing problems at this point, but at least he's not trying to challenge their right to live here anymore." Ares told a guard, handing off the signed writ against the diamond dog. The young drake took it with a grin, already used to dealing with this particular trouble maker, and sauntered off to make a certain dog's life miserable.

A knock on the door didn't even draw his eye from his paperwork, merely a 'It's open' and a dark mutter about paperwork in general. Looking up as he attempted to sort through the chaos, he met the eyes of a purple alicorn, the mare obviously not certain about her presence in his office. Which was odd as she'd been the one to request a meeting in such informal circumstances.

"What's up, Sparkle?"

"I was wondering if you'd spoken to P-Celestia lately. She's been real quiet, and I'm not sure what's wrong with her. It's been almost a week already, and she's still not really doing anything," the mare explained while dragging a fetlock against her alternate cannon.

The stallion sighed, putting off the papers and shuffling them into a somewhat less embarrassing mess. The librarian-turned-princess-turned-refugee's eye twitched slightly at the mess on his desk, but she managed to focus on the problem at hoof. Ares shook his head; it was as sure a sign as any that Twilight was worried for her mentor.

"It's called depression, Twilight. We all fall into it once or twice; even your friend Pinkie ended up depressed a few times in the past. Most of the time it's nothing big, and it would just be called 'being depressed. Sometimes though, there's a bit more to it than that. This has been a bit of a shock to you, moving here, right? Helping all your people try to settle in, to try and make something of themselves?"

The mare nodded silently, and he continued.

"Celestia has had two things throughout most of her lifetime. She lost one just over a thousand years ago, but knew one day her sister would be back. Since then, she put her heart and soul into turning Equestria from a couple of ponies working together to survive into the global powerhouse that it was. Make no mistake, the griffons and minotaurs have no idea what they've done economically. In the coming years, there will be shortages of food, manufactured goods, high-end magical devices, all kinds of things. We're pretty self-sufficient and we just got a big influx of farmers in the form of refugees, but the rest of the world is co-dependent even if their rulers state otherwise. Griffons have been importing food from Equestrian farmers for years now, and while they managed to raid your farmlands for a limited boost, that's going to dry up faster than a puddle in the desert."

"That's what some of the others here have said," Twilight said quietly. "The griffons, dragons, and diamond dogs I've spoken to here just kind of shake their head when I ask them about it, about why they're here instead of in their home countries. Some actually sat down and told me their stories, others just ask that I don't bring it up around them anymore. One thing that's been bothering me though; why is everyone here so tense lately? I know my, our ponies have been the cause of some friction, but it doesn't match up to how bad it feels."

"It's not something you'd think about, being from a land of plenty like Equestria, but what happens when the food runs out, Twilight?" he asked her. "What do you think the griffons will do when they realize that they're going to starve, and there's another country right in the forested mountains to the deep south of them? They're going to go to war again. They're going to try to keep going, as their leaders are shortsighted. They fill their bellies and their population explodes on pillaged food, but that won't keep them going forever. Soon they'll learn the truth, and there will be death. There will be starvation, sickness, riots, likely even civil war. But before that happens, there will be another war, one against any state that has the resources they need that they think is weak. They just booted three alicorn's from a well-fortified area, so what do you think they're going to do when they hear about one alicorn ruling a prosperous country?"

The mare slowly nodded, understanding filling her eyes.

"They'll target us, target you. They'll try to use the fact that Celestia and Luna weren't able to win as a reason why they can beat you as well."

"War will be coming to our doorstep very soon, Twilight. Likely within the next year. If there's one thing Celestia did well when she was in power, it was keep everyone in check. There were no problems like this, because her connection to the sun made her one of the most powerful creatures on the planet. If she is killed now though, the sun will still rise and fall. With the sun and moon moving on their own, unicorns aren't needed either. The griffons and their allies see no reason to hold back anymore.

"Back to Celestia though. Equestria was her life's work, and she just watched it fall apart behind her, watched over a thousand years of blood, sweat, and tears crumble into the dust. She still has her friends, her sister, and many of her subjects that survived, but technically they're my subjects now. She's living on borrowed time, and she's feeling the pressure."

"I know she's sad, but there's got to be something I can do!" Twilight shouted, immediately recoiling and rubbing her cannon once more. "Sorry, I just, I can't stand knowing she's doing this. She's not even eating right now, just sitting in her bed all day. Your guest bed, actually. By the sun, you're right. We really don't have much of anything right now."

"None of that now, I don't need all three of you falling into that pit. Luna's passing the time at the moment in the library, I'm sure you could read some books there as well. We have all kinds of things on the different species that live here, the cultural differences, the..." Ares trailed off, looking at the mare's irritated scowl as she looked around his office distractedly. A grin split his muzzle and he leaned over his desk, placing his hooves on it and came within a few inches of the mare's face.

"How would you like to help me out?" he asked her. "I see you looking at all of this in irritation, and I remember reports of you being absolutely manic when it came to organization. I'll work on Celestia for the next few days, and you Twilight Sparkle, will return the favor by helping me clean this mess up. This problem has been building for several centuries now, and the addition of the refugees has only exacerbated the problem. You find me a simple, organized way to do this, emphasis on simple mind you, and then you go through the files and condense them to be less wordy, as I know politicians tend to write all of their stuff in legalese, and I'll hire you on as an official historian, researcher, and secretary."

Twilight boggled for a moment at the offer before turning suspicious.

"Why would you trust me with that? What would stop me from, from giving you falsified information."

"Your need for precision and accuracy on anything you do, mostly," Ares responded with a chuckle. "You pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. I believe you'd be more than happy to take this task, especially when it will help your own people learn that they can adapt to this change. The refugees are scared Sparkles, and seeing one of their princesses moving on and participating in the government of their new home will be the kick in the pants they need. The others are depressed, though Luna's fighting it in her own way by burying herself in research, and the ponies are going to be looking to you; watching how you react. If you fall to depression as well, and publicly at that, things could collapse very quickly for the ex-Equestrians."

The purple alicorn chewed her bottom lip for a moment, her eyes tracking over the office and then roving to the door, remembering just how many beings were working in the city's record offices. Being in charge of it all nearly caused her to giggle in excitement; so many checklists, so much research to make sure she wasn't running over old laws and regulations. It would likely take her at least four days to get through all the laws and rules the stallion had set up to prevent fraud and abuse of the system, much less actually begin sorting through an ever-growing pile of forms and regulations.

By the time she turned back to the larger alicorn, Ares was wearing a toothy smile, absolutely certain he had the mare right where he wanted her, and where she wanted to be. Twilight sighed in defeat, nodding.

"Yes, I'll do it. I think you knew that I'd say yes the second you asked, didn't you?"

"One thing you'll learn over time is that the best way to get people to do what you want, is to make them want to do it. I want help with this, and I'll even give an already sweet deal an unnecessary injection of sugar," the white alicorn said, leaning to whisper into the mare's ear.

"The entirety of the library and science labs are at your disposal. Just ask before you try anything that could blow up, or pursue anything Celestia had previously nixed without explaining. She was overly cautious in some areas, but there are certain things that don't need study, like mind control and demonic summoning. I don't need a nameless horror trampling my city because you were curious."

With that he trotted to the door, stopping only when Twilight recovered enough to ask his destination.

"I'm off to Glazed Bun's bakery," he called back as he slowed for a moment. "I have a depressed mare to visit, and a national treasure to restore to its former glory. I think a couple dozen doughnuts would be a good start for both projects."

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When the occupant of the room didn't answer after the sixth knock on the door, Ares popped the lock and entered anyway. Depression wasn't something he was going to ignore, not when he'd nearly fallen to it so many times himself. Walking into the room while levitating two large boxes of fresh doughnuts, the stallion grinned wolfishly at the mare laying on the bed. For her part, Celestia just gave him a quick glance before she zoned out once more, staring off at a wall.

'No, this won't do at all,' he thought.

"I heard from a certain purple encyclopedia that you haven't even bothered to eat. I'm disappointed, Tia. You're not going to make my restoration project easy, are you?" Ares chided, hopping up onto the matress beside her and setting the boxes on the floor before the bed.

The alabaster alicorn looked at the boxes forlornly, then eyed him with a simple look of irritation.

"I locked the door for a reason, Ares."

"Oh, I know. But I also know that sometimes you get depressed, and I need to do something to keep you going. I don't have to go through other methods this time though. I can walk right up to you, give you a hug," he explained, doing so with a wing while he pulled a doughnut from the box and taking a few bites," and then I can feed the lovely lady some well-deserved comfort food."

"Well deserved. Right," Celestia muttered. "My country is in ruins because I, because-"

"Because you lost a good portion of your power to the stupidity of another," Ares finished. "You can't blame yourself for not being able to figure out everything, Tia. You and I both know what happens when people do that; it doesn't end well."

"It doesn't change the fact that I could have done something, maybe if I'd paid more attention to the stallion, or put a few guards on Discord for his own safety.."

The grey alicorn rolled his eyes.

"Oh, I'm certain that would have gone well. I spoke to him a few times, you know. He thought my power base here was entertaining enough to warrant not mentioning it to you, and we had a few game nights over the years. I knew him fairly well actually, and I can tell you right now that he wouldn't have taken guards. Guards are symbols of order, and having them around would have just irritated him. He was very careful about that kind of thing you know. Symbolism, I mean. I even gave him something, a crystal necklace of a circle with arrows pointing in all directions. It was a joke, and he loved it, asked if it meant we were dating and everything. I tell you, that guy played a mean game of gay chicken."

Celestia frowned in concentration, calling up the memories despite the pain connected to them.

"I saw him wearing it once or twice, what was so funny about it?"

"The omnidirectional arrows are a symbol of chaos. By making it out of crystal, a symbol of order, I gave him a symbolic oxymoron. He thought it was hilarious."

"That doesn't change the fact that I'm out of a job. What's my new position, Ares? Concubine of the ruler of another country?" Celestia shot back, her weak smile at the mention of the stallion's friendship with Discord not being nearly enough to lift her mood.

"I think you're a little over-qualified for that, Tia," Ares answered, placing a warm kiss on her cheek. "Ruled a country for over a millennia successfully, in fact I daresay that if not for The Shift, Equestria would have lasted for a long time. Possibly longer than my own. I told sparkle-butt earlier, the fall of your country will be felt for years, and not in the good way. The griffons will face food shortages, while the minotaurs will not have access to any advanced magitech besides what they salvage from the factories and labs, and even then they'll not be able to do much to repair them as they've wiped out the means of production. Their short-sightedness will cause even more pain to themselves in the future, though I'm sure that's small comfort to you. You're also one of the oldest known spellcasters on the planet at the moment, and have hundreds of years of public affairs experience. You're a warrior, a politician, a mage, a teacher; the world is your oyster, to quote an old expression from home."

"For now though, I want you to think of this as a vacation. Try to relax, enjoy the quiet, maybe finish a few books you've been wanting to read but never had the time. Spend a few days just walking the city with your sister, go shopping with her, take Twilight to the spa, invite the Bearers over for a cooking night and sleepover. And remember, I dropped everything I held against you in the throne room last week. If you ever need to talk about something, and feel Luna or Twilight or any other being you know won't understand, give me a shot. I'd be happy to talk shop with you; maybe we can trade stories about how we put our respective countries together with our own four hooves someday?"

A weak smile appeared on the mare's muzzle, and Ares rubbed his nose against her cheek affectionately. The stallion opened the second box for Celestia, levitating two iced bars to the mare and taking a quick bite out of his own, waving a white-frosted pastry before her nose. The white alicorn took a tentative sniff of the treat and her eyes widened.

"Strawberry?"

"Yup. Strawberry filling and white icing. ~I've got a whole box of them, Tia~," he told her in a sing-song voice. "I know you're hungry, even if you won't admit it."

Celestia chewed her bottom lip, and Ares idly wondered if Twilight had picked up the habit from her mentor over the years. Just as she was about to refuse, a knock came from the door, and it was opened to reveal a single changeling servant walking in with a tea-cart. The drone pushed the cart just shy of their position before bowing and leaving, closing the door on the way out.

"Tea?" Celestia asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Naw, tea isn't something I normally drink with my doughnuts," Ares answered, pouring a steaming cup of happiness. He drank his hot chocolate, grinning at the hungry gurgle the other alicorn released at the gathered sights and smells.

'Step one, break her fast with a calorie explosion.'

The white mare took a tentative bite of the doughnut, releasing a hum of enjoyment even as he floated a warm cup of hot cocoa to her. She accepted it, drinking it with a bit more enthusiasm before returning to her doughnut, this time stuffing the rest of the treat in her mouth, her hunger finally winning out. She blinked a second later, her cheeks tinting pink as she looked to Ares, but he just grinned at her once more, floating another doughnut into her vision.

"I can only eat a few of these you know," Celestia muttered, taking a large bite of her second doughnut, already floating a third in her grip. "I'll get fat if I eat too many."

Ares just pulled her closer, nibbling her ear and earning a giggle from the mare before he responded.

"We'll just have to burn some of those extra calories another way, I suppose. Besides, you haven't eaten properly in a while. You're going to make up for that. I want to get the restoration project started post-haste."

"What restorEE!" her question cut off with a squeak as he stallion's horn blazed with power, the feeling of a warm aura kneading her flanks causing her to blush brightly even as she giggled at the attention. Ares rose from her side, moving behind her and trailing feather-light kisses along her cutie marks, emphasizing his focus even more as he floated yet another white-iced pastry over to her.

"I told you I'd get this thing in its pre-Shift condition, and I aim to do that Tia. Before it can be perfectly toned, though, it needs a nice layer to be the foundation of that sculpting you managed. After that, you can join me for my morning exercises to help burn off the extra."

"You were the envy of mares everywhere, you know. Your flanks were full, but not fat enough to start causing the rest of you to be overly corpulent. Ponies told me it was almost mesmerizing watching you trot along on your evening exercise. I snuck up to Canterlot once just to see it, and I have to say I was pretty tempted to jump you then and there."

He settled on the mare's back, trailing kisses up to her jaw. After reaching her jawline, he ran his tongue back down her neck, trailing back up and ending with another kiss that left the white alicorn shuddering. Even as she consumed her seventh strawberry-filled pastry, he wrapped his forelegs around her, pulling her onto his own barrel as he fell backwards onto the bed, a pile of pillows propping them up.

"I never had someone to play with like this, you know," Ares whispered into her ear, levitating yet another doughnut in front of her. He didn't let her eat it though, just surrounded it in his own aura. Her curiousity as to his reasoning was answered a moment later as it began leaking the filling in an obscene way, the stallion bringing the bar just shy of her muzzle.

Giggling at the sight, she began licking it sensuously, trailing her tongue all over the fried treat and eventually pulling it close enough to begin suckling on it, moaning as if she were enjoying it. She smirked even as she took it into her mouth, bobbing it in and out of her muzzle; she could feel the male behind her becoming aroused by her display. A few more sensuous licks, and she once more took the bar into her mouth, bobbing on the doughnut once more.

She felt Ares chuckle as much as heard it, and her eyes bulged in shock. She coughed and sputtered, wiping her muzzle with a hoof and rolling to strike the stallion with a hoof even as he rolled away from her, the doughnut still held in his aura; the doughnut that was now crushed by his magic, ejecting the filling into her throat.

"I couldn't help it, Tia. You were just doing such a good job, I got excited," Ares laughed, trotting around the bed to the pastry box. He placed it on the table, giving the bed some clearance before jumping back up onto it from the front. Celestia glared for a moment longer before grabbing another doughnut, this time using her magic to open the injection site wider, holding it in front of the grey alicorn expectantly.

Ares moved up to it, running his tongue around the outsides of the opening just as he'd done to her several days ago, before lapping slowly at the jelly inside. He hummed and chuckled, giving the faux-marehood a thorough tonguing and keeping his eyes on her the entire time. Celestia giggled, squeezing the entry hole of the doughnut once, twice, almost subconsciously in time with her own dampening needs clenching.

Pulling out of the doughnut, Ares smacked his lips before giving her a disappointed pout.

"I liked the real thing better. It didn't run out of filling."

Turning the doughnut to herself, she huffed as she inspected the empty shell.

"You ate all the filling out of my doughnut. What am I supposed to do with this now?" the white mare demanded in mock anger. For his part the stallion just stared at her in confusion.

"Eat it? If you don't want it' I'll-"

"No, you're going to fix this." Celestia said, pushing him onto his back and nuzzling his rigid protrusion. The mare began licking and kissing his rod, drawing a few sounds of pleasure from the stallion before she giggled, her horn glowing as she encompassed his orbs in a warm, roiling aura. Ares bucked, grunting as the intensity of the sensations doubled then tripled, causing him to moan even as his wings splayed against the bed. Tia continued her assault, running her tongue up and down his ever-stiffening sex before she saw him start to flare.

"Shit, Tia, if you don't stop I'm gonna-"

She ignored his pleas, giving a suckling kiss to his member even as her aura intensified further. He bucked against her, and she grinned lecherously as she made her move.

Ares blinked the haze from his vision as he came down from his orgasmic high, idly noting the mare was sitting on his barrel at the moment. Focusing on her, he noticed two things.

First, Celestia was no longer sad in the least. Instead, she was looking rather hungry. Not the 'I want food' kind of hungry either. Second, she was still holding the doughnut he'd licked clean of filling earlier, though at the moment it looked like it was dripping-

'Oh. Oh, wow, she-' the stallion's mind stuttered even as the mare took a bite out of the refilled doughnut. His eyes bugged a bit at the site, a slight trail of white dripping down her muzzle even as she floated it back to her mouth, finishing it easily. She cleaned the dripping fluids from her muzzle with her tongue, smacking her lips in satisfaction.

"Delicious," she purred, looking down on him with a wide smile.

Ares stared at her for a moment, letting the mare become slightly uncomfortable with the silence before speaking.

"Celestia, that was weird."

The white alicorn's muzzle instantly tinted a deep pink, and she looked away in shame, feeling she'd crossed a line. Before she could move off of his barrel, he reached up and pulled her tightly against himself, a grin of his own matching the one she'd just lost.

"And it was the sexiest thing I've ever seen anyone do," he said, kissing her.

Breaking the kiss, he stroked her muzzle with a hoof, and whispered in her ear, "I wasn't kidding when I said you could talk to me about anything, Tia. You get an idea you would like to try, let me know. I'm sure we could have a lot of fun."

"I, I'm sure I could think of a few things. For now though I, I just want..." Celestia frowned, raising her head a bit and looking back to her raised tail.

"I was going to say 'to cuddle', but I don't suppose you'd mind helping me out, would you?"

"I don't know Tia, I don't think I'm qualified for that kind of job," the grey alicorn chuckled. "I mean, I think it has more experience than I do."

The mare scowled at him, raising herself off of him with her forelegs.

"Are you calling me-"

"Experienced. Experienced is the word you're looking for."

With a haughty sniff, the mare fully raised herself, readying herself to move off of him to attain a suitable position. He stopped her though, pulling her back and using his aura to guide himself right into her need.

"What, why-"

"Just keep your forelegs like that, and move your hips. Have you never done this?" Ares asked in surprise.

"M-most of my attempts to find a-ah a mate were with ponies, and a stallion would be nuzzling my barrel if I laid down in this position. So no, I, I haven't tried this. I, I think I heard ponies mention this position, though."

Celestia continued to shift for a few moments, enjoying the feeling of how much each twist of her body pressed him into her, enjoying how she could let her weight push him deeper inside, and especially enjoying being able to keep his ring rubbing at the most sensitive points in her body. She soon found a simple, pleasurable rhythm, grinding for a moment before lifting off of him a bit, bouncing at the odd height with the aide of her wings. She then lifted a bit higher, just shy of losing her occupant before driving herself back down on the stallion, a wet slap echoing through the room at the impact.

She laughed at the sensation of Ares' bucking under her, placing a hoof on his muzzle and feigning irritation at his actions.

"I thought I was the more experienced here? Why are you trying to take over?"

The white mare lifted herself fully off the grey alicorn's cock, turning around and dropping her weeping sex right on his muzzle.

"Now I have to put you in your place. No pleasure till you get me off. I'd hurry, that erection looks awful lonely without me wrapped around it," she said with a giggle.

Ares wasted no time in grabbing her flanks and spreading them wide, driving his muzzle into her winking flower. He faintly heard her gasp, but with the pillows surrounding his ears it was muffled. Before long he was closing his eyes, the amount of nectar leaking from the mare surpassing his ability to consume it and leaving it dribbling down his muzzle and almost into his eyes. Noticing a faint glow coming from his horn, Tia gently swatted the stallions dick, earning a grunt and a sputtering of his horn.

"No magic, or I'll make it two," she threatened, the grin never leaving her face. As if in response, he began running his tongue over her bump repeatedly, causing her grin to evaporate as her eyes bulged, a loud moan escaping her throat. After a few more hits, she bucked down onto him, as if trying to drive his muzzle deeper into her pulsing canal. Growling in frustration, and knowing which position she preferred her peak in, she lifted off his face, twisted around, and used her magic to drive the stallion back into her sex.

"I thought you sa-"

She cut the grey alicorn off, pushing him into the bed with a deep kiss while bucking against him, feeling herself begin to spastically grip him with her dribbling pussy. With a muffled moan she clenched, pulling him tightly against her even as he twitched deep inside her body. Giving the mare a few more bucks into the air, though he didn't actually manage to change his depth of penetration, the stallion climaxed as well, emptying himself into her heat.

As they laid there, the mare sighed in contentment.

"I think I prefer my stallion-filling entering my body the proper way. It's definitely more fun," Celestia said, nuzzling into her mate's neck.

"Now we can cuddle."

Ares nodded, levitating a small clock over to himself to check the time.

"Dinner's in about three hours. We can cuddle for two, take a shower and get ready, then we'll have a nice dinner. I know a wonderful little spot in the gardens I think you'll love."

"I thought concubines don't get dates."

He wrapped his wings around her reassuringly, telling her "They don't. Sexy princesses who need more food do, though. They also get sun and fresh air, because the handsome stallion that's helping them is just so nice."

"I accept your offer, Lord Ares," Tia said, bringing her muzzle up to meet his own. "I expect it to at least meet the standards to which I am accustomed to."

The Last Sunrise of Canterlot.

Author's Note

No clop, but keep your tissues. :pinkiecrazy:

The Last Sunrise of Canterlot.

"Tia, it's time," Ares called into the darkened room.

A shifting of blankets was heard in the darkness, and soon a bedraggled Celestia slowly wandered out of the darkness. Her eyes were red, and wet steaks stained her coat. The mare had been inconsolable for the last few days, and the last night had been the worst of it. He'd stayed with her even though it had cost him several hours of sleep, but honestly it was the least he could do for her given the situation. He loved sleep, but he could make it up later; Celestia's mental health wasn't something he was going to be pushing off for later.

The two walked down the empty corridor, the silence only broken by the occasional sniffle from the white alicorn. Ares rested a wing over her back, pulling her closer as they approached the courtyard. He'd promised he'd help her see this through, and he wasn't going to back out.

The two alicorns entered the crowded yard, many familiar faces greeting them. The one time Bearers of Harmony along with several family members, inlcluding several recently aquired husbands. At the rate things were going, Twilight would be the only one without, but given her situation, the stallion understood her reluctance. No one wanted to go into a relationship knowing they'd bury the one they were dating.

Scattered amongst the carriages were pegasi and unicorns, many wearing the ceremonial armor of Equestria. The stallions were quiet, though they seemed anxious, nervous. It was the first time the Lord of Metrocity had sanctioned the use of the armor in a public function, and while it may not be the last, it was proof to the ponies just how important this event was to Celestia, and thus to them. They stood straight and proud, though a few bore red eyes; no one had any doubts about what they would be doing on this trip.

Luna sat beside Ares' personal carriage, the door open for her sister. The others piled into various other vehicles, while Rainbow Dash stubbornly refused to enter one, soon taunting the griffon tom she was currently courting into a, 'preliminary test of endurance' as the polychromatic mare put it. Twilight shook her head at the ridiculous by-play, already seated inside Ares' carriage.

Celestia entered it, and the other two alicorns piled in after her. She sniffled a bit more, even hiccupped as the carriage began its journey. Twilight and Luna merely sat in silence, not certain how to comfort the white mare, while Ares never removed his wing from her back. It was really all he could do at this time, anyway.

The journey was uneventful, done under cover of the early morning darkness. No chances were taken though. Each carriage was guarded by a squad of Fortitude's thestrals, capable of seeing even in the low light while a squad of Ares' own changeling guards were holding onto each carriage, both to provide support, and to switch with the thestrals on the return trip. Both groups had excellent low light vision, and the group would likely be back in Fortitude, Ares' own country, before the sun was even clearing the horizon.

They landed softly on an open hill that had an clear view of Canterlot in the distance. Ares scowled at the sight as he exited from the carriage; the surrounding lands were under almost constant attack, several fires raging here and there. The skeletal remains of the town of Ponyville could be seen between them and the mountain, while long trails of smoke rose from the far east, likely the city of Manehatten burning. He heard several of the younger mares choking back sobs, seeing their homes in such case, but it was the heaving white alicorn that had his attention at the moment. She stared at the empty city on the mountaintop, tears running down her face. She choked back another sob, Luna nuzzling her and attempting to offer any consolation. Twilight was silent though, holding an openly weeping Apple Jack, the farmer having managed to spot the pillaged remains of Sweet Apple Acres even from this distance. The orchard wasn't burned, the wood instead harvested for use by the minotaurs in use of small woodworking crafts and burning.

Ares snorted at the idiocy. They were burning a food source now, having taken all the fruit from the trees. Did they not realize what they were doing? The reports he'd gotten only further cemented his low opinions of the minotaur and griffon leaders; salting fields, razing orchards and vinyards, destroying farms on the premise that the ponies would never be able to take the land back. Each report was another nail in their own coffin, and all of his military leaders agreed. Even now though he could see the Minoan army. They were a large dark shadow moving over the mountain's path, taking their time as they knew the city had been abandoned weeks prior.

A lone pegasus approached him, cloaked in camouflage armor suited for prairies and lowlands. The armored stallion bowed, reaching into his bags and producing a single gem, an activation rune etched into the center. He set it on the hill, backing away and moving to speak with his fellow soldiers while Ares watched the white mare's reaction.

"The city is empty?" she asked, staring at the gem before her.

"Changeling infiltrators have confirmed it, while diamond dog dig-teams have checked the underground hideaways you described to us. They evacuated a few stragglers. Otherwise the city was already a ghost town," Ares answered. "I've had a few thestral teams moving valuables out every chance they get, but most of what's left is just marble and gold stuff. Easily salvaged later. The vault is inside the mountain itself, and inaccessible without the proper knowledge of spells. After this, they won't even know where the vault is. The digger teams are ready to begin the moment it settles, and they and the changeling teams with them will move and collect whatever is recoverable."

Celestia nodded, levitating the gem in her aura. She watched the city, moving to take her place at the front of the gathered Equestrian soldiers. They stood at attention as Celestia approached their commander, the scarred mare turning and giving her princess a sharp salute despite her prosthetic hoof. Celestia nodded thankfully, attempting to wipe away a few stray tears before she spoke.

"The minotaurs have taken our homes from us, and burn them. They have taken our livelihoods, our resources, and in some cases those we held dear. Minotaur culture dictates the capital city of their enemies to be the target of the most foul desecrations they can think of, from the defacing of public monuments no matter their purpose to the enslavement of any beings unlucky enough to be caught there. They are moving up the mountain even now, taking their time as they know we've already left. I, I saw this city built from day one, I chose that mountain in the distance as the new point of hope of our country. It was a shining symbol, visible to all the cities of the land, it was my life's work, it was my home. It-" Celestia stopped, choking back sobs as she turned back to the city shining on the mountainside. A few clicks sounded behind her, historians and the one journalist Ares had allowed to come with taking pictures of the city. They would be the last photographs ever taken of the Capital of Equestria.

She stomped her hoof, the ground cracking at the force as her fury took the place of her sorrow. The alicorn's mane began to crackle with power.

"I built that city, I poured over a millennia of hope, I spent thousands of sleepless nights so that it would shine like my sun. I bled, I cried, I did everything I needed to in order to make certain Canterlot would endure!"

"I WOULD SOONER DESTROY CANTERLOT MYSELF THAN TO ALLOW THEIR HOOVES TO DIRTY THE STREETS OF MY HOME!"

With a roar of rage, Celestia activated the gem, and across the way, a small burst of light could be seen in Canterlot. It was joined by a few others, tiny pinpricks of light that spread throughout area where the city and mountain met. The sound reached them next, a loud bang, followed by several other rumbling explosions. Twilight choked, her mother pulling her close even as the older mare wept at the sight.

Canterlot fell.

The mountain shelf it sat upon crumbled, several large chunks of rock breaking away and rolling down the mountain, followed by an echoing crack as half the city followed suit. A few towers fell from the gleaming castle, and then...

Celestia screamed in rage, her horn blazing as her mane whipped about her, blown about by the force of her aura. Even her eyes began to shine, as she looked into the skies above. A light appeared above, and Ares watched impassively as a meteor fell from the sky, yanked out of space by the incensed alicorn. With a swing of her head, the aura around the flaming rock faded, but it was already done. The meteor struck the mountainside trail, leaving several large chunks of the path to follow Canterlot. They watched as hundreds of minotaurs fell to their deaths, their cries unable to reach the group on the distant hill.

The white mare collapsed, her fury spent as she took in the sight of the empty mountainside. It was gone, everything she'd built, everything she'd worked for. Tears poured from her eyes as she laid sprawled on the ground, her wings hanging limply and her barrel heaving with her sobs. She cried in front of her student, she cried in front of her sister, she cried in front of the stallion that had been doing so much for them, she cried in front of her soldiers. Her soldiers that even now stood behind her, watching as their unassailable sovereign was laid low by unfathomable sorrow. They didn't move from their positions though, holding to attention as their training demanded.

Ares watched as a few shed tears, others just staring at the bare mountainside as if unable to comprehend what they were seeing. The stallion knew many had been in the battles, that many had lost friends and family to hold this city, to protect this country. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of ponies were killed trying to hold back the unrelenting hordes of the minotaurs and griffons. He nodded to a lone thestral to his right and the soldier moved, removing the trumpet from his side and blowing a tune, one that the alicorn thought was fitting for the occasion. Several ears twitched at the sharp sound, turning to the thestral and the alicorn as Ares closed his eyes, the old song bringing words to his lips.

["Day is done, gone the sun...

From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky...

All is well, safely rest.

God is nigh"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WChTqYlDjtI)

The group turned back to the mountain, holding each other tightly as Ares moved to the shuddering form on the grass. Whispering softly, he pulled the mare up, wrapping a wing around her and leading her away from the group in the direction of the carriages. It would be difficult, but he would pull Tia through this. It was something he'd sworn to himself since an old friend left him. An old mare, unable to cope with the losses incurred by her familyso many centuries ago.

'Death is always hardest for those who have to carry on, and alicorns...alicorns need to carry on for eternity.'

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The ride back was just as quiet, though Ares could hear tears being shed from several of the other carriages. Even the chariots bearing the Equestrian soldiers was the origin of a few sobs, the reality finally reaching a few of them.

'For others, it may not be till tonight, or even a week in the future. I'll talk to Twilight, have her offer some counseling. Mirrored Heart has always been good at getting ponies to open up. If they can accept a changelings help, I'm sure she could help a few of them.'

A shaky sigh drew his attention back to Celestia. The mare was no longer crying, instead staring off into the far side of the carriage. Twilight had moved to a side seat, uncomfortable with her mentor staring a hole above her head. She slumped a bit more as she stared off into the distance, leaning against the grey stallion. Her eyes were empty of emotion, showing only fatigue and a desire for the day to be over. The carriage landed with a slight bump this time, having landed on the stone pavers of the courtyard. The alicorn stallion shifted Celestia off of him, allowing Luna to support her while he stepped out into the afternoon sunlight. The blue mare floated her sister out after him, settling the numbed mare on his back and allowing him to carry her. Ares stopped for a moment, watching the Royal guard dismounting from their own chariots, a few hugs and supporting hugs being passed around even between the Equestrians and his own troops, one of his own inviting a group to a bar for drinks.

Ares smiled weakly at the sight. The gold-armored guards would keep their armor for the rest of the day, allowed to display their patriotism and pride for their country openly. He turned back to his current mission. He had a mare to watch.

The day was already cleared of activities, and he carefully set the exhausted alicorn on his bed. She stirred, opening an eye and watching as he climbed into bed next to her, giving her a loving nuzzle as he pulled her into his side with a wing.

"Thank you," she muttered, pressing into his side.

Ares kissed the top of her head, smiling softly.

"There's nothing to thank me for. You know I've come to care for you and you know I watch over my subjects. The ex-equestrians would be devastated if something were to happen to you, as would your sister, and your student. As would I now."

"I mean come on, who else puts up with my morning breath? Luna just wants my science and tech knowledge, and Twilight just likes having paperwork and books to play with. Only you actual want me. Or at least my body."

"I know you mean well, Ares, but not now," the white alicorn muttered. "I just want to pretend today didn't happen."

"Well, I'll be here for when you realize it did," he said, trailing light kisses from the base of her horn to her ear. It flicked, and she shifted, rolling onto her side and away from him slightly. She stared at him with tired eyes for a few breathes, watching for him to try making a joke, to attempt to change the topic, or to attempt to cheer her up through more carnal means.

Instead he rubbed his nose against hers before settling into the bed beside her, perfectly content to just sit beside the grieving alicorn mare. The two drifted off to sleep soon after; one from emotional exhaustion, and the other from the exhaustion of supporting someone through the most difficult time of her millennia-long life.

'Sex is a great thing, but the most important part of a relationship is guiding your other through the deepest pits that they may find themselves in.'

The Lust is Doubled

Celestia, formerly Princess of the Sun and Ruler of Canterlot Castle, walked down increasingly familiar halls on her way from breakfast. The mare's coat once more was a pristine white, her frame filled out slightly more than when she'd first arrived. The biggest change she'd undergone was her hair. A solid pink mane and tail fell from her form. She'd almost forgotten what her true hair color looked like after so long keeping it the ridiculous rainbow her subjects had come to adore. The reveal to her stallion had been embarrassing, leaving her to tell him how it had started.

Luna, having been the target of one too many pranks from the white alicorn, had struck back with a potion snuck into Celestia's favorite shampoo, the after effects leaving her hair a brilliant rainbow-streaked pastel horror. Of course, even as the solar alicorn was internally panicking, she went about her day as usual, albeit with a much more strained smile than usual. To her surprise though, her ponies loved it, asking why she was hiding her true beauty with dyes. She'd spent the next week laughing about how her sister's prank had fallen through, and soon Luna had begun dying her own hair, her normally light blue mane being replaced by a beautiful night-sky canvas. And so it was for hundreds of years.

She sighed wistfully, remembering her time in Canterlot. She was always busy, but things were simple. She had her breakfast, a buffet laid on the dining room table, she met various delegates and ambassadors in the morning, ate a light lunch consisting of a salad with light dressing and a medley of vegetables, she held day court until dinner, her dinner usually consisted of one of ten or so dishes she really liked, she met with any noble petitioners for an additional hour after that, then she did her exercise, consisting of a few laps in the pool, using her wings like fins in the water, and a few trotted laps around the academy's track, followed by a few sprints. Upon her return, her sister had adapted a similar routine, though it involved more studying then anything else.

Here the exercise was first thing in the morning, as she joined Ares for his runs around the track. The court was much more quiet, petitioners whispering to each other while the one with the floor laid out his or her case. Dinner was never the same, the chef being tasked with not serving the same meal more than once a month, though sometimes Ares would request a favorite of his if the mood struck him. He'd given them, Luna, Twilight and herself, the option of making requests, but her one time student seemed fascinated with the plethora of exotic foods that were continuously being laid out for each evening meal.

Celestia opened the door to her new office, giving a curt greeting to her secretary, a young red-scaled dragoness that smiled and waved while listening to a changeling messenger. That had been the most difficult thing for her to do; find a new way to help her ponies. She'd spent so long as their protector and ruler, she wasn't certain what else she could do. Luna was at a loss as well, unsure how to proceed. What does one do when your talent, in their cases the shepherding of the sun and moon, becomes obsolete?

It was Twilight, bless the mare's heart, who had come up with the solution. She looked at their problem and within a few days approached them with a solution. She still remembered exactly how it had happened. She and her sister were both reading, listless at the lack of things to occupy their time. Oh it was fun to have time to themselves for once, of that there was no doubt, and Ares was always ready to welcome her into his room at night, but Celestia needed to do something with her hooves. A young pegasus had grabbed their attention, saying the lord requested their attendance in a meeting room. There they had found Ares and Twilight, both smiling and talking about the differences and similarities in electricity and magic. Noticing the entry of the other two alicorns, they'd greeted them, before Twilight directed their attention to a full graphical presentation with the sisters' cutie marks.

Next to each was an alternative interpretation of the meanings, possible jobs they could hold, and on the table before them were even resumes drafted for the one time diarchs. Both Luna and Celestia had been shocked at the ideas laid before them, though Luna had jumped at the chance to direct her full talents to the advancement of techno-magical research. It warmed Celestia's heart to see her sister giggling at the prospect like a small school filly, but her own problem was not so easily solved. She was powerful, yes, and intelligent from years, decades, and centuries of experience, but she needed her ponies. It was obvious to her after so long separated from them. So Ares had suggested counseling and public relations. He'd given her an office, the entirety of the laws and regulations his country used for foreign affairs, and even set up a secretary and office for the mare.

One month later he'd officially announced the kingdom of Metrocity to the world.

First the griffon and minotaur kingdoms had attempted to attack him, but his mixed forces were brutal in their retaliations. When the armies of his enemies combined and attempted to march to his lands, he'd ordered their supplies not disturbed, but tainted, leaving many ill and thus unable to fight. Their forces were crippled further as they had to order more soldiers to care for the sick, reducing their ready numbers exponentially. When those that were still able to fight managed to reach the outskirts of his lands, they were greeted by a large force of all the worlds species.

Dragons stood proud among his forces, spread out among his troops and directing troop movements with their deep, resonating shouts. Changelings moved in and out of the enemy lines, some striking before the battle had officially even begun, taking out the highest ranking soldiers they could find. Diamond dog trenches mixed with earth pony construction to create pitted walls to break the minotaur charge, hidden by large leaves and grass coverings. Pegasus magic directed horrific crosswinds, making flying all but impossible for the griffons, leaving them to attempt to join the minotaurs on the ground. The charge fell apart, broken as the dragons breathed fire over the heads of their own soldiers, shattering what little resistance was still available. Then Ares himself had taken the field.

The alicorn was a glowing symbol on the battlefield, a rallying sight to his troops and a beacon of terror to his enemies. His spells struck down hundreds of the enemy troops, his personally constructed and enchanted armor, based on his previous armor's style and materials, turned away nearly every blade and arrow. The few arrows that found purchase in his wings drew no reaction from him, other than him flaring his aura to remove them, barely a drop of blood falling from the wounds before the armor's enchantments had sealed the holes.

One week later he was receiving requests for a cease fire, though he told those in his inner circle it was most likely only because the aggressors had found arrows next to their pillows one morning. Celestia's life then became a whirlwind of activity, planning visits and hosting ambassadors, bringing requests for trade agreements to his office in the evenings, even going out and taking count of the progressing situation of her own ponies.

Many still bowed to her even weeks after their exodus, some even still calling her their princess, though not in earshot of any local guards or citizens. Their loyalty had warmed her heart, but she wasn't able to tell them the truth; that even if Equestria was taken back, it would not likely be in their lifetimes. Luna was happier in her current position then Celestia had ever seen before. Twilight was currently working as a historian, scientist, and magical advisor to Ares, with access to anything she needed a mere request away, while her old assistant Spike was being taught of his own species by a few mature dragons in Ares' armed forces. Even Tia was strangely content with her new role, a smile on her face as she spoke with a few diamond dogs who were in need of aid after a feral changeling swarm had hit their town. The invaders were repelled, those that could be saved placed in the care of the local hive. The town was damaged, however, and with the weather soon taking a turn for the worse as winter set in, they were looking to get the damage repaired post-haste.

Eventually she'd called it a day, once more invited to dine with Lord Ares. She laughed and joked with him, poked fun at her sister, asked how her one time student's day had been. She enjoyed the meal, and she loved the desert, sticking her tongue out at Ares when he'd chastised her for taking a third slice of cake. She'd retorted with a joke about burning the calories later that night, earning a blush from Twilight and an eye-roll from her sister. Then she saw it. The chance to activate a plan nearly a full year in the making.

Ares and Celestia had spent many nights together since the first time. Sometimes they just rutted like animals, other times they were passionate, trailing kisses up and down each others bodies. Ares though, he liked making a game out of it. Some nights he'd do something unexpected, locking an inhibitor around her horn and commanding her to pleasure him, or tying her to the bed and working her over in an excruciatingly and wondrously thorough manner. Other nights he'd be the one with the inhibitor, offering to please his mistress in any way she desired. The one she was watching for though, was when he showed up at night and lightly teased her in her sleep.

The first time he'd done it, she'd woken up in the middle of the night, unsure why she was so horny. She threw open her drawer, drawn a toy from her dresser, and tried to jam it inside her aching sex, hoping to cool the burning sensation she was feeling. The toy stopped just shy of her entrance, leaving her confused, before he'd offered in a sultry voice to take care of her problem for her. The thrill the combination of fear and excitement left her feeling was amazing. She also knew that he enjoyed it as well, finding it an enjoyable test of his skills both in stealth and in drawing out her pleasure.

Unfortunately for the male, his enjoyment of the activity was too obvious. Years of court with nobles had left her alert to his tells. He'd done it on three occasions over the last two years, each time she'd noticed several things that would occur the day before. He'd chuckle to himself when he thought she wasn't looking, wings ruffling slightly and his right ear twitching. He'd not stop her from taking an extra slice of cake, though he may make fun of her (this was more a prelude to any planned night, as the extra calories would be put to use later). Most importantly, however, was that when he planned on making a late night visit, he wouldn't speak of their nightly activity with her over dinner, or offer to let Luna join them to tease her sister. He prepared for bed and slept, his alarm set for some late hour of the night when she was certain to be asleep.

It was too bad his tells were so obvious. She'd have to warn him about that later; it was fun waking up to her lover's ministrations at unexpected times. For now though, it fed into her plan. Giggling quietly, she flared her magic, activating the magic-resistant stink-bomb she'd planted in her sister's room. The mess would leave her sister needing a spare room, which of course Celestia would offer her, citing the fact that she would be spending the night in her lover's room. He'd show up later that night, sneaking into the room and rutting her silly, and Luna would finally do something other than research. It was truly strange. When had Celestia become the adventurous one?

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Luna slowly trotted into her sister's room, an irritated glare on her face. The guards had alerted her before she walked in about how bad the smell in her room was, but the fact that she couldn't dispel it no matter how much magic she overcharged the spell with frustrated her. No doubt her wonderful sister had some hoof in this. No matter what Tia had said, the offer of her sister's own room had come too quickly, too conveniently.

The blue alicorn checked the entirety of the room for arrays and spells, looking for anything from sound redirection spells to blast the sounds of their love-making at obnoxious levels into her room at odd hours, to simple spatial bending arrays that would dump water on her when she fell asleep. The complete lack of anything out of order didn't satisfy her, so she checked the room three more times, each time becoming more irritated when nothing was found.

Yawning from her long day, the alicorn decided further searches would be just as fruitless, and that perhaps her sister would forget to activate whatever she'd stored in the room once the stallion properly satisfied her. She smiled as memories of her work settled in her mind, the hundreds of arrays and chemical formulae she'd been working on being her version of fluffy ponies hopping over a fence. She'd always loved magic, and delved much deeper into its mysteries than her sister; to have her friend and fellow alicorn, Twilight working on such an underdeveloped equestrian field such as magitech? The ideas Ares had set before them, all things accomplished without a single iota of magic, set her mind alight with the possibilities.

The stallion could be a genius in some areas, but by the stars did he frustrate her. Even worse was her sister, the two going at it like rabbits for the first few weeks of their arrival. She understood Celestia was ecstatic to have what she referred to as a 'proper male' for once, but Luna really didn't need to hear about how wonderful it felt when his ring dragged against her most sensitive spots during an orgasm, or how amazing he smelled to her right after sex. Even worse was when Tia had suggested she try the stallion herself. Her latest attempt still hung in the mare's mind.

"I'm telling you Lulu, you're missing out." Celestia said, a wing draped over her shoulder as Luna was reading a tome on advanced chemistry and writing down her notes..

The darker mare rolled her eyes. "I do not see what you find so fascinating about him. He's a brute, running more on testosterone than intelligence sometimes."

"Oh yes, there's lots of testosterone. Among other things." Tia giggled. Leaning in to Luna's ear, she whispered "I know you still remember your calculation for the size of a stallion, sister. What do you come up with for him?"

Luna flushed, shoving her sister away with a burst of magic while continuing her writing. "Just because I do no feel the need to rut everything with anything of a phallic shape, does not mean I need you to bring up such lewd memories. Twas' years ago, and I have grown out of it. I am no longer a slave to my baser needs, unlike you it seems."

Celestia just laughed at her, walking towards the door. "Fine, be that way. I suppose that means I just don't have to share." With that the white mare stuck her tongue out at her and left, the door closing softly behind her. Luna sighed in relief at her departure, before turning to her notes.

Her cheeks tinged pink when she saw the last thing written on the paper. It was her old calculation, based on height, weight, horn or wing length, and general level of activity. What was worse was it matched what little she vaguely remembered catching a glimpse of in the throne room on her arrival. Shaking her head she ripped off the calculations and threw the paper into the trash before teleporting to her room. A cold shower would work wonders for her right now.

The results of her calculation still lingered in her head from time to time. A burning heat from her nethers cried out to her, reminding her that she'd not tended to herself that night. She'd noted an upturn in her needs in the last week, her once a century heat coming in and leaving her avoiding the stallion more than usual, lest she jump him. It was such a bother sometimes. Unfortunately, all of her tools were currently fumigated along with the rest of her room, and she didn't dare touch her sister's stash. She'd seen it once, and had spent the next few days trying to figure out why her sister was so insistent on seeing herself stretched. She shifted uncomfortably a few times, her teeth gritting as her excited sex rubbed against itself and reminded her of its current state. Finally she ended up comfortable on her stomach, head on a pillow and needs dismissed for the night. She'd tend to them at a later time. She was patient, much more so than her sister.

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He slinked into the room under cover of absolute darkness. The stallion could hear the resting breathes of his target, see her form rising and falling under her covers. He grinned to himself. It was a game between the two, Ares and Celestia. Find new, interesting ways to spice it up. One of his favorite had been sneaking up on her when she least expected it and getting her hot and bothered, often before she'd even realized he was there. They'd then engage in a furious oral battle, and the victor of the battle was granted the position of dominance. He licked his lips hungrily at the memory of her reaction to the reverse of the position he'd used on her the first night, the white mare sitting on him as he lay on his back. She'd been unsure, not really knowing why he'd offered the awkward position until she tried shifting around a bit, gasping in shock upon learning just how much control over her occupant it granted her. Ever since they'd first exhausted each other they'd been trying different things, different positions, hell, they'd be writing a book soon if it kept up.

The memories and the excitement of his target being so close sent a pulse through his body. His wings extended slightly, while his shaft just started to peak from its hiding spot, a slight sheen of liquid enthusiasm showing on the tip. He reached the bed without a sound, slowly driving his muzzle under the blanket and drawing close to her rear. It was dark, but he could still make out the scent of a female, the nearness of his goal driving him forward. He reached a hoof forward, gently brushing aside her tail and tracing her lips with a feather-light touch. The mare shuddered at the touch, a muffled mewl being thrown into her pillow. Emboldened, he traced her again, this time ending his circuit with a slight pressure being exerted right where her button would emerge once she was fully aroused. Again he was rewarded with the mare's shifts, her tail raising slightly and a slight dribble of feminine arousal trickling down her lips. He didn't need to see her slit to know she was getting hot; he could smell her need in the air.

Something nagged at the back of his mind though, even as he continued his game. It was there, even if he couldn't grasp it, but he pushed on regardless. Taking one last breath over the mares dripping need, he trailed his tongue up her love in a slow, sensuous route that left the mare moaning her arousal aloud. Just shy of the ridge that separated her swollen lips from her puckered hole the stallion stopped with his ears perked, the moan and the taste finally bringing to the fore of his mind what was wrong.

It didn't smell like Tia. It didn't taste like Tia. And that most certainly wasn't Tia's voice. His tongue fell from the swollen and dripping outer lips, embarrassment flooding his mind as he realized just who he'd been working over for the last few minutes before a strong aura wrapped around his head and drove his muzzle back into the mare's cunny.

"Erngh- I already plan on punishing you, though not as badly as my sister, whom I'm certain is behind this. If, if you do not finish, however, I will feed you your own wings." Luna growled at him, holding his muzzle against her winking slit.

Tentatively, he slid his tongue over her lips once more, gently tracing her before she growled at him.

"Enough of your games, you limp d-EE!"

Hearing her complaints, he'd driven his tongue in and worked her over, trying to hit every point of her love tunnel with his thick tongue. Hearing a moan of pleasure escape her, he levitated the blanket off of them, no longer needing to be covert, and began striking at her sensitive spots in shifts, drawing back and watching her wink and push herself back against him before driving back in, each time watching for his target. After the fourth attack, he spotted it, her clit finally emerging from its hiding place. Immediately he struck, wrapping his lips around it and suckling the sensitive nub. Luna gasped at the attention, her wings going from slowly rising to inspection ready with the sound of a parachute's deployment.

Ares hummed contentedly at the mewls and moans of his prey, the mare bucking slightly even as her canal dribbled all over his muzzle. It was far from how he'd imagined his night going, but it wasn't the first time Celestia had surprised him. The white mare's love of pranks and jokes was legendary, though setting her sister up in her place to get pleasured was a new one for him. Judging by the blue alicorn's articulations, Luna didn't seem to be as put out as she'd tried to sound.

The alicorn mewled pitiably once more, her wings hitching as her body prepared to hit the peak it had been seeking for the past few days. Remembering a trick that had always worked on the larger mare, he nibbled lightly around her neglected outer lips before scraping her button with his teeth, all while wrapping her wings in a warm, firm magical grip. Feeling her body tense up in anticipation, he applied pressure to the base and joints of her wings, causing the alicorn to scream her approval into her pillow, even as she spattered her viscous lubrication onto his muzzle. He lapped some of it up, smacking his lips at the taste. While her sister made her love of sweets obvious, it seemed Luna had a sweet tooth of her own, though she was much more covert about it.

"Been hitting the pastry shops again, haven't we Luna?" He asked her. "Don't think I haven't seen Moon Beam visiting the nearby bakery." The mares gasps and pants were all she managed to give in answer.

The blue alicorn's pleasure was all well and good, but the painful need he felt in his own loins called to him more with each beat of his heart, the rock hard rod demanding its just reward. He once more lit his horn, pulling the mare's rear hooves off the bed and positioning himself behind her. Even as her legs shakily caught her weight and her mind registered the new position, she felt him requesting entrance, rubbing against her still-needy flower. She bucked back slightly, more on instinct then actual acknowledged desire to rut. He took it as her answer all the same, driving into her and drawing a strangled yelp from the smaller mare.

Luna's eyes were wide in shock as the cock was driven inside, her insides forced open more than they'd ever been before. She could feel him hilt before long, could actually feel her rear legs shifting outward to allow for the sudden occupation of her vaginal canal by such a large object. Being so tightly wrapped around him, she could feel everything. Every beat of his heart, driving warm blood into his engorged dick. Every twitch of muscle shifting both the flared head and his ring, causing them to brush against her in the most exquisite ways. Every needy pant leading him to shift his weight, moving the rod buried deeply inside her.

It wasn't just her vagina that was being treated well, though. He nibbled her neck sending electric sparks of pleasure down her spine, he brushed his horn against hers while channeling mana into her own, he splayed his own wings over hers in an overlap that left every point of her sensitive limbs being caressed by his own. There was no disguise magic at work here, dulling the sensations. There were no hidden parts of her that he couldn't reach due to them being removed by a spell. Everything her body wanted, every point of contact it craved was met with perfect synchronization against his own. She'd never felt so charged before, never felt so ready to burst.

Then he started to move.

The stallion's penis dragged out of her slowly, so slowly it felt like the sensation lasted forever. The ring left her before long, leaving only the flared head dragging along her insides. Just before it left her, she whinnied in protest, bucking against him. He answered her pleas, slowly driving it back in. She buckled slightly as his ring re-entered her, the sensation of being driven open again in her current state leaving her legs shaky. The mare gritted her teeth as the stallion picked up the pace, feeling the increasing speed of the sensations drive her closer to the strongest release she'd ever experienced.

"Oh, oh buck. Oh buck O buck buck buck" The female panted out, the pressure building inside her with every thrust. She yelped at an unexpected nip at her neck before mewling pitiably, her forehooves pawing the sheets uselessly. All she could feel was the warm thrusts driving into her more erratically each second. All she could hear was their pants, and the meaty slapping of his balls against her puffy labia. All she could smell was her own arousal, the stallions hot breath, and the thick musty scent of his sex.

Ares himself was enjoying the contact immensely, the mare's tight sex gripping him with more force than he'd thought possible. She bucked several times against his slow advance, attempting to drive him deeper into her burning sex. It was weird, seeing the blue alicorn so ready to accept the contact, but his own excitement and lust prevented him from backing off. He trailed kisses up her neck as he advanced, using his hooves to pull himself deeper into her and stroking every reachable point, from her wings to her perfectly rounded flank.

Eventually he hilted himself in her, balls wobbling back and forth at the sudden stop, lightly tapping against her. She'd wiggled around a bit at that point, making certain he was as deep as possible, before he'd drawn himself back out, not certain who enjoyed the friction more. Unlike with the other mare, he didn't have to reposition himself, didn't need to shift his angle of penetration too much. There was no part of her he wasn't hitting, and the only thing he could change was just how much pressure was exerted on parts of her vagina. He grunted in exertion, feeling his balls slap against her again and again, the churning sensation of his seed begging him to allow it access to her deepest chamber.

The mare felt herself clenching up, her wings twitching in anticipation of her climax. Sensing her reactions, he pressed his own wings down on hers, increasing the flow of his magic into her already over-sensitive horn, and bit down just under the left side of her jaw, applying enough force to draw a small trickle of blood. It didn't stop her ascent. Her mind was so clouded in fact, the pain could only be registered as pleasure, the growl emanating from her mate resonating through her chest even as he gave a few last erratic thrusts into her needy sex. She screamed out her orgasm even as he buried himself as deeply as he could, forcing even more of himself into her in his almost feral drive to mate her. She felt herself clench down around him, her muscles desperately stroking him, attempting to draw his seed from him. After one last thrust, she felt him twitch.

A warmth ran up his length, deep into her body. She felt his tip flare wider, locking him deep inside her. Moments after feeling his tip expand, the warmth reached the pressure being exerted from his head, and she felt him twitch and try to thrust deeper despite his lock, driving Luna deeper into the bed. The mare cried out, this time with less energy as her orgasm had left her panting, feeling each shot of his seed forcefully painting her internal walls until she was certain there was no clean spot left. Still his orgasm continued, a pressure building in her body until finally, she felt something shift. Suddenly the pressure changed, and the warm heat seemed to flow deeper into her. She vaguely noted it had probably flooded her womb, the large male giving off a few last weak twitches as he finally ran dry.

The afterglow held them both for several minutes afterwards. Luna inwardly smiled. If that was what her sister had been working with lately, it was no wonder she'd been so keen on getting ahold of the stallion every night. She sighed in contentment, her aching desire sated for the moment. Slowly the stallion pulled out, laying down behind her and wrapping his wings around her. Normally she'd reject the show of affection, but it felt nice. His hooves traced her slightly heavy stomach, a slight sloshing echoing through her ears each time he'd shifted and bounced her.

Luna was just beginning to drift off when she felt something press against her back. It was long, and still slightly hard despite the release. The alicorn's eyes opened in realization.

"I hope you're not falling asleep, Luna." His smug voice whispered into her ear. "Because we're far from done."

Before she could answer, he'd risen from the bed and sat on the floor, bowing in difference to her.

"I am at your command, my mistress."

The blue alicorn's heart leaped at the words, her lust returning in a torrent at the idea of wielding that kind of power. Slowly, a grin spread over her face and she shifted on the bed. She offered him a hoof, keeping her nose high in the air as he kissed it lovingly. At her continued aloof state, he began to service it, running his tongue over the hard surface before tracing the bottom of it. Then his tongue explored the inside of the ring, a shudder passing through her at the perceived power. Finishing with a kiss to the soft part of her hoof, he started on her other hoof, giving it the same treatment. Her wings were soon fully displayed again, though if it was in arousal or some sort of intimidation technique she wasn't sure, nor did she care. Sighing in contentment at the treatment, she shifted, giving him a side-view of her body. She looked down on him and spoke with authority in her voice.

"Tell me, is my moon not glorious? Would you wish to worship it, to give it its proper due?"

He looked over her flanks, a small smile on his lips. "Your form is more beautiful then the deepest night sky. Given the choice, I'd rather be lost to the world, forever gazing upon this sight than free under the stars." With that, she shuddered as he moved and laid light kisses over her cutie mark, the soft contact being completely at odds with what she expected of him, with what she'd just experienced from him.

After what felt like an eternity of gentle kneading and soft caressing, Ares jumped back up on the bed, drawing a curious look from the mare as he laid on his back, looking at her lovingly.

"I give myself to you, my mistress." He said, gesturing to his current position. "I give you reins. Do as you wish with me."

Slowly, she rose from the bed, moving over him and holding her slowly warming nethers over his muzzle. He caressed her, guiding her descent until she felt him begin to explore her depths once again. She wiggled and shifted her weight, enjoying the sensations even as she laid her barrel against his. His powerful tongue was never still, wiggling against her walls in the most wondrous ways, drawing a few whimpers from her despite her attempts to remain distant. Soon her mind wandered, the sight and scent of his own sex drawing her attention. She sniffed it curiously, remembering her sisters first reaction to it. Immediately her heat flared up, her pussy clenching powerfully and holding his tongue inside for a moment before it relaxed, allowing him to continue.

She sighed, driving her muzzle into the soft fuzz and breathing in the musky scent. She attempted a few licks, seeing the male below her squirm at her ministrations drawing a small smile, but it wasn't nearly enough. Not when the pulsing stallionhood was twitching eagerly under her gaze, a slight trickle of pre declaring its readiness. She rose and turned around, using her magic to guide him inside as she pressed against his barrel once more, this time locking lips with him.

She gasped at the returned pressure, this time her shifting and wiggling having much more control over the rods movement. She drove herself down, easily impaling herself fully before lifting her flank into the air, drawing him back out, a wet slap resounding through the room. Repeating the motion, she watched as he basked in the sensation, laying down under her and enjoying the contact. Enjoying the feeling of her gripping him so tightly, enjoying the panting of her exertions, enjoying the nibbles she delivered to his exposed neck. She enjoyed his gasp as she brushed against his horn with her own, returning the sensations delivered to her earlier with just as much lustful drive.

Luna ground relentlessly against Ares, constantly shifting him to deliver the maximum pleasure to her clenching desire. She knew she was hopelessly lost to her lust by now, she could feel the shared fluids smearing against her teats, spreading along her inner thighs with each grinding motion, spraying over their tails every time she felt herself pulsate, driving her excess lubrication out in spurts.

Feeling his dick start to twitch inside her, she giggled as he bucked uselessly against the air, unable to drive himself into her as his instincts demanded. She leaned down to his ear and panted "Beg. Beg me for your, release, beg your mistress. And just maybe, hah, I'll let you finish."

"Oh shit." He muttered, still bucking against her. "Oh, please please, mistress. By your mercy, fuck, let me finish, let me-hngh. Let me give you m-y, love."

She considered extracting a better plea, as honestly it was pathetic, but her own burning need was becoming overpowering. "I suppose I, I can do that." She whispered. Lifting herself and driving down on him several more times, she felt him lock deep inside her once more, causing her to drag him into the air as she rose and fell mindlessly. She felt the warm flow of his seed flowing to its destination. Her body reacted to his tensing instantly, attempting to milk him dry, clenching around the dick and trying to draw it and its payload deeper. She kissed him forcefully, their moans being drowned out in each others mouths. Once more she felt the pressure of his ejaculate pressing against her, and once more she felt the warm shifting of its entrance into her inner sanctum. One final time she became aware as her body reacted, white hot pleasure flooding her mind in reward for her hard work.

Then something changed for her. Suddenly Luna was overcome by the intense sensations assaulting her mind, releasing a primal scream that rattled the sound-proofing barriers around the room. She began to rock against the stallion desperately, her heat breaking through her years of self-discipline after she was weakened by back to back orgasms. She moaned loudly, spoke harshly to him, pleaded desperately for more, told him to fill her completely. Luna, mare of proper and polite conversation, had decided to take a vacation. In her place, rutting the stallion below her for the rest of their long night, was someone she'd never recognize. Nor was it someone she would ever admit to being, even under pain of death.

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Luna returned to consciousness at an indeterminate time, sunlight filtering in through the drawn curtains. She felt exhausted, but unable to recall why. She also felt giddy, free of the distracting burn of her heat for the first time this week. She sighed, snuggling into the warm fuzzy pillow she was laying upon, a stupid grin on her face. Her pillow returned the snuggle, and the blue alicorn's eye snapped open.

A single steel grey wing was splayed underneath her own.

She lifted her head, adrenaline filling her body as she realized her position. She floundered about attempting to extricate herself from her partner's grip, eventually falling off the bed. Looking around even as the stallion slowly shifted about as he was waking up, Luna gaped at her sister's room.

The air was heavy with the scent of sex, driving home her activities of the previous night. Scattered around the room were toppled items, random feathers of either blue or steel coloration, and even a few odd streaks on the walls and the window. Whether the streaks on the window were drool or something of a more questionable nature, she didn't want to ponder.

A hiss of pain drew her attention to the grey alicorn as he took a tentative step out of the bed, wincing at the effort. Despite his grey fur, the blue alicorn blushed, noticing many small bruises and bite marks trailing all over his form, including a black eye. Worse yet, he had several locations on his wings that were missing primary feathers. The stallion looked around for a few moments before shaking his head.

"I promise I'll double check before I start something like that from now on." he mumbled as he walked to the bathroom, wincing with each step. "Honestly though, if that's your revenge for someone who also got caught in a prank, I want to see what you do to Tia."

Luna blushed at the comment, rubbing a hoof over her other fetlock nervously. "Well, I was a bit excited last night. Heat can do that to a mare after all."

His eyes widened even as he took a drink from a pitcher, choking on the water. Clearing his throat he stared at her in horror. "Heat?!? You were in heat last night?"

"Well yes, otherwise I would have been able to push you away. Alas it was not the case, though I do feel better now. Better than I have in years, actually." Noticing his widened eyes, she rolled hers. "Oh please, my sister and I have mated many times during our heats over the years. Nothing has yielded fruit. We are sterile."

Ares breathed a sigh of relief at the news, not interested in an accident in addition turning into an accident of multiplication. His face scrunched up in confusion a moment later. "If you're sterile, why do you still go into heat?"

Luna opened her mouth to respond, before clicking it shut. It was odd, actually; he had a point. She couldn't think of any other sterile creatures that experience heat, not off the top of her head. Most of them didn't even have a desire to mate, much less have cycles. The more she thought about it the wider her eyes grew. She'd never become bothered by the stallions wandering around during her previous heats, only this last one. A heat that occurred next to a male of her species.

Seeing her widening eyes, the other alicorn growled in anger. "Your revenge is going to have to wait. I'm going to kill her for this."

Author's Note

So I was staring at the ceiling trying to sleep when this fic popped back into my head. Only it was the idea of Ares sneaking up on what he thought was Tia, and getting yelled at by Luna for getting her hot and bothered. I started thinking about it, and eventually BOOM, second chapter of what was supposed to be a one-shot.

Meanwhile, Celestia is standing at the door, ear pressed against it.

And she looks like this :trollestia:

Revenge is Sweet and Sticky

Luna stumbled her way into the room's shower, having no intention of going around smelling of sex. Her mind was a whirlwind of possibilities. Foals? She loved them, always had, but they were always only accessible through other mares. The possibility that she may soon bear her own left her giddy and at the same time terrified. Was it even possible or were they just mistaking their theories? Sure it made sense, but there had never been a male alicorn to confirm it before. What about the foals? Would she be a good mother? Would the father, Ares, care for her and the foals or leave her-

Her mindless worries were cut off as a weight pressed against her back, trailing soft kisses down her neck even as she stood in the warm spray of the shower head.

"I know this may be scary, but I'll be here, Luna." He wrapped his forelegs around her, pulling her close and wrapping her in his wings. "You won't be going through this alone. If you're right, we'll let it go and work on getting back at your sister. If I'm right, hell, even if I'm not, if you need anything, you merely need to ask, and I'll go and get it myself if I need to."

Luna sighed at the contact, several of her worse fears immediately being quelled by the promise. She then noted a washcloth floating in the stallions magic, bearing the scent of soap. It smeared over her fuzzy belly softly, lathering her with a gentle layer of soap. She relaxed into his grip, allowing him to wash her down in the warmth of the shower, the previous nights activities and the worries of the future melting away under his caring touch.

He was very thorough.

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Celestia waited at the lunch table, her sister and lover not showing for breakfast being a telling sign that her prank had been successful. She was nearly bouncing in her seat in excitement, the gentle needling she'd been giving Twilight not nearly enough to distract her from her desire to see her vict-er, friends.

"I still don't believe it for a second, Celestia." Her student said between bites of a simple sandwich. "Luna has no interest in him and Ares is in no hurry to change that. It will never happen. It's so unlikely, in fact, that I'm thinking of alerting the guards if I don't hear from at least one of them soon! It would take an incredibly convoluted series of impossible to relate..." Twilight stopped, her eyes staring emptily at the wall across from her, several facts lining up finally; Celestia's giddiness, the absence of the other two alicorns, and the white mare's love of setting up ridiculous pranks.

"You did something didn't you." Twilight said, leveling a glare at the taller alicorn. "That's the only reason you'd be this bubbly, the only reason you'd be making these lewd jokes without him here to egg you on! What the hell did you do, Celestia?"

The response was cut off as the dining room door opened, Luna walking in followed shortly by Ares. The stallion pulled out the mare's seat, gently pushing it in for her as she was seated before taking his own place. They levitated a few sandwiches to their own plates, silently enjoying the meal and ignoring the other two diners.

An incredibly awkward meal followed, neither of the two newcomers answering attempts at conversation. Eventually, they both rose, Ares gently bumping his nose against Luna as he walked by. Luna turned to Celestia, her muzzle high and her eyes barely open as she looked at her long-time companion.

"Twas a horribly timed prank, all things considered, Celly." She said, her nose in the air. "We have already made plans for your punishment, but the intensity and length will be determined at a later time, when we learn if your prank bears unintended fruit. I'm certainly thinking it will, as my heat has cooled considerably in the last few hours." With her declaration delivered, the dark alicorn departed from the dumbstruck drove.

Both her audience's jaws dropped at the implication. Twilight was the first to recover, for a given sense of the word.

"I, she, you, they, foals?!? Celestia, what the buck did you do?

For one of the mare's first uses of the Royal Canterlot Voice, it was quite impressive. Still, the larger mare just giggled at her friends anger.

"Not much, just set up a series of impossible to relate events that led to them enjoying their night." The mare's smile faded slightly. "Luna's comment doesn't make sense though, I've enjoyed the company of plenty of stallions during my heats, why would hers be different?"

Twilight meanwhile cocked her head in confusion. "Hey, that's another thing, I thought alicorns don't go into heat! I've not had one since I've ascended, and that was several years ago. You also said alicorns are sterile!"

"Oh, silly Twilight, we still get them, it's just not as often as ponies." Celestia said, smiling gently at her companion. "I'll be going into my next heat in about thirty six more years, I think. It's been a while, I have it written down somewhere. You however, it will be hard to tell for a while as your body adjusts. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you have one in the next year or so."

Twilight's face scrunched up in confusion, the lack of logic almost painful. "Wait, if alicorns are sterile, why do we go into heat? Buck, why do we have a sex drive?"

"I don't know, Twilight, it's just one of the mysteries I've never figured out of our kind."

The purple alicorn's mind was racing over the possibilities, knowing the answer was there. After nearly a minute of silence, an eternity for her super-computer of a mind, she had it. It left her in a near-whisper.

"You've never been around another alicorn in your heat."

Celestia blinked in confusion before bursting into laughter. "Twilight, I've spent plenty of heats around alicorns. You know how much time I've spent with Luna? I went through dozens of heats with her. At one point our heats even synchronized, most likely from so much time together. I've heard that happens in some herds, all the mares going into heat at the same time." She smiled at the thought. "Poor stallions must get roughed up pretty well."

"I, no that's not what I meant." The purple mare said, waving her hooves dismissively. "I meant you've never spent your heat around a stallion of your own species, around an alicorn male!"

"Well of course I haven't there... weren't any..." the white mare trailed off, her eyes widening with sudden clarity.

"Exactly, you didn't have access to a matching male, but that doesn't mean your body wasn't active. In fact, I find it astounding! A hundred year cycles! It must have to do with the longevity of alicorns, as otherwise the population would easily explode. Amazing, oh I need to write this down! Just think, we may see the first actual offspring of an alicorn pairing! Argh, where are my notes? Oh, the rules... Oh, buck Ares and his 'no notes in the dining room' rule. I need to record the next time this happens and, wait, Celestia said I may go into heat next, oh, no no no no, I can't record my findings if my cognitive state is compromised by my heat! Tia!" The mare shouted, coming out of her rant. "I need you to take my notes for... Celestia?"

The white mare was currently foggy eyed, staring off into the distance with a trail of drool running down her chin.. Her biological clock had just been reminded it had batteries, and it was now waaaay behind. It had a lot of making up to do.

"Cimmerian, or Nyx, or Nightblade Bloodmoon, oh heavens no, that's a silly name. What about Antares? Oh, I could-"

"Tia? Celestia, what are you talking about?" Twilight asked, trying to pull the mare from whatever far-off place her mind had fled to.

Celestia blinked a few times, looking at the purple mare. She then gave a hungry grin, licking her lips sensuously. "Oh just thinking of the future, dear. I know exactly what I'll be asking for my birthday in a few decades."

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The rest of the day was uneventful for Luna and Ares, both retiring to his chambers at his suggestion. Nothing more than some cuddling occurred, the stallion holding the mare close as they discussed what to do about the PITA currently occupying one of the guest rooms.

"I don't know, I'd say it's a good start at least. Certainly not what I'd suggest, but I liked it nonetheless." Luna said, wings splayed as the grey stallion preened her wings. She'd already promised to get his after he'd finished, as it was the only way to secure the pampering.

"You need to hit her where it hurts, Luna. She's sexually charged right now, so I think we need to try something along that line." He stopped speaking a moment, humming as he ran his teeth over her feathers, sending a shiver down her spine.

"I'll have the final la-HA-ugh, Ares, remember that before you try something stupid." She chided him with a smile. "Still, I love the idea. She has to choose either the room she stink-bombed, or the room that the servants have only just begun to clean up." She giggled. "I'm just glad you pulled Twilight into it, making her agree not to allow Tia to get out of it so easily."

"Twilight will still let Celestia stay in her room." He said with certainty. "She'll just leave Tia to sweat a little before she gives in. Twi's too nice to do something like that to her old teacher." He shifted, attempting to gain access to the farthest feathers of her splayed wings. "It's too bad her plan to use the visit of the New Zebraka ambassadors to force you into her room gets to backfire on her, isn't it? I mean otherwise you'd have been able to use one of those rooms, avoiding this whole scenario."

Luna smiled, the idea of her sister choosing her own room of the two leaving her with the image of her sister being driven up the wall at the lingering scent of sex. She'd probably start wanting to rut herself stupid with the help of her usual lover, but he was currently enjoying a nice quiet evening with the mare who didn't use her knowledge of his antics to force him into awkward situations. The thought of her sisters sexual anguish left her giggling. Her eyes snapped open, her smile becoming downright devious.

"Dear Ares, I do believe I've had the most wondrous idea."

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Celestia's tail flicked in agitation as she made her way back to her room. Four months. Four Tartarus damned months since that prank, and Ares had yet to rut her properly, had yet to even attempt to get her off. Instead his nights were spent doting over Luna, the mare starting to look heavier then usual and confirming the fact for them all that no, alicorns are not, in fact, sterile. It took some of the edge off her frustration, but after having ready access to a willing mate for nearly two years after a millennia-long dry spell, she was getting irritable.

It was part of their revenge, she knew, but that didn't make it any easier to deal with. Were they going to make her wait till after the foals were born? Was he really so angered by her prank that he wouldn't allow the white alicorn her desperately sought release ever again? The thought was scary, scarier than it should have been. She'd already apologized to them, only to be waved off with smiles that screamed 'You'll get yours soon enough.' At first she thought they'd forget, laughing it off eventually once their anger had cooled, but this was Ares and Luna combined. The stallion had held a grudge for centuries, albeit his final revenge was tame compared to what he'd told her of his original plans. He'd told her about those one night in a drunken session they'd had, citing his happiness he'd decided on a much kinder form of revenge and going on about how sad he'd be if he'd removed such a beautiful flank from the world in a hasty bid for revenge.

The idea he'd thought about such an ending for her wasn't surprising considering their original meeting, and he wouldn't have been the first to make such an attempt. In fact it was fascinating, hearing him talk about how the idea had evolved from straight up swinging a blade at her and hoping for the best, to a late-night infiltration of Canterlot Castle, to putting laxatives in both her mid-court snacks and any foods she ate while visiting public locations, where bathrooms may not be immediately available, to just locking her in stockades for a few days. Finally, when her country fell, it was a kiss to his balls; those wondrous orbs that would slap against her puffed out-

Celestia shook her head free of the thoughts. It was becoming increasingly difficult as time wore on. Her toys just didn't feel the same after experiencing a real, proper-fitting male. Certainly they helped relieve some of the tension, and one of them was even bigger than the stallion, but it didn't whisper dirty ideas to her, it didn't nibble on her wings as it dragged across her needy sex. It didn't, oh sun and stars, it didn't tie her up and rut her into the mattress, leaving her to mewl and moan helplessly as he filled her with his seed; his hot, sticky, musky-

She blinked looking around in embarrassment. She was getting way too riled up. Making sure no one saw her dripping in the hallway, she teleported to her room, intent on finding some way to relieve herself. Memories and a toy weren't as good as the real thing, but until the stallion would mount her again, it was all she really had.

Jumping onto her bed, she whipped open her drawer and drew out her largest dildo. Her burning sex was driving her crazy, and she needed relief. She closed her eyes, tracing her tongue along its length, imagining it to be the stallion down the hall before the telltale tingle of a spell caught her attention.

The mares eyes widened in mid-lick, confusion on her face as the spell took hold. Moments later, a strange sensation hit her, leaving everything fuzzy.

"...ink she's coming around. Are you ready?" A deep voice asked. Celestia blinked a few times, trying to drive the fog from her mind. What had happened? She'd been in her room, getting ready to, yes, she'd been getting ready to release some tension when-

'They stuck a booby-trap spell on my dildo?'

The absurdity of the situation blew her away. Was this what they were waiting for? Why would they wait for such a specific time? Why that specific toy? She'd used the others several times in the meantime. A niggling voice in the back of her head laughed the answer to her.

'Because that's the only one that's sized similar to the stallion you're lusting after.'

She shook her head at the strangeness, or at least she tried to. She realized at that point that she was muzzled. Crossing her eyes confirmed it, and also allowed her to see the triple-tiered nullifier on her horn. They really were going all out with this revenge thing. Looking around as best she could, she realized she was quite thoroughly restrained, held off the ground by a strange collection of posts, chains and straps that left her hanging in a totally exposed position, her tail shifting uselessly underneath her. She was leaned back as if reclined, her legs splayed open. Her tail was actually secured to the floor, not allowing her any modesty whatsoever. It was the perfect trap for her.

Her unicorn magic was nullified, so she couldn't undo the straps or teleport away.

Her pegasus magic was nullified, leaving her still lighter than she should be for her size, but unable to generate even the slightest lift with her massive wings.

And no amount of innate earth pony strength would help her break free of these bonds.

'Right, no active magic, and I can't shift enough to get loose. I, I guess I'll just see what they have planned? What are they going to do, toy with me till I beg to finish?' The white alicorn huffed in disbelief. 'With how I've been feeling lately, I'll do that the second they look at me! Buck, that's exactly the kind of thing I want right now!'

A sensuous moan drew her attention to the bed in the middle of the room, Ares and Luna currently in the midst of an intense make-out session. She watched as he nibbled on her neck, drawing needy moans from the darker mare, watched with increasing hunger as he moaned at the mares contact, the smaller alicorn grinding against him, attempting to coax him into full readiness.

The white mare felt herself wink at the erotic display, shifting uncomfortably in her bindings as the heat in her loins flared up at the proximity to such an activity. She watched as the other mare laid on her back, the stallion laying carefully against her barrel in the reverse position and gently running his tongue over her nethers as she worked his twitching seed-bearers. She could smell his scent, could almost feel his tongue gliding over her own burning need as she watched. It was driving her mad.

'Oh no... Oh no, there's no way they'd do that to me. No, no no no no...'

A pitiable whinny escaped her muzzled mouth, the only reaction of the dark mare being a devious grin in her direction followed by a long, deliberate lick up the stallions shaft and balls.

"Oooh, stick it in already." the traitorous mare moaned throatily, groaning even louder when the stallions shifted to push his tongue deeper into her.

Celestia bucked against her restraints, her sex winking more and more often as it dribbled freely, the trail of viscous fluids making its way over her puckered ass and down her tail, starting to form a small pool on the floor. After a particular throaty moan from the mare, the stallions wings flared as his lover began suckling on his orbs. He grunted in exertion, bucking slightly against her bulging barrel, before standing, his balls leaving the mare's mouth with a wet plop. The bound mare's response was almost immediate, a clenching buck and another whine, punctuated by a wet spatter as her clenching need sent more of her arousal all over the floor below her.

Still they ignored her, both taking position at the foot of the bed. He slowly pushed into her, stopping every now and then before the mare urged him on, growing irritated at his reluctance.

"We've already discussed this with the doctor, Ares, you won't hurt them if you give me a proper rutting. Just don't slam it against me too hard and we'll be fine."

His response was a gentle kiss on her neck followed by him sliding the rest of the way in. Celestia's eyes were locked on them now, her desire leaving her rocking uselessly in her bindings as her alicorn memory allowed her to remember every excruciating detail of her own penetration, the sensation of every vein as he drove into her, the contact of his ring dragging in and out, of the flared tip pressing against her deepest walls. She began subconsciously following their rhythm, tears nearly forming in her eyes from the need radiating from her burning pussy. Then they made it worse.

Ares' horn lit up with magic, and Luna's leg lifted at an awkward angle, allowing Celestia a perfect view of the point of penetration. Allowing her to see the ring sliding in and out, allowing her to see the spatters of excitement the darker mare ejected with every clench of her sex around his rock-hard shaft. The sounds they made didn't matter to her anymore. Her only focus was their point of contact, as if mentally commanding the stallion to cease his current work and give her what she so desperately wanted, desperately needed. After what felt like an eternity, their pace quickened, the stallion finally hilting with powerful strokes that left Luna gasping in pleasure, and Celestia swore she could feel the pulses inside her own freely weeping sex, the strikes of his seed against her inner barrier as he emptied himself into her. Hot tears poured down the bound mare's face, her desire alone driving her to the edge, but not enough, never enough to send her over it.

Finally they moved from their embrace, the stallion gently nuzzling the mare underneath him to grab her attention.

"Think she's learned her lesson?"

Luna looked over, slowly disentangling herself from her partner and making her way over to the desperately struggling mare. Seeing the constant stream of fluids, the desperate hunger in her eyes, and even the slight stains of tears of need, she nodded.

"Yes, I do believe she will be most careful to avoid a similar fate again. Won't you Tia?"

As Ares approached, the white mare continued desperately humping the air and rumbling with muffled moans and mewls, seeking release. He mounted her, the straps and bars supporting both of their weights easily, and quickly drove himself into the hopelessly horny alicorn.

Immediately the hungry-eyed humping stopped, a muffled gasp of pleasure leaving her, followed by a throaty moan. Ares made quick work of her, grinding into her mercilessly to bring her the release she'd been denied so long, he rubbed against her horn, he dragged his wings against her own, he trailed nips and kisses down her neck. She'd been close enough just by her need and the show she'd been given, so the wait was not long. With an ear-piercing shriek, it happened.

Her eyes literally glowed white for a few moments, the inhibitor sparking as her magical back-surge turned it into so many useless bits of burnt metal and cracked gems. The stallion's horn was blasted as well, his own eyes going foggy in the back-wash of her orgasmic surge, and he began to buck erratically against her tightly clenched muff. Soon his bucks turned to grunts, the surge pulling him over the edge with her by force. He grunted in time with a few last weak bucks before going still.

Luna, having been shielding herself from the light radiating from Celestia's eyes, stared in fascination at the once-more pristine white form of the larger mare, Celestia's eyes finally fading back to their usual pink before they closed with exhaustion, passing out in the insensate embrace of her mate.

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Ares moved down the halls with a cheerful bounce in his step. It had been a long, arduous road, nearly killing him several times along the way, most recently mentally as the mares drove him nuts with their incessant requests. Sure Twilight had managed to distract herself with a different stallion as her form actually started expanding to match her new species, but Luna and Celestia had clung to him and refused to yield to any compromises that left one or the other out. Not that he'd ever say no to Luna.

The thought was interrupted by the scampering of hooves on the floor, drawing his attention to two young alicorns running down the halls in his direction, their bemused mother following along behind them at a much more sedate pace.

"I told you to stop putting pure mana in their food, Luna, they're energetic enough as it is." She giggled even as he lifted them both in his magic, settling the foals easily on his back as he made his way to his personal quarters. The two foals, Star Struck and Lancing Nova, were nearly four decades old and were still not even considered teens. True, they were much more intelligent than most teens, but that was to be expected when you were so much older than your nearest contemporary age group. Only dragons were similar in their slow-as-sin growth.

Ares had jokingly referred to the duo as Night and Day on several occasions. Star Struck, bearing the white coat of his father's mane and his mother's coat as his mane, was a colt who seemed completely obsessed with science and the stars, listening with rapt attention every time Ares would tell the tales of creatures that braved the stars, whether in their own solar system or in a galaxy far, far away. Lancing Nova was a true spitfire, always ready to fight with anything for anything and bearing an odd mix of pink mane, which she kept short, and a deep green coat of fur. Extra snacks, avoiding bed time, finding a way to get daddy to get that extra toy she wanted so badly, it didn't matter, she'd find a way or go down trying. She watched the soldiers training every chance she got, often leading to her father giving her simple lessons with a wooden swords of all shapes and sizes, and grinning like a champion the second she gave daddy a bruise, even as she walked away covered in red spots from the thrashing it had cost her during their spar. It was this combination of attitude and coloration that had earned her the title 'The Rose of Metrocity.'

Luna reached him, giving a loving nuzzle even as Star jumped to her back, preferring his mother's attentions and teachings. Reaching his room, the stallion levitated the filly to her mother as well, giving all three a quick kiss, the one planted on Luna's lips drawing a few jeers from the children.

"I will see you tomorrow, Ares. I expect you to make this up to me, promise or not." She said with a sultry tone, walking to the children's room with a little more sway in her hips than necessary. He chuckled at her antics, the two mares never seeming to be happy with the time he dedicated to them. He'd once took an entire month off to spend with the two mares and two foals, and at the end they'd complained that they'd barely gotten started on their vacation.

The thought bringing a smile to his muzzle he opened the door to his own room, the scent of a mare's arousal saturating the air. Grazing on the rose petals leading up to the bed he nibbled on the most beautiful of the flowers present, earning a light gasp and giggle of happiness from his end goal. The white mare on the bed sat before him, splayed seductively on the bed with her back resting against the mattress, her head and upper back propped up on the pillows. Rose petals were scattered over the bed and her body in a beautiful display that only drew his eyes to the growing damp spot on the bed. She grinned at him, circling her slowly pillowing labia with a hoof. He jumped up on the bed, trailing kisses up her body before stopping, gazing lovingly into her eyes.

"I'm ready for my birthday present." Celestia said softly, pulling him into a passionate kiss.

Author's Note

A denial fic? Brilliant!

Yeesh, two chapter for my clop-fic. Why yes, I did have the day off, why do you ask? Also yes, it's definitely over now. I'm going to go to bed and hope this idea is dead to me. It's kept me up several times.

Kink 2: Pregnancy can be a Pain in the Teat

It was with a stiff, twinging pain from her left wing that the blue alicorn was pulled from her dreams. She carefully rolled onto her barrel, wincing once more as pins and needles began to creep up her wing even as she stretched it, blood attempting to reclaim the limb from a night of sleeping on it. She slowly rose, her heavy barrel leaving her a bit more lethargic than she was comfortable with.

The smell of sex still permeated to room even as she walked to the bathroom, the previous nights activities still playing through her mind and drawing a faint smile to her muzzle. Ares had been very careful with her, even when she'd requested he rough her up a bit with nips and a good rutting. Her sister was behind him on his carefulness, though; both were extremely cautious of anything that could cause complications with her pregnancy, and with her being so far along, they were taking no chances. Thus she'd been slowly, lovingly screwed until the combination of shallow penetration, dirty talk, and massaging of all of her external erogenous zones had set her off. Not really what she wanted at the moment, but with twins on the way, they'd found out that Ares actually was striking her cervix almost constantly during normal sex. It was a pain in both senses of the word, but then she'd have at least another hundred years before this was even an option again. Who knew, maybe she'd end up enjoying having foals so much, she'd be willing to suffer this discomfort a second time?

The mare carefully climbed into the shower, gasping as her teats clipped the rim of the tub. That had been another issue that had cropped up. Her teats were swollen in preparation for the foals, but with the pregnancy still having at least another month by the doctors guess, she was left with two useless milk-bags that just hung under her barrel and caused her pain anytime they were bothered. Luna turned on the water, letting loose a sigh of pleasure as the warm spray washed over her. It was something of a morning ritual for her now, though if she managed to wake up with the others they would all be in here with her. Bathing with her herd was always a wonderful experience.

A soft nuzzle on her neck and a weight on her back broke her out of her reverie, two white hooves wrapping around her in a hug while her sister joined her.

"You know, I never thought you'd be the one to manage having foals first," the older alicorn said, jealousy apparent in her voice.

"You also said we were sterile," Luna countered, not even bothering to open her eyes at this point. "I think we're beyond what we knew at this point, Tia. I just wish there was a way to make this less uncomfortable."

Celestia hummed thoughtfully.

"Well, I know mares are always complaining about such issues. Perhaps you could ask at the castle's physician? I'm certain he's heard a few things."

"I may. At the least, he may be able to prescribe us something to dampen the aches. The morning sickness has passed, thankfully. I just wish I didn't feel so sensitive to everything at the moment."

"Well, you can yell at Ares later on for his part in this, and I'll make my part in this up to you now by helping you bathe," the larger alicorn offered, beginning to run a few gentle brushes against Luna's coat. The smaller mare hummed gratefully at the contact, enjoying the pampering despite the awkwardness her current state had left her in.

'No flying, though that's more of a safety thing for now. No major magic spells that could backfire and hurt me, no extended periods of physical activity, not that I'd be able to do much before I'd start either getting sick or sore. No experiments as the an accident could produce dangerous fumes or explode, hurting me and the foals...I swear, Ares is being more protective of me than Tia was after I was freed from the Nightmare,' Luna mentally ranted. 'I swear, if it wasn't for access to his notes on his own peoples' sciences and achievements, I'd go mad. At least I can make plans and learn the basics while I'm stuck like this. Twilight will just have to make do without me.'

A rough brush against her teats from a rag drew a squawk of pain from the mare, Celestia instantly backing off from her and offering apologies.

"It-it's fine, Tia, I'm just sensitive there right now. It's the most uncomfortable part of this experience so far, actually," the blue mare stuttered.

Celestia hummed quietly to herself in thought.

"Twilight's finished her tests on the blood work. She wants to talk to us about this later on tonight."

"I don't think I can do that," Luna muttered. "I really don't want to sit in a conference room like this, I just feel, I just feel heavy and bloated at the moment."

The white mare rolled her eyes as she wiped down the smaller alicorn.

"Luna, you're pregnant. Of course you're going to be heavy. It's not like you're fat though. Most of it will leave with the foals, while the rest will fade after you regain full mobility again."

Luna sighed in exasperation. It wasn't that Celestia wouldn't listen, she just wouldn't understand the frustration she was feeling at the moment. The two dried off and Celestia went on her way, giving one last glance at he blue alicorn as she waddled back to her bed. using her wings to carefully propel herself onto the mattress, Luna sighed as she carefully laid down on the bed. She winced, rolling to her side slightly as the pressure became painful once again. She levitated another book over to herself and turned to her favorite pastime to take her mind off of her discomfort.

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Luna was dozing off after reading about half of her novel, a tray of food sitting on the table towards the door when she was interrupted by a knock. She didn't even finish grabbing her bookmark before it opened, Ares trotting in with a frown on his face.

"Tia told me my favorite blueberry was in discomfort. What's wrong, Luna?" He asked her, serious despite the playful nickname.

Luna scowled at the stallion, attempting to shift herself on the bed but hissing as pressure was returned to the wrong places. Her wings began to prickle once again from being laid upon, while her teats and barrel tinged with pain at the increase in pressure on them. Ares was on the bed before she even moved an inch farther, gently nuzzling her cheek before moving south, nuzzling her swollen barrel and trailing loving kisses along her side.

"I, I've just been sore lately, and very uncomfortable. I understand it's to be expected at this late in the pregnancy, and I know it's almost over, but..." she trailed off, looking forlornly at her swollen midsection.

Ares' ears and wings drooped slightly, knowing how much Luna valued her freedom. She'd requested an open lab for that exact reason; she could fly from her room to the lab, or from the lab to the library, or anywhere she wished really. It was just a thing she never did well without. He blinked, noticing her swollen teats as they sagged towards the bed, jiggling every time she moved or breathed. He gave her an experimental poke, pushing her enough to send them jiggling once again.

"What are you doing?" he mare barked in irritation.

He didn't look at her, just looking towards her barrel when he answered.

"How are your teats, Lunacae?"

The mare stared at him for a moment, confusion in her eyes before she answered.

"They're, heavy. I feel as though with every step I take they swing into each other, and with how full they are, it's painful. Tia suggested a visit to the doctor. I think I may take her up on that."

"What if I told you I had an idea?" he asked, staring at her with a twinkle in his eyes.

Luna sucked in her breath. Every time she'd seen that gleam in his eyes, he'd done something that left her moaning and mewling in pleasure. She wasn't sure what he was planning, but even if it only helped her feel less sensitive and achy at the moment, she'd take it. She nodded cautiously, knowing he'd be gentle if he saw her acting unsure. Sure enough he began nuzzling and nibbling at her neck, kissing and nibbling on her ear and whispering that he'd make her feel much better.

"Alright, Lulu. Just let me take care of this," he told her, using his magic to lay her on her back. She fought back a blush as he began trailing kisses down her neck and over her barrel. He nuzzled it, speaking softly to the unborn foals inside, saying how he couldn't wait to see them, giving two kisses to where he thought they might be. He continued on his path, kissing down the valley between her teats and slowing shy of her rear legs, moving himself back to allow easy access to her lower body. He began to trail light kisses around each mound, and Luna felt herself shifting curiously, attempting to see what he was doing. He raised his head to look at her, grinning as his horn lit up. Her pillows rearranged themselves and soon the mare found herself propped up against the back of her bed, watching as the stallion once more descended upon her swollen milk jugs.

Luna squeaked in confusion, a strange feeling of Ares' tongue softly running over her left teat making her even more curious. Certainly he sometimes nuzzled them, though she never figured out why. They just weren't as sensitive as other places, thus not really earning any particular notoriety among ponies as erogenous zones. Still, she allowed it. He said he had a plan, and she was willing to try just about anything at this point. If it meant less time listening to the doctor prattle on about things he had no real experience in(this being the first alicorn pregnancy in history), she was all for it.

"Here we go," she heard him mutter, before she felt him wrap his lips softly around the nipple. She blinked in confusion as he began to gently suckle, his horn glowing as a warm, gentle aura surrounded her mounds and began carefully kneading them much like he'd done to her flank so many times. She sighed at the contact, wondering if it was the fact that they were so swollen or just the gentle warmth of the spell that made her enjoy the contact more. She watched as he let go of her left teat with a gentle pop, moving to the other and applying the same treatment. Just as she was about to ask what he was doing, she saw it.

A small dribble of pearly white liquid began to trickle from the left nipple, rolling down her teat and into her fur. She looked to the stallion and he pulled off her right mammary, leaving his roiling aura still working her swollen mounds as he stared at her with a gentle smile. Sure enough she soon spotted a second little trickle, this time from her right nipple.

"You, you intend to milk me?" she asked in shock.

"Call it a remnant of old instincts, but breasts, teats on a mare, are a weakness for my old species," Ares explained. "They're not very important to mares though, so I have to live without. That doesn't mean I don't like them, though."

Ares ran his tongue along her right teat once more, this time smacking his lips as if to taste her milk. Without a second warning, he moved back to her leaking nipples, gently suckling and rolling his aura over the swollen bags of flesh. Luna sighed at the contact; it wasn't what she'd call an erogenous zone, but after having those things swinging into each other so often, they were getting sensitive. The massage was doing wonders for her, while the dribbling milk was a sign that she may be lighter by the end of this.

The mare let out a pleasured squeak as the aura brushed against her sex, causing her to buck into the stallion and forcing the jiggling teat against his muzzle. She heard him chuckle, the vibrations sending a strange buzz through her body as he began to play with her dampening flower. With a pop, he pulled his lips from the nipple and scooted back, running his tongue up her weeping marehood and intensifying the aura wrapped around her teats. She moaned in delight as he began lapping up her leaking juices and looked down her barrel, noticing the roiling aura around her lower body was beginning to bear fruit. She could see the small trickles turning into little streams, the milk running down the sides of her barrel and into the mattress below her.

She yelped, the stallion finding her pleasure button and suckling it like he'd done to her nipples earlier. That was pleasurable, no denying it. She moaned again, bucking her legs uselessly as he tongued her into bliss. Then she noticed his horn flare, the aura around her mounds growing in intensity. Before she could ask what he was doing, he began lapping at her most sensitive part, causing the mare to shout in surprise. He squeezed her teats, and despite her haze, she watched as the trickles that had become rivulets became streams, the milk squirting up into the air even as she felt an orgasm coming over her. With one final needy moan, the mare seized up, her rear bucking in bliss as the stallion carried her through the high. As she came down, she giggled, noting the puddles that had begun to form around her on the bed. While the milking wasn't really that arousing, it certainly felt amazing now that it was over. She lightly brushed a hoof against a teat, noticing the greatly reduced size.

"That help?" Ares asked, moving up to check on her.

Luna nodded with a grin. She got off, and her teats weren't so bloated anymore. It was a complete win in her book.

"Ah, there you two are. We need- why is Luna leaking milk all over the bed?" Celestia asked, walking into the room.

"He was, helping me with a problem," Luna answered, looking to the stallion, as well as his swaying rod. "They were swollen, and he reduced them. I am, very grateful. Even if I think he enjoyed it more than is normal for a stallion."

"Well, we need to go see Twilight about her research. She had something she wanted to show us," the white mare said approaching the bed with a lecherous grin. She nibbled the stallions ear, giggling before looking under his barrel.

"Oh dear, you can't go to the presentation with that. Let me help."

Ares coughed, feeling the white alicorn give a kiss to his rock-hard erection. She then trailed kisses down the shaft to the sheath before running her tongue back to the flare. Ares grunted as she took it into her mouth, humming in contentment. She pushed farther, swallowing every few seconds as she worked it farther down her throat. Before he knew it, she was swallowing past his medial ring, causing him to buck as she kept going, eventually planting her nose against his sheath. He groaned as she hummed and swallowed, leaving Luna to giggle as the blue mare began to stimulate the stallion's wings with her own magic.

"Oh, oh! Let me help!" Luna said with a laugh.

Ares stomach tensed, his body clenching at the intense sensations. Feeling his climax approaching, he jumped up, mounting the white mare in reverse. Celestia's eyes widened as he landed on her back, wrapping his forelegs around her barrel and rutting her throat with abandon. The mare choked, attempting to pull back but the stallion was now locked around her, grunting as he shoved himself as far down her throat as he could manage. She whinnied in shock but it only stimulated him more and she felt his flare swell up as his orgasm arrived, locking him into her throat. She swallowed repeatedly, attempting to finish him as quickly as possible as he came, the male grunting with each spurting buck. After a few last tired thrusts, he softened, slipping out of her gullet and leaving her to gasp for air as she was once more able to breath.

Luna caught the white alicorn before she hit the ground and set her on the bed, unable to stand on her shaky lags as she coughed and heaved for breath.

"Are you alright, Tia?

"I, I deserved that. I really should have known better, especially with how, how excitable we get," Celestia gasped.

"I'd say your love of teasing others came back to bite you in the flank, but we both know you enjoy that," Ares chuckled, nipping the white mare's cutie mark as he recovered and receiving a coo of pleasure from his target. The group shared a quick laugh before Luna cast a quick spell, covering the smell of their activities. The alicorn's made their way to the nearby conference room that had been claimed by the purple mare, content grins on their faces.

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The herd walked into the conference room to see graphical depictions of alicorn anatomy as well as a large stack of papers sitting before the purple alicorn mare. With wide grins, the three of them came up behind Twilight, and on the signal each gave her a lick.

"EEK!" the mare squeaked out as she teleported across the room, shivering and hopping about on the tips of her hooves.

"No, no, no, no! I told you not to do stuff like that, I don't have a stallion, and you're going to get me flustered! Last time I couldn't think straight for four days! Do you know how hard it is to study rocket propulsion when every model starts to look like a dildo?"

"As hard as a stallion's dick?" Ares asked with a shit-eating grin.

"Yes, as hard as, Buckin Damn you to Tartarus, Ares! Stop it!" Twilight shouted, her wings splaying at the joke.

"In all seriousness, Twilight, if you do not hurry, you're going to end up getting proposals from my foals," Luna chided, taking a seat on the couch. She was joined by her herd-mates seconds later, and Twilight took her place at the front of the room, still attempting to settle her wings while scowling at the group.

Taking a deep breath, Twilight began.

"Okay, I finished my tests on the blood samples you all provided, thank you by the way. We now have the first recorded data points of an alicorn mare going through her pregnancy. Luna, I'm happy to say that for the most part, the changes in hormones and emotion that you've been experiencing are completely natural and are very similar to other ponies when they go through this. That being said, I've noticed a few differences between you and regular mares, both in your emotional connections to your herd-mates and in the pheromones you're releasing."

"First off, I've been observing you whenever you three are in public, or asking those nearby to report on any changes they've noticed since the pregnancy started to take off. Granted, Ares and Luna weren't that big of an, er, item back before the conception, but I've never known Luna as being a very touchy mare. Yet she is constantly rubbing against the two of you. Ares, you even admitted that Luna seems to get clingier the farther along she gets, but the truth of the matter is you all are getting clingier. Luna's pheromones are having an impact on the entire herd."

"Ares, you've been acting more protective of the mares. Case and point, your wings are currently wrapped around both of them, and not in the friendly or even lovers caress style. That's a defensive reaction, one I confirmed with Dash and Fluttershy," Purple Smart explained, causing the herd to look at themselves. Luna and Celestia giggled at Ares being called out, but Twilight was far from done.

"The other thing is that Luna's currently producing enough pheromones to make a changeling queen jealous. In fact, if you were to sit in a hive right now, you may confuse a few of them, especially if the lights were out. The pheromones, in extremely thick doses as one would get in an enclosed area, actually induce a much more intimate relationship between those affected. In this case, the three of you sleeping in the same room."

"You're not out of the woods yourself, Celestia," Twilight said with a smile, drawing a confused frown from the white alicorn. "In fact, I'd say this will have the most obvious impact on you. Not only are you more affectionate to the herd-mates, but I confirmed in my scan and inspection earlier today that you're body is preparing for the foals almost as much as Luna's is. In short, you'll be just as capable of nursing them as she is."

The herd blinked, both Ares and Celestia looking down the white mare's barrel at her teats. Sure enough, they seemed bigger than they'd been a few months ago, even jiggling slightly when Tia poked at them. Luna laughed at the absurdity of the situation, but nestled into her mate all the same,

"Excellent, when they start teething, you can feed them."

Celestia sputtered a denial, but was cut off by the researcher once more.

"The last thing that I learned, well, it's more of a prediction. I think that all of these hormones are going to boost Celestia's heat, especially considering it will be her first around an alicorn stallion. She'll likely become extremely needy, much worse than even the most intense heats. I don't, I don't think, er, dildos and oral will help either, as your body is aware that there's a viable male nearby, as confirmed by the pregnancy of a nearby mare. In fact, I'd say that upon uh, fulfillment of your heat, you'll be almost guaranteed a foal. Ares, you'll likely feel the effects of her heat as well, just in, well, your own ways. I personally suggest taking a vacation about that time, as I don't think you'll be capable of doing much of anything."

"Besides each other." Luna added with a giggle, causing a round of chuckles to sound from the stallion and mare beside her.

Twilight rolled her eyes but nodded.

"Yes yes, all jokes aside the most important thing I learned is that if an alicorn mare ended up joining you in your room every night, even if she slept on the sofa she'd likely start to produce milk. It's strange, but everything I've found says that alicorns react very strongly to the presence of other alicorns. Even I feel a bit of a pull to be with you but, well..."

"Tia's like a second mother to you, and you're still not comfortable knowing the age difference between yourself and I," Ares supplied, getting a nod from the purple alicorn. "It's fine, Twi. I don't mind. Besides, these two are quite enough trouble. Things are only going to get crazier from here. I'm sure you'll find someone. And as Luna said, if you wait long enough, you'll have a few alicorns to choose from."

Twilight shook her head, gathering up her papers and heading for the door. As she left she passed through the route the herd had taken upon arriving, and she growled before turning back to the group.

"Next time you rut before coming to a presentation I'm giving you, at least have the decency to either take a shower, or warn me you'll be late!" the alicorn screamed, her wings flared painfully to either side. She turned and ran out the door, or at least tried to. With a cry of pain, her wings bounced off of the door frame and the second of the double doors. She whimpered before teleporting out, leaving a noticeable puddle where she'd landed.

"I uh, I think we're going to owe Sparkles an apology for that one," Ares commented, wincing still at the thought of running into a door with a 'wingy'.

Luna nodded in agreement.

"I'd be more than happy to help her, but you know how she is. Perhaps we can find a nice drone or two for her? I've read they live quite a long time if supplied with sufficient love."

Author's Note

I know someone asked for it. Ask, and you may receive. If it's not something that makes me nope too hard. :trixieshiftright:

This was already in progress, I just needed to finish it. Enjoy, or don't. Who am I to judge?

Queen's Gambit

"So we're all here?" The pink alicorn asked cautiously, eyeing the second non-alicorn gathered at the meeting. Shining Armor, nearly a century and a half old at this point, was still seated beside her, though he was certainly showing his age. The once brilliant blue main was now a light blue, sprinkles of grey scattered here and there. His eyes were still sharp as ever though, and he was making no attempts to conceal his feelings about the other guest.

"We are." Celestia said calmly. To her left sat Ares, and beside him sat her herd-sister Luna. All three of the older alicorns were relaxed, already having been introduced long ago to the guest that the alicorn stallion had invited.

"We'll start off with something quick and simple. At about the average speed of forest growth, the Everfree has begun expanding south and east."

"It has," Luna affirmed. "I have begun a side project looking to repair the damage done to the forest, and I am hopeful it will allow us to if not curb the growth, then at least reduce the danger of the forest. The battles betwixt Discord and ourselves, as well as our own in the time of my madness did the forest no favors. With ponies no longer living in the area to fight against the wild magic, it flourishes."

"We've had a few contacts with a large group of caribou. They've been prodding the Crystal Barrier, looking for some type of weakness to exploit." Shining Armor started, bringing the next topic to the table. "I've had a few scouts check their camps, and all I can say is the sooner we remove the threat the better. Their chieftain is ruthless."

"I've also heard about him, Armor." Ares said calmly, actually dozing slightly. At the looks of confusion from the Crystal Couple he chuckled.

"Suffice it to say for now that I have a few individuals moving against him even as we speak. I don't like his style; he's brutal for the sake of being brutal, rewards the same type of actions from his armies with promotions and gifts, and lashes out at everyone, not just other races. He's destroyed three other caribou tribes so far. The remnants of one such tribe is currently in Theramore. From there they'll been given several options of locations they can catch a boat to."

Ares tuned most of the talks out, focusing on the stallion ahead of him for a moment. While Shining was getting to the point where he could no longer rut the Alicorn of Love, Cadance was already the mother of fourteen foals. It was ridiculous, but the mare seemed to be the alicorn of all types of love, including motherly love and fertility. Certainly no other creature would be able to go through that many pregnancies that quickly and still be willing to submit themselves to it again. He'd joked with the stallion, though Shining had found it in poor taste, that his wife was a genetic roulette. Four pegasi, six earth ponies, three unicorns, and a single alicorn foal were the results of their hard work. The reason Ares compared her to a roulette? The mare had given birth to twelve others before the alicorn foal, so they'd literally hit the genetic jackpot.

The meeting went on for nearly two hours, the majority of the information flow being from Celestia and Luna to Cadance and Shining. Receiving a shove from the dark blue alicorn, Ares mentally returned to the meeting to note that most of the topics had thankfully been handled. It wasn't that the information wasn't important, but most of it was already on his desk, and Celestia had promised to make note of anything she'd not already heard for him. Seeing the others looking at him expectantly, he shook his head before waving a hoof to the second non-alicorn.

"The main things I came here today for was both to introduce a friend of mine, and allow her to explain her plan for the future of her people. This is Queen Pulmonus, and she guides the hives of Fortitude. She's been a friend of mine for centuries now, she was and still is one of my first allies on Equis. Pulmonus?"

The withered changeling queen smiled at his introduction before looking towards the two that were staring at her in discomfort, likely tasting exactly what they were feeling.

"I have found a solution to an old problem. I've found my replacement, or at least a queen who could be that replacement. The reason I asked to speak here is because of who that replacement is. I'm currently looking at a very young queen, a Queen Chrysalis."

The Crystal Couple both moved to speak, but were cut off by two raised hooves, one being the queen's and the other being Ares' own.

"Let her say her peace before you make your objections," the larger stallion chastised. "She's been planning this for several decades now."

Nodding in thanks, the queen continued.

"There are about fifteen other queens active in the world at the moment, a number that sadly drops every decade or so. With the fall of Equestria, there is no easy source of loving ponies to access, and most in Lord Ares' land are under the protection of my own hive; we don't allow the kidnapping many hives resort to. That being said, I have no children of my own. Normally I would have a daughter take over for me, or even lay an egg containing a proto-queen that could be raised to be the daughter I need. That is not an option for me. Several decades after I met Ares, I was injured and made sterile. I actually considered disconnecting from my hive, leaving them to another queen. It would have been the, traditional thing to do in such a case.

"Ares suggested that I continue leading them, though. That I not only continue on in my capacity as queen, but that I accept the outcasts of other hives under my wings as well. As of now, the Sun Hive is currently the second largest in the world, second only to the Sapphire hive in the Kharazi jungles. Our numbers are supported solely through taking in other changelings and any broodmares that happen to leave other hives, though most come from the Ruby hive. Queen Ignita is quite brutal in her treatment of all creatures, even her own changelings."

"Why does it have to be that, that nag?!?" Shining shouted, breaking into a coughing fit afterwards. Cadance immediately wrapped him in her wings, but still looked at the alicorns and the changeling questioningly.

"Queen Ignita kills anything that doesn't either belong to her hive or provide it with food. Queen Cicindela refuses to see any other as her equal, much less accept the words of another queen. Queen Lestidae has taken a hooves off approach, withdrawing from the world and hoping things improve over time. That is why I have chosen Chrysalis. She is the only queen I know of that had both the audacity to look at changeling traditions of stealth and subterfuge and spit at them when they did not work for her hive, and also had the will to survive. Her hive was badly damaged by both her failed invasion and the retaliations from other hives for bringing changelings into the spotlight. Add in the fall of Equestria and the most abundant harvesting grounds, and the infighting of other queens, Chrysalis never did manage to recover from her defeat. She has spent the last century attempting to regain some sort of hoofhold or powerbase, but has yet to succeed."

Looking to the three larger alicorns she smiled softly, "I believe the three of you, Luna, Ares, and Tia, would be able direct her. She is still so very young, only a little older than Cadance actually, and has spent most of that time just trying to survive."

"Surely there has to be another option," Cadance said cautiously. "I mean, that's only a few queens, right? There are more."

Pulmonus shook her head, "None that would survive or be able to adapt. There are certainly a few that come close, and if it comes to it, I will attempt to find them. Chrysalis is the only other queen that has both the willingness to attempt new ways as well as the stubborn will to live that I am looking for."

"What's her hive looking like these days?" Ares asked before Cadance could object again.

"Twelve true drones at last count, though it may be more or less by now." the queen responded. "She's been pushed out of her old territory and is currently caught between Queen Dorylus and our own country. I've set up a few holes in changeling patrols in the area to allow her access to our lands, and she seems to be taking the opportunity. Whether she realizes she's being granted this opportunity or thinks she's being clever is irrelevant."

"Okay, so she's the best choice out of other queens, but why not another one of your daughters, or maybe even look into getting healed so you could continue, uh, laying eggs," Cadance managed to grind out, not at all thrilled at the ideas being passed around.

The light in the queen's eyes faded slightly, "My daughters were, sadly, some of the first casualties of this new age we find ourselves in, and if I were to be healed I would loose my nerve, my instinct to continue my species being too strong. While ponies were certainly targeted before The Shift, changelings have always been kill on sight for most races. The only real exception I've seen was a certain stubborn pegasus who decided my territory would make a great location for a city."

"So we can likely expect Chrysalis to react much the same way you did, and we'll likely have to take her down the same way I knocked you out," Ares said with a grin. "Do you think she'll learn faster?"

Pulmonus chuckled at the memory and seeing the confused glances of those around her explained, "Ares was brought before me several times, and each time he knocked out my drones and myself by focusing emotions like lust or happiness at us. After so long attempting to drain every last bit of emotion we could from ponies to survive, we were extremely susceptible to such an attack. Oh dear, how many times did you do that before you dragged me to your home?"

"I think it was around five. After that I threw you in a corner and would focus on you anytime you'd start to get back up," the stallion said with a grin. "I think it was about six weeks later that you admitted defeat, though it was only because I let a drone tell you just how long you were out of it. Even a changeling queen will call it after nearly two months of being unable to guide her hive; they were starting to look to me for orders since they had nothing else at the time."

Smiling fondly at the alicorn she pushed on, "Had it been a mare I likely would have accepted defeat much more quickly, but you know how I was back then. That will actually be one of the major points. Celestia, Luna, one of you will be leading the operation against Chrysalis. You will need to defeat her and bring her in. Ares can and likely will be with you, but males are not viewed as beings of power by our people."

"Lulu can do it!" Celestia almost instantly volunteered. Giggling at the other mare, she pushed Ares into her sister, "Don't think I don't know what you've put him through, Miss 'Kiss my hooves and worship my moon'. You already like being dominant, what's the difference here?"

Luna blushed fiercely at being called out so publicly, sputtering and attempting to deny the accusations. Unfortunately, Ares came to her rescue.

"Leave my mistress alone, Tia. You know she gets flustered if she's not in control."

"You will need to be cruel to her to be kind, Luna," Pulmonus said with a sad smile. "She will not bow because you defeat her. While your sister is saying this in a teasing manner, you may need to resort to mean-spirited methods to make her listen.

"That being said, I'm afraid I have to ask the two of you to make a sacrifice."

Ares and Luna's faces fell slightly at the wording and the grin still sitting on the withered queen's muzzle.

"What kind of sacrifice are we talking about here?" the two alicorns asked simultaneously.

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'Six bucking months,' Luna seethed silently as she trudged through the forest with Ares following behind her. The two were currently moving towards Chrysalis' last known location and judging by how tightly patrolled the area was by her own countries changelings, it was likely the queen hadn't moved very far lately.

That's not to say Pulmonus had allowed the other queen to starve. A few supply runs of emotion that just so happened to be hit by 'raiders' near the hive had just so happened to lose more than enough emotion to keep the queen and her small hive alive while the alicorns were prepared. Such covert operations were something she'd gotten quite good at during her friendship with the Alicorn of War, and with such an important event approaching Queen Pulmonus had put her all into this plan.

Approaching the almost invisible cave, the two cast their spells. One being a general concealment barrier, which would divert most wildlife from the location while they worked. The second would prevent the queen from using her teleport to escape. The third kept the other two hidden from most detection spells.

Nodding to her mate, the blue alicorn stepped into the cave, passing by the silently screeching form of a drone that had been put on watch. She knew the queen was now aware of their presence, but there would be no escape for the younger mare. Not with two alicorns in her doorway and the other paths out of the cave currently blocked by barriers set up by Pulmonus' own drones.

Even as they entered the main chamber of the cave, the drone from the entrance flew by them, landing lightly next to its queen. Chrysalis stood before them, fangs bared and wings splayed, hissing at the two like a startled serpent.

"Looks even worse than the last report." Ares muttered softly from behind her. Sadly enough, Luna had to agree. Her sister had shared with her the description of the queen after the attack on Canterlot. The mare before her now was a shadow of that form. Gaunt and filthy, the queen was a mess. Her mane greasy and tattered, her chitin chipped and cracked. Even the drones were looking worse for wear, one even missing a leg. In most cases a true drone that had suffered a similar injury would be disconnected, having no real use to a functional hive. Chrysalis didn't have the resources to just throw it away.

It was still there though, the reason Pulmonus had wanted this one; the fire. In the queen's eyes still burned a fire to survive, to surpass the obstacles set before her. There was no doubt in Luna's mind that the mare before her could be dangerous in any other situation. That was why the stallion's friend had wanted her.

Fire could be dangerous, but it also protected its wielder from the dangers of the night.

The queen tensed, readying herself to pounce as her drones took to the air. Luna almost laughed at the display. It was absurd, but it just highlighted the stubbornness of the queen. Letting her mind wander, she began doing as she'd been instructed by the stallion, letting her desires float around her head and cloud her senses with inappropriate thoughts. She imagined the queen as she would look once she was cleaned and fed, imagined the queen strapped down as she toyed with the smaller mare, giggled at the thought of watching the mare as she squeaked helplessly at either her own or Ares' ministrations. Six months without her mate's touch had left her with quite the buildup to deal with.

For her own part Chrysalis reeled at the sudden waves of lust assaulting her, the emotions being immediately consumed by the hungry queen and her hive. Three seconds later, the drones were back on the ground, unable to keep themselves upright in their intoxicated states. Ten seconds after that they were shutting down, incapable of functioning with so much lust in their systems. Nearly a minute into the assault she was on her side, the room spinning around her as she fought desperately against the still-overpowering waves of lust resonating from the mare before her. With a single whimper, she coughed up a small amount of red-colored gel and finally collapsed into unconsciousness.

Lost in her fantasies, the blue alicorn didn't even notice her target was no longer responding, nor did she hear the hoofsteps approaching from behind her. She did feel the tongue running up her rear leg as well as the ejection from her gaping need, causing her to whinny in both surprise and arousal. Turning from the queen she met the stallion's muzzle with a fierce kiss, both being extremely pent up from their months without and the teasing from the white alicorn. Breaking the kiss she glared at the gray-toned alicorn.

"We're getting her back home, and we're taking the next three days off. Got it?"

"Only three? I already had a week scheduled." Ares responded with a wicked grin. His aura flared, dragging the insensate queen and her drones closer before the group disappeared in a flash of alicorn magic, leaving nothing behind but a few drops of lust-saturated changeling honey, the thick scent of shared arousal, and a few rapidly fading spells.

Arriving only moments later in the castle's teleportation receiving room, the two hoofed the queen and her drones over to the castle guards and the mare bolted down the hallway to her own room, the stallion hot on her hooves. Even at the pace they were going, he was beginning to emerge way too quickly to be publicly decent, and he could see the mare winking obscenely almost as soon as they dropped off the queen. Slamming the door shut behind her, Luna grabbed Ares in her aura, flung the stallion towards the bed and jumped up over him, smashing her muzzle into his own and grinding desperately against the male below her. Even as her quickly slickening heat sought to draw him fully from his sheath, the stallion began bucking against her, his own sensitivity leaving him enjoying the contact immensely. He latched onto her barrel with his forelegs and shifted, reversing their position and continuing the mare's work himself, grinding lustfully against the increasingly wet mare's weeping opening.

"Now I know how badly Tia had it when we punished her," Luna gasped, squirming under his weight. She too shifted, not attempting to take the lead but catching his rod in her canal and gasping at the sudden feeling of fullness. Ares too had stopped upon the penetration, the too-sensitive flesh of his stallionhood once more finding itself gripped tightly by the female below him.

"Oh hell, if this is what it was like, we're not doing that again. Ever," Ares muttered, trying to finish his now ragged thrust into the mare. He'd swear they were in a shared heat with how anxious he was feeling.

"You, you're sure you're not in heat? 'Cuz I don't remember it being this bad before."

"N-no, I'm not, I, oh buck it feels like it, but no, not for another decade." Luna answered, bucking needily against her intruder as she felt the ring finally force its way inside. There was no need for kissing, no desire to be intimate or be loving. Both already knew the love was there, they'd been together for nearly a century now. No, right now all they wanted was to go back to basics. All they wanted was to once more rut each other into the ground.

Luna grunted loudly as the stallion pumped into her, teeth gritting at the rough pounding the stallion was delivering. It was what she needed though. She clenched slightly, the first signs of her approach, and the stallion responded by slowing a moment, his pole flaring slightly deep inside her before he continued.

"You, you better not finish so soon!" she shouted over the wet slapping of his thighs against her own. Despite her warnings she felt him begin to weaken, his twitching increasing with every strike.

"Ares, don't you da-"

Her protest was cut off as he smashed his lips into hers once more, hilting himself deep inside the mare and allowing his flare to lock into her. Then, as she felt the pulses of his seed beginning their journey, he started again. He raised himself, lifting the mare's hips off the bed before slamming back down into the mattress, repeating the process even as she felt the strikes of his seed against her walls, felt the warmth of his ejaculate deep inside her. She clenched at the building pressure, the feeling nearly bringing her to orgasm by the sensations alone but stopping just shy. She shuddered, feeling him begin to slide out and began to berate him when he forced himself back inside. She squeaked in surprise, not expecting such a quick turnaround. Three strokes later and she squealed, her own sex rewarding her for her hard work with waves of pleasure.

Ares grunted as he pounded into the female below him. He heard her squeal in her first orgasm in several months, but it wasn't enough. They had a lot of time to make up for, after all. The bed suddenly shifted as he worked towards his second release of the night; an additional weight on his back as well as a few loving nibbles on his own neck drew his attention. It seemed Luna's herd-sister had decided she wanted to join in the activity.

"You're not the only one who hasn't had much fun lately, you know." The white mare whispered, needily grinding against his own flank.

The stallion barely registered the words, only the second scent in the room, the second winking need that was demanding attention. Pulling out of the still gasping blue alicorn with a wet plop, he jumped off of Luna and then off the bed, his horn blazing as he brought the new mare onto the mattress in his previous place. Celestia giggled as she floated into Luna's needy hooves, the mares nibbling and nipping each other as they awaited his return. They didn't have to wait long.

Once more the bed shifted under the weight of an additional body being added, and Tia looked back at the male now lining up with her burning sex. Without a word he buried himself inside her, driving a moan of contentment from her throat. She ground back and forth, both against the rod and against the mare below her, seeking to aid both of them in their goal just as she new they would do for her. Luna began nibbling at her throat even as Ares did the same to the back of her neck, and the stallion began rutting her in earnest.

"S-six o'clock, twenty degrees," the white mare ground out, her teeth instantly gritting against the change in pressure as her mate acknowledged her request with a slight shift of his weight. She mewled, his thick ring dragging across her most sensitive location with every stroke. Certainly they'd had years of practice since they began, but some things didn't change. Her G-spot was still right where it had been the first time he'd rutted her, and she knew exactly what to say to get him to hit it.

"Ha, ha, half, half stroke, oh please but faster!"

Once more the stallion responded, his strokes shorter and faster, and the time between his strikes against her lump of nerves decreased. She moaned lewdly, clenching her forelegs around Luna as she felt her own orgasm approaching. With a shout, it happened. The white mare clenched tightly around her invader, barely slowing Ares' momentum as he continued rutting her. Realizing what was happening, Tia squirmed, attempting to make some sort of request without any air left in her lungs. He was still going in the same pace against her, hitting the same amazing spot.

With a pitiable whinny of pleasure, the mare shuddered for the second time in a single minute, unable to get her request to the stallion in any understandable way. Feeling her go limp, he changed his strokes once more, repeatedly burying himself deep in her canal as he worked to his own release. With several rapid grunts, he hilted one last time, locking deep inside the mare and unleashing a torrent of seed into her. Unlike before, he sighed, relaxing onto the mare as she giggled dizzily on top of the third member, the blue alicorn staring up at the ceiling with relief in her eyes. Hearing him slow, Luna blinked, trying to focus once more and reaching up for a kiss.

"That...was far better than it had any right to be. I think I would like to relax a few moments before we continue though."

The pile agreed and reassembled itself, curling up against each other even as the scent of lust permeated the room. None objected to her idea. They had the next few days to themselves after all.

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One week later the alicorns were making their way to the cell holding the changeling queen. Pulmonus had stayed out of the picture, citing it would be they who would be dealing with the mare and thus should learn how to work with her as soon as possible. Coming to the cell, Luna stared harshly at the sulking queen.

Chrysalis had still not received any attention to her chitin or mane, refusing each request the alicorn made of her. Luna was done being Misses Nice Pony.

"Get up," she commanded, and surprisingly the queen obeyed. The queen still glared at the group, but she did as told, even following the blue mare to their personal bathing room. Looking around at the room in confusion, the younger mare's eyes widened in surprise when Luna next spoke.

"Get in."

After a few moments of resistance, Ares shoved the changeling from behind, knocking the queen into the pool-sized bath with a yelp. Celestia and Luna had worked out the issue the day before; the three of them were friends and lovers, but the queen was used to structure, a specific leader and each creature under her having their own place. It was time to teach the queen her place in this country; time to teach the new mare her place in the herd.

Before Chrysalis had even finished attempting to wipe the water from her face, her secondary lids preventing the soapy water from reaching her sensitive eyes, she was beset from all sides by towels and scrub brushes.

"She smells like that experiment Twilight messed up three years ago," Ares commented dryly.

"Eugh, her mane's a mess too," Celestia complained, the white mare's aura kneading and brushing the nest that had grown on the changeling's head. "I know you were in the wild, but did you even- oh stars, I think I saw something move in there!"

Even as the queen was drowned in a myriad of soaps, oils, disinfectants, and anti-parasite serums the blue alicorn watched from a chair. Normally she'd have been in there with them, in fact two days ago she had been, the three of them enjoying a long scrubbing after several days of returning to their shared room. As Twilight had explained it, it seemed the increased libido had something to do with the three of them returning to their own rooms for several months. Their instincts had tried getting them back together with an increase in desire. Once they'd begun sleeping together again, it had settled.

Sadly Luna had to be in a position of power at the moment, having been chosen as the lead mare for this experiment. As long as the queen was present, Luna would have the final word. It would reinforce the standing of all four of them until the queen was willing to listen with more enthusiasm than her current grudging obedience.

After a few moments of watching the queen have her outer layer of chitin scrubbed off by her overly enthusiastic mates, the blue mare's ears twitched, a muttering from the door drawing her ear. Silently, she approached it, muffling her hoofsteps with a simple spell.

"Why are they doing it? Why not get some drones to clean her. She's a queen right?" one voice whispered.

"I don't know, I heard they're going to give her to momma Tia, since dad can't keep up with her," a second whispered, answered by the giggles of a third voice.

Swinging the door open suddenly and snagging all three in her magic aura, Luna stared down at the relatively young ponies that had been spying at the door.

"Star Struck and Lancing Nova, I do believe we've discussed interrupting our personal bath time as well as leading Morning Breeze into such foolishness," Luna berated the smaller alicorns, Star and Lancing looking away even as Morning Breeze giggled in the blue aura. Though the older pair were nearly a century old, they were just approaching adulthood, finally filling out as ponies would normally do by their seventeenth year. Breeze was not even half that age, and still acted much like a young filly just old enough to wander the house on her own, with supervision of course.

"They said mommy was getting a new special friend, can I meet New Mommy?" Breeze asked with a huge smile.

Luna stared at the foal, even as she heard Tia sputtering and laughing behind her. With a sigh, Luna launched the filly over her own head, a squeal of excitement escaping the foal as it soared to its mother like an arcane missile. Turning back to her own set of foals, Luna's frown returned.

"Now, what shall I do with you two?"

Ares watched the changeling queen as she stared at the interactions, able to taste what was being felt but unable to feed on the emotions present. The inhibitor on her horn, one specifically designed for changelings, prevented such things. It also prevented her from passing out should she be subjected to high levels of lust again.

'The stallion with the chitin fetish would never fear being captured,' he thought with a chuckle, drawing a confused glance from the queen. Turning back, the mare jumped, the pink furred an white maned filly having finished hugging Celestia and now exploring the new being in the room.

"She's kinda' stinky, what's wrong with her mane? Didn't she wash it? Quick Clip would have a heart attack if he saw her like this. Does Aunty Pulmy know she's here? Lancing said she was for momma because momma's a nympho, is that true?"

With an irritated growl, the changeling snapped at the filly, drawing a squeak of fear. Before she could bask in her small victory, Ares shoved her into the water, pulling the sputtering queen back up a moment later.

"Be nice, Chrysie. She's one of my daughters. We didn't harm your children, did we?"

The queen sunk into the bubbles at that, her ears splaying. While the drones that had been captured with the mare had been troublesome, they like their queen followed Luna's orders. He was sure the queen expected to be executed along with her drones at first. A few days along with seeing other drones on guard duty likely obliterated that idea, and now she was trying to gather her strength for what she knew was coming. Negotiations.

A quick flip of a lever and the water began washing away, the tub draining the filth that had been removed from the queen and then refilling with fresh, hot water. The changeling stared in fascination as it refilled around her before her gaze landed back on the stallion beside her. Once more the alicorn bore a large bottle of soap and a handled scrub brush.

"Give me your leg," he demanded quietly. Chrysalis looked questioningly at Luna, not accepting the stallion's order, but having learned he sometimes spoke for the pony queen.

Sensing her gaze, Luna turned back to the tub and seeing what was going on nodded her approval while gathering the foals in her aura.

"Listen to them until you see me again, Chrysalis. You should already know that by now, but I'm ordering it. Ares, Tia? I expect her to be somewhat presentable by dinner."

With that the blue mare made her way to the door, a slight flick of her tail and a sultry look back at them telling the stallion exactly what would be happening later on that night. Negotiations weren't the only thing he'd be doing later on.

Begrudgingly the shape shifter lifted a hoof out of the water and Ares grabbed it in his aura, smothering his scrub brush in soap. Celestia's horn flashed with magic even as she prepared her own brush. He started scrubbing all along the mares hooves, removing what little grime was left before driving the scrubber into one of her holes.

Chrysalis yelped in shock, the sudden sensation causing her to shudder. The brush came out the other end and she flinched, seeing several fungal clumps and what looked like a dead beetle fall into the water below.

"Damn, this is after they hosed her down too," Ares muttered as he splashed the gunk off the brush and targeted a second hole, getting another burst of gunk from the shivering queen. Before he could begin on a third, the mare tensed, her entire body going ridged for a few seconds. Looking at her, he cocked his head in confusion. The changeling's eyes were wide in terror, slowly trying to pull away from the two alicorns. She scooted another step back before tensing again, her body curling inward slightly.

"...no, no no no, not now, not here..." she whispered, the tensing of her body coming more and more quickly. Suddenly there was a loud crack, the queen whimpering slightly as her body curled up tightly. Before Ares could respond, the queen shifted, literally pulling herself out of her own skin. The queen struggled slightly, the sudden molt freeing her from her suppressor but depositing her sensitive shell directly into the warm soapy water and the embrace of her company.

Ares was left speechless, the queen currently staring off into nothing as he and Celestia held her soft-shelled head over the water. The mare was breathing heavily for some reason, and shivering. It actually reminded him of-

"I believe she's getting off on this," Celestia said with a giggle. Shoving the old shell to the side of the tub with a burst of her magic, the white alicorn moved closer, cuddling into her and receiving a mewl of pleasure from the smaller mare. Seeing her about to attempt to lick the queen Ares caught her tongue in his aura, chuckling at her.

"I wouldn't do that, Tia. Take a closer look."

Using a wet rag, he wiped the queens neck, drawing a shuddering moan from the changeling. Showing the oily mess to the older mare, he smiled.

"Might want to get rid of that first."

The white alicorn blanched at the site, pushing off the queen and looking down at her own barrel, swiping a brush repeatedly against her now green-tinted fur.

"Oh, gross! Oils take forever to get out of my coat!"

Nothing really made sense anymore. Not before, when she was trapped in the jungle surrounded by patrols that kept just missing her. Not when she was taken by the alicorns, locked in a cell where they came to ask her questions, but fed her and her drones. Not even now, when the white one, the one she vaguely remembered defeating all those years ago, was rubbing all over her newly exposed shell.

It wasn't long before the stallion reapplied the ring, and while she knew it would prevent her from using magic she was thankful. It held back the waves of lust the white mare seemed to exude, the same waves that the blue one had used to defeat her. That was probably it, the blue one had told the white mare her weakness. That- that did not explain why the large mare was currently nibbling her neck while giggling like a filly.

"Tia you're getting a bit touchy, what's wrong?" the male asked, though she could still taste the barely restrained waves he exuded as well.

"I'm sorry, I've just been really excitable since we finished that dry spell. I know Twilight explained it and we should be settling down soon, but seeing her like this, she's adorable and I want to cuddle and nibble her till she screams!" the mare behind her explained with a manic giggle.

Chrysalis' eyes widened; the alicorn planned on torturing her! She began fidgeting and shifting to try and escape the mare's grip, only to be pressed into her even tighter as the stallion pulled them both against himself. She was trapped, feeling the wall of muscle before her in direct opposition to the soft hair of the mare against her back. She squirmed even more, the feeling of anxiety growing as two began to press against her, kissing over her. Breaking the kiss, he whispered something to the white mare, the queen just barely making out the word 'later' before he backed away and hopped out of the bathing pool. The smaller mare sighed at the reprieve, carefully scooting away from Celestia as the mare stared off after the male. Curious, the shape shifter followed her gaze.

The queen would deny it later, but Celestia wasn't the only one watching him sway as he dried himself off. Noticing his audience, or at least noticing Celestia, he shifted so he was showing them his side, splaying his wings and clenching his stomach in an erotic display, causing the hanging rod to shift and rock below him. Grinning at having won the white mare's absolute attention, he teleported out of the room, leaving Chrysalis alone with the white alicorn.

For the first time since she'd been captured, Chrysalis was thankful for the suppressor. The waves of lust rolling off the drooling white mare would have left her to drown otherwise.

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Dinner was a quiet affair. All three alicorns ate in silence while the queen sipped at a cup of changeling honey. She was nervous, and her flitting wings betrayed her with their almost constant movement. Ares glanced anxiously to Luna, the mare managing to remain stoic even knowing what was at stake. Done correctly, the issue could be resolved in a day or two. If things went pear-shaped though, it could result in either years of training and re-education, or possibly losing Pulmonus' primary candidate.

The meal was soon finished, the queen holding her glass with both hooves as her eyes flitted from the drink, to Ares, to Celestia, then back to her drink. Not to Luna, though; never to her. The others were not her betters, but that one she could not challenge. Ares winced internally at the sight. They were playing a dangerous game. Too much of this, and they may remove one of the things that made her such a good option. Too much pressure and she'd break, losing that fire, that drive to succeed that had kept her going for so long. He knew it could happen. It had nearly happened to him at several points in the past.

Luna coughed, drawing the eyes of all those gathered to her.

"Chrysalis, you have been brought here for a reason," she explained, looking directly at the shying mare. "You fear the worst, and likely have many rights to expect such given your raising. However, I wish to ask you something. What have you seen while in our custody that does not add up. What have you witnessed that makes no sense to you?"

For nearly a full minute, the queen was silent. Gathering her courage, she spoke up.

"Drones," she whispered. "Drones walking around the castle, dropping off food, I even saw a few on patrol when I was escorted here. Who leads them? Do you?"

"That would be Queen Pulmonus. She leads the drones here, but she is under the rule of my herd." Luna answered authoritatively. Seeing the queens ears perk at the name, Luna frowned, "You recognize the name?"

"I heard this was her territory long ago, then all I was hearing about was drones following an alicorn. Did you, what did you do to her?" Chrysalis asked, the fear unmistakable.

"She works with my herd. It was she who asked us to find you, and it was she that allowed you into our country." Luna explained, doing her best to hide her smirk when the queen frowned at the last bit of information. Pulmonus was apparently right, Chrysalis had suspected the old nag had allowed her into the country. "Did you know Pulmonus is sterile?"

Chrysalis' eyes narrowed, "Impossible. Any queen that becomes sterile disconnects from their hive. The hive then joins any nearby hives and the queen goes off to uh, die."

"She was planning on doing just that but Ares stopped her, he asked her to stay. She did as he asked, and has ruled this hive for a very long time now. Not one of the drones is of blood relation to her, but she rules them all the same," giggling, Luna gave the queen a kind smile, the first she'd given the younger mare all day. "The drones of many hives actually prefer being here. We even have a few of the Ruby hive's broodmares here if that means anything to you."

She didn't respond as she had before, but Ares knew she understood exactly what that meant. Broodmares were not exactly the most mobile of the changelings, only able to move at a slow waddle on the best of days and completely reliant on others for transportation on others. The fact that Pulmonus' hive had a few would mean that not only had the drones been unhappy with their situation, they'd convinced enough drones around them to transport them from the hive to a new location. This information, when given to a changeling that put the wellbeing of her hive over her species traditions, likely spoke of a level of cruelty the queen couldn't comprehend another queen inflicting on her own hive.

"Though she has ruled her hive for centuries now, and they have flourished under her with Ares' aid, she spent too many decades starving and withering away. She has lost all of her daughters in the Shift, and despite our best attempts to dissuade her from her path, she is adamant. She wishes to pass on her hive."

The queen opened her mouth, likely to ask what that meant for her when she stopped, making the connection. The queen's eyes widened, shaking her head in disbelief. Luna pushed on, keeping up the pressure.

"She told us that you'd likely be difficult, but that you were the option she felt would fit best. Others were close, but none held the traits she desired in the appropriate quantities. Adaptability; your attack on Canterlot years ago went against everything changelings stand for, and while I cannot condone the attack, it was so out of the blue that it very nearly succeeded. Had you been working with an ally, somebody to watch your back, it's very possible that despite your drunkenness you would have succeeded.

"The second thing is will. You have suffered setback after setback and still strive to see your hive rise above those who brought you low. Pulmonus' report on the retaliations you suffered was quite thorough, and even Ares found himself wondering how you'd survived some of them. Even here, fitted with a suppressor and caged under the authority of three alicorns you keep looking for opportunities. Don't think we haven't noticed, Chrysalis. You've been watching the patrols, testing your bonds, and looking for a way to slip the suppressor off your horn when we least expected it. I may even go as far to say you were attempting to hold off your molt until you were ready to escape."

The queen sunk into her seat at her plans being called out so easily, looking nervously at the alicorns. Blinking as an idea struck, she straightened.

"Why isn't Queen Pulmonus here to confront me about this?"

"Your wording, for one. We aren't confronting you, we're attempting to speak to you." Ares answered, before wincing and giving an apologetic look to Luna.

The mare nodded, rolling her foreleg in a request that he continue.

"You have several hundred years of experience with changelings, Ares. Something Tia and I lack. Continue."

Nodding to the blue alicorn, he turned back to the queen, "Queens never just talk. They argue, they jockey for position, they snipe at each other, they plot each other's demise, but the never talk to each other. The second Pulmonus is mentioned, like just now, you tense. The second any other queen is mentioned, most queens tense. I spent centuries working with Pulmonus, and I've learned a lot about your race; how you view each other and how you view other races. You value strength, right? You want to be strong, want to be able to survive this hitch, to see your hive return to power. Pulmonus is not a competitor, she wants to leave the field, she doesn't want to fight over territory anymore. We are not competitors either. As I told Pulmonus so many years ago yes ponies can be a resource, but like any resource they can be used incorrectly, inefficiently. Your method is inefficient.

"When Pulmonus' hive harvests emotion, its from what I call free-range ponies. Those creatures that are not cocooned. The creatures not only produce more, many don't have to be defended or watched over by caretakers. In fact, some will defend you. I've lost track of how many beings I've given medals to that were injured taking blows meant for changelings. I personally took an arcanite spear meant for Pulmonus in the shoulder back before I even ascended. It took a few years but I healed," Ares told her, rubbing a spot of his shoulder with a dark line. "Seeing as the spear was headed for her barrel, she wouldn't have survived the hit."

"We are not looking to take your hive from you, Chrysalis. The opposite is true. We wish to see it flourish. However, we also wish for you to be adaptable, to be able to take others in as Pulmonus has done," Celestia explained, giving the shape shifter a reassuring smile. "In fact, we want you to be strong, as strong as Pulmonus, if not stronger. Pulmonus is a part of our country, and as such, she is a powerful force that we do everything in our power to support. We need her to be strong, as strong as we are. We present a united front, four powerful beings that watch over this country, each doing our own thing."

"I enjoy the sciences, so I spend most of my time working in my labs attempting to further both our understanding, and our technology." Luna said, making a gesture to the white alicorn.

"I attend to public relations, trade agreements, and working with delegates of other countries," Celestia explained, motioning to the stallion.

"I oversee the military. Before we all came to this agreement, I was the sole power here, even over Pulmonus," Ares told the shape shifter. "I find it easier this way though, and it allows me to spend more time on what I'm good at, instead of floundering in areas I'm unsuited for."

"And Pulmonus guides the changelings, bringing to our attention anything we may have missed," Luna finished. "Being connected to so many changelings she is intimately familiar with the current events of our country, even those in locations several hours away. She gives us early warning, incredibly accurate information, and can relay changes to plans to our soldiers in a pinch, and in return we defend her and her hive. The Sun hive is part of Fortitude, after all. To allow any queens to strike at her would be allowing them to strike at us. That is why in spite of her sterility and old age, none have moved against her. Doing so would bring three alicorns and their army to the attacker's doorstep.

"This is the position being offered to you, Chrysalis. Pulmonus wishes to leave, and we need a changeling queen, one who can unite and protect our changeling subjects from other queens, and to be our Mistress of Information. In return you will be granted full rights as a fellow ruler, the resources you need to rebuild your own hive, and access to any meetings and balls held in the castle. Pulmonus did not make public appearances because she did not wish to. If you wish to join us at these events, you are free to do so, in fact we would encourage it."

"There's a catch," Chrysalis said, her eyes narrowing. "There's always a catch."

Luna opened her mouth to deny it, but Ares cut in before she could speak.

"Of course there is. You will take an oath. A magic oath, one that not even a changeling can weasel her way out of."

The younger mare scowled at him before he continued. "The same oath we will take. A promise not only to stand beside, but support each other in our endeavors. By this same oath, we will be bound to help you, as you are bound to help us.

Lighting his horn to power the spell, he spoke aloud, "Do not aggress other nations without consulting your fellow rulers. Do not betray your fellow rulers. Do not abandon your fellow rulers when you can do something to aid them. Always work towards the betterment of the country. If all gathered agree to go their separate ways, a full two years of neutrality will be maintained between all parties after the dispersal of this oath."

The other alicorns listened to the oath in full before lighting their own horns, binding themselves in the spell as well. Then all turned to the queen. The mare was biting her lip, unsure of the outcome, but knowing the deal was impossibly sweet and as it was said, anything that seemed too good was obviously a trap of some sort. The issue was that if that was the case, Ares, Luna and Celestia had placed themselves in the trap as well.

"I want something else," Chrysalis finally said, looking over the three. "The love. I could taste it even from my cell. You share it with each other, I want it, I want some of it."

Luna barked with laughter, "Are you joking? That's not how love works, we can't just-"

"If you want it, you have to earn it." Celestia cut in, her smile turning devious. "We will be sharing our love tonight. If you think you can handle it, you may join us. I'd keep the ring though. If Luna's lust was enough to floor you, I'd hate to see what being stuck between all three of us will do to you."

Ares looked from Luna to Celestia, "Are you sure you want to just, invite her like that?"

"Ah, a call back to the old ways, a political marriage," the blue alicorn giggled. "I've not been in one for centuries. If nothing more, it should shake things up a bit."

"If that is all, we will give you the chance to participate in our, hehe, shared love," Celestia said, eyes tracking over the changelings form.

Not quite certain what she'd gotten herself into, the mare agreed. Her suppressor was removed and she lit her horn, testing the spell the stallion was running and verifying that it was indeed a binding spell, one tuned to his spoken oath. With a deep breath, she wove her own magic into the spell and Ares allowed it to finish, binding the four of them to his words. Their part complete, Luna and Celestia rose from their seats and made their ways to the door.

"The halls are yours, Chrysalis, as are the servants," Luna called over her shoulder. "Do not be overly obnoxious, and they will happily serve you in any capacity you request. We will speak again tonight. I suggest you rest up."

After the other two had left the stallion approached the shape shifter, his expression serious.

"I know you have no clue what you've just gotten yourself into, so I will warn you now. Bring the suppressor. You will need it. This is going to be different from anything you've done before. Even your harvesting the seed of stallions for your clutch. Your usual spells will not be allowed, so rest up and finish your honey. Tonight will be rough."

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The changeling queen walked behind the white alicorn, the older mare tasting a strange combination of excitement, lust, love, and general happiness. Chrysalis didn't know much about the full workings of pony society, nor did she understand exactly what was about to happen. She knew the ponies were going to be sharing their love, that it seemed to spark an increase in lust in all three, and that for some reason the mare before her was already acting strange.

The shape shifter was fairly certain pony's tails didn't sit that high normally, nor did that part of their body, move like that normally. It even smelled strange, the queen never really spending any time with mares as they couldn't provide her with seed. Certainly she knew her own sex would undulate in a similar pattern once she'd mounted a male, but was it really normal for a pony to start, well, leaking like that?

"Oh, this is going to be a treat," the mare said, her open sex winking once more as they quickly moved down the empty halls. If the queen didn't know any better she'd say the guards were aware of something she wasn't and had cleared out.

Following Celestia into a darkened room, the changeling instantly recognized all three alicorns in the low light. Ares to the left, Celestia taking her place on the right and in the middle...

"On the bed, Chrysalis," Luna told her, still speaking with the authority she used earlier. The queen winced as she lifted herself onto the bed, glad she'd taken their advice and kept the suppressor. Nothing had even happened yet and the lust was already rolling off of them in waves. If she was completely honest, the intensity frightened her a little. Still she'd never admit it to them. She needed to prove she was strong.

Luna turned around and relaxed on the bed, exposing her rear half to the queen and giving the changeling her second view of a needy alicorn marehood for the night.

"You're going to start by working on me. Then, when I'm satisfied you're actually here to try, we'll move on to your first round. From what Pulmonus told us, it may be all you can manage."

Chrysalis glared at the mare. While not certain what was being called into doubt, she was certain Luna had called her out in some way. Looking at the presented mare, she approached cautiously, not quite certain of her actions. Movement to her right showed Ares propping Celestia in a similar position, the stallion then lying behind the mare and-

'Oh,' Chrysalis paled a bit at the actions, the stallion driving his tongue into the white alicorn's pulsing heat and drawing a few moans of approval for his effort. Looking back to her own charge the queen slowly bent down to the mare, hesitantly flicking her serpentine tongue over the damp and clenching hole.

Luna hissed in surprise at the sensation, looking back at her and nodding in approval of the action. With a little more certainty, the queen extended her tongue again, running it along the entire circumference of the dripping sex. It was strange, but it didn't taste horrible as she'd expected. A loud moan from her right drew her attention, the stallion's muzzle buried deep in Celestia. The queen could feel the waves of lust and love flowing between them, and it steeled her resolve. That was how they did it, how they transferred love to each other. With one last deep breath, the queen dove in.

She heard Luna squawk in surprise but paid it no mind, pushing her muzzle as far into the mare's cunny as she could. The second her forward momentum stopped she extended her tongue, swirling and lashing it all about, not paying attention to any particular spot, merely trying to hit every possible location as the stallion seemed to be doing. After three squeaks of pleasure from her prey the queen noticed the bump, a small lump in the alicorn's tunnel that seemed to draw more reaction than the rest. Rubbing her tongue over it then pressing down on it confirmed her suspicions. Focusing more on the lump and yet still tonguing the blue alicorn to bliss, she heard the mare beside her scream, the waves of lust and love solidifying as the lust burned away, leaving for a moment nothing but a powerful, passionate love.

It was what she wanted, what she wanted directed at her. She licked, she swirled her tongue, she did all she could to earn that love. After a few more moments, her partner delivered it. It caught her unawares, the changeling still working desperately when her target suddenly clenched, leaving Chrysalis in a state of confusion. Then the love and lust began to burn brightly, all directed solely at her.

Then the mare attempted to drown her.

A sudden torrent of fluids rushed out of the alicorn, forcing their way into her nostrils and mouth, as she was currently plugging Luna's pussy entirely. Pulling out while sputtering and coughing the shape-shifter growled, attempting to focus on getting her breath back so she could retaliate. Her raised hoof was caught by a strong aura though, bringing her attention to the stallion currently wrapped around his partner as he motioned for her to do the same.

Grumbling, she did so, going silent as the passion of her own partner reached a new intensity. Luna shifted to pull the younger mare into a hug. Chrysalis allowed it, feeling the potent emotions flowing over her and finding a part of herself wishing to remove her ring so that she could feed on them. Cuddling deeper into the blue mare's grip she sighed, actually feeling a sense of enjoyment for the first time in years.

She'd begun to doze when her warm/soft/safe pulled away, leaving her to lift her head while blinking the weariness away. She whipped her head around, finding the three alicorns surrounding her. Her first instinct was to flee, but the emotions she tasted stayed her hoof, causing her to settle down with a nervous flitter of her wings.

"Are you ready, Chrysie?" Celestia asked with a smoldering gaze. "This is where it begins and ends for you. No changeling magic to protect yourself from what's going to happen, no disguises, nothing but four beings sharing their love."

Celestia leaned forward and kissed her deeply, the queens thinner tongue getting brutalized by the older mares thick organ. Even as she fought against herself, trying to decide to feed or flee, the queen felt a second tongue, this one moving up and down her back, the alien sensations causing her wings to splay in confusion. What was she doing? It tasted like Luna's lust coming from that direction, so it had to be her, which left one alicorn unaccounted for.

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It was funny, but he wouldn't laugh about it. She was a seductress, she'd likely had more mates than she could remember even in the small portion of his lifetime she'd lived. Yet she sat there, sandwiched between Luna and Celestia, Celestia having pulled the mare onto her own barrel and leaving Luna to nibble and lick the queen's neck as she mounted the both of them, leaving a stacked trio of winking marehoods before him. Only one would be given any attention at this time, though. Stepping forward at the queen's throaty moan, he knew it was time. He neared her entrance, allowing his breath to caress her flanks, smiling at her as she turned to see what was going on. Her eyes were unfocused, fogged with pleasure. She probably didn't even truly understand what was happening. On a scientific level she knew, certainly. But most changelings were quite ignorant of emotions, despite feeding on them. He gave her a gentle lick, a shiver running through her body as she bucked back against him. She squeaked in fear, her eyes shrinking at the realization of what she'd done, but her position between the others prevented any retreat. Clutching her flanks with his forehooves, he spread her flanks and dove in, driving his tongue deep into the sensitive depths of her unaltered flesh. The queen screamed, arousal mixed with confusion, adrenaline, fear of the unknown, and a drive to find out what these alicorns offered. She knew this was how they loved. She just didn't understand the forms, the actions involved.

'We'll have to teach her all the forms, in that case. Sex is great, but having someone to hold on a cold night is also important.'

Certain the mare was sufficiently lubricated he left her, a needy whine and a pleading look from the changeling being answered by his reassuring smile.

"I'm not done, I promise," he told her, putting some pressure on Luna and leaving the tower of mares on its side. Stuck between the two alicorn females, she shivered when he moved over her. She was surrounded, and though she likely knew they couldn't harm her, it didn't mean she didn't expect it on some level. He settled his weight gently on her barrel, using his magic to rub his head against her vaginal opening a few times before slowly pressing in.

The mare instantly began to panic, citing a need to cast a spell, one that he knew would dampen her sensitivity. It was how they operated after all. A queen mated for a purpose. It was completely possible for a changeling queen to go their entire lives without ever experiencing orgasm. If you asked them, they'd likely dismiss it as a waste of time. Poor fools had no idea what they were missing.

At a few reassuring words from both mares the queen settled slightly, allowing him to continue. He inched in more, every push causing her to clench at the intrusion. Then came the resistance.

His ring pressed against her sex, but her nervousness and her tense body refused it entrance. Instead of forcing the issue he retreated, pulling out and sliding back in slowly, allowing the friction to increase the pleasure that was beginning to form in her body. She moaned through gritted teeth, not wanting to show a perceived weakness. A few whispered words from Luna followed, and the queen nodded, relaxing her sleeve's grip on him slightly. He pressed into her once more, pushing his ring against her sex again and it slipped inside, drawing a second gasp from the mare. Slowly he allowed the rest of his length to slide into the slippery sleeve, the changeling squirming between the three of them at the alien sensations. He grinned to the other mares, who both nodded.

"He's going to start now, Chrysie. Just hold on to me, and it will all be fine," Celestia assured her, planting a gentle kiss on the changeling's neck and pulling her closer. Both alicorn mares locked onto the queen, bracing her for what was about to come.

With a grunt, Ares pulled out at a decent speed, then drove himself back in fully, earning a squeal from the shape shifter at the blast of pleasure that struck her. He didn't stop though, nor did he even slow down. He rocked against her, the constant alternation between being empty then full actually being enough to make her spasm. She convulsed slightly, unable to process what was happening to her body. It was too different, too much.

The stallion shifted, driving in at a new angle and drawing another loud mewl from the mare. He could feel her clenching already; it wouldn't be long at all.

She clung desperately to Celestia as he moved, the sensations flooding her mind with pleasure. They were right of course, it was a pleasurable thing, a most wondrous sensation, but too many close calls and stories from her mother and instructors told her she would be attacked or killed if she hit that peak. So she fought against it, holding it back and praying he finished first.

In and out, in and out again, each strike sending another burst of white up her spine. She felt herself clench again and the stallion slowed only long enough to not harm her, the second her vaginal walls relaxed the slightest he was back to his previous pace. It was terrifying, how close she was to peaking. She needed this though. She needed to beat this, to get the love they shared. She also needed the seed. In fact if not for her instinct to be mounted, she likely would have bolted at the first press against her sex by the stallion, but it had also been a reminder. The last male she'd harvested had been years ago, and his seed had long been spent or expired. Even a changeling queen could not preserve semen forever.

She squeezed the white mare tighter, possibly too tightly, but she couldn't tell anymore. She couldn't taste anything but lust and love at this point. Despite the suppressor it was drowning her senses, forcing her to attempt to rely on others. They also began to fail her though. Her nose could smell nothing but sweat and musk, the sexual fluids of Luna still clogging her nose. Her taste was similarly clogged by the blue alicorn, while her hearing was filled with the grunts and slaps of the stallion above her. Her eyes; by the stars, her vision was getting spotty, she was losing this battle and she knew it.

With a final wail, the queen admitted defeat, clenching around the rod one last time as she writhed in sheer bliss. Things went white for her, then...

A few more strikes, causing her to shudder.

A warmth, a familiar one she'd wanted for a long time, the seed of a male being pulled deep into her body subconsciously.

Warmth, nothing but warmth for so long.

With a grunt, Chrysalis lifted her head form the sheets, or at least attempted to.

"Easy, Chrysie," She heard a voice call to her, a wing pulling her against the warmth of a body. "It's ok, settle down. Safe, remember?"

Safe, yes, she was, there was a promise, they couldn't hurt her. In fact they couldn't let her be hurt. She was safe in their presence, likely more so than she'd been in years. She blinked a few times, the world doing its best to remain fuzzy and leave her with no idea as to what was going on. She could vaguely taste a bit of lust a short distance away, but near her was...

She fumbled for the suppressor, the locking part having been disabled after dinner. The body beside her helped her, lifting it off for a few moments and allowing the queen to feed, her eyes going from just fuzzy to fuzzy and everything having a deep pink tint. She giggled, not really being concerned as the ring was carefully replaced. It was good the pony did it for her, she was feeling a bit heavy at the moment. Maybe some sleep would make her feel better. Yes, sleep sounded wonderful right now.

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She blinked awake, suddenly aware of her surroundings once more. Lifting her head, Chrysalis gazed about the room. She was in the center of the bed for some reason, the three alicorns forming a mass of warmth and love around her, a living nest that kept her warm, safe, and fed. She knew they'd kept going even after she'd-

'Oh buzz, I actually blacked out during that,' she lamented. It was embarrassing. She'd felt the herd participate in this sort of thing several times over the week, the powerful emotions reaching her in spite of the distance between the cell and their room. It was just that intense. She knew they would go for hours, several undulations of emotion being broadcasted, so likely several rounds of the activity she'd found herself in. And she'd not lasted one.

She shifted, attempting to find a way out of the pile but finding every option cut off. Celestia was nuzzled against her right rear leg, the mare somehow wrapping her own forelegs around the rear right cannon as she slept on the stallions tail. Ares was laying his head on the back-end of the queen's barrel, a reassuring pressure instead of the panic inducing fact she'd likely have taken it as the night before. Luna, Luna was wrapped around the shape shifter like a the younger mare was some sort of doll, hugging the queen against her own barrel.

Defeat wasn't an option. She wouldn't admit they had her trapped. By the same token however, there really was no reason she had to get up just yet. Gripping the suppressor with her magic she lifted it just a little, allowing the warm love to flow into her and fill her stomach. She then dropped the ring back into place and settled into the pile once more. She was comfortable, and there was no reason to ruin it so quickly.

Returning to consciousness once more, the queen looked around her, finding herself alone on the bed. The others were gone, though their scents remained. Cocking her head in confusion she inhaled again, noting she could pick out each alicorn's scent with ease. She'd never noticed a difference before, not between most ponies. Sure some smelled different, but this was, it was like she could follow each individual scent to whichever pony she wished to speak to.

The queen slowly picked herself up off the bed, a blanket slipping off as she wobbled unsteadily. She felt strange, heavy. Certainly she new she'd being laying eggs again soon since she was eating properly, but this was something else. She felt off.

She soon found her problem. She was heavy with love, bloated almost. Her stomach sloshed with each step, the extra honey having no place to go but wait for her to store it. She knew it was more than she had eaten even during her brief time awake, so what had gone wrong?

Looking up, she noticed the suppressor was not settled correctly, allowing a slight trickle of emotion to enter her body even as she had slept. How long had she been subconsciously feeding?

She waddled to the door, her body swaying unsteadily from both the pink tint the room had taken and her fatigue from the prior night. The door clicked, causing her eyes to finally focus on the handle, watching as it turned and the door opened. She nearly jumped out of her shell the next moment.

"You're looking well, Chrysalis. I'm glad to see the negotiations went so spectacularly," Pulmonus said to her, trotting closer. Chrysalis tensed, running through her options. Fighting would be impossible in her current state, she'd had no time to process the emotion yet, so she couldn't use it in a fight, and with her mind currently clouded? She wouldn't stand a chance against the other queen.

She latched onto an idea, and ignited her horn, planning on teleporting to a location she sensed love coming from, knowing it was one of the alicorns. They'd watch her, they'd-

The spell sputtered out as she stared in shock at Pulmonus, the elder queen bowing to her. It was not a bow of respect either, or one used in greeting. It was used by changelings as an acknowledgement, in deference to their queen. The mare over a millennia her senior had just bowed to her and claimed Chrysalis as her queen.

"I will be turning over the hive as soon as I am certain you are ready." Pulmonus stated with a wan smile. "You are still recovering after all. There are also many things you need to know about your new hive, specifically how changelings are always looking to join it and how you need to make sure they don't harm the other citizens out of habit. Come, we have much to discuss, and Luna and Celestia told me you'd need another bath after your participation in last night's activities."

Chrysalis followed the other queen at an unsteady pace, the sloshing accompanying her steps drawing several giggles from the withered queen on their route. If her mother had seen her, the old queen would likely have strangled Chrysalis for relaxing and standing around the other queen so casually. The more she thought about it, the more she liked the idea. She'd long ago decided that anything Mother hated worked better than she would normally give it credit for. A course of action that would cause her mother to rise from the earth to rebuke her? It was probably the best decision she'd ever make in her lifetime.

That, and so far it seemed to pay in plenty of love. That made the decision easier as well.

Author's Note

Holy fuck. This thing just kept going and going, I couldn't stop it even if I wanted to! Hope you enjoyed it. I didn't plan this originally, but then again, I didn't most of what's happening in Sub. It just kinda happened. Once I finish sub I'll either concentrate on Shadow or move on to a re-write/reimagining of Crystal. Believe it or not, I think of myself as about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way through Sub.

I'm going to bed, I'll enjoy your comments at a later time. Night. :ajsleepy:

Kink 3: Changeling Versus Predator

Author's Note

So, I'm a fan of aggressive love(not rape, of course, just two individuals who want to rip into each other sexually). The second part just happened, I was actually trying to think of something weird a queen would do, and started thinking of lewd things an alicorn would ask while teaching a changeling about sex. Tia, being the more adventurous of the herd, would ask if this was possible.

Finally, where's kink 2? It's under construction, but this one was fully formed in my head, or at least more than the other one. Therefore it came first :trollestia:

Kink 3: Changeling Versus Predator

"Oh, you're going to love this!" Celestia giggled in excitement, leading Chrysalis down the halls to the castle's private garden. "We've played this game a few times, and it really gets the blood pumping."

"I am to face Ares in this challenge, correct?" the queen asked, looking about the halls. It had been nearly two weeks since her first experience, and the queen was already filling out properly. Her chitin was once again slick and polished, her mane brushed and washed thoroughly, and the cracked hooves now shod in emerald horseshoes. A emerald circlet was around her neck, a four-colored pendant in the center, the same four-colored pendant that Celestia wore around her own neck. Blue, Silver, pink, and black. Each quarter represented a member of their herd, and each member kept a similar gem on their person at all times. It was their gift to her, the first of many they offered the changeling as they introduced their strange pony ways. Gifts, affection at the strangest times, constant support of the other members. It was so alien, and yet she reveled in it. Celestia had taken it upon herself to 'introduce' the queen to the wide world of strange mating practices used by ponies, the white alicorn thrilled to have someone who could be just as insatiable as she was to teach about pleasure.

'Now if only I could work on my stamina,' the shape shifter lamented. She still had trouble keeping her head after an orgasm, sometimes passing out entirely after a particularly rigorous session. The most she'd been able to ride before falling apart had been three consecutive peaks brought on by one of Celestia's 'training sessions,' and by training she meant the mare was building Chrysalis' resistance to both lust and the afterglow of sex. The fact that such training often involved several rounds of raunchy rutting was just a bonus to the white mare.

"Yes. As you know, you beat me in Canterlot, but Luna beat you in the jungles. Technically this is for fun, but it's also about dominance. Since you two haven't faced each other, he wants to see how you stack up. That's why I suggested resting up and using a bit of that love you've been saving. It's not going to be easy, but regardless of the outcome, I guarantee you'll have a good time."

The changeling nodded, her mind wandering slightly at the mention of a 'good time'. If Celestia was saying that then despite the fact it was a challenge, it was a given that sex would be involved. That actually made the queen curious.

"So what is the purpose of this, this challenge?"

"It's a game Ares brought up to Luna and myself, though they play it more often than I do. You'll both be loosed into the gardens at about the same time. The objective is to find the other without them finding you, a sort of cat and mouse game where the roles are constantly switching. The players launch attacks on each other throughout the match, with any blows that would be considered a knockout or lethal strike awarding fifteen seconds to the victor," Celestia explained, giggling at the end.

"Fifteen seconds of what?"

"Oh, that's the fun part; fifteen seconds of doing whatever you want to do to the loser," the white mare said with a deviant grin. "The final objective is to get your opponent to orgasm. After that you win, and they have to submit to whatever you like for the rest of the night."

Chrysalis blushed deeply at the idea, both of being able to command the stallion for the night, or of being used for several hours. She'd likely spend most of that time floating in and out of consciousness in the case of a defeat.

'Oh, the things I could do, the things I could make him do...' she thought, a line of drool running down her chin.

The white alicorn giggled once more at the changeling queen's distracted daydreaming, happily prancing up to the entrance that her charge would be using. She set about removing the queen's regalia, setting them on a plush pillow that seemed perfectly suited for the task, in fact it looked like it had been used for this purpose before.

"Ok, to enforce the rules, you're going to be wearing this collar. It will both stun you in the event of a defeat, or stun you in the event of cheating or attempting to actually harm your opponent. Not that we don't trust you, Chrysie, but sometimes even alicorns can get a bit excited. Second rule should be obvious by now; no using your shape shifting to avoid any pleasure. If he gets a victory, you're going to feel every little twinge of pleasure he sends through your nervous system. Finally, your inhibitor is right over there if you want it. He's going to be radiating a lot of lust, and I'd hate to see you lose because you got drunk.

"I wish you the best of luck dear. I've got five bits riding on you for this match. Luna owes me after she won our last bet, and I aim to see the debt rebalanced."

The queen scowled at Celestia.

"Five bits? That's all I'm truly worth to you?"

"It's nothing like that, Chrysie. It's just that five tends to be the what we bet on anything. If you end up owing thirty bits to someone, they get to cash in on a favor. Last time I had to attend a formal dinner in Luna's place while she went to the spa," the alicorn said, fitting the collar snugly around the black mare's neck. "Alright, when you're ready, walk into the cage right there. The gates behind you will close, and when the ones in front of you open, the game starts. You're free to use everything in your arsenal against him, including combat spells. Just remember, you want him in one piece so he can pleasure you later."

With a final caress of the queen's neck with her tail, Celestia trotted off to the left, circling the garden while leaving the queen to enter the cage. Chrysalis did so with a bit of hesitation, noting that the entire ceiling of the overgrown garden was shimmering with a barrier spell. With a loud chime, followed instantly by Luna's voice urging her to begin echoing from the collar, the gate swung open.

Chrysalis burst into the jungle, unsure of how to approach the game. On the one hoof, she could likely taste Ares before she even saw him, but the stallion had played this game before, and had even been the one to come up with it. She knew he was different from Celestia and Luna, having a bit more of an aggressive side, but to come up with such a game?

The queen came to a sudden halt, tasting the stallion in the air but not able to sense his actual location. It confused her, how could she not sense a being who was obviously so close?

She was suddenly attempting to pick herself up off the ground groggily, the sensation of a long tongue running up her neck as the collar buzzed, cutting off her muscle control temporarily and telling her the stallion had apparently already scored the first knock out. Instead of pursuing any pleasure with the mare, he whispered encouragement into her ear.

"Come on, Chrysie, I know you can do better than this. You're a predator aren't you? Are you going to let some male defeat a changeling queen, the master of seduction?"

He rose off of her back, leaping into the overgrowth while shouting 'Pass' into the air, and the collar around the queen's neck instantly deactivated. She rose shakily, unsure of what exactly had happened. She'd not even felt his presence before he struck, and it wasn't like-

'Fool, you were sitting in the open. You're not the only predator out here right now, get your head in the game before you lose!'

Chrysalis took a calming breath, hearing a faint 'round two starts in three seconds!' from her collar, this time the voice belonging to Celestia. Were the alicorn mares spectating this event?

"Come on Chrysie! Move!" came her answer moments later, the white alicorn cheering her on through the collar. The idea somehow charged her with even more adrenaline. Her mates were watching, giving her a chance to impress them. She took off into the underbrush a second time, this time attempting to recall all of her lessons on stealth and moving silently. Where before she was tearing through the forest, looking to crush the stallion, now she hid in the bushes, looking for a chance to ambush him. She'd knock him around, play with him until he surrendered, and then, oh sun and stars, she'd have him rut her till he was cumming blanks.

The mare blinked in confusion as the world spun around her before finding herself on her back. The stallion was on her in an instant, grinding his sheath against her lower barrel and drawing a confused mewl of pleasure from the queen that was cut off as he kissed her deeply, his tongue invading her mouth and shoving her smaller tongue around like some sort of grade-school bully. Both collars buzzed as fifteen seconds passed and she whined with need as he lifted himself off of her, trotting into the underbrush with an obvious erection. Her vision was still clouded by lust for a few moments, a hoof drifting to her hind legs as she giggled at the contact she'd just been on the receiving end of.

"Chrysie, you're going to lose if you keep that up. Wake up and fight back!"

The mare snapped out of her lusty haze at the shout, shaking her head and rolling back onto her hooves even as the collars buzzed the beginning of the third round. The queen berated herself even as she slinked back into the jungles; she had no idea where the alicorn went, and had been so lost in her fantasies she'd started giggling to herself, giving her position away.

'That was a hatchling mistake, Chrysie! Your a queen, and- dammit, now they've got me using that name too.'

She slunk through a few more thick patches of cover, deciding to flit up into a tree with a powerful kick of her legs. She carefully balanced herself on a branch, watching carefully for any sign of the stallion for several moments before seeing movement.

She held completely still as he stalked through the bushes, actually following her own trail to the bush she'd last hidden in. She was about to wonder if the stallion was a tracker when she heard it, the huffing sound of him sniffing the ground. She scowled for a moment, wondering what he'd be able to detect. Changelings didn't sweat, she hadn't peed lately, she wasn't bleeding...

The mare's eyes widened in realization a moment later.

'I'm excited. He can smell me that way, and he's tracking me through the scent and pheromones. Tartarus, with how excited I was a few minutes ago, I'd been gushing like a mare in heat.'

Seeing that she was about to lose the element of surprise, she dropped from the branches, delivering a glancing blow to the stallion's head. He stumbled, then went limp as the queen's attack was registered as a victory by the collars. Chrysalis squealed in delight, rushing over to the stallion and rolling him to his side, already counting down the precious moments she had. She needed to make him finish fast, needed to do something that would get him off. With no hesitation, the mare wrapped her mouth around the grey alicorn's rod, swallowing every few seconds as she worked it deeper into her throat. As quickly as she could, she found her nose to his balls and began to hum and swallow, her changeling anatomy allowing her to easily take the entirety of his girth into her mouth with no issue. Ares grunted in pleasure and she was rewarded with a clear burst of lust burning through whatever he was using to hide his emotions from her. Before she could go any farther, her collar buzzed and the stallion kicked off of her, forcing her to remove him from her throat. She giggled hungrily at the hesitance in his eyes as he made off into the jungle once more, this time moving a lot more slowly. His excitement was rock solid now, and thus harder to move with. She basked in the congratulations she heard from the other mares, Luna marveling at her ability to do so much 'damage' so quickly. The collars buzzed again, and she silenced herself, moving back into the mind of the hunter.

She searched for almost two minutes with no sign of the stallion. She'd followed the scent of his pre for about a minute before she came to a small river. She scowled as she leapt over it, smelling the ground on the other side for any hint of her prey. She'd get her hooves on him again, and this time there would be no escape. Something moved on the other side of a large copse of evergreens, and the mare tensed for only a moment before pouncing. She landed in an empty clearing, looking around in confusion before spotting a large rock settling into its new position.

"Shit."

He was on her a second later, her collar buzzing as he pinned her upside-down against one of the trees. Without even waiting for her collar to finish announcing the hit, his muzzle was buried in her flanks, his powerful tongue slurping and writhing inside her sex. She actually screamed at the sudden and intense rush of pleasure it sent through her body, and she felt her body clench at the penetration. She fought it, though, fought against her instinct to let him keep going, to let him take her to that peak then and there. The collar buzzed, and she kicked away from him weakly, dropping in a needy lump as the stallion departed, chuckling at her situation.

"I, I love this game." Chrysalis gasped as she attempted to pick herself up. Celestia was right. This game, this was something she craved. It was a hunt, it was the pursuit of food through a thick jungle, it was her against the stallion, each conflict only making her heart slam in her chest more. She didn't even care that it was just for fun anymore. She grinned lecherously as she slinked through the jungles, hissing laughter punctuating each time she felt her marehood wink. She knew it would attract him if he got behind her, so she'd begun to loop several times in her wanderings to keep him from finding her while she was attempting to taste his emotions, attempting to smell his presence again.

She hissed, barring her fangs as she tasted the slightest hint of lust just ahead. His control was slipping, and now he'd pay the price for underestimating a changeling queen. She prowled up behind the stallion, her slit pupils watching every movement as he sniffed a wet patch on the ground. She stared, licking her lips. It was a position she'd just passed less than two minutes before, and he was smelling her own dribbling fluids. With a silent hiss, the mare pounced, latching onto her prey with her gaping maw, fangs piercing his throat as she pumped venom into the stallions blood. He went limp, both from the collar registering a hit and the muscle-relaxant she was pouring into him. Having rolled along with him slightly, she positioned herself directly above the stallion, driving herself down on his still-hard dick and grinding desperately against him, feeling him grunt and groan at the contact. She held him still, eyes blazing with lust as she worked him over for five seconds, ten seconds, fifteen seconds. The collars buzzed and still she continued, she could feel it, she could feel him throbbing inside her. He wouldn't resist her, not anymore. She felt something happen, felt a deep shuddering sensation, then her eyes widened in shock. Her vision flashed with white-hot pleasure as she climaxed. A climax that came only moments before she felt him empty himself into her burning heat. She removed her fangs from the stallion, hearing several voices. One of which she could feel as much as hear, but that one was laughing drunkenly, bursts of love puncturing the fog of lust she felt she was floating in. Weak forelegs wrapped around her, and she felt the stallion nuzzle her despite the ridiculous amount of venom she had pumped into him.

'I'm, I'm still not at 100%,' she realized belatedly. 'My venom will probably the last thing to, to recover. Until then I, I think I lost. I was so close, but I lost...'

Two more presences made themselves known, their words flowing over her but not making much sense. She hissed subconsciously when one tried to remove her from the male, grinding back into him and making sure he was still locked inside her. She wanted him to stay there, to make sure the pressure of his seed remained longer. She felt amusement from the other two, and they left, bursts of lust firing between the two as they wandered away. She relaxed again, nuzzling against the male. It was her prey, hers to play with despite what they may have said. She dozed off, nuzzling into its neck, even as it gave a slurred chuckle at her instinctive affection.

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"So you said she challenged Tia?" Luna asked as she trotted into the observation area. It was normally part of the public gardens, in fact the entire area was usually part of the gardens, but a few plant overgrowth spells and a barrier over the top, and their playground was ready. The enchantments that allowed them to observe the players were hidden under several powerful illusions, the end result so powerful that not even Twilight had discovered them, despite the nosy mare knowing they were doing something out here every now and again. Ares grinned as he pulled up the screen following the white alicorn, giving a decent view of her through the tangled undergrowth. The observer was very difficult to detect, even harder to detect than another being in the jungle the gardens became. It was also equipped with a few spells that allowed its view to pierce the magically boosted vegetation, giving a clear view of the mare and the surrounding area.

"Yea, Chrysalis also said she had a surprise for Celestia, said it was for us as much as for her. She said something about learning a few things about both herself and the game. I'm actually kind of curious," Ares answered, giddily watching the display.

"Why not bring up her screen?" Luna asked.

"She asked me not to. Said it was part of the surprise," the stallion explained, leaning closer to the voice-transfer array. "Come on, Tia! You're being obvious again, stop drooling over Chrysie's flank or you're going to get run over. She's gotten better."

"I know, I know," the white mare muttered, wandering through the vegetation.

A sudden movement in the foliage grabbed the attention of all the alicorns, but celestia couldn't see through the vegetation like the other two could.

"Is that a drone?" Luna asked in shock.

Ares squinted, watching the feed closely, spotting several more smaller forms flitting past the nervous mare. A smile broke out across his face as he pieced together what the changeling was doing.

"A changeling is only a part of the hive. To challenge the queen is to challenge the hive," he muttered, beginning to laugh even as Luna fumbled for the voice array. Ares caught her hoof, stopping her.

"She's cheating! The rules say-"

"A changeling queen exists only for her hive, and they exist to support her," Ares cut her off. "Technically, this is legal by changeling laws. She's fully within her right to call in support in the form of her hive, her children, as they're an extension of her will."

Luna stared at him for a moment, the retort on her lips dying before her muzzle formed into a grin. She redirected her gaze to the screen, watching for Celestia's inevitable defeat. Most of the drones had the changeling suppressors to keep them safe from lust attacks; the poor mare had no idea what she'd walked into.

With a burst of movement, several globs of changeling gel flew at the alicorn, pinning her hooves to the ground almost instantaneously. Before the mare could react, she was swarmed, changelings rushing at her from the forest. The mare let loose a single, strangled shout of fear as she was besieged. Seconds later, she let out a moan, her legs buckling under the assault as Chrysalis sauntered up to the mare. The changelings were holding her wings wide, three on each wing preening the most sensitive spots even as another two sat on either side of her horn, one sitting on her head, the other sitting on her muzzle as both channeled magic into the focus. One was on each cutie mark, gently massaging her marks and delivering gentle nibbles to the alicorn's moaned approval. Finally, two more were under her tail, each vigorously working a hole on their target. Before the ten second mark had passed, the white mare shuddered, her marehood gushing as she climaxed at the unexpected and completely all-encompassing assault.

Watching with huge smiles, the observing alicorns leaned closer to the picture, hoping to catch the dialogue between the two players. They weren't disappointed.

"Come on, Tia. I expected you to hold on longer than that. I mean, we barely started," Chrysalis taunted, strolling around the bucking mare, the changelings not letting up despite her second orgasm in only a minute. Seeing as they still weren't slowing, a third was likely well on the way.

"I've of course already decided on your punishment for this loss," the changeling explained, turning to display her barrel to the pinned mare, causing Celestia's eyes to widen. As the shape shifter began to circle her captive, the other two got a view of what had caused Celestia's eyes to bug out; the queen had a long insectile stallionhood hanging under her barrel, looking closer to a ribbed stinger than an actual cock. "It took a lot of love, and of course I can't keep this for long. Such changes are draining on a queen, you know. I remember you asking me about this though, asking if it was possible."

As the queen approached the white alicorn's tail, her drones pulled it out of the way, allowing their queen to easily mount the alicorn. Chrysalis nuzzled the alicorn's flanks gently, giggling as the mare weakly lifted herself up, presenting herself to the victor.

"It won't be for the full term of the eggs, of course, and it will only be this one batch, but I thought I'd make this fun. Ares let me cheat last time anyway, it taught me something important. Just because you win, doesn't mean the loser can't enjoy themselves."

With a heave, the changeling moved forward, driving the ribbed rod deep into her captive, a mewl of pleasure escaping the alicorn mare as the changeling drones continued to work her over. Even as the queen rocked herself deeper into the white mare, two more changelings were lapping at the edges of Celestia's clenching sex, running their tongues between their queen's twitching member and their captive's weeping hole.

"By the stars, I had no idea she could do that!" Luna said in a soft voice, her wings splaying at the scene before her.

Ares was just staring at the scene with his own confused arousal, images of riding the queen as she rode one of the other mares flitting into his mind. Would she keep pushing more and more eggs out as she was rutted?

He shook his head. Changelings didn't work like that. Pulmonus had explained to him how changeling reproduction worked years ago, one queen satisfying a weird fetish of one of his herd's members did not mean this was normal.

'Hell, she even said it wasn't normal, it was just for Tia.'

The queen was going full force now, grinding the base of her temporary ovipositor against the mare's flanks before they both seized up, the queen's grip tightening on the mare as she attempted to drive herself even deeper into the white alicorn's depths. Celestia moaned lewdly, screaming at Chrysalis, telling her to fill her with the eggs, to make her the queen's broodmare. The shape shifter twitched, bucking against the alicorn in a steady rhythm. Eventually he saw it, a slight bulge in the mare's barrel forming as the eggs began to cause her womb to expand. It wasn't the expansion of natural pregnancy, though; they could see the contours of several eggs through the skin. Finally, the queen sagged, pulling out of her captive. With a shaky cough, the changeling dismounted Celestia, spitting a wad of changeling goo into the mare's dribbling vagina, sealing the eggs inside.

"The, the eggs will stay for about a week. After that the seal will break, and you'll need to push them out. I expect you to remain around the hive-chambers for the next week though, Tia. You and I are going to be enjoying our time together, and I have to make sure you're fed plenty of love in the meantime," the queen said, her drones lifting the mare and carrying her still softly bucking form off to the queen's personal chambers. "I'm going to enjoy hearing you peak again and again, Tia, surrounded by my drones, toyed until your mind is clouded by the constant pleasure."

Ares stared at the screen for a few moments longer, his erection throbbing painfully underneath him and dribbling a fair amount of pre while his wings were fully displayed. Luna wasn't much better, her own wings spread wide while a viscous puddle was forming between her legs. Both alicorns looked at each other, nodded, and disappeared in a flash of light. They had their own 'needs' to take care of now. Celestia would survive the queen's ministrations until the morning.

Twilight's Need

Author's Note

This one is weird, even by my standards. Contains transformation, Toy-play, slight loss of awareness, poop, and all-the-way-through penetration. You've been warned.

Twilight's Need

She stared at them with both fear and awe. They were always taller than her, even after all the years since her ascension. Ares, Celestia and Luna. All of them were staring at her, waiting for her to make her move. Move she did, with shaking steps and quivering wings. She stood before the herd with her wings splayed against the ground, a sign of submissiveness to the other members of the herd.

"Well, this is unexpected. It took, what, three heats before you gave up?" Luna asked, staring at her dispassionately.

"I bet this is the worst she's ever had. You remember those really bad ones, don't you Luna? The one's that left us sitting under waterfalls while we pumped ourselves stupid with whatever toys we had nearby," Celestia reminisced with a giggle. "I've been waiting for her to come to us. I've always loved you, Twilight. The moment I knew you wouldn't be leaving me, I loved you all the more."

She kept her eyes to the floor. She already knew the stallion was standing in front of her, she could smell him in the air. She shivered, her marehood squirting onto the floor and betraying her desperate need.

"She's pretty desperate. I wonder what she'd be willing to do for a bit of relief?" Ares asked, his voice echoing in her mind.

The stallion was what she needed, what her body was screaming for right now. It was so bad this time, the constant burning. She was becoming aroused at the silliest things, as well. In fact it was taking all of her willpower right now to not turn around and present herself to hi-

"Turn around, Twilight. Let's see what you're offering us," Ares said, the interest in his voice causing her tail to hitch even higher.

She slowly rose and turned around, lowering herself into the same submissive stance. Her cheeks burned with embarrassment. She was giving her old teacher a full view of her swollen...oh goodness what had brought her to this point?

Hoofsteps echoed off the floor, stopping just before her flank and she winked again, her body hoping the one who approached would tend to her. Tend to her they did, a broad tongue running over her weeping lips and tracing her ring. She wanted to shout in surprise at the strange sensation, but could only issue forth a moan. The tongue began running over her nethers and she bucked against it, causing the mare behind her to snicker.

"Oh she is definitely in a bad way right now," Luna said as she trotted away.

Twilight clenched her jaw, keeping her position until the herd said otherwise. It was part of the induction. She would be joining at the lowest rung, subject to whatever the herd asked of her.

"I think I know how to do this. What she really wants right now is a good rutting, right? Well you all know I'm all for that so let's see how she does!" Celestia said cheerily.

Walking around Twilight and into view, Celestia lifted the purple alicorn's face to meet her own.

"I have one last test for you, my one time student. Are you ready?"

Twilight nodded frantically. She was ready, she was so ready nopony even knew, she was so ready it would blow their minds and-

"Good," the white mare said before turning around. "Show me what you know about pleasuring a mare."

Twilight stared at the white flank that was being presented to her. Celestia slowly hunkered down, spreading her legs to give Twilight an unhindered view of her old teacher's mare bits. The purple pony slowly raised herself and stepped forward, almost uncertain how to take this situation. Those radiant flanks, big soft pillows she'd cried into as a filly, that she'd lusted after as she matured, that she missed when the princess stopped eating due to her depression...they were being spread to invite her in. Inviting her to taste her teacher, her role model, her everything.

Twilight carefully ran her tongue over the lips, tasting the barest hints of arousal as the white mare cooed at the contact. Almost as soon as Celestia was being pleased there was movement behind her. Suddenly there was a weight on her back and looking over her shoulder she spotted large grey hooves. Nearly as large as the stallion that was currently propping himself up on her back.

"While we all enjoy a good rutting, multi-tasking is important. How well can you split your focus?" the male asked.

A golden aura surrounded Twilights head and buried her muzzle between white thighs, even as something long and warm was driven deep into her heat. Twilight moaned in delight even as her mind raced. That's...that was what she needed right now, she needed it so badly.

"Focus Twilight," Celestia called, making the smaller mare snap back to attention and begin anew. Celestia sighed in relief, pressing back even more as Ares pumped forward, driving Twilight ever deeper into those white pillows. Suddenly Twilight jerked, the stimulation from her intruder sending her desperate pussy quivering in delight. She clenched hard around the penis and did her best not to bite her tongue. With a shudder she fell to the floor, leaving several ponies tsking in disappointment.

"I would have thought she'd last longer," Ares said as he removed his stallionhood from the purple pony.

"Indeed. I suppose it wasn't meant to be. Still, while she didn't make it into the herd we could always keep her," Ares said, trotting up to Twilight. She looked up to him as her vision began to spin. She still needed...still needed to be filled. She had to...

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Twilight returned to consciousness. It was impossible to determine how long it had been. Moments, hours, days...with her body being more resistant to the hardships of time she was uncertain. She wasn't hungry, she wasn't tired, she just...was.

Muffled voices began to grow closer. She realized it was what had woken her up. She felt movement, a slight grinding noise and the sensation of moving in one direction before suddenly stopping.

"There it is," a familiar voice said, though she couldn't place it.

She felt more movement, this time accompanied by the tingle of magic. Twilight tried to move, but she couldn't even twitch her wings. There was a popping sound from uncomfortably close and she winced, light pouring into her prison. A magic aura pulled her out and into the light, and she finally got a look at both her captor and her prison.

"Good evening, my little toy," Celestia giggled softly.

Twilight blanched. The alicorn was huge! She was...no, it wasn't that Celestia was larger, Twilight was smaller. But why couldn't she move? What was going on here?

"Tia, what are you...a toy? Truly? Do you have so little patience you can't wait for tonight?" a voice called out.

"Oh, hello Luna. This one's special. It's an old favorite of mine, you see. No matter the issue I'd have, this toy would always solve it. Even the worst troubles were just no match. It's also just so adaptable. A little push and-"

Twilight winced as the magic washed over her, leaving her feeling strange. She caught sight of herself in a nearby mirror and her eyes widened...or they would have if she wasn't stuck in a single position. Celestia was in the reflection, but in her grip was a large purple dildo with a pink ring around the center. Even as Celestia's magic rolled over her, she could see the toy changing, being molded into a new shape. She felt herself shifting and twisting, even as her panic set in. The toy in the mirror began to elongate, several pink ribs beginning to protrude along its length and the ring around the center rising slightly.

"Very well, you can bring it with you tonight if you like. We'll meet you in Ares' room tonight. Don't forget," Luna said, turning and leaving the two alone.

'I don't, this makes no sense, what's going on? Why am I like this, how did I get to be like this, what's Celestia doing, is she really...oh my...'

The last question was answered a moment later as Celestia began running her tongue over the toy. Twilight was struck by the sensation of a wet tongue running over her body, exploring every inch of her form as her former teacher slicked the toy with her spit. Giving the toy, and thus Twilight, a soft kiss the white alicorn floated the toy behind her and-

'Oh no no no no no no!'

-began rubbing it against her vagina.

Twilight squirmed, trying to move away from the slowly dampening nethers of the larger mare. It did her no good though. Pressing Twilight's head against her lips, Celestia slid her toy inside.

Twilight wasn't sure what was stopping her from entering full-blown panic mode. The walls of the larger mare were pulsing around her, gripping and massaging her in the strangest ways. It left her feeling...at ease. Even in this horrible situation, Twilight felt like Celestia was hugging her, reassuring her. The warm, wet grip was all she wanted. All she ever needed.

Twilight felt herself slip out of her slick home, a mental shake returning a bit of awareness to her mind. Celestia was floating her back to her muzzle, giving the toy a sensuous lick.

"You disappointed me, Twilight. I had thought you were my prized student, my friend, possibly my lover. But don't worry, you don't have to do anything anymore. I'll be here with you, I'll guide your every move from now on. You won't fail me ever again, only bring me pleasure."

'She knows,' Twilight gasped. 'She knows, she's playing with me like I'm some...like...'

Celestia slid the toy into her mouth, sliding it into her maw and deep throating the dildo while moaning in pleasure. As she did so, Twilight found her thoughts fogging again. She was pleasuring Celestia. She was bringing joy to the pony she loved. She was...happy.

"Good girl. You always surprise me in how quickly you adapt," Celestia said, her magic rolling over Twilight's form again. The purple di-mare looked back to the mirror and watched as her form fell back on itself, twisting into a bulb and large stopper. Giving Twilight a few more licks and sucking on her toy once more, Celestia slipped it under her tail and pressed it against her anal ring. With a bit of pressure, the toy slipped right into her ass.

Twilight once more found herself unable to panic in spite of her situation. There wasn't any horrid stench to her immense surprise. That didn't mean it was clean of course. The walls pulsed around her in a slow but steady rhythm. Bits of brown as well as clumps of intestinal mucus clung to the walls and, with her insertion into their domain, to Twilight Dil-Twilight Sparkle.

'Besides, I'm not a dildo right now, I'm a plug. Twilight Buttplug.'

The once-purple-mare mentally blinked, shaking the thought away. It wasn't supposed to be nice here, it was a horrible place. A horrible place filled with poop and gas and Celestia clenching around her and the warmth of the alicorn's body permeating her being and...and...

'So warm...safe...love her...'

The swaying movements of the white mare's walking coupled with her soft humming soon lulled the toy into a comfortable daze.

A strange sensation of air passing over her and a rumbling in the distance woke Twilight, or at least caused her to return to awareness. Did she even sleep like this? She was still inside Celestia, still inside her...intestines. The air felt different and she was positioned differently. She could feel a pillow against her bottom now, and she felt like the tunnel she was looking into was going up. There was something going on now, though.

The walls were moving a bit more now. The ring holding her in place relaxed a bit and the mare shifted to one side, allowing the building pressure in her bowels to be released in a loud fart. Twilight shuddered at the thought but soon relaxed again as the ring reclaimed her, holding her tightly in place.

Minutes passed and the mare relaxed and shifted again, allowing another burst of gas to escape over her toy. Twilight mentally sighed as she was unable to escape. It was her new lot in life. She existed solely for the pleasure of her princess. Once more, Celestia ruled over everything about Twilight. For some strange reason, she had no issue with it.

Another rumbling gurgle issued from further down the tunnel ahead of her and Twilight's eyes widened. Above her and being pressed downward was a huge mass of...
'Shit!'

With every pulse of the intestinal walls it shifted closer. She saw a few bubbles emerge from around it, popping and increasing the pressure around her. She felt Celestia start to shift to release this build up but the alicorn stopped, seeming to realize the impending issue. She rose up, slowing the blob's descent, and began to walk again when a sound reached the toy through Celestia's body.

"Your two o'clock is here, Princess. Should I send him in?"

"I really need a moment, Sah-qon," Twilight heard Celestia answer. "Send them in when I say."

"I'm sorry your highness, he insists that it's urgent."

"Drat," Celestia rumbled quietly, moving again before sitting back down. Twilight mentally yelped in fear as the large mass once more began to descend towards her, a fleck or two falling off and spattering against her soft purple body.

The alicorn she was inside shifted carefully, allowing the gas to escape before a wave of magic began to flow over the toy. Twilight relaxed slightly in the wash of magic, feeling her form shifting and bulging. She felt her stem grow larger, pressing against the alicorn's anal ring until it strained. She felt her bulb grow as well, growing until she fit inside the intestinal tract snugly. After the magic pulled back, the toy realized her mission. Prevent an accident. Steeling herself, the toy whimpered as the mass arrived, pressing against her as it demanded to leave.

She wasn't sure how long she was in that situation, Celestia clenching around her stem desperately as a large mass of...mass was pressing against the toy. After a while though she felt the inversion of a teleport before she heard something squeak. There was the tingle of magic over her form and the next thing she knew Celestia was letting go of her. She hit the ground hard but didn't bounce, the mass of waste following her out of Celestia's ass too closely. She felt the impact almost as soon as she hit the bowl, the glob of fecal matter covering her instantly and providing insulation against several more impacts as the mare above sighed in relief. A trickle of fluid soon followed, the purple toy's imagination needing no help figuring out what else had been dropped on her.

After the impacts died off and the trickle stopped, she felt magic prying through the mass. It found her and pulled her free, bringing her once more into the light.

"Oh I'm so sorry, Twilight. You did such a good job though. Better than I'd ever hoped! I don't think I'd have made it without you."

The alicorn smiled warmly as she made her way to the sink, washing Twilight off diligently.

"I know there are spells that would do this faster, but they don't feel as nice as a warm bath. Don't you agree? Now, I've got a few more appointments today, so I need you to sit tight for just a little while longer. Then, tonight, we'll have some fun with Ares and Luna. Doesn't that sound nice?"

Twilight mentally nodded, enjoying the warm flow of water and the gentle rubbing of Celestia's hooves as she cleaned the purple plug. She did a good job, she did exactly as she needed to. Celestia was happy and that made Twilight happy.

'I love you, Celestia. I love you so much. Let me be with you again.'

To the toy's delight the alicorn teleported once more, ending up in Celestia's room. The mare walked over to her drawer and pulled out a bottle and carefully squeezed a bit of the contents onto the now-clean toy. She smeared the lube over her purple plug and circling her ring a bit to ready herself, inserted it back into its proper place.

"Perfect. You keep doing a good job, understand? Keep doing a good job and I'll make certain you're rewarded."

Once more the time flowed quickly for the little toy, the droning chatter of her owner and the warm grip of the mare's anal muscles lulling her into a dazed existence. Twilight jolted back to reality as the alicorn stood up again, this time bidding farewell to her Secretary and beginning to walk down the halls.

The gentle humming of the white mare soon shifted to happy conversation, another voice that Twilight couldn't make out speaking to her owner. The conversations didn't matter much to her anymore though. Toys didn't care about that stuff. She didn't care anymore. The gentle swaying of her owner's hips continued for a while before she found herself once more pressing against a cushion.

There was some clinking and more talking, the sounds of a dinner being enjoyed. After that, there was more walking, followed by the sound of a door closing. Twilight was pulled free once more as Celestia walked into her personal bathroom. The alicorn relieved herself again, this time with much less misery to her toy and began scrubbing the plug off in her personal sink.

"Excellent job, Twilight. Now it's time for your reward."

Twilight beamed in joy as Celestia cast a powerful cleaning spell over her, removing any lingering smells or contaminants. She made her mistress happy, she was going to be treated so wonderfully.

Celestia once more shifted Twilights form, elongating her back into a long purple dildo with pink ridges and a pink ring in the center. The alicorn floated the toy behind her, using a bit of magic to hold herself open as she pushed the toy inside.

"Okay, I'm going to take you to Ares and Luna now. We're all going to play with you. Does that sound nice, my little toy? I'm certain it does."

Twilight would have nodded vigorously if she could. Instead she settle for relaxing into the soft kneading grip of her owners vaginal walls. So soft, so warm and wet...

She was pulled from her home by another aura, one that didn't belong to her owner. She shivered; she wanted to go back, back where she belonged.

"You kept it inside you all day?" Luna asked, looking the toy over curiously.

"Yes, though it spent most of the day looking like this," Celestia said, using her magic to meld Twilight back into her plug form.

Luna gasped, taking the toy in her hooves and looking it over appreciatively.

"A single toy that could be any toy I wished? Could you do beads? A vibrator?"

"It's not powered so I don't think I could get her to vibrate without a spell, but I do believe beads are doable."

Once more Celestia's aura covered the toy, shifting her form into a long line of beads held together with a flexible line. Before Luna could take it though, Celestia shifted Twilight again, this time into a shape that she couldn't fathom. She felt...thin? No matter how she tried to describe herself Twilight couldn't put it into the proper words.

"What are you two up to?" Ares asked, walking in and locking the door behind him.

"Just a little toy I've brought along. I think you'll like this," Celestia answered, offering Twilight to the stallion.

The toy stared at him, watching as Ares approached and took the purple mass in his magic.

"What's...oh, I see what it is. You want me to-"

"Yes!" Luna said happily." You can also adjust it with magic. You can reshape it however you desire. Tia said she used it most of the day as a plug. I assume you washed it?"

Her owner nodded.

"Washed and used a decontamination spell on it. It's cleaner than the day it was made."

Ares looked over Twilight once more before trotting over to the bed. He hopped up onto the matress and relaxed onto his side, raising a leg and allowing Luna access to his sheath. The blue alicorn began licking at him sensuously, trailing her tongue over him and popping the quickly elongating penis into her muzzle to draw him out. After the male was fully erect he shifted, sitting on his flank and taking Twlight in his magic. Across the way, Twilight saw Celestia smiling at her, right next to...

A mirror.

Celestia had set up a mirror so that Twilight could see what was happening to her. She saw the strangely shaped purple mass of her body being pulled against the large, flat head of the stallion's rod. She felt something shift, felt something get pulled and felt him enter her body. She mentally gasped, euphoria claiming her as the long shaft was driven deeper and deeper into her body. It would have been impossible if she were still a normal pony, but after an agonizingly sensuous application of the toy to his stallionhood, Twilight felt the head pressing against her mouth. Her mouth wouldn't open though, no matter how tightly he pushed against it.

In the mirror, Ares was just pulling the purple mass taught against his sheath. With a final tug, it was snug. She was stretched tightly around him, helpless and awaiting whatever it was they were planning. She felt several auras floating over her, adding ridges and bumps here and there. She felt the stallion run a hoof over her, testing how well the sensations transferred through her body.

This was to be her role tonight. Not a dildo, not a buttplug. She was a condom. She was going to be used by Ares to rut her owner and Luna. Luna giggled, propping herself on the bed and relaxing while whispering encouragement to the male. Twilight stared in fascination as she felt Ares leave the bed, circling around the mare and beginning to pleasure her with his tongue. The toy heard Luna's articulations, felt the throbbing of blood pumping through the stallion's dick that was currently stretching her over his form. She felt every tensing of his body, felt every beat of his heart. After a short time, she felt the stallion rise up, mounting the blue mare and saw the gaping, dripping need she was being driven towards. She bumped against Luna's flank, drawing a needy whimper from both parties as they sought penetration. The stallion pushed forward a little more, pressing Twilight against the vaginal lips, causing them to wink and squirt a bit of mare juice onto her form. With a final push, she slipped inside.

Twilight was in heaven as Ares thrust deeper into his mate. While the stallion was so deep inside her and stretched her so tightly, Luna was gripping and massaging her just as Celestia had done earlier. An excited thrust from the male pressed her right up against Luna's cervical opening and left a strange taste in the toy's mouth.

'Pre, I can taste his...oh my goodness what's going to happen when-'

The stallion suddenly pulled back, drawing Twilight most of the way out of the mare before driving her back inside. The mare gripped the intruder then relaxed, allowing the stallion to repeat the process. The toy's world faded away, the constant motions leaving her in a world of bliss. She thought she heard something...no, she did Luna was calling out the stallion's name. The male thrust deep into Luna and Twilight felt his head expand, sealing him inside the mare even as Luna's walls shuddered around her. With a final thrust, the stallion climaxed as well.

Twilight would have screamed at the overwhelming sensation if she had the ability. Suddenly she was being filled, the pressure inside of her increasing a hundredfold and leaving the salty, musky taste of semen in her mouth. The sensation trailed back down her body as the fluid sought an escape, eventually pouring out of her back end and down Luna's legs. It was amazing to the toy, and as the stallion retracted from his mate she felt bliss.

"We're not done yet, Ares. You have one more job for the night."

Twilight groggily returned to the waking world to see that most beautiful sight, the dripping slit of her owner gaping before her. Celestia giggled as the stallion's penis regained its rigidity, watching as the toy slowly approached her.

"This is it, your purpose," she heard Celestia whisper.

It was true. It was all Twilight wanted right now. She wanted to be inside of her owner, to hear her owner calling out in pleasure. To feel Celestia hugging her tightly, to know that the white alicorn loved her.

Once more Twilight watched in eager anticipation as the stallion mounted a mare. She watched the quivering need approach, felt the penis inside her throb in anticipation. She watched her owner's nethers wink at her, welcoming her into the warm, soft embrace. The head of Ares' penis pushed inside of Celestia, and Twilight's world was bliss.

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Twilight blinked, staring at the door to her room. She jumped up with a start, looking around her room before sniffing the air. Her sheets were soaked, and only about half of it was sweat. She groaned in irritation. She was in heat again and with heat came weird, sensual dreams.

Slinging around a few spells to remove the scents and stains in her bed she climbed into the shower and cleaned herself up. Breakfast was a quick affair, the purple mare grabbing a bite to eat before making her way to the labs. She couldn't eat with the herd today even if she wanted to. Ares' scent would drive her mad. Arriving in the lab, she was surprised to find Luna already present and working on a spell. Coming closer, she saw that it was a new spell, but one that felt strangely familiar. In fact, the longer she looked at it...

'Oh my gosh!'

"Good morning, Twilight," Luna said with a wide grin. "What do you think of the spell? A size adjustment spell with an elasticity charm to keep the individual safe...why, I'm surprised no one has thought of this kind of thing yet."

Twilight's cheeks bloomed with color as she stared at the spell, the memories of her dream the previous night returning in full.

'Thank goodness she doesn't dreamwalk anymore or-'

"I'm always surprised what the minds of mares in heat come up with," Luna continued, turning to the now-pink alicorn. "I'm also surprised how many ponies think that without the moon I can no longer dreamwalk."

"Y-y-you saw..."

"Oh, calm yourself Twilight,," Luna admonished. "You are hardly the first pony to dream of Celestia. Nor shall you be the last, nor was that the raunchiest thing I've ever seen. It was fairly exotic though. It also calmed my worries a bit. I was beginning to think you had no actual desires outside of a biological need for a mate.

"It also gave me a few ideas. Ares has used a few spells in the bedroom, some of them ending with very entertaining results. Why, one time he tried a heating spell while rutting Tia and they both ended up with burns on their genitals. Celestia wasn't harmed as badly seeing as how she was attuned to the sun for so long, but she was still a bit tender for a few days. Ares dealt with pain every time he became aroused for almost four months and that was with healing spells and creams."

'That explains Luna's interest in healing burns a few years ago,' Twilight muttered to herself.

"Do you remember what I warned you about, Twilight? That the foals would be after you? Star Struck is living up to his name now. He's been dreaming of an awful lot of purple lately," the blue alicorn teased. "We all know you don't want to be in our herd, so next year he's going to be asking you out. It will likely be at the ceremony to conclude his studies. He's broken a few of your records, you know."

Twilight shrunk in on herself, figuratively. The colt was certainly handsome enough but he just seemed so...

"He seems young, right? Twilight, there are no immortals of your age, the closest is Cadance. If you feel attraction to him, accept his offer of a date. You won't be in heat again for a while, so you can do so with a clear mind. We live too long to let a century or two difference in age stop us from enjoying ourselves.

"Besides" Luna added, giving the mare a shove with a single hoof "a toy is no substitute for the real thing."

Kink 4: Sharing Fetishes

Chrysalis walked down an open hallway uncertainly. The future of her hive was always on her mind, but at the moment, she let her mind wander to its past. Her children, the one's who had been with her for so long, were well taken care of as they entered what would likely be the last years of their lives.

One had finally succumbed to malnutrition, but the other eleven were able to survive with proper feeding and medical attention. Even the one without one of its forelegs was still active, the duties given to the true drones simple and merely a way to keep the drones fulfilling their purpose. Ares had even brought up the option of attaching what the ponies called a prosthetic, allowing the drone full movement in spite of the lost limb. She smiled now at the memory, but she'd nearly cried at the time. It was a gift, one of many the alicorns had given to her. No demands followed, no requests that she should have felt obliged to agree to, not even a request for a sexual favor (though that may have had to do with the fact that he already had two mares who would have been more than happy to indulge him).

Speaking of sexual encounters, Celestia had told her they were going to explain some things to her. Of most of the sharing that she'd partaken of so far she'd been a follower, doing as she was told and following along with the more experienced alicorns. Apparently that wasn't enough. Celestia wanted her full participation and she was going to explain the rules used by the herd. It was where she was headed currently, having finished her duties as queen for the day. The rest she could fulfill from her bed if she desired.

Opening the door to the spare bedroom with a bit of hesitation, Chrysalis entered and closed it behind her, her magic locking the door. All three alicorns were inside waiting for her, Celestia sporting a ring on her horn of all things while the other two were busying themselves with several poles and straps she didn't recognize.

The queen smiled cautiously. The last time she'd seen them pull these things out had been intensely pleasurable but also very intimidating.

"Ah, good evening Chrysie," Celestia greeted warmly. "Are you ready to learn a few things about sex?"

"I suppose. I've never really, uh, explored the topic," she answered quietly. It was an admission that never would have passed her lips the year before, but the changeling was both certain she could let such a thing slide and was certain the three of them had her beat in their knowledge of the topic. The last few weeks were a testament to that; each time they were doing something new and strange. What's more, they seemed to enjoy themselves, no matter how strange they acted. While she went along with it, she couldn't say she was thrilled by the concept of Luna changing Ares into a mare a few days ago. What was the point of rutting a stallion if he spent the night without a penis?

"Excellent," the white mare said with a clop of her hooves. "Now, the first thing I want to explain to you is that while you are the youngest of us, we are all willing to listen if you have something to say. This is a herd, not a hive, and as such we all have a say in what occurs. As such, if something makes you uncomfortable, like Luna's spell, we'd like you to say so."

The queen held back a wince at being called out like that. It was another thing she'd been learning about ponies. Even though they had no ability to detect emotion, they could often pick up on what others were feeling. She'd actually panicked the first time Luna had approached her during a bout of depression at the loss of so many drones all those years ago. Seeing as it was the first time in a century she'd had the time to contemplate the past, it had hit her hard and she'd locked herself in an empty guest room. After her miniature panic attack over the alicorns having perfected some new spell to steal the emotions she finally had a surplus of, Luna had launched into a lengthy explanation on body language and behavior and how it could be used to determine the emotional state of an individual.

"Now there are several things I need to make clear," Celestia said. "First of which is, consent is very important. You need to be certain the one you're about to play with is willing."

"Yes, Tia. Do explain the importance of consent. It is quite obvious that you yourself know so much about it," Luna sniped over her shoulder before returning to her work.

"That was one time, Luna! And I didn't realize you were in heat!" the white alicorn defended herself, though she was blushing.

According to Luna, it was often associated with embarrassment, something Chrysalis tasted rolling off of her in waves. There was obviously a story behind that and she'd likely pry it out of the mare later. They seemed to like doing that, speaking of their past. It even drew emotions from them, some of them strange like Tia's sorrow whenever speaking of joyful events around Canterlot or Ares' excitement when speaking of a brush with death.

"Anyway, the second is be aware of the safety of the others. Sometimes we do things that could harm another, but we always do our best to negate the danger that we put each other in. At the very least, you should warn your partner of any possible dangers. Of course, there are always exceptions, such as times when the perceived danger is part of the game, but it's something to keep in mind.

"Now on to my favorite part!" Celestia said with an excited giggle.

"Here we go..." Ares muttered with a roll of his eyes.

"Now as you've no doubt noticed during the last few weeks, there are certain things that will excite us more than others. Luna enjoys domination, Ares enjoys both predator play and as he puts it making mares squeal. He also enjoys a bit of dominance, but that goes along with the predator thing. As for myself, well, I enjoy playing the prey. Ares was the first to really put me through it. There was just something...exhilarating about leaving my fate in his hooves," Celestia trailed off with a dreamy sigh.

Chrysalis rolled her eyes, already tasting the lust starting to waft from the pink-maned alicorn. This was supposed to be a lesson right?Why would this-

"Where you come in today, Chrysie, is you are going to be my partner. Ares and Luna will be here to guide you, but otherwise it will be up to you to help me with this fantasy."

Chrysalis balked at the idea. She had no idea how to do this, what was she supposed to do? What did she know about the weird games they played? Mating was mating to her.

She thought hard, trying to remember things Ares and Luna had done during their nights together. Certainly the two were more aggressive than Celestia, often pushing Celestia and herself around a bit as they all rutted each other. Well, the three alicorns rutted and Chrysalis helped. She still wasn't quite certain what was what. For instance, why would Celestia and Luna have fake stallion-penises in their rooms? Why would you use a fake when the real thing is right down the hall? Worst case scenario, grab a nearby guard or drone. They had to listen to the alicorns, right?

Celestia grinned widely as the others strapped her into the contraption, leaving her suspended off the floor with her hind legs spread and her back to the floor. It was, as the alicorn had stated, a very submissive position. Finally Ares cast a spell on the ring attached to the white mare's horn, activating what the changeling was now certain was an inhibitor while Luna attached a gag and blindfold to the larger female.

As Luna double checked the blindfold, Ares waved the changeling closer.

"The name of the game is mutual enjoyment. Luna tends to get more excited about this than I do, but I also enjoy anything that gets you girls wet. Now, if you wanted to give her pleasure, what would you do?"

Staring at the already leaking form of Celestia propped up before her, she cocked her head in thought.

"Mount her with one of the fake-stallions. That is their purpose, correct?"

"That is, Chrysie, but there is more to it than that," Luna said with a smile. "While her climax is he eventual goal, the longer you draw it out the more powerful it usually is. I can keep Ares or Tia on the brink for a long time, and the last time I tried seeing how long I could manage it with Ares, he passed out afterwards. The climax was so powerful he blacked out. I actually was worried that I had hurt him."

"I tend to start the ladies off with something simple, like this," Ares offered, running a hoof along their captive's outer thigh. "You let her mind do some of the work for you. Learn how she reacts, learn how her body reacts to certain things, and soon you can play her like a fiddle. Isn't that right, pet?" he finished with a not-so-delicate slap to Celestia's flank.

To Chrysalis's confusion, the impact was met with a blur of pain and pleasure, as if the alicorn enjoyed it. Seeing her shock, Luna tapped the bound female's teats with a black switch.

"Pleasure and pain are not quite set in stone once one is sufficiently aroused. To an extent, Tia will actually enjoy being, hehe, mistreated. Isn't that right herd-sister of mine?"

The bound alicorn nodded franticly, moaning into her gag as Luna traced her inner thigh with the rod. A quick swat on the sensitive inner flesh drew a squawk of shock, though Chrysalis could see her winking now, a small dribble of marecum escaping the cavernous opening.

'The mind boggles,' the queen thought to herself.

"She is excited when one mistreats her? I suppose stranger things exist," the queen said with a shrug of her shoulders. Taking the switch from Luna, she raised it high.

"Easy there, Rambo!" Ares called out, catching the descending rod. "We said it blurs pain, not that it doesn't exist! Too much will still hurt. Listen to her and adjust accordingly. If you really don't know, ask. She can still nod or shake her head."

Chrysalis stared at the prone form of the one-time monarch. Strange that fate had left her in this position. In fact, she could vaguely recall an earlier time when...

"So, once more the princess of the ponies lies sprawled before me," the changeling queen said with an air of superiority. Instantly she saw Tia's ears perk up at the address and sensed a burst of anticipation.

"Tell me, Celestia. If I had approached things differently, if I had, after beating you, strung you up like this before your subjects, would you have enjoyed it?"

Celestia was still, her emotions difficult to make out for a moment. Worried she had mis-stepped, the queen's eyes tracked to the others, but they only nodded encouragement, Ares' grin growing in realization. Taking a breath, she twitched the switch in her magic, a light strike causing her prisoner to squeak.

"I asked you a question. Would you have enjoyed it?"

Celestia squirmed a bit in her binds but eventually nodded, earning a bark of amusement from the queen.

"I wonder, what would your pony subjects have said, had they seen you splayed over the balcony of your own castle, dripping in anticipation and begging me for pleasure? What would your guards have thought, watching you winking as I berated you and struck you? You, Celestia the Whorse."

She stopped for a moment, wincing as she realized she'd gotten carried away. Surprisingly, Ares was still grinning, motioning a strike against Luna's flank. Taking a chance, the queen swung the switch, slapping Celestia right on her left cutie mark with a sharp snap and causing her to squeal.

"So what shall I do with you now, hmm?" the queen asked as she circled the bound mare. "Perhaps a good beating? Perhaps some time feeding the horde? I have plenty of changelings that would love to spend some quality time with you, you know. Wondering if the sun on your flank means that you'll keep them nice and warm as they explore every inch of you."

"Or perhaps I'll just leave you out in the street? Locked up, allowing every mare and stallion, every changeling...every dragon to use you as they wish? Dear me, I don't think there'd be much left of you if I left you near the barracks for a week. Some of those soldiers get very frustrated."

Chrysalis traced Celestia's thigh as she finished her circle, copying Luna's earlier example.

"Or perhaps I shall keep you for myself. A good source of love, I suppose. You'd keep me nice and full, wouldn't you? It would be all you're good for. Keeping your mistress well fed. Do that and I suppose I could treat you well," the changeling trailed off, running the tip of the switch along the alicorn's vaginal lips.

The feather-light touch caused the bound mare to shudder and wink. Celestia began shifting in her binds, trying to move away from the sensation. Grinning, Chrysalis began chasing her. No matter where the white mare shifted to, the queen was brushing the instrument against the increasingly slick need of her captive.

Chrysalis giggled as the prisoner began to whine with need, the lust pouring off of Tia becoming increasingly thick. As was the fluids pouring out of the mare's cunny, come to think of it. Flicking her tongue over the swollen and dripping nethers, Chrysalis smacked her lips.

"Not a bad flavor, but I think we can get a bit more lust and love in there. Don't you agree Tia?" the queen asked as she began tracing the bound alicorn's anal ring. Curious, Chrysalis added a bit of pressure and the tip slipped right inside.

'Doesn't that require lubrication? Though with how much she's dripping down over her own hole I suppose...'

Chrysalis began walking around again only to stop. She gave another tug at the switch but it wasn't moving. Celestia moaned into her gag, clenching around the switch even tighter.

"Let go of it, blast it all!" Chrysalis growled, ignoring the laughter and amusement blooming behind her. After a few more tugs, Ares approached her.

"When she gets like this it's a sign. You're doing well, but her imagination is taking over. So you need to bring her back."

The stallion gave a telekinetic slap to Celestia's flank, earning a squawk of pain.

"Let go or I'll leave you here alone. You know I will," Ares growled at the white mare.

Almost instantly their victim relaxed, allowing Chrysalis to reclaim her switch. The changeling scowled at her target. She'd have to be a bit more cautious it seemed.

"Are you that desperate for pleasure that you'd clench around the very tool I'm using to beat you?" the queen asked in irritation. "Are you so lost to your own pleasure you'd stop me from enjoying my triumph?"

Seeing a familiar toy floating over to her in Luna's magic, she took it in her own aura and sneered at Tia.

"If you like having something in there so much, then fine. Relax yourself."

The alicorn perked at the command, another burst of lust and a spatter of arousal on the floor signaling she had no issue with the command. Chrysalis watched as the mare began to relax, opening her anus as much as possible. Even as she did so she winked again, the dribbling fluids flowing over her pucker and in some cases right inside.

'Well that explains her not really needing much lubrication,' Chrysie chuckled to herself. She lined the toy, a large plug, up with the opening and without warning, shoved it in.

Her prisoner winced at the penetration but otherwise moaned, clenching around the large insertion and shifting in her bindings. The plug was long, nearly a full on pseudo-stallion, so the queen was fairly certain that every squirm pressed the toy into new parts of Tia's insides. A second toy floated over in Ares' grip, this one bringing an idea with it. using a quick spell to adhere it to the alicorn's clit, Chrysalis turned on the tiny vibrator.

The effect was instantaneous, the pink-maned alicorn beginning to buck and moan as the queen fiddled with the settings, learning how to work it.

'This turns up the speed, this heats it, this-oh, lovely. It shocks her a little. What's this one do?'

Celestia was humping the air by the time the queen was finished with her inspection. The vibrator was set to a low buzz and slightly warm, which would play to the changeling's plan. She was supposed to be learning, so learn she would. She'd learn every little pleasurable spot on the white alicorn's body...inside and out.

"Alright, I think you get the point," Luna said, drawing a blink of confusion from the queen. She'd been so intent on causing the maximum amount of pleasure without allowing the alicorn to peak she'd lost track of time.

Ares chuckled softly at her.

"Let her go, Chrysie. It's been long enough. It will start to hurt if you wait much longer."

Nodding, Chrysalis began to turn up the vibrator, something she'd done several times already so her victim didn't realize what was going on. To the white mare before her, it was another long trudge up the hill of pleasure that would just end in more need.

Chrysalis gave a few more strikes with the switch before turning the toy up again. Just as Celestia was beginning to writhe in her bindings, she hit the blue button on the controller.

A quick electric shock was all it took to send the alicorn into a screaming, shuddering, and quite wet orgasm. Her body was shaking even as Ares and Luna released her, carrying her over the worryingly large puddle of mare fluids and onto a nearby bed. The glassy look in Celestia's eyes worried her a bit, but considering both Ares and Luna were saying the queen did well, it must have been fine.

"Tia likes those kinds of orgasms," Luna said as she cast a few healing spells on her sister and gave her some water. "She'll likely search you out now that she knows you can give them. Just be cautious of the time. You zoned out and doing so while alone with her could cause her to come to harm. I suggest a timer, not in the room but through the hive. That way Tia doesn't see it coming."

She wanted to object, but Chrysalis found she couldn't. She was using her empathic senses to find the best spots to tease the alicorn. Pain had blurred into pleasure a while ago, so it was possible Celestia wouldn't even have known she was being harmed at that point.

"You see now how this can be dangerous, right? We have to pay attention. "Ares explained, sitting beside the queen and wrapping a wing around her. "Now I know you enjoyed the game in the garden, right? It's time to come clean. What is the one thing you've always wanted someone to do to you, or the one thing you've always wanted to do to someone else?"

"Or better yet, what's the one thing about sex that gets you excited?" Luna asked while placing a blanket over her sister. "It was supposed to be about you from the beginning, but Tia will turn anything she can, even a learning experience for you, into a chance for her to be tied up."

"So? Anything that you'd like to try?" Ares prodded.

The younger mare looked about the room nervously for a moment. The other three had already spoken aloud their own preferences, so what was hers? What was it that always got a queen excited? What was the one thing that always had her dripping with anticipation of a good rut? The answer was fairly obvious in hindsight. After all, it was the only reason a queen normally participated in sex.

"Seed."

"Seed?" Ares asked, confused for a moment. "Oh, like semen? That's what you like?"

At her nod, the other two herd members began thinking hard.

"I think I know of a few ways. One would just be a spell, the other would require some potions. I could have them made by tomorrow, but the spell's fairly simple," the blue alicorn explained. Turning to the changeling she smiled.

"Would you allow me to cast the spell? I think you'll enjoy it."

"I- yes, go ahead." Chrysalis said, bracing herself. Trust. She still found herself having issues with trust even with all they'd done for her. Taking a deep breath she relaxed herself, willing her carapace to accept Luna's spell.

The changeling queen blinked her eyes in confusion a few times, the spell leaving her slightly dizzy. Looking about, she blanched as she realized just what the spell had done.

The alicorns towered over her, seemingly the size of mountains. Ares turned around, levitating his tail to the side and spreading his legs slightly.

The queen stared in awe as she realized what he was doing. Hanging above her, nearly half again her current size, were the stallion's testicles. Huge orbs that radiated warmth and, in her minds eye, churned with enough seed to drown the city. She flew up to them and ran a hoof over the fuzzy wall of flesh, watching as it clenched upward in reaction to a bit of pressure. She found herself giggling, a bit of manic excitement overcoming her as she flew around the sack and inspected it from all sides. The fuzz that covered it, the warmth it radiated at this proximity, the heavy scent of a stallion that permeated the air and her very brain.

Flitting about a bit more, she spotted the stallions sheath and penis, the rod safely tucked away leaving only the head visible from her current position. She flew closer, looking at the entrance and smiling. It wasn't an issue of if it would fit in her at this point, she was actually wondering if she would fit in it!

Another flash of light was followed by the approaching sound of wings. Chrysalis turned to find Luna approaching, having shrunk herself down as well.

"Interesting. I've not tried this before. You and Tia both seem to share a love of his orbs, however. I swear, I do not know how he managed to talk her heat-addled mind out of that monument. I don't love him nearly enough to walk by a seven-stride-tall replica of this," the blue alicorn giggled, tapping a hoof against the stallion's balls.

Chrysalis flew back from the head to the source of all things masculine and pressed herself into the soft flesh of his nuts, inhaling deeply.

"It's his source. A queen seeks a mate for his seed and this...this is why a queen seeks a mate. To gather what is held inside."

Luna giggled as the changeling began running her tongue over the skin she was pressing into, watching as the muscles twitched and clenched from stimulation. The stallion began to trot, leaving Luna flying as quickly as she could to keep pace and Chrysalis giggling as the fleshy wall she was currently attached to bobbed up and down with each step. She nearly lost her grip as he stepped onto the bed, but soon let go of her own free will. She wanted, no, needed to experience this. She landed on the bed and rolled onto her back, looking up as the soft fur descended, pressing her down into the mattress with its warm weight. She squirmed, wanting to wrap her hooves around the source of her desire but finding the stallion's weight too much. She was trapped underneath him, trapped underneath his seed. His balls twitched again and the queen swore she felt a slight slosh of the sperm just above her. She sighed in bliss. This was...love, seed, warmth, darkness. It was everything she wanted.

After a time that was far too short, she felt a tingle across her shell and felt the stomach inverting sense of a teleport. Luna was sitting beside her, the light fading from the alicorn's horn. Looking around, Chrysalis relaxed a bit. They were still on the bed, right between the stallion's sack and his leg. Looking to her left, she could see his tail, and to the right...

"Chrysalis, get back here!" Luna shouted, tearing off after the queen. Luna caught up to her as the queen was approaching the head, finding the shape shifter pressing herself against the dribbling opening and allowing a small spurt of pre to wash over her.

"There's so much," the changeling purred, beginning to lick up as much as she could before turning her attention to the slowly expanding flesh. It didn't matter to her, though, she pressed herself against the throbbing rod and allowed it to carry her away. The scent was just so powerful here, she found herself winking desperately and doing what she could to coax more of the fluids from him. Luna was doing something, her horn alight with power, but Chrysalis was too interested in the pre that was currently pouring out in greater amounts. She felt herself becoming full, consuming too much but there was just...she'd never felt so fired up before. The stallion shuddered, raising his flank slightly and leaving his erect rod aiming at a downward angle. Chrysalis held on tight, not wanting to let go when she heard something. A grunt, followed by the sensation of musky air rushing past her. What was he...

The queen's vision was suddenly filled with white as the stallion reached orgasm, hosing her with his seed and pasting her to the bed sheets. More and more issued forth from the male, leaving the queen covered in a thick soup that she had to almost swim up out of. Breaking the surface of the puddle she looked up, seeing the penis still dripping the seed and giving off a few weak spurts.

"How was that?" Luna asked her, giggling at the changeling's state. To her surprise, the alicorn leapt into the air and splashed beside her, smearing the stallion's essence over her fur.

"Wow, I think we're going to have to show Tia this. Maybe shrink Ares down as well. I wonder how it would feel if he were...oh, we're definitely trying that. I want to have him rutting Tia inside me...or maybe I can use him as a toy? Oh, Twilight had a wonderful dream a few months ago and we've been working on a spell, you'll love it. We'll give him a fountain potion next time, as well. Makes a stallion produce so much more."

Chrysalis was only vaguely aware of the mare's words. Instead she had spread herself with her magic and was currently shoving as much of the seed inside of herself as she could.

'So warm...so much...'

Luna giggled as the queen continued stuffing herself with as much semen as possible. She was certain the queen would keep going till she finally passed out in the heady broth they were both sitting in, but it seemed to be exactly what the mare wanted. She counted it as a success.

A flash of light above her was followed by the sound of wings. Ares approached the group at a similar size, though slightly larger than the two of them. To be expected, size changing spells were never exact.

"So how did she like it?" the stallion asked, landing lightly beside the glob.

"She's kind of out of it at the moment, but I think she liked it. No orgasm, but you know how that goes."

Looking to the stallion, she grinned before teleporting him over her and pulling him down with her magic. Ares squawked in surprised as he landed on her back, a wet splat issuing from the contact.

"I don't know about her, but I prefer having a stallion push his seed into me himself."

The grey alicorn grinned, pressing himself against her and nibbling on her semen-coated neck.

"Rutting you in a pool of my own fluids? I think I have a new kink."

Office Love

Ares sat at his desk, a quill in his aura writing out a few orders for the troops in relation to the latest hostilities from the minotaurs. The predictions that the minotaurs and griffons would suffer from the loss of Equestria had come true a few years ago, even before they'd went and...

'I suppose you could almost say we kidnapped the mare,' he mused, remembering how the herd had acquired Chrysalis.

In either case, both countries had been making small pushes into his territory. Nothing big enough to declare war of course and the griffon and minotaurs were claiming ignorance but he wasn't stupid. Ares could tell the difference between a bandit raid and theft. They'd moved quickly and silently, incapacitating guards and scaring civillians while moving as much food out of the town as they could. Bandits didn't steal grain, they stole valuables and while grain was worth three times its weight in gold in the suffering nations, most bandits would rather just steal what they needed on top of nabbing anything shiny. The raiders he was dealing with didn't even break into a jeweler in the town.

"If that's not a dead give away, I don't know what is."

Ares rolled his neck and shifted a bit, shuddering his wings to loosen them up. If the drake was as punctual as he'd been than-

"Weekly report, Sir.

"Punctual as always, Yol-strun. Anything in particular you need to warn me of?"

"Nothing that really stands out. We had another raid from the bandits, but..."

"They don't act like bandits, I know," Ares said with a nod. "I want some cloaked changelings to find out where the nearest griffon camps are in the area and watch them closely. They're moving too quickly for minotaurs and reports from survivors are griffon attackers. I think we're dealing with a Commander trying to keep his soldiers fed. When they find the griffon, give them the usual offer. The guy hasn't killed anyone, so he gets points for being professional. I'm willing to work with him. If he refuses, he has a week to leave the border. Any more attacks in that time nullify the time remaining and we march immediately."

A moment later, as Ares levitated the freshly penned orders to the drake he smirked.

"No comment about the pride of griffons?"

"You know I'm a dragon, Sir. If I try to make a joke about pride..."

"You'll never hear the end of it, I get it. You're learning at least. Only took you, what? Two hundred years?"

"One hundred and seventy six, Sir," the drake called over his shoulder as he left.

The door hadn't even closed before another person walked into the office.

"Ares. Have you seen Chrysalis or Celestia? I wanted to make plans for our next vacation, but I can't find them anywhere."

Ares checked his clock.

"Last I saw them was about...half an hour ago. They were excited about something, haven't seen them since."

Luna stared at him for a moment, daring him to chance his story before nodding and walking out the door. The moment it was closed, he relaxed. If it wasn't for the fact he was nearly a thousand years old at this point, he might have cracked under that glare. Sure it had been about half an hour since he'd last seen the mares but he knew exactly where they were.

Pulsing his magic as he'd done every few minutes, he received a weak return pulse. He nodded, returning to his paperwork. Both of them were fine. If there was any issue, they'd let him know.

Celestia giggled as Ares shifted again, his balls rolling over her and Chrysalis as he adjusted himself. Shifting back, they rolled back over her body, leaving her pinned to the ground by the soft flesh of his sack.

The moment the queen had mentioned the size change, the white alicorn had jumped on the idea. She'd been loving it so far, just sitting under the warm, musky seed-bearers and letting the scent overwhelm her. She'd lost track of time on several occasions already, only the occasional pulses from the stallion giving her an idea of how much time had passed. Chrysalis was moaning to her right, the muffled voice of the queen as she squirmed under her own burden barely reaching her through the soft fur.

Both Ares and Celestia had done things like this before, be it that one time Ares' curled up under her desk and began licking her inner thighs and teats while she was trying to work( a difficult prospect to be certain, for both of them), or that time the mare had snuck under the table during lunch and began to play with him. Both of the alicorns had managed to keep themselves from giving away the position of the other, a fact that she found surprising considering how much she had been playing with his shaft even as he held a conversation with Luna and Twilight.

Hearing that Luna was looking for her and Chrysalis just added to the excitement. Going by the giggle from the right after Luna had walked out of the office, the queen agreed. She sighed, giving a quick lick to the fuzzy wall above her and letting herself bask in the heat radiating from the body above her.

Another pulse of magic brought her back to reality and she returned the signal, frowning in curiosity when Chrysalis pulsed twice. She was about to try to establish a magic connection to one of them to ask what the double pulse meant when Ares shifted a bit, pressing more weight against the queen and causing her to purr in delight. Not to be outdone, Celestia pulsed her own horn twice, then twice again a moment later. She giggled as Chrysalis rose to the challenge, pulsing her magic as well.

The stallion above them sighed in exasperation at their antics and pulsed his own horn once, a longer tone that meant test. He was going to try something, the question was what?

Celestia frowned as the stallion began radiating a bit more heat. She could feel the magic of an insulation spell, a minor one at that.

-*What's he doing?*- Chrysalis asked, establishing a magical connection with her.

Celestia worried her lip in thought.

-*It's an insulation spell but I don't know why...oh.*-

The musky scent that had been so strong before was starting to become overpowering as the male began to sweat a bit. The intensifying heat, mixed with the now so much more powerful musk that was pouring from the male smothering her, caused the mare the begin to pant. She shifted, spreading her hind legs and began humping against the orb that was pressing against her desperately. She felt a pulse of magic from the stallion above her and smiled. She couldn't wait to find out what he did next

A similar muffled mewl of pleasure from her right told her the same thing was happening to Chrysalis.

-*Oh stars he's- oh, it's so good!*-

Celestia giggled drunkenly. It seemed Chrysalis had forgotten she had the connection open. It was always adorable seeing how easy it was to get the younger mare excited. Sometimes it was the simplest thing to make her-

"EEE!"

Celestia shuddered as magic began pressing against her lower lips. It was extremely delicate, but eventually it solidified enough to actually press into both of her holes, causing her jaw to go slack and her eyes to flutter. It wasn't the scent that was driving the queen to orgasm, it was the magical stimulation.

Humping against the now sweat-and mare-cum dampened sack, Celestia faintly heard the changeling as she screamed out her orgasm. A moment later and the stallion's precision as he worked her holes doubled, his focus no longer being split between the two mares. Celestia gave a muffled cry of pleasure before she shuddered and embraced the musky darkness around her.

Ares winced as he shifted a bit of weight off of the mares below him. Chrysalis was a biter, and though her teeth were currently too small to do any real damage, she'd still bit his balls.

"I'll give her shit about it later," he mumbled, finishing off another report. The four herd members always teased each other about those kinds of things. Even if no lasting damage was done, causing another member unintended pain was frowned upon.

As opposed to the queen's aggressive climax, Celestia had just clung to his testicle, humping against it as she peaked before settling down and dozing off. He felt her give it a few kisses, but other than that she was currently in a daze.

Sure the alicorns had the endurance to maintain themselves for a full night of fun, but sometimes it wasn't necessary. All the two mares wanted at the moment was to sleep in the warm, musky space underneath his balls. Sometimes a good nap in a comfortable place was something no one could say no to. Throw in a good orgasm and who in their right mind would avoid it?

As he started on the last report of the day he frowned. Last time he and Luna had managed to block Celestia's attempt to order a large monument of his balls built. With Queen Chrysalis backing her, shooting down the white alicorn's weird ideas may become exceedingly difficult.

Another knock at the door caused him to shift a bit, trying to calm himself. Even if he couldn't smell it, he knew two mares had just peaked because of his actions. That kind of thought excited him regardless of the current situation and while Celestia and Chrysalis were too small to notice, he would draw attention if he, heh, stood at attention.

"Come in, it's open."

The door swung open and Ares blinked in confusion. Star Struck wasn't high on his list of individuals he was expecting.

"You have a second?" the younger stallion asked nervously.

Ares nodded, concern playing across his face. Star wasn't easy to shake either. Growing up with Nova, the little spitfire that was his sister, he'd learned to grow a thick hide as well.

"I-I was going to, eh, ask Twilight to go with me to see the meteor shower. It's the first natural one in as long as anyone can remember. I wanted to wait until after my studies, but-"

Ares nodded in understanding.

"But you won't get the opportunity again. I suggest meeting her earlier and taking her to that Bistro on 11th street. The one favored by thestrals. It's got a nice salmon dish and she's a fan of salmon."

"You, uh, don't think it's too early? I mean, she's older and I just...I really like her but-"

"Star, just go for it. Your mothers and I have known you've been watching that mare for a long time now," Ares said, a smile playing across his face. "You're young, but so is she. The main difference is she spent most of her first century as an adult; she was born a unicorn and matured in about a decade or two. You're just hitting that point, becoming an adult. She's become a very beautiful mare, I can see it myself, but she views us as too old for her. She's also more reclusive than you are. She hasn't been on a single date in her life. Celly couldn't even get her to go on a blind date. Don't push the topic of a relationship too much and maybe you'll manage to get close enough to her for her to notice you. And not just as a friend, but as you want her to see you."

"Besides, don't think we didn't notice when you first started looking at her Mr. average grades until a few decades ago. Suddenly my son's grades become straight A's and he spends entire weeks studying? You've had it bad for a while."

The younger alicorn sputtered, attempting to form a denial but eventually just nodded.

"Thanks dad. I'll leave you, Momma-Tia and Chrysalis to your games," Star Struck said with shit-eating grin before turning to leave.

"You do that," Ares called after him. "And don't say anything to Luna either. She was looking for them."

Ares turned back to the final report of the day, wondering what the colt's reaction would be if he knew Chrysalis had gotten the idea from Luna, who'd picked it up from one of Twilight's heat-dreams.

'Mare may be socially inept, but she's got enough smarts to come up with some really kinky ideas. Almost makes me wonder what she could come up with if she actually tried.'

Ares muzzle twisted into a smile. Poor kid had no idea what he was walking into.

Insert Joke Here

Luna really should have seen this coming. The size spells, the ball-worship, it was only headed in one direction.

"This is amazing!" Celestia squealed.

Luna's opinion of the matter differentiated quite a bit. She was finding no enjoyment in staring at the tiny Ares that was currently sitting on a table between the three mares. Logically it made sense, as all three of the mares had shrunk themselves and enjoyed it. The stallion was the only one who hadn't had his size altered while the others played with him. No, Luna was not counting him rutting her in a pool of his seed as they were technically the same size at that time.

"I still don't see what's so impressive about this."

"Oh stop being such a downer," Chrysalis giggled, leaning down and nuzzling the tiny stallion. "There are so many things we can do with him like this."

To make her point, Chrysalis' long tongue gave the stallion a quick lick before wrapping around him and yanking him into her mouth. Luna gawked at the queen before the changeling spat the now spit-soaked stallion back onto the table.

He looked less than pleased at the situation, but the entire point of this was the mares were going to have their way with him. Ares wouldn't be getting much of a say in what happened tonight.

"I just have difficulty finding enjoyment in a stallion when he's so small I can't see his shaft," Luna explained, pointing a hoof to the male.

"You just need to let your imagination do the work," Celestia said. Levitating the tiny alicorn in her aura, she turned around and set him on her flanks, watching with a large smile as Ares began bounding over the span of the white mare's full flanks with great gliding leaps.

Luna frowned, watching the stallion sink into the soft flesh of Celestia's posterior with every landing. It was kind of arousing. Maybe it was to be one of those nights, where the fetish-y stuff wasn't necessarily to get off, but to enjoy oneself. Ares seemed to get it as well, leaping into the air and falling backwards, letting the pillow-y mounds bellow him gently catch him. The stallion bounced a few times, drawing a giggle from his trampoline before lying there on his back, staring at the ceiling.

'He couldn't pull that off with Chrysalis,' the darker mare thought to herself.

Chrysalis smirked, giving Celestia's flank a smack that sent a jiggle through the older mare's buttocks and caused the stallion to begin to bounce. Giggling at the reaction the changeling repeated the action, this time eliciting giggles from all three participants. Ares rolled over to his stomach, pressing himself into the mound of Celestia's ass before the shape shifter gave a third strike. This time the changeling was unable to cause him to stumble or bounce and he stuck his tongue out at her, taunting her.

Chrysalis scowled at the challenge, giving Tia a stronger slap that drew a surprised squeak from the white mare and another taunting gesture from her rider. The changeling growled before raising her hoof again.

Luna cocked an eyebrow but otherwise continued to watch. It was entertaining, but so was watching a pony slip on a banana peel. The stallion was using a simple spell to adhere himself to the white mare's posterior, something the other two were too preoccupied to notice.

'Though one would think that with Tia running about the room they'd take notice that Ares wasn't moving.'

'Stop it, Chryssi! That hurts!" Celestia shouted over her shoulder, jumping over the bed and running across the room with the changeling hot on her heels. Ares was now wiggling his own flank at Chrysalis, incensing the shape shifter even more.

"I'll slap her flank so hard you'll end up in the Badlands, Ares!" Chrysalis barked, knocking over a table.

Luna rolled her eyes, using a quick burst of power to right the furniture before teleporting the stallion back to the table.

"The two of you are going to tear up the room. Besides, he was using an adhesive spell."

Ares stuck his tongue out at Luna, something she mimicked before deciding to give him a full-body lick. His shocked expression was funny, but still not worth it to her.

Ares shook some of the spit out of his face before staring at Luna. That wasn't something he'd expected at all. Sure she could be a bit playful, but she didn't seem to be enjoying this much. He once again felt the tingle of magic washing over him again and was lifted up. He floated quickly over to Celestia's nose, the large white mare giggling as her huge eyes tracked his movement. Deciding to have a bit of fun, he sat down on his flank and straightened up like a dog begging. Then, before the mare's widening eyes, he began to run a hoof over his shaft.

The world around him shuddered as Celestia began laughing, her eyes scrunching in mirth.

"That would be so much sexier if you weren't so small I wouldn't even notice the penetration, dear."

"I just thought of something!" Chrysalis said, trotting over to the two alicorns with a wide grin. She grabbed Ares with her tongue and drew him into her mouth again, something that was actually kind of scary. He squirmed slightly as the mare held him between the roof of her mouth and her tongue, then he felt the world tilt slightly to the right by the changeling's perspective.
He was about to activate communication spell when there was a flicker of light. The light was quickly cut off again by another cave of flesh and muscle. A long, much broader tongue was moving across the divide before the caves sealed. Celestia's tongue began exploring Chrysalis in search of him, the queen moving him around to keep him out of the pink-maned alicorn's reach.

'Watching them make out is even hotter from inside the action,' he thought with a grin.

Their tongues, usually just playing in a battle for dominance, had an actual target now. Ares snorted, blowing a bit of saliva out of his nose as Celestia pulled him into her mouth and held him under her tongue. Chrysalis wouldn't be denied though, and the long whip-like muscle of the queen soon snaked under the alicorn's tongue and wrapped around the stallion's waist.

Just as Chrysalis was pulling him back to her own mouth, Celestia tightened her lips around the shape shifters tongue, refusing to release her prize. The queen smashed him against the alicorn mare's lips once, twice more before Celestia made a mistake.

With a shudder the cave tightened around him. The muscles of the white alicorn's mouth all began to press down on the male, pulling him free of the queen's tongue and forcing him towards the back of Celestia's throat. With a final choke, the white alicorn swallowed.

Ares mentally sighed as he was pulled along the mare's esophagus. With a quick spell his horn was covered in a blunting effect while his body was engulfed in a shielding aura. No need for either of them to get hurt.

Even as he was dropped into the mess that was Tia's dinner, including a disconcerting amount of chocolate, he began to hear Chrysalis yelling at Celestia. Celestia was nearly crying and he felt auras reaching for him but the shield was keeping them from gripping him. Paddling over to a large mound of chocolate, a sign that Celestia was eating way too much way too fast again, he climbed up on it and looked around. The mare's gut was dark and musty, bubbles coming up here and there as the organ did its eternal work of digesting the endless stream of sweats and snacks the pink maned mare consumed.

"There's more pastries in here than actual food. We're going to have to have a talk with her again."

Shaking his head, Ares tried judging the distance for a teleport but couldn't make out the distance through his shield, the grasping auras, and the magic inherent in Celestia's body.

-*Ares, are you well?*- Luna's soft voice called to him over the magic link. -*Tartarus, one moment, Chrysalis is threatening to rip Tia's stomach out to retrieve you.*-

Ares grinned, feeling as much as hearing his current host shouting back Chrysalis.
-*Wont say I'm pleased, but yea I'm here. Tell them to settle down, I'm unharmed. I'm trying to judge a teleport but I can't while I keep getting sloshed around by their fighting.*-

A third voice rose over the two bickering mares and the argument died out. There was a bit more movement and the stomach he currently occupied gurgled slightly as the muscles around him quivered.

"She's going to get indigestion from her nerves," he sighed.

Three points suddenly lit up to his senses, all a good distance from his current location.
-*Ares, I've marked three teleport points for you. Take whichever one you feel comfortable with.*-

Standing up straight, he gave one last look to his raft of solid chocolate. It was already dissolving around him. Raising his horn and focusing on the closest point, he cast the teleport.

"Oh thank goodness!" Celestia sobbed, undoing the shrink spell and grabbing the stallion in a hug.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. You think you're the first? At least you weren't purposefully trying to eat me," he joked.

A second body pressed to his side, the worried eyes of the queen inspecting him for damage.

"You are not burned are you?"

"Shield aura, and a dulling effect for the horn so it didn't catch in Tia's throat. I'm fine. I've already got an idea for Tia to make it up to me."

"Anything, oh I'm so sorry!"

Ares leaned in to her ear.

"I'm going to re-apply the spell, and when I do you're going to treat me to a variant of what you and Chrysie got from me. Get my drift?"

Celestia looked concerned at the prospect of him reapplying the size spell but nodded.

"You want me to, with my teats?"

Ares shook his head, his smile becoming toothy.

"My, uh, Ares I don't think that's- I mean I know you have your air spells and everything but my marehood is a bit-"

Once more Ares shook his head.

"My...flank?" Celestia asked quietly, realization blooming across her face. "You want me to...oh wow. Yes, yes I'll do it but you let me know if I use too much weight."

"No problem," Ares said, resetting the sheets and jumping onto the bed. His smile widened a second later and he used his magic to pull Chrysalis over to him.

"You're gonna love this," he whispered to the queen before casting the size-spell.

When the light faded Ares looked around him to regain his bearings. Both he and were now separated by a vast distance of blanket, though Ares had only reduced them to the size of an acorn this time. Too much and they wouldn't be felt by the mare through her gorgeously round butt.

Ares reclined on his back and saw Chrysalis doing the same, though the queen wasn't certain what the plan was. Celestia rose up on the bed and loomed over them, slowly turning around and flicking her pink tail to the right. It gave them both an unfiltered view of her slightly ballooned flower and tail hole but his eyes soon focused on the wall of white that was quickly engulfing his view.

'When I die, this would make a lovely last sight."

The plush form of the mare's flank rolled over him like a wave of dough, plastering him into the bed and leaving his view completely dark. He chuckled, moving his legs against the flesh and hearing a giggle vibrate through the body currently pressing down on him. Her scent was almost overpowering at this proximity, so it didn't take long for Ares to begin poking into the rolling wall of white he was currently kneading with all four hooves.

-*Enjoying yourself?*- Luna's voice called to him through the magical connection.

-*You know it. It's nice to see my restoration project yielded such spectacular results.*_ Ares chuckled, nibbling the soft mass that was pressing down on him.

He bucked upwards, rubbing his hardening shaft against the massive weight of Celestia's ass even as the he pulsed his magic twice. As with their time in his office, Celestia shifted slightly, increasing the weight pressing down on him slightly.

The heavenly sensation soon lifted, as did the massive white pillows that he'd been becoming so acquainted with. He saw Chrysalis flying away, reverting to her usual size as soon as she was clear of the bed and cocked his head in confusion. Why was Celestia no longer allowing him to enjoy himself, and why was the queen leaving?

The answer soon came into view, the massive ring of Celestia's ass moving to hover just over him. Ares scowled at the mare's anal ring. She wouldn't.

The muscles rippled slightly and his scowl deepened.

She would.

The gray alicorn put his hooves over his nose and held his breath.

The ring rippled, the sound of the mare's flatulence actually causing his teeth to vibrate at this proximity. After a good ten seconds or so of having every bone in his body subjected to a pressure wave that would have killed a normal pony, the ring contracted, sealing in those most foul demons once more.

Ares blinked groggily a few times, finally letting down the shield he'd subconsciously raised against the ridiculous blast of pressure his body was just subjected to. His vision was spotty, his ears were ringing, he was certain he wouldn't be able to smell anything for a weak, and he would smell like...oh the mare was dead.

Rising to his hooves unsteadily he removed the size spell and stumbled off of the bed, hitting the floor muzzle-first with a solid thud. There were some voices, but they were too muffled to hear. Shaking the fall off, he stumbled towards Celestia. The white mare was too busy getting an earful from Luna to notice his approach.

A spell washed over him before a set of black hooves pulled him back. Chrysalis began speaking, but he couldn't hear a word she was saying. Shaking his head at her, he motioned to his ears.

Chrysalis' muzzle scrunched and she seized up a bit. The queen then started speaking to the two other mares. Ares turned and saw them listening before looking to him. Celestia's mouth moved, emitting a burble of noise but once more he couldn't understand a word she said.

He shook his head, and all three fell over laughing.

The stallion's eyes narrowed on Celestia.

'Next time Tia wants to do that size thing and sit under me, I'm eating burritos. With a side of refried beans and some kimchi. And I'm not getting up.'

Powering up an old healing spell, one he hadn't used in decades, Ares directed it over his ears. His hearing was finally coming back when the mares were settling down.

"You do know that I'll remember this, Tia. You remember that game you found you liked, where you get to sit under the weight of my balls? I'm not going to let you escape."

Celestia snickered, wiping a tear from her eyes.

"I'm sorry Ares. It was too good of an opportunity. I'll never do it again, I swear."

He didn't flinch.

"It's fine, I'll only take my revenge on you once. And the best part? You won't know when it's coming. You're going to be basking like you were and suddenly boom, the world shakes around you. No warning, no where to go. Just you, me, and a platter of burritos."

The pink-maned mare chuckled again, though her smile had dropped a bit.

"I'll just have to make do, in that case. I'm not going to avoid my new favorite spot because of a threat."

"Just give me a warning," Chrysalis giggled, leaning her head against his neck. "I don't want to get caught up in it."

"Oh don't worry, I wouldn't let my favorite little changeling get hurt in the crossfire," Ares said, shifting around the queen and pulling her into his barrel. "I only punish mares who make me use healing spells and your biting doesn't leave nearly enough damage to require a healing spell."

Celestia gave a Luna a shove with a wing.

"Come on Lulu, you're the only one who hasn't done something with him. It's your turn."

"It has to be with him at a smaller size, too," Chrysalis added, basking in the affection of the stallion.

"I came up with the kissing thing, Tia played the part of a squishy trampoline-" Celestia scoffed at the description" now you have to come up with something."

"I have no desire to play with a stallion that's not even half my size," Luna said, her nose turned up. "What's the point? It's not like he could do anything for me."

"If she's not comfortable with it, let her be. It's not for everyone," Ares said, trying to calm Chrysalis and Celestia. It didn't seem to work though as they both gave Luna wide grins.

'Uh-oh'

"Oh, so that's it. Luna's become an old mare when we weren't looking!" the larger mare said, smiling widely.

"Oh indeed, no longer can she keep up. I dare say she has become...tame in her old age."

"Now that's not what I meant at all and you girls know it-"

"It's fine Luna, I'm certain we can find a nice, warm bed for you to rut on like a normal, boring mare," Chrysalis added.

Ares winced. Luna took shit like that from no mare.

"Fine!" Luna barked, seething with anger. "You want a dirty idea, we'll give it to you."

Luna hit Ares with the shrink spell and it took all of his willpower to not shrug it off. Instead he mentally prepared every barrier spell and shielding technique he knew of. Luna jumped onto the bed and sat down, floating Ares up to her muzzle. He was about the size of an apple by his estimate and Luna was breathing slowly to calm herself. She kissed him, using a bit more force to slide him into her mouth and began to run her tongue all over his body. With only his legs sticking out of her lips, she began running her tongue back and forth, dragging it over his sheath with each pass. The stallion bucked, his legs jerking and probably giving Celestia and Chrysalis a good idea of what was going on. The tongue pulled back under him, the tip running over his hardening member before continuing on its path. He felt Luna swallow but she held his legs, merely squishing him between her broad tongue and the roof of her mouth.

Seemingly satisfied, Luna took him out and observed her work.

"Good, that should work."

She cast another spell on him, this to allow him to breath without interference. Standing up, she lowered her head and levitated him around to her flanks.

Ares stared in awe at the sight he was given. Celestia's flanks were gorgeous as they rolled over him in a doughy wave, but right now he was staring down the midnight flower of Luna's sex. She floated him closer, rubbing him gently against the tear-drop marehood and he could smell, see, and now feel the first hints of her arousal from the contact. It was amazing, even better than being smothered in the soft flesh of the white alicorn's ass. He licked at the folds and began to run his hooves over whatever he could reach, causing Luna to gasp in surprise.

"We-I didn't expect you to...enjoy this. It was a spur of the moment idea," Luna called back to him.

She stopped rubbing him against her and allowed him to work. Weakening her telekinetic grip with a bit of his own magic he flew lower, beginning to grind his dick against her clit. The mare cried out at the sudden pleasure and her grip redoubled, driving him even harder against her button.

Ares humped against the mare's weakness, looking into the gaping abyss that was pulsing in front of him. A wink drove a small deluge of marecum over him, increasing his arousal even further. Just when he thought it wasn't going to get any better, Luna lifted him slightly and shoved him inside of her.

The canal instantly clamped down on his body, pulsing and massaging around him while Luna held his rear legs. An echoing moan left the blue alicorn's lips, reaching him even in her depths. What little he could see in the darkness set him off even more.

The walls were slick with feminine arousal, the fluids being smeared over him with every beat of her heart. He could hear that as well, somewhere far ahead. The smell was overwhelming, leaving nothing but a scent that he could only describe as Luna. Every few seconds she would clench, gripping tightly against him.

He felt Luna pull him back slightly and realized the mare's muscular contractions were drawing him deeper. Grinning broadly, he began to wriggle and lick as much as he could. Luna clamped down again, this time losing her grip on him and pulling the male deeper into her body. He heard her swear and began to spread herself to try and pull him out but he pulsed his own magic, setting off a variety of nerves deep inside the mare's sex. His perspective shifted, Luna having fallen to her side as her body spasmed from the wonderful sensations filling her. Another contraction and he was pulled even deeper. Unable to see anymore, he lit his horn. Not too far ahead was Luna's cervix. It was sealed tight as the midnight mare not currently in heat. Squirming closer to the wall of flesh and muscle he began pulsing magic as much as his could, getting several more spasms from his host and increasing the amount of fluids he was pushing through as a reward.

Squirming closer to his goal while setting off several more flares of magic to keep Luna shuddering in ecstasy, he gave a long lick to the mare's cervical wall. Another spasm rocked the mare, this time including a muffled shout of pleasure followed a soft whine from far ahead of him. The muscles around him were pulsing almost rhythmically now, so her orgasm couldn't be far away. Giving one last, longer pulse of magic and driving his tongue against the closed cervix, the mare clenched down on him and screamed.

Celestia, standing beside a drooling Chrysalis, was staring in shock as Luna's wings continued to twitch. Ares was sitting in a large puddle of marecum beside her tail, a dazed look of happiness on his face while Luna was panting hard, the blue alicorn's eyes staring ahead unseeing.

Whatever they'd thought of Luna's idea, it seemed to have worked better than any of them had anticipated. Not only that...

"That was hot...I want to do it next time," Chrysalis mumbled. Celestia nodded in agreement, staring at the grinning form of her herd's male. The stallion was sporting a powerful erection at the moment, a sign that not only was it enjoyable for the mare, but he liked it as well. With results like that, it would likely get onto their list of "Enjoyed kinks," possibly on the one they all shared.

Trotting over to her nightstand Celestia opened her top drawer and pulled out her box of toys. She opened it, levitated out a notebook and wrote down all of the spells needed, then trotted over to the bed with a large dildo in her magic.

"Coin flip for who gets Ares while he's still sporting and who gets the toy. Winner has to keep the loser's dildo moving."

Chrysalis nodded, flipping a coin into the air.

"Heads."

"Tails I guess...aw poo," the white mare pouted, watching as the queen happily trotted to the bed with her tail fully raised.

The spells on Ares were removed and Chrysalis took her place, immediately being grabbed by the still soaked and only-half-there male. She received a powerful thrust the second he had a grip on her, causing her to squeal in delight.

Celestia jumped onto the bed, allowing her herdmate to toy her while she daydreamed of their next playdate. Maybe another food day was in order? Add in the size spell and they could swim in a bowl of chocolate pudding.

'Yes, that sounds like, ~hah~ fun.'

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The herd sat under the night sky several nights later, enjoying the first naturally occurring meteorite shower in recorded history. They were all pressed together while sitting on a blanket, Luna against Ares right, Celestia on his right and Chrysalis sleeping on his back. It was a bit disappointing but she'd been warned they would be staying up late tonight. There would be other showers in the future, as well. The important thing was they were sharing this experience together.

There was actually an even better spot they were planning to use, but Star Struck had been given access to it. Hoping to impress his date, he'd followed Ares' advice and offered a quick meal before heading to a plateau the herd had sectioned off years ago. It had taken a lot of coaxing to prevent the curious and excited mothers from trying to spy on the date, but Star Struck was going to be given a full opportunity. Either he'd get the alicorn mare's attention, or he'd have to be more assertive and outright ask her out another time. Whichever way it turned out, the family would allow him to succeed or fail by his own merits.

The herd pressed in against each other, watching as the first falling stars began to arrive.

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Sometime the next day, Luna was in her lab working on another set of spells. Not for the bedroom this time, unfortunately. No, this set was something Ares had requested. Identification arrays that could be etched onto armor. It was simple at first, but then things kept occurring to her. Could the armor be stolen? What if a minotaur tried taking the armor from a griffon or pony? What if only the etched part of the armor, like a pauldron, was being worn? What if, what if, what if...

She was drawn from her musings as Twilight walked over to her own workspace, a deep blush on her face as well as a scowl darkening her features.

"Did you enjoy the show last night?" Luna asked, hoping to start a conversation.

"I-yes I did. It was a very beautiful thing to watch. I know you did a few of those when you still had control over the night sky, but that was...to know it was all natural, that it was something that was occurring without the influence of ponies and that it occurs on other planets as well, it was something special for sure," Twilight answered, much of her anger fading at the memory.

Luna raised an eyebrow but pushed on.

"I heard you went to see it with Star Struck."

"That, I don't know why he keeps pestering me. I mean, he's very smart and all, and he likes magic and science and he's sweet and handsome-" Twilight suddenly cut herself off, blushing deeply.

"I didn't even think of it as a date until the end. He said he had fun, then he asked if he could kiss me. I-I froze. I'd never been on a date before and some colt managed to sneak me into one."

The purple mare's eyes narrowed as she focused on Luna.

"You guys didn't set him up, did you?"

"No. Star Struck has been watching you for a while, Twilight. He increased his focus in school, done his best to advance his magical and scientific studies, learned all he could about the night sky and stargazing, and he did it all once he started to notice mares. Do you know why? Because one mare in particular caught his eye. A mare who loves stargazing, is a prodigy in magic and science, and is an absolute genius. All Ares did was suggest dinner at that bistro on eleventh street. I suggested using our personal plateau for the outing. There, see? I didn't even call it a date!" Luna said, laughing at her coworker.

"He's not going to stop unless you go up to him and say you don't want to be with him, Twilight. If nothing else, go on a few dates to learn how it is done. You are still relatively young for an alicorn, this is the time to make silly mistakes and have fun."

Twilight buried her muzzle in her hooves.

"I don't know, I knew him as a foal. I was there when he was born, for pity's sake!"

"You are also just shy of thirty years older than him. When the two of you have become three hundred and two hundred and seventy, respectively, how much is a few decades? What about when you reach a thousand years? It's not as big of a difference as you may believe. Celestia is over five hundred years older than Ares, who is about nine hundred and twenty while Chrysalis is only about two hundred now. My own age is questionable, since I don't recall much of my banishment. We place me at about six or seven hundred to be safe. That's how old I am after you subtract the banishment.

Donning her best maternal smile, she looked to the flustered mare.

"Age is a relative thing to an alicorn, Twilight. Don't let it influence your decisions too much."

Turning back to her work, Luna grinned and looked over her shoulder to Twilight.

"Besides, you have no idea how wonderful it is to have a willing stallion around during your heat. Add in the sound of young foals scampering around your home..."

Luna looked out the window with a smile on her face. It was about that time again. With Star Struck and Lancing Nova becoming adults, she was ready and willing to suffer the discomforts of pregnancy again if it meant tiny, adorable foals under her wings.

Looking back to Twilight one last time, she saw the mare deep in thought, worrying her lip and tapping a pencil against her jaw. Luna only hoped the world was ready for the offspring of Twilight Sparkle, because it was very possible that Twilight herself wasn't ready for her own children.

(Im)mortality

Twilight knew this day was coming. She knew it would happen eventually, had even been given plenty of warning unlike with her parents. As even Celestia had warned her though, knowing something and experiencing it were two different things.

Shining Armor's health had been in decline for a long while. At almost two centuries he was no spring chicken and he knew it. His affairs had long ago been put in order and he'd had many conversations with both Cadance and his children as well as with the alicorns of Fortitude. They all knew it was coming, but it still hurt.

He'd passed quietly in the night, his family and friends present in his shared bedroom in the Crystal Palace. Celestia had held both Cadance and Twilight, being the closest thing to a mother either had left. She cried, she drank some water when Celestia had suggested it, she cried some more, and when Celestia offered, she spent the night under her mentor's wing. Cadance...from what Twilight had heard, the alicorn mare was worse off than she was. All her foals, all her friends, even Luna, Ares, and Celestia had been unable to console the grieving widow. Worse yet Cadance had at one point left the palace, though Ares had tagged her with a tracking spell just in case such an event came to pass. He came back with her a day later from what she'd heard, though Cadance had looked like she'd walked through a wood chipper.

Twilight and Cadance had both refused to even try to think of something to say for the eulogy, leaving it to Celestia and Ares. Both had treated the affair with the utmost dignity and respect they could manage. The only point of contention was Chrysalis' presence, something that had been Ares' one request during the preparation. Cadance had been outraged at first, spewing some of the most hateful things Twilight had ever heard. Even more surprising was the changeling's reaction. Or in that case the lack of one. Ares had eventually won out and Chrysalis was allowed to be present but it was a very near thing.

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Twilight nodded along mindlessly as Celestia spoke. She already knew most of the accomplishments the older mare was attributing to her brother. She'd been present for more than a few, after all. The white alicorn finished her long litany of accomplishments and strengths, ending with the ever-popular statement that she was happy to have known him.

'I think she said the same thing at mom and dad's funerals,' Twilight thought with a bit of disdain. Perhaps that was how Celestia did it. She went on auto-pilot, allowing her years of practice to guide her actions so that she didn't have to think too much about the loss. Or maybe she was overthinking things. Ares said she did that pretty often. Maybe it was just the number. After seeing so many ponies you knew pass away, maybe it just hurt less.

"It doesn't hurt less. She's just delaying her emotions until she can find a private place to grieve."

Jerking at the sudden intrusion, the purple alicorn was surprised to find it was Chrysalis of all ponies that was speaking to her.

"I can still feel it. I can still taste it. Luna and Ares weren't as close to him as Celestia was, but even they taste of bitter sorrow. Luna does at least. Ares takes death...differently from ponies. Make no mistake, he is saddened by the loss but he accepts death as a part of life. We've had a few conversations on the topic actually. It may be surprising to hear but he still hasn't come to terms with his immortality. Unlike yourself, he was removed from the same world as his family before he became immortal. He didn't see those of his blood age and die. He regrets it sometimes."

"How the hay can a pony regret not watching their family die?" Twilight hissed in shock as Ares approached the lectern beside her brothers casket.

The queen cocked her head slightly.

"Do you ever visit the graves of your parents?"

"Of course I do, I do it every...oh."

"Ares assumes that after several hundred years his family is dead but he really has no idea. Perhaps time flows differently for us, perhaps if he were to find his own home out there in the endless void he would arrive the day he disappeared. He doesn't know. As such you have something he may never have, Twilight Sparkle. Closure. The grief will pass in time but even Celestia and Luna can confirm their parents have passed. And while I don't hold the same connection to my mother as most species, I believe I will... I think I will miss Pulmonus. She has been good to me. She taught me things about my species I'd never known, kept me calm during my first few weeks in Metrocity, and helped me make sense of the ways ponies think. She has been without a doubt the closest thing to your definition of a mother I've ever known."

Twilight nodded in understanding. While the queen's refusal to have her body healed by magic and her desire to pass on was a totally alien concept to her when she'd first met the mare, Twilight believed she was beginning to understand. Not fully of course, the changeling queen made even Celestia seem young by comparison in spite of neither of them giving her a number to measure their comparative ages by. The changeling queen had already experienced motherhood, nearly from the moment she became a queen. And no matter the reason for their meetings, Pulmonus had always seemed...tired. The old queen was always tired, like she was just exhausted with the very idea of life.

'Like Celestia was after Canterlot.'

Twilight felt bad letting her mind wander like this. She felt like she should be focused on her brother, what his passing meant. But she'd spent too many days on it already. She was tired of crying. Cadance was as well, come to think of it. The mare didn't cry, she just looked tired. Tired like Celestia was before Ares had officially announced his plans to court her(on her birthday no less). Tired like Pulmonus was each time Twilight saw the changeling sitting in the library, gazing at the stars while talking to ponies who weren't there.

Twilight's ear twitched. Ares was approaching the end of his eulogy. He usually had some little tidbit that she would bethinking over afterwards. What would it be this time?

"Moving has always been hardest for those who are left behind. This pertains not only to moving to a new home, but those who leave us behind on their journey to what lies beyond," Ares said from the front, bowing his head and calling for silence.

Twilight smiled a bit at that. He'd offered that bit to her two days ago, citing it as a bit of alien wisdom that ponies never discovered on their own. She always enjoyed getting him to talk about what little he remembered of his home, be it some strange tech he was adamant used no magic or some disaster their current projects reminded him of. It wasn't just her, either. The stallion had come down hard on both her trans-dimensional portal and Luna's bacteria that would quickly repair damage to a body and even protect it from sickness in the future.

He'd grilled her mercilessly on hundreds of scenarios, from poisonous atmospheres to hostile aliens to opening a portal to a vacuum, if she wasn't able to account for everything he threw at her he wouldn't let her open a portal. She'd gotten mad of course, not seeing what the big deal was when Luna had laughed at her anger. Her own project had been shut down, but for some reason she bore the stallion no ill will.

"Tell me, Twilight sparkle. Have you never read fiction? There are at least seven stories that I have read in the last week by his recommendation, all end-of-the-world stories based on a super virus or sickness that was made by mortal beings that wiped out civilization. He has also spoken of your project. He had already seen one world he thought to be myth, a story that was heralded as fiction. If that world existed even in that twisted form, others may as well. The Flood, the Zerg, Tyranids, Chaos-spawn, zombie viruses, the Forced Evolution Virus, or the Reapers. All of these could be waiting on the other side of that portal, and every single one of them could end the world as we know it. While the prospect of exploring these worlds is interesting, we must be cautious not to damn our own world in our carelessness."

That had been an interesting month. After her conversation with Luna she'd asked Ares what those creatures or diseases were and he'd explained it in as much detail as he could. He had mused later on that it hadn't been his best idea.

Twilight had thrown herself into a panicked race to find counters to as many disasters as possible, worrying that her project may have already signaled some of these monsters to their world. It was almost a week later that Ares had walked into her lab and dragged her to the herd's bathroom, where Luna and Celestia had scrubbed her down before making her eat and go to bed. When her panicked attempts to reason with the alicorn's had failed, she'd teleported back to her lab after inhaling a quick meal.

That hadn't been acceptable.

Ares, this time flanked by the two alicorn mares, once more walked into her lab and threw a dampener on her horn. Luna hit her with a sleep spell and that was the end of it. Twilight woke up three days later with a pounding headache, a really dry throat, and a note stating that the herd had locked her lab until further notice. After three attempts to get into the lab her brother had shown up, absolutely furious.

"What the hay do you think you're doing?" Shining Armor yelled, his eyes blazing as he stomped up to his sister.

"I have to fix this!" Twilight had shouted right back, her pupils nearly pinpricks. "There are things out there, so many things that could go wrong! If we don't have a way to stop them-"

Shining armor shook his head.

"Twilight, you're killing yourself over something that can't be helped. Have you looked in the mirror lately? Celestia left that dampener on you for your own safety! You went a full week without even eating or sleeping! When they finally decided to force the issue, you went right back to your lab!"

"This is more important than that!" Twilight argued. "What are we going to do if monsters show up in Equestria? What happens if hyper ninja killer alien space zombies of doom fall from the sky tomorrow? We have to do something, I have to do something!"

"Twilight, it's literally impossible to cover every scenario that could possibly occur, especially when you start taking into consideration the fact that according to Ares some worlds may not even have magic. They may even be immune to magic or explosively allergic to it, WE DON'T KNOW! We can't! It doesn't help anypony if you drive yourself mad trying to do the impossible!"

Twilight sputtered, her anger not fading in the slightest.

"So you're siding with them? Over your sister?"

"I trust them to watch over you when I can't," he answered, his voice becoming softer. "I trust them to watch you when I won't be able to."

"What does...BBBFF?"

The stallion sighed, stepping closer and parting his mane. Twilight wasn't certain what he was trying to show her at first, then she finally saw it. His mane was dyed.

"What does that have to do with...oh no. No no no no-"

"Twilie, I know you haven't been paying attention. It's painful, I get it. Cadie gets the same way sometimes. But I won't be here forever. Celestia's the oldest pony I know and she almost gave up. She told me herself that if it wasn't for Luna and Ares she wouldn't have had the strength to go on anymore, not after Canterlot."

"I'm not telling you to join their herd," he dismissed, smiling softly as he pulled her into a hug. "Just remember that they're there in case you need them. They love you, even if you don't care about them in that way. I want you to watch out for Cadance, too. I've tried talking to her about this, but she won't hear it. She's, I'm scared for her, Twilie. Just help Celestia, Luna and Ares watch her, okay? And don't be afraid to talk to them if you need to."

The stallion had harped on her consistently about seeking others and not letting herself become a shut-in again, especially considering her one friend from that time was reaching the end of his life. Shining wouldn't always be there to drag her out to the park or get on her case about her lack of a social life. She'd even heard him charging the alicorn herd with her care on several occasions, to her embarrassment.

"Shiny always did put others before himself," she whispered.

"Indeed. That's why he asked Celestia and Luna to keep a close eye on your sister in law and you for at least the first few weeks," Chrysalis answered quietly. "We have all dealt with loss, Sparkle."

Twilight nodded as Ares stepped down and ponies began to approach to pay their respects. Everyone but Cadance, who was already leaving.

"I know. It doesn't make it any easier."

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Ares walked down a darkened hallway of his home, knocking on a door and sitting down to wait. It didn't take long for his son to open it, the stallion looking both surprised and curious.

"Something you need, dad?"

The older alicorn smiled.

"I'd like to talk. You're not doing anything important right now, are you?"

"Uh, not really," Star muttered. "Come on in."

Ares walked in behind Star, looking about the room as his son walked back to a mirror. The foals of the herd all kept rooms in the home, even if Lancing only used hers once in a blue moon. Star was currently beginning his studying of other planets and how to colonize them. A long term study to be certain but after being given so many stories of space-age civilizations the colt had made his decision. He'd put a mortal pony on the moon and give them the means to make a living up there.

Watching his son sitting in front of the mirror and citing the laws of magic under his breath Ares knew the kid was stressed. A small box on the vanity told him all he needed to know.

"Life's got a hell of a way of screwing us over with timing, doesn't it?"

Star slowed in his mumbling, opening an eye and noticing his father's focus. Deciding to keep quiet, he merely nodded.

"You were going to ask her, weren't you? On that date?"

Once more star nodded, a shudder of grief going through his form.

"I, I'd been working myself up for it for almost four months. I have the things, the-the ring, the feather and the bangle like you got for momma Tia, I was going to do it after the date, but-"

"But news reached her first," Ares finished, nodding sadly. "Did you know that Tia and I were both insane when we first met?"

The colt looked at him in confusion and he grinned.

"If either of us had been in our right minds we could have helped each other. I would have served under her, helping to guard her and her ponies, and I would have had a purpose and people who would help me adjust to a new world. As it was we were both too broken. She was still fighting the grief of losing her sister and I was still trying to come to terms with what was happening. I'd been stuck in that place for...I think it was almost eighty years. It doesn't sound like much, but I went in very much a mortal. I find a way out, freedom, and the first thing that happened was they imprisoned me for questioning. I went from an island prison to a jail cell. From what I read later on they thought I was a raving madpony and Celestia decided it was safer to banish me from Equestria than to deal with me, so she did. I hated her, she thought I was insane. Almost six hundred years later and we're in a relationship, happy."

"So the moral of the story is I still have to wait a couple hundred years?" Star snorted in irritation before flattening his ears. "Sorry."

"The difference is that you and Twilight are both of sound mind, even if one is currently grieving. You also both have a loving family to support you in this time. Tia and I had neither."

Pulling the smaller alicorn into a hug, Ares rustled Star's mane with a bit of magic.

"Give her a few days, maybe a few months to recover, Star. After that try another date. Believe it or not you're a solid part of her life. She talks to Luna all the time about what you two do on your dates, about how much she's enjoyed them. You could even ask to take her somewhere on Saturday, just to get her out and about. When you feel she's recovered, ask her. I'm sure Chrysie would be happy to tell you when her grief has subsided if you're not certain yourself."

Star Struck nodded, sniffling slightly before he smiled.

"I suppose I should visit the grave. I though he'd almost planned it, you know. Like Shining had decided he had to get one last lick in..."

"Don't think ill of the dead," Ares cautioned. "Remember them however you will, but always do your best to move on. I've told you and your sisters this a lot, haven't I?"

"You have," Star said. "I know it's wrong, but I just...it doesn't change how I feel."

"Twilight's only just seen her brother laid to rest today, Star. She'll want someone to talk to, someone besides Tia and Luna. It doesn't even have to be dates, just talk to her. This is when you learn the most about someone. Both how an individual reacts to bad situations, as well as who's going to be there for you when you need them. Don't leave that mare wondering where you were when she was at her lowest. I'll pluck you myself if you do. No son of mine's going to be thought of as a coward."

The colt chuckled at the threat, having heard similar threats growing up. Ares often used them to underline something he thought was important. Taking a steadying breath, Star Struck nodded.

"Maybe coffee on Saturday followed by a reading session."

Ares nodded.

"You were worried she'd never even look at you as an adult, Star. Now you're upset that you were a few hours away from asking her to marry you. It's progress, even if this set you back. Just remember it's an opportunity as well. A way to show her that you're not just there for the good."

"For better and for worst," the younger stallion said, leaning closer to his father. "Thanks dad."

In Sickness and In Health

"Twilight Sparkle! A most grave situation has made itself known to us!"

Twilight nearly jumped out of her seat as Luna exploded into the room, nearly breaking the door down in her speed as well as shouting loud enough for the larger alicorn's voice to echo in the enclosed area of Twilight's private study-room.

"W-what? What's wrong?"

"Tis Star Struck. Poor colt, he has been struck down by a sickness most foul. Ares, Celestia and myself must attend a conference elsewhere and as such can not administer to him in his time of weakness. Please, Twilight, will you care for him? I cannot stand the thought of him being left to the cruel tides of fate while we are away."

Twilight stared blankly as she tried to process the request. Taking care of...

"What? Why me? What about Nova?"

"Away on a mission, sadly," Luna lamented. "Chrysalis will be staying but she still has no knowledge of pony sickness while you have both dealt with it yourself as well as cared for another."
Taking Twilight's hooves in her own, Luna stared pleadingly into the younger mare's eyes.
"Will you do this for us, Twilight? It would mean so much to Tia and I!"

Twilight worried her lip as her conflicting emotions made themselves known. On the one hoof, she and Star had grown fairly close. She knew Celestia became giddy whenever they went to lunch or some other event, and she knew the colt...no, she knew the young stallion had been smitten with her for years. He'd grown into a handsome male who was intelligent enough to hold an extended conversation with her, something most ponies, sometimes even her mentor Celestia, fell short on. To be able to care for him, it would be like...an extended date!

On the other hoof it was taking care of a sick pony. She'd never been the best, only barely making due when she'd had to care for Spike the few times he'd gotten an illness(mostly scale-mites). She knew she could do it, but for the life of her she couldn't understand why Luna would be asking this of her.
"I could, I mean I guess I could. If nobody else is available. It's not something I have to worry about catching is it?"

Luna smiled brightly.
"Oh, fear not Twilight. We have something that should help with that. It has been treated to resist illness."

"Oh, well in that case I don't see why not. I mean, if you can't find anybody else, I'd be happy to-"

"Splendid! If you could follow me we'll get you properly prepared."

Before she could give a word of apprehension, Luna had whisked her out the door.

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Star wasn't sure what to expect when he'd heard someone would be taking care of him during his illness. With his parents leaving for a global leaders conference and Nova on another mission for Dad, he thought he'd get stuck with Aunt Chrysalis as his caretaker. The mare was wonderful and according to everyone he spoke to had come a long way since her first appearance in Canterlot years ago but she still didn't seem to understand the strengths and weaknesses of those who's bodies ran on food and water. Trying to get her to care for an ill individual was an act of desperation, one that usually ended up with both the changeling and the individual, last one being his father, irritated and miserable.

A knock at his door stopped him from going on a hunt for more tissues or worse yet, trying to use magic to signal someone. The last use of magic had resulted in an hour-long migraine and the alicorn was in no hurry to experience that again.

"Good morning!" Twilight said happily, walking In The door with a cart of tissues, a jug of orange juice, a few hoof-friendly glasses, and...
Star's brain tripped as the mare followed the cart in the door, dressed in something he swore came out of one of those adult shops in the lower district. Or he would, if the damned outfit didn't fit the mare like a second skin. Sure it was an outfit for a nurse but...no nurse in their right mind would wear something like that. The stockings that went just over her knees were stark white, as was most of the clothes the mare wore. There was a simple nurse hat set upon her head as well, a cheery smile on her face as she pushed the cart.

"Now, Luna asked me to take care of you while they were gone and I agreed. After all, I'd hate to leave you to Chrysalis' tender mercies. First things first. Taking your temperature."

Star's eyes widened as he saw the thermometer the mare pulled out.

"Now according to the books I read, the most accurate way to take somebody's temperature is with a thermometer inserted just inside the rectal orifice-"

"You are NOT sticking that thing in my butt," Star rasped, giving the mare a flat stare.

"Don't be such a baby, I brought swabs and a bit of lubricant to make certain it's a totally painless process!"

"I don't need to know my tempur-hachoo!"

"Hmm, luckily I brought several boxes of tissue. I also brought water, juice, and some toast. Did you know the body loses a lot of resources through expelled mucus alone? Not to mention sweating during a fever and the lack of hunger. It's possible to become malnourished and dehydrated very quickly."

Star accepted the tissues but swatted away the hoof that was trying to take his blanket.
"I said no. The difference is less then a degree in margin of error, and a single degree isn't going to tell you I have a, a flu versus a cold. It also doesn't help when I already know what I have."

"But-but I had a full list of things I was going to do to take care of you!"

Star frowned in exasperation.
"So your checklist is more important than my comfort?"

He'd had more than enough time to learn what would stop her checklist rants. While the look of embarrassment and shame wasn't pleasant to see, neither was the path those rants usually lead to. In this case, the path of Twilight shoving a thermometer up his tail-hole.
"While I'm glad you remembered to bring lubricant, I'm not into that kind of stuff. Some painkillers and decongestant will work fine."

"Into- Star!"

"Don't give me that! You're the one, cough, that came into my room wearing something like that!"

"I'll have you know that this outfit is not only representative of healers the world over but specially treated to resist whatever sickness you've contracted!"

"Resists...great, it resists it. Does it protect you, though?" Star asked with an irritated scowl.

"Of course it does. Why would...oh no. Oh no, no no no. She wouldn't, they wouldn't...they would. Celestia and Luna would absolutely do that to me."

"Don't get me wrong, Twilight. You look drop dead gorgeous in it, but you've been bamboozled. Again."

Twilight stared at the wall for a few moments as her brain ran through all the alternatives but couldn't come up with one. With a sigh she used a bit of magic to take the stallion's tissue-pile and put it in a nearby trashcan.
"Well I guess I'll just have to take good care of you so you know just what I expect from you while you're taking care of me."

"Should I also include the rectal thermometer?" He asked.

Twilight stared at him, scowling.
"Yes."

The sly grin fell from his face.
"You want me to stick something up your butt...even though you already know what it is you have and there are other ways to take your temperature."

"It's the most accurate way!"

"...I think you've been hanging around Mom-Luna too much."

"It's not a kink!" the mare defended.

Star Struck rolled his eyes.
"Whatever you say, Twilight. I'm not judging though. I hear plenty of weird stuff from my sister. A mare asking to have something shoved up there is pretty low on the list of things she's told me about."

Twilight poured a glass of juice, giving it to her charge before pouring another for herself. After a sip, she looked at him.
"You...don't think it's weird?"

Star blinked, still mid-sip of his orange juice. Finishing the glass, he sighed.
"Not weird. Not what I'm into but...no, it's not weird. As long as you don't expect me to pleasure you with a thermometer, it doesn't bother me."

"That's...good. I never really mentioned things around the girls. Especially not Dash; I'd never hear the end of it. Applejack made that mistake once and it was all she'd talk about for the next month."

"Well, I guess I should be willing to at least listen to them," Star chuckled. "Maybe some day we can even try a few."

Twilight went beet-red for a moment, realizing who she'd been speaking to. It faded though, a strange calm feeling rolling over her.
"Maybe. In the meantime, I'll just have to take good care of you."

Twilight began moving about, fluffing his pillow and adjusting his blankets, generally doing things she thought would be considered 'taking care of a sick pony'. She then walked back to her cart, ducking under it and rummaging around for something.

Star's ears burned red as he found his eyes stuck to the mare's rump. She didn't seem to realize it, but her flicking tail was leaving him with views of the perfectly formed panties that went with the outfit, as well as the impression of two very noticeable bulges under her tail.

Twilight turned around, having found her stethoscope, and turned to see Star trying to look anywhere but at her. Seeing the slight rise under the blanket, Twilight giggled.
"I suppose I can skip blood pressure. I wouldn't get a good reading at the moment anyway."

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"But I wanted a nurse," Twilight giggled from the comfort of her own bed. She watched Star roll in a cart while resting in her own bed on her back, a warm blanket nicely settled on her lower body.
As Star had predicted, the outfit hadn't done anything to protect her from the illness. Now it was her turn to be sick, but it wasn't all bad. Now she had the freshly recovered stallion to watch over her.

"Well I can't fit into your outfit and I wasn't going to ask mom where she got yours. I would be a doctor anyway," Star said, using a quick illusion spell to add a coat and glasses. "Besides, doctors are sexy too."

"Oh, they certainly are," Twilight tittered, her cheeks flushing. She felt a little warm, but that was probably the fever.

"Ok, so we have your maintenance list right here. Step one, tissues."
The stallion gathered all the used tissues and disposed of them, tying off the trash bag afterwards.
"Step two, fluids."

Twilight watched with a smile as he refilled her water glass, then swapped out the pitcher with a fresh one. He lifted her in a field of magic, quickly changing out her sweaty sheets and blankets for clean ones, then turned back to his list.

"Drink, sheets, blankets...towel," he added the last bit as he placed a cool rag on her forehead, much to her delight. "Also have some chicken noodle soup. Dad's recipe, or as close as he could get."

"Chicken? As in the bird?"

"No, as in the leafy-yes chicken the bird," Star said, rolling his eyes. "I think it tastes fine. You can stomach it, as can most ponies even if they don't know they can. Chicken for protein to help your body repair, there's some good vitamins and minerals in there amidst all the vegetables and spices, and it's easy on the stomach."
"Before we get to lunch though, we need to take your temperature."

Twilight's eyes widened as he pulled out the thermometer. It was exactly the same type as the one she'd brought in, and the stallion began breathing on it and holding it in his hooves to warm it up.

"Don't want to stick a cold thermometer up there, do we?"

"N-no, no we don't."

She watched him apply a generous portion of lubricant and smear it over the thermometer before he looked to her.
"Well?"

Twilight squirmed a little before nodding. He moved to the bottom of her bed, lifting her blanket up and staring for a second. She could see a blush on his face even as she felt her own coming in harder.
'He's doing it, oh my stars he's looking right at me and I want him to-'

A squeak left her muzzle as he touched it against her rear entrance, the head of the device pressing into her flesh. In spite of his attempts it was still cold, leaving her muscles clenching in surprise.

"Come on, relax. I don't want to try to shove this in," he chided.

Twilight nodded, relaxing her ring and feeling the small rod push into her. She clenched around it, feeling the insertion with her muscular ring and staring at the ceiling. She just had to keep calm. It wasn't sexy, even if a handsome stallion was currently shoving something into her. Not sexy at all.

'I can't believe I'm doing this.'
Star stared at the mare's lower lips, a slight gleam to them even in the darkened room. He could see them perfectly, the tender flesh that called to some primal part of his brain. The dark ring with a thermometer sticking out of it wasn't really his thing, but at the moment he found his brain offering images of himself lodging his shaft into either orifice. Of the mare before him quivering and moaning and he mounted her.

He'd considered against it. He'd considered just bringing in a regular thermometer and making fun of her for wanting this but she seemed to be happy about this. Too happy, actually. She was currently staring at the ceiling, the slight sheen on her labia intensifying slightly. He worried his lip, nervous as he lit his horn with a bit of magic. Breathing in her deepening scent, he gripped the thermometer and shifted it deeper inside, pushing it firmly into the inner walls of her body.

Twilight gasped at the sudden movement, looking to him in embarrassment and curiosity.

"The reading seems kind of low for this fever, I want to make certain it's good."

Twilight nodded.
"Could you um, try the lower section? I heard that's the, the best spot."

Star stared at her, slowly shifting the thermometer until it was pressing up a new spot, his eyes fixated on Twilight's look of excitement.
'She's getting excited by this. She is totally getting excited by this. Why? This doesn't even make sense. It's not big, it's not even half as raunchy as the things my parents get into. Why is this a thing?'

'Why do I have an erection from this?'

He leaned closer, the scent of the mare increasing as he neared her sex. He could just barely make out her clit, still mostly hidden by the swelling outer lips. He just, he wanted to-

He heard Twilight gasp as his tongue ran over her sex. He licked again, looking up to see her staring at him in shock. At first he thought she was getting ready to yell at him, but it wasn't what she had in mind.

"D-don't stop. Do it again. Do it again, Doctor Struck."

He stared at her for a moment, her wording striking him as odd. Then he realized what she wanted. It was still weird, but if it made the mare he wanted more than anything happy, he could deal with a little weird.
Giving another slow lick of her swelling lips and shifting the thermometer again, he jumped onto the bed with her. He saw her eyes latch on to his own arousal but didn't say anything. Instead he used a bit more magic to spread her legs fully and pull open her vaginal canal. Shining a light inside, he frowned.
"Looks a little under-lubricated. Have you been drinking enough?"

"I, I have, but I'm sure you can help. You do know how to help me, right Doctor Struck?"

"Of course. I'm fairly certain I know a way that will help."

He dove in, driving his tongue deep into her sex and shivering at the taste. She was on his tongue, in his nose, the mare was all he could perceive at this point. And judging by the way her hooves were now on his muzzle while her thighs were shifting and jerking, Twilight was into it as well.

"Much better," he said a few moments later, coughing a bit as some of her fluids ended up going down the wrong pipe. Not very sanitary, but it wasn't what was on his mind. What was on his mind was the rock-hard stallionhood that was slapping against his belly with every beat of his heart. He looked to Twilight, who looked between her legs with flushed cheeks, staring at the cock that was dripping in need of her body.

"I, Star I will be very upset, if you don't put that thing inside of me right now."

He moved forward quickly, teleporting the thermometer out of his way and pushing himself right up against her sex. He rubbed himself against her a few times, watching their sexes react to the contact with spurts of fluid or shifting and clenching. Then he put a hoof to his dick and rocked forward slightly, his wings splaying as Twilight's folds began parting for his rod.

Twilight mewled, grabbing her pillow and flipping it onto her face even as she rocked against his shaft. It felt so good, and he'd only put the very tip inside of her. With a jerky rocking motion he pushed more into the alicorn mare, feeling her body tensing and shifting with every new attempt at entry.

"Stars, stars stars stars," he heard her chanting. He walked his forelegs up and rested on her belly, beginning to nibble at her neck even as his throbbing shaft slid further into her depths. This was what he wanted, what he'd been pursuing for years. This mare, this moment, this-

Twilight squirmed underneath him as his ring finally slid against her clit, causing her to clench around him tightly. He pushed a little more, a little more. Then he felt his hips meet hers.

He grunted, looking down at the glassy-eyed expression of, of his mare. On a whim he powered his horn, though he found it more difficult at his current level of arousal. Something that he'd expected but never really experienced. He ran his magic over her flanks, squeezing the well-cushioned pillows brought about by hours of studying and lab-time. Then his magic roved between them, causing her eyes to widen. He felt the muscular ring of her ass and pushed a small tendril of magic inside, using a bit of power to pull it open slightly. Then he poured more magic inside her, pressing around inside her body even as he gave another distracted thrust into her body.

"Oh sun and stars, deeper, push the magic deeper inside. Push, I want to feel it-"

He spread his magic along inside of her colon, allowing the tingly field to flow ever deeper even as his dick twitched and throbbed inside of her velvet passage. She clenched again, this time wrapping her hooves around his body desperately. He spread his magic even more inside her and she squealed.

He grunted as her body began to milk him, trying to hold off the orgasm but it was no use. He began shuddering, thrusting into her body even as his body emptied into the alicorn mare on the bed below him. She pulsed around him, pulling him deeper even as their horns sparked. Twilight's eyes rolled back in her head as her body was filled with the sensation of a spell sparking out in tandem with her own orgasm. The world was forgotten, and the purple mare was left staring at the inside of her skull.

For his own part, Star was grunting and panting as he painted the mare's insides, fully claiming her. It felt amazing, but after spending so long seeking this one mare and forsaking all others, he had no experience with sex. The orgasm left him exhausted and he slumped onto her.
'She can, she can have her weird fetishes,' he thought as a grin spread over his face. He nuzzled her cheek and stared at her insensate form, pulling the blanket over them both.
'If I get to see this face every day, I'll adapt.'

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"I don't know why you're surprised," Ares said with a chuckle as he tossed two piles of tissues into a trash bag. "I mean, what did you think would happen?"

Star opened his mouth to respond but only managed a sneeze. Twilight was still sick herself, leaving both alicorns sitting in bed. The same bed, it was to be noted.

"Just be thankful it isn't your mothers that are taking care of you, Star. You too, Twi. You'd never hear the end of it, and you can't run away and hide from them like you usually do."

Twilight just blushed, trying to hide under her blanket.
"I can't believe I did that."

"...do you regret it?" Ares asked, looking over the two younger alicorns with a knowing smile.

Twilight looked to her right, to the other sick pony in the room and a faint smile came to her face. Star was likewise looking to her with a smile. Ares' grin grew as his son managed to wheeze out a 'worth it' before descending into a coughing fit.

"Yea," Twilight agreed, shifting on the bed and wrapping her hooves around her stallion. "It was worth it."

Author's Note

Across the palace, Luna and Celestia let out a shared Huzzah that shatters most of the windows on that side of the castle.

I have a lot of these that are half-done bits and bobs, but I'm trying to finish them. I'd like to have the final main chapter of this story done this year. One that completes this story-arc, even if I don't have all the other ones done. I'll work on it later on.

First or Second Date and The Dating Game

Star Struck stopped while walking down the hallway to his room. There it was again. A faint giggle in the wind, something you could dismiss as your ears playing tricks on you. He knew better though. It usually was followed-

"Whatcha' doin' Struck?" Lancing Nova asked, landing on his back from her hiding place in the rafters.

Having experienced it so many times by now, he continued walking, carrying the mare with him on his way to his room.

"I'm trying to think of what to do now. I managed to take Twilight to the meteorite shower, but I know she wasn't thinking of it as a date. Now that it's over, I want to try something else, something a bit more..."

"Something that is undeniably a date," Nova finished, popping open her brothers door with a burst of magic.

Star nodded.

"Yea, I know you may think it's silly but I just want this to go well."

"Eh, you like her, she...breaths I guess? I've never seen her so much as look at another pony, let alone a stallion. She spends most of her time with her nose stuck in books. From what mom and dad said, sometimes it seems like the only time she notices stallions is when she's in heat. So basically when her biological clock is slapping her around. Otherwise she's completely dedicated to her work.

"Point is, if you like the mare you should go for it. Make sure its a nice place you take her too though. If you end up taking her to the Drunken Clam I'm going to rip you a new one."

Star Struck snorted, shifting to drop his sister off of his back.

"You really think I'm going to take Twilight to a bar for a date?"

"You've done dumber things in the past," she answered nonchalantly.

"I can't believe you're here trying to tell me how to woo a mare," Star said with a shake of his head. "Do you know the first thing about romance?"

The green furred alicorn mare opened her mouth to object, but Star stuck his hoof to her nose to stop her.

"Sleeping with anything that has a pulse, and some creatures where the answer was questionable, does not count as romance."

The mare pouted.

"Just because I enjoy learning about different races in a more...intimate setting doesn't mean I don't know about romance. Did you know diamond dogs consider it romantic to bring a significant other on a tunneling trip? Or that a diamond dog considers giving up one's gems, even to a lover, to be the height of stupidity? What about dragons? Trading treasures, even if its a simple trinket with no real value, is one of the most romantic things you can do for a dragon. Don't even get me started on changelings, if you understand how to focus your emotions you'll be treated like royalty in any hive. That includes a few servants who will see to your every need."

"My sister, everybody. The mare of a thousand lays," the stallion said while gesturing to the bowing female.

"I know it doesn't sound like much, but I do wish you the best, Struck. If anyone can get that mare laid, its you. Her pussy is screaming in anguish, brother," Nova said, laying a foreleg over her eyes dramatically and raising her other in a warding gesture. "Only you may save it from its owners neglect!"

"It doesn't always have to be about sex, you know," he shot back in irritation.

Nova rolled her eyes.

"We're alicorns, we have some of the strongest heats on the planet. It has everything to do with sex. Oh, stay away from mom and dads room in a few years. I think mom's getting that sense of longing again. She's going to be going after dad like a rabid dog soon."

Star nodded.

"Thanks for the warning. So before you go, what would you suggest for a date?"

"I'd go with a night on the town, lots of alcohol and some flowers the next day, but that's just me," Nova said, waving off his scowl. "For you, I'd go with a fancy restaurant, wine and ties, the whole nine yards, and then take a walk in the garden or go see a movie. Talk, be it about science, magic, star charts, whatever gets her tail hitching. That's what you want to do, talk to her, get her to open up a bit. If she starts looking at you as a friend, maybe you can bridge that whole 'I was at your birth and this is weird' thing she's got going on."

Star nodded. According to mom, that was the main issue Twilight was having with his coming on to her. Waving goodbye to his sister, he watched as she disappeared in a shimmer of light, her favorite cloaking spell removing her from most forms of detection.

Dad had broken down laughing when she'd worked that cloak out. Then he'd taken her out and trained her in a special weapon he'd held back from the front lines, a rifle he called it. After that, he started calling her his little ghost and laughing about changeling rushes.

'He's so weird sometimes.'

Pulling out a pen and paper, he began writing down all the possibilities and things that would be needed for a good date with Twilight Sparkle. The mare in question would have approved after he was finished, as his checklist ended up nearly four pages long.

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A chestnut earth pony mare in a gorgeous blue dress took her seat at a table in a fine restaurant. She smiled brightly as her blind date, a second earth pony mare in a business suit, sat across the table from her.

The mare giggled before reaching across the table and tapping her hoof against her date's hoof.

"It's wonderful to see you. You look lovely."

"Same to you. I'm surprised how much fun this is," the mare said grinning widely.

The chestnut mare rolled her eyes.

"The point is to not give yourself away Chrysalis. You lost in your first sentence."

The business mare's eyes widened and she slammed a hoof into her face.

The earth pony smiled brightly.

"It's fine, you'll learn how to do it eventually. I've messed up my guess a few times as well. I'm not giving myself away just yet though, so you can still learn a thing or two about this."

"Do we look for the others or-"

"No, we just talk and enjoy the meal. In fact, it's the meal where you can usually get a good idea of which pony you're dating. For instance, is the food spicy, or is it sweeter? What wine did they choose? How did they react to your own questions and answers?"

"Alright," Chrysalis said, looking over the menu curiously. "I've never actually done this kind of thing before. A date I mean."

"Truly? A shame. It can be a delightful experience for both parties," the chestnut mare said, taking a delicate sip of water.

"Are you ladies ready to order?" a dragon asked, a cloth draped over his arm as he topped off their waters.

"Of course, I'm ready if she is," the first mare said, gesturing to the queen. Chrysalis nodded, folding up her menu and placing it on the table.

"I will try the Lovely Lasagna. Red wine would...do you have any Barb?"

"Of course. Shall I bring the bottle or-"

"The bottle is fine. We'll both be taking our leftovers with us, including the wine," the earth pony said with a gentle smile. "I'll be having the garlic butter scampi with a bit of Merlin. I believe you have a good selection of those? A sixth-year bottle will be fine."

The drake gave a nod and took their menu's. Chrysalis, still in her disguised form, looked at the mare across from her with a scowl.

"This is harder than I thought it would be. Your emotions don't give me anything to work with."

"Of course they don't Chrysie. If they did, it wouldn't be much of a game," the mare chuckled, showing a bracelet on her hoof to the shape shifter.

"You're wearing a blocker. Of course you are," Chrysalis muttered, taking another sip of water. She stopped a moment later, perking up and looking to the door. "Hmm, this place is rather popular."

The mare frowned in confusion before lifting a knife in her hoof, allowing her to catch the reflection of the room behind her. Her eyes widened when she caught sight of the pair that just walked in.

"Well that's unexpected."

Star Struck, in a clean black suit and tie combination, was currently escorting Twilight to a far table. The mare was dressed in a beautiful black dress that matched her date's outfit well, including a red flower in her mane to go with his tie. The couple took a seat in a side booth, Twilight looking around nervously at the attention while Star looked to be sweating bullets.

"Huh. I didn't know he talked her into a date."

Chrysalis cocked an eyebrow at that comment. Luna was talking with Twilight for the last few days, so that left.

"Tia."

The mare giggled, giving Chrysalis a predatory grin.

"incorrect guesses means you have to pleasure your date to a full climax before you get any stimulation. I'll take mine in the form of a blowjob."

"Ares?" Chrysalis whispered in shock.

"I told you it could have been anybody," the disguised stallion said. "See the brown stallion and the pink mare over there? No, don't look, use your knife like I did earlier. See them?"

The queen did as instructed, soon spotting the whispering couple three tables away.

"That's Tia and Luna. They've been giggling nonstop from the moment Star and Twilight walked in, and I can tell the stallion is Celestia because Luna's had to stop her twice from moving closer to the little lovebirds."

"It's bonus points to figure out who the others are, but you have to get your date correct first. If you mess that up, you don't get to guess on the others. If I'm right and both of them mess it up, I'm the winner of the night and all three of you have to listen to me. If Luna or Celestia guess correctly, that means that the winner gets to demand something of the loser. If you win your date and both winners guess the others correctly, well, we keep it to just the date winners. Otherwise we'd be arguing over who guessed correctly first for longer than it's worth."

Chrysalis nodded, pouting a bit at her loss. Still, Ares tended to bend the rules for her so maybe...

"If you're a good little mare, I'll even pretend you didn't guess," Ares added, the sweet smile on the face of a mare completely at odds with the simmering tone he used. "I've not had changeling nectar in a while."

The queen flushed, giggling nervously at the comment and taking a drink of water to cool herself. Those kinds of comments were definitely something Ares would say.

The dinner arrived shortly after, leaving the two to enjoy the meal in companionable silence. Mostly silence anyway.

"Lovely Lasagna. It's made with changeling honey, isn't it?" Ares asked with a soft smile.

The shape shifter nodded.

"It is. I found out they cater to changelings as well and was curious. They've added gel to several dishes that won't be too changed by the strange flavor that the emotion gel leaves on the tongue. It's also in low enough quantities that it wouldn't incapacitate a pony who ended up eating too much of it."

"Just remember what I said next time. Don't order a changeling-specialty dish, as that kind of gives you away."

Taking a bit of his shrimp, he offered it to the mare.

"Here, try some. I'll try a bit of yours, too if you don't mind."

Chrysalis added a bit to her own fork and the two exchanged bites.

"It's not bad. I can taste the emotion, too...happiness?" Ares asked.

The queen nodded.

"It is, with a bit of love added in. Not enough to keep a changeling going for a week or two like a cup of pure love, but it is there. Interesting, I like the garlic."

"Garlics always been one of my weaknesses. Even the smell of it tends to make me hungry. Garlic potatoes, garlic in my pasta, garlic in my spaghetti sauce...if I can get it in there without ruining the dish, I'm going to try it."

"I'll have to keep that in mind next time," Chrysalis said with a smile.

Enjoying the rest of the meal, the two had the leftovers and wine bottles bagged for them before leaving together. As they walked down the quiet city streets, Ares bumped against Chrysalis, drawing her attention.

"I was going to suggest a walk in the park or something, but seeing as I don't know what Star Struck has planned I suggest we head back home. We can cuddle for the rest of the date. Then we can tease the others when they arrive."

Chrysalis nodded, the idea of curling up with the stallion after a warm meal on a cool night sounding most appealing. Perhaps she'd finish a bit more of that wine, as well. It was surprisingly good.

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Luna and Celestia whispered quietly to themselves as they walked to their room.

"I can't believe he managed it!" the white mare giggled.

"Oh, I agree," Luna nodded, a wing holding the slightly inebriated alicorn upright. "Though you know Star's been after Twilight for a very long while now. I'm still surprised he managed to convince her. Now, let's get back to the room. You owe me, especially after I had to stop you from stopping to chat with the cute couple a few seats away."

"I wasn't going to give us away," the pink-maned mare pouted.

"Tia, you were giggling about how the adorable filly was growing up. Very few people in the city knew Twilight when she was a filly, in fact I cannot think of any off the top of my head. Those that would remember her are nearing the end of their natural lifespans."

Celestia's mood fell and she leaned in to her herd-sister's side.

"I hated seeing her like that. When Night Light and Twilight Velvet passed away she was just..."

"It's an unfortunate part of being as long lived as we are, Tia. You know this," the blue alicorn said, her mood falling. "Cadance is already trying to mentally prepare herself, as Shining is not doing well. He's getting older every year, slowing down a bit more. She can no longer tease him in the bedroom, I don't think. It's going to be very rough on her."

"He's already told her to find new love when he's gone," Celestia sighed. "I think that hurt her more than anything. He's already accepted his fate."

Opening the door to Ares' bedroom the mares stopped at the sight of the stallion currently spooning the changeling queen, his head on her neck as he held her tightly. They didn't smell of sex, but the several discarded wine bottles on the floor gave the mares a good idea of the state of their herd-mates.

"I'd be willing to bet five bits Chrysalis gave herself away in the first two minutes of the night," Luna whispered, using a burst of magic to lay a blanket over the two before stepping back into the hallway.

The white mare laughed as she closed the door, already moving to the room next door.

"I'd be surprised if she didn't Luna, that's a sucker bet. I'll go as far as to say her first three sentences gave her away."

"Hmm...first three words out of her mouth," Luna said, jumping onto the spare bedroom's mattress.

"I doubt she was that bad so sure. If its any farther than that, I add five bits. I only need three more wins before you owe me."

Celestia jumped up onto the mattress as well, cuddling with the blue alicorn.

"We'll answer all bets and rewards tomorrow, okay?"

Luna nodded in agreement, sighing as she relaxed into her sister's embrace. She smiled as she dozed off, idly wondering how her son's date went.

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"So I uh, guess this is goodnight?" Star chuckled nervously, standing outside Twilight's room. Rooms was a better word, though, as the mare had several rooms stuck together that were all considered hers.

"Uh yea. It was nice, kind of uh, nerve-wracking but I...had fun," Twilight mumbled, blushing hotly. She still couldn't believe she'd let herself be talked into this.

"I'll speak to you again tomorrow, Twilight. Enjoy your night," Star said, lifting the mare's hoof and planting a kiss on the fetlock.

Twilight nodded dumbly, staring at the stallion as he slowly lowered her hoof. Just as he was turning to leave she coughed, drawing his attention back to her.

Taking a deep breath to steel herself she moved forward, planting a kiss on his lips that she quickly broke a moment later.

"Itwasfungottabeuptomorrowbye!"

Rushing into her room and slamming the door shut behind her she buried her face in her hooves.

'Oh Tartarus what did I do that for?'

As much as she tried to come up with reasons to try and let him down gently the next time she saw him though, her brain wouldn't let her. She'd had fun, he was nice, it was nothing but positives.

'I'd also be legally able to call Celestia mom...'

She blushed even more at that. The mare that was a second mother to her, the one who held her close at her parents funerals. She'd called the white alicorn mom on several occasions during those horrible times, crying almost constantly while Celestia held the smaller mare against her barrel. To be able to do it publicly... and while it would be weird referring to Ares as her father-in-law, he did come across as a supportive father figure sometimes.

She squeaked in embarrassment, teleporting to her bed and diving under the covers. Luna's words from earlier that day were echoing in her mind.

"You're practically a daughter to most of the herd already, Twilight. Star enjoys spending time with you, almost you enjoyed your time with him."

She hid her head under her pillows, her wings tenting under the blankets. Why did he have to be smart and handsome? Why?

Star walked to his own room in a daze, not even noticing as his sister came up along side him and asked how his date went. She rolled her eyes, dropping a comment about love-poison lipstick before walking along behind the stallion. She helped the dazed, grinning alicorn undress and pushed him into bed, pulling the covers over him and turning out the lights

She knew he wouldn't remember it but she found she had to say it. Closing the door behind her, a smile split her lips.

"Good night, nerd. Good job."