Twilight sat at her desk, a quill quickly scratching the parchment before her. If she looked outside, she would have seen that it was getting darker as the day faded. A light snow was also beginning to fall from the sky which had already partially covered the ground. Yet Twilight focused on the work before her. It was the last of the scrolls that Celestia had sent her for the day and once it was completed she would be free to relax.

Extra light began to fill the room. Looking up from her work, Twilight turned to see Sunset lighting several candles in the room. She was wearing a normal maids outfit which, to be honest, disappointed the princess. She would have preferred it if the unicorn had entered the room in one of her more revealing attires. Or just plain naked. That worked too.

Still, Twilight understood why as she quickly glanced at the clock. It was still early enough for somepony to come visit her. so it was better to be safe than sorry.

“Almost done?” asked Sunset as she lit the final candle in the room.

“Yeah,” said Twilight as she returned to her work. “Once I’m done with this petition, we’ll hopefully be sending more aid work to help rebuild Griffonstone and earn some goodwill with its citizens. Some ponies, like Prince Charming, have been talking just taking it over or something like that to take advantage of their situation. Hopefully this will help them realize how wrong they are.”

“And if they don’t we can just blast them or something,” said Sunset in a joking manner.

“I wish,” said Twilight as she finished her last sentence, set down the quill, and stretched her arms. It was then she felt a pair of hands gently place themselves on her shoulder and begin to rub them lightly. As a feeling of content filled Twilight she leaned her head back to that it rested on Sunset’s soft mounds.

It had been some time since the Nightmare Night party. The next morning they all sat down, naked and without bathing at all, so they could discuss what was to happen next. Sunset was, of course, staying since she had nowhere else to go. Flash took a bit longer to make up his mind, several hours in fact. It wasn’t because he didn’t want to be with Twilight. The exact opposite really. He wanted so much to stay with Twilight and get to know her better so that he could decide as well if what he felt for her was love. The problem was his life back in the human world. What about his life there? His friends and family would notice if he suddenly vanished if he stayed in Equestria. Sure he could tell them he was moving or something, but what if they tried to find him and couldn’t since he’d be living on another world? And what would be do here? That was a life changing move.

Twilight understood this as well knowing of another problem: the other Flash. What if the two Flash’s got mixed up? Something like what happened with Sunset back in the human world could very easily happen here. Only, instead of thinking that he’s an identity thief ,Flash could be mistaken as a changeling.

They talked about it and then, after an entire day of planning they had an idea: the two Flash’s would simply switch places.

The biggest problem with this plan was, of course, the other Flash. It took about a week and a half to find him with Princess Luna’s help since he had left the Crystal Empire. The two eventually found him in a bar in Manehatten surrounded by several bottles of hard cider. His mane looked like a mess, his clothing looked like it hadn’t been washed in days, and there were heavy bags under his eyes. It turned out that since a large amount of the Royal Guard had quit, work was scarce causing this Flash to have trouble finding decent employment.

To make matters worse, Equestria’s Flash had dreamed his entire life of being a member of the Royal Guard. Of serving his country and trying to make a difference. Thus upon hearing that, Celestia entrusted the fate of the country to five civilians and one princess more than she did her trained army, it broke his spirits.

Slowly, Twilight approached him only to be met with rude comments towards her as well as the rest of the royals. Despite knowing that this wasn’t her Flash, it still stung a bit hearing his voice saying such things. Still, Twilight pressed on. She took a deep breath and tried to talk to him about an offer to go somewhere else. A place where he could make a difference if he wanted to. At first, Flash seemed hesitant towards this but eventually agreed.

A few days later, Equestria’s Flash walked through the mirror with the human Flash’s wallet. He had been told where his alternate self lived as well as any other major details that he might need to know about the world he was about to join. He was also told about the girls there who had promised to keep an eye on him. As far as Twilight knew, that Flash had joined the police academy after getting used to not being able to fly. Still having trouble driving, but other than that he was doing ok.

As for her Flash, he was settling in nicely. Princess Luna had been pestering Twilight for a while now to get her own Guard so Flash could fit that role. It was ideal since it would allow him to be around the mare he loved and nopony would question it or find it odd. After all, the other Flash Sentry had been a member of the Royal Guard, so it would appear that he had simply decided to serve a different princess. The only problem was that he didn’t have any of the necessary training for this new role. Luckily, Harvest had stepped in to volunteer his services by training Flash four times a week until he was ready.

Even more, Flash was applying the skills he had from the human world in Equestria. For example, he was teaching ponies around Ponyville how to play the guitar. He was even trying to start up a new band with some of the stallions in Ponyville with the intent to play at local events like the Pony Tones.

As for their relationship, it took a while to figure out how it would work in the herd. Twilight didn’t want to give too much attention to a single pony or favor one above the other. She wanted to show them both that they meant the world to her as well as spend time with them equally. So, in the end, she made a chart detailing who she would be with. Three days of the week went to Sunset while another three days went to Flash. And there was one day where they could spent it all together. She also wrote up a clause where in one pony wanted to switch days they could as long as they got everypony else’s permission.

So far things looked like they were working out. Twilight was a bit worried about Flash and Sunset living with her, given their past history with each other, but neither one of them seemed to be having an issue with this. To be honest, they were working together surprisingly well. Especially when Twilight and her work was concerned. The princess could only assume that Sunset had told Flash about her breakdown and so the two kept an eye on how much she was working, working together to forcibly pull her away from her desk should it look like she needed a break. Literally they would drag her from her desk

Elsewhere in Equestria, things looked like they were slowly settling down for the most part. The Crystal Ponies were still talking about separating from Equestria, but not as much. The tension between the Royal Crystal couple and Celestia was also lessening, but Shining Armor still refused to take back his former post. Recruitment into the Royal Guard was at an all-time low, but ponies were showing more of an interest in Luna’s school despite Celestia’s clear disapproval of the place.

However, the thing that was worrying the majority of the princesses was the situation with the Diamond Dogs. All of the outlying groups were returning to their capital, leaving behind their mines, treasures, and slaves. According to these former slaves, a new queen had taken the throne and was calling for all Diamond Dogs to return for reasons unknown. Given the territorial nature of this race along with their natural greed for gems, it seemed very odd that they would do something like this.

Cadence had spoken to Shining Armor, who feared that they might be building up their strength for something in the near future. Both Twilight and Luna agreed that something was going on and that they should, at the very least, find out what was going on. This was stopped, however, by Celestia. She pointed out that Diamond Dogs get a new king or queen at the same speed as Twilight went through quills so it would be unlikely that they would be a lasting threat. Within a month or so whoever was in charge would get sick of their stupidity and leave.

She also pointed out that if they were leaving their slaves behind then it might be a sign that they have a good leader and accusing them right now would be a bad move on their part. It would be best to wait it out and see what happens.

And that’s what ended up happening.

Twilight felt split on this decision. She understood what Celestia was saying, but if she was wrong then Equestria would be in trouble. All of the other princesses thought that as well so, and given the state of the Royal Guard, it would be better to err on the side of caution. Twilight even wrote to her mentor with an idea of sending over a delegation that could help assess the situation, or at the very least find out who was now in charge. However, Celestia felt that it was…unnecessary and repeated the points she had made earlier. The desire to yell at the pony who she had looked up to for so long was growing larger inside of her.

The feeling of lips against her neck brought Twilight out of her thoughts. The princess let out a moan as she felt her assistant’s tongue.

“Sunset,” moaned Twilight. “Y-You know better. Today i-isn’t your day.”

“I know,” replied Sunset as she pulled away, causing Twilight to whimper despite herself. “I was just getting you in the mood since Flash should be getting off his shift.”

After she said this, Sunset took a step backwards allowing Twilight to stand. The princess then walked over to her closet and opened it, revealing two dozen or so costumes which she began to shift through.

As her relationship with both Flash and Sunset continued, Twilight wanted to know more about the world of physical pleasure. From plain sex to trying out every kink and every fetish there was. She tried them all. Or at least the ones that her two partners were willing to try with her.

So far, she had found that she loved role playing and dressing up in outfits like the ones Nightmare Night. One time she had played the part of a female guard, being given a physical inspection by her commanding officer. Another time she played the part of the sexy teacher with a student that needed help with her sex-ed assignment. Each one had been made by Rarity so she knew they were all of high quality and could take a lot of…stress.

Finally, Twilight settled on an outfit that she thought would be most appropriate.

Flash stepped out of the bathroom adjacent to his bedroom with only a towel wrapped around his lower region, having just finished a nice, relaxing shower. He had expected to find his civilian attire waiting for him on his bed, but instead he say his marefriend sitting there. Flash paused as he took in what she was wearing: a lab coat that was tied up so he couldn’t see what she was wearing underneath, and glasses. Around her neck was a stethoscope, and in her hands was a scroll which was the current center of focus for her.

“T-Twilight,” he stammered. She took her focus away from what she was reading to look at him and smile.

“Ah good,” said Twilight as she stood up. “I see you’re on time for your checkup. Please sit down so we can get started.”

“I, uh, sure,” said Flash, surprised that Twilight wanted to do something like this right away. Usually they saved something like that for the end of the night, eventually passing out on her bed or on the floor near the fireplace. Perhaps she just wanted to spice things up so it wouldn’t become predictable.

Once Flash was seated on the bed, Twilight put on the stethoscope and began to listen to his heartbeat. The way she was positioned andhad her lab coat tied up, gave the stallion a good view of her cleavage.

“Heart rate seems a little fast,” remarked Twilight with a smile. Then, while keeping the stethoscope against his chest, Twilight kissed him. She started out gentle, but once her tongue was added in, things became more fierce and passionate. Flash, at one point, began to wrap his arms around her but she pulled away before he could do so.

“Y-You heart rate just went up,” she said with a light pant and a bright red blush on her face. She then got down on her knees and pulled out a reflex hammer from her coat pocket. “Let’s check your reflexes.”

Without waiting for a reply, Twilight moved towards his right knee. She pulled up the side of the towel so that it was on his lap, gave the kneecap a light tap with the hammer and watched his leg kick upwards slightly. Nodding she moved to the other and repeated the process. She then looked in between his legs at his now exposed, rock hard member. Twilight reached out to take hold of it with one hand before looking up at Flash as she dropped the hammer.

“One last reflex to text out,” she said as she began to lightly stroke his shaft. Flash let out a pleasurable sigh as she did this. It seemed that all of her lessons from Sunset had paid off. No longer was her grip too hard or too soft, but just right.

As Twilight continued to stroke him, she leaned her head downwards putting her face right in front of his ball sack. Sticking out her tongue, she began to wet and lick his sack while savoring the taste. As she did this she moved her other hand into her lab coat towards a spot between her legs. If Flash had his eyes open and was looking at her, it would have been obvious that she was fingering herself right now.

Soon, Twilight took the entire sack into her mouth. As she rolled his balls around in her warm and inviting mouth, Flash gripped the bed sheets and began to pant loudly. But this lasted only a minute or two before she stopped and released his balls from her mouth. Twilight then brought his dick in front of her mouth. The princess of friendship then stuck out her tongue, letting it rest of the tip before circling it around the edge. This action caused an electric shock to run through Flash’s body. He almost came on the spot, but instead threw himself backwards while clutching the sheets even harder while he waited her Twilight to put his meat stick into her mouth.

But she didn’t. She just let go and took a few steps back. Breathing hard, ragging breaths Flash lifted his head just in time to see Twilight opening up her coat and dropping it to the floor. Now she stood there dressed only in a red lace panties and bra while still wearing her glasses. The stallion’s eyes widened when he spotted just how dripping wet her panties were.

“I think we’re ready to move on to the next test,” she said, her face almost completely red. “Now I’ll need you to-” But Twilight never got to finish that sentence. Flash got up and practically lunged at her, taking her into his arms and pressing her against the cold, crystal wall. He then kissed her harder than he had ever kissed anyone before as his arms reached down to the lower area of her body.

As Twilight kissed him back she wrapped her arms around Flash’s head while also feeling him squeeze her ass. She then felt him lift her off the ground by her ass which she then wrapped her legs around his waist. Twilight could feel his hand move towards her panties and move them out of the way.

It was only now that Flash pulled away. Both were panting hard, but there was a lust fueled fire in both of their eyes.

“I think I need to check your temperature doc,” he said as he positioned his cock at her lower entrance.

“Do it,” said Twilight simply. And with that, Flash entered her causing Twilight to tighten her hold on him. For a short time they stayed the way they were before Flash began his assault, pounding her snatch hard and fast right from the start causing Twilight to cry out in ecstasy.

Things had worked out better than she could have hoped! Every time they had made love, Flash was always gentle with her. While this wasn’t a bad thing, Twilight wanted him to take her a different way that she had read about in one of the books that (oddly enough) Pinkie Pie had lent her: hard but not in a brutal way but out of want and desire. So much in fact that the stallion couldn’t control himself any longer. So Twilight did just that. She surprised him. She toyed with him a bit. She built up his pleasure and then stopped.

Sadly this didn’t last long. She had built him up alright, but hadn’t given him enough time to rest. She could tell by his quickening pace that he would blow his load inside her before she got close to her own orgasm. She could easily cast a spell that Sunset had taught her that could keep him from coming, but this was fine for now. It mean that he would have to fix that later on tonight.

“Flash, I need to collect a sample,” cried Twilight while still staying in character. “I need you to shot it inside of me so it can be properly stored!” Flash only grunted in response as he continued to thrust rapidly into her until it came to that one brutal thrust that caused him to unload his seed inside of her. Twilight could feel it filling her and could also feel some of it roll down her thigh as the pair sank to the floor. Flash eventually fell backwards with Twilight sprawled on top of him.

“Twilight…that was amazing,” panted Flash, but then suddenly shook his head. “Oh my God! I-I can’t believe I did that to you. You must think that-”

Twilight silenced him with a kiss.

“It was what I wanted,” she said. “I only wish that I had came as well. So tonight we’re going to-” Twilight was cut off as the door to Flash’s room suddenly flung open. The couple looked over and saw that it was Sunset looking extremely worried.

“It’s Rarity.”

Twilight raced to the ground floor of her castle dressed only in a bathrobe that she had teleported onto herself with her two lovers a few steps behind. As she did she could hear the light sniffing of her friend which added to her panicked state as she rushed down the stairs. When she got to the ground floor she saw her, wiping away the tears from her eyes as best she could.

“T-Twilight, I’m s-so sorry darling,” said the fashionista pony as she hurried to make herself look presentable. And failed. “I k-know I must look like a mess r-right now. And I might h-have interrupted-”

By that time, Twilight had closed the distance between the two and took hold of Rarity’s hands. For a moment, Rarity stood there in such a frozen state that she was unable to cry.

“Rarity, what happened?” was all that Twilight asked.

Rarity’s face contorted into pure sadness. “I’m pregnant,” she said before an all out bawl began. She broke down, crying right into Twilight’s robes. Twilight turned to look at the semi-dressed Flash and gestured for him to go. He nodded, knowing just the pony he needed to find right now. As Flash left in a, well, flash, Twilight brought the crying Rarity into the sitting room. As she did, Sunset rushed to get tissue paper, water, and a waste paper can.

A good thirty minutes later, when Rarity had finally calmed down, she began to tell what had happened.

“It must have been the night before Nightmare Night,” began Rarity. “Me and Thunderlane had a little rump. I…I fell asleep with him still inside of me. Lately I’ve been feeling ill and had to borrow bits from Fluttershy to see the doctor today. That…that’s when I found out.”

“Did you tell Thunderlane?” asked Twilight, afraid of the answer.

“I did,” sniffed Rarity. “H-He just stood there for a while and then flew off without saying a word! Twilight, I don’t know what I’m going to do. I can barely get by myself right now. All my rooms are rented out so there’s no space. I feel so alone right now.”

As Rarity began to tremble, Twilight placed a hand on her shoulder gently to calm her down. “But you’re not alone,” said Twilight. “I’m here to help you in any way. In fact, I know the perfect way I can help: you’re moving in here!”

Rarity looked at Twilight with her mouth hanging open. “B-But darling you can’t,” said Rarity once she had recovered.

“I can, and, in fact, I am,” said Twilight as she looked over at Sunset who was standing in the corner. “Sunset, would you please get all of Rarity’s possessions and have them brought to the castle?”

“Of course,” said Sunset as her horn lit up. A moment later Sunset vanished in a burst of light leaving the two mares alone.

“Twilight,” said Rarity slowly. “Th-Thank you so much for everything you’re doing for me, er, us. After everything that had happened between us in the past…”

“It’s in the past,” said Twilight. “Besides, you were there when I had my little breakdown. You helped me then so I’m here to help you know.”

Rarity opened her mouth to say something, but the opening of the castle door silenced her. Soon Flash and Thunderlane walked in the door. When Rarity saw her coltfriend, her eyes widened slightly before they narrowed and she turned her head to look away from him.

“I…I guess I deserve that,” muttered Thunderlane. He then looked over at Twilight. “Could you, uh, give us a moment?”

“No,” said Rarity as she stood up and looked at him. “Whatever you want to say you can say it in front of my friends. Then, once you have finished, you may leave!”

Thunderlane reached out a hand, but slowly lowered it in defeat. Then he sighed before he said his peace.

“Rarity…I’m sorry,” he began. “I know I didn’t handle this the right way. I…I was just shocked and wasn’t thinking. You needed me and, well, you know what happened.” Thunderlane took a breath. “But when I left, I didn’t do that because I wanted to get away from you or was afraid of the consequences. I left so I could get this.” With that said, Thunderlane reached into his back pocket and pulled out a ring box. Rarity’s hands flew to her mouth as Thunderlane opened the box to reveal a modest-sized engagement ring. It wasn’t shiny or flashy and perhaps the best he could afford on his salary on such short notice. Still, the sight of it brought new tears to Rarity’s eyes while her coltfriend got down on one knee.

“Rarity,” he said. “Will you marry me?”

Rarity looked at him for a moment. All of the others in the room leaned forward as if they were afraid if they didn’t they would miss what she was going to say. Slowly, the white unicorn wiped away the tears from her eyes and took a breath to control herself.

“No,” she said firmly, much to the shock of everypony in the room.

“But Rarity,” said Thunderlane as he stood up. However, he was silenced when Rarity held up her hand.

“Darling, you have no idea how happy I am right now,” she said. “And if the circumstances were different I would have said yes. But…this isn’t how I want my wedding day to go. I don’t want a shot gun wedding or you doing this solely for the sake of our child. And I don’t want our child to grow up in a home where we both resent each other for being forced into this situation.”

“Rarity, don’t you think,” began Twilight, but Rarity shook her head.

“I’ve made up my mind on this,” said Rarity firmly.

“I…I see,” said Thunderlane as he hung his head in defeat. However, the box in his hand began to glow and pulled away from him. releasing it, Thunderlane watched as it flew across the room into Rarity’s hand.

“But I never said that this was the end of our relationship Darling,” she said. “Let’s give it some more time. Say, I don’t know, a year or so. Then I’ll propose and if you still want to marry me then we shall. How does that sound?”

Thunderlane didn’t say a word. Instead he crossed the room in flash to wrap his arms around Rarity and kissed her in front of the princess and her guard.

Author's Note

Ok, first things first. I have gotten a few comments coplaining that this is an anti-Celestia story or a 'Luna knows better'. I never got the idea behind those comments. Its like we have to have stories where Celestia's word must be taken as law or something like that. Also I don't hate Celestia. For the most part she's been an ok character. However, I have noticed a few things recently that have caused me to groan. Mainly the way she seems to treat her fellow princesses. In Mirrors, she decided to leave for an auternate Equestria without telling anypony, didn't tell Twilight that there was a kingdom of deer living within spitting distance of her castle in Heart of the Forest, took Cadence's throne and made the other princesses stand beneath her in the first Equestria Girls movie, and so on. I believe the reason for this is most likely that she isn't used to sharing power.

Anyways, the reason for the background plot involving the princess of the sun was to show this as well as her other flaw which I believe you can all guess. Also, I didn't show Celestia's side of the story at first because when this element was brought up it was from Harvest's point of view so he wouldn't know her side.

Anyways, with that out of the way, I would like to announce that the next story I do for this series will be a Zecora one shot. Hopefully I'll get it done in a month or two.

Also, there is a non clop story that has been in my brain for a while now. Basically it baced on an old epsiode of Doug (non-Disney) dealing with fighting. I hate the episode and really want to poke at it's stupidity. But the thing is, I don't know if Apple Bloom should be the one to get bullied or if it should be the Cider Twins. What do you all think?