One of the most famous Canterlot parks was brimming with life. Foals ran around, each and everyone of them enjoying life with their friends. Older ponies were certainly enjoying life on their own way, judging by the countless couples of ponies roaming around, all of them giving their special ones looks filled with love and caring.

Velvet merely scoffed at that.

While the rest of the park was filled with life, there was a small part of it where a lone mare sat in a bench, staring ahead with a vacant gaze. The rest of the world seemed so happy, so blessedly oblivious to what she was passing through.

Velvet had been thinking what went wrong, what had she done wrong? Hadn't she been a caring mare, a loving wife, a responsible mother, and most of all, a proud citizen of Equestria? Why was that happening to her? What had she done to anger Celestia, to bring such a thing upon herself and her family?

Didn't Night Light think about what he was doing? About what he was doing to her, to his own family?

And why was he with such a scrawny bitch like that mare? What did such... such... whore like her had that she didn't possess? Yes, maybe she looked slightly younger, but Velvet didn't seem to be over her thirties, even when she was already 41, reaching 42 in some months!

But age didn't matter, what DID matter was that Night seemed to prefer some... some... some skank over her, HER!!

Suddenly, her thoughts were interrupted when a thunder sounded behind her. Turning around quickly, she realized a dark storm cloud was floating above her, and it seemed to emit sparks of lightning every now and then. Before Velvet could react, the cloud let out a small thunder, along with some lightning on its interior, being followed moments later by literal rain upon her.

As if things couldn't be worse.

Still fuming, Velvet got up from the seat and started the trek back to her house. At least, all the charms and protections around it would prevent the cloud from entering it. Stupid residual magic and stupid behavior of magic around feelings.

As usual, the market was filled with ponies bustling around, all of them busying themselves with their shopping. Some of them stopped what they were doing in favor of looking at the gloomy unicorn walking around, with a cloud of rain over her, while some of them simply stepped out of her way.

That was okay. Velvet didn't want anything to do with most of them. She simply couldn't bear with them at the moment.

"Kuyini lokhu?"

Velvet's ears perked as she heard a male voice near of her speaking on a language she hadn't heard before. Having her curiosity perked up, Velvet turned her head, her eyes widening as she saw a lone zebra male standing on a stand with exotic products on it. However, as exotic as the products were, she was more focused on the zebra, who was looking at the cloud with a mix of fascination and curiosity.

"... Excuse me?"

"Kuyini okukuhluphayo?"

"... What? I don't-"

"Please, excuse him."

Velvet turned around from the zebra, her eyes once more widening as she saw another zebra, this one being slightly taller than her. The zebra, however, didn't seem phased by the behavior of Velvet, simply shrugging as he pointed at the zebra in the stand.

"This ukuthula never learned to speak language of your people. Not that me is good at it, either." The zebra then stepped towards the stand, where the first zebra was still looking at the cloud intently. "... My brother is curious about cloud on your head."

Velvet turned her head to look at the cloud, which was still raining, though it had diminished significantly.

"Oh, this... it's residual magic on the air that upon reacting with negative thoughts turned the water in the atmosphere into a condensate, which is what you see here." Velvet explained, but stopped as she saw the confused look on both zebras. She sighed as she pointed at it. "It means i'm in a bad mood."

Both zebras awe'd at the simple explanation, but the first zebra then turned to look intently at Velvet moments later. Upon noticing that, Velvet started to feel awkward as the zebra left the stand and walked straight to her with an unreadable look.

"... Umm... W-What is he doing?" Velvet asked slightly louder, trying to catch the attention of the second zebra, which was busy tidying up something on the stand.

"... Ngesimo esibi." The second zebra turned around upon hearing his brother talking, which caused him to raise an eyebrow upon seeing him.

"He wondering what caused bad mood for beautiful mare."

Velvet did a double take when she heard that the zebra considered her beautiful. Her cheeks reddened as she stepped away from the intense gaze of the zebra.

"Oh, I don't think it's proper of a mare such as myself to burden you with my pro-"

"Wena wedwa." The first zebra said with a nod as he turned around and walked towards the stand, earning a confused stare from Velvet. The second zebra then pointed at his brother once more.

"He says you alone."

Velvet was in shock. How could such an interesting individual as that zebra guess that she was alone? Not referring to the lack of company at the moment, but at her situation?

"Thatha lokhu, kuzokusiza." Velvet almost jumped in surprise as she turned to look at the zebra stallion, who was offering her a pouch with a knot serving as a seal.

"He says it will help you. It's tea. Relaxing and opening."

Though Velvet was wondering what the zebra meant with opening, she certainly needed to relax. When she opened the bag, the orange powder on it expelled a sweet aroma that penetrated her nostrils, making her take a more potent whiff of it, finding the aroma to be like that of an orange, combined with something else that she couldn't guess what it was. However, it simply smelled too good to deny it.

"Oh, it smells wonderful! Thanks for the suggestion, good fellow. How much do I owe you for this?" Velvet asked as she reached into her bag for a couple of coins.

However, when she turned at the zebras, she saw the first one looking at her with a raised brow. The second zebra nodded as he stepped forward.

"That is gift... no need for money."

"What? No, I can't simply accept it, I-"

"Gift." The zebra repeated once more with a serious look, moments later pointing at the pouch. "It's rude for zebras to deny a gift. It's rude. Gift for you, you keep it."

Velvet frowned as she looked at the pouch with concern. It wasn't everyday that she was given something free just for being a mare, and even more so when the one giving the gift seemed so humble.

"if you want, you can buy another spice, and we give you that as an offer." Velvet smiled at that. It seemed much more reasonable like that.

After a few moments, Velvet finally paid the duo for the offer, smiling at them, showing just how thankful she was. The duo smiled back to her, causing her cheeks to redden once more by it. It was strange, but it might be for how exotic they were that she found them nice and good looking.

With that thought in mind, she turned around and left. It was only when she barely dodged another pony on her way that she realized something strange. There was no more rain following her. Turning her head up, she saw the cloud was still there, but it was less dark, and had stopped its flood on her.

Velvet sighed in relief as she kept walking, glad to have no more rain on her.

Meanwhile, the zebras' gentle smiles turned to hidden smirks as they saw her walking away, both of them couldn't help but ogle her, one at how nice her breasts seemed with a slight jiggle at every step she took, and the other one at how nice her hips moved with her ass for every step she took.

"Amaponi ... ukuthi kulula kangakanani ukukhohlisa. (Ponies... how easy to fool.)"

"Ngiyavuma, mfowethu. (I agree with you, brother.)"

"Kufanele sitshele umphathi wakhe? (Should we tell Chief about her?)"

"Ngokuqinisekile. (Definitely.)"

Later at the day, Velvet was once again in her house. Even though still bothered, she was definitely more calm. She turned her head at the cup of tea at her side. It definitely made her feel more relaxed.

It was then, with a clear head that she could finally think things through. What might have been the cause for Night Light's lack of love towards her? Was it maybe that... no, that mare wasn't as good looking as her... maybe? No, she had taken care of his needs constantly.

Then what was it?

Just as she was pondering about the matter, she suddenly heard her mailbox being opened. Once she arrived at the door, she leaned down to pick up the mail, which consisted mainly on letters for Night Light. As much as she wanted to open them to make sure they weren't of the... suggestive nature, her attention was caught mainly when an envelope bigger than the others was thrown next.

Curious, she instantly went to the living to open it. Once it was, her confusion grew as a magazine fell from within the envelope, along with a small letter.

Velvet was sure she had cancelled her membership of "Canterlot's elite" a while ago, then why was the magazine there? Her answer came when she looked at the name: "Couple's life"

Putting aside the magazine for the moment, she turned at the letter in front of her, opening it.

Dear reader.
We are sending you this magazine as a free sample of the product. While we would like to recommend to read the issue every month,
it is the decision of the reader to do so, or not. However, to try and attract the audience, the first number of the Couple's life is free.
Although it is recommended for couples, it is also suggested for the parents to place it away from the foals, due to some of the themes on it being of a more mature focus.

Velvet's face scrunched in confusion as she read again the former part, making sure to understand exactly what it meant. Once she was done, confirming again the suggestion of not allowing foals to read it, she turned at the magazine.

On the cover, there was a couple of ponies smiling at the camera, Velvet noticed, not doing anything in particular. However, there were some themes on the cover that caught her attention, like "experiences of successful marriages", "how did their marriage survive", and such things. Yet, as she was about to disregard it, another theme caught her attention.

She almost prayed at Celestia right there and then when the title "is your marriage in danger" came into sight. Almost immediately, she opened the magazine at the index, locating the title she was interested into. Once she arrived, she started to read intently.

Apparently, some couples started to break down due to what the magazine called "the flame" extinguishing. This "fire" was burning when they met, and it became powerful when said couple started to date. However, the flame could die if the couple started to fall into routine, or if they barely saw each other.

Velvet nodded in agreement to the last part. In the last months, they had barely seen each other, aside from weekends.

Velvet continue to read, her eyes widening when the magazine mentioned the means by which some couples had found the way to light up the flame again. Means such as spicing up their love life, but not only with the two of them. Some couples had decided to add a third member to their mating sessions, or even decided to have what was called "an open marriage".

Velvet's face scrunched as she kept reading the concept of the open marriage, sometimes even allowing a member of the couple to sleep with as many others as he or she wanted.

Suddenly, her mind returned to those erotic films she had seen before, imagining herself into the positions of the mare with the zebras, or of Upper Crust with that... Bandit, was he?

She took another drink of her tea, feeling more relaxed as she did so. She put the magazine aside as she stared at the wall with an empty gaze, her mind occupying itself with more thoughts.

Maybe that was what she needed? Another partner, aside from Night Light? Maybe another stallion? Maybe another mare?

Maybe a zebra?

She made a soft gasp as she thought again that, and realized she was getting excited, a little too excited, she realized, as she suddenly felt her loins warming up, along with a sudden feeling of arousal. Still pondering about it, she suddenly started to feel more aroused by the idea of being with another one besides her husband. Maybe more with a zebra.

The heat in her lower lips suddenly started to feel warmer, starting to spread through her body, until she suddenly realized she had started to sweat.

With a shaky breath, she started to get rid of some clothes, starting with her outer blouse, which as soon as it was taken off was thrown to the ground. As the images in her head progressed, so did the heat. She took off her blouse, revealing her black lacy bra, containing her big breasts.

Almost unconsciously, she lifted a hand towards her breast, starting to massage it softly. She softly moaned at the feeling of the touch on her sensitive breast. The heat increased again, but not in her chest. She stopped the massage as she felt the need of also disposing of her pants.

As quickly as she could, she lowered her pants, noticing a small patch of wetness on it, which lead her sight to a bigger patch on her panties. Curious, but also slightly aroused, she touched that part, letting out a sharp gasp as she felt a jolt of pleasure. Another one ran through her as she suddenly brushed her breast.

She stood up suddenly, looking at herself. She was so aroused, just by the mere thought of being with another stallion? How had she gone from a faithful wife to a mischievous mare? She didn't care, she wanted release so badly.

She almost ran to the living, still only in her underwear, and led her hand below the couch, where she had put her "toy" before, in a rush. She touched it with a tentative look. It was almost the same size as her husband's, but she felt slightly saddened by the fact she had to use that instead of the real thing.

Her eyes left the toy for a moment, and suddenly focused on the movie next to the pedestal. In front, the one known as Bandaid was shown.

She reached for it to put it on the pedestal, but she stopped as she looked at the box with the zebras on it. She pondered slightly as she looked at the boxes, each one with different ponies on it. She decided ultimately for the zebras once more.

As the movie repeated itself once more, Velvet sat down on the couch, her toy on her hand, ready to action. On a certain part, Velvet merely laid down on the couch and observed. She watched as the mare was brought to the bed by a zebra, the former already erect and ready for action.

Just as the zebra started to push into the mare, she put her toy almost in the same position. She tried to replicate the movement of the zebra on the movie with the toy in her hand, somehow and shamefully, bringing her much more pleasure than her hand before.

On a certain point, she regretfully became tired as she climaxed for the first time at that moment, noticing that, while she had become tired and couldn't move the toy as fast as she wanted, she saw as the zebra on the movie kept his rhythm, not even showing any signs of tiredness.

Velvet stopped for a moment as she thought of how to continue. She had climaxed already, but seeing the zebras in action somehow sparked something within her, she wanted more.

Her answer came when she noticed the lower part of the toy being flat, and the mare of the movie suddenly getting on a squatting position, using her legs and her own weight to lower herself on the member of a zebra who was below her.

Velvet took the toy and put it in what she thought was the right point. Much to her delight, Velvet found the toy didn't fell, but stood straight. She then stood up and crouched on the floor, making sure to not tip the toy.

She gasped softly as she felt the tip of the toy touching her. However, she also noticed the toy moving slightly when she tried to push it in. She grunted in annoyance as she reached for it below her, holding it firmly as she tried to lower herself on it.

Her mouth produced a loud moan as she felt it entering her. Looking down, she prided herself with the fact that she had managed to push the tip into herself.

A loud moan from the pedestal brought her attention back at the movie as she saw the mare almost jumping up and down the zebra's member, her face already becoming lewd just with her expression.

Velvet looked in amazement at the movie, barely conscious of her body leaning back. She realized, only when she felt herself falling at first, then a sharp pang of pain coursing through her, which was ignored as she felt also a great amount of pleasure.

Her eyes widened as her mouth opened in a silent scream. She looked down, realizing that, due to the fall, she had dug the toy at least three quarters all the way into her. If not by her hand pushing her, she might have buried it all into herself.

However, her mind somehow ignored this facts as she looked at the toy, still unable to understand. After a few moments, her mind reconnected once more, bringing her the feelings of the object inside her with a harsh rush.

"AAHHHHH!!!" Velvet let out an euphoric shout as she felt herself climaxing a second time. Despite being the same object, she felt it much more than when she used her hand.

Velvet stopped her shout, loud and hot pants exiting her muzzle as she looked at the toy. Once she leaned to the front, she found the toy started to slide out of her body. Somehow in a panic, Velvet used a pillow of the couch, pushing it below her. It stopped the toy from completely exiting her lips, and Velvet patted herself as she found a solution for the problem at hand.

She vanished the idea of the squatting position, and instead, lowered herself to her knees, still with the pillow below her. She found that, with a slight movement of her legs, the toy penetrated her just right, and it brought her more pleasure.

She turned to see the movie, showing the moment the zebra suddenly climaxed on the mare, who at that point was tired, not being able anymore of moving. Instead, she was being supported by the zebra below her, with this muscular arms showing no strain.

Suddenly, said zebra pushed her up, and slid from below her. The mare had moments to rest before her legs gave out, some zebra having time to slide in the place of the past zebra. Said zebra had barely some time to catch her before she fell completely, putting her in a squatting position once more.

"Move, mare slut. Satisfy me." The zebra ordered with a strong voice. The mare nodded weakly, her legs trembling as she pushed herself up, from being tired of from all the pleasure, Velvet didn't know.

Velvet started to move as much as she could, trying to copy the movements of the mare in the movie. She started to move herself up and down on the toy and the pillow as fast as she could, feeling the toy hitting her in the right spots, her face sporting a dark blush as she tried to keep the rhythm.

With another loud scream, Velvet climaxed once more, her femcum splashing down on the pillow as she suddenly fell forward on the floor. Velvet thanked Celestia for the idea of putting a carpet in the living as she fell onto it, soft and fluffy, instead of the harsh and cold floor.

Not that she could do much besides watch. The last climax she had exerted her, and she had no energy left to support herself. Her eyes started to close, making her realize just how tired she was. She made a note to remove the movie from the pedestal before Night Light arrived.

Velvet's eyes opened in a rush, her ears catching the sound of whistling from the outside. As she tried to get up, she suddenly felt something in her pussy, realizing in that moment that the toy was still inside her! And she was naked! And the movie was repeating itself once again!

Her eyes widened in panic as she pulled the toy out of her rather harshly, her mind barely registering the pleasure, unlike before.

Her ears' turned at the door when the sound of keys came to them, Velvet realizing she barely had any time at all. Instead of taking the disk out of the pedestal, she pushed a button, shutting it off.

When the door started to open, Velvet ran to the kitchen, only when arriving that she noticed her clothes laying on the ground.

"I'm back, dear! How was your-"

Velvet flinched when she heard his voice, and she turned around, her eyes meeting his, and she noticed his face showing surprise.

Both ponies looked at each other for a few moments, Velvet not being able to do anything from the shock, and Night just looking at her. Suddenly, his eyes drifted from her naked body to the clothes laying on the ground. In the distance, back in the living, Night Light also noticed a pillow on the floor, which seemed to be slightly damp, some dampness also being present on the couch itself.

"Uhh... I can explain?" Velvet said with a nervous tone as she looked at him.

Much to her surprise, her husband suddenly turned at her with a serious look.

"Where is he?"

Velvet's face started to show confusion as she looked at Night Light, who was still looking at her intently.

"W-What do you mean?"

"Where is the stallion you were with? You can't fool me, Velvet. Your clothes on the floor? You being naked, exhausted, sweaty and with a wet patch on your underwear? The living in a messy state?" Night Light said, pointing at the thing he mentioned.

Velvet's eyes widened in surprise as she heard him, turning to look at the things he pointed. Once he was done, her blood started to boil.

"Where is he, Velvet?" Night Light asked in a more serious and cold tone.

"... How about you better tell me who was she?" Velvet asked with a strained voice as she looked away.

The anger in Night Light diminished slightly as he heard that.

"W-Wha? What do you-"

"Don't you dare lie to me, Night. I went to your job today to give you some food... and I saw you... with another mare..." Velvet said as she turned to him, tears starting to form on her eyes. "... Who was she?"

"..." Night was in shock when he heard her. Had she been following him? Maybe even spying him? Those thought started to make his blood to heat up. "Wait, you have been spying on me?"

"No! I just wanted to be a good wife and give you some food!"

"Yeah, sure. That's what they call it. Should have listened to Shady Deals and make sure to conceal us better." Night Light said as he crossed his arms, but Velvet suddenly felt her anger rise.

"Wait, what did you say!? That mare wasn't the only one involved?" Night moved his head to her.

"Listen Velvet, I did that because the boss, that mare you saw, wouldn't grant me some vacations if I didn't. I did what i did, for us!" Night said as he approached her, taking something out of his pocket.

"I don't care! You cheated on me! How could you!" Velvet finally burst in tears as she plopped down on a chair, hiding her face in her arms as she started to cry.

Night Light looked at her with a shocked look. However, all the stress accumulated from the job decided to snap down on a simple sarcastic answer.

"... At least, we're even." He said as he threw the objects on his pocket to the table, revealing two tickets to Zebzibar. With that, he turned around and ran to their room, Velvet started to hear some shuffling of clothes, realizing he was preparing a baggage. After a few moments, his hooves hit harshly the stairs as he went down, the harsh crash of the door being closed sounding moments later.

Velvet sniffed weakly as she looked up from her arms, her eyes still with tears of them, but there was also a resolution behind them.

"... No... we aren't... yet."

Author's Note

Puff... back again, and somehow struggling with this chapter. Oh, well, at least it's done.

Somehow, I've found i have no will to write for a story unless i spend time with another. Lately, I've been also struggling with the "pink flame", which you can see here. I've already rewritten the second chapter three times a row because I didn't like how it was.
And then, I realize i hadn't written for this one in a long time, and went down and wrote this chapter in just a couple hours.

I'm starting to think I might have some kind of dysfunction in my brain.

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