(M/M shipping. What else is there to say? Gay pone smut is best smut.)
(Featured: 9/28/16 - 9/29/16)
(This story won two categories in a bat pony contest. Link! )

Corporal Swift Shade, one of the few bat ponies in the Royal Guard, is living the life he always wanted. To be something other than what his family expected of him. And if that meant being in the Royal Guard, then that worked just fine for him. He didn't really have too many friends among the guards, as bat pony discrimination was an ever-present problem. He was even outright hated by some.

However, Sergeant Hardline took a liking to the bat pony almost immediately. Shade has been serving with the sergeant for about six months now, and things are going wonderfully. They share jokes, they talk about whatever the hell they want, and just generally have a good time in each other's company. It would be safe to say that they were best friends.

One night, Hardline invites the corporal to a local bar. Things are going great! They joke, they talk, and have fun together. As always, really. But this time... things are a little different. Shade can't quite figure out what, though. That is, until Hardline invites the bat pony back to his quarters. Things become very clear from then on.