Shining's Secret Shame *

Chapter 14

Cadance was still amazed that she had survived being at the epicenter of her exploding army. After the changeling's cock cream had drained from the caves, she stumbled around for weeks in search of an exit. During that time she subsisted on worms, grubs and underground water deposits. Her entire body was coated in the drone's spunk. Her coat had become a pinkish-green and her mane was sticking up at odd angles. This was due to the viscus properties of semen. It was just like that sex-comedy There's Something About Mare-y, only Cadance wasn't laughing.

Her heart, which at one time had beat only for Orion, now beat for a new desire: Revenge. Cadance's powers were waning. Her special talent, love, was at the weakest it had ever been. When thousands of lust-crazed changelings surrounded her, they used their powers to leech Cadance's feelings of love and lust from her heart until the drones burst like engorged ticks. While the changelings could not completely extinguish her love for Orion, they did leave her emotional desire for revenge completely untouched. This was now the desire that drove her. She would enact her furious vengeance on Orion's whole family.

“For tartarus hath no fury like a mare scorned,” Cadance said through gritted teeth, “And when every comfort of Orion's old life is gone; when I've ruined the lives of everypony who tried to keep him from me, then I will sweep in to rescue him and make him mine.”

When Cadance finally found the exit, she had been presumed dead for two weeks, at least by Twilight's family; the rest of Canterlot still thought she was very much alive.

Still covered in green cum, Cadance donned a disguise of a trenchcoat and dark glasses. Once she made it make to Canterlot, she was surprised to learn that everypony thought that she had been in Canterlot all this time. That's when Cadance saw Shining Armor in the arms of another Princess Cadance.

“Not only has my husband been sleeping around with the changeling queen I created,” Cadance thought bitterly, “but that insectoid skank has the gall to try and pass herself off as me!”

Cadance's vengeance couldn't have been more justified in her own mind. When she got her hooves on those two, her buggy doppelganger would be vivisected and her body put on display in a museum; and Shining Armor would be publicly gelded before starting a life of hard labor.

Not wanting to give her enemies any advanced warning, Cadance kept to the shadows as she spied on them. She had hoped to take photos of the Captain of the Royal Guard boning an insect abomination. What she ended up getting was much, much more damning.

Twilight was giddy. Her brother had contacted her from Ponyville. She rehearsed his message over and over in her mind.

“Twilight, come meet me alone in my room as soon as you can. Don't let anypony see you. The secret I've tried to keep can no longer be contained. I have a big problem on my hooves and I want you to be with me. I'll need your help to clean up the mess when everything comes to a head. Sincerely, your brother”

“No two ways to interpret that,” Twilight thought smiling, “My brother wants to confess his love for me by giving me a facial.”

Once she arrived in Canterlot, Twilight followed her brother's instructions by staying out of sight. Twilight's marehood tingled with anticipation as she climbed the deserted staircase leading up to Shining Armor's room. Opening the door, Twilight announced her presence in the most seductive way she could think of.

“I came at your request, big brother,” she said, slutily, “And I'd gladly do it again.”

“Thanks Twily, I can always depend on you.” Shining said, oblivious to his sister's blatant advances. Sitting beside the stallion was his wife, Chrysalis.

“What's she doing here?” Twilight asked, annoyed.

“I need both of you here now more than ever,” Shining said, “A situation this hard is going to require you both to put your heads together.”

Twilight reasoned that she was fine doing a three-way. After all, her brother was already married. It stood to reason that his wife might want to be involved.

“Twilight, can you come over here?” Shining asked, gesturing to the table.

“Couldn't we use the bed?” the purple unicorn asked.

“Just do it!”Shining snapped back, losing his patience, “This is important!”

As Twilight approached the table, Shining warned her that what she saw might shock her. Laying on the tabletop was a tabloid. It was the most recent edition of the Equestrian Enquirer. In bold letters the headline read: “SHINING'S SECRET SHAME: CAPT. OF ROYAL GUARDS KEEPS IT IN THE FAMILY.”

Below the headline were large, censored photos of Shining Armor and Twilight Sparkle in flagrante delicto.

Twilight blushed. It was as if all of Canterlot had her most secret desires available in tabloid form.

“I need a copy of this magazine for my bathroom,” Twilight thought.

“So you haven't heard about this yet?” Shining asked.

“No,” Twilight said, absentmindedly, unable to get the images out of her head, “Ponyville's out in the sticks. We're always late getting news.”

“It's all anypony's talking about here in Canterlot, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was all over Equestria by nightfall,” Shining said, upset, “The Captain of the Royal Guards caught red-hoofed in an incestuous love affair.”

“Yeah,” Twilight said, dreamily.

“Isn't that vile?” Shining Armor asked, shattering Twilight's illusion, “I would never screw my own sister.” Unable to control herself, Twilight lashed out at her brother.

“Why not?” the mare asked, unable to keep the hysterical anger out of her voice, “You obviously want to if you make the changeling look like me during sex!”

“She's not 'the changeling,'” Shining Armor said as he turned to look out the window, “She has a name.”

“And a face!” Twilight interupted, “My face! Why won't you admit you're attracted to me?”

Shining Armor didn't hear his sister's latest outburst. His eyes were trained out the window. Chrysalis and Twilight both looked at him.

“What is it?” Shining's wife asked.

“I was afraid of this,” he said, “The guards are coming to arrest me for these alleged sex crimes.”

“We could tell the truth,” Chrysalis said, “Tell everypony that I'm really a changeling and that was me in those photos.”

“I can't let you do that,” Shining said, turning to look his wife in the eyes, “After the attack on the city, ponies hate changelings. You'd be persecuted. I can't let you go through that for my sake.”

Shining Armor moved in and kissed Chrysalis on the lips. Twilight stared at them, feeling conflicted. Shining forced himself to break the kiss. He knew time was of the essence.

“No. My only option is, I've got to go,” Shining Armor said, "Now."

“I'm going with you,” Chrysalis added.

“No.” Shining Armor replied, “It's too dangerous. You'll be much safer here as Princess Cadance.”

“I wouldn't want to be so far away from you, my love,” She said, resting her head on his shoulder, “Your love gives me strength.”

“As does yours,” Shining replied,resting his head on hers, “Just not in quite the same literal sense as you.”

Twilight sat there in silence during the whole exchange between Shining Armor and Chrysalis. Twilight felt an odd combination of happiness, sadness and anger. She was happy, because she saw how much her brother and his wife loved each other; she was sad, because her brother did not return her affections; and she was angry because she knew her brother clearly wasn't being honest with himself about his feelings.

“Twilight, we need to go.” Shining said, interrupting her thoughts, “If you stay here, they'll arrest you as well.”

The mare elected to put her discussion with her brother on hold until later. Right now, the important thing was to make a safe getaway.

Standing between the other two, Twilight cast a teleportation spell, just as the royal guards burst into the room with an arrest warrant for Shining Armor.

Moments later, the three of them appeared in the Canterlot Royal Gardens. Chrysalis assumed the form of Princess Cadance.

“It'd be great if Twilight and I could also hide our identities,” Shining said, as he looked around, apprehensively.

“I've got a plan,” Twilight said, “We'll sneak on board the next train to Ponyville...”

“We can't hide in your library,” Shining said, dismissively, “Don't forget, they're after you, too.”

“I wasn't talking about my library,” Twilight said, annoyed at having been interrupted, “I know the perfect place there we can hide.”

By the time the sister, her brother and his wife had managed to sneak into Ponyville, the news about the alleged familial affair had spread.

As Twilight led the rest of the company on, they stopped to hide behind a bush. Two mares were coming their way, and they were talking about Shining Armor.

"I heard the entire Royal Guard's been mobilized to bring him and his sister to justice," the first mare said. Shining couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"The whole Royal Guard?" Shining thought in disbelief, "I mean, I know incest is illegal, but they're treating it like I started an act of war."

"I hear there's a big bounty on both their heads," the mare's friend added. "But that's what happens when you kidnap a princess."

"Wha... " Shining was about to shout, before Twilight jabbed him hard in the gut.

"So apparently, Captain Shining Armor conspired with his sister to kidnap Princess Cadance and hold her for ransom." the first mare said, "When the guards searched the castle, they couldn't find Princess Cadance anywhere. This all came out after those pictures were released showing Shining Armor and his sister doing it."

"It all makes sense, if you think about it," the second pony chimed in, "He never loved his wife. His marriage was falling apart. He wants to be with his sister. So what's the princess good for at this point? A bargaining chip."

"How could a Captain of the Royal Guards sink so low?" the first pony said, shaking her head. Two two mares continued their walk. The three sat there for a moment in silence, realizing their situation was much more precarious than they had initially thought. Once they were sure there was nopony around, Twilight led the group onward.

Sneaking behind trees, buildings and bushes, Twilight managed to lead her fellow fugitives to their destination.

“Sweet Apple Acres,” the changeling Cadance read aloud, “Twilight, are you quite sure we'll be safe here?”

“Trust me,” Twilight said, “If there's anypony who will sympathize with our situation, it's the Apple family.”