This chapter contains a lot of arguing, yelling, LOTS of cussing, and general negativity and drama. If you don't like that, feel free to skip, but you'll be missing a lot of important plot, and some sexy times.

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Amaya sighed, feeling nervous butterflies in her stomach as she lay there that afternoon. It was the day after she and Twilight had aided each others’ heats, and the burn of her estrus was returning, only adding to her exasperation. Bade was expected to come back at any time, and Amaya knew Twilight would tell him they'd had sex. They'd agreed to, after all. She would tell him that they'd slept together, and that she'd been the one to convince Twilight to have sex while he was away. Amaya couldn't help but feel very guilty as she thought about it more and more, unable to get her mind off of the seeming betrayal she'd done to Bade, despite knowing her instincts and hormones had a heavy hoof in her decisions. Not to mention that it was very common among ponies to do this, even if not thestrals.

Amaya knew Bade follows the old style of Thestral dating and courtship, where it's one stallion to one mare; a deeply trusting relationship between the two forever. Remembering this only made her heart sink further, her wings drooping sadly. "I really bucked up, didn't I...?" she asked her empty room, before hearing the castle's front door open, as well as the deep, sexy voice of Bade floating down the hallway, Twilight's own excited tone at him being back also heard.

"Well...time to go see my to-be ex-friend...and face the executioner..." Amaya groaned while getting up from the bed and walking to the door, heading to the main lobby.

As she came to the lobby, Amaya saw Twilight and Bade embracing, before Bade looked over to her. "Hi Amaya!" he said excitedly, coming and giving her a hug too. When she didn't return it and he noticed her gloomy demeanor, he grew concerned. "Hey, is something wrong?" he asked, looking from Amaya to Twilight and back again, "Ladies?"

"Come, let's go have dinner. I had Spike make your favorite!" Twilight said, diverting the topic, disguising her own unease at the revelation to come, leading the way to the dining area.

"You mean eggplant Parmesan? I love Istallion food!" Bade said happily. Clearly, his time in Canterlot hadn’t been too straining.

"Yep, that's it! Well, that and spaghetti, zucchini, and garlic toast." Twilight said as they arrived, the scent of simmering sauce and spices looming in the casual dining area. Covered dishes smelling of delicious food sat on the table, Spike still wearing his pink apron and a white chef's hat.

"Ah, you're here! Welcome back Bade." Spike said, giving a big smile to the stallion he'd come to befriend rather easily. They hung out occasionally, when Bade wasn't patrolling or hanging out with Twilight or Amaya, and even then he was often invited to hang out with the group. "Twilight, the toast should be done any..." A ding from the kitchen stove sounded out, perking up Twilight's ears. "...speak of Discord*...I'd best go get that, then we can eat!"

~

Dinner was delicious as always, Spike having made a rather authentic replication of old Istallion food. Bade satisfyingly patted his belly, having eaten two servings, while Twilight had eaten only a moderate amount herself. Amaya's plate remained untouched, save a few nibbles and shifted pieces of zucchini. Spike had meanwhile left the room to go read his comics, leaving the mare and her two guards alone.

"Something wrong Amaya?" Bade asked again, realizing that Amaya lacked a certain something about her today. She seemed...almost depressed. He could tell she and Twilight were still in their estrus, the faint scent of it on them, but it never usually affected Amaya like this. Indeed, she was usually more talkative than ever during it, as well as always being much more physical with him. A hug here, a teasing bite of the wing or ear there. Bade always chalked it up to her hormones just driving her to be close to him, a stallion, on instinct.

"So, um, did you enjoy dinner? The dish was Amaya's idea..." Twilight said, one of her wings shifting, the ruffling feathers the only sound in the silent room. She could feel the tension radiating off of Amaya, and knew Bade could too.

"Yeah, it was good." Bade replied, but his attention didn't shift from Amaya. "Amaya? Something's wrong with you. You're not acting like...you. You should be asking Twilight to bang in an excited, eager tone and making me mad when I tell you not to. You should be...well, you should at least be eating..."

Amaya winced as he said that, then looked to Twilight and the princess nodded. Amaya gulped. The time had come. "Well, Amaya and I..." Twilight started, but Amaya held her hoof up to stop her. She wanted to tell him herself.

"Well, I may as well just be blunt about it. No sense beating around the bush. Bade, I asked Twilight to sleep with me again, she said yes, and we slept together. I'm so sorry Bade..." Amaya said flatly, her whole body slumped down.

The room was silent for a while, before Bade finally spoke. "So you're telling me you seduced Twilight, when you knew we were a couple?!" Bade asked through gritted teeth, clearly trying to restrain himself. "So...this dinner was, what? A way to bring me up higher just to slam me into the ground even harder WHEN YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE FUCKING MY MAREFRIEND'S BRAINS OUT BEHIND MY BACK?!" Bade's every hard exhale through his flaring nostrils was accompanied by steam, something that only happened when a pony was so angry they were about to charge or buck. Tears were also in his eyes though, showing this stung deep too.

"Bade...I..." Twilight started, confused, but was cut off.

"No. NO, THIS IS NOT OKAY! AMAYA, HOW COULD YOU?!" Bade shouted as he glared daggers at Amaya, feeling his heart twisting, openly crying now, "I-I t-told y-you I l-loved her...and y-you steal h-her away...?" Bade felt betrayed twofold, by his best friend and long-time crush and recently lover.

Amaya simply looked away, her own eyes welling with tears.

Bade then looked with a softer, but still hard, look at Twilight. "T-Twilight? D-do...do you n-not...love me? A-Am I n-not g-good enough f-for you anymore? I sure w-was good enough w-when I was F-FUCKING YOU!"

Twilight was quiet for a moment, recovering from the overwhelming negativity in the room as well as that most recent comment, before shaking her head. "Bade, no. This...isn't like that. Amaya and I are just...'heat buddies'. It wasn't romantic. It was just to end out heats! This is how some mares cope without a stallion around: the 'heat buddies' thing is only for the mating seasons, to ease the mare's heat, then the stallion is with the mare the rest of the year..."

Bade's negativity seemed to lessen a bit at Twilight's confusion, but he still wasn't very happy. He stopped crying, using a hoof to wipe the tears away. "Amaya you already know this but, Twilight, I believe in the old Thestral belief that there's one stallion for one mare. One for each, and those ponies will be married, then trust and love each other forever, their bodies dedicated only to their partner. This...isn't that. Twilight... in my heart, you've betrayed me."

"Now hold your flank right there!" Amaya growled, her protective nature coming to light in Twilight's behalf, "This was mostly my fault! I knew she was in heat, I knew she'd likely say yes, and, worst of all, I knew she was your marefriend." Amaya sighed. "I know it doesn't excuse anything, but hormones are very powerful, and...you have no idea what being in heat can do to a mare. I'm sorry Bade, but I..." Amaya stopped, taking a deep breath, then letting it out in a shudder; "I've felt something for Twilight too, ever since we arrived and I met her. That something grew, and I didn't realize it as I got to know her more. What a great pony she is beneath the sexy exterior..." She stopped to look at Twilight, "...I didn't realize that I was starting to fall in love with her too."

Twilight smiled despite herself, feeling a certain warmth that she always did when Amaya complimented her, or called her pretty. Only now did she realize what that was. She loved Amaya too.

"You've got to be FUCKING KIDDING ME!" Bade exclaimed as he saw the expression on Twilight's face, the clear look of a smitten pony, before standing from the table and galloping off without another word. He slammed through the front door and took off, flying aimlessly as tears once more stung his eyes and blurred his vision.

"BADE WAIT!" Amaya and Twilight both called out, hot on his hooves, but he was long gone and neither had seen where to.

"Fuck. Fuck-fuck-fuck-FUCK-FUCK!" Amaya exclaimed, kicking at the dirt outside and sending an unfortunate rock flying, "This is NOT how I wanted this to turn out! I was hoping we could form a herd or something...I need to go find him and talk to him!" She then unfurled her wings, taking off and leaving Twilight alone.

Twilight, indeed, was feeling numb. This had all escalated so quickly, leaving her heart pounding in her chest with more than just adrenaline. She felt as though she'd lost both a friend and a lover at once. As she walked back into the castle, head held low and wings dragging along the ground, she found she was crying as she walked aimlessly.

As she reached her library, she perked up a little. Her solution to her problems was studying, and this seemed like the perfect way to solve it. Amaya had mentioned something about 'herds', and that may be a possible solution. She started tearing through her piles and shelves of books, throwing books around after a cursory glance, though she soon realized she had no idea what kind of book she was looking for. Her search, however, was interrupted by the door to the library creaking open.

"Bade?!" Twilight asked instantly, but calmed down slightly upon seeing it was Spike instead. Instantly, Twilight scooped him up in her magic and brought him over to her, wrapping him in a tight hug and crying. Spike simply hugged back for a while, letting Twilight use him as an emotional rock for a change.

"I heard shouting, but don't know what it was about." Spike said, softly rubbing his claws along Twilight in soothing motions, "What happened?"

"I...I think I messed up with Bade. Really badly. Spike, can you help me fix this?" Twilight asked, recovering enough to talk coherently.

"Yeah Twiley. You know I've got your back, no matter what." Spike said, smiling, before looking around and seeing the mess Twilight had left. "I see you were looking for something before I came in. What do you need to find?"

Twilight thought a moment, while also admiring her loyal little dragon. "First off, you're the best assistant and friend I could ask for, and second...Amaya mentioned something about me and Bade and she 'forming a herd'. Do you know what that means?"

Spike put a claw to his chin, thinking, before he snapped his claws. "That sounds like a really old tradition. I bet you can find it in 'Pre-Hearth's-Warming-era Pony Behaviors and Traditions'," Spike said, looking through a stack before finding a particularly old one and giving it over to Twilight.

"'Pre-Hearth's-Warming-era'...so these are the more...feral pony behaviors." Twilight said, before skimming through the book.

"So, are you OK now?" Spike asked, getting a nod, then simply leaving her to it with a hug as she said she was.

As she'd expected, Twilight saw the more primitive tribal practices of Earth, Unicorn, and Pegasus ponies laid out, many of which were now outright banned. Among the Unicorn ones, she learned about something called 'herding', and focused her attentions on that. She learned that, in the past, powerful tribal leaders would sometimes 'claim unworthy ponies' from their or other tribes and force them to be their 'broodmate', carrying their master's foals or impregnating their master with foals dependent on the leader's gender, or in general doing whatever they wanted sexually against their will; a sex slave for all intents and purposes, not given the rights of the leader's kin. Eventually, this became a common practice, with all ponies claiming 'broodmates', the world becoming corrupt and hateful, with all Unicorns doing this practice simply to spite the other tribes and steal the prime 'breeding stock' for themselves.

Twilight was a bit panicked at the thought that this may be what Amaya meant, but decided to continue reading further. Amaya didn't seem like the type to want to take or be a slave, after all.

When the Windigos were banished by the three tribe leaders finding friendship with the others, and the tribes united as one, this practice of 'herding' was banished alongside, with all ponies or all tribes being able to willingly intermingle, marry, and interbreed as the individuals saw fit. When Princess Celestia and Princess Luna came into power, however, this practice was resumed with one important caveat: only she and her sister, the two ruling Princesses, were allowed to do it, and that their partners must be willing 'herd-mates'. As she read more about the details, her smile only grew. Surely this is what Amaya had been talking about.

Twilight gave a sigh of relief and closed the book before reading furtherinto the subject in other books, knowing all she needed for now, a small smile on her face. "So that's what Amaya meant!" she softly cheered to herself, hoping Bade would see things differently when she announced that he may not have to choose between them.

~

After a while of searching, Amaya found Bade sitting next to the Celestia statue in the empty town square, looking up at it blankly, clearly deep in thought as a small rain-cloud rained on only him in the otherwise clear day. "Hey..." Amaya said, hoping to clear the air of this.

"Go. Away." Bade said simply, but remained still despite being soaked.

"Right...Bade, we need to talk about this..." Amaya said, before taking a step towards him.

"Talk about what? You stealing Twilight from me? No, we don't need to talk about that." Bade hissed, his tail now swishing in agitation.

"Bade...I didn't mean to...do that. Like I said, I was in heat, I needed relief and so did Twilight...plus you said 'it was soooo hot' when those two mares were 'doing it' in the barracks..." Amaya said, groaning as she kicked a pebble, "...what makes this so much different?"

"What makes this DIFFERENT is that I'VE LOVED TWILIGHT SINCE I WAS A COLT!" Bade snarled, finally turning to glare at her, "Then all of a sudden you love her too, even knowing my beliefs?!"

"Bade...the heart chooses who it wants, not the pony." Amaya said, sighing, "I didn't choose to fall in love with her y'know...plus my hormones didn't help my restraint."

Bade's anger was still simmering, but it had cooled just a bit. "Yeah, fine, whatever. So you slept with my marefriend who you also love now, big deal...." he said sarcastically and spitefully.

"Bade...I..." Amaya said, her gut twisting as she'd made another realization since she'd slept with Twilight. "Bade...I love you too, you stupid foal..."

Bade's eyes widened as though he'd been bucked in the gut. "W-What!?"

"I mean, it just started out as a little thing. I thought how you ate apples was cute when we were foals, then I thought how you always struggled with the third strap on your armor in training was adorable...then...then you hit puberty and went from a scrawny colt with big dreams to a big, handsome stallion actually fulfilling them." Amaya paused, looking away and sighed, "Thing is, I've actually loved you since we joined the Guard together and didn't consciously realize it until now. All those partners I've slept with...they never really satisfied me. I mean, sure, I came sometimes, but sex has always been just to cool my heat. They can't satisfy me, not really. Sex with them feels...hollow. I'm always left wanting...something more after, y'know?"

Bade simply sat there, thinking again. He had not expected this. "Why are you telling me all this?" he asked, not sure what to make of it all.

"Ugh, stallions. You really are kinda dense sometimes...I want to be loved, Bade. I want something more than just some stallion cumming in me, or some mare using a strap-on on me; I want sex to mean something." she said, glaring at a tuft of grass; "But you've always been so enamored with Twilight, you've never even given me a second glance except as some...some perverted, sex-craving sister or something..."

"Amaya..." Bade started, but closed his mouth. He remembered all the special things they'd done together growing up and even just recently, just the two of them, Amaya going out of her way time and again to include him. Each one, as he remembered, seemed almost like a date. If he were paying attention, he'd have seen all the signs; how close Amaya always stayed to him, especially during her heats, and how physical and affectionate she always was with him during them. How often she'd nip him or playfully tackle him at random. How often she'd given him an affectionate kiss on the cheek or nose that lingered for just a bit longer than expected. How often she'd 'subconsciously' flagged her tail and occasionally 'winked' to him, time and time again, even outside the breeding seasons.

Amaya simply glared at that poor tuft of grass, years of subconscious frustrations made manifest finally pouring out; "...but nooooo, it was always Twilight, and only Twilight. Never Amaya, no matter how hard I tried!" Amaya said, her voice trembling as tears came to her eyes, rolling down her muzzle and to the ground.

Bade was stunned as he saw her crying. He'd never seen her cry before, the tough mare always stalwart no matter what happened. Now, as she sat there with shoulders slumped, a constant dripping of tears rolling from her muzzle to the ground, he was baffled.

"N-no matter how much I l-loved you, Bade, you'd never l-love m-me back..." Amaya said, herself surprised at how upset she was over this.

Bade wasn't sure how he could have been so blind to Amaya's feelings towards him for so long. Ever since they were foals, he'd focused on her as a close friend and nothing more, more focused on his studies and getting into the Guard than anything else, then Twilight. Now, as the dam of repressed emotions finally broke with her, Bade was awash with them, not sure how to react.

"Amaya, I..." Bade started, only to be interrupted as he saw a form flying towards them, Twilight landing beside them with a saddlebag on. She had a smile on her face, beaming really, as she did.

"I think I found a solution." Twilight said, using her magic to reach into her saddlebag and retrieve an old-looking tome.

"Huh?" Bade and Amaya said, unbelieving, as the raincloud continued to pour on Bade's head. Eventually a grey pegasus with a messy blonde mane and bubbles as a Cutie Mark flew in, sheepishly interrupting.

"Sorry about that...my bad." she said, corralling the rogue cloud, "This one got away." And like that, she was gone once more, taking the cloud with her.

Shaking her head, Twilight recovered from that random interruption, grateful for it nonetheless.

"Anyways, something Amaya said earlier before she came to find you struck a chord with me, and I did some research." Twilight said, opening the book held in her telekinetic grasp, "As a princess, I have an inherent right to a royal herd, 'in order to spread the superior bloodlines those holding the position of Princess carry'. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna enacted this thousands of years ago, allowing any princess, including me, then extended to any high noble, to have and marry as many willing partners as they wish! Bade, Amaya, I don't have to choose! I can love you both! We can all three be in a herd together!"

Amaya and Bade both subsequently facehoofed. "Twilight...in modern times, a herd sharing one stallion to multiple mares is legally permitted and happens all the time within the general population, not just nobility, given the lack of colts being born recently..." Amaya started.

"...and the subsequent disproportion of stallions to mares, and sires for foals by proxy. The world wouldn't have enough foals if it were only one stallion to one mare, or if some stallions didn't...'donate' sperm for single mothers." Bade finished, a revelation coming to him as he said that. That some mares would never know the love of a stallion...

Twilight blushed, looking away. "Well, I always wondered why there were so many groups of 'friends' who seemed to act like they were more than just friends...they probably were." she said, following it with a nervous chuckle, thinking of her own five best friends who acted much closer than just friends...and likely were. It would seem being a bookworm shut-in, followed by becoming a very busy Princess, would leave any mare unaware of the modern, especially romantic, social norms.

"So..." Amaya broke in, "What do we do now? We have a classic love triangle and the possibility to be in a herd, but our stallion thinks there should only be one stallion to one mare. Whatever shall he do?" She looked to Bade, though not with contempt nor begging, but instead an expecting look.

Bade sighed. He knew he'd always felt a certain closeness towards Amaya, but he'd always sensed it as a brotherly relationship, a type of platonic love. He, however, couldn't help but remember all the fantasies he'd had of her when he'd smelled her heats in the past, rubbing himself to orgasm while thinking of pumping her full of his seed over and over while she begged for his foal, the same fantasies as he'd had of Twilight.

"I...I..." Bade stammered, both mares' fertile scent rolling through his mind, making him consider something he had never before: he could have both. He could have both mares, both lovers, and it was OK. He didn't have to choose!

"Oh c'mon Bade..." Amaya said, rolling her eyes. She could see the desire in his eyes as he looked over both sexy mares in kind, seeing his nostrils flare, "...you know you love and want to be with us both, and you know we both love you and want you too. All you gotta do is say 'yes'. Plus...you've kinda got a boner."

Twilight gave a small nod in agreement, her eyes focused on that spire she had taken twice before, and hoped to have many times more...and this time share. "Bade, Amaya, I love you both. You treat me like a pony, not just a title to earn. You both love me for who I am, not what I am. I want to share this with you forever. Bade, Amaya, will you join my herd?"

"Yes, Twilight, I will." Amaya said instantly, smiling happily.

"I...I need to think about this. I mean..." Bade said, looking away from the two mares.

"Of course. Let's go home first though." Twilight said, getting a nod from him. Twilight touched her two companions and, with a flash of violet light, the trio were in the foyer of the castle. "Take all the time you need."

Bade nodded, then walked away, presumably heading for his bedroom. "So, what do you think he'll decide?" Amaya asked, looking to Twilight.

"I don't know, but he has to decide it for himself." Twilight said, giving a sigh.

"Yeah, but...Twilight? I wanted to let you know...if Bade does choose only you, I'm OK with that. It wasn't right for me to do what I did, and I only hope he and I can still be friends after this." Amaya replied, no matter how much the words stung to say.

"Thanks Amaya."

~

Bade lay in his chamber, hugging a pillow and deep in thought. He thought about how his, admittedly loosely-held, beliefs were from long, long ago, and from a species who always had one male birth to each female born; always one stallion for one mare. Bade sighed. He knew that Ponyville wasn't the most friendly town to Thestrals, and knew how unlikely it would be for Amaya to find a true love otherwise. He also knew the shortage of males in general in Equestria. Heck, Amaya couldn't even find a stallion she liked for her estrus for pony's sake! The thought of Amaya being alone for the rest of her life, such a wonderful mare without a life mate, made his stomach twist.

After a few hours of deliberation, Bade finally came to a decision. He stepped into the reading room where they always tended to congregate, indeed finding the two mares waiting for him. "Y-yeah." Bade simply said after taking a deep breath, nodding as he said it. This felt right to him. He wanted this, more than anything. He wanted them both, and couldn't simply choose. He loved both of them, and had since he was a colt even if he hadn't realized it. "Yeah, I think I...we, can try this herd thing."

"Are you sure?" Twilight asked, looking him right in the eyes. "You can take more time if you need to."

Bade met her eyes, then nodded again. " I don't need more time. I love you both, and can't see myself living the rest of my life without either of you. I love you both so much...but...can we kiss first? I...I need to be sure. Especially with you, Amaya."

Both mares smiled as he agreed, then at his request, Twilight met his lips with a kiss once more. As always, it simply felt right to Bade, letting him know she was indeed a mare he loved. After their kiss ended moments later, Amaya looked to him and he nodded, earning a wide smile from her. As she then kissed him, Bade felt her hoof wrapping around his neck, pulling him in tighter, the fires of her passion made very obvious. As though she'd been wanting to do this for years. He felt pleasure surge through him as he held his long-time admirer close, holding her in a way he'd have never imagined. She didn't feel like a sister to him now, she felt like a lover; somepony he felt deeply for and held dearly, but also whom he wanted to spend the rest of his life with.

After that extended kiss ended, Twilight looked to Amaya, both grinning knowingly. Without delay, Amaya then took Twilight into an embrace, pressing their lips together for the first time. As she did, Twilight felt the same passion from her as Bade had, feeling her heart pounding against her chest as they lovingly kissed, her senses overtaken by the mare's unique scent and flavor. Amaya felt no guilt as she kissed Twilight, no sense of betrayal as Bade had condoned it and in fact watched as the two mares, his two mares, kissed. Amaya and Twilight both felt that same connection they had had in the bedroom, the closeness that wasn't a simple friendship: it was love.

As this kiss too reached its end nearly a minute later, Bade was slack-jawed, his member painfully hard both from the two mares making out right in front of him, and because both of said mares were in estrus, their spicy, musky scents combining to make his cock reach new levels of hardness.

He could have them both. He did have them both. He was their herdmate.

"So..." Amaya said, flanking Bade to his right, trailing her tail along his flank and down to his stifle, its tip swirling over his Cutie Mark, "Whatever shall I do about my new herd-mate's not-so-little...problem?" Amaya asked, her tail's tip then trailing down his stifle, then under his barrel, teasing his turgid shaft, earning a quiet whimper from him.

"W-wait...seriously Amaya?" Bade asked, squirming away from her probing tail, "I know you like sex, but we just...kinda had a moment there. Should we maybe...cool it for now?"

"Well, according to the book, acceptance of a member into the herd, or the formation of the herd, was usually accompanied by the new and existing members physically, carnally dedicating themselves to each other." Twilight read, the old tome once more being closed.

"Oh...you mean..."

"Yep. With an orgy, or at least one-on-one sex, among the whole herd. If the mares are in estrus, or soon will be, it says...the stallions are to give the mares a foal immediately." Twilight said, sliding the book into her book-bag. As she noticed Bade's unease at that thought, she shook her head. "We don't have to have foals right now though, Bade. I'm sure the modern laws regarding herds are very different."

"Yeah, they are.” Amaya replied, “We don't have to have a foal by you unless we both choose to Bade. Also, despite me really wanting to 'sanctify this relationship' with you Bade, we don't have to do anything if you are uncomfortable. We could just get to know each other better…”

Bade and the others were quiet for a while, each seemingly respectively thinking it over, before finally Bade nodded.

"Well, what kind of herd stallion would I be if I didn't satisfy my mares? Besides, we can stop at whatever stage we want to." Bade said, smiling to the two mares; still trying to absorb the fact that they were both his herdmates.

"So..." Twilight replied, coming up on Bade's left, "...Amaya, what should we do with him?" she asked, her grin matching Amaya's, both of their tails flagged up behind them and showing their obvious need, only saturating the area more with their fertile scent and making Bade's still-hard member throb.

Bade gulped.

"I can think of a few things..." Amaya replied.

With a flash of violet light the trio were suddenly in Amaya's bedroom, all three laying on the bed, Bade on his back and a mare to either side of him. The reason Twilight had chosen this destination was soon made clear, Amaya's toy collection on full display. "Much better...now Bade, just lay back, relax..." Twilight started, trailing her muzzle down his barrel, making him shudder.

"...and let us take care of our herd stallion." Amaya finished, positioning herself so she was behind him and between his back legs, working her way from a stifle to his thigh, closing in on the same prize Twilight was as she'd arranged herself the same way.

"G-gals? Are you sure about this?"

"Well I am. " Amaya stated simply, smiling a sexy little smile up at Bade.

"Me too. After all, we have to share now...." Twilight continued, sharing the sensual gaze.

"...so we may as well validate our herd now, right?"

"Mmm, and you both can claim this bat-pony as your mare too?"

Bade gasped as he felt a muzzle on either side of his shaft, the alternating gentle cool of inhale followed by the warmth of exhale of two mares sending his sensitive spire's nerves into overdrive, the scent of two fertile mares only adding to the sensations all that much more.

"I know!" Twilight said, Bade looking to her expectedly.

"Y-yeah?" Bade asked in his daze. He couldn't be sure of anything anymore, his mind so mixed up at the moment he didn't know what to think.

"We could both share him....right now." Twilight responded, getting a nod from Amaya.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea." Amaya said, before trailing her wet, hot tongue up Bade's whole length, Twilight following suit until their tongues met at his flare. Bade watched and felt this all happening, a hoof on either mare, as they both met his eyes, taking half his flare each. Bade felt both of their tongues and lips on his stallionhood, licking and softly kissing it, a truly indescribable feeling.

"W-wow, you...both want me? Like, together?!" Bade asked, overwhelmed by the situation. He'd expected to have sex with both of them eventually upon agreeing to try this, but certainly not within five minutes of said agreement, and certainly not both at once!

"Well, we're both in heat, right? We've still got about two days of it left, and we both need to be satisfied..." Twilight said, smiling seductively.

"...and oh shoot, we've only got one stallion...whatever will we do?" Amaya asked in an overly-dramatic tone, feeding off of Twilight's lust, it fueling her own.

"Amaya, you can go first...I've had him twice before. He tastes quite good." Twilight said, grinning up at Bade.

"Oh, with pleasure...for him." Amaya said with a fanged smile, "It's so polite of you to be all nice and hard for me already..." That earned a throb from his member. "...after all, how could I please you if you weren't?"

As she watched Amaya sniffing and rubbing Bade's cock with her hooves, slowly working him up more and earning a couple humps from him, Twilight couldn't help but feel a bit of primal jealousy; that this was her stallion, and Amaya was taking him. Before she let that thought fester, she stamped it out though. Amaya, Bade and she were in a herd together, indeed her having offered it and both of them accepting.

Amaya stopped servicing Bade and looked to Twilight, nodding her head."Twilight, I thought I should tell you and Bade something else about herding. Basically, there will be an 'alpha couple' that will dictate everything that goes on in the herd...and that's including who would be allowed to breed and have a foal. Traditionally, the alpha stallion and alpha mare would lead the nomadic herd to their next destination, but in a more modern sense...well, it could just means they'll be planning dates and outings and the like, as well as, as said, when to have foals. I choose Bade as the alpha stallion, and elect you as the alpha mare. So, Twilight, does this mean I have to ask you before having sex with Bade, and ask your permission to have foals with him if I choose to in the future?"

Twilight nodded. "He has to agree to have sex too, obviously, though I think casual sex agreed on by you two only is fine. At least by me it is. But about having a foal...I'd appreciate being asked. After all, we're all in this together, right? Including sharing foal-care duties."

"That sounds fine." Amaya said simply. She truly didn't have a problem taking second fiddle to another. After all, Twilight was already a princess and could tell her what to do regardless, herd or no. She then looked up to Bade. "So, this all is OK with you?"

Bade's cock throbbed.

"I'll take that as a 'hell yes'?

Bade nodded, still looking a little intimidated as he saw both mares staring at his cock.

"Great! Now then..." Amaya said, before starting to service him again. Bade moaned as she gave his length long licks, Twilight meanwhile giving his twins some attention, gently rubbing his balls in her magic.

"Oh...my gosh..." Bade moaned, not having expected that extra stimulation on his balls as well in addition to the hot, wet mouth sliding down his flare and steadily lowering itself. His hips started rolling in their instinctive pattern, his whole body thrumming with pleasure and satisfaction. The same intense feelings, he realized, that he felt when Twilight was doing this for him. The feeling of being loved.

Amaya meanwhile hummed happily, stimulating the stallion she'd long loved in a way she'd wanted to do for many, many years. She knew Bade would appreciate the added vibrations, hearing another sharp gasp from him as she continued humming a little tune, meanwhile slowly sinking her muzzle deeper on his shaft. Amaya was nothing if not experienced, her longer-than-average tongue expertly surrounding Bade's upper shaft, slathering it with saliva as the warm, prehensile appendage snaked along it. The taste of his pre-cum saturated her senses with 'male', driving her breeding instincts higher, her need growing.

Sensing Amaya's need and smelling her growing arousal, as well as seeing her winking constantly and her slit drooling onto her bed, Twilight smiled, grabbing a larger stallion toy off the shelf. Amaya gasped around Bade's cock as she felt the toy grinding against her pussy, accompanied by the tingle of magic encasing it, instinct making her grind back in kind against it. Seeing the willingness from Amaya, Twilight slid the toy along her slit for a short while more, before prodding at her entrance with it.

"You want me to put this in you Amaya?" Twilight asked teasingly, noticing Amaya pushing her hips back, trying to get the toy inside her slick entrance, but Twilight denied it by pulling it back.

"P-Please..." Amaya asked, taking her focus off the soft bobs she was giving Bade and begging her new mistress for some relief.

Twilight didn't hesitate after consent was given, sliding the toy into Amaya effortlessly and earning a deeply pleasured moan from her as the toy slid deeper, Amaya aiding its passage by pushing her hips back eagerly. Twilight, upon hilting the dong in her, started a pattern of short, quick thrusts, keeping much of the toy in Amaya as she watched her going to town on Bade again.

Bade meanwhile was moaning softly with each bob of Amaya's head on him, amazed she was taking his whole length into her throat on occasion, though wasn't surprised given how many partners she'd bragged about having. He felt the same tingles of pleasure as he had with Twilight going down on him in the past, his pheromone-ridden mind amplifying his pleasure as his long-time friend and new lover gave him head.

He felt her tongue snaking around his upper shaft and flare, playing over the ridges his flare had, his cock rewarding her with large globs of pre-cum, Bade and Twilight both hearing the loud gulps as she swallowed each one he gave her. Those gulps, along with the loud, wet slurps and satisfied humming vibrating his whole length, were almost as sexy to Bade as seeing and feeling her going down on him.

Bade then watched as Twilight took a sizable stallion dildo from the shelf and placed it to Amaya's raised rump, and asked if Amaya wanted it. Upon him hearing Amaya ask for it, then watching the wanton princess make the silicon length disappear into the other mare, Bade's cock gave a series of hard throbs in Amaya's muzzle at the sheer sexiness of that scene, the deeply pleasured moan coming from Amaya only adding to it all.

Amaya felt as she was filled up both in her mouth and dripping marehood, reminding her of that threesome she'd had with those two Earth Pony stallions from Appleloosa. The taste of a stallion, along with being filled up from behind while in heat, made her baser mind contented. Her body rocked back on the pseudo-cock in her pussy while servicing the stallion in front of her, feeling him pulsing and pulsing, only making her continue to blow him.

Twilight, meanwhile, still felt that jealousy as she watched Amaya sucking her shared stallion, but she repressed it, instead focusing on how sexy it was instead. She'd meanwhile summoned her own choice of dildo from the shelf, a thick zebra model, and slid it home into her burning marehood, giving a deep, contented moan as she stuffed herself full and quickly got to work rutting herself with it.

This went on for a while, Amaya pleasing Bade while being pleased in kind, Twilight satisfying herself, not a word spoken among them as they knew now was not a time for talking, but action. After a good number of minutes, Amaya felt Bade's flare starting to swell, his return humps into her muzzle growing more aggressive; that instinctive habit of a stallion wanting to get as deep as possible to ensure his seed would take telling her he was getting very close. As Amaya noticed that, she pulled him out of her mouth and quickly gestured to Twilight to come to her, with Twilight knowing from Bade's struggled moans and sounds he was fighting hard to keep his load in.

"Wanna share?" Amaya asked in a syrupy-sweet tone drenched with sexuality, Twilight herself giving a shiver at that voice. Knowing exactly what she was talking about, Twilight nodded, before both mares then started licking all over his flared length, feeling its throbs increasing in tempo.

"G-Gals, I'm...really close..." Bade warned, but that only made the licks that much more eager, both mares looking into his eyes as they shared his length once more, knowing they'd be soon to claim their prize.

It didn't take long. Bade, overstimulated from the feeling of two tongues licking his length, one focusing on his swollen flare while the other traced his medial ring, finally couldn't hold it in anymore. "C-Cumming!" He moaned out, just as the floodgates were loosed.

As Amaya felt Bade's cock going stiff and throbbing, she pulled Twilight's head up, making her take the first, heaviest load to the muzzle. The next shots of cum came quickly as Bade felt the ecstasy of orgasm once more, his hips shifting as he painted Twilight's purple muzzle white instead.

Twilight was initially stunned at the feeling of Bade's hot cum on her muzzle and face, but quickly got into it, knowing that Bade was marking her as his; suffusing her fur with his scent. After the first few shots, Amaya directed Bade's cock towards herself, taking the next thick globs on her own muzzle and face, one particularly powerful one even going into her mane and across her right eye, forcing her to close it. Twilight meanwhile had once more softly grabbed Bade's balls in her magic, gently kneading them, coaxing out everything he had to give them.

Finally, Bade's throbs slowed and his streams of cum became smaller and smaller, until finally it was but a dribble, at which point Amaya had taken his swollen flare into her muzzle to suck out the last of his load. Both mares were well-coated in the seed of their stallion, something Bade quickly noticed. Amaya's grey coat was matted with globs and streaks of his off-white foal-batter, Twilight's lavender coat sharing the same fate. That sight alone nearly made Bade want to cum again.

"O-oh my b-buck that was...s-so hot..." Bade stammered out, his mind overloaded by the situation.

Twilight and Amaya simply grinned a sexy grin at him, before looking to each other. Amaya was the first to act, licking along a long strand of cum on Twilight's muzzle, before bringing her into a deep kiss, the glob of virile sperm shared between them as they made out. Again, Bade would have cum again at that sight if he had any more to give.

"So, I'd say that qualifies as 'initializing carnal unity'." Twilight said, still panting, before swiftly realizing that both she and Amaya were still filled with toys and she was very horny, and no doubt her mare herd-mate was as well. "But...Amaya...I think you and I should try that double-ended one again, just to ensure it? Bade can watch...or more."

Amaya eagerly grinned as she reached over and grabbed the double-ended glass toy they'd used previously, grinning eagerly at the prospect of being satisfied once more.

"I'd...really like that..." Bade said, watching as the two mares set up, facing away from each other as Twilight slid the single toys out of them and instead sunk the glass one into herself, Amaya backing up into the other side and accepting it into herself.

"Don't be afraid to get involved Bade..." Twilight invited, looking longingly over at Bade, her face still coated in his stallion-milk. "...after all, we're a herd now..."

Bade simply grinned, feeling Twilight's magic softly rubbing along his length again, before getting up and getting to work on pleasing his mares. His herd.

Author's Note

* - a pony version of 'speak of the devil' I made up.