Bumbling through my Education

Bumbling through my Education

Chapter 10: Classes, Classes, and Announcements

Bumble looked at the Automaton he had begun working on. He’d checked with Ms Quartz and found out that while his Medical Golems were indeed a testament to his studies in the arcane studies, they would not suitable for the class. So instead he was creating an Automaton. He looked at one of the other students in the lab and noticed that he was building a figure that was part of a desk. The inner workings looked more complex, and as he studied it Bumble began to realize that the Automaton was being created to work completely off of gears, wind up springs, and no magic.

It was a completely engineered feat, something that anypony would be proud of, and something that showed true ingenuity.

“See something you like?”

Bumble averted his eyes, “Sorry, just, it’s surprising to see something that is purely mechanical.”

The other pony, a Pegasus stallion he realized, laughed and turned toward him.

His burnt orange coat was lightly stained with grease, his fire red, and orange, mane seemed to have similar splotches in it, and his white shirt and blue jeans were further proof that this pony was more mechanically minded than somepony who relied on spells or potions. The stallion walked toward him, holding out a grease covered hand.

“Tic Toc, it’s a pleasure to meet you,” he said with a smile.

“Bumble, Bumble Hooves, and it’s a pleasure to meet you as well.”

Tic Toc looked at him for a moment, “Wait, are you the guy that’s working on those Medical Golems?”

Bumble nodded, “Yeah, I’m trying to make them so that they can go anywhere, service anypony, and never have trouble doing it.”

Tic Toc let out a long whistle, “That’s some impressive enchantment and spell casting work. Hope you don’t mind, but I took a look at it while I was in there. I’m still amazed that you thought to put in a rejuvenation spell and tie to a cloud walking spell. That was pretty ingenious. As long as it has the magical batteries to power it it should be able to walk on clouds fairly easily.”

Bumble nodded, “It should be able to, but getting it up to the clouds is the trick. I saw something on somepony’s pet turtle,” Bumble said as he grabbed a spare piece of parchment, quill, and inkwell, “That allowed flight for it. There was a single battery at the top, barely noticeable, and it seemed to work on a basic Earth Pony pedal copter rotor. I was thinking about this, but I’d need to ensure that the rotor could pick up the artificial personality I would be giving the golems.”

Tic Toc scratched his chin, “Why even do an enchantment?”

Bumble looked at him in confusion, “Huh?”

Tic Toc smiled, “Don’t take this the wrong way, but you’re suffering from the same thing that a ton of Unicorns suffer from. If magic isn’t the answer then there is no answer,” he said with a small laugh, “But seriously, why even have the enchantment? Instead, have them carry a portable pedal copter. Nothing big like most Earth Ponies have, but something small and portable that can be folded down into a backpack sized unit.”

Bumble felt like an idiot for not considering that option, and he had to admit that Tic Toc was right. He was looking for a magical answer first. He was so used to using magic, that he wanted to throw magic at it, make it work, and call it good. The idea of using something as simple as a pedal copter didn’t really even occur to him, and now he realized how easy it would be to implement. It’d certainly mean testing the weight limitations on the pedal copters, but as long as they could hold one of the golems, without a problem, he didn’t seen how it couldn’t work.

“That’s, it’s a really good idea.”

Tic Toc grinned, “I know, that’s what happens when you don’t have magic to fix everything. Not saying that having magic is bad, but when it’s not at your disposal you learn how to adapt.”

Bumble looked at Tic Toc’s Automaton again. It was brilliantly created, although it was obvious that it was nowhere near done yet. He could see what looked like a chessboard sitting on the desk, one of the Automaton’s hands looked as if it was capable of picking up a piece and moving it. As he looked at it he began to realize what it truly was.

“Is… This is going to play chess?”

Tic Toc smiled, “That’s the plan. I’ve heard that no pony has been able to beat Princess Twilight, Celestia, or Luna, and when they play each other it’s usually a stand still. So, I want to make the first Automaton that can beat them, and I want to do it with no magic.”

Bumble looked at it, at the extensive gears, the clockworks that seemed to stretch all through the desk, and he could see how it hooked together. Just from his looking he could see that the function, all of it, relied heavily on the chessboard itself. It looked liked the pieces were designed to be weighted, and so when one was moved it would push a spot on the board, indicating the move, and cause the Automaton to react with a move of its own. He could only guess that the literal hundreds of small brass cylinders inside of it were preplanned chess matches that switch into play depending on the moves that the player made. The design was brilliant, but Bumble could see what it was.

It was a motion machine. Something that was designed to carry out the motions designed by the clockwork designer, but in these cases it was being designed to carry out various systems of movements that would rely completely on the opponent playing against it. He looked at it, considered what it would be like to see Luna playing, and then his mind went to a slightly lewd place. He imagined her playing, bend over, her eyes watching the board, her mouth open, a soft moan escaping her lips as he ravished her. Her attention split between the Automaton and his ministrations.

He smiled at that thought, but slowly put it out of his head as well. Most likely if she was to play against this Automaton it would be in public, with dozens of nobles watching, and his smile returned as he considered the idea of having a table set up. One where he could sit near her, using his magic to pleasure her as she attempted to play. There would need to be some tea or something for him to drink, something he could use his magic for, but it’d certainly be an idea. As he considered the options it occurred to him that at some point some of his hangups about sex had disappeared.

He didn’t seem to be as uptight and awkward about it anymore. Before if he thought something like that, in public, he’d be worried sick that somepony would just know that he was thinking something lewd, and that they would think something negative about him. Being with his mares, all of them, had changed that in him. Honeypot helped to bring him out of his shell, Pina and Pinchy had both shown him that he could be confident at times, and Luna, Luna was showing him that he had worth. She was proving to him that he was valuable as a pony, if for no other reason than just as a pony.

It didn’t change what he wanted to do. He still wanted to help ponies, he still wanted to make it so that his medical golems would be able to travel anywhere, go anywhere, and be able to help with all manner of medical problems. But he was discovering that he wasn’t relying on his project to give him worth and validation. He had that now, and the project was what it should have been all along. It was a way to help others in ways that had not been available before.

There was still much he had to do, including testing the magically infused glass of his golems against projectiles. It wasn’t common here in Equestria, but he’d heard that the Gryphon Empire had weapons that shot little balls of lead out of a pipe using the same type of explosive powder found in fireworks. It was something that Unicorns could do with their magic. Focusing a small bubble of energy and putting enough force behind it to go through a pony.

He wasn’t naive enough to think that Equestria had always been peaceful. He had listened to Luna as she talked about Equestria before her banishment. She wanted to talk about it, to get it out, and he had offered a willing ear. She talked of the wars that took place the great conflicts that happened between Equestria and the Crystal Empire before her banishment. How Sombra had kept his soldiers focused on winning, removed their morality, and used the Unicorns in his army to create and use those kinds of bubbles for the war.

It lead to stronger magical shielding, and then that in turn lead to those bubbles becoming elongated and sharpened on the ends. She talked about other countries that had been at war with him over the years. The ancient Diamond Dog Kingdoms, Minos the original capital of the Minotaur Empire, and even rogue dragon attacks had happened when she and Celestia had been given the solemn duty of leading the ponies.

It had been difficult was a massive understatement. Bumble recalled what he knew that was taught, officially taught, about that time period. The wars were barely mentioned, almost as if they weren’t really worth speaking about, but rather it was situations like Discord’s rule that was mostly talked about in history. He knew that most ponies, himself included for the longest time, believed that Equestria had always been peaceful, but that simply wasn’t the truth.

Luna made him realize how dangerous it once was, how many hardships their ancestors had, and of course he realized that outside of Equestria’s borders there was still places like that. Places where these dangers were still commonplace. It was for this reason, if no other, that he wanted to make his golems practically indestructible. He wanted them to be able to go out into the field and withstand almost anything as they saved lives. There was royal guards out beyond the borders, ponies that went on diplomatic missions abroad, and even then he wanted more than just ponies to have access to them. He could see them doing great things for Gryphons, Diamond Dogs, Minotaurs, and well everypony.

He heard something and looked back at Tic Toc. Realizing that he had unintentionally been in his own little world he gave a sheepish smile, “Sorry, I was just thinking about the applications that I could do with the golems.”

Tic Toc gave a laugh before the door opened. Bumble watched as a slightly older Unicorn mare walked in. She wasn’t that much older, obviously just in her mid twenties, but she strolled straight toward Tic Toc. Her soft blue mane was tied back in a pony tail, her tail was trimmed to be short, and her jeans and v-neck t-shirt showed a very voluptuous figure. She reached Tic Toc, kissed him fully on the lips, and then broke it.

“You’ve kept me waiting for fifteen minutes.”

He smiled, “Sorry, I got to talking shop with Bumble here,” he said gesturing toward Bumble, “Bumble this is my marefriend Stardust, Stardust, this is Bumble Hooves.”

She turned toward him, her light yellow fur seemed to fit her personality well. She seemed warm, caring, and she never looked down at his junk once. Instead she kept her eyes on his.

“Hi,” she said smiling, “He already told you my name, but that doesn’t matter. So, are you an engineering genius like my coltfriend here?”

Bumble shuffled his hoof, “I’m more of tinkerer than anything.”

Tic Toc laughed, “Don’t be modest. He’s the one working on those Medical Golems I pointed out.”

Her eyes widened, “Wow! That’s… Damn, that’s really impressive!”

Bumble smiled at her, “Thanks.”

He stretched out his hand, but she stepped past it and hugged him. Bumble noticed a few things right off the bat. One, Tic Toc’s marefriend seemed to be fairly well endowed, both above and below. She stopped hugging him after a moment and she stepped back a little embarrassed.

“Sorry… I’ve… Well I’ve been missing my Colt all day…”

He could see how flustered she was, and then Tic Toc grinned when Bumble waved it off. They began to leave, and Tic Toc looked at him, “Maybe we could hang out sometime? Stardust and I tend to eat at the Hayburger, you’d be welcome to join us.”

He nodded, “Sure.”

He watched as they left and then he looked at his own project. Tic Toc’s was an engineering marvel, but his own was a bit different. Originally he considered creating an Automaton to be used as a medical golem, but he found that while it was possible the Automaton was limited by its parts. Instead he began looking at other applications and what had came up with was something of a potion mixer.

The design was simple, and like Tic Toc’s mechanical marvel it had cylinders inside that told it what to do, but there was a lever on the back that had to be pulled to a certain point to determine what kind of potion it was mixing. He felt fortunate that Honeypot had discussed potion mixing with him, and from there he began to work on the idea for the Automaton. It was still early, and there was still tons of work to do, but so far he had the basic frame and the clockworks together. The biggest difference between his and Tic Toc’s was that his wasn’t completely mechanical.

There was a magical battery that powered it. I relied on magic in order function. He considered going back, putting in a coiled spring, and making it function directly from it, but the groundwork was already done. Instead he decided to keep going in the direction he was headed. Ms. Quartz had said that having magical elements would be okay, but only if it was an actual Automaton. Since that seemed to be the single biggest issue he felt confident that it would be okay.

“Bumble, you in here mate?”

He turned to see Whet. His roommate, and somepony he certainly considered a friend, walked into the lab. Whet let out a whistle as he looked around.

“Always found these things creepy boyo. Never did like being ‘round ‘em, and certainly don’t enjoy it now. What ya say ta us heading out, maybe grabbing a bite?”

Feeling a little hungry Bumble nodded, wrote down the calculations he was coming up with for the next set of movements, and walked out with Whet. He noticed that Whet looked a little distracted. His mane was still the well organized chaos it normally was, but he could see that Whet’s eyes were a thousand miles away.

“What’s on your mind?” Bumble asked.

Whet stopped, breathed and looked at the stallion he certainly considered a friend, “Mate… I got something to tell ya, and I hope ya ain’t all pissy ‘bout it.”

Bumble raised an eyebrow, “What is it?”

“Whet sighed, “A few nights ago, when I walked back with your sister, we got ta talking. I like her,” Whet licked his lips, “We ended up in bed together, and I can’t get her out of my head.”

Bumble looked at him, “You rutted my older sister?”

Whet nodded, “I did, but to be fair she started it. Bumble mate, I’ve never felt that way ‘bout a mare. I love mares, I love makin’ ‘em scream my name, but I never felt like that ‘bout one. I asked her to be my special somepony.”

Bumble laughed and Whet sighed with relief, “For a minute I was concerned.”

Bumble shook his head, “Wait until you tell mom! You’re going to have to meet her, and she’s pretty protective.”

Whet smiled, “I’ve handled a mother or two before.”

“Pegasi?”

Whet’s eyes widened, “Your mother is a Pegasus?”

Bumble nodded, “Yeah.”

“Oh Bollocks…”

The two of them walked together toward the Hayburger, and Bumble saw several royal guards heading their way. He wasn’t sure what was going on, but a moment later both he and Whet were surrounded.

“Sir Bumble, the Princess has asked that we come and retrieve you. She is prepared to inform the nation of joining your herd.”

“You’re rutting a Princess?!” Whet exclaimed.

“Ummmm…”

“Sir, Princess Luna has made it very clear that we are to ensure your safety, and retrieve you as soon as possible.”

“You’re rutting Princess Luna?! What the… Bumble is your bleeding cock magic or something?!”

Bumble blushed, and one of the guards began to push Whet to the side.

“Wait, he’s my friend.”

The Guard regarded Whet for a moment, “Very well, then the both of you need to come with us.”

Bumble sighed, “I didn’t even get a hayburger and fries…”

The Guard removed his helmet, looked at another guard and motioned toward the Hayburger. The other Guard looked at them both, “What do you want?”

Whet’s mouth went dry. The idea that the Royal Guard was going to get his meal for him seemed unreal, but he cleared his throat and tried to smile.

“Number two for me, Apple Soda, medium, please.”

Bumble wanted to crawl somewhere and disappear, “Number one, regular size, no onions… Please.”

The Guard nodded, and with that she lifted into the air flying toward the Hayburger. With their order being taken care of the rest of the Royal Guards that found them lead them toward the Palace. Bumble saw the huge group of nobles, reporters, and just regular ponies that had come out. He also saw his mother, sisters, and his herd already up near all of the Princesses. He was so ready to just go hide, to get away from this, but instead he was lead to the rest of his herd, and almost as if they had understood how he felt they hugged him.

He even felt Flagrante, the newest member of his herd, trying to comfort him. Memories of what he and Luna had done to her, for two hours, and then how Honeypot, Pinchy, and Pina welcomed her was still fresh in his mind. Luna hadn’t been lying to her. When everypony was satisfied Flagrante could barely crawl, let alone walk. He could remember the three of them, on her, using her, making her cry out their names. When the night was finished he had to help Flagrante to the bathroom so she could take a shower. She could barely stand, and while he felt a little bad, she explained that she was happy.

This was what she wanted. She wanted somepony to finally take control for her. She also explained that when he was ready she wanted to have his foal, at which point it slipped out about how Honeypot might be pregnant, which lead Flagrante’s eyes to narrow. He wasn’t sure what she did, but he remembered the effects of whatever it was later that evening.

She walked toward him, nude, wearing a red collar, a leash attached to it, and she presented it to him. When he took it she went to her knees and hands. He looekd at her, at the fishnet stockings she was wearing, the short skirt that barely covered her rump, and certainly did nothing now that she was like this, and the lack of a shirt allowing her beautiful caramel colored breasts to bounce and sway. She looked back over her shoulder at him, shaking her rump at him. He felt himself hard as he looked at the sight.

“Please, your dirty little Unicorn needs her daily dose of sperm. Give it to me? Fill my womb with it.”

He walked behind her, his hands reached down to feel that she was incredibly wet. He started to get on his knees, to eat her out, but she moaned in protest, “No, I want you inside of me, please… Fill me.”

He unbelted his dress pants, pushed them down with his soft yellow boxers, and freed his stiff member from their prison. He so wanted to be inside of her, to feel her around him. He pushed into her and felt her wonderful pussy open for him. He kept going until he felt the tip of his cervix. She grunted, pushed her hips toward him,and forced the last few inches into her wanting snatch.

A lewd moan escaped her and she shivered as he took hold of her by her cutie marks.

“Rut me… Bumble Rut me like I’m your whorse.”

He started slow, but she didn’t want that. He felt her rutting against him, each movement matched, each thrust met with one from her. He began to go harder, faster, causing her to moan and shake around his cock. He felt himself embedding himself inside of her womb on each thrust, and then he felt as her orgasm overtook her. Her pussy clenched down on his cock and he unloaded into her. She fell forward, spent, her belly bulging from the amount of sperm inside of her womb, but he didn’t feel finished. She felt him move her tail.

“My… my tailhole…” she began before she felt him pressing against it.

A wet popping sound erupted and he felt himself enter her. She let out a grunt as he pushed deeper into her. She moaned as she felt him taking her tailhole and making it his. Luna had claimed it already, but now he was. She felt his balls against her snatch, indicating that he was completely seated inside of her, and then he pulled back. She let out a soft moan that changed when she felt him thrust back into her. She grunted as his balls slapped against her, his thick cock buried in her tailhole, and she closed her eyes.

She never imagined that she would like this, that she’d be into sodomy, but she was. She loved having her tailhole stretched, she loved the feeling of having something amazingly large inside of her, and she loved the way that he made her feel. She felt his magic touching her, the wisps of the light telekinetic touch was almost tongue like as it licked down her. She moaned deeply at the feeling, and once again she felt herself pushed over the edge. She collapsed, spent, and assured that her fertilization spell had worked.

She felt confident that she was indeed carrying his foal, and she would not let her alpha hold all of the glory of carrying one of the first foals for their herd. She loved being put into her place, but her competitive nature was still there. She would have one of his foals. Perhaps only one, but at least one.

Flagrante didn’t know that Bumble began to piece things together over the next couple of days, and today, while he was a nervous wreck, standing before an ocean of ponies, he felt two of his mares that were most likely carrying his foals. He looked up at Luna as she stood after being introduced by her sister.

“Mine Subjects, it is with great pleasure that I wish to announce your Princess of the Night has found a suitor.”

A line of murmurs began to echo through the crowd, but she seemed to ignore it, “He is a gifted enchanter, a pony working toward the betterment of all Ponykind, and I believe he would do well to help serve as we serve.”

More Murmurs erupted, and finally she motioned for them all to step forward. The Murmurs turned into shouts. Some were positive but the others, mainly the nobility, were screaming about how this was no longer accepted. Luna stood there for several seconds, trying to let the crowd calm itself before finally she growled.

“BE STILL!”

The entire group of ponies went quiet from the sound of the Princess’ Royal Canterlot Voice, “This is not up for discussion! We have made our choice! None shall impede the decision made here, and by the stars we shall see the ponies that try dealt with!”

Luna’s expression was one of anger, or bitter outrage, but it was a soft touch that calmed her. She looked at Bumble, moving toward her, before her, attempting to take the brunt of what he perceived to be a threat to his herdmate, and she noticed the others doing the same. She was surrounded by those she was entering this relationship with. Celestia moved forward looking at the group before her.

“I am in support of my sister’s decision.”

Finally it was one of the nobles she’d learned to tolerate over the years that stepped forward, “It was an understanding between the nobility, and royalty, that all consorts would be at least considered from the nobility.”

A loud Guffawing erupted from one of the Lunar Pegasi. Finally she stood up, her cobalt blue mane shined as she looked at the noble.

“Ya want ta know something? We looked! All of ya weren’t good enough! Yer stallions worth a snot are already with somepony, and happy, and those that aren’t have less than a limp noodle! We weren’t lettin’ that get near the Princess! Least that stallion got a proper cock!”

Celestia quickly quieted things before looking them over, “This concludes the declaration of Princess Luna’s suitors. Thank you all for coming.”

She sighed as she turned toward them, “Lulu, we need to get Cadence, Twilight, and come up with a way of getting Blueblood to help with this. They will go along with it, but with his help we can be assured that none will try anything,” she smiled, “Our nephew simply has too much information on any of them for them, alone or collectively, to try anything.”