Bumbling through my Education

Bumbling through my Education

Chapter 14: Courtship Blues

“This is an outrage! An Outrage! A commoner selected to be the next Prince Consort is spitting in the face of every eligible noble!” Luna read the quote once more.

She set the offensive newspaper down. The University would need to start up soon, but at the same time she worried about her herd returning to Canterlot. The nobles were mostly vain and petty, but based on some of their dreams she couldn’t promise that one or more wouldn’t attempt to hire somepony untraceable to do harm to her beloved Bumble. She looked at her sister who was currently speaking with the guard, and looking far more relaxed than she had in some time.

“What has Twilight said about currying Blueblood’s favor?”

Celestia looked toward her, “Lulu, Twilight suggested that we simply bend a little toward Blueblood’s own wishes. I know that he has spoken greatly about opening the market for healthcare. As he states true competition would go far to improve the health care for our subjects.”

Luna sighed, “So our plan is to agree to remove the monopoly the nobility has on our health care system? Sister, forgive me if I am unable to reign in my excitement.”

Celestia rolled her eyes, “Lulu, we don’t have many choices, and this is actually something Blueblood is passionate about.”

Luna shook her head, “No, it is something your personal relations director is passionate about, and Blueblood desperately wants to separate her from her undergarments.”

Celestia giggled, “Perhaps, but Blueblood would most likely agree to this, regardless of his reasons, and we could win on both sides.”

Twilight walked into the room, she seemed to be walking a little funny, and when she went to sit down she shuffled a bit in her seat before using her magic to summon a pillow that she placed under her rump. Luna paid attention, and a small smile rose as she observed her actions.

“I’ve arranged for Prince Blueblood to receive a summons. What I suggested is fairly straight forward, and I think that he will make the trip here.”

Twilight looked confident as she smiled at both Luna and Celestia.

“Twilight, are you prepared to pamper Blueblood?”

The question caught her off guard, “Ummm, what?”

Celestia sighed, “Blueblood is many things, but one of the most important is that he is a prime negotiator when it comes to dealing with the nobility. He does, however, have a few quirks…”

Luna rolled her eyes, “Blueblood is quite gifted at what he does, but he is tends to enjoy his pampering. If he is here, in Ponyville, he will expect the same level of pampering he would receive in Canterlot.”

Twilight nodded, “Well we have a wonderful spa.”

Celestia smiled, “And that is a start. There is more, and we have time,” Celestia said as she wrote a small letter, “Send this to my Personal Relations Director, Ms. Short Shoves. She will undoubtedly be more than happy to come.”

Twilight looked at her, “Why do we want a PR Director here?”

Luna smiled, “Because Blueblood is smitten with her, and if she likes the sound of something he is likely to agree in order to get her favor.”

Twilight looked at her in surprise, “Wait, you want to use this poor mare in order to sway Blueblood’s decision?”

Celestia shook her head, “Twilight, we are not asking Ms. Strokes to rut Blueblood. We will be asking her opinion. It is that simple.”

“It doesn’t sound simple,” Twilight replied, “It sounds… It sounds like we’re trying to use her like a bargaining chip!”

Celestia sighed, stood, and stretched, “Twilight, when you became a Princess, what duties did you begin to oversee?”

Twilight looked surprised, and shrugged, “Nothing right away. I mainly studied, and I helped my friends solve friendship problems.”

She nodded, “And after you officially gained your title as the Princess of Friendship what duties did you officially oversee?”

She sighed, “I began doing paperwork to file Ponyville as part of my sovereign lands, then I overtook part of the management done by Mayor Mare, but I turned those duties back over to her.”

“You felt that she was suited for that job, correct?”

Twilight nodded.

“Did you ask her to resume that duty, or did you assign it?”

Twilight looked at the table, “I...I assumed that she’d want it back, so I just assigned her to it.”

Celestia smiled, “How is turning all of the paperwork, the new rules and regulations, and problems over to a government official who was finally able to take things easy any different than asking our PR Director to show up and help us persuade Blueblood?”

Twilight didn’t look up, but instead her voice sounded defeated, “I guess that it’s not.”

Celestia smiled, “No, it’s not. Twilight I understand what you were getting at, and I’m very proud that you were willing to stand up for a mare you barely knew, but there are times we simply must do that which we must do,” she took a seat near Twilight, “My former pupil, as a Princess there will be times that you have to do something that seems manipulative, and perhaps even unethical, but you do them for what you hope will be the greater good.”

“I mean no offense, but how is legitimizing Bumble and Luna’s courtship for the greater good?”

Celestia gave her a gentle smile, “For one it brings my sister great joy, but for another I believe that Ms Strokes is going to agree that breaking up the monopoly of health care will be beneficial for all our subjects. It will spark competition, and that will lead to lower costs.”

“I see, but it still seems, wrong. It almost feels like we’re… I’m not sure how to explain it.”

Luna looked at her friend, because she could honestly call Twilight Sparkle a friend. She was one of the few that went out of her way to make her feel welcomed once again, and that was a wonderful thing. So, she decided that she could possibly give her friend some insight she didn’t have.

“It feels as if we’re using her, and her body, for political gain. I believe that is what you were trying to express.”

Twilight’s eyes widened, “Exactly!”

Luna laughed, but the sound was hollow and mirthless. She looked at Twilight, her eyes full of sadness, “That was done to me, multiple times Twilight Sparkle.”

Twilight looked at her in surprise, “What?”

She gave another small smile, “When our country was first coming together we needed allies. Ponies that lived in other places that did not join with Equestria to begin with. I was married to political leaders in the hope of gaining their various countries allegiance. Though I was married I was not loved. None of my chosen husbands saw me as more than a claim to the fledgling nation, a royal to rut when they chose, and somepony to abuse without worry.”

Twilight’s jaw hung open. Finally after a few moments she came to her senses, “Luna… I’m so sorry to hear about this!”

Luna gave her a sad smile, “Thank you, but we are not doing the same thing to Ms Strokes, and if I believed that Blueblood would lay a hand on her in any way that I was treated, she would not be brought here. I’ve seen his dreams, and while his desires toward her are certainly quite normal for a stallion, he wishes nothing more than to impress her and gain her favor.”

Twilight nodded, “Okay.”

She started to call for Spike when they noticed that the entire castle was shaking slightly. She looked around for a moment and then they heard a voice echoing throughout the castle.

“YES! YES! GIVE IT TO MAMA, SPIKEY BOO!!!!”

Luna’s eyebrow raised, “I assume that Prince Spike will be unable to send the letter for you. Perhaps you could summon some dragonfire to send it instead.”

Twilight looked at the letter, tried to imagine who she was sending it to, and realized that she had no idea what Ms. Short Strokes looked like.

“I..I don’t know her, but I can send it through the Ponyville mail!”

After sealing the parchment inside of an envelope, writing the address and name on it, Twilight prepared to walk it to the post office only to have a guard intercept her, offer to take it in her stead, and then left. She watched it and then turned back toward Celestia and Luna.

“How long does it take to get used to ponies falling over themselves to do things for you?”

Luna smiled, “One never gets used to it. It is best to smile, let them think they are doing you a service, and then go about your day.”

While they prepared for Blueblood across town Bumble was walking with most of his mares. He thought about Pavi, what he discovered, and how it just didn’t bother him. Luciana, no Pavi, she preferred Pavi, so he’d call her that. Still, it didn’t seem to bother him. Pavi identified as a mare, and he saw her as one of his mares. She walked next to him, her arm looped through his own, a knee length green skirt, white blouse, and a red ruby tear drop pendant that seemed as dark as any of the wines Berry Punch made, and it was surrounded by braided rose gold which hung from her neck.

The pendant, she had told him, was a gift from her mother when she revealed the truth about herself. She had said that her mother was overjoyed at the thought that she would have a daughter. Bumble felt Pavi snuggle against his side. He could feel Pina behind him, her wonderfully massive breasts against his back.

“Mom wants to speak to you today.” Pina said as she walked behind him, “I think she wants to see the stallion that made mares out of her little fillies.”

He was a little worried over meeting with Berry Punch. While everything that happened was certainly consensual he did have a little worry about her seeing it that way. Still, he walked with his herd, heading toward Berry’s tavern, and the entire group being followed by no less than six guards. They reached the tavern, walked in, and Bumble could hear Berry Punch in the back.

“Tavern doesn’t open, uff, for another, ngh! Hour!”

“Mom?”

Berry Punch ran toward the front, her shirt was pulled up, tied under her breasts, which were easily the size of Pina’s. Her plum colored mane was sticking to her fur, evidence of some kind of physical activity, and her short skirt revealed ample amount of leg. Bumble looked at her, and realized that if that was what Pina looked like when she got older then he hit the jackpot. She smiled at them, the scent of strong spirits rolling off of her.

“Sorry, I was stocking the back.”

Pina raised an eyebrow, “Mom, you were making the kinds of noises you make when Aunt Carrot and Uncle Written visit.”

She shook her head, “Okay, maybe there was times that I was getting rutted, like a bad, bad little filly, but today wasn’t one of those times!” she stretched, “I actually just pulled about four barrels out of storage. It’s aged to perfection, and I figured since we have visiting royalty, why not try to get them good and plastered. If nothing else I’d be in for some entertainment.”

Bumble smiled, “It’s good to see you.”

She gave him a smile, “So, he the one?” she asked as she looked at Pina and Pinchy.

“Yeah,” they both answered, “Okay, I can deal with that. Treat ‘em right, rut ‘em hard, get me some grandfoals, and make them take some classes so they can help run this business. I don’t hire idiots.”

“Mom!” they both exclaimed.

“Don’t mom me. I want the two of you to make this tavern, and our vineyard, the best in Equestria. That means going to school, learning business, learning how to grow better fruit, and maybe even your sister learning how to use that horn of hers to make it with magic.”

Pina looked at her mom popping her back, “Have you been doing this the hard way?”

Berry looked at her, “Well, the pulley system broke, my two daughters are marrying my best friend’s colt, and getting a nice thick cock up their backsides, and that leaves me to do the work. So, yes, my darling little filly, I have been doing this on my own. Besides, I don’t want to ask Big Mac to help out again. Last time he got a divorce over it.”

Flagrante smiled, “She was jealous, wasn’t she?”

Berry nodded, “Not sure why. Cheerilee landed a good stallion. The kind that didn’t cheat, wasn’t mean, just liked to go home, play with his foal, rut his wife, and work the fields. That’s a good stallion. Plenty of mares around here would gladly have snuck up and tried to steal him away from her. I didn’t want that,” Berry said as her back finally popped, “No, I was friends with the Apples long before Cheerilee and Mac dated. He was just being neighborly, and she thought that he was stuffing the old foal hole full of foal batter.”

Flagrante laughed, “I’ve known wives like that. Several of the nobility actually, that think their husbands are rutting the maids the moment they step out of the house without them. They’re all idiots.”

Berry laughed, “Yeah, they are. Look we’re not open for a while, but I’m fine with fixing all of you some food, and some drink, but nothing hard for anypony not old enough for it.”

They found a table, a rather long one, and everypony, including the guards, took a seat around it. Berry came back out in about twenty minutes with a large platter of sandwiches, another full of fries, and two pitchers. One smelled like Trottingham Beer, and the other smelled like Apple Soda.

She went back, grabbed several glasses, and sat them down in front of everypony. She took a seat near Bumble, and she grinned.

“So, Pina wrote me and said that you stuffed your cock up her tailhole.”

The drink Bumble just took ended up nearly getting spit out from his surprise. He forced himself to swallow, and took several gasps of air to get his breathing under control.

“Ummmm…. We’ve… I love your daughters very much.”

She laughed, “You’re still the same old Bumble. I remember when you could barely stand to talk to other ponies. It wasn’t because you were stuck up, but rather it was because of your social anxiety. I tried to tell Derpy that you were a severe introvert, just like your Dad.”

She grinned, “Never met a pony that loved a mare as much as he loved your mom. She was willing to herd with me, after I found out I was pregnant with Pinchy. He was fine with it, and to be honest, I think that he would have been a good father for my fillies,” she sighed, “He was a little neurotic, but he was a good stallion.”

She looked at his herdmates, “And a good stallion is hard to find, so you keep this one safe.”

They began to talk, the conversation lite and easy, and slowly as time began to tick by Bumble found that he rather enjoyed being with his herd, all of them. It felt right, their connection, how they seemed to join together so seamlessly felt right. He felt Pavi beside him, she seemed happy, and she leaned against his shoulder.

“I hope that when you meet my mother that things go this smoothly,” Pavi said as she snuggled against his arm.

“Any reason they wouldn’t?”

Pavi shook her head, “No, but I know from experience that things tend to happen.”

She looked at Bumble, giving him a little smile she kissed his cheek, “Things usually seem to happen that we aren’t prepared for.”

Bumble sat there, considering what Pavi had said. There was some truth to it of course. Things did seem to happen, often things that went a bit above and beyond the normal senses of crazy, but it wasn’t all bad. The changes in his own life lead him to where he was, and honestly he felt as if he was simply part of something special. He felt Honeypot next to him, the way she leaned against his other shoulder reminded him of the fact that she could very well be pregnant.

If she was, if she was in season when they rutted, well, it was something he’d happily deal with later. Sitting there, he considered everything happening, and he looked toward one of his soon to be mother-in-laws. Berry was always so full of life, and so willing to help out other ponies even after several of them began talking about her. Pina and Pinchy both took after her like that. They both wanted to help, and he could tell that their influence on his own life had certainly been for the better.

“Bumble, do you… do you mind if we talk for a moment?” Pavi asked as she nervously rubbed her hands together.

“Sure, go ahead.”

She shook her head, “No, alone, please?”

He nodded, got up with her, and walked toward the hall where the restrooms were. Standing in there Pavi looked at him, and he could tell how nervous she was.

“I… I wanted to let you know that I’m at the last point of the potions.”

He looked a little confused, “Potions?”

She rolled her eyes, “Obviously you know that I’m different, right?”

He nodded, “Sure, it doesn’t bother me though.”

She smiled, “And I’m glad,” she sighed and looked at the wall, “Bumble, I don’t want you to help with this. It’s important to me that I do it on my own, but it’s going to take a while. By Celestia’s tight snatch it took me over a year to save up the bits to get the potions to start the change and get my breasts,” she giggled slightly, “and I want the rest of the change to happen, but it could take a while, and I… I want to know that you’re okay with this.”

She expected a hug, or a gentle kiss, but what she got was Bumble’s lips on her own, his hands on her skirt, his fingers fumbling with the buttons on the side. She pushed him back, unbuttoned the hem, and slid her skirt down to reveal that she went without panties. Her expectations were once again dashed as she expected him turn her around, possibly lick her tailhole, and certainly stuff it. Instead he kissed down her stomach. Her eyes widened as she felt this. She felt herself hardening, and she stopped him.

“You...you don’t have to,” she said.

He looked up at her, “You’re my mare, and I’ve done this for Luna,” he smiled at her surprised expression, “It was in a dream. But this doesn’t seem wrong to me. You’re my mare. I want to love you, so, let me love you.”

She felt him kiss her. Her eyes almost rolled into the back of her head as she felt him take her into his muzzle. She let out a small squeak of pleasure as he did this. Her head turned to the side, she began to pant, and then she saw the open door, and Pina standing there. Her other herd mate stepped through the door, closed it, and began to strip. She walked toward them, her mouth catching Pavi’s in a kiss.

“This is the hottest thing I’ve ever seen,” she whispered, as she began to nibble on Pavi’s neck, “You’re going to let him take you, right?”

Pavi nodded, not able to really form words, “Good, because I want in on this.”

The next few moments were a bit of a blur, Pavi’s muzzle was in Pina’s snatch, her tongue licking her herdmate clean, and then she felt Bumble in her tailhole. She grunted and moaned as he took her. Suddenly she felt herself lifted, scooted forward, and suddenly her length between Pina’s breasts. Her herd mate was squeezing her massive breasts together, taking the tip of her length with every stroke, and she felt Bumble getting close.

She felt herself go first, filling Pina’s mouth with her essence, and then she felt Bumble fill her tailhole. Oh, she wanted to finish the transition. She needed to finish it. She needed to finish it because she wanted to carry his foals. She needed to carry them.

He pulled from her tailhole, and began to stand up. Before he could try to get dressed, she turned around and began to give him the same love and care he had given her. She looked up at him, coyishly batting her eyes at him.

Pina smiled as she got up and grabbed her clothes, “Bumble, just so you know, you are going to be rutting all of us tonight.”

He smiled, he honestly couldn’t have it any other way.