Ancient History

Princess Celestia stirred the peas on her plate, carefully keeping them in motion while avoiding her potatoes. It was a delicate game, one that required dexterity and patience. Celestia had centuries of practice.

The Canterlot ponies seated at her table swapped stories of their business ventures, playing their own game of one-up-ponyship as they bragged about the private cruises they had taken or the trends they had started. It was a delicate game in its own right, but one Celestia was not interested in playing. As the Princess, they couldn't compete with her.

Her face masked her boredom perfectly; she seemed as graceful and lovely as ever. It wasn't that she disliked the elite of Canterlot, or didn't think the seasonal City Business Luncheon was important; she was simply preoccupied reminiscing about the days when she and her sister's castle wasn't the center of a major city. It certainly was a lot easier to take things at their own pace in the Everfree Forest. If these ponies knew the sort of things she'd gotten away with in that castle, they would choke on their salad forks. She smiled, one of the few expressions she passively allowed to break her mask. Those had certainly been the days.

She wandered back in her memories. After Luna was banished, she had really let her mane down. It seemed like Starswirl scolded her on a daily basis, for just about everything one could imagine; sleeping in, playing hooky to explore the forest, playing hooky to get frisky with guards, fighting monsters, exploring alternate dimensions in mirrors, falling in love... She could hardly believe she had once been such a timid, innocent mare. Countless threats, endless responsibilities, and a hoofful of very important stallions had changed that.

"What do you think, Princess?" Zesty Gourmand, the veritable queen of the restaurant business in Canterlot, asked her in her heavily self-important tone.

Princess Celestia froze. She was usually so careful about avoiding this sort of thing, but her trip down memory lane had been extra vivid this afternoon. But she didn't panic. As a politician with a millennia of experience, she was an expert in giving ponies exactly the vague answer they wanted to her.

She opened her mouth, but another sight caught her tongue. Zesty's teacup had suddenly sprouted a pair of yellow and red eyes, and the handle detached, looking like a clawed hand. No pony noticed, as all eyes were on Celestia.

The princess faltered in her speech, trying not to give it away. "Well... I, uh, think that it's a very complicated matter, but I'm... I'm grateful to have you all here with me to discuss it," she said. She watched as the clawed hand took a dab of butter and spread it over the handles of Zesty's silverware and glass.

"See? As I suspected, the princess understands my point," Zesty replied as she reached for her spoon. She had barely lifted it a few inches before it slipped out of her hoof and into her soup, splashing enough to stain her chef's coat and face with tomato bisque.

She blinked a few times in utter shock. Celestia stifled a laugh. The other guests stared on in horror. Finally, Zesty began to apologize. "My... sincerest apologies, Princess, my spoon just... slipped." She began to wipe herself with her napkin.

Celestia could already see the same spirit possessing other table items, buttering everypony's flatware in the same way. "It is quite alright. I've been told the royal silverware is... slippery," Celestia replied, biting her lip as she waited for the payoff.

Prince Blueblood spoke next. "I understand, Zesty. Manners are a product of good breeding, rather than education," he boasted. He picked up his teacup, only to spill it directly into his lap, yelping like a filly as his crotch sizzled.

The other ponies wondered what was going on, trying to pick up their own silverware, only to find themselves slipping and dropping them everywhere. Soon the table was quite a mess of fumbling ponies flinging soup and salad this way and that, apologizing to each other with every mishap.

"What in Equestria is going on?" Blueblood wondered with anger.

It took all of Celestia's composure to fight down her giggles. "Perhaps- perhaps we should take a break," she suggested.

Celestia excused herself quickly, as did the other ponies. She retreated to the hallway, and finding she was alone, except for a guard or two, she could contain her laughter no longer. She was hysterical, in tears at the sight of the stuffy ponies struggling for a simple sip of soup.

"Oh, heavens! That was good!" she said.

"The old butterhooves trick - it never fails!" said a deep voice behind her.

She turned to face Discord, wiping his claws with a dinner napkin and examining his nails. She wiped her own eyes and said, "You really have impeccable timing. That was one of the most boring luncheons I've had in a long time."

"Oh, Celestia, if I know anything about comedy, it's timing," Discord replied with a stage bow.

Celestia shook her head, still grinning. She paced down the hall, and Discord fell into float beside her. "I don't know how I managed to survive so many centuries of that without you to break up the atmosphere. Your antics really are a lifesaver."

"Well, since I'm not allowed to make the anthills shoot fire every forty seconds anymore, I have to get my kicks somehow," he said, floating on his back as if he was swimming.

"Things have been much better. I'm very grateful for what restraint you do exercise," she agreed.

"It almost feels like the old days, doesn't it?" Discord said. The briefest moments of silence hung in the air at the mention of the old days. Discord continued. "We're even on the same mountain that we used to play hooky on before. I thought that was a nice touch."

"I was worried you feel like I was trying to cover up our old haunt," she responded.

Discord waved his paw dismissively. "Pffft. You built your capitol city on top of our old mountain. If anything it's a monument."

Celestia smiled up at him. "Any opportunity to take credit for something, I see?"

"Don't act like you didn't miss me for that whole millennia," he replied. He landed, walking on his hands, waving his tail about as he spoke as if gesturing with it. "Since we've brought it up, what do you say about sneaking away for a stroll now? That luncheon isn't going to get any more entertaining after that stunt, and I'm certain the falls will be just as lovely now as they were then."

Celestia shook her head. "I'm afraid I can't. It really is an important luncheon, Discord. We have to prepare for the business trends of tomorrow if Equestria's prosperity today is to grow."

Discord wiggled his foot in a "blah blah blah" sort of motion, which looked very odd to Celestia. "Alright, alright. I see that old age has taken all the fun out of you."

"I suppose it has," Celestia replied with a prim turn of her nose. "And of course, that means that I can't have anypony disrupting the Grand Galloping Gala this year like I allowed for last year, now can I? Oh well. I suppose I'll have to find some other draconequus to invite."

Discord righted himself. "Unless the universe spontaneously decides otherwise, I'm the only draconequus around last time I checked. It seems you're stuck with me."

Celestia smiled coyly. "So it seems. But don't feel like you have to prepare a routine for the occasion. I want you to be able to come and enjoy the Gala as a guest, just like anypony else."

"That's sweet. You think I prepare my antics," Discord said, clasping his claws. "On the contrary, I think I'll just wing it. Plans and chaos only go together when they're the diabolical kind, and I've been off that stuff for a while now."

"Excellent. I'll send the official invite today to Fluttershy's. Oh, and this time, don't worry so much about your plus one. There's nothing wrong with a stallion going stag."

Discord stopped in front of Celestia. "Actually, I was thinking you would be my plus one. It doesn't have to be serious or anything, of course. We can go as friends, but I figured after all this time, and now that I'm good and all, there's no real need to hide our friendship, is there?"

The surprise was clear on Celestia's face. "You want me to be your.... date?"

Discord was unfazed. "Of course. You've already asked me to be your entertainment, so it seems only natural. Plus, this way, we could really end the night's festivities with a bang," he said with a suggestive waggle of his eyebrows.

For once, Celestia found that a diplomatic answer was hard to spit out. "Well... um... while that does sound... very tempting, I think I might... need a night to think about it... Excuse me."

Celestia beat a hasty retreat to her tea room, not too far from her royal suite. She closed the door hastily, and when she was finally alone, she wiped her brow and exhaled.

"That sort of answer might satisfy your brown-nosers, but I'm no dupe," Discord said, appearing before her with crossed arms. "A simple 'no thank you' would have sufficed."

Celestia should have known. She paced around her tea parlour anxiously. "I'm sorry, Discord, but please try to understand. Equestria is bigger than ever, which means that there are countless more eyes watching me constantly than ever before. Can you imagine the rumors that would spread if I took you to the Gala as my date? Even if we only went as friends, there would be much talk in the morning."

"You know, I would have thought in this day and age, stallions and mares could be friends without everypony making a big deal out if it," Discord said offhandedly. "But I suppose that last remark was a bit off-color. I would be perfectly delighted to accompany you to the Gala and stay clothed the entire time."

"It's not just that," Celestia said. She paced around the table again, again searching for the right, diplomatic words. "Don't you think you'd be happier with another mare? You and Fluttershy are so close."

"We are," Discord said. "Fluttershy, against all odds, seems to understand me in a way other ponies don't."

Celestia nodded. "To be frank... Since you spend so much time together, I just assumed..."

"That we were sleeping together?" Discord said, taken aback. "Don't get me wrong, I've tried to get under that strawberry tail like a hound. But Fluttershy says she isn't interested in having that kind of relationship with me. And now that we've been 'just friends' for a while, frankly, I'm starting to enjoy spending time with a mare without being attracted to her."

"I thought you two would do well together," Celestia nodded with a warm smile. "Especially since I anticipated you might be a bit... bitter after what happened."

"Oh, I was," Discord said. "Hence the whole, 'returning evil' thing, and the 'betraying you for Tirek' thing," he said with air quotes. "But really, it was just as much my fault for taking a gamble like that with the Elements. As you can see, I'm much happier on this side of the moral fence. I think I just needed to get some of the pent-up anger out of my system."

Celestia lowered her head. "It was understandable that you were angry... But I am glad you're with us now, for real. It was... more painful than I'd care to admit, having to fight you all over again."

Discord was quiet for a moment. "But I am good now. So..." he steeled himself with a breath. "What is the problem? Would you really pick your image over your old friend?"

Celestia looked into his eyes. "You are a dear, old friend Discord... but..."

He could see the answer in her eyes. "Things have changed between us, haven't they?"

"No! Of course not!" Celestia denied it quickly.

"But they have," Discord said, putting the pieces of the puzzle together as he stroked his beard. "A long time has passed. The spark has... gone out, hasn't it?"

"It's not like that. It's... complicated," she struggled to explain.

"Don't give me that line," Discord said, again crossing his arms.

"Well, what did you expect, Discord?" Celestia said, raising her voice suddenly. "I've spent most of the last thousand years completely alone! We imprisoned you, and Luna betrayed me, and when Starswirl went... it was either move on, or wallow in guilt and grief and loneliness forever!"

"So you moved on," Discord said flatly.

"Yes!" Celestia said. "I started taking my duties more seriously. I started a city, I wrote books, I met stallions, and I even let them bed me."

"Oh, I'm aware of your extradimensional romance," Discord said tauntingly. "'Good' Sombra, wasn't it? Fluttershy said he was quite charming. A perfect match for you."

"I loved him!" Celestia roared at Discord. "I loved him with everything I had, and he loved me back! Don't you dare speak of him like that!"

Discord was taken aback. "I never expected you to go a thousand years and save yourself only for me. But as much as I hate to be blunt, they aren't here anymore, Celestia. I am. Why can't we simply pick up where we left off?"

Celestia could barely contain her raw feelings. "Because you weren't here, Discord! You could have surrendered! You could have turned good a thousand years ago, and I wouldn't have had to fend for myself! But you chose to oppose us, and you left me no choice."

"Oh, I was there, Celestia," Discord said with venom. "You might not have realized, but I was still in that stone statue. Unable to move or speak or feel any part of my body, but I could see. I could see, Celestia. I could see every stuck-up noble and hear every pedantic conversation. I didn't have a choice to look away whenever some idiotic guard had a quickie with some maid in the hedge maze under my statue. I've heard the same cheesy lines from a thousand ponies to their Gala dates, and every time they seem to think they're so original. And I watched you, too, Celestia. I saw you when you wandered alone and I saw you followed endlessly by a whole court of ponies fawning over you. I saw you flirt with those same guards, and I saw you cry at my feet. But you had all but forgotten about old Discord by the time your favorite pupil had arrived, didn't you? Did you even plan to release me, or did the idea only occur to you after I freed myself?"

"I didn't know what to do with you!" Celestia answered. "Even if I wanted to free you, how could I justify putting my country at risk like that? You wanted to plunge Equestria into chaos! How could I be sure you wouldn't do it all over again if you were released? And when you did get free, that's exactly what you did!"

"Well, pardon me if being trapped in a garden ornament for a thousand years soured my opinion of you!" Discord roared back, pounding his claws on the table. Celestia took a step back, and both realized how badly things had escalated. Discord stood himself up and smoothed his mane out again, regaining his composure. "But... I was wrong then. And it took Fluttershy for me to realize what was right in front of me all along: it's better to be friends with you than enemies. I've moved on from the past. Why can't you?"

Celestia looked into Discord's eyes, but years of history and frustration welled up within her. "That's just it, Discord. I did move on. To other loves. And I think of them every day. I couldn't help it if I tried. Do you really want me to move on from that? To forget them?"

"No, of course not..." Discord said softly, but he could feel he was losing the struggle.

Celestia paced around the room, looking out a window at the beautiful Canterlot mountainside. "I miss them, Discord. I missed you too. I'm so happy to have you back, and that we don't have to be enemies. But... the 'good old days' are in the past. And if there's anything I learned from Starswirl, it's that you can't reclaim the past. I think... we both need to move on."

Discord's ears drooped and his face fell. "I see..."

Celestia tried to offer him a smile, turning back to him. "But I would still like to see you at the Gala. If it's not too much to ask."

Discord returned the effort with a smile of his own. "I would be glad to attend."

Celestia nodded, stepping past him toward the door. "Excellent... I know things are difficult now, but I'm sure they'll get better."

"After the stunts I'll pull at the Gala, I'm sure they will," he agreed.

She offered a genuine smile to him. "Discord... you still are a truly dear friend."

He nodded. "I know. You are as well, Princess."

Celestia excused herself to rejoin the luncheon, and Discord decided to roam about the castle for a while longer before returning to Ponyville. He decided to take another stroll through that all-too familiar hedge maze. It was bigger than he thought after spending a thousand years in one corner of it, but there were surprisingly few ponies making their way through. It was a good spot to be alone.

He paused only when he found his old pedestal. It stood bare in the garden, even the plaque had been removed. He could only wonder why Celestia had decided to keep the pedestal.

His thoughts were interrupted by a voice behind him, which annoyed him greatly, because that was usually the sort of thing he did to ponies. "What is it they say about returning to the scene of the crime?"

Discord turned to face Princess Luna. Much like Celestia, she had hardly changed in the past millennia herself. Even the fierce glare of her eyes was the same. "I'm afraid you may have your analogies mixed, Princess. And aren't you usually asleep at this hour?" he asked.

"I can sense my sister's feelings quite keenly. Your shouting woke me," she answered coolly.

"Oh, is that all? Well, my sincerest apologies," Discord said, almost too politely. "I can assure you that things are quite alright between us. She's invited me to the Gala, even."

"I am aware," Luna said. "She seems to enjoy your shenanigans to no end."

"In a way, she always has," Discord jabbed.

Luna was not one to play games, though. "Do not taunt me, Discord. I can see that you have changed. Fluttershy's influence on you is clear. But you and I both know you haven't changed that much."

"What are you talking about, Luna? Am I not one of the good guys now? Do you still suspect me of villainy after that big light show with Tirek?"

"Not villainy, but treachery all the same." Luna drew close to Discord, getting into his space. "Celestia told me of your history together, your almost-romance. And I am not foolish enough to believe that you do not still lust after her."

Discord frowned. "Do you take issue with all stallions that want to bang your sister? Because if that's the case, then do I have some letters to the naughty-magazine editor for you to-"

"Silence!" Luna interrupted. "I will have none of your insipid humor! There may have been a time when Celestia felt for you, but it has passed. Do not pursue her, and reopen old wounds. If you do, I will make you pay for every tear she sheds."

Discord raised an eyebrow. "For such a brute, your vocabulary has always been impeccable. And like it or not, Celestia and I are friends, and we always have been. But have you considered that, as they say, it takes two to tango?"

Luna smiled confidently. "Celestia may have turned to you in a moment of weakness, but she is older and wiser now. I think you'll find she'll not respond to your advances as she once did. Or perhaps you've already discovered this. Is that what your fight was about?"

Discord struggled to keep steam from blowing out his ears. But he kept his cool. "Celestia may be older and wiser, but she's also grown far more confident in herself. She seemed so delighted to hear I'd be attending the Gala again. I can only imagine how the evening will end. Dinner, dancing, making her laugh... slipping away to her bedroom..." Discord teased.

Luna's temper broke as quickly as she had built it. "If you so much as lay a paw on her, I will crush you!" she roared, jabbing him in the chest with her hoof.

Discord froze. "A moment." He pulled a pocketwatch out of a hidden pocket in his fur and turned the dial, stopping time briefly while he studied Luna's fury-riddled face. "She doesn't know?" he realized aloud. "My, my, Celestia, you are quite the keeper of secrets. I'm almost tempted to tell her how much she enjoyed our first time bumping uglies just to spite her. But I suppose Celestia has her reasons." Discord turned the dial again, resuming the moment.

Luna glared at him. "What sort of chicanery is this?"

"Never mind. You've made your threat, but I suppose the ball rests in Celestia's court. And since you seem so confident that she wouldn't truly want anything beyond our friendship, then I suppose you have nothing to worry about, hm?" Discord said.

Luna was keenly suspicious, but said, "I suppose I don't, but that doesn't mean I won't have my eye on you, Discord. Everypony else may be enamored with your antics, but I am not so easily won."

"Clearly," Discord said. "But as riveting as this conversation is, I would hate to be late for tea with Fluttershy, and it is getting to be that time. So I'll have to bid you ta-ta for now." Discord made a show of bouncing on his tail before poofing off into thin air.

Luna could only grind her teeth. "Why couldn't my sister make friends with a nice zebra or something?" she muttered before retreating to the palace.

Once Celestia was alone in her dining hall, accompanied only by the cleaning staff, she finally allowed herself a heavy exhale of release. It had been quite the afternoon.

"Excuse me," she said quietly to a maid, who turned to her princess attentively. "You wouldn't happen to know if there's still some cake leftover from Twilight's birthday party, would you?"

The maid gave a knowing smile. "I'll be right back with a piece, Your Highness."

"You're a lifesaver," Celestia thanked her. The maid returned shortly with a slice of plum cake with purple frosting, three layers high. Celestia could already feel her mouth watering.

When she took the first bite of homemade buttercream icing, she had to suppress a moan. She could almost feel the stress wash off her back, her wings fluttering even. Almost. Dealing with Canterlot's elite was challenging enough, but attempting to finish the meeting with the weight of Discord's words on her mind had been an ordeal. She felt like she had ruined something between them. Everything had been going so well, and time spent with Discord after his reformation was more than enjoyable. But now, so much past had been unearthed, things she had thought were well buried. Sombra, the Elements, their last night together...

The door open suddenly, and Celestia's first instinct was to hide the cake and wipe her mouth. But it was only Luna. "Cake already, sister?"

Another moment of relief. "What are you doing awake, Luna? Is everything alright?"

Luna approached her sister's seat, taking a vacant one beside her. "Yes, yes. Call it a midmorning snack." To a butler, she said, "I think I'll have a piece too." She was quickly furnished with her own slice. "Plums, eh? At least it won't be too sweet."

"I think I've earned it, after today," Celestia said.

"Yes. I'm aware of your spat with Discord," Luna said bluntly before taking a bite. "I see the Cakes have lived up to their namesake once more."

"It was silly, really," Celestia said, picking through another bite, gazing at her plate.

"Discord has not lost interest in you, but is unaware of the many things that have transpired that would make any romance, with him or otherwise, complicated at best?" Luna said simply.

Celestia blinked. "Well... Essentially, yes."

"I pay more attention to you than you might think," Luna said.

Celestia waited until the castle staff had filed out of the room. "It isn't that I dislike Discord. Or even that I'm not attracted to him..." Celestia said softly, knowing the walls might still have ears. "But things were somewhat simpler before. Our country was smaller, and we were both so young."

"Indeed. But frankly, I don't understand the appeal of Discord. I thought Sombra was terribly handsome. I might even say I was jealous when I first saw him," Luna said bluntly.

Celestia grinned. "He was handsome. And so very romantic," she said.

Luna grinned back. "Do you remember our first guard captain after we banished Discord? Pale Star? I do believe he was what the mares now call a 'hunk.'"

Celestia's eyes lit up with the memory. "Oh, yes! I used to draw hearts with our initials in them in my notebooks."

Luna reminisced as she ate her cake. "He had such a strength about him, such a commanding voice. He was just as confident in the bedroom as well."

Celestia nearly choked on her cake. "Luna! You and Pale Star?"

"He was my first! I didn't want to tell you!" Luna defended. "Why are you so surprised? Did you make love with him as well?"

"No. I thought it would be terribly inappropriate to be with a guard or servant, at least until you were gone," Celestia said. "We were so silly back then, weren't we?"

"We were young," Luna said dismissively. "You were concerned with your image, and I was concerned with living in the shadow of that image. But I can't tell you how relieved I was to hear that you, too, had played the tramp during my banishment as I had prior."

"Tramp!?" Celestia hissed, batting Luna with a wing, who couldn't resist laughing. "I think we could fill an entire barracks with the amount of guards you've slept with!" she accused.

"Fitting. Those guards could protect the small village's worth of stallions you've lifted your tail for, sister. You have had much more time for frivolity, after all," Luna teased.

Celestia lifted a chunk of cake with her magic and flung it at Luna, who blocked it with a wing. The battle ended there, as both sisters suffered a fit of giggles before peace returned. "Words cannot express how happy I am to have you back, Luna," Celestia said.

"I know. You tell me once a week. I love you too, sister," Luna said flatly, still smiling at the corners of her mouth. "Since we've brought it up, I must know: was Sombra a good lover?"

Celestia smiled, again looking at the remains of her cake. "He was romantic and gentle, but certainly capable of being a stallion when it counted."

"That is good. And here, I was worried that all of your lovers were the kind to recite poetry during the act and cry afterward," Luna teased once more.

"And one might say that all of yours have more balls than brains," Celestia retorted.

"Don't be crude, sister," Luna said. "But if I am going to give myself to a stallion, I'd prefer he be a stallion. Cadance agrees with me. Nothing like a big, strong male to make you feel like a mare."

"We are all aware of your fondness for Applejack's brother."

"Now there's an aptly named stallion," Luna said with a coy smile.

"Luna! You didn't!"

"It took some time to break past his shy, quiet demeanor, but once we were alone, he was more than eager. I'd say he was the best I've had yet."

Celestia shook her head. "You are incorrigible."

"And what of you, sister?" Luna asked. "Was Sombra your most enjoyable lover?"

Celestia tapped her chin with the handle of her fork. "That is a good question. I never thought about it before, but if I had to pick..." She sifted through all her past partners for a long moment. "Oh! I remember one! There was this guard..." Celestia's face was already melting into a dreamy expression.

"What was his name?"

Celestia smirked at Luna. "Longspear."

Now it was Luna's turn to gasp and bat Celestia with a wing. "Sister! This must be a jest!"

"Not in the slightest. And my, was he magnificent. Always a perfect gentlecolt, so loyal and thoughtful. But when I named him my personal guard, and he began to sleep in my chambers, well... let's just say I got much less sleep in those days. At least until he married a blacksmith."

Luna smiled kindly at her sister. "I think I should have liked to meet him."

"You would have liked him. For who he was."

There was a moment of silence, but the air was easy between the sisters. "It is hard to believe that Discord is among your past flames."

Celestia knew Luna would bring him back up eventually, but she set her plate down calmly. "He is wild, but he is not evil. It was a distinction I knew long ago, and how I knew he could be redeemed."

Luna nodded. "I am sad to think that you kept secrets from me, but I suppose we both did in those days... I believe, in the end, you made the right decisions."

"You still do not like him," Celestia pointed out flatly.

"My duties are of a very different nature than yours, and the last thing I need are distractions. But I resent his feelings toward you as well. He cares only to slake his own lusts, and does not consider all that you have endured."

Celestia stared pensively at her plate. "I don't think that's quite true. The friendship we once had... ironically, it kept me sane and happy during that dark time. I think he simply wants to make me happy like that again. And perhaps to go back to a time when we had not dealt such blows to each other."

"History is etched in stone, sister," Luna said. "I am grateful that he eases your burdens and makes you smile. But you should not open your heart to him. I fear it would only cause you more pain."

It was a long moment before Celestia nodded. "Yes. I think you are right, sister. He is a good friend, and there was a time that I loved him. But I think that time has passed."

Luna let out a sigh of relief. "I am sorry to burden you with my opinion in such a matter."

"Not at all," Celestia shook her head politely. "If there is anypony who has a right to speak about what stallions I let into my life, it is my favorite sister."

"Your only sister," Luna reminded her.

Celestia stood from her chair. "Yes. Now, I must attend a charity auction in the gallery. You should get back to bed."

Luna smirked. "Perhaps I shall do as you once did and ask a guard to protect me."

Celestia smirked back. "I think we should have an inspection of the entire royal guard soon. It has been some time since we've evaluated them."

"I agree heartily."

"Fluttershy, could you fetch that specialty beard shampoo for me?" Discord asked.

Her bathroom was a little crowded with the two of them getting ready for the Gala. She was brushing her mane at the mirror while Discord was using her shower. Her tub consisted only of a barrel for the natural appeal, so without a curtain she could easily give it to him.

He applied a dollop to his beard and eyebrows and began to wash them carefully, the suds washing them sparkling clean. "And you're sure you don't feel bad that I asked Celestia to be my plus one first?" Discord asked.

"Oh, not at all. I know how much you two enjoy each other's company," Fluttershy said, turning from the mirror to smile kindly at him. "And after I took Tree Hugger last year, I wouldn't really have a right to be upset."

Discord dipped his head under the stream of water from the spigot, letting it splash over his face rather dramatically. "She won't be upset about not receiving an invitation?"

"Oh, no. She's taking a sabbatical to a naturalist resort, so she wouldn't be able to make it anyway. It's the perfect opportunity to go with you," Fluttershy responded.

"Now, where is that body wash?" he asked.

Fluttershy searched among the clutter of bottles and grooming tools. "Sorry. My bathroom is cluttered enough with mare's products, let alone all the new stallion products for tonight... Oh, here it is. Smooth for stallions." She opened the cap to sample the scent. "Mmm, sandalwood."

"I should apologize for that. I don't mean to colonize your bathroom like this," he said, working up a lather in his paw.

"On the contrary," Fluttershy said, examining her mane before applying a few squirts of floral spray to it. "Getting ready for an event can be more fun than the event itself. It's the only way I can ever build up the confidence to appear at places like the Gala. Plus, I've never gotten ready with a stallion before. I had no idea you were so meticulous about your grooming, Discord," she said, placing a ring of flowers on her head like a tiara. She turned around to face him. "What do you think?"

"Positively graceful," he said in kind. "And of course I'm meticulous. Ladies love a well-groomed stud. And on that note, if you'll pardon me for a moment." He snapped his fingers, summoning a black censor bar between his legs as his claws ventured lower to wash his male parts.

Fluttershy only blushed slightly. "I wasn't aware you were looking to take somepony home tonight, at least after what happened with Celestia."

"That's precisely why I am," he answered. "Celestia made it perfectly clear that she's not interested in any sort of physical relationship with me, so instead of sulking about it, I think it would be best to use this opportunity to move on like she has and try to get laid for once. It has been a thousand-year dry spell for me, after all."

Fluttershy nodded meekly as Discord rinsed himself off. "Well, I think it's great that you're respecting Celestia's wishes, and that you're not letting circumstances interfere with the satisfaction of your needs."

Discord turned off the shower and wrapped a towel around his waist, the censor bar disappearing behind it. "Your support is much appreciated. As is your help getting ready. I'll need to look my best if I'm going to be getting lucky tonight." He stepped out and took his turn in front of the mirror.

Fluttershy hesitated, her smile affected. "It's just that.. are you sure that 'getting lucky' with some strange pony will really help?"

"It will help my tissue supply, I can assure you that much," he replied, leaning into the mirror as he combed his mane and beard.

Fluttershy blushed again, smiling nervously. "And that's all well and good. At least, if this is only about your physical needs..."

Discord cast a sidelong glance at her, raising an eyebrow. "What are you saying?"

"Well, are you sure that you're not trying to replace Celestia with somepony else?"

Discord leaned back from the mirror. "Are you suggesting I'm on the rebound?"

Fluttershy took a pumice stone to her hooves so she wouldn't have to look Discord in the face while she spoke. "From what you told me, you two have a lot of history together, and you've been waiting a very, very long time to be in a position to finally be with her without anything in between you. It's understandable that you'd be disappointed."

Discord scoffed, snatching up some deodorant and swiping it in his armpits as he replied. "I'm still a stallion. How do you know I'm not just horny?"

Fluttershy inspected her hooves. "I understand that you are. But if you could pick anypony to satisfy your needs, would you just go with anypony? Or would you prefer Celestia?"

Discord put his hands on his hips. "Of course I'd prefer Celestia. She's so different from me that she's exciting and a challenge, yet we seem to have so much in common. Not to mention all our unfinished business."

"Exactly," Fluttershy said, stepping up to him, her head craning to meet his gaze. "Even if you could settle for somepony else, it wouldn't fix the problem that what you really want is Celestia."

"But she doesn't want me," Discord pointed out, his tone heavy. "She said that too much has happened. She moved on to other stallions and left me behind. She has too much history." Discord turned back to the mirror, looking forlornly at his reflection. "The old days are gone, Fluttershy. The moment passed. It passed a long time ago."

The steam hung heavy about the two of them, and for a long moment, Fluttershy couldn't answer. She didn't know how. Discord rarely exposed his true feelings, even to her, and she was heartbroken to hear his voice. But she couldn't bear to leave him in such a state. So she stepped forward.

"That may be, Discord. But that doesn't mean you can't make new moments," she said softly.

Discord turned his head to look at her. "What do you mean?"

She thought carefully before she spoke. "It sounds like you and Celestia have been through a lot. She's lost so many friends, stallions, and even her sister. And you've never really fit in anywhere until recently. I know the past can be hard to deal with, and sometimes things change, and they can never be the same again... But I don't think either of you need the old days. I think things are much better now. I think you two need somepony to share all the new days."

Discord returned to his reflection, staring intensely at his own eyes. "But... what if I can't make her happy like those other stallions did? What if she still misses Sombra, even when she's with me?"

Fluttershy placed a hoof on his back, looking into the mirror with him. "She might. But then you can be there for her when she needs you. You're the only one who can. You're part of her past, but you can be a part of her future, too."

A light flooded Discord's eyes. He looked at himself once more, and Fluttershy could see his spirit rising. "Maybe you're right. Celestia is my friend. Maybe that's all we'll ever be. But I know I can make her happy, so I shouldn't let anything stop me from doing just that!"

Fluttershy nodded excitedly. "And tonight is the perfect night to tell her how you really feel. Not just that you want her. That you want to make her happy, no matter what it takes!"

"Yes! Oh, if I do it just right... tonight could be grand!" Discord said. He aimed a confident grin at Fluttershy. "But if I'm going to get through to her, I'll really need to look my best!"

"Of course!" Fluttershy said, offering him a bottle of cologne. "A little musk, a new tie, and she'll hardly recognize you!"

Discord dabbed his neck with it as he stepped out into the bedroom. With a snap of his fingers, he summoned his bright orange suit in the air before him. "We'll dance, I'll make her laugh, and when the moment is right..." Discord dropped his towel with his back to Fluttershy, leaping into his suit to put it on in one motion. He straightened the jacket as he turned around. "How do I look?"

"Like a million bits!" Fluttershy answered with a bright smile.

Discord admired his reflection in her vanity. "Thank you, Fluttershy." He turned around to her. "I don't think I could do this without you."

Fluttershy slipped into her own leafy-green dress, stepping up beside him. "You're a good friend, Discord. It's the least I could do."

Discord smiled down at her. "Well, we wouldn't want to be late, would we?" He offered an elbow to her politely.

She took it. "We've got a big night ahead of us."

"Then let's not let it pass us by!" he replied. With a snap of his fingers and a poof, the two were gone to the Gala.

Princess Celestia sighed, standing with Luna at the top of the staircase, her same position at the Gala as every year. She had been steadily keeping her eye on the grand clock behind her throughout the evening. Midnight couldn't come soon enough, when she could politely excuse herself without much seeming too eager to escape. She couldn't believe it was only ten thirty. It felt like she had been on that staircase for ages.

She was eager for Discord to arrive to break up the endless chain of ponies lining up on the staircase to speak with her. She had started the trend of these "mini-audiences" years ago to avoid having a crowd of ponies follow her around the Gala all night, but the line grew longer each year, until it came to the point that she could hardly leave her post to enjoy any of the Gala.

The stallion speaking to her now was attempting to drop subtle hints promoting his business, but she couldn't remember if he worked in finances or tea, and she couldn't see his cutie mark beneath his suit to tell. She only nodded politely and smiled. How any of these ponies expected to stick out to her among the hundred or more she spoke to tonight was beyond her.

"That all sounds very lovely," Celestia said warmly. "And thank you so much for attending the Gala."

"Erm, well... you're very welcome, Princess," the stallion said. He didn't want to end his audience just yet, but the next mare was getting pushy with him.

"You are formidable, sister, to endure this all night," Luna murmured to her.

"You should escape while you have the chance," Celestia replied. "It's me they want to talk to."

Luna squinted toward the door. "I should think not. There is more trouble approaching."

Celestia spotted Discord and Fluttershy entering as well. Fluttershy's dress was as beautiful as she was, but that garish orange suit and hat were impossible to miss. He seemed to be in a good mood as well, wearing the same self-satisfied smile as the rest of the debutantes in attendance.

He and Fluttershy bowed graciously when they came to the Princesses, Discord hardly paying attention to all the ponies he was cutting in line. They wouldn't dare upset the Spirit of Chaos anyway. "My, my, Your Royal Highnesses. Might I say you are looking positively radiant tonight."

"Thank you for having us," Fluttershy greeted the Princesses sweetly.

Celestia and Luna bowed in their own gowns as well. "It is so good to see the both of you here," Celestia said. "But I'm afraid I don't have much time to show either of you around the party. But I do hope you have a good time at the Gala."

"Well, I'm certain things will improve. I have quite the show planned," Discord said with a mischievous grin.

"A show?" Luna said suspiciously. "We can permit a few harmless pranks here or there, but I am not certain we, as monarchs, can allow you to disrupt the proceedings-"

"We can't wait for it to start," Celestia interrupted her. Luna glared fiercely at her sister.

Discord's grin stretched from ear to ear. "Perfect. Then lot's not keep you waiting, shall we?"

Discord poofed himself to the center of the dance floor. With another snap of his fingers, he raised a round section of the floor up a few feet so that he was above everypony, visible to the entire Gala. A silver pole rose from the center of his platform to the ceiling.

The room was silent as the grave. Luna was paralyzed with horror as she realized what was about to happen. Celestia could barely contain her anticipation.

Discord took a moment to smile at the crowd. "Hit it!" he cued.

A low electronic note signaled the start of the song. "It's getting steamy," a voice announced.

A heavy dance beat kicked in and Discord began to sway his hips. He stretched his arms behind his head, slowly up the pole. The gathered elite were beginning to look very uncomfortable.

Luna grabbed Fluttershy by her neckline. "You! Did you know about this?" she demanded.

"I knew he would be up to something, but I didn't expect this..." she answered, nervously attempting to look away, but rather unable to avert her eyes from the sight unfolding.

As Discord slowly began to undo the buttons of his jacket and shirt, it was a feeling all assembled shared, as if looking at a carriage wreck. Each flick of his fingers revealed more and more of his body until a snap showed off the extent of his long, slender chest.

Luna turned to Celestia. "Sister, we must do something! I know that public image is your area of expertise, but this is beyond the pale!"

"I'm just as surprised as anypony else. Plus, how do you plan to stop him? He's Discord," Celestia responded, staring on, visibly amused.

Discord had flung his upper garments into the crowd to be caught by nopony, and was now lying on his stage belly-down, flirting with the nearest mare by touching her nose. He quickly sprang up, moving with the beat, and swung around the pole for a moment, gripping it between his legs seductively.

The music only got louder, and everypony's eyes got wider as he hooked his thumbs into his pants. With a flick, he undid the button. Slowly, he slid them down, revealing his only remaining garment: a tight, black, elastic thong that did nothing to leave his bulge to the imagination.

"We're all doomed," Luna said grimly.

The spectacle continued as Discord danced around his stage, showing off his body and swinging his tail in a circle. But the audience members farther away weren't safe from his antics. He poofed himself to a table, swaying his hips in the face of a stuffy mare, before popping over to another table to grind his backside on a seated stallion like a lap dance.

His next appearance was in front of Luna herself. He leaned back in mid-air, pumping his hips so that she was treated to a faceful of Discord's leather-clad bulge. She recoiled with a gasp, retreating back and nearly knocking a flower vase off its pedestal. Celestia could hardly contain her snickers.

For the finale, Discord reappeared on his stage. He gripped the pole again, pressing himself into it, and to the horror of the watching ponies, hooked his claws into the waistband of his sole covering. He removed it, twirling the thong on his tail as he wrapped his legs around the pole, obscuring himself. He swung up and up in a circle, high up toward the vaulted ceiling until the details of his body were too small to make out. As he began his descent, the music built to a crescendo. When he swiveled to the bottom of the pole at last, he flung the underwear off his tail into the distance and dismounted with his hands behind his head and a bright flash of light.

It faded, and he was gone. The thong landed on Luna's horn.

A long, uncomfortable silence filled the Gala hall. No pony really knew how to react to what had just happened.

Celestia looked at the garment hanging in front of her sister's face. She burst into a fit of laughter. She couldn't contain it any longer. She laughed so hard she fell to the ground. Tears were in her eyes as she pointed at Luna. She even snorted.

"Well, if that is the extent of tonight's tomfoolery, then I elect to retire. I bid you a good night, sister," she said, removing the thong and throwing it at the grounded Celestia.

Celestia struggled to her hooves. "Yes... I think I'll do the same," she said, fighting fits of giggles. "I don't think I can take much more tonight."

Celestia ascended to her room, and sure enough, Discord was waiting there for her. By now, she had come to expect it.

"You said it would be quite a show. You didn't disappoint," she said to him.

"I'm an entertainer at heart," Discord said, reclining on her bed. "If there's anything I know, it's presentation."

Another bout of giggles struck Celestia. "Did you see the looks on their faces?"

Discord giggled to himself as well. "I thought Luna was going to have a heart attack."

"Oh, she was so mad!" Celestia said. She sat on the bed next to Discord, and the two shared a final laugh about the moment together that lasted for a long while.

When they recovered, Discord said, "I hope I didn't cause any trouble for you, with the public or with Luna."

Celestia dismissed the thought with a wave of her hoof. "Luna and I will be just fine. As for the public, I had no idea you planned such a thing, and of course I will take pains to ensure that there will be no stripping next year."

"Don't make promises you can't keep," Discord said, tapping her nose.

Celestia smiled at him. "Thank you again for coming. I was looking forward to your arrival all night. It wasn't what I expected, but I can't say I'm disappointed."

"I'm glad I could cheer you up," he said.

A moment of silence entered between them. Any longer, and Discord would be overstepping the boundaries Celestia had set between them. She tried to find a way to dismiss him without offending him, and he searched for the words to stay.

"It is getting late," Celestia pointed out.

"The Gala continues well into the night," he retorted. She faltered, and he spoke again. "I'm glad I could make you happy. That I could do something right for once."

"Oh, Discord. You always make me happy. You always have," she said kindly.

"Hopefully, I always will," he replied softly.

Celestia was taken aback, sensing where this was going. "What do you mean?"

"I still remember what you said last time we spoke. And I wanted to say that I understand how you feel. I really do." He looked into Celestia's eyes. "If there's anypony else who understands loneliness and regret, well... it's me."

"This again?" Celestia said. She stood from the bed. "I do like you, Discord. But you must move on from what we had. Even if we did... things would never be the same," she said, hanging her head.

"That's just it, my dear," Discord replied, standing behind her. "I don't want things to be the same as they were."

Celestia turned to look at him, confused.

"We were enemies then. We had to keep secrets. You still haven't told Luna about that night, have you?"

"I..." Celestia hesitated. "I couldn't. What I did then was foolish, and immature, and impulsive-"

"And it was exactly what you needed," Discord said. "A night's comfort that meant the world to you. I know it did. It meant the world to me too. If it weren't for that night, well... I don't think I ever would have been able to accept the kindness Fluttershy showed me. The same kind spirit I saw in you, who would worry for your mortal enemy."

"For my dearest friend," Celestia corrected him. "And it is not as if I regret that night..."

"I know. But we aren't enemies anymore," he said. He approached her and stroked her cheek with a paw. "I know the past thousand years have been difficult for you. Every companion, every spot of hope and light in your life was brief. Even the love of your life couldn't last. I know I could never replace Sombra, but..." he tilted his head at her, his expression softening. Celestia's eyes watered at the very mention of his name. "Maybe the next thousand years don't have to be so lonely. You have Luna, and Twilight... and if you still are in want of a stallion in your life... I will always be there for you. As your friend... or your lover."

Celestia stared into his eyes for a very long time, her mind fraught with racing thoughts, her heart pounding. But she wasn't the same, emotional young mare she was.

She smiled, lowering her gaze. "Maybe you're right..." she said. "Having you back, seeing that... silly performance of yours... I haven't felt that happy in a long time."

"I knew it would tickle your funny bone," Discord added.

Her eyes were bright when they met his again. "I like having you around. And when we made love that night... it was so special. All these years, I've lost so much. But I've gained so much of it back. My sister, my country, my pupils... You're the last piece. My first love."

"So, what do you say?" Discord said, extending a claw to her. "Shall we try again? A fresh start?"

Celestia nodded. "Yes. Let's." She narrowed her eyes seductively at him. "We do have all night ahead of us. And you already gave me quite a dance..."

Discord's eyes lit up now. "Ooh, Celestia. Are we so eager to get to the naughty business?"

"It's been a while for both of us, I think." She walked past him toward the bed, drawing her tail under his nose, giving him a splendid view of her rump. "And I know how badly you've wanted this."

"You have no idea," he replied, excitement visibly building in him.

She chuckled softly to herself. "You've been more than patient with me, waiting all this time until I was ready. I'm sorry if I've been a tease."

"You certainly have been, Princess. But don't fret. I intend to recoup your debt to me tonight," he said, stepping closer to Celestia, taking her chin in his paw.

Celestia's faced flushed slightly. "I... suppose it's only fair. What did you have in mind?"

Discord's face erupted into a positively devilish grin. "Well, for starters... I believe you owe me a hell of a blowjob."

Her eyes widened for a moment in shock. Then she scowled at him. But, with a sigh, she couldn't help but shake her head. "You are such a male."

"Guilty," he replied.

Celestia nodded her head toward the bed. "Well?"

Discord jumped into the bed all too quickly, reclining on Celestia's many pillows and spreading his legs eagerly. "Celestia, you certainly have grown into quite the dirty mare," he teased. She climbed up onto the bed with him, situating herself between his legs. "And you're sure you don't mind?" he asked.

She looked down at his package, already gently beginning to nuzzle his furry balls with her nose. "Not at all. I do owe you. And after everything that's happened, I think a good blowjob is the least I could do to make it up to you." With that, Celestia opened her mouth and closed her eyes, wrapping her lips around one of Discord's plump nuts and sucking gently. Her mouth was warm on his sack, and he could feel her tongue lapping at the sensitive flesh.

Discord's eyes rolled and his body shuddered as the night of pleasure began. "Well, my plums certainly appreciate the effort," he said, squirming as she released one orb with a pop, only to begin lavishing the other one. Celestia wasn't shy in the slightest, wetting each of his fruits completely, then making sure to cover every inch of his sack in between in licks, her delicate tongue teasing his sheath and coating the underside of his nuts in turn.

It wasn't long before Discord's erection emerged, just as long and impressive as she remembered. Her eyes traveled up the blue spire with hunger in them. "My, that didn't take long. Feeling needy, my dear friend?" she teased.

"Don't keep me waiting, Celestia. That wouldn't be very polite of a princess, would it?" he replied.

"Of course not," she answered. She delivered a long, slow lick up Discord's shaft. Her warm and wet tongue traveled up the ridges of his knot, pressing into every sensitive ridge, moving up toward the tip, and finally flicking over the underside of his head, eliciting another shiver from him. In her best regal voice, Celestia said, "Discord, in light of your recent services to the Gala, and past services to my royal marehood, as Princess of Equestria I am proud to reward you with the highest honor available to me-" her eyes glinted lustily. "-A most hearty and thorough cocksucking."

With that, Celestia opened her maw, swallowing the entirety of Discord's long, thick shaft in one loud, wet slurp.

Celestia's eyes bulged as she struggled to deepthroat his great dick and wrap her lips around his knot, but Discord's eyes bulged just as much as he felt himself buried to the hilt in the warm, tight throat of the princess. He let out a loud, long groan of release. "Ohhh- fuck yes..." he said, sinking into Celestia's grip.

If there was any doubt in his mind about Celestia's shy, pure demeanor, it was quickly shattered. Once she had adjusted to the unexpected size of Discord's stallionhood, she wasted no time drawing her lips all the way up to the tip and shoving herself back down again. She pursed her lips around his knot, her hooves fondling his nuts, and swirled her tongue around the shaft as she rose and descended again. Celestia quickly picked up the pace, varying her technique, sucking strongly as she withdrew and twisting her head as she went down on him. The room was filled with sounds of her slurping on his fat cock like it was her favorite meal. The concentration in her expression, her eyes closed and brow furrowed, showed that she didn't do halfway when it came to sucking off a stallion.

Discord was in heaven. The sight of her jaw spreading wide to accommodate his girth, the chorus of wet gags, every pass of her tongue over his ridges and every squeeze of her throat around his throbbing tip left him utterly breathless. He couldn't help but grip her mane in his claws, not even pushing her, but rather holding on for dear life as she took him to new heights with every twist of her head.

Celestia struggled to breathe with that thick monster invading her throat, but after a thousand years of practice, she knew how to handle a large stallion when she needed to. Discord's reactions made it all the more enjoyable for her. His gasping breaths cut short by moans, his twitching legs, the way his back would arch when she squeezed her lips around his knot - it was all a treat to see Discord finally at her mercy for once. But she could tell by his great stiffness that he wouldn't last much longer.

He couldn't help it. It had been a very, very long time since he had gotten such attention from anypony, let alone a blowjob only a true goddess could perform. His words only came to him when she withdrew to his tip for a moment to suck on it and swirl her tongue around the crown for a few moments, spreading his precum over her tongue. "Celestia! I- I'm going to-!"

Discord was cut off by another hard, fast descent by Celestia. She absolutely buried herself in his crotch, his knot starting to modestly expand and swell in her cheeks as she sent him over the edge. The princess could feel every throb deep in her neck, and she kept her tongue dancing around his meat, milking him as she looked up at him with a fierce gaze. Discord couldn't stop himself when he saw those lavender eyes fixed on him, her muzzle stained with saliva and her mouth gaping open to fit his cock down her throat. Her expression said it all: "Don't hold back on me Discord. Give me every last drop."

"I'm cumming!" he grunted with gritted teeth. Each throb came faster and faster, his head swimming until it hit him all at once. His hips bucked into her face, his grip on her mane tightened, and he called out in ecstasy as he unloaded. His eyes crossed, and he bit his lip as pulse after pulse after pulse of hot, fresh cream spewed down Celestia's eager maw, and the sensation of her throat accepting his load, gently stroking his cock as she swallowed his spunk only prolonged his climax until his balls felt absolutely spent.

When it was over, Celestia withdrew slowly, her muzzle only slightly stained with his fluid. She swallowed one last time to clear her mouth of the remainder of his release, and smiled at him. "Well? After waiting so long for it, I'm curious to see if I lived up to the anticipation."

Discord's eyes swirled in in their sockets. "More than satisfying. Where... where did you learn to do that?"

Celestia was clearly pleased with herself. "It doesn't matter if you're a lowly guard or a pure and perfect gentlecolt like Sombra was. Every stallion likes getting head."

He let out a long sigh. "And how was your first taste of draconequus jizz?" he asked with a grin.

She returned the cheeky smile. "I expected something strange, like whipped cream."

"And that's why it's most surprising when it's not."

"I... actually think I enjoyed it," Celestia admitted. "It's been a very long time since I've swallowed a stallion's seed. I rather missed it. And you certainly gave me a mouthful and then some."

Discord waggled his eyebrows at her. "Then how would you like a second helping?"

"I thought the deal was only one blowjob," she said coyly.

"And if I sweetened the pot with a repeat of my last performance on that delicious behind of yours?" he returned.

"You drive a hard bargain, Discord," she admitted.

Discord quickly slithered beneath her, making Celestia jump in surprise as she suddenly found herself straddling his body. His cock was starting to recover, hardening as he gazed up at her backside. With his head poised between her thighs, and his member rising to meet Celestia's lips once more, Discord noticed now, more than ever, how much Celestia had changed in the past millennia.

"My, my, Celestia... we've really been enjoying our cake, haven't we?"

She gasped and snapped her head around. "Discord!"

He silenced her by firmly planting his muzzle into her sweet nethers and lavishing her clit with his forked tongue, collecting her musky juices with one stroke. Her gasp earned a laugh from him.

"You think you're so funny..." she said with a furrowed brow. She returned the favor, interrupting his laughter by returning her muzzle to his well-wetted cock, taking him deep in her throat once more at this new angle. Discord shuddered once more, but wasn't about to be outdone. Gripping her thick cheeks in his claws, he spread Celestia's wide ass and dove into her nethers as well.

It was a taste Discord didn't anticipate missing so much. Her flesh seemed like a ripe peach to him, so juicy and sweet, even if her flavor was raunchy and sour. Slipping his tongue between those divine white folds was a rush all over again, plumbing her depths and feeling her quiver for his efforts. Her marehood throbbed and winked, and her breath came short with bouts of pleasure that rippled through her. The view of her hindquarters was still as pristine and pure as it had been, but the way she ground her flanks back into him, the way her ass filled his claws and her entire body seemed to beg for more was proof of how she had grown into a truly tempting mare.

But unlike before, Celestia was not a passive audience to Discord's skills. Instead, she seemed just as eager to prove her own talent in the bedroom. Even after having Discord's dick shoved balls-deep into her muzzle for several minutes, she wasn't any worse for wear when it came to sucking him off now. The change in angle seemed to make it easier for her, the slight curve of his member following the natural contours of her throat, and even if her tongue couldn't stroke his more sensitive areas, she had all the more room to wrap it around his tip, lavishing his cockhead in long moments of pleasure before she buried her muzzle into his nutsack, nudging and fondling his orbs while she was down there.

The flow of pleasure went back and forth, both inspiring and interfering with each other's ability to perform. They could feel the energy of release slowly building in the other, paying attention to the way legs twitched, tails swished, and hips thrust for more, and yet their own bodies were becoming harder to control precisely as their nerves were flooded with more and more ecstasy. Discord could only resort to lapping and kissing at Celestia's clit messily, spreading her juices around his face and her flanks, trying his best to keep his legs down so he wouldn't skull-fuck Celestia into a fine paste. Meanwhile, Celestia was tempted to suffocate the draconequus beneath her royal rear, her g-spot burning for the touch of that long, long tongue deep within her.

Discord was the first to come up for air. "I have to say, when I made that comment about us getting frisky after the Gala, I didn't expect you to be this enthusiastic."

A loud slurp and pop sounded as Celestia withdrew to answer. "Oh? Is it too much for you. We could stop if you can't handle it."

Discord's eyes gleamed as he grinned. "Of course you realize, this means war." He dove right back in, earning a loud moan from Celestia as she returned to his shaft as well, not one to be outdone.

Now that it was a race, the two redoubled their efforts. The sounds of slurping and sucking doubled as well, both of them pulling out all their tricks and hitting every sweet spot in an attempt to make their partner blow first. But they couldn't deny how much fun the friendly competition was, feeling the other tremble at their touch, knowing they were filling the other with the very same pleasure that wracked their own bodies.

Discord knew now was the time to stop being gentle with Celestia. He had built her up just enough, and now he plunged his tongue deep into her hot depths, locating that familiar button deep within her, her slick flesh burning against his tongue. When the tip of his tongue pressed against it, he was rewarded with a wave of tangy juice and a sharp moan of pleasure that reverberated throughout his cock. But even after his first orgasm, Celestia seemed an expert in wrenching another from him, sucking his dick with that same intensity as before and then some, not holding anything back from her lover. Despite all the signs that Discord was quickly bringing her to a strong orgasm, from her winking clit pressing into his chin to her tail flagging sky high, Discord's own tightening balls and throbbing cock had him feeling like he just might lose their little race.

Celestia put all her focus into pleasuring Discord. It didn't take her long to figure out just how sensitive his ridges and knot could be, even if wrapping her lips around the bulging flesh was challenging, and she fought through the own fire gathering in her abdomen to slobber on his great stallionhood, knowing with every throb of his meat that her efforts were paying off. His tongue reached to her very core, threatening to incapacitate her with a rush of electric release at any moment, but that only strengthened her resolve to do the same for him. Her hooves rolled his balls beneath her while her tongue slathered every inch of his dick it could reach, her lips pursing around his head and knot all at once as she jammed the length into her throat repeatedly, making use of her whole mouth and throat by twisting with every motion.

But finally, she felt Discord's tongue prevailing. His lips kissing at her burning clitoris and his tongue stroking every inch of sensitive flesh within her became too much to handle. His hips bucked into her face, and she knew he was close, but her lungs and womb burned with energy. She released him with a slurp, her voice breaking into an ecstatic cry. "Yes! Discord! Yes! I'm-"

Her voice was cut off by the first spurt of thick cum erupting from his cerulean cockhead, accompanied by a muffled grunt of release from the draconequus, forming a pearly arc in the air before coming down to splatter Celestia's face and muzzle. As soon as she felt the first hot rope land between her eyes, her gut twisted and her pussy clenched on his tongue, a rush of heat and lightning and juice signaling the arrival of her own climax. She cried out in a ragged voice, her own eyes rolling into her head. She couldn't have dropped her head to swallow Discord's load if she wanted to for want of tossing it with her arching back. Instead, she could only ride the waves of their mutual climax, letting his essence rain down on her face and mane, coating her in slick draconequus cream with every shuddering pulse of his well-serviced stallionhood.

When it was over, Discord's face was a sticky mess of mare juices, but it was nothing compared to the messy mosaic of cum and mare that was Celestia's face. The two could only lie there, catching their breath, trying to recover from their powerful climaxes.

Celestia laughed, and Discord followed suit until their bodies shook against each other.

The princess turned her head to look at her lover. "You've made quite the mess, Discord," she said.

It was clear by Discord's expression that he very much liked the look. "Chaos is nothing if not messy," he replied.

The two chuckled again. "That was... a lot of fun, Discord," Celestia admitted.

"Why should the fun end so soon?" he asked.

"Can you go for another? I feel like I could do this all night at this rate," Celestia asked.

"Celestia my dear, you'll likely have to pry me off of you in the morning," he replied.

Celestia slid off of him, crawling toward the pillows. Discord righted himself and laid next to her, wrapping her hooves around his body even as his chest rose and fell with heavy breaths. His shaft was limp, but had not yet completely retreated to its sheath. She nuzzled into his chest, smearing only a little cum into his fur. "I want you, Discord. I... I don't want to make love, to just feel you, like last time. I want you to mount me."

Discord raised an eyebrow. "Oh? No soft, tender romance for the princess?" he teased.

She shook her head. "Passion can be romantic. I've loved stallions who were sweet and passionate, but you've always been a wild one. I want that. You bragged so much about how you drove mares crazy, but you held back for my sake. But not now. I want you to do to me what you wanted to all those years ago. I want you to fuck me. I don't want you to hold back anymore. I want you to hump my brains out."

Discord took Celestia's cheek in his claw and pressed his lips to hers, suddenly and firmly. He tasted his own seed on her lips, bitter yet sweet, and he even let his tongue roam and entwine with hers. She kissed him back just as firmly, just as sweetly, enjoying any and every moment a part of herself could mix with his.

When the kiss broke, Discord looked at her. "Now you're speaking my language. But I promise to do the gentlecolt thing and put your brains right back where they belong in the morning."

Celestia smiled at the quip and turned around. She laid her chest on the already-tousled sheets and raised her thick rump into the air, lifting her tail as high as she could. Discord was treated to the heavenly sight of Princess Celestia's marehood, made all the more enticing by the exclusive presentation he knew only a lucky few males had ever received before. Her flowing pastel tail framed her rear so perfectly, her tight butthole perched right between the canyon of her grand ass, the trail leading down her perfect nethers. The flesh was so engorged with her arousal, plump, dripping visible strings of female juice, steam practically rising from the slick bits of pink he could see within whenever her hot button exposed itself in each wink.

"Well?" Celestia said, turning her head to give him the most enticing 'come hither' look he had ever seen, made all the sweeter by the mess of cum still coating her face from their last round.

Discord couldn't have mounted her quicker. His cock sprung to attention, almost agonizingly stiff after being roused for a third round, but that aching throb would soon be quenched in the very finest mare alive. He hunched over her body, his claws gripping her rear for dear life as his instincts over took him. He thrust against her rear a few times before he pierced her, his huge dick sliding into her all too easily with her great wetness, and soon he was sheathed completely in her juicy heat, while she felt her still-buzzing core suddenly split wide and stuffed full.

The two gasped as he entered her, only savoring the moment briefly. Their heads were devoid of thought. Celestia could only beg with her body, adjusting and raising her rump up higher for him, while his claws sank into the soft flesh of her rear, getting a tight grip for what was to come.

Their cries were the first noise from above that could be heard downstairs as Discord made good on his word and absolutely began to screw Celestia up, down, and sideways.

Discord's hips were a blur as he thrust himself into Celestia's tight depths as hard and fast as he could. Nothing could have made him slow down, either. The satisfaction of feeling his stallionhood at last buried into the absolute paradise that was Celestia's pussy was greater than even he could have ever imagined. It wasn't just the feeling of accomplishment, of having "corrupted" the princess and brought her down to his dirty, sexy level. It was the physical sensations of her body, the way she clenched around him, squeezing his dick and stroking every ridge and curve, the way her rump felt on his hips, the way her juices flowed around his girth, seeping around the knot he shoved into her to prepare the way for a full night of fucking, and even the way her warm, soft belly felt on his balls when his sack slapped her flesh. But the absolute pinnacle, the very cherry on top of the perfect cake that was Celestia's rump, was that she wanted it. She wanted every thrust and then some, and every part of her made her great desire for him perfectly clear.

And once she got her first taste of him, Celestia only wanted more. Her mouth gaped open and she couldn't have swallowed her moans as she felt that godly, incredible cock stuff her full to bursting, stretching her wide in the very best possible way. She had once been curious and even a little intimidated by his strange anatomy, but now that she let him put it to use, she understood completely. His head made for an easier, but not thin, entrance, while his ridges stroked and tugged at her most sensitive parts and especially her already-alight clitoris with every thrust, and when he shoved the bulge of knot into her each time, she felt as if she could feel that thick knot in her throat all over again it filled her so full. And if that wasn't good enough, his sheer size only sweetened the deal even more, and in an instant she believed every boast he had ever made about driving mares wild in the bedroom. Even the feeling of his balls against her, so heavy and weighty as if filled with potent, virile seed, was intoxicating. And then there was his claws, digging into her rump with so much need, his husky voice surrounding her with the signals of his great pleasure and burning her ears for more, and just about everything else about him. He was so goofy, yet so confident, so unpredictable, yet so wild, so crude, and yet somehow so utterly sexy to her. It was one thing to feel the satisfaction of generosity, finally granting him the fantasy she knew he had held for much longer than a mere millennia. It was quite another to feel him granting a fantasy of her own. One where she could truly let her mane down, take off her tiara, lift her tail for a strong, handsome stud and get fucked raw like a real, proper, mare.

The barriers, notions of propriety, and the entirety of history itself was long gone by now. Celestia gasped and moaned hotly into the sheets, her hooves digging at the cloth for purchase as Discord hunched over her, pounding her pussy with everything he had, his own grunts of pleasure drowned out only by the sounds of hips smacking flanks and thick cock slamming wetly into tight pussy.

"Ah! Discord! Ahh, yes! Just like that!" Celestia cried out in encouragement.

As much as pleasure consumed him, Discord couldn't be restrained from banter. "Is this how the Princess of the Sun- Nng!- Carries herself when it comes to stallions? She lifts her tail like a whore in heat?"

Celestia fought to voice her reply through her hazy brain. "Only when- ohhh, only when they're as hung as you are, you crazy beast!"

Discord smacked her ass when he heard her words and said, "Well if it's big, fat draconequus dick you want, then this is going to be your best night ever!" He gripped the base of her tail in his paw and began to ride her all the harder, his cock pistoning down into her moist depths, shoving her deeper and deeper into the mattress.

In a way, the exchange of wits had always been a form of foreplay for the two of them, and Celestia couldn't imagine keeping silent during sex with somepony like Discord. "I'll hold you to that. I won't have you going soft on me until we're- Mmm- finished!"

Discord delivered another rough spank to her bottom. "With an ass like yours, dear Princess, how could I? Oooh, yes..."

"Just- don't stop!" Celestia cried. "I'm- Ohh, Discord! I'm cumming! Ohh!" Discord's pounding cock rubbing her in all the right places was more than enough to send her over the edge, leaving her legs wobbling and pussy dripping for more.

"The first of many, I'm sure, my dear," he replied. Waves of his own pleasure brought on anew by Celestia's surging cunt rippled through him, but Discord wasn't about to spoil the fun so soon, doing everything he could to hold back until he couldn't any longer.

After two climaxes, his endurance was as solid as his steel-hard cock. He rode her for what seemed like ages, and every moment of it the two offered up moans, grunts, and cries up to the sky. The sheets became stained with juices and sweat, bunched and piled in a mess by their writhing bodies. Celestia's mane and tail were tangled and matted with sweat and Discord's cum, and even Discord's face was dripping with sweat, but he couldn't stop pumping into Celestia's pussy, each thrust seemingly sweeter than the last. The night wore on, Celestia gripped by more climaxes than she wanted to count, but she kept her flanks raised for Discord, always yearning for the next high, for the next surge of satisfaction delivered by the feeling of his meaty dick plunging into her.

"Celestia!" Discord called at last. "I- I can't-!"

"Yes, Discord! Yes! Fill me! Breed me! Jizz in me you horny draconequus!" Celestia cried out to him.

Her words toppled him over the edge once more. With one final, firm thrust, Discord buried himself to the knotted hilt, truly balls-deep in Celestia. The throbs came to him again, and Celestia could feel them more powerfully than ever, his head crammed up against her g-spot, and his short, agonizing thrusts hammered it until she fell with him. He filled her completely, she squeezed around him, and they roared in pleasure as he emptied himself in her. His fat balls pumped out wave after wave of warm, gooey spunk, and Celestia's legs spasmed with intense pleasure as she felt that warmth spread within her, filling her abdomen, her body, seeming to spread all the way through her head and hooves until she was sure that her body couldn't contain another drop and she felt his fresh semen seeping over her thighs and onto the sheets below.

The two toppled over in a tired heap. Discord was still buried within his mare, his knot swollen, but not great enough to lock him to her. They breathed heavily, and when his faculties returned to him, Discord yanked himself out with a pop and splatter of white seed, earning another grunt from each of them.

They had naturally fallen in a spooning position, Discord's face buried in Celestia's flowing mane while she kept her back and rump pressed firmly into his warm, slender body. "That... that was something," were the only words Celestia could find.

Discord maintained a bit more of his articulation. "Then it seems you have a new favorite dessert instead of cake."

"Which is?" Celestia asked flatly.

"The creampie, of course."

Celestia could only manage the weakest of laughs, but it was just as genuine as Discord's self-satisfied chuckle. He stroked her mane gently, and she pressed her head back into his neck. "This... this is so nice. I can't remember the last time I've laughed this much... I'm just having so much... well, fun!" she said, another contagious chuckle rippling out of her.

"You're telling me," Discord said with his own laugh. "But I think, perhaps, that sex is all the more fun when it's with a good friend."

"Agreed," Celestia nodded. "And how much more when that friend is somepony like you," she added softly.

"Somepony you love?" Discord murmured into her ear before nipping it gently.

Celestia felt a quite smile spread over her face. "Yes. Somepony I love very dearly..."

"Yes... Perhaps, when you love somepony, everything becomes better with them. Whether it's a simple walk, doing nothing, or fucking them silly," he said, nipping her again a little more with his fang.

Her back arched at the prick to her ear. "Especially being fucked silly," she said. She craned her head up, meeting Discord's situated above her, and delivered a soft kiss to his lips. The two closed their eyes as he returned it, sharing a brief moment of stillness with only each other.

When it broke, Celestia sighed with total contentment. "Mmm, Discord... are you ready for another round?"

His yellow eyes glinted with that mischievous light. "Of course. And perhaps, if you're up to it, we could do something really naughty for this one."

"Oh? What did you have in mind?" Celestia asked calmly, pressing herself more into his warm body.

His paw slid over her body, from her elegant neck, to her slender shoulders, to her soft belly and settled on her thick flanks. "Have you ever done anal before?"

Celestia gasped. "Discord!"

"Well?"

Somehow, Discord had still managed to find a way to make her blush. "Well... no. None of the other stallions asked, and I... suppose I was never too tempted to try it."

"And?" he prompted.

Celestia considered it for a moment, but found herself smiling. "You know what? Why not?" She looked up at Discord again, meeting his grin with her own. "Let's do it, Discord. Fuck my ass to your heart's content."

His grin spread cruelly from ear to ear. "Goodie."

Celestia's eyes widened as she felt his hard head jab at her asshole, shocked even more when it felt slick enough to enter, whether with their juices or some trick by Discord. A sudden clench prevented him, but he rested against her rear, lightly throbbing against her backdoor. He stroked her face gently, still spooning her. "There, there. Easy now," he soothed her. "Getting it in is the hardest part."

Celestia nodded. "I know, I know... she took a moment to take a deep breath, consciously relaxing her muscles. "Alright. Just... gently," she asked.

"Like a newborn foal," he replied in her ear. Celestia was only momentarily distracted by the strange analogy before she felt him pushing into her again. It was hard to resist the impulse to tense up when a sharp breath filled her, but as soon as she relaxed even a little bit, Discord's lube did the rest. His head slid into her very smoothly, a sensation Celestia found herself liking very much.

"More?" he asked.

"Yes," she nodded. "All the way."

Discord thrust slowly into her, his slick shaft sliding into her inch by inch. The friction of his flesh against her tight, tight ring made her spine shiver unlike anything else, and she let out a long exhale as he took her backside all the way to his balls. She couldn't feel the deepest depths of her anal passages quite as well as she could in her sensitive pussy, but as his girth grew with every new inch he introduced to her bottom, she knew that being stretched was much more intense like this than before. When he popped that still-swollen knot through her ring, she practically melted.

"We like?" Discord said, taking note of her fluttering eyelids.

"Yes," Celestia answered dreamily. "We like very much."

"Good. Because now the real fun starts.

Discord began to pump himself into her, and each motion left her breathless. She had never felt a stallion so deep. Yet with Discord's immense length, she felt like the head of his cock was truly stabbing into her guts, such was the sensation of each thrust forcefully rippling through her body. Not that she minded. There was something about having Discord, the naughtiest stallion she knew, so deep within her, and in such a naughty place as well, that left her marehood absolutely soaking wet, and her asshole begging for more.

Celestia spread her legs, and Discord propped himself up on his elbow, maintaining their spooning position as Celestia gave him all the room he needed to really fuck her. And once she did, his eyes were left rolling again with a whole new world of pleasure. Her asshole was another level of tightness in itself, gripping and squeezing every inch that entered her before the flesh was plunged into burning hot depths just begging to be wrecked by a big blue dick. He started to thrust harder and faster, the thrill of fucking none other than Princess Celestia in the ass leaving him a slave to his lusts. Soon, the room again was once again filled with the sounds of his hips slapping her buttcheeks, and now his balls were treated to the soaking wet kiss of her pussy with every thrust.

Once he began to really fuck her, the noises echoed throughout the room. Their moans, their bodies meeting, even the bed creaking. Before, Celestia's hooves created enough of a base to keep her steady, but on her side, her royal bed began to squeak as Discord rocked it and Celestia with every thrust.

Squeak, Squeak, Squeak, Squeak

"Ohhh, Discord," Celestia moaned, tossing her head and wrapping a foreleg around his neck. She spread her legs even wider, stretching up to the ceiling, giving him total freedom and space to pound her ass. "You didn't tell me your specialty was fucking a mare's rump."

"A trick I've been dying to use on you for a very long time. I'm glad to see you plumped up for the part," he said, clapping his claw to her ass loudly, spreading her cheeks more for his pumping cock.

Celestia gasped. "Mmm, if I'd have known cake would give me more cushion for your dick, I would have snuck a lot more from the kitchens."

Discord chuckled, but the dirty talk encouraged him to pick up the pace. Every thrust was one sensation, one tight, hot stroke of her asshole on his stiff stallionhood. Plunging to the hilt in her rear, feeling her depths clench and quake around his meat was total ecstasy for him. For Celestia, is was better than she thought it would be, and getting better every thrust. She could feel Discord so much better, and every thrust felt harder and more commanding, like she was finally getting the rough, dirty fucking she had been craving for so long. And with his body pressed into her, his claws stroking her and spanking her ass, her clit winking like mad, she knew that this would be a favorite position of hers for a long time.

The couple rode on, the mess of sweat and fluids growing as the pace picked up and the noises grew louder. Discord's grunts of pleasure and effort matched Celestia's swelling cries of lust, but both were drowned out only by the sound of the creaking bed beneath them, now moving visibly with every thrust.

Squeak-Squeak-Squeak-Squeak

They hardly noticed it, the two were so overwhelmed by pleasure. But somepony else did. And when that pony pounded on the door, they too failed to hear it over the cacophony of sex.

KnockKnockKnock. "Sister? Are you in there?"

Celestia's head reeled every time Discord shoved his knot into her asshole. "Yes! Ohh, yes! Just like that! Mmm, yes! Fuck my ass, you dirty draconequus!"

KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK. "Sister! What is going on!"

The two couldn't have missed the sound of Luna's voice, now a strong mixture of concern and anger. Yet Discord wasn't about to stop his conquest of Celestia's plot for anything, and even when Celestia's eyes shot wide with fear, being stuffed full of his giant dick made it hard for her to protest.

"Just- ahh- Having some alone time, sister!" she called out to the door.

The slaps of Discord's hips on Celestia's ass were distinct as his follow-up. "The Princess is a little busy at the moment. You'll have to come again later."

Celestia glared at Discord only momentarily, but a new wave of pleasure from his pistoning cock silenced any protest as her eyes rolled and her head reeled.

"Is- is that Discord with you?" Luna called out. KNOCKKNOCKKNOCK! "Celestia! I demand that you stop this at once and open this door!"

Discord wasn't having it. He picked up the pace, absolutely ramming his girthy stallionhood into her asshole, destroying whatever shred of concern she had over the situation for good.

SqueakSqueakSqueakSqueak

"Ahh, yes! That's it! I'm going to cum! Hump my ass you stud of a draconequus!" she cried out with abandon. "Pump my butt full of jizz! Give me every inch you hung, horny beast!" Celestia cried out with abandon, totally unable to contain herself.

The thought of Celestia's praise reaching an audience, plus the intense, tight, hot grip of her asshole on his cock brought him to the edge. He slammed himself into her as hard and fast as he could, his balls slapping her pussy and her body shaking as hard as the bed with every thrust. Celestia herself had never been fucked even remotely this hard before in her life, and she could feel a truly earth-shattering orgasm coming on.

"Celestia! Discord!" Luna called again.

Discord grunted and groaned, but wasn't about to be outdone in dirty talk. With his climax building, he gave his reply through gritted teeth. "Yes, take it all, Princess! Take every last inch until you can't sit on that throne! When I'm done with you, the only thing you'll be able to think about anymore is me fucking you because my dick will have reached all the way up to scramble your brains!"

SQUEAKSQUEAKSQUEAKSQUEAKSQUEAKSQUEAK

The noises of the bed stopped when Discord planted his knot into Celestia's asshole and the two screamed in glorious agony. Discord's seed flooded Celestia's butt, making her feel more full than even before, but Celestia's own body was wracked by powerful spasms as her pussy erupted as well, squirting a jet of fluid across the room and all the way to the door. Discord continued to thrust into her, his knot popping loudly in and out of her whenever he managed to coordinate himself for another shove, but his hot, throbbing spear pumped wave after wave of hot cream into her rump, seemingly endless, as their bodies writhed and shuddered together, their voices finally broken by the height of a climax that rendered their minds dull, their bodies dirty and sweaty, and their world still at last.

Silence prevailed when they collapsed, Discord still deep inside Celestia's rear. Luna's pounding on the door had ceased. It was a long moment before they could speak.

"She is.. going to be... very angry with me," Celestia said.

"I'm sure she'll understand," Discord said. "I'm sure we'll be laughing about this whole thing in no time."

Celestia was already laughing, chuckling sweetly. "I wish I could have seen the look on her face."

Discord, too, laughed at the thought. "Oh, what I wouldn't give for that photograph."

"At least I won't have to explain us to her," Celestia replied.

Discord stroked her mane softly, and Celestia pushed her head into his claw. Her face and mane were a wreck of sweat and cum, her thighs sticky with Discord's last load, and now her asscheeks would suffer the same fate. "I'm a total mess," she said with a smile.

"Ours is a messy love," Discord quipped.

With another chuckle, Celestia nuzzled her head into his chest. "I think that's what I love about you."

Discord sat up on his paw. "Then how about another round? I'm sure we could really get messy this time."

Celestia looked up at him. "I was thinking the same thing."

With another kiss, Discord yanked himself out of Celestia's rear with only a slight gasp and a not-so-slight gush of his seed. Yet he sat up and took a position behind her, Celestia still laying on her side. His claws traced over her body warmly, and she gazed just as warmly into his eyes as she spread her legs for him once more.

Discord shoved himself into Celestia's marehood once more, and the two were at it again, Celestia's bedroom once again filled with grunts and moans and the telltale creak of a bed filled with horny lovers...

Discord blinked with the sunrise in his eyes. He was confused when he felt Celestia beside him, stirring just as he was. He had no idea how much sleep they had managed to snag, not to mention how long they had been going at it, but it was clear it wasn't enough. Celestia looked tired, and to say that their manes were a mess would be an understatement, but each couldn't help but wake up with a satisfied grin.

"You owe me, sister."

Discord turned his head to see Luna staring at them from Celestia's balcony, her horn de-flaring after raising the sun. She stood among the wreckage of sheets, pillows, and suspicious stains from last night, but looked as collected as ever.

Celestia sat up a bit, stretching slightly. The two lovers were covered by a lone sheet, the rest having fallen off the bed over the course of the night. Her body was still nestled into Discord's arm. "Thank you, sister. I truly appreciate it."

Discord sat up fully in bed, poofing up a mug of coffee for himself. He took a deep sip and gave a sigh before speaking to Luna. "Sorry about all that last night. I suppose we got a bit carried away," he said, clearly quite the opposite of sorry.

Luna didn't seem upset at all. "I understand. I may have misjudged you Discord, but if one thing was made clear to me last night, it's that you seem to make my sister happy. If you are enough for her, then that is enough for me."

Discord was confused. Luna was a bit too calm for this. But Celestia just snuggled into her draconequus. "He does make me happy. And I can't tell me how relieved I am that you approve."

Luna nodded at her sister, but turned back to Discord. "And my sister makes you happy as well?"

Discord laid back with his arms behind his head, grinning ear to ear. "Quite, if last night was any indication. I am quite the happy draconequus."

"I don't expect everything to go smoothly between the three of us," Celestia said to Luna. "And heaven knows I'll have to handle announcing a relationship with Discord to the public very carefully. But in time, I'm sure you and the ponies will grow to like him just as I have."

Luna wore a devilish grin now, a cruel glint in her eyes. "Oh, I don't think you have to worry about telling Equestria." On a tray prepared with breakfast set on Celestia's bedside table, Luna had also brought them a copy of The Canterlot Times. She levitated the front page into Celestia's lap. The two read the headline.

Celestia's Sexy Soiree: Discord Rocks the Gala and the Princess's Bed.

Celestia's eyes were wide with horror. She couldn't speak, but only let her mouth gape open.

"Enjoy your morning, you two!" Luna chirped as she bounced off, her smile all too bright.

Celestia looked up at Discord. "Maybe we were... a bit too loud," she said, her cheeks flushing bright red.

Discord burst into a fit of laughter. Celestia hit him with a pillow.