Rainbow and Twilight sat in the living room downstairs, ears perked as they waited for a reaction.

“I think she’s up now,” said Twilight, as the two limbless ponies supressed giggles. They waited, waited… and then:

“Rainbow! What have you done with my clothes!” bellowed a voice from upstairs. The giggling was now very not-supressed, as they heard frantic footsteps upstairs. They knew that Lightning Dust wasn’t going to find what she was looking for though. Twilight had made sure of that. Eventually the footsteps made their way down the stairs, and Lightning appeared in front of them, stark naked and looking very cross. “You two. Explain”

“It was Rainbow’s idea!”

“I-hey, what? Twilight, not cool, you can’t just capitulate straight away!” said Rainbow, as Twilight used her wings to point towards the pegasus on the chair beside her. Lightning stared at her.

“I didn’t need Twilight for that, this had your fingerprints all over it and yes I know you don’t have any fingers.” The pegasus was standing with her hands over her crotch, with her breasts freely exposed. She leaned over Dash, trying to look menacing. “Where did you put them?”

“Oh, you know…. Around. Somewhere,” answered Dash, keeping calm. “Maaaaybe enchanted with magic so that they’re almost impossible to find.” Lightning looked over at Twilight, who squirmed, embarrassed, trying to hide behind her wings. The caretaker mare took a deep breath, and Dash quickly made her case. “Hey, we’re naked all the time pretty much, now you fit in even more!”

“Then you should have asked me, not emptied out my wardrobe!”

“We did ask you, last night. Remember?” countered Dash. Lightning thought back to what they had been talking about yesterday.

“Oh, right, you both wanted me to sleep in the nude,” she said. “Huh. Guess… you really wanna see me naked, huh?” Twilight chose that time to stop hiding underneath her wings and pipe up.

“Well, as Rainbow said, it is kinda nice to not be the only one, or ones, nude. I’m used to everyone wearing clothes when they’re at the castle these days, and sometimes I have to admit I do feel like I’m the odd mare out.” The limbless princess looked down at her nude self, her massive breasts and hanging cock flopping over the edge of the couch she was lying on. “You know, more than I already do.”

“Yeah!” said Rainbow. “So, you know, in a way, as our caretaker-“

“Responsible for our physical and mental well-being-“

“-You really have to get naked around us now. Yeah.” Finished Rainbow. The two amputees waited for Lightning’s response. She stared at them both. She knew what this would mean if she agreed. Having been Rainbow’s caretaker for a while now, Dust knew about Rainbow’s constant boners, her hilariously unsubtle attempts to talk Lightning into bed, and of course the constant suggestions that she sleep with her nude. Agreeing to this would be the first step down an inevitable path, one that Lightning had told herself all those months ago she would not be walking down with a pony she used to hate, who she had professional obligations towards now.

In the space of a single second, Lightning thought of all of that, plus what it could and probably would mean with Twilight- literal royalty. In some ways it was a lot to think about. But as she looked at both of them, the mare she had gotten to know more than anyone outside of her parents, and the nude princess she had been lucky enough to get to know this well, Lightning Dust realized that there was such a thing as over-thinking. So she slowly let her arms relax and dangle at her side, standing in front of her charges with a proud look.

“Alright, fine. Let’s see how this goes,” she said, before feeling the wind getting knocked out of her as she got tackle-hugged by two happy amputee ponies, their wings wrapping around her naked form as she fell onto her knees. “Oooft!”

“Hehe, sorry!” said Twilight, who’s weigh was slowly bringing Dust down onto her back. The three of them toppled over on top of each other, with Rainbow laughing heartily as the all ended up in a heap. Dust felt warm body parts moving around herself, and wondered how long this would stay professional.

“I still want my clothes back though.”

“Well, go find them, duh,” said Rainbow, sticking her tongue out as she laid next to Dust.

“They’re sort of… invisible, but nothing you can’t find with hard work,” added Twilight.

“I thought you said they’d be impossible to find?”

“No, Rainbow Dash said that. And she was just hoping you’d give up and go naked.”

“Of course,” Dust said, bapping the rainbow-maned pony on the head with a hand. “Well, you can help me look for them. If someone comes to the door I’m not answering nude.”

“Awwwww.” Rainbow Dash made a sad face as they all laid there on the floor for a while. Maybe it was just some sort of Placebo effect, but Lightning was already feeling a certain comfort in being naked around these ponies. Not just because she could feel Twilight’s underboob pressing against her right arm like a fleshy pillow. It made her feel closer to her charges now, like they were all part of some secret club. The boobs did help though.

“Alright, what do you want for breakfast?”

“Pancakes!”

“You always say that, Twilight.”

“Pancakes are objectively the best breakfast, that’s why,” pouted the princess, making Lightning smile as she got to her feet and walked off towards the kitchen. When she was in there, the two grounded ponies looked at each other.

“That went way better than what I expected,” whispered Twilight. Rainbow nodded, clearly delighted.

“See, I told you! She acts like she’s not into it but she totally is. OK, moving onto phase 2 of the plan.”

“Act sexy?”

“Act so sexy. Watch…”

Fifteen minutes later, Lightning came back into the living room, holding a tray laden with pancakes, fruit and juice. She stopped and looked down at the two limbless ponies. Rainbow had flopped herself over so that she was lying on her stomach, shaking her butt. Dust stared, then gave the jiggling blue bum a kick.

“Let’s not push it.”

“Ehehe. Fair.”

The day passed slowly, at least in Dust’s head. There was no training that day, and neither Twilight nor Dash were in the mood to go outside, both making it quite clear that they wanted to spend the rest of the day hanging out with Dust in the nude. This was all well and good up to a point, but after half an hour or so it started to feel rather like they were killing time.

First Dust had tried to read to the two of them, grabbing a selection of magazines and a fantasy story Twilight had been reading. This suited the princess just find, the big purple torso setting into the couch she had essentially claimed as her own during her extended vacation as a limbless pony. Rainbow, however, was less in the mood for this, shifting from one stump to the other and eventually flying in circles around Lightning as she tried to read.

“Is this not capturing your attention, Rainbow?” asked Dust dryly, looking irritated as the Wonderbolt zoomed around her head. It didn’t help that there was now a blue, floppy and very large cock waving around her head.

“I’m just… not really into fantasy,” said Rainbow, by means of an explanation. “I’d rather do something else than books right now, if you know what I mean-“

“B-but the Kingdom of Erehwemos is about to fall under the Lord of Skulls control! I need to find out if they find the last Shard in time!” said Twilight, looking frantic as Rainbow glared at her. “Just one more chapter!”

“Twiiiiliight.”

“Hmph.” The alicorn pouted on her couch, but there was no getting Rainbow into a literary mood today. It was obvious to Lightning that Rainbow had something she wanted to say. She had a pretty good idea what it was as well, but the caretaker was happy to let Rainbow stew over it until she was ready to express herself.

The next hour or so, the ponies went about doing their own thing. Twilight had sneakily stolen the book from Lightning and had her face practically pressed into the pages. Rainbow had now extended her mid-air circuits to around the house, not so much flying as floating without a purpose, all half-restrained energy and no direction. She would brush past Lightning Dust in the hallways and rooms of the house as the latter tried to do chores, bumping into her every so often. It was unclear how much of that was accidental.

Once Dust had finished cleaning, she went downstairs again to check on Twilight. She walked in, seeing Twilight still engrossed in the novel. It was cue, even if the cosy image was somewhat contrasted by the snake-like purple cock that hung off the side of the couch, coiling slightly on the floor. Lightning suddenly became aware of her own nudity again- she had just started to become unconscious to it as she’d been left alone to do chores, but now she instinctively covered her breasts with her folded arms again as she sat down on the opposite chair, crossing her legs.

“Enjoying that, huh?” she asked. Twilight looked up, as though she hadn’t heard Lightning come in.

“Oh, hello again! Hehe, yeah, I really like this author. I think I’m hooked!”

“Hah, that s good.” They say there in silence for a moment before Twilight cleared her throat.

“You don’t have to cover yourself, you know,” she said, smiling. “You’ve got a great body!” The smile faded. “Oh, that sounds so weird to say, haha, uh…” Lightning watched as the princess on her couch turned slightly pink. Slowly, she brought her arms back down to her sides and uncrossed her legs, observing how Twilight’s eyes would dart from her to the sides and floor, then back to her, and so on.

“Huh. I thought nudism was your think. You embarrassed all of a sudden?” she asked. It was nice to be the one causing this sort of reaction for a change, rather than the other way around.

“Haha, oh being naked is fine! Indoors, that is,” replied the suddenly bashful Twilight. “It’s just….um…” She didn’t need to say any more, as she looked up and her eyes looked right between Dust’s spread legs. Her body did all the talking for her. Or rather, one part of her did. Lighting watched it rise up into the air.

“Oh.”

It was at that moment that Rainbow flew into the room via the hallway door, and flew face-first into princess dick.

“Oof!”

She spiralled to the side and made a crash landing right on top of Lightning, knocking both her and the chair over. When the dust had settled, Dust took stock of her situation. She was still “sitting” in the now horizontal chair, her legs sticking up in the air. There was something warm pressing against her face, and she pulled it away from herself.

“Youch! Hey, watch it!” said Rainbow’s voice from close by. Dust looked harder. Rainbow’s balls were right in front of her, framed by her ass. Then she felt a hot, sharp breath blowing against her pussy, and she squirmed.

“Ahh!”

“Are you two ok?” asked Twilight. She used her magic to right the chair again, revealing the two occupants in their compromising position. “O-oh, I guess… you are then…” There was an awkward silence. Lightning realized that she had her arms around Rainbow, keeping her in place. Slow slowly turned the limbless pegasus around so that they were face to face. Both of them looked flushed.

“I…there’s one thing I do wanna try today?” said Rainbow, her trademark raspy voice creaking as she spoke. Lightning could see Twilight out of the corner of her eyes, her ridiculous alicorn cock still waving in the air. Every pony present’s wings were fully extended.

“Yeah. I figured,” replied Dust. Then she kissed her. Twilight gasped and squealed in delight as she watched the two pegasi finally kiss, wobbling with excitement. When Lightning pulled her head back, both ponies stared back at each other with excitement, the tension that had been building all this time finally breaking. For Lightning, it felt like a great weight falling from her shoulders, a weight she had been carrying since she first realized that Rainbow wasn’t just some immature brat. She felt like she could take off off the air without even having to flap her wings.

“So….” Rainbow fluttered her eyes at the pony holding her. Lightning nodded… then turned her head to Twilight. Rainbow noticed the look, and immediately grinned. “Oh heck yeah. Twilight, you’re coming with us.”

“Y-yes ma’am.”

“This day could not go any better,” said Rainbow, as Lightning lifted her up and began to walk upstairs…

Rainbow lay on her bed, giddy with excitement, as she heard a series of slow, heavy footteps climbing up the steps to the first floor. A muffled voice could be heard.

“Twilight, not saying this isn’t romantic and kinda hot, but…oof.. you’re a big girl.”

“Hehe, sorry! You’re almost at the top now!”

“I’m just glad you took your limbs off before I tried this.”

The door eventually opened, revealing Lightning struggling to carry Twilight with her arms. The pegasus rushed over to the bed and dropped Twilight next to Rainbow, making the blue pony bounce up and down as the mattress reacted. When the bouncing had stopped, Lightning Dust looked down at the two naked ponies. They were both erect at this point, two shafts looming upwards. Twilight’s actually went higher than Dust’s head. She reached out and grabbed it, bringing the head down to her face. Her heartbeat sped up as she thought about how now, there was no more innuendo, or stolen glances, or innocent nudity. These were hers to claim now, if she wanted to.

Or if she was able.

“Yeeeah, is this gonna… fit?” she asked. Before Twilight could give a reasonable answer, Lightning gave the flat head a lick, cutting off Twi’s remarks about the anatomical possibility of sex and leaving her gasping instead. Enjoying both the reaction and the taste, Dust gave the royal dick a little more attention, licking and kissing around the edges and the head. Then she switched to Rainbow.

“Ooooh… that’s the stuff,” moaned Rainbow, as Lightning tasted her cock, one hand continuing to stoke the sides of Twilight’s shaft. While before she had considered taking Dash into her mouth impossibly, next to Twilight that seemed doable. She pressed her lips to the tip and opened her mouth, pushing herself down. Her jaw ached, feeling like it was about to pop off.. . but then Dash bucked her hips, and the tip slipped inside.

“Mmmf.”

“Thought I’d help out, hehe,” smirked Rainbow, eyes closing as she revelled in the warmth around herself. “Ah, I’ve dreamt of this sort of thing for so long, oh my gosh it’s actually happening…” her wings extended outwards, one covering Twilight’s belly as Lightning decided between advancing or retreating. She chose the former. Slowly, bit by bit, Lighting inched herself closer to the base of Rainbow’s crotch. Not that she was that ambitious, of course. She had her sights set on the medial ring that seemed like a more realistic goal.

“Wow, that’s… impressive,” said Twilight, her own cock swaying back and forth under the ministrations of Lightning’s hand. She could see the pegasus’s throat bulge out with her friend’s girth, and a part of her wished that she still had a hand to feel it with. She instead reached a wing out, trying to feel the outline, curious. Unfortunately this had the effect of tickling Dust’s throat, who started to splutter, her eyes already watering as it was. “Ah, sorry!”

In the end, Dust managed to just about go past the bulge of the medial ring Once there, she sucked at it as much as she could with a throatful of dick, moving her head back and forth. She made eye contact with Dash as she did so. Maybe it was that caretaker mentality she had built up over time, but Dust took great pleasure in seeing how much Dash was obviously enjoying having her cock sucked. The limbless mare was whimpering, having only ever managed to apply this sort of loving to herself, and even then could never go as far as Lightning was going.

“Ah…I’m…”

Then she stopped as Lightning drew back, having to take a few steps and stand all the way up before the now wet cockmeat. The caretaker opened and shut her mouth a few times, massaging the sides of her jaw and getting her breath back, before speaking again.

“Phew… I’m gonna need to practice on you a few times before I try that with Twilight.”

“Aww…” The alicorn gave Dust puppy dog eyes, but to no avail. “Do you still want to try sex at least? You probably can’t take all of me, but I promise it will still feel good!”

“Oh, Twilight, there is no way I’m not giving that monster of yours a go,” said Dust, giving said monster a pat with her hand. “But I’m gonna test it on someone else first.” She looked down at Rainbow, who looked up at her.

“Bwah?” The Wonderbolt was picked up by Dust, who flipped her upside down, holding her close to her waist by hooking one arm around Dash’s belly. Dust used her free hand and moved those plump balls out of the way so that she could get a good look at Rainbow’s slit. She slid a finger into it, followed by a few more. “H-hey, not so rough!”

“Rainbow, have you seen what Twilight’s packing? I’m just warming you up down there,” replied Lightning, as she gave Dash a vigorous fingering with her available hand. She could feel the limbless mare’s member pressing hard against her own naked stomach, and either consciously or subconsciously Dust couldn’t help but rub against it a little while she worked. Her own marehood felt unbearably hot, but for now she was putting Dash’s needs above her own. Even if she might find what was going to happen next a little rough at first.

Dust heard a faint buzzing and looked over at Twi, who was using her magic to further stimulate herself, a lavender glow running up and down her shaft. The princess made eye contact and froze, caught in the act.

“Sorry! I, uh, it’s just, watching you two is kinda getting to me.”

“Oh, but why settle for that when you’re about to get the real thing?” asked Lightning, turning the now panting, red-faced Rainbow Dash back around and hoisting her up. She had to actually stand on top of the bed mattress proper to give herself the best angle for this. There was still a part of her that was thinking “This isn’t going to work, no way.” But there was a different, much louder part of Dust’s mind that was thinking something else: “I so want to fucking try this.”

“Ready Rainbow?” she asked.

“Lightning I’ve never been more ready to cum in my life, just do something-“

Lightning pushed Rainbow down as hard as she could. She could feel Dash’s body resisting the advances of this impossibly large cock, and she wondered if this really was a step too far. But then, suddenly, and with a distractingly loud pop sound, Rainbow sunk down. She yelped- everyone did, really. It was almost like no one actually expected this to happen, but here she was, now a few inches down Twilight’s alicorn dick. There was already a visible bulge in her abdomen, even as her own cock shot up and covered it partially, as though she was trying to hide it.

“Aaaaah!” she wailed, causing Twilight and Lightning to look at each other, worried.

“Um, does that feel ok-“

“Don’t stop”

So Lightning kept pushing and pulling, working Dash down further and further. She felt like all she was really doing was jerking Twi off with a fancy new toy, and the toy was sinking lower in a way that had made her previous deepthroat efforts look trivial. The bulge now made its way up the front of Dash, poking out from her stomach obscenely, like it was about to burst out of her.

“H-hah, Rainbow! I’m…” Twilight spluttered for words, a sure sign that the normally articulate mare was getting caught up in the feeling. “I’m… sexing you! I’m having sex with my friend!”

“Sexing?” snorted Lightning. “You mean fucking? You’re fucking your friend.”

“I didn’t want to say it like that-mmmf! Hah, it’s like she’s trying to flatten my d-d-“

“Your dick. Twilight you need to learn how to do dirty talk.”

Lightning let go of Rainbow Dash, who wiggled but stayed firmly in place, impaled on Twilight’s cock. Her own member waggled around in front of her face, and she leaned her head forward, trying to lick at it. Lightning stopped her ,taking the head of the penis and pulling it towards herself as she moved around to the front of Rainbow.

“Lemme lick…”

“Oh no, you’re getting way more than that. Lemme see…”

Lightning tried to straddle the meaty blue cock, but Rainbow was still relatively high from her new position on top of Twilight’s mast. Her shaft slapped against Lightning’s butt and lower back. Frustrated, the loving caretaker turned around again and roughly pushed Rainbow downwards , forcing her down a few inches more. The outline of Twilight’s cock now pushed out so far and so high it was almost going past Rainbow’s breasts. Lightning gave the bulge a squeeze, causing both of the amputee mares to squeal.

“This is your womb I’m grabbing as well, Dash”, said Lightning, as her fingers pressed into the bulge. “Twilight’s really doing a number on you, huh.” She looked at where Rainbow was now- much lower. “Oh good, you’ve still not cum, either. I’ll be honest I had you down as a quick one, haha.” She returned to the front of the impaled mare, who looked like she had more cock than organs inside of her at the moment. Lightning chose not to think too hard about how this was all possible, and what it was going to do to her own health, as she lined herself up.

Dust sank down, and similar to before she really had to press hard for a few seconds , and then-

“Oooft! Oh…. Wow.”

The biggest pony Lightning had ever been with before Dash could never have made her feel this full. It was painful, but the pain was overridden by so much else. Not just the physical, that was obvious, but the sense of achievement, at having finally scaled this mountain so to speak. The days and weeks and months of caring for Dash, of seeing the cock that was currently pressing against her cervix every day, wondering how it would feel… and even when she had been in the professional, platonic mindset, Dust had always still wondered.

And now here it was, pushing through that barrier and into her innermost part, and it felt amazing just like she had imagined. She could see the bulge of the dick that was inside her, somehow, distorting her proud abs just like Twilight was doing to Rainbow, although less extreme than that.

For Dash, feeling the tip of her cock brush up against the roof of Lightning’s womb was the final straw. With a throaty yell, she came, letting out buckets of pent up sexual tension inside her caretaker. It was so much, and so powerful, that Dust actually felt herself getting pushed off, but she stood her ground and pressed down against Dash. Her belly distended as it was filled with hot, sticky seed, making the turquoise mare look pregnant. The two pegasi leaned into each other, each one still impaled on something. Lightning could just about turn her had enough to nuzzle against Rainbow’s sweat-covered face, as her wobbly legs struggled to keep her from collapsing entirely.

“Thanks.”

“I knew you’d come around eventually…” managed Rainbow, looking barely conscious but still managing a small smile of triumph as she closed her eyes. There was a desperate whinnying from behind Dash.

“C-could someone finish me off as well?”

“Oh, sorry Twi. Rainbow, feeling up for it?” There was a snore in reply. Dust rolled her eyes. “Urgh, you cannot be serious. Yeah I think Rainbow’s out of commission.”

“Mmm… well… could…” Dust suddenly felt herself gripped by an unseen force, and was lifted up of Rainbow’s cock, followed by Rainbow herself. This had the effect of dumping most of the cum that had been shot inside of her to spill out over Rainbow’ bed, with the now sleeping Wonderbolt being dumped unthinkingly on top of it. Dust had to admit that the caretaker side of her was annoyed at the mess, but that was a brief moment of distraction, soon replaced by another worry as she felt herself carried over and placed on top of something very large indeed. Twilight didn’t even say anything, such was her need for release, merely pushing the mare down onto herself with her powerful magic.

Lightning Dust gasped again, shocked at the relative ease with which Twilight could fit inside her- that was probably down to her warm-up with Dash, plus her alicorn partner being more forceful than usual. Then Twilight started really pushing, and it suddenly felt like all the air in her body got forced out of her mouth. She looked down and saw her body distended beyond belief, but she could barely register it through the sheer overwhelming feeling in her pussy- no, her entire body really.

“Glah...” was about the most intelligent thing Dust could say. Not that Twilight was listening at this point, the needy alicorn choosing to go all out for this final flurry. The limbless alicorn’s wings flapped erratically as she moved Dust up and down herself with magic, using her caretaker like she was just some cheap sextoy. She lasted a lot longer than Rainbow did before those huge balls that lay on the bed, which were now being used as a pillow by Rainbow, started to gurgle and contract.

Lightning felt the force of Twilight’s cum hit the back of her womb with such force she was afraid her uterus would shoot out of her body like a projectile. The she saw her body start to swell, the warmth spreading all through her body, or so it felt like. It was almost numbing in a way- Dust had cum herself at some point short before, but her brain felt so overloaded with what was happening she was about as conscious of this all as Dash currently was. By the time Twilight had stopped convulsing beneath her, Dust looked like an overfilled water balloon, her sides now swollen and spilling over herself and Twilight below.

The princess lay there for a minute or so, dazed, before checking on Lightning. She was pretty out of it. Not wanting to make any more mess, Twilight simply left things as they were for now- she’d let everyone rest. Including herself- sex really took it out of her, it turns out! She summoned a pillow to lean her head on and closed her eyes, just as she felt something warm and furry against her breasts.

“Hmm? Oh, haha.”

As her cock had started to deflate, Dust had been brought down from her vertical position and landed on top of Twilight’s chest. Giggling, the alicorn used her magic to rotate the turquoise pegasus around, wincing a little as her still-sensitive cock was stimulated in the process. Lightning was now facing Twi, her cum-swollen body jiggling against the two purple tits. “Sleep tight, you wonderful mare…” whispered Twilight to the comatose pegasus, giving her a kiss. “And you too, Rainbow Dash” she added, feeling that comfortable weight on top of her balls. “I’ll see you both in the morning…”

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Six months later…

“OK, everypony, we’re on in 5! We ready to rock?”

“Ma’am, yes ma’am!”

The wonderbolts all saluted with their wings, all suited up and ready to go. Spitfire nodded, floating in the air. The electricity in the air that happened before a show never really went away. It was moments like these when the captain- every Wonderbolt really- remembered why this was the best job in Equestria, and why trading in your limbs was more than worth the cost of joining.

Spitfire went around every teammate, checking up on them all. Soarin’ usually benefited from a pep talk before going out. There was Fleetfoot, a picture of concentration. And of course, the newest member…

“You know, it is weird that you still have your caretaker, Crash.”

Rainbow Dash looked up at the mention of her nickname, having been chatting with the turquoise mare beside her. Lightning smirked.

“Gonna throw me out, captain?” she asked. Spitfire stared at her. Then returned the grin.

“Naaaah, you two are cute together. And a happy Rainbow Dash is a Rainbow Dash who can go out and put on a show.” She turned around. “Just make sure she’s not too happy.”

“Awww come on, we’ve not had an accident like that for months now!” protested Rainbow. “Gotta say though, all that tape abound my junk isn’t exactly luxury comf-“

“OK, ok, positions everyone, let’s move!”

The Wonderbolts began flying out of the locker room. Rainbow nodded at her girlfriend, who leaned down and kissed her, a quick but passionate exchange between two ponies who’d grown closer than they could have possibly imagined all those months ago…

“Go knock ‘em dead, Rainbow. Oh, and look out for Twilight.”

“As if I could miss her. See you soon!”

Dash hurried off, and Dust watch her go before moving quickly down a different corridor, emerging out of a door into the arena. The roar of the crowd filled her with energy, hundreds of ponies calling out around her, eager for the show to begin. Dust quickly look around the audience. There seemed to be more and more diehard fans who were opting to get the same surgery as the Wonderbolts. Mostly pegasi, although Dust did notice a few unicorns and even an earth pony, just a few rows in front of her, slurping on a huge drink while sitting in the lap of a unicorn.

And there in the front row, just past the earth pony, and surrounded by her friend, was Princess Twilight Sparkle. She barely fit in her chair, and the pony behind her had to look around her to see. Dust made her way down the steps towards her. An announcer’s voice rang out.

“And now, fillies and gentlecolts… the Wonderbolts!”

Lightning Dust watched as the blue blurs sped out and began the show, smoothly flying out and maneuvering into their trademark flying V formation. Rainbow was on the right wing, a brilliant prismatic stream trailing in her wake. They were a perfect team, moving as though of one mind, one single will divided among five incredible athletes.

Dust made her way over to the row her friend were in- she had a seat waiting for her just besides Twilight, of course. Everyone greeted her warmly, letting her squeeze past them all to get to her seat. Twilight was wearing a huge, comfy looking purple jumper over her limbless form. She'd decided to stay limbless indefinitely, spending most of her time living with Rainbow whenever she wasn't doing royal business. The princess looked over and wrapped a wing around the pegasus.

“You made it!” she said, as Dust leaned down and kissed the third member of her polyamorous relationship before sitting down beside her , wrapping her own wing around the big amputee. They leaned against each other, happy in each other’s company as they watched their other partner strut her stuff in front of an adoring crowd. As the show went on- so familiar now, and yet always so thrilling- they mostly went without words, merely ooing and aahing and, of course, cheering. Towards the end, something hit Lightning Dust like a brick.

“Funny…” she said, as the Wonderbolts flew past them, upside down. “This sort of thing, even a couple months ago… I used to get so envious.”

“Oh, Dust, that’s ok. You were so close to being up there with her…”

“No, that’s the thing.” Dust continued to look straight ahead as she spoke, her orange eyes looking a little watery. “Today, I never even thought about that. I was just… there for her. This is Rainbow’s stage. And I’m just so happy for her.” She felt the wing around her shoulder pull her in tighter. At that moment, the Wonderbolts formed a floating vertical circle in the air, the fliers moving in a clockwise motion in perfect synchronicity with each other.

There was Rainbow, flying around the arena, gathering momentum. As she passed around the arena, she looked over and saw Lightning and Twilight. It was only for a split second, but they felt each other’s presence, and Rainbow felt a jolt of energy, more powerful than any lightning bolt. Then she turned herself in mid-air and aimed for the centre of the flying ring. She was at full speed now. Perfect.

She passed right through it, and there was an explosion of light and sound, a perfectly executed Sonic Rainboom. As she soared off into the sky off, she heard an entire stadium erupt into cheers, the rainbow colours spreading out as far the eye could see.

Author's Note

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