And Hearts Will Change

Less Than a Lie

Twilight’s lips curled into a light smile as she leaned upon the alicorn at her side and continued reading from the large book of history levitating before her. She felt completely at ease in the presence of the moon goddess, capable of relaxing and letting her mental safeguards down just so she could better enjoy her company. Her trust of the mare was absolute, so much so that she was comfortable enough to allow herself to slowly drift away from wakefulness. An extensive yawn escaped her mouth as her fatigue from the long day, and now night, finally caught up to her. She could tell that she was losing focus, her vision blurred as tears of exhaustion formed in her eyes and her voice began slurring the words she was reading, and laid her head against the soft neck of the mare at her side.

Soon, even against her greatest efforts to quell the desire, Twilight dozed against the supporting form of the youngest alicorn princess.

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Twilight sighed, her forlorn gaze never once faltering from the tall mountain that housed her mentor and close friend. She had been reliving that moment over and over in her head, picking it apart and analyzing each piece individually, seeking out the moment that things had gone wrong. I just don’t understand! Why hasn’t Luna come back? Was it rude of me to fall asleep like that? She didn’t say anything against it..., but maybe she was just too uncomfortable to speak up.

She grunted in anger, the majority of the emotion directed at herself, but, still, let some of the blame fall upon the princess’ shoulders. Why couldn’t she just tell me? She didn’t have to avoid me.... That’s so much worse.

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Luna smiled at the sight, her heart pumping faster as she watched the rise and fall of the slumbering pony’s chest. She hadn’t expected the mare to stay up this late as they had both stayed up past their typical resting time the night before, but was equally glad as she was surprised. It was comforting to know that her host trusted her unconditionally and that she no longer had to use her influencing changeling magic to nudge the unicorn’s disposition in her favor. It had been a while since she’d even thought of using her spell.

Twilight mumbled in her sleep, the words incomprehensible save for one. Her guest’s name. The changeling sucked in breath at the sound of her disguise’s name and sighed happily. She hadn’t been this content in years, not since the days of her childhood under her mother, Chrysalis’ rule. She knew that it should be strange that she was so comforted by the being she should be leeching off of, but none of that mattered whenever she was with her. She just wanted it to last forever and would gladly lie even more to spend more time with her.

The lavender mare shifted in her sleep, muttering uneasily as her dream seemed to take a turn away from the peaceful. The faux princess frowned, worried that Twilight’s dream would descend into the realm of nightmares, but wasn’t entirely sure what to do to ease the mare’s troubled mind. She didn’t have the magic of the pony she posed as nor did she know any spell to soothe a pony’s sleep. Changelings never had issues with dreams as her drones and soldiers were all linked to her own mind. She fretted constantly as the slumbering pony’s twitching and shifting grew in intensity, unsure of what action to take, when Twilight spoke again.

“Luna....”

The name came out as little more than a whisper, but the urgency with which the unicorn whimpered it clouded all conscious thought, seemingly rewiring the alicorn’s brain instantly. She smiled down at the dreaming mare’s form and leaned closer to the pony’s head which now rested upon the bed due to the displacing effects of her shifting. As if sensing the larger pony’s imminent presence, Twilight’s movement lessened just enough for the changeling’s next move.

Luna’s lips pressed softly upon Twilight’s, connecting them in a brief, but purposeful kiss, effectively halting the sleeping pony’s nightmare and bringing her back into the peaceful rest provided by soothing dreams. The changeling beamed at the effects the small amount of affection she had just given to the unicorn had on her and leaned in again. Their lips met once more, but, this time, she kept their muzzles together longer, drawing the passionate kiss out into a much more intimate act. She could feel the love pass from her body into the unicorn’s and had to fight not to make it tangible as she poured more of herself into Twilight.

Her eyes shot open and the changeling pulled away as quickly as she had descended upon her sleeping host. She couldn’t believe what had just happened, couldn’t understand how it had happened. She had just given love to a being that wasn’t one of her children. She hadn’t returned it. She had given her own love to the lavender unicorn.

The faux princess stood quickly, backing away from Twilight who groaned unhappily as the changeling’s warmth left her side, but still did not wake. The changeling queen yearned to lay back beside the mare, to stop her unconscious seeking of the comfort of another body, and it frightened her. She couldn’t believe what was happening, couldn’t comprehend how it had happened, and burst out of the library’s balcony window without casting even a fleeting glance at the retreating form of the treehome behind her.

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The changeling queen sighed, rubbing her face with a chitinous black hoof and standing back up upon her cloud-perch. Is this why you warned me about the ponies, mother? Is it because they are so easily manipulated and yet still capable of changing us even as we hold them in thrall? She cast one more look over the edge of her cloud, just barely able to see the host she longed for staring out towards the country’s capital, before spreading her thin, insectoid wings and leaping off into the sky. She made certain not to stray into Twilight’s view and masked the buzzing of her wings with the subtle working of magic as she directed herself back towards the mountains she had once called her home.

The speed at which she flew brought her to the mouth of her abandoned home, the rocky maw as dark as it had been on the night she left. She stepped inside, hoping to hear the sound of buzzing wings, yearning to hear her children flourishing in their cold cavern, but was greeted with only silence broken by the echoing sound of her hardened hooves upon the stone floor. Her horn ignited and filled the area around her in a warm, green glow, illuminating the lifeless walls around her. She sighed, saddened that her expectations had not been met, but continued further into the area until she arrived at the first large chamber of the underground complex.

Her spell’s light faltered momentarily as the sight of hundreds of charred, hollow husks, many of them broken or torn apart, filled her view. Her children, or what once were her children, lay long dead upon the floor, hollowed out long ago due to the rapid decay of their bodies spurred on by the heat of the spell she had cast in anger months before. She choked back a sob, stricken with grief at the tragedy in front of her, but stood strong and moved onward. They may be dead, but there are more. I can feel it.

The same thing greeted her around every corner she turned and inside every room she visited. The desiccated bodies lay everywhere she went, signs of the tremendous loss she had suffered, until she came to her hatchery, the last place she had visited before leaving and the place that she had lost control of her anger. This room had suffered the most damage from her outburst. The walls were all severely charred and piles of black ash were spread everywhere as the fires of her rage had devoured everything in sight.

She smiled.

Everything, but my eggs.

Placed randomly amongst the burned remains of her hive were four eggs, their thick, white shells still lightly pulsating as the young within waited to be birthed. The changeling queen slowly moved up to the closest egg, admiring it fondly, and leaned her muzzle in closer to it. Her breathing grew heavier as she stretched her mouth as wide as she could, causing the brittle skin at the back of her mouth to tear painfully, until, slowly, a luminescent green fluid flowed from her open maw to begin covering the unhatched changeling. She stepped back, coughing and working her jaw to relieve the ache caused by her expulsion of love, and watched.

The egg began to absorb the liquid love, tinting the white casing lime, and throbbed. It shook once, then another time, before it started to expand. It grew larger and larger, the thick shell soon becoming thin and brittle, as the shadow of a form could be seen inside. Then, the pod cracked. In a shower of slime and organic casing, the egg exploded open to reveal the form of a newborn changeling, its hide pale and semi-transparent, but fully grown.

She regarded her newly born offspring fondly and nudged it gently until it could stand on its own. She watched it carefully, making sure there weren’t any defects from its extended stay in its egg, and nuzzled it softly, drawing its attention. “Ah, a female. Not surprising. My daughters have always been more formidable than my sons.”

The changeling queen closed her eyes and focused, searching for the only being currently part of her hive mind, and ordered the hatchling to be ready to feed. Immediately, the translucent child opened her mouth wide and waited in anticipation, eager for her first meal. Her black mother leaned down, maw opening wide once more and further tearing the flesh of her mouth, and let the bright love flow down her tongue and into her daughters mouth. The child mewled happily and sat back upon her haunches as soon as her meal was finished, smiling warmly at the taller mare and spreading her thin wings in excitement.

“Sit here, Mimos, I must awaken another. We have an important task tomorrow and I shall have need of both you and another child. For now, stretch your wings and get prepared for flight. We leave in the morning.”

The filly nodded, chirping her understanding, and watched as her mother stepped to another pod, this one slightly larger and much more active than the other three were. The queen watched it curiously, but proceeded with the hatching regardless of its activity, covering the shell with leftover love, then stepped back and watched as it hatched as well. From the egg fell another changeling, this one significantly larger than her daughter, yet still dwarfed in comparison to her, who stood without her assistance and watched her just as she watched it.

“Oh, what a powerful son you are. It seems my mother’s genetics are predominant in this one.” She chuckled and shook her head. “Mother’s sons always seemed to be more stout than mine. Regardless, you must feed or else, even with your substantial stamina, you will fade like your brethren.” She quickly gave the remaining reserves of her love to her second born,who accepted the sustenance without any change in emotion, then fell to her haunches overcome with exhaustion.

Her daughter, whose wings had dried from the birthing slime, buzzed over to her and nuzzled her affectionately. “Oh, Mimos, you will have to forgive your mother for what she is going to do on the morrow. The mighty changeling queen has fallen from her throne and into the hooves of a mere commoner pony.” She smiled and stroked the girl’s cheek. “At least you and your brothers and sisters-to-be will not be without food. Soon, I’ll be able to come for my other children and begin laying again. Perhaps, one day, our race will be as proud and abundant as my foremothers’.

“Now, you two must rest. It is a trying flight back to the pony town and your presence will be vital if I am to fully secure my place with the mare that holds my emotions. Sleep, and we will leave at first light.” She laid herself upon the rocky ground, her daughter curling up close-by and son laying in the same spot he had been since hatching, and quickly fell asleep under the familiar ceiling of her childhood home.

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Twilight’s eyes opened blearily as the sound of knocking came from downstairs and roused her from her slumber. She groaned groggily, her sleep-deprived body moving sluggishly as she pulled herself from her bed and dragged her hooves down the stairs to shoo away the early morning sleep interruption. Another rapping upon the door frustrated the mare further and she huffed angrily. “I’m coming! I’m coming!” Her horn lit and mouth opened wide to reprimand the pony disturbing her, but her voice caught in her throat as soon as the door opened to reveal her tormentor. It took her several moments to recover from the shock of the sight, but as soon as her voice returned she gasped in surprise. “P-Princess Luna! I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to yell at you! I’m just a little tired and I’ve been kind of grumpy lately.”

“A little tired is an understatement, Twilight. You look exhausted.” The alicorn hung her head in shame, truly feeling regret at having watched the mare from afar and done nothing. “I should be the one to apologize. It must have been my extended absence that caused you to lose sleep, yes?”

Twilight’s eyes dropped to the floor, refusing to meet Luna’s. “It.... I was worried, you know? I thought I had done something I shouldn’t have.... I didn’t offend you, did I? I’m really sorry if I did!”

The faux princess smiled and shook her head. “No, Twilight. It had nothing to do with you. Well, it did concern you, but it is not you who is to blame. I assume you wish to know why I haven’t been to visit recently or why I didn’t leave a note that night, yes?” The young unicorn looked up and nodded slightly. “Uhm, may I come inside? My guards and I are relatively tired from our flight. We’ll remain out here should you wish it, however.”

“Oh! Oh, no! It’s fine, Princess. Please, come in.” She stepped out of the way, allowing the regal mare and her two pegasus guards through the doorway. The guards, after acknowledging their leader’s nod, sat as silent guardians beside the doorway and stared forward as their princess sat beside Twilight on a small sofa backed up against the eastern wall.

“You don’t need to call me princess, Twilight. I am sick of all the grovelling and titles of Canterlot and, with as close as you are as a friend, you have no need for such formalities.” She smiled as the unicorn hung her head again and lifted her face with a hoof. “Besides, I have something important to tell you. I have spoken with my sister and arranged to stay here, should you allow it, for the period of a week.” The unicorn’s eyes lit up at the announcement and she had to forcefully restrain herself to keep from cheering wildly. “Of course, my sister would not allow me to go without my guards, so I have brought two of our most trusted ponies, Mimos and Shift, to stay as well. Is the guest room still available for us?”

The unicorn arched an eyebrow and tilted her head. “What do you mean, still available? How’d you know we have a guest room?”

The changeling queen almost panicked at her slip-up, having forgotten that her time as Skysong was not spent as the moon goddess, but quickly covered up her worry with yet another lie. “Well, I remember seeing it the night that I left. I wanted to make sure that my plan wouldn’t fall through due to something as silly as having no place to stay.” She chuckled and beamed, hoping her amusement would ease the unicorn’s curiosity. Luckily, it seemed to have worked.

“Well, that does make sense. I know I can’t do anything unless I’m sure I’m fully prepared for it. There’s nothing I hate more than not being ready for a planned event.” She grinned happily, but the smile soon faded as realization dawned upon her. “Uhm.... Luna? I don’t really have a lot of room in my guest room, especially not for two fully grown ponies and an alicorn. If you want, you could sleep on my bed and I’ll take the sofa. I don’t mind at all!”

The dark blue alicorn shook her head, her starry mane shifting from the movement, and smiled. “I’ll be fine. It is your home and I do not wish to inconvenience you.”

Twilight bit her lip and shifted about as if she was uncomfortable. “Well, we could always share the bed. It’s large enough for two as long as you don’t move about overly much and it’s not like we’re strangers. It’ll be like a sleepover!”

The changeling’s mind raced at the idea of sharing the same bed as the unicorn, unsure if it would be wise to be that close and knowing she should refuse and take up residence on the couch. Despite the inner struggle her mind was having, however, her mouth spoke before her brain could stop it. “That will be just fine. I’ll have to leave for Canterlot to raise and lower the moon, but I’ll come back after each trip.” She mentally facehoofed, but it was too late to take back what she had said.

Twilight cheered, and hugged Luna closely before realizing what she had done and releasing her just as quickly with the addition of a blush tinging her cheeks. “Oh, this will be so much fun, Luna! We can do all sorts of stuff and we’ll be able to spend more time with our friends! This week is going to be great! I don’t think anything could spoil it.”

“Jeez, could you two be any more loud? It’s only six forty! I’m still trying to sleep, here!”

“I’m sorry, Spike. I didn’t mean to wake you; I was just so excited!”

“Yeah, yeah. Keep it down, will you? It’s supposed to be my day off.”

The grumpy dragon yawned and jogged back up the stairs, mumbling grumpily as he crawled back into his basket and fell back asleep. Despite her excitement, though, her assistant’s yawn reminded her that she was tired as well and soon found her own mouth stretched wide as she yawned. The changeling queen frowned and stood. “Come, let’s go to bed. You’re exhausted and I could use some sleep as well. You two may rest in the room, there."

The two guards nodded and left the mares on their own who then proceeded to their own place of rest. Twilight flushed lightly as they came upon her bed, her blankets tossed haphazardly upon the floor in her haste to answer the door, and rapidly fixed the bedspread into a much more presentable form before smacking herself on the forehead. They're just going to be messed up anyways.

The changeling queen chuckled at the mare's display and simply levitated the top of the sheets down in order to accommodate the two of them. "It is your bed, so I shall wait for you to get comfortable before joining."

Twilight nodded and climbed upon the mattress, laying herself upon the furthest side to allow her guest to join her. The lunar mare silently celebrated as she joined her companion, revelling in the close proximity to her. As they made themselves comfortable after moving to make the fit less tight, the changeling looked down into the unicorn's eyes from her slightly higher elevation and frowned. She wanted to just lean down and connect her lips with Twilight's and feed her the love that she had unknowingly given, but she feared ruining everything with such a brash decision.

"Luna? Is something the matter?" Twilight watched as the alicorn's frown was quickly replaced with a heartwarming smile and her worry was brushed off with a rapid shake of the mare's head. "There has to be. Is it about your last visit? There's another reason why you left. It wouldn't take a week to convince Princess Celestia to let you stay for a while. What’s wrong? What happened?”

Twilight watched the alicorn closely, her frown deepening as each emotion played across the mare's face until the princess looked up to her, her eyes glistening with a faint moisture and a serious look upon her. "Twilight, if I tell you, will you promise not to be angry? I don't want to risk our friendship with the truth."

The unicorn blinked, her thoughts momentarily stopped by the seriousness with which Luna spoke, but recovered quickly and nodded vigorously. "Of course I won't be angry. You’re the princess! I don't think you could tell me anything that would make me angry! Besides, we’re best friends, right?”

The disguised mare smiled and nodded, then took a deep breath to calm her frantic mind and emotions. "I cannot say that I have ever had to confess anything before, let alone something of this magnitude, but you deserve to know...." She breathed deeply again and further suppressed the urges to lie or flee. "That last night, do you remember falling asleep while I was there?" Twilight nodded slowly, a nod that said she knew, but couldn't quite fully remember. "Well, I remember perfectly. You were leaning against me as you slept and whispered my name as you dreamt. I do not know what you were imagining in your rest, nor did I wish to intrude upon your dreams to find out, but having you dream of me filled me with joy.

"Then, your dream began to worsen. You shifted and groaned as the nightmare drew on, but when you called out my name a second time, I couldn't just let you be." She flushed slightly, the memory of the kiss embarrassing her even though she had kissed several times in disguise before. "I kissed you. It wasn't lengthy or entirely intimate, but it seemed to ease your sleep. I remember feeling so excited, so courageous and filled with emotion that I could not stop myself from stealing another. I am sorry that I let myself act without speaking to you first, but, even though I am your queen, I have fallen in love with you."

Twilight stared dumbfounded, her hoof pressed lightly to her lips, unable to properly think of a response. The changeling waited with baited breath for any sign from her potential lover, but felt her hope slipping for every second that the unicorn failed to respond, her passive expression slowly slipping into one of despair. Finally, after a near-eternity, the navy mare hung her head and slowly stood, making sure not to bother her friend, and began walking down the stairs. “I’m sorry. I’ll see you when you wake, Twilight.”

The lavender mare snapped out of her stupor and raised a hoof as if to stop Luna, but her words caught in her throat. She wasn’t even sure if she could have made any type of noise and, by the time she had recovered enough, the alicorn was already out of sight and likely trying to slip into the embrace of unconsciousness. Twilight glanced down to where her young assistant slept, hoping that he would suddenly wake to help her, give her advice, or anything, but Spike continued to snooze on, oblivious to his caretaker’s plight.

I can’t believe I reacted like that, but it was just so sudden.... She laid back upon the bed and stared at the ceiling, tracing the lines of the tree trunk with her eyes, contemplating. I- It’s not like I have any problems with it, I just wasn’t prepared! I’ve never even given it any thought before. She chuckled softly and smiled. Well, I do remember asking Celestia once. When she turned me down, I was so devastated, but she had her reasons. And here I am, completely clueless about what I should do when it should be obvious. She slowly lifted herself from her bed and moved to cast her gaze over the railing to the library’s main floor to settle upon the huddled form of Luna. I need to give her the chance that Celestia couldn’t give me.

Hesitantly, Twilight walked down the staircase, contemplating her decision. Well, it's not like she isn't attractive. She's beautiful, even, like the night sky she commands, and I love spending time with her. She arrived at the first floor landing and paused, hoping that she hadn’t disturbed the lunar alicorn. The only downfall is our stations in life. She’s the princess and I’m... just a librarian. I doubt anypony would approve of our relationship. And the scandal that Canterlot high society will turn it into, will it be worth it? I don’t want to say yes, then truly fall in love with her just to be separated due to something so stupid. Maybe.... Maybe I could just let her-

“Twilight? I thought you were going to sleep?”

The lavender unicorn snapped out of her stupor and focused on her guest who had noticed her as she was trying to get more comfortable. She could tell that the mare had been fighting back tears. Her eyes were bloodshot and, as she breathed, Twilight noticed her breath stuttering ever so slightly. She knew, then, that she couldn’t say no, no matter what other ponies might think. “I- I actually wanted to come talk to you. About what you said earlier.” She smiled and moved closer so she could drape a hoof across her elder’s withers.

The changeling drew back, trying to escape the mare’s touch and reject the tender feelings being given to her. She knew what the mare was going to say, just as she knew it would happen when she figured out the truth of her own feelings. How could I expect her to reciprocate my feelings when I, myself, should not even have them? “It is fine, Twilight.” She masked her emotions with a placid expression and looked away. “It was wrong of me to feel as I do and to act without your consent. I will be returning to-”

“No!” The outburst caught both of the ponies off-guard and Twilight grinned sheepishly before continuing. “No. I don’t want you to go, well, aside from when you have to raise and lower the moon when you need to, of course, but I don’t mind you being here at all. I guess you thought I was coming down here to let you down nicely, but, while I admit that I was surprised by the confession and I had to truly think about the outcomes and various situations involving us as a couple and as mere friends, I came to the decision that I’d accept and see where this-”

The disguised queen’s eyes widened and she found herself incapable of speaking. She had thought, truly believed, that the object of her affection would send her away and that she would have to seek out another place to migrate to, another pony to feed from, and had prepared herself for such an outcome, but her lack of anticipation for this turn of events left her mind incapable of processing it properly. And, so, her body did the thinking for her.

She swept the mare into her arms and squeezed her tightly, leaving their faces mere inches away so she could stare happily into Twilight’s bright purple eyes only to close the distance between them in an instant.

The unicorn started at the sudden kiss. Having not had any true warning of the act beforehand, she instinctively tried to flinch away. An act that the alicorn that held her captive took notice of. Luna pulled away just as quickly as she had pulled her closer and her expression of joy disappeared in an instant. “I’m sorry. I let my impulses win over again.” Even though the changeling’s face showed her disappointment with herself, she couldn’t have been any happier than she was at that moment.

Twilight, meanwhile, held a hoof to her lips and experimentally flicked her tongue across the roof of her mouth. The addition of the princess’ muscle into her mouth had surprised her more than the initial action had, but the way it had massaged her tongue and traced her teeth had felt exciting. “It’s- It’s okay. I was just surprised and the way your tongue felt was kind of strange, but, well, I kind of liked it. Could we do it again?”

The faux alicorn nodded and brought their lips together again, this time mentally celebrating when she felt her new mate lean into it as well. She slipped her tongue past Twilight's lips, slower this time, and explored the bookish mare's mouth again, tasting the hint of toothpaste from the night before and the traces of morning breath still lingering. It was far from the most romantic flavor, but she couldn't care less.

Twilight groaned, fidgeting as a sudden warmth washed over her body. She knew that this was just a kiss, just an early form of affection for couples, but it was making her body so hot, especially in a very specific place under her tail. She couldn't help but to rub her hind legs together to try and alleviate the feeling as she relished the taste of Luna’s saliva, the fluid tasting sweet like nectar, and pressed further into their act of endearment.

Luna breathed deeply, trying to catch her breath without breaking their kiss, and inhaled a powerful and all-too-familiar scent. She broke away, leaving a small bridge of saliva to connect their lips, and gasped for air. Now that she was no longer breathing in the strong scent of Twilight's shampoo, she could smell the other mare's musk in full-force. Fuck! I didn't want this to happen so quickly. I forgot about the aphrodisiac effect of our saliva and now I risk ruining this already!

"Luna...." The changeling's breath caught as the unicorn's sultry voice caressed her ears. She watched incredulously as Twilight climbed on top her, panting heavily, and brought their muzzles together again, this time dominating the alicorn's mouth with her tongue.

Their bodies pressed tightly together, their heat intermingled, and their breasts rubbed against the other's coat, as their mouths worked furiously against one another. Soon, however, they had to break apart for air and, so, the ponies stared, faces flushed, at their opposite. "Luna.... I don't know what's wrong with me. It's like I'm in estrus, but it's not summer yet." She grinned and rubbed her horn against the older mare's. "It's so strange, but I don't want it to stop. I know we literally just decided to test a further relationship, but I want this. So much!"

The changeling nodded, then beamed widely. I know just how to give Twilight exactly what she wants. "Twilight. I have a spell that could make this moment even better, but I have a question, first. What do you think of stallions?"

The studious unicorn blinked, caught off guard by the question. "Well.... I don't dislike them, but why would you want to bring another pony into this? Fake or not, isn't this supposed to be between lovers?"

Luna laughed and shook her head. "That is not what I mean, but you did answer my question. I was thinking something more along the lines of this." Her whole body flashed with green, heatless fire causing the mare laying upon her to yelp in surprise. The changeling's grin grew as Twilight's eyes widened.

The unicorn dismounted her marefriend and stared at the growing addition between her thighs, mouth agape. She looked up at Luna's beaming face and laughed. "That's amazing! How did you do that? Oh, wow! I need to see if I can replicate it. Hmm. It seems like some sort of transformation or growth spell. Perhaps a combination of the two...." She poked and prodded at the hardening penis with a fillyish enthusiasm, gently working it over with her magic to try and get a feel for the spell's machinations.

The queen just stared at her in surprise. She's forgotten completely about her own arousal.... Perhaps we can just-

Her mind blanked as the unicorn tightened her magical grip on the shaft and began pumping it up and down, her magenta aura trailing with her movements. Twilight giggled and kissed her meat. "Don't worry, I didn't forget why you made this. I can smell you just as well as I can smell myself. I never knew a male's musk could be so powerful."

Twilight reclaimed her place on Luna's stomach and smiled down at her lover, embarrassment showing plainly upon her face. "So, uhm.... I've never done anything like this before. What do I do?" She smacked herself upon the forehead and cautiously began magicking the alicorn's shaft into position. "I have to make it penetrate me first, of course. I mean, what comes after that?" The unicorn gasped as the thick member spread her lips open and slid inside of her, its entrance made easier by the copious amounts of mare come she had been creating since their first kiss.

Luna chuckled at the mare's innocence and hugged her tightly before quickly spinning Twilight one-hundred eighty degrees, still impaled upon her stallionhood. The unicorn squealed, her inner walls clamping down tightly upon the shaft inside of her, but didn't put up any resistance. She couldn't have if she wanted to as her first orgasm of the morning left her legs too weak to put up any resistance.

Carefully, so she wouldn't accidentally slip out of her lavender companion's twitching honey pot, the moon mare flapped her wings and, in one powerful stroke, landed atop Twilight upon the floor, holding the still-limp unicorn with her magic. She gently rested the mare's upper body on the smooth floor, then smiled when her mate’s legs held her backside up for her. She could feel the mare underneath her shaking and leaned forward to whisper in her ear. “I can hold you up if you wish, Twilight. Your heat has hit you pretty strong, so I would not mind.”

Luna didn’t receive a verbal response, but a quick shake of Twilight’s head told her all she needed to know. She really wants to make this work, to give my feelings a try. A wry grin stretched across her muzzle as she began to pump in and out of the unicorn. And to be rutted like a brood mare.

The changeling queen forced her shaft deep into the unicorn and grunted as her head slammed against her cervix. She moaned softly, her deeper, softer voice mingling with Twilight’s higher, strained voice to create a harmony of ecstatic sound. She couldn’t restrain herself. In all of my six years, after all of the creatures I leeched off of and, occasionally, bedded for that quick burst of love, I have never known anything to feel so heavenly.

“Twilight.... Your love is so wonderful. In all of my years, I’ve never been with a lover that’s as tight around me, so perfectly fitted for me, as you.” She began slapping her hips against Twilight’s flanks as hard and as quickly as she could, bottoming out and pushing her across the floor with every thrust. “It’s almost as if.... As if our bodies were meant to come together. As if we were destined for each other.”

The changeling had never believed in things such as fate or destiny before, but after fitting so perfectly over and into her partner, her large, black member being caressed and milked by the mare’s soaked tunnel, she couldn’t deny that she had been sent to this unicorn by some higher force. Even if it was random chance, I give my thanks to luck for having met Twilight Sparkle.

“Luna! Luna, I’m c-coming again! Please, tell me you’re close! I- I can’t take much more.” Twilight panted heavily, her tongue hanging out and drooling all over the floorboards, as she gazed up wearily into the princess’ blue eyes. “It feels too wonderful! You’re right.... We have to have been made for each other!”

Luna beamed and began pounding into Twilight as hard as she could, pummelling her womb’s entrance with her head as she began to flare up inside of her. “I love! I love you, Twilight!”

She screamed as she climaxed and began pouring her semen into her mate, her heavy balls tightening and pumping ounce after ounce of her love essence deep into Twilight’s womb. Each thrust forced more come past the little unicorn’s cervix, filling her further, until she no longer had any more of her cream to give. With a heavy sigh of relief, She slowly pulled Twilight and fell onto her side as her shaft retreated back into its sheath, finally pulling from the used tunnel with a loud squelch.

Twilight whined softly at the sudden feeling of emptiness as her vaginal walls tried to grasp ahold of the phallus that was no longer there, only serving to push out the excess semen in thick, milky globs. Her lips stretched into a smile as the mare behind her nuzzled her softly, running a hoof across her stomach and down towards her breasts.

“Can you feel it, Twilight? Whatever happened before, it caused you to force heat. Can you feel our child beginning to develop in your womb?”

Twilight nodded and pressed closer to the mare behind her. She could feel it very well. She felt it the moment the alicorn’s potent milk had been pumped into her and had accepted that such a thing would be likely to happen as soon as she had come face-to-head with Luna’s magnificent stallionhood. “I can. When you came in me, I felt a sudden surge of magical energy and knew that you had gotten me pregnant. I’m still amazed that a spell was able to fully replicate a stallion’s genetalia down to even getting the correct chemical compound of semen correct, though. That’s truly a magnificent feat! Imagine what we’d be able to do about the dwindling male pony population if we figure out how to manipulate the chromosomes inside of a stallions testicles before ejaculation! It could-” She blinked, noticing the alicorn’s incredulous stare when she looked back to gaze at her marefriend. “And I am ruining a perfectly wonderful moment by turning this into some scientific testing subject.”

Luna laughed and kissed her softly before laying her head upon the ground. “It’s fine, but I’m more worried about how you feel about this. What are we going to do from here? I never expecting things to turn out this way.”

“Well, I did tell you that I’d give it a go. I really do like you and I wouldn’t just lift my tail for anypony no matter how deep into estrus I am. In fact, I can name only six ponies that I would ever even allow near me during my season, excluding you.” Her smile faltered and she gazed up at the ceiling. “I only worry about what will happen later. Will Princess Celestia be all right with this? I mean, we made an extremely important decision in the heat of the moment and rushed into this tail-end first. I know that I don’t regret what happened at all, no matter what happens.”

Luna held Twilight tighter, forcing herself not to give in to her budding emotions. She was having enough difficulty accepting having fallen in love with anything and didn’t need other feelings disassociating her from her changeling heritage. Instead, she only breathed deeply, inhaling the powerful scent of both male and female ejaculate, and closed her eyes. “I’m certain my sister will be most pleased. She is not the kind to judge-”

“Twilight? Why were you two screaming and why do you smell like that flashy building at the edge of town?” The mares’ eyes shot open and they found a small purple and green form standing above them looking rather cross. They followed his gaze as his eyes trailed across them and down to the sticky mess pooling from underneath Twilight’s tail. “Oh, come on! I just mopped the floor last night!”

~{A}~{H}~{W}~{C}~

Twilight sighed as she caressed her stomach, and gazed dreamily out at the night sky and the tall spires of Canterlot in the distance. It had been a few days since Luna had left to return to her typical duties as the princess of the moon and Twilight now found herself particularly lonely without the mare around all the time. She giggled softly at her thoughts. We’ve only been together for a week and I already long to be around her at every waking moment. Maybe growing foals throw off our typical emotional states. Perhaps I should write her a letter. I do miss her.

“Spike? Spike! Could you come write a letter for me?”

In seconds, the baby dragon was standing next to her bed, quill and parchment in claw. “Sure thing, Twi! This is going to Luna, right? I’ll make sure to write that on the outside of the scroll before I send it to Celestia.”

“Thank you, Spike. Now....” She cleared her throat and looked back out towards the magnificent city resting upon the mountainside.

Dear Luna,

I am writing to you to tell you that I have been doing fine since last we met. The gift you left me has certainly seemed to increase my appetite a little, as is to be expected, and I’ve been feeling queasy all the time, but I wouldn’t give it up for the world. I know you must be busy after having been gone for so long with only a few hours to check in each night, so I will keep this letter short. I just wanted to tell you that I miss your company and eagerly anticipate your next visit.

With Love,

Twilight Sparkle

“Twilight Sparkle! Got it! Now to just seal it off and sign it off as Princess Luna’s aaaaaand-” Spike took a deep breath and blew out a thick plume of green fire which enveloped the scroll and sent it on its way to Canterlot. “There! I’ll bring you her reply when it comes in, okay, Twilight? I’ll be downstairs straightening up your mess from your last study session.”

“Thanks, Spike. I’m sorry I didn’t do it myself, but I’ve just been more tired than usual lately. Could you wake me up as soon as it arrives?” The dragon nodded dutifully before giving a mock salute and rushing back downstairs to complete his new chore. “Thank you!” Twilight smiled and curled up on her bed, then slowly covered herself with her blankets as she closed her eyes. I hope you can come back again soon, Luna. Good night. I love you.

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Author’s Notes: Woo hoo! Chapter three in less time than it took for chapter two with more clop and confessions of love! Now, THAT is a chapter! While we’re on the topic of sex, if you peeps have any questions about what I’m doing with the changeling physiology and such, just leave a comment and I’ll be sure to answer them for ya. I know it seems strange, but remember, they are meant to feed off of love, so everything their body creates is meant to increase the love output of their host. Anyhoof, enjoy the cutesy wutesy Lunachrys™ (that’s my trademark, you bitch -DJ) and Twi shippage while it lasts cause shit is about to GO DOWN! Wellp, that’s it for me. Peppy out~!

Editor’s Notes: Shit is about to go down, folks. I’m sure all of you can guess as to how it will go down.... Oh, and... Good news everyone, Peppy can’t stop thinking up ideas for new stories. Now before you say anything, I’m keeping Peps on track, there will be a new ND (YA HEAR ME, PEPS) after the next (and final [There might be an epilogue, I don’t know how Peps plans on doing the final chapter]) chapter of AHWC (that’s the one you’re reading right now). Cya!