Whatever it Takes

“Please, don’t go!”

Screams were unusual in the Sparkle household. The family could say that with complete conviction, their neighbours too. They were a happy, united family; and on top of that, it was a successful marriage with two bright children.

But in that instant, everything was different. Night Light was facing the door, ready to leave the house with some of his belongings in a brown suitcase, barely held aloft in his magic. Behind him was his wife, standing still and watching him with bloodshot eyes, tired from crying at the dinner table and fighting for the best thing she had in her life, aside from her children.

“Please... think about us, about our family? What am I supposed to tell Shining and Twilight?!”

Velvet could see how he raised his head without turning to look at her, an indicator of how bad the situation was; what she didn’t see was his expression, that something in her question reminded him why he was doing this, who he was protecting. Once again he lowered his head, gazing to the door knob before opening it.

“Wait! At least tell me why you’re doing this!”

He stopped for a moment, the fresh morning air coming into the house. Shining and Twilight, neither of them were in the house at the moment. And even if they were there, he wouldn’t explain it, because that would destroy his family. Night Light said what was necessary to his wife after the breakfast. It wasn’t her fault and it was what was best for the family.

He didn’t hesitate, crossing the threshold and leaving the house, losing himself within the crowd of ponies walking around in the early morning chill. Velvet pulled herself together and managed to close the door, gazing at the door knob for a few seconds before giving in to her trembling legs and falling to the floor, sobbing with all her heart.

She lied about what happened the week afterwards. Velvet told Shining and Twilight that Night Light was on a business trip in Manehattan. The second week she told them about an emergency conference, and that he was going to stay a little bit longer. And so on for two more weeks.

But he never came back.

A month later, she couldn’t take it anymore.

“Breakfast is ready!” Velvet called from the kitchen.

Velvet put the dishes on the table, she’d even made their favorites; after all, only a good meal could prepare them for the things she was about to tell about their father.

“Coming!” both exclaimed from upstairs.

She perfected the last few details, like a white rose in the middle of the table, the freshly squeezed orange juice from the tree of the garden, the newest and fanciest cutlery only used once during the past New Year’s celebration. Almost everything there was new, except for her smile; it was a fake one used for so long that was hurting her face and her soul, slowly corroding her loving, motherly expression and turning it into a depressed one.

Once the table was ready, she turned to make sure that nothing was burning for her, like the few times in the past month she’d left the food in the oven for too long thinking about her husband, and realized that she’d done it again. There, waiting for her to pick it up, was that last dish, with smoke coming out. She stared at the food for a few seconds, a single thought appearing in her mind:

It was his favorite food.

She sighed, held the food dish with her magic and walked to the trash bin, discarding the contents.

At least it doesn’t hurt like the first time.

She was right in a sense, like the burning food, it’d become a tradition, a mental state that reminded her that she still loved Night Light. But did he still love her? She didn’t know.

“Good morning mom!” both Shining and Twilight cheered, sitting at the table.

“Oh, good morning my sunshines.” she answered returning to reality and sitting with them.

“By Celestia, this looks…” Twilight bit into her pancakes “And tastes delicious mom!”

“Yeah! This tastes delicious! Especially after a training session, the academy’s hard.” Shinning added.

“So how is it going Shining?” asked Velvet eating some of her fruit salad.

“It’s fine, but now we’re learning some dumb theory and math, why would I need that?”
Twilight ears flicked when she heard the words dumb, theory and math together in the same sentence.

“‘Why would you need that’? Is that a serious question? You need to know a lot of theory to graduate and become a royal guard.” Twilight said through a mouthful of pancake.

“Is that so?” he asked with a smirk.

“Yes it is so, you need math to, for example, know the trajectory of an arrow, you need the theory to know the chain the command, the law, rights and obligations of the royal guard…”

Another fervent discussion between brother and sister began, as she tried her best to convince her brother that theory was important to being a royal guard, and he was just messing with her. Velvet watched the scene, it was so normal and routine, that it almost made her feel sick from both guilt and nerves.

As the discussion progressed, the food on their dishes went missing. It’s incredible how they could eat, chew, swallow, and then return to the topic. It was easy for Shining to taunt Twilight like that; she was in her teenage years, being only thirteen years old.

“Kids…”

Velvet said, trying to get their attention, but no one listened.

“I need to tell you something about your father.”

Then, the room went silence for a second.

“Dad sent you a letter?” Shining asked, excited.

“When is he coming back?” asked Twilight, as excited as Shining was.

She saw the little spark in their eyes, full of light and innocence, something that only the most loved ones can produce for you, no matter how old they were. Velvet didn’t want to destroy that spark, but she couldn’t hide the truth anymore, not to them; sooner than later one of them, or worse, both, would figure it out.

“Kids… I don’t think your father will come back any time soon,”

Their expressions changed, doubting the words their mother just said. Velvet took a deep breath, closing her eyes, she didn’t want to break into tears too soon. Then she opened them and continued, seeing that neither of her kids had said anything.

“And what’s worse, I don’t know if he will ever come back.”

“What do you mean mom?” asked Twilight nervously.

“Your dad left me.”

Or that’s what she understood about the situation after a lot of thought. They didn’t take some time off from each other, they didn’t break up, he didn’t sign any divorce papers. The only thing that was close to a truth was that he opened the door and left, with no explanation whatsoever.

Shining and Twilight felt a pressure growing in their chests, the house suddenly became painfully silent, as if everything that could’ve produced sound stopped working at the exact moment their mother said those words, and the smell of breakfast that filled the air was banished elsewhere.

“W-what?” they both asked.

“He just grabbed all his clothes and left the house one morning, and I-”

“When?!” asked Shining, angry.

“No…” whimpered Twilight, looking at the floor in tears.

“A month ago.” Velvet croaked out.

“No…” Twilight whimpered again, her hooves rubbing her eyes “W-why did he do it?”

But before Velvet could respond, Shining stood up “It was a mare? Did he cheat on you?”

“No, he wouldn’t dare! We love each other with all our hearts,”

“Then why?!” asked Shining.

“I don’t know!”

Velvet exploded in sadness. Her scream echoing throughout the house and stunning her children.

“I don’t know!” she yelled again, crying “He just said that he was doing it to protect our family!”

Seeing their mother cry was the most heartbreaking thing to happen so far, Shining and Twilight stood up, walked to her side and hugged her. Shining's anger slowly left his body, letting his sadness take over. The three of them cried and sobbed, sometimes Velvet said with her lullaby voice that everything will be okay, allowing them to relax a little bit.

“So all the letters we got from dad…” Twilight realized.

“I lied to you this entire time because I believed that your dad was going to come back.”

“That’s why you were crying the other night?” Shining asked.

She nodded “I miss him so much...”

A few seconds later they broke the hug with sad expressions.

“Maybe if I’d have gone to that party at the castle like he said…” muttered Twilight.

“Maybe if I’d trained harder like he said…” lamented Shining.

“No honey, none of this is your fault.” Velvet said caressing Shining’s mane “or yours, my darling.” she said to Twilight.

“You really think so?” asked Twilight.

“I’m sure,” Velvet said petting their manes “I know you two have a lot on your minds, but know that I’m here for you, and I’ll never leave, so if any of you want to stay home today, I won’t complain.”

“Okay mom,” replied both of them.

Shining and Twilight went upstairs to their rooms and following her advice, stayed there all day long, thinking and crying.

The sun was obscured by clouds that day, announcing the imminent rain; but even so the city was busy, ponies walking around or in their carriages. No one noticed a lavender unicorn filly entering one of the most luxurious hotels in Canterlot, The Golden Horseshoe. As usual, an older doorpony saluted Twilight and opened the main door. Once inside she noticed that everything looked fancy, even the security ponies looking tough and threatening with their simple uniforms.

“Hello little one, welcome to The Golden Horseshoe, how can I help you?”

Without noticing, Twilight was in the front desk of the reception area, the receptionist looking at her with an obviously fake smile, waiting for an answer.

“Hello, I’m looking for my father, he’s staying here.” replied Twilight, trying to sound mature.

“Okay little miss, what’s your name?” she asked

“Twilight Sparkle.”

“And your father’s name?”

“Night Light.”

“Do you know the date your father checked into the hotel, Twilight?”

Sad memories flowed into her mind, but she managed to control herself.

“I-I don’t remember the exact day, but it must have been a month and two weeks ago.”

“Good, now let me check the records...” the receptionist said, looking in a red book.

The last two weeks of her life were Tartarus. Her father was the only thing on her mind, she couldn’t focus in school, do her homework or even do simple chores around the house; even her sweeping song didn’t make it easier to clean. Shining did okay at the academy, though Twilight wasn’t sure if any of his friends knew about the situation or he kept the secret to himself. But a week after the revelation, the sound of the front door slamming echoed throughout the house, followed by the sound of hooves running up the stairs, and once again the slam of the door of his room shook the surroundings walls. And Velvet…

Oh… her poor mother… Twilight realized why she was so upset and sad during the past month, and the weeks after that didn’t change at all, though she didn’t have the burden of having to hide it.

“The records says that your father is on the fifth floor, room fifty one. You can go there by taking the lift, it’s right there where the pony with a blue hat is entering right now.” the receptionist said, pointing with her pen.

Twilight looked up from her thoughts and found the pony with a blue hat entering the lift. A big smile full of hope grew onto her face.

“Thank you so much!” Twilight chirped, galloping to the elevator

“You’re welcome.” the receptionist said, watching how the filly ran to the lift and entered before closing the doors.

Twilight was with the pony with the blue hat and two others guest in there. The fifth, eleventh and second button had red circles around them, indicating they were pressed and going there. Her heart was beating fast, thousands of scenes flashing in her mind, one of them was finding him unconscious on the floor with several bottles of alcohol and wine nearby, in another he was with a young and good looking mare doing adult things, maybe two mares, or three of them… and a stallion… or two…

She shook her head as the elevator door opened with a loud“ding” snapping her out of her thoughts. Now in a long hallway, she walked down it slowly, looking at the numbers on the doors. The smoothness of the red carpet, the paintings on the wall depicting the early days of Canterlot and the hotel’s history, the cleaning pony knocking doors, nothing was important enough to distract her from completing her quest to find her dad, and Twilight was determined to do anything to bring Night Light home.

She stood in front of door number 551. Her heart was racing to exit her chest, a drop of sweat running from her face to the floor. She could leave now, of course, it was the easier option; leaving the problem to resolve itself and continue with her life, but then maybe she would never see her father again, and the problems at home would become even worse.

She had to do it, and she knew it the moment she knocked the door three times.

Hoofsteps from the other side, barely audible at first, but grew in volume with each passing second. She could also hear a radio on the other side playing his favorite genre, jazz specifically; an old song that she used to hear on Sunday mornings after waking up.

“Are you the cleaning pony? Did you forget something?”

A chill ran down her body. She wanted to answer, but she couldn’t, leaving her mouth half open.

“Hello?” Night Light asked, opening the door.

Father and daughter shared the same confused expression. In that moment, both knew that it was too late to run away.

“H-hi dad.” Twilight managed, smiling weakly.

He tried his best to answer, but he couldn’t get his mouth to work.

“Can I come in?”

He just nodded and moved away from the door. Twilight entered the room slowly and Night Light checked the hall, making sure that nopony else had followed her. To her surprise the room was nice and tidy, his brown suitcase was on the floor, some of his clothes were hanging up in the closet. In the middle of the suite was the princess-sized bed with a night table on each side.

“H-how could you pay for this?” asked Twilight, looking around amazed.

“I used the shared bank account I have with your mother.” Night Light answered shamefully “And how... is she?”
Twilight stood in place, looking at herself in the room’s mirror, an image of her mother crying replacing her reflection. She didn’t answer.

“Okay... how did you find me?” asked Night Light.

“With this.” said Twilight using her magic to summon a letter and turned it over to him.
Just a quick glance was enough for him to know where it came from, the bank’s logo was unmistakable. When he opened the letter, a receipt of his last few transactions appeared, revealing the name of the hotel.

“Your mom didn’t read this?” he asked, worried.

“I found it in the trash, with a bunch of other mail with your name on it.” she said without turning around “We never received a letter from you, and eventually mom got tired of waiting,”

A needle of regret stabbed Night Light’s heart.

“I searched in the trash for mail that could have anything about where you where, then I found it and…”

“And then you came here, all by yourself… wow, you are such a smart girl aren’t you?” Night Light said, walking to her side.

He noticed that Twilight was containing her tears, sobbing lightly.

“Maybe we should take a seat,” said Night Light, bringing Twilight to his bed.

They sat in the edge of the bed, but Twilight didn’t want to look at him. There wasn’t too much to talk about, just a few questions, but those were the hardest to ask. Maybe the answer would be too painful to know.

“Come on Twily, I know you want to say something, I can take it,” Night Light said wiping some tears from her face.

“I missed you so, so much!” screamed Twilight, hugging her father.

He’d been ready for an exclamation full of fury and anger, angry words about the way he left the family behind without a warning. But this was different; she truly missed him, even if he was the bad guy of the movie.

After a few seconds of shock, he returned the hug. His fur served as a tissue where tears disappeared. Her sobs slowly ended, but not the hug, and sometimes Night Light pat his daughter’s back gently.

“Why did you go?” asked Twilight without breaking the hug.

“Sweetie… it’s complicated.”

“Please dad, I didn’t come here to not have an answer and bring you back home.”

“If I tell you the reason I left, you’ll hate me...” his voice broke a little “You’ll think I’m a monster. I’m not coming back.”

“At least tell me the reason! I won’t tell anypony, I swear!” Twilight begged.

Those puppy eyes of her’s were her secret weapon, even in her teenage years they were effective, most of the family thinking that it’s not going to change even in her adulthood. Her father fell to her spell.

“Okay Twily, I’ll tell you, but please, don’t hate me for this.” Night Light said with a sigh.

“Don’t worry dad, just tell me.”

They broke the hug and her father digged in his memory, looking for the exact moment when everything started. After a bit of thinking, he asked Twilight a question.

“Do you remember our last family holiday?”

“Yeah, we went to the waterpark.” Twilight replied, confused

Almost a year ago in the sweltering days of summer, the Sparkle family visited a pirate themed waterpark Called “The Caramel Hook”. They spent a whole week there, riding all of the attractions, eating delicious food, visiting tourist spots nearby and, generally having family fun.

“And do you remember the accident we had there?” he asked.

Twilight nodded. It was the last day they’d spent there, Night Light and Velvet had promised that they would ride the most extreme attractions that day, as they hadn’t wanted to end the trip early in case of an accident. The last attraction was a long waterslide, two ponies had to go down together in an inflatable orange boat.

“That’s why you left the house? It wasn’t my fault, but I’ll pay for it if you want!” Twilight said, summoning her piggy bank with her magic, ready to break it.

“No Twily! It’s not about the money, just let me talk.” Night Light said, shaking his head

Twilight sent it back to her room with a flash of magic.

Shinning and Velvet had gone first; they were the most excited about the idea of falling at high speeds. Night Light and Twilight were the opposite; they were so scared that their legs were trembling but not enough to refuse to slide together. After sitting in the boat, Night Light behind Twilight, the lifeguard pushed the boat and the slide down began. They both screamed so loud that Velvet and Shining could hear them from the bottom of the slide.

The water splashing, the boat sliding and their combined scream were the only thing they could hear in that moment, but almost near the end of the ride, the boat made a different sound.

“When the hole in the boat appeared and we crashed…” he took a deep breath before continuing “You were on top of me, remember?”

The crash caused them collide with the wall of the slide, a surge of water exploded out of the tube and concealed the scene for a few seconds. Shining, Velvet and two lifeguards ran to aid their family, other ponies running to watch the scene.
Twilight nodded, remembering with a wince

“Well, when I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was… your little flower in front of my face,”

They were in an odd position, but those few seconds were enough for Night Light to see Twilight’s pussy, and not just that, but the crash made her swimsuit ride up and open her vulva, revealing her pink flower to her father. A single second was enough for his mind to take a picture that would follow him for the days.

He moved away from his daughter, the water in the air dissipating. Shining went to his father and Velvet ran to her daughter and hugged her, and in that moment Velvet noticed the problem with Twilight’s swimsuit and with a bit of magic fixed it. The lifeguards took both of them to the infirmary, though neither was seriously injured.

“You saw my… oh dad…” Twilight said, a little embarrassed “But it’s not the first time you’ve seen it.”

“It’s not the same thing Twily, just let me continue.” Twilight nodded and Night Light took a deep breath before continuing “Days passed and nothing happened, but one day the image of your… thing… kept appearing in my mind and I couldn’t do anything about it.

“The memory, that memory, became stronger every day. One day I was just thinking about it, and the next day I was…”

He took a second to give a quick glance to Twilight; she was uncomfortable. In his worst nightmares, she had the same look on her face, just before running away from him and calling him a monster. Night Light knew that from now on, that expression on her face will get worse and worse.

“...The next day I was masturbating to you in the bathroom, imagining how your flower would taste like if I licked it, thinking about how my hoof would be wet if I touched you, feeling the tightness of your vagina squeezing my stallionhood.”

He did his best to not get an erection in front of Twilight.

“I tried to banish those thoughts from my brain, I thought that making love to your mother would help but, after some time my mind replaced the image of your mother with yours, it happened every time. After a few months, I barely touched Velvet because of that, and we’ve grown distant… I didn’t wanted to imagine having sex with you.”

Night Light sniffled a little and cleared his throat, he refused to look at Twilight again. He knew that she’d gone from uncomfortable to disgusted with his words. But she tried hard to understand him, to have some empathy.

“Then... it got worse. My mind started to plot and plan where I would end up making love to you. First I thought to use the trust we had to talk about sexual things and escalate from there, convincing you that sex is a fun activity… but then I remembered how smart a pony you are, you would never get fooled like that. Then, in my darkest days of this sick feeling… I considered the idea of getting into your room, in the middle of the night, taking off your blanket, lying down with you, and kissing you on the neck as my hoof caressed your flank slowly, you’d wake up and…”

He couldn’t go on. Night Light pulled himself together and took a look at his daughter. She’d made some distance between them, like she’d done in his nightmares.

“Twilight… I left the house because I didn’t want to hurt you or anypony else. Because I was weak, I knew that sooner or later I would try to do something unspeakable to you, something that would tear our family apart.”

“But Dad, I want you to come back home” Twilight said after a bit of thinking.

“Twilight, I can’t do that, I can’t control myself around you.”

“But you’ve been here for a month, maybe you can do it now.” Twilight argued.

“No Twilight!”

“Why not?!” she exclaimed sadly.

“Because nothing’s changed, I still have these sick feelings towards you!” Night Light shouted.

He gave up trying to hold in his sadness; crying and sobbing for the bad pony he’d become. Night Light was ashamed, spending his entire life being a good pony, a great student in school, always caring, always devoted to his parents, a great husband and father. Now everything was falling apart so fast overwhelming him, his friends, his family, his job, everything. And the worst part was seeing his only daughter in the world judging him in silence, feeling her so close and at the same time, so far.

Was she judging him?

Obviously the problem was something she hadn’t expected at all, her father being sexually attracted to her. At first she was disgusted by it, there’s so much wrong with that. she thought to herself; but after hearing all of the things he went through and the way he left to protect her, she could understood the guilt slowly devouring his heart, driving him away from her and their family. And seeing him cry like that… it broke her heart.

“Listen, I’ve been thinking about this for a while now, but now I’m sure it’s the right choice. I’ll leave Canterlot tomorrow, find a new job in a new city. Since your mother throws out the mail with my name on it, I’ll send the money to you Twilight, so you and Shining will never be short on cash.”

“But Dad…” Twilight said in vain as her father picked up his clothes with magic, putting them in his suitcase as he continues to talk.

“I promise that I won’t fail you. When you graduate from magical school, I’ll be there cheering you on, and when Shining gets his guard title, I’ll be there,”

“Dad, stop!” Twilight shouted.

She lit her horn and a magic wave canceled her father’s magic, his clothes falling to the floor.

“Dad, I-I think I have a solution for this” Twilight proposed with a light blush.

“I’m listening...” Night Light replied, turning to Twilight.

“I’ve thought about this and the only way to make you come back home is removing all of your arousal for me from your system.”

“Do you have a spell for that?!” Night Light exclaimed, excited.

“Not as such... I was thinking about having sex between us and-”

“Twilight Elizabeth Sparkle!” Night Light shouted, interrupting Twilight.

“What did you call me? Dad, I don’t have a middle name.”

“How dare you say such things to your father?!” Night Light shouted, staring at Twilight in shock.

“Too strong? Making love is fine?” Twilight asked “What do you want me to say instea-”

“It doesn’t matter! I know that if we have sex, I mean make love, I won’t be able to stop myself and you’ll get hurt; and your mother, oh Velvet, I can’t think about cheating on her, and definitively not with her own daughter-”

“Dad let me finish, please!” interrupted Twilight “I was saying that after we finish doing it, I can use a spell to erase your memory of that day and today.”

“Wait, why can’t you just use the spell to erase my memory and avoid the sex part all together?”

Twilight could see her father expression, he wasn’t convinced that it would work.

“I’d considered it, but it won’t erase your physical feelings, you’ll still need somepony else to help you, somepony that’s not Mom. That’s why the only way to completely erase this feeling is by making love with me to physically satisfy you and then cast the spell,”

“I-I don’t know Twilight, I’m scared...” Night Light said, trembling “What if somepony finds out about this? It would destroy our family”

“But Dad, you’re destroying our family right now. Since the day you left, Mom’s been crying almost every night, sometimes quietly, sometimes so loud that she had to try and muffle it with a pillow. She told me a lot after telling us the truth, she thinks it’s totally her fault, that she wasn’t the wife you deserve to love and she understands if you need another mare in your life”

Twilight took a deep breath before continuing.

“And Shinning can’t control his emotions, it’s the first time I’ve seen him like that, depressed, angry, sad, from one to another. The worst part came a few days after Mom told us the truth, he smashed the doors of both the main entrance and his bedroom, and after a while I asked why he did that he said that he saw you walking with another mare,”

“That’s impossible Twily. I was here the whole time except if I went out for breakfast or dinner, and I always alone.”

“If you’re telling the truth-”

“I am.”

“Then he was just seeing things, all of the time, because after the first time, he kept seeing you in the street. He refused to go out and now he’s always in his room,”

“Oh, what I’ve done? J-just give me a minute,”

Night Light thought about what Twilight had just suggested for a minute, just considering it was sickening to him, but deep down his primal instincts were yelling at him to take the chance and maybe, solve this once for all. After all, it was her idea, he was sure that any other mare would have run away after hearing everything.

Yes! Twilight had not only proposed the idea but argued for it, she was such a smart filly… she was his smart and beautiful filly.

“And it’s safe?” asked Night Light.

“Yes dad, I’m not in heat yet.” Twilight replied with an eyeroll.

“No, I meant the spell.”

“Oh, yes, it’s totally safe.” Twilight answered.

“Okay Twilight, I accept your solution.”

“You do?!” Twilight exclaimed, smiling.

“Yes, now come here and give to your old father a hug.”

Both shortened the distance and pulled each other’s bodies into a hug, it wasn’t an empty, distant one like before, no, it was a warm, heartfelt one.

“What do we do now?” asked Twilight, a little ashamed.

“We make love Twily.” Night Light whispered in her ear, sending shivers down her spine “I’m gonna go slow and gentle, have you had sex before?”

“Dad!” Twilight shouted, blushing harder.

“Oh come on Twilight, you proposed the idea in the first place.”

“This is my first time Dad, though I’ve read about it in books.”

“Then just follow my lead honey, if you need me to stop, just tell me,”

“Okay Dad,” said Twilight feeling how he traced some circles in her back.

“First, we start with a kiss.”

They broke the hug and looked at each other for an instant, long enough to see in the other’s eyes that they wanted this, that they loved each other. Night Light approached Twilight slowly, closing his eyes. She understood and followed suit until their lips connected.

The first one was simple, a peck on the lips, like parents do sometimes to express affection. But this was just the beginning and they knew it. After leaning away from the kiss, Twilight giggled a little and her father put a smile on his face, then a hoof on her cheek, and leaned once again to meet her lips.

The second one was longer, his hooves stroking her mane and back, glancing out the window he noticed the sunlight and the ajar door, quickly with his magic, Night Light closed the curtains and locked the door, he didn’t want anypony witnessing what he was doing with his little girl. Once again they parted, she was breathing heavily, Night Light was about to ask for some time to catch his breath but she denied him, taking the initiative and kissing him clumsily.

From the third kiss and so on they played with their lips, no more interruptions or long breaks, just little pauses between kisses to recover some air and continue. Twilight’s young energy was something Night Light missed in Velvet, these long make out sessions disappeared as the years passed. But Twilight was thirsty for more, this flood of new sensations were new for her and wanted all of it.

Night Light fulfilled her wish, and with his tongue, invited Twilight to the next level. Their tongues danced in her mouth, a warm feeling was born in their chests, their heartbeats synchronized and their minds; once filled with fears and doubts, now felt light, floating in the passionate moment. Nothing could interrupt them, or that’s what Twilight had thought, until she accidentally touched something big and pulsating with her hoof.

In that moment, she broke the kiss to take a look. She was amazed, excited, and slightly turned on.

“Wow…” said Twilight.

“Do you like it?” asked Night Light, caressing his stallionhood.

“I’ve never seen one in real life and it’s definitively bigger and nicer than the ones in books.”

“Thanks sweetie. You know, when a stallion’s penis is big like this it’s because he’s ready for you.” Night Light whispered

“I don’t know what to do dad.”

“Don’t worry Twily, I told you I would guide you. You can start by kissing all over it.” Night Light said, lying down on the bed.

“Okay, I’ll do my best.” Twilight replied, puffing her chest out.

“I’m sure you will.”

Twilight gulped and approached his penis. When she was just in front of it, she could feel the heat coming off of it and saw some fluid going down his shaft. She nervously licked her lips and, after sniffing a little bit, gave the first of many kisses on the tip. Her father let loose a soft moan of pleasure, giving Twilight the signal to continue. She kissed the tip and shaft, sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly, tasting some of the transparent liquid that constantly came out of the top. It tasted weird, but with every new taste it became more and more enjoyable.

“Use your tongue Twily.” Night Light said, stifling a moan.

She had to do whatever it took to satisfy his father, that’s why she followed his orders with no complaints. Twilight wet her lips and from the bottom, she gave a single, long lick up her father’s cock, making him moan louder than before. She continued her licking, up and down, sometimes from side to side. Night Light could do nothing but watch her take control of the situation; he was in heaven; after months without sex this was pure bliss.

With a quick recommendation, Twilight repeatedly licked the top of his penis; the most sensitive area. A few words from him and she was caressing his balls with one hoof, playing with them as if they were two warm balls of putty.

“Twily,” groaned Night Light “I’m close.”

“Close to what?” she asked, worried.

Night Light chuckled; his daughter could be so innocent, even in this situation.

“Don’t worry Twily, it’s nothing bad, and you can make it better.” Night Light cooed.

“Really?! How?”

“Grab my… my…” he suddenly couldn’t think straight.

“Male reproductive system, also called a penis?” suggested Twilight, still massaging his balls.

“I was about to say my thing, or something else...” Night Light replied with a gasp.

“Come on Dad, I know its name. And the name of it’s parts, don’t try to disguise it.”

“I’m sorry; my dad instincts make me do things like that to protect you.”

“I don’t think we need those instincts now, do we?” asked Twilight, caressing his penis with her hoof.

“I-I don’t think so.” answered Night Light.

“Good, so I take your penis and…”

“Give me a blowjob.” finished her father.

“...What’s a... blowjob?” asked Twilight shamefully.

Night Light could feel that his penis would explode from arousal if he explained it to her. He relaxed a little bit before answering.

“Just put my penis in your mouth and I’ll tell you what to do,”

“Okay dad.”

Once again she got closer to the top of his stallionhood, and then she opened her mouth wide and slowly closed it around his penis. Then Twilight looked up at her dad, waiting for him to say what to do next. That sexy look she gave him made his penis twitch, and Twilight could feel it, making her moan of surprise. Night Light was very close, he could see how her saliva was trailing down and covering it completely.

“Now go down as far as you can.”

She nodded and obeyed, slowly but surely went down his shaft, until his cock touched her uvula and made her choke a little, making her cough involuntary. She went up quickly but didn’t release his cock.

“Calm down sweetie, relax, that’s normal for your first time, you did great though.” a tear came down Twilight’s face, mixing with her smile “Now do it again but this time go up and down, you’ll know when to stop.”

Once again, she went down and stopped near the area she choked, then she went up, making herself comfortable on the bed in order to give her father the best experience possible. But even with all her effort, Twilight could only swallow half her father’s cock.

Even if he were enjoying the moment, he couldn’t help but give some instructions to his daughter. First, Night Light told her to watch her teeth, because that could hurt him. Second, he said that she could perform even better if she squeezed his penis a little bit with her mouth. Then he insisted, with trembling voice, to suck it like if it was a thin straw.

Meanwhile, she was getting wet just imagining the moment her father would take her first time with his cock. With one hoof, she rubbed her nether lips, trying in vain to quench this fire that only he could fix.

“Twilight!” shouted Night Light.

His orgasm didn’t allow him to warn Twilight, his teeth clenching. With a loud moan, a large spurt of semen filled her mouth. With a surprised squeak, Twilight tried her best to swallow all the cum, but just as she gulped down half of it, a second spurt came, followed by a third one. When she realized she couldn’t swallow all of it, she pulled away and spat her father seed onto the floor and coughed. A fourth shot flew through the air and landed on Twilight’s back .

“It tastes weird! It tastes weird!” Twilight screamed, running to the bathroom and washing her mouth.

Her father didn’t pay attention at all, he simply existed; looking at the ceiling as the effects of the orgasm faded away and his cock became flaccid. It wasn’t until the door of the bathroom opened and the light reached his eyes that he realized what just happened.

“Are you okay Twilight?” asked Night Light, sitting on the edge of the bed and concerned for his daughter.

“I’m fine dad.” Twilight said, her face dripping wet.

“Sorry for not warning you, it was so strong that I didn’t notice until it was too late.”

“So I was good?” Twilight asked with a blush.

“You were fantastic darling. Now come on, it’s time to continue.” he said tapping the side of the bed.

She nodded and took her place next to his father. Night Light leaned and kissed Twilight, and she gladly accepted his tongue and the dance began once again; it was so intense that both layed down on bed. He mentally appreciated Twilight for cleaning her mouth after the blowjob, he even noticed a hint of mint on her breath. This time, Night Light’s hoof went down Twilight’s body, caressing her soft flanks and her cutie mark, but his main goal was between her legs, full of her mare juices, begging for his contact.

Twilight moaned loudly when Night Light touched her pussy, breaking the kiss in the process.

“Oh my, you’re so wet Twilight.” Night Light commented with a smile.

“Is that good?” asked Twilight with trembling voice.

“Yes Twily, it means you are ready for the main event.”

Night Light started to kiss her neck, trailing down her body, kissing every inch and making her moan. She didn’t noticed when he got out of the bed and kissed one of her hooves, and then the other, then made his way down her legs until he reached her cunny.

Night Light chuckled a little when he saw how her legs were trying to hide her flower, dripping with honey.

“Come on Twilight.” said Night Light, kissing her legs and rump “Before we start, I want to make you feel as good as you made me feel.”

Every kiss, every breath near her pussy, made Twilight’s heart beat faster and stronger. She needed it so much. When she had her first heat it was uncontrollable, this feeling, the burning in her nethers, forcing her to masturbate for hours.

She could barely hear her father’s words, but she sensed what he wanted by looking into his eyes, those wonderful eyes. With her horn glowing involuntary as she spread her legs, letting her father have an unimpeded view of her pussy. Night Light gasped softly, only a virgin could have lips like those, barely opened aside from her clitoris winking.

Night Light licked his lips, unable to wait any longer, he took a long lick of her pussy, trying to catch all her juices on his tongue. Twilight arched her back as electricity shot throughout her body. She was to swallow down her next moan, but she knew that it was going to be loud, her emotions and the sensations too overwhelming.

Her moans filled the room as her father assaulted her pussy, using all the experience he had from making love to Velvet. Her voice grew with every lick, her moans sexier. Twilight tried to lean forward to see what her father doing her, but all of her strength was gone, every attempt ending in failure, with her back on the bed. Twilight gave up and stared the ceiling, trusting that her dad would do an excellent job.

Night Light was snout-deep in her pussy, licking, sniffing and feeling her essence. He moaned, happy to finally fulfill his fantasies with his daughter, his cock ready once more, twitching on the floor as Night Light involuntary rubbed it against the carpet.

Maybe I can do the same thing I do to Velvet thought Night Light.

He freed Twilight’s flower for a second and, using his hooves, spread her lips, revealing glistening pink and quickly used his tongue to go deeper into, reaching a specific spot that made her mother cry with passion every time he did. The same happened here with Twilight, who was suddenly gasping breathlessly.

Her father continued to lick as Twilight enjoyed the sensations after recovering the ability to make a sound. Soon after she was close to climax, but something strange happened to her magic; in normal situations, a unicorn’s magic would go wild due to extreme stimulation, like sex for example. But it couldn’t manifest strong enough to cast any spells.

This was something Night Light knew for a fact, but this was far from a normal situation with a normal unicorn. He opened his eyes in surprise and stopped licking Twilight.

“Twilight!” exclaimed Night Light, worried.

“Dad, I was so close!” Twilight yelled, glaring at him.

“Twilight, look around you!”

She turned her head and saw how her magic made the lamp, the night table and a few of his clothes levitate in mid-air. From her horn, magic in the shape of strings connected the objects to her. After pulling herself together, she returned the objects to the floor.

“I’m sorry dad,” said Twilight, breathing heavily.

“Don’t worry honey, everything’s okay.”

“But if we keep this up... I’ll break something.” Twilight whimpered.

“I think I can help with that.” Night Light said, looking in his suitcase.

Night Light searched his possessions for a special ring, golden with a red gem set in the center. After locating it, he slid it onto Twilight’s horn. The red gem lit up twice then dimmed.

“What’s that?” Twilight asked, touching it.

“When your mom and I were young, we used to use these rings to have sex without the fear of breaking something with our magic, I think I packed it by mistake.”

“So now…” Twilight said, laying back and spreading her legs.

“Well, you said something about you being close.” Night Light growled.

Twilight nodded with a blush as he gently caressed her face.

“So it’s time to make you come.”

Night Light once again moved closer and kissed Twilight passionately. This time it was his arousal making him move, because he knew what was coming next. He rolled Twilight, positioning her on top without breaking the kiss. She moaned in surprise when she felt her dad’s cock touching her.

“Do you know this position Twily?”

“N-no.”

“It’s an easy one, just stand up, aim your vagina over me and sit on my penis.” Night Light instructed

“Sounds easy… enough.”

Following his instructions, Twilight got in position. Her legs were still trembling from her near climax, but the contact between her flower and his cock made it worse. The moaned in unison as they made contact. Her mare juices lubricated his cock, the liquid running from his tip to his balls. Twilight tried to align her entrance but her mind was so far gone that it was impossible to focus in, and she instead she moved her hips back and forth, caressing his penis in the process.

“Just...” said Night Light, tired of foreplay “Let me help you.”

“Okay dad.” Twilight gasped, breathless.

With his magic moved his tip to her entrance, making sure she wouldn’t miss. After nodding to Twilight, she proceeded down slowly, shifting her body as his cock made it’s way in. After the first few inches, she stopped. This new feeling was overwhelming, it added a new meaning to the word full, not only a physical fullness but an emotional one too.

Night Light’s dreams, his deepest and forbidden desires, were about to be reality. The days where he’d masturbated in the bathroom, and in some cases in bed next to his sleeping wife, seemed so far away and so long ago that they almost felt like lies. This was real, seeing Twilight doing her best to satisfy him in every way.

Her mind had gone blank, it felt like it took an eternity for his cock to reach the end of her cave, but there she was, with nearly all of his penis inside and her walls squeezing down on it, ignorant of the smell of sex in the air and the sweat covering her body. Both were panting, staring into each other’s eyes.

“Now Twily... g-go up and down until you cum.” Night Light instructed, eyes starting to roll back in his head

She nodded and begun to lift herself using her front hooves to support her body on the bed. Night Light wasn’t sure who was going to finish first, her rhythm was irregular, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes going straight up and down and other times sliding her body to one side or the other. But that was okay, he thought, because it was her first time, he was Twilight’s first time. And on top of that, she was so tight and her moans were so angelic that it made her inexperience fade away in the heat of the moment.

The sound of the bed groaning and their moans filled the room. The ring on her horn was shining red, showing that it was doing its job preventing her magic from escaping and causing damage. Night Light yelled Twilight’s name many times, like he had in the past with Velvet as they had sex a few months earlier, though obviously Velvet didn’t know that he was talking about their daughter. With his hooves, he pulled Twilight into a kiss.

Time to finish, Twilight. Night Light thought to himself.

Without breaking the kiss, Night Light focused his magic on her vagina, searching blindly for her clitoris, a loud moan inside his mouth told him that he had found it. Focusing a little more, he used his magic to squeeze and pull her love button, and she screamed in pleasure. Her walls squeezed his cock, inviting it to thrust harder, which he did with all of his being; Night Light grabbed Twilight’s flanks and thrusted again and again, caressing her cutie mark.

“D-dad!”

“Just let go!” groaned Night Light.

With one last, long scream, Twilight’s hips kissed her father’s as she screamed at the ceiling. Her orgasm covered his cock with fluid, dribbling onto the sheets. After being still for the longest few seconds of her life, Twilight dropped herself onto the bed, exhausted. Night Light caught her in midair and rested her carefully at his side. He could feel her breath on his chest, the most peaceful since she’d been a little foal in his arms, sleeping again after waking up in the middle of the night.

A minute later, Night Light pulled his cock out of her, making her legs tremble. His dick was still hard and he wanted more of her.

“Are you alright Twily?” asked Night Light, caressing her mane.

“Yes Dad, just a little tired.” Twilight whispered into his chest.

“I know this is a little too much for your first time-”

“It is, I’ve never felt so tired, and my mind feels fuzzy.” Twilight interrupted.

“But I still need to finish.” said Night Light kissing her forehead over and over.

“Dad…” Twilight gasped, the kisses setting her tender skin ablaze “I’m tired.”

“Don’t worry honey, you don’t have to do anything. Just relax, I will take care of everything. ”

“...Okay.” Twilight whispered.

After getting the okay, Night Light once again jumped off the bed and rolled Twilight onto her stomach. Losing no more time, he licked her flower energetically, catching as much of her juices he could as his daughter moaned softly in response. After cleaning her up, he went directly to her tail hole and started to kiss it. She gasped in surprise and pleasure; once again turning her on.

“Oh dad, keep going.” Twilight begged.

He obeyed, using his tongue to delve as far as he could inside her anus, lubricating it with his saliva. Once again, he was glad that Twilight was such a clean pony; he knew she’d taken a shower that morning, and maybe she’d had one before coming here, making the lick so much more pleasant.

“Okay Twilight,” said Night Light, getting up and positioning himself over her “If this hurts, just tell me and I’ll stop.”

“Do it dad,” answered Twilight, her eyes fluttering.

“Here it goes...”

It took very little pressure on her tail hole to penetrate after all the lubricating. Night Light started slowly, making sure Twilight wasn’t in pain during the process and feeling his cock being sucked in, forcing him to go further in. He couldn’t believe her ass was tighter than her pussy; the pressure was unbearable, wanting to start thrusting wildly. He remembered it took months to convince Velvet to do this, but Twilight was such a good girl, such a good daughter.

Once he’d hilted himself, he took a moment to look at Twilight; she was shaking and moaning softly as she tried to get used to the pressure.

“Twilight?”

“Y-yes?”

“Does it hurt?”

“No Dad, but…”

“But what?”

“I feel… I feel like…” Twilight swallowed, looking embarrassed.

“Just breathe Twilight, relax. Now tell me what’s wrong.”

“I feel like I’m gonna shit myself!” Twilight shouted.

“Shush Twilight, calm down my little girl.” Night Light cooed, caressing her flank “It’s normal, It’ll feel better soon, I promise. Are you ready?”

“Y-yes.” Twilight whimpered.

Night Light smiled and backed away, almost taking his cock out and thrusting with all his might. Twilight cried out as the sound of their hips colliding filled around the room, joining the bed’s groaning springs, mixing together in a symphony they shared in that moment.

Her father was right and Twilight knew it, the heat of the moment replaced her uncertainties as she was once again was at the mercy of her father. Their heartbeats synchronized as their bodies grew hotter and drenched in sweat. One of her hooves traveled down her body and reached her pussy, rubbing it energetically. She was enthralled by the pleasure as her father penetrated her anus, but she wasn’t close to climaxing. Night Light on the other hoof, was about to fulfill another of his wild fantasies with his daughter.

“Twilight, I’m cumming!” groaned Night Light.

Twilight could feel his cock twitching inside her, like the first time in her mouth just before filling it with cum. As she mentally prepared to receive the load, the first shot filled the remaining space inside. She couldn’t count the number of shots fired by her father, but it was enough to completely fill her and paint her plot after he’d pulled his cock out.

It was the perfect ending, Night Light climbed on the bed and, after getting comfortable with their heads on the pillow, they cuddled, resting.

“Dad… I have to… I have to do the spell.” said Twilight sleepily.

“I know Twily, but you’re too tired, a little nap won’t hurt you.” Twilight was skeptical, and it showed on her weary face “I promise I’ll be here when you wake up, I feel tired too.”

“Was it that good?” Twilight asked with a yawn

“No, it was better than good, you did great kiddo.”

“Thanks dad, you were incredible too, I never felt anything like that before.”

“Let’s take a nap together, just like old times.” whispered Night Light.

She nodded and closed her eyes, Night Light did the same.

Nap time was something Twilight hadn’t had for years, the afternoon was her reading time, or homework time, or even both on occasion. Night Light was at work, working in the Canterlot archives; searching, fixing, and organizing files from royalty and other important organizations. So it came as a surprise to Twilight that they’d slept for three hours.

Twilight awoke first, and first thing she noticed was how her father was hugging her from behind and with a light blush she moved his hoof away. Her mind was still fuzzy from sleep and as she was scratching her head she looked around. The room was a total mess, furniture and clothes strewn across the place. The silence of the room was ended abruptly when she glanced the clock.

“Dad, Dad! Wake up!” Twilight shouted, shaking Night Light.

He just groaned in response, turning over. With a nervous look, she jumped off the bed and ran to the window, half opening the curtain. The clock was right, Princess Celestia was setting the sun on horizon. After taking the ring off, Twilight grabbed her father out of bed and shook him vigorously.

“Dad! For the love of Celestia, wake up!” Twilight shouted.

“My eyes are open, my eyes are open!” exclaimed Night Light, promptly being dropped onto the bed.

“Dad, it’s almost night time!”

“Wow, that was a looooong nap, don’t you think Twily?” Night Light said, rubbing his eyes.

“Dad!”

“Relax Twilight.”

“No, I can’t relax! Mom and Shining must be worried sick, it’s the first time I’ve been away from home for a long time on a Saturday.” Twilight said, pacing around the room worried.

“It’s not that bad, Twily.” Night Light assured, stretching.

Twilight gave him a glare, oddly like Velvet.

“Okay, okay, I get it. Just cast the spell, I’m ready.” Night Light said, standing.

“Listen Dad,” Twilight said, approaching him “First I’ll use a sleeping spell on you, then the memory spell.”

“Okay, is there any way I can help you?”

“Actually, you can, I need you to remember our… intimate encounter, and then think about the day in the water park, that will help me to find the memories faster.”

“Understood.” he answered making himself comfortable in bed.

“Ready?” asked Twilight brightening her horn.

“Just one more thing Twily.”

“What is it dad?”

“If I forget this, what are you going to tell your mother?”

“Don’t worry about that, I’ve got everything covered”

“Good, and Twilight?”

“Yes?”

“I love you.”

“I love you too, dad.”

They closed the distance between their faces and Twilight prepared herself to kiss him for the last time, like a last wish. She felt the contact of his lips on her, but not in the place she expected. Opening her eyes, she could see her father giving her a kiss on her forehead, like he did normally.

After the kiss, Twilight placed her horn on his forehead and a bit of magic rushed to his head, making his eyes close. The sleeping spell lasted thirty minutes, so Twilight had to be quick with the second and most difficult spell. She took a deep breath and once again placed her horn on his head and she travelled into his mind.

The visualization of the spell depends of two factors, the unicorn casting the spell and the subject in question, or more specifically, their mental state; luckily for Twilight, her father was a normal pony with no mental problems whatsoever. So when she, or a magic representation of herself to be more specific, entered his mind, she found an organized space with his memories in order.

The place was a labyrinth with walls entirely made of memories, showing screens with memories in an eternal loop, representing different moments of his life. The closest ones to her were the most recent or being transferred to long term memories, the reason why she asked him to remember those moments before going to sleep.

“This is so different from my book.” Twilight said aloud.

The echo bounced around the space and faded. The unicorn looked around searching for the memory of her making love with him, coming across a number of others made her smile, like the day he’d married Velvet, the day he held both of his children in his arms, when Shining was accepted into the academy, when Twilight attempted the test to be part of celestia’s school, his friends, his long passed away mother, and so on. Then she found it, the moment she was riding him, it was so fresh in her mind too, but it wasn’t the time to deviate from her mission, she approached and touched it with her hoof.

“Guide me to the main memory.” ordered Twilight.

Suddenly a magic line came out of the memory and flew through the labyrinth and Twilight didn’t waste a second and followed it. The chase was long, the line didn’t make it easier either, every now and then it turned left, then right around a next corner, and left again. Sometimes it went through walls and Twilight had to go around them. From the main line others appeared and linked the memories associated with the main memory, the times he masturbated thinking about her, when he had sex with Velvet with his daughter on his mind, etc. Everything was part of the spell.

Then, after a final turn, Twilight could see it. The line reached destination, the screen with that memory on loop. At its side were the other memories of the trip, like the giant ice cream sundae they ate and the quickie he had with Velvet in the bathroom. Twilight walked down the last corridor about to reach her goal, when suddenly she couldn’t take another step, making impossible to her to continue.

That was part of the spell too, the representation of Twilight was connected to a magical rope in her body and that rope followed her all the way through the labyrinth, but it had a limit that depended on the unicorn casting the spell and how deep the memory was. Only the most talented magical beings can travel to the oldest memories, and just a few can do advanced things like change parts of the memory or create new ones.

But Twilight didn’t have that potential yet, she’d reached her limit. She tried to move forward, pushing with all her strength, but it was useless. After stopping for a few seconds, an idea came to her. She closed her eyes and focused on the rope on her body and in the real world the magic in her horn intensified, adding layers of glowing magic to the initial one. In Night Light’s brain, the rope changed and became more elastic, allowing Twilight to move forward, getting closer to her goal. But for every movement of her hooves, the rope grew brighter and soon both Twilights started to feel exhausted, sweat drops running down their foreheads.

“Just… just a little bit closer…” Twilight grunted.

The lavender unicorn tried to manipulate the spell to make the rope more elastic, but failed. Twilight exhaled one more time and continued moving forward groaning with each step and the magic became volatile, she knew that if she kept going, the spell would end, but she didn’t care. Each step was harder than the last, and the next seemed like the ultimate trial before breaking the spell. Even against all odds, Twilight was a few inches away of touching the memory and erasing it, but the rope made impossible to her to reach it, she stretched her hoof as far as she could groaning in both worlds. After a long fight, she managed to touch it for less than a second.

“Link!” yelled Twilight.

In that moment two things happened; first, the force exerted by the rope was so much that it acted like a bungee cord, pulling Twilight’s body back through the labyrinth to the entrance. Second, the magical line which connected every individual memory to the main one started to turn black, starting from the memory she touched and moving backwards with her. Now she was in a race against her own magic, hoping to get second place because if she exited first, the spell would fail. All too fast Twilight reached the hall where she began, the memories and the walls blurring as she flew past them. Unfortunately, Twilight running out of time and space. In the last moment everything seemed to creep into slow motion, Twilight reached the wall that separated her father’s mind from her own, first her head disappeared and the last thing she saw was the few screens connected to the memory still lit. As her shoulders and chest passed over the line, followed by her waist and her flanks.

She had to be patient, she had to erase every single memory linked to the main memory, her family’s happiness was in danger. Twilight knew she could cast the last part of the spell even if the smallest part of her body was still inside, she had hold her ground. The unicorn could feel how the spell was pulling at the rest of her body, then her tail passed though, and then her legs. It was reaching her hooves, so it was now or never.

“Erase!”

A flash of light filled the room as Twilight opened her eyes and screamed, falling to the floor and onto her back. The fatigue was immense leaving her panting for breath and lightheaded. She was ninety-nine percent sure she casted the spell properly, but the one percent left was bouncing around her mind fighting her confidence in her magic and her doubt. She did her best to ignore it; the only way to know was to wake him.

Twilight checked the clock on the table, only five minutes since she’d cast the sleeping spell. For Celestia’s sake, the meaning of time is so confusing right now, she thought to herself. Slowly all of her senses were returning, a cold and sticky feeling on her back, the smell of sex in the air, her messy mane, the familiar taste of cum in her mouth even though she’d washed it out.

Wait, sticky and cold?! She leapt to her hooves.

“Eww!”

She took a moment to look around and realized the room was a total mess and, after glancing at the clock again, she realized she only had twenty one minutes to clean everything up, herself included. Using her magic, Twilight cleaned the cum off the floor, opened the windows to ventilate the place and at the same time she used a can of air freshener she’d seen in the bathroom, carefully removed and replaced the blankets on the bed trying hard not to wake up Night Light, and returned the things she’d levitated by mistake in their places and finally took a well-deserved shower with hot steamy water, humming to the jazz music on the radio.

After drying herself off, she checked the clock again, just one minute before she had to wake her father up. Twilight prepared herself, mentally reviewing the things she was going to tell both him and her mother. Then, the clock chimed and Night Light yawned and opened his eyes.

“Wow, I can’t remember the last time I napped like that.” he muttered, and frowned upon seeing his daughter standing with an expectant look in a strange room “Twily? What are you doing here? Where are we? Where are Shining and your mother?”

She brought her hooves to her mouth muffling a gasp, followed by a smile and tears of joy and concluding in a jump that trapped her father in a hug.

“I finally found you, dad!”

Night Light confused by this, instinctively hugged her back in response.

“Found me? I was lost?”

“Not anymore dad, not anymore.” Twilight said, crying on his shoulder.

For the next couple of minutes Night Light stroked her mane carefully until she stopped crying.

“Twilight, I don’t understand, what’s happening?” asked Night Light, breaking the hug.

Twilight took a deep breath and answered with an elaborate lie. There was a part of her father’s past that Twilight knew thanks to some stories told at family reunions and casual chatter at the dinner table. When Night Light was in his twenties, he had gambling problems that escalated into addiction shortly after meeting her mother, but with help of Velvet he cured his addiction in a process that took years of ups and downs. The only thing Twilight had to say is that he left home to play hours and hours in the casino downstairs.

“But why can’t I remember anything?” he asked.

“I don’t know, maybe you drank something weird.” Twilight replied with a shrug.

Night Light sat on the edge of the bed with both hooves in his face, shameful.

“What have I done? Sweet Celestia, Velvet will kill me for this, after all these years of being clean,”

“Don’t worry dad, I’m sure mom will understand, she missed you a lot.” Twilight got off the bed and headed to the door “Maybe we should go now.”

“Yeah, let’s go, On the way home I’ll have to think of a lot of ways to make it up to your mother.” Night Light said, grabbing his suitcase and walked to the door.

They walked through the fancy hotel and checked out. Before leaving the place, Night Light saw the cleaning pony, or more specifically her name badge.

“You know Twily? There was one time your mother and I travel to Heyland, before you or Shining were born, and the pony names there were kinda different.” recounted Night Light as Twilight listened him enthusiastically “And at the place we stayed was this receptionist with a beautiful name and I thought to myself ‘If we have a daughter, we’ve got name her Elizabeth’. Velvet agreed of course but when the moment came, something told us to name you Twilight instead.”

Twilight froze for a second, fearing the worst “W-what made you remember that?”

Before walking through the exit, Night Light pointed to cleaning pony.

“Nothing special, just the cleaning pony over there.”

Twilight sighed in relief. Once in the street, they headed home.

“Twilight Elizabeth Sparkle.” said Twilight with a fancy voice and added “A beautiful name indeed, my dear father.”

Night fell on Equestria. At the kitchen table was Twilight Velvet checking the clock every few seconds. The newspaper on the table was wrinkled after two hours spent reading it three times before getting bored. Shining hadn’t returned home since he went out to find Twilight. The only thing she could do is wait.

The sound of the door opening sending her running.

“Twilight, oh my dear Twilight!” Velvet yelled, hugging her daughter “Where have you been? I was so worried! Are you okay?!”

“Yes mom, but it’s no big deal.” Twilight said, struggling to escape her mother’s grasp.

“Not a big deal?! You left home for hours without telling me! I sent Shining out there to find you with some friends of his and I was about to write princess Celestia to organize a search!”

“Mom, just listen to me!”

“What?!” Velvet yelled, tears running down her face.

“I found dad.”

Outside, waiting on the sidewalk for the door to open, was Night Light. After arriving there, Twilight begged him for some time to talk with her mother first. That was a minute ago, and it felt like the longest minute in his life. He was so close to the door, sitting there like a dog waiting for its’ owner to show up, he could hear the two of them discussing on the other side, the only voice missing was Shining’s. With a quick glance he could see the flowers in the window, she’d taken care of them. Maybe she didn’t need him anymore; maybe she didn’t want him anymore, maybe…

The sound of the knob turning made him pause. The door opened and their eyes met; Night Light with a sad expression, and she had a neutral expression, Twilight was behind her, praying for a miracle necessary to fix her family. No one broke the silence until…

“I understand if you don’t love me anymore.” Night Light said, crestfallen with his eyes shut.

Velvet crossed the threshold and answered him with a hug, tears running anew “I missed you so much!”

Night Light stepped into the house and the three of them had a talk about the future. Once Shining returned home he tried to punch his father, but after a long talk and dealing with his rampant anger, he ended up forgiving him. Days passed and the old routine was once again established in the house but with one change, Night Light got closer to everyone, especially with Twilight, who enjoyed a lot of evenings reading books and practicing magic with him.

In the end, he became the good father he wished to be at the darkest moment in his life, and the best part was he didn’t need to leave anyone, all thanks to his beautiful daughter, he realized this one warm day in spring as they read a novel and a thought appeared in his mind.

Twilight, you are one of the best things in my life. And I know the future has great plans for you. One day, you’ll become a powerful unicorn, maybe the most powerful of all time, capable of doing magic beyond comprehension, only performed by ponies in history books. Maybe that day, you will see back in time and realize something went wrong during the memory spell, something you didn’t notice, something that made me act like it worked…

Twilight caught her father daydreaming in the middle of the reading, after scolding him, they continued reading, but that thought had to be finished.

But it's fine, you know why? Because if you were capable of having sex with me to save our family, then I can keep a secret, I can control myself. Thanks Twilight.

FIN