1,000 Years Ago

Cadence looked up as the doors to the dining hall opened up and the two sister princesses walked in. Her tired expression brightened significantly as they came in, a smile gracing her face.

“Hi!” She exclaimed.

The two sisters looked at her and smiled back.

“So how are you two lovebir-” She stopped abruptly, correcting herself. “Lovely sisters doing?”

All three ponies looked around conspicuously, worried that somepony had overheard her badly corrected question. The servants were in the next room over, a mere revolving door between the dining hall and the kitchen. However when there were no signs that anypony had overheard her, they all relaxed. Nevertheless, both sisters shot Cadence an annoyed glare.

“Hi Cadence.” Luna said.

“Good morning.” Celestia said cordially.

As they took their seats, Cadence unleashed a powerful spell, taking both sisters off guard. It didn’t take them long to discover what she had done. A bright pink bubble surrounded the entire table, engulfing it back three feet around the perimeter. A sound barrier. Both sisters looked at her expectantly, surprised that she would do something so brash.

“Sorry but I can’t wait to hear all about it.” Cadence said excitedly. “So, how did it go?”

“I-it’s kind of private Cadence…” Luna said, blushing in embarrassment.

“Oh come on!” Cadence said. “I’m the princess of love! And besides that, I’m interested in how two of the most important ponies in my life are getting on! Is that so wrong?”

Celestia charged up her horn.

“You don’t mind, do you?” She asked, looking at Cadence.

Guessing what she was thinking, Cadence waved a hoof dismissively.

“Of course not.” She said. “If you want to reinforce the sound barrier, be my guest. I’m the princess of love, not the princess of sound barriers. My general magic has never been anywhere near as good as yours, and this is a sensitive topic. We want to make sure it’s one hundred percent soundproof, right?”

Hearing this, Celestia unleashed the powerful spell. The barrier turned yellow as it was imbued with her power, easily overpowering Cadence’s magic.

“Well at least now SOMEpony isn’t going to spill our secret.” Celestia chided playfully.

“Hey!” Cadence exclaimed in mock indignation. “I can keep a secret. I’m just so excited. So tell me, how did it go?”

“Luna?” Celestia asked, looking over at her little sister.

Realizing that her sister was referring the question to her, she sighed before speaking quietly.

“It went…well…” She said, blushing.

When she didn’t volunteer any further information, Cadence rolled her eyes.

“Come on Luna!” She said. “Let me in on the juicy details!”

“Well she uhhhhhhh...masturbated me…” She said, embarrassed.

“Masturbated?” Cadence asked, surprised by her embarrassment and her technical description of the act.

“We’re taking it slow.” Celestia interjected. “Luna has never been with anypony before Cadence. She needs to do this on her own time.”

“Oh, of course.” Cadence said. “So what have you done?”

“Just kissing mostly.” Celestia said. “Though I have gotten her off twice, once with a sponge in the tub and another time with my hoof.”

“And has she gotten you off?” Cadence asked.

“Not directly.” Celestia said. “She’s not ready for that yet.”

“No oral?” Cadence asked. “No direct sex?”

Celestia shook her head.

“I hadn’t realized that you two were so early into your relationship.” Cadence said.

“But we’re not.” Celestia said. “We may have only admitted our feelings for each other a few days ago, but we’re sisters. The sex will come when it comes. For now, we need to experiment with how we feel about each other. There’s so much more to a relationship than sex Cadance.”

“I know that!” She said indignantly. “I’m the princess of love for pony’s sake! I’m just…surprised is all. The love between you is so strong and I just figured that you would be on each other like rabbits trying to relieve all the sexual energy between you two. There’s not a problem, is there?”

“No, there’s no problem.” Celestia said confidently.

“It’s just…” Luna said, trailing off.

Both ponies looked at her as she spoke up. Sighing, she realized she had to continue.

“It’s just that, I’m not really attracted to…mares.” She admitted.

“You’re not?” Cadence asked in surprise.

“No, I’m not.” She said.

“I’m not either.” Celestia said. “But I do love my sister, and I want to give her as much pleasure as I can. But because she’s not attracted to mares and has no experience having sex with mares, Luna needs to go slow.”

“I get it now.” Cadence said, nodding.

“Is it possible to not be attracted to a mare, but want to have sex with her anyway?” Luna asked curiously.

“Yes Luna, it’s called love.” Cadence said. “You want to have sex with her because you love her and want to share your pleasure with her. You don’t have to be attracted to somepony in order to love them and want to bring them pleasure. I must admit, these feelings can be confusing, but you just have to do what feels right and the rest will work itself out.”

“I see…” Luna said, finally understanding.

“Let me ask you something Luna.” Cadence asked. “If you could have sex with me or Twilight or some other mare, would you want to?”

“No!” Luna exclaimed, a look of disgust evident on her face.

Cadence smiled at her outburst.

Not wanting to come off as offensive or harsh, Luna started to correct herself.

“I mean, you’re attractive of course, and so is Twilight, but…”

“But you’re not in love with either of us, are you?” Cadence asked.

“No.” She said simply.

“Love allows us to cross barriers we never thought were possible.” Cadence said. “Your love for your sister has allowed you to cross both the barrier of incest, and the barrier of wanting to have sex with another mare. I hope you understand how strong your love has to be in order to cross those barriers.”

“I…yes…” Luna said, looking over at her sister. “I love my sister very much…”

Celestia smiled down at her sister and embraced her in a tight hug. Cadence smiled at the display of affection, but was quickly distracted by a server pony that was standing right outside the sound barrier. She beckoned him over with a hoof and he stepped through the barrier reluctantly.

“Thank you for waiting, but our confidential business is concluded here.” She said quickly. “You can take our orders now.”

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After bidding Cadence farewell, both sisters had decided to head back to Luna’s chambers. There was nothing else to do after all, and they wanted to plan the rest of their day in private. As they rounded the corner of the hallway where Luna’s chambers were located, they spotted a cleaning cart just outside her door. Both sisters shared a worried glance before trotting into her chambers together. The cleaning pony stopped what she was doing immediately and turned to the sisters in surprise.

“Princess, Princess...” She said, bowing to each of them individually.

The princess’ eyes were drawn to the bed. When they realized that it hadn’t been touched by the cleaning pony yet, they breathed a sigh of relief.

“We wish to change the cleaning schedule.” Luna said quickly. “From now on you will clean our chambers every other day, not every day. Is that understood?”

“Yes, of course Princess…” The cleaning pony said, bowing quickly.

“Tell me, do you clean my chambers as well, or is that the job of another pony?” Celestia asked.

“Why yes, I do.” The cleaning pony said nervously. “As the head royal maid, it is my duty to clean the chambers of the royal sisters. Why do you ask? Do you have a problem with my service?”

“No, no, nothing like that.” Celestia said, smiling. “You do a very good job. However, I would like to change my cleaning schedule to every other day as well, on the same day that my sister’s room is cleaned please.”

“Of course, Princess.” The cleaning pony said. “I will inform my team of the change immediately. Is there anything else?”

“No.” Luna said quickly. “But please remove your cleaning materials and leave this room. My sister and I wish to be alone.”

“Yes Princess…”

The cleaning pony collected her supplies as quickly as possible before shutting the door behind her. After a few moments, both sisters sighed in relief.

“That was bad.” Luna said, shaking her head. “Do you think she suspects anything?”

“No, of course not.” Celestia said reassuringly. “You worry too much. You’ve always been able to think quickly on your hooves.”

“If we have the cleaning ponies clean every other day, and we take turns sleeping in each other’s chambers, nopony will notice that the beds haven’t been slept in.” Luna explained.

“It was a good idea.” Celestia said. “Though I do admit that I enjoy sleeping in your bed better.”

“You do?” She asked in surprise. “Why?”

“Well…” Celestia said, a light blush on her face. “Mostly because it smells like you.”

Luna laughed.

“Well, eventually our beds will smell like both of us equally.” She said. “I just hope the cleaning ponies don’t notice.”

“So Luna, what do you want to do today?” Celestia asked excitedly.

“Be with you…” She said, walking up to her and nuzzling her sister’s neck affectionately.

“Hmmmmmmm…besides that…” Celestia said, giggling at her sister’s playfulness.

“I don’t care so long as I’m with you.” She said, peppering her sister’s neck with kisses. “You decide.”

Celestia felt her face and chest heat up from the burning desire she felt for the mare in front of her. Using all her resolve, she pulled away from her before things got too heated.

“Let’s go to the gardens.” She said, looking down at her sister.

She knew that her actions hadn’t escaped her little sister as Luna looked up at her, a pouting look on her face.

“Is something wrong ‘Tia?” She asked softly.

“Did you just call me…’Tia?” She asked in surprise.

She waited for a response. When none came, she smiled.

“You haven’t called me that since we were foals!” She said, her smile widening. “I like it.”

Luna smiled, her features softening.

“I was afraid to call you that because of how serious you always were.” She admitted. “I didn’t think you’d like it.”

“And now?” She asked.

“You’ve really changed these last few days ‘Tia.” She said. “Your mask is off and I can tell you’re who you really are with me. You feel…real…like your old self.”

“I hadn’t realized that I changed so much.” Celestia said, looking down at the ground in sadness. “I never meant to hurt you.”

“But you didn’t change ‘Tia.” She said.

Luna reached out with a hoof and lifted her sister’s chin up to meet her gaze. She stared deep into her sister’s eyes intently, smiling warmly.

“Not where it mattered.” She continued. “Not inside. If you had then you wouldn’t have gone back to your old self so quickly.”

“I-I’m such a weak pony…” Celestia said, turning her head to the left quickly and avoiding her gaze. “I put on this façade of strength, when inside I’m full of doubts.”

“Sister, no.” Luna said quickly. “You are a princess, just like I am. We have to portray strength and regality to our subjects. But it’s okay to have doubts and it’s okay to have fears. I just…I don’t want you to hide them from me sister. Not from me. I want to see who you truly are, and I want you to share with me your doubts and fears so that we can work through them together. You’re not weak sister. You’re simply equine, same as me.”

“Oh Luna…” She said, tears welling up in her eyes. “I love you so much…”

She buried her face in her little sister’s mane and nuzzled against her affectionately. Luna returned the gesture, nuzzling up into her sister’s neck and rubbing against her gently.

“I’ll always be here for your sister.” She said. “You don’t have to rule alone anymore. You can depend on me. You can shift some of the burdens onto me. I will gladly do everything I can to lessen your burdens sister.”

Celestia sobbed softly into her sister’s mane as she said that, relief washing over her. She cried for several minutes before her sobs turned into deep breaths. Luna was worried about her sister and started to step back to see if her tears had dried, but stopped as she felt her sister’s hoof wrap around the backside of her neck as she hugged her tightly against her.

“Thank you, Luna…” She said softly.

With that, she released her and Luna stepped back and looked up at her, a smile on her face.

“Feel better?” She asked.

“Yes.” She replied, wiping the tears from her eyes with her hoof.

“Here, your face is a mess sister.” Luna said, reaching a hoof up and pulling her sister’s neck down so she could reach her face.

She gently licked the tears from her sister’s eyes and started working on the rest of her face to try and make her presentable again. This went on for several minutes before Celestia started laughing and pushing her sister away playfully.

“Okay, okay, I’m fine now Luna.” She said, smiling. “I don’t know what came over me. I don’t usually cry like that, but I’m just so happy to have you by my side.”

“Sister, it’s okay to cry.” Luna said, embracing her tightly. “I don’t want you to hide your tears from me. I love you so much ‘Tia. We’re sisters. I will always be there for you when you need me.”

“Thank you, sister…” Celestia whispered, draping her neck over her sister’s in a loving embrace. “Thank you…”