Stuck In The Middle

Stuck In The Middle

Mistresses

Twilight Sparkle purred like a kitten. She sat, curled up in a large, dark blue bed.

Whose bed was this, you ask? Well, who is dark blue and lives in the royal palace?

Yep. Her.

She opened one eye and squinted at her bedfellow. "Morning," she squeaked through a yawn.

Princess Luna smiled and brushed her mane back. "Good morning. Sleep well?"

"Oh yes, princess. Very well."

In a playful manner, the small, purple unicorn put a hoof around the princess's waist, hugging her close and pressing their smooth bodies against one another.

Luna glanced up at the sun and tsked. "You're late again. Soon ponies will start wondering where it is you go to, Twilight Sparkle. And do stop calling me 'princess'."

Twilight blushed. "Sorry, pr - Luna, I guess it's just out of habit." She extended her neck for nuzzles and a kiss. The princess gladly obliged her and rubbed their noses together.

"I'll miss you," Luna murmured as Twilight hopped out the bed.

Twilight's ears went back. "Oh don't say things like that, they make me feel terrible," she said and perched on the edge of the bed, next to the princess.

"Good. You should stay here then. Maybe you could be punished?" Luna grinned and winked.

Her lavender mistress chuckled and placed a hoof on her leg. "Maybe, but I have to get going before anypony notices I'm gone. See you tonight, Mistress Luna?"

Luna laughed and gently nuzzled her. "See you tonight, Mistress Sparkle."

Twilight's cheeks turned pink as they kissed. Oh how I wish I could stay with you, but... duty calls, she thought and broke the kiss. She nodded politely and gathered up her things and headed upstairs.

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She rapped on the door to her mentor's chambers. The guards nodded to her and swiftly turned away, making sure her 'advanced studies' with the princess remained undisturbed.

Celestia smiled as she spotted her student eagerly waiting at the door. "Hello, Twilight. You're early. What if somepony misses you?"

Oh, nopony will, I've already been to her. "I told them I was visiting for some advanced tutelage, nopony's the wiser," Twilight replied as the princess ushered her in.

The bedroom of Princess Celestia was even more extravagant than that of her sister's. It looked like something out of a fiction novel; The entire room was spherical in shape, about fifty feet across and fifty feet high. At the back of the room was the office, where Celestia performed most of her royal duties, and a large, golden coloured staircase sat in the centre of the room

The alabaster princess gently stroked Twilight's face as she led them around the room. "Did you sleep well?" she asked casually as they nuzzled one another.

Twilight giggled and nodded.

"Good."

They stopped, just before the stairs, as the century old alicorn grinned as she placed a hoof either side of her student's face and leant in for the kiss. Her tongue gently grazed against Twilight's teeth, searching for an opening.

Twilight giggled again and let her own tongue stroke against her mentor's. She moaned gleefully as she felt a hoof graze her chest and run along her belly.

Celestia smiled as well and held her pupil close, cradling her in her forelegs. Her hoof withdrew from Twilight's belly and joined the other hoof at her back.

They sat for a moment, enjoying the silence, and then Celestia picked her up.

"With you being so punctual, we must have some time for ourselves," she chuckled and hoisted Twilight onto her back.

Twilight squeed with delight and nestled in the large white feathers. The princess felt so soft, just like a cloud. Both princesses did, actually. They both felt as soft and as lovely as silk sheets on a Sunday morning, as Rarity would say

Celestia carried her small friend up the stairs, taking great care to make her rear dip, just so Twilight would land with her forelegs around the top of her royal flank.

The lavender unicorn cried out as she started slipping further and further, and the princess's tail collided with her vision. The pastel-rainbow coloured tail smelt like sweet honey and rosemary. Just like she herself did on mornings like these.

Just as Celestia pulled her back up onto her back and lay her down on the magnificent bed, a knock came at the door.

The princess groaned and held a hoof to Twilight's lips. Twilight nodded and remained as quiet as possible. If anypony should find her, questions would be asked, and then Luna would find out, and Twilight would be done for.

"Who is it?" Celestia called as she trotted back down the stairs, straightening her crown and sitting down at her desk.

"Your sister."

The white princess forced a smile out. Wonderful, what have you come to complain about now? she bitterly thought. "Come on in then."

Twilight cringed as she heard the happy voice.

"Greetings dearest sister, I merely wished to declare that I will be going on a vacation soon," a rather brazen looking Luna said.

Celestia stared at her. "Beg pardon?"

The Night Pony nodded. "Yes, I know it's rather short notice, but I feel that you have everything under control here, and... I would have company."

Her sister's eyebrows wandered up into her mane. This is new. "Oh? And who would that be?"

Twilight froze. Was the princess thinking of taking her on vacation with her? Oh that would be wonderf- no wait... Celestia would notice something's missing. Namely her. Oh... buck.

Luna's cheeks turned slightly pink. "A friend of mine. As far as I can tell, it's nothing serious, but I should wish her to join me for a small vacation, away form Canterlot." And nosy sisters. "Perhaps Prance."

The unicorn upstairs nearly squeed with excitement. A royal holiday with Princess Luna? Who could say no to that? Especially Princess Luuuuuuna. She drawled out the last word, grinning from ear to ear and listened intently.

Celestia's shocked expression pretty much said everything. "You have a special somepony? And a she?!" she cried.

Luna grinned. "I thought you'd be surprised at that. Like I said, It's nothing serious as of yet, but I hope to... progress with this vacation."

"Well... of course, by all means, dearest sister. I have my own... secret that nopony knows about," the elder sister giggled.

Now it was Luna's turn to be shocked. "Really? Oh you must tell me, dearest sister, else I shall denounce you as the meanest sister in the history of Equestria!" she joked.

Celestia smirked. "You first."

Luna baulked. "Ahh... maybe not then. We wouldn't want to spoil our secret's... secret, now would we?" she chuckled.

Meanwhile, upstairs, Twilight was frozen with terror. If any of them even mentioned her, that was it, she was done for. Condemned to a lifetime in the dungeons, perhaps the moon, or even Tartarus.

Dammit, Twilight, why do you get yourself in these sorts of messes? She silently scolded herself.

Down below, Celestia was laughing. Both princesses were.

Uh oh, I missed some of the conversation, what are they talking about now? Twilight wondered and strained to hear.

"...I was just telling Twilight the other day, imagine if Luna had a special somepony, a secret somepony too," Celestia chuckled.

Luna giggled back. "I had a similar conversation with her. Last Nightmare Night, when I visited Ponyville. She is a dear friend to us," she said.

Time seemed to slow down for Twilight. Oh please don't say anything, oh please don't say anything...

Celestia nodded. "Yes, she is. Well, I presume you will want to plan for this vacation of yours, do you need anything else?"

"No. All I need now is to actually tell her, then we'll leave in the morning. Perhaps I'll tell her tonight. See you soon, dearest sister, and you'd better tell me more about your secret suitor. I would like to meet her - her or him?"

"Her."

"Her, then, you sly dog you, one day." Luna hugged her sister and went to leave, happily humming a song to herself as she skipped away, back to bed, still laden with Essence of Twilight.

The trying (and failing) not to jump with excitement filly upstairs wanted to cry out and whoop with joy at the possibility of a vacation with her princess. Then she stopped and thought for a moment. "But what if Celestia notices?" she whispered.

"What if Celestia notices what?" Celestia asked as she appeared at the top of the stairs.

"Ahhh!" Twilight cried and fell off the bed. "Princess! I wasn't - I didn't -"

The princess chuckled and strode over to her. "I can understand if you were eavesdropping, Twilight, it is a rather bit of juicy gossip, wouldn't you say?"

Twilight's ear twitched. "What is? I wasn't paying attention."

Her teacher laughed and lay down on the bed, motioning for Twilight to climb on top. "You're a terrible liar, my favourite student."

I know. That's the problem. The student grimaced and lay down on her mentor's chest. She still smelt wonderful, and sooooo soft...

"Princess?" she asked.

"Hmm?" Celestia replied and stroked her mane, while tracing a hoof down her small spine.

"N.. nevermind..." Twilight shivered and whinnied with delight.

She felt the forelegs around her tighten in a gentle hug.

The large, enchanted grandfather clock downstairs boomed the time out: 10:45.

"Bother," Celestia muttered and gently pushed Twilight off. "I am sorry, my dear, but I must return to my duties. And you had best return to Ponyville, before anypony notices you were gone."

Twilight reluctantly agreed and yawned. "I already said. They think I'm just getting extra lessons about magic."

"Think?"

"I mean... you are... and, um... oh..."

Celestia threw her head back and laughed. "Oh, Twilight, come here." She embraced her student in another hug, gently kissing the base of her horn. "I shall see you soon, my dear. My little love."

Twilight felt time slow down again. A sick feeling, burning hot in her gut, took hold of her. Maybe I should come clean with one of them...

Oh, but Luna seemed so keen on that visit to Prance, and it would be wonderful. You wouldn't want to break her heart, now would you?

Well, no, but how could I tell Celestia I don't...

But you do.

Exactly.

The kissing of her horn turned into a gentle licking, making the dilemma afflicted pony shudder with excitement. She leant in for a kiss on the mouth, only to be stopped by her tormentor.

"Now, now, Twilight, we really must go our separate ways for now. I shall see you in the morning, my little pony."

"Of course, princess." And that's another thing: Celestia never wants me to stop calling her princess. Luna seemed angry about it the first few times. Oh, you're an idiot, Twilight Sparkle. And what about the vacation? Hmm?

That was a scary thought. What if she failed to meet the princess? She couldn't keep running back and forth between Prance and Canterlot, now could she?

Or could she?