The Bond of the Princesses

A purple pony stood on in the open courtyard of a castle, looking to the sky. The sun was getting low now, turning from the bright blue of daytime into a pale orange. Soon, it would be sunset.
She was right on time.
She took a breath. Turning back to face the castle, Twilight Sparkle made her way through the empty courtyard. She knew that the guard would be dismissed for the evening, but that didn’t make it any less eerie. The pony wasted no time making her way inside the equally empty castle.

Even now, despite being a princess, the throne room never failed to make her feel small. The high ceilings made the room feel hollow, and the stained glass windows towered above her. They reminded her of her mentor’s illustrious history. She used to admire them all, but now they only served as a reminder that she just didn’t measure up. Even the throne, empty as it was, was an imposing symbol of Celestia’s authority and accomplishment.

She wondered why she’d been called in. She’d received the letter a week before, asking that she come alone and without telling anypony. It also mentioned that the meeting may go long into the night, and that it was especially important that she not share any details about her visit to anypony, at all, ever.

All this made Twilight as anxious as much as it made her curious. Clearly whatever was going on was serious business. Was it about her performance? Had she been doing poorly as a princess? Or was there some great evil threat, so sinister that not even the guards could be close, lest word of it get out? Twilight pet her hair in a fit of worry.

“Twilight!”

The voice startled her out of her train of thought. She turned to see Princess Celestia, smiling warmly as she trotted over. She immediately met her with an unexpected embrace.

“I’m so glad you could make it. Tonight’s going to be really special, I promise.”

“It’s my honor,” said Twilight as they broke their hug. “But what exactly did you call me here for? Your letter said that you needed me for an ‘important princess meeting,’ but you didn’t say what it would be for.”

“Ah yes,” said Celestia, “we have important things to discuss indeed. Come, Luna is waiting for us upstairs.”

Celestia began to walk, and Twilight followed behind.

“Upstairs?” asked Twilight.

“Yes, in her chambers. We’ll be meeting there tonight.”

“In her… why there?”

Celestia’s smile widened.

“Patience Twilight. You’ll see soon enough.”

They made their way in silence, Celestia moving through the castle excitedly and Twilight following alongside. Twilight looked up at her as they walked, studying her expression. She certainly didn’t seem as somber as she’d expected, given the circumstances.

“I hope everything is alright?” Twilight said. “I’ll admit, I was concerned when I read that you’d be dismissing the guard tonight.”

“Oh, yes,” Celestia replied. “Don’t worry, everything is perfectly fine. We’ll be going over important royal matters tonight, and we prefer to discuss these things with the utmost privacy.”

“Ah, of course.”

They moved quickly through and up the castle, making small talk along the way. Twilight’s school was having an issue with truancy. Celestia had a terribly boring ball to attend later that week.

When they reached Luna’s chambers, Twilight was surprised by the décor. Twilight wasn’t intimately familiar with Luna’s room, but she’d been in it enough to know that it wasn’t normally full of dimly lit candles. New too were the sprigs of lavender strewn across the floor, giving off a sharp yet lovely floral aroma.

Also, were her sheets always red satin?

Amidst the new additions sat Luna, who calmly greeted her guest.

“Greetings, Twilight Sparkle,” she said. Her expression was more contained than her sister’s, but she her soft smile was warm nonetheless. “Are you prepared for our meeting?”

“Good evening Princess Luna,” Twilight greeted. “Yes, I am.”

“Good, for we have much to discuss. Please, have a seat.”

The two ponies joined the third, sitting in a circle.

“So what’s this about?” said Twilight. “I’ll admit, I was worried when I got here, but this feels a lot less serious than I expected. Pleasant, even.”

Luna’s expression grew somber.

“Make no mistake, Twilight Sparkle, what we will be discussing tonight will be of upmost importance. What we are going to share with you is a closely guarded secret, a secret that none but Equestrian royalty are privy to.”

Twilight looked to Celestia, who gave a solemn nod.

“She’s right,” said Celestia. “This is something that’s important, not just to us, but to all others like us. We’ve sworn this to secrecy to protect ourselves, as well as our people.”

Twilight Sparkle nodded, already feeling the weight of this new responsibility on her shoulders.

“I won’t tell a soul. You have my word.”

Both sisters softened their expressions.

“We know you won’t,” said Celestia. “We trust you, Twilight, and we’re both very eager to share this with you.” She paused, and allowed Luna to take the floor.

“Twilight,” she began, “Are you familiar with the Bond of the Princesses?”

“Of course,” Twilight said. Wasn’t everypony? “I learned about that as a filly! It’s the link that all royalty shares. It gives strength in times of hardship.”

“That’s right, Twilight,” said Celestia as Twilight finished her recitation. “Now, do you know what that bond is?”

At this, Twilight was stumped.

“Well… no, I don’t. I guess I always assumed it was just that all royalty was really close? And that being close helped make you strong, or something.”

“You’re not far off,” said Luna with a smirk. Celestia jokingly gave her a jab.

Twilight gave the two a puzzling look.

“So,” she asked, “what is it then?”

The two sisters looked at each other, then back to Twilight.

“The Bond of the Princesses refers to our relationship, yes, but not just as ponies,” said Celestia. “Twilight, what is it that separates us from other ponies?”

“Well… we’re royalty, for one. We have a lot more authority and responsibility than most ponies.”

“Ah yes, that is true,” Luna added. “But it’s not just that. As alicorns, we’re destined to never grow old. Where the sun rises and sets on the lives of other ponies, we are destined to only watch, removed from it all.“

“Of course,” Celestia interjected, “that doesn’t make all of our relationships any less meaningful- Twilight, you’ve proven time and again that friendship is the greatest magic of all. And of course, Cadence is married happily to Shining Armor.”

“But,” continued Luna, “all relationships come to an end. Except, of course, for ours.”

“I know,” said Twilight. “I’ve thought about that ever since I became a princess. All my friends, my family… I’ll outlive them. All of them.” She sighed. “I stay up at night worrying about that sometimes.”

Celestia reached a sympathetic hoof to Twilight’s shoulder.

“So, what does this mean? What is the Bond of the Princesses, and what does it have to do with us being royalty?”

“As I said,” said Luna, “all relationships will come to an end. Except ours. Family, friendship, and even romantic love are all impermanent… with mortals.”

A spark of recognition shined in Twilight’s eye.

“But you can get that all from other alicorns…” said Twilight.

Luna nodded, putting her hoof over Celestia’s.

“Exactly. What connects us as alicorns is our eternal youth, and our Bond of the Princesses is our immortal, all encompassing love for one another. This special bond is shared between each and every alicorn.”

Twilight paused, then came to a sudden realization.

“Wait, wait- did you say romantic love?”

No way.

“I did,” said Luna.

Absolutely no way.

“You don’t mean…” Twilight started.

“Yes,” said Celestia, “Luna and I are lovers.”

“What??” Twilight responded, shooting to her hoofs. “For how long?! WHAT?!”

“Too long to remember,” said Celestia with a chuckle.

“We both tried dating, of course,” said Luna, “but you can only love and lose so much…”

Celestia nuzzled Luna in comfort, then spoke.

“Once we realized the situation we were in, it wasn’t a hard decision. We knew that the only way we’d be happy is if we allowed ourselves to embrace that love. We knew we couldn’t do this with any other pony; it had to be us.”

Twilight was still reeling with this newfound information.

“Okay but, wait, but you said all alicorns. Does that mean-“

“Cadence shares this bond as well, yes,” interrupted Celestia. “And yes, Shining Armor is aware. We’ve allowed him to know on the basis that he is royalty, though he is barred from our boudoir until he’s grown a set of wings. Flurry Heart will not be made aware of our bond until she’s older, of course.”

Twilight had gone numb, faced with all this new scandalous information. She steadied herself and sat back down; the princesses allowed her a moment to think.

“So, you brought me here so we could have sex?” she said, finally.

Luna looked to Celestia, who in turn looked to Twilight. Her gaze was soft, understanding. She was Twilight’s teacher once, her most trust mentor. Now she was supposed to be, what, her fuck buddy?

“We’re telling you this because it is important, but please understand that it’s by no means a requirement to rule. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do, Twilight. We know this is a lot to take in at once.”

“I just…” Twilight said. “I think I need some air, if that’s ok. I’ll just be a minute.”

“Of course Twilight,” said Celestia. “Take all the time you need; we’ll be right here.”

And with that, Twilight rose to her feet and made her way to Luna’s balcony.

Once she’d shut the door behind her, she walked up to the railing and looked over the courtyard below. Usually it would be bustling with guards, even at this time of day. Not wanting to be reminded that she was alone outside, she moved her gaze instead to the sky. The sun was beginning to set, the edge of it just touching the horizon. She heaved a sigh and rested on the balcony, alone with her thoughts.

Alone, at least, until Discord showed up.

“Aww, what’s got you so glum, Sparkles?”

Twilight shot to attention. She recognized that voice anywhere.

“Discord! You can’t be here!” she said as she looked around frantically.

“Why not?” she heard. “Afraid I’ll find out some juicy secrets about the maristocracy? I’m over here, by the way.”

She looked down and spotted a green vine tangled in the decorative metalwork of the bannister. As she watched it, it grew longer, further entangling itself until it was right by where she stood. A bud sprouted suddenly, a bulb with leafs that unfurled to show the tiny, talking head of the draconequus.

“Why are you even here?” said Twilight, frustrated.

The plant began to animate, two of its vines acting as impromptu arms that made sassy motions as he talked.

“Well, I figured something would be up when I discovered that the royal guard would be out for the night.”

“And how did you know that the guard would all be gone?”

“I suppose you could say that I heard it through the grapevine.”

Grooooan.

“Can you please leave? This is supposed to be a private meeting. You know it’s not very friendly to invade on other people’s privacy, right?”

“Ooh, somepony’s huffy tonight. What, did the two lovebirds in there ruffle your new feathers?”

Twilight looked at him in shock. He appeared now as cupid, flying over the railing.

“What, you thought I didn’t know? I’m immortal too, you know.”

“Oh. I… guess I hadn’t thought of that,” she said.

“In fact I used to be involved, once upon a time,” he spoke as he flew about. “That is, until that nasty incident involving those bananas…”

“Lovely.”

“Anyway, I assume that they took tonight to ask you to be their extra-special somepony,” he said as he took aim and shot a heart arrow. It made a plasticky tnk against the metal of her crown before falling to the grounds below. “Am I about right?”

“Pretty much,” Twilight said with a sigh. “What am I going to do, Discord?”

“Well I suppose you could start by asking for a pay raise, you certainly have plenty of blackmail material now.”

“Not helping.”

With a poof, he turned into his draconequus form.

“Oh come now, is it really that bad? Honestly Twilight, I expected you’d take the news better. Surely their ‘bond’ doesn’t seem too far of a stretch. I’m almost surprised you didn’t suss it out ages ago.”

“It’s not that,” she said. “It’s a surprise, to be sure,”

“But a welcome one?”

“Kind of. The sex thing is weird but, with how they describe immortality, it all makes perfect sense to me.”

“I see. Well then, what is it my dear?” inquired the beast.

“Discord… what if I’m not ready?” She spoke with a slight tremble to her voice. “What if I’m not ready to be a princess?”

“Whatever do you mean, my dear?”

Twilight took a breath, steadying herself. She couldn’t look at him as she spoke.

“I can’t measure up to the princesses.”

“Well there’s more to good sex than length, Twilight-“

“Please just, let me talk?”

“Sorry dear, continue.”

“They’ve been around for so long and know so, so much more than I do, and they still make mistakes. I’m not ready to be a princess. I don’t know if I’ll ever be ready, and I’m just so scared that I’ll mess it all up…”

Discord stayed silent.

“So, I can’t be a part of the Bond of the Princesses. How am I supposed to take part in such an important part of princesshood if I can’t even be a princess?”

They both let the question hang for a beat, before Discord began to talk from behind her.

“Well, that is an issue, isn’t it? In that case, I suppose you’d best return those wings, to whomever was irresponsible enough to give them to you.”

“That’s not exactly how I got them, but-“

“No?” Discord was beside her now, inspecting her wings with his claw. “You mean to say that these weren’t appointed to you? Gifted? Traded, even? That’s a shame, I was considering picking a pair up for myself.”

“That’s not how it works and you know it, Discord.”

“But clearly you don’t, my dear. It’s almost as if you’ve forgotten that you earned these, yourself. Honestly, I’ve always thought you quite clever, but it seems as if I may need to spell this one out for you-“

Discord poofed in front of Twilight, his hands on her shoulders, looking her straight in the eye.

“Twilight Sparkle, you need not worry about whether you are ready to be a princess. You are a princess because you are ready. And never forget that.”

Twilight smiled and embraced him, her eyes leaking just enough to stain his brown fur.

“Though” he added, “if you do ever want to give up the throne, don’t hesitate to drop me a line. I do think I’d look good in a tiara.”

That got Twilight to laugh and break the hug.

“I think I should probably go back inside, I don’t want them to get worried.”

“Yes of course. And if you ever need a fourth, do mention me, will you? I’m sure I could come in handy,” he said as he transformed into a vibrator.

“We’ll see,” she said, and said her goodbyes.

She walked back in, eyes still damp from tears barely shed, and closed the door behind her. Celestia and Luna both stood, looking concerned. Before either of them could say a word, Twilight was already making her way to Luna’s bed. She stopped by the edge of it, looking at both sisters with innocent eyes.

“You’ll have to go easy on me,” she said, her cheeks turning red. “I-I’m still a virgin…”

Their expressions softened in an instant.

“Don’t worry Twilight,” said Celestia, “we’ll be gentle.”

Twilight slid onto the bed, the satin sheets smooth against her coat. Celestia and Luna followed suit, sandwiching her on either side and embracing her close. Twilight turned to Celestia, her former teacher, mentor, and now, apparently, her fuck buddy.

“I guess this makes me hot for teacher?” Twilight said.

Celestia laughed and replied, “I suppose so; I hope that won’t distract you from your lesson, miss Sparkle.”

“Always ready to learn,” she said, and began kissing her fellow princess. Lightly at first, little pecks and smacks that grew longer until their lips were locked. They hugged onto each other, feeling and exploring their bodies. Right as Celestia slipped her the tongue, she felt Luna slide down further on the bed.

Soon, she felt Luna nuzzle against her marehood, which she knew was getting wetter by the second. She moaned thro her kiss with Celestia as she felt the Princess of the Night’s tongue reach between her folds and tease her clit.

Celestia’s horn began to glow, and Twilight felt Luna’s voice on her parts as she moaned. In turn, Twilight reached with her magic, massaging Celestia’s bits in slow, circular motions. Celestia responded accordingly, her body writhing on the bed in pleasure.

Suddenly, Twilight felt the tip of something firm tease her entrance; with no warning, Luna’s horn was thrust into her, slowly, in and out, inch by inch. Twilight broke her kiss with Celestia to moan with each thrust. Celestia continued however, covering Twilight’s face and neck in warm kisses, then moving down and massaging her body while her sister thrust her horn further and further still into Twilight’s passage.

Twilight wanted to keep up, to pleasure both sisters as they were her, but her mind was being overwhelmed by these new sensations she’d never known. She even tried to buck into Luna’s movements, but couldn’t keep up against her trained technique. Soon, she felt something welling up inside her. She heard herself moan louder, still panting, as Luna began to speed up, going faster and harder, pushing her to the edge until-

“Sweet Celestia!”

Twilight felt her body explode into orgasm, a euphoria that made her tense and rock the bed in shakes of pleasure. Luna rode her all the way through orgasm, only relenting when Twilight finally collapsed, spent.

The sisters moved back up, sandwiching her and holding her snuggly. They both shared a kiss with each other, and then each shared a kiss with Twilight.

“That was amazing,” she said. “Wait but, what about you two?”

“Tonight is all about you, Twilight,” added Celestia, nuzzling against her.

“Trust us,” added Luna, “we’ve got all the time in the world for that later.”

“Won’t you stay the night?” asked Celestia, pulling Twilight in closer.

“I’m all yours,” she said, just as

Wrapped in between the two sisters, Twilight Sparkle gazed out the window. The sun had just set, the last gasp of day breathing life into the night. The sky was ablaze, painted in a beautiful palette of orange and red. At long last, twilight had arrived.