The door opened, and in stepped a grey pegasus mare with bubbles on her flank and an envelope in her mouth.

Shining Armor stared at her for a moment as she walked into the audience chamber. “Wait, I've seen you before, haven't I? In Ponyville, right?”

“Derpy Hooves!” the mare said, the envelope falling out of her mouth as she spoke. She looked down at it. “Oops! Sorry.”

Interesting name... And Shining Armor couldn't help but notice what a nice little flank she had as he watched her pick the envelope back up. At this point a pony he couldn't see through was starting to seem special.

But he couldn't let himself be too distracted. This envelope was pink and sealed with Cadance's crystal heart cutie mark. Whatever was inside it must have been something important, probably something to do with what was going to happen tonight – what Topaz had hinted about.

There was actually very little text when he opened it...

My beloved Shining Armor,
Don't cum inside the messenger's mouth. You'll need to save your stamina for what's waiting for you in the bedroom. ❤
With all my love, Cadance

Don't cum inside what now? When he looked up from the Cadance-scented envelope – once again wafting with the smell of her pussy – he saw Derpy Hooves on the floor in front of him. Her eyes were closed, and her mouth was open wide.

“You really want to ... to do that?”

She nodded vigorously, then looked up at him with skewed eyes, her mouth still held open for him.

“I'm, uh... I'm not sure you should do that. After all, it was just inside, well, um...”

Amethyst came up next to him, giving him a sly look. “Your cock was just inside my ass, dear. Don't be shy about it.” She flicked her tail – still a bit soggy in places – under his nose as she stepped past them and out of the chamber. “And pay attention to what that letter says. You're going to need your stamina later.”

How did she know what the letter said ... or what he'd be doing later? It was all starting to sound like a grand conspiracy, all circling around him and keeping secrets from him.

But when he looked down at the little grey pegasus mare, he suddenly didn't care about the conspiracy and secrecy anymore. Goddess, she was cute like that, with her yellow mane falling down over one eye and the other pointing the opposite direction. She still had her mouth open wide for him.

“Amethyst was right – and I didn't really have time to clean it very well afterward...”

Derpy's only response was to stick her tongue out as well, closing her eyes again and practically inviting him to slide his still-dirty cock over that cute little tongue of hers.

Well, if she was okay with it... Amethyst had certainly been blunt enough to leave no doubts about what this little pegasus was getting herself into. No surprises here. And his cock was already slipping back out of his sheath ... hanging limply below him for the moment, but he could already feel twinges of it ready to come back to life.

He stepped forward, straddling Derpy's body between his forehooves. She quite eagerly nuzzled her way between his front legs as he carefully stepped over her.

Part of him had been expecting her to make the first move ... but she didn't. She just remained there, mouth open and patient, waiting for him to put his cock there.

Well ... okay. It was so soon after Amethyst that there still wasn't that much life in his cock just yet. If he really tensed, he could get it to nudge and swing upward a little, but nowhere near high enough to reach Derpy's mouth. No problem, though. He had his magic.

The touch of magic on his cock gave the uncomfortable electric tingling it always did. There were very fine pleasure spells out there, and Shining Armor had even learned a few to use in his private time ... but the touch of basic telekinesis was always unnerving and just shy of painful. Thankfully, he didn't have to use it for long. Once he laid the tip of his cock heavily onto Derpy's tongue, she slid the rest of her mouth down over it herself, taking enough of his length inside that he no longer had to hold it up for her.

And soon, there was no need for holding it up. The cute little glomming and slurping sounds Derpy made, together with the always-heavenly feeling of an eager mare's mouth, were more than enough to coax him back to hardness again.

Even though his cock swelled harder and thicker, this little mare didn't seem to have any problem taking it. If anything, she accepted his length even more vigorously, taking him well past his medial ring and into her throat with seemingly little effort.

It had been quite some time since he was free on the dating game, but he didn't recall most other mares being so skilled with their mouths... Before he'd met Cadance, he'd never gone out with a single mare both willing and able to take his cock so deep in her throat. And now it seemed like every mare in the Crystal Empire could do it. Of course, that was probably also Cadance's doing. The Princess of Love always seemed to know what everypony wanted and what each of them was capable of, just by looking at them. Or maybe she'd been coaching them? Goddess, he loved her!

The thought of Cadance, though, also brought him back to the letter and the letter's instructions.

“I, um... I should probably go soon,” he said.

Instead of pulling back, Derpy Hooves plunged herself deeper on his cock, making his eyes roll back as he felt her lips slide all the way up his shaft, as he felt his tip plunge all the way down her tight, warm throat.

If Derpy had continued on like that, he wouldn't have had the willpower to stop her. He would have ended up cumming inside her mouth exactly like the letter had warned him not to.

But the touch of her lips against his sheath had merely been a goodbye kiss of sorts. Once she'd done that, Derpy did pull back. His cock slid out of her mouth with a heartbreaking amount of pleasure. He had to stop himself from begging her to continue instead.

But Cadance knew best. If she said he needed to save himself for what came next, he certainly did need to save himself.

He stepped back, drawing his tip out of Derpy's mouth and letting it swing down and bob impatiently underneath his belly. Then he just looked at the cute little grey mare. “So, um... I guess I should go find out what else Cadance set up for me?”

She stood up and wiped her mouth with the back of a forehoof. “Actually, um...”

“Huh?” Shining Armor had been about to turn around and head for the door, quiveringly hard cock and all. His bedchambers weren't that far away, and if any of the palace staff saw him like this ... well, there was a decent chance it would be somepony who'd already gotten a much closer look anyway.

Derpy coughed softly. “You might, um, want to get a shower first.”

Of course! How had she put up with the flavor of Amethyst's ass, anyway? Shining Armor couldn't fathom it. But acting on an odd impulse, he did dart in and kiss Derpy right on the lips.

Her eyes shot open wide when their lips connected, but she quickly melted into the brief kiss, even giving him a little bit of tongue.

It didn't seem to taste that bad.

Leaving Derpy blushing behind him, he headed for a shower and then to find out just what and who would be waiting for him in his bed.

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