The Last Sunny Days of Equestria

Once the guests settled into the Castle of Friendship, the soul jars were taken away for study, in the hopes the greatest mages in Equestria would finally be able to unlock them. They'd even called in this world's equivalent of Somnambula, since her human counterpart, while corrupted by dark magic, had used these infernal devices to make people into her mindless slaves.

Laid out on a crystal-carved table, the urns were studied by high-ranked magicians from all over, including Starswirl the Bearded, Starlight Glimmer, Celestia, Luna, while even Sunburst and Zecora were permitted to attend due to their extensive knowledge. Somnambula rolled them between her forehooves, somehow feeling responsible for what her counterpart had done.

They poured over the relics, studied the hieroglyphics which lined them, turned them over in their hooves. Pretty soon they had been passed around the entire room. Flashes enveloped the area when some of the unicorns cast a series of spells that were supposed to dispel enchantments, and eventually a number worked in unison to enhance the potency, but they proved virtually indestructible even when a few turned to brute force out of sheer frustration. A deflected fireball was barely evaded and scorched a blackened wall, embers dancing in the smokey air as an acrid stench filled the atmosphere.

While in the meeting room Princess Twilight Sparkle smiled at her double as both sets of Element Bearers sat around the table. The interior shimmered, catching dots of sunlight which streamed in from the windows. She'd dismissed her entourage, admittedly not caring much for the stuffy formality which now often surrounded her. “It's been a while!”

The other Twilight adjusted her glasses. “Yes, it has. I hoped this would be a chance to relax, but I see a crisis is brewing.”

“Even with all our forces we'll be spread thin,” the Princess explained. “Can we count on your help?”

“Believe it,” said both Rainbow Dashes in unison.

“This is mighty confusin',” noted one of the Applejacks. “But I'm in, too.”

“Of course we'll help,” said Rarity who shared a smile when she and her double looked to one-another.

“Um...well, I suppose I have no choice,” said Fluttershy meekly.

“You know my answer,” chirped Pinkie who mimicked her doppleganger as they bounced in their seats.

“Probably best we split into teams,” said the formerly human AJ. “But do we have any powers here?”

Rarity nodded and rose. “Feast your eyes on this.” She focused and a series of purple markings appeared all over her physique. “See? Our geodes have apparently bonded with us here, too. Allow me to demonstrate.” She created a gem-like construct which hovered before them, a hollow diamond which shined with a brilliant illumination. “Not much so far, I'll admit, but-”

“Whoa,” cried Dash who similarly lit up with markings that were a rainbow hue. She and her Equestrian double took flight, but the enhanced speed it granted her wasn't quite up to par when they zipped about. “Hey! What gives?”

“Obviously we'll need to master 'em,” said AJ who was swathed in bright yellow marks. She twirled a lasso about, hopping through the loop. “Granted my powers aint fancy like ya'lls, but they'll get the job done I reckon'!”

“I'll help with that,” teased the Dash of Equestria to her double.

“Just you wait! I'll be on your level in no time!” The formerly human Rainbow hoped it wasn't a mere boast. She couldn't stand the idea of being left behind, especially when her friends were taking to their powers so easily.

“Now, now, Rainbow Dash.” One of the Fluttershy's patted her shoulder. “You'll be even cooler once you catch up!”

“I'd better be,” said Dash who looked at her other self who she now considered a friendly rival.

Princess Twilight looked between them all. “Why don't you all settle in, have a look around Ponyville? We can continue our business later. For now, I think it's better if you all feel welcomed, since you'll probably be here for quite a while.”

*****

Unable to shake the feeling that she didn't fit in here, Sunny sneaked away and hid at the back of the castle. Her forehoof shook, wishing she had a cigarette to take her mind off things. “It's a dirty habit,” she reminded herself with a forced chuckle. Ponyville certainly seemed like a nice, peaceful place, almost saccharine in its boundless cuteness.

“Room for one more?” Flash clumsily landed next to her.

“Make that two!” Sonata skipped over to them. “Hey, why are you sticking to the shadows like the only chick who wasn't asked out to the prom? Why so glum?” She smacked her on the rump hard, forcing a big smile out of her.

“Sorry. Lot on my mind. Now I know how Sunset felt all the time.” She sighed. “I hoped this would be a chance to escape for a while. Instead it looks like more drama.” She looked skyward, the sun blazing over the humble little town in the distance.

“Hey, we're with you.” Flash wrapped a wing around her.

“Yeah, I know. Sorry.” She slowly drank in his new form. “By the way, you look rather sexy like this. What a nice, toned ass.”

Sonata licked her chops as his cheeks burned. “Uh-huh, scrumptious!”

Sunny's body heat radiated when she pressed next to him with a shapely hip. “Want to do it?”

He balked. “H-here? Out in the open?”

“Sure, why not? We're animals now, why not act like them? I can't wait to try out this new body, let-alone yours.” Somehow it didn't seem odd to her at all that she suddenly found stallions and mares attractive once she crossed over.

He watched her lower herself to be mounted, her flame-like tail flicked aside. “Uh, what if we're caught?”

Sunny heaved her shoulders. “Let them. Maybe I'll even invite them in if they're cute.” She winked with that lazy smirk that drove him wild. Carefully settling his weight atop her, he instinctively bit the nape of her neck, and she moaned and pushed her posterior higher in submission. His stallionhood escaped its sheathe and drooped upon her asscrack, its flared tip wet.

Gently he pressed into her, spreading folds swollen and moist wide, sinking deeper into her past the medial ring. She closed her eyes and whined without shame, accepting him balls deep into her, until his tip pressed upon her cervix entrance. She winked around him, matting her thighs with her lubrication, while Sonata watched with pants and rubbed her marehood in circles.

He moved slowly and somewhat clumsily. No longer was he the self-styled 'cool guy' Sunset had helped mold him into, but that awkward and shy boy again, fumbling as he tried to please a thankfully forgiving and easy-to-please lover. She whinnied when he released his hold on her neck, tugging on her mane with a hoof while she whinnied, his other forehoof patting her bottom.

Unable to sit idle any longer, Sonata sidled up with a wiggle of her hips. She spread Sunny's buns with her hooves, exposing her ringed ponut, tracing it hungrily with her tongue. Hearing the unicorn whimper in appreciation, she wormed her tongue far as she could inside, licking her asshole out while he continued to rut her with bucks of his muscular hips which increased in speed.

Sonata swung a hindleg over Sunny, straddling her for a better angle, sandwiching herself between her and the pegasus. She lowered her twat onto the unicorn's horn, the spine sinking into her slit, which dripped atop Sunny's head and smeared her mane and face in her love juices. He reached over, groping one of Dusk's buttocks with a hoof, while the other continue to fondle Sunny's spanked asscheek. Sunny writhed in pleasure, constricting around his length while she started to water the grass with her squirts. Groans escaped between his clenched teeth, his veiny cock throbbing towards sweet release.

“I'm-I'm about to-”

“Don't pull out.” It was almost a demand. “I want to be bred properly!”

Their mating instincts were almost overwhelming them all now, as they were unused to their new physiology, and with a final howl he let loose. Spurt-after-spurt filled up her womb with sticky cream, pushing her over the edge anew, helped by Sonata's own climax at the sight before her causing her pussy to squeeze around the horn embedded within her. His wings fluttered as he emptied himself into her, until she squeezed out the last droplet. They huffed, lathered in a thin sheen of perspiration.

His sleepy eyes matched theirs. “Did I-”

“No worries. Sunset said contraceptive potions are easy to come by. Just take a swig within a few days and no harm, no foal.”

He wiped his brow, not ready to become a father so young, if ever. Sunny pulled free of him with a pop, still leaking with a mixture of their emissions, which Sonata started to lap clean in a sensuous manner. She laid back to let the siren-turned-earth pony work, while he sat on his haunches and watched, a dopey smile born of bliss plastered upon his snout.

“Hey Flashy,” called Sonata with half-lidded eyes. “Come closer.”

Doing as she asked, she took his still half-erect cock into her maw, cleaning it with gentle bobs of her head. He shuddered while she licked him clean, rolling her tongue around his circumference. A siren was naturally wired to be sexually submissive towards males, and unlike her sisters, she'd embraced this aspect of her nature with enthusiasm.

However in this new form that aspect appeared to be considerably lessened. Not that she held back, determined to please him, and his veiny meat throbbed after repeated strokes, jizzing a little into her mouth. She lapped up the salty goodness with smacks.

He stroked her ponytail. “We...we should get back, before we're missed.”

“Eh, okay.” Sonata licked her lips clean and swallowed hard. “Let's check on the soul jars!”

“Suppose we should,” said Sunny who who rubbed her smeared face with a forehoof and slurped down the mess. “I could get used to this place.” Taking a moment to make certain they looked presentable, the trio headed back inside.

*****

A few hours passed while the mages tried to discern the secrets of the soul jars. It was Somnambula who suddenly perked up when she was hit by an epiphany, reading the writings in their ancient language. “I have an idea. The mere recital of the words are not enough. These are a prayer to a pharaoh, meant to be sung in the hope he will grant mercy and forgiveness.”

Tempest and the rest of Twilight's restless entourage entered. “But will it work? Whoever placed this curse must be long dead, and isn't even from Equestria! Well, I suppose it's worth a shot.” She hovered near a shelf lined in dusty old tomes.

“The prayer must come from the heart to be effective,” said Somnambula who placed a forehoof over her bosom. “Of course, I do feel some responsibility for what my other self did, even if she was possessed by the darkness, and must attempt to make amends.” Nopony else here understood the words and it would take time to teach them. She would have to attempt it alone.

“We're here,” called Flash Sentry when he trotted into the room and waved to his Equestrian double.

“Please let this work,” prayed Sonata who could almost feel the presence of her entombed sisters.

“I have an idea,” said Sunny. She touched Somnambula, peering into her mind and spirit, which enabled her to quickly understand the chant she intended to sing. Her eyes turned white as the knowledge sunk in. “How about a duet? Adagio, Aria, and Inky are my friends, too. Maybe if I add my own prayers it'll help soften the heart of this pharaoh?”

She took Somnambula's forehoof and squeezed it. Reading the hieroglyphics, they sang as one, a gentle and sensuous melody which echoed throughout the interior. They were moved to tears by the alien hymn, as were the onlookers, who felt like they had fallen into a trance. The symbols carved into the soul jars began to glow as their words seemed to communicate with the pharaoh. The urns slowly began to shake, small cracks suddenly appearing, audible as they spread throughout their surfaces.

“It's working,” breathed Tempest wide-eyed in shock.

Sonata tearfully smiled. “Adagio, Aria, I'll see you soon!”

“Wait,” warned Starswirl who readied some flasks. “If we aren't able to capture their released spirits, they may ascend to the afterlife. And with the terrible sins Adagio and Aria have committed, it's likely they'll be cast into the depths of Tartarus!”

“No! We can't let that happen!” Sonata raced forward. “They tried so hard to be better!”

The jars shattered. Shards erupted everywhere like shrapnel, and Tempest raised an invisible barrier, which the fragments harmlessly pinged off of. A trio of spheres which matched the respective color schemes of their former holders shot upwards. Starswirl dove to catch them, and they swerved out of the way, slipping into the walls in a b link. “Damnation!”

“Seems they have a mind of their own,” observed Flash.

Sunny and Somnambula stopped their chant. “Most likely the three act on instinct,” the latter said. “They will likely be drawn to places important to them in their former life. But since Inky is not from Equestria, she will likely seek a place of comfort that reminds her of home. Sonata, have you any idea where Adagio and Aria would likely return to?”

“Somewhere in the ocean. It's what I'd do,” admitted Sonata who wiped her eyes of ambivalent tears.

Sunny wrapped a foreleg around her. “How about we form a pair of teams to seek them out? I'll chat with our friends, see if they're up for another adventure. I'm sure you all will be busy with those weird portals that are manifesting all over?”

“Indeed.” Somnambula smiled. “Good luck and be blessed.” Grumbles escaped Starswirl while he cleaned up the books that had toppled from a shelf. Several of the others helped him tidy up.

“Watch out for that one,” warned Flash Magnus who nodded sideways at the former siren.

Sonata skipped up to him. “Aw, did you miss me?” She nuzzled his armored breast and he recoiled.

Sunny chuckled. “I smell a story here. Juicy, at that.”

“You see, old Magnus here was sent to hunt down me and my sisters, but I lured him away and-”

“It was a mistake. A moment of weakness.” He appeared suitably shamed. “I see she's still untamed.”

Sonata tossed back her ponytail. “Ooh, would you like to tame me?”

“She's cool,” said Sunny. “Just needs somepony to keep her on the straight-and-narrow.” Unlike her more ambitious sisters she was a natural follower. Playful and seemingly innocent, but selfish and thoughtless towards anyone she didn't consider close to her. “Hey, it's nothing to be embarrassed about. Everyone knows the legends about how seductive the sirens were, right?”

He turned away to save face. He tended to spend a lot of his time near the Flash Sentry of Equestria she'd noticed, but rather than ask him what the deal was directly, she ventured over to the pegasus. “Hey there. I'm the Sunset Shimmer of the other world, but they call me Sunny for short. Less confusing.” She offered a forehoof with half-lidded eyes and a wry smile.

“Heh, Flash Sentry at your service.” Unlike his counterpart he stood boldly and had a cocky smile plastered on his snout. He took her hoof, and she allowed her mane to fall over her face, hiding her eyes as they turned white and she peered into him. She told herself she shouldn't use her powers like this, but it couldn't do any harm, could it? She simply had to know the truth.

She saw snippets of what Flash Magnus shared with him. A one-night stand with Sonata who'd lured the proud warrior away and almost drowned him after they'd mated. And more interestingly a connection between the two which they'd kept hidden; Sentry was directly descended from his bloodline. The records were lost, but the two had sensed it intuitively upon meeting.

She withdrew her touch, barely able to meet his eyes. “I'm the worst,” she mumbled almost inaudibly, ashamed she'd decided to pry. “Well, nice to meet you.” She sashayed her hips when she strutted away as an apology, his reputation as a playpony notorious among mares. Nothing like the gentleman she'd formed a bond with after she'd inherited Sunset's life.

He swatted her rump with a wing. She shot him a bemused look over her shoulder, a red mark left on her plush buttcheek. She shrugged it off with a laugh. Not that she really minded, but she hoped her Flash wouldn't mind. Well, it wasn't like he didn't get lots of action between her and Sonata! Jealousy would only get in the way of their fun, so she tried to avoid such complications.

More pressing were the fates of Adagio, Aria, and Inky, not to mention these mysterious portals which would appear across Equestria then vanish just as swiftly. Were they merely some magic that spiraled out of control, or was their some form of intelligence controlling them? Could they somehow be connected to the one Tirek and Sombra had opened to a hellish dimension in her world? And if so could she possibly use one of them to potentially track down Sunset Shimmer?

Stroking her wavy mane, she considered all the possibilities, her heart heavy with foreboding.