Author's Note

Sorry, it's a little late. Let me know what you think and point out any errors. Had a hard time editing this with Grammarly on this website.

Chapter Twelve: More Odds and Ends

(Sweetie’s POV, in castle’s hallway toward throne room)

Apple Bloom and I had to take two steps with every one of his in order to keep up with him. But I didn’t mind. As long as I was with him. We were walking down a hallway toward some large double doors with a couple of guards posted there. The closer we got to the throne room, where he said Celestia would be, the more nervous I got. The sound of our hoofbeats against the stone floor echoing through the hallway just added to my already unsteady nerves. Once we reached the double doors, the guards saluted him.

“Good morning, sire,” one of them greeted with his voice as steady as his posture.

“Good morning,” he greeted back, “how’s she doing in there?”

“A bit frustrated, I think,” the other said with a wince. “Luckily for her, though, it’s almost over.”

I didn’t feel it was my place to say anything, but Apple Bloom has never had that problem. “Nobles?” The guards only nodded with another wince when Apple Bloom asked.

“Well, time to go in and save her from them then,” said aloud before they opened the doors for us. There was some noble in a fancy suit standing in front of Celestia, arguing with her.

“I will not entertain your pettiness anymore,” Celestia stomped her hoof hard against the stone floor. It made me jump in surprise because it was so loud and echoed in the room. It also made the stuffy noble shut up instantly. Then she face hoofed with a frustrated groan that also echoed a little in the room. “Day court was for ponies who needed help with actual problems. It isn’t for nobles who think they can fill my time with their petty requests and keep the quote-unquote common ponies from seeing me.” She looked up at him, this time with a hard stare that I hoped would never be directed toward me. “The next time you come in here with something other than an actual need, it better be dire or I’ll ban you from ever walking in here again. Do I make myself clear?”

“Yes, your highness.” The stallion looked like Apple Bloom’s dog that knew it did something wrong. And walked like it too as we watched him walk away, pass us, and leave the throne room. It was when the stallion finally left the room that she finally relaxed and gave all of us a smile.

“You know, honey, I think I’m starting to be a bad influence on you,” he chuckled making his way over to her with Apple Bloom and I beside him.

“Rather a good one,” she replied to him, giving him a long kiss. “I’ve finally decided to follow your lead and just not bother with them anymore. More and more ponies are coming in that have actual needs now.”

Apple Bloom giggled at that, “I bet the nobles don’t like that, huh?”

“No, my little pony they don’t,” Celestia shook her head with a happy giggle, “but I don’t care if they care or not. I want to help ponies with actual needs, not more stuffy nobles with petty requests.”

“Go, Princess!” Apple Bloom cheered and actually raised a hoof into the air.

She let out a long happy sigh, “That actually felt good. Like a weight being lifted off my shoulders.” Then she appeared to shake it off, straightened herself up, and looked down at Apple Bloom and I, “Now then. How was everything in Ponyville?”

“Better than I had hoped, actually,” Emmit replied, happily chuckling. “Thorax is settling in rather nicely and has started talking with Starlight and Trixie. Had a nice talk with Fluttershy and Discord. Rarity complained a little that I was cutting my visit short, so I promised her to go back tomorrow. And the rest of the girls are doing just fine.”

“Oh, that’s wonderful to hear,” Celestia clapped her hooves together. “So what brings you two here?”

“Oh well...” now I was really nervous. Somehow the ground looked really interesting right now. So, I was glad that Apple Bloom spoke up.

“We want to ask you something...alone please.”

Emmit just shrugged, kissed Celestia one more time, and then turned toward the doors. “In that case, I’ll go check on Solar and Luna, have fun.”

“Alright dear,” Celestia waved her hoof. She waited until he left then looked at us again. “So, what is it you wanted to ask?”

Apple Bloom took one look at me and spoke up first. “We want to join the herd.” I nodded when Celestia looked at me.

“At such a young age?” that was a question I suspected she ask.

“Yes.” Steeling my nerves, I looked up to her with a firm resolve.

“Why?”

“I’m ready,” I told her, my eyes meeting hers. “Rarity and I have discussed it just this morning.”

Now it was Apple Bloom’s turn to look a little sheepish. “I’m ready, although AJ and I haven’t discussed it at length.”

Celestia didn’t look altogether sure, even looked a little uneasy with our request. “You are legal adult age, but even so usually mares wait for a few more years. Have a little fun maybe and see a few stallions.”

“I don’t want, or need, to see other stallions, Princess Celestia,” I surprised myself by my own resolve. Standing up straight, I looked up at her with a firm resolve. “From what I’ve seen, no other stallion is like Emmit.”

She surprised me by smiling down at us. “That’s true, Sweetie Belle. But are you two really sure about this?”

“I am,” Apple Bloom said firmly.

“So am I,” I added just as firmly.

“Even when Emmit said you would ask, I had hoped...” she started to say, but stopped looking at us in...disbelief?

“Wait...Emmit knows?” Apple Bloom’s voice was filled with the same shock that I felt. And it showed on our faces as we looked up to her. My butt hit the floor, I put a hoof against my head, and my mind ran through what if’s that had suddenly popped in. Not to mention the question of why.

“Why?” my voice was quiet as my mind tossed it around. “Why would he still come and let us ask if he knew?”

“Does he want us to join then?” Apple Bloom looked over to me asking.

“I think,” she said a little louder to get our attention, “that he would want us all to discuss it further. Not only with me, but with Luna as well.”

“So, that means you and Luna are the head mares?”

“That is correct, Sweetie Belle.”

There was a pause before Apple Bloom asked the obvious question, “So...what happens now? Are we in...or…?”

“I have an idea, but we’ll need to talk to him and Luna first.” She motioned us to follow her, so Apple Bloom was on one side with me on the other. “Emmit will still be awake, not sure about waking Luna up though. She can get a little cranky.”

Not much was said while we followed Celestia down the hallway. I thought that it has gone pretty well so far. She didn’t say no and Emmit had already known what we were going to ask. Thoughts of why he didn’t say anything to us ran through my mind as we approached Luna’s door. Apple Bloom didn’t say anything either as Celestia opened the door ushering us inside.

It was dark enough that it took me a second to see. Luna was asleep on the bed while Emmit was in his human form. He was sitting in a chair holding his daughter. He wasn’t asleep, but I think she was. At least I didn’t hear any crying.

“Wait here,” Celestia whispered as Emmit looked over at us. I didn’t mind waiting because my body felt warm again when he looked over at me. He was also naked, but I was too far away to see much. Apple Bloom waved her hoof at him as Celestia began whispering to him. Couldn’t hear what they were saying though.

“What do you think her idea is?”

I shrugged, “Don’t know, Apple Bloom, but whatever it is I think he likes it.”

“Don’t know if that’s good or bad,” Apple Bloom giggled.

After a couple of minutes, or so, Celestia walked over to Luna’s bed and tried waking her up. When Luna grumbled and turned away from her, Apple Bloom whispered, “Kind of like me every morning.” Celestia’s second time was successful after she went over to the other side. And from what I could see, Luna wasn’t happy at being woken up either. After some whispering, Luna looked over at us, whispered some more, and then nodded to Celestia.

Is that it? Are we in? I waited nervously at what she would say while she walked back over to us. She still didn’t say anything to us while she motioned for us to leave the room with her. I was soo nervous that the desire to ask was almost overwhelming. But tell us she did after we left the room and started walking down the hallway again.

“Here’s what we have agreed to,” she began and I felt my heart pound in my chest. “You can join the herd on a probationary period.”

“What’s that mean?” Apple Bloom asked.

“It means, that you have to go on dates with Emmit first and really get to know him before your place in the herd is finalized,” Celestia explained. “To further explain. Even though you are technically in the herd, we want you to really get to know Emmit before your minds are really made up that this is what you want.”

It was definitely disappointing, but it wasn’t a no either.

“Well, it’s not a no, right Sweetie Belle?”

“Yeah,” I agreed with her then looked up to Celestia, “so, I guess we’ll take it. What happens now?”

“Well, I believe that Apple Bloom wanted to see the city, correct?” I was a little surprised that we weren’t headed back to the throne room. Instead, we had turned the other way and went outside into a large garden.

“Yeah.”

“Then your first date with him will be seeing the city,” we followed her into the garden, not sure where she was leading us to.

“I think that will be fine,” I told her as we walked into the center that held a fountain and sitting area.

“Good, then let’s talk about it,” she said and took a seat on one of the benches.

^_^

(Emmit’s POV)

While holding my sleeping daughter against my chest, I thought back at what Tia had suggested. It was a good idea. I wasn’t sure if they really knew what they were asking. Or they could be having a schoolgirl crush and needed to see past the initial feelings. By doing this we’ll find out if they are in it for the long haul.

Meanwhile, I enjoyed holding little Solar against my chest. Her back was almost as big as my hand now. While feeling her soft breaths against my chest, my hand gently stroked her. She was so different and yet so perfect. Now with the understanding of what it’s like to be a father, it still amazes me that my own father could ever be brainwashed such as he has been. I also began to wonder if my preparations will work? Will everything turn out the way it’s supposed to? Will Fluttershy and our foal be safe? Discord isn’t omniscient and can’t watch her constantly and neither can I. And what about the rest of the girls?

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of Luna patting the pillow as if trying to search for something. A few seconds later she rolled over, opened her bleary eyes, and latched onto me. “Oh,” she yawned with a stretch, “there you are.”

A smile crept up on my face as I stood up and stepped over to the bed, still with Solar in my arms. Then carefully, and slowly, laid down on my back on the bed. Luna put one hind leg across my crotch area and then a wing over my chest to cover Solar. Solar fussed a little during the move only to settle back down again after Luna’s wing was over her.

“You agree with Tia’s suggestion, I take it?” I whispered due to Solar sleeping.

Her head nodded slowly, “I do. Their true feelings need to be known and they need to get a taste of herd life.” She then leaned up, turned my head to her, and then kissed me. “Stay for a little bit?”

“I will,” said after kissing back, “but you know I can’t stay long.”

“Yes,” she sighed, disappointed, “one of the things that they too must learn about being in a herd.” She yawns again, snuggles a little more to get more comfortable. Then sighs happily, closing her eyes again.

^_^

I did stay for a bit simply enjoying the feeling of Luna against me and my little daughter in my arms. It was a wonderful feeling. She was just so small and cute my heart seemed like it would burst from my chest. Especially when she yawned with her small tongue sticking out then shifting on my chest to get more comfortable.

As much as I wanted to stay, I had to leave. It took me a good few minutes to coax my way off the bed without waking Solar up. But eventually, I got Solar to snuggle up against Luna. So, with Luna now watching over little Solar, I changed into my fox form and tip-pawed my way out of her room to meet them in the garden where Tia said they were headed to. Sweetie Belle noticed me first after I got to the garden and approached them.

“You knew?” Sweetie questioned as she trotted up to me. I simply nodded to her with an amused smirk. “Well...why didn’t you say anything? Why were you quiet about it?”

I sat my butt down on the ground in front of her as AB trotted up as well. “Well, I didn’t know what Tia or Luna would say about it. And I do agree with them though. So, if you really want to be part of the herd then you should get to know me. Both my good and bad sides. Choose to love all of me and not just for the sex.” As I said that my eyes landed on Sweetie Belle just long enough for her to see the tiniest of winks I gave her. “You two are young, even though you are adults, so we wanted to make sure that you two are really ready for the herd life.” Sweetie was blushing heavily after she figured out that I had heard her pleasuring herself.

“Alright, alright,” AB relented with a sigh and a slight roll of her eyes, “we get it.”

“Yeah, we understand,” Sweetie echoed AB giving me a blushing embarrassed smile.

“Good,” Celestia walked around them to stand by me as I put a couple of tails around her. “Then what would you two like to do?”

“Hang on a second,” Sweetie quickly said first pulling AB to the side to whisper among themselves. It quickly became an excited exchange as the two girls started giggling at the prospect of doing...something...with me. Just what I didn’t know and didn’t expect what Sweetie would request after the two of them walked back over. Both of them were blushing as they walked up. AB looked both nervous and excited at the same time while gently biting her lower lip. Sweetie was looking up at me with an excited expression that looked, dare I say, aroused. “We’d like for you to bathe us.”

Tia and I gave each other a quick unsure glance. “Well, I guess I have no real objections to it,” Tia shrugged slightly and looked over at me while she said it. “I guess the one thing you must understand is that it’s very intimate without being sexual.”

“I overheard Rarity telling the others how wonderful it felt,” Sweetie said a little sheepishly. More than likely a little embarrassed about admitting she eavesdropped in on a private conversation.

“I heard AJ tell Granny how it made her feel loved and cared for like she never felt before,” AB’s honest happy smile was contagious as she smiled up to me. “I want to feel that.”

“So, do I,” Sweetie echoed, though I think I really knew why she wanted to.

I looked over to Tia with a look that told her I had no argument with that. And to deny them after hearing that would make me look like an ass. Not to mention feeling like one. Especially after the pleading look in their eyes. However, a smile spread over my face as I looked over to Tia. “Alright,” I announced, smiling down to them, “Tia is going to have to teleport us there and stay with us, so she can teleport us out.”

“Alright, so can I go first?” Sweetie asked hopefully with a certain gleam in her eyes.

“Sure,” I gave her a nod then nodded to Celestia where she teleported us down to her private bath.

^_^

(Sweetie’s POV, Private Royal Bath)

Simply because it was the princess's private bath, it was going to be fancy. The whole room looked like it was carved from the mountain itself looking smoothed and polished. I was expecting it to be cold, but it was surprisingly warm. The water was too after dipping my hoof into it to test it.

“Wow, this place is awesome! It even has the hot tub in the corner over there as Applejack said.” AB’s voice sounded like I felt. In awe of where I was.

“I use it from time to time whenever I have a bad day,” Celestia stepped up to me and AB with a wide smile on her face.

“I bet it feels great when he’s with you, right?”

Celestia giggled like a filly with a crush, “Yes it does.”

“And now it’s your turn Sweetie,” Emmit’s voice pulled my eyes from Celestia to where he was now standing. He was standing behind Celestia in the pool at a lowered portion of the floor that was wet with water. Celestia stepped aside letting us see the various shampoos nearby. My body already felt hot and tingly as thoughts of his hands all over me. While walking around Celestia to where Emmit was, I knew I was blushing at him. My eyes couldn’t help but look down into the water to see his dick. I was looking too long because he tapped my head then guided me to where he wanted me to lay down in front of him. I felt so embarrassed and I knew I was blushing, but I couldn’t help myself. I wanted to look.

“Alright, Sweetie, close your eyes.” I did so while feeling his hand on my head. “I’m going to lead you through relaxation exercises as I wash you.” His hand left my head and felt him spread my legs out. Perhaps these relaxation exercises were a good idea because I felt so nervous and excited about this. “While wetting you down, I want you to count down from one hundred, Alright.”

“Ok,” I told him and immediately started counting down silently. I didn’t count that quickly because I wanted to at least be aware of what he was doing. As the water was sprayed on my front legs, he used a hand to rub that area. I felt his hand gently grip and massage my front left leg as the water flowed over it. He washed my whole leg up to and even did my shoulder. In order to do my other front leg, I felt him lean over me. The urge to take a glance to see if I could see anything, but I didn’t. I didn’t want anything to ruin this moment or any possibility that would take his hands off me.

After he finished my other front leg, he did my head and mane. Even now, I could tell that my sister was right about his hands. Just with his hands running through my mane it was more relaxing than counting down. He was really good with them. All that nervousness from before was quickly slipping away as he moved to my neck. I sighed a little, with a soft moan, between numbers in my head. Those numbers got to be slower and slower as he started on my back. And this was just the water. I couldn’t wait until he added the soap. Better yet when he did my belly and my special place.

His hands on my back were like getting a massage. His soft, almost deep, voice was like syrup to my ears. “Let everything go, Sweetie,” he said softly while I felt water on my lower back. “Let every worry go. Every concern go. Everything that makes you feel nervous or anxious go. Breathe in deep and let everything out slowly.” In spite of everything he was doing, and saying, my heart began to pound and my body felt hotter than the water when his hand ran over my butt and cutie marks. He even squeezed and gently scratched, that area making me breathe a little heavily. “That’s it, Sweetie,” his soothing voice came again while his fingers dug in around my cutie mark, “know that you are loved and cared for.” He finished by wetting down my tail and my hind legs before having the water go over me once more.

After the water went away, I heard a soft pop, like from a bottle. A couple of seconds later I felt a cool thick trail all the way down my left front leg. It had to be the shampoo. And I was right. He was quicker this time because he was using both hands to spread the shampoo lathering up my leg. As he continued lathering up my legs, head, and mane, I had lost count at this point. Now simply let the feeling of his hands on me calm me.

A lot of shampoo was put on my back as he spoke softly and soothingly to me again. “Breathe in calm, warm soothing calm and breathe out anything negative.” His hands and fingers dug into my back massaging in all the right places and in all the right ways. As I did what he said, my body felt like putty in his hands. And that was just what I wanted. I also got what I wanted when he used both hands on my butt and tail. Both hands, and all ten fingers, dug into one cutie mark. A soft moan that was more like a sigh let him know how good it felt. Never really had anypony, or in this case, Emmit, touch me like this. But now, I know how it feels. Rarity was right and the best part wasn’t even done yet. Yet, there was one thing I was waiting for. That came after he washed away all the shampoo from my body.

He started kissing me. Starting with my left front leg, he kissed my hoof first then slowly kissed up my leg ending at my shoulder. “Feel my kisses,” he said softly as he kissed up my right front leg. “Let them tell you how I feel.” My head around my horn was next then he moved my mane to kiss my neck. My body shivered a little when his lips started kissing down my back. And his hands rubbing down each side of me. A wonderful and pleasurable chill went up my spine when his lips touched the base of my tail. I couldn’t help but moan softly as both of his hands gripped my butt and his lips kissed one of my cutie marks. His lips kissed down my left hind leg before doing the same on the other side making me moan softly again.

His next words had my heart racing once again. “I’m going to roll you over onto your back, Sweetie. Relax and keep breathing slowly and deeply.” Slowly, even lovingly, he rolled me over. One of my fantasies about laying on my back with his eyes, and hands, roaming all over me flashed into my mind. Luckily my special place was already wet because of the water, so he couldn’t tell how it really made me feel. How wet I was already. Once again he spread out my legs in a more comfortable position.

The water and one hand returned. The anticipation of where he was headed made me feel hot as his fingers touched me just below my neck. Then slowly worked down to my barrel letting the water sink into my coat. The closer he got, the more that good feeling spread through me. Water hit my special place first, but I wanted to stay still or he might stop. I even tried not to moan or sigh when his wonderful fingers touched me there, but I moaned anyway. All too soon the water, and his fingers, vanished from there.

The shampoo was next as he poured it all around my chest, barrel, and even my special place. While his hands, and fingers, dug into my coat my mind was busy at work trying to think of a way to get him to linger more. I turned my head toward him and waited until his fingers started brushing my other set of lips. Maybe if I was quiet enough, Celestia and Apple Bloom wouldn’t hear me. Then it happened. His fingers brushed against me sending waves through me that felt so good and so wonderful. “Please, don’t stop,” I tried saying as softly as I could, but loud enough for him to hear. Even tried keeping my lips from moving as much as they could. His fingers slowed down just a little, I think. But all too soon they went away again.

It left me wanting more as he started washing away the shampoo off of me. For what is supposed to be a relaxing bath, it’s having just the opposite on me. It’s making me feel hot in all the right places. And it didn’t go away as he used the water and a hand to wash the shampoo away. Especially down below when his hand lingered a little longer than last time. He used his thickest finger to rub my lips firmly which made me feel so good. Especially when he rubbed me slowly and firmly enough to part them just enough to have me moaning again.

His fingers went away again but were replaced by his lips once more. “Know that you are loved and cared for, Sweetie,” he said softly to me as his head leaned down kissing me on my lips. It wasn’t quick or even passionate, as Rarity would say. But it was my first real kiss with him and it got my body humming. And he wasn’t done either and left a trail of kisses down my chest and my barrel. My mind thought of new fantasies as my body anticipated his lips going lower and lower. And finally placing a lingering kiss down below. Like before he pulled away far too soon.

But that wonderful hot feeling remained. And even when I heard hooves heading my way I didn’t move. I didn’t want to or this feeling would go away. I loved it and wanted it to linger as long as possible.

“Ok, my turn,” Apple Bloom’s voice came from right next to me. “And by the look on Sweetie’s face, it’ll be wonderful.”

I didn’t want to move, but I felt myself being lifted over to Celestia where she placed me next to her. While hearing Emmit go through the same thing with AB as he did with me, I looked up to the amused face of Celestia.

^_^

(Chrysalis’ POV, The Hive)

Mark was walking beside me, in his two-legged form, while I led him to the maturation chamber. He was a little irritable today and he wasn’t the only one. How dare Twilight interfere with me. And something that I will not tell anypony else was how surprised I was when Twilight knocked me out and sent me away. I was halfway back to the hive when I woke up again. Even after absorbing all that love, she was still more powerful than me? It took most of the love that I absorbed just to heal myself.

“So, what is it that you wanted to show me?”

He asked right when we entered the chamber. “My dearest Mark. In this chamber is your grandchildren.”

“What?! Grandchildren?!” He stopped in the doorway looking shocked and confused while looking around the chamber. “How could all these eggs be my grandchildren?”

“Easy, my dear Mark.” Turning around, I changed into the Daring Do disguise. “Because some time ago, I played the part of Daring Do in order to obtain something that would aid in creating another generation of drones for me. I just so happen to run into Emmit and his rainbow-haired bitch.” I laughed at the memory. “They honestly thought I was the real Daring Do, so they helped me get what I wanted. We got tied up by those pony goons and while tied up I encouraged Emmit to rut me. And with his seed will spawn a powerful new generation of drones.” I morphed back and thought about telling him how much better his son was at rutting than him. Deciding not to, I cackled again looking at his face. “You should have seen his face when he found out that he spawned a new generation of drones. Drones that will be the most powerful yet because of his own seed. An army that will be powerful enough to retake Equestria from those vile mares. An army of drones whose power won’t be limited to the amount of love they have.”

“So they’ll be able to eat food?” He’s finally looking interested in the hive itself.

Moving to his side I used a wing to put it around him. “Yes. The one thing that’s been a limitation for us against the princesses forces.” One look up at him showed some mixed reactions. “And how do you feel about this, Mark?”

“Honestly, I’m not sure. I guess I’m surprised that...” he paused with a sigh in thought. Then muttered, “I don’t know why I’d be surprised at that. The princesses got an heir to their throne from him. So, why should I be surprised that you were able to spawn more drones from him?” His eyes scanned the room filled with maturing drones in their eggs. “You think these drones will really be able to overcome the princess's troops?”

“Not only that,” I cooed up at him, leaning against him to entice him further. “Sometimes our drones would be found out because they weren’t eating food that her ponies do. Ponies sometimes get suspicious when other ponies, their friends, stop eating food suddenly. These new drones will correct that and more.”

He went silent while looking around. Even went so far as to walk away from me further into the chamber to touch one of the eggs. His voice was soft as he touched one, but I was able to hear him. “Even though unintentional, they’re still family.”

“But of course they are,” I cooed at him, walking up to him putting my wing around him again. “And your new grandchildren will take back Equestria for its true ruler.” After he yawned I told him, “Go and get some rest, my dear Mark and know that soon these new drones will conquer Equestria and rescue your son.”

With a simple nod, he turned around and walked away. A wicked grin spread across my face while gazing at my growing army of new and improved drones. Equestria will never see it coming. And the way Mark is wrapped around my finger he’ll be more than willing to lead this new army into Canterlot himself. To kill the princesses and their bastard daughter.

^_^

(Emmit’s POV, Next day, Ponyville)

One thing I wasn’t expecting, when we pulled into Ponyville Station, was Rainbow there to greet us. Since there wasn’t any luggage of any kind, we waited until the train stopped with its usual loud hiss of steam then walked onto the wooden platform. Soft clip-clops told me that Sweetie and Apple Bloom were keeping up with me on both sides as we approached Rainbow.

“Hey stud, how was it?” she asked, casually smiling in her loose care free way.

“It was great,” Apple Bloom answered first excitedly then blushed when Sweetie spoke up.

“Yeah, he gave both baths because we’re part of the herd now.”

“Unofficially and under probation to make sure it's really what you want,” I finished for them.

Rainbow looked up at me with some anxiety about it, then looked at AB and Sweetie. “Why don’t you two see Scootaloo? We have something to talk with him about.”

“Alright, good idea.”

“Yeah! Let’s go tell her about our bath, Apple Bloom,” without another word both of them took off through the crowd, giggling the whole way.

Once they were out of earshot, Rainbow and I started to make our own way through the crowded station. She was leading because I had no clue what they wanted to talk with me about. “Baths huh?” Considering she’s had one, she was naturally cautious about me giving Sweetie and AB one too. “They’re actually part of the herd now?”

“Unofficially and under probation, as I said. To make sure it's really what they want,” I told her as we left the wooden floor of the train station to the hard-packed dirt road of Ponyville. It was a beautiful day out and even though it was morning almost everypony was out and about. We got a few smiles and waves in greeting. “Regarding the bath...Celestia was there and watched the whole thing.” I gave her an easy smile. “She and Sweetie had a long conversation while bathing Apple Bloom. Then both of them talked while it was Tia’s turn. Naturally, I gave her some added attention.” Rainbow blushed with a knowing smirk when I winked at her. “I don’t suppose you are going to tell me what I’m heading into?”

“Nope,” she chuckled, looking up at me with a knowing look and a mischievous smirk.

Sighing good naturally, I put a couple of tails around her pulling her against me where her rump rubbed against mine. “Well, alright then I guess I’ll just have fun with you until we get to wherever it is we’re going.” To prove my words, I moved the tail that was closest to her wings and shifted it to lay directly between them. And while our rumps rubbed together, my tail rubbed firmly between her wings. Hopefully, it would have the effect as intended. Leaning my head down, I lowered my voice to a soft alluring tone. Or at least as best I could. “I love rubbing rumps with you, Skittles. I love seeing how your wings rise with deep strong arousal. Each rub of my rump against yours promising to satisfy those deep passionate urges.” Her wings began expanding. She chose to hide it by raising her wing closest to me to lay against my side. The other was rising straight out. I felt her aroused deep breathing against my own side. Saw her eyes widen with arousal. And her walk slips just a little.

“Nope! Not going to tell you!” her voice slipped and thick while she concentrated her face forward intently. “Besides Rarity’s place is just up ahead.”

“Oh well. I’ll make sure to squeeze that beautiful flank of yours a little later then, hmm?”

It was when we walked right up to the boutique doors, that were marked “Closed”, that she stopped, turned toward me, grabbed my head in both of her hooves, and planted a kiss on me that spoke of hours of animalistic passion. “You better or I’ll ask Applejack to hogtie you.” Then she turned, opened the doors, and walked in. “Hey guys, he’s here,” she called out to what I thought was an empty room at first.

Until my ears picked up Rarity’s happy voice from the back while hearing some happy giggles at the same time. “Oh wonderful,” I heard right before Rarity stepped out of the door, took one look at Rainbow, and then looked over at me with a flat look. “Really, dear? Did you have to put Rainbow in such a state?”

“Have to, no. Wanted to, yes.” I couldn’t help it, but a grin was spreading from ear to ear as I stood, and looked down, at my wife in the center of the room.

“Rarity?” Rainbow interrupted, her voice still sounding a little thick “If you don’t mind I’d like to run up and take a cold shower? Otherwise, I think I’ll start humping him in front of you guys.”

Rarity stared at Rainbow with a shocked blanched look that lasted only for a second before she gave an understanding nod. Rainbow literally flew up the stairs toward the bathroom. We watched her leave then Rarity looked back at me with a roll of her eyes, a smile, and a shake of her head. “Alright ladies, it's time.” Now it was as if she was glowing as she smiled up at me. The door opened behind her as the others stepped out. Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy. Twilight and Applejack hung back a little while Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy stepped up beside Rarity with glowing faces and wide smiles. Naturally, my mind was going a mile a minute waiting for this announcement. Fluttershy just held a knowing smile. Rarity had an eager look about her. Pinkie Pie seemed to be barely containing herself, almost like she was vibrating. With a happy smile that threatened to break her face.

“Pinkie, darling do you wan-”

Pinkie interrupted with a quick loud joyous shout of, “Rarity and I are pregnant,” then launched herself at me with a hug almost tight enough to squeeze the air out of me.

“To tell him?” Rarity finished softly while stepping up to me, as I held Pinkie’s happy giggling and wiggling self, then turned my head to her giving me a kiss. “Yes, Pinkie and I are pregnant.”

My heart was doing happy flip-flops while my mind was rapidly thinking about the perils that were ahead of us. My face must have been a mix of happiness and worry because Pinkie leaned her head back to take a good look at me. Her front hooves were still around my neck as she leaned in kissing me again as Twilight and Applejack moved to either side of us. “Don’t worry, we’ll be alright.”

Leave it to Pinkie to see right through me. Rarity also caught on reaching up with a hoof to gently put it against my cheek. “I know that look. I’ve seen that look on other nervous runway models.”

“I don’t want to lose any of you,” I said gently squeezing them to me, burying my head in their manes.

“We know,” Fluttershy’s melodic voice hit my ears. I knew that they were confident they could take care of themselves, but I also knew what could happen. Not to mention the what-ifs running through my mind because of the changes from the show. Right now my mind needed a change of pace to get it over the worry.

“You two ready to eat meat?” a little chuckle was the best I could do at the moment. Leaning back I looked at both of them.

“No, darling,” Rarity said, taking a calming breath, “but I’ll do what I must for our foal.”

“And so will I,” Pinkie kissed me again then put a hoof to her chin. “I wonder. When I do get used to eating meat, what will I make?”

“Whatever you make, sugarcube,” Applejack interjected with a look of caution and a voice to match, “just make sure you warn us if there’s any meat in it.”

“Okie dokie lokie.” She started shaking me a little as she hugged me.

“You two tell him yet?” Rainbow’s voice cut through as she came back downstairs with a towel wrapped around her mane.

“Yep and you know what this calls for, don’t you? A party.”

And what a party it was. I don’t know how Pinkie did it, but within an hour Rarity’s boutique was nearly filled with guests, refreshments, and music. The refreshments consisted of both breakfast and lunch dishes. Pinkie thought that would be best considering it was late morning. It also was a mystery how Pinkie talked Rarity into having it at her place to begin with. Not to mention all of her ponyquinns, mirrors, and other damageable things that had to be moved out of the way. The music by the ever-popular Vinyl Scratch of course. But as Rarity being Rarity, there was a compromise. Half the time Vinyl would provide the music and her roommate Octavia would do the other half. I made sure to thank, and talk with, both Vinyl and Octavia while they were free. Naturally, most of the attention was around Pinkie and Rarity which they ate up. Especially Pinkie. She ate up the attention as she does with everything she bakes. Fluttershy, being who she is, was still shy around so many ponies. So, she took an early exit.

Over the course of the party, which was limited to around an hour, I found myself outside conversing with the other half of the crowd. Mister and Missus Cake were finally able to congratulate me. “Congratulations dear,” Missus Cake said as the cool late morning breeze blew her mane and tail. Her two foals were on her back munching on a little treat that was split between them. “It may be tiring at times, but there is nothing more enjoyable, or rewarding than being a parent.” There was a wide smile on her face that reached her eyes. Then gave her husband a side glance and a knowing smirk, “Of course you stallions get the fun part, while us mares do all the work.”

Carrot was wise to keep quiet, only responding with a slight shrug of his shoulders and a smile.

I shrugged with him but also ventured out into the unknown by responding. “Well, I for one will help out as much as I can. I can feed little Solar by way of the bottle when Tia’s busy. With Fluttershy expecting soon and now with Pinkie and Rarity, it’s going to be busy for me very quickly. My only hope is being able to keep up with everything.”

“I can imagine, yes,” Carrot chuckled giving me a knowing look. “I only have two and sometimes it feels too much while also running a business. Yours will be split between Canterlot and Ponyville.”

I noticed that the Cake twins had fallen asleep on her back while cuddling together. It was, by far, the cutest sight I’ve ever seen. Outside of my own cute daughter that is. Then again I’m biased.

“Oh, but you’ll have a whole castle to help you,” Missus Cake cooed, “and I’ll be able to give Pinkie some good pointers.”

“Which I appreciate immensely.”

“You’re welcome, dear.”

“Honeybun, it looks like the kids are asleep,” Carrot mentioned quietly to her.

“Well, it seems it’s time to get back home and put these two to bed,” Missus Cake smiled up at me beginning to walk away. “Congratulations again dear.”

Similar conversations we held between me and the other guests until it started winding down a little later. The music was winding down, the refreshments were nearly gone, and so were the guests. It was an hour before lunch and with the guests gone, it was time to clean up. I helped of course as Rarity was quickly being surprised at how well her shop cleaned up afterward. Everypony helped, except Fluttershy as she wasn’t there.

“Well, that’s about everything,” AJ spoke up with the girls and I by the front door after everything was cleaned up. “It was fun, but I still have chores to do back at the farm.” AJ stepped up to me with a growing blush and to my surprise kissed me right in front of everypony. She wasn’t one for showing affection publicly, so I was curious. And I wasn’t the only one.

“Hoping to get pregnant in the future, darling?”

“Not quite yet, Rarity,” AJ said as the other girls giggled and chuckled. “I like foals don’t get me wrong. Just not right now.”

“I’ll second that,” Rainbow agreed sidling up next to AJ by the door. “I want to get through most of my Wonderbolt career first. While a kid won’t ruin my career it could keep me on the sidelines.”

“So you’re not saying no, is that it?” Twilight teased while her eyes darted between her two friends.

AJ’s blush deepened a little while she pulled her hat down, “Yeah, not no, just not now.” Without another word she turned toward the open door and left.

“Ditto for me too,” Rainbow did the same. Leaving me with Twilight, Rarity, and Pinkie.

“What about you, Twilight,” Pinkie asked while giggling excitedly and bouncing in place. “Want to have kids someday?”

Twilight looked over at me with a blush, but I noticed a smile on her face. “Oh, perhaps someday. I just don’t know about right now.”

“Well that’s alright, darling,” Rarity stepped up beside Twilight. Her smile was infectious as she sat down and put her hooves against her belly. “You’ll know when you’re ready. I just knew that this year, I wanted a foal with Emmit.”

Pinkie was on the other side of Twilight doing the same. “Me too, Emmit has given me so much joy and happiness that I wanted something that we could share together.”

“Which I’m glad to share with both of you,” I said to them both, eyeing them individually before stepping forward giving them a soft, but lingering kiss. “I promise to do my best.”

“I’m not worried,” Rarity cooed happily. “You’ll make a great father.”

“Yeah, you’re already a good one to Solar,” Pinkie giggled, bouncing up to me, gave me another kiss, then started bouncing her way out the door. “See you later.”

“Well, I think I’ll get out of your mane,” Twilight said as she gave me a kiss, then blushed before leaving.

With a smile I watched them leave as a couple of tails were around Rarity. She sighed pleasantly, then closed her eyes after using her magic to close the door. I noticed the sign was turned to “Close.” My mind wondered what she wanted to do now because for the next few minutes she was happy with just leaning against me.

“Would you do me a favor, dear?” she finally asked without moving or opening her eyes.

“Depending on the favor, sure.”

“Would you put everything back in its place please?” she stepped back a little, looking up at me with half-lidded bedroom eyes that also held a pleading look. “In your human form? I want to watch.”

This would be an interesting couple of hours.

^_^

(Rainbow’s POV, late afternoon)

Other than the cloud I was currently resting on, my day was done. Only this lone cloud remained, but I wasn’t quite done with it yet. It would be gone when I was done resting. Kicking into non-existence when I was ready. For now, I was letting it, and the gentle cool breeze, blow me where it wanted. And from my place on the cloud, I could see everything from this high up above Ponyville. Foals, fillies, and colts played in the park while their parents or Cheerilee watched. The busy marketplace below as ponies walked around the various stalls. Applejack selling her apple goods. My mouth-watering at the thought. Mayor Mare walked into the town hall. Emmit sitting alone, at a pond in the White Tail Wood, lost in thought.

That got my attention. Why was he there, all alone, sitting by the pond in the middle of the White Tail Woods? I had to find out. After a flap of my wings, and kicking the cloud into nothing, I was flying toward him. The closer I got the more clear it became that he really was simply sitting there staring into the water deep in thought.

“Hey stud,” I greeted after landing near him, then walked up to sit down next to him. When he didn’t answer right away, I leaned around him to look at his face. He was still lost deep in thought. “You know I’ve always found deep thinking way too tiring.”

At least that got a smirk out of him. There was laughter in those eyes of his as he took a sideways glance at me.

“What are you thinking about?”

His face went back to staring at the water intently. He opened his mouth to speak but didn’t say anything. His face showed that he wanted to answer just didn’t know what to say or how to say it.

“While you’re thinking about it, why don’t you change to your human form and lay on your back?” To my joy, he did. He morphed into his naked human form and laid down on the soft thick green grass by the clear pond. I didn’t care if I was blushing. I didn’t care if he saw my eyes wash over his naked body. As I slowly started straddling him, it was satisfying to see that his eyes watched my every move. Watched myself lay down on top of him. It wasn’t my intention to rut him, although that would be an option later. Right now I wanted to see if I could get the same feeling as I did on the train. His eyes were gazing into mine as the folds of my lower lips parted to wrap around his hardening shaft. “Rub between my wings and grab my ass again.”

He did. As his warmth and pleasure coursed through my body, my eyes closed and my head rested against his chest. His body was so warm. And the breeze blowing across the water made the air cool. His fingers dug in between my wings. I let my wings extend freely with a sigh against his neck. A moan escaped me when his hand gripped my cutie mark, fingers scratching and digging into my coat possessively. The breeze that blew against me was helping me to cool and calm myself down, so I wouldn’t get aroused too quickly. I had a knack for falling asleep quickly, but not this time. I wanted that half-asleep aroused feeling again. Hopefully, I would succeed.

My front hooves were resting over his shoulders and my head was resting gently on his chest. Every breath he took, I could feel and hear. As he spoke, I heard and felt him as he spoke. I liked the feel of the soft rumble of his voice. “I stayed with Rarity after everypony left. And while spending time with her, my mind went through all the what-ifs. What would happen to you girls if you were captured like was in the show.” The low rumble, and vibration, of his voice and the feeling of his fingers between my wings and on my ass was putting me to sleep. But the warm arousing feeling was also trying to keep me awake. As he spoke I gently kissed his neck. “What if you girls were killed. I couldn’t take that. But what could I do? I’ve been thinking about that very thing. What can I do? Then a thought hit me. What if I made a preemptive strike?”

At this point, I was only halfway paying attention. My wings were gloriously stiff with his fingers gently scratching between my wings. His hand firmly squeezing my ass. My lower lips coating his now hard shaft with my juices. All had my body humming for him. All while his voice and the cool breeze were putting me back into a state of half-asleep arousal bliss that I so sought after. Kiss after kiss on his neck put me more and more under bliss.