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The Naughty Chapter

“Why, why does this happen to me?” I collapsed onto my bedsheets and buried my head under the pillow. Without saying a word, Illu laid down next to me and began comfortingly stroking my backscales. In response, I groaned and tossed the pillow aside. “There, I get kicked out of the nest, with the only benefit being that Dad’s no longer going to interfere with me leading my, my merriment, and what does Mom do? Ruin it by saying she will still watch over me!”

“Your mom is just trying to help… I suppose,” Illu mentioned. “But you wanted your dad to get out of your way, so that’s a plus.”

“At the price of getting kicked out of my family's lair!” I groaned and rose from the bed, trotting around restlessly. I would have liked to throw some things around, but this wasn’t my room, this was Sierra Bonsai’s. Small handmade stick figures and other personal belongings hardly deserved my wrath.

Illu nodded as he started rearranging our bedsheets. “Yeah, that’s the undeniable downside.”

“Downside? This is horrible!”

“Well, I doubt you would have wanted to sleep in your parents’ home after you claimed the throne, right?”

“What? Yeah, I guess.” I threw my claws up in the air. “But that was a problem for future me, not current me! Right now, I should be laying in bed, you in my foreleg, Bliz’s head on my belly, and sleeping cuddled up safe and sound in my family’s, my family’s… Urg, whatever you want to call all this,” I grumbled as I swept the air with my foreleg, gesturing to the house around us.

Illu tapped the free spot beside him with his hoof. “Come on, it could be far worse. You claimed a whole tribe of kirins, got your dad to acknowledge you as an adult, and at the end of the day,” he paused for a moment as I layed down next to him, “no one was killed. I’d call that a good day,” he ended while using his wing to pull me closer.

“Ouch.” I flinched back from him slightly when his wingtip hit the exact spot where my back scales had gotten cracked.

“Oh, I’m sorry!” He rearranged his wing and nuzzled me. “I should probably take a look at this before we sleep.”

“It’s fine,” I replied, already cuddling against him more intimately. “The doctors down here already gave it a look. It should be fine.”

“Better to be safe than sorry.” He fetched one of the moss lamps from the nearest table. “Let me have a look.”

“I told you it’s fine,” I objected, but rolled flat on my belly again nevertheless. “See, nothin…” I stopped when I saw he had also fetched some massage cream from his bags. “I mean,” with a soft purr I rested my head on a pillow, “it’s probably best that you take a look.”

“I wonder if that is the dragon or pony in you,” he giggled. “The purring is surely the dragon, but the sudden obedience… sounds like the pony to me.” He placed the can on the ground next to me and used the moss lamp to inspect my back. I just barely noticed the growl that formed in his throat due to how well he tried to hide it, but the fact someone had hurt his marefriend kept him from being entirely successful.

I purred louder.

A sharp hiss escaped my mouth when Illu began adding some of the fat-based cream onto my cracked scales.

“I know, but it will be good for you,” he said. Carefully, he proceeded until the entire area had been well taken care of. Luckily, the doctors had already removed any splinters, or the cream would have done more harm than good. Someday I’ll have to enlighten Illu on that fact, but not now.

As soon as he was done, I returned to my relaxed posture on the bed sheets and waited for the pleasure to follow. Thankfully, Illu was so generous as to not make me wait. He rubbed his hooves together to warm up the cream before then beginning to spread it over my back with long, soft strokes from my neck to the base of my tail, carefully avoiding any sensitive areas.

As I laid there and purred though, the thought that there were sensitive areas I did want him to care for crossed my mind…

Of course, Illu’s fine batpony ears picked up on the change in the tone of my purring.

“Hmm?” He wondered, luckily without slowing down in his massage.

“Oh, nothing,” I innocently mumbled, but let my tail slowly wander closer to him while stroking over his side with my wing. “I just thought that…” My tail found its way to his left hind leg and began working its way towards his sensitive areas.

Unfortunately, I had to quickly pull it back when he slapped it with his hoof.

“Lecheress!” He scolded me, but with a smirk and a little shake of his head.

“That’s the dragon side,” I whispered while doing my best to lull him into a false sense of security by pulling my tail back and sinking deeper into the pillow.

“Sounds more like the Fiery side if you ask me,” he replied and gave me a smack on my flank.

I retorted with a lustful ‘hiss’ while showing my fangs.

“Can I give you a massage just this once without you turning it into something more naughty?” Him raising his eyebrow ever so cutely, which did nothing to help his argument.

“I am more than capable of holding myself back… so long as I’m being massaged, that is.” Now his smirk matched mine. “After that…” I shrugged lightly, stretching out to occupy even more of the bedsheets.

“Maybe I should sleep in another room then,” his tone was both playful and lacking in seriousness. Still, his hooves wandered up my spine until they reached my neck and shoulders, at which point he wasted no time in beginning to care for, which forced me to delay my reply and just purr with delight.

“You wouldn’t even make it halfway to the door,” I hissed while my tail rhythmically hit the ground.

“Is that so,” he teased, swinging one leg over my back and taking a seat there, careful to not put any pressure on my cracked scales or between my wing joints. With the new position, Illu increased his care for my shoulders.

Yes! This journey definitely had a positive influence on his level of naughtiness! Most of the time, Illu was still rather shy, though, if it was just the two of us…

I lightly scratched the floor next to the blankets with one of my claws while glancing over my shoulder at him, hissing. “That’s not how to ride a kirin,” I suggestively complained while attempting to roll over.

“Uh uh uh! You stay where you are!” He complained, pressing his hooves into the ground and my shoulders, trying to hold me in place with his legs and weight. “You said you could control yourself until I was done with the massage!”

“Oh, did I?” I wondered aloud. “I must have been out of my mind!”

“You must have been actually behaving for once,” he replied jokingly. “I know it is unlikely, but it does happen.”

“I’ll show you behaving!” I hissed, aroused as well as tempted. Flaring my left wing, I began wiggling in order to get onto my side. Illu, however, also not inexperienced with our little version of foreplay, did his best to stay on my back while firmly holding me down. As a result, we wrestled for a bit until I could nearly buck him off, only for him to rely on his unfair batpony secret weapons! He bit onto my neck! Instantly, I let out a lustful moan and stopped my attempts at bucking him off of me. Instead, I calmed down and wiggled till I was able to spread my rear legs further apart and even raised my hip slightly.

Instead of slowing things down and enjoying some enticing foreplay, Illu had carelessly hastened things significantly! Sure, it had been his only option given he wanted to stay on my back, but if he thought he could continue the massage or do anything other than naughty fun now, he was mistaken!

It was apparent he came to the same conclusion as immediately after biting onto my neck, he seemed a bit clueless about what to do. Obviously, he hadn’t been ready to engage in closer combat just yet since I’d only just felt his big fella begin to exit its hiding and onto my back.

For a second, his grip on my neck loosened. Sensing the opportunity, I hissed and attempted to roll around to pounce on my batfriend. Unfortunately, at the last possible moment, he realized the danger he was in and reasserted his hold on the back of my neck.

“Oh no you don’t!” He mumbled, fighting with my mane as it did its best to protect my neck from inattentive stallions who might accidentally awaken the dragon in me, an azure dragon at that! Though, the kirin had already caught fire in this case!

I may have stopped my attempts at overthrowing him, but nothing stopped me from rubbing my hip scales against his underside, if you know what I mean. An action his body responded quite positively to.

Illu attempted to stand up fully, while still biting down on my neck, but I effortlessly followed his movement. He may be a bit taller than me, but he wasn’t tall enough to escape the reach of a horny kirin, which putting him in the exact position I wanted him to be in.

“Fiery… I am not…” Illu half whispered half gasped through my mane, “ready yet! Slow down, please!”

Ignoring his words, I just eagerly and impatiently hissed, increasing my teasing while also using my tail to get him into the right position to progress things. Finally, after a few seconds of waiting, I swung my tail around his fella and began stroking it up and down.

“Seems ready enough to me!”

He released a half-evasive giggle as he tried, in vain, to escape my tail. “Just turn it down a step!” He grabbed my tail with a hoof and tried to pull it off of his member. Something I was not so fond of, which I made clear with a growl! It is a great treasure after all!

Finally, he mistakenly let go of my neck when his attention was diverted elsewhere. I wasted no time and rolled to the right, pushing Illu’s legs apart when I finished rolling onto my back. It paralyzed poor Illu when our gazes met. There I was, a grin plastered onto both cheeks and eyes fixed upon my sexy batfriend, while he stood there, motionless and in shock as the ramifications of the situation he had created manifested before him.

For a heartbeat we just looked at each other, and then, he made the slightest of movements and we both knew the hunt had started.

He jumped up, spread his wings, and pushed himself backward. Generously, I let my prey escape for now, didn’t want to hurt that important part of him, and pushed myself off of the ground with my wings. I did give him a little bite on his tail though.

Seems there will be some good foreplay after all!

“Come here!” I hissed as I pursued him with a happy, naughty smile. Don’t get me wrong, I was horny! However, the thrill of the hunt was enough to satisfy me at that moment.

“Catch me, if you can!” He retorted as he burst through the room. It wasn't that he lacked enthusiasm, he just needed a little extra time to get prepared, and the hunt supplied exactly that.. A little longer. You should have seen him the first time I hunted him though, batponies and Kirins are quite different after all…

He sprinted over the little table, dangerously close to knocking over the second mosslamp, before taking flight towards the small bed. I was on his hooves instantly. The room was too small for him to escape my reach anyway, but such a detail didn't impede me from going all out.

When Illu reached the bed, he hopped onto it and grabbed a pillow, which he wasted no time in throwing at me. With an eager growl, I ducked under it and pushed myself off the ground and into a long jump straight at him. I was well aware of the blanket he had grabbed with his wingtip, but this hunt was meant to be fun for both of us, so I let him succeed in throwing it over me. When I crashed into the mattress, struggling to get free, he bounced off the bed and headed for the door. I needed a moment longer than I expected to get free without tearing the blanket to shreds, so he slowed down ever so slightly. He was a gentlecolt after all. As a result, the instant he reached the door and was stretching his hoof towards the handle, I crashed into him and we both collided softly with the door, only to bounce off of it and roll over the ground.

“I told you, you’d never reach that door!” I purred.

“I did reach it!” He groaned as he pressed his hooves against my claws, trying to come out on top as soon as our rolling around ended. I could easily overpower, hooves are no match for claws after all, though, I wouldn’t mind him winding up on top of me. After all, it is far easier to lie seductively on my back than to be the one on top.

With a “Ha!” he claimed his triumph when we finally came to a stop by colliding with the table, knocking the mosslamp off of it. “Gotcha!” His happy smile was nearly as bright as mine.

“Oh, did you?" I coyly purred as I spread my legs apart, placing them at the sides of his belly and invitingly flared my wings. “Whatcha gonna do with your catch?” I fluttered my eyelids and rubbed my lower barrel against his stallionhood.

He snorted insecurely and his smile quickly took on a hint of desperation. As opposed to halfdragons, batponies were not inclined to be the hunters.

“I…” he released an apprehensive chuckle, shifting uncomfortably in my seductive trap. “I think I…” he lifted his barrel a bit higher.

Not on my watch!

With a naughty, dominant growl, I closed my legs and wings around his back and pushed forward while biting his mane near the side of his neck to cling onto him. No way he was going to escape me!

“Fiery,” he started as he tried to rise to his hind-legs. “I think we should…”

I spread my wings and swiftly flapped them before he could finish his sentence. The sudden burst of force threw Illu off balance and caused him to fall backwards, making it so that now I was the one on top.

“Should do what, exactly?” I growled lustfully, making myself comfortable atop him and booping his nose with mine. “I am all ears,” I whispered before kissing him. I could smell his excitement, feel the warmth of his body below mine, and to my delight, his speartip was now rubbing against my belly. Without waiting, I grabbed it and began softly stroking it with my claw.

“You are a lecheress!” Illu gasped, trying to grab my claw with a hoof.

Contrary to both his words and actions, Illu’s body seemed quite receptive to my touch. With each gentle caress, my batfriend’s greatest asset only lengthened and hardened. His body was so enticed that I even felt his legs reflexively twitch beneath me a couple times as Illu’s body fought with him to get him to do what was only right in the current situation.

“It takes one to know one!” I retorted triumphantly, the proof I was right clutched securely in my claw. “The sooner you submit to your desires, the sooner I can help you with them!”

“You're impossible,” Illu replied, this time releasing a laugh of his own. He still tried, unsuccessfully, to once more free his stallionhood, but I wouldn’t let go of my treasure!

“No chance!” I moved the softer inside of my claw over his acorn, ignoring the slight pain that came from the cuts on my claw, and made my way down towards his medial ring. The way he twitched under my touch was quite apparent, eliciting a pur from me. Slowly, I made my way back up, and then down again. I had to do so a few times before he fully relaxed and stopped his weak attempts at trying to hinder me.

“Much better,” I cooed as I laid down on my side and began to curl my lower body around his as I placed my left claw onto his belly while my right claw stayed busy. A smile once more crawled onto my face as my eyes followed my claw’s activities.

Up and down.

My thoughts wandered to some other activities we could engage in while I played with my batfriend’s tool.

Up and down.

I listened to the steady increase in Illu’s pace of breathing and the little noises of pleasure he was making.

Up and down.

With a sharp, lustful hiss, I snapped out of it when Illu’s foreleg brushed against my sensitive areas! For a moment, I enjoyed the little smirk that passed over his lips before I showed him my approval by taking the initiative, pressing myself against his leg, and even closing my legs around his.

“Hey! You are not helping!” he complained in jest. “I can barely move my leg when you’re clinging onto it!”

I instantly let go after hearing this, only to lustfully moan once more as he returned to his previous activities, this time though with a good deal more passion.

“Naughty batpony! Two can play that game!” And with that, I quickly increased the speed of my stroking.

“Hey!” He laid a hoof on my busy claw. “If you’re too greedy, you’ll spoil all the fun!”

I hesitated, snorting unhappy before slowing down. It was so unfair that stallions couldn’t last as long as mares! He could tease me for hours on end, but if I tried that with him, the fun would quickly end! Frustrating, but not his fault. Still… I shook off this way of thinking and returned my mind to more important matters.

“Time to change position then!” I decided and playfully nibbled on his chest while crawling onto him. As soon as I uncurled from his lower body, I could feel his hooves on my hip as he shifted into a better position to continue in. I purred in approval and delight at the thought, but I had other plans in mind. I wiggled free and crawled higher up.

He gave me a knowing smile, as well as a raised eyebrow.

“What?” I raised my snout and got into a more noble position. Well as noble as you can get when you are basically sitting on your batfriends face. “A lady needs longer after all, it is only fair to give her a head start.” I blinked and stuck my tongue out. “Head start, get it?”

Illu managed to swing his foreleg around my leg and facehooved while suppressing a giggle. “Fiery…”

“Yes?” I replied, leaning back a bit and wrapping my tail around his spear to start slowly rubbing it. “You were saying?”

Instead of an answer he grabbed my hip and pulled me forward, which I responded to with a warm happy giggle. While pulling me forward did release his shaft from my tail, I hardly had the opportunity to voice a complaint, as a pur even warmer than my giggle escaped my lips when he got to work. I couldn’t help but clench my legs when he started with a long lick from bottom to top before finishing with a circle around my sweet spot.

Naughty Batpony tricks!

I wasn’t complaining, though! Instead, I leaned further back and enjoyed the moment. I couldn’t suppress the warm shivers that ran up my spine, nor my little gasps and other sounds of joy, though I was told stallions love to hear those anyway. At some point, Illu wrapped his hooves around my thighs and spread them further apart, eliciting a squeak of excitement from me.

Such a considerate deed could scarcely go unrewarded.

To reciprocate the favor, I turned slightly and reached out for his cock with my claw once again, only for him to growl and forcefully push me back forward with his wings. I whimpered unhappily and tried once more, just to be met with the same result. So I growled, only for him to push me forward completely with both his wings and hooves and enter me with his tongue.

My resistance forgotten, I moaned and leaned forward, resting my claws on his head.

“Ev…il…batp…ony…tricks!” I stammered, shifting on his snout.

“Hmm-hmm,” he agreed, keeping his tongue busy though.

I couldn’t help but start matching his rhythm with my body, floofing up my wings as I moaned under my breath. I didn’t even need to see Illu’s face to know there was a smile plastered across both cheeks!

We proceeded this way for some time, I didn’t care to count the minutes. Though, at one point, while I was breathing heavily and lustfully moaning, I snapped out of my trance when he brought his hoof around to help in his efforts! I didn’t notice, or more accurately, hadn't been paying attention when his hoof found its way to my belly before slowly moving down from there. I purred approvingly when he reached my right teat, softly stroking over it without paying it any attention. Though, I hissed loudly and struggled to get free the instant he snuck his hoof past it and started playing with my sweet spot with his hooftip!

It was a mix of lustful shaking, naughty licks and me twitching and struggling above Illu’s face!

“You stay here!” He proclaimed enthusiastically as he tried to hold me in place. Only for me to quietly roar, caught between the desire to stay on him no matter what, and, being torn apart by the lust and sensations his actions were bringing about! I seized his hoof with my claw and exerted as much strength as I could muster, but it proved futile. If anything, he only increased the speed he was rubbing me with!

How dare he!

I flapped my wings! I tried to push myself off the ground with my hooves! I even tried to throw myself to the side, but Illu stayed rooted in place as though his life depended on it. And to be fair, it kind of did in a metaphorical sense!

“Stop it!” I growled, though my tone made it clear that I wanted him to do anything but.

He spared me a verbal answer, instead pressing his snout more firmly against my sensible areas and increasing his efforts! Crazy batpony tricks! Now his fangs were massaging my lower lips with each lick! My body was already convulsing uncontrollably as my thoughts became a blur. In a desperate attempt, I threw myself to the side and rollied over. Unfortunately, Illu wouldn’t let me escape. He rolled with me, resulting in me ending up on my back and him laying on his belly. The entire time, his head remained precisely where he wanted it to be! All I had accomplished was getting him to stop rubbing my sweet spot for only a few seconds. I could already feel his hoof crawling around my thighs once again!

I couldn’t help myself, I tried to grab his hoof, I even bucked my hind legs, but Illu was too low and too close to get hit. Not that I actually wanted to hit him, but, you know…

When his hoof finally found its way to my sweet spot again, however, my resistance crumbled, and I surrendered to the waves of pleasure that shot through my body. With my moans, increasing in volume with each one, I let him know how well he was doing, despite knowing my reactions thus far had already made that abundantly clear! He didn't need to wait long to be rewarded. Soon, I twitched uncontrollably, bucking, beating my wings and curling up around his head, only to let out a loud, satisfied roar when I finally reached my climax!

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Panting, I laid back and stretched myself out on the ground. With closed eyes, I let my body go slack. I breathed in deeply, a happy smile on my face. The smell of the last few minutes fresh in the air only caused my lips to crawl even further up my cheeks. Slowly, I let my legs sink to the ground, allowing Illu to pull his head out from between them and move to the side. As soon as I found enough air to do so, I lured him over with my special batpony purr.

He wiped over his snout and had this victorious smirk plastered on his face like only stallions could! Not that he didn’t have a reason to wear it…

“You seem to be very proud of yourself,” I cooed while embracing him with my wing. Tenderly, my claw caressed his cheek.

“I just conquered and-” he poked my belly “-tamed a wild kirin.”

“Satisfied, not tamed.” I flickered my tail, “for the moment at least.”

“Weren't you already tired before we started?” He inquired cheekily while laying his hoof on my chest.

I threw a very meaningful look at his rod, which was still proudly on display. “No halfdragon would ever get tired with such a great treasure within reach.” As I said this, my tail just so happened to find its way over to said treasure after I gave it a flick to express my contentment. And, since such an enticing prize was now lying so very close to my tail, it seemed like such a waste to not give it a gentle stroke with the soft, bushy hair near my tail tip to express my approval. “Very great treasure!”

“Lecheress!” Illu couldn’t help but giggle.

“Treasure hunter,” I retorted as I rolled over so that I would be resting on his belly. My grip around his stallionhood tightened as I was now able to curl my tail around it several times. It was a bit tricky to keep my tail’s movements smooth and in sync, but I managed. I’d had some experience at this point…

“Hey, why don’t we…” Illu tried to lay his hooves on my shoulder and slow things down again.

I shot forward, thrusting my muzzle between Illu’s jaw and chest to close my fangs around his throat. “My turn!” I growled.

“Easy there,” he giggled, booping my nose. “Cuddling and seeing where this goes sounds rather nice at the moment.”

I growled more intensely and even pressed my fangs into his skin a bit more firmly. He should know this was only ninety-nine percent fun. There was still a halfdragon laying on top of him, or more precisely, a thirsty, most naughty halfdragon.

“My turn!” I once more insisted. Laying my claws on his hooves and pressing them to the ground while keeping his wings in check with my own. “My treasure!”

With my batfriend fully subdued, I focused my efforts on thoroughly playing with my treasure. Well, not exactly thoroughly, but that would come later. That being said, the way Illu squirmed and made his own little lust-filled noises as I rubbed, softly squeezed, and used my tailtip to play around his acorn filled me with a great deal of satisfaction. “You don’t get to tease a halfdragon and get away with it so easily!”

“I am pretty sure I did more than just teasing!” Illu laughed while playfully struggling to get free.

“You!” I playfully nibbled on his throat as I repositioned myself to prepare for one of my favorite way to enjoy my batfriend’s company. “I am going to show you just what you awoke by biting my neck!” Without wasting any time, I let my actions emphasize this point, positioning his rod perfectly with my tail as I pushed my hips back. I savored the warm, burning feeling of my lower lips being parting as I gradually lowered myself onto him. As I reached the halfway point on his shaft, releasing my tail’s hold on it with one last gentle caress, I wiggled my hips so that he would be at a more pleasurable angle before riding him properly!

I took the forceful exhalation that came from his nostrils after doing this as an invitation to skip the foreplay and plunge right into the heart of the action, an invitation I was more than happy to accept.

It was at this point that he began to make a more serious attempt at breaking free, but I wouldn’t let him! It was my turn after all! Keeping him under me, I put as much effort as I felt I could spare into fighting our little rodeo! I knew that at the current speed, our funtime was going to be limited, but it didn’t matter. Every minute I was able to ride him felt not only euphoric, but like a victory as well! Now it was his turn to pant heavily, and, unlike me, begin to sweat.

I smiled at these developments.

Pleased that things were going my way, I leaned back and straightened my body slightly to improve my position even further. Unfortunately for Illu, he made the mistake of taking that as permission to make an attempt at getting into a more upright position as well. I wasted no time in shooting forward once again and forcing him back with my fangs against his throat. Like I said, there was still the slightest hint of seriousness to this little banter!

“If you… don’t slow down a little bit… I am going to come… too soon!”

Pretending as though I didn’t hear him, I increased my speed.

“Fiery!”

“Yes?” I growled innocently, maintaining my speed. For a minute or two he was too distracted to continue.

Then I felt it, more forceful twitching coming from his member. He even tried to push me up slightly with his hind legs.

“Fiery, I… “

I gave it all I had, even attempting to speed up one final time. At this point, I was taking nearly his entire shaft into myself with each downward thrust, until finally… I proclaimed my victory with a happy, lustful roar once his body contracted, his hooves and wings pushed hard against my own, and his hind legs kicked aimlessly. Together with the warm feeling in my belly, I knew I had been successful in claiming my treasure!

“Seems two can play that game,” I teasingly purred through my panting, while I wiped some sweat from his face. I rested my cheek on his chest and listened to his racing heart. “Mine!” I whispered as I let my claw slide down his cheek and over his throat before finally coming to a rest on his chest. Meanwhile, my tail proclaimed victory by slowly swinging back and forth in the air like a flag. “Mine,” I licked over his chest, “my treasure.”

“I… would call it even,” Illu replied. Now that I was no longer fighting him, he closed his wings around me and laid his hooves on my back, holding me. His breathing was still fast and more accurately described as a pant, but still, he snuggled me. “My avaricious housecat!”

I narrowed my eyes and sought his gaze. “I do not have whiskers.” I couldn’t argue with the purring though.

“You still hunt bats though.” Illu raised an eyebrow.

I held his gaze for a whole two seconds before I burst into laughter and let my head sink back onto his chest, enjoying the warmth he offered. “I am very good at it after all,” I added.

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Tired yet satisfied, I made my way over to the door. Illu shifted softly under the blanket and snuggled up to the pillow for the time being. He deserved some rest, and I could hardly think of anything more enticing than joining him. Well, besides a glass of water at the moment. With one thirst satisfied, another one had arisen. The plan was to only be gone for a minute or two before returning with two glasses, one for me, and one for my diligent and amazing batfriend.

I turned the handle, opened the door, and nearly fell over Bliz as my gaze still hadn’t left Illu.

“What in tarnation…”

“Amazing work!” Blitz cheerfully bubbled. “I didn’t hear all of it, but what I did hear sounded like a ten out of ten for sure!”

“Were… were you eavesdropping on us?!”

“I didn’t need to! You were plenty loud enough!” She made it sound like that was a good thing! “When you told me you weren't to be disturbed, I didn’t expect that you were going to have such an outrageous amount of fun, but here we are!” She turned towards the door. “Great job, Illu! Wonderfully done! The part when you were…”

I grabbed her by the snout and forcefully closed it for her. “Don’t!” The damage had already been done though as I was able to see Illu shamefully crawl under the blankets and pillows and practically entomb himself under them. One part of me wanted to purr and loudly voice an ‘awwww’, while the other wanted to rip Bliz’s ears from her skull. I slammed the door shut to spare Illu further embarrassment.

“You can’t eavesdrop on us when we… when we… when we’re having our alone time, Bliz!” I quietly shouted while letting go of her snout.

“I would have offered to join if you hadn’t made it clear earlier that you weren't interested,” she tried to defend herself.

I furiously ruffled through my mane. I knew it wasn’t her fault. I knew I had told her I wasn’t to be disturbed. She couldn’t make herself known by disturbing us, but she couldn’t not lay there and listen, not after I’d explicitly instructed her to make sure Illu and I got our alone time. With that being said though, did she really need to sound so excited about hearing all that, especially when addressing Illu directly about his… performance!

“I need to be way more careful with my wording!” I angrily grumbled at the floor. “In every aspect!”

Driven by my emotions, Bliz whimpered compassionately and rubbed her head against my side.

“No,” I pushed her away, “simply no, not now. No, you didn’t do something wrong,” I added when she started to whimper more intensely. “It was my fault.” I forced myself to ruffle her mane. “All is well, go to sleep, and let Illu and I rest in peace tonight.”

I was kind of proud of myself for not ripping off her ears, yelling at her, or violently rearranging my surroundings. I had been close too, very close, but I was able to keep hold of that one last shred of self-control. I’d had a wonderful night with Illu, I wouldn’t ruin that by having a tantrum so soon after such a lovely evening. Instead, I turned around and made my way over to the kitchen, or better put, in the direction where I thought the kitchen was in.

Once there, I filled two glasses with water, inhaled deeply, drank one, then the other, refilled them, and just as I was about to return to Illu, my cutie mark started to glow.

For a moment, I just stood there staring at it. My mind was still a bit foggy from a mix of tiredness, exasperation because of Bliz, and pleasure from my time with Illu, so it took me a moment to get a sense of why it might be doing that. It finally clicked when my gaze left my cutie mark and wandered over to the pots, ladles, and other kitchen equipment surrounding me. Equipment I was quite familiar with because of seeing Mom use them when baking…

I let my head fall onto the kitchen counter, tempted to just drop to the floor and lay there in despair. Unfortunately, when it came to things you had a choice in doing and those that you didn’t, this fell into the latter category. As a result, I rapidly left the kitchen and made my way to my family's room.

“Mom!” I loudly slammed a balled claw against the door several times. “Mom! Mom, wake up!” The guards just threw unsure glances at me, but didn’t dare to interfere. “Moooooom! I need you right now!”

It didn’t take long for Mom’s sleepy muzzle to peek out from behind the door. “Fiery,” she blinked a few times. “Fiery, I told you you can’t sleep in…”

“It’s not about that, Mom. I need your help to bake some cookies.”

She stared at me unblinking for several seconds, I could practically see an hourglass manifest over her head as I waited. “Cookies?” She wondered slowly.

“Yes, cookies. The ones I promised Fortuna to bake as soon as the opportunity presented itself.” I pointed toward the kitchen. “They have a well-equipped kitchen down here and we have all the ingredients that aren’t in the kitchen in our carriage.”

“You can’t be serious.”

I pointed at my glowing cutie mark. “My godmother is. And without her help, well, you know.”

“I’m going to have to have a serious word with her next time she shows up.” Mom yawned, rubbed her eyes, and stepped out of the door to follow me to the kitchen.