Chapter 2

Shining gasped for air as he raised his head from his pillow, taking long deep breaths. His body was covered in sweat, and he was hit with a harsh, musky smell. But as he sat up further, it was clear when he looked around. That he was all alone.

Maybe it was all a dream, he thought I mean, it’s not like I woke up and found that i had married a goddess. But it felt so real The sex was beyond real, the way the woman bounced on his dick, her breasts moving with every thrust her hair wild. If it was a dream, Shining had to admit it was the best-wet dream he’d ever had. Getting out of bed, after the first step, he realized that he felt amazing, like he had gotten the best sleep of his life. His body wasn’t even sore— no creaky joints or even a sore muscle. He felt like a million bucks.

Quickly he pulled on a pair of sweatpants and began walking towards his kitchen. thinking about cooking something, The thought of some pancakes with a side of bacon and juice. Hell just all that made his stomach growl with hunger.

“Sounds good to me.” He chuckled to himself as he walked down the stairs. That was when he suddenly noticed the smell.

“I’m so hungry, I'm hallucinating breakfast being made already.” That was when he stepped into the kitchen and his jaw dropped

Standing there in front of the stove was none other than Cadance wearing nothing. Actually she was wearing an apron, but it left her entire backside bare. Her ass was shaking slightly as she hummed to herself. Shining could hear sizzling coming from the pan on the stove. It was clear that she hadn’t even noticed him yet. As she was clearly in the zone. She wasn’t even looking as she flipped something in another pan.

Shining dared to take another step, gulping as he whispered

“So it really wasn’t a dream.”

He looked at her in the flesh, remembering what they had did, when they’d fucked — no, made love —no, consummated their marriage. He looked down at the simple gold band on his right hand. What was this feeling? He wasn’t sure. His throat dried up. He looked towards Cadance. He could see the diamond ring on her left hand. At that moment, she finally turned her head and noticed him.

“Oh you’re finally awake, Shining. I thought you’d be out a little longer.” She Giggled as she used a spatula to lift some bacon out of the frying pan in front of her, dumping it onto a plate that already had a stack of pancakes. The smell was amazing and Shining's mouth began to water.

Cadance began setting the table up as Shining took a seat in his usual spot. The counter was sparkling as she continued cooking. Shining wasn’t sure what he could say. Everything was rather shocking as He looked down at his plate. His stomach wasn’t taking any of that, however, as he moved over, grabbing a few pancakes. A couple of slices of bacon. He looked at it curiously. The bacon was a little crispy, though clearly not burnt, as he reached over and grabbed a slice. He could almost feel Cadance’s eyes on him as he pretended not to notice her.

He took a single bite the taste shot through him as he began shoving the bacon into his mouth. It had so much flavor. He motioned over, trying the pancakes, as he took one bite. There was suddenly a gooey taste. He pulled back, examining it for a second, and realized that she hadn’t cooked it all the way through. It looked amazing on the outside, but the inside looked like a mess.

“So what do you think?” She asked, the wide expression on her face as she seemed hopeful. Shining gave a smile while carefully putting his fork down. He wasn’t sure what to say. The bacon was amazing though the pancakes were very undercook. The way she smiled at him, he couldn’t judge her,

“It’s great… I especially like the bacon.” He grabbed another slice and took a bite. It was succulent.

“I’m glad, and I was worried about the bacon, we Gods prefer to have it burnt to a crisp, something of an old tradition. But the Pancakes I wasn’t sure, I’ve never really cooked food for a mortal.” She smiled as she bounced some.

“Well, eat up. I’m sure you’ve got a lot to do or work. Plus, I’ll have to leave. I’ve got my duties to do and get this place cleaned up.” She smiled more as she began eating some of the bacon herself. Cadance didn’t even touch the pancakes.

“Duties?” Shining asked curiously as he ignored his pancakes and took a bite of the sausage and bacon. She nodded:

“Yes, I’ve got many duties as the goddess of Death and lust; I must be around to make sure that Balance is kept in place.” She walked around, giving his hips a shake as her apron began flaking away, standing completely naked for a minute. Her hands raised, caressing every inch of her body.

“And what might those duties be?” Shining asked, more curious, his eyes on her as he watched clothes slowly materialize over her. Till she was wearing a fine business suit that was perfectly black with a red tie, her bust showing off even with the jacket spread apart a bit more to encumber the larger bust she created. Cadance's hair formed over, giving a more professional look reminding Shining of a librarian.

“Well, simply. I’m responsible for making sure people die. Taking their last breath, I’m as you mortals would say, is the Grim Reaper. Other times when no one on my schedule, I help get people feeling in the mood, so to speak.” She gave a goofy smile as she gave him a wink.

“Well, that's something. I mean, lust and death, how does that even work. How does one even become a goddess of that?” He was more curious as he looked over at his wife.

“I’ll explain later, but for now, I have to get ready, and so do you. Please have a good day at work. When you get back, I’ll have a surprise for you.” She smiled, giving him a kiss on the cheek, and was about to walk out the door before Shining had a thought.

“Cadance, wait! One last question!” She turned around with that patient smile, the kind that one would give to a loved one who was getting on their nerves.

“What would that be?” her head tilting,

“Why did you Marry me? I mean, you could’ve said no, I was pretty drunk.” He was more curious as Cadance smiled and simply said,

“Because, I thought it would be interesting, marrying a mortal. I’ve been doing the same thing for thousands of years and wanted to spice things up. After all, you are very cute.” She smiled as she blew him a kiss, and like that, she was gone.

Shining stood there for a minute, looking back and forth as he ran over towards where she walked through. She had walked into the kitchen pantry, but when he looked in there, she was gone without a trace.

“This is my life now, and I’m the Husband of a goddess.” He shook his head, not sure what he was going to do. This was too much for him as he looked back at the meal. He grabbed another slice of bacon and took the pancakes throwing them away, he hated to waste food, but he wasn’t sure he could save them.

“She’s right, though. I better get to work. Don’t need to be late.”

He began changing into a fresh set of clothes. A black long sleeve shirt and denim blue jeans. He popped his neck, putting on his work jacket, and walked right out the door. He sighed some as he wasn’t sure what would be in store for him as he moved down the halls of his apartment building. Only a ten-minute drive, maybe twenty minutes, if Shining decided to take a long way around.

He continued on out of the apartment complex when he noticed a black cat—walking past him strutting its stuff. Tail swishing back and forth, passing him. With a long meow. Looking at him for a minute with those big green eyes. Shining could be imagined it saying: ‘Get out of my way, there’s only enough room on this sidewalk for one of us and your one too many.’

Shining bounded to the side, letting the cat pass by, as he rolled his eyes. It was quite an odd thing, but it was just a stray, and nothing more as he shook his neck and turned, going towards the parking garage. He headed up till finally reaching his car, a Dodge Challenger. His uncle loved this car more than anything, even his wife.

It brought Shining memories of seeing his uncle in his garage looking over the car, fixing it up, repairing it when it seemed to have the slightest problem.

The car had a mighty fine engine to it, a Hemi 426. If Shining wanted, he could probably race the thing. Though at times, he was tempted to. Especially with its cool Light Grey that shined in the light. You could see that thing sparkle if the light hit it.

For Shining, it was something he cared for, probably the only thing his uncle had left him when he died. Though in many ways, he never understood why he left him this. Instead of giving the beauty to one of his kids. Shining might never know the answer.

He got in and revved the engine. The sound of it roaring brought Shining a wide smile. It made him close his eyes, and soon he put the vehicle in drive and was off to work.

Shining made it to work. He was walking into the bland building with the sign Jackson Electrode. He clocked in and headed off to his job.

Work seemed to go by quickly. Working on the magnets as he kept pulling the machine. His head clear and the thoughts of Cadance away from him. He wasn’t sure what she was doing. What kind of work did A death Goddess do, which made him chuckle, some imagining her off in the background holding a scythe ready to jump out at people.

“Heh, imagine doing that.” He laughed slightly when suddenly without warning. Big Mac came by a large beefy man, who was wearing a blue lab coat and hair/beard net. He was older than Shining by at least twenty years. Shining being around twenty-six. He was relaxed,

“Hey kid, you doing OK?”

“I’m doing fine, just had a hell of a hangover. And a crazy night,” Shining rubbed his head, making the lie work.

“Could’ve taken the day out. We can surely survive without you for a day.” Big Mac said a small chuckle as he patted the side,

“Nah, gotta get them shit made, so the boss can make millions, and we get a nickel.”

“You’re still not funny, kid, now come on, What happened. I saw you by Succubus. Manage to get yourself a lap Shiningce?”

“Yeah, though mostly I drank. It was a wild night.” He sighed some as Big Mac wouldn’t realize that it was wilder than he could imagine.

“Well, as long as your doing alright. I know Rarity really fucked you up a bit when you caught her.”

“Yeah, just wow. But I think I’ll get better, just gotta take it one day at a time.”

“Sure thing, just keep up the good work… Wait, what the hell on your hand.” Shining cursed under his breath as he remembers the ring. Big Mac looked over it for a second as he looked towards the ring,

“What is that you got there?” Big Mac raised an eyebrow.

“Oh, it’s nothing, nothing at all,” Shining muttered, trying to pretend that it didn’t exist.

“Man, you didn’t try seeing her again, did you, beg her to take you back? Cause brother, That would be a horrible idea.” Big Mac said, clearly concerned, for a second Shining imagined he was slipping into a fatherly role, which would’ve annoyed the young man the guy wasn’t his father.

“No, of course not, I’m done with Rarity. Though right now, it’s complicated, OK. I’m just figuring things out.” He didn’t bother looking into the other man's eyes. Guy’s didn’t really share things like this, and even if Shining was one who shared what was going on, what could he even tell him: ‘Oh Hi Big Mac guess what, I apparently got so drunk last night, that I got hitched to a goddess of death and lust, by an Elvis impersonator, even though we’re in Ohio!’

How would he even react? Now that was something he wondered as he went on making more magnets. He watched as it seemed as though the sun was setting off to the side. He kept his mind busy while just getting an idea of what could happen next. Especially with Cadance, or Diamond said he’d have a surprise at him. What was she even meaning? It kind of made him nervous, but he’d deal with that on his way. But after all, he had a lot of questions.

Shining had a feeling he might be doing some googling when he got over to his half-hour lunch.

Lunch would arrive eventually as he set off in the break room. His phone out as he typed in about death gods and gods of lust. He even typed in Goddess, but he found nothing.

“Come on, and there has to be something about here. A myth? A Legend, I mean, what Pantheon does she belong to?” But it was clear after looking over for a bit he wasn’t going to find much. He decided to save it for a later time. Though at the very most he saw Freyja— but he wasn’t sure it was her. Though who knows.

There has to be something about a goddess-like Cadance, but I can’t figure it out. Fuck, this is so confusing.

Shining shut his computer off as he rubbed his temple when suddenly a familiar voice came up behind him.

“Is there something wrong, honey?” Shining only responded with a wide-eyed expression as he turned around. Standing there still in her fancy suit, was none other than Cadance. She was standing there with that confident smile oozing sexual energy as she held a paper lunch bag.

“What are you doing here,” Shining exclaimed through lowered his voice; he didn’t want people noticing them as Cadance smiled,

“Honey, you forgot your lunch, and I didn’t want you to get hungry.” She held the bag out for him, and Shining took it. With a nod,

“Um, thanks, but you really shouldn’t be here. I could get into a lot of trouble.” This was true. They worked with plenty of government contracts, even if the main thing the company did was make medical devices.

“Oh, don’t worry about it sweetheart, I’ll be in and out before anyone notices.” She gave him a kiss on the cheek before turning around suddenly. Big Mac appeared around the corner and looked over,

“Yo Big Mac, enjoy your break, Woah who’s she?” Big Mac Pointed over towards Cadance, and Shining bit his lips, not sure what to say, though he just went with the first thing that came to mind.

“Well, Shining, this is Cadance, and she’s— she’s.”

“I’m his wife, sir,” Cadance smiled as she flashed off the ring on her finger, clearly proud of it with such confidence. Big Mac looked back at Shining with an expression Shining wasn’t really able to tell what it could mean. Though returned back to Cadance,

“Well, the night to met you, Ms. Fremont, But I have to ask if you work here?”

“No, but someone had left the side door opened. I just wanted to give my hubby something nice for lunch.” Cadance pointed over to the paper bag, as Big Mac nodded,

“Well, that's very kind of you, but I’m going to need to ask you to leave. You’re really not supposed to be here. I’ll let it go this time, but if you do this stunt, I might have to fire your husband.” He glared at Shining for a minute, but Cadance nodded,

“Oh dear, I’m so sorry this won’t happen again; please forgive me.” She turned, patting his shoulder some as she walked out. Big Mac was looking back for a minute before Seeing that Cadance headed right towards the exit.

“Shining, is she really your wife?” Big Mac asked rather curious,

“Um yeah, though it’s kind of complicated… Please don’t ask more. I’m still figuring out how this happened.” Just trying to find a way out of this conversation though Big Mac looked back at him and gave the nod,

“Well, we better get back. Lunch is almost over with. So finish that special lunch you got, don’t need to upset the wife. I should know; mine gave me a kick in the ass once for forgetting to cook dinner. Oh, by the way…”

“Yes?” Shining asked, his heart almost skipping a beat by this point. Not sure what his boss might say,

“How good is she in the sack?”

Shining looked over at him and gave him a punch in the arm,

“Hey, hey now, It doesn’t hurt to ask.” A laugh on his end as he headed back to work, Shining looked over and checked out the lunch Cadance had made him. It was a simple Peanut butter sandwich with a bag of chips. Shining snorted some as he looked at it. However, he took a quick bite out of it. His eyes watered some as he began noticing that the bread at the other end was green.

“Oh god!” He exclaimed as he practically tossed the food away as he realized it was molding. He wanted to puke though he just sighed, grabbing the chips and taking a bite at them. It was clear those were better off, and he had to remind himself that he might have to show Cadance how to cook. Dear God, the idea of teaching a goddess how to cook. But he knew if he didn’t want to accidentally get poisoned.

The rest of the workday went by without a hitch, as Shining would eventually clock out and drive home. His body didn’t seem to be tired at all. Hell, he felt as though he could run a marathon. Though Shining didn’t know why he had a feeling it had something to do with Cadance.

He eventually got into the parking garage as he headed off towards the apartment building. He shuffled along as he watched some of the neighborhood kids running around, even with it being so cold. They ran around like madmen, jackets covering them as they just had fun. Shining smiled as he imagined himself a young boy not a care in the world catching fireflies.

He shook his head as he enjoyed this moment of silence; working around loud machines had made him appreciated silence just a bit more, even with those kids laughing in the background.

He turned, going inside the building as he walked up and soon walked inside his apartment. He walked inside. Though when he did, he realized something. His apartment seemed bigger. He wasn’t sure why though it was when he looked up towards the ceiling, he realized that it was longer expanding off for what seemed like a mile as he looked up.

“What the…? Cadance!” He called out, his voice echoing off into the distance, though there was no answer. A long sigh as he just began walking on in, figuring when he saw her he’d question her about that, as he began checking out his apartment.

There had been some changes. Not as much as he had expected. Though the place seemed bigger, no longer was it his small-time apartment. It felt as though he was standing in a mansion. A mansion that had his old stuff, though a few things were replaced, like his lumpy old couch with a new leather one. The carpet was removed and turned into oak wood flooring.

“This is just weird,” he muttered as he looked over towards the kitchen and saw it was much bigger new equipment, and everything replaced. It was very odd as he decided just to head to bed. For all Shining knew, this was all still just a dream. He turned over. That was when he saw it.

It was that cat. The same cat that seemed to own the sidewalk. That cat was looking at him, and there he shook his head,

“No, can’t be the same cat that one was black, your more grey.” He couldn’t help but imagine it reminded him of Tom from Tom and Jerry.

“How did you get in here?” he asked as he was close to picking it up. That was when it suddenly began speaking,

“I walked through the door, boy, or are you just that stupid?” It was a cocky female with a voice that seemed exotic. Though Shining wasn’t paying attention to that, instead, he was about to scream.

“Holy shit, a talking cat!” He was about to drop kick the cat away from the shock of it. Though the cat just laughed,

“Why, of course, I can talk, how else are we speaking. Oh, wait, no, we’re reading each other minds am I right? Heh, you poor humans.” She smirked more as Shining eyed her. He was far annoyed by all this now. The cat might be a cat. But it acted like an Ass.

“OK smart ass, who are you?”

“Hmm, oh just your friendly, lovably prrrfect kitty cat.” She let out a moan swishing her tail slightly as she rolled its feline cats. Shining wasn’t sure if it was trying to tease him or something else, but it clearly failed.

“OK, cat, well, have you seen Cadance?” He was far more curious about that as he looked around.

“Hmm, she’s somewhere around here, though She could be going off to the strip club, the girl needs her prayers in. Though why don’t you relax.” Her R’s rolling off her tongue as she kept the smirk up.

“Oh, Shining, it’s good to see you,” Suddenly, walking right through the wall as if it was nothing, Cadance appeared with a smile. She was wearing one of his t-shirts and a pair of pants the snugged tightly around her.

“It’s good to see you… OK, what did you do to my apartment, and who’s the cat?” he pointed over the feline, and Cadance smirked,

“Oh, that's Bast, and as for the apartment, I figured we’d need a little extra room, plus I added a room or two for us, Had to call in a favor from the god of houses, but he really came through.” She giggled some though Shining was more stun-founded. There was a god of houses?

He turned over and looked at the cat named Bast. He knew he heard that name before, but he just couldn’t remember where

“You’re Bast, Bast the cat?” he was wondering though the cat only face pawed,

“I am Bastet the Cat goddess.” It was there she began morphing, a soft shimmering light wrapping around her as she began growing bigger. Shining was imagining that she was going to turn into a lion. Yet suddenly standing on all four bent over was a woman— No, she was more than she had the body of a woman Light-Dark skin with the head of a cat. The muzzle and ears. As she began pushing her up to her feet. Those same green eyes and slit iris was staring at him with that confident smile.
“But my friends do call me Bast, now where’s the milk?”

Author's Note

https://www.patreon.com/Mrmidnightwolf if you like this story and want to get ahold of it a week early please check out my Patreon. I always post here first and you'll get the benifit of adding or suggesting something.