Sweet Apple Herding

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August, July 5th, Year 8 of Princess Twilight

Big Mac and Sugar Belle’s herd was ready to welcome their new foals into the world. Everypony was excited, and everything was prepared.

• Foal bedroom with three cribs? Checked.
• Wide assortment of foal clothing and accessories? Checked.
• Large stockpile of provision, including diapers? Checked.
• Barn turned into a makeshift nursery? Checked.
• Mental readiness to see life forever changed as the responsibility of raising three foals overtook everything else? Mostly checked.

Now, all that was left was to wait for the mares to give birth. For Sugar Belle and her herd-mares, this was a time to relax and enjoy themselves. A kind of calm before the storm, so to speak. They knew that, after foaling, they would not be able to mate for a while, so they took all opportunities they found to quench their need. Having a second stallion around had been quite helpful in keeping the three mares entertained.

Sugar Belle was happy to have the herd date Pipsqueak. If she were to be entirely honest, she’d have to admit she wasn’t as enamored with him as Fluttershy and Cheerilee; her heart firmly belonged to Big Macintosh. Still, she liked Pip. She had gone with him on a few dates, and they had even mated.

It was important for Sugar Belle to maintain the cohesion of their growing herd. If Pip was to join them, he had to be treated fairly. As alpha mare, one of her most important tasks was to keep track of who was seeing - or mating with - who. She had to make sure that no isolated clique formed within the herd. To do so, she encouraged a healthy rotation amongst partners and organised group activities for all.

Sugar Belle knew that Fluttershy and Cheerilee had been with Pip in the last few days, and that he had hung out with Big Mac. It was high time for her to be with him, so she invited the younger stallion to spend an afternoon in her company.

Sugar Belle idly lounged in the living room, stroking her belly tenderly as the filly in her womb stirred. She briefly returned to her reading before she was interrupted by a series of knocks on the door. Rather than getting up, the unicorn used her magic to turn the doorknob and usher her guest inside, “come in~!”

Pip entered, Sugar Belle welcoming him before chuckling lightly. “I told you, Pip. You can just come in now, you’re with us. There’s no need to knock.”

“Sorry, force of habit.”

Sugar Belle lifted her magazine out of the way to clear a spot for her coltfriend. “That’s alright. Now come here. I could really use a break from ‘Equestria New Parents Weekly’. Urg, I swear that’s all I’m reading lately.”

Pip sat down on the couch, giving her a hug and kiss. Sugar Belle opened her muzzle, letting his tongue inside. “So, what did you wanna do today?” Pip asked her after pulling away.

Sugar Belle stretched and groaned, mostly for effect, though she did feel a sore aches in her bones. “Just a relaxing cuddle time, maybe some sexy time later. Would that be alright?”

Pip nodded with a smile, “Yeah, that sounds nice; I had a busy week too. How about I get us some tea and biscuits?”

She cooed at the proposition. “Oh, that would be perfect. Thank you!”

Pip left for the kitchen. “Wait right here, I won’t take long.”

A few minutes later and Pip was back as promised. He placed a platter on the nearby coffee table and poured two cups of tea. Sugar Belle levitated a spoonful of sugar into her cup before bringing it to her lips.

She took a sip of the hot tea. “Mmh, Pip, you certainly know how to brew a nice cup of tea. This is really nice,” she commented, actually quite surprised.

Who knew that there’s still young stallions out there who knows how to serve tea?

Pip smiled as he settled next to her with his own cup. “Thanks! I was born in Trottingham, so I guess proper tea time was just part of my basic education.”

“Right, I forgot. You don’t have much of an accent.”

“Yeah, I came to Ponyville when I was just a foal, then I studied in Canterlot, so I kinda lost it along the way.”

They finished their cups and biscuits, then simply relaxed onto the couch. “Would you like a back rub too?” Pip offered her.

“Oooh, yeah… That would be wonderful,” Sugar Belle answered. She stretched her muscles and lay down on the couch, offering him her back.

Pip straddled her rump, his balls and sheath rubbing against her dock as he massaged her. Pip supported himself with his hindlegs so he wouldn’t press too hard on her pelvis while his forehooves rubbed along her spine.

“Oooh…” Sugar Belle felt content as her coltfriend sensually rubbed her sore neck, back, and flanks. His hooves relaxed her muscles as he continually massaged her body.

“Mmmh, this is great, Pip… A bit higher, please. Can you rub my shoulders too?”

“Sure.” Pip went down on her and kneaded the muscles in her shoulders. As he hugged her from behind, Sugar Belle felt his soft stallionhood spill out of his sheath and onto her back, where it rested most satisfyingly. He kept gently rubbing himself on her croup as he continued to massage her.

A moan escaped Sugar Belle’s lip as Pip began to nibble her ear. For a while, the unicorn simply enjoyed the feeling of having her ear tended so lovingly. She felt her vulva wink as her arousal slowly built up.

Sugar Belle gasped hard when Pip moved on to lick her sensitive horn. The intense sensation washed through her spine all the way to her tail, making her tense.

Gosh, Cheerilee, are you a really great teacher, or is he just an amazing student?

Her vagina felt nice and loose, and a stream of fluid ran down her snatch. “Oh, I can feel you getting hard,” she said, looking back at the stallion on top of her. “You can enter me, if you want. I’m ready.”

Pip nodded and pulled back. Sugar Belle sensed his glans press gently into her moist folds. In one slow, smooth motion, his semi-rigid penis slipped inside her vagina, hilting himself to the balls. “Mmmmh, yes that’s it. Yeah… your cock feels really good, Pip.”

“Yeah, you’re so warm and soft inside, Belle,” Pip replied. Instead of thrusting into Sugar Belle, he kept massaging her back and simply grinded his shaft inside her loose foal canal. For the unicorn, it felt like she was massaged from both inside and out. She simply went limp, utterly relaxed.

“Oh, thank you for the massage,” Sugar Belle said, interrupting him. “It was wonderful. Now, just focus on yourself, sweetie; you’ve more than earned it.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah, just pound in me and cum. I really don’t mind.”

Pip eagerly braced against herself and started to rapidly thrust his member in and out of her sex. Sugar Belle felt incredibly relaxed, barely even registering the intense pleasure in her snatch. She lay there, happy to let him take his pleasure in her.

It didn’t last very long. Soon, Pip hugged her close and hilted into her pussy one last time. Sugar Belle felt her vagina filling with his warm, viscous seed as he ejaculated in her. He lazed on her back, his softening cock staying within her as his gooey semen dripped from her relaxed labia.

Pip was giving Sugar Belle a series of little kisses on her neck and mane when she suddenly felt a sharp discomfort in her lower abdomen. “Ow!”

Both ponies were shocked out of their relaxed afterglow. “What… are you alright?” Pip asked, a little panicked. A heavy flow of warm, yellow liquid streamed around his stallionhood from deep within her canal, instantly drenching their hindlegs and crotches. A large puddle formed underneath them as the couch’s fabric became soaked from her release.

Sugar Belle was breathing hard, adrenaline coursing through her veins. “Pip, pull out! Oh gosh…”

Pip got up in an instant. “Belle, is that…?”

“Yeah… I think… my waters broke. I’m going to foal!” Sugar Belle took a few deep breaths to calm down. “Okay, okay… we know what to do. First, let’s just… urg, hang on, Pip, go get me a clean towel. I’d need to wipe down your seed before I let anypony else see me like this.”

“Yeah, got it!” He bolted out of the room and returned a few seconds later with the towel. Sugar Belle lifted it with her magic and gave herself a vigorous cleanup. She let Pip have the towel too so he could wipe his sheath and legs of her amniotic fluids.

Sugar Belle trotted outside the house. “Alright, contractions are going to start soon, so I need to get to the barn where we prepared our birthing stuff.” To her relief, she immediately found her sister-in-law Applejack working on an old apple cart. “AJ! Need help, quick! I’m about to foal!”

“Whoa nelly!” Applejack jumped, but her expression swiftly morphed into a happy grin. “Come in, Ah’ll help ya.”

Sugar Belle turned toward her coltfriend. “Pip, go get Mac, Shy and Cheerilee. They should be at the pond right now.”

“Of course!” Pip turned around and galloped toward the orchard.

Applejack laid down a large plush blanket on the barn floor so that Sugar Belle could lie down comfortably on her side. Sugar Belle caressed her swollen belly as the farm mare added a pile of pillows to the installation. Her udder felt full between her hindlegs and her teats were erect.

The unicorn felt the first contractions in her womb.

I will see my foal soon. Big Mac’s little filly.

Applejack brought her a glass of apple juice, which Sugar Belle gladly gulped down. AJ prodded her belly a few times. “Alright there, looks like your filly is in the right place. Everything will be fine, sugarcube, you’ll see.”

“Thanks AJ, I’m glad you’re here with me.”

“Ah wouldn’t miss seein’ my first niece for the world. Ah helped plenty of animals give birth on the farm. No ponies, but Granny Smith told me everything Ah needed to know.”

Applebloom galloped into the barn. “Sugar Belle! Pip told me ya were foalin’. I came as fast as Ah could!”

“Hey Applebloom,” the unicorn said, “yeah, it won’t be long now. Just a few minutes and you’ll be an aunt.”

“Are ya alright? Does it hurt?”

“I’m fine, don’t worry… ow… it’s just a lot of work. I just hope Mac gets here soon. I want him to see me foal. Ah…” Sugar Belle felt a stronger contraction and instinctively pushed down.

“He’ll be here, sugarcube, don’t you fret,” Applejack assured. “Now, just keep pushin’. That’s it… that’s it. You’re doin’ great.”

Sugar Belle felt the heavy mass in her womb descend lower in her abdomen as it engaged inside her stretched vagina. She kept pushing hard with each contraction. After a few extra pushes, the unicorn vulva opened around a white bag filled with liquid.

“Sis, what is that?” Applebloom asked wide eyed.

“That’s the aminio- minio-, uh, ‘something’ sac,” Applejack answered, stumbling on the word. “The foal is in there.”

Sugar Belle felt her world brighten as she heard the sound of heavy hooves galloping toward her. “Sugar Belle!” her husband called.

“Mac! You’re here!”

The Big Macintosh crouched near her head so he could support her as they had rehearsed in prenatal classes. He gave her a loving kiss on the lips. “How are ya feelin’?”

“I’m fine… M-Mac, we’re gonna be parents.” Sugar Belle could feel tears of joy in her eyes.

“You’re here just time,” Applejack commented. “Foal’s coming.”

Pip, Fluttershy and Cheerilee entered the barn and took places around the foaling unicorn.

“I sent Mr Featherdust with a note to Nurse Redheart as soon as we heard,” Fluttershy informed them. “I’m sure she’ll be here soon.”

“Thanks, Fluttershy,” Applejack replied. “Now please, everypony relax and settle down. Let Sugar Belle foal in peace.”

So, Sugar Belle went back to work, pushing harder now that her herd was there with her. Her birthing canal swelled around her foal as the filly exited her uterus. Two tiny red hooves emerged out of her vulva. A few more pushes and a little red face with an unicorn’s horn appeared between Sugar Belle’s folds.

“Sweetie… I can see your foal,” Cheerilee whispered, clearly a little overwhelmed. “Keep going, she’s so beautiful… a wonderful new filly for us to love.”

Sugar Belle felt incredible pleasure despite the soreness. She was giving life to Big Mac’s foal, the living, breathing proof of their love. The filly’s body was stimulating all the sensitive nerves in her vagina, almost bringing the mother to orgasm as she foaled. With an incredible sense of relief, Sugar Belle felt her filly’s rump and hindlegs drop out of her pussy and onto the plush blanket with a loud splash.

Sugar Belle was utterly spent. She lay panting as her vulva closed and the last few drops of liquid dripped down her entrance, everypony around her waiting quietly. Big Mac embraced her in a warm hug.

A soft whimper stirred powerful instincts within Sugar Belle. The new mother turned to see her foal for the first time. It was a red unicorn filly with a smooth pink mane, still soaked and half inside the ripped amniotic sac. An intense, almost burning, love flooded every nerves and veins in her body as she took in the sight of her newborn foal. Her heart swelled with the desire to protect and nurse this wonderful little creature.

She helped her foal get out of the white membrane and proceeded to lick her soft fur clean of the birthing fluid. Sugar Belle levitated the discarded sac and dropped it in a nearby bucket they had prepared for this purpose.

The filly tried to stand on her fragile legs, but couldn’t quite get up. Sugar Belle knew that would take a while, so she simply lay down and relaxed next to her foal. She turned toward the ponies watching.

“M-Mac, Cheerilee, Fluttershy,” she started, her voices wavering with emotion, “there she is, our little filly. Our daughter.”

Big Mac sobbed quietly, happy tears flowing down his face.

“She’s so… wonderful,” Fluttershy whispered.

“You’ve made such a beautiful filly, Belle,” Cheerilee added. “I can’t wait to foal her sister.”

Pip looked a bit overwhelmed. “Yeah, I’m so happy for you all.”

“Aww, she’s so precious,” Applebloom commented. “Congratulations, big brother, Ah’m so proud of ya.”

“Ah’ve never felt so happy in mah whole life,” Big Mac said as he dried the last of his tears.

The newborn filly eventually started to take careful, shaky steps as she took the sights of the world around her through big, bright, turquoise eyes. Sugar Belle stood up and offered herself to the foal. She felt her daughter nuzzle and lick the belly that had given her life. Instinct pushed the foal toward her mother’s teats.

Deep contentment filled Sugar Belle as her filly began to suckle at her teat. Her rich, creamy mare milk flowed from her udder into the foal’s mouth, then down into her little stomach. The unicorn simply stood there, looking between her legs as she nursed her daughter.

The unicorn filly, her belly pleasantly full with her mother’s milk after her first feeding, settled down on the ground and fell into a contented slumber. Sugar Belle cleaned the filly and wrapped her in a blanket.

A discrete knock on the door announced the presence of Nurse Redheart. “Hello everypony! I got your message, Fluttershy, and I came as fast as I could. I’d like to check on the mother and the foal, so I can make sure they are both healthy.”

The nurse approached Sugar Belle. “How was the foaling? Are you feeling any pain?”

Sugar Belle shook her head. “No, everything went fine. I’m just sore. My waters broke, I went into labor, and I gave birth to my daughter as expected.”

“Did you nurse her?”

“Yeah, it went well too.”

“Have you delivered the placenta yet?”

“Not yet, but I get the feeling it’s coming very soon.” Sugar Belle could feel new contractions in her uterus.

“That’s alright. Let’s just take your and your foal’s vitals,” Nurse Redheart said, pulling out a few instruments from her saddlebags.

After a few minutes of medical prodding and fiddling, the nurse announced both the mother and the foal were perfectly healthy.

“That’s great, but, urg…” Sugar Belle started, “I’m going to deliver the discharge right now.”

Everypony stood clear, giving her some space. Sugar Belle spread her hindlegs and felt her vulva open once more. With a series of uterine contractions, she expelled the fleshy mass of her placenta on the floor. She sighed in relief, sensing her uterus and canal finally settling back into their normal, non-pregnant state. Cheerilee wiped the alpha mare’s sex and rump while Fluttershy and Nurse Redheart examined the placenta for abnormalities. Eventually, the barn was cleaned and the nurse assured the parents everything was okay.

The last thing to do before bringing the filly home was to fill out her birth certificate. Nurse Redheart took a photo of the foal and noted her info on the card. She addressed the parents, “okay, all is set. I just need your new filly’s name and I’ll bring the certificate to town hall.”

Sugar Belle exchanged a glance and a nod with her husband, then looked at the sleeping foal.

“Her name is Harvest Blossom.”

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Nearly a week later, Fluttershy gave birth to a yellow earth pony colt with a purple mane and deep pink eyes. They named him Orchard Breeze.

Cheerilee foaled a couple of days later, during a storm in the middle of the night. The purple earth pony filly was named Rain Hearth.