Serene

Part I : The Silver Shoals

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Friday, May 4th, Year 3 of Princess Twilight

Marble wiped her hooves and trotted inside, not bothering to knock on the door. “Luna! I’m here! I found everything we need!”

Luna peeked from the cottage’s kitchen, a smile lighting up her face. “Ah! Most wonderful!”

Raising her head, Marble briefly kissed Luna’s lips and gave her a quick hug. She dropped her saddlebags on the counter, and unpacked it.

The princess peered at the content. “Oh, you have even found the Seaquestria spices? This meal shall be most delightful!”

For the past few days, Marble and Luna had lived together like this. It felt like the most natural thing to do, enjoying their time with each other. Said time was quickly coming to an end, for Marble’s train departed from the Silver Shoals on the morrow.

They prepared a lavish meal for their last night together, with cooked greenery and fresh desserts. Eating with Luna had been an experience in and of itself for Marble; she wasn’t sure she could really go back to the bland cookery of the Pie’s rock farm anymore.

Later that evening, her stomach pleasantly full, Marble cuddled with Luna on the living room’s sofa, occasionally taking a sip of exquisite wine from her glass. “Hmmm… This is so nice. I… I don’t want to go. I want to stay with you, just like this.”

Luna tenderly nuzzled her mane. “I know… I know… But this shan’t mean we cannot see each other again.”

“Promise you’ll visit?”

“Soon.”

“Will you write to me?”

Luna giggled. “Of course. And… perhaps I shall even visit your dreams, if you’d like.”

Marble let out a relaxed, happy sigh. “Yes, I’d like that.”

Luna playfully nibbled her ear. “And, as you may know, this evening is still young,” she whispered.

A slow, knowing grin appeared on Marble’s lips. She could recognise an invitation for intimacy when she heard one. “Did you have something in mind?” Marble teased, sprawling on the plush sofa, and letting Luna peek at her vulva before covering it with her tail. The princess mounted her, rubbing their slender tummies together.

On her back, pinned underneath Luna, their faces within inches of each other, Marble shuddered in anticipation, her marehood growing wet without even being touched. Her sight was filled with Luna’s deep cyan gaze. Then their eyes closed, and their lips met. Their muzzles melded into the kiss, letting their tongues play. Marble pushed back into Luna’s mouth, licking her teeth and tasting her saliva. They parted briefly, to catch their breath, then dove back into another kiss.

Luna went down Marble’s body and rubbed her face all over her cute gray chest fluff, caressing her flanks with her hooves. She eventually dropped her chin between the earth pony’s forelegs, their eyes meeting at an odd angle, Marble having to raise her neck to look at the princess on top of her.

Luna planted a kiss on her partner’s chest. “I feel bad… I should not have waited so long to do this with you.”

“Wha —”

The princess went lower down her body, leaving a trail of little kisses all along her belly. She nibbled Marble’s flat teats, then kept going. With bated breath, the gray mare felt Luna move down her crotch.

“Aaah… aaah…” Marble panted. Luna’s lips planted a gentle, tender kiss on her vulva. “Ooh… L-Luna…”

The alicorn’s tongue parted Marble’s slit, softly lapping her aroused sex. The younger mare stifled her little panting gasps with her hooves. She lost herself in pleasure. Having Luna like this, between her legs, kissing her most private place, doing this to her, it was so… intimate.

And then, Marble felt Luna’s supple tongue slip into her vagina. She moaned, loudly, a throaty purr her hooves couldn’t muffle. She shuddered, squirmed, heaved in delight, her head spinning as another pony penetrated her marehood for the first time in her life. The soft caress of Luna’s tongue went deep in her canal, her vaginal muscles clenching around their first guest. Luna stroked in and out of Marble’s twitching, winking sex.

With a delicate kiss on Marble’s flushed labia, Luna pulled back slightly, letting the gray mare relax a little. Then, she went lower. With a gasp, Marble felt the princess’ lips on her tailhole.

“L-Luna? That… that’s…” Marble squirmed, but Luna held her hindlegs firmly in place.

The alicorn parted Marble’s tight pucker, the young mare’s face turning scarlet as she felt that wonderful tongue slip into her rectum. She had never expected to feel pleasure like this, never expected anypony to want to do something of the sort to her. Luna lapped inside her ass without a shred of reluctance.

Luna pulled out, planting a loving kiss on Marble’s anus, giving her a coy smile before gently wrapping her lips around her engorged clit. Marble gasped, shuddering as Luna suckled her sensitive nub, electric pleasure spreading deep in her vagina and womb.

Mouth open, panting, Marble watched Luna tenderly pleasure her, her mind spinning in overwhelming arousal. The princess pulled a little harder, and suddenly she couldn’t hold back anymore.

Marble let out a quiet whimper, arcing her spines, and dousing Luna’s face with her yellowish emission. The alicorn lips stayed firmly on her clit, her tongue giving little licks on that winking button, keeping Marble on an intense plateau of delirious orgasms. Her vagina clenched hard around nothing, shocks running through her entire body.

Exhausted, overwhelmed, Marble pushed Luna’s head away, clenching her hindlegs and protecting her overstimulated sex with her tail. All her muscles gave out, her head falling down limply against the hoofrest. She saw stars, her mind blank in her afterglow.

Marble barely noticed Luna lifting her from the couch with her magic. The princess brought the dazed mare to the bedroom, carefully depositing her on the bed. She felt Luna’s hug, the warmth of her embrace, and instinctively wrapped her hooves around her neck.

As she regained some of her faculties, Marble realised she wanted more. Putting her hoof between her legs, she touched her slit. She winced: her marehood was so sensitive she couldn’t bear to touch it.

Luna masturbated next to her, radiant in her pleasure. Putting her will into it, Marble rose to her hooves, mounting her partner and gently batting her hoof away.

“I… Luna… I wanna do you…” Marble murmured, looking into her eyes.

Luna smiled, nodding. Taking a cue from her previous experience on the receiving end, Marble made her way down the alicorn’s slender body, planting a series of tiny kisses in her soft coat. The younger mare nibbled her teats. The little nubs were more developed than her own; had the princess given birth before? Marble had never heard anything about that. Deciding Luna’s pleasure was a more pressing concern, Marble moved down further, until she came face to face with the dark blue bulge of the alicorn’s pussy.

Marble had seen Luna’s vulva plenty of times by then, but never from so close. Taking a deep breath, she smelled the powerful aroma of arousal coming from the winking sex. She observed the prim, teardrop-shaped labia, the delicate pink color of the inner flesh, even the cute butthole underneath. Marble parted the soft lips with her hoof, revealing the entrance of Luna’s vagina.

A gentle hoof pressed behind her head, Luna carefully guiding her forward. Taking the hint, Marble closed her eyes and kissed her princess’ vulva. She ran her tongue, slowly, between the plush labia, starting near Luna’s tailhole and going up, tasting the alicorn’s tangy marehood. She felt a gap — the vagina — then a smaller hole — the urethra — and finally the nub of her clit. Luna caressed her mane, encouraging her young partner.

Marble went to work, licking, suckling Luna’s most private parts. She dipped her tongue deep into the other mare’s vagina. Marble lost herself in the task, enjoying Luna’s gasps and twitches as she pleasured her. The princess guided her with her hoof, nudging up or down as required.

She soon focused exclusively on Luna’s swollen clit, the princess reacting by pressing harder behind her head. Marble was tiring out, her tongue going numb from the effort; there was no way, however, that Marble would stop there, with Luna so close to orgasm. She suckled hard the exposed nub, almost biting it.

Luna howled her pleasure, unleashing a powerful “AH! YES! Aaaaah! YES! YES-YES-YES! Oooh…”

Something warm and wet squirted from her vulva, dousing Marble in smelly liquid. Perplexed, the younger mare pulled back from Luna’s marehood, leaving the alicorn to her afterglow. Marble wiped her face and examined the fluid coating her hoof: urine. Luna had peed on her. Strangely, it didn’t bother Marble; it was a little messy, sure, but not overly gross. She gracefully leapt off the bed and made her way to the bathroom to clean up a bit.

Before returning, Marble prepared two cups of tea, using the calming lavender-blend Luna loved so much. She placed the fragrant cups and some cookies on a silver platter, and brought it to the bedroom.

She found Luna still on the bed, waiting for her, her cheeks rosy with an embarrassed blush. Marble deposited her platter on the nightstand.

“Ahem… erm… thank you, Marble dear. And… um… I apologise about earlier. For, uh… you know… on you.”

Marble giggled, settling down next to the princess. “It’s alright. I already cleaned up. Besides, it was worth it to thank you for… when you licked me before.” She took a sip of warm tea.

Luna, looking more at ease, levitated her own cup. “I am glad. Pleasuring you is wonderful, too.”

For all the delights it reminded Marble of, it also brought forward some unpleasant thoughts. “You… you have done it before.” It wasn’t a question.

Lune sighed. “Yes, I have.”

“R-Recently?”

“I… I have had lovers before… but no, not recently.”

Lovers…

Marble deposited her teacup and snuggled close. “Luna… I want to know… I…What am I to you?”

“M-Marble?”

“Do you think… think of me like a lover, too? Or… is this… is this just fling to you… It’s… so wonderful, to be with you but, I… I… I don’t… I don’t want to feel… used…” Tears glistened in Marble’s eyes.

Luna’s magic went out, snuffed like a flame. Her empty teacup bounced on the bed and shattered on the floor. She grasped Marble, wrapping her in a crushing hug. “Marble… I… I do not know what our future holds, but… no, no, never. I would never just… I wish to be with you, Marble. I… I would love to call you my lover, if you desire so in return.”

A hopeful, happy smile broke through Marble’s tears. “You… Luna, you r-really mean it? I never thought I’d feel like this for another mare, but you’re beautiful, and kind, and… oh…”

Both mares held each other tightly, not wanting to let go. Of course, they did eventually parted. They shared a little giggle, relieving some of the tension. Marble wiped her eyes. “Sorry, for being sappy like this. It’s just…”

“It is alright. I understand. I, too, would not want to be left alone after knowing the touch of somepony.” Luna lifted the remnants of her broken cup and placed them on the platter. “I have lived a long time, and I have shared some of it with other ponies that were dear to me. I mated with them, even sometimes I…” She trailed off.

“I noticed your teats, earlier. You’ve foaled before, haven't you?”

Luna nodded, a bittersweet look in her eyes. “Yes, I have been a mother before. My foals… none of them were alicorns. I saw them grow old, and… well… It was a long time ago.”

Silence settled between them.

“Luna? I have another question… Why me?”

The princess fiddled with her hooves, looking down. “Most ponies… are difficult to be around. It is exhausting. But, with you… it is comfortable. I can be myself. I do not have to put on the mask of a princess. We are much the same.” A little smile appeared on her lips. “And… you are quite beautiful.”

Blushing, Marble buried her snout in Luna’s soft fur.

“Also…” Luna’s smile vanished, replaced by a blank stare. “I admire your strength…”

“Uh?”

“It’s… the way you speak about your sister.”

“You mean… Pinkie?” Marble tilted her head, trying to understand where Luna was going with this.

Luna looked away. “You speak of her with such love, respect. Marble… I, too, have a sister who outshines me, a sister who is loved by many. My parents, they died when I was just a filly. Celestia and I, we promised them we would rule Equestria for the benefit of our subjects. My sister, she kept that promise…”

Tears streamed from Luna’s eyes. “I… did not. I broke my vow… for petty, selfish reasons. I let my jealousy fester. Nightmare Moon, she was not me, but I let her happen. My bitterness invited this darkness inside me, and I suffered a thousand years for my failure.”

Luna cried in Marble’s hooves, the younger mare gently stroking her ethereal mane. “It… It… It was so awful. And I cannot help but think, ever since we have met, that if I would have had your strength, your love… I could have stood beside my sister for all this time, as I had vowed.” She fell silent.

Marble kissed the alicorn’s forehead, hugging her tightly. She let Luna cry, letting her purge herself of her grief. Eventually, she grew still and quiet; Luna had cried herself to sleep. Marble pulled the blanket over them and extinguished the lights. She fell asleep too, cuddling Luna.

Her lover.

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Saturday, May 5th, Year 3 of Princess Twilight

The Silver Shoals’ quaint little train station was crowded, as usual. Marble barely noticed, too busy chatting with Luna to be bothered by other ponies. She gave the princess a little bow, the corner of her mouth showing a slight smirk. Luna, amused, responded in kind.

They did not kiss, nor hug. Neither mare wanted to be bothered by paparazzis by showing their relation in public. Anyway, they had shared their kisses and hugs before leaving Luna’s cottage, as well as other, more exciting, and intimate, things.

Her saddlebags on her back, Marble climbed aboard the train that would take her back home. She saw Luna waving her hoof by the windows as the train departed, and she waved back.

Eventually, the station disappeared around the bend, and Marble was left by her lonesome again. Sitting comfortably in her seat, she thought of her time in the Silver Shoals. And of Luna, of course.

She let out a happy sight. Her vacation might have come to an end, but she had started something far more precious.