Official Royal Fucktoy

Chapter 2: A Different Kind of Fun

Cadance let out a giggle as Shining swept her up in his hooves.

“Avast m’lady! How are you faring this fine evening?” Shining said with bravado, a goofy grin splashed across his face.

It was relatively late at night, by the time that Cadance was finished with her princess duties and Shining with his guard’s responsibilities, the sun had long since set. They were enclosed away in Cadance’s private chambers, and had taken the opportunity to unwind.

“I’m doing much better now that you’re here, my fair knight. To what do I owe the pleasure of your company?” Cadance responded with equal smarm, snuggling up to Shining as he held her.

“I thought that m’lady might enjoy some companionship. Everyone deserves a bit of fun, especially a mare as hardworking as yourself,” Shining said. He carried Cadance across the room and gently set her on the bed, before clambering up to join her. They nuzzled together, simply enjoying each other’s presence for a bit before Cadance broke the silence.

“I see Sir Knight. And I do believe I have a way that I might show you my gratitude for your presence. Only if you would be so inclined of course,” she teased, one hoof moving down Shining’s body suggestively.

“Why princess, I wouldn’t dream of doing anything else,” Shining agreed, capturing her lips in a kiss. Their hooves wrapped around each other and bodies intertwined in a sensual dance. Things were just heating up into the tongue kissing stage when they were interrupted by a knock on the door.

“Excuse me? Is Captain Shining Armor in here? I was told this is where I could find him,” a voice came from the other side.

Pulling away from each other, Shining and Cadance looked towards the disturbance with mild surprise. Sitting upright, Shining called back. “Yes, I’m here. Am I needed for something?”

“You have been summoned for O.R.F. duties,” the voice explained.

Shining’s face fell slightly at that revelation, and he turned to Cadance with an apologetic expression. “Sorry, we have to cut this short. I guess Celestia got horny again. Believe me, I’d stay here if I could.”

“I know. I may have a talk with my aunt at some point soon. If this arrangement is going to work, she’s going to have to find times that won’t keep interrupting us,” Cadance said, at least slightly assuaging Shining’s feelings of guilt.

“I’ll be back, I promise,” he said as he straightened his uniform and began to move towards the door.

“I may be asleep by the time you are,” Cadance lamented with a sigh. “Just make sure she doesn’t wear you out too much, okay?”

“I will, don’t worry,” Shining reassured her. He paused at the look of genuine concern on her face. “I’ll be fine. Just a quick visit, then right back to see you. Everypony wins.”

“Okay. If she insists,” Cadance sighed, leaning back and getting comfy on the sheets.

Shining opened the door and was surprised to be greeted by a bat pony guard rather than the standard royal guard who usually delivered Celestia’s summons.

“Oh. Did something happen to the usual guard?” Shining inquired.

“No. I am simply following the orders of Princess Luna, just as the other follows the orders of Princess Celestia,” the bat pony explained. “Please, follow me. I will show you to her chambers.” They set off down the hall, and Shining obediently followed along behind. As they trotted, Shining’s mind processed this new information.

“Huh, I’ve never been requested by Luna before. Hell, I’ve barely even seen her since she returned. This could get awkward.” Still, these doubts didn’t stop him from continuing on the projected course. Orders were orders, no matter who they came from. And the contract had mentioned that he would be available to all members of the royal family, Celestia had merely been the only one to use it so far.

Making their way through the castle, Shining saw that they were approaching the passage that led to Celestia’s chambers. However, while he made to turn that way, the guard instead made their way up a flight of stairs.

“Her Majesty’s quarters are at the top of the Lunar tower, not the Royal Wing,” they explained after realizing Shining’s confusion.

Nodding, he broke into a short trot to catch up, slowing down once he had fallen in behind the guard again. Going up and up the spiral staircase, Shining began to get a bit dizzy. He’d never been in this part of the castle, given that it had been blocked off to all but Celestia herself after Luna’s banishment. He supposed he should have figured that Luna’s residence would be in the tower of the same name. Though after his sessions with Celestia, he also knew of the sister’s more private history and had assumed that they shared a sleeping and living space.

After several minutes of silent stair climbing, the pair finally reached the top of the stairwell. There was a small landing before them, leading up to a magnificent door. It was done in much the same style as the one leading to Celestia’s chambers, but deliberately opposite. While Celestia’s was golden and white with sun motifs, this was constructed of dark blue stone inlaid with glistening silver that was shaped in the form of the moon.

“The princess is waiting for you inside. I shall come to collect you when she is finished,” the guard stated. Spreading the velvety membranes of their wings wide, they flew off down the stairwell, leaving Shining all alone on the landing.

Shrugging to himself, Shining went to reach for the knocker, inwardly amused at how similar the situation was to his first night with Celestia. Lifting the silver instrument, he brought it down on the door with a resounding crash. He repeated the process twice more before stepping back and waiting to see if the noise had been heard. Sure enough, it was mere moments before a voice could be heard from within.

“Come inside,” it instructed, though in a noticeably quieter and more reserved tone than that Celestia generally used. Much like Celestia had done, a magical glow appeared around the door frame and eased the entrance open. However, rather than being shrouded by shadows and hiding on her bed, Princess Luna was directly behind the door.

Upon seeing Shining Armor standing before her, the princess’s face broke into a shy smile.

“Ah! Captain! I’m glad that you agreed to join me tonight,” she said, reaching out to him with a hoof. Grasping around his shoulder, she began to pull him into the room. “Please, follow me.”

Shining did as instructed, the gentle but firm pressure of her hoof making it hard to refuse. As they made their way over the threshold, Shining took the opportunity to look around and observe the room.

It was not entirely unlike the rooms of Celestia or Cadance, still possessing a large bed, bookshelves, and desk. However, there were notable differences, one of the most obvious being the coloration. Like the door, the color scheme was centered around cool blues and blacks highlighted with silver. The ceiling was decorated with a map of the night sky, tiny glittering gems forming stars and constellations. A balcony could also be seen, hosting a large telescope. Finally, in a marked contrast to the grandeur of most of the architecture and furniture, there was a small TV set on the bed. Several boxy consoles, hoof-held controllers, and a variety of game boxes could also be seen. Judging by the numerous boxes and plastic bags littered around, they were still brand new.

It was towards this setup that Luna led Shining. Still a tad curious as to why he had been summoned by Luna so suddenly, he further noted that unlike when Celestia first contracted him, her attire was no different than what she usually wore.

“Up here,” Luna said, bouncing onto her bed and plopping down onto some pillows. She gazed at Shining with her wide, sparkly blue eyes, looking for all the world like an innocent little filly who wanted to be read a bedtime story.

Despite his lingering confusion, Shining dutifully climbed onto the bed as instructed. He took a position next to Luna, folding his legs underneath him and allowing himself to sink into the soft fabric.

“So, you may be wondering why I have summoned you here,” Luna said.

“It had crossed my mind,” Shining admitted with relative ease, even if he had his suspicions.

“Well, since my return, my sister has filled me in on some of the developments that occurred in my absence. She’s been helping me catch up on the political, technological, and other such changes, but has so far failed to touch much on the societal. My recent trip to Ponyville has highlighted just how out of date I am,” Luna explained, her slightly meek demeanor and body language continuing to make her seem smaller. She seemed to be doing her best to disappear into the bedsheets.

“I recalled Celestia’s update on the O.R.F., and pulled up your profile. With your various interests in ‘popular culture’, and duty to serve us however necessary, I thought you may be able to help me learn a bit more about what I’ve been missing.”

“Well, that’s not exactly what I’m used to doing in this job, but I can certainly do my best, princess,” Shining replied. He gave her a reassuring smile, though still felt slightly awkward within. “She doesn’t expect me to be able to tell her everything about pop culture, right?”

“Wonderful. I thought we might begin with these so-called ‘videogames’. I had them referred to me by one of the citizens of Ponyville,” Luna said, regarding the consoles and games before her with wonder. There was a whole mix of genres and series present, RPG, FPS, fighter, racing, RTS and more. It looked as though Luna had simply picked games at random from each section in the videogame store without knowing or caring which one she was best suited for.

“I am most curious about this one,” Luna said, pulling a case out of the pile. “A ‘role-playing game’, it says.”

Shining looked at the case she was holding up, and sure enough, it was an RPG. “Fantasyverse IV” or something like that. Rather than ponies, the cover was decorated with a depiction of bipedal, furless creatures with claw-like appendages rather than hooves.

“Yeah, I’ve played games like that before. The genre title is pretty self-explanatory. In the game world, you get to create almost every aspect of your character. You can choose abilities, appearances, who to befriend or fight, all sorts of stuff. A bit of wish-fulfillment, actually,” Shining said, feeling a tad bit silly at explaining something that seemed so obvious. He could feel his cheeks growing warm too.

Luna didn’t seem to mind, however, emerging from the bed a bit more and spreading her wings so that one of them fell over his back.

“That sounds quite interesting. Let us commence in our playing of the game then,” she said with a smile.

For his part, Shining was still a bit taken aback by Luna’s sudden contact. They barely knew each other, and she was already acting like they were friends. He reflected on the irony that he was less embarrassed having sex with Celestia than he was just sitting in bed playing games with Luna.

Before he could dwell on the awkwardness of the situation for too long however, Luna had already inserted the game disc into the console and booted it up. She retrieved a controller for herself, as well as offering up one to Shining. Having nothing else to really do, he accepted it.

The game booted up with a soft whirr as the disc began to spin, and soon the company logos were appearing on screen. Once they faded away, the title screen popped up. It displayed a city in the background, markedly different from Canterlot, and more similar to Manehattan or Las Pegasus. The tall, rectangular buildings were inhabited by the same curious creatures present on the game’s cover. The game’s title hovered over an instruction: “Press X to begin”. Luna did so on her controller, and the title morphed into a menu, still suspended over the city background.

New Game

Load Game

Settings

Credits

The selection was defaulted to “New Game”, and Luna clicked on the option right away. The menu faded out, replaced by a mostly blank screen, except for a spinning circle and some repetitive sound effects. The opening logos reappeared for a moment until they wound up at the character creator.

Shining made his character appear as much like him as he could; blue hair and eyes, with a pseudo-cutie mark symbol on the clothing. To his mild surprise, however, Luna made her character look nothing like herself. In fact, she seemed to deliberately make them as bland and unremarkable as possible. Mostly just default size, colors, and clothing.

Once their characters were ready, they pressed onwards. The screen darkened as the game transitioned to the next function. When there was an image returned to the screen, it was of a large, deserted train station. At least, that was what it seemed. Large stone platforms on either side of a pair of metal tracks, with various pedestrians of the game’s main species milling around. Not only were its inhabitants different, so too was the location a marked contrast to any train station in Equestria. Whereas many Equestria buildings were bright and colorful, these were mostly monochromatic, utilitarian, and run down from a lack of maintenance and care. Litter lay strewn in the gutters of every street and alleyway.

The virtual air was filled with the chattering buzz of a large crowd, every individual encompassed in their own conversation creating a cacophony in unison. However, one noise cut above the mishmash of voices, ringing, and rumbling. A horn blared off in the distance, and its signal caused many of the pedestrians to look up with anticipation at the tracks. A train could be seen off in the distance, growing larger and larger by the second. First a mere blur, then a more defined outline, and finally close enough to make out the individual passengers as it pulled into the station.

Before those waiting on the platform could board however, the passengers currently on the train had to disembark. As the doors slid open with a chime, a whole rush of bodies rushed out like a wave. Among the last to clear the crowd were none other than the player characters, hauling some luggage behind them as they stepped out onto the platform. The pair made their way through the crowd, and past the turnstiles that marked the entry to the greater station. They made their way through the station before finally climbing out of a stairwell into the city proper.

The pair took a moment to soak it all in, the massive buildings towering above them, the abundance of people surrounding them, stretching on in all directions. It was here that the control of the characters was finally handed back to Luna and Shining. Looking down on them from a third-pony point of view, they could finally move their characters around the world, interacting with it however they wished.

Their first task was to ‘check in’ at the apartment”. Opening up the minimap, they set the objective and plotted a course. With a marker not too far from their current position, they set off with their luggage. They occasionally stopped to observe some interesting feature of the game world, they mostly made good time to the building. Another short cutscene played, showing their characters checking in and dropping off their luggage. After that, it was free roam and they could finally start exploring the city for real.

Even though the adventure was virtual and happening on a screen, Luna seemed pleased when Shining glanced over at her.

“Where to first, Captain?” she asked with a smile.

And so most of the night passed with Shining and Luna trying out the various different games. They spent particularly long on the RPG, as the expansive world was surprisingly addictive to explore. The strange creatures that inhabited it also proved fairly interesting, and they made plenty of allies and friends along the way.

They didn’t spend all of their time on just one game however, making sure to mix it up. They played at least some in the shorter games as well, getting a few races in, a few brawls, even a few matches of an online shooter. Shining had been worried Luna would not take kindly to the other players’ trash talk, but she had a sharp tongue to deal back in kind.

After finishing up with the match they were in, Shining looked at the clock beside Luna’s table, and was shocked to see that it was well past midnight. While the night princess was easily capable of staying up the entire night, maybe even preferred to do so, he still needed to get some rest eventually. And of course, he’d have to apologize to Cadance for staying out this late. Even just realizing how far into the night it was made his eyelids suddenly feel more droopy, his mind more stretched, and he let out a large yawn.

Luna took notice of his behaviour, and decided to act.

“Perhaps we should be done for now,” she said in a caring voice, turning off the console and offering Shining a glass of water.

He gladly accepted, pouring the cool liquid down his parched throat. Draining the glass down to its last drop, he set it down on the bedside table.

By this point, Luna had finished turning off and putting away the various game equipment. Closing a cabinet door with the games stashed inside, she returned to the bed and the stallion sat upon it.

“I will not lie, I had perhaps been expecting to eventually request more intimate services from you. But I can see that I have already used up enough of your waking hours. Return to your princess, and rest,” she said, offering Shining a hoof down from the bed.

Slightly surprised at the treatment, Shining nonetheless accepted and lowered himself down.

“Before you leave however, I did have one question for you,” Luna mentioned as Shining drew level with her.

“What might that be, princess?” Shining asked, doing his best to remain alert.

“Did you enjoy yourself tonight?” she answered, her big blue eyes gazing at him in an almost pleading manner.

Taken aback by the unexpected question, Shining did not immediately have an answer prepared. “Uh, yeah I guess. It wasn’t necessarily what I originally had in mind, but it was fun,” he ultimately responded, trying to be as honest as possible.

“Splendid! Then I may yet be able to make some friends in this time period!” Luna said with a note of joy in her voice and clapped her hooves together.

“Yes, ma’am,” Shining said, assuming he was supposed to agree. He trotted over to the door to leave, but a thought nagged at his consciousness and caused him to turn around before he was fully out the door.

“Pardon if I’m overstepping princess, but I would like to point out that although I did enjoy our time tonight, it is generally best to form a friendship without having to order the other to spend time with you,” he said to Luna, who affixed him in her sight.

“A fact that does not escape me. I may be old and royal, but I am not a stranger to the concept of friendship. Tonight was merely a chance to experience the newer activities of friendship, not the relationship itself,” she countered in a more stern voice.

Satisfied, Shining nodded and opened the door. He stopped as Luna’s voice called out one last time.

“And while I may have requested you here on official business, I do hope that you might be willing to return here of your own volition. I would certainly like to know you as more than just a subordinate to order around. Though that decision lies with you. Nonetheless, farewell for now Shining Armor.”