Fate's Hand

Cadance lies in bed after taking a bath, when she feels her husband snuggle up against her. As a scowl crosses her face at his touch, she scoots away from him and looks over her shoulder saying, "Not tonight, Shining. I have a fever and I'm not feeling good."

Concerned, Shining Armor raises his eyebrow and asks, "Is there anything I can do to make you feel better honey?"

She lays her head back down and rolls her eyes answering, "Yeah, you can try not to get too close to me. I don't want you to get sick, the Crystal Empire will need you to take my place if I become too sick to lead it."

He then smiles and then nods saying, "Alright my darling, just let me know whenever you need me to help you out. Goodnight Cady."

Cadance closes her eyes and says, "I will," adding a little bit of disdain saying, "Shiny."

Panoptos lies within the horseman's mind when a thought crosses his mind, causing him to grin with delight as his plan becomes more intricate. He then uses his connection to speak very lightly to the horseman saying, 'Oh horseman, I have just had an excellent idea.'

(Death) Seven rolls over on the extremely comfortable bed and groans grumpily, saying, "What do you want now, pestulant shadow. Can't you just let me slumber and tell me in the morning?"

The watcher taps his fingertips against each other and says, 'I could, but then I might forget what it was I came up with...'

He sighs and then uses the link to speak, saying, 'Fine then, out with it then.'

Panoptos giggles in his annoying, high pitched tone saying, 'Surely you remember the makers, don't you?'

(Death) Seven breathes deeply and releases an aggravated huff answering, 'I do, what of it?'

The watcher keeps smiling and steeples his fingers conspiratorially, saying, 'Well, I was considering having you go pay them a visit and inquire about their abilities to discover if they can craft special seals.'

Now curious, he then asks, 'Seals...you mean like the seven seals on Earth? Why?'

Panoptos nods and says, 'Yes...the very same. I have made additions to our long game, and need to get six seals crafted. Once finished, they will be broken by certain acts committed by the ponies. When the final seal is broken...you can use the seal to summon your three siblings to bring doom to the whole planet. With the exception of the spirit of course.'

(Death) Seven sighs once more and says, 'I will see to it in the morning, now let me sleep you miserable pissant!'

He then grins and says, 'Very good, horseman, very good. I hope you sleep like the dead.'

The horseman rolls his eyes and says, 'I could only hope to be so lucky with a watcher like you.'

The next day, outside the Crystal Empire

(Death) Seven flies up into the air in his pony form, intending to keep a low profile and maintain his secret identity when he releases an irritated sigh towards Panoptos saying through the link, 'I have told you already why I won't use my other form to leave the planet, I must keep anypony not under a contract from finding out who I really am. So until we are in the clear, I will be in this form.'

A couple hours later, the horseman floats outside the planet's atmosphere holding a breathe. Using that breathe to say, "Alteya" He feels the change wash over his body as it returns to his regular form then summons his horse Despair. He looks at his steed and says, "Ready to race across the stars, old friend?"

Despair paws at the empty air and nickers eagerly, looking forward to some good exercise.

Hours later, in the Forge Lands

Alya is helping her brother around the forge when she hears distant thunder, causing her to stop what she's doing to wander to the edge of the structure. Raising a hand to her forehead, she looks up into the sky to see the clouds grow dark. Moments later, she sees a black, shadowy trail shoot out from the bottom of the clouds and race towards the ground. As she watches the shadow turn into a two legged being that calls forth a horse, she gasps and says, "Maker's beard, a horseman appears!"

Death races towards Tri Stone, already feeling a few eyes on him when he spots the distant maker Alya watching him. When he arrives, he leaps from his steed's back and dismisses him. Landing back on the ground easily, he says nothing as he walks up towards the female maker watching him intently.

The female maker places one hand on her hip and watches the horseman stop in front of her, saying, "Grim tidings to ya, Death. Have you come to claim our souls?"

The horseman chuckles and shakes his head saying, "Not at all, I am here for a different reason entirely. Tell me, do you know how to forge seals?"

Alya cocks her head curiously and says, "Nay, I do not. My brother Valus, however, does. They are not to be created lightly, what do you need with them?"

Death looks at her and says, "It is a safeguard I am putting into place to guard a planet from corruption."

She narrows her eyes at him and crosses her arms in front of her chest saying, "Tell the truth Death, you cannot lie to me, I can smell it."

He lets out an annoyed huff and then says, "Fine, bring your head closer so that none can hear it."

Alya's curiosity gets the better of her as she hesitantly gets down on one knee and then leans forward saying, "Alright, what is going on, horseman?"

Death gets close to her ear and then softly says, "I intend to destroy the Charred Council and have my siblings take their place to maintain the balance. In order to make that happen, I will need a little extra help. There is a young world that has eluded their notice, and I am working with another who also despises being under their control. Due to the others' scheming, corruption has been brought to it. So I will be needing a few seals that will allow my siblings and I to come purify it, and I will make it so that the world starts over again in order to gain their assistance. Will you assist us by making these seals?"

Startled by hearing the wild plan, she gasps and abruptly stands up before backing away saying, "Maker's above! You intend to..." then takes a moment to think it over saying, "You must be touched in the head for thinking of such things!"

Valus sets his hammer down after hearing every word and says in a low voice, "How many?"

Alya spins around with wide eyes, gazing upon her brother in complete and utter shock saying, "Y-You spoke! You never say a word!"

Surprised as well, the horseman raises an eyebrow and asks Panoptos, 'How many seals need to be made?'

Panoptos thinks it over for a moment before saying through the link, 'We will be needing six of them.'

Death then answers, "Six seals need to be made."

She looks at her brother and frowns asking, "You can't seriously consider assisting him with this endeavor!?"

The maker looks at his sister and grumbles saying, "We're makers, we assist the balance. They're weakening, and we owe Death for saving our realm." adding a tone of finality, saying, "WE HELP." then turns to the horseman and says, "Muria's assistance will be needed, bring her here."

With a nod of his head, he says, "If I must..."

Muria walks up the steps towards Valus, then heads inside saying, "There is no need to summon me, I am already here to assist."

The horseman spins around and says, "That was quick, how did you know to come here?"

The old seer smiles mysteriously and says, "My powers work in mysterious ways that you would not understand, let us begin forging them."

Muria turns to the horseman, saying, "These seals have power within them, but their purpose must be assigned by another with great power. Use them wisely and handle them with great care."

Death waits for the seals to be finished and nods to her saying, "I will, thank you, old one."

As Valus finishes the last seal, he sets it on a tray and carries it over towards the horseman. He watches the old seer pick up the seals and carefully offers them to Death, offering him a grunt and a half-hearted wave as he returns to his forge.

The horseman places them in his storage carefully, then makes his way back down the stairs to make his way back to Equus. After transforming into his reaper form, he takes off into the sky to continue his task. However, once Death leaves the atmosphere, he finds himself in front of the Charred Council.

First looks at the horseman before them and bellows, "YOU DARE TO BETRAY US BY CREATING SEALS, I'LL REDUCE YOU TO ASH!!"

Third grumbles and says, "SILENCE FIRST! Let us hear what the situation is on the planet before making any rash decisions."

Second then looks at the horseman and says, "Explain the situation on the planet, horseman."

Death kneels before them, silently seething at being enslaved to them and says, "I have been wandering the planet and have searched for signs of corruption, and have found it to be present there. I was acting in your best interests in creating the seals. If the planet falls to corruption, it might cause the Charred Council to appear weak to others."

First then huffs and says, "You tell us nothing but lies, let us destroy the planet and be done with it!"

Second then considers it and says, "No, the horseman is telling the truth. We should hear him out."

Third then says, "Very well, continue on horseman."

The horseman takes a moment, then continues saying, "I was creating the seals as a precautionary measure to warn the Charred Council and my siblings of the developing situation. When a seal is broken, it will help us track the corruptions presence and allow me to fight it secretly. Would you allow me to continue with my plan?"

Second then says, "Panoptos, come out and tell us. Does the horseman speak the truth?"

Panoptos emerges from Death's shadow and then bows before the Council and says, "He does indeed, masters. The corruption on the planet is proving to be challenging to root out, so using the seals would be beneficial in successfully rooting it out. If by chance the corruption takes too great a hold and the seals are broken, you would still win because the four will be summoned to work together to annihilate it and purify the planet of its influence. Yes, the inhabitants will die...but we can speak to the guardian of the Well of Souls and have them send the souls back to the same planet after being cleansed so it can begin anew. That, in turn, will leave the planet grateful for your efforts...either way...you gain power."

The council members talk amongst themselves for a few moments before First focuses on Death, saying, "Very well, continue with your plan. Remember that we have our eyes on you, horseman..."

Once Death takes his leave of the council, he races through the emptiness of space and says through the link, 'Was it necessary to tell them that much of the plan?'

The watcher scoffs and answers, 'Do you want to remain in their servitude forever?'

He then grumbles as he hears the watcher say through the link, 'I thought so...now don't complain and get back to Equus already so we can meet up with the spirit.'

After racing through the empty expanse between planets, Death finally enters the outer atmosphere and dismisses Despair before switching to his Reaper form to go closer to the surface. Noticing it is just past sundown in Equestria, Death doesn't worry about others spotting him in the sky.

As Death falls, he gets closer toward the surface with each passing second. Once almost a couple of minutes have gone bye, he mutters, "Alteya." and feels his body's form change, reflexively taking a deep breath of air as he then uses his wings to bring him closer towards the surface.

Finally reaching the ground outside of the Crystal Empire, he then calls out quietly, "Spirit of the planet, we need to talk."

Equis hears him call to her and uses a little of her power to speak to his mind, saying, 'Yes horseman, what do you need to talk about?'

(Death) Seven feels her power and then says, 'There is something that I wish to speak with you about, without that annoying Discord finding out. Is there some place we can talk without him intruding?'

She thinks for a moment before answering, 'There is. You know where the Tree of Harmony is that you visited with Twilight Sparkle and her friends?'

The horseman thinks for a second before saying, 'I do, what of it?'

Equis then says, 'Make your way there tomorrow so you are well rested, then I will guide you toward my private dimension once you arrive.'

(Death) Seven grumbles and then starts heading back toward the Crystal Empire to get some sleep saying, 'So be it, spirit.'

An hour later, in the Crystal Empire

Cadance lies awake in bed, unable to sleep due to the discomfort she is suffering by laying next to her husband. Her husband's tossing and turning isn't making it any easier, letting out an aggravated huff, she tosses the covers off of her and gets out of bed to head for the door.

Shining Armor wakes with a start as he then notices his wife is gone and looks around for where she went, spotting her by the door a few seconds later and asks worriedly, "What's wrong honey, are you having a hard time sleeping again?"

She sighs and turns around to look at him, putting on a small, fake smile saying, "I am dear, I am just too hot due to this fever. I'm gonna go find a colder room, perhaps when I feel better, I can make it up to you by doing something special I know you like." while fighting the urge to throw up from looking at her husband.

He smiles back at her, happy about hearing that and says, "I am sorry that you still aren't feeling any better dear, I hope that you get over it soon. I love you Cady, goodnight." then blows her a kiss.

Cadance gives him a fake smile back with a kiss, forcing herself to say, "I love you too, Shiny, goodnight." before turning back to the door and opening it, then closes it behind her as she leaves the room. When she is a little distance from the door, she lets out an audible sigh, softly saying, "Ugh, I can't believe I caught him outside Flurry's bathroom again. If I had to deal with that traitor's lovey dovey attitude another moment, I might have considered pushing him out of bed. If I find that bastard perving on our daughter one more time, I will drag him out by the ear with my teeth and sleep somewhere else!"

As she searches for a new place to sleep, she passes by the room where Seven slept a couple days ago. Wondering where he has been yesterday, she knocks and then opens the door with her magic to peek inside. Seeing the bed empty, she takes a breathe and lets out a disappointed sigh. She is about to pull her head out of the room when she catches a whiff of a fading, stale, earthy scent in the room. Curious at where the strangely hypnotic scent is coming from, she uses her nose to follow it into the room and closes the door behind her. Following the scent around the room, it leads her to the bed. Finding out the source of the scent, she buries her nose into the sheets and takes a deep whiff of Seven's scent. A smile crosses her face as she throws the covers back and crawls into the empty bed, deciding to sleep here for the night due to finding the scent comforting to her.

A couple of hours later, (Death) Seven enters the castle after being questioned by the guards briefly, letting out a tired sigh and looking forward to getting some rest. Making his way to his room, he smells a tart, citrus scent coming from inside. Preparing himself for an attack, he quietly opens the door to peek inside when he spots someone sleeping in his bed.

Curious, Panoptos slips out of Death's body and investigates the room saying through the link, 'Awe, how precious...the love princess is missing you. The room is clear, come in already and keep her company.'

The horseman enters the room and narrows his glowing orangish-red eyes at the watcher, responding through the link, 'You expect me to sleep next to the princess of love and coddle her? I would rather sleep on a pile of corpses...'

The watcher giggles softly in his high-pitched tone and rubs his hands together saying through the link, 'Unfortunately, there are no piles of corpses around here. So you are just going to have to suck it up, because this will help our plan progress even further.'

(Death) Seven grumbles at the watcher, saying nothing while he makes his way towards the bed and softly closing the door behind him, using the link to say, 'Make yourself useful and go play some more in the Shadow Realm.'

Panoptos softly chuckles again, floating backwards towards the window saying, 'Very well, horseman, but it is called the Dream Realm.'

The horseman huffs in annoyance at the watcher as he slips out through the window, making his way to the other side of the bed to get behind Cadance and climbs up onto the mattress. Moving the covers back with the nose of his mask, he lays down with his belly towards the princesses back and pulls them back over him.

Sensing a chill and a weight behind her, she subconsciously scoots towards it for comfort. Cadance wakes from her sound sleep when she feels someone behind her, cuddling with her. Thinking it is her husband, she scoots away and turns her head while bending her neck around to glare at him. She is shocked to see that it is not her husband cuddling with her, but Seven, and a smile slowly crosses her face when she takes a whiff of his scent that comforts her. She then moves her head towards his, saying, "Welcome back, I missed you yesterday. Did you find what you were looking for?"

(Death) Seven opens his eyes, knowing that she is moving in for a kiss, saying, "Unfortunately, no. I did find something else that I needed to acquire, however. Although there is one thing still missing..."

Cadance cocks her head curiously and asks, "And what might that be?"

The horseman uses a wing to lift his mask just over his mouth and closes the space between them saying, "This." and slips his tongue into her mouth to give her an intimate kiss.

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She melts into the kiss as a hunger awakens inside her, eliciting small moans of delight as she begins rubbing her back up against his belly. As she rubs against him, she feels something start to brush against her rear, causing her to get wet.

(Death) Seven feels himself emerge from his sheath and slide between her firm cheeks, then rub against her breasts as his member stiffens. He breaks the kiss to look her in the eyes and says, "If you want this, you have to take charge and slip it in yourself, princess."

Cadance's mind battles with her wounded heart and her lust, but is a losing battle as she bites her lower lip and slides her body further ahead. Feeling his stiff, thick member slide between her cheeks, she starts to slide back down. Her back goes rigid as every muscle in her body tenses when she feels him press against her ponut, stopping her in her place with eyes wide as saucers. She slides forward a little, using her magic to adjust his angle just a little, then continues sliding backward to feel his member start to push her entrance open.

With her choice made, the horseman pushes himself further into her while continuing their heated intimate kiss. Eventually meeting resistance, he drives himself onward in an attempt to get through the far barrier.

Her walls clench down on him in reflex at him reaching the entrance to her womb, thinking, 'My husband can't even reach that far! Oh I hope that this stallion can push past it and give me greater pleasure...'

(Death) slowly crawls on top of her body while she shifts onto her stomach, thrusting into her as hard as he can when he finally pushes past the barrier. The moment he penetrates her womb, her whole body convulses as her head and neck shoot upwards to rest against his neck while she gasps and stifles a scream, nearly sending him over the edge.

Cadance's wings shoot out as an intense orgasm wracks her body, fighting herself into keeping quiet. Managing to keep herself from screaming, she can't help but let out brief words, saying, "Ah...ah...ah..." Her body finally comes down from the orgasm, leaving her to collapse onto the bed with her wings lying spread out on the bed, mumbling, "Ah...mazing." while panting heavily. Noticing that she doesn't feel anything filling her womb, she struggles to lift her head to look back at her lover, whose member is still buried inside her to the base, and asks, "Aren't you going to finish inside me?"

The horseman smirks as he remembers how she reacted to his member touching her rear and then leans forward, rocking back and forth in short motions to keep himself hard and whispers into her ear, "If you cast a privacy shield around us, I will show you a new pleasure you have never known before." then gives her a brief kiss on the lips as an incentive.

Wanting to know a new pleasure, she smiles and nods, then puts up a privacy barrier around the two of them saying, "There you go, now what is this new pleasure you want to show me?"

He begins to slowly pull himself out of her saying, "You will find out very soon." and begins to kiss her deeply with his tongue.

Cadance feels him slowly pull out, not paying attention to his member once it leaves when she gets lost in the deep, hungry kiss. She suddenly feels him drive himself forward into her back door, making her break the kiss and curl her hooves screaming, "AHHH, HOLY BUCKING CELESTIA!!! THAT IS MY ASS YOU JUST DROVE INTO!"

(Death) Seven grins as he pushes halfway into her and stops, nuzzling his head against her neck saying, "Shhh...just relax and let yourself adjust for a bit, I promise you will enjoy this quite a bit."

She whimpers in pain and bites the pillow cases, tearing holes in them from the intense agony of having her asshole penetrated by his member. However, as minutes pass by, the pain begins to lessen and she starts to feel pleasure from it and says, "Huh, my worthless husband hadn't even attempted that before, so you are the first one to take my anal virginity."

The horseman looks into her eyes with a grin and drives all the way into her saying, "Then let's enjoy this experience to the fullest, shall we?"

Cadance nods and initiates a hungry kiss as she feels him start to pull out and thrust back in her with more strength, drawing moans from her as she begins to enjoy herself when she starts to climb towards another orgasm.

(Death) Seven eventually uses all of his strength to thrust into her, filling the barrier with the slapping of skin on skin as he begins to head for his peak, whispering into her ear, "Are you ready for the big finish?"

Her eyes roll back in her head as she nears the peak and moans out, half exclaiming, "Yess! Give it to me, fill me up!"

He bites down on her ear gently and pulls her head back as he buries himself in her to his balls, releasing his orgasm inside of her bowels.

Cadance flies over the peak as she feels him unleash his seed deep inside her, causing her to scream out in delight when her own orgasm crashes over her. A funny sensation crawls over her body as she starts to feel her belly swell up, a tingling sensation works its way up through her body as she starts to act like she is going to puke. Her throat opens up as her stomach muscles begin to contract, forcing the contents up through her esophagus and spewing out of her mouth.

(Death) Seven watches as her swollen stomach contracts, making his shadow shoot out of her mouth like a fountain and striking the wall. The shadow then floats down the wall and onto the bed, slowly drifting over it and falling off the sides.

She doesn't know how long she throws up as her eyes stay rolled back, keeping her from seeing the mess she is making all over the bed. When her stomach finally slows down its convulsions, her eyes return to normal and allow her to survey the mess. Only noticing that there is no mess, confusing her as she asks, "I-I don't understand, I know I threw up, but how come there is no mess on the wall or the bed?"

Not wanting her to know about becoming a shadow-cum fountain, he chuckles and nuzzles against her neck saying, "That explains the unusual contractions you were going through... Well, I was holding you by your ear, and saw that nothing actually came out of your mouth. I would guess that because I am so large and filled you with so much your stomach swelled up, it wanted to expel the contents but your body kept it inside." to distract her, he pulls her in for a kiss while shadow comes out with each exhale.

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Cadance feels her swollen stomach and grins, letting out a light chuckle after parting from the tender kiss and says, "I am glad there is no mess to clean up, as I'm too tired to even use my magic to clean it up." then dismisses the barrier around them and kisses him deeply one more time saying, "Please cuddle with me, my dear."

(Death) Seven smiles and nods at her saying, "Very well, sweet cheeks. I will return to tracking down my query tomorrow, if I can't find it by sunset, I will give it a break and come back a different day for it." He then rests on top of her and pulls both of them onto their left side while nuzzling into her neck.

She lays her head down with a smile on her face as exhaustion slowly begins to take her, snuggling up against him while his member is still inside her tight confines thinking, 'Oh I am going to sleep very well tonight.' saying, "Sweet dreams, Seven." and slowly closes her eyes, feeling a blissful sleep slide over her to guide her into the land of dreams.

The horseman feels one of her back legs slip between his and responds, "Goodnight to you, love princess." and lets himself slip into the land of dreams.

When Cadence wakes the next morning, she feels a sudden urge to race to the bathroom and throws the covers back. Practically jumping off the bed, she gallops to the open bathroom door and sticks her face over the toilet bowl with her eyes closed when her stomach begins to convulse. As she hears splashing in the water, her stomach continues to convulse and empty itself. Feeling her stomach start to return to normal, the convulsions stop as she hastily flushes the contents down to prevent making herself sick. She then turns around and parks her rear over the bowl after putting the seat down to relieve herself, hearing several small splashes as her bowel empties itself into the toilet. After flushing it down, she heads to the mirror to look at her appearance before she exits the room to see that she has really bad bedhead. Spending a few moments straightening her mane and tail, she notices her crown is missing and looks around for it. Walking back into the room, she sees it lying on the nightstand beside the bed when her wedding ring lying on the floor in the corner catches her eye. Ignoring her discarded ring, not really knowing how it wound up over there and not really caring, she heads towards her crown and puts it on first. Throwing a hateful look towards her wedding ring that reminds her of her disgusting husband, she groans in defeat at having to put on an act for the kingdom and her husband, then heads over to pick it up and puts it on. She then looks over at her sleeping lover, dissappointed at having to leave so soon, and makes her way to the bed. Leaning over the bed to give him a kiss goodbye, she says, "I hope you have a good day, sweetie. I look forward to doing this again someday..." After lifting his mask just enough to kiss his lips, she slips him a little tongue before lowering his mask and heads for the door.

(Death) Seven hears her walking away and opens his eyes with a burning hatred in them saying through the link, 'These lovey-dovey ponies and their affections are going to be the death of me...'

Panoptos giggles inside the horseman's mind and says, 'Don't be so dramatic, horseman. Just put up with it for a few more years. After that, you and your siblings will be called forth to kill them all...'

The horseman smiles behind his mask and says through the link, 'I look forward to that day...in fact, I might even sing or do a little dance when that opportunity finally arrives.'