Fate's Hand

The horseman narrows his eyes and asks, 'There's something else...isn't there?'

The watcher mentally smiles at his intuition and says, 'There is, yes...I want you to be charming and mysterious towards her, then do whatever you must when the time is right, and have your way with her.'

(Death) Seven narrows his eyes further as he then shouts, 'Are you going to have me lay with every important pony on this planet?!'

Panoptos giggles in his annoying tone and says, 'Oh, of course not...Twilight and that mare will be dealt with by the human without realizing we're pulling the strings, though you will have a small part to play with Twilight if everything goes to plan.'

The horseman walks past the spinning crystal heart and makes his way towards the entrance into the castle saying, 'Good, because I do not want to catch something from these wretched ponies...'

Twilight and Cadance make their way back to the throne room as Cadance smiles and says, "I wish good luck in your pursuit, Twilight. I hope that someday, you might make your brother an uncle and me an aunt so we can spoil your foal rotten as we should."

The young princess blushes at hearing that and smiles saying, "Th-thank you Cadance, I really appreciate you offering us all a place to stay tonight. I will talk to Seven and Carl to ask what they think about staying here for a night before we go back."

Cadance smiles as they reach the throne room and says, "I am just doing what a good friend and sister-in-law should, though I do hope that they agree to stay the night here."

(Death) Seven enters the castle as he sees Twilight and Cadance stop talking and turn toward him and speaks first, "Well, for the moment my business is on hold as the beast I was chasing eluded me, might it be possible for us to get a room in the Empire tonight so I can resume my hunt tomorrow?"

The pink princess looks at Twilight momentarily and then turns back to Seven saying, "It is indeed possible, if Carl agrees, I can get you all rooms here in the castle."

A few minutes pass as the girls ask Seven various questions which he answers the best he can without telling them about his true identity when Carl and Flurry make their way into the throne room as well when Twilight smiles widely and says, "Welcome back you two, did you have fun catching up?"

Carl looks at her and nods his head as Flurry clings to his leg and thanks him for the pretty necklace he got her, rubbing her head gently and says, "We most certainly did, I even took her to get some crystal cakes as a treat."

Twilight looks at the necklace he got her and smiles at the silver heart necklace around her neck and shifts her gaze to Carl and asks, "Would you like to stay the night here, or do you need to get back?" while silently hoping that he agrees to stay the night.

The human thinks about it for a moment before answering, "I would enjoy the chance to stay in the Crystal Empire, it will give me the chance to spend more time with little Flur."

Cadance smiles and then says, "It is decided then. You all shall have rooms here in the castle, I hope that you don't have any problem sharing a room with Twilight, Carl."

Carl blushes and stammers a moment before clearing his voice saying, "Umm, no I have no problem with that, are there not enough rooms for us each to have one?"

She grins and lies saying, "Unfortunately, there aren't because we must keep a room available for any dignitaries that may show up unannounced."

He shrugs his shoulders and accepts it without another thought saying, "I can understand that, can you show us where we will be sleeping for the night?"

Cadance nods her head and heads towards a spiral staircase saying, "Please follow me then."

After being shown to his room, Death starts to go into his room when he hears Cadance say, "Excuse me, but can I talk to you for a bit?"

(Death) Seven nods his head and goes into his room saying, "What's on your mind, princess?"

She follows him in and closes the door behind her, then casts a privacy barrier saying, "I was hoping for a chance to get to know you better."

The horseman sits down on the bed as Panoptos departs to do his business and says, "What is it you wish to know?"

Cadance stands in front of him and looks at his eyes behind the mask and asks, "From what Twilight told me what she knows about you, I believe that you are a pony that has seen a lot in your life."

(Death) Seven chuckles and says, "I won't lie, I most certainly have, what is it you really want to know...love princess?"

She is taken aback by his remark about the meaning of her name and then lets out a breath saying, "What is it you want in life? I can tell with my abilities that your source of love is almost completely nonexistent, what happened to make you this way?"

He looks at her with a raised eyebrow and says, "Hmm...if I'm going to tell you anything, you need to make a formal promise to me and my book of secrets. Could you bring yourself to make such a decision?"

Cadance thinks it over for a moment as her desire to know more about him wins over and she nods her head saying, "I will make a formal promise. Where is your book at?"

(Death) Seven places his hoof on the charm hanging from his necklace and calls it forth, summoning it on the bed beside him saying, "It is right beside me, so place your hoof upon the book and formally swear that you will not tell a single soul what personal information I deign to part upon you."

She sighs at being asked to do such a thing like that and approaches the book, then places her hoof upon it and says, "Very well. I, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, swear upon my own life, to keep these secrets to myself and not share them with another living soul."

He watches as a wind kicks up around her and a green glow surrounds the book saying, "You have nothing to fear princess, for this is just the binding contract being formed. My book will notify me if you should ever break your promise, if you do...I will come and kill you along with whoever you told. If anyone asks you for any of the actual information about me, you are only allowed to say that you made a promise and cannot divulge anything."

Cadance watches as the book stops glowing and he returns it to his necklace saying, "Now that you are bound to take my secret to the grave, I shall answer your question. What I want in life is freedom for my remaining family and protect the delicate balance."

She then cocks her head and says, "Twilight was right, you do seem older and wiser than you appear. May I ask how old you really are?"

(Death) Seven smirks behind his mask and says, "I am old enough to be able to call both Celestia and Luna babies when compared to my own age. To answer your question, I am not quite sure. I stopped counting after 7 millennia, so I have no real clue as to how old I am now."

Cadance's eyes are wide at hearing that and blinks a few times before returning to normal and asking, "What can you tell me about your family?"

He thinks for a moment and then says, "Well one of my brothers is no doubt sleeping while my other brother and sister are off somewhere else taking care of a pet project of hers. We four are all that is left of the 6 billion others of our kind."

She sighs sadly at hearing that and says, "You must feel so lonely without anypony you love to keep you company, have you thought about finding a love interest and raising a family?"

(Death) Seven shakes his head and says, "Is that your way of offering yourself to me?"

Cadance blushes at his remark and backs away saying, "W-What?! N-No, I'm not offering myself to you. I was just showing consideration for how you might feel."

The horseman chuckles at her reaction and says, "I am only joking. I know you were, but no, I don't want to raise any more monsters than I have to put down."

She turns away with a slight blush on her cheeks and says, "Everyone should experience being a father, and you are no exception to that."

(Death) Seven looks at her from behind the mask and says, "There is no one that could ever understand and bear what I do, and there will never be. We four are fated to be alone for all eternity for what we did to our entire race, I myself am feared and hated for my actions.

Cadance sighs at realizing he won't let her help and says, "Very well then, I shall leave you be then." then gets up and makes her way to exit the room.

Remembering what Panoptos said, he looks her way and says, "Even though I am refusing your help, I do enjoy your company. Perhaps we can talk again tomorrow if I locate the beast I am looking for, would you like that?"

She turns around and nods quickly, hastily saying, "Yes!" and catches her excitement then calms herself down, clearing her throat saying, "Ahem, I apologize for my excitement. What I mean to say is that I would like that if our schedules allowed the chance for us to speak again." and then turns around, feeling like a young filly on a new, exciting adventure.

(Death) Seven watches her leave calmly, but hears a quiet prancing outside the door and shakes his head saying, "I will never cease to wonder why they feel and act the way they do. They live a life that passes by in the blink of an eye, yet treat it like it is an eternity...how annoying."

A few hours later, after sunset

Death is lying down on the soft bed when he hears Panoptos speak through the link, 'The time has come horseman, why don't you wander the halls and see where Cadance has gotten off to. She might find your company...desirable after she sees what I put into motion.'

The horseman looks at his watcher with disdain and uses the link to say, 'Ugh, what have you cooked up now Panoptos, a castle orgy?'

Panoptos huffs in disappointment and says through their link, 'Oh don't insult me, I would never do something so lame and tasteless. Whatever I do has to have some sort of an interesting twist to it.'

Death continues to gaze off into nothing as he raises his eyebrow towards the annoying watcher.

He senses the horseman's querying gaze and brushes it off saying, 'Don't give me that look, I won't let you spoil my fun. If you must know, you will just have to go out for a stroll and if you happen to bump into Cadance, be sure to offer to escort her saying, "It would be my honor to escort such a breathtakingly beautiful princess to her destination in this chilly crystal castle." Now get going horseman before you miss your golden opportunity.'

The horseman feels the watcher ignore him for the time being and sighs saying, "Well I guess I have no choice but to play along once again. I look forward to when we can get off this planet, its inhabitants annoy me greatly." then gets up out of bed and starts wandering the halls blindly.

Cadance is on her way to the royal bathing chamber when she spots a pair of glowing eyes behind a mask, realizing that it is Seven and smiles saying, "Oh Seven, it's you. I saw your eyes and recognized you because of the mask you never take off, what brings you to wander the castle in the late hours of the night?"

He then steps into the light of a dimly glowing cerulean lamp and smiles saying, "Well, I wanted to see more of this castle. To be perfectly clear, I would like to see more of the castle...with you."

Her heart skips a beat at being flirted with and smiles kindly at him and says, "It would be wise of you to remember that I am married and rule over a kingdom. It makes me happy that you wish to know me better, but I must be on my way now and hope that we get the chance to talk tomorrow."

(Death) Seven bows reverently to her and says, "May I have just one request granted by you?"

Cadance looks at him with a gentle smile and nods her head in agreement saying, "Very well, what might this request be?"

He looks up with determination and says, "If you would permit me, it would be my honor to escort such a breathtakingly beautiful princess as you to her destination in this chilly crystal castle."

Her heart flutters in her chest as her innermost fantasy's starting words are said, causing her to blush deeply as her inner filly dances for joy and takes over her body, saying, "Very well, I shall permit your request. I am on my way to the royal bathing chamber, shall we be on our way then?"

(Death) Seven smiles at her granting his request and begins following her down the hall saying, "Thank you so much for granting me this honor, Princess Cadance."

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Cadance feels so light at her fantasy finally unfolding and almost misses hearing a running shower coming from an open door down the hall. Making her way to the open door, she catches a glimpse of the room inside and notices that it is her daughter's room. She looks through the gap and sees her husband sitting in front of their daughter's bathroom with an oddly familiar smile on his face.

The horseman sees her looking at something and quietly whispers into her ear, "What is going on, what do you see?"

She watches her husband intently, wanting to remember where she saw that face before and quietly mutters, "Where have I seen that expression before?"

(Death) Seven walks up beside the princess of love and puts his head below hers, then looks into the room to see Shining Armor, Cadance's husband, staring with a lustful expression on his face. He pulls back from the slightly open door and places his mouth by her ear and whispers, "I see now, that is a face I have seen before, however, it is a face that no father should have when looking at his own daughter."

Cadance pulls away from the crack and looks at her escort asking just barely above a whisper, "You recognize that look? Please tell me, I must know what it is!"

The horseman looks into the room again as she also takes another look and whispers loud enough for her to hear, "That, is the face of one who is lusting after someone. This means that he is looking into her bathing room with indecent thoughts and desires, wanting to touch another in an intimate way as he touches you."

She gasps in surprise and hurt as it all makes sense, tears start to well up in her eyes at her husband's betrayal. She turns to run back to her room but is stopped by Seven who is holding her in place with his forelegs and looks up at him asking with a hurt tone, "What do you want?"

(Death) Seven watches as tears trickle down her cheeks and fall to the floor then says, "I see that you are in pain, but do you know what the best medicine for a wounded heart is?"

Cadance's voice hitches as she fights back crying and asks, "Wh-What would that be?"

The horseman lets go of her and looks towards the room, then back to her saying, "Getting revenge on him and keeping it a secret."

She considers it for a fraction of a second when her rational self takes command and straightens out her thinking, making her shake her head and whisper back, "No, that is wrong."

(Death) Seven then glances back into the room to see the husband start to play with himself and then looks back at Cadance saying, "That is very true, but tell me how you feel when you see what he is doing now."

Cadance looks back into the room and immediately wishes she hadn't as her heart is torn even more while her tears start running down her face in small rivers at seeing her husband masturbating to the sight of watching their daughter bathe herself. After watching him sit outside the door masturbating for a few moments, something inside her snaps as she looks at him with anger and then turns to face Seven and then says just above a whisper, "So, you said that secret revenge is the best medicine, right?"

The horseman smiles underneath his mask and simply nods in confirmation saying, "I did indeed."

She then breathes in deeply and lets it out slowly asking, "Where do we begin?"

(Death) Seven then smirks and says with a whisper as smooth as silk, "It all begins with a kiss..." and slowly lifts his hoof to underneath her chin and begins guiding her in for a kiss in front of the open door while her husband continues playing with himself.

Just before their lips touch, Cadance's rational mind manages to just barely wrest control back from her raging heart, helping her realize that this won't fix anything as she pulls her head back and away from Seven's lips and says, "We can't do this, it will destroy my family."

Panoptos chuckles through the link and says into Death's mind, 'Oh don't worry dearie, your family's already doomed. They just don't know it yet...' then pauses a moment and says, 'I figured she might be too strong to fall for that so soon, be sure to keep on trying to wear her down.'

The horseman pulls back and nods his head in understanding and says, "Very well then, be sure to let me know when you can't bear it anymore. I will drop whatever I am doing at the moment and come assist you. Shall we be on our way then, Princess Cadance?"

She turns away from the sight of her husband masturbating and continues towards the royal bathing chamber, walking down the dark hallway until she hears noises of intimacy coming from Carl's room further down the hall. Unable to resist, her curiosity gets the better of her and she walks right past the royal bathing chamber and stops by the cracked open door then tries to see inside, but can't see anything. Still able to hear the occupant passionately kissing another, she hears Twilight's voice come from inside saying, "I'm sorry my spell malfunctioned and brought you here. Although Princess Celestia and Princess Luna say it is hopeless, I will not stop looking for a way to return you from where you came. Thank you for agreeing to be my very first Special Somepony, I will do whatever I can to make this a memorable and special night for us both."

Carl's voice then filters through the crack as Twilight is cut off, making a brief, surprised 'ah' when he says, "Little bookworm, intimacy is one thing that takes very few if any words."

Twilight's voice is heard by Cadance as she giggles, saying, "You're right, my apologies."

(Death) Seven rolls his eyes at the lovey-dovey exchange as he hears the human say, "Bookworm...shut up and kiss me some more."

Cadance moves a little closer to the crack, hoping to catch a peek of what's happening inside when a gust of wind blows the door further open with a loud creak. Forced to jerk back from the door to keep from being hit by it, she prays that the pair inside didn't see her there.

Twilight groans and says, "Oh that stupid wind blew out the candle, let me relight it."

Carl grins and looks at Twilight, shaking his head saying, "Don't bother, we have another light source. The beautiful full moon provided by Princess Luna." he then notices the open door and says, "Seems like you forgot to close the door. Want me to go close it?"

She looks at the door and thinks for a moment before turning her head back to Carl and says, "Don't worry about it, there won't be anypony else awake in the castle at this time. Except for the guards, but they don't patrol this part of the-" but is cut off by her special somepony giving her a deep, passionate kiss.

Curiosity gets the best of Cadance as she slowly peeks around the corner to see the human on top of Twilight with her on her back, and her wings around Carl's broad back. Their faces are both angled as he slowly slides his naked hips forward and back, able to see how large he is when his tip reaches halfway up her barrel.

The human slides his member up and down the center of her lower body over her light purple nipples and pulls his head back asking, "Are you ready sweetie?"

Feeling a little nervous, she stammers out, "Y-Yes, but...will it hurt?"

Carl looks at her, cradling her head and neck with his right and left hands, nodding his head saying, "The first time always hurts and is always messy due to your virginity being taken, but I promise you that I will be slow and grant you time to adjust to it."

Twilight takes a calming breath and then says, "Right, my parents did say that a mare's hymen gets torn when she has intercourse with somepony she loves for the first time. She also told me that it doesn't heal so a mare needs to choose her first time carefully because you only get one chance to keep it special. Please be careful with me, I'm new to this my love."

(Death) Seven listens to their conversation and waits for his moment to strike as he looks at Cadance's behind when her tail swings too far to one side, gracing him with a perfect view of her nethers. Hearing a pained gasp followed by a shrill hiss, he lifts his mask up over his mouth, then moves in when her tail is out of the way and licks up her lips, then slips his tongue in and starts to make out with her entrance.

Cadance's tail shoots up and out of the way on instinct as she gasps in shocked surprise at feeling her vagina lips being licked from behind, turning around and is about to cast a small privacy barrier to shout at her escort for his action when she feels his tongue push into her folds, sending a spasm of pleasure up through her body and causing her legs to widen slightly while her eyes go half-lidded.

A few moments pass as she adjusts to the pleasurable feeling and then quickly casts a privacy bubble just big enough to encircle Seven and her and says in a harsh whisper, "JUST WHAT IN TARTARUS DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING BACK THERE!! I'M A MARRIED MARE AND A PRINCESS NO LESS, I COULD HAVE YOU HAULED OFF TO THE DUNGEON FOR DOING THIS!"

The horseman grins and then presses on with his assault and sucks a lip into his mouth, pulling away to let it escape with a wet pop saying near her opening to keep her from seeing any part of his face, "Go right ahead love princess, call out for the guards and ruin Twilight and Carl's special night. See if that will help you become an aunt any faster."

Surprised by what he just said, she hesitates and asks, "Y-You heard that? How long were you lurking outside?"

(Death) Seven gives her a swift lick as he pulls away slightly and says, "I did indeed, but I wasn't lurking outside...I just have really good ears. Shall I continue with my ministrations or are you going to use the royal voice to call for the guards?"

Trapped between her desire to be an aunt and her duty to report crimes against her or any other pony, she remembers how her husband betrayed her and then sighs with a blush rising to her cheeks saying, "C-Continue...on. I warn you now, if you ever do something like this again...I will shout to the guards and have them escort you to Tartarus after being exiled from all of Equestria."

The horseman nods and says, "As you wish, Your Highness." then continues his ministrations on her entrance, noticing how she tenses up and leans back when he goes over a certain spot.

Candance feels herself coming towards an orgasm as her inner spring keeps getting tighter and tighter thinking, 'My husband hasn't even done this to me yet and I'm going to have my first one with another stallion?!' Her spring suddenly snaps as she leans backward and arches her back while lifting her head towards the sky and letting out a loud moan.

(Death) Seven tastes a sweet flavor mixed with strawberries from a liquid that shoots into his mouth and thinks to himself, 'Oh, so she is a squirter...how typical for the Love Princess.' and sucks both lips into his mouth and drinks her nectar down, not entirely displeased with the sweet taste.

As her convulsions slowly wind down, she pants quickly from her intense orgasm with a dopey grin on her face. Feeling the afterglow, she sighs deeply and looks back at her escort with a slight pleading look then asks, "Do you think...umm...you could do that again?"

The horseman wants to play the long game and have this stay a secret then listens to the couple in the room, shaking his head a moment later saying, "I would help you feel that blissful sensation, but it sounds like those two are just about done in there. Care to watch the grand finale?"

A smile crosses her lips as she nods and dispels the barrier just in time to hear Carl tell Twilight he is getting close, asking what she wants him to do. She pokes her head around the edge just in time to see Twilight hook the back of her rear legs around his and huskily moans out, "Don't..Don't pull out...I want it all...deep inside, my love."

Lost in the moment and hearing her say that sends him barreling towards the edge as he wraps his arms around her neck, gripping her mane in both hands, pushing on her shoulders while also pulling her head back by her mane and saying, "Oh my little bookworm, I love you too!" then fully buries himself inside her tight confines and unloads deep inside of her.

Twilight's orgasm is triggered by his when she feels the searing heat pouring into her womb, letting out a shrill cry as her back arches up towards Carl and her muscles clamp down on his member, trying to pull it further into her. On instinct, she bites down on the top part of his shoulder to mark him as her mate.

Cadance's body shudders excitedly as she watches Twilight's abdomen begin to swell after a few moments of them being locked together, silently wondering, 'I wonder how big she is going to get when he is finished...'

Wanting to catch her off guard, (Death) Seven slips around her left side where he could be spotted if the two lovers weren't so caught up in each other, and places his right hoof underneath the right side of her chin while moving his head closer. He slowly applies pressure to her jaw to get her to turn her head and when her eyes turn to face him, he takes one last step and angles his head to give her a deep, intimate kiss, lifting his mask just high enough with the tip of his wing.

She opens her mouth to ask what he wants, but is surprised when she finds him slipping his tongue into her mouth. She is about to bite down when she starts to sense a bit of loneliness from how he is kissing her and decides to let him kiss her to help him through the sad emotion, going so far as to kiss him back tenderly to show him she would take his loneliness from her if he would let her.

A few moments pass as the kiss starts to heat up when the horseman senses her sharing her love with him and breaks the kiss while pulling on her lip teasingly, saying quietly, "It is always best to leave a mare wanting more."

Cadance then turns away in a pout saying, "Hmph, well you got me all ready and willing to go...now you're just going to leave me alone. How cruel..."

(Death) Seven then pulls her to face him again and playfully licks her nose while setting his hoof back on the ground with a soft, deep chuckle as he drops his mask back down over his mouth, saying, "Me? Cruel?" then chuckles again saying, "No, life is cruel. I am the way I was meant to be, but I will tell you more tomorrow if we happen to have time to talk again. Shall we get going to your destination before the two lovers notice us?"

She blushes at still being in the hall by her door and looks in one more time to see that Twilight's abdomen has become the size of a mare nearing her due date, then hears Twilight tell Carl about a spell to keep his gift from spilling out on the sheets.

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Twilight then casts the spell and rolls on her left side away from the door, looking at her Special Somepony and asking, "Can we cuddle tonight my love?"

Carl looks at his girlfriend and smiles affectionately saying, "Of course we can, my love. I'll be the big spoon." and slips in behind her, wrapping his arms around her affectionately before giving her a tender kiss goodnight saying, "Sweet dreams my little bookworm."

She then giggles and snuggles closer to him saying, "Goodnight, my big humie."

Cadance then turns and walks back down the hall towards the royal bathing chamber as Seven follows her, quietly asking a ways from Carl's open door, "So, have you ever been romantic with anyone?"

(Death) Seven thinks back to the early days and then says, "I was, although it was many, many millennia ago." then leaves it at that adding, "That is all I will say about it for now."

After arriving at her destination, she turns and faces Seven and says, "Goodnight, Seven. I hope you have pleasant dreams tonight and wish that we do get a chance to talk some more tomorrow."

The horseman nods to her and then says, "Farewell Love Princess, I wish that you make it through the night with your sanity intact after what you saw tonight with your husband."

She then opens the door and starts entering the room saying, "Hmph, don't even mention that traitor. He is going to have to get some action from the Red Crystal Hotel that the stallions have been frequenting lately. I have thought about shutting it down, but after tonight...I will just make a few rules for them to follow so I won't shut them down permanently."

(Death) Seven watches her enter the room with a minor sway in her step and heads down the hallway, feeling a peasant mood coming over him. Inspired by his new mood, he begins humming a low, ominous tune that he once heard on a show called 'Supernatural'.

Cadance listens to his humming, finding it strange and hauntingly alluring, quietly wondering what the song's called, and begins to hum it herself as she closes the door to start bathing.