Cyre was taking a nap, as he heard knocking on the door of his room. This made him begin to stir and sit up on the bed as he stretched out. He then got up and moved towards the door, opening it to find Zipp standing there. Cyre gave her a stoic look as he walked alongside her, heading to the royal dining room. The walk there was silent, with neither of them saying a word on the way there. Once they had arrived, the two walked in to see that Pipp and Haven were already eating what was on the table. Cyre and sit across the table from each other, with Zipp sitting next to Pipp, and Cyre sitting a seat away from Haven. Naturally, it wasn't long before Haven and Pipp started asking questions about what Zipp and Cyre were doing exactly.

"So... Zipp. How has your day been? I hope it was as useful as you'd hoped, hanging out with Cyre..."

"Hey! We were NOT hanging out, we were training! There's a difference..." Zipp's remark only made Pipp laugh.

"Oh Zipp, it would really help if you didn't lie to yourself. We both know you would totally hang out with him if you weren't training to do... whatever it is that Cyre can do. Besides, you'd be the talk of the town in everypony's mind. An interspecies relationship, blooming between royalty and an alien? Think of the headline!"

"...Pipp, that doesn't make me feel better. Also, What is with you and Mom trying to find suitors for me? I'd really appreciate it if you didn't do that! I'll find somepony that I like, preferably on my own, thank you very much!" Zipp remarked, to which her mother began to chime in.

"My dear, I wish I didn't have to do this. But you're next in line to the throne. Despite my beauty and elegance, I'm not getting younger. going out all the time is hurting your chances of finding a stallion to spend your life with. And while it's not a requirement, I DO want to have grand foals."

"Mom, could you please not say things like that? You make me sound like a breeding stool! I'll find a stallion that's not a stuck-up snob on my own time! And just maybe I'll consider having grand foals then. Besides, I'm too busy living my own life to worry about that right now, I'm only 21!"

"Uh, do I get a say in this, like at all?" Cyre asked while lifting a finger.

"NO!!!" All three of them stared at him as they yelled their answer, making Cyre shrink in his seat. He just resigned to eating what he saw on the table, and luckily there was a lot. He ended up taking a bowl of black beans, along with some nearby fried rice and shredded cheese and mixed them all. Zipp, Pipp, and Haven all watched incredulously as Cyre began to tear through the now-massive plate of food that he had. They were both amazed and horrified that Cyre could consume that much food in one sitting. But then Cyre said something that blew their minds:

"That was some nice food you guys got here, You won't mind if I have more, now do you?" From there, Cyre pretty much devoured what he could, which included eggs, fish, cabbage, and many other items. Once he had his fill, There were bowls and plates stacked up high around his area of the table. Haven couldn't believe it. Cyre was like a black hole, almost unsatiable. Cyre patted his stomach and burped rather loudly, to which he excused himself. From there, he left the three mares to their own devices as he yawned. He swiftly headed back to his room to sleep, as he had been doing previously. stripping down to his undergarments, he for himself into bed, quickly falling asleep.

THE NEXT MORNING IN ZEPHYR HEIGHTS...

Cyre was quick to get up at around 6:30 AM. The sun was barely on the horizon, the dawn quickly approaching. Cyre decided to watch the sunrise on the balcony, though he didn't bother putting his gi back on. He found that the cold air was rather soothing. Cyre let his tail unwind, rather relaxed. Cyre stood outside for another 30 minutes, before heading inside and doing his morning stretches. That took another 15 minutes. Now 7:15 AM, Cyre made his way to the shower to get that taken care of since he hadn't washed since a few days ago. It was right about now that Zipp was also getting out of bed. Cyre tended to take long showers, so he was in there up until about 7:45 AM. The sun was rising into the sky, the time now 8:00 AM. Just as Cyre was stepping out of the bathroom, Zipp was on her way to his room. Zipp had opened the door and entered the room just as Cyre dropped the towel (that was comically too small for him) that covered up his private area.

"Morning Cyre! How are you- OH MY GOODNESS YOU'RE NAKED!!!!"

Cyre turned around to face her once he heard her voice. This gave Zipp a full view of everything Cyre was. That included his private areas. Unfortunately or fortunately, Cyre was having less than pure thoughts earlier in the shower, which made his dick hard and ready for action. It was plenty long, 14 inches in length, 2 inches in with, as large as any stallion. Other than his privates, His toned muscles were on display due to years of training and fighting. Cyre simply smiled and waved at Zipp, as he dried off his hair, not at all bothered that she seemed to be looking him over.

"Like what you see? And good morning to you as well."

"I... How are you so calm about this?!?"

"Why are you so messed up over it? I haven't complained once about you guys walking around with literally no clothes on. Don't get on my case about that. Or would you prefer to be called a hypocrite?"

"It's just that you're... I... It's not that, I mean... Forget it! I'll see you outside the castle, just meet me there so we can continue training!"

With a face as red as a cherry, Zipp quickly excused herself, completely embarrassed as Cyre continued to dry off. Giving it some thought, Cyre proposed that he may have been too playful, but it was just some playful teasing. Zipp could handle that, right? He really hoped so. He wasn't wrong after all. Zipp and her friends walked around naked all the time. Hell, even Izzy made a joke about it in that silly song of hers, with the group literally shaking their butts in sync! Oh well. It's not like he couldn't just talk to Zipp about this more when they continued to train later today. With that in mind, he got himself dressed and ready for the day. As Cyre made his way towards the exit, he was stopped by Pipp, Zipp's younger sister. And it seems she was inquisitive, based on the way she continued to stare at him.

"Cyre, you mind letting me ask a few questions? It's about Zipp. When I went to see Zipp this morning, she was all flustered. Said it had something to do with you. I figured if she wouldn't tell me what was going on, I figured you would."

"And just why would I tell you anything? If I knew any better, and I DO, You'd either post it on a blog or use it as leverage on her!"

"Do you really think that low of me? I'm not some petty brat!"

"Is that not what you were during our little adventure to get magic back? To be fair it might've been for a valid reason, but you know I'm right!"

"Unbelievable! Cmon, I'm Zipp's sister! I deserve to know what's going on!"

"No, you don't! You're not Queen Haven. I don't have to tell you shit! What your sister is doing is her business and none of yours! You wanna find out what happened, you'll be hearing it from your sister. Cause you won't get more than a word out of me!"

"A single word, huh? Then give me a single word as the hint!"

"Naked."

".....She saw you naked, didn't she?"

"You're smarter than you look, Pipp. But as I said, that's the only hint I'm giving you. More stuff did happen, but that's up to you to find. Now then, I've got training to catch up on. See you later, pocket princess!"

"Pocket princess... Did you just call me short and small?!?! I AM NOT-"

The front castle doors slammed shut as Pipp continued her rant. As expected, Zipp was waiting outside. As she saw Cyre walk towards her, she remained silent. Now was a good time as any to sort all this out, we can't have it interfering with her training.

"Zipp... we should talk about what happened earlier. I know you don't want to, but we have to. To train productively, you need to be completely focused. We can't do that if you keep on thinking about what happened this morning."

"...Alright, fine. Let's talk. I gave some thought to what you said, and you're right. We do walk around a lot naked, so I really shouldn't be too surprised when you do. It's the teasing that kinda got to me. despite your equipment looking kinda strange, you weren't that far off from what stallions tend to have in terms of how long and wide you are. I am 21 after all, I'm bound to have seen what a dick looks like. Remember what I said yesterday? About my mom trying to find suitors? Well, they all weren't the best. Most of them just wanted to be with for the fame or the lay. They never really did appreciate me, for being me. You though... You're from an entirely different planet. You hardly care I'm a princess at all, and I like that! To not be viewed as some grand authority... Other than my title, I'm no different than any other pony. Maybe Zipp was right, you might actually be a valid option for a good stallion friend."

"Me?!? Your boyfriend? Cmon, look at me! I'm no pony! What exactly do you find interesting in me that you couldn't find in any decent stallion? And what would your mother think?"

"To Tartarus what my mother thinks! What anypony thinks! I can take ridicule... after all, do you think I haven't had my fair share of criticism these past few months? Not everpony is forgiving. I've been sent death threats! It's a little frightening, but I'm not just gonna bend over backward for them! This sorta thing is exactly why I'm gone so long, away from Zephyr Heights: so I can just get rid of it all, get lost in the excitement of flying, doing stunts, exploring the world around me. If you want Mr to be honest about you... well, you got a nice set of cock and balls on you. You're thoughtful, considerate, even if a bit immature, bratty, and lacking a few table manners.. but that can be worked on, just like we're working on my training. And as for the teasing earlier... well, as long as we're fair game for that, then no harm no foul."

"I... can't believe this. Not even half a year on this planet and I'm starting to have deep emotions for the major species... a bunch of sapient horses. What would my mother think? What would VEGETA think... Ugh... okay. So, this means what? I guess this means we're.. more than friends now? Are we, dating? Cause this was real heart-to-heart we had here."

"...Yeah, I guess we are. If you don't have any objections..."

"No, none at the moment... I've already shown myself off to you, can't get much more personal than that, can you?"

"Well, there is the one way we can get far closer-"

"NO, TOO SOON FOR THAT, WAY TOO FAST, HAVEN'T EVEN HIT FIRST BASE YET, NOT EVEN ONE KISS!"

Zipp promptly kissed him on the cheek, smiling as the first base was officially completed. This made Cyre blush before sighing heavily.

“Okay, second base then. But can we talk about all this sexual stuff later, please? We did have something planned for today, I hope you didn’t forget?”

“Oh yeah… training. Well, are we headed to the same place as yesterday.”

“Yeah, that was the plan…” Cyre nodded as he ran and jumped off the building, Zipp quickly following behind him as he took flight, headed down the mountain once more. The grasslands quickly came into sight as they flew down, both of them landing softly. As Cyre began to sit down.

“Alright, Zipp. We know that you’re able to harness your ki with the little training you have. But you’ll have to be able to pull out more of it from within you. Until you can manage to do that, you’ll never master ki control. Alright, Zipp, I want you to pull out a small, baseball-sized amount of ki this time. Yesterday it was only a ball as big as my thumb. So you’ll have to properly concentrate to both pull out more ki, and to also not lose control of it.”

With that in mind, Zipp sat down and concentrated once more as she had done yesterday, making a ball of similar size that she made before. She then began to grunt, as the ball of ki slowly but surely grew in size. Once it reached the size of a baseball, Zipp sighed as the ball stopped growing. Cyre nodded in approval as he stepped a bit farther away from her.

"How about we have a game of catch? I want you to force that ball of ki towards me. It's a very simple process. Just make sure to aim, and simply push your hoof forwards. Go ahead and give it a try!"

Doing as she was asked, Zipp pushed her hoof forwards as the ball of ki went flying. But her aim was completely off course, about 5 feet off. Cyre did manage to intercept it though, catching it with one hand as he jumped for it. Cyre then smiled as he went into a pitcher stance.

"I'll go easy on this toss, Zipp. Get ready!" Cyre then threw the ki ball right back at her, with Zipp almost ducking out of fear, but she ultimately stood her ground as she barely caught it, catching it in her stomach which took the wind out of her. It sent her flying backward though, only catching herself due to extending her wings and flying upwards. Once she finally had control, she flew back down to the ground, sighing as she stared at Cyre.

"Maybe, just a little slower please?" She then threw the ball back at Cyre, who was rather embarrassed as he caught the ball rather easily. Taking what Zipp said in mind, He slowly there the ball back towards her. Zipp caught it far more easily this time, before throwing it right back. This cycle continued, getting faster and faster until Cyre caught it one last time, before crushing it in his hand.

"Excellent. You're progressing excellently for a species with no powers since a few months ago to adapt to these kinds of abilities. Now the next technique I'm going to teach you will be easier said than done. Powering up and Powering down. In order to power up, you need to have complete control over your ki. Otherwise, you could end up hurting yourself. When you power up, I've found that the best way of doing so, is focusing on moments of anger and allowing that pent-up aggression to leave your body. Powering down is the exact opposite. It's always good to think about calm and happy moments, which will allow you to quickly relax and power down. After a while of powering up and down though, you won't have to do any real thinking at all, you kinda just do it. After a couple of months of it, it'll be the same in your case as well, Zipp. Now then, you've already seen me powering up yesterday. Now you're gonna try it, Zipp. Do what I just told you, and you'll figure it out in no time. It doesn't matter if you can't get it today, or even tomorrow. I'll be by your side to help you figure it out."

Zipp quickly got on all four hooves as she spread out her wings lowering her head and closing her eyes as she slowly grunted. Doing her best, she tried her best to think of moments where she was angry or disappointed. There weren't very many of these in her life though, as she was a pampered princess. Though she was always angry about not flying and lying, she just had better ways of getting rid of that anger. There was also the life-changing event of getting the power of flight, as well as uniting the pony tribes. However, it just wasn't enough for her to quite grasp the concept of powering up yet. She was able to glow very dimly, but it quickly faded, and this continued for a long while. At the end of it all, she couldn't do it. Zipp wasn't too surprised though. Deciding to cut her ki training short today, Cyre got up and had Zipp look up as Cyre pulled out a capsule. Pressing down on the button, he then threw it away, and with a loud poof, Cyre's capsule ship appeared. Zipp was immediately intrigued, as while she was athletic, she also had an interest in science. Aerodynamics was her favorite subject, which included the newfound ship in her sights. Cyre saw this and smiled as he told her to follow him in. After closing the door ramp behind them, he watched Zipp look intently at the ship's chair, as well as the gravity room and the top room. As soon as Zipp flew back into the gravity room, Cyre was waiting for her.

"Finished exploring? I hope you are because we're still training."

"So you decided to stop training me outside, why exactly..."

"So we can improve your physical training. ki control will be easier if your body can match up to it. This is why we're in my gravity room."

"Gravity room?"

"Yes. I used the gravity room while I was on my way to this planet... what is this planet's name exactly? I don't want to keep calling it 'planet'."

"Equus."

"Oh, for fucks sake, ANOTHER horse pun? I'll still gonna get angry over these! Whatever... anyway, as I was saying before, this is a gravity room. It can multiply the amount of gravity that can be pressed down on you. normal earthlings can withstand gravity of up 9 times gravity. I figure you would be around the same, if not more. I'm gonna set the computer to simulate X4 gravity, as to not strain you too hard, though the ship can go up to X400. That'll come later as you get better at training and controlling your ki. Get ready Zipp... This will be a new feeling for you."

Cyre quickly walked over to the nearby console and entered a few commands. Moments later, the room felt intensely more heavy for Zipp, and she almost immediately got squished by the gravity, only managing to keep herself standing. She looked up at Cyre as she continued to sweat heavily, who only looked down at her stoically. Cyre had then told her to do the best she could to walk, which she couldn't believe she was hearing despite this, she did her best to walk, and she actually managed to walk around the whole room, before making it halfway around the room again and collapsing. Zipp didn't quit though and did her best to try and get up. But it was no use. Zipp was utterly exhausted now, and the gravity crushed her. Cyre quickly turned the machine off before he flew upstairs, before coming back down to Zipp with a large bag of Senzu beans. Opening up Zipp's mouth, he put a bean in her mouth, before standing back. Almost immediately, Zipp felt all of the pain and soreness go away, replaced with a massive boost of energy. Zipp moved her hooves and wings around a little bit, before staring at Cyre confused.

"Wait... I don't understand, I was exhausted, tired, in pain just seconds ago! What did you give me that allowed you to"

"It's called a Senzu bean. They're able to heal almost any injury or ailment. It can keep you full as well, you won't have to eat for another 10 days now. The one thing they can't heal is natural diseases and sicknesses. I was provided 30 of them before I left earth, I have 25 left since I just gave you one. Since I have these beans, I can most likely grow them on this planet. Though they can only grow in high climate areas, where it's relatively cool. They take a long time to cultivate though, approximately a year. So the supply is basically limited to the bag I have here. Now that you've had a taste of these things, don't expect me to be handing them out to every single pony."

"I'm not expecting you to... but if you don't mind, could you possibly turn on that machine again? If you've got health-restoring beans, then I should be able to keep mastering this gravity stuff!"

"Alright, but I'm not gonna let you push yourself too hard. As I said, I can't hand out these beans too much." With that, Zipp nodded as Cyre turned the machine on again. Zipp was doing some wing-ups this time, which were essentially push-ups with wings. Zipp managed to get to 10 before collapsing. This repeated for a couple of hours, with Cyre giving her a Senzu bean every now and then. Cyre had 20 beans left after everything had occurred. Cyre stopped her training for the day and the two walked out of the ship, with Cyre shrinking the ship back into capsule mode. It was only 2:30 PM, so they decided to have fun together. Since they were both kinda dating now, getting some time to hang together would be a good thing, right?

....Right?

Author's Note

And that's the end of that chapter! Zipp and Cyre share their first brand of raunchiness together. It's only gonna escalate from there, for better or worse.

Pony Power Levels

Zipp Storm (Gravity Training): 240