Equestria Handiman: The Saga Continues

Riding on another big wave, the prince of the crystal ponies and Twilight personal guard keep trying to outdone the other on a friendly competition between the two as Shining Armor from time to time, keep trying to figure out what is the big secret.

“Ok so you didn’t get my sister knocked up?”

Flash laughs and shakes his head. “Nope”

“Good then I don’t have to bury you alive, but it's something big, are you planning to move out?”

“We lived on a castle, it doesn’t get better than that Shining”

“Ok then what about discovering a new world?”

“Give it a rest dude, my lips are sealed.” He kept shaking his head with a smile.

“Why in such a hurry Mr. Armor?” The distinct voice of Celestia alerts both stallions as they turn back, and nearly fell off their surfboards, when approaching, they saw the royal sisters ruling of Equestria and Flash’s, technically boss, on their own surfboards… and wearing the most scandalous bikinis imaginable leaving next to zero percent to the imagination of their voluptuous bodies. Celestia was wearing a dark pink one piece bikini that might as well have been a thong attached to two strings that barely cover the areola of her massive breast, while Luna had two small triangles barely holding together by strings covering her naughty parts. Most unusual of all was that Celestia mane was dark pink, while Luna's whole body was bleach white. A dead give away, that told the stallions how those two weren’t the same mares they swore loyalty to as royal guards.

“Do you have to be somewhere else soon?” Celestia smirks and swims toward the two with a flirtatious gaze, making sure Shining’s vision was locked onto her eyes. “Perhaps finding comfort in a good natured mystery?”

Flinching, the ex-captain couldn’t do more than gulp, when Celestia placed her hands over his chest. “Or maybe you are simply not a fan of surprises in general?” She lingered each word as her head got closer to his.

“I-I-I, P-Princess!” Finally snapping back to reality he swam back and shook his head. “W-Wha, Who, who are you?” He finally managed to demand with an intense blush, and a ready horn, getting in a more defensive stance. “You are not Princess Celestia.”

“Or you Princess Luna.” Flash follows suit glaring at Luna preparing his own horn, getting confused when she looks at him with an almost expected grin and pushing her chest forward to give him a clearer target.

Both stallions' questions keep rising when the mares in front of them suddenly sigh and look down in exasperation, their colors returning to normal.

“I told you this would happen.” Celestia spoke to seemingly no one before starting to chuckle.

“It was worth it, if it meant seeing such cute startled faces.” Looking back, the two sigh in relief, somewhat, seeing their Princess’ once more. Luna with neutrality, while Celestia had an apologetic smile. “So sorry for the confusion you two, me and Luna didn’t want to steal Twilight’s thunder or anything, but we believed it was time to introduce our other selves to our closest of friends.”

“Your highness?” Flash questions with a raised eyebrow, as Luna clarifies.

“Think of them like Nightmare Moon, but we found peace and middle ground with our lustful counterparts. Basically just an extension of ourselves, wanting to form their very first memory with you all. Would you give them a chance to introduce themselves?”

The stallions look at one another for a moment before nodding, and canceling the spells in their horns. “Understood, we will listen, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna.”

“Please Shining Armor, your engagement with our niece makes us equal, there is no need for titles anymore.” Luna finally smiles and with her sister, allows their other self to appear once more. “As for you, I was under the impression my other sister already meet you” Lusuna tells looking at Molestia.

“Please don’t remind me. I’m still trying to sort…all that I saw.” Flash confirmed clenching his eyes shut confusing the captain as he eyed him suspiciously.

“How did you…?” His eyes suddenly wide and she grinned “Wait, is THIS what the whole surprise was all about?”

“Come on boys” Molly interrupts them once more “Are we here to chat, or are we here to have fun?” She reminds them of the waves “We can talk later don’t you think?”

“Agreed” Flash nods rapidly following Molly's example, and wishing to change the subject. “But will you two be ok? I mean have you ever surfed before and…” As much as he didn’t want to do so, the guard couldn’t help but take another glance at their bathing suits. “Can you even surf wearing that?”

“Oh, are you perhaps concerned about my modesty?” Molly flutters her eyelash at Flash, making him flinch. “Relax, I’m not gonna bite, my sweet Marky Poo helped me greatly with my impulses. I swear other than light flirting I just want to meet and chat with possibly the next prince of Equestria. As for if they can hold, why don’t you join me and find out. Although I don’t see much of the appeal, this is nothing you haven’t seen before is it?”

“What?!” Shining turns to Flash in shock as he only giggles, and rushes toward a big wave to avoid any follow up questions. Leaving Shining along with Lusuna who looks at him with curiosity.

“So…hi Princess…?” He try to make some small chat

“You can call me Lusuna” Lusu replies with a friendly smile. “Nice to meet you Prince Shining, I just wanted to tell you I’m a big fan.”

“Oh…really?”

She nods once more managing to calm him somewhat. “Yeah, you have no idea of the number of mares that have you in their dreams all the time.”

And just like that tension went back again as her eyes turned sultry, and she got closer to the Prince. “Tell me Mr. Armor, have you ever wondered what it would be like if a wet dream came to life?”

“Aww…ehh.” He tries to look around for an escape, not sure how to reply to that question.

Meanwhile on a small island big enough for two

Mark sighs in satisfaction as he leans against the big boulder facing the beach while Fluttershy hugs his chest panting slightly with a blush face. Thanks to the rock formation no one would be aware of their small escape while they recover their breath.

“Oh goodness, thank you so much Shy, I thought I was gonna blow a moment ago.”

“Anytime my sweet hunter” She nuzzles his chest lovingly, before looking him in the eyes. “But are you sure once is enough? We can continue if you like.”

He chuckled and shook his head. “It's ok, that is why it is called a quickie. Besides we came here to have fun, not screwing around like rabbits. I don’t want you to miss the day just because I got horny either.”

“Well said Star.” Umbral compliments, as they both look up and see the Thestral in question hovering in front of the two with a smirk and crossed arms, wearing a semi enticing black holed one piece swimsuit. “I was wondering where you two went, and assumed you saw what Molly and Lusu decided to wear. Looks like I wasn’t that far off.”

“They came too? Did everyone already know, is Twilight…?” Umbral lifts a hand to stop him in his tracks. “Relax, they are up to speed and on board with the idea. Getting used to them being more expressive, but ok to make new friends.”

She landed on top of the rock, and raised an eyebrow. “And judging by that answer, it wasn’t them. So that leaves the newcomers then?”

“I still haven’t accepted AJ and Dash into our herd.” Fluttershy replies defensively much to the dismay of Umbral.

“Are you still on that? Geez Flutters talk about harsh, aren’t they like your best buds? Why so opposed to the idea? So they compete big whoop, if anything I say letting them in would help them with that.”

“That is different Umbral.” She flies toward her in concern. “It’s not that they compete, more like they keep bringing up who is best at what.” She grabs her hand and looks Umbral in her eyes. “That is not how we are, we are all unique and equal in this relationship. How would you feel if Surprise and I started competing to see who has the best wings, or the best figure or…or bigger boobs?!”

That gets her attention, as she takes a glance at her own cleavage and compares it to Fluttershy’s bigger ones, until she grabs her chin and makes her look her in the eyes. “No one in our group is better than anyone, we respect each other, we embrace each other's uniqueness.” She brings her closer and the two kiss, holding their lips together until they moan and their wings extend briefly, until Fluttershy breaks it connecting the two with a string of saliva. “Heck that is what makes our intimacy all the much richer and fulfilling, so if AJ and Dash really want to be with us, that is my only condition.”

Umbral stays silent for a moment before chuckling and looking away. “Damn it Flutters, now I’m the one thirsty.” She tightens the hold on their hands as they lock eyes. “In any other herd, the mare would just suck it up and accept the decision of the alpha and/or stallion, or just leave all together, instead we don’t let anyone in unless the whole herd is on board, by Celestia are we a weird herd.”

They share a small kiss, before the two look at Mark. “And what about you Star, this kind of dropped in your lap all of the sudden, are you cool with two more in our nest?”

“Honestly, I was mostly surprised when things developed like that. And I’m a bit scared of the idea of us just growing more and more. Not sure if I could even please so many mares but then I remember…”

He extends his arms, and the two descend so he could grab their hands, and caress their palm. “This is something we ALL are here for, all of us can date and bring any mare we want.”

He kisses both of their foreheads. “I trust your judgment like you trust mine. If you wish them to be a part of our nest I have no opposition whatsoever.” He then looks at Fluttershy in concern. “But I agree I don’t want anyone to be unhappy so it would be best if the decision is unanimous.”

Umbral nods, and looks at the pegasus. “So what is it gonna take Flutters? Some kind of test to convince you they don’t think themselves better than the other?”

“That…would help.” She replies shyly, looking away in thought. “But I’m not sure exactly what it could be.”

“I’m sure we can think of something like Umbral said, they are just best friends. If anyone can figure out a way to see if they are truly sincere is you. And she is right, I don’t mind some small competition and bickering here and there. That is what makes our relationship all more real.” He suddenly smirks and looks up. “It even gives me an idea or two.”

“Mark, what are you thinking?” Fluttershy looks at him with neutrality and a raised eyebrow.

“Just brainstorming, nothing I will not consult with you first, for now, let's put that on hold, like I said, we are here to have fun right? Let’s just enjoy the day and see how things develop naturally.”

“Agreed, come on Flutters, I saw a school of crabs on my way here and I bet you want to say hi.”

“Oh really?” Fluttershy eyes light up at the comment. “Thank you Umbral, I would love to see them, yes.”

“Ok, sounds like a plan, let’s go see that school.” Mark agrees, and dives into the water, as the mares giggle and Umbral guides them to where she saw the crabs so Fluttershy can see and most likely say hi to them.

The rest of the day was spent in relative ease, where everyone enjoyed the beach, playing around and overall having a good time. True to their words other than minor flirting and teasing, the Princesses were very tame, and cordial, and everyone had a good time, even Dash and Applejack seems to have calmed down, even when Fluttershy turned their offer on as. As they cryptically told her that they came up with a perfect plan to convince them into giving them a chance, but it can wait until after Twilight’s announcement.

After playing volleyball for a couple of hours with the guys, Mark headed back to their station to quench his thirst when the voice of a familiar Princess caught his attention, and when looking to his right he saw Cadence laying on top of a towel waving at him to come closer, wearing a fairly simply two piece dark pink swimsuit.

“Hi Cadence, what is it?”

“Hi Mark, sorry to bother but I didn’t want to interrupt Shining while he was playing with the boys.” She raised a bottle of sunscreen. “Would you be a dear and help me out?”

He looks at her unsure, as he takes the bottle. “Ah…sure but is that really ok?”

She lowered her sunglasses and raised an eyebrow. “It's just sunscreen Mark, why wouldn’t it be ok?”

‘Well technically speaking, I’m not engaging in anything intimate, so I suppose it will be ok.’

Mark shrugs and takes the bottle. “Eh, good point, sure I can help you out.”

“Great!” Her eyes light up and she turns around to untie her bra as she lays on the towel. “Just mind the wings, and don’t get too close to the regular places.”

“Please Cadence, I’m not a pervert I know what to avoid.” Mark rolls his eyes as he gets to work, avoiding the base of her wings and being delicate applying the sunscreen. Getting slightly annoyed when she tries to tease him by pretending to moan.

“So how are things going with your herd?”

“Ha! I was wondering when you would come out and ask. You know you could have simply asked instead of pretending to ask for help.”

“I could be doing both things.” She turns her head, and winks at him. “But seriously, how have things been going?”

“If I had to describe it in one word, I would say it's pretty wild, there have been ups and downs here and there, and what started as keeping things casual, thanks for that advice by the way.”

“You are most definitely welcome.” She responded making no attempt to hide her pride.

“It ballooned into a type of open minded relationship, where we made long distance kind of work. Not sure if we are unique but we are definitely not a normal type of herd.”

“Oh? How so?”

“Well for starters we seem to really like the concept of friends with benefits and are open and supportive of…eh intimate acts.”

Cadence smirks at the idea alone.

“Seems like all of you just love to explore ways to spice things up in bed.”

“You would think that, but I say we just try to make everyone we accept into our group welcome, and hey it’s not all about sex either. Even if small, we all made the effort to nurture our herd as best as we can.” He finished with her back and stood back. “Done.”

“Would you put some on my legs too?” She gives him her best puppy eyes.

“Cadence.” Mark shot her a deadpan look as she fluttered her eyelashes. “Pleeease?”

Sighing in defeat, he put some more lotion on his hands. “You are lucky I still owe you for opening my eyes.”

He gets to work as she giggles. “Anyway as I was saying, keeping things casual, but we are making the effort to keep growing, and make the herd work. In fact we are planning to take things to the next step and introduce the parents into the mix.”

He kept rubbing the sunscreen on her legs as she spread them apart to grant him more access, until a particularly hidden beauty mark caught his attention and made him pause.

“Well I love to hear you all are so happy, and I’m proud of you seeking a healthy and loving herd, a very unorthodox one sure, but hey who says love has a manual right?”

She giggles at her own joke under her breath, ignoring completely how Mark eyes widen to dinner plates as he finally pieces together everything.

‘T-That beauty mark, that low key femenine, unique giggle. Wait but if that is the case then that means that Cadence is…P-PINK!!’

“So if you don’t mind me asking, have you thought about how many mares you want in your herd, or decided to forfeit a limit for it?” Cadence continues the casual chat but gets confused when Mark seems to have stopped all together, and everything gets quiet.

“Mark?” Grabbing her bra she sits up, and looks back at him while he remains cold and neutral as he looks at her, for a moment before recovering some sense of control and calmly standing up. “Excuse me for a moment.”

Turning away, he slowly walked towards the water, then trots, and finally ran as fast as he could, diving head first into the water, before bellowing out a giant scream so big, that on the beach Cadence could hear a muffled gargling sound of his voice, leaving her blinking in confusion at what exactly was happening.

Nearby Ruling Twilight saw everything develop with interest, as she rubs her chin and hums.

‘Is he remembering? No, he would react more explosively if that were the case, maybe the restraints are malfunctioning? Oh pony feathers I need to remove 5-TS before it is too late.’

After that, things went back to relatively normal, with the exception that Mark became determined to avoid Cadence, much to the Princess of Love’s confusion, concern and slightly hurt, and soon the moment of truth arrived, and while everyone was enjoying lunch, Twilight clinks her glass to get everyone's attention and stood up.

“Everypony thanks for being here, as I’m sure all of you are dying to find out what news I want to share that is worth this party.”

“Yes, please tell us already, we are dying to know!” Pinkie yells, trying and failing to conceal her excitement, earning a round of chuckles all over the table.

“Fair enough, then without further delay, it is my pleasure to inform you all that after a lot of soul searching, and discussion with my herd…” She raised her cup into the air. “...We decided to accept the Princesses' offer to become their successor, and officially extend the invitation to join me in ruling Equestria by my side.”

A round of cheers, and questions was soon heard, as everyone voiced their happiness and curiosity for her decision/offer, with mixed reactions until she continued. “I would have never been able to reach this point without your help, none of you. Seeing my counterpart made me realize how much richer our life can be. I accomplished so much, saw so many things, learned so many lessons about friendship and even realized multiple dreams I didn’t even know I had in the first place. I believe it’s time to step into another adventure, and there is no one else I would rather embark with in that one.”

Moved by her words the mane six stood up and brought Twilight into a group hug, silently agreeing to her offer as their herds smiled at the picture in front of them.

“So.” Molly approaches Flash with a sly smile. “Prince Flash Sentry, it has a nice ring to it. Tell me, soldier. Would you like me to teach you what it takes to be a proper Prince? '' She teased him with bedroom eyes, as he chuckled nervously.

“I know what you are doing, but yeah, me and Moondancer would love to learn.”

She giggled innocently and stood back. “You are catching on, good, it will make our lessons all the more fun.”

“So, that is the secret, well not gonna lie, part of me is slightly disappointed.” Shining chuckles as he patted his back. “Always wanted to be an uncle, but hey! It will be nice to have another prince to chat with, plus I’m happy that you are not rushing into anything before marriage either.”

“Then you are gonna love this one Shining.” Flash laughs as he looks at his herd for confirmation, which he promptly received from both mares, making him stand up. “Everyone, not to steal the spotlight or anything but there is something else I would like to say.”

“There is more!?” Pinkie looks at Flash in excitement. “Tell us Flashy!”

“Well as you know, the duties of a Princess can be titanic in more than one way, especially one that has a herd already established.”

The princesses exchange glances, and wrack their heads, pondering the statement, since none had a relationship before the crown.

“Lots of stallions waiting in line to kiss my Twily’s ass for some favors, and no doubt even a bigger line of mares offering me to kiss their…” He stops himself and clears his throat. “You get the idea, rising to the occasion as a Princess with a herd behind kind of leaves us all exposed for lots of ponies to try to exploit to their advantage.” Smiling at Moondancer, he takes her hand, and she stands up too, as they approach Twilight, breaking from the group hug and grabbing the hands of her herd as they take a moment to look at each other's eyes before addressing the group.

“That is why we thought of a plan to stop a lot of potential schemers before they could start, and make our coronation extra special.” Moondancer canceled the invisibility spell and everyone showed their engagement rings, earning a round of gasps from everyone present minus Mark, who only chuckled briefly at the shock of everyone.

“We are making it a coronation/wedding. I mean there is bound to be a huge audience, regardless of the event, so why not combine it right?” Moondancer summarized right before all the mares screech from excitement, and rush to the engaged herd, bombarding them with questions, and suggestions for the wedding, with Cadence leading the charge, with her mindset of being the mare that marries them.