Love's Acceptance

Cadence huffed a little more before straightening up composing herself. “Twilight, I think we have a problem.” She reiterated in a bit more of a rational manner. And then she opened her eyes to see Night Light standing right there and something seemed to snap as Cadence’s right eye twitched violently.

“I think your mother got to Shining Armor.” Night Light whispered.

Cadence took a deep, calming breath in before letting it out, and noticing a very distinct smell of sex in the room. “I feared it might be like this. Are… are you two.. I mean did you…?” Cadence seemed to stumble over her question and causing Twilight to blush.

“W-We did… last night.” She admitted.

“And only last night?”

“What do you mean by that?” Twilight asked, confused.

“It’s just… I’m sorry, is there somewhere else we can talk? The smell is a bit… distracting.” Cadence coughed as she looked away from the two.

“Yes, of course.” Twilight nodded curtly a she teleported them all to the waiting room she had shown her father the previous day, his bag still even sitting on the couch. Cadence tiredly stumbled back into a chair as Night Light sat beside his bag once more as Twilight gathered another round of cookies and juice. After poring herself a glass and sipping it, Cadence began hesitantly.

“A few days ago I was having tea with Aunt Celestia when talk about how she and Aunt Luna were having a rocky time. Aunt Luna had snuck in and overheard a piece of conversation, and since both of them wanted to reconnect their family, I helped recombine that thread.”

A moment of silence held before Twilight rolled her hand in the air. “And? How did that go?”

“I don’t know. I left shortly after that.” Cadence held her forehead on her fingertips. “But something’s happening. Somehow my magic is seeping into… well, everything! And that’s the only thing I can think of that could have done this. A-and even then it’s hard for me to even piece that together!”

“What makes you think this is because of your meeting with Princess Celestia?” Twilight asked.

“Well…” Cadence sighed as she remembered.

FLASHBACK APROXIMATELY 24 HOURS

Cadence was dealing with the usual monotony of ruling, mainly signing orders and reviewing reports. Her comparison with Celestia had smoothed foreign affairs out, but a domestic life a thousand years out of touch still had hiccups years on after reintegration. The best she could say was that there were no physical crimes within the Crystal Empire, as the power of Love pretty much radiated everywhere. Even now in her crystalline palace she felt its warm radiation.

No, it was all white-collar crimes. Embezzlement, briberies, forgeries, all things you can’t send your guards off to deal with. So, while nice to have, they were practically decorations around the castle, though Shining Armor made sure that they were still combat capable. And she loved that diligence of his.

And that diligence was drilled into his guards, as a sharp knock came to her office and no further until she replied “Yes?”

“A Madam Twilight Velvet is here to see you Ma’am.” The guard stated. And it was a surprise, she hadn’t invited her mother-in-law for anything and there had been no forewarning. Perhaps this could fly with Twilight, but not here, usually. But if she had gotten this far, either changelings had gotten even better, or it was really her.

“Let her in.” Cadence called as she got up from her desk. As she rounded it, the door opened and in walked her mother-in-law with, oddly, a wheeled suitcase. As if she expected to not be staying in the castle. Sometimes she wondered about the mare, at 5’10 she could have passed for Twilight’s twin before the Princess’s growth spurt. Almost, the lines of age and those mother of all hips were a dead giveaway. “Velvet, what an unexpected visit, what can I do for you?” Cadence asked.

“Cadence.” Velvet smiled and reached out her one free hand to wrap in Cadence in a hug. “Night Light and I have just been in discussion for the last day or two and we finally decided to head out to the kids for their input.”

“Oh? Whatever about?” Cadence asked as she directed Velvet to a chair at her desk.

“It’s…ah… private in nature.” Velvet stammered as she took her seat. Cadence noticed this immediately and did not take kindly to it. Twilight Velvet had always been a very rambunctious and outgoing mare, and to suddenly go shady on her raised some flags.

“Please Velvet, anything you can share with Shiny you can share with me. I am his wife after all.” Cadence tried to give one of her aunt’s neutral war smiles.

“That… is true.” Velvet sighed. “I’m sorry Cadence, this has just been so nerve racking. It was honestly a bit more exciting when Night Light and I decided on this, but ever since I’ve had to come up here by myself… I don’t know. I usually have him as my rock.” Velvet looked back to the door before she lowered her voice. “You do know Light and I swing, right?”

Red lights of a very different nature went off in Cadence’s head as she threw up a silencing spell and detected for nearby staff. Aside from the two guards at the front, no service crew were on the floor, and with that checked, Cadence zeroed in on Velvet. “It was… something I’m aware of.” Cadence clarified.

“Mmm.” Velvet nodded. “Shiny and Twilight were always a bit too much in their own worlds to notice their parent’s date night going on so long, but I supposed that would be something along in your Domain.”

“Yes, it is. Why are you bringing this up?” Cadence asked curtly.

“Well, we felt that we needed to come a bit clean about this.” Velvet sighed. “I know I act like it, but I’m not a spring chicken, and… some connections I’ve made in my time haven’t been from the straightest laced venues. But I’m done hiding it from our children, whether on purpose or not!” Velvet declared a bit more loudly to a bit of Cadence’s shock.

“Velvet, everypony has their personal lives, you don’t need to share these things.”

“But I do! We do!” Velvet gestured out towards the door. “It’s eaten me up how I can’t invite some of my friends to places because of how I met them! And we’ve done nothing wrong!” Velvet shouted before realizing how heated she had gotten.

“I’m sorry Cadence, I shouldn’t be yelling. It’s just… it’s a bit of a conflict of lifestyle here. Shiny has always been so… single mindedly adamant on marrying you and having children with you that… I think I took it a bit personal even though I was the one hiding my lifestyle.” Velvet slouched forward in her seat.

And then, something clicked for Cadence. She had been just as judgmental of Twilight Velvet and Night Light for their life decisions. Even her reaction to this conversation was to hush it up for no one to know this ‘shameful’ secret and try to make her not be open with her son on something she chose to share.

“I… understand. You just want to be honest with your son about who you are. And… I don’t think you were the only one a bit in the wrong here. Shiny and I are dedicated to each other as we are, and you and Night Light are dedicated as you are.” Cadence lay her hands down on her desk as she looked over and down at the suitcase. “And is that the reason for the bag? In case he takes it poorly?”

“Yes.” Velvet smiled sadly. “Tells you just how much I trust my child to understand, doesn’t it?”

“Velvet, if this does go poorly for you, I guarantee I’ll set it right for you. He may not want to see you afterwards, but I’ll make it right for you. Besides, we can’t have Flurry Heart losing out on her grandparents.”

“She shouldn’t lose her parents either…”A reflective, dejected tone spilled from Velvet’s lips as she stared at the ground.

“Cadence?” A knock came from the front of a familiar colt before Cadence could focus on that last bit.

“Yes dear, come in.” Cadence called as she dropped the silencing spell. The white stallion stepped in with a look of curiosity before he lit up.

“Mom! You’re here! Why are you here?” Shining smiled as he walked over to his mother. She got up and gave him a brief hug before turning to Cadence.

“Your father and I decided to tell you and your sister something of a personal bombshell and set out a bit out of the blue. Cadence, would you need your captain for the rest of today? This may be a bit of a long talk.”

“Of course.” Cadence smiled knowingly.

At least, she thought she knew.

Paperwork is hell of work, and so was checking spreadsheets. It was long before Cadence left her desk, and from there she picked up Flurry Heart from the nannies for a walk around the castle and markets. After some flying lessons, Flurry had finally tuckered herself out and was put to bed early into the evening just past dinner.

And yet through all that time she hadn’t seen her husband or mother-in-law around. Not out shopping, not in the training field, nor anywhere in the castle. None of the staff had seen them after they had left her office. She was truly beginning to worry when she thought of the most private chamber in the castle, their bedchamber. It was something they wanted just for themselves, and while servant could be called there, they were never routed to go there. So on bated breath she walked upwards towards their bedchamber, listening for chatter at best, shouting at worst. But dead silence met her at the door, and in all honesty, an empty room would have been better when she opened the door.

There in the bed that could seen just from the door was the unmistakable form of her husband and next to him, his mother. Both blissfully asleep, unaware, and nude. Cadence’s heart and stomach were in her throat as she ran, not even bothering to close the door. She dashed through the floors until she was back in her office. The door was slammed shut and sealed. Papers were flung haphazardly from the desk as Cadence sat with her knees in her chest as she rocked back and forth on her chair.

She knew what happened. What else could possibly lead to that scene? She’d even seen the thread. It was a thread that Shining Armor had only ever had with her, not even while hypnotized by Chrysalis did it form.

Love. Pure, consummate, love.

Cadence was bawling now. She was sick, she was tired, she was dead. But she had to know. She knew, but she needed to know how. After who knew how long she pressed her hand to her desk where a hologram of the castle showed up. “Royal Bedchamber, first logged entry of the day.” She didn’t know when they made it in there, it was the best way she knew to search.

But it worked. From a high corner of the room, she was able to see the door to the castle and the bed clearly enough as Shining Armor lead Twilight Velvet into their marital room.

“So what’s this about mom?” Shiny asked as he began to remove his armor. “This seemed pretty serious.”

“It is, but not quite for what Cadence thinks.” Velvet sighed as she pulled up her suitcase. “But to not be a liar, I'll lead with it. Shiny, your father and I are swingers.”

There was a loud clatter of metal as Shining Armor dropped his breastplate in stunned silence, making Velvet wince. “That… was not something I ever thought I’d hear my parents tell me.” Shining said in deadpan shock.

“It’s true. A few years after Twilight was born, your father and I were-“

“Mom I really don’t need to know the details! Just, let me live my lie that you’re a normal mother.” Shining held out his hand at his mother, cutting her off dismissively.

That brought genuine hurt to Velvet’s eyes, and tears seemed to well up as she stared at her son’s back in silence. And it wasn’t until Shining was done putting his armor up that he noticed the quiet.

“Mom, I’m… I-It’s just…” Shining Armor stammered as he took a seat on the bed. “Why would you tell me this? Why now?” He asked searchingly.

“Cadence was right.” Velvet sighed as she took a seat on her suitcase. “She knows, and she… I figured this was going to be the harder task.”

“You figured?” Shining searched his mother for a second before it clicked. “Dad went to go tell Twilight. And since she’s single this might blow over better with her.”

“Yes.” Velvet still sounded defeated. “Shining Armor, I’m still your mother. It's just this is who I and your father are. Please understand this.”

A long pause followed as Shining held a hand over his mouth, thinking deeply.

“What was the other thing.” Shining Armor asked, muffled by his hand as he looked down and away at the floor. “You said you wouldn’t be a liar, so this is what you told Cadence, but what are you telling me?” There was a very pregnant pause as neither of them seemed to be able to look the other in the eye.

“…No.” Velvet said as she got up, a devastated scowl on her face.

“What? Mom?! What is it?” Shining Armor jumped to his feet.

“If you can’t even accept this much, there’s no point in asking.” Velvet extended the suitcase’s handle and rolled it around towards the door.

“Mom, wait! It’s not that I can’t accept it, it’s just that-“ Shining strode over and grabbed his mother’s wrist.

“That you want me to be normal?!” Velvet screamed as she deflected her son’s grasp. “No one is normal Shining Armor! Everypony has their quirks, you just found out I had one you didn’t like, and neither did your wife!” Velvet pointed accusingly, tears starting to form. “She’s known for years, and it wasn’t until today that she began to think that it was acceptable!”

“I know there’s nothing like normal! I know I’m not!” Shining tried to rationalize, to connect.

“Oh, because you play Ogres and Oubliettes with your friends?! There’s nothing abnormal about that!” Velvet dismissed.

“No, I know I’m not normal because I’m in love with you!” Shining shot back.

Cadence had long since calmed down, and had even been rooting against Twilight Velvet, but both mothers were shocked speechless at the confession. And Cadence could piece it together now. Her swinger’s life, her thrill seeking, her coming here, it had all been to get into her son’s pants. And that dread began to swell back up in her throat as she knew what was to come.

But Velvet just stood there shocked as Shining Armor continued a little less heatedly.

“I knew I was in love with you the same time I really figured out my feelings for Cadence.” Shining glared down and away at the ground. “I was just in high school, only sort of sure that the butterflies I had for her were true feelings, but I also knew I had thought about you the same way for a few years too. I dreaded when Cadence accepted me and settled my mind, because that meant I figured out how I felt about you as well, not just as a caring mom, but as a mare who gives her all and brings joy to those in her life, but by then I also knew a colt isn’t supposed to be in love with his mother. So I squashed that down, convinced myself that you and dad were meant for each other, and focused on Cadence.” He collapsed back on the bed, his head in his hands and elbows on his knees, shaking. “Now, this… this just… kicked the weight off and shot my expectation to the sky. But… Go.”

“Honey.” Velvet approached the bed, but Shining Armor pointed violently to the door.

“GO! I can’t see you right now.”

“Shiny.” Velvet moved his arm aside and lifted his face to look at her. “That is the second reason I’m here.” And she leaned in to kiss him, and he didn’t push her away.

The kiss lasted for a moment before they broke apart, love and care in Twilight Velvet’s eyes, fear and confusion in Shining Armor’s, and conflict in Cadence’s. “Pause.” She said.

It… It made sense.

It didn’t make sense. It wasn’t right!

It wasn’t right then, Shining knew that.

He had picked her, and she knew he loved her deep and true. Hesitantly, Cadence called her thread of love forward, and sure enough it was still there, connected and strong, he loved her. But now he loved Twilight Velvet. In fact, he loved her even more as she looked. The thread was brighter, its contrast deeper, and she could even see new threads forming around herself.

They were all love she held for those around her. And if her world hadn’t just been shattered, she might not have even noticed how lonely her life was becoming, because as she saw the threads she only saw two strong ones to Shining Armor and Flurry Heart. Two faint connections tied her to Twilight Sparkle and Celestia, and so many more floated out there. And perhaps, she should be more accepting.

She reached out to her thread towards Twilight Velvet and nudged the two pieces closer, and even a bit of a shock to herself the two snapped together. And suddenly a feeling of loss and shame hit her heart. Of a mother and daughter not seeing each other for who they were, and guilt of sleeping with a partner behind another’s back.

Perhaps… it hadn’t been meant to go as far as she saw. That Velvet really came to only talk, and maybe go this far when Cadence was involved. And as Cadence thought and rationalized, her connection grew firmer, and her curiosity began to stir.

She’d only ever had sex with her husband, and the same was for him as far as he knew or was concerned. And now came along another mare they both knew with a wealth of experience and want. And suddenly Cadence’s panties were clinging too tightly to her body.

Her dress and under garments were quickly removed as she sat once more in front of the image of Velvet looming over her husband, one hand massaging a breast and another running over her lower lips.

“Resume.”

“M-mom, we ca-“

“Can.” Velvet placed her knees on either side of her son’s hips. “Cadence will understand. And it feels like you already do too.” The both looked down as a stiffening tent slowly began pointing toward the inside of Velvet’s skirt.

“Mom, we both know how these things can go. It doesn’t mean-“

“It means enough.” Velvet breathed heavily as she leaned with full force into her son, her right arm wrapping around his head to pull him in, her left exploring down towards his rear. Her mouth expertly worked his lip open as she began to probe, and with only a bit more hesitancy, Shining Armor embraced his mother I return.

He drew her closer to the point where their clothed groins meshed together, shocking them both apart.

“Shiny, please…” Velvet pleaded with lidded eyes, her breath heavy. Shining Armor fought with himself as he looked at the mare in his lap, desperate to be with him, and he with her.

And in this moment, there was only her.

“Ok mom.” Shining leaned forward and pecked her lips.

“Thank you.” Velvet smiled as she laid her forehead against his for a brief moment before shimmying herself backwards to stand up. “Now let me see this little man.” Velvet got to her knees and surprised her son with her quick movements to undo his pants and pull them down to his ankles. With nothing impeding its way, Shining’s shaft stood at full attention before his mother’s face. Pale pink, it was shorter than his father’s, but as Velvet took a hold of it, her hand couldn’t quite wrap around it, a fingers width of cock still showed. Shining twitched at the touch but watched on as his mother began to stoke him experimentally.

“It feels so heavy.” Velvet sighed as she began stroking her face against the phallus. Shining couldn’t say anything, worried to say anything that might ruin this moment. The best he could put forward was to moan in pleasure as she began to lovingly lick up his shaft, bottom to top, never quite in the same place, each with a deliberate flick of her tongue at his tip.

There was a moment of pause as Velvet repositioned herself in front of her son. “So how far has Cadence ever gotten down this?”

Shining’s mind crashed at the mention of his wife’s name. He had been trying to be just with the mare in front of him and forget the world, but she just had to bring Cadence up. And yet… the thought of comparing the two, thinking of both of them there, sharing in this experience, only made Shining Armor begin to look forward.

“Never passed the ring.” Shining replied as wrapped a finger and thumb a finger’s width from the medial ring, Velvet nodded in apparent understanding.

“Let’s see how I fare then. But first, let’s make sure you’re not the only one out here.” She smiled as she ran a finger up Shining’s dick, beginning to undo the buttons of her blouse with her other. It wasn’t a long process before she was shrugging her blouse back and her practical black bra fell forward, releasing her tits to her son’s gaze, his Jr. twitching in appreciation.

“Mom, you look amazing.”

“I’m glad you approve.” Velvet smiled as she hefted her breast aloft, each easily overflowing from her hands. And in a gleam of instant curiosity she brought herself forward and completely enveloped Shining’s cock within them. Never had Cadence been able to do this, her breasts comfortably filling Shining’s, rather admittedly large, hands. Yet here his mother’s tits were able to wrap around his thick shaft to the point where it only showed above Velvet’s cleavage.

“Wow.” Shining’s shock fell out of his mouth, the warmth of his mother’s chest feeling so different to anything else.

“Would you like your mommy to give you a tit job son?” Velvet smiled seductively over the flare of his cock, and almost reflexively there was an upward thrust. “Oh!” Velvet giggled as she began her own work while making eye contact with her son, lidded and seductive. “Aren’t you just and eager one.”

“M-mom, it’s amazing.” Shining groaned as he reached down and grabbed onto her tits, feeling her hardened nipples in his palms.

“Mmm, squeeze ‘em tight.” Velvet moaned as she allowed her son to start thrusting himself in her bust. “Don’t be afraid to get a little rough.”

Shining Armor humped upwards a bit longer before he finally let go of his mother’s tits. “That was… I could never imagine…”

“And we’re only getting started dear.” Velvet smiled as she traced the flare of his dick with one finger. “But back to what we were on before.” She gripped the base of the penis and backed up so that it was pointing straight forward. Both of them gulped, one in hesitation, one in preparation. Twilight Velvet opened her mouth slowly, her tongue lolling out and beginning to take in the bottom of Shining Armor’s flare, its size alone already pushing Velvet's cheeks out.

Soon the tip slipped into her mouth and Shining felt a whole new sensation of warmth. While her breasts had been comfy and confining, here he could already feel the slippery wetness of Velvet’s tongue dancing from side to side and she took in more and more cock, her gaze focused down the shaft at her son’s groin.

Slowly beginning to bob back and forth, gaining a little more distance on each decent, she was a quarter of the way down his dick when he felt the back of his mother’s throat, and not one cough or choke of protest came. Instead, she looked up at her son dead in the eye, breathed in through her nose deeply and kept going. Now, not only was his mother’s tongue playing around the base and sides of his dick, her throat was swallowing down his flare, and he could not stop himself from twitching the whole way, only able to attempt to hold himself steady for her. And all the while she stared at him in seductive confidence. Steadily she descended, the girth of Shining’s cock even beginning to bulge out Velvet’s throat.

It wasn’t until she was forced to stop did either of them notice that she had beaten Cadence’s record, Twilight Velvet had stopped as her lips ran into his medial ring. A perverse smile spread on Velvet’s face as she swallowed once more in triumph, and then hit with yet another surprise. A massive warmth began to fill he gut. With all this stimulation, Shining Armor had finally popped and began to cum.

Velvet began to panic as Shining was lost in the pleasure, but soon a strange calm ran through her. She closed her eyes and drank deep of her son’s sperm. Seconds passed as Velvet felt wave after wave of cum flow though her son’s dick and settling into her stomach.

When it finally ended, Velvet slowly withdrew, her son’s dick sliding effortlessly out until the head remained in her mouth. Fresh air began to flow through her nose once more as she suckled on the flair, tracing her tongue around the tip, and eliciting one more shiver of cum to spurt into her mouth for her to savor. And only after all of this…

“Oh Celestia! Mom! Are you okay?” Shining Armor finally came around to find his mom still sucking on his dick even after that spasm of an orgasm.

“Just fine dear.” Velvet replied as she popped the final piece of dick out of her mouth. “That was quite filling.”

“I… I…” Shining was completely stunned silent as his mother giggled and nuzzled against his cock. He didn’t know how much it had been, but it definitely had taken something out of him. And for his mother to drink that all down without a bit of discomfort or trouble was, for lack of any better words, absolutely fucking hot.

“Oh you have no idea how filling this is.” Velvet sighed as she ran a hand over her stomach. “So warm and viscous. You sure are redefining the term ‘thick’ tonight. And perhaps even vigorous.” She noted as Shining Jr. was steadily hardening once more. “A perk of your wife I’m sure.”

“M-Mom, why are you bringing Cadence up so much?” Shining was finally able to clear his head a little. “I kind of wanted this to be a thing between us, but you’ve been bringing her up at every possible moment.

Velvet sighed as she leaned against her son’s thigh, lightly stroking his dick. “Personally, I don’t quite like this, doing this without her. I… really want to include her. Have her, and you, and Night Light, and Twilight, all here being ourselves with each other. Promise me we don’t keep this from her.” Velvet looked up pleadingly.

“Of course not.” Shining replied immediately. “We tell her as soon as this is over. But until then,” Shining took his mother’s hand from his dick and directed her to stand. As she did he felt for the zipper of her skirt, letting it loose and tugging on her panties shortly after, leaving his mother completely nude before him, her bust and hips making for a wonderful sight of a thick hourglass. “This is about us.”

“Of course Shiny.” Velvet once more placed her legs on either side of Shining’s, only this time with no barriers between them. As she settled his dick up against her tummy, Velvet removed his shirt and laid her forehead against his. “Is like this okay?”

“It’s perfect mom.” Shining Armor smiled as he grabbed his mother’s ass, eliciting a small yelp of excitement as he lifted her up for her pussy to line up with his dick. “I want to see you take it all.”

“I’m up for that challenge.” Velvet smiled wickedly as she lowered herself onto his cock. She gasped as he filled her up, both her saliva and pussy slicking his shaft more than sufficiently down to the medial ring. One short pause as both prepared themselves and Velvet dropped down further.

“Mmph!” Velvet groaned as she felt herself hit her son’s hips. As she looked down between her breasts she could see she had done it, and boy if it didn’t feel fulfilling, and tiring. All she could do was pant as she continued to feel her son grope her ass and throb deep in her pussy. “How is it baby? How’s it feel to fill your mother up with your cock?”

“Divine.” Shining admitted as he leaned down lapped at one of his mother’s erect tits. Velvet shuddered at the shock that ran up her chest, her eyes closed and head thrown back in ecstasy. And in that ecstasy she began to lift herself up ever so slightly and begin to ride her son.

Her bouncing was small yet rapid, cum sloshing it’s warmth around inside her. All the stimulus from her son’s massaging and cream was just sending her overboard, and soon vigorous plaps were audible as hips bounced and slapped against one another. Shining’s hands were never stationary, roaming all over Velvet’s body, caressing down her thigh and up her back. Over to her unchecked tit where he squeezed her breast and tweaked her nipple. All this attention led to her slamming one more time down and screaming with absolute bliss as she came on her son’s cock.

And yet once more Shining surprised her as he came as well, deep within his mother. Not even an attempt at a warning, and in fact his squint of concentration looked like this was intentional. Velvet felt the ropes blast within her and she couldn’t help but cum right there once more. Soon she could feel a thick, wet warmth along her thigh as she realized Shining Armor had given her the motherload of cream pies inside of her, and she couldn’t feel more proud.

Shining Armor lay his head against his mothers breast as he panted, she holding him gently as she basked in her glow.

“Did you want me that badly Shiny?” She teased as she stroked his mane.

“…Yeah.” He admitted after a moment. “But we’re fine, right?” He looked up, a bit concerned.

“I don’t know.” Velvet replied. “I never did anything to stop having foals. It just never seemed to pan out. But perhaps…”

“Later.” Shining Armor closed his eyes. “We’ll think about it later.”

Cadence was breathing heavily as she watched the scene end. Three fingers were deep into her pussy, exhausted from the action they had just endured, and both of her breasts were completely erect and even leaking some milk. She so desperately wanted to have been there, to have experienced that moment with them, but also she had this moment of them alone for the first time forever more. And yet even more after this.

“Save recording.” Cadence said hoarsely as her non-pussy slick hand pressed into her desk.

“Cadence?” A questioning knock came from the door, a concerned mares voice coming through. Cadence was shocked into action and went to grab her dress before she thought twice and calmly walked to the door.

She carefully cracked the door open and peeked around the corner to see Twilight Velvet standing there alone in one of her robes. She looked scared and afraid, eyes darting around to find anypony else even remotely close to them.

“Cadence, I think I need to-“ Velvet couldn’t even finish her sentence before Cadence grabbed her arm and yanked her into the office, the door slamming shut and a solid kiss meeting her mother-in-law’s lips. Suffice to say Twilight Velvet was more than shocked silent, both by the act and the nude state she found her daughter-in-law in.

“I saw everything.” Cadence explained. “All of it, from your confession to his and to your consummation.”

“O-Oh.” Velvet blushed.

“And I don’t think we should delay. I believe I heard you mention that Twilight was supposed to be in on this?” Cadence asked, scheduling already flashing through her mind.

“Y-yes. But there’s no need to rush this Cadence. We should get to know each other a bit better in smaller groups before we really open ourselves up to the world.”

“The world?” Cadence’s thought process stopped. “Each other maybe, but I don’t think this is quite something we should be displaying.”

“But Cadence, you’re the Princess of Love. Shouldn’t you be at the forefront of something like this?” Velvet asked innocently.

“No no no, being the Princess of Love is one thing, but being open about my relationship with my husband and his family is completely separate. If I were to just-“ Cadence began to hold her thread to Velvet up to show her just how deeply they were connected now, something popped out to Cadence in the dark.

It wasn’t just red and pink, it was also blue and yellow and purple. Something was messing with the threads of love, and something powerful as well. And when thinking of powerful people associated with the colors blue yellow and purple, she could only imagine three other alicorns twining with the threads.

“I… There’s something bigger going on here Velvet. Get yourself and Shining Armor on the next train to Canterlot, I need to go now.” Cadence quickly rushed over to her discarded dress and hurriedly put it on before teleporting out of the castle and bee lining for Ponyville.

“So all four of us are mixed in some sort of twisted web and we all need to gather to undo it.” Cadence explained to a hesitant Twilight and Night Light. They looked between each other with some apprehension.

“S-So what we did… last night…” Night Light couldn’t even get the thought into words.

“Are your real feelings.” Cadence assured, causing the two to sigh in relief. “But many times amplified in one very specific direction.”

“And you think Princess Luna and Celestia are doing this?” Twilight asked.

“Maybe, and maybe not on purpose. I’ve never used my powers on them before in any capacity. I have no idea if what I’ve done has melded and twisted between them, and in turn, effected the entire world around them. And then…” Cadence couldn’t help single handedly gesturing up and down at Twilight. “Whatever you did last night bled into the fabric as well. Please tell me it was nothing drastic.”

Twilight could only chuckled nervously as she shrank between her shoulders. “Oh, nothing to big. Some matching stamina, some birth control,… and increased sperm count.”

Cadence could only stare blankly as her right eye twitched. “Birth control, good, great. Matched stamina… to an alicorn, ok. Increased…? Is that why Shiny let out so much? I-I’d never seen him-“

“And maybe some body elasticity modifications on the fly.” Twilight added sheepishly.

Cadence’s brain froze and broke before sighing in utter defeat. “New plan. Gather up the Elements of Harmony, get us four alicorns together and get blasted to set this whole mess straight.” Cadence sighed.

“I should head to Canterlot then.” Night Light piped up, gaining the two mare’s attention. “To update Shining Armor and Velvet. Maybe start some damage control if things start moving in strange directions.”

“Dad.” Twilight reached out.

“It’s okay pumpkin. We’ll still be a family after all of this is over. I promise.” Night Light smiled reassuringly before standing and grabbing his backpack. “I wish you two luck.”

As he left, the alicorns of love and friendship watched his ass leave in admiration.

“So, who first Twilight?”

“Well, let’s start on the outskits and mover our way in. We’ll start with Fluttershy.”