Pathways
Death of Innocence
Load Full StoryNext ChapterCelestia once again brought the sun above the horizon for another beautiful day. The flowers were blooming, the birds were chirping, and a young alabaster colt was woken up by an errant ray of sunshine. "Ugh, stupid sun, can't Celestia just... sleep in for once?" Shining Armor grumbled before lighting up his horn and enveloping his curtains in his magenta magic.
With a flick of his head, his room was once again in darkness... only for his little sister to barge into his room and start bouncing on his bed. "Shiny! Shiny! Guess what? Guess!" Twilight demanded as she narrowly avoided stomping on Shining's sheath.
"Did you finish a new book or something," was his half awake response.
"No silly, I did magic! I actually used my magic to move something!" Twilight announced, puffing up her chest floof in pride.
That got Shining's undivided attention. "Wow Twilie, that's great! Did you tell mom and dad?"
"Not yet! I wanted you to be the first pony I told," she said with a sheepish grin. "You are my BBBFF, so I thought you'd want to know right away." Before she knew what was happening, Shining Armor had enveloped her in a bear hug.
"Thanks Twilie, that really means a lot," Shining said before letting up on the embrace. Twilight just giggled as she returned the hug. Leaning down to nuzzle her, he caught a whiff of some subtle pheromones in her mane. Without really knowing why, he inhaled deeply once again before realizing what he was doing. "S-so, we should probably tell mom and dad the good news huh?" Shining asked as he pulled away from the hug.
"Oh, you're right! Come on Shiny!" Twilight eagerly zipped to his bedroom door before looking back. "You coming or what?"
"Yeah, go on ahead, I'll be right behind you," Shining reassured her before she zipped off, presumably to wake up their parents. Meanwhile, Shining waited in bed, taking deep calming breaths, and waited for his morning wood to go down. "Good enough," he said to himself once it was mostly back in his sheath. Following his sister to their parent's room he saw the door ajar, and just made his way inside where he was greeted with the sight of his sister. She was predictably 'sperging out at their parents as they slowly joined the land of the waking.
"Mom! Dad! Get up! I got something important to show you!" Twilight kept bouncing on their bed until her mother had enough focus to grab the purple ball of excitement in her magic. Her new shimmering purple confinement didn't seem to bother the filly.
"What is it Twilight? Did you finish another book?" Night Light yawned as his wife place their now slightly more subdued daughter on the floor
That made Twilight giggle. "No daddy! Shiny already asked me that!"
"She taught herself how to use magic, believe it or not." If looks could kill, Twilight's would have at least bruised Shining's ribs.
"Shiny! I wanted to tell them!" Twilight decided to demonstrate her newfound magic prowess by throwing a small pillow at her brother's face.
Twilight Velvet gasped as Night Light's eyes bulged. "Twilight! That's incredible! We've got to enroll you in Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns!"
"Dear, do you really think she's ready for that?" Velvet started to look worried. "The entrance exams can be harsh. It's been decades since I first went there, but I know the admittance rates aren't great."
"Nonsense! The exams wont be until next year, that's plenty of time for our little prodigy to learn any more basic magic they would test her on!" Night Light's confidence was infectious. Twilight seemed elated just to be allowed to study more magic.
"What should I learn next? Transfiguration, teleportation, thaumaturgy?" The purple filly was bouncing all around her parents room before she was picked up in a magenta aura similar to her own.
"Woah there Twilie, just start with the basics for now. In fact, how about I show you some simple shield spells?" Shining armor gently placed his sister back down near the door to their parents bedroom. "I can give you some pointers while mom and dad get up and ready." Gently nudging Twilight out with his muzzle, he closed the door behind them. "C'mon, lets head to the back yard where we can have more open space." Twilight didn't need to be told twice. She bolted past Shining and down the stairs, her older brother tight on her heels.
"That was good Twilie, just try to pump a smidge more energy into your spell and it should make a little bubble shield." Shining had been coaching his sister on basic magic manipulation beyond telekinesis for the past hour, and while progress was slow at first, Twilight was quickly learning from her mistakes.
Gasping for air as sweat ran down her muzzle, Twilight scrunched up her face in concentration, and mentally constructed the simple spell matrix Shining taught her before pouring all her available magic into it. What resulted was a rapidly expanding bubble of light magenta magic that knocked her back after popping like it was made of gum. "Owie..." Twilight moaned in pain as she lay splayed out on the grass.
Meanwhile, Shining was frozen in place. Before his eyes, he saw something he never really noticed before. He'd seen something like it in public, and around the house. A nudist society tends to leave little to the imagination, but he never paid attention before. Now though, he was paying very close attention, to his sister's puckered fillyhood, just laying out in the open.
As if in a trance, Shining inched closer to the ever so slightly parted lips. Eyes wide as if afraid his sister would disappear if he blinked, he leaned his muzzle down an inch away and inhaled deeply. He wanted more. He wanted to smell this all the time, wanted to taste it, his body was demanding he close the gap, even as his own conscience was screaming for him to stop in his tracks.
"Shiny, can we take a break? My horn hurts." That voice managed to cut through all the haze and bring Shining Armor back to reality. Quickly backing away and on the verge of hyperventilating, Shining looked down to Twilight who still had her eyes clenched shut in pain and rubbing her temples.
"Sure Twilie, that's enough practice for today. You did good." Shining was sweating bullets as he gave his sister a forced smile. "I'll meet you inside, I wanted to try practicing some of my own shield spells." Still half out of it, Twilight just grunted in agreement before slowly limping back inside on three legs, the fourth still clutching her head.
As soon as she was inside, Shining put up a rather thick barrier around him. "Hey! Can anypony hear me?" Turning to look around within his bubble, he got no response. "Hello! Mom, Dad Help!" With no response, Shining sighed in relief before turning away from his home, planting his hooves in the grass below him, and letting out the loudest and longest shout he could muster.
Once he was confident he got everything out of his system, Shining let his sound dampening shield fizzle out before going back inside for some water. He needed to make sure he didn't loose his voice, or explain why he lost his voice. In any case, he was going to have a long day ahead of him.
"A party?" Shining was understandably perplexed at his mother's suggestion.
"Well of course! It isn't every day your foal teaches herself magic! It won't be anything too big, just some friends, some backyard barbecue, maybe Twilight could show off her magic a bit." Twilight Velvet was already cleaning up the place, levitating various nick-knacks, dusters, and chairs as she tidied up the whole house. "Don't worry Shining, I know you don't like these gatherings as much as your father and I. You can hull up in your room for the night if you want."
"Thanks, I guess. I mean I don't totally hate parties, I just get kinda awkward around ponies I don't know." Shining rubbed his legs together self consciously. "Will there be any colts my age at least?"
Velvet perked up and looked over her shoulder at Shining. "Oh, yes! Your father invited his brother Flash Break and your cousin Star Hunter."
Shining couldn't help but smile. "Star's coming? Well that's some good news at least. I guess I should go clean my room then?"
"You read my mind sweetie! Make sure Twilight does too. It'll be a great way to stretch her magic muscles!" As Velvet went back into 'the zone' cleaning the house, Shining made his way back upstairs. He was about to go strait to his room, when he saw Twilight's door was open with the light off.
Peaking in to pass along his mother's message, he spotted Twilight curled up on her bed, still clutching her head. He was about to leave her be until she peaked an eye open. "Oh, hi Shiny. Did you need something?" She sounded utterly spent, and looked half asleep.
Not wanting to disturb her rest, Shining just shook his head. "Nah, just wanted to check in on you after that practice. You feeling okay Twilie?"
"Yeah, I think so. The headache went away and now I'm just sleepy." Shining decided he'd rather get an ear full from his mother than disturb the exhausted little filly.
"Well, just take it easy. I'll come wake you up in a couple hours if you're still asleep." With a sigh of acknowledgement from Twilight, Shining backed out of the room and gently closed the door. Once he crossed the threshold of his own bedroom, a thought managed to bubble its way to the forefront of his mind. I wonder if she would notice if I peaked at her filly bits while she was asleep.
After physically slapping himself with his hoof, Shining took a moment to banish the intrusive idea from his head. Taking a deep breath, he regained his composure before starting his task of cleaning his room. "What is wrong with me today?" Muttering to himself while making his bed with his magic, he tried pinpointing the problem. "It's not like looking down there is wrong. I've seen dad's sheath and moms mare bits before, not to mention half the mares and stallions I walk by on a daily basis. So why do I want to see Twilight like...that?"
It took a minute before Shining realized he had made his bed to perfect military regulation. "Huh, I guess the bed's made as much as it can be." Focusing on the rest of his room, he levitated all his comics back onto his book shelf along with his text books. Devoid of anything else to busy his mind, Shining found himself replaying the events of the morning. Being woken up, hearing about his little sister once again proving her prodigious abilities, trying to teach her how to make a magic shield and almost not failing and then...
Shining was broken out of his rumination by his member once again making itself known. With a groan in frustration at his own body, he tried thinking of anything other than what triggered the growth. With an ever waning patience, he waited for his body to cease its betrayal. I should ask dad about this. He's a stallion, so he should know why this is happening, maybe even a way to get rid of it quicker. Unfortunately for Shining, his father was busy inviting his relatives over and then setting up the grill, likely planning to make those gross pepper kabobs that give him indigestion.
Ugh! I hope Twilight doesn't get too overwhelmed tonight. At the thought of his sister, he remembered she was still napping. Not having anything else to do, and already feeling preemptively exhausted just thinking about the house full of his boisterous relatives, he made his way to Twilight's room. Not wanting to mess up his own bed after making it so thoroughly, Shining figured his sister wouldn't mind sharing a bed for a couple hours.
Opening the door, Shining spied Twilight stirring on her bed, her sheets splayed out haphazardly. As soon as the door was closed, he heard a small and tired voice. "Shiny? Is it time to get up already?"
"Nah, I just finished cleaning my room and was wondering if there was room for one more on that bed."
Twilight blinked and perked up a bit. "Oh, sure. You feeling tired after your own magic shield practice?"
Shining made his way to the other side of the bed before responding. "Sorta. Plus I'm gonna need all the rest I can get to deal with the party tonight."
"What party?" Twilight rolled around to face her brother with a questioning look.
"Mom and dad are throwing a little party with our relatives to celebrate you learning magic." Shining yawned as he got comfortable lying on his stomach while keeping a healthy distance from his sister. Don't need to freak her out with my dumb fifth leg.
"Oh, okay. I hope dad doesn't make those gross pepper kabobs. They make my tummy hurt," Twilight mumbled as she closed her eyes, trying to fall back asleep. Shining just smiled down at his sister before he managed to reach down and nuzzle her mane with the tip of his muzzle.
"Me too Twilie, me too."
"Shining! Twilight! Are you two awake?" The shouts of their mother managed to wake the pair up as they groggily rolled out of bed. With mild curiosity, and more than a bit of relief, Shining noted he wasn't sporting an erect member before shouting back down in reply.
"We are now mom! We'll be down in a bit!" Shining frowned when he saw Twilight wince from the volume of his voice. Idiot, just trot out and call down the stairs. Twilie doesn't need me yelling in her ear right after a nap. "Sorry about that Twilie."
"It's fine, just still waking up. Mom probably wants to make sure we're up to say hi to everypony." Twilight let out a yawn before opening her door with her magic.
Shining perked up at the magenta glow. "Dang Twilie, you're getting good. It took me at least a week to stop using my hooves to open doors."
Twilight blinked up at her brother in bemusement. "Huh? Oh yeah, I guess I just wanted the door open but didn't want to reach my hooves up." She frowned in confusion. "It took way more concentration to turn a page in a book the first time."
"Yeah well, the first time is always the hardest, but it gets easier the more you use it." Following Twilight downstairs, he was pleasantly surprised to see his favorite cousin. "Star! How you been feather brain?"
Star Hunter's wings fluffed a bit in surprise before he smirked at his younger cousin. "Better than you I bet, bone head." After exchanging hoof bumps, the deep blue pegasus craned his neck to see his other little cousin. "Sup Twi, you been driving Shiny up the wall?"
Twilight was taken aback before she hardened her gaze. "Wha? No way! Shiny is my BBBFF! I'd never wanna upset him." Despite her attempts at leveling as serious a glare as she could manage, the older ponies around her only found the display to be adorable.
Star Hunter smirked and tasseled her mane. "Ha, just kidding squirt. I know you two are like peas in a pod." Unfurling his left wing, he gave her a quick side hug before turning back to the older of the sibling pair. "Hey cuz, how about we head up to your room for a bit to catch up? I know how socially awkward you can get."
Shining's face felt a bit heated before he rolled his eyes. "Yeah, sure. Not like you're much better."
"Hey, it's not like we have a ton of cousins in town to hang out with. Plus I do fine at parties, just not family gatherings like this." Hunter suddenly lost his smirk for a deadpan glare. "You know how grandma Twinkle gets." The two young stallions shared a shudder of revulsion.
"Fine, you win. Let's go. I got some new O&O figurines I wanna show you anyways." Shining was about to turn back to the stairs before a tiny purple hoof caught his attention.
"You're not gonna hang out down here? I thought you could try helping me make a shield for everypony." Twilight's pleading eyes were misted up as she gazed up to her brother.
Stiffening up a bit at his memory of the last time he tried that, he clenched his eyes shut and shook the images out of his head. "Sorry Twilie, I'll teach you that later when there aren't a ton of ponies around to mess with your concentration. Plus, I haven't seen Star in ages."
Disappointed that her puppy dog eyes failed to persuade Shining, Twilight hung her head in resignation. "Okay... will you at least come down for dinner?"
"Don't worry Twiggles, I'll make sure your big bro makes an appearance." With a wink and a pat of Shining's back with his left wing, he almost dragged the white unicorn up the stairs until he got with the program. Nopony really noticed the exchange, being too busy catching up with each other. Nopony except Twilight Velvet, but she knew her son wouldn't be showing his muzzle much tonight. Instead she decided to focus her attention on her daughter.
As soon as the pair of colts were alone in Shining's room, Star Hunter closed the door and let out a relieved sigh before relaxing his right wing. As he did so, what looked like a comic book fell to the ground, except Shining didn't recognize the cover. Before he could get a closer look, Star scooped it up in his hooves with a shit eating grin plastered on his face.
"What is that Star? And why are you looking at me like that?" Shining eyed his cousin with suspicion and backed up a step.
"This, my dear cousin, is my most prized treasure, pilfered from my father's personal stash." His grin only grew in intensity until he started resembling a mental patient.
"Okaaaaaay? So what, is it?" Shining's suspicion turned to annoyance and curiosity as he took a single tentative step closer.
"Take a look for yourself," Star said, offering the item in question as he sat on his haunches. Looking from his cousin to what he could now make out as a 'Wing Boner Magazine', he picked it up in his magic, taking note of the lascivious pose the pegasus mare on the cover was in. "Go on, open it!" Star sat on his haunches, looking at Shining like he just gave him the best birthday present in the world.
Doing as he was told, Shining's eyes immediately bulged at the sight of two pegasus mares showing off their genitals mid wink as their tongues bulged in each other's mouths. "W-what is t-this," Shining breathed out in reverence, not even noticing his member flopping out of his sheath as he sat back in astonishment.
"Welcome to the wonderful world of porn little cuz. Now, you gonna share the view?" While not having the same view as Shining, Star Hunter's dick was already out of his sheath as he played with it. When Shining noticed, he was practically paralyzed. Star just rolled his eyes before moving to sit next to his younger cousin.
"I didn't know two mares could do that." Shining's own penis was throbbing at this point, but he didn't know how to deal with it. At least I'm not thinking of Twilie.
"Oh yeah, that's nothing. Notice something about those mares though?" Star gently nudged Shining in the shoulder. Squinting, Shining took a closer look. He noticed the mares had inverted teal and orange coat and mane colors, and their cutie marks were both a pair of wings with the colors of the other. Shining's eyes shot open in realization.
"Are those twins!?"
Star Hunter shoved a hoof in Shining's muzzle. "Shush! You want the whole house to hear?"
"Sorry, it's just... I thought siblings weren't supposed to kiss like that. I mean, mom and dad don't even kiss like that," Shining explained, pointing at the mares in the picture.
"I know, it's hot right? Imagine getting to bang both of them at once!" Star's shit eating grin made a comeback.
Shining tilted his head in confusion. "What do you mean by 'bang'?"
"Oh, wow. Okay, I guess now is as good a time as any to give you the sex talk." Star shrugged his shoulders before continuing. "See that thing between your legs is called a penis, dick, cock, fifth leg, etc. Mares have a vagina, pussy, snatch, cunt, the list goes on. Point is, when you put your dick in a pussy, it feels REALLY good, and when you cum inside, it can make a foal if the mare is in estrus."
"What's cum and estrus?" Shining was still confused, but from the fact his dick grew when he saw Twilight's... vagina, and seeing these mares, it made sense.
"Cum is the stuff that comes out after you orgasm. Estrus is the time of year when mares get super needy for dick."
"Whats, an orgasm?"
"Wow cuz, you really are sheltered. I know when I was your age, I was learning this from my buddies at flight camp." Rolling his eyes, he pointed to Shining's still erect penis. "You can orgasm if you rub your dick with your hoof long enough. I use my wings sometimes, but it's a bitch to clean them afterwards, so I usually just use the frog or crook of my hooves."
Tentatively, Shining reached out and grasped his hard cock in the crook of his hoof and started rubbing. It felt good, so he kept gently stroking it until Star brought his attention back to his surroundings. "Yo, Equestria to Shining, you there?" Blinking back his confusion, he cocked his head. "Look, can you at least hold up the magazine so we can both enjoy it?"
"Oh sorry, sure. Hows this?" He levitated the magazine up to eye level for them as he continued to stroke himself with both hooves. Occasionally Shining would glance over to his cousin to make sure he was doing it right, but for the most part he just did what felt good. As the feeling of pleasure increased, so to did his pace.
Soon, he was zoned out, not even focusing on the image in front of him, but thinking back to earlier that day. He remembered the smell from between Twilight's rear legs, seeing something he'd seen who knows how many times, yet this was different. As his mind wondered, he kept thinking of his sister. Sleeping next to her, smelling her mane in the morning, taking baths with her.
Twilie... Before he could tell what was going on, his mind was wracked with pleasure as a white liquid spurted from his and Star's dicks at the same time. It was only after he managed to catch his breath that he took stock of his situation. At some point he had dropped the magazine which lay half folded on the floor. Star Hunter was reclining against the foot of his bed, eyes gently closed as he lightly panted.
Shining let his eyes settle on the small stain on his bedroom carpet. "Star... what was that?"
"Your first orgasm li'l cuz. Felt good right? We should probably clean that up before it dries tho." Standing back up, Star made sure to grab his magazine and scooch it under Shining's bed. "Can you grab all that liquid in your magic? Or do we need to do this the old fashion way? I usually just let it fall through the clouds, but your floor is a bit too solid for that."
"I can get a bit with magic, but if any soaked in, I can't take it out." That being said, he focused his telekinesis on the cum and picked up what came out to be a couple hoof fulls of the stuff. "What should I do with it?" Star gave him an evil smile.
"Dare ya to swallow it." Shining nearly dropped the load when he did a double take.
"Why would I do that? Gross!" The midnight blue pegasus looked taken aback for a moment before recovering.
"Shiny, you've never tasted cum have you?" With a stiff shake of his head, Shining started glaring. "Cuz, you gotta at least try it. I taste mine sometimes, and it actually taste pretty good. I just wanted to offer that up to you cause I thought you'd like it." Star was giving Shining a pleading look with a hoof over his chest as he spoke.
Shining raised a single eyebrow. "Then why were you making that face when you dared me to eat it?"
"Because that's the face I make when I have a great idea, and that idea was 'Shiny would love to taste this. I should offer it to him'." Shining furrowed his brow in contemplation. "I swear it tastes really good, even if it was on the floor, we eat grass and that grows directly from the ground. Can't be too dirty, plus if you don't like the taste, I'll let you keep the wing boner mag. I can get another one from my dad anyway, not like he keeps track of the things."
With a suspicious look back and forth from his cousin to the floating blob, he weighed the options in his head. After a moment, he came to a conclusion. "If you're pranking me, I keep the magazine and get to kick your flank."
"Deal!" Star held out a hoof and Shining bumped it. Without further fan fair, Shining opened wide and guided the whole glob into his maw. As soon as he closed his mouth around it, Star had his hooves around his muzzle, clamping it closed. "Swallow cuz!" His grin was manic. Shining was furious, but did as he was told since he didn't see another option. All being said, it didn't taste horrible. A bit salty and sweet, but it felt like swallowing a glob of snot.
While Star was laughing his flanks off, Shining decided to collect on their deal immediately.
"Dude, you're so lucky my coat is a dark color, or there would be tons of questions." Star Hunter was standing outside the Sparkle Household after most of the guests had left, his father was still taking forever to tell his aunt and uncle goodbye.
"If anypony asked, I'd just tell the truth." At Star's horrified expression, Shining elaborated, "my mule of a cousin pranked me so I kicked his flank."
"Don't scare me like that cuz. We might not get in that much trouble, but I'd at least get chewed out for taking that magazine, and corrupting my little cousin!"
Shining looked contemplative for a moment. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure I was already corrupted. You just made it worse."
"Oof! You wound me Shiny! I'm hurt that you would belittle my roll in your life!" They both shared a laugh before devolving into a comfortable silence. A few minutes later, Star Hunter's father came out of the house and bid his son follow as he took off for the sky.
As Shining made his way back to bed that night, he couldn't help but let his eyes linger on the newest stain to his bedroom carpet. Even after scrubbing it with soap and drying it with a combo of his magic and Hunter's pegasus wing power, it was still a small dark spot on the otherwise pristine floor. I should get a rug to cover that up, he thought. But that's a future Shining problem. Current Shining is hitting the hay.
Author's Note
This is not a clop fic. This is cursed horse shit that got stuck in my head one day and wouldn't leave until I write it. That being said, I and most authors appreciate feedback.
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