A Special Gift

It was another peaceful and bright day in Equestria. The ponies basked in the light of the morning star from Princess Celestia. And speaking of said Princess, she was currently talking with her prized pupil about a topic she’d been lulling over in her head for quite a while.

“So, how do you feel about it?” asked the Princess to her apprentice.

“Is this really necessary?” asked Twilight.

“I know you feel you can take care of yourself, Twilight. But it would do me well if I knew you had someone watching over you when I wasn’t around. I only want to keep you safe from harm. You understand, my student?”

“I do,” sighed the bookworm as she was glad her teacher cared for her well-being. “Alright, I agree with your proposal.”

“Excellent,” said Celestia as she pulled her student in for a hug. “Now, I’ll assemble the guards and allow you to choose which one you want.”

“Actually, Princess… I have a different idea.”

The co-ruler of Equestria was curious as to why her student might have cooking in her brain when picking out a personal guard to watch over her. A while later, a certain unicorn had gotten his meal in the royal mess hall as he sat down alongside his friend.

“Hey, Storm. How are you holdin’ up, bud?” asked the unicorn’s friend.

“The new exercise regiments are really taking a beating out of me, Shadow,” said the guard. Ever since the royal guard got a new shakeup, morning training has been more brutal than before. “And it doesn’t help that I’ve had the night watch for the past two months!”

“You could always just ask for a transfer,” Shadow said, not understanding why his best friend pushed himself to work late nights and only get a few hours of sleep before having to wake up early for their workout.

“You know me, bud. I don’t ever quit a job. I see it through the end, no matter how grueling it is. Besides, what would my folks think if they saw their son be a quitter?”

“How is worrying about your mental health considering quitting?” asked the pegasus to his friend.

Before the unicorn could respond, their squad captain approached the pair.

“You two, hurry up! We got an urgent meeting with the Princess.”

The two guards shifted eyes with each other as they could only wonder what this meant. Soon, every guard in the two’s section stood in the throne room. The pair were among the first few in the front row as they stood at attention and waited for the Princess to arrive. It wasn’t long before their head captain appeared. The throne room doors opened, Princess Celestia came in, and Twilight flanked her. Almost immediately, Storm’s eyes widened. He didn’t expect to see his marefriend and worried the girl’s teacher might have discovered their private relationship. He kept a stern and stoic face as he kept quiet. Soon, Princess Celestia stood before the latest section of guards, and Twilight stood beside her.

“Attention!” called the squad captain as they all saluted and stood firmly.

“At ease, everyone. I’m sure you all are wondering why I called you here. It’s simple. I’ve decided to assign one royal guard member to be a personal escort for my pupil.” said Celestia as she looked at Twilight.

The princess's announcement caught most of the guards’ attention, and they quickly looked at the bookworm, forming opinions about her. Storm was among the ones to look at his girlfriend as she flashed him a secret small.

“However, instead of assigning one of you on my own accord. I’ve decided to let my pupil select a personal guard.”

Twilight stepped forward as she looked to address the guards before her.

“As Princess Celestia has stated, I am required to pick a bodyguard. However, instead of randomly selecting one, I want to ensure that the guard I choose is the best for the job. And so, I’ve devised a challenge, as you will. With the help of Captain Shining Armor, every guard will be put through a gauntlet. And not just any gauntlet; this will test everything you have. Strength, intelligence, courage. Only the one guard who manages to rise above the others will be good enough to be my escort for my teacher’s sake.”

Hearing Twilight's announcement intrigued most of the group. The thought of guarding the princess’ personal student was to their liking, mostly because if they did become Twilight’s bodyguard, it could be their way of getting a promotion and rising the ranks. But for Storm, he had a different emotion. The mare locked eyes with her secret boyfriend as she smiled at him, unaware of the thoughts swirling in his head.

The day came as the rise of the morning sun meant the start of the day. And on this day, it was the start of Twilight’s gauntlet to determine which lucky guard would be her personal escort. Every guard in the entire royal army was gathered for a quick roll call. Captain Shining Armor, the head honcho in the royal army, began running down the massive line of guards that stood before him as roll call was being done. A bit farther down the line, Shadow peeked his head out and looked side to side. The pegasus didn’t see his best friend and worried he might get in trouble for missing the roll call.

“Where are you, bud?” asked the guard.

In a closed utility closet, some action was going down.

“Twilight, I need to go, or I’ll be in trouble!” said Storm as the mare was stroking his shaft. “This couldn’t wait until later!”

The guard had been contacted by his girlfriend to meet her before rollcall as she wanted to give him a surprise. He should’ve expected that it was just another excuse for her to get dicked down by him, as she was so attached to them having sex that she needed him inside of her at least once a day. But to do it on an important day was just asking for them to be discovered and potentially expelled from the royal guard. The mare was bent over at the hip, her hands supporting her on the wall, as she backed her ass into her boyfriend’s shaft. The guard grabbed her hips and began to pump into her furiously.

“Ah! I-ahhhp-I-told you already! This is to help you be… motivated! Now, hurry up-ahhh- and fill me with your seed!”

The guard then sped his tempo as he began to rail his girlfriend. Storm wasn’t sure what Twilight meant about this to motivate him for the upcoming gauntlet, but the throws of passion soon invaded his mind as he focused on giving his mare what she wanted. Twilight could barely contain the utter joy that he was giving her. At this point, she could feel the muscle in his cock flex and contract. Storm soon raised one of Twilight’s legs as the mare shifted her weight to balance on one leg while her other leg rested on her boyfriend’s shoulder. The new position allowed the guard to go in deeper and reach inside his mare than before as she nearly lost her mind. The pair locked eyes as her tongue hung out before he grabbed her face to capture their lips, making both moan and close their eyes. In no time at all, a massive load of semen erupted into her awaiting womb. He held onto her until his load was properly delivered. As he finished filling her, he slid his dick out of her cunt and looked at her as small drops leaked out of Twilight’s pussy, both out of breath from such an intense climax.

“I need to go!” said Storm as he began to pull his pants up. “Wish me luck.”

“You won’t need it,” smiled Twilight, as she felt her boyfriend would be fine in this gauntlet.

As he prepared to open the door, Twilight turned around and bent down to give her boyfriend one last shot of her sexy anus and ponut as Storm gulped before exiting. The mare smiled as she couldn’t wait to reward her boyfriend when he finished the gauntlet.

Back with the guards, the roll call was nearly over as Shadow was now panting heavily, given they were about to be upon them and Storm was still nowhere to be seen.

“Lieutenant Shadow!” said the guard with the clipboard with Shining Armor by his side.

“Sir!” saluted the pegasus.

“Lieutenant Storm!”

“Sir!”

Shadow’s eyes widened as he turned, and sure enough, his best friend was there as he stood at attention and in uniform. The guard nodded, as did the High Captain, before they continued down the line. Once they were out of view, Storm bent over and let out a breath he was holding in.

“Dude, what happened?”

“Take a wild guess,” responded Storm.

And so the gauntlet began. As she had mentioned, searching for a guard suitable for Twilight was in full swing. It involved everything from strength to coordination to intelligence. Given that the bookworm was highly intelligent, it should've been no shock that she wouldn’t settle for just some boneheaded guard as her personal escort. The gauntlet lived up to its name, as nearly half the field had been eliminated within the first two challenges to show its strictness. Celestia and Twilight watched from the Princess’ balcony as they saw the guards all busting their asses off to prove their worth. The remaining individuals who survived the first few challenges impressed the lavender mare. Of course, she kept her eye on her secret boyfriend while preparing to reward him tonight, regardless of the outcome of the gauntlet, but… she had a feeling she already knew the outcome.

Speaking of the guard, the unicorn managed to pace himself as the first few challenges his girlfriend constructed proved simple. However, he remained focused as he felt this was a chance to impress the Princess and get new opportunities to move up the ranks. He wasn’t thinking about being Twilight’s personal guard, but he was unaware that a part of his motivation to push himself came from his earlier session with Twilight. It seemed what she said was true as the small image of his naked marefriend that crossed his mind every so often fueled him.

It was soon evening as the sun was shown setting. From early morning to sundown, the royal guard had been pushed to their limit. And from the hundreds of guards, including the recruits that were brought in for the challenge as Twilight wanted to give everypony a fair chance… only twenty remained. Among those twenty were Shadow and Storm, as the two buddies managed to hang in and survive the gauntlet's challenges.

“Hey, bud. Just wanted to say, no hard feelings. But if I somehow pass and am selected as Twilight’s escort, know I won’t lay a hand on her. She’s your girl, and I wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize our friendship.”

“I appreciate that bud. But… let’s not think about that right now. Let’s get survive for now.” said Storm as he patted his buddy’s shoulder, covered in sweat to show how hard they’ve been at it all day in the hot sun.

“Line up!” shouted one of Shining Armor’s subordinates as the two sighed before jogging into position.

“10-mile run around the castle. Now!”

The remaining guards then got to it as they began their jog. The moon was starting to rise halfway in the sky as Princess Celestia’s younger sister began doing her nightly duties. As for the morning mare, she had decided to remain awake along with her student as they watched the final guards do their task of running.

“Pick up the pace, men! Double time! Faster! Move! Move!”

The soldiers did as they were told and kept running, nearly pushing their bodies to their limits.

“Halt!”

At the sound, the remaining soldiers all stopped, with a few bending over to catch their breaths.

“Attention! See that pole!” said the high-ranking officer as he pointed at a metal pole just a few meters away with the banner of the Equestria flying high. “The one who can retrieve it gets a free ride back to the barracks. Go!”

“I’m too tired to try, bud,” said Shadow as he could tell his arms were about to reach his breaking point, and he didn’t have it in him to climb.

“Fall in!” shouted the officer.

“Let’s go.”

Storm continued standing where he was as his buddy returned to get in formation. However, the guard looked at the pole as if thinking of something.

“Lieutenant. I said fall in! Now!”

“One sec, sir!” responded the unicorn as he approached the pole.

Storm looked at the pole's base as he tapped its end with his foot, and as he had expected, the foundation was loose. The erosion of the dirt needed to be replaced by the royal gardeners as they had yet to replace this yard section, meaning it was perfect for what he was about to do. The guard took a deep breath as he put his right foot on it and pushed it as hard as possible. The pole didn’t budge at first, but it then began to move in the dirt before it began to lean and eventually toppled over. Everyone watched as the pole hit the ground; Storm smiled as he grabbed the banner at the end and untied it. The unicorn then approached the officer as he handed it to him.

“Here you go, sir,” said the unicorn, handing the item to his superior officer.

The officer merely nodded at the guard as he got back in line, and they continued back toward the barracks. Watching from above, Twilight smiled, proud that her boyfriend had easily figured out a solution to the problem.

“I’ve made my choice,” said Twilight to her teacher.

Two bodies fell to the floor as both guards heavily panted. Their bodies ached so much that it was almost impossible to move.

“I can’t feel my legs,” said Shadow.

“I can’t feel my arms,” groaned Storm.

The results showed that the two guards had been pushed like never before. All the pair were looking forward to was washing their musk off and hitting the hay early. As the two prepared for a long hot shower, a scroll magically appeared before Storm. The guard could only guess who’d been trying to get in touch with him at this time as he grabbed it. He rolled onto his back as he unfurled it before gazing over the contents.

“You got to be fucking kidding me!” yelled Storm.

“Trouble?” asked Shadow as he lay across his bed.

“Twilight… wants to talk to me. Now!”

“Dude… I feel sorry for you,” expressed the pegasus to his buddy. “What for?”

“I don’t know… I’ll be back, bud,” groaned the guard as he struggled to get up before cracking his back to head over to Twilight’s tower.

The guard had a spare key given to him by his marefriend as he opened the door to the tower and locked it behind him. He then began climbing up the stairs to the mare’s room as the climb alone made his legs ache. He soon arrived as he grabbed the railing, pulled himself up the last few steps, and took a moment to catch his breath. He was bent over when he saw the bookworm as she leaned against the round table in the middle with a smile. Once he collected his breath, he then approached the mare.

“Okay, what do you…”

The guard didn’t finish his question as the mare leaped at her stallion and wrapped her arms around his neck before pulling him in for a deep kiss. The unicorn was unprepared before he instinctively put his arms around the bookworm mare as he backed her up into the table's edge before she lifted herself to sit on it and wrapped her legs around her stallion to keep him from leaving. The two broke apart as Storm raised his hands to caress Twilight’s cheeks; the lavender unicorn fell under his spell as his touch was comforting.

“So what’s all this?” asked the stallion.

“Well. I thought you’d like to know that I’ve already decided who my personal escort will be per Princess Celestia’s orders. And it’s you, but… to be honest, I kinda already thought of you the second she told me her idea.”

“So why did you make me literally jump through hoops with that insane gauntlet?” asked the guard.

“And risk my teacher finding out about our relationship? At least, this way, she knows I made a decision based on who passed the trials, not just out of self-interest.”

“Speaking of our ‘private’ relationship? Isn’t this gonna raise more eyebrows about ponies knowing about us?”

“That’s why you need to control yourself when we’re in public.”

“Control myself? You’re the one who can’t stop hopping on my d-”

Twilight silenced her boyfriend by pressing her lips against his. Eventually, the stallion fell into the kiss as his hands began to explore Twilight’s back before grabbing hold of her bountiful ass. He began to knead it as Twilight moaned into his mouth while their tongues began to dance with each other and trade spit. The pair soon pulled apart as they needed air; Twilight’s hands then began to roam about her boyfriend’s chest as she felt his chiseled muscles before taking his shirt off to see it on full display.

“I think we both should get clean,” teased the mare.

The sound of water was heard as some steam rose from the tub. Twilight leaned back as she rested against her boyfriend’s chest. The stallion smoldered her neck with kisses as she closed her eyes and smiled. Storm brought his hands around Twilight as he began to grope her breasts and lathered her chest with soap. The mare moaned as the soapy substance mixed with her stallion’s skilled hands made her feel so good. She returned the favor as one of her hands stroked Storm’s cock as it began to harden from the stimulant of his marefriend’s touch and water.

Once they finished washing each other’s bodies, they began to satisfy their lustful needs. Twilight had her back turned against the glass as Storm began to ram his shaft into the depths of his beloved girlfriend. The stallion emitted heavy grunts as he let out all the pent-up tension he got from doing all the insane challenges his girlfriend made him do, as he wanted to take it out on her. Twilight gasped as she enjoyed the roughness her lover was giving her as it brought out a kinky side of her. Her fingers pressed against the glass as if trying to grab something to hold on to but just succumbed to the stallion’s primal instinct to make love to her.

“Oh, Storm… you’re so big…”

“So tight…”

The guard pushed himself in even further and nearly hilted his entire length into the mare’s tight walls. With how much they’d been doing at this point, Twilight wouldn’t be surprised if her pussy was remolded into the shape of Storm’s cock as it was the only one worthy of being within her sacred walls. Their juices lubricated the guard's cock that it allowed him to glide effortlessly in and out of the mare's cavern as he grabbed her ass tightly. The firm grab from Storm enticed Twilight more as she relished being nothing more than a fuck toy for the guard that was her lover.

“Come on…. Fuck me! More!” said Twilight as she wanted to scream for all to hear.

The guard used the sounds he was getting from his mare to motivate him. The rough thrusting turned up as the guard pummeled the bookworm mare, her voice orchestrated around the room. His thick, hard rod disappeared and reappeared with every motion while exploring and tugging on the mare's inner cavern. Eventually, Storm explodes into Twilight, and he seals it with a passionate kiss. Yet, the pair were far from done.

Twilight now had her breasts up against the glass as one could see them if they stood on the other side through all the steam. Storm was looking at his marefriend’s bubble butt as he gave it a firm slap, getting an excited yelp before grabbing his shaft and positioning it, and pushing into his mare once more. Twilight let out a high-pitched sigh as she relished the feeling of her snatch clinging to his cock, clenching, pulling and sucking. Twilight moved her hips backward, grinding herself on her boyfriend’s long and hard shaft. Feeling it ravaging her as she moved, bringing on a pound of waves of ecstasy from deep within her body. The guard reacted instinctively, grabbing her slender hips, and began to slam with his thrusts. The joy of feeling her lover’s cock sliding in and out of her was pure bliss for the intelligent unicorn.

The guard then picked up the pace and began to fuck his mare faster. His hands clenched her hips even tighter as if afraid she might disappear if he let her go. Twilight’s body just bounced up and down as it acted on its own; her legs shook and trembled with pressure as she felt successive waves of pleasure rocking her body. She lifted her head and moaned again, loudly. Storm’s pace began to spike, this time fucking her without abandon. He reached up and grabbed her arms to pull her back; She arched her back a bit, and the stallion now had a full view of her ass. The way it bounced and jiggled due to his actions, every impact made her cheeks wobble. The way he clapped those purple cheeks fueled the stallion’s inner alpha male. It almost served as a challenge to the guard himself, as he wanted to see just how much he could make Twilight’s ass shake. Storm looked at the mirror on the wall as he could see the reflection of them fucking; it served as a momentous sight as he could see Twilight’s hardened nipples scraping against the smooth surface while her face was a display of delight and pure lust, lips agape and tongue nearly hanging out.

“Storm… I can feel it…”

“Twilight… I’m cumming…”

“Me too…”

Another slap followed Twilight’s cries of ecstasy as Storm could feel Twilight starting to tense up. The guard knew that the mare was starting to reach her limit, as it was only a matter of time before her climax occurred. The stallion then adjusted his position to grip her hips better, moving fast enough as he jackhammered into the mare. The mare then released as her climax came; Storm grunted as he also let loose and fired his seed into her depths. His whole body locked up as he continued to fill her, with bits of white strings of his seed falling to the shower floor from her stained thighs. The two panted heavily before the guard grabbed his girlfriend’s chin to make her look at him before planting his lips onto it. The pair closed their eyes as he remained buried inside of her.

Morning came as Storm was called to the throne room. The guard stood before the Princess of Equestria as Twilight was beside her teacher. The young guard showed the proper respect as he removed his helmet and bowed before the majestic alicorn. Celestia rose from her throne and walked down the stairs to stand above the unicorn. She raised her hand to address the guard.

“Do you understand the responsibility of this task?”

“I do.”

“Do you understand that it is your duty to protect and serve my student?”

“I do.”

“Rise, young liuetenant.”

Storm opened his eyes and stood up as Twilight approached him. The two locked eyes as he bowed to the mare.

“I promise to always be by your side and keep you from harm,” said Storm, acting professionally in front of the Princess and other guards in the room.

“I look forward to you keeping your promise, guard,” smiled Twilight as she acted professionally in the presence of others.

Surprisingly, with Storm being Twilight’s personal guard, the two keep their relationship a secret. To the pair, every day they headed out of the castle grounds, it felt like a date of sorts. Allowing them to enjoy the other’s presence without the involvement of sex being at the core. Granted, this job allowed the pair to sneak away and get in some quick successions without raising too many suspicions as before, but for the most part, the two had time to chat and just be a normal couple. It seemed the cover of being Twilight’s bodyguard would work out just fine.

Twilight was shown exiting the Canterlot Library as she had just finished returning some books. The mare had her nose dug into the book she was holding, and she didn’t pay attention in front of her, so she bumped into something.

“Sorry,” said the mare as she accidentally bumped into a stallion who stood with his friend. “Pardon me, sirs!”

The bookworm quickly gathered her stuff and dusted her button-up shirt and skirt before walking past the pair of young stallions. While the mare’s gaze returned to her book, her ears picked up on the small rumbling between the two stallions.

“Dude, tell she ain’t a ten?”

“Oh, she’s a ten, no doubt. Do you see that ass of hers? I’d love to tap that and make her my…”

Twilight felt a shiver run down her spine as she was disgusted by the pervertedness of the two stallions she bumped into. She could already feel their eyes roaming over her body; she felt like she needed to take a shower to wash away the filth. To think that either of them had a chance showed how delusion they were or just plain stupid.

“As if either of them could compare to Storm,” bragged Twilight as her secret boyfriend filled her up in all the right places and then some.

The mare then began to think about her lover as she felt herself getting wet. Luckily, she arrived at her tower as she could already feel her panties getting wet just thinking about her boyfriend and his glorious spear. The lavender unicorn quickly entered her home. Since Storm was currently doing some training, she would have some difficulty getting rid of her itch on her own. As the mare climbed the stairs to take care of her itch, she noticed her calendar on the wall. The thing floated off the wall and into the mare’s fingers as she looked at it. Twilight’s eyes looked over it as she had written the rest of her activities for the day and smiled. She then noticed something else on the calendar. She noticed a certain date circled in red and a party hat.

“Storm’s birthday,” said the mare.

It clicked in the mare’s head why that date on her calendar was highlighted. It also clicked in her that she had no idea what to do for her boyfriend; she didn’t even have a gift picked out to give him. In short, the bookworm was screwed.