Flurry Heart’s Dating Adventures

A week had passed since Flurry’s first date with her father, and she was still coming to terms with how it went. She couldn’t have hoped for a better first date but the fact that it went so well was part of what was troubling. Her father had always been a goofy nerd who liked playing soldier, tabletop games like Orges and Oubliettes and had no trouble getting into as much trouble as she did. That first date was more than what she had expected, and it showed a level of love and consideration that she honestly didn’t know her father was even capable of.

Shining Armor had clearly gone to great lengths to plan out a very causal but informative first date geared at showing her the ropes of dating while also following royal protocol, exactly as he had promised. Crossbow Sniper and Incognito Guard had also given Cadance a detailed report about the date and Cadance herself had been very impressed by what Shining had accomplished.

If Flurry thought about it hard enough, she could still taste the crisp white wine mixing with the crisp daisy salad. She could still feel the breeze of the open-air patio. She could still smell her father’s cologne. And she could still hear the groan of satisfaction her father made during the Prench kiss she gave him at the end of the date. The memory gave her mixed feelings, some good and some uncertain… but none were bad as far as she could tell, which was also a little troubling given that she didn’t think that she should have liked it that much. It was supposed to practice… not lead to more complicated feelings.

She could still picture him ducking his head under the table looking for a threat only for her to reveal that the sounds he was hearing was coming from her. His words about her lifting her dress to show him the weapons strapped to her legs being seen as lewd to an outside observer had shocked her and her own weak defense to why it didn’t matter made her blush a little harder.

Part of her had to wonder what might have happened if she had lifted her dress all the way up to reveal her marehood fully to him while she had been sitting down as opposed to still not knowing if he had seen her marehood when her tail had twitched the day before the date. It would have certainly changed something about the date, but what might have changed remained a mystery to her.

Her father’s joke about her having to choose a husband someday because she couldn’t marry him had made her blush, not because she had ever considered marrying her father, but because it showed her that her father saw her as a mare. A mare ‘mature’ enough to consider marriage.

It would have been a painful admission from a father that didn’t want to see his little filly grow up, but he was taking these big bold steps not just for her sake, but for the entire family, and it made her love him more.

But now, it was that love itself that was confusing her. Did she love him as a filly loves her father? Did she love him as a young mare would love her father? Or did she love him like a mare loves a stallion?

She didn’t know, and it bothered her that she didn’t know.

She had taken his advice to heart and redoubled her efforts in paying attention to her mother and learning the boring parts of how to rule. The dreaded ‘PTT’ of ruling an Empire.

Paperwork, Trade and Taxes. Ugh.

Even worse, paying attention to her mother finally had shown her how far behind she was in these important studies. Auntie Twilight had been ready to take the throne a mere two years after becoming an alicorn and at the rate Flurry was going, her father would be dead before her mother could retire.

Today was supposed to be another important lesson on how to rule but Flurry had a question to ask her mother first. And knowing her mother… she knew that this question would derail the entire lesson plan for today, not that doing so was entirely a bad thing… she really needed a day off from the political lessons. Six straight days was too many.

Flurry walked to where she knew her mother would be at this time of the day and knocked on the door.

“Enter.”

Cadance was surprised when the door opened to reveal Flurry. She looked at her wall clock. “You’re three hours early for your lesson. Either you’re really getting into learning this stuff finally or there’s a problem.”

Flurry sighed. “I wouldn’t call it… a problem, but I do have a question.”

Cadance looked back towards her paperwork. Paperwork that had been stacking up from her spending more time trying to get Flurry caught up on politics now that her first date had been an ice breaker to her taking on more responsibilities and learning more about her role.

“I assume that it can’t wait until the lesson starts? Normally, I’d be requiring you to help me get all this paperwork caught up since I’m falling behind on it from spending extra time teaching you. However, luck is still on your side given that you haven’t yet learned how to properly process royal requests. So… what’s your question?”

Flurry sat down in a chair in front of her mother’s desk and sighed again. “Mom? How do you know when you’re in love?”

In a snap, Cadance threw her foreleg out and knocked all her paperwork off her desk. She hopped up onto her desk, giddy as a filly, and leaned in low, putting her face right into Flurry’s face in classic ‘Pinkie Pie’ style.

“I knew it! I knew something had to have happened on that date to snap you out of all those play date filly antics. So, who’s the lucky stallion?”

Flurry tried to lean back to create some distance, but her mother’s long reach prevented it. “Err… nopony in particular… I just want to know how you’re supposed to know when you’re in love?”

Cadance jumped off her desk and gave Flurry a hug and then teleported in a tea service. Pouring both of them a cup of tea, Cadance was humming happily. She finally finished the basic prep work for a long conversation and started.

“Well, love feels different for everypony but there are a lot of similar traits that you might could look for in your own situation.”

Flurry sipped her tea while nodding. “Like what?”

Cadance smiled. “Like… does your heart flutter sometimes when he smiles at you?”

Flurry nodded. “Sometimes… not every time.”

Cadance thought about. “Have you ever made up an excuse to spend more time with him?”

Flurry smiled. “Yeah, lots of times.”

Cadance smirked. “Have you ever spent hours at his side looking at a dusty old map?”

Flurry giggled. “Sure…” Flurry’s eyes widened. “Mom! I’m not talking about Dad!”

Cadance rolled her eyes. “Sweetheart… it’s okay if you are.”

Flurry frowned… “What?”

Cadance draped a wing over Flurry’s back. “I told your father a week ago that he had my permission to do whatever he wanted with you doing your dates, with my full blessing and support. He also confessed at having seen under your tail at the dinner the day before your date and the Prench kiss that you gave him at the end of it. His self-control is a little shocking… as pretty as you are.”

The confirmation that her father had seen under her tail wasn’t nearly as shocking as what her mother had actually said.

Flurry nearly dropped her teacup. “Are you saying you gave Dad permission to rut me?”

Cadance nodded, but with a serious expression. “Yes. Whatever the two of you want. With my full consent and blessing.”

Flurry frowned at the information. “Why?”

Cadance shrugged. “You love him, and he loves you. You’ve grown into a beautiful mare, and he would be lucky to have you. The two of you are almost inseparable and there’s no shame in loving your father. Lifting your tail for him might not be something your ever intentionally considered doing but you already accidentally did it once… so maybe it’s in the back of your mind.”

Flurry blushed fiercely as she didn’t want to admit that it had been on her mind recently.

“But… it’s illegal, right?”

Cadance huffed. “What happens behind closed doors is nopony else’s business… besides… we are the rulers of the Crystal Empire. A one-page decree and I could make it legal in the Empire. It would be easy to justify ‘to strengthen the Crystal Heart.’ Maybe there would be some push back and maybe some ponies wouldn’t do it even though it’s legal. That’s their choice. But there are exceptions to every rule and Alicorns make the rules. You want to have sex with your father, you already have my blessing. You want it legal? Fine. I’ll give you a one-page decree that will act as written permission slip that makes it legal for you specifically to have sex with your father.”

Flurry bit her lip. “Is that the answer to my question? The answer to my problem?”

Cadance sighed. “Maybe… maybe not. Too early to say. I would normally never endorse sex after a first date, but if you want to get technical, you’ve been dating your father for 13 years. The only difference is that it started super innocent, got super dangerous, and now it can be… romantic. I think the cute part about this is that your father is as nervous about it as you are.”

Flurry gasped, shocked to hear it. “Really? How do you know?”

Cadance giggled. “Well, when I proposed the idea and gave him my blessing… he never said that he wouldn’t do it. He never said ‘no.’ What he did say was, and I quote, ‘I still don’t think she’ll lift her tail and I’m worried about damaging what we have by asking.’ So… he would rut you if he thought he could do it without hurting your relationship with each other. It’s actually very sweet that he cares that much. If it’s handled correctly, it would almost be the same as him taking a second wife and us having a herd.”

Flurry swallowed her unease. “I find it hard to believe that you would share Dad with any mare, even if it was me.”

Cadance shrugged. “Your father is as happy with you as he is with me. Maybe you can find a way to complete each other. He helped make you… maybe your pussy is like a keyhole that only his cock can fill.”

Flurry’s jaw hung open… she couldn’t recall ever hearing her mother say anything like that.

“MOM!!!”

Cadance laughed at the open shock that was on Flurry’s face. Cadance was holding her stomach by the time she got herself under control. Taking a sip of tea to finish resettling herself, she smiled.

“I’ll tell you what. I’ll cancel the lesson today so you can spend some quality time with your father. I know that he doesn’t have a second date planned yet and he planned to take the day to catch up on some reading in the castle library today. Maybe you should go test yourself. Go read with him. If you can sit in the library and just enjoy his company without having to speak much… then you love him at a level deeper than a normal parent/child bond… and there’s nothing wrong with that. If you find yourself bored… or wanting to leave after a while… then maybe I’m wrong and you don’t love him.”

Flurry finished her cup of tea and stood up. “It sounds like a test I can’t afford to fail.”

Cadance smirked. “Yes… but which way is passing the test? Proving that you do love him or proving that you don’t?”

As Flurry turned to leave her mother’s office, her thoughts and feelings started shifting to dread.

I don’t know…

* * *

Flurry Heart walked in the library and started to look for a book to read. She really wanted to read ‘Commander Hurricane’s Guide to Aerial Warfare’ but she couldn’t find it. Turning a corner, she found that her father was seating on the large couch and was reading the exact book she wanted.

“Hi Dad. Having fun?”

He looked up from his book and smiled at her in a way that made her heart flutter. “Sure am, wanna join me?”

Flurry nodded and sat down beside him. She wrapped a wing around him and started to read the book, starting with whatever page he was already on.

He furrowed his brows. “Did you want this book? I can go get another one…”

Flurry shook her head. “We can share… besides, I like this.”

Flurry leaned her head on his shoulder and read with him. She was a faster reader, so she never had to worry about missing part of whatever page they were on.

After a few hours of simply sitting and reading in complete silence, she smiled.

I’m enjoying this… even without talking… just being by his side makes me so happy… maybe mom was right. But how can I be sure?

With her lesson cancelled, Flurry had nowhere to be. Shining had literally planned his whole day to be reading until dinner time, so he had a few hours left. Flurry stretched out and then decided to lay down. Choosing to test herself to the max, she placed her face into her father’s lap.

Yawning, she told him. “I’m going to use your lap as a pillow and nap until dinner. You can use my head for a bookrest if you want.”

Her face was warm being so near her father’s stallionhood, but he managed to stay unroused. Closing her eyes, she managed to relax enough to fall asleep.

* * *

Shining Armor was stroking his daughter’s mane absently, his book long since abandoned.

His lips were curled into a smile remembering all the fun times they had on their play dates where she had been so worn out that they’d take a nap somewhere. Those sweet, innocent times, where her head being his lap didn’t require the self-control of a priest not to get an erection.

He looked down at her and his smile faltered. Her muzzle was pressed up against his empty sheath and it seemed obvious to him that she was deeply inhaling his musk in her sleep. Her face almost seemed warmer than normal, as if she was blushing… or running a fever.

He shook his head at his own irrational concern.

Alicorns never get sick. She is either blushing or she’s starting to go into heat… Going into heat would explain most, if not all, of her odd recent behavior. But it also means that I need to be more careful. I don’t want her to think she loves me just because her instincts are going crazy. Flurry is still at such an awkward age… not really a child anymore and not quite an adult.

Flurry’s heat pheromones subconsciously started to affect Shining as his smile returned and he recalled a lot of his early dates with Cadance. There were many times that he wouldn’t have the bits to take her out on a proper date and he hated letting her spend her money on him. Their compromise was usually cuddling together and reading a book side by side. Flurry had taken it a step further by reading the same book as him. It was cute… romantic… and almost date-like.

Shining’s hoof strayed from Flurry’s mane to her horn, and he traced the spirals from the base to the tip in a hypnotic motion. His other foreleg held her close to him so he could feel her warmth. He repeated the pattern lovingly, planting the occasional kiss on the tip of her horn.

He lost track of time and of how many times he traced her horn, but Flurry’s throaty moan forced him to focus. She spasmed in her sleep and her eyes shot wide open as her horn erupted with sparks, her marehood also seeming to gush at the other end.

The blood drained from Shining’s face as he realized that he had accidentally just given Flurry her first horngasm.

Unicorn horns were sensitive to sexual arousal and Cadance had never told him for sure if Alicorn horns were more sensitive or less sensitive than a normal unicorn horn. Given how light the hoof contact had been, it was now clear that Alicorn horns were more sensitive to arousal than the average unicorn horn while the Alicorn in question was in heat. Good to know for next time but damn if he wasn’t screwed right now.

Shit… that wasn’t supposed to happen… it wasn’t supposed to be me… ‘Come on Shiny… do it for science’ my flank. I’m not going to live this down no matter how I try to explain it.

Flurry shook from head to tail, eyes drooped and panting heavily. “Dad? What just happened?”

Shining swallowed hard. He knew he couldn’t afford to lie to her because once the truth came out, and it always did, it would be much worse.

“I was playing with your mane like I used to when you were younger, and I got lost in thought thinking about your mother and our early teenage dates… and then I lost track of what I was doing and I… started tracing your horn with my hoof. I’m so sorry sweetheart… I wasn’t trying to do… this.”

Flurry took several deep breaths and calmed herself down. She knew what a horngasm was… it was part of her sexual education. What she didn’t know was how good they felt. And worse still… she wanted to do it again, not caring if it was with her father or not.

She looked at the opposite end of the couch in shame. Her voice was demure and soft. “I made a mess on the couch…”

Shining winced and held her close, trying to comfort her. “It’s not your fault. I should have realized what I was doing and stopped long before it got to this point. You may not have realized it, but it appears that you are going into heat and from all appearances, your horn is a lot more sensitive while you’re in heat than when you aren’t in heat. Your mother doesn’t do a lot of horn play, so I really didn’t know how sensitive you were. I take full responsibility.”

Flurry’s cheeks were blushing to the point of being red. She was practically on fire. She wanted to ask him to do it again, but she knew she shouldn’t… her mother’s encouragement and permission notwithstanding. She was stumbling over her words, saying both too much and not enough. She couldn’t seem to articulate her feelings or make it sound okay. The truth was she really liked it, and she also knew that while her mom had given her dad permission, he didn’t know that her mom had also given her permission. A ‘happy accident’ was almost certainly the only way that anything like this was ever going to happen… her father had too much honor.

“Umm. It’s okay, dad… I, umm, liked it. I’m glad I woke up for the end… it felt really good for my first time. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner, even if by accident. I guess we’ll always have this moment, whether we want it or not. Should we tell mom?”

Shining closed his eyes. “Yeah… she’s going to want to know.”

Flurry bit her lip and looked poked at her own flank. “Eww. It’s sticky. Umm, marecum, I guess? Dad… umm, can you help me clean up before dinner?”

Shining smiled weakly. “I guess I owe you that much. Come on, let’s go.”

* * *

Shining and Flurry went to the Royal Bathhouse together and Shining set to work cleaning up his mistake.

Just like when she was a filly, he washed her mane, lathered her coat, and then washed her tail. The one main difference was that to fully clean up his mistake… Flurry had to flag her tail for him so he could see what he was doing and get her completely clean.

Never in his entire life had he seen her marehood completely exposed like this, not even when he had to wash mud off her as a filly. Sure, like all ponies, he had caught the occasional glance. He had seen her marehood, just like Flurry had said during their first date, but it’s not like he had ever been staring, hoping for a glance. That one-second glance eight days ago was nothing compared to how long he had looked at her today. He was blushing as much as she was and her cute little moans while he was scrubbing her clean was not helping his mood.

Flurry had insisted on washing him as well, claiming that it was valuable practice for having a coltfriend eventually. She washed his mane, lathered his coat, and washed his tail, exactly as he had done for her. She took extra time to clean his undercarriage. She was secretly hoping for a peak at his stallionhood but the mortification of getting his daughter off seemed to outweigh any arousal from staring at her marehood while cleaning her up. He certainly could maintain a soldier’s stoic demeanor, much to Flurry’s current displeasure.

She could guilt-trip him into showing her his stallionhood since he had seen her marehood… but that type of manipulation was wrong… and it wouldn’t be a firm foundation for love or trust at a sexual level.

Flurry blushed harder at the thought of even trying to establish a foundation for love and trust with her father at a sexual level. Her mother’s words were playing Tartarus with her thoughts and self-control but it was clear that her mother had told both her and her father the same thing and whether by age, experience, self-control or lack of sexual attraction, he seemed to be doing a much better job of not advancing this in a sexual way, which was a lot more frustrating for her now that he had gotten her off once. She admonished herself.

It. Was. An. Accident. You know your father loves you, but you shouldn’t expect him to want to rut you, having his wife’s permission notwithstanding. Part of what you’ve always respected about him is his loyalty. Loyalty doesn’t change just because new permissions are added. Just because the rules of engagement change don’t mean you shift the entire battle plan. Focus…

* * *

They managed to finish cleaning up and arrived at dinner on time. Cadance eyed both of them with puzzlement. The meal was served, wine was poured, and not a single word was said.

About halfway into the meal, Cadance cleared her throat. “There has been a major shift in the sexual tension between the two of you. My permission to do whatever you wanted with each other was supposed to make this easier… not harder. What happened today?”

Shining and Flurry both looked at each other, blushed, and looked away.

Shining muttered softly. “I always wondered how sensitive your ‘love sense’ alicorn gift was… I guess there is no hiding anything from you… not that we were going to…”

Flurry cleared her throat and continued where her father had left off. “I went to the library and read with dad for a few hours. Then… I got tired and took a nap on his lap, like old times. While I was asleep, dad started to play with my mane, like old times, lost track of what he was doing, started messing with my horn… and accidentally gave me a horngasm. The couch in the library still needs to be cleaned.”

Cadance looked at Shining and he sighed. “It’s true… after the accident, we took a bath together and we washed each other up… unfortunately, it didn’t have the joy of old times. This was more sexual than it used to be and not as romantic as a date should have been… the worst of both possibilities. I’m ashamed that my carelessness robbed her of a special moment with what should have been her first coltfriend. The only saving grace is that she did wake up before she came… so she did get to experience it… as opposed to it happening completely while she was asleep.”

Cadance turned back to Flurry and Flurry continued to speak. “I wasn’t able to articulate my feelings very well in the aftermath of the accident, so I think I made the whole thing worse. We both have mixed feelings about what happened, and I don’t think either of us know how to fix it. We were going to tell you it happened, but when we got here, I don’t think either of us was ready to confess given how badly this was executed… even though it felt amazing…”

Shining hung his head in shame and Cadance cleared her throat. “Well… that’s… progress.”

Shining looked up sharply. “Progress? Progress towards what?”

Cadance smirked. “Towards making her a mare. A horngasm is cute but it doesn’t count. It’s almost as innocent as masturbation.”

Flurry’s cheeks went pink with a blush and Shining’s groan filled the dining room; his frustration could be weighed on a scale.

Cadance continued. “All jokes aside, this sounds like a problem I can fix. Flurry… now that you’ve come down from the post-coitus high of your horngasm, you should be able to say what you really meant to say instead of whatever you originally said. And Shining… now that you’ve had a while to process what happened, regardless of if it was an ‘accident’ or not, you should be able to respond to Flurry in kind. Can you do this?”

They both nodded and Cadance gestured for Flurry to start.

Flurry was nervous but she owed her father the truth. “I came to the library to test myself. I wanted to know if the love I had for you was a normal father/daughter love or if it went… deeper. I felt like I passed my test by reading with you for all those hours, simply enjoying your company. I don’t consider reading to be fun so being happy just by being at your side was very telling for me. Falling asleep in your lap might have been a mistake on my part… but mom told me that we had her permission to do whatever we wanted to do, and I told you at the restaurant that I knew that you would never hurt me. I felt safe. I believe you when you say that it was an accident but… I liked the horngasm and if I’m being honest, I want to do it again. I didn’t have to flag my tail like that in the bath, but I really wanted to tempt you… I don’t regret that any of this happened. I only regret that it happened as an accident that makes you feel ashamed of your actions. You have mom’s permission… and now I’m giving my permission. You can do whatever you want to me during our dates if you feel like it’s going to teach me something and help us bond deeper. My feelings are confusing me… and I trust you to help me figure them out. Please, dad. I don’t want you to hate yourself for what happened today. It may have been an accident, but I wouldn’t undo it for anything.”

Shining sat there, processing everything he had been told. He took a deep breath, held it, and exhaled slowly. Patented Sparkle family calming technique.

He sighed. “I have been weighing your mother’s permission since before the first date happened. I wanted to show you a few… less than innocent things, but I never intended to even go as far as a horngasm, let alone do more than that. Your permission and forgiveness means a lot to me but this isn’t the father’s role. I told you I’d show you the ropes of dating… not sex. I’m not trying to be your lover. I hope I don’t break your heart but I’m not sure how much more of this I can do. I’ve already gone way out of bounds, and I need more time to think about what happened. Please, excuse me…”

Shining got up and abruptly left the table, leaving Flurry shocked. The doors to the dining room seemed to slam shut, the hollow echoing in the otherwise silent dining room shattering Flurry’s heart as tears began to stream down her face.

Flurry wiped tears off her face as she turned to her mother. “Did I say too much? Did I go too far? Why does this feel so wrong now?”

Cadance came over and gave Flurry a hug, shushing her. “This is just how stallions are. When they need space… they really need space. Your permission helps him in a very loose way. You see… your father has to forgive himself first and deal with his own feelings before he can help you figure out yours. Honor and loyalty doesn’t have a lot of wiggle room. It is simply what it is. I think he’ll come around… but I wouldn’t count on getting that second date anytime soon and please do yourself a favor by giving him the space he needs. When he’s ready to talk… he’ll find you.”

Flurry nodded, snot running down her nose from her weeping. “Are you sure?”

Cadance hugged Flurry tighter. “Yes, sweetheart, I’m sure. And I’m sorry. I’m afraid that all my teasing and overblown unlimited permission made this worse. I should have gone for clearly defined permissions and goals… unfortunately, it’s too late to take it back. Your father will have to come to terms with what he’s done along with coming to terms with the fact that he promised to teach you more about dating. He has never broken a promise before, and this will be hard for him to swallow, but I don’t think he’ll break this one either.”

Flurry sniffed. “Then… I guess all I can do is wait.”

* * *