As the group approached the ballroom of the castle, they found themselves quickly swept up in the sea of other ponies and creatures that were present for the party. The six mares of Twilight's closest friend group were especially attracting a lot of attention from the other ponies around, talking and joking about Rainbow's involvement in the deal, or lack thereof. Also present and generating quite a stir around them, were the two former diarchs of Equestria, Celestia and Luna.

Both looking as regal and majestic as ever, the sister alicorns had nearly a hundred ponies each all surrounding them, chatting them up and conversing about times past or the aspects of retirement that the alicorns were enjoying. Upon seeing him arrive, however, Celestia and Luna halted the conversation around them and waved.

"Liam! There's the man of the hour!" Celestia cheered, directing all eyes to the man in question.

Loathe as he was to admit it, the spotlight still brought him a moment of pause. Having all eyes on him was something Liam still wasn't used to, despite being one of the only humans on the planet. His time in the griffon kingdom had done wonders to help with his self confidence issues in this regard, however, so it was with a charming smile that Liam returned the greeting with as much charisma and confidence as he could fake.

"Ah, Celestia, Luna! It's great to see you two. How's retirement treating you?" He asked, his voice bellowing in the ballroom like a seasoned speaker.

Quickly approaching the former diarchs, Liam gently took the hoof of each sister and kissed it in the most gentlemanly fashion he could. Despite their age and status, both Celestia and Luna blushed slightly from the gesture.

"My my, what a gentlestallion. Captain Star, you didn't tell me he was so charming in person." Celestia teased, glancing over to Star.

"Oh, it's all my hoofwork, Celestia. He was a bit rough around the edges, but I whipped him into shape." Star grinned, playfully elbowing Liam's thigh.

Blushing slightly from embarrassment, Liam cleared his throat and fixed his collar, "Actually, the last three months of public speaking to griffons has been a massive help. You know even better than I do how hard it can be to negotiate with those griffs." He replied, pointedly ignoring the amused look Star gave him.

"Liam seems to have come into his own quiet well these past few years. Reminds me of another stallion I know that came from Earth." Luna smiled, glancing over to Sky.

"Hey, give me some credit. I wasn't as bad as he was when I first got here." Sky chuckled, prompting a similar reaction from the ponies around him.

Liam let out a defeated sigh, "Yeah, I suppose that is true. I had a lot of growing to do." He admitted.

"It's alright though. I've got him trained well enough now." Star stated, proudly holding her head up high.

Liam scoffed, "Trained? Please, I just did the impossible. I think I'm more than-" He started, only to halt as he felt Star's teeth nibbling on his ear.

When and how she went from the floor to equal height with him so quickly, he couldn't say, but there was something about the way she nibbled on his earlobe that was always a weakness of his. Before Liam even knew what he was doing, he was leaning into the contact, a dopey look on his face as the tension faded from his shoulders. He felt the trace of Star's tongue up and around his ear for just a moment before she pulled away and dropped back to the floor, a proud and very smug smile on her face once more.

It took a few moments for Liam to realize that he was still standing in complete silence, but when he did, his entire face flushed red with embarrassment. The amused faces of the two previous diarchs of Equestria and all the ponies around him did nothing to help the wave of embarrassment that washed over him like a tsunami. It was all he could do to keep from running out the door and hiding from the eyes all lingering on him.

"My, when Star said she had you trained, I didn't think she meant that well trained." Luna giggled.

"I-uh..." Liam struggled to respond.

"Oh, don't worry about him. He's just easy to tease right now since he's gone without for so long. Not to worry though... I have plans to fix that." Star purred, leaving little room for interpretation of her intentions.

A blush forming on both their faces, Celestia and Luna shared a quick look.

"Well, you two seem to be quite an item. Please, enjoy your party, Liam... and your evening." Celestia teased, turning to leave.

"I wish you both the best. Perhaps I can visit your dreams tonight to help?" Luna offered, a smug look on her face as she departed as well.

The two former princesses took the majority of the crowd with them as they left, leaving Liam flushed and staring down at his marefriend with nearly a scowl on his features.

"What was that for?" Liam whisper-shouted.

"Oh, just reminding you that I missed you." Star answered, innocently.

"Jesus, Star... you can't do that in front of everypony... especially in front of Celestia and Luna! It's a good thing Twilight wasn't here to see that." Liam exasperatedly replied.

"Well, she's coming in now. You two good?" Sky asked, a wry grin on his features.

"I'm good. It's fine. Let's just continue with this party. Do I have to do a speech or anything?" Liam asked, suddenly sounding slightly nervous.

"It would probably make Twilight and the guests happy, but I don't think it's expected of you. Only if you accept an award or something but I don't remember if Twilight said you were receiving that tonight." Midnight replied, scratching her chin in thought.

"Well... in the meantime, can we go get some food? I'm actually kinda hungry and it's been a minute since I had castle food." Liam asked, nodding his head to the buffet table across the room.

"You don't have to ask me twice. Let's get some grub." Sky agreed, his wings flaring in excitement at the prospect of free food.

The group soon found themselves with filled plates and seated at their designated table. As they sat down, more and more creatures of every species filled the hall, taking their seats all around them or sitting at their own respective corners of the room. As was to be expected, the food was absolutely divine, due in no small part to the expertise of the Canterlot chefs and who they regularly prepared food for.

So it was with a small start of surprise that Liam heard a glass clinking at the head table that Twilight and her personal guards sat at. All the chatter and commotion in the hall died down to nearly complete silence as the regal alicorn of lavender stood up. All eyes were on her as she politely cleared her throat and smiled to the whole room before her.

"Firstly, I would like to thank you all for coming today. I know that for many of you, it was quite the journey. As you all know, we're gathered here today to celebrate a momentous occasion. Please, give a round of applause for the man of the hour, Liam!" Twilight announced, sending a cascading wave of applause and stomping hooves Liam's way.

Utterly shocked by the sudden speech dedicated to himself, Liam found himself struggling to find any words. The friends surrounding him similarly joined in the applause, giving him their praise as Star smiled up at him. Utterly touched by the moment, Liam smiled down at her and leaned down, kissing her gently.

"Aww, now, curtously of the mare Liam is currently smooching over there, I've been told that our man of the hour has a special speech prepared for everycreature here." Twilight added, gushing over the scene before her.

Liam froze mid-kiss, his eyes snapping wide open as Twilight's words registered on his ears. He slowly pulled away from Star, glancing over to Twilight with disbelief and shock on his face. He was met with an encouraging nod to proceed, to which he could only gawk. He quickly looked back down to Star, finding a mischievous little smirk on her face as she looked up to him.

"Go ahead, stud. Just a few quick words won't hurt." Star purred.

Liam nervously gulped, finding that the eyes of the entire room were now centered entirely on him. He nervously gulped as he slid his chair back and stood upright, adjusting his tie in the process.

"I didn't know you were gonna do a speech." Sky noted, tilting his head to the side in curiousity.

"Neither did I..." Liam muttered, just loud enough for the crimson stallion and his wife to hear him.

"Star!" Midnight whisper-shouted.

"Shh! Liam's about to speak." Star responded, giggling to herself.

Just as Liam opened his mouth to start his speech, the clatter of a knife hitting the floor beside him caught his ear, halting him. He looked down to see that Star had dropped her knife on the ground, a small blush forming on her features.

"Oh, sorry. Go ahead, hun." Star quickly instructed, dropping down to the floor to pick up the knife.

Liam quickly shook off the distraction and addressed the hall as a whole. However, what he didn't see as he looked away, was Star quickly hiding underneath the tablecover. The snow white covers draped all the way to the floor, making it easy for her to disappear under the table, out of sight and out of mind. She quickly pulled out a pair of underwear from her dress, finding a familiar blue circle. With a small flash of green from her eyes, the blue circle illuminated and connected to the matching circle in Liam's underwear. A portal was established, allowing Liam's flacid cock to flop through to her side of the portal.

While the sudden draft on his manhood was surprising, Liam ignored it to address the hall and give his surprise speech.

"Well, firstly, I'd like to thank all of you for coming out tonight. It's truly a pleasure and an honor to serve Equestria in any capacity that I can, and being able to help with the griffons has been even more rewarding than I expec-" Liam choked on his words as he felt a warm, moist tongue on his shaft.

His eyes instantly snapping down, expecting to somehow see Star staring up at him with his manhood in her muzzle and a smug look in her eyes, he was both shocked and terrified to find that there was nopony there. Quickly whipping his head back and forth, looking for the source of such lewd teasing, Liam found himself coming up empty. There simply wasn't anyone there, and now, all the ponies and creatures around him were giving him confused looks of concern.

"Uh... s-sorry. Thought I felt something brush up against my leg, hehe..." Liam nervously cleared his throat, "W-what I was saying, was that the experience was more rewarding than I ever expected, and it was a pleasure to w-w-woooork..." He trailed off yet again, feeling the exquisitely soft tongue lavishing his cock once more.

His mind racing, Liam struggled to comprehend what could possibly be sending such shivers of pleasure through his rod, let alone doing so with such calculated expertise. A hot blush exploded on his face as he realized that the stimulation was affecting him rather quickly, sending his staff into full mast within a matter of seconds. Almost reflexively reaching down to cover his indecency, Liam was shocked yet again as he glanced down to find that there was no tent sprouting in his trousers. His brow furrowed in disbelief as he certainly felt his cock reaching its full erect status, but there was simply no sign of his man-meat anywhere. It as as if he had no manhood at all.

The revelation and sight both bolstered his resolve, and terrified him. Whatever was happening to him, he couldn't quite say, but there was one thing he knew: All eyes were still on him. Quickly coughing to give himself a moment to think, he stood up straight and prayed to every deity he knew of to just let him say a few more sentences before whatever was happening continued its ministrations on his defenseless cock.

Unfortunately for him, the force that was acting upon his manhood had no such intentions of leaving him in peace. Just as he started to talk once more, Star took his entire cock into her maw, her tongue lolling out to lick the underside of his shaft. The sudden assault of warmth and moisture made Liam visibly wince and nearly double over, but he maintained his composure as best he could and continued.

"-a-as I was saying, um, i-i-it's been an honor and privilege to have h-had any impact on this meeting a-at all-" Liam continued, trying his best to not buck his hips forward into the invisible force sucking him off.

Under the table, Star grinned around her mouthful as she felt Liam's cock throb with excitement and a dollop of precum form at the tip of his glans. Retracting for just a moment to sample his taste, she slowly and sensually ran her tongue over the tip of his cock, collecting his precum on her palate before swallowing it down, a salacious smile on her muzzle.

"Oh you are going to be too much fun tonight, stud..." Star murmured, before suddenly diving forward and completely engulfing Liam's cock all the way to the hilt.

The sudden and intense rush of pleasure that shot up Liam's spine made him gasp and stumble slightly. He nearly fell over, but quickly managed to catch himself on the chair beside him. Now very noticeably flushed, he stood upright as fast as he could, trying his best to ignore the now hundreds of confused and concerned looks he was getting from the creatures all around him.

"Um, Liam? Are you alright?" Sky asked, worry bleeding into his voice.

"N-never... better..." Liam groaned, fighting with all his might to not visibly thrust his hips into the unseen source of pleasure assaulting him.

Star continued her assault, her tongue rolling out under Liam's shaft to lap and lick at his sack, ensuring that both testes were utterly lavished with attention and affection. The combined stimulus sent wave after wave of euphoric pleasure surging through Liam's entire body. Even under the best of circumstances, he could only last a few minutes through a muzzlejob, but the work Star was putting in under the table would shatter even his shortest record by an order of magnitude.

However, just as he felt he was about to pass the threshold of pleasure and bliss, the lustful assault on Liam's cock suddenly ceased. Feeling utterly relieved and also somewhat devastated by the denial of his orgasm, Liam quickly finished his speech as fast as he could, lest the invisible pleasure force assaulting him return yet again.

"-so thank you all for coming out tonight and I hope you all have a wonderful time!" He concluded, receiving a slightly confused but still respectful round of applause.

With his turmoil now finished, Liam sat down at the table just as Star popped back up from under the tablecloth and reclaimed her seat beside him. It took exactly one second for Liam to fix the mare with a glare. Glad as he was that the ordeal was over and the rest of the guests were returning their attention to each other and their food, he could still feel his raging hard-on slickened with saliva and surrounded by warmth. There was no other stimulation, but the experience was leaving him quite blue-balled and frustrated.

"Was that you?" He inquired, ignoring the questioning looks the rest of the ponies at the table were giving him.

"Was what me?" Star asked, innocently.

"That... someone was messing with me while I was trying to give that speech..." Liam muttered, suddenly feeling less sure of himself.

"Messing with you? What do you mean?" Star asked, tilting her head to the side.

"Well... I mean, uh..." Liam awkwardly scratched the back of his neck, suddenly feeling very hot once more.

"You were kinda stuttering a bit there and you almost fell over at one point. Were you that nervous?" Midnight asked, gently.

Liam shook his head, "Uh, no... no, nothing like that. I just... uh, nevermind." He dismissed.

"Hun, are you okay? You know you can tell me anything." Star offered, leaning in and gently rubbing Liam's back with her hoof.

Liam glanced down at his pants, finding that once again, there was no bulge or tent in his trousers from his slowly softening shaft. Despite himself, he quickly rationalized that perhaps he was just a little on edge about the sudden speech. Leaning over to whisper to Star so that only she could hear him, he pulled her in close.

"Uh, so... you know how sometimes stress can result in uh... sexual arousal?" He asked, cringing slightly.

"I... think I remember hearing something like that once." Star replied, also just loud enough for him to hear her.

"Well... I think I just learned something new about myself... either that, or someone was sucking me off and they were completely invisible." Liam replied.

"What do you mean?" Star questioned, curiously.

Liam quickly glanced over to Sky and Midnight, finding that they were both busied in their own conversation and not paying him or Star any mind.

"Well... you remember when we tried pegging for the first time? It was kinda like that I guess... just a sudden rush of excitement followed by an overwhelming need to cum..." Liam explained.

A sinister grin spread on Star's face, "Yes... yes I do remember that... go on."

Author's Note

Now ain't that an admission.