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Chapter 1

Stygian and Flash Magnus were trotting through the woods on their way to a meeting of the pillars. The two stallions ran into each other while en route to the designated meeting place, or at least that’s what they would tell the others. In truth, Flash and Stygian had been hanging out at Stygian's place. Some nights Flash even stayed over and the two ponies would "lay together." They had just finished having a nice dinner at Stygian’s house when a frantic messenger pony gave Stygian a letter from Starswirl. Disappointed that their night had been interrupted, but committed to their duty to defend Equestria, Flash and Stygian left the house immediately. Flash was as brave as ever, while Stygian pondered what new threat Starswirl would send them off to fight.

“I don’t know what Starswirl is having us fight this time, but whatever it is, I’m ready to kick its butt!” Flash said.

“Judging by his hoofwriting, he seemed to be in quite a hurry,” Stygian said, quivering a bit as he tried to think of what could possibly make Starswirl so nervous.

Noticing Stygian’s nervousness, Flash gave him a gentle caress with his left wing.

“Don’t worry Stygian, we got this,” Flash said with confidence.

Stygian felt more at ease as he felt the gentle touch of Flash’s wing. Flash smiled at Stygian. On through the night they trotted, with Stygian’s horn lit up, acting as a torch. Along the way, Stygian began to feel a different kind of discomfort, one that came from his bowels. Flash could also feel a pressure building in his bowels, he knew he should have went before leaving the house, but he and Stygian were in such a hurry that he disregarded his need. He began to wonder how long the meeting would take and how long he could hold it.

He and Stygian were the first to arrive at the meeting spot, a clearing in the middle of the woods. Surely, the others would be along soon, right? Surely, they could get this meeting over with and hopefully have time to empty their bowels before the big fight?

The stallions waited, and waited, and waited…but still their friends hadn’t shown up.

“Ugh, where the heck are they,” Flash said, the need to poop becoming way more urgent than before.

“Yes, this is quite frustrating,” Stygian said, his voice becoming strained as he held in his excrement.

“You okay, Stygian?” Flash said concerned.

“Yeah, it’s just, um, oh this is so embarrassing to say this, but…I really have to relieve myself,” Stygian said.

“Me too,” Flash said.

“I don’t know how much longer I can wait. I think I’m just going to have to find a place to do my business. Hopefully nopony trots past me while I’m you know…,” Stygian said.

“I’ll come with you, if there really is a new threat to Equestria, we shouldn’t be wandering off alone,” Flash said.

“But I don’t like pooping in front of other ponies, it’s so embarrassing,” Stygian said.

“It’s no big deal. I’ve taken dumps with my fellow soldiers plenty of times,” Flash said.

“I’m not as open about relieving myself as you are, Flash,” Stygian said.

Flash wrapped a wing around Stygian and said, “There’s no need to be embarrassed. Even Starswirl relieves himself with other stallions. You’re the only one in the group who relieves yourself alone. I get that you prefer privacy, but I think it’s safer if we go together. We don’t know what kind of threat we're dealing with. That’s why we go together in my legion, so we have each other’s backs,” Flash said.

“Alright, Flash, I guess I can see your point. It’s just, so, I don’t know, uncouth,” Stygian said.

“It’s no big deal, Stygian. Think about how much better your body will feel if you just let it all out with me instead of holding it in for who knows how long? Also, how are you going to think straight if you’re feeling uncomfortable the whole time?” Flash said.

Stygian could feel his bowels ache as he said that. He knew Flash was right. Continuing to hold would be painful, making it difficult to strategize. So, Stygian finally relented.

“Alright, Flash, we’ll do it your way,” Stygian said.

“Good, because I need to take a huge shit right now,” Flash said.

The two stallions then quickly trotted over to a nearby bush, with Flash taking the left side and Stygian taking the right. Using his magic, Stygian lifted his cloak, exposing his rear end to the cool night air. The moonlight allowing Flash to take a furtive glance of his friend's ass before redirecting his gaze to the clearing.

“Just pretend I’m not here,” Flash said.

The two stallions then lifted their tails up and squatted, their ponuts hovering over the ground. Flash had no trouble pushing out his turds, thick brown logs sliding out of his ponut with relative ease. Stygian, on the other hoof, still couldn’t get past his mental block. Even with the bush in between them and his bowels full, he couldn’t push any poop out. His embarrassment was too strong. It was hard to pretend that his friend wasn’t there with the sound of Flash’s grunts filling his ears. Flash, meanwhile, moaned in relief as each thick, brown log plopped out of his ass and onto the grass below, making Stygian jealous of his friend’s ability to poop with others so easily. The unicorn closed his eyes, distracting his mind with facts and figures in an effort to reduce his performance anxiety. Fortunately, the distraction technique worked and just as the last log of shit was leaving Flash’s ass, Stygian was only getting started. A skinny turd slid out of the unicorn’s ass and landed on the forest floor. Stygian felt good to have finally let that out, but he wasn’t done yet.

Flash, who was the kind of stallion who always looked down to see how big his own pile was, caught a glimpse of Stygian’s pile as he admired his own. While the Pegasus may have dropped thicker turds, Stygian’s pile looked like it would outgrow his own. Flash watched as logs of shit slid out of his friend’s nice, round ass and coiled up on the forest floor. The sight of Stygian's ass still turned Flash on, even though his friend was taking a shit.

When Stygian was finally done, he sighed in relief.

“See? Pooping with somepony ain’t so bad,” Flash said.

“Yeah, I guess not,” Stygian said.

“I think you’re pile is bigger than mine. You really had to go,” Flash said, teasing.

“You actually look at your own pile and compare it to others?” Stygian said, perplexed and blushing with embarrassment.

“Everypony does that,” Flash said.

Stygian rolled his eyes.

The two stallions then grabbed some leaves from the bush to wipe themselves with. Once they were clean, they got back up and returned to the clearing.

“I’m glad I could convince you to poop with me. Does this mean you won’t be kicking me out of the room every time you need to use the chamber pot?” Flash said.

“Sure, Flash,” Stygian said.

Flash then gave Stygian a tight wing hug. To the rest of the group, they were “just friends” and they had to keep it that way, but when the two stallions were alone together like this, Stygian was Flash’s cute little pony and nopony else could compare. The presence of one stallion brought comfort to the other. Stygian rested his head against Flash, the soft mane of one cute pony touching the soft fur of another cute pony. Flash felt whole with Stygian by his side. But Flash and Stygian could hear somepony coming and so they separated as if on cue, like so many times before. Flash looked and saw the rest of the pillars approaching in the distance. Luckily, none of them had seen the hug.

The meeting went down as all the other meetings did. Stygian, thankful for Flash’s encouragement, was able to come up with a winning strategy and after doing so, the others would go off to fight a glorious battle, leaving Stygian on the sidelines. After the battle was over, and the other pillars basked in their glory, Flash rejoined Stygian and the two trotted back towards Stygian’s house.

“Another night, another victory for the pillars of Equestria!” Flash proudly exclaimed.

“Yep,” Stygian said, his voice positive but not as enthusiastic, wishing he could have been an active participant instead of just being the strategist who watched from the sidelines as all his friends got the glory.

Unaware of his friend's problems, Flash said, "I was thinking about staying over again. Perhaps we can celebrate our victory by laying together?"

“Possibly…though I'm surprised you even want to fornicate with me after seeing me relieve myself…” Stygian said.

“I’m well aware of what the primary function of a butthole is, Stygian. Pooping with you, doesn’t change anything. I’m still very much attracted to you, my cute little unicorn, and despite how late it is, I feel awake enough to plow your butt tonight,” Flash said.

“Well that’s very reassuring to know,” Stygian said.

So, Flash and Stygian trotted on through the night, looking forward to another night of passion. They were about halfway home, when Flash announced a different kind of need.

“Mind if we stop here for a couple minutes? I really need to piss,” Flash said.

“Fine with me,” Stygian said, feeling his own need to pee.

Flash then trotted over to a nearby tree and got up on his hindhooves.

Prior to this night, Stygian would have rolled his eyes at his friend so casually peeing in front of him. But after pooping in front of Flash, peeing in front of somepony seemed like nothing, so instead of turning around to avert his eyes like he normally did, Stygian decided to follow his friend’s lead and pee on the tree next to him. Getting into the same position as his friend, Stygian aimed his cock at the tree and began spraying it with his unicorn piss.

“I’ve always hoped you would pee with me one day,” Flash said, as he soaked the tree with his Pegasus urine.

“Well, since we pooped together, I figured what the heck,” Stygian said, his urine staining the bark of the tree.

As their piss continued to flow down the trunks of their respective trees, each stallion sneakily glanced at the other’s cock. Flash may have been the Top in this relationship, but he liked Stygian's cock too and always made sure to give it some attention too in the bedroom instead of just focusing on the unicorn's ass. For Stygian, getting to see Flash's cock early was quite nice. Even with piss flowing out of it, Stygian couldn't help but be turned on by the sight of Flash's penis.

"I should urinate with him more often," Stygian thought to himself.

Once the stallions had finished marking their trees, they shook their dicks and resumed their trek to Stygian’s house.

Once they were safely inside, Flash pulled Stygian in for a kiss. The unicorn kissed back, wrapping his forelegs around his Pegasus lover. Then, like so many nights before, they moved into the bedroom. Flash took off his armor, letting it fall to the floor and Stygian removed his cloak. Wasting no time, Stygian laid down on the bed with his hind legs spread. Accepting the invitation, Flash took his unicorn missionary, gazing into his lover’s eyes as he plowed him. Stygian loved this position, for he felt it was the most romantic and Flash felt the same way. After a nice long session of thrusting in and out of his unicorn lover's hole, making Stygian feel every inch of his fat Pegasus cock, Flash came inside like he always did and after plastering Stygian’s insides with Pegasus spunk, Flash gave Stygian a kiss, his dick still inside him. Flash then ensured that his bottom came. On this particular night, after pulling out of his lover's ass, Flash wrapped a wing around his lover's cock and jerked him off, his moans music to Flash's ears. Once Stygian gave the word that he was about to cum, Flash put Stygian's cock into his muzzle and swallowed all the cum that his unicorn could give him. After making sure that Stygian came, Flash then snuggled Stygian and the two would end the night as they always did, asleep in each other's embrace.

They never thought nights like these would end, never thinking that there would be a time when they would stop being lovers and friends. Nights like these all felt like distant dreams now.

A thousand years later, in a small apartment in Canterlot, Stygian thought back to that night with Flash, and wondered if that Pegasus ever thought about those kind of nights too? Did he ever think about Stygian “in that way” anymore? Or was Stygian’s time as the Pony of Shadows such a stain on Stygian’s reputation that no stallion, not even Flash Magnus, could ever love him? Stygian sighed as he lamented the loss of his relationship with Flash. It may as well be a relic in a museum, a beautiful shining relic of an era that ended a long time ago. His heart ached for Flash Magnus, his body craved to feel the touch of that Pegasus again. But Flash was not there and those cravings would go unfulfilled. Flash may have forgiven him for stealing the artifacts and turning into the pony of shadows, and they were even friends again, but Flash had never said a word about being more than friends and Stygian was too afraid to ask. Stygian curled up into a ball on the bed and drifted off to sleep, hoping to dream of a life with no pony of shadows, a life where he and Flash were still more than friends.