Sparkle Family Secrets

Shining walked back into the cart directly ahead of the caboose. The cart was empty but had a door that they could get off the train onto the Manehattan platform.

Shining sat down with Twilight by his side as the train began to slow. Once the brakes squeaked and the train finally stopped, he stood up, ready to flee the train before the corpse was discovered.

He went to the side door and opened it, immediately looking around, taking in his surroundings. On the platform were around fifty ponies. Ponies exiting the train from carts farther up, ponies waiting to board this train, and ponies waiting for a different train to dock.

"First thing's first." Shining said as he looked back over his shoulder to his little sister. "Let's get you a proper cloak." He turned towards her, but did not look at her, he looked more like he was trying to not be noticed than actually paying attention to Twilight.

"Then we find someplace to sleep."

Twilight nodded, keeping close to her brother. "Where do you think we'll find a cloak?" She asked, trying not to trip over the tattered dress that dragged behind her. "And you should find something to wear too."

"I suppose some kind of clothes shop... a tailor, or something." Shining said as he noticed the distinct lack of guards around. He walked toward an information board that was placed conveniently in the middle of the terminal.

He quickly found what he was looking for, a map of upper-half of the city designed for tourists. It detailed locations of hotels, restaurants, and attractions. At least the first two were useful.

"Come on Twilight, lets go find a store." Shining said as he began to walk toward the exit of the terminal.

Twilight followed her brother out of the terminal and out onto the busy street. When she looked around, really taking in just how massive the city was, she clung to his foreleg. "Big brother, this is scary... what if we get lost?"

Shining knelt down and showed his sister the map.

"See this? It tells me where we are at all times so even if we get turned around, I can figure out where we are." Shining smiled at Twilight and put a hoof on her head, rubbing it and messing up her cute little mane. "Now, let's go shopping, huh?"

Shining began to walk down the busy road with his sister, keep mindful of her position in relation to him at all times; he didn't need another incident like in the train. As they walked they came to an intersection of roads, Shining looked at the signs and made note of what street they were on.

"Spare some change?" A voice came from behind Shining.

"Huh?" Shining said, without thinking. He turned around to see a dirty looking stallion sitting with his back against a building. He wore old, dingy clothing and held a tin can that rattled with bits as he shook it.

"Change, spare some change for an old stallion down on his luck?" The beggar repeated himself.

Shining felt Twilight push against him at sight of the pony, he pushed back as little, letting her know that he was there for her.

"Hmm, yeah sure." Shining said levitating a couple bits out of the coinpurse nestled inside his saddle bag. As they were about to place themselves in the cup they retracted and hung in the air. "That is, if you can tell us where to go to get some new clothes..."

The Homeless pony was obviously not amused. "No one does anything out of the kindness of their heart anymore, do they?" He grumbled. "Yeah, sure... Take this street down a block." the stallion gestured through the building his back was against, indicating a right turn at this intersection they were currently on. "Then take a left, across the street, and go down another three blocks. There is a clothing store called The Sharp Needle on the corner."

"Thanks." Shining said, placing the bits in the cup and beginning to walk in the direction the pony had indicated.

Twilight remained at her brother's side. "But, we don't have much money, why did you give that away?" She turned and looked at the stallion with a sneer.

"We have a decent amount of money... enough to buy some clothes, some food, and a bed to sleep in tonight, but after that I think we will be broke again..” Shining tried to explain as they walked down the crowded sidewalk of the city. “And the reason I gave him money was because he told me exactly where we need to go,"

They arrived at the next intersection and took a left as they had been instructed. They crossed the street and continued walking, dodging passing ponies. Shining took note of some of the shops and buildings they were walking past. A barber shop, a spa, a toy shop, all of which were of no use to them now, non-essential to survival and therefore worthless.

"One...Two...three." Shining muttered to himself, counting the blocks of the city as they passed by.. He looked at the corner of the streets and found the shop.

"There, Twilight." Shining announced, pointing his hoof at the entrance of the store.

Twilight eagerly bound into the store, her jaw sliding down as she looked at everything around her. "Big brother, this is amazing!" She ran down one aisle before stopping and running back to Shining Armor. "Sorry, forgot. I have to stick by you..." She gulped, knowing how easily she could get lost in the enormous complex.

"Mmhm." He nodded at the filly. His voice was half of confirmation and half of a scolding. "Now come on, let's go find you something to wear."

Shining looked around,taking his eyes off his sister, trying to figure out where he should look to try to find something for Twilight. He looked at the far walls of the store for some kind of hint.

'Mares', 'Stallions', 'Colts', 'Fillies', and 'Foals'. These words were printed on large signs that hung from the ceiling over their respective areas, slicing the stores into sections.

"Hey, Twilight... I think I found where we will find something for you...." He turned to where she had been standing to find he gone.

"T-Twilight?!" Shining called out, he swung his head around, his heart beginning to pound in his chest as anxiety, fear, and panic welled up inside his chest.

"Twilight?" He called out louder, starting to half-run down one of the aisles; quickly brushing past an older mare that was in the aisle

"Twiley?" Shining asked out loud as he got to the end of the aisle, turning to his right to where he had heard His sister call out for him.

“Brother! I’m over here!” Twilight’s voice came from a few aisles over.

Shining turned the corner and found Twilight in front of a dress that hung at the end of a an aisle.

"Twilight!" He sighed in relief. He got down to her level and wrapped her in a tight embrace.

"Don't EVER do that to me again, you nearly scared me to death!" He pressed the left of his neck into hers, grinding it up and down as he held her tight in the hug.

Twilight hugged her brother back. "S-sorry big brother, I just got distracted." She pointed a hoof at the blue dress. "Isn't it pretty?"

Shining followed his sister's hoof to the brilliant blue dress hanging alone from a hangar. He walked up the elaborate dress and spotted the price tag hanging down from the shoulder strap. He spun it around. '120 bits'.

He turned around to his sister with a deep frown. "But we don't have this kind of money." He sighed.

"Come on, Twilight. I found where we should be able to find a cloak for you." He huffed, turning his back on the beautiful article of clothing.

Twilight sighed. "Yes, big brother." She followed her brother down the aisle toward the cheaper clothes. She cringed when she saw the ugly dresses, patterns, and cloaks. "These things? Really?"

"Well...." Shining started slowly. He heard the disdain in her voice as she scoffed at the clothes. "We don't have THAT much money, and we still have to have enough after this for food and shelter..."

"You don't want to sleep in an alley again, do you?" Shining continued trying to convince his sister that the blue dress wasn't important.

Shining picked up a dark gray cloak and held it up, spreading it out and looking it over. "What about this one? It's your size..." Shining asked placing the material loosely over her slender frame. "And the color will be good for blending into the darkness."

Twilight sighed. "I... suppose it's nice." She understood that her brother didn't have much money and didn't want to sound selfish. "Don't you need something too?"

Shining brought a hoof to his chin, stroking. "Hmmm..."he hummed. His sister's unexpected question made him look at himself for the first time in a long time.

"I suppose this cloak makes me look a little... imposing?" He asked.

"I hadn't thought about it, but if I had nicer clothes, maybe I'd be more likely to get hired somewhere...." He reasoned out.

He put his hoof back on the ground before saying, "Alright, let's go look at the colts’ section, see if I can find something fitting.... That is, if that cloak is okay for you...?"

She nodded. "Yup!" Admittedly, she had wanted something nicer, but as she looked at the cloak, she began to appreciate how she would look in it.

"Good, I'm glad we found something so easily... seems to be the only thing that has come easy in these past few days." Shining said with a sigh, his eyes half-closed, staring at the floor as he recounted the events that had uprooted his life.

Snapping himself out of it, he looked back at his filly sister. "Let's go see if we can go find something for me now, okay?"

Shining led Twilight to the section marked 'colts'. He quickly grazed over the shirts, not finding anything he particularly liked. "What do you think, Twiley?" shining called over his shoulder as he held the sleeve of a dress shirt in his hoof. "Do you like any of these clothes?"

Twilight cocked her head as she looked at the outfit. "Oh wow, I bet you'd look great in that!"

"Really, this one?" Shining asked, looking again at the shirt in his hooves. It was a long-sleeved, red, light dress shirt.

"Hmmm... well, it is my size... okay, I'll get it. But only because I need it to get a job..." Shining blurted out, not wanting to sound greedy or vain.

He took the shirt, along with Twilight's cloak to the register. The small pink mare that was working the register looked no older than Shining.

"Hi!" She greeted the siblings. "Did you find everything okay?"

"Umm... yeah." Shining said, instinctively dipping his head and not making eye contact.

'Why am I doing that?' he asked himself. 'We are in Manehattan now, no one will recognize you' he told himself.

Shining forced himself to look up into the mare's eyes. Before placing the two articles of clothing onto the counter.

"Alright, that will be 25 bits" The mare said with a smile after looking at the tags, she typed in the amount into the register and it sprung open.

Shining paid her the amount and thanked her before heading towards the door of the store.

"Come on Twilight... let's go get a hotel room." He yawned, the lack of sleep finally catching up to him.

“What about food?” Twilight frowned. She wasn't hungry, but was instead thinking ahead towards tomorrow and the day after.

She cheerfully left the shop with her brother, smiling. "You know, this is kind of like, a fresh start for us. Don't you think?" She kissed her brother's cheek lightly.

Shining got a slight tingle from the small peck on his cheek. He smiled down at his sister. "Yeah, You are right, it is." He answered as he pulled out the map to search for a hotel.

"There." He proclaimed, sticking his hoof into the paper. "The Feedbag, Bed and Breakfast. It's just around the corner here."

Shining led Twilight around the corner and into the small hotel. He approached the front desk where a young unicorn with spectacles sat reading a newspaper. Sitting perpendicular to him was a middle-aged male earth pony looking at what appeared to be a book full of numbers.

The young pony had not seen the siblings come in and began to talk to his co-worker.

"Did you see this? Down in Ponyville they found some stallion murdered in an alley. 'When the guards found him his skull had been split open. They said he suffered massive blunt trauma. The cause of death was a brain hemorrhage.' it says there are no suspects yet, but they suspect it's gang related. The dead guy had red fang tattoos. " The stallion finished reading aloud from the newspaper, turning to the other pony before putting the newspaper onto the counter in front of him.

"Damn... sounds pretty brutal, think it was the Black Talon gang?" The middle aged pony answered over his shoulder, still trying to concentrate on his work.

"I don't know... maybe. But I didn't think Black Talon branched out past Manehattan, though? For that matter, I didn't know red fang has set up shop down in ponyville, that place is pretty quiet, isn't it?" the younger pony continued.

"Yeah, it is just a small town, my cousin lives there and he said murder is almost unheard of there. As for black talon,maybe they set up a new chapter?" the middle aged pony answered.

The young stallion turned back to see Shining standing there, eavesdropping on their conversation. "What can I do for ya?" He asked the white colt standing in front of him.

Shining swallowed hard, sweat still collecting on his forehead from hearing the article about his crime.

"Uhh.. yeah, can we just get a room for the night?" Shining forced himself to say.

"Sure, 40 bits for a night." The guy said, cocking an eyebrow at the strange-acting colt. Shining handed him the money with a shaky hoof and got his room key in return.

He sauntered towards his room, opened the door, turned on the light and collapsed on the bed.

Twilight walked in behind him. "B-big brother? I know you're scared... but, everything will be okay, won't it?" She placed a hoof on his shoulder. "I... I should be there for you, just like you're there for me." She climbed on the bed and kissed him right above his horn.

Shining felt another dull tingle as his sister's lips met the area around his horn. He turned over onto his back to look at Twilight. He took her hoof with both of his, holding it close to his chest. "

"Yes, of course it will be okay, Twilight. We will always be there for each other." Shining paused for a moment looking over his baby sister, noticing the small smudge of dirt on her cheek. It reminded himself of his own probable filth. "We have a shower in the bathroom, why don't you go in there first and I'll go after you?"

Twilight smiled and nodded, remembering now that she had been wanting to get cleaned up for a while now. She put her new cloak on a hat-hanger in their room before turning and going into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.

Once twilight had disappeared into the bathroom, shining had rolled onto his stomach and snuggled his head into the pillow on the bed, steadily losing awareness of his surroundings. Dozing, just barely on the verge of consciousness. He simply laid there, wanting to fall asleep.

Looking at the bathtub, Twilight practically gasped. She didn't realize how much she had missed this. She quickly turned on the water and hopped inside, not even waiting for the water to heat up. She sat there for several minutes, letting the lukewarm water soak her coat and mane.

“I can’t believe how much I’ve missed bathtime...” Twilight whispered to herself, closing her eyes and remember back to when she would dread having to take a bath every day. “It’s so strange, how much different it is now...”

On the side was a single bar of soap, which she used her magic to levitate to her, cleaning and scrubbing her body with surprising dexterity. Intentionally derailing her train of thought.

When she was sure to have scrubbed every spot, and sat for several more minutes, relaxing in the hot water, she turned it off and hopped out of the tub, shaking herself dry. She looked at herself in the mirror. Yup. Same old Twilight. She slowly opened the door and walked into the bedroom, clean as a whistle.

Shining heard Twilight open the door but didn't react in his state or limbo.

"Brother! I'm done!” She announced

Twilight jumped on the bed and the shock of her small frame bouncing roused Shining.

"Hmm? oh, okay." He smiled, sleepy. He rolled out of the bed and slowly walked to the hat hanger, racking his cloak before going to the bathroom himself. The air was still moist and steamy with the previous shower, he stepped inside the tub, not bothering with the curtain and turned on the hot water, letting the heat bathe his muscles. He moaned slightly as the water relaxed and woke him up at the same time. The heat was making steam rise in the shower as the water splashed down on the back of his neck. After a few minutes of focusing on the feel of the water he looked for the soap and found a bar sitting on the edge of the tub. He levitated it and began to scrub himself

Rubbing the bar up his forelegs, all around his chest, his neck, face, behind his ears. then his stomach. Then he got to his loins, he rubbed the bar slower, making sure to get an even deeper clean on his dick. He payed special attention to making sure he washed the entire shaft along with his balls.

it felt surprisingly good, and he started to stiffen up. He tried pushed it out of his mind but ended up with his penis in between fully erect and flaccid. He finished washing his body. He turned the water off after rinsing himself and walked out of the bathroom, still semi-erect.

Twilight lay on the bed, her body stretched across the blanket with her head against the pillow. She shifted and looked up at her brother, gawking. His previously filthy mane was now sparkling and smooth, and his coat was white and clear. "Wow... brother, you look so... so..." Twilight blushed, shifting her back legs slightly.

"Hmmm?" Shining cocked an eyebrow at his sister, not sure what she was trying to say. He looked down at her splayed out on the bed. "That looks comfy, can I join you?"

She nodded eagerly. "Sure big brother!" She scooted over, smiling, trying not to appear awkward or goofy. It was then that she realized she actually cared about her own behavior and appearance in front of her brother. She looked at herself in the bedside mirror and saw that her mane was still damp and slightly ruffled. She tried to adjust it with her hoof, but stopped when she felt the bed sink under the weight of her brother laying down.

Shining wrapped a hoof around his sister, bringing her in close to his body, her back to his stomach. He snuggled her warmly atop the blankets. breathing in a deep breath of her freshly washed main, savoring the sweet aroma it was giving off.

Twilight giggled as she felt her brother's breath on her. "Shiny, what are you doing? Aren't you sleepy?" she asked sweetly.

"Mmm..." He moaned through his smiled, then into his sister's ear whispered. "Not since the shower." He nuzzled his snout into his sister's neck, trying to tickle her.

Twilight laughed and struggled a bit, wriggling in her brother's grasp. "Sh-Shiny, stop it! That tickles!" She rolled her head from side to side, trying to escape from the tickling muzzle.

Shining grinned with his eyes shut, ignoring his sister's wail for mercy. He dug in hard, forcing her to laugh until she on the verge of tears. Just as she was at the height of her laughter, shining stopped and pulled back, Twilight still in his firm grip. He looked down at his sister with a warm smile and gave her a light peck on the cheek

Twilight tilted her head up and gazed at her brother's handsome face. "I love you big brother." She kissed his chin softly, fluttering her eyes.

As Twilight retreated away from the kiss Shining sprung forward, locking their lips for a brief second, ending it before Twilight had time to realize what he had done.

"I love you too, Twiley." He said, he eyes at half-mast and clouded with a combination of lust and love. He moved in again before she could react, melding their lips together once more.

This time he was a bit for aggressive, his tongue slithered out of his mouth like a snake, flicking and licking at Twilight's lips, seeking entrance.

Twilight's eyes widened at the sudden aggression, but allowed the tongue to explore her mouth, giving little resistance to the foreign member.

Shining's tongue greedily danced with his sister's, testing her ability despite her lack of experience. Shining began to pull back, but gave Twilight another peck on the lips before completely retreating. He had a seductive, sultry look in his eyes as he stared at his little sister. He went in for another kiss but aimed it right under her left ear instead of at her lips.

Twilight cocked her head slightly, still blushing. "B-Big brother... what are you trying to do?" She blinked, unsure of her brother's intentions.

"Shh.." He whispered into her ear. He continued with his assault on her soft coat, going down the back of her neck and then returning up to her ear, he took her earlobe in her mouth and slowly, gently ground the rubbery flesh between his front teeth, tugging ever so slightly.

Twilight's legs shook slightly as she loosen her body, laying against her brother. "Please be gentle Shining Armor."

'God, why does that turn me on so much?' Shining's dwindling shreds of conscious mind asked him. He released her ear, positioning himself higher up so his head was completely above hers now. He could feel the heat in his loins and his cock expanding, nearly brushing his sister's shoulder. He saw her horn protruding from her head and gave it a quick kiss.

Twilight gently nuzzled the tip of her horn against her brother's chin, being careful not to poke him. A small spark of light emerged from the tip. "Oh, that felt good big brother." She smiled, kissing the top of his hoof as she lay against him.

"You like that, huh?" He asked looking down at her from the corner of his eye. He leaned forward and planted a longer kiss on the upper part of her horn, near the sharp point. He held it for a second, darting his tongue out for just a moment to make contact before pulling back.

She released a purple spark from her horn. "It t-tickles." She sighed, tensing her forelegs. "I can feel it all over me... it's so strange."

Shining smiled deviously at his little sister. He leaned forward once again, but did not pucker his lips for a kiss this time. He opened his mouth and pushed out his flat, long tongue and pressed it against her horn, dragging his muscle up the length.

Twilight moaned, arching her back slightly as the touch of her brother's tongue sent a tingling sensation down her back and into her hooves. Her horn began to glow as she shuddered. "Big brother... I love you”

"Mmhmm." Shining murmured his agreement unable to form words while working on her horn, running up and down the length of the hard substance. After he was satisfied that the horn was nice and wet he took it in his mouth, lightly suckling on the sharp tip.

Twilight closed her eyes, releasing warm sparks into her brother's mouth. "Ooh, gentle big brother, it feels... h-hot." She opened one eyes and blushed, feeling her brother's rhythmic movements with his tongue.

Shining continued his work, sucking up and down her horn. He took it deep into his mouth before slowly pulling it back out, dragging his tongue on the ribbed horn. He let his teeth graze the grooves as he pulled the horn from his mouth.

Twilight clenched her teeth, feeling the warmth and dampness on her horn. For some reason, she felt compelled to release magic, though she didn't want to with the horn in her brother's mouth. Still, her horn glowed, and the blanket around them began to ripple and wave slightly as it glowed with her magical aura. "Brother... wh-why is this happening?"

Shining knew he was on the right track when felt her sister tense up beneath him, along the heat emanating off her horn inside his mouth. He had found from his own 'experiments' that unicorn's horns are sensitive, and given the right stimulation can work the same way as a sexual organ.

He pulled the horn from her mouth and whispered into his sister's ear, soothing her, "Shh... just enjoy it, it feels good, right?"

Twilight gasped, then smiled. "Y-yeah, it kinda does." She closed her eyes, leaning her head against her brother's, allowing her full weight to lean on him. She felt herself sink slightly into his course, thick coat, sighing to herself.

Shining smiled before taking her horn back into his mouth, sucking all the way to the hilt, the tip of her sharp horn ending just before his uvula. He began to take the entire length in and out of his mouth, in one fluid motion, scraping his teeth over the indentions of her horn.

Twilight arched her back as she felt another surge of magic building up. The blanket began to glow and ripple once more, and the pillows started to float up into the air. As Shining Armor's tongue worked its way from the tip to the base, Twilight knew she could no longer control what would happen. "Brother... I feel like, like something's going to happen. I feel it in my head!" Her horn began to glow brightly, emitting purple light from between Shining Armor's lips.

Shining knew what was going to happen next. He quickly released her horn from his lips and then wrapped his hooves on either side of her horn, stroking furiously on either side while rapidly lapping at base of her horn.

Twilight shuddered, breathing heavily, she felt the magic surging in her horn. There was a bright purple flash, and she felt herself being lifted into the air, along with pillows, lamps, and furniture, as her eyes glowed and the room was filled with the bright light of her aura. She hovered for a moment, then fell back down on the bed, as the various objects in the room also fell back down onto the floor. Twilight sputtered, gasping for breath. "That... that was... incredible...."

Shining watched with a smug grin as his sister went through the stages of her orgasm. Only once she was back on the bed, gasping for breath did he begin to talk. "Incredible, huh?"

Twilight sputtered, catching her breath. "Yes, you're amazing big brother! I never even knew I could do that." She hugged him tightly, burying her muzzle into his white coat. "I love you so much Shiny." Despite herself, she yawned, spent from her exertion.

“Sleepy?” Shining's smooth voice asked, a little amused.

“Mhhm...” Twilight hummed, still smiling into her chest. Shining kissed her on the forehead, intentionally avoiding her sensitive horn and held her close to his body. After no more than two minutes Shining noticed her breathing was deep and steady; blowing warm puffs of air against his chest

'She fell asleep.' His common sense told him. He looked down at this sister. 'She is so adorable...' He thought before hugging her even tighter into his warm embrace. He sighed and nestled his head atop Twilight's and allowed himself to drift out of consciousness.