Love and War

Chapter 4

Celestia’s Chambers (Two Years Later)

“Guard.  Have you any word on Captain Thorn?” Celestia asked, sitting on her balcony while a cool evening breeze filtered through her mane.

“Yes Princess.  Thorn returned earlier today while you were at court.  He is resting in the barracks at the moment,” The guard said.  Celestia stared at the setting of her sun.

“Please bring him here at once,” Celestia ordered.  The guard gave a courteous bow and proceeded off to the barracks.  Celestia continued to wait, and about half an hour later, I walked into Celestia’s chambers in a full set of royal guard armor.  The other guard followed him and we both bowed as Celestia stood up and walked towards us.

“Thank you guard, you may take your leave now.  And take Private Spark with you.  I need to speak with Captain Thorn alone,” She said, the guard raising his head.

“Understood Princess.” He bowed one more time and then proceeded to relieve Private Spark and himself of their guard duty.  As soon as the door closed, Celestia stared at me, not uttering a sound.  A few moments of silence passed before I found myself tackled to the ground, lips locking with Celestia.  I wrapped my hooves around her and continued to kiss her passionately.  Her horn started to glow and I could see my armor levitating itself off of me.  I was now completely bare as Celestia looked at me and levitated me onto her bed.  She soon followed and we found ourselves in each other’s warm embrace, kissing, while trying to elicit pleasure from the other.  I started to slowly kiss down her neck, as she let out a little moan of pleasure and a shiver.

“Thorn, I...” she was stopped as I placed a hoof to her mouth.

“I may only have one night with you Celestia.  I want this night to be special.” I said, as she nodded and I continued to kiss down her neck and towards her wings.  She outstretched her wings longer, as I got closer and closer to the base of them.  I was almost to the base of her wings, before I started to gently kiss down her chest.  She bit her bottom lip and her face blushed red with pleasure.  I started to kiss even lower before I was only a few inches away from her marehood.  I looked back up at her and she gave me nod.  I started to kiss a few more times before I massaged her marehood with my tongue.  She let out a moan of pleasure, but quickly covered her mouth and I continued to pleasure her.  She had managed to quiet her moaning as she started to run a hoof though my mane.  A minute or so later, I felt her pull my head up, as I looked at the smile on her face.  She levitated me next to her and onto my back as she began to kiss me down my chest.  It was my turn to let out a slight moan, my face also beginning to lightly blush.  She stopped an inch or so away from my member before she took the whole thing in her mouth.  I let out a quiet moan of pleasure and placed my hooves on her head.  I slowly brushed her mane with my hooves as she continued to pleasure me.  A few minutes passed before she stopped and laid her soft-warm body on top of mine.  She gave me a gentle kiss on the lips and we continued to stare into each other’s loving eyes.  Silence was the only thing that could be heard as she laid her head down on my chest and I started to stroke her mane with my hoof.

“I really missed you Thorn.  It’s been rather lonely here without you,” She said, as I kissed her on the forehead and continued to stroke her mane.

“You know I want to be here with you Celestia.  I wish I could come back to Canterlot everyday and be able to see you, hold you, and kiss you.  But you know what it is like out there.”

“I know Thorn.  And I'm scared.  I'm so scared sometimes that I can't even sleep, knowing that you might not return.  It breaks my heart most nights, not seeing you here next to me.  I love you Thorn,” She said.  I held her tight in my hooves and nuzzled her face.

“I love you too Celestia.  And that is why I do what I do.  You know that I'm the best hope for trying to win this war.”

“I know you are.  But it scares me so much to not know I may not ever see you again.  I don’t think I can bare the loss of another pony I love.”  She said, as she cried a few tears into my coat.

“Don’t worry Celestia.  I'm not going anywhere.  I will always be here for you.  I love you and wouldn’t let anything happen to you.” I said, nuzzling the side of her face for reassurance.  She looked at me and held me in a long passionate kiss.

“Thorn.” She quietly whispered to me.

“Yes Celestia?” I asked, concerned.

“I'm ready?  I want to do it this time.  All the way.” She said, which caught me off guard.

“Are we talking about the same thing here Celestia?” I asked, as she stood over me on the bed.

“Yes.  I am finally ready.  But I need you to be ready as well,” She said, looking at me and trying to decide If I was ready or not?  I was still a little shocked at the sudden straightforwardness of her.  A tear came to her eye.

“You, you don’t want to, do you?” she asked laying her head on my chest with a few tears in her eyes.  I stroked her mane and used my hoof to lift her chin so I could look into her eyes.  I had a small smile on my face with a tear in my eye as well.  I leaned over and kissed her softly on her lips.

“I love you Celestia.  Now I want to prove it.” I said, as she positioned herself on top of me.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” I asked, as she smiled and nodded her head.

“Yes.  More than anything I have ever wanted.” She said, as I gave her one last kiss.

“I love you so much Celestia.”

“I love you Thorn.” She said as we began our first step to something neither of us had, but have yearned for since our first encounter that night, nearly two years ago.

Celestia’s Chamber (6:00am)

I slowly began to open my eyes to a very dark room.  I waited a few moments for my eyes to adjust to the darkness before I noticed a pair of beautiful eyes staring back at me.  We laid there in silence, the warmth of the other comforting us and beckoning us to not move away, but to move closer in a loving embrace.  As we inched closer to each other, I could feel her warm breath on my neck, which sent shivers through my entire body.  We were now only an inch or so away as we continued to stare into each other eyes, lost in thought, but knowing exactly what the other was thinking.  I then gave her a gentle nuzzle on the side of her face.  Celestia returned this by a kiss on my lips as I wrapped my hooves around her.

“Good morning my beautiful princess,” I said.  She extended her wings around me and pulled me as close as she could.

“Good morning my prince,” She said, eliciting a small laugh from me.

“I am hardly a prince.” Celestia giggled a little bit and kissed me on my forehead.  I blushed and returned her affection with a kiss on the lips.

“I really enjoyed last night,” She said, as I smiled at her.

“I really enjoyed it too.  To be honest, I was actually a little nervous,” I blushed a little more as she gave me another kiss on the lips.

“You were wonderful.  It was just how I always dreamed.” I began to rub her stomach with my hoof.

“I'm glad that it was wonderful for you.  I really enjoyed it as well.  It was... sort of my first time actually,” I said.  Celestia looked a little surprised.

“You mean to tell me that you have never had sex before?” she asked.  I smiled sheepishly at her and nodded my head.

“Well, yea.  When I was growing up, I was never the best with girls.  Soon it just became a hassle to interact with them.  Then one day, I was drafted into the war.  It was definitely an eye opening experience.  It made me actually regret not taking more chances with girls back where I was from.  Then again.” I gently kissed Celestia on the forehead.  “If it wasn’t for war, I wouldn’t even be here right now.  Next to the mare that I love,” I said.  Celestia returned this with a giggle and resumed resting her head on my chest.  I wrapped my hoof around her and began to stroke her back.

“I love you so much Celestia,” I said.

“I love you too Thorn.”  She leaned in and kissed me on the lips.  I began to kiss her a little more, and soon the kissing intensified.  She started to become more aggressive as she got on top of me.  As soon as she leaned in to kiss me, we heard the door to her chamber open.

“Tia, it is time to...” Luna stopped as Celestia quickly spread her wings to try and conceal me.  Her horn then grew a bright light and I felt myself teleport into the guard barracks.  Luckily, most of the guards were already on duty, so none of them noticed.  I gave a sigh of relief as I thought back to what happened.

“Oh no, Celestia,” I said to myself, a hint of worry in my voice.  I then grabbed some armor from the wall and fastened it to my body.  “I will talk to her tonight.  I just hope everything will be ok.”