Liquid Pride

Shining Armor and his sister cuddled close beside the fireplace, wrapped together in a blanket on Hearth's Warming eve.

"What about you? What do you wish for?" Shining asked his sister. Twilight placed her empty mug on the table. Her half-lidded eyes were on the verge of falling asleep. She rolled into him, pressing her muzzle into the soft fur of his strong chest, yawning.

"You're here. I've already got my wish." She replied.

She slumped down beside him as they each laid down on the floor together. She rolled away so her back was against him. After several moments, her steady breathing told him that she had fallen asleep. Shining couldn't tell if it was the heat of the fire or her body against him, but he was uncomfortably warm, too much so to sleep. But he just laid there and enjoyed the closeness of her against him.

After a few minutes, her tail swished back and forth, teasing his thighs. She must have been dreaming. It would bob up occasionally, tickling his sensitive scrotum. She unconsciously gyrated her hips and back against him, stimulating him in ways he was embarrassed to admit he enjoyed. His response was immediate. He felt his erection quickly grow between them.

If she felt his dick digging into her back, she didn't show any sign of caring. She just kept up her rhythmic motion, grinding her body against him, squeezing and rubbing his member between their bodies. Shining had a flash of thought. 'What if it was like in her diary again, and she was just pretending to be sleeping?!' He felt emboldened by the notion, putting his hoof around her waist and pulling her tighter against him. She went still for a moment, that is until he started grinding back against her.

"Hmmm, Shining..." She moaned as the feathers from her wing tickled his nose.

'Her wing?!'
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Shining's eyes shot open with a start. He was in his bed.

No. He was in a different bed. This wasn't his bedroom. The daze of the dream cleared from his mind. Everything came rushing back. He was over at Cadence's house for the night. She laid in bed beside him. His very erect member was firmly pressed into her back, and he had his hoof wrapped around her. Her wings had flared open from his attention, tickling his nose and startling him from his dream's fantasy.

"Hmm, why'd you stop?" She murmured.

Shining resumed his motions, giving her another squeeze. He loved her after all, and here she was beside him, ready, willing and able to go. She cooed her approval quietly as her tail continued to tease him under the covers. He loved her after all...

So why did he feel disappointed?

Disappointed to have awoken from his fantasy, and ashamed for feeling so. Ashamed that he preferred his dream world to the real thing. Here was a flesh and blood mare who loved him, truly. A princess no less! She was everything, powerful, wealthy, and beautiful! So why did he feel longing? To both of their dismay, he began to soften.

"Aww, is widdle Shiny too sweepy?" She teased gently, bucking her hips back against him softly, trying to rub some life back into his member.

But Shining Armor's mind was miles away. He was still thinking about Hearth's Warming Eve with Twilight all those weeks ago.

"What about you? What do you wish for?" Shining asked his sister. Twilight placed her empty mug on the table. Her half-lidded eyes were on the verge of falling asleep. She rolled into him, pressing her muzzle into the soft fur of his strong chest, yawning.

"You're here. I've already got my wish." She replied. She slowly got to her feet and nuzzled his nose in a chaste gesture. "See you in the morning." She said before she trotted off to bed for the night, leaving Shining alone on the couch.

For several nights since then, he had a recurring dream of that night, each time it went a little different. Sometimes bad, but sometimes good. His mind trying to exhaust every possible outcome of that night. And every morning Shining felt a little more empty for it.

Shining closed his eyes, trying to focus on remembering the dream that night, Twilight's body close against him under the blanket beside the warm fireplace. His member, rigid between them. He squeezed her close, letting her know that he was awake too, humping against her.

Cadence felt him quickly regain full mast against her once more. "Oh Shiny!" She purred.

"Oh Shiny!" Twilight said, as she felt him reacting to her advances. She shifted her body upwards, letting his staff dip down beneath her tail, bobbing between her legs as she laid beside him. He held her tightly as he tried to align himself with her entrance. She was already so wet, his swollen head brushed against her warm marehood a couple times, becoming slick with her essence. His last push met with little resistance as he slipped inside her with ease. He heard her gasp.

Her warm love tunnel quivered and grasped at him as he slid in and out of her in a practiced motion. This was what he truly wanted for Hearth's Warming Eve, though he would never say it. His belly rubbed against her soft back, her mane, against his neck and muzzle. He wrapped his leg over hers as he continued to slowly make love to her, just trying to get as much contact with her as possible. She bucked back against each of his thrusts, their bodies slapping together harder with each advance.

Suddenly, she wriggled free of his embrace, his penis slipping from her envelopment, leaving him feeling cold. He didn't dare open his eyes this time, he didn't want the dream to end. As quickly as she left, she was upon him again, rolling him onto his back, straddling atop him. Her hips slid up and down his length before bringing his tip back to her inviting marehood. In no time at all she was bobbing up and down on his pole, frantically riding him in ecstatic joy. He never thought that Twilight would be this aggressive in bed.

She leaned in close, kissing him passionately on the lips, her tongue dancing with his as they both desperately gasped for air. She wrapped her wings around him, enclosing them inside as she continued to fuck him more slowly now.

Wings

Shining opened his eyes, staring deeply into Cadence's. Her wings blocked much of the moonlight, but he could still make out the features of his marefriend. It was Cadence on top of him and definitely not Twilight. Shining tried to close his eyes again, but the fantasy was now long gone. He was very much awake, and aware of what was going on. No amount of pretending could change that now.

He didn't let his disappointment show on his face, but Cadence could feel him going soft inside her. Her face fell. Shining felt embarrassed. This usually never happened. Especially to a healthy young stallion like him. Cadence tried not to bring any attention to it as she carefully climbed off him, back onto her side of the bed.

"I- I guess I must be more tired than I thought." Shining tried. "I could, you know, help you finish..." He offered, licking her ear playfully.

"No, it's okay. It happens." Cadence comforted. "Besides we should really just get some sleep. We have to get up in a few hours to go to the Canterlot Hearts and Hooves Day Bachelorette Charity Raffle." She said. Shining rolled onto his back, feeling tired in a very real way, thinking about the busy day to come.

"Dammit, that is tomorrow." He cursed, clutching his pillow uncomfortably. He had to perform security detail for the event. He was not looking forward to it. All it meant was him working on the most romantic day of the year when he'd rather be with his sis- er, his marefriend. Cadence stroked his shoulder gently, helping him relax. He let go of his pillow and slumped into it, feeling his tension slip away. Cadence watched him slip back asleep.

Shining Armor and his sister cuddled close beside the fireplace, wrapped together in a blanket on Hearth's Warming eve.

"What about you? What do you wish for?" Shining asked his sister. Twilight placed her empty mug on the table. Her half-lidded eyes were on the verge of falling asleep. She rolled into him, pressing her muzzle into the soft fur of his strong chest, yawning.

Cadence watched him smile gently against his pillow, surely enjoying pleasant dreams. She returned to her side of the bed, getting some much needed rest herself.

"You're here. I've already got my wish." Twilight replied.
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Cadence sat confidently at the ticketing booth. Behind her was the chest for the contestants' bits as she sold them tickets for the raffle. It was closely guarded by the Captain of the Royal Guard. In front of her was the roll of tickets and the submission boxes for the participating ponies. Every year in Canterlot, the Hearts and Hooves Day raffle invited many of the most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes to be contested for. Each contestant had an ornate box with their name embroidered on it for ponies to choose whom they'd wish to try to win. The proceeds benefited different Equestrian charities. But the big event was always seeing who won a date with Princess Celestia at the end of the event.

This year however, she had some stiff competition.

"Shining, er, I mean Captain Armor, I'm gonna need another box!" Cadence called out. He quickly produced a much less ornate-looking, plain cardboard box. Cadence hastily scribbled 'LUNA' on it. The other box bearing her name was already filled to the brim with tickets.

"Sister, please explain this to us again." Luna begged of the alabaster mare in the throne beside her.

"Each pony buys tickets and puts them into the respective boxes of the mare or stallion with whom they'd like to enjoy a date." Celestia explained.

"But we are royalty. We could have any companion we desire. Why must we consort with the commoners?" She asked.

"Luna dear, you don't have to consort with anypony. It is simply a gesture of good will, raising money for charity. Come on sis, try to get into the spirit of things." She said, nudging her playfully.

"ONE BIT! ONE TICKET! SIX TICKETS FOR FIVE!" Cadence yelled out across the line of ponies leading out the door. It was certainly one of the biggest events of the year. It reached across all classes and pay grades. One ticket was all you needed, and you had the same chance as the upper class pony sitting across the row from you for a lunch date out with the Princess. Rumor has it that many of the great ponies in the course of history rose from obscurity in just such a similar manner.

"Hey Cap, how's weekend duty treating you?" Lieutenant Sea Cay said, buying a couple tickets.

"It is what it is." Shining said, shrugging, and taking his bits and tossing them into the chest.

"Why don't you get a few tickets yourself?" Sea Cay asked. Shining tried to ignore the surreptitious glance from Cadence.

"Oh, you know me. I'm married to the service." Shining said nervously, dodging the issue. Sea Cay wrote his name on each ticket, adding them to a variety of baskets, but dumping the bulk of them into Princess Luna's box. He glanced up at Shining Armor, looking downtrodden, working on a lovely Saturday. He remembered all the nice things that the Captain had done to help him in the past. He saved the last ticket, hastily scrawling Captain Shining Armor on it before tossing it into Luna's box with the others.

"Making a concentrated effort I see." Shining said.

"Oh yeah. I really hope I win. That Princess Luna, I don't know what it is. She's just so dark and mysterious and... and..."

"Sexy?"

Both stallions froze in shock at her comment.

"What?" Cadence said, defensively. "I'm the Princess of Love. It doesn't matter if she's my aunt. I can admit that she has very appealing features."

"Yeah... well, good luck." Shining said, trying to ignore the awkward moment.

"Yeah, you too. Uh, I mean, thanks." Sea Cay said, heading off to find a seat in the audience.
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The line finally finished filing in and buying tickets. Every seat in the hall was taken. It was standing room only, if only just barely. It was absolutely packed. Even Princess Celestia was impressed.

"This is quite the turnout this year!" She mused quietly to her sister. Luna barely noticed the comment, staring lazily at the crowd, only wanting this event to be over. It was cutting into her sleep schedule after all. Celestia stepped forward, addressing the crowd.

"Attention citizens of Canterlot!" She called out across the room. Her normally soft-spoken, soothing voice resonated loudly against the chamber walls, quieting the crowd to a dull hush. "We will now begin the Hearts and Hooves Day raffle!" She said as the male contestants began to enter stage left.

"First up we have a mister Braeburn. Tell us, from where do you hail?" Princess Celestia asked.

"Beggin' yer pardon Princess?" He asked.

"Ahem, where y'all from?" Celestia asked, attempting her best southern accent.

"AAAAAAAAAppaloosa!" He said, kicking his hooves into the air excitedly.

"Well, that's just splendid. Let's see who the lucky pony is who wins a date with you in... aaaAAAaaappaloosa." She tried, imitating. Princess Celestia picked up and vigorously shook the box of tickets for Braeburn. She lifted out a ticket, reading the name aloud, "Twinkle Shine!"

An exuberant pony came running up the main aisle. "I won! I won!" A couple guards stopped the ecstatic mare from leaping up onto the stage.

"Whoa there." Princess Celestia said, trying her best to remain calm. "Let me just remind everypony that this is a raffle for a date Tomorrow on Hearts and Hooves Day. You will be given the details of the outing today of where and when to meet your date if you win, so please..." She looked down at the crazed mare, with outstretched hooves trying still to reach for the stallion on the stage even as she was dragged back to her seat. "... don't rush the stage." She advised. Braeburn, for his part mostly ignored the crazy mare, watching longingly as several disappointed stallions began to slowly file out of the hall.

"Next up we have..." She looked at her card. "Soarin of the Wonderbolts!" Soarin waltzed out on stage in a practiced motion, used to the spotlight, taking Braeburn's place at center stage as the golden farm pony exited stage right. Celestia lifted the box bearing Soarin's name. "Ooh, this one is quite heavy." Celestia teased the crowd. She shook it well, making sure to make it fair. She reached in. "And the winner is... Raindrops!"

"Dammit!" Came a shout from a blue Pegasus with a prismatic mane hovering in the back of the room.

"Okay, who's next?" Celestia said.

The event continued as each contestant appeared on stage and was drawn for. After the stallions portion, came the mares, including...

"Next we have, Spitfire! Captain of the Wonderbolts!" The Princess announced. Her box was nearly full. "My, my, somepony is popular!" Celestia said, finding the box legitimately weighty. After a generous shaking, she pulled a ticket from the box. "And the winner is... Cloud Kicker!"

"DAMMIT!" Came another shout as the kaleidoscopic mare in the back stormed out the door in disappointment.

"Oh well, let's see, ooh, next we have a special treat, a date with both Miss Lotus and her sister, Miss Aloe!" Celestia continued.

The event culminated in the grand finale, the chance to win a date with the Princess, Celestia!
Oh, and her sister, that other Princess.

"And at long last, the grand finale! Bring forth the final box!" Celestia announced. "For a date with yours truly, the winner is... um, hang on." Celestia showed the card to Luna. "I can't tell," She whispered, "It looks so messy. What do you think it says?"

"Berny Purch?" Luna called out. "Is there a Berny Purch?" She said again. No one in the audience responded.

"No, no, look, the R's and N's look really similar..." Celestia said, "How about a Berry Punch?" She called out.

"What'sh it to ya?!" Came a slurred response from the cash bar in the back of the room.

"Um, Miss Berry Punch?" Celestia called out.

"Dat's my name babe, don't wear it out!" The purple mare said, slumping out of her bar stool, trotting up to the stage.

"Yes, well, it looks like you are the lucky pony who has won a date with your Princess tomorrow on Hearts and Hooves... are, are you drunk?"

"No, you are! Hah hah hahaha." Berry burst out, tumbling into the aisle in hysterics. A couple guards came in to help assist her to a seat.

"Well I suppose I'll have to be the designated flyer tomorrow." Celestia joked, bringing forth a murmur of chuckles. "Well everypony, thank you all for coming out for today's... Oh my, what is all this?"

A pony carried an ornate box, similar to Celestia's, with Luna's name on it. It was positively stuffed. It was followed by two more boxes of tickets, each nearly full themselves. The three boxes were laid at Celestia's hooves. She pondered what to do for a moment, before levitating a couple of empty trash bins up to her, emptying the three boxes into one, much to the astonished gasp of the crowd.

"Now now, be patient." She calmed them, silently astounded at the sheer volume of tickets for her younger sister. She pressed the other trash bin on top of the first, sealing them together to make a large container, shaking it far longer than was needed. She couldn't believe her aloof sibling had over three times as many tickets as herself. She finally let them settle back into one bin. "Sister, would you care to do the honors?" She levitated the bin over to her younger sister, who pulled a single ticket from the container. She looked at it quickly before passing it to Celestia, excited.

Celestia looked at the card, and then up, across the hall at Cadence. Or rather past Cadence at the white guard pony watching after the chest of bits. His face's expression looked as though his mind was miles away. She narrowed her eyes just slightly. No one in the crowd could tell. She looked back at Luna who looked quite excited at the result.

"Unfortunately, for the sake of fairness, this particular pony is unfortunately disqualified to participate in this event." Celestia informed. "But we do thank them for their contribution to the charity none-the-less." She said, discarding the ticket. "Princess Luna, another please?" Luna's face fell briefly, but drew another ticket rather than draw attention. She looked at the ticket.

"Derpy Hooves?" Luna called out.

"Yay Luna! WooHoo!" A grey mare shouted, stumbling from her chair, waving excitedly at the Princess of the Night.

"Well, there we have it. All the winners!" Celestia said. "I'd like to thank everypony who participated and donated. We've raised a tremendous amount of bits for the Filly Scouts of Equestria."

"It's about time." Shining grumbled.

"Awe, come on, it wasn't that bad." Cadence said. "There's still tomorrow! And we have it all to ourselves!"

"Yeah, that's true." He agreed. "I'll see you tomorrow evening then." He said, bidding her farewell as she exited with her security entourage.
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At dinner that evening, Twilight didn't eat much. Shining sat opposite her chewing idly on his salad. Their parents were away for the evening for a romantic dinner. After raising two foals, they certainly deserved the time off. Twilight quickly finished what little food she took, too enthralled with the book she was reading to pay her trivial appetite much mind. She leaned back in her chair, completely obstructing his view of her face with the book.

TAP

He looked up from his food to see that she had placed a hoof up on the table as she leaned back in her chair. It was very unlike her to put her hooves on the table. But perhaps with the parents out she was feeling more brazen. Shining didn't particularly care. She was going to be the one to clean the table after all.

"This is just the most fascinating book about Hearts and Hooves Day!" She said, without even looking away from the pages. "Did you know that this holiday got its start because of a love potion?"

"No, I didn't." He answered.

TAP

She put her other hoof on the edge of the table, pushing her chair back, balancing it precariously on its back two legs, rocking it slightly.

TAP

Twilight tapped her hoof on the table again, as though only to get his attention. Her face remained hidden behind the book, but he had a front row seat to her marehood on display across from him as she kept her hooves up on the table's edge, spread-eagle. She couldn't see him looking from behind the book. It was almost as if she was beckoning him to stare at her loins.

TAP

She just rocked in her seat, tapping her hoof, gently flexing her leg muscles to move the chair, each flex making her marehood quiver and stretch slightly.

TAP

TAP

TAP

As though broken from his trance, he looked up at the book to check to make sure she didn't see him gawking. But she was peering straight at him just over the top of the tome, watching him ogle her with his drooling mouth agape.

TAP

Wait.

TAP

It's not her hoof.

Shining jumped up in bed, sitting upright with a start. His mane was wet with sweat, Little Shiny pitching a tent in front of him.

tap

Shining looked to the window, expecting to see a branch hitting the window in the wind.

tap

Somepony was throwing pebbles at his bedroom window. Clearly in an attempt to gain his attention. The clock beside his bed said it was five past midnight. He was about to get out of bed to open the window.

SMASH!

A large, heavy bag came bursting through the frame, landing on the floor with a thud and sending tiny bits of glass hurtling all over his bedroom. He looked closer at the bag to check to see if it was a bomb or any kind of threat. The emblem on the clasp was that of a crescent moon.

"We attempted a route of subtly without success. We instead chose a more direct approach."

Shining looked up to the silhouette in the window against the moonlight. "You smashed my window." He said angrily.

"T'was locked." Luna said impishly. The room glowed blue with magic as the thousands of tiny fragments floated through the air and back into the frame as Luna stepped inside. The glass dust pooled together into clear islands of glass pane until even the cracks melted away, leaving the window completely restored. "There. Satisfactory?" She asked.

"That's a neat trick." Shining deadpanned.

"Please." Luna scoffed. "Tricks art something that a prostitute does. Altering thine very fabric of matter 'tis leagues beyond any mere whore's talent." She boasted. Shining sat back in his bed.

"To what do I owe the pleasure?" He asked quietly. Luna retrieved her bag from the floor. She produced a small, crumpled slip of paper, passing it to him. He looked at it. It was a ticket from yesterday's raffle. It said 'Captain Shining Armor'.

"Did thou desire a date with thine Princess of the Night?" She asked seductively. "Perhaps a much more personal exposition?" Her eyes drifted to the bulge in the sheets. Shining followed her eyes and pulled his sheet further up his body defensively.

"I didn't put my name in your box, or anypony's! Now please just go!" Shining whispered louder. A light in the hallway shone under his door.

"Shining! Is everything okay? I heard glass." Twilight Velvet said from the other side of the door.

"It's okay mom, I just knocked over my cup, but I took care of it." Shining tried to keep an even tone as Luna silently crawled on top of him, her magic locking the door. She looked over his shoulder at the Mother's Day frame on his bureau. It said 'World's Best Mom', framing an off-white mare with a purple and white striped mane.

'Mom?' Luna mouthed silently as her body shimmered into Twilight Velvet's form atop Shining. Shining's eyes were the size of dinner plates. She pulled at his sheets trying to expose him.

"Are you sure you don't need a dust pan?" Mrs. Velvet said from the hallway. Luna, now a dead ringer for his mom, finally ripped the sheet free of his grasp as she pinned his hooves down with her own. He tried to push her away with his magic, trying to stay quiet about the whole thing. The last thing he needed was his mom seeing him in some kind of sick role play with her doppelganger. Luna bopped him in his horn, causing his magic to backfire, giving him a nasty headache and unable to focus his will into magic.

Though appearing smaller, Luna was still much stronger than the guard pony, pinning him to the bed as her head slipped lower, working the head of his cock into her mouth.

"I could get the vacuum and suck up any bits you missed." Mrs. Velvet said outside. Luna responded by vigorously sucking on his member as though it was her only source of air. Shining tried to focus his mind and not think about the image of his mom fellating him while saying 'suck up'. Stars and stones! Luna was good at doing this.

"Ngh, MOM IT'S FINE! I'll see you in the morning!" Shining said, nearly shouting by the late hour's standards. Luna continued to bob up and down on him, taking him deeper into her throat. She slipped off for a brief moment, barely whispering.

"You should invite her in." Luna whispered with a wink, before diving back in and sucking his cock some more.

"Okay, Shiny, goodnight. I love you." Mrs. Velvet said. Shining couldn't help but open his eyes at that last remark, looking down at the mare pleasing him with her mouth. Luna looked up at him with his mom's eyes as she proceeded to swallow his entire length. That was it, he couldn't take it anymore as he erupted into the tight confines of her esophagus. Her powerful throat gripped and rippled as her muscled worked to swallow his load. It took his last ounce of will to keep from crying out.

"I love you too mom." It was all he could manage. He said staring straight into Luna's stolen visage. He felt the bile rising in his throat. Just when he thought he couldn't feel any more conflicted about something. The light turned off in the hallway as Luna released his member from her mouth. It was sucked completely clean. He watched his mom lick her lips of his seed.

"Hmm, her little surprise inspired me to see just how far your little, hmm hmm, incest fetish goes." She whispered softly into his ear.

"It is not a fetish! You don't understand!" He pleaded as his mom, or rather, Luna disguised as his mom, he repeatedly reminded himself, worked her hips up his body, straddling his waist. "I'm not attracted to my mom or anyone else in my family! I mean it."

His mom squirmed on top of his softened pride, causing it to stir again. Shining tried to shut his eyes. But it only served to help him to focus on the sensations on his groin. He tried looking right at her, in hopes that his mom being right there would scare him limp again. She leaned in close to him again as he continued to grow hard under her.

"Hmm, my little Shiny is such a good boy, giving mommy a midnight snack." She said, still in Velvet's voice. "Hmm, mommy's little boy is so big! I don't think he'll fit inside her again." She lifted off of him, bringing his steel rod to her inviting entrance, before sitting back down on top of him, letting him slide into her to the hilt. "Ooh, Shiny, you're so big! Bigger than your father. You make mommy feel so good!" She was getting way too into this.

Shining, for his part, was just reeling from the whole thing. He felt helpless pinned under his mom as she- NO, it was Luna! Pinned under Luna! His mind shouted. It was like she was in his head, trying to skew his perception. He felt his load building up again as she rode him. It was his body betraying him, biology beyond his control. He was going over the top of the roller coaster, and all he could do was hold-the-buck on, praying for it to end as his mother raped him.

It felt so good. He hated how good it felt. She was staring down at him, mocking him. Her mouth didn't move as she continued to fuck him against his will. But he could hear her laughing. Laughing at him in her mind. In his mind! In his ears. His balls tightened as he came for the second time that night inside her, plastering her womb white with his rich seed.

"Ooh yes, that's it, cum inside me baby, fill mommy with your cum. Let mommy make you another sister to lust over."

Shining felt his blood boil. Adrenaline flooded his system.

"Would you like that baby?" She asked him in his mom's voice "Is that what you want? What do you want Shiny?" Her form shimmered around him, still impaled on his staff, changing into Twilight Sparkle, him still buried inside. "What do you really want?"

Shining stared at his sister on his cock. "I want you-"

She smiled, victorious.

"...to GET OUT!" His magic restored, his horn flared an iridescent white, his magic slammed her with a kinetic strike. Unprepared, she was sent hurtling through the window, smashing it again. Shining looked outside into the cold, February night. She was nowhere to be seen. Hopefully now she'll think twice before breaking into this stallion's bedroom.

"Shining! I heard glass again!" Mrs. Velvet called out. Her voice flashed back imagery of her riding him. He shooed the thought away. His stallionhood now completely retreated in the cold wind.

"It's okay mom, I just have the dropsies tonight. I'll fix it in the morning. Go to bed." He said. He slumped back onto his bed. He suddenly felt very tired. But at the same time, he didn't think he'd be getting any sleep that night now. He feared what dreams might visit him after this ordeal.

tap tap tap

"Shiny?" Twilight Sparkle asked, pushing the unlocked door open a crack. "Are you okay?"

"It's just the window. I'll take care of it in the morning." He said.

"You'll freeze. I can fix it." She trotted inside. Luckily the blast of cold air into the room vented any scent of sex. Twilight focused on the glass scattered outside, bringing it back into the pane. She willed the glass particles to meld together again. It didn't look as good as earlier. It was cloudy, but still solid. "There, good as new. Sort of. A little trick I learned from the Princess." She said.

"Twily, what book was I reading last summer?" He asked out of the blue.

"What?"

"What book was I reading last summer?" He asked again.

"You mean A Tale of Two Fillies?" she asked.

"Yeah, that's the one." He said.

"Why do you ask?"

"I just- I just needed to make sure it was you." He said, still bowing his head, avoiding looking at her.

"Hey, are you okay?" She asked.

"I, I had a nightmare." He said. His voice was shaky. The shock of being helpless and being sexually assaulted finally began to register.

"That's not what I asked. I asked if you were okay." She said again. He looked at her for the first time that evening. Tears started running down his cheek. He shook his head as his voice squeaked.

"No."

He fell over into his bed, pulling his blankets over him and clutching his pillow tight as he curled up into a ball. His tears stained the fabric.

Twilight laid down behind him, wrapping her hoof around him, gently rubbing his shoulder as he silently wept. He didn't want her to see her big brother like this. But he had no strength left to pretend things were all right. They were pretty bucking far from all right. Twilight laid in bed beside him. There was no eroticism in the act for him. He only welcomed the comfort of her presence.

"Don't tell mom, okay?" He whimpered.

"Shh, it's okay." Twilight whispered. She had heard that the service could be hard on stallions. That they could experience traumatic things that could scar their memories and leave them a wreck. She couldn't imagine what must have happened to her big brother to drive him to tears tonight. And she silently hoped she never had to.

She watched over him for several minutes. He soon exhausted himself and was fast asleep. She wanted to help him. He had helped her so much in the past. She kissed him softly on the cheek and left for her own bedroom.

"Sweet dreams."

Shining Armor and his sister cuddled close beside the fireplace, wrapped together in a blanket on Hearth's Warming eve.

"What about you? What do you wish for?" Shining asked his sister. Twilight placed her empty mug on the table. Her half-lidded eyes were on the verge of falling asleep. She rolled into him, pressing her muzzle into the soft fur of his strong chest, yawning.

"You're here. I've already got my wish." She replied, kissing him softly on the cheek.

Shining Armor's sleeping form smiled softly, nuzzling against his pillow as he hugged it gently.
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Dawn streaked through the dull glass of his window. It diffused the harsh morning sun with its translucent texture. Shining Armor roused without alarm from the best sleep he'd had in some time. He couldn't recall his dreams, if he had any. But something just felt... good. As though he'd just awoken to the aroma of his favorite breakfast. Twilight trotted by, poking her head in to see if he'd awakened yet.

"Good morning." She said, drawing his attention from the cloudy window. "Breakfast is almost ready."

"I'll be downstairs in a minute." He answered. She trotted off as he orientated himself and combed his mane. His leg bumped into something just under the edge of his bed. He pulled out a saddle bag bearing Princess Luna's cutie mark. He could only imagine what his favorite stalker would have left for him last night. He was somewhat unnerved at the idea of her sneaking into his room at night and him not knowing about it. He paused for a moment.

There was something- something just at the edge of his mind that vexed him. On the tip of his tongue. Some vital clue that was eluding him. But the harder he tried to remember what it was, the more elusive it became. "How did she even get in here?" He wondered. The window in his room was not one that normally opened. He looked to it again. The glass wasn't frosted over with ice, it was the glass itself that was cloudy. "This is probably her doing." He sighed. "Well, let's see what she left me."

He opened the bag. Inside were two items. Two books to be exact. No wait, three items. A tiny slip of paper tumbled out, drifting to the floor. He picked it up. It was a crumpled raffle ticket from yesterday. It had his name on it. But it definitely wasn't his hoofwriting. "It must have just been a note to herself for whom these books were for." He reasoned.

As for the books themselves, one was really old, and the other was positively ancient. The old one was a history book regaling the origins of the Hearts and Hooves Day holiday. The other, ancient one was nearly indecipherable in an exotic pre-classical dialect. But the illustrations told him it was some kind of a PonySutra. It was bound in what felt suspiciously like leather. He felt uneasy handling it. Shining stuffed the books back in the bag.

"Shining!" Twilight said from the doorway, "Hey, how are you feeling? Did you sleep okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, I slept well. Really well actually." Shining said, still thinking about the books under the bed. "Actually, hang on a second." He said, reaching under the bed for the one that wasn't covered in cow skin. "I got something for ya." He said revealing the book. He figured she'd get more out of reading about the history of Hearts and Hooves Day than he would. Or reading about anything for that matter.

"You got me a Hearts and Hooves day gift?!" She squealed, hopping on the bed beside him, looking at the book. "I didn't even get anything for you." She said, pouting. "I guess you can be my very-special-somepony for today." She said, leaning in to kiss him on the cheek. He turned at the last second to try to explain that he already had a very special somepony.
Before he had time to react, their lips collided.

Worlds collided.
Time stood still.

Her soft lips met his for the briefest, fraction of a moment, before they both realized their error and recoiled away from eachother. But for an instant, it felt like an eternity when they kissed.

"He he..."
"Uh..."
"Yeah..."
"Sorry, I-"
"No it was my fault-"
"Hah ha ha!"
"Ha hah Ha ha!"

They both broke down in laughing hysterics at the situation.

"Oh my gosh, it's like we're foals again!" Twilight laughed.

"I know, it's so silly!" Shining agreed, tearing up from laughing so much. He wiped his cheek.

"I mean, it's not like it's a big deal or anything!" She added.

"Totally not a big deal." Shining agreed again.

"We could kiss all day and it wouldn't change anything." She said.

"Nope."

"Watch." She leaned in and kissed him right on the lips again. This time with intention, and a bit more finesse than the accidental collision earlier. Shining was still a bit shocked at her sudden forwardness. But he couldn't let on that it was affecting him. He just closed his eyes and kissed her back. It was still just a quick kiss by any measure, but still, it was heavenly.

"See? No big deal." She said. Shining could barely hear her over his pulse pounding in his ears. He could see that she was breathing heavier, despite her best efforts to hide it, and her eyes had dilated to nearly twice their normal size.

"Yeah... no big deal. I'd kiss mom like that." Shining said, still trying to play it cool. "Even if it wasn't a real kiss."

"A real kiss?!" Twilight took that as a challenge. She leaned in again, kissing him. Shining felt her hot breath from her nose on his cheek as she adjusted her neck, parting her lips ever so slightly, but thankfully, sparing the tongue. Or was it regrettably? Her breath was ragged and uneven. His own hooves were shaky, trying in vain to hold himself steady. She held herself there for several seconds, likely trying to prove her point. After what felt like an all too brief encounter, she slowly pulled away with a smooching 'pop'. "There. See?" She breathed. Her voice had grown low and husky. Her eyelids sank a degree, making her look intoxicated.

Shining tried his best to keep his own bearing. The room felt hot as an oven. That was why he was sweating. Because the room was hot. Yeah, that was it.

"So. Breakfast?" Shining said after a long pause. Twilight's eyes fluttered, as if she had been half-asleep.

"Yes! That's right!" Twilight hopped off the bed with her new-found energetic sobriety, bobbing her tail as she crossed the room. Shining stole a glance at her fine behind as her tail swayed to the left and right. "You're gonna love eating what I've got downstairs!" She said as she vanished around the corner.

"Truer words were never spoken." He whispered to himself.