Liquid Pride

The royal sisters waited in the throne room. The younger paced in a small circle around the other.

"I just don't understand why we don't just go there right away and do it ourselves!" Luna huffed impatiently at her sister. They had already dispatched Cadence and Shining to the Crystal Empire to hold the fort temporarily until a permanent solution could be found.

"I have every confidence that Twilight and her friends will be able to save the Crystal Empire." Celestia said in a calm, even tone.

"Can't you use something else for Twilight's test? Perhaps a task that doesn't put all of Equestria in peril? You are gambling with ponies' lives!" Luna beseeched.

"It is not a gamble if you know you are going to win. I do not play dice with the world." She answered, stoic as always. That really got Luna's goat.

"So certain are you? Fine, be that way! Why don't you put your bits where your mouth is then?" Luna provoked. Celestia arched an eyebrow. Luna was pleased. She was on the verge of getting her older sister to express an emotion. "I bet she'll fail without at least one of us to help." An attack on the competence of her protege was a sure way to be a stick in her craw. Celestia took the bait.

"I know Twilight will succeed. There is too much at stake to sully the seriousness of this crisis with an immature bet!" Celestia scolded. Luna tried another angle.

"Well, sure she'll succeed with her brother and Cadence helping. Not to mention the rest of the elements going with her as well. Gosh Tia, why not just send all of the Canterlot militia too? Because there is no way she could do it herself."

"SHE COULD TOO!" Celestia barked back. Bingo. Luna had gotten her to actually raise her voice.

"Oh? What do you wager on that?" Luna asked. "What do you bet that she will succeed, and, as a Parlay, that she does it herself?"

"Fine." Celestia finally rose to her bait. "My chambermaid is in need of a long vacation anyway. If I win, you must take over her responsibilities, in addition to your own."

"And if I win, you have to be my servant, and do whatever I tell you." Luna said back with a smug grin. She offered her horn to her sister. Celestia tapped it with her own, 'shaking' on it, as it were, sealing the deal. Celestia grinned for a moment.

"I'm going to have to get a custom maid uniform made up for you." She said confidently.

"You'll have to have it let out when you find out that your plus-size posterior will have to be squeezing into it." Luna snapped back. She knew that Tia had always been self-conscious about her flank. "Perhaps if you didn't just sit on it all day. You should try getting out more, do some trotting."

"Well, I never! Speak for yourself Luna. I have never seen you work out. When was the last time you exercised?"

Luna looked out the window for a moment.

"Tia, do you know what the circumference of the moon is?"

Celestia shook her head.

"It's six thousand, seven hundred and eighty four miles. I know. Because I ran it in its entirety. Eleven thousand, six hundred and twenty one times. There wasn't much else to do for a thousand years after all."

Celestia lowered her head. Luna bit her tongue. She hadn't wanted to win this exchange with that guilt trip. Besides, there were more pressing matters to attend to.

"Are you sure you don't want me to go as well?" Luna asked of her elder sister.

"Yes. Princess Cadence and Shining Armor are already there. The others will be joining them soon." Celestia reassured her.

"The empire's magic is powerful. It can not fall again, my sister." Luna cautioned.

"She will succeed at her task. And when she does, we will know that she is that much closer to being ready."

"Ahem." Twilight interrupted from the doorway.

"Trust me, little sister." Celestia whispered to her. Luna made her way out of the throne room, leaving them alone.

"You wanted to see me? To give me a test?" Twilight asked, opening her bag. "I brought my own quills, and plenty of paper to show my work." Its contents spilled onto the floor. A roll of paper unraveling its way to Celestia's hooves. "Sorry! Sorry!" Celestia ignored her obsessive compulsive tendencies, re-rolling the paper.

"This is a different kind of test...." She began.

Luna waited outside the throne room for her sister to finish briefing Twilight.

"I have every confidence that you will succeed." Celestia said as she wrapped up her monologue. "And when you do, I'll know that you are ready to move on to the next level of your studies." The pair exited into the hall, joining Luna. Celestia's confidence in Twilight was not a sentiment that Luna shared and it showed on her doubtful face.

"But, what if I fail?" Twilight asked.

"You won't," Celestia reassured her.

"But, what if-" She was cut off again by Celestia's hoof on her shoulder.

"You won't. But Twilight, in the end, it must be you, and you alone, who ultimately assists Princess Cadence and Shining Armor in doing what needs to be done to protect the empire. Do you understand?"

"Mmhmm." Twilight acknowledged.

"Then go. There is no time to lose!" Celestia said before shutting the door and sending Twilight on her quest.

"Was that really necessary?" Luna asked.

"What?" Celestia asked indignantly.

"In the end, it must be you, and you alone, who ultimately assists Princess Cadence and Shining Armor in doing what needs to be done to protect the empire." Luna recited, mocking her sister's voice. "You might as well have just straight-up said, 'Twilight, I need you to do this task in a very specific, arbitrary way for no apparent reason. And definitely NOT because Luna and I have a bet on it.' Please!" Luna said, raising her hooves in a massive quotation gesture. "That's practically cheating!"

"Hmf!" Celestia turned her nose up. "The conditions were that she do it on her own. It didn't rule out her being specifically instructed to do so."

Luna narrowed her eyes. She had forgotten how much Tia thought like a twisted combination of a politician and a lawyer. "You're just exploiting a loophole!"

"Luna, you of all ponies should understand that you don't get to rule all of Equestria for millennia without knowing all of the angles." Celestia said with a playful smile.
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The next day, Spike saved the Crystal Empire.

Back in Canterlot, Celestia and Luna watched as the northern sky lit up with the ethereal colors, hailing the success of the mission. Celestia breathed a sigh of relief. She bowed her horn to her sister, awaiting her acceptance of defeat. Luna hesitated for a moment, but returned the gesture. Time would tell if she succeeded with her parlay as well. It was getting time for Celestia to retire. She had to be up early tomorrow. Up with the sun. Just like every other day.

Luna stayed, watching over her night sky, as was her duty to do so. It had been so long since the Crystal Fair lights had accented her nocturnal tapestry. She would enjoy tonight immensely. The first couple of hours were peacful and serene until...

"Oh, Shining!"

The steady stream of colorful light from the northern horizon was interrupted by an energetic blast of a prismatic light ring radiated out across the sky. Luna was grateful that Celestia had gone too sleep. The burst of energy could only mean one thing.

It was time.
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Twilight's semi triumphant return meant two things for Celestia the following evening. One, she had to get the stained glass window featuring Twilight saving the Crystal Empire replaced with one with Spike instead. And two...

"I went ahead and had the royal seamstress adjust it to your... ample dimensions." Luna said, throwing the maid uniform onto Celestia's bed with a smug grin. "Put it on." Celestia unceremoniously grabbed the outfit hastily started dressing herself in the very garments she had been expecting Luna to be wearing. "No, no." Luna stopped her. "Do it... do it slowly." Luna said as she reclined in the armchair. "I want to enjoy this."

Celestia narrowed her eyes at her. She couldn't believe that she had gotten herself talked into this. She couldn't believe Twilight had let her down even after she had specifically told her to do it herself. At the very least she could have lied about who saved the empire. "No, no." She thought to herself "I mustn't be encouraging dishonesty."

She finished dressing, finding that the ensemble had two fishnet stockings added to it. Celestia picked them up and looked at Luna. "Really?" Luna just nodded. Celestia hesitated for a moment, considering calling the whole thing off. But if she welshed on this bet now, she would never be able to talk Luna into any future bets that she would be able to rig properly.

Celestia slipped on the leggings one by one. They were an unnecessarily erotic addition to the outfit. And it certainly didn't help that the uniform was originally designed for a pony many times smaller than she was. The paltry amount of fabric barely covered her!

They had agreed to keep the activity limited to the west wing of the castle, which had since been cleared of guards. Fun and games though it may be, if any word of one of them dressed in such a way got out, it would be a scandal.

"This way." Luna said calmly, leading her scantily clad sister down the hall to her own bedroom. She opened the doors. "You may begin here." Luna said, motioning to the shelves beside her TV. "My WiiStation 360 games are in need of re-shelving." She said as she settled into her own armchair. Celestia looked at the games on the shelf. They were all in line and in alphabetical order.

"They seem to already be shelved." She said. The games came aglow in Luna's magic as she dumped them all on the floor in a heap. Celestia looked at her with an annoyed expression and levitated the game cartridges into the air and placed them all on the shelves in one deft motion.

Luna's blue magic aura knocked the games to the ground again. "NO!" Luna barked, swatting Celestia's exposed bottom with a riding crop. "That's cheating! Do it right!" Celestia whipped right around, glaring at Luna.

"Luna! What the hay is wrong with you!?" Celestia yelled.

"No using your magic." Luna said. "That would be too easy. My maid is an earth pony after all. And be sure to put the games back in alphabetical order this time."

"No! I mean what's with the damn whip!" She said, pointing at the crop Luna was still holding.

"Oh, this thing? Just a little something I picked up..." Luna brought the end of it to Tia's chin. "Just in case the help starts to talk back. But that won't be a problem now will it?"

"You're bucking with me right?"

"I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS HERE!" Luna yelled in the Royal Canterlot Voice. "DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" Celestia sighed. It was going to be a long night.

"Yes."

"Yes Mistress!" Luna corrected her. Celestia cocked a confused eyebrow. "You will refer to me as Mistress for the rest of the evening."

"Oh come on!"

*SMACK*

"OW! Okay okay, just stop hitting me with that!" She said looking at the little red mark on her alabaster backside. It was then that she noticed it was in the shape of a little heart.

"Now, you may resume your work." Luna instructed.

"Yes... mistress." Celestia groaned. Luna wore a wicked grin. It had been so long since she had done anything manually, it felt so strange to physically pick up the individual games and place them on the shelf. Behind her, Luna was reveling in the sight of her 'high and mighty' sister reduced to such degrading work. And the sight of her bending over for each individual game didn't hurt either. Luna pulled a throw blanket over herself, carefully slipping a hoof between her legs. She would enjoy this immensely indeed.

She needed little other encouragement, she was already quite wet from everything leading up to this. Her hoof slowly worked little circles on her marehood. Celestia was putting all the games that started with 'The' under T, but Luna didn't actually care anymore. The tight waistband pulled at Tia's hips, causing her flanks to flex with each trip to the floor. The ribbon bow on her tail kept the voluminous thing lifted up out of the way for Luna's viewing pleasure.

Luna shuddered by the time Tia got up to the M's. She bit her lip and stifled a moan from the small orgasm she's given herself. She had made sure earlier to spray the blanket with a heavy perfume to mask her arousal. She did her best to wipe her hoof on the underside of it. She could feel her wetness soaking into the chair. That little jolly she'd given herself had managed to take the edge off. But like any appetizer, it simultaneously left her wanting for more.

Luna stood up, walking behind her sister. She brought the crop to her flank and gently ran it down the side to her thigh.

"Eek!" Celestia jumped at the contact. "What are you-"

*THWAP* Luna gave her a light smack. "Be silent, slave!"

"I hope you don't actually treat the maids like this!" Celestia shuffled away from her sister's advances. Tia's words words were met with a firmer swat.

"I said be silent!" Luna smiled at her handiwork. Tia's flank was getting patterned with pink and red heart welts. She'd have a bit of trouble explaining those at her Day Court tomorrow. "Besides Tia, who is to say they don't like it?"

Celestia wasn't naive in the arena of love, nay far from it. She'd taken many lovers in her long years, though it had been some time as of late. She did have her eye on a certain somepony though. Regardless, she never did quite understand the whole concept of masochism. The idea never appealed to her. But she never had any issue with the tastes of other ponies. Different strokes for different folks, she'd always say. Celestia turned around to deal with Luna.

"Uh ah! I didn't say you could stop working." Luna said. Celestia was content with finishing cleaning once Luna left her flank alone. Then she felt Luna's hoof on her shoulder. "Hmm, is that sunflower shampoo I smell?"

"You know it is." Celestia deadpanned.

"You know it is... WHAT?"

*sigh* "You know it is... mistress."

"Hmm, are you a naughty maid?"

"No, mistress." Celestia tried to finish putting the rest of the games away before this got any weirder. She was taking her role-playing a little too seriously.

"Hmm, I think you are a naughty maid, wearing those sexy stockings to work."

"You made me wear these." Celestia said, but Luna ignored her.

"And that skimpy little uniform, with your big flank out for anypony to see. You're just asking for it. I bet you just get it from anypony and you don't even care because you're a dirty, naughty maid and that's how you like it."

"Your games have been re-shelved... mistress." Celestia interrupted Luna's monologue.

"Hmm? So they have. You may now make my bed then." Luna instructed. Celestia turned to the disheveled bed. Like the bookshelf, it looked as though she had intentionally made an extra-difficult mess of it. Still, it was a finite number of pieces of fabric. Even without her magic, it didn't take long for Celestia to get it back to looking neat and tidy.

"Oops. It looks like all my games have fallen from the shelves again." Luna said whimsically. Celestia grumbled. It was going to be a long night.
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Back in Ponyville, Twilight paced in her bathroom. Two minutes. It takes two minutes. That's what it says on the box. The test kit waited on the edge of her counter. She paused her pacing to look at herself in the mirror. She turned herself sideways, putting a hoof to her belly.

It didn't look any bigger.

What would she do? What would she tell ponies? Would she lie? She'd have to. She'd have to tell Shining of course. But what about the Princess? Should she lie to her? Could she?

A minute passed.

She sat on the edge of her bathtub. The last two weeks had been torture. She knew she had to wait at least two weeks from after it happened for it to be accurate.

How could she have been so foalish? She mentally berated herself. She knew better than that. Nether of them were thinking clearly.

"Clearly." She muttered to herself. She looked up at the wall. The clock said it had been two minutes. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She stood up and looked down at the test on the counter.

The result was clear and unmistakable.

"I'd better tell Shining."
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"Twilight and her friends should be arriving shortly." Cadence called across the villa to Shining. He was in the living room doing his morning workout.

Ever since the attack on the Crystal Empire, he had turned over a new leaf for himself. He had quit drinking, and was back in top form. He needed to be ready for anything, what with disaster falling upon the world on a semi-regular basis since the return of Nightmare Moon. Plus, he wanted to keep himself looking good for the special mare in his life. He looked down the hallway to Cadence, brushing her mane in front of the bathroom mirror.

Well, the special mares in his life.

"I'm heading down to the spa to get my ceremonial headdress done." Cadence continued. "I told them that I would meet them there. I need you to go over to the Crystal Stadium and make an appearance for the competing athletes while I'm busy with the Games Inspector."

"You got it. I'll get them to double time it!" Shining said proudly.

"Now now. I just need you there in a ceremonial capacity. Just relax." Cadence demonstrated her relaxation technique, taking a deep breath and extending her hoof out from her chest as she exhaled, 'pushing' the stress away. She had been teaching it to Twilight as well. It was doing wonders for her anxiety issues. After Sombra was defeated, Twilight looked quite stress free. Glowing even.

"What that pony really needs is to get laid." Cadence thought to herself. "That poor girl is probably going to die a virgin."
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"So then I said, 'What that pony really needs is to get laid." Cadence said to her hooficurist. She was just finishing giving the princess her pony-pedi, listening to her tell her story. She looked up at the candidness of the statement. It was quite low browed of the princess to make such a remark. But then, this was the spa, a place to relax. And even Princesses are just ponies like the rest of us at the end of the day.

"You really said that to him about his sister?" She asked in shock, putting the hoof file away. Cadence paused for a second.

"Well, no. Not really. But I thought it." Cadence said with smirk.

The door to the spa opened a few minutes later as Twilight and her friends walked inside. After a brief meet and greet, a messenger informed them that Miss Harshwhinny, the Equestria Games inspector, would be arriving on the next train, and not later that day.

"Okay. We'll be fine." Twilight said as they headed out the door back to the train station. "Everypony just be on the lookout for the pony with the flower-print luggage."

Cadence had barely a moment to wave farewell before Rarity practically tackled her into the mane styling chair. Thankfully, the first several steps of mane 'preparation' had already been accomplished by the scrupulous princess that morning as part of her routine mane maintenance.

Rarity threw out the lever of the chair. Cadence found herself on her back at the mercy of another pony much earlier that day then she had planned. A flurry of combs, hairpins and crystals whirled about her head as Rarity set to work. The spa was filled with the sound of a variety of power tools. Rarity blurred the line between an artist's tapestry and a construction site on the princess's head. However, some of the weaves and braids soon turned into snarls and knots. And the natural proclivity of Cadence's hair to curl wasn't helping matters.

"So, uh, how's it going so far?" Cadence asked, for lack of access to a mirror. Rarity pulled apart some of the mess, trying to backtrack a bit of her work. The result pulled on her hair a bit too much, causing Cadence's legs to jerk in pain.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. It's just oh so complicated." Rarity laughed nervously. "I can fix it."

I can fix it

Four words anypony dreaded to hear at either the dentist, or this, the mane salon.

"Fix what?!" A frightened Cadence asked. Rarity dropped the variety of gems she had been levitating at the time as she ran off to review the instructions.

"Well, I, uh I was looking for shortcuts and I thought step twelve was optional." Rarity said, nervously passing a mirror to Cadence. "But it's not." Cadence looked at the rat's nest that was once her perfectly styled mane. Her eyes started to glisten, but she kept back the tears. Things were rapidly looking worse, and she was running out of backup plans. If she was going to pull a miracle out of her plot, she was going to have to stand up.

Rarity set back to work. She was going to have to make up for lost time. But first these snarls would have to come out. Short of cutting them out with scissors, the only alternative would be a conditioning rinse. Scissors would be faster, and Rarity could hide the damage for today, but her hair would look like a blind foal cut it for the rest of the time until it grew back in.
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The crystal stadium was devoid of spectators, making it seem larger than it already was. The ponies who practiced in the field felt even smaller for it. A running track ran around the perimeter of a perfectly manicured lawn.

"Twilie!" Shining called out as he saw his sister approaching the field.

"Hello there." Twilight replied, walking down to him. "Shining Armor, you've got to help me-" Twilight was abruptly cut off as Shining blew the whistle to start the next run.

"Everything okay?" He asked.

"I left the other ponies behind giving the games inspector the worst castle tour ever-"

"COME ON GANG! ARE WE GONNA GALLOP OR ARE WE GONNA TROT?!" Shining bellowed across the field. He turned back to Twilight. "A castle tour huh? I'm pretty sure I could give you a hoof with that."
"LET'S MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!" He shouted again. He put a hoof on his sister's shoulder.
"Everything's going to be okay."

"I know. I'm not worried." Twilight said, coming to a stunning realization. "I'm not worried! It worked!" The doors were thrown open once more.

"Oh! Ah! I'm outside!" The yellow mustang said.

Twilight and Shining both looked up to see the games inspector running down to the field, onto the track and even passing the others. The rest of the welcoming committee followed, joining Twilight and her brother.

"What the?!" Shining looked on in confusion. "Watch it!" He yelled as she barreled through the other competitors, knocking them aside. With the games so close, he couldn't afford an injury, regardless of where they were hosted. "Make her- stop!"

"Wait! That's the games inspector. Let her do her thing." Rainbow Dash said.

"Why... would she do that?"

"I have no idea. But then that's why she's in charge of picking who gets the games and we're not." Dash tried to explain. The frantic running sent the pony out of the stadium off into pony-knows where. "Yeah. Okay. We need to stop her." Rainbow Dash flew after her.

Trailing not far behind, Shining watched as the earth pony literally gave Dash a run for her money for fastest pony in Equestria. Dash didn't quite succeed, but Fluttershy managed to stop her long enough for him to catch up to them.

"I just love to travel and see new places. Such a beautiful spot you got here too." She said.

"Why, thank you so much. I'm Shining Armor."

"Oh? The Prince."

"What's going on?" Twilight asked when she caught up to the group.

"By the looks of it, just locking up the games for the Crystal Empire is all." Dash said confidently. "Ain't no thang."

"My oh my. I've never met a prince before." She said.

"I'm surprised. I'd think in your line of work you'd meet princes all the time." Shining said.

"Hardly. Just an ordinary wild mustang from mustangia here to enjoy a little vay-cay. Never thought I'd also be meeting royalty to boot." She giggled flirtatiously, giving Shining's whistle a playful flick. The group looked at each other, confused.

"You are Miss Harshwinny, the Equestria Games Inspector, aren't you?" Twilight asked.

"Inspector of what now?" Miss Peachbottom said, even more confused.

"We got the wrong pony?" Dash asked very loudly, and right into Twilight's ear. Twilight began to hyperventilate. No amount of stress reduction was going to un-buck this mess.

"We've got to find her before Cadence finds out what a mess we've made of things." Twilight said.

"Okay, here's what we do; we split the empire up into five sectors. Each of us search a sector." Dash instructed.

"Well except for the spa. What's the point of checking there. Duh, that's where Cadence is. If Miss Harshwhinny is there, well, then, game over right?"
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The door to the spa opened once more. Rarity had to come to grips with the reality that just because she was having a hair emergency, it didn't mean she could monopolize the entire spa. She had moved the princess behind a changing screen where she wouldn't disturb, or be disturbed by, the other spa patrons.

A bedraggled pony, twice splashed with muddy puddle water, stumbled inside. She was having the worst day in her recent memory. The Crystal Empire's Spa quickly gained notoriety by word of mouth of its specialized treatments and amenities that could be found only in that region.

Of particular note was the Crystal Mud Bath. It had the same properties as other mud baths in that it relaxed your muscles and rejuvinates your coat. What made it special was that the hydrophobic fluid did not adhere to fur. So when ponies stepped out, they needn't clean or towel themselves off.

Miss Harshwhinny settled into the spa chair. She'd been on her hooves all day and was aching for a hoof massage and pony pedi. The attendants at the spa quickly set to work putting her at ease. The entire time, she complained about what a rotten day she'd been having. It was something they were used to. Many ponies came to the spa to relax and unwind. And a lot of time, to vent.

Other ponies came in after her. Including a certain vacationing mustang with a similar flower-print bag. She laid down in the back massage chair. Unlike poor Miss Harshwhinny, she'd been having the best day of her life. And the massage she was now receiving was the icing on the cake. She couldn't understand how the upset pony beside her could have possibly been having such a bad time here.

"Why are you so upset anyway?" Miss Peachbottom asked her. In the chair next to her, Miss Harshwhinny had just received a couple of cucumber slices for her eyes.

"Every city and empire wants to host the Equestria Games! So I have to go through all the big phony bologna song and dance. Though of course I'm never getting the real inside scoop." Harshwhinny said.

"Oh, golly I've been having a swell time since I got here. I'm actually thinking of extending my stay!"

"And what exactly has made your visit so 'special'?" She asked, skeptically.

"Oh gosh, where to start?!"
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Shining Armor dismissed the athletes to hit the showers. With everything that was happening, getting a few runners to push themselves a little harder took some perspective. He double-timed it across the city toward the spa. Outpacing the entire group during PT was a bit more challenging now that he looked back on it. He was no young cadet anymore.

The sweat poured off him. He drank the rest of his third sports bottle. But then another matter began to become a pressing issue. He was going to have to use the little colts room as soon as possible. The doors to the spa flew open as Shining darted inside. Miss Peachbottom was face down in the massage table, regaling Miss Harshwhinny with the story of her day. "... and let me tell you," She whispered out of range of his hearing, "that prince, hmm, I'd like to ride him into the sunset!"

Her position on the table afforded him a generous view of her hindquarters. Mustangia knew how to breed 'em right it seemed. It had been some time since anypony had flirted with him as aggressively as she had. He couldn't tell if the stirring in his loins was from the thought of rutting her senseless right then and there, and showing her EXACTLY what this prince could do, or from his pressing need to go.

Shining ducked into the colts room to relieve himself. It became quite easy to aim as he gained extension from the thought of the mare in the next room. She'd seemed so enraptured with him, he could probably talk her into anything. He wondered if Cadence might be open to the idea of bringing another mare into the bedroom. He looked down to find that he had begun to idly stroke himself. Almost on autopilot, he locked the door and started to beat off more aggressively.

Maybe not Cadence, but Twilight might be open to it. Hell, she already knew that she has to share him with Cadence. He clopped faster as he thought about her riding his cock while Twilight sat on his face and he licked her senseless. All the while, the two of them making out on top of him. Just thinking of Twilight making out with another mare while he ate her pussy made him want to-

"HHHnggg!" Shining grunted as the first couple loads shot straight up, before landing on the floor. He managed to get the rest in the bowl. He quickly cleaned up the mess he made and flushed. Now that he had gotten that out of his system, he needed to go talk to Cadence.

Shining headed back out into the spa. Miss Peachbottom was still going on about the welcome she had mistakenly received. He walked behind the changing screen where Rarity was wrist deep in his wife. In her mane that is. She was trying to get it to hold in a certain way but was not having success.

"Cadence, I need to tell you something." He said. Before the princess could even respond, Rarity addressed him.

"Oh, Shining, I'm glad you're here. I could use another unicorn's help." Rarity said. "I need you to come over here and hold this part like... is that- is that hair gel?" She said, motioning to him. Shining just looked at her like she was crazy. She reached over with her hoof, taking a glob of white goo from his ear. "Good, because I could really use some." Shining was speechless as he watched Twilight's friend rub his semen into his wife's hair. To her credit though, it sure did the trick of holding the hair perfectly in place. "Ah, Fantastic!" Rarity said. "That was just what I needed. She's ready! You'll have to give me more of that later."

Think unsexy thoughts. Think unsexy thoughts. Think unsexy thoughts.

Cadence got up from the chair and walked out with Rarity into the spa. Shining was frozen in place behind the screen from what he'd just witnessed. The door to the spa opened as the rest of Rarity's friends came in.

"Wonderful news!" She said to everypony. "Look! Princess Cadence, better than new!"

"Princess Cadence?" Miss Harshwhinny said, sitting up with a start. "So this is where you've been! I'll have you know that this is by far the worst welcome I've had in all my years!"

"I can't believe it." Cadence said. "What was wrong with your welcome?"

"There wasn't one!"

"What's going on?" Cadence demanded of the group.

"Princess, we gave our welcome to the wrong pony." Rainbow Dash said. "I wanted so badly to help the Crystal Empire win the chance to host the games, but it looks like I ruined your chances instead."

"Not so fast speedy." Miss Peachbottom said.

"I just finished hearing about how this pony was just treated to the warmest, funnest, most fabulous reception she'd ever had!" Harshwhinny said.

"Darn toot'n" Peachbottom added.

"Courtesy of these fine ponies right here." Harshwhinny motioned to Twilight and her friends. "Which, in my expert opinion, amounts to the first ever, unvarnished, unrehearsed and unbiased appraisal of a potential host of the Equestria Games. Which can only mean one thing: the next host for the Equestria Games will be the Crystal Empire."

"Why, thank you so much! I'll make the announcement right away!" Cadence said.

"Well, actually Princess, if it could wait a bit, I was just about to get a mud mask before I realized you were here. It has been quite a stressful day." Miss Harshwhinny said, settling back into the spa chair.

"Yes of course. Please, you can all help yourselves to the spa services. It's all complementary." Cadence said.

If anypony could use some relaxation after today's stress, it was Twilight. She made a bee line for the vacant mud bath and slipped into its soothing embrace. She reclined back, closing her eyes. An attendant came by, giving her a couple cucumber slices.

"Would you like a hoof massage Rainbow Dash?" Rarity suggested.

"Nah. Spas aren't really my thing. I think I'm gonna go look around the city a bit more instead."

"Hmm, suit yourself." Rarity said, reclining back in a massage chair beside Fluttershy's.

"Hey AJ, do you wanna come get another cinnamon bun with me?" Pinkie asked.

"Actually I am a might hungry. That sounds swell!"

"Hey."

Twilight looked up, lifting one of her cucumber slices. Shining Armor slipped into the mud bath beside her.

"Oh, Shining," Twilight lowered her voice to a whisper, "There's something I need to talk to you about."

"Shh. It can wait." He said as he put his hoof in her lap, unseen beneath the opaque mud's surface. Twilight immediately understood his intent.

"Right here?" She whispered.

"How good is your poker face?" He asked, spreading her legs, working his way between them as he started rubbing sofly against her submerged marehood. Twilight glanced over her shoulder. Rarity and Fluttershy were right there in the very same room. Twilight turned back and tried to look straight ahead, keeping her expression unreadable. His hoof sure wasn't making it easy though.

Hmm, right there Shiny. Twilight thought. You know just how to turn my crank. She went to put her slices back on when another pony came over to the tub.

"Good work today." Cadence said from the edge of the tub. Shining paused, but couldn't remove his hoof from her marehood without making it obvious what he was doing. She climbed into the mud, sitting on the opposite side of Shining. "Ah, this really is good isn't it?" She asked. Shining agreed.

Twilight expected Shining to stop what he was doing. But he started playing with her pussy once more. She looked over at him and he winked at her. Other ponies in the room was risky enough, but there was another pony right there in the tub with them. His wife no less! If Twilight gave off any sign of what was going on, the jig would be up.

Shining for his part looked like he didn't even have a care in the world, just staring out the window like it was no big deal. Sure, it was easy for him. He didn't have some pony working him over under the mud. Twilight chewed her lip.

Beneath the surface, Shining felt a hoof on his leg. He thought it was Twilight at first. But it was on the wrong side. He looked over at Cadence. She just winked at him. Her hoof moved to start toying with his sheath. His ability to remain calm was really put to the test as he had to keep his work on Twilight steady so as to not rouse her suspicion either now! His hoof full of Twilight had already had him quite excited. It didn't take much for Cadie to coax Little Shiny out into the warm mud. Shining slumped a little lower to keep himself from breaching the surface. Cadence had taken quite a risk initiating this. She'd half expected him to push her away, especially with his sister right there. But he was just sitting there, taking it, playing right along.

Twilight's legs clamped down on Shining's hoof as she grit her teeth, stifling a moan as her climax washed over her. Shining's hoof stiffened and twitched, trying to get free, causing her orgasm to be prolonged as he continued to inadvertently stimulate her so.

It wasn't his fault. Cadence was giving him one of the best hoof jobs of his life. Plus the added excitement of the whole situation, there was no way he would be able to last long. She felt his member swell and twitch in her hoof, spurting his load into the muddy mixture. Shining's whole body stiffened and twitched, trying to suppress expression of his outburst. Including his hoof between his sister's clamped thighs.

Cadence winked at him and laid back in the tub, closing her eyes, never knowing she'd helped the siblings to a shared orgasm. Twilight practically passed out herself, in complete disbelief that he was brazen enough to do that right next to Cadence. Shining just sat there between them, the only one completely in the know. It was the most erotic thing he'd ever experienced. It was as close to a threesome as he'd ever known.

Cadence smiled softly as she rested her head on the towel. She was quite pleased with herself. The love spell she'd cast on Shining lowered his inhibitions, keeping him from objecting. Though she was somewhat crestfallen that he didn't reciprocate. She'd tailored the spell to fill him with the desire to get her off with his hoof. "Oh well." She thought. He must have been too distracted thinking about Twilight right there.