Liquid Pride

Shining! Shining, wake up!

Shining Armor stirred in his bed. It was too early to be awake.

"Shining! Wake up!" Came the voice from downstairs. His mom.

"No!" He yelled back. "I don't want to go to school today." He pulled the covers back up and rolled over.

"Good morning." Twilight said beside him.

"GAH!"

"Shh!" Twilight hushed him. "Mom and dad will hear!"

"What are you doing in my bed!?" He asked. Instead of answering, Twilight simply vanished beneath the covers. In an instant, he felt her lips on his morning wood. She wasted no time in taking his head into her warm mouth as she began to fellate him with gusto. He tried to stop her, but after a second he no longer cared that it was his sister doing it, it just felt so damn good. He just closed his eyes and enjoyed her work.

Shinning heard hooves coming up the stairs.

"Twilie, stop! Mom's coming!" He said in a hushed whisper.

"Hmm," She hummed on his dick in her mouth. "She won't be the only one." She said before taking him even deeper in her throat. She slipped a hoof between her legs, clopping herself furiously, making wet noises with her sopping marehood.

It was too late to kick her out now. Shining pulled the covers up, covering her completely, doing his best to keep her movements hidden. The natural lumps in the blankets hid her presence.

"Shining, get up!" His mom yelled.

"I am up!" He yelled back, trying to halt her advance.

"Hmm, don't I know it!" Twilight purred under the covers.

"Be quiet!"

"I made breakfast! Hurry up before it gets cold!" She called up from the staircase. Shining could barely hear her. Twilight began to roll his balls softly in her hoof. She felt them tighten up as the head of his cock began to flare and twitch.

"I'm CUMMING!" Shining blurted out, as he gushed into his sister's mouth.

"I'm glad to hear it." His mom said from the doorway, giving him a stern glare. Shining looked up in horror. "Gosh dear, you look flushed. Are you not feeling well?" She said in a very cross tone.

"Gah, ah, uh I can explain!" Shining stammered.

"Oh really now?" She said. "Because I would love an explanation for this!" She pointed at the large hill in the blankets of another pony. "For pony's sake it reeks in here!" She said, making a face. Indeed, the whole room stank of sex and heated arousal. "Alright now, out with it! Who do you have under there!"

Shining felt the blood vacate his face, leaving his once flushed expression a whiter shade of pale. Twilight poked her head out from under the covers.

"Hi." Twilight waved, her mouth still smeared with his seed.

"Wha- TWILIGHT!? Wha- what is this! What the hay is wrong with you two!!!" Their mother screamed.

"Oh come on mom! It not like this is even a big deal! I'm already pregnant with his foal!" She said, pulling back the covers to reveal her distended belly.

"AND YOU GOT HER PREGNANT!?!?!" The windows began to rattle. "Well, you know what this means then!" Shining suddenly got the feeling that this meant he was going to be taken away in shackles by guards to the gelding clinic. He watched his mom unzip her... fur? Her coat fell away as a pink pony jumped out of the costume. "A party!"
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Shining wake up!

Shining opened his eyes. He wasn't on the bed. He was on the floor. He was back in the Crystal Palace. Cadence had announced that the Crystal Empire would be hosting the games. Twilight pulled him away to go someplace private. He thought he'd be getting some more Twilight action, but it turned out otherwise.

"Oh Twilie," He groaned, getting up. His head throbbed. "I guess I took a little spill." He steadied himself. "Heh, I had the weirdest dream that you were pregnant."

"That's what I was trying to tell you!" Twilight said. "I'm pregnant." Shining couldn't believe it.

"Uh, could you say that again? I think I had something crazy in my ear."

"Shining, I'm pregnant with your foal." She repeated. The room started to spin.

Oh buck, here comes the floor.

Shining awoke in his bed. Twilight was sitting beside him in the chair. He opened his mouth to speak.

"No. It wasn't a dream." She cut him off. "Just, stay in bed for this. Lay down before you fall down again." Shining flopped back on the pillow. It hurt to move his head that fast, pillow or not. He put his hooves to his temples. She had already been wrapped in bandage. "Yeah, I already took care of that for you." She said. He just stared at the ceiling for a minute. It felt like it was getting lower, the walls were getting closer, everything was closing in on him. He started to hyperventilate.

"Come on Shining." She said, holding his hoof. "Don't panic on me now. I need you." He looked down at the purple hoof wrapped around his. It helped.

"What are we going to do?" He asked at last.

"Well, that's what we're here to talk about." She said, moving from the chair, sitting beside him on the edge of the bed.

"What are you going to tell mom? What am I gonna tell Cadence? What are we going to tell the Princess?" He rattled off.

"Pretty much anything but the truth. I'll just say it was somepony else." She said.

"Who?"

"I... don't know. I'll just say I had too much cider one night and made some poor decisions I later regretted." She said.

"Well... I guess that would be mostly true."

"Hey," She lifted his chin with her hoof. "I don't regret it. I just wish you hadn't cum inside me." She said with a smirk.

"How can you be so glib about that? This is serious! And besides, I tried to pull out but you held me in!" He said.

"I'm not being glib. And besides, It's not my fault that you gave me such an amazing orgasm that I didn't want to let you out just yet. You should have kept yourself from cumming for a little longer."

"With how tight and sexy you are? No, that would have been impossible. Anyway, you were on top. You kind of had me pinned down."

"Okay, so I guess it's both our faults." She said, waving a diplomatic hoof.

"Yeah-but-it's-still-mostly-yours." He retorted melodramatically.

"Can we focus?!" She said, silencing him. Both of them. They sat there for a moment in the relative quiet. Outside, the noise of the crowd's celebration for getting the games was still in full swing. Inside, each waited for the other to voice a solution to their dilemma.

"So... adoption?" He said.

"Okay- you're thinking way too far ahead. I mean what do we do now?"

"Yeah, just say you got drunk. It'll be okay I guess. I mean, mom and dad will be mad for a little while but they'll still love you. I'll still love you." He punctuated the statement with a kiss. She kissed him back, deeper. "And I promise I'll be the best damn fath- er, I mean uncle ever!" Twilight sighed. It was never going to be normal for them. Even if they managed to get everything to work out, they were never going to be able to be the open, loving couple they desired.

"Ugh. Stupid rules. Stupid laws. Who says? Who says we can't be together? Who made that law?" She groaned.

"I'm gonna take a wild guess and say Princess Celestia." He said. "She is the law." he recited from the academy.

"Well she's wrong!" She snapped. "I just- I just wish we could just...run away. Just run off somewhere where nopony would know us or find us and we could just be happy. Just the two of us." She started to cry.

"Twi, I- we can't just do that." He said. "I'm a prince now. I've got a whole empire to be responsible for. And Cadence too. And you... you're an Element of Harmony!" He looked at her with all seriousness. "Ponies like us can not just disappear." Twilight wiped her eyes. She knew he was right. Of course he was right. She looked over at him.

"Yeah but, if we weren't, you know, special, you'd go with me?"

"You'll always be special to me." He said.

"You know what I mean."

"In half a heartbeat." He said.

She hugged him.

He hugged her back harder.

"It's gonna be okay." He said.

There, in his strong hooves, she wanted to believe him.

She really did.

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Twilight had taken the train back from the Crystal Empire. As soon as they got home, Spike decided to take one of his seven-hour bubble baths. Twilight had been home less than an hour when she received a special delivery from the Princess.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,

The spell contained on the last page of this book is Starswirl the Bearded's secret, unfinished masterpiece. He was never able to get it right, and thus abandoned it. I believe that you are the only pony who could understand and rewrite it.

- Princess Celestia

Twilight cast the spell, but nothing seemed to happen. The spell itself didn't make any sense. It didn't even rhyme. Besides, she had more important things to worry about at the time. She put the book away, and went to bed. She had an early appointment with the doctor. The first one available in fact.
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The next morning, she left before the sun had even risen, leaving Spike at home to sleep. At the hospital, sitting in the waiting room was torturous. Thankfully, being the first patient of his day, the doctor was actually punctual in receiving her, lending some brevity to her torture.

The nurse had already taken her blood for analysis. They saw it fit to move her from the large, comfortable waiting room to the small, unnecessarily cold waiting room with the paper covered exam table. The OB/GYN exam room walls were adorned with colorful diagrams showing the development of a foal in utero. Twilight looked down at her belly as she rubbed it with her hooves. It had been less than three weeks since she had had sex with her brother. She wouldn't even be showing yet, and she knew it perfectly well. Still she couldn't help but run her hoof over her tummy.

A few moments later Dr. Horse knocked on the door, letting himself in with a slight limp. He was not a very sociable pony, nor looked as such either, with his constant five o'clock shadow, but he was the best at what he did, and that was diagnostic medicine. But this was a much less serious encounter. Patient: Ms. Sparkle, though the first of his day, was just the latest in a string of clinic patients he was required to see to fill his clinic hours that week. He, like the other mare in the exam room, just wanted this encounter to be as mercifully brief as possible.

"Alright Ms. Sparkle, your lab results came back and-"

"And I know, I'm pregnant." Twilight interrupted, producing the take-home test she had used, showing the positive result.

"Ah, I see." He said.

"So, what do you suggest?" She asked. Dr. Horse took the test kit and looked at the back of it.

"Ms. Sparkle, when it comes to something as important as this, I suggest spending the extra two bits, and to not buy Flim Flam brand." He said throwing the kit in the trash. Twilight looked at him with a confused expression. He opted to just fill in the blanks for her.

"Ms. Sparkle, you're not pregnant."

Twilight ran home. Everything was going to be fine! She ran as fast as her hooves could carry her. Never had she heard such good news before! She finally understood why those stallions would dance after getting a negative paternity result on daytime TV, and why Pinkie Pie was sometimes overcome with the urge to sing. She threw open the door to her library home and ran upstairs to the highest window she could and threw it open.

"Morning in Ponyville shimmers!
Morning in Ponyville Shiiines!
And I know for absolute certain,
that everything is certainly fine!"

At least, everything was fine until she found out that she had accidentally switched all of her friends cutie marks and, consequently, their destinies.

"Why don't you just cast the same spell four more times and get them all back to where they started?" Spike suggested. He was so adorable when he tried to be helpful. The idea actually made a lot of sense. But Twilight remembered her mentor's wise words: 'Disregard logic, acquire friendship.'

"Oh Spike, don't be silly. That would be taking the easy way out." Twilight said. "No, we must solve this problem in such a way that it takes exactly twenty two minutes."

"That... seems incredibly arbitrary." Spike said.

"Twenty. Two. Minutes." She repeated, poking him in the chest. She headed out the door.

"Wait, where are you going?" He shouted.

"To solve this problem!" She shouted back. "With another musical number."
..........

Twilight's efforts finally culminated in a full-on singing parade as all the unemployed denizens on Ponyville lined the street as they had nothing better to do that day. At the end, Twilight and her friends gathered together for a group hug.

A mark of one's destiny singled out alone, fulfilled.

"Wait a second, that's it! I understand now! I know how to fix the spell! From all of us together, together we are friends. With the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end." Twilight recited as she penned the final line into Starswirl's book.

Suddenly, the Elements of Harmony came alight, as the five around her emitted beams of magic into her. In a flash, she vanished. The blast knocked everypony unconscious.

"What happened?" Fluttershy asked. The others screamed in realization. Twilight had been vaporized leaving naught but a scorched mark on the floor.

"OH MA GOSH WE KILLED HER!" Applejack panicked!

"Now wait just a minute!" Rarity interrupted. "Just what is this 'we' business! Don't drag me into this mess! I'm getting out of here this instant!"

"Why? So you can be the first one to rat us out to the cops?" Rainbow Dash said, blocking the exit. "I don't think so!"

The gravity of the situation was completely lost on Pinkie Pie who kept walking laps about the house saying "Marco... Marco... Marco." to no answer. Fluttershy, meanwhile was curled up in a ball in the corner.

"This isn't happening. This isn't happening. It's just a bad dream..."

"Now everypony just CALM DOWN!" Applejack shouted. "Now look, panicking isn't going to help anypony. We need to get our stories straight for when the cops show up."

"Applejack, you can't be serious!" Rarity cried.

"As serious as Apple Cancer!" She said.

"Um, Applejack?" Fluttershy said, "I'm not a doctor, but I don't think that's actually a-"

"Now see here. There ain't no body. And besides us, there are no witnesses. So here's the deal: We were never here! Got it?" Applejack said.

"Applejack, I can't believe you'd be the first pony of us to suggest lying!" Rainbow Dash said.

"T'ain't somethin' I like doing. But I can't just let the farm go to rot while I await a trial for high treason! This is just how it has to be."

"But Twilight is gone! And there's a big scorch mark!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Well, RD, I ain't one for understandin' magic. But as far as I can see it, she dun blew herself up with a crazy spell. I was at my farm." She lied with a straight face. "And y'all were at yer homes as well. Nopony saw nothin. And we take it to the grave." She said firmly.

"I... I don't know. I don't feel right about this." Fluttershy cried.

"T'ain't nothin to feel right about! But it ain't gonna do us any good for us all to be going to the dungeon for something none of us had any control over. None of us meant for this to happen did we?" She looked around the room as everypony agreed. "Now come on, we need to get out of here before anypony else sees us." Fluttershy started to break down as they left the library, out into the night. "C'mon now sugercube. There will be a time and a place for that lat-"

BOOM

Outside, the group looked up as an enormous image of Twilight's cutie mark appeared in the sky.

"AHHH! It's the rapture!" Fluttershy screamed. The symbol lowered to the ground, shrinking in size but just as bright as it ever was, brighter even. It turned into a brilliant ball of white light as it touched the ground. As the light faded, a familiar silhouette appeared in its place.

"It's a ghost!" Rainbow Dash yelled.
"It's a changeling!" Fluttershy cried.
"It's a zombie! Cut its head off!" Pinkie screamed.

"Twilight?" Applejack peered from behind her shielding hoof. "Is that you?" The figure stood, opening her wings. "I've never seen anything like it." Applejack said, getting closer.

"HA! Twilight's got wings! Awesome! A new flying buddy!" Rainbow Dash said once she realized there was no danger.

"Why, you've become an Alicorn! I didn't even know that was possible!" Rarity exclaimed.

"Alicorn Party!" Pinkie yelled as she swung in by the top of the screen.

"Wow, you look just like a princess!" Fluttershy said.

"That's because she is a princess." Celestia said, lofting down from the air.

"But what do I do now?" Twilight asked. "Is there a book about being a princess I should read?"

"There will be time for all of that later." Celestia said.

"Does this mean I get to have a magic, moving mane?" Twi asked.

"Does Cadence look like she has a magic mane?" Tia answered. Twilight just shook her head. "Well there you go, sport. But enough of that. Let's all go back to Canterlot Castle. Tomorrow is a big day."
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Shining Armor hastily finished packing his bag. He and Cadence had gotten the message shortly after dusk. They were to both be in Canterlot for tomorrow morning's ultra formal event. The details were omitted. But it was clear that they both needed to be there in their very best attire. "What about you?" He asked Cadence.

"I can't take the train to Canterlot tonight." She said. "I need to have my mane done up with the Crystal Princess Traditional hairstyle. I'll have to take the early morning express six hours after you. I'll still be there in time. Just let the Princesses know for me."

"I will." Shining said, kissing her goodbye as he rushed out the door to the station for Canterlot.
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Twilight, her friends, and her parents had already settled into their guest rooms in the castle. The bed chambers for distinguished guests were all in the same hall, just down from Celestia's royal suite.

Twilight's was closest, kept on reserve for her frequent visits. Beside hers was the chamber reserved for Princess Cadence. And now, also her husband, Shining Armor. Past hers was the first interchangeable accommodations for Twilight's parents. And beyond them was the rest of Twilight's friends in a large, multi-bedroom suite.

Luna passed by Celestia as she headed up to her tower, overlooking the city darkness. "Rest, my sister. As always, I will guard the night." Celestia headed down the hall to her royal chambers. She knocked on Cadence's door, pushing it open.

"Ah, Captain- I mean, Prince Armor," Celestia greeted, "is your lovely wife about?" She asked, noticing the absence of both the princess and her things.

"Oh, uh yes, she's running a little late. She has to get her mane done for the... event, tomorrow. But she told me to pass along her assurances to you that she would absolutely be here on time in the morning."

"Ah, very well. I know she is a mare of her word." Celestia said, closing the door and moving on. She visited Twilight next. As she suspected, the poor mare was pacing about her room. "Twilight, what's troubling you?" She asked.

"Hmm, oh, nothing really. I'm just anxious about tomorrow." She said, her wings nervously on edge.

"Twilight, come, listen." Celestia said as she settled on the the rug, inviting Twilight beside her. "I want you to remember this: You are here now, not because of the path that lies before you, but because of the path that lies behind you. Think on the challenges you have encountered and overcome in your time since you lived in Ponyville. Then remember how small tomorrow is in comparison."

"Is that how you keep calm?" Twilight asked from under Celestia's wrapped wing.

"Oh yes. I've quite the lifetime of challenges to look to for inspiration and strength. And with the frequency that the world has been in peril lately, these other matters tend to get the volume turned down, wouldn't you say?"

"Yeah, I guess they do." Twilight said, as her own wings began to relax.

"There now. Why don't you get some rest. Your whole family is here to see you tomorrow." Celestia added for some good news. She rose from the floor and headed for the door as Twilight got into bed. Twilight already knew her parents were staying in the castle.

"Shining and Cadence are here already?" She asked.

"Cadence has been a bit delayed. But she will be arriving in the morning. Now get some rest you." Celestia said, turning out the light and closing the door.

Twilight sat in the darkness for several anxious minutes. The clock on the wall said that only she and Luna would still be awake now. She climbed out of bed and opened her door a crack. The hallway was empty. Two guards occupied the only way in, guarding a large door, out of sight around the corner of her friends' suite. She snuck out into the hallway, silently closing her door behind her. Her socks made a whisper of her hooves on the marble floor. She checked around her one last time quickly before pushing open the door the the room beside hers.

The curtains had been drawn, keeping out the light of the city. But the layout of the room was nearly identical to hers. Once her eyes adjusted enough, she was able to make her way over to the bed. She could clearly make out the form of the stallion under the covers. It was like she was a filly all over again, watching him while he slept. She pulled back the covers a bit. Sure enough, he was already at half-mast in his sleep. Barely able to contain her excitement, she climbed in beside him. Half asleep, he instinctively draped his hoof over her body, running it through her wing's feathers.

"Hmm, I thought you weren't going to be here until the morning." He murmured. Twilight realized that he must have thought she was Cadence. She decided to have a bit of fun with it. She wiggled her hips a bit and flagged her tail, rubbing her marehood against the underside of his shaft, causing it to quickly become more turgid. "Hmm, I'm glad you're here now." He whispered. He ground against her a bit, sliding his hoof down her belly to her slit, growing wet with excitement.

As he began to tease her pussy, she reached back and started to softly stroke his member, getting him fully hard. Shining shimmied down the bed, his cock slipping out of her grasp. Under the sheets, he rolled her onto her back and settled his head in between her thighs. Twilight chewed her upper lips as she felt her brother begin to lick her lower ones.

Shining wasn't about to squander his chance at some pussy. She'd been quite cold for some time, harboring what he assumed was unspoken resentment of his time with the changeling queen. He never spoke of what happened during that time. He couldn't remember most of it. But maybe it would be better than letting Cadence's imagination assume the worst. Her little surprise of giving him a hoof job in the crystal mud bath was a sign at last of things turning around. And now this!

He couldn't help but think that there was something different about her tonight. She even tasted a bit differently than he remembered. Maybe she used a different body wash. Lavender perhaps? His wandering thoughts were extinguished as he redoubled his efforts on her.

Twilight, meanwhile, was in heaven. She hadn't had anypony go down on her since that last time with him on the wedding day, despite a few thinly veiled offers from her one, openly bisexual friend. Shining, however was clearly practiced at the art. Cadence was a lucky mare, she thought. He reached up along her sides, playing with her wings spread out under her. Stars above! She hadn't realized that her wings could be an erogenous zone. But he sure knew. He knew just the right way to play with them without overstimulating her. It was the perfect way to augment the sensation his tongue was giving her while he ground his snout into her swollen love nub.

Shining humped against the mattress as he worked. He knew the rules. First he had to get her off, then he would be allowed to. He was soon rewarded for his work as he felt her thighs clamp him against her as her climax overtook her. It took every ounce of Twilight's will to keep herself from crying out. She felt her pussy quiver against his mouth as little spurts of her marecum soaked his face and sheets.

Finally releasing his head from between her strong legs, she rolled onto her belly, wiggling her rump at him. In the darkness he felt her tail enticing him. He crawled up behind her, on top of her form. She finally felt his cock brush against her pussy. She was so ready, so excited, she couldn't wait. His head grazed against her slit, sliding under her, pinned between her and the mattress, the veiny ridges slid against her clit as he bucked under her. Feeling his shaft sliding along the outside of her certainly had its charm, but she wanted the real thing.

Shining did as he had been instructed. As part of his probation, Cadence had refused to partake in vaginal intercourse. When they were intimate, he was to go down on her, then he may rut under her and ejaculate into the sheet. He hated that she used sex as a weapon like that, but now was not the time to get on her bad side.

Twilight was confused. Sure, the silk sheets were certainly not the worst thing to rut against, but she'd expected him to enter her several strokes ago. She feared he was still half asleep and unable to notice. She couldn't use her magic without creating too much light. She reached under herself with her hoof and took hold of him, guiding him back up to her wanton entrance.

Shining couldn't believe his luck. Tonight was the night she would let him back in! He was ecstatic. His head slid along her slit until it finally found purchase in her love tunnel. He pushed into her, stretching her open. It must have been longer than he thought. She was at least as tight as he remembered his sister being. The very thought of her caused his rod to jerk and swell even more, stretching her to her limit.

Even though they had done it before, it was still intensely exciting for Twilight. She got up off the mattress, onto he knees and backed against him with each buck, causing him to slam into her even harder. It also caused the frame of the old bed to squeak in a telltale rhythm, the headboard banging against the wall. She felt his head begin to flare inside her. He was getting close. Their bodies slapped together with wet smacks each thrust. Shining tried to ease off, but she just bucked against him harder.

"Ngh! Shh! My parents will hear us!" He said, feeling his climax coming on soon. He started to pull out. The light of magic from her horn nearly blinded him in the dark, grasping his body and holding it firmly against her.

"Let them!" Twilight said.

"Twilie?" Shining froze up. His orgasm was past the point of no return, letting loose a torrent of cum inside his sister. Her muscles flexed and squeezed him, magnifying the intensity. His cock swelled and throbbed, pumping hard long after he had any sperm left to give.

KNOCK KNOCK

Shining froze, still buried to the hilt inside Twilight as she hid under the covers. The door opened a little bit as the mare poked her head in, intentionally not looking in his particular direction.

"Shining Armor!" Their mom scolded. "I know that you two are married, and it's not that your father and I don't... appreciate your efforts to give us a grandfoal. But if we can hear you, then your sister can too! You're going to end up giving her a complex listening to her brother... getting busy! So please, if you must, at least keep it down!"

...

"Sorry mom." Shining apologized. He felt Twilight's pussy muscles tremor as she stifled a giggle.

"Goodnight." His mom said, closing the door. Once she was gone, Twilight let her giggle out a bit.

"That was close." He said. He started to pull out of her.

"No, please, stay inside me a bit longer." She begged. He couldn't argue with that request. He pushed back into her, a bit of him leaking out now that he wasn't quite so rock hard.

"Well I suppose it doesn't matter since you're already pregnant." He sighed.

"Oh! Yeah." Twilight said suddenly. "That's what I meant to tell you. I'm not pregnant!"

"But what about-"

"It was a false positive."

"Oh, well... whoa WAIT! I just came inside you!" He panicked, trying to pull away again. Again, she held him firmly inside her. "What? you want to take that gamble twice?"

"No, it's okay. I'm off my cycle. I'm not in heat." She said. "I'm not going to make the same mistake twice."

"Not in heat? Sheesh, you could have fooled me with the way you were a minute ago." He said. His fatigue finally caught up with him as he fell back on top of her into her feathers. "SO, wings!?"

"Oh, just noticed did you? She said.

"Well the fear of knocking up my own sister in the seat of Equestrian government kinda made them take a back seat. So, what, are they a spell?"

"Not really no. They're real." She said.

"But how?"

"It's kind of a long story. And not really one I want to tell right now." She said with a yawn. "Just... hold me." She rolled onto her side with him behind her, still inside her. He wrapped his hoof around her and puller her close to him. She fell asleep in his strong hooves. A silent tear left his closed eyes.

Perhaps even more than the sex, he longed to just sleep beside her. Share a bed for the night, holding her close. Shortly after her, sleep took him as well.
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Cadence hadn't any time to sleep herself. Her stylist set to work getting her mane in order in the wee hours of the morning. She and Cadence's hoofmaiden both accompanied her on the train to Canterlot in case she had a mid-transit mane emergency. The moon began to lower as they disembarked the train at Canterlot Station. Once she set hoof inside the castle, she was able to relax. She made it, hair intact.

She knew the way to her room by heart. The day shift guards had clocked in, bowing as she passed. Nearing her room, she passed by Luna, who was on her way to wake her sister.

"Ah, Cadence. Are you as excited as we for Princess Twilight's Coronation?" Luna asked.

"Coronation?" Cadence asked, confused.

"Oh, forgive us. We were not aware of the extent to which Tia had wanted this to be a surprise. She tells us precious little when it come to these matters." Luna said. " But yes, Twilight has gained her wings, as you had gained your horn. Her coronation is this day. That is why you are here."

"Oh."

"If you will excuse us, as much as well love the night, we must go get our sister to rise, so that she may make the sun do so as well." She said, walking past her. Cadence walked down the hall and opened the door to her room. She stepped inside quietly, to let Shining sleep. She likewise put down her bag in silence.

"HhMmm."

Cadence's ears perked up. It sounded like a mare stirring in her sleep. Slivers of light crept through the blackout curtains as the sun rose outside. There was clearly two ponies in the bed. Shining had his back to her. She moved over to the edge of the bed, lightly pulling back the covers a bit.

"Oh."

The other pony was Twilight. A little strange but not shocking. Perhaps she had a bad dream like old times. Or maybe she was nervous about her big day. Or she just stayed up too late, catching up with him and just slept where she fell. They were both clearly still in a deep sleep.

"Let's get a look at those wings." Cadence thought, pulling the blankets further back. Cadence gasped and nearly fell backwards in shock. Not at the wings on Twilight, but the fact that her tail had been pulled up and Shining was still buried nearly to the hilt inside her! That's when the stink of sex hit her. The bed reeked of their dirty deed. The sheets were stained a familiar color from his spilled seed around their coupling.

Cadence didn't know what to do. She wanted to run away. She wanted to scream. She wanted to smack him, both of them, senseless. She stood up, accidentally brushing against the curtain, letting in a bit more light. Her horn came to life, almost on its own, and something changed. With the blanket covering their shame once more, she saw them differently. The love magic that her horn exuded had let her see, not her husband and her sister in-law, no. Not even siblings. She saw the scene with clear objectivity.

She saw a mare and a stallion sleeping peacefully together after a night of lovemaking. They looked... happy. He looked like, she had gotten him to glow. It was beautiful. Her horn faded and the moment passed. The reality of the situation came flooding back. She needed to deal with this, but not now. She looked around the room quickly. She grabbed her bag and hid it in the walk-in closet. Then she walked in after it, closing the door behind her.

Through the slats, she used her magic to throw open the curtains just enough to cause the light to shine on Twilight's face. The pony awoke to the dawn pouring in. She woke up with a start, realizing that his wife could be showing up at any moment. She pulled herself away from him as he slipped out of her with an audible 'plop'. She smiled, pulling the covers back over him and kissed him. Still mostly asleep, he kissed her back. "Love you Twilie." He mumbled and rolled back over, resuming his snoring.

"I love you too BBBFF." She said before making herself scarce.

Cadence waited in the closet for a few minutes after Twilight had left the room. She was awash with emotions. Jealousy. Betrayal. Disgust even. She stepped out into the room, placing her bag where she had before. She would have to have a talk with him once today was over. She took a deep breath, and put on her 'everything-is-fine' face.

She walked over to the door and opened it. And then closed it again, loudly. Shining stirred awake. Cadence pulled the curtains open fully.

"Good morning!" She said. Shining looked over at her. His hair was a mess. "Rise and Shining!"

"Never gets old." He muttered, sitting up. The absence of Twilight upon his member had seen it fit for Little Shiny to retreat into its sheath at last. Shining climbed out of bed.

"Did you sleep well?" She asked.

"Yeah. You?"

"You know I didn't." She said, motioning to her perfectly styled coiffure.

"Oh, right. Sorry."

"No, it's fine. Everything is fine." Cadence smiled. "Lets get you dressed."

Princess Celestia personally oversaw the preparations of the Great Hall. Everything was in place, including Princess Luna, nursing a mug of coffee on the stage.

"If you spill any of that on your dress it'll be your plot." Celestia warned.

"Well, if we had held this little soiree at night, instead of during the day, AFTER I just finished a twelve hour shift, I wouldn't need this!" Luna said. "And you would be singing a different tune. But 'nooo'. Everything important has to happen during the day."

"I will have you know that the Grand Galloping Gala happens at night." Tia retorted. "This little soiree, as you deign to call it, is our ticket to some time off. With Cadence and Twilight handling all the major threats lately we could practically retire. Especially if Twilight truly is the Progenitor. After all, with her here, I needn't have to save Equestria any more."

"Ah. Yes. That is what I need after being on the moon for a thousand years. More down time. I do recall some murmurs about the last time you did try to be the hero. Against a certain changeling queen? Way to drop the ball in Equestria's time of need."

"You know nothing! You were not even there. Where were you anyway?"

"Sleeping, sister." Luna raised the mug to her lips a final time, finishing the coffee. "Again, if we had held that event at night... you'd be singing a different tune."

"Be quiet. It's about to begin." Celestia hushed.

"Shining, come on! We're going to be late! Cadence yelled through the door.

"I'll be right there!" Shining yelled back. "I can't get my uniform right. You go on ahead, I'll join you there in a minute."

Cadence shrugged in frustration and hurried out. Her attendance was not optional. In the bathroom, Shining struggled to finish. The whole day was all about Twilight. Twilight this, Twilight that. Twilight cutie mark banners everywhere. It was all too much. Everything was triggering his memory of last night. He couldn't get into his form-fitting uniform with such a raging erection.

"Ugh! Why now of all times!"

He couldn't fit it to tuck it inside. Nor could he just waltz into the Great Hall with Little Shiny out for everypony to see up on stage. He started clopping quickly.

"Gotta make this fast!"

Cadence and Twilight's Ponyville friends took their place on the stage. The other attendants filled the seats of the hall.

"We are gathered here today in celebration of a momentous occasion!" Celestia began to speak to the crowd. Luna simply stood beside her in her silent role looking miffed. "My most faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, has done many extraordinary things since she's lived in Ponyville. She even helped reunite me with my sister, Princess Luna."

Luna looked up at her sister as her name was mentioned. She couldn't help but smile at the bit of public recognition. At least now the populous outside of Ponyville could know her as something other than 'Celestia's sister.'

"But today, Twilight Sparkle did something extraordinary." Celestia continued.

"Last night." Luna corrected under her breath. Celestia ignored her.

"She created new magic. Proving without a doubt that she is ready to be crowned Equestria's newest Princess. Fillies and gentlecolts, may I present for the very first time, Princess Twilight Sparkle."

"Aaand here we go." Luna mentally complained.

Twilight entered the room, walking up to the front, past her parents, who were crying tears of joy. But she was hurt to see that Shining was nowhere to be found. His space between Cadence and Applejack was conspicuously vacant. "Oh well." Twilight sighed, keeping in step with her choir entourage. "The show must go on."

"NGH Ngh ngh!" Shining spurted his load, and he quickly cleaned up as best he could.

The Princess Twilight cometh. Behold, behold.

"Oh horse apples! The music's started!" He rushed out of the room, down the hall to the ceremony. By the time he got there Twilight was already out on the balcony addressing the ponies in the streets.

"Today, I consider myself the luckiest pony in Equestria." Twilight finished her speech.

"There you are!" Cadence said, catching sight of him. "You practically missed the whole thing! Come on!"

"Twilight!" He called out to his sister. "I'm so proud of you!" He embraced her in a hug. Twilight felt something sticky from his hoof get into her mane. She recognized his familiar musk.

She whispered in his ear, "Did you just get jizz in my hair?"

"Of course not." He lied. "It's, it's Liquid Pride. Totally different thing."
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Back in their room after the ceremony, Cadence sat Shining down in his chair.

"We need to talk." She said.

Even married less than a year, Shining had been in a relationship long enough to know that those four words were never a good sign.