Clause Chronicles

The festivities that night were incredible.
Not only had the princess been saved by a bunch of rag-tag adventurers, but a fourth princess had been crowned later that same day.
The grand hall of canterlot castle was alight with levitating, festive lanterns, sent as gifts from distant lands over the years.
The party sat around a table, discussing their recent travels.
Eventually, Braeburn caught everyone's attention.

"Ah've got somethin' ah'd like tuh say."

Everyone looked attentively.
Everyone except Sombra.

"Ah've decided to leave Appleoosa, to work with the royal guard here in canterlot."

Funny looks all around.
It was no mystery that Braeburn loved his small settler town.
What could be causing this sudden change in pace?
Sombra wandered from the group, bored.

Gold turned to Braeburn, looking him in the eyes.

"But you love Appleoosa. There was once a time where you'd scream it out whenever it came up in conversation. Why would you leave your home?"

Braeburn winked.

"Ah'm not leavin' mah home."

Gold blinked.

"I don't get what you mean."

Braeburn pecked Gold on the cheek, before whispering in his ear;

"Mah home is wherever you are."

Braeburn pulled away, before turning to look at the Menu.
Gold was stunned, but delighted.
The rest of the table looked to each other in mild confusion, before taking up their menus and preparing to order.

The rest of the evening flew by.
Gold and Shining had a run in with their long time rivals, Soarin' and Rainbow Dash.
Braeburn watched them, laughing heartily.
Sombra snooped about the castle, but found little of interest.
Fluttershy searched fervantly for Sombra.
All the while, Green Flash and Sea Breeze sat, eating to their hearts content.
Towards the evenings end, Celestia called for silence.

"My loyal subjects, I present to you, Princess Sparkle!"

A small, purple, pegasus unicorn walked up behind Celestia.
With a modest twinkle in her eye, she regarded her subjects impishly.
Gold whispered to Shining.

"I really don't think she was ready for this."

Shining hit gold on the back of the head.

"She's your princess now. Show some respect."

Gold rubbed the back of his head, eyes narrowed.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the hall, Sea Breeze was entranced.
Standing at the top of those stairs was the most beautiful pony he had ever seen.
He felt his heart swell in his chest.
Green Flash noticed this, and grinned broadly.

"AHOY MISS SPARKLE, WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN HERE AND PARLAY WITH BREEZY HERE?"

Sea Breeze was mortified, and ducked behind the table.
Gold, Braeburn, and Shining burst out laughing.
Cadance inexplicably appeared behind them, and pulled on their ears with magic.
As Cadance pulled all three stallions out of the hall, Sombra entered in a door behind Green.
All eyes were on him.

"Well, What do you think you snobs are looking at?"

Sombra snarled, and the nobleponies quickly returned to their schmoozing.
Twilight descended the stairs slowly, reuniting with her friends.

Sombra sat beside Green, making no attempt at conversation.
Green tapped Sea on the shoulder.

"She's a fine lass, lad. You should try to win the fair lady's attention."

Sea looked down at the floor.
It felt like his stomach was tying itself up in knots.

"Hi. Is that your friend over there?"

Sea looked up.
His eyes widened.
Standing before him was Princess Sparkle.
Her eyes twinkling with curiosity.
She extended a hoof, which Sea shook sheepishly.

"So, You traveled with my brother and his friends. What was it like? I hope he wasn't too much of a bonehead."

Sea gulped.
Twilight eyed him with a look of interest.

"Not much of a talker huh?"

Sea gulped again.
He tried, but he couldn't summon the words.
Twilight winked.

"I guess I'll see you around, then."

Sea kept his gaze locked to the floor as Twilight trotted off.
Green put a hoof to his forehead, before stamping on Sea's tail.

"YEEEEEOW!"

Four ponies lay out in the gardens, stargazing.
Gold, Braeburn, Cadance, and Shining Armour.
Cadance broke the silence first.

"See? I told you it's romantic."

Gold and Braeburn looked to each other.

"Ah dun really feel it."
"Me neither."

Cadance huffed.

"If you had a single romantic bone in your bodies, you would."

Gold huffed back.

"I'm romantic! We wen't all the way as soon as we met."

Cadance rolled her eyes.

"There's a difference between being hasty and romantic."

Shining Armour piped up.

"WELL! It's been quite a night, I think It's best we all head off to sleep."

Gold huffed once more, before detaching himself from Braeburn and standing up.

"Night you two."

Gold and Braeburn turned and trotted off into the canterlot streets.
Cadance turned to Shining.

"Great Diversion."

Shining's ear perked.

"Diversion?"

Cadance donned a mischievous grin.

"Yeah. The Library's empty this time of night."

Shining realised what cadance was getting at, and the two quickly headed back inside.

Shining carefully closed the library door behind him, not making a sound.
He turned to Cadence, who had already laid down seductively on the head librarian's desk.
Cadance winked, whispering delicately.

"Nobody will know"

Shining didn't need any more encouragement.
He trotted towards Cadence, and started kissing her hooves.
He slowly made his way up to her neck, taking a moment to smell her hair.
It always smelled so sweet.
Cadance whispered into Shining's ear.

"What're you waiting for?"

Shining donned a goofy grin, climbing up onto the desk, caressing Cadence gently.
Kissing her neck, he slowly began to rub his stallionhood, preparing it.
Cadence wrapped her hooves around his board neck and shoulders, spreading her legs out to give him plenty of room.
With a wink, Shining began to gently tickle her marehood.
Cadence sighed in pleasure.
Having waited long enough, Shining slowly slipped into Cadence, and began to pump.
His hips moving in a steady rhythm, his breathing began to deepen.
Cadence let out a small moan with every thrust.
Shining began to speed up, showing no signs of fatigue.
Cadence held on for dear life, beginning to gasp and moan.
Shining eventually couldn't hold on anymore, pulling out and shooting a load on Cadence's soft underbelly.
Cadence lay limp, completely drained by Shining's performance.
Shining noticed something move out of the corner of his eye.

"WHO'S THERE?"

A strange creature slunk out of the shadows.

"That was certainly a strange use for a Library."'

Shining Recognised the creature before him.

Discord.

Shining and Cadance lay together in shock.
Discord towered over them, eyebrows raised, face tweaking into a small grin.

"I do hope you didn't spoil any of the books. The new Princess might have your heads."

Shining and Cadence both blushed.
Shining, desperate to change the topic, decided to speak up.

"Well, what were you doing here? The festivities are all in the halls below us."

Discord rolled his eyes, rather melodramatically.

"You call THOSE festivities? These ponies couldn't throw a party if their lives depended on it."

Shining had to admit, Discord had a point.
Gold, Braeburn, Sombra, And Fluttershy had already left.
Left because they were bored.
It wasn't long before Discord broke the silence.

"I hear you performed a control spell on the Changeling queen. Certainly they don't teach you how to do that in the royal guard?"

Shining gulped.
He hadn't planned on telling Cadence that he had used such perverse magic.
Cadence only raised an eyebrow.

"I picked it up when it was being used on me."

Shining's voice was shaky, terrified of the reprimanding that Cadence was sure to deliver.
Discord tore a page out of a nearby book and started to chew on it.
And then, just like that, Discord was gone.

20 minutes of lecturing later, Shining slumped back into the grand hall.
The festivities were starting to die down.
And he needed to go lie down.
He slumped from the hall, leaving Cadence behind to enjoy herself and catch up with Twilight.
Stepping out into the cool night air, he felt as if something was amiss.
Yet, he couldn't put a hoof on it.
Dismissing the feeling in the pit of his stomach, Shining slumped off home for some much needed RnR.