I gasped in pain, feeling like hooks ripped into every inch of my chest and stomach as I was inexorably pulled upward, into the column of stars. I screamed, closing my eyes, as I passed through the burning points of light. However, my soul was in ecstacy as my reserves of magic reached new heights. I reached for it, and it leapt to my horn without any delay at all. I mentally giggled, my reflexes and aptitude rising the longer my body was tortured by the stars. However, every good thing must come to an end, and we had a nation to break. I pushed through the stars, and a blast of lavender light propelled me through space.

I now knew what Rainbow Dash felt when she made a sonic rainboom. Relatively speaking, I had just created one, but with magic. I gleefully rode out the speed as it bled out into the atmosphere. Wait, atmosphere?! I looked around and saw mountains, the natural borders of Equestria, swallowing me. I was hurtling to the ground faster than sound, a streak of purple against the night sky. My magic failsafed and started to break my speed, slowing me down, but it wasn't enough. I concentrated all my magic into trying to lift me into the air, overcompensating for my extreme speed. I had way surpassed terminal velocity, breaking physics in a way that would make Pinkie Pie proud. Still I hurtled towards the ground, flailing my hooves as my horn shined as brightly as the tear in the atmosphere I was leaving behind me.

WHAM! "Ugh..."

I crawled out from under the tree I had fallen through, feeling as though, despite all my attempts to break my fall, I had broken nearly every bone in my body. Then, I realized I was moving. Which wouldn't be possible without pain.

We hadn't engaged a single pony, and the enchanted armor had already saved my life. I smiled at the thought, wondering how much abuse it could still take.

"H-Hi, Princess..." was all I could manage as she alighted by my side. I rolled over on my side, gasping for breath. The armor had saved my life, not made me immune to harm.

"Oh, Twilight," came the very unexpected response.

Here we were, in the middle of what could be considered enemy territory, and the alicorn had taken me into her hooves and gently touched her horn to mine, healing and rejuvenating me. I felt a lot better, But, still, this level of care was misplaced in this instance. It left us exposed.

"Princess, shouldn't we be proceeding? I'm fine now."

They had sat like that for about twenty minutes now, Nightmare Moon had actually started to nuzzle her mane as they sat there, and as much as I wanted to sit there, my wish for revenge pushed me forward as I stood, moving out of her lap and gentle embrace.

"We have to do something now, before Celestia realizes what just happened," I spoke with conviction, pointing up at the still-present rift I had created in the atmosphere.

Nightmare Moon nodded solemnly, but still looked conflicted about something as we trotted towards Ponyville. I finally had had enough of the shifty looks and facial expressions.

"What's really going on, Princess? You hardly ever look me in the eye anymore, you have all these weird facial expressions when you think I'm not looking..."

I continued mumbling for a few moments unintelligibly, before my mind caught up with my body. Nightmare Moon had slipped in while I wasn't looking and kissed me, unabashed, on the lips. I understood immediately what had been going on, and was about to speak my mind against it when my mane was stroked ever so gently over and over while we stood there. I lost my resolve, melting into the feelings brewing in the depths of my mind as much as I melted into Nightmare Moon's embrace as her hoof continued it's repetitive path through my mane. What happened next will probably be remembered by me for the rest of my natural life.

Her hoof, gentle as the wind blowing through my hair like a warm breeze, drifted to my flank, gently unbuckling the guard as it falls to the ground, then to my cutie mark, causing electric flares of excitement to reach my brain. Nopony understood why this happened, but apparently, they were really sensitive. I was shocked at the way things were progressing, as much thought as I could muster through this melting feeling I was going through. I knew this situation was very similar to what had happened with Celestia, and we weren't even seeing each other. Somehow, though, it felt more right, restraining my ability to say no. It was maddening, this feeling of helpless acquiescence as Nightmare Moon had her way with me.

While I was having this internal war with myself, she had gotten the idea I wanted it, and her hoof was rubbing the lips of my marehood. I cried silently, unable to move for some reason, or give any sign of denial. Strangely enough, a calming influence stole into my mind, and I...

What was I talking about again? I can't remember...Oh, that feels good...

I moaned in pleasure, released from the binding by fully accepting the mare pleasuring me. I wanted more. I playfully nipped at her other leg, realizing at that moment exactly how tall she was that she could stand over me like this. I nibbled gently on her hind leg, earning a gasp as she increased the speed. I felt waves of pleasure melting my remaining concentration, and I stood there, glass-eyed, as she moved behind me.

"Ahh..." was all I could get out between moans as her hoof was replaced with her tongue, gently flicking against my pussy. Deep inside me, something fought for release, but I ignored it's pleas for help, pushing it deeper into my mind until I couldn't hear its distracting voice in my head. I was totally unprepared when the first thrust occured, the tongue thrusting as far into me as it would go, then rapidly pulling out and repeating the process. My marehood was soaked to the point it looked like I had sat in a puddle. I loved it, the feelings I was getting were absolutely amazing, and each thrust drove me closer and closer...

The night silence was broken by a scream of ecstasy, as I collapsed, an orgasm flooding my system with release. I sighed, and almost drifted to sleep, as that had worn me out, but there was something...

Something on my horn? What could poss- AH!

It became obvious in a flare of my own magic. Nightmare Moon was sucking on my horn, eliciting gasps and whimpers from me, the magic-dampening gauntlets I was wearing drawing the worst of the magical shocks from reaching her. The theory behind those gauntlets were simply that any magical output or input above a certain level was to be bled away directly into them, causing no effect. Whether I was casting the spell or receiving it, it would bleed it completely away.

"Princess...?" I felt a little bubbly, and it showed on my face, I just knew it.

The princess, however, wasn't giving me time to collect any thoughts at all, just driving relentlessly on my horn, driving me up just as quickly as she could. It was painful, the discharges off my horn being electric shocks burning my horn and the inside of her mouth. She went faster and faster, grabbing my head with her hooves as she thrusted my horn in and out of her mouth with animalistic speed. I couldn't speak, move, or do anything as I was driven to another orgasm. I collapsed into her arms, as she shifted from holding me still to holding me up with ease, and laid me on her wing, letting me cuddle to her side as darkness crept over my mind.

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I woke up, feeling very sore all over. It took me a moment to remember what had happened, but, with a sigh, I shoved it away. I had already pissed off one alicorn beyond recovery of a relationship with my rejection. I had grown to love this mare, as much as I had loved Celestia, and maybe a little more. Something about her called to me in a way that made me blush every time I saw her, though she had never seen it...had she?

I looked up from my position, still on her wing, and blushed, staring straight into her gorgeous eyes. Instantly, I felt an inescapable desire to kiss her, and so I did.

She chuckled as we broke apart. "I take it you're reacting more favorably than before," she stated gently.

She flipped me onto my stomach so she could stroke my mane again, and I didn't complain. The feeling of her hoof, like a whispering night wind, through my mane was like heaven. I snapped my eyes open, not realizing I had closed them, as I remembered why we were here in the first place.

"We need to finish our business before it catches up with us," I still felt that Celestia had been wrong. I didn't know how, but with Nightmare Moon, it was as if it were a different action entirely. That, or I was the most hypocritical lover in the history of ponykind.

"I agree, Twilight. We need to be in Ponyville before the sun rises," was all she said, and, after she helped me don my flank guard once more, we took off, galloping down the winding country road.

Author's Note

I don't know why I decided on an ironic approach to the clop scene, where Nightmare Moon uses the same methods as Celestia, with a completely different outcome. Nevertheless, the arc continues its plot with winding threads. As always, let me know what you think :D