A secure future
Securing the future
A forced sigh left her yet again, as she re-read the letter that she has received from her aunt. It’s been about a day since it arrived and two since she was forewarned about it. It felt heavy despite it being almost weightless to her, though the implications made it feel like a ton.
As she stared at the scroll more, it felt like the world weighed down on her, but in reality, it was just part of being a princess. Another deep inhale, followed by a soft exhale and she re-read it outloud.
Dear Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, Empress of the Crystal Empire and Heir to former Empress, Mi Amore.
“No need for long titles,” She half exasperated out loud to herself and no one in particular.
It is with great honor and with grandstanding, that we accept your terms of peace and prosperity between the Dragons of my Empire, along with the Dragons of the Frozen North, to establish peace between us and the ponies of your Crystal Empire. Just like the Princesses of Equestria, asylum and passage is granted between our races, as well as exchanges of goods, services, etc.
However, in light of what is considerably an ‘amicable’ charter between our kin, there must be an absolute that the peace between us remains indefinitely. Hence that I will be sending my son, Spike the Unchained to your domain. An heir of both dragon and pony will be made to secure the peace between us for 1000 summers. I have already secured an heir between the new Prince of Equestria Dusk Shine, and my daughter, Ember the Flared, that has us secured for the same amount of time. I will allow you three days to respond in kind, otherwise the charter will be half fulfilled with only dragons securing the goods and service of your Empire. Even if it means you will not agree to it, we will take our services one way or another.
Signed,
Dragon Lord Torch the Vast.
A groan left her as she held the scroll in her hand before letting it drop on the table.
Three days. Three days to make a choice that will affect her and the Empire for 1000 years. Princesses were supposed to be selfless, caring, upheld in their values and strength of unmatched proportions to their citizens. No enemy too strong, no challenge worth toppling over for.
Yet this one was on a grand scale that even she wasn’t sure she could handle. To birth an heir between dragon and pony. Three days was not a lot of time to make the choice, let alone since its only been two months since they secured the Empire from Sombra and not long before that she had married her lover, Shining Armor. He knew nothing of this, even more so that his brother, Dusk Shine was the one that had secured the peace between Equestria and the Dragons with Torch’s daughter.
He was in the dark and now, he would probably be so again. The note came yesterday, now that left her two days to answer in kind. To let her husband know that he was about to be second in producing an heir for them. As far she could tell, she wasn’t pregnant and her heat would arrive soon. This felt precordinated and established that should it come down to it, if she agreed, that the first birth was from this ‘Spike the unchained’ dragon.
How was she to break this him?
Unfortunately, Shining Armor was one to notice her change in mood. Either the way she turned away or the way she seemed to have a distant gaze that looked troubled. As his insight was to pay attention to all possible trouble, it lead to him having a conversation with her that noon.
"Cadence… what's wrong?"
Could she hide? Could she lie to him, even though their vows didn't allow it? But worst of all, could she choose him over the entire empire?
A small sniff left her and she turned to him. Those eyes carried a weight he only ever saw on Celestia the years he had served under her, when she was alone and before the return of her sister. This was the face of a duty only a princess could handle.
"I…I got a letter from Dragon Lord Torch and our pact between the Empire and the Dragon Lands."
He gave a slight frown. "He refused?" He automatically deduced and turned away in disappointment. "Dammit."
Cadence shook her head. "No, not refused." He looked up back at her in confusion. She gave a shaky sigh and swallowed. "He agreed in part, that if we wish to make this agreement with him and the Empire, I… need to provide an heir between the both of us."
A heavy silence fell between them that was so thick, her heart felt like it would be crushed by its weight. She watched as her husband had a wave of emotions pass over him. From anger, to rage, to silent fuming, before dejection, to hate and then finally… defeat.
After that final one, he inhaled and then softly exhaled. The words that left him sounded so defeated but also with an acceptance that only they both knew how it would end. "For… For the Empire…"
Cadence shut her eyes and allowed the tears to finally fall. Lowering her head, she nodded solemnly. "For… the empire." She repeated, as if it was the most vile and poisonous thing to leave her and yet, carried the literal weight of her Empire, and possibly more, on her back.
Shining Armor remained silent but then turned stoic and approached her. He pressed his head against her own, wrapping an arm around her and giving her a kiss to the side. "No matter what you chose, I will still always love you. Now and forever."
Tears fell from her and she smiled to him, feeling every ounce of his true love come forth, knowing despite this horrible pact they were forced to endure, their love was eternal…
Later that night before the day she was to respond, she had prepared a response letter, to send it the next morning. Despite the heavy burden that weighed down on her, she felt easier knowing that Shining would be with her, his love in her grasp and the very whole of his nature by her every moment.
As they laid in bed, she stared up at the ceiling in deep thoughts, plagued by the surrounding implications of what she was to expect from this… Spike the Unchained.
The real fear of this was… how would a dragon treat a pony when it came down to mating? Would he be aggressive? Will she be hurt in the process? What would be the outcome and so many other thoughts. But then came one thought that truely dreaded her the most.
Would she enjoy it more than she would with Shining Armor?
She had to imagine that dragon biology and pony biology were on a different scale in both size, texture and…
… where we these thoughts coming from?
She then noticed that from the moonlight coming from her balcony, that someone was there. A figure…
Alarm bells flared in mind and she soon began to panic at the thoughts of an intruder breaching her room. She was about to wake up Shining Armor when… she heard soft tapping on the glass of the door.
Were they… knocking? As in, asking permission to enter?
Then she noticed the figure come more into focus and… it was a dragon!
Slowly, she rose up and studied it harder. They kept knocking… tapping on the glass. It was insistent that it bared to ask… who had the audacity to knock on a window of an Empire? Not to mention, what happened to her guards?
Cautiously, she rose from her bed, not disturbing her sleeping husband and made her way towards her balcony. She lit her horn, just in case for whatever reason.
The closer she approached the more she took in the details of the dragon. Their size was taller then even her aunt Celestia. Green and purple scales covered their body in what looked like natural armor. Green emerald spikes ran from the top of their forehead and lined down to their neck, spine to the end of the tail. Large wings folded behind the body and matched the colors of green and purple. Claws that look like actual tiny swords or long knives were embedded on each digit of the palms and the feet. A simple loincloth adorned between his legs of scales and leather. Lastly, emerald eyes were staring at her, not intently like a predator, nor like an evil villain would like Sombra had done, but with someone who was here with a purpose. A cause to be here in the middle of the night.
Swallowing, she approached closer and with her magic, opened the handle that lead to outside, the soft click of the lock releasing. As it did, the appearance was more grand, as in the light of her Aunt's moon, the purple and green scales seemed to sparkle amongst the darkness, as if surrounded by tiny stars that reflected hollow moonlight. She, inwardly and inherently knew that this was Spike the Unchained.
She was almost hypnotized by it but shook it off and spoke quietly though a bit agitated. "How dare you come in the middle of the night to awake me?" She whispered harshly, glaring at the large dragon. "Don't you know that I have guards that can swarm you in a moment's notice? This can be even considered an invasion!"
The dragon known as Spike merely blinked before cocking his head. "And you are aware that we have a pact to maintain?" He responded in a gentle netruel tone.
"Yes!" she harshly whispered. "And I have until tomorrow to respond!"
"My father knew you would hesitate in responding, so he sent me to get an answer from you directly today." He then corrected himself. "For tonight."
Cadence flared in anger but Spike lowered his head to meet her close to her face. "Your choice, the Empire or your mate."
Like a lightning strike to her heart, she was forced to chose right away, here and now. What felt like no time at all, she half wondered if this would doom her relation with Shinny the moment she agreed or not. He above all, knew of sacrifice and what you would do for your country. That to do what you can, for you country and for those who lived in it.
The benefits would outway the negative. What good the trade routes, the services and more, would help jump the Empire in decades, even with the aide of Equestria and her aunts. The dragons would have material and gems that rivial and outmatch it many instances. This would bring them out of the age of thousand years prior, to now in a century or less.
An heir would be required to secure that and more. Still… a decision like that would bury her in guilt for a lifetime and whether Shining Armor allowed or not, in heart, she would only belong to him.
Sighing, she agreed. "I do."
Her heart broke, her mind scattered and her body… felt warm. Wait, now it grew hotter? Her mind resurged as she felt Spike had approached and now had his whole body near her. His body radiated such heat, that she felt it hit her coat. Thankfully, the natural coolness of the room caused her to…
“Wait, what are you doing?” She whispered harshly, trying not to wake her husband.
He promptly lifted her up around her waist. She wanted to scream but the fear of what this would entail made this situation worse.
“We are to commit tonight.” He then looked towards the sleeping form of Shining Armor. “Unless you wish to wake him as I breed you, surely you have a spell that would put him into a deep sleep for the time.”
She did know it and hatefully knew that she may have to use it on him. After her wedding, both of them had trouble sleeping and her Aunt Luna had offered them a spell that would allow restful and deep sleep without disruption. One would do it on the other if they had trouble with sleep.
Swallowing, she turned and fired it at her husband. He barely twitched at the calming effect and put him in a deep sleep, that her sighing loudly gave no indication of her frustration and betrayal.
As her back was turned, he ran his claws to her back, gently running those claws of his down her back and her wings. She shivered not knowing that those could cut her skin like a knife through butter, yet those things did nothing but make her let out an unwanted moan.
It happened so quick though that before she could process it, his claws had actually sliced through the fabric of her night gown and made them fall off. She almost shrieked as all that was left was her bra which didn’t fall off yet because of her big breasts. Her underwear was left untouched but he seemed unaffected by that little barrier.
“The way you ponies wear so much clothing amuses and baffles us,” He spoke as he leaned down on her head, taking a deep inhale of her scent. Quick to take notice that she smelled very sweet, like primroses, strawberries, and other delightful little things. “You also carry more scents than other species.” He wrapped his palm around her waist.
She wanted to push him away yet, these small little touches and grace made her feel weird. Its as if he had some kind of magic on him.
“What I am more curious about is why the Princess of Love only has one consort or… what’s the word called?” A pause as he inhaled her neck scent. “A ‘husband’, is what you call it. Why only have one? You alicorns live such long lives, like us but you only chose him? Why not have multiple partners or consorts at a time?”
As he said this, his claws reached around to her large breasts, feeling the soft cushions even against his scaled palms. He gave them soft gropes, earning gasps from her before she could even respond. Shining had yet to be even remotely disturbed and knew that nothing would wake him
Cadence managed to swallow as the dragon fondled her. The brightness of her cheeks red, the tingling of being this close to another creature not her husband and the undeniable proof that somehow, Spike was starting to arouse her.
“B-Because I-I choose and v-vowed to him t-to remain loyal-l-” He squeezed her nipple and pulled. “-f-forever! T-That was-s our p-promise!” Both claws fully encased her large breast with his nose pressed firmly on her neck.
He stopped groping upon hearing that, briefly captivated by her words before he responded, “Then I hope you keep that promise, even after we consummate this degree we have with our own future with this promise.” He then slowly trailed one claw down to her belly, allowing them to glide down her soft fur. The action made her body ripple with delight, enough so that she was aroused greatly. From his other claw, he left her breast and reached behind his loincloth where a small sack was. He opened it and pulled out a small purple herb and brought it up before her.
Cadence shivered as his claw made its way down to her panties, pausing right at the line of her lower abdomen. She saw in his other claw the herb and stared at it.
“What is this?” she asked, her nose picking up a strong scent from it.
“It’s a ‘Breeding Herb’ made to bring females into heat in a few minutes.” He explained, holding it up closer to her nose. “This one specifically is a cross-breed Herb. Inhaling will start the process of your body going into heat, working with any female. However, ingesting it will allow your body to accommodate dragon seed,” As he said the word seed, she felt from her ass, the pressing tip of his pointed cock on her cheeks. Somehow, she hadn’t noticed it before but his shaft now rested in between her crack. The pink of her panties being the thin barrier between that and her private area.
“Once you fully ingest, I will breed you,” A small growl left him as he used his front claw to slowly pull her panties down from the front, while he used the ridges of his cock to pull from behind. Cadence released soft gasps as she felt the last barrier of her clothing leave her. Her panties dropped to the floor, her butt and her pussy was exposed to the cool night air of the room and to him.
He carefully reached between her legs and noticed the wet string of her secretions. His claw touched her vulva, earning a sharp gasp from her and which gave him the chance to shove the herb into her mouth right away.
Cadence felt the herb on her mouth, ready to spit it out, but his claw kept it shut and he lightly growled to her, “Chew it and swallow.”
While she knew it was inevitably on her being fucked by the dragon, she didn’t want a foreign substance in her mouth! She gave a grunt and looked up to him with a glare. Noticing it, he rolled his eyes and rubbed her neck. “It won’t harm you and I wouldn’t wish to risk our future, for something that would do so.”
That was a lame response but she began to chew nonetheless. The taste was… bland, kinda like chewing tea leaves. However the reaction was almost instant and her taste buds suddenly exploded with some odd and powerful cinnamon taste that made her moan out loud into his palm.
He let her mouth go and immediately dipped his claws in between her legs, using the claw tip to rub her pussy right away. A squeal almost left the pink alicorn at the sudden assault of her nethers, his claws practically running all over her area. Her pussy juices began to seep quicker and she felt his cock throb against her ass.
The dragon began to slowly grind it between her cheeks, slowly riling her up further. He pressed his teeth between her neck and shoulder, nipping it softly. This further fueled her warming fires into burning gas flames. The teeth, while being razor sharp, were just given enough gentle carass to have her quake with euphoria. His claws rubbing over her nethers were now caked with her fluids and smearing all over head legs. His other claw went back to groping her breasts and squeezing them with firm but tender care. And his cock, which she had to assume was as big as her husbands, was smearing his pre up and down her ass, as if marking her.
She gave soft cries and whines as he continued his relentless assault on her body before he gave a grunt and wrapped one arm around her waist. He hoisted her up, still keeping the other claw in between her legs but now cupping it while sinking in a digit in her. She all but moaned at the penetration as she unceremoniously walked towards her bed. Feeling movement, she stooped out of her lust daze and panicked when they came closer to Shining Armor who had remained undisturbed.
“W-What are y-you doing, aah!?” His claw sank deeper into her wall, feeling them lubricate it with her juices.
“If you are confident in your sleep spell,” Spike stated, with a small grin on his face as he pulled them close to the sleeping stallion’s form. “Then he would not wake if I took you right here in front of him. Lest he be here to see you being bred by a dragon, the spell should keep him asleep.” He then placed her over her husband, legs either side of his head and then, the dragon joined her, causing the bed to sink and creek with the added extra weight of him and her. She grew fearful as her pussy now hovered over his face.
“I will breed you, right here, right now over him and wonder if either the smell, your moans or our… noises will wake him.”
“P-Please d-don’t! I-I can’t do thi-sssss aaaaah!” Spike pressed his organ down on the crack of her ass, letting it spread her cheeks before gliding further and further down until it slit between her legs and pressed right up against her wet pussy.
“This will be a night worth remembering and I intend to make my father proud as well as our future offspring. Let it be known that Pony and Dragon co-exist for a better future.” And with that said, he pressed his cock tip right at her wet entrance and spread her open. Cadence let an unrestrained moan leave her as she felt the dragon push his organ into her.
Unlike stallions that have a flare and smooth cock frame, Spike had ridges and short tipped barbs at the base of his cock with the spearhead just being the part that parts it open. As he pushed further into her body, each ridge was strong and meant to be strong for the sake of keeping seed within, but had the double feature of scraping every inch of her walls as he sank deeper and deeper into her pussy.
By now, the herb had been working and she could feel the heat in her womb glow brighter and her body becoming super sensitive. He didn’t relent as he pushed until his tip breached her womb and three-quarters of his shaft was buried within her, leaving a noticeable bump on her belly.
Cadence was panting, the endorphins in her mind firing like rockets at high speed and her body quaking in pleasure. Her juices fell from her body and landed around her husband but yet to actually yet to touch him. She managed to move away so none could wake him, yet Spike pushed her back and over his face. She braced herself on the frame of the bed, made of crystal that hopefully wouldn’t make noise as they fucked over him.
He allowed that moment to linger for a bit, letting the Princess adjust to him. He noticed that despite being dead asleep the Prince himself had taken in the scent of their musk and was sporting a tall erection under the blanket. He used his tail and moved it out of the way to see the tall and navy blue stallion hood pop free from its temporary prison. He may not have been as tall as the Prince, but his base was bigger and his ridges would definitely leave a very memorable impression on her.
He smirked before pulling out of her gently and leaving only a part of his shaft inside of her pussy, feeling her tight lips begging to keep him. Some juices did fall and land on the sides of Shinning’s face but nothing stirred him further. He then slowly pushed back in, this time with a much harder push to get further in. Cadence bit her lip and squeezed her eyes shut as she felt Spike breach her womb once more and reach places her husband couldn’t. Those ridges were impossible to ignore and the fact that this dragon was hot, she was forced into a heat cycle and they were fucking right over her beloved’s form, made this truely an unimaginable experience. Perhaps even a little more than any fantasies she could have conjured.
The drake then pulled back out before shoving back in and starting a rhythm. Cadence thought she was prepared to take a dragon, at least in some time in the future, yet her body was vastly unprepared for the brutal assault of her senses. The fact that he was hitting every spot of her walls at once, added by those oh so wonderful ridges and barbs of his had her moaning like a whorse outloud.
She briefly let her mind go and forgo her husband, feeling that her spell was potent enough that he would not awake or be disturbed, she allowed herself to enjoy the pleasure. Her moans were loud, her body in rhythm with his shaft and their juices freely fell over Shinning’s face, though he only stirred enough to move his face to the side to avoid drowning.
Never had she felt this disturbed at the fact that there was another creature out there that could bring her that much pleasure, this much physical joy and that much of a taboo streak from her than her own husband. Sure, they roleplayed, did hidden sex acts and even once magically masturbated one another while sitting next to her aunts. But this was purely lust filled adultery in front of her husband. She was being bred by a non-stallion, a different creature, a dragon, for the sole purpose of bringing life into this world with a peaceful existence.
This fueled a fire of desire she never knew she could ever have.
She was so overwhelmed by her lust and fantasy, that her own orgasm snuck up on her. She felt the approach come so fast, she squealed as she came hard when Spike nibbled on her ear. Her juices all but sprayed all over her husband's face and gave him a light shower.
Both parties stopped moving, as Shining stirred. Dread quickly overcame lust and haze for Cadence, while Spike looked down curiously to see if he would get to deal with an angry prince. For a moment, Shining stirred and wiped away his face with his hoof, going as far as even turning to the side and rubbing his face with the blanket. His rigid cock twitching and seemingly begging for attention. However the spell remained… for now.
Cadence sighed in relief only for Spike to resume his thrusting right away, not allowing any down time. He no longer cared for discovery, he only wished to breed the mare and fill her with his seed.
The drake ignored her groans/moans as he continued to fuck the alicorn princess right above her still snoozing husband. She was still sensitive from her earlier orgasm and was a quivering mess with shaking legs. By now, she had to drop to her knees around the head of Shining Armor, making it more difficult to keep his face clean. The combination of drake and pony juices matted his mane and head.
This would no doubt be her greatest accomplishment and her biggest regret in life, but it held a grand purpose with a hopefully happier outcome.
With each thrust into her, meant a new step forward.
Every moan meant a cheer for alliances.
The grip on her breasts meant a secure hold to peace.
And the seed that would fill her pussy was a future hybrid that would make the world that much more… magical.
This would be worth it…
Cadence let out a shaky moan as another powerful orgasm ripped from her, coating her husband's face with more of her juices. More shameless breeding over his sleeping form and more lustful thrusting that had the mare begging for more. Dragon dick was far more… powerful than a stallion and she knew that sometime in the future more negotiations were needed… well she would have to find some way to break it to Shining that work needed to be done.
Though the drake continued, he knew that he had to finish quickly. His father expected to receive a response come the morning if he had successfully bred the princess or not. He climbed over her, fully wrapping his frame over her body and really began to pound into the princess, making the room echo with the slaps of their body, followed by the squelching noises of their fluids. Cadence long forgoed holding her moans back and enjoyed the fucking she was given, giving her full being to him and letting him use him.
Spike growled as the feeling of his climax was getting close. Her belly having long adapted to his organ and the herb, knowing that his seed would bear fruit, only fueled his need to finish the deed. He gripped her hips, fucking her faster and harder with such a degree that their juices splatter all over the bed and making it matted.
The dragon then leaned down towards her as he pounded her and spoke aggressively. “From our union, we breed a future. From this alliance, comes a brighter future. A heir for both of our Empires to rule, to prosper and to help our kin.”
He slammed himself hard into her once, paused and pressed his head to her head.
“To secure the future?” He asked before he would deliver his seed to her womb.
Shakily she nodded and looked back at him with her eyes. “T-To securing o-our future.” She agreed.
Smiling, he pounded her hard a few more times, making her moan out loud again and he finally let out a restrained growl, not because he wanted to wake Shining, but because he didn’t want the guards to rush in. Instead, he growled and lightly bit down on her shoulder, marking his teeth on the area as he finally unloaded his hot cum deep inside of the mare, sealing her fate with him.
Spike held her tightly as his cock pulsed and twitched hard within her pussy, shooting his thick hot dragon seed deep into her womb and flooding it. Cadence unprepared, let out the longest moan of her life, as the hot cum took her by storm. She came harder than before, a torrent of juices came flooding out of her canal and onto her husband’s body, coating him with thick fluids of adultery taboo that made it that much slicker.
As the duo climax, it was enough for Shining Armor to stir and toss around him, making Cadence even more vividly orgasmic, fearing his awakening. The torrent of juices made it difficult to actually stop and the ecstacy that flooded her made her remorseless at the action, spilling forth a continuous amount of cum.
Finally after both had climaxed, in what seemed like a lifetime of pure agonizingly beautiful bliss, did the drake pull out and split the rest of his seed on her back, shooting hot loads of seed on her tail, spine and even wings. While his release slowed now, he managed to pull Cadence down and near her husband, where he unceremoniously rubbed his leaking cock all over her face, smearing it with his fluids. She was too weak to fight back or say anything but this stated everything to him.
“I am marking you,” Spike said coolly as he rubbed his fluids over her face continuously, covering every inch he could. “So that no other dragon would dare touch you and no other would dare claim you. You are also protected by me, Spike the Unchained, my father Torch, and now so are your people.” He pressed the tip of his cock near her lips, caking them with his remaining seed. She gently parted her lips, accepting his seed into her mouth. He reached down to her slightly bloated belly and pressed her legs tightly to keep much of it in. “I will return once a month to check on the conditions of our future heir. Keep them safe, keep them secure and as soon as you show signs of eggs, we will start trade routes, lines and more.”
Cadence weakly nodded, her body sore and her mind slowly shutting down. As she laid next to her sleeping husband, who had yet to fully wake, she held him close as Spike pulled away. His cock slowly withdrew and he slipped his loincloth back to place.
“Good bye, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. I hope you enjoyed our… mating time. Perhaps we may do it again… assuming you wish to keep this between us or letting your husband know.”
She wanted to say yes but her mind and body were weak, only fell asleep. Even her alicorn stamina was starting to weaken as she felt lighter and lighter.
Her vision darkened right as Spike left her room and out the balcony, disappearing into the night.
A year later….
Cadence stood on her balcony, watching as dragons and Crystal Ponies interacted from down below. It was to say the least, a beautiful and wondrous sight of two different species working together in Harmony. And it was not just Crystal ponies and dragons, but also Yak, Yeti and even Thestral’s too. The alliance with dragons meant other countries, either out of fear or seeing opportunity to benefit from such a powerful alliance, soon joined the Equestrian and Crystal Empire provinces.
A powerful and resourceful nation grew and expanded with other nations that now were spreading globally. In a short time with Dusk’s Shine marriage to Ember and their foal/dragonling, Equestria now worked with other nations. Even the changelings, who had once harmed and hunted them, were scared of the expanding power of the ponies, quickly formed temporary alliances. Though Chrysalis was not leading them, she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and was now led by their new ruler Thorax and his brother Pharynx.
Truely a prosperous and joyous age had arrived.
She looked down to her son, WarHeart, the second alicorn/dragon hybrid in history. He had his father’s two horns on top that acted like unicorn horns. He had feathered wings with scales on the underside and a tail spikey and long with a tuft of fluff at the end. Currently nursing him, she felt actually happy with this outcome and despite having to explain to Shining Armor fully everything that night when Spike came, he was understanding that a secure future was needed.
It took months of counseling but they managed to work something out. Not long ago, she went into heat and they decided to have a foal of their own to cement their own feelings properly and now in another year, she would have a second child.
“A beautiful miracle born and now we will have two,” She mused to herself happily as she kissed her son’s head.
She saw the form of Spike flying towards her as well as the chariot for Dusk and Ember, knowing full well that maybe the family would also be expanding further and further.
Upon arrival, Dusk and Ember introduced their child, Dawn Flame, a beautiful violet and sapphire blue dragon/pony hybrid that was quiet bigger than her own son.
Spike stood by her, happy that his sister had a wonderful child while happy with his own. While he and Shining Armor were on amicable terms at best, the right to see his child was a definite demand. Though a small part of her did wonder how Dusk Shine and Ember's meeting went, according to her aunts, it went way more different and involved a whole lot of explaing to the Canterelot staff and most of the guard. While she didn't want details, she knew it couldn't be anymore insane or crazy like her own experiences with Spike, right?
She left that question and perhhaps details later when her and Ember got together later on with a mother on mother time. But for now, she was content at is.
The future seemed uncertain but it did bring hope and light to the world all the more and she felt that despite the small setback of an unplanned child, she loved him no less and knew that because of this alliance, the future of not just the Empire but Equestria and its allies, were all secure.