It has been a thousand years since Princess Twilight's royal inauguration ceremony, a thousand years filled with both good and bad memories for the new monarch. Through the loss of her closest friends and her family, to griffins declaring war on Equestria again, Princess Twilight has had her big share of grief to cope with. But she has also had good things to alleviate the pain, for her friendship with the other three princesses has strengthened beyond measure. Little does she know the princesses have a different form of friendship in mind after these thousand years, for each harbor a secret love for the new monarch, and have decided its finally safe to come forth with said love.
Trigger Warnings: will contain clop and some violence. Another Warning: Some characters may be out of character at times in this fic, please try and ignore it if you can, they have had some life altering experiences that have changed who they are in a lot of ways.
P.S. A new ship sets sail this night, lets hope I don't sink her.
Authors Note: Despite the fact that this is set 1000 years in the future, Season four never happened in this timeline, nor did Tirek escape from Tartarus.
Twilight sighed as she leaned back in her throne, happy that today’s royal duties were finally done. She may have gotten used to it thanks to a thousand years of training and working alongside three experienced rulers, but it still took a lot of energy out of her regardless. She rubbed a hoof through her flowing mane, flinching slightly as her hoof passed over a particularly nasty scar that ran across her neck, one of the many legacies from the griffin wars that had happened five hundred years previous. The griffins had become fed up with the original agreement set after the first griffin war, and had decided that Equestria needed to be wiped off the map and griffin superiority made supreme. It had not ended well. Many ponies had died pushing back the griffins, pushing into their lands and paying them back the same pain they had visited upon them. They had formed many alliances in that time, both with the dragons and the changelings of all things, who had also been attacked by the griffins. Beset upon three sides, their entire nation had crumbled and their people were scattered to the winds, becoming a common minority in present day.
Twilight grunted and shook the memories from her head, teleporting to her room and walking over to a nearby table. She sat down and reached across it, grabbing up an old picture which caused her to tear up a bit. It was a picture of her friends, which was one of the last remaining things she had to remind her of them. It had been taken a few years after her coronation, and a lot had happened in those years. All her friends had gotten married, each starting families of their own. Even Rainbow Dash had settled down, marrying her idol Spitfire and adopting Scootaloo as their daughter.
Unfortunately the happiness had not lasted, Pinkie and Rarity being her last friends to pass away. She had tried staying in touch with the families for a time, but found it too painful and gave it up after watching their children pass from this world, it was just too much for her.
There had been days after that that she had wished for death, longing to be released from her immortal prison and rejoin her friends in the heavens. But alas death had never come, even when on one fateful night, she had tried taking her own life. She had tried killing herself through flying, accelerating to breakneck speeds till she had crashed into the ground, leaving a sonic rainboom in her wake. She had blacked out after impact, waking up in a hospital bed with the three princesses standing over her looking concerned.
When she had finally gotten the courage to admit what she had tried, she had gotten scolded by all three of them in turn, all of them commenting about how she should have talked to them about it, seeing as how they knew better then anyone about the painful trials of immortality. Though it helped a bit, it didn’t really sink in till after the griffin wars how much their friendship had truly helped her. After that they had started getting closer, their bonds growing with each passing year as she learned the ins and outs of being a ruler of Equestria, and also through the trial of finally receiving her own celestial body to control. Or bodies as her case would be, for she had been gifted with control of the stars by Luna almost two hundred years ago, and the effects of that change had given her her own flowing mane and tail, twinkling with the stars that filled the sky. It had taken her a while to master the sacred art of managing the stars, but Luna had been an excellent teacher, even breaking out into song to help describe how the process worked.
She giggled as she got up, watching the sun set below the horizon and the moon rise. She closed her eyes, stretching out her magic to bring forth the stars, putting a little more flare into her work then usual as she added a couple of shooting stars to the mix. Satisfied that her work was done, she went down to sleep, letting the exhaustion of the day take her peacefully into slumber.
She was glad it was Friday.
* * *
When she arrived at breakfast the next morning, it was to the sight of her three best friends sitting apart from each other, all looking nervous as she walked into the room. She sat down at her chair, grabbing a plate of food and digging in, not noticing Cadance getting up and sitting down next to her.
“I saw what you did with the stars last night,” said Cadance, smiling as she leaned close to Twilight. “It was breathtaking.”
“I’m glad you liked it, I put some extra work into it for the ponies who work late, you know how they enjoy a beautiful night’s sky.”
Cadance nodded, placing a hoof on Twilight’s with a nervous look on her face. “Um…Twilight, there’s…there’s something I wanted to ask you.”
“Well what is it Cadance, it isn’t something bad is it?”
“No” said Cadance at once. “Twilight…we, we’ve known each other for many years now…and have grown quite…quite close…so I wanted to ask…” she breathed in deep, steeling herself before speaking again. “Twilight Sparkle will you marry me?”
Luna spat out the coffee she had been drinking, hitting Celestia as she turned in surprise toward Cadence. Twilight herself was totally baffled, the question catching her off completely off guard. She opened her mouth, but found no words willing to leave her brain at the moment. After a brief pause Luna spoke up, her eyes fixed on Cadance with what looked like malice.
“Cadenza, this must be a jest on your part, a cruel jest…”
“This is most certainly not a jest Luna, why would you think such of me?”
“Because…” said Luna, blushing as she tried to cope with what she was about to say. “…because I too, wish to ask for Princess Sparkle’s hoof in marriage.”
Twilight's eyes widened further as Celestia and Cadance’s mouths dropped open. Twilight couldn’t believe this…this was just impossible! First Cadance her foal sitter, and now her best friend Luna…she couldn’t imagine how this could get any worse.
Celestia coughed, got everypony's attention. “Cadance, Luna, could you come with me please. It seems we have some things to talk about.”
Twilight turned to her as she rose, noting the blush that had adorned her cheeks, which struck her as odd. “Princess, why are you-” then she stopped as a horrible thought struck her, “oh no….please tell me you weren’t…”
Celestia chuckled nervously as her blush deepened, smiling at Twilight in a way she had never seen before. “Um…to answer your question…yes I was going to…propose to you.”
Twilight was wrong; things could get worse…much worse.
Celestia led her sister and her niece out of the dining hall, keeping herself composed while Twilight was still in sight. The minute they were in the next room, Celestia rounded on the other two rulers, and all three of them spoke at once.
“What are you doing proposing to my Twilight?”
They all three stared in surprise at each other, not really believing what they had heard, then Cadance rounded on Celestia, looking stern.
“Your Twilight? What makes you think she is yours Celestia?”
“I could ask the same of you, you pink temptress,” said Luna, drawing her attention. “Weren’t just satisfied with her brother were you; no now you have to have his sister to complete the set.”
“What did you say?!”
“You heard me,” said the lunar monarch, and then she rounded on her sister. “And you, how could you stoop so low. You’re her teacher; you know such relationships are perverse.”
“I was her teacher Luna, but not any more, and unlike you I know I can make her happy.”
“And what makes you think that, what do you have that I do not?” shouted Luna, glaring at her sister.
“I have been by her side most of her life, so I know her far better than you could possibly…”
“Now hold on just one minute” interrupted Cadance, glaring at Celestia with equal ire as she stood at her full height. “I was her foal sitter longer then you were her teacher Celestia, and have known her longer then either one of you. Plus I know she loves me!”
“And what makes you think that?”
Cadance pointed smugly at her horn. “I am the goddess of love, so it kind of my job to know these things. And besides, I have caught her looking at my rump enough times so…”
“Oh if were going by that statistic then I have you beat by many years Cadenza” said Celestia with a grin, shaking her own rump to emphasize her point.
“She was probably just astonished at how oppressively large it was” said Luna, looking sour.
“And what are you implying dear sister?” said Celestia sarcastically.
“I am implying that thine rump carries about the same attractiveness as an aging hydra's backside.”
That got her blood boiling. Celestia growled, leaping at her sister and tackling her. Cadance laughed as they rolled around hitting each other, at least till she took a random hoof to the face, which made her angry as she dived into the maelstrom. After a few minutes of kicking, biting, mane pulling and a few errant spells, the doors slammed open and a booming voice filled the room.
“WHAT IN TARTARUS DO YOU THREE THINK YOU'RE DOING?!”
They were all flung against the adjacent wall by the force of Twilight’s Canterlot voice, each looking surprised as they slid rather comically down said wall and back to the floor. They all got up, Celestia spitting out a few teeth while Cadance massaged a nice shiner Luna had given her. Luna herself wincing due to the repeated blows the her body. They all turned toward Twilight, grinning nervously at her as her mane and tail billowed menacingly around her.
“Well I can finally see why the hay you needed me to become a fellow ruler, sure you're all level headed when the nation is in a crisis but the minute you all fall in love you turn into jealous school fillies!” she yelled, beginning to pace in front of the royal monarchs as she berated them. “And you’re in love with me for ponies sake, I mean not that I am not flattered, but didn’t any of you three think to at least let me know before deciding to propose to me out of the blue?”
She shook her head, rubbing her face with a hoof as she stared at each of them in turn. “I mean seriously, even Trixie had more tact than the three of you, at least she dated me for a year before asking my hoof in marriage.” She sighed, momentarily stung by the painful memories that simple comment brought up. She glared back at them, raising herself to her full height to better get their attention. “Ok I want answers, when and how the hay did you fall in love with me. One at a time please, and no interruptions, Celestia you go first.”
Celestia blushed, not really knowing where to begin. “Well…I guess deep down I have always loved you…in that way, but it was only in the last three hundred years that I recognized it for what it was.”
Twilight nodded, surprised but remaining calm, turning toward Luna after Celestia finished. “Ok Luna you next.”
“Um…I guess I would be about…two hundred years ago…after I gifted you the stars. I mean we have always been good friends…but after that night I…I saw something in you that made my heart beat in a way I had never felt before.”
Another surprise, but Twilight kept calm, turning last to Cadance. “Ok, Celestia and Luna I can get, but you Cadance…I just…how?”
“You remember when Shining Armor died?
Twilight nodded the painful memory never far from her mind even after so many years to recover from such a loss.
“Well…remember how you comforted me, telling me how he would have wanted me to live on and find love again…even though he would not be around anymore. That was the moment I fell in love with you Twilight Sparkle, because I saw in that moment the kind, strong, and loving mare that you truly were, and that love has continued to grow since that day.”
Twilight was, for lack of a better word, baffled. Why…why in the name of Faust’s holy quill did stuff like this always have to happen to her? She groaned, rubbing her face with her hoof as she looked at them.
“Ok, now another question, what the hay makes you all think I would accept such advances when you all know how much losing Trixie hurt me?”
The three alicorns looked rather hopeful, and Celestia spoke up, trying to hide the eagerness in her voice. “Well Twilight, the thing that makes us different from Trixie is that unlike her we're immortal, so you wouldn’t have to worry about suffering that kind of pain with us.”
Twilight had to admit to herself, they did have a point, and it made her remember something, something Trixie had made her promise long ago. It had been many years after they had married, years that had been filled with love and affection Twilight had thought she would never feel. Trixie had been on her deathbed, dying not from sickness or mortal wounds, but due to the never ending march of time, and had asked Twilight to her side to be with her in her last moments.
* * *
“Twilight my love, still as beautiful as the day we met, I am glad you came to see me.”
“Of course Trixie” said Twilight, grabbing her hoof in her own and pulling it against her cheek, smiling down at the beautiful mare before her. “And you are still as beautiful as ever, like you were frozen in time, just for me.”
Trixie smiled “Twilight, I do not have long for this world, which is why I now have to ask you something.” she grabbed both of Twilight's hooves then, looking pleadingly into her eyes as she did so. “Twilight, I need you to promise me that after I am gone, you will find somepony else that you can love as much as me.”
“Trixie I can’t just…”
“Please Twilight” she begged, her eyes even more pleading. “I don’t want my love to be the last that you feel, I want you to find that kind of love again, not seal your heart away after I am gone.”
“But what reason will I have to?” asked Twilight, tears streaming down her face. “Why would I keep looking for something like that when I know that I will forever outlive it?”
“Because love is eternal my love, just like you are. And love is also ever changing, and I want you to find and experience that change for all your long life. So please, will you promise me this?”
“….ok, I promise.”
“Pinkie Promise?”
“…Trixie…I haven’t used a Pinkie Promise since…”
“I know my love, which is why I know you will hold to it, so please will you do this for me?”
“…Fine. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye,” said Twilight, going through the motions.
Trixie smiled, a tear falling down her cheek as she lifted herself up from the bed a little. “Good, now…kiss me one last time…before I sleep.”
Twilight leaned down and kissed the mare, savoring the feeling of Trixie’s lips one last time before reluctantly parting from them. Trixie laid her head down, closing her eyes with a smile on her face. She breathed out one last contented sigh as the sun began to crest the horizon, and then she breathed no more.”
* * *
She had tried after Trixie had passed to try and seek out another relationship, but it had never ended well, for the pain of Trixie’s death had shadowed her, making it impossible for her to make any sort of connection like Trixie had wanted. Twilight was brought out of her memory by a gentle hoof on her shoulder, and looked up to see the three mares were still in the room, Cadance standing next to her and looking concerned.
“Twilight, are you ok?”
Twilight took a moment to absorb the question, and then noted that tears were running down her face, which no doubt had caused them some slight panic. She nodded her head, wiping the tears away as she composed herself.
“I’m fine, it’s just this is a lot for me to take in…and its bringing up old memories which are...are painful to remember. I…I have to go think about this for a while, I’m sorry.” With that she left, leaving her three suitors looking both confused and hurt as she walked out of the door, all noticing the tears that followed in her wake.
Twilight entered her personal spa, rung the bell, and then waited for her personal masseuses to arrive. Of all the decisions she had ever made, hiring the Soothe Family for her personal Spa had been one of the best, at least in her own opinion. The family had taken up the responsibility with gusto, moving their business and setting up shop in the facilities Twilight had prepared for them. After a few moments two ponies came out, looking like picture perfect copies of their ancestors before them, right down to their cutie marks.
“Welcome Princess,” Lotus and Aloe sang, walking up to Twilight with smiles on their faces. “How may we service you today?”
“Straight to the massage table girls,” said Twilight, “today has been a rough day.”
The spa sisters nodded, leading her over to the massage table and then helping her out of her regalia. She climbed onto the table, getting herself comfortable and then groaning out loud as the two sisters got to work on her stressed joints.
“Why your highness, your muscles are nothing but knots, something stressful must have happened to cause all this.”
“Yes…really bucking stressful.”
“Well you know you can tell us anything your highness, we are here for you,” said Lotus, moving her hooves slowly over Twilights wing joints.
Twilight sighed, knowing that Lotus was right; it was why she was here after all. “I got proposed to today.”
“Oh Princess that's marvelous,” said Aloe, using her elbow to grind into a particularly knotted bunch of muscles near Twilight's lower back. “Who is the lucky suitor that has asked for your hoof this time?”
“The Princesses Mi Amore Cadenza, Celestia and Luna.”
The spa sisters stopped, looking down at their princess with shock and awe. “All…all three of them?” asked Lotus.
“Yep and all of them practically at the same time, they even got into a fight over me after they went into another room to talk, I mean a fight for Faust’s sake!”
The spa sisters listened as she ranted, taking in every detail as that she described, down to how many teeth Celestia had lost. Due to being her personal masseuses, their job was not only to help her with her physical stress, but also listen and try and alleviate her mental stress as best they could. When Twilight finished, Aloe whistled aloud, a grin spreading across her face as she shot a wink at her sister, the kind of wink Lotus knew meant “don’t worry I got this”.
“I must say Princess, I can see why this has caused you so much stress, but you know Celestia does have a point.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well you are immortal, and so are they” said Aloe, massaging her shoulders as she continued. “You would never have to worry about experiencing the pain of losing a loved one again, and if you remember correctly, Trixie did make you Pinkie Promise to try and find love again.”
Twilight growled at this, but stayed in silent contemplation. That was the one problem of having the Sooth Family as her personal masseuses; they passed down her secrets so that the ones who took over could know their princess better than anypony, and thus be better able to help her. “You thought it was a good idea, now live with the consequences.”
“Also,” said Aloe, drawing her from her thoughts. “You are ignoring the one obvious thing you could do to find out if you love them.”
“And what would that be?” asked Twilight, turning her head to get a better look at the blue haired earth mare.
“Well, you could just date them, that way you can see if you love them like they love you.”
Twilight’s eyes widened at this, and then her brow furrowed, her mind beginning to buzz with questions. The first obvious one was did she like them enough to even attempt what Aloe was suggesting, she couldn’t just date them unless she was certain. She started looking at the princesses in a different light, not as fellow princesses as she was prone to do, but as mares to be sought after, and promptly started to turn as red as Big Macintosh. “Oh boy, that sure brought up a lot of memories, I thought I had gotten over those crushes ages ago.”
She had in the past fantasized about Luna and Celestia, and admittedly Cadance when she had gotten older. She couldn’t help it, they were all beautiful mares…but it did confirm something for to her, it confirmed that she did feel for them, at least when it came to physical desire. “Still that is enough to begin with sometimes, and you do know you have feelings for them beyond the physical, so why not go with what she is saying huh?”
“You know what Aloe, that is actually pretty brilliant, I will have to run it past them. Now, lets get back to the massage. I will need some time to figure out how to present this to them and I would like to be as relaxed as possible.”
* * *
Twilight sat in her throne, watching as the three other Princesses walked up to her. She had sent letters to them asking them to meet her in the throne room to hear her decision. They all nervously sat down in front of her, all still intimidated by the fact that she kept her mane billowing menacingly around her.
“I have had some time to think about what you told me, and I have come to a decision on the matter. While I cannot accept your any of your proposals yet…” she said, noting the hopeful looks that came over their faces, which made her grin for some reason. “…I have come up with an alternative. I shall date each of you in turn, for I must admit to you that I do hold attraction for each of you, and am willing to explore it and see if it blossoms into the same kind of love you hold for me.”
She could tell they were barely containing their glee, Cadance practically bubbling with joy as she spoke up.
“So…so how do you plan this dating, do we each take turns…?”
“Well I was thinking three dates, first with you Cadance and then Celestia, Luna being last. They will be…”
All three of the princesses momentarily blushed, all of them liking the idea more then they would ever let on to Twilight, at least not til the proper moment. Cadance smiled most of all, not even caring as Celestia and Luna glared daggers into the back of her head at being the first to get to date Twilight.
“...So we will need to plan them out accordingly. Also after all have had their turn, we will all have one final set of dates with all of us together, to see if…”
“WHAT!”
All three of them had shouted at once, startling Twilight as Luna spoke up.
“Twilight my…never mind, do you seriously expect me to go on a date with two mares I am competing with, especially my own sister?”
“I don’t see what the problem is Luna,” said Twilight while looking serious, “herd relationships have been allowed in Equestria for thousands of years, and it is not uncommon for sisters to mate with the same stallion or mare. Also wouldn’t it be prudent to try it in case I decide I love you all equally?”
Luna hadn’t honestly considered that, but then again neither had the rest, who were looking just as skeptical as she was.
“Twilight, I am not sure that would be…”
“Those are my terms Celestia, either that or I will not date any of you at all, no matter how many centuries pass.”
Celestia gulped at the thought, for she knew that she herself could not stand the ideas such a statement brought forth, especially now that she had confessed her love to Twilight. She looked toward the others, noting that they were shared similar looks, but she could also see that they were as determined as her, and she would be damned if she was going to back down now.
“Very well I accept your terms Twilight, assuming the others do as well,” she said, looking back at them in challenge, to which they nodded.
“Good, now I have to go get everything arranged so that the court won’t miss us, meanwhile I hope you will all concentrate hard on your plans for our dates. I’ll give you all this entire week to prepare, then next week we will start. Now I better go, see you girls later.
Twilight left on hoof, swaying her hips in a manner Trixie had taught her long ago, figuring she might as well give them an idea of what they were aiming for besides her heart. When she reached the door she looked back, grinning broadly at the sight of the three princesses eyes glued to her rump and their mouths hanging open in utter amazement. “That girl really did know her stuff,” she thought, and with that happy thought she left the room.
The moment the door closed the three princesses turned to face each other, glaring at each other now that the mare of their affections was nowhere in sight.
“She is going to be mine,” said Celestia, a grin forming on her face, confident that she would not lose.
“I will not lose to you Tia, I may be younger but that will not stop me from wining your former student’s heart.”
“Well I won’t lose to either of you,” said Cadance, grinning almost as broad as Celestia was. “And remember, I have the first set of dates, and I can guarantee you both that by the final date I will have that mare’s heart for my own.”
“You willing to bet that Cadance?”
Cadance smiled, looking toward Celestia and flashing an evil grin. “I don’t need to.” With that she turned and left, her mind already abuzz with ideas for the coming week.
Celestia and Luna for their part were a bit surprised by the statement, but left all the same, their minds also abuzz with what the coming week would bring.
Twilight walked along the garden path that led through the Ponyville cemetery, looking along the graves for a specific set of graves she had traveled to many times before. She finally spotted them, quickly moving over to them and setting herself down in front of the larges to them, pulling out a violet flower coated in bright diamond dust and placing in with the other flowers at the grave. She then looked up at the gravestone, smiling sadly as she spoke.
“Hello Spike.”
It was a simple grave, like he had requested upon his death. He had lead one of the best lives off all in Twilights opinion, marrying not only Rarity but also Sweetie Belle, who had fallen for him along with her sister. But with such love had also come great pain, and after Sweetie Belle had died Spike had gone into a deep depression, locking himself away in the Golden Oaks Library, which he had taken over after Twilight had become a princess. After he had not been seen for several days, Twilight had gone to the library to try and talk him out of there, only to find upon entering the building that he had killed himself days earlier.
After she had calmed herself down, and got his body over to the Ponyville hospital to have it declared dead, they had figured out what had been the cause of his death. Like Twilight and the other alicorns, dragons were immortal, but unlike the alicorns themselves, dragons had an easy way out, they had dragon’s bane. The substance was illegal in Equestria now, but it hadn’t been at the time, and Twilight had always kept some in her lab as a pet project to see if she could create an immunity against it for Spike. She had never been able to; the plant was naturally resistant to attempts to make it non-lethal, as if Tirek himself had cursed the plant to forever be a bane to one of Faust’s most beautiful creations.
She had found a note when she had got enough courage to return to the library, placed on her old desk and worded specifically for her, as if he had known she would be the one to find him.
Dear Twilight
I know this will be painful for you, as I will not be by your side anymore through the ever marching tide of eternity. I truth I wish I could spare you this pain, but I myself cannot live without my mares…I know you will never truly understand why this pain ate me away like it did, but I gave them something I cannot take back, a piece of my soul which died with them. I know I should have told you about this, but it was something meant only for dragons, and the fact that I gave that gift to two of your kind would have had me killed by the dragons outright, so we kept our silence.
But I made a grave error in giving them part of my soul, and I know now I cannot live with that error. I know you will cry; I know you will probably blame yourself for not trying to help me, but you could never have helped and I will tell you why as best I can. From what I read, the pieces of a dragons soul are never meant to be separated as entirely as mine have been, even when a dragons soul is split, it is never truly parted. No dragon truly knows what happens when a soul is parted like mine has been, no dragon has ever experience it. But I have, and it is unbearably painful to go through. You remember the pain you felt when Trixie passed…how you wished you could join with her in that eternal sleep, it is just like that, except your entire being longs for it. You feel it in your heart and your mind and you soul so thoroughly it is maddening, so maddening that you eventually break…as I have.
I have to be quick; I can already feel the effects of the dragon’s bane kicking in. I have a simple request, please make sure I am buried next to my wives, and don’t do anything lavish, just a simple head stone like they have. Also please make my funeral a celebration like Pinkies and our other friends, I don’t want any tears shed at my funeral; I want it to be a celebration of the life I lived. Lastly I don’t want you to worry about how I died, all the rumors about how painful dragon’s bane is are lies, it is actually quite peaceful really, like a weight is being lifted off my shoulders.
Your younger brother and faithful friend
Spike Sparkle.
It had been this death, above all the others that had driven her to try and kill herself. She could handle losing her friends, even when it pained her. She could handle losing her lover, no matter how much it had torn her up inside. But Spikes death had been the death of a constant, the death of something that should have been eternal, that she could count on to be there for her when the world around her changed. That had of course been before she had better forged her friendship with the princesses, who she had not placed in that category yet, this had come as a death blow to her in the metaphorical sense.
She had latter asked, after they had forged the alliances with the dragons, if such was true about dragon culture and they had told her it sadly was, saying they were sorry that he had passed the way he did. It had helped ease what pain his death had left her, and now she sat in front of his grave with a smile instead of a look of grief.
“I know it’s been a while since I have visited, everything just been so hectic lately. Some weird stuff has been happening to me of late, especially concerning my fellow princesses. I know you would not have believed me if I told you, but they proposed to me, all three of them. I know it sounds odd but…well I told you about the pinkie promise I made to Trixie, and…well…”
She felt stupid talking to his grave, but she didn’t know what else to do. While at first the idea of dating all three of them had been appealing, she had latter started beating herself up about suggesting it due to how crazy it sounded.
“Gods this is stupid…I just wish I could talk to you…but I know I can’t, so for now I am going to say goodbye, but I promise I will be back soon.
She sighed, shaking her head as she looked over to the graves of her friends, turning back and planting a kiss on Spike’s grave before walking over to them. Each of the graves bore crystal versions of their cutie marks, shining with an inner glow because of magic fueling the stones, a humble reminder of the bright lives each of them had lived.
“Hi girls, it’s been a while I know, but I have been busy, and well…recently I got hit with a pretty big doozy, one I hope you guys can help me with.”
She made herself comfortable, knowing she was probably going to be here a while, so she got down so that her legs were tucked under her, and then turned back to the graves and gave them a smile.
“Well I know this will probably sound too weird if I just beat around the bush, so I’ll just come out and say it. A few days ago the princesses came out of the blue and proposed to me, and after some questions it seem that they all have feelings for me, and rather than letting them all down, I decided to let them all take me out on dates. But now…well, I am starting to have second thoughts. I mean I know what you guys would say, that I should give it a shot and see where it goes, but how the hay am I supposed to do this, I’m so used to seeing them as friends and family…not as mares to be desired.”
She sighed again, laying her head down on the ground, her eyes downcast as she spoke. “I mean come on, Cadance was my foal sister, and she was my bothers wife for the longest time, and Celestia was practically a mother to me. The only one I really could see in a romantic aspect is Luna, but even that is a stretch because were practically like sisters. I just…I just don’t know what to do…”
She cried as she closed her eyes, not used to having these kinds of problems after so many years of being alone…
Her head shot up, her eyes widening at the thought that had just passed thought her head. “That’s right, I have been alone, alone for nearly a thousand years and just going through the motions, not really enjoying myself even when I am in the company of my friends…Trixie was right, I need somepony to love...and I need somepony to help me start socializing with ponies again…”
She smiled at the graves, getting up and kissing the headstones before turning back to look at Canterlot, spreading her great wings and taking off into the sky, re-affirmed in her decision and hoping that she would be strong enough to decide which princess would win her heart.
Cadance walked down the hall toward Twilight’s room, keeping herself from sweating bullets as she nervously glanced at the guards along the hall. She had never been this nervous before, not even when she had bucked up the courage to ask Shining out on their first date.
“Why the buck am I nervous, I am the goddess of fucking Love, I make other ponies nervous! Come on Cadenza, just reign in your emotions and knock on the door, you already got her to the dating part, you’re a third of the way to her heart already.”
She finally reached the door, knocking on it and waiting nervously till the door opened, Twilight peeking out with a smile on her face before walking out and closing the door. “Hi Cadance, you’re here early.”
“Well knowing you I knew you would be ready early, so I thought it would be nice to show up early as well. Plus if you want to know the truth, I honestly couldn’t wait any longer, I’ve been thinking about this date all day.”
Twilight nodded, flexing her wings before giving her a nervous grin and nodding back down the hallway. “So, what have you got planned for us tonight Cadance?”
Cadance smiled, wrapping one of her wings around Twilight’s as they made their way down the hall. “Well I thought we would go to that one restaurant you like; you know the one that opened up in Canterlot recently.”
“You mean Le’ Hoof, I love that place, though I don’t know how you got reservations, I mean the place has been booked this entire month.”
“oh you’ll find you can get a lot of things done once you start actually using your princess title to get things moving, I know you don’t like to, but it does come in handy once in a while.”
Twilight looked skeptical, but decided not to argue the point, instead pulling her fellow alicorn close as they made their way out of the castle. “You know,” she said, “I think this will be the first time I have been outside the castle in a social manner in over nine hundred years, goddesses it’s been too long.”
Cadance smiled at her, giving her a reassuring hug with her wing as she spoke. “I can understand that, I myself had a hard time after all my friends passed away, but I had Tia and Luna as company, and of course momma as well.”
That got a confused look from Twilight, “But Cadance, I thought you told me your mother died a long time ago?”
“She did,” said Cadance, “but she was not the only pony whom I considered mother. You know from what I told you after you became alicorn that I was a lot older then I originally told you, and for many years after I became an alicorn, I wandered the world alone. I couldn’t bear to be around others due to how much seeing the pass hurt me, but then…well, she found me.”
As if on cue they stopped in the middle of Canterlot square, and Cadance gestured with her wing to the great statue standing in the middle of it, which depicted the great ruler Faust, the first alicorn.
Twilight’s eyes widened as she looked between the statue and Cadance, “She…she found you, but that would mean that you would technically be…?”
“Yes, I am technically step sister to Celestia and Luna, for she took me in and treated me like her own daughter. She was the one who made it so that I could socialize with ponies again, she was the one who taught me to get over my pain and embrace the life I was given. Some days I wish she could be here, I think she really could have helped you back then.”
Twilight nodded, looking back at the statue before following Cadance once again, heading over to the restaurant as her mind raced with many thoughts.
Cadance sipped her wine, watching as Twilight at her food and smiling to herself as the young mare spoke to her. “You know, I always wanted to ask you how you came to rule the Crystal Empire, I never really thought about it before, but I always suspected after the incident with the crystal heart that you’re were connected to it somehow.”
Cadance nodded, setting down her wine before beginning to speak. “Well it was originally Faust that ruled there, before she passed the throne on to me. Luna and Celestia were already ruling over Equestria by that time, and I myself had started to come out of my depressed shell, so Faust felt it was time for me to take over a kingdom of my own.”
She lifted up her fork, taking a bite of food and slowly chewing before swallowing, setting down the fork and beginning to speak again. “I do admit, while I was nervous at first, it was nice to have something tangible again that I could call my own, as well as something I knew would last the ages, like myself. But of course fate can be awfully cruel at times, and to my unfortunate failing, I fell in love with a creature that was not worth the love I had to give.”
The air seemed to grow heavy with those words, and the light around Cadance seemed to dim along with her mood, but it was soon broken as Twilight reached out a hoof, grabbing one of Cadance’s and squeezing it tightly before speaking to her.
“It was Sombra wasn’t it?”
Cadance nodded, her dark look leaving her as she squeezed Twilight’s hoof in return, smiling due to the touch. “I thought I could change him with my love, I thought I could make him into somepony ponies could look up to and take guidance from. But my love for him blinded me to the creature he was, and eventually it led to my being cast out of my kingdom, which forced the hoof of Celestia and Luna, causing them to interfere and bring him down.”
They both remained silent for a long time after that, Twilight going over what Cadance had told her. She had to admit, it was a lot to take in, especially the fact that Cadance had once been in love with Sombra. She really couldn’t see how such a monster could be loved, especially by a being who exuded love from her very being.
“Thankfully though,” said Cadance, breaking the silence, “Sombra is gone forever, though I have to admit that for a moment I…I thought I could save him…”
Twilight got up from her seat, walking around and hugging her close. “It’s ok Cadance, he is gone; you don’t need to carry this pain any longer.”
Cadance nodded, nuzzling close into the mares neck before finally pulling away, not wanting to let temptation get the best of her as she smiled at Twilight. “Thank you Twilight, but as you know some pains just never go away, so let’s just leave it alone for now and get back to dinner.”
An hour later the two mares were found wondering the halls of Canterlot Castle once more again, heading back to Twilight’s room after a nice dinner, the time passing with pleasant chatting and a few giggles here and there.
For the entire walk, Cadance couldn’t keep her eyes off the beautiful mare beside her, smiling as they reached the door and opening it for Twilight to step inside. “I had a wonderful time tonight Twilight, I hope you did to.”
“I did Cady,” said Twilight, causing the mare to blush due to the use of such a personal nickname.
“I’m glad,” said Cadance, “well…I guess I better be going.”
She turned to leave, only to have Twilight stop her with a hoof, causing her to turn back in confusion. Her confusion doubled when she felt Twilight press her lips from her own, but she quickly melted into the kiss, burring the moment into her memory before all to soon they parted, Twilight looking a bit dreamy as she smiled.
“Well…goodnight Cady…”
“Goodnight Twilight.”
Twilight then closed the door, leaving the princess of love both happy, and indecently aroused. So with a quick yip of joy, she left back down the hallway, trotting off to her room to take care of her burning need and the hopefully get some sleep, knowing that she would need it for her next date the following day.
Cadance lay atop her bed, her mind going over everything that had happened during the first date, especially the end, when she…
Candace blushed when she remembered the kiss, her mind going over every intricate detail. From the way her lips felt, down to how long she held it. For Cadance it could have been the only kiss she ever received from the mare, and she would be happy with that, for she knew it meant that Twilight was willing to give this a shot.
She rolled onto her stomach, looking around the room she had practically moved into since she had left the Crystal Empire. It had been nice, going home after all those years, but to her nothing beat the rooms of the palace, and plus in truth, the ponies of the Crystal Empire really didn’t need her to rule the kingdom day in and day out.
She slowly got up, heading over to her dresser and pulling off her regalia, getting ready for her next date with the young mare, though she immediately laughed at the thought of calling Twilight young. But in respect to herself, and especially in respect to Celestia and Luna, Twilight was young for an alicorn. That’s not to say she knew many alicorns beyond Celestia and Luna, but she knew there were ones far older then even them, though none of them were as old as Faust was, and from everything she knew about her, Faust had always existed.
She quickly shook such thoughts from her mind, not wanting to dwell on such concepts at the moment, though she did file it away for latter as something to bring up to Twilight, maybe get her more relaxed during there next date and possibly allow for some more…physical displays of affection.
She finally finished brushing her mane, smiling as its stripes glowed brightly in the early morning sun. She had decided that there next date would take place earlier in the day, out in the hills where they could lounge about and relax, talking about whatever they wanted. She had also managed to arrange it so that no guards would be present during their date, for many of the populace had realized that, after a thousand years of peace and the fact that the biggest threats to Equestira were either dead or reformed, the princesses could take care of themselves, especially when together.
She made it to Twilight’s room, knocking on the door and then smiling as it opened, receiving a quick kiss from Twilight as she walked out with the picnic basket. “Good to see you,” said Cadance, grabbing Twilight’s left wing with her right and walking with her as they made their way out of the castle.
“It’s good to see you as well Cady, I have been looking forward to this all day ever since you mentioned the idea, I don’t think I have been on a picnic in ages.”
Cadance nodded, “I thought it would be good for you, and I also thought it would be a nice chance to just talk to one another.”
“That sounds really nice, and I do have a lot of questions I have been meaning to ask actually.”
Cadance smiled at that, then daringly pulled Twilight close, using her magic to teleport them both to the hilltop, where the blanket was already set up.
“Wow…” said Twilight, smiling as she walked over and sprawled out on the blanket, letting her whole body relax as Cadance began setting up the food. “And you sure that we don’t have to worry about guards?”
“Absolutely sure,” said Cadance, “they know we can take care of ourselves, plus I stressed that they were not invited, so we don’t have to worry.”
“That’s good,” said Twilight, “I still don’t get why they have to follow us everywhere.”
Cadance looked back at her, scooting over and handing her a glass of wine before speaking. “From what I have been able to figure it’s more for the common ponies, even after a thousand years and so many battles under our belt, they can still only view us as helpless damsels who will inevitably get stuck in some random dragon’s tower.”
That made Twilight laugh, causing her to lean against Cadance and cause her to blush. After that they dug into the food, though Cadance had to admit she thought Twilight was being a little too liberal with the wine, finally placing her wing over the glace to stop her from draining it again. “Twilight stop, that’s your sixth glass of wine and I haven’t even finished my second, what’s gotten into you?”
“Sorry Cady…” said Twilight, looking sad. “It’s just that…you mentioning battles brought up a lot of bad memories from the griffon war, and I have found that wine helps relieve the pain of them…most of the time.”
Cadance looked stunned, for Twilight had never, ever talked about her memories from the war, never even hinted at them. “W…would you mind talking to me about it, I know it might be painful, but it really does help to talk about things like this.”
Twilight sighed, setting down her glass and leaning once again against Cadance, not speaking for a very long time. Cadance simply sat there, gently rubbing her back with a hoof and waiting for her to speak.
“Did…” started Twilight, “did you ever hear about the rumors surrounding the battle of The Shattered Capital?”
“…only the vague ones really, I…I didn’t want to hear any of them though, thinking they would mostly be just slander.”
Twilight nodded, and then took a small sip of her wine before speaking. “Celestia and I had confronted King Screaming Skies during the end of the battle, trying to get him to surrender so that we could stop the slaughter that was going on around us. We knew if we killed him, it would make him a martyr in his people’s eyes, and thus they wouldn’t stop fighting, even if he was dead. However…he refused to surrender, and during the battle we found out why…it seems that somehow he…he got ahold of the alicorn amulet.”
Cadance’s eyes widened, knowing the dangers of the artifact but keeping her mouth shut, figuring she needed to let Twilight speak. “He over powered me, which is how I got these scares on my neck, but he could not defeat Celestia, no matter how hard he tried. She kept trying to reason with him, telling him that his people would suffer it he did not surrender, and that to continue to fight would be folly. But he just kept on refusing, saying his death would be a glorious end, which would be spoken about by griffons for years to come.”
Twilight shivered as she took another sip of her wine, “but Celestia had other ideas it seemed…and…and much to my horror, she did something that still frightens me to this day.” She gulped, trying to keep her breathing calm as she kept going. “Her…her mane and tail lit on fire then, and…and then these black skeletal ponies rose up from flames on the ground. But that wasn’t the most horrible thing for me…it was the look on the kings face, that realization that came into his crazed eyes as those…creatures came toward him, for in that moment he realized his death would not be glorious, and if it was ever spoken of…it…it would spoke of only in whispered horror, as a reminder of what happens when you challenge the might of Equestria.”
Twilight shivered again, looking down at the blanket as she spoke again. “And the worst part about it all…she wiped the memory of it from all the ponies who had witnessed it, all of them…except me.”
“What…but why?”
Twilight didn’t look up, keeping her head hung low as she spoke. “She…she said I needed to remember what I saw…because she needed me to not see her as…as something she wasn’t.”
After that Twilight finally broke down, crying and leaning against Cadance as the older mare pulled her close, rubbing her side as she quietly shushed her. Cadance of course understood why Celestia had done what she did; knowing Twilight had always viewed her as the picture perfect goddess, not allowing anything to taint her view of her old teacher. But to force Twilight to see past that illusion like that…Cadance honestly couldn’t think a more brutal way for somepony to wake up somepony else to the truth, and she made a mental note to scold the sun goddess later.
Finally Twilight calmed down, nuzzling into the mares soft coat and causing her to squirm a little, for she only now just realized how close Twilight was to her.
“Your coat smells really nice,” said Twilight, causing Cadance to blush as she looked away from the beautiful mare.
“Th…thank you Twilight, I cleaned it extra special, just for you.”
Twilight nodded, and then lifted herself up, getting the older alicorns attention and gazing deeply into her eyes. They both remained where they were for a long moment, both drinking in the rich color of each other’s eyes before finally moving forward, locking lips in a deep and passionate kiss.
It took all of Twilight’s self-control not to moan outright, for it had been so long since she had last kissed somepony like this. Cadance on the other hoof was being extremely aggressive, leaning into the kiss and moaning aloud, her tongue wrestling with Twilight’s as she began trying to push her onto her back.
But as she started to get some leeway, she felt a hoof upon her chest, breaking the kiss with Twilight and looking at her with pleading eyes, wondering why she had stopped her.
“Cady…not that I am not opposed to that, I mean that…that kiss…it felt really comfortable, it felt right. But…but I don’t feel comfortable with doing that, not yet anyway.”
Cadance hesitated for a moment, and then nodded her head, moving so that she was sitting beside of the younger mare, looking her over before speaking again.
“Um…Twilight, i…if it would be alright, would you mind if I preened your wings?”
Twilight blushed at that, her eyes drifting back toward her wings as she fluffed them out, hesitating a moment before nodding her head, getting comfortable as Cadance began to tend to her wings.
Twilight shivered as she felt Cadance’s first tentative touch, for it had been a really long time since she had let somepony else tend to her wings, not even her spa ponies were allowed to touch them. Each touch was gentle, taken with delicate care as Cadance took each feather into her mouth, straightening those that needed to be straightened and plucking out those that were broken.
Finally after a long while Cadance finally pulled out the last feather, placing it down on the pile she had built up and nuzzling Twilight once more, before getting comfortable herself and serving up the food. “Well let’s dig in shall we, it would be a shame to let all this hard work go to waste.”
Discord was fuming, for he could not believe what Celestia had just asked him to do, “You want me to WHAT!”
“Discord there is no need to yell,” said Celestia, giving him a stern look. “I just want you to help me with this, I mean you are my friend after all; I thought you would be happy I was finally dating somepony after so long.”
Discord took a deep breath, trying to calm himself as he thought about what Celestia had just asked him. It had been nearly a thousand years since the passing of his dear friend Fluttershy, and over the course of that time, he had managed to repair the long damage friendship between Celestia and himself, getting his old friend back.
But in truth, Discord had always hoped they could be more, even back before the days he had went mad with power, and now here she was, asking him to help her get ready to try and woo one Twilight Sparkle, who was also being sought after by Luna and Cadance.
“It’s not fair,” he thought, and then he turned away from Celestia and started walking away. “I’m sorry Celestia, but I can’t help you…not with this…”
“But Discord…”
“I said no,” he said, stopping for a moment to look back at Celestia with a sad looking expression. “I am sorry Celestia, I want to be happy for you, I really do. But I…I just can’t…” and with that he snapped his fingers, disappearing from where he stood and leaving Celestia alone, he face a mask of sorrow.
“This day is going to be perfect,” sang Cadance, dancing around as she got ready for her final date with Twilight, happy it had finally come. “Like the way I dreamed when I was small, we will enjoy our little date, go to the bed really late, and then make love until the early light of dawn!”
She put on some lipstick, puckering up her lips and smiling deviously into the mirror as she twirled around, her mane flowing magnificently as she giggled to herself. “Oh this is just perfect, first we’ll have a nice in home dinner, then we’ll sit down to a late night movie on the couch, and then…EEEEEE!!!!”
She could not help it, squealing like a school filly as she thought of what was going to be happening tonight. It wasn’t just the sex that she was excited about, it was the fact that it was going to be with Twilight, and that would make it all the more special when it finally happened.
Still though, this did present a problem. After all she was going to be the first one with Twilight in like…ever, and with the prospect of Twilight going on dates with two other mares, she had to set the bar really high. After all, she was competing with two older, and far more experienced mares. One was Celestia, the goddess of the sun, and by extension the goddess of fertility and passion. Then there was of course Luna, goddess of the moon and ruler of the night, and by extension goddess of the nightly pleasures which took place during her time.
“It’s fine,” she tried to tell herself, “no pressure really. After all you are the goddess of love, and by extension all forms of it, what could they know that you don’t?”
She stared into the mirror for a long moment, then the mask of happiness cracked, and Cadance let her face drop into her hooves. “Oh who am I kidding, they know way more than me, I’ve got no chance in hell at setting the bar.”
She squeaked when she heard a knock on the door, quickly walking over and opening it to find Twilight waiting outside.
“Hi,” she said, walking in after Cadance moved out of the way and nuzzling her, giving her a quick kiss before going over a chair to sit down. “So, what were you going to do for diner?”
“That little mare is a surprise,” said Cadance with a smirk.
“Aw, not even a hint?”
Cadance made the mistake of turning around, getting hit full force with what Shining had described as the Puppy Dog Eyes of Adorable Doom, designed to break down your entire defense and cause you to cave to whatever her demands were.
But Cadance was a veteran of many such a look, and managed through sheer force of will to fight past it and give her a coy grin. “Nope, not even a hint, so you will just have to wait her till I get dinner ready ok, and no peaking.”
Twilight watched as Cadance left the room, grumbling to herself before summoning a book to her, smiling as she looked at the title. “Harry Trotter and the Unicorns Stone…goddess I don’t think I have seen this book in ages.”
She lost herself within the pages of the book, losing track of time till she felt a tap upon her shoulder, looking up to see Cadance standing beside her. “Dinners ready, I got it set up in the kitchen waiting for us.”
Twilight nodded, setting down the book gently before getting up, following Cadance into the kitchen and then gasping as she saw what lay inside. Cadance had set up a magnificent candle lit dinner, all the dishes set up perfectly…just as Twilight had once dreamed.
“Ca…Cadance…thi…this is…”
Cadance smiled, placing a comforting wing on Twilight’s back as she spoke. “I remember how you used to go on about the perfect night with your special somepony when you were little, how you used to go over every intricate detail that would make it perfect.” She then gently nuzzled Twilight, feeling the tears of joy on her cheek as she finished speaking. “So…so I thought I would do this, so that our final night could be perfect.”
Twilight couldn’t speak, simply stepping forward to look it over, taking in each detail and realizing the extent Cadance had truly gone into this. This was something from her past, something she had only talked about when she was a little filly, not even her late wife Trixie had known about this…yet Cadance had remembered it all, down to the last minute detail.
“Well come on,” said Cadance with a smile, “the foods getting cold.”
“Tia I am telling you we can’t do this!”
Celestia grumbled as she paced in front of her sister, trying to calm her down before she spiraled out of control. “Lulu stop this, you know you can do this as well as I can, why are you choosing now to panic.
‘Lulu’ scoffed at that, keeping herself buried under the covers as she spoke. “But how can you Tia, I mean she’s…she will already have been with Cadenza by this point, how can you stand that?”
Celestia simply sighed, “Lulu you know I care dearly for Cadenza, but I also want Twilight, so I will take what I can get.”
“But she is the goddess of love, a personification of all loves expressions and possibilities, how are we supposed to compete with that?”
Celestia laughed at that, “My dear Lulu, how long has Cadance been the goddess of love?”
“Over two thousand years.”
“And how long have we been around?”
Luna perked up, her ears moving from being plastered to the back of her head as she spoke up, “Near fifteen thousand years.”
Celestia nodded, “exactly Lulu, we have been around for a very long time, and we are way more experienced than her when it comes to the more…‘carnal’ aspects of love. We have nothing to worry about, we will both do fine.”
Celestia turned to go, figuring that she had said all that was needed to be said, and also wanting to get back to preparing for her impending dates with Twilight, however…
“Tia?”
Celestia quickly turned, noticing that Luna had moved from out of the covers, her cheeks flushed and her eyes asking the question before it left her lips.
“T…Tia,” she said, barely a whisper as she kept her eyes locked on the solar monarchs. “If…if it would be okay, we wish for you to lie with us…like you used to.”
There was no beating around the bush; Celestia knew that Luna wasn’t talking about simply cuddling with her. Most ponies didn’t know it, but Luna and Celestia were not really sisters, they like Cadenza had been adopted by Faust when they had turned into alicorns, after they had gained control of the sun and the moon.
It hadn’t taken long, after they had come of age of course, for them to fall for each other, and while it had never gone beyond anything more than the physical, it still had taken there bond beyond what other ponies would prefer.
But no matter how ponies saw it, Celestia knew there was nothing wrong with what her and Luna did, so it was with a happy smile that she nodded her head. “Of course Lulu, I would be happy to lie with you this night, for old times’ sake.”
Luna smiled, moving over so that Celestia could climb atop her bed, and then moving forward, pressing her lips against Tia’s and losing herself within the connection they shared.
Twilight and Cadance lay snuggled atop the couch in Cadance’s room, a movie playing on her TV screen, though neither of them were really paying attention, both basking in the comfort they both offered.
Finally though, the wait of waiting had taken its final toll on the young alicorn, and she quickly lifted her head up, moving so that she was right by Cadance’s ear before whispering, “I’m ready…”
Cadance’s eyes widened, nerves taking over as she looked at Twilight with hopeful eyes, “Are…are you sure?”
Twilight simply nodded, and that was all Cadance needed, getting up and then helping Twilight up before turning off the TV before leading her to the bedroom. As they made their way inside, they experimented with little nips and nuzzles, getting each other excited as they made it onto the bed, finally forgoing the little games and locking lips in a deep and passionate kiss.
Cadance managed to roll Twilight onto her back, peppering her with little nips and kisses as she made her way down Twilight’s body, Twilight moaning a cooing as she felt the little nips across her body. However when she finally reached Twilight’s treasure she stopped, looking up at Twilight with nervous eyes as she spoke, “Twilight…are you sure you are ready for this?”
Twilight looked down, a hint of nervousness in her eyes as she gazed at Cadance, whose breath washed over her so teasingly it almost burned. She knew why Cadance was nervous; it had been ages since either of them had been with anypony in this way, and now that they were here…
But that didn’t really matter, for Twilight had already made up her mind by this point, so she simply nodded, watching patiently as Cadance moved her head down those last few inches and take her first tentative lick.
Neither of them knew who moaned first then, but neither of them had any doubt both of them were enjoying it. Cadance for her part had to keep herself from outright drooling as she gently parted Twilight’s lips with her tongue, for not even her wildest fantasies could compare to tasting Twilight for the first time.
Twilight herself was having a hard time containing her screams as Cadance dug into her sex, clamping a hoof over her mouth as Cadance brought her to her first climax of the night, her ears picking up Cadance’s moans as she drank in her liquids.
Basking in her afterglow, Twilight could barely hear Cadance mumbling to herself, lifting up her head to look at her. “Cadance, what are you…?”
She was interrupted by a loud popping sound, and then her eyes widened as she saw something new appear on Cadance. Cadance, for reasons beyond Twilight’s comprehension, had blessed herself with a very male set of genitalia, which was standing at full mast as she stared worriedly at Twilight.
“I…you remember how I used to…to spend those spa trips with Trixie right,” asked Cadance, waiting for Twilight to nod before continuing. “Well, she used to tell about…about what you liked, and I thought that maybe…it would be nice if I um…did the same.”
Twilight stared at her for a long moment, then slowly nodded, rolling over onto her stomach and then letting her tail move to the side, looking back at Cadance and smiling before nodding again.
Cadance climbed up, her breathing coming out in calm breaths as she slowly position herself, rubbing herself a bit over Twilight’s entrance before moving in, parting her nether lips and causing her to moan as she inched her way forward.
Cadance took her time moving her way inside; after all it was her first time doing something like this, so therefore she was having to fight tooth and nail not to explode outright as she finally hilted inside Twilight. She stayed still for a long moment, not wanting to move for fear of climaxing then and there, but finally Twilight’s patience ran thing.
“Um…Cadance, you know you can move right?”
“I want to Twilight, I really want to, but I’m afraid if I do I’ll climax right away…I mean I’m completely new to this!”
Twilight managed through to fog of pleasure to realize Cadance’s plight, smiling as her horn began to glow, “its ok Cady, I’ll take care of it.”
“What do you mean take care of…” started Cadance, only to yelp when she felt Twilight shock her rump, looking down at Twilight in confusion, “what was that for?”
Twilight smiled up at her, “It’s just a little spell to keep you from…from cuming too quickly, now please will you rut me already!”
Cadance adjusted for a moment, and then experimented a bit, pulling out a bit before driving herself forward, feeling the urge to cum, but not doing so.
“Ok,” she said, bending down quickly to kiss Twilight before leaning closer, wrapping her forelegs around Twilight to get better purchase. “I can work with this; just…just tell me when you’re ready ok.”
Twilight nodded, and then moaned as Cadance began moving, panting as she heard Cadance growl above her.
It had indeed been a long time since she had last made love to another, and her body was suffering for it, her second climax coming in a mighty wave, with the third close on its heels. She rolled with it however, wanting this moment to last as long as it could, for she knew it meant a lot to Cady.
However the moment could sadly not last, and after a while Cadance began to feel the toll her lack of climax was causing her body. “Twily…please…I need to cum!”
Twilight gave a shaky nod, coming off the wave of her fifth climax as her horn lit up, Cadance screaming as she finally climaxed deep within Twilight,
After a long moment, she finally collapsed atop her fellow princess, nuzzling close to her as sleep nipped blurrily at her mind. “Twily…thank you, I…I love you…”
Twilight nuzzled her back, “I love you to Cady…I…” but she never finished, sleep claiming her along with her lover as the moon soared overhead, shining brightly upon the light of their love.
Celestia was slow to rise the next morning, feeling worn out from what she and Luna had done the night previous. She lifted herself up, looking down at Luna with a smile on her face, till the weight of what had just happened washed over her like an angry tide. She had just slept with Luna…again, on the night before she was supposed go on her first date with Twilight, and she felt no amount of shame for what she had done.
Sure she should probably feel something akin to shame, after all she was supposed to be trying to court Twilight, but she could not deny a certain fact that had cropped up during the night, for she still was in love with Luna.
“How did it come to this…” she asked aloud, before moving down to gently nuzzle Luna awake. “Lulu, it’s time to get up, we have to go talk to Twilight.”
Luna grumbled a bit, but slowly rose as well, nuzzling her Celestia back as she spoke. “Tia…do we really have to go through with this…last night…”
Celestia kissed her into silence, “Lulu you don’t need to fear, last night was special to me as well, it…it revealed many things I had long ago banished from my mind, feelings I had for you that I should never have given up on.”
She saw the hopeful look enter Luna’s eyes, but she knew she needed to finish with what she was saying, so she continued. “But…I want Twilight to share in this love we have, so I thought…if you are ok with it, we could both date her together.”
“Together?” asked Luna, looking puzzled before it finally dawned on her. Celestia had always liked herds; Celestia was just too darn loving and needy to be stuck to just one pony, especially when one pony was never enough to satisfy her, even if it was Luna.
Plus there was the big fact that she loved Twilight just as much as she did Celestia, and while the idea of forming a herd had originally not appealed to her, she now could see the appeal of such a herd.
“Ok,” she said, snuggling up close to Celestia with a smile on her face, “we will date her, together.”
“Then we best get going, we don’t want to be late for breakfast now do we.”
The sound of giggling could be heard when the two princesses reached the dining hall, and when they entered it was to find both Princess Twilight and Cadance snuggled up close to each other, feeding each other and occasionally exchanging a kiss or two.
“I assume the date went well sister?” asked Celestia with an evil grin, causing Cadance to choke on her food and give her a look.
“Tia, I…you…”
Celestia just chuckled, “what, I can’t call you sister, I mean I assume you told our intended right.”
Cadance just blushed, though luckily she was saved by Twilight, “yes, she told me about how she was adopted by Faust.”
Twilight then got up, walking over to Celestia and giving her a quick nuzzle, surprising her with her boldness. Then she looked up into the solar deities eyes, smiling up at her as she spoke, “I hope you’re ready for today Celestia, I admit I might have been worried about this, but I have to admit, I have really been looking forward today.”
“Actually Twilight, there is something I need to talk to you about concerning our…our impending date.”
“What do you mean,” asked Twilight, a look of concern crossing her face as she looked at Celestia.
“Well Twilight you see…” started Celestia, only to have the words catch in her throat and stay there, causing Luna to have to speak up for her.
“Celestia and I slept together last night, as in romantically slept together.”
Cadance nearly choked on her tea, coughing and spluttering as she tried to regain control of her breathing, but Celestia had only eyes for Twilight, whose face had become a total blank as what Luna had said washed over her. She felt hurt, she felt betrayed…but most of all she felt disgusted by what she had just heard, and so she decided to focus on that one first, figuring it would clear up all the other issues. “You…you mean to tell me that last night, while I was making love to Cadance, you went and had sex with your sister!”
“She is not my sister,” said Celestia, causing Twilight to look at her in confusion.
“Bwu…?”
Celestia sighed, “Twilight, Luna and I were adopted by Faust as well, and we were mere mortals just like you before we became alicorns, but until she adopted us we were not related, we were just good friends.”
“Not just good friends Tia,” said Luna with a smile, moving up close and wrapping a wing around Celestia as she continued. “We eventually became lovers, and it seems those feelings have had a chance to resurface of late.”
“But why,” asked Twilight, “you both said you loved me, why would you do this to me?”
“we still do love you Twilight,” said Celestia, “which is why I wish to ask you, if it is alright of course, if Luna can come along for our dates as well, for we both wish to court you together, rather than apart.”
Twilight stared at her a long moment, then looked to Luna, who simply nodded, confirming what her Celestia had told her. She thought it over in her head, and while the fact that Celestia and Luna now wanted to date her together was a bit strange, she had to admit the idea wasn’t so fare fetched, especially seeing as how she had been planning to date them all at the same time after dating them separately.
She finally nodded, gesturing over to Luna and then hugging them both as they drew close, smiling a bit as she spoke. “Ok, I’ll date you both, just…just go slow ok, I still have to get used to this.”
The both nodded, and then they parted, Luna smiling as she looked at them both. “You ready to get going Twilight?”
“As ready as I’ll ever be,” said Twilight with a grin, “where are we going?”
“Tis a surprise,” said Luna, winking at Celestia and causing her to shake her head, grumbling as she got ready beside her.
“Now stay close you two,” said Luna, “and Cadance,” she said, turning back to the younger alicorn as she spoke.
“Yeah sis,” said Cadance, not bothering to cover up the fact that they were sisters.
“Enjoy yourself ok, we will most likely be gone the whole night,” said Luna, before teleporting away as Cadance smiled, getting up to head back to her room and rest, figuring she had earned it.
“Twilight, you can open your eyes now.”
Twilight did, and as they opened she gasped, for she found herself on the surface of a foreign world, the sky opening up into the darkness of space and the light form the planet Equis shinning down upon them.
“Welcome to Lunaria my Twilight,” said Luna with a grin.
“Wow,” said Twilight, her gaze enraptured by the beauty of the place. She had known for a long time that the moons appearance was in fact an illusion, created to protect the absolute paradise where the night guard were born.
And what a paradise it was, from lush plant and wildlife to sparkling crystal clear lakes, the entirety of the lunar surface was at the peak of natural perfection.
“I always loved it here,” said Celestia, “I was very saddened when I had to turn it into a prison for my dear sister, but like her, it too had become something dark and foreboding, becoming a hostile land not fit to live in.”
Luna nodded, “but now it is a paradise again, which is why I thought it would be a lovely spot for our first date, for I figured you would enjoy a bit of history before dinner.”
Twilight nodded, and then they began walking, Celestia starting up conversion as they made their way. “As you know Twilight, this place did not exist till a time after we had overthrown discord from his seat of power, though not many ponies actually know the truth behind its creation.”
“Well from what I remember,” said Twilight, “it was said that Luna created this place so she could have a place for solitude, and only later did she find out that the thestrals already lived there, and they became her night guard as repayment for reshaping their homeland into the paradise it is today.”
Celestia nodded, “correct, though the truth is actually far different than what I put into the history books. You see Twilight, after we defeated Discord; it took many years for ponies to recover from what had been done to them, most of them fearing that we might end up doing the same if they were not carful. So Luna decided that she would create a new colony; hoping that it would become a beacon of hope for our little ponies.”
“Sadly,” stated Luna, “my sister forbade me from doing so, for she feared that if I did so it would divide out nation, making it impossible for us to recover. But I would not listen, so one night while the moon was full; I put the castle guard and my sister to sleep with a mighty spell, and then left the palace and made my way through the cities and villages, taking only the orphaned and abandoned foals to create the colony, taking them away in the night and taking them to the moon.”
Celestia nodded, “when I heard, I became enraged, teleporting myself to the moon. But when I arrived, I found that the ponies Luna had taken were doing better than I could ever have imagined, and when I told the populace this, they turned out to be overjoyed.”
Twilight nodded, sitting down with them on a particularly nice hill, and then gasping a bit as both the princesses leaned themselves against her, Luna taking in a deep breath of her sent.
“Wait a moment?” said Twilight, “if there were no ponies till you brought the orphans there, where the hell did the thestrals come from?”
Luna laughed, nuzzling into Twilight’s coat a bit and causing her to blush, before finally speaking again. “Well my dear Twilight, the thestrals evolved from the ponies I brought to the moon, for they are there descendants.”
Twilight looked quizzically at her, causing her to chuckle again before she continued. “Before you ask, no, I don’t know what causes it, but from what I have gathered it has something to do with the moon itself. The evolution was very slow at first, but eventually it changed all the ponies on the moon, creating a race unique throughout our entire world.”
“wow,” said Twilight, letting the gravity of the information go through her brain as she laid her head down on Celestia’s back, getting comfortable. “God I wish we didn’t have to move from here, this place is so beautiful.”
“I thought you might say that, so why don’t you two just stay here for now, and I’ll whip us up something special.”
“Wha…” started Twilight, only to gasp when she looked back, seeing that Luna had already constructed a camp and fire for them, and was busy cooking them something.
“Pay her no mind Twilight, she always insisted on taking care of everything when she dated me fifteen thousand years ago.”
“Really?” asked Twilight, looking back down at Celestia as the older mare yawned.
“Really, she always insists on doing everything, no matter how much you try and convince her otherwise. You should have seen the lengths I was forced to go through to try and throw her a surprise party; it’s like trying to take gems from a dragon.”
Twilight giggled, but Luna frowned at that comment, “I’m not that bad…”
“Lulu, if you recall I once set up an entire day for us to just spend alone time together, enjoying each other’s company, and right when the day was about to start you came out of the blue and whisked me off to the kingdom of the sea ponies for the thrill of it.”
“I don’t remember you complaining?”
“I couldn’t remember, I had to hold my breath till you remembered to cast the water breathing spell on me, and by then it was too late to change anything.”
Luna frowned and went back to work, while Twilight looked back at Celestia with a questioning glance, “why do you call her Lulu?”
Celestia smiled, “it’s actually a name one of our older siblings came up with, which one was it Lulu?”
“Sister Fantasia,” said Luna, much to Twilight’s surprise.
“You have older siblings?”
“Yes of course,” said Celestia in an off hoofed sort of way, “two of them in fact, and you have met them both.”
“I have, I don’t remember…”
“You wouldn’t, for at the time we did not reveal at the time that we were related.”
“Well who are they,” asked Twilight, deciding she would rather ask then try to figure it out herself.
“Sister Fantasia, the goddess of dreams; whom you saw as the creature Nightmare Moon, and Queen Chrysalis, mother earth herself and ruler of the now restored breezys.”
Twilight’s eyes widened in disbelief, but before she could ask further Celestia put a hoof to her lips, shaking her head before she spoke. “Now is not the time for those stories, and in truth those are not our stories to tell, but when they are ready, they will be more than happy to share it with you.”
Twilight really wanted to enquire further, but she could tell by the look in Celestia’s eyes that she would get no answers, so she let the matter drop.
“Alright,” said Luna with a grin, “food is hot, everypony dig in.”
Twilight and Celestia moved over to the fire, joining Luna and enjoying the well cooked meal, and then falling asleep curled up next to each other, both princesses kissing her good night before finally drifting off to sleep, their dreams filled with bliss.
“Twilight, Twilight, wake up dear we need to get going.”
Twilight awoke rather groggily from her sleep, blushing as she saw that Luna and Celestia were still wrapped around her, both smiling as they looked upon her.
“Why do you blush dear Twilight, after all you have probably done far more daring things with dear Cadance, and will soon be doing such with ourselves, so why blush?”
“Cause it’s still embarrassing,” said Twilight, hiding her head behind her wings as she continued to blush. “I mean look, I accepted long ago that that my crushes for all of you were just that, crushes. But now I’m on a date with you, and the night before I made love to Cady…it’s just all so…”
“Confusing,” asked Luna, smiling as she peeked under Twilight’s wing. “Love often is young Twilight, why just look at Tia and I, our love changed in many ways, evolving as we grew till finally it blossomed into what it is now.”
“Wow,” said Twilight, finally lifting her wings away from her face and watching Luna as she went over to prepare there breakfast, before turning to Celestia to speak.
“You know, this does bring up one question I have been dying to ask ever since you made mention of it.”
“Oh,” said Celestia, “and what question might that be?”
“Well if it’s not too personal, would you mind telling me what pony types you were…before the transformation?”
“Called it,” said Luna as she prepared more food, causing Celestia to shake her head as she turned to Twilight.
“Well Twilight, while it would be easy to just tell you, I would much rather have you guess, though I will give you a hint. With all alicorns, there is a simple way to tell what pony type they were simply by looking at their size and the way their body is shaped.”
Twilight giggled at that, “If this is some clever way of getting me to check you out, you don’t need to go to such measures.”
Twilight then proceeded to look over both Celestia and Luna, taking note of how their bodies differed. Luna, much like Twilight, was small for an alicorn, but was still taller than most ponies, and her body type gravitated more toward unicorn origins.
Celestia on the other hoof was easily twice the size of the largest stallion, and her…generous proportions hinted that she originally had been an earth pony, though Twilight found that hard to believe.
“Well, judging by your body structures, I would have to say that Luna used to be a unicorn, while you used to be an Earth pony, but that can’t be right.”
“And why is that dear Twilight?”
“Because I find it hard to believe that an earth pony could manage to lift the sun, not without some form of magic.”
Celestia laughed at that, rolling onto her back as the laughter exploded from her, Twilight looking confused and then cross as she noticed Luna had been reduced to a similar state. After the two managed to finally calm down, Celestia draped a wing over Twilight, calming her down before speaking.
“Well Twilight, as hard as this is going to be to believe, I was an earth pony long long ago, and it was with my earth pony magic that lifted the sun up into the sky.”
Twilight’s jaw dropped, but before she could lift it back up from the ground to ask, Luna came up beside her and stole a kiss, freezing her solid and allowing the lunar alicorn to speak.
“It’s true young one, for I watched it all, and it was due to her earth pony magic that she was able to catch and lift the sun back into the sky.”
“Wait, catch?”
Luna nodded, “yes, catch. It was long ago, and we were out watching the unicorns as they began moving both the sun and the moon, preparing for an eclipse. Now the unicorns had already been having problems with the sun and moon, but that day was the day that they finally could not handle the weight of their duty…though, it was a lot more horrifying then what is in the history books.”
This got Twilight curious, “what do you mean?”
Luna sighed, but before she could open her mouth, Celestia spoke for her. “What my sister means is that they didn’t collapse from exhaustion like the history books say, what really happened was that when the stress became too much for them, their horns exploded…”
Twilight’s forehooves shot to her mouth as she gasped; her face a mask of horror as her imagination helped recreate the scene just described to her, “Wh…what happened?”
“Well luckily they didn’t die,” said Luna as she sat down and handed them food, “but the explosion of their horns caused the direction of the sun and moon to change, causing them to begin plummeting to Equis. I, being a unicorn myself, went for the smallest of our celestial bodies, the moon, and began trying to exert my will on it.”
“I on the other hoof,” said Celestia, “had my attention on the sun, for I knew that Luna wouldn’t be able to handle moving moth objects into the sky by herself. And, while I didn’t have magic like the unicorns did, I did have a wild imagination. So I simply closed my eyes, imagined catching the sun on my head, and then I imagined pushing it back into the sky.”
“And that was when our first surges occurred,” said Luna, taking a bite of her food as Twilight looked at her before speaking again. “You remember Twilight what we told you about magic surges, correct?”
Twilight nodded, “Of course I do. After my ascension, you told me that my magical surge was what marked me as a potential alicorn, which is why Celestia took me on as my student, and that all those who experience a surge are potentials.”
“Correct,” said Luna with a smile, “though as you know now, only six ponies have ever learned the lessons necessary to become alicorns, even though the number of potentials has increased over the years. When you experienced your first surge, you became linked with all magic, took it into yourself as a whole, and mad it your talent.”
“And when we experienced our surges,” said Celestia to an enraptured Twilight, “the same thing happened to us. Luna became linked to the moon, learning its mysteries and its wonders, and so it became her talent. And I became linked to the sun, learning its strengths and its weaknesses, and so it became mine.”
The two princesses remained silent for a long time after that, letting the youngest of the alicorns absorb fully the information that they had given her. So much about that day finally made sense to her, the power that had flowed through her, the voice tell her to be calm, that she would understand when she was ready, it all made sense.
“Did…did they talk to you to,” asked Twilight, staring at them both as they looked at her with understanding.
“Our Celestial bodies?” asked Luna, smiling when Twilight nodded. “Yes they did, and as I am sure you are aware, they were very happy to meet us.”
“What happened next,” asked Twilight.
Luna turned to Celestia, nodding to her so that she could return to eating her own meal. “Well after we set the sun and moon on their course,” said Celestia, “we fell to the ground unconscious, and woke up moments later in the astral plane. At first we were alone, but then…well, Faust appeared, with Chrysalis and Fantasia standing beside her as she greeted us for the first time.”
“We were both so frightened when she showed up though,” said Luna, “for in our time, alicorns were mere legends, beings who ponies never really saw, but talked about often.”
“But Faust was able to dispel our fears,” said Celestia happily, “acting as any mother would and comforting us, though that was easy for a being like her.”
“What do you mean,” asked Twilight.
Celestia smiled, “what I mean to say is that to Faust, we were already her children, for she is the alicorn of creation. As such, everything, form the plants, the animals, even us, are her children.”
Twilight looked shocked, but then she looked away for a moment, thinking the whole thing over. In retrospect, she should not have found it surprising that a being like Faust would see herself as the mother to all creation, but part of her found it…strange.
She shook this feeling off however, and instead opted to ask another question, “So what happened next.”
“Well,” said Luna, “she told us that because of what we had done, the spinners of fate spun a new thread into our quilts, giving us new destinies.”
“Sister,” said Celestia, causing Luna to look at her as she pointed to Twilight, indicating her confused face. “It might be prudent for you to explain to her what the spinners are; after all we haven’t exactly had the chance to tell her about them.”
“Oh,” said Luna, before turning back to Twilight with a sheepish grin. “I am sorry dear Twilight, I forgot we hadn’t told you about…well…them, but honestly they are not a comfortable subject to talk about.”
“Why is that?”
“Because of what they are,” said Luna, “Twilight, the weavers are…well, they are the stars.”
“WHAT!”
Luna sighed, turning her gaze up to the skies as she spoke, “you heard what I said Twilight.”
“But…but that doesn’t make any sense,” said Twilight, “I mean from what you say they control fate…how the hay can you control beings that…”
Luna moved quickly, placing a hoof on Twilight’s lips to stay her before speaking herself. “Be still Twilight, I promise it will be something we will tell you later, just not at this moment; after all, we still have our date to get to today, and we don’t want to be spending most of it talking now do we.”
“But…” started Twilight, only to have Luna put a hoof to her lips again, shaking her head before returning to what they were talking about.”
“Anyways, after she spoke with us a bit, she helped us to become alicorns. But, unlike yourself, she did not let us return to the mortal world for quite some time.”
“Why is that,” asked Twilight, looking confused.
Celestia snorted, “Because next to me Faust is a cruel task master that demands perfection when it comes to teaching, and she felt the best place for that teaching was her home, the astral plane.”
Twilight nodded, deciding to ask about the Faust’s home later, for she knew the answers would come in time. “And then?”
“And then Discord happened,” said Celestia, “which forced her hoof, for as tolerant as I have taught you to be of Discord…Faust has always hated him.”
“I see…so him showing up forced her to send you both out before she wanted to.”
“Correct, which lead to the war of chaos, and the eventual finding of the elements, and after that, history is pretty much as you know it from there.”
Twilight nodded again, then watched as the princesses got up, getting up as well as Luna used her magic to clean up the camp sight. “Well Twilight, with this little history lesson over, I think it’s time to take you to another place where we can…enjoy ourselves, after all, we are on a date.”
“Where are we going,” asked Twilight excitedly, watching as Luna shook her head and Celestia smiled.
“You’ll see,” was all the solar princess said, before teleporting them all off the moon with bright flash.
The first thing she felt when the teleportation field vanished was a soothing heat fill her body, and when she opened her eyes she had to stifle a gasp, for she found herself surrounded by a world of heat and flame.
“Are…are we where I think we are?”
“Well seeing as how Luna got to show you her moon, I should get to show you my sun, though admittedly it has been a while since last I walked upon Solaris. Now if you two will excuse me, I think I’ll take a dip.”
Before Twilight could ask what she meant, Celestia leaped into the sun, diving into the molten surface before surfacing a few feet away with a content look on her face.
“Um…” said Twilight as she looked at Luna, “is that safe.”
“Solaris would never hurt Celestia,” said Luna simply, “and as long as she is close to him, he will be of no harm to us. So to answer your question, yes, it is safe.”
Luna then followed her sister, diving into the sun and swimming after as Twilight stared on in shock. Twilight hesitated for a moment, then dipped her hoof into the suns fire, finding it a pleasant feeling, and then decided to dash all her worries and dove in.
It was like she was being wrapped within Celestia’s wings, the heat of the sun flowing over her as she quite literally swam through its fire, and so she let herself float on her back as she let the sun warm her.
“Enjoying yourself Twilight,” asked Celestia as she swam up beside her, the mischievous grin on her face lost to the mare due to her eyes being closed.
The mare hummed her assent, and then Celestia winked at Luna, before moving closer to her target. She then bent down, wrapping her lips around Twilights own as the mare gasped, but soon she surrendered herself to the kiss, breaking it only for a little bit before having her lips stolen by Luna.
“Lulu what have I told you about stealing kisses from me,” said Celestia with a grin, leaning down to nibble on Twilights ear as Luna gave her a wink.
The three princesses continued with their make out session for several minutes, and afterward, they raced each other across the surface of the sun, before finally teleporting back to Equis in front of Twilight’s room.
“We hope you had a wonderful time Twilight,” said Celestia with a grin, leaning in for a kiss before pulling back as her sister spoke.
“And we can’t wait for our date tomorrow, for we have so much to show you,” said Luna, kissing Twilight as well before turning with Celestia to leave.
And after they had left, Twilight leaned against her door, her mind going over everything she would need for tomorrow, till it halted on one important question. “How the buck is mating with those two going to even work?”
Luna and Celestia were rapidly moving about various parts of Luna’s room, getting it ready for when Twilight arrived, Luna setting up her game station for three players, while Celestia was busy in Luna’s kitchen prepping the food for the night.
“What do you think Twilight will like Tia,” asked Luna from the game room, “some Dark Souls for some hard core gaming, a simple shooter to pass the time, a dungeon crawler, or maybe I could play Amnesia while you two watch.”
“No no, that game is way too…” started Celestia, only to stop as a wicked idea popped into her head. “Wait a moment Luna, that’s perfect, that game is just scary enough that she will want to snuggle with the closest body in site, and if we work this right, she will be snuggling in close to us before it gets to the really bad parts.”
Celestia could hear Luna giggling from the other room, and returned to cooking, humming to herself as she prepared the scrumptious food. She was so focused on her work that she did not notice Luna enter the room, but she did notice her presence when the younger mare sidled up next to her to give her a kiss on the cheek.
“You were always a better cook then I was,” said Luna with a smile, watching as Celestia made her signature salad, though when she spotted a new ingredient it gave her pause. “Bananas, really?”
Celestia nodded, “their Twilight’s favorite, though most would say it is mine, though they’re not mine.”
“Funny,” said Luna, “from all those posters the ponies made years ago, I would have thought you liked them.”
Celestia frowned at that, “I hated those posters, almost as much as I hatted that thrice dammed Tyrant Celestia propaganda campaign that started all those years ago.”
“The campaign wasn’t that bad Celestia…”
“They said I banished you to the moon because I wanted all the power for myself, and that the incident with nightmare moon was all a cover up to hide your years of physiological abuse.”
Luna’s nose scrunched up at this, her eyes flashing a bit as she looked at her sister, “you never told me this, why?”
“What would you have done if I told you?”
“I would have found the scum that spread such lies and make them see the error of their ways, harshly if necessary.”
That caused Celestia to sigh, “And that is precisely why I did not tell you, for that would have violated several laws regarding free speech.”
Luna was about to say something else, but then they heard a sound at the door, Luna walking over there and opening to find Twilight standing outside.
“Hey Luna,” said Twilight, before her nose twitched as a wonderful scent hit it. “Oh goddesses, is Celestia cooking?”
Luna nodded, “yes she is, though I can see you were able to tell just by smelling, very impressive.”
Twilight giggled as she walked into the room, “She used to cook for me all the time when I lived in the castle with her, and she always made the best food.”
Twilight then took the time to look around the room, whistling a bit at the design before turning back to Luna with a smile. “You have a very lovely room Luna, very homely.”
“Thank you Twilight,” said Luna, “I always liked to keep my room this way, though I wonder if you can figure out the spells I used to build it, at least till Celestia comes out with the food.”
A glint entered Twilight’s eyes, one which caused Luna to smile, for she knew Twilight could never resist a challenge. Twilight then began looking around the room, casting her magic about to try and figure out what kind of spells Luna had used to make it. She could spy many easy to spot spells, magical constructs, dimensional spacing to allow Luna to build as large as she wanted without fear of running out of room, but there was something else, and some underling magic which she couldn’t figure out.
“I give up,” said Twilight after a while, though the only reasons she was stopping was because the only thing left to do would be to tear each spell apart one by one, and that would cause the room to implode.
Luna giggled at her look of defeat, “don’t be so troubled Twilight, it even took my sister many years to figure out the spell I use to hold this all together, even though it is the most basic of spells ever taught to unicorns.”
Twilight stared at her a moment, then her face went deadpan as she finally figured it out, “no, you can’t be bucking serious, you used a magic mesh?”
Luna giggled, “Indeed I did, and my sister had the same reaction as you are having when she figured it out.”
“But…but it’s the simplest of spells,” said Twilight, “and it was never designed to hold together the kind of spells you used to make this room.”
“Of course it wasn’t, but we are alicorns dear Twilight, therefor our magic provides a little more…oomph shall we say, and even the simplest of spells can perform Olympian feet’s.”
That got Twilight curious, but before she could enquire further, Celestia came out with the food, walking over to the both of them before nuzzling them and giving them each a good long kiss. “Well the foods ready, so I suggest we retire to the game room, that way the fun can begin while we eat.”
“The game room?” asked Twilight with a quizzical look.
“Luna had the brilliant idea that she would play a game while we ate, thus allowing us to sit and enjoy her in her element while being able to talk to each other, and I just hope you don’t mind.”
Twilight smiled at that as they made their way into the game room, “that actually doesn’t sound half bad actually, what game is she playing.”
Luna donned an evil grin then, “well Twilight, have you ever heard of the game…Amnesia: The Dark Descent?”
In the outskirts of the Equestrian kingdom, two long time rulers were snuggling up close to one another, both of them happy that their tasks for the day had been completed, though more tasks were soon to follow.
One of them was Princess Chrysalis, current ruler of the breezies, as well as ruler to the newly restored fey, guardians of the forest who resembled breezies on a much larger scale. The other was Princess Fantasia, mistress of dreams and ruler of the mighty thestrals.
“It is so good having you here,” said Chrysalis with a smile, bending down to kiss the younger mare as she wrapped her large wings around her, letting their silk like texture tickle her love all over.
“I agree,” said Fantasia as the kiss ended, “and it’s all thanks to Twilight that I could come back to thee.”
Chrysalis nodded, “yes, yes it is thanks to her…I wonder…”
She looked over to the table in her room, to the many letters she and Twilight had been exchanging. She had gotten to know the young mare over the many years, for the girl was very open with those she considered friends.
“Fantasia, do you think the young mare would be open to becoming our mate, I know from those dreams I was able to sneak into you would relish the chance to be with her.”
Fantasia blushed, but before she could comment, a female fey entered the room, running over to their bed with a paper clutched in her magic. “Your highness, I have important news for you.”
“It must be important,” said Chrysalis with a smile, “for I specifically said I would be busy entertaining my mate, and asked not to be disturbed.”
“I know your highness, but this news could not wait, for it pertains to the young Princess Twilight.”
Both Fantasia and Chrysalis looked at each other, then Chrysalis turned back to the fey, “Continue.”
The fey nodded, “well you see, it seems the young mare is at this moment forming a herd with the other princesses, as she was spotted earlier on a date with Princess Cadance, and then a few days later with Celestia and Luna on the moon, being intimate with each other, though not seriously.”
“I see,” said Chrysalis, “well this changes things, you may go now.”
The fey left; leaving the two alicorns to ponder this recent news. “Well,” said Fantasia, “if she is forming her own heard, we might as well see if we can get in on the action.”
“Might as well,” said Chrysalis with a grin, “and besides, with the others there, we’ll finally be able to cut loose for once.”
Fantasia nodded in agreement, and then called for a servant to summon their coach, knowing they would have a long way to travel in order to reach their intended destination.
“RUN DANIAL, RUN!” yelled Twilight as she cowered under Luna’s left wing.
“Why the hell did I ever let you convince me this was a good idea,” said Celestia, who was similarly cowering next to Twilight, pinning the young mare to Luna’s side as they held each other close.
“Oh please,” said Luna as she managed to get away from the monster, “this isn’t that scary at all. I mean yes the first time it was…” started Luna, only to begin panicking as the creature moved around the corner she was heading toward. “NO, YOU CAN’T DO THAT, YOU ARE NOT ALOWED TO DO THAT!”
Luna made Daniel turn and run, only to run right into another creature, which caused them all to scream as Daniel was killed. “Shoot,” said Luna, setting down the controller down as she looked down at the two huddled under her wing. “Well, we could play a new game together, or…would you two rather retire to my bed…for the night?”
Twilight blushed when Luna said that, for she knew what the night princess meant. However, instead of backing out and saying she wanted to play game, like she wanted to, she decided to go with the second option. “I…I think I would like to head to the room…if that’s ok with the both of you.”
The two princesses nodded, then got up with Twilight and headed over to Luna’s bedroom, the three mares climbing into bed before Twilight spoke up.
“Um…not to sound like a total virgin here, but how exactly is this going to…um…work, cause to be perfectly honest, I have never um…been with multiple partners before.”
“That is quite understandable Twilight,” said Celestia, “After all, you were born during a time when herds were frowned upon, so it is understandable that you would not know how to…well, make love to multiple partners. So, if you are not opposed to it, Luna and I can work on you together for the first round, and then…we’ll see where things go from there.”
Twilight hesitated for a moment, and then nodded, blushing deep as the princesses both smiled at her.
“Excellent,” said Luna, “but first, I think a kiss is in order.”
She leaned in then, taking Twilight’s lips in her own and giving her a long deep kiss before pulling away, letting her sister move in and steal a kiss as well before turning to her and speaking. “Now sister, which part of Twilight would you like to tend to, her horn, or her sacred flower?”
Twilight blushed at such a brazen statement, but she blushed even harder when Celestia spoke up. “Hm, as much as I would love to handle her horn Luna, you have always been way better than me when it comes to…ehem, horn stimulation, so I shall instead descend into the depths and explore Twilight’s love cannel.”
Luna nodded, “I’m glad we agree, now,” she said, laying down upon her back and then gesturing to Twilight. “Come here love, and let us get started.”
Twilight gingerly moved over to Luna, laying her back against the older mares chest as low as she could, giving the mare a pretty good angle on her horn as Celestia moved her way slowly between her legs, running her tongue along Twilight’s inner thigh as Luna began to work on the base of her horn.
Twilight began moaning as pleasurable sensations spread across her body, from the sensations shooting up her body from where Celestia was teasing her, to the delicate licks Luna was tracing across her horn as she made an ever slow march from the base to the tip.
Down below, Celestia was enjoying her slow trail to Twilight’s delicate slit, for the squirms of her former student were delightful to observe. As for Luna, she was enjoying the tingling sensation brought on by Twilight’s magic, for the mare’s power was very potent even in its most subtle forms.
Celestia and Luna, being lovers as old as time, were very slow and methodical when it came to love making, so much so that Twilight was starting to get a little impatient. She tired bucking her hips to give Celestia a hint, only to receive a little nip on her thigh as the princess looked up toward her.
“Now now Twilight,” said Luna, who had also stopped her ministrations. “You have a rare opportunity to be under the hooves of two very old and experienced lovers, you should take it and enjoy it as much as you can.”
“But you’re both taking so long,” wined Twilight, “and you haven’t even gotten to the good parts.”
“We know,” said Celestia with a grin, “but if you keep complaining, we could always make this last longer.”
Twilight looked afraid, “Wh…what do you mean by that?”
It was Luna’s turn to grin, “Celestia once kept me on the edge of orgasm for a full day, all because I stole all her cake. Admittedly the first thirty minutes or so were fucking amazing, but after several hours I was losing my fucking mind.”
“But…but that doesn’t make sense,” said Twilight with trembling lips, “your nerves would be deadened to the sensation of pleasure after that.”
“Ah but you forget Twilight,” said Celestia, her hot breath washing over the mares exposed flesh as she spoke. “We are alicorns, as such are bodies are highly resistant to such damage, and even if such damage were to be caused, it would be fully restored within a matter of moments.”
It was then Twilight realized the true gravity of the choice laid out before her, and oh did it make her shiver. She could either let the princesses continue their work, and know for a fact that she would eventually find release. Or, she could keep being impatient and demand that they attend to her aching parts, and possibly go insane from orgasmic denial.
In reality it was no choice, so with a firm nod, she spoke up. “O….ok, I won’t try to get you to rush anymore.”
“Very good Twilight,” said Celestia, before she and Luna returned to their respective areas of ministration.
It took a long while, but finally, after many a bight to her own foreleg to keep from demanding them to quicken their pace, they finally reached her two aching organs.
Luna’s tongue began to slowly work on Twilight’s horn, its soft slick surface tracing slowly over the horn till she reached the tip, then she wrapped her lips around it, beginning to suckle and bob her head over the surface of the horn as Twilight moaned below her.
Down at Twilight’s slit, Celestia was making slow and decisive licks over the surface of Twilight’s sex, making sure she was sufficiently aroused before parting her lips and sinking her tongue into Twilight’s sex, timing it just right so that her tongue entered into Twilight’s sex just as her horn entered Luna’s mouth.
Twilight began to moan even louder as the two princesses worked on her, her magic and her climax building as the two mares kept up their ministrations, till finally she screamed as she climaxed, Celestia getting a healthy dose of her love juices as Luna’s mouth was flooded with magical fluid to the point of leaking past her lips, Luna gulping down as much as she could before letting go of Twilight’s horn.
Both Princesses waited for Twilight to finish panting, letting the mare come down from the peak before letting her speak, noting the grin on her face as she did so. “That…that was bucking amazing, I have never felt anything like that before…wow!”
Luna giggled, “We are glad you approve my love, but now you have to choose which of us you will mate with first, after all, the night may be long, but it will eventually end.”
Twilight looked between the two, her brain going into overdrive before finally she looked to Celestia, “You…I want you first.”
Luna pouted a little at that, but got off the bed all the same to give them both room, understanding that Celestia had long been one Twilight longed to be with.
Celestia smiled as Luna got off the bed, and then looked to Twilight before speaking, “Thank you Twilight, now…mount me.”
“Mount you?”
Celestia nodded, moving her body into the proper position as she spoke. “Yes Twilight, I want you to mount me, is that so surprising.”
“Kinda,” said Twilight as her horn began to glow, “I always assumed you would be the dominate partner in the bedroom.”
“Most of my mates do,” said Celestia with a smirk, “even Luna did at first, but she quickly found out what I liked.”
Twilight looked over at Luna, who simply nodded before gesturing to her sister, “You better tend to her, she can be quite demanding if you force her to wait too long.”
Taking the hint, Twilight climbed atop her former mentor, positioning her member carefully before sliding in and burying herself up to the hilt.
Both mares moaned at the feelings cascading over their bodies, both of them not really used to these feelings after so long. However, Celestia was extremely needy, and began grinding her hips eagerly against Twilight to get her to move.
Twilight complied at once, pulling back her hips and then slamming them forward with a resounding smack, causing Celestia to cry out in a manner Twilight had never been privy to hearing.
“My my Tia,” Twilight managed to say past her moans, “such naughty noises you make, I wonder what your subjects would think if they saw you like this.”
“It matters not what they think,” moaned Celestia with glee, who craned her neck up so that her face was side by side with Twilight’s. “What matters is that we are joined in this moment, just you and me…together.”
Twilight nuzzled Celestia affectionately at that comment, then began thrusting harder, causing the much older mares moans to become louder as a consequence, which caused Luna, who was watching them, to smile.
“It is always lovely being able to see her face like this,” said Luna as she stared, “it is such a rare thing, seeing all her walls drop to reveal the true pony underneath, a pony who comes out only when around those she truly loves.”
Twilight smiled, nuzzling closer to Celestia as her hips continued to move, whispering into her ear as the other mare moaned. “You are a lovely mare Celestia, and I am glad you let me in so that I could see that.”
“Y…Your welcome Twilight,” said Celestia, before beginning to pant as she felt her climax approaching, “Oh gods I’m close.”
“Then cum with me,” said Twilight, her hips smacking in all the harder till they both cried out, their climaxes lasting a long time before they finally collapsed upon the bed, panting and sweating.
After a while, Celestia nuzzled Twilight gently, nibbling on her ear before speaking. “You better tend to Luna now; I can personally attest that she becomes quite excited after watching me be pleasured.”
“You…you’ve done this before?” asked Twilight, nuzzling her back.
“Once or twice,” said Celestia, “now hurry, she can be quite demanding.”
Twilight nodded sluggishly, and then got up and out of bed, wobbling for a moment before lighting up her horn and casting a spell, restoring her vigor while Luna and Celestia traded places. However when she tried to climb back into bed, Luna staid her with a hoof to the chest, giving her a stern look before speaking to her.
“As much as I loved the display Twilight, I have never lane with a male, nor do I plan to anytime soon, so I expect you to remove that thing before mating with me.”
Twilight complied, dispelling the member and then climbing back on to the bed, looking a bit nervous as she spoke up. “Um…what do we do now?”
“Well first,” said Luna with a smirk, “you need to lie down on your back, then we can begin.”
Twilight looked confused, but did as she was told, rolling over so that she was lying upon her back, her legs folded a bit and her wings splayed out on either side of her body.
Luna moved then, positioning herself she that she was over Twilight and then lowering herself down, positioning her rear legs as she lower herself till finally their sexes met, Twilight moaning aloud as they ground against each other.
“This my dear Twilight,” whispered Luna, “is how mares should mate, face to face, letting their eyes speak as well as their bodies as they make love to one another.”
Luna then began to move, grinding herself slowly against the younger mare as she moaned. As she did, Luna leaned down to capture her lips, kissing the mare deep as Twilight began to return her advances, beginning to grind her own hips along with Luna’s as she wrapped her forelegs around the older alicorns neck.
Beside them, Celestia couldn’t help but smile as she watch them, for she loved how intimate Luna would get with those they allowed into their bed.
Finally Luna and Twilight parted lips, Twilight panting hard as Luna looked down upon her and spoke. “You are so special Twilight, and I am glad you have let us show you how special you are.”
Twilight moaned louder at that comment, looking up at Luna with need in her eyes as she spoke, “Oh gods Luna I’m close!”
“I am as well,” said Luna, “so why don’t we end this with a bang?”
With that said, she leaned forward and placed the tip of her horn to Twilight’s, lighting them both up and causing the younger mare to scream as pleasure surged through her body, causing both her and Luna to climax long and loud before both of them collapsed on the bed.
After a long moment of heavy panting, both Luna and Twilight felt another presence climb upon the bed, Twilight outright purring as Celestia wrapped both of them up in her wings and laid down beside them. “I love you,” she said to Celestia, who smiled brightly at that.
“I love you to my dear Twilight,” said Celestia sweetly, “so very much.”
Twilight then turned to say the same to Luna, only to receive a loud snore as she found the lunar mare fast asleep, looking to Celestia in confusion as the older mare chuckled.
“She’s always like that after coupling,” said Celestia, “for she always puts a lot of energy into that spell she used on you. But don’t worry; I’m most certain she loves you to, very very deeply.”
Twilight smiled at that, then rested her head against the night goddess, felling Celestia doing the same and sighing happily before falling asleep, feeling safe within the embrace of the day and the night.
Twilight was pacing about in her grand chambers, her brow furrowed with worry and her ears splayed back in concern. It had been a day since her encounter with Celestia and Luna, and three days since a similar encounter with Cadance, and she had no idea who to choose.
Now yes, she had said that they were going to go on a group date, but now she really didn’t know if it was the right thing to do. Celestia and Luna would probably be fine with it, after all they had admitted they had done similar things in the past, but she had no idea if Cadance would be willing, and that thought really frightened her, for she loved her as much as she loved Celestia and Luna.
So wrapped up in her worries was she that she didn’t notice one of her old habits kicking in, and before she could realize what was happening, the world went black as she panic teleported out of the castle.
Twilight groaned as she came to, snuggling a bit into the soft surface that she was nestled against, nor really able to place it yet but enjoying it.
“Tasia, Tasia she’s waking up.”
Twilight’s ears twitched in confusion, for that was not a name she was familiar with. Lifting her head up, she looked toward a noise and opened her eyes, coming face to face with Nightmare Moon.
“Hello Twilight, we are glad to see you in the waking world.”
“AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!”
Twilight sprang from the comfortable surface she had been laying on, screaming further when she saw that the comfortable surface had been Queen Chrysalis, causing her to back against the wall of the room they were in.
“WHERE AM I, AND WHY ARE YOU…”
“Twilight,” said Nightmare Moon, stopping her words with a hoof as she gave her an imploring look. “Everything is alright, just take a deep breath and calm down.”
Twilight did just that, closing her eyes and breathing in deep before opening then again and examining where she was. She was in what looked like a spacious bedroom, a bed fit for three placed in it center on which Chrysalis was seated.
Now that she was of calmer mind, she was able to see that this was not the Changeling Queen of old. Gone were the holes which covered her legs horn and hair, and gone was the insect like carapace and the translucent wings. Instead, she was covered from head to hoof in rich gray black fur, and her wings were like that of a giant mouth, colorful and looking as soft as silk.
As for Nightmare Moon, she was changed as well. Her fur was still black, but her wings were far larger than any Twilight had ever seen, even folded. As for her mane and tail, they were no longer the blue nebula that Twilight had seen, instead her flowing mane and tail were composed of royal purple hair, the hairs occasionally sparkling like Celestia's. But the biggest change was her cutie mark, for instead of the altered version of Luna’s cutie mark, instead it was that of a dream-catcher.
“Eh hehe, sorry about that,” said Twilight, “You’re Fantasia correct?”
The mare nodded in surprise, “yes I am, but how did you know my name young Twilight?”
“Your sisters told me.”
Both Fantasia and Chrysalis looked confused for a moment, and then Chrysalis chuckled as understanding reached her. “I see Celestia and Luna finally decided to reveal their origins, about time.”
Fantasia nodded, then spread one of her great wings and wrapped it around Twilight, guiding her back to the bed as the young mare looked around the room. “Um,” started Twilight, “where am I exactly?”
“In my personal carriage,” said Fantasia, giggling when Twilight shot her a skeptical look. “What, I have always had a taste for the finer things, it’s only natural I would use magic to make my transportation more…hospitable.”
Twilight chuckled herself, “I guess that makes sense, but now for my next question, how did I get here?”
“One of my fey found you near the edge of the Everfree,” said Chrysalis with a grin, “you were very lucky we were in the area.”
“I’ve always been luck,” said Twilight sheepishly, causing them all to giggle. “However, I have one more question.”
“Ask away.”
“Where are you going?”
Both princesses giggled at that, “We were actually on our way to Canterlot to see you Twilight, for we had heard you were planning on forming a herd, and wished to join.”
Twilight froze in shock, her eyes glancing back from one mare to the other as they stared at her hopefully.
“Um,” started Twilight, “I…don’t really know how to tell you this, but I’m not forming a herd, not yet anyway.”
At this Chrysalis gave her a confused look, “what, my scout said that you were forming one, he said he saw you courting Cadance, Luna and Celestia.”
Twilight facehoofed at that, “I was just going on dates with them, to…to see if there was anything there. Hell that’s probably why I panic teleported today, for today was the day I was supposed to go on my first date with all three of them at once.”
That got a surprised look from Chrysalis and Fantasia, “Oh,” said Fantasia, “I see…well, this makes things…awkward.”
Twilight nodded, but then smiled, looking at them both with a huge grin as she spoke. “Well…um, if your both ok with it, I don’t see why I couldn’t date each of you before the big dates, that way um…well you both would have a shot at least. I know I may not be…well, interested so to say, but I didn’t really have that strong of an attraction to the other three either, so that’s something.”
Both mares looked at each other for a moment, and then giggled, causing Twilight to look confused, “What’s so funny?”
“Well Twilight,” said Chrysalis, “while were happy that you are willing to date us, you won’t be dating us apart, you will be getting both of us at the same time.”
Twilight simply sat there for a moment, then sunk down onto the bed, grumbling as she went, “Oh goddesses it’s going to be like Tia and Lulu all over again.”
“Oh,” said Fantasia with a fiendish grin, “are my dear sisters back together again?”
Twilight nodded, causing Fantasia to giggle with glee, “Oh that is just perfect, I always knew she could never resist that glorious plot Tia possesses.”
Both Twilight and Chrysalis made assenting “mmm’s” of pleasure, which caused Twilight to clap her hooves to her mouth in shock as Chrysalis giggled. “My dear Twilight, you do not need to be embarrassed, after all, dear Tia does possess a lovely set of ass pillows.”
That got Twilight blushing even more, so Chrysalis simply patted her back with a wing, “We can talk more after we arrive in Canterlot, for now let us rest, for we still have a long way to go.”
When they finally arrived in Canterlot, Twilight wasn’t surprised to see Cadance, Celestia and Luna waiting anxiously at the gates, all three mares tackling her once she was a safe distance away from the cart and peppering her with kisses as they spoke.
“Oh Twilight I’ve been worried sick about you!”
“We felt your magic flux, but we didn’t know where you were!”
“I thought you told me you got over that habit two hundred years ago?”
Twilight was saved from more kisses by the sound of two throats being cleared above, Cadance, Celestia and Luna looking up to see Chrysalis and Fantasia standing nearby, and immediately squealing with joy as they leapt upon the two mares, Celestia and Cadance tackling Chrysalis while Luna tackled Fantasia.
“Oh my dear Tasia,” said Luna, “it’s so good to see you again!”
Fantasia giggled at that, “I am happy to see you to Lulu, it’s always nice to see you outside the dreams-cape.”
Next to them, Chrysalis was having one of her wings nuzzled to death by a very affectionate Cadance, while Celestia had curdled up in her hooves, for in her restored stated, Chrysalis was a lot bigger then Celestia, though not freakishly so.
“It is good to see you both again,” said Chrysalis, “I have missed you terribly.”
After they were done greeting each other, they parted and smiled as Celestia spoke up. “Well, it’s nice of you, but what are you doing here, it can’t be just to visit us?”
“Actually Celestia,” said Chrysalis, walking up to Twilight along with her mate and placing a wing upon her back. “We’re here as…competition shall we say, for the young Twilight Sparkles heart.”
The other three mares looked shocked, and then Celestia smirked as she looked at Twilight. “Twilight dear, do you mind if we talk to our sisters alone for a moment?”
“You’re not going to fight again are you?”
Celestia shook her head, “don’t worry, we’ll keep cool heads this time.”
Twilight hesitated a moment, then nodded her head, teleporting away and leaving the princesses alone together.
“So,” said Celestia as she looked at the two restored alicorns. “You have interested in Twilight as well, well this changes things a bit for the impending group dates, but I’m sure we can work something out.”
“I’m sure we can,” said Fantasia with a smirk, “as long as you know, we will be playing to make sure that mare forms a herd.”
That got a surprised look, then Cadance spoke up. “um, not saying I'm not against it, but Twilight may not be up for that.”
“We'll warm her up to it,” said Chrysalis with a smirk, "just be sure to be ready, for when I'm done with her, I'm coming for you Cadance.”
With that said and a telekinetic slap to Cadance's rear end, Chrysalis and Fantasia went off to secure a guest room, leaving the other three princesses sweating bullets as the all gave silent prayers for their poor little Twilight.
Twilight was nervous as she stood outside the room Chrysalis and Fantasia were staying in, having been told to wait after knocking on the door. She was nervous because she didn't know how this was going to go, especially because out of the two, Fantasia was the one she knew the least.
However, now that she could look back on the few memories she had of the mare, she had to admit that she had found her rather hot at the time, even with the sharp teeth and the snake like eyes. However, she knew next to little about her, so she resolved to make it her priority during this first date to find out as much as she could about the mysterious mare.
She heard the door open, and looked to see both Chrysalis and Fantasia standing there in full regalia, the mares smiling as Fantasia spoke, “Well dear Twilight, we have already have everything ready to get us where we need to go, so if you come inside, well get everything started.”
Twilight nodded, walking in before gasping as she saw a large magic circle etched into the floor, staring at it for a moment before looking to Fantasia. “What is this?”
“This is a magic circle designed to open the philosophers gate, or, as it's more commonly known...”
“The Gate to the Realm of the Fey....but....but that gate was lost long ago!”
“Correction Twilight,” said Chrysalis as she activate the gate, “it was lost till I regained my sense of self; after all, it is my realm. Now come, the realm awaits us.”
*
After they had gone through the gate, Twilight found herself in a lush, vibrant forest, bathed in eternal twilight. Around her, the sounds of various animals could be heard, and nearby was a calm lake, which Chrysalis was setting up camp beside.
“So, Dearest Twilight,” said Fantasia, causing the mare to look up at her as she spoke. “You no doubt have many questions about me and my origins, so please, ask away.”
“We...well,” said Twilight, “I um...I didn't want to be rude.”
“I could never find you rude Twilight,” said Fantasia with a smile.
“Ok,” said Twilight as they walked closer to the camp, “then if I may ask, how old are you?”
“A prudent question,” said Fantasia, “though to be honest, I don't know. However, I can give you this, I am far older then Celestia and Luna, but I am far younger than my dear Chrysalis.”
“I see,” said Twilight with a raised eyebrow, “and you used to be a thestral correct?”
Fantasia smiled, and then shook her head, much to Twilight's surprise. “Thestral's did not exist during that time, though you know doubt already knew this, as Luna would have no doubt told you about their origins. No, originally, I was a pegasus, and then, I became an alicorn after my first dive into the realm of dreams.”
“Whoa whoa wait a minute,” said Twilight, “you...you dove into the realm of dreams, as in you physically entered, that's not possible.”
“For me it is,” said Fantasia with a smirk, “for it is our gift, and our curse to be able to dive into the realm of dreams with both our mind and our body, though we often choose the former now a days.”
“Why?”
Fantasia froze at that, her eyes narrowing a bit as the snake like pupils returned, only to vanish moments later as she shook her head and let out a snarl, causing Twilight to jump a little. Seeing this, her ears drooped, the mare looking crest fallen as she spoke to her. “We are sorry you had to see that, but your question brought up a memory which I must admit I find displeasing, for it in many ways is one of the first events which lead to the nightmare being born.”
Twilight looked mortified at this revelation, “I...I'm sorry Fantasia, if...if you don't want to talk about it...”
“No,” said Fantasia, “this is something you need to know of, for it will give you a better understanding of us. However, before we begin, let us make ourselves comfortable.”
Twilight nodded at that, sitting down with Fantasia on a small cliff overlooking Chrysalis's campsite, then squeaking as Fantasia unfurled one of her large wings and pulled her into an embrace.
“Ug, that is so unfair!” cried Twilight.
“You don't know the half of it!” yelled Chrysalis from down below, before resuming her work as Fantasia giggled.
“Well, while I would love to brag about my impressive wingspan, I think we have other things to discuss.”
“Are you sure, because if you don't want to I'll...”
“Tis alright my dearest,” the mare said, giving her a kiss to stay her before speaking again. “Now, I was born long long ago to a noble pegasus family, one of the most noble at the time in fact, for I was born to Duke and Duchess Skysong. They were loving parents, but because of who I was, they placed a lot of responsibility on my shoulders, sometimes too much.”
She looked a bit saddened, but shook her head and continued. “Anyway, one day, one of my relatives became sick, and when the doctors looked over him, they found he was infected with dream sickness.”
“Dream sickness, what’s that?”
“Well, back before I started walking the realm of dreams, dream spirits used to roam all over the dream realm, some good, some bad, and some twisted beyond belief. Sometimes, a dream spirit would become sickened with the dreams of a pony, and in their rage they would attack them through their dreams....with one intent and one intent only.”
“...W....what intent?” asked Twilight.
“To kill,” said Fantasia.
Twilight looked aghast, but was saved talking when Fantasia continued speaking. “My grandfather was very dear to me, and I could not bear to lose him, even though during that time, dream sickness always guaranteed death, so I prayed, prayed for a way to save him, and then this portal opened up in front of me. Everyone was shocked, but then I heard my grandfather crying for help, so I dove in, even with my parents screaming for me to stop, causing the portal to close behind me.”
“So you just dove into a portal you had never seen before all because you heard your grandfather on the other side.....you realize it could have been a trap right?”
“In retrospect yes,” said Fantasia, “but at the time I was a desperate granddaughter hoping for a way to save her grandfather, so I decided to throw caution to the wind. Anyways, I found myself in my grandfather’s nightmare, and knowing this, I did battle with the spirit the best way I could, with my imagination.”
That got an eyebrow raise from Twilight, prompting Fantasia to speak further. “You see Twilight, if one is aware of the dream, they can mold it and shape it to their will, and the more powerful and imaginative you are, the more you can shape the dreaming. I am probably one of the most imaginative beings of this world, save for a few others, so I was able to wrest control of the dreaming from the spirit and destroy it, before freeing my grandfather from his nightmare.”
Her face became saddened then, the mare looking off into the distance as she continued her tale. “However, I did not return to the mortal realm, instead I when I left the dreaming I found myself in the same realm you were made an alicorn, with Chrysalis and Faust waiting to greet me. I was then taught my role in this world, and then began to monitor the dreams of ponies, till the day Discord appeared.”
“What happened then?”
Fantasia growled. “He cursed Chrysalis, turning her into a changeling, and as for me, he unmade my physical form, forcing me to live within the dream realm in order to remain alive.”
Twilight gasped in shock, but was unable to speak as Fantasia continued. “I wandered the dreaming for many years after that, trying to find some way to come back, some way to become whole once more, till...years later Luna came to me in a dream, where she told me of her plan to make night eternal. She believed that not only would it allow ponies to learn to love her night, it might allow me to free myself from the dreaming and return to the waking world a whole mare.”
Tears began forming in her eyes, and she continued further before Twilight could stop her. “But...but our idea was not harmonious, and when we...merged to provide the necessary power to enact our plan, it drove us mad, forcing Celestia to banish us to the moon.”
Then she smiled, turning and nuzzling Twilight as she finished her tale. “But then, a thousand years later you came, and not only did you free us both from the madness that was Nightmare Moon, you gave me a body of my own so that I could once more walk outside the dreaming, and I thank you deeply for that.”
Then, she gave Twilight a kiss, before standing up helping Twilight to her hooves, before heading down to the camp where Chrysalis waited with the food.
“Pretty interesting story eh?” asked Chrysalis with a grin, handing both of them bowls of stew and then serving herself some.
“Very...but that makes me wonder...what about your story?”
Chrysalis laughed at that, the mare kissing her on the cheek before looking down at her meal, “that my dear is a story for tomorrow, right now, let us eat.”
