On my way back to the library I thought about which of today's events I should tell my marefriend about and which I had better keep a secret.
“Hey, my love. How was your day?”, she asked as I enter the front door, it looks like she rearranged the books in one of the shelves… again.
“I had a lot of fun with the CMC, we played secret agents. I rolled and snuck through bushes, dirt and mud. It was great to feel like a kid again.”
“I can see that.”, she answered with a grin. “You should shower and change your clothes.”
I looked down my stained and dirty shirt and pants.
“You’re right, I will do that in a minute. We played ‘infiltration of Sweet Apple Acres’, but as we snuck inside one of the barns, we found Applejack with her head between Luna’s hind legs.”
“What?!” She dropped one of the books she was rearranging. “You saw… with the fillies? That must have been so embarrassing for AJ and Luna.”
“Since we snuck in, they didn’t notice us. I tried my best to push the Crusaders out again as fast as possible, but I had to answer some awkward questions from them afterwards.”
“I can imagine …”
“Anyway… how were the wedding preparations with Cadence?”, I ask hoping to change the subject.
Her smile got so big it looked like it would exceed her face any moment. “It was wonderful, so much different stuff to prepare and keep track off. Maybe I should have considered wedding planning as a line of work for me. The dress we picked is so beautiful, she will look smashing wearing it. I had also suggested the CMC to serve as flower girls.”
“So nice to hear you two had fun.”, I told her. “I have an idea about a present for Cadence and Shining's wedding. How about we shift our focus on the crystal camera from understanding how it works in detail to using it in the best possible way. After we made a few test recordings, we should be able to capture the most important moments of their wedding in a crystal. Once we perfected the technique, they could have their own projector to see a holographic recording of their wedding.”
“That’s an excellent idea.”, She responded with a beaming smile and kissed me. “You know, I have an idea too, let's go into the shower together.”
Of course I didn’t refuse this offer, and we hurried to the bathroom.
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The next morning Lyra and I made some test recordings using the crystal camera. We didn’t have many empty crystals left, but we soon found out it was possible to re-record using the same crystal, overwriting the first recording without quality loss. We did start to experiment with the many unlabeled switches and dials of the camera in an attempt to understand how they influenced the captured scene. Some were similar to a standard camera and controlled the brightness or volume, but some were more complicated than that. We found one dial that changed how much depth was recorded but it had a huge impact on the length of time we were able to record.
We had made some progress figuring out the most basic functions when we stopped. We picked up Twilight, and walked over to the Ponyville train station. Bon Bon and Applejack already awaited us and were talking about apple supply for Bon Bon’s sweets shop.
“Now that this is settled, could you also supply me with grapes next year?”, Bon Bon asked.
“I would rather not.”, Applejack replied. “These darn things ain’t easy to handle, that’s more of a unicorn thing.”
“That’s too bad. Looks like I have to get them from the market place again.”
Lyra greeted her marefriend with a loud smooch on her cheek, bringing some color to her face.
“Hey my friends, ready for a great day of fun?”, I asked them.
They all were excited for our triple date and we had some small talk until the train arrived.
…
“Ooohhh, this is so good.”, I told everypony. “I haven’t had pizza for such a long time and this one is stunning.”
“Mmmhhh, I lowe id too.”, Luna agreed while chewing and fat dripping from her chin. She was eating at an incredible pace and had ordered two pizzas at once. I smiled at this sight and found Bon Bon’s reaction even more amusing, she was staring at her while her idea of how a princess would behave got torn in pieces.
We all enjoyed our meals in silence and it took a while until one of us spoke again.
Luna was the one who broke the silence after she had gulped down the pizzas and a huge jug of cider. “It’s strange to see Cadence always with this big smile and looking like she’s walking on cloud number nine, it seems she can’t wait for the wedding date to finally arrive.”
“I bet ponies around the castle noticed your lightened mood as well.”, I addressed her. “Have you ever thought about marriage?”
Applejack choked on her cider while Luna showed a slight blush.
“Not until recently.”, the Princess answered and drew AJ into a loving hug.
“Sorry, that was a bit blunt.”, I tried to excuse to them.
“No, it’s okay. It’s a thing that will come up in any relationship at some point.”, Luna replied.
Her statement made me think about my own relation…
“Since we’re all finished, maybe we should move to the spa now.”, Bon Bon suggested. “I’ve heard wonderful things about Canterlot's biggest spa.”
We all agreed to move on to our next destination and paid for our meals.
…
The first stop at the spa was the sauna. The native equestrians had only a towel wrapped around their manes, I opted for a towel wrapped around my body as well. We had been in the sauna for some time when noticed everypony was checking out my different body physique, it was an awkward feeling.
After the sauna we had showered and now all of us laid on massage tables in a big room while the spa ponies work on our backs. The one working on me felt uncertain what to do since she never massaged something like me, but it felt great anyway. I heard much pleasurable moaning while our bodies started to relax and lose their tension.
After the massages we sat down for hooficures which translated to a mani pedi for me. The spa pony seemed a bit unsure how to proceed but with a bit of coaching she happily went to work on my remaining fingers. I caught Lyra staring intently as the spa pony worked on my hands, Lyra was oblivious to the death glare Bon Bon was giving her.
“I heard about the royal wedding, will you be there as well?”, my spa pony asked me. I turned my head slightly to look at her, she was a slender light brown mare with a dark red mane.
“Yeah, we will be attending.”, I replied. “My marefriend is actually organizing the event.”
Twilight just answered with a happy hum.
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“Yeah, we will be attending. My marefriend is actually organizing the event.”, she replied while I worked on her pathetic excuse for a hoof.
My disguise was of course perfect and they hadn't the slightest idea their biggest enemy was literally touching them. It turned out it had been a genius idea to follow The Moon Princess when she left the castle. The more information about the wedding I could gather, the easier my whole plan would work out.
“I'm so jealous, I wish I could go to a royal wedding. Could you tell me a bit about your plans?”, I asked in Twilight's direction while I made sure to keep my focus on the hairless ape thing under my hooves.
“Gladly.”, I heard the purple pony answer, her voice filled with joy. “4:30 pm… the last guests have taken their seats and I check my checklist for the third time to be sure if…”
“Oh no, this will go on for some time.”, I heard the human mumble under her breath while I made mental notes of everything that could be important for me.