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// Divorce Day 
// Story: Paybacks Are Hell 
// by StormLuna 
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Three weeks had passed since his meeting with Legal Eagle and Night Light was waken by the morning sun.  For years the sun shining through the thin curtains angered him but not this morning.  This morning he woke up with a smile and quickly got up.  As he headed into the bathroom he looked at his reflection in the mirror and exclaimed to himself, "Well today is the day!  Today is the day that I'm finally free!"

As he headed into the kitchen and poured himself a bowl of cereal for the twenty-first straight day, he realized that he is going to have to actually learn to cook.  He sighed, "Well, I may not be able to cook much but I can at least get frozen stuff at the store." 

He quickly ate his meal, looked up at the clock and realized that he needed to hurry and get up to the courthouse.  He rushed out the door, got in his car and sped off.  At first he was going quite fast until he saw a parked police car in the distance so he slowed down, realizing that getting pulled over would make him late and that would not bode well for him and likely cause Velvet to get everything. 





Ten minutes later he pulled into the parking lot, arriving at the same time his lawyer did.  Legal Eagle greeted him, "Night Light, are you ready for this?"

Night Light replied, "Yep, you bet I am."  He knew that he had given copies of all the proper documents to him so he asked, "Do you have the copies of everything we will need?"

Legal Eagle had a brief case with him.  He held it up and replied, "Yep, everything we need is in here." 

Night Light nodded and the two headed in.  It was a little more than an hour before the proceedings would begin so the court room was empty.  They headed in, sat on the plaintiff's side and began to go over everything.  It would not be long until Velvet and the princesses arrived.  As they headed towards the defendant's side Velvet gave not just Night Light a scowl, but his lawyer as well.  

Once they got sat down they began to talk about the situation.  Velvet saw a bit of a nervous look on the princesses' faces and asked, "Celestia, Luna, why do you look so nervous?"

Celestia replied, "I'm nervous because not only has the judge we drew not cave into pressure, but the lawyer your husband has is the best divorce lawyer in Canterlot."

Velvet asked, "What makes him the best divorce lawyer here?"

Celestia replied, "He has never lost a single case.  He has been able to get his client everything he or she has wanted.  We are going to have to hope that either your husband winds up lying about something or this judge may feel threatened by the fact that you have both Luna and I representing you."

Luna added, "While this judge did rule against a pony who had Blueblood representing him in the past, we are the top princesses so maybe he will rule in our favor."

Velvet nodded and for the next hour, both sides were making their strategies until the judge made his way in.  Like it is in every other kind of legal hearing, everypony rose as the judge entered the room.  Once he got sat down the judge, Swift Justice said, "You may be seated."

Once everypony got sat down, he looked towards Night Light and asked, "Night Light, you have filed divorce from your wife and are here to get this done, correct?"

Night Light replied, "Yes your Honor."

He asked, "Do you have all the proper documents with you?"

Night Light replied, "I do your Honor."

The judge asked to see them and Legal Eagle took them up to him.  He began to flip through them and said, "Ok, your reasons are abuse, infidelity, irreconcilable differences and simply growing apart."  He sighed and asked, "Is that correct?"

Night Light replied, "That is correct your Honor."

Swift Justice asked, "Could you go into detail and explain the details of these reasons?"

Night Light replied, "I shall start off with the abuse.  A few months ago I was really looking forward to a buckball game and because of that, my wife wound up striking me with energy, a couple very powerful bolts of energy."

Swift Justice turned to Velvet and asked, "Your reply to these allegations?"

Velvet replied, "That is true your Honor.  He was more focused on a buckball game than he was on intimacy, he cared more about it than he did...."

Swift Justice interrupted, "No need to go into those details.  I know what you are talking about." 

Let's go into the simply growing apart.  Night Light, could you explain that?"

Night Light replied, "Yes your Honor.  Over the past few years we simply don't seem to care so much about one another anymore.  Early in our marriage we seemed to do everything together but here lately not so much and since the incident where she struck me with energy, we have pretty much just tolerated the other's presence."

Swift Justice turned to Velvet, "Your reply to this?"

Velvet replied, "That is true, we simply don't have as much in common anymore and it is more like we simply co-exist, especially after the so-called abuse incident."

Swift Justice sighed, "I see."  He then turned to Night Light and asked, "Let's talk about the infidelity.  What has she done as being disloyal?"

Night Light replied, "Well your Honor, her infidelity and irreconcilable differences are pretty much under the same thing."

Swift Justice asked, "How so?"

Night Light replied, "Well your Honor, this has been going on for quite some time.  As we have grown apart, so have our interests.  During the week I work and she stays at home and on weekends I do things with my friends and she heads to the palace and spends time with the princesses." 

Swift Justice turned to Velvet and asked, "Night Light has mentioned infidelity.  Is there something you do at the palace that causes him to bring that up."

Velvet and both princesses blushed causing the judge to become curious.  None of the mares were saying anything so he asked, "Well?"

Velvet replied, "Ok your Honor, I'll be honest.  I unwind with the princesses, normally with both of them at once."  While Velvet usually tries to be somewhat secretive she thought that perhaps if she revealed everything that Swift Justice may find it as a virtue.  She continued, "Well normally Celestia and Luna just unwind together but on weekends, all three of us unwind together."

Swift Justice had a shocked look on his face as he had a feeling as to what was going on but wanted to know for sure.  He asked, "When you say unwind, could you elaborate?"

Velvet replied, "We engage in a lot of sexual activities your Honor."

Swift Justice's jaw dropped open when he heard this.  He never imagined that the princesses would engage in activities like that with anypony, especially one another.  It took him a minute before he finally regained his composure.  He turned to Night Light and asked, "Have you ever seen these activities for yourself?"

Night Light replied, "Unfortunately I have your Honor.  A few weeks back when I returned home from an out of town trip with my friends I returned home to find my wife engaging in sexual activities with both princesses in our bedroom."

Despite the shock in him increasing, he turned to Velvet and asked, "Your response to these allegations?"

Velvet replied, "They are true your Honor.  Night Light did catch engaging in sexual activities."  

Swift Justice turned to Night Light and asked, "When you caught them how did you respond and how did they respond.  Did you find out why they did this and how long it had been going on?"

Night Light replied, "Yes your Honor.  I will admit, I was very angry when I saw this but then again who wouldn't be.  Naturally they were shocked and unhappy that I caught them.  Now I knew this had been going on for a while and I put up with it to keep peace in the house but there were things I found out that caused me to finally break and file for this divorce."

Swift Justice got a curious look on his face and asked, "And what is it that you discovered?"

Night Light replied, "Well your Honor, I discovered that it wasn't just these three.  I also discovered that my wife and the princesses have engaged in sexual activities with Princess Cadence as well but the thing that angered me the most was when Velvet admitted to having 'mother-daughter time' with Twilight."

Swift Justice turned to Velvet and asked, "What is this mother-daughter time?  From the way your husband is acting, I am thinking he knows it is something bad and likely illegal."

Given that things have not been going well for her and now that it is likely that not only she, but the princesses will get exposed, she yelled, "You know what?  Twilight loves it and yes we did buck each other, we bucked each other a lot and she loves it!"

*POUND POUND*

Swift Justice pounded his gavel and said, "Twilight Velvet, such outbursts are not allowed in my courtroom."  At this point it was all Swift Justice could do to keep his cool.  While he had been involved in many divorce cases with odd circumstances, never did he imagine that it would involve infidelity involving not just royalty, but incest.  He glared at Velvet and continued, "Keep this up and you will be found in contempt of court." 

Velvet simply nodded and it wasn't just her who had scared looks on their faces, so did the princesses.  They never imagined that their incestuous relationships would be exposed and despite being the rulers of all of Equestria, even they could be in a world of trouble. 

Swift Justice was hoping to get this done before he lost his cool.  He turned to Night Light and asked, "From what I understand, you are seeking all shared assets, including the house, the car, your shared bank accounts and you are wanting to keep your personal accounts?"

Night Light replied, "Yes your Honor."

Before the judge could reply Legal Eagle added, "In that stack of papers is a note written by his wife on the day she left.  I'm sorry for interrupting but I think that should be more than enough to give reason as to why my client should get these assets."

Swift Justice glared at Legal Eagle for his actions but began to go through the papers.  When he read the note Velvet left for Night Light, he decided the time to make a decision had come.  He said, "I shall take a thirty minute recess to go over everything in my chambers."

Everypony rose as he headed back to his chambers.  After he was gone they sat back down and began to discuss their situations.  In a low voice Legal Eagle gave Night Light a smile and said, "I think you have this in the bag.  With this ruling, transferring everything solely to you will go quite smoothly."

Night Light whispered back, "I certainly hope so.  After all the shared assets are transferred to me alone, I don't want to ever deal with her again."

While the mood was good on the plaintiff's side of the courtroom, the same could not be said for the defendant's side.  Celestia and Luna were not happy that Velvet would so easily reveal everything they had done, especially their sisterly activities without her.  Luna quietly asked, "Velvet, why didst thou mention what we do in the privacy of our bedroom?  The judge didst not ask for that information!"

Celestia was very angry as well, so angry that she reverted to the ancient way of speaking, something she had not done in over 1,500 years, "Velvet, thou hast likely sealed our fate!  Because of thee, we will likely have to abdicate and even worse, if the populous rebels against the royal family enough, even Blueblood could be forced out."  Her glare became more intense as she continued, "Thanks to thee, Twilight will have to abdicate too and the whole monarchy will fall!"

While Luna spoke rather quietly, Celestia was loud enough that Night Light and Legal Eagle overheard her.  Legal Eagle, who had never been a fan of the royal family, whispered to Night Light, "You know, this could end Imperial Equestria entirely.  This divorce may lead to a new Equestria, a democratically ruled Equestria."

This was something Night Light never took into account and was a bit nervous that he may actually be partially responsible for the fall of the monarchy if it did indeed happen. 





Thirty minutes had passed and when Swift Justice entered the room, everypony rose.  Like it was before, when he sat down he said, "You may be seated."

The judge's eyes were visibly red as he did shed a few tears over the incestuous nature of not just Velvet, but also the princesses.  He did however, have his composure as he began to read his decision.  

He started, "Everypony rise."  Once everypony rose he began, "After hearing all the details of this, looking over the asset lists and reading the note that the defendant left for the plaintiff on the day of her departure, I have come to the following rulings."

"The shared checking account ending in 4129 shall go solely to the plaintiff.  The shared savings account ending in 5490 shall go to to the plaintiff.  The plaintiff's individual retirement accounts shall remain in his possession, the plaintiff's personal savings account ending in 3847 shall remain in his possession and the plaintiff shall receive sole possession of both the house and car."

Velvet screamed, "What?  That bastard gets everything?"

Swift Justice yelled, "Twilight Velvet, one more outburst like that and I will hold you in contempt of court!"

Velvet shied back, "Yes your Honor."

Swift Justice was ready to draw this to a close.  He continued, "On this day, the 27th of June in 2017 of the Celestial Era, I hereby decree this divorce final."

Legal Eagle asked, "So when can my client expect to get the divorce decree in his possession?"

Swift Justice replied, "He shall receive it in two to three weeks."  He turned to the princesses and said, "And your client shall receive hers in the same time period."  He then pounded his gavel and finished, "Court dismissed."  He motioned for the princesses to come to the front of the courtroom and said, "I need to speak to you two alone."  

Both princesses gave him a very nervous look as they had a bad feeling that it involves the incestuous activities they had taken part in and worried that it may lead to them having to abdicate.