//------------------------------// // Cadence Experience CH1 // Story: The Experience files (volume 1) // by keithsterling //------------------------------// Its an hour after closing time at Rarity Radiance's Ponyville Carousel Boutique sitting in the main showroom on a light gray swivel glider chair in front of one of the smaller display stages was Lord Justice Silverlight attired in an orange-colored short sleeve polo shirt and stonewash regular fit jeans. A pair of white sneakers was on his dark blue socked feet. Crawling on top, the smaller display stage was Miss Rarity Radiance she was carefully rolling up a red carpet runner after showing a client a new clothing collection that she just finished designing. Rarity was attired in cobalt blue short-sleeved fit, and flare dress with black slingback pumps on her light gray well pedicured bare feet. Her shapely posterior was crawling backward toward Justice's position while her well-styled moderate indigo blue corkscrew curled tail whooshed from side to side in the air as she was crawling toward him. He was not interested in shapely derriere of this beautiful light gray unicorn mare. His cobalt blue eyes were affixed on the slender and luxurious feet contained in the black slingback pumps that were propelling this mare toward the edge of the stage so that she could get off the stage. "Huh?!" Rarity's exclaimed as her well develop mares intuition told her to turn around. As she did the snout of her friend and guest, Justice Silverlight was on a direct course toward her muzzle with his eyes glaze over in some fantasy. "Well, darling, do you want to kiss me? Have you give up on Alicorn's and now returning to the unicorn's? I am up for that Lord Silverlight." Rarity said, teasing as it snapped Justice out of his fantasy. "Huh? What? No!" Justice said a bit embarrassed as Rarity chuckled into the back of her hand as she floated a folding chair over to herself. "It fine Justice, I know what you wanted, and I am fine with that." Rarity comment as she unfolded the chair and sat down on it in front of Justice. She lifts her legs and places her feet on Justice's lap. "If you could be a dear Justice. It the end of my workday, I been wearing these slingback pumps all day. Could you remove them, and I would greatly appreciate a friendly foot rub. It was torturous all day today with several fashion shows I had to put on for all my collections." Rarity explains as Justice lifts her foot and slides the straps off both her smooth round heels and eases the pumps off her foot. He sets both slingbacks pumps on the floor next to his chair. Sitting on his lap were superb pair of light gray (more toward the white spectrum) nine and one-sixth inch slender and elegant mare's naked feet. The arches on both her feet had a graceful curve to them that led into a smoothly oval ball of her feet, why another end of her arches led into smooth round heels. Continue up to the symmetrically shaped toe stems that are topped with five shapely toes, each toenail is beautifully trimmed and shaped painted with a metallic gold nail polish. As he begins rubbing the tips of her toes and moves slowly up to Rarity's ankle, then back down to her foot, applying firm pressure with his thumbs. Rarity unleashes an audible sigh of relief as her feet have been so sore from walking around in slingback pumps the whole day. She begins to softly neigh in musical tone as Justices' magic fingers work their magic on her slender and luxurious light gray sore foot, causing her to fall into a well deserved feel-good coma. As her mind begins to wander, she now knows why Justice's fiancée Princess Celestia always seems to be so relaxed after Justice finishes a foot massage on her large white feet. He combines a traditional foot massage with the elements of reflexology type massage that puts the recipient in sort of dream state as all the negative feelings melt away. In this state, the world is back in harmony. "What was that message you left me on my cell phone, Rarity? About trouble?" Justice asked as Rarity is snapped out of her feel-good coma, reminded why she wanted Justice to visit her after closing time at her Carousel Boutique. "Oh yes, Why you been in Coltifornia and Applewood. A pony has been sniffing around ponyville look for your lounge. It seems that a rumor has started about a special lounge somewhere in Ponyville that if you visit it, you come out feeling good." Rarity explains as her ears on top her head begin to droop, and she starts whimpering like a puppy as Justice stopped rubbing her feet to think about what she's said. "What makes you think the pony is looking for my lounge, Rarity?" Justice asked as Rarity's whimpering becomes more pathetic the longer he doesn't resume rubbing her feet as Rarity was near-total depression. Justice begins to runs his finger slowly up and down her silky smooth soles of her feet, causing her to start laughing, breaking her depression. "There we go, Rarity. Answer a question for me?" Justice asked as Rarity shook her head. "Next week Fashion week begins in Manehattan. Are you attending?" Justice asked. "Of course I am; it the biggest event in Equestria. I am planning to show six secret collections I have been designing during the event for the year. Why do you ask, Justice?" Rarity inquiry as she looks at him a bit puzzled. "Since you seem to enjoy the foot massage that I give to Celestia. I'll extend an open invitation to my foot lounge for you went you get back from Fashion Week in Manehattan for the full treatment." Justice explains as a smile form on her snout. "Oh, you are too kind to this unicorn mare. It sounds so wonderful I will take you up on that offer went I get back from Manehattan, Justice." Rarity said, thankful for her friend Justice's offer. "To take me up on the offer, Rarity. You must come to my place wearing the dress and shoes you wore during Fashion Week." Justice explains as Rarity chuckled into the back of her hand. "All right, Justice. You do enjoy removing the shoes from the feet of a professional, mare like me don't you? I guess it kind of a fetish. Taking the shoes off successful mare like me revealing her feet. As I say before I am fine with that. Now back to the trouble." Rarity said, returning to the earlier discussion. "The reason I know their look for your lounge in particular, because the pony that been sniffing around Ponyville is Princess Cadence Sparkle. She arrived a few weeks ago. I inquired at Castle of Friendship transit office to see if Princess Cadence had filed an itinerary plan for her visit to the Friendship Kingdom. The clerk at the office told me all she did was file for a visitor pass for an unspecified length of time. Not only that, the clerk told me that a second visitor pass is in the process of being filed from Canterlot. So it looks like Princess Luna is next pony to sniff around. So now what Justice?" Rarity asked as Justice snigger before touching Rarity on her snout with his finger. "Now, don't worry about Princess Cadence with Celestia busy in Canterlot for about a month. It was kind of boring around Ponyville. Besides you still most likely have a lot of work to do on, all your collections for Fashion week. This is my job, my friend." Justice comments as Rarity padded barefooted across plush carpet of her primary workroom to the front door of her Carousel Boutique to let Justice out. Before he left, he kisses Rarity on her cheek and wishes her good luck with fashion week and tells her to bring back the top prize for her shop. She smiles and shakes her head that is her plan. The following morning with a few well-placed bribes among the unsavory barkeeps of Ponyville, Justice gets leads on light pink mare staying at the Aggregate hotel, a small but pretty safe budget hotel in the shadow of the School of Friendship. Across the street from the Aggregate hotel was the outdoor patio area of a small coffee house. After purchasing a small cup of coffee from the mare behind the counter Justice takes a seat at one of the tables on the patio and watches the front entrance of the hotel. He doesn't have long to wait to emerge from the hotel was Princess Cadence; she was attired light gray/white runner tee and tights. On her light pink feet were running shoes. A visor cap sat on her head between her ears. From talking with Cadence's husband, Prince Shining Armor Justice learned that Cadence took up jogging as a way to get out of Crystal Palace for a little while and exercise. After finishing his cup of coffee, he walked over to his car parked in the lot and stripped off his tracksuit and tosses them into the car. Reveal a short-sleeve shirt and shorts, on his feet, were pair of running shoes. After a few quick stretches, Justice head off in the direction that Cadence was heading toward. He soon catches up to her; she is jogging at a pretty good pace. She checks the runner watch on her wrist ever so often to make sure she on pace to beat her old time. Went Princess Cadence stop to feel her pulse on her neck, Justice take the opportunity to run up behind her. "Greetings Princess." A stallion voice said behind her as the blood drains from her's face as the spell she used to hide her horn shouldn't allow anyone to know she's, Alicorn Princess. "I am no, Princess; I am pegasi mare. Do you see a horn in the center of my forehead, Sir?" Cadence asked slowly, moving forward so she can flee from this stallion that snuck up behind her. "Of course I don't see a horn, Cadie. You are using a spell to hide it." The stallion voice said as Cadence's jaw drops. She only allows two stallions to call her Cadie, her husband Shining Armor, and Lord Justice Silverlight. It a few hours later Cadence in her Alicorn form is sitting in the living room of Justice's and Celestia's home in ponyville with her legs crossed, one knee tossed casually over the other she was sipping some apple cider from a small glass attired in white slightly below knee-length dress with Antique bronze colored trim. On her slender and gracefully rounded shaped light pink bare feet with ice blue toenail polish was a pair of ankle strap gold heeled gladiator sandals with a four and one half inch heel. A medium width golden strap wrap around her slim ankles is holding the sandals to her foot. Several narrow gold straps crisscross the entire length of her foot end at the opening on end protruding from that opening were five pink elegant looking and shapely slightly plump well-pedicured toes. Cadence had a habit of splaying her toes went she was comfortable every so often; it was a sure sign that the Princess of Love Cadence Sparkle was in a good mood. Those that know that fact about Cadence would look at her feet from under the hem of her court dress she must wear went she is conducting Royal Business at the Crystal Palace and sitting on her Crystalline Throne. If the toe splay occurred during negotiation, the negotiator could assume that they will get a favorable reaction from the Crystal Princess to their proposal. If not, the negotiator has failed the talks with the Crystal Princess and the Crystal Empire. The two stallions that know her the best are her husband, Shining Armor, and Lord Justice Silverlight. During a particularly bad winter storm in the Crystal Empire, Princess Cadence Sparkle fell gravely ill with her husband trapped in Canterlot because of the storm. Lord Justice Silverlight, the second-highest-ranking soldier in the military, took on the duty of caring for the gravely ill Princess. As Cadence continued to recover in bed, she summoned her Chief Steward to the Royal Bedroom and asked Crystal unicorn mare who was the pony taking care of her why her husband was trapped in Canterlot. The Chief Steward told the Crystal Princess the pony that was taking care of her during her sickness order her not to reveal the name to her. It pain Cadence not to be able to thank the pony that took care of her during her illness, but she was going to respect the wishes of the pony that took care of her and not try to discover the name. After fully recovering from her illness, Cadence went back to work ruling the Crystal Empire, but that one doubt started to affect her ability to govern. To remedy the situation, Justice wrote a letter to Cadence and asked her husband Shining Armor to deliver it to her, and if he didn't mind, leave her alone to read it. The following morning after Cadence put on her winter dress and before she put on her winter boots. Shining Armor gave the letter to his wife and asked her to read it before coming to court. She tore the end of the envelope open inside was three pages long letter. She started to cry; it was fully account of her battle with her sickness; the detail was so clear that she knew the message was from the pony that took care of her during her illness. As she reaches the end of the letter, the name on the bottom read Lord Justice Silverlight. At the time, Cadence didn't know Lord Silverlight was dating her adoptive Aunt Princess Celestia for some time now and was a different pony entirely then she thought. She felt that she could never get along with Lord Silverlight as he was very stern with his loyal Solar Guard soldiers assigned to the Crystal Empire. After reading the letter, Cadence quickly pulled on her boots and flew to the Crystal Empire train station as he was scheduled to return to Canterlot that day. She arrived just in time and spoke to him; she asked him if he could return to the Crystal Empire during the warmer season. During that time, she promises to spend time with him to learn about him. ~return to the Present~ "So Cadie, what are you doing in Ponyville today? Royal business?" Justice inquiry as he's watches Cadence tapping her foot soundlessly in the air a few times. "No, Justice, personal business. Oh, before, I forget to thank you, Lord Silverlight, for offering one of your guest bedrooms to me. That spell I was using to hide my horn drains a tremendous amount of my magic reserves from me. So I couldn't maintain it for too long without negative consequences." Cadence explains turning the empty glass between her hands a few times before Justice offers to fill her glass with more apple cider that she accepts. "With Celestia gone for a month in Canterlot, It kind of quiet around here. So have another Alicorn Princess around here should perk thing up a bit. An especially young beautiful pink one." Justice said, complimenting as Cadence blushed and giggled shyly before blush outright with the rather clear comment directed at her. "You are so kind toward all mares that you call a friend. You have been in Ponyville for a while Lord Silverlight. I got wind of special lounge somewhere in town that went you enter it; you come out feeling good. Have you heard of this lounge?" Cadence inquiry flustered, taking a sip of her warm apple cider in her glass as the ice had melted. Slowly Justice watches Cadence's bottom lip begin to curl in depression. "Cadence are you are having marital problems is that why you are looking for that lounge? To feel good once again?" Justice asked curiously as Cadence's breath catches in her throat she was about to tell Justice a blatant lie to him. But she soon realizes he knows her to well for her to lie to him without feeling guilty in the end. "Yes, I am; it not bad enough that it will break up our marriage. It we see each other way too often on day to day basis. I know its part of the rule of the Crystal Empire. But still, I am getting tired of seeing my husband Shining Armor (eyes widen innocently)." Cadence explains running her finger around the rim of the glass, producing a high-pitched ringing sound from the glass. "(Cringing from the high-pitch sound, because of his more sensitive Celestial Alicorn hearing). Cadence could you stop that (a dark blue bubble form on her finger). What would you do if you found that lounge, dear Cadence?" Justice asked as Cadence was a bit puzzled why Justice stops her from running her finger around the rim. "If I found that lounge, Lord Silverlight. I would hope they offer something that could relieve some of the stress of my marital problems." Cadence comment as she heard a distant sound of a front door locks closing and locking. "What is going on, Lord Silverlight? Why did you lock the front door?" Cadence asked her voice tight as she licks her dried lips. "Well, you found the lounge, your highness. It looks like you need it. Would the Princess of Love be interested in the patent Princess's foot massage?" Justice asked as the breath catches in Cadence's throat surprise that the owner of the lounge she was looking for was Justice.