//------------------------------// // Chapter Thirteen: When Apple-bobbing Goes Right // Story: That One Time: Celestia and Luna Married the Mane Six // by TheCrimsonDM //------------------------------// Chapter Thirteen: When Apple-Bobbing goes Right Written by TheCrimsonDM Celestia and Twilight didn’t have to sneak through the castle. They were both princesses and the Royal Wing was always almost empty. It was more of a choice in an attempt to avoid any unnecessary engagements with Luna. When they passed a corner once and heard Cadance and Luna talking they knew they needed to hide. Shoving themselves into a nearby closet proved useful, and intimate. Celestia found herself pressed up hotly against Twilight’s side, her flank brushing against the smaller mare’s. Celestia cursed herself for enjoying the sensation. She cursed herself more for imagining pressing other parts of her body against her. They listened with bated breath. Cadance sounded very excited. “Let’s dress you up and find out. Oh and we should drag Celestia along too, maybe even Twilight!” Luna’s voice was filled with joy. “Capital idea! They will enjoy the sexy attire I am sure!” As the two alicorns walked past continuing their conversation of lingerie Celestia felt her body growing warmer still. She hadn’t even considered the idea of what she would wear to bed. She had some nightgowns which proved to be very attractive in the far distant past. Her last husband had enjoyed them but that was so, so long ago… had those fallen out of favor for sexually attractive nightwear? Twilight’s face was a blush of pink. She was probably imagining herself in those kinds of clothing… or judging by the fact she was rubbing her flank against Celestia’s as her tail end was unable to stop wiggling, she was imagining Celestia in them… somehow Celestia felt the idea more flattering than revolting. Still she purged the thought from her mind and opened the door. They both left the closet quietly and made their way down the hall. Twilight paused at the sight of her old room. “Celestia, would I be staying here?” Celestia frowned. “Only if you want.” Twilight glanced back at her. “And if I wanted to stay with you…” Celestia looked away. “I… wouldn’t stop you.” Twilight nearly jumped after her as Celestia walked down the hall looking for the door they wanted. They found the orange door with the apple symbol on it. Celestia reached over with a hoof and pushed the door open. “Applejack, I wish to discuss some details of the-“ There on the bed, was a tangled mess of alabaster fur against orange. Limbs wrapped around each other. Tongues in places they should not be. Any sign of a well made bed long since utterly destroyed by the pair. Rarity looked over and her eyes widened in horror. “Oh Celestia!” Applejack was too busy with what she was doing with her mouth to notice. “Ah know you like it, but calling her name in the middle of this feels a mite awkward right now.” Rarity pushed herself off the mare. “No, I mean Celestia and Twilight!” Applejack gave her an incredulous look. “Using Twilight’s name in the middle feels more awkward.” She looked at Rarity’s eyes then followed them to the door and nearly shouted, “Oh Celestia!” Celestia blinked, trying her hardest to get the mind bleach to work. It had to work. She didn’t want to see this. Even if she could use this to her advantage she didn’t want to… wait, did Luna know? These two were in a previous engagement of some kind and did Luna know? A cruel plot crept over Celestia’s mind. Her face remained unchanged, in fact she only offered a motherly smile and said, “My little ponies. I see we interrupted something private. My apologies but could we have you wait in your proper room, Rarity?” Rarity quickly leapt off the bed and trotted to the door leading to her room. Apparently, Luna had installed secret entrances to each of the rooms. There was one off to the side hidden in the wall panel that Celestia could spy which would lead to Rainbow Dash’s. Celestia walked in and nodded for Twilight to follow. When Twilight didn’t she took a proper look at the mare. Twilight was still staring at Applejack with wide bugged out eyes. Her jaw dropped. Wings flared out and rigid… oh… Celestia wrapped her golden aura around Twilight lifted her up like a statue and placed her inside before closing the door. “Now, Applejack, my betrothed. I did not expect to see you and Rarity already practicing for the wedding night.” Applejack cleared her throat. “Uh… yeah… um… we were uh, wrestling.” “Interesting, I have not seen such techniques employed in the sport. The thing you did with your tongue and mouth seemed very effective at stopping your opponent, though with Rarity on top I feel maybe she was winning.” Applejack’s entire face turned as red as the apples on her rump. “Ayep!” Twilight Sparkle finally spoke. “That was wrestling!” Applejack looked to Twilight, back to Celestia, and then finally at Twilight. “Um… ayep.” Twilight sat down. “Oh goodness. I didn’t know wrestling was so… um… I can see why Rainbow Dash enjoys it. Maybe I should pick up the sport myself.” Celestia gave Twilight a level stare. “Twilight, you cannot be that innocent can you?” Twilight looked up at her. “I don’t understand. If Applejack says that was wrestling I have to believe her. She is the element of honesty after all and that means she can’t lie.” Applejack nodded. “Ayep.” Twilight then looked at Applejack. “Can you teach me to wrestle?” Applejack’s face turned redder. “Nope.” Twilight frowned and lowered her head. “Oh… okay…” Applejack looked down at the floor. “Now don’t be like that, Sugarcube. Ah’m sure Celestia will teach you all that soon enough.” Twilight jumped up. “Really!” Celestia resisted the urge to facehoof, only by sheer willpower alone. “Twilight, they weren’t wrestling.” “But she just said-“ “They were making love.” Twilight blinked. “Like what Cadance does?” “With her husband, yes.” Applejack groaned. “Consarn it, Twilight. Ah know yer still recovering from your mental meltdown but even you got to know that was sex.” Twilight’s face dropped into a shade of dark red. “That, that was… but who’s the stallion?” Applejack groaned. “Princess, Ah am willing to do anything to avoid having to have this talk with Twilight right now.” Twilight paced back and forth. “But wait, neither of you are stallions, so how would you put a thing inside the place? Sex isn’t supposed to involve your mouth down there. This doesn’t make any sense. My books about breeding and how babies are made do not cover this.” Celestia smiled. “Applejack, I will leave Twilight in your oh so capable hooves for a few minutes.” Applejack jumped out of the bed. “Please, don’t!” Celestia smiled. “I might be willing to take her back on a few conditions.” Twilight added. “How did she get her whole mouth to-“ Applejack pleaded. “Anything!” Celestia walked over and stared down into Applejack’s eyes. “Tell me, are you and Rarity in love?” She nodded. “And does Luna know?” “Ah reckon she has an idea. She purposely put doors here for me and her.” Celestia wanted to reach out and gently stroke that orange cheek of hers but considering the stickiness of it she thought better. “You need to talk to her about it. If you don’t love my sister, and love Rarity instead, would it not be cruel to marry her when she doesn’t know any better?” Applejack looked at her hooves. “Ah… Ah reckon so, but won’t she be mad if Ah tell her Ah’m not into marrying her?” Celestia smiled. “She might be upset, but there are plenty of others here who do want to marry her, if you and Rarity want to keep your interests to a more private party than I believe she would understand. Please, try and talk to her. If you do that then-“ she nodded toward Twilight. Twilight for her part was still talking to herself. “If Pinkie Pie can dislodge her jaw to open that wide and with her monstrous tongue, does that make her better or worse at-“ “I’ll take her off your hooves.” Applejack pawed at the wooden floor. “Ah… Ah will talk to her.” Celestia smiled. “Good, I do respect your honesty. If you do decide to go through with this marriage to us I will be honored to call you my wife.” Celestia lifted Twilight up in her aura and sat the mare down upon her back. The moment Celestia did she realized that was a mistake… a shower was going to be needed posthaste. Celestia left the room with the one intent in mind. Taking a bath and perhaps washing Twilight’s mind clean of her now curious and dirty thoughts. The poor dear was far from ready for such activities, even if her body was begging for it. *** It wasn’t until much later that evening Luna and Cadance had gotten done with their clothing hunt. A particularly nice set of nightwear had been selected for the princess of the night. Maybe she should be referring to it as daywear instead as that would be more likely her time to lie down and bed whichever pony or ponies she was with that morning. There was one problem with this whole day, and it was that Luna was starting to grow exhausted. Ever since Celestia rudely awoken her for the last time she just couldn’t sleep again. So she now waited for the dinner/breakfast to begin. There would a crowd of ponies here this time instead of merely her sister. A full meal… how long had it been since she sat at a table with a group of ponies to eat? Even as a foal ponies had a tendency to shy away from them. Her and Celestia had always been a little distant and lonely. Was it possible that times were about to change, that instead of the quiet and lonely meals that they would have full, family oriented affairs. Loved ones surrounding them, never to be truly alone again… Somehow Luna’s heart ached as she thought about it despite how happy it made her. All her life she knew she’d been missing out on something so simple. As she watched families enjoy their evening meals together when spying on them, she always knew the quiet of their castles, the distance of their servants, and even the temporary fickle love of their harems were all wrong. She wanted so much more from this world, to have something she’d never gotten and always wanted. When she heard the dinner bell ring in her room she jumped up ready and willing to join. The small lamp she had brought in here from one of the guest rooms was thankfully turned off but it was here for if anypony needed to visit her again. Maybe after dinner. Luna’s horn lit up and she teleported to the dining room right away. The table, for the first time since she’d come back from the moon was full. Not only of a delicious dinner/breakfast, but also of life. There were a total of nine other ponies in here this time. And Luna’s heart soared as they all looked to her and her sudden appearance. Luna took the empty seat at the long end of the table. On her left sat the pink bundle of joy, on the right sat the lovely Rarity. Over on Celestia’s side of the table she was flanked by Twilight and Applejack. She was glad to see Twilight was looking rather like her usual self, no pirate hats, no split ends on her mane, and no manic looks in her eyes. Instead her cheeks were still a tinge of pink as she stared at Celestia. Next to Pinkie Pie sat Rainbow Dash and then Fluttershy. Between Rarity were the familiar sights of Shining Armor and Cadance. This was a full dining room to say the least. A few different conversations were already taking place and Luna was unable to easily follow any of them. Not through lack of skill but rather her excitement to listen to all of them at once had made it challenging to focus on but one. This was going to be a dinner to remember.