//------------------------------// // Chapter Twenty Six: When Brides can be Pets // Story: That One Time: Celestia and Luna Married the Mane Six // by TheCrimsonDM //------------------------------// Chapter Twenty Six: When Brides can be Pets Written by TheCrimsonDM It was growing closer to dinner time, or at least that’s how Fluttershy’s belly felt when she woke up with a sleeping princess next to her. Her head was still spinning from the past day or two. So many things had changed in such a short time frame. It wasn’t the first time she’d been intimate with a mare, but it was the first time she felt really and truly attractive. Luna’s interest in her was so sincere that she couldn’t help but to fall in love with the princess of the night.  Sure it was dark and scary in here but with Luna’s wing draped over her back, pulling her closely into an embrace she was warm and felt safe. There was one more thing she noticed after some time of getting used to the darkness. Even in the dark of this room, Luna’s mane sparkled. She could look up and see the stars above her, reach out and actually touch them. It was magic, pure and simple.  Rolling over she nuzzled into Luna’s chest. She was lucky that after Rarity’s interruption earlier she had been onguard for anypony else coming to interrupt her. Pinkie had come in after that, the less she thought about that the better. Luna was her princess and she was not too keen on sharing just yet. Luna’s voice came out gentle and soft. “Mmm Fluttershy, did you awaken?” Fluttershy nodded. “Y-yes.” “I do hope you slept soundly.” Fluttershy kissed Luna’s chest. “I’ve never had dreams as good as the ones I have when I’m with you.” Luna’s feathers trailed a hot line down Fluttershy’s back ending just above her flank. “I would hope so.” “So, um, our um, conversation from earlier… you had a pet manticore?” Luna snuggled closer squeezing Fluttershy. “Oh my yes. His name was Spot, he had a spot just over his right eye. The most fantastic and magical of beasts, it still pains me so to know I put a manticore in harm’s way to try and stop you and your friends when I had been evil.” Fluttershy nuzzled some more. Luna smelled really good. A little like flowers mixed in with something aetherial, something she couldn’t quite place. “I know the feeling. My first gala here… I wasn’t very nice to the animals.” Luna squeezed a little more than relaxed as if trying to hug her while already hugging her. “I know, the poor dears were so frightened I had to spend hours coaxing them back to sleep. I promised them you weren’t scary or mean, you just wanted some affection.” Fluttershy looked up to where Luna’s face would be if she could see any better. Their lips brushed by accident, but Fluttershy didn’t mind. “You talk to the animals?” “Well of course I do. The dreams of all creatures in Equestria are my domain.” Luna laughed. “Besides, why do you think we even have animals in the garden?” Fluttershy nuzzled her nose against Luna’s. “Because Celestia likes them?” “Of course she enjoys looking at them from time to time, but the animals are my friends.” Luna giggled. “The reason they are there is for me, not for her.” Fluttershy pressed forward letting their lips meet once more before pulling away. “I knew you were the best.” Realizing what she had just said she felt her ears folding back. “P-please don’t tell Celestia.” Luna rubbed her face into Fluttershy’s neck. “Oh do not worry little one, I think I’ll keep that, and maybe a few other things to myself.” The kisses Luna began planting alongside Fluttershy’s neck were so pleasant. She wanted to stay there in the darkness of Luna’s embrace forever. Of course that was when her stomach began to rumble. Luna paused, then laughed and pulled away. “let us fetch some food before continuing any physically straining activities.” Fluttershy didn’t want to leave but she was getting pretty hungry. “O-okay.” Without any ability to see, Fluttershy was left relying on Luna to lift her up onto the mare’s back and then walked to the door. Once the door opened bright glaring light poured in from the hall. Fluttershy felt herself hissing at the light; it was far too bright. It only occurred to her that hissing was a rather unladylike thing to do. She quickly apologized only for Luna to laugh it off and they continued down the hall together.  Luna did not take them straight to the food. Instead taking them to somewhere different altogether. A place they both sorely needed as well. The baths. There were probably as many baths as there were bathrooms in the castle. Some of them hidden behind secret doors as Fluttershy discovered earlier. This time they were led to a large open one. The floor had two striking colors of tiles. One a deep shade of blue covering one half of the room, the other was a shade of orange. They met in the middle around a massive bath that was far more like a heated pool than anything else. Towels lined the racks on the wall, far too many for even the princesses to ever use them all.  Luna walked them into the tub where Fluttershy realized with a start that the water went at least four feet deep. If she dunked in she might not be able to stick her head out. Luckily even with Luna laying down, she was able to keep her head above the water’s edge from Luna’s additional height.  The water was nice, hot, and steamy. If she wasn’t so hungry, Fluttershy might be risking some other activities with her princess right then. Luckily the only pony so far to get close to catching anything she had done with Luna was Rarity. Speaking of which, Fluttershy wasn’t sure what to make of Rarity’s actions. She both wanted to continue seeing where that would lead, and felt bad about it because Rarity thought she was kissing Luna. Of course that brought with it another concern. She did not want to share Luna. At least, she kept telling herself it was only a temporary thing. That she would get used to the idea later, after the marriage, but for now she just wanted to keep Luna all to herself and soak in all the love the mare had, returning it with every fiber of her being. Anything she could do for Luna, she would. It was almost like she was getting to live out a fantasy of hers. One that Luna was privy to, and didn’t judge her for. Looking over she noticed a small box lying nearby the bath’s edge. It was wrapped up in pink and yellow wallpaper. There was a red ribbon tied on the top of it. Luna noticed what she was staring at and said, “Oh my, whatever could that be?” Luna got up and as the water fell down around them she made her way with careful strides toward the box. She lay down as close as she could to the edge and nodded for Fluttershy to take a look at the box. “Fluttershy, is that your name on it?” Fluttershy went over and saw the name tag on it. “For Fluttershy, from one of your true loves.” Fluttershy only had one true love, Celestia had not quite shown the same level of interest and after so much time with Luna, did Fluttershy really want her too? Maybe, it would be nice to be favored by another princess, but if she did that she’d have to be more open to their desires to share, and that was something she didn’t feel comfortable with yet.  Fluttershy unwrapped the package with wet hooves watching the giftwrap turn to mush. Inside was a box that was relatively unharmed by soaking wet hooves. Opening it up she saw a pink collar inside. On it was the name, Princess Fluttershy. She looked over at Luna and blinked. Luna frowned. “This is… something thou desired yes? Did thou not dream of a collar?” Fluttershy smiled and put the collar on her neck. It fit perfectly. Loose and gentle yet just tight enough it wouldn’t fall off or get snagged by accident. “I… is this okay?” Luna smiled. “If it is your desire then anything is okay.” Fluttershy had to blink some of the tears out of her eyes. “I can be your wife, and your pet?” Luna leaned over and gave Fluttershy a kiss on the cheek. “Of course, I love you.” Fluttershy wrapped her forelegs around Luna’s neck embracing her. “I love you too.” The rest of the bath went without much excitement but she couldn’t help imagining just how badly she wanted to continue being Luna’s pet. For years she’d had dreams about being a pet, and although Luna misunderstood them at first thinking Fluttershy wanted to be treated like a queen, once that was cleared up Luna held no judgment for her, only comfort, understanding, and acceptance. There was no princess better than Luna. After the bath they made their way toward the dining hall. Fur nice, clean, and fluffy after drying off, they had no fear of anything. They made their way to the dining hall but just outside of it Fluttershy and Luna encountered Rarity and Applejack. Luna smiled at them.  Rarity looked up at her. “Luna, my love, could me and Applejack speak with Fluttershy in private for a moment?” Fluttershy could tell by the look in Rarity’s eyes, something was wrong and she quickly said. “It’s okay. I-I’ll catch up.” She was plucked off of Luna’s back and set down onto the floor. For a moment there was silence as Luna went inside and closed the doors behind them. Fluttershy felt cold without the warm loving fur of her mistress to cuddle into. Rarity looked down at her hooves. "Darling, about earlier… I’m sorry I didn’t help you… finish your task." Applejack nearly shoved Rarity. “That’s not the part yer supposed to apologize fer. You and Fluttershy just made a mistake is all.” Fluttershy looked away. "N-no, Applejack, it wasn’t a mistake... I’m sorry I pretended to be Luna… I knew the moment you got in bed it was you, I just… “ Rarity gasped. “How did you know it was me?” “When Luna crawls into your bed, you know it’s her. Besides you taste and smell like marshmallows… it's good." Rarity bit her lower lip. "And I suppose I just wanted attention from some pony and I neglected you… and what do you mean I smell like marshmallows? I am not a marshmallow." "Nevermind that um… and I’m ok now." "Did pinkie help at least?" Fluttershy nearly spat, the second interruption came from Pinkie just as she was about to finish. That only made things so much harder. "You mean you’re the one who sent her into my room?" "Luna’s room," Rarity corrected. "And I know from experience that she's wonderful at helping that itch. I do hope she was good enough for you." Fluttershy decided to not look a gift horse in the mouth… for all of five seconds. "You know what, no, she wasn’t good enough for me." Rarity’s ears folded back with an expression of real horror. "I’m so sorry I thought.., how, how can I make this up to you?" Fluttershy looked away. "You just left me there, alone. You can’t do that." "Oh no, Fluttershy, please, I’m marrying you too. Let me do something, anything to make it up to you. I’m such an awful pony."  Fluttershy did her best to suppress a cruel smile. Something felt wrong about this, like she was going to do something bad, but she didn’t care anymore. She was Luna’s pet and deserved to be treated well. "I’m still in the mood for marshmallows. Perhaps for a…um… desert?" Rarity looked down. "I… ok.  I‘ll ask AJ but… okay, I’ll finish what I started, after dinner, ok, love?" She grumbled to herself, “Who else do I need to make up to?”  Applejack whispered, “Pretty much everypony, oh and permission granted sugarcube. Ah want to see where this goes.” Fluttershy and the others went inside and took their seats. Walking in almost everypony was already here and in different seats. Fluttershy of course took the seat next to Luna and as Luna wrapped a loving wing over her back, a few of the others gave them odd looks.  Once fully seated Fluttershy stroked a hoof over her new collar. "Okay" It took a few moments but eventually, Rarity, sitting at Celestia’s side asked, “Fluttershy, why do you have a collar around your neck?” Luna pulled Fluttershy in closer. “Because she has requested one. For my brides, I will give anything I have in my power to give.” Fluttershy nuzzled up next to Luna. “She’s so loving.” Applejack cleared her throat. “You two getting mighty close ain’t ya?” The wing stretched out and stroked Applejack’s cheek. She was on the other side of Luna tonight. “Oh my dear, Applejack. I can be as close to any of my brides as thee desires.” Applejack’s cheeks turned pink but she didn’t pull away from the touch. Rarity shot a glare at Applejack and then nuzzled into Princess Celestia’s side drawing a quick gasp from the much larger mare. “I’m sure any of our beautiful wives would do the same.” Celestia smiled awkwardly as she set a wing over Rarity’s back pulling her close. On Celestia’s other side Rainbow Dash was there. She pouted and looked away. “I’m too cool for the mushy stuff you know.” She glanced at Celestia a couple of times as if expecting something. When nothing happened she let out a quiet sigh of defeat. Pinkie Pie was between Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. “I just want the best of both worlds!” There may have been a lot of food on the table. Yet nopony was eating just yet. There was one other that hadn’t shown up. Celestia would glance toward the doors every once in a while as if looking forward to the venerable mare’s appearance. When none came she looked down at her empty plate. “Well, I suppose we shouldn’t starve ourselves waiting.” Luna chimed in. “Dear sister, tis fine. We both know our Twilight loves her studies. Perhaps she found a good book and lost track of the time.” Celestia smiled at that. “She does get lost in reading…” her eyes looked a little bit dreamy as she sat there. Fluttershy wasn’t a stranger to dreamy looks. Perhaps Celestia had some attraction to the idea of studious ponies.  The doors opened just then and the mare of the hour came walking in. her mane was a mess, her fur stuck out on end, and her eyes looked glazed over. She made her way to the seat where Rainbow dash was and tried to sit down before getting a swift kick revealing a pony was already in the seat. Twilight looked back to see Rainbow Dash glaring at her. Twilight looked around and eyes wide as she realized all the seats next to Celestia were taken. She looked at Rainbow Dash and growled.  After that, she made her way to the other seat available, between Rarity and Applejack. “Good evening girls.” Rainbow Dash folded her legs over her chest. “I got your gift.” Twilight smiled. “Oh and how did you like it.” “Made for some good throwing practice. Did you know you could hit ponies from the balcony with a well-timed toss.” Celestia’s eyes widened. “Were you the one throwing pies at ponies?” Rainbow Dash grinned. “Maybe.” Luna tried to stifle a laugh, gave up and just laughed harder.  Celestia cracked a smile and spoke very carefully. “That is not, very appropriate behavior from a future princess.” Rainbow Dash shrugged. “They seemed fine with it. Got some food and a new hat.” Fluttershy imagined ponies running around the castle with tinfoil pie hats covered in crumbs and pie goo. She had to cover her mouth with her hooves to avoid laughing out loud. Celestia giggled a little at the idea as well. Rarity rolled her eyes. “Really now, Rainbow Dash, we’re already in a weird position here, please try not to make us look worse.” Rainbow Dash shrugged. “Better than what Twilight’s been doing all day.” Twilight blinked. “W-what? I didn’t do that all day. I didn’t even do that most of the day. Or even once. It was you. You did that.” Rainbow Dash leaned forward. “Do what exactly?” Twilight’s cheeks were turning pink. “Nothing. Absolutely nothing.” Fluttershy felt she was missing some context here but at least they were still being playful. It was then she realized that Applejack had snuck in closer to Luna when she wasn’t looking. Luna’s other wing was draped across Applejack’s back now. Fluttershy leaned over and stuck her face next to Applejacks. Applejack looked over and saw her. “Fluttershy, you okay, yer eyes look a mite red?” Fluttershy hissed, then remembered for the second time that evening, ponies don’t hiss. “I am fine. Me and Luna are fine. Me and Luna.” Applejack rolled her eyes, took her hat off and shoved it on top of Fluttershy’s head covering her eyes. Fluttershy darted back and began trying to push the hat off. It was stuck pretty good. Applejack laughed. “Don’t be greedy now, Shy. There’s six of us that they’re marrying.” Once Fluttershy got the hat off her head she shook her head furiously like a wet dog. “I am not being selfish.” Luna brought Fluttershy in a bit closer. “Do not worry my loves. I have enough heart for all six of my lovely brides.” Meanwhile Fluttershy noticed that Twilight was glowering at Rarity who was still snuggling up to Princess Celestia. Food had appeared on most ponies’ plates by now. Even Fluttershy’s was filled. She was too hungry to keep arguing so she got busy eating some steamed asparagus. She’d let Applejack have her snuggles, at least for now. Later she would find a way to defeat the mare… oh that sounded aggressive… perhaps, just help her lose interest in Luna. Celestia was just fine and open, why take her Luna when Applejack could have Celestia. As the dinner wore on Fluttershy noticed something odd about Rainbow Dash, she had been scooting closer and closer to Celestia. She was now only a few inches away from her. The look in her eyes made her look more like a lost puppy than a pony. What was Rainbow Dash wanting? Celestia noticed and reached down with a wing wrapping Rainbow Dash into an embrace. Twilight actually growled. It seemed Twilight understood the need to keep a princess to themselves. Rainbow Dash said, “I guess I can’t do anything if you want to hug me so bad.” She nuzzled into Celestia’s side. “I guess I’m just too cool.” Celestia smiled. “You are pretty cool.” Rarity looked up from under Celestia’s other wing. “What about me?” Celestia smiled. “You are very pretty.” Rarity squeed and wrapped her legs around Celestia’s waist. “YES!” Applejack rolled her eyes. “Everypony needing Princess affection now huh. Guess we’re beyond the point of no return.” Luna smiled. “That is good.” Pinkie Pie laughed at the site. “Awww, wittle Wainbow needs cuddly wuddlys.” Rainbow Dash stuck her tongue out at the mare.  As the dinner wore on, despite Fluttershy being well-fed she felt something was wrong. As ponies began to depart, she managed to pry herself away from Luna saying she was going to take a quick walk and be back when she was done. She really hoped Pinkie didn’t strike in that time.  What Fluttershy really did was trot around until she found Twilight. The mare was following Celestia, and at least a good few meters behind the mare. Nopony else was with Celestia so clearly it was going to be Twilight’s time to get some of her own love. Of course Fluttershy caught her just in time and whispered. “Twilight.” Twilight nearly jumped, turned back and stared at Fluttershy. “F-Fluttershy, where did you come from?” Fluttershy shook her head. “We need to talk.” “I know, I know… I shouldn’t be mad at Rainbow Dash and Rarity. They both want to love their future wives as much as I do, its wrong to be self-“ “No, we need to keep them away from our lovers.” Twilight blinked. “Wait… what?” Fluttershy feared there wasn’t much time before Pinkie found an opportunity. “You need to keep them away from Celestia, and I need to keep them away from my Luna. We should work together.” Twilight stared at her. A cruel smile growing across her lips. “Oh, I see… okay. Team Twishy then?” “Team Twishy.” Twilight glanced back at Celestia. “I’m going to bed soon, but I’ll start off by keeping Pinkie Pie busy.” “H-how so?” Twilight cleared her throat. “Oh man, I heard it was guard pony six hundred and seventy two’s birthday today. And no pony had a party or a cake for him. Whatever will he do?” Pinkie’s head popped out of a nearby lamp gasping. “NO! Nopony should have their B-day uncelebrated.” She slunk back into the lamp and vanished. Twilight smiled. “I will give you a list of every single guards birthday for tomorrow. Use it wisely.” Fluttershy stared at the lamp. “Um… but… how did she…” Twilight blinked. “How did she do what?” Fluttershy shook her head. “Nevermind. I’m um… I’m going back to bed.” What she didn’t say was that she was going to take a detour to have some marshmallow pie for dessert, and perhaps apple pie too if that was still on the menu. “G-good night, Twilight.” Twilight smiled. “Good night, Fluttershy.” As Twilight turned to leave, there was a sharp laugh from her. She stopped and looked back at Fluttershy with narrowed eyes. Something seemed suddenly dangerous about her. “By the way, I’m also going to be taking my share of Luna. But you make an adorable pet, so I think we’ll keep you.” Fluttershy looked back to complain about that being unfair but Twilight was already gone in a flash of red light. Well… take care of the nosy ponies first, then Twilight. After all Twilight would be easy to deal with, Fluttershy heard that Twilight had some disagreements with quesadillas before.  Of course, she could worry about her perfectly innocent plans later, for now, it was marshmallow time.