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// Chapter Three: Of the Planning Pony and her Brilliant Totally Not Ruined Ideas 
// Story: That One Time: Two Princesses Enjoyed Their Harem Honeymoon 
// by TheCrimsonDM 
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Chapter Three: Of the Planning Pony and her Brilliant Totally Not Ruined Ideas



Written by TheCrimsonDM


Celestia had finally gotten all of her wives together for a nice cup of tea. All seven of them. Though she chose to sit next to Luna, the others were all on the opposite side of the small rectangular table they were at enjoying tea on a balcony that overlooked the courtyard gardens. It was a cool day out here, a nice gentle breeze, not enough to disturb their tea, but enough to allow them a breather from Celestia's sun. Even she had to admit sometimes the power of her sun got to her, but the breeze made it so much nicer.

Celestia spoke gently as she looked out over the balcony and at the venerable forest that lay in her courtyard. "We have some grand news to reveal to you all."

Luna nodded. "We are planning to do a solar eclipse again."

Twilight stood up from her seat, placing her hooves on the table and nearly shouting. "You can’t! The last time you did that, the ponies freaked out and thought it was the end of the world. The destruction it caused was beyond measure."

Celestia shot a sharp look at her giggling sister. "Relax, Luna jests. We are actually planning on our honeymoon. We have settled on a place that should be wonderful and I was hoping you'd approve. Of course if there are any objections I would love to hear them."

Luna managed to calm her laughter just enough to say. "We are planning to spend our honeymoon in the Crystal Kingdom. There is a lovely place we own there called Poly's Pocket Bluebird Manor, and it should be just right for us."

Twilight blinked. "You, own, the Bluebird Manor?"

Rarity's eyes were wide and her jaw dropped.

Applejack looked a bit confused alongside the others. "Um, can y'all explain why that's so surprising?"

Twilight gasped. "It's one of the most expensive properties in the Crystal Kingdom. Rumors say you could only afford it if given the blessing of Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor themselves."

Celestia raised an eyebrow. "And this surprises you?"

Twilight blinked a few times, and then her entire face went red. "O-oh right, your niece, my um... What is my relationship with her now?"

Rarity thankfully came to the rescue from such an odd question when she spoke, "Girls, it is a wonderful, fancy, and royal place. The kind of place I always dreamed of visiting, but spending my honeymoon there. Oh goodness, if she owns it, if we own it, I could live there!" she threw her hoof over her face and fainted into Applejack who just barely caught her in time. What really got Celestia was that Rarity really did faint, it wasn't just for show, she was out like a light and limp as a rag doll.

Applejack whistled. "Wow, we figured it'd be the Crystal Kingdom, but if'n that place is as good as these two say, you really outdid yerself, Princ... Celestia."

Celestia allowed herself a small smile. Sure she was just a little upset to hear that they'd already figured out the location, but the fact she could at least shock two of them with the home, was more than enough for her. "It has its own pool, Jacuzzi, living facilities such as bathroom, bedroom, kitchen dining area, and a place for barbecues. I'm sure there's more but I was focused more on making sure the Jacuzzi was large enough for all eight of us to fit inside."

Luna added. "It is, just barely, but it is."

Fluttershy gasped. "B-b-but you're huge! That would mean the Jacuzzi is, is, is massive!"

Rainbow Dash giggled. "Oh, really and how huge is Celestia? What part of her is the hugest?"

Fluttershy seemed to realize her mistake and covered her mouth with her hooves and let out a tiny eep. Celestia rolled her eyes. "It is true, me and my sister are rather... generous in size compared to my little wives, but that is not necessarily a bad thing now is it?"

Pinkie Pie giggled. "With a butt like yours how could we complain? Well I mean, other than when you almost suffocated me by mistake, but hey, I was the one to ask you to sit on my face."

Everypony looked at Pinkie but she simply smiled as if what she said was the most normal thing in the world. It was honestly another learning lesson for Celestia. Be careful how to sit on a pony, she was still a giant compared to them. Still it was another question for another time. "Okay, listen, I know we're all excited about this. I just wanted to let you know where we were going, and that I already have planned fun activities for all of us, I've written down a list of the activities that I suspect we'll all enjoy the most."

Luna smiled. "It'll be so much fun."

Pinkie agreed. "So fun."

Rarity groaned groggily as she began waking up. "Fun."

Twilight chimed in with a question. "When do we leave, my love."

Celestia smiled, just hearing those words always made her heart soar with pride. "I was hoping we could leave tonight. Don't worry about the castle, we'll just be gone for long enough that nopony will miss me and the council can take care of things here. If there's another attempted revolt, me and Luna will quall it on our return trip."

Luna clapped her hooves together. "Oh sex, vacation, fun, and a potential for violence! You really have thought of everything.”

Celestia wasn't quite sure that Luna should be happy to think there might be a revolt. It was of course meant as a joke. Or perhaps Luna was playing a long joke on her, sometimes it was hard to tell with her. She'd question Luna later, in private, and preferably out of earshot of the others. A private investigation could be fun. Some part of Celestia missed the day when she had stronger morals, about a week ago, but being completely free like this with her own sister nonetheless,  was something she had never realized she desired until it happened. It didn't hurt that it also brought Luna closer to her.

Then again, she could say the same thing about any and all of her lovely little wives. Perhaps she'd enjoy watching them pair off with each other eventually too, assuming they hadn't already. This was a weird relationship.


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It was much later into the evening. The sun had finally set outside, and Twilight was pacing in front of her friends. They were all wearing saddlebags, with minimal packing. Twilight had advised they pack light so they could sneak out of the castle easier. She knew the protocol. If Celestia was leaving for a long time, she couldn't let ponies see her go, otherwise it would cause chaos and that was the last thing she needed.

Looking at them she nodded in approval. Even Pinkie Pie and Rarity had packed light. Twilight finally stopped in front of them and spoke in a clear, commanding tone. "Alright everypony, I think we should be good when the princesses summon us. This way we won't hinder them."

Rarity spoke. "Twilight, shouldn't we just be calling them our wives?"

"Shh, Marshmallow, I'm doing a thing here."

Rarity blinked a few times as if she wasn't quite sure what to make of that. Rainbow Dash snickered. Twilight continued. "Pinkie, do you have the blueprints of the castle?"

Pinkie nodded. "Yepperoni!"

"Good, I didn't even have to ask you to get them."

"Aw shucks, Twilight, what do you take me for? What kind of self respecting party pony doesn't have blueprints to Celestia's castle?"

Twilight smiled. "I knew I could count on you."

Pinkie fluttered her eyes. "You can always count on me. For more than just blueprints you know."

Rainbow Dash took a step forward. "You can count on me too! For, more than whatever Pinkie's offering."

Everypony looked at her, and it was clear that Rainbow Dash swiftly regretted her interruption. Her head lowered slightly and her cheeks turned beat red. This wouldn't do. Twilight walked up to her, and using a wing she lifted Rainbow's chin. "I know, Champ. I can count on you, and I do count on you. I promise."

The warm heart melting look that Rainbow Dash gave her in that moment was worth more than a thousand words. Even Pinkie Pie was smiling like it was the sweetest thing she ever saw. The moment was brief but as Twilight pulled away to continue her lecture she hoped that it would be enough to make Rainbow Dash feel validated. Whatever it was that Rainbow Dash wanted, Twilight wanted to give it to her. It was hard to see Rainbow Dash look... vulnerable like that. She needed her brave weather pony to be strong and valiant.

Twilight rolled those words around out loud for a moment. "Strong, valiant, brave..."

Rarity interrupted her. "Um, Twilight, darling, as much as we love seeing you and Rainbow Dash being all dreamy eyed, can you get on with the plan please? Before one of us messes it up for our wives?"

"Right, plan, that's what we're here for. Planning, lectures, um... blueprints!" 

Pinkie was already handing out the blueprint she had. Twilight took one good look at it, gave a polite and endearing nod and spoke, "Okay, so the plan should be that we gather together in the west hall, where there is a large painting depicting Celestia battling the hordes of changelings on the mountain of Skragg. Just behind the painting is a tunnel that leads out to a series of secret passages beneath the castle. From there we will exit into the Crystal mines, ignore the skeletons, they've been there for almost a thousand years. From there we go down a series of steep stairs built into the side of a giant chasm glowing with green with dark magic. After that we will exit into the backside of the Everfree Forest, and we can safely make our way out to a secret landing port where an airship, specifically a cloud ship used for espionage will be waiting for us. We will clamber aboard and set sail for the Crystal Kingdom. Any questions?"

The door opened up behind Twilight and both Celestia and Luna walked in. "Yes, I do have one."

Twilight beamed at her wife. "Yes!"

"What if I have different plans for our transit?"

Celestia and Luna flanked each of Twilight's sides. Twilight frowned. "Well, there are the back up plans of course, but we never really practiced those much. I fear you'll need to instruct me on where to go and how to act."

Luna laughed. "Oh, Twilight. We have a much simpler solution."

Twilight looked up at Luna, who nodded to Celestia. She turned her gaze to Celestia who's horn began to glow with golden light and the entire room was washed in it's warm glow. "Simple, Twilight." the world flashed before them and there was a loud pop. Twilight blinked, and as the world reasserted itself between the flash of the golden light she found herself, they all found themselves, inside Celestia's bed chambers inside the Crystal Kingdom's castle. Celestia finished her explanation. "Teleporting."

Twilight laid down. "But, all my hard work, and planning."

Luna giggled. "All ruined so we could make this more convenient. Isn't that wonderful?"

Twilight groaned as she buried her head into her forelegs. 

Celestia pet the top of Twilight's head. "Oh don't pout. We're all here now, and we'll be going to the Bluebird manner tomorrow. For tonight, food, family, and some more... adult fun."