Say hi to Aurora, courtesy of Tulip
Say hi to Aurora, courtesy of Tulip
So, a note to future self from past self. Never ask, mention, or otherwise even hint at, sexual acts around Celestia when she's out to get some revenge pranking. After my exclamation at the end of our lunch, she proceeded to explain to me, in detail, exactly how a pony masturbates without the aid of hands. Hooves apparently work very well. Horns and wings also give some very interesting sensations, and I won't even dare let my mind rest for too long on what Luna had mentioned about self-gratifying one's self with their own tongue.
I was left to their mercy, as the first step I tried to take to leave the room resulted in my face meeting the floor once more. Luckily Twilight came to my aid before they got into the use of toys; which Celestia promised to talk about in detail later and Luna gave me a look that made it seem like she wanted to show me their applications in person. Now I was walking, albeit extremely slowly, next to Twilight through the hallways of the castle. My room was the end destination, but the path we were taking ensured that I would get plenty of practice at walking.
My face was still beet red, the heat still having not diminished in the slightest as we passed through a rather interesting span that appeared to be made solely out of glass. I continued to lean a little into Twilight as I looked down at my hooves and saw the rather hefty drop beneath me. A nice little stream made a waterfall down the far side of ravine this span crossed, further lending to its aesthetics. At least, once you got past the whole bit where it seems like you're walking on air.
Twilight and I walked in relative silence, as I wasn't the only one who had been mortified by Celestia's words. Even now, I could still see a faint blush on her cheeks, and her wings would occasionally twitch. I still had no idea which muscles controlled my wings, although I knew that they'd moved a few times of their own volition.
"So... Twilight." I hesitantly began, breaking the silence. "Are we agreed that we shall never mention that conversation at the end of lunch, ever? I thought that I'd heard some crazy things before, but yikes. Even tops when I brought home my first girlfriend and my dad told me if I knocked her up he'd be removing a few vital parts from me."
"I think that's perfectly acceptable, E– Aurora. Sorry, still getting used to your new name." Twilight paused, a slight shudder running through her. I suppose hearing one's mentor describe such lewd acts was certain to grate against your standard image of a teacher. If it weren't for the night with Luna, I'd have pegged Twilight for a virgin, given her inclination towards books and knowledge. So, something like this was probably a big shock.
"So, why did you decide on Aurora?" Twilight asked as she put out a hoof to keep me from stumbling. Damn these clumsy hooves! I will say though, the preconceived notions I had about them were a bit off. They were rather hard, yet sensitive to contact with anything. Plus, they could pick up things with the bottom of the hoof, defying all logic in the process.
Focus mind, get back on track! "Well, first off, let me answer your question with one of my own. Do you know what an aurora is, and if so, have you seen one?" Twilight gave a short confirmation, which made my explanation much simpler to give. "Well, as I've told you, back home on Earth everything was steeped in science rather than magic. Something or another having to do with electricity I think caused the night skies in the northern part of our planet to occasionally have a green curtain of light that seemed to shimmer and dance at times.
"During winter, my parents would take me up to a cabin they owned that was further north than where we lived. At night, we'd sit outside bundled up in warm clothes and watch the Northern Lights, what we called the auroras. I figured it was as good a name as any, seeing how you have Luna, the moon, Twilight Sparkle, a time of night and an adjective... It seemed to fit right in." I paused, a recent memory coming to mind. "Besides, I figured I should name myself before Luna could come up with something! She had some awful ideas; things like Sunset Shimmer and god knows what else."
Twilight cracked up laughing, going so far as to stop walking and pound a hoof into the floor. I stopped, reminded myself to stay balanced, and watched her with wide eyes. Well, wider than these ridiculous eyes already were, which is saying quite a lot. She even began crying a bit for added measure as I simply stood there, rather stunned at her reaction. "Uh, did I say something, Twi?"
She quickly remembered where she was, and did her best to stem her laughter. It took another minute or two, but finally she was in a condition to talk again. "Oh, I'm so sorry Aurora, but that was just too good. Sunset Shimmer? She was Celestia's student before me, you see. Apparently, she had a lot of potential but was basically a spoiled bitch and became extremely lazy. Celestia disavowed her, and the last anypony heard of her was when she was spouting some nonsense about another world and tried jumping through a mirror. I think Celestia had her quietly admitted to an institution."
I simply face-hoofed, remembering to not smack myself quite so hard this time, at the fact Luna had basically pranked me by bringing up that name, even if I hadn't known it at the time. "I suppose that only confirms the fact that I needed to come up with a name before Luna or anyone else could try to do so for me."
We continued walking, this time with Twilight keeping a little distance between us to force me to walk without support. I'd like to think I was gradually improving, although honestly when you start off at the point of a shit-faced drunkard being able to walk better than you, there's nowhere to go but up. "Aurora, did you have any questions? Or, I suppose I should say what would you like to ask me first? I promise to do my best to not ask any of my own for a bit; you probably have a lot, after all."
I hummed a little to myself, a sensation which felt a fair amount different with a different sized set of vocal chords. I hummed a quick scale, thinking of what to ask first. "So, horn and wings means I'll be able to do magic and fly once I learn, right? So, how soon before we can get started on that?" I gotta say, the concept of flying under my own power really appealed to me; just as much as being able to harness magic and fling spells about. If asked which I would want to start on first, I honestly couldn't tell you.
"Well, I suppose we could get a start on them tomorrow. For flight, you'll first need to learn how to feel and control your wings, then we can test your wings' strength. That'll determine where we start. I have an idea for how to get you to feel your wings, but it'll have to wait until we get to your room." She had a smirk on her face that made me think she was up to no good, but I really didn't have the option to have anyone else help out. It was Twilight or no one, really. "As far as magic goes, that's just going to take time."
"You're saying that I can't just point my horn, do something, then have a spell happen?" I asked with disappointment. I was really hoping to avoid books for the foreseeable future. I didn't think it possible, but Twilight had made me come to dislike books in a matter of days.
"Pft, as if! It requires a fair amount of time, study and dedication to be able to properly cast any spell. Even telekinesis requires a fair amount of training so that you don't crush things you grab with your magic." Twilight actually sounded a little annoyed at my ignorance, which I suppose I could understand. It would probably suck to have someone be able to do in days what might've taken her weeks, months or years. So being an alicorn doesn't bring some sort of super-juiced majeek, got it.
"Before we even get you started on exercises, Aurora, we have to do a few tests anyways." I let out a loud groan at Twilight's words. She had given me one oral test on some of the material just to torment me, or so I thought anyways, and now one of the last words I wanted to ever hear out of her mouth was test. "Simple stuff really, but it'll tell me a lot about your magic and how to best approach your training. Measuring your potential is a pretty big deal, it's the difference between practicing new spells in your bedroom or in a triple layered glyph-protected blast-proof room."
I did a double take as Twilight casually mentioned the latter of the environments. "Wait, there's some ridiculously magical enhanced room like that? It sounds more like somewhere you'd put a prisoner or something than where you'd want to do training at."
Twilight nodded her head as we turned down the hall that my room was connected to. "Yes, there is a room that's basically anything proof. Almost, anyways." I focused an eye on her and attempted to raise an eyebrow, to which she simply shrugged. "Well, when you arrived, I sorta, kinda knocked you through the wall of that room, so it needed to be remodeled... Before that, it stood up to just about every spell I learned while here in the castle growing up."
I whistled, thinking back to what Celestia had mentioned. Twilight being the alicorn of magic, that is. Considering she put me through a wall, nevermind what sort of majeek was in place to further protect it, spoke volumes as to why she held the title. I hadn't had much interaction with many ponies yet, but the majority of magic I'd witnessed was all basic levitation. Twilight had previously mentioned how it's the first thing all unicorn foals learn how to accomplish; with everything I'd heard so far about some of the complex stuff she'd done that blew levitation out of the water, she definitely earned her title.
I attempted to open up the door to my room, trying to keep my balance on three hooves as I grasped the knob in my fourth. After two failed attempts, Twilight laughed and nudged me aside, her magic quickly opening the way for us both. Standing to the side, she let me amble in first; and I made a beeline for my bed so that I could get off my fe– hooves. Damn pony words, it was going to take some time to get used to thinking and referring to things as such.
Twilight closed the door behind us as I scrambled to get onto the bed. Luckily, although it was human sized, it had also been made with ponies in mind. I simply had to step up onto the surface and then scramble a little to get all four of my hooves on it. I carefully turned around and let my front hooves dangle off the edge of the bed as I watched Twilight start going through some of the books on the table as well as some of her notes that she presumably pulled from the æther.
"Ah ha! This'll be handy in a few." She set a few papers and a book to the side on the table before turning around and focusing on me. "Now, Aurora, I mentioned that I had a way for you to feel your wing muscles. Before we do that, I'd like you to close your eyes and try to feel them out yourself first. If that gets nowhere, then we'll move on." Twilight walked on over to the edge of the bed, chuckling a little at the sight of my on the edge with my hooves dangling near to the floor.
I complied, closing my eyes as I thought of the new appendages on my sides. I know that they're not my shoulder blades, although they might be a little close to where they are now located. I tried to flex that area as if it were a fist, but all that I managed to do was tense my whole back. After a few minutes, I let out a long sigh and opened my eyes. "Sorry, Twilight, but nada. Can't even locate the muscles for them it seems."
She held up a hoof and hummed to herself for a few seconds. "Very well, time to take the drastic measures then. I promise you that you'll feel them soon, Aurora." Twilight put on a very wicked grin, and I audibly gulped. She closed in and brought her muzzle right in front of mine before leaning in and bringing our lips together.
Wow... before, I'd obviously kissed her and Luna both. But, now that I had a muzzle, it was a lot less awkward, and it actually seemed to mesh better together. I felt the hotness of her breath as her mouth opened ever so gently, and I opened mine as well as her tongue began to reach out for me. I mirrored her effort and began to move my tongue along her smooth teeth, taking a few moments to feel every detail and contour with my new, and most definitely improved, tongue.
Twilight began to push into me as she explored past my teeth, reaching into the cavern that was my muzzle. I let out a throaty moan and reciprocated, enjoying the heightened sensations I was receiving. I was forced to push back into our kiss as well, lest I be knocked over on my back from how viciously Twilight was going at my mouth.
I let out another moan as I heard two pairs of snapping sounds. Opening my eyes without letting up from our kiss, I saw Twilight's wings rigid and outstretched at her sides, and I felt an odd straining sensation in my back. Twilight moved back from me, her tongue lingering in my mouth as it was the last thing to break contact with me. Panting slightly, she had a heated yet triumphant look on her face.
"Aurora, you feel anything different?" She breathlessly asked, grinning at me with a slightly heated expression. I mutely nodded, feeling a miniature inferno raging within me, a warm feeling inside me already present just from that one passionate kiss. Twilight just laughed, a sound that for some reason sounded like music to my ears, before pointing behind me and to my side. "Take a look, I think you're thinking about something other than me." She snickered as I turned around and my eyes lit up in recognition.
The straining muscles I felt were most definitely my wings, as they currently were erect and outspread, and stiff enough to stack boxes on. I felt the strain in a foreign location and tried my best to push down the thoughts I wanted to act on as I focused on those specific muscles. My wings twitched together, and I let out a cry of success. I tried to move them again, and was rewarded with another twitch as they tried to close, but remained outstretched.
"Uh, Twilight... how long do one's wings stay like this?" I buried my muzzle in one of my wings, poking the main muscle and feeling just how taunt it was.
"The blood should already be flowing normally again, so you should be able to fold your wings back up within the next five minutes or so." She smirked at me, and I couldn't help but blush for some reason. Whether it was the hormones, my new body, the sex, or a combination of them all, I really did find her attractive and enjoyed the attention. "Now, I want you to focus on those muscles and keep moving them around. Once you get the full range of motion, I'll let you play with them a little bit before we get to the next book in our list."
Bah, what a tease. I know very well what type of playing with my wings I want to do, and they require you, Twilight... Damnit brain, must you always think of sex? I could feel that telltale warmth in my center heat up again, and I forced myself to think about anything else.
Of all the things, it was my wings that actually saved my thoughts, for now anyways. They loosened up enough that I was able to open and close them, as well as various points between. They definitely had a wide range of mobility; one would think the main structure was cartilage and not bone with how flexible the wing was.
I saw that Twilight was well absorbed in one of the books on the table as she jotted down notes on occasion. I did my best to get off the bed without causing too much noise, managing to prevent going face-first . Slowly, I shuffled along the carpet until I was close enough. Stretching out a wing, I moved to where it was just over Twilight's rear end before tilting my body just enough to drop the tip of my wing on her lower back.
Oh man, did she ever jump out of that seat. It was so fast, I would say she teleported, but there was no telltale lavender light that she left behind when doing so. I folded my wings to my side and began to laugh, literally rolling on the floor as I threw dignity to the side and totally exposed myself to Twilight. Completely on accident, of course.
I swore I saw her stare for a few moments before fixing me with a glare that killed my laughter on the spot. "I'll give you this one for free, but if you try it again... Well, I know plenty of exercises I could have you doing that'd leave you utterly exhausted afterwards." Twilight continued on in a sing-song voice. "Do you wanna try me?"
"It depends, Twi. Are those exercises done... in bed?" I couldn't help myself as thoughts of fortune cookies came to mind. Twilight turned three shades of red before settling on a crimson and shooting out one of her wing tips to rap me on the nose.
"Aurora! Be serious, please? We still have a lot of information to cover for you to get used to life in Equestria, and I really don't want to have you be unprepared. I have a feeling Celestia is going to set a date for your reveal sometime soon, so we need you to be passable by then." Twilight was pouting now, totally not fair! The way that lower lip stuck out... I was sorely tempted to try and sit on the damn thing! That's before even mentioning her eyes... those eyes. I swear, even though I was one of them now, one day I was going to get diabeetus from one of them.
I sighed and got up to my hooves carefully, finding another use for my wings as I flared them out a little bit and helped my balance a bit. Very useful to keep in mind, that, it might come in handy in the future. "Fine, Twilight. Where are we at again? I recall something about some gryphons somewhere wanting meat from something..." I trailed off and Twilight immediately picked up from our last session, much to my dismay.
Finally we were winding down, and dinner had come and gone. Night had been ushered in by Luna only minutes before; she had made a quick stop at my room after raising the moon. There had been a hushed exchange between her and Twilight before Luna came up to me. She said a few words, gave me some encouragement, then kissed me on the lips as well. That reminds me, I really need to figure out how exactly the relationships work here. Between the sex and interactions I've had with Luna and Twilight so far... talk about mixed signals. I vaguely recall Twilight mentioning something about a herd, but I was still tuning her out because she was talking about signs that a stallion might give me if they are interested in me. Yeah, no thanks.
I stretched, mimicking a cat as I felt a few bones crack and loosen up. I let out a sigh of satisfaction as Twilight closed the last tome and banished her notes back into the æther before turning around to face me. I noticed that she was watching and inwardly smiled, making sure to exaggerate just a little bit more and hold it longer than I really needed to.
Finally, after a few seconds of her just staring, I decided it was enough and stood up. An afternoon of pacing had done wonders for my coordination, although I wasn't sure if I was ready for anything faster than a walk yet. "So, Twi, I gotta ask..." I trailed off, read to sound like an idiot as I asked something I was certain she'd already covered, "how exactly does the whole romance dealio work here again? I'm not complaining, mind, but you and Luna... I'm confused, to say the least."
Twilight laughed a little, but in a way that really wasn't all that demeaning. She stopped her laughter and smiled reassuringly at me before talking. "Well, I know I've mentioned that as a whole, ponies are pretty open about sex and such. You mentioned how monogamy was normal on Earth, here in Equestria it's the exact opposite. As for me and Luna, well..." She trailed off, levitating a box to her side. "You're new here, and probably the last thing on your mind is romance.
"Luna and I want to help you learn about it without any stress. As we both are here to help during your transition here, I, on behalf of us both, would like to extend the offer to join us as a herd. It's not binding, and at any time you can leave. We'll both listen to you when you need somepony to talk to, and of course sex is a benefit. Who knows, maybe some feelings will develop out of it." Twilight shrugged her shoulders and moved the box in front of me.
She opened it with her magic and revealed what appeared to be a silver pendant attached to a silver chain. The pendant was a small star above a crescent moon. I immediately drew the connection between them and Twilight and Luna and couldn't help but smile a little. "Aurora, you don't have to decide immediately, but Luna would like to know sooner rather than later. Don't let that force you to a decision, though. Like I said, we know that there's really not too much between us beyond helping you get established here, and we fully expect you to move on in the future, but for now... we'd love it if you spent your time with us."
"Give me a minute, Twilight?" I politely asked, pretty certain of my answer already. It was rather nice of them, really. It gave me an out for anyone who wanted to hit on me, and Twilight was right. Romance was the further thing on my mind, as sex didn't equate to it. Those two were totally different things for sure. I could cut it off with them at any time, and in the meantime, I had two confidants and sex buddies. I really didn't see any downsides to this at all.
Twilight calmly waited on me, the box back at her side. I looked directly at her and she simply smiled back, not speaking a word. I walked over and stopped in front of her, sitting down on my rear. "Twilight, I gladly accept the offer you and Luna have given me. I think we'll have a fun time with this while it lasts."
Twilight hugged me, pulling me in with her front hooves and resting her head on my shoulders. I returned her embrace, enjoying the warmth and cuddliness she provided. We broke it off after what seemed like too short a time, and Twilight carefully placed the necklace around my neck. "And now, nopony should hassle you about those matters. Except Blueblood, but he's a twat." She moved in for a kiss, which I reciprocated in full force as that familiar burning sensation within me began to spread like wildfire.
"Twilight, I definitely don't love you or Luna. I do like you both, no doubt, as you're both fun for being, well, ponies." At this, Twilight laughed, and I joined her as well for a few moments as I enjoyed the irony of my own statement. "I will say that I love sex, just as much as I love your tongue and oh god, that dick. I never thought I'd say this in my life, but gods, that's amazing... Anyways, back on track, I love the lustful part of our weird relation. But hey, who knows? I might just stick around, given time."