Chapter 12
Date
Midnight’s eyes slowly fluttered open and let out a yawn. Her pupils shrank as she saw a wall of white fur fill her vision. The mare’s spliced eyes looked up and saw the stallion’s sleeping face just across from her own. Midnight’s face turned bright red and her heart started to skip beats. Her first thought was to get out of the stallion’s bed and possibly scream. Something held her back.
A part of her wanted to be close to the stallion. She then realized that Lance had somehow in his sleep, wrapped his hooves around her. The sudden realization caused her wings to stand on end, causing the mare to blush harder. The bat mare started to squirm as she felt an odd warmth come from her stomach area. The mare also saw that her hooves were wrapped around the white Unicorn’s body.
Lance groaned as he opened his eyes to see a pair of blue spliced pupils looking at him. His face immediately turned bright red and he was frozen in place.
“Hey you two~” The two ponies looked across the room to she Shining sitting on his bed and grinning ear to ear.
“This isn’t what it looks like!” Midnight yelled.
“That blush of yours says otherwise.” The two blushing ponies groaned and quickly got out of bed.
“Did you need something?” Lance spat out.
“Yeah, they’re going to be fitting us for our armor this afternoon and-”
“What the buck?” Midnight yelled as she raced towards the window. The two stallions looked out to see white flakes falling from the sky.
“What? Its snow.” Lance said.
“Snow?” Midnight asked.
“Jeez, did you grow up in a cave or some-” Shining was cut off as the mare flattened her ears and growled. “Never mind.”
“You have seen snow before right?” Lance asked.
“No, its always humid in the Shadowlands and it rarely gets below sixty degrees.” She said with a sigh. “What about suits of armor?”
“We’re getting fitted for our suits of armor today.” Shining said. “C’mon, I hear the chef has a love bird special going on.” He said before the two ponies started to chase him down the hallway. After a quick meal of oatmeal the three ponies made their way towards the barracks. Lance and Midnight refused to make eye contact and kept their heads forward.
“So what did you two do last night?” Shining asked with a smug grin.
“Nothing. I went to bed after I got in.” Lance said in a flat tone.
“With Midnight right?”
“Just shut up before I break you.” The bat mare said with a hiss. The three stopped talking as they entered the armory. Hundreds of suits of armor were on display. An old grey Unicorn stallion with a black man came up to them.
“You three must be the trainees Bronze told me about eh?”
“Yes sir.” The three said.
“Okay, then lets get your armor.” He said as he levitated three suits off some mannequins.
“Um shouldn’t you take our sizes first?” Midnight asked.
“No need. This here armor is enchanted, One size fits all.” Lance was up first and he stepped into the horse shoes that looked to big for him. The armor and helmet were three sizes too big and started to slide off his body. “Give it a minute.” The metal armor started to shake and shrunk down to the size of his body. Lance looked at himself in the mirror and felt as though the armor was made for his own body.
Midnight’s jaw dropped as she saw the stallion in Uniform. Her face turned bright red and felt the room becoming warmer. Shining was up next and the same effect happened. Midnight’s armor was the same but it changed her mane to a dark purple color and her coat grew to a darker grey. Lance gulped as the armor clung to her body.
“Nice to see you all got fitted.” The three turned towards the doorway and saw Bunker grinning. Lance looked back at the mirror and saw that his mane was now a light blue. “The armor changes your coat and mane color to the default white and blue.
“What about me then?” Midnight asked.
“For bat ponies its grey and purple.” He said with a sigh. “Now, that you’re official members of the guard I’m here to assign you today’s duties.” The three stood waiting in anticipation. “Take the day off.”
“Excuse me sir?”
“Everypony that passed yesterday has the day off.” He grinned. “You all earned it.” The three smiled and started to walk back to their room.
“Bucking shit!” The three stopped as they saw a familiar grey Pegasus stallion with a blonde mane yelled. Midnight walked over to Comet and whispered.
“What crawled up his flank?”
“He just got rejected for officer training.” Comet said. “Best stay clear of him for a while.”
“Good idea.” Midnight said as the three slipped inside their room as he walked past. Shining laid down on his bed and sighed.
“So what do you guys wanna do?” He asked.
“Don’t know.” Lance shrugged. Midnight raised an eyebrow and noticed that he was still wearing his armor.
“Why keep that thing on?”
“I want to get use to it.” Lance said with a shrug. Shining grinned and got to his hooves.
“Well, I’m off to see Cadence. She said she wanted to see me in uniform.” He said before vanishing in a flash of light. Lance shrugged and looked at Midnight who was avoiding eye contact.
“So what do we do now?” Lance asked.
“I don’t know.” Midnight said. Lance then blushed at what he was about to say next.
“Wanna go walk around Canterlot?” Midnight’s heart skipped a beat and her face was flushed. “I’m just gonna browse the shops and stuff. If you don’t then-”
“No, I’ll go.” She said with a bright blushing face. The two made their way out into the streets of Canterlot and started to look around in several shops. Lance chuckled as he looked at the usually gloomy bat pony who’s eyes were wide as saucers as she watched the snow fall. Her ears would occasionally flick a piece of snow that had tapped the edge of her ears. Lance grinned and thought of an idea.
“Ya know there’s another way to use the snow.”
“How?” She asked with wonder.
“Snowball fights.”
“What are those?” Midnight asked with anticipation.
“Watch.” Lance scooped up a hoofful of snow and packed it into a white ball. “This is a snowball.” Before Midnight had any more time to admire the white ball she felt a cold object hit her head. “That's the fight part.” He chuckled. Midnight shook her head and glared back at the stallion with a growl.
“You are gonna die!” The mare yelled as she made a snowball of her own and hurdled it at the stallion. Lance chuckled and ducked the first ball. As he turned around the mare had already launched another and it landed right on the stallion’s horn. The sudden cold caused the stallion to shiver and freeze on the spot. Midnight grinned and tackled the stallion before shoving his face in the snow.
“Uncle! Uncle!” Lance said through the snow. Midnight got off the stallion and smiled in victory. The stallion got up and frowned at the mare. “Little overboard don’t you think?”
“Let me think.” The mare said as she put a hoof to her chin. “Nope.” The ponies heard a crashing sound followed by a stallion screaming. The two galloped towards the noise to see a Pegasus stallion holding a Unicorn to the wall with a knife in his hoof.
“Royal Guard!” Lance yelled. The Pegasus grunted and threw the knife at the stallion. Lance ducked as Midnight charged forwards and landed an upper cut to his jaw. Knocking him out.
“Thank you!” The Unicorn stallion was dark grey with a black mane.
“No problem sir, just doing our job.”
“My name is Tombstone. I run the morgue down on the corner. If either of you two need anything just ask.” Midnight looked at Lance who shrugged.
“Thank you for the offer sir, but we can’t accept-”
“Please! I have to thank you somehow.” Lance sighed and rolled his eyes as midnight started to drag the unconscious pony out of the alleyway.
“We’ll let you know once we think about it.” Lance said as he saw a few Police ponies arrive. Lance addressed the cops who took away the Pegasus.
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Lance’s eyes shot open and groaned. The stallion looked at the clock and saw it was almost time for his date with Rarity. The stallion walked over to a suitcase and withdrew a white suit with dark red stitching. The stallion trotted out of the room and walked downstairs to see the mare wearing a stunning dress.
“Ah there you are. I was just about to wake you up.” She chimed.
“Sorry, I napped longer than I intended.” He said as he scratched the back of his head.
“Oh its quite all right dear. I sometimes need a rest after finishing a big project for a client.” The two walked out of the boutique and towards the restaurant. The two grabbed a table and waited for the waiter to bring them some water and gave them some menus.
“So tell me, how did you get in the fashion industry?” Lance asked.
“Well, I’ve always had an eye for fine things.” She said with a smile. “One year when I was a filly I was put in charge of designing costumes for the annual school play. I really wanted to show what I can do so I went all out.” Lance sipped his water as he listened. “When I was working my horn acted on its own and led me to a large rock.” Lance raised an eyebrow at the mare.
“A rock?” He said in an unimpressed tone.
“Yes, that was my reaction at first. Then thanks to a certain cyan filly’s sonic rainboom the rock cracked open showing several gems. I incorporated them into my design. They really showed and thats also how I earned my Cutie Mark.” She said as the stallion looked over the edge of the table to see the three cut diamonds on her flank.
“Interesting. Never took you for a gem hunter.” He said as he closed his menu. “That usually involves getting dirty.” Rarity scrunched her nose at the stallion.
“Just because I’m a lady doesn’t mean I can’t handle myself in a sticky situation.”
“Right.” He said as he rolled his eyes. Rarity’s cheeks were red as she pouted.
“I’ll have you know that I handled a pack of diamond dogs without breaking a sweat.” Lance almost choked on his drink at the words.
“Diamond dogs? This I gotta hear.” Rarity smirked and described in explicit detail how she outsmarted the three dogs with her constant whining and managed to walk away with a massive haul of gems. By the end Lance was awestruck. “Well, I’ll be damned. Even by my standards thats crafty.”
“Thank you dear.” She giggled. “Of course my first inspiration for fashion came from an ingenious designer.” She said as she sipped her water.
“Who?”
“You probably don’t know her. She hasn’t produced anything in years.” She sighed.
“You’d be surprised who I know.”
“Her name is Stringed Corset.” Lance almost did a spit take at the name. “Something wrong dear?”
“I’ll have to let my mother know you’re a fan.” Rarity’s jaw dropped.
“Your mother knows her?”
“Oh the two are very close.” He said with a chuckle. Rarity narrowed her eyes.
“You’re bluffing!”
“Nope.” He said as his horn flared and he summoned his family picture. Rarity took it in her telekinetic grip and looked at the photo. Rarity’s eyes shrank and looked at the stallion. “Looks like my mom still has fans.” He grinned.
“Your mother is THE Stringed Corset?”
“Yup.” He smiled. Rarity looked at the picture and focused on one aspect. Lance heard a gulp from the mare. “Noticed eh?”
“Pardon?”
“C’mon Rarity, even Rainbow Dash could figure out whats wrong in this picture.” He said as he pointed to the younger version of himself.
“You’re the only Unicorn.” She said with a sigh.
“Yup.” He said with a shrug. “I’m the reason why my mom isn’t a famous designer.”
“What do you mean?”
“Long story short, my mom got pregnant with me at a young age and skipped town with Fancy’s help after her parents disowned her.” Rarity put a hoof to her mouth in shock. “She met my dad and settled down with him. Rest is history.”
“Oh dear I didn’t know.” Rarity said as she levitated the picture back to the stallion. Lance shrugged as he made it vanish.
“No big deal. Rusty was a great father and looked after me like I was his own.” Rarity smiled at the story.
“When did they tell you?”
“That I wasn’t his biological son? They didn’t. I figured it out when I was teenager.” He said in a nonchalant tone.
“Did you ever find out who your real father is?”
“No, never bothered to look for him or asked my mom for that matter.”
“Why?”
“The stallion wasn’t there for me growing up, so why would I want to meet him while I’m an adult?” He grunted. “If I ever do meet him then I’ll be able to give him a present I’ve been saving for him.” The stallion raised his right hoof. Rarity gulped as she saw his wall of muscle bulge against his skin and some electric bolts radiated off it.
“Lance! What a coincidence!” A familiar voice chimed.
“Oh Celestia no.” Lance grimaced as he heard the familiar voice of the guard Captain. Shining walked up behind him along with Princess Cadence.
“Hello Princess.” Rarity smiled.
“Oh please you can just call me Cadence.” The Alicorn giggled. “What are you two doing here?”
“I thought that it would be nice to treat the stallion who has done so much for us.” Rarity giggled. Shining grabbed a a nearby empty table and slid it next to each other.
“Shining.” Lance said as he looked at the captain. “A word.” The two stallions trotted away from the girls. “Okay Armor, what are you doing here?”
“What? A stallion can’t take his wife out to a nice dinner once in a while?” He said in an innocent tone. Lance glared at the stallion.
“Don’t bullshit me. I know that you don’t do something without some sort of ulterior motive.” Shining sighed and looked at his comrade.
“I just wanted to make sure you were having a good time.”
“I’m fine.”
“No, you’re not.” Shining said. “Twilight told me how you snapped at her and her friends.” Lance grumbled. “Look, I don’t know her friends that well, but Rarity wants you to have a good time.”
“Why should I be concerned with that?”
“Because Midnight would want you to be happy.” Lance froze and shot daggers through the stallion with his gaze. “Look I know what happened and she was my best friend too. You need to learn to let go.”
“What the buck would you know about it?” He said in a hushed tone. “Could you really say that if it was Cadence?” Shining gulped at the thought. “That’s what I thought.” Lance said as he trotted back to the mares. The two stallions sat down in silence. Cadence noticed her husband’s grim expression and thought of a way to ease the tension.
“Did you know that these two have a criminal record?” The two stallion’s blushed brightly at the words.
“Really now?” Rarity said in astonishment.
“Please Cadence. ANYTHING but that story.” Lance begged.
“Cadie please not that.” Shining groaned.
“Oh well now I really want to hear this.” Rarity said with an evil smile.
“Okay, so back in the day Shining and Lance had a third teammate named Midnight.” Lance gritted his teeth. “One night she and I decided to have a little get together.”
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Lance laid on his bed as Shining flipped through a book his siter had given him for his birthday. The clock showed that it was ten o’clock at night.
“Where’s Midnight?” Shining asked looking up from the book.
“She said something about hanging out with Cadence tonight. A mare’s night out or something like that.” Lance said in a bored tone. Shining shot up in bed and grinned.
“They’re having a slumber party!”
“So?” Lance said. “My sisters had plenty of those when they were younger.”
“Dude, filly slumber parties and mare slumber parties are extremely different.” Shining stated.
“How?” Shining put his arm around his friend’s shoulders and grinned.
“Think about it, two grown up, attractive mares thinking that they’re all alone. Pillow fights, girl talk maybe even they’ll practice kissing.” Lance let the idea cook in his mind and he blushed brightly.
“Bullshit.”
“No, trust me. I know this from my high school days.” He said with a smile. “Now there’s only one logical thing we can do.”
“Which is?”
“Spy on them.”
“Are you crazy?” Lance yelled. “Cadence will kill us both if there’s anything left of us after Midnight gets her hooves on us.”
“Only if we get caught! C’mon I don’t wanna miss this!” Shining said before running out of the room and down the hall. Lance rolled his eyes and chased after the stallion. After ducking from building to building and grabbing a pair of matching dark hoods, the two found themselves on the pink Alicorn’s property. Shining and Lance hopped over the fence and made their way towards Cadence’s window.
“I can’t believe we’re actually doing this.” Lance said as he face hoofed.
“Oh lighten up.” Shining said with a chuckle. The two hugged the wall and saw a guard approaching. “Crap.”
“Relax I got this.” Lance grabbed Shining’s hoof and his horn glowed. The two then turned invisible. The guard looked at the spot the stallions were occupying and shrugged before continuing his rounds. Lance waited until the stallion rounded the corner of the house before releasing the spell.
“Nice trick.” Shining said.
“Something Bronze taught me.” He said as the two looked up at the window that had a light on. “Okay now hold still.” The stallion’s horn glowed and Shining was levitated off the ground and was raised so he was level with the window. Shining peered through the curtains till he saw the two mares talking.
“You know I was never much for this green muck.” Midnight said as she put some of the green mud on her face. “Now I see what I’ve been missing out on.”
“Don’t knock it till you try it.” Cadence said as she put sone on her own face. Shining was stifling his laughter. “So Midnight, Shining told me he saw you and Lance in bed together.” She said as she waggled her eyebrows. Even with the green muck the pink mare could still see the bat mare’s blushing cheeks.
“That was a fluke!” She protested. Her blush intensified. “I accidentally fell asleep on his bed.”
“Why were you on there to begin with?” She asked.
“He was telling me about his family.”
“Oh really? What did he say?” Midnight sighed and started telling the alicorn Princess about Lance’s first sibling. Cadence put a hoof to her mouth in shock. Even Shining gulped and felt a tear form in his eye. He looked down at the white stallion who was on the look out for guards. “Oh my Celestia.” Cadence said as she wiped a tear away.
“Yeah, so thats why I was in his bed.”
“Pity sex?”
“No!” Midnight yelled. “I was just comforting him. The poor guy just relived probably the most traumatic experience in his life.” She said with a blush. “For the record, I’m not the type of mare to give something like that away so easily.” Midnight crossed her hooves and glared at the young Princess.
“Sorry, I just assumed that thats what happened.” Cadence said with a guilty smile. “So you’re a virgin then?” Midnight rolled her eyes.
“Yeah, not sure why that matters. I’m not exactly the best looking mare out there.”
“Not true. I think you’re very pretty.” Midnight rolled her eyes as she wiped the crumbling mud off her face. “Lance does too.” Hearing his name, the stallion tried to listen as best he could to the conversation. Midnight’s face was bright red.
“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about.” The bat mare blushed harder.
“Hun, I’m the Princess of love for a reason. I can tell these things from a mile away and Lance is definitely interested in you.” The white stallion’s face was turning bright red.
“R-really?” Midnight asked as her blush increased.
“Oh yeah. Now the real question is, do you like him back?” Midnight’s eyes shrank to the size of pin tips and was looking for a way to stone wall the pink mare. Cadence’s gaze were like laser beams locked onto its target. Midnight hung her head and sighed.
“Y-Yeah I guess.” Lance tried to listen but was spooked by a nearby acorn falling off a tree and making a loud snapping sound as it broke.The white stallion jumped at the noise and his concentration snapped. The next thing he felt was the blue maned guard falling on top of him and pushing him into the rose bushes they side stepped in order to get to the side of the house. Midnight’s ears twitched as she heard a muffled cry of pain and she rapidly flew over to the window. “Who’s out there?” She bellowed. The next thing she saw was a hooded pony scampering over the fence.
Shining and Lance had made it over the property line. The two ducked behind a building and panted heavily.
“Whew.” Shining said as he wiped the sweat he had accumulated on his forehead. “See, told you we’d be fine.” Lance’s eyes shrank as he saw a light pink aura wrap around his tail and back hooves. The aura started to drag him back towards the house.
“Nice knowing you Shining!” Lance said as his friend started to be dragged away.
“Good luck my friend! May we meet again in the next world!” He yelled as he was dragged back inside the property. Lance was filled with fright and activated his invisibility spell.
He stopped moving and ducked int an alleyway as he saw a familiar bat winged shadow pass overhead. He froze against a wall as Midnight landed and started to look around the alleyway. Lance dared not move as the bat mare trotted close to his position. She thought she saw a shimmer and stared at the empty space. Lance was screaming so loudly in his head that he thought that she might be able to hear.
Luckily a flower pot in the adjacent alley broke. The mare’s ears twitched and she took flight towards the sound. Lance waited until the mare was gone before exhaling his held breath and raced back to his room. The stallion dared not take down his invisibility, for fear the spliced sapphire eyes of death would catch him. The stallion stormed into his room and sighed.
“Yes!” He said as he took down his disguised. “Made it!”
“Where were you?” The stallion’s ears flopped down and he felt ice form in his veins. He slowly turned his head to see Midnight silently closing the door. The mare slowly walked towards him and cracked her neck. The stallion panicked and activated his invisibility as his telekinesis hit the lights. The mare frowned and slammed her hoof in his gut. The illusion flickered and the stallion clutched his gut as he fell to the floor.
“H-how did you know?”
“Oh little Lancey.” She said in a tone a mother would use if she was joking with her child. The mare put her hoof on the downed stallion’s throat. “Did I forget to mention that Bat ponies not only have perfect night vision, but eyes that cut through low level illusion spells?” Her words were like barbs dipped in honey. Before he could scream the mare bound his hooves with the blue maned stallion’s bed sheets and put a gag over his muzzle. The mare pulled out a small pink crystal and smashed it on the floor.
A pink seal formed and the bat mare slid the frightened stallion over it with herself on it. A flash of pink light enveloped the two. Lance opened his eyes to see a fluffy pink room and an equally frightened Shining Armor tied up and gagged in the corner. “Caught the little sneak back at the room.” Midnight said as Cadence walked over to them.
“Nice.” She said as she high hoofed the bat mare. Lance looked at Armor who was shaking in his restraints.
“I could have caught him when I saw him in the alleyway, but then I would have missed out on him running like a scared little filly.” She laughed.
“I would have done the same thing.” Cadence chuckled. The two stallions then felt themselves wrapped in a light pink aura and were pulled in front of the mares. “Now about you two.” The stallions gulped. “What were you two doing out there?” The two stallions tried to speak but their cries were muffled by the gags. Cadence rolled her eyes and removed the gags.
“It was his idea!” Lance said as he looked at Shining.
“Traitor!”
“Hey this is life or death man. I choose life.”
“Enough!” Cadence yelled. The two had heard of the rumored Royal Canterlot Voice from some of the older guards. The force was powerful enough to knock them on their backs. “Now there are two things we can do.” Cadence grinned. “We can either call the guards and have you two arrested for trespassing.” The stallions gulped. “Or we keep quiet about this in exchange for your services. What do you think Midnight?” The bat mare looked at the squirming stallions.
“I think both.”
“Both?”
“Both is good.” The stallions were about to scream, but felt the gags wrap around their faces. A few minutes later two guards showed up and teleported them into a jail cell. Their ties were removed and they saw a bunk bed. Lance looked at Shining who had a guilty grin on his face.
“You just had to find out what they were saying huh?” Lance yelled.
“Oh man, my dad is gonna kill me.”
“You think you have it bad? Just wait till Bronze gets a hold of me.” He said as he shivered. The two took their beds and laid down to rest. The two awoke to the sound of one of the guards banging on their cell bars.
“Get up. Your bail’s been paid.” He said in a stagnant tone.
“By who?”
“Does it matter?” The two Unicorns shrugged and made their way out of the police station.
“You know, I thought prison was gonna be way worse.” Lance said.
“How so?” Shining said in a surprised tone.
“Those guys in there were nice. They said I was handsome.” Lance grinned.
“Yeah we’re gonna talk about why that's a bad thing as soon as we get back to-” The two stallions froze as they saw the familiar mares. “Oh crap.”
“Hey boys. Have a good time in the slammer?” Midnight cooed.
“Ha-ha Midnight.” Lance said. “Oh great Cadence is here too.” He said in a sarcastic tone.
“You didn’t think you two were getting off the hook that easily did you?” Cadence said as she poked Shining in the chest. The two confused stallions looked at one another and looked back at the mares
“Um, yeah.” Lance said. Midnight then let an evil grin spread across her face.
“We just needed some time to think up your real punishment.”
“R-real Punishment?” Shining said as a bead of sweat formed across his forehead.
“Makeover time!” The two yelled.
“Shining, I’m scared.” Lance said as the two stallions hugged one another.
“Me too Lance. Me too.” He said as the two were wrapped in a familiar pink light. The two opened their eyes to see that they were back in Cadence’s room. The pink mare smiled and walked over to the two.
“I’ll have you know that we’ve managed to keep this incident quiet.”
“For now.” Midnight said with a smile.
“We’ll keep our mouths shut about it and drop the charges if you two agree to be our personal slaves for the rest of the day.” Cadence giggled.
“What if we refuse?” Shining said.
“Then I tell Celestia and you two get a one way trip to the moon.” The two stallions gulped and looked at one another in fear.
“Deal.” They both said.
“Nice to see that you’re not completely brainless.” Midnight said as she tossed some fabric on his face. The two stallions looked at the odd fabric and their faces turned red. The black fabric had white lace on the edges and was frilly.
“Whats with the maid outfit?” Lance asked.
“Those will be your uniforms during your servitude.” Cadence chimed. The two stared at the mares with fury in their eyes. The pink Alicorn summoned a piece of parchment and a quill. “Dear Princess Celestia, you’ll never guess who paid us a visit last night-”
“Okay, okay.” Shining said with a sigh. A few minutes later the two white stallions were in the maid outfits.
“That’s a good look for you.” Midnight teased.
“Ha-ha Midnight.” Lance groaned. “Enjoy this while you-” He was cut off as the mare pulled out a water pistol and sprayed him.
“I don’t remember telling you to be sarcastic.” She said with a frown. “For the remainder of the day you are to address Cadence and I as ma’am or mistress. Is that understood?”
“Yes, Mid....Ma’am.” Lance said.
“Good.” Midnight said with a smirk. “I’m thinking of a nice hooficure. Cadence?”
“Read my mind.” Cadence grinned. The two stallions gulped and followed the mares down to a room that was made of glass and the snow could be see falling outside. Cadence levitated two hoof files over to the stallions who sighed. “C’mon boys, you know the drill.” The two sighed and started to file their hooves. Cadence and the bat mare clinked their glasses together.
“This is the life.” Midnight said in a relaxed tone.
“You can say that again.” Cadence said.
“Cadence!” Shining whined. “C’mon this is embarrassing.”
“Oh quite being a baby.” The red maned stallion kept his mouth shut.
“Lance don’t tell me you’re actually enjoying this.” Shining said.
“I grew up with four younger sisters. This has not been the first time I’ve been forced to play dress up.” He said in a flat tone.
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Rarity was stifling her laughter as Cadence chuckled. The two stallions hung their heads in shame. The two guards ordered some drinks and the four started to chat. A few hours passed and the friends parted ways. Rarity was a bit tipsy and Lance was having trouble handling the drunk Unicorn mare.
“C’mon Rarity, your house is this way.” He said with a sigh.
“I...I know where I’m going.” The mare said as she started walking in the opposite direction. Lance rolled his eyes and levitated the drunk mare onto his back. “Wha? The ground is moving and when did snow make it white?” Lance kept silent as he made his way into the boutique and put the mare in her room.
After tucking her in the stallion washed up and laid down in his bed. Hoping that sleep would claim him.
