“Okay so we have Eos and Twilight Sprinkle staying here,” I said pointing at a couple of pictures in a photo album. Prince Luminare was standing next to me supervising my actions.
“Correct,” he said while looking over my shoulder. His warm breath caressed my neck, making my body tingle in ways I tried to ignore. “Eos, the only other alicorn foal, is kept close to the palace at all times. Being the only male alicorn means that he needs extra protection. As for Twilight Sprinkle, it should be rather obvious why she stays in the palace.”
I nodded. “Too young obviously.” I glanced at the other pictures he laid out. We had spent the few hours going over the ‘basics’ of the castle and how it worked. Well, after I was done apologizing for the whole bathroom thing anyway. I think I had most of it down, thankfully all the servants wore name tags. All I really needed to learn was my ‘family’ which was a lot larger than I had ever thought one could be.
“And these are my two younger brothers, who are older than Eros?” It was a bit of a silly question I admit. Just by looking at them I could tell they were Cadance’s. One was a rather dashing looking unicorn with a dark blue coat, possibly inherited from Shining’s father. His mane color, violet, appeared to be a mixture of Shining's and Cadance's. At least except for the single yellow strip that ran down the lower center. I was beginning to see it as a pattern for Cadance’s children. Almost like a genetic stamp. The other ‘younger’ brother had it in his mane as well.
He was a pegasus, his coat yellow with a pinkish mane. He almost looked like a male version of Fluttershy, except his mane had not only the telltale yellow strip but a blue one right next to it. The odd mish-mash of colors worked for him. Taking a closer look at his picture, I was hard pressed to imagine him actually acting like Fluttershy would. The look in his eyes was a just too daring.
“Ah yes, fine stallions they are,” Luminare said with respect as he brushed against me, an accident I hope. Of course, it caused me to feel that uncomfortable warmth again. “The unicorn is Knightly Aura. He’s currently in Canterlot learning magic. Even with all the advancements the Crystal Empire has made in the last several years, Canterlot is still the best place to learn spellwork. The younger one, Noble Dawn, decided to join his brother there in order to join the royal guards. While this empire has a notable military of it’s own, Noble didn’t want any favoritism being he’s a prince of this land. Though I suspect he also just wanted to keep his brother company.”
“Skyla sure has a large family. You’re not about to list three other sisters are you?”
Luminare shook his head, “You, or rather Skyla and Twilight Sprinkles are the only females to be born in the family. That might have been different if it wasn’t for her aunt. I always meant to ask Skyla if she regretted not having any sisters. I certainly would have enjoyed that. If they’d look anything like Skyla and her mother…” The look he had in his eyes told me more than I really wanted to know about what was running through his mind.
“Ugh, you’re a pig,” I said rolling my eyes. Really my own- er Skyla’s own mother? The age gap was… well, big. Luminare seemed to take my disapproval in stride though.
“Well I wouldn’t expect a pretty mare like you to understand the thoughts of a stallion.” I couldn’t see my own reaction, but I’m sure it was pretty sour given the knowing smirk he gave me. It was really starting to bug me just how he could get under my skin like that. He thought he was so charming with that million bit smile, and hard toned flank of his! Probably thought he could woo just about anypony. Well not this mare!
“Oh yes because acting like a stuffy, stuck up snob is the perfect way to woo a mare.” I shot at him snidely, sadly his grin only widened.
“Actually it does. A trick I inherited from my father. Though most mares would run away once they actually got to know him. I’d say it’s a miracle my mother married him but given how she is, it’s almost like they were made for each other.” Come to think of it, who was his dad? Could he be anypony I knew from the show?
“Okay I’ll bite, who is he?” What can I say? I was curious.
“Oh? Want to know who to thank for such a hunk of a stallion?” Ugh, I’m sorry I asked.
“You have a brother?” I think he actually frowned. Not bad me!
“Oh ha ha, my father, if you must know, is the dashing Prince Blueblood!” He puffed himself up as if it was such a big deal. Admittedly, while the name did have an impact, it wasn’t for the reason he probably thought.
“Y-You’re dad is-” I began to stammer. It all made sense now! The arrogant attitude, that smug grin of his, that perfectly muscled body, I mean that annoying glint in his eyes. Of course he was the son of that ass.
“Yes rather impressive if you know him. I suppose you wouldn’t, but even you can admit that the title of Prince would turn heads.” Oddly enough, he didn’t sound as proud as he did a few seconds ago. I probably should have just let it go, but for whatever reason I found myself probing further.
“Is that why your parents want you to marry Skyla? Because of her status?”
“Well that is part of it yes,” he replied, his frown increasing. “Though if it was the only reason I’d never speak to them again. There is a limit on how arrogant you can be. A lesson I’m happy my father at least has an inkling about. The real reason is because of how close our family’s are.”
“So what do you want?” I have no idea why I asked that question.
“I don’t know yet. Perhaps I’m still too young.” He rolled his eyes at my expression. “Oh don’t give me that look, I’m not so stuck up that I can’t see my own follies. I’m maybe a year away from what ponies consider stallionhood, and Skyla is only a couple of years below me. We have time to decide.”
“I see…” This conversation was making me feel a little weird, and I wasn't sure if I liked it. Time to change the subject.
“So you said Skyla might have had more siblings if not for her aunt. I assume you mean Twilight Sparkle? What does she have to do with anything?”
“Oh right, I did skim over that.” Lumaniare shrugged. “It’s nothing groundbreaking, but even for a Prince and a Princess it’s not exactly easy nor cheap to raise a foal. I asked my mother about it once and she told me Twilight came up with some spell that helps prevent conception. My guess is they plan when it’s a good time to have a foal and let it happen.” I raised my eyebrow.
“You asked your mom how Skyla’s mother gets pregnant?” He glared at me.
“Of course not!”
“But you just said-”
“Okay so I was asking about why I didn’t have any siblings alright? Skyla seems to happy with hers and I was a bit jealous, okay? So I asked and I found out about the spell.” This caused me to blink. Something wasn’t making sense here.
“Wait how does-” He cut me off.
“Because my mother can be an idiot.” With a sigh he continued. “When my mother heard that Twilight Sparkle made such a spell, she was determined that she could do it too. Except hers didn’t have a time limit. I think Twilight is trying to find a way to counter it even now.”
“O-Oh…” Well, this was awkward. After what seemed like an eternity, Luminare gave a small cough.
“At any rate, I do believe you know enough about the surrounding family to pass off as Skyla for the time being.” Oh right, that’s what we were doing.
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“And if I fail?” I asked with a grunt. I still wasn’t happy with this, but what choice did I have? Until tomorrow morning, I was going to have to live as a Princess, complete with servants, fancy meals, and a big date tonight. I’d probably get lead around, shown many random shops, which I’d be able to buy anything from. Then a nice big dinner that Luminare already agreed to pay for...
...Okay so it doesn’t sound that bad when put that way, but I could definitely do without the ‘going into season’ part. Though come to think of it, I didn’t really feel like I was in season. I mean yeah my body was acting all sorts of wonky when around Luminare, but how did I know that wasn’t because he had some enchantment upon him? It would seem like something the son of Blueblood would do.
Also it wasn’t like I felt on fire or anything, at least that’s how I assumed heat would work. Maybe an inner itch or something, just begging to be scratched by a nice long- Ah! Not thinking that! NOT THINKING THAT!
“It’s not that much longer till lunch time. We should probably get ready to go. Shall I send in your personal attendants? You’ll need to look nice if we’re going out.” Wait I had to dress up now? Don’t I have enough girly problems to deal with already?
“What’s wrong with how I look?” I swear the look Luminare gave me suggested I just grew a second head.
“Skyla, you haven’t showered today, your mane is a mess, and you aren’t even wearing your crown. The real Skyla might not be that big on the whole ‘princess’ thing, but even she’d never leave the castle grounds looking like that. Every citizen would immediately know something’s up.” Aw damn it. Why couldn’t I have just gone to bed upon getting home? Noooooooo, I had to see why the tv was acting all glowy!
“Alright fine! I already know any attempts to argue this are going to end in failure, so what’s first? Also it’s really confusing when you call me Skyla, then talk about the real Skyla.”
“Well if you’d tell me your real name…” I shook my head.
“Nu-uh! No way I want to be addressed by my name while I look like this!” Luminare rolled his eyes again.
“Well then, it’s going to have to be Skyla. Now Skyla, the first thing you should do is take a shower. Seriously, you need it.”
Reflectively, I sniffed my hind quarters. Pee yew! He wasn’t kidding! No way a princess should smell like this! Wait, that’s not what I meant. No way any mare should go this long without a nice hot shower to refresh herself. Yeah, that made more sense.
...right?
“Oh boy more adventures in the bathroom. Very well, I suppose I should get this over with.”
Luminare nodded. “I can send in a maid or two to help you shower if you like.” His grin quickly widened to that of what I could only compare to the cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland. “Or… I could give you a hoof.” Did...did he just wiggle his eyebrows at me!?
“Not happening. EVER.” If looks could maim, I prayed mine would melt his face. Sadly a cocky grin was all I got.
“You’re just so easy to tease, you know that? Skyla was never this much fun.” Before I could respond he was already heading for the door. “Take your shower, and relax for a bit. In a couple of hours I’ll send a maid in to help you get dressed for our outing. Till then I’ll give you time to adjust more to your body.” With that I found myself once more alone in the bedroom that was not my own, yet was to be my home for the next three days.
No wait, not three days. I could go back to my own life come tomorrow morning. Just one day, not even a full one. I could do that right? How hard could it be to be a rich princess? So what if I was a girl, and so what if I was pink. I was rich! I could do whatever I wanted! I could order ice cream and eat it on my bed! When I went shopping later I could buy whatever I wanted! I could get any stallion in the kingdom to rut me senseless!
My nether region seemed to twitch at that thought, causing me to mentally shudder. Why the hell would I be thinking of that? I wasn’t going into heat! I wasn’t! The last thing I wanted was to...to explore this, this thing down there. I don’t care how wet it was starting to feel. I wasn’t going to think about it.
Okay! This was bad, I had to distract myself! Anything! Wait he said I needed a shower right? Well what if I took a cold one? That should help right? I’d never actually tried it before, but it made sense, and I did need to bathe. Okay, shower it was then.
Walking into the bathroom for the second time that day, I cast a weary look at the toilet. I was not looking forward to using that thing again. With luck, depending on how this body took it’s liquids, I may not have to.
‘You know that’s not likely’ I could hear my mind practically shout as I tried to tune it out. Shut up stupid brain, just let me have this one!
Shaking that off, I took a look at the tub and shower system. Seemed simple enough to operate. Same handle system for hot and cold as we had on earth. Push it a little to the left for cold, all the way for scalding hot. I could see the knobs to pull for the drain and shower head. All in all your basic setup. What a sigh of relief that was, I really don’t think I was ready to have another instance like the toilet.
Stepping in, I pulled the curtain closed with my mouth. Yuck! That tasted nasty! How in the world did ponies do this? I must be going about this all wrong, because no way you’d ever want to do anything with your mouth if you could taste it. Thankfully the rest I could manipulate with my hooves. Turning the water on, I quickly ducked my head down in order to drink and gargle the taste of curtain out of my mouth. The water tasted…I don’t know, ‘more pure’ is the only phrase that comes to mind. It tasted clean, cleaner than any water I’d tasted before, and this was bathing water. I’d definitely have to check out the drinking water later.
Making sure the water stayed at a fairly cool temperature, I prepared to flip the little switch that’d turn on the shower head. I braced myself as my hoof touched the metal of the switch. Maybe I hadn’t tried a cold shower, but I’d had the heat run out before. This wasn’t going to be pleasurable, but it’d probably help get these stupid thoughts out of my head. Holding my breath, I flipped it over.
Only to grit my teeth to prevent from screaming as the icey cold drizzle rained down upon me. I knew it was going to be cold but damn! There was no way I could shower in this! I already felt like a popsicle, Celestia forbid how this would feel in five minutes. Nudging the water ever so slightly toward the warm side, I sighed in relief as the water’s temp became more bearable. Mmmm, that actually felt really nice upon my flank. Maybe just a bit more wouldn’t hurt…
I let myself revel in the feeling of the hot water pouring over me for a couple of minutes before I decided it was time to actually shower. I wasn’t exactly certain how I was going to accomplish this without hands, but I’m sure I’d find a way. Last thing I needed was Luminare giving me a ‘helping hoof’. I could just imagine his smirk right now, standing there holding that brush of his with his magic. I bet he’d just love to get in here-
Whoa! Did the water just heat up a bit more? Ugh, I don’t want to turn it back down now. It was probably just a temporary thing. I’d better get started and get out. Carefully grabbing a nearby scrub brush with my mouth, I played around with how to hold it a few times before feeling confident enough to remove it from it’s hook. Looks like it was all about the placement of the teeth and the tongue. With work I was confident I could move or hold things without tasting them. Thank goodness this brush handle was made of plastic. I’d hate to get splinters in my tongue.
I quickly found out that what was even harder then holding something in your mouth, was using it to actually scrub yourself. The first time I tried the thing was nearly ripped from my grip. The second time it stayed, but the pressure felt too weak to be getting any actual scrubbing in. After a couple of minutes I simply felt frustrated with it all. I wasn’t really going to have to ask somepony in here to help me bathe myself was I?!
Debating if I should just put the shampoo in and be done with it, I absently read the labels of some of the bottles next to me. Geez, what was with all these? Shampoo, conditioner, shampoo with conditioner, many different types of bubble baths, a body wash…
Wait body wash? Well that might help. Laying the bottle on it’s side and pressing it up against the wall ever so gently I managed to clip the flip top open and drip some onto my brush. Once I had that, the brush moved across my body much more easily, allowing me to finally relax. I’m only glad the hot water didn’t run out. Heck, I dare say it was warmer yet.
Cleaning myself went a lot better this time, though I obviously wasn’t doing this as great as a natural pony would. Much as I hate to admit it, a small part of me actually wished I had invited Luminare in here. I got shivers just thinking of how it felt when he brushed me earlier. Those strong confident strokes, that steady firm pressure. Yeah, that’d be nice. Seeing the water drip off of him as he stood here, his mane matted to the side of his neck, clinging to those firm hard muscles…
Man, why did the water feel so hot? I thought it was suppose to get colder the longer you were in. Surely the laws of physics applied to this world right? Well maybe not all of them, but that had to be consistent at least. This heat was causing my breathing to become irregular, which didn’t make it any easier to clean myself. Was that my tail standing straight up? Odd, but it did make cleaning back there easier. Might as well get it over with.
“Ah!” I screamed dropping the brush in the process. What was that? It felt… unlike anything I could describe. The moment the brush touched me back there, my entire body went numb. Shuffling, I tried reaching a hoof back there to feel if I had some sorta cut or something. Whatever it was, it was itching. No, not itching exactly, but it wasn’t tingling either. It was certainly driving me crazy however. I turned around, hoping the onslaught of water would help, but if anything it only seemed to get worse.
My breaths were coming much quicker now, and my back legs felt locked in place. Why was it so hot? My pussy felt on fire! I-If only I could nnng! R-reach that handle. My body was ignoring all commands to turn around, so I was forced to reach underneath me in an awkward manner in an attempt to find the nozzle for water control. Instead I felt my leg seemingly gain a mind of it’s own as it suddenly brushed against my slit.
“AH~” I heard myself scream with the sensation. D-did that really come out of me? It sounded so… feminine. Also how loud was that? I wasn’t going, ah, going to be discovered was I? Wait discovered doing what?
“Ah! OH! AH!” My hoof was slowly rubbing against my newfound mare bits trying so desperately to stop that horrible feeling inside me. That… that slightly wet… arousing…
Fucking shit, I was masturbating in the shower wasn’t I?
Both wings were brushing against the wall and curtain as my hoof continued to try and dig the intrusive feeling from my marehood. Every stroke against it caused my entire body to rock with bliss. By moving my hoof at just the right angle, I could reach it’s front tip inside my sex.
I can already feel my mouth open as the moans rush out, coming faster and faster. T-this is so wrong! I shouldn’t be doing this! I-I’m a human! A guy! I-I...I don’t care! It feels so good! J-Just a little more! A little bit more! I-I feel so s-strange…
Faster and faster my hoof goes, images of Luminare begin to invade my mind. He’s standing there once more, the water dripping off of him and, and underneath… underneath him is… He walks t-toward- “meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
I barely registered that last part was vocalized as my body practically shook itself apart at the sensation that followed. It… It was like taking the feeling of that first time masturbating as a dude, and giving me triple the dosage. I-If this was just masturbation, I wondered how it felt when there was an actual-
The thought sobered me instantly. I had just pleasured myself in the shower. Pleasured myself as a mare, a princess, and I liked it! I couldn’t talk about this, I had to forget all about it. Put it out of my mind. The rest of the shower was rushed, as I quickly attempted to wash my mane the best I could before leaping out and drying myself off. I had to have taken one of the longest showers this body had ever experienced, and I still felt dirty. I wasn’t sure if a thousand showers would make me feel clean again.