Silver noticed something curious as they approached their destination. As his collection of quickened females grew, the attitude of them all became much... sunnier. He eventually decided it was Equestrian magic at work, but walking in on them and getting bright smiles and hugs felt odd for being the conqueror. Some of the single mares even seemed to want his attention again. As difficult as it was to keep his oversexed body away from them, he managed to get away with little more than a gentle nuzzle and well-wishes.
In the end, they all, even the stallions brought to join them, seemed to regard him as a... well, he wasn't sure what the right word was, but they respected and liked him. He was certain if they were humans it would be an extremely different story. He shared his confusion with Celestia, and she gave a mysterious smile without replying.
"Don't look like that." He circled around her. "Please, tell me."
Celestia lifted her shoulders lightly. "If you insist... You've changed their parts."
"Parts?" Silver raised a brow.
Celestia pointed at Silver. "Just as I tried to change yours, once before. They were pirates, now they are mothers. They were very happy with their role, and continue to be so."
Silver sank to his haunches. "Is... I don't understand entirely. Is this destiny in action?"
Celestia nodded lightly. "Harmony would be a better word for it. You've also made their stallions into fathers. Their minds are now filled with thoughts on how best to provide for their foals."
Silver pointed at himself. "But I'm the father. Shouldn't they be more, you know, angry? Not a single one of them has attacked a mare, even verbally, for being with someone else's foal..." He frowned with thought. "For that matter, none of them even seemed to really get the idea that it may not be their foal, when it should be obvious. One of them had the suspicion, but went right along with it anyway. Is this normal?"
Celestia peered at Silver a moment. "It worries me more to think of where you came from. Your people must be so fractured and chaotic if its ponies would not only not recognize their role, but actively fight against it. No wonder you were such a problem pony for me. You are much happier, you know, now that you play your role."
Silver let out a soft sigh and nuzzled Celestia warmly before he rose and trotted off. At least it made sense why Celestia was letting him proceed. She may have disagreed with some of the methods, but literally inducting the pirates into family life was a valid way of removing them from the pirate life. He descended to the mare holding room and saw there were only a few left. Three to be precise, one of them being the captain, from whom a new scent came.
Silver felt himself drop and stiffen instantly as he slipped into the cell and approached that captain. She had become a personal challenge to him. "Good day."
The captain scowled at him. "Coming in again? I thought you settled fer shoutin' through the bars."
Silver shook his head, though his slit eyes never left the captain. "You deserve better. Would you accompany me?"
She looked confused by his offer, rising to her hooves and glaring at him with suspicion. "To one of your beds? No thanks."
Silver shook his head. "I would accept that, but no, I meant to the dining room. I'm sure you're appalled by the simple fare provided here. Let's eat like royalty today." He leaned in, almost nose-to-nose with her. "You deserve it."
She shuddered a little. "I do?" She followed him, even if confused, and he led her out of the cell and through the halls, at least until he felt a powerful bite. She had nipped him just beneath the bracelet, and he scolded himself for letting her get at him twice. Even as pain echoed through him, she suddenly nuzzled the object instead of carrying through with a bite. "My mates have returned to tell me they're all happy, and you're letting them get back together with their coltfriends."
Silver shivered with delight at the soft nuzzling to his furry sac and turned to face the captain. "It's the right thing to do."
She snorted softly. "You're confusing..."
Silver smiled at her. "Today, I'm yours. What is your name, Captain?"
She flattened her ears and scowled at him a moment. "Captain Bright Eyes."
Silver's expression brightened. "A very fitting name. Your eyes are captivating. We may have met on the field of battle, but that doesn't stop me from appreciating your other qualities."
She stomped on the floor. "If ye gave me half a chance, I'd prove my worth there. No tricks, just swords."
Silver half-lid his eyes at her. "It would be an honor to spar with you, but I am a prince of the night. Trickery is what I do. I will cross blades with you, if you agree that I get to top you afterwards, when I win."
She looked nettled by his pride, grunting. "When I win, I'll top you, and I'm sure it won't be the way you like it. I also want to be set free, without a foal. No outside help, to the first blood?"
Silver nodded softly. "I can agree to that, come along." He led her to the deck and quickly instructed the sailors and guards to not get involved unless one side or the other didn't gracefully stop at first blood.
Soon both were holding a short sword in their teeth, though Silver's thoughts were on magic and trickery, as he had promised. "You know, I like unicorns."
She scowled at him. "And earth ponies, and pegasi, and the big ones as well."
He didn't expect direct telekinesis to work easily on her, but had another idea. He played magic over his horn, and a bubble appeared around him, ready to repel and turn aside incoming blows. It wasn't as powerful as he'd like it, with the distraction of lustfulness and the diverted energy. He advanced on her, feinting with the sword left and right, keeping her eyes darting. "You're obviously a cut above the others."
Her stance wasn't as good as she'd like, with days spent in the cell, and the stallion's obvious arousal waving at her as he advanced. She wanted to murder him, even as other parts of her wanted to do very different things with him. The conflicting emotions did bad things to her combat discipline, but she tried to brute force past it, and she lunged at him with a clean swipe of her blade. He caught the blade in his shield even as it popped, putting all its energy into deflecting it roughly aside.
She wondered why he even wasted the energy until he dropped his blade and went in at her. His teeth sank into her neck. Suddenly all she knew was lust. Silver shared his intense desire with her and her sword fell from her mouth. With bared teeth, he showed the deck that blood had been shed.
He swung himself over her, and was ready to claim his prize when Shei's angry voice reached him. "You will not do that here, master! Seriously, try to have some decorum." She stomped up to the two of them and began nudging them below deck, denying the sailors the opportunity to watch the aftermath.
Bright Eyes nipped at Shei once we were sequestered in a small bedroom. "He's mine!" The fog of lust over her receded a little and she shuddered. "Blast it! Ye tricked me again!"
Silver squeezed Bright Eyes as he shuffled over her. "I did. Now will you yield?
Shei snorted at Bright eyes. "He won fairly, have some honor."
Bright Eyes glared at Shei, then glanced over her shoulder. Silver rubbed his eager shaft against her entrance, enjoying the feel of it winking against the sensitive flesh. She let out a little whinny, then rocked back, and they became one. As he pulled her back and buried himself in the tight flesh of her, she never stopped glaring at Shei. "Are you going to stand there and watch?"
Shei shuffled in place a little, looking between the two as the mating got more and more passionate. She stepped forward timidly, then kissed Bright Eyes on the nose. Fortunately for her, Bright Eyes was feeling more amorous than full of fight, and the kiss invited a return gesture, and the two were soon locked together for a moment in a surprisingly heated exchange. Bright drew back with a soft gasp. "I always preferred mares."
Shei blushed brightly at the words. "Master is a very fine stallion, is he not?"
Bright grunted as she was filled completely. "Oh... aye... very fine, but that doesn't, mmm, change me preferences any. Now come here and show yourself off."
Silver was amazed at his fortune. Shei's presence was proving quite helpful, and a little stimulating to watch as a side benefit. Bright soon had her snout buried in Shei's vulva, licking deeply into the mare and getting loud noises of pleasure from her like an instrument she had experience with. As they played, Silver felt the pull of magic from within Bright, and he bore down. He wanted Bright, and he would give her everything. His shaft seemed to swell within her, making her groan into Shei.
Each blast was a mixture of delight and some stretching pain as he emptied himself, filling her ready womb with the depths of magic his alicorn body could contain.
"What are ya doing?" She arched her back and pulled away from Shei, body twitching as she was filled to breaking with that vital essence. "Ya... damned stallion..." Her words meant little compared to the wild spasms of her cunt around Silver's penetrating rod, and the feeling of truly giving his all. "I'm... gonna..." She raised a hoof just to slap it down, squirming with indescribable sensations as her womb swelled with potential.
Shei's eyes widened, able to watch as Bright Eyes swelled. She sat down, unsure what to do with herself. Fortunately for her, the moment passed, and Silver pulled free, limp and spent entirely. The seed seemed trapped in the mare, not gushing out despite the opportunity. He sank to the floor, panting and dizzy.
Bright Eyes spun on him, moving in with an angry expression, even if her movements were slowed with pleasure and fullness. Shei burst into motion, throwing herself on top of Silver just as Bright was about to reach him. Bright nipped at Shei where she meant to finally geld Silver and she squeaked in pain. "Get out of my way, mare. He deserves it!
Shei shook her head quickly. "You agreed. Don't be a sore loser now. You are free, instead of dead. Be happy that you will live."
Bright Eyes glared at Shei. "What would ye know of death, ye pampered little thin'?"
Shei rose to her hooves with an angry glint in her eyes. "I lost my sister in this service. Her coffin's still on this ship! I've been introduced to death, thank you very much." She shoved against Bright. "Now sit down and shut up!"
Bright flopped to her haunches, looking dumbstruck. "Oh sun above... I attacked a funeral barge? No wonder harmony has forsaken me."
Silver sat up, senses returning to him. "Enough, enough. You did your part, Bright Eyes. You're free."
She grunted at Silver. "Sure, ye say that, but I don't see a future for me. Ye filled me with your... freaks, and me crew won't want to sail again. I'm alone and destroyed, and what do ye care?"
Silver rose to his hooves. "You are not alone. You could stay with your crew."
She didn't look at all appeased at the idea. Shei glanced at Silver, then her, looking uncertain a moment before she leaned towards Silver. "I think she's waiting for you to invite her."
Silver perked his ears at Shei, then frowned, realizing she was likely correct. But did she want another mare? Was it right? He looked away, feeling guilt well in him. "Now I do feel like I'm trying... to replace her."
Shei exposed her teeth. "She is not my sister! But... she wouldn't want us to hide for her. And she wouldn't want another strong mare to be abandoned for her."
Silver nodded at Shei softly before he stepped towards Bright. "Captain Bright Eyes."
"I'm no captain, not anymore." She curled up and rest her head on her hooves. "Not anything..."
Silver reached for her and ran a hoof over her head. "You are a wonderful mare. Will you consider joining us? It would be good to have a mare with seafaring skills with us."
She was on her hooves with surprising speed. "Ye just want somepony to top whenever ye get the itch! I ain't so easily fooled."
Silver moved a hoof under her chin, looking into her eyes. "You can ask your crew. I'm not hunting them afterwards. I want to hire you, as a servant, for your expertise. The fact that you're quite enchanting to look at is just a side benefit."
She flushed softly at the compliment. Already her role was changing, and the flattering words sat better with her than they would have an hour before then. "You're just saying that..." He kissed her on the nose, and she weakly swatted at him, looking confused.
Shei squirmed in between Silver and her and nuzzled the confused pirate under her chin. "My master has a large and kind heart. Let him take you in and you'll never regret it."
Silver gained a new servant, and he swore he would treat this one right.