Idyllic

by lollipopchica

Chapter 9

Author's Note:

Remember that change in rating I mentioned- well, it's about to happen.

Nothing terribly graphic, but there will be no doubts about what's going on. Things are about to get a little 'strange.' Not really. lol. But if anyone does find it too graphic, I'll edit it asap.

I really do take what people say into consideration. I try not to respond to things until the very end. And by 'end' I do mean 'end.' So thanx for the feedback, really! It's been a blast reading all the things you guys have said.

Hope you guys enjoy!

The walk back home had sobered her immensely.

Cadance knew the perfect spell. All she had to do was find Shining Armor and cast it. She was ready too.

But then she saw him slinking around the castle and it made her wonder what he did at night. She quietly followed him finding herself weaving through mazes and corridors she didn't know existed. What she did find out was more than she ever wanted to know.

*-*-*-*-*

The dimly lit passageway didn't stop the stallion as he observed the slumbering Changeling Queen.

Shining Armor nudged her over on her side as he hovered above her to study her features. Chrysalis stared up at him from under long lashes. Sometimes she was all frost and attitude, but moments when it was just the two of them she was heart and fire and he cherished it like a dying man's last words.

“Chryssie...”

She grinned softly as she took in his boyish features. Tracing his face with her eyes, "you make me feel so protected." She kissed his nose. “I didn’t even think I needed protecting, but you... You do that for me.” The last few weeks were something out of a nightmare but Shining Armor had been there and it had made all the difference. Many a night she contemplated disappearing and starting over someplace else but he always showed up to push the fear and doubt away.

She didn’t expect him to say anything and like always he exceeded her expectations. “I love you...”

Chrysalis closed her eyes as his sentiment washed over her. She pressed a kiss to the inside of his foreleg. “I know,” she murmured as her heart shuddered and she returned his gaze. She knew the moment he showed up at her door that whatever was between them was going to stain some part of her, she hated how right she was. “I feel the same way about you.”

“Then say it,” was Shining Armor’s soft command.

“I'll prove it- a woman’s touch and all…” She pulled him down atop her before greeting his mouth with a sweet caress of lips.

"No need to hide... I know it’s you, Shining Armor."

"Chrysalis." Came his soft greeting as he came from the shadows. He loved her once upon a time and it scared the shit out of him.

"You're... less upset," she observed surprised by the softness of his greeting. Usually he was all sneers and insults. Only a handful of ponies treated her like an actual person, and he was not on the list.

"I talked to Twilight."

"And..."

"She said you're a liar."

She chuckled. "Typical. That's one thing that never changed."

"What?"

"Your sister's dislike for me."

"I can see why..."

"I bet you can. How's your wife?"

He scowled and she laughed loudly. All jagged like glass. The sound died down and the silence was suffocating. She'd never had a problem talking to him before and it made her realize a conversation she'd had long ago. Odonata had been right, it seemed, even after all these years.

"Why do you keep coming here?"

"I don't know," was his honest response but part of him knew.

"I'm pregnant." She breathed after a while. She heard his sharp intake of breath and felt his disbelief and anger. "Princess Celestia told me," she continued in the same quiet tone as she stared absently at the ground. "That's why I'm still here. I don't expect anything from you. But I thought you should know."

*-*-*-*-*

The Princess of Love raced through the hallways as if a demon were on her trail.

There was only one person she could turn to at this point and Cadance knew she had to find him.

She’d never wanted to hurt somepony as bad as she did in that moment. She would hate that baby, she knew. Even though the child would be blameless, she would eventually come to resent it and that did not sit well with her. She was only flesh after all, and malice was an emotion she was beginning to be too familiar with. That coupled with the hopelessness of her situation frightened her.

Sometimes the things she thought scared her, and it seemed only Faust was good at talking sense into her. She could still remember the look on Shining Armor's face when the changeling told him she was going to have his baby.

Truly, she had nothing left. And oddly enough she didn't care. She was done with Shining Armor. A thought that brought her relief and sadness. It didn’t seem worth the anguish anymore.

After searching for her personal guard Cadance was ready to call it a night when she found him sitting inside her darkened bedroom with an empty bottle on her vanity. If she was surprised she didn't act it.

"You’re drunk." She summarized as she crawled up behind him via opposite side of her bed.

"You're very observant," Faust snorted as he continued to stare at the ground. The scent of amber and jasmine filled his swimming senses and he could feel her closeness as she hovered over his backside.

"Is everything alright?" Came her soft voice against the shell of his ear.

"No..." His laugh was hollow and bitter, but he immediately sobered up. "You're back sooner than I anticipated." Sometimes the thoughts he had in regards to her scared him.

"Where's my husband?" Cadance asked as if she didn't already know where he was.

"Where do you think?" Was his honest response. He hadn't meant to hurt her, but he was always honest and sometimes it hurt.

Numbness sat in, and she rested her chin on his shoulder taking solace in his presence. "Do you find me attractive?"

"Cadance..."

"Well..." She insisted.

"You know I do..." He tensed as she pressed her weight against him.

"Why can’t he be more like you?" She breathed as she nuzzled his neck. Pregnant, she thought.

"Because he's not me..." He managed in a low voice.

"Show me..." She murmured in his ear. For once Cadance didn't care. Obviously her husband didn't care about her anymore. But Faust was always there.

"Cadance... don't do this to me." He sounded pained, fighting a losing battle.

"Why not?" She nipped at his ear. "It’s not like you don't want me."

"No..." He turned to regard her out the corner of his eye. "But he's still my Captain."

"And my husband..." She reminded absently. And 'her' baby's father.

"Please, stop it Princess..." He shuddered as she pressed kisses to the spot right below his ear.

"And if I don't want to?"

"Then I'll do something I'll regret," was his honest response as his body responded to her presence.

"I won't." And with that she captured his lips in a sweet embrace of lips, forcing him to turn to face her body. Faust groaned into the action as he gave up with trying to resist the coquettish mare. Before long the stallion had her on her back as he assaulted her body with his mouth.

It had been so long for the both of them as a carnal kind of excitement filled the room.

Cadance felt his nose brush over her heat. Shuddering, the princess couldn’t help but moan when she felt his mouth close over her most sacred area. He sucked and flicked the small bundle of nerves until she was a squirming mess. Just when she thought it could get no better, he plunged his tongue inside her tasting and lapping at her heat.

Cadance's head was spinning as she lost herself to his ministrations. She could feel the buildup deep within and the love alicorn was sure she was drowning until she felt her muscles spasm out of control. Her eyes flew open and she couldn't help but cry out her release.

Faust watched as she came undone from his position between her legs, admiring the way her body arched and her eyes brightened. Creeping up her body, he let his erection settle between her legs as he kissed her full on the lips. Cadance moaned into the kiss as she tasted herself on his tongue. How could something so against her nature feel this amazing?

Her body was on edge as she responded to the attention Faust lavished her with.

She wanted to cry in frustration as she felt him teasing her entrance with his own sex.

"Faust," She whimpered against his mouth as her body burned in want. She couldn't get enough of him. At the sound of his name, the stallion broke the kiss to study her flushed features.

"What?" She breathed aching for his attention. She wanted to say more but the feeling of him pushing inside her completely wiped her mind. All she could manage was a gasp.

*-*-*-*-*

As Shining Armor downed the last of his drink, he concluded that maybe he developed into an alcoholic. It seemed alcohol was the only way he could cope with anything nowadays.

A baby...

Just what the fuck was he going to do with a baby? And by a changeling no less. And Cadance... Just the thought of her gave him a headache. How was he supposed to explain this to her? He was so tired of hurting her.

He was tired of feeling like a piece of shit. Nothing in his life was making sense.

After he'd paid for his rum, he decided he'd actually go home tonight. As he stumbled through the streets of Canterlot in his inebriated state he realized he no longer had the friendship he had with his wife. A thought that made his chest clench.

Cadance had always been there. Any stallion would be lucky to have such a wife. So what was wrong with him? Why couldn’t he see her for the mare he knew she was?

“Chrysalis…” The way he hissed her name was almost like a revelation, but royal guardsmen sneered as he pushed the thought away. The changeling had done enough, he decided as he vowed to push her memory aside. At least for the night or else he’d never get any rest.

When Shining Armor finally made it back to the room he and Cadance shared, he paused at the door as voices sounded on the other side of the pastel colored entrance.

It was past midnight. “Who would...“ His question trailed off as he slowly turned the handle and opened the door.

The stallion blinked as he comprehended what it was he was witnessing.

Shining Armor's face flushed as his blood sounded loudly in his ears.

There in bed with another stallion was his precious wife.

Cerulean eyes were glued to the scene as Shining Armor watched her throw her head back in ecstasy as her lover rocked his hips against hers in a drawn out pace that was meant to please as it teased.

Panting, the cerise mare sought her guard's lips as he continued to take her to higher heights. Shining Armor could hear the pegasi moan as he watched delicate hooves work a certain spot where he was sure the wings met. A pegasus thing.

The two were so lost in each other that neither noticed as he quietly shut the door exiting with a heavy heart and a swirl of something else. He could still hear Cadance whimpering the other's name.

Numbly, he made his way down the hall not really paying attention to his destination. He felt blindsided and wasn't sure about how to recover.

A part of Shining Armor was furious, but an even bigger part of him felt as if he deserved it. Obviously she wasn’t getting what she needed from him. Did he really have the right to get upset when his own thoughts strayed whenever he was with her?

In that respect, he supposed maybe he didn’t. Cadance had always been soft on him. Maybe he had taken her for granted and now she'd finally given up on him.

When he finally pulled himself out of his thoughts and paid attention to his surroundings, he found himself outside of the changeling queen's holding quarters.

Shining Armor sighed as he realized he truly didn't have a right to be upset with Cadance. It didn’t mean he had to like it.

*-*-*-*-*

The Princess of Love purred pleasure when she felt her lover gather her up in his arms.

"That was amazing..." she whispered in his neck as she turned into him. The soreness that pervaded her body pulsed as a pleasant ache.

"You know... this can never happen again." Was Faust's quiet reply. Instead of a verbal reply, she pressed a wet kiss to his mouth, pulling him closer when he responded in a lazy fashion. "I'm serious, Cadance. I'm not in the habit of sleeping with married mares."

"Am I the exception?" She muttered. Faust sighed into her kiss before breaking contact.

"No," he said seriously as he stared down into her pretty face. "Not even for you, Princess." he watched as her face fell and her eyes dimmed.

Cadance wanted to argue with him even though what he said made perfect sense. She knew she should probably feel guilty about her infidelity, but she didn’t. Shining Armor was the father of some other pony's child.

"Why not?" Was her defiant response. She could read his heart and the heart didn’t lie.

"He's still my Captain..." She opened her mouth. "And your husband." He cut her off.

She pushed away from him. "So this is out of respect for my husband?" Had the situation not been so serious he would've laughed at the attitude she displayed. "Why is everypony so considerate about everypony else but me." She faced away from him angry at her situation.

Dark eyes studied her regal form, before pulling her back into his frame. "It's not for him," he assured her. Even though he suspected she was using him, Faust didn't want to take advantage of her.

"It's out of respect for you," he murmured against her skin. "You may be angry and you might think he deserves this, but you're still very much in-love with him." Faust was thoughtful as he felt her relax in his arms. "I don’t want you to regret anything... but I especially don't want you to regret me."

She felt tears prick her eyes as his words struck her head on.

He was right she realized as she let her mind think over all that had happened.

After a few moments of silence she spoke in preparation of retreat. "I'm going to shower," she managed with a timid smile.

Scooting away from him and off the bed, suddenly she felt self-conscious as she disappeared into her bath.

Cadance adjusted the water as she thought over his words. She did still care for her husband, much to her dismay. She still cared and it cut her deeply to know that he'd never truly reciprocate. Her thoughts travelled to the pegasi in her bed.

Faust was a special case, she decided with a blush and a pulse of desire. If she'd have never met Shining Armor, she had a strong suspicion she could've loved him.

She turned to grab a bottle of soap when she bumped into said pegasi.

"Faust!" she meeped only to relax.

"Goodnight," He leaned forward with the intention of kissing her goodbye but it seemed the mare had other ideas once their lips touched. She didn't want this feeling to go away even though she knew he couldn't stay.

Cadance drug him into the shower as she deepened the kiss, humming her pleasure.

"Cadance..." he groaned as water rained down on them. He stiffened at the feel of her wet body pressed so tightly to his. Faust considered himself a stallion of self-control, but Cadance was trying his limits and he found himself floundering.

"Please," she whispered as she suckled on the flesh of his neck. "Just this once?" Was her enticing plea.

"Just this once..." He heard himself agreeing as they continued to kiss.

Comments

[Hard Cider]

Wow, reading your story reminds me of these . . . .

Original Sin
Forbidden Fruit

[Razzy]

Very tastefully written, I applaud thee.

Cya
Raziel-chan