> Rubies in my Punch
>  by TheGreatEater
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> Chapter 1
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	Berry Punch lay in her bed when she was awoken by a gentle nudging tickling her ribs. Cracking her eyes open she saw her daughter Ruby Pinch. Giving her a gentle smile, “What’s up honey? Did you wanna snuggle?” 

Ruby blushed heavily and struggled into the bed, “Hey! Hey! Hey momma! Di-didja know … didja ya know that you are super sexy?” 

“What?! Honey, Momma’s little love, are you drunk?” Berry asked.

“I luff it when ju call me honey, or your lil’ love, call me it again,” Ruby said leaning close to her mother’s muzzle. 

Berry Punch backpedaled until her back was pressed against the headboard. Ruby tried seductively slinking up to her, but ended up drunkenly waddling instead to her mother’s general direction. Berry asked again, “Ho - Pinchy, are you drunk?” 

“Nah! Imma not drunk, I mad shure ta drank from the tap shalf,” Ruby drunkenly slurred. 

Berry combed her memories and gave herself a mighty facehoof, “Oh! My! Celestia! Holy buck I can’t forgot to label it. Honey, that was mommy’s newest experimental, special punch. Sorry baby but you’re drunk.”

“But I don’t care, I want ya ta be mah sexy, sexy, fillyfriend, mommy, lover pony!” Ruby said, “Yar sa kind, and gentle, you make evar-ee poneh happy with your drinks, and enter … en. entra… happy fun timez. I don’t care if I’m drunk! I need you! I need you so bad, please be my fillyfriend?” Ruby said.

Berry Punch grabbed her and held her against her barrel, “Poor baby, your first drunken confession. I had quite a few of those, but I’ll tell you what. Tomorrow if you remember tonight, we’ll talk. But if you forget, then we can both forget this ever happened. Alright Pinchy?” 

Ruby nodded into her barrel, “Do I have to go away mommy?” 

“No baby, you can stay with mommy tonight,” Berry whispered tenderly giving her a compassionate nuzzle. 

Ruby mumbled her thanks before passing out, snoring softly as her body molded itself to her mother’s subtle contours. Berry looked at Ruby, rubbing her mane as she watched over her. Moments like this, minus the being drunk or the confession of love, was a common occurrence. Even though Berry had given Ruby her own room since she was two, but Ruby almost always found her way to her mother’s bed. 

It was something she actually looked forward to after a long, hectic days work. Coming to see her daughter on her bed, and wrapping her forehooves around her like a nice comfy beanie baby. Or on her days off when she’d be feeling restless and her daughter would climb into the bed and cuddle with her and Berry, much like right now would pet her mane, or hold her close feeling the warmth radiating from her body. 

For Berry it wasn’t a sexual thing, her daughter needed physical affection and closeness, and Berry needed the same thing. But looking at her daughter snoring in her arms, she couldn’t help but feel as if all those little somethings she did to show her daughter that she loved her was somehow responsible for Ruby having the hots for her. Leaning over she gave Ruby a light kiss on the forehead before whispering, “Sorry if I caused this my little love. You are the most important pony in my life, and I don’t want to lose you.”





Berry looked at her daughter snoring adorably, walked over to the thick, sun blocking curtains of her room, that usually acted as her best friend against the raising sun when she was feeling hungover. She threw open the curtains and saw Ruby shift and grumble before going back to sleep. Shaking her head she walked over to her small collection of smelling salts she usually used when feeling tired from after a night of hard drinking, or a quick pick me up. Thank Celestia for Carrot Top, I’d never be half as functional sober if it wasn’t for her potions and herbal remedies. I heard Zecora's is even better, but like Tartarus I’m going into the Everfree Forest. I’d rather do a deal with Tirek, than do that.

As the vial passed under Rubies nose her eyes popped open and she looked at Berry Punch, “Whoever invented morning, needs to be put in timeout,” Ruby Pinch pouted. 

Berry Punch laughed, “I know Ruby, when you’re ready meet me downstairs okay? I’ll make your favorite breakfast.”

As Berry walked down the smile fell from her face as she hoped with every fiber of her being that her daughter forgot last night, or at least pretended she did. She was dreading the talk they’d have otherwise. She admitted as far as drunken confessions, her daughters wasn’t the worst one she ever heard. Although most of those came from her to some random pony for her need of companionship and to have a friendly body to make love to on lonely nights. Sure she and Cheerilee helped each other out from time to time, but it was something Cheerilee needed less and less from her older sister as time went by. 

It took her a while to make Ruby’s special breakfast salad with caramel and whipped cream topping. Her salad was a mix of maraschino cherries, caramelized apples, honey glazed grapes, and a sprinkling of muffin chunks. Cooled in the refrigerator until cool enough that they didn’t melt the dressing added. Berry didn’t know when she made it first, but Ruby loved it and for the longest time hounded her to make it more. Hopefully it would take the sting away if she had to have to talk. 





Berry had set the table and sat down when Ruby trudged down the stairs. Stumbling about like a zompony. Berry threw up a brave smile and said with as much as she could muster, “Hey Ruby, I made your favorite.”

Ruby nodded and sat at the table, but rather than tear into it with wild abandon she just pushed the food around. Berry was feeling worried when Ruby Pinch looked at her with tears filling her eyes, “I’m sorry that I did a bad thing last night, please don’t be mad at me!” 

“Bwha?! What makes you think I’m mad at you?” Berry asked flabbergasted.

“Because you only call me Ruby, or Ruby Pinch when I’m in trouble or I do something that makes you mad. And last night I accidentally drank the punch on the top shelf not knowing it wasn’t for me and my friends. Then I started telling you how I felt. Then all this morning you only called me Ruby. So I must be a bad pony if you’re calling me Ruby!” Ruby bawled dejectedly. 

Oh snap! I do only do that when she’s done something wrong, “Sugar Bugger. You did nothing wrong at all. I-it’s just … it’s just that I you know?” 

“Noooo? Know what?” Ruby sniffled. 

“Well you said that it turns you on when I call you my pet names for you, and I don’t want to lead you on. But … buck me!” Berry cried bringing her forehooves over her face and dragging them downwards. 

“Realy! We can do that big pony game like you and Aunty Cheers?!” Ruby asked in between a hopeful cheer and a sob. 

“No! And where did you get that idea?” Berry said torn between having a very uncomfortable talk with her daughter coming up, and wanting to comfort the same pony she wanted to have said talk with.

“Well one day I came home early when you said that you and Cheers need to have a big pony talk, and I saw the door open and you two were doing those things the mares in your magazines and videos under your bed do,” Ruby mentioned off hoovedly, wiping the snot off her nose with a forehoof, “Of course after that when she comes over I do my best to sneak in and watch you two.”

Oh! My! Celestia! My daughter’s seen me have sex with my sister! And she likes it! I don’t know what to feel with that little tidbit, “So, have you told anypony else?” Berry asked.

“Nu-uh! It’s nopony’s business what two ponies do behind closed doors! That and I asked Twilight in a roundabout way if two sisters were to have sex if it made them special someponies, and she said no. And that it was incest and illegal, then she asked why I wanted to know and I told her a part truth,” Ruby said, blushing more and more with her explanation. 

“That I read about WinCest in a magazine hidden under your bed when I was cleaning, and she said that. that while illegal, is also a … feetish?” Ruby asked.

“Fetish, honey. Go on,” Berry said, waving her forehoof to signal her daughter should continue. 

“And if it’s fake siblings its alright, which she said a lot of those things had. Then she told me that I shouldn’t play with big pony things until I’m older,” Ruby finished. 

“Well … that is something,”Berry stated, “Well thank you very much for keeping me and Cheerilee’s secret honey. That’d be bad if other ponies knew about it, especially since we only have sex once in a while.”

“But shouldn’t you only have sex with a special somepony?” Ruby asked confusedly. 

And the conversation becomes that much more awkward. Thank you Celestia! Just what I wanted … but I guess she has to learn sometime. Might as well be now, “Well Sugar Lump, it’s like this. Big ponies have sex for lots of different reasons, and with their own little rules as to what makes it special. Me and your Auntie Cheers only bump horse shoes when we’re feeling lonely, or we need somepony special to makes us know that we are loved. But we never do it if we have a special somepony ourselves at any given moment. 

“But … you’re right it should only be when you have a special somepony, but what I guess I’m trying to say is. If you find a pony you really like, and feel safe around. Safe enough to trust with a special part of yourself, then that’s a good minimum. But you should take the time, and date them to make sure they are the right pony to give that part of you to. Alright Sugar Bugger?”

Ruby nodded her crying subsiding to a hopeful look mixed with the tiniest bits of fear, “So if a pony makes me feel safe, loved, and I feel like I can give them that special part of me to, then they are my special somepony?” 

“That’s a good rule to go by,” Berry nodded. 

“Then I still want you to be my special somepony,” Ruby said with as much conviction as her little body could manage. 

This is going to be one long talk.





Berry left the table to get a pitcher of berry-infused lemonade, and a few glasses so that they could have something while they talked, while also giving them a bathroom break. The distraction was for Ruby’s benefit as much as it was for Berry’s. After she sat the table she went to the spare bathroom and looked at herself in the mirror.

Okay, so my daughter has the hots for me. Is persistent, and knows enough about keeping things like this a secret that I might not lose her. But OMC! I really don’t know if I want to humor this, on one hoof she’s so adorable, I love her with all my heart, and she is adawwable. But on the other, I could lose her, or something could happen like it did her father and she’ll decide she’s better off than with some plain, boring, weakass talent Earth Pony. 

There’s a reason us Earth Ponies rarely end up with a pony of the other races for long, who wants to be with an Earth Pony, when you can be with a winged Pegasi that can fly and do cool tricks. Or a Unicorn that has all kinds of special abilities … No Berrs! We aren’t going to get depressed again and drink away our sorrows before having the biggest talk of our lives with our precious gem. 

I admit I’m terrified of seeing what would happen if I do this. So much could go wrong, and I don’t want to hurt my baby. Even if by accident … But would it be so wrong to be with a pony that I love, and loves me back? Even knowing I’m not all that special? I guess I’ll have to see where this goes.





Back in the kitchen Berry sat herself down and said, “Listen Baby Love, I want to say some things before we even begin thinking of taking this to the next level. Okay?”

Ruby nodded and waited for Berry to continue, “Well it’s like this. While I won’t admit that there are some pluses I can think of when it comes to us being together,” Berry waited out the squeal of delight before continuing, “There are some negatives, and things you need to understand before we begin to take this seriously.

“First if anypony finds out about us, if we aren’t careful, at least until you’re a grown mare. Well grown enough to be with a mare sexually, then ponies will come and take you away from me. I’ll admit that, that is the biggest negative. You a lot of days are the only thing keeping me going on in life. If I lost you, I don’t know what I’d do,” Berry sighed. 

Ruby paled at that and looked absolutely mortified, Berry’s heart broke at that but she needed Ruby to understand just how much was at stake, “I don’t mean to scare you, but you have to see this realistically and understand the bad along with the good. And if ponies found out that we were doing this with one another we would lose each other, possibly forever.

“Second thing you have to understand, if we do keep it a secret, and are alone in this. If we ever did have a baby, for whatever reason in anyway other than adoption. There’s a huge chance it could be born with lots of bad things, and have a lot of health problems. We have a chance that it could be healthy, but we still need to be careful.

“And lastly, you need to know that I’m not perfect. I’m just a plain, ordinary, Earth Pony who gets drunk a lot, and makes more mistakes than most ponies. If you’re looking for the perfect life partner, I’m more than likely not it. I’ll make mistakes, do stupid things, and probably say something someday that’ll make you want to leave me. What are your thoughts on those?”

Ruby closed her eyes and shuddered. The last thing she wanted to do was lose her mother, and knowing that any babies they may have might be doomed to being born unhealthy gave her the shivers. But then she remembered that these were just the negatives, but not the positives. Pulling herself out of her thoughts she saw her mother waiting for her answer.

“I … I don’t want to lose you either. But if I can keep you and Aunty Cheers secret, for the last five years, then I can keep this secret too. I don’t care if nopony ever knows how much I love you, you’ll know and I’ll know. That’ll be enough I guess. Just as long as you love me that’s all that matters. 

“As for the baby thing. I don’t know if I’m ready for babies right now, but when I am. How ever we have them, wherever they come from, I will love them as much as I love you because me and you made them together with our love! And that’s all that matters.

“And mommy?”

“Yes Sugar Love,” Berry said teary eyed.

“I know you aren’t perfect, but as you say a lot when you make mistakes. To err is equine. I think only the Princesses are perfect, but other than that, everypony makes mistakes. So that doesn’t matter to me. I know that no matter what, no matter what you do, to me you are utterly amazing and you are full awesomesauce. Even that sauce you and Auntie Cheers leave stained on the bed sometimes before you do laundry. So … yeah, I love you. So does that mean we can be fillyfriends?” Ruby asked with a grin.

“Well … Oh heck, yes. Yes we can give it a shot,” Berry said, “But a few ground rules.”

Ruby was bouncing in her seat, shuddering filly gasps of unrestrained glee bursting out of her, “What are they! I’ll do anything you want just say it!”

“Well love, rule number one, we can’t be more intimate than ponies are used to seeing us do when in any public place. That means no hoof holding, tail holding, kissing like fillyfriends do, and no talking about private stuff alright?”

“Um … okay, but aren’t we pretty affectionate publically already?” Ruby asked.

“Yes, and that works in our favor. But there’s a fine line between what we normally do and what fillyfriends do,” Berry replied before moving on, “Second rule. No telling anypony about us. If we want to give this a shot then we have to keep it a secret.”

“I know, I already said I can do that,” Ruby said with a pout. 

“I know Sugar Love, but I need to make sure you know that, and second to last rule, until we’ve been on at least a few dates. You have to sleep in your own room. It’s not appropriate for ponies who are dating to sleep with each other before a few dates. Can you do that?” 

“Does this count?” 

“Sure love. This most definitely counts,” Berry nodded, “and lastly, and most importantly, if at any time we are doing something that makes you feel uncomfortable, or you want to stop what we have. You have to let me know, I won’t be mad, or upset. But good communication is a must in a relationship.” 

“Alright I can do those, so … are we fillyfriends now?” Ruby asked. 

When Berry nodded, Ruby squealed with delight and tackled her mother with all of her strength, “I love you so much! I promise to be the most bestest fillyfriend I can be.”
> Chapter 2
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	Berry Punch and Ruby spent the rest of the morning planning their first official date as fillyfriends, and after much discussion decided on something that would give them both privacy and a hint of romance besides a nice candlelit dinner at home. And that was a nice relaxing picnic at night, by the lake, since it was the closest thing to a picnic at the beach a pony could get in Ponyville. 

So each pony went there respective ways for the rest of the day as each of them went to get things to make their rendezvous as perfect as possible. Berry watched as Ruby bounced off and while a part of her still felt as if it was a happy dream that was going to come crashing down around her, she still couldn’t shake the building warmth building in her heart. 

Her first order of the day was setting up the drinks, while the food would have to be from elsewhere to make it more special, drinks of all kinds were her specialty. If it had fruit in it, or it could be juiced she could make a drink out of anything. After all she had plenty of practice. 






Ruby Pinch was on cloud nine ever since she left the house. There was a bounce in her step, and a song in her heart. Sadly she was self conscious about her voice and never sang unless she could be drowned out by a crowd, but that didn’t dim her spirits in the least. 

As she skipped down the road in filly glee she thought to herself, So lets see here what’d be the most romantic thing I can do for my special somepony? I could buy her chocolate, since I know I like it when ponies give me candy on Hearts and Hooves Day. But that might be too cheesy, and she might not like that. I could get her flowers, I know she likes tulips and baby’s breath. That might make it special … But I only have sixty bits to buy stuff with and Tulips are pricey … maybe I could by one Tulip and several baby breath’s around it? That sounds good! So that’s my first stop.

As she got to the marketplace she saw Dinky Doo stop by the flower ponies and pull out a massive bag of bits. Feeling her own, much more smaller bag, she felt a tad insecure about her own bits. She waited for Dinky to leave and trotted up to Lilly feeling woefully inadequate, she looked at Lilly with tears starting to pool around her eyes.

Lilly out of reflex leant down and nuzzled the distraught filly before her, “What’s the matter?”

“I … I wanted to buy my mommy her favorite flowers, but I saw Dinky Doo with all those bits, and I can’t compete with that! How can I make my mommy feel special if I don’t have a lot of bits to spend on her?” Ruby cried.

“Oh Ruby, want to know a secret my mom shared with me when I was a little filly?” Lilly asked, to which Ruby nodded sadly.

“Now listen up, because someday you’ll get a special somepony when you’re bigger, and it’ll be the same advice. It doesn’t matter how much you spend, it’s the feeling behind the gift that matters. It doesn’t matter if you make something yourself, or you pay all the bits in the world. As long as you did it out of love, they’ll love it.” Lilly said patting Ruby’s head.

“Really?” Ruby hiccuped sadly. 

“Yepperoni. Trust me I’ve been at this job for as long as I can remember, and even a single tiny flower can brighten a ponies day. So don’t worry about the bits, and get from the heart.” Lilly replied kindly. 

“Okay, um how much for a tulip and a few baby breath’s for a bouquet?” 

“Hmmm … Well I think I can part for those for … lets say twenty bits.”

“Thank you Lilly! You and your friends are the best flower ponies in all of Equestria!” Ruby shouted giving Lilly a tight hug around her foreleg. 

“And thank you for the compliment. Your mother really is a good one isn’t she?”

“Ya-huh! She’s the best!” Ruby gushed as she dug out the bits. Lilly gave her a small vase filled with the requested flowers and Ruby placed them carefully in her saddle bag as she made her way to Sugar Cube Corner to raid some sweets. 





Berry Punch had just finished her special blend of rare Everfree Forest herbs with an assortment of magical fruits she had locked away in the fridge. Smiling at the foresight of going to extra mile for a hyper-spatial statis unit. A hefty five hundred bits extra, but so worth it for all the things she collected and stored up for her special blends. This one, was a rather special drink she made for her precious gem. Even if it wasn’t alcoholic it was something that’d relax them, make everything brighter, and with a little kick to keep them awake until later that night. 

Just as she finished the last touches she felt an uncomfortable itch on her forehead and moaned in annoyance as a horn sprouted out and blasted her punch with magic. When the spell died down the punch looked like it was made by Crystal Empire fruit, and giving in an experimental sip noted that only the appearance changed. She huffed and looked up at the protuberance and growled, "Listen here missy! I'm going to have a magical ... well magically confusing night with my daughter. But you, Flippy and Flappy aren't going to mess this up for me. You hear, not like my other dates."

Her horn sparked, and she said, "No! You don't back talk me you little pot sticker, you mess this up for me I'll drown you in tomato sauce again."

Seeing her horn stop sparking she mumbled, "What did I do to be born a freak like this? I mean most of the time I'm just an earth pony, but then you or the wings just pop out randomly. Sure it wouldn't be so bad if I could control it, but you guys seem to do as you please in the most uncomfortable situations ever. Although me turning all crystally that one time was pretty awesome. I wouldn't mind being a crystal earth pony, that'd be pretty sweet. But yeah, I still don't know what I'm going to do?"

Her horn let loose a sad hum, "I know its scary, that's why I'm worried. I mean should I have just said no? Would that be the right thing?" 

Her horn answered by spraying out angry sparks, "Okay! Okay! I know I should give my little Sugar Booger Bear a chance. But ... you and the wings scared away the rest of my fillyfriends, what makes this one different?" 

She was answered by a questioning sounding thrum as if the horn was wanting to ask a question, "You're right Miss Horny, I should just ask her. But yeah if it wouldn't be too much of a problem would you, you know, go back in? I don't want to ponies to talk anymore than they already do about you girls popping out randomly."

She felt an answering itch around her horn’s base as it shifted back, giving her the appearance of a regular earth pony. It was her disorder as she called it, just like Alula, Rainy Feather, and a few other fillies popping up around Ponyville, she randomly shifted species. Even once had Ms. Horny, Flippy and Flappy pop out at once. Thankfully nopony was there to judge her. But ponies like her were rare, and unlike now-in-days when she was a filly ages ago she was teased restlessly. Even ponies who thought it'd be neat freaked out when it happened. Just like Ruby's father, now that was mare. Or would've been if she hadn't bolted when her own horn popped out during sex and freaked her out.

Ponies like her were more rare than adult blank flanks, and she was annoyed that it was something she couldn’t control, although her daughter was in the same boat, and that was something she was glad that they shared together. Even if it was something that neither one talked about. 





Ruby felt her pride and joy receding into her head again and her wings, Zippy and Dippy pop out. While her Cutie Mark once again shifted into one of the others she had, this one her lucky four leaf clover one. It was weird. One second she was a unicorn still feeling down in the dumps for not being able to get the most awesome thing ever. Then she spotted a necklace that would look so hot on her mother, on a sale for just the right amount of bits. The necklace itself was a nickel chain, with tiny braids of silver and gold, and in the center a decent sized Amethyst attached to an embroidered vine.

That feeling of being lucky, on top of the joy of being her mother’s special somepony caused her wings to pop out, like her mother used to say. It was one of the many things she loved about her, the fact that they both randomly became other ponies. Although it was something they never talked about, her mother always saying she was a boring earth pony, while Ruby identifying herself most days as a unicorn. Or in her mother’s words an Adoricorn. 

The only reason Ruby never talked to her mother about it, and tried working to help each other was because she knew how sore a topic it was. But with them being fillyfriends, she could finally work on helping her mother control her changes and hopefully her mother would want to help her with her magics as the other races. Seeing as Berry Punch had more experience than she did, or at least that’s what she liked to believe. 

With her wings buzzing with anticipation and feeling unbelievably lucky as she normally did when her horse shoe or four leaf clover Cutie Mark showed up. Over in the distance she saw a poster for a contest to win a free Hearts and Hooves Day basket and with a grin flapped her way to her next target.





Berry Punch was putting the final touches on the picnic basket when she heard a knock on the door. Opening it up, she saw her daughter under a large gift basket from Bargain Bins resting on her back, “Help! This is heavier than I thought it’d be.”

Lifting the basket she noticed her daughter’s lack of horn, and wings having taken their place, “Oh little fluffball, it happened to you too?” Berry asked. 

Ruby nodded, “Ya-huh, I was feeling happy that I was lucky enough to find the perfect gift for you, and they popped out.”

Berry nuzzled Ruby, and knowing how uncomfortable wings could be on the back rubbed the new muscle clusters in between the wings. Ruby’s back arched and a guttural purr left her as the tension that had been building between Zippy and Dippy from balancing the basket eased up. Berry giggled at the catlike pur, “You really are adorable. I still think it’s a bit scary, but I love you and I’m going to enjoy being with you.”

Ruby looked at Berry with a hooded, sultry gaze, “Me too, and I’m really happy that we have this special gift in common. It makes me feel closer to you.” 

“Well Love Nugget, in a few hours we’ll get started on our date-date, but until then let’s talk about your day so far.”





And so the awaited moment had finally arrived. The sun had set, and the moon had risen basking the world in its majestic glory. Berry looked up at how crystal clear and utterly amazing it was that night and privately thought it was Luna’s way of making Berry and Ruby’s special night all the more special. Berry looked at her daughter whose horn had come back just as they were about to leave for their date with a longing smile.

With an expert shake of her back, and kick of her hind legs. Berry slid the picnic basket off her back and had it sailing in the air towards her face. With a deft flick of her head, she lifted the blanket from the top of the basket and whipped it so that it settled on the ground perfectly as her forehoof reached up and gently guided the basket to the blanket. 

Ruby was awestruck at Berry’s deft movements, “How did you learn to do that?”

Berry winked in a jokingly teasing way, “Lots of practice. Now how about we dig in?”

Ruby let out a little fillyish squeal of glee as she helped set up their meal. As the last bit of food was laid out, Berry flicked her tail over and held Ruby’s with it. As Ruby blushed Berry said, “I know I said that this was rule number one, but if there’s nopony to see us. Then it’ll be okay for me to do things to you that fillyfriends do with one another.”

Ruby scooted her plate next to her mothers as she snuggled into Berry’s warmth. Ruby nuzzled her and asked, “Not that I’ll ever complain, but what made you accept being my fillyfriend?”

“Well there’s the fact that only family’s been alright with my randomly shifting body, the fact that you were so adamant about it, that I do think you’re very attractive for a pony your age, that I think all your pony forms look good on you, that despite all of my mess ups you are the most right thing I’ve ever done, then there’s the fact that I really do love you and I’m willing to try seeing if we can make this love grow.”

With each thing Berry listed Ruby’s blush shone through her coat brighter and brighter, until she felt she was going to burn in the fires of her love for the sexy mare she was resting against. Ruby felt her tail twitch happily and accidentally tugged on her mother’s which Ruby felt a happy shuddering next to her. Ruby kept swishing her tail as she looked at Berry Punch, “I can’t either, you never were boring to me and I think all of your forms are really attractive too. I can’t wait to share myself with you.”

Berry blushed and asked, “So you’ve seen all of my collection haven’t you?”

Ruby nodded, “Even the special toys you have under the bed, but I always wanted to ask you why you had the super fun, Tentacle Party Box?”

“Super fun?” Berry asked partially mortified, partially turned on from the way her daughter was tugging on her tail. 

“Well … I might have accidentally opened it and pressed the button to see what would happen. And when it popped up I really thought it was fun what it was doing to my fillybits,” Ruby admitted.

Berry unwound her tail so she could keep their first date PG, and wrapped her foreleg around Ruby and held her lovingly, “Well Honey Bunny, it looks like you already know what sex is like. Did you enjoy it?” 

Ruby nodded furiously onto Berry’s chest. Berry rubbed Ruby’s back and said, “It’s a lot more fun when you’re with a special somepony but that’s something we can talk about in a few dates.” 

Ruby looked up at Berry Punch, her eyes misty and star sparkled, “Can we explore or different body forms too? And help each other learn to control it?” 

Berry just nodded and held Ruby close. Before watching the night sky with her special somepony in her forelegs. At that moment nothing could be more magical.

> Chapter 3
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	It had been a week since their first date. Since then Berry had been feeling closer and closer to Ruby, and it had been a marvelous feeling. What had once been simply family dinners, where now beautiful dates were they shared their activities that day with one another. Afterwards they spent the nights curled up beside each other, reveling in the simple joy of being with their special somepony. 

Berry having had her share of bad dates, was wanting to keep it slow for awhile, but every special moment with her daughter melted those worries away. And as the seventh wonderful day came to a close Berry made up her mind, sure she wasn’t ready to eat Ruby out, or have some rubies in her punch. But she was ready to see how Ruby would react to foreplay, and get her back in her bed. She had missed those nights without the familiar closeness of Ruby next to her as she slept. 

She was shaken out of her revelry by Ruby as she snuggled closer to Berry’s barrel, “Hey my Precious Gem. I think it’s time that we get back to sleeping together. What do you think?” 

Ruby jumped in the air, her body shifting into Pegasi mid leap and had her flying around the room yelling, “Yes!” repeatedly as she buzzed merrily around her mother’s head.

Giving a happy shake of her head she jumped and caught her daughter in her chest, pulling down the happily buzzing ball of fluff, as she landed back down on the couch. Looking into those love filled eyes, she leaned down and kissed Ruby. 

Both of their eyes grew wide as a spark of electricity passed through them, as their love and adoration for each other was shared with each graze of the lips. Their eyes slowly closed, their bodies becoming an unthinking mass of fondling hooves and caresses. With Berry barely able to think enough to guide her daughter’s fumbling hooves as they sought to explore each other’s bodies.  

In that senseless bliss, they didn’t hear the door open and shut, nor did they hear the clopping of hooves as a pony entered the room. It wasn’t until a high pitched yelp and the passed out pony’s body hitting the ground that they broke from their embrace to see Cheerilee passed out on the floor. 





After moving Cheerilee onto the sofa, Berry Punch woke her up. She honestly didn’t have any idea how this would play out. Cheerilee looked at PegaRuby, and her sister and asked, “How long have you too been tasting each other’s fruit punch?”

“We haven’t had sex yet sis. Today was our first time kissing one another,” Berry said sheepishly.

“Okay, and how long have you too been an item?” Cheerilee asked, looking  between the two incestuous lovers.

“A week,” Berry said pulling Ruby closer and holding her for mutual support. 

“Well … that’s good then I guess,” Cheerilee said before asking nervously, “does she know about, you know?” 

Berry at that laughed at that, “Oh Honey Clit, you have no idea!” 

Cheers blushed at her sister’s bedroom name for her, before she could ask Ruby interjected, “I like watching you two. It makes my fillybits happy.” 

Cheers looked at the gushing, special flower of hers and felt herself grow moist, “You do, and what do you mean by happy?”

“Yep! You two make each other happy, and that makes me happy. As for my filly bits, they get all sticky and wet. Then my belly gets all fiery and fluttery. It’s really great that you two are there for each other. Although I don’t know if you’ll be like that for each other now in days, since it’s been forever since you two did anything.”

“Well … that’s kind of what I came to talk about,” Cheerilee said blushingly, “me and Spike got together a few days ago and I wanted to talk to you about it.”

“What about you and Spike?” Berry added.

“Me and him got together recently, it was a few days ago in your bar that he came up to me and we started talking. Next thing I know I’m asking him on a date. Was going to tell you that and that I was sorry we haven’t been making love in while. But well, I guess you have your own special love as well now. So that’s … it for us I guess?” 

“I know. Honestly we had lots of good memories together, and I know Ruby’s going to miss the chance of tasting you or watching you watch us. Maybe we might change that rule someday if Spike is alright with it,” Berry said nostalgically.

“What about Ruby being alright with it?”Cheerilee asked.

“I’ll be okay with sharing myself with you, don’t know about Spike. But I’d love to watch you make my mommy happy some more,” Ruby replied. 

Cheerilee stood at a crossroads at that moment. She promised herself to always honor her sister’s rule on not being with one another if they were with another pony. Yet here was a freebie. Then there was her own rule on not following through with her urges to make one of her students go from her special flower, to her “very” special flower. Then again, being with them and Spike just felt right for some reason. After all dragon’s were known for their hordes, and what better horde than mates who were part of a matching set. 

Cheerilee shook her head and looked at Berry Punch, wrapping her hoof around her neck and pulling her in. She gave her a passionate kiss, she almost lost herself in Berry’s taste that was every bit as intoxicating as the drinks she was known for making. Pulling back she whispered, “I’ll miss us too, and who knows maybe Spike would like the idea of a matching set.” 

Cheers turned to Ruby and leaned forward and rubbed her nose on Ruby’s. A show of affection that was more than a hug, but only slightly less than a kiss, “I can’t promise anything. I just don’t know if I can take that step to make one of my special flowers something more. But if you ever need anything, anything at all. I’ll be there for you two.”

Cheerilee backed up and gave a sad smile, “Well I love you two, take care of each other, and don’t forget. Anything you need, anything all, I’ll be there for you girls.”





Berry looked deep into Ruby’s eyes and whispered, “You were so hot back there Honey Pot, If it wasn’t for the fact that I want to take my time and show you just how awesome things can be as fillyfriends, I’d eat you out right now.” 

Ruby started to lean back exposing her pussy as her wings stood erect, but Berry pulled her back up, “But I do want to show you bit by bit all the wonders of dating, and being intimate partners first. But when the time is right, oh boy little filly. I’m going to rock your world.” 

Berry Punch then moved back into the kiss that was so quickly interrupted earlier, and hummed happily as the sweet scent of her daughter's filly juice wafted to her nose, this isn’t actually that bad. Who knows with Cheers by my side I might be able to really show this wonderful, amazing, delicious little filly a whole new world of experiences and share them with her. 

Berry felt that joy rise within her and Flippy and Flappy popped out to join that joy. Her wings wrapped around Ruby’s own and entwined their primaries with Ruby’s. The jolt of endorphins and sexual hormones caused Berry and Ruby to let out a simultaneous whinney of delight. It took several attempts and a cheesy grin at Ruby’s reaction to extract herself from her daughter. With a grin she said, “Well that happened.”

Ruby nodded and lay on her mother’s chest, nuzzling her euphorically, “Yeah, that was awesome Punchy. I love you so much Punchy.”

“I love you to Sugar Love. So very much.” Berry sighed lovingly. And it was in that embrace that they eventually fell asleep in.



 

Berry woke up feeling cramped, and as she stretched she noticed her wings were gone and Ms. Horny was back. Noticing only when her head impaled the couch with a loud ripping motion waking up Ruby who was in her earth pony form, “Bwha! What happened?!” Ruby yelled at being rudely woken up.

“Sorry precious, Ms. Horny came out last night sometime and decided that it’d be funny to ruin another piece of furniture,” Berry sighed, to which her horn hummed back at her.

Giving it a light twack she looked at Ruby, “She’s a bit mouthy, and it seems that you went earth pony last night.”

Ruby felt for her horns or wings and not finding them shrugged, “They come back eventually. And now that we’re dating you can show me the good parts of being an Earth Pony right?”

Berry nuzzled her and grinned, “That and more, but first breakfast.”

Hopping down she playfully swatted Ruby’s face with her tail, letting her nose get a whiff of morning love juice that sometimes got when she had a relatively good dream. And laughed when Ruby’s body shuddered as her eyes misted over. Sure Berry wasn’t going to rut her right then and there. But if they were going to be as serious to each other as they seemed to be. Then by Celestia’s Beard, Ruby was going to learn that her mother was a playful tease to ponies she dated. 

Berry made her way to the kitchen where her finicky horn decided that it wanted to do the cooking. In all of her years alive, and strangely enough it was a lot of them, being a pony ten years older than Cheers, she looked to be her twin, rather than her younger sister. It was probably the fact that whatever made her shapeshift also made that ever since she hit her teenage years, she just barely aged. Soon it was something that Ruby was going to hit.

Heck all of her friends now would be as old as the Cake’s who were her classmates when she was a filly, and now they looked old enough to be her parents. And in all those years, all those shifts, her horn continued to be a donkey’s rear end. It never listened to her, did what it wanted, and had a lot of back talk for stick in the head. So instead of trying to control the thing she let it have it’s magical outburst and do it’s thing. After all if it became to much of a nuisance she could just fix it the earth pony way. 



 

Ruby sat beside her mother as she got ready for breakfast. Looking at the chocolate chip waffles with strawberry toppings, she let loose a devilish grin. Bending her head over she snaked her tongue out while keeping her eyes on her mother. Her tongue rolled the strawberry closest to her like she saw her mother doing a few times to the few special someponies that were mare. 

She hummed at the sweetness that flooded her tongue and with a happy rolling of her eyes rolled the strawberry into her mouth. Berry Punch choked on the waffle bit she was munching on when she saw her daughter’s teasing retaliation, and realized it was the hottest thing she saw anypony do since Cheerilee’s grape trick. Even her patented Pussy Kiss wasn’t a match from seeing her daughter eat out a waffle’s berries. 

When she stopped choking to death, she laughed, “Okay honey, you win this round, but” she said leaning over to suck on her daughter’s ear causing Ruby to shiver, “I’ll win the next.”

“It’s all good, as long as I’m playing with you, it doesn’t matter who wins. Since we both win in the end right?” Ruby asked.

“That’s right. Now finish your breakfast so I can show you something fun before school.” Berry replied with a devious grin. 



 

After breakfast Berry laid Ruby on the bed, resting on her belly, “Now I’m going to give you something that’s going to feel amazing for an earth pony. I just need you to relax and enjoy the ride.”

Berry laid beside Ruby and with lick and a nuzzle moved her mane back from her forehead. Lowering her muzzle she sucked in the skin on her forehead and used her tongue to pet the fur while massaging her forehead, ending with a kiss. 

Ruby moaned under kisses as Berry moved around Ruby’s face working out the knotted muscles with her tongue. Then grazing her skin with her teeth. She then mounted her daughter feeling her hips buck into her trying to get Berry to rut her, Berry purred, “Love we aren’t going to have sex today. But I’m going to show you something almost every bit as wonderful. The world of foreplay.”

Then she slid down Ruby’s back their skin sensually gliding on each other, and as she got down to the neck proceeded to continue kissing until she reached the withers. She sat up and used her forehooves to dexterously work out the various kink and knots a pony usually built up. With each one she undid she saw Ruby moan and turn more and more into putty in her hooves. 

Being as small as she was it was quick work easing out everything. Then she moved down to the area right behind the shoulder blades and bit down, putting just enough pressure to stimulate the nerve cluster. She laughed into her daughter’s captured back as she arched up and gave a sultry groan of pleasure.   

Moving down she nibbled down the back, enjoying the subtle flavors and textures of Ruby’s coat, while feeling giddy at the shivers of pleasure running through her daughter’s body. Eventually she reached her target. the delicate muscles where the tail and hips met. As she bit down, Ruby’s tail flagged her and Ruby let loose a guttural sound of primal bliss before bucking her hips up in the mount-me position. 

Berry laid to rest beside Ruby pulling her into a kiss, “And that love was your first lovers massage. Feels great doesn’t it?” 

Ruby tongue lolled out and a meowing moan escaped her throat as her body refused to anything more than that at the moment. Berry felt her horn recede, and she closed her eyes grinning contentedly at her daughter’s reaction to her ministrations. With their bodies lay together they passed out next to each other.



 

It wasn’t until that afternoon after school when they were able to appreciate each other’s company, although trying to give a reasonable excuse why they were late was difficult, and earned them a small reprimand to try to drop her off at school on time. But all the waiting was worth it when Ruby burst the doors and greeted her with a passionate kiss, “I missed you today,” Ruby said as they parted. 

“I missed you too Sugar Bear,” Berry replied, stroking Ruby’s back lovingly. 

“So I was thinking, after I do homework, do you want to show me how to play with my horn?” Ruby asked, her horn sparking happily. 

“A horn is something that I’ll get to when we explore sex, but with foreplay, it cums too easily. It’s more like a magical forehead dick, than something that can be pleasured like wings can, or any other part of you,” Berry chuckled. 

“Awwwww! Okay, but I want you to really make it cream when we’re ready for sex please?” 

“Will do sweetness. now be off for your homework and when you’re done I’ll have something special for you, “ Berry purred seductively. 

As she heard the scurry of little hooves scrambling to hurry. She casually trotted into the kitchen. Tonight was going to be special, she had plans to really put a smile on Ruby’s face or at the very least see where Ruby drew the line on foreplay. After all not every pony was the same, and what one pony liked another might not care for. What Berry was doing for now was opening Ruby to these new experiences while exploring what Ruby liked personally. 

Having washed herself before Ruby came home she was nice and prepped for what was about to happen. Throwing a nice cushiony mat on the table, she brought out the little food cart she used for special occasions where she needed to bring not only lots of drinks, but lots of little appetizers as well. On the cart tonight was filled with an assortment of tiny foods, such as veggie weenies in blankets, fillets of candied bread, sushi rolls, and a variety of sexually suggestive fruits. Like strawberries, pomegranates, and grapes. 

Laying on the table she first grabbed the tongs to position the candied bread over her snatch, with the weenies suggestively lined where her folds would be. Next came the strawberries over her teets, with the grapes carefully arranged around them. Then with her hooves she carefully worked her way up her body covering her body with food for her young lover to enjoy and share. With just enough food for two then with a little push she laid back and waited. 




 

Ruby rushed through her homework, having already talked about most of it with Sun Glimmer, who was probably the smartest filly in school other than Sweetie Belle and strangely enough, Scootaloo. But those two always felt unapproachable, so Sun Glimmer it was. And with them acting as study buddies, she was usually able to get most of the stuff finished before coming home and the stuff she didn’t she was able to get. 

Which for her meant she was bouncing in her seat with anticipation. She never would’ve guessed when she made the moves on her mother that things would turn out this right. Sure she was drunk at the time she made those moves, and sure she originally wanted to do it romantically. But the week since had been nothing short of amazing. 

Her worldwise mother, whom she had always felt a special connection to, was her special somepony. Her Auntie Cheers, was alright with them together and might even be willing to join them someday, she wasn’t really sure if she wanted to share the two mares most special in her life with a dragon but if he made Auntie Cheers happy, and he was nice to her Berry delicious mother. Then she was willing to work on making it work. 

As she wrapped up her work and got down to the living room she felt her jaw drop. Laid out on the table was her mother covered with food like a living table. Ruby inched her way to the table and asked the first coherent thought that entered her head, “What’s this?”

“This is body food, is some places ponies act as living plates to eat off of, and I wanted to see how you’d like this form of foreplay,” Berry replied with a soft smile.

Ruby’s eyes got wider just as Berry added, “Oh and love? As an extra bonus you can feed me with your mouth.”

Ruby nuzzled her mother and gave her a loving kiss, “I’m so happy, I thought it would take forever before you decided that we could do the more big pony form of dating.”

“Sugar Love, my Precious Gem, I’ll admit that I was terrified, and even now I get a tad nervous. But if I’m going to be serious about us being together. Then I’m going to love you like I would if we were normally dating, and I’m going to work on making you feel like a mare,” Berry said with conviction. For in her head, if she was going to be serious about dating her daughter, she was going to be every bit a marefriend to her as she was with the others. Only mostly in private, and with great care to show her fetishism and foreplay safely and as healthy as a mother-daughter relationship could be. 

Ruby squee’d happily as she bounded onto the table next to her mother and went for the weenie’s first. Wrapping her lips around them, she copied what she saw in the videos with the mares with colt bits where the other mare would wrap her mouth around it and do that head bobby thingie. When she saw her mother’s eyes grow wide she sucked it into her mouth and purred, as she stuffed her cheeks. A mouthful later she trotted up to her mother and let the line of uneaten veggie dogs pop halfway out of her mouth. 

Their tongues glided over the dogs as they slowly battled for each morsel. The slick, faux-meaty texture of each weenie dancing amongst their tongues. As the last weenie was eaten. Ruby sat back, and stroked Berry’s mane, huskily whispering “I love you.”

Berry’s eyes sparkled in the soft light and she brought her head up to kiss Ruby deeply, “and I love you,” she whispered into her mouth. 

Moving back down to her mother’s snatch, she nibbled on it and noticed that it had started rising from the sex infused moisture of the pussy it was resting on. Both the taste and the smell were amazing to Ruby who’d never tasted any ponies pussy other than her own. And there before her was both a treat and a treat. 

Ruby greedily devoured the bread, before licking the crumbs out of Berry’s pussy. She was angling herself from drinking some grade A filly juice when Berry’s voice broke through her haze, “Don’t focus there baby. We’ve got plenty of other yummy treats to eat.” 

Hearing her mother’s cute pants made a smile split her face, but if she was going to really enjoy her mother’s snatch it would have to be later when she could fully explore her body. That and she got a small taste of Berry’s divine pussy, and with a tad of patience she’d be getting more than a nibble. 
> Chapter 4
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	The time spent to that Friday evening was a blur for the two love birds. Each new day brought along a new fetish for their foreplay, and a new wellspring of experiments between them in each area. All in all Ruby enjoyed it, although she didn’t like most forms of S&M, or Latex since it felt to weird on her coat, she did enjoy a lot of the others they did. Even going so far as to use her mother’s old BDSM book to randomly pick things to try. 

Skipping the sexually exclusive one’s until Berry told them they were ready for sex. Which Ruby sometimes thought was annoying that her lover would hold out on her, especially when her little pussy was aching for some loving. But as she was learning through fetishism and foreplay, love making was about trust. So as annoying as it could be, she’d have to trust her Tasty Berry for when they were ready to make that next step. 

But today was a special day. Not because they were going to have sex, but because they were going to try and start controlling their changes. As well as get Ms. Horny under control. With all the unicorns that they could go to they chose Rarity. Both because she could hopefully teach Ruby her knowledge of gem magic, and also because they could hold Rarity being ‘a lady’ over her head to make sure she was discreet over the fact that Berry had as much control over Ms. Horny than a foal had with their own horns. 





“So why again do you want to learn from me?” Rarity asked over a cup of tea. 

“Well you see, since your a lady,” Berry began but was cut off with a wave of the hoof.

“Listen darling, while flattery will get you everywhere. It’ll be faster if you just tell me, and I promise not to blab about it as long as it isn’t something that is illegal,” Rarity said before daintily sipping her tea.

“Okay,” Berry Punch began nervously, “Well the thing is I randomly turn into different races of pony.”

“Oh I’ve heard all about that!” Rarity said with a mischievous smile, and I’ve seen it quite a few times myself. Go on.”

“The thing is … I can’t control the shifts, and I don’t think you could help with that but I think you’d be perfect for getting Ms. Horny under control.”

“Any reason why Ms. Horny?” Rarity giggled demurely.

“Easy, she’s a horn, and I’m a female. And with the sass I get from here I swear she’s stuck as stubborn teenager,” Berry’s voice rose with annoyance at the stubborn lout. Which regrettably for her brought out the said appendage. 

Her horn sparked and growled, to which Berry Punch retaliated, “Yeah! I mentally called you a stubborn lout.”

Her horn let out a series of sparks that had a snarky chuckling sound that accompanied it, “That wasn’t a joke!” Berry huffed indignantly, only to get more snarky sparks from her horn.

“So … you talk back to your horn?” Rarity asked.

“Yessss? Is that bad?” Berry asked. 

“Well it’s something foals do when they’re younger,” Rarity said, only for Berry’s horn to react by splashing Rarity’s face with her drink.

“I’m so, so, sorry! I don’t think Ms. Horny liked you talking bad about her,” Berry said nervously. 

“No! No! It’s fine. I can see that we’re going to need to teach you control first. A lot of foals use their developing horns as imaginary friends, especially since they equate lack of control with it being a separate thing from themselves,” Rarity sighed, as she dried herself off, “But I’m sure that we can help with that. What else did you need?” 

“I wanted to ask you to teach Ruby how to do Gem magic. Since she has the same Cutie Mark you do, and her magic’s gem based. I thought you could help her out,” Berry said. 

Rarity looked over to Ruby and said, “Why didn’t you come to ask me yourself, and you seem rather quiet all this time, is this what you want?” 

Ruby looked at Rarity shyly and mumbled, “I don’t want to steal from your gem stuffs.”

“What was that darling?” 

“I don’t want to steal from your gem stuffs,” Ruby said louder.

“Darling what ever gave you the idea that it’d be stealing from me if you learned gem magic?” Rarity asked flabbergasted.

“Well I always see you with wagons full of gems, and I thought if I got wagons full of gems too, then you’d have less and then you wouldn’t have any gems to make stuff, and that’d make me a bad pony,” Ruby answered.

Rarity tittered giddily, “Oh poor dear, that isn’t true at all. There are plenty of gems all over the place, and I have no problems helping a little filly like yourself with getting gems and learning somethings here and there. After all this is your Cutie Mark we’re talking about!” Rarity said dramatically.

“One of them,” Ruby admitted.

“O-o-one of them?” 

“Well I have several … unless my cutie mark disappears.”

“Disappears?” 

“Well you remember when Princess Luna came back?”

“How could I forget,” Rarity said with a distant look in her eyes.

“I was one of the pegasi fillies that gave Luna her leis,” Ruby said blushing. 

Berry Punch laughed, “I wonder what she thought when she learned the term for that is getting lei’d?” Her horn letting out a “Bow-chika-honk-honk” at the joke.

Ruby laughed at that as Rarity went into a coughing fit as her face lit up like a Hearth’s Warming tree, “That isn’t funny,” Rarity gasped when she could finally start breathing again.  

“It was pretty funny,” Ruby replied.

“Well … I won’t dignify that with a response. Now if you’d still like to learn, I’ll teach you what I can today, and three times a week until you all are satisfied,” Rarity said.

“We’re ready,” Berry and Ruby said in unision. 





It wasn’t until their third class that Berry learned how to almost get Ms. Horny to show up and go away at will, even then her control was only slightly better than a foals. Something that Rarity was quick to point out wasn’t her fault dealing with an alien appendage sprouting out of the body. Especially one as stubborn, as she admitted, as Berry’s horn. Who had several times made outbursts that resulted in both shocking and embarrassing ways. 

Ms. Horny’s animating a pair of rocks Berry mused looked like dildo’s to sexually stimulate Rarity and Ruby was almost the worst, and the one she was glad Rarity promised not to talk about, seeing as how foals sometimes did similar things with stuffed animals. To which she went into vivid detail Sweetie Belle animating her stuffed giraffe to ram repeatedly in Rarity’s pussy when she was a filly slightly younger than Ruby. 

Or the time she made a pacifier grow legs and the bib grow comically large, a tale she ended with a shudder before finishing. So as it was it was something swept under the rug, and something Ruby thanked her mother for. Even though Ruby let her know that it was accidental, to which Ruby replied was a “happy accident”. 





The next day when they woke up Berry hugged Ruby tenderly, “Hey love, I see you got some wings this morning.”

Ruby nodded sleepingly onto her mother’s chest, feeling a tingly warmth from giving that loving gesture to her special somepony. Berry rubbed her back and said, “I’m going to show you one last bit of foreplay, then I think we’ll be ready for sex. If you’re willing Honey Butt?”

Ruby giggled and nestled deeper to Berry, her little wings thrumming happily, “Hmmhmm!”

“Well then let’s get some food in us. Todays going to be a busy one.”

Ruby was so excited at the prospect of actually having sex that she didn’t “play” with her food that morning, as she plowed through it. Yelling that she’d meet her mother in the bedroom as she burst to the bathroom to get ready. All the while thoughts of what her mother was going to do to her that involved Ruby’s wings filled her head, and sent her into a sexual tizzy. 

By the time she got dried off and fluttered into the bedroom she felt as if butterflies were trying to fly out of her stomach, and pain the wall in the filly juice she felt dripping down her thighs. “H-h-hey Delicious, I’m ready!” 

Berry rubbed the spot next to her and gave Ruby a sultry gaze, “No need to be nervous my sexy pegacutie. This is going to be fun.”

Ruby gulped and nodded, and Berry leaned over and playfully licked her ear, “Now love, if you want to stop or feel uncomfortable just say “Brussel Sprouts”, and we’ll stop. Kays?”

Ruby nodded again and Berry continued, “Just it’s more important that we do this when and if you’re comfortable and ready. Just like all those times with foreplay. You won’t get in trouble for saying no, and I won’t get angry if you want to stop. Just remember that Sweet Flanks.”

Ruby felt in a tizzy still, but calmed herself outwardly while laying on her stomach so that her mother would continue, “I’m not scared Sugar Tits, I’m just really nervicited. I’ve been wanting this day for so long … so just, you know. Make a mare out of me.”

Berry laughed seductively and whispered in her daughter’s ear, “You’re already my mare. All that’s left is a bit of experience, and growing up all ponies do, but you’re one sexy filly, and one drop dead gorgeous mare too me.”  

Berry scooted down to Ruby’s left wing and said, “This is something Pegasi couples do called, sexual preening. It’s something that a pegasus only allows with a pony they trust implicitly, and feel safe with, and this is how it’s done.”

With that Berry rubbed her tongue along the outer primary from the base to the tip before wrapping her mouth around it. The wind from her breath and tiny bolts of static electricity a pony built up but never noticed was picked up by Ruby’s feathers. Each slick stroke of the tongue, each staticy caress of the lips, each soothing breathe. Picked up by the tiny sensors in her wings and flooding her body with a mix of calming and sexual signals that flooded her. 

It was like when her mother was kissaging her, but in an indescribable way so much better. Soon she was turned to putty, but bolted awake as a sensation blasted through her spine and filled her pussy with a pleasurable fiery tingle as her mother just finishing the other erect wing. Pressed both wings forwards, causing a popping stretch as a group of rarely simulated nerves near the wings were sent into overdrive, ripping a massive orgasm from Ruby. 

“Yeah pegasi love when you hit that spot just right,” Berry said as Ruby squirted missiles of cum across the bed, “You okay precious?”

Ruby could only nod as her body refused to move after her orgasm sapped all the energy from her body. Similar to her first orgasm at the ministrations of Berry’s Tentacle Party box. Berry lay next to her and they cuddled as Ruby passed out in her arms. 





Ruby woke up to her mother’s gentle snores and decided to wake her up the fun way. Wiggling out of her arms, she climbed up on her back and began kissaging her. She giggled into her mother’s warm flesh as Berry moaned and shuddered as her eyes fluttered open, “Don’t worry Sugar Tits, I’m going to give you something special too. Just like you showed me.”

Berry mumbled her acquiescence as Ruby continued her ministrations. From her many hours under the skilled hooves and tongue of Berry tutoring her in the ways of foreplay she knew that pleasuring a bigger pony was a challenge in some ways. But with every little hoof that worked out a muscle bringing a throaty sigh, and every suck of the flesh that earned her a moan. That challenge was worth it. And as she got down to that sexual muscle that met the tail with the hips. She was beside herself with joy when she bit down and her mother’s bucked up hard enough to send her flipping to her mother’s muzzle where she landed pussy first. 

Berry hummed happily into Ruby’s slit which sent her jumping as a burst of pleasure jolted up her back. Berry’s muzzle followed the jump and sucked in Ruby’s clit mid-jump. Ruby now suspended in the air arched her back and moaned happily as Berry’s hooves caught her rear legs and started bouncing her pussy on Berry’s face, with Berry’s tongue probing deeper and deeper into her tight, filly walls. Exploring every spare inch of her clenching pussy as Ruby’s eyes rolled in the back of her head as her world devolved into a giant storm of sexual bliss. 

Berry was so happy to taste her precious gem’s magical punch bowl. Her juices cascading down her face as she alternated between probing her daughter’s love tunnel, and playing with her clit. The pants, purrs, and moans that burst from Ruby’s throat egging her on. Just then when she felt the gladdest for the pleasure she was giving Ruby’s “precious gem”, she felt Flippy and Floppy burst out and grab her daughter pulling her down so that her muzzle sunk deep into Ruby’s pussy and her tongue rubbed against Ruby’s cervix.

As it did, Ruby let loose a guttural scream of, “Yes!” that echoed throughout the room with each rub. The clenching got so tight around Berry’s tongue that it pulled it in as Ruby was lifted and brought it back down as she continued bouncing on her face. Ruby’s pussing gushing utterly divine filly juices that tasted like something between a Yumberry and a Dragon fruit infused water. It was times like this that Berry was glad that a ponies magical aura infused into the sexual juices of a pony making their love juices just as unique as the magic tattoo stamped on their butts. 

Especially with how delicious her daughter was tasting as driblets gushed from the corners of her mouth. As she felt Ruby’s body tremble with the force of the building orgasm she held down her body and repeatedly stroked the cervix while sucking Ruby’s clit. 

Ruby’s back arched, and screamed her mother’s name with all of her might as a mighty orgasm burst from her loins rocketing her to the ceiling while coating her mother with her thick, ropy cum. As she landed meatlessly, Berry caught her and looked deep into her eyes that were spinning around her head. Leaning in she Prench kissed her deeply sharing the love from her mother’s drenched mouth as they parted Ruby mumbled before passing out, “I taste amazing inside you.”  




> Chapter 5
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	When Ruby woke up much later she noticed the bed linens were switched, and the room smelled delicious. In more ways then one. Before her body was a bed table filled with an assortment of goodies. Berry laying beside her rubbed her belly sensually, “How did you like that my little Cum Blaster?”

“That! Was! Amazing! I never knew sex could be that good with another pony, and not even those really fun Tentacle things in your box of toys was as good as that,” Ruby gushed.

“Hahaha! Oh I know, although I still find it weird that you were using my toys before I got to show you how to really work them. But a little hot that your cum was on it when I used them,” Berry chuckled, “and I’m happy that I made your first time as magical as you deserve.”

“Can we do it some more after lunch?” Ruby asked, her eyes sparkling with desire.

“Honey Love, sex is a great, magical, and tremendously awesome thing. But you need time to recover, and to much of a good thing makes it lose it’s fun.”

Ruby pouted and awwww’d, before Berry continued, “But, we can do it later tonight after dinner. And we have a long, long time together to explore what we want to do with what I have here. Then we can look for and explore many, many other ways to explore our bodies together. There’s no need to rush, Sugar Jizz.” 

Ruby giggled at the new pet names she earned. And with the room smelling of her sex, and the food before her she grinned as she dug in. That and her mother was right, that had a long time to explore each other, and she was looking forward to every moment of it. 





That night, Ruby hopped into the room filled to the brim with excitement. Berry smiled lovingly at her precious gem and asked, “So what do you want to try tonight? I have plenty of toys for us to try?”

Ruby looked at her and asked in the most cutest tone she could imagine, “Can I tie you up Sweet Flanks?” 

Berry chuckled into her hooves, “Sure thing Sugar Jizz, let me get the book out.” 

Berry knew that her daughter had a thing for bondage for when they tried it out, holding herself back from eating her daughter out while looking at that adorable way she squirmed and mock struggled was intoxicating. And with her love of tentacle sex, she knew that type of thing was up her alley, but she was interested in seeing what her daughter would do when in control. After some shuffling around she found the ropes, hoofcuffs, and book on bondage that they used together, she also brought out “the toy box” for Ruby to use after she was all tied up. 

For safety and ease of removal if things went wrong they decided for the classic X-style spread eagle with the hoofcuffs. Berry made sure to go over the safety procedures for doing bondage, such as making sure that she was moved once an hour, that Ruby remembered the safety word, and that to check up occasionally on her to make sure she was alright. 

She was so proud with every correct answer that Berry quizzed her on, as well as how well she remembered what to do if things went wrong. She was even more proud when Ruby asked her questions to refresh her memory on things to make sure they both enjoyed the session and what not to do. Since it showed her that all almost almost half a month of foreplay and teaching her the right way of doing things was paying off. At least in teaching her how to be safe and responsible with a lover in the more erotic forms of foreplay, and now sex.

So she followed Ruby’s lead, letting her know the feeling of having another’s ponies trust and body, in her tiny hooves. After Ruby strapped the last cuff securing her left rear leg to the bed, Ruby slid between Berry’s legs and belly crawled up her length, looking at her with hungry eyes. Berry went to lift her head for a kiss when Ruby pushed it gently down, “Nu-uh, you just lay back and let me take care of everything,” Ruby purred seductively. 

Ruby bit down gently on Berry’s neck suckling the warm, tender flesh, while drinking down the delicate taste of her fur. Occasionally lifting her head to pull and softly shake the supple flesh of her lover. Working her way down, she felt her hips buck with each moan Berry gave, and felt a shiver of desire with each yearning filled request to pull harder. Eventually her lower body slid between her mother’s moist pussy while her head lay over her udders.

She spread apart the sweet breasts that hung between her stomach and sucked the taunt muscles between them. As she slid her chest up her mother’s pussy, she felt her body grow wet from her mother’s juices and bucked her hips at her mother’s crotch as Berry shuddered under Ruby’s ministrations. Ruby then moved up each breast, slowly kissing the wide, low hanging mounds her forehooves were spreading apart to play with. As she got to the rock hard teats, she ran her tongue over to tips before sucking it in with a soft bite and lifting while giving it tongue play.

The shuddering coos that came as Berry’s body rocked with pleasure made Ruby soaking wet. Finished with the foreplay Ruby went down for the main event. Spreading apart Berry’s nether lips Ruby thrust her muzzle in. Using her magic to find her mother’s special spot, and grabbing it and her clit, vibrated them. The orgasms that racked through Berry’s body had Ruby’s entire face buried with each slamming thrust. Her cum slicked head going deeper and deeper into Berry’s pussy with her horn giving the clit extra stimulation with each mighty thrust. 

As Ruby’s horn entered Berry’s juicy walls, Ruby felt her brain go on autopilot as a white light filled her vision, and a massive storm of magical pleasure filled her brain. Soon Berry was getting almost Ruby’s entire neck into her pussy and Ruby’s body tried burying herself deeper as she horn fucked Berry with all of her might. With a unified shuddering orgasm. Berry blasted her daughter with cum as a she squirted like a stallion, as Ruby coated her mother’s womb with magicum. Ruby laid on her back, letting her mother’s juices fall like a waterfall on to Ruby’s own pussy before sitting up. 

“Are you alright Sweet Tits?” Ruby asked breathlessly.

“Sure thing Sugar Jizz, although I think my hooves might be getting numb,” Berry replied. 

Giving a little nod, Ruby waddled over to each hoof, and as she uncuffed them, kissed around where the cuffs held them before sucking, sensually the frog of the hooves. Eliciting another sexual shudder from Berry’s body, and as the last hoof was undone, Berry pulled her in for a deep, passionate kiss. When she parted she cooed, “I’m so proud of you Sugar Jizz, you did good for your first time, and your first time tying mommy up.”

Ruby squee’d and held Berry closer, “I love you. With all my filly heart.”

“And I love you too, more than I ever loved another pony, even more than Honey Clit. Although I hope she goes for our invitation, you’d love sucking on that pussy, Sugar Jizz,” Berry whispered. 

“I do too. I mean I love you, but I love her too … is that possible?” Ruby asked confusedly. 

“It sure is Sweet Pie. Love is a funny thing, and you can love only one pony, or multiple ponies and it be just as true and pure as if it was only one. But I know with how hard you worked on us being together that you love me, and that’s all that matters Sugar Love,” Berry said. 





“Are you ready for the second round?” Ruby asked after Berry got the feeling back in her hooves and caught her breath. 

“Mmmmmm! Sure, what did you have planned this time?” Berry purred, while stroking Ruby’s flanks.

“TENTACLES!” Ruby yelled giddily.

“Ha! I should’ve seen that coming, okay Sugar Jizz, bring out the box,” Berry laughed waiting while Ruby brought out the box with her magic. Berry’s wings flapped contentedly while watching Ruby’s tight flank shaking a mere craning of the neck away. Something Berry took advantage of when the box was set down. 

Craning her neck, she probed Ruby’s glistening pussy earning her a squeal. Suckling her clit she rubbed her forehoof over one of her prepubescent teats. Their delicate nubs hardening under her caresses, Berry slid her pussy juice slicked tongue over the budding udders while her nose nudged her daughter’s clit. 

Ruby felt her tender teats fill with a staticy pleasure that intensified as she rammed her pussy on her mother’s nuzzle giving her mother deeper access to her love canal. Just as she was about to climax Berry pulled out of her and rolled her over, “After the tentacles I’m going to rut you like a stallion. My sweet, sweet, Sugar Jizz.” 

Ruby numbly nodded, and whimpered now that she was without that warm, amazing tongue playing with her tits, or her warm, slick nose rutting her pussy. Berry sauntered over to the box and opened it up, “Now let’s see here two ponies, one pegasi, one unicorn, and that’s about it,” Berry said looking at Ruby who was furiously clopping herself.

Ruby shook her head, and Berry hummed to herself, swishing her tail so Ruby could look at her glistening, winking pussy, “We’ll it’s about time to start the show love, stand in front of me and let the magic begin.”

Ruby rubbed her hindquarters together as the need to have them stuffed nearly overwhelmed her, but she waddled to Berry and wrapped her forehooves around her neck as Berry pressed the button. A Green mist formed around them before solidifying into appropriate, massive tentacle cocks. Even if they weren’t real, and the cum was magic based, they felt life like and tasted delicious in Ruby’s opinion. 

Berry and Ruby were temporarily separated as the tentacles lifted them into the air and settled them into a comfortable position as the tentacles bound their legs, and in Berry’s case her wings. Then started to fondle their pussies with their magically guided sense of how to pleasure their users. 

Berry leaned forward with a tentacle cock held in her mouth and when Ruby and her met, they shared the cock in their mouth as the tentacles fondled their pussies, and in Ruby’s case masturbated her horn. Filling her with sex shivers, and a humming onto the engorged cock her mother and her were sharing. Their tongues and moans echoing into each other’s mouths around the cock. 

Eventually the vines stopped playing with their cum slicked pussies and penetrated deep inside them. Stretching themselves to fill their inner walls to their limit before rutting them fast and hard. Sending them careening into the abyss of orgasmic bliss. As their shared cock shot it’s warm, ropy, sperm into their mouths, their stomachs bulged from the massive amounts of sperm gushing into them. Berry cooed, “Forgot to mention that I usually use the cum inflation setting, how’d you like this love?” 

Ruby was speechless and could only humm happily at the feeling of being full, while looking at their bulging wombs that were stretched to their most pleasurable limits before they were set down and the tentacles dissolved back into mist, only to be sucked into the gem in the box’s center as their pussies let loose a river of jizz on the bed. Ruby stumbled to where her mother lay, and nestled against her before saying, “I want to have each other’s babies some day.”

Berry nodded and purred lustily into Ruby’s ear, “me too Baby Love, I miss being preggers. And I’d love for my next baby to be yours. I’m going to wait a till you catch your breath then I’m going to make a mare out of you.”





Berry loved her magical strap on dildo. Placing it on her filly bits attached it to her body almost as it was part of her. Including the sensation of what’d be like having a cock, that with the magical simulation of semen made this awesome toy. Ruby laid on her back, hindlegs spread open showing her glorious pussy to Berry who felt the magicock slip out of her sheath as she felt incredibly turned on at her daughter laying in the puddle of softly, green glowing magicum that was drying up slowly. 

Berry creeped seductively to Ruby her tail swaying with barely contained hunger. her cock smacking her stomach with each step. Ruby on the other hoof felt her legs tremble at the sight of the deliciously throbbing cock coming her way. Berry Placed her forehooves on Ruby’s flanks, and aiming the cock into Ruby’s entrance slowly slid in, inching in slowly bit by bit. 

“This might feel uncomfortable, so I’ll go slowly until you’re ready. Just let me know if you want me to stop, or when you’re ready to go faster,” Berry panted as she slowly stuffed Ruby’s muffin. 

With each push she felt her daughter’s tight walls slowly stretch as they grew accustomed to a real cock inside them. The tentacles were great, but they magically adjusted to be the best fit for a pussy, there was something unique about a cock, magically formed or real. That just filled a pussy just the right way. 

Seeing her daughter’s cute face all scrunched up, that adorable blush that flushed her face. It made Berry’s cock rock hard, and if it wasn’t for all those uses she put that magical cock to use over the years she’d have busted her load into Ruby right then and there. 

With each quivering clench of Ruby’s moist pussy around her cock. It took a while but Berry felt herself glide in easier and easier until she heard Ruby whisper hornily, “Faster.”

Berry obliged and started rutting her at a faster tempo picking up speed as Ruby urged her on. They were rocking the bed so hard it was knocking the wall, and Berry smiled at her daughters cute panting moans with each thrust into her tight walls that clenched around Berry’s cock needily. 

Soon she was pumping her daughter at full speed as she rutted her daughter like the little mare she was. Soon the build up became too much and she screamed, “I’m about to cum!” 

“Cum in me Sweet Tits! Fill me with your cum!” Ruby squeaked in reply. Her voice cracking from the rush of euphoria. 

Berry lifted the top half of Ruby and throatily gave her a hornjob while bouncing her on her cock. Ruby already on the edge of having an orgasm, burst her magiculation into Berry’s mouth, while Berry’s cock bust her nut into Ruby’s womb, keeping her cock in she started bouncing Ruby on her cock again, “The best thing about the earth pony form is that we have lots of stamina. I’m going to show you what a real dicking is like, you sexy little mare you.”

Ruby just nodded happily as her mother’s magicum dripping mouth went back over her horn. With each thrust Ruby’s horn was sucked off by Berry’s mouth, while Ruby’s pussy quivered with need around Berry’s stallion cock. Ruby lost count of how many orgasms she experienced under Berry’s experienced ministrations. But when Berry lifted her off her cock her belly bulging from the magicum filling her up. 

Ruby held her close weariness overcoming her from the sexual workout. Berry feeling likewise worn out, rubbed her back, and passed out alongside her. A gentle smile graced her muzzle as she felt Ruby’s soft snoring, being her mare was the best thing I’ve ever agreed to. I love you my precious gem.  




> Chapter 6
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~several months later~


Ruby came bursting through the doors, her body in it’s earth pony form and a froth coming from her coat. Berry looked at her worriedly and asked, “What’s the matter Sugar Jizz? Why aren’t you in school?”

“Mom! We aren’t alone!” Ruby yelled.

“What do you mean?” Berry asked confused. 

“Our relationship, what you and Auntie Cheers did before, and we might be doing someday. There are other’s like them, and they’re Princesses! Oh, and Derpy’s a Princess too!” Ruby yelled, prancing in place giddily. 

“Honey Bear, you have to make more sense that that love,” Berry said holding Ruby lovingly. 

“Diamond was caught with a tape, and just like notes the class gets to see what was so important that it had to disrupt our studies. So Auntie Cheers put in the tape and at first Twilight and Dinky were wacking themselves off while watching each other. Then Derpy turned into a Princess and did the spell to get a cock, and made a mare out of Dinky. 

“While Twilight and Sweetie Belle were horn fucking each other. It was so beautiful I almost cried. But then Cheers took the tapes out and dismissed us. And I don’t think the Princesses knew they were being filmed, it didn’t look like it. Still we aren’t alone. But I don’t think a lot of ponies will like them being like us,” Ruby explained.

Berry blushed and nodded, “I see. So that’s why you’re here early.”

“Yeah, but Sweet Tits?” 

“Yes Sugar Jizz?” 

“We need to go there and let them know we stand beside them right? We might lose each other, but they were outed and they need to know that ponies are like them right? That we will stand by them no matter what? That’s the right thing to do isn’t it?” Ruby asked tears starting to pool around her eyes.

“Yeah it is, I’ll admit, when I lose you it’ll be the worst moment of my life. But you know what?” Berry said holding her daughter tightly.

“What?” Ruby cried despairingly.

“I have never been so proud of you. Knowing I’ve raised such a caring, loving, and mature young mare. And even if for a small while I had you as a lover. I am so, so proud of you. Never forget that, now let’s go support those ponies,” Berry said proudly as she stroked her weeping daughter’s back until the crying subsided. Knowing that this was probably going to be the last time she was going to be with her daughter she let her ride on her back. A pony form of deep affection and support from an older pony to a younger one. 





As they trotted to the Golden Oaks Library they heard Rainbow Dash yell, “You hear that I love her! And I’m never leaving your side.”

Just as they neared closer they heard the rich elegant voice of Octavia yell, “You should all be ashamed of yourselves!” 

Which unsurprisingly was followed up by Vinyl’s less than family friendly, “Yeah! All of you suck donkey balls!”

“Vinyl! There are foals present!” Octavia said offendedly.

“Sorry Tavs, I meant to say, we should be thanking these ponies, not being a stinky bag of horse apples,” Vinyl Scratch said sheepishly.

Berry Punch watched as Silver Spoon climbed on top of Octavia’s back as they trotted next to Twilight and others, “I’m Octavia, and these loves of my life are Vinyl Scratch and Silver Spoon. That tape of yours and your public example have inspired my loves. And have made us feel better knowing we weren’t alone.”

Berry Punch and her walked up next to Octavia. Giving her daughter a loving kiss, she pulled back and looked at Derpy, “You’ve made me and my Precious Gem feel less alone as well. We’ll be forever thankful Derpy.”

Soon more and more ponies joined the group and after a few minor verbal altercations with Mayor Mare, who Berry saw wasn’t liking her job at that point in time felt a pain of pity for her, they were rounded into the library where Twilight started to freak out. As she wrote up a storm to the Princesses in charge. Seeing as she was busy, she trotted up to Cheerilee and Spike, “Hey sis. Um … I don’t like feeling like dead weight. Can me and my little Sugar Bugger make nourishments for everypony?”  

Cheerilee looked at Spike and who gave a nod before hopping off her back and leading them to the kitchen. Spike looked at them and gave a sigh, “Listen, what you two did was cool. I saw that you didn’t arrive until Octavia started moving forward, so I’m not annoyed like I am with the rest of them for not defending Dashie until Octavia did.

“What I guess I’m trying to say is … you and Ruby are pretty cool, and I didn’t know if I wanted to share my greatest treasure. But if her families as cool as you too are then I guess I could make us all a special something?” Spike said scuffing the floor with his foot nervously. 

Berry chuckled and nuzzled him, bringing a blush to his face, “We can talk when our world isn’t in total chaos? How about next week?” 

Spike nodded, and Berry said, “Cool Spiney, now where’s the stuff needed to make a good punch for our guests?”

With Spike’s guidance to where everything was at. Berry and Ruby set about to making enough punch for everypony. And as the hours rolled by, Berry and Ruby played hostess to the slightly crowded masses of ponies sat nervously to see where the executioner's axe as it were would land. It was even more hours later after Twilight got her reply and created duplicates to sign before ponies chose who they’d like to side with as their Alpha’s. Which Berry and Ruby waited until almost every pony had left. 

Berry looked at Spike who had until a few minutes ago been her little server along with Ruby, who was now curled around her little love, both of them snoring contentedly into the punch bowl. That got her a group d’awww as she walked up to the Princesses, “Hey Princesses I have a question?” 

“What is it Berry Punch?” Twilight asked looking motherly over her number one assistant curled around Ruby.

“Well Spike’s going to be in your herd, and Cheers is going to follow Spike. But do we have to do that? I mean what if we like all of you? Or can’t choose?” 

“Hmmm … well this is mostly on paper, but I guess you could be transient with more than one. Just choose whom you would like to associate the most,” Twilight responded. 

Berry felt a giddy happiness knowing she wasn’t going to lose Ruby, and Ms. Horny sprouted out in front of everypony left. Celestia and Luna cocked an eyebrow and Twilight tilted her head, “You have Nascentism?” 

“Quite a few ponies in Ponyville do. Don’t know why it’s only here though, and before you ask, no I can’t control it yet. Although Rarity’s helped me learn how to use Ms. Horny here,” To which Ms. Horny grumbled irritatingly.

“Yeah, yeah, I know you don’t like behaving, now sush.”

“You talk to your horn still?” 

“Rarity’s been trying to talk me out of it, but you know, decades of a bad habit with a finicky appendage and all that,” Berry sighed.

Twilight shrugged, and leaned in for a hug which Berry gladdy returned, “Well I’m sure we can help with that as well. Being in a semi-official transient status means we stand beside each other and protect one another. Just as you all did for me. So no matter who you choose. I guess welcome to the herd? And thank you so very much for everything. You and your little gem are good ponies.”

Berry blushed and with that checked all of the princesses in Ponyville, and Cadance whom she was at the wedding for. Picking up her daughter, she didn’t know what the future would hold. But she knew with the princesses beside them the future was about to be much brighter.