Chris was standing alone in absolute darkness. He couldn't even see his own hands in front of him. Suddenly he heard a noise behind him and spun around. The world suddenly illuminated and he could clearly see the person in front of him.

It was like looking in a mirror and yet…

In front of him was…himself. But the version of himself that he was looking at was more muscular, his hair was a little wilder and the sun tattoo on his forehead was glowing faintly. He looked the same age but his eyes…they looked so…haunted.

He smiled at Chris and began to speak.

"I imagine you're confused." He said needlessly.

Chris merely nodded but stood a few feet away from this mirror image.

"There's no need to be afraid of me you know. I am you after all, just like you're me."

"How are you me?" Chris asked questioningly.

"You can't guess?" The image asked curiously. "I'm Crystal Justice and you're Chris. We're both different versions of the same pony."

"Pony?"

Crystal blinked in surprise and chuckled at his error.

"My mistake, it's always so difficult to separate who we are from where we were brought up."

Crystal chuckled for a bit longer but stopped when he noticed Chris's wary expression.

"Why are you showing yourself now Crystal?" Chris asked. "I've been alive for eighteen years, nineteen in a few days."

"I wasn't even aware of myself until recently." Crystal said somberly.

Crystal shook his head and approached Chris until they were looking at each other face to face.

"But I'm here to help us, help you."

"Help me?" Chris asked.

"Tia brought a piece of me back. I am that piece. Fortunately I still recall every memory I have of Equestria…and Tia. The mare was always far cleverer than we."

At Celestia's name Chris found himself replicating a smile that was on Crystals face. Crystal noticed this and grinned at him.

"I'm glad that she still means so much to you."

"I care for her." Chris said fondly.

"I love her, do you?" Crystal asked.

Chris didn't know the answer to that question. He felt so strongly for Celestia that he feared it would consume him forever. But love…that was a different matter.

"I don't know." Chris replied.

Crystal frowned at this but put a hand on Chris's shoulder and smiled at him comfortingly.

"Don't worry about it, you will eventually. She'll look at you…and you won't be able to stop yourself."

Chris felt himself blushing slightly at this, having already felt this way about Celestia numerous times.

"But you already know that don't you." Crystal continued.

Chris nodded at him with a small grin.

"Then I have a proposition. There is so much of Equestria that you do not understand or know. I've seen bits of it through your eyes and not much has changed. Heck I bet even the laws are mostly the same. The point here is that I can help you when you need it."

"But you're just me. I mean what can you do that I can't besides inform me of things I don't know of?"

Crystal actually smirked a little bit and chuckled quietly.

"We were far more than just a mere Human two thousand years ago Chris. We were many things that you do not know of…but maybe you'll see. If you let me help you."

Crystal put out his hand and looked expectantly at Chris.

Chris looked at the hand for a moment before reaching out with his own and shaking it.

"Okay, it's a deal." Chris said.

"Then wake up Chris, you'll enjoy what you see."

Chris opened his eyes and blinked a few times to get rid of his blurred vision. The first thing he became aware of was a warm weight on his chest. He looked down and smiled at he saw a sleeping Celestia nuzzling his bare chest. He looked at the only window and realized that the moon was still out, making him wonder what time it was.

"Mhmm…love you Chris…"

Chris looked back at the sleeping Alicorn and smiled at her warmly. He began to softly stroke her flowing mane, smiling at the tingling sensation he felt from it as he did so. Slowly but surely Celestia opened her eyes as she felt something soft touching her scalp, massaging it in such a relaxing way that she almost fell back to sleep.

She shook off the feeling albeit with a little hesitation and looked up at her lover.

"Good morning Chris." She said tiredly.

"Good morning yourself Tia." He replied.

Celestia relished the warm and loving sensations she felt from Chris. They seeped into everything she was and gave her such a unique feeling...

She had missed this so much. But unfortunately nothing lasts forever…no matter how much we may want it to.

"Chris I have to raise the sun now."

Chris looked at her with a curious smile, making her smile herself.

"Can I watch?" he asked.

Celestia moved her face closer to his and kissed him softly before drawing back and slowly getting out of the bed.

"I'd like it if you would." She replied honestly.

Celestia had never got to raise the Sun in front of him before. Two thousand years ago her father was still raising it, and even though she got to practice it was always under supervision.

And that meant no commoners were allowed to see her.

Chris got out of the bed and followed her to her window. She opened it with her magic and walked outside onto the balcony with Chris right behind her. She turned her head to face him and grinned confidently.

"You'll really enjoy this Chris."

Chris cocked an eyebrow at her sudden change of attitude, but grinned back at her and nodded for her to do it.

Celestia turned her head back around and closed her eyes. She activated her magic and drew upon the magical energies needed to raise the sun. This was second nature for her but this time she wanted to impress, or more importantly impress Chris. She sucked in more energy than she usually did and added quite a bit more focus into what she wanted to achieve.

Her wings sprung apart and she flew high into the sky, her whole body covered in a golden magical aura. Chris looked up at her open mouthed and silently swore in amazement. Not just at the amount of raw power she clearly wielded but also at just how majestic she looked.

"She's beautiful…"

Celestia heard this thought and blushed heavily, but remained focused on her task and poured all of her sucked up energy into raising the golden orb. Chris watched in wonder as the sun rose up and over the clouds, sweeping the darkness away and bathing the whole of Equestria in light. Slowly Celestia began to float back down to the balcony, touching it lightly and allowing her horn to go out.

She turned back around and giggled at Chris's expression. His mouth was half open and his eyes were wide in amazement.

"Wow…little sunflower that was amazing."

Celestia's eyes widened at Chris's pet name for her, recognizing it from so long ago.

She was sixteen at the time. You'd think being the Princess would be something wonderful and in a way it was. She got everything she ever asked for…except freedom. Only in rare moments like this was she able to forget about being a Princess.

It was around three in the afternoon at the time. She was running through a field of sunflowers, laughing musically as she did so.

The freedom she got from such a feeling was incredible.

She suddenly noticed somepony resting up against an oak tree and raised an eyebrow in slight wonder.

"Who would be foolish enough to come into the royal garden?" She thought to herself.

She slowly crept over to the individual and stifled a gasp as she saw him.

He was unlike anypony she had ever seen. He had wild black hair that stuck out in every direction and he was wearing no upper clothing which revealed his quite toned chest. But on his lower half he wore some sort of long black material that covered both of his legs. His feet were also covered by a hard yet flexible looking material.

He hadn't yet opened his eyes and so she took a guess that he was asleep. Slowly she began to walk over to him and stopped a few inches from his face, looking at it in wonder.

His complexion was quite pale and yet when combined with his small nose, content smile and closed eyelids made him look…attractive.

"Calm yourself Celestia! Let's just wake him up and give him a quick warning before sending him on his way." She thought to herself again.

"Excuse me creature…Excuse me can you please wake up?"

She frowned when the creature did not respond to her, but then smiled evilly as a plan came into fruition.

She put her face right up to the creature's ear and prepared to use the legendary royal Canterlot voice. Just as she was about to open her mouth she was quickly silenced by one of its appendages being pressed against her lips.

"Lady I don't mean to sound rude but please shut up it's been a long day."

Celestia's eyes widened in utter shock, whether from the creature talking or from the completely rude way in which it had just addressed her.

Her. A Princess of Equestria and next in line for ruling.

"Excuse me! Who do you think you're talking to?!" She demanded.

The creature sighed and opened his eyes wearily, looking at her with no apparent expression.

"Oh great, another snotty noble come to tell me how disgusting I am for not being a pony." He said sarcastically.

Celestia blinked in surprise at its…no his words. Equestria's nobility weren't very well received by the general public but with all of their connections nopony dared to say anything to them.

Except maybe this creature.

"I am not just nobility I am royalty! I am Princess Celestia and you are a commoner in my royal garden!" She all but screamed at the creature.

The creature's eyes widened in momentary shock but then returned back to their half amused expression.

"Ahh my mistake, so sorry and so forth, yada yada."

Yada yada? Who did this creature think he was?

Said creature stood up and stretched, intimidating Celestia slightly with its height.

"Well it's been a blast sweet cheeks but I'm gonna take a stab that I'm not exactly welcome. So I bid you farewell and blah blah blah."

"Oh no you are not. You're taking a trip to the castle dungeon for not only being in my garden but for also insulting me!"

The creature raised his eyebrows in surprise but smirked at Celestia and bent right down in front of her face.

"Tell me if I am incorrect, but doesn't magic require you to have total concentration to use it?"

Celestia raised an eyebrow and smirked smugly at the question.

"Of course it does, magic cannot be used if somepony such as myself cannot concentra-MPPHHH!"

Celestia's eyes widened in absolute shock and surprise as she found herself begin kissed for the very first time in her life. She wanted to push the creature off of her but by all that was holy she couldn't. The way his lips caressed hers was so intense, so fiery and passionate that she couldn't help but begin to slowly return-

Suddenly the warm feeling of the creature's lips was gone, leaving her in such a daze that using magic was an absolute impossibility right now. She looked ahead to see the creature running away at a surprisingly fast speed. It reached the brickwork that surrounded the garden and scaled it in a matter of seconds, before disappearing from sight.

She touched her lips with her hoof and smiled at the tingling feeling she still felt. Just as she was about to turn around she noticed a piece of paper on the ground and picked it up manually, her eyes widening as she read it.

Celestia snapped out of the memory and trotted over to Chris, who's expression was still stuck in amazement. She smirked at him and dragged her tail over his legs as she walked past him, making his face turn slightly red as she did so.

"I'm going into the shower now." Celestia said slyly, looking back at Chris as he turned around and cocked an eyebrow.

"Try not to slip." He replied amusedly.

Celestia rolled her eyes at him and walked into her royal bathroom. Chris just about caught a slightly disappointed look on her face before the door shut and left him alone in the room.

"You should have gone in with her."

Chris blinked as he heard the voice and span around the room. He instantly caught his reflection looking at him in a large mirror…except it didn't look exactly like him.

It looked like Crystal.

Chris walked over to the mirror and frowned when it didn't mimic his actions.

"What do you mean?" Chris asked.

"You know exactly what I mean Chris, because I want the same thing. Don't you understand yet? We aren't two different people, we are one and the same. I have the memories and knowledge necessary to live in Equestria, as well as some other skills. You grew up alone in a merciless world and have learned how to be smart, to think things through. In my time I was more of a reckless action first, questions later type of guy. But you're the complete opposite…But at the moment none of this matters. What does matter is her…it will always be her."

Crystal looked at the closed door and sighed deeply. He then looked back at Chris and pointed at it.

"Go to her Chris. You have no idea how much she's aching for you. Can't you feel it through the bond?"

Chris blinked at Crystal and shook his head.

"I don't feel anything."

Crystal frowned for a few seconds but then smiled and started to speak again.

"Maybe you don't feel it unless you're touching her. I suppose it might be because I'm more used to magic then you, but no matter. Just go to her…for both of us, we both want to."

And with that Chris's reflection shimmered and he found himself staring back at his own reflection. Chris looked at the bathroom door again and closed his eyes in contemplation.

Crystal hadn't been lying when he said that Chris wanted to go to her as much as he did. Even then Chris could feel a slight tugging at his subconscious.

It made him feel lonely…

He shook his head and bit his lip as he walked over to the bathroom door and opened it quietly. He could see Celestia standing quite still as the water rained down softly on her body. Her eyes were closed contently but she had an unhappy look on her face. Chris looked at her for a few more seconds and just when he was about to leave, the sun on his forehead glowed briefly.

Chris felt a rush of confidence surge through him for a brief moment and closed the door behind him. Celestia opened her eyes at this and instantly spotted her Human smiling at her awkwardly.

"You can come in you know, the water's just right." She said, a hint of sultriness in her voice.

Chris was wishing that the confidence that he had just felt had stayed with him, for he was certainly anything but confident now.

"I…I've uhh, never shared a shower with anyone before." He told her nervously, slipping back into his Human way of talking accidently.

Celestia found his nervousness adorable as she had never really seen him act like this before. Back in her youth it was her that was the nervous one.

Chris had helped her overcome that, and now it was her turn to help him.

She used her magic to gently move him closer to her and stopped when he was just about to touch the water. Chris looked pretty startled over the whole thing but become aware of his pants moving on their own. He looked down at them and saw them covered in a golden aura. He then looked at Celestia, who was looking back at him for conformation.

Chris took a deep breath and nodded nervously. Celestia smiled assuredly up at him and pulled them down magically. Chris kicked them away in the general direction of a washing basket and then looked back at Celestia sheepishly. Said Princess was staring at his naked body with admiration, she stopped for a few seconds when she reached below his waist but looked back up at Chris's face and pulled him gently into the shower.

Chris flinched slightly as the water hit him but quickly found it to be quite soothing. Celestia smiled at him warmly and magically picked up some mint smelling soap. She put it under the water for a few seconds and then proceeded to…wash Chris.

Chris felt a little bit uncomfortable with this but as he looked at her eyes and caught her loving gaze…he found himself relaxing. He then looked at a bottle with the words "Mango Shampoo" on it, and picked it up. Celestia stopped lathering his body momentarily as she saw Chris put some of the lotion onto his palm and look at her questioningly.

She couldn't help but feel excited as she nodded eagerly, having not done this with him for so long…

Chris smiled and shook of his nervousness, before putting his palm onto her fur and rubbing the shampoo into it. Celestia couldn't repress a quiet moan that escaped her as she felt her lover rub his hands all over her body, lathering it with the sweet smelling liquid. Chris walked around her as he washed her, reaching her Cutie Mark and starting to rub the shampoo into it.

Celestia let out a loud moan as he did this, causing him to instantly stop and look at her worriedly.

"Tia are you alright? Did I hurt you?" He asked concernedly.

Celestia shook her head and turned her head around to face him. She had a heavy blush on her cheeks and was panting lightly.

"No I'm fine…It's just that my Cutie Mark…and many other ponies can also function as a pleasure point…in other words…"

Chris blinked at the word "Cutie Mark" but quickly figured out that she meant the sun on her flank. Come to think of it he had never really had a good look at Comfort Manes or Hard Labours Cutie Mark. He would have to check again the next time he saw them.

More importantly he had just been told that he had just touched something that could cause Celestia to get…a release. He instantly took his hands off her, only for them to be enveloped in a golden glow. He looked back at Celestia and cocked an eyebrow questioningly.

"I…I-You don't have to stop…I'd prefer it if you didn't actually…"

Celestia's face had gone bright red as she said this but her gaze remained quite certain.

Chris blinked rapidly at this revelation but nodded at her nervously and went back to slowly rubbing the lotion onto her flank. Like before Celestia started to moan, albeit a little quieter this time. She also began to pant again whilst her eyes glazed over slightly. Chris wasn't sure of when to stop and just figured that he should keep it up until she said otherwise. And so he kept it up for around five more minutes, slowing down slightly as the Princesses legs started wobbling and she began to pant harder. Her currently non ethereal tail had raised itself automatically, giving him a good view of her glistening arousal.

He tried to ignore it for a while as he had seen it at the start of his "Massaging." But after a while he found himself unable to keep his gaze away from it for more than a few seconds at a time. In the midst of all her pleasure Celestia felt a feeling of indecisiveness coming from her beloved and with some effort on her behalf, turned her head around to face him and saw what he was looking at.

"You can do more than stare at it you know."

Chris jumped slightly and stopped rubbing her flank. He looked at her face and instantly caught her seductive smirk. He went back to rubbing her Cutie Mark as she looked away from him again, contemplating on whether to do what he wanted. In truth her panting and moaning were affecting his judgement as he found himself becoming more turned on then he had ever been before in his entire life.

He looked at her marehood again and slowly raised a finger to it, touching it gently. Celestia instantly whimpered as she felt this, finding the light touch to be more torturous than pleasurable. Her sadness was soon swept away as she felt him apply more pressure, running his finger around it slowly and brushing over her nub gently. Celestia quivered as he did this, the effects of both her Cutie Mark being rubbed and her marehood being touched made her feel like she was on cloud nine.

Chris actually found himself smiling at his lovers reactions, feeling a great amount of happiness that he could make her feel like this. He looked at her puffy arousal and without so much as a thought, he moved his face closer to it and flicked her nub gently. The reaction was instantaneous. Celestia cried out his name and collapsed onto her front legs, her rear remained in the air however. Chris found himself startled as his lovers juices dripped out onto his face and accidently swallowed some of it. It didn't taste bad if he was being honest. If anything it tasted like a sweet watermelon.

After a few moments Celestia stood back up and turned around quickly. She instantly kissed Chris deeply and sighed as she felt his hands go onto her body again, massaging her without actually meaning to. Celestia drew back from the kiss and looked down at Chris's own arousal. She looked back up at him with a smirk and made him sit down with her magic. The water was still hitting the both of them but it was so gentle that they didn't find it bothering at all.

She went to touch her lover's member with her hoof but found herself stopped as Chris put his hand on it, halting her.

"What's the matter Chris?" She asked warmly.

Chris was bright red again which made her smile at him softly. After what he just did, and did quite well mind you, he still managed to blush at the thought of someone touching him…there.

"I-It's just that nobody-Uh nopony has ever…um."

Celestia cocked an eyebrow at this.

"I thought you and…her, nearly had sex. Surely you must have done some sort of foreplay first."

"Well…I didn't feel comfortable with the idea so Sophie suggested we just get straight to it." He replied awkwardly.

"So I'm his first for not just sex but this as well?"

"Well I better make sure you really enjoy this then." Celestia said sultrily.

She magically took Chris's hand off of her hoof and kissed him gently. As she did this she reached down with her hoof and started rubbing his member slowly and softly, electing him to groan into her mouth. She removed her mouth from his and began kissing his neck gently, keeping her rubbing up at the same time. The Princess then took her mouth from his neck and looked at his fully erect length. She then looked back at him and smirked coyly, moving her head down to it and proceeding to give it a little lick.

Chris shuddered from the sensation and clenched his fists, bringing a smile to the Alicorn before she continued to give his member little licks. Eventually she stopped licking it and for a moment looking at it as though she was expecting a question. Celestia then grinned widely and put her mouth over it, sucking it slowly. She looked up at Chris and felt extremely proud as she saw him panting heavily. This in turn made her begin to speed up her motions and use her right hoof to fondle underneath his member. After a few moments she heard him start gasping shallowly and removed his length from her mouth, continuing to pleasure it with her hoofs instead. She smiled at her Human affectionately and moved to the side, putting her mouth to his ear.

"Finish for me Chris, I want you to come for me right now." She whispered lovingly, letting her tongue lick the rim of his ear softly.

Chris opened his eyes and looked at Celestia for a brief moment. The Alicorn seized this moment and started kissing him passionately. This was obviously too much for the Human as he bucked his hips slightly and released his essence onto the shower floor, where it was washed away by the still running water. Celestia drew back from him and both smiled affectionately at the other, caressing the others face gently.

"I love you Chris." Celestia purred adoringly.

"I love you too Tia." He replied, electing a beautiful smile from the Alicorn.

Chris blinked in surprise and instantly put a hand over his mouth, cursing over and over in his head. He hadn't meant to say that, it just sort of…slipped out.

Celestia smiled at him calmly and moved the hand away from his mouth with her hoof. She then began to kiss him softly, instantly getting kissed back. She then drew back from him and looked at her lover with half lidded eyes.

"I love you." She said again.

"I lo-"

Chris stopped himself from completing that. He couldn't explain it properly. The urge to just declare how much he cared for her was overwhelming. And yet he was honestly so frightened so saying those three special words.

Everyone he had ever loved had either been taken from him or left him…He didn't…he couldn't feel that pain again. He just couldn't.

Celestia frowned as she heard this, felt his pain and anguish, his denial to ever love somepony again.

She smiled sadly at him and switched off the shower with her magic, leaving the two of them getting progressively colder as the seconds went by.

Celestia reached out with her hoof and put Chris's hand on her chest, right where her heart was beating.

"Can you feel it Chris?" She asked softly.

"Y-Yes."

"It beats for you and you alone Chris. It aches for you just I ache for your touch." She continued gently.

She took her hoof off of his hand and touched the left side of his chest, smiling to herself as she felt his heartbeat.

"Your heart beats for me Chris. I can feel it and it aches for me as much as mine does for you."

She moved her head forwards and put her forehead on his, mindful to avoid hurting him with her horn. Her larger eyes gazed into her lovers tenderly and let out a single tear.

"I know you're afraid to love me Chris. The thought of admitting it and losing it petrifies you…But it hurts me so much when you ignore what we feel for each other."

She closed her eyes for a moment a let a flurry of tears escape them.

"Chris I'm so scared of losing you again that the mere thought of it makes me want to cling to you for all of eternity. I just want to take you back into my bed and have us hold each other, warm each other and whisper promises of love and safety in the others ear. And it hurts…it hurts me so much when I know that there is nothing I can do to make that a reality."

She opened her eyes and startled Chris with the amount of sadness within them.

"I love you so much Chris…I…I…"

The Princess stopped talking, refusing to continue for fear of becoming inconsolable. Suddenly she found herself being pulled onto Chris's body and embraced. The warmth from her Human made her nuzzle him instinctively and embrace him herself.

"Tia I.."

Celestia looked up at her beloved, her eyes imploring him to finish, to love…to love her.

Chris took a deep breath and exhaled smoothly, before looking down at her shiny eyes and speaking to her in a tone that sounded so nervous…no, not nervous. Afraid.

"I-I-I lo…I love you too."

Celestia's eyes began to pour with held back tears as she heard this. She instantly lunged at him and started to kiss him desperately, holding herself to him as though she was scared he would disappear if she didn't.

Chris felt her laughing as she kissed him and couldn't help but laugh with her, returning the kiss as well as he could as he felt her tongue suddenly enter his mouth and wrestle with his own.

Slowly, after what felt like a lifetime, Celestia removed her lips from her lover and started to nuzzle him affectionately.

"Oh Chris I just want to scream my love for you to all of Equestria." She said excitedly, shivering somewhat as she felt his lips on her neck.

"Heh, if you did then Equestria would get jealous." He quipped, making her giggle at him in response.

Suddenly they both heard distant knocking and frowned as their moment was interrupted. But with a sigh they both stood up, got out of the shower and wrapped a towel around themselves. Celestia opened the bathroom door and walked outside whilst Chris remained inside. She looked at him questioningly and tilted her head sideways slightly.

"I'm not sure if you want whoever is out there to see…well us." Chris explained, a small grin on his face.

Celestia merely smirked and pulled him out of the bathroom magically. She then opened the main door before he could run back in and smiled pleasantly at none other than her nephew.

Prince Blueblood.

"Is there a problem?" She asked casually, not even a trace of her barely restrained smirk as she saw her nephew looking at Chris with a expression of utter disgust.

Author's Notes:

And there is the sixth chapter XD

There's more on the way :)