Spike couldn’t believe he hadn’t wondered about that before. It was something so brutally obvious. Twilight had no cousins or uncles or great uncles or anything like that. And despite being married for almost a decade, Cadence and Shining had never had a child. Now he knew why.

How didn’t he realize before? It was so obvious. The in-laws always talk sooner or later about their desires to have grandchildren. But Twilight’s parents never spoke about the matter even by mistake. Twilight had spoken about it at least ten times. The first one was the same morning of the next day when they decided to make love for the first time. The second one was on their wedding night. The third one was when they returned from their honeymoon, when they agreed they wouldn’t have children until some time passed. And the rest when they started their family expansion plans not even a year ago.

It had been two months since the fateful day they had to sacrifice their son for the sake of his mother. Despite the results of their first attempt, Twilight was willing to try it again, but the doctors forbade it. Though the emergency abortion had been successful, the doctors were convinced that a second pregnancy would have same or worse results than the first one. Besides, though they now had much more knowledge at their disposal, the doctors had encountered many difficulties during the extraction of the fetus and they feared the possibility of collateral or long-term damage the intervention might have done to the reproductive system of the unicorn. In conclusion: not only hadn’t Twilight managed to, but she would never be able to be the mother of a son of her own blood.

Twilight… My poor Twilight Spike thought.

Embarrassed and terrified of what sharing that secret could do to their relationship, she had hidden the truth from him about her family and herself. She had lied to him… And Spike could never be angry with Twilight for that. Nit when she knew how easy it was for her to dramatize things and lose her mind because of that. He still loved her and still would. Forever and ever, eternally. Just as she would love him forever…

And loving each other was all that mattered now. They were holidaying on a King Ragnarok’s private island. He had kindly offered it to them so they would spend their second honeymoon and could have a private place to recover and strengthen the bonds of their relationship. It was a little tropical island to the east of Ikaruga, away from any civilization. It was full of coconut trees and it had a huge bay on the south side surrounded by white sand, close to it, there was a humble mansion. They were both in the bay, lying on the sand and watching the sunset. Twilight was resting her body on Spike’s, hugging his right arm and using his shoulder as a pillow as he covered her with his corresponding wing. The warm rays of the sun in the company of the gentle breeze on their bodies was like the whisper of an angel inviting them to forget each and every one of their problems and enjoy that moment that somehow it promised to last an eternity.

“It’s beautiful…” Twilight muttered.

“Yes, it indeed is” Spike replied.

“How nice of Ragna to give us the keys of his private island, right?”

“Yes. This is what we needed after so much attention in the last months”

Twilight remained silent and lowered her head.

“Then it will be just you and me, huh?” She muttered.

“I would lie if I said there’s nothing more I would like to ask life” He answered, guiding her vision to meet his by using his left claw.

“But what I have is all I need to be happy, and you?” He said, looking at her eyes.

Twilight saw herself reflected in the emerald orbs of her husband for a moment before answering.

“All I need and much more” She said, smiling and then kissing him.

Twilight rubbed her tongue against her husband’s lips, asking him for access, which he gave her without thinking twice. Neither of them was fighting for the domain, they only cared to enjoy the contact and each other’s love. Spike took Twilight by her waist and rolled onto his back to lay on it with the unicorn on top of him without breaking the kiss. Twilight’s long mane fell like a waterfall, forming a veil around their faces. Spike smiled when he enjoyed his beloved’s lips and the scent of her hair caressing his face. Finally they had to separated their faces because of the lack of air and Twilight put her hair behind her ears.

“The sun has set” Spike said.

Twilight reasoned the situation briefly and giggled innocently.

“What’s so funny, Twi?” Spike asked.

“Nothing. It’s just that… I just remembered something”

“What thing, my queen?”

“Many years ago, I had a dream very, very similar to what’s happening right now” She said, turning her gaze to him.

“I thought we had already agreed some dreams come true”

“Yes, though in my dream, things were different. We were staying in a hotel and you were the one who was on top of me and kissing me”

They spent a while just eye to eye until Spike showed a mischievous smile and ran his claws through Twilight’s body from the base of her tail to the back of her ears. A caress that threw a chill through the body of the unicorn, and a smile to her lips.

“And how did that dream end, my love?” Spike asked openly.

“I’m about to find out” She answered, sharing his intentions.

They kissed with much more passion than before. Twilight surrounded Spike’s neck with her foreleg to stroke the back of his head as he surrounded her by her chest to rub her head and her back. When their lips battle became a tongue one, Spike descended his hands to her waist and eventually to his wife’s soft flanks, which he started massaging, paying special attention to the surface of her cutiemarks.

“You and your magical hands” She said after a sigh that interrupted the chain of kisses.

“You and your body that drives me crazy” He said, kissing her on her lips and then her cheek and then her neck, causing his beloved to sigh in ecstasy.

“We should come back to the mansion” Twilight said.

“Why? We are in the middle of nowhere. Do you think someone is going to spy on us?”

Twilight remained silent as she thought an answer, though Spike didn’t wait for an answer before keeping kissing her around her neck.

“Besides, we’ve never done it outdoors” He said seductively.

Twilight processed his words, remembering again that first fantasy she had had with her husband and was unable to laugh out loud.

“What’s wrong?”

“You have convinced me! Make me feel alive with the power of your love” She said, giving him a passionate kiss on his lips.

“Immediately”

Spike lifted Twilight with his powers and positioned her to sit astride in front of his face. And without wasting time, he rubbed his tongue against his wife’s femininity, who released a scream between ecstasy and surprise.

“You… You’ve never done this to me… In this po… Position” She gasped, resting her front hooves on the ground as Spike was holding her thighs for more stability.

“Does this displease you?” He asked between his licks.

“Not at all”

Spike smiled and introduced his tongue into his beloved’s body. He felt it had been an eternity since the last time he had tasted her sex. An idea Twilight shared, who was arching her back and her neck in what appeared to be a coming to the climax in record time.

“My love!... No… Not so fast!” She yelled euphoric, though Spike knew she really wanted more and more, for one of Twilight’s hooves was pushing his head, clearly asking him to work more vigorously.

A thing he didn’t hesitate to do. He used the tip of his tongue to massage intensely his wife’s reddish stigma of femininity, which ended up taking her to the maximum point of pleasure.

“Spike!” Twilight euphorically shouted at the sky, arching her back and stretching her hind legs as much as she could.

Her husband simply tasted the sweet nectar released by his wife’s orgasm flowed abundantly from her femininity.

When Twilight’s body finally relaxed, Spike held her with his powers to prevent her from falling into the sand and he took her to lie on top of him.

“Are you alright, Twi?” He asked the tired unicorn in his arms.

“I’m more than alright, my heaven” She answered between her breaths.

Suddenly she felt how the dragon stood up with her in his arms and started flying.

“I thought you said you wanted to do it outdoors”

“And that’s how it’s going to be. But maybe it’s not the best idea to do it on the sand or our sweaty bodies are going to get stained with sand”

“Hahah! Good point”

“Besides…”

Twilight suddenly felt her body be wrapped by the hug of water.

“I thought you could make two experiments at the same time” He said, looking in her eyes mischievously.

Twilight looked around, noticing how they were now in the swimming pool of the mansion.

“Making love in the pool?” She asked, raising an eyebrow.

“There’s more room than in the bathtub. And the water temperature is perfect”

Twilight thought for a moment before agreeing with her husband.

“Very well… It’s my turn to give you pleasure… Do you want me to dive into water or something?” She asked awkwardly, having no idea what Spike expected from her.

“Haha! Forget about that. I want to go to the main event”

“As you wish, my love” She said, kissing him on his lips.

Spike surrounded her by her back and waist, pulling her possessively against his body. Twilight, who was held by her husband, much taller than her, put one of her hooves behind her husband’s neck and put the other one between their bodies in search of her husband's masculinity. It wasn’t difficult for her to find Spike’s member, which had gotten visible before they entered the pool.

“Turn around” Spike whispered, breaking the chain of kisses and freeing her from his arms.

Twilight hesitated for an instant before doing what her husband asked her. To her surprise, she discovered they both now were on the edge of the pool, so she decided to rest herself with her hooves on the edge.

“Like that?” She shyly asked, turning back.

“Perfect. Now just relax” He said, surrounding her with his arms under her armpits and starting caressing her body gently.

Spike knew the positions in which she couldn’t see him made her “uncomfortable” and shy. That’s why he liked them so much. Twilight trembled a little when she felt her husband’s throbbing member accommodating between her flanks. But the dragon had no intentions to penetrate her yet. For now he was caressing her gently, but firmly all over her body, simultaneously with kisses and gentle bites on her neck and ears. All that service made Twilight sigh in ecstasy.

My beloved Spike… Always thinking about me before than him Twilight thought in the middle of her bliss.

But then, Twilight felt how Spike touched a very undesirable part of her body. A mark that shouldn’t be there. Having realized it, Spike immediately removed his claw, being afraid of having hurt his wife, whose ears drooped.

“Twilight?”

“Spike… You love me, right? You’re happy with me, right?... Right?” She asked with a cracking voice as her eyes were filled with tears.

Immediately, Spike spun her around to have her face to face and embraced her tenderly.

“Don’t cry, Twilight. Please, don’t cry” He said while he was stroking her mane, completely forgetting what they were doing not even twenty seconds ago.

“Of course I’m happy. I love you and you’re everything I wish for, now and forever” He whispered to her ear while the unicorn was trembling in his arms.

They spent long moments of anguish for both of them.

“I… I’m sorry…” Twilight muttered, who was resting her face on Spike’s shoulder.

“We’ve gone through this a thousand times, Twi. You have nothing to apologize for”

“No, I said it because… I killed the mood” She sadly said, looking down.

“Oh my queen…” Spike sighed, making his wife raise her sight again.

“That can be easily remedied” He said seductively.

Twilight laughed at the ease her husband faced the problems of both of them with and decided she should reward him somehow.

“Spike, if there’s something else you want to ‘experiment’ or something you want from me… You just have to ask for it. I’m all yours” She offered shyly.

Spike smiled between happy and lustful.

“Turn around” He whispered to her ear.

Twilight raised an eyebrow, but did what the dragon asked her. It was strange for her, for he wasn’t normally insistent about what position he wanted to use. She leaned on the edge of the pool again and waited for the next move of her husband. But she only heard a water movement and she kept waiting…

“What’s wrong, Spike? I thought you… AH!” Twilight yelled surprised when she felt how Spike had taken her buttocks, he had separated them and then he had planted a kiss on… Her other most private part, after her flower.

Twilight kicked like a frightened child, which caused her husband to emerge from the water.

“Twilight, what’s wrong?” He said, confused.

“Wah… What’s wrong?! You… You kissed my… Ass!” She yelled, turning to see him face to face, red like a tomato.

“That’s obvious. And then?” He said quietly.

“You mustn’t kiss me on that place!”

“Didn’t you say a moment ago I could take what I wanted?”

“Everything but that part!”

“Why not?”

Twilight choked on her words and remained without knowing well what to say.

“Well because… I poop from there!” She shouted, closing her eyes.

Spike couldn’t help laughing out loud at the ‘little eloquent’ choice of words of his wife.

“Don’t laugh! It’s true!”

“Yes, it is. So what? You pee from the other part and you have never bothered me to use my mouth there” He said cynically.

“But that’s normal! This isn’t!”

Spike stared at Twilight surprised for a moment. He had already made up his mind Twilight wouldn’t be in favor of anal sex. But he never imagined he would disapprove of it for being ‘abnormal’ instead of disgusting her, which would have been more reasonable.

“Abnormal, huh? Correct me if I’m wrong, my love. But isn’t that how many ponies and dragons named our relationship at the beginning, and in fact how some still name it?”

Twilight saw herself between a rock and a hard place.

“But… This isn’t… Urgh! This isn’t fair! You always do this” She said, turning her back on him and crossing her forelegs.

Spike got closer to her and placed his claws on her shoulders.

“Forgive me. I’m killing the mood again. If I keep doing it, your balls are going to end up blue” Twilight said in a peculiar attempt at an apology.

“It’s ok, Twi. If you don’t like the idea, we won’t do it” He said comprehensive, as always.

Twilight sighed and turned her head to see her husband.

“But do you want to try?”

“Yes, I do. But I won’t force you to do something you’re not comfortable with”

Twilight thought for a while. She had failed her husband too many times in that year. Enough failures for all her life. She couldn’t call herself his wife, let alone the owner of his love if she decided not to give him that pleasure.

“It’s fine, Spike… You… You can do whatever you want” She said, relaxing her body.

“Are you sure, Twi?”

“Yes, everything will be alright. Take me. Take me because I’m all yours” She said, taking his cheek to kiss him.

“Just relax. And if I do something you don’t like or if you want to stop, just tell me”

“All right” She said, turning around again and leaning on the edge of the pool.

Spike took her by her waist and started massaging her to help her relax. He decided to make a slower approach. He started by kissing her from the top of her spine and descended by planting kisses and caressing the unicorn’s body with his nose. Finally he reached her flanks, which he gave them some kisses and caresses. Twilight was trembling in the dragon’s claws like she was a totally helpless and virgin filly. The idea itself was driving Spike crazy.

He pushed through the buttocks of his wife by using only his mouth to reach his destination. Twilight jumped a little when she felt Spike touch her second most private part.

“Everything alright?” He asked, sticking his head out of the water to breathe.

“All… Alright” She muttered.

Spike could notice Twilight was somewhat insecure, but he had also managed to make her enjoy the stimulation so far.

“Well, warn me if you want me to stop” He said, diving into the water again.

He pushed through the buttocks of his wife again to kiss the object of his interest. Twilight wouldn’t admit it (at the moment), but she was really excited and was enjoying a lot her husband’s actions. The dragon kept kissing and caressing her rear aperture with his lips and his tongue until he finally decided it was time to put his tongue in. Twilight screamed in pleasure and kicked uncontrollably for a moment. To hell with decency and hygiene! That amazed her! But unfortunately, just when she was really getting into it, her husband stopped.

“S… Spike?” She asked, turning her head to see him.

The dragon emerged from the water with a smile from ear to ear and surrounded his wife with his arms to push her body closer to his.

“Time for the main event, my queen” He said seductively.

“Or… do you want me to go wash my mouth first?” He asked uncomfortably, fearing the answer.

To his surprise, Twilight took him by his chin and turned her head as much as she could to kiss him passionately on his lips.

“To hell with that. Make love to me”

Spike took Twilight by her waist to accommodate his member.

“Juh… Just…” Twilight interrupted.

“Yes?”

“Start slowly, ok?” She muttered shyly, turning her head again to see him.

Spike smiled and kissed her on her cheek.

“I wouldn’t want it another way. Tell me if it hurts you or something”

Twilight nodded. Prepared and positioned, Spike started moving his hips forward to be able to penetrate his wife. Twilight panted when she felt the hot member of her husband invade her body. She bit her lower lip with strength, trying to stifle her whimpers. It actually hurt her, much more than her first time so many years ago. But she was determined to go all the way. She wouldn’t allow herself to fail Spike in something like this…

Finally, Spike’s crotch made contact with Twilight’s flanks. They were one.

“You’re… Bigger… Than ever” Twilight gasped.

“It’s not me. It’s that you’re too tight” Spike corrected.

“Of… Course… Blame… Me” She continued, too overwhelmed by the pain through her body.

“Are you alright?”

“Y… Yes, just… Give me a moment, please” She gasped, trying to get used to the new sensations.

“Well, but… Don’t take too long, please” Said the dragon, who had held back too much.

Twilight took a few deep breaths and tried to relax her body. Finally she told her husband when she felt ready.

“Very well, Spike. You can move now”

Spike kissed her on her neck and very slowly he started with the swing of his hips. Twilight had to bite a hoof to stifle her whimpers. Spike noticed this but unfortunately for him, he had held back too many times and the heat and pressure inside his wife were too overwhelming to stop at that point. Even so, he did all he could to start with a slow pace that would let her get used to the sensation and go from pain to pleasure. Fortunately, after not so much time, that happened. Twilight stopped biting her hoof and her cries of pain became audible moans of pleasure, which were getting more and more audible.

“Spike… This… This… Is amazing!” The unicorn shouted in ecstasy.

“It is, Twilight!” The dragon accompanied.

Without warning, Spike ran one of his claws down Twilight Twilight’s body and started to assault the petals of her flower. If a moment ago Twilight's moans were audible, she was now delirious possessed by the pleasure, shouting so loud that her screams could surely be heard all over the island. Still euphoric, Twilight knew her husband wouldn’t take it much more. His thrusts were shaking not only her, but all the water in the pool and she could feel his member twitch like it was about to explode. One last thrust and they both screamed each other’s names in the most intense orgasm they had had in their life so far. After what seemed an eternity, Twilight collapsed on the floor on the edge of the pool with Spike hugging her from behind without exiting her.

“It’s going to be your fault… If… I get addicted to this” Twilight joked, who was gasping like she had had a heart attack a moment ago.

“It’s a fault I can live with. I guess you will now want to have a pool in our house” Spike joked.

“You bet” Twilight said, turning her head and demanding a kiss from her husband.

Without breaking the kiss, Twilight turned her body and surrounded Spike’s neck with her forelegs.

“We’re far from finishing, right?” She said, blinking seductively.

“You bet” He answered with a smile that complemented hers.

Twilight kissed her dragon passionately and by resting her hind legs on the inner walls of the pool and pushed herself and her husband, making Spike lose his balance and making them both dive into the water, never breaking the kiss that united them. They were in paradise and she would give anything to never have to leave…

Twilight opened her eyes heavily, yawning indecently.

“Good night” She heard Spike’s voice, who was lying on her belly, next to her.

“Good night” She replied, snuggling against the dragon, who soon used his wing to cover her. They were both in the bedroom where there was a huge circular bed that was extremely comfortable and had big goose feather pillows.

“Is it late?”

“It’s quarter past eleven. You surprise me. Knowing you, I thought you wouldn’t wake up until tomorrow” He joked.

“Have you been taking care of me all night long?”

“Of course. That and… Thinking about many things, especially about what the future holds”

Twilight reasoned those words for a while and feared where the conversation was going.

“About us?”

“Yes”

“About… Adoption?” She asked fearfully.

“What? No. What makes you think about that?”

“Well, I…”

“Twilight, please… Don’t think about that anymore. You won’t be able to have a son. It doesn’t worry me. It doesn’t bother me”

Spike knew very well that her guilt to her husband disturbed Twilight more than her shame for having failed herself.

“You’re still you. The pony I fell in love with. The pony I love. If the will of universe wants me to stop loving you, it will have to do something better”

“Don’t tempt fate, Spike” Twilight said, very seriously.

“What I’m trying to say is that my feelings for you aren’t going to change just because genetics turned its back on us. It’s not more pleasurable for me to know I will never have a child of my own blood with you, but that doesn’t mean the love that was going to be for him must be lost” He said, rubbing his face against his wife’s, who looked at him confused.

“All the time, all the struggle, the sacrifice and especially all the love that were going to be for my son, will now and forever be yours, Twilight. You’re the light of my life, my queen, my goddess” He concluded, kissing her on her lips lovingly.

Twilight was invaded by a great bliss that irremediably caused her a happy crying.

“Thank you, Spike. Thank you for loving me so much. Thank you for putting up with my defects. Thank you for having chosen me and just me when you could have had any pony or dragon you wanted” She said, hugging her husband.

“If it wasn’t for you, I would be a hermit and a spinster in my library, ignorant of the virtues of friendship, love and life itself. If it wasn’t for you, I would be no one”

“You’re exaggerating, Twilight”

“You know it’s true. Without you by my side, I would have burnt our house when I tried to make noodle soup. My brain would have melted because of the anxiety and the stress in one of my Celestia’s exams. Puff! I wouldn’t even have been able to find the black ink drawer if it wasn’t for you. So thank you. Thank you for being part of my life. And even more thanks for giving me the privilege to give me room in yours”

“Don’t despise yourself so much, Twilight. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t even be here” He said, wiping her tears.

“Was it that why you fell for me?” She joked.

“No. Don’t forget I didn’t know that until five years after knowing you. No, I fell in love with you since the first day I knew you. Back then I thought you were perfect. But then I realized you were more than that. You were imperfect, just like this world, like this universe. But being imperfect was also what made you so beautiful, just like this love of ours, this marriage, this life… Everything is imperfect. And that’s why it’s so beautiful” He said, looking at her eyes.

Twilight sighed touched.

“My knight with the soul of a poet” She said, kissing him on his lips.

Twilight’s fears, her anxieties, her nightmares as well as her chances to be a mother were a thing of the past. She could never have a child, but she had the dragon of her dreams, who loved what and who she was. Her greatest virtues and her worse defects. And she loved him above all things in the universe. She now knew there was nothing to fear. She knew their lives wouldn’t be perfect, but that didn’t bother her anymore, for she knew he would be there to share it with her. They wouldn’t have a son to share their lives with, but that also meant they would have more time to love each other. And she couldn’t help being happy to know it.

“I love you” She whispered, kissing him again.

“I love you too” He replied, kissing her once more.

He felt very fortunate for the life he was given. She was incalculably happy, but even so, she kept crying.

“Never… Ever get away from me, Spike” She said when she broke the kiss.

“Not in this life, Twilight” He answered, locking their lips again.

Author's Notes:

If some of you wonder if they're going to adopt, the answer is NO. Why? The author said it wasn't because he was against that idea, but because he didn't want to make the story so long. I have to say the moments with their child (or children) would have been very heartwarming. So please post your comments.