The afternoon picnic was wonderful. Shining took me down to a pond in a private meadow a few miles from the castle. The weather was perfect and we laid under a tree and just enjoyed the scenery. I think Shining knew I had a lot on my mind, because for most of the picnic he remained pretty quiet and simply let me be alone with my thoughts. As the sun traveled across the sky and afternoon came, we ate some snacks and then Shining opened up and shared a few funny stories about his coworkers. All in all, it was really just a very pleasant day, perhaps the best one in my memory.

We made it back to the castle in time for dinner and then afterwards I sat down with Twilight’s spellbooks for a few hours until I finally mastered magic telekinesis. I could pick things up with my horn! That was about half an hour ago, and ever since then I have been running around finding new things to pick up, this is way too much fun.

I’m in the middle of levitating twelve bananas at once when Shining walks into the kitchen and sees me. I freeze and all the bananas drop to the floor. I grin like a five year old caught stealing cookies, “Hey love, what brings you to the kitchen so late at night?”

Shining raises an eyebrow and surveys the floor, “I could ask you the same thing, but nah, I’ll let you have your fun putting on a banana parade or whatever you’re doing. Anyways, I’m just swinging by to tell you I’m headed off to the bedroom. I need to read this guard report and then catch some Z’s. Are you coming to bed? It’s getting pretty late”

I trot over and brush the mane out of his eyes, “I’ll be up in a little bit, don’t worry about me. I gotta finish this banana parade, right?”

Shining laughs, “Alright, good luck with that. Heh, I’ll see you in the morning.”

“Goodnight honey.” I step forward and kiss him goodnight, then wave as he trots to the bedroom. I smile to myself, I really did like him, but I’m still going to try and avoid the bedroom activities, just to help keep my sanity. I mean, sure if he really wants to, I’ll do it with him, but I’m not going to chase after him and be the one to demand it. I like this status quo, I can totally do this for several weeks.

I glance down at the bananas and levitate all of them again, then start making them spin and rotate around me. I smile, this is way too awesome, why would former-Cadance give up magic to go to Earth? I’ll have to ask her when I find her. Hmm, actually I recall humans and ponies being unable to communicate with each other. English and Equestrian just didn’t mix. Maybe I can find some sort of translation spell in Twilight’s books? I’ll have to look that up before I get the portal ready.

About ten minutes later I make my way towards the main bathroom by our bedroom. I’m eating one of the bananas while a second one hovers beside me. It’s partly a way for me to practice magic, and partly the simple fact that these bananas are delicious and I wanted to eat more than one.

I pass by the bedroom and notice the light is still on. Shining must still be reading, I’m going to have to kill some more time to ensure he’s asleep before I go in there. I ponder my choices as I finish my first banana. I guess I can just take a shower and so on. I step into the bathroom, setting my second banana down on the counter, and turning on the water (using magic!). I already took a shower this morning, but oh well, cleanliness is next to godliness, right? Wait, am I considered a goddess since I’m an alicorn, or is that just Celestia and Luna? Hmm, I should probably look that up.

I step under the shower and let my mind wander. I had a really nice day today, it’s almost a pity I can’t end it with... I blink as my mind wanders to thoughts of sex. I try to think of something else, but I’m actually getting really horny and it’s hard not to think about it. I guess the last two nights in a row I got laid, so I think my body is sort of expecting the same to happen tonight. I shut off the shower and magically toss a towel over me, hoping the act of drying off will suppress my urges somehow.

It doesn’t work, all I can think about is the sort of things I was doing last night. I bite my lip and shift my ass towards the mirror, then flick my tail to side. Yep, there’s my pussy, and I’m already winking just from thinking about the possibility of sex. I lower my tail and take a few paces around the bathroom. I shouldn't give in to this, maybe I’ll just masturbate? Yeah, there’s nothing wrong with that much, right? I sit down in front of the mirror and spread my legs, admiring my gaping, wet pony cunt. I almost wish I was born male so then I could know what it’s like to go down on a girl and give one of these a lick.

I shake my head, urgh, what the hell brain, I was born male. Sheesh. I look back down at my pussy and lower a hoof onto it, then close my eyes as it makes contact. I moan softly through closed lips, mmm, this is the stuff. I don’t know why I didn’t do this sooner, this is nothing but pleasant.

After half a minute of rubbing myself, my mind decides to think of some sexual fantasy to accompany this pleasure. I automatically start thinking of stallions, but I stop myself. No, what did I usually fantasize about? Well when I was a guy I would think of my girlfriend, yeah, that might work. I picture my nubile girlfriend, she is stripping down to her underwear, then throws her bra at me. She seductively walks towards and tells me she wants to give me blow job. I see her take my human penis in her hand and...

I start to laugh, shattering the fantasy. That human penis was just comically small, like seriously, how do girls even feel that? I shake my head in amusement and try to focus on human girls again. My girlfriend, Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson, Jessica Biel, Miss November from Playboy... Sigh, it’s no use, I think I’ve actually gotten less horny since I started this whole thing. I open my eyes and look back down at my equine pussy, then immediately get turned on again by remembering the sorts of things the stallions were doing to this thing last night. My breathing gets shallow and I involuntarily lick my lips as memories fill my mind. I shake my head in defeat and start rubbing myself with my hoof again. I guess I really am a mare now, inside and out. From now on if I want to masturbate, I'll do it thinking of stallions and their delicious pony cocks...

And think about them I did. After a minute or so of clopping to mental images of my husband’s manhood, I’m really starting to get into it. The rubbing isn’t enough though, I need more, I need something inside. I stand up on all fours and dart my eyes around the bathroom for something, anything I can use to fill myself. I spot the banana on the counter and without even fully thinking about it I pick it up with my magic. I raise my ass in the air and plunge it into my wet pussy, moaning quietly as I feel it slide in. Ah, that’s it, that’s the feeling I’m looking for.

Using my magic I start to slowly thrust it in and out as I close my eyes and pretend it’s Shining’s cock. He is bigger, of course, but the banana still gets the feeling across. Well it sort of does, part of the experience with Shining is feeling his breath on my back and smelling his masculine odor. Not to mention Shining would be kissing me and I would feel his muscles up against me. And of course his cock itself is just amazing, and being with him is just...

I pause my thrusts and look up. What the hell am I doing this in the bathroom? Why am I trying to pretend to fuck myself in private, and with a frickin banana? I pull the banana out and toss it in the trash, then open the door and head towards the bedroom. Seriously, why use a lame substitute when the real thing is right here!

I fling the door open to see Shining reading in bed. He looks over at me, “Oh, hey love, coming to bed?”

I’m surprised I can walk straight with my crotch positively dripping with lust. I walk over to the bed and flick off the blanket with my magic, giving me a view of my husband’s lower half. I look down at his horse cock, which has seriously been looking better and better to me as the days have gone by. The thought that just a few day ago I was disgusted by it is just bewildering to me, I mean, how could I have felt that? This thing is just so... wow. I turn to face him, “Honey, your wife needs you to fuck her. Now please.” I turn around and raise my tail, showing him my glistening pussy.

Shining’s jaw drops and I can see his cock harden with every heartbeat. He licks his lips and starts to get in position, “Well, you know, I suppose if she insists, then I guess I can do it. Not like this is going to give me any pleasure...” He laughs.

I laugh with him and feel his front hooves on my back, “Shining my dear?”

“Hmm?” He places his manhood against my cunt and pauses. I pause as well, thanking the gods for giving me a pussy that so perfectly goes along with his horse cock.

I twist around and kiss him on the lips, “Shining, what do you say that, umm, ‘for the sake of our marriage’, we start fucking daily from now on? Please?”

Shining answers by slowly plunges his cock into me. I scream out in pleasure and then he whispers in my ear, “Really sweetie, only once a day?”

He smiles and I grin back, then grind my pussy into him. This is going to be the best three months of my life.

The next morning I open my eyes. This is the fourth morning where I have looked up to see Cadance's reflection in the mirror. But for the first time, I actually welcome the reflection. Shining and I fell asleep cuddling and our limbs are all tangled together. I look down at my hooves and smile at it. Pink fur, I like having pink fur.

I turn to the stallion beside me, he's still asleep, well we're just gonna have to fix that aren't we? I nudge him with my muzzle a few times, then nibble on his ear until I see him open his eyes. I plant a kiss on his cheek, “Good morning honey.”

He smiles, “Oh, hey Cadance.”

I return his smile and cuddle up closer against him, then passionately kiss him. After a few seconds I break away and look him in the eye, “I love you Shining”. It’s the first time I actually meant it, and it felt good to say.

Shining kisses me back, “Love you too honey. I don’t know what’s gotten into you, but I absolutely love this new you.”

I hold him tight, feeling his manhood pressing up against my fur. I start rubbing against it and smirk, “You work today, right Shining?”

He nods, “Yep, gonna have to get going pretty soon actually.”

I look in his eyes, “Well, before you leave, can you feed me breakfast?”

Shining smiles, “Of course! Two pancakes coming right up my love.” He starts to lift off his blanket but I reach forward with a hoof to stop him.

I grin, “I don’t want pancakes.”

He raises an eyebrow, “You want an omelet?”

“I was thinking something... better.” I start to scoot down the bed.

“Better? Well I coul--AHH! Cadance!!” Shining grips the side of the bed and looks down to see me deepthroating him. “Wow, this is just... wow. What’s gotten into you?”

I pull it out of my mouth and lick it a few times before looking up, “I decided to stop worrying about who I am, and to just enjoy life one day at time.”

Shining leans back into his pillow and whistles softly as I get back to blowing him, “Thank Celestia for carpe diem.”

After I finish, I started cuddling with Shining again. I don’t think I have ever been so content in my entire life. Everything about this is just perfect.

*knock knock*

We both raise our heads towards the door, I speak up, “Uh, yes?”

Gum Drop's voice comes through the door, “Terribly sorry to disturb you Princess, but I just received the letter that you were expecting!”

Shining and I exchange looks, and I hop off the bed and open the bedroom door. Gum Drop was holding a single letter in her mouth, which she places at my feet. “It took awhile to get here. It’s very strange really, it was mailed on this long circular route that sent it all the way to Appleloosa before coming back here.”

I glance down at the letter, and back at Gum Drop, “I don't get it, who sent this?”

Gum Drop creases her eyebrows, “You did.”

My heart pounds faster as I pick up the letter with my magic and look at the address.

From: PRINCESS CADANCE

To: “Princess Cadance”

Shining looks over my shoulder, “Why did you send a letter to yourself?”

I pull the letter closer to me, “Oh, it was just a reminder I wanted to give myself... for a thing. Don't worry about it honey.”

He looks back at Gum Drop, “Thanks for dropping this off, we'll be down for the rest of breakfast in a minute.”

She raises a hood slowly, “Err, actually, there is one other thing. Princess?”

I look up, “Yes?”

Gum Drop gestures over her shoulder, “Celestia has sent a carriage, she summons you to Canterlot... immediately.”

Shining raises his eyebrows, “A royal summon? Honey... what did you do?”

I swallow nervously and clutch the letter to my chest, “I guess I'm going to find out soon enough.” I turn to Gum Drop, “Can I go to breakfast first?”

Gum Drop puts on a confused expression and looks at my husband, who answers for her. “You better not honey, if Celestia sent her carriage and told you to go immediately, you really should leave immediately.”

I sigh, “Well, okay. I guess this is goodbye Shining”.

I give him a quick kiss and he laughs, “Goodbye? Don’t be so grim Cadance, you haven’t done anything wrong.”

I laugh nervously, “Heh, yeah.” I hold the letter close to me and allow Gum Drop to take me to the carriage.

Once we are airborne I stare down at the envelope and think for a minute. ‘Why did the former-Cadance make me wait four days before I would get this letter? I’m assuming this explains everything, couldn’t I have gotten this on the first day? Argh, god damn it woman, what is wrong with you?’ I shake my head slowly and open the letter, both eager and scared to read the message it contains:

To the ape currently parading around as me. You are no doubt hapless and confused. That is to be expected, one can’t expect terribly much from your species now can they? It’s honestly quite pathetic that no one in your race has mastered the art of magic yet, but oh well, you can’t blame a stone for being stupid can you? Anyways, to fill you in, I was getting utterly sick of my incessant husband, so I decided to take a vacation here on Earth. I picked a human male to take my place, knowing that you would be no doubt disgusted by the sexual advances of what you believed to be a common horse, and a male one at that. So I’m sure by now you have cast him off and he has ended his love for you, which is exactly what I have been trying to do. I figure this switch was the best way to do it. You get to do all the dirty work and send him away, while I get to mess around on your quaint little world and have some fun for a few days.

We will be switching back to our original bodies now that the vacation is coming to an end. Since you obviously have no idea how to use something as elegant as magic, I have set things up so you don’t have to. Remember the crystal spheres that changed our bodies? Well, they do more than that. When activated, the two crystal spheres will create a portal that connects the two of them. Sending one of them to Earth was difficult for me, but now that’s it’s there it will be quite elementary to activate the link and reopen the portal. Simply touch your horn to the crystal and the portal will open. I'll be waiting on the other side. Once you see me, place your forelegs on the crystal and we will switch forms like before. It’s really quite simple, even you with your limited intelligence should be able to do this task.

As for the timing, I intended for this Earth trip to last four days. I imagine that is more than enough time for you to leave Shining, and it’s enough time for me to mess around on this planet. If I timed this letter correctly, you should be reading this on the morning of the fourth day. So tonight, when the moon is highest, go to the crystal and touch your horn to it. I will be waiting on the other side, and you can have your life back.

I look up from the letter and I don’t know what to think. I get to go home! Hooray! I don’t have to wait three months and lose even more of my sanity! This is awesome!

...But it doesn’t feel awesome. I lower my head, I was starting to like being Cadance, I was looking forward to these three months. Knowing that my three months ends today is just, well it sucks. Still though, this isn’t my life, and this isn’t my body. I will go through with the switch and I will get my life back. It’s been fun being a mare, but I can’t stay like this. Well, that’s assuming Celestia even gives me the choice.

“Princess Cadance, thank you for arriving so promptly!”

I bow before the white monarch, “Of course. You summoned me?”

I glance up and see Celestia’s face get serious as she gets right down to business. "We tracked down the imposter!"

I raise my eyebrows, "Oh? Who...?"

She points across the room at a cage with a small pony in it. “Behold, it’s Gum Drop’s father's brother's nephew's cousin's cat’s former owner’s friend’s next door neighbor's lab partner’s prom date’s former roommate’s little sister! She goes by the name Sweetie Bell”

I feel my heart drop and my eyes go wide. One of the guards wheels the cage over, in it I can see Sweetie Bell, crying inside the cage.

I immediately turn back to Celestia and glare at her. “Let. Her. Go. NOW.”

Celestia's eyes grow wide in surprise, and the two guards slowly turn their heads to see who just raised their voice at Celestia.

The sun goddess blinks, “But she’s an outsider, you told me the evidence.”

I point at the cage, “She’s not an outsider. I was blatantly lying when I told you that long string of clues. This filly is innocent and you damn well know it.”

Celestia raises a hoof, “If I let her go, will you tell me the real suspect?”

I nod, “Yes.”

She unlocks the cage with her magic and Sweetie Bell is escorted to the door. “Well, then Princess Cadance, who is it? Who is the imposter around here?”

I roll my eyes, “Cut the crap Celestia, we both know I’m not Cadance.”

She stares at me for a few seconds, before a smile slowly creeps across her face. ”Aww, you’re no fun. That is unexpected though, the original Cadance was never the type of pony who put her neck on the line to save a common filly. It’s actually quite ironic that a random human has more humility than one of our Princesses.”

I look around. “So... what are you going to do to me?”

Celestia shrugs, “Nothing, why would I? If Cadance left this world and gave you her body, well as far as Equestrian law is concerned, you are the real Cadance now and you have all the royal privileges and rights that comes with it. I was playing before, we don’t actually have any laws against outsiders.”

I don't know if I should smile or look confused. I point back at the cage, “So why arrest Sweetie Bell?”

Celestia laughs, “I just wanted to test you, I’m always curious about humans. And don’t worry about the filly, she actually volunteered. Something about her acting classes. But now I’m just rambling, so tell me, how’s life as a pony treating you? I see you learned a few things since we last met. For one, you no longer reek of sex. That’s actually quite a pity, you made the day of all the guards working that shift.”

I allow myself to laugh along with Celestia. “Ha, yeah, I learned some basic magic too, levitation, stuff like that. All self taught.”

The monarch nods, hardly impressed. “Oh yes, levitation, cute. So you’re enjoying yourself then? Not causing any trouble?”

I nod, “No trouble here ma’am, I was quite content with just staying at home and being with my husband while I learned how to get back.”

She raises an eyebrow, “Past tense? Has something changed?”

I sigh, “Yeah, I got a letter from former-Cadance, err, excuse me, from the REAL Cadance, and she instructed me that we are to change back tonight.”

Celestia tilts her head, “You sound disappointed.”

I rub the back of my neck, “It’s just very sudden that’s all. What can I say, you run a fantastic kingdom your highness, I really enjoyed my time here.”

She shrugs, “So stay.”

I look around, “What, no, I want my old life back, I think. And besides, I can’t just leave Cadance on Earth.”

Celestia stares off into space, “I like Cadance, but she’s been so incredibly bitter these past years. In all honesty, you could probably be a better Cadance than she ever was.”

I hold a hoof up, “Well thank you for the kind words, but no, I do not want to spend my entire life as a pretty, pink, pony princess.” Though, as I finish that sentence, I can’t actually think of a reason why. I like being a pony, being royalty is nice, being pink is actually quite pleasant, and being pretty means Shining loves to...

Celestia cuts off my thoughts, “Well, then I wish you a farewell. Thanks for being a good sport about this whole thing with Cadance switching places with you. I daresay some humans would probably just kill themselves if they found themselves in this position.”

I bow and start to take my leave, “It was my pleasure, I daresay I actually enjoyed these past few days, once I got the hang of things. Thanks for letting me visit your lands, Celestia.”

“Farewell, human.”

I return to my castle and spend the remainder of the afternoon skimming through the spell books once again. I guess it didn’t really matter what I did because at the end of the day none of this would matter, but I had to fill my time with something.

Dinner came and went fairly uneventfully. After dinner Shining wanted to talk to me about weekend vacation plans, and I didn’t have the heart to tell him I wouldn’t be here to take them with him. I listened to him talk and forced a smile, just counting down the hours when this would all end.

As night fell I retrieve the letter former-Cadance sent me and I take a moment to check the time again. It talks of lunar time though, I’m not sure what it means, so I head off to find Shining. He is in the dining room reading some stuff, so I enter and drop the letter on a chair, “Shining, do you know what time ‘the moon is highest’ in Equestria?”

He laughs, “Uh, 10pm? Come on Cadance, we learn that in grade school.”

I laugh nervously, “Ha, yeah. I was just checking.” I glance at the wallclock, it’s already 9:30pm. Well that’s depressing, I wish I had more time.

Shining reads my face, “Something the matter honey?”

I feel a wave of emotion. Dealing with my own sorrow is one thing, but I can’t bear the thought of how the former-Cadance is going to treat Shining. Over these past few days Shining worked so hard to win me over, and now he really thinks Cadance loves him again. But in half an hour... Sigh. Poor guy.

I feel a hoof on my shoulder, Shining is standing next to me and I realize I’m crying. I look up at him and bury my face in his chest, “Shining, I really do love you. But soon... well... I’m sorry for how I’m going to act in the future.”

Shining hugs me, “I don’t understand, but don’t worry, I’ll always love you honey.”

I pull away from him, “Shining, no, if I start acting like a bitch again, you can’t be afraid to just leave me. You deserve someone better than me when I act like that.”

Shining frowns, “But why would you act like that?”

“It’s not really going to be my choice.” I give him one last hug before I turn tail and walk away. I pause by the exit and look back at him. “Shining, I love you... and I’m sorry for what's going to happen.”

I sit next to the crystal and check the clock on the wall, it’s 9:59. I look into the mirror and check myself over one last time. It’s crazy to think I’ve only had this body for four days, everything about me just fit like a glove. I even started to like the feel of my teats and female bits between my legs. It just feels so natural, so right. I sigh. I actually really like this color of pink too...

The clock gongs signifying 10 pm. I take a deep breath and touch my horn to the crystal. I hear a low hum and I feel all my hairs stand on end. Wind starts to swirl around the room and as I look back up the familiar blue portal materializes in front of the mirror. I step away from the crystal and peer through the portal into my old living room. My jaw drops in horror, the entire room is a mess with bookshelves tipped over and broken glass and empty pizza boxes littering the floor. In the middle of it all is my human body, sitting naked on the couch and scratching his balls. I take a step back in horror and the human just tosses me a wave and walks up to the crystal in front of him. He places his hands on it and looks at me.

I facehoof, before I change back I need to talk to her. I recite the spell I learned from Twilight’s books. It allows any two subjects to be able to mentally communicate with each other for a few minutes. I need to talk to this... person. I finish the spell and there is a bright flash, then I hear echo across my head.

What the hell was that?

>>Oh hey Cadance, I cast a spell that let’s us talk!

What are you doing casting spells with my body. That horn is not a toy.

>>Uh, it’s been my body for four days, I can do with it as I want. Though speaking of bodies, what the hell did you do to mine?!

Why do you care? I had some fun, spent your money, whatever, it doesn’t concern you.

>>Pretty sure it does, it’s my life.

Yeah but you don’t matter, I’m a royal alicorn, you’re a lowly human.

>>Well hang on “Princess” I’m in your body right now, you’re the one that’s the 'lowly human'.

Good point, put your hooves back on the crystal and let’s remedy that. I tire of this body.

>>Hold your horses, I want to talk about Shining, why do you hate him?

Shining is still around? You were supposed to divorce him you idiot. Wow you’re useless.

>>Yes he’s still around, and I’m not giving up this body until we talk about him.

Not giving up my royal body? That’s not up to you to decide human.

>>Uh, pretty sure it is. I’m not putting my hooves on that crystal until--

Tell me how this feels.

I glance up to see my human body pointing a red Taser at me through the portal. Before I can even blink he fires it and the two leads sail through the air and pierce my hide. I immediately collapse and get the breath knocked out of me as my body convulses.

You humans make fascinating weapons of war. This one is designed to take down bears and other large wildlife. I’m sure you can appreciate the science your humans put into it.

>>You bitch.

Sticks and stones my dear human.

I glance up and see her step through the portal, then reach down and place my limp hooves onto the crystal. Satisfied she steps back through the portal and heads towards the crystal on her side. I wince and pull my sore forelegs back, sliding my hooves off my crystal just seconds before she places her hands on her’s. She looks back through the portal and I smile like an idiot.

>>Whoops, did you want my hooves on this thing?

You want to make this difficult? Fine by me.

She clicks the Taser again and pain racks my body for several seconds. I look up and see her grab a baseball bat from behind the sofa and she walks towards the portal again.

Here’s the plan. Put your dirty hooves on that crystal, or I come over there and break your forelegs. We’re not switching bodies directly, so I can break every bone in your body and it won’t affect me in the slightest. Now put your hooves on the fucking crystal.

>>Buck you.

Haha, wrong answer.

She steps through the portal again and looks down at my limp body as she twirls the baseball bat in her hands. She smiles as she takes aim at my forelegs and raises her arms.

“Get away from my wife.” The skin on the back of my neck stands up at the aggressive tone of Shining’s voice. I glance up and see him standing in the doorway, his teeth bared. Across the room, the human laughs.

Aww that’s cute, Mr. Prince Charming came back for you. What a joke

Shining looks at the human and at the portal, “Cadance! Are you alright!?”

I shake my head and weakly cry out, “Shining, get out of here.” The human reaches into his holster.

I’ve waited so, so long to do something like this to him.

I glance up to see the human aiming the taser at Shining. Before I can say anything he fires and a second later Shining cries out in pain and collapses.

The human looks at both of us and laughs, then pulls out his baseball bat and softly taps me on the head with it.

Look what you did, if you would have just divorced him none of this would have happened and you could have been back on Earth living your pathetic life by now.

“I said... get away... from my wife.” The human and I both turn back to Shining to see him slowly get to his feet and struggle as he starts walking towards us. My mouth drops open, I couldn’t even move an eyelash right after getting shocked, but Shining is somehow standing, and still trying to defend me? I’ve never had anyone care that much about me before.

Hmmpf, typical human technology, never reliable on the first attempt. Well, let’s see how you like a second dose of it.

I grit my teeth, oh no, she’s not doing that to my man. I can’t really move that well, but I’m pretty sure I can still do magic. All I really am good at is telekinesis, but I happen to know a weak spot on that body.

My horn glows, and a second later the heavy crystal ball sails up and slams straight into the human’s balls, knocking him over as he screams out in unholy pain.

Shining winces, “Jeez Cadance, I understand attacking him, but that was kind of low. Do you have any idea what that feels like?”

“You don’t wanna know the answer to that one honey.” I take a few deep breaths and try to stand up. After struggling for a few seconds I see Shining smile and extend a hoof, which I use it to pull myself up.

He looks me over. “You okay?”

I nod, and then look around to survey the damage, most notably the notion that Shining just got attacked by his real wife, and the fact that he knows there is a portal device in his wife’s dressing room. I clear my throat, “So, Shining, this is kind of a long story.”

“Save it, that thing is still alive!” He points at his original wife, writhing on the ground in pain.

I nod “Yeah, it’s a human. Hmm, I think this should suffice.” I spot the red Taser on the ground. I disconnect the two leads that were fired into us and then I bring it over to her chest, zapping her with it for few seconds until she goes limp. I sigh and drop the Taser. I need to get Shining out of here so I can change back. I never meant to battle this woman and resist so hard. I just wanted to talk and figure some things out before I changed back. Oh well, looks like I won’t be getting any answers. I still really need to change back though, god knows I don’t want hooves and a pussy for the rest of my life. Ha, wouldn't that be something, I mean...

I pause as I think about that. A lifetime as a girl pony? I don't think I would mind, it’s just that, you know, I’m not supposed to be one. So I should really should change back, I guess.

Shining steps closer to the human. “It’s still alive, you wanna zap it again?”

I wince, “Uh, no Shining, you really don’t want to kill that... she’s your wife.” Shining says nothing and continues to stare at the human, so after a few seconds I clarify, “Really Shining, see, she switched bodies with me and--”

“I know.” He cuts me off, then turns to face me. “You left her letter on the dining room table, I read the whole thing right before I came up here.”

“Oh...” I take a deep breath, “So you understand, ever since you carried me to bed four nights ago. Ever since that event, the pony at your side was not your wife.”

Shining shakes his head, “Yeah, well, I should have known. Cadance, being nice to the castle staff? Cadance, entertaining my little sister? Cadance, kissing me good morning? ...Cadance, saying she loves me? Cadance would never have done any of those things.”

I look down and chuckle, “So I guess I made a pretty terrible Cadance then huh?”

Shining glances sideways at me, “Quite the opposite, I loved having you as you my wife, you were better than the old Cadance ever was.”

I laugh, “Well, what can I say. The secret’s out, it's all over now, .”

“...what's over now?” Shining looks right at me and nods, “Cadance.”

I toss a hoof in the air, “I’m not Cadance, I’m not your wife Shining!”

He slowly smiles, “Says who?”

I sigh with exasperation, “You don’t get it, I’m not her, I’m that thing.” I point a hoof at the unconscious human. “Shining, I’m not supposed to be a pony, I’m not supposed to be a girl, and I’m definetly not supposed to be your wife.”

Still smiling, he tilts his head, “Nah, I understand, I know you've only been a mare for just a few days.”

I look at the floor “Yes, just four days”

I feel a hoof on my chin and I look up, “You were a better Cadance than my old wife ever was. The pony at my side these past few days, that’s the pony I want to be with! Don’t you get it, you are the pony I see myself falling in love with now. I don’t care who you were or how you got here. I want you!”

I blush beet red and I stammer to find words, “But I have to go back. I can’t stay here, I’m not Cadance...”

Shining stares deep into my eyes and he shrugs, “You can be. You can stay here with me! Accept this new life, just permanently take over as Cadance. No one else will ever know.”

I realized he is serious. I’m at a loss for words, “Shining, I can’t keep this body. You're asking me to spend my entire life as a girl pony?” My heart beat faster with excitement just thinking about it.

“Why not? You like it don’t you? You said you loved me."

I start to breathe faster and I lick my lips. This is beyond crazy, why am I even talking about this to him?. “Well, I do, and yes I do Shining. But...”

Shining smiles, “But what?”

I can’t help but laugh, there’s no way I’m actually considering this... but I am! I actually want to stay like this! I have never wanted anything more in my entire life. Could I do it? Could I really spend the rest of my life as a pony? Could I permanently become this stallion’s wife? I find myself filling with arousal just thinking about it.

"But I have some friends back on Earth, I have a girlfriend there." Granted all of them probably hate me now that they met Cadance in my body...

Shining hugs me, "Honey, you have friends here. And you have a loving husband, here."

I hug him back. I feel desire for this with every hair on my pony body. I glance down at the human, “...what about Cadance?”

Shining tilts his head, “Honey, you ARE Cadance, and you always will be. Do you mean what do we do with this random human who is on the floor?”

I laugh, “Yeah, what would we do with her? Or sorry, him.”

He gestures at the portal. “Leave him where he belongs, back on Earth. And take the crystal back so he’s stuck there forever with zero chance of getting off that rock.”

I look through the portal and spot the crystal on that side, then start to levitate it towards me and pull it through the portal, removing the only magical artifact from Earth. The portal starts to quiver, seemingly getting unstable. I look down at the human, “He’s going to be so incredibly pissed when he wakes up and realizes what sort of life and body he is trapped in now.”

Shining picks him up with his magic and sends him through the portal. “Good. She was a fucking bitch when she was a pony.”

The human lands on the other side and I spit through the portal, “Enjoy your life, human.” I laugh again, I can't believe this is actually happening and I actually want this.

Shining turns towards me. “Cadance, I gotta ask, are you absolutely sure about this? You understand there’s no going back. Once we finish this, well, you are going to be really stuck with who you are.”

I glance down at my pink pony body. “Shining... I like this body, I like everything about it. I like the feel of my hooves and the flick of my tail. I like my magic and and I like my new gender. And you know what I love even more?”

Shining steps forward and kisses my forehead. “What would that be?”

I use my magic to pick up the two crystal spheres that started all of this.

“I love being your wife.”

I accelerate both spheres into the wall, shattering both of them into a million pieces. With the crystals destroyed the portal behind us immediately dissolves, and I feel a wave of pure happiness as I realize I’m now permanently stuck as this mare.

Shining lunges towards me and we lock lips. Tears of happiness fall down my eyes as we kiss and I realize how much I'm going to enjoy being with this stallion every single day. We break the kiss and Shining wipes away my tears with his foreleg “Well, Cadance, how shall we start your new life?”

I gaze into his eyes and smile, “Well since I guess I just officially entered into marriage with you...” I pause to kiss him with my tongue once more, “I’m thinking we need to consummate our union.”

Shining grins back, “I think that can be arranged.”

~~~~Finale NSFW tie in, clop~~~~~~

Author's Notes:

Optional epilogue follows~