James

James slowly woke up as he felt something rubbing up on his body. He blinked his eyes trying to get his bearings. He was able to clear away the sleep from his eyes and saw three Lotus’ and four Aloes massaging him. James didn’t think much of it thinking that they had Twilight use a clone spell on them. He looked over to his left to see six Spitfires playing a card game with two Trixie’s, a single Rose, and three Lyras. James smiled at the multiple clones of his marefriends. James stared up at the rock ceiling in utter peacefulness.

James slowly closed his eyes but then his brain finally clicked. James remembered that he was trapped in a cave system being fed upon. He looked around at all the clones as they watched him struggle. They just grinned at his struggles and couldn’t help but laugh. James growled at the spa clones as they changed into Rainbow Dash. James tried to bring up his hands so he could strangle them but to no avail. James was too weak to fight back and they just relished in his uselessness. James screamed with all his might hoping that somepony could hear him.

Twilight

Twilight slowly blinked her eyes open as she yawned. She scratched her back as she headed for her shower. As she walked over to the bathroom she looked over at her clock and saw that it was ten in the morning. Twilight started to have a mini panic attack because she overslept. The rehearsal wedding was about to start in thiry minutes. Twilight used her magic to clean herself up and get herself clothed. When she was presentable she ran out of her room and headed for the throne room.

Twilight reached the two large golden doors and barreled through them. All the ponies that were attending the rehearsal looked back at her. Twilight walked up to the altar trying to catch her breath. Her brother walked up to her and gave her a big hug that she made it on time. Twilight broke free of his grasp and looked at Cadance with fury in her eyes. Twilight was able to catch her breath and started to speak.

“You are not Princess Cadance.” All the ponies gasped in surprise.

“What have you done to Cadance and James?” Twilight asked point an accusing finger at Cadance.

“I don’t know what you mean my dear Twilight.” Cadance said tears forming in her eyes.

“What are you talking about Twily? This is your old foalsitter Cadance.” Shining said stepping in between his sister and wife to be.

“No she isn’t. I saw her use a spell on you at your house.” Twilight was fuming mad now.

“Twily that spell that she used on me was to help with my headache. I overexerted myself during magic training and she has been helping me.”

“No she is evil and I can see it. She did something to you and she did something to James.”

“Twilight why don’t you calm down. You’re starting to scare everypony.” Twilight looked at Rainbow Dash with tears in her eyes.

She looked out at the audience and could see the fear and resentment in their eyes. Twilight ran out of the throne room crying because she felt betrayed. All the ponies watched at the lavender unicorn left the area. With the rehearsal ruined all the ponies left to wait for the actual wedding. After a few hours Twilight returned to the throne room hoping to talk to Celestia. When she entered the room she went over to the stairs and just started to cry on them. Twilight was crying loudly enough that she didn’t hear a pony walk towards her.

Twilight calmed her crying when she felt a hand touch her shoulder. She turned around and saw Cadance smiling down at her. Twilight was about to apologize for her outburst when that smile turned into a grin. Twilight saw the green flames that burned in her eyes as she smirked maliciously. Twilight was about to use a magic blast but was when she was surrounded by a green flames. She was pulled through the floor unable to yell because it happened all too fast. Twilight blinked her eyes as she woke up on a rocky floor.

Twilight lifted herself off the ground trying to get her bearings. As she looked around she was startled when she heard laughing. Twilight turned around to see Cadance in the crystals. Twilight growled as her horn flared up. The faux Cadance kept up her taunts and Twilight had enough of it. She started shooting off magical blasts destroying every crystal that she saw Cadance in. Twilight turned around to see a giant crystal wall with Cadance on it. Twilight focused all her magic as she fired at the giant wall.

The wall crumbled down revealing a dishelved Cadance. Twilight was still filled with rage and charged at Cadance. Cadance’s eyes bulged as she saw the lavender unicorn tackle her to the ground. Twilight’s horn glowed as Cadance pleaded for her to let her go. Twilight didn’t want to believe it but before she could fire her magic she was pulled off. Twilight looked around to see that Rainbow and Lightning were holding her back. Before Twilight could retort at the mares Cadance got off the ground and did the signature dance that they both made.

When Cadance was done with the dance the mares let Twilight go. Twilight ran towards Cadance and the mares were scared that she was going to attack Cadance. Their fears were put rest when Twilight wrapped Cadance in a tight embrace. She cried into Cadance’s shoulder glad that she was okay. Cadance stroked her mane as she cooed the emotional unicorn. Twilight stopped crying as she turned around and looked at the mares. She was able to stop her sniffling as she talked to the others.

“What are all of you doing here?”

“That fake Cadance sent us here. We were all talking in foyer of where our rooms were located about what you said. We had our doubts that you were just being hysterical but then we thought what James would do. So we went to talk with Cadance to see if it was really her. We entered her room and then we were surrounded by green flames. The next thing that happened was we all woke up here. We found the real Cadance and have been trying to find our way out of here.” Aloe explained as she looked around nervously.

Twilight looked at all the mares and took a calming sigh. She walked up to Aloe and held her close to help calm her down. Aloe never did well in dark places. She never liked them so she would always stay next to her sister. Cadance couldn’t help but smile as she felt the love of the mares radiate off each other. Cadance walked up to Twilight and tapped her on the shoulder. Twilight turned around and gave Cadance another hug unable to control her feelings. Cadance hugged Twilight but she asked a question that had been bugging her.

“I heard that you all mentioned somepony named James. May I ask who he is?” Trixie walked up to the princess to answer her question.

“Well to put it simply he is all of our coltfriend. He may also become our husband since we are pregnant.” Trixie blushed a little as she held her stomach.

Cadance stared in shock at all the mares as they shuffled in place. Cadance looked down and saw that Twilight’s face was burning bright red. Cadance used her magic to check over Twilight and the other mares. When she was done Twilight looked at Cadance trying to read her emotions. Cadance was stunned at first but soon smiled at all of them. Cadance congratulated them all and this kind of threw Twilight off. She looked up at Cadance and she patted Twilight on the head.

They stood around for a few minutes trying to figure out what to do. As they talked Twilight saw a dim light at the end of the tunnel. Twilight got everypony’s attention as she walked towards the light. Most of the mares were apprehensive about going further in the cave but it beat sitting around the rest of their lives doing nothing. They walked down the cave hoping that they would find a way out so they could stop the wedding and find James.

James

James was forced to attention when he was slapped across the face by Chrysalis. She straddled James and teased his body. As she teased him she would kiss him and James would continue to gag. His resistance to her advances started to dwindle as his love was sucked from his body. Chrysalis enjoyed the broken down James and thought it smart to let him know some interesting news. She parted their lips as she took a few deep breaths before speaking to him.

“You remember all those mares that you were with James?” Chrysalis couldn’t help but chuckle as she felt his anger leak out of his body.

“Well they are no longer at the castle. They decided to put their noses where they didn’t belong so I got rid of them.” James continued to struggle so he could throw her off of him and strangle her.

“Now that they aren’t around anymore I guess you need a new lover. I am more than willing to take that position but you need to submit.” Chrysalis went in for another kiss but pulled back quickly when James bit her tongue.

Rage filled her eyes as James spat out her blood all over her face. Chrysalis got off of James and picked him up by the collar of his shirt. She slammed James on the ground and brought her foot down on his ribs. James could feel his ribs crack under the force of her stomp. James coughed up blood groaning in pain. James refused to let her get what she wanted. He knew that his mares were tougher than what other ponies gave them credit for. Chrysalis kicked James across the room and then flew over to him. She picked him up and looked deep into his eyes with pure hatred.

“I am getting sick of these games James. You either join me or I will keep you within an inch of your life and use you love as our food source.” James looked back down to her eyes with his own hatred showing.

“I wish you luck in trying to make me your food source. I would rather die trying to escape your clutches than believe that you can harm me.” James laughed as Chrysalis punched him in the gut and dropped him.

James hit the ground and slumped over. James watched as Chrysalis changed back into Cadance and looked back over to him. She shook her head as she teleported out of the cave to enact her plan. James let the few tears that formed in his eyes after all of that. James gathered his strength as he got up from the ground and started walking. He didn’t get far when he was grabbed by three clones of Fluttershy. They carried James over to the chair and set him down. James groaned slightly as he tried to adjust in the chair.

James could feel the drones begin caring for him but only slightly. They fed him and massaged his body but didn’t give him much so he couldn’t fight back. James could feel his vision fading as they continued to feed off his love. James looked up at the ceiling and within the oncoming darkness he saw his mares. James smiled as he saw their smiling faces. James trusted that Celestia would keep her end of the deal since she understood where he was coming from when they talked. James closed his eyes as he let the darkness take him over.

“I’m sorry everypony. Looks like I won’t be able to see our kids grow up into wonderful mares ans stallions. I love you all and I hope that you tell our children that I loved them even if I wasn’t able to meet them.” James lost consciousness as the darkness finally took over.

Twilight and Gang

Twilight and the mares were busy walking down the long cavern hall while Trixie was healing Cadance. There was only so much that Trixie could do since Cadance was an alicorn and required extensive care to get her back to normal. Cadance said that she didn’t need to go to such lengths to help her but Trixie continued on. The other unicorn mares helped by giving some of their magical energy to Trixie. They all had to be careful because they didn’t want to wear themselves out or hurt their children.

They were nearing the light but were stopped by a deep chasm. They all looked down to see that it was filled with darkness. Vinyl threw down a stone and lost sight of it. After a several seconds of when it couldn’t be seen they heard it hit something. They looked across the wide expanse and then at each other. The mares groaned in defeat as they fell on their haunches. They brought their legs up to their chest so they could bury their heads in their knees. Spitfire continued to look out at the expanse as she thought about James. She pulled out her necklace and looked at it. She turned around and looked at the other mares and saw how down trodden they were.

Spitfire reached into her flight suit and pulled out the bag. She opened it up and saw a note inside. The note had the name of the mares and which necklace they were to receive. Spitfire gave a sigh as she pulled out the necklaces and looked them over. She couldn’t help but smile at how beautiful they all were. Each one was a rare gem and she could see why they were given to the mares. She walked over and handed each mare that belonged to them by what the note said. When she was done she sat on the ground as the mares looked them over. Spitfire was pulled from her thoughts as Rarity spoke to her.

“Excuse me darling but what are these for?”

“Well James learned about the different ways to propose to a mare. The use of rare gems in necklaces was apparently a common practice. I didn’t know this but some other ponies did and asked who I was engaged to. I was confused at first and when James explained it to me then I understood. My best guess that he got those so that way we were all engaged to him. I could probably say with certainty that he would have given them to us after the wedding. Now here we are in a Celestia forgiven cave where we will all die.”

The mares continued to look over the necklaces and smiled. They all put the necklaces on and gripped the stones tightly. Flitter got off the ground and walked over to the chasm. She looked out at the edge and did some guessing on the distant. Cloudchaser watched what her sister was doing and had to ask or else she would never understand.

“Flitter what exactly are you doing?”

“I’m trying to find a way across the chasm.”

“Why are you trying to do that? The chasm is too wide and deep for us to get across. There is no hope to get across.” Daisy said as she continued to stare at her necklace.

“I refuse to give up. I may not have been a part of this harem for long but I can catch on pretty fast. I know without a doubt that James wouldn’t give up so easily to something like this. He would try to find a way across no matter how stupid or dangerous it was.” Some of the mares couldn’t help but laugh at how correct Flitter was.

James was very well known for putting caution to the side when he was cornered. All their attention was turned to Cadance as she cleared her throat. She gestured to a few mine carts and the mares smiled. The mares piled in to the separate mine carts as evenly as they could. They all looked at each other as they counted down from three. They knew that this idea was crazy but James would have been stupid enough to try it. As soon as they said go they charged as fast as they could until the carts went down.

The mares that were pushing the carts jumped inside to ride it out. They held on as the carts jerked side to side on the turns. Thry kept their attention focused since they were reaching the broken part of the track. This is where the pegasi came in. Once the cart flew off the track they were to grab the ones that couldn’t fly and carry them over. The mares prepared themselves as Spitfire’s cart was the first off. She grabbed the mares as they flew through the air and carried them over. The same was repeated with the other three mine carts until they were all safe. The mares all laughed as they dusted themselves off and continued forward.

They were nearing the exit but Vinyl stopped following them. She looked over to her right and saw a second source of light. It was different in the sense that it wasn’t light from the sun. The light was from many lit candles and she got curious. She whispered to the other mares and they turned around. Vinyl pointed towards the other light and the mares nodded. They quietly walked towards the light careful of any traps that might be lying around. Once they were near the light they leaned in close to hear for any sounds. There was nothing at first but then they heard their own voices from the other side.

The mares looked at each other in confusion for a bit. They listened in on the noises and were certain that they were hearing their own. They walked around the building trying to find an entrance. They were at the backside of the building when they found a door. Vinyl looked at the other unicorns and they nodded their heads. Cadance was going to help them but they kept her back for safety reasons. It was true that they were putting themselves in danger but they were more than capable of taking care of themselves. Twilight counted down with her fingers from five. All their hands glowed as they readied to blast the door.

Twilight finally reached zero and they blasted the door in unison. Once the door was flown back the mares charged in. They entered the building ready for a fight. When they entered they were stunned with what they saw. The mares could feel their anger rise as they saw James on the chair unresponsive to being touched.

Author's Notes:

Thanks to ErikTheSoulReaper for the help on this chapter.