"So, how was work?" Rainbow asked as she heard Twilight and Ascentia come home, and seeing Ascentia looking disheveled with her clothes messily put back together, "...I totally called it."

"Call it what you want," Twilight stuck her tongue out at her, "Despite our... well, breaks, we still got a lot of work done."

"Oh yeah, I can see how much work you got done," Rainbow laughed, striding over and reaching under Ascentia's skirt, "Shy owes me fifty bits."

"Lovely," Twilight said dryly, "And what about you?"

"Oh, just been a lazy day around the house, Shy and Ci both went out to look at houses," Rainbow snickered as Ascentia squirmed under her touch.

"Fun," Twilight poked her nose, chuckling, "I'll leave you to it, then. I need to lie down a bit. Where's Sunny?"

"In her and Spec's room," Rainbow said, undoing Ascentia's jacket, "She found your diary or something to that effect."

"Okay. So I'll just go and make sure that she's-"

Twilight's face blanched, her expression one of terror. She then dashed up the stairs without so much of another word.

"...What's up with her?" Rainbow wondered, "Was it something I said?"

Ascentia shrugged, "No idea. Twilight never let me so much as see her diary."

Rainbow shrugged as she pushed Ascentia to her knees, "Alright then, now..."

Twilight burst through the door to find Sunrise huddled in the corner, Twilight's diary open at her feet as the girl was in tears.

"Mommy..." she whimpered, "Why do you want Mama to die?"

"...Sunny, I..." Twilight looked at her with sad eyes, then fell to her knees, shaking, "I'm... I'm sorry."

Twilight cast her eyes down to her diary, and was met with very messy, hysterical handwriting. She flinched when she remembered that a lot of the things she'd written in there were very nasty and violent things. Especially about Ascentia.

Sunrise wiped her eyes and looked back up at her, "Why do you hate Mama?"

"Honey... I was in a bad place at the time," Twilight managed to say, wiping her eyes, "I-I didn't hate Mama. I never hated Mama... I was just... a monster."

Sunrise kicked at her, frowning, "No! You hate Mama! Everyone hates Mama! Everyone's always mean to Mama, calling her names, hittin' her, Auntie Rainbow's always making her eat her thingy! Why is everyone so mean to Mama?!"

Doing all she could to try not to collapse, Twilight took a few breaths, holding her head and calming herself. Her therapist's tips on cooling down filled her mind, her muscles were less tense, and she could think again. She wiped her eyes, then stood up, looking at her daughter. Near her, Spectrum was sadly hugging his teddy bear, looking at her pleadingly for help.

"Sunrise... I'm going to get Mama," she said, then left the room and headed downstairs.

As she did so, she took a few breaths, and came into the living room. There was no way she could handle what was happening, let alone realizing that Sunrise knew a lot more than she let on. It was the kind of moment in a household with children that any parent would want to hope would never happen. However, Twilight knew she would have to be naive to expect that this, somehow, wouldn't affect Sunrise.

When she came in, Ascentia and Rainbow looked up, both of them half undressed.

"Girls, I'm sorry to interrupt, but there's a problem. Sunny... Sunny knows what's going on, and... and she found my diary, and she's... convinced we all hate you, Kitten, I..." Twilight felt tears run down her cheeks again, "I can't do this. I-I can't. Can you... can you please go and talk to her?"

As if someone had fired off a gun behind her, Ascentia ripped her head away from Rainbow's groin and bounded up the stairs, throwing her jacket back over her shoulders. Prising open the door to the bedroom, she found Sunrise crying in the corner.

"Hey sweetie," she said softly, approaching her daughter, "It's Mama. Come here, do you wanna talk to me?"

Sunrise sniffled, shaking hard, "M-Mama...! Why does Mommy hate you... why does she want you to die?!"

Ascentia sighed and sat down on the bed, "Spectrum, can you go wait downstairs with your mother and Auntie Twiley?"

Spectrum nodded and toddled out of the room. Ascentia closed the door and patted her leg, "Come here, sweetheart. Come sit on my lap."

Sniffling, Sunrise crawled from her spot and climbed onto her lap, whimpering. Ascentia gently squeezed her and ran her fingers through her hair, making soothing whispering sounds.

"Sweetheart... before you were born, and for a little while afterward, Mommy was... not a very nice person," Ascentia explained, "She used to hit me, insult me, and do a lot worse. That's why she was in the hospital for so long. She's been getting better, she's not all the way there yet, but those days are over. Mommy never hated me, sweetheart, and she never wanted me to die. Those things you were reading were written when she was angry. Like when you get angry and scream that you hate us? You don't really mean that, do you?"

Sunrise looked up, then wiped her nose, "No... I don't, Mama..."

"Well neither did Mommy," Ascentia said softly, kissing Sunrise's forehead and snuggling her.

"But... But Mama... everyone says mean things to you... and Aunt Rainbow makes you... put your mouth on her boy part... a-and and I saw all my aunties just.. make you do things..." Sunrise whimpered, snuggling against her.

"Sunrise, we were playing," Ascentia said softly, unfazed by the revelation that Sunrise knew what was going on between her and the girls. She figured Sunrise would find out sooner or later, "Mama like to play that way with Mommy and your Aunties. I asked them to do all of that."

"...Really?" Sunrise mumbled, managing to look at her. "But... it's so mean..."

"Maybe, but we're only playing around," Ascentia said, nuzzling Sunrise's cheek, "When they're calling me all those mean names, they don't really mean it. It's all in good fun between Mama, Mommy and your Aunties. I know it probably doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but you'll understand it when you're older. Trust me, you'll really understand it when you're older." She chuckled and kissed Sunrise's cheek, "But I'll tell you what..."

Ascentia drew a tiny, emergency pager out of her pocket and handed it to her.

"This pager will call 911. If I'm in real trouble and Mommy or your Aunties aren't playing, I'll yell for you and you can press it to get Uncle Shining over to help, okay?"

"Okay, Mama..." Sunrise took it in her hand, "I'll try..."

"All you have to do is press the button and Uncle Shining will be right over," Ascentia smiled. She'd gotten the pager for this very reason after she brought Twilight home, and knew that it worked, "Are we going to be okay, Sunny?"

"Yes... I'll be okay, Mama..." Sunrise nuzzled her, "I love you, Mama! I don't want you to get hurt..."

"I won't, sweetheart," Ascentia nuzzled her cheek, "I have you protecting me."

"Yay," Sunrise kissed her cheek.

"There's Mama's girl," Ascentia smiled, "C'mon, you've got Mommy really worried. Let's go give her a big hug."

She made to stand up, but Sunrise slithered out of her arms and sat back down on the bed, shaking her head and frowning.

"Huh? What'sa matter?" Ascentia asked.

"No! Mommy was mean! No hug! She's grounded!" Sunrise pouted, crossing her arms.

Ascentia chuckled a little bit, "I see. You're still mad at her. Can we at least go tell her that everything's alright so she'll stop worrying?"

"You tell her, I no go down," Sunrise shook her head.

Ascentia's face fell but she nodded, "Alright," she said turning to the door, "I love you, sweetheart."

Sunrise mumbled a response, then curled up on her bed and turned away, sniffling. Ascentia turned back and leaned down, kissing her cheek as she stroked her hair before heading back downstairs.

"Spectrum, you can go back upstairs now, Sunny needs a hug," she smiled, watching Spectrum perk right up and toddle back upstairs as she sat down with Rainbow and Twilight.

"Okay... she understands what's been going on, at least as well as a five year-old can be expected to understand," Ascentia explained, "But I gave her my emergency pager and told her if anything got really bad, she can press it and Shining Armor will be over in no time."

"All right, then," Twilight said, managing to look at her, "I'm so sorry about that. It just... I was overwhelmed and couldn't console her. She's... mad at me, isn't she?"

Ascentia waved her off, "Give her a few days, and she'll be fine."

"So... what does this mean for... all of this stuff?" Rainbow asked nervously.

"Not a thing," Ascentia said with a smile, leaning down and kissing Rainbow's cheek, "Though now you've got to deal with the fact that my daughter's seen you calling me a dirty cumslut and knows enough to know that it's not a compliment."

"Oh, well I guess I'm gonna have to make sure she's not in hearing range," Rainbow said with a shrug.

"You thought it'd be over, didn't you?" Twilight asked.

"Kinda, it took me by surprise," Rainbow chuckled, "Even if it did, eh, we'd get over it."

"Maybe you'd get over it, but I've kinda grown attached," Ascentia giggled, squeezing Rainbow's shoulder and nuzzling her cheek.

"Oh come on," Rainbow laughed, nudging her, "Fine, but I'm just gonna say I love you, but not IN. So we're on the same page, all righty?"

Ascentia leaned back somewhat, not quite understanding, "I don't follow."

"She means to say she loves you, she's just not IN love with you," Twilight explained.

"So... unlike Shy and Cielle, I'm just a friend and free blowjob?" Ascentia asked, pulling back from Rainbow and lifting an eyebrow.

"Oh..." Rainbow looked crestfallen, biting her lip, "Putting it that way kinda makes it sound... jeez, you didn't get the wrong idea, did you? Aw man, I'm sorry. If I gave you the wrong impression, that's my bad."

"No, no it's fine," Ascentia said, forcing a chuckle out as she moved back to the couch, "I understood..."

She gave a weak smile, but knew that it wasn't fooling anyone. That had hurt. A lot.

"...Do you girls want me to leave you alone?" Twilight asked, "I can just go out to-"

"No, it's fine. I'm gonna go," Rainbow stood up, sighing a bit, "I just, I'm sorry." She grabbed her jacket, then went out the door, closing it behind her.

Twilight looked at her wife sympathetically, feeling unsure about what to do, or even to say. Nonetheless, she scooted closer, and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Are you okay, Kitten?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Ascentia lied, absently thumbing the necklace that Rainbow had given her five years ago, "I just... I hadn't expected that..."

Nodding sadly, Twilight squeezed her shoulder a bit, "I know she does love you and care about you, Kitten. Don't doubt that. She's just... well, she just doesn't romantically love you. It doesn't mean you're not family, though, since you are."

'Mmhmm," Ascentia sighed, standing up and climbing the stairs to her bedroom, closing the door behind her as she flopped down onto her bed, looking up at the ceiling.

Then around at the lavish furniture that Rainbow had bought for her without question, despite her protests. At the way both she and Fluttershy had welcomed her in when she needed somewhere to go and treated her like one of their own.

Then she started to cry.

"Yikes!" Fluttershy jumped when she felt a hand grip her shoulder and she almost dropped the bag of chicken feed, "Rainbow! You startled me!"

"Sorry," Rainbow sighed, shaking her head, "You got a minute... I need to talk, and I, well, you're the one I need to talk to now."

Fluttershy looked concerned, then placed the bag down and gave her a hug, "What's wrong? Tell me about it."

"Okay, long story short, some shit went down with Sunrise finding out about the shit we've all been doing with Asy, and there was talk about all that stuff ending. Asy sorted it out, and was saying that she was too attached to give it up. I thought she was playing around, so I just kinda made it clear she was more like friends with benefits than a third lover and..." Rainbow winced as she recalled it, "She wasn't playing around. She caught feelings and I may have really hurt her by saying that..."

"Oh..." Fluttershy nuzzled her hair and held her tighter, "I can understand, I know what she's going through... It's not a nice feeling at all, for either one. I knew she had some attachment to you, but I didn't think... Well, at least you were honest. That's really all you can do."

"I know, but... oh fuck," Rainbow squeezed her tighter, "I gave her all those beautiful gifts, I furnished her room... I fucked a girl on the rebound and told her she was part of the family. This is all my stupid fault!"

Shaking her head, Fluttershy kissed her forehead, "I can understand you feel responsible, but listen. This isn't anybody's fault. Yes, she was on the rebound and seemed to have mistaken your care and generosity as romantic. She simply had the wrong idea and was a little emotionally vulnerable. You just wanted her to feel loved and welcome, like a family member."

"Yeah, but it was still only a few days after Twi had been dragged away. Why the fuck can't I stop putting my dick in everything I see?" Rainbow groaned, "Well, if it wasn't all over before, it probably is now..."

"You both made a mistake in that regard, true," Fluttershy admitted, stroking her hair, "But that's where you just have to take responsibility and work it out. Now that the truth is out on the table, you just have to go from there."

Rainbow groaned, "Do I have to work things out? Can't I just go back in time and stop myself from telling her she was just a friend with benefits?"

Fluttershy raised an eyebrow, "Wouldn't it make more sense to stop yourself from having sex with her in the first place?"

Rainbow grumbled something incomprehensible into her shoulder.

"But anyway, we can't change the past," Fluttershy went on, "She believed you might have been in love with her too, but she needs to come terms with that not being the case. Look, just give her some time and space, then you two can talk."

Rainbow grumbled again, "I hate it when shit hits the fan..."

"Hey," Rainbow said nervously as she came back into the house, looking around the living room, "Where is-"

She was met by Sunrise frowning at her, along with Twilight flipping through a book.

"She's upstairs," Twilight said absently, "Don't mind Sunny, she's gotten protective of her mother."

Rainbow would've laughed and found it cute, but at the moment, she felt too guilty, "Okay. Look, Twi, I'm sorry about all that. You know I didn't mean to deceive her all this time, right? I just... wanted to make her feel better, to make her happy, you know?"

Twilight nodded, "I understand, Rainbow. Honestly, I have been questioning why you jumped into bed with her so quickly, but that's beside the point. I think she'll be fine, it just hurt to have to hear it. She's upstairs if you want to go talk to her."

"Believe me, I'm asking myself why I did that, too," Rainbow sighed, "It's been a while, I guess it's safe to try."

She went upstairs, slowly, and then approached the bedroom in question. Hesitating, she then knocked on the door.

"Come in," Ascentia called from inside.

Rainbow opened the door, slowly stepping into the room, "Hey... can we talk?"

"Sure," Ascentia said, sitting up and doing her best to look like nothing had happened, but the reddening around her eyes said otherwise.

"Asy... I know you're upset about what I said, and I'm sorry," Rainbow sighed, closing the door behind herself, "I'm sorry that I ended up deceiving you like that. It was... dumb of me, especially since I practically took the chance to jump on you just days after Twi was taken away."

Ascentia's mind briefly flashed back to the first time they'd slept together... after Rainbow had spent an hour comforting her and cuddling with her. Sighing, she looked up at her.

"No, I just... I just got the wrong idea. I thought I was another girlfriend... like Cielle. Especially since..." she geustured around the room and at the choker and necklace on her neck.

Nodding in understanding, Rainbow ran a hand along her scruffy hair, "I know, I guess I can see why you thought that. Especially since I didn't make it clear in the past. But still, I did all that I did because I do care about ya, and you're still like family. I wanted to make you happy."

Ascentia nodded, reaching out and briefly touching Rainbow's hand, "I know that, it's just... you don't spend thirty thousand bits just to make a friend happy..."

"You kept track?"

"Maybe..."

"I know, I know," Rainbow groaned, approaching the bed, "Because I do still love you a lot, you know that. It's just, ya know, different."

"Yeah, I get it. I'm like Applejack except you get to fuck me," Ascentia said in understanding, but couldn't help the tiniest hint of bitterness.

"I'm sorry," Rainbow said, catching this, "It was all my fault. I just... I don't know what else I can say."

Ascentia looked back up as Rainbow approached, not sure if she was about to console her, 'break up' with her, or put something in her mouth, "...So what happens now?"

"I don't know," Rainbow said honestly, "I mean, it's up to you. If you're still, well, willing to keep things like they are, we can. But if you're not really up to that, I understand. I just... I want you to know the truth, and you can kinda go from there."

Ascentia looked down at the floor for a minute. She was tired. Not just from work and then having to console Sunny, but also from the seemingly unending chain of one bullshit piece of drama after another. And she was especially tired of people walking on eggshells around her whenever she showed the slightest inklings of a bad mood. She liked it better when things were happy, fun and... casual...

She looked up at Rainbow, deciding to leave the decision up to her, "Either get out, or get your cock in my mouth," she said, her face making her ultimatum clear.

There was silence for a few moments as Rainbow processed this. She considered, weighing the options, and then seeing exactly what she had to do.

Approaching the bed, Rainbow's look of concern faded into that of stern.

"Excuse me?" She spoke in mock-irritation, narrowing her eyes, while undoing her jeans, "What did you just say? Because I think I heard you giving me an order."

"I did," Ascentia said firmly.

"And just where do you get off giving me orders?" Rainbow pushed her back on the bed by her shoulders, standing over her, "I thought you knew better than that."

"I guess I don't," Ascentia shrugged.

"I thought I told you that I'm the one who gives the orders around here!" Rainbow said, grabbing her legs, "No. I'm not giving you that satisfaction unless you earn it, slut. You know better than that!"

"I don't really care which hole you fuck, as long as it's one of them," Ascentia said, supressing the inevitable shudder.

"Hey! No talking!" Rainbow pulled off her pants, slapping her rear as she flipped her over, "I'm sick of that stupid mouth of yours running off like you think you can! Enough! Shut up and take it like the worthless slut you are!"

Ascentia didn't want to take it. She didn't want to behave. She wanted it to be rough. To hurt. She wanted Rainbow to leave marks on her by the end of it and be walking funny in the morning.

"If you're sick of my mouth, then make me behave," she said defiantly.

"Shut up!" Rainbow spanked her again, then yanked off her panties, "This is going in your ass if you don't stop your yapping!"

"Nice try, but I love it in the ass," Ascentia smirked as she felt her panties tugged off her legs.

"And it's not coming out until YOU shut up!" Rainbow grabbed her hips and lifted them up, before then entering her rear entrance, fast.

Ascentia growled in approval, rocking her hips back against her and curling her fingers around her sheets, "Fuck... there we go, that's it..."

"Are you hard of hearing? I said ZIP IT!" Rainbow smacked her rear again, beginning to thrust in an out of her.

"I heard you, I'm just not listening," Ascentia groaned, squeezing her rear down onto Rainbow's member.

"I don't take well to sluts who don't listen!" Rainbow snarled, going faster.

"Could have fooled me," Ascentia hissed, squeezing harder as she reached underneath to play with herself.

"Fuck you, bitch!" Rainbow spanked her again, and then grabbed her arm, "NO! Hands off yourself! You did not earn it, you get none of that!"

Ascentia purred softly and tugged her arm out of Rainbow's grip, reaching back down to her sex again.

"No!" Rainbow grabbed both her arms, holding them up, "Get your hands away from your snatch!"

"No," Ascentia grinned and tugged her hands back down.

"I...said...NO! I will cuff you!" Rainbow spanked her again.

Ascentia moaned as Rainbow's hand slammed against her rear, tugging harder against her grip and pulling her hands free again, one planting onto the bed to prop herself up and the other desperately rubbing her nub.

Deciding to let it be, for now, Rainbow continued to thrust in and out of her rapidly. Faster then before. In spite of the intensity, she found herself smiling. It felt good to have, in some way, worked it out for the better. Ascentia groaned softly as she felt a much-denied climax rushing over her, but her fingers plunged into herself even as her orgasm subsided, desperate to draw out another.

Rainbow came moments later, groaning out as she withdrew. For the moment, anyway. Ascentia looked back, smiling sweetly with the hint of a smirk.

"So we're good?" she asked.

Chuckling, Rainbow nodded with a light smirk, "I'd say we're good, Asy."

"I guess the only thing left is the fact that I've been misbehaving," Ascentia smirked.

"Which is why you're gonna get some punishment," Rainbow smirked, smacking her rear.

Ascentia shivered and bit her lip, "Good."

"I'm just gonna fetch some handcuffs...." Rainbow chuckled, getting up off the bed.

"Bottom drawer, underneath Twilight's thongs," Ascentia said, turning over and lying back on the bed, gently fingering herself, "Feel free to steal one, by the way."

"Ooh, maybe I will," Rainbow chuckled. She went to the drawer, riffled through it, and then pulled out a pair of handcuffs, humming a tune as she did so.

"Go with one of the dark purple ones, she doesn't wear them very often so she won't miss them," Ascentia snickered.

"Okay," Rainbow pulled them out, placing them aside. She turned around then, twirling the cuffs around one finger, "Hope you're ready to get arrested."

Ascentia smirked and simply fingered herself harder, sticking her tongue out at Rainbow.

"Hey! On the ground, now!" Rainbow yelled, going toward her, "Get on the ground!"

"Let me think about that... no," Ascentia rolled her eyes.

"That was not a request!" Rainbow grabbed her arm, and slapped a cuff onto her wrist. Ascentia looked up at it and smiled.

"Did I pluck a nerve?" she asked.

"Nah, I just get into it sometimes," Rainbow chuckled.

Ascentia winked and reached her other arm down to her nethers.

"Oh no you don't! You are under arrest, you are not reaching for nothing!" Rainbow grabbed her other arm, cuffing her wrists behind her back.

Ascentia looked back at the cuffs and then turned back to Rainbow, "So now what?" she asked.

"I have to search you," Rainbow ran her hands down her body, patting and squeezing everywhere she could.

Ascentia giggled and squirmed underneath her touch, looking up at Rainbow and biting her lip. This was going to be a long evening. Next Chapter: Just Happened To Auntie Dagi Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 32 Minutes