Ascentia winced in pain as she came to sometime in the morning. Twilight had twisted around in her arms, and she could feel dull, aching pains all over her body like she'd been pitted up against a giant Rockem Sockem Robot.

"Oh Twilight," she muttered, "Someone was having nightmares again, wasn't she?"

"Sorry..." Twilight mumbled with a sigh, "I was..."

"Yeah, you swing in your sleep," Ascentia hissed as she shifted off her hip and held her tighter, "You've been doing it every night since we got married."

"...Oh," Twilight looked embarrassed at this, "Jeez, moments like this makes me wish I had a little more control over what I do when I sleep."

Ascentia shrugged and kissed her cheek, "It'll stop hurting by lunch, don't worry about it."

"Still," Twilight pulled back, and got up off the couch to stretch, "Oh, man... what time is it?"

Ascentia checked her watch, "About 4:14 in the morning."

"What?! It's still night?! Oh..." Twilight groaned, laying her forehead against the wall, "...I think I'll go for a walk... The night air will do me some good."

"D'you want me to go with you?" Ascentia asked, sitting up and stretching.

"If you don't mind," Twilight said, standing up straight.

Ascentia nodded and stood up, nursing a bruise on her neck, "Ugh... you got an arm on you when you're asleep," she chuckled.

"I'm sorry..." Twilight looked downward with a pouty frown.

Ascentia held out her hand for Twilight to take and smiled, "It's alright. C'mon, I always wanted to see Canterlot at night."

"Everything's so peaceful," Ascentia smiled as she and Twilight strolled down the main promenaude as the thick fog surrounded them.

"I know, it really is... Whenever I come back, I make it a point to take a night walk," Twilight murmured, "It's one of the things I always enjoyed doing as a kid, with Shining Armor and/or Cadance. Especially when I go to my favourite spot..."

"Your favorite spot?" Ascentia asked, "What favorite spot?"

Twilight pointed somewhere off ahead of them, "I go up this hill, and some stairs, it leads to some lookout points. There's this one spot that has this incredible view of the city, and it's gorgeous at nighttime."

"...We've been married for almost 30 years and you've never told me about this?" Ascentia asked in mock offense as Twilight led her by the hand up the hill.

"I guess it kept slipping my mind and not coming up," Twilight giggled, "Come on! I have to show you something else, too. We're almost there!"

Ascentia grinned as Twilight yanked her up the hill, "Alright, what is it?" she asked excitedly.

"It's not much, but..." Twilight pointed out to the city, "You see the radio tower? And its blinking red light?"

Ascentia squinted out and spotted the tower through the fog, "Yeah, what about it?"

"When I was little, Shining Armor pointed out to me when he took me here for the first time. He said that if I ever got lost, that I should follow the blinking red light. Kind of like a North Star sort of thing," Twilight smiled nostalgically, "It kind of stuck with me. I never really got lost, but almost anytime I was walking around at night, I'd try to find it."

Ascentia brought an arm around Twilight as they stared out at the radio tower. Her eyes trailing down at the rest of Canterlot and the vast landscape beneath the city, she smiled and kissed Twilight's hair.

"Why did you leave Canterlot in the first place?" Ascentia asked, "What brought you to Ponyville?"

"Well, I was privately tutored by Princess Celestia after I was in Kindergarten. I went with that until high school age. And my parents thought it'd be more beneficial if I went to high school in a less... prestigious setting, plus Dad was being transferred at work. So we moved to Ponyville, while Shining Amor and Cadance stayed behind in Canterlot for college." Twilight recalled.

Hugging her tighter, Ascentia ran a hand through her hair, "How was that when you first got there? It was like a year difference between you gettin to Ponyville and me, right?"

"About a year, yeah," Twilight nodded after a quick calculation, "I felt really out of place and weirded out. Plus, I didn't want to tell them all that I was a private student of the Princess, so I just said I was homeschooled all this time. But yeah, she was telling me to make some friends, but, well, being me, I wasn't interested. I just wanted to get my education and then go to college. I didn't care much about social situations."

"What changed?" Ascentia asked, kissing the top of her head.

"A hot redhead crossed my path."

"Oh bullshit," Ascentia laughed, snorting, "You were all buddy buddy with those five long before I came around."

Twilight laughed a little, "Yeah, I was just being silly. It was Pinkie who approached me first and just... kind of tethered herself to me. I didn't understand it and I found her really, really weird. But, she grew on me, big time. Then she introduced me to her other closest friends, and at first I was not at all sure how to act with them. But they were fun and really welcoming, we all just hit it off after a while."

"Leave it to Pinkie and her lady boner," Ascentia giggled, kissing the top of Twilight's head, "Okay, so I couldn't have been the first. You had to have had the eye for one of them before I came along, right?"

Twilight thought for a few moments, then shook her head, "No, not really. Not at the time, anyway. Well, of course I found them all to be attractive in their own ways... Plus I was kind of finding myself as a lesbian, too. Eventually I was more self-assured, but just didn't feel that way toward anybody. Then you came along and warped my perception of reality upside-down!"

Ascentia grinned and squeezed her rear, "Yeah, I could see you staring at me when I first walked into class that day."

"Well, it's not everyday that a classmate is over six feet tall and has striking red hair," Twilight giggled, "You just left a huge impact on me."

"And screaming at the teacher, too," Ascentia smirked, "I heard she wanted to introduce me to the class like a petting zoo, I was like fuck no."

"I was going to say elementary school, but whatever," Twilight stuck her tongue out, "And then I finally approached you. I'm pretty surprised I didn't piss my pants, since I was so nervous."

"Well you were doing pretty well," Ascentia giggled, "After six seconds I wanted to shove my hand down your pants, you were that adorable."

"I was tripping over my words and stuttering!" Twilight laughed, "I sounded like a lunatic!"

"You were blushing and shifting around all timid-like," Ascentia protested, "You were so freaking tiny and nervous. You had me at H-Hiyikes."

"Oh jeez..." Twilight giggled, "The things I said..."

"You were adorable," Ascentia grinned, giving her rear a slap, "I had to have you."

Letting out a playful yelp, Twilight laughed, "Oh, I remember that. You messed up my head so much! I just couldn't figure it out and it drove me crazy. I remember my friends telling me you were staring at me... but all I said was, 'She can burn lasers into the back of my head for all I care'!"

"It worked, though," Ascentia grinned, kissing her cheek, "What with you driving your friends insane gushing about me."

"Looks like it," Twilight nuzzled her cheek. "But that goes without saying."

"Little Twilight's first girlfriend," Ascentia giggled, "I remember driving my family nuts gushing about mine."

"Oh, pure classic," Twilight laughed at the memory.

Ascentia laughed and cuddled her closer.

"Who was your first girlfriend, anyway?" Twilight asked.

"Huh? Oh... one of the substitutes at my old school," Ascentia shrugged, "I don't really remember her name. Started with a Ch, that's all I remember."

"Wait, what?" Twilight blinked with surprise, "A substitute teacher?"

Ascentia nodded, "I was fourteen, she was filling in for the Senior Calculus teacher."

"You dated a grown woman at fourteen?!"

"Well it wasn't really dated, more like 'rode'," Ascentia shrugged, "But yeah. I was young, and impressionable... and she was hot..."

"Driven by your raging estrogen," Twilight teased, poking her nose.

"Hey, I wasn't the one who ended up in jail," Ascentia snickered.

"...Do I even want to know?"

"She was fucking a fourteen year-old, what do you think happened?" Ascentia raised an eyebrow, "She got caught."

"Exactly," Twilight stuck her tongue out, "Anything else I should know? Actually... scratch that. Revealing dark secrets is too scarring. Let's do something else!"

"Well actually, there was one girl back in my old school," Ascentia smirked, "You've actually met her before."

"Really? Who?"

"...Maud."

"Maud Pie?! Pinkie's sister?!" Twilight's jaw dropped, "Oh, now you HAVE to give me the details!"

"Honestly, I have no idea how it happened," Ascentia grinned sheepishly, "One minute we were talking about rocks, the next she had be tied up in her bed."

Twilight began to laugh, "Wow! That's amazing! How was she? I mean, she's very aloof and calm, so it's a little interesting to imagine her in that kind of situation."

Ascentia bit her lip, "Well... her face was aloof and calm... the rest of her... it was like being fucked by a jackhammer."

"Wow," Twilight whistled, "Incedible. I haven't seen Maud in years... that would be an interesting conversation."

"Yeah... that's how I found out I really like it in the ass," Ascentia blushed, kissing Twilight's cheek.

"She was your first time up the ass, huh?"

Ascentia nodded, "Yup. And she was NOT gentle. She's a really rough girl in bed. It hurt, but it was so exhilirating."

"Wow! I never would've pegged Maud Pie to be rough in bed, but I guess that goes to show how little I know that some people can act very differently in bed than in real life," Twilight chuckled, "Wouldn't be the first time I misjudged her."

"Yeah. What's worse is that she didn't even untie me. She just said 'You're going to stay here now' and left," Ascentia puttered, "Ended up spending an entire weekend tied up in Maud's room, with her coming back every few hours to pound my ass some more. Fun weekend."

"Oh, wow... Now that's something," Twilight remarked.

"Yeah, that girl's a real bondage freak," Ascentia whistled.

"I'll have to keep that in mind..."

"Why's that?" Ascentia asked with a smirk.

Twilight smiled coyly, "No reason."

Ascentia snickered and wrapped an arm around Twilight's waist, "I love you, Twilight."

"I love you too, Kitten," Twilight snuggled against her happily.

Ascentia frowned as she sat with Princess Luna in one of the sofas in the common area. Frankly, if she had had her way they'd be on their way home by now. But Twilight had insisted on talking to Celestia and she insisted on not letting her go alone.

"Twilight... I'm so sorry for what happened yesterday," Celestia said softly, her eyes still red from crying herself to sleep.

"No... You have nothing to be sorry for," Twilight said softly, wiping her own eyes, "It just... triggered what happened in the past and I overreacted. I know I can't help it, but still. You didn't mean any harm, not back then and not now."

"Still, I... your wife was right. I should have said seventeen or something, I shouldn't have..." Celestia exhaleed softly, "You didn't need to know how young you were..."

Twilight sighed and nodded, "Maybe so. Maybe you should've said older than five. Maybe I really didn't need to know! But... I don't even care anymore. I can't exactly fault you for being honest with me. But not just that, I... you really are the closest thing to a mother I've had in all my life. I don't want to lose what we've had... especially not like this. I forgive you."

Celestia wiped her eyes and opened her arms, inviting Twilight in for a hug while Nebula sat poised on the edge of her seat. Twilight smiled brightly and hugged her former teacher tightly, burying her face in her shoulder as she cried a little.

Like a rocket, Nebula shot out of her seat and glomped onto the both of them, squealing happily as she hugged the both of them, "EEEEEEEE! Mommy's happy again!"

Looking up, Twilight giggled and brought one arm around the little girl, "Hi there, sweetheart."

"I love you, Auntie Twilight!" Nebula giggled, kissing her cheek.

"Awww, I love you too, Nebula," Twilight smiled brightly through her tears, "You're very sweet."

"Sunny?" Spectrum called as he wandered down the halls of Canterlot Castle, "Sunny, where are you?" He had gotten a message from Sunrise to come to the castle, saying it was urgent. Of course, the liberal amount of hearts and winky faces in her text told him that he was probably being punked. "...Hello? Sunny? Okay, you got me! Hahaha! No need to jump out at me!"

Continuing down the hall, he heard his footsteps reverberating off the high ceiling as he turned down into the apartment wing, where those staying at the castle would live, "I am so going to get tackled, aren't I?"

He was proven wrong when one of the doors burst open and Sunrise grabbed him by the shirt, yanking him inside and shoving him onto the couch.

"Ah! Sunny, not so rough!"

"How can I not be?! I haven't seen you in days!" Sunrise pouted, "It's no fair. I just HAD to get the shaft because Ma was throwing me away."

"She didn't throw you away, Sunny," Spectrum rolled his eyes as he sat up, only for Sunrise to sit on him, "Aunt Asy can't throw anybody away."

"I know, I know. I just prefer coming out here on my own terms, not 'cause someone wants me out of the house," Sunrise now lay on top of him, snuggling close, "Makes me feel like a leper or something."

"How do you think I feel? It's been three weeks since you came out here. I miss my sister," Spectrum pouted, kissing her cheek.

"I'm sorry," Sunrise snuggled close, "I miss Maxy... I miss Prissy... I miss being a big sister to them, too! It's no fair. Do they miss me at all?"

"Maxy's been screaming blue bloody murder wanting you to come home. Prissy not so much, since she knows you'll be home soon," Spectrum explained, wrapping his arms around Sunrise's waist, "She's been feeing your spider, by the way."

Sunrise sighed with relief, and snuggled closer, "That's real good to hear. Poor Maxy baby, I'm gonna call and ask Mom if I can talk to her on the phone."

"She's been trying to call all week, but every time she ends up calling North Corralia," Spectrum chuckled, squeezing her.

"Oh, poor baby... Someone needs to show her how to use the phone," Sunrise poked his nose.

"I've tried, but she can never remember the number," Spectrum giggled, kissing her cheek.

"I'll help her once I'm home again," Sunrise giggled too, nuzzling his cheek.

"I'm sure she'll love that," Spectrum giggled, his hands briefly moving to her rear before he realized what he was doing and jerked them back.

Sunrise giggled, "Hey... why'd you stop?"

"Uh... cause... ya know, you're like my sister and... uh..." Spectrum babbled, his race going red as his mother's genes kicked in.

"Oh, okay," Sunrise chuckled, "But it's okay, I don't mind."

"...Really?" Spectrum blushed, burying his face in Sunrise's neck.

"Nope," Sunrise nuzzled him.

Spectrum blushed and slowly lowered his hands back to her rear, hiding his face, "...You're really soft..."

Sunrise nuzzled his hair, "Thanks, Speccy... so are you."

"That's just because Mom makes me use moisturizer..."

"You love it."

"...Yeah," Spectrum scrunched his lips up and nuzzled Sunrise's cheek.

"No one's making you do anything, Speccy," Sunrise laughed, "And I sure love that you use it!"

"Why's that? Everyone at school calls me a fag for it," Spectrum frowned in the most pouty, adorable way possible.

"Speccy... can I ask you something?" Sunrise asked, grinning, "You like wearing moisturizer, right?"

"Yeah," Spectrum blushed.

"And if you didn't want to wear it, you'd stop because you wanted to, right?"

"Yes," Spectrum nodded.

Sunrise grinned widely, "You see? Then that's what matters! Who cares what they think, anyway? No way in hell would I stoop down just to please those dickweeds."

"I don't so much care what they think, as I care about being pummeled over the head by blunt objects," Spectrum remarked, kissing her cheek, "That's actually quite painful."

"Then fight back! Don't be afraid to knock the crap out of anyone who tries to swing at you, Speccy!" Sunrise nuzzled his nose.

"They're all bigger than me. Aunt Asy's been trying to teach me how to do Kung Fu, but I'm not very good at it," Spectrum pouted.

Sunrise gave him a pointed, but playful stare, "Have you been practicing a lot?"

"...Not as much as I could..." Spectrum shrunk down and scrunched his lips up.

"Aha! Then there's the problem!" Sunrise smiled then, "I can help you! I'm no expert, but I can give you some tips and help you practice more."

Spectrum grumbled, sliding out from underneath her, "I don't wanna fight though... I don't like hitting things. Aunt Asy tried to get me to hit her when she was teaching me how to jab, and I just can't do it..."

He stood up and rifled through the bookshelf, busying himself as he hid his blush. Unfortunately, trying to hide his face meant that something else was left unhidden.

"Speccy?"

"What?"

"Why are you wearing my underwear?"

Spectrum squeaked and whirled around, tugging his shirt down over his waistline, "I'm not!"

"Yes you are!" Sunrise laughed, "Care to tell me why?"

"I..." Spectrum's blush deepened as he sunk to the floor and curled into a ball, "...They just... they feel nice..." he buried his face into his knees.

"Oh, is that it?" Sunrise went over and knelt beside him, "You could've told me! I'd have told you where I bought them, and would've bought two sets! One for you, one for me!"

"It's embarassing..." Spectrum leaned against her but kept his face hidden.

"No need to be. Your secret's safe with me!"

Spectrum slowly uncurled himself and snuggled up to Sunrise, "Thanks... and I'm sorry for going through your dresser..."

"I forgive you, thanks for telling me the truth." Sunrise smiled, nuzzling him.

"Yeah, no problem," Spectrum nuzzled under her chin, "...Mom says I'm too girly. Is that true?"

"Yeah... you kinda are," Sunrise chuckled, "You DID kinda grow up around women your whole life! You were the only one who got new clothes!"

Spectrum hunched down a bit, "I don't mean to be... I'm just like that..."

"Who cares? We don't! It's just something we noticed," Sunrise giggled, "You're a girly Mama's Boy!"

"...Do you like that about me?" Spectrum asked timidly, nuzzling against her.

Sunrise nodded and smiled brighter, "You bet I do! I love you for you are, Speccy."

"Really?" Spectrum blushed, "You like me all... girly?"

"Mm-hmm! I do!" Sunrise poked his nose.

Spectrum blushed deeper and reached back, taking Sunrise's hand and lowering it to his rear, burying his face in her neck. Sunrise nuzzled his hair, giggling happily as she squeezed his behind curiously.

"Ooh, cheeky~!"

Spectrum blushed deeper and looked up at her, moving forward and pressing his lips to hers. Eagerly, Sunrise kissed him back and held closer to him, bringing her free hand to course through his multicoloured hair. Spectrum gave a tiny whine as he wrapped his arms around Sunrise's neck, leaning into the kiss as he felt her tongue flick out over his lips.

"Mmmm..." Sunrise moaned softly into his mouth, wiggling happily.

Spectrum groaned softly as his hands found their way to Sunrise's rear, pulling himself closer as he let her tongue into his mouth, "Mmm..."

Pulling back slightly, Sunrise smirked, then ran her tongue along his lips, "Wanted to do that for ages, Speccy..."

Spectrum let out a soft whine and nuzzled into her neck, "Me too..." he whimpered, allowing Sunrise to pull him into her lap.

"Awww, you're adorable!" Sunrise grinned, kissing his head, "I love you, Speccy!"

"I love you too, Sunny," Spectrum mumbled, snuggling up under her chin, "...Sunny... can I ask you something... embarassing?"

"Hmm? Yeah, go ahead!" Sunrise nodded, kissing his head again, "I'm all ears."

"Would you... penetrate me?" Spectrum asked, before burying his face in her neck in embarassment.

"I-wha?" Sunrise blinked, "Uh, Speccy? ...Did you forget you're the one with the penis?"

"...In my bag," Spectrum said quietly, getting off her lap and looking away from her.

"Oh?" Sunrise grinned, "You got a toy in there?"

Spectrum nodded, "I snuck it out when I left..."

Grinning wider, Sunrise flounced over to this bag, dug through it, and produced a strap-on, "Wow! Cool! ...You like it in the ass?"

Spectrum nodded, "I've only ever used my finger before, but... it was nice..."

"Ohhh, I see... so it'd be your first time, eh?"

Spectrum nodded as he got up and sat down on the couch, "Yeah... Aunt Asy said it hurts the first time..."

"Yeah, going up the ass, I can see why!" Sunrise admitted, nodding, "So... how do we do this?"

"You put it on and lube it up," Spectrum said, shifting nervously in his seat.

"You got any lube?"

"Front pocket," Spectrum said, taking a deep breath to relax as he undid his belt.

Taking out the lube, Sunrise giggled, then pulled down her pants, slowly, "Wow... this is gonna be something, isn't it? Hope I'll do this right..."

Spectrum's nlush returned when he was given a full view of Sunrise's bare legs. Crossing his own, his lips scrunched up as he looked away out of instinct.

"You like what you see?" Sunrise giggled, winking at him.

Spectrum nodded as he turned back, "...You have really pretty legs..."

Strapping the toy onto herself, Sunrise giggled, then pulled off her shirt, "Thanks, Speccy! Now, how's about you show me yours?"

Spectrum blushed and slid his jeans off, letting Sunrise look at his bare legs. She did a double take when she realized how smooth they actually were.

"Wow...." She reached over, gently caressing his thighs, "So soft..."

"Scoots taught me how to wax..." Spectrum blushed, "She's the only one who doesn't laugh at me..."

"You waxed, huh? I'm too chicken to try it!" Sunrise pouted, "I already hate ripping off bandages!"

"Scoots did it... found a way so it wouldn't hurt," Spectrum squeaked as Sunrise squeezed his leg, "Some kinda cream that makes hair fall out..."

"Hair removal?" Sunrise asked.

"Yeah, then when she pulls the strips, all you feel is a little tug," Spectrum smiled, "She tried waxing me the normal way, and Ma thought she was torturing me."

"Ooohh..." Sunrise hissed, "Damn, I can imagine that must've been painful! You think she can show me how? I'm sick of re-shaving my legs every two weeks."

Spectrum nodded as Sunrise trailed her hand between his legs, "Yeah... I'm sure she can."

Grinning as she reached the bulge in his, or rather, her underwear, Sunrise giggled, "Great!"

Spectrum shivered as Sunrise pressed her palm against his bulge, "Mmm... I waxed... everywhere..." Next Chapter: Can I Say Both? Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 5 Minutes