Author's Notes:

Well, I had not intended to do any writing this month but I had some great ideas for this chapter and could not resist.

You will note that this chapter is unusual for me as it jumps into first person perspective for a little bit.

Also, as with The honeymoon, this chapter does contain sex between two ponies. Again if you don't want to read that stop reading when you see "Times up!" than do a control find command for "You win." Although you will miss some good jokes.

As always let me know what you think down below.

Princess Twilight Sparkle laid her head back on her pillow for the first time in four months, and it had been a long, long four months. Part of her still could not believe everything that had happened. Part of her did not want to, it simply wanted to enjoy the feeling of being back in her own bed, of being back in her own house. Not counting the few moments she had with Rainbow here four months ago, it had been over ten months since she had last been here. Ten months since she… died.

That part was still hard to get use to. She did not remember that, but according to her wife Rainbow Dash, the God Tartarus had killed her. Tartarus sent them both on a mission to retrieve Cronus’s sickle; it was a ruse though, as he wanted to use the sickle to kill his siblings. Tartarus was starting with Gaia first, the God that created Twilight as her Avatar. However, being an Avatar to a god has its benefits too. Because of it, she was able to save Rainbow from death, and the power… on a lesser pony they would have taken over the world with it.

Come to think of it, she almost did. That still seemed more like a dream than real life to her.

What was definitely real life was a golden feather running up and down her stomach, slowly brushing against Twilight's fur as it did so. It felt… nice to the mare. It seemed someone was in a playful mood. Twilight was too, but she wanted to get some work done first. However, if put like that she knew she would not win that fight with Rainbow right this second, as her own desires would soon get the better of her. So, she chose a strategy of avoidance in hopes that Rainbow would take the hint and let her finish her notes before they began something that neither of them would want to stop.

Twilight wanted to organize her thoughts about everything that happened. Replaying the events of the last four months as to not lose any details. Such things may seem trivial, but often events happen without ponies putting the pieces together, and if she had learned one thing over the years, it is that she was a magnet for such events. Twilight concentrated her magic on a quill and a scroll sitting over on a nearby table. Using them, she began to take notes. It did not matter that she could not see what she was writing down, in truth she did not need to see. For her, such a task came as naturally as breathing. Although, her quill did occasionally slip off the scroll when a certain somepony began softly blowing into her ear. That became a little harder to ignore but she did her best.

‘I suppose the logical place to start would be Warclaw. Blood Dawn had just been defeated, or should I call him Bright Dawn?’

Warclaw

Four months ago

We did not know it at the time, but the creature that had killed Aurora Flash’s son, the one that Emperor Siros gave his life to help stop, went by the name Blood Dawn. Of course, that was not his original name, that was the name inspired by the being that possessed the body, the revenant that had existed for thousands of years. His original name was Bright Dawn and he was once my son-in-law.

It was only after he was killed that we learned that, when Rainbow told everyone the story that day, the day after her titanic battle that saw the complete destruction of Skyclaw Mountain, the largest mountain in the Griffin Empire and the breaking of the moon. Our daughter, Shimmering Night, filled in the blanks for everyone; apparently she had met the creature three months prior.

“His name was Blood Dawn, and he is… was my husband.”

I simply stared at her, I knew about the breakup, but only now that Night had said something was my mind putting those pieces together. My memory was still very fragmented at the time. “Wait, that creature was Bright Dawn?”

Night just nodded. “When Bright Dawn refused to give back your essence, mom. It wasn't his fault, the shadow creatures, when they kidnapped him from the hospital they implanted that thing in him. It corrupted him, mind and body to do what he did. It wanted him isolated and alone. It wanted us to hate him, and the easiest way to do that was to have him turn against you.”

We all listened to her tale; only Ataxia knew all the details. The two of them had spent much time together over the last few months. It seemed as if they can and did share everything with each other, leaving nothing out. Well, almost nothing. Ataxia still had one thing she wanted to tell my daughter, one thing she had kept from her. Her true feelings for the mare. If it was obvious to me, I wondered how Night could not yet know, but it was not my place to say.

“When he left… when I made him go, it took over, it destroyed everything that he was and corrupted him completely. There was nothing left to save.”

Shimmering Night put up a brave front, acting as if she were unaffected by Rainbow killing her husband… ex-husband, but I knew better. I walked over and hugged my daughter for all her worth. That one action crumbled Shimmering Night’s resolve. She began crying out into my coat. Yes, she knew what was done was done, and that Rainbow not only had no choice, but that Rainbow did the right thing. However, words alone cannot heal a broken heart. Only time can do that. No amount of knowledge can change the fact that somepony she cared about was dead, that somepony she had loved for over ten years was no more. I have to admit, I cried too.

Rainbow just looked on as two of the three mares she loved the most in the world consoled each other. Any other time, any other place, she would have joined us. However, she could barely move, much less walk over and try to give comfort to others. That battle with the creature known as Blood Dawn, it had taken its toll on the mare. For her it was the longest ten seconds of her life. For me, it was one of the longest nights of my life.

So Rainbow looked on at us and smiled. She told me later that she realized then what her mistake had been. Rainbow went into the fight with the intent to kill the one who had hurt her daughter, the one who had killed our grandson. Yet, her power came from my power, it was a gift from me, and my power came from Gaia, the God of Life and Magic. It was little wonder the fight had been so close. Rainbow had fought with the intent to kill, the intent to seek vengeance. That was the opposite of the source of our power. The power of life.

It was only after she almost lost. When that bastard had her by the throat and was strangling Rainbow to death that she found her true power. She realized that her true purpose was not as a vessel of vengeance. Not as a pony who sought to kill, but one who wanted to protect. It was then that she was able to defeat Blood Dawn, when she realized that her motivation was to save life, to protect life, and to return to me.

When I next looked at Night; she looked different, almost as if a huge weight had been lifted from the mare. My daughter told me she had always meant to track down that creature, her husband… Blood Dawn. Ever since Appleloosa, all those months ago it had been an unfulfilled vow to put Bright Dawn to rest. As such, she was able to take solace in his… death. No, that wasn’t true, he had died months ago; she could take solace in the fact that his body was no longer being used by that evil. At last, she could finally close the book on a chapter of her life. She could finally say goodbye to Bright Dawn. It did help to have good friends and family. Part of me still thinks that she wanted to do it herself, but I for one will always be grateful that Rainbow took care of it. Judging by the story that Rainbow told me, had it been Shimmering Night instead of Rainbow, I would have lost my daughter to that monster.

I don’t know what I would do if I lost another member of my family like that.

Speaking of family, Shimmering Night turned to her sister and smiled. “So, when is the wedding?”

Icarus and Aurora turned and stared at each other, the blank stare on Icarus’s face was all Aurora needed to know, the dumb idiot had not planned anything beyond asking for her hoof in marriage, as usual. Aurora turned to her sister and replied. “A month from now.”

I simply smiled at my daughter. I knew just as Aurora did that arranging a royal wedding in that amount of time would require the greatest organizational minds they could find. Which largely meant Shimmering Night and I. Both of us were more than happy to help and I have to admit, I have been getting really good at wedding planning lately. Maybe it is all the practice I have recently gotten?

Icarus turned to Rainbow with a solemn expression on his face, an action that confused the mare. “Rainbow, where is my dad?”

Every set of eyes turned to Rainbow, waiting expectantly for her answer. The expression on her face told the tale before any words were needed. Yet she would give him a response, Siros deserved that at least and Icarus deserved to know just what happened to his father and the heroic actions he took before he died. “Icarus, I’m sorry. Siros died before I arrived; he engaged the creature (Rainbow still refuses to call him by a name) and died in combat. His actions gave me the opening I needed to win. He... he died a hero.”

The expression on Icarus’s face broke our hearts. Yet it was quickly replaced when Aurora came up and hugged him. That minor physical contact was all that he needed to overcome the melancholy that was quickly overtaking the griffin. Rainbow saw then and there that the two really did love each other. As did I, whatever doubt I may have harbored about leaving my daughter in his care was erased from my mind at that moment. Yes things might happen, but I could never get in their way. Not in the way of something like that.

“Thanks Rainbow.” Icarus said, “That means a lot to me, I’m… that fool.” He fell back on the opposite bed; Aurora soon joined him and lay his head down on her lap. Despite himself, Icarus began crying; all the while Aurora softly ran a hoof down his fur.

Little else was said that night.

The funeral was held a week out. Not much was communicated during that time, as we all seemed to know exactly what to do and when to do it. It was… it felt as if something simply guided me, in much the same way as the annoying pinkie sense; I gave up trying to figure it out and I was not the only one. It only took Rainbow two days to dig up the body. To our amazement it was in pristine condition. None of the rocks had done any damage.

The funeral itself went off without issue. Everyone in the empire came out to pay his or her last respects to a noble leader, father, and friend. It would never be the same without him here… before the casket was lowered into the ground. Icarus placed a picture of little Aurora with the body. It showed her in all the different colors Dayspring had turned her all those years ago. She had even signed it for him.

Icarus added his own writing before the lid closed. I managed to sneak a peek at what was written before the lid was closed.

To the greatest dad that ever lived,
Know that I always loved you, even if I might not have shown it as much as I should have,
I vow to do you proud, Dad.

The wedding itself would normally not have been that difficult to plan, not with Night’s help anyway. What made it difficult was the rebuilding of the entire east side of the Griffin Empire. It is simply my nature to help as many as I could. As such, I could not turn a blind eye to the plight of the griffins. In the words of Rainbow Dash, “Twilight put that big beautiful brain to work and did in three months what would have taken half a decade.”

I hate to admit it, but she has a point.

Every day, I would wake up at the crack of dawn and work until the late hours. Pushing myself to plan my daughter's wedding and rebuild half an empire all at the same time. While Rainbow was more than happy to give me the lion's share of the credit, if someone asked, I would have said it was all thanks to two ponies.

The first was Shimmering Night. With my son gone, she is the second best organizer in all of Equestria. A talent she no doubt inherited from me. With my help in teleportation, Shimmering Night would spend every weekend in the empire, assisting with any area that was not performing to standards. Each Sunday night, I would teleport her back to Equestria, so she could resume her normal duties as the day ruler of the land. For anypony else, it would have been too much, for Night, she took it in stride, “Simply repaying the debt I owe my sister.” I knew the lie for what it was, but I was not going to call her on it. She was simply happy to help her family, as for the first time in months; we could finally be counted as that again.

Rainbow Dash would never accept it, but she is the second pony I have to thank. For in all that time, we never had a true moment to ourselves, I was out of bed and working at the crack of dawn, I would only go to sleep when exhaustion forced me. Many such times, Rainbow would actually have to carry me to bed. A task she always did with a smile.

I did it all thanks to her; it was waking up to that face each day that got me going. I wanted this done, I wanted this task completed, so we could get on with our lives together. Something I was growing more impatient for each and every day. I owed Rainbow that too, the mare was the definition of supportive. Never judging my actions save for when my health was at risk. Rainbow kept me focused, kept me from becoming too bogged down with the details of any one specific action, and more importantly, she kept me from forgetting to eat. Something I failed at the first week I was there.

When the day of the wedding finally came, almost everyone was in attendance. Including Princess Luna who had refused to talk to Rainbow or I after the former broke the moon. Something she took as a personal insult. The only absences of note were that of Prince Radiant Star and Princess Firestar. Both of whom were stuck in the Crystal Empire’s hospital due to complications with Firestar’s pregnancy. It was then that I vowed to pay them a visit to see if I could do anything for Firestar. A look at Luna told me that I also needed to pay the princess a visit, if only to apologize face to face.

A well-placed feather running up and down her nethers rudely interrupted Twilight’s reminiscing. She somehow managed to ignore most of Rainbow advances but when the feather gently brushed across her clit Twilight’s train of thought jumped several tracks all at once. The conductor bailed out and the train itself careened into a wall, almost destroying all of the cargo it was carrying and causing the quill Twilight was using to leave an ink stain across the table.

“Rainbow!” Twilight shouted, more annoyed about losing her place than the actual contact.

Rainbow just grinned at her, that stupid, self-absorbed, arrogant, loveable, and cute grin that seemed to be her ticket out of any trouble Twilight might want to blame her for. “C’mon Twi, let that wait for tomorrow.” She purred seductively into her wife’s ear as her hoof took certain liberties with Twilight’s body. None of which were unwelcome, even though they were all immensely distracting and an assault on Twilight's self-control.

“Rainbow, I want to get this done tonight. The longer I put it off the more I might forget.” Twilight brushed away Rainbow's hoof from her nipple. One that was currently over sensitized as Rainbow’s hoof knew just how to get its motor going, and while she would deny it at the moment, Twilight’s motor was beginning to kick into higher gear as well, a fact punctuated by the undeniable heat coming from her loans and wetness between her legs.

“You sure it can’t wait?” Rainbow asked playfully.

“Take a cold shower or something.” Twilight grinned, an expression she quickly lost with the pouty face Rainbow was giving her… It had been a long time for either of them. “Tell you what, give me ten minutes to finish then I’m all yours.”

Rainbow jumped up for joy and left to go make a quick snack, she would need her energy later and did not want to be caught on an empty tank. Twilight simply smiled as she closed her eyes, picked up the quill, and went back to her notes. “Lets see, where did I leave off. Ahh, yes the wedding.”

Warclaw

Three months ago

I cried when the wedding occurred, it was a solemn event, fueled with the loss of everything the Griffin Empire held dear, the loss of the old emperor, and the death of thousands of citizens. Few truly knew if the empire would survive the future. The wedding was a tribute to all of that and more, for it was their hope.

It was the greatest symbol of hope for every griffin in attendance. As every griffin knew of the contributions of Aurora Flash, there was not a doubt in anygriffin’s mind that they would be much worse off without her. Her presence was always a cause for celebration. That day simply sealed it for them; Aurora would be their empress.

Rarity of course, insisted on helping out. Despite her age and health the mare would never see Aurora wear anyone else’s clothing as long as she still lived. She poured her heart and soul in each and every dress, her husband Spike never left her side. The big lug was getting good at sewing himself, always knowing exactly what she needed before even having to be asked.

When she was done, when the dresses were made, they were the finest works ever known in either country. In reverence, Aurora only wore that dress one time; it was all she could do to bring herself to simply touch it. She feared that something so beautiful would shatter under the touch of anyone. After the wedding, the dress was placed into a magical airtight vault, to be viewed by the generations to come as Rarity’s finest work.

No king, emperor, princess, or dignitary would ever ask to wear it, as they all simply wept at the dress itself and the picture of the mare that it was made for.

No pony knew it at the time, but it was the last time Empress Princess Aurora Flash would ever pose for a photo op. It would go down as the most beautiful photo ever taken, several artists would spend their lives trying to duplicate that photo, regardless how close they came they would all trash every single attempt they made as it simply failed to capture perfection of the mare or the dress. The combination simply made the task an impossibility.

It was also the last article of clothing Rarity ever made.

It still breaks my heart, but I suspected Rarity had another reason in mind for making that dress for Aurora, a suspicion that was all but confirmed in my mind when Rarity presented the mare with fifteen years worth of clothing of all shapes and designs. When asked about it, Rarity simply smiled and said, “I may not make it down here for a while, so I wanted to make sure the dear looks her best for every contingency.”

I would have pressed farther, as even I could see through that flimsy excuse. However, I did not want to hear the truth, not yet anyway. Rarity’s constant exhaustion and fatigue were all the translation I needed, Rarity may not have said the words, but her body communicated it in ways her words never could: “This may be the last time I get to make her clothes; I want to make sure she is well dressed after I die.”

Twilight lay the quill down with her magic before wiping a tear from her eye. A talk with Spike confirmed it; Rarity was not doing well. It would not be long now before this world would continue on without her. Twilight was about to lose the last of her friends from all those years ago. Her only saving grace was the mare that would always be by her side, for she knew that Rainbow would be here with her. Without her, without Rainbow, Twilight was not sure she could handle this life… it was all simply too much to deal with alone.

She pushed that thought to the side and continued writing.

Politically the wedding was a match made in Elysium. Aurora was a princess of Equestria. Marrying her to the current emperor was simply smart. It would effectively merge the two countries for generations to come. There would be no worry about pacts, treaties, or even trade negotiations anymore. The ruling families of the two countries would be connected by blood. They would have a stake in the wellbeing of each neighboring country more so than simply mutual defense.

No one who was involved whatsoever with those two could give a rat’s ass about any of that. Not at that point anyway. This was not a marriage of convenience or a political marriage. This was a marriage of love. For while the two might both be scatterbrained in their own right, they were perfect for each other, they were each other’s yin and yang, the two opposing forces that came together to form something better, something greater than the sum of their parts.

The wedding reflected all of this and more. It was my greatest gift to my oldest daughter. I worked with every faction, all the senators in both the Griffin Empire and Equestria. Using my magic I arranged everything, anything I needed, I got. It was the standing rule for both countries. None of this gave me any time to deal with my ‘other’ issue though, including a wife that was as patient as she could be.

I still feel bad about that, but Rainbow understood. She was truly the element of loyalty for a reason. To this day, I have never met a soul who is more dedicated to their friends and family than my wife. She thinks I saved her? The truth is the exact opposite; she saved me.

Sadly, even after the wedding my work was not done. I could not just leave my daughter's new kingdom in such a sorry state. Therefore, while the newlyweds got to their honeymoon, something put together exclusively by Princess Cadance (as she insisted that ‘that’ be left to her). I went back to work, organizing repair crews, food shipments, aqueducts, hospitals, and trade pacts. As well as any other duty that come up. Sadly that included smoothing things over with the diamond dogs.

That last part still sent a shiver down her spine.

I remember those meetings all too well. The diamond dogs did not take kindly to the loss of an entire settlement’s worth of citizens being killed off. Those at The Pen should have been under the protection of the empire. Without the one responsible to take it out on, they were trying to pin the blame on the former Emperor Siros. Saying they would dismiss the event completely with a public statement condemning Siros for ‘killing’ all the dogs that lived in The Pen.

Rainbow almost assassinated both members of the committee, two dogs who went by the name Bark-tooth and Snout. I thought at the time that it was my shield brought up around the two dogs saved their life by a hairs breath. I did not have time to form a strong shield, Rainbow’s wings broke through the one I raised and only stopped a centimeter away from their necks. In truth, now I suspect that the shield was actually unnecessary and that it was simple self-control on the part of my wife.

‘You’ve gotten better Rainbow.’ Twilight smiled at that thought.

“Understand this Dogs, No one and I mean NO ONE will besmirch the name of Emperor Siros while I draw breath. I read the reports and so did you, what he did in The Pen was a mercy not a killing. If I hear one word breathed against him. One syllable uttered against his good name, I will take your tongues, and that’s if I’m in a good mood. Consider that a promise.”

They both gulped without saying another word. Even the diamond dogs knew of the Wonderbolts, and the story of why their current commander was mute. Rainbow Dash had a reputation all around the world. The events of two months ago with the destruction of the largest mountain in the Griffin Empire: Skyclaw Mountain, only added to that. I have no doubt that Rainbow’s legend would live on well past the mare herself, something that would exist for as long as there was someone around who told stories. After all, as the old saying goes, ‘heroes get remembered but legends never die.’

‘Maybe Rainbow has figured out the secret to immortality?’ Twilight smiled at the irony in that thought, ‘That someone like Rainbow would figure out the greatest scientific achievement. Well it's not a real achievement… on the other hoof, is that a real achievement? I have no doubt that Rainbow’s legend will be immortalized in song and story… but that’s not real-.’

Twilight moved on, she was starting to go full circle with her thoughts.

It did not surprise anyone when the diamond dogs shut up after that point. Of course, I was never the type to simply take from others, so I arranged for reparations, cleaning up the town and respectfully returning all of the bodies. That last part was a little morbid but necessary and the diamond dogs were grateful for everything. Or at least that is how it appeared to me, of course that could have simply been the threatening posture of Rainbow.

I tried to talk to Rainbow about it later, but it was a touchy subject for the mare. Her response was, “Maybe, one day Twi; when I'm ready, but not now.” It was the honesty in her voice, the sound of loss and of hope that kept me from pushing the subject like I would normally do. We slept poorly that night, despite the fact that it was our first real night where we could enjoy each other; it was just that neither of us was in the mood.

Twilight scratched out that last part; that was knowledge she did not want to share with whomever might read these one day. In addition, it made her feel bad about the fact they still had not been together since, not physically anyway.

Aurora and Icarus came back a month later; it did not surprise anyone to learn that she was pregnant again. The glow she was emanating would have given it away far quicker than any words. When they told everyone Icarus was unable to keep the shit-eating grin off his face about it. I could tell it was something in which Icarus was immensely proud of.

For that last month, Aurora helped me with all of the planning and operations. I loved the time I got to spend with my daughter. We have always been close, but never this close. I always knew Rainbow was Aurora’s favorite parent. For try as I might, I had never penetrated that special pegasi only club the two had shared. So I enjoyed every moment I could get.

Speaking of Rainbow, she kept busy in another way.

Icarus was a male possessed. Every second of every day he would be with Rainbow training his flank off. It seemed as if the griffin would make good on his promise, he would get strong enough to protect his family. Rainbow enjoyed putting the griffin through his paces. She took every second of it as a way to ensure that her daughter would never be hurt again.

The training was the most brutal regime ever imagined, pushed well beyond the limits of any non-deity alive. Something achieved only by my magic. Rainbow had Icarus up at six am each and every day, and she would work the griffin to death by noon and drag him to me for ‘repairs', then repeat the process over and over again. Only letting him rest when it hit one am, about an hour before I would normally call it a night or have to be dragged to bed by Rainbow anyway.

Only once, only one time did I suggest to Icarus that he take a break, that he take one day for himself. Icarus took it as a personal insult and did not return to me for healing again that day. An action that almost cost him his life as that was the day Rainbow forced him to do a sonic rainboom.

Icarus became the fourth soul to accomplish that feat. When it was over, Rainbow found his body buried under the rubble of the tower he crashed into. She rushed me over to him in the blink of an eye.

It took me well over an hour to heal those wounds; the griffin stood up and looked at Rainbow. For the rest of my life I will always remember what he said: “Again.”

Rainbow just nodded, if he wanted to continue, if he wanted to improve, she would make sure it happened. She would not leave him without knowing that her daughter would be protected. Although she would make sure he did not skip another session with my magic. After all, Rainbow did not want her son-in-law to die on her watch.

After two weeks training, Icarus was able to perform two sonic rainbooms consecutively. Rainbow decided that was enough and moved on to combat skills. Rainbow would use her wings and Icarus would train with his spear, a weapon forged by the finest armors in both countries, we imbued it with mine and every other alicorn's magic and renamed his spear Siros’ Vengeance. In honor of the greatest leader the Griffin Empire had known in a thousand years. Icarus took the spear up with pride in his heart, he vowed he would do his father's name justice and would never raise it up in anger, only to defend those whom he loved.

It was a vow he kept to the day he died, and one repeated by every emperor who took the throne.

I soon found my workload increased when Icarus began his new training. Icarus had been doing a little better each day; when they started he would be dragged to my side at noon and one am, near the end of the flight training, Icarus made it to one pm and two am. Now? Now he was before me, or I found myself whisked by his side every other hour. The wounds and blood loss the griffin suffered still haunt me to this very day. As Rainbow was not letting him off easy, she would continue training the griffin every single day until he landed one blow against her. It was a task that took Icarus two weeks to complete.

Rainbow is not the type to let anyone off easy, I know that he earned that blow, it was small, I have seen and had paper cuts that cut deeper, but it counted. No one was more grateful than Aurora that it was finally over. Seeing her husband try to kill himself each and every day was physically painful to the mare. However, Icarus would not quit for any reason in the world. He at last found something worth protecting and he would make damn sure he would even if it cost him his life.

Of course, that was all training, the real test would come the day we left the Empire, exactly one month ago. Ataxia wanted to put his skills to the test, it was a challenge he was more than happy to acce-

Twilight almost shouted in pleasure as Rainbow ran her tongue on all the right spots over Twilight’s nethers. She shoved a hoof into her mouth to stop from screaming into the heavens. Rainbow knew what that action would cause, over the years she had become something of an artist. True, she could not sing or dance or draw to save her life. However, she could play an instrument like no other. On her instrument, she was a master; she knew how to play it perfectly, getting all the reactions she wanted from her wife’s body, on cue, and without delay. It bugged her more than anything that she had been out of practice these last ten months. However, just like flying, Rainbow could never forget just how to press those keys, or what combination of tongue work, light, and heavy petting would produce what note.

In order to prevent herself from losing it right then and there. Twilight picked her wife up in magic and pressed her nose to face with the clock on the wall. “Rainbow, does it look like ten minutes have passed to you?”

“No.” Rainbow said sheepishly.

“Than please, please let me finish these notes. We have waited ten months Rainbow, we can wait four more minutes.”

Rainbow wanted to shout, scream, and curse. However, the look on Twilight’s face prevented all of that; some days it was simply easier to go with the current than to try to fight it. “Fine.”

Twilight let her go, it did not surprise her in the least that Rainbow went nowhere, she sat on her flank and watched the hands of the clock slowly tick by, she was going to hold Twilight to the ten minute mark exactly.

‘Shit… where was I?’ Thinking quickly Twilight remembered the fight, although she would have to paraphrase now as she was running out of time. Something she was finding herself looking forward to with each passing minute. Of course, once they started it would take the direct intervention of a god to get them to stop. Even then it would still be a fight.

The fight lasted almost two hours; quite the achievement when considering that it was a griffin vs a dragacorn. Ataxia fought with everything she had, throwing spells, fire, and claws at the griffin. Icarus kept at it, never letting her drop her guard, never letting her relax. Although Ataxia still won, Icarus had earned the respect of every single soul that watched him fight.

Even Rainbow congratulated him on a job well done. Telling the griffin “Don’t worry about it, that mare is on a whole 'nother level, as such there was no way you could have won to begin with, so consider it a victory that you lasted as long as you did.”

Hearing his teacher's praise put a smile on his beak, something I had to regrow for him after the fight, along with a few missing limbs. Aurora smacked him across the face for making her worry and then kissed him with all her might.

To this day she is still mad at Ataxia for what she did to her husband. However, Ataxia did not get off scot-free either. She still sports several cuts down her flank from Siros’s Vengeance, I offered to heal them for her but she refuses. “They’re a badge of honor, a memory of the most memorable fight of my life.”

Ponies and scars… go figure.

With the hard work done in the empire and the rest no longer requiring my direct supervision, Rainbow and I left that day. We said our goodbyes and Rainbow left Icarus with instructions on how to continue his training each day. We both reminded Aurora that she was to write to us at least once a week. I never thought I would be expecting letters from someone in much the same way that Celestia expected letters from me.

That thought made Twilight smile and frown in equal measure. It had almost been a year since Celestia died… She did her best to dismiss that thought but such things do not go away easily. She would always miss her old teacher.

A quick look up at the clock told her she had less than three minutes remaining.

We went to Canterlot first. Our meeting with Luna was long overdue. Something that I admit to having put off longer than I should have, if only to avoid the wrath of the sister of the mare I killed… or at least I'm somewhat responsible for her being dead. In truth I did not know how to face her, not since I regained my memories. I know she forgave me and I did forgive myself, but it still feels strange to me. It probably always will.

My daughter, Shimmering Night joined us. Her presence gave me courage enough to face down the Princess of the Night. Looking back at it now, I should have known what to expect. She was never mad at me; it was Rainbow Dash whom would incur her wrath that night.

“RAINBOW DASH!” Luna shouted at the mare next to me in her Royal Canterlot voice. It caused me to almost trip when she did so. Not counting the times I did not have my memory I had only talked the Princess of the Night once since I… the other me had killed Celestia. While she did, technically, forgive me, I always assumed there was still a level of hatred under the surface, something always there even if we did not say it.

I was not putting two and two together, as my thoughts were simply stuck on what I had done, I never thought about what Rainbow did. I had written off the damage done to Luna’s moon during the battle as nothing more than irrelevant collateral damage. Doing so since there was no one killed by it. However, that was a logical fallacy, while no one had been killed by Rainbow’s mega-rainkick; someone was indeed hurt by it.

The Princess of the Night was anything but unhurt. I could see that her mane lost a lot of it ethereal quality. She could barely stand, much less walk with any degree of certainty. Truly I did not know how she had hidden this at the wedding, it must have been quite the feat to hide this level of pain from anyone.

“Princess Luna? Are you ok?” I asked with my voice a quivering wreck at seeing such a proud mare brought so low.

“Princess Twilight,” Luna said, her voice weak and feeble, after she used up most of her energy on that yell. “Welcome back to Canterlot, however, I need to have words with your wife while I'm healing.” It was the first time in a very long time I heard Luna forgo using the royal we when she spoke.

“Yes Luna?” Rainbow looked sheepishly at the ground, as she walked closer to the princess that was sitting down at the other end of the room.

“Why did you destroy my moon?” Luna barely whispered the words.

“Oh, that… that was awesome wasn't it?” Rainbow’s smile turned into a frown as she began to see the tell-tale signs of a very pissed off Alicorn, something she had only before seen with me. As for me, I simply facehoofed. I still cannot believe how dense Rainbow can be sometimes.

“What she meant to say Princess Luna, is that she is very sorry about the damage done, and she only did it to try and spare anyone from losing their life.” I jumped between the two and came to my wife’s defense, I was not sure how much power Luna could summon right now, but a look at her told me the mare had not lost an ounce of her strength, if anything she seemed to have become even more dangerous in her condition. Although, I'm sure that even at her best Rainbow would be more than able to take her on. That was not something I wanted to see. I was very aware what sort of damage that fight, and the inevitable repercussions that such a fight, would cause.

“Yeah, that.” Rainbow added as she realized that Luna would not think the destruction of her moon was awesome after all.

“Princess Luna, you heard the story, you know that what happened, it happened because it was Rainbow Dash’s best choice at the time.” Bless her heart; Shimmering Night was coming to her mother’s defense.

“I know Princess Night, what I want is to hear her say those words. Was there really no other recourse to defeating this revenant than to break my moon?"

“Oh, yeah, that…” Rainbow looked down sheepishly. “Luna he was a creature of pure evil, I knew that to get rid of him once and for all I had to surround him with light, the sun was the best way to do that. So I drop-kicked his ass into it.”

“And you had to break my moon to do that?”

“Well, probably not. But I promised him that I would defeat him in ten seconds flat, and a promise by me is a guarantee you can take to the bank.”

Luna looked taken aback by that, even she knew that Rainbow was the type to always keep her promises.

“Rainbow, say you're sorry.” I glared at my wife, letting her know I was more than serious.

“Sorry Luna,” Rainbow added, “I didn't mean to break the moon like that.”

Luna stared at her with a disbelieving look on her face, it was a rare day to get an actual apology from Rainbow Dash, the fact it had to be forced from me did not seem to lessen the apology any, or at least not from what I could tell.

“Well, then we accept your apology.” Luna said, her expression changed like the flip of a switch.

“Wait, that’s all you want?” Rainbow asked, not used to be let off the hook that easy.

“That’s it, what’s done is done, we cannot change the past and to try,” I could not help but notice she was looking at me with that statement, memories of trying to prevent a natural disaster that did not exist all those years ago came back to my mind with a shudder. “Would only be inviting a disaster of our own making.”

“Will you be ok, Princess Luna?” I asked with uncertainty in my voice, it would not do for Luna’s power to be permanently weakened by this.

“I will be Twilight, it will simply take a while for my injures to recover after that... but with enough time, I should be back to normal. Until then, I may need some help from you for a while for some more of the extreme duties that may come up. As it is… difficult to keep up appearances around others, I would appreciate some discretion about talking about this to anypony else.”

“Of course, princess.” I knew what she was talking about, in her condition it would not due for her to engage in combat with… well, anyone. I volunteered to pick up the slack of course, and whenever I went, of course there would be a certain mare forever by my side. It is comforting to know that is a fact of life for me. Wherever I go, that is where Rainbow would be. It was a simple fact for me. She would always be mine and I hers.

Is it little wonder I almost went insane with grief and denial when she left me for those two months?

Twilight scratched that out of her notes, she did not like to think about that part of her life, she did not like to recall that time… and she certainly did not want to remember any of that time, much less have it on paper somewhere. Being on paper made it real, made it something to be remembered. Twilight never imagined a day where she would not want something written down. Yet, this was that day.

Luna seemed more than pleased with that, she simply nodded and lay her head down. It did not surprise me one bit that she soon fell asleep. It looked like the mare needed it more than anything else at this time. Therefore, Rainbow and I let her sleep, we turned to Night and left the room, our daughter had quite the day planned for us and we did not want to let her down.

We spent another week in Canterlot before moving on, if Rainbow and Aurora had their own special club; that was a bond that Night and I shared. We talked about everything under her sun during that week. To this day, I will never understand how she does not know her feelings for Ataxia. As every single conversation somehow found Night starting to talk about Ataxia, she would go on about how she did this or that, or how she frustrates Night every time she would do something stupid.

In truth, I can not figure out why Night does not understand her own feelings, but for the life of me, she still has yet to put the pieces together. There was a reason why we did not want to stay though, as even with Luna accepting Rainbow’s apology, we could still feel a sense of tension in the air. As for me, staying in Celestia's Place only caused memories of Celestia to play through my mind. Needless to say, neither of us was in the mood for a prolonged stay.

We left Canterlot and spent the last three weeks at the Crystal Empire. After meeting up with my sister-in-law, Princess Cadance, we all left to see my nephew and his wife. When we got to the hospital, the two were staying on floor five, room eleven, area fourteen. It was then we learned the new law passed in the Crystal Empire. “No one is allowed to enter said room without express permission from Princess Firestar." Apparently, after Cadance walked in on them three times and the orderlies did twice she told Radiant that either he would pass the law, or she would kill everypony that entered the room from that point on. Cadance tried telling them it was perfectly normal, but Firestar seemed reluctant to discuss it.

“Yeah,” I replied. “My kids are the same way.”

“And when I tried giving some advice, they kicked me out,” Cadance paused before saying the next part, “if they ask, don’t mention me talking with Spitfire.”

“What? Why?” Rainbow asked.

“I promised to talk to her about Firestar, I just haven’t gotten to it yet, but we have a date set for next month.”

Rainbow just gulped, the fact Cadance had not told Spitfire yet…. She knew Spitfire would be pissed. However, there was nothing she could do about it, it would be Cadance’s problem now.

Rainbow could not help herself; she was getting visibly excited about the prospect of sex going down, even if it was not between the two of us. She would tell me later “At least some pony is getting some.”

Twilight looked up at the clock. She still had a full minute before the time was up, she began feeling really bad about keeping Rainbow waiting for so long; however, it would be worth it. When she was done with her notes she could get to the very, very, very last item on her checklist. The one she was purposely putting off until the very end. It would have the greatest value when they had finished everything else, it would be then that they could truly enjoy it. After all, the last item of the checklist was making Rainbow beg for her to stop. Something she had failed at several times before, it was something she wanted to do once in her life and by Luna today would be that day.

We got the approval without too much issue, it came a little later then I would have liked, and that delay was enough to let us know that the two were very busy in there. The scent of the room confirmed my thoughts to be true. They had definitely just finished having sex, and judging by the stains on the sheets, which Firestar tried in vain to discreetly hide, it was not the first time that day either.

Firestar simply radiated with her pregnancy. She was definitely showing now, as a mare four months along her stomach already looked huge, and I knew from my experience with Rainbow’s pregnancy that it would get even bigger. Rainbow immediately went by her side to try and give her some pointers on just what to expect and how best to use her house slav- husband while he was stuck in here with her. Including some advice on just what positions felt the best when her stomach got too big.

I went to Radiant to find out just how things were going otherwise. “Please tell me there is something you can do for her? She's losing it Twilight. I… I do my best to keep her in bed, but I fear that she will not stay put for long.”

“What happened?”

“Yesterday, she threw a knife at my head.” The serious look on his face told me he was not joking. “And it’s not the first time either; she just never aimed for my head before.”

“What? Why did she do that?” I looked over at Firestar, to me she looked perfect, and the pregnancy only seemed to enhance her natural beauty ten-fold.

“Well, I kind of told her.”

“What did you say?” that response told me he was not victimless in this crime.

“Ok, I might have deserved it, lets not start with judgments, just tell me there is something, anything you can do for her?”

I stopped glaring at him at that and looked back at the mare lying in the bed. A quick scan with my magic confirmed everything I had suspected, she was cramped, suffered from bedsores, and everything else that came with being pregnant. Several bed pans lay under the bed, each freshly washed. No doubt, something Radiant had to help her with. Although I seriously doubt he was dumb enough to complain about that little duty.

“I’ll try.” Radiant seemed to brighten up at that; it made sense, the strongest magic user in Equestria just offered to help him with a very pregnant wife, one who was stuck in bed against her will for another eight months. “Firestar, if you don’t mind I would like to scan you over and see if there is anything I can do to help.”

Firestar placed a hoof over her belly, her only concern was her foals, it seemed as if her motherly instinct was truly kicking in. “It won’t hurt them, will it?”

I shook my head, “No, I promise it’s just a scan, I would never do anything that might endanger them.”

She nodded back at me; it seemed as if she was good to go. When Rainbow got clear, I focused my magic and began a surface scan.

I won't go into detail here, as it is not my place, but there was nothing I could do for her condition, not without risking injury to the foals, however, there were things I could do to help the mare deal with it. Several of her muscles were atrophied from lack of use, bedsores covered most of her back and sides, and her… other area was well used to say the least. In a way it made sense, as she can not leave the bed, and there is only so many things one can do stuck in that situation. Although I never knew she liked to partake in an....

Again, Twilight scratched out the last three sentences, she was trying to remember that some things were not meant for paper.

There were things I could and did fix, I rebuilt several muscles and tendons, while massaging her skin free of sores. The other areas took a little work, but those were back to normal before she even knew what was going on. For Firestar, she took it as a relaxing massage, one she enjoyed a little too much by the moans the mare was making. That was something that caused a noticeable blush on Rainbow and Radiant.

“What did you do?” Firestar flexed her legs and wings, “I feel like a million bits.”

“You’re welcome, I’m sorry though, I cannot heal the underlying condition but I can make the stay that much more enjoyable. Or, if you want, I can teach Radiant how to do it.”

Radiant and Firestar both nodded their heads in agreement, Rainbow just groaned, she knew Radiant was never that good with magic other than combat magic, and that meant hooves on training with the stallion, something that would take time, three weeks to be exact.

Of course, before Radiant and I began his training I had one more piece of news for them. “Would you like to know what sex they are?”

Firestar looked at me with a shocked expression on her face. “You… you can tell?”

I nodded my head.

“The doctors said it was a month to early.”

“Good thing I’m not a doctor then.” I smiled at them both.

“What are we having?” Radiant walked over and sat beside his wife. I could not help but notice how cute they looked together. If they can avoid killing each other, they will have a great life together.

“Twin colts and they’re both pegasus.”

I was told later that the nurses almost freaked when they heard the celebration coming from the room.

As with the training in the Griffin Empire, Radiant took to his training with the same gusto that Icarus took to his, not letting us get a sing-

“Times up!”

Rainbow leapt on Twilight from the bed frame, wanton desire written all over her face. It was almost scary to the purple alicorn, yet the clock agreed with Rainbow that time was indeed up. Whatever notes she took, that was all she was going to get tonight. Rainbow had been insanely patient and would not be denied. Not anymore, too much time had passed for anything else.

She landed directly over Twilight, for her part, Twilight slowly opened her eyes with a seductive look on her face; She smiled that lovely smile at Rainbow. “Well then, you’re not going to keep me waiting are you?”

“Consider it a promise.” Rainbow replied coolly, she latched her lips to her wife's, her tongue finding it’s way inside the purple mare’s mouth with ease. It was not a battle of wills, it was not some epic fight to the death; it was simply a homecoming. It was welcomed as a wife would welcome their spouse after a year apart. Because, for both of them, that is exactly what it was.

Rainbow relaxed her legs and lay down on her wife’s stomach, for those few minutes; they could each feel the other’s heartbeat through their chest. Before long the two hearts were in beat with each other. Pumping as one, for that is what they were, two hearts that had been separated for far, far too long, finally reunited after ten months apart.

When the lack of oxygen threatened to come between them, Rainbow came up for air, she looked down at the mare she loved the most in the world and smiled. Twilight simply smiled back up at her. It is said that the window into your soul is your eyes, that one look into the eyes of someone will tell you everything you need to know about the person. For no pony can lie through their eyes, as the eyes always tell the truth.

Rainbow and Twilight would agree wholeheartedly with that statement right that second, for when Rainbow looked into Twilight’s eyes, she only saw herself. For at that moment, Twilight’s soul was completely and totally Rainbow’s. She belonged to Rainbow in every way imaginable. Her mind, body, and soul were all Rainbow’s. When Twilight looked at Rainbow’s eyes, she saw the same, only reversed. Though it may have been a coincidence, merely a reflection of each other through the eyes of the other, for both of them it was truer than any knowledge that Twilight had ever learned from a book.

“I love you, Rainbow Dash.”

“I love you, Twilight Sparkle.”

They went in for a second kiss, and then a third. However, when the third kiss ended, Rainbow decided then and there to up the ante. She grew out her wings and lay them over her wife’s wings. Using her magic she slowly vibrated every feather over her wife’s sensitive primary and secondary feathers, the vibrations served to simulate the effect of preening every feather all at the same time.

Twilight squealed in delight at the sensation. ‘Hmm, D minor. Let's see if I still remember how to get a C flat.’

Rainbow slowly began tracing a trail of kisses down her wife’s cheek; stopping at her neck where she began sucking at her wife’s neck bone all the while her wings never stopped vibrating. ‘Rats, that wasn’t the C flat.’ She mentally berated herself for forgetting that the collarbone was the E flat. Still, she left her mark on that purple fur, which was something to be proud of.

So she continued down, noting just how wet Twilight was becoming under the constant wing simulation, that was a new trick she figured out on her own a few months past. Something she was saving for just this moment, of course it had the added effect of adding a new source of noise to Rainbow’s masterpiece but like all good conductors she would adjust.

The nipples got the C flat she was looking for; all it took was the proper amount of stimulation on the left with just the slightest bite on the right. Too much and Twilight would cry out in pain, something that would put an end to the whole melody; too little and it would come off as nothing more than a lick, fortunately, Rainbow had plenty of practice with just how hard to bite and how long to hold it.

“AHHHH!”

‘Yep C flat.’ Rainbow smirked to herself, it was time to begin the music in earnest, she retracted both wings and readied them for their next task, keeping the vibrations going she placed one wing on Twilight’s left nipple and prepared the other by sticking it in Twilight’s mouth. The mare complied without issue, beginning to suck on it as one would an ice-cream treat. She knew where that feather would soon be and that Rainbow would normally do it herself, but she had another use for her mouth.

Rainbow began the concert in full by a simple lick; up from the base of Twilight’s tail to the very tip of her clit, Twilight felt every ridge of Rainbow’s tongue running up and down her. It sent chills into the mare like nothing else would. However, Rainbow was not done, after her third journey Rainbow began lightly flicking Twilight clit with her tongue, an action that caused Rainbow’s feather to pop out of Twilight’s mouth as she screamed several different notes into the air. As soon as Twilight reached the highest note, Rainbow brought her freshly lubed wing tip home, she stuck the feather that Twilight’s mouth had just finished sucking on directly into Twilight’s love tunnel.

Twilight almost shot straight up in the air as Rainbow’s feather found her G-spot. It knew exactly where to strike and how much pressure to apply for the greatest satisfaction, with that attacking her from the inside, Rainbow bit down hard on Twilight’s clit. An action that under most circumstances would be painful, but with the combination going of both the G-spot stimulation and the sensations in her clit, it was just enough to send the mare into a new level of pleasure, one that caused her to reach an even higher pitch.

Twilight’s voice called out to the sky in pure unadulterated joy from the sudden onslaught. Her screaming easily matched the noise of any crescendo that a conductor might hope to reach. However, that did not satisfy this conductor, she knew she could do better, so Rainbow did not let her go, she knew that now was the time to strike. All Twilight needed was one more little push and they, plus their neighbors, would all need new windows.

With a speed only achievable by someone with Rainbow Dash’s abilities, she added her other wing to Twilight’s vagina, and stretched the thing open as wide as her muzzle. There was no need to lube it up, as Twilight’s orgasm was still in full effect. As soon as it was wide enough, Rainbow shoved her whole muzzle in, licking at the deeper spots with her tongue.

As expected, every window in the house shattered with the scream Twilight let out. Even after the mare passed out, over sensitized to the breaking point, Rainbow kept licking, not letting a drop of that sweet, sweet nectar go to waste. It had been too long, too much time since she had last savored the unique taste of Alicorn Princess Twilight Sparkle, and she would not lose out on a second of it now.

When the river became a stream, than a creek Rainbow had no choice but to pull her muzzle out of her wife. She licked herself clean and smiled at the look of utter bliss upon Twilight’s sleeping face. She had seen that look before and congratulated herself on a job well done. She was not worried, Twilight would wake up sore as all of Tartarus, but she would be just as satisfied, then Rainbow would get to experience just what the greatest magic user in the world was capable of when she wanted to return the favor.

…

Shimmering Night ordered a six-block evacuation of the area directly around her parent’s home. All the while cursing Princess Cadance for not warning her in advance that her parents were already back. Having grown up in that house she knew without a doubt just what they were going to be up to as soon as they got back, and they did not disappoint.

What did disappoint her was how slow everypony was moving, despite almost every pegasus royal guard trying desperately to clean out the houses, they all seemed to have forgotten the times before her mom’s soundproof spell, a reality that came to her upon the news that they were both returning to Ponyville. Rarity rebuilt every single aspect of that house, but she did not have the skill to duplicate that spell.

When Night arrived it was already much, much too late to remind her mom to recast the spell. Judging by Twilight’s moans… something she still hated knowing, they had minutes before windows would start to shatter. Night was grateful she planned for this and had the guard with her.

Of course, she underestimated Rainbow’s enthusiasm. Less than a minute into it, the first vibrations started throughout the panes of glass. Night tried to hurry but a sound from the rooftop across the way distracted her. ‘Who could that be?’ she thought. Night flew up to find the last pony she expected on the roof just opposite of her parent’s bedroom.

Judging by the spell cast over her eyes, Ataxia was using a see-through spell to spy on her parents. What really shocked Shimmering Night though was that the mare was taking notes and was so ‘engrossed’ in the action she had yet to even notice that Night had caught her.

“ATAXIA!” Shimmering Night yelled, her eyes were as wide as dinner plates at just what her friend thought she was doing.

Ataxia almost jumped out of her fur at that sound, her heart began beating a mile a minute at having been caught red hoof doing something she knew was wrong. She visibly relaxed when she saw just who had caught her. “Hey Night, come to enjoy the show?” Ataxia smiled as she cast the same spell she was using on her friend.

It was a mark of the calmness in Ataxia’s voice, the oddness of her friends comment, the absurdity of this whole situation, or some combination of all three that caused Night’s brain to take a small vacation. She could not help herself but glance in the same direction Ataxia was looking. Only to see Rainbow run a feather up…

“No, I am not here to enjoy the show!” Night shouted at Ataxia. “Now get out of he-“

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!” Twilight’s scream shattered every window in a two-block radius, the noise of it was practically deafening to the two mares on the roof.

Shimmering Night wanted to die at that very moment, she wished more than anything she had the magic to cast that stupid spell and prevent all of this from having happened. Alas only Twilight had that sort of magic, well, maybe Ataxia did too, but judging by the amount the mare was laughing while rolling on her back with her legs kicking around, there was no way she would have cast it. Somepony was taking way, way too much pleasure from all of this.

When Ataxia finally caught her breath, she picked up the notepad and began feverishly writing down what she had just seen. The mare had to admit; Rainbow was a true artist when it came to pleasing Twilight.

Night could not take it any more, despite knowing that Ataxia hated it more than anything else, she teleported them both to the fall back point, the town hall. When Ataxia finished vomiting, she looked up at Night. “What the buck, Night?!”

“Tough.” Night huffed at her.

“At least get me my notepad.”

“What? No!”

“Night, get me my notepad or spend the rest of the day dealing with me trying to get it myself.” Ataxia looked serious at that. It was the kind of look that spoke more of a promise than an actual threat. Night gulped.

“Fine, if you promise you will stay here.”

“I promise, as long as you don’t try and tear up any pages.”

‘Crap… so much for that idea.’ Night mentally berated herself.

“Ok.” It was still preferable to her friend spying on her moms having sex; Night teleported back at the worst time imaginable. For Twilight was just starting to return the favor to Rainbow.

…

Twilight came to just in time to see those gorgeous eyes peering into her. Every muscle in her body felt stiff, as if she had just completed the running of the leaves ten times in a roll. ‘Well, I know how to take care of that.’ She smirked.

Rainbow saw Twilight’s horn light up; in a quick flash of inspiration she wrapped her mouth around the horn, causing a chill to permeate down the alicorn’s spine. She loved it when Rainbow stimulated her horn like this, even if it did make casting considerably harder.

‘What’s the fun if it’s not a challenge?’ Twilight reasoned with herself, she would play Rainbow’s game. Rainbow would do everything in her power to delay Twilight’s spell, all the while Twilight would seek to cast it. For once she did, Twilight would easily have the upper hand. However, Rainbow would not simply give up that baton.

‘Time for the secret weapon.’ Twilight thought.

It took Twilight twenty years to learn Rainbow’s secret. Everypony knew that the cyan mare hated to have her hooves touched, but few knew why. Rainbow was very, very sensitive in her hooves. Something Twilight could take advantage of at this moment.

Gently, she stretched out her wings and softly ran a feather across all four of Rainbow’s hooves. The effect was instantaneous. Rainbow fell over on her side in pleasure, “That’s cheating.” She called out between panting breaths.

“All’s fair in love and war, Rainbow.” Twilight smirked back as she finally finished casting her spell. With the momentum squarely in Twilight’s corner, she looked at her fresh victim with eyes that spoke of a primal need. A need for the mare in front of her to beg for her to stop.

Magical ropes tied each limb to the bedpost before Rainbow even came back from her high. “Ah, Twi? Bondage already?”

“Says the mare who stuck her whole muzzle in me not five minutes ago.”

“True… I guess we did already cross that line, didn't we.”

“And now you get to pay for it.”

“Can’t wait.”

“Oh, I am going to make you scream Rainbow, you will scream until you will beg me to stop.”

“Heard that before, you failed then, and you will fail now.”

Twilight’s only reply was to smile at the mare. Using her magic, she began small, with a slight build-up of pressure over each and every cell on Rainbow’s beautiful coat.

“Really Twi? A massage right now? Don’t you think you ought to step it UPPPP!!!”

Her words were cut off when Twilight began applying magical pressure to her nethers; she stretched open Rainbow’s lower lips.

“Oh you thought I was going to start off easy? Rainbow it has been too long, I need to remap you from the inside out before the fun can truly begin.”

“Bring it on, Egghead.”

“Careful what you wish for Rainbow, you may just get it.”

Without any build up, or warning, Twilight stuck her whole horn into Rainbow’s channel. There was no need for any real foreplay, the events of earlier had the mare more than soaking wet. Rainbow screamed out in pleasure as the alicorn sized horn penetrated all the way inside her, it did not surprise Twilight to feel Rainbow let out her second orgasm. It was easy to make a Rainbow cum; the hard part was simply getting one to stay down. Something Twilight decided she would accomplish tonight no matter how long it took.

She kept Rainbow well past the edge by sliding her horn in and out, with the walls of Rainbow’s passage clamped around her horn she felt every single ridge of Twilight’s horn as it left and reentered her. This also served to map out each and every nerve bundle Rainbow had. Twilight finished her exam but did not let Rainbow relax, not yet anyway. The mare needed payback for that stunt before.

After a few minutes, Rainbow’s orgasm finally subsided. She relaxed in the bed with her hooves still tied to each bedpost. Twilight pulled all the way out. Her entire head soaked with Rainbow’s juices. That was one shower she always enjoyed.

“That… that all you got?” her panting was a dead giveaway to the alicorn.

“Oh, that was only beginning; I have a second set of measurements to take, then we can begin in earnest.”

“Second set?” it did not dawn on her just what Twilight was talking about, not until she felt the horn poke at her back door.

…

Shimmering Night wanted to die; she wanted to kill herself right then and there. “Please let lightning strike me down now.”

She had not wanted to look, but when she teleported back for the notebook, her eyes could not help it, when the yell began she glanced over into her parents’ bedroom, just in time to see Twilight bury half her horn in Rainbow’s rear. With the window gone, she literally had a front row seat to her mom getting a horn in her as-

Night grasped the notebook and teleported away, true, in their house sex was never something taboo. However, once she realized exactly what was going on, Night could not help but hate learning just why they were making those noises. That is not even counting the few times she would walk in on them…

“Only my parents.”

…

Twilight kept up the constant stimulation for six hours. For six hours she assaulted every single nerve ending Rainbow had. Massaging, flicking and licking every erroneous spot on the rainbow mare. It was madness that she was still awake, much less breathing.

For Rainbow’s part, she was in seventh heaven. Normally under such stimulation it would start to hurt, it would start to become very uncomfortable. Twilight factored that in, each of her spells not only stimulated, they also fixed any soreness that might develop because of overstimulation. As far as Rainbow was concerned, this had all simply been one long, long orgasm.

They had both long ago lost track of the number of time’s Rainbow came, but judging by the puddle developing below the bed, where the liquid had soaked right through both the mattress and box spring; Twilight had to guess it was in the thousands. Still, she would not give in. Twilight had to be careful though, she made sure that Rainbow’s fluids were constantly getting replaced as they went along.. Something she had learned to do with from an earlier session.

It was at exactly at the six-hour mark that it dawned on Twilight what to do; she plucked a feather from her wings and ran them across each of Rainbow’s hooves.

Twilight finally heard it. “Ok… I give.”

“What’s that Rainbow?”

“You win.”

“That’s what I thought.” It was not the begging Twilight hoped, but she did not want to take it that far. There was a line she refused to cross after all.

Twilight let up the assault, noting just how bad Rainbow looked at that moment. Every pore was dripping sweat. Her body was taken to the edge of even its legendary endurance and held there for all this time. It was amazing, but Twilight expected nothing less from Rainbow.

A quick spell repaired the damage done, replaced the water, and eliminated the soreness.

“That was mean, Twi.”

Twilight just blew her wife a raspberry and lay down next to her. She missed this, not just the sex, but the feeling of closeness that the two shared. Rainbow turned to her side and wrapped a wing around her wife. “Up fo-“

A loud knock at the door interrupted their conversation. “Who the hay is that?”

“I don’t know.” Twilight added as she got up, untied Rainbow and began heading down stars. Rainbow followed her wife as they made for the front door.

Outside was Shimmering Night and the current Mayor of Ponyville. The stallion held up a signed document in his magic and floated it over to the princesses.

The look on his face reminded Rainbow about one little thing they had forgotten about, they were both completely soaked from their time together and none of it was water.

She smiled sheepishly at the two ponies before turning to her wife. “What’s it say?”

“It’s a signed petition from… well everyone in town asking me to please recast the soundproof spell.” Twilight dropped the paper and facehoofed. The realization of what had just happened dawned on the mare as she turned bright red. “I’m so, so sorry.”

The mayor turned and trotted away, as fast as his legs could take him. Shimmering Night just shook her head, “Please recast it, and for the love of Luna please take a shower.”

Night left the two alone with a quick teleportation spell. “Only my parents.” Echoed in the wind at her passing.

Rainbow simply shrugged at Twilight. “Round two?”

“In the shower.” Twilight nodded and smiled back. “However,” she focused her magic and surrounded the entire house with a magical bubble, one designed to keep in noise.

“Time for me to get my payback for that one, Twi. Let’s see if I can make you quit before the six hour mark."

“You’re on, featherbrain.” Twilight smiled, she knew Rainbow would rise to this challenge, and after all, Dash did her best work in the shower. “But first let’s get something to eat.”

“Sounds good. Hey Twi?”

“Yeah?”

“Think you got enough magic for the sex change spell?”

“On you or me?”

“Me.”

“I might be able to work something up.” Twilight grinned at the thought of a male Rainbow Dash bending her over and rutting her senseless in the shower. It was going to be a very good night.

Shower fun