“Ok Kamina, you can do it! I believe in you!” Spike cheered on from the sidelines of the small contained spell testing range behind the library. Really, it was just a subtly shielded barrier field with a concave for the target to be set at.

“Yes Kamina, I'm interested to see your adaptation of the original Telekinetic Lance spell.” Twilight beamed in excitement; a new spell was being shown to her by her coltfriend! It was possibly one of the best things Kamina could have done for the mage/scholar.

“I know I can do it little bro! I'm just worried about the barrier. Are you SURE it can withstand my spell? It's intended to pierce through almost anything.” Kamina asked in worry, as he looked past the target to make sure nopony was in danger.

“I'm almost completely sure, but just in case I've set up a barrier downrange from the target to keep anypony from getting in the line of fire.” Twilight assured her oddly cautious coltfriend, if he was being careful about something, that usually meant it was serious.

“Ok, let's do this.” Kamina began charging his horn with just his magic, leaving it pure red as Twilight took out a scroll and quill to take notes. Kamina took a deep breath, and then focused on forming a telekinetic lance, which was simple beings since his battle with Nightmare it was his signature attack, but knowing him; that wasn't enough. He imagined a bladed spiral starting at the tip, and running down the length of the solid hard-light lance, and then it began to spin rapidly before firing off at the measly wooden target, piercing clean through it rather than puncturing with more splash damage like a normal lance, ripped through the invisible barrier behind it, and flew a good distance before dissipating.

Kamina beamed at his first official test of his Telekinetic Drill spell working perfectly, and he turned to Twilight who was drooling, her eyes shining, and she even seemed to be rubbing her rump into the grass a bit to Kamina's surprise, and Spike was just plain gobsmacked. “You totally tore clean through one of Twilight's barriers like it was tissue paper! I mean, she's not her brother, but Twilight's barriers aren't something to scoff at either.”

“Bedroom! Now!” Twilight suddenly galloped toward the library, dragging Kamina behind her with her magic.

“Whoa! What?! Now?!” Kamina wasn't expecting them to make it to third base so suddenly! They'd only gotten to second base last week! At Kamina's startled question, she spun around and mashed her face into his, leering lustfully into his eyes.

“You've created a new spell; something even I haven't done! That was beyond hot to me! We are going to buck, and we are going to love it!” Twilight silenced anything else Kamina was going to say with a passionate kiss as she continued to drag him into the library through the back door, leaving a flabbergasted and disturbed Spike in the backyard.

“Ok, I'll just...wait out here...alone....” Spike suddenly felt depression at the fact that he doesn't really have any actual friends his age here in Ponyville yet, let alone a genuine love interest besides his crush on Rarity. “I'm so lonely....”

===//////>

After their first ever romp, Kamina and Twilight were irked they couldn't keep at it, beings they had plans to go shopping today and couldn't put it off, so they showered and left the library towards the market, with a grumbling Spike behind them. “Could you have BEEN any louder?” Spike griped in irritation, making Twilight and Kamina blush in earnest embarrassment. “I mean, really? Mmm, oh Kamina! Harder!”

“Spike!” Twilight shouted in disbelief that he would say that in public, and cast a spell to literally zip his lips shut. “That was just mean! You're lucky you're too old for me to wash out your mouth with soap.”

“Because I'd just eat it!” Spike unzipped his lips easily, and proudly remarked. “But, seriously, could you at least cast a sound dampening spell when you're gonna do the flanky spanky? You're a screamer Twilight.”

Twilight face-hoofed as Kamina chuckled nervously. “Just how much DO you know about adult things Spike?”

“I've read the whole pony-sutra back to front several times before Twilight even touched it.” Spike replied dryly, making them both gawk at him, causing him to raise an eyebrow. “Hello? I'm mentally near your age guys. And I'm a hormonal teenage guy, I can't get the opposite sex off my mind even if I try!” Spike wailed in despair, as he suddenly pointed at Vinyl Scratch who was passing by. “Stop swaying your hips! It's distracting!”

“Well, well; if someone's looking it means I've got it cooking! Hot DJ coming through!” Vinyl rubbed it in as she pronounced her gait a bit more as she walked on, making Spike grab his spines in frustration.

“She's like a mare version of you Kamina, I swear.” Twilight observed with a bewildered shake of her head.

“Only in her attitude, her love of shades, red eyes like mine, her mane and tail which are a lot like mine also...her oversexed personality...crap, I'm a stallion Vinyl Scratch!” Kamina realized fully, and grinned like said DJ. “I've got to see about hanging out with her more.”

They continued on, ignoring Spike headbutting a nearby building in frustration. After a minute, Spike finally recovered from his tortured libido and caught up. “Anyway, off the subject of bedroom antics; you guys are really getting good with your magic! I mean, seriously, Twilight; you've got over twenty-five different spell categories you've mastered, and that's not even your natural flame spells!” Twilight sheepishly smiled at the praise, beings she could do nearly anything with fire, even make fire that doesn't burn, which is a signature of mastery over the element. “And Kamina! Big bro; you came to this world totally blind, knowing nothing, and only over four months later, boom!” Spike emphasized by spreading his arms. “You know enough combat magic to be a full-fledged battlemage in service to your mom's direct guard battalion, or even a captain like Twilight's brother!”

Kamina paused for a moment, and looked at Spike in bewilderment. “Ok, that's the second time today you've mentioned Twilight having a brother.” Kamina then turned to Twilight. “Why haven't you ever talked about him? Let alone warn me about him?” 'That would have been nice to know; knowing I've got a potentially overprotective sibling to encounter in the future.'

Twilight looked confused, and then blushed with her ears perked up in astonishment. “I HAVEN'T?!” Twilight was suddenly appalled with herself; how could she forget about her BBBFF for so long?! “Oh~ I'm such a bad little sister! I can't believe I haven't even thought about my brother for so long! Besides, I thought you already knew; beings you know him.”

“I do? Well we've never been introduced properly then, since I don't know who you're talking about.” Kamina wracked his brain for a possible match, trying to think of any stallion who fit the bill that he'd encountered before. 'It can't possibly be Captain Swift Wind, or Captain Ironshod, they have no resemblance, not to mention with both of Twilight's parents being unicorns; having a pegasus or earth pony as their kid would be an incredible rarity.'

“Kamina; my brother is Captain Shining Armor. You know? The captain you trained under every weekend before we left Canterlot?” Twilight informed him, making Kamina gape. “What?”

“So THAT'S why he hates my guts! I thought he was just jealous and was interested in you, but he was just being your big brother and brutally trying to grind me into the courtyard's grass in revenge for me corrupting you or something!” Kamina burst into laughter, even stomping his forehooves on the ground.

“He did what? Oh~ Shining, you're getting an earful when I see you again. Nopony mistreats my stallion....” Twilight fumed with her mane and tail flickering as Kamina's amusement died down, and they continued on to the market square as planned. “What's going on?” Twilight's question caused Kamina to stop letting his mind wander, and looked ahead at the square to see a small stage had been set up. “I wasn't informed of any planned events.”

“Ah don't even bother.” A scratchy voice commented above them, causing the trio to look up as Gilda landed in front of them. “It's just some lame show-pony showing off with her traveling magic show. From what I've seen she's nothing really special; and she's got a real mouth on her to boot.” Gilda was living in Ponyville now. After the party, she told Dash she had plans to move here from Cloudsdale since she was sick of all the air traffic and wanted more airspace. Really though; they all knew she just wanted to be near Dash and her new friends, she was just too proud to admit it outright. She's bunking with Dash for now, but she's working on the local weather team to save up for the materials to make her own cloud house.

“Really? Well I'd like to see what she's capable of before I write her off. It'd be nice to see what another pony who specializes in magic can do.” Twilight replied as she walked towards the crowd.

“Don't say I didn't warn ya, she's already made a laughingstock of some of our friends. It was only because Dash would disapprove I haven't scarred that bitch for humiliating them.” Gilda growled before she took a deep breath and let it out, then counted back from ten. “Sorry, working on the anger issues.”

“I'm just glad Fluttershy's been so nice to offer to help you with it.” Kamina smiled at Gilda, who blushed sheepishly as she rubbed behind her neck with a talon.

“Yeah, that mare's a real friend. Anyway, I'd better go. I don't know how much longer I can stomach that bitch before I do something we'll all regret.” Gilda took off, and Kamina looked toward the stage, seeing a light blue mare with an oddly shimmering silver mane and tail in a purple star-spangled cape and witch's hat performing various tricks, having just finished performing an intricate sort of puppet theater with independently moving silhouettes of shimmering purple light.

'She is good though, at least with illusion magic as far as I can tell. Twilight's taught me that illusion magic is both considered one of the weakest yet strongest forms of magic, since one can do just about anything within the realm of imagination, yet cannot impact the physical world, unless one is a penultimate master of illusion magic; then illusions could very well come to life.' Kamina mused as he approached and the mare had finished a retelling of the time she'd routed an Ursa Major away from the town of Hoofington at a request of telling it again. 'Wow, really big boast there.'

“Now then, it has been a wonderful show, but Trixie must rest soon. So Trixie asks for a volunteer for her final trick!” The mare conveniently introduced herself to Kamina since she spoke in the third person. “Now, lets see....” Trixie looked over the crowd, and froze upon seeing Kamina. “Y-you! Yes, the tattooed stallion with the red eyes!”

“Me? Alright.” Kamina teleported onto the stage, and bowed politely to her. “Greetings Miss Trixie. I am Prince Kamina the Great. I will gladly assist you in this performance.”

Kamina's fairly flamboyant introduction made Trixie smile. “A prince you say? Well my good prince, you don't really need to do much; just lend me some of your power. Trixie can perform the spell, but her reserves aren't large enough to do it alone yet.” Trixie explained with surprisingly humble reasoning, making the crowd become slightly less tense for some reason. “Now come, cross horns with Trixie so we might blow the crowd away!”

It wasn't necessarily a perverted request, since unless it was the intent; the horn would be unfeeling for the most part. “Understood.” Kamina crossed horns with Trixie after she lifted her hat to let it be done, and she closed her eyes in concentration, taking a good portion of Kamina's reserves to his surprise. 'Whoa, whatever she's doing it's going to be huge!'

Kamina didn't move, but he was impressed when he saw that around the stage; an entire small replica of Canterlot Castle made entirely of ice encompassed them save the front, and it towered over them to nearly be as tall as town hall. When it was done, Trixie faced the crowd that all cheered at the spectacular finish, leaving Trixie panting and sweating while Kamina backed off to let her get her bearings. “T-ta-da~! T-Trixie is glad for your contributions and your appreciation. She will gladly put on another show a few days from now when she is recovered. Ta-ta~!”

The crowd slowly dispersed, chatting excitedly about her show, and when enough of them were gone she let herself fall to her rump, making Kamina approach her in worry. “Are you alright? That took a lot of magic out of both of us.”

“Trixie is fine Prince Kamina the Great. She is just tired. She hasn't done that spell outside of practice before.” Trixie rubbed her aching horn, wincing at just how strained it was. “Trixie appreciates your assistance. She's glad for today's turnout, even if at the start a few neighsayers tried to ruin her show.” Trixie bemoaned, making Kamina suddenly have an idea of what happened.

“Those were likely my friends. They probably didn't like your boasting and tried to put you in your place didn't they?” Trixie looked at him and nodded. “Sorry about that. I'll talk to them if you want.”

“No, Trixie understands...sorry, let me get out of character.” Trixie cracked her neck, and sighed. “Sorry about speaking in the third person like that, it's part of Trixie's, my act. Sorry.” Trixie tried to focus. “It is so hard to speak normally when speaking in third is part of the show. It's supposed to inflate my image and make me seem more impressive. I live off this after all.”

Twilight and their other friends sans Gilda, Fluttershy, Pinkie and Rarity came onstage. “Sorry about my friends trying to ruin your show. I am Twilight Sparkle, and my friends here are Spike, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack. I heard what happened, and don't hold it against you. Right girls?” Twilight firmly asked them, making RD and AJ begrudgingly extend feeble apologies. “I will have to ask you to apologize to Rarity later; turning her hair green? She hates green.”

Kamina turned to Spike and raised his eyebrow. “What're you still doing here?” Spike looked at Kamina in confusion. “Mares like it when they're comforted while they're in distress.” Kamina hinted, making Spike snap to attention, and then run off towards Rarity's boutique like a dragon possessed. “Ah little bro, doing better, but not there yet.”

“Very well Twilight Sparkle...say...are you a Shifter?” Trixie asked in sudden interest, making Twilight humbly blush and nod, causing Trixie to beam. “So is Trixie!” Trixie then surprised them by closing her eyes, and serenely, beautifully changing. Unlike Twilight's vibrant and energetic fiery form, Trixie was the near complete opposite. Her fur changed from cool blue to an icy white, her mane and tail became ice, crystallized and catching the light, finally she opened her once purple eyes to reveal an icy blue that was calm and soothing unlike Twilight's powerful and piercing red eyes. “I am Trixie Lulamoon; magician extraordinaire!”

Twilight beamed as she vibrantly transformed into her flaming form. “Twilight Sparkle; Princess Celestia's Protege! I'm so glad to meet another Shifter!” Twilight practically pounced as she grabbed one of Trixie's forelegs in a hoofshake, making the icy mare beam back, before they yelped and jumped back from each other. “COLD!”

“HOT!” They then looked at each other in worry, and looked at their hooves to see the ones they shook with were burned. “Oh, that's just unfair!”

“I know! We're opposing elements, so I guess we can't mix....” They both became saddened, before Kamina got between them, and shook their respective non-burnt hooves, smiling at them both devilishly.

“Well I won't mind helping bridge a gap between you.” Kamina offered, making them both blush at him. “What?”

“Please tell me he's single.” Trixie said to Twilight, who smiled in sad understanding.

“Sorry, he's my coltfriend, but I don't mind sharing.” Twilight offered with a half-lidded gaze, making Kamina and Trixie glow in surprised blushes. “Besides, we will be friends, I know it. How long are you staying in town?”

“Well Trixie doesn't stay more than a week usually. But then again, Trixie never...sorry, I never really stayed in one place because they never really clicked. Right here, I feel more welcome than I ever did elsewhere, so we'll see.” Trixie informed them, before she yawned and blinked rapidly. “Oh, right, I need to get my rest.”

“Oh, go on and rest, we'll visit you tomorrow if that's okay.” Kamina supplied, letting Trixie smile and say goodbye before heading into her carriage as the stage collapsed into it. “She's sexy, in much the same way as you Twilight. She knows her stuff, she's good with magic, she's even a Shifter. I wonder what your meeting would've been like without me here to break the ice.” Kamina stated, and then blushed at realizing he made such a horrible pun, and saw his friends all trying hard not to laugh. “Curse you puns!”

===//////>

It was the middle of the night, Kamina and Twilight were snuggling in her bed, deciding that since they'd gone all the way there was no point in sleeping in separate rooms anymore, save Spike, who loved his full-sized bed too much to downgrade back to a basket anytime soon. “*ROAR*”

A blood-chilling bellowing roar woke them both up, causing them to bolt up and out onto the balcony where they both gaped at the sight. An Ursa Major AND it's Ursa Minor cub were rampaging into town from the Everfree! “WHAT THE BUCK?! WHAT'RE THEY DOING HERE?!”

“I don't know! But we're the most competent ponies in town to handle this, so we've got to fight them off!” Twilight gathered herself before turning back into the room to see Spike having burst into the room. “Spike! Send an emergency note to both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna that Ursas are attacking Ponyville!”

“On it!” Spike ran back out of the room, and both Kamina and Twilight both teleported into town.

“Help!” They both ran to the voice they recognized as belonging to Trixie, and upon rounding a corner, saw her with a clearly broken hind leg about to be crushed by the Major. “HELP!” Trixie screamed in terror as she shed freezing tears and cowered, but Kamina saw red, and blasted the giant ethereal bear which had giant patches of fur frozen over from her efforts with a giant laser blast, which knocked it over onto it's back, allowing Twilight to quickly shift into her own elemental form and grasp Trixie in her magic to pull her to safety. “Thank Faust! I was sure I was done for!” Trixie was in her elemental form as well, and her leg was horrible, having literally seemed to have shattered into fragments below the knee, making them gaze at it in horror, making her look at it herself. “I-I'll be fine...I'll be fine....”

At first it seemed she was in denial, but then they saw her limb literally begin to grow back like creeping ice. “What happened?” Twilight asked as Kamina continued to assault the Major and Minor in fury at them hurting his new friend.

“T-two stupid colts decided to test my story about warding off an Ursa Major, so they went into the Everfree and got it to chase them, bringing the Minor along too! Trixie could have forced back the Major if it was alone, but the cub too? No! I'm not that powerful yet!” Trixie lamented, and grunted in pain as finally her new limb finished forming, and changed from ice into flesh. “A-a tip from one Shifter to another; you can regrow limbs, and recover from most injuries, but it is painful as all buck!”

“N-noted.” Twilight really hoped she wouldn't have to do that herself all too soon. Her musing was cut off at hearing Kamina scream. “Kamina!” Twilight gasped in horror at seeing Kamina pinned under one of the Minor's paws, and it was about to bite him in half. “NO YOU DON'T!” Twilight screamed as she fired an utterly enormous fireball so big and bright it was like a miniature sun, and it blasted the Minor off of Kamina in a wailing roar of agony as its fur caught fire. “TASTE MY FORBIDDEN SUN YOU BUCKING BUCKER!”

“Trixie will assist!” Trixie gathered up as much of her lessened power as she could, and fired a howling spear of crystallized energy at the Major, piercing it's shoulder and sending it reeling back in pain. “Taste Trixie's Crystal Spear!” Trixie then nearly fainted, and started gasping for air as her vision blacked out. “I-I'm out of magic! I can't cast anything else!”

“I've got it!” Twilight roared as she summoned multiple orbs of fire, that then opened up thin streams of condensed flame that blasted the Major and Minor into backing away. “Firestorm!” After this, the two giant beasts decided they weren't worth the effort, and roared in defiance as they turned and ran back into the Everfree, trailing destroyed property behind them. “Kamina!”

The two mares hurried over to the crushed stallion, and Twilight began slamming him with a slew of healing spells. The Minor had broken his pelvis, and fractured is right femur. Thankfully since Twilight got to him so quick, she was able to heal them immediately, but he'd be really sore there for a few days. “Ugh...thanks Twilight.” Kamina didn't get up, but he looked to Trixie. “Are you ok Trixie?”

“I'm fine, thanks to you two.” Trixie nuzzled him in appreciation, and then did the same to Twilight, even if it did burn, they didn't want that to ruin it. “But that's only for my health and life. My carriage, my stage...my home. The Major crushed it. I...I don't know what to do.” Trixie began to cry, but Twilight hugged her, making them hiss, but they muscled through it until it stopped hurting. “Twilight?”

“Stay with us.” Twilight immediately offered, surprising Trixie. “We have an extra room since Kamina and I will be sharing one now. So you're welcome to stay with us.” Trixie hugged Twilight back and cried a bit into her mane, causing hissing steam to come off of their meeting manes of opposite elements.

“You would do that?” Trixie asked after getting herself together, and then realized touching Twilight didn't hurt anymore. “Why doesn't it hurt?”

Twilight looked into Trixie's eyes, feeling strange. “I...don't know. But it feels right....” Twilight leaned in, Trixie did too, and then they kissed slowly and deeply to Kamina's surprise, steam started coming from their noses. They both slowly enjoyed their kiss until they broke off slowly, steam coming from both of their mouths. “You're so crisp.”

“You're so smokey.” They kissed again, obviously not intending to stop anytime soon, and the greatly aroused Kamina wasn't about to interrupt, but somepony had to spoil it.

“Ahem.” At the clearing of her throat, the mares blushed and jumped away from each other to look at the amused Princess Celestia and a blushing Princess Luna, who was now mostly fully recovered from her possession, and about Kamina's height. “Well now, I see two Shifters have found each other.”

“Tis true sister, and as is natural they are attracted to one another in many ways.” Luna added, and looked away as her sister cheekily smirked at her. “For the last time we were ignorant fillies back then Tia!”

“We're Shifters too Luna, it's only natural.” Celestia giggled before she became serious and turned back to her son, protege and the new Shifter. “What is your name my little pony?”

“I-I am Trixie Lulamoon your highness.” Trixie bowed hastily upon realizing her rulers were before her, only for Celestia to lift her chin up.

“Now, now, no need for that. I got the message and came as soon as Luna woke me.” Celestia gazed out at the town, and frowned. “Such devastation, I am sorry we did not come sooner. I hope nopony is seriously injured.” She then turned back to the trio of unicorns. “Return to the library and rest; we shall handle the situation from here.” Celestia stated as entire battalions of Night Guard thestrals swooped in with carriages holding even more guards both unicorn and earth pony that were similarly armored and colored from the armor's enchantments, as they scattered to see to the damaged town and help any injured.

“Yes, please do, I shall watch over everypony's dreams carefully tonight to ensure nopony here has any lingering nightmares from this disaster.” Luna informed them, before they flew off to help with the efforts, and the trio tiredly looked to each other now that their adrenaline and endorphins had calmed down.

“Bed sounds good.” Kamina grunted and winced as he stood up, and the two mares got on either side to support him. “Mmm, sandwiched between hot and cold...it's incredibly comfortable.” They slowly made it home, and being too tired, they all three climbed into Twilight's bed, and snuggled until they fell asleep, both mares cuddling to Kamina.

Author's Notes:

Yes, Clop is implied, unless you guys think I should try my hand at it. If you really, really think I should try my hand at writing Clop, I will post a separate section of "Cloptionals". Just know, that I've never written Clop, let alone lemons. I'm good at lime, I'm a tease, you all know this by now, but we'll see.