“-So, I tried to trap her in her worst fear, but... somehow she used that to overpower me,” Sombra concluded, having told us of his fight with Celestia.

Nightmare nodded, humming in thought. “Well, my universe’s Sombra never made it that far. Like I told you, he made the mistake of trying to dodge Lilith with his shadow form.”

My attention was drawn away from the conversation when a groan alerted me that Sephiroth finally woke up.

“Seph, you just missed Sombra’s defeat,” I said, helping her sit up. “And him beating Nightmare in a duel.”

The woman leaned her head on a hand and sighed. “That’s nice and all, but I really have to stop passing out in your universe all the time.”

“Come on, You’ve passed out in yours more than you have here.”

“Okay, okay. Have to stop passing out in general.” She lifted her head from her palm and looked at me. “So how’s Golden?”

I pointed to her lap where the two fillies had rolled to and were just waking up. “You can see for yourself.”

Smiling serenely the woman watched the two and proceeded to stroke through their manes. “I was able to do something right, for once.” Then her smile vanished. “We have to leave, soon.”

Nightmare came to the side of the bed and nodded. “That is right. But with everything I could gather about the being I’m confident that we can bring an end to the fight that will be awaiting us.”

“I really wish I could help with that-” I slapped a hand to my forehead and let it slide down my face. “I almost forgot, you need to learn how to use magic.”

Seph smiled slightly, but it didn’t really reach her eyes. “That would certainly help. But didn’t I tell you you should stop helping me all the time? We both know that it would just lead to heartbreak if I’d fall for you after all.”

I smiled mysteriously as I pulled a copy of my knowledge of magic control out to form a purple materia, adding in a memory as a last little present. “Still, I can’t help you because I want to?”

Sighing she just opted to cuddle with my fillies instead of answering.

“I put something special in it you’ll enjoy,” I said in a singsong voice, spinning it on a finger in front of her face.

She shot me a sceptic gaze before taking the small sphere. “I hope it isn’t something like your private time with someone?”

“Nope. But it’ll make you blush anyways.”

Enclosing it with her fist hesitantly she lifted an eyebrow before just absorbing it, to get it over with. Her eyes went out of focus for a minute before widening significantly and like I predicted her face was enveloped in a burning blush.

I lifted the fillies from her lap and stood, watching for more of a reaction from her with an impish smile. Slowly her face sunk into her palms and she groaned loudly. “I really, really don’t know what to say right now.”

“You don’t have to, I’m already making plans,” I said as I turned towards the door.

Another groan rang from the woman. “Just… promise that you won’t break up with Lance if he is against it. I’m not destroying what you have, because I belatedly realized that I actually fell for you.”

I stopped and turned back around, halfway to the door. “Even though we can sleep with whoever we want, you’re worried about him being against this?”

“There is a difference between an open relationship and a three way one. We don’t even know if he and I could feel for one another.”

I opened my mouth to reply, only to think on what she had said. “That’s actually a good point.” I shook my head. “Oh well, guess I’ll have to try to figure something out then.”

Nightmare chose that moment to speak again. “Talking with Lance first would be a good decision.” She levitated Sephiroth off the bed and on her feet. “But I fear that we have not the time to stay for that. I would advise summoning Sephiroth to join in on the conversation, though.”

The woman in question shot the mare a dirty look, before facepalming and sighing. She stayed silent and walked over to me, where she proceeded to hug me. “I’m sorry that I keep making things more complicated. And I would be honored to stay your sister if Lance is against it.”

“You don’t have to worry about making my life more complex, in fact I welcome it in a way,” I said as I hugged her back. “And I doubt he’ll be against having two sexy women share his bed.”

She broke the hug again and returned to Nightmare, but took her time to cuddle my fillies when she passed them. When she reached the mare she looked back to me. “Time to say goodbye, I guess.”

The alicorn next to her cleared her throat. “Aren’t you forgetting somepony, Sephiroth? We have to find Lofty first.”

Sephiroth blushed slightly and blinked. “Oh, yeah. Didn’t think of that.”

“I did give you the scrying spell, Seph. You could use that to find him,” I suggested.

“I can try.” The woman closed her eyes in concentration, which moved beneath the lids as if she was searching for something. After a few seconds she smiled and nodded. “Okay, found it.” Her hand was enveloped by a strangely calming and warm shade of pale green for a moment before she opened her eyes again. “He’s in the throne room. Looked like he was searching for us.”

I pulled the teleportation spell out and tossed the cream colored materia to Sephiroth. “I think I’ll let you handle getting us there,” I said as I walked over.

When she caught the sphere and absorbed it without further ado, I really had to try hard to hide my smirk. A raging blush claimed almost all of her face at once and her knees went actually so weak that she fell on her behind. I knew exactly that she was seeing a memory of Lance taking me hard right now. “MAX!”

I fell over laughing, barely getting out, “I had to! It’s the perfect way to prank someone!”

Sephiroth struggled to come up with a rebuttal but eventually just roared. “FFFfffffff… you Max!”

I managed to suddenly stop laughing and look at her. “So you didn’t like feeling Lance take me?”

She jumped to her feet and lifted a fist threateningly, but her eyes told me everything I needed to know that she did enjoy it. With a frustrated growl she grabbed Nightmare and both vanished in a bright flash.

I chuckled a few more times before I stood and picked up the fillies, teleporting after them, reappearing in the throne room. Nightmare was talking to Lofty but the big grin on her face showed that she found my little prank very amusing. Sephiroth, for her part, had a very annoyed expression on her still bright red face, eyes closed and both hands lifted in front of herself, like she was reaching out to some unseen thing.

I walked over to Seph and tapped her shoulder. “Whatcha doin’?”

She just grumbled and remained silent. But I got my answer anyways when a drop of pale green appeared in mid air and fell to the ground in front of her, opening a portal in the same way I had seen when they arrived.

Impressed, I asked, “Okay, how do I do that?”

Sephiroth reached inside her coat and pulled a crumpled sheet of paper out of it only to shove it into my hand. “Instructions from Kat.”

I sighed. “Should’ve guessed. She’s been going around the multiverse trying to run from every speck of happiness that finds her.”

The agitation faded from her voice. “Yeah, she can kinda walk where she wants. I need a token to guide me, though. Reverse tracking its connection with the Displaced.” She reached into her coat again and this time she had a familiar looking black diamond in her palm. “I considered using hers to track her down, but decided against it. I have the suspicion that she would be able to prevent it anyways.”

“Because she gave you instructions on how to do it, but she won’t think of blocking me. I could follow her trail and chew her out for what she did for you, as well as catch up on what all’s been happening.”

Shaking her head she put the token away. “You don’t understand. She somehow managed to block the summoning all together and made some kind of answering machine for it. All you can do is leave a message. The conclusion that she would be able to block any tracking wouldn’t be that hard to make.” Then she shrugged. “But you can try.”

“I will, you can count on that.” I pulled her into a tight hug. “I’ll try my best to get Lance to agree to letting you join us. If he does, I’ll suggest putting the wedding off for a few more months.”

Sephiroth reciprocated the embrace and rested her chin on my head. “You shouldn’t. It’s a pain to reschedule an event as big as this. If we are unable to sort things out for three whole months, then we should reconsider our relationship anyways.” She lapsed into silence after that and I heard hoofsteps fading in the direction of the portal. Nightmare and Lofty must have decided to give us this moment to part ways and went ahead. Honestly, I couldn’t bring myself to care that she didn’t say goodbye. “Max?” The grip around me tightened a little. “I can not begin to say how thankful I am. And even that sounds hopelessly insufficient.”

"Heh, I was going to say the same thing. Not only did you forgive me for before, but you trusted me with... basically everything." I had a sudden idea and broke the embrace, walking over to one of the windows. I raised my hands towards the moon and where the sun would be, lighting them and drawing beams of light from the celestial bodies. As the energies coalesced in my hands I brought them closer, shaping them into what I wanted and solidifying them as my hands met.

I turned back to Sephiroth as the light seeping from between my fingers dissipated. "I'll hold onto this in case he says yes," I said as I opened my hands for her to see the ring of pure, silver moonlight and the diamond embedded in it that twinkled with faint sunlight.

She stared incredulously and was a little lost, obviously. After a few moments her eyes searched mine and very slowly one of her brows lifted as if she tried to ask me to explain, or maybe confirm what she thought.

I smiled and continued, "I told you; if he says yes, you might be joining our marriage. This is your promise ring from both of us." I closed my hand again, teleporting the ring to my token bag. "I'm going to hold onto it until Lance comes back from his universe and I tell him about you."

Nodding she turned around and headed to her portal, where she paused. She didn’t move, neither taking the last step, nor turning around again. After a few minutes she balled her hands into fists, which began to shake in frustration.

I sighed and walked over, putting a hand on her shoulder. "I know, there's a big chance he'll say no, but I have a feeling that he'll say yes. It's a big risk that we're taking, but that's life. If you don't take risks and close yourself off from everyone else, you're just hurting yourself."

Sephiroth’s posture relaxed a bit. “I never hated saying ‘Goodbye’ as much as I do in this moment. But there’s a being waiting for me to rip it apart.”

"It isn't goodbye, we will see each other again. Just make sure you leave some for me to tear apart."

The corners of her lips twitched upwards slightly. “I’ll try.” She turned around and hugged me briefly one more time, before she disappeared into the portal.

I stood there until it closed, wanting to follow and help her with her fight. I just hope she’s able to beat Celestia. I know she’s stronger than her, more so with her magic, but.... I can’t help feeling like I should be there. I shook my head, trying to put aside my unease and turn my thoughts to ending my little vacation.

I turned to my fillies and smiled. “Let’s go find your sister and brother.”

After dropping the fillies and Lucky off with Filli-second, I scryed the palace for Twilight, only to find she was swamped with plans for... something. It wasn’t for the wedding, I knew that because those plans were over in Matterhorn’s room. I teleported to Twilight, accidentally scaring her when she turned to look at another part of the plans. “Sorry, Twi, just saw you were working on this and thought I could help,” I said, backing up a little.

“YES! Please help me get this organized. Quill Weave did as best as she could, but there’s- just-.... It’s way over budget, the tickets haven’t even been made, an orchestra hasn’t been booked yet, Spike is back in Ponyville trying to ask Pinkie on a date, Discord - both of them - is nowhere to be found,” she grabbed me by my shoulders and pushed her face into mine, “And I haven’t slept since the party!”

I gave her a slight smile and a peck on her nose. “Then go get some rest. I’ll be able to handle some of that by tomorrow.” I gently took hold of everything in her magic before tapping the tip of her horn with a sleep spell. The effect was instant with Twilight slumping against me shortly before I teleported her to her bed. “Well, let’s see if I can get some of this done.”

(Captain Edward Kenway)

I finally saw Max’s universe before me so I got up to speed in my little vessel and took off and into Max’s universe.

When I came through I saw her in a window in an office so I steered towards her and began pouring out the water residue from entering the universe as I began to play a song.

When I neared my small vessel began to sink through the air so I climbed to the top of the mast and climbed even higher to the pole where the pirate flags would normally be and waited for the right moment then I jumped through the window still playing the music and then repairing the window with a snap… The ship then proceeded to go through the wall and sink into the floor after a few seconds and just for comedic effect I took out car keys and locked the ship.

“Captain Kenway. A bit later than I presumed you would be here,” Max said, not looking up from whatever she was writing.

“Aw, Max seriously? Do you know how hard it is to travel through the void in a ship I mean with only yourself it’s easy but with a ship I almost has to go wrong.” I said with a childish tone.

“I don’t, but I can imagine.” She set down her pen and stood. “You can... park, your ‘ship’ there as long as it doesn’t ruin the carpet, I actually like that one. Very soft and fluffy; perfect for a little fun.”

“Ok.” I sighed and snapped my fingers so the ship disappeared “So, what happened while I’ve been doing my stuff… Well what has happened here exactly?”

Max walked over to the door and motioned for him to accompany her. “Well, I found out that I had been possessed since Celestia gave me her magic. I’m also trying to come up with some sort of plan for getting Lance to agree to having a female Sephiroth join our wedding.”

I followed her “You’ve been possessed?... Oh, and your question about the airship thing, think of it as a way of breaking the fourth wall just breaking into displacers files about their displaced.” I gave a smile and pulled out of thin air a drawer with a lot of case files in it. “Yep here it is all the info I need on any displaced I have met.”

“Someone’s going to get mad about that sooner or later. And I’m not going to be there to protect you all the time.”

“I’m not looking at anything personal because that is something I’m not allowed to do… So I can’t read about any of you bedtimes with other people or other people's sex and all that, so I don’t really worry that much… anything they don’t want to tell anyone is also not there.”

“I wasn’t talking about the Displaced,” Max said as we turned a corner right into a humongous drydock. “Here she is: the C.C.I.A. Intrepid. The very first air carrier.”

While walking I hadn’t noticed we had gone through a portal so I kept talking “And I don’t really read that… much…” I never got to finish as I zoomed away and was all over the ship in seconds writing down a list.

I could tell that the ship was inspired by The Avengers in that it had two separate flight decks, but that’s where the similarities stopped. The Intrepid looked like it had no engines or exhaust ports and barely any wiring, but there were gigantic gems on each of the four corners of the ship and two inside what looked like tubes on what I assumed was the aft. There were ball turrets on the underside with six rods each that had rubies on the end, along with what looked like artillery guns. The bridge was on the underside as well and from what I could see there were only six chairs, five of which had consoles in front of them and what looked like a table in the middle of the forward-facing chairs.

The deck of the ship looked like it was just two runways slanted in a ‘Y’ shape, but as I took a closer look I saw that it had smaller guns lining the outside of the runways and what looked like a line of sapphires running just a few inches beyond the ends of the guns’ barrels. There wasn’t a tower on the deck anywhere, though I assumed that one of the chairs in the bridge controlled the air traffic.

“An engineering marvel, isn’t it?” I heard Max say from my right, almost making me drop my pen and paper. “There’s a secondary bridge deep in the ship in case the main one is destroyed.”

I tried to look a little manlier after the scare but failed miserably “But of course she is, why wouldn’t she be?” Then I thought about how awesome it would be to commandeer it and made a “manly” squeal though that also sounded quite girly… What? I like big ships.

“Well, she’s a few weeks behind schedule because we’re having trouble with the guns, not to mention the Gem Drives aren’t as efficient as I would hope. As it stands, it’ll be another month until she’s ready to fly.” She pointed to a lift that was just coming up to the upper deck. On it was what looked to be a miniature of The Strahl from Final Fantasy XII. “The fighters and transports are already getting miles on them, though. The pilots are eager to have more room than just this cave to fly around in.”

While Max talked I nodded and listened. “Let me look at the gem drives, I have tried using them before… Well something like it anyway though I usually used them as a fast getaway. I can maybe find the problem.”

“That’s the thing, these are just more powerful versions of the ones on air yachts. The techs will most likely find the part of the matrices that’s giving us a problem. What’ll take a full month are the guns.” Max indicated an explosion down on the floor where some ponies were staring at a small crater that was left behind. “That’s the fifth pony we’ve lost to an overload. The same one as the other four, most likely.”

“Hmm, you say they all overload yes? Could I have a look… I take all injuries under my own risk.” I said with a curious look at one of the guns.

“Go ahead, the drives and the guns are the only things keeping us from running all the piping and connecting the main generator.”

I walked over to one of the guns, but not before snapping my fingers and donning a mechanic outfit, I then proceeded to open one it up to look at the guts… What I saw didn’t surprise me since it was the exact same error I made when making my own or my ship… Looked like it anyway. “I can see here that you are using a converter to turn the magic into energy which gets amplified and concentrated through the lenses to make a highly destructive beam… In theory it should work but I have had this problem myself and that problem is the converter and the stuff that comes before it, it has very little in ways of restrictors and you can see that because it overloads after the first shot simply because it has no way of restricting the magic it needs to convert… The answer is simple, you need a beefier converter and a really good restrictor...”

“That’s not a problem since we use a mixture of ground gems and water to get magic to the guns. There’s a foot pedal for pumping the solution through the chamber with the collector gem that powers the gun. Every shot takes only one or two pumps to fully charge, but once it’s fired it overloads and completely destroys the gun and whomever is trying to use it.” She pointed to a pedal that I had missed near the base of the stand the gun was on. “I’m thinking that the problem is that the energy is being amplified too much and that’s making something heat up that shouldn’t be.”

… Or it was not like mine in any way. “Ok, this complicates it but give me a few and I’ll be back with you… I also need a blast proof glass wall.”

“You’ll have better than that,” Max said as she lit her hand with a white glow. “I could give you the schematics for the guns as well if you want.”

“Ok, so schematics, gun and protective barrier… Also an unicorn to pump the pedal, will be what I need.” I told her.

Max pulled over one of the unicorns that had been staring at the crater and said, “Step on the pedal when he tells you to.”

The unicorn nodded and stood next to the pedal, nervously glancing around.

Max put a finger to her temple and pulled out a blue wisp of something that coalesced into a light blue crystal sphere. She tossed it to me and I caught it, looking at it confusedly until Max said, “Just crush it in your hand, you’ll gain the schematics.”

“Ok.” I said as the orb kinda just sunk into my hand and new information streamed into my mind also… A memory about Gilgamesh from Final Fantasy doing something my mind couldn’t register at first, but then I started blushing and my mind just shut down and my body was suddenly laying on the ground… And I had a massive erection… And not because it was from Gilgamesh’s view but from Max herself and the only thing I could mutter was a single word… “Kinky…”

Max laughed, falling over and rolling slightly from side to side.

I slowly rose and looked at her then I proceeded to sprint out the hangar.

“You know, it’s hard to... run from someone when... they can control portals,” Max said after she calmed down some as I ran past her several times. “It’s really pointless... to try.”

I stopped looked at her and just snapped my fingers before vanishing in a pop and confetti, before reappearing outside in the gardens, where I quickly drew fresh air and thought of something not very attractive like… Old people, Grey walls… Something?... But no it was always that damn kinky memory Max had given me, “God damnit, why can’t stuff just be easy most of the time?” I asked myself.

“I couldn’t help but play a little prank on you,” Max said from beside me, making me jump, only to be confused as I didn’t see her beside me.

Shaking off my confusion I said, “Ok, maybe it was a bit funny…”

“Yeah, I like trolling people,” She said from behind me, making me jump again at her sudden appearance when I turned around. “I’ve gotten Sephiroth with that two times so far and her reactions were hilarious.”

“Well what did she do?” I asked with an amused smile.

“Exactly what you would imagine an embarrassed girl to do. Get a very cute blush and try to smack whatever made her embarrassed.” She gestured to a nearby door. “Want something to eat?”

I contemplated that and came to the conclusion… If anyone made a joke about me actually cumming to that conclusion I will find you and kill you, that yes I was hungry, “Eh, sure why not I’m a bit hungry after teleporting out here anyway.”

Max nodded and led the way into the castle. “What would you like to eat? I can get the cooks started on it right now so we don’t have to wait.”

“Whatever you got and do you have coffee?” Though I didn’t drink much coffee it helped get up my energy reserve until my actual energy level evened out.

I could practically hear the mischievousness dripping from her voice as she said, “Oh, I can make you a cup of coffee you will never forget.”

“Uh… Sure, and is it ok if I add some of my own alcohol?” Kinda not liking where this was going.

“I don’t know what effect that will have, but sure.” Max stopped and opened a door, closing it and shaking her head before moving on.

“What was in there?” I asked not wanting to open the door without knowing what could be behind it.

“Just a bedroom with two maids in the bed. I don’t really have the layout memorized yet, so I tend to get a little lost now and then.”

I contemplated that for a second… Oh… “Oh… Ok, let’s just move on then.”

We walked along in silence, Max opening a door now and then before moving on. It was almost getting a bit tedious by the time we finally found the dining room.

“Ok, so what is the meal going to be? I hope something tasty cus’ I’m getting kinda hungry.” I said rubbing my stomach a bit.

“Well, for you it’s a burger with fries and the... coffee you wanted. For me, it’s a salad with olives, mustard, and a dash of grape juice,” Max said as she reached into a portal and pulled out a mug with a nuclear symbol on the side. “Here you are.”

“Uh… Sure.” I said as I pulled out a little flask with what everyone would identify as alcohol, “This is 99,9% pure alcohol never tried it but there’s always a time for everything.”

“Well, I’m not stopping you.” Max slowly backed away, not taking her eyes off of me as she sat in a chair at the table.

I gulped and put on a gas mask just for safety and began pouring, then I took a chaos infused titanium rod and stirred it a bit, then I put it down on the table and took off the gasmask. I sighed “I have now got whatever coffee this is mixed with magical alcohol… This is potentially very dangerous for the human body… But who cares.” I shrugged.

“It was already dangerous to begin with.” Max teleported a notebook and pen to her and opened the book. “Tell me, how high is your caffeine tolerance?”

“That’s it I have absolutely no idea… Let’s hope chaos magic saves me.” I said and took a sip… It was damn hot but other than that it tasted a lot better than any other coffee I’ve ever tasted. “Hmm couldn’t have been better.”

Max’s eyes widened a bit before giving me a sultry look. “Mhm.... Couldn’t have given a better view either.”

My eyes widened and I looked down at myself… … ...I closed my eyes, facepalmed and sighed… “I should have seen this coming, shouldn’t I?”

“Well, your clothes looked a bit rough around the edges, so I thought it would just repair them. The alcohol must have changed the brew enough that it gave you a sexy barkeep look.”

I sighed again my face still in the palm of my hand, “Makes sense since I am kind of a barkeep if you think about it… Yes I do have a bar in my name.”

“Heh... Too bad I’m trying to cut back on how much I sleep around.” Max’s eyes traveled up and down my body once more.

I sighed again having my eagle eye seeing that. “That chaos magic just had to prank me didn’t it… And yes I do blame the magic since I made the alcohol with it.”

“I think I’ll remember that for later.” Max wrote something down in the notebook before setting it aside and digging into her ‘salad’.

I sat and began eating my burger before a thought slipped out. “I could give you two barrels full of this stuff.” I said and shook the flask a little.

“Nah, Discord can probably make it himself.” Max’s attention turned towards the door and her eyebrows rose. “Hey, it’s the two maids from earlier.”

My eyes widened… Again… And I quickly snapped my fingers but my clothes didn’t change. “Shit.” I muttered under my breath.

“Huh, that’s an interesting side-effect.” Max opened her notebook again and lit her hand, writing something else in it as the maids finally noticed my outfit and blushed.

“Max’s coffee and chaos magic made alcohol… Don’t ask how it works.” I told the maids with a hand solidly planted on my face.

“W-we weren’t going to...” The left one said before whispering to the other maid, getting a nod from her.

“Oh, ok…” I still sat with my hand planted on my face.

“No girls, we’re trying to discuss business. His outfit is just part of him adding something to my coffee,” Max said, closing the notebook again. “Besides, he’s going to be in charge of the ship being built.”

“And I still haven’t gone over to thinking that loving ponies is not bestiality yet… So I have no intentions or plans of doing it anytime soon.” I said while slamming my head continuously into the table.

A few seconds went by with the only sound being my head hitting the table before Max broke the silence. “You had to insult them?”

“I’ve come from an universe where loving ponies is wrong to a whole other universe where no one cares… It’s kinda hard… And tell them later I didn’t mean offence… And that I’m really sorry…” I said. “Sometimes I hate my life.” I then muttered.

“I will. So, you want to stay and pilot the Intrepid? I assume you have a way to get back to exactly when you left your universe by asking.”

“I have a way yes… If you mean freezing the universe in time until I’m back then yes… I had some help from the Doctor.” I said with a smile thinking about how it went.

“Then stay as long as you like. You’ll be in control of the fleet protecting the intrepid as well as the intrepid itself.”

“I still need to figure out that gun…” I said, already thinking of ideas about what and how it was going wrong.

“Maybe the main generator is what’s causing it. I’ve uh... borrowed the idea for it from Stargate.”

“Maybe… But I need to make a test on the gun first just to know where in the gun it happens.” I stated and made a holographic image of the gun from the schematics in my head… And now I remembered Max’s… Present.

“Maybe I should just change the guns to use the ZPM instead of magic. That might fix the problem.”

I sighed, I had so looked forward to see a big gun blow up all in the name of getting rid of a problem to make them even better. “If you want… I mean it’s not my ship per say so you do whatever you want with it.”

Max set her fork down and looked at me. “It is going to be your ship. You’re just going to be using it to Equestria’s advantage. You are in charge of its construction now, so you can do what you want with it. Just make sure I know about it, though. I don’t want to suddenly find out during a battle that you put a planet-glasser on it.”

“If I do change something I’ll let you know first thing on my schedule, ok?” I asked my voice filled with glee at the prospect of making a few changes.

“Good, just don’t be surprised if some time this month I come to your room for some fun.”

“I will be waiting with a few mugs of my alcohol if you want.” I said as I snapped my finger and a dressing screen came up but all around me even over me to let me change… Yes I changed back to my original clothing and snapped my finger again and the screens disappeared. “And if you don’t want to drink I’ll drink all of it.”

“I won’t be able to drink any since I’m pregnant,” Max said with a pout. “Wish I could, though.”

“Hmmm, in Denmark they had this form of beer that had almost no alcohol… though it’s definitely not as fun, it’s still a beer… Kids were allowed to drink it too… But I’ve never been pregnant so I wouldn’t know what you can and cannot drink.” I shrugged.

“I can make a drink like that using moonlight.” Max stood and turned towards the door. “Anyways, I have some things to do. I’ll be in my room if you want to talk to me.”

“And I’ll be in the hangar trying to make sense of some of this machinery.” I said as I stood, “Have nice day.” The last part I said kinda like a russian.

“I will.”

“... By the way can you show me back? I have no idea where the hangar is from here.”

“The hangar is under Canterlot, you’ll have to go through the caves to get there. The door the ship will be going out is on the opposite side of the mountain. Most guards can point you to where the entrance to the caves is,” Max said, opening the door and pausing for a moment. “You could just teleport there though.”

“Do you have any tall towers close by?” I said with a small smile. “And thanks for telling me the location.”

“Yeah, just teleport a hundred yards up and you’ll see several around you.”

“Ok cool, see ya’ later I guess… Now it’s just up, up and away!” I said as it looked like I flew up through the ceiling but I actually just teleported to the closest and by chance tallest tower.

Upon arriving back in Max’s room, Lance just looked at her with shock. A lot of things had just recently happened and right now, he was really concerned for her. He was going to have a look at her injuries, until he realized that he still had the metal band on his wrist. “Max? Do you have the key for this?”

Max sighed. “Yeah, Kat slipped me the key when she thought I wouldn’t notice.” Max tossed Lance the key, pulling Seph’s feather out of her hair once more. Lance took a moment to unlock it and take the band off. But instead of breaking it, he actually kept it in one piece. The Adept was thinking that something like this may be useful later. But then he turned to Max again.

“We should have a doctor look at you. I’m a little concerned about you getting hurt just now.” He told her.

Max turned to him and looked at the left side of her chest and the scar that could barely be seen there. “I already healed it.”

“That isn’t my concern.” Lance said as she fixed herself up. “I’m concerned for the child. Do you think being in Kat’s world affected his development?”

She rested a hand on her enlarged stomach, noting that it was larger than before. “Let’s go see Home Remedy then.”

“Lead the way, Maxie.” Lance replied, kissing her on the forehead before helping her up.

“After we see Seph, though. I think the trip just advanced my pregnancy, so there shouldn’t be anything to worry about.” Max cleared her throat and said, “Seph, you alright? I have someone I’d like you to meet.”

A translucent green drop appeared out of thin air and hit the ground, only to somehow cause it to form waves as if being a liquid itself. Small wisps of green began to rise from the point of impact, circling and waving around each other until they reached beyond his own height. Slowly they split down the middle and drifted apart to form an oval shape while seeming to gently lift the veil of reality itself, revealing the vast void behind it. A few seconds later a tall woman with the body of an amazon’s wet dream emerged from it. Toned in all the right places but not overly so. Her hair cascaded down her shoulders and back like rivers of liquid silver. She was clad in a long, form fitting, black coat, open on the front even lower than her belly button, only held together by two straps crossing over her breasts. There were metal guards on her shoulders and a pair of pants, that left little to imagination, completed the attire, ending in two heavy boots, that almost reached her knees.

A small smile graced her lips and her teal eyes lit up when they fell on Max. “You called?”

Max marched right over to the other woman with a glare and slapped her, sending her out the window. Her hand glowed white and ‘Seph’ appeared back in front of Max, crashing into her. Max stood her ground and wrapped her arms around the other woman, pressing her face into her breasts as she said, “I knew I should’ve gone with you!”

The silver haired woman struggled to get out of Max’s grasp. “What the f*ck, Max. That hurt.”

“It should’ve. It scared me when I noticed your feather had wilted.” Max’s grip tightened a bit before loosening to where Seph could escape.

Which the woman did, standing to her full height again and rubbing her cheek, where a red mark showed. She frowned down on Max, but more in confusion. “My feather did what?”

“Wilted; aged; got roughed up. I thought you were dying when I saw it.”

Seph flinched and averted her gaze, mumbling under her breath, before looking back at Max once more. “Sorry… I kind of got beaten up by Celestia pretty bad.”

“You need to be more careful!” Max pulled Seph in for another hug. “I don’t want you to die before you can have your child.”

The latter of the two hesitated before reciprocating the hug and sighing. “In my defence… it wouldn’t have been so bad if this blue pegasus from the elements hadn’t barged in on our fight. She distracted me long enough for Celestia to land a few blows…” Her voice faded to a whisper. “Shattering the bones in my arms…” The appendages in question twitched at that.

“Don’t. You’re still alive, so don’t tell me what happened.” Max let go of Seph and gestured to Lance. “This is Lance.”

Seph’s eyes widened slightly and a faint, but still visible, blush appeared on her cheeks when she looked at him. “Erm… hi. Max told me about you.” She straightened her posture and walked over to him, the red on her face somehow deepening with every step, until she stopped and held a hand out for him to take. “My name is Sephiroth, nice to meet you.”

“Same here.” Lance replied, shaking her hand. “It’s nice to be able to meet you in person, Sephiroth. Are you fine with me just calling you Seph?”

Shrugging, she retracted her hand after the shake, but despite looking relaxed, she seemed to struggle with something. “Sure, why not? Max and Kat called me this several times now so it’s alright.” Finally losing whatever inner conflict had befallen her, she averted her gaze and coughed awkwardly into a fist. “Has Max asked you, yet?”

“Nope. I was gonna tell him what all happened before asking him,” Max said, putting an arm around the taller woman’s shoulders.

Sephiroth nodded and crossed her arms in front of her chest. “That makes sense. So how much does he know already?”

Lance just raised an eyebrow and folded his arms for a minute. “Know about what?”

“What happened when she summoned me,” Max explained. “You know the main thing about that.”

“Yeah, I get that. But I have a feeling this is about something… Else.” The Adept replied back. “You did tell me that the two of you had forgiven one another, but I think there’s a little bit more.”

Seph nodded again. “Yes. After we parted ways, I accidently assumed that Max had left a black diamond behind, as some kind of payment. I was really mad and tried to blast it to pieces, which led to the summoning of Kat. She dragged me out of the hole I fell into after what happened and when I was able to think clearly again, I noticed that something about Max’s behavior was very wrong. So very not Max.” She paused shortly. “If I’m being honest I may have been in denial about that Max could have been the one responsible. The thought that she was somehow influenced or even possessed hurt way less than the alternative.” The silver haired woman shuddered and bowed her head enough for her hair to hide her eyes.

Max’s grip tightened a bit and her face turned to shame. “Even though that was caused by the Nightmare, I realized that... I might’ve actually ended up like that, given a few years. I was... for lack of a better way to say it - focused on sex and lust so much that I was constantly thinking of who I might sleep with next.

“I... I wouldn’t have forced myself on you, but... I-I don’t know how I would react to you in a year or two.” Max buried her face in Seph’s shoulder, trying to hold back her tears.

Lance himself during the scenario felt like he was a relationship counselor after hearing all of this. “So… I guess you two have apologized to one another, but I may ask… What does that have to do with what Max needed to ask me?”

“Sorry, got carried away. After I convinced myself that Max was possessed, I wanted to free her but the only one I know of, that has any expertise with the inner workings of a mind and ethereal beings is Nightmare Moon, who was at that moment a brainwashed husk of her former self in captivity by Celestia. Kat helped me with that, though. We infiltrated the castle and managed to get pretty far until we encountered Chetyre, the new god of chaos in my universe.” Seph sighed deeply. “Because I’m immune to chaos magic, I told Kat to head on without me, while I would take care of Chetyre, but he tricked me.”

The woman shrunk a bit in on herself before continuing. “He took the form of Discord and caught me by surprise. I just remember seeing him move towards me and something about green flashing eyes. The next thing I remember is waking up in a dungeon, chained to the wall…” She shuddered again. “I’ll spare you the details, but Celestia and Chetyre tortured me for almost 24 hours. Kat was the one who saved me. She had restored Nightmare to her former self and then left, only leaving behind a short letter and instructions how to travel through the Void with the help of a token. So I grabbed Nightmare and came here to free Max, only to break down under the weight of my memories from the torture…” Her voice faded and she was visibly shivering now. When Lance saw that, he put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

“It’s okay. You don’t need to share everything if you don’t want to.” He assured her.

“I think I should tell the next part, though,” Max said. “When Seph collapsed Nightmare took a glance at Seph’s memories and saw what they had done to her and... well, tried attacking me because of it. I got her to calm down and let me join her in Seph’s memories, but...” Max shook her head, trying to stay calm if her white knuckles were anything to go by. “They used her fear of losing a child and the fact that she didn’t know I prevented a pregnancy against her. Nightmare and I managed to calm those memories, though, and once it was-”

That was the moment where the taller woman broke free of Max’s arm and rushed over to a nearby trashcan only to throw up.

“I think that was a little too soon.” Lance mentioned. “So to summarize, you tried cleaning out what is fake, you two made up and now were here?”

Max’s eyes gained a glimmer of her usual impishness and she turned to Lance. “We did more than just make up.” Her hand glowed and she touched a finger to her temple, pulling a pink-ish wisp of something out that formed a small crystal ball. “Here, I’ll let you experience it first hand.”

Seph shot to her feet and glared daggers at Max. “Don’t! Just don’t!”

Max smiled at her as she tossed it towards Lance, only for a black gloved hand to snatch it right out of the air. “I said no, Max!” And before anyone could question what was going on the silver haired woman absorbed the sphere into her. For a moment her eyes went out of focus before she suddenly reared back and roared. “FFUUUUUUUU!!!!”

“Something she didn’t want to see?”

Max giggled and produced another pink sphere. “Nope, I planned on her trying to stop me and gave her my first time with Celestia.” This time though, instead of tossing it, Max just handed it to Lance. For a brief moment, he was taken aback by the memories stored inside. After seeing it, he looked back at both women, one of which had her whole face encompassed by a raging blush and was panting slightly. Surprised, but quite relaxed.

“Well… That was interesting… Say, do you want to wait on seeing Home Remedy til tomorrow?” Lance asked, sitting down on the bed in the back of the room. “I think that after everything we’ve been through, we need to let off some steam.”

“Maybe in a little, but first, I still need to ask you something.”

“Okay, what is it?” The Adept asked, unaware of what was to be said to him at all.

“Well, during Seph’s stay she asked me if I could give her a child. Because of that I resolved to let you decide if she could join us. Like for good.”

“You mean… as a second partner?” Lance asked, getting a look from Max that he saw as a ‘yes’. “Sure. I’m all for it. Since Max is okay with it, so am I.”

Sephiroth just stared dumbfounded, still red as a tomato. The Adept chuckled a little when he looked back at Sephiroth. “I think Seph is a bit surprised by my answer.”

Max leaned in and gave him a kiss. “I kinda knew you wouldn’t say no.”

“I don’t want to sound unappreciative but don’t I get to decide if I want him as a partner?” The silver haired woman had crossed her arms in front of her chest again. Lance himself just sighed.

“Are you saying that I need to prove myself to you somehow?” He asked, raising an eyebrow.

Max clapped her hands together and said, “I know! A small duel right here. First to down their opponent, or make them unable to fight wins. No drawing blood, though, it’ll be hard to clean that out of the carpet even with magic.”

“So a friendly bout? Hmm… Are you sure? We could end up destroying your room.” The Azure Striker mentioned, looking at Seph for a minute, only to notice her pleased grin.

Max’s hand lit and he heard her speak in his ear, “Don’t worry, just remember to use your body against her.”

“That could mean a lot of things,” He whispered back. “Any weak points?”

Max’s hand met her face. “... Just use what I gave you and try to make her too… distracted to fight.”

Lance himself now deeply sighed. “You seriously want us to do it now, do you?”

“She has a huge strength fetish. If you avoid her attacks and just pleasure her, she’ll fold like a house of cards.”

Lance grinned a little. Speed and Agility were two qualities of his that had worked out well for him in the long run. “Okay, if we’re doing this, is it with or without weapons?” He asked Seph. “My guess would be without, but I don’t want it to be ‘unfair’ for you.”

“Max said no drawing blood, so I can not use my weapon.”

Lance sighed a little, taking off his jacket and setting it on the coatrack. The jacket contained both of his guns and his Energy blade in the pockets, so he wouldn’t need to use them. For added measure, he took off his gloves as well, revealing the light colored bare palms of his hands. “Ladies first?”

Seph, for her part, set her gloves taut and clenched her fists. “You will regret that.” Her whole body was enveloped in a red aura before she simply vanished from sight only to appear right in front of him with her fist already buried into his stomach. However, to her surprise, Lance barely budged as he used his right arm to graze her lower chest. Seph felt a little bit of tingling there and noticed the small amounts of electricity dancing around his fingers as he loosened himself from Seph’s strike and got behind her, adding a small shock around her upper legs.

With an involuntary grunt she stumbled forward to get away from him, the blush on her face renewed. But instead of trying to punch him again, she swiveled on one foot, while kicking the other one in the direction of his face. The Adept saw this coming and moved his head to the left, followed by another shock around her knees and inner thigh. As she fell forward, a third shock occurred, but this time around the back of Seph’s neck. Lance made sure to be careful around this area though because he didn’t want her to get hurt accidently.

This chain of actions caused her to actually moan. She jumped away from him and shot him an irritated glare. “What the f*ck are you doing?!”

“No weapons, but it was never clarified whether powers were to be used. Plus, I learned that certain pressure points can affect a fighter’s performance.” Lance calmly replied, a spark of electricity coursing through his open left palm. “Back in my world, I don’t kill targets. I knock them out and capture them. It’s part of my training.”

Shaking her head, she actually looked relieved. “For a second there I thought… nevermind.” Her hands began to glow with a black, swirling aura. “Kat brought something to my attention. I almost forgot about this.” In the next moment the air around them grew literally heavy as gravity itself seemed to decide that it was time to drag them down with ten times its usual pull.

“Increasing the gravitational pull? I thought that could be learned from someone like Kat.” Lance sighed, only shaking a little bit at the knees as he stood his ground. “Too bad we were banished from her realm.”

Suddenly the gravity returned to normal and Seph blinked confused at him. “What?”

“Care to explain, Max?”

“Kat isn’t in our multiverse and she’s fighting an evil version of herself,” Max said, showing them the scar. “I got this when the evil clone tried to hurt Lance.”

To Seph’s surprise, Lance wasn’t paying attention to Max and instead used the opportunity to shock her one last time around the neck. “Sorry Max, but I couldn’t help taking advantage of a distraction.” He spoke with a chuckle in his voice.

Sephiroth actually and truly squealed when he did and jumped away again. When she glared at him this time, she was blushing like mad and panting slightly. “You… you are doing this on purpose.”

“Purpose? You really need to think again. I was just following some advice Max gave me. That’s all.” He sighed.

The silver haired woman growled aggressively turning to face Max, only to see a halo of Max’s magic above the other woman’s head as she whistled nonchalantly. “You. Why am I not surprised in the least?” Then her gaze snapped back to Lance. “Are you aware, that she deliberately made you tickle me in… intimately sensitive places?”

“Hey, I knew you were in no shape to actually fight anyone,” Max said, glaring at Seph. “You might not be for the next month or so. So, I told Lance to not actually fight you fairly so you wouldn’t exacerbate the wounds you already have.”

“Right.” Lance replied, sitting on the bed again. “I didn't want to hurt you on top of what you have already been going through.” For a moment, he noticed that his shirt was soaked in sweat and slowly took it off, exposing his chest and upper body. “God, why is it so warm in here-?”

He was interrupted by a low whine, that turned into a growl. When he looked up to discern the source he was tackled to the bed by Sephiroth. Max herself just looked at them, intrigued a little as she got up to close and lock the door to her room. Putting up a sign that read “Do Not Disturb”.

“Well now,” Lance smiled, holding Seph with his arms, sitting up a little. “I think someone here likes what she see’s.”

Sephiroth stared down on him, her former… ‘enthusiasm’ gone and replaced with uncertainty. “Sorry, I just…” Shaking her head, her gaze turned into a glare again. “This is your own fault.”

“I say otherwise,” He replied, taking a sniff of the air around him. The smell of arousal… and it was coming from her. He moved his arms to around her shoulders before he asked her something else. “Why don’t I help you with your clothes?”

With a frustrated growl, she tried to lift herself off of him. But a tingle from Lance’s hands coursed through her as he removed the coat by pushing it off from the front. Instantly her arms rushed to cover herself, and if she wasn’t completely red already she would have blushed.

“It’s okay, Sephy. No need to be afraid,” Lance tried his best to help her relax and enjoy herself. “I’m sure Max will be okay with us doing it right now. We’re in an open relationship as it is right now. So… Why don’t you come out of your shell?”

She huffed in agitation. “Sure she will be ‘okay’ with it. She’s the one who is behind this in the first place.” Then she sighed, relaxing her arms slightly, but not exposing herself. “I’m new to this, okay? Not even a week before I thought I was monogamous-.”

Her train of thought was interrupted by a surprise kiss from Lance as he held her close. “It’s alright, Sephy. To be honest, I haven’t done much of this before either. If you want, we could do what you feel comfortable with if that works for you.”

Thunderstruck, she didn’t notice that she wasn’t covering up herself anymore when she touched her lips with two fingers. She averted her eyes, hiding them from his sight behind her hair. “I… wasn’t really in control before. D-Discord and Max-”

“This isn’t about them. This is about you. I want to make you feel comfortable.” Lance reminded her. “Maybe we should start with something simple.” With that, he unzipped his pants and took off his undergarments, revealing his dick to Seph. “We should get each other ready first. You can go first if you like.”

“She’s probably just nervous since I’m here watching,” Max said from her spot on a nearby chair.

Sephiroth froze on the spot and it was obvious that she had totally forgotten that Max was even there.

“I could leave if you want.”

Teal eyes widened and the head belonging to them snapped in Max’s direction. “NO!” Realizing that she actually shouted, she lowered her gaze. “I mean… I’d be more comfortable with you here.”

“Okay, I’ll be over here watching, then.”

It took a moment but the silver haired woman in the room managed to calm down a bit, before she sighed again. “This may sound dumb… but I don’t know how. The… err ‘males’ I have been with before never needed further encouragement.”

“Well… Let’s start with the pleasing.” He asked, his pride at full salute now at almost 11 inches in length. He soon shifted position to where he had his back leaning against the head of the bedrest as he waited for an answer. “Maybe take your hands and hold my shaft?”

Hesitating at first, Sephiroth swallowed and brought a hand to his manhood, only to hesitate again without touching it. Lance though, easily just calmed her down, trying to make her feel comfortable. But because of the hesitation, Lance sighed and repositioned himself. “Hey, if you’re not comfortable with this, then there’s another way we can do it before the main event. All you would need to do is lie down.”

Sighing she lowered her head a bit before complying. “I’m not this inhibited usually.”

“Just lie down and relax. I’ll take care of it from here… But first, you should take off the rest of your outfit.”

Her blush deepened again and she rolled off the side of the bed, turning her back on him when she stood. “Okay.” The coat still hung around her midsection so she pulled it off first, followed by her gloves, revealing surprisingly delicate fingers underneath. Now only wearing her boots and pants, she hesitated again, but eventually opened the top most clasp of her footwear, allowing her to just step out of them, despite them reaching almost up to her knees. After that she undid the buckle of her pants causing them to just slide off of her as if there wasn’t any friction between them and her skin.

“Oh my…” Lance said, looking at her now naked body. “You… look beautiful. You’re like a goddess.”

Due to her facing the other direction - and thus technically in Max’s - he couldn’t see the doubtful look on her face. But he did see her shifting uneasily. “I’m not that beautiful. I’m a warrior.”

“A very sexy warrior,” Max added, giving Seph her best pair of bedroom eyes.

“That’s because you’re not seeing it from my point of view. You and Max are both very beautiful women and I am extremely lucky to have the two of you.” He told her, patting the soft mattress on the bed as he looked back at her. “Now, just lay down on the bed and relax. I’ll help take care of what’s next.”

Sephiroth didn’t say anything in response but did as he told after a few moments, turning around in the process. Lance soon crawled up on the bed and had Seph relax before saying something else. “Can you open your legs a little? It’ll make the next part easier.”

Struggling with herself for a bit, she had to put up a visible effort to force her legs apart. Once Lance was able to visually see her pussy, he soon got to work as he lowered his head towards the opening. Once he was close enough, Lance soon used his tongue to try and pleasure Seph as best as he could by licking the inside of her honeypot.

She shivered under his action and seemed to relax a little bit more. It was painfully obvious that she already was very aroused due to his teasing during the fight and also the embarrassment that followed. As the pleasure persisted, the Adept very carefully took a tip from Max’s memories and began to suckle on her other lips. This, in turn, caused more pleasure to be felt in a series of waves, making her tense up for a second before releasing it with a soft moan. Assuming that she was enjoying herself, Lance continued his motions to make her feel relaxed and comfortable. If he actually did cease what he was doing, she would probably be mad or upset and asking why he stopped.

It took not that long until her breathing grew heavy and one of her hands found its way to the back of his head, showing him that she, indeed, enjoyed what he was doing. Every now and then, she shuddered when he hit a particular good spot, which was accompanied by a small variety of pleasured sounds, that became increasingly urgent over time. For the Adept, he just continued what he was doing, licking the insides of her pussy and make Sephiroth enjoy the experience. It wasn’t until a few more licks that he noticed that her breathing was faster than ever and she tried to hold his head between her hands to stop him, but didn’t really manage anything other than something that could easily misinterpreted as simple stroking.

It wasn’t long until Lance felt Seph began to quiver, a choked whine escaping her, that only became more needy. For a moment, Lance was worried about if Seph was okay or not when he heard the choked part. But nevertheless, he continued for a little bit more.

“Lance, she isn’t like me. You-oooohhh - you need to stop teasing her,” Max said, interrupting her own pleasure.

“Oh?” He looked up upon hearing Max said that. “So you want to get to the main event that badly? Alright then.” He now moved forward to where he was just over Seph’s body, lining up his cock with her slit. “Are you ready?”

His question was rewarded with an incredulous stare and a threatening growl.

“Guess that answers my question.” He sighed, pushing forward as his pride entered her. Both he and Seph moaned a little from the overall pleasure of the initial entrance. But he soon began to start moving after he lowered his head down and kissed her on the lips.

He barely made it halfway in before he suddenly felt a crushing pressure on his dick, essentially locking him into place, while the body under him tensed and trembled. He soon began to feel a warm sensation around his lance as he looked back at Seph. She had just had an orgasm. Just by him entering her.

Before he pushed forward, he then looked back at Seph and seeing her face, which looked lost in the pleasure. “You enjoying it so far?” He asked her, cautiously so he wouldn’t happen to get growled at.

Max groaned and got up from her chair, walking over to the bed and giving Lance a slap on the back of his head. “You don’t do that when a woman’s moaning.”

“Sorry. Seph is kind of new to this and I just wanted to make sure she was fine before I continued.” Lance told her. “I did not want her to have any flashbacks to whe-”

Max gave him a kiss and rested her hand on Seph’s breast, lightly pinching her nipple, eliciting a strained gasp. “Sometimes, I forget you’re new to this.”

“Okay, thanks for the advice.” Lance said, kissing Max back before redirecting his attention towards Seph. He got back to work as he started thrusting into her the best he could so she could continue feeling the pleasure. Over time, The Adept was able to move himself up and kiss Seph on the lips, their tongues clashing with one another as he ravaged her pussy. Soon, as he let go of the kiss, he wrapped his arms around Seph, hugging her as he said to her three simple words.

“I love you.”

He felt the woman under him freeze. She stared up at him, shock clearly evident on her face, while her eyes were filled to the brim with doubt and disbelief.

Max turned the silver haired woman’s head to face her and gave her a kiss. Once she broke the kiss she said, “I told you; we’ll do our best to make you happy.”

After hearing Max’s words, and a little time to actually process them, her expression softened before going in a whole different direction. She teared up and began to cry quietly before focusing a questioning - and maybe hopeful - glance at Lance. “Y-you mean it?”

“Yes.” He replied, before kissing her again. The Adept held her closer before speaking. “I love you and Max with all of my heart, Seph. You are family to me now and we love each other… as a family.”

As he finished his sentence, he pushed a little further in, his pride getting close to the brink of release. Seph could feel Lance pulse in her depths, a sign that his climax was steadily approaching. Both partners moaned in pure bliss as Lance continued to thrust his hips. Finally he reached the brink. He didn’t have the time to warn Seph because of how fast his climax came. Now, he was at the peak of orgasm, releasing his seed into Seph before collapsing on top of her, falling asleep in the process.

Max sighed and shook her head. Slowly, so as to not wake him, she moved Lance off to the side as she said, “He must’ve stayed up late if he’s already asleep.”

Between pants, Sephiroth managed to stammer. “W-was… just ab-out to a-ask… if he… does that more often.”

“Well, this was only his third time. His stamina will get better as we do it more often.” Max lit her hand and cast her two spells before giving Seph another kiss. “Even though you’re with Lance as well, I want to be the one to give you your first child.”

A faint blush appeared on Sephiroth’s cheeks and she smiled slightly. “I won’t go back on my words. You’re the one I asked to, after all.”

Max smiled as well, pulling her around so their heads were resting on the pillows. “Let’s get some sleep, I’ll brew some of my coffee in the dusk so you can help me plan the Grand Galloping Gala.”

Completely ignoring Max’s last statement, due to her attention being somewhere else since being pulled towards the other woman and coming into contact with a certain part, that strongly hinted at the obvious. Seph carefully laid a hand on the pregnant woman’s belly and softly stroked it with a serene smile on her face.

Max’s face turned surprised as Seph felt something press against her hand. For the second time her expression was filled with shock and disbelief, before almost instantly changing to a calm and content one, while her eyes practically glowed with happiness. Quietly she whispered, keeping up the stroking. “Hey there, little one. Nice to meet you.”

Max smiled broadly and set her hand next to Seph’s. “I-I heard that babies actually kicked every once in a while, but.... I was the youngest and never met anyone that was pregnant back on earth.”

Surprised the taller woman lifted her gaze to look at Max. “Wait. I thought this was your second time, going through a pregnancy?”

“It is, but all of the first was skipped by me meeting a denizen of the Void on my way to get Rainbow proper care for her wounds. I didn’t have the chance to actually carry Golden and Light to term.”

Realization flashed behind teal eyes. “Is that the reason why you seem to be a few months farther in than last time I saw you? You both mentioned something about Kat and when I left you said something about tracking her down.”

“Yeah, we met her. She was in a whole different multiverse, fighting the evil version of her there.” Max sighed. “It’s been years since she met you for her.”

Sephiroth gained a thoughtful look and muttered under her breath. “Years… huh? Seems like I won’t be receiving that explanation then. Still…” Focusing on Max again she kissed her briefly. “She’s the reason I was able to come here in the first place. So technically she not only saved my life but my heart, too.”

“Yeah, she did help a lot. I’m thinking that she was just overly mad at what had happened to you because of me and Chetyre and had to let off some steam.” Max yawned and wrapped her arms around the other woman. “Let’s worry about that stuff when we wake up.”

“I’m quite exhausted myself, but honestly I would prefer a bath or something before sleeping. I hadn’t had the chance to do so much as shower after I got into the fight with Celestia. Actually I’m pretty surprised I’m not reeking.”

“Prob’ly sponge cleaned you while you were out,” Max mumbled, pulling her in for a kiss and resting her head on Seph’s chest. She was snoring lightly within a few seconds.

A quiet chuckle later, the single one awake in the room decided that cleaning could wait. She lay between her two lovers and apparently soon to be wife and husband. And, quite frankly, she wouldn’t want to be anywhere else right now. So she succumbed herself to sleep, with her hand still resting on Max’s belly.

Author's Notes:

I know the perspective is all over the place in this chapter, but I was convinced to leave the PoV alone from now on.