The final chapter, like the two previous, is very M-rated! It contains pony-on-human, human/human, MF, and FF sex, including some oral, sizeplay, and hornplay. But isn’t that what you’re here for? —Firesight

Music: Twilight’s Library

“Dagnabit! That ain’t right!” Applejack shouted when the portal spell suddenly ran out and they could no longer see events on the other side of the mirror, leaving them all in consternation and frustration over not knowing what was happening.

“Such tragic timing!” Rarity reared up and raised a hoof to her head. “And we have no more gems until tomorrow…” she glanced over at the apparatus she, Spike and Vinyl had rigged from Twilight’s lab equipment to charge them; four more were coming but wouldn’t be ready until mid-morning.

“You ever seen Pinkie like that, Rainbow?” Applejack asked.

Rainbow blinked, still staring at the mirror. “Uh… just that one time she thought we dumped her as a friend and didn’t like her parties.” Which is actually one of the reasons I’ve been afraid to tell her I really don’t like her pies...

“Oh. Right. Yeah, she was kinda like that then too. But reckon she didn’t smile, either like she did here…” she gave an involuntary shiver at the look on Pinkie’s face.

“It’ll be fine,” Fluttershy promised. “Pinkie would never hurt Mister Phoenix,” she said with certainty, her wings slowly subsiding from their earlier arousal.

With that, they all took a deep breath and looked around at each other, coming off their respective orgasmic highs and out from under the effects of various mating auras. When the mirror portal had been cut, they and whatever odd influences they’d been under the spell of had been cut off as well, and sudden awkwardness abounded; most of the four element bearers suddenly having trouble looking at each other.

“Whoa. Rares? You and I really…” a still-flushed Applejack realized, staring at her fashionista friend and trying to decide if she was okay with it all. Despite Fluttershy’s assurances, Rainbow herself still wasn’t at that point, her barriers and very will broken down by cross-portal spellcasting and surprisingly simple stimulation of her body.

“We... did indeed, darling…” Rarity sounded dazed and her mane and tail were uncharacteristically frazzled; she looked to Rainbow like she’d just had the tuck of her life! “And those spells…” she patted her previously swollen teats with a hoof, altered by some sort of enchantment to grow and become exquisitely more sensitive; Rainbow could still feel her former lawyer’s human hands fondling them, making her ever more his plaything in the process. “I think I now know why humans so worship these.”

“You said it…” Applejack agreed, staring down at her belly, and then at Rarity again. “Wow, that was… something else...” Honesty may have been her element, but honesty failed her when she didn’t yet know what to think.

“That’s certainly one way to put it…” Rarity patted at her teats and belly again. She felt strangely empty now that Phoenix Wright’s phallic doppelganger had been withdrawn; she could still feel its pulsing head and every vein and curve of it inside her body. “And what now? I fear it will be rather hard for things to be the same after this…” she fretted.

“Well, I had fun…” Fluttershy pointed out, seemingly the only one among them perfectly at ease with what had happened. Her fur and mane were still immaculate as Phoenix had concentrated most of his efforts on orally pleasuring her, which was even worse for Rainbow—she wanted to be the one to introduce that to her friend! “And you know, I really think you did too, Rainbow…”

She’d started at that. “But… I… it…” she still couldn’t shake the feeling of ghostly hands on her, and even without the cutoff of mating aura influence, they were still turning her on; her barely-slackened wings immediately re-stiffened, betraying her enjoyment yet again.

“Be honest, Rainbow…” Applejack called to her sternly but with some sympathy as well. “You loved it.”

“That doesn’t mean I wanted it!” she brought her hooves down hard, unable to hide her avian erection or fly away. “I mean, come on, guys! None of this is right… I thought I only liked mares, not men!” she finished in a quivering voice, then lay on her stomach and buried her head in her hooves to hide fresh tears and shame despite Fluttershy’s hoof rubbing her shoulders and the rest of her friends gathering close.

Rarity hesitated before she spoke. “And... I thought I didn’t care for mares at all until just now, darling…” she said in some sympathy, then took a deep breath and turned back to Applejack. “But I think I must accept now that I do.” She offered the other mare a shy smile.

Applejack was surprised, but then chuckled softly. “You know, reckon I’d never dreamed the day’d come I’d ever share a stallion with you, Rares, let alone a human one sporting two stallionhoods…” With that, to Rainbow’s great frustration she reached her decision to accept it and leaned close in to kiss her unicorn friend again. “But reckon I’m really glad I did. That was fun like you wouldn’t believe!”

Though startled, Rarity accepted it. “I think I must agree. I guess opposites truly do attract, darling…” she said after returning her friend’s affection, surprised a rough-and-ready earth pony mare like Applejack could kiss so tenderly. “But for the record, I’m still the better stallionslayer!” she couldn’t resist a tease, poking a hoof into the other mare’s chest.”

Applejack’s grin turned lopsided. “Oh yeah? Well you know Phoenix was liking mah body better there!” she retaliated, causing the fashionista to stick her nose in the air. “He’ll take well-toned earth pony flanks over your jiggly hips any day, Rarity!”

“Jiggly?” Rarity went mock mortified. “Hmph! He would not! And I believe I could teach you something about the proper treatment of stallions and lovemaking technique, darling!” the two began arguing, somehow remaining romantic rivals even as they became lovers, frustrating Rainbow even more that all her friends were accepting things so easily.

“Guys, please!” Rainbow begged them anew, her wings stubbornly refusing to subside and marehood involuntarily winking as she recalled Nix probing and pleasuring her, driving her to a helpless and very powerful climax in spite of her own crumbling will. “Just… stop.”

“Hey, come on, Rainbow. This ain’t the end of the world.” Applejack immediately stopped making out with Rarity and went to her, belatedly recognizing their friend needed emotional support, and knowing how doubly galling it was to her for it.

“It is for me!” Rainbow claimed, wondering if there was any spell she could get Twilight to cast to purge her mind of the night’s memories.

“We’re all here for you, Rainbow. Nothing’s changed except we’re all even closer now. Both to each other and to Mister Phoenix,” Fluttershy pointed out, still rubbing her back in concern.

“She’s right, darling. And so is Applejack—it’s not the end of the world. In act, I would go so far as to say it’s the opening of a brand new one...” Rarity added, placing her own hoof on her pegasus friend while avoiding her wings. “Not just for you, but for all of us.”

“And is it really so bad, Rainbow?” Fluttershy asked softly. “To feel good and feel closer to others? Isn’t that what being element bearers is all about?”

“But to a human?” Rainbow curled herself up into a tighter ball to try to stop the assault of ghostly hands on her body, which her mind kept replaying the sensations of continuously.

“Friendship and love ain’t ex-clu-sive to ponies, Rainbow,” Applejack took great pains to pronounce the word properly. Ain’t no reason it can’t extend to humans too.”

“Especially worthy ones like Phoenix Wright!” Rarity added. Or Miles Edgeworth… she reminded herself belatedly, finding that improbably, her desires for him had only risen in the wake of what had happened. “Are you going to say he’s not worthy after all he did for you? For Twilight? For all of us?”

“But… he…” The only thing she could come up with was weak, but she used it anyway. “But he ain’t my type…”

Rarity and Applejack looked at her, and then at each her, each sharing the same thought. “I think we’re well past ‘type’ at this point, darling…” Rarity answered for both of them, rubbing shoulders with Applejack who finally picked up and put back on her discarded stetson and allowed Rarity to magically retie her ribbons.

“Look, Rainbow. After all that cider, reckon odds are pretty good he ain’t gonna remember any of this tomorrow,” she said in some disappointment, the others going downcast as well. “So you don’t have to do this again if you don’t want to.”

“But I want to…” Fluttershy said fervently under her breath.

“I hear ya, filly. Me too…” Applejack admitted, closing her eyes and then opening them again. “I mean, with Twilight ‘n Vinyl’s help, he did all four of us at once! And right through the mirror!”

“And I! Truly a remarkable feat! Perhaps we might even trade places next time? I would very much like to experience his oral!” Rarity turned wistful.

“Oh yeah! And I wanna know what those hands ‘o his are like!” Applejack mentioned.

“Oh! Um, and could I be rutted by him next time? I mean, I don’t remember much of when he did it the last time…” Fluttershy asked eagerly.

“Guys!” Rainbow shouted to make them stop, reach freshly stated desire causing the same fantasy to spring up in her own mind. “You’re… not… helping!” she hissed out through gritted teeth.

With that, they all fell silent. “Then I don’t know what else to tell ya, Rainbow, except to give it time, and sleep on it.”

“I think that would be good advice for all of us, darling,” Rarity concurred, tugging her pillow blanket to her.

“Things will be better in the morning, Rainbow. I promise,” Fluttershy kissed her head and then pulled a pillow and blanket up next to her. “But I’ll stay with you tonight, okay?”

“Th-thanks…” she sniffled. “But… just answer me one thing, Flutters.”

“Of course.” Fluttershy listened patiently.

“I know you like him, but... I don’t understand why I do. So please tell me… why do you like him? Why do you want to rut him?”

Fluttershy’s answer was simple and heartfelt. “Because he’s a very special somepony. Not just for Twilight but for all of us,” she said gently. “Because I like him and he likes me. Because he calls me an angel and makes me feel like one. Because he loves me for my kindness. Because he saved you and now Twilight. Because I was able to save him once too,” she recited. “He earned it, Rainbow. He earned us all. And as much as we helped him save you and Twilight, I think we earned him too.”

“Wow, Fluttershy,” Applejack said in genuine admiration. “Reckon I couldn’t put it any better than that. And for me, Rainbow? Because he’s a stud of a stallion who’s all about honesty and uncovering the truth!” Applejack added.

“And don’t forget me! I like him because he’s a very generous gentlecolt who gives freely of himself and treats not just me, but all mares like royalty!” Rarity added.

“So we’re all citing our respective elements, eh?” Applejack wasn’t a lawyer, but that didn’t mean she was slow on the uptake. “Well, it don’t surprise me none that they factor in. In fact, makes perfect sense if you ask me! So maybe if you want a reason for being interested in him yourself, Rainbow? He showed loyalty to you,” Applejack took great pains to emphasize the word. “He’s been loyal to all of us. He fought to the end for you and Twilight at your trials. Hay, from what ya said, he stood by you and helped you even after ya tried to fire him!”

“Loyalty…” Rainbow repeated the word to herself, and for the first time found her resistance ebbing as she finally found something that worked. Is that it? Is the reason we’re all attracted to him because he embodies our respective elements as well…? She wondered as Fluttershy snuggled in beside her and Applejack and Rarity bedded down together, the latter’s magic extinguishing the lights.

Music: Awakenings

Phoenix awoke to the sound of clanging dishes and the smell of vanilla pancake batter.

He opened his eyes only to find the morning light painful, his head throbbing and mouth very dry. He groaned and tried to sit up only to fall back down onto his pillow, finding himself on the rug in front of the living room mirror with an equine Twilight snuggled up to him, her head on his chest and horn in his face. She stirred briefly at his movement but did not awaken from her slumber.

“What… where…?” was all he could manage at first, feeling exhausted and dehydrated. He tried again to look around but was unable to see much more than a hazy blur at first, though there was movement in the kitchen; he had the impression of a second, larger and lighter-colored head turning to face him.

“Awake, Phoenix Wright?” Celestia’s voice called out from the kitchen. “I advise you to lie there for a bit longer and not try to move right away.”

“Mmmmm… pancakes…” Twilight’s nose twitched appreciatively. She tried to raise her head only for it to fall back down against Phoenix’s chest. “I feel so… tired…” she managed, unable to remember the last time he felt so spent and not certain why her thoughts and memories felt so scattered, unable to immediately recall what had happened.

“That is… unsurprising,” Celestia’s voice answered carefully as there was a sound of liquid being poured into glasses. “I fear you are both suffering from magical withdrawal and exhaustion in addition to a severe hangover. And for that reason, I feel it inadvisable to use more magic on you.” There was a clopping sound that announced her approach. “I’m afraid the best I can offer you for both the dehydration and pain are this world’s remedies—a sports drink and aspirin,” she said as she magically helped them into a sitting position and then floated a full glass of orange liquid to them. “Drink it slowly, my student, and this may help as well.” She passed them a pair of cool compresses next, pressing it against their foreheads.

Phoenix managed a few swallows plus the two pills before he had to lie back down, letting the sweet liquid absorb into his pasty mouth. “Thanks…” He offered weakly while he held a compress against his head with one hand and Twilight’s with another, then looked up at Celestia, belatedly realizing she was in her alicorn form as her image at least partially resolved to his bleary eyes. He dabbed at his crusty eyes to clear them, and finally saw her fully, staring down at them with some concern.

The sight of her jogged his memory and his brow furrowed as stray thoughts and images began to surface around the edges of his still-sluggish wits. “Princess? Last night… did we…?” He was afraid to voice the rest.

Her blush answered for her. “We did,” she admitted, knowing she could not hide it from him, unable to meet his eyes. “And if you do not remember the particulars, I would greatly prefer not to tell you.”

Phoenix wasn’t sure he wanted to know at that moment, either. I had sex with… CELESTIA? Despite all his output the previous night, his human organ twitched hard beneath the blanket. “You don’t have to. But… why can’t I remember…?” He felt like he did after the party in Equestria, like the more he grasped at his own memories they more they slipped away. All he could recall was the hot tub, Mia’s appearance, and then…

“Because of this.” Celestia summoned Applejack’s empty keg, which appeared before them with a flare of her horn. “After I woke up this morning, I magically tested what little was left and found this ‘special reserve’ cider was made from zap apples, and thus infused with a great deal of Everfree Forest magic. It explains much.” She looked away in some shame.

“So it was the party punch all over again…” Twilight realized with a groan. “Zap Apples are a very potent magical catalyst and mood-altering fruit. Its effects are to sharpen senses even as it reduces inhibition and ruins short-term memory, exposing and enhancing a pony’s innermost powers, thoughts, and desires,” she recited despite her barely ebbing pain. “And for the amount we all had…”

“You are correct, my student. Its effects on ponies are notorious for that reason and it is considered a controlled substance in Equestria. And judging by last night, it would appear... to be equally effective on humans as well.” She gave Phoenix a furtive glance, blushing harder when she realized he was giving her the same look back. “For the amount we all had, it is a wonder we have any memories of last night left at all.” Or any shame left… she didn’t add, in disbelief that she was already thinking of Phoenix Wright and her student sexually again, remembering vividly how she had made them her playthings…

And then how they had turned the tables on her with the help of Mia Fey and ‘punished’ her the previous night. She was not immune to the effects of zap apples herself, though her larger size and alicorn magic meant it took far more to affect her and she retained most of her recollections… for better and for worse.

And now nothing will ever be the same for any of us. Does Twilight even remember the spells I showed her last night…? Celestia suddenly wondered, and found herself uncertain if she wished more that she did… or that she didn’t just so she could be taught them all over again!

“I remember Trixie saying that about zap apples in Twilight’s trial…” Despite his exhaustion, Phoenix’s malehood couldn’t help but twitch again at the sight of her as another stray memory rose up, more a remembered feeling of being inside her than anything else. “Then how did Twilight and I end up down here…?” he asked her as he tried to sit up again, only to stop when he realized he was naked beneath the covers.

Music: Pieces of the Puzzle

She hesitated again. “I’m afraid I do not know, Phoenix Wright. I found you like this when I woke up this morning and came downstairs. All three of you were…” she caught herself too late.

“Three?” Phoenix and Twilight asked instantly, to which Celestia closed her eyes tightly for a moment, then told them the truth.

“The two of you… and Vinyl Scratch... were cuddled up in front of the mirror,” she informed them, causing their eyes to go wide. “I rousted Ms. Scratch and asked her to attend young Maya, then put the blanket over you both.”

Me with Twilight… AND Vinyl…? Phoenix would have clutched his head if it didn’t hurt so much. Gods… what did we do? And how is ANYTHING going to be the same now? He ruefully realized that he’d been asking that question an awful lot of late, but had little time to consider it before the sound of a toilet flushing caused their heads to whip around.

“And don’t forget me, Feenie!” Of all the sights the three were prepared to see at the moment, an eager and energetic Pinkie Pie bounding out of the downstairs bathroom was not on the list! “Hey, Twilight! Oh, hi Princess! Wow, that’s a neat new look! Sorry, I was sleeping in the tub! Gotta say, those toilets are just a little awkward for ponies to use, too!”

“Pinkie Pie?” Twilight’s jaw fell open while Celestia was scarcely less stunned.

“How could you be…?” Phoenix asked, not knowing why the sight of her suddenly caused him to break out in goosebumps.

“You don’t remember?” Her expression dropped, then lit up again almost instantly. “Aw… but that’s okay! Don’t worry, Feenie, we had a doozy of a good time!” she trotted right up to him and nuzzled he and Twilight affectionately, followed by kissing him full on the lips! “We all did, even Dashie!”

“Dashie…?” Phoenix felt his guts clench even further as Celestia and Twilight immediately scanned the area with their magical awareness to find any more ponies. But to their relief, there were none.

“Yep-yep! But I’ll let her tell you that! ‘Til then, think I’m gonna go upstairs to snuggle with Maya and Vinyl! It’ll be just like the big party in Ponyville before the Equestrian 500 all over again!” she proclaimed. “Those pancakes smell good, Princess! Don’t worry, we’ll all be down when they’re ready!” she promised, bounding right upstairs as the trio gaped after her, then shared a look.

Okay, NOW I’m scared… Phoenix all but gulped, wondering and worrying anew what had happened the night before, noticing only then the spent crystals by the wall-height living room mirror on the floor. We used up all FOUR? Why? What did I do…? And what does it have to do with Rainbow Dash…? He really wasn’t sure he wanted to know.

“Princess? How is she…?” Twilight was at an equal loss.

Phoenix was not reassured when Celestia could offer her no answers. “I… have no idea what she was talking about or how she arrived here, my student. I am familiar with enough arcane theory and metamystical law to know not even she could normally travel between different physical realms—but there are no other ponies present,” the sun princess promised. “There is nobody else here but Vinyl Scratch, Pinkie Pie, and Maya Fey.”

“Maya?” Phoenix focused on the final name. “Wait… you said you woke up with her? Then she… you…” he reeled anew, but to his relief, she shook her head.

“Though last night no doubt gave you a contrary impression, I do have some sense, Phoenix Wright. When I fell asleep, it was in the embrace of your mentor, but her spirit departed to the human Summerlands during the night, leaving Maya in her place,” he explained, the image alone causing both Phoenix and Twilight to blush as they were finally able to sit upright, if still leaning on each slightly. “I awoke this morning to find her in bed with me, and after the... events of last evening, I felt it best I not be there when she awoke in case I… might be tempted,” she gave a shiver as she recalled the young mystic’s sleeping and very naked form snuggled hard against her.

“She is now sleeping upstairs in the second bedroom with Ms. Scratch, and be assured, I have no intention of disturbing her—or them. I cannot speak for Pinkie Pie, though,” she said as she and Twilight sensed a sudden flare of magic from the room above as Vinyl’s aura activated, if somewhat weakly.

“I see…” Phoenix removed the icepack long enough to rub his temples, the throbbing starting to lessen and his senses starting to more fully return. He looked up at her again and tried to bring her more into focus, certain something was different about her. What did Pinkie mean when she said ‘nice new look’...? It was then he noticed…

“Princess… your mane?” he pointed at one stripe in particular of her flowing locks, which seemed to be a darker violet color now. It turned that color last night after Mia… he shivered again.

“My mane…?” Celestia blinked, then turned towards the living room mirror to behold herself, her eyes going wide. She then blushed and sat back heavily, as if she understood the meaning. “Then it is as you wished, Mia Fey…” she said in a tone both resigned and strangely satisfied. “I am whole now.”

Music: Made Whole

“Whole? I don’t understand…” Twilight asked the same question Phoenix was thinking.

“Returned a part of my being I once was, my student,” she explained, studying her reflection. “For eight hundred years, I have suppressed that side of myself. For eight hundred years, I have feared what I could do and what would happen should that... creature I became last night be unleashed again. And yet, thanks to your mentor, Phoenix Wright… she was,” Celestia pronounced solemnly then gained an odd smile as she continued to reminisce.

“When I had my lustful phase Mia Fey spoke of so many centuries ago, this one color was the entire hue of my mane,” she told him. “That is why it turned that color again last night when she returned me to that state. But when I gave that version of myself up, I lost it, and in their place came different hues for the many different roles I had to fill as sole Princess and caretaker of Equestria. Colors for mother… for leader… for teacher… and for lover,” she motioned to each stripe from the top of her mane to the bottom. “And this color has now taken the place of the last.”

“Really? Wow, Princess…” Twilight had never even thought to wonder if the colors of her mane had meaning. “I had no idea…”

“But... what does that mean?” Phoenix asked her, even though he thought he might know.

Her grin got a little wider. “It means, Phoenix Wright, that I have, at least in part, become her again, and yet… to judge by these colors, I am far more than just her. That the other colors remain means my greatest fears were unfounded; that releasing this side of myself would not overtake me. That for so long I held myself back needlessly… or perhaps I did not understand that I could safely indulge it when the time was right. And last night… thanks to your mentor, it was.”

“It was…” Phoenix repeated in some wonder with a glance at a slowly nodding Twilight, sensing the truth in the deepest part of his being despite his hangover and not being able to recall most of what had happened following the initial few minutes in the hot tub. The one thing he clearly did remember was being with Mia; he could recall every curve of her body and the feel of being inside her, her power infusing him, letting him feel not just her physical form, but all her love and affection for him, still present and even enhanced from the afterlife. Is this really what you wanted, Chief? For all of us? Phoenix couldn’t help but ask the very ether, hoping that Mia could somehow hear and answer his question. “And do you regret it?” He asked himself as much as her.

“No,” Celestia answered with some wonder after only a brief pause. “For all that happened, I have no regrets and in fact, I could not be happier. Never mind your mentor fulfilling one of my deepest fantasies, I had forgotten how good it felt to completely cut loose. To be able to share my passions with others and let them experience the pleasures of the flesh as I can.” Her smile got wider. “I know not how you feel about all this, Phoenix Wright or my student, but please accept both my most fervent apologies… and my thanks.” To the surprise of he and Twilight, the sun princess turned and bowed low to them both.

“You’re welcome, but… for what?” he asked with another glance at Twilight.

Celestia turned her head fractionally to Twilight and gave her a quick wink with the eye Phoenix couldn’t see; Twilight’s eyes went wide as her mentor telepathically asked for—and received—permission for her next actions. “For being there… my new consort,” a gleam appeared in her eyes as she approached him. “For simply being yourself—a wonderful, selfless stallion; a protector of the innocent and defender of truth. For giving me the chance to reciprocate your kindness and all your efforts on behalf of my student and subjects. You have saved not one, but two element bearers now, and as I think about it, I realize that all the money in both worlds would not suffice for such a feat…” she trailed off meaningfully as she magically tilted his chin…

Music: Celestial Seductions

And then reached in and kissed him deeply as a rapt Twilight watched, her larger muzzle covering his, her long and agile equine tongue quickly finding its way into his mouth. Strangely disinclined to resist, he quickly realized she was very well practiced in kissing humans, and to his shock, Phoenix found himself reacting to her efforts. His headache abruptly forgotten, his desires stirred and blood began surging into his loins again, rapidly tenting the blanket that covered him.

“Insatiable? I like that in my stallions, Phoenix Wright…” she told him without letting up, her voice low and crooning as she reached into his lap with a hoof and pulled the blanket off him, grinding the softer middle pad of her appendage into his crotch. “And I would be more than happy to add you both to my new pantheon of lovers…”

“Lovers? Both?” Twilight repeated, her wide eyes flickering from the pair kissing to Phoenix’s lap, watching his stallionhood swiftly swelling into its equine dimensions. “Wait… Princess! Then you mean…?” She barely dared to hope.

“I do indeed, my loyal and loving student…” she told her between kisses of an increasingly aroused Phoenix, who was amazed she could be so gentle and stimulating with her touch despite her large size. “I do indeed…” she then released a freshly dazed Phoenix, who fell back fractionally as she turned her attention to Twilight, giving her student the same treatment. “After all that happened this week and this night, and after all you have done for Equestria… you are now both more than welcome to share my bed and my body whenever you wish… including right now, should you so desire…” she trailed off meaningfully, punctuating her statement by turning her attention to Twilight’s horn, drawing her lips and tongue along it, even nipping at it very gently as Twilight’s mating aura activated, if in a rather weakened state.

“Oooooohhhh…” was all Twilight could say as she drank in her mentor’s love and acceptance, leaning hard against Phoenix, her horn glow weak but present, and already starting to grow stronger. “Princess…” she called out, quickly lost in ecstasy of not just the act but who was performing it!

“Whoa…” Phoenix watched stunned, but sorely turned on the sight, unable to muster an objection despite the fact he was now fully sober. Well, I got to be with my mentor; so why shouldn’t Twilight be with hers…? Phoenix finally decided, seeing the two mares together as much (or more!) a turn on as two human women, helping things along by running one hand through Twilight’s fur along her chest and neck while dipping another low on her belly to find and tease her teats; Twilight promptly turning her head to kiss him but keeping her horn pointed up at Celestia. Remarkably, the sun princess’ mating aura was not showing, and he felt nothing from Twilight’s as well, either due to being spent or Celestia somehow shielding it.

“Yes… take my student, Phoenix Wright…” she repeated her words from the previous night as she continued to work Twilight’s horn, noting with satisfaction his efforts. “Take my student and any of my little ponies you wish…” she couldn’t help but add, and even if he didn’t remember the particulars, he was pretty sure there were at least two of the latter he already had as he lowered his hand further and began probing Twilight’s freshly sodden marehood using a stroking motion he had by then well-learned she liked, inserting two, then three, then all four fingers while finding and rubbing her prominent clit with his thumb.

“And does that include their princess…?” he couldn’t help but ask as he ground his footlong stallionhood—had it gained another inch since the previous night?—into Celestia’s lower leg.

“And even her sister,” she winked at him, causing his eyes to go wide. “I do not feel her ready for such things yet, but… Luna needs outlets as much as I do. So when the time comes… I charge you, Phoenix Wright, with teaching her humanity’s pleasures as well,” she said around kisses and slurps of Twilight’s horn.

“Th-Thanks…” he said with a very dry mouth, suddenly remembering vividly from the end of the dream trial what the moon princess had looked like as a human; the dark-skinned and raven-haired goddess she had become. You know, from what The Nightmare said, Luna liked it in the tail as well…

“You are very welcome. And if I may offer some advice about unicorn lovemaking, Phoenix Wright…” she trailed off meaningfully, making sure she had his attention. “When pleasuring the horn, you will find that magic is most concentrated along its sunken grooves, which act as conduits for it, and they will respond to light pressure from your teeth or fingernails superbly. Massaging its base or using an upward motion with your tongue or hand will also draw more magic into the horn, thus increasing her pleasure further…” She demonstrated by example with her teeth and tongue, and Twilight immediately responded, all but whimpering as she collapsed back against him, leaving it all he could he could do to hold her up as Celestia promptly stepped over them both and propped them with her own leg, now pleasuring Twilight’s horn from behind.

Her aura clutched weakly at his hands as well as at Celestia’s head, but either due to magical exhaustion or a simple inability to focus, did not find much purchase with either. In the end, it didn’t matter as Twilight did not last under the double-team, rising quickly to orgasm despite how often and how hard she’d already come the previous night. “Ah! Ah! Ah!” She tensed and cried out as climax claimed her and waves of pleasure shot through her, her horn glow intensifying with each orgasmic pulse in turn, visible right through Celestia’s mouth as she ended by taking her student’s entire horn in her muzzle, her magical ejaculate confined there as Celestia somehow swallowed it with a satisfied smile and lick of her lips.

“Enjoy yourself, my student?” she said with a serene air of certainty as Twilight’s eyes opened again and she focused with some trouble on her.

“Immensely…” she nuzzled her mentor happily, realizing giddily that an entirely new world of love and sensual pleasure was open to her now. “But… you didn’t show your own aura, Princess. Didn’t you like this? Didn’t you like me?” she asked in a tone so forlorn that Phoenix felt compelled to hold her more tightly, though he couldn’t help but wonder too. Is she as spent as me after last night, or…?

Celestia chuckled at that, giving her student a kiss on the forehead. “Anypony can perform with magic, my student and Phoenix Wright,” she began, “And I am normally more than happy to use mine for the pleasure of my partners—as I believe you both learned last night. But I already said I thought it inadvisable to use more magic on you, so I will not. I have the ability and control to turn my mating aura off when I wish. Besides, my student, what truly sets a good lover apart is how they perform without it… but if you fear I am not at all aroused, allow me to put your mind at ease.” She then allowed her large and beautiful wings to grow erect before them in a spectacular display; one an awestruck Phoenix couldn’t but feel Rainbow would appreciate the most.

Rainbow… his brow furrowed again as odd but elusive memories nibbled at the edges of his consciousness and a world away, a restless Rainbow Dash moaned and stirred, her cheeks going flushed and wings stiffening as she remembered again his hands all over her. Why do I keep thinking of her…? he wondered anew but lost his train of thought as Celestia went on.

“This is, in fact, one reason why I enjoy being with humans so much, Phoenix Wright. Lacking magic, you have learned to make love without it, with your hands and muzzles, and have gotten very good at it…” she stepped over him and offered him access to her rigid feathers and flight muscles, an offer he promptly availed himself of, reaching his hands up to her.

She drew a sharp breath at his touch, closing her eyes and drinking it in as he began to run his fingers through his fur and feathers, leaving Phoenix marveling again at how sensitive they all were, stray memories of giving the same treatment to Fluttershy many months earlier flitting through his head again, only fueling his fire further. But Celestia’s size meant there was far more for him to explore, and suddenly his thoughts were all of her, a demigod pony princess who desired his touch!

He obliged her as best he could as Twilight watched raptly, now clopping with her own hoof as she saw her own stallion pleasuring her princess, running his hands all through her exquisite alicorn wings in a show more erotic than any she could ever remember!

He then moved in front of her to kiss her, his head at rough level with her own, and gently pushed her back onto her haunches so he could continue his efforts on both sides of her body more easily, reaching around to knead her flight muscles and work the base of her wings.

“You have learned your lessons of pony love well, Phoenix Wright…” she told him very breathlessly as they continued to make out, Celestia now thoroughly enjoying his touch and having her wings pleasured. “And tell me, my fine young human stallion… what else would you like to do with a pony princess…?”

“I... I…” he couldn’t immediately answer as fresh fantasies filled his mind and more memories filtered out of his subconscious; he wasn’t sure where the image of taking her tail as he’d done Twilight on several occasions came from, but he didn’t fight it, especially when his engorged equine phallus started pushing directly into her chest, creeping steadily up it. “I might like to…” It was only then, as it kept going higher on her body that he realized that his stallionhood was somehow growing again! “What the…?” he stepped back from her in shock. “Princess? What are you…?”

Celestia and Twilight’s eyes went wide as well as they watched him continue to grow, reaching fourteen, then sixteen, then an incredible ninteen inches in length!

“This is not my doing, Phoenix Wright…” she told him in amazement, her cheeks growing flushed as she watched his stallionhood grow along with him. “I am casting no spell…” she assured him, and Phoenix believed her given he saw no horn glow. Neither her regular one nor mating aura could be seen, and yet, he was watching stupefied along with the two mares as his manhood grew as if it was!

They stared at it, mesmerized as an equally astonished Phoenix grasped and began stroking it, confirming it was real from the shivers it sent down his spine, its girth now so wide he was barely able to wrap both his hands around it. How do I even have enough blood to FILL this thing? He couldn’t help but marvel as it only barely drooped forward despite its massive girth, wondering why he didn’t pass out but not particularly caring—and should I be worried that I don’t?

“But… that’s too big for me…” Twilight said, suddenly worried that she couldn’t take him any longer.

“But for me, it’s perfect…” Celestia told them. “That is exactly the size I need! But how, if I wasn’t using spells or mating aura…?” she licked her lips involuntarily as she stared raptly at it.

“I don’t know! I was trying to remember last night, and then…” Phoenix stroked himself, imagining her going down on him; something he was strangely certain she hadn’t done last night—if she’s so good at kissing, then what about…? He had a sudden and very vivid image of the all-powerful pony princess reduced to worshipping his essence with her tongue and muzzle.

“I think I get it…” Twilight spoke up, still clopping to the sight of him. “It isn’t just me he adjusts to, now—he’s absorbed so much varied magic from you, me and Vinyl that it’s whoever he wants to be with!”

Celestia’s smile turned to one of delight and wonder. “I believe you are correct, my student. This means that the magic you have absorbed from Twilight and now myself sought to bring your fantasy about and increase your compatibility with your desired partner,” she said her head starting to lower towards his very erect organ, wondering if the same could or would happen to Ferro if she allowed her power to fully infuse him as well. “And here, your desired partner… is me...” she realized somewhat breathlessly as her nose neared the tip of his organ as he held it up, close enough for him to feel her breath washing over it, causing a large bead of fluid to form and its very tip, feeling strangely compelled to take it in her muzzle…

Music: Heaven is...

Which she did in bare moments, wrapping her mouth around his head and causing him to moan, his knees immediately buckling. She wasted little time in sliding over the easy chair by the sofa and letting him fall back into it with his legs spread wide and massive stallionhood fully presented, giving her easy access to him and stable support for the rest of him.

She said nothing more after that, working up and down the length of his shaft quite happily, her wings almost painfully rigid but still restraining her aura to Twilight’s amazement, keeping her efforts strictly physical and not attempting to enhance the experience even further with spellcasting. She worshipped every inch of him, working slowly down his length until she was directly nuzzling his large apples and urging his legs even further apart, inhaling his scent deeply and reflecting that she had finally fulfilled her wish from the previous night to be able to reach his equinehood with her muzzle!

“Superb, Phoenix Wright…” she finally told him as she raised her head to the top of his organ, which pointed out towards her head and was visibly throbbing, a steady stream of clear fluid now leaking at the tip. “You are truly a rare find! So as a reward for such sexual prowess, let me show you one more non-magical talent I have…” she told him huskily as she gave him a final lick...

And then took his entire length into her muzzle, angling her neck so it fit right down her throat!

Phoenix’s eyes snapped open and Twilight’s jaw dropped in amazement at her feat as she bobbed up and down on him, taking and releasing the last half of his length each time, the stroking motion, darting tongue and warm, wet envelopment of her body took its toll on him, to say nothing of the sight of it all happening right in front of him, her horn hanging close over his head! He moaned. He gasped. He writhed in the chair, clutching at the fabric of the armrests even as he slowly slid down the seat. She worked the recliner for him to keep him from sliding off it, leaving him fully presented to her as she continued to show her exquisite oral skill behind closed eyes, not even stopping to draw breath.

An awestruck and very aroused Twilight couldn’t imagine he could last long under such an onslaught, and in the end he did not, lasting barely half a minute before his overstimulated loins all but exploded. He took a final ragged breath and his hips bucked hard, thrusting his oversized equine organ upwards and into her waiting maw, emptying his apples one final time directly into her throat. Celestia moaned happily and licked her lips, milking him with everything she had and not letting a single drop of his essence escape. She took him fully and then swallowed it all, holding him in place but ceasing her efforts until he began to go flaccid, letting his shrinking stallionhood slip from her mouth.

No sooner had Phoenix had they finished when a series of whooping cheers erupted behind them as Vinyl, Pinkie and even Maya were there watching from the bottom of the stairwell, clutching each other and giggling. Maya’s kimono was only barely worn, her sash loose and wearing no underwear beneath.

“So you can go Celly-sized now too, Phoenix? You lucky buck!” Vinyl’s shades were flipped up, leaving a barely cognizant Phoenix wondering if she meant that in place of the human curse word, or if she was in effect calling him a stud deer.

“Getting deepthroated by a princess? Nice, Nick! But how are you going to put that back in your pants?” She pointed at his massive stallionhood, admiring it at least until a happily embarrassed Celestia threw the blanket back over him on the easy chair, then turned to their audience and bowed, letting Phoenix pass out from sheer pleasure where he lay.

Music: A Place on Earth

It was another ten minutes before he woke back up, to find the table being set and plenty of teasing remarks still being said about him. Waiting snuggled at his side, Twilight had brought him a change of clothes, and he put it on under the blanket to the particular disappointment of Maya before finally getting up, finding Celestia giving him a loving look even as she continued to prepare breakfast.

“Please, my little ponies and Phoenix Wright. Do be seated and allow your princess to serve you for a change…” Celestia invited, resuming her efforts to prepare breakfast, turning on the stove but not waiting for the heat to build, instead heating the griddle herself instantly with her magic so she could immediately pour the batter, where it landed on the hot surface with a sudden sizzle.

“I think you just did…” was all a still-floating Phoenix could think to say, causing giggles from Pinkie Pie, who’d had another freshly chilled sports drink ready for him.

“Wow. So you clop and you cook, Celly?” Vinyl asked with a teasing tone, though her voice was genuinely impressed she took a seat beside Maya, hopping up on the human-height chairs, which offered her just enough room to sit on. “Think I’m falling in love with you now myself!”

Celestia grinned. “I’ve been known to dabble in each…” she admitted with a fresh blush as she flipped three pancakes while pouring three more on the griddle, her aura also whipping heavy cream in a separate bowl while snagging plates from the cupboards and arranging them on the dining room table for her guests. “With regards to food, I am no gourmet chef, to be certain, but there are certain things I enjoy making. And in truth… I rather enjoy playing host, but I regret I do not get to do so in a meaningful way very often back in Equestria.”

“You’re all in for a treat,” Twilight confirmed as she poured glasses of juice and coffee for those who wanted it, except Maya and Pinkie got cherry cola, her weakened aura strong enough to hold a carton and a few cups, at least. “The Princess’s pancakes are really something else!” she said as they all assembled at the table.

To his surprise, Celestia also served Phoenix a full rack of pork sausage links she had obtained from a nearby store, explaining with a wink that “he needed to replace all that protein!” he lost the previous night and that morning, to the giggles of the others. Though surprised anew, the smell was very tempting and Phoenix indeed ate them ravenously, along with Maya, who had likewise lost a great deal of energy while channeling her sister for an extended period of time.

The smell was appetizing even to most Pony noses, and Pinkie decided to try a sausage link as well, biting down and then chewing, her eyes going wide as the flavor hit her. “Wow! Pigs are good!” she licked her lips happily, but her rare foray into meat-eating didn’t stop her from eating a very large stack of pancakes slathered in syrup and topped with tons of whipped cream as well as various fruit, and then downing half a box of the store-bought donuts and washing it all down with an entire two-liter bottle of cherry soda. “It’s all good, Princess!” she told her regent eagerly.

“Thank you, Pinkie Pie. As you work at a confectionery, I consider that quite the compliment given your standards for sweets are so high.”

“Yeah, they are! But you know, I’d really like to take this cherry soda back with me! I bet it’d go great in cake batter!”

Celestia ate last, sitting, allowing Phoenix to clean up at his insistence, piling the dishes into the sink and washer for another cleaning. The unicorn mares had been able to use human silverware with their magic, but Pinkie hadn’t needed any, just using a spatula to flip individual pancakes into her seemingly bottomless maw one by one, adding more syrup and whipped cream to each individual pancake in turn.

“Great breakfast, Princess! Thanks!” She burped and licked her lips happily. “Hey! Do you think I could go out and explore a bit? I wanna check out that fairgrounds and Mare-is wheel you said was next door!” she asked hopefully.

Celestia smiled but shook her head. “I appreciate your eagerness, my subject, but I’m afraid I must instruct you not to. I would have to turn you human and find clothes for you first, and there is simply not enough time for you to adjust to your new form or see much before we return to Equestria. I am due back at Canterlot Castle in under an hour.”

“Don’t worry, Pinkie. We’ll bring you back here for a full weekend at some point, and turn you into a human for it!” Twilight promised. “The Mare-is wheel will still be here then!”

“What Sparkle said. When you come back, I’ve got plenty of places to take you, Pinkie! Including a malt shop you wouldn’t believe!” Maya called out as well, helping Phoenix clean up the Villa before checkout.

“You will? And you do? Cool! I can’t wait!” she pronked again, acceding to Phoenix’s relief and then helping them put the Villa to rights.

“You know, Princess, we really should get some souvenirs before we leave,” Twilight suddenly remembered. “With everything else going on, I didn’t think to do that before…” the rest went unsaid.

Celestia smiled again, if somewhat more slyly. “Fear not, my easily distracted student. I have Ferro attending to that even as we speak,” she told them in coy tone, Vinyl quickly explaining to Pinkie Pie who ‘Ferro’ was, causing Phoenix to suddenly and belatedly worry about how he would take the events of the previous night. “He is checking me out of the Gatewater and should be arriving shortly, bringing young Pearl with him. I have given him my credit card and instructed him to purchase what I hope are appropriate—and Equestria-safe—gifts for each of you.”

“Wow, thanks, princess, but… what about you? Don’t you want something too?” Twilight asked her.

“I already have it.” Celestia closed her eyes and smiled. “I have already received the greatest gift imaginable, Twilight—myself made whole. I leave with a warm heart, new partners, some very fun experiences and a far better understanding of myself now. It never ceases to amaze me that even after eighteen hundred years of life, I still learn and grow,” she nuzzled Twilight, Phoenix and Vinyl in turn, hugging them with her head. “Thank you all for being there. Thank you all for being a part of this. Even for all my years, this week and certainly this past night have given me the memories of a lifetime.”

“Well, at least you still have your memories, Princess…” Phoenix told her as he returned the gesture, accepting and reciprocating her affection for him. “I don’t, and just like last time, I don’t think there’s any way to get them back.” He was surprised to feel a pang of disappointment.

“Oh, I wouldn’t say that, ‘Feenie’...” Vinyl smiled, producing a series of three crystal orbs from the second bedroom. “I’ve had these benders before, and when I know they’re coming, I always like to know what happened after. So I developed a spell to record my memories to crystals just like my songs! That way, I can experience all the fun again later and I don’t miss a thing afterward!” she told them with a grin. “And since there are three crystals here, looks like I must’ve told you guys about them sometime last night as well. This one’s mine, but there’s ones here for Twilight and Phoenix too!” she announced, causing Celestia to shift nervously.

“Really…?” Twilight was both intrigued and worried.

“Really. So how about it, fillies and Gentlecolts? Want to find out exactly what happened last night right now?” the pony DJ asked with a salacious grin as behind them, Celestia froze, still uncertain if she wanted them to remember or not but knowing it was their choice, not hers.

Phoenix and Twilight looked at the crystals, and then to each other, each sharing the same thought. Even for what they did remember, they knew they’d done things they’d never dreamt they would; breaking just about taboo and inhibition they’d ever had in the process, and yet… “Sorry, Vinyl, but… even after this morning, I don’t think I’m ready for that...” Phoenix finally said, putting a hand behind his head.

“Me neither...” Twilight concurred, duplicating the gesture with her hoof. “No offense, but I really need some time to assimilate all this first before I add even more to it…”

“Pansies. Well, that’s fine,” Vinyl said, her tone only half-teasing. “Suit yourself; I’ll just keep them safe ‘til you decide you are. And in the meantime…?” she zapped the crystal that contained her own memories and began reabsorbing them; her smile turning to surprise, then astonishment, and then…“Whoa...” She looked from Twilight and Phoenix to a winking Celestia and then to the living room mirror before her eyes settled back on Pinkie Pie, giving her a very wary look. “Okay, yeah… things got a little wild and crazy there, even for me…” she sat back heavily, wondering how or even if she should explain all this to Octy. I don’t normally mind telling her everything, since she seems to enjoy it vicariously through me, but this time…?

“Oh! Do tell! Do tell!” Pinkie pleaded, jumping up and down again. “I mean, I didn’t know what happened before you guys called home…” she told them, all but confirming to newly nervous Phoenix that they had drunk-dialed Equestria the previous night. And then what did we do…? His memories still stubbornly refused to reveal.

“Yeah, V-Jay! I mean, if even you’re acting shocked, I’d kinda like to know now!” Maya spoke up, smirking at her friend over crossed arms.

Vinyl rubbed her hoof behind her head. “I’ll, uh, tell ya later privately, filly. And I’m sorry, Pinkie. It ain’t that I didn’t enjoy the buck out of it while it was happening, but… yeah, I think this is one time I’m gonna have to borrow a line from Las Pegasus: what happened here, stays here.”

“Aw…” Pinkie went crestfallen, but just for a moment before the Dragonfire candle at the end of the dining room table flared, disgorging a note plus two new gems.

Vinyl got there first, reading it with some trepidation before exhaling sharply, showing visible relief. “It’s from the rest of Twi’s friends! They’re fine… and they’re really eager to see ya again, Feenie!” she gave him a wink and a leer. “You may not remember what happened last night, but they sure do!”

“Uh… should we be worried?” Phoenix had to ask.

“Very!” Vinyl grinned, writing a quick reply and then sending it back before he or Twilight could read it. “Don’t worry, though. They’re all waiting for us now, so I’ll let them explain it to you!” And before he could object or stop her, she levitated one of the newly-sent crystals to the living room mirror and touched it to the surface.

Music: Reunited

Within seconds the spell was established and the image of Twilight’s lab’s materialized in the mirror. Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were all present, and as soon as they spotted him, their eyes instantly went to his and they erupted in cheers. “So there’s our favorite stud!” Applejack whipped her hat around her head. “I don’t know if ya’ll remember what happened last night, but just wanted to say… thanks for one hay of a time!”

“Um… I’m afraid we don’t remember…” Twilight tried not to cringe at the hungry looks they were giving Phoenix. To her surprise, they were almost a turn-on to her; a validation that her stallion was equally desirable in their eyes.

“Aw… nothing?” Rainbow Dash went something approaching forlorn, then looked surprised at her own statement, slapping her hooves over mouth while in a hover, to a smirk from Applejack and Rarity.

“Sorry, Rainbow…” Phoenix was having a hard time looking at them, not out of embarrassment but because every time he saw one of them, some half-remembered emotion or sensation kept trying to rise up as well as a fragmentary image or two; for just a moment he saw Rarity somehow hotdogging him right through the portal and Fluttershy’s legs spread before him, her winking marehood in full display. “After all that cider, we just don’t...”

“Don’t listen to ‘em. They’re just bein’ wimps, girls. I got all their memories right here!” Vinyl levitated two crystals before the mirror to let them others see. “One little spell, and they’ll have total recall!”

“Vinyl!” Twilight and Phoenix shouted at her, their cheeks flushing.

“Oh, really?” Rarity stared at the crystals, and then Phoenix with a very lascivious look.

“Ya don’t say…” Applejack’s expression was more intrigued while Rainbow’s was thoroughly mixed.

“Oh, please do, Mister Phoenix. For me…?” he was surprised when Fluttershy of all ponies batted her eyes at him!

“And me, Nix!” Rainbow all but blurted out after biting her lip hard for several seconds. “And me…” she landed and lumped in what almost sounded like a painful admission to Phoenix, Fluttershy immediately flaring a wing to hug her friend.

“Just letting them know that you can get them back!” Vinyl winked at a wavering Phoenix, who found himself tempted to do it for Fluttershy’s request more than any other, then turned back to the mirror. “Don’t worry, girls, I’ll convince them! I’ll work on them as well as they worked on you!”

“But what do you mean, ‘worked on them?’” Phoenix echoed in disbelief. But how the hell could I have done anything when they were on the other side of the mirror? Did Pinkie bring them over and back one by one…? Was the only thing he could think of, even with Celestia’s assurance that she could not.

“Ya wanna know, you’ll have to accept these!” she offered him the crystal again. “It’s right here whenever you want it, Phoenix!”

“We’ll hold ya to that, Vinyl! And if yer a man ‘o truth I think ya are, Phoenix Wright, you’ll do it sooner rather than later so we can do it all again!” she tipped her hat to him and then undid her ribbons to let her mane cascade down her shoulders, giving it a toss, startling him with how much more instantly alluring it made her. “But answer us this, Pinkie… the connection cut and we weren’t able to see, so did our favorite stud here win the bet?”

“Bet? What bet?” Phoenix asked, increasingly frantically, his eyes drifting nervously to the crystal again.

“Nope! He didn’t!” a grinning Pinkie Pie replied without answering him, an odd gleam in her eye for just a moment. “And you all know what that means…”

“Hoo, boy! Ah can’t wait!” Applejack reared up and pinwheeled her hooves as Rarity giggled, even Rainbow smirked and an increasingly befuddled and worried Phoenix looked on along with Twilight.

“Oh, my. He’ll make such a nice one,” Fluttershy added, giving Phoenix an oddly appraising look.

“Yeah, this I’ll wanna see…” even Rainbow looked eager, but any further questions were halted as the doorbell rang and Maya rushed out to open it. She returned a minute later with...

“Hey, Sunshine…” Ferro Stabile wore a lopsided grin as he entered the living room with Pearl bursting in behind her barely a second later, waiting until she had hugged every pony inside before greeting Celestia himself, the young mystic especially delighted to see Pinkie and Celestia in her alicorn form, then going up to the mirror to see the rest of her pony friends. “I brought everything you asked, including your luggage. Cyprey’s at school, but sends all her love. Hope you enjoyed last night!” he winked as he hugged her, standing a full head above her while she was in her Alicorn form.

She stared at him in wonder, then went up to him and kissed him deeply, not caring in the least that she was an alicorn or that Pearly or the others were watching. He gently grasped her chin as he returned the gesture, one that told Phoenix he’d done it before.

“Whoa… so he’s her stallion?” Applejack whispered to Rarity, appraising the large human from behind the mirror portal.

“I suppose he must be. He is rather dashing…” Rarity appraised him favorably as well. “And just look at those arms! With such muscular forearms and thick fingers, he simply must be a masseuse!” she recognized from long experience at the spa.

“He seems very nice…” Fluttershy agreed, finding a warmth within him and not at all afraid of his large size for it. “Don’t you think so, Rainbow?”

“Uh…” she cringed when her eyes automatically went to his large hands and visibly beefy fingers, imagining them on her.

“I did immensely… my wonderful prince,” Celestia told him at some length. “Thank you for offering your blessing and being there for me last night.”

“Being there?” Phoenix exchanged a look with Twilight and the others; even Vinyl didn’t appear to know what she meant despite her restored memories.

“Not here, Phoenix Wright. But in the realm of dreams,” she explained. “It was all arranged by your mentor, with the help of my sister. He was invited there along with the spirits of all my past special ponies, and... I think nothing more need be said.” She closed her eyes and smiled.

“Yeah, it was interesting and all, but all your old beaus pretty much interrogated me, Sunshine! It was kind of intimidating, actually… they all wanted to make sure I was worthy of you! Even gave me some rather interesting advice on dealing with you… which I think I’ll be putting to use next time you’re over!” He scratched her chin with a finger as if in demonstration; Celestia all but melted at the gesture, her tongue briefly hanging out of her mouth.

“And I may have some new things to try with you as well… my wonderful prince…” she told him with a second kiss as Pearly giggled, watching from behind her own splayed fingers pressed against her face. “But I regret my time here is now short, and my vacation is at an end. I must now return to my own realm and the not-always-pleasures of ruling Equestria.”

“I know. But don’t you worry. I’ll be here, Tia. For you, always.” Ferro promised her.

“And I love you for it…” she told him, embracing him with her wings. “So if I may request your indulgence one final time, my beloved prince… would you please take young Pearl out of earshot? There are certain... subjects I wish to discuss I would rather not have her around to hear.”

Ferro winked. “Whatever you say, Princess,” he agreed, and took Pearly out onto the deck so she could see the ocean again, which was still a novelty to her after a lifetime spent at Kurain Village.

After they had left, Celestia cast what Twilight recognized as a privacy spell before she spoke again, soundproofing the room around them as well as preventing any prying eyes from seeing them. “Miss Maya… I have no right to ask this of you, but before we depart, may I… please speak one last time with your sister?” she said in uncharacteristic nervousness.

Maya grinned at that. “That was her plan all along, Princess! It’ll be my pleasure… and maybe yours as well…?” she winked and then grasped her Magatama, causing her form to shift and grow. Her transformation was a bit slower than usual to Phoenix’s eyes, but within seconds Mia once again stood where Maya had been, her loosened kimono and lack of underwear instantly drawing Phoenix’s eyes.

“Hello, Tia…” Mia spotted and addressed Celestia with a knowing smile. “Did you have a good time?”

Celestia’s only response was to stare at her in wonder and then bow very low before her, flaring her wings before the channeled spirit as pegasi would normally do to her, to the great surprise of her subjects. “Words fail me… my mistress…” was the only thing she could immediately come up with, her wings and tail twitching before the human angel. “I dare not speak for my student, my subject, or for Phoenix Wright, but I enjoyed myself immensely, and I could not be happier. I just wanted to thank you directly, and if I may ask, I would simply like to know… why?” she posed the question Phoenix wanted to. “Why would you do this, not just for me, but for all of us?”

Music: Take Your Passion

“A valid question,” Mia smiled, not offended in the least. “And one I will be happy to answer. What it boils down to is, each of you had a different need and a different lesson to learn.” She nodded to Celestia, Twilight, and Phoenix in turn. “And by fate or by chance, what each of you needed, the others could offer.”

“How you mean, Chief?” Phoenix had to ask, her eyes roving all over her barely-contained body, suddenly keenly remembering how good it felt to have his hands on her. To say nothing of being INSIDE her!

“Let us start with you, Solar Princess,” she replied, making her blue-tinged angel wings visible for just a moment. “I sought to unleash ‘Molly’ because she is very much a part of you, but you had been restraining her far more than was healthy out of fear she would consume you. But as I believe you now realize, you need not worry—you are far more than just her and she alone does not define you. But at the same time, she is a part of you, and she needs a voice as much as any other part. That is what I sought to allow by giving you a safe environment that she could be unleashed in.”

“I understand this, but… I still fear her lack of restraint,” Celestia admitted while Twilight’s friends exchanged confused looks. “There is no denying I turned our students and subjects into my very playthings last night and… fear I might yet do so again…”

“Indeed you did. But as I feel safe in saying they were fully consenting participants, do you truly believe that you would do so against their will, Tia?” she asked with a quick wink at Phoenix, who blushed again. “Just so you all know, I was the one who told Maya to bring the cider, though I didn’t tell her why or what was in it. I had them bring it because I wanted all your limits removed, sun princess. Because it was only by becoming that pony again and then finding yourself not lost to her afterward that you could truly see you were more than just her. That you could see it was occasionally safe to be her.

“And as for restraint…?” Mia grinned and approached Celestia, putting her hand under her chin and tilting it upwards, then gently caressing her. “You demonstrated it amply this morning, my little princess, when you did not take advantage of Maya despite severe temptation—as I knew you would not—and later refrained from using more mating magic on Twilight and Phoenix out of concern for their well-being,” she said, laying a kiss on the top of her muzzle. “You love the pleasures of the flesh, true enough, but you are also a pony who puts others before her and sees to their needs as well as her own. That is who you are, Sun Princess, far more than your older self ever was.”

Celestia had to blink back tears at the statement, one she could not disbelieve simply for its source. “Thank you, Mia Fey. It means much coming from you. But… even when I was not under the influence of the cider, I did not refrain from taking advantage of my student or Phoenix Wright,” she stated somewhat shakily.

With that, Mia turned to Phoenix, a twinkle in her eye. “How about it, Phoenix? Twilight? Did she take advantage of you? Did she do anything you didn’t want her to when you woke up this morning?”

“Sure looked mutual to me!” Vinyl pointed out.

“Me too!” Pinkie added, being uncharacteristically quiet through the initial exchanges. “You guys looked like you were having a bestest of best times!”

Twilight and Phoenix shared a glance, both realizing the answer instantly. “No…” He finally admitted, knowing to say anything else in the face of his own heart and witnesses was a grotesque and completely transparent lie. “Everything she did, I wanted and reciprocated…” he admitted, suddenly very glad Ferro was in the other room.

“Me too…” Twilight admitted, far more adamantly. “Getting to be with you like that was a dream come true, Princess. And I’ll never say I’m sorry for it!” She put her hoof down hard.

“And there you go,” Mia told Celestia, who then stepped forward and hugged both Phoenix and Twilight tightly with her wings; the spirit of Maya’s older sister waiting until their embrace was broken before continuing. “You are, at your core, a creature of passion, Solar Princess, perhaps the most powerful there is. In order to be the Princess your ponies and all Equestria needs, it is unhealthy to hold back, whether in friendship or in love. And to that end, you must accept all that you are, and give it voice when needed.” She put a hand on Celestia’s head, causing the sun princess to lean into it, drinking in her mistress’s love and angelic energy.

“And you speak of restraint? Well, you had deliberately restrained yourself for so long, there was a danger of it bursting free at a less opportune time, so I sought to provide a safe space in which you could indulge… to say nothing of proper partners.” She grinned and winked at Phoenix. “Be assured, I made certain nothing was heard or seen beyond these walls last night. As far as any other guests are concerned, it was just a cool and breezy night.”

“But Chief… how was I a proper partner?” Phoenix asked next. “I was content with Twilight. Why would you introduce Celestia, Vinyl, and yourself into all this?”

“And that brings me to what you needed, Phoenix.” Mia turned to him next, facing him and crossing her arms. “It’s both your greatest virtue and deepest fault that you always put the needs of others before your own, whether it’s your clients, Maya, or now Twilight. It’s endearing, but also ultimately unhealthy when you unceasingly uplift others at your own expense.

“You need to be uplifted as well, Phoenix Wright. In your own way, you needed to completely let go and cut loose as much as Tia did, just so you could see that you could. And though I admit I didn’t foresee every way it would happen…” she gave a glance and wink towards the mirror portal, causing all of Twilight’s friends to blush. “You did. And again I ask: even not knowing all that happened... do you regret it?”

And again, the answer for Phoenix was… “No,” he told her. “Not at all. I’m kind of tired now, and yet… I’ve never felt so alive…” he realized in some wonder, rubbing his hand behind his head. “But the thing is, Chief… the only thing I remember clearly about last night… is being with you!”

“Well…” Mia almost looked chagrined for a moment. “It may be unseemly for an angel, but I admit that was a bit of indulgence on my part. I wanted you to remember being with me, Phoenix. And I also didn’t want your choice to do so to be cider-induced. I wanted you to want me unreservedly,” she told him... and then, to his shock, disrobed before him, letting Maya’s kimono fall with a flutter to the ground, making Celestia’s wings go instantly erect as Vinyl flipped up her shades in awe, leaving Phoenix relieved that Pearl was safely outside. “So I blocked the effects of the cider and Tia’s aura during our little encounter to make sure you were completely you…” she said as she put her arms around him.

“Chief? This is kinda public…” a sorely turned-on Phoenix protested weakly as she pressed close and began kissing him, taking his breath away.

“And since when do ponies care about nudity, Phoenix?” she asked rhetorically between kisses as through the mirror behind her, a wide-eyed AJ removed her hat, Rarity fainted, Fluttershy’s hooves went to her mouth and Rainbow blushed fiercely, amazed that not just Phoenix but a human woman could turn her head! “Tell me, did you concern yourself with privacy while making love on the beach, or in the woods with Twilight?” Mia asked him pointedly, causing him and Twilight to blush hard before her impish expression softened a bit.

“Forgive me for yet another indulgence, Phoenix. One thing becoming an angel does for a spirit is to liberate our desires and lift our inhibitions. Or perhaps The Nightmare was right and death truly does make voyeurs of ascended spirits. Nevertheless… I enjoyed our time together greatly last night. So if Maya, Twilight and yourself are willing, I might like to be with you again.” She kissed him deeply, for emphasis, her hand trailing over her own chest and then down her side.

“After all you did for us both, I could hardly say no, Mia Fey…” a dry-mouthed Twilight replied in a shaky voice, not fully understanding why she felt anything but possessive of him at that point, mentally urging him to take his mentor right then and there. Just like last night… the odd thought crossed her mind.

With a parting kiss to Phoenix, Mia turned to Twilight. “Forgive me, Twilight…” she then knelt before the unicorn mare, still naked. “Though admittedly, that was a bit more indulgence on my part, there was another reason I did it. And that’s to show you why you needed to be part of this.” She put a hand on the unicorn’s shoulder. “You are the avatar of friendship and magic, but that does not mean you fully understand either yet, or your very destiny…” she said with a look up at Celestia, who gave her a quick, frantic shake of her head, begging the human spirit not to say more. “But even in your human form, you’re an Equestrian mare at heart, and a particularly unselfish one at that. Phoenix is your stallion, and that means…” she trailed off to let Twilight finish the thought.

“It means I want to share him…” she realized abruptly, having spotted where Mia was so carefully leading her. “With all my friends… and his!”

“An any Equestrian mare would a special stallion,” she confirmed, hugging Twilight’s head to her bare bosom, causing Vinyl, Celestia and Twilight to blush. “Doubly so when it serves the causes of love and friendship, which you and your fellow element bearers embody.”

“And… that’s why you wanted me in this?” Twilight was suddenly singularly disinclined to move, surprised to feel the angel’s touch quickly restoring her magic, almost instantly returning her to full power.

“Not entirely,” Mia told her, standing back up. “You, too, had a great deal of unrequited feelings towards your friends and mentor, and you, too, were held back because of it. Friendship is Magic, Twilight Sparkle, but love and intimacy even more so... when properly indulged and understood. In order to realize your full potential, you will need to understand them. And that means you must explore them. You may consider all that happened last night part of that; just remember that it worked because you already had the depth of bonds and trust you needed with your mate, your mentor, and your friends.”

Is she actually TELLING me to have more sex? Twilight realized with some headiness, glancing over at her mentor and her friends beyond the mirror, their minds clearly turning as well. “I understand,” she told the ascended human spirit, then her eyes turned mischievous. “Then as part of my explorations, if I may…” With her restored power, she transformed herself into a human again and hugged the other female, as naked as she was, who chuckled and indulged her by returning the embrace and beginning to make out with her to the renewed shock and delight of all.

Well, at least I’m not going to lack for fresh fantasy material for a while… was all a freshly stunned Phoenix could think, fully erect once more, if only to his human dimensions given their current forms.

“Very good, Twilight Sparkle…” Mia said approvingly once they had parted, running her hands over Twilight’s human breasts and down her hips and then allowing Twilight to do the same in return as a deeply envious Celestia looked on. “I see you have an interest in human females as well.”

“That could be indulged even back home, my student…” a sorely aroused sun princess reminded her, desperately resisting the temptation to transform herself as well, knowing it would only make it even harder to leave, imagining the fun both she and Twilight could have double-teaming Phoenix in such a form!

“You know, living or dead, you’re the hottest thing I’ve ever seen, sister,” Vinyl felt a deep moment of envy as well. “So, any words of wisdom, for me, Mia?” Vinyl asked, stepping forward, hoping for a turn with the human angel herself someday.

Mia turned to her and smiled. “Just three, Vinyl Scratch. Don’t. Ever. Change.” She told her, putting a hand on the back of her neck and leaving her staring up into the undersides of her large breasts, which the pony DJ was now fully able to appreciate, letting her horn brush them, feeling such of her angelic energy begin to charge it as it already had Twilight. Mia stood and allowed her to do it, and then decided to indulge her, stepping forward to press the sides of her breasts into her horn, causing Phoenix and Celestia’s eyes to go wide yet again.

“Music is the language of life, and those who create and share it with others are especially blessed in the eyes of all heavens. I daresay you have changed least from these events, but that is not to say you had no role—you are a catalyst for change in others, enabling them to evolve and enjoy themselves as you did last night. You were there for my sister when she needed you not once but thrice, and all I ask from you now is that you be the friend and lover she needs and keep her grounded as much as possible.” With that, she kissed the tip of Vinyl’s horn and gave it one final squeeze.

“Count on it, sister,” a slightly breathless Vinyl promised with a deep bow to the spirit of Maya’s sister, her horn still tingling from the human angel’s touch and imparted energy. “I’ll visit when I can, and be there when she needs me.”

“I know you will. And I also know you’re in love with your ‘wub’ and party scenes. But if I may offer you a suggestion for a potential sidelight...?”

“Sure!”

Mia grinned. “I know you didn’t enjoy being a prosecutor, but given how well you did in the dream trial... perhaps you simply had the wrong end of the legal stick?” she wondered aloud. “I think you should try being an attorney again, but this time from the other side of the courtroom pit. If you set your mind to it, I truly think you’ll come into your own there.”

It was a rare moment when Vinyl was caught short. “Huh...” she said, her mind visibly turning, Phoenix wondering as well if she could do it and suppressing a smile at the sudden thought of Miles Edgeworth switching sides, no matter how unlikely it seemed. “Me, a defense attorney? Well, Octy’ll be less than pleased, but you know... we’ve always been opposites in everything, so you might just be onto something, sister. I’ll think about it long and hard; I promise!”

“That is all I ask,” she grinned. “You’re a good pony, Vinyl Scratch.”

“Oh! Hey, Mia Fey! Do me! Do me!” Pinkie requested, pronking repeatedly.

Mia chuckled but indulged her. “What else is there to say about a pony who brings the gift of joy and laughter to others, Pinkamena Diane Pie?” she asked almost rhetorically. “You live life to its fullest and help others to do the same. Ultimately, I can give you no greater compliment than that. There are few spirits as free or full of life as you, or get as much out of as making others happy as you. All I ask is that you remember that with great power comes great responsibility. That you take good care of ‘Feenie’ and all your friends, and like Phoenix remember that you can see to your own needs as well as theirs.” She closed her eyes and grinned.

“Wow! So I only have to do what I always have? Thanks, Mia Fey!” Pinkie pronked appreciatively.

“My pleasure,” she told her, giving her mane an affectionate ruffle. “And with that, it is time I return to the heavens, my friends. I can tell Maya’s getting tired again from channeling me this long, so I best not linger.” With that, she pulled her younger sister’s kimono back on and fastened the sash in anticipation of Maya soon taking her place.

Phoenix deflated slightly, and so did Celestia. “Thanks for checking in, then, and explaining things. Until next time, Chief?” he said hopefully.

“Until next time, Phoenix… and you too, ‘Celly’…” the parting look she gave Celestia was enough to make the Sun Princess squirm. “Be a bad girl again, and I might just come back to punish your sins a second time…” she winked, and then her spirit departed, leaving the form of Maya behind and Celestia already thinking of ways to induce her otherworldly mistress’s return.

Music: Not the End...

Maya slumped slightly as her body was restored, and Phoenix quickly caught and steadied her as a still-blushing Celestia recharged her Magatama and imparted as much of her magic directly to the young mystic as she dared.

“Better?” the sun princess asked her while opening the door to the deck to indicate to Ferro she and Pearly could come back inside. Maya nodded but asked for some water, which was swiftly retrieved for her by Vinyl. “And though our departure approaches, I believe there are some souvenirs to be passed out first…?”

“Got ‘em right here!” Ferro hefted two bags, then began passing out items with it.

“For you, Twilight…” he first brought out a white human hoodie. “I think Celly’s right and you’d look great in this!”

“Really?” she pulled it on, finding it loose enough to fit over her even as a pony and very soft and warm on the inside. “Wow… I like this! I already had some books and my new swimsuit to take back, but… thanks, Princess!” she nuzzled Celestia, and even Phoenix had to admit she looked utterly adorable in it while in pony form.

“This next one’s for you, ‘V-Jay’!” he produced an entire crate of Blue Moon beer bottles, causing her to grin. “Will this do you?”

“Hey now! That’ll probably only last me ‘bout a week, but… thanks, Celly!” She popped the first one with her magic and chugged it right then and there.

“My pleasure. And next up is you, Miss Maya and Young Pearl…” Celestia announced, producing some form of small orange crystal on a gold chain. “These are magical talismans I had Lady Requiem create. When paired with your Magatamas, it should both increase your own mystical power and allow you to hold channeling transformations longer, and also help you ward off any unwanted magical influences,” she told them.

“Really? Cool!” Maya accepted it and tried it on, already feeling its effects the instant it came into contact with her, noting it hung just a little bit lower on her chest than her magatama. “Be sure and thank Lady Requiem for us!”

“I can already feel it working! Thank you, Princess! And thank her!” Pearl immediately gave her a formal bow.

“I will. And you are very welcome,” Celestia returned the bow with her head.

“Oh! What about me, Princess? What about me?” Pinkie asked eagerly.

“You, my dear subject, are very possibly the easiest pony to shop for,” Celestia chuckled as Ferro next pulled out a dozen fountain shop bottles of various flavored drinks from the same Malt shop she’d taken Vinyl and Maya to two days before. “Decide which ones you like best, and I will be happy to obtain more for you later.”

“Wow! Thanks, Princess! But it’d be a shame for just me to try them… oh! I know! I’ll serve them at my next party!” she pronked again, eagerly reading the labels on them.

“And I believe all that leaves… is you, Phoenix Wright.” Celestia turned to him last. “To borrow a line from the Lord of the Rings movies, there is nothing I can give you that is more valuable than that which you already possess,” she said with a smile at Twilight, who beamed. “But since it would be a terrible shame to not give you something as well…”

She passed him an Equestrian papyrus scroll and invited him to unfurl it. He read it in some surprise. “Princess, this is…”

“A standing invitation from the Royal Family of Equios for you and Miss Maya to visit during next year’s wine and music festival, with a promise of VIP tours and treatment,” she smiled as Maya immediately came over to study it as well. “There are plenty of vineyards and hiking trails, Phoenix Wright, and for you, Miss Maya? Cold waterfalls and magically-charged hot springs for you to meditate under and cultivate your power with.”

“Wow! You’re the best, Princess!” Maya threw her arms around a startled Celestia.

“Um, Miss Maya…” she said as the hug lingered for several seconds, her blush growing deeper with each moment.

“Careful there, filly,” Vinyl teased as Maya finally broke the embrace, giving Celestia a parting wink and putting the barest bit of sway in her hips, leaving Phoenix glad that what was happening seemed to pass right over Pearl’s head.

With some effort, Celestia recovered her bearing. “Well, then, my friends… I’m afraid that this is it.”

“Aw… I don’t want you to go, Princess!” Pearl went up to her again. “Or you, Mystic Twilight! Or Mystic Vinyl or Pinkie Pie!”

“I don’t want to go either, Pearl,” Twilight hugged her close, with Vinyl and Pinkie close behind. “But we can’t stay. You know that.”

“I know, but…” she began rubbing her eyes and crying.

Watching with Ferro, Celestia’s heart went out to her… and then smiled as an idea occurred to her. “This does not have to be a goodbye, young Pearl. Tell me, would you like come back to Equestria with us? I would be more than happy to bring you. I’m sure all of Twilight’s friends would love to see you again!” she pointed out with a glance behind her, and nods both surprised and eager were received.

Pearl stopped crying and her eyes immediately lit up. “Oh! Could I?” she performed a little dance.

“Absolutely… as long as your guardian grants permission, that is…?” she asked with a look to Maya.

“Can I, Mystic Maya? Can I?” she turned to her cousin and asked excitedly, now hopping up and down in her excitement.

“Well, I know her mother wouldn’t approve…” Maya smirked unpleasantly at Phoenix, who gave a tight-lipped smile back, having no more love for Morgan Fey than Maya did. “But far as I’m concerned, that’s a good enough reason for her to go! Have fun, Pearly! I know how much you loved it there. But you keep doing your Kurain technique drills and attend school there, you hear?” She hugged and then waggled a finger at her cousin. “If anyone asks back home, I’ll just say you’re doing some special training and let them know to expect you back at the village in two weeks. Is that enough time in Equestria for you?”

“Wow, thanks, Mystic Maya! It really is! And don’t worry, I promise to keep training and study hard there!” Pearl hugged her before being picked up in Celestia’s aura and placed on her back. Phoenix briefly wondered if a girl as young Pearl was safe from Celestia’s desires but quickly and forcefully discounted it, knowing Ferro would neither be her lover nor allow the sun princess anywhere near his daughter if she did. She said she favors ‘young mares’ like Maya, not prepubescent fillies… he reminded himself, angry at himself for even thinking it.

“Careful of my wings, little one…” Celestia instructed her, and Pearl immediately moved her legs forward a bit, away from her feathers and flight muscles. “Twilight? Vinyl Scratch? Pinkie Pie? It is time for us to leave,” Celestia told them solemnly. “So say farewell…”

Twilight and Vinyl deflated at that; even Pinkie’s mane drooped for a moment, the latter two going to Maya to hug her while Twilight went to Phoenix. “I guess this is it, Phoenix...” she told him, going downcast as Ferro and Celestia said their goodbyes as well, exchanging a very heartfelt hug and kiss.

“Yeah...” Phoenix wore the identical gesture. “Listen, I’m glad you came for a whole week. I had a great time.”

“Me too,” She reared up and hugged him, tears in her eyes as she rested her head on his upper chest and took in his scent and presence one last time. “And I’m really not ready for it to end...”

“Me neither. But there’ll be other visits,” Phoenix promised, hugging her tightly back as the others looked on, Applejack nodding, Fluttershy smiling, Rainbow Dash fidgeting and Rarity sniffling as they watched. “Though hopefully without all the extra drama and attempted possessions by dream demon queens,” he said a little ruefully.

She sniffled at that. “Don’t ever blame yourself for that. You saved me, Phoenix,” Twilight reminded him. “You saved me and showed me the truth, and I’ll never forget that. Or stop loving you for it.”

“And now and forever, I’m yours, Twilight Sparkle,” Phoenix echoed the words he’d told her at the end of the trial, when he’d finally succeeded in breaking The Nightmare’s hold over her. “Whatever happens, I’ll always come back to you,” he promised her, to which Twilight could only hug him all the tighter through glimmering eyes.

“Come, my student...” Celestia opened her wing to invite Twilight forward into its embrace. “Remember, this parting is only temporary. Both you—and I!—will return to Earth in time. In the meantime, Equestria awaits, as do all your friends... and I hope many friendship lessons and adventures yet to come,” she reminded her, then her smile turned somewhat more amused. “And besides, if I know my sister, she is by now awaiting my return quite impatiently, having had as big a bellyful of squabbling nobles and Prince Blueblood as she can stomach. I really should get back before she truly does decide to imprison them all in the Canterlot mines…” she chuckled to herself.

“With regards to Blueblood, tell her she may feel free!” Rarity called out from behind the mirror.

“My friends...” Twilight closed her eyes and smiled. “I love you, but I love them too, Phoenix.”

“I know,” he told her. “It’s what makes you you, Twilight—that you live for your friends and for friendship itself. And that’s the mare I fell in love with.”

“Oh, Phoenix…” she hugged him again. “When you say things like that, I—”

“Oh, just kiss already!” Pinkie Pie piped up from beside Maya. “Time’s wasting, Twilight! We gotta get back, and then I gotta throw a massive hookup party for everypony!” she promised, pronking yet again.

“I may ask for a delay on that, Pinkie…” Twilight told her, but did so, sharing a long and lingering kiss with her human stallion. “No offense, but after we get back, I think I might just want to be alone and rest for a bit...” she said with a slightly wan grin, and Phoenix found he was of the same mind, finding himself looking forward to just taking a quiet walk by himself and then finding a poker game to play.

“Not me!” Vinyl spoke up, then approached Phoenix herself. “Crazy times last night, Phoenix. But even if it’s still a bit hazy for ya, I’m glad we were in it together.” She reared up to give him a surprise kiss of her own, her aura squeezing his flanks in full view of Maya, who pretended to fume. “You’re a wild and crazy dude, and I’ll share another keg of AJ’s special reserve cider with you anytime!”

“Reckon that can be arranged!” Applejack called out from the other side of the portal as Spike finally joined them, having completed his morning chores. “Next zap apple season, it’s yours, Phoenix Wright!” she told him a little too eagerly.

“Um… think I’ll pass on that for now…” he flushed hard, wondering again what had happened the previous night that had them so eager for more.

Finally, it was Pinkie Pie’s turn. “So, Feenie! I know you don’t remember me last night, but… maybe you’ll remember her...” No sooner had she said it when her head lowered, her eyes went hooded and her hair fell flat, instantly transforming her appearance and sending a tingle that was equal parts thrillful and fearful down his spine as all present took an involuntary step back. “I like you, Feenie...” she told him in a voice that was Pinkie’s but not as she reared up and backed him into a wall. “You lost your bet. And when the time is right, you will keep your promise...” she all but warned him, poking him in the chest as her eyes bored into his.

“Uh… sure…” he said through suddenly dry lips, an involuntary reaction of his own loins surprising him again as her change of personality made him instantly aroused, this version of Pinkie somehow both incredibly dangerous and supremely sexy for it. Guess I’ve got a thing for bad girls…? He suddenly wondered as she kissed him aggressively, sending a final shiver through him as she pulled back off him, her mane going instantly floofy again.

“Okay! I’m ready!” she said, happy-go-lucky again, taking her place beside Twilight and Vinyl, who gave her a wary look. “What?”

Celestia was uncertain too, but smiled, deciding that Mia Fey would not have allowed Pinkie passage to Earth if that version of her was any danger. “As are we all. As my sister would say… Fare thee well, Phoenix Wright.” Celestia bowed her head to him. “Whatever the future may hold, fear and regret nothing that happened between us, and know that you have my gratitude many times over. Thank you for having us… and for putting up with me!” she gave him a wink.

“It was… our pleasure, Princess,” Like you wouldn’t believe… he silently admitted, realizing he was about as sorry to see her go as he was Twilight.

“And mine as well,” she closed her eyes, remembering. “But all good things must come to an end. Now please step back…” she instructed them as her horn glowed and a shimmering golden bubble surrounded her, Twilight, Pinkie and Vinyl while a second one formed on the other side of the mirror portal, amongst Twilight’s friends, who quickly gave the expanding sphere room. As the one in front of Phoenix and Maya turned opaque and then shrank to nothing, the one in Twilight’s lab reached its full dimensions and solidified, the golden glow fading to reveal… Twilight, Pinkie, Vinyl, Celestia and Pearl back in Equestria, on the other side of the mirror.

Twilight’s friends instantly and eagerly hugged her and then flocked to Pearl, nuzzling and embracing her as Celestia magically lowered Maya’s cousin from her back. Once she had been properly greeted as well, Twilight hugged a sniffling Spike tightly, and then turned back to the mirror portal one last time, tears in her eyes. “Goodbye, Phoenix. Thank you for everything, and I’ll see you again whenever the next ley line convergence occurs, probably in a few weeks?” she suggested hopefully.

“You bet! Just give me warning of when you’re coming and who with!” he requested of her.

“I promised it would be Spike…” she reminded him, giving her scribe’s head scales an affectionate hoofruffle. “So have some comics and movies ready, Maya!”

“You got it, Sparkle! In the meantime, you take care and keep the princess and V-Jay in line! I’ll do the same with Nick and Iron Man on this end!” she teased.

“Keep me in line, fillyfriend…?” Vinyl gave her a smirk back through the mirror. “Ain’t nopony gonna do that!”

“One of the reasons I love ya, V-Jay…” she blew her equine lover a kiss. “Thanks for everything and don’t be a stranger!”

“Goodbye, my friends,” Celestia bowed to them through the mirror. “Until we meet again, Miss Maya, Phoenix Wright and my beloved Prince…” she told them meaningfully just as the mirror spell ran out. The image of Equestria rippled, got sucked into a tunnel and then shrank to a single point before disappearing, leaving their own reflections behind and their Equestrian friends and lovers impossibly far away.

Music: Normality Resumed

Phoenix, Maya and Ferro stared into the now-normal mirror for several seconds, lost in their own suddenly sad thoughts before Ferro finally spoke up. “Well. Take it I missed quite the scene last night…” he said very mildly. “That’s okay, though. I had my own little get-together to attend! Be very flattered that Tia favors you like that, Phoenix.” He put a large hand on his shoulder. “I know she may have given you a different impression, but character matters a lot to her.”

Despite the affectionate gesture, Phoenix couldn’t help but be nervous and Maya held her breath slightly as well. “Thanks, but um… look… a lot of things happened last night, most of which I don’t even remember…” And what I DO remember I still don’t believe I did… for a moment, he was afraid he was going to an equine erection again just from the memory.

To his relief, Ferro only chuckled. “It’s fine, Phoenix. You don’t have to tell me, and you don’t have to apologize for it. Really. If it’ll put your mind at ease, I’ll tell you the same thing I once told Tia—I don’t ever want her to hold back from enjoying life or helping others to do so on my account. I don’t have any right or desire to demand an exclusive relationship from her given how little we can actually see each other. For all her power and for all she’s responsible for, she more than anyone else needs to occasionally kick back and really cut loose, and having seen for myself her day-to-day life in Equestria... I know she just doesn’t get enough opportunities to do it.

“Hell, if I’ve learned nothing else about her over the past few years, it’s that she’s got passion to spare and a driving need to share it with others. And something I learned just last night is that my role with her isn’t just lover,” he said in wonder.

“What do you mean?” Maya asked, genuinely curious.

Ferro looked to Phoenix like he was struggling to find the right words for a moment. “It’s hard to explain, but… you know how she calls me her ‘Prince’? You notice that she doesn’t call you or anyone else that, just me. I don’t think I realized exactly what she meant by it until last night, when I met all her previous ones, but she means an equal. A person who is not just her lover, but her confidant and partner. It means someone she can love unreservedly, someone’s who’s mature enough for her and emotionally compatible with her—and given what I saw last night, there haven’t been many over all the centuries of her life who were, either pony or human. You know, I sure as hell wouldn’t want her immortality, but I’ll be more than happy to be there for her and give her as many years as I can for as long as she’ll have me. And besides, she’s a big girl. She can do with her powers as she pleases.”

He looked down and smiled, then opened his eyes again and turned them on Phoenix’s. “So whatever happened… don’t worry. I already know how much she loves me, and now I know how much she loved all her past ‘Princes’ as well. And having met them? They’ve left one hell of a legacy to uphold. And it’s actually an enormous honor to join such an exclusive club.”

“Um… thanks…” was all Phoenix could immediately offer, still feeling embarrassed. “I’m still feeling like I should apologize, though. I admit I wasn’t really thinking about you last night or this morning…” he told him, but the larger man waved him off again.

“It’s not like I’ve never had a drunken bender in my life, Phoenix, and given the way I’ve seen her, I don’t doubt she initiated things and know firsthand how irresistible she can be. It’s okay. Listen, I’m glad to have met you guys, and it’s actually really nice to finally have somebody I can chat with about all this.” He offered Phoenix his hand. “So you if ever need a personal trainer or just someone to talk stuff over with, give me a ring,” he said as he gave Phoenix a business card. “I’ll give you a good workout or share a beer with you anytime you want.”

“I prefer wine, but… deal. And if you ever need a defense attorney, give me a call.” Phoenix shook the other man’s hand in deep respect, and then passed his own business card back. He followed that up by exchanging a hug and clap on the back with Ferro; each man now the sole individual in either world who could truly relate to the other. With that, Ferro hugged Maya as well, told him with a wink to take care of Phoenix for Twilight and Celly, and then departed for his job at the Gatewater with a final wave.

“So, Nick…” Maya slipped an arm around his waist in an affectionate gesture as they watched their new friend leave. “Have to say, after channeling sis for as long as I did last night, I’m still pretty hungry even after all those pancakes and sausages! So after we drop off the keys for the villa, wanna get some burgers?”

Music: Turnabout Sisters (Cadenza Remix)

Phoenix chuckled. More mature, yet still the same old Maya! “Sure. But I take it I’m buying?”

“Well, duh! You’re the high-priced defense attorney who makes the big bucks, after all! You’re even on the payroll of a Princess, now!” She grinned, putting her arm through his. “Besides, you know the old saying—there’s no better time to talk than over a good burger!”

“Oh, really? And whose old saying was that?” he challenged her as he hefted his travel bag and closed up the door to the villa behind them.

“Maya Fey, future Kurain Master, who will one day be a household name to mystics and spirits throughout both worlds!” she announced grandly, then turned at least slightly more serious. “Besides, we did say we needed to talk…?”

“That we do…” Phoenix granted, but to his surprise, found he felt very little sense of dread or worry over it given everything else that had happened. Compared to all that, talking about mutual feelings with Maya’ll won’t be awkward at all! “To the nearest In-N-Out, then?”

“Oh, yeah! And this time, I want my burger done monkey-style!” Maya announced.

Phoenix rolled his eyes at that. “We’ve been over this before, Maya. There’s no such thing as monkey-style. They only do animal-style there!”

Maya harrumphed. “Well, that just shows how much you know, Nick! It’s on their secret menu! And I’ll prove it to you by ordering it!” She promised him.

“Fine, but don’t blame me when they gave you a blank look! Monkey-style is a myth, Maya. It doesn’t exist,” he said with certainty, even though he knew it was an argument he could never win.

“Oh yeah? Well, seeing is believing! I bet you didn’t believe in purple ponies or alicorn princesses either until you saw them!” she smirked at him.

He gave her a look, even though there was a twinkle in his eyes. “Are you actually comparing a magic-wielding unicorn and sun-controlling equine demigoddess to a fictional burger style?”

“You forgot to tag Tia with ‘biggest perv ever’, Nick,” she winked at him and pointed at his crotch. “But yeah, why not? Besides, any pony who likes burgers is okay in my book! And guess what, Nick? Celly does!”

“She does?” he blinked, having thought after the previous night and week there was no way Celestia could still surprise him.

“Oh yeah! I took her to In-N-Out after we dropped you and Sparkle off at the Villa a few days back. And you know, I bet she’d love monkey-style too…” was the last thing heard within the villa as the door closed behind them and the pair began walking down the street, arm in arm.

Author's Notes:

All good things, as the chapter says, must come to an end, folks. If you enjoyed it, you are invited to hit the tip jar at Patreon, which also contains some donation goals for certain TLaTU bonus content! Yes, I’m going to try that. After seven completed stories and over 1.2 million free words offered the community, I think I’ve earned the right.

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You know, it’s hard to believe I’ve been working on this for three years now, but been it’s a really fun to story to write despite all the grief it occasionally gave me, spawning two new side stories and a whole different universe. You get a double-length chapter to end with, tying off all loose ends and, I think, ending on all the right notes. I promised a happy ending for everyone, and here it is. Some very fun final sex, some fanservice, and even a burger argument to end on!

The second ‘phase’ will follow in time, but I still have a slew of other writing projects to do so it may be a while before I get to it. When the time comes, I’ll tack on an epilogue to this story pointing to the new one, but in the meantime, this story is now marked complete.

To all of you who went the distance on this story (which ended up about four times the length I originally intended in terms of number of chapters!), thank you from the bottom of my heart. It was a risky story that attracted a lot of hate but also a lot of love; I always smiled when I saw notifications of comments from regular readers in my notifications. Thanks also go to everyone who preread or wrote for this, including Leo Archon, AJ_Aficionado, James Cyberlink, Ebonhaste, Clayton_The_Hunter and Silentwoodfire. You guys made this story better, and I appreciate all the time you spent both reading my drafts and leaving plenty of comments on them!

For those of you who did not read the earlier blog, yes, I decided to skip right over the Pinkamena scene because I couldn’t make it work without overshadowing the entire ending. It will be written... for reaching $100 in patreon donations. See my link above.