Chapter 6

The Dragon Vault

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The time was now 4:30 PM. Both Sterling Caliber, Applejack, Rarity & Fluttershy had all gone through at least two barrels of the hard cider that the farmer girl (now the third woman in Sterling's beginning harem) was known to make. And it was already a good time as any to drink.

Just five hours ago, he had eliminated the threat that would have destroyed his hometown if he didn't interfere with their plans. That opponent's name was Leviathan, a gorilla/dragon hybrid who was so bent on destroying all of Equestria with his power. And he was the same opponent who considered Sterling to be the perfect rival against every battle that they were involved in. But unlike the Brute, Sterling was given the 'Ultimate Pardon' from all four of the Princesses. One of them already back home.

Within the few hours that they were drinking themselves to a near stupor, Sterling had looked to his three girlfriends with a major blush going on on his face. He still couldn't believe that, given his obliviousness in the past, that there were now three hot women that wanted to show their affections to him.

With Fluttershy, he was able to finally let go of his walls and fall into the emotions that he held back for so long. And the same veterinarian would be there to help him heal his soul. With Rarity, he could very much spoil her with any expensive gift that he would give to her. Even if she would fake a protest about being given such expensive trinkets. And finally, with Applejack in the picture, he could be honest with his feelings and opinions. And Applejack was happy with that.

"So, um..." he called to the company around him. They turned to face him. "I think it was time for me to show you the secret as to how I will be able to afford this place for many generations to come," he announced to them. "But first: I need to ask you all about this one thing that you might have felt when I first got here," he spoke up to them. The women were now just curious about what he  was about to say to them.

"Is this about how ya spoiled both Fluttershy and Rarity rotten with that there fancy play and restaurant in Canterlot?" Applejack asked him with her eyebrow raised up.

"Indeed," he answered. "Now: How many of you felt a shaking in the earth on the day that I arrived here?" he asked them all.

"Well, shoot! Ah thought there was going to be an earthquake when I felt it, but Ah had seen that none of the property was damaged at all. The trees that Ah buckle down during the harvest season, however, had a lot of them apples fallin' down," Applejack answered him.

Sterling then he pointed to Rarity. "And you, love?"

"Well, if you must know: I was having myself a break from filling out an order for a customer, who wanted one of my custom made dresses made for their dinner date with a special someone on their mind. I had felt the same ground shake below my establishment. I feared for my dresses and materials. Oh, but Sweetie Belle was quite all right - as was Opalescence, my cat," Rarity then told him.

"And all of my animal friends were also running about when it happened. I didn't know it at first, but Harry the Bear was telling me, in his small roars, that is, that he was feeling something shake the earth beneath them," Fluttershy spoke up after remembering what happened in her point of view.

"Well, uh.... that was all my fault," he confessed to them with an embarrassed look as his lips frowned while he scratched his head.

"Oh, really? And how, pray tell, did ya do that?" Applejack proceeded to ask him in a nearly interrogative way. "Was it some spell that y'all needed to cast at the cost of some homes?"

"Rainbow! I am shocked at your words to him!" Rarity spoke up to her, defending Sterling with her hands up to stop her brash friend. "And I should very well like to know about how, and why, the Colonel made the earth below us shake," she then pointed out to her friends with the same curiosity.

"And with that, I would like to show all of you how and why it all happened to you," Sterling then spoke up. "But first: I must offer my sincerest apologies to all of you for that startling experience on all of you," he bowed his head to them.

"Oh, it's alright, Sterling," Fluttershy spoke to him in her soft voice.

"And all of Ponyville too, right?" Rarity asked him.

"And all of Ponyville, too," Sterling nodded to the ladies.

"Well... alright then! Care to show us, please?", Applejack then asked him after accepting his apology.

"I shall do so. Is everyone sober enough for the trip?" Sterling then asked them. A hiccup was heard from Fluttershy as he had looked at them. "Eh, close enough," he shrugged. As he got up from his seat, he locked his eyes on them and said to them: "Now, we won't have to travel across Equestria, nor to any of the countries outside of our own. In fact: all that we all have to do is to travel to the barrel that I've placed near the driveway, okay?" he announced to them.

"Um, forgive me for asking, but... did you just say 'travel to the barrel'?" Rarity shook her head.

"I did," Sterling stated proudly to her. "And if you will all have some patience with me, I will show you why the barrel is very important."

"I'm in! Because I'm guessing that you've got some sort of secret money stash in it, right?", the fashionista chipped up, curiously excited to find out what he was talking about.

"You're almost right there, my sweet," the man chuckled to her.

"Shall we then, my dear friends?" Rarity suggested to them.

"We shall," they all spoke up.

Within a few minutes, after placing the fuller glasses on the counter as the empty ones were washed and rinsed, they all slowly stepped towards their first intended stop: the barrel that was just a few feet from his garden.

"I should see about removing any weeds when I get to it tomorrow," Sterling mumbled as he saw the garden before he turned to the women behind him. "Now, Fluttershy," he pointed to the veterinarian behind him, "Do tell the class what you notice about this barrel," he smiled at her.

"Well, um..." Fluttershy began to observe, "It does look a lot like a wine barrel. More than one of the empty barrels of Applejack's hard cider or whiskey."

"Well, Ah wouldn't know about that, honestly," the farm girl interrupted before tipping her hat.

"And it does look quite old, but.... why place it here, near the garden?" Rarity further observed with Fluttershy.

"An astute question, Lady Rarity! Ten points to Griffin's Door!" Sterling pointed to her with a light chuckle with Rarity giggling at his reference. "And now: I shall cast a spell that will open the door to my secret," he then announced to them. "But! Before I do, I must swear all of you to secrecy so that none of you blabbers about it to any one. No one but the other Princesses and the other girls can know about this, okay?" he inquired to them in a solemn voice that he had to muster up.

"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" the ladies then vowed to him after seeing them place a hand on their eyes.

"Huh?" he raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"That was our Pinkie Promise to you, silly," Fluttershy giggled to him.

"I am so going to make you three say a more sacred promise than that when we leave," Sterling mumbled out loud to them.

"What's more sacred than a Pinkie Promise?" Applejack asked him.

"You'll see it when we get there," he shook his head as his hand had glowed a light that then surrounded the barrel within a second. "And when we get there, you'll all understand my... unique position," he added to his merits. "Now.... Ah, right! The spell goes: 'From the highest of--' Nope!", he snapped before remembering his incantation. "That was the start of the vow! Ah! Got it!" Sterling quickly spoke up, remembering the enchantment that he needed to recite.

"Gee. Can't wait," Applejack sarcastically shrugged as her shoulder was punched by Fluttershy. "OW! Flutters!"

"Let's see what he does now," she told her.

Within a few seconds, the same silvery aura had enveloped the barrel. Then, Sterling said:

"Hey! Magic Door of the Vault! Give us a ride down, will ya?!"

Within a few seconds, before the girls could give a titter or laugh at his words, the barrel had then redirected the magic to an empty spot near the garage unit. As it did, an elevator had come into view with a poof of his magic. This was just a small bit of magic on his part, but in their point of view, they were all in awe of what had just happened.

"Neat, huh?" he chuckled to them. "Let's all go in, then," he then told them. One by one, the girls took his suggestion and had entered the elevator. And as he saw the buttons that could lead him to any sub-level floor, indicated by the letter 'B' next to the number, he pressed the most obvious floor button that he wanted to take them to first. "Sub-level 17, it is," he mumbled out to them. "Now, as the last instruction that I must give you," he told them as the door closed slowly in front of them.

"Hold onto something."

Within a second, Sterling had placed his back on the corner while gripping the closest hand rail. And then.... the descent began. The gravity pull had then enveloped all of the occupants. Applejack, most obviously, had held on tightly as the pull from the gravity was about to squish her down. In a few minutes, the drop had begun to slow down as the pull had begun to loosen on all of them. And as the elevator had finally stopped at its destination, the women had become quite relieved.

"WHO-WEE!! Now that was more fun than bein' on a mechanical bull before gettin' sloshed at midnight!" Applejack cheered after somehow getting her nerve back from the thrill of being taken to the lowest floor beneath the ground.

"I swear... I am never going to understand you, Applejack," he chuckled to her.

"Meh, you get used to it," she waved her hand dismissively.

The door had then begun to open up with a slow speed at first. And when it opened all the way in a faster speed, a golden light had enveloped the surrounding that they were all in. The light had been adjusted to their eyes and they soon saw a sight that took away the ladies breaths.

"Hoo-wee!/Oh, wow!/Oh, my goodness!" they exclaimed as the saw the sight of massive mountain ranges of gold and silver coins, gold and silver bars, jewels and gemstones, and other treasures all around them. But as they all saw the wealth pile, Sterling had only chuckled slightly at their displays.

"Now that there is a lot of dough, if ya ask me," Applejack nodded.

"A lot of dough?! Applejack! This... is a Dragon's Vault! How in all of Equestria did you get this much wealth, my love?" Rarity shouted out to him with her mouth gaping.

"It was a small gift that was sent to me from the Dragon King and Queen themselves," he nodded to them all in a strangely calm voice.

"The.... THE DRAGON KING AND QUEEN?!" Rarity shouted out with a raise of her voice.

"Now calm down, my loves. I already told you that this was only a small token from the royal Dragons," Sterling chided them. "And this whole entire vault, as we so happen to be on one of the floors of, was given to me as a means of having the highest security known to all of Equis. And speaking of that, I have to have all of you make a sacred promise that is to be repeated solemnly," he eyed them both.

"Alright... I'll make the promise," Fluttershy softly spoke to him.

"As will I, my love," Rarity then told him as she kissed his cheek.

"Good. Now everyone," he began to instruct them. "Repeat after me with your left hand clenched up to the air: 'From the highest of all eyes upon me, I solemnly vow to the heavens that I will keep the knowledge, location and contents of this sacred royal vault from any and all eyes that seek to take what does not belong to them! So help me, sweet lady Faust!'"

The girls had then been given a magical band that wrapped around their wrists in both a super hot and super cold burn that didn't leave a mark on them, but connected them to the power of the vault.

"Seems that the vault was able to trust you as much as I trust you both with the vow that I gave you," Sterling told them with a small smile.

"But... did it have to hurt us like that?" Fluttershy asked him as she winced slightly from the pain before it left.

"Safety precaution: If any of you happen to be kidnapped, the spell will make you forget about how you know about it. And there will be an immense pain in your brains to remind you how much you need to defend the vault with your lives, just as I went through it. And when you are sworn to defend the location of the King and Queen's personal vault, the pain is even worse than what all of you went through right now," Sterling told them.

"Did it really hurt that much, dear?" Fluttershy softly asked him.

"Imagine getting your tooth drilled with no anesthetic, as well as getting dipped into some lava, but intensified by tenfold," he nodded to them. The thought had made them all shudder.

"And are you likely to die if we had asked you where that vault is?" Rarity asked him hypothetically.

"Not so much death, because that would be more merciful than the torture that I'd go through if I even revealed where it is," Sterling replied to her in a deadpan voice.

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Minutes later, Sterling and the girls had come up from the vault (with the trip back up being worse than going down, apparently) to see the living room in their sights. And all but Sterling had decided to take the big couch. Exhausted, they sighed as they felt how comfortable the couch was. The man could only chuckle at them all. But before long, he also felt his exhaustion coming up.

"I take it that you all don't want to go back to the vault from now on?" he asked them before taking both Rarity and Fluttershy from the couch.

"No, darling.... please don't pull us from here," Rarity mumbled to him groggily. Fluttershy could only hum as she was pulled out with her friend.

"Oh, so you don't want to see my bedroom, then?" he chuckled teasingly at her. This caused the eyes to widen out for a little moment before she looked to the floor. "The bed that I have is more comfortable than that couch, I promise," he whispered to the ladies that held onto him.

"Carry me, darling...." Rarity conceded as she wrapped her arms tightly around his left arm while Fluttershy did the same to his right arm. He then summoned whatever strength he could muster and hoisted both of the women to wrap his body from the floor below them.

"Have fun, y'all," Applejack then said to them.

"We will, A.J.", Sterling replied.

Within a few minutes, the door to his room had opened for him with his magic. The ladies that he carried to his room had then seen the bed and slowly descended from him. As Rarity took the middle of the bed, Fluttershy took the leftt side as Sterling took the right side. And as the covered mattress had touched their backs, the desire to sleep overtook their ability to speak.

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Within another few hours, Sterling had felt a slight movement from the mattress that he was laying on the right side of. Without a doubt, it was Rarity who was cuddling up to him. He knew that much before feeling the slight headache from his drinking coming over him. And he also heard a small groan that he knew was the same pain that Rarity was feeling as well.

“R...Rarity?” he mumbled out to her as he was able to grasp her into his arms. Gently, of course.

“Mmmm.... that you, Sterling darling?” she mumbled as well while feeling his embrace. She wraps her arms around him as well.

“You feeling a bit hurt?” he asked her.

"Just a tad, but I'll get over it," she whispered her answer to him.

"Mmmmm.... emotionally and physically?" he then asked, still panged with a bit of guilt in him.

"Yes... but I still love you, darling," Rarity reassured him as she heard the guilt in his voice.

"I love you too, babe...." he trailed off as he felt a tear fall from his face.

But instead of voicing her concern, Rarity had begun to peck her lips at where the tear was. And as she did this, she was able to see his face in a closer matter; he looked as if he had done something that made her heart break. Indeed, his inability to speak about his past to her, or her friends for that matter, was a bit wrenching. But she was able to also sense, like Fluttershy could, that he wanted nothing more than to make amends for his actions against her. And in their silence, Rarity decided to allow him to make up for the time that he lost with her.

Their lips met in a passionate lock that made a few moans escape from them both as the lady laid down on her back. The same moaning and breathing had become the only indicator for how much the both of them needed to tell each other how much they meant to each other. Sterling had then begun to trail his kisses on her neck, moving his way to gently nibble on her right ear lobe. This action gave her a reason to giggle just a little loudly. Then, his hands had begun to slowly trail down to her breasts, caressing them with a gentle massage that earned him an approving moan and sigh. His hands had then massaged them in a gentle yet firm grip that spoke to her about his desire. She looked to him with a lustful smile and nodded to him.

The same man had then lifted her towards him to lift up her shirt while she wrapped her legs around his pelvic area. But it was after he removed his girlfriend's blouse that another pair of hands had undone the clasp of the purple bra on Rarity. She was also able to sense it. Both she and Sterling turned their heads to see that Fluttershy was just as eager as they were. Before Rarity could speak, the same woman had begun to invade Rarity's mouth with hers in a deep Prench kiss. This massage of their wet muscles had turned up the mood into a higher setting for all three of the people in the room.

Hoping to get into the little party, Sterling then begun to pepper some kisses on Fluttershy's face. This action caused her and Rarity to giggle as he also kissed her the same way. Both Rarity and Fluttershy then got an idea that sparked them up. Their tongues then connected with his in an erotic dance that turned them on even further. Instead of using his words, the same man had begun to gently push Rarity back to the mattress as he and Fluttershy, who was able to pick up on his idea in an instant, began licking and sucking on her luscious nipples. A sharp gasp had escaped from Rarity before she was able to moan in a dreamy approval.

Fluttershy then got the idea to take off Rarity's purple, lacy panties with her teeth. But Sterling wanted in on this action as well. With his best 'please?' look, the pink-haired girl nodded and began to nibble on the band of the panties before she and Sterling were able to take off the last of her undergarments with success. It was then dropped to the floor below the bed. The scent of arousal from Rarity's nether-lips had then become stronger to smell. Fluttershy then blew a small breeze on the glistening flower, causing Rarity to shiver with the anticipation of having both of her lovers having their way with her.

Fluttershy took two fingers from her hands and began to spread the lower lips of the honeypot in front of the man. And with a broad, long lick, both Fluttershy and Sterling was able to get the first taste of Rarity's dripping cunt. The taste of it was able to induce him into an overdrive of lustful ideas, the first being to continue the act of cunnilingus in a lapping motion that allowed him to drink the juices that were flowing from her petals. The moans that Sterling made had given Rarity a reason to shiver even more as the vibration of his noise had caused her to bite her lip so that her shriek could instead turn into a moan.

"Aah! Ooohhh mmmyyy~!", Rarity moaned out loudly as both of her lovers lapped away at her lower flower together. Her yelps and half-shrieks had been accompanied by a bucking that had been held back because of her desire to let the feeling last forever. But unfortunately, her moans soon turned into shrieks as the two lovers decided to drill their fingers and tongues into her velvety walls. And after feeling the climax becoming a reality, the small, sweet squirts of her lady-cum had splashed their faces almost immediately as a final scream indicated her orgasm.

"Oh my... Seems Rarity wants to go even further, Sterling," Fluttershy sultrily teased the man next to her.

"I know...." Sterling whispered in a husky voice that sent a shiver to even him. "But first: I can't possibly please her with my manhood until I've tasted you as well, Flutters," he told the pink-haired woman next to him.

"B-but... I-I w-want...", Fluttershy began to protest before she felt the taste of Rarity's cum on their faces again as they kissed.

"I know you want to have me inside of Rarity, Flutters, but I must taste your pussy again before I do this," he said to her calmly. Fluttershy was about to say no, but thought better of it. And after taking a moment to undo her dress, with Sterling noticing that she was not even wearing any underwear at all, Fluttershy had then crawled her way over to him. And like a slut, she presented her slit to the man who immediately began to perform the same foreplay on her, earning a few screams.

"Aah~! Oh! S-Sterllliiiing!" she shuddered as his tongue and fingers prodded both of her lower holes. And this music was just sweet to listen to, for both the man and Rarity, who was eyeing them with the most wanton look as she laid on her back. But as the veterinarian woman was nearing her orgasm, the man was kind enough to pull away from her and had begun to look at Rarity with an animal grin and a scorching lust in his eye.

"You ready for the main event, love?" Sterling growled lowly to the lady as he aligned his hard rod with her flower. As Rarity moved her legs back around his waist, she nodded her eagerness to him.

"Please, my love... put it in me already," she breathed to him. He nodded with a smirk to her.

Without any further needed invitation, Sterling hilts his shaft slowly into the awaiting cervix that was naturally glistening with her juices. The same liquids became the natural lubricant that was able to lock them both in their awaited union. As soon as he felt satisfied that he was able to fill her up, he pulled back a little bit in order to try out a rhythm that worked wonders for his partner. And after a few seconds of this action, his speed picked up. As the steady slaps of his waist had picked up more speed and strength, both he and Rarity had moaned and grunted louder.

And as he was elevated to the mid-orgasm level of his pleasure, he saw that Rarity was just in much need to have an orgasm as he was. In order to induce said feeling, his hands had cupped Rarity's perfect breasts in a massage that was getting smoother with their sweat glistening the both of them. Fluttershy, on the other hand, was watching intently on how both her boyfriend and girlfriend looked like a pair of teenagers so desperately in love with one another, thus reducing the timid girl to having to please herself besides them.

But Rarity would not have any of that from her. Within the half-yelps and moans, Rarity gently ordered her girlfriend to sit on her face so that she could eat her pussy out. Fluttershy obeyed eagerly as her legs wrapped around Rarity's head. Within a second of doing this, Rarity had begun to eat out her girlfriend's awaiting flowerpot.

This, in turn, excited both Rarity and Sterling to go even faster and harder with their intercourse. And after a few minutes of their joined activities, the three of them had begun to feel their climaxes nearing. Sterling then picked up more speed as he fucked the fashionista more and more. While his shaft bobbed up and down into Rarity's tight hole, Sterling could only shout out his love for the woman below him. And Fluttershy knew well that the love in his heart for Rarity was as strong as his shared emotion for her. And as the final breaking point crashed through their joined efforts, the combined cum of the three lovers had exploded all around them in a torrent-like fountain that gave a few pooling stains to the bedding below them as they each shouted 'I LOVE YOU!' inside the whole room together.

A few seconds later, after feeling the three-way orgasm hit the both of them, Sterling's body had stumbled gently onto Rarity's body, thus prompting both of the ladies to move to his sides. Sterling then made himself comfortable as the women's breasts rested on his chest and arms. And as the ladies kissed him, and one another with the same fiery passion, the emotions of the post coitus afterglow had begun to emerge from his heart.

"Rarity? Fluttershy?" he called to them in a mumble. The girls gave a small 'yes?' look to him. "I am truly sorry for not telling you about my life outside of Equestria. I really," he apologized to them with a tear falling from his face.

"We forgive you, Sterling," Fluttershy panted to him in his left ear.

"Yes, darling.... Oh... we both forgive you," Rarity whispered into his right ear.

And with a final breath, indicating his desire to sleep, he whispered:

"Thank you.... both of you...."

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