I woke up the next morning with a splitting headache and in an unfamiliar bedroom. Groaning, I gently tried to slip out of the bed without exasperating my already painful headache but felt my arm tug my back as I tried to leave. I turned around and saw Faust in bed laying on top of my arm and without any of her regalia. Oh ponyfeathers! I felt my breasts wobble as I tried to tug my hand free of it’s fluffy prison only to see myself completely naked. Alarm bells began ringing in my ears. Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! This is just great I tried to remember last night, but it was a complete blank. No! I screamed internally as I covered my face with my free hand.

A few beats passed as I took deep breaths and struggled to calm myself, before I let go of my face No I shall not be brought low because this mare lusted after me and I certainly shall marry her! I am attracted to her and to be honest I like her enough that I eventually wanted to marry her anyway! This just hastens my plans. my face turned steeled and resolute as I came to the conclusion of what I was going to do. I climbed back into bed and wrapped my free arm around Faust, my new intended fiance’s barrel. and held her closer.

Faust stirred in my arms and she turned to look at me in confusion. She was about to ask something, but I had no clue as to what she wanted to say as I sealed her lips with my own. Despite the fact that she was startled, she melted into the kiss and my warm and tender embrace.

Faust pulled back and smiled. “I don’t know what I did to deserve that, but it was most welcome anyway.”

A one night stand can turn into something more, right? I thought to myself and explained to Faust why I had kissed her.

Her answer was to laugh at me, not in a horrible way but that way you laugh when they are in on the joke and you aren’t. I can’t say I enjoyed the sensation. so I asked “What’s funny?”

Faust collected herself “Wow! You were really drunk if you don’t remember. Don’t worry your pretty little head, nothing happened.” Faust said and patronisingly patted my head with her right forehoof. Not that I was happy that we didn’t, I mean come on! I haven’t been laid since … . Faust though before she paused to count A year and some change! Faust grimaced.

Ok false alarm, but you know what fuck it!

I kissed Faust deeply, my hot, moist lips pressed firmly against hers as though I was trying to drink her intoxicating essence. Laying her on her back, I pulled back slightly before peppering her neck with gentle kisses, an aroused moan escaped from Faust's luscious, full-looking lips as I moved to her wings, gently sucking on and dragging my long prehensile tongue over them. I used my strong tongue to massage and caress the tense and spasming muscles in her pure white wings As I continued onwards little gasps and squeaks issued from her mouth, her breath catching every time I sucked on her wings.

Her body writhed under me as I held her. I returned to facing her, I gave her a peck on the cheek and gave her an evil grin distracting her from what I was doing with my flexible spaded tail, which now edged closer to Faust's aching marehood. Once my tail reached its destination, I used the tip of my tail to stroke the wet treasure, my firm caresses causing the mare bellow my to gasp out in aroused delight and arch her back at the sudden sensual sensations assaulting her body. I giggled as I began to wrap my tongue around Faust's horn, licking, sucking and kissing it for minutes as my tail snaked it’s way inside Faust's sopping wet marehood.  Faust's panting and moaning got louder at my concerted ministrations. Her vagina clamped around my intruding tail as it squirmed inside her, sending a startling but not unpleasant sensation up my spine, causing me to stop momentarily as I arched back in pleasure  and not a little surprise, moaning at the new sensations which came from my recent alien addition to my body, the pleasure sending shivers over my body. I  took her horn inside my mouth and swallowed it down with surprising ease despite the deceptive size of my throat.

Not being a mare to be outdone in her first roll in the hay in ages, Faust’s horn glowed with magic as I felt something prodding at my soaked dragonesshood as if begging for entry, it pushed it’s way deep inside me as I felt an emptiness inside me that I hadn’t noticed existing till it was filled with something very large. I pulled my head back Faust’s horn exiting my mouth with a popping sound, and looked down to see something black extending from faust’s crotch with two large testicles swinging up as faust thrust her huge member inside me wave after wave of pleasure distracted me as I fell on top of the mare underneath me. I tried to keep my hips working in tandem with Faust’s thrusts and withdrawals, while I felt a trickling down my inner thighs as Faust continued to pump my dragon pussy hard and fast. I whined as suddenly Faust pulled out of me and switched positions with me now laying face down, with my ass raised  up in the air and I felt my tail moved out of the way and out of Faust’s pussy as Faust’s cock slipped into the depths of a womanhood I had for barely one day. I felt forelegs wrap around me as I felt Faust’s weight against my back, as she got into a rhythm she bit into my ponytail braid and pulled hard. She’s mounting me like a mare! Oh yes, Faust!

I called out for her to go faster and harder as her hips slapped against my butt, making it sore and ache. My dragonesshood was well and truly soaking my thighs as loud moans from both of us filled the air as we got closer and closer to the edge.

“Bahamut I am going to come soon, I got to pu-” Faust tried called out to me, only for me to interrupt.

“Don’t even think about pulling out, you’re going to finish and finish inside me! Fill me with your seed and give me your foal!” I growled out as a primal urge overcame me, Faust whinnied and redoubled her efforts, “Yes! That’s it, Faust! Fill me up with your hot cum!”

My breath and panted pleadings seemed to do it as Faust pushed as deep as she could with one final hard thrust as I felt her stallionhood penetrate some deeper part of me. I felt Faust’s member throbbing as gallons of her seed burst forth into my womb. waves of pleasure surged through my body upon feeling each spurt. I collapsed on the bed, thinking we were done. I panted and collapsed into the comforting embrace of the mattress, however, Faust didn’t withdraw, instead I felt her magically endowed member still turgidly erect inside me. I widened my eyes as I realised Faust wasn’t finished.

I heard her panting in my ears sending a shiver through my body as her warmth breath tickled it.

“I am not done, I have had years of blue bean, though I guess it’s now blue balls and I need to scratch that itch!” Faust whispered lustfully in my ear as she restarted thrusting, not waiting or caring for a response, due to me being so tired I could only lay there and take it hopping she’d run out of steam quickly.

I was wrong about her running out of steam, ten minutes of frenzied thrusting, feeling her cum sloshing about inside my belly, as Faust pounded my pussy, eventually Faust came inside me again. My pussy greedily accepting it, without question. If this keeps up, there is no way I won't be pregnant I thought At first I was lost to instinct and I couldn’t really think about it. but now I am scared, now that I can think straight! I- my thoughts were interrupted as Faust once again came. She was lost in a mating frenzy due to years of sexual neglect. I knew then that I was in for a long night of rough messy foal making sex.  

Eventually Faust collapsed on top of me, not even bothering to withdraw from my abused pussy. My muscles clamped down tight on it as if to keep her cum inside myself. I felt bloated and sore as Faust slept on top of me.

Well I guess I better woman up to the responsibility of creating a new life and marry Faust! Mrs Bahamut Faust has a nice ring to it. What are you thinking!? You're a dude, remember!? You shouldn’t be okay with this! A mare just turned you into her broodmare and you answer by saying that line of drivel!? I grimaced slightly. Do you not remember the part where we became completely female? I asked my inner voice, slightly concerned, since I was having an internal debate with myself.

Do not go quietly into that night! the voice replied angered

I responded with I am not going quietly! I don’t think being fucked so vigorously that I can’t stand counts as ‘going quietly!’ She kept going for four hours and came twenty times! I doubt I could lay claim to manhood or masculinity after having my pussy pounded so many times by that massive thing and being made into a broodmare for Faust! Look at the facts, we have no idea if a permanent genderbending spell is possible or what possible consequences or side effects such a spell may have. We have no idea how safe this world would be for a man, or if I could even turn back into one and have it be permanent. That doesn’t even cover any possible side effects such a spell might have I smiled at that thought I am going to be a mother, and I am going to be a wife. I can’t say that I regret what we did or hate the idea of little foals running around and passing on my legacy. I thought to myself as I rubbed my belly, careful not to arouse Faust from her sleep.

Later, I was awoken by the sound of knocking on my door.

“Mommy Bawhawmut ha’e yuu seen Mommy Faust?” Celestia called.

Faust flinched awake at the little voice. She looked at me with wide eyes and then teleported away. I groaned as my abused lower lips conjoined as Faust’s cock vanished.

I shakily called out, “I haven’t seen her, Celestia. Perhaps she’s in her room?”

“Okay,” Celestia’s skeptical tone irked me slightly, but I heard her run off. I should probably ask Faust some of her favorite places to go, in the event that we need to keep Celestia from seeing the aftermath of seeing her two mothers after a rutting session. She’s still too young to understand what’s going on, after all.

I quickly dove into the ensuite bathroom, which I only just noticed and stepped into the shower, to get rid of the musk of sex on my body.”Hang on, why is there hot showers this early in Equestrian history?” I mused to myself as I scrubbed my scales down and gently cleaned my vagina, as I was still sore from Faust’s enthusiasm. My breath hitching every time the wash cloth glided over my tender flesh.

Once I had cleaned myself and dried off with a large towel. I then re-braided my hair, ready for the day of awkwardness. I stepped out of my room and noticed two guards sporting blushes.

“You didn’t hear anything and you don’t know anything, got it?”

Both stallions nodded vigorously, and satisfied that they would be discrete, I brusquely walked off, getting odd looks from the ponies I had walked past. Some wore a look of admiration, some looked at me with disgust and yet others stared at me in disbelief. Some even looked like a kicked puppy. I didn’t know what was going on so I ignored it, or atleast I tried to. Not really paying attention to where I was wandering about within the castle compound, I abruptly came upon the dinning room and noted with great interest the newspaper that lay upon it. My curiosity piqued, I picked it up and read to know what events had been deemed worthy to grace today’s paper. My emotions went from shock to pure unadulterated rage as I read the title.

‘Queens Bahamut and Faust make out!

Last night’s feast took an interesting turn as Queen Faust, enraptured by Queen Bahamut. Hugged and proceeded to make out with the dragon Queen in front of the feasting guests, proclaiming that she would lay claim to the visiting royal in her chambers and loudly proposed in front of everypony, it was later confirmed that the Queen had partaken of a frankly inequine amount of alcohol and proceeded to depart the room, despite lacking her wits completely due to having imbibed so much alcohol. Some are brushing it off as a one time thing, and not taking Queen Faust’s drunken claims  with any measure of seriousness, but if what the noises castle staff heard coming from Queen Bahamut’s room are to be believed, then it didn’t end with a mere alcohol induced proclamation. This salacious behavior, being committed so shortly after the death of her abusive and mad husband has made some ponies question her right to rule and her own mental stability.

However, others have stated that this unofficial union may be a good thing, with the normally stoic, willful, intelligent and powerful dragon Queen Bahamut being a balancing force in Queen Faust’s life and most importantly; sane and noble. They which share this opinion believe that Queen Bahamut shall keep our new, unstable Queen Faust in line, that Queen Bahamut’s mental soundness will have a positive influence upon Queen Faust and keep our newly inaugurated queen mostly stable and hopefully well tended; if you know what I mean.’

I can’t believe it! Those scum sucking ignorant foals! Doubting Faust like that. I mean sure she is a bit emotionally unstable, but to think I would control her like that? That I would influence her like that, even if we married!? Bastards! The lot of them! I stiffened as I re-read the article Oh shit! Celestia was there at the feast! Oh no, so that is why she sounded so sceptical this morning! I have got to warn Faust!”

I sped through the corridors and doorways to Faust’s room, as I came upon it I knocked rapidly and sharply. Faust opened her door, clearly irritated until she saw me, that smile brought a flutter to my chest before I crushed it and showed her the newspaper. Her brow furrowed in confusion, but  as she read it, soon her confusion turned into a frown and then indignation and finally settling on wrathful fury.

“Those foals will hang for this!” Faust exclaimed I brought her into a hug.

“Despite my rather enthusiastic agreement with you dear, but that would mean they were right. Cutting out a stallion’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say. Rather, there happens to be a bigger problem.”

“And that is?” Faust huffed, despite recognising I was right.

“That Celestia was there, that she saw everything.”

Faust brought her hoof to her mouth, “Oh so that is why she came to me this morning, asking if she could be my flower filly. Just great is ther-” Faust was interrupted mid sentence by my palm covering her mouth. She looked at me with irritation in her eyes.

“Do not finish that sentence, it’s like daring the universe to make a bad situation worse!”

The universe didn’t disappoint as just then a warhorn sounded, darting to the window I saw several legions of armed and armored gryphons in arranged in square, orderly rows to show their confidence in their numbers they were mustering against us. Their army calmly and confidently  marched on Canterlot. I groaned as I made my way out of the room to the balcony. Jumping off the railing into the air I dove down coming to a stop.

I sucked in air, and sent a mega flare at the first legion, completely decimating it, as screams of pain echoed through the air.

I shouted, “How do you like your chicken!? Well done or extra crispy!?”

The taunts caused the surviving members to squawk indignantly and charge at me. Landing, I dashed forward, my claws rending flesh as it raked through their soft bodies, making short work of the first legion as blood splattered, spurted and overwise gushed from wounds which showered me in blood. So much for my shower this morning. I groused as I took to the skies and saw the second legion just about to pass the lake where Ponyville was going to be. I spread my wings wide as energy gathered in towards them I drew my head back and held it for a few seconds before throwing it forward. My Terra Flare burst forward in a line of destruction, I used it to cut a swave from the lake, to make a river I aimed it through the gryphon forces, sended them into the air involuntarily. I continued through the second surviving legion and on towards the sea where the attack destroyed a chunk of the coast, making what looked like a horseshoe-shaped bay.

Some gryphons routed how ever the rest were not cowed by me displays of power, they attacked albeit recklessly like berserkers of old, I spun around to use my tail to sweep them off their feet. before jumping up and in a succession of swipes cutting them to pieces. A lone female gryphon charged at me her spear lowered at me, as she reached me, I opened my mouth causing her to flinch. Her spear entered my mouth and had winded her, she watched in horror as I slowly bit chunks out of her spear and as she couldn’t get away as her spear shaft was attached to her armor and could only watch in horror as the shaft disappeared down my throat. Tears ran down her feathered face as my mouth enveloped her head I grabbed her barrel and her legs kicked as she thrashed with a gulp her head disappeared down my throat causing it to distend slightly exposing the rough outline of her face. another gulp dragged her down further as her forelegs and the first part of her wings, part of her barral and legs left outside another gulp inviting her wings and barrel. Her rear legs kicked violently and her tail thrashed from side to side, I grab her legs and slide my tongue out between her legs and licking her petals before diving into her vagina I felt some resistance before it broke through a membrane, a burst of flavour covered my tongue, tangy and coppery.I heard muffled whimpers and sobs emanate from inside me. The army in front of me stood stock still as they watched in morbid mesmerisation, like when you see a really bad train wreck, they couldn’t look away and were rooted in place.

Squeals and squawks issued from my belly as my mouth filled with liquid, with another gulp I swallowed her rear end and closed my mouth around her lion tail which i slurped up like spaghetti, the tableaux was complete, my belly writhing with my breakfasts, I moaned as I enjoyed the sensations. Huh, so that is why dragons like to demand virgin sacrifices,

I preened myself, oblivious to the gryphons who witnessed the horror. I turned to look at them then smiled baring my teeth.

“Boo!” I shouted suddenly, all of them ran away as fast as they could from me, my morbid and voracious display making me appear like a fearsome demon or monster to them. My belly quickly shrunk down from it’s large size until it was nothing. Well to a stomach that can digest gems and minerals, I guess meat and bones is nothing. I thought to myself idly, a burst of images flashed before my eyes they all had something in common, that I was viewing them through the eyes of a gryphon and then it hit me, It was that gryphon girl's memories.I better keep this secret if this gets out I may be hunted down as a monster and what would Faust and Celestia think? I can’t ever use this again. No more snacking on sapients even if they do taste like chicken.

I turned and walked back towards Canterlot as a white blur flew towards me and tackled me, knocking me on my back.

“Faust?” I asked as she started crying and sobbing into my chest. and held on tight.

“Don’t you ever do that again! You scared the life out of me! I don’t care how strong you are or how invincible or immortal you are! Or even that you ate that gryphon” she said as I looked down incredulously. Had she really bonded with me that quickly? “I can explain the eatin-” I tried to explain before I was silenced with white lips effectively silencing any explanation or excuse I might have otherwise voiced. She pulled back, her lips in a tight frown as she struggled to keep from bursting into a fresh round of tearful wails … .

“I fell in love with a predator, I made peace with the fact that as a dragon you will need to eat meat and the flesh of living beings, animals and other sapients, and it could have been a whole lot worse, you could have ripped her to shreds, but you ate her whole and alive, though it was a disturbing sight, it was better than the alternative.” She rubbed my now smooth belly with a free hoof. “So long as you don’t harm innocent ponies and only eat those who attack you first. I think that I can live with that.” Faust finished reassuring me.

“I promise I won't eat innocents, I will not hold back against the evil and criminal or enemy soldiers though.”

“I just don’t want you to leave me alone, and as I said I am not stupid. I fell for a pred it’d be cruel and you would die without meat. No matter what those foals in PETA say!” Faust responded as she nuzzled up to me.”

“PETA?” I asked

“Ponies for ethical treatment of animals, they would have ponies believe a carnivore or omnivores can live healthily on herbivore fare alone!” Faust answered and stamped her hoof on the ground. and don’t tell anypony about this but I am partial to meat sometimes too as rare as it is thanks to ignorant ponies, heck even most unicorns do eat meat as well but hide it away as a shameful secret, if only ponies would understand that they are actually omnivores too. There is no way you can sustain higher brain functions purely on a herbivorous diet. It probably explains the low level of intelligence and sheer stupidity of ponies that are strictly herbivorous!

I held Faust and gave her a little kiss. “If you can get it, I know some good chicken dishes I can cook for you.” I said, causing Faust to shiver in anticipation.

“What did I do to deserve you, you can fight, you can cook and you can keep up with me in bed,  and you care for Celestia! What next? Are you going to tell me that you can sing too!?” She giggled.

“Unfortunately I am not very good at singing,” I responded as I laughed.

“That’s okay we can’t always be perfect,” Faust said

We both walked towards Canterlot.

Three weeks later Canterlot had calmed down, and I leaned over the rim of her toilet puking my guts out, Faust smiled sympathetically as she rubbed my back trying to sooth my sickness. When a moment of reprieve came I whipped my mouth clean, and said “Guess this confirms it, I am pregnant.” I groaned as another wave of nausea overcame me.

Ten months, one week later in the castle infirmary surrounded by doctors and nurses were preparing me as I laid on my back in stirrups and Faust sat beside me as I held her hoof, Celestia was waiting outside the room with a contingent of guards,

I shouted out, “Get this foal out of me!” As a contraction came I squeezed Faust's hoof.”

“Come on your Highness! One more push!” the doctor leading the surgery told me.

“Buck off, and hurry up!” I screeched as I pushed one last time This is what you get for ignoring my warnings! My inner voice snarked. Buck you, you figment of my imagination!

“Ahhhhh, ahhhh hnnnggahh, aaahhh” I collapsed onto the bed and Faust nursed her abused hoof in the corner of the room, the sudden sound of crying reached my ears,

“Congratulations your Highness, it’s a healthy little filly. As the nurses cleaned my little filly, which I still hadn’t seen so I didn’t hear the doctor ask me,

“What are you going to name her?”

Right now I couldn’t care less if i tried, as my foal was passed over to me I held her in my arms and spotted she had a midnight blue coat and a light blue mane, a tiny little horn and wings. A frown appear on my face as I recognised the filly and said out loud “Luna?”

Faust leant over and looked down at our foal. “It’s a perfect name for her Bahamut! A pretty name for a pretty little filly!”

My mind froze as I held my daughter and started to cry, My poor little filly is going to suffer so much and I can’t even help her! I leant down and nuzzled against her.

“I am sorry for crying—” I tried to apologise but was cut off

“It’s okay Bahamut, when Celestia was born I was emotional too. Isn’t that right, doctor?”

“If by emotional you mean had a predilection to kick me in the unmentionables? Then sure, let's go with that.” the doctor deadpanned as Faust looked sheepish,  

“Doctor can I have a moment alone with my mare?” Faust asked and the doctor and nurses left the room.

“Bahamut, I know we’ve been through alot together, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. You mean everything to me.” Faust bowed down and opened a ring box the ring was made of adamantium, a rare metal that can survive practically anything. no gems were set in the band.

“Will you do me the great honor of becoming my wife?” Faust finished waiting for my answer with baited breath.

“Yes, Faust a million times yes! I’ll marry you.” I replied exuberantly, Faust leant in to kiss me as the doors opened to reveal Celestia.

“Come, Celestia, and meet your little sister.” I said as I waved her over, I angled the little bundle of blankets containing Luna, “Luna, this is your big sister, Celestia.” I said gently as Luna cooed and giggled, trying to reach out to Celestia.

“Hi, I am your big sister, I promise to look after you, Luna.” Celestia said and gave Luna a kiss on the forehead.

“I know you will sweetie,” Faust said.”Oh and Celestia, Bahamut said yes, we're getting married and we’ll be one big happy family!” Faust continued and Celestia jumped up and down excitedly.

Five years passed and all that time spent working out wedding plans, locations, dresses the perfect way to announce it to the public etc. not to mention the many battles and armies attacking us setting back the wedding day.

Today was finally the day I had on my pure white dress, a very frilly one and Faust went for a black dress a very risque number that just screamed bad filly.

I stood at the altar waiting for my love, to walk up the aisle as she stood before me, we smiled to each other and looked at the minister to show our readiness.

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to wed these two in holy matrimony. Do you Queen Bahamut take Queen Faust as your lawfully wedded wife?” the minister asked

“I do!”

“And do you Queen Faust take this dragoness to be your lawfully wedded wife?”

“I do!”

“By the power vested in me by the Canterlot, I now pronounce you wife and wife you may kiss the bride.” the minister finished.

Faust and I darted forward wrapping each other and then kissed, Faust pulled back a massive grin on her face. A mass of shadow smashed through the window above the altar and rammed into Faust dragging her a short way down the aisle. “Faust!!” I charged forward, but before I reached my fallen wife, I felt several arrows pierce my back, I channeled a gigaflare and sent it barreling toward my assailant, whom dissipated into smoke, letting it strike the wall behind him shaking the room and sending debris everywhere. Sombra’s face appeared and his smile widened, but some of my attack had made contact and was now slowly consuming him, he glowered at me but ran off.

I crawled over to Faust as I felt my body stiffen as it turned to stone and nuzzled her as our daughters came running up to us and crying as did I, for my foals and for my dead wife. “Celestia look after Luna! Never abandon her! Sisters care for one another.”

“I will not abandon her Mother, or you! I will find a way to free you!” Celestia cried as she held my petrifying form.

“Yes Mommy, yuu an’ Mommy were de bes’ Mommies!” Luna exclaimed.

“Sometime soon a strange wizard will contact you, he will be called Starswirl the Bearded, wear a blue cloak and pointed hat with stars sewn on it and will have a white beard and brown coat, his cutie mark will be of stars swirling, listen to him, let him guide you, he will help you fulfill your destiny!” I sobbed and choked out

“I love you, both of you, be good to each other. Hear this ponies and nobles! I name Celestia and Luna as our successors!” I shouted out as stone encased my lips.

Celestia and Luna fell to the floor sobbing uncontrollably. As guards tried to take them away from the morbid scene.

So that is how I was encased in stone, doing a very good impression of Nanaki from Final Fantasy 7. All I needed was the Cosmo Canyon theme playing in the background. So now that you are more or less caught up, It’s time to tell you my plan of escape, it started a whole half a millennium ago, a kitsune girl—a one-tail had appeared from the Nevernever, a place full of magical creatures and every afterlife from every religion. How do I know this? Well that’s simple; kitsune taste delicious. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the magic, maybe it’s the age, or maybe even their spiritual nature. Now I say that but in truth I unfortunately didn’t have any control per sei and little choice but to lure them here, Also I noted that due to the only way I could eat them, it left their clothes, shoes and all their carried possessions at the foot of my statue which Celestia would collect and clean them before storing and preserving them in my vault room. I don’t know why, but I think she thought they were from the practitioners of a religion that sprung up about me and apparently they found out about my liking costumes, clothes and the valuables. Hey! Don’t look at me like that, I am a dragon! We horde pretty and expensive things.

Anyway, what I do know is that the first kitsune’s memories provided understanding with regards to her sudden appearance, and provided a small boost to my already massive magic reserves, a benefit of my draconic nature as well as adding a repertoire of new spiritual senses and magical spells. Apparently as a sealed goddess, my continued presence in a single location created a beacon of sorts which called them to me. Armed with this knowledge, I started intentionally luring more of the delicious fox spirits to my shrine and eating them, gathering power, memories and spells. Once I had collected enough magic, then I would be able to escape under my own power.

Eventually I had eaten a lot of one-tails, the remorse at taking so many innocent lives was taking it’s toll on me, I felt horrible, that I had to do this at all. Thus the multi-tailed kitsune to start taking notice. They were more cautious than their ancestors, though even they didn’t last long against my arcane experience and knowledge. It all came to a head not all that long ago. I was still trapped and my new knowledge was starting to enlighten me as to why I was still stuck, despite my power and my knowledge and despite the worshippers becoming victims to my ambitions to escape my petrification seal, when a squad of nine-tails came to investigate. There were whispers between them of the White Council coming to investigate this world and all the disappearances. They found where the kitsune had gone by looking for the essence they naturally give off, and discovered that it was emanating from me, a being that had learned how to digest and absorb souls due to that accident with the first kitsune who wetted my taste for them, my desire to escape and judging by their expressions of horror, dread and misery they had located the final resting places of at least a thousand kitsune. They fell down at the base of my statue as tears ran down their faces. Eating that many kitsune has an effect on how magic might manifest itself once cast, but also affecting the ability, power and memory of an assimilator, such as myself. Luckily any physical traits I had earned from it would not show till I was free and by then I would be able to hide any changes.  

So they didn’t resist when I ate them all at the same time.

After the wriggling in my belly ceased and the infusion of a lot of power, memories etc., came I was floored, I had received an answer to my question,  I couldn’t undo the spell as it literally absorbs magic from the area to match my own magical might and strengthens my prison and as magic is functionally infinite, in a constant cycle of flux this meant that I was stuck until somepony destroyed the spell itself. One thousand innocent spirits eaten to free me and to avenge my wife and it was in vain!? My self loathing was at an all time high, I could have rationalised it had it worked but this, this was just too much.

I raged inside my cell impotent and no closer to being free. What would Celly and Lulu say when they find out their mother absorbed and subsumed a thousand spirits, into her own body to increase my power and knowledge. Not to mention the clothes and things that were ‘donated’ were really just the remains of my victims.

A noise interrupted my rage and my regret. I saw a tiny mors- I mean a little kitsune girl that didn’t look any older than 15, who was hiding behind the hedge maze, I unleashed my tail and grabbed her. She squealed in fear and struggled, I sent out my other tails I had gained in my kitsune assimilations and wrapped her up,

I opened my tail and red slit eyes appear before me, her hair was light brown as was her tail, I recognised the girl from my memories an orphan who had been taken in by the kitsune I had just devoured.

“Mimi, I am so sorry! My foolish shortsightedness robbed you of your friends and family! All because I could not see that this seal grew more powerful as I did, tricking me into thinking that the kitsune I devoured were not enough and now on the eve of their absorption into my body and soul I find myself vexed, regretful and hating myself for the wicked things I have done! I’m in despair upon the discovery that their sacrifices were in vain. Mimi, I hold all their memories and I know of your situation. To try and make amends, I shall look after you. I do not care if you hate me, I don’t care if you reject it, or if you would prefer I can let you join your family inside me. I believe after the first hundred they started a village inside a corner of my mind, that they could inhabit.  Some have forgiven me due to the circumstances, some still hate me for stealing their freedom and their lives, and others either just don’t care or just languish, waiting for the shores of my mind to completely take them. No one would fault you Mimi if you stayed outside and free. So what do you say?” I said to Mimi.

Mimi thought to herself for a few moments and replied, “Getting rid of you or joining my sisters and friends inside you won't bring them back. However, you have absorbed a thousand kitsunes, possibly more. They are a part of you now, and that means they aren’t dead until you are. So I shall stay with you, so I can be with them. You are a kitsune, at least in part and the missing kitsunes are inside of you, so when you are free, our mission will be technically complete. But don’t think this means I have forgiven you.”

“I forgot to mention that while I did intentionally lure them here, I did not do anything to actually absorb them, it was always an automatic process. Yes I know I said that I learned how, well that wasn’t a lie I did learn how, but I never enacted it on purpose and I only learnt because it was automatic.” I responded.

“Despite your honesty it hasn’t changed anything,” Mimi responded curtly.

“Quickly! Hide! My daughters are coming!”

“Daughters?” Mimi responded, sounding confused but hiding anyway.

I trotted into the part of the garden that held mother’s grave and mom’s stone prison. I sighed as I spotted more sacrificial donations, I really wish they would at least set them here neatly, one time I even found an adult toy and another I found lewd photos of humans. Which I’ll admit, while rare, is not all that unusual since humans first started immigrating to Equestria through the Nevernever.Well, they became a more familiar sight ever since the White council first contacted us after our Mom was trapped.

Apparently as our mother is a goddess of dragons, motherhood, knowledge, and war; her sealing was felt throughout the Nevernever, alerting them to our existence. They explained that a god or goddess, regardless of if they are a minor deity, a lesser deity, a normal deity, or an elder deity; their existence is tied inexorably to the Nevernever and if that is cut off or removed, it affects everything.

One thousand nine hundred years after that horrible day, I was just sitting in the statue garden and I could do nothing for Mom, Luna’s mother and the grave of our other mother, my mother, Faust. More clothes and valuables from her worshippers, heh she probably has more clothes than I have now, The ponies had taken to calling Bahamut, the weeping demon, “There was nothing demonic about Mom!“ I spat off to the side. Behind me, I heard a voice call my name, it was Luna, recently returned to me after that tragedy a thousand years ago.

“Celestia, what are you-” Luna’s question died on her tongue and simply added an “Ah” in realisation and trotted over to sit next to me.

“Lulu, do you think Mom will forgive us, for not keeping our promise?” I asked as I looked upon her.

“I didn’t know Mother that long ‘Tia, so I can’t say, all I knew of her is from what you told me, that she was a great powerful warrior, stoic, intelligent and a complete dork sometimes.” Luna recited from memory, “I just wish I had gotten to know her better.” Tears fell from Luna’s eyes as she looked to me, I shifted over and draped my wing over her.

“Lulu, let’s brighten the mood, our mothers’ wouldn’t want us brooding! Especially after so soon your return, it’s only been two months, after all. So, ‘fess up! I noticed you skulking off into the night with nary a word and whenever you return, you come back with a big goofy grin on your face. Could it be you found a very special somepony?” I teased in a smug singsong voice as luna hid her face with her wings in embarrassment.

“‘Tia! Stop!” Luna whined as I prodded her with my right forehoof.

“Come on tell me who the lucky pony is?” I asked, receiving a mumbled name in return

“I am sorry I couldn’t quite hear that?” I smiled, knowing full well who it was.

“Twilight Sparkle,” Luna said a little louder as she turned bright red in embarrassment.  

I clapped my hooves together in excitement. “Ooh! I am so happy for you Luna!”

“You’re not mad that I am stealing your number one student?” Luna asked me

“Of course I am not mad, I am glad the student I raised like a daughter is going to become my sister-in-law.” I smirked “And that adorkable Twilight has stolen the heart of a naughty mare and the peerless gamer Luna, and seduced her to the dorkside! We have cake, don’t you know!”

Luna shot me a smirk as she prepped her riposte, “You sure you have any cake left, seeing as how you’re a member, I am surprised it has not been relocated to your flank, “ Luna teased as she batted my flank with her left forehoof and a wide grin on her face.

Oh! It! Is! On!

I smiled gently and looked at Luna “So which of you is on top? I think it’s Twilight. Her form towering over your tiny body as you adorably squeak under her gentle ministrations.” I laugh but when Luna didn’t or at least react, I looked at her and her face, ears, and neck where all beet red.

“Oh mother! It’s true isn’t it?” I asked, to which Luna nodded mutely.

I wrapped Luna in a hug and then said “That is so adorable, come on you have got to spill all the juicy details so that I can tease Twilight about it the next time that I see her.”

Hi. My Name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I am a wizard. I work out of my office in midtown chicago, I am the only openly practicing wizard in the country. Honestly, I don’t understand why my fellow wizards don’t come out and openly practice magic. Especially since most humans only believe in their gods of logic, reason, and science. They see magic as the stuff of fairytales, or the imagination of a madman. My day started out like any other day, the odd phone call asking if ‘I was serious about being a wizard.’  My cat Mister lounged about on the sofa, while I sat at my desk reading a book. The bell on my door rang as a tall intimidating man walked through it. Morgan, a warden of the White council, their ‘attack dog’ and zealous follower of the Laws of Magic, Laws which must be followed, unless you want to face the White Council.

“Morgan! How can I—” I started but was interrupted by Morgan.

“Save it Dresden, the White council wants to talk to you.”  

I have to give it to the man, he is one of the best evocators out there, but sadly he has the social skills of a rabid pitbull. Before I could continue I was blinded by light and found myself in front of the White Council, or at least the few members that had bothered to come, sitting around a long oaken table of indeterminate age. Sure! Don’t give me time to prepare, I sighed. Well, I thought, let’s get on with it then

“Harrius Dresden, vocati estis in consilio Dresden habemus munus vestrum naturam sensitivam,”

[Harry Dresden, you have been called by the council Dresden because we have a task for you, of a sensitive nature,] said Arthur Langtry, a. k. a., The Merlin, a title given to the strongest wizard, the leader of the White Council. He is of British descent and was brought up when the British Empire existed, roughly when the U.S.A. was known as the colonies.  Oh and did I mention that all meetings are in Latin. increasing their patience sapping power normally found in meetings.

“Quid nosti deorum Dresden?”

[What do you know of god’s, Dresden?] Injun Joe asked, one of the only true Native Americans left.

“Bene scio quod ita sint, quia sunt potentes confisos mortalis cultum pertinere mundi. Et praeterquam quod nihil de ratione philosophandi non vere amo, quid?”

[Well I know that they are real, that they are powerful and rely on mortal worship to affect the world. Aside from that nothing and I don’t really like philosophising about their nature, why?]

I asked as I stood waiting, Would it kill them to let guests sit down! And something seems off about this whole meeting?

“Recte, opus est ire Equestria adiuva dimittere dea de carcere. Miss Sparkle, placent intrant.”

[Correct, your task is to travel to Equestria, and help release a goddess from her prison. Miss Sparkle, please enter.] Arthur called, I don’t know what I expected, but I certainly didn’t expect a pastel colored unicorn. Her mane and tail where both a dark navy blue with fuchsia and magenta stripes on the left side, her purple eyes were large and expressive and her muzzle looked only vaguely like earth’s horses and ponies.

“Miss Twilight Sparkle docebit vos per a via pervenire Equestria, salutis est summo prioritate!”

[Miss Twilight Sparkle will guide you through a Way to reach Equestria, her safety is top priority!] Arthur informed me. Twilight bowed, before rising and I returned her bow. I am a gentleman like that. She smiled and began to speak, but a glare from Arthur silenced her.

“Tu discessurus. Haec congressio Albo Concilium dimissis!”

[You are to leave at once. This meeting of the White Council has been dismissed!]  Arthur finished. Before each council member disappearing in a flash of light, the damn flashy bastards.

As soon, as they left Twilight let out a breath, she was holding.

“Et est nomen meum Twilight Sparkle, suus 'a voluptate properat tibi in occursum Mr. Dresden!”

[My name is Twilight Sparkle. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Dresden!] Twilight said cheerfully and though the words were correct, she mispronounced them.

“Don’t worry about speaking Latin, Miss Sparkle.” I said and showed her my warmest smile.

Twilight looked at me in shocked her eyes wide as saucers and her pupils pinpricks.

Poor mare must have thought that we all spoke Latin. Probably because of the White Council. The damn elitist bastards!

“How can you speak Equish? I thought you only spoke that weird language,” Twilight asked. I chuckled at her disbelief.

“It’s called English where we come from, and that ‘weird language’ is called Latin. It’s used as a security measure and for the White Council to retain their power. It is a dead language,” I explained.

“Anyway Miss Sparkle, what can you tell me about yourself?” I asked while crossing my arms.

“Well, I am the personal student of Princess Celestia and I am the Element of Magic!” She responded cheerfully, missing my eyes widening in shock, that she claimed to be the Element of Magic!

“Element of Magic as in the consciousness of Magic!?” I asked trying to clarify. She adorably scrunched up her face in confusion.

“No, I am the Element of Magic, one of the aspects of the Elements of Harmony.” Twilight explained as if I should just know it. What is it with magical creatures and assuming I know something? I groused internally.

“Miss Sparkle, imagine for a moment that I do not know what the Elements of Harmony are, can you explain it to me?” I asked carefully. She frowned at my words, but started explaining.

“The Elements of Harmony are powerful artifacts that work together to spread harmony and fight disharmony, they can only be wielded by those worthy, which are usually ponies which best exemplify the virtue they represent. In the event that the Elements are wielded by more than one pony, then they choose who best exemplifies which virtue and every Element Bearer has to be the other Element Bearer’s true friends. The virtues that the Elements stand for are Loyalty, Honesty, Laughter, Generosity, Kindness, and Magic; which binds them together.” Twilight finished her lecture with a massive smile on her face.

“So Friendship is Magic?” I asked cautiously.

“Yes! Both metaphorically and literally,” she replied, I could tell this mare enjoyed teaching others.

Now to ask the surefire rude question that all women have a distaste for.

“So I hope you don’t mind me asking but how old are you Miss Sparkle?” I asked.

“Huh? Oh! I am twenty one years old,” Twilight replied.

I relaxed as I wasn’t smelling sulfur and brimstone.

“Do you happen to have a boyfriend?” I asked.

Yes I asked! She is a sapient adult mare, who also happens to be adorable and intelligent.  

Twilight blushed and folded her ears back as she considered my question.

“Um, I have a marefriend, but it’s supposed to be a secret, since being indiscrete with this information could cause us problems.”

I shrugged.

“There are bigots everywhere it seems,” I said. Sensing Twilight’s discomfort, I moved the conversation onto safer, less taboo love-related topics. “What can you tell me about this goddess I am supposed to free?”

Twilight visibly relaxed, her wary stare vanishing as she turned her head in the direction that we would apparently be travelling. “Is it alright if we start walking there?” Twilight asked and I nodded in affirmation to her query.

Twilight looked like she was about to doze off, so I poked her to bring her attention back to me. “Hey, if you’re going to flashback, the least you can do is give me a monitor or something so I watch,” I stated as Twilight sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck.

Twilight’s horn glowed and a screen appeared in front of me. Idly I wondered: If I could learn that spell, then I could finally start watching tv without putting my tv in a circle.

Flashback start

The Princess had summoned me to Canterlot, with regards about a matter of grave importance. I met her in the gardens at her favorite section of the garden where she usually took tea, either by herself, or accompanied by guests. As I reached the meeting location, I spotted her, sitting tall with an air of regality, her white coat shining in the sunlight, and her mane and tail colored in pastel red, green, and blues, easily making one associate her rippling and waving mane with the colors of an aurora. Princess Celestia, of the sun and my mentor.

“Hang on! That beautiful mare is your teacher!? Damn, it gives a whole new meaning to ‘hot for teacher!’ I exclaimed in awe. Twilight just giggled and rolled her eyes in response to my typical male musings. I turned to her and gave her a ‘what?’ face.

“That was a terrible pun!” Twilight exclaimed. It was then that I remembered her princess’ title and groaned.

“She dating someone?” I asked as Twilight looked at me incredulously.

After a moment she answered. “Unfortunately the Princess doesn’t have anypony, everypony is either intimidated by her, or puts her on a virginal priestess pedestal where she has to pretend to be this perfect being. Why do you ask?”

“Well, I might be interested. Ah who am I kidding, she wouldn’t be interested in an alien.”

“You want to—with the Princess!?” Twilight laughed out loud, while clutching her barrel.

Once Twilight had recovered enough from her laughing fit, she replied, “Well Casanova, you can try. Do you want me to put in a good word for you?” Twilight asked, while still wearing an amused looking smirk.

“No! No, no don’t worry about it. I may be attracted to her, but that doesn’t mean I would ask her out. J-just continue your story and please don’t say anything to her,” I responded

Twilight continued, though she was still giggling in mirthful amusement at my inquiries into her mentor’s romantic liaisons or the lack thereof .

“Princess Celestia, how are you!?” I asked Celestia as I ran up and nuzzled my mentor and she affectionately returned the gesture.

“Please take a seat Twilight, I am glad you could come. Would you like a bacon and sausage sandwich?” Celestia asked causing me to notice to faint scent of cooked meat. Which in turn caused me to drool over the heavenly platter of sandwiches.

I interrupted Twilight again “You eat meat?”

Twilight stopped and tilted her head to the side in a manner that melted my heart from the cuteness.

“Yes. Surely you don’t think you could sustain higher level cognitive functions without animal proteins?”

“Well, yeah. There is so much propaganda about how it doesn’t matter that it is nice to see some definitive proof for once.”

I took a seat opposite Celestia as she poured me some tea and I encased a sandwich in my magic.

“Twilight, what do you know of Bahamut?” Celestia asked Twilight.

“Oh, Princess! I am sorry, but I don’t believe in Bahamut, like other ponies and dragons do. I mean, come on! An all powerful dragon goddess? A goddess of war, knowledge, meat-eating and motherhood!? I mean, if she exists, then where is she? If she exists, then why haven’t we seen her!?” I said laughing at the very idea. I refocused my eyes back upon my Princess who had let her mask slip. Twilight saw her face showing a deep pain, that her princess’ feelings had been hurt.

“Oh, my faithful student. You don’t know how wrong you are,” Celestia said, her voice tinged with sadness. I stopped laughing and began to express my concern with my furrowed brow and serious demeanor.

“Wha- But that can’t be true! That would mean that everything about her is true! But where has she been!? Why hasn’t she shown herself?” I said as I backed up, unsure how to respond to this revelation.

“Twilight Sparkle!” Celestia sternly called me, her stern tone of voice causing me to flinch.

“Twilight, while Bahamut exists and while she is a goddess, that does not mean everything about her is true. For the sake of your relationship with my sister, you had better not say that in front of Luna, because denying Bahamut’s existence means Luna would never have been born. Walk with me Twilight.”

Celestia got up after placing her teacup down and waited for me, I cautiously followed her through the garden, through twists and turns until we came upon a secluded spot in the garden, with one other exit through a hedge. Celestia went through the hedge doorway and I followed soon after. I saw a gravestone and a statue. Celestia walked up to the gravestone and said: “Hello mother, I know that I have only talked to you a few hours before, but I came to bring a friend this time,” Celestia said before walking to the statue. “How are you, Mom? Like I said unto my mother, I want you to meet a dear friend of mine.” Celestia turned to face me with a solemn look upon her face. “Twilight? To my left is the last resting place of my Mother, Queen Faust, and to my right is my step-Mother and Luna’s birth-Mother, Queen Bahamut. What you see here is her stone prison.”

I studied the statue before seeing the arrows sticking out of her winged back, it made me feel sick to my stomach. She looked human, at least partially.

“What did she do to get imprisoned?” I asked, but instantly regretting my question as Celestia whirled around with hot tears running down her face.

“What did she do? She did nothing, but get in the way of King Sombra, and protecting me and my mother from my insane and murderous father King Solaris. It happened on her and my Mother's wedding day five years after Luna’s birth and that was also the day our Mother Queen Faust died, right in front of Mom and she couldn’t do a damn thing to stop it! She was petrified, soon after temporarily beating that dark-magic user, King Sombra.” Celestia turned back to the stone prison holding Bahamut and collapsed upon it sobbing.

“Twilight, the White Council has asked me to send the pony I want working with their agent to free Mom and I have chosen you as that pony Twilight,” Celestia said tiredly.

“But what about—” I let my voice trail off as I received a glare, a glare which after the passage of some time, softened.

“I am sorry, Twilight. This is a touchy subject for me. Very well then, ask me what foalish questions you may have about her. Is there anything that you may have heard about her which causes your hesitation?”

Celestia sat on the floor facing me.

“Is she really the goddess of meat?” I asked.

Celestia actually brightened up slightly.

“That was more of a joke, because of how much meat she ate. She would eat whole griffons, manticores, and I think she even managed a hydra once, though she regretted that one afterward.” Celestia giggled as she reminisced, “ponies and dragons took it a tad too seriously.”

“Did she really eat ponies?” I asked.

Celestia’s face contorted in an interesting amalgamation of scorn and sadness.

“She only devoured the truly irredeemably evil ponies, those which preyed on the weak. She never devoured the weak, the innocent, the poor or even the nobles, despite the nobility’s obvious flaws, even then. She used to joke that the nobles would give her gas and upset her stomach.”

“Did she ever punish ponies for doing what comes natural, like sex? Did she really have those commandments?”

“Pfftt! Twilight! If Mom did, then she’d be the first one in Tartarus! Mom was unrepentantly open with her sexuality and was a complete hedonist. She even used to breast feed Mother and I when I was a mere foal,” Celestia said, an unfocused and far-away look in Celestia’s eyes, wistfully remembering those halcyon days.

“Wait! Faust nursed from Bahamut!?” I nearly screeched in mortified startlement.

Celestia quirked an eyebrow.

“Oh yes, I remember having to fight Mother for my favorite teat! Before you ask, she’d be quite the hypocrite for stopping Luna from seeing you, based purely on the fact you are the same gender,” Celestia said, belting out a hearty laugh as Twilight nearly achieved a total coat color change given that she was blushing so much.

A deep feminine voice echoed in my mind that didn’t belong to Celestia. ‘Oh really? You’re dating my daughter? You should see the look on your face Twilight Sparkle! Before you ask, no, I can’t talk to my beloved daughters, they are not open to ‘the sight,’ not that they really need it as they both see the Truth all the time. Truth that would otherwise be hidden. Unfortunately, they still haven’t fully opened their third eye, yet. Your connection to the Element of Magic opened that ‘Sight’ fully once and while you normally can’t access it yourself just yet, I can, more or less, force you to use it.’

My eyes widened in fear as I prostrated myself, causing Celestia to look at me confused at my sudden change in behavior.

‘Oh, Twilight Sparkle, stop that foolishness! Rise, after all, you’re practically family now! As for you, Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, if you hurt my little sunshine foal, I’ll make you regret it. Rest assured, you will hear this. Twilight won't understand it just yet. At this point poor Twilight is freaking out now so I have to stop before she has a meltdown.’

Celestia made her way over to me “Twilight!? Are you okay!? Speak to me!”

‘Twilight Sparkle, I wish for you to pass on two messages: To Celestia, my little—er not so little ray of sunshine, you have done me proud. For my daughter Luna; Luna, my precious little moon, don’t worry about dating Twilight Sparkle, you have my blessing and also, hurry up and get started on giving me some grand foals!’

I squeaked and blushed even harder, in spite that I had not known I could manage it!

“Princess, your mother just told me to say this ‘To Celestia, my little—er not so little ray of sunshine, you have done me proud. For my daughter Luna; Luna, my precious little moon, don’t worry about dating Twilight Sparkle, you have my blessing and also, hurry up and get started on giving me some grand foals!’ That is all she said, well that and she couldn’t communicate with you even if she wanted to. She told me I had something called ‘The Sight,’ which was opened by my Element of Magic.”

A voice came from behind me, the tone and range of the voice indicated that it was Luna.

“Did Mother really say that?”

I turned to see tears of joy streaming down her face. I nodded and didn’t manage to get the rest out as Luna tackle-hugged me.

Flashback End

I turned to look at Twilight in shock, as the full meaning of Bahamut’s message struck me I blushed. A goddess trapped had reached out and gave her blessing by proxy, I don’t know whether to be scared or honoured.

The rest of the way was traveled in awkward silence. We exited the way into the same garden where Twilight had been given her mission.

Celestia sat there, looking as regal as ever, but I couldn’t shake the image of the crying mare, and then our eyes met. I didn’t even notice when a soul gaze had started, but I found myself in a large library, massive in size, easily dwarfing a real one. I saw millions of photos of ponies. Some looked like they were brand new, while others appeared faded with time. As I walked through, I found a large area that had four mountings, but only three photos. One was of Princess Luna, her midnight blue coat, mane and tail filled with stars. That photo hung on the right, on the left was a photo of Twilight Sparkle as a little foal and in between them was a strange photo of Bahamut and another pony, that was probably Queen Faust. But there was another unknown pony that was behind Bahamut, its appearance was strange, like something faded and it was definitely a pony was behind her. Before I could continue, I was jerked out of my trance as I was knocked over by a guard. Celestia looked a little dazed, but then she looked down at me. Did she look at me with pity? No, but rather it was sympathy, which shone in her eyes,

“”What did you do to Princess Celestia!?” both Twilight and the guard demanded.

I groaned as I shook off the aftereffects of the soul gaze with an immortal, “Twilight do you remember that the Council told you to avoid stareing a wizard directly in the eye, right?”

Twilight nodded.

“Well there is a reason for that warning. The ‘Soul Gaze,’ a consequence of being a wizard, is that we see things differently, and as such this manifests in the ability, to see another person's soul,  through their eyes. What is seen is often times vague or has to be interpreted, nothing concrete. However it is not one sided, the person who has a wizard soul gazing at them also see’s the wizard’s soul and the memory of it will never fade, never be forgotten. Most people will never like seeing my soul, so I must apologise to you, Celestia, if you saw something—troubling. One woman even fainted. What did you see? Also if you wish to know what I saw, I will only reveal that to you and you alone, or one other pony you trust with knowing a part of you so deeply.”

“Mr. Dresden, I saw you surrounded by darkness, your whole body was split down the middle on your right side you were tanned, had a white mane and a golden iris, and emanated golden light and your clothes on that side where bleached white. On the other side, the left side, your skin was pale, your eye was pitch black and giving off a lime green color and you wore black armor on that side. In your hand’s you wielded a staff of some sort, a sword and a strange weapon that looked like a small handheld cannon. Then the sun was coming up slightly revealing lots of people masked by shadow, as I finally saw you walking towards the darkness, that existed in the day. Slowly but surely, you kept going on and on, until you stopped outside of a great city which put even Manehattan to shame. There, nightmarish creatures leapt at you and you just smiled as you slaughtered them, the people were gone and you were still fighting.” Tears fell down Celestia’s face as she finished.

I wasn’t really sure how to react to what she had seen, so I did the first thing that came to my old world traditionalist mind. I walked up to Celestia and then I hugged her. She tensed up slightly, and although Celestia relaxed in my embrace I knew that it would take more than just one hug. Twilight, on the other hand, looked like she was having a conniption-fit from her brain short circuiting.

The guard plodded forward to intercept me, as it was his duty to protect his princess, but was met with Celestia’s fierce, piercing gaze. Her glaring disapproval stopped him in his tracks.

Celestia leant over to whisper in Twilight’s ear, although I still heard it with my advanced hearing. “Twilight are you okay?” Twilight didn’t respond.

Celestia draped her wings around me and whispered in my ear, “Thank you, for this but ponies might get the wrong idea about us if you don’t stop.” she said giggling softly.

“Celestia, I don’t even care about stuff like that, to me you're just a mare who was in need of a hug right now and if they can’t see you as a pony, like them, then even though you have Twilight, Luna and if I can help it your Mom, you’ll still be lonely. Ponies, like humans, are social creatures, but to a higher degree and with Twilight unintentionally keeping you at a distance and your sister being so reserved, who is going to be the one to treat you like a mare, especially a ravishing beauty such as yourself, if I might be so bold,” I said, my goofy grin and hammy eyebrow waggle causing Celestia to giggle.

“Quite the charmer, aren’t you, Mr. Dresden? However I find it hard to believe when I have sycophants kissing my flank both metaphorically and literally. I mean look at it! My flanks are massive and you’re one of the few beings that can even look me in the eye without having to look up and I am ol—” Celestia’s rambling list of demerits was silenced, to the shock of both Twilight and the guards present. I was pressing my lips against Celestia’s, her eyes widening at the suddenness of the act. But she soon melted into the kiss and wrapped her hooves around me. It was fine at first but suddenly Celestia was squeezing me tightly against her chest, her blush starkly contrasted against her pristine white coat. Unfortunately I was beginning to run out of air, so I pulled back and squeaked out; “Celestia! Air!”

Celestia loosened her grip and I was able to breath again, Damn! This poor mare must have been desperate for the touch of someone, anyone, other than family or adopted/pseudo family! Celestia put me down and started fussing over my well being. I just waved her off and asked her to be more careful in the future, which brought another blush to her face.

I looked around and I found Twilight keeled over, along with a whole mess of guards who were either confused as to how to react in a situation such as this, or completely livid that I took her so called virgin lips,Those won't be the last virgin lips I’ll be taking from her thank you very much. or collapsed unconsciously on the ground like Twilight. I even think I heard several of the guards crying too! Anyway, I turned back to Celestia. “Celestia, I do not like it when a someone calls me a liar, especially when the supposed lie is a compliment.”

Celestia fidgeted uncomfortably. “Anyway, I shall show you to where our Mom is. Just follow me.”

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