Author's Notes:

The final to the last little arch.

In one of the many quaint subdivisions that scattered around the booming town of Baltimare, sat a one little home in particular. The solid white building was built of two stories, the perfect home for the family within. The neighborhood was sweet, and almost like any other small community within the area. Thankfully it wasn't like the cookie cutter homes that were popping up all over the country. A lovely little place with a large front porch, luscious green grass, and a beautiful garden of exotic, multicolored flowers from across the world.

There were three gentle knocks at the door.

Three pairs of ears swiveled towards the door. In the living room, a young silver colored earth pony mare with a blonde mane and tail in a pair of black shorts and a blue tank top had been laid out on the couch in the room, lowering the brown backed book she had been reading. Opposite of her in a warm, yet very comfortable looking and well used brown recliner, sat an older looking earth pony stallion. Much like the mare near him, his fur was silver in nature with a few errant patches of white. But unlike the younger mare, his mane was brown in nature with a few strands of grey visible. He lowered his paper, revealing the black rimmed pair of reading glasses resting upon the bridge of his muzzle and the untucked dress shirt and black dress pants. Both ponies eyed the door expectantly.

"Honey would you please get that?" the stallion requested of the younger mare.

"On it, dad!" The mare was quick to place her open book on the coffee table before her as she stood up and brushed her clothes flat and free of any errand wrinkles. She had to at the very least, look presentable after all. The silver colored mare ran her hands through her mane and adjusted her ponytail just as she reached the door. Once she felt as though she was set, she grabbed the door and opened the door with a smile.

"Silvy!"

The mare gasped and squeed, and much like the stallion before her, greeted him with equal amounts of enthusiasm. "Coppy!" she lunged towards the slightly smaller stallion and pulled him into an excited embrace, hugging her younger brother with every ounce of her earth pony strength she had before she pulled him into a playful head lock and gave him a firm, but loving knuckle rub to the head.

But instead of whining or trying to fight his older sister, Copper playfully laughed at her antics as she dragged him into his childhood home. "Mom, Dad, Copper's home!" Silvy called into the house as she dragged him along into the entryway of the home.

"Silver release you brother!" the firm, yet loving voice of Copper's mother ordered as she entered the hallway from around the corner. Unlike her daughter, the elder unicorn mare was a khaki color much more in line with Copper's fur color. The elder matriarch was dressed more conservatively than her younger daughter in a pair of long grey sweatpants and a red sweatshirt and pink apron. She tossed a damp towel onto her right shoulder, glaring at her daughter, silently ordering the young mare to release her brother. When Silver finally released Copper, the matriarch's glare turned into a welcoming smile. "Ohhhh, it's so good to see my little baby!" she greeted with a warm and welcoming hug.

"It's good to see you too mom," Copper replied as he gladly accepted the embrace. Releasing one another, the mare stepped aside to allow her husband to step forward and see his son. “Dad!” Copper’s father smiled as he stepped forward and embraced his boy.

“It’s so good to see you my boy!” Copper’s father greeted him as he too, hugged the smaller stallion. “What’s with the surprise visit? Not that any of us mind.”

“Well…” Copper lead as he rubbed the back of his neck nervously upon his release, averting his gaze momentarily. “I kinda brought somepony you might want to meet.”

Both parents blinked before they glanced at each other with a look of confusion. Copper’s sister however, got it what he was implying after a moment of thought as she gasped loudly and rather excitedly. “HA! You got a marefriend didn’t you!?” In her excitement, the elder sibling almost tackled her younger brother as she squealed with equal amounts of enthusiasm, hopping up and down with just as much enthusiasm. “Where is she? What’s her name!?” Silver screeched into her brother's face as she pressed her muzzle against his own.

“Should I come back later?” a feminine voice giggled from the still open front door.

Silver gasped as she spun on her heels to greet her little brothers new marefriend. “Oh, my goodness! My names-PRINCESS RAVEN!?”

Raven gave a gentle wave from her spot at the front door, her soft smile just as welcoming as she waited patiently for her coltfriend's family to finish their meet and greet. All three members of Copper’s family could only stare in utter awe and blatant confusion at the teen standing in their home. With their jaws still on the floor, Copper’s parents and his sister slowly turned towards the sheepish teen.

“Ahehehe…. Surprise!” Copper admitted with a blush.

Silver promptly fainted.

“I don’t know what to say… I actually don’t know what to say…”

Raven continued to openily laugh at the mare's expense as the silver teen held an ice pack to the back of her head. Unfortunately for Silver, her parents were too dumbfounded to even move, and Copper wasn’t fast enough to catch his sister as she fell backwards, cracking her head against the wall when she passed out. Raven sat next to Copper as he sat next to his sister, nursing her injury by occasioanlly checking on the lump on the back of her head.

“Well, I think greetings are in order,” Copper’s mother suggested as she entered the living room with a tray of tea as she set it down on the coffee table before she sat down in a nearby chair. Raven sat up and gave the mare her undivided attention as she reached out for a cup. “My name is Lee Enfield, but everypony just calls me Enny. This is my husband, Gold. You already know Copper. Finally, little miss injured over there is our daughter and Copper’s rambunctious sister, Silver. And we're the Coin family!” the mare listed as she gestured towards each member of the family.

Raven had waited patiently, looking at each member of the family. When Enny had finished her welcome and family list, Raven looked back towards the mare with a confusing look and a slight cock of her head to the left. “Lee? That sounds like a stallion's name?”

“My father wanted a colt,” Enny pursed her lips inward and shrugged her shoulders, silently saying that there was nothing she could do about it. “Anyhow, perhaps you could introduce us to your friends here?”

Raven glanced back at her two guards standing at attention at the entrance to the living room. “I guess what I should say first is that they have to follow me just about everywhere and they’ll be rotating out on an eight our basis. We can have them leave if you’d like?” she offered but continued her explanation regardless. “The mare there is Sergeant Maresfield and the stallion is Sergeant Mauser, they'll be the two we see the most of."

The two guards tilted their heads in greeting. "Sir, Ma'am," they said in unison.

"My father wanted me to be a guard," Enny said offhandedly. "Not to be rude, but I'm kinda glad that never happened."

"Why didn't you?" Raven asked.

Enny leaned over and patted her husband on the knee. "Well, I met my husband here during college."

"We hit it off immediately," Gold jumped into the explanation. "I was going on an extended trip for my archeology class to do work in the field and I had an offer to take a beautiful young mare with me as company. Who was I to refuse!"

"My father wasn't too amused that I just up and left, but what could he do? I was halfway across the world!" Enny explained with a shrug and a chuckle. "Within two years we were married. A few years after that and once we were back home, Silver was born and Copper not long after that."

"And we've been here ever since!" Gold finished the simplified story. "But occasionally we get called to help with digs here and there. Mainly to help identify coins or lost treasure. Or we help with the local museums and help them prepare for the next exhibit or where to send the next dig team."

"But unlike my father, we let the kids find their own path, supporting them as much as we can," Enny added. “Silver is more in line with what we do, often joining us on some local calls. Copper wanted to go to university, and we couldn’t be more proud of him!”

Copper blushed as the tiniest of smiles graced his lips at the praise.

Raven paid him no mind as she looked around the room and the various items and nicknacks that scattered the walls. There was one wall in particular that was dedicated to a large shelving unit that was dedicated to a plethora of older artifacts. There were several coins sitting on pedestals in various states of age and materials. There were several gold coins, some silver, and a ton of them were copper. Some of them were covered in dirt while others were covered in oxidization. There were old documents, maps, paintings and pottery as well. There was a small fortune there in artifacts. Right in the middle of it all was a single certificate from Manehatten University with Gold’s name on it.

“Anyway,” Enny said, grabbing the attention of the young princess. “I think it’s a good thing I just cleaned out the spare room. You can stay here if you’d like princess-I mean Raven. But I do have to set some ground rules. Princess or not you are in my house,” the matriarch stated firmly. “I do expect you to clean up after yourself and help me in the kitchen with cleaning or cooking. If you are in the house, we eat together for dinner at the very least. And lastly…” The mare narrowed her gaze at both her son and his marefriend. “If you two are going to hang out in either bedroom the door stays open. Period! I will not have you staining my sheets with semen and marecum.”

“Moooooooom!” the whine in particular came not from Copper, but his sister Silver.

“I won’t.” Enny said firmly. “Only your father and I get to do that!” With that, the mare stood up and headed towards the kitchen, leaving her husband cackling as he slapped the armrest of his chair while her children were left blushing up a storm.

Raven turned towards her blushing Copper, kissing him softly on his burning cheek. “I like her already!” Standing up, the teen followed after the older mare. “Enny? When do you want to start dinner?” Raven called after her as she entered the kitchen. Back in the livingroom, Silver stood up a second later and ran into the kitchen after Raven.

“Hey Rave, can I call you Rave? Hey, want to go to the beach tomorrow?” Copper heard his sister ask as she entered the kitchen.

That left the two males of the home to their devices. Wiping an errand tear from his eye, Gold stood up and approached his son. Copper looked up and smiled at his father. “Proud of you son,” Gold praised as he rested his open palm on his son's shoulder, squeezing it. “Your mother is a princess to me, but I don’t know what you did to actually catch her eye, but I’m proud of you!”

“He fainted!” Raven shouted from the kitchen.

“HA!” Silver laughed not a second later.

Copper blushed while his father rolled his eyes, giving his son a reasuring squeeze. Gold was just about to open his mouth to say something when Enny beat him to it. “So did Gold when he proposed.”

Both stallions blushed and shared a slightly embarrassing chortle as the patriarch wrapped an arm around his son's shoulders, leading him into the kitchen to enjoy the sight of their respective mates wonderful backsides as they started to make their meal for the night. Dinner would go well as the five ponies would talk and swap stories or tell jokes. But Copper just had this underlying feeling that something was off…

Copper laid on his back in his bed, silently staring at his ceiling. It had been an hour since he had gone to bed, but his mind wouldn't let him. Like the concerned boyfriend he was, he could sense Raven’s internal distress even though she had been externally excited to meet his parents and older sister ever since they had gotten off the train. He sighed exhaustedly, before he rubbed his face with both hands. “Here’s hoping this can be more enjoyable tomorrow…”

Deciding not to dwell on it lest he be up all night long, he took one deep, soothing breath, exhaling slowly before he closed his eyes for good. He laid there in silence for a little bit before he heard the faint jiggle of his doorknob being stealthily played with before his door clicked open and closed not long after. At first, he had thought it was his mother, or even his sister, but when he heard the door close, he was positive he knew who it was. Especially when he heard her set something on the desk next to his bed and lifted his sheets.

“Raven,” he warned, slightly panicking as she climbed on top of him. “If mom catches you in here, we’re both in trouble, princess or not!”

“Copper please,” she begged. “I need you right now!” To accentuate her point, he hissed through his teeth when he felt her press her slit against his penis, humping against his shaft through his shorts.

“Raven this is not the time or the…” he paused when he felt something wet drip onto his chest. It happened a second time and that’s when he knew what had caused her to sneak into his room. “Are… are you crying?” Through the moonlight that just barely seeped into his room from between his curtains, he could see her shaking her head. His panic was immediately replaced with immense concern. “Raven, what’s wrong?” he whispered as she sat up and gently grasped her shoulders.

It was abundantly clear that she was naked.

But he paid that no mind as he slowly wrapped his arms around her bare shoulders and pulled her into a much-needed hug. He could feel his loins stir at the feeling of her breasts against his bare chest, but ignored it as he held her close, resting his hand on the back of her head and rubbing it through her hair. “What's wrong?” he asked again as he rubbed her between her shoulder blades.

“I-I miss him!” she sobbed.

“I know,” he cood. “I know…”

She would continue to sob for some time while he sat there and held her. In the time he had known her, he had never seen his confident girl look and feel so vulnerable. It was so clear that this had hit her closer than anything he could have ever imagined. He was starting to wonder if coming after such a traumatic event was a bad idea?

“Copper…?”

“Yes?”

“Can… can we please make love?” she begged, leaning back and running her hand lovingly through his hair. “Please,” she whimpered as she sat back and ground her hips against his own. She began to increase her thrusts, dragging her sensitive lower lips across the length of his tented shorts, thouroughly soaking the fabric. “Does your bed squeak?” she panted.

“N-No!” he shuddered. “I need you to get off of me though!”

From there it delved into not an act of animalistic lust but of love and care. Cooper was eager and so was she. But he knew deep down she was doing this to ease her mind of the sorrows she was carrying. He took her from behind, making his thrusts last long and gentle, to bring out the pleasure they would both receive. This wasn’t going to be yet another mindless fuck to state their teenage desires, this was out of love and care for one another. He was even kind enough to help her relax through a wonderful message as well before he really got started.

It was only when they were both close to their blissful end did he really start to act more primal with his thrusts. His bucking became short and much harder by her request. When they finished, she screamed into his pillow to keep from waking anyone else up in the home as he groaned through his teeth as he came deep inside her canal. Coming down from their respective highs and basking in their post orgasmic bliss, they were pleasantly exhausted, soaked in sweat and the room reeked of the distinct stench of sex. Copper’s bedspread was soaked in her cum. Leaning down, Copper gently rested his chest on her back, softly kissing the back of her head before he tenderly ran his right hand through her hair. Copper began to pull back, extricating his still hard erection from her still pulsating slit before she reached back and grabbed his right butt cheek.

“Wait… wait…” she panted. He couldn’t see it from his angle but tears softly rolled down her cheek from her good eye. “Can we please stay like this? For a little while longer?”

He nodded. “Of course.” Copper eased himself back into her tight canal with a full body shudder before hilting himself within her canal yet again. But he couldn’t stay propped up above her like he was for the foreseeable future, so he gently snuck his right arm between her belly and his bed before he eased both himself and her to lie on their left-hand sides. With her as the small spoon and him the bigger one, he hugged her with both hands as she snuggled into his embrace.

She sniffled…

Copper squeezed her abdomen to accentuate the fact that he was there for her. She shuddered against him as her emotions finally took hold. She sobbed softly into his pillow as he did his best to comfort her, which came from the acts of kisses, soft shushes, and gentle rubs of her sides and belly.

“It was all my fault…” she sobbed.

Copper shook his head into her hair. “No, it’s not.” Regardless of his words of encouragement, she started to shake rather violently in his grasp, which caused him to pull her that much tighter against his naked body. “Raven, sweetie, you could have never predicted what happened not matter how hard you tried. And I think we both know that he would not want you to act like this. Even though I didn’t know Captain Bronze that much, I think I can say that he would prefer you remembered him for what he did, not how he died.”

She sniffled yet again, wiping her runny nose and wet eye with the back of her arm. “You sound like my mother…”

“It’s what my father told me when my grandfather died,” Copper explained before he kissed her softly right behind her right ear. “I love you, my princess.” She couldn’t see it, but tears of sorrow and pain ran down his cheeks as well. “But I don’t like seeing you like this.”

She didn’t reply.

As cheesy as it was, he was right. Stalker was always that type of ‘person’ that always appeared completely out of the blue. He could never be predicted. So how could she have ever predicted his appearance? What she really didn’t like was that he had tracked her to Equestria. What scared her even more was the fact that she knew he wasn’t dead. She just hoped that he was long gone and would never be seen again…

“Love you…” she eventually spoke.

The faintest of smiles graced his lips and he leaned forward yet again and kissed her on the cheek. “Love you too…” he whispered before he pecked her cheek again, then started to pepper her neck with soft butterfly kisses.

She let out the softest of whimpers before her walls clenched around Copper’s still hilted length. Copper moaned into her ear, reflexively bucking his hips. His left hand slowly rubbed its way across her warm, damp skin before he cupped her right breast, giving the orb a tender squeeze.

“One more?”

“One more.”

“Raven this is Starbound, my coltfriend,” Silver introduced the somewhat laid back, cobalt blue stallion to the princess. The stallion in question stood next to his marefriend his lengthy dyed white mane slightly covering his vision as it spilled over his eyes. But the stallion was unable to respond as he stared at the girl before him. Copper had thought that he was having a brain aneurysm because the laid-back stallion was usually a little more vibrant than this.

Suddenly, he came back to life.

“Copper my dude, congrats on the catch!” Starbound cheered as he suddenly jumped slightly, throwing his hands into the air in excitement. “You are one lucky dude to catch the eye of the princess.”

“Thanks Star,” Copper smiled. “I did what I could.”

“Anyway,” Silver cut in before her coltfriend went on some tangent. "It's warm and I'm eager to get to the beach! Let's go!"

On their way to the beach, the trio, with two guards in tow, had made a quick stop to grab Silver's coltfriend Starbound and make a quick introduction before they headed towards the beach. Silver led the way through the suburbs before the quaint homes turned into a semi-bustling boardwalk and finally the beach. Raven had been expecting them to post up somewhere on the main part of the beach but was pleasantly surprised when Silver led them to a secluded little alcove.

Star helped Copper help set up their towels and unloaded the latter of the twos backpack, setting up a small container filled with drinks and snacks while the girls were eager to strip their clothing, revealing their swimwear that they had been wearing underneath. Raven had been sporting a custom bikini made by her friend Fleur. The dark purple background was the backdrop for the large, yet majestic raven on her left breast while the moon was on her right. Silver for her part just wore a simple black one piece.

"Oooooo," Silver 'ood' as she fawned over her new friends’ swimsuit. "That's pretty," she complimented as she leaned into to examine the inlay and handiwork further. "Where did you get that?"

"A friend of mine in Canterlot works for a boutique there," the princess explained as she turned around and ran her hand along the fabric that covered her behind. "I've been eager to try it out!"

That's when silver noticed the scars that covered the unique teens back. Her excited demeanor turned a bit grim as she leaned back. "How did you get those scars?"

Raven winced at first, then sighed as she slowly turned around, rubbing her arm lightly. "It's something that happened a very long time ago, I'd rather not remember."

Silver held up her hands, immediately dismissing the comment. "Forget I even asked." Raven smiled appreciatively before she stepped forward and slapped Silver right on her right butt cheek, causing the mare to yelp as the muffled strike echoed through the air.

"Ow! You bitch that hurt!" Silver cursed as she hopped forward a little bit from the strike, rubbing the affected area as she glared at the laughing princess.

Without a second though -and a bit of revenge- Silver stepped forward and with open palm, slapped Raven on the back, right between her shoulder blades.

"AH! You cunt!" Raven in turn cursed as her back arched and her face contorted into a look of agony. Silver was laughing hysterically through her left hand before she turned around and gave her rear a teasing shake, daring the princess to come and get her before she took off running. Raven, with a nice red palm print on her back, shot after the mare like a bat outta hell. Copper for his part, giggled a bit as he sat down on the towel, leaning back on his propped-up hands while Star, now shirtless, laid back onto his own towel with a content sigh.

Copper opted to watch as his marefriend and his sister acted like foals as they tripped and fell or watch as Raven tried to grab Silver by her suit and take her to the ground. Eventually, he couldn't help but chuckle when he watched his girl full body tackle his sister when she had tried to escape into the water. They made a less than graceful and large splash as they disappeared under the surface of the water momentarily before they surfaced, giggling as though nothing had happened. Deciding to follow his fellow males lead, Copper leaned back and closed his eyes as he basked in the sun of the midday warmth. With the alcove providing ample shade to protect them from the intense sun.

“BY CELESTIA'S MASSIVE TITS YOU’RE WET!” Star suddenly shouted next to Copper.

Uh oh…

Copper yelped as the sudden and very wet body landed on top of him and pulling him into a very tight hug. Both females laughed maniacally as they held onto their coltfriend’s nice and tight against their soaking, dripping wet bodies, torturing them with the cool ocean water. “You’re warm,” Raven stated through her cackles as she wrapped her legs around Copper's waist. Eventually, the squirms of the boys died down while the cool wetness coating their bodies began to warm and eventually evaporate while the two couples relaxed in the midday warmth.

Initially, the small group didn’t do anything other than snuggle with their respective others as they napped for a while. Eventually, they did decide to go for a short swim in the warm ocean to cool off their bodies and clean off any errand sand before they decided to go for a walk down the boardwalk. The girls headed off to do their own thing, taking some bits with them to go and do some shopping and maybe grab a bite to eat while the boys left to catch up with one another. Raven’s guard split up appropriately as well, Sergeant Mauser with the boys and Sergeant Maresfield with the girls.

The two teens were quick to draw the attention of several stallions as they watched the teens as they walked. They knew that ponies were watching them, especially their bountiful, bouncing backsides. At first, they ignored the stares, but they were quick to turn it into a game to try and bust whoever they could. So, every once and awhile, they spun on their heels and glared at anypony they caught staring and such an action was quick to embarrass several stallions.

And even several mares.

But neither of them cared in all actuallity, they were in current relationships that would reward them with more than a few stares. Once they entered the storefronts of the wharf, heading into a swim store to try and find anything interesting. They searched through the available swimsuits before they selected a few to try on. As Raven stripped out of her current suit and was in the process of trying on a cute one piece she liked when Silver spoke up from the dressing room next to her.

“So, Raven,” Silver started, grabbing her companion’s attention as the human as she tied the necessary knots around her neck before she tied and clipped the strap around her back. “I was wondering. Have you made my brother a stallion yet?” They stepped out from behind their respective curtains at the same time.

“If you mean by sex than yes,” Raven answered nonchalantly as she turned to face a fully body mirror, dragging her hand up her clothed backside. It was a nice suit, but it was a little tight in the chest area. “You want details?” Raven offered Silver with a shit eating grin as she eyed the mare’s pink bikini.

“No!” Silver was quick to dismiss with a playful smile.

Raven shook her head playfully before she stepped back into the dressing room. She appeared a moment later in white bikini with a sun emblazoned on the front of her bottom. It didn't take much thought as Raven immediately decided that she didn’t like the thought of ponies staring at her crotch and letting their imagination run wild. Well, more wild than usual. She quickly stripped out of that suit and into a plain black bikini. This one however, was slightly smaller than her other bikini and showed a generous amount of her breasts and the thong bottom left both ass cheeks bare for anypony to see.

It was a definite maybe.

She slipped back inside just as Silver stepped out in something she didn't see. The last suit was definitely something. Pulling the spaghetti straps over her shoulders, she tied off the knot between her shoulder blades before she stepped out and looked right into the full body mirror. The scant little slingkini barely had anything to the black fabric. And she wasn't even sure that he word 'barely' was the proper term. The tag was probably the biggest piece of fabric on the thing! The top had just enough fabric to cover her nipples and the bottom might as well just cover her clit.

Silver stepped out and went wide eyed before she looked down at her suit respectively. Raven turned and gave the mare the same confusing look as she examined the mare in the same scantily clad outfit. Thankfully they were somewhere private.

“Clearly one of us has to change,” Raven stated before they both broke out into a fit of giggles. They were both -barely- above legal as to the amount of skin they were showing. At that point, going naked would have just been a better option.

“So, what do you think?” Silver asked as the both of them examined their scantily clad bodies in their respective body mirrors.

“I don’t know what’s worse,” Raven admitted as she pulled at the strings of her micro-suit. “The feeling of this string practically giving me a wedgie.” The girl reached down and tugged at the fabric between her legs. “Or the fact that it feels like I have floss between my pussy lips.”

“I know how you feel,” Silver said with a bit of discomfort as she pulled the fabric covering her crotch away slightly and trying to spread the tiny triangle front so that it was more comfortable. “The only thing I want touching me like this is my coltfriend’s dick.”

“You have a very colorful mouth,” Raven pointed out. “I like it!”

“Mom and dad are very conservative when it comes to what we can and can’t say at home,” Silver explained as she kept her attention on adjusting her suit. “I tend to curse like a sailor, especially during sex. If you know what I mean~” she finished with a suggestive wiggle of her eyebrows. Raven smirked knowingly, she wasn't much of a screamer, but she knew what Silver meant all too well. "I'm curious," Silver inquired. "What's your favorite sex position?"

"What's yours?" Raven cheekily countered.

"Mating press," Silver immediately responded. "Just being folded in half as Star plows me senseless and fills me to the brim. Mhph!" The teenage mare's eyes seemed to glaze over for a second as she squeezed her thighs together. "Makes me wet thinking about it~" She sighed dreamily -probably imaging what her and her boyfriend would be doing at a later date- before recomposing herself. "But what about you?"

Raven hummed in thought as s he held a finger to her chin. Her and Copper had done several positions, mainly just whatever happened in the moment, but there was one that she thoroughly enjoyed the most. “Probably from behind.”

“Traditional style?”

“Kinda,” Raven agreed. “But I prefer to lay down on my stomach, maybe put a pillow down and raise my hips a little bit.” She turned back towards the mirror and adjusted her top to best cover her areolas but continued to speak. “It can be aggressive or gentle, fast, slow, or nice and deep. But I just love the way it tickles my g-spot. That and it allows easy access for anal as well.”

“You like anal?”

“Mhmm,” Raven nodded before she looked around the room to make sure no one else was listening. “Don’t tell your parents, but your little brother absolutely dominated me last night.”

Silver blushed. "W-Will do."

The rest of their time there just involved the teens trying on a few more comfortable and concealing outfits before they made their purchases. Raven bought a nice little one piece that she really liked and fit her along with a nice not-so-modest slingkini when she wanted to show some skin or get frisky. Silver however, left with a pair of bikinis. One nice purple one and another more revealing microkini that she too, should wear in private for her coltfriend. So, they thanked the lovely mare behind the counter and the two teens went on their way. Both Silver and Raven wandered around the pier, no real destination in mind, idly chatting before they spotted their coltfriends not too far down the way. But the closer they got, the more they noticed something was happening.

They appeared to be in an argument with some beach bullies.

Just as the two girls and their female guard started running, the first bully, with a red coat and white and blue swim trunks, shoved Starbound. The poor stallion lost his hoofing, falling backwards before knocking the back of his head against the side of a table. Copper, bless his heart, threw a punch, cocking the first bully across the cheek. The second however, with a blue fur color a fire pattern trunks punched the poor colt in the gut before pushing him as well. Copper stumbled back, throwing his arms out to catch himself as he crashed into another table.

He screamed in agony…

Raven screamed in righteous fury.

Both stallion's eyes went wide at the wretched sound emanating from the girl's throat. Both of the worthless fuckers knew that they had just made an utter and unforgettable mistake and instead of apologizing, they ran like the wind. The red coated stallion didn't make it far as Sergeant Mauser full body tackled the son-of-a-bitch, body slamming the stallion back first into the hard wood of the pier, pressing his hand against the red coat's face and holding his sword right at the pinned stallion's throat. The blue stallion thought he was in the clear when a bright red flash of light appeared before him like a monster. Raven, with one hand and a fit of strength that put most guards to shame, lifted the bastard a meter into the air and off his hooves by his throat, smashing the earth pony so hard against the ground that the very boards underneath him cracked and buckled.

The stallion gagged, pawing at her vice like grip, wheezing and begging for mercy through his tears of fear. Sergeant Maresfield went to aid the two injured teens while several Baltimare Police Officers that were patrolling the area came running up to see what had happened.

"These two bastards had the sense of mind to assault the princesses coltfriend!" Sergeant Mauser was quick to explain to the closest officer while he glared down at the stallion in his grasp. "You have a lot of nerve fucker!"

The red stallion whimpered, violently shaking in the guard’s grasp.

"Hey!" Maresfield shouted towards two more officers that had arrived. "We need to get them to a hospital and get checked out!" Copper was shaking violently as he held his bent forearm while Star was laying on the ground holding his head in his hands. Maresfield was quick to help Copper to his hooves and careful to keep his arm from moving while a pair of Baltimare Officers helped Star to his hooves and began dressing the wound on the back of his head.

Raven's hands clenched harder, both sets of knuckles going white with rage. The stallion below her was starting to turn purple due to the lack of oxygen as he patted at her arm, silently begging for mercy. She would only let go after an officer would take her place, cuffing and arresting the attacker.

Unfortunately, their day at the beach had been effectively ruined as the two stallions were escorted away with the promise of Sergeant Mauser coming to visit them later that evening. Copper and Star were escorted to the hospital and immediately checked over. Starbound was diagnosed with a concussion and Copper had a broken arm…

It was the next day and things around the Coin family were still rather tense and glum. Starbound was laid out on the couch while Silver and Enny tended to him. He was doing well other than the bump on the back of his head and the slightly blurry vision. Copper was doing good as well, if not better. His left arm had a compound fracture and was casted up under the orders to not do any heavy lifting.

Just then, the front door and Sergeant Mauser entered the room and sat down with a sigh, removing his helmet, which cancelled the concealment spell, turning his fur from grey to yellow. He sighed, running a hand through his light orange mane.

"So, when can we press charges?" Enny stated venomously.

The good Sergeant glanced at the aggressive mare as he sat down in an available chair, placing his helmet on the coffee table. "Charges have already been pressed and they will be serving several years in prison."

"What do you mean?" Silver inquired as she gently rubbed the top of her coltfriend's head.

Mauser spared her a glance. "I should probably explain a few things first. Because this has direct involvement with the crown those two boys already had their hearing."

"That was fast," Gold stated as he lowered his pipe. He wasn't smoking it, just aprehensively chewing on it a bit.

"Yet again, due to involvement with the crown, their trial was to be heard immediately," Mauser continued.

"How did they plead?"

"Not guilty."

"Those-" Enny seethed before Mauser held up a hand to stop her.

"That quickly changed when I presented them with my testimony and the testimonies of about fifteen other witnesses," Mauser explained with a cheeky smirk. "They tried to further plead with their lawyers, but when I slapped the judge with the fact that this revolved around the princesses coltfriend and direct ties to the crown, it was pretty much sealed right then and there."

"So how long will they be spending time?" Gold asked.

"Well you have to understand the laws that revolve around the relationship and how they stack," Mauser said, holding his hands up in a stacking motion. "Not only are they being charged for regular assault but there are several more charges based around the crown as well, since the family is protected under those laws as well."

"We are?" Enny replied, eyes wide.

"I comepletely forgot to mention that..." Raven remembered.

Mauser nodded. "Copper here is protected under royal decree due to his current relationship with Princess Raven. That extends out into the rest of the family, but the charges lessen the farther we go. These protections will last up until the point where either the princess and Copper either break up, or they will change if they were to get married. So right now, both will be spending twenty-five years, a ton of community service, and have to take anger management classes." Mauser snorted, smiling as he remembered the abject look of horror on those two stallions panicked faces. "They could have gotten off with less if they didn't keep shouting at the judge and saying that it was unfair. They still got off easy though. They could have spent life if I had really pressed the severity. I could have gone as far as to say it was an attempt on the royal consort's life. But I think they learned their lesson and they will have a chance to make a plea deal at a later time." Finally, the sergeant looked over towards his consort with a dim expression before he leaned forward out of his seat and dropped towards a knee, bowing his head. "I have failed you, my Princess. Please forgive me."

Raven stared down at her failed guard as all eyes landed on her. The tension suddenly skyrocketed as the Coin family thought she would do something drastic. After several tense seconds, the teen stood up from her seat. "You were following the orders of a superior, Sergeant Mauser. I distinctly asked you and Sergeant Maresfield to hold back. You acted accordingly in the face of danger. Please rise."

The sergeant nodded, rising to his full height. Raven smiled up at the slightly taller stallion and saluted him, causing the stallion to smile appreciatively in return as he returned the salute. "Thank you, Princess."

Raven sat back down, taking Copper's good hand into her own. "I want to visit the foal’s hospital tomorrow. I think it would be a great opportunity," she explained to her coltfriend as the rest of the family listened in.

Nearby, Silver rubbed her coltfriends hand comfortingly. "Mom, dad, I think I'm going to stay with Star tomorrow," the teen mare stated as she turned towards her parents. Both parents, with concerned expressions, watched as the young stallion continued to lie on the couch in pain. He had spent the night with them but felt good enough to go home.

"I'll help you get him home," Gold said as he stood up out of his seat, both knees popping loudly as he moved, casuing him to wince and hiss through his teeth. "Come on son, can't have you dying today." With help from both Silver and Gold, Starbound was on his hooves and slowly working his way to the door.

Enny watched her husband and daughter exit the front door with Star in tow. "I'll get dinner ready, Raven, if you would be so kind?"

Raven nodded, kissing Copper one last time before following the mare into the kitchen.