I awoke the next morning bright and early. Well, okay, ‘awake’ was probably the last thing you could describe me at that hour. Conscious would’ve been pushing it. I was a bad hangover away from what my uncle would’ve called ‘Morning After Shore Leave Syndrome’. Old salt served as a corpsman aboard the Nimitz back in the day.

But I digress. Smacking my dry lips, I extracted myself out of bed. Luckily for me Rainbow Dash had rolled over sometime during the night so my progress was not impeded in any way. Not that I was in any condition to actually pay attention to that at the time. It was one of those rare days that I’d actually need coffee just to function. Most days coffee would only provide a nice boost to get on with my day. Every now and then, however, usually when I’d get up particularly early, I would be a virtual zombie until I got my morning cup of joe.

With an objective in mind I shambled my way out of my room. I was aware enough to make sure I opened and closed my door quietly. Wouldn’t want to wake up Rainbow Dash before she was ready.

I shambled my way downstairs, my hooves dragging along the plush carpet. The clip-clop they make as I descend the crystalline stairs is deafening to my half-awake mind, my ears folding down to block out the noise. It wasn’t long before I found my way to the kitchen. Living in Twilight’s palace for a year gave me the ability to find it blindfolded.

I shoved the doors open a little more forcefully than I meant to. Spike was sitting at the table chowing down on a bowl of gemstones. He looked up as I entered, spoon halfway between bowl and mouth. Before he could greet me, however, he dropped his spoon and his jaw dropped. A little lower and it would’ve dented the table. ‘What’s his deal,’ I thought to myself as I made a beeline for the coffee maker.

Thankfully somepony had invented the automatic drip coffee maker years ago and Twilight’s was set up to brew a full pot every morning, so I didn’t even have to wait before I could pour me a cup. Plus, Twilight bought the good coffee; the kind that doesn’t need cream or sugar. I felt a bit more alert as the wonderful aroma of Twilight’s black gold wafted up my now-ponified nose.

Once my cup was full, I raised it up to my lips as I turned around. Twilight was standing in the doorway, eyes bugged out and making an expression similar to a fish out of water. If I were in any mental condition to do so I would’ve found the whole thing rather amusing.

I sat down at the table, hunched over and staring contemplatively at my mug of dark goodness. As the surface of the brew stilled I saw my reflection in it, a horn the same color as my coat poking out from my forehead. It didn’t even register in my mind at the time. I simply stared for a moment, then took a great big swig from my mug, downing nearly half of that sweet caffeinated goodness in one go.

Fuel cells.... recharging. Awareness... increasing. Ben.exe has successfully rebooted. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. It was as if my exhaustion had drained out of me. Like I said, Twilight buys the good coffee.

I opened my eyes again and the first thing I saw was Twilight Sparkle, still standing in the doorway with the same goofy expression on her face. Spike wasn’t doing much better. He had managed to close his mouth, but he still looked like he’d seen a ghost.

“What?” I asked pointedly.

“Ben... uh...” Twilight began to say before running out of steam.

“Have you looked in the mirror this morning?” Spike asked, a look of cautious awe on his face.

I tilted my head a bit, like a dog that’d heard a new noise. “No... why?”

Neither of them responded verbally. Instead, Twilight lit her horn and teleported in a large stand mirror. Curious, I finished my coffee, got up, and stood in front of the mirror. The instant I did, my eyes bugged out.

Okay, let’s recap. First I grew a pair of tits. Then I went through an instant weight-loss program and gained the pony-equivalent body of a sex goddess, including hooves and horsecock. After that I grew a tail and my hair changed color to a nice burgundy. The next day I got an indigo fur coat. Lastly, a pussy grew in behind my balls.

Now that we’re caught up, let’s go over what changed overnight. My face had changed fully, complete with muzzle and cartoonishly-large ice-blue eyes. It was a cute face if I do say so myself, especially with the horn...

... And the pair of wings that had grown on my back.

Standing there, staring at my reflection, I knew something important had happened. Something strange and wondrous and mysterious that needed to be commented on. I thought long and hard on what I would say. It had to be something poignant, profound, something everypony would remember.

“...wut?”

Later that morning I was standing in the middle of the living room with three princesses going over me with a fine-toothed comb. Quite literally in Luna’s case.

Spike, proving forever that he was far wiser than anyone gave him credit for, was the first to act once he had gotten over the initial shock. He rushed off to find parchment and quill and promptly sent a letter to the princesses. Less than five seconds later and they both teleported in. Once they clapped eyes on me, they both promptly lost their shit.

Which lead up to the current situation. Once both princesses’ brains rebooted they began closely examining me. For what, I don’t know, but they were looking over every nook and cranny. Emphasis on every.

Rainbow Dash had come downstairs sometime during the examination. She took one look at me and immediately proved that she could react to the situation far better than the three royals in the room.

She began laughing the blue off her ass.

Granted, were I in her position I’d find the whole thing fucking hilarious. As it is, though, I was just plain mortified. Luckily for me Sunset Shimmer had my back. She walked up behind Dash and Gibbs’d her.

“Ow!” Rainbow shouted.

“Do you mind, Rainbow?” Sunset asked. “This is no laughing matter.

“Quite,” Luna concurred as she pulled away from me and finished her inspection. “Well, I don’t know what else to say, Ben. Much like young Twilight Sparkle, you have become an Alicorn.”

“I figured as much,” I grumbled, while internally thinking ‘no shit Sherlock’. “Any idea how?”

Celestia clicked her tongue. “I’m afraid that it would be next to impossible to divine a reason for your... metamorphosis? Ascension? Either way, for whatever reason you have been deemed worthy for this gift.”

“Deemed worthy by what?” I asked. “I know you said that magic is alive, but could it really be aware enough to decide something like that?”

Luna and Celestia looked at each other and shrugged. “Possibly,” Celestia answered. “It could also be any number of other factors. For all we know it might’ve been genetics, as was the case with little Flurry Heart.”

“Either way,” Luna piped in. “You becoming an Alicorn has... complicated matters, to say the least.”

“Indeed,” Celestia concurred, her tone completely serious. This was a side of Celestia I hadn’t seen often. Just about every time I’d seen her up until now she had always had this air of playfulness about her under that “all-powerful mother figure” most ponies saw when they looked at her.

Not here, oh no. The Princess Celestia that was speaking to me now was all business. Frankly, that was probably the most unnerving thing about my day up to that point. When Princess Celestia got serious, shit was about to get real.

And, of course, the whole situation completely flew over Rainbow’s head.

“I don’t see what the big deal is,” Rainbow said. “So Ben’s got wings and a horn. Big whoop!”

The *slap* of Twilight applying her palm to her face was loud enough that I was worried she might’ve hurt herself. “Rainbow Dash, a new princess appearing out of nowhere is a very big deal.”

I kinda wish that I was drinking something at the time. The spit-take would’ve been epic. “Wait,-”

“What?” Rainbow finished for me.

Both Celestia and Luna solemnly nodded at me. “You heard correct. Since you are now an alicorn, that automatically makes you a princess of Equestria,” Luna said.

I started pacing. My brain was lagging behind from this revelation. It made no god damn sense!

“Why?” I asked, a few decibels louder than I intended.

It was Celestia that answered. “It’s an old decree, one that was issued centuries before Nightmare Moon’s banishment.” Out of the corner of my eye I saw Luna flinch a bit at the reminder of her little temper tantrum. “Back then, my sister and I were having... issues with some of our followers.”

“Damnable cults!” Luna grumbled harshly.

“Yes,” Celestia said, barely suppressing a shudder. “Many of our ponies had taken their devotion to us down a dark path. They began worshiping us as living goddesses, and demanding that everypony had to do so as well. And when others refused... they committed truly heinous acts.”

I had a feeling I would regret it, but I had to ask. “How bad was it?”

“You’ve heard the Nightmare Night legend, right? How Nightmare Moon actually ate ponies?” Luna asked. I nodded in response. “While I have never done anything of the sort... well, let’s just say that there is some truth to the legend.”

I felt my morning coffee try to fight its way out of my stomach. Jesus Christ, and I honestly didn’t think ponies were capable of something that horrendous.

“Luna didn’t have a monopoly on... misguided followers,” Celestia added. “One of my students attempted to lead a crusade against all non-pony races in the world. The only reason she isn’t remembered even in legend is that I managed to squash that genocidal maniac’s movement before it could pick up any real momentum.”

Oh great, they even had their own little Pony-Hitler. Well, that would at least make teaching these ponies a bit about human history less of a daunting task.

“And those were just the worst of the worst,” Luna said, derailing my train of thought. “Celestia and I managed to put an end to these atrocities, but it cost us a great deal of time, effort, and resources. We always feared another alicorn would show up and take advantage of such devotion to throw the realm of Equestria into chaos. There was no immediate solution, but after many long debates, Celestia came up with a potential solution.”

Celestia’s horn began to glow and a scroll appeared in her outstretched hand. It was quite old and weathered, showing its great age. The Princess unrolled the scroll and cleared her throat. “By Royal decree,” Celestia began, “From henceforth, all alicorns are to be considered royalty. Should one be found, they are to be sent swiftly to the residence of the the Royal Sisters, where they shall be trained in the art of governance of the realm by the sitting princesses.” With a flick of her horn,, the scroll in Celestia’s hand rolled itself up and poofed out of existence. “It was the most effective method by which we could prevent any pretenders to the Throne from causing a problem.”

“I see...” I mumbled to myself, slowly realizing the gravity of the situation.

“And that is where matters become complicated,” Luna said.

“Yes,” Celestia added. “We were fortunate. No alicorns had manifested until young Cadence. Luckily she was only a filly, and I was able to raise her as family.”

“And let us not forget Twilight Sparkle,” Celestia added, favoring Twilight with a proud smile, causing the purple alicorn to blush. “While I didn’t know she would become an alicorn, she had spent her formative years learning at my hooves, so she was well prepared for her ascension.”

“Which brings us to you,” Luna said, turning to me.

“Yeah, I get it,” I said, somewhat bitterly. “I’m just a nobody who got lucky. Feels like I’m some character in a cheesy story.”

“Not quite what we were trying to say...” Luna said, rolling her eyes but holding back a giggle. There was that playful minx of a princess I knew. “What I meant to say was that Cadence and Twilight were eased into their respective roles. You however have been... I believe the term is ‘thrown into the deep end’. You’re going to need to undergo extensive training before we can bestow any power onto you. And before we can even think about that we have a coronation to plan, plus a formal ball to introduce yourself to the nobility. Add to that our little secret project and we’re all going to be busy as bees for the foreseeable future.”

It took me a moment to remember what secret project she was talking about, before I realized she meant the First Contact project she was planning. In all the excitement that little detail simply slipped my mind. But, some things definitely took precedence. “What first?” I asked, already resigned to my fate.

Princess Celestia’s horn began to glow. “We have some letters to send out. I’ll contact you as soon as I work out a few details. Sister, please join me at the palace as soon as possible. We have a lot of work ahead of us.” With that last statement she disappeared in a flash of golden light.

Luna lit her own horn as well. “Do not be frightened, my friend. While the task ahead may be daunting, I believe you shall handle yourself admirably.” With that, Luna fired off her teleportation spell.

It as at this moment I began to truly realize the gravity of the situation. All the power I was about to receive. The privileges... all the rules and expectations... the scrutiny of the general populace.

It was at THIS moment that I truly realized just how over my head I was. I was short of breath and beginning to hyperventilate as I began imagining one horrible scenario after another, usually ending up with me being either run out of town or tarred and de-feathered. It only lasted a few seconds before Rainbow took pity on me. Showing that she was the epitome of decorum, she slapped me in the face, near-instantly breaking my self-destructive train of thought.

“Thanks,” I grumbled, rubbing my injured cheek.

“Hey, the last thing we need is you getting all angsty again,” Rainbow replied.

Damn it, she had a point. Angsty Ben is no fun to be around. “Okay then,” I said. “So... I’m a princess.”

Twilight and Sunset both grimaced. “Yeah...” Twilight said. “I’m really sorry, Ben. I don’t know how this could’ve happened.”

“I hate to say it but I’m stumped as well,” Sunset added. “Maybe you just won the genetic lottery. If so... congratulations?”

I just grumbled to myself. I wasn’t saying anything, mainly just making displeased noises at the whole situation.

It was at this moment that Spike came in at last, humming to himself, wearing his signature frilly pink apron and carrying a tray laden with treats and mugs of hot cocoa. Bless his scaly little heart, he knew just how to cheer me up. And he had perfect timing as well.

I snagged a mug as he walked by and took a long sniff. The coffee at Twilight’s castle was good, but the chocolate supply was downright sinful. There was something about Equestrian chocolate that made it so much better than anything I’ve ever had back on Earth, and I’ve had some good chocolate. My mom was a connoisseur.

For the record, dad was a whiskey connoisseur. Not a drunk, but he enjoyed a glass every day.

“So, what’d I miss?” Spike asked. We spent the next few minutes filling him in on the Princesses’ visit.

In a twin flash of gold and indigo light both princesses suddenly teleported into the main room of Celestia’s suite. It was a large room, with marble walls with ebony accents. Off to one side a large bookcase stood against the wall, laden down with rare tomes from all across the land. Well, copies of rare tomes. The real ones were in the royal archives and treated like the treasures they are. Across from there was a fireplace, around which several plush chaise lounges were arrayed in an almost haphazard fashion. The walls were surprisingly bare, unladen with shelves full of expensive, hard to dust bric-a-brac one would normally see in a noble’s home, something the palace maids were infinitely thankful for. Only a few royal-purple drapes gave the room a bit of color.

The maids were busy tidying up the room, although how much work needed to be done was debatable. Princess Celestia was notoriously fastidious around her chambers, nearly driving her staff to unionize just so they actually had work to do.

Still, the maids were startled when both princesses teleported in unannounced. Still, they were professionals and swiftly bowed in their presence.

“Please rise, my little ponies,” Princess Celestia said, smiling beatifically. Being professionals, they did as their princess requested. “Thank you. Now, I know you have your duties that must be attended to, but we need you all to wait outside for a few moments. My sister and I have something important we need to discuss.”

Having dealt with a similar request numerous times in the past, the maids didn’t even protest. They did as commanded, leaving the room as swiftly as possible.

As the last one left the room and closed the door behind her, the two alicorns held their pose for a moment. Once they were certain they were alone, they both relaxed their posture and glanced at each other.

They were both grinning like the cat who ate the canary.

“Oh, this is going to be sooo interesting,” Celestia said.

“Indeed, sister,” Luna said, rubbing her hands together, an almost evil glint in her eye. “I can not wait until we break the news to the nobility. They shall, what’s the term, have a goat?”

“Cow, Luna, it’s ‘have a cow’.”

“Uh, Twilight... are you certain all of this is necessary?” I asked fearfully.

We had adjourned to the main Library. Well, I say adjourned, but it was more like Twilight forcibly dragged me there. Twilight then proceeded to, to use a technical term, flip her shit and go on a wild book-based rampage. She was dashing from bookcase to bookcase, taking out seemingly random tomes as she went. As fast as she was going I could’ve sworn that she was on the verge of breaking the sound barrier.

“Of course this is necessary!” she shouted, pulling yet another book out and tossing it on the pile. “You’re going to be a princess! We need to start your lessons post-haste!”

Lessons? Curious, I walked over and pulled out a book at random. The cover showed that it was a law book. A law book from three hundred years ago, at that. I picked out another book and it was on the same subject, only it was even older. I gulped as I realized that Twilight was going overboard. Again.

“Twi, I don’t think-” Before I could finish, the purple alicorn got up right in my face, glaring at me angrily. Her eyes were bloodshot and she had developed a noticeable twitch. I had to tread carefully here, lest I incur the wrath of the librarian. “What I meant was... wouldn’t it be better if we waited until Princess Celestia got back to us. I mean, she is the expert here, after all.”

Surprisingly, that worked. Twilight’s eye stopped twitching and she took a step back. She then went through a few rounds of her breathing exercises. I just stayed perfectly still as I let her calm down. Rainbow Dash, Sunset Shimmer, and Spike chose that moment to poke their head in through the door, a worried look on their faces. Spike was wearing a flak helmet. Where he got the damn thing I have no clue.

Twilight took one final deep breath before speaking. "Okay... okay." She looked up... and up at the massive pile of books in the middle of the room. "Whoa. I guess I did go a little crazy there."

"A little," I muttered under my breath.

"I'll say!" Rainbow shouted. "I thought you'd blow your stack again! I almost went to alert the town."

Twilight had the good grace to look embarrassed. "I wasn't that bad." she said in her best Fluttershy impersonation.

I just nodded at her, willing to put this all behind me. "Okay then, what should we do now? Other than cram centuries of obscure laws into my brain?"

"I think we should let Ponyville know," Sunset said as she stepped into the room, the others following her. "Otherwise we'll have to keep Ben locked up in here." She then paused, her finger on her chin as she stared off into space. "Also, we need to think up a new name for you."

"What?" I asked, dumbfounded.

"Yeah,...." Rainbow said, looking embarrassed. "I didn't want to bring it up but.... well, Ben doesn't sound like a pony name, really."

I had to agree with her there. Plus, it didn't really match my outward appearance either. "I honestly hadn't thought about that," I mumbled to myself.

Twilight, sensing my unease, placed a comforting hand on my shoulder. "We don't have to change your name, if you don't want to. I mean, sure it's non-traditional, but you wouldn't be the first pony who-"

I raised my hand to interrupt her by raising my hand. "It's fine," I said, trying to mean it. "I mean,it's not like I didn't change anything else. What's one more thing?"

"Ben-" Twilight tried to say, but again I interrupted her.

"No no, it's fine! I'll still be me. Just... with a different label." It wasn't Shakespeare, but it was still a good analogy in my opinion. Twilight opened her mouth to try and protest, but Sunset beat her to the punch.

"That's a good way to look at it," she said.

"Heck yeah!" Rainbow shouted in agreement. "But we gotta come u with a good one! Can't have the newest princess with a lame name, now can we?"

"Right," I replied drolly. "Let's table this discussion for now." As if to punctuate this discussion, Spike's cheeks puffed out before spewing a blast of green flame, which quickly rematerialized into a roll of parchment.

"That was quick," Rainbow said as Spike caught the letter midair.

He cut the seal open with a claw and unrolled the scroll, clearing his throat as he started to read.

Dear Twilight and Ben.

First I would like to apologize for our sudden departure. We shall return later this evening to finish or earlier discussion, and to go over a few more details we failed to bring up before.

We have gotten the ball rolling on our end and hope to see this whole matter settled before the end of the week. I will be making a formal announcement in the morning, and would kindly ask that Ben remain out of the public eye until then. Still, it would be appropriate to inform the rest of your friends about this recent development, but would ask that you remain discrete about it.

Cadance and your sister Gleaming Shield have been informed and are on their way down to Ponyville. They should arrive within the next couple of days . Fortunately the Crystal Empire doesn't require nearly as much hand holding as I have to do with Equestria at times, but I digress. I'm actually a bit jealous.

Ben, I sincerely apologize for the trouble you have been thrust into. We will help you get through this, mark my words.

Yours Truly:

Princess Celestia.

"Well," Spike said, "I guess we have some time to figure a few things out. Want me to go and get Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Applejack?"

"Please, Spike." Twilight said. Spike gave her a salute and was out the door before anything else could be said. There was a crash out in the hallway and a few muttered apologies could be heard.

Then the door to the room opened again and Starlight Glimmer came strolling in. She took one look at me and stopped, blinking owlishly. "Okay, what'd I miss."

We waited until the rest of Twilight's friends showed up before informing anyone else. We were sitting around the Cutie Map as we broke the news. Reactions were... well, generally positive. A little shocked, to say the least, but all in all everypony was happy for me. Especially Pinkie. Pinkie was grinning like a loon and shaking so hard I that her chair was vibrating.

Fluttershy had, once again, latched onto me and was soothingly running her hand through my mane. Thankfully she wasn't holding on nearly as tightly this time and I could breathe easily.

Rarity had gotten out her sketchpad and had immediately begun to sketch out a new dress for me. Gotta give her credit, she was dedicated to her work. Granted they were in the almost-pornographic style that was so common in Equestria, but they looked lovely enough.

Applejack... well, it was hard to get a read on her. She was happy for me, don't get me wrong, but during the whole time we were explaining what was going on it looked like she was closely scrutinizing me. It wasn't until after we were done that she let us know what was bothering her. I had just finished telling them about the letter from Princess Celestia when she spoke up.

"No cutie mark."

I blinked. "I'm sorry?"

"Ya don't have a cutie mark, pardner," she answered, pointing a finger in the direction of my bare ass. I stood up and looked down, and sure enough my flank was as blank as a.... something that's blank. I don't know where I was going with that train of thought.

I looked back up and nearly recoiled at the sight of nearly everypony ogling my ass. "Hey! My eyes are up here!" I said snippily. They all ignored me.

"Oh.... this isn't going to end well," Fluttershy said.

"What?" I asked. "Yeah, I get that a pony's cutie mark is important, but it'll hopefully come eventually."

That's not the problem," Applejack responded. "When my sister and her friends hear about this...."

I shuddered. I forgot about their obsession with helping ponies earn their cutie marks. Granted, I try hard not to think about any pony under their age of majority. Something about them and the cultural nudity just gave me the heebie jeebies. I blame my Western upbringing.

"Now Applejack, let's be fair," Rarity said. "Those three haven't been that bad ever since they earned their own cutie marks. I dare say all we need to do is request that they leave Ben alone and they will listen this time. Besides, I dare say our dear little Ben will be far to busy to entertain their shenanigans."

"It's not them I'm worried about," Sunset chimed in. "Once the nobility gets wind of this, they'll all have a collective meltdown that'll make Nightmare Moon seem tame."

Oh joy, I'd nearly forgotten about those stuck-up assclowns. I'd had the displeasure of meeting a few of them once in Canterlot, and let me tell you it left a bad taste in my mouth. They all looked down on me like they expected me to take a massive dump on the floor right in front of them.

"We can worry about them later," Twilight chimed in. "For now, let's wait until Princess Celestia gets back to us.

Turns out we had to wait a good while before either princess graced our presence again. While we were waiting it was decided that Twilight's friends didn't really need to stick around. Pinkie was the first to run off, disappearing in a cartoonish cloud of dust. Applejack and Fluttershy headed home not long after, citing various responsibilities as their excuse. Rarity stayed for another hour before heading to her own home, leaving me with Twilight, Sunset, and Rainbow.

Rainbow Dash stayed by my side and provided much needed moral support. If we weren't careful we'd find it hard to deny the whole "girlfriend" thing in the future.

It wasn't until the sun set that Princess Celestia appeared again. Literally a minute after the sun went below the horizon she apparated in a flash of golden sunlight, right in the middle of the lounge we had retired to an hour earlier. Rainbow, who had been sitting in my lap at that time, was startled into a flailing mess that nearly hit me in the junk as she fell onto the floor.

"My apologies for taking so long," Celestia said. "My sister and I had a lot of little fires to put out as a result of these... unusual circumstances."

"How bad are we talking here?" Rainbow asked as she stood up, looking a little miffed.

"Not too bad, to be perfectly honest," Celestia replied. "Most of the more... troublesome nobles are out of town at the moment, thankfully. We should get this situation dealt with as soon as possible so they don't have time to raise too much of a stink. As such, Ben's coronation will happen in only a few days."

"Is that really necessary?" I whined.

"I'm sorry, my friend, but it is," Celestia said. "As obstinate as the Equestrian Parliament can be at times, it'd simply take too long to simply revoke the necessary law."

"Great," I grumbled, pouting. "So, what's the game plan? You said you wanted to get this over and done with soon, right?"

Princess Celestia nodded and, horn glowing, summoned a roll of parchment into her outstretched hand. "As I said, the more troublesome of the nobility are not in Canterlot at the moment and it will take some time for them to return. As such, we should get the coronation done as soon as possible, before they can get a chance to dig in and drag their hooves. As such, you'll need to do a little bit of study, Ben."

"Study?" I asked.

"A crash course, actually," Celestia clarified. "We've assigned you a tutor that'll teach you exactly what will be expected of you in the coming days. Despite her... shall we say, rough exterior, she is an expert in courtly behavior and has taught many prospective noblemares. She should arrive first thing tomorrow morning.

"Along with etiquette you will need to learn how Equestria's government works, although I am to understand that you have already learned the basics?" I nodded. "Then consider it a review. Twilight should be more than up to the task, provided she doesn't go overboard." She gave Twilight a pointed look,making her blush in embarrassment.

Celestia's horn glowed again and a bulging envelope appeared in her hand. This time she reached out to hand it to me. I took it, and she said "Give this to Rarity. It contains details for dresses for Luna and I. We shall be wearing them to the coronation. Tell her money is no object."

"Okay."

"We shall contact you the moment we have an exact time set for the coronation. After which, there will be a gala to present yourself to the nobility in person. Twilight, you and all of your friends are invited. That includes you, Sunset shimmer."

"Meep." Sunset seemed to shrink into herself at being singled out.

"Now, I believe that is everything. Any questions?"

I took a moment to to think before answering. Celestia was being a little vague, but it seemed more like she didn't have all the details worked out herself at the time.

In the end, I couldn't think of anything to ask. Starlight, however, did.

"So, who's this tutor?" she asked.

Celestia kept her face neutral, but I thought I saw a bit of mischievousness flash by in her eye. "Somepony who is more than qualified for the task."

Author's Notes:

No, the CMC are NOT going to appear in this story. Too many gray areas with regards to the site rules to include them, even if there's no actual sex involving them.

In other news, my tablet broke mid-chapter. The wifi adapter stopped working all of a sudden. Thankfully it is still under warranty and I should have it back in a couple weeks. Until then I have limited access to another computer, so some work will still be going into this story. Currently my primary internet access device is my 3DS, and the web browser suuuuucks. Barely good enough for reading fanfictions, much less writing, and Reddit only works through an archaic .compact extension. #firstworldproblems.

On another note, the tutor was originally going to be Cadance, complete with sexy hijinks, but I thought of somepony better for the task. Oh, don't worry, there'll still be sexy hijinks with Cadance. She's obviously the kinky one.