Tia and Lulu.

They were bored.

Immensely bored.

Their father had applied and gotten a weather job, which he hadn’t told them about. You’d think something as important as that, he’d at least let them know.

But nooo, he’d rather leave two little fillies on their own, with no cake!

“Tiiiaaaa~” Lulu whined for the millionth time. “We art bored. Why does father not want to spend time with us? Is this because We were the Nightmare? Does he hate Us!?!?”

“He doesn’t hate you Lulu,” Tia sighed and rubbed her sister’s head. “Why don’t we go out? Looking like this won’t draw any attention.”

“But, Father said we shouldn’t…”

“We are grown princesses and that ignoramus cannot tell us what to do anymore!” Tia stomped her hoof. “Now come. I know where he keeps his bits! We shall procure cake and milkshakes and have lots of fun without him. What could possibly happen in such a little town?”

Balanced Aspect had just finished work. He felt as though Rainbow Dash had run him through a clothes wringer… She was a hard boss. He knocked on Bon Bon’s door and waited until the creamy mare opened up.

“Hm? Oh, hello Aspect,” she smiled and leaned in to kiss him before her nose wrinkled. “Ooh, somepony’s been working hard.”

“Yeah, Rainbow might be a fun mare to hang out with, but when you’re on her weather team, she’ll work you to the bone,” Aspect said with a sigh. “I’m relearning all sorts of simple things. Like, if I’m acting like a normal pony, take a damn shower when work is over. Can I borrow yours before I ask you for the favor I came here for?”

“Yes you can,” Bon Bon smiled and let him inside. “Lyra’s off in Canterlot visiting friends, so it’s just me here for today and tomorrow.”

A lightning-like shiver suddenly ran down his spine. As well as a deep sense of foreboding. The stallion shook himself as he felt that familiar feeling. Surely nobody would be stupid enough to actually…?

Bon Bon noticed his paused and frowned lightly. “I’m not taking a shower with you, if that’s what you’re thinking.”

“No, it wasn’t that,” Aspect said with a wave of one wing. “I just got the terrible feeling that somepony dared the universe, and the universe took notice.”

“It’s like Lyra never left,” Bon Bon sighed and shook her head. “I’ll go and…” she paused as a blush crept across her face. “No, the towels are in the cupboard to your right…”

“Alright, if you say so,” Aspect said with a shrug before walking upstairs to start in on his shower. Bon Bon sighed, for a multitude of reasons.

Mostly because after last time, Lyra had left his towel he used on Bon Bon’s bed… along with one of her… toys.

She watched him leave as her tail twitched.

Well, nopony said she couldn’t sneak a peek~

The show was just as good as last time as the stallion washed himself off, doing his best to get all his accumulated stink off of him in the hot flow of water.

“Sweet Celestia, what am I doing?” she thought to herself. Seems Lyra wasn’t getting her toy back anytime soon…

Tia paused as she strolled down the street with her sister. “Odd… I could have sworn somepony just mentioned my name.”

“Perhaps thou is getting addled in the head in thine age,” Lulu giggled and Tia glared at her. They were heading for Sugarcube Corner, and had to stop for directions three times.

And now they were lost again. Tia sighed, then saw three fillies talking amongst themselves. An orange pegasus, a white unicorn and a yellow earth pony.

“Ah’m tellin’ ya that Pinkie won’t let us try Cutie Mark Crusader Bakers,” the earth pony said to the other two.

“Why? Just because we clogged the taffy machine last time?” the pegasus argued.

“I haven’t eaten taffy again since,” the unicorn shuddered as Tia and Lulu approached.

“Hello!” Tia smiled at them.

“Greetings thy citizens!” Lulu added in her boisterous tone.

“Well howdy!” the earth pony said with a smile. “Are you two new in town?” She then seemed to think it over as she tapped her chin. “Wait...if y’all were new in town, then Pinkie would have thrown ya a party…”

“You called?” Pinkie said, popping up amidst the group as the fillies shrieked. She eyeballed Lulu and Tia with a scrutinising gaze.

“Hmmmmmmm~” she looked them over. “You’re new ponies… but also not new ponies. Odd… I’ll… be back…” And just liked that, she backed up into the tall grass and vanished.

“That, was a rather random encounter,” Lulu shivered.

“We’re looking for Sugarcube Corner and got lost,” Tia explained, choosing not to question that for now.

“Oh that’s easy!” the earth filly said. “We can show you the way, no problem!”

“Most fortitus!” Lulu nodded and smiled. “Verily, may We have thy names? We art named Lulu. And mine sister is Tia.”

“Ah’m Apple Bloom,” the earth filly said, before pointing out her friends. “This here is Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.”

“Hi!” the unicorn chirped at them. The pegasus looked them over a little before sticking out one hoof for a hoofbump.

Lulu looked at the hoof quizzically before taking it and kissing it, causing the filly to yank it back and shake it. “What are you doing?” she asked the pair.

“Is that not the traditional greeting?” Lulu asked Tia.

“Sorry, Lulu’s… been away for a long time. She’s still getting used to Equestria again.” Tai smiled a little too widely and hoped that these fillies would buy it.

“Oh, like that Aspect feller my sister talks about,” Applebloom said. “Well, come on, let’s get goin’ to Sugarcube Corner.” With that, she turned, and the three fillies began to lead Tia and Lulu through the town.

“Mhmm, Aspect is our daddy!” Lulu stated proudly and Tia groaned. She had absolutely no tact.

“Really?” Sweetie Belle spoke up. “Didn’t know he was married…”

“He wasn’t… our,” Lulu sniffed and rubbed her eyes. Tia sighed and rubbed her back.

“He looked after us after our Mommy passed away,” she explained. “It was a long time ago, but Lulu still gets upset every now and then.”

“Oh, I’m sorry for bringing it up,” Sweetie said. Meanwhile, Apple Bloom nodded her head.

“I git whatcha mean,” the earth filly said softly. “Pain like that...it don’t go away easy.”

Tia and Lulu’s eyes widened and Apple Bloom suddenly had the fillies hugging her on either side.

“Urgh, seriously?” Scootaloo gagged at the mushy scene.

“Shush,” Sweetie said. “I think they need this.”

Lulu’s stomach suddenly growled.

“We require cake,” she mumbled from the hug.

“Cake does do wonders for making one feel better,” Tia nodded. “Would you like some Miss Apple Bloom?”

“‘course!” she said, before breaking the hug with a smile. “Let’s head over to the Corner, Pinkie makes all sorts’a cake there!”

“Yeah!” Sweetie and Scootaloo clapped hooves and the new friends headed for the gingerbread house.

And they got what they desired. Seems that Aspect’s bitbag had more in it than Tia thought as they stared at the three, three-tier cakes on the table.

“I’m in heaven~” Tia hummed and drooled slightly.

“How can you afford that much cake?” Sweetie asked. “How can you eat that much cake?”

Lulu leaned in close and pulled the Crusaders into a hug, “Watch closely now. Thou art about to witness something thou may never see again.”

And the following scene was Tia utterly destroying the massive chocolate cake. It was like a train wreck, utterly disturbing beyond all reason, yet you couldn’t just look away as the filly consumed a cake three times her size.

“Ah saw it, and ah still don’t believe it,” Apple Bloom said as she stared at the messy Tia.

“None do,” Lulu nodded sagely as Tia let out a belch that rattled the windows. They heard Pinkie applauding from behind the counter as Tia gave a contented sigh.

“That was gooooood~” she moaned.

“You’re supposed to say ‘excuse me,’” Sweetie Belle piped up. “That’s what my sister says.”

“Oh, right,” Tia blushed and wiped her muzzle with a napkin. “Excuse me.”

“Honestly…” Lulu sighed as she pushed away an empty plate, having consumed the dessert while the others were enraptured with Tia. “Such manners are unbecoming of you sister.”

“Wait, what?!” Scootaloo said as she took notice of the two missing cakes. “When did you-?!”

“It’s like having two more Pinkie Pie’s here,” Sweetie Belle said in a hushed tone.

“Ah git the feelin’ if we don’t take some of th’ third cake, they might,” Apple Bloom pointed out. Lulu and Tia were already sizing it up.

“Agreed,” Sweetie and Scootaloo said as the three fillies dove in.

A few minutes later, they were utterly stuffed as Tia and Lulu made short work of the remaining cake.

“Ahh, now that was a most excellent lunch,” Tia giggled. “Should we get another for later sister?”

“Hmm,” Lulu tapped her chin.

“Well, well, well…” A nasal voice called out. “If it isn’t the Blank Flanks~”

“Oh great,” Scootaloo groaned as a pink earth pony and a silver earth pony walked up to the table.

“Oh what’s this?” She looked at Tia and Lulu. “You have more friends for that loser club of yours? But they already have their Cutie Marks.”

“Friend Apple Bloom,” Lulu turned. “Pray tell. Who is this most obnoxious filly?”

Apple Bloom snorted at the comment and nodded. “That there is Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.”

“Our parents are the richest ponies in Ponyville,” Diamond Tiara said proudly.

“No they’re not,” Tia stated.

“W-What!?” Diamond glared at her. “Just what is that—?”

“Our Daddy is,” Lulu nodded. “He does have the biggest house in Ponyville after all.”

“The Everfree Estate?” Silver gasped. “B-But that’s impossible! The Princesses own that place!”

“Who do you think gave it to him?” Tia smirked as Diamond and Silver stood there, eyes wide and mouth opening and closing a few times as they processed that.

“Come on, let’s go have some fun,” Tia said to their new friends and pulled them away from the frozen ponies. Once outside, Scootaloo howled with laughter.

“Oh man! Did you see their faces? They looked like goldfish!”

“Hmm, they were rather reminiscent of the golden fish,” Lulu nodded and smiled smugly. “Nobility is Nobility. They are rather easy to rile up if you know the correct buttons.”

“So, is that true?” Sweetie asked. “Does your daddy really own that house? Did the Princesses really give it to him?”

“Of course,” Tia nodded. “I am no liar. And our daddy has done a lot for Equestria. The princesses simply wanted to reward him for all his sacrifices.”

“Oh great, another dictionary pony,” Scootaloo rolled her eyes. “Come ooooon, I wanna do something cool. Like watch Rainbow Dash doing some of her stunts!”

“Yeah, alright,” Apple Bloom conceded. “Maybe we’ll come up with something to do for our cutie mark crusading while we do.”

“Crusading?” Lulu tilted her head. “Sister, I thought the Crusades were outlawed hundreds of years ago? Why do we want to go around slaughtering those who do not Praise the Sun?”

“Different sort of crusade,” Tia said with a wave of one wing.

“Ah.” The small unicorn nodded and floated out a small notebook with her magic and wrote something down. “Very well. Let us crusade for cutie marks!”

Tia waited for the threesome to be out of earshot before continuing her line of thought. “Besides, I think father might have had a hoof in all of them suddenly falling silent.”

“Ahh, so that is the reason,” Lulu nodded. “Very well. We now know better. It still makes Us wonder how three small fillies came up with that name though, without knowing the meaning behind it.”

“We can ask them while we watch the Bearer of Loyalty perform,” Tia giggled. “From what my student tells me, she is quite skilled.”

“Oh,” Lulu smirked. “I wonder how much of those skills your student has… studied~?”

“I’ll be surprised if she ever gets up the gumption to ask any other pony on a date,” the pegasus sighed. “She’s so wrapped up in her studies and trying to make me proud that she’s not living. Or at least she wasn’t before she came here.”

“Give her time,” Lulu giggled. “It’s not like her teacher is setting any good examples when it comes to romance.”

“Maybe if one of the guards actually had the-”

“We’re here!” Apple Bloom said as they arrived in an empty field, Rainbow Dash practicing her moves far above.

“Saved by the filly,” Lulu smirked. “Don’t worry. I’ll be sure to bring that topic up with Cadenza when we get home sister!” she cackled and ran to join the others.

“Joy,” Tia deadpanned. Lulu wasn’t the only one that couldn’t stand her niece at times. She’d been by to practice her matchmaking every now and then, and the solar alicorn was starting to get just a little tired of it.

Across town, Aspect and Bon Bon decided to take a walk. It was a nice afternoon and she’d somehow convinced him to walk with her instead of relaxing after work.

The promise of kisses might have been a good tipping factor.

“—and so Lyra decides to try and prove me wrong. I have never seen a pony stuff that many gumballs into her mouth before,” Bon Bon giggled.

Aspect just shook his head, not quite believing the story. “The only things I have to compare are what happens when you leave my daughters alone with cake. Or brownies. Or any form of sweet, really. It just tends to...disappear.”

“Sooo, never let them in my shop then?” Bon Bon chuckled as she bumped into somepony. “Oh, I’m sorry—”

“Tch! As you should be, filthy commoner,” the mare retorted. She was a pink earth pony with a styled magenta mane. Her cutie mark was a diamond ring. “Oh, it’s the candy maker. I hope you didn’t get any of that filthy sugar in my coat.”

“Excuse me?” Aspect said, in a tone that could almost be mistaken for polite. “What did you just call my marefriend?” One wing flared out. Unbeknown to Bon Bon, he’d found that he could remotely change if he was operating at full power or ‘normal’ levels, and had settled into his more comfortable guise before the walk. What remained of the power of Arabus the storm demon was flowing through him at full strength now. Which, compared to everything he’d once commanded, wasn’t much, but it was enough to, say, conjure windstorms and affect clouds like he normally did. As well as one other trick.

“Oh look, the Feather Duster is angry,” she sneered. Her nose was so high in the air, it was probably filled with moondust. “I haven't seen you before, so you must be new here. I can’t say I’m overly fond of your taste in mares if that’s what you’re dating.”

“You get one chance to take back what you’ve said,” Aspect said calmly. “Then you’ll find out what happens to beings that make me angry.” And he’d been sharing those stories with Bon Bon.

That was when a cream coloured hoof covered his and she shook her head. “It’s alright. Let’s just continue our walk,” she smiled sweetly. “Have a nice day Spoiled Rich,” she nodded to the mare and led Aspect off.

“I wasn’t gonna hurt her,” Aspect whined as he folded his wing back up.

“I know you weren’t,” Bon Bon smiled as she smacked a nearby wall, the brickwork cracking under the ferocity of the blow. “I was however.”

“Then watch this,” Aspect said with a smile as he flared his wing again, turning to look at the mare that had gotten a little ways away from them. He closed one eye and stuck out his tongue, and there was the feeling of electricity in the air.

Then a bolt of lightning crossed the gap between them, starting at Aspect’s wing and going to the Spoiled Rich’s flank, causing all of her fur to stand on end once it hit. She yelped in a rather indignified way and looked around frantically, before deciding it was best to make a swift retreat.

Aspect had to give Bon Bon credit. She waited a full three minutes before collapsing to the ground, laughing her flank off. It made him happy that he could entertain her and punish an uppity pony.

“Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week,” he said with a wide grin. “And it’ll probably take her a few hours to get her fur tamed again.”

“I’m so calling her Fluffy Butt next time,” Bon Bon said between giggles. She finally stopped and wiped her eyes. “Oh dear. You are getting extra kisses for that one.”

“Hey, if it means seeing you happy, I’ll gladly zap anypony you point me at,” Aspect said. “Just give me a minute between zaps.”

“No no, just her,” Bon Bon chuckled and nuzzled him. “You’re rather sexy when you’re being all noble like that~”

“I’d zap the stupid out of Canterlot if that’s what you wanted of me,” Aspect said as they continued their walk. “Bloody stupid entitled nobles not understanding that my daughters have family too…”

“Seems that the zapping would be more for you than me,” Bon Bon said and nudged him. “Some ponies do find it hard to believe that our ‘Divine Goddesses’ have parents too.”

“Well, one at least,” the stallion said. “So, where’re we going?”

“Do we need a destination?’ Bon Bon asked. “Sometimes the journey is just as fun.” She walked ahead and then turned, giving him a wink. “But I’m thinking… my room. The two of us… an empty house…” She turned and skipped off, giggling playfully.

“Something tells me, she’s going to call in that offer I made her over Hearth’s Warming,” Aspect said as he followed after her. “Oh, but this is going to be interesting.”

“I… have never seen so much tree sap,” Tia shuddered as she tried to wipe the gunk from her coat. “There weren’t even any trees!”

“It’s what usually happens when we get together,” Apple Bloom said. “C’mon, we can use the hose at my place to wash it all off.”

“This is a regular occurrence?” Lulu looked at Tia. “Pray tell, is this town cursed by Discord?”

“Who’s that?” Sweetie Belle asked.

“A monster from a long time ago,” Lulu said and shuddered.

“We… read about him in one of daddy’s books,” Tia tacked on.

“Nope, no monsters here,” Scootaloo said. “Well, other than the stuff that comes out of the forest.”

Tia and Lulu just looked at each other as they headed for Sweet Apple Acres.

“Wooooow!” Lulu gasped when they got there. “This farm is huge!”

“Yup!” Apple Bloom preened. “Run by all the Apples of Ponyville!”

“There’s only four of you in Ponyville,” Scootaloo deadpanned.

“Then her family reunion happens,” Sweetie giggled. “Ponyville doubles in size.”

“...Surely you jest?” Lulu said. “Nopony can surely have that many relatives.”

“We have a separate census at the castle, just for the Apple Clan,” Tia whispered and the unicorn’s eyes widened.

“Are… you part rabbit by chance?”

“Nope, one hundred percent Apple!” Apple Bloom said as she lead them over to the hose. “Okay, Scootaloo and Tia first.” She turned it on and aimed it at the pegasi.

“Wait, wha-urblegrublebalaba!” Tia got a mouthful of water as she was hosed down by the filly. Scootaloo seemed to enjoy it though, she kind of reminded Lulu of a chick in a bird bath.

Tia looked more like a drowned rat.

“We think We like the watered down version of Our sister,” Lulu giggled.

Soon enough, the pegasi had the sap washed out of their feathers, and the earth filly turned it on the unicorns next. Lulu yelped at the cold water, as did Sweetie Belle.

And once there were well and truly soaked?

Apple Bloom found that her hose was taken by a magical blue aura… and Lulu was smiling evilly.

“Uhoh,” she said with a gulp.

“Have at thee!” Lulu cheered and fired a spell that turned up the output of the hose, soaking the earth filly to the bone as well as most of the surrounding area. “Ahahahahaha!” Lulu cackled evilly.

“Ack!” Apple Bloom said from under the torrent. “I surrender, I surrender!” What it actually came out as was up to debate.

A half hour later, five fillies were utterly drowned after the impromptu water fight. However, since most of the ground had been turned to mud, their original goal of getting clean was now an issue once more.

“I think we’re mud ponies now,” Tia said and looked over her form. “Oh well, it’s still better than tree sap.”

“Yeah, this happens a lot too,” Apple Bloom said. “C’mon, let’s wash this mud off inside.”

“Blaaahhhh! I am a monster from the Everfree!” Scootaloo moaned, her mud-caked form ambling towards Apple Bloom. “And now I’ll eat all the little ponies!”

“Oh noooo!” Sweetie shrieked and giggled, running away.

“Oh no ya don’t!” Apple Bloom said as she took a more aggressive pose. “I’ll buck ya clear to Canterlot if ya try anythang!”

“Bwa. Hah. Hah!” Scootamonster chuckled. “You can’t hurt me. I have my mud armo-ooop!?” The pegasus suddenly found herself in the air as Lulu lifted her with her magic.

“We are the Knights of the Princesses!” Tia declared. “And we shall defeat you!”

“Aww, no fair~” Scootaloo giggled.

“We should at least try to get most of this mud offa ourselves,” Apple Bloom said. “Ah know my sister doesn’t like it if I track it in th’ house, an’ Rarity kicked up a real fuss when we used her bathroom…”

“Like last time?” Sweetie Belle said and shuddered.

“We could use our house,” Tia suggested. “Daddy won’t mind a little mud. And the mops will just clean it up anyway.”

“That sounds like a plan!” Apple Bloom said with a smile. “We’ll follow you there!”

Tia and Lulu nodded. This was going to be fun!

“So… this is the Tree of Plenty then?” Bon Bon asked as they stopped by his house to get something to drink. “Hee, I wonder if it can make chocolate?”

“I don’t know,” Aspect mused. “I never asked.”

“Well now you know when it grows,” Bon Bon smiled. “You know, I just figured something out,” she smirked as she walked around him, her curled tail dragging softly across his form.

“Oh?” Aspect said as he turned his head to watch her.

“Well, this house is empty too,” she pointed out. “And there are so many rooms we could pick from~” her lips grazed his muzzle, but her blush betrayed how nervous she was in acting like this.

“We don’t have to do anything if you don’t want to,” he said softly to her.

“W-Well,” She blushed harder. “I did promise kisses, which.. I kinda like… a lot…”

“So let’s find an empty bedroom and see what happens,” Aspect said, giving her a quick peck. “I leave it entirely up to you.”

“Hmm, I think I like the sound of… that…” Bon Bon tilted her head and blinked. “Um, Aspect… are soapsuds supposed to be coming from your kitchen window?”

He closed his eyes and breathed deeply for a moment, before turning and marching into the house. It wasn’t until the door had closed that he flashed into his alicorn form. He continued to follow the sounds of mayhem until he came across what he wished was an unfamiliar sight.

Tia, Lulu and three other fillies were standing on the table as several enchanted mops spun out of control, they were even mopping the ceiling.

“Make them stooooop!” Sweetie wailed.

“I don’t know hooooow!” Tia wailed back.

Then Aspect unleashed a targeted wave of magic from his horn. This was a come-to-life spell gone awry. So all he needed to do was negate it, which he did without touching his daughter’s disguises.

He’d had time to practice his control for his freeform sorcery. He uttered a single word as he did this.

“Stop.”

And the mops did.

“Wait… that was it?” Scootaloo sounded disappointed. Tia and Lulu saw their father and gulped. They were in soooo much trouble. Aspect quickly returned to his pegasus guise and sighed.

“Tia, Lulu, what have I told you about enchanting mops and broomsticks with come to life spells?”

“Uhhh…” Lulu faltered.

“Not to?” Tia hazarded a guess.

“Exactly,” Aspect said with a nod. “They always get out of control. Remember? It happened in our old home as well. And in our second home. I could never leave you two alone with the mops. Or brooms.”

“Nu-uh, there was also the time with the armour!” Lulu pointed out and then smiled sheepishly. “I’m not helping, am I?”

“No… no you’re not,” Tia sighed. “Sorry Daddy, we just wanted to clean up the mud without disturbing you and your special somepony~”

“And now you’ve given yourself a bigger mess to clean up,” Aspect said, before pointing out all the suds still on the walls. And ceiling. “Which is what your punishment is going to be.”

“Yes Daddy,” both fillies sighed and looked at their new friends. “Well, I guess we should say goodbye then.”

“Mhmm,” Lulu nodded.

“It’s nice to see you making new friends,” Aspect said with a smile, before turning his attentions to the three fillies that had accompanied his daughters into the house. “But now my daughters have to clean up the mess they made.”

“Well, it was kind of our fault as well,” Sweetie admitted.

“If we help, can they git outta trouble?” Apple Bloom asked.

“Cleaning… yay,” Scootaloo deadpanned before Sweetie nudged her painfully. “I mean, cleaning yay~” she reiterated with forced excitement.

“Well, if you do, I suppose that might work out,” Aspect mused. “Then I might not have to take their dessert away tonight…”

“Now now, no need to be hasty father,” Tia shuddered. “We’ll get cleaning right away.”

“Go and enjoy your day, We shall clean this room like it has not cleaned before!” Lulu pumped a hoof in the air.

“Is that what got it this way to begin with?” Aspect raised an eyebrow at them.

“No magic, we promise,” the five fillies all said in unison.

“Good,” the stallion said with a sigh before turning around and walking back towards the entrance of the house, wondering where Bon Bon had gone to. When he stepped outside, a pair of creamy hooves snared him and pulled him into Bon Bon’s deep kiss.

“Mmm,” she moaned softly and released him. “Now… where were we~?”

“Well my daughters and some filly friends they made are cleaning up the kitchen, so as long as we keep the noise down, I believe my offer still stands if you wish to use my house,” Aspect said.

“I have the distinct feeling we’d not get any peace if we went in there,” Bon Bon smiled. “Now, let’s head back to mine and see what happens.”

“I am perfectly okay with that,” Aspect said before kissing her. “Lead on, pretty mare.”

“Hmm, pretty mare. I think I like the sound of that,” Bon Bon smiled as she walked off. “Come along now, my handsome stallion.”

“I can deal with being handsome,” Aspect said as he obediently trotted along after her.

Of course.

Now that she was actually in this situation.

Bon Bon had no freaking idea what to do. She was still debating if she should go this far, or…

Aspect was just sitting there on her bed, not doing anything but looking at her, waiting for her to make the first move.

“You know, some advice or input would be helpful,” she asked.

“While technically I have that in spades, you’re also my first mare,” he said. “Plus I was raised to be chivalrous. Your move first.”

“That’s called passing the bit,” she mumbled and sat down on the bed. “I uh… just, don’t know how to start…”

“Well,” Aspect said, shuffling closer. “We could start with a kiss and see what happens next.”

“Um, okay…” she nodded as he moved a bit closer to her. He drew her in and gave her a simple kiss on the lips, before deepening it and hugging her closer to him. She just melted in his embrace as she hugged him back, her hooves pressing the place between his wings. He let out a little moan at that, his wings instinctively flaring as she touched him.

“Interesting,” Bon Bon murmured as she kissed his neck and took a deep breath of his scent. She moved her hooves down, cupping his taut flank and humming appreciatively.

Then he returned the gesture, his hooves rubbing along her cutie marks and getting a good feel of her flank as well. She stiffened for just a second, before relaxing and letting out a soft coo of her own. She nipped at his neck a few more times, her hot breath washing over him as she continued to caress his form.

“Mmm,” he said as he held her close. “Such a pretty pony. What will you do with me?”

“Shouldn’t I be the one to ask you that silly?” She smiled and kissed his nose. “What did that Cadence mare teach you?”

“You don’t want to know,” Aspect said flatly. “Let’s just say I think I know more than I could ever use, and that’s saying something.”

“That bad hmm?” Bon Bon rubbed his side and smiled. “Well… what do you want to do then? Tell me what you’d like us to do.”

“Nothing that you’re not comfortable with,” Aspect said. “That’s sort of top of my list there. And if you do something I’m not comfortable with, I’ll let you know.”

“Well if you don’t tell me, than I can’t tell you if I’m comfortable with it or not, can I?” she said and kissed his nose again.

“Well...I think we could do a little touching,” the stallion said. “You can go first, if you’d like.”

“I guess… we could try that,” Bon Bon nodded and gulped. Her heart thudded in her chest, but she couldn’t tell if she was excited or nervous. Nervoucited?

Aspect merely sat there, though he did widen his legs a little, to make it easier for her to touch him.

She gasped and looked away out of reflex, even as her betraying hoof slid a little further along his thigh…

And when it reached up as far as it would, she gasped and flinched when it came into contact with something very warm.

“I’ve had it for quite a while,” Aspect said, doing his best to keep the laugh out of his voice. “I promise it won’t bite.”

Now there was a mental image she wasn’t sure if she should laugh or scream at. Though it did keep her mind occupied as her hoof absently stroked his growing length.

“See?” he said. “Not so bad, is it, touching me.”

“Oh shush,” she said in response to his cheek. “It’s just the first time it’s been attached to somepony—” Her spare hoof flew to her mouth to silence the rest of that.

“Mine as well,” Aspect said with a nod. “Well, not counting Written Script, but we were hardly together like this.”

Oh thanks Celestia, he seemed to have no clue what she’d been talking about. Still…

“S-So, you and her. You never…”

“No, it was more of a partnership than any actual attraction,” Aspect said with a shake of his head. “You are very much my first mare in this regard. And you’re already comfy with touching me like this, so bonus.”

She’d barely registered what her hoof had been doing and now that she was focused on it? She froze up for a moment. A moment that Aspect used to kiss her to distract her again.

That did the trick. Her hoof resumed its task as she leaned into the kiss, her tongue fighting for dominance over his as her ministrations quickened.

“H-Hold up for a moment,” Aspect said as he panted, drawing back from the kiss. She paused, but her hoof remained in place.

“What’s wrong?” she asked.

“Nothing, just...changing position,” Aspect said, before rolling onto his back and displaying everything a bit more lewdly for the mare. She turned a deep crimson and looked away again, even as her hoof continued to pump him.

“If you come a little closer,” he suggested, “I should be able to return the favor…”

“R-Return!” she gasped. “L-L-Like h-how?”

“Well, I’d touch you in turn,” he said simply. “I think if you stand over me I should be able to…”

Bon Bon pictured that and nearly fainted. He could practically see the steam rising from her head as she processed that.

“W-Well… I guess…” She gulped and with shaky legs, did just that, but her tail seemed to keep the treasures hidden for now. Aspect decided to not let that stop him and ran one hoof along her inner thigh, caressing it softly.

That touch nearly caused her legs to buckle as she gasped loudly. He stroked along it again, trying to loosen her up so she would move her tail. She gasped again and once more, her body betrayed her mind as her tail rose, showing off what lay under it. Her face burned with a deep crimson as she bit her lower lip.

“D-Don’t look,” she protested weakly.

“Then how will I see what I’m doing?” Aspect returned as he ran his hoof along the outside of her folds. She let out a slight moan as her forelegs collapsed, landing softly on his belly as she locked her back legs so they wouldn’t do the same. He gently stroked along her folds again, much in the same way she had stroked along him.

She moaned and he could feel her warm breath wash over his member, which now lay right in front of her face. She opened her eyes and gasped, even as her hoof resumed its task of stroking him.

Then his hoof accidentally rubbed across something small at the fore of her folds. She let out a sharp moan, her mouth open as she panted over the touch.

“Hm?” Aspect asked, pausing for a moment. “Did I do something right?”

“Y-Yes,” she gasped, using both hooves to stroke him now, one ran around his medial ring as the other ran along the length of his shaft before teasing the tip.

“Hmm, you know, Cadence gave me a few tips,” he mused, before trying to get her back legs to fold slightly so that she would be in range.

“T-Tips?” she panted and squeaked when he tickled behind her legs, causing her to fall onto him. “Ah! I didn’t hurt you did I?”

Aspect’s only reply?

Apply tongue directly to Bon Bon.

She let out a loud moan, was… was he really… Hooooohmigosh! That felt…

“Aaahhh~” her mouth open as she panted even heavier, her hooves working his shaft with more vigor. Aspect used his hooves to grab hold of her flank and worked his tongue into her, licking along the tunnel he found there. She tasted just as sweet as the candy she made, it was almost like liquid sugar with just a hint of spice.

“Y-You… you’re… haaaahhn~” She moaned again, his tip almost touching her muzzle as she stroked him faster.

Then he bucked.

She gasped, well, tried to as his tip pushed it’s way past her lips, her tongue pressed against the head as she lay there, her brain not entirely sure what to make of this. Then Aspect dragged his tongue through her tunnel, lapping up all her juices before going for more.

She moaned around him as she suckled on his tip, her tongue probing him and rubbing against him as she stroked him once again. Aspect let out a muffled moan of his own into her folds, his grip on her growing tighter.

She squirmed slightly under his grip, before pressing herself against his muzzle more as she gave off a few muffled moans. Aspect kept licking her, finding her taste delicious. His muzzle rubbed up against that little nub again…

She let out a shrill cry and her hindlegs twitched. Buck, she was so close now. She pulled back and licked her lips, undecided on the taste for the moment.

“Ahh, As-Aspect, I’m… I’m going to… you should move…”

If he heard her, he didn’t show it, digging back into her with fervor. She let out another high pitched moan as her body twitched and he felt a flood of juices pour forth as she moaned, gasped and panted as she rode out her climax. Aspect for his part just drank them down. They were just as sweet as the mare they came from.

She groaned as he continued his oral assault, she couldn’t believe he’d just done that. She eyed his member and brought her hooves back up.

Well, fair was fair. She started stroking him again as she nuzzled it, drinking in his musk and letting her soft fur brush over it. She then opened her mouth and dragged her tongue along it, pressing the flat of it against his head as she tasted his pre. Very salty but not… unpleasant.

Aspect for his part let out a groan as he finally pulled back from her folds. “Bon Bon...that...that feels goooood~”

Spurred on by his words, she took the tip into her mouth again and suckled on the tip. Teasing it lightly with her teeth as her tongue flicked the tip, her hooves still stroking his shaft before one moved further down and cupped his balls, caressing them gently with the soft underside of her hoof.

“Oh Bon...Oh Bonnie,” he gasped, doing his best to not buck. “I think...I think I’m close…”

She pulled back, but her strokes quickened. Now it was time to use that advice that Lyra gave her.

“Is that so?” she breathed in a husky tone. Well, one she thought was husky. “What do you wanna do big boy? Give this little mare a treat hmm~?” She was sooo glad he couldn’t see her blushing face right now.

“I-If you want one, it’s coming quickly!” Aspect gasped. She was kind of curious to see it actually. She’d never actually seen this up close before. Her hooves just kept going as she leaned forward and flicked his head with her tongue again.

Aspect let out a grunt as the first blast caught her square in the mouth. She ‘eep’d’ and pulled back a little, but his grip had her pinned. The second one came quickly and blasted across her face. She just kept stroking him, wanting him to be as pleased as she was.

She leant forward and her mouth wrapped around his flared head as best she could. His release kept coming for a little while, right into her mouth before he let out a sigh and fell limp under her. She pulled back again as a few remaining spurts hit her muzzle and neck before he started to deflate a little. Now that she was free of his grasp, she could turn around and it was little secret on what she still held in her mouth, not entirely sure what to do.

Aspect smirked deviously and held one hoof up to her throat, doing his best to stimulate her neck with a long hoof stroke, clearly telling her without words what he thought she should do.

She blinked and nodded, gulping audibly as he could see her swallowing his release.

“I suppose you’ll want to clean up,” he said, pointing at her face. “Will you be wanting anything more afterwards?”

“Maybe I should get a kiss from my stallion,” she smirked and leaned closer.

“Ack!” he said. “I know what you just had in there!” He did his best to lean away.

“Heehee, you’re silly,” she giggled and wiped some of his release from her face with a hoof. Combined with her blush and tired panting. Damn that was a hot look.

“So, what next my pretty mare?” Aspect asked her. “Do you want me still under you, or are we done for now?”

“Well, I don’t know if I—”

Her door flew open as Lyra came waltzing in. “Heya Bonbuns! Guess who’s...back… early... “ She took one look at the scene, and the aftermath all over her friend’s face before she lit up red and bolted from the room, yelling out apologies.

“And then there’s Lyra…” the earth mare sighed.

“Hang on,” Aspect said before flashing into his alicorn form and shutting the door without getting up. He then cast some sort of other spell that affected the air in the room before nodding and returning to his normal pegasus guise. “It won’t last long, but I did just cast a quick and dirty soundproofing on the room. So if you wanted to do anything else, she wouldn’t know.”

“I think she already does,” Bon Bon said. “And… I don’t know if I’m quite ready for that step yet. I didn’t know I was ready for this step…”

“Do you regret it?” the stallion asked softly.

“No, not at all,” she said and nuzzled him, before remembering. “Ahheh, oops?”

“It’s fine, we can use your shower before I go,” Aspect said, kissing a spot on her face that wasn’t covered. She responded by licking his cheek and smiling as she got up.

She smacked her lips and then put that sultry grin on her face. “Mmm, I taste good~”

“I wouldn’t be adverse to getting another taste in the shower if you were up for that,” Aspect growled out. She simply replied by walking into the bathroom, her tail flagged as she wiggled her rump. The stallion rolled to his hooves before following that fine flank all the way to the shower.

“It only now occurs to me,” he said once he joined her, “how little room there is in here...well, with both of us in here.”

“Well, sorry for being a single mare until recently,” she replied as she turned the water on. “What are you going to do about it?”

“See, I would reply with one of the things Cadence taught me, but you just said you weren’t ready for that yet,” Aspect said as he held her close.

“Hmm, well I can still make room,” she nodded. “Let me show you a trick.” She suddenly stood up on her hind hooves, balancing perfectly. “Ta-da~”

“Mmm, now the real question is,” Aspect said before his face nuzzled into her crotch. “Can you hold it while I attend my pretty mare again?”

“Eeep!” she nearly fell forward, grabbing the walls with her hooves. “T-That’s cheating!” she gasped.

“Oh, but you taste so good,” he murred, his tongue flicking out and dragging across her lips. “So sweet…”

She just responded with a moan, her winking marehood was still sensitive from her previous climax.

“I just want to taste you over and over again,” he said, before licking her again. “I never want to stop~”

“T-That’s… aaahhhh~” Bon Bon cried out as she put a hoof to her blushing face, biting down on it.

“I want to wake up to this fine flank,” he said, licking her between declarations. “I want to see you next to me and taste you every morning. My sweet, pretty mare.”

She couldn’t hold it in, between his words and his actions, she climaxed one more time, just as potent as the last. “Ah… o-oh Aspect~! AAaahhhhhh!”

The stallion for his part did his best to drink her juices straight from the tap, humming happily all the while. One of her hooves rested on his head as she gasped with each lick, she didn’t know if she was ever going to stop. Her head swam and it suddenly became very difficult to remain upright.

Aspect kept licking the mare, enjoying the taste of her juices and greedily drinking them down, hoping she enjoying the stimulation as well. He soon found a panting mare draped across his back, her legs no longer wished to remain working.

“I take it Bonnie liked,” he mused.

“Bonnie liked a lot~” she purred and then squeaked. “Y-You called me Bonnie!”

“I figured we’d done this much, I could get away with calling you a nickname,” Aspect said, kissing her inner thigh.

“Y-Yes… I suppose you could,” she moaned. “And… Bonnie is so very tired now.”

“So no third tasting?” Aspect asked cheekily.

“You’re a pervert,” she chuckled and smacked his rump with a hoof.

“Nah, a pervert would suggest laying you out on the bed and mounting you,” Aspect said casually. Then he felt her lock up again and squeak. He could only assume she was blushing up a storm. “Which you’ve already said you’re not ready for, so…”

“You’re terrible,” she finally said. She paused and if it was possible, sounded even more hesitant. “Hey Aspect?”

“Yes Bonnie?” he asked her.

“I… well it’s just…” she paused and fumbled for her words. “I lo… I… I reallylikeyouawholelot!” she suddenly said in a single breath and then squeaked again.

“I like you too, Bonnie,” he said. “I think I’ve shown you that quite a bit today.”

“Multiple times,” she said and then giggled. “Maybe I should bottle it~”

“I guarantee you’ll sell out as soon as it hits the shelves,” Aspect said.

“I… actually now that went to really disturbing,” Bon Bon shuddered. “Hey Aspect?”

“Yeah Bonnie?”

“Would you… like to stay over tonight?”

“I would love to,” Aspect sighed. “But I have to get back home to see to my daughters. Dinner won’t make itself, and I seem to have worn out the best cook in Ponyville.”

“That’s what you get for being greedy,” she smirked as she rolled off of his back and onto her shaky hooves. “Whoo, that… wasn’t the best idea I have had.”

“Want me to carry you, my sweet mare?” Aspect asked her.

“I think… I can make it,” she wobbled. “Tell you what, give me a few to recover and I’ll come over to your place. You must miss my cooking oh so terribly.”

“I did say you’d ruined all other food for me, yes?” Aspect said before kissing her cheek. “I’ll head out ahead of you, make sure there’s no chaos waiting for me at home with the young ones.”

“I’m going to ask about that by the way… that is Princess Celestia and Princess Luna right? Or do you have more foals tucked away somewhere?”

“No, you got it right,” Aspect chuckled. “They’re just taking a vacation while the government restructures itself. And they figured the best place to do that would be with their old father.”

“You must be so devastated,” Bon Bon sighed dramatically as she flopped onto her bed. She didn’t care she was still wet from the shower, she needed to wash the sheets anyway.

“I’ll live,” Aspect said, before drawing close and kissing her on the cheek again. “See you in a bit.”

“Yes, in a bit…” She suddenly reached up and pulled Aspect into a hug. “Thank you,” she whispered to him. “For being such a gentlestallion.”

“I try,” he said, hugging her back and just enjoying the embrace. There was a flash and a click, as Lyra stood in the doorway with a wide smile and a camera.

“Aww, that one’s going in the photo album,” she smiled.

“At least she didn’t snap a picture earlier,” the stallion whispered to Bon Bon.

“I’ll kill her later,” Bon Bon sighed and nuzzled him. This was nice. Bon Bon could get used to this.

Luckily, Balanced Aspect came home to a clean house as Tia and Lulu were playing a boardgame in the living room. Yet, after he hugged his fillies, he noticed an odd, sticky substance that smelled very much like tree sap on his coat.

“How did this get here?” Aspect mused. “Ah well, I can always take a shower. And put you two in the bathtub.”

“Wow, how long has it been since you had to do that?” Tia chuckled.

“So. Much. Tree sap…” Lulu shuddered.

“Well, if you two do need a bath, I do have an actual bathtub in the bathroom,” the stallion said. “It’d be nice to get you clean before Bon Bon showed up.”

“Oh, inviting your future wife over?” Tia smirked. “How very bold of you father.”

“She’ll be cooking for us as well,” Aspect said. “Well, once she makes sure her friend Lyra is set for the night. So it wouldn’t hurt to make sure my daughters are looking nice before she shows up.”

“So, is she thy mate, or chef?” Lulu chuckled. “If so, we have many cute maids at the castle.”

“I’m not about to start dating the staff,” Aspect said with a roll of his eyes before he moved over to Tia and started putting her on his back. “It would just get awkward if I visited you.”

“It cannot be any worse than those three fillies we befriended being Aspects of Chaos,” Lulu sighed. Aspect himself rolled his eyes before adding Lulu to his back as well.

“Bath for you both,” he declared. “Then shower for me, and dinner for us all.”

“...Why do you smell like sugar?” Tia asked as she sniffed his coat.

“I just had some sweets while I was over there is all,” Aspect brushed it off. “Come along, bathtime.”

“Yes daddy!” the fillies chimed.

Once they were bathed and brushed, Bon Bon arrived and she had Lyra in tow.

“I’m sorry, she insisted on coming along,” Bon Bon sighed and shook her head. “If it’s a bother however…”

“No no, it’s fine, the more the merrier,” the stallion said with a wave of one wing. “Come in, come in. I’ll entertain the guests while you cook.”

“Well on the upside,” Bon Bon leaned in and kissed his cheek. “We now have a foalsitter while we snuggle.”

“What?” Lyra leaned in. “What are we talking about?”

“Lyra, meet my daughters,” Aspect said as he gathered said fillies close in a hug. “Tia and Lulu.”

“Your what?” Lyra tilted her head. “I thought the princesses were your daughters?”

“They are, but so are these two,” Bon Bon quickly stepped in. “He’s tends to adopt a lot.”

“Ahh,” Lyra nodded. “Well then, Tia, Lulu, it’s nice to meet you! I’m Lyra Heartstrings. But you can call me Lyra.”

“More like sucker,” Bon Bon snorted as she headed into the kitchen. The stallion released the fillies and wondered what they’d do to the mare…

“Ohh,” Tia smiled suddenly. “Is this your marefriend as well Daddy?”

“She’s pretty,” Lulu chimed in as Lyra blinked and blushed.

“Hardly,” Aspect said with a shake of his head. “She’s just a friend.”

“Woow, deny it harder next time,” Lyra deadpanned. “But he’s right, I’m a friend of his and best friends with Bon Bon.”

“Oohh,” the fillies said and then smirked at their father. That was the face of pure evil brewing.

“No you don’t,” he said, pointing a hoof at the fillies. “Whatever it is you’re thinking, you can stop right now.”

“We’re not plotting anything,” they echoed and Lyra giggled.

“Hehe, these are my kinda kids,” she smiled. “Shall we plot all the ways we can tease your dad and Bonnie?”

And thusly, three kindred spirits were born.

“They do enough of that on their own!” Aspect said. “They hardly need encouragement!”

The three mares just smiled sweetly at him. This… this did not bode well for the sanity of his future self.

“If you do that, I promise to take Bon Bon out on the town right now,” he threatened.

“Play nice out there!” Bon Bon shouted from the kitchen. The fillies smirked and opened their mouth.

“Yes Mommy~”

Aspect heard his marefriend squeak and the sounds of pots being dropped.

“What did she just say?” he deadpanned at the three of them.

“We are being nice,” Tia and Lulu echoed again. Lyra was too busy laughing to respond.

“And if dinner ends up late because you can’t stop teasing her, you’ll have nopony to blame but yourselves,” Aspect pointed out.

“Oh fine,” the duo pouted as Lyra finally came around. In the end, the four played a game of Battleclouds, but Aspect was fairly certain that Tia and Lulu were cheating somehow.

How else was he losing so badly at this?

“Dinner!” Bon Bon called out, saving him from a total loss by mere moments.

“Whew,” he said, wiping his forehead. “Let’s go eat, huh?”

“You lucked out this time,” Lulu said and drew her hoof across her neck. “Next time…”

“Wow… you really suck at this game huh?” Lyra prodded him. He didn’t hear either of them however.

He was now witness to Bon Bon in a white frilly apron. It was similar to something those Prench maids wore...Though she hardly needed the extra effect to look pretty to him.

And something that ranked just behind the mare wearing something pretty, the food she’d made for them smelled delicious as it sat on the table. And boy had she delivered. A veritable feast was waiting and…

He sniffed the air. There was… something in the oven.

Something… Appley.

Applejack had apparently come through on that promise to show Bon Bon how to bake an Apple Family pie.

“You two are going to be spoiled tonight,” he said to his fillies as he took his place at the table.

“This looks better that the three cakes we had for lunch,” Lulu drooled.

“Lulu!” Tia hissed and winced as she turned and looked at her father. “Ahehe… funny story?”

“I’m sure there’s a perfectly good reason behind the two of you eating three cakes,” Aspect said. “Like, how you afforded it.”

“Tia says she’ll pay you back,” Lulu offered as Bon Bon put a plate in front of her.

“Gosh darnit Lulu,” Tia groaned.

“Ah well,” Aspect said with a shrug. “I suppose that’s the price I pay for not telling you both that I was looking for a weather job in the first place. As long as it doesn’t happen again, I’m perfectly fine with this.”

“Yes father,” they both groaned as Bon Bon giggled.

“Tell you what,” Lyra said as she was given her plate. “Canterlot was absolutely crazy. I’m glad I got back as soon as I did… for multiple reasons.”

“Yes, I suppose you are,” Aspect said as he levelled a stare at her.

“Oh do lighten up,” Lyra giggled.

“So, why was Canterlot so crazy?” Tia asked and Lyra nodded.

“Okay, so get this. Apparently the princesses decided to take a little vacation and the local government is in a uproar over it. Canterlot’s mayor is arguing with some lout named Blueblood and some ponies are saying that the Princesses will never come back.”

“Oh, I’m sure they will, in a few weeks or so,” Aspect said with a smile. “Tell me, when was the last time you heard of them taking a vacation? I’m sure they have quite a lot of time saved up.”

“Well yeah, I don’t blame them,’ Lyra nodded as Bon Bon took a seat as she placed the last of the food on the table. “But a lot of Canterlot nobles are up in arms about it. Spouting crap about how irresponsible they are.”

Tia and Lulu just stared at their plates.

“And tell me,” Aspect mused. “What, in the world, are the nobles actually responsible for? Do they even know?”

“That’s a joke right?” Lyra smirked back. “Half the nobles don’t know their own plot from their bitbag. I know Fancy’s doing what he can. But several houses are being rather vocal about it. I don't know which ones though, and most of this information comes from my friend Minuette.”

“Hmm,” the stallion mused, before shooting a meaningful look at his daughters. He had a feeling they’d be paying Canterlot a visit in the near future, to smooth over the transition.

The two couldn’t look more depressed if they tried.

“We cannot do anything right it seems,” Lulu sighed.

“Huh? Why are you…” Lyra suddenly gasped as her hooves went to her mouth. “I, I mean. What do I know, Canterlot’s great, doing just fine, Ahahaha..ha….ha….”

“You can’t predict how every single pony will react,” Aspect said softly. “If you need a day or two to make sure the city’s still there, by all means, go back. I’ll still be here when you return.”

“No!” Tia said adamantly. “We’re going to have a nice dinner with our family!” She took a bite of her food and her eyes widened.

“Uh… Tia?” Lulu waved a hoof in front of the face of her frozen sister.

“Ah,” Aspect said said sagely. “She has reached true taste enlightenment.”

“Now you’re being ridiculous,” Bon Bon snorted as Lulu tried the food.

“This… is the most beautiful thing I have ever tasted!” she said in a hushed whisper.

“Now all you need to do is serve Cadence and you’ll have the approval of everypony that regularly visits,” Aspect said to Bon Bon.

“You’re all silly,” Bon Bon groaned as Lyra chuckled and tore into her meal.

“Father, we wish to ask to marry your marefriend,” Lulu said. “She completes us.”

“Mine,” he said. “Go get your own. If only so I can pull off the threatening father shtick.”

“We shall consider it,” Lulu nodded. “As soon as we find a pony that doesn’t scream ‘Nightmare Moon’ and run from Us.”

“Eh, I’ll be nicer to whichever one you pick up,” Aspect said to Lulu, before turning to Tia. “Yours, on the other hoof, I’m going to come down on like a ton of bricks.”

“Oh, care to explain why?” Tia said now that she’d found her voice again and started eating.

“Simple, whichever one Lulu actually finds will have to get past that fear for about, oh...a hundred or so years,” Aspect said. “Whereas anypony could bribe you with cake to get your attention.”

“That is not true!” Tia huffed indignantly. In her current form, it was all rather adorable.

“Ah, right, a specially shaped cake then,” Aspect said with a nod. “Cadence told me about those too.”

“WHAT!?” Tia blushed an indignant red as Lyra and Bon Bon choked on their food. Lulu just looked confused.

“Or does it need to have a saucy message written on it in frosting before you’ll consider the poor baker worthy?” the stallion mused.

“I… I...ARGH!” Tia glowed a bright white before Celestia sat at the table, glaring daggers at the pegasus.

“You teased me and Bon Bon,” he pointed out. “Fair’s fair.”

She snorted, huffed and then reverted to her filly form. “You suck.”

“Noo, Bonnie does though apparently,” Lyra mused as Celestia near spit her drink as Bon Bon just wanted to hide under the table.

“Lyra,” Aspect warned the minty mare.

“Whaaat, tell me I’m wrong,” she smirked as Bon Bon groaned and shot her a glare. Her death would be long and painful.

“That… was far more I wanted to know about my father than I wanted,” Tia shuddered.

“I have no idea what anypony is talking about!!” Lulu wailed.

“Since Tia seems to get it, she can tell you,” Aspect said with a wave of one wing as he resumed eating.

“I call not it,” Tia said and resumed eating.

“Aww,” Lulu pouted.

“This family is weird,” Bon Bon sighed.

“I know, isn’t it great?’ Lyra giggled.

“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Aspect said with a nod. Tia and Lulu smiled, while they now had some issues to deal with at home, it was the little moments like this that made it all worthwhile.

“Oh, I just remembered,” Bon Bon said. “Pinkie Pie’s birthday is coming up. I should get her something.”

“Mmm,” Aspect said. “Definitely. Hmm...what would you recommend? I should get her something as well.”

“Miss Pinkie is Our friend,” Lulu nodded. “T’would be rude not to… you know, speaking of birthdays…” She leaned closer and smiled. “I believe you have a thousand of them to catch up on hmm?”

“I have everything I ever wanted right here,” Aspect said, pulling Lulu close and giving her a kiss on her forehead.

“...We meant Us,” Lulu deadpanned.

“Of course you did,” Aspect said with a roll of his eyes. “You know what, if the pair of you go back and make sure the city doesn’t fall apart during the reorganization, I’ll consider actually trying to make it up to the pair of you when you return.”

“Tia, may we lay siege to the Noble populace of Canterlot?” Lulu begged. “You kept all my siege weaponry yes? I remember the good old days when we catapulted nobles into the moat for fun.”

“Uhh…” Tia rubbed her head sheepishly. “They may have been… dismantled?”

Lulu just blinked slowly.

“That explains why there were so many wet nobles back in the Everfree,” Aspect mused.

“Tia commented that they were a bit of a wet blanket… and I didn’t want her to be a liar now,” Lulu smirked.

“Ohmigosh!” Lyra giggled and banged the table with a hoof. “I can only imagine the looks on ponies faces if they could overhear this conversation.”

“It’s pretty funny huh?” Pinkie Pie giggled from next to Aspect.

“You’re gonna have to try harder than that,” the stallion said. “I got training from Surprise in how to expect the unexpected.”

“Okie Doki!” Pinkie giggled and dropped something off to him. “I have Gummy’s birthday coming up soon and thought I’d drop some invites off to you all early, since you’re busy ponies and all.”

She then gasped and looked at the clock. “Oh noes, I left a cake in the oven.” She ran over to Lulu and booped her horn, Lulu gasping as Pinkie teleported away.

“How… what… how did she do that!?” Lulu cried, rubbing her horn.

“You know, that explains so much and nothing at all at the same time,” Aspect said, blinking slowly. “Unicorns in Dream Valley always could wink. I suppose Surprise just used one there. Now all that remains is to figure out how.”

“Did We even teleport her safely?” Lulu gasped and closed her eyes. “...Yes, We feel her presence in Sugarcube Corner. That was… somewhat disconcerting.”

“I’ve seen worse,” Bon Bon shrugged, utterly unfazed. “Have you seen the Pinkie Sense yet?”

“Not yet,” the stallion said with a shake of his head.

“Oh good, I won’t spoil it then,” Bon Bon smirked.

“That’s mean,” Lyra giggled at her. “You’re not even gonna give him a hint?”

“Nope,” Bon smiled.

“I’ve seen and fought weird things before,” Aspect said. “I’m pretty sure she’ll have her work cut out for me if she’s trying to weird me out.”

“Breaking a promise is the fastest way to lose a friend,” Bon Bon and Lyra echoed.

“Fooooreevvverrrrrr!” Pinkie whispered from the pantry.

“Wasn’t she just-” the stallion said, turning to look in that direction. Lulu opened it with her magic but revealed just a pantry, minus one pink pony.

“...Oh, she’s good,” Aspect said with a smile.

“You have no idea,” Bon Bon sighed. She got up and pulled the apple pie from the oven. Soon it was served along with a side of vanilla ice-cream and some chilled cider. “Dessert?”

“Father… is this what true happiness smells like?” Tia asked, swallowing hard.

“This, my daughters,” Aspect said seriously, “Is the famous Apple Family pie. Applejack herself gave the recipe to Bon Bon so that I wouldn’t buy her out of it every day.”

“On the stipulation that I cannot sell it or give the recipe to anyone else,” Bon Bon said. “And… I had to give her some of my tips for making a sweeter jam in return. So I hope you enjoy this.”

“Oh, don’t worry, I think they will,” Aspect chuckled, giving a small go-ahead nod to his children.

They took a bite and if a Changeling had been in the room, it might have exploded from the love these fillies now had for this pie.

“...No words…” Tia whispered.

“Never… in my life… so good…” Lulu managed a few.

“It is pretty tasty,” Lyra agreed and smiled at Bon Bon. “Good job Bonnie.”

“Mmhmm,” Aspect said as he took a forkful and practically melted. “I have no idea how old the recipe itself actually is, but you do it wonderfully.”

“Apparently only Granny Smith knows how old the recipe is,” Bon Bon replied and took a bite, sighing wistfully. “Be darned if this isn’t good pie though.”

“If it wouldn’t cause such an uproar, I’d get them to cater the Gala,” Tia sighed. “But the nobles would likely explode.”

“All the more reason,” Lulu giggled.

“You have the option of acting through a third party,” Aspect pointed out. “Hire somepony to cater for you and suggest they try out the wares of the Apple Family. The family might get their chance.”

“We’ll look into it,” Tia nodded as they finished their dessert and got up. “Well, I suppose the fun is over sister,” she sighed and reverted to her true form. “Though, how about you stay here with father. I can handle a few nobles.”

“But sister—” Luna protested, but Celestia held up a hoof.

“But nothing. Your power has yet to return in full and the nobles will…” Celestia sighed and hung her head. “They have yet to come to terms with you returning to power. But I promise that all that nonsense is about to change. By the dawn of the third day at the latest.”

“You know,” Aspect mused. “Just because you’re the older twin, doesn’t mean you get to boss your sister around. Aren’t the pair of you supposed to rule together?” The stallion shook his head. “Even I can see that a powerful message is more powerful if the pair of you are in agreement on it.”

“You know I hate it when you’re right yes?” Celestia sighed. “Very well. Let’s go Luna.”

“Much flank shall be punished~” Luna cackled not unlike her darker half. Her horn flared as did Celestia’s and the two teleported off.

“I wonder if there will be a Canterlot once they’re done,” Bon Bon shrugged.

“If there is, it’ll look vastly different,” Aspect said with a wicked grin. “I basically suggested stripping the nobles of their power and forming a legislative branch made of actual representatives of the common pony, re-elected every two years. I predict they’ll whine like nothing else, but have no power to do anything about it.”

“Great, Bonnie’s in love with a supervillian,” Lyra sighed dramatically.

“Do I get to wear a cape?” Bon Bon asked.

“You can borrow mine,” Aspect said. “And if that’s me being a supervillian, then my goal behind doing that probably disqualifies me.”

“You’re still unleashing quite the storm of chaos on Canterlot,” Lyra mused. She got up and stretched before smiling at her best friend. “Well, see you tomorrow BonnieBuns. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do~” And with that, she ran laughing off into the night.

“I assume you do want to stay?” Aspect asked Bon Bon.

“I might,” she smiled and blushed.

“Do you want a room of your own?” he asked the mare.

“Do you?” she asked back.

“I could go for some cuddling,” he mused.

“Well, you have my answer then,” she smiled and kissed his cheek.

“Well then,” he said, getting up from the table. “Follow me to my room then.”

“So commanding,” she giggled and figured the dishes could wait until morning. “As my lord wishes.” Who knows, she might even return the shower favour~

Author's Notes:

And thus the lewdness gets started.

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