Anon waltzed through the club with a swagger in his step, and a drink in his prosthetic arm. Said contraption resembled his other arm quite closely, although there were a few notable areas where mechanical engineering peeked through. Several mana crystals cast a dull green light as they powered the circuits that allowed him to move his joints and feel. He could even sense the condensation on the cold glass against his fingers and palm as he approached the table at the end of the room.

At the table, sat Javelin, a noticeably pregnant Raven, Dusk, Echo, two familiar unicorns, and one pegasus. The pegasus bore a coat of light green with a forest green mane and tail. Her cutie mark consisted of four small hearts all connected by a ring. At Anon's arrival, she smiled up at him, prompting the rest of the group to greet him as well.

"There you are. Did you get lost?" Javelin snarked.

"Har har. No, I did not get lost, the line was just long." Anon playfully rolled his eyes, taking his seat between the two unicorns.

"It's okay, Nonny. We didn't get too drunk while you were gone." Luna said, disguised as Nightshade.

"It's been so long since I've done this. I don't know what my tolerances are." Celestia giggled, disguised as Sunshine and clearly slightly buzzed already.

Anon chuckled, "Chryssi, I told you to keep her from drinking too much before I got back. There's like... six empty shot glasses here." He chastised, playfully.

Chrysalis, disguised as her pegasus pony persona, held a hoof against her chest in mock offense, "Why, the nerve! You try to keep two alicorns from getting drunk on their one night off from work in six months."

"That's... a fair point. I'm just glad Cadence was willing to babysit Dawn and Artemis for the night," Anon sighed, "Otherwise this wouldn't even be happening right now."

"Here, here" Dusk replied, holding up his drink.

Anon gladly clinked his drink against Dusk's, followed immediately by Echo, Javelin, Celestia, Luna, and Chrysalis. They all threw their drinks back, before slamming the empty glasses on the table, save for Anon, who had a full glass of beer instead of a shot glass.

"Honestly, it's awesome that everypony was able to come out for a few drinks. It's been a long week." Javelin offered, with a smile.

"You're telling me. My hooves have been killing me all week." Raven whined, leaning against Javelin for support.

"I seem to recall a certain someone saying that she didn't want foals until she was older and ready to take time away from work." Anon teased, pointing his index finger at Raven while holding his beer in his hand.

Raven blushed, "W-well... the thought was always there but I didn't want to rush anything... plus everypony pressuring me to have a foal or two when I wasn't ready yet..." She trailed off.

Javelin laughed, "She came home one night after... I think three months of watching you guys with your foals and she demanded that we have one of our own."

The explanation prompted a chorus of laughter from the table, much to the secretary mare's embarrassment. The group laughed while a waiter came by their table, taking their empty glasses in his magical aura and replacing them with fresh glasses. With a smile at the clearly happy customers, the waiter walked away, leaving a blushing Raven to pout adorably as the rest of the table's laughter finally died down.

"Well what was I supposed to do! Little Artemis and Dawn are just so adorable! I caught foal fever..." Raven admitted, sighing heavily.

"Aww, we're just teasing you, Rayray." Anon smiled, reaching over and tussling her mane.

Raven bit at his hand, but Anon managed to pull it away before she could get him.

"Careful now. He already lost one arm. No need to take fingers from the other one." Javelin chuckled.

"I feel like the princesses would intervene before she could take a finger off." Echo offered, smirking at the unicorn.

"I wouldn't be so sure. Those drinks are hitting Celly pretty hard." Chrysalis pointed out, looking at the solar alicorn's clear state of inebriation.

Celestia's head bobbed back and forth as she swayed side to side, clearly enjoying the beat of the music playing nearby. It was clear that she either didn't notice, or didn't care about what was being said about her, as she closed her eyes and enjoyed the feeling of the alcohol in her veins.

"Sister, I remember a time when you berated me for getting drunk in a club much like you are now. What do you have to say for yourself?" Luna teased, bumping her sister with her wither.

Celestia opened one eye to glance over at her sister, her bobbing pausing for just a few seconds, "... Do as I say, not as I do." She replied, before resuming her drunken bobbing.

Anon chuckled at the exchange, before sipping more of his beer, "Eh, now that I'm here, we can get properly drunk. I gotta say though, it's wild seeing you two as Sunshine and Nightshade again after all this time." He admitted.

"I agree. When you told me what happened, I had to see for myself, but now... I mean, they look almost the exact same. Barring the wings and flowing manes and tails, of course, they look just a bit shorter. I don't know how you didn't see through it sooner." Chrysalis shrugged.

Anon snorted, "Well I didn't exactly want to call them out in case I was wrong. You know how awkward that would be? That's the kind of shot you don't take unless you're one hundred percent sure." He reasoned.

"It's not as if we have dozens of alter ego's we can just shift into on a whim, Chryssi," Luna playfully rolled her eyes, "Besides, it still works as a disguise for the rest of Canterlot and that's all that matters for the night." She replied.

"Thank Faust for that. Could you imagine if everypony in here recognized you two? There'd be a line of ponies out the door, ready to take pictures and gossip." Raven shivered with disgust.

The group shared a similar sentiment before downing their drinks once more.

"It's a good thing too. Cause' if any ponies recognized you two, they'd probably piece together Chryssi's disguise in a matter of minutes." Anon added, finishing his beer.

One more, the waiter was quick on his hooves and replaced all of their drinks with fresh glasses. A small chorus of 'thank you's' ran through the group, before the waiter disappeared once more.

"For real. As is stands right now, ponies just think you're out on the town with your buddies." Javelin replied, nodding approvingly.

Chrysalis sighed, "I almost miss the days when ponies were too scared to approach me. Now I can't go anywhere without being hounded with herd proposals and autographs." She sagged into her chair, looking up to the ceiling.

"When are you guys planning on going public with your relationship? That would at least take care of the ponies wanting to get a chance at Chrysalis." Dusk offered.

Luna shook her head, "We've been planning on telling Canterlot for months now, but we wanted to wait until the dust had fully settled from Tirek's attack. Rebuilding the castle, dealing with all the damage caused all over Equestria, and helping ponies with their trauma from the attack has taken precedence. Not to mention the public outcry over Discord's betrayal and punishment." She explained.

"Pony's are still pretty divided about Discord, huh?" Echo wondered aloud.

"Some think he deserved much worse. Others think his punishment is too harsh." Dusk acknowledged.

"I still think he got off light." Javelin muttered.

"A century in Tartarus, only to be freed if we have need of him, is hardly a light punishment... That said, if he hadn't saved Anon's life, he would simply not be alive at all, anymore." Luna replied.

"How are we keeping him from Tirek so they can't... you know?" Anon asked.

"They're in separate sections of Tartarus, nowhere near each other. Also Cerberus is there providing constant guard so I don't expect either of them to interact any time soon." Luna replied.

"I feel torn... on one hand, I was ready to kill him myself after he betrayed us... but I still feel kinda bad for him in a way." Anon admitted, rolling his tongue in his mouth.

"He is regularly being visited by Fluttershy, if that provides any comfort." Celestia offered.

Anon shrugged, "I guess. Just hope he learned which side he should be on from all this."

Luna nodded, "Agreed. All of this to say, he has received a punishment we felt he deserved. If he had not betrayed us, none of the suffering would have happened in the first place."

Raven nodded in agreement, "That's also why you haven't gone public with your relationship with Chrysalis yet, isn't it? You don't want to make a big spectacle of your relationship when there's still suffering all over the nation." She explained.

Luna nodded solemnly.

"Still a lot of nightmares?" Raven asked.

"Not quite as many as I expected, thankfully. I believe we have a certain group of changelings to thank for that." Luna smiled, looking over to Chrysalis.

"Turns out that changeling therapists offering comfort and companionship to ponies after a massively traumatic event works very well for all parties involved." Chrysalis chuckled.

"You guys have a clinic open in like, five different cities now, right?" Anon inquired, looking over Luna to Chrysalis.

"Thorax informed me of six practices now open between here and Manehattan. While it started here in Canterlot, Manehattan is where the most ponies suffered. It's home to two of the clinics, just by itself." Chrysalis explained, a happy smile on her face.

"That's good. I'm glad they're having success over there." Anon replied.

"Agreed." Chrysalis smiled.

The conversation faded among them for a while, as the alcohol in front of them soon took precedence. The hours passed like a happy blur, and before long, they were all in various stages of inebriation. Celestia and Luna were both giggling like schoolfillies as they struggled to sit upright, while Chrysalis continued to pepper both them and Anon with kisses, much to all of their approval. Dusk and Echo were similarly drunk, although they had migrated over to the dance floor within the first hour. While Javelin was clearly intoxicated, he paled in comparison to Anon, who was on his fifteenth beer.

"I-I'm telling you! You guys just break into song s-sometimes... i-is weird and I'm like... the only one who notices." Anon slurred, clearly struggling with his words.

"Nonny, y-you're drunk!" Celestia giggled.

"I-indubit...indubut.... in...in... indubitabaley... in-dubitably!" Luna exclaimed, thrusting her hoof toward the ceiling as if she'd made some amazing discovery.

"Anon, I don't think ponies breaking into song would go unnoticed by literally every pony you've ever asked about it, don't you think?" Chrysalis asked, pausing in her kissing attack on Celestia.

"No... d-don't stahp." Celestia snickered, before pulling Chrysalis into a deep kiss.

"D-dude, you sound crazy... you're crazy." Javelin teased, leaning completely on Raven for support as she stroked her hoof through his mane.

"I-I'm telling you! At this point... I think there's just... m-magic in the air... making it im-possible for anyone to... to sing like shit." Anon protested, weakly flailing his arms about as he tried to make his point.

"Oh yeah?" Then prove it. Let's hear you sing." Chrysalis challenged, a predatory smirk on her muzzle as she managed to pry herself away from Celestia for a moment.

"Alright, fine! I will!" Anon declared, pushing himself out of his seat.

He almost immediately fell on his face, only to be saved from certain face-planting by Chrysalis's magic catching him at the last second. She helped him back onto his feet, before releasing her hold on him and making her horn disappear with a small burst of green flames atop her head.

"Maybe y-you shouldn't... you can't even... even walk." Luna snickered.

Anon defiantly placed his hands on his hips, "I will do what I said I will!" He replied, before falling forward once more.

This time it was Raven who caught him before he could slam his face into the table. Once he was standing upright again, the table shared a hearty chuckle.

"Alright, Nonny... I-I think we have to... to cut you off... for the night." Celestia said, struggling to contain her mirth.

"I just need... help... walking... to the stage." Anon replied, pointing to the karaoke stage next to the dance floor.

There was a live band at the stage, accompanied by a DJ to ensure that any song could be played, should they need to, for any soul brave enough to step onstage. They seemed bored as they sat around their respective instruments, as no ponies had come up to sing for the night so far. The DJ was the only pony to have any work to do whatsoever, as he swapped different tracks for the dancing crowd before them.

"Dusk! Echo! Your prince needs you!" Anon called, looking to the crowd of dancing figures.

Despite the loud music and voices of dozens of ponies, both Dusk and Echo heard Anon's call and managed to stumble their way through the crowd until they arrived at the table.

"I need you guys... to help me walk... to the stage." Anon instructed, pointing to the band.

Dusk and Echo both gave sloppy, drunk salutes, before bracing themselves against either side of the human and guiding him forward. As the table watched them leave, a series of concerned glances ran through the ponies and disguised changeling.

"Uh... maybe we should stop him before he embarrasses himself." Chrysalis suggested.

"I am... inclined to agree." Luna concurred, watching Anon stumble over his guards to the stage.

"Hold on... let him cook." Javelin stated, watching Anon with interest.

"What's he cooking?" Celestia questioned, tilting her head so far to the side that she fell over in the booth.

"I'm pretty sure it's an expression." Chrysalis replied.

"Hushsshshhshs," Luna shushed the ponies around her, "He's about to start." She mumbled.

Anon soon arrived at the stage, finding the ponies there already giving him mixed looks of confusion.

"Mumsic." Anon mumbled, reaching out for the microphone.

"Uh... are you asking to do some karaoke, Prince Anon?" One of the ponies asked.

Anon nodded, "J-jus... follow my... my lead. Any of... of you heard of Journey?" He asked, swaying back and forth.

The ponies shared a confused look before shrugging and picking up their instruments.

"Doesn't really ring a bell, but we'll go off of you, your Highness." The first pony replied, plugging in his electric guitar.

Some stereoscopic noise rang out from the speakers, grabbing the attention of several ponies dancing on the dance floor. One of the band ponies quickly whispered to the DJ, prompting him to bring the track playing to a sudden halt. The dancing ponies paused in their movements, the rest of their attention swiftly being pulled to the stage. A crowd swiftly gathered before the swaying prince as he struggled to not fall over onto either Echo or Dusk.

The task of keeping Anon upright proved to be quite a challenge for them, as they were both heavily intoxicated, themselves. Luckily, their task was relatively short lived, as Anon managed to support himself on the mic stand, taking much of the burden off of their withers.

Once he was at the microphone, in the deathly silent club, Anon surveyed the crowd. Due to his inebriation, there appeared to be at least twice as many ponies as there actually were, but if the sight affected his confidence at all, he didn't show it. His gaze slowly managed to meander over to his wives and girlfriend, as they all watched him with concern on their drunken faces. Giving one last drunken smile to his family, he turned to the band and gave them a thumbs up.

The stereoscopic sound of the electric guitar continued to fill the air for a few moments as Anon slowly held up a fist. He extended three fingers, before slowly putting them down one at a time. On the last digit, both the guitarist and he, began.

As the last of the instruments faded out, the club fell into complete silence once more. Anon stumbled slightly as he looked over the crowd, his vision still struggling to comprehend how many ponies he was looking at. The number seemed to have only grown in the brief amount of time the song took him.

The silence continued for nearly ten seconds, before the crowd erupted into roaring cheers and stomping applause.

"That was amazing!"

"Our prince can sing too!?"

"I need him inside me, now!"

The reaction was so sudden and jarring that Anon jumped, losing his balance and falling over on top of Dusk. After a brief amount of struggle, Anon managed to get back to his feet with Echo's help, before helping Dusk back to his hooves as well. He attempted to take a bow before the ecstatic crowd, but he only managed to fall face first into the stage. He was once again helped to his feet by Dusk and Echo, before the thestrals managed to escort him off stage and back over toward the booth the rest of their group was sitting at.

Anon drunkenly waved to a few of the ponies behind him as he struggled to get into the booth. After a brief struggle, made much easier due to the two thestrals helping him sit down, Anon managed to sit next to Celestia with a sigh. He looked down at his drink, finding that he still had half a glass of beer left and promptly polished it off. As he set the glass back down on the table with another explosive sigh of satisfaction, he finally became aware of the fact that the rest of the booth was dead silent.

Anon slowly gazed over to the rest of the ponies at the table, finding them all giving him looks of utter shock and disbelief. Eventually, he raised an eyebrow and gave them all a confused glance.

"What?" He asked, still swaying a bit in his seat.

The sudden question managed to snap the rest of the group out of their shock, and Anon was summarily bombarded with questions and praise.

"Holy Buck, dude! That was amazing!" Javelin exclaimed.

"I can't believe you actually can sing that well." Raven shook her head.

"H-honey why didn't... didn't you tell us you could sing like that before?" Celestia questioned.

"You didn't even practice that! How did you pull that off?" Chrysalis pressed, her eyes wide in amazement.

"Nonny, you're just full of surprises, even now." Luna added.

"Gotta admit, I was expecting to be cringing my way off stage." Echo chuckled.

"That was actually a really impressive display." Dusk chimed in, nodding in approval.

Anon took all the praise and questions in for a few moments before his shoulders slouched and he gave them all a deadpan stare.

"Are you... are you guys kidding me? I t-told you that you do that all the time! There's magic in the air or summin, I swear! You literally can't sing bad here. I don't even know how those dudes knew what... knew what song to play." He exasperatedly explained, much to the rest of the groups confusion.

"Honey, what are you... talking about? We don't... we don't sing like that all the time." Celestia replied.

"Yeah, you... you keep saying that but I've... I've never seen it before." Javelin defended.

"Honey all you've done... is prove that you have... a magical singing voice." Luna slurred.

Anon held his head with his hands as he groaned in frustration, "I swear to God... you... you're all just gaslighting me." He accused.

"I'm afraid I don't really know what that means." Chrysalis responded.

"Me either. Gas-lighting?" Raven quirked an eyebrow.

Anon groaned, "You know what, forget it. At this point I just know... I just know this world is playing a prank on me."

"Oh, Honey... would it make you feel better if we took you back to the castle? It is nearly... three-ish in the morning and I think you had a bit... bit much to drink." Celestia offered, comfortingly.

"I am not a baby! I am just drunk." Anon proudly declared, puffing his chest out.

Celestia chuckled before leaning into his ear, "Alright, then let me... rephrase that, Honey... watching that turned me on so much that I need you... I need you bad." She whispered, before nipping at his ear.

Anon's face quickly turned tomato red as he looked over to his wives. Celestia looked like a hungry wolf, ready to pounce on him at any moment, while Luna was already biting her lip and bringing her hoof down to her belly. Chrysalis, being the ever-aware changeling that she was, quickly picked up on the salacious turn the night was surely taking, and licked her lips.

"Anon, Babe, I really think we should get you home. You seem a bit... flushed." Chrysalis purred, her gaze turning hungry just as quickly.

Javelin, having quickly noticed the change in the air amidst the royal family, turned to Raven, "Yeah, we should probably get home too... before they just start bucking right here and now." He snickered.

Raven blushed at the crass words, but one look at the disguised alicorns and changeling Queen told her that whether he meant it or not, Javelin was absolutely right.

"Alright, well... we'll get out of your manes for the night then. You all have a good rest of your night." Raven awkwardly smiled, before getting out of her seat.

"You guys have a fun night!" Javelin called as he followed Raven out of the booth, ensuring to help her to her hooves.

"Have a good night, you two!" Chrysalis cheerily called after them as the two unicorns exited the premises.

With only Dusk and Echo still standing awkwardly next to the quartet, Anon turned in his chair and pulled both thestrals in close.

"Alright boys. I'm about to go live out every man's dream from my homeworld. Wish me luck." He declared, before getting out of his seat.

"Good luck, sir!" Echo cheerily replied, slapping a hoof to his forehead in a drunken salute.

"Just try not to make too much noise. Top and Kiowa are on duty again and they've got hearing just as good as ours." Dusk chuckled.

"Dusk, buddy, I'ma be real with you right now. I don't think I can control the volume with which certain... activities happen tonight." Anon replied, scooching out of the way as Celestia, Luna, and Chrysalis exited the booth.

"I think I'd like to hear your singing voice again, Nonny..." Luna purred.

Before he could utter a reply, Anon felt three magical auras wrap around his collar, dragging him away from the table as the three mares behind him giggled to each other.

"Gentlemen, it's been an honor and a privilege. If I don't survive the night, tell my kids I died doing what I loved." Anon stoically announced, fully accepting his situation.

Dusk and Echo both saluted as Anon was quickly dragged out of the club. Once he was gone, they both shared a glance. They made their way back to the table, both letting out sighs as they took their seats.

"Welp... another night with just the booze for company." Echo huffed.

"Yep... oh well. Maybe one day." Dusk shrugged.

A few moments later, a group of four attractive mares arrived at their table, "Excuse me... are these seats taken?" The leader, a red unicorn mare asked, batting her eyelashes at them.

Dusk and Echo owlishly stared at her for a moment before sharing a quick look.

"As a matter of fact... they aren't." Dusk grinned, scooting over enough to let the mares in.

"I think we need to open a separate tab though-" Echo began, before a massive sack of bits flashed into existence and fell onto their table.

"Or... we can get drunk as buck and get lucky tonight?" Echo finished.

Dusk smirked, "Now you're talking."

Woohoo! The running joke continues! Hope you guys liked this one. I tried to get everything tied up in a neat little bow and all pretty but I may have missed something or forgotten some detail that I should have remembered. Regardless, I hope you all enjoyed and stay tuned! There is one more chapter. One more... lewd chapter, to come.

You didn't think I would write a whole story about the redemption of bug horse queen and not have her get plowed silly, did you?