Chapter 50

“Alright, what if I got to watch you and Luna make out?” Dave smirked as Celestia playfully poked him with her hoof

The white alicorn blushed as she rested her head on Dave’s chest, “I should not have done that, you will never let me forget it”

Dave chuckled as he rubbed his fingers through Celestia’s mane, “It was pretty hot and it definitely gave me some ideas”

“We still have to get married first,” Celestia pouted as she nuzzled against Dave’s neck. “Listen, I know I may have acted a bit weird just now”

Dave laughed as he held up an empty can of whipped cream, “You made out with your sister before pulling this out to celebrate… not to mention that thing you did with that banana”

“Alright it was a spur of the moment thing but I am trying to be serious here,” Celestia used her magic to remove the whipped cream can from Dave’s hand as she sat up to look down at him. “We will have to tell Nox about it, we have to get married and I want to talk with Luna so we can set some ground rules”

The human sat up as he held Celestia’s hoof, “What kind of rules are these?”

Celestia bit her bottom lip as she struggled to keep eye contact with Dave, “Don’t get mad but… I don’t want you having foals with Luna”

“What?” Dave frowned, his body turning slightly so he could get a better look at the nervous princess. “Are you banning me from sleeping with her?”

“Yes, no…” Celestia sighed as she looked at Dave. “I just want to spend time with you and Nox, if you got Luna pregnant now then it would only give us a few months to be a family”

Dave returned to his comfortable seat as he allowed Celestia to rest her head on his shoulder. “I know what you mean… we didn’t exactly know what we were doing and we kinda… rushed into this whole family thing”

“All I ask is that you don’t even risk getting Luna pregnant until we are married,” Celestia closed her eyes as she listened to Dave’s gentle breathing. “Maybe in a few hundred years when Nox begins to move out, then you can try”

The human’s eyes widened as he looked at the white alicorn beside him, “A hundred years?” Dave gawped

“Give or take”

Dave sighed as he rested his head on top of Celestia’s, her flowing mane creating the perfect pillow. “You forget that I am still only seventeen… wait…” Dave counted with his fingers before he shrugged. “Ok I have been eighteen for about two weeks”

“And?” Celestia looked up at Dave. “Technically I am about…”

Dave placed his hand over Celestia’s lips as she began humming, “I don’t need to know how old you are, let’s just drop the age thing”

Celestia nuzzled in agreement as she placed a hoof over Dave’s chest. “I suppose you can spend tonight with Luna and I will see you tomorrow morning”

“It is still morning now,” Dave chuckled as he peeked over at the balcony, the sunlight streaming in through a slit in the curtains. “Should we go down for breakfast or are you full?” he teased as Celestia blushed

The white alicorn climbed out of bed and threw Dave’s shirt at him as she began to dress in her golden regalia. Dave chuckled as he began to dress as well, his hand swept through his hair to return it to its mildly shaggy state as he finished dressing and opened the bedroom door for Celestia as they walked out and into the castle corridors

Dave closed the door behind him and caught up to Celestia as she began to descend the stairs. As the human caught up, he slowly placed his arm around Celestia’s neck, stroking behind her ear so she could not help but move her head towards his fingers

The couple continued to playfully nudge each other as they walked down the corridor, eventually stopping as they reached the dining hall. Dave held open the door as he allowed Celestia to walk in, following close behind before his attention was shifted from Celestia to the dining room’s new layout

Luna had shifted her chair from the end of the table all the way up to the other end so she was seated next to Dave’s usual spot. Cadence was in a seat in the middle of the long table with a sleeping Shining Armour sprawled out opposite her

“So… what happened?” Dave asked as he sat down between Luna and Celestia

Shining groaned as he lifted his head to look at Dave, “I-I both hate… and love you right now.” He groaned before dropping his head again

Dave frowned in confusion before he remembered a similar situation happening to him. “Cadence… how long were you and Shining at it?”

The princess of love tapped her chin, “Hmm, I would say… fourteen hours”

Celestia gained a smug smirk as she winked at Dave, “We still hold the record”

“Twenty four hours straight,” Dave nodded as he gave his order to a waiting servant. “And Cadence should have done better considering her special talent in love”

Luna blushed at the conversation going on around her and she gently placed a hoof on Dave’s arm. “What are you doing tonight?”

Dave noticed Luna’s embarrassed look and decided to change the subject. “Well I could stay up and we can hang out or…”

“Can we call it a date?” Luna smiled hopefully as Dave glanced at Celestia

Finally, Dave nodded and held Luna’s hoof, gently stroking the back of it with his thumb. “Sure, anything you want honey”

Dave leaned towards the princess of the night and allowed her to reach out and exchange a quick kiss. Cadence stared at the kiss before glancing at Celestia, before looking back to Dave. “Are you and Luna a couple? As well as you and Celestia?”

“Yes, I think we have made a small…” Dave struggled to say the word, his previous experience resulting in weeks of torment and death, all reserved for him. “… Harem”

“R-really?” Cadence turned her eyes to Luna. “Are you sure about this? I don’t want to see you get hurt again”

Dave gave Cadence a deadpan stare. “Seriously? You know me well enough to know that I would never hurt Luna’s feelings”

Cadence avoided Dave’s gaze as she tried to find the right words. “Well you… have before… sort of”

“You mean the time I was rejected, and then suffered various attempts at getting back together?” Dave raised an eyebrow. “And during that time, most of my friends were being manipulated into trying to sleep with me”

“Well…” Cadence played with her mane as she smiled sweetly. “Can we call it half and half?”

Dave hummed, “I would say everyone else is at least… sixty nine percent responsible”

“NO NOT ANOTHER SIXTY-NINE!” Shining yelled as if her had just woken from a nightmare. His eyes slowly moved to look at the shocked princesses and a laughing Dave, his head against the table as he pounded it with his fist

“How did I know something like that would happen?” Dave continued to chuckle as he wiped a tear from his eye

Shining Armour grumbled and hugged a large mug of coffee that a servant passed to him, “I really don’t feel up to work today”

Cadence instantly gained a guilty face, “I’m sorry about my… eagerness, but can’t you just take today off and let somepony else take over for today?”

“I would have asked Strong Shield but he was sacked,” The captain of the guard almost glared, his tiredness was very obvious as he yawned

The princess of love stood up as she walked to the door, “I’m sure that the guards still respect him enough to do what he says”

“They are all terrified of him… well,” Shining took a swig of his coffee as he snorted. “Not the latest recruits I was supposed to train today”

“Well he loved doing that so he can do it today,” Cadence’s smile as everypony rose their eyebrows at her, even the servants bringing in food. “What?”

Celestia tapped her hooves together, “Strong Shield isn’t the loving type, and the only passion I have seen from him was when he adopted Dave”

Dave kept quiet as Strong Shield’s past life was brought into question. He merely nodded or shrugged to agree or disagree. The pink alicorn finally decided to leave but was delayed as Nox walked through the door, Applebloom close beside him

Shining Armour drank most of his coffee before sliding out of his chair and pursuing Cadence, “I’m just gonna make sure she doesn’t do anything foolish”

“Hey son, how are you?” Dave smiled as the grey colt sat opposite him, Applebloom taking a seat next to her special somepony. His smile lessened as Nox and Applebloom sighed sadly, “What’s up?”

Applebloom tapped her hooves together, “Mah family was starting ta wonder when I would be going back”

“I found some guards that said they would take her back home after we had breakfast,” Nox sighed. “But we can go to Ponyville again soon right?”

Dave nodded as Celestia looked between her fiancé and her son. “I think our son has grown up to be quite polite and independent… almost like his father,” Celestia joked as everypony laughed except Dave

“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Dave mumbled as he held back a smirk. “But you do seem to be quite helpless when I scratch that spot on your rear, the spot just above your…”

Celestia blushed as she placed her hoof over Dave’s sly grin. Her white face had turned almost completely red. “Not outside the bedroom,” She whispered as her eyes darted to the other ponies in the room

Luna leaned forwards to join in on the conversation, “Where is this spot? I would like to know for… reasons”