As soon as Midnight had administered his sons quick and harsh punishment, he set the young colt free from his magical grasp, to which the colt quickly bolted out of the room, still crying the whole way. The dark Alicorn sighed, regretting his decision in actually whipping is son for the very first time since he was born. But even then, if the colt didn't understand how things worked, and he could receive harsh punishments for his actions, he would continue to do those things. It was a necessary evil that had to be done, even though the Alicorn didn't want to do it.

Within a matter of seconds however, the Alicorn was making his way out of the room only to be greeted by a very upset, and rather angry looking Celestia at the door. Midnight gave a sigh as he noticed that his son was hiding on her back and giving him a glare that could kill. Knowing what was coming next, he backed up a few paces so his wife and son could come into the room and close the door.

"Midnight... I am very upset at this moment upon hearing what our son has just told me. However, I am not beyond forgiveness as long as you tell me the reason behind your actions just a moment ago." She began, glaring death toward her husband.

"What did he tell you first off? Because if he lied, or embellished the truth to make it sound worse, then he is going to get another spanking very shortly." Midnight growled as he watched his sons eyes go to pinpoints as he looked back and forth from his mother to his father, expecting her to protect him from another quick swat to his flank.

"Star, would you please repeat what you told me word for word please. Or, if what you told me was not the truth, then you will have this chance, and only this chance to redeem yourself by telling the truth." Celestia stated in a motherly tone toward the young colt upon her back.

Starlight gave a small gulp, trying to swallow his fear and pride as he thought over what he had said, and what he knew to be true. Taking a chance though, he asked.

"You won't let him hurt me again, will you momma?" He whimpered slightly, trying to give the biggest set of puppy eyes he could muster.

"If you lie to me, then it is not different than lieing to your father. Although my punishments are not as harsh." She pause to glare at her husband. "The will still be something that you wouldn't like."

At that, Star furrowed his brow, scrunching up his face and puffing out his cheeks, knowing that he was defeated. Giving a loud sigh and relaxing, he lowered his head as he spoke.

"He.... spanked me because of what I said, and now that I look back on that, I understand why he did it. I'm sorry father, it won't happen again." He pouted.

Midnight gave a soft smile as he trotted over to the sun Goddess and his son, giving both a loving nuzzle. Pulling back from them he paused, still seeing the glare that his wife was giving him.

"Star, go to your room while your mother and I talk." Midnight began only to pause as his son gave him a deadpanned expression.

"Then I suggest you leave, because I'm already in my room." He droned.

Midnight, being the quick being he is, looked around before giving a chuckle. "Well then, Tia, Shall we?" He asked as he nodded to the door. Celestia cocking a brow as she removed the colt from her back, then heading out of the room, closely followed by the dark Alicorn.

Shutting the door behind him, he continued following the sun Goddess down the corridor and into their room, pausing quickly as he heard the door latch shut behind him as the soft hum of magic could be heard coming from his wife.

"Before you start to berate me, or anything else hun, I want you to know that our son did provoke my actions. I will not let him grow up to be a spoiled brat. He will conform to both our standards, even if it means I have to administer a whipping or spanking every so often when he does something wrong." Midnight stated in a gruff tone, knowing his wife was about to bring down the gaveling on him.

"Midnight, as much as I dislike the idea of you having just spanked our son for the first time since he was born, I will not condemn your actions. I must admit, Star has disobeyed my direct orders many times before. However, each time I would ground him and prevent him from doing anything for a short time. This, however, was hard to do because of my royal duties. I would always send in one of the maids to make sure that he would continue his punishment without faltering once. But the ones I sent to watch him would never be able to control him, as he would always go against what I had administered as punishment. Hearing that you struck our child not only angered me, but made me pause to think on those actions. Seeing the fear and hurt in our childs eyes angered me, but after a few moments, made me realize why you did it."

"His reaction was completely new. Although he ran to me, expecting me to take up for him. He knew that this punishment was meant to drive in the fact that he did something wrong, and therefore, would remain as a strong reminder of what not to do or say in the future." Celestia gave a saddened smile as she spoke, seeing her husband giving her a questioning gaze as she went on.

"However, there is one thing I do not approve of, and that is the power in which you put behind the punishment. So, I want you to show me exactly how hard you struck Starlight." She paused seeing her husbands eyes go a little wide.

"W-what? So, y-you want me to.... spank you?" He asked in surprise, only to gulp as she turned her flank around to him.

"What? You're against the idea? Or are you afraid that I would retaliate if I thought you struck Star too hard?" She smirked slightly seeing his apprehension. "Now then, do it." She spoke sharply causing him to nod.

As his horn gained in luminosity, the sun Goddess felt a sharp smack against her flank, surprising her and making her jump forward a little, giving a small buck to add to her surprise. After coming to a stop, she turned giving a slight frown as she looked at her flank, which was now turning a soft pink. That was, of course, until Midnight cocked a brow at her peculiar expression.

"Are you.... blushing?!" Midnight asked in surprise, only to answer his own question as he watched the Goddess lay her ears back in slight shame.

"I-I'm..... sorry. I forgot how long it has been since I was administered any such type of strike against my being. It was.... a little exhilarating." She tittered nervously only to pause and give a yelp as another quick hit landed across her flank. She turned back to Midnight with a full on blush, seeing his playful grin growing wider.

"So the Goddess of the sun likes to be punished eh?" He chuckled. "Well then, let's see what kind of punishments I can administer today." He chuckled seeing her ears perk up even though her whole body was slowly turning red.

After several hours of punishing the Goddess, the dark Alicorn had left the castle in order to make it to Ponyville for the evening. He would be spending the night with Rarity today, and was expecting her to be a little upset about what he had threatened to do to her sister. Knowing the white unicorn all too well, he would expect a harsh welcoming, and possibly a night on the couch if he was lucky. But, being Rarity, she had a tendency of throwing things at him when she was upset with something he had done. More than likely, he would have to dodge the sofa this time around. Maybe a few thousand needles as well.

As the dark Alicorn landed in front of Raritys home and workplace, he could already feel how cold the air was around the small building as he got closer. Giving a loud sigh and lowering his head a little, he trotted through the front door of the shop only to hear the bell above the door single his entry.

"Coooommiiiiiiing!" Came the cheerful sing song voice of the seamstress, only for her smile to turn sour upon seeing the Alicorn.

"Oh, it's you." She growled. "What do you want? I would figure that after threatening my sister, you wouldn't dare show your face in my home for at least a week." She spat, turning around and trotting back into the kitchen.

The Alicorn sighed again, trotting slowly behind her as he spoke. "I only did that so that she and Applebloom would understand how badly they screwed up." He paused as he made it into the kitchen to see Sweetie sitting quietly at the table, her ears laid back as she looked down toward the table.

"And how bad exactly did she screw up? I mean, was it so much so that you must threaten her with a beating in order to prevent it from happening again?" Rarity growled, hugging her sister lovingly.

"Yes, she screwed up that bad, I'm sure she told you what happened. Didn't she?" He asked, cocking a brow toward the young mare, only for her to wince slightly.

"She gave me the jest of it yes."

"Then I want you to think of this. Imagine yourself with our foal already born and several years old. Then have someone you love dearly and trust unconditionally, put that very foal in danger to the point of it almost losing its life for a stupid reason. Wouldn't you do the same? If not, worse?" He asked.

Rarity sat there for a moment as she mulled over the information. Humming softly she gave a nod as she spoke. "I do believe that I would do the same, yes. But Sweetie is still so young...." She paused as Sweetie interrupted.

"I'm 16 sis, geez." She groaned, stopping as Midnight gave a growl.

"Which means you're a young adult now, and shouldn't be doing stupid things like going into the Everfree forest when you know that alone could cause you to perish. So, I stand by what I said, and I will administer said punishments if you do something like that again." He snapped back.

"Rarity won't let you!" Sweetie snapped back to the Alicorn, only to pause at the look of anger that was slowly spreading across his face.

"I would watch my tongue if I were you Sweetie. I've already whipped Starlight today, I don't want to add another pony to that list." He growled, pausing as Rarity moved to in between the two.

"Stop it you two, this will only lead to somepony getting hurt." Rarity shouted as she looked pleadingly at her sister.

"Very well..." Midnight snorted as he turned, heading toward the stairs.

"I doubt he would do it sis, I bet he was lieing about hitting Star too." Sweetie spoke softly to her sister only to give a shriek as she was pulled into the air and away from her sister, toward Midnight.

"Of all the crap I've had to endure for my entire stay on this God forsaken planet, there is always that one little thing I have ignored for so long. That one little thing would be every single ponies disbelief that they are beyond punishment for doing something stupid. Sure the evil ones I've met know that there is a risk of punishment, but Celestia has always sought for imprisonment or a stern talking too!" He shouted right into Sweeties face.

"Put her down this instant!" Rarity shouted as her horn lit up, attempting to pull her sister from his magical grasp.

"NO! If the only way to get things through all of your heads is to beat it into them! Then so be it!" He growled as several sharp snaps echoed through the boutique, followed by several cries of pain from the young mare before she was dumped onto the floor. Rarity quickly coming over to her crying sister as she scrambled toward her. Rarity began to shout toward the Alicorn only to pause as she watched him head out the door.

"Where do you think your going?! Get back here and apologize!" She shouted.

Midnight paused in the doorway as his mane and tail grew a darker red. A soft purple mist floating up from his eyes as he slowly turned his head around to meet her gaze as he spoke.

"Do you need one as well?" He growled seeing her recoil in fear. "No? Then shut your trap! I'm going out for a while to cool off." He snapped as he turned and vanished in a flash of light.

Author's Notes:

Things will be getting darker from this point forward. You guys will thank me when it's over though.