Standing in the Canterlot gardens, you realized that the castle grounds extended a lot further than you thought. Today, there was no day court, which also meant that the gates to the castle would be closed. You were finally going to be able to wander around outside! But, the furthest extent of "outside" you got was the Royal Guard training field and the courtyard of the castle... not much to look at.

You nodded sharply at various guards on your way out, keeping up the charade of formality and rank. You knew who all the guards were, at this point... but with their armor on, and their emotionless faces, it was hard to tell when they were on duty. You laughed silently to yourself, knowing that you had placed a hand on each of their buttocks at some point a few months ago, when they were in their heat.

Still, it was nice knowing that these mares were true to their duty. It was interesting, refreshing even, to find those assigned a task diligently carrying out their charge. In the human world, how high you could get on the workplace ladder was based on how well you could deflect responsibility to others. You appreciated ponies for that, even the aristocracy to a point; none of them were as unpleasant as some individuals you had met back home, except maybe Blueblood.

The garden statues were spaced quite a distance from each other, but in symmetrical pattern to match the wide, spacious grass fields of the garden. There was a hedge maze on the far side of the expanse, but you decided it was probably a better idea not to get lost and have the guards search for you. You appreciated the few fountains that dotted the garden, reminding you of a simpler time with the idyllic splashing of water.

The statues themselves were... unique, for lack of a better term. Most of the statues were of famous ponies, like Star Swirl the Bearded, or of heroes, none of which you were familiar with. Celestia had her grand golden statue in the banquet hall, while Luna had hers next to the large pond in the garden - probably for the reflection of the night sky. There was one statue, however, that caught your eye—a draconequus, as you remembered the books calling it. The Elements of Harmony had sealed him away months ago, before you arrived, and, boy, was he one ugly—

"Who goes there?!" you heard a voice shout. Looking up, you saw a pegasus guard approaching you.

"I'm just patrolling the grounds," you threw out.

"Leave that to me, sir." She emphasized the last word with vitriol. "I am perfectly capable of performing my duty without having an unnotified addition to my patrol."

Oh, Celestia, was she one of the newer guards that rotated into the shifts in recent months? Wait, when was there a new recruit? All of the guards boarded in the barracks; you'd be one of the first to know if there was a new recruit! Then again, Shining Armor didn't really tell you much anyways...

"If you do insist on patrolling, you can join me as I finish the last path," she huffed. She began to trot for a fairly secluded treeline, surrounded with untrimmed bushes. The bushes looked nice with the trees, which was why they probably weren't trimmed like every other plant in the garden. The ponies were strangely specific about their preferences like that.

The guard walked into the bushes, making a loud rustling sound with you in tow. You walked a ways into the copse, before coming across a clearing surrounded by trees, the guard standing in the center. She looked around, probably "doing her duty," as she put it, while you leaned up against a tree and waited for her to finish observing the immediate brush-enclosed area. Aqua was right: guard duty was pretty boring...

She turned to leave, and you moved to follow, but just as you did so, she charged straight into you and ended up knocking both of you down, her hooves pinning your arms to the ground. She eyed you suspiciously for a minute, giving you a death glare that would kill a pony, and you felt the air around you grow deathly cold as she drifted her face closer to yours. What was with this guard?! And who the hell was she, anyway?!

Your thoughts were cut short as the guard kissed you softly, her lips tenderly touching upon yours, eyes closed. You could see the bright red blush that spread across her face as she started to become more forceful with her kiss. You weren't sure if ponies had it in them to... sexually force themselves onto another, but this gave you more than enough reason to reconsider your initial thoughts.

The guard drew back, looking down at you, but not with the hostility she had before. She was stifling a laugh, and her restraint soon failed as she bursted into full-on guffawing, wiping a tear from her eye with a hoof. Seeing your confused expression, she moved off of you and gave you a chance to lean on your elbows.

"I can't believe you fell for that, chief!" It was Aqua. Of course.

"How in the world did you—"

"Magic, remember?" She tapped a plated hoof on her chest armor. "That's how I changed my voice, and I'm also sure that's what you were thinking." She winked at you. "I'm sorry, it's just that you told me that you couldn't tell us apart, and... I wanted to tease you a bit."

"I hope that's not all you're planning on doing," you said as you trailed a finger at the spot where her cutie mark would be, if she had her armor off. You can feel her muscles reacting to the sensation, tensing up as you drew your finger in a circle on her hind quarters.

"I-I can't, chief. Not while I'm on duty..." The blush on her face deepened.

"Aren't you almost done with your patrol? And I don't remember you being on the day shift..." You nibbled on her ear, and she rewarded you with a breath laugh.

"Ah, hah... you caught me." She tilted her head up to look at you. "I guess I can't stop with teasing now, can I?"

You responded with a kiss, this time more passionate than ever before. Knowing it was Aqua, and in her armor... having sex with her in uniform was actually a very enthralling idea. Convenient how the golden guard armor leaves a gap between plating for their tail to go through, and it was more than enough to penetrate Aqua.

"Oh, Celestia, we're actually going to do it, aren't we? This is so hot," Aqua whispered. She turned around and lifted her tail, exposing her marehood to you once again as you brought yourself around, ready to mount her. You rose to her challenging smirk, and slowly slid into her. "Ah... it feels so different like this..."

You remained silent as you savored the feeling, letting her marehood slowly absorb your dick down to the hilt. Maybe it had to do with the magic of the armor, but her muscles were... more pronounced, stronger in many ways, including the walls of her tunnel. She was tighter than you were accustomed to, but you moved a bit back and forth inside her to steel yourself and letting you acclimate to the new sensations.

"Ah! Wait, stop right there," Aqua said, just as you hit her deepest parts. "My, I think you're bigger than usual today... I guess that's because I'm a naughty guard, aren't I?" She moved her rear left and right, giving your manhood an incredible sensation as she dragged them along and then sharply pushed towards you, bumping her rear into your crotch.

As she stopped moving, you remained stock still—any further movement and you might have let it loose a bit too early for your liking. Alas, you were forced to endure as Aqua flipped herself around, putting you two face-to-face. She smiled gently at you, her magically-changed sky blue eyes gazing into your heart. It suddenly struck you how lucky you were to end up in Equestria, to meet all these ponies, and share experiences with them... and to meet Aqua Lance, your first friend and now, your girlfriend.

She wrapped her forehooves around your neck and kissed your nape deeply. You kept your eyes open as she did so, enjoying the streak of red across her muzzle as you returned her act, the brilliant white of her coat contrasting sharply with the deep crimson shades across her face.

You took off her helmet and rubbed your cheeks against her neck, enjoying the smell of her perfume. The armor was enchanted in more ways than one, and the Royal Guard had to remain presentable at all times due to their prevalence in the courts and public outings. She smelled sweet, with a hint of flowers, and you took a nip of her neck to see if the smell translated to taste, and you were right: she was sweating, but it wasn’t unpleasant. She tasted like honey.

She gave out a gasp and a moan, then leaned into your ministrations as you rubbed the palms of your hands against the base of her wings. You cradled the sensitive appendage with your hands, and rubbed up and down its length. Aqua shuddered and melted into your arms, and you enclosed her in a hug and kissed her on the forehead.

The warmth between your legs was very welcome, and Aqua slowed her movements to give you both a breather. You came close to losing control when she was going full drive, but you managed to tough it through, though the act left you boiling under the surface. However, when you looked at her face, you saw disappointment. She tucked her hooves in front of her and leaned into your shoulders, pouting.

“I came when you rubbed my wings,” she said. You brushed her mane, colored blue from the enchantments. “Why didn’t you release? I was giving one-hundred and ten percent there, and it still isn’t enough?”

“Are you kidding? We just got here maybe fifteen minutes ago, Aqua. Let’s enjoy this a bit more.” You tapped a finger on her snout, before moving your hands to her fluffy butt and giving it a squeeze.

“Well, if you say so. I just hope there aren’t actually any patrols through here,” she muttered, but unable to hold back a smile as you rubbed her flanks.

“Wait, are you saying that you didn’t check the schedule? What if—”

“You have thirty seconds to show yourselves! Keep your heads low, or we’ll slam you with magic!” The shout from beyond the foliage startled the both of you, and she scrambled for her helmet while you tried to button up your pants. Luckily, you managed to close it up just as Aqua awkwardly fitted the helmet on her head. Not even a second later, three guards emerged from the bushes, and the center guard, a unicorn, walked forward.

“So, the human is cavorting about with one of the guards, hmm?” She circled you, appraising you with a critical eye while Aqua stood at attention. You stood rigidly, making sure not to turn your head or make any movements, but you managed to peek at the insignia on the collar of the guard’s armor.

She was a lieutenant. Great.

“So, one of you mind telling me why you were both screaming loud enough to hear all the way from the entrance to the maze?” the lieutenant asked. Out of the corner of your eye, you could see one of her subordinates stuck with a scrunchy face, trying to stifle a laugh.

You didn’t know which one of the mares she was, but you frowned just enough for her to notice. The lieutenant, busy berating Aqua for her “fooling around on the job”, noticed the change in your face and whirled around to the other two guards.

“You’re both in on this, aren’t you?” She put a hoof on the scruchy-faced guard’s chestplate and pushed her away. “Fine. I want the both of you to continue on your assigned patrol paths, and if I see so much as a single hoof out of line, you two will be in kitchen duty for the next month!”

With that, the two subordinates smartly saluted and exited back out into the royal gardens, leaving the three of you alone. The lieutenant sighed, and turned back to face both you and Aqua. Your legs were starting to tingle from how straight you kept them, but you knew you couldn’t move, lest you attracted the ire of your superior.

She frowned, and sized you up before glaring at Aqua. “You two. My office. Now.”

Chairs were a strange thing in Equestria. Some ponies elected to sit on cushions, while others claimed that the backrests for chairs did wonders for their spines. The lieutenant’s office, fortunately, had the former for you to sit on. Aqua had to remain standing next to you, stripped of her armor.

The lieutenant’s office was in the opposite wing from the barracks, across the courtyard that your own room was situated above. Almost all of the officers resided in this wing, with the exception of Shining Armor, who resided with Princess Cadance in their own estate away from the castle. The Guard as a whole was divided into several units, and each of these units was led by a lieutenant… much like the one in front of you now.

It didn’t occur to you until today that you had no idea which lieutenant was in charge of your barracks, and by extension, you and Aqua. Unfortunately, you were introduced to said lieutenant in one of the worst ways possible, and now it came around to bite you in the rear.

“I hope you both realize that fornicating during the day hours is not one of your greatest ideas,” she said with a grimace. “Honestly, what in the world were you thinking? The royal gardens are a public facility! Anypony could have just walked straight in there and heard you two doing the deed!”

Both you and Aqua lowered your heads in shame, not wanting to meet the lieutenant’s gaze. “We have no excuses, ma’am,” you began. “Although, it was technically Corporal Lance’s fault.”

“I—what?” she sputtered. “Hey, you’re just as guilty of this as me!”

“Hey, I was helpless! You pinned me to the ground, and then you came on to me that hard? What was I supposed to do, toss you aside? You’re the trained guard here, not me!”

“Now listen here, mister—” Aqua looked like she was ready to pounce on your face.

“Enough!” The lieutenant slammed a hoof into her desk, sending a thud reverberating throughout the room, which was replaced with silence. She brushed back her mane and took a deep breath. “Do you two honestly think that deflecting the responsibility here is going to change anything? Both of you are at fault here, and you will be reprimanded accordingly.”

“Yes, ma’am,” you and Aqua said meekly in unison.

“Now, as for you, Corporal Lance...” The lieutenant shuffled through some schedules laying on the desk, meticulously seeking the pages with large amounts of red ink scribbled across them. “Ah, here we are. You’re in latrine duty for the next month.”

“I—yes, ma’am.” Aqua held a tight jaw, and you could see that she was none too happy about getting stuck with cleaning the toilets. Fortunately, you had renovated the bathroom a few weeks before, so it wouldn’t be too much to clean, or at least you hoped so. You didn’t know what went on in there.

“And as for you, human...” she ruffled through her papers once again, before she halted in realization that she had none on you. “I’ll consult with the Captain about your punishment. Don’t think that you’re off the hook yet.”

“Yes, ma’am,” you said, and you saw the corner of her lip tilt higher. Whether or not it was in amusement or irritation was unclear.

“Right, then. I’m sure you need to be on your way to check on the barracks, so I’ll be accompanying you.” The lieutenant got out of her chair and pointed to the Aqua’s armor sitting in the corner. “And you, Corporal Lance, will store your armor in the barracks before grabbing the cleaning supplies. The latrines better be spotless by the time I get back!”

With no further word, Aqua took her armor with her hooves and flew out of the room, leaving you alone with your superior. She took off her helmet and exhaled, rubbing the bridge of her snout with a hoof. You could see that her armor, compared to the guards you usually worked with, was more ornate and had several more plates on it for protection. Captain Shining Armor’s didn’t have as much protection when you saw him head off to the Day Court. Was it ceremonial?

“When they told me there was a strange creature holed up in Canterlot now, I didn’t exactly expect it to be a talking monkey.” Her voice, although it held an air of authority, didn’t exactly do wonders to ease the cut of her insult.

“Sorry to disappoint, ma’am,” you blurted out. Your face froze when you realized that you just sassed your commanding officer.

If she caught your jibe, she didn’t show it. “Well, you did a good enough job with the barracks. That means you’re okay in my book... or at least, you were. The Captain’s told me some good things about you, so I think I’ll run this by him first.” She placed the helmet back on her head, before patting down some of the armor plates to dislodge any stuck parts. “Well, let’s get to the barracks then. I want to see what you’ve done to spruce up the place.”

You quickly walked out behind her, and noticed one of the guards close the door to her office. The guard met eyes with you briefly, and you knew that she was one of the guards in your unit. She turned her eyes forward again, and you dashed after the lieutenant to catch up with her, as she was already walking down the steps into the courtyard.

“Sorry, I didn’t exactly get your name, ma’am,” you said between breaths. You contemplated participating in the training sessions to help get in shape.

“The name’s Lieutenant Emberspark, although you can refer to me as ‘ma’am’, or ‘Lieutenant’,” she said with pride.

“Well, if you don’t mind me asking, I noticed your office was really empty. Any reason behind that, ma’am?” You moved out of the way of an approaching guard column from a different unit, giving a lingering glance as they were occupied with their marching songs. It would be a pleasure to see if your unit trained in the same way, and you made it a note to visit them during their drills one day.

“I transferred here from Trottingham. Spent a year after introductory training leading a squad, until they moved me out. Spent five years out there before they called me in to switch places with the current unit lieutenant. Seems that she’s got family out in Trottingham, and wanted to be closer.”

You said nothing else as you reached the barracks, and Emberspark pushed the doors open with magic to find the off-duty mares of your unit enjoying some downtime. The doors swung open with enough force to send a loud thud through the room, and all the mares turned to look at the commotion.

“Officer in the hall!” a voice rang out from the back of the room as the mares clambered into position in front of their beds. A wave of hooves flew up in unison as they all saluted.

All of the free time that you had recently made you forget that you were serving in the Equestrian military, not some bed and breakfast. You knew better than to say anything, and remained by the door as Emberspark began walking slowly down the center of the room, looking at each guard as she passed them.

“So this is the rabble I’m in charge of now, hmm?” She gave every guard in the room the stink-eye. You felt bad for them; now because of you and Aqua, the entire unit was getting the hammer dropped on them. “You have duties to attend to, get to it! You want the chief to keep doing all your work for you? Celestia damn well knows that half of you have armor that needs polishing in the armory. And Sunbreeze!” The mare stopped dead cold at the mention of her name, and Emberspark torturously sauntered over to her from across the room. “I heard you accidentally knocked down one of the statues in the main hall. Is that true?”

“Uh… y-yes, ma’am,” Sunbreeze nervously said. Concern filled your thoughts, and you considered speaking to her about Emberspark later. Had they always known about the lieutenant? How did they go so long without ever mentioning to you that they had a banshee for a commanding officer?

“The staff are still busy cleaning up your mess,” she said. “I hope you won’t leave them there to put it all back together now? Those things are antiques, and worth more than what you make in an entire month. Now move it!” Sunbreeze galloped past you—though she did manage to bump her face into your hand on the way out—and shut the door quietly. Now it was only you and Emberspark in the barracks now.

She looked at you, as if daring you to say anything about what just happened before your eyes. Being a smart man, you didn’t utter a single word, instead following her when she nodded her head towards your quarters. Time for your verbal lashing.

You entered the room without Emberspark uttering a single word, letting her check the entire space from top to bottom. She looked at you several times during the whole process, eventually finding herself under your bed as she judged it for cleanliness. “So, ‘chief’, I guess you’re not half-bad at being the barracks caretaker.” She withdrew her head from underneath and glares at you. “But you’re still no Royal Guard. Can’t believe they actually went so far as to give you an honorary title. I don’t consider you a Royal Guard.”

You flinched as you heard the door slam shut behind you, along with the click of the lock. Oh, for fuck’s sake… what the hell was she onto now?

“And that’s for the best,” she said, tossing off her helmet and hastily undoing the armor, all the while picking you off the ground and tossing you into your bed. “Please forgive me, it’s been so long since I’ve had a chance to properly relieve myself.” She joined you on the bed, straddling your chest as she looked down into your eyes with desperation.

Your mouth dropped as you stared at her in shock. Emberspark was in heat.

“Why didn’t you just tell me that you were in heat?” you asked her.

“Why would I?!” she nearly shouted. “I’m the new officer, everypony here is giving me such a cold shoulder! The unit doesn’t have any respect for me. I have to be tough, because if I don’t, then they’ll just…” She swallowed hard, and you took the time to admire her palette. Her coat was bright, like the embers of a flame, but her mane was dyed a fiery red in tandem with streaks of white. It was also long and flowing, like a noble’s, but completely natural whereas the ladies of Canterlot’s high society went through tons of work to make their hair look like that. “They’ll just blow me off.”

“You have to give them more of a chance,” you said. You wrapped your arms around her back, and she shivered in response. “You know, I didn’t even know you existed until today. Just give it a chance. Try to connect with them.” You kissed the bottom of her neck, and she moaned with bliss as her body dropped flat onto yours. Your pants grew damp with her juices, and you felt yourself hardening at her enthusiasm.

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry,” she whispered into your ear. “But I heard through the grapevine that you… the mares in my unit were so happy that they finally had a way to quell their estrus without the use of medicine. And they said they had you! I mean, you’re not that bad looking—sorry for that monkey bit back there, by the way—and you’re just so… so strapping in that uniform of yours… b-but it’s not that I like how you look really hot in that. You just look really professional, like what a Guard should be.”

You chuckled. “Of course, ma’am. Er, Lieutenant.”

“Just call me Ember,” she replied, a soft whisper laden with the undertone of lust. “And as your commanding officer, ‘chief’... fuck me until I can’t see straight.” The zipper came undone and you felt her magic pull your clothes off in one smooth motion. “I… oh…” Her eyes were glued to your dick, grinding against the back of her cheeks. “Oh, Celestia… yes…”

She felt like she was on fire, and your crotch grew damp with her leaking juices. You took her by the waist, running your hands through her teats and lifted her off. You smiled at her, scooting back and sitting up against the mountain of pillows behind you—a little addition you wanted to have in case any of your mares wanted some private time with you in your room—letting her form bounce on your lap before you eased yourself into her.

“Ohhhhhh, sweet Celestia, yesssssssss,” she moaned unabashedly. You felt your dick shiver in the full length of her pussy as she took you to the hilt. Your frustration from your time with Aqua earlier began to surface, but you held it back; if anyone here was going to finish first, it would be Ember. “Oh… why didn’t I come to you sooner…?”

“I wonder,” you said, giving her a quick peck on her nose before holding her head in your hands. She looked up at you, not even aware of the contact, eyes closed as she bit her lip and gave a low, throaty moan. She began to open her eyes right as you brought her closer, and she gasped in surprise when you kissed her.

“Mmm?!” Her surprise quickly gave way to bliss, and she melted into your arms as you started to pound into her. The juices squelched naughtily as she wrapped her hooves around you and went full french with the kiss. Oh, she was good at this, and you responded by inverting your positions, taking special care to caress her ears—something that the mares really loved—as you sat her down on the pillows.

The two of you eventually broke away from the kiss, a line of spittle connecting your lips as you hovered close to her face. She looked at you nervously, your nose catching her sweet breaths as she panted, waiting for your next move. Well, if she wasn’t going to take the lead, then you were, and Celestia willing, you would obey her orders right down to the letter.

Whereas Aqua’s body was normally dry during her bouts with you, in no small part due to her pegasus nature, Ember was sweating a lot more than you thought she would. Either the estrus was really doing a number on her body, or this was normally a unicorn thing; you noticed some of the other unicorn mares in the barracks subjected to the same perspiration, yet even still, they were nowhere near as bad as Ember.

“Sorry for the, uh, sweating,” Ember said with a strained laugh. Her horn glowed for a moment and a tiny pop followed, accompanied by a small shower of orange sparks. “Yeah, it does that. My estrus is really…” She inhaled sharply and gulped. “...demanding. Y-you don’t have to do anythin—huh?!”

Her body tensed as you darted forward and took the length of her horn into your mouth, and she screamed with a passion that you hoped to only increase over the course of your lovemaking session. Her voice devolved into gibberish, a combination of her futile attempts to voice her pleasure to you, and her own moans overriding them.

The pace grew to a still as you began to tease her further, and she whinnied in protest as you begin to achingly drive into her at a maddening crawl. “N-no! Do it harder! F-faster! Please!”

You felt her clench down on you, and the signs spoke that she was close, but you weren’t done with her yet. The need to toy with her—if only just a moment longer—overrode your need to pour yourself out into her, and the thought that she was the leader of the unit, your immediate superior, only fanned the flames of wanting to make her scream her need for you.

“Together,” you managed to say, giving a playful lick of her horn. You slapped her on the flank and elicit from her a surprised gasp, only for your next thrust, the head of your length poking into her pussy, to go all-in. You groaned in unison she hugged you tightly, your hands pulling her body up and down as you began the final stretch, and the urge to cum inside her became too unbearable.

Ember screamed, and you unleashed your seed inside of her, still nipping away at her neck as she finally begins to calm down. You smiled as she began to laugh, a tired sound but with relief, and she gave her thanks with a nuzzle of her neck with all smiles. “Thank you,” she said. “Thank you, thank you, thank you…”

“It was a bit… quick,” you said. And it was, just a simple good rut to get the jitters out of the mare. The intimacy normally came afterwards, once the wanting for each other’s bodies began. “But I suppose it was great for you, hmm?”

“More than great,” she replied lazily. She looked into your eyes with a dreamy expression, still all smiles but with a smirk that spoke of a mare who knew she wanted more. “It was amazing. I’ll have you any day, handsome…”

“And I’ll have you any day, too, beautiful,” you said, and your heads bowed to each other, where her horn touched your forehead until you realized that the tip oozed with a translucent fluid, colored a faded orange much like Ember’s coat. “Uh…” You smiled at her and wiggled your eyebrows at her horn.

“Oh! I… uh…” She gave you an awkward smile and raised a hoof to try to clean it off. You preempted her with a hand grabbing her hoof and took her horn into your mouth, sucking on it like a popsicle. “Ah! I… mmm… no… s-stop…” Her magical juices tasted fiery, just like you expected from a mare named like herself, but it was also tangy and sweet. The taste was addicting, and you sucked harder on her horn to get more of the little treat for getting her off.

“Hey, chief, what are you—”

Your eyes go wide as you realized who the voice came from, and Ember seemed to have noticed, too, though she looked over with half-lidded eyes to the new guest now standing at the open door. The door that was locked, and one that the newest arrival opened with a spare key that you gave to her.

Aqua stood dumbstruck, mouth ajar as she stared at you and Ember, both naked and sweating, together in bed. And you had Ember’s horn in your mouth, tongue stuck poking out of your mouth like taking it to a frozen pole on a winter day.

“Sorry for interrupting,” Aqua said. She turned around, face empty of expression like a robot, and slowly closed the door behind her as she left. Your mind screamed at you to follow her, and you thought it was a pretty good idea.

“Ember, sweetheart, I’m going to have to end our little tryst for today,” you said. She didn’t say anything, and nodded once to give her permission. As you began to slap on your clothes again, she took to your pillows and began to doze, her eyes still completely glued to your ass even as she nodded off. You parted ways with a kiss to her cheek, and then you left to find Aqua.

The search didn’t take long. Aqua sat dejectedly at her bunk as you entered the barracks, her back towards you and helmet sitting on the nightstand next to her. You crept towards her, your reflexes on edge as you expected her to retaliate somehow; a revenge lovemaking session, you assumed, but nothing ever came. She just sat there, and you ended up sitting right next to her.

“You did it with Lieutenant Emberspark,” she noted.

“Uh… yeah.” You tried to hide the awkwardness in your voice.

“And I had to go clean the bathroom. While the two of you fucked.”

Well, the jig was up. “Yeah…” was all you managed.

“I thought…” Her voice cracked, and she allowed herself a short sob. “I don’t know…” She wiped away a stray tear with the back of her hoof. “It’s your job. It’s your job to do this for us, to keep all of us from going mad from our lust, but…” She looked at you, and your heart broke at the sight of her, looking so lost as if she beheld a stranger in her eyes. “Chief, you… I thought it was just going to be just you and me… together… and you… and her…”

“Aqua, I—” You wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close, and her wing extended to touch your shoulder. She put a hoof on your mouth and stared at you for the longest moment, a moment you didn’t dare break in fear of what she would do.

“No,” she finally said. “You’re right. I’m sorry. Princess Celestia said it was your duty to take care of all of us, and that includes Lieutenant Emberspark. I… I don’t know why I’m like this. You helped every mare in the barracks with their estrus, and I was completely fine with that, even joined in the fun, and then she comes along and I…” She gulped, nervously scratching at her throat, and shook her head. “I shouldn’t be like this.”

“You have every right to be angry,” you said. “When I did it with the other girls, it was an agreement that you all shared, and we all did it in sight of each other. With Ember… well, she was a bit forward in that regard. I should have asked you first.”

“Yeah…” She returned to staring at the tiles on the ground, only stirring when the sound of a door opening caught the attention from the both of you. Sunbreeze returned, panting with exertion as she looked at the two of you and smiled.

“Hey, there, lovebirds. Getting a little bit of fun while everyone’s gone, huh?” she said, trotting over and nuzzling you. Her nose dragged across the cloth of your shoulder, and she breathed in deep. “Ah, how I love the way you smell, chief… I think I’m getting turned on again…”

“Sunbreeze…” Aqua frowned at her. “Now is not the time.”

“Okay, okay…” Sunbreeze giggled, sauntering her way over to her own bed on the other side of the barracks, swinging her shapely flanks as she went. And what nice flanks they were, up until Aqua jarred your head back to her and then you were staring at a beautiful, beautiful mare’s face.

“Hey, pervert, over here,” she said, clearly showing her annoyance as she paused to let out a sigh and calm herself down. “So, okay, fine. I’m willing to look over the fact that you fucked the lieutenant… but only if you promise me that it’ll just be us alone tonight. And I want you to make me scream.”

You laughed, and kissed her on the cheek. “Of course, Aqua,” you purred into her ear, blowing softly on it. It twitched as you began to see the traces of a blush on her cheeks. “I’ll do anything you want.”

“Oh, you… well, we could do it in your room, but it seems you’ve already let a mare take my spot…” Though her tone was playful, the disappointment remained. You brought her into a hug, resting your chin on top of her head. “Was it nice, at least?”

A painful smile spread across your face, though with your position on Aqua’s head, she wasn’t able to see it. “I’m… not really sure what to say to that. I mean, compared to all the other mares, she’s just—”

“Was she better than me?”

“Oh, hell no. You’re still my number one mare, without a doubt. And I’m going to make you feel like a number one mare later, I promise you that.” You threw a glance over to Sunbreeze, who was patting down the sheets of her bed to make them silky smooth for inspection. “Well, Sunbreeze is here… I suppose if you’re willing, we could—”

The door opened and the room was fully occupied again. As the mares conversed with each other, you and Aqua merely greeted them with nervous smiles as they continued about their business unaware. As the mood gravitated away from the somberness, you decided to shelve the issue for now, when Aqua was on one of her off-days and you could speak to her at length about it.

“Say…” you said, and Aqua shifted around so that she sat on your lap, with your chin still mixed into her mane. She smelled of sweat and the faint odor of cleaning supplies. A pair of hooves grasped onto the arms wrapped around her. “Are you sure you want to be touching me with that?”

“What do you mean?” she asked.

“I mean… well, I’ve got feet, and my feet have shoes. Those are on the ground, but my actual feet are never actually touching the ground. My hands are no problem since I don’t walk on them, but…” You withdraw your arms and wipe them on the sides of your coat, and she looked up at you with a raised brow. “You ponies walk on your hooves. And you just came back from a dirty, dirty bathroom and touched me with them.”

“I…” She stopped, and looked at her hooves. “You know, I don’t think anyone has ever brought that up before. Like, seriously, never. I mean, it’s sort of just given how we’re used to being on all four, all the time, that we don’t even think about what we do with them. We just sort of… do it.”

You grimaced in disgust. “Well, that’s gross. I can’t believe I let you girls touch my dick without asking you to wash your hooves. You could have gotten me sick or… worse. And by worse, I mean bad things happening to my dick. And I don’t think anyone in this room wants that to happen, hmm?”

“Yeah, yeah, germs and all that. I could lay down some ground rules with the girls so that they’ll always have their hooves squeaky clean when they get their turns,” she said, hopping off the bed and batting your face with her tail. You caught a good sight of her delectable pussy, and you thought of just bending her over and doing her right there, with every eye upon you.

“I see you looking,” she said, and you looked back up to find her with a smug grin. “Don’t think I’ve forgotten about your little moment with Lieutenant Emberspark. You better be ready to work that fine flank of yours until I’m satisfied.”

You nodded and give her a smack on the butt, which got you a yelp. The other mares giggled as Aqua blushed and then glared at you. “Oh, I won’t forget,” you said.

“I sure hope so. Because I’m bringing along some other mares to have some fun with you, too.” Her grin only grew wider. You looked around to see the other mares whispering to each other with knowing smiles and they again giggled. Not at her this time, but at you. Aqua had something new in store for you.

“Why do I get the feeling that this surprise is going to be more than I can handle…?” you asked with a nervous smile. Out of the corner of your eye, you could spy a crack in your room’s doorway, and a curious bright eye peering through it. Upon noticing you looking back, the door quietly shut.

“Oh, it won’t be anything you can’t handle, not with some gratuitous application of stamina-enhancing magic…” She grabbed her helmet off the nightstand, and was fully-dressed in the time it took for you to blink. That training certainly worked its wonders, especially with those hips that swayed as she walked away from you. “Hope you aren’t planning on getting sleep tonight.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” you asked, raising your arms. You looked to the mares closest to you, only to receive sultry smiles and blown kisses. Was estrus season already rolling around again? You’d only just finished attending to them all!

“Oh, nothing. But let’s just say that your services have been noted by… more important ponies,” Aqua said. “Now, if you don’t mind, I’ve duties to attend to. See you later tonight, chief.”

It was your turn to act flustered now, and you remained fixated on the back of Aqua’s head as she left the barracks. The only solace that greeted you afterwards was Emberspark exiting your quarters when she thought no one noticed, only to find the entire room clamoring to position yet again. Her armor was in pristine condition, and her appearance gave none the wiser to the heated passion that had occurred between the both of you.

She cleared her throat. “I’ve… um, finished up the inspection of your chief’s room. Thankfully, he’s nowhere near as incompetent as the rest of you are, and he’s been…” Her voice croaked and she stopped to clear her voice. “...thorough with his arguments to let you all off easy. So I’ll let you all know, just this once: Captain Armor is having a formerly-a-surprise armor inspection this weekend. I want you all to have them in tip-top shape when he comes by, am I understood?”

“Ma’am, yes, ma’am!” came the replies.

“Good. Dismissed.” The mares let out a sigh of relief and returned to their bunks to laze about, but you noticed Scarlet drilling into you from across the room with a stink-eye—and not just you, but also Lieutenant Emberspark. It appeared that some ponies were privy to your ‘discussion’ with her, as the good lieutenant had several stupid smirks following her march, culminating with you meeting eyes with Red Rhapsody once she’d left the room.

“Oh, sweet Celestia,” Rhapsody said. In the blink of an eye, she bounded over the room’s centerpiece table and jumped onto your bed. “You fucked her, didn’t you?! I could just smell it reeling off of her as she passed by me—she was in estrus, and you gave her a good fuck!” And then you found her nuzzling your neck, taking in a deep breath of your scent. “Do me next.”

“No way, he locked eyes with me first!” shouted Scarlet, who appeared next to you and pushed Rhapsody away. “Seniority first. I’ve been here longer than you have, which means in this situation, I go first!”

“Ladies,” you interrupted. “It’s fine. I’ll be able to attend to both of you in due time, okay?” Rhapsody rolled her eyes and sighed, while Scarlet stared at you with a cold gaze, as if her own force of will would be able to sway you to her side. She could be stubborn like that. “I’m sorry, Scarlet, but Rhapsody asked first. I promise I’ll make it worth your while, okay?”

“Okay,” Scarlet said, turning away. “And because you’re our chief, I should let you know: when Aqua said that you wouldn’t get any sleep tonight and that your services have been noticed by higher ponies… well, you should take that as literally as you can.” With that, she flicked her tail in defiance at Rhapsody and walked away.

“Yay!” Rhapsody squealed. A rough hoof pushed itself onto your crotch, and you tilted your head to meet her kiss. Her tongue danced with yours, and her exuberance only left you wanting her more. By the time you broke the embrace between your lips, you were already carrying her to your quarters, passing through the doors with a tired sigh and one happy unicorn to please.

It was going to be a long day...

Author's Notes:

oh god how did this get here i am not good with clop