Seeing the landscape far below from a bird’s-eye-view definitely took a lot of getting used to. Of course, this was something that Twilight Sparkle had never expected to get used to. Aside from the occasional aerial flight with the hot air balloon; it was something else to actually be flying above the landscape. Even now, months after becoming an alicorn and learning to fly, she still had much to learn and see.

‘Well yes, it’s obvious! I’ve only ever been walking. Pegasi who flew their whole lives have nothing to compare it to.’ Twilight thought, surveying the open landscape below her for a brief moment. ‘I wonder, if Ascentia was smaller... Maybe I could carry her on my back while we fly! ...That’d be kind of cute. Weird, yeah, but kind of interesting. Then again, she’d have to be at least Spike’s size for that. Wouldn’t that be a baby, considering humanoid anatomy? Well I wouldn’t want her to be a baby and not remember any of it, but at just the right size so-why am I even thinking about this?’

The lavender mare berated herself for letting her mind wander, deciding to focus on her task. Flying toward Ascentia’s alcove. Usually, she tended to just teleport there to save time. But every now and then, she dared take the route of flying toward it. Most of the way, at least. Even experienced flyers would have their share of trouble reaching it if attempted.

Twilight’s gaze then fixated straight ahead, toward the mountain range a ways off. Blinking through the fog of the increasing altitude, she began to feel the heavy pull of fatigue as the air thinned further and further. Ascentia had previously warned her that the closer she would get to her home and the telekinetic atmosphere contained within, eventually she would reach a several dozen yard thick layer where she would have no oxygen to breathe.

’Okay, perhaps flying so high wasn’t the most rational of ideas,’ Twilight thought as she blinked around, her vision growing vivid as she quickly glanced around, looking for the dimly lit platform she had been searching for for over an hour.

Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced something glint in the distance, a sharp blast of gold light hit her retina. Taking a chance, she steered herself downward toward it as she felt her wings give out and she plummeted.

Trying to control her fall, she caught a faint glimpse of Ascentia’s form standing on the platform of her home. Even with her back turned to her, she lifted her hand and Twilight felt her fall gradually slow until she landed sharply onto the stone, coughing as the wind was knocked out of her.

“I have warned you about that before,” Ascentia said sharply before ducking into the doorway, “Come in when you catch your breath.”
Doing just that, Twilight panted a bit as she sucked in her breath, her body trembling. Coughing a little, she lifted herself up on all fours, managing to take in her breathing. She shook her head, balanced herself on her legs, and flexed her wings lightly before receding them.

“I was trying to work on my flying. I didn’t want to take shortcuts this time,” Twilight responded in defense.

Nonetheless, she followed the woman inside. A little stretch of her legs and wings, and she felt right at home. This of course led the alicorn to climb up onto the sofa and make herself comfortable. Situating herself, legs curled beneath her body, Twilight lay her head against a throw cushion; utmost comfort washing over her.

At least until Ascentia took a seat beside her, taking the opportunity to stretch her own limbs a bit. All before her hand came over, stroking along her head, fingers digging into a spot behind her ears. Involuntary giggles escaped Twilight at the feeling, to which she angled and nuzzled her head into Ascentia’s hand. While not a cat or dog, she could understand why they seemed to like having the backs of their ears scratched.

“Hey... stop that...” Twilight protested, her tone completely betraying her words.

Ascentia chuckled softly as she continued to scratch behind the alicorn’s ear, “So what brought you here today, Twilight?”

“No reason... Do I need a reason to see you?” Little purrs of pleasure sounded as Twilight tried to respond to her question.

“Of course not, but you did nearly kill yourself attempting to fly here,” Ascentia replied with a snicker as she began to rub Twilight’s neck.

Pouting ever slightly, Twilight leaned closer to accommodate her touch, “Just trying to practice getting better at it, that’s all.”

Ascentia chuckled, while continuing to pet Twilight’s mane, “So how have you been?”

The question brought Twilight out of her reverie, if slightly, as she tried to think of an answer. Generic small talk, easy as pie. Any kind of brief answer would do. But Twilight preferred a more eloquent kind of response to them, getting past just basic two-sentence answers and really engaging who she was speaking with.

“Well,” she began, mentally listing possibilities to share, “I’ve been all right. I was just in Canterlot last week, learning a lot more about my duties, and all these new spells! It’s funny, I learned a thing or two about Princess Celestia’s duties as a Princess ever since I was her student, but actually seeing it all first-hoof? It’s still pretty surreal. I’m just surprised it’s not like in those books, where you have to learn to sit a certain way and tilt your soup bowl away from you! But what do I know?” She rolled her eyes at this, playfully, “But it’s definitely an interesting experience, anyway.”

Ascentia nodded in agreement, “The concept of poise is not an art that is taught. The ability to hold oneself in a dignified manner is only one suiting of appeasing others in equal positions. Make no mistake, Twilight, that even if you are not taught it directly, you will need to know proper etiquette when dealing in matters of politics, as politicians and monarchs are people with immense egos of their own. And to cross them can mean anything from a scandal to a full out war.”

“You’re telling me...” Twilight made a bit of a face, “I was at this big dinner the other day, with all of these politicians and other important figures. All that time I was trying to be polite and really nice, but sometimes they kept giving me the evil eye for some reason! It didn’t help that I kept spilling my drink and then actually mistook a bowl of hoof-cleaning solution for soup. Cadance was saying that I get too nervous and overthink matters like that. I think that’s why I was messing up, especially since it was my first time at one of those.”

“It is to be expected, politicians can be ruthless,” Ascentia explained, “On Earth they were particularly egregious. I find the best manner for dealing with those in power is an air of stiff disinterest. As if you find the whole spectacle a bore, and have other activities you would rather pursue.”

Laying a hand on the nape of Twilight’s neck, Ascentia let out a stiff sigh, “Do not fret over it, though. In time you will pick up the way to appease them and get their faces out of yours as quickly as possible. Trust me when I say this, there is no pleasure in bureaucracy.”

“I’m learning that the hard way,” mumbled the alicorn, shaking her head a bit, “You’re right. There was one guy, he was such an insufferable bore and so snobby! Talked on for over an hour in some elaborate speech that had nothing to do with anything. Cadance had to kick me in the shins to make me resist placing his salad bowl over his head!”

Ascentia had to put the back of her hand over her mouth to keep from openly laughing, “I remember my first experience with an annoying politician. Tharalek System, 34,566 AD. I had been sent to calm rising tensions among the empire of one of their planets when the Emperor began berating me about my armor. Said it was insulting to his culture.”

Twilight whistled a little, seeing where this might’ve been going. An amused smile overcame her lips as she turned to face her, “Wow, insulted over some armor? I mean, I know we all sometimes see articles of clothing we don’t like seeing, but that sure sounds like he needed to set his priorities straight. So what happened?”

“I was lauded a hero by the entire planetary rebellion and won an eternal treaty for the Val’Kyr when I tossed his head into the crowd that had gathered outside his palace,” Ascentia said with a chuckle.

“You tossed his-eeeghhh!” Twilight recoiled, as if it were a bug crawling on her leg. At the same time, once she managed to shake off the visual, it didn’t take much to put it into perspective, “...Well, sounds like you did them a favour, at least!”

“They pleaded for Val’Kyr intervention, I granted it and they paid the price for it,” Ascentia replied, “All in a day’s work, frankly. I am happy to be retired. But as I told you before, monarch are a dime a dozen. Kill an Emperor, a Queen, a President, and another will replace them with the same fallacies. I hold no sympathy for the plight of the Royal. Present company excluded of course.”

“Because I’m so cute?” Twilight playfully batted her eyelashes, grinning widely.

“Of course, also you’re very conversational and I could throw you into the stratosphere if you became an irritant,” Ascentia smirked, placing a soft kiss onto Twilight’s forehead.

A girlish giggle sounded from Twilight as she playfully rolled her eyes, “Right, of course.”

Ascentia chuckled as well, a warm smile widening her lips as she pulled Twilight in for a hug, wrapping her arms around the alicorn’s small frame as Twilight felt herself pressed against the cool metal of her armor. The coolness of the armor was in a fairly sharp contrast to the warmth of the room, which admittedly had the hairs of Twilight’s coat stand on end. Used to this kind of contact, however, Twilight returned the embrace as best she could.

An aroma came to her nostrils, stirring the mare a little bit. She couldn’t quite place the scent, it was a bit of a strong tang with a neutralizing sweetness. An odd combination, yet interesting. “You smell nice. Are you wearing perfume?”

Ascentia tilted her head to take a whiff of her cloak, “No, it would seem your friend Rarity felt the need to scent my cloak when I had it repaired.”

Nodding in understanding, having been there herself, Twilight took another sniff, “Hmm. I can’t place it. It’s pretty nice, though.”

“I am not sure either, I hadn’t noticed it until now,” she replied in turn, letting go of Twilight and getting to her feet to shift a few tomes on her shelves, “So, what other news is there from the Equestria Hierarchy?”

Despite the little pout from the loss of contact, Twilight thought for a few moments of what she could share. All while keeping her eyes right on the Val’Kyr attentively, even if she was performing mere everyday tasks. Something about the way she seemed to move and go about things just held her attention like a magnet. All at once, her thoughts were slowly becoming a bit fuzzy, as if unable to remember what she was trying to think of in the first place.

Until Ascentia glanced over her shoulder at her in an expectant sort of way. Remembering the question, Twilight shook her head to clear it.

“Well, uh, the Princesses have me sit in a lot for their respective courts. Night court especially,” she said, trying as best she could, “And sometimes they really meet with unforgettable ponies here and there! I know we aren’t supposed to laugh or anything like it, but there were these two ponies that came in during night court one time; they were hilarious! As it turned out, it was one big prank just to see how Princess Luna would react, so they were acting hammy and over the top, a lot like children’s book villains. Nothing about them was threatening in the least, and even the guards were trying not to laugh at them as they escorted them out.

“Um, there’s also...also... er....” Twilight found herself distracted yet again as Ascentia was now bending over to pick something up from the floor. It was just the angle from where she sat, it immediately caught her attention, drawing her eyes right in. “Something-something...”

“Something wrong, Twilight?” Ascentia asked, not looking up at her, but very aware of Twilight’s penetrative gaze.

‘Crap!’ Was all Twilight could think, realizing that this was going to get ugly. “No, nothing’s wrong! I just have a lot on my mind, that’s all!”

“It could be the stress,” Ascentia replied with a hidden snicker, “Although maybe if you focused less of your gaze on my ass, you might find yourself no longer lost for words.”

Blushing, the alicorn looked away, “Don’t flatter yourself... I can’t even make anything out!”

Calling Twilight’s challenge, Ascentia stood up, and shook her cloak off her shoulders, tossing it onto the couch’s back before continuing to clean up her books.

“Very funny!” Twilight called out, then turned away completely. “There, see? I’m not even looking! Nope! Because I don’t care! Not a bit! Nope!”

Easier said than done. When it came to moments like this, her resolve melted faster than a snowflake in a fiery grip. A few seconds passed, to which Twilight felt a little twitch of her urges. She trembled slightly, peering over her shoulder to peek at the woman. Much as she expected, once Ascentia accepted her challenges, there was no stopping her. A jolt coursed through her, causing Twilight to look away yet again.

For about three seconds. It wasn’t long before she dared peek again.

‘Very nice, Twilight! Very nice. Act like she does it on purpose. It’s not her fault she turns you on even when she isn’t trying. But isn’t it the fact that she isn’t trying makes it more effective? Darn, I’m overthinking it again! Come on, do something!

This time, Twilight turned herself around completely. Ascentia was over at a row of shelves just across from the couch, at a slight angle in which her back was to her, yet still offered something of a profile view. Deliberately making her movements as slow and even suggestive.

“Yeah, not doing it! No!” Twilight closed her eyes, trying to look away again.

“Not doing what, Twiley?” Ascentia asked in a tone that was both inquisitive and mocking.

“...Twiley?” The lavender pony parroted, pouting a little, “I’m not...well, you know! You weren’t even trying before, so why should I? I’m perfectly fine! Never better! Happy happy!”

“Alright, then tell me what happened with your night court,” Ascentia said, lifting a bookshelf off the floor to sweep an old tome from underneath it.

Keeping her eyes closed, Twilight decided to do just that, “Fine, then I will! So there was this other pony, who was trying to actually get advice from Princess Luna about pleasing his partner. I swear the moderators just want to mess with them sometimes! Princess Luna just gave him this look, wrote down something on a card and gave it to him. Then she said that she wasn’t a psychological counselor nor a doctor. Then I-”

That was when she made the mistake of opening her eyes, coming to see Ascentia now leaning back against the bookshelves, watching her. Twilight gulped, a stirring heat pooling within her stomach. It would be too easy, so easy to just practically pounce at her at this point. Already her body was demanding the chance to just go for it! Her hooves itched to move, her wings had long since flared stiff, and even her heart was hammering.

“...Um... said or did something...weird.”

“I must say, Twilight, for someone who claims to not be bothered by anything, you seem to be rather ill. Your wings have stiffened, your heart rate is through the roof, and you appear to be short of breath. Should I get you a doctor?”

“I-I’m not sick! I’m fine! If I was sick, I think I’d know!” Twilight protested, now getting down onto the floor.

Ascentia pulled up a chair, and sat down, crossing her legs over one-another, “I was only asking because I was worried, Twiley,” she said in a half-mocking tone.

“Hey, only my BBBFF can call me that! And stop doing that!” Twilight’s cheeks puffed up like a chipmunk’s. “I shall not give in to your wiles!”

“My wiles? Why Twilight, whatever do you mean?” Ascentia asked with a smirk.

The lavender alicorn then looked away, cheeks about as pink as the streak in her mane. “Now you’re playing coy? You may as well be saying ‘Ooh, I know exactly what you mean and I’m going to keep doing it because I’m evil’! Well, I’m not taking the bait! The fisherman has lost his catch!”

“Twilight...” Ascentia simply replied, cutting across her rant.

“What?” She turned back to face her, wings flaring yet again.

“Stop babbling and get over here,” she said flatly.

Huffing a bit, but not one to turn down a challenge such as this, Twilight stretched her body and did so. She went over, at a brisk but even pace, then sat on her haunches just an inch or two from where she was at.

Ascentia chuckled a bit before leaning down and planting a kiss onto Twilight’s forehead, “You’re so cute when you’re flustered.”

As expected, Twilight blushed, then placed her forehooves onto her knees, “...I know... I guess I can’t help it.”

Ascentia replied by tilting her head back and entrapping the alicorn’s lips in hers, softly caressing the side of her face.

Returning the gesture in kind, Twilight let her body relax against the form of her lover. Her hooves traveled up as high as they could, resting along for balance and support. Her body trembled, shivers coursing up her spine while her insides pretty much were turning to goo.

Taking her in her arms, Ascentia lifted Twilight into her lap, leaning back while softly biting down onto her lip, trailing her tongue against her all the while smirking at her reaction. It was so easy to make Twilight melt that doing so had become something of a pastime for her. She snuggled her closely to her as their kiss deepened, listening to Twilight’s breathing quicken.

Now closer, Twilight brought her hooves up to her neck to run through her hair. All the while her tongue dueled against Ascentia’s in a heated battle for dominance; feeling and tasting the warmth and flavours of her mouth. Little moans sounded from the back of her throat, escaping and vibrating within her mouth.

Pulling away from Twilight’s mouth, Ascentia leaned her forehead against hers, smiling at her and softly stroking her mane, “I love you, Twilight.”

Giggling softly, Twilight nuzzled their foreheads in response as she smiled brightly, “And I love you too, Ascentia.”

The Val’Kyr smiled and hugged her lover close to her chest, sighing happily as she stroked her mane, softly nibbling her horn.

Giggles coursed through Twilight as the pleasurable numbing sensation overwhelmed her, to which she nearly all but collapsed. “H-Hee hee... Ooh... I-I’ve got an idea...”

Ascentia gave her a raised eyebrow, “Oh? And what idea is this?”

“It’s out of left field, but I figured we’d try it...” Twilight concentrated for a moment, igniting her horn with magic.

Moments later, an object appeared within a veil of her magic, and gently levitated down toward them. Twilight brought it down to Ascentia’s line of vision, holding it within reach with her magic. It turned out to be a stallion genitalia dildo, attached to a wrap-around strap.

“Here it is! A vibrating strap-on!” She said, turning it to and fro.

Ascentia gave her a quizzical look, “And what exactly do you want to do with that?”

“Well...” Twilight looked a bit embarrassed at this, “Go figure, I walked in on Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy again. And they were using a strap-on... Which was kind of odd, since I figured that if you were into mares, you didn’t want to be penetrated at all, but whatever. So I bought one of my own to try! It seems kinda weird, but I figured it’d be interesting for us to try it! Plus it vibrates, which was recommended for enhancing the experience.”

“You still haven’t exactly answered my question,” Ascentia replied.

“To take it to the movies. What do you think I want to do with it?” Twilight said flatly. “I want us to try it. I want to use it on you.”

Ascentia took a longer look at the toy in Twilight’s magic, then looked up at Twilight, before standing up from her seat and moving over to the sofa and bending over the length of it, looking back toward Twilight and shifting her lower robes aside with one hand, “I’m waiting.”

“...Really?” Twilight looked to her incredulously, but applied the strap-on around her waist. “That was easy.”

She would probably gloat about it later, if she even had the energy. For now, Twilight made sure the toy was secured, testing it to make sure it was still working. With the all clear, she approached Ascentia, carefully mounting her.

“All right, I’ll just put it in, very slowly. Just uh...let me know if it’s too uncomfortable!”

Ascentia chuckled, “Twilight, at the risk of sounding rude, why don’t you try to be a little less nervous. You wanted to fuck me, then fuck me.”

Twilight looked at her, surprised, “Is that a challenge?”

“You bet it is.”

“Fine then. I will!”

Without further ado, Twilight situated herself to enter her from behind. Due to her inexperience for the most part, it took a little careful maneuvering. As it turned out, Ascentia’s entrance was already just slick enough, to which Twilight had a fairly easy time getting the toy inside. She went slowly, just gauging it inside, before stopping.

It’s in now, so go for it! No, go slowly, so that you won’t-screw it! Just do it! Work as you go along!

Throwing caution to the wind, Twilight began to slowly withdraw then re-insert the dildo, holding tight to Ascentia’s back. While she couldn’t physically feel anything, there was definitely a certain kind of thrill to being able to actually perform this kind of act on her.

Ascentia let out a soft moan as Twilight slid into her, her back arching ever so slightly as she reached back to stroke Twilight’s haunches, “Ooh, it’s been a while...”

“At least it’s working...” Twilight’s voice was shaky as she kept reversing her hips back and then going back in. She trembled at her touch, then used her magic to turn the switch of the toy on its lowest setting.

Ascentia jerked back, a sharp gasp escaping her lips as her breathing began to quicken, “Oh, it’s been quite a while.” She whispered, stroking Twilight’s haunches a little more quickly.

Sighing in pleasure, Twilight continued to thrust in and out of Ascentia, her mind reeling with everything going on. Though hazed with the ever growing lust, it occurred to her that she was actually, in some way, dominating Ascentia. All things considered, it really added to the thrill. Grinning more, she adjusted the dildo to its medium setting, and began thrusting in and out faster.

“Must have been... Ooh, this is neat... Feeling it yet?” She asked, her voice breaking a bit.

Ascentia whimpered underneath her, only managing a nod and a shaky “Uh-huh” as she arched back further, biting down onto the sofa’s arm.

Giggling a bit, Twilight kept going, realizing that her own marehood was begging for attention. Glaring down toward as if it were a troublemaker, she refocused her attention on her movements. She held on to Ascentia tighter, going a bit faster, hearing the wet smacks of the dildo’s sliding. It was enough to know, aside from Ascentia’s responses, that this definitely was getting her off.

“Yes... That’s it...cum for me...” Twilight cooed, enticing her.

“Oh, I’m a ways off from tha-ah! From that, Twilight,” Ascentia shakily grinned underneath her, flicking her marehood with her telekinesis, “But you’re off to an impressive start.”

“Ah! H-Hey...” Twilight giggled, still going. The pleasure coursed through her as well, nearly distracting her focus. But it wasn’t much to get her back into the rhythm of her thrusting.

Ascentia was panting underneath her, squirming a little and happily enjoying herself, “Twilight?”

“Mm-hmm?” The alicorn managed in response.

“Harder!”

Obliging, Twilight thrusted in and out of her faster, her breathing ragged. All the while, she used her magic to turn the dildo onto its highest setting. The loud buzzing of it sounded, but didn’t deter her. Ascentia’s shrill groan underneath her egged her on further as her pace quickened almost to the point of directly pounding into her.

“Oh... fuck... AH!” Ascentia let out a stifled groan as she tightened around the toy, releasing onto it as Twilight rode her through her orgasm, grinning when Ascentia fell limp underneath her.

Amazed, Twilight then pulled out of her, removing the toy from her person, and then examined it. Now coated with her lovejuices, Twilight eagerly licked it off, savouring the taste. She looked to her spent lover, giggling and then coming around to face her.

“Wow, that was...definitely a lot better than I thought it would be,” Twilight admitted, nuzzling noses with her.

Ascentia smiled at her, “Really? How so?”

“I thought it’d be major awkward, I wouldn’t be able to do it right, and I even thought I’d break it...” Twilight admitted sheepishly. “So, it doesn’t matter, it worked out.”

“Say, it’s warm in here,” Ascentia replied, “Do you mind if I shed my armor?”

A little jolt ran through Twilight at this idea, to which she shook her head, “No, I don’t mind...”

In a series of quick and co-ordinated movements, Ascentia began popping plates off her body, each one seeming to jettison from her and clank onto the floor when it was removed. She sighed a little when she removed her robes, tunic, and skin-plating, allowing the air to meet her flesh.

“Ooh...” Twilight murmured, eyes watching her every move. Even now, three years later, there was still something ever enticing about the full views of Ascentia’s bare body. Maybe it was the human-shape factor, maybe it was the different kind of skin, but it never ceased to appeal to her.

The alicorn trembled a bit, her eyes roaming all over Ascentia’s form, as if uncertain where to look.

Ascentia stood up and stretched, as she shuffled her bookcases some more, relishing in the cool air blowing in from outside playing across her flesh, the scars and wounds that left her in constant excruciating pain seeming to calm at the gentle breeze.

Oh, this was too much! Twilight’s inner mind battled with her options, to either just take it on or to back away. However, she knew far too well how the latter would end up going. Especially since Ascentia didn’t just shed her attire and armour for nothing. This had clear ulterior motives written all over it, and Twilight knew that Ascentia knew it.

’Oh sweet Celestia, that body! I don’t know how Ascentia does it... But she practically spreads honey over herself and asks me to lick it! How can I not?! Come on, Twilight, make your decision and just do it! There’s no time for games!’

Nonetheless, her body was practically screaming at her to just take action. Twilight felt the twitch down below, to which it was pretty much cementing her decision. It wasn’t often that their games came to be this way, and she was not about to waste the chance.

As quietly as she could, the lavender pony carefully replaced the strap-on around her waist. It was likely futile, but Twilight didn’t care. She was just going for it.

Right when Ascentia was bending over to reach for something on a lower shelf, Twilight seized the chance. Resisting the urge to yell “Gotcha!” like a child, Twilight pounced. She mounted Ascentia once more, bending her a little further, and proceeded to enter her again.

Ascentia whipped her head around, bewildered, “Seriously?”

Twilight grinned, “I uh...always wanted to do that.”

Ascentia gave her a flat look for a moment, before saying “Well, get on with it then,” she smirked.

“Yeehaw!” Twilight yelled uncharacteristically as she proceeded to do just that.

Ascentia strode up the steps of Canterlot Castle sometime in the mid morning the next day, taking a side glance to Princess Celestia.

“Good morning, your Highness,” she said.

“Good morning, Ascentia,” Celestia replied, “Or should I say... Yeehaw?”

“I have a sword and world destroying powers.”

“Duly noted.”

Author's Notes:

Okay, this was not exactly planned here. XD But due to some ideas and requests (from the original requester, no less!), we decided to make some bonus one-shots to the story. They take place after the epilogue, may follow one another, but are otherwise just bonus follow-ups...and contain some clop. Now, keep in mind, Bhaal and I are not cloppers, but we have nothing against people who are. Nonetheless, we have fun with this kind of thing and decided to try it out just for giggles.

I'm not sure how many of these we'll make, however. We have two chapters done, this one included, and we have a third one in progress. You don't have to read them, of course. They're not essential to the story, just merely fun bonus material.