Arcane picks up the little snowcone in his magic and steps away to lick at the sweet blueberry-covered ice flake ball. He hums happily as he hears the other foals behind him take theirs as well and lick away. Though, he hears some groans of pain too as they eat too much ice too fast and get brain freeze. The alicorn chuckles as he walks through Ponyville, landing here first before he heads home to see how Monifa is doing. She is probably worried sick even if she is busy with potion-making.
As he passes by the center fountain in the market area, he stops in his tracks. At this point, he slowly walks backward and turns his head, and sees a particular sign with a certain somepony right by it. 'Drop your foals here while shopping. Great protection.' And the certain somepony is…
"Hey, Terran," Arcane greets the varren lying on the ground. A myriad of foals climbs all around the varren, playing with each other in the little space, sleeping with him, or just looking up at the strange pony talking to them. A chuff escapes the varren's mouth as a greeting as one of the foals sleeps on top of his muzzle. "Keep up the good work," Arcane encourages before walking away. Another chuff hits his ears as the foals stare at the larger-than-life pony leaving.
Arcane smiles as he keeps licking away at the snowcone. His walking path is going home as he sees the castle come closer. The changeling guards see him and wave, happy to see their prince back. Arcane gives a wave back while still licking the now smaller snowcone. He approaches the guards and is about to speak before stopping dead cold.
The changelings, seeing the reaction, start to check on him through the hive mind, but become shocked as it seems there is a magical veil around him. All of it prevents them from seeing anything about Arcane or speaking to him. They start to become worried before Arcane turns his head and slowly looks in the northern direction. One of the changelings is about to yell before covering themselves as Arcane takes off, flying off and away to the north. The other guard watches in shock before quickly contacting the queen. They hardly notice the snowcone now melting on the ground where the alicorn once was.
"Where are you going?" Blitz asks himself, watching the satellite video that is following Arcane as he keeps flying in a straight line. They didn't want to place a tracker on his omnitool and him as they trust their foals and want them to live the life they want. The stallion turns his head as Twilight walks into the room, a worried expression on her face. "Guess what the changelings said is true?" he guesses, hearing about this magical veil.
Twilight nods, walking over and looking at the screen. "No words or images of him can get through. Whatever this magic is, it is much more powerful than old changeling hive magic. And I bet this is ancient enough," she notes, wondering what has taken hold of Arcane. "Which way is he going?" she asks, looking at her husband.
Blitz zooms out the map and they watch as Arcane's location dot beeps toward the northern end of the map. "North. Not even the northern cities or towns. Just north. We should contact your brother and tell him to send a regiment of guards," he advises.
Twilight sighs. "I will call him. He would be worried sick too if we told him what's going on."
Arcane frowns, feeling the magical tug again. Except this one is more forceful. Almost dragging him through the air towards it. Even stranger is the fact this guide is taking him toward the Frozen North. An area where only the Yaks live and the Crystal Empire reside. But if the alicorn's memory is correct, he is not going in that direction. Instead, he is going into the frozen wastelands near the mountains if this keeps up.
The light snow and chilling air invade his lungs as Arcane sees the snowy landscape approaching. He hasn't even noticed he is flying this fast. All of this seems so much like a blur, he can hardly believe another possible weapon has come up if his thinking is true. The magic pulses again, this time narrowing down the angle of the direction he is flying in while he heads for one of the mountains. Just to be sure, Arcane sends out a magical pulse of his own and waits to get a reply back from it. A few random arctic animals react to the pulse, as well as some interesting plants, a large group of beings coming this way toward him, and something hollow, maybe a cave, under a heavy snow layer.
…wait? What?
Arcane extends his magical pulse toward where this group is coming from and tries to narrow down what he is dealing with. But luckily, he finds they are just pegasus guards. And…one alicorn but smaller than him and the guards. He keeps this in mind as keeps flying toward the mountainside before landing in the deep snow below. The cold fluffy water sinks up to his knees as he hears the flapping of wings behind him.
"Cousin Arcane!" he hears and makes the alicorn turn to look at who called him. Arcane smiles as he sees Flurry Heart land in the snow behind him with a squad of pegasi guards. "What are you doing here? Aunty Twilight is worried about you," she says, trudging up to him through the deep snow.
Arcane takes some time to look over the alicorn. A lot shorter than the average mare, but a lot taller than a simple filly. She is a teenager in every right. A slim, lean, and well-trained one that looked very energetic. And considering her exploits and power, she was probably the most energetic teenager in all of Equis. Still, her fur and mane were well cared for and in place, showing well how great the castle staff was at keeping this troublemaker presentable.
"Well, you can just tell mom and dad that I ended up sensing the same magic as my sword," he explains, looking apologetically at her. Flurry though isn't having it as she frowns up at him. "I'm serious. Tell them that," he suggests, turning back towards the mountainside.
Flurry groans, using her magic, and sends a message to her aunt and uncle. "Unbelievable. And I have to deal with this in deep snow," she mutters, horn constantly glowing as a heating aura is around her and the guards. It even melts the snow near them and steams into the air before quickly cooling down. "Okay, told. But they want you back and…" she stops as her omnitool beeps and she looks at the new message. "What the fuck?!" she yells, giving Arcane some amusement at hearing this reaction. "What do you mean to protect him in this frozen place? Fuck!" she groans annoyed before seeing Arcane's horn glowing as he looks at the mountain.
Arcane sends out a pulse again to make sure of his intended direction. The magic comes back immediately and he looks at the heavy snowbank before firing off a heat ray at it. Flurry looks surprised as Arcane melts the snow away and floods the area of water that quickly cools and freezes over once outside the range of heat. Even below the snow, they all can see the dirt and mud quickly drying up until a large heap of snow melts to plop on the ground. They all stare in awe at the sight of a cave they never knew existed in this area.
Arcane smiles, looking back at the group as they are not shivering anymore from the intense heat he outputted. "Well, let's go," he says happily before trotting inside. Flurry groans before following behind him and the guards right behind her. "If I am right, dad might send an archeological team to look over the place once I am done," Arcane explains, using magic again to light up the entire place.
"You're talking about the time when they found another section in that temple?" Flurry reminds, looking around the cave with her guards keeping an eye out.
Arcane hums, trying to see if he can find anything out of the ordinary for such a bland rocky cave. "Yeah. That was me and mommy Daring. We found another section of the temple where I got my sword and a new grave too. We still don't know who it was though," he explains before looking back at her. "So how have you been, cousin?" he asks, trying to break the hard ice.
Flurry frowns at the sudden change in the topic before sighing. Might as well make the minutes fly by. "Boring. I just spend time in the castle and do lessons. At least I get eye candy from time to time," she says without thinking, making Arcane notice the pegasi guards' wings flutter a bit before they go back to normal. Not very well trained anymore it looks like, especially with one of them clearly eying her plot a bit too unashamedly. "And the food's fine."
"Just fine?" Arcane jokingly asks, making Flurry blush. "I thought you would be happy to be lazy," he starts, stepping over a small crevice in the ground that the others hop over. "You are lucky to enjoy what you can out there. I have to deal with being a mercenary. So I have to make a living. But what an enjoyable living it is for me," Arcane explains as he still feels the pull in this non-featureless cave. But, what interests him is there are no stalactites or mites that he can chalk up to just the water being more frozen than runny in this location. And the path gets a bit narrower while splitting off into smaller paths that none of them can fit through. "So enjoy it while you can. You never know when you have to stop using it," he encourages, looking back at Flurry who is blushing embarrassed at being lectured by somepony else like this.
"Well…there are benefits right now," Flurry speaks up, ruffling her large wings on her back. "So how about you? Are you doing fine with your merc jobs?"
Arcane hums, lowering his head to pass through the low ceiling of the cave. "Yeah. My team gets plenty of jobs to work with and for enough pay. So we are making a living out there. And with military contracts, we are set for periods on top of it," he recounts happily. "If you, aunt Cadance, and uncle Shining come to Ponyville, I can treat you all at a restaurant. I made a promise to the family," he offers, tilting his head through an area, making sure his horn doesn't get caught on the rocks.
Flurry smiles, following close behind him. "That would be nice. Let's just hope they have time before you leave. But I am ordering a big dish," she promises, gesturing a hoof at the alicorn.
Arcane sighs. "You and everypony else," he mutters before feeling his head being tilted and yanked along. "Here we go," he voices, going down another pathway Flurry and the guards following close behind. The tunnel even gets narrow, making them all squeeze together to try and get through with all their gear. They hear the armor scrap against the rock, but try to ignore it as what is headed is more important at the end of this.
"H-Hey! Keep some distance, jeez!" Flurry reprimands a guard that is seemingly a bit too close to her as they are making their way through this segment.
As they exit the widening tunnel, Flurry and the guards look in awe at the sight of a double-door doorway with bracing all around it, all made of the same stone as the rest of the cave. Carvings laced every inch of the stone, with many spell circles that Arcane can read and understand what they could be. Flurry Heart takes a bit longer as she looks at a few and wonders why are there so many preserving seals in this place as she doubts they would have come back. This location is hard to get to and ended up buried. So how the fuck is anypony supposed to get to this place again if it was never discovered up until now or written down in any shape or form?
Arcane reaches a hoof up and places it on the door slabs. The course of magic flows from him and into the stone, lightning up the carvings to give them an eerie green glow. Flurry breathes in slowly as she watches the stone door slabs and bracings light in the same carved spell circles but also some along the walls as well. At which, the doors grind open, pulling outward to give way to a rather small room. A room that Arcane recognizes as the same layout, design, and shape as the other tomb. The only major difference is the coffin carving of the pony buried inside and the weapon it is holding.
Arcane slowly walks up to the coffin as Flurry and the guards look around the place. Arcane hums as he reaches out with a hoof and touches the strange bow sitting in the hooves of the stone pony carving. The weapon suddenly lights up in a bright green glow and shoots out straight into the male alicorn. His other discovered weapon, the sword, also comes out in an ethereal form and floats along the bow like it is an armory rack to choose from. The forms then get sucked back into his body as the spell circles and other magic dies down to leave most of them back in the dark.
Arcane lights up his horn again to brighten the place up as he looks at Flurry. "Well, at least you guys can get some tourism going," he jokes as he takes the more corporeal bow into his hoof.
Flurry frowns at that joke but also wonders about something. If there are two tombs like this, how many more are there in this world? And when will Arcane find them as it seems only he can just from this.
Blitz stares at the strange bow sitting on the glass testing table. Another one, just like the sword. This one is almost demonic looking, twisted, curved too much, and has many carvings embedded in it like it was forged with spells in mind to use constantly. And, just like before with the sword, he can't pick it up in any way. His leg strains against the strong weight like it is a literal few hundred pounds. He can lift a bit but has to let go. The bow only clatters against the glass like it weighs nothing, adding to the perplexity of these weapons his son is finding.
"Yep. Same," Tek reads off, looking through the reports in his head. "Just a bow now instead of a sword. All the quirks we found with the sword are also in this. Weight, magic repulsion, usage, everything. I hate to say it," Tek sighs, his eyes lit up with his technical body dying down a little to give him a regular view. "But big bro Arcane is weird. And he might find more of these things if it continues."
Blitz sighs, poking the bow now. "Get the armorsmith. Have him make a holster for this thing. Might as well follow through with this. Also, have him clean up this thing and make it like new," he orders, scratching a hoof against one part of it to see the dirt and crusted layer crumble before him. "Oh…and change this table to be able to make work on these things easier. Like the sonic pool and lower the table for example. Let's make his job easier since I know Arcane will be finding more of this stuff," he laments before looking out the open door to the lab. "How are those two mares?"
Tek smiles gently, placing the order with the armorsmith. "Monifa and her mother? Not bad. Their foals are growing well. And if the potion works, big bro can worry less about them and the foals."
Blitz nods before exiting the lab with a worried expression on his face. Tek sighs before looking at Eve as she tolls away in front of a computer. "Big bro does bring the fun, huh?"
"And I don't?" Eve asks in a snarky tone with a smirk.
Tek snarks to the side. "Well, we are constantly on the web. And we see it all. How can we hide from each other when we see everything?"
Eve smiles and turns to look at her mate. "You owe me a good snuggle in bed."
"Done."
Arcane chuckles while Monifa giggles at the nuzzling they are sharing with their noses. "You've been good?" he asks teasingly, still nuzzling her.
Monifa sighs dreamily. "Yes. So good. Mommy, um, mom has been helping out with potions and getting me ready," she speaks, enjoying the fact her lover is back and treating her right away.
"Good," Arcane hums, pulling his head back a little and looking over the clean filly-sized mare. "And our little foal?" he asks, bumping his snout against her stomach.
"Healthy. Very healthy. Your moms helped me out a lot and I did get used to them…maybe improved a bit too with talking stuff," she notes with a slight thoughtful hum.
Arcane smiles warmly before giving her a light kiss. "Good. Have to get used to the family anyway," he voices, watching as the little mare stumbles dreamily and is lost from the sensation of the kiss. He chuckles, watching and enjoying the reaction.
She nods after she gets back to her senses. "And I did like the movie with you and mom too," she adds with a slight blush, no doubt talking about the impregnation porn in which they were verbally humiliating her.
Arcane blushes embarrassed and lean close to her. "Let's keep that one quiet between us, okay? Talking so freely with them is a bit embarrassing unlike your family," he mentions in a whisper.
"…It is? I, uh, did talk freely about this stuff too with Zecora and Twilight. They were very open to listening about it," she mentions, scratching her cheek a bit and averting her eyes.
Arcane sighs tiredly and hangs his head. "Dammit…" he whispers, mostly to himself. "Okay," he breathes in and takes a deep breath. "Please no more for now. And I am curious, did you get the potion prepared? Maybe two for your mother too?"
"O-Oh, I did! Made sense to prepare them after you claimed her too, so I worked hard and everything should be in order," she says, nodding again, before pointing to a desk where two potion bottles with a pink bubbling liquid rested.
Arcane hums, staring at the potion bottles. He then glances at Monifa's mother, resting on a chair as she reads a fashion magazine. "And how are you? Are you doing okay?" he asks, a hint of worry laced in his voice.
The MILF waves him off with her off and a smile, her fur cleaned up from those degrading body writing and the cum of last time. "I am doing fine, Arcane. No need to worry about me. I have mainly gotten closer to your moms and siblings. And don't worry, I am not trying to seduce them, as I know things work a bit differently around here. Not that I will deny you if you asked for it," she said with a little wink.
"Okay. Thank you for the consideration M…" Arcane stops as he just realized something. "Oh…I never caught your name…crap," he mutters and feels the prodding feeling in the hive mind from his mother when he mentioned that. Even though she is on the other side of the room working with Zecora.
This actually got a laugh from the zebra mare, as the clear mirth could be seen on her face. It takes a moment for it to die down to giggles. "My, my. Impregnated me without knowing my name. What would your mother say?" she teases with a smile.
"Arcane Reed," Twilight speaks up, sounding like she's about to go on a lecture. But she doesn't turn around and that scares Arcane the most.
Arcane looks scared to the zebra mother, almost with a pleading expression on his face. "Help me out here," he whispers quickly. "Please just tell me your name," he begs.
While she is clearly tempted to drag this out longer, she thinks better of it. "Okay. While this is funny, I don't want to trouble you too much now. But I will tease you quite a lot, rest assured. My name is Masika. But you can call me mom as well, considering your relationship with my daughter."
Arcane sighs in relief. Then he gets a chipper look and perks up. "So…Masika, your gear will be given soon. But are you okay with taking the potion too?" he tries to laugh off, but it is a rather weak one. Even his question is here and there of different topics as if his mind is working too fast.
"I am not THAT old. I will be right as rain, so don't worry. I can handle a potion. I am a zebra after all. We practically grew up on them," she assures him with another smile.
Arcane sighs in relief but still feels the pressure from his mother. "Okay…mommy, how about we start?" he asks, chuckling nervously, and sees both Zecora and Twilight turn to him with a smirk.
"Nice enough save," Twilight playfully scolds before smiling warmly. "Next time, the name first, then you can bed them," she warns with a wave of her hoof.
"I concur with that," Masika agrees, "But his dick is good enough that any mare he beds would forgive him. So he has that going for him," the zebra mother jokes to Twilight with a giggle.
Twilight sighs, rolling her eyes. "The problem is most mares left him because of that. Too scared," she mutters off to the side and Arcane blinks surprised at her. But then remembers the numerous times he came home from bad or rejected dates and Twilight saw his state each time. Of course, she would draw that one conclusion with only the status and money issues as the second.
"I am sorry to hear that," the MILF says, seeming a bit remorseful. "It sounds like you grew up in the wrong country. We zebras are different in that regard and you wouldn't have been troubled by many mares fearing your size. But things worked out for you and so I do hope you take confidence in your tool now," she says, rubbing a hoof on his side comfortingly.
Arcane blushes embarrassed. "Please don't speak that freely around my family. It's so weird," he whispers down to Masika.
"Ah, right. Sorry again then. Thought you had gotten used to it with Monifa around. Besides, your mothers are more open, so it is fine for them," she explains with a simple shrug.
Arcane groans as he hangs his head. "Ponyfeathers…can we start, please?" he asks carefully to his mother and Zecora.
Twilight chuckles. "Okay, time to drink. Let's see this work," Twilight speaks up happily, clapping her hooves together, wanting to see the results of their work.
"True. I have teased you poor boy enough," Masika agrees, swiping one bottle and handing it down to Monifa, before swiping another one for herself. "Eager for pregnant sex?" she notes in his direction, wanting to get one last tease in still for not knowing her name before she uncorks it with her daughter doing the same. Then they drank the pink liquid, guzzling it down eagerly.
They both had eaten and hydrated themself enough, so it shouldn't cause too many problems. Arcane looks very concerned at them both as they place the bottles back down on the table. He watches them carefully and watches in shock as their stomach grows in size before them all. Monifa groans in some discomfort, possibly because of being in a small body, while Masika just gently rubs her rapidly growing stomach. "Are you two okay?" he asks worriedly, noting both his mother and Zecora taking notes and observing the entire thing. "And the foals too?"
"Y-Yes. Just a strange but interesting new feeling," Monifa retorts, while her mother hums.
"Not my first time pregnant, so it is easy enough to handle for me. Nothing is feeling off," she assures, though of course there would need to be a scan with magic, just to be sure.
Twilight does take care of that as her horn glows, scanning the mares' bodies for any irregularity. "The foals are healthy."
Masika smiles motherly at her. "Of course. This big lug here is the strongest pony out of all ponies or zebras I have known," she compliments, slapping a hoof against the alicorn's side. "So the foals would take after that. I don't know how a regular pony or zebra's foal would react to all this though," she wonders herself, gently rubbing a hoof against Monifa's back to ease her discomfort.
"I am feeling hungry," the filly notes, her stomach growling.
"It makes sense that you would feel hunger first. Smaller body after all. Growing them faster means we have to eat more," Masika explains, albeit she is sure her daughter knew that.
Twilight smiles before the door opens and a changeling wheels a food cart inside. All of it is topped with various food and types needed for a growing pregnant mare. "Taken care of," she assures as Monifa goes to the cart immediately to chow down on some salad bowl full of greens and flowers. "This is fascinating. Just how this potion can help those with pregnancy-related issues," she wonders in thought.
The zebra mother joins her daughter, getting some fruit salad for herself as she rubs her belly and turns back to Arcane. "No doubt it can, though I am sure Arcane will have another use for it too. No doubt his browser history entails pregnancy sex. I bet one hundred bits on that~"
Arcane blushes embarrassed, looking at his mother sternly. "She loses that bet. I barely had time to even look up stuff. I was that busy," he states, and Twilight giggles at the reaction.
"But you thought about it~" Masika teases, before digging into her food, with a hoof tantalizingly trailing across her pregnant stomach. Monifa's ears are perked up too, showing that while she is eating, she does have an interest in that conversation, with her eyes glancing over to the alicorn.
Arcane groans as Zecora pats his side comfortingly. "Please don't. Let's…focus on the foals. How are you feeling?" he asks, trying to redirect the conversation. "And will this push them to labor too?" he asks, looking at his mothers.
"We are feeling fine and will tell you if we don't," Masika assures him again, with some fruit hanging from her snout, while Zecora chimes in.
"It does speed the process up and they will therefore go into labor faster. Albeit, it is not something like pushing foals out immediately they will master. In other words, it still takes some time," she ends simply.
"Okay. Just want to be prepared. You know…in case we use this potion again," Arcane mentions, still worrying about the two and their health. "I just want them and their foals to be healthy after this," he adds, looking at the two with a loving expression.
"You worry a bit too much," Masika says, after finishing her bowl with a pleased sigh. "But it is cute that you do. We are monitored constantly and ensure there won't be any complications. So try to relax at least a little. Unless you need a mother and daughter duo to help you out?" she offers with half-lidded seductive eyes and a smile.
Arcane blushes bright red. "Uhh…no. That's okay. Focus…Focus on the eating and foals, please," he asks, getting a pat from Twilight as she remembers when Blitz was like this at times with his other mothers and their births and pregnancies.
"This is simply a temporary increase in libido, Arcane. Many mares have it during pregnancies, so you need to expect an increase in affection," Twilight explains, and considering the looks Masika is still giving him and the glances the blushing filly Monifa gives him behind a bowl of salad, it seems both are affected by it.
Arcane gulps nervously. "Oh boy…I…hope I don't have to help with that," he voices, making the MILF giggle before digging into another bowl. "I mean, I imagine they would be hungry a lot if this keeps up." At least though Monifa isn't humping his leg.
Zecora suppresses the urge to make a sausage joke as she chuckles. "Many stallions would dream of this opportunity and yet my dear son is still shy and showing immunity. But you do you, none of us is going to force you to."
"That's why I love him," Monifa cheers, having crumbs and pieces of food stuck to her muzzle. "He always cares even when we fuck so hard with his big cock!" she cheers again, clearly the potion having the effect of making her stutter and nervousness go away for now.
Arcane would have done a spit-take if he was drinking right now.
"Well…the filter is off now. Potions and pregnancies can do that somehow," Zecora mentions with a simple shrug and a smile.
"Well…can you take care of them? I would rather not be embarrassed to death with all this. And you know how to take care of pregnant mares more than I can," Arcane asks his mother and Zecora. "Plus, I feel useless here just asking if they are okay over and over again."
"We can do that, Arcane," Twilight tells him with a brilliant smile. "We will monitor them and make sure that the potion works smoothly. Still, you should take care of them too, and not stay away from them until they give birth. They are your responsibility and I do hope you are aware of that," she warns him, poking his chest with her hoof.
Arcane looks blankly at her before glancing at the two mares as they keep eating away. But when they notice their stallion eyeing them, they shake their flanks at him with their tails hiked up. "Yeah. I should," he voices before suddenly falling over flat onto the ground. Twilight is surprised at the reaction and becomes worried before hearing him breathe softly.
Masika smiles, giggling at what happened. "When was the last time he had a nap?"
Twilight now smiles as Zecora covers Arcane up with a blanket that the two mares used when they were making the potion. "Okay. Keep eating and resting. We will keep an eye on you until he wakes up," Twilight informs, scanning them again with her magic.
"Great. Can I suck his cock while he sleeps and get some protein?" Monifa pipes up and her mother snarks, struggling to contain her laughter at the filter still gone.
Twilight sighs, hanging her head. "No, dear. I don't think he would want that anyway," she denies, deflating the filly's ego but it resumes as she gobbles down the rest of the food.
Arcane struggles to breathe as he swims through the dark sea. The only thing he notices is bubbles through the watery air rising away from his fast movements. Everywhere he turns, it is all the same darkness, the same tone of color, and the same amount of bubbles. Nothing is changing.
He swims endlessly, moving his limbs, flicking his tail and wings around, and even shooting off magic balls of light to show the way. But they all go into the void, eaten up by them. At once though, the air and water become warm. So warm, it feels comforting. Then, a shadow swirls around him. Somehow it makes bubbles that Arcane can follow.
With his hoof reaching out, the shadow stops and spins toward him. Arcane has no idea why, but it feels like this cold shadow can bring him more comfort than needed. And once he touches it…
Arcane groans, slowly opening his eyes to a dimly lit room. He then perks his ears up to hear gentle snoring beside him and under his wing. Arcane raises an eyebrow before lifting his wing slightly and shows Monifa and Masika cuddling together and sleeping away. Their bellies are still full of his foals but much larger and looking ready to pop any day now. The alicorn gives a gentle smile and lowers his wing, covering them up in the softest pillow ever on the planet.
He then feels something brush against his hoof, making him blink and look toward his outstretched limb. There, laying on the ground in front of him, in all the shadowless form, is Terra. The female alicorn gives a gentle smile as she eyes the two lying under Arcane's wing.
"They look so peaceful," she whispers, not wanting to wake them up.
Arcane hums, shifting himself so the two zebra mares can sleep easier. "Yeah. They are so precious," he hums, looking at the tails peeking out and wagging around happily in their sleep. "How have you been? I missed you the last time I was here," he asks, looking back at Terra.
Terra smiles, floating closer to him. "I know. I wish I could have met you before you left, but I had much to do. I'm happy to get the chance to see you. And also happy you are getting your own family too," she mentions, eyeing the two zebras for a second.
Arcane smiles as well before thinking back to the strange things he finds in the hive mind at times when younger. "Auntie Terra…is it true?" he questions, making her freeze up. "That you are fated to be my mate?"
Terra stares at the troubled stallion before taking a deep breath. "Yes. I assume you know what that entails?" Arcane nods, thinking of what to expect from such a relationship. And all he has done already when younger. "If you wish to take things slow, I understand. I will not rush you. Especially seeing as you are quite busy with your first mates there," Terra continues, leaning over and looking at the sleeping huddled forms under his wing.
Arcane lowers his head onto the ground at that, looking towards the closed doorway. "I know…but…I do feel calmer when you are around. Much more than them I will admit," he admits, shaking his head.
Terra immediately brings a hoof up, pulling his head to face her again. "It is okay to think that way. I know my existence is troubling to you, but I wish to be a part of your life. I do want to get to know you deeper than just as my little nephew," she proposes, looking worried.
Arcane sighs, tapping a free hoof against the ground. "But it can't be just that easy," he points out, wilting the expression on the female alicorn who slowly looks away. "But…" Arcane starts again, making Terra perk her ears up toward him. "Maybe…start as a date?" he suggests, leaving her to smile at the thought.
"Tomorrow when you are bright and full of energy," Terra agrees, humming happily. Already she is coming up with many ideas for possible date locations. Including a stroll through the park, a nice flight around the forest, or even a good stop for tea someplace. Just like the old days.
Arcane can't help but smile as he sees the shadowy tail swing around behind the alicorn as if she is wagging it. "Easy. It's just going for a walk and spending time. I rather take this slow," he deflates, wanting to curtail the excitement slowly.
Terra pouts before sighing and lowering her head down. "Fine. But it must be a good decent date," she accepts, tapping a hoof against the ground in a mix of excitement and impatience.
Arcane chuckles. "It will. Even if I don't accept you fully, I do want to make you happy," he points out, feeling the two mares shift around on his side.
Terra hums, laying her head down and watching the two sleep under his wing. "Even with that, I hope you live a happy life."
"Yeah…" Arcane yawns, shaking his head before laying it down too. Now the rest of the natural exhaustion is getting to him and lulling him to sleep. He hums happily at getting some well-deserved rest while his ears flick around as he feels a kiss on his cheek.
"Good night, little Arcane."
Arcane paces around in front of the infirmary doors as he wonders if the foals are okay. Sunshine and Azure smirk as they watch their brother worry himself to the bone just a bit away. "Does this sound like what moms use to say about dad?" Sunshine asks, making the dhampir chuckle.
"Yeah. Mom used to say that every time one of them got pregnant, he would pace just like this outside the door. Only once did he fall asleep," Azure describes before Arcane gives them a small glare. They both hold their hooves up innocently as they whistle as well. Arcane snorts before going back to pacing as the changelings inside block themselves off to him to not let his worry reach them so he can't tell what is going on.
After a while, a changeling opens the door, smiling up at the prince. Arcane stops his pacing and stands before the little bug as Azure and Sunshine step up behind him, wanting to see the newborns. "Congratulations, my dear prince. You have two new foals," the changeling announces with a smile, making the alicorn let out a large breath of air he has been holding onto. "You may go see them now," the changeling allows, stepping aside to let the three through.
Arcane quickly rushes to the mares' sides and looks at the little foals resting away against their mothers. The alicorn lets a smile grace his lips as he leans down and looks at the two very close to study them. His daughter with Monifa is a zebra filly, albeit one with both horn and wings, promising trouble, if Flurry is any indication. Her body is nice and healthy. She looks like she would be rather energetic and has a black and white striped mane that is a bit longer already, showing she had some good mane growth going for her. As for his son with Masika, he is a handsome small zebra colt with black and white hair and a more sharp masculine build.
Arcane smiles at his two mates as they smile back tiredly. "They are so precious," he whispers, not wanting to wake them up. Monifa giggles as Masika rolls her eyes amused while she strokes her son's back. "You want to come up with a name or shall I?" he asks suggestively.
Masika smiles, making sure her new son is against her side and safe in her hooves. "Imari is his name. I am sure, he will grow up to be a handsome colt and a real womanizer like his father~" she teases slightly, with a chuckle.
Arcane blushes and looks away before turning to Monifa as she nuzzles her little filly. "And this little one?" he whispers, kissing her forehead for a brief moment.
"Imani. We wanted the names to fit them both as siblings that are born at the same time. Or I wanted to," Monifa admits with a sheepish little smile. "But I was surprised that she has both a horn and wings. That birth was…special," she notes, blushing deeply.
Her mother rolls her eyes. "In other words, she came from it. Wings and horns aren't easy to get out after all. But she managed well on her first time," she finishes, hugging her close.
Arcane groans, shaking his head. "You two and your perverted ways…at least we have our foals," he laments, craning his head over close to the two sleeping foals and nuzzling them both as they remain bundled up and close to their mother.
"It is not taboo to talk about such things in zebra culture. Least of all with the stallion that did the deed. Either way, things turned out well for this. And now you have to take responsibility and be a good dad," Masika voices with a smile.
Arcane smiles, looking at the two foals with love in his eyes. "Yeah. And are you two happy?" he asks, looking back at his mates.
"I am. Happy and excited for what is to come. I always was an adventurous mare," Masika happily says.
Monifa then chimes in too. "Yes…very happy. I-I had no idea I could be this happy. I feel like I am in love with you all over again and our foals. There is very little that could make me happier at this point," Monifa says, practically melting into her mother's embrace.
Masika snarks. "Unless the father here starts fucking us again," she remarks and makes the filly mother blush.
"Geez. When they said perverted, they meant it," Azure chimes in, getting a blushing smiling nod from Sunshine.
"You should visit Zebrica sometime to see it for yourself. It has great sex tourism," Masika joked, sticking her tongue out at the stallion cheekily and showing a not-at-all-mature side, despite being a MILF.
Azure raises an eyebrow at his younger brother, but only gets a sheepish chuckle from him. "Little bro, you got weird tastes," he remarks and Sunshine elbows his side, making him frown and rub at the spot.
Masika does look somewhat offended by this remark, frowning slightly. "You should respect other cultures, even if they might seem weird to you."
Arcane smiles, petting her mane. "It's fine. It's just my big bro. He's been busy with a lot of secret things so he doesn't get out. And even then, he's part vampire," he explains, smirking at his older sibling.
The zebra MILF nods, smiling. "Not getting out too much? He should get out more often. Or as we zebras would say, get laid. Some bit from our culture and advice."
Azure frowns before eyeing his brother. "I do get out."
Arcane chuckles. "I doubt that. Sunshine did blab you haven't even dated anypony. Maybe you should ask for a week off."
Azure just hums while Sunshine smiles happily. "Come on big bro. You did great and now we got four new family members," she praises, making Arcane smile happily at her with his two mares. "Oh, I need to ask mom to set up some parties."
"I can give dating advice to you," Masika addresses Azure at that. "A mare knows what mares want. And there are tricks to it. For example, take her," she says, pointing to Sunshine, "or any other mare with you when you go out. This makes you more desirable. That is because it will look like another mare already is trying to reserve you for herself. That another mare has laid claim to you."
"Right…" Azure sighs, rubbing his head. "I will use it…when I do get the chance. I have a lot of work to deal with."
"Ask for a break," Sunshine speaks up, frowning at him.
"Get laid," Masika threw in again with a teasing smirk.
"Granted," Spitfire suddenly says behind them, eyeing Azure. "You have a week starting tomorrow. Use it. We need time anyway for the rest of the development."
Azure blinks surprised. "Oh…thanks, momma Spitfire."
Spitfire smiles as she walks past them and up to the two mares and their foals. "Aw. They are so cute. And a zebra alicorn too," she notes, seeing the little filly.
"They sure are. Been a while since I had the absolute joy of holding one. And if I give your son some advice, hopefully, he will be holding one soon as well~" the zebra MILF notes cheekily, while Monifa simply gives a smile and a nod at Spitfire.
"Yes. She is precious. I love her."
Spitfire smiles, petting the two foals. "You should. There is so much joy," she says before smirking at Arcane. "You did a great job. Now I hope you won't leave them behind at your new home."
"A-Arcane wouldn't do that," Monifa squeaks, her puppy dog gaze meeting his.
Arcane frowns at his other mother. "No. Of course not. Wait…" he then realizes what she said. "New home?"
Spitfire smiles. "Yeah. A new home. We made one for you near Canterlot. A nice little mountainous place. Here are the keys," she passes off, tossing the keys to him and he fumbles, trying to catch it in the air. "Visit it anytime. You can have your new wives and foals there, but I assume you are taking them?"
Arcane looks at the keys before looking at the two mares and their foals as they hug them close. "Yeah. For at least an excursion or two. I do want to get to know them and keep them close."
"A place for Arcane's zebra harem?" Monifa asks, her eyes sparkling a bit at the mere idea of such a place, making her mother chuckle.
"Considering how virile he is, we could use the privacy," Masika throws in with a grin.
Arcane blushes and shyly looks away, making his younger sister giggle from his embarrassment. "You have some horny mares, big bro. What's the secret besides being a zebra?"
"He did pick my daughter, who is a shy closet pervert. Silent waters are deep after all and then laid me, the mother, on our first meeting. And as the mother, I share the perversion. Not that stallions would complain about it. Many ponies and other creatures come to Zebrica for fun," the MILF explains happily.
"Oh…do…zebra stallions here in Ponyville maybe are the same?" Sunshine asks, already knowing the possible answer.
"Very virile, yes, and do lay many ponies there. Active flirters and having a big cock help them to be successful and surely you know about zebradom porn~" Masika mentions, giving an almost predatory grin as if looking at Sunshine as if she is a piece of meat. Or at the very least, trying to lead her onto a perverted path.
Arcane smiles softly to the mother, petting her mane again. "Please at least let her explore other guys. I mean…she is Pinkie Pie's daughter and we know how she is."
"Not saying she can't," Masika huffs, before grinning again, "Just helping to fuel her curiosity. She is young and should explore and enjoy her life. And something tells me very soon a zebra dick will get into her life."
"Oy," Spitfire speaks up but gets a boop to the nose by Masika.
Arcane smiles, sighing. "I love this family so much."
"Aw…" Monifa melts, humming happily and wagging her little tail.
"Just having some fun. I bet you tease when you can as well. Or maybe that is just me. I do love teasing flustered ponies and the like," the zebra mother says with a smile.
"Just you mom," Monifa giggles, snuggling up to her little filly and making her yawn against the warm body.
"Oh…wonder how I can check out…all the species?" Sunshine asks herself, looking up in thought with a blush.
"It is easy enough. Just keep your eyes open and your body language the same. Sway those hips a bit, bite your lip teasingly at your targets as you openly ogle them and you will be good," Masika advises, easily pushing her more towards perversion.
"Well, at least you're not the only perv," Spitfire sighs out and makes the mare look curiously at her. "You know we have famously some succubus too, right?"
"I heard about it. But I won't just sleep around with Arcane's relatives without his approval," Masika points out.
"Oh. His approval, huh?" Spitfire asks, eyeing the alicorn who whistles and tries to not look at them. "So if he told you to get gangbanged…?"
"I'm in," Monifa mutters almost instantly with a slight line of drool hanging from her lips, before hiding with her mother's body as she said it louder than intended.
"What she said," the mother shrugs with a smile.
"Geez…" Spitfire mouths out before eyeing the alicorn. "Hey. Go easy on them," she warns, elbowing his chest and making him cough.
Monifa visibly pouts at that, not at all liking that suggestion.
"Yeah…sure," Arcane coughs, looking at Monifa before sighing. "Okay. Best to let these two sleep. It's been a long day with all this."
"Sure. Come on you two," Spitfire says, ushering them out. Azure, however, slips out of her way and stands beside Arcane using his natural quick speed. "Two minutes," she says knowingly to him before pushing Sunshine out.
Azure frowns, looking at Arcane. "Okay. So now you are classified to be told," he whispers. "I am dealing with mechs. Using dad's old one. We are trying to make a force to help out with any issues. But, since it now involves you, we might be dealing with an invasion everywhere based on those animals you are finding."
Arcane frowns, leaning down close to him. "When could you be ready if needed?"
Azure takes a deep breath. "Give us another few weeks. And we should have a good group ready to drop where you need."
Arcane nods, smiling at him now. "Thanks, big bro."
"What is our family for?" Azure remarks, smiling back and showing off his fangs.
Arcane smiles as Azure leaves and shuts the door behind him. He then turns to the two mares as they spread their legs apart and show themselves off to him. Both of them are practically drenched, their dark grey lips glistening in their juices. "You girls can't be this hungry already?" he asks, giving a small chuckle.
"…I am very happy, but also a little sad that I missed pregnancy sex," Monifa admits with flushing cheeks.
"You did want to fuck both mother and daughter together, remember? And teasing Sunshine and thinking about her taking cock is rather hot," Masika notes.
Arcane sighs before slipping out of his suit and dropping all his gear. He then climbs up onto the rather study bed and holds up one leg each from them, making them moan happily at showing off to him. "With our foals here?"
"Y-Yes!" Monifa cries happily.
"It is not unusual in Zebrica," her mother points out.
Arcane takes a deep breath as he lets his cock grow in size between them and over his foals. "Can you at least move them so I don't hurt them?" he asks, pulling Masika closer to him.
"Of course," Masika says, putting the foal further aside on the very large bed, so it won't be affected, with her daughter doing the same, but a lot more hurriedly.
Arcane frowns before plunging in, hearing her happy moans from the MILF. Monifa drools happily, finally getting some after birth fucking happening. The two foals yawn as they open their eyes for a moment and see their larger father fucking their mothers before going back to sleep.