Strange Case in Central City

by Blockheadgreen1189

WARNING. This is an M-Rated story, so read it on your own risks. Also, there may be things you may not like, so don't tell me you haven't been warned.

Hello, guys.

I know I've been absent for far too long, and this exact story is the reason why. Well, not only that story, but also some things that happened in my life, both tragic and inspiring.

This story is basically an M-rated LTBC - remake. One day Apex Wolf, my constant co-author came up with the idea, and the idea slowly grew into this story. We've been working on it for who knows how long, and we though that we did not know if we should publish it, or not, but now... We decided that... YOLO. And here we are.

I hope you enjoy it.

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It was a bustling evening in the city centre of Central City, thousands if not millions of Mobian citizens mostly, where getting to and from their intended destinations, as the higher class and those citizens just passing through the perfectly streets that blended well with the flora and the architecture of the city, giving it a perfect harmony with nature… the busy roads were divided from the wide sidewalks by the lawns on which the long hedges and trees were growing… which was appropriate…. considering the populace of Mobius anthropomorphic animals of various species. Which gave a very clean and pollution free atmosphere. What else could you expect from the city where the royal family resides.

You could see long four-cared trams running through fixed rails and futuristic E-cars and other E-vehicles, with the elite half of the population being chauffeured by their more high end vehicles while others walked as well to their intended destinations. You could see them going to places like; the theatre, museums, office buildings, bars, night clubs, and even elite apartments.

One such vehicle that has a futuristic black Rolls Royce with diplomatic flags attached to each end of the front hood of the vehicle performed the left turn to move away from the main city street. It then stopped by a very specific ritzy looking apartment, as some of the staff and residence looked eagerly with excited happy faces at the vehicle parked at the front plaza of the building, knowing full well who was getting out of the back of the vehicle, specifically the male end of building, while the other half, specifically the female residence snubbed their noses in disdain at who was coming up at the front of the building.

As the back passenger door opened a picturesque female leg stepped out of the vehicle that was covered in a tangerine gold fur with a green short heel slip on. What slowly followed suit was a beautiful anthro unicorn mare with the same matching tangerine gold colour fur as her leg with a stunning mane and literal pony tail of cascading streaks of scarlet and gold which almost looked like flame. She wore a green women's business suit that hugged her thick voluptuous figure as she strutted her way to the lobby with a warm happy smile on her face.

As she got out of her limo, and her chauffeur closed the back door, she slowly approached the parade doors of the luxury apartment complex. The doorman smiled at the newcomer and opened the doors so she could enter inside. The girl answered his professional gesture with her own look of gratitude. She then proceeded her pace further into the foyer, until she met with the reception desk. She looked down towards the receptionist to see an anthro honey badger dressed in a black tux suit observing the papers on his desk.

The unicorn girl performed the roll of her eyes, while slowly shaking her head. She then returned her glance back at him, and did a soft knock on the top of the desk. The receptionist then stopped his observation process and looked up from his paper to see who had disturbed him. Seeing the equestrian unicorn lady he smiled at her professionally as he then stood up.

"Madam Ambassador…" He greeted her as he performed a small solemn bow.

"Jeeves?" The lady greeted him back, as she was tapping her fingers across the surface of the desk with her neatly manicured nails. Jeeves then walked out of his working chair, and stood in front of the unicorn girl, as he was towering over her due to the big height difference.

"I did not expect you to come back this early?" The badger solemnly said a moment before as he flipped open his Rolex pocket watch, and the ambassador lady approached the elevators on the left wing of the foyer.

"And so was I." The unicorn lady said; "I expected to stay at the embassy at least until 5 pm." She said as she turned back to face Jeeves.

"17:00, madam?" Jeeves snidely asked, to which Sunset groaned in a small displeasure at his sarcastic notes.

"Uuughhhh, sometimes I think I'll never get used to the Mobian time measurement system, and that… metric system." She commented as they reached the elevators, and Jeeves pressed the call button. They then both turned to face each other.

"Did anyone ask for me in my absence?" The ambassador asked again, to which Jeeves nodded.

"Yes, madam Sunset." He answered, as he spoke in a strong british accent; "There was a postman, who brought some letters addressed to you. Also a courier paid me a visit a couple of hours ago. He asked me to inform you that your laptop has not arrived yet due to the massive reconstruction of the airport warehouses."

Sunset gave him a skeptical look; "Didn't he tell you when exactly my laptop will arrive?" She asked, annoyed by the fact that she's waiting for too long.

Jeeves nodded; "Yes, madam." He said calmly; "He mentioned the possibility of bringing it tomorrow."

Sunset nodded; "At least that's something good coming from them." She said just a second before the elevator's bell rang. Glancing at the door, the unicorn girl spotted that the elevator doors opened for her, and that nice jazz music played within. She smiled at the caressing sounds of Jazz as she then glanced at Jeeves to give him a nod.

"Alright, the letters are…"

"In your apartments." Jeeves answered an unasked question, as Sunset then continued.

"And if someone will ask me, I…"

"You are not at home." Jeeves finished for Sunset again, making her giggle lightly.

"Good." She said as she entered the elevator; "See you later, Mr Jeeves."

"Enjoy your free time, madam Shimmer." Jeeves said goodbye while making a small bow; "You know where to find me if you need me." As he smiled cordially to her.

The unicorn girl smiled at him back a second before the elevator doors closed. As it happened, Jeeves sighed deeply in relief, and turned away to approach back to his desk so he could resume his routine.

A FEW HOURS LATER, SUNSET SHIMMER'S APARTMENT.

When the sun was going down behind the horizon, and the skies painted dark orange, Sunset found herself, dressed in her casual house clothes, which included a pair of short thigh length jean shorts and a regular black tank top, as she sat in the living room on her couch as she watched the TV-screen as it illuminated the dark living room. The volume was on a low level so Sunset could easily speak with someone on the phone which she was doing at the moment.

"I'll tell you what… life on Mobius really changes your view on things." She spoke with a smile on her face; "I really feel like this has opened up a whole new me while living here… ummm... not that kind of me… if you know what I mean."

"I know what you mean. It's nice to hear that from you but… you sure you don't want to go back after your term in office is done here?" a certain female voice asked her, prompting a smirk on her face.

"I am sure, Twilight. Mobius has become more of a home to me than Equestria ever did ... here I feel like I have more of a purpose and… as if they are… the Mobians… they need me." Sunset said in an ominous sort of way that she wasn't completely ready to reveal, as she wanted to know how their relationship would progress in the near future.

"Four years ago, they'd give anything to get rid of you…" Twilight's voice said through the speakers of Sunset's phone, making her frown.

"Aw… ha ha ha…" She moaned; "That's very funny."

*DING-DONG*

Sunset suddenly heard the doorbell. Looking at the door she shot a surprised look. Not that she wasn't welcomed to meet her neighbour's but she definitely did not expect any guests tonight. Standing up off her couch she went to her door.

"Twilight, hold on for a second. I gotta answer the door call." She said as she then pressed herself against the entrance door; "Who is it?" She said as she looked through the peephole of her apartment door to see who was waiting on the other side.

"It's Jeeves, Madam." The receptionist's British voice responded, making Sunset smile; "I brought you your dinner." He said as he was seen through the peephole of the door with a dinner cart standing in front of him with fancy silver tray covers to keep the meal warm that was prepared for her, as Sunset's started to realize she was starting to feel pechish as her stomach began to rumble.

Sunset squealed in excitement, as she then opened the door and stood behind it. When she looked through the doorway, she saw a tall badger dressed in a black tux, with white buttoned shirt under the said tux, and black shoes, standing in the doorway while leaning his hands against the trolley tray. The trolley tray had some dishes with fresh cooked food, which was still hot and gave that delicious smell. As it was concealed under a fancy silver chrome food cover used for fine dining.

Sunset's eyes grew wide and her smile widened from ear to ear, "Mmmmmmmm…" She moaned in excitement; "Come in, Mr Jeeves. Come in, please…" She said as Jeeves entered her apartment while pushing the tray before him; "Ooooohhhh, I cannot wait to taste it."

Jeeves stopped in the living room and rolled the trolley tray before the coffee table which stood in front of the TV.

"Just like you love…" He said as he then picked up the food cover to reveal the content of the dishes. Ratatouille, with baked potato, with chives and cheese, and a simple salad to complete the set. Sunset breathed out a sigh and put her phone to her ear.

"Twilight, I'll call you tomorrow." She said as she turned off the phone and approached the tray. The receptionist accompanied her with a smile on her face.

"Was that Princess Twilight Sparkle on the other side of the telephone line?" He asked, to which Sunset nodded as she sat on her couch.

"Yep." She answered as she took the fork, and prepared to start eating; "She was wondering if I am going to go back after my mandate expires."

Jeeves nodded; "My guess is that she is about to gift our capital city with her presence somewhere in the near future?" He asked as he approached the couch and stood in a butler's pose to serve Sunset her dinner. He handed her the cloth napkin, which the unicorn girl gladly accepted.

"Sorry, but your guess is wrong. She already has enough headaches in Equestria." She answered as she took a dish with the baked potato; "You brought any beverage with this?" She asked as she didn't know what she had on hand in her apartment's fridge that would go well with this meal she was presented with.

Jeeves bowed solemnly; "Of course." He said as he removed another food cover to reveal a glass jug filled with an orange juice, and a cylindrical glass. Sunset's eyes went narrowed when she saw it as she then gave that astonished look to Jeeves.

"Seriously…. it's like you can read my mind sometimes?" She asked, to which Jeeves chuckled snidely a bit, and then he took the jug and a glass to pour her a drink.

30 minutes later.

Sunset could be seen sitting on her window and enjoying the view of the central street of the city. The street had three lanes, and one, fourth, near the sidewalk was given to the tramway's railroad. She saw the cars were running through the big city lights, trying to get back home, and the trams taking the latest passengers. The people were walking across the wide sidewalks under the tall and dense trees. The giant skyscrapers stood on each side of the street on its entire length. Most of the city's architecture stood by Art-Deco style. Central City had very strict architecture rules, and a design code which was forbidden to violate. Even its outskirts were mostly built in Art Deco.

The main avenue was meant to wear the name of Gandalf's Avenue. It was insanely long, more than 10 kilometres, and it led straight to the huge complex of seven buildings built in a glorious and massive style of architecture. Six of those buildings were practically the same size, with a little difference, but one of these buildings stood out higher from almost the entire city. It was a gigantic tower, with the clocks on its top. These clocks could be spotted everywhere in Central City, and its chimes can be heard even from here. That was the Emerald Palace, the residence of one of Mobiuses Royal Family, consisting of Queen Aleena Delphius and her triplet children. The palace was also the home for a few thousand simple servants who catered for the needs of the country, and a few more thousand guardians, which was called the Royal Security Service.

Sunset loved the view of that majestic palace. Not only was it the tallest and the biggest building in that district, but it was also one of the main symbols of Mobius. It is as if it was the personification of Mobian pride, power, hope, belief, and determination. Bending her legs in her knees and wrapping her arms around them, Sunset smiled while looking at the gigantic clocks of the main tower.

She then switched her view from the Emerald Palace back into her apartment to see the receptionist who was cleaning Sunset's table from it's now empty dishes, as he was now even wiping down the table before he departed.

"Ummm, Jeeves…" She called him to which he looked at her with a solemn smile; "Have you ever visited the Emerald Palace in your life?"

Jeeves pondered over her question; "Hmmm… quite a few times from what I can remember." He answered; "Why are you asking?" He asked her a question, while continuing to clean the coffee table from the dishes.

Sunset giggled; "I just..." She said as she then again eyed the majestic palace; "I wish I could get there at least once in my life."

Jeeves looked at her; "You never been there before?" He asked.

Sunset shook her head; "Mmmhm-mmmhm…" She humphed; "In the beginning, I was banned from even approaching the Emerald palace. I wasn't even allowed to enter Strawberry Park, but now… I have so little time, or just… no desire to go there." She sighed as she then nuzzled her head against the window's glass and looked down to see the main street divides on two in a diagonal geometry and disappeared behind the shapes of her apartment complex.

The receptionist of the complex finished with the cleaning process, and when all the dining cutlery and utensils were collected on the trolley tray he again turned his view at the unicorn girl. He then approached her.

"Why don't you just go and see it yourself?" Jeeves asked as he stood next to Sunset, and eyed the Emerald Palace; "I have a very big doubt that the Royal Security will prevent you from visiting the palace without having any legal grounds."

"It's not that simple, Jeeves." Sunset answered; "Each time when I am going to visit the Emerald Palace, something is happening, and I end up going back to my embassy. And when I am off work, the Palace is closed for visitors." She then looked at him.

Jeeves smiled more; "It seems to me that you are over-dramatising." He sarcastically commented; "Young people are often looking for an excuse for something they supposedly couldn't do, whereas in fact there's a lot of possibilities."

Sunset sighed as she then turned away; "Awwww… Is it your Jeeves philosophy again?" She asked a bit irritated, but still smiling.

"I am just assuming that you procrastinate your reasons to go, when in truth…. I think you're afraid that you won't be welcomed there after your past miss deeds." He said as he then turned away to approach the table. Sunset dove deep into her train of thoughts after Jeeves words of wisdom. She continued sitting on the window even after Jeeves left her apartments while pondering what an adult badger said to her about her own inhibitions.

"Maybe." She moaned in weariness as she looked out towards the Emerald Palace again with a sad look of longing on her face.

MEANWHILE, IN THE EMERALD PALACE.

The gigantic royal palace made of reinforced concrete shone with its bright lights above the Central City living districts. The Emerald Palace was basically a complex of eight structures. The widest of these structures was a gigantic foundation which covered almost 15 square kilometers of area. From the sky, it had a form of a heptagonal prism. It had twenty stores, and was built of marble in an Art-Deco style. On its roof seven more buildings were towering. Six of those also had the Art-Deco architecture, were fifty stories tall, and had a geometry of a clover if you look from the sky. They were pretty wide and massive, and served as the administrative needs for the country. Royal Advisers, Security, Attendants, VIP citizens, they all also had the apartments in these buildings.

And finally one. Massive and gigantic tower, the second tallest building in the city, reminded the giant concrete Big Ben of London, all covered in rose colored marble, and having 125 floors, with the exception of its top. The top of the building had huge and wide clocks which can be seen from far away. The tower wore the name Jules Tower, in the name of a late hero king, who was killed in the war against Doctor Ivo Robotnik, commonly known as Dr. Eggman. The Royal Family had their apartments on the highest floors, and the Queen's working office is also located there. It had four balconies on each wall of the building, so she could see her country from all angles. Her dearest children also lived there.

The Emerald Palace is surrounded by a huge park territory, five times larger than the foundation of the palace. It had almost every single tree type you could meet in Mobius. The trees were tall, and their thick were dense. It used to wear the name of Royal Garden and used to have massive walls to surround the whole territory, but more than 150 years ago, the walls were destroyed and the commoners were finally allowed to be regular visitors.

A company of five Mobians, three boys and two girls wandered through the lights of the park as they were laughing, singing songs, and… they were obviously drunk.

From high above, a certain cobalt blue hedgehog watched the scene through his high-tech binocular wearing nothing but his gym shorts, socks and sneakers, showing off his lean yet chiselled physique. He sees this picture every day, as there's a lot of bars surrounding the palace territory, so he got used to it. He even asked his mom to order the guards to walk some of them towards the road and help them catch their taxi. Shaking his head Sonic entered inside of his chambers and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

Sonic Maurice Delphius is the Royal Prince of Mobius, the second in the heritage line after his older triplet brother Manuel, and the third one to his sister Sonia. In his personal chambers, he had five rooms. One room is a living room which has everything that a young modern man needs to have. Gaming console, a huge TV, Stereo system, tons of shelves with books, sport awards, posters of beautiful women with their auto-graphs on them, some with lipstick prints attached as well, comfortable couches, and so on. His other room was obviously a bedroom, another room was his own work out room, and two others were guest rooms for his friends and close ones. His balcony was pretty wide to have a couple of deck and lounge chairs.

He then shook his head as he entered back into his room and hung the binoculars on his computer chair. He then approached the exit door, which looked quite common, considering his status. As he went out of his room, he closed the door and walked down the corridor towards his mother's office. Despite the fact that he forgot to his singlet top as his body was still coated in a sheen of sweat which he had been discarded earlier to help cool off during an intense workout, though he didn't think he'd run into anybody and he'd be in and out before anyone would really notice… so he thought it was okay to be honest and he needed the extra time to cool off before getting dressed.

As he arrived in his mother's royal office, he then approached his mother's SuperComputer which was mounted on the office wall left to the entrance to an alcove spot between two library shelves, as he activated it, as it slid out of concealment from the wall it was conjoined with.

This Super Computer not only was able to hold surveillance for the entire building, but was also linked to Satellites that took surveillance across the entire globe (within legal reason of course) as it kept updated progress of things like disasters and attacks as soon as they happened from across the planet to help keep the royal family informed of current events especially crisis happening on the planet. Right now though…. Sonic of course ... was using it like his own personal Bat Computer to see any potential threats had come up… but alas… all was quiet and peaceful on the planet. Which bummed him out now as he reflected on his so called glory days, since the last Great War against Dr. Eggman.

It had been twelve years now since he had seen any action, and since that time Sonic had grown increasingly restless to his plush and luxurious life. Though he had everything a person could ever want and then some, he felt like a wild animal forced to live the rest of his life in confinement to never again roam wide open spaces of the wild and the thrill and the danger of the hunt was stripped away from him only to be put on display as an exotic animal to be admired from afar, and not intermingle with community like he used have been able to, just then the light had clicked on in the office, his mother's office he was currently occupied, as he turned his head towards the entrance to the office in wide eye alarm and surprise.

Sonic turned away from the computer screen before giving the screen a thorough examination of the status of the security of the planet, as he saw his mother standing in the doorway and staring at him with a tired look on her face, clearly unamused at what he was doing.

"Now I see that I did the right thing when I decided to check on my office for the last time before turning in for the night." Queen Aleena said as she approached her computer to see her son. Sonic sighed deeply as he attempted to smile at his mother.

"Hey, mom." He said; "Trouble with sleep? I was just seeing if all was still peaceful across the world." He explained to his mom in a casual way, hoping that would lighten her mood at him for using her personal supercomputer.

As he then decided to add; "It's not like I'm using it to download porn or anything?" Sonic said as he was at least using it for its intended use and not for trivial petty use.

Just as the gap between Sonic and his mother is gone, Aleena towered over her son as she looked un-phased by that remark, as she crossed her arms across her chest as she said; "At least with that excuse, I don't have to worry about picking up a virus from you misusing the computer, that way I can avoid an embarrassing explanation to the computer technicians why this computer was on a porn sight to begin with?" She said as Sonic lowered his eyes in annoyance and sighed again as he gave her an unamused look of his own.

"Mom, please, don't give me that look on your face." He said as he was getting tired of being treated like a child at this stage of his life, as he was not only an adult but also a royal me ever of this family and things shouldn't be off limits to him like this, but his mother was only breathed in irritation at that response.

"This has gone on for the last ten years." She started as she began circling around the room; "Each time just when I finish my job and closing my office for the night, you go here and watch the monitor for any possible mayhem you can get yourself involved in." She then stopped and frowned at her restless son; "Sonic, why should I be babysitting you like a small child when you can't help but get into these antics all the time?" She said in a classic version of a mother scolding her son fashion.

Sonic stood up as he looked away and approached the window; "Mom, please…. don't start that again." He moaned displeased as he was getting sick of this himself, as that was the exact point he was trying to make with her.

Aleena's eyes grew wide at that; "Don't start what?" She asked; "Maybe you should stop spying on people? I am not saying that I had to reinstall the whole operating system after a couple of your surveillance attempts? This computer serves us to secure our people, who trusted us with their lives and their future, and not a toy for your own personal amusement." She said in a bossy manner that served to hit that sensitive sore spot on Sonic's self-esteem.

Sonic then frowned as he looked at his mom; "That's what I am trying to do, mom!" He barked at her; "I'm not only nearly thirty years old, but I'm also an experienced war veteran who also has super powers, and all I am trying to do is prevent the danger. Just as I see danger, I should be there for people, I mean…. for fuck sake. I bet Clark Kent doesn't get chewed by his parents for going out and using his powers to protect humanity, can't you see how humiliating this is, that I'm not treated like an adult here?" He said hoping to get his point across, so she can realize how overbearing she was being.

Aleena's expression on her face did not change; "Raise your tone at me once again or say any bad words in my presence, and I will order to wash your mouth with soap, young man!" She said calmly, but very sternly; "And notice, I will not look at you as my son. I am a Queen of Mobius, and I demand you to pay me at least some respect… especially when you dress up and wander around the palace like… you looking just now…" She said pointing at Sonic's half dressed state of being.

Sonic, though, was still thinking that he was doing the right things, but yet he admitted that he was not in his own boundaries to win this argument, no matter what his intentions were. He then sighed deeply as he lowered his head and collapsed onto his chair. He buried his face into his hands to erupt deep another breath out.

"I'm sorry, mom." He said apologetically as he then looked into her eyes with a small smile on his face; "I guess… I forgot to put on my singlet when I left my personal gym." He said, trying hopefully to ease tensions here.

Seeing her son have finally given up, Aleena shot a look of concern, as she then approached him. She then put her hand on his left shoulder which Sonic instantly accepted by putting his own hand on the top of hers.

"Sonic, what's bothering you?" The Queen asked in a soft manner; "And don't even try to fool me with your poor excuses which you made before. I am your mother, and you are my son. I can clearly see that something heavy is on my son's heart."

Sonic at first said nothing in response, as he just patted his mom's hand, and then he gently slid it off his shoulder. He then stood up and approached the balcony. He soon found himself breathing in a Big City scent while staring at the Big City nights. Aleena slowly followed her son on the balcony.

"It feels like I'm just drifting nowhere with my life." Sonic spoke, a slight irritation noted in his voice; "And… that it feels like….. that I was forcefully retired way too early." He then leaned against the railing of the balcony; "I am not jealous of Manic or anything, and I am happy that he's first in line as the future King… It's just… The feeling is that I'm just wasting my time being a royalty. This palace, these servants, advisors, and stuff. I was not born to live that life, you know." He stressed to his mother hoping that she will take his words with solidarity.

"You were born as my son, and as your father's… King's son, my sweet little boy." Aleena spoke to him with a well known wise mother's intonation as she smiled warmly at him; "That's what you are all about. You are Salvatore Maurice Delphius!"

"I know, and… that's the problem." Sonic stressed again, as he turned away, and looked down; "I mean… *sigh*..." He then looked into Aleena's eyes; "Mom, I love you, and I will always thank Chaos Gods for bringing us back together. But I have lived with my old life for too long… ever since… you know…"

Aleena nodded at him with a smile as Sonic continued.

"I could do whatever I wanted." He spoke, as he looked down from the balcony; "Run around the hills. Seek out adventure. Pick a woman I really love and be sure that… she loves me for… what I really am." He breathed out his final phrase, making Aleena rolling her eyes to the skies.

"Oh, so now it's also about women?" She asked sarcastically, making Sonic widening his eyes and looking at her quizzically; "And I thought you're going to tell me the same old story about how bored you are that there's no crimes happening around, and that you are not allowed to go and solve them all alone?" She asked with a sarcastic smile to flash across her lips.

Sonic couldn't hold his chuckle in; "Oh, come on…" He said as he then shook his head; "That too, but… I feel like I was never born being a royalty. Sometimes I have dreams of being a regular commoner who has a simple job, wife, and kids, and who is… allowed doing anything he wants, going everywhere he wants, and not following the rules."

Aleena sighed; "Alright, first thing first." She started; "If you think that the commoners are allowed to do whatever they want you are deeply mistaken. The law is one for everyone who lives in the country, or our planet. The same goes for the rules." She then put her hands on her own waist; "And you are allowed to do anything you want, and go everywhere you want, and as far away from my working office as it is only possible." She said, prompting Sonic chuckling awkwardly; "And the second is… *sigh*... many people in this world think that they weren't born to be who they are."

She then looked at the landscapes of Central City; "Look at this city." She spoke, to which Sonic did exactly as she said; "Twenty five million people are having everyday and night dreams of being born in a more proper place, and a higher status without even realizing how difficult it is. If you were married, you'd have the responsibility before your wife. If you both had kids you'd have been responsible before them. And on your dreamy simple job your boss would have controlled every step you make, every key you type, or box you are carrying, or whatever career you're doing, and god's help you if you dare to make at least one little mistake or go for your job in not the most convenient time in your life."

She then looked down at the Emerald Park and a small smile of nostalgia flashed across her lips; "When I was a little girl I dreamed of having a simple life as well. In fact… I tried to stay out of this palace as far as I could… because it was impossible to be in when my parents… you're respectful grandparents… spent hours on talking to their advisors, the government members, the business elite, famous artists, athletes, musicians, actors, simple workers, and commoners who came in to ask for the advice…" Aleena then smiled as she then pointed at the grove opposite wide and green boulevard; "I was spending my whole days down there, playing games with children from the nearby school. I felt like a simple girl when I was next to them… and I think I dreamed of having another life, just like you, and…" She then looked sadly at Sonic; "And like your dad dreamed of."

Sonic gave her an understanding smile as he then hugged her tightly, which she gladly accepted. He held her closer so she could feel comfortable, as Aleena then continued.

"But when I grew up, when your grandfather stepped down from his throne for me, I learned many new things about responsibility, duty, honour, faith, and… just what it is like to give people hope to help their lives to become better…" She said as she then finished their hug and looked into her son's eyes; "That's much… much harder than running around and saving the day. Isn't that the right time to understand it?"

Sonic shrugged in response with a smile; "I guess I still have many things to learn?" He commented on that, to which Aleena giggled and grabbed him by the cheeks as she started squashing them, making Sonic even more awkward; "Mooooom…"

"You are a big strong bunch of problems, Sonic Maurice Delpheus." Aleena said, a laughing tone in her voice before letting go of her son's cheeks, as she then approached her desk. Sonic meanwhile rubbed his cheeks with his own hands before he followed his mother. When they were near the desks, Aleena started picking up some papers.

"You are the Royal Prince of Mobius, and the most popular man in the world." She said as she then looked into her son's eyes snidely; "Don't you see how many women nearly faint when they see you on the street?"

Sonic shrugged; "Well, of course I do…" He said as he then leaned against the desk with his left hand; "But the problem is that they see me more as a meal ticket. They want me just because I am a Prince, and your son."

Aleena then chuckled ironically; "And in the past they wanted you just because you are a superhero and the world saviour?" She asked softly; "What's the difference?"

Sonic then blushed as he wiped the smirk off his face when she said it. That's something he never really thought of before in his life…. other than the fact that one he had actually earned in life and the other he was born into.

"Hmmmmm…" He said as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully; "I never really thought of it." He then looked into his mom's eyes; "You really think that they were in love with me because I used to be so freaking huge popular? And not my… well natural traits?"

Aleena then smiled; "You know why me and your dad loved each other sincerely? Because we were both of the same status, and never really needed anything from each other… other than we actually needed each other." She said a bit sadly, as she had some tears rolling down on her face; "That's what you need, my boy. You need someone who will see what you really are and who will need you. Not your glory, not your duties…. But you. Running around and saving the day would never help them to have a better view of your true self." She then became a bit more teary eyed, making Sonic concerned for his mom's health. He then approached her, and hugged her which she again accepted by nuzzling her son.

"Mom, please don't cry." He said. Aleena then made her best effort to stop her tears, as the death of her husband still wounded her to this day, as she leaned in on her son for emotional support, as they both looked at the self portrait of King Jules as he was making a funny face down at the possible onlookers of said portrait with his eyes cocked, his tongue out, and both of his fists punching his own cheeks. He was the spitting image of Sonic himself. As Alleena and Sonic chuckled at it.

"Why did he even do that on Camera?" Sonic asked as he could barely hold back his laughter.

"He wanted to make me laugh even when he's out." Aleena answered through her giggles; "It makes me laugh for the last thirty three years since then." She then picked up her papers, as they both then headed out of the office.

"I envy what you and dad had…. no matter how brief it must have seemed…. Sometimes I think he'd kick my ass for what I have become now?" Sonic said solemnly not having done anything to elevate the Royal Family's name and brought him back to his own shortcomings in the past.

Aleena then broke out in a harsh scolding towards his son…. Knowing his poor self-esteem was showing its ugly face again and she wanted to remedy that once and for all.

"Don't you dare say that!" She said, "Your dad would be proud of you for what you have become, my dear. You saved the world, you stopped the war, you became a hero amongst billions of people…. he'd be as proud of you as I am. I can guarantee that."

Sonic then shrugged again; "Well, technically… Shadow saved the world by blowing Eggman's mind off... I mean literally." He commented as he and Aleena walked out of the office. The Mobius Queen then laughed a bit.

"I know what you mean, dear." She said; "Please don't remind me about it. I have had enough of this while identifying the body to pronounce his official death to the public." She said as she recalled the gruesome event all too well.

Sonic chuckled in response; "Sometimes it feels like he replaced me as the new hero of the world." He commented with a slight note of jealousy; "He does it every day, has a gorgeous Equestrian Moon Goddess by his side, and all I am, is a complete wash out."

Aleena chuckled; "You want to date Luna?" She asked, to which Sonic widened his eyes and blushed; "Don't you think that she's waaaay too old for you?"

Sonic pffft then; "Nooooo… I mean, she is drop dead gorgeous, don't get me wrong but…"

"Sonic, I don't think that you want to serve as a GUN agent instead of Shadow, and have a woman who prefers men who are tougher than you." Aleena snidely commented, not letting Sonic finish his sentence; "On that job, you'd have to work under the command of the harshest commander on an entire planet, dealing with serial killers, drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and all that jazz."

Sonic gave her a blank stare; "Ummmmmm… I don't think I can stand being yelled at by a superior officer for breaking rules for all the right reasons." HE doubted as he scratched the back of his head. Aleena laughed softly again.

"See? There is no occupation that is free of it's ups and downs." Aleena said wisely as she finished her laughter; "All of us are maintaining our natural positions. Kings and Queens, Rich and Poor, Bosses and Workers. We're all circling around and each of us has to rely on someone who has a smaller status but bigger job, and… that's how the world is built."

"I know, mom." Sonic said with a smile.

"Know what?" The two suddenly heard a young female voice on their left and looked there to see a certain lavender hedgehog princess, dressed in a pink sleeveless tight short dress, and black high heel slippers. She had crystal earrings, and a few finger rings with expensive stones on her fingers. Sonic's eyes widened at the view, while Aleena smirked at her daughter as she then approached her.

"My oh my. Just where are you going in a dress like this, Sonia?" Aleena asked, a playful tone in her voice, making Sonia smirking and running her hand across her exposed clavicle.

"I was invited to an elite party in Freskold's mansion." She told her mother and her brother, making Sonic even more dumbfounded; "It promises to be hot as St Garys and Hummers will be, sooooo… they need a martial artist to maintain a small order over there."

Aleena chuckled at this; "Just don't break too many bones at the party, my dear." She said jokingly, to which Sonia winked.

"I'll try." She said, as she then approached her mom and took her by the hands; "I'll be back late at night, so have a good sleep, mommy." She said as she then kissed Aleena on the cheek, and then she approached Sonic; "Good night to you, too, my beloved brother." She said as she then kissed Sonic on the cheek, and then she cat-walked down the corridor. Aleena kept looking at her daughter with a look of pride on her face, while the cobalt hedgehog guy was still confused by what just happened.

"That's my girl." Aleena commented as she then turned away and went towards her chambers. Sonic recollected his thoughts, as he then followed his mom, on the way erupting a deep sigh.

"Even Sonia has a more interesting life than me" He commented, to which Aleena chuckled again.

"You can join her in that party while it's still not too late." She suggested, to which Sonic just waved it off.

"NAh, I'll pass." He said, and walked down to his room; "I think I'll better get some rest, you know… playing RDR 2."

"Fine, dear." Aleena said as they finally reached Queen's chambers, and stopped near the doors; "But do not play it too long. We got to meet Princess Luna tomorrow in the Airport."

"I remember mom." Sonic said as he then went down towards his champers; "Good night."

"Good night, honey." Aleena said as she then opened the door and entered her chambers.

A few minutes later Sonic entered his room, and closed the door to his chambers tightly. He then breathed out the air, and approached his computer desk. He landed his ass on the seat, and tossed his feet on the top of the computer desk next to the keyboard. He then turned on the machine, and saw a Queen band poster as the main screen. He smirked as he then turned on one of his games, and started waiting till it's loaded.

*Knock-knock-knock*

He suddenly heard the knocking sounds from the side of his entrance door, as he then ceased to smirk and directed his gaze towards the place where he heard the noise.

"Who is it?" He asked loudly.

"It's Jeeves, sir." A British speaking male voice replied Sonic, making the latest smirk again; "May I come in?"

Sonic then stood up and approached his couch; "Sure, It's opened." He answered the double door entrance to his chambers.

The door opened and a certain honey badger dressed in a black butler's tux entered the chambers. He saw Sonic standing near the couch, as he then smiled professionally to the Royal Prince of Mobius. Jeeves then bowed to Sonic.

"Good evening, sir." He said in his typical British mannerism. Sonic reached out his arms towards Jeeves.

"Jeeves me lad!" He greeted the butler in a faux pauze British accent as he approached him; "It's been so long…" He said as he walked over to Jeeves and put his hands on the shoulders of the badger.

Jeeves still kept that professional, but somehow snide smile; "Seven hours, sir?" He asked with sarcasm in his voice.

"Exactly." Sonic answered as he patted Jeeves shoulders; "It's been seven hours, and my stomach still requires a dose of alcohol." He then turned away and approached his computer desk; "It's burning, Jeeves. Buuuurrrrrning." Sonic said in a fake whining tone in an attempt at humour.

Jeeves just nodded at this; "Always, sir." He said; "Will you order an ambulance right away when taking strong heavy drinks… sir?"

Sonic gave a smirk for Jeeves; "I fear that I will need GUN protection if mom finds me with a hangover tomorrow morning when we're supposed to receive Princess Luna at the airport." He said as he then looked at the computer screen, and started playing the game; "Any news from our big city?" He asked a question.

Jeeves started cleaning Sonic's chambers, though, it obviously did not need much cleaning, but he still did it anyway.

"News as told by the TV-hosts." He commented, to which Sonic just huffed.

"They're a bunch of liars." The hedgehog guy complained; "Every single news is heavily exaggerated as if the apocalypse is coming. Do you recall what happened when they told the news about someone harassing someone, and in the end it turned out to be a common family quarrel?" He asked as he looked at the butler.

"Too well, sir." Jeeves answered; "I got to admit that the spontaneous reason for your surprising arrival to Empire City sounded convincing." He said with a sly smile on his face. Sonic rolled his eyes as he then turned away from Jeeves to return back to the game.

"So the city is quiet and calm." He commented as he focused on the playthrough.

Jeeves slowly approached Sonic and he towered from behind the chair; "Big Cities are never calm and quiet." He started; "There's always something cooking in between the shadows of skyscrapers… Especially in a city with a twenty-five million population."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah… *huff*... more work for our brave police and no fun for Sonic." Sonic said so acidly as if he chewed on a lemon just now. Jeeves chuckled at this but continued.

"The times have changed, sir." He spoke as he then approached the window to close the balcony doors; "New order copes with things pretty easily since the war was over. Naturally, the big need for superheroes isn't required anymore for the present times. At least for now, though." Jeeves said to help keep Sonic's hopes up but failed miserably.

Sonic sighed; "We discussed that before, Jeeves." He noted, still looking at his computer screen.

"As you say, sir." Jeeves agreed as he closed the doors of Sonic's balcony; "You're going to attend the airport tomorrow morning. Madam Ambassador is going to accompany you during the meeting with Her Highness and her escorts?" Jeeves added to help change the subject away from Sonic's exile from adventure.

Sonic's eyes flared up at this, as he then pressed the pause button and turned completely to Jeeves to face him.

"You're talking about that Equestrian Unicorn lady?" Sonic asked, to which the butler replied with a nod, as he then folded the cover on Sonic's couch and fixed the couch pillows.

"If by that unicorn lady you imply Madam Sunset Shimmer, then the answer will be yes." He said as he then looked at Sonic.

The blue hedgehog then stood up from his computer chair and approached the Royal butler; "She wants her butt to meet with a cutting edge?" He asked in a sarcastic manner, to which Jeeves shook his head negatively.

"Didn't hear any notes of nostalgia for her criminal past, sir." The badger said; "But she was vocal about her desire to visit the Emerald Palace."

Sonic's eyes grew wide in some sort of excitement when he heard this. He never saw Sunset Shimmer in person, and did not even participate in chasing her when she stole Equestrian sacred magical artifact to sell it for Mobian gangsters, and all he heard about her was from Shadow, and his teammates who spoke about her without any enthusiasm. Though, he wouldn't mind finally meeting with her in person. Though, tomorrow he will do it anyway. He then gave an enthusiastic smile.

"Hmmm… so our Miss Bonnie desperately wants to visit an Emerald Palace?" He asked as he sounded a bit snidely; "Okay, then. We will give her a warm welcome. I will address this issue tomorrow morning when I meet her in the airport."

Jeeves then narrowed his eyes; "But sir…"

"Easy there, mate." Sonic reassured him; "No mentions of you being our royal butler."

Jeeves sighed deeply; "Thank you, sir." He said; "You want me to prepare your training suit?"

"Nope." Sonic said as he put his hand on his own waist; "Go to sleep. Tomorrow will be a long day."

"Well said, sir." Jeeves agreed as he then approached the exit door; "Good night, sir."

"Good night." Sonic said good night to Jeeves. The butler then left as Sonic then walked back to his computer and sat on his chair. He then started playing the game again, without even thinking of his conversation with Jeeves. Sure, he had a lot of things to think of, but he didn't bother as he wanted his mind to relax before tomorrow. Plus he was too focused on the game.

The Next Morning.

The sunrays flow through the window glasses of the royal penthouse on the top floors of Jules Tower. Sonic could be spotted sleeping in his bed, half covered by a blanket, his left hand hidden under the pillow. His right hand is resting on his forehead. The hedgehog had a sleepy smile to curve across his lips, and sometimes had moans of pleasure he breathed out.

That's when Jeeves opened the door to Sonic's chambers. He went in with a professional smile on his lips, already dressed in a butler's trademark black suit. With a walk of a true british gentleman, the honey badger went first across the living room, then reached the stairs that leads to the bedroom. He slowly went upstairs, and opened the door to the prince's bedroom. As he walked in, he walked over to the bed to see the royal highass is still asleep. Jeeves then attempted to wake him up.

"Sir." He called out loudly, but Sonic gave no reaction; "Sir, it's almost thirty minutes to eight, sir. You need to wake up." He said as he tried to wake the sleeping prince from his enchanted slumber. Jeeves then lifted up one of his eyebrows, and went to the right edge of the bed where Sonic was sleeping, as he then put a hand on Sonic's shoulder and shook him a bit.

"Sir." He called out again, shaking the hedgehog guy by the shoulder; "You might be late for your morning run before you have to rendezvous with Princess Luna at the airport." Jeeves said hoping this roused Sonic from his slumber.

This time, Sonic reacted, but negatively. While still asleep, he instinctively wrinkled and turned away from Jeeves and the sunrays. He uttered a sleepy moan, and buried himself deeper under the warm and soft blanket. As he did, he returned back to his dreams. Jeeves only shook his head in disappointment, as he then turned to the window and went there. He opened the window to let the fresh air fill the room. Looking back at Sonic, he then checked on his pocket watch to see what time it was.

He nodded to himself as he then pulled out two ear plugs to plug his ears, and just as he was ready, he looked at his watch again. He saw that the minute hand and second hand almost met on the 6 position, and a few moments later when both clock hands met together, Jeeves took a quick look at Sonic.

*BONG-BONG-BONG-BOOOOOONG*

Sonic jumped up from his bed and was instantly awoken by the clock bells; "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH…" He yelled as he stood on the top of his bed in a fighting stance, while facing his own wall, and while being only in his boxers. Seeing that there was no danger, he again heard these insanely loud bells of the tower's clocks. He turned his head towards the window to see the royal butler standing there and smiling.

"Good morning, sir." He greeted Sonic politely, but the Prince was annoyed by this.

"Awww, for Chaos' sake, Jeeves." Sonic grumbled after jumping off his bed. He approached Jeeves and stood in front of him, very frustrated.

"Why do you have to wake me up in such a cruel way?" He asked after Jeeves pulled the ear plugs out and hid them in the pocket.

"Beg your pardon, sir." The butler said, as if nothing had happened; "You left me no choice but to open the window seconds before the clock tower's bells rang. You forgot to set up your alarm clock I suppose?"

Sonic huffed in response; "I hate alarm clocks!" He grumbled as he turned away.

"But you don't want your mother being the one who wakes you up, and you know how she is with tardiness?" Jeeves said as he passed Sonic and approached Prince's bed. He knew that Sonic would prefer the Tower's clocks instead of Aleena's harsh tone.

Sonic, however, just waved it off; "Baaahhhh, I've learned to deal with it." He said as he then yawned a bit; "And so… I… am… awake… and I'll better get to the shower, and start the morning run before I am called back to my dream world."

Jeeves fixed Sonic's bed, and then looked at the Prince; "Good idea, sir." He commented; "SHould I prepare your regular sports suit?"

Sonic shook his head; "Nah, don't trouble yourself." He said as he then approached his closet to grab his towel, and a sports suit; "Let me do at least something in this palace by myself." He noted sarcastically, to which Jeeves bowed.

"As you wish, sir." He said solemnly; "I will prepare my electric bicycle then."

Sonic nodded, "Then don't waste your time." He said with a smirk. Jeeves then sighed at Sonic's remarks, and left the bedroom. Sonic pulled out his bright blue training suit, and a white towel, as he then started whistling a song under his breath, and walked out of his bedroom to take a quick shower.

MEANWHILE, IN THE MONOLITE LUXURY APARTMENTS.

Sunset laid asleep on her belly under the covers of her queen size bed, sleeping peacefully as her head laid to the right facing away from the window, while having both hands underneath her pillow where she laid her head. Her cascading mane of scarlet and gold hair laid unkempt and a bit messy but still beautiful as she began to moan as she slowly began to stir awake.

She yawned as she got up and began to stretch as she raised her hands facing towards the ceiling as while, while dawning a drowsy half awake smile after having a peaceful luxurious night sleep, as she got up revealing that she was wearing a lovely scarlet silk nightgown that hugged tightly to her lovely figure.

As she got up, she made her way to the large window she had her back to while she slept earlier, as she pulled the blinds away as she wore thin closed mouth smirk as the light rushed in her room, better revealing those beautiful lighter shade of emerald green eyes and tangerine gold fur coat on her body as she took in wonderous view of the city that always helped her ready for the day. Though not as beautiful as sometimes at night…. depending on the state of the day, the view of the city managed to keep her spirits high, as she looked pleased at her current surroundings. After getting her satisfied view of the city, she then stretched and yawned again, as she directed her magical unicorn horn to turn the coffee pot on, as she began to get ready for the day.

She then used her horn close the window blinds behind her and use the very same magic as she took a yoga pose of raising her hands towards the ceiling in a… prayer to the heavens, as a green aura lifted her gown off her body as her bare boobs slightly bounced once relieved from the narrow waist line of the gown, revealing that she was wearing nothing but a thong.

As she gradually bent down to remove it raising her lovely behind and fiery pony tail in the air, as she slid it off her lovely long legs and stepped out of, as she now stood there completely naked and didn't want to give any pervs across the street a free show as she playfully stuck out her tongue and closed her right eye as she took aim and sling shot her thong neatly into the close hamper for later laundry washing as she then commenced with her aerobic and yoga exercises to cut out the middleman of dressing to work out and undressing to take a shower, and to help keep that body of her's a twelve.

As she was doing one particular yoga pose; leaning forward on one leg while bending the other against your back while in prayer while she reflected to herself while still in her happy state of mind.

"I've done pretty good for myself all things considered, in the space of a few short years, I've gotten myself a great job in foreign and promising nation of Mobius with its technologically advanced society which is nothing like Equestria's archaic culture of daily life, as they're technological industry seemed a few decades behind in comparison, as they were still using steam engine trains to get from town to town while Mobian's had more advanced means of getting around like electric ion engines like in cars to get around…. I've managed to secure good relations between my home nation of Equestria with Mobius despite hostilities between the two nations, for Equestria's absence in the war effort and closing off the borders during the war with Eggman, which made immigration to Mobius rough for Equestrians to start a new life in the nation of Mobius…. now my people are aiding in the recovery effort from the war with Eggman. Not to mention I've attained elite status and I'm now living in this great apartment with the nice people here who help me balance my work with my life. All done when I was at rock bottom with what looked like not a glimmer of hope left in life, I've done so much with so little but my mentor's leniency to atone for my past transgressions." Sunset said while closing her eyes with a pleased smile on her face while maintaining perfect balance while doing this tricky pose as she continued with her inner train of thought.

"Not many ponies can claim to have done that in their lifetime, the only thing that's missing in my life is a special somepon….ey." Sunset said as her good mood suddenly stopped dead in its tracks as she somehow once again found the one empty presence in her life. As that was the one thing she had sudden doubts about her life.

As she continued on her routine, with some difficulty now she was not as focused and not feeling light as a feather as she strained to shift her body in another complex pose and even began to tremble and even began to sweat due to the strain, which supposedly was good…. considering that showed that she was getting an adequate work out, but also meant she was likely going to not only gravely pull something but also fall flat on her face with her boobs hitting the floor first, which from a woman's experience…. was about as pleasant as getting hit in the crotch was for a guy, as she decided to end the session there as her body was now glistening with sweat as she made her way to her bathroom, all the while swaying her which moved her bacon like pony tail from left and right as she approached from her bedroom.

As wiped the sweat off of her body with one towel from her bathroom reserved for this occasion she continued to look at her social life or… rather…. lack there of one, as her career and getting her life out from the gutter had been a full time gig in those past few years, that she had scarcely thought of such at the time, as she threw the sweaty towel in her bathroom hamper and prepared the water temperature of her shower, as her thoughts continued to wonder into treacherous territory on what people really thought of her.

As she entered the shower and hot warm water began to cascade and run down every inch of her naked body as she pivoted and turned to make sure she got her back side as she solemnly continued on her fearful doubts as the warm water was the only relief that soothed her body. True…. She was in a much nicer place then she was when she started out, as people were more likely to throw trash at her and spewed vulgar obscenities at her, back when she wore her orange prison uniform and was made to pick up the rubble she had made when she had terrorized the city and stole from every bank could find in said city.

Though she had no delusion that she had deserved it, she remembered the only company she had were Shadow and the guards stationed to guard her and there scornful stares to keep her company not knowing if they had really been there to guard her or guard her against the angry citizens of this city as they were still recovering from a war and now an Equestrian menace had come to further devastate there economy and steal away there savings from after finding jobs that had been a hassle to find for the majority of Mobian and now that Equestrians had moved in as Penance from Princess Celestia for not aiding in the war effort made tensions worse for both parties as some Equestrians had skills that Mobian's didn't possess such as flight and magic in the reconstruction effort and it felt that Equestrians were cheating Mobian's out of much needed jobs and income to fix their own city, though it was more complicated than that, and Sunset was caught in the middle of both parties scorn.

Despite how rough and horrible it had been for her personally with no support at the beginning, Sunset had somehow found and the inspiration she needed from the strained relations between Mobian's and Equestrians decided to quell the fighting and create some order by giving them some form of direction and instead trying to compete with each other have the two races work alongside each other by assigning tasks, and picking what task fit better for each individual. And from then on it was all up with her from then on. As Sunset had then begun to lather her body as started out with uncertainty on her face.

However that was then and she had the time consuming busy job of not only getting people to trust her, but also helping to maintain an entire city which still viewed her as a threat, but the challenge and work had kept her mind occupied while now living on foreign soil. But once she had settled into her new life and job a certain emptiness started to make itself known to her and she knew this was only temporary.

As Sunset allowed the cascading water to rinse off the lathered soup she had applied to herself she then leaned forward on the shower wall with her soaked and clinging to her head looking abysmal. As she began to apply shampoo to do her hair she had found out one night not too long ago what was always absent from her life. Despite moving to the top in society like she had always wanted she found out one night not too long ago what everyone else had that she still didn't have. Friends….. Family…. love. Despite winning everyone over in the polls as ambassador and being tolerated, she didn't know where she stood, if people really accepted her or not despite past wrongdoings.

During one night during a holiday office party she found out everyone had family member, friends to spend time with, a significant other to come home to at the end of the day…. but she…. had none of that, at first she tried to ignore and concentrate on the matter at hand but that feeling only grew as time went on. Though she had her friends back in Equestria, that was still a nation away separated by a vast ocean, which of course… didn't give her instant access to her friends.

And there were times she felt lonely as she then began to rinse her hair and once was certain the suds were clear from her eyes she began to leave the shower, her body soaking wet as she began to reach for a towel to dry off and and once done a smaller towel to help dry her hair. As she left the bathroom, her yellow gold unicorn horn once again glowed with a green aura as the closet door began to open on it's own as she picked out two different business suits to wear one magenta and the other violet.

She then decided to pick the magenta one as it clashed with her body colors better as she then also picked out a random bra and panties from the dresser to wear all the while picking two slices of bread and putting them into the toaster and pouring her a glass of OJ from the fridge as she got dress.

As she used her magical abilities to multitask with ease…. which was harder than it looked, even for a common unicorn to do, but was able to do even when the clothes had obstructed her vision she still maintained perfect control with ease. Just as she got dressed and her magic also levitated a cup of yogurt out of the fridge and a spoon from the utensil drawer as she then went to the coffee maker and poured herself a cup of coffee and stirred in the sugar and managed to also pull some coffee cream from the fridge as she let her magic pour it for her and with a gesture she levitated it away back to the fridge while also pulling a jar of jelly from it as well as she reached with her arm from one of the cupboards a small plate to put the toast on as well as get a butter knife for her with the other arm as the toast then popped out of the toaster as she then used her magic to lift them from the toaster and onto her plate as she then sat down at her kitchen table to enjoy her meager breakfast as she went back to what was ailing her before as she began to spread the jelly on the toast while deep in her own thoughts.

Her life was kind of lonely, as she was a single unicorn girl in her mid twenties who lived alone in her apartment, and though her job kept her for most of the time, the loneliness was starting to take its toll and the only thing that was missing from her life…. was a man. She then finished with spreading the jelly on the top of her toast, and put the knife on the plate. She took the toast carefully by her left hand, and took a bite.

"Someone said that loving someone and being loved is like the main thing for which people are living…" She thought to herself; "If so… what am I living for?" As she didn't know where to begin with this, or what to look for in a 'colt'.

She then shook off the depressive abstractions which would certainly distract her from the work. Whatever she feels she must remain clear mind and avoid any negativity so her image as an ambassador does not suffer because of it. She then took the cup of coffee as she took a sip.

She then gazed upon her window, and saw that the curtains were still closed. Smiling, she then used her magic to open the shades as well as the view behind her window. Just as the sunbeam bursted into the room, Sunset saw the daytime Gandalf avenue which led straight towards the Emerald Palace. No matter what time of day it was or whether it be day or night, clear skies or rainy weather, summer or winter, the massive royal structure was always within her view in all its magnificent architectural glory, all in partial thanks to how it was illuminated thanks to the lighting of the place making sure everyone got a clear view in the middle of the city.

Even though she was not a passionate fan of architecture the Palace always had special meaning to Sunset, though she wasn't sure why. Maybe it was due to the fact that once upon a time it was her cliche delusional dream to live a life, or to have a life like the Delpheus dynasty has. She many times was in the Sister's castle in Canterlot but the view of Celestia and Luna's house in Equestria has long since stopped being a special place because she had been inside many times before it had lost its meaning. Maybe the fact that Sunset was never inside the Emerald Palace made it so special. Or maybe unlike in Equestria this Palace has two noble and handsome Princes as its inhabitants. She did not know for sure, as she thought she had moved on from that phase in her life.

Ten minutes later.

The elevator's doors went wide and an alicorn girl dressed in a Magenta business outfit stepped out. She wore a smile on her face, pretty much excited by that meeting with Princess Luna and what the Equestrian co-ruler will say about the job she's doing here on Mobius, and in Central City especially. There was no incident ever since she was appointed to do this job four years ago which made her feel high and proud of the work done.

She then stopped near the manager's desk, but only to widen her eyes in surprise as she saw an empty chair and someone's back sticking out of the disk's surface. She then smirked as she spoke.

"Jeeves." She called out; "I'm heading to the airport… and… I think tonight my working day will be shorter than usual due to the Princess' arrival. Could you please serve me lunch?"

The person who was hiding under the table got out as soon as Sunset finished her sentence. Much to the girl's surprise, it wasn't Jeeves, and not even a man at all. It was an attractive Mobian silver fox woman with black hair, dressed in a regular concierge's suit. She smiled at the ambassador, and adjusted her rectangular glasses as she gazed upon her.

"Oh, Madam Sunset." She greeted her excitedly; "It's so nice to see you again."

Sunset was too confused by why instead of Jeeves she is met by this good looking fox girl to speak at first.

"Jeena?" She asked; "And where's Jeeves, if I may ask?"

Jeena looked at her notes attentively; "Mr Jeeves departed for the convention of managers today's morning." She answered, and then she again glanced at Sunset; "He will be absent for several days."

Sunset cocked her eyebrows in suspicion; "He never spoke anything about this convention to me yesterday." She commented, to which Jeena gave her a shug.

"Beats me." She said; "Sometimes he acts pretty weird with these sudden departures, but all of them are pretty clear. You want me to order you lunch at your apartment today?"

"Yes… I mean no… Not yet… I mean…" Sunset stuttered, still having that heavy confusion; "Just wait for my arrival okay? I'll better go now." She then turned away from the manager's desk and approached the exit. Just as she left the apartment building, she entered the limo which was waiting for her, and the chauffeur opened the back door. The girl said nothing to him, not even said good morning, and simply got in the car. The chauffeur closed the back door, and got into the car himself. The car soon ran slowly towards the Equestrian Embassy through Central City streets.

Meanwhile in the Strawberry Park.

The sun shone bright over the Central City, though the clouds became more and more dense, and it was possible for the change of the weather. Before the weather change, Sonic did his regular and unhurried morning run through the trees of Strawberry Park adjacent to the palace on the big square distance. For that he used his regular black singlet shirt, red shorts, and his trademark white and red sneakers to help him in his run. Jeeves, who was dressed in regular cycling overalls and black sneakers, and black cycling helmet followed him on his bicycle while driving it with an average amount of speed.

"Quite the weather today, sir." Jeeves called out to Sonic.

"Yes…" Sonic spoke through his breathings; "The weather is… kind of… woooh… getting better… day after day…" He said, as he then looked at his wrist to check his pulse, based on what distance he already covered. It showed him 30 kilometers, and the pulse was somewhere around 110-125 beats per minute. As he had special wrist and ankle weights he wore during training and competition to keep his super speed suppressed so he could get a workout like a normal person without losing his edge.

They went on another circle around Strawberry Park, when Jeeves decided to ask another question.

"Mind me, ask you a question, sir?" Jeeves asked as the two ran through the redwood area.

"Shoot." Sonic replies, as he begins running across the curved path. Jeeves added some speed on his bicycle, and soon he equaled his position with Sonic, as he kept his eyes on the prince.

"I've noticed that you for some time seem less enthusiastic than you used to be? You don't seem too welcomed to attend the high socium assemblies, and rather more tied to your royal chambers?" Jeeves was concerned for his master's state of mind as it seemed he was becoming a depressed recluse who was losing interest in the outside world.

Sonic just shrugged it off by swiping his right arm down as if to deflect the question; "Yeah…. well…. Once you've attended one royal event or party, you've been to them all, especially celebrity events. Besides… what's the point…. if I don't…. have my own kingdom to inherit since it's decreed that Manic." Sonic said sarcastically using air quotes; "Is going to be the rightful ruler of our respected kingdom, and I still have bupkis in this wonderful royal life of mine. I thought at least I'd be married by now or in a serious love bond with someone… and yet… I'm still a lone soul despite me ranking as top bachelor in the country, and I don't want to be just a status trophy to some gold digger or a snobby elitist family." Sonic said as he recalled all the bohemian babes at every elitist party that tried to get into bed with him as Sonic couldn't even tell if any of them were naturally beautiful or just had their expensive surgeon do work on them so that they'd look more desirable.

Jeeves' eyes were super wide upon Sonic's long poetic reprise, as he then shrugged his shoulders at this and smiled.

"Um-hm." He humped neutrally; "Understood."

Sonic, however, felt that something was wrong with Jeeves' reply because he did not go all in with his trademark philosophical lecture overfilled with sarcasm and all of it just to show Sonic what life is like, and how the planet goes round, and so on and so forth. He just did these gutty sounds to make a look that he agrees with, but the cobalt hedgehog knew his butler for waaaay too long to know that it's not true Jeeves.

"And?" Sonic asked, to which Jeeves looked at him with a solemn smile.

"What do you mean by 'And', sir?" He asked, making Sonic a bit annoyed.

"I expected you to give me some words of wisdom or give me some useful insight or personal experience in life to help me to cope with my personal circumstances?" Sonic said really hoping the wise old Butler would give him some fulfilling sage advice to help give him a perspective angle on his life.

"As you wish, sir." Jeeves quipped after giving a wide grin to Sonic. The blue hedgehog then realised that just now he himself signed up for a very very very long lecture about everything. He then uttered a deep sigh of irritation, knowing that he cannot run away with these counterweights.

"You see, sir…" Jeeves began; "The young individuals are as if designed by nature to compel themselves to the problems of society when they feel bored or unfulfilled in life."

Sonic then stopped his run, as he then looked at Jeeves, being highly displeased; "I am not THAT young, Jeeves." He complained, to which the honey badger shrugged.

"I meant it in a figurative way, sir." He said, as he got off his bike; "And even if so, you're still as if seeking a reason to feel saddened by something, or depressed even if you don't have any. Some call it the adaptation, sir."

"The adaptation… of course." Sonic sarcastically noted as he began warming up again to recommence with his morning jog.

"Yes, sir." Jeeves continued; "In ninety percent of all cases the adaptation goes easy and with no consequences for the individual, but…"

"I know, I know…" Sonic cut off the butler as he looked at him, being a bit irritated; "I am one of these ten percent exceptions who doesn't pass the adaptation easily, yeah. But there's the reason for Chaos' Sake… I don't want to sit my ass in a Royal Palace all day for the rest of my life, I need a purpose that I can get behind." Sonic stressed as he was nearly at his wit's end with his stagnant royal existence.

"You can find a purpose in things you're doing recently.?" Jeeves said with a grin, to which Sonic glared.

"Yeah, I do." Sonic answered, a bit angered by Jeeves' philosophy. But the butler kept his voice low and calm, and on his face he had a mix of calmness and sarcasm as his expression reflected his intellectual superiority.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but surveying the well being of the planet's citizens' personal lives through the royal computer isn't... purposeful to say the least." The honey badger commented as he got off his bike. Sonic then sighed deeply, while narrowing his eyes.

"Mom told you?" He asked, a bit acidly, while being irritated by the fact that Jeeves knows what he's doing in his mom's office.

"Yes, sir." Jeeves answered with a smile; "And from what she told me, she'd rather prefer you to make up filming a porn movie in your office, rather than spying on the decent people." Jeeves said while Sonic had an incredulous look on his face.

Sonic widened his eyes; "Did she really tell you that exactly?" He asked, shocked by Aleena's rich vocabulary.

"No, sir. She made a comment much more vulgar than that." Jeeves confessed as he grinned; "I decided to soften her initial statement so you wouldn't lose your mind. Sir."

Sonic blinked his eyes in bewilderment upon his mom's examples of comparison of what she'd prefer him to do instead of spying on people. However, he knew his mom too well, so he then decided to wave it off with the movement of his left hand and arm.

"Eh, whatever." He commented, as he then took off his counterweight bracelets from his wrists and ankles; "I feel like if I continue to run with these…" He said as he showed the bracelets to Jeeves; "... I will become as bulky as Knuckles." He finished his sarcastic note, to which Jeeves was still grinning.

"I recall you once told me that you wouldn't mind having such an advanced muscular physique which he possesses a lot." The butler noted about a statement Sonic made a while ago. Sonic grinned in response.

"I am very much satisfied with my own physique, but…" He then approached Jeeves and elbowed him in the gut in a friendly manner; "... I don't mind having extra thick sexy biceps to develop a second instrument for attracting chicks." He finished his statement, to which Jeeves uttered a small laughter, as they both then went back to the palace.

"I think you should give it a chance, sir." Jeeves began, to which Sonic uttered an ugh sound; "Being out of your comfort zone will help you to evolve into something new."

"Comfort Zone?" Sonic asked; "What do you mean by a comfort zone?"

"Where do you feel more comfortable, sir? On the battlefield overfilled with enemies the butts of which you can kick, and save the world, or… in your mother's palace surrounded by all kinds of entertainment, food, sports equipment, and rights the civilized world could only offer?" The honey badger asked, as he spread his arms to demonstrate the weight scales.

Sonic opened his mouth, ready to give an answer, but only to cut himself off, as he then developed the look of puzzlement on his face. That was something he never thought of. He always lived fighting, bots, beating criminals, saving the world, and etc. However, he now thought that it indeed was his personal comfort zone where he felt himself free and untethered by obligation. He put his left hand's fingers to his chin in a pondering manner over Jeeves' words. When he looked back at the butler he still had this expression of bewilderment on his face.

"You know… I actually never thought of it." He confessed; "Sure, the war is like… fourteen years since over, but… I never thought that being a superhero is actually my comfort zone? Aye… that's an eye opener for me." Sonic thought at the sudden revelation he just had.

Jeeves made this "I told you so" look on his face, as he then gave a solemn nod before releasing a wordy response off his mouth.

"The Mobian society evolved from the tribal castes and civil strife, up to a gigantic secular social state because our ancestors left their comfort zones to explore new avenues, and evolve with their new ideas." He commented; "Our further evolution is impossible without the need for progress. And progress is impossible without leaving personal comfort zones."

Sonic again pondered over Jeeves' sermon, and smiled excitedly; "You know what? You're right." He agreed; "All my concerns were about where to go, and how to find myself a damsel in distress… but now… *grins*... I think I can give this royal life a chance."

"Aye." Jeeves said; "In my humble opinion, you'd serve great service to your family, and to your country. Sir."

The two proceeded their way through the Strawberry Park towards the Emerald Palace.

Seventeen minutes later.

In an underground royal garage, the elevator's door opened, and Sonic, now dressed in his almost parade clothes consisting of black trouser pants, black boots, and white buttoned shirt, went out of the elevator, and went though the garage towards their royal limo.

Unlike any other inner tracery of the Emerald Palace, the garage looked completely modest, and more reminiscent of a regular public garage in any other part of the city, or a country. The walls and the columns were all made of gray reinforced concrete, while the floor is made of asphalt concrete. There were still a few visible differences between the royal garage, and the public garage. First, the light was much brighter. Second, the royal family members had all kinds of repair tools and upgrades made for their vehicles. There was a huge shelf with wheels and tires of all models, and for all existing kinds of transports, and it was still near the left wall. Also, there were five elevating platforms, three dozen tool cabinets, ten e-car chargers, three car washes. The only thing it lacked was a personal gas station.

On the right wall, there were several vehicles, each belonged to a certain member of the family. There were four motorcycles belonging to Sonia, Manic's green sport car, and Sonic's cobalt blue sport car, and of course, their mother's Rolls Royce limo. In fact, she had five limos, but she only used one for her official rides.

Sonic saw the Rolls Royce limo parked near the right wall, and of course, he saw all of his family members being around. Well, almost all of them. He saw Manic and Sonia having some sort of a chat, and Aleena standing on a short distance, and speaking with someone on her phone. Aleena was now dressed in a black business suit with white top under her jacket, and black shoes. Manic wore ordinary rock and roll clothes, consisting of blue jeans, denim vest, and black singlet shirt under it, and wore brown ankle boots on his feet. Sonia was dressed more formally, as she wore a red right dress with no stripes, and the length of which gave a full vision of her long shapely legs, and she also wore purple sandal shoes on high heels to make her already long and beautiful legs even more long and beautiful.

Arching his eyebrows at the picture of his mom having a phone conversation, Sonic first approached her; "Mom?" He called her out, but as a reply he heard…

"Not now, Sonic." Aleena replied as she then continued her chat. Sonic shrugged his shoulders at this, before he approached his siblings. He grinned at them just as he saw Manic's wide rock-star smirk.

"What?" Manic asked in a mocking manner; "You look like you're departing on a blind date, brother?"

Sonic chuckled at this, as he and Manic then exchanged a right handshake; "I'd be lying if I said that I don't want to go on a blind date." He answered, and then he looked at his sister; "Unlike our dearest beautiful sister, who dressed like she decided to wipe off an entire male population off the face of the planet who'd ogle at her." Sonic said with a sneering snark.

Sonia grinned at her brother playfully as she then tossed her left leg over her right to boast her feminine beauty; "Puh-lease dearest brother... this is only my casual attire…. besides…. I had a lousy night last night, seeing it was just a glorified college frat boy party…" She spoke in a flirty manner being her complete self as she squeezed her thighs together.

"Just a normal night for Sonia Eliza Delphius, AKA, the world's top beauty." Manic sarcastically noted as he crossed his arms around his chest.

Sonic then spoke in; "So I guess I shouldn't ask you about the party then?" He asked, grinning at her.

Sonia then made a look at it was nothing; "Eh… I got a few drunken fools to flirt with me last night, but they were so drunk that I couldn't even get a good workout session." Sonia said, as she then mimicked the cute sad expression on her face; "I felt so disappointed." She said her last sentence in a soft high pitch voice.

Her brothers both uttered a laugh at Sonia's manner of communication, as they then looked at their mother to see her still chatting with someone on the phone. Sonia then sighed in a mild irritation as she then decided to call out to her mother.

"Moooom?" She called out, to which Aleena waved her hand at her children and continued on her phone chat. Three Delphius siblings then sighed deeply in frustration.

"How long does she speak?" Sonic asked as he looked at Manic to receive a shrug off him.

"I don't know… It is somewhere around ten to fifteen minutes." He suggested; "And from her gestures, you can see that the conversation is pretty intense."

"Yeah." Sonic agreed, staring at his mom; "Pretty much intense indeed."

Sonia then looked at her brothers; "I wonder who she's talking so intensively to?" She asked in a quiet tone of her voice, to which Sonic scratched the back of his head, and pondered over all the potential interlocutors.

"Maybe it's one of her advisors?" He asked, as he then narrowed his eyes; "She had a very intense talk with one of them in her office a few days ago. I guess that's the guy she's scolding right now."

"I don't want to be in his place." Manic confessed, to which Sonic nodded in agreement. As Aleena was known to make other rulers…. even King Max quake in fear and reconsider their stance on their decisions, and he had the biggest military forces on the planet.

"Me neither." Sonic agreed with his brother, as they then both looked towards the Queen of Mobius, but only to see that she hung up her phone and sighed in deep frustration. She then turned to face her children and approached them.

"I'm so sorry for taking so long." She said, an apologetic tone in her voice.

"Is everything okay, mom?" Sonia asked as she looked at Aleena with a look of concern on her face, to which the Queen smiled and took her daughter by the hand.

"Yes, it's alright now" She answered calmly.

"Your conversation was pretty intense, mom." Sonic said as he gave a look of suspicion on his face; "Who were you talking with?" Sonic asked, wondering who would get into a debate like that with his mother that would cause her to become aggravated with and on what?

Aleena looked at him; "I'll explain later." She said; "Alright, now get in, all of you. We gotta make it just in time before the Equestrian board lands in the airport."

Her children nodded, as they then got into the car, making Sonia feel uncomfortable at her seats; "Boys, don't push it so hard." She complained, using her trademark intonations. Sonic then sat on the seat in front of his sister, as Manic sat on his sister's left hand's side.

"Well, excuse me if my ass is so big, that it demands a wider seat to get in." Sonic joked as he then moved further on the seat so his mom could get in; "Here, mom." He said as he looked at her.

Aleena prepared to get in, when she heard a male voice; "Your majesty. Can I have a quick word?" She heard it from the side of the elevators, as she then looked there to see the limo driver walking towards the car, and Jeeves was walking in his company. The two then stopped and bowed at her solemnly, to which Aleena sighed as she used her hand to gesture to them to stand up. Both men then stood up, as the driver then spoke.

"Are we ready to ride, My Queen?" He asked, to which Aleena nodded with a solemn smile on her face.

"Yes. Start the ignition, while I exchange a quick word with our friend here." She ordered, to which the chauffeur nodded, and got in the car. Aleena and Jeeves then went a short distance from the car, as the Queen then looked at the buttler.

"What is it, Reginald?" She asked.

"Commander Tower called a few minutes ago, and… he demands your visit today in the GUN headquarters." Jeeves explained reluctantly, but professionally, to which Aleena sighed in mild annoyance again.

"Did he explain what was the matter?" She asked as she looked into Jeeves' eyes again, to which Jeevs shook his head.

"No, Your Grace." He answered; "But he sounded very demanding. You know… as he usually sounds… and acts."

"I understand." Aleena said as she then smiled; "Very well. I'll contact him at the airport. Make sure that everything is prepared for Princess Luna's arrival. She prefers to eat fruit puree, and drink orange juice for breakfast."

Jeeves bowed to his Queen with a smile on his face as he then turned away, and walked towards the elevator doors. After he left, Aleena walked back to the car, and the chauffeur opened the door for her to get in. After she was in the car, he closed the door, and took a driver's seat. The car then slowly ran on the path towards the exit.

Meanwhile in the embassy.

Sunset was getting ready to depart for the airport, as she spent the spare time left, making sure the staff had the embassy ready and in working order as she had double checked everything to see if everything was in working order and everyone was at their working stations doing their respective jobs. Sunset even went so far to make the toilets so sanitary and clean for Princess Luna that one should be able to drink from it without suffering any ill effect, granted…. if the toilet cleaner wasn't toxic that is?

Despite not having anything to worry about the night prior, other then her hope that the Royal Family would one day forgive and accept her, Sunset could not shake the gloom she felt this morning as well, and couldn't help but think something was off but couldn't put her finger on it.

As she was getting up from her desk in her office, ready to depart to the airport, she couldn't help but cast a glance at the framed portrait laying on her desk that detailed her life prior to this. It was a picture of her and the mane six all huddled together along with her former mentor and Princess Celestia as well as Princess Luna, whose portraits must be presented in every Equestrian state organisation according to the protocol.

She'd never admit it back then, but she was jealous of Twilight Sparkle, and how she managed to advance so far ahead of her while feeling left in dust while Twilight seemed to revel in all the glory and splendour that an alicorn was christened with as well as having as the royal lifestyle she once lusted for, but that all ended once she was defeated and nearly ruined her life, as she shivered at the thought of her spending the rest of her life in the gallows of some dungeon, a lone female unicorn trapped in a foreign prison for who know how long, a long time is all Sunset could imagine as she imagined herself wasting away alone in some dungeon and prison cell.

Sunset then shook her head to clear her mind from such abysmal thoughts as she didn't want to dwell on them, as she needed all the composure and confidence she could get when meeting with Luna this morning as well as the Royal Delphius Family as Sunset then adjusted the rectangular reading glasses that rested on her beautiful face and started checking things off on her list of things she needed to bring to her to her trip to the airport.

"Alright let's see here?" She said as she was adjusting her glasses and observing her desk as she then began to sort through her bag to see if it was in there; "Hmmm…. My computer… check…. I don't think I need it in the car. Smartphone…. check…. VIP pass…. check…. Important files and papers that need to be signed… double check." She said as she sorted through her bag, satisfied that she had everything she needed as she hung her bag over her right shoulder ready to leave her office. "I don't think anything scary will happen during my absence." She said with a lovely re-assuring smirk on her face as she was just about to turn the knob to her door to leave however...

A blue male earth pony with a darker shade of blue mane dressed in office attire burst in, startling her and almost caused her to fall on her rear and what felt like almost giving her a heart attack as she just managed to grab the desk behind her to regain her balance and her composure as well…. albeit shakily as the male colt looked at her with a look of panic on his face as Sunset looked back with a hint of annoyance on her face.

"Dred?" She asked with irritation on her face while she brushed back a strand of her mane that got undone during her startled reaction of one of her employee's barging in her office like that as she asked; "What is it?" She asked that warranted an entrance like this.

"Miss, Sunset….. the scary thing that you were hoping wouldn't happen... just happened!" Dread announced through labored breaths as he continued saying; "The Drain Sewer is clogged, and as we speak sewer water is spewing out from the toilet like Old Faithful!

Sunset's eyes grew in shock upon hearing this; "WHAT?!" She shrieked as she ran at him and started shaking his collar back and forth in violent panic. "How! Just…. How?! We cleaned the whole bathrooms just yesterday…. So…. How?!" Sunset said as she gritted her teeth together in fear as if she was about to suffer a massive meltdown.

"Follow me, Madam." Dred asked as he and Sunset rushed out of the main office and ran quickly down… thankfully without tripping, to see what was going on. On the first floor, they reached the door that lead to the restrooms as several Equestrian workers and staff stared in awe at the spectacle happening outside both the Colt and Mares Room as filthy toilet water began to pool under the small gaps between the door as Sunset cringed at the smell and tried not to barf all over the carpets as well, as one of her employee's was not as successful as her.

"Ewww…. What on Earth caused this? Did some kid set off a firecracker in the pipes or something?" Sunset asked as she had no clue as to what caused the plumbing to rupture like this.

"We already called a Plumber." Said the custodian as he did not look forward to cleaning this up as he continued; "But it may take some time to fix, not to mention cleaning all this mess up and getting rid of the smell." He said as he held his nose with his fingers, noting to himself to get a gas mask when getting around to clean this up. "They should get here in ten minutes." He said knowing a simple basin mask wasn't going to cut it with this smell as he opted to get a working respirator mask.

Sunset felt a seed of frustration start to grow with a lightning bolt speed, as she glared at her staff member; "Are you kidding me?" She asked angrily, and in a high pitch voice; "We don't have ten minutes, not to mention the time we need to clean this whole mess! Even the wide open window will not help it all… Princess Luna will be here in an hour… I mean… … … GOSH…" She shouted as she grabbed her own hair and tugged them in frustration.

"Miss Sunset?" Sunset heard another voice behind her back, and turned to see who it was to see a turquoise female pegasus pony with a red mane, dressed in a beige business suit but with pants instead of a skirt. The expression on her face was as worried as on the face of Dred.

"Ashie?" Sunset asked as she lifted up one of her eyebrows; "What…"

"The coffee machine is busted." Ashie cut off her boss as she was grinning nervously; "It scattered the coffee all around the walls, and floor in the kitchen… There are even some on the ceiling."

Sunset glare and roared in heavy frustration the seed of which was growing more and more with every second.

"Oh for CELESTIA'S SAKE…" Sunset yelled loudly; "Why are all bad things happening on this day…"

"Miss Sunset." She heard a male voice coming from the main entrance of the embassy building, and cut off again, as she then looked there with wide eyes. She saw her chauffeur standing in the doorway, breathing deeply in weariness.

"Miss Sunset, your car's engine is dead." He announced, with a worried tone in his voice; "It refuses to work…"

That was the last straw for the orange unicorn girl. The plant of frustration finally grew into a full grown tree within a millisecond of being planted. The expression on her face switched from shocked to enraged, her cheeks painted in crimson red, and her brain started to boil in anger to such a high degree that the steam began literally flying out of her ears. One could swear they heard the sound of a steam engine's whistle going off.

Meanwhile in the skies above Mobius.

The beautifully decorated Equestrian royal board airplane held its flight towards the Central City Capital International Airport. Colored in dark blue, it was an average sized passenger airplane with two small jet engines for each wing.

Inside of the airplane, two pilots, who were obviously Equestrians, kept their hands on the plane controllers to keep their course for the landing.

"The attitude." The first pilot said.

"Three thousand five hundred and forty one meter." The second pilot answered.

"Temperature."

"Plus Forty Fahrenheit Degrees."

While they exchanged information about the attitude, and the temperature in the pilot's cockpit, inside the passenger compartment there was almost absolute silence. There were only two people at the moment. One was obviously the owner of the plane, and the main passenger here.

Dark Blue female alicorn with her hair and tail having slightly darker colour, but sparkling like the starry night sky itself. And it was long, incredibly long. Not longer than the middle of her back, that is. She was dressed in tight black leather jeans, and black female leather jacket. Under the jacket she had a red top which was exposing her clavicle, but covered her magnificent breasts. On her feet she wore black high heel shoes. She sat on the passenger chair next to a window, and did some notes in her notebook.

Another person who sat near her was her constant escort. Dark male hedgehog with red stripes on his quills like hair. He was dressed more formally than his royal girlfriend, but also nothing special. He wore a black t-shirt on his torso, dark brown leather jacket, black jeans, and black ankle boots. Under the jacket he had a holster for a gun, but the gun itself was spinning around his left hand's index finger at the moment, while in his right hand he had his smartphone. He used this smartphone to scroll the photos of his co-passenger in numerous sexy poses while wearing her undergarments, and sometimes not wearing anything at all. A very obvious sly grin could be seen on his face.

"Oh yeah…" He spoke in a quiet whisper, but it wasn't too quiet for Luna not hearing it. She looked weirdly at him and saw him spinning his gun around his finger, but his eyes were focused on his smartphone. That sparked strong curiosity from the Night Princess, as she then moved closer to him, and put her right hand on his left hand so he could stop spinning his gun. Shadow switched his attention from his smartphone, and looked at her to see her smiling at him. However, just as she looked at the smartphone's screen, she gasped in embarrassment, as she saw that he observed her intimate photos, which he himself made.

Luna then backed away from him, while having a nervous smile as she then showed him on the shoulder, still having a deep blush on her face. She then hugged herself with both arms, and squeezed her thighs together in slight embarrassment.

"Sh-ad-ow." Luna moaned in embarrassment and slight shame upon the pictures she just saw. Shadow blinked his eyes once at her reaction.

"Yes?" He asked, as he then gave her a wicked grin; "What is it, Your Highness?" He asked, and though his tone did not change, the expression on his face spoke much louder than words, and this made Luna a bit uncomfortable in a positive way though. She first tried to avoid his gaze, while rubbing the tips of her long hair with her left hand.

"Did I ever tell you that you are an ageing pervert?" She asked, a slight laughter in her voice, to which Shadow lifted up one of his eyebrows and moved closer.

"Yes." He answered confidently, and in his trademark dark manner.

Luna then looked into his eyes; "Could you please stop licking your own lips at my intimate photos in my presence?" She asked as she smiled; "I am here, after all." She stated, though not meaning that he should switch at her.

The dark hedgehog mocked a confused look on his face, as he then glanced quickly at his phone, and then he again met his eyes with Luna's, but only to return back that wicked wide grin on his face. He then turned off his phone screen, and hid it into the pocket of his jacket, before he moved closer to the now dumbfounded Night Princess, and let his left arm embrace her around her waist, making her gasp.

"You have a point here." He said, as he sounded very seductively, as he then buried his face into her hair and then he began sniffing it. His still free hand soon appeared on her thighs, as he proceeded towards the zipper on her pants. Luna ah'd in excitement as he began doing it, and then she realized that she couldn't close her mouth as she left it open ajar.

"That's not what I mean." She said in a moan, as she desperately tried to fight back her own desires and wishes to entrust herself to his agile arms. Shadow, meanwhile, brushed her hair away from her right shoulder, as he then leaned towards her ear.

"You need to be specific, My Princess." He whispered into her ear; "It all sounded like you wanted me to lick you instead of these pictures of you… If so, I willingly obey you." He hissed as he then pressed his lips against her neck, making her even more excited. His right hand slowly moved closer and closer towards her womanhood. The Princess continued moaning quietly upon this in excitement as the redness on her cheeks turned deeper, but she still found the will to stop him from seducing her. She put both of her hands on his right arm, and softly pushed it away from its way towards her nether regions.

"Shadow, not now, and not here." She cooed breathlessly, to which Shadow opened one eye, and looked at her face. He saw her blushing madly, and breathing deeply for the large portions of air, as he then lifted himself into a normal sitting position, still leaned close to her. Luna soon opened her eyes and looked at him with a flirty smile on her face. She then swayed her left hand's index finger before his eyes.

"Shadow, be a good boy." She said in a soft manner, to which Shadow ceased to smile, and looked at her with a slightly concerned look on his face. He then took her by the hand tightly.

"Something's definitely wrong." He stated, looking straight into her eyes.

"Shadow, you know how much I love you, and that my heart belongs to you." She began; "But when you're trying to seduce me on the plane, where a few prying eyes could catch us in action, it… well…" She said as she uttered a small chuckle; "I am not a fan of a public expression of our true feelings."

Shadow shook his head; "That's not what I meant." He clarified, to which Luna ceased to smile, before she gave him a curious look; "You are all insanely tense. Your back, your neck… Your legs…" He then gave her a look that said "Tell me the truth."

Luna gave him a dirty smile; "My legs wouldn't tense if you wouldn't begin touching them all of the sudden." She said, to which Shadow now frowned.

"And your eyes are red, too." He stated, as he then began caressing her right hand; "We were in a flight for thirty four hours, and you haven't closed your eyes even once. What happened? Why are you so nervous?" He asked.

Luna shook her head; "Shadow, I am just using the anti sleeping spell which helps me a lot when I have sleepless nights…"

"Luna." Shadow cut her off softly, as he smirked as if saying mentally that she's lying; "There is no such thing as an anti-sleeping spell, lassie." He stated, to which Luna gave him narrowed eyes.

"How can YOU know about it?" She asked, a bit irritated, to which Shadow shrugged.

"From your sister." He said; "Split up, my dear. What's wrong?"

Luna then sighed deeply, as she then turned away from him and looked through the illuminator to see the clouds above Mobian country.

"Do you remember when you told me that you need to check on something in the north east?" She asked, to which Shadow became a bit confused by her nervousness, as he nodded.

"Yes." He answered; "Why? Does it make you scared for me?"

The Night Princess looked into his eyes; "Yes." She answered; "Whenever you've sent at the borders with the Changelings Kingdom makes my heart cringe. What did you need there?"

Now it was the Ultimate Lifeform to feel a bit irritated as he then sighed deeply at her question; "It was a regular checking procedure, considering that Equestria is still in a state of unannounced war with Changelings Kingdom… The borders must be checked just in case." He explained as he then used his right hand to caress her cheek; "I did that thousand times before, and it never made you worried for me." He continued, to which Luna nuzzled her cheek against his hand, as she then gave him a worried look; "There's something else?" Shadow asked, to which the moon pony closed her eyes.

"I don't know." She answered; "I just have this feeling that it is becoming too dangerous for you… and for me." She then opened her eyes and looked at him again; "There is something about to come. Not from the changelings, but from… something else." She said sadly, to which Shadow frowned deeply.

"Did you share it with your sister?" He asked, to which Luna nodded.

"Yes, and… she told me that you told her that you found nothing suspicious out there, but… I still have this feeling, and I can't get rid of it." She confessed; "Maybe it's just me, but… *sigh*..."

Shadow then shook his head over her worries. Even though he adored that about her a lot, he hated seeing her like that as it made him worried as well.

"I think you're just tired, Princess." He said, to which Luna smiled; "You need to relax a bit." He continued as he then let go of her cheek and relocated his right hand on her chest area as he then took the zipper of her jacket; "And I think I know what can help you." He said as he then unzipped Luna's jacket, and then he pulled up her top to expose her stomach.

He then dropped his head at her belly, and began gifting it with a series of long and soft kisses and licks. The Princess ah'd softly at this as she then closed her eyes in ecstasy. She used her left hand to put it on Shadow's head and caress his quills like hair, and she felt that it became soft like regular hair. Each time his lips touched her soft belly, her body became more and more relaxed. After almost a minute, Shadow performed one last lick of Luna's belly button, and returned back into a sitting position. He helped her clothes go back to normal state, that is put her top back on her belly, and zipped on her jacket.

Luna opened her eyes, and looked at Shadow's smirking face as she herself was now smiling in happiness; "Well?" Shadow asked; "Feel better?"

Luna lifted herself up into a sitting position, as she then gave a peck on his lips, and put a finger on her boyfriend's nose.

"You will not drag me into a… how do the younger ponies say it… mile high club." She said, being playful; "Not today, not ever."

Shadow nudged his eyebrows up and down; "Never say never, Princess." He said, teasing her back, to which Luna opened her mouth to respond but was cut off by Shadow's right hand's index finger being pressed against her lips.

"Shhh…" He shushed her; "I know what you're going to say. But you have to admit that it helped you relax." He stated the fact as he then helped Luna's mouth close. The Night Princess then sighed as she then shook her head, and looked at her notebook. She then closed it, and took off her shoes to bend her legs in the knees and position them on the chair. She then nuzzled against Shadow by resting her head on his shoulder and closing her eyes.

"How are you even doing that?" She asked, a quiet one in her voice, as she took Shadow's arm with both hands. The dark hedgehog put his right hand on one of her hands, and patted it slightly.

"Hard-headedly." He answered as he then looked through the window to see that the plane bagan lowering its altitude. He saw the mountains in the distance growing. However, he soon felt that jet engines increased the speed, and the plane began flying up again. Shadow arched his eyebrows in question, as he then moved closer to the window, prompting the Night Princess to open her eyes and look at him. When she saw him staring questioningly through the window, she widened her own eyes and looked out of the plane as well.

"Ummm… Excuse me?" She asked, wondering why the plane began increasing its altitude again.

"My thoughts exactly." Shadow commented on Luna's question.

"Attention, dear passengers." The pilot's announcement echoed through the speakers, prompting the ultimate couple to lift their eyes up and look at one of the speakers which hangs above them; "Unfortunately, we are forced to make an extra circle over the Central City Airport due to a high congestion runaway. Please, keep calm."

Luna narrowed her eyes upon the announcement, as she then began putting on her shoes; "Now that's a little too much." She said as she then looked at the floor to find her shoes. Shadow, meanwhile, stood up, and approached the pilot's cockpit. He then opened the door, and got inside the cockpit as he towered above both of the pilots.

"What's wrong?" He asked, making the plane's captain look at the GUN agent; "Why the delay in the landing?"

The captain again looked through the cockpit's window; "The air traffic controller informed us that there is a big passenger's board that had just landed on the third runway. We'll do one circle around the airport and straight after that, we'll go on landing." He answered Shadow's question, as he then switched the toggle on the plane's control panel. The dark hedgehog then switched his gaze at the first officer.

"I hope the plane is fueled well?" He asked.

"We have enough fuel to fly two more thousand miles, Agent Shadow." The first officer answered; "No need to worry about that."

That's when Luna's irritated face appeared behind Shadow's back in the cockpit; "What happened?" She asked a bit weary; "Does the traffic controllers aren't following the priority of my plane?"

"We announced them about the board's priority instantly, Your Highness." The captain answered; "But the Airbus A380 carried almost 600 people on its board, and it couldn't go at an extra circle due to the lack of fuel on its board." He then looked at the Princess; "Don't worry, Princess. It won't take more than thirty minutes." He said, to which Luna arched her eyebrows.

"Thirty minutes?" She asked, as she then looked at Shadow and smiled; "At least I'll take an extra thirty minutes for a nap." She suggested as she then took Shadow by the arm in an elbow, and they both left the cockpit and closed the door.

"I don't think that thirty minutes could compensate for thirty four hours without normal sleep." The hedgehog noted as the two walked to their chairs, and Luna sat on the couch opposite to the seats they sat on just recently. She then took off her shoes and rested comfortably on the couch as she then looked at her boyfriend with a smile.

"That would at least be something." She commented as she then yawned, and closed her eyes. Shadow sighed at the picture he saw before him, as he then looked at the luggage racks above the seats, and took the woollen cover from there. He then spread this, and covered his woman with it. He then breathed in/out again, and walked towards the plane's kitchen to take himself some drink.

When he opened the door, he saw the rest of the plane's crew, that is, three stewardesses sitting on the soft couch on the far corner of the deck, and also, another passenger sat on the chair near the food table, enjoying her meal. The passenger was a certain pink alicorn woman, with purple hair and tail which also had golden and white stripes. She was dressed more formally, than her older colleague, though, not as a royalty that's for sure. She wore a tight short white dress and a transparent white silk scarf wrapped around her clavicle and shoulders. On her feet she had white high heel shoes.

In the meantime she was enjoying her meal, consisting of fruit salad, cheese sandwiches, and a glass of cherry juice. Seeing her, Shadow decided to sit on the chair in front of her. When he sat on the said chair, he instantly attracted the mare's attention, who looked at him up with curious eyes.

"Princess Cadence." He greeted her, to which Cadence now smiled.

"Agent Shadow?" She greeted him back; "You came here to tell me about the pilot's announcement which I heard perfectly myself?" She asked as she then took a bite of her sandwich.

Shadow shook his head; "Not really." He answered; "Princess Luna is now taking a nap, so I decided to let her enjoy it, while we're not landed."

The Princess of Love lifted up one of her eyebrows; "She finally decided to get some sleep?" She asked a bit surprised by Shadow's news, but then smiled in agreement; "Isn't that a bit late for it? I don't think that an extra circle will take more than ten minutes."

"The captain told me that it won't take longer than thirty minutes." Shadow corrected her with his eyebrow lifted up. Cadence smiled again in response.

"That's good." She said, before she again began eating her meal.

The Ultimate Lifeform remained silent first, as he kept eyeing the Equestrian Princess without saying a word and as if trying to read her mind and guess what she thought of. However, after a few moments of boredom, he decided to ask her a question.

"I forgot to ask." He began, to which Cadence stopped eating her meal, and looked into his eyes. She then swallowed her food, and put her fork down.

"What is it?" She asked with a smile.

"Why did you change your mind with your decision of flying with Princess Luna at the last moment? I thought you did not want to go on Mobius?" He asked, to which Cadence giggled charmingly, and waved her hand dismissively at this.

"Aw, I just wanted to make a surprise." She confessed as she then shrugged; "The lack of an official announcement of my arrival gives me more advantages over my boyfriend." She said as she then smirked; "Who if not you should know how a surprising appearance out of nowhere can surprise people…"

Shadow narrowed his eyes at this; "Princess, I am not doing it intentionally." He said a bit wearilly.

"Yet, your surprising appearance is looking pretty natural." Cadence joyfully responded, as she then ate her cherry tomato.

Meanwhile in Central City.

Sunset went through the streets of Central City, bummed out as her usual means of commuting across the city was now out of commission, and now needed to resort to other means to get across the city, if she was about to get to the airport in time. Though as she entered the main station of the Central City subway system, she had to admit she was feeling a tiny bit uncomfortable after growing so use to her lucrative lifestyle and being chauffeured all over the city, she had lost touch with public transport which the everyday citizen used to get to and through the city.

She then looked nervously uncertain as she then got in line with everybody who was purchasing a ticket through automated machines that took them to their intended destinations throughout the city as she leaned to her right to see if she can get a clear view of how it was done before she herself stood in front to purchase her ticket.

She then blew a sigh of contempt as she said to herself; "Great…. It had to be a machine instead of an old fashioned ticket cashier to help you through the process if you're new or out of practice to the whole commuting on a subway thing. I gotta remind myself to see if I see to it that these machines are scrapped to help create more job opportunities for the citizens, instead of dealing with a stupid machine that's more likely going to screw with you then be user friendly to the less savvy of the bunch." Sunset muttered to herself, knowing with everything else that had gone wrong at the embassy today, she could safely assume that the machine that dispensed the tickets were likely going to start acting up and go out of service, once she got to her place in line.

Then she'd likely get caught using her magic to forge a ticket, which would not only cause many patriots to get upset at special treatment but might also cause a scandal that would her name to show up in the media again in a negative way and the public would be reminded of the fiery demon pony that went on a money binging rampage through out the financial district of Central City, which… needless to say would not bode well with her future career here.

"Just stay calm Sunset." Sunset said reassuringly to herself, so as the line advanced closer to the dispensing machines, so as to not cause a scene if that should happen once she stood in front of the machine. "Just wave your identification to one of the staff here and they'll likely come up with an alternate means of getting to your intended destination. I'm sure they'll help you out somehow, especially that you have diplomatic duties to attend to with one of the Princesses of Equestria coming to visit the capital and all." Sunset said to herself to keep herself calm as she continued to look over the line so as to know how to operate the machine once she got there.

But alas… She either didn't get a clear view of the machine's operation or the dialogue on the screen was too blurry for her from this far for her to get a good idea of how the machine operated. As she nervously began to bite her index finger tip once she got to the machine herself, now regretting leaving her reading glasses in the office as she didn't really need them in usual circumstances.

She continued to nervously look down at the machine as she continued to bite her index finger tip in nervousness. "Hmmmm?" She hummed as she found the button which said; "Buy a Ticket." Which she of course pressed, then the screen switched to show the options for purchasing a ticket. One way ticket, two way ticket for two stops to the intended destination, 5 rides, 10 rides, 25 to 50 rides, monthly rides, fulfil the card, 24 hours, 72 hours, 720 hours, and so forth.

"Uhhh? All I need is one ride to the airport right, I'm sure my car won't be out of service for too long and I'm sure I can get a ride with one of the royals on the way back?" Sunset said as she wasn't too sure if she needed more than one ticket to get to her intended destination as she scratched her head in a perplexed manner. As she decided to buy a one way ticket to the airport subway station. She inserted One Red Star Bill and soon she got the on-time transport card. She picked the black colored transport card with her left hand and lifted it to her eye level to examine it better.

She looked a bit confused by this, and even forgot that there was a line behind her, as people began to get impatient with her.

"Hey Lady!" She darted her head back startling her out of her haze of deep thoughts, which made her wince, as she looked at the rest of the line over her right shoulder and saw a bunch of angry faces who impatiently wanted to buy a ticket before the closest train to their intended destination.

She then grinned awkwardly in a nervous fashion and tip-toed away in a humorous fashion and walked towards the passing turnsill, on the way to catch the angry expression from the passengers who stood in line.

"Well…. all things considered…. that still went way better than expected." She said to herself as she lowered her gaze to the ground while trying to stay positive, as she at least didn't get cornered into a more catastrophic situation that would cause her to hold up the line indefinitely.

Sighing deeply, Sunset then added to herself… "As long as my luck holds out, everything should go smoothly for my meeting with the royals…. I hope I didn't just jinx myself…. and… damn I'm lonely seeing as I'm the only one to give myself pep talks and feelings of self reassurance." Sunset said suddenly as her sudden feelings of loneliness had suddenly appeared right on top of abysmal pressure she was currently feeling which got her in a real bad funk. As she tried to keep herself focused on the task at hand.

She then reached the turnstile and stopped before it. As she observed the validator and looked at her card, pondering on how to pass it through the machine, she'd be allowed to pass through to the next waiting train to board the station. But just then…. she found herself gasping when suddenly she just felt her card had just been snatched away from her hand.

"Here, watch this." Just as she turned her head up in shock, she heard another male voice and turned to see a green Mobian Hawk holding her card up for her to see, only to commence showing the right slot to slip it through, as it made an approved sound indicating it was okay to pass by. As he smiled as he handed it back to her, as he now said

"You can go through now lady." He said as she graciously did so with him right behind her as he then passed through with him right behind her as he swiped his own card to get through the very same gate. Finding themselves on the other side of the turnstile, Sunset looked into the eyes of a tall stranger to see him smirking at her. He demonstrated his card.

"Save it till the end of your subway journey." He explained as he then winked at her. Sunset looked questioningly at her card, but soon realized what he meant, as she then hid that inside her blazer jacket. She then proceeded downstairs along with the stranger who went on her left hand's side.

"Thank you, Mister…"

"Hawke… Jet Hawke." The hawk-guy introduced himself to Sunset, still having a smirk on his face; "You're new in Central City?" He inquired as he had never seen her in the subway before, as he was a regular when in Central City, and he'd know if he had seen a beautiful face like her before during his last commutes here, as he eyed her up appreciatively from head to toe.

Sunset shook her head negatively; "No, not really." She answered; "I just never took a ride in a subway system before."

Jet puffed out as he, and Sunset then reached the bottom of the stairs and appeared on the island-type passenger's platform.

"I see." He commented; "All of us having our first time in everything we do." He said as they appeared in the center of a platform. The platform they stood on had a floor made of dim-white marble. It had a few pointing signs which were pointed at interchange passages. In the top of the floor, there were a few more signs with the numbers of lines, its color, and the lists of following stations. The railway was divided from the platforms by the glass fence which grows from the bottom to the ceiling. When the train arrived on the platform the glass doors were getting opened along with the train doors, thus letting the passengers to get out of the train, as well as to get in.

There were a lot of passengers. Some of them were waiting for the next train which was about to arrive, while the others held their way for the interchange pass to get to the next station.

"What did you mean by the words you said, sir?" Sunset asked Jet as she looked at him a bit suspicious, to which she received his shrugging shoulders as a reply.

"I mean that it will not be difficult for you, lady." He said a wordy response, still having a smirk.

"I don't get it." Sunset said, as she had now a dumbfounded look on her face. The hawk-guy uttered a chuckle.

"You will, lady." He said; "I'm sorry, but I did not hear your name correctly."

Seeing that he's trying to make a move at her, Sunset's lips curved in a dirty smile; "That's because I never gave my name to you." She answered; "It's Sunset Shimmer."

Jet's eyes grew wide; "Oooohhhh, I heard of you." He said as he grinned at her again; "No wonder that you're lost in Subway. You're that chick from the Equestrian Embassy."

Sunset narrowed her eyes in a mild irritation; "I'd rather not have the word chick used into my account." She said, an annoyed intonation in her voice; "I'm not calling you something like… Dude for example." She said, as she then put her hands on her waist.

Jet, however, continued smirking at her; "I have a word dude used into my account twenty hours per day." He stated; "What are you doing in a subway, though? A lassie of your status and manners should've had a limo with a personal man for a driver." He asked, nudging his eyebrows up and down.

Sunset widened her eyes at the movements of his eyebrows. She realised that these movements made her feel a bit uncomfortable. This guy knows how to make a move, or at least he certainly knows how to make a girl feel uncomfortable in a positive way. She blushed a bit, and grinned nervously. Her eyes began scanning a passenger's platform in an attempt of avoiding these playing eyebrows.

"Well… my limo is… not working, if you will…" She began squeezing words out of her mouth; "And I must to reach… an Airport. An International Airport in Central City… And…"

"And?" Jet asked as his grin widened.

"And…" Sunset tried to continue, but was again interrupted by Jet.

"And?"

Sunset lost her temper and frowned at him as she blushed madly; "Stop doing that!" She barked at him, as she raised a tone of her voice, to which the Mobian lifted both of his hands up in a defensive manner.

"Whoa-ho..." He said, still smirking towards Sunset; "Easy there, lady. I'm not doing anything."

"Oh, you so are." Sunset moaned in a complete displeasure; "Those suggestive looks, and words of yours…"

"I'll take it as you like the way I am speaking, and the way how I am looking at you." Jet said, again cutting off Sunset's speech, to which the girl gasped, but frowned at him again, as she then humped and performed a demonstrative turn away. Jet chuckled at this, and approached her. He then again appeared before her eyes, and looked at her as if nothing just happened.

"Alright, lady. Now let's get straight here." He began; "Do you know how to get to the Airport?" He asked, though, he already knew the answer. Sunset opened her mouth to respond, however, just as the mobian expected, the unicorn girl couldn't squeeze out a word, so she then sighed helplessly.

"No." Was all she had.

Jet hmm'd in excitement; "Hmmmm… I see that you need an escort?" He asked, again doing the eyebrow movements, and making Sunset frowning at him again.

"Stop playing these games with me." She grumbled at him, to which Jet remained absolutely calm.

"Call it whatever you like, but the Central City Metro System has twenty seven lines." He explained, to which Sunset's eyes became as wide as the dishes; "And each line has thirty stations as a minimum. Pretty flowers like yours could get lost in this labyrinth of Chaos very easy." Jet finished his sentence, making Sunset even more shocked. However, she then looked at him with a dirty look again, and crossed her arms in the chest.

"That's a lot indeed, but…" She began; "... I think I can cope with it on my own."

Jet shrugged again; "Suit yourself." He said as he prepared to leave; "But… in the case if you get lost, you need to pass three stations, and get off the train at the station named "Ten Years of Peace." Change the green line to yellow, and get the train that goes straight to the airport with no stops. Good luck with your first subway experience, lady Sunset." He said mockingly, as he then trailed off towards the interchange passage.

Sunset accompanied him with her look of annoyance on her face all the time while he was there. And after he left, she began mocking his postures, and his manner of speech.

"Ho-ho-hee-her… I'm the green alpha-dude, babe." She spoke, in a low mocking masculine tone in her voice; "Such a pretty flower got lost? Need an escort? Wanna have some fun with me later?" She then ugh'd; "What a… cocky…ehhhh… cock." She complained as she then looked at the scheme of Green line. She spotted the Ten Years of Peace station which was the fourth station from here, and after nodding to herself, she approached one of the glass doors. She stood there, and eyeing the railway, and the platform, while humming something under her breath, until she saw a magazine lying there on the bench. She widened her eyes, when on the cover she saw the face of a guy she just spoke with.

Small seed of curiosity sparked within her mind, as she then walked over the bench, and took the magazine in her hands. She brought it closer to her face to see what was written there.

It said: "An exclusive interview with the hottest man in the world, seven time world champion in the extreme gear elite category, Jet Hawke."

Sunset gasped at this; "What? Seriously?" She asked, as she then flipped through the pages to find that interview. And when she found the needed pages, she developed a blank look on her face, as she saw Jet Hawke being photographed in several sexy poses, wearing black pants, and white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and the shirt… had three buttons unbuttoned. Sunset blinked her eyes, as she then flipped another page, and now she saw him in a company of two sexy women, one of which was a mobian blonde haired white bunny, and another one was an equestrian earth pony, pink in color, and with cyan hair and tail. Both wearing skimpy bikini attire while on each side of him from a rear shot while Jet was shot in a front position holding the waistlines of each woman from each side of his shoulders and smirking smuggly.

Sunset blinked her eyes again, as she closed the magazine, and again dropped it on the bench. She had a deep redness on her cheeks, as she began grinning nervously at the fact that she had just met the famous Mobian athlete. Not that she was a fan of his, but what she found in that magazine was something she did not expect to see. She then performed a series of deep breath in/outs to recover herself from her experience, as she then calmed down, and looked at the railway tunnel again.

"Whatever… he's soooo not what I'm looking for in a man anyways… *squeakes*... he's likely the type to... just go through women… *blushes*... like just another notch on his belt of women he's…. likelysleptwiththathecangobragtohisdrinkingbuddieslater!" Sunset mumbled through her gritted teeth, and in the last sentence she said at such a high speed, that the mobian next to her gawked at her as she was very concerned about her health condition as well as her mental stability.

"Ummmm, you feel okay, lady?" He asked, as he then met with Sunset's wide creepy Pinkie Pie style grin.

"I'm perfect, sir." She said, a high pitched tone in her voice; "I never felt better ever in my life." She said as she then showed her snow-white teeth; "Hehe."

The mobian, however blinked his eyes at the manner in which she spoke to him, and then he turned away, and went on a good distance where he could feel more comfortable as he muttered "It's always the hot ones." Sunset ceased to grin, and became awkward after this thing happened, as she then closed her eyes and performed another series of deep breaths in/outs to recover herself from another attack of arousal. She did her last breath out deeply, and that's when she felt that she now finally relaxed. She opened her eyes and looked annoyingly at the tunnel.

She then heard the rumble of iron wheels, and soon the train ran out of the tunnel, light started flooding the cabin interior, blinding Sunset's eyes with its bright lights, and making her cover her eyes with her hand. Soon the train stopped on the platform and its doors opened in a perfect synchronicity with the glass doors, and the passengers quickly got off the train. A lot of people went out, and it took plenty of a time before the waiting passengers got their turn to get in.

Sunset was one of the first to get in, and as she was within the car, she then began observing the car just to figure out what it actually was. The car's interior was colored in a white, the LCD screens hang on the ceiling to produce some commercial ads along with the safety instruction ads, and the latest news. Much to her surprise the seats looked clean, and what was the most important, soft. Not as soft as the seats on the back of her limo, which can be only comparable with an actual couch, but good enough even for her standards. The seats even had a soft back.

The passengers, however, were something that worried Sunset the most. Central City is gigantic, and is a third biggest city in the world, and it is obvious that the people who are using it are of different social statuses. She saw a few males and females dressed in business suits, a company of girls, who probably were likely college students, and dressed in trendy jeans, skirts, shirts, blouses… all of them wore different types of clothings. She also saw a company of boys who were dressed in leather jackets, and blue classic jeans, and looked like a biker gang. One of them gifted Sunset with a curious gaze, but then he quickly switched his gaze back to his pals.

Sunset gulped deeply upon seeing such a social cocktail in one place, which she hadn't witnessed for quite awhile, since she left Equestria, and got this job of Ambassador. She then looked through the car in search of a free seat. She found one in between two individuals, one of which was the fox guy dressed in regular day-time clothes, and another one was a porcupine who was sleeping at the moment, and dressed in a partying type of clothing, with alcohol stains on his shirt…. at least…. Sunset hoped those were alcohol stains.

The unicorn girl scanned the car in a search of more free seats, but found no other seats available. She then looked at the seat she saw first, and gulped deeply, as she then approached the seat and sat on it.

"Excuse me." She said to the male fox, who brought his attention to her, as he smiled at her and moved a little bit so she could feel comfortable. Once she was on the seat, she squeezed her thighs together, and put her hands on her own knees as she stared at the window through the train. That's when the speakers announced.

"Attention. The doors are now closing. Next station is… Gandalf Avenue."

The doors then closed, and the train slowly departed off the station.

Inside the train, Sunset sat on her seat, and nervously gazed through the window, or at the LCD screen to get herself distracted off a guy who not just smelled like he was partying for an entire week, but also snored so loudly, that even the rumble couldn't outbeat it. She looked at him with a corner of her eye out of curiosity, and she saw him being in the same statement he was in, when she came in. She thought that it was probably for the best, so she then again eyed the LCD screen.

Suddenly, the porcupine stirs and fidget on his seat, making Sunset gasp nervously, as she looks at him again. She saw him opening his eyes and taking a sitting position, as he then yawned. Sunset clenched her teeth with that smell coming out of his mouth, and turned away quickly. She wanted to cover her nose just to not feel that smell. What did he drink anyways? Beer? Ale? Whiskey? Sake? Tequila? Vodka? Absinth? Only gods know how many sorts of alcohol he consumed.

The porcupine then stopped yawning, and looked around to see where he was. He found himself in the subway train's car, and gazing at the LCD screen, he saw the name of the station and nodded to himself. Looking at his left, he saw a pretty Equestrian unicorn girl looking nervous, though, as he just smiled at her.

"Good morning." He said as he then stood up, and grabbed the handrail. He tried his best to stretch out his spine after a long and drunk sleep as he then sighed in weariness and hangover.

"I'll never drink again." He said as he then let go of the handrail, and that's when the train performed a sudden stop making the porcupine lose his balance. When the train finally stopped he met with the floor of the car with a thud.

"Ouch." He moaned, to which in all of the sudden, the passengers started helping him up, and wondering if he was okay. Yes, including the leather jackets guys who were the first in line.

"Oh, jeez, are you alright?" One of the passengers asked.

"I'm fine." The porcupine answered.

Witnessing this, made Sunset chuckle for some reason, as she covered her mouth with both hands. She thought that this guy sure had no luck today.

Meanwhile in the Airport.

While the Equestrian Royal Private Board was performing a circle over a Central City International Airport, a bunch of souls settled in a VIP passenger terminal, which was deliberately built to serve for the rich people, rock stars, royalties, and the private jet owners. The terminal was chained by the security service, and there were just a few workers who were allowed to serve the royal family of Mobius.

Delphius triplets were spending their time in the cafe on the second floor, while Aleena dedicated herself for another phone talk, which wasn't as tensed as the one she had back in the Emerald Palace, however, it was still pretty tensed, because on Aleena's face you can clearly see all the signs of unamusement.

Sonic, Manic, and Sonia sat near the table with the boys sitting opposite to their sister. The table had a few food plates, already cleaned, which indicated that they sat here for quite a long while. Sonia had a 0,5 litres cup with cola, as she drank it through the straw, while watching at their brothers with these catty eyes. Manic was finishing with his free potato. Sonic was looking for something on his tablet PC with a look of a well seen excitement in his eyes. Just as he found what he was looking for he turned to MAnic and showed it to him.

"And how about this one?" He asked as he pointed at the tablet's screen. The Crowned Prince pfft's from laughter as he then took the glass of soda and brought it to his lips before he shook his head negatively.

"No… No, no, no, no, no, no… no… nononononono…" He said as he then pointed at the tablet screen with his left hand's index finger; "This thing is extremely inappropriate. Could you imagine us doing so on the top of a Jules Tower? The gust of wind up there is just insane." He then took a sip of his soda, and put the glass back on the table, still looking at his brother; "One wrong movement, and here you go… last seven hundred meters of your life." He commented as he then spread his arms.

Sonic then gave him a sour face; "Aw, man… you're so no fun." He said as he then smirked; "Come on. I really think I can take care of our safety here. I will ask Tails to circle around us while we're doing selfies. If something goes wrong, he can dive after us on his plane?" He asked as he then looked at Sonia; "What do you think, Sonia?" He asked as he then showed her the tablet's screen with dangerous selfies on the top of skyscrapers, mountain cliffs and slopes. Sonia observed the photos, as she then shook her head disapprovingly. She then looked at Sonic with a smirk.

"Only if I will hang a sack with a parachute on my back." She commented jokingly, much to Sonic's smirk.

"Eh, you are allowed to do whatever you want, sis." He said, as he was also joking.

"Even bop you in the plums?" Sonia asked, as she then again began drinking her soda through the straw, and batted her eyelashes. Manic and Sonic both cringed in phantom pain.

"Ooooohhhhhhhh…." They both moaned

"That's harsh, Sonia." Manic commented as he then smirked; "And that's how you pay back your brothers for all these long years of family love and support?" He asked, throwing his hands behind his back. Sonia rolled her eyes annoyingly, and waved it off with her right hand.

"Heh. My mind recalls that it was me who always got your trouble-seeking butts dragged out." She commented as she then grinned at the crowned prince smuggly, and pointed at him with her right hand's index finger; "Yours especially, Manic." She said, resting her chin on her hands. Manic frowned in protest.

"Will you ever stop recalling my childhood years where I lacked battle skills?" He complained as he looked through the window at the airfield. Sonic then decided to join his sister in teasing Manic, so he then glanced at him with a wide mocking grin curving across his lips.

"She's not about your lack of battle skills in younger years, bro." He said, making Manic look at his brother; "She means a complete absence of these as such." He finished his sentence, prompting another charming giggle from Sonia, and an even more sour expression on the green hedgehog's face.

"Uuuuuuuhhhhhhh… Will you stop it?" He groaned, as he then leaned his elbow against the table; "I compensated it with my acrobatic skills, stealths, and… I could steal whatever I want in any possible way, but still remain unnoticed." He finished his last part with a wide sly grin to replace the expression of annoyance.

Sonic, however did not take it seriously, so he then pffft's; "Yeah, sure…. nice to know the former credentials of our so called, soon to be future king." He said as he then again resumed looking for something on his tablet PC. Manic, though, moved closer to his brother, and showed him Sonic's valet, to which the blue hedgehog gasped and dropped his jaw.

"Tell me brother." Manic said as he swung Sonic's valet right before Sonic's face; "Do you mind if I borrow a couple of hundreds of reds to drop some beer for us all?" He asked, to which Sonic frowned, and grabbed his wallet from Manic's hands.

"Give it back!" Sonic growled, being irritated by his brother's antics, but the green hedgehog still laughed like crazy. Sonic meanwhile checked all the content of his wallet to be sure that everything was in the right place. When he convinced himself that the money still was where they needed to be, he again looked at his brother with a frown.

"Of everything you have learned in your adolescent years, this is the nastiest of your skills, Manic." He moaned displeased, as he hid the wallet back into his jeans pocket. Manic ceased to laugh, as he then glanced at Sonic to give him a mocking grin.

"Ooooohhhhh, looks like your future king makes you feel boarded?" He asked, a sneering tone in his voice. Sonia did not actually approve of their behaviour, but all she could do was silently shake her heart at the misbehaviour of her two brothers, as she continued drinking her soda. Sonic, meanwhile, pouted at the fact that he was just owned.

"Yeah… boarded…" He said as he suddenly widened his eyes and the lamp clicked from his mind; "Boarded… Board…" He then looked at his siblings again; "Hey, that's it." He began; "We gotta do the selfies while flying on extreme gears." He announced, drawing the attention of both of his siblings; "Just imagine that. We're hovering above the Jules Tower, all of us sitting, and looking at the phone camera. How's that?" He asked as he finished his proposal, while crossing his arms around his chest.

Manic and Sonia looked first at each other to exchange the expressions of intrigue on their faces. They both pondered over Sonic's idea, and they thought that it may work. It's risky, but not as risky as shooting themselves on the camera on the top of the highest spire of the Emerald Palace. Sonia then hmmm'd as she fixed her lady's hat and looked at the blue hedgehog with a look of slight confusion on her face.

"Hmmmm… you know Sonic…" She began; "This idea sounds so dumb and so crazy… that it may work." She then smirked; "I'm all in, though… I don't know what kind of dress I should pick for this one." She said as she began rubbing the dress she wore at the moment, and pondered if it fits, or not. Manic then looked at his brother.

"Who will we be if we won't try this one, bro?" He asked, exchanging a grin with Sonic; "It's been awhile since the last time when I unpacked my extreme gear."

Sonia then gave a charming smile, as she looked at her brothers; "My baby hides in my closet and begs me to unpack her and ride her…" She said as she folded her hands together in an excited manner; "Oooohhhhhh…" She squealed; "I missed this feeling so much."

His sister's antics made Sonic laugh; "Hahahaha… really, sis?" He asked, though he didn't receive any response from Sonia, as she continued dreaming of the day when she finally takes the ride across the City on her gear.

Meanwhile, the Crowned Prince had one thing on his mind; "You know what?" He asked, as he then looked at his brother and sister; "I think we should ride one." he announced, prompting dumbfounded looks on the faces of Sonic and Sonia. The Royal Princess then ceased to dream and smile, as she then looked at her brother as if he was an idiot.

"What?" She asked, tossing her right leg over her left; "Only one? Why ride one?"

Sonic then scratched the back of his head; "You know that this is going to be more dangerous, right?" He asked as he looked at Manic with a frown. Manic, though, looked very confident about his suggestion.

He then began unending his fingers; "One. It's easier to make a group selfie. And two… it's awesome… let alone, dangerous, but… it won't be so with parachutes." He replied. Sonia and Sonic looked at each other, as the hedgegirl then smirked.

"So it's about time I remembered about a sack with a parachute, huh?" Sonia asked playfully; "In any case… trying never bring new harm."

"Excuse me, children, but I heard you spoke about trying something?" They all heard their mother's voice. They all then turned to see her approaching the table slowly, while having a snide smile across her face.

Sonia then uttered a relaxed sigh; "Mom… what in the world?" She asked; "And we thought that you're not gonna stop your phone talks today?"

Aleena sighed as she then sat next to her daughter; "As a Queen, I am obligated to conduct royal duties even if I am far away from the throne." She said as she then looked at her oldest son; "You should've learned it awhile ago, because you're going to be the next King of this country… and that's exactly what your main work is going to be." Aleena said in a condescending tone to the eldest green hedgehog, reminding him of the massive burden of responsibility he was going to take up someday.

Manic cocked his eyebrows at this; "You mean endless streams of phone calls?" He asked jokingly, but his mother shook her head at his joke, as she then rested her back against the back of the seat.

"If the phone call is important you must answer it wherever you are, Manuel!" She said, an important tone in her voice. Sonic then scratched the back of his head at this. He had a question he wanted to ask a while ago, when Manic was announced as a Crowned Prince of Mobius. He had some doubts about being vocal about this decision, largely because he didn't want to give off the appearance of being the jealous dick of a royal brother. He drummed his fingers across the table's surface, and looked at Aleena curiously.

"Mom, I always wanted to ask… Ehhh… Why did you name Manic as your Heir, and not Sonia, or me?" He asked, putting himself after Sonia, thus hinting, that he doesn't need a throne of Mobius. Even though he was, once upon a time, the first to take the throne, he once seemed to be a bright future with an allied kingdom of the time of the last Great War a decade ago.

Aleena smiled at her son, and spoke; "There are few reasons for it. First, he was born first of you three, and the traditions say that the oldest child is the first in line for the throne's heritage." She began; "Second, while you both were too busy with your own things like partying, and running aimlessly across the hills, Manuel helped me in my work, and showed an interest in being a King."

Sonia and Sonic both pouted their lips offensively; "Manic did these things, too." Sonia complained, to which Aleena uttered a small laughter. She then continued.

"And the third reason is that you, and Sonia are not interested in such responsibility like ruling the country." She announced; "You, Sonic even put your name after Sonia's which says a lot about your royal ambitions." She finished her sentence just a moment before the waiter brought her some coffee. Aleena took her sip and uttered a relaxing sigh, happy to get a free moment.

"Thank you for trusting me, mom." Manuel pronounced his sentence with well heard notes of sarcasm in his voice.

"Attention, dear passengers. The Equestrian Royal Board just landed one the fifth railway. Disembarkation will be made at the fifth passenger terminal."

Aleena rolled her eyes as she then looked at her cup of coffee; "It's about time." She said, not really happy that she did not finish her coffee. She then stood up, and looked at her children.

"Get ready." She commanded, before pacing calmly downstairs. The Delphius siblings followed their mother's example, and went downstairs to finally meet their VIP guest.

"Thank the Chaos Gods." Sonia moaned wearilly, as she then threw her arms up to stretch her body, and then she put on her lady's hat; "And I thought we're gonna sit here all day."

Sonic nodded, scratching his own ass; "Same here." He commented as he then equaled his position with their mom; "Mom, why is the Royal Airport not fixed yet?" He asked, to which Aleena looked at him; "Meeting with the international delegations in public airports is extremely frustrating." Sonic added as he slouched his back.

Aleena sighed, frustrated as much as her son; "That's why I've been talking so long on the phone." She confessed; "I wanted to hurry them up, but they said that the construction of a new terminal is delayed a little longer, due to the lack of materials. I was wondering what they're doing on the whole construction site?"

Manic then grinned; "If you want to, I'll go and pay them a visit?" He said in his usual manner, making Aleena laugh again. They went downstairs, and approached the exit towards the airfield, when they suddenly heard a very frustrated and loud female voice.

"I told you, I am not a terrorist, you IDIOT!" They heard the voice behind their backs, and stopped their pace and looked at each other in confusion; "Here's my card. Now can I pass by? Besides, how could I even harm the Queen and her children if the building is chained by you and your blockheads!?" the voice spoke again.

Aleena then lifted up her eyebrow, and looked towards the exit over her right shoulder, but only to sigh wearily and smiling. The owner of the voice was well known to her, an orange female unicorn, dressed in a magenta business suit. She was frowning at the royal security serviceman, while he tried to calm her down.

"Miss, I am not saying that you're a terrorist." He said, as he held his hands up, and reached out at her; "While the Queen and her family are in the building, you can't get in. That's just protocol. After their departure you can meet Princess Luna outside of the airport's building."

"Are you kidding me?" Sunset glared at the security; "If I won't get in and meet her there I'll be fired from my position. That's the protocol, too. Does my position as a foreign diplomat mean anything to you, if I can't meet the Princess on behalf of the Equestrian Embassy here?"

Watching the whole scene made Aleena chuckle a bit before she approached the entrance doors; "That's alright. Let her in!" She said as she then approached the entrance door. The security workers obeyed the Queen, and stood at attention just as she commanded. Sunset used it as a moment to catch her breath and fix her clothes and hair. She then frowned at the security workers and smacked one of them lightly on the shoulder. After she paid the depth to the security, Sunset switched her gaze to the Queen of Mobius.

She then slowly approached the ruler of the country, and bowed solemnly at her; "Your Majesty!" Sunset greeted the Queen of Mobius. Aleena chuckled lightly again, before gesturing to the unicorn girl to stand up. Sunset saw the Queen's light hand's movements, and obeyed as she then stood at her full height.

"Please, accept my apologies for looking so… ummm… messed…" She apologised for her as she thought it looked untidy, but the Queen replied with a dirty smile on her face.

"I am not a fashion expert, madam ambassador, but you are looking appealing." She announced a strong note of importance in her voice. Sunset blushed a bit at the Queen's comment, and giggled, while rubbing one of her shoulders in embarrassment.

"Ummmm… Thank you very much, Your Majesty!" She expressed her gratitude, as the Mobian Queen then gestured to her security workers to follow her, and then she went towards the airfield, with Sunset Shimmer alongside her.

"We were expecting you a bit earlier, Miss Sunset." Aleena spoke, looking at Sunset, to which the latest gasped a bit, startled.

"Am I late?" She asked, to which The Queen shook her head slowly, while smiling.

"No, The Equestrian Royal Board just landed in the Airport." Aleena answered calmly.

Sunset replied to this with a look of relaxation on her face; "Oh, thanks Celestia." She said a moment before she and the Mobian Queen reached the Princess and Princes. Sunset gave them all the solemn bow.

"I am honoured to meet with your highnesses." She greeted them solemnly. Sonia replied at Sunset's diplomatic talent with a smile on her face, while Sonic found himself confused by that, and a bit frustrated by the whole official tone in her manner of communication with them. Though, he remembered yesterday's conversation with his mother, so he had nothing to argue with. Manic was the only one to give Sunset a welcoming word as he grinned towards Sunset.

"It's an honour for us, too, Miss Sunset." The Crowned Prince greeted her; "What took you so long to get here?"

Sunset bit her lower lip before replying to the question of a future King; "Well, there's a whole bunch of accidents that happened this morning in the embassy." She answered as she rubbed the back of her neck; "First, the sewer in our toilet got clogged…"

"Yuck…" Sonia moaned in disgust; "Please, do not continue, madam ambassador." She said, to which Sunset nodded.

"Alright." She said, as the whole company then continued; "I had to go down to City Metro to get here, honestly." Sunset said to Aleena; "My chauffeur informed me that the car's engine refuses to operate…"

Sunset continued chatting with the Queen, while walking towards the airfield, though the royal siblings did not follow the duo as they all three observed the ambassador with questioning looks on their faces.

"Hmmmm… that girl had quite the morning indeed." Manic noted.

"What makes you think so?" Sonic asked, to which Manic grinned and looked at his brother.

"Because she's just ignored two of the hottest guys in the entire world." He commented jokingly, as he elbowed Sonic on the right shoulder, to which the cobalt blue hedgehog chuckled quietly. Two brothers and exchanged a brofist and followed Aleena and Sunset. Sonia then rolled her eyes in a sarcastic manner.

"Oh… Brothers…" She moaned sarcastically, as she then followed the others.

A few minutes later, the plane, driven across the airfield close to the passenger's terminal, soon stopped its way near the serving airport crew. Just as its engines ceased to woosh, the crew took the passenger's bridge and attached it to the plane's exit door. The door soon opened, and a few lunar guards, dressed in traditionally decorated armor walked out of the plane as they went downstairs on the bridge, as they soon stood parallel to the plane in attention.

The Royal Family, and the Equestrian ambassador stood on the airfield, as they waited for the Princess of the Moon to appear. Aleena and Sunset stood up front, Sonia stood on Aleena's left hand side. The Princes stood behind ladies, wearing police style sunglasses. Aleena looked as confident as the Queen could only look, Sonia looked and felt the same way as her mother, and Sunset looked nervous. In her mind she rolled today's incident in the embassy as her mind tried to come up with excuses she could make to the Princess of the Night, so she wouldn't take her off her position.

Sonic and Manic were bored to such a degree that they had to come up with a joke out of literally nowhere.

"How much mere mortal guards do you need for defending and protecting an important and powerful Goddess of the Night?" Sonic asked Manic in a mocking whisper, prompting his brother to smirk in response.

"Hmmmm…" Manic hmmm'd as he put his index finger and thumb to his chin; "My response is…" He then glanced with a grin at Sonic; "In the light of the fact that Luna and Celestia survived seven abductions both, even though the castle has at least 1200 guards protecting it… my answer is zero."

Sonic chuckled at that; "The answer is correct." He said, a moment before he heard his mother shushing him.

"Boys!" Aleena said as she looked at her sons with a frown on her face, clearly disapproving the jokes made by them. Both Delphius brothers grinned innocently in response and shrugged. Aleena sighed at this and looked away from them so she could face the plane and meet her colleague.

Meanwhile, the boys sighed in relaxation and looked at each other again; "And how big your army should be to take down the Queen of Mobius, and conquer her castle?" Manic asked, grinning again.

Sonic then mimicked his brother's earlier gestures; "Hmmmm… In light of the fact that Eggman did not manage to conquer Central City with a 50,000 army of advanced technological monsters, Central resisted for two and a half months before it raised the white flag… my answer is certainly larger than 50 000." He said with a grin, to which the boys laughed again.

"Boys, stop that!" Aleena demanded as she looked at them over her right shoulder; "Immediately!"

Sonic and Manic again gave her the looks of innocence as they raised their hands to the level of their faces defensively. Aleena rolled her eyes at this, and looked before herself again. She shook her head slowly at the behaviour of her sons.

Sunset looked at the princes over her shoulder, and she saw them whispering something to each other, though she heard that Aleena was absolutely displeased by their actions and words. She then looked at the Queen, and leaned closer to ask her a question.

"Your Majesty." She whispered, prompting Aleena to look at the unicorn girl; "Are they always like this?"

Aleena sighed deeply in annoyance; "Most of the time." She answered as she then looked at the plane, and so did Sunset.

Meanwhile, a certain black hedgehog with red stripes on his body walked out of the plane's exit, dressed in a dark brown leather jacket, black t-shirt under the jacket, black jeans, and black ankle boots. His eyes are covered by the police style sunglasses. He stopped at the top of the passenger bridge and scanned the whole airfield and the crowd before the plane, before he looked inside of the plane, and reached his hand out for the passengers to finally walk out.

Manic and Sonic both grinned again and began joking; "Bond. James Bond. In the flesh." Sonic whispered at Manic as he leaned over his brother's ear; "The same old story. No matter where the Moon is going, the Meteor always follows."

"So true." Manic agreed as he looked at his brother; "He's even giving her a hand to walk out just like that, in a public place… though, I think that Shadow couldn't care less about the reaction from the public."

"Indeed." Sonic agreed as the two then looked at the plane's passenger bridge, but only to widen their eyes in shock and surprise.

Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, dressed in a beautiful tight white dress, white tight lady gloves, and white high heel slippers, and having a transparent bright shawl wrapped across her clavicle and shoulders. She stepped out of the plane, while holding Shadow's hand, as she then nodded at him with a smile, and gazed towards the group of people who were waiting for them. She sent them a bright snow-white smile of hers, as she began descending gracefully on the steps.

Everyone was shocked by her sudden appearance, even Aleena's eyes grew wide in surprise before the appearance of her future daughter in law, though her shock soon was replaced by joy, and when Cadence had finally finished descending on the stairways, she walked at her to meet her. Just as the gap between the alicorn girl, and the Mobian Queen vanished, Cadence bowed solemnly at Aleena.

"My Queen!" She greeted the hedge-woman, though Aleena replied at this with a chuckle, as she then put her hands on Cadence's shoulder and straightened her up. Aleena and Cadence had the same height, though the Queen of Mobius looked taller due to her hair style.

"Cadence, my girl." She said as she then hugged Cadence tightly, to which the Alicorn girl hugged her back with a giggle; "What a nice surprise."

"I knew that you're gonna like that." Cadence said joyfully, as she then finished the hug, and met with Aleena's emerald green eyes.

"Welcome back." Aleena greeted.

"Hey, who's this sexy thing standing over there?" Sonia's joyful tone suddenly boomed on the left, making Cadence looking there and seeing a very playful and excited Mobian Royal Princess. The Alicorn giggled at this, before she approached to meet her. The Princesses hugged each other tightly.

"Awww, sister…" Sonia spoke; "I missed you so much."

"Same here, Sonia." Cadence said joyfully, as the girls then finished hugging each other, and looked into the eyes of one another; "I hope I didn't ruin all the fun by my arrival?" She asked, to which Sonia giggled and shook her head.

"Our house is your house, Cadence." She said confidently, as she then lifted up her eyebrow; "But, since you're here, who is watching after the Crystal Empire?"

Cadence winked at Sonia; "I have everything planned, sister." She said, before she glanced at Sonic. The cobalt blue hedgehog grinned at her in response as he then reached out his arms.

"So, you're gonna give me a little sister's hug?" He asked, to which Cadence giggled as she then hugged him.

"Of course." She answered, as Sonic then chuckled awkwardly at Cadence's movements, and answered her embrace with patting her on the back friendly.

"Yeah, I'm glad to see you, too." Sonic said, as he then finished their hug.

Meanwhile, Shadow stood on the top of the passenger's bridge and stared at the whole scene with a well known look of complete indifference on his face. He then felt someone's hand grabbing him by the arm in an elbow, and looked at Luna's smiley face.

"No wonder why she didn't inform him of her arrival." She whispered into her boyfriend's ear; "They look so sweet, don't you think?"

Shadow shrugged; "I don't really care, to be honest." He said in his usual manner, to which Luna shook him a bit.

"Oh, come on." She said as they began descending; "I know how romantic you are with me. Do not pretend to be such a cold heartless grouch to others. I know your true side."

Shadow smirked at her; "Consider this as your biggest privilege, Princess." He said as he winked at her, making his woman giggle charmingly. They then finished descending, as Luna then went on to meet Aleena.

"So…" Manic said as he approached Cadence slowly, grinning at her; "You're still decided to catch me by surprise, are you?" He asked as he then lowered his sunglasses to demonstrate his emerald green eyes. Cadence gave him a catty smile and batted her eyelashes.

"Did I make you discontent?" She asked in a loving tone in her voice. Manic then wrapped his arms around her and held her as tight as he only could. Cadence didn't resist any of his movements, and wrapped her own arms around his neck. She rested her chin on his shoulder, and kissed him on the cheek. Sonia aww'd at this, while Sonic just waved his hand and turned away. Aleana, meanwhile, looked over her left shoulder and smiled when she saw the Moon Alicorn was approaching her slowly. She then turned to face Luna and two women met each other in a friendly embrace.

"Al." Luna said happily; "I am so glad to see you."

Aleena then finished their hug; "How was your trip?" She asked, to which Luna lowered her sunglasses to demonstrate the weariness in her eyes.

"I couldn't get enough sleep." Luna confessed; "I was so excited with my visit, that I spent the whole thirty four hour flight with my eyes wide open." She then yawned softly; "Sorry."

"Don't be." Aleena said as she put a hand on Luna's shoulder; "Maybe you'd better get some sleep instead of breakfast."

"Nah, I am fine." Luna protested; "I can get enough sleep when I get to Shadow's house. Right now, I wanna taste Jeeves' trademark fruit puree." She then giggled, as she then approached Sunset; "Now if you excuse me…"

Aleena chuckled softly at Luna's antics, and then she changed the expression on her face to be confident, and looked at her best agent. She then approached him majestically and gracefully, and when the gap between them had vanished, Shadow gave her a solemn bow. Aleena gave him her hand, which the GUN agent took in his hand and brought it to his lips. He then kissed the Queen's hand.

"My Queen." Shadow greeted Aleena as he then let go of her hand. The hedge-woman then gestured to Shadow to straighten up, and he obeyed. When their eyes met again, Shadow saw Aleena's smirking at him disapprovingly.

"Luna said that she stayed up for 34 hours, Agent Shadow Kintobor." She spoke calmly.

"I have nothing to do with it, Your Grace." Shadow answered, calm as well; "Princess Cadence and I tried to tell her to get at least a short sleep, but she spent her whole travel working on her schedule.

"I suppose, it didn't stop you anyways." Aleena teasingly pointed as she and Shadow then began slowly approaching the rest of the group.

"With all my respect to you… you are deeply mistaken on this one." Shadow commented as he adjusted his sunglasses; "I have done what you ordered me to do."

Aleena turned serious just as he switched into the business matter; "And?" She asked, wanting a continuation.

"All is calm." Shadow reported; "The borders are absolutely clean, no suspicious movement was made while I was inspecting it."

Aleena nodded; "So Chrysalis is indeed deciding to play as quiet as a church mouse?" She commented as she then looked at him; "I want a full report, Shadow. Straight after breakfast in my office."

Shadow nodded at her solemnly; "Yes, Your Grace." He obeyed as he then gave her a bow.

Meanwhile, Sunset was giving her report to Luna; "Your Highness, the work is going on fine in the Embassy." She spoke a little nervously, though, Luna admitted that she was way too tired to do such a thing as paying attention to the obvious nervousness of her subordinate; "Yesterday, we served fifty candidates for a travelling visa, and…" She then put a hand on her business bag; "I took some documents for you to sign so… you know…"

Luna sighed at this; "I understand, Sunset, but… can it wait till the after breakfast?" She suggested, as she then yawned a bit; "I don't feel like I am in no condition to sign anything especially right now."

Sunset blinked her eyes, before she grinned nervously; "Ummm… yes, sure, whatever you say. I mean… your word is a law, Your Highness." She said as she then bowed. The Moon Alicorn developed an odd look at Sunset's reaction to that, but she decided to shrug it off and leave it for later. She then turned to the rest of the group, and exchanged her welcomings with the Royal Children, before the whole group went back towards the passenger terminal. Sunset now felt much more relaxed than she used to be, and so she went in a relaxed and calmed gait.

Manic and Cadence continued hugging each other, and the hedge-man walked with his arm around Cadence's waist, while she had her head resting on his shoulder. This event completely switched the Crowned Prince's attention to his girlfriend, and Sonic was obviously sided by this. He tried to stay away from the lovely couple as far as he could so he couldn't hear their romantic dialogues, which he didn't really like, as it had a tendency of grating on his nerves for some reason, though to be fair, the extent of which Manic and Cadence demonstrated their passion for one another would likely get on anybody's nerves. He was walking slowly, and now he found himself behind the main group of people. Soon he stopped to breathe up the air, but only to cringe in disgust as the air had a strong smell of an aeroplane's fuel.

Sunset was following the group as she was checking if everything was alright in her bag, and that's when she bumped into someone's body.

"Eeek…" She squealed as she then backed away, and looked at the one she bumped into, but only to widen her eyes upon the view of a Royal Prince of Mobius. She then grinned a stupidly apologetic smile.

"Oh, my apologies, Your Highness, Sir…" She tried to apologise; "I haven't seen you, sorry…"

Sonic sighed at this as he smirked at her; "Don't be, Madam Ambassador." He said as he then looked at her bag; "You have everything alright in your bag? You seemed like a nervous wreck with how much you're checking it on."

Sunset looked at her bag, and smiled; "Oh, yes… I have everything alright in there, sir." She said as she looked at him; "Sorry for being so… ummm… inaccurate…"

Sonic grinned; "Like I said, you don't have to." He said as they both then went to the Passenger's terminal; "So, now after you met with the Princess, you're gonna get back to your Embassy?"

Sunset shook her head; "Not really." She said; "Actually after this, I was planning on going home, since the arrival of the Princess automatically frees my working day. I haven't had any signed visitors for today, so…"

"I see." Sonic commented; "I guess it gives you a lot of stress."

"Like you wouldn't even believe, Prince Sonic." Sunset agreed with a giggle; "And today's events… I genuinely hoped that Princess Luna would deny today's visit to the Embassy. And now I have to waste almost an hour to get to my apartment complex, due to the malfunctions of my car."

Sonic then widened his eyes; "Hmmmm… and how about us giving you a ride, Miss Sunset?" He asked, making Sunset curious; "And who knows, maybe my mother will allow you to join us for breakfast?"

Sunset widened her eyes in shock; "Really?" She asked, as her eyes lit up like sparkles upon hearing that.

Sonic grinned again; "Oh, yes." He said; "Considering all the stress you had, you wouldn't mind getting a small and relaxing breakfast time with the Royal Family in the Emerald Palace. What'd you think?" He asked in the end, as Sunset then dove into her train of thought, thinking if she should accept his suggestion, or not.

Forty minutes later, Strawberry Park.

Two limo cars stopped near the main gates at the Strawberry Park one after another. The door of the second car then opened, and a certain black and red hedgehog-man walked out of the car, and then he took the hand of a certain Night Princess. Luna then walked out of the car gracefully, with Sunset following, though Shadow obviously did not give a hand to his former arrestant. Sunset had an awkward grin on her face, still not believing that she had a ride with the one who arrested her. The GUN agent gifted her with a look that said; "I am watching you!" which made Sunset feel even more uncomfortable.

Luna stretched her arms to the skies and closed her eyes as she breathed the air of the Strawberry Park trees, and then she opened her eyes and said one happy; "Yes!" outloud. She then turned to her boyfriend, and approached him slowly as she used the catwalk.

"It's so good to get back here again." She said, making Shadow gazing at her and smirking; "Though, too little has changed since the last time when I was here."

"You were here just two months ago, Princess." Shadow commented; "Not much could change in such a small period of time. Plus, you were asleep all the time while we were riding here from the airport."

Luna wrapped her left arm around Shadow, and used her right hand's index finger to caress his chest; "If it wasn't your warm and strong shoulder, I would've been up." She said, as she batted her eyelashes.

Shadow took her by the hand; "Now you make it sound like a complaint." He commented sarcastically; "A very sexy complaint I have to admit." he finished teasing Luna, making her giggle charmingly in response.

Sunset stared at the interactions between the two with an odd look on her face as she found it a bit weird and ironic. She was wondering if Luna gave herself as Shadow Kintobor's prize for catching her? Or she just thinks a bit too much about herself?

Meanwhile, Shadow felt buzzing in his phone, so he then pulled out his BlackBerry smartphone to see who was texting him, and saw the message from his boss of GUN. This made him frown as he then sighed and looked into Luna's eyes apologetically.

"Lulu, I gotta go." He said softly; "Commander calls out on his carpet."

Luna sighed sadly at this; "I understand." She said as she then kissed him on the cheek; "Sometimes, I think it's not fair of him to take you away from me… You're my boyfriend, and not just a GUN agent."

Shadow lifted up one of his eyebrows; "Sometimes, I wish I was your boyfriend only." He said as he then grinned; "See you after breakfast." He said as he then winked, and let go of her. He then approached the limo where the Queen was sitting. Luna couldn't help, but kept smiling all the time while he was in her sight, though she did not see Sunset was now standing next to her, and also stared at Shadow, but with the same odd look she had recently.

Meanwhile, Sonia left the limo of her mother, after Sonic, Manic, and Cadence already did this, and stretched up to warm up her body after the forty minutes of a car ride through the streets of Central City. She then approached the rest of the group and took off her lady's hat, as she began waving at herself.

"Ooofff… the weather is getting hotter and hotter every day." She commented.

"I have noticed that." Manic replied as he scratched his own elbows; "Well… it's better than two weeks of the never ending rain."

"Oh, don't tell me about the rain, my darling." Cadence said as she adjusted her shawl, though, she then noticed that the Queen of Mobius was not with them, and looked at the car. She saw Shadow sitting in, and closed the door, and soon the car drove off into an unknown direction.

"Ummm… Mind me asking where your mom drove off?" She asked, making the Delphius triplets to look after the car. Sonic then waved it off.

"Meh… I guess she decided to visit the guy she had a tense phone conversation with." He suggested as he shrugged, and the company then went towards the palace.

A few minutes later, the whole group of well known people appeared on the square before the palace. Cadence looked up with a smile on her face, adoring the majestic view of the Emerald Palace. Meanwhile, behind their backs, Luna and Sunset held their way together. The unicorn girl opened her mouth in amazement when she eyed the palace.

"Oh my gosh… it's even larger on a short distance." She commented as her eyes enlarged like kitten eyes upon seeing the closeup view of the castle she was presently witnessing.

"Just wait, till you get inside, girl." Luna said as she adjusted her long hair. Sunset then bit her lower lip, and looked at the Night Princess.

"Ummm… Princess… Mind me asking you a personal question?" She asked, to which Luna shot a curious look at Sunset; "Ummm… What was that between you and Agent Shadow Kintobor before he drove off? I mean… it's not my kind of deal, but… eeehhh…"

Luna then narrowed her eyes; "Sunset, you are a fully grown girl who understands what these interactions between a man and a woman are all about." She said a bit wearilly, to which Sunset grinned nervously; "Moreover, my personal life is none of your concern, alright?" Luna asked, still being worn off, and tired due to the long distance flight.

Sunset chuckled awkwardly; "I'm sorry for being so… well… intrusive…" She said; "I'm just… curious is all?"

Luna lifted up one of her eyebrows; "Curiosity killed a cat, Sunset." She said sarcastically.

"Excuse me ladies." The two females heard a very familiar voice of Sonic the Hedgehog who appeared out of nowhere right before their eyes.

"Aaahhhh…" Both screeched, and shuddered in suddenness, as Luna then gave him a frown.

"Sonic, never ever, ever, ever… spook me like this again." She said, unamused; "I am not your mother, but it doesn't mean I can't count you for such misbehaviour?" She asked as she lifted up one of her eyebrows in disapproval.

Sonic then stepped back startled by their reaction and a bit hurt by the princesses scolding, as he didn't think he did anything real bad here.

"Apologies…. I just thought you'd be used to it, with people appearing in front of you like that with…. magical…. teleportation gimmick that some of you can do?" Sonic said, trying to delicately convey what he was trying to say without ruffleing any feathers in the process, hoping they would calm down, especially the princess, without causing a scene.

The Princess then breathed a calm sigh of relief in hopes of regaining her composure as she then as gently as she could convey at the present moment about…. the edicate of this practice.

"It's alright…. but usually we're more used to blinding flashes of light….not in the manner which you use when rushing in as you are at such speed." She said unsuradly as she tried to explain his approach to the manner. However Sonic did not seem fully convinced as he tilted his head to his right shoulder while raising an inquisitive eyebrow in confusion. As that didn't make sense to him, since she was so intimately familiar with Shadow and how he could do both, you'd think she'd become accustomed enough to be used to such a display?

"Uhhh okay? Whatever…. Listen….. Would you mind if I… well joined your company?" He asked, as he then grinned and put both hands on his waist; "What a tour around the Mobian Royal Palace without a guide? And isn't a current resident of the palace the best option for a guide?"

Sunset was staring at the Mobian Royal Prince with her eyes widened in confusion before what could cause him to make his decision. Surely he offered her to join them in the castle, but this was something she hadn't expected to happen at all. When she glanced up at Princess Luna she became even more confused, when she saw that the Night Princess is staring at the cobalt blue hedgehog with narrowed eyebrows.

"I know this castle from the bottom to the top. I have been here even long before your dynasty came to rule this country. And I also was the one who took the part in the opening ceremony of Jules Tower nine years ago." Luna said, a tired tone in her voice; "What are you talking about?"

Sonic then scratched the back of his head; "Well, I was actually referring to Madam Ambassador here, who told me that she never visited the Emerald Palace in the first place." He said as he then spread his arms to the sides.

Luna then looked at Sunset questioningly; "You've never been here before? Oh wait… I forgot…" She said as she then put a hand to her own forehead and shook her head slowly. She then opened her eyes and looked apologetically at Sonic, while hugging herself with both arms and rubbing gently on her own shoulders.

"My apologies... I guess this whole flight had a very bad influence on me." She commented; "My mind is disabling slowly due to the lack of good sleep. No offence to you, Sonic dear."

Sonic then grinned; "No offence taken." He said; "Plus, the farther I'll be from… my siblings, the better." He said the second sentence with an annoyed look on his face.

Luna found herself confused at this; "What happened?" She asked, a bit concerned, but Sonic slouched his back as he looked at his siblings and pointed a finger at them.

"Just look at this." He said a bit acidly, and Luna and Sunset both glanced at the second part of the group, but only to see that Manic, Cadence, and Sonia stumbled upon a group of children from the nearest school who apparently had a walking lesson, and Manic famous for his love for children of course couldn't just pass them by.

Luna couldn't help but giggled at this; "Oh my gosh…" She said gently, folding her hands together; "They're so adorable…"

"Yeah…" Sonic acidly retracted as he stuck his tongue out; "So adorable that it makes me sick…" Sonic mumbled out loud, loud enough for everybody else to hear him.

"You don't like children, Your Highness?" Sunset asked, lifting up one of her eyebrows.

"No he's not." Luna decided to answer for Sonic instead of him, as she smiled jokingly and wrapped her arm around the hedgehog's shoulders, making the Royal Prince widening his eyes in surprise at the unexpected gesture; "Sonic loves children with all his heart. He's just a bit damaged by the fact that our dear Cadence is melting in awwww' effect when she sees her fiance is playing with children."

Sonic looked at Luna with a smirk after she let go of him; "Are you trying to say that I'm jealous of Manic and Cadence?" He asked, to which Luna's smile was replaced by a confident grin.

"Yes." She said jokingly and playfully, and that made Sonic's eyebrows narrowed again. He then sighed as he decided to breathe in and out before replying.

"I'll admit it…. I'm just a tiny bit jealous of my brother's happiness." Before his expression softened into a sad one he then said to both Luna and Sunset's surprise by what he said next; "Considering I too…. once had such a proposal a long time ago." He said before he literally shook off his gloom and resumed his happy demeanour as he didn't want either Luna or Sunset to get caught up with his sob story as he offered a shoulder to Sunset and said while adorning his most charming smile as he said;

"So…. Would madam like to join me on a tour?" He said in his most charming suave voice as possible hoping they would just drop the subject and move on with matters. Sunset then smiled as she hooked his arm with her and said.

"It will be an honour, Your Highness." Sunset said as she couldn't pass up such an opportunity to be given a personal tour by one of the royal family members, especially that one member being the Legendary Hero, Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic then threw his trademark grin at the Night Princess.

"And what about you, Princess?" He asked, to which Luna looked away, and shielded herself with the palm of her left hand.

"You're a nice guy, Sonic, and your gesture is very much acceptable, but…" She then looked at him with a grin, "But I already have a strong man's arm to hold onto." She said in her trademark royal manner of speech. Sonic scratched the back of his head, and shrugged it off, as they then proceeded into the palace.

"So… what's with the name? Emerald Palace?" Sunset asked, as she gazed up at the massive structures.

"Bite me." Sonic jokingly replied; "It's previous name was… basic I guess. My mom really loves creativity and artistry in everything she does."

"Oh, she does indeed." Luna jokingly put in her couple of words as she then giggled quietly, but Sonic continued on his speech.

"The name doesn't mean that it was built of emeralds, but… more likely named after the Chaos Emeralds, which is our biggest pride, and our biggest disappointment." Sonic told as he looked at Sunset; "By disappointment I mean that Dr Eggman in the war days got them into his own possession way too often."

"Hmmmm…" Sunset hmm'd thoughtfully; "I see." She said with a smile.

As they made there way past the massive double doors of the main entrance of the palace they came upon a large round marble lobby, and surrounding the room and evenly spaced against the dome shaped that gave it a cathedral like appearance amongst the stain glass windows, were seven large grotesque demonic statues that lined the entrance of the interior wall of the palace lobby.

Sunset gasped in horror at not only the grotesque features of each individual form and shape of these gruesome gargoyles, but also at the magnitude of their size which was literally leering down at them from where they stood idle, each with an ugly expression on their face that matched they're personality and what they represented.

Sunset had heard that most ancient castles had gargoyles adorning the exterior of the castle to not only shift rainwater away from the base foundation of the castle, but was also said, to ward away evil spirits that would come to plague misfortune upon its occupants, and in doing so the whole kingdom as well. But the castle was only recently made in the modern era away from ancient superstition and even just to be traditional. Why make them so big, and place them in the lobby? Was this design choice made to serve a different purpose other than the traditional aesthetic?

As she was cowering under the gaze of these stone figurines, she hadn't realized she was tightly gripping Sonic arm that she had latched onto for protection as she even leaned into him without realizing.

Though slightly startled by the action, he was somewhat used to maidens gripping onto him for protection in various scenarios too many to even list. As he somewhat smirked at Sunset's reaction, as she soon realized what she was doing, she hastily let go of him, face flushed red and heart pounding as she didn't know what was more embarrassing her, a grown woman getting terrified by mere statues, or the way which she was holding the prince in such a manner.

Sonic couldn't help but get a quiet kick out of Sunset's reaction, though he decided to spare her some dignity as she asked him while regaining her composure.

"What are these things?" As wondered what such grotesque abominations were doing in the main entrance of all places to greet guests, wondering if Aleena had a sick sense of humor or something or just wanted to frighten bothersome tourists away, hoping to get some explanation of their manner of presence in the palace.

"Those…. are the seven deadly sins in all their deadly demonic glory. They're here to remind current and future rulers the corruption that can hide behind the fairy tale like glitz and glamour of royalty. Especially after this country had to suffer through a war not too long ago, and these sculptures are meant to memorialize the devastation that can spread through various choices and decisions ranging from not matter who makes a poor or selfish first, either it be from the elite class to the lowliest of commoners. Each decision can poison another through various repercussions." Sonic said to demonstrate his point as they viewed each demonic figure whose physical traits demonstrated what sin they embodied.

As they were passing through the entrance lobby, Sonic then added by saying; "It's said that these statues are able to bore into the souls of the guilty for recent or past crimes committed by said perpetrator, be it just against one single individual or multiple people for who they have wronged through that sinners transgressions." Sonic said in a matter-of-factly sort of manner as he led them past the lobby and into the elevator halls.

As he went onto saying that due to the architectural style of the palace, that instead of having to walk through the halls and corridors of a traditional palace which was design to cover blocks or even acres of land, the palace was broken down into rooms that accommodated the function of the castle divided by floors instead of wings.

There was a museum wing of the latest war, with life like replica manican's of both fallen and currently living war heroes… though a few were not chosen to be on display (due to controversy issues, or did things to detriment the Mobian war effort.), a memorial wall for all the fallen soldiers, and details of crucial points during the war. There was an art gallery display, as well as artifacts and portraits of past rulers of the Delphius Kingdom, as well as an armament room that displayed from past medieval weaponry to more modern day displays of weaponry.

And finally was the creme dela creme of the pride of the Delphius royal family bloodline an entire floor and display of the history and life accomplishments of Aleena's great, great, great, great, great, great, great, royal ancestor and known as the founder of their modern method of ruling…. Roberto Delphius. The statue of King Roberto stood in front of a fural with the Delphius whole bloodline, starting with the chief Klode, who was the founder of Delphius dynasty four thousand years ago, and to modern days with Aleena, Jules, and their three children's portraits.

The family tree also had a portrait of King Roberto, but his portrait was the largest one of all who were presented on the tree. King Roberto was a man with a severe and super confident expression on his face. He wore a bottle green uniform, with the black undershirt could be seen behind the opened part of the jacket of his uniform. He had black scarf wrapped around his neck, and his hands together across his chest, as he held a sword hilt in his hands. King himself was a hedgehog man of cobalt blue color, and his quills like hair are combed into a ponytail. Like a proud and formidable lord, King Robert stood upright and shot his frowning and confident look at the viewers of the portrait.

Sunset's eyes grew wide when she saw the face of this hedgehog man, as she then stopped her path while still holding onto Sonic's arm around the elbow area, this made him stumble a bit. Sonic then found himself confused as he then looked at the ambassador. He then looked at where her eyes were aiming, as he grinned when he saw the portrait of his great ancestor.

"Oh… I see it now." He said.

Luna stopped near the two, as she then curiously eyed the portrait of the King of Mobius.

Sunset then decided to ask a question; "Who is that?" She asked; "He looks like a formidable lord to me."

Sonic chuckled; "Oh, he was a formidable lord." He said as he then put his left hand on his own waist, while his right hand made a representable gesture towards the portrait; "Meet King Roberto Delphius. He ruled our country two hundred and sixty years ago… and till two hundred years ago. Still holds the record, though." Sonic pointed out sarcastically.

Sunset then looked questioningly at him; "Was he a tyrant?" She asked, as Sonic then scratched the back of his head.

"I wouldn't say so." He answered as he then shrugged and looked into Sunset's eyes; "He is actually the one to whom the Mobian commoners are thankful for giving them freedom. He demolished the walls around Strawberry Park, and issued more than three dozen reformatting degrees. The vast majority of these degrees were aimed for life improvement for the peasants and simple workers."

Sunset then arched her eyebrows in question; "Then why isn't he smiling?" She asked as she then looked at the portrait; "He looks like he was beheading these very peasants every day…" She then grinned nervously as she then looked apologetically at Sonic; "I apologize for my…. french…"

Sonic then grinned at her; "That's okay, madam Ambassador." He said as he then winked.

"Ever heard a proverb that says… "Smile hides a thousand lies", Sunset?" Princess Luna suddenly spoke, prompting both Sonic and Sunset to look at her, to see the Moon Princess of Equestria standing upright with her eyes aiming at the portrait of King Roberto, and she wasn't smiling, too; "King Roberto believed that people needs to see what he really is, and he hated when someone was smiling at him for no reason. Because he thought that they're hiding something… or more likely up to something." She finished her phrase, as she then put a hand to her chin.

Sunset then widened her eyes; "Have you met him in person?" She asked, to which Luna looked at her.

"No?" She said a bit awkwardly; "I had… no chance to meet him… For reasons" She then looked at the portraits; "But my sister did." She said in response.

"And did she tell you what he was like?" Sunset asked again.

Luna smiled; "Yes, she did. Very intelligent, smart, cool headed, brave. Very… very persistent and determined." She then looked at Sunset; "No one dared to talk back at him. Unless they prove their point with facts that is." She said as she then uttered a tiny giggle.

Sonic then joined into the conversation; "The decrees he issued helped improve the lives of ordinary citizens, and… these decrees still operate to this day." He announced, as he then looked at the portrait of the King; "A lot of large industrialists met these decrees with excitement, because it helped them to increase their market audience… or…" He then scratched the back of his head; "... whatever it was." He then grinned again; "But there still were a lot of those who resisted the King's orders. Some rotten elitists who felt that they're losing their powers"

"Like… how?" Sunset asked as she put a hand to her chin, as they continued on their way towards the elevators.

"Well…" Sonic began as he rolled his eyes to the ceiling; "It's hard to explain."

Luna then spoke in; "You gotta understand the context of history, Sunset dear." She began explaining with a smile on her face; "Back in those times the Mobian orders were much harsher than they are now. Only those who are rich or noble had all the means of rights and freedom. The commoners didn't have any of these." She then looked at the tree; "They were just the numbers not names. Even the Royal Family of Mobius was more of an image… The beautiful curtains to conceal the window that revealed the harsh cruel truth of power and oppression." Luna finished her sentence, to which Sunset gave her a look that meant "I get it now."

"Ah… I get it, Princess." She said, as Luna then sent a wink to Sonic.

The Royal Prince of Mobius grinned as he then gazed at Sunset; "Princess Luna can explain the situation much better than me." He said as he then continued; "As the story says, Roberto saw this whole mess done by the Kingdom's elite, but only after he began leaving the castle secretly himself. Back in those days, the King's family was not allowed to leave the castle without guards. Roberto hated guards, and so he began seeking out of the castle secretly."

"Why?" Sunset asked.

"Bite me… I guess he was just bored?" Sonic suggested as he shrugged his shoulders.

Sunset then shook her head and clarified her question; "No… I mean, why were Royal Family representatives not allowed to leave the castle without an escort?" She asked again.

"Because there might be a danger for the Queen, and the Royal children." Luna answered for Sonic as she then approached the vase with night roses. She smiled excitedly, as she then sniffed them with her eyes closed.

Sonic then continued; "When he started those secret hikings, Roberto saw what kind of a mess Mobius was." He told Sunset; "At first he thought that what he saw was just like it was supposed to be, but not before a couple of knights attacked and killed a couple of peasants."

"Oh… jeez…" Sunset moaned as she covered her mouth with her left hand. Sonic nodded awkwardly.

"Yeah… Ahem…" Sonic continued; "When Prince saw that two innocent people were brutalised right before his eyes, he revealed himself and ordered them to stop, just before they killed another person who witnessed this horrified picture. Those knights didn't recognize him at first, and even tried to attack him, but he fought them back, and just after this they apologised, however, Roberto called for the King's guards to escort them along with him to his father."

"But… When they arrived in the castle, Roberto's Father, King Sontino, went furious not just because of two knights taking a blood bath before his son's eyes, but also because Roberto left the castle without any escort." Sonic said; "They went on conflict, and Roberto was still in a state of shock by what he saw a few hours ago on the street, but his father said that nothing can be changed, and suggested that he accept the modern order. Roberto was shocked by his father's words, and swore to change the order when he will be the next King… And just a few months later, King Sontino died from an unknown cause."

They then reached the elevator doors and stopped just a few meters away from it as Sonic then continued on the story; "When Roberto was crowned as the next King he announced that their country was awaiting for many changes." He said; "He ordered a decree which makes anyone who committed a murder no matter what the status is... a criminal. And that automatically suggests that no matter who you are, an elitist, or a peasant you cannot be forbidden by a law.

"He reformed the courts so they would work more independently, bribery was now punished by a death sentence…" Luna continued for Sonic, as she caught up with the two, now with a beautiful night rose stuck in her hair, as she was smiling at the two; "He also went to Equestria to start diplomatic relationships between our Kingdoms, where he was greeted by Celestia." She then looked at Sonic, and adjusted her long hair; "Sonic, may I keep this rose to myself?" She asked softly; "I can't help but love Night Roses."

Sonic chuckled a bit; "Of course, Princess." He said; "But… those are mom's, not mine."

"Then I'll ask your mom then." Luna said as she then winked, and continued; "He ordered to build more libraries, schools, hospitals, theatres… King Roberto was always a big fan of theatrical performances and music… He has given more liberties to craftsmen and artisans, and the large industrialists met his ideas with great enthusiasm, but… there were those who wanted to get back old orders, due to their loss of powers and privileged status."

Sonic nodded after Luna finished the speech; "Yeah… And I think you already guessed that there were a lot of those, Madam Ambassador." He said as he then scratched the back of his head; "They first tried to approach him softly by using their influence within the Palace, that is, they talked the King's advisors to convince him to refuse his ideas. But the King dismissed his former advisors and brought the new ones who shared his views on the world. Then they tried to make it through the marriage so his wife would pull strings for them, but… after the marriage, his wife, Queen Selena, was imbued with his philosophy and became his biggest supporter and admirer."

Sunset smiled; "That's so sweet." She commented.

"Yes, it really is." Luna agreed, as she then continued for Sonic; "And when the marriage move didn't work, they tried to get rid of a new King. He survived several abductions, and even after that he didn't step down from his ideas of ruling. He declared war on them, and so they accepted the challenge." Luna then sighed sadly; "Sadly, the first ten years of King Roberto's rule are associated with a Civil War on Mobius. Even his younger brother who wanted to be King instead of Roberto… He joined the enemies of his family to dethrone his older brother, and take his place."

Sunset then widened her eyes; "Wait… I think I have heard of that… War of Two Brothers…" She said; "But… didn't Roberto spare the life of Gianmarco when he won?"

Sonic nodded; "Yes, he did, but Gianmarco Delphius was exiled from Mobius." He explained; "Though, surprisingly for everyone, Gianmarco settled well on the Southern Islands, and founded his own Kingdom there."

"Babylon?" Sunset asked, to which Sonic nodded, as he then looked at the elevator doors; "Alright, the storytime is over, now let's get to the dining room, and enjoy some breakfast."

Sonic, Sunset, and Princess Luna then walked over to the elevator doors, and Sonic then pushed the button to call the elevator.

Fifteen minutes later, in the Royal dining room.

"So… this tower was built only nine years ago?" Sunset asked, as she sat on the chair in the dining room in front of the large dinner table, in the company of Sonic, Manuel, and Sonia Delphius, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadence. Something she never experienced in her life. So many Royal figures at the same place and at the same time.

Sonia then took a sip of her cherry juice, and answered Sunset's question; "Yes, it was made due to an extreme growth of the Central City population and its size." She answered; "Mom wanted to have a residence from where she could see the entire city. Before the tower's construction, we used to live in chambers in the old Palace which is now demolished." She finished her sentence as she then ate her last spaghetti, and wiped her mouth with a tissue gracefully.

Sunset then smiled and nodded; "It's a very interesting story, Princess Sonia." She said; "When I was younger, I saw a lot of photos of Mobian old Royal Castle, but it looked a LOT smaller." She then giggled; "Definitely not even close to the size of this monster of a building."

Cadence chuckled as well, as if sharing Sunset's ironic thoughts; "And what is the most amazing is that they only needed two and a half years to finish the construction." She put on her comment. She obviously sat on the chair, next to Manic, as she had a vegetable salad for breakfast, while her boyfriend enjoyed a drink. He finished his breakfast faster than others.

Sonic sat on the chair, next to Princess Luna, and was also drinking soda. Apparently he already finished eating as well. Princess Luna enjoyed the fruit puree, as she still had this night rose stuck between her hair. No one seems to pay attention to it.

"Why so high, though." Cadence continued; "The Crystal Palace in Las Pegasus is huge as well, but even my apartments aren't settled on such a high altitude."

Sonia then shrugged; "But Las Pegasus isn't as big as Central City." She replied, to which Cadence grinned ironically.

"Makes sense." She commented as she then finished with her food.

Sunset then took a sip of her drink, and decided to continue their conversation; "And what about the clocks?" She asked; "I can hear them in my apartment… I was always wondering what it's like to hear their bells from here?"

That's when Sonic decided to give his review to the Tower's Clocks, and what it's like to hear their bells. He ginned nervously, and rubbed his head with his left hand as if his mind recalled these painful soundwave strikes.

"Ummmm…" He began; "It's like someone put a huge bronze bell on the top of your head and started smashing it with a giant hammer." He made a comparison, making ladies and Manic laughing at this as a response. Manuel then sipped his drink, and ah'd before he gave a grin to the Equestrian Ambassador.

"And that's why we use the soundproof windows all across this Palace." He explained, making Sunset nodding in understanding. That's when everyone heard the sound of clicking heels of women's shoes, as they all turned towards the exit, and saw Queen Aleena entering the dining room, escorted by a severe GUN agent behind her back, and the Castle's footman on her left.

"Pardon me for my lateness." She apologized for her lateness, as she sat on the chair between Luna and Sunset, as the waiters instantly came out of the kitchen, and brought her a plate with breakfast. Shadow and the footman stopped next to her. Luna then shot a loving smile towards the dark hedgehog as she then ran her fingers across her hair to demonstrate the Night Rose flower stuck in her hair. Shadow gave her a smirk and a thumb up, as he then looked down at the Queen, and bowed a bit.

"Your Grace, I'll be waiting for you in your office room." He said, to which Aleena then looked up at him surprisingly.

"Don't you want to have breakfast with us?" She asked, as Shadow then gave her a half smile.

"It'd be a big honor, but I'm not really hungry." He said, as Aleena then smiled at him solemnly.

"Alright, suit yourself." She said as she then looked at the footman; "Jean-Pierre. Could please walk Agent Shadow Kintobor to my office." She asked nicely to the footman, as he then bowed at her.

"Yes, Your Grace." He answered, as he then headed towards the exit of the room; "Zis way, Agent Shadeuw." He announced. Shadow then bowed to the Queen, as he then wiped off his smile and shot another frown towards Sunset Shimmer, before he walked out of the dining room. Sunset accompanied him with her eyes, knowing too well why he was staring at her like that. She then sighed, and took another sip of her drink.

Aleena, meanwhile, began her breakfast; "I apologise." She said; "The appointment lasted longer than I expected."

Manic lifted up one of his eyebrows as he looked at his mother; "What kind of appointment was that?" He asked, to which the Queen sighed, and narrowed her eyes deeply.

"Commander Abraham Tower insisted on a meeting." She answered her son, as she then sipped some tea; "When he calls on his carpet even I… The Queen of Mobius… is not allowed to refuse."

Luna sighed as she looked at Aleena with a look of understanding on her face; "I know your pain, Al." She said in understanding; "As a woman who experienced on her skin what it's like to test Tower's patience, I can confirm that he's not a man who is about to accept a gentle refusal." She then ate her puree from her spoon, and spoke again; "Why are you keeping him as a GUN commander? Are there so few people who can fit his positions better than him? Someone from GUN Top agents, for example?" She asked as she then smiled and sucked on her spoon.

Sonic reacted at Luna's words with a shock, as he nearly spat out the drink he was sipping on. He then swallowed his drink and shivered strongly, as his eyes grew wide, and his teeth greeted. He knew who she meant by the "Top GUN agent".

"Oh… Chaos Gawds helps us all if she's thinking of who I think she's referring to." He prayed in his mind, still shivering heavily as the dampness and chills ran across his body from head to toes.

Meanwhile, Aleena sighed deeply at Luna's suggestion, as she looked at her colleague with a half smile.

"Trust me, Luna." She began, a calm tone in her voice; "As a woman who contacts Tower every day in my life, I of all people would be pleased to say that there is a replacement for Tower, but… sadly, no one can handle GUN like he can. Despite his attitude, Abraham Tower is the most competent head of a special service in this world, and the proverb that suggests; "There is no irreplaceable individual" is not his case at all." She finished her sentence as she then began enjoying her meal.

Sonic sighed deeply in relaxation when his mom explained to Luna what no one can replace Tower, and rested himself completely in his chair, nearly slipping off of it.

"I can definitely second you on that mom. Better that heterochromia old codger of a grouch than the living inspiration behind the song Painkiller." He thought to himself again. Cadence then glanced at him questioningly.

"Are you alright, Sonic?" She asked, wondering why he sits like that, as Sonic then shot at her with a look of complete relaxation on his face.

"I never felt better in my life, Cadence." He said, as he then uttered a huge sigh of an untold pleasure; "Aaaahhhhhhhh… That was such a tasty breakfast." He said as he faux paused a sigh of content.

Cadence then arched her eyebrows, and elbowed Manic, thus attracting his attention. Manic looked at his girlfriend to see her pointing a thumb at Sonic, but the Crowned Prince waved his hand at this, as if saying; "That's Sonic for you." as he then resumed drinking again. After he finished with drinking, he looked towards Princess Luna as he grinned.

"Well, now you're here, Princess Luna." He spoke, attracting everyone's attention, "And so I think we need to recheck our schedule?"

Cadence widened her eyes as she then frowned and opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't as Luna spoke at first.

"Well, of course." She said; "I had everything re-checked twenty five times while I was flying here."

"But…" Cadence tried to speak, but again was cut off by Manic and Luna's dialogue.

"So we start at 10:00?" He asked; "Do you need a car to go after you?"

Luna chuckled; "No, but thank you." She said; "I can easily get here on my own."

Cadence then raised her voice; "Hey." She said loudly, prompting everyone to look at her. They saw her frowning and having her arms crossed around her breasts.

"I have just arrived just to let my boyfriend escape on the royal duties the next morning?" She asked a bit frustrated by what she just heard, to which Manic grinned nervously.

"Cadence?" He asked as he raised his arms in a defensive manner; "What is it, honey?"

Cadence then sighed and looked into Manic's eyes; "I thought we could spend my vacation together." She said softly, to which Manic now smirked.

"We could, but… I mean… I am not on a vacation as of now. I have my visiting duties from tomorrow morning and for the rest of the week." He said as he shrugged his shoulders and spread his arms; "If I knew that you were coming, I'd rearrange my schedule."

Cadence then looked at Luna; "Maybe I can replace you in those meetings, Luna?" She asked, as Luna then gave Cadence a look of understanding.

"My dear Cadence… I'd love to, but I have all the agreements signed. They're expecting Princess Luna to arrive, not Princess Cadence. If you replace me it might confuse them." She said with a look of excuse on her face.

Cadence then looked at Aleena; "But is there no way out?" She asked, as the Queen then chuckled; "There must be some way." The Love Princess said.

Aleena then looked at her son and his girlfriend with an expression of deep admiration on her face; "Well… There is a point in protocol that says if the Crowned Prince is unavailable for some reason, he can be replaced by one of his siblings." She announced as she then chuckled again, making Cadence smiling again.

Sonia then raised her arms; "Not me definitely." She said, as she then looked at Cadence; "Not that I don't want to help you, Cadence, but… I myself have a very busy week. I have three appointments tomorrow, touching on the organisations of music festivals, and I must visit all these festivals… and they're happening this week in three different cities." She said as she gave a look of helplessness on her face.

Aleena then looked at her second son; "And what about you, Sonic?" She asked, to which Sonic widened his eyes, and pointed at himself with both hands.

"What?" He asked; "Me?"

Sonia then grinned and looked at her brother; "Yes, you." She said playfully; "You will replace your brother at these meetings."

Sonic blinked his eyes as he then chuckled, and raised his arms on the face level; "Whoa, whoa… wait." He spoke; "That's not really fair. Manic is going to spend his good time with Cadence, while I gotta do all the work for him? Nah, I demand an equitable exchange." he then dropped his arms and wiped off his grin; "Besides, I have a very small understanding of what I'm gonna do in these… royal meetings." he said as he looked at all the sitters.

Manic then looked at him; "Oh, don't worry, bro." He reassured his brother; "All you have to do is shake hands, and smile at the vine sociopants, and pretend that you like them."

Aleena then gave him a dirty smile; "Not how I would describe this job, my son." She said a calm tone in her voice, but Manic still smiled nervously at his mother, knowing already that he picked the wrong words. Sonic, however, still had no enthusiasm.

"So… plastic smiles for the press and shaking hands to the dirty elitists… Hmmm… sounds like the coolest timespending ever." He concluded sarcastically, but only to get a wordy strike from his sister.

Sonia then shot a playful smile, and batted her eyelashes; "Still more productive than running aimlessly across the hills, or playing Red Dead Redemption 24/7." She said as she then ate her food, while Sonic shot an annoyed look at her.

Fifteen minutes later in MAnic's apartment.

Sonic and Manic stood near Manic's working desk with a sheet of paper as they were discussing tomorrow's appointments which Sonic has to attend. Cadence sat on the big couch in the living room, as she watched them silently and with a smile on her face.

"And be careful with Guro." Manic instructed his brother as he pointed at the list; "This guy is very tricky. If he will offer you a glass of sake, say no, no, no, no, and no again."

Sonic lifted up his eyebrow; "Why five no's, brother?" He asked Manic as he started scratching the back of his head. Manic narrowed his eyes.

"Guro can be very persistent to try to get you drunk so he can con you into making a very lucrative deal for him, and Sake is one of his favourite ploys." He explained, to which Sonic mmd.

"Hmmmm… Alright, point taken." he said as he then looked at the rest of the list; "That's all?"

Manic nodded; "Yes. That's all for tomorrow." He said; "The day after I can do things myself, 'cause…" He then crossed his arms around his chest; "... this day is going to be less overloaded with appointments than tomorrow." He said, as he then looked at Cadence; "It won't take too much time, Denza, so don't worry." he said as he nudged his eyebrows up and down.

Cadence then put a hand to her own chest dramatically; "Oh, basta con le parole. Facciamo un po 'di azione." She said in Italian as she then batted her eyelashes. Manic and Sonic both chuckled at her behaviour, as they then looked at one another.

"You know what she said?" Sonic asked as Manic then shook his head.

"Not a word." He answered as he then exchanged a tight high handshake with Sonic.

"Good luck, bro." He said; "Call me if you need any help."

"That's what brothers are doing, huh?" Sonic asked with a grin; "Helping each other." He then let go of Manic's hand, and looked at Cadence.

"See you later, Cadence." He said, as Cadence waved her hand at him. Sonic then headed to the exit door, and left the room. After the door was closed, Manic sighed in relaxation, but soon he saw that the light in the room became darker, and saw the shadows of the electric curtains consumed the light in his chambers. He grinned as he knew these are Cedence's antics, so he then rubbed his hands, and started removing his jean vest.

"And so… the same old story." He said, "Each time when I am about to get sucked into quicksand, you always get me out." He then turned to her, but only to drop his jaw and widening his eyes, as he dropped his vest on the floor.

He saw Cadence standing before the closed windows, her back turned to him now no longer wearing her white dress, but still being in her white and lacey bra and underwear. Her wings were wide open, and she then looked towards him over her right shoulder and shot a loving look which would have blown away anyone.

Manic then stuck his tongue out, as he looked at her with a hungry and happy expression on his face; "Haaaaaaaa…" He moaned out upon seeing his girlfriend undressing herself.

"I hope you don't mind?" Cadence asked, being super lovely; "This room is pretty hot."

Manic then shook his head hard as he then licked his lips and then he removed his shirt. He threw it somewhere he didn't care, as he then approached his girlfriend slowly. Cadence giggled at this, and used her magic to unhook her bra. She then turned to face him, while using her hands to cover her big breasts. The Crowned Prince quickly closed the gap between the two, and he wrapped his arms around Cadence's waist and back, thus making her wrap her own arms around his neck. She nuzzled against him and Manic could feel her breasts are in a tight contact with his chest.

"The only quicksand you get stuck into is mine, Manuel Eli Delphius." Cadence announced; "And I am not gonna share you with anyone tonight, or tomorrow."

"And what about the day after tomorrow?" Manic asked, as Cadence then gave him a look of desire.

"It depends on your behavior." She said before she kissed him with all the love and passion she had. Manic gladly returned her kiss, and tightened his grip around her. While kissing, the Mobian's hands began exploring and massaging the Equestrian girl's back and waist. He sensed on her soft and warm coat fur, and he could swear it felt like leather. Soon his hands reached to her butt, as he squeezed her buttocks tightly. He deepened his kiss and then he picked her up, prompting his girlfriend to wrap her legs around his waist.

He carried her towards the chair, and soon he fell onto the said chair with him on the top of her. They continued on kissing passionately and Manic's hands skillfully caressed Cadence's body.

Several minutes later, they stopped kissing as Manic then looked hungrily into Cadence's eyes; "I'm so glad you came back." He said passionately, as he then began kissing on her soft neck, making her close her eyes in ecstasy, as she began moaning softly. His lips quickly slipped down on her body, towards her big breasts, as he then opened his eyes and looked at them. He then grinned and grabbed them with both hands, as he then gave a few tight squeezes to feel how firm and soft they were.

"Mmmmm… tits!" He moaned as he then took one of her nipples into his mouth and started sucking it on as hard as he only could. At the same time he tried to be gentle, and kept her breast in his mouth as long as it was only possible. He sucked on her breasts, making her nipples hard and pointy, so it was more pleasurable to taste them. He then switched onto her other nipple, and did the same kind of procedure.

Cadence was almost screaming in passion with her eyes aimed at the ceiling of the chambers, and her mind was freed of any thoughts. The sensation brought her closer and closer to the climax, and her body was nearly trembling with what he was doing with her.

"Aaaahhhhh…" She was moaning; "Manu…"

Manuel continued on sucking on Cadence's breasts, as he did this so hungrily as if he just came from a hungry region where there were no women to kiss and love with. Every suck and every taste he did like she is the only woman in the world, or as if he was dreaming and he wanted to enjoy the dream better. After Chaos Gods knew how much time later, Manic finally stopped sucking on his girlfriend's breasts and his lips slipped further down on her body towards her nether region.

His hands, however, kept a tight hold on her tits as they continued on this loving but passionate breasts massage, so she continued on being deluded by desire.

Manic's lips were tasting on Cadence's belly, as he had his way further down, getting lower and lower.

Cadence opened her eyes and looked at him down to see what he was doing, and she widened her eyes in surprise, when she saw that her thong panties were no longer on her, and she was now absolutely naked.

"How did you… aaaaahhhhhhh…" She couldn't finish as she aahh'd in desire when he began eating out her sensitive pussy. This made her again resting completely in the chair, and entrusting herself to him, as she knew that he was going to spend a considerable amount of time down there, and decided that she might as well enjoy the ride. She closed her eyes in ecstasy as in her mind she was now in the wonderland, and nowhere else.

Manic was spending time between his girlfriend's legs, as his lips were locked tightly around her pussy. He let his lips and tongue do all the blissful and skillful sexual performance to make his girlfriend pleased like in…. the first class pleased. His hands still held her breasts and played with her nipples to bring her climax faster. He knew how thankful Cadence would be after the end of his love act.

"YES!" Cadence yelled in passion; "YEEEEESSSS! *Pant*... THISSSSS! DO ME! DO ME WITH ALL YOU HAVE! AAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Meanwhile in Sonic's room.

Sonic ventured his way towards his own chambers, on the way studying the list given by Manic as he attentively observed the names and the places where he should go and tried to remember best of what he should do. And most importantly… how to act. He then sighed deeply, as he thought that he needed time to learn this, though the fact that Luna will be with him at these meetings was quite reassuring. Who if not Princess of the Night herself knows what to do in these sorts of appointments?

Soon Sonic reached his chambers and opened the door. He then entered the chambers and closed the door. Then the Royal Prince moved towards his PC and turned it on, before he collapsed on the computer chair. He spun 'round a few times, and all the time he was staring at the ceiling of his chambers. When he stopped his spinnings, he closed his eyes and departed away on his train of thoughts.

Royal duty is something he wasn't prepared for. He reunited with his mother and siblings at the age of fifteen, and it was a shock for him to learn that he was a part of a royal family of Mobius. He was Delphius and whether he liked it or not, he needed to accept it as a fact. Moreover the DNA test later confirmed his Mobian Royal bloodline. And he didn't like it at all. The privileged life is something unusual for someone who was trained as a soldier and a superhero since his younger years, and now it was like… POOOF… and he's now a prince, what a coincidence. Though, he knew that at least for the sake of his mother, and his brother, and his sister, he should do what he is obliged to do.

"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy…" Sonic moaned monotonously, "Why, Cadence? Grrrrr... Why did you have to arrive secretly? And why this exact week? Hngh…" He then collapsed in his chair, just like he did in the dining room, with the difference that he now slipped off the chair, and fell on the floor; "Yikes!" Sonic squeaked in light pain when his ass met with the floor.

He then frowned annoyingly and stood up as he then scratched his own ass. He then sighed again, as he began wandering around the room in circles.

"What is the worst thing ever?" He asked himself; "Losing the battle against an army of robots… or… screwing up the royal duties right in front of the press? Maybe I should go there naked? I'll screw things up anyways." He frowned again; "Nope, that's a bad idea. Mom's gonna kill me for that, Sonia's gonna kill me for that, Shadow's gonna kill me for showing off my meat scepter in front of his woman. Celestia's gonna count me on my actions later. Luna may cut my balls off for a disrespectful act." Sonic then stopped, and sighed; "Jokes aside… Tomorrow's day may end in two ways. Either this is gonna be the greatest day in an entire Delphius dynasty history, or… it will tread my career deeper in the dirt."

*KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK*

He suddenly heard the knock on the door, as he then looked at his exit door, and went there.

"Who's there?" He asked as he leaned against the door.

"Your biggest nightmare!" He heard a low and raspy male voice on the other side of the door, which prompted him smirking; "Open the damn door, Sonic." He again heard a very annoyed voice of his best friend, as he then chuckled and opened the door.

Behind the door, he saw a silhouette of a tall Mobian fox male with two tails, just as tall as Sonic is. He was dressed in bright blue jeans, black boots, white singlet shirt with wide shoulders straps, and black pilot jacket. He also had a long red scarf wrapped around his neck, and two longs and fluffy tails which were even longer than the height of them both. The fox-guy was giving an annoyed look to Sonic with his arms crossed around his chest.

Seeing him, Sonic leaned against the doorknob, and smirked mockingly at Tails; "You gonna stand here for the rest of the day, or you gonna come in finally?" He asked in a mocking manner, to which Tails now sighed deeply.

"Why didn't you answer my calls?" He asked as he frowned; "I thought we agreed to meet at Freedom Square at twelve?"

Sonic widened his eyes in surprise; "Ehhhh… we did?" He asked, to which the fox pulled out his smartphone, and showed him their messenger conversation. Sonic checked on the messages and grinned nervously as he saw that they indeed agreed to meet today at the moment when he was given the instructions by Manic. He then straightened up and scratched the back of his head.

"Eeehhh… Sorry Tails.." He apologized, making the fox-guy sighing as a reply; "There was one small force majeure circumstance."

"Like what?" Miles asked, as he widened his eyes; "You said that you'll get free straight after your family meets Princess Luna."

Sonic smirked; "I'll explain later." He said, as he then showed inside to let him in; "Please, come on in, my old battlefield buddy." Sonic teased in a faux pause cutesy coo tone.

Tails lifted up one of his eyebrows; "Battlefield buddy, huh?" He asked as he grinned in response. That's when someone's pretty mane of pastel pale pink hair along with turquoise eyes looked up from behind Miles' right shoulder, making Sonic widening his eyes. Those eyes blinked a few times, before there was a tiny shy girlish giggle.

"Eeeh… hehehe… Your highness?" The girl said timidly, to which Sonic blinked his eyes, and looked into Tails' eyes.

"What is she doing here?" He asked, to which the girl then gave him a guilty look.

"Ummmm… sorry… I can leave if… if you're okay with that…" She said a bit awkwardly, as she then giggled nervously again. Miles then sighed, as he then stepped aside, to reveal the silhouette of a pretty Equestrian pegasi girl, dressed in a bright green woollen tight knee length dress with a black belt wrapped around the waist, tight orange skinny jeans, and green sneakers. She gasped when the fox stood aside, as her wings went wide open. She then bared her teeth and blushed as she hugged herself as if trying to hide.

Sonic looked at her, and then he looked at Tails as his mind tried to find a connection, but he quickly realised what was the matter. He then smirked towards his friend, and nudged his eyebrows up and down.

"Heeeeey… I never knew that we were bringing girlfriends for our friends' meetings." He said with a hint, to which Tails waved his hand at him as he looked at the girl, and took her by the hand.

"Hey, come here." He called to her softly, as she then nuzzled against him and again hid herself behind his back, as she wrapped her arms around his chest. Her pretty eyes again stared at Sonic from behind Tails' shoulder. Miles sighed deeply at this, and looked at her now with a slight frown.

"Fluttershy." He said her name, making the pegasi girl look at him; "Don't be like that. Plus, I told you that we're going to meet with one of my best friends, remember?"

Fluttershy blinked her eyes; "You didn't tell me... that your friend is a…. P-P-P-Prin-ce…" She said she was a bit frustrated, but shy at the same time.

Sonic chuckled at her behaviour, as he found her very sweet; "I guess your new girlfriend has never met royalty in her life?" He asked with a strong note of pride in her voice. Miles looked at him with a look of a strong skepticism on his face.

"She actually is one of the legendary Mane 6 girls." He said, as Sonic then widened his eyes; "And she is very famous, and is friends with Equestria's Princesses." Tails finished introducing his girlfriend to Sonic, as the hedgehog then arched his lips as if saying 'not bad'.

"Ooohhh…" He oooh'd as he then grinned at the girl; "Then I guess this is my honour then…. to meet a fellow hero?" He asked as he then kneeled and bowed at her. Fluttershy arched her eyebrows at this, as she then looked into the eyes of her boyfriend as if trying to find the answer inside his eyes, but he replied her stare with his smile, as he stepped aside again. He then nodded towards Sonic, as Fluttershy then blinked and looked at him.

Sonic then looked at her up, and smirked; "I know that my bow is technically incorrect, but that's all I have." He joked, making the girl smile and giggle at his antics.

"It's nice to meet Your High…"

"Just call me Sonic." Sonic said as he stood up, and arched his eyebrows, still smirking; "Tails' friends are my friends as well… moreover girlfriend…"

Miles sighed; "My girlfriend isn't your girlfriend, you twat." He said a bit acidly, to which Sonic then sighed and looked at him with a narrowed look.

"That's not what I meant." He said, as Fluttershy then put a hand on the fox's shoulder.

"Ummm… Miles, please… don't be rude." She asked him nicely, and with a concerned look on her face. He then suddenly smiled in response, as he looked at her. He then winked.

"I'm not rude. We're always talking like that." He said as he then looked at Sonic; "Is that right, you big fat hedgy ass?"

Sonic grinned wickedly; "It sure is, you big fluffy foxy bollocks." He retracted Tails' words with his own 'friendly insult', to which Fluttershy gasped as she then frowned at Miles.

"Miles, could you please… not say the bad words in my presence?" She asked, making him look at her surprisingly.

"Alright, alright." Tails said as he then pointed his hand at Sonic; "Fluttershy, this is Sonic. Sonic, this is Fluttershy. My girlfriend." he said as he then hid his hands in the pockets of his jeans. Sonic and Fluttershy then shook their hands.

"Nice to meet you." Fluttershy said.

"Me too." Sonic said as he then crossed his arms around his chest; "But please… without "Your Highness". I hate when people say that to me."

Miles then grinned; "That's because you know you didn't deserve it." He teased Sonic, making his friend ugh'd, and his girlfriend giggled charmingly at Miles' joke. Sonic then entered back to his chambers.

"Just come on in, before I change my mind." He said with a light snarl in his voice, as the two then entered the chambers and Tails then closed the door. Fluttershy then began studying the chambers of the royal prince, as she curiously gazed upon the room. Tails then walked over at her, as he was still grinning.

"Not really impressive, huh?" He asked, as Fluttershy then looked into his eyes and silently shook her head. The fox chuckled at this, as they then walked into the living room. That's when Sonic caught Tails around his neck, and started giving him a noogie.

"Aaaahhhh…" Tails shouted, to which Fluttershy gasped a bit, but when she turned to see what was going on, she saw Miles' friend ruining her boyfriend's hair. She didn't know how to react to this, so she remained silent.

Tails pushed Sonic off himself as he then began fixing his now long hair; "Will you ever stop doing that?" He asked as he looked at Sonic, who now picked up his phone.

"In this life?" The hedgehog spoke; "Nope." He then put the phone to his ear; "Jeeves, can you please bring us the box of budweiser?" He said; "Okay, good. I'm waiting… no, we never mentioned you when she was in the dining room. Good." He then hangs up the phone and puts it on the top of the computer desk.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy and Miles sat on the couch near the TV, as they then held the hands of each other. Sonic walked over to the couch, and sat next to Tails.

"So… how did you two met?" He asked; "I thought you didn't find Equetrian girls attractive, Tails?"

Fluttershy gasped, as Tails then raised his hands in a defensive manner; "I was mistaken, okay?" He said to her, as he then looked at Sonic; "She… she convinced me otherwise." He said, as he then felt a soft kiss on the cheek, and looked there to see her smile.

Tails smiled back, before he continued; "Well… you remember Silver Galahard?" He asked, as Sonic then grinned.

"Of course." He said; "Saw him a week ago. He said that he has nothing to complain about… though… I noticed one thing about which he didn't really want to talk about."

"Which one?" Tails asked.

"Well… when I visited him, someone was washing in his shower." He said with a smirk; "And this someone stayed there pretty long. I was in Silver's apartment for thirty minutes, but no one came out of the bathroom." He then hid his hands behind his head; "Is it me, or does Silvio have someone to comfort him?" He asked as he nudged his eyebrows up and down.

Tails nodded; "Well… He's dating a certain girl." He said, before he nodded towards Fluttershy; "It's Fluttershy's best friend, really." He announced, as Fluttershy then giggled and nodded at Sonic with a smile.

"It's true." She said; "My friend Rarity is dating Silver for… I think it's seven years now."

Sonic widened his eyes at this; "Seven years?" He asked; "And Silver never said that he has a girlfriend?"

Fluttershy bit her lower lip; "Ummmm… Rarity likes privacy… and… she has her reasons for it." She said a bit awkwardly, not really wanting to reveal the true intention of why her friend doesn't want to reveal her relationships. Sonic then remembered.

"Rarity… Rarity… hmmm…" He said as he then looked at Tails; "I remember one Rarity girl. The white unicorn girl who was hanging out with you constantly, Tails." He said.

Tails nodded; "Yep, that's the same Rarity." He confirmed Sonic's guess; "She's now a fashion designer. She makes clothes, jewellery and… so on."

"I see." Sonic said; "And so you meet Fluttershy through this… Silver's girlfriend Rarity?"

"Yep." Miles said simply with a smile on his face; "That's how we met. We're together for a year and half right now."

Sonic's eyes grew wide as the dishes; "Half and a year? And you never told me about her?" He asked, shocked, to which Tails grinned mockingly.

"You never asked me." He said as he was about to explode with laughter, knowing well that Sonic was sincere on this one, however, he then spotted a sheet of paper in Sonic's hand.

"What are these?" He asked, pointing at the notes in Sonic's hands.

"What are what?" He asked as he then looked at the paper, but only to wave it off; "Eh… nothing serious. Just a schedule for this week's royal duty tour around Central City, and more…" He said as if it wasn't important at all.

Tails lifted up his eyebrow; "Wha?" He asked; "Royal tour for you?" He asked again; "I thought this isn't your cup of tea, like all those… royal issues you're having?" As Tails knew he had problems adjusting with the royal life right after the war, due to…. certain restrictions he had to live by.

Sonic shrugged; "It's not, Tails." He said as he had a face as if he had a lemon; "It's not my prerogative, but Manic's." He then rested his head on the back of his couch; "Our future King is obliged to take these meetings, but there's one thing that happened this morning which… well made him rearrange his schedule and… priorities…" He said as he then gave an annoyed look.

Fluttershy then grew curious; "What?" She asked a bit worried; "Something bad happened?"

Sonic looked at her; "Princess Denza has arrived." He answered, to which Fluttershy widened her eyes questioningly, and looked at her boyfriend as if looking for an answer. Tails knew that Fluttershy was unaware of how Manic addressed the Princess of Love, so he then decided to explain.

"Princess Mi Amore Cadenza." He explained, to which Fluttershy gave him a look of 'I get it now."

"Aaaaahhhh… Alright." She said with a smile; "Denza means Cadenza… *giggles*... I never knew that Cadence had a nickname like this one."

Sonic grinned; "Well, now you know." He said, as Fluttershy nodded friendly.

Tails then sighed; "So… I guess we have to call it a night, considering that you're having an early wake up tomorrow to prepare for your… duties." He suggested, to which Sonic looked at him as if Tails was dumb.

"What planet did you come from?" He asked as he then stood up and approached his desk, with Fluttershy and Miles accompanying him with their questioning eyes; "Remind me at least once when I cancelled a meeting with friends?" He said as he put the sheet paper on the top of his desk.

Tails then stood up and approached him; "You never did, but…" He spoke as he then stood next to Sonic; "... I have a bad feeling about this. Imagine yourself attending the meetings while having a strong smell of beer coming out of your mouth every time you speak." He said as he then spread his arms.

Sonic grinned at Miles; "Don't worry, I got this." He said; "So… shall we begin?"

The fox guy pondered over his question, as he then looked at Fluttershy as if wanting to hear what she thinks. The pony girl then stood up and approached them two, as she then stopped next to her boyfriend.

"I mean… d-d-don't get me wrong, it's an honor to meet with you… but… well…" She mumbled; "I don't want to offend you, but… well… I don't want to blame myself for your failure… I mean… if it happens."

Sonic then frowned at her; "Fluttershy, I want you to know something about Sonic Maurice Delphius." He began proudly; "He never fails! Got it?"

Fluttershy bit her lower lip in response; "I… I do…" She said as she; "I… I respect your decision wherever it goes… I mean… ummm… if it's not breaking the law."

Miles chuckled at her behaviour, as he then hugged her with his left hand; "It's not." He said; "Just a little drinking." He then looked at Sonic; "Alright… let's… *sigh*... bring it on."

Sonic smirked widely at this; "Am I hearing a complete lack of enthusiasm in your voice, my old friend Tails?" He asked, to which the fox replied with a sneer of his own.

"And a strong and loud note of scepticism." He said as the three then went back to the couch.

Meanwhile, in the Queen's office.

In the office, Jean-Pierre, an official Royal valet stood at the entrance doors, and watched attentively and imperturbably, at the things which were happening in the office of Her Majesty. He saw Princess of the Night was sitting at the coffee table on the big and comfortable couch, with one leg tossed over another, and singing papers, while Sunset Shimmer, Equestrian Ambassador in Mobius, stood with a huge pack of paper documents in her hands, and handing the papers to Princess Luna so she could sign them.

"And this one, too, Your Highness." Sunset said as she handed another document.

"Mhm-hm." Luna mhm-hm'd as she put her signing on the paper, and then switched on another one.

In the meantime, Queen Aleena had a conversation with her Agent on the balcony, as she stood with her back turned to the office, and her hands were leaning against the balcony's handrail. Her face had a strong seed of seriosity, as her fingers trimmed across the handrail.

"Are you sure?" She asked quietly, but loud enough for Shadow to hear her, as he stood on her right hand's side a little behind, and he was as serious as the Queen was.

"Pretty much." Shadow answered, to which Queen hmm'd in thoughtfulness and looked at him over her right shoulder.

"I'd never believe that Chrysalis is up to something on my watch." She announced sarcastically, to which the dark hedgehog lifted up one of his eyebrows.

"My Queen." He began; "Chrysalis' army is currently shattered and is far away from any tactical efficiency. She's trying to reformat her entire state."

Aleena then turned to face him; "I know it." She spoke; "She began with a complete reformation of her political system, expanded freedoms for her citizens, and announced the rebuilding of the entire infrastructure within the Changeling Kingdom… I have seen The Hollow's photographs… it looks a lot like a regular civilized city… with some small differences." When Aleena finished she gave her agent a serious look as if sending some kind of warning.

Shadow caught her signal and nodded in agreement; "I, too, find it suspicious, Your Grace." He said confidently; "And I have seen what the Changeling Kingdom has become in eight years, but… I don't think it is connected somehow with Robotropolis. The city is way too far and too well guarded."

Aleena then began wandering around her balcony; "I'm not asking how well guarded Robotropolis is, Agent Kintobor!" Aleena said quietly, but a little sternly; "I'm asking if Queen Chrysalis has some of Eggman's technology." She then stopped and looked at Shadow with a frown; "I don't want another war." She announced confidently.

Shadow gave her a confident look; "You can sleep well, My Queen." He said calmly; "No Eggman's technological projects haven't yet been spotted in the Hollowland. Just yet, at least. But I agree that there is someone who dictates Queen these orders. Some reindeers spoke about the presence of Sombra, some… have spoken about Mobian criminal elements to reside in Hollowland."

The Queen of Mobius lifted up her eyebrow in confidence; "Shadow, even if Sombra is alive, he's the lesser of our problems." She said as she then looked inside her office and watched at Luna; "His reputation is gone, and he no longer presents any danger… without his powers, he is no one. And his name is nobody. But… in the alliance with Chrysalis, Mobian Criminal elements, and this… Secret Cardinal of hers… we don't even know if it's a man or a woman."

"I guess it is a man." Shadow suggested; "There were also rumours that Chrysalis has a secret lover."

"It may be a woman as well." Aleena sarcastically suggested; "But I don't remember her having any true interest in someone of her gender." She then looked at him again; "We have to find this out, Shadow."

Shadow bowed solemnly; "I'll take it under my control." He announced calmly, but only to get a negative response.

"Not now." The Queen said; "I mean… You worked long enough, and I think you deserve some rest."

The dark hedgehog looked at her questioningly; "Are you sure?" He asked; "We may not have much time."

"If things go wrong." Aleena said as she smiled; "I'll contact you, but now… enjoy your vacation. I'll tell my order to the Commander."

Shadow thought that it was a bit weird for her to give him an official vacation, but then he decided to take it as he should. He then gave her a solemn nod and smirked in his gratitude.

"Thank you." He said simply, as he then looked at Luna and saw her still signing the papers with Sunset Shimmer standing beside. He then frowned deeply.

"Were there any problems?" He asked, referring to the Equestrian Ambassador. Aleena glanced at Sunset, still smiling.

"With Madam Shimmer?" She asked; "No. Just a small misunderstanding in the Airport. Security didn't let her in, until I ordered them to do so."

Shadow then looked at her; "Maybe I should stay here, while she's in your office." He suggested; "I know that she acted normal for the last seven years, but… now when she's here, it may trigger her to remember her past… achievements."

Aleena then ceased to smile and looked at her Agent; "While I adore your concern about your Queen's fate, but right now she's not posing any danger for my children, my people, and for me. And if she would?" She said as she then raised her hand to demonstrate a golden ring on her ring finger; "I can comfortably cope with her myself." She assured Shadow, to which the latest smirked as he knew why she demonstrated that ring. He looked into her eyes again, and gave her another solemn bow.

"Then I hope you at least let me wait for Princess Luna?" He asked. Aleena gave him a snide smile.

"Isn't that your main obligation, Agent?" She asked as she then entered her office along with Shadow. When they entered, Sunset turned her quick gaze at them, and cringed when she saw a GUN Agent standing nearby, gifting her with this trademark super-stern look of a harshest military officer anyone could ever meet in their lives. She turned away quickly, as she shivered a bit. She knew exactly how harsh Agent Shadow Kintobor was at her, because it was him who caught her, it was him who arrested her, it was him who interrogated her, and it was him who was her probation officer during her early release. She began shivering more and more, as she hoped for him to leave the room sooner.

Shadow kept staring at Sunset Shimmer with the expression on his face being his usual. He perfectly saw how she was shivering and he thought that it was good, because she remembers too well what had been done to criminals. The GUN agent then crossed his arms in the chest area, as he stood near the lamp which stood on the left of the balcony.

"Madam Ambassador." He called out calmly, and only hearing the tone of his voice made the orange unicorn girl gasp and almost jump in fear. She then turned to face the dark hedgehog, and gave him a nervous grin.

"Uhm… Agent Shadow Kintobor?" She asked, as she tried to make it all look like it was nothing, and tried not to show him that she's scared; "Can I help you?" She asked as she tried to sound solemn.

The dark hedgehog then lifted up one of his eyebrows; "You look nervous, Madam Ambassador." He said.

Lune looked up at him curiously from the paper she was signing, as she then narrowed her eyes and sighed deeply upon seeing him making Sunset nervous with his presence. She then put a final sign, and looked up at sunset.

"That's all of them?" She asked, as Sunset then looked at her, and checked all the papers to see the Royal signings on them. To her relief that paper was the last, as she then looked at the Princess and nodded at her.

"Yes, Your Highness, that was the last of them." She announced, to which Luna smiled and took off her glasses. She then put them on the table and handed a paper to Sunset.

"Good." She said; "Now you can be free. Thank you for your job, Sunset."

Sunset smiled back, as she took the papers and hid them carefully into her bag; "When should I expect your arrival, Princess Luna?" She asked, to which Luna smiled and leaned her head against her left hand.

"Somewhere around 11 am." She said; "Or… 11:00 according to the Mobian time measure system."

Sunset nodded; "Good." She said; "Then see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow, Sunset Shimmer." Luna said to Sunset as she then took a cup of tea and sipped some of her drink.

Sunset then walked over to Queen of Mobius and gave her a solemn bow; "Your Majesty, it was a big honour to have breakfast in your company." She said, to which Aleena smiled in response.

"You are always welcome, Madam Ambassador." The Queen said solemnly; "The doors of our palace are always opened for people like you." She then looked at the Royal valet; "Jean Pierre. Could you, please, walk Madam Ambassador to the garage, and please tell Hinkley that I ordered him to give a ride to Madam Shimmer to her apartment's complexes." She ordered, to which the valet bowed to the Queen.

"Madam Ambassadeur, zis way, pleaze." Jean-Pierre said, as he pointed his stretched arm towards the exit doors. Sunset smiled at this, but not for long. Her lips then arched into a nervous grin, as she then turned towards the GUN Agent, to see him still having a stern look on his face.

"Ummm… it was nice to meet you again, Agent Kintobor." She said with a strong note of nervousness in her voice. Shadow Kintobor suddenly sent her a half-smile, with one of his eyebrows lifted up.

"I'll see you around, Madam Ambassador." He said calmly, but darkly, and that half-smile doesn't bode well.

The unicorn girl then turned away, and quickly went to the Royal valet as he then opened the door for her to walk out. Sunset left the Queen's office, with Jean-Pierre following, and then doors then closed.

When she left the office, Shadow ceased to smile, and became stern again; "Alright, now that was a little too much." He heard Luna's voice, which made him look at her with a questioning expression on his face. He saw her sending him a dirty frown, as a sign of her displeasure with his treatment for Sunset Shimmer.

"Isn't it by time you start letting the poor girl live a normal life?" She asked, as she tried to sound calmly to convince her boyfriend that Sunset isn't a problem for them anymore. Shadow, however, had an opposite opinion on this topic.

"That 'poor girl' brought an actual Negative Chaos into Central City. She robbed three banks of Central City, vandalised, stole and crashed five electric vehicles, rioted in the streets, and even attempted to break into the Emerald Palace, bringing a few harms to the Queen's Security Service, and simple commoners." Shadow spoke, as he frowned at her back; "Not to mention that she stole YOUR… YOUR!... ancient magical artefact, which was the reason why you sent Twilight Sparkle under my command." He then shook his head slowly; "Those things aren't easy to forget." He summarised his opinion on Sunset Shimmer's past 'deeds'.

Luna then sighed again, and spread her arms; "But she redeemed herself completely. And… at least no one was killed back then." She protested calmly, as she then gave him a sad look; "Shadow, every time when she sees you, she shivers in fear like it is minus three hundred degrees."

Shadow stretched his back; "For her luck no one was killed, otherwise, I'd make everything for her to stay in jail." He said darkly; "The fact that she acts normally now doesn't mean that her inner mind will get nostalgic about her past life, and she will turn into a criminal again."

Luna then ugh'd in a mild annoyance because of its over protectionism habits; "Oh, gosh…" She moaned out.

"What?" Shadow asked as he did his eyebrow trick; "You're discontent?"

Luna looked into his eyes, also frowning; "Shadow, your overprotection sometimes overtakes all of its limits." She said; "Like you did in a Castle. When you arrived, you shook all of our guards, fired seventy percent of them, arranged heavy control in all the castle's entrances where the visitors were allowed to get in only after they took off their clothes completely…" She complained as she then turned away from him and crossed her arms around her breasts.

Shadow frowned and sat next to her; "Can't you please remind me, why exactly was it me who reformation your entire Guard's service? Huh?" He asked, being sarcastic, to which Luna huffed, still showing him her long sparkling hair; "Could you please recall and tell us what happened exactly that I was left with no other choice?"

"Stop reminding me about it." Luna said, still looking at Aleena's book shelves.

"No, tell us." Shadow said again.

"Shadow, please."

"You, and your sister survived another abduction." Shadow made an undeniable comment, to which Luna sighed and covered her face with her hand; "But this time, it wasn't just you, but also young Princesses Cadence and Twilight, as well as young Mane Six lassies were kidnapped as well." Luna then turned to Shadow to give him a look of discontent on her face, but he still continued; "And not just your guards, even your secret service didn't move a finger to go and save their rulers either."

"What are thou hinting at?" Luna asked, still being discontent.

"I'm not hinting, I'm being completely straight and honest on this one." Shadow answered; "If you, Celestia, Cadenza, Twilight, and your heroines are saved by… *he made a pause*... a street magician… *another pause*... the lassie of the court… *another pause*... an amalgam clown of a 'god'... *another pause*... and a thirteen years old dragon kid… *he shook his head*... this means that your guards are highly, highly, highly incompetent in tasks they are trained and studied to do."

Luna then hmph'd and flicked him on the nose, before she turned her back at him again. Shadow widened his eyes at her 'strike' and rubbed his nose. He then frowned towards her in annoyance, but only to wave his hands at this as he turned his back at her as well, and crossed his arms around his chest.

"Glad that you have reached a mutual agreement." Aneena's sarcastic voice spoke from the side of the working desk. Shadow looked there to see the Queen of Mobius sitting in the chair and leaning her head against her left hand. The expression on her face had a look of mild annoyance before Aleena intervened with her own notion.

"Agent Kintobor... you do realise that even the most competent and best security isn't completely proof of infiltration, may I remind you that they were dealing with shape shifters who could fool anyone at close scrutiny. Second, even us Mobian have had comparable times when our infrastructure was compromised…. As you… recall when we were still at war with Eggman…. and our allied Kingdom nearly handed everything over to an imposter. Though…. Fault laid in the incompetence of it's ruling class and their lack of morals." Aleena said as she then looked back at an ancient map of the continent of Mobius for sad recollection.

"The whole world was under threat, and there was no chance to think… We should've acted." She commented, looking at the map.

Shadow then stood up and slowly approached the working desk of the Queen of Mobius. He leaned his hands against the Queen's desk, and spoke confidently.

"Your Grace, you yourself just said that." He spoke, making Aleena look at her Agent; "Those were the days of war, where being competent is the hardest thing to do. But here… we're talking about peaceful days, when the abductions of the higher person in the country should be prevented before it's even begun." He then sighed; "My apologies for being straight, but… I had no other choice."

Luna became sad when he said this, as she then looked towards him, as if knowing what he meant with these last words he said.

Aleena, meanwhile, uttered a sigh of irritation; "That's why I was called to take you back." She said calmly; "You overreacted in many ways." Aleena said before Shadow interrupted her from making her point to him.

Shadow nodded; "Maybe." He agreed; "But I did what I could… to make the Equestrian guards more competent than they used to be… and so the Princesses' lives were no longer endangered." He then put his hands behind his back; "Do you need me yet?" He asked, hoping to leave this office as fast as he could.

"You are free to go, Agent Shadow." Aleena said wearily, as she waved her hand towards an exit; "Thank you for your information."

Shadow bowed to the Queen, as he then looked at the Night Princess; "Princess, I'll be waiting for you in the Strawberry Park." he said before he left the office, and closed the door. After he left, Aleena sighed deeply in irritation, as she then looked towards her colleague, and gave her a look of regret.

"I'm sorry, Luna." She apologised, to which Luna smiled friendly, as she then stood up and approached Aleena.

"That's alright." She spoke friendly, as she sat in the visitor's chair; "I'd say that… this is me who should apologise for bringing my Ambassador here to sign the papers. Shadow is always getting nervous when he's around the former… well… what kind of a word am I looking for?" She asked as she put a finger to her chin.

Aleena then smiled; "Hooligans?" She asked, as Luna then giggled.

"Yes, that's the word I'm looking for." She spoke joyfully, as she then rested her head on her left hand, while tossing her left leg over her right; "Shadow was the one who caught Sunset during the Central City's chase, and he was an attendant agent when he escorted her to Canterlot for a trial. Plus, he was her overseer… it's easy to guess that he still sees her as a criminal."

Aleena then smiled; "It all looks like you're trying to defend your man." She commented jokingly, to which the Night Princess waved her hand, and rested her back against the chair she sat on.

"I am and I am not, if that makes sense to you." Luna spoke calmly; "I'm just trying to make some peace between those two."

"And now it sounds like Shadow sees Sunset Shimmer every day?" Aleena jokingly commented.

"Aleena, stop nitpicking my words." Luna replied, laughing as well; "Of course he doesn't see her every day, but my visits on Mobius never can't go without attending the Embassy." She then sighed; "I can see that he's trying, he's trying really hard to get along with Sunset, but… what he saw in the past cannot be unseen… sadly."

Aleena then shrugged; "I think I have to spend more time counseling him about such things." She concluded as she then looked towards the balcony; "Isn't time an amazing thing? It's been five years and I completely forget that Sunset Shimmer once used to be a vandal and a bank robber." She then looked at smiling Luna; "She's now totally different from when I heard about her from my colleagues." She finished her sentence as the Moon Pony then gave her a look of understanding.

"My sister is a true master when it comes to awakening all the best from every single living being in this world." She said with a proud tone in her voice; "Sometimes she does an absolute miracle." She then frowned as she ceased to smile; "Now let's get to the business matter, Al. What kind of information did you thank Shadow for?" She asked in a calm tone in her voice.

Aleena became serious as well; "I thought Shadow informed you about his mission in the Hollowland?" She asked, to which Luna widened her eyes.

"He actually did inform me." She pointed that out; "But… did he hide something from me?"

"And what he told you?" The Mobian Queen asked, to which Luna rolled her eyes to the ceiling to recall what Shadow informed her about.

"Ummmm… He told me that he investigated the borderlands, and got through the checkpoints." Luna answered as she then looked at her colleague; "He commented that life within the Hollowlands is kinda… peaceful…"

Aleena nodded with a frown; "Yes, which looks kinda suspicious… isn't it strange that Chrysalis never declared an end to war even after the spell was broken?" She asked as she then folded both hands in the level of her chest; "There's no more reasons for her to continue hating you, am I right?"

Luna then uttered a deep sigh of sadness and glanced at the Queen of Mobius with her eyes full of sadness; "Oh, Al… This is extremely difficult." She said monotonously; "Her and Tia's reproaches for each other began long before Chrysalis became Queen. They were school students when it all began."

"Hmmmm…" Aleena hmm'd as she then did an eyebrow trick before resting completely in her chair, and putting both arms on the top of her chair armrests; "School students. Equestria had schools one thousand years ago?" She asked with a grin, to which Luna grinned in response.

"Oh, you are underestimating Equestria, Queen Aleena." She said jokingly, as she then smiled; "But yes, Tia and Chrysalis knew each other since these days."

The Mobian Queen then sighed; "Aahhhhh… let me guess… they did not share some guy?" She asked, still being joyful, much to Luna's charming laughter to pop out of her mouth.

"Awwww… stahp…" She said as she then waved her hand; "I don't know the exact details of my sister's personal life." She then looked at her watch; "It's 15-00. I guess I should go. A certain black and red hedgehog doesn't like waiting. Though, I have one question left before I go."

Aleena nodded with a smile; "Of course. What is it?" She asked as she leaned closer to her own working desk. Luna then bit her lower lip, and started rubbing her legs with her hands as she felt a bit nervous.

"Ummmm… it is extremely awkward to ask, but… when Shadow arrived in Las Pegasus, and met us on the train station, well… you know with the face he usually wears, but this time… it looked more grouchy than usual…" She then looked up at Aleena; "He told me that he learned about this when he was in Babylon. And Shining also said that he, just like Shadow, learned about this whole… kidnapping thing… eeehhh… on the day of our liberation."

"You wanted to know if Shadow announced that he learned of your abduction two days after it happened, and indeed arrived in Equestria on the day when he learned about this, despite being twenty five thousand kilometers away?" Aleena asked a question Luna was about to ask.

The princess of the night sighed deeply, as she gave a narrowed look at the Queen of Mobius; "You know, Al?" She spoke sarcastically; "What you're reading in my mind, makes me believe that I actually have two older sisters…" She moaned in a fake offense much to Aleena's giggle; "Yes." Luna continued; "That's what I wanted to ask."

"Yes, he was in Babylon, Luna." The Mobian Queen answered an unasked question; "Why are you asking me, though? He told you that himself?"

"He did, but… I thought he said it to piss me off, you know… to prove his point that our guards are highly quote on quote "impotently incompetent"..."

Aleena chuckled a bit; "Well… to be fair, I have to agree with Shadow on that one." She said honestly; "Pardon me my… directness… but if I were you, I'd only let the best of the best to secure the life of my family, my people, and mine." She said with a smile; "I too think that Shadow… overreacted… But he loves you, though. It's not an excuse, but… what else could he do to protect you?" She asked with a wise smile on her face.

Luna smiled back; "I know he is, but… I can defend myself." She said as she pointed at herself with both hands.

"Well… sometimes your claim is exposed with recent events." Aleena commented with a smirk on her face, as Luna then waved her hand at the Queen of Mobius, as she gave her a look of displeasure on her face.

"Oh, come on, I had enough of Shadow's 'instructions' of how to make your guards competent." She said sarcastically as she then looked out of the window. She then smiled before she turned her eyes back at the Queen of Mobius.

"I think I'll better go now?" She asked, as Aleena then chuckled as she stood up.

"I am not your Queen to give you orders." She joked, as she approached Luna's chair, and put a hand to her shoulder; "But seeing how tired you are, I'd rather advise you to go and get some good night rest."

"I guess you're right." Luna admitted as she then stood up as well; "Well… see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow. Want me to walk you out?" Aleena asked, to which the Moon Princess shook her head confidently.

"Nah, I'm good. I remember well how to get to the elevator." She said as she then winked at Aleena; "See you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow, Luna." Aleena said as she then headed to her balcony, and stood there, gazing at the city. Luna, meanwhile, chuckled a bit, and headed out of the Queen's office.

Meanwhile, in the foyer of the Palace.

A certain dark hedgehog sat on the soft guest's couch in the Palace's foyer, as his view was aiming at his own black ankle boots, as if he tried to see microscopic dirt down there on the sole of one of his boots. The expression on his face was mostly calm and neutral. Sometimes he gifted his eyes with a view of the visitors who were wandering through the foyer. Some of them were with their groups of tourists who came here to see how the Mobian Royal Family is living. Shadow then looked at the armrest of his couch, and scratched off the dust. He then brought the hand to his eyes to see if there was anything on his claws, but only to sigh, and wipe the claws against the brown leather jacket he wore at the moment. He then again resumed his observation process.

At this moment of expectation he just failed to get himself a task he could perform while his girlfriend is chatting with the Queen. And he didn't even know exactly how long it could take. He knew that if Aleena opens up the cup of tea they could spend hours talking with each other about things that happened recently, but sometimes he has Luna following him shortly after he left the office.

The elevator made a "ding" sound, and the doors then opened. It revealed a silhouette of a Night Princess, who quickly exited the elevator and appeared in the foyer. She scanned the hall of the Palace to see a figure of her man, and soon she smiled when she spotted him sitting on the couch not far from the elevators. She then went there quickly.

Shadow ran the zipper of his jacket up and down in boredom of expectations. Soon he felt someone's soft lips touch his left ear.

"Follow me." He heard Luna's tender whisper, and raised his eyes to see her cat walking towards the guests room of the palace behind the reception stands. He then sighed and grinned, before he stood up and followed her.

He followed her for five good minutes before she disappeared behind the corner of the corridor, and just as he turned there, he was caught by her tight and loving embrace. Her soft lips stole his own lips in the kiss which the GUN Agent gladly returned back. He ran his finger through her hair, and let the tips of his fingers touch her velvet fur. They then finished their kiss and Luna then gave a happy smile to Shadow.

"I thought this would work better than my complaints at your overprotection." She suggested a loving tone in her voice. Shadow shrugged.

"I have to admit, this is one of your best talents, even though… you are possessing a numberless amount of talents." The dark hedgehog complimented her as he then wrapped his arms around her waist and back; "Sorry about the whole overprotection thing, but that's who I am… I cannot act differently with a woman in my life." He said while lifting up one of his eyebrows.

The Moon Alicorn sighed in response as she gave him an understanding smile; "And I have to apologise before you, too." She said; "I shouldn't have given you a flick on your nose…"

"Yeah, that was kinda uncomfortable to feel, but at least I didn't start sneezing." Shadow said as he then shrugged and grinned. Luna chuckled as she then hugged him tightly and rested her head on his right shoulder. She closed her eyes as she began swaying with him very softly, as if they were dancing. Shadow, of course, got her into his arms, as he swayed along with her.

"Shadow, I wanted to let you know, that…" The Princess began; "... despite your attitude… I still love you with all my heart."

"I know, Princess." Shadow replied, caressing her back; "I love you, too. With all my heart."

"And I want to protect you as much as you want to protect me." Luna continued as she rubbed her cheek against his shoulder.

Shadow sighed at her words; "I understand." Shadow said. They continued on swaying with Luna and Shadow's arms as he wrapped them around her to hold her closer. They stayed like this for a few minutes in silence just to enjoy the moment of the loving embrace. Luna then lifted her head and opened her eyes to look into her boyfriend's eyes. Shadow gifted her with a grin, and then he used his left hand to caress her cheek.

"Let's have a walk." He suggested, to which Luna nodded, as the two then went towards the exit of the Palace, with Luna holding onto Shadow's arm in the elbow area.

Meanwhile, in Manic's chambers.

The TV was turned on, the clothes were scattered around the living room chambers. Manuel's socks hang on the top of the TV, while Cadence's bra is hung on the ceiling fan. Cadence's moans of love echoed from the side of the bedroom, and on the way towards Manic's love nest, other parts of the Equestrian's clothes were lying. Her white dress was laying on the floor next to the bedroom door, and her shawl was resting on the top of the door.

In the bedroom, the love act on the Prince's bed was almost at its climax. Manic was on the top of Cadence and made powerful, but slow and skillful movements inside her as he had her legs wrapped around his abdomen area and her hands wrapped around behind his neck. She was moaning so loudly that if it wasn't soundproof windows Manuel spoke about earlier this day in the dining room to Sunset, even the Jules Tower's Clocks bells wouldn't out scream Cadence's moaning voice.

They both were sweaty, and the closer they got to the culmination of the "work out" session, the louder the Princess's voice became. Her eyelashes are fluttering like wings, as her eyes are rolled back, as if she was on high. Though… she was high but because of another reason.

A few minutes later, Cadence froze as her back arched, as she performed one very loud and passionate moan when the culmination of her boyfriend's efforts had finally reached it's fruition. She began shuddering, while still holding onto Manic with both hands, and each time it was as if stronger than the last time. Two minutes later, Cadence fell onto the bed, relaxed and exhausted, while Manuel laid his lips on her. He began tasting and kissing her neck, and face, though, at first she didn't react to this.

Soon, however, she felt his lips again caressed her body down towards her breasts, and soon they locked around one of her nipples, and she didn't even know which one due to the lack of coherent thought. She opened her heavy eyelashes, and looked down to see him sucking enthusiastically on her breasts, of course with a solid handy trademark breast massage performed by a 'master'. She began moaning harder again, and then she collected the left strengths into her arms and used her hands to take him by the cheeks so she could stop him from the procedure, not that she didn't like it though.

"Manu…" Cadence moaned breathlessly; "Manu… *pant*... wait…"

Manuel opened his snidely eyes and looked up at her face to send her a grin, and nipped her left nipple with his teeth thus prompting another heavy moan to erupt from Cadence's mouth.

"What is it… Princess.." He asked, breathless as well, though, not as exhausted as Cadence; "Did I make you discontent?" He asked as he then licked on his girlfriend's breast and squeezed them in his hands as tight as he could.

"I… just…" Cadence cooed; "... not feel like… aaaaahhhhh… I'm up to… conti...nue…" She then rubbed his hair; "P-p… please…"

Manic chuckled at this, as he then tilted his head up. His hands still held her breasts, obviously, and no desire to let go of them he had. He was grinning at his girlfriend, happy that she came back and he obviously saw and felt how pleased Cadence was, and though he wanted to continue, but…. to her credit he could at least give her some rest at least.

"Alright, as you wish." He said as he then flickered on her nipples with his foreigners, to which Cadence aaaahhh'd in passion.

"Aaaaahhhh… Manu." She moaned out again and she did that very loudly. This made Manic chuckle a bit for some reason, maybe it was the fact that she's still catching an untold pleasure from his actions. He then got off of her, and rested on her right. He leaned his head against his left hand, while his run hand's fingers began slipping across Cadence's naked body, caressing her from her clavicle to her belly button.

Cadence then smiled as she opened her eyes and looked at him up. She moved closer to him and kissed him lovingly on the lips, which he accepted gladly, and then she tossed her legs over his and wrapped her arms around his back, prompting him to embrace her. She then rested on top of him and mmm'd happily.

Manic said nothing at her actions as he then rested on the bed more comfortably with her resting in his arms. He stared at her with a warm look on his face, happy that she came back to his palace, and happy to stay in her company as long as possible. He brushed her soft hair with his fingers running through them.

Cadence giggled before she opened her eyes and looked at him up; "You… are… a…" she spoke, still trying to catch her breath, but Manic decided to guess what she was about to say.

"God?" Manic jokingly asked; "I know, my dear Denza."

"A pervert." Cadence clarified; "You kissed and tasted literally… every… single… part of me."

Manic shrugged; "I wouldn't say so." He said; "There are some parts where I stayed longer." He said as he then nudged his eyebrows up and down.

Cadence chuckled awkwardly again, before she flickered him on the nose by a left hand's index finger, before she finally cuddled up to him while moaning passionately.

"Mmmmmmm…"

Manuel sighed happily, before he closed his eyes and rested his head on the pillow.

"So… now you're here, and as much as I love sucking on your breasts and eating out your pussy…" He said as he grinned and opened his eyes to see his girlfriend was still cuddling and holding tightly onto him; "There must be more than that to enjoy our free time together." He said, being a stereotypical bad guy protagonist.

Cadence never opened her eyes upon hearing his teasings, and feeling his one hand rolling free across her back and legs, while his other hand rubbed softly on her hair.

"Manu, I arrived here to entrust myself fully to you, and not inventing our plan of actions." She said soothingly, before she opened her eyes and looked into his; "Though, I agree that we got to try something else outside of lovemaking."

Manic continued on grinning; "What are you trying to say, My Love… Princess?" he asked snidely.

Cadence then decided to play some games, as she then sat up and sat on his stomach, while using her hands to caress his strong abs and chest muscles.

"Every time when I arrive, we are always ending up on your bed, naked, and having a rendezvous." She cooed, batting her eyelashes. Manuel kept that sexy grin on his face as he took her by the hands and began massaging them.

"Well, to be fair, it wasn't me who stripped down at the moment when I turned my back on you." He said; "And to be completely fair, when I arrive to the Crystal Empire, things go the same way as they do here in Central City." he then slipped his hands up on her arms until he reached her shoulders and performed an arc movements, as his hands then rubbed softly on her clavicle before they again found his girlfriend's breasts and squeezed them softly.

He began performing a soft breasts massage as he continued; "And I honestly have no problems with it." Manic said; "Do you, Denza?"

"I do not." Cadence said, still being lovely; "But sometimes… mmmmmmm… I feel like I am your sex toy for pleasure."

Manic chuckled; "Awwww, don't you say that, Denza." He said; "I'm only doing what my heart told me to do."

"Then why are you squeezing my breasts now?" She asked, jokingly.

"Because I love you." Manic said; "And I want you to be pleased in every single way. Plus, your twins are big and plump, and… as if begging for someone to squeeze them."

"So… if I wasn't as beautiful as I really am, and my breasts weren't big enough for you, you wouldn't love me?" She playfully asked.

The Crowned Prince sat up as well and squeezed her breasts as tight as he could, prompting her to gasp in passion.

"I would still love you like no one else in this world." He groaned as he nudged his eyebrows up and down; "And I would still do things I do to you right now."

Cadence ah'd again, still smiling at him passionately; "I am not convinced." She said, "But I don't really care."

"Oh, really?" Manic asked, playing with her as well; "Could you please remind me who begged my mom to replace me on my royal duties on today's breakfast, and yelled to do you with all I have? I also recall your taking off your dress and bra before we started. And if we are being sincere here, then if I wasn't as sexy and hot rock and roll guy as I really am, would you still love me?" He asked as he tried to use her own trick back to her. Reverse.

Cadence giggled charmingly at this; "You know the answer, my darling." She said; "I am Princess of Love, and all my love to you comes from my heart." she said as she took him by the hands, thus stopping him from the breasts massage.

Manic smiled at her; "Then here's your answer, My lovely Denza." He hissed with a sexy rasp in his voice; "You are the only woman who I love as much as you love me." He then shrugged his shoulders; "And as for pleasurable things I do to you… Even if you weren't as beautiful as you really are, I'd still sucked in your breasts and pussy, kissed you on your soft lips, stared deep into your pink eyes, enjoyed the smell of your velvet hair, and the touch of your velvet fur. Plus, these moans of yours can be only compared with the most passionate music the person can come up with." He finished his sentence while nudging his eyebrows up and down, to which Cadence giggled again.

The alicorn woman then leaned to kiss her boyfriend and when their lips connected with the kiss, they both closed their eyes in ecstatic pleasure. Manic gently put Cadence down on the bed, as he rested next to her. He wrapped his arms around her and soon he broke their kiss.

"Did I say that I was delighted by your arrival?" He asked

"Yes." Cadence answered; "You said it many times this evening."

"Then I'll say it again." Manuel said before he looked towards the window where he saw the daylight; "And technically it's not even evening yet."

Cadence chuckled; "I didn't mean it in the literal sense of the word, but… you're right about the time." She said as she then sat up with Manic; "What are we going to do now?" She asked as she batted her eyelashes; "I am honestly not up for another 99 love making actions."

"Then how about a movie?" Manic asked; "And some launch?"

"I love the idea." Cadence said; "I feel a little hungry to be honest."

Manic again wrapped his arms around her and held her closer; "You're reading my thoughts, lassie." He joked, as he then picked up a phone to call Jeeves.

A Few Hours later, in Strawberry Park.

When the sun began to set, the crowd which was walking in a huge park started to scatter around the city to get to their respective houses and have a good dinner, and then have a good sleep.

But there were two who weren't ready to go home yet. A certain dark hedgehog had a walk with his dearest dark blue alicorn, as he had her hand holding tightly onto his elbow as the two were walking slowly through the dense ways of Strawberry Park. Luna had a happy smile on her face at Shadow's compliments of her new accessoire between her hair.

"This night rose suits you, really." Shadow spoke his compliments again.

"You really think so?" Luna asked, as she was looking lovingly into his eyes.

"Of course." Shadow confidently answered; "I got to admit myself an idiot for not gifting you with this kind of present before we boarded the plane."

The Night Princess uttered a tiny giggle; "You will have a chance to fix your mistake, Shadow Kintobor." She said softly, as she then kissed him on the cheek. Shadow chuckled a bit, as he then stopped and looked up at the skies. He saw that it was getting dark pretty fast as he realized that they've spent too much time in Strawberry Park to have a walk. He then sighed in a slight weariness, and looked at his woman with a soft smirk.

"Well… If we set things well, then… how about going home?" He asked, as Luna nodded positively at this, but not before she spotted the pond, and a lone bench near it.

"Wait, let's have a seat first." She asked nicely, as she wrapped both arms around Shadow's strong arm, and pulled him after her. Soon the two appeared near the pond, and the alicorn woman then sat on the bench and looked up at her man with a loving smile on her face.

"Will you?" She asked, inviting him. Shadow shrugged as he sat near her, and the two then stared at the water.

"I always loved sitting near the water pond, or fountain…" Luna began, as she nuzzled against her man, and rested her head on his shoulder; "... it makes me feel so relaxing, and peaceful."

"Water sounds really relaxing." Shadow agreed as he wrapped his right arm around her; "And the pond in the park, especially located between the trees as dense as these willows." He noted, looking up at the willow trees. Luna said nothing at this but uttered another tiny giggle Shadow loves to listen, as these soft laughs sound like music to his ears. The Night Princess then sat up and stared at the water in the pound.

"That and it frees my mind from my work and helps me concentrate on something more important." She said as she then looked at him with a loving look on her face. The GUN agent caught her sight, and uttered a heavy breath before he leaned his elbows against his knees.

"Something like your possible upcoming retirement?" Shadow asked as he looked at her with his face showing no emotions. Luna ceased to smile and widened her eyes in concern.

"You disapprove?" She asked, to which Shadow shrugged his shoulders.

"This is your decision to make, my dear." He pointed out; "You and your sister's, but... *sigh*... I don't know if your people are ready for this step of yours." He then looked at her up; "It might confuse them."

Luna smiled again; "And I thought you're not concerned about our people's fate after me and Tia will leave our posts?" She asked as she batted her eyelashes.

Shadow straightened his back, as he then took her gently by the cheek; "I am concerned about you." He clarified; "Leaving your posts will also leave you unprotected."

Luna giggled again as she moved closer; "It won't be scary if I'll have you by my side, my love." She said in an incredibly lovely and soft intonation which made Shadow smirk again; "And even if I won't… do not forget that your girlfriend is almost as powerful as you." She noted, as she nuzzled against him again.

"Almost is a keyword." Shadow joked, to which Luna grumbled a bit.

"Awww… stop being so grumpy." She said as she then closed her eyes to enjoy her BF's strong and warm shoulder; "In any case… this decision is still a distance away from being made. Twilight and Cadence are still not ready to take our posts, and… we ourselves have a lot of things we should sort out before completely finishing our works as the Princesses of Equestria." She then sighed; "We may have to wait for another ten, or… twenty years until they matured." She said in almost a whisper.

Shadow hugged her again tightly, but this time he used both of his arms. His left is wrapped around her waist, and his right hand tossed both of her legs onto his laps so he could rub them while holding his woman closer. Luna widened her eyes at this, as she then smiled and chuckled again.

"Shadow…" She said happily, but he did not stop. He finally held her in his arms as he grinned into her face.

"Well, that I think means that I, too, may finally sort things out by that time." He said as he tilted his head to the right; "And maybe I will deserve an honourable retirement."

"Do you really think you can still serve as a GUN agent for another twenty years?" Luna asked with a hint as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I honestly don't know." Shadow said as he looked at the pound; "But I have to try. Just like you I still have a lot of things to sort out in GUN."

Luna then decided to ask him another question; "And you didn't ever think of being promoted to someone higher than you are now?" She asked with a hint.

Shadow looked at her again and raised one of his eyebrows in question; "What do you mean?" He asked; "I am a top agent of GUN, I am available to approach the Queen of Mobius without even asking for permission." He smirked again; "I have a Princess of Equestria as my girlfriend. What else to desire?" He said as if it wasn't important.

"After you left the dining room, Aleena mentioned Commander Tower." Luna began; "I asked her if he can be replaced by some GUN top agent. By the top Agent I of course meant you, my love." She then brushed his hair; "You are disciplined, tough, grumpy, overprotective, and you are the great leader, Shadow. I think you can be a great GUN Commander, maybe even greater than Tower?"

Shadow uttered a small chuckle; "I'm flattered." He said as he then sighed again; "I never had this kind of ambition to be fair. Tower, though, will probably get mad if someone suggests that idea."

"He will get mad anyways, no matter what." Luna said as she then again rested her head on his shoulder; "Why can't you be that romantic all the time, when you're in public?" She asked.

"That again." Shadow commented as he looked at her; "I'm only acting like that with you, and not with anyone else."

"I know." Luna argued; "But still… It would've made things so much easier."

"Possibly." Shadow made another comment; "But like I said… You are the only one who has this kind of privilege of seeing my… how to say… warmer side." He then kissed her on the forehead and brushed her hair; "Want to go home? Or maybe we can go to the restaurant? My treat."

Luna giggled as she then opened her eyes and sat up; "Sounds like a good idea, but… I'm really tired… I mean… REALLY tired to go somewhere else but your house." She confessed; "No offence to you."

"No offence taken, My Princess." Shadow said as he then winked, and stood up with her still in his arms. Luna gasped at this and widened her eyes.

"Shadow…" She squeaked joyfully; "I can walk on my own."

"You just said you are tired." Shadow teased her, still having his trademark half smile; "If that's the case, then let me carry you home."

"Just put me down already." Luna asked him again, very nicely; "You'll get me in your arms when we'll get to our bed anyways."

Shadow pondered her words for a moment, but then he shrugged and put her down to the ground; "You have a point here." He said, as he then Luna slowly went to the exit of the Strawberry Park's exit gates; "What time is it, by the way? I left my things in my apartments after the Queen and I left the GUN Headquarters."

Luna then widened her eyes; "Oh… I…" She then began searching in her jacket for her phone, but found nothing, and that's when she realized that she forgot something. She then sighed annoyingly, as she looked into her boyfriend's eyes.

"Damn… I must have forgotten my purse in Al's office." She said.

Shadow then did an eyebrow trick; "Alright, let's take it in the morning." He suggested, to which Luna shook her head.

"No, I need it now." She argued; "Not only does it has my phone, but also all of my things I took."

Shadow then hmm'd and looked at the Palace to see that it's lights were finally on, and so he then shrugged and looked at his girlfriend.

"Alright, let's go back there and take it." He suggested; "I cannot teleport us there, though, as I am… tired as well I guess."

They then began their slow walk back to the palace; "No worries." Luna said with joy in her voice; "I don't mind another long walk with the man of my life."

Shadow chuckled at her sense of humour and her sincerity, but said nothing as they kept to their walk back to the palace.

In Sonic's chambers.

"PULLS OUT MEAT SCEPTRE!" Sonic yelled, a very drunken tone of his voice, as he, Tails, and Fluttershy played some sort of a board game which was on Sonic's coffee table. They had a box with beer bottles, half empty, and all empty bottles around the coffee table. He and Tails sat on the couch which was on the side of the window, while Fluttershy sat on the opposite couch. The three laughed hard when Sonic made a joke, as Tails even nearly fell off his place on the couch.

"Seriously, twat? You… *hiccup*... You had to remember this old meme?" Miles asked Sonic as he nudged him on the shoulder. Sonic laughed as well, and grabbed his bottle.

"It was funny when we first heard this one, huh? *hiccup*..." Sonic laughed, as he could barely talk. He then took another sip of his drink, before he gave Tails a nudge in the shoulder.

"Come on… *hiccup*... throw the bloody dice already." He said to Tails, as the fox-guy then grabbed the dice. He then gave the dice a throw as the pair of dice landed on a four and a three, which added to a seven as Tails moved his game piece forward and landed on a space that read, "Tell a Silly Story" printed on the space that his piece landed on.

"Tell a Silly Story?" Tails recited as leaned over and squinted at the space that gave him the task to complete, as he leaned back furrowed his chin with his right hand in contemplation while his drunk hazy mind tried to recall something that would be perfect to recall to his peers.

"Something Silly?" He said as he said to himself again as he had a goofy look of contemplation on his face. While both Fluttershy and Sonic chuckled at the expression on his face. Knowing how the smartest guy in the room could have such a dumb look on his face.

Tails then snapped his fingers as he had thought of something; "I got it….. you know how Angel always had it out for me, ever since when we first started dating, right Fluttershy?" Tails said to which Fluttershy responded by holding her hand to her hand to her mouth to stifle a laugh while her cheeks blushed as she closed her eyes while snickering.

"W-Why yes…. I recall all the rough times Angel had given you…. despite that he's the Bunny and you're the Fox." She said wondering what inverted Tom and Jerry antic's was he going to recall to them… as there had been quite a few incidents between the two.

"Well…. remember the one time… *hiccup*... when we were making love in the shower?" Tails asked which nearly caused Fluttershy to spit out her beer when she went to take a swig, while Sonic leaned over and rolled on his back in hysterical laughter.

"Oh this should be good…. don't tell me…. Angel started to pull out a … MEAT SCEPTER!" He yelled as he was literally dying of laughter.

The couple, too, began laughing hysterically. Miles couldn't even finish the story as Sonic already did that for him, so he then gave a dice to Fluttershy. His girlfriend then took it from his hands and gave it a throw. It gave seven moves, to which the girl ooooh's excitedly.

"Ooooohhhh…" She oooo'd, "Come on… give me… luck…" She said as she then moved it across the board game until it stopped on a space where she read…

"Aaahhhh… Kiss your neighbour." She spoke excitedly, as she then smiled and turned to Miles, and without even announcing anything, she kissed him on the lips passionately. The fox guy gladly accepted the kiss while wrapping his arms around the girl. And not just arms. His long tails also wrapped around the pony's body.

Sonic then waved his hand at this, as he then took another sip of his beer; "Oh… gross." He said simply as he continued on watching them. When the two finished kissing, they looked into the eyes of one another, smiling.

"Your lips taste good with a small taste of beer." Miles commented, to which Fluttershy giggled and gave him a soft jab in the nose.

"I bet you wanna taste more of me do you? My little kitsune." She spoke softly, as Tails was about to kiss her again, but stopped by her finger across his lips; "Ah ah… not now. Later. A little bit later." She said as she then rested her head on his shoulder. Miles chuckled at her behaviour, and then he glanced at his best friend.

"Your move." He announced. Sonic then grabbed the dice and shook it in his fists, before he threw it and it gave him twelve. Sonic then grabbed his chip and moved it across the board until it stopped on the black area which said… "Tell a scary story." The hedgehog then developed an evil grin on his face as he then folded his hands together and looked at the two. Fluttershy gave him a look of fear and hid behind her boyfriend.

"Is this story going to be scary?" She asked, to which the Royal Prince chuckled evilly.

"MMMM hmhmhmhmhm hm… Like you wouldn't believe." He spoke.

Meanwhile, near the Queen's office.

Luna walked out of the office along with the royal valet Jean-Pierre, who closed the door to the Queen's office, and turned to the night Princess who gave him a thankful look on her face.

"Oh, thank you so much, Jean Pierre." She said, smiling; "It was so silly of me…"

"Oh, no worries, Y'eur HighnEss." Jean Pierre spoke solemnly in his French accent; "It iz mon pleasure. Will you allow me to wal'k you to ze elevateur?"

Luna reached her hand out; "It is a big pleasure, but no." She said; "Do not trouble yourself, and have a good rest." She then took the purse in both hands before she turned away; "Good night, Jean-Pierre." She said goodbye, and then walked down the corridors.

"Bonne nuit, Princesse." Jean-Pierre said goodbye, before he left to his own chambers.

The Night Princess walked calmly to the elevator through the corridors, singing something under her breath, and having somehow a weary but happy smile on her face, perhaps, excited to finally get to the bed and take a sleep. Just as she reached the turn, she turned left, and continued walking at the same pace she walked just recently, when suddenly, she heard the voices.

"Ever heard the legends about the far east, Fluttershy?" She heard Sonic's voice, which made her stop and widen her eyes.

"Ummmm… I can't remember one, but… *hiccup*... I think I did… at least by the name… ugh I cannot remember." The female voice replied, which surprised Luna as she definitely recognized Fluttershy's voice. Fluttershy is here? But how? Is she a friend to Sonic or something. She saw the door opened ajar, and slowly went there to know what's the matter.

She soon opened the door a little wider, and peeked inside but only to smile disapprovingly when she saw three people similar to her gaze are sitting on the floor and playing the board game. And drinking a lot of beer of course. There was not only Sonic and Fluttershy, but also another person named Miles Prower, famous Mobian aircraft engineer and Sonic's battle friend during the war days. She saw Fluttershy nuzzling the fox guy tightly, and she realised quickly that they were dating, and now she understood why Fluttershy was here.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy glanced at Miles curiously; "Far East?" She asked, making Miles smirking as a response.

"Yes, also known as Borderlands." He said with a drunk tone of his voice; "This land is abandoned for millennials, and it sure is… *hiccup*... overgrown with legends, myths, stories, and all this… crap… heh..."

Sonic gave a drunk nod, before he continued; "One such story I heard from my foster parents when I was a kid." He began as he sipped the beer off the bottle he had in his left hand, and then he put it next to five empty bottles and continued; "It tells the story of the times when the Borderlands was a populated place, and it actually has its own life and culture and… stuff."

Luna shook her head at this, as she then glanced at her watch, and saw that she's better to go, so she then quietly and slowly began walking away. She uttered a tiny giggle at the youngsters' party, and she thought that she maybe should arrange the party as she feels like a young girl despite her huge 1000+ years age.

"The story tells about the travelers who got to a forgotten city of Gladah." Luna heard Sonic say the name of the story, as she then stopped and widened her eyes at this. She heard this name before. Many years ago from her parents, she guessed that this legend is still alive to this day. Filled with instant memories, Luna looked at the door into Sonic's chambers, as she then slowly walked back. She quietly opened the door using her magic, and walked in. She sat on the floor next to the door, and quietly closed it. Her eyes aimed straight at the friends' company as she began listening to Sonic's story.

"And its inhabitants." Sonic continued, grinning at Fluttershy evilly; "Ever heard of those?"

Fluttershy shook her head, hiding behind Tails and holding onto his shoulders with both hands; "Ummmmm… no?" She said timidly.

Sonic made another devil's laugh, as he then stood up, swaying, drink in his hand, and he began telling them a story.

"Well, listen…" He began, as he did this by doing theatrical gestures; "My foster parents told me the legends about the forgotten world which is on the Far East, almost fifteen thousand kilometres away from Hollowlands eastern borders. It is divided by the widest river you could possibly imagine. Legends say that the river is as wide as the sea."

Miles chuckled; "Sure." He whispered to not interrupt Sonic's story.

Meanwhile, Luna put a hand on her mouth upon hearing that as it sounds exactly as she recalls from her own childhood. She developed some nervousness and was ready to leave Sonic's chambers, but something clicked in her mind and told her to stay and listen to this story until the very end.

"On the opposite shore of the river, there's a gigantic sand desert, which… seems to have no end, or a beginning." Sonic continued his narration; "Some said that it used to be a great green land with numerous forests and jungles and great civilizations. Some said that it was always a desert. Deep in the sands there are several massive towers, each of them is twice as tall as the tower we're in at the moment."

He paused for a moment to take another sip of his drink, before he continued; "These towers attracted numerous travellers to go and see it themselves…. Behind the towers there is a gigantic desert spread around. It seems to have no end... however…. Deep in the desert there is an entire area surrounded by an eerie mist. Even during the hottest, harshest, and brightest day the desert has to offer, the mist still permeates around that specific area of the desert as if forever shrouding what's inside from view of the outside world and trapping whatever's in it in an unsettling world of its own within the mist."

"And so they thought…" Sonic continued; "... That something that lies deep beyond the towers, which, as the local villagers told, might hold the untold treasures and the one who finds them, can become the richest and the mightest man the world has ever seen?"

Luna took a deep breath as she continued sitting on the floor right at the exit door to the chambers. She kept hugging on her own legs, as on her face she still wore that look of slight consternation. She was even quieter than a mouse, and never said a word while having her lips sealed… figuratively.

"And so they made their way, passing the towers, and walking deep into the desert." Sonic spoke as he made these theatrical dramatic gestures, and kept that creepy grin on his face; "For fifteen days they were heading deeper into the sands, on the way facing monstrous sandstorms. One such sandstorm they met by the end of their journey felt weird and unusual. It…"

"It did not hurt their faces, but felt like it was a refreshing and relaxing breeze." Luna repeated Sonic's sentence along with him, remembering too well about this story, as she was speaking in a quiet whisper.

"They obviously thought they reached the other side of the desert…" Sonic said as he shrugged; "It seemed like they found the sea shore." He then grinned devilishly again; "But they were all wrong. Following the breeze, they came out of the sandstorm, and saw the rocky valley with a deep ravine in the middle. There in the ravine, they saw the city. Old, abandoned city is overfilled with a remarkable architectural style, but it was completely empty. The houses and buildings were made of marble stone, some… made of sandstone."

"Thinking that they have finally reached their destination, they decided to spend some time in this city and see what they can find." Sonic continued being a storyteller; "And there were so many things that can be found. There were jewels, emeralds, gold, everything. They gathered everything they could take with them, and stayed there for the night." Sonic uttered an evil laughter; "That was a grave mistake they made."

Fluttershy shivered a bit as she tried to hide behind her boyfriend, to which Tails jerked a bit, but then sighed as he rolled his eyes up and spread his arms as if saying; "here we go again."

Sonic continued; "They made a campfire, and had some fun, like drinking and fighting." He said; "When it was coming to naptime, one of them went to take a pee… and never returned back. His companions went on looking for him. They searched through all the city, but they haven't found him. That's when they heard a terrifying scream and they guessed that it was their missing friend. They ran towards the source of the scream, and finally they found him. Standing over their made campfire and uttering something that sounds like a rough and deep beastly roar."

"The next thing that happened…" Sonic then started making scary movements; "He ATTACKED THEM." Fluttershy gasped as she hid behind Miles' back, much for his look of disappointment, while Sonic continued; "He knocked one on the ground, and slashed his claws through the body. He started tearing the poor guy appart… blood covered the entire campsite, and the screams of pain and agony were heard everywhere."

"The rest then looked around, and saw… on the top of a ravine, there were a few shadowy figures staring at them down… with their vicious glowy eyes which seemed pale." Sonic then calmed down a bit; "They started escaping. Though, not all of them made it. Fifteen men went deep into the desert, and only five of them have returned. They needed more than two weeks to get that far, but when they escaped, they managed to reach back to the towers in four days. As if the sense of fear gave them so much power."

Sonic then calmed down, and continued the rest of the story in a calm fashion; "Once in a village all of them collapsed breathlessly." He told the story; "They needed almost a month to finally return to their senses. They survived, and told everything that's happened there in the desert. The city they were in is called Gladah. Gladah was known to be a centre of an ancient long forgotten empire even back then. No one actually knows how long it existed. But what they know is that an ancient evil came up to destroy the city to rule it forever, but was cursed to never leave it, and those who try to enter the city again will be cursed as well, and only the luckiest of them will return."

Sonic then grinned again; "The evil, though, even if it tries to reach the heavily populated areas, cannot cross the not river, nor the sea, as it cannot cross the water. The water weakens them, but ever since, nobody visits these places. Because they know that evil awaits its victims. They are known as… LAGAS."

Fluttershy then looked out from behind Tails' shoulder as she had some small tears in her eyes; "Is it over now?" She asked, to which Tails looked at her, and saw some tears in her eyes. He then sighed as he held her by wrapping his left arm around her and shook her lightly.

"Hey, it's alright." He said; "It's just a story, we've been there many times, and found nothing that looked like what Sonic just described. No cities, no sandstorms, just the desert, and these very towers."

Sonic then sat next to the two, and then he put a hand on Fluttershy's shoulder; "Hey, don't be scared, girl." He said; "What Tails is saying is the complete truth. We've been there when we were trying to catch Eggman as we thought he was hiding there. The place is brutal, which is obvious as this is the desert, but other than that, it was just a regular desert."

Fluttershy managed to smile, as she then wiped her tears; "It's alright, boys, it's just…" She said as she then rested her head on Tails' shoulder; "You've been telling this story so… dramatically… I think I actually heard about this one. From a friend of mine, Pinkie Pie. She loves telling creepy stories every Nightmare Night."

"Yeah, that sounds like her." Miles said sarcastically as he scratched the back of his head; "Alright, if you finished then let's conti…"

That's when everyone heard the sound of the door closing. Sonic, Tails, and Fluttershy all looked towards the door, and saw that it was closed now, and clearly heard the sound of clicking women's shoes. Sonic then shrugged as he then stood up, and went to check out who it was. He then opened the door, and looked out.

"Sonia?" He called out; "Sonia was it you?" He then shrugged as he then entered his chambers and closed the door; "It must've been my dearest sister showing her beautiful curiosity." He said as he then sat on the floor next to his friends.

Fluttershy then showed some signs of curiosity herself; "Princess Sonia loves watching what you're doing?" She asked.

"She hates watching what I'm doing, it's just sometimes, when she's in the mood, she's playing the ghost of the Emerald Palace." He said; "Woooooooooo…"

Fluttershy laughed a bit, as she then took the dice and started shaking it in her hands.

Meanwhile in the corridors.

A very nervous and shaky Luna was clicking her high heel shoes through the corridors of the Emerald Palace. She had her eyes constantly running from one eye corner to another as if checking if there's any danger. There's an expression of complete fear on her face as the woman was constantly expecting for something to attack her at any moment.

Just like that she somehow reached the elevator door and pressed the button to call it. While in waiting she had a hallucination that something was standing right behind her back, breathed into her neck, and touched her body. Luna was always a very hurting lady, and if she heard something that might oppress her imagination, it would oppress her, despite being the very princess of the night and formerly feared boogie man of her kingdom's culture.

She then shut her eyes; "Don't look around! Don't look around! Don't look around!" She whispered under her breath, when suddenly she yelped quietly with a squeak when she heard a ding sound. Opening her eyes again, she looked at the doors, which opened before her slowly, and then she entered the elevator, and pressed the first floor button. Glancing right in front of her, she yelped again and gasped as she saw her own reflection in the mirror.

She then sighed in relief when the doors closed and then she looked down, as she began waiting when the speed elevator brought her back into the arms of her man.

Meanwhile, downstairs, on the first floor.

Shadow was standing near the elevator doors, thinking if he should go up the royal sector of the castle, or not. It's been more than twenty minutes since Luna left to get her purse, and still haven't come back yet. That made him very annoyed, as not only he, just like his woman, spent the entire flight without any eye-shut.

His narrowed look in his eyes also gave up his irritation of long expectations. Truth be told, he'd rather preferred to be in bed with Luna cuddling with him. Though, he also had a knowledge and experience that this expectation was always worth it. He then smirked as he pulled his smartphone out of his jacket, and started to look at something on the screen. That's when he heard a DING. Looking at the elevator, he saw that it finally arrived.

When the doors opened, he saw Luna's silhouette standing there, unmoving, and with some look of anxiety in her eyes. He paid no attention at first, so he then shot a frown towards his woman.

"Ah, finally… And I thought I should purchase myself the apartment in the nearest building for the next thousand years?" He asked, being his usual self. Grumpy, discontent, and demanding. Luna, though, did not walk out of the elevator, and the look on her face did not change, as if she was scared to walk out of the elevator. Shadow donned a surprised look on his face.

"Lulu?" He asked, but got no answer and the elevator doors began closing. The Mobian then caught the doors to make them open again, and entered the elevator to be with her. He took her by the cheeks, and even though he did not see it, now he felt it. She was shivering, like crazy. He could also see some tears in her eyes. He then caressed her cheeks, as he looked into her turquoise eyes. First she did not even blink, as if scared to have her image before her eyes changed into something terrifying.

"Lulu…" Shadow called out to her after the elevator doors closed. Luna finally blinked her eyes a few times, before she threw herself into Shadow's arms. She wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his right shoulder, as she closed her eyes tightly and clenched her teeth. Shadow hugged her back, as he began caressing her back. He felt how shaky she was at the moment, and he knew that something went wrong up there. There was something that spooked her, and spooked her so much that she is now this shaky. It was the first time Shadow saw her like this.

"It's okay, my dear." He whispered into her ear, as he ran his fingers through her hair.

"Shadow, please, take me home." Luna said, a quiet and a bit begging tone in her voice.

Shadow then opened his eyes and again he took her by the cheeks so he could look into her eyes. When their eyes met, he looked deep into her soul, a calm and concerned look on his face.

"First, I want to hear what happened… You…" He said as he made a pause to make sure that she was still shaking; "You are literally shaking, Luna." He said, before Luna again fell into his arms.

"Nothing." She said quietly; "Nothing happened… Other than old trauma…"

"What kind of trauma?" Shadow asked again, but Luna said nothing as she buried her face into her man's shoulder as she was almost weeping.

"Shadow, please… let's go home." She again said, almost begging him, still being quiet. Shadow sighed at this deeply, knowing that it's now useless to ask her what spooked her so much, as well as figuring out what was the trauma she's talking about. He then pressed the button on the elevator panel, and then he started walking Luna out as soon as the doors closed. At the bottom floor of the building, there were only the QSS units, who were doing their duty in patrolling the building and checking to see if everything was okay.

Two of them stood near the reception desk, as one security unit was grinning towards the receptionist girl, prompting her to smile at him dirtilly and disapprovingly, while his colleague was rolling his eyes at the dumbest behaviour of his friend. He then suddenly saw GUN top agent walking none other than the Night Princess herself towards the exit doors, and he saw that the Princess was not looking good, and even scared. He even saw her shaking.

He then quickly walked towards them; "Sir? Is everything okay?" He asked as he soon walked next to them; "Your Highness?" He asked, referring to the Princess.

Luna said nothing in response as she continued cuddling to Shadow while walking. The Ultimate Lifeform then looked at the security unit with a frown.

"The Princess does not feel good, other than that, it's quite normal." He said calmly, as he then frowned; "Go back to your duty." He snapped a bit, prompting the unit to stop and widening his eyes in shock. He accompanied the couple silently with his eyes, until they both left the building. He then sighed deeply in annoyance.

"Ugh… sometimes, I hate this asshole." He said to himself as he then went back to his colleague; "You're trying to help, and as a reply, you get your ass kicked by him, or yelled at at best…"

Meanwhile, in Manic's chambers.

"I was wondering if you're ready for another ride, you jerk…" The TV-speakers pronounced the line from the movie, which Cadence was watching excitedly. She was half-laying on the couch, with her legs folded together. She wore an elegant tight nightgown, and over the said gown she wore the silky night robe, which was also relatively short and only covered the thighs of the Lady of Love. She was eating her pop-corn, as her eyes were attached to the screen.

As for her 'most loyal servant', Manic was spending his time enjoying his girlfriend's long shapely legs. He was sitting on her left, and both of her legs were obviously resting on his laps. His hands did this classic gentle leg massage, as you can clearly see the snide and amused grin on the face of the green hedgehog-guy. He kept rubbing on her sexy legs over and over from toes to hips, while doing undulating movements to cover as much of her exposed body as possible. Though, despite his deepest desires, he did not let himself touch Cadence's intimate spots, as it would've definitely disappointed her at some point.

He did that for quite a long time, before he finally finished, and then he gently lifted up her right leg to the level of his face. He widened his happy grin, as he then closed his eyes and sniffed on her leg.

Cadence then switched her gaze from the TV-Screen to her boyfriend, and saw him sniffing on her leg. Not that did not amused her, but that hurt her physically a bit.

"Ow…" She moaned a bit as she lifted up one of her eyebrows; "Be careful, darling. My stretching isn't as it used to be…"

Manic chuckled a bit as he then looked at her, still grinning; "Beg your pardon, My Queen." He said as he then lowered her leg a bit, and lowered his face, and then he closed his eyes and began kissing on her foot gently. Cadence giggled at this as she then looked at the screen again.

"You're spending a considerable amount of time appreciating my body." She said a bit flirty, as Manic then chuckled in response.

"Not going to argue with you on that." He said as he then laid down and hugged both of Cadence's legs with a face of a kid who just received a candy; "Your body sure must be appreciated, in addition to your soul and your character."

Cadence looked at him down; "And what's my character?" She asked, still being playful.

Manic looked at her up as he rested his head on her thigh; "Lovely, friendly, gentle, compassionate, smart… Hot-hot-hot." He said as he then wiggled his eyebrows, and licked her thigh. Cadence then rolled her eyes at this, as she then again looked towards the screen.

"If you say so…" She said as she then finished with her pop-corn, and put an empty bag on the floor next to the couch where the two were spending their evening at the moment. Manic then ceased to grin, as he then moved up until he positioned himself behind her. He then wrapped his arms around her belly and around her shoulders. This made her cuddle with him as she then mmmm'd softly and blinked her eyes slowly to recollect her thoughts.

"Oh, come on, Denza, I did not know that it offended you." Manic said as he began caressing her clavicle with his left hand.

"It's not offending me, when it's done at the right time and in the right place." Cadence said as she then looked at him; "I mean, remind me at least one time when I was stripping off my clothes in the place which is improper by all means."

Manic then lifted up one of his eyebrows; "Denza we are in my room." He said as he found himself confused a bit by her statement.

Cadence then ugh'd a bit as she then frowned at him; "We are watching the movie." She said, to which Manic then frowned back.

"Doesn't that, like… the fifth movie we are watching? Plus… you know that these kinds of films are not my cup of tea." He said, looking at the screen.

"Weren't you like rubbing at kissing my legs for the last forty minutes?" Cadence asked a bit discontent, but still calm.

"Weren't you silent for like… last forty minutes?" Manic asked, trying to sound calm as well; "I just did not want to draw you out from watching the film, so I decided to… give some pleasant service to my Princess of Love. Not trying to drag you into the bed at this very moment."

Cadence sighed as she then turned away. She looked at the screen again, though she admitted that he was right at some point, however, she was too proud to tell him so. Manic, however, did not give up, so he then shook her a bit, to attract her attention.

"Denza, don't be offended, please." He said calmly; "I am just expressing my feelings towards you, no more, no less. You know how much I love you, right?"

"Of course, I do." Cadence said, now finally catching some mood, though, still not smiling; "It's just… these endless rendezvous every time we're together… It seems so…" She looked into his eyes; "Don't get me wrong, you are amazing… but… It just happens so often."

Manic winked at her; "Aren't you trying to tell me that you are getting bored of my courtship? I mean… We are basically on the court… so… It makes sense to call this a courtship." He said as he grinned again. Cadence finally gave him a smile as she then flickered him on the nose with her right hand's index finger. When she began looking at the TV-screen again, Manic tightened his grin around Cadence, and his face hovered over her right shoulder.

"Plus, don't you remember what happened last month when I arrived in Las Pegasus to see you?" He asked, making Cadence smile shyly, and blushing madly; "When I entered your office, and saw your clothes laying on the floor… and then I started looking for you all over the office, but only to find out that… you stood on the balcony…" Cadence giggled; "All naked, but your panties are still on you, in the light of the sun… and your genuine smile just a moment before your wings expanded, and your panties slid off of your legs?"

Cadence finally stopped her gentle giggle as she then shoved him lightly on the shoulder; "Stahp…" She said joyfully.

Manic laughed a bit, as he then looked with her towards the TV-screen; "And, I don't see how this film can be entertaining for your tastes." He said, as he then began rubbing on Cadence's belly with his right hand; "It looks cheesy to me."

"Cheesy?" Cadence asked; "This film won the Screen Awards last year as the best action film."

"Eh, I have seen better films." Manic argued, with a grin on his face.

Cadence looked at him over her shoulder with a dirty smile on her face; "Yeah, yeah, like what?" She asked, to which the Crowned Prince shrugged his shoulder.

"I don't know… nothing comes to mind, but I definitely saw it." He said; "I just need to remember the name."

Cadence chuckled again, as she smiled lovingly at him; "Whatever you say, sweetie." She cooed as she then kissed him on the lips, and returned back to watching the film. They spent the rest of the movie in silence, with Manic obviously getting bored, but not making any movements across Cadence due to her weariness, plus, he genuinely wanted to know why she loves it so much.

As for Cadence, soon she began falling asleep as her eyelashes became very heavy.

Meanwhile, in Sonic's room.

When the party was done, Sonic could be seen putting his shoes on, and staggering a bit, due to him being a bit drunk. In the meantime, Tails wrapped his red pilot's scarf around his neck, and checked out his pockets if he took all his things. While Fluttershy was joyfully chatting with someone on her phone. In fact, it was Rarity, who was still not sleeping, and, perhaps, found the time to chat with her best friend.

When Sonic finished tying his shoes, without throwing up, due to how wasted he was, he then stood up from the bench with a confident nod. He then looked towards Miles.

"Are you sure you're not up for staying here for the night, lad?" He asked, to which Tails gave him a drunk shake of his head.

"Nah… It'll do for the both of us to stay at Silver's place due to your early wake up…" Miles answered as he then slapped his friend slightly in the shoulder; "Can't believe it, though… You're doing the royal tour in your brother's stead?" He then crossed his arms in the chest; "Seriously, though, Princess Cadence can do some amazing miracles."

Sonic chuckled in agreement; "Yeah, like you wouldn't believe." He said, as the two then approached the exit doors; "Twilight told me that in her younger days, Cadence was incredibly shy, but sometimes, she could command respect with her presence alone."

Tails glanced quickly at Fluttershy; "Fluttershy?" He called out to his girl, to which the yellow pony smiled and jumped to her boyfriend. She then glomped his left arm in an elbow area as she looked into his eyes.

"Miles, it is done." She said excitedly; "Rarity said that she cannot wait for the two of us to finally arrive. She said that she will prepare a bottle of wine."

"Oh, wine?" Sonic asked; "So are you going to continue on this party?"

"Heh…" Miles chuckled sarcastically; "I genuinely hope not." He then looked at Sonic; "But… That's Rarity. She's always excited."

Fluttershy giggled over the boys' comments, as she then hoped closer to Miles and looked into Sonic's eyes; "Miles is joking." She said; "Rarity is a very generous and noble lady."

Sonic nodded at her as they stood near the elevator; "I believe you." He said as he then pushed the button; "Bloody hell, I wish I could go."

Miles gave him a sad look; "I, too, wish you could go." He said, as Sonic then chuckled at this.

"Naaaahhh…" He waved his hand; "I think you are big and strong enough to face it on your own." He then put both hands on his waist; "Plus I myself need to face a new challenge. A challenge of being a decent representative of my Royal Bloodline, which is… I have to admit is the most difficult challenge I ever faced with."

Miles gave him a sarcastic smile; "Make us all feel proud for you, little buddy." He said with some sarcasm, to which Sonic widened his eyes.

"Is it me, or you just called me little body?" He asked as Tails then wrinkled his face.

"You are anything but a little body. Plus, I'm just as tall as you now." Miles concluded, just a second before the elevator made a ding sound, and the doors then opened. The three then looked towards the elevator and then they looked at one another again.

"It was such an honour to personally meet with you, Prince Sonic." Fluttershy said, as she sounded a bit timidly; "I hope we will see one another again."

Sonic winked at her; "You can always ask your man, Tails, to call me and I'll be there in a blink of an eye." He said a moment before Fluttershy gave him a friendly girlish hug, which caught Sonic in a mild surprise due to her acting very timidly, but he thought that drink made her feel more confident. He then hugged her back and patted her on the back. After they separated, Sonic and Tails both exchanged a tight handshake.

"So, when will you go back to your Mystic Ruins Observatory?" Sonic asked, to which Tails shrugged.

"In three days." He said; "So be sure to pay me a visit."

"You bet I will." Sonic said again, as the two then finished their handshake. Tails and Fluttershy then entered the elevator, and the doors then closed.

After they departed, Sonic chuckled and went back towards his chambers, on the way whistling the song under his breath. He then heard the sounds of virtuosic piano playing, and stopped as he glanced at his left. He saw the door towards Sonia's chambers were opened. He went there, and then he opened the door and looked inside beautifully decorated, obviously in a girlish style, chambers.

He saw his sister sitting in front of her golden coloured concert grand piano, dressed in a black short tight dress, barefoot, and playing emotionally. Her eyes had a look of pure concentration as well as her back was straightened perfectly to such a degree that her outstanding body shape could be seen a mile away. Her long hair was wet, and laid flat across her back at her shoulders, so it's obvious that she had just recently finished her shower.

Sonic then grinned as he then put his finger on his mouth and shushed as he then creeped on his toes towards his sisters, while she was too busy with playing and she obviously hadn't noticed his arrival.

Once behind Sonia, Sonic donned an evil smile on his face and spread his arms wide, just a second before he wrapped his arms around Sonia's waist from behind.

"SISTAH!" He yelled, making Sonia shriek from the suddenness of the situation, as she then looked behind to see her brother's face hovering over her shoulder and grinning evilly towards her. She then gave him a death stare.

"YOU!" She groaned, as she was about to punch him in the face, but Sonic then let go of her, as he lifted both of his hands to the face level.

"Hey, hey, easy there, sister." He said jokingly and through his laughter; "I was just playing."

Sonia huffed; "Playing… Hmph…" She said with a snobby sarcasm, as she then tossed one leg over another, and turned to her brother, still sitting on her musical chair; "Playing around like this one could cost you a death sentence, Salvatore Maurice Delphius." He said, a warning tone in her voice.

"Oooohhh… I'm shoooo shkareeed…." Sonic teased his sister, to which Sonia then huffed and turned away.

"Huff… You're drunk…" She said a bit angrily; "I thought I told you that interrupting my musical rehearsal is extremely inappropriate and unacceptable."

"Oh, come on." Sonic said as he then walked over to the book shelf; "It's not like I can't go and visit my lovely sister." He then looked at her over her shoulder; "Just came here to pay you a visit. Sorry that I… interrupted your genius time, but…" He then turned to her; "I just wanted to have some fun. No more no less."

Sonia then sighed and closed her piano keys; "Not quite the right time for fun, Sonic." She said as she then stood up and walked over to her large dining table; "Plus… shouldn't you be in bed already? You're standing in for Manic's royal duties tomorrow." She asked, before filling her glass with cold water, and having a drink.

"I know, I remember." Sonic said as he approached the said table; "It's just… Tails came to pay me a visit. We agreed to meet each other today, and I completely forgot about it." He said, making Sonia smile and looking at him; "And he wasn't alone. He had a very cute and pretty female companion to escort."

"Oh, I know." Sonia said; "I saw them two in the hall earlier this day. I decided not to interrupt them. She's very cute." Sonia added a compliment about Fluttershy.

"She is cute. And she is very timid." Sonic agreed as he nodded; "And by very timid I mean… VERY timid. Like… an adorable frightened little kitten."

Sonia giggled; "What an odd way of portraying your best friend's girlfriend." She commented sarcastically and lifted up her left eyebrow.

Sonic then shrugged; "You know… seeing them together I remembered my time with Blazey… And… I kinda felt sorry for myself and imagined, what would it be like if we still were together." He asked as he then sat on the chair next to Sonia's table; "What would it be? I know it's been almost three years, but… I can't help but wonder about it sometimes, and now, when my best friends are all having girlfriends, and finding their peace and happiness I…. kinda feel jealous." He said as he crossed his hands behind the back of his head, as he looked at Sonia with an expression of sad curiosity.

Sonia giggled a bit as she then sat on the chair, too; "Well, you only have yourself to blame for breaking up with such a beautiful Princess, like Blaze is." She teased her brother, to which Sonic waved at this with his hand; "I do not mean to insult you in any case, but you've been like a pain in a butt for her."

Sonic did an acid face; "Aye…. Sure." He groaned.

"That's what she loved about you." Sonia continued, now with a soft feminine tone in her voice; "You were a big bunch of troubles and fun, and chaos, and mess… and she loved that. She loved your endless attempts of making her laugh, and how overprotective you were when she's around. How could anyone believe that you asked Shadow Kintobor himself to look after Blaze?"

"Oh, I remember that." Sonic said with a chuckle; "Still having trouble believing it myself." He then sighed; "Though, I have a complete right of blaming her conservative people and elites for not letting the two of us be together."

Sonia shrugged as she squeezed her shoulders together and folded her hands between her thighs; "There are some things that even us royals are not in power to change." She said, a calm tone in her voice; "I believed, though, you'd be perfect with one another. You and Blaze." She smiled a playful smile and winked at him.

Sonic then lifted up one of his eyebrows as he grinned; "Where do you know these things from?" He asked; "Blaze told you this herself?"

"Uh-huh." Sonia confirmed; "Girls talk."

Sonic then leaned against the table; "And where's your dream man?" He asked; "You are the constant winner in the polls as the most beautiful woman in the world, and how can you still be single?"

Sonia blushed a bit; "I do hope that one day, he will come, but right now, as you said, as the most beautiful woman in the world, I have other things to do rather than grieving for the lack of love in my life." She said; "Plus, I had so many boyfriends in the past, that… Right now I think that I know what kind of a man I am looking for. And when I see him, I will know for sure."

Sonic hmph thoughtfully; "And doesn't that put some pressure on you? Like… feeling depressed about it?" He asked.

Sonia giggled again; "Tee-hee… Sonic… Look at me." She said; "I am the Royal Princess of Mobius, the world's top beauty every man wants to be with… There's nothing to be depressed about." She said with a smile; "Plus, with my family and friends around, the lack of love is just temporary."

Sonic nodded as he then poured some water for himself; "I guess you're right, glad it doesn't bother you at least." He agreed; "Look, did I or Manic ever tell you that you are becoming just as wise and smart as mom?"

Sonia winked at him; "That's what you expect from mommy's darling, eh?" She asked with a hint.

Some time later, somewhere in Central City.

The door into the house opened, when a very tired Luna entered. She still had this expression of an extreme fatigue on her face, but her body was pretty much tense. She passed through, before Shadow went behind her. He then closed the door and locked it.

When he glanced at his woman, he saw her taking off her shoes. He saw how tired and exhausted she was. He then took off his own boots, and unzipped his leather jacket which later appeared hanging on the hanger. He then again glanced at Luna and saw her walking upstairs slowly on her tiptoes.

Knowing that he should help her, he followed her soon after.

Luna entered the bedroom and breathed out the fatigue she had. She tried her best to relax, but couldn't make it as the story she heard from Sonic still gave her a lot of nervousness and stress. She then took off her tight jacket and was now left only in her dark pink strapless top and jeans. She again threw her arms up.

That's when she felt the arms of her man wrapped around her waist. She instinctively buried herself into his embrace and she felt his grip around her was now tighter than a moment earlier. She cuddled up to him, and smiled softly.

"I am so glad we finally got home." She cooed as she put both of her hands onto Shadow's.

The dark mobian smirked himself as he sniffled on her hair a bit. He then kissed her exposed shoulder. His hands began caressing on her belly to help her body relax after the whole plane mess she got herself into on her own will when she spent the whole 34 hours flight without any eye shut.

His lips caressed her shoulder and neck prompting her moaning softly.

Luna finally smiled for the first time after she left the Emerald Palace. She let her boyfriend do all the things he had to to give her as much pleasure as he could give. She felt his hands caressing her stomach and how they got under her top to touch her exposed body. She absolutely loved his touches, and was never mind him using his agile strong hands caressing her.

When Shadow finished touching his girlfriend, he proceeded to undress her. His hands slipped down to the bottom of her top. He grabbed her clothes and quickly took it off of her. The upper part of her body is now left exposed. His hands grabbed her breasts. He squeezed her tits hard in the palms of his hands, which made her gasp in passion. Her body instantaneously tensed and stretched up. He felt her trying to cuddle to him even tighter than before.

He knew that she loved it, so he then began fondling her breasts slowly but tightly. Each squeeze of her breasts and every pinch of her nipples was met by her with the sexual moans of passion. Shadow felt and heard that his woman was aroused and turned on. He continued fondling these amazing plump tits. He wanted to hold and fondle them forever and never let them go. Never let her go.

His hands squeezed tightly on her breasts as he froze for a couple of moments. His fingers then pinched in her nipples. He gave her tasty nipples a series of passionate twists. This made Luna's moans intensify. Her voice was no longer as deep, but now went shallower and faster. She was almost squealing, but he never stopped. He kept squeezing on her perfect breasts and pinching on her nipples.

Luna was moaning sweetly. She felt how her body is now completely giving up to his power and how she becomes completely his. She did not even help him, or stop him. She let him do whatever he wants to with her body if it brings these sensational tingles at every corner of her body. She felt his hands fondling her breasts but she never opened her eyes as she entrusted herself to her senses, and to him. She was stretching and wriggling in pleasure. She was nuzzling against him, thus letting him know how much she loves it, and how much she was hungry for what he does to her.

That, and she perfectly knew how hungry he was for her. When he was kissing on her belly in the plane it took too much of her moral strength to resist his skillful hands, and lips. But now she wanted him to take her with everything he had, and showing her what he was made of.

Soon, she opened her eyes, and turned her head to meet with his eyes. She met with his glance shortly after. She saw that hungry and passionate look on his face as well as that smug grin on his face. He was as if challenging her, but she did not want to accept the challenge. All she wanted was to be in his arms. She smiled at him and closed her eyes, before she kissed him passionately on the lips.

Shadow accepted the kiss. His hands stopped fondling her tits when he started tasting her lips. He still held them in his hands without any desire to let go of them. They were large, plump, and tasty, and he wanted to taste them tonight as long as possible. Not because her perfect body was the only thing that he loved about her, but also because he felt that his woman needed a lot of relaxation after such a tense journey without any eye shut.

He loved her voice and the way how her voice moans when he does her. He felt how her body relaxed after he gave her a breast massage, and he knew that she would tense up again when he began doing the rest of the procedure. He felt through his hand which held her left breast that her heart was racing.

Soon his right hand let go of her breast, while his left hand moved to the now free boob. It then grabbed it and squeezed the boob again. He fondled hard on her breast, before he feezed his hand on her tits, and now both of her breasts hid behind his left arm. He used his right hand to caress her neck as he ran across her neck and collarbone. He felt how Luna's body tensed again with these touches of his. He loved it. He loved her.

When the caress time was over, Shadow's right hand slipped down on Luna's body. His hand stopped at the level of the belt of her pants. He unbuttoned her pants and then he unzipped them. The fly of her pants spreaded on the sides and revealed her pink-black panties.

He intensified their kiss as he began kissing her more aggressively which prompted the mare's moans to get louder.

Shadow's right hand slipped up on Luna. It stopped on her nude perfectly flat sensitive stomach. He began giving her belly a sexy massage. He groped and massaged on her stomach muscles as he sometimes used his finger to caress her navel. It took him several minutes before his hand slipped across down below her belly, and without any further ado he got his hand under her panties.

"Mmpphh…" Luna uttered a loud muffled moan when she felt his hand grab her pussy as she then broke the kiss and threw her head back in euphoria; "Aaahhhhh…" She moaned softly.

Shadow grinned at this. He then closed his eyes as he began kissing and licking passionately on her velvet neck. His hands then resumed the erotic massage. He caressed her breasts by turn with his left hand as he fondled them by turn. Several squeezes to one breast and several squeezes to another, though, he now had a feeling that he missed one extra hand which would've been useful in holding and fondling her boobs at the same time. Gods knew he loved her breasts. These big, plump and sexy breasts which are so delightful to suck on.

His right hand was under her panties. He did certain movements with his hand to rub her pussy. His pettings were slow, but quite rough, though, it was enough for Luna to lose her mind and get high because of these erotic touches.

Some time later, Shadow sat Luna at the front edge of the bed, as he kneeled before her, and embraced her tightly around the waist, prompting her to wrap her arms around his neck. They were kissing passionately one another as Luna kept moaning sweetly.

Shadow soon finished their kiss as his lips trailed down across Luna's body. He tasted her soft neck, and then further down to her collarbone. His hungry mouth quickly found her breasts. Her left boob quickly disappeared behind his mouth as the hedgehog-guy sucked deep almost a half of her breast. This made the alicorn woman ah in passion and throwing her head back. Shadow did not stop. After he gave another suck on her breast, he again took her nipple into his mouth and began sucking it slowly but passionately.

He himself moaned in pleasure upon tasting on her precious breast. It was so soft, and so tasty. He could suck on her tits all night long, and, maybe, he'd do that tonight. As if he didn't already. He sucked hungrily on her tits as he held them in his hands. The taste of her tits was way too addictive for him to stop doing that.

He never stopped and his sucks and licks became more and more aggressive with every next taste he made. He could lie to himself if he said that he didn't love her tits. The feeling of her breasts sucked into his mouth and squeezing them in his hands is something he doesn't want to say goodbye to. And he'd tear apart anyone who'd tell him that.

Soon he sucked her left breast into his mouth almost completely. Almost half the shape of her breast was now hidden behind his lips. Her right breast was squeezed in the palm of his hand, and his fingers as if pierced into the shape of her tit.

"Haaaaawwwww…" Luna uttered a gasp upon the feeling of her man tasting her and pleasing her. She loves these sensations that constantly and nonstop run through her body.

Some time later you can see Luna now laying completely on the bed as she was smiling at her man. Her arms resting behind her back, and her long gorgeous legs are now hugged by him.

Shadow caresses and kisses on Luna's legs. He did that on their entire length from toes to thighs and even higher to her hips. He kissed her feet and sucked the fingers of her feet while his hands Caressing and massaging the rest of her legs. His hands again ran up and down from her ankles to her hips and back.

After that he opened her eyes and glanced between her legs. He saw that her pink panties were wet. He then slipped his left hand down her legs as he gently positioned both of legs on his right shoulder. After that he let his hand go under the soft lacy fabric of her panties.

His fingers touched her labia lips underneath her panties, and even her swollen clit. His thumb and forefinger then went between her labia lips and started Caressing the inner parts of her pussy to make the lady feel like she was in seven heavens.

Luna gasped at this and arched her back under a deep angle which looked almost painful from the side.

Seeing that she was now ready for the deep orgasm, Shadow grinned smugly. He loves when his woman receives such sensations which drives her mad in a good sense of the word and that she is unable to move, or think, or speak. And all she is able to do is moaning and wriggling in an untold blissful agony.

He kept rubbing her slowly between her legs, and he felt that she's getting increasingly wet. The movements of Luna's body were following the commanding rubbing moves of Shadow's hand.

His lips were kissing and nipping on her perfectly toned and flat stomach. He did the same kind of procedure like the one he provided back in the plane.

His hand was still massaging her pussy. Several moments later he took his hand out of her panties and then he grabbed her panties and started tugging it.

He stopped kissing her belly and opened his eyes. He then looked between her legs to see how she took his actions.

He saw her hips and legs moving in any kind of direction where he tugged her panties. Her legs are bent in the knee and her toes stretched. The movements made by a woman who is so pleasurable.

He then decided that it was time to move for the final step. He squeezed her panties in his fist and the fabric was torn under that pressure he pulled on. He then removed her panties and threw it somewhere he didn't care.

He then grinned wickedly and licked his lips when he saw her naked tasty beautiful pussy. He saw her almost dripping from the whole performance.

He then positioned both of her legs onto his own shoulders and rested comfortably between her legs. He eyed her pussy once again before his eyes closed and his lips dropped down at her cunt. He gifted her precious love spot with deep and soft suck.

That was enough for Luna to ah in euphoria. She grabbed the pillow and stretched out her body, no longer capable of holding back these orgasmic sensations.

"Ooooooooh… Sh-shadow… Please… fuck me! Make me… aaaaaahhhhh… cum…" she begged him.

Shadow, of course, did the princesses orders. His lips devoured her pussy into his mouth as he resumed the slow but rough eating out process. He wrapped his arms around Luna's legs and his hands then grabbed her stomach. His hands began massaging the muscles and the skin and fur of hers.

The softness of her body made him insane. His hands sharply slipped up on her body and grabbed both of her tits. He began squeezing and massaging her large breasts and his thumbs and foreigners teased her sensitive nipples to increase the orgasmic sensations.

Luna moaned and gasped in a blissful agony. She wriggled and her wings were wide open and she couldn't even fold them back. She entrusted herself completely to him knowing how pleased she will be at the end of this act. Not only that, but she will be so thankful that she will not get out of his arms for the rest of the night.

As for Shadow, he kept devouring her pussy as if he tried to have her completely in his mouth. He sometimes used his teeth to nip her lightly so she moans harder and louder.

"Aaaarrggghhh…" Luna screamed, "Aaaahhhhhaaaaaaa… Shadow…"

Shadow perfectly heard her moans. He kept eating her out as if she was leaving tomorrow and he won't see her for the next year. He sucked and licked on her pussy as his tongue went deep inside of her.

His hands groped her tits and his fingers squeezed her nipples. That was enough for her to shiver in delight.

Shadow's performance was becoming more and more rough and Luna's moans were also becoming more and more shallow. She was shivering to such a degree that it was a feeling that she was freezing, but in fact it was quite the contrary, she was sweating.

Shadow kept eating out her cunt and squeezing her breasts, but now he was so aggressive that it was a feeling that was eating her literally. He obviously felt how she was shivering and knew that she was close. He knew that she was unable to pronounce anything that sounded like a meaningful word, not to mention the sentence.

Very soon, Luna's body tensed as she froze dead. She began shuddering as she felt the orgasmic surges finally reached her love spot. She shuddered several dozens of times as she felt how her body went numb.

When the orgasm was finally over, Luna collapsed across the bed as she developed a satisfied smile all across her face.

Down there, Shadow licked her pussy to clean the whole mess he did between her legs. Then he locked his mouth over her love spot and began sucking on her. He did that slowly and gently so as not to turn her on again. As if he cared, though.

Some time later, Shadow was holding Luna from behind as he rubbed her pussy with his right hand and her tits with his left by turn. He himself had his eyes opened and stared at her smugly to see how pleased she was. He saw her moaning and squealing in pleasure, as she had her arms folded in front of her face.

Shadow himself was towering over her as he held her in his arms, while teasing her breasts and pussy. He rubbed her hard ro make her feel desirable and pleased and this was the best possible way.

Luna's eyes were shut and her body was trembling and shivering again while she experienced the whole pleasure provided by her man. She was squealing and groaning, still having no thoughts on her mind.

Very soon, she froze again and began shuddering when she caught another orgasm.

Shadow's hands froze too as he grabbed her tits and pussy while she was orgasming on and on.

This lasted one or two minutes, and after everything was over, Luna rested in her man's arms as she began catching her breath.

Shadow stared at his pleased girlfriend upon feeling an untold pride of having such a beautiful gorgeous lady as his girlfriend. He never wanted to let go of her, as he wanted to hold her forever in his arms.

Luna then opened her eyes and looked up to see the crimson eyes of her man gazing at her with the look of love and devotion to her. She gasped as she then kissed him on the lips gladly accepted by him. He lifted her up a bit so it would be more comfortable for him to kiss her while still holding her.

His right hand began caressing the perfect curves of Luna's body as he caressed her thighs and hips and waist over and over. His left arm was still wrapped around her breasts.

They kissed like that for some time and when they finished their eyes met again.

"I love you." Luna cooed in a whisper, with a tone full of enormous love.

"I love you, Princess." Shadow whispered softly to his lady, as he then held her closer. Luna kissed him again when she closed her eyes while putting her left hand onto one of her man's cheeks. Shadow never let go of her even after the kiss was over. Truth be told, all he wanted is just staying with her in his arms, her being naked and gorgeous as she is. Another thing he knew for sure is that right now she was just fine, as if her panic attack in the palace never happened.

Meanwhile, at Gandalf Avenue luxury Apartment.

The view of a huge tower of the Emerald Palace is perfectly seen from the window on the twenty fifth floor of the luxury apartment complex, about ten kilometres away. In the apartment, the lights were out, only the TV was on, and there on the screen there was a relaxing music channel with some sort of love songs playing.

A smiley unicorn girl sat completely relaxed on her windowsill, with her legs bent and folded together, her right hand leaning against the said windowsill, and in her left hand she had a glass of wine which was half empty already, as she swirled its contents around in an amused expression as she let her thoughts wonder. Though, the optimist would've probably said that this glass is half full, but whatever.

She couldn't take her eyes off the Jules Tower, and she would never forget this day, as this was the day when all of her fears of not being accepted into the Emerald Palace were destroyed by no one but the Royal Prince, and she obviously saw that Queen herself was even defending her from her former superior officer, who happened to be the most dangerous and powerful man in the world.

The moment Queen Aleena asked Shadow to leave was like… she really did care. Though, maybe it was because of her status as a foreign diplomat. As Sunset's mood took on a more sombre tone as she realised that, and that it had nothing to do with…. How she felt personally about Sunset, as her expression softened into a sadder tone. As she sighed to herself as placed her glass down on the windowsill right next to her left toe.

Honestly she wasn't sure why she wanted to be accepted so badly by the Queen and her royal family. As this might harken back to the day when she studied under Celestia and it was that narcissistic sense of recognition to royal authority figures in hopes of elevating herself and that still plagued her personality and kept her from emotionally growing as a person that she was concerned about.

On the other hand, she clearly saw and heard that Princess Luna, who is much less trusting around people, had her word for Sunset. It was Luna who stood for her in front of Shadow, and if Princess Luna accepted her, then why should she worry for Aleena? Plus, she perfectly remembers how Aleena told off her security agents when Sunset arrived to the airport and security refused to get her in. And even complimented her appearance? And the Crowned Prince. The Crown Prince himself, who refused to visit the embassy the day Sunset was announced as the next ambassador of Equestria spoke to her as if she was his friend.

Sunset then giggled as she remembered how the princes looked at her. Those trademark Delphius grins on their faces. Back in the study days, she learned this old joke from fellow students of Canterlot that there's five types of male grins, which are awkward grin, confident grin, sexy grin, dirty grin, and Delphius male grin.

Sunset then laughed as she remembered this joke.

Suddenly something clicked in her mind as she then grabbed her glass of wine. She softly got off the windowsill and walked to her coffee table. She grabbed the phone and dialled Twilight's number. As she pressed the phone to her ear, she began listening to A-note while expecting the answer.

"Hello? Sunset?" She heard Twilight's voice on the other side of the telephone line.

"H-hey, Twilight… I hope I did not wake you up?" Sunset asked, while having an awkward smile on her face.

"No, it's alright. It's Eight in the morning in Ponyville, so don't worry." Twilight replied; "In fact, I am now having a warm and relaxing bath, so, it's good to have you called me."

"Oh, good." Sunset said, while uttering a relaxing sigh; "I'm happy that I did not interrupt your sleep." She then sipped some wine; "Listen, I want to ask you a question… Touching Princess Luna… Can you give me an answer?" Sunset asked.

"Ummmm… It depends on what kind of question it is." Twilight's voice replied; "I don't know much about things she's doing. Why, though? Something happened? Did you arrive late at the airport?"

"No, it all went well, Twilight." Sunset answered as she smiled; "She signed all the papers, though, she looked very weary after she stepped off the plane. I want to ask if you saw Agent Shadow Kintobor?"

"Aaahhhhh…" Twilight ah'd; "So that's what you wanted to ask me about?"

Sunset giggled; "Y-yeah… don't get me wrong, but… It seemed like Princess Luna was a bit… well… affectionate towards him."

Meanwhile, in Ponyville.

Early in the morning, Twilight luxuriously sat against the wall of her own bath, as her wings raised at the moment as she bathed, as the suds partially concealed her breasts, as she raised one leg above the suds in an unintentional suggestive manner. Her hair combed into a french roll, as she held a phone near her right ear, and in her left hand she held a glass of white wine.

She giggled as she heard Sunset's question; "Affectionate wouldn't be a correct word of description of what Luna feels for Agent Shadow." She jokingly said; "She's basically obsessed with him."

"So they are… together?" Sunset's voice asked.

"If you said that then you must have seen it for yourself, then don't ask silly questions." Twilight said as she drank some wine; "Truth be told, me and the rest of the girls learned about them after… well… after we were released from Chrysalis…"

"Really? How?" Sunset asked again, sounding very exciting.

"Well…" Twilight said as she blushed a bit; "You see… Luna was very nervous when we stood on the station in Las Pegasus. She asked us to not mention about this whole kidnapping ordeal. Before we asked why… Shadow appeared right behind her back, looking very annoyed and angry."

"How's that even a surprise?" Sunset sarcastically asked, making Twilight giggle again.

"Tee-hee… that's the truth." Twilight agreed; "So, he and Luna had quite a conversation, like… you know… the couples usually have when they are angry with one another, and you can guess that Shadow was very angry that Luna was kidnapped… again… and that her guards, Celestia's guards were helpless with saving them, or keeping them safe at least. Well, he told her everything he thinks about this whole situation, and… the rest is history."

Back to Sunset.

Sunset clenched her teeth awkwardly, as she imagined herself in Luna's place; "Sheesh… Knowing Princess Luna, Agent Shadow probably heard what she thinks about this whole situation, too." She assumed, knowing that Princess Luna, too, had quite a temper.

"Yup… Their conversation lasted for the next few hours." Twilight replied; "Celestia barely managed to calm them down, but know what… Princess Luna spent the rest of the journey cuddling up to him… Apparently that's what it means being in relationships. Having arguments and quarrels, but in the end always having a need for each other."

"You are now sounding like you wanted to be at Princess Luna's place." Sunset joked, as she then sipped some wine.

"Ummmm… To be honest, I did, but…"

"Wait, what?" Sunset asked, surprised; "You can't be serious." She said as she heard this scandalous confession from Twilight. The goody two shoes nerd who likely would never even think about standing between a couple for her own benefit.

"Sunset, I'm having wine in my glass, so… I am quite serious about this one." Twilight replied as she then giggled; "I… ugh… I don't know what to say."

Sunset then grinned as she wanted to hear where this was going; "Well, say something." Sunset joked again.

"Something." Twilight sarcastically jokes; "You know how he looks. Tall, strong, handsome… what kind of a girl isn't going to like that. Even the craziest one would fall onto a man like him."

Sunset shrugged her shoulders; "Well… you're totally right about his appearance, but Twilight… he's… He's kind of a jerk… if you haven't noticed." She said, as she recalled how harsh his scrutiny of her was when she was under his supervision during her incarceration.

Back to Twilight.

The Friendship Princess bit her lower lip; "Ummm… He was never a jerk with me, you know… Ummmm… I mean, when we talked." She said; "I am not saying that he was well… nice, but… he's quite a good companion to have around…" She said as she then giggled; "As long as you don't annoy him." She then sighed happily; "But yeah, he's having quite a temper. Hot temper… sometimes even literally."

"Yeah, and you don't want to annoy a man who could literally explode like a hydrogenium bomb." Sunset said, still joking. Twilight giggled at her friend's words.

"True." Twilight said; "So, yeah. Princess Luna and Agent Shadow are a couple, and I must admit, they are making it very well. I'd even say… perfect, all things considered. Luna sometimes complains when Agent Shadow calls her just to know where she is and if she's safe. I guess, no matter how powerful a woman is, her man will always want to protect her and to keep her safe, and… to make sure she's safe at least."

Back to Sunset.

The bacon haired orange unicorn girl donned a sad smile on her face; "I guess he will. That's what being in love means, I think." She commented; "I learned that from Princess Cadence."

"Yeah, Cadence knows much more about relationships than any one of us." Twilight sadly replied; "Too bad my stupid brother did not learn her wisdom when he had a chance."

"Oh, I saw Princess Cadence, too." Sunset suddenly remembered; "She arrived at the plane along with Princess Luna. Nobody expected her arrival."

"Ooohhhh, I know… *giggles*... It was actually a bet we made. I told her that Manic would learn of her arrival anyways, and she told me that she would catch him in surprise anyways." Twilight said jokingly; "I guess I lost a bet?"

Sunset giggled; "I think you better call Prince Manuel to ask him yourself." She said as she then took another sip of her wine.

Back to Twilight.

Twilight giggled at her friend's words; "You bet I would." She said; "Cadence actually mentioned that she's going to take him to Las Pegasus, so I think I'll meet him there and ask if Cadence's attempt to make him pleasantly surprised actually worked, or not…" She then sighed deeply; "Seriously, Sunset, I know what you may think of me, but I wouldn't mind having Agent Shadow giving me a massage at this very moment."

"Ooooohhhh, now you sound like you're obsessed with him… I don't think Princess Luna is going to like that." Sunset's playful voice spoke to her on the other side of the telephone line.

Twilight again giggled, as she was now seemingly on high thanks to the wine; "Ummm… I'll be honest with you… I do… to a certain extent, it's just… I don't want to be a slut and steal a man from another woman… much less from our very own Princess of the Night…. Truth be told… I don't think I'd have any chance on this one." She said, being a bit ironic and sad at the same time; "Though, do you know that Shadow sometimes calls her Queen? Geez… and I thought he never makes any exceptions."

"A Queen? Princess Luna?" Sunset asked, being now curious; "Wait, what does it has to do with anything? And… how did you know? Did you spy on them?"

"What? No." Twilight said with a blush and an awkward grin on her face; "Heh… It's just… Princess Luna often goes to visit my castle, and… you can easily guess that Agent Shadow always follows her wherever she goes. They are obviously talking, and I heard how he called her a Queen several times. She seems to like it."

Back to Sunset.

Sunset chuckled; "I see. Well… I'm glad I'm not the only one to see it." She said; "I'll tell you what, I actually asked Princess Luna if she's dating Agent Shadow, or not… and guess what… Princess Luna did not seem to like to discuss her personal life topics, despite not even trying to hide her feelings to Agent Shadow."

"Oooohhh, you should've seen how nervous she was at the train station after our liberation, and how uncomfortable she was when she spoke about what if Agent Shadow would learn about this whole kidnapping thing." Twilight said through the line, making Sunset laughing a bit, as Twilight started repeating herself; "Her feelings are seen a mile away when she at least mentions his name, or think of him… Gosh, she's obsessed with him, Sunset."

"I get that…" Sunset said, as she then sighed wearily as she was getting tired about hearing about Shadow as she never really cared about him; "Well, anyways, it's late here, on Mobius, so… as much as I love chatting with you, Twilight, I need to get some sleep before an early wake up. I have several appointments tomorrow, so…"

"Oh, of course, Sunset." Twilight friendly said; "I'm so sorry if I delayed our chat for too long."

"Oh, nononono…" Sunset reassured her friend; "It's alright… I just love to chat with you Twilight. Gee, I wish you were here, so we'd have our little girl chat face to face… it feels… well… lonely here with my friends being all away across the ocean from where I am."

"Of course I will, Sunset." Twilight spoke happily; "When do you want me to arrive? I can go to Central City any time. There's too little obligations for me to conduct, and… I need to take Rarity, Fluttershy and AJ anyways soon enough."

Sunset giggled; "Really? That'd be so awesome… How about in five days?" She asked.

"Five days?" Twilight said; "Hmmm… I think I'll have some free time in five days, so… be ready to accept the new owner."

"Awwww, that's so sweet of you Twilight." Sunset kindly spoke; "I can't wait to see you around."

"Sure… Though… Mind me asking why were you so… well… assertive with Princess Luna being a girlfriend to Agent Shadow?" Twilight asked.

Sunset chuckled; "You mean, Agent Shadow being a boyfriend to Princess Luna?" She asked, a bit playful.

"Hehe…trust me, Sunset, if you saw them two… You'd saw that in their relationships, it's Agent Shadow who is in charge, rather than Princess Luna… Especially how he turned the whole Canterlot Castle upside down after our liberation." Twilight said, as Sunset then chuckled again.

"I see." Sunset spoke, getting a little annoyed that this subject had done a three sixty on her again about Shadow and Luna; "Anyway, let's not say goodbye… See you later, Twilight. I'll be waiting for your arrival."

"Sure, Sunset." Twilight said; "Be ready to expect a guest in your apartment. See you soon."

"See you soon, Twi." Sunset said as she then hung up her phone, and put it on the coffee table. She then looked at the glass of her wine and eyed what was left in there. She then saw that the wine left in her glass was enough for just one small sip, so she then finished with her wine, and stood up from her couch.

When she entered her huge kitchen, she opened her dishwasher, and put her glass into it. She then sighed as she then went towards her bedroom, as she lifted her shirt to get some sleep.