A Mission in the Crystal Empire

Another week had passed since they’d inducted the Mayor into the harem and right now they’ve been thinking about something that they should have been considering for a while. That being the care, raising and training of their future daughter. Rarity had laid her egg now, and according to Twilight their daughter needed to only be kept in warm conditions. The hatchling would likely take nine months to be born, and another eighteen years to raise. Theoretically Spike could make a question to raise her instantly but he’d rather not split hairs over the age of a sex **** for obvious reasons.

But with Rarity now no longer pregnant she was eager to make up for lost time, and as such was having her pussy explored by her beloved Master in the Canterlot Boutique. This time they were taking it slow, and much more loving than before when they fucked like wild animals. They were even having a fairly casual conversation as they fucked.

“I’m starting to agree with you, Cheerlie would be the best candidate to train her daughter. We should think about inducting her,” Spike said, pushing himself into her slowly. Rarity’s sweet moans were few and far between but when she gasped it was like the song of a siren.

“Well we’ll have plenty of time to prepare Master, we are certainly in no rush,” she reminded him, Sapphire eyes gazed up at his in adoration and delight. "Although perhaps we should be, I could do with an assistant around the Boutique. Especially when I'm busy serving you Master, perhaps our daughter will take after me in more than just my sex drive."

"What about Sweetie Belle?" Spike asked, but Rarity just cocked her head and shot him a look. "Yeah I guess that was a stupid question, but I could change her."

"A fair point but I don't want to change her so much that she's not my sister anymore. Even if she's a sex **** I still want her to be my sister you know?" Rarity explained, only for Spike to repeat her gesture and cock his head in disbelief. It was interupted however by a short burp and flame of green fire as a scroll fell onto the bed.

"Celestia knows how to ruin the mood," Spike grumbled. He'd always hated burping out those messages, though thinking about it why need he bother? "Do messages sent to me magically appear in my hand in a sprout of green flame instead of burping out?"

Rarity appeared a bit curious about his change but ultimately decided not to push the issue, instead her eyes drifted to the scroll that had fallen on the bed. "It's from Celestia, and for Twilight."

Despite this she opened it herself, and when she saw Spike's eyebrow rise at the act she simply shrugged. "A **** does not keep secrets from either her Mistress of their Master."

Admitting her point Spike took a spot beside her and began to read.

Dear Princess Twilight,

I have not heard back from you since your expedition into the Everfree Forest to find the other Roots of Harmony was a failure. I suppose we can only hope that they either do not exist or do not fall into the wrong hands. So far however it appears all is going well and there's no reason to fear. And seeing that you have yet to inform me of any disasters regarding Spike's use of the Root of Honesty I can only presume that no news is good news. I hope your time with Cadence has been fun and that her extended vacation was not too much trouble. From what she told me she had a wonderful time and really needed the break.

"I guess Twilight had the good sense to lie to Celestia about our progress with the other Roots," Rarity noted.

"And she must have decided to keep it a secret from me when I sent that letter," Spike said with a frown.

Sadly however I'm afraid that Cadence's vacation has had unintended consequences in the Crystal Empire. Recent word from Shining Armor today has told me that there have been hints that there is some kind of conspiracy forming over there. We don't know who is behind it but to our dismay it seems that at the very least both Chrysalis and King Sombra are involved as well as the unicorn Radiant Hope who sadly has allowed her sympathies for Sombra dominate her good heart. We believe that there is at least one other individual involved in this conspiracy but know nothing about this person, but if they were able to rally both Sombra and Chrysalis to their side than they're a certain threat.

I'd advise that you make your way to the Crystal Empire post haste, find out what is going on and see if you can't bring this ponies to justice.

Your dearest mentor,

Princess Celestia

P.S. When you get to the Crystal Empire Shining Armour has requested a private conversation with your faithful assistant Spike.

Frowning Spike and Rarity turned to one another. Spike was the first to speak up.

“A conspiracy in the Crystal Empire? Cadence was mentioning something akin to this in her video. But Chrysalis and Sombra both being involved? That doesn’t sound good,” Rarity said, her eyes skimming the letter again. There was an uncomfortable lump in her throat.

“Shoul-do we- I mean… how do I phrase it without it being a yes or no question?” Spike wondered, taking considering it thoughtful. Her Master had really gotten good at avoiding the yes or no questions. “Hero thing is still something we do.”

He said it so stiltedly that Rarity could tell he wasn’t too sure about that fact himself, “of course we’re still heroes Master, unless you don’t permit it. You and I might want to make Equestria into our harem but we don’t want it to suffer.”

“Yeah alright that’s a relief,” Spike sighed, but this only caused Rarity to frown.

“Master you do realise that it is not my choice in the slightest, but yours. You are my Master, a **** obeys and a Master commands”

“Yeah well this Master likes to listen to his ****’s advice, especially if that advice comes from the diamond in his horde,” he purred causing Rarity to flush red in lust.

“I love it when you call me that.”

So it was with that conversation done that they’d gathered the Mane six together and told them of what was happening. As soon as they were packed they took the first train to the Crystal Empire.

But elsewhere in the Crystal Empire in the caves that were masked by blizzards and where the spires of the Crystal City were little more than a speck on the the horizon there was a group gathering. At a rickety old table where many were gathered but three were the most important. One a dark furred stallion with a rich black cloak and green eyes that pierced like daggers. Opposing those eyes were another pair as green as poison, but this time belonging to a woman with a mane sleek like ivy and chitin skin as black as a beetle. Others were there as well in a crowd around them but they were cowed by the presence of the two.

But there was also a third one, this one was unique for Twilight and her friends had never faced them before. Their face was covered in shadow, a hood as blue as the ocean patterned in the golden numbers of a clock face. All that could be seen was their hands, tapping the table impatiently. When they spoke their face was soft, but distant. Sometimes, sometimes not.

"Things are beginning to play in motion, the turning point is approaching. When Spike arrives he will talk to Shining Armour who will request that he stay away from Princess Cadence which will cause the Princess to act against her own husband. There is no possibility to save Shining Armour," they paused, a hand scratched across the table in frustration. "But there's an opportunity there, Chrysalis you should take it when the two are distracted to sneak into the Crystal Castle and bring their daughter to us."

"And what exactly do we have to gain by taking the alicorn girl? As delightful as it would be to take that slut's child from her to see the tears roll down her face, how exactly does this lead us to taking over the world?" Chrysalis demanded, her voice clear that her patience was wearing thin.

"All will be clear eventually as long as you follow my plan exactly the future I have shown you, the one where you both rule the world comes true," the cloaked figure reminded her.

"Except we still don't know what you have to gain from this, so it's a little hard to trust you." Sombra pointed out, "you wouldn't be the first to double cross me."

The cloaked figure sighed, "I have told you this, my goal is stop that dragon before he makes the whole world into his personal sex dungeon."

"Yeah this whole Root of Honesty bullshit, with all the changes that the dragon has supposedly made. Like the Cadence bitch being made a slut, or the Zebras made to fuck dragons," Chrysalis said, her voice drenched with sarcasm.

"Did he also change the sky to blue? Or the grass green?" Sombra demanded, rolling his eyes.

"You cannot see the differences, they are retroactive to everypony who isn't a master of time," the cloaked figure explained.

"Just because you're from the future doesn't mean you know better than us."

"If I were just from the future then I'd agree with you, but I'm not. I'm a master of time, that means I see past, present and future. I know where the butterflies are and where not to step, and I see the past and what could have been. I can see through the illusions of the roots because I can see the past as if I was there, and I can see each potential future and the paths that can lead to it." The hood creature explained, their voice then became sharper.

"Which is why I can see what your pathetic plan is Sombra, to simply march into the kingdom, capture the family and after the Defenders of Equestria follow them back to the tree of Harmony and destroy it. It will fail when Discord gets involved, who you cannot beat and when Element bearers realise that the Element of Harmony are only a focus for their power."

"I... that's not... it wouldn't," Sombra spluttered.

"HA, looks as if you're becoming predictable in your old age Sombra," Chrysalis laughed, with an evil grin on her face.

"And you Chrysalis was your plan not to gather six logs in the forest? Enchant them into mirror images of the Defenders and have them seize the Elements?"

Chrysalis's jaw dropped, "okay I get the point."

"Now you will move in and bring Flurry Heart to me, unharmed."

"Tsk, you're no fun."

"As for you Sombra, there's a dark spell that can bring one's darkest demons to life right? I have a special task for you, but you'll need a disguise."

"I can turn to shadows, isn't that enough?"

The hooded pony nodded, "I suppose it will be, this is our best chance and we need to take it."

A/N: Gleaming Shield won, no surprise you lot have been waiting since the beginning. And I got a lot of great ideas for her now it's my job to put them into action.

Also since the Crystal Empire was selected I needed to come up with a new benchmark for when the next phrase happened. Since I obvious can't use the Mane six as an overreaching plot, so I came up with this little subplot. I won't pretend that the Master of Time is some great twist, but I think I'll still not tell anyone.

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