>Bright Sky groaned loudly as he walked to where his beginner's map pointed him.
>His fellow cadet, Lucky Catch, glumly followed him.
>Both cadets were chewed out by their superiors for different "unguardly" acts.
>Bright had run off to catch a hoofball game with his friends, leaving his superior, High Noon, alone on patrol.
>Lucky, despite his name, had been caught sneaking extra rations out of the mess hall.
>Bright could still remember High Noon's nagging voice: "Do you not want to guard Equestria and her leaders? Lollygagging leads to vulnerable spots in the castle."
>Yap yap yap.
>Bright had heard enough from his superior.
>So what were he and Lucky assigned to do as punishment?
>Pool duty.
>They had to be lifeguards, in a sense.
>Whether or not it was a stray staff member who wanted to go for a dip, or even a ghost town, Bright and Lucky would have to stand there.
>For an entire shift.
>Eight hours of nothing.
>It was going to be killer on the young guards, who were much more accustomed to the adrenaline boosted thrills of catching criminals.
>The cadets, who had reached the door to the pool, solemnly pushed their way through to their likely deaths by boredom.
>Silent, they took their positions by the pool, uniform and neat, and began their shifts.
>The sun shined on the water, creating a gleam on the pool's surface.
>All around, it was silent, the private pool a good distance away from the mainland.
>Not a soul was seen in the water.
>It was going to be a long day.
 
>The clock struck fourteen-hundred, four hours after the start of the shift.
>Bright had to catch himself from dozing off numerous times, at one point almost falling into the pool.
>Lucky merely stared at the ever moving water, deep in thought.
>"What if we're all just pawns of a greater force?"
>Bright snapped awake from another doze at Lucky's voice.
>"...what?"
>"What if life's just a test? I mean, really, what's the point of being here?"
>Bright frowned, perplexed.
>"Uh...to guard the pool?"
>"No, not here at the pool. I mean, in the world."
>"I...don't know?"
>Before Lucky could continue on his philosophical tangent, the two guards heard something they didn't expect.
>The sound of a creaking door.
>But what was more stunning was that it didn't come from behind them.
>The guards looked in front of them to see who came out of the princess' only side of the outdoor locker rooms.
>Princess Celestia.
>And she...she was wearing an interesting garb.
>What looked like two strips of cloth were strapped around her body.
>One around her breast, the other on her pelvis, complete with holes for her legs and tail.
>Her crown and regalia were nowhere to be found.
>"What is she wearing?" Bright whispered to Lucky.
>"Oh, I think it's something that Anon guy told her about. Said it was 'human swimwear' or something."
>Bright scoffed. "She does anything he tells her if it has to do with humans."
>The sun princess hummed merrily as she brought a towel with her and laid it out.
>That's when she noticed the guards.
>"Oh, hello gentlecolts. Don't mind me, I'm just overdue for a bit of a sunbath and a quick dip. I shouldn't be long," she finished with a smile and a wink.
>Celestia gently straightened out the towel on the concrete, then laid on her back on the towel, soaking up her sun's rays.
>Both cadets' eyes were suddenly glued on her form.
>"What is it about that garment that makes her so much more...attractive?" Bright asked his fellow guard.
>"Her...midriff?"
>Bright pondered on Lucky's words.
>"I...yeah, I can see that," he said, staring directly at her stomach.
>The young guard could feel himself get excited just looking at her belly, which was accentuated by the pieces of cloth she was wearing.
>As she lie in the sun, the guards were suddenly no longer bored.
>Her eyes closed, her body slowly moving up and down as she breathed, her position, her long, slender legs.
>She would occasionally turn around and lie on her stomach, giving the guards a nice view of her toned back and the top of her rear.
>Then she would flip back over, and her midriff returned to view.
>It was...tantalizing.
>The princess clenched her hooves together and stretched outwards, her belly becoming all the more visible with her movements.
>Lucky hyperventilated.
>"I-I can't do this, Bright! I might do something I'll regret!"
>"Calm down, Lucky. You can look, but don't touch. Even I'm not willing to face those consequences."
>Lucky pressed his hooves together nervously, his eyes still on Celestia's stomach.
>"Y-you don't understand. I..." He leaned in close to Bright and whispered. "I have a belly fetish."
>Bright frowned. "Alright, alright, just...turn around or something. I'll tell you when you can look again."
>"You'll have to turn me around yourself."
>"Why?"
>"I can't move. I'm too into her belly."
>Bright shook his head, then grabbed his comrade by the barrel, lifting him up and turning around as best as he could.
>"There," Bright said as he set his comrade down, "now you're safe."
>*SPLASH!*
>Bright and Lucky both turned back to the pool, watching as Celestia swam about in the water.
>The parts of her mane above water dripped, but continued to move in their odd, flowing motion.
>This didn't make it any less sexy for the guards, who were entranced by the display.
>She whipped her mane back and forth, getting it out of her face and splashing the area around her.
>What didn't get out of her face she moved with her hooves, sliding them across her scalp in an almost straining-like motion, her eyes closed and her coat shiny from the water and the sunlight.
>Once she was satisfied with her mane, she paddled around in the water, the guards watching as her legs worked gracefully in the pool.
>And her plump sun rump.
>The odd garment she wore around her bottom just made it so much more eye-catching, especially when she would take a dip underwater, when it would be in the air for just a moment...
>Time ground to a halt for the guards whenever her plot stuck out.
>The sun's rays shined right on it, the wet garment she wore reflecting light off of itself to create an alluring gleam.
>Her wet tail would always find a way to wrap itself around her succulent butt, making it seem exotic.
>All the more reason to keep their eyes on the majestic sunbutt.
>Then the rump would submerge itself with the rest of her body, and leave the guards begging for more.
>Their mouths agape, they completely forgot about their shift altogether as they stared at the sun princess as she swam.
>So imagine their surprise when she dunked underwater again, then suddenly resurfaced right in front of them.
>"Hello, you two," she said coyly, folding her hooves on the concrete and laying her head in them.
>"Puh-p-p-puh-puh-puh-"
>"Princess!" Bright finished for Lucky.
>She giggled as they tried to compose themselves.
>"E-e-e-enjoying your swim?"
>"Of course. But from the looks of it, you two are as well."
>She smirked at them, her eyes half-lidded.
>"A-a-and what makes you say that?"
>She shrugged. "Call it a hunch."
>Before the guards could reply, Celestia's hoof rose out of the water and booped Bright's nose, making his already red face an even deeper shade of crimson.
>She giggled, then sunk back into the depths of the pool, her plot in the air for what seemed to be a longer time than usual.
>Bright could've sworn he saw it wiggle teasingly.
>Lucky fidgeted with his hooves, then stomped.
>"I'm gonna touch it!"
>"Don't do it!"
>The frisky cadet reached out with his hoof, but the other guard was able to catch him in time to stop the hoof-to-plot contact.
>The two tussled on the concrete, one convinced he could touch the sunbutt, the other trying to save him from certain doom.
>Before the contact could happen, Celestia's rump once again slowly dipped under the water's surface, and disappeared into the pool's depths.
>Lucky looked distraught at the missing sunbutt, his hoof returning to a neutral position.
>"I...sorry, Bright." Lucky got up from the ground in shame. "I lost control."
>"I'm here for you, buddy."
>Celestia reemerged from the water for breath, again whipping her mane.
>After she rubbed her eyes, she looked up at the sky and noticed how far the sun had set.
>"Oh, look at that. It's getting late."
>The princess swam to the ladder closest to the guards and climbed out, using her magic to grab her towel from across the pool.
>Drying herself off, the princess approached the guards.
>"You know, I wouldn't have minded if you two joined me in the pool."
>"What?" the guards asked in unison.
>She giggled. "Oh, nevermind. I must say, it's nice to have an audience for my swimming sessions. I'm usually out here alone."
>"You do this REGULARLY!?" Lucky asked with obvious fervor.
>The princess hummed. "Not regularly per se, but enough that it's become something of a tradition to me."
>She finished drying off, not a spot of water left on her.
>"D-did you mean what you said about joining you in the pool?"
>Celestia wore another coy smile.
>"Why not come to the pool next time I swim and find out?"
>As the princess walked away, her tail slid under both Lucky and Bright's chins, eliciting a large gulp from the both of them.
>Her flanks swayed as she walked back to the princess-only locker room, keeping the guards' attention.
>When she finally disappeared behind the locker room door, both cadets snapped out of their trances and looked up in the sky.
>"What...what time is it?" Bright asked.
>Lucky looked at the clock mounted at the top of the princess' locker room.
>"Oh geez, it's six o' clock! If we don't get back to the barracks we're gonna get even more pool duty!"
>Both stallions were about to rush back, but then thought on that for a moment.
>"You wanna walk back?" Bright asked.
>"Peh, forget walking, we should crawl back."
>"Agreed."