Title: Captain Anonymous - Chapter 16 - Punishment Author: somewritefag Pastebin link: http://pastebin.com/HfL9iqNt First Edit: Sunday 9th of August 2015 10:39:21 AM CDT Last Edit: Last edit on: Sunday 9th of August 2015 12:19:31 PM CDT                                         Captain Anonymous - Chapter 16 - Punishment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Twilight stares at her brother and her lover, both sweaty, bloody, beaten and bruised, her jaw agape with surprise. Surprise which very quickly escalates to anger. She charges and forcibly separates the two of you, taking a protective stance in front of you and focusing on her brother, absolutely livid.   >“What happened here!? What the HAY did you do to him!? Shining ARMOR, you had better start explaining yourself!” she yells, snorting and pawing at the ground.   “Easy, easy, Twi, everything’s fine,” you say, trying to calm her. She spins around and frowns at you.   >”FINE? FINE!? Everything is NOT fine!!! Look at you!!! My brother severely beat you, he might have killed you! I came home early because I was just sent word that the Crystal Empire’s troops are going to be delayed for at least two more days, there was a freight train derailment on the line between here and the Crystal Empire. Nopony was hurt but they have a huge mess to clean up. THAT in itself was enough stress, but then to come home and see you two like this? EVERYTHING IS NOT FINE!” she screams, stomping her front hooves on the ground and snorting angrily.   >”Twily, the train thing is no big deal, so we have to push our schedule back by a couple of days, it’s not the end of the world,” Shining says, trying to calm her, “as for me and Anon, you didn’t even give us a chance to explain! Please, Twily, just settle down.”   >Twilight’s voice starts to crack, tears rolling down her cheeks as she turns back toward her brother. “How could you do this to him? He’s trying to help us for Celestia’s sake! I thought everything was okay between the two of you!”   “TWILIGHT!” you yell sternly, immediately getting her attention. “Calm. Down. Just sit, and listen.”   >She hesitantly sits on her haunches, wiping tears from her face as she gradually settles down, looking back and forth between you and Shining Armor.   “Now Twi, before you react, listen to everything I have to say, okay? This isn’t what it looks like at all, I promise. Shining Armor came here early to confront me,” you hesitate. “To confront me about my feelings for you.”   >Twilight gets a worried look on her face, bottom lip quivering as though she’s on the verge of tears again   “He knows now, Twi. He knows we love each other. He already knew, but he wanted to hear it from me. Twi, your brother freaking tackled and hugged me, HUGGED me, prancing around acting all giddy like a little colt, he was HAPPY for you, for US.”   >Twilight looks at Shining Armor for confirmation.   >”It’s true, Twily. I was so excited for you. I was overwhelmed with joy, knowing that you’re not lonely anymore, that you finally have your special somepony, even if he isn’t a pony. All that mattered to me was knowing that you finally know how for yourself what it feels like to be loved in that way, something you’ve deserved for a very long time.”   >She looks confused as she responds   >”But… why… why did you two get into a fight then?”   “It wasn’t a fight, Twi. It was just some friendly sparring that we took too far. I’m sorry that you had to see us like this, we were hoping we still had a couple of hours before you got home. Your brother’s been administering a little first aid to me, that’s all. He’s been good to me, please don’t be angry with him… If you have to be mad at someone be mad at me for being too stubborn to give up when I should have.”   >Twilight places a hoof over her face and lets out a prolonged frustrated sigh.   >”You two are all sweaty and bloody, and you smell absolutely terrible,” she chides. “Finish whatever you need to do, and get yourselves cleaned up. I’M going to bed, and I DON’T want to be bothered for the rest of the night. Shining, you care about Anon so much, FINE, you can share a bed with him tonight. In fact, maybe the next COUPLE of nights, give you a chance to BOND some more.”   “Twi, that would be kind of awkward, my bed’s not THAT big, and he’s a stallion…”   >”That’s the POINT, Anon. You two scared me half to death, consider this your punishment,” she says as he turns to leave. “By the way, I’ll be locking the doors to all the rest of the guest rooms.”   >”Twily, I do-“   >”I’m sorry, brother, did you go DEAF during your little play fight? Do you want Cadance to find out what you did here? Because I’ll tell her, and I’ll be sure to go into explicit detail about how badly my lover was mercilessly beaten by her husband. I’m sure she’ll be absolutely thrilled.”   “Come on Twi, that’s not fair…”   >Twilight looks back over her shoulder at you as she leaves the room.   >”TOO BAD. You better get to deciding who’s going to be the big spoon because that’s the ONLY warm body YOU’RE going to be feeling for the next three or four days,” she says, slamming the door behind her, hard enough to bust it off its hinges.   >She leaves you two alone in awkward silence, neither of you looking at each other as you begin to speak.   >”Hey Anon?”   “Yeah?”   >”You ever seen her this mad?”   “Nope. You?”   >”Never.”   “Hmm.”   >”You think she meant it?”   “Yeah.”   >There’s another long pause.   “She’s cute when she’s mad.”   >Shining Armor tilts his head as he looks at you   “What? She is. Just sayin.”   >You tilt your head back slightly, still applying the ice pack.   “You and Cadance ever have spats like this?”   >”Of course we do, it’s a normal part of every relationship, right? Though I can’t say she’s ever been as mad at me as Twi is with us right now.”   “She ever kick you outta bed?”   >”Mhmm.”   “Damn women. Mares. They know the worst punishment they can administer is to deny us their touch.”   >”Yeah. Kinda cruel, ain’t it?”   “Maybe. Yeah. Not fair. If I don’t get to hug or kiss Twi for the next three or four days that’s gonna hurt. Worse than the ass-kicking you just gave me. I think I’d rather take that horsewhipping you were gonna give me when I first got here over that.”   >”Think you might be able to talk her down?”   “Probably not a good idea to push my luck right now.”   >”Yeah, probably.”   “Hm. We don’t smell THAT bad, do we?”   >”Well actually, yeah, we reek pretty badly.”   “Huh. I hadn’t really noticed. Hey, that blood will come out of your coat, right?”   >”Yeah, it shouldn’t stain it for too long.”   “Good, good. You know I’m gonna want a rematch right?”   >”Yeah. Maybe not quite so hard core. Just some wrestling or something next time.”   “Hm. It was a damn good fight, though.”   >”Yeah.”   “Well, we probably should get cleaned up. You want the tub or the shower?”   >”I’ll take the shower, you could probably use a nice soak in the tub more than me.”   “Sounds good.”   >You groan and wince as you stand up, slowly hobbling out of the room, sore from head to toe, though the swelling around your eye is finally starting to come down. Shining walks alongside you part of the way, just in case. He looks up at you before you part ways.   >”Anon?”   “Yeah?”   >”What are we gonna do about the bed situation?”   >You sigh.   “You got money for room at an inn?”   >”Didn’t really bring much with me, I usually leave most of my bits with Cadance. It… it’s not like she makes me or anything, it’s just… to keep me from splurging. I don’t suppose I could borrow some from you?”   “Sorry Shiny, I’m flat-ass broke. Twi… sort of… handles the money. Seeing as I haven’t really had a job while I’ve been here… I’ve been pretty much completely reliant on her,” you admit feeling quite ashamed and embarrassed by that fact. “Think you could bust the lock on one of the guest rooms?”   >”Doubt it. If she was really serious it’s not going to just be a physical lock, she’ll have cast a spell as well. It’d probably take me the whole night just to figure out how to dispel it, assuming I even could.”    “Sleeping on the floor’s not an option for either of us, it’s colder than ice…”   >”Well hey, let’s get cleaned up… then we’ll figure something out, okay?”   >You nod as you part ways. You run the bathtub full of hot water that’s just slightly too hot to the touch, moaning and gasping as you slowly ease your battered body into it. Looking down you see a number of horseshoe shaped bruises all over your body. You continue to mentally flog yourself over the whole situation. How could you let a pony, a freaking pony, beat you so very badly? Okay, granted, he has extensive military experience, but still. You expected at the very least to be evenly-matched, but you weren’t, you were completely outclassed.   >You sigh as you lean back in the tub, closing your eyes and trying to relax. This whole being “punished” by Twilight thing doesn’t settle very well with you either. You’re not her child or her slave, what gives her the right to ‘punish’ you anyway? Granted you do sort of deserve it given the circumstances. If the situation were reversed and you found her beaten up like that you’d probably have flipped your shit as well. At least she cares enough to be pissed off. It won’t be that bad, worst case scenario you’ll sleep back to back with Shining for a couple nights, kiss and hug and make up with Twi in a couple days, and everything will go back to normal.   >You begin slowly and delicately cleaning your body, wincing now and then when you pass over a wound or a particularly nasty bruise. The physical pain is nothing compared to the wounds your ego has suffered, both from losing your sparring match with Shining Armor and from being punished by Twilight for it. Once you’re thoroughly clean, you linger in the tub, continuing to enjoy the warmth surrounding you, easing some of the pain. You get a little bit too relaxed and end up falling asleep.   >You’re awakened by Shining’s voice in the room. When you open your eyes you see him standing next to the tub, completely soaked and shivering. Your bath water is barely room temperature at this point.   >”H..hey Anon? Where do you keep all the towels? The one I had went missing…”   “Oh, no problem, just grab mine off the towel rack over the-“   >Your towel is gone as well.   >You stand up out of the tub, searching all around the various storage spaces where you know there should be some towels. They’re all gone, every single last one of them is gone. You begin shivering as well, it’s noticeably colder than it had been earlier.   “That’s not right, we have plenty of towels…”   >Shining accompanies you as you continue to search. You proceed to your bedroom, and begin looking through your wardrobe and dresser – only to find them all completely barren, not a single shred of cloth to be found.   >She wouldn’t…   “Twi?” You yell out, “Okay, we get it, you’re mad, you’ve made your point, but we’re both freezing, come on, at least give us a couple towels.”   >The temperature continues to decrease. You look over to your bed and your heart sinks. There’s a single light blanket on it and one pillow, no other sheets or linens or anything. The blanket is barely big enough to cover you and just maybe one pony.   “Okay Twi, this really isn’t funny, knock it off, you’re taking this way too far now…” you yell out, your shivering intensifying. You look over at Shining and he’s also shivering just as badly.   >The two of you wander through the rest of the castle, desperately searching for something to use to dry off and keep you warm. Much to your dismay, everything’s been locked down tight, even the exit. When you try to knock on her bedroom door, your hand bounces off a force field. She was a LOT more serious about your punishment than you initially realized.   >”Twily, come on, are you really going to do this to us?”   “Twilight Sparkle, this is not funny goddammit!”   >The temperature falls a bit more. You and Shining Armor stare at each other in silence for a minute or so.   “We’re going to freeze to death at this rate… do you have ANY kind of spell that can at least dry us off?”   >”I wish I did, Anon, I really wish I did…”   “You know what she’s trying to force us t-“   >”Yeah, I know…”   >You slam your fist against the force field several more times.   “Damn it Twilight, are you serious!? What the hell is wrong with you!? Do you really want me to do that with your brother!?”   >Shining looks almost as pissed as you.   >”Twily, you’re never too old for a good spanking, I’m warning you, open this door right now young filly or you’re gonna regret it!”   “Are you shitting me? A spanking?”   >”Well, I didn’t know what else to say…”   “She’s an adult Shining, spanking isn’t punishment anymore, it’s kinky, and it’s just a little creepy you even thought of it to be honest.”   >Shining snorts at you in indignation.   >”Oh don’t be gross Anon, give me a break, at least I’m trying, I don’t really know what to do… we never fight…”   “Shining, I can’t feel my hands or feet…”   >”My fetlocks and tail dock are going numb too…”   >You let out a deep sigh.   “Come on, she’s not going to budge, let’s just get it over with.”   >Shining Armor hesitantly follows you, a constant stream of muttered obscenities escaping your lips the entire walk back to your bedroom. When you finally reach your room, you and Shining stand on opposite sides of the bed.   “Get in,” you say to him. He hesitantly crawls into the bed and covers himself with the thin blanket, facing toward you, waiting for you to lay down as well.   “Ohohoho, no no no my friend, I’m not spending the night with your junk against my ass, turn around,”   >”No.”   “Excuse me?”   >”No.”   >You’re on the verge of screaming, the cold becoming unbearable.   >”I have fur, you don’t, if we’re going to have to share body heat to stay warm, this is the best way. Just lay down and get it over with, try not to think about it.”   >You clench your fists, your body starting to shake with anger in addition to the cold.   “Fine! Fine goddammit! Who needs their dignity these days anyway? You want me to make out with him too, Twi? A little stallion-on-stallion action? Would you enjoy that even more? Ohhh, come here Shiny Winy, give me a big kiss, let me be your mare for tonight. Is that what you want, Twilight?”   >”Give it a rest already, she probably can’t hear you Anon, we already lost, just accept it and get up here before you go into hypothermia. I’m sure you probably underwent survival training at some point in your career, just look at it from that perspective - doing what you gotta do to make it to the next day, even though it might be unpleasant.”   “Just promise me you won’t have a wet dream on me or something. I’d have to kill myself, and no that’s not hyperbole.”   >”Anon, it’s not physically possible for me to get aroused right now, not even in my sleep, so you can put those fears to rest.”   >You reluctantly crawl into the bed feeling sick to your stomach. There’s no way the blanket is going to cover you unless you get as close to Shining as possible. Eventually he has you pulled close to him, you cringe when you feel his package against your bare skin. Gradually your body temperature rises as you and Shining shiver, huddled together under the inadequate blanket, resting your heads on the same small pillow. You find yourself trying to get closer to him, to get warmer, he covers you with his tail to try to help. You finally reach a point where you’re comfortable enough to fall asleep, though the slightest movement will give you a nasty chill.   “Shining…”   >”Yeah?”   “This. Never. Happened.”   >”That goes without saying Anon, now shut up and go to sleep.”   *click*FLASH*whiiiiiiiine*   >You feel a pair of hooves resting over your shoulders, a warm body against yours that gently pushes against you with every breath, a chin resting on your head.   *click*FLASH*whiiiiiiiine* *click*FLASH*whiiiiiiiine*   >You place a hand on one of the hooves, snuggling closer to the soft, furry body next to you and smiling in your sleep with a soft sigh   *click*FLASH*whiiiiiiiine*   >You feel yourself being pulled closer, the chin on your head further nestling in your hair   *click*FLASH*whiiiiiiiine*   ”mmmm…Twily….” You moan in your sleep   *click*FLASH*whiiiiiiiine*   >There’s a soft nicker as a set of legs intertwines with yours, a tail gently brushing over your thigh and resting there.   >”Cadance….”   *click*FLASH*whiiiiiiiine**click*FLASH*whiiiiiiiine*   >Your eyes slowly begin to crack open, a blissful look still on your sleepy face   *click*FLASH*whiiiiiiiine*   >The flash startles and confuses you as you continue to slowly awaken. Eventually you’re close enough that the next flash causes your eyes to fly open, snapping you into full consciousness, looking at a camera hovering above you. It flashes one more time before you finally realize who you’re cuddling with and scramble out of the bed in a panic, causing Shining to stir as well.   >You see Twilight at the foot of your bed with an amused smirk on her face, her tone of voice overly cheery as she speaks.   >”Good morning boys! Did you sleep well last night? Cause it sure looks to me like you did! You two all snuggled up and cuddling together, it was just too precious, I just had to snap a few photos. If only Cadance could see you two, it’d just melt her heart to see this softer side of our big tough studly stallions together!”   “Twilight!” you scream, stumbling as you stand up. You instantly dart for the pictures that are hovering in the air, already knowing the attempt will be futile, prompting a sadistic giggle from Twilight.   >”Twily?” Shining Armor says softly, still half-asleep.   >The camera and the pictures vanish, teleported to an unknown location. You rapidly approach her, your body shaking in anger, both hands balled up into fists, the rage in your voice startling Shining Armor to a fully awakened state.   “Goddammit Twilight, you crossed the line, you b… you b…”   >She doesn’t so much as flinch, her expression remains unchanged.   >”Go on, Anon, finish your sentence,” she raises an eyebrow as she locks eyes with you, “I dare you.”   >Your eyes narrow as you utter your next words just barely above a whisper. No matter how pissed off you are, you still can’t bring yourself to call her that, instead settling for an angry growl.   “If you were ANY other pony…”   >Shining Armor is soon up on his hooves and is also glaring at Twilight   >”Twily, I love you but what you did was wrong. You humiliated us.”   >”Oh come now, big brother best friend forever! This is hardly the most humiliating situation I’ve ever caught you in,” she says as she stands on all fours. “Besides, it can’t be humiliating if nopony else knows about it. This will be our little secret, I think you’ve both learned your lesson.”   “Twilight, give me those pictures, NOW!”   >She gasps in feigned indignation.   >”How insolent of you to think you can order a PRINCESS around,” she scolds you. This exaggerated superiority complex she’s expressing is getting on your last nerve. “Though the princess may be persuaded to acquiesce to your request if it were presented with proper respect and submission to her authority, with great emphasis on how urgent the matter is to you.”   “Twilight, I don’t care if you’re the creator of the entire universe, I kneel before no being and I do NOT grovel,” you grumble, crossing your arms as you glare at her. “Ever.”   >”I’ll tell you what, the Princess, in her unwavering benevolence, will offer you a compromise,” she says as he looks back and forth between you and Shining Armor, pacing back and forth casually. “I’ll hold on to these photos for a few days, keep them in a safe place, and the two of you can have separate rooms.”   “What about after that?”   >”When I’m satisfied, I’ll give you the pictures and let you do whatever you want with them, and I promise not to show them to anypony else in the meantime. On the other hoof, YOU TWO have to promise me you’re not going to pull another stunt like you did yesterday again,” she says, flicking her tail sharply in anger. “I don’t care if you roughhouse and have fun, but if you draw blood again, you’re going to have it even worse. I won’t have the two stallions I love the most in the world hurting each other like that anymore. Got it?”   >You give a defeated sigh and your arms drop to your sides, looking at the ground and closing your eyes as you respond.   “Fine, Twilight, fine. I’m sorry we upset you so badly. We really meant no harm, and we never meant to scare or upset you. I’ve been injured far worse in the past and recovered just fine so I didn’t really think much of it.” You shoot a quick glance over at Shining, knowing this is the only way you’re going to appease Twilight.   >Shining sits on his haunches and looks at the floor, his ears flattened in shame.   >“Me too, Twily. I’m sorry. I wouldn’t have hurt Anon too badly. I even called it off when I saw he’d had enough. We weren’t ever mad at each other or anything, it was purely for practice and fun. Maybe we did take things too far, though.”   >He looks up at her with a meek smile.   >”H..hey, at least you know Anon is tough as nails now, nopony else would have lasted as long as he did against me. I’m proud of him for that, and I think he should be proud of himself as well.” Shining looks over at you, his smile gradually becoming more relaxed as his ears slowly perk up before he looks back at Twilight. “I know you might not ‘get it’ because you’re not a military mare, but testing your mettle in combat is the only way to ever truly know just how capable you are of carrying out your duty to defend your kingdom and its innocents.”   “He’s right, Twi. If my people were to ever invade, then Shining’s sparring match with me provided him with extremely valuable information about how my people fight.” You say, walking over to Shining and placing a hand on his head, keeping your eyes on Twilight. “He adapted to my fighting style VERY quickly, putting me at a huge disadvantage. Every member of the Confederate Navy undergoes the same basic combat training.” You look down at Shining with a smile. “What your brother learned from me will allow him to train his troops to better prepare for close-quarters combat, should the need arise.”   >Shining nudges your side briefly as he stands on all fours.   >”I know you were upset to see us hurt, but I hope you can at least understand now that, as brutal as it may have seemed, it served more than one important purpose.”   >Twilight takes in your words in silence, looking back and forth between the two of you, the smug look on her face very slowly subsiding as she listens to your apologies and explanations.   >“Well, I really didn’t want to hurt you either,” she replies, the smugness in her voice gone. “I’d never been that scared, angry, and upset before. I just wanted to make it crystal clear how upset I was, and I figured a night of humiliation would get the point across quite poignantly. Obviously it did, but… maybe I overreacted just a tad…” she says, her gaze slowly falling to the floor, a hint of regret in her voice as she continues to speak.   “So you’ll burn the pictures?”   >”Huh, what? Of course not. Like I said, I won’t show them to anypony else. I wasn’t being sarcastic when I said it was cute to see you two cuddling together,” she giggles. “I’ve known what it’s like to cuddle with you, but I’ve never been able to see the joy on your face when you’re cuddling with me, so I’d like to keep them for at least a little while.”   >You sigh and grumble in frustration.   “You’re not going to masturbate to them or something are you?”   >Both Twilight and Shining blush fiercely.   “You know I had to ask.”   >Twilight gasps as she responds and her eyes go wide. ”WHAT? For Celestia’s sake, NO Anon! Remember that’s my BROTHER you were cuddling with. It was adorable to me, nothing more. I couldn’t possibly find those pictures sexy.”   >She cautiously approaches you and nuzzles the back of your hand.   >”B…besides, who needs to look at pictures and touch themselves when they have someone like you to make them feel good?”   >Shining snorts and spins his head.   >”Wait, have you two had SEX?”   “Not exactly…” you reply, placing a hand on your forehead, wishing the dramatic bullshit would cease for at least a brief moment. You haven’t even had your damn morning coffee yet.   >”Brother, that’s none of your business,” Twilight says, stepping between the two of you. “Anon does what I ask and makes me happy as a result, that’s all you need to know, okay?” she says, nuzzling her brother to calm him down.   “Can we all just shut up now and have breakfast? Please? This isn’t the kind of conversation I want to have before getting something in my stomach and getting some caffeine in my system,” you look at Twilight pleadingly. “We also need to have a meeting after breakfast, regarding the plan, I have some slight modifications in mind.”   >The two ponies in the room with you agree, and exit. Twilight offers to make breakfast to make up for the awkwardness of last night and this morning. You go through your clothes, select an outfit and get dressed before heading for the dining room, finding a pile of blueberry pancakes, a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, and a steaming hot cup of coffee waiting for you.