“Scootaloo, are you awake?” Diamond Tiara asked, and I opened my eyes looking around. She was still in my hug, laying on top of me. The water had gotten cold, but it wasn’t too uncomfortable. Actually, laying here with Diamond Tiara seemed to almost make the pain of being without Master bearable.

“I am now, how long was I asleep for?”

“A while, I fell asleep too.”

“Oh, we should probably get out then.” Letting go of her, the cold water rushed in between us, waking me up a bit, but not much. My body felt like it had been trampled, and it was an oddly good feeling with the cold water running over me.

Getting up, my head weaved back a bit from a headache. Was I getting sick again? Or was I just always this way and I just was never able to notice it till now? Everything seemed sluggish as I climbed out of the bath, almost as if it was moving too fast for my eyes, making everything leave after images.

A towel falling onto my head made me look at Diamond as she started to dry herself off as my vision went back to normal. I sat down and started to dry myself off. Once we were both dry, I properly cleaned her wound and bandaged it.

“Scootaloo?” I blinked looking up at Diamond Tiara, away from her bite wound. “You’re creeping me out.”

Reaching around her I pulled her against me and kissed her, slamming her against the wooden cabinets. “Good,” I mumbled as I pulled back. “I want you to fear me, but at the same time, I want your skin to ripple from my touch.” She gasped a bit as I spread her legs open. It was clear that she was excited very easily. “You just want to feel it push inside you again, don’t you?”

Her tail flickered. “Yes,” she admitted, looking away from me and I smiled. This was a lot of fun. I could see why Master loved it when I told him that. The thrill, the feeling of power and love, it was completely intoxicating. Moving down I kissed her belly and her body shivered excitedly. Droplets of her lubrication started to run down her skin. Kissing I moved down to just above, and she shuddered as I pulled away. “Wait!”

“Yes?”

“Aren’t you, going to do that one thing to me?”

“Nope.” I smirked. “I’m going to leave you to walk around like that and let your scent fill everypony’s lungs.” I kissed her neck and her body retracted.

Being with Diamond Tiara cleared my mind a bit, it felt hollow without Master. Sex just wasn’t the same, that thought alone brought pain, causing me to shiver. Both from feeling desuetude and desire. Master was uncomfortably large for me, but that helped to make me realize just how barely I wanted him to fill my insides again.

“Scootaloo?” Diamond asked, and I blinked looking at her. “Are you alright, you keep stopping, and you don’t sound very good. Your voice is a bit raspy. You’re quiet and sound really sad.”

“Lost in thought is all, and I’m fine, I-I ju-st hope Master gets home soon.” I moved back and if only for a moment, sadness shot threw her. That made me raise an eyebrow, but it wasn’t important right now.

“Do I really have to go out like this?” She swallowed as I smiled, but then I got up and started out of the bathroom.

I took the band off her tail and she paused. “I don’t want Sweetie Belle seeing you like this quite yet, I don’t want her to know what I’ve done. So clean yourself up, I need to go get dressed.” I went over to the closet and opened it. Clothes for Diamond Tiara had already been made. A maid outfit was set out for her in the front. Grabbing it, I walked over to the bed and set it down. “Your outfit is on the bed.”

She stopped by the bathroom door. “Okay.”

“Once you get dressed, meet me in the dining room. Also, remember to say please and thank you, or Master will kill you.” I halted for a moment. “Or if he doesn’t, I’ll make you wish you were.” Her body locked up as I headed out of the room.

As I walked down the hall, I looked around at the walls. Smiling a bit at the treasure like beauty. Each and every line that had been painted was perfect in a way that just meshed, it was clear that they were put on in layers, but—they flowed so well.

“Scootaloo,” Sweetie Belle said, making me look up at her.

“Yeah?”

“Are you alright? You’ve been gone for a few hours. You missed dinner.”

Hours? I didn’t expect that, I guess I needed more sleep than I thought. “I’m better now, what time is it?”

“It’s six thirty.”

That wasn’t that late considering, actually probably like four hours. “Oh, then I should go eat something then.”

“Just eat? That’s all you have to say?”

“Yeah, why? Did something happen?”

“Weren’t you freaking out earlier? Did you figure things out?”

Not in the least, all I’d done was hopefully temper Master’s wrath when he came back to learn I only completed one of his requirements. “Not really, but it’s your choice. I told you everything that I could to convince you to have sex with Silver Tip. That was what his requirement was.”

“Wait, so I don’t have to have sex with you?” I looked down. “Or what? I thought you said that was the only way to get me ready.”

That was, have I lost my mind? Why’d I say that to Sweetie? Diamond Tiara was fine with it, I’m sure Sweetie would be as well. “I lied, I think.”

“You think?”

“Yeah, I, I don’t know what I was thinking. I was in a panic. This is the first time in a few days that I’ve truly been without Master.” Her expression went to sadness. “I’m sorry, I was panicking so much that I wasn’t thinking. Silver Tip should, be the one to have sex with you first, not me.”

“I’m confused.”

Wait, should I control Sweetie? And if so, what would be my goal? To get her to have sex or not? Should that be my goal? Of course not, my goal should be to get Sweetie out of this fucking hell hole and back to Rarity.

“I’m an idiot alright! I’m sorry, lately I can’t think straight, everything’s a jumble, and nothing makes any sense.”

“Okay…?” she said unsure.

“Will you do me a favor? When Silver comes back with Master, will you leave and go back to Ponyville? Tell Rarity everything and not come back?”

“What? Didn’t you say that if I didn’t have sex, you’d be punished?”

Ah shit, I’m losing this battle. “Yes, but I realized that you leaving is the best choice I can make to keep you safe.”

“I’m not leaving without you, especially when leaving would get you hurt.”

“I get turned on by pain, Sweetie Belle. Most of what Master does makes me horny.” She blushed deeply. “So you not having sex is actually what I want. I want to be hurt, I want to scream and cry out.” A grin spread across my face as a good feeling went through me. Getting hurt, yeah, that’s what I want, to be Master’s punching bag.

Sweetie Belle stepped back. “Scoots, that’s—wrong.”

Rejected to my face, my grin faded slowly. “That’s what I want Sweetie Belle, I want Master’s abuse. I want him to love me through pain. If you can’t handle that, then leave. Or you’re going to see me bleeding and love it.”

“I don’t believe you.”

Again, rejected completely. “Let’s have a bet then. If I win it then you leave with Silver Tip the second Master gets back. If I lose I’ll do everything you want me to, I’ll even leave against Master’s orders. You choose the bet.”

Gears started turning in her head. “Alright, I...” She stopped and frowned. “I don’t know what the bet should be.”

“How about you think about it while I go eat?”

“Right.” She chuckled lightly as she turned around, allowing us to we walked to the dining room. She was deep in thought the entire time. We sat down next to each other and Sig brought out food, setting down a plate for me before going over and standing to the side. I started to eat quietly watching her think about things. “Okay, how about this. If we have sex, and I hurt you, and you really get...” She blushed. “Turned on, then you’ll win.” She stopped, noticing me staring at her. “What?”

I swallowed down the bite of bread. “That bet is—do a different one.”

“No.”

“That bet is, not okay. This whole thing is to make you so you don’t have sex and that you leave. Not have sex with you and then make you leave. Think of another. I’m not doing that to you.”

“I’m sticking to that one.”

“Fine, then I’m adding another condition for that bet. For you to hurt me it has to be in the torture room and you have to use the things there. We don’t have to have sex. I just have to prove pain is a turn on.”

“Fine.”

Controlling others was easier than I thought it would be. This was going to be a piece of cake; all I had to do was get turned on. With how Sweetie was, I knew she wouldn’t do anything serious, not that Master would mind.

Quickly, I gulped down the rest of my dinner and wiped my mouth. “Sig, have Sethi on standby. Also tell Diamond Tiara to eat when she comes.” Sig nodded. “If she’s not here within the hour go force it down her throat.”

“Will do.”

I hopped off the chair and went to the door turning to Sweetie. “Well come on, we have fun to be had.”

“Right.” She hesitantly came along with me as we went to the torture room. I opened the door eagerly and went inside climbing onto the wooden table. She stopped at the door, shaking a little bit, but came inside and climbed onto the table with me.

“Well, pick your weapon.” I smirked, making her frown.

Looking around, Sweetie saw her weapon of choice and floated it over to the table making me stare. She had picked a large set of flaying knives, which made me a bit nervous, but not too much.

“Well, do whatever you like.”

She picked out the small knife. “You ready?” she asked, her whole body was shaking and tears were brimming.

Was she…actually going to hurt me? Was she, willing to go so far? That doubt was only for a single second. “Yep, do anything you like, just don’t kill me.”

She jabbed the knife into my chest, making me flinch a bit. A feeling of relaxation came over me, like finally getting punished for something that was a long time coming. Tears went down her face.

“D-deeper,” I begged. We both paused. Crap, I can’t act too turned on. She slid the knife along my skin, it cut through just barely making my tail go back and forth. Even if Master wasn’t the one hurting me, this was awesome!

Sweetie stopped seeing that I was lost for a moment in bliss. That moment of hesitation allowed me to kiss her, trapping the knife between us and pushing it deeper into my belly. Instant panic ripped through her body as she pushed us apart. Her magic tore the knife out of me and I grunted lightly.

“No.” She threw the knives away from me making me stop, realizing that I was reaching for the knives. “I’m not leaving! And that’s final!”

“You agreed!”

“I don’t care if I did, I’m not leaving and you can’t make me!”

“Fine, then you’re going to have sex with Silver Tip whether you want to or not, and he’s going to get you pregnant!” Her body went like ice freezing solid. “That’s right, Master wants you to birth foals for Silver, as many as you can.”

What a beautiful expression of unexpected horror. “Fine! I’ll do it! I’ll give birth to foals like no tomorrow! Happy now?”

Tears went down my face, making me raise my hoof to my heart. “That’s not what I want at all.” That backfired so badly, it’s not even close to funny. Wait, what did the book say I should do in this situation?

“Well too bad, I’m staying.”

Oh yeah, when things are going bad, you have to reverse your shown emotions to the state of your real emotions, if they were shown, make them look fake in order to cause the other pony to believe that you’re really a monster and you got your way.

Simple enough. I wiped my tears away. “Sounds great.” She looked like she was just hit in the gut when I smiled. “You really are a real friend. Now I don’t have to worry about Master hurting me.”

In that second a look of true confusion went across her face. I jumped off the table walking over to the door. “STOP!” she shouted, making me stop and face her. “I’m glad you agree with me staying.”

“Yep.” I walked out and she quickly followed me.

“I don’t believe you.”

“Believe what you want.”

“You’re lying to me. I’m staying to protect you no matter what you say or do. You’re my friend and I’m not leaving you.”

“I know.”

“Scootaloo!” I looked up at Sethi as she picked me up with her magic and flipped me over onto my back surprising me. “What did you do?!” A first aid kit landed and she started patching my wound.

“Do you mind? I’m trying to make a point.”

“You can make a point when you’re with Jerard, not while you’re with your friend! What were you thinking?!” She started sewing the knife stab. “This is deep.” She picked me up and ran, Sweetie following close behind.

“Stop panicking, I’m not about to die.”

“And how would you know?!” We got to her medical room and she went inside setting me onto the bed as she started working on my injury. She poured magic inside the hole causing the sides of the wound, making me eye her as she started to sew it up. “You almost hit your liver, it that had been a single inch deeper you’d have bled out by now.”

“So?” Sethi stopped. “I didn’t, so it’s not a problem. Are you done?”

Sethi growled and I chuckled. “No, it’s going to take me all night to get you healed. It’s not going to be simple.”

“Just patch me up, I’ll be fine.” Something was off with her. She just stared at my wound like she was staring at a dead pet. “What?” I asked unsteadily.

“Are you still trying to kill yourself?”

“I’m not.”

“It was because of a bet,” Sweetie Belle said, and Sethi looked up. “The bet was that she would get turned on by pain.”

“And if you lost you’d leave, which you said you wouldn’t.”

“I’m not leaving you!”

“You can’t go a single day without hurting yourself can you?” Sethi said, staring at me with a blank expression.

“Not a single one.”

“You’re done, leave.” She went and sat down on her chair turning around to paperwork and ignoring me.

“Alright, have a good one.” I got up and cringed slightly feeling the wound.

“Don’t be too rough or it’ll open up. Give it till morning to heal.”

“I will.” I got off the bed and walked out with Sweetie Belle.

“So what now?” Sweetie asked.

“I go get dressed, then I’m going to go read the rest of that book. Which will probably take me till bed time.”

“Oh.”

“You can go play or something if you really won’t leave.”

“You’re right, I won’t. I’ll go play with all the toys Silver got.” She turned and started walking. I went the other way gritting my teeth. That wasn’t what I wanted. I needed to find a way to convince her, this was crazy!

If the stab wound didn’t send a jolt of oddly pleasurable pain, I’d have ran. I went back to the library, and Al was sitting on his chair reading. My book was on the sofa, which made me go over and start reading from chapter one this time needing to soak in every word I could before the night was through. I needed to convince Sweetie tonight, tomorrow was too late, Master would without a doubt stop me.

“How was your day?” Al asked, making me look up. I was about half way through the book by this point. “It’s bed time.”

“What?”

“It’s ten, you should go to bed.”

My heart thudded. “I figured out what I want.”

“Oh?”

“I want to keep my friends, wait, friends isn’t the right word for them all. I want to keep all of my family safe, not just my parents.”

His eyes flashed with a light and he smiled. “Is that all?”

“Yes.”

“If you want Sweetie Belle gone, tell Jerard and he’ll have her leave.”

“Wait, really?”

“Yep.”

“But, won’t he get mad?”

“Mad? For you wanting to keep your family safe? Hardly, he wants you to become a mother sooner or later Scootaloo. Protecting your family no matter the cost is just as important a trait as any other.”

“So, I’m confused.”

“You’ll figure it out.” He winked getting up and popping a few bones. “I should get to cleaning before morning. You should get some sleep.”

“I’m going to read till I’m finished with this book.”

“Very well.” He left leaving me to read. It took me a few seconds, but I started reading again, I couldn’t waste a second. Reaching the last page I yawned being filled completely with this book’s knowledge.

Everything was so clear now. I knew what I had to do with Sweetie Belle. Getting up, I walked out of the library, ignoring everything as I went to her room. I opened the door but then kicked it causing it to slam open.

Sweetie Belle jumped so high she fell off the side of the bed smacking the floor. She got up real fast and looked at me. “Scootaloo.” She groaned and wiped her eyes. “What are you doing?”

“You are right.”

“What?”

“You’re right, you shouldn’t leave. But I want you to leave really badly so I acted that way to try to get you to leave, but it didn’t work.”

“I know.”

“If you stay Master will have you make Silver Tip have sex with you. Is that what you want? Because that isn’t saving me, that’s hurting you. You failed to save me, you need to leave and go figure out another plan that will work. You staying here will only endanger you and everypony I love. You have to leave, or I won’t forgive you.”

She sighed, and got onto the bed. “I’m going back to bed.”

Damn it! That wasn’t right, I was doing too many things. I need to grab one and try only that. “I killed my last pet.” Her ear twitched. “He’ll make me do that same to you. If you don’t leave, I don’t know when. It might be in a week, a month a year when your foal is born, but he’ll make me kill you.”

“Fine.”

“I’M NOT FINE WITH THAT!” Her ears folded for a second, but she sat up and looked at me as I went over to her bed and got on, going to her ear and whispered. “I am not fine with that. You cannot hurt yourself, actually, it’s not you who you’ll be hurting. It’s Rarity.” She swallowed nervously. “Rarity, I think she has a plan or something, but she knows best. My whole act yesterday was to put Dash in her place so Rarity has a chance to do whatever she plans on doing.”

“But, how do I know this isn’t another lie?” she whispered back.

“If it is, then you can come back and tell me that.” She eyed me. “That way I know for sure if she is and can plan accordingly.”

“But Jerard won’t let me leave.”

If it wasn’t for the fact just showing a small tick of excitement would throw this all away, I’d have exploded with excitement. I had just caused Sweetie Belle to do what I wanted without threatening her, I perfectly convinced her.

“He will when I talk to him tomorrow. He’ll let you.”

“Only if you promise to not lie again.”

“I won’t.”

“Then tomorrow, we’ll leave, but if you’re lying I’m coming right back.”

“Thank you.” I turned and got off the bed. “I’ll see you in the morning. She watched me as I left the room going down to mine.

The second I close my door, I let out the loudest cheer I could at the top of my lungs before falling to the ground with a grin that hurt my cheeks. I couldn’t believe it. I had been able to make it so Sweetie would leave.

But I paused noticing Diamond Tiara sitting on my bed. She had a look of confusion. I chuckled getting onto the bed. “Happy much?”

“Yes.” I pounced on her pinning her to the bed. “Now sleep.” Pulling up the sheets she looked at me. She half expected it as I kissed her. “Night.” She looked away for a second, but I hugged her making her close her eyes.

“Good night,” Diamond Tiara said.

Author's Note

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