The feeling of being awake made me open my eyes. Master’s bedroom surrounded me, but what was most noticeable was Master holding me close. The IV’s were out of me and my body felt oddly great, there wasn’t really any pain like yesterday. Even my stab wounds seemed to be done hurting and basically gone, or at least felt only like scratches.

Lifting up a few bandages I looked around a bit. My wounds were basically healed, still there, but healed for the most part. Sethi really did wonders. For anypony else those wounds would’ve taken weeks to heal.

Master’s foreleg was holding me close, and I smiled. Master was just darling asleep next to me. Sweetie Belle’s blood’s taste still on my lips reminded me of the day before. All of that was far from what I wanted. Then again, I moved forward taking in a breath of Master’s tasty tender neck.

“Hmmm,” I moaned, feeling his scent swirl around in my lungs. He smelled so good, just a little bite wouldn’t hurt. As my tongue’s tip touched his fur, I stopped cold, just barely from his skin. Master wouldn’t like me biting him while he slept. Though, that need, to taste blood again, it was edging my belly.

Sliding a warm pillow in my place, I got to the floor without waking Master. He didn’t need to be my tall drink this morning, far from it. The light clank of my hoof guard made me stop, checking Master for a moment before carefully moving across the floor making barely any sound. The gifts Master had given me were hardly silent, but I made sure they didn’t make a single ding against the floor or me.

Opening the door, I got out into the hallway before walking normally. Oh I felt good right now. It took only a minute before stopping in front of Diamond’s door. Slowly pushing down the lever, I opened the door with a small click, causing it to open wide showing the room. My Diamond was asleep on the bed still in her maid outfit. She seemed to be sleeping all so peaceful alone.

Almost gliding over to the bed, I climbed on and looked down at her. There was so many ways to enjoy this treat, just countless ways. Moving the blanket, her body shivered. Oh the feel of fear, I wanted to taste it so badly.

Ever so carefully, I pulled her dress down showing the bandaged bite wound. A few hairs were pulled out making her jolt slightly, but not wake up. Protruding my tongue, iron and that fattening feeling danced across my tongue as my taste buds slid across her wound, but another taste soon followed after the first one. This one was lighter, somehow lonely and rather disheartening.

Did I make her feel alone and sad? To my surprise my bottom fangs easily slid into her wound. It felt painless to me, because she didn’t react at all to it. Releasing my teeth, blood dribbled out gently letting me lick each drop. That fattening feeling became warm around my heart, relaxing me.

As her blood stopped coming, I sat up looking at her. Something caught my eye making me turn seeing a diamond tiara partly hidden under her pillow. Then it clicked. Kindness, the older me told me that I needed to show kindness to that precious scared little filly of mine. I don’t know if I’d describe her as precious, but she is scared and mine. Covering her wound I pulled up her outfit.

“Diamond,” I whispered. It took a moment but her eyes fluttered open. Panic shot through her body, and I moved holding her down. Diamond struggled for only a moment before she stopped and started to cry, whimpering upon seeing my fangs.

“Please don’t bite me!” she begged panicking.

“I—don’t worry, I’m not going to bite you.” It was clear she didn’t believe me, and holding her down wasn’t helping. “Oh right.” I let go of her and she quickly sat up, pressing her back against the headboard. “I had a dream last night.” She stopped. “A future me told me to-to do something. I don’t quite remember what she meant by it, but, I think beating you till your bones break isn’t something I should do. Actually I think I want you to fall in love with me and want to do, what I want you to.”

Diamond’s body seemed to relax a bit. “Then, why are you here?”

“I was thirsty.” I moved up to her face, and her body locked up. “And I had my fill of your blood while you were asleep.” A mix of emotions swirled inside her, there was a battle I couldn’t see.

“Would you like more?”

That question made me almost fall back shocked, forcing me to steady myself so I didn’t tip over. “Why did you ask that?”

“The Master of the house came here last night, I understand.” Tears went down her face as she looked down. “I really, really, really understand. I’m sorry, do whatever you like to me, I don’t mind.”

Shock, wait, that isn’t the right word. It was incomprehensible, I couldn’t, I hadn’t even thought. It had never occurred to me that Master would do anything like that, or that he would act at all. Master had said that he wanted me to break her, or was that while he was gone? I don’t understand.

“Scootaloo.” Master’s voice echoed around the room. Her body locked up solid, fear hitting both of us just as hard, I just didn’t show it.

“Master.” I turned to him as he came over to the bed, he had a black vest on. “Good morning.” Master got onto the bed and kissed me. My hooves slid around his neck and I pulled him in close as he pulled me tight against him allowing us to kiss for a minute.

When Master tried breaking the kiss I pulled him with relative ease onto the bed so I could force him to kiss me more. He wasn’t getting away from our kisses this time. I needed more than one.

Though, as much as I’d like to be stronger than Master, I’m simply not. He pushed me down breaking the kiss. “So from that I’m going to assume you’re feeling well.” His hoof ran over my side.

“Yes Master, much better.”

“Given that yesterday my—” He frowned looking at my chest. “Behavior wasn’t, well I acted badly to put bluntly. I’ll give you the choice of doing something you want to do, anything really, even go back to Ponyville.”

This was a trap, slash test. Master wouldn’t just let me go to Ponyville after trying to run yesterday. This was a trap in a major way. If I choose Ponyville he’d do something painful, maybe even hurtful. This was too easy.

“Before I choose, while I was asleep, what happened?”

“I went and discussed law with some simple minded ponies. I trained your pet after she mouthed off yesterday, spoke properly with Sethi about obeying me and a few other tasks of no importance.”

“Please don’t hurt Sethi Master, I like her alot.”

“I didn’t hurt her, but she understands.”

“Good.” I let out a breath. “And I thought I was supposed to train my pet. Or was that while you were gone?”

“Not that it’d matter, but I think having her trained now will help you. She was a useless thing before last night. And including her outburst yesterday, she needed to badly learn her place. Why don’t you give her a go. She’s a doll with strings holding her up. Not an ounce of willpower left to refuse.” His hoof went to her cheek, she bit her trembling lip. “She broke so much quicker, didn’t even take me half an hour.”

“What do you mean, give her a go?”

“Order her to do something she’d really hate to do.”

Make her do something she’d hate? Like what? What exactly hadn’t I already done to her, or what could I even think of to make her do? My eyes drifted to her shoulder and I paused for a moment. That was it!

Lifting up my hoof I bit into it hard, confusion went through both of them. I held out my hoof to her. “Lick my hoof till it stops bleeding.” Instant disgust went across her face, and she moved back a little. “I think she has plenty of free will Master.” It made me chuckle and lick my own blood.

That taste of iron was nearly nonexistent. My blood, it was, that flavor, wait? Why was I only tasting this, or, what was this. It tasted like crushing sadness. Putting my hoof down, I looked at my chest. This feeling, it tasted like black sea salt mixed with something partly slimy but mostly smooth.

“Scootaloo?” Master asked.

“Master, I’m not in the mood to do this right now. Can we go eat or something, I’m really hungry.”

“I suppose, but I guess she does need more training.”

“I think she has enough training for what I’ll use her for honestly. I don’t think she’ll disobey me over something that isn’t disgusting. Diamond, get onto your back and then spread your hind legs wide for me.” Diamond quickly did as I said.

Going down I gently kissed her waist making her giggle a bit. My kisses made her relax, it was clear to see that feeling as my lips pressed against her lightly furred belly spread through her.

“If that’s how you feel then fine, but how about this. Diamond, if I wasn’t around, and you had every chance to go free, would you obey Scootaloo?”

“Yes,” Diamond answered.

“Wait, now let’s say your contact is no longer in place and your father wouldn’t have to return all the bits I paid him. Now in a situation, tell me honestly, would you obey her?”

“Yes.”

“But you have no threat against you in that case. Your answer won’t be held against you, I just want to know. I want more than a simple yes.”

She looked at me, and back to Master. “If you weren’t around.” Diamond looked back to me. “I’d obey that command.”

“What if she told you to get knocked up? Would you spread your legs for some random stallion, even if he was ugly or old?” Diamond froze up, swallowing. “Well? Would you still obey her? Or would you refuse?”

“I, I, um, I don’t know.”

“Al,” Master called, and Al opened the door. “Scootaloo, order her.”

Her eyes plead for me to refuse, but Master was testing me just as much as her, of course, I can handle pain fine. “Master, I’m not going to order her to do something like that. I would never order something like that. In fact I don’t want her to be touched by any pony be me and, when I’m unable to, you. I don’t like the idea of her being spoiled by any stallion but you, or any mare but me.”

“So an overly long way of saying you refuse?”

“Yeah, I don’t want to order that. I want to keep her to just us. I want to taste a mix between all three of us.” I chuckled, and I could see the light flash in Master’s eyes at my suggestion. “I think you screwing me, then finishing inside her would make for a sweet little taste. How bout it Master?”

“I don’t like the idea of finishing inside her. Scootaloo, we’re married, I’m never going to finish inside another mare.” Master pulled me to him, and kissed me. “You’re the only mare I’ll ever love like that.” My hooves wrapped around his neck, and we started to kiss more passionately.

When he broke it that feeling of sadness came back. “How about—” Master put his hoof over my mouth.

“Stop, I understand how you feel, but honestly, the simple idea of even touching that little thing repulses and sickens me. I will never ever enjoy another mare while you’re alive Scootaloo. Even though some might find it enjoyable, I will never.”

A mix of feelings went through me. Mostly happiness, but another emotion went through me, I couldn’t really understand it. “I...” I stopped, those words meant so much, and over all that I had seen, Master’s words were without a doubt true. Master never looked at other mares, in fact other than me, he’d never even really touched another mare that I had seen. Even that time with Sethi a while back, he didn’t do anything.

“But let’s go eat breakfast, you haven’t eaten for a while.” Master got up and started walking.

Diamond and I looked at each other for a moment. I pulled her close and kissed her on the lips before jumping off the bed. Of course my body shocked me as I landed causing me to crumple to the ground shaking in pain.

“Ow,” I groaned.

“What’s wrong?” Diamond asked, and Master turned.

“Nothing,” I mumbled, getting up almost falling over again. Getting up my legs shook a bit before I was lifted into the air and set me onto Master’s back. “Master I can walk!” I snapped at him.

Master booped me on the noise. “Quiet.” He started walking and I hugged him. Master was being so nice today. We got out into the hallway and Master went to Sethi’s office first. I guess breakfast wasn’t going to be first after all. “Sethi.” Master opened the door and walked inside looking around.

Sethi sat up quickly from her chair, and looked around for a second. “Jerard, what do you need?” she asked half awake.

“Check Scootaloo out.”

She rubbed her eyes getting up and Master set me down onto the bed. She started to check my body out. It took her a few minutes before giving me a few shots and pills. She brushed my hair a bit and stretched out my wings checking my feathers, preening me a bit. It took her a while, but overall I ended up with only a few bandages on.

“She’s alright, her wounds are healing better than I expected, she’ll need to fly around for a bit, as well as stretch. Next to that and more bed rest, she’ll be fine. However that’ll take a while, days before she’s in fighting shape. Basically all of her deep wounds are healed up, she’ll still be a bit weak however.”

“Good to know.” Master floated me onto his back and she rolled her eyes going back to laying down. We went into the hallway and I spread out my wings causing them to crack a few times. It felt good to stretch. “Trying to fly away?”

“Nope.” I wrapped my wings around his front. “But my wings have grown, I couldn’t do this before.” My feathers were touching each other under his belly.

“We should go see how Sweetie Belle is doing after breakfast.” The second the name registered, a bolt of horrid sadness shot through my insides. It almost felt like a spear was going from one side of my body to the other, making me fold up my wings. I couldn’t even guess what they’d be doing right now.

Master turned going to the dining room. Sig and a few maids were waiting along with Velvet which was the silver stallion from Hegi Zebira that I had saved. It made me feel bad seeing him here, but, what could I do?

“Sir, how is your morning?” Sig asked,

“It’s going well, bring us food please.” She nodded and went into the kitchen with two of the four maids. “Velvet, come here.”

Velvet came over. “Yes sir?”

“I’m going to be having a few guests over. Tell Al and have him show you how to set up the ballroom. Go now.”

“Yes sir.” Velvet walked out of the room.

Master sat down and laid me on the chair next to him. That chair had a large fluffy pillow making it nice and comfortable. We didn’t really speak, Master just closed his eyes waiting for the food. After a few minutes the maids came out and we ate, I ate almost too much food, but I didn’t realize how starved I was. Though after everything that had more or less happened, and all my healing, it was nice getting normal food for a change.

“Scootaloo, are you full?”

“Yes Master.”

Master got up and floated me onto his back as the maids cleaned up the table. Master walked out into the hallway heading for the front. “Are you feeling any better after eating, I know it’s been a while.”

“I feel much better Master. Thank you for the food.” He smiled and pulled me forward enough to kiss my cheek. I wrapped my hooves around him. “I love you Master.” Master was just being so nice today.

“I’m glad, I haven’t heard you say those words in what feels like forever, they will never get old.”

“I’m sorry if I haven’t Master, just so much has happened. I haven’t been thinking straight, but I will always love you.” I nuzzled his neck.

“Good.” Master started up the stairs going to their room. He didn’t bother to knock, instead just walked inside the room without a noise.

What I had honestly expected was both of them either missing, dead asleep, rolling in pain or anything else. I mean anything else, not the moans of Sweetie Belle as she slid up and down Silver Tip’s dick.

The jolt of sudden shock locking of Master’s muscles made me almost fly off his back, but I ended up hitting the back of his neck with my snout when his momentum stopped but mine kept going forward. Master looked at me for a moment, shock completely across his face, then turning back.

“Why’d you stop me?” Sweetie moaned lightly, Silver Tip’s hooves on her sides held her in place. She turned following Silver’s eyes over to us, making her cheeks turn a cute pink along with her ear tips.

Something seemed to go through Master before he started breathing again, and shaking his head, as if clearing it. “I’m glad you’re both feeling better.” Master turned around and walked out of the room closing it behind him, locking the door with his magic. “I suppose we can go do something else in the meantime.”

“You said ponies were coming over or something?” I asked changing the subject.

“Ah yes.” He turned and started walking. “Friends, or rather there will be only six ponies of any importance here tonight. Al-Asitis will be one of the six, you know him already. You do correct?”

“Yes I know him, he’s a white unicorn with gold hair, and the king of Hegi Zebira. Yeah, I know.”

“Good, I can’t have you forgetting him.”

“What about Al-Baster?” I asked, and Master stopped for a moment. “Is he going to be coming?”

“He’s not coming, if Al-Asitis dies abroad, then someone will need to lead. It’s the same with Celestia and all the princesses. There’s always one in the country. Having it any other way would be dangerous.”

“And the others?”

“You haven’t met any of the others, but they are importance to the world. The whole point of the meeting is to have you meet them. They have wanted to meet you since that letter was sent out about us.”

“Oh.”

“Think of them like my generals if you would. If Equestria were to kill me or something, they’d be the ones going to war or dealing with it. Of course there are a few other that aren’t coming, but we’ll get to them at another time.”

We entered the ballroom and Velvet was setting up tables, Al was sitting to the side ordering him around, but really only him. He was setting up the entire thing alone. It wasn’t really surprising, he was learning.

“Hello sir,” Al said.

Velvet turned a second later. “Hello sir.”

“Always keep your surroundings in mind,” Al scolded, making Velvet turn. “You’ll have to know every single pony that enters this manner and their importance. Allowing any to walk in without notice is not acceptable. That is mostly for the fact that you’ll need to know whom is allowed to be here, and who isn’t as well as the care for your very own life.”

“Yes sir.”

“How goes the training?” Master asked.

“He’s not without promise, but it’ll take a considerably long time to train him. But it will get done.”

“Good.” Master walked over to a table, there were about thirty set up across the room making him look around. The dance floor was nicely polished. Master looked up at the ceiling and smiled. This room was quite the work of art. I looked at the ceiling, it was nice to see that again, but memories threatened to make my heart flow over.

“Any suggestions?” Al asked, and Master turned.

“Have a set up by the pool and contact the Gentle Colt Guild. I’d like my guests to be at least moderately entertained after our discussion.”

“Yes sir.”

“The event will start in about six hours. Make sure everything is ready.” Al nodded and Master walked out of the ball room and looked around. “Scootaloo, what would you like to do until the party starts?”

“I don’t know.”

“How about we go for a walk?”

“Sounds good, Master.” We went outside and I closed my eyes for a moment as the sunlight blinded me. It took a few seconds before I could see again. The warmth of the sun made me shiver. It felt good to get out once in awhile. “It feels good out here, I haven’t felt the wind in forever.” Master smiled and rubbed my side. Taking his hoof, I kissed it. “I love you, Master, thank you.”

Master smiled. “I love you too.” He started walking towards the front gate, a stallion in armor opened it letting us out. Something seemed a bit off, as we started down the street. Of course the thing wasn’t wrong with other ponies, as this time they bowed when he passed instead of turning away.

A vibe started to come off Master which seemed a bit odd honestly. I could feel the feelings swell inside him as if they felt contained.“Master, what’s wrong?” I asked, looking around us as we passed ponies.

“I think I want to move.”

“Move?” I asked.

“Yes, get out of Canterlot. Maybe move somewhere more quiet, someplace that isn’t so crowded.”

My heart started to race. There were dozens of ponies all around us. A sudden feeling of dread came over me, if Master moved what would that mean for Rarity’s plans? Or did she even plan on coming to save me? After what happen, she probably didn’t care anymore. “But ponies aren’t acting like they did last time.”

“I had that fixed last night. Everypony that was sent a letter received one from myself and Princess Celestia. We also had papers spread out and ponies now respect me again. Or at least understand that it’s not their business.” Master turned down a street seeing a newspaper vender with a few ponies around it reading. A paper floated over to him as a few bits went out from under his vest going over to the stand.

“May I see?” The paper went in front of me, and I looked at the front page. Princess Celestia gives Prince Jerard Marriage blessing. Those words were the biggest thing and the front page was really only that. I looked down, it went into a meeting with Celestia that happen yesterday with several newspapers. Also another thing I noticed was that this paper was marked as free edition. “Free?” I asked.

“Yes, I paid for the papers to be spread out to basically anypony that wanted it. It explains how there won’t be a public marriage. Next to that it explains how our bedside manner really wasn’t abuse. However the maid which sent out the letters didn’t understand the difference and it was misunderstood.”

Blushed spread across my face realizing what that meant. Glancing at a mare which was reading the same paper, her eyes met mine for only a moment before quickly looking away from me, blushing. Ponies now thought I was a masochist. I started to chuckle before laughing at what I’d just thought. “Oh that’s funny.”

“So what do you think of moving? And where to?” Master asked, smirking as he also enjoyed what I had noticed.

“Have Twilight and her friends forgiven you?” Master stopped mid step, but kept walking after a second. “Sorry.”

“Not in the least, so where do you think would be a good place to move?”

“Master.”

“Yes?”

“I, I have been hiding something.”

“What would that be?” Master started walking heading away from other ponies, looking around us.

“Rarity is going to try and get your title removed as prince or something like that, I’m not sure.”

Master chuckled and started to laugh for a minute. “I was wondering how long it’d take for you to tell me about that.”

“You knew?”

“I knew she’d try that the second she found out about me when she first saw your wounds. It took you weeks to say that. Of course you more or less hinted at it a while ago begging me to not kill her, but that was the first time you told me of her, well I guess I’d call that a plan. But don’t worry about it, I’ve known about her attempts. She isn’t the first pony which has tried to get my title removed because they hated me. Believe me, that is not a simple task, many have tried.”

“But what about the Elements of Harmony? They can even capture Discord. What if they use them on you?”

“That’s a very good point.”

“And what about Discord?”

“Scootaloo, I’ll share a secret with you.” He turned going into an alley and then made a bubble go around us, pulling me off his back, and pressing me against the wall. Master went to my ear and whispered very softly. “I have a very elaborate plan to deal with the elements and Discord.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, I’m going to trick the elements into thinking Discord’s me, and have them trap him. Once he’s out of the way, I’ll escape and replace one of the elements with a fake so they can’t use it against me. Once that’s done I’ll escape to another country. I’m just waiting for them to enact their plans for me.” He chuckled moving back. “Of course I’m joking. I have no real plan concerning them.”

“But what if they come after you?”

“Well I’m having Celestia protect me, so I’m sure I’m fine.”

“What if Celestia isn’t enough? What if the elements aren’t the strongest thing after you like what Fancy Pants said. What if Discord decides to help them? I’m scared to think of what’ll happen if so many ponies turn against you at once.”

“Let’s go back.” He floated me onto his back walking out of the bubble causing it to disappear. “If Celestia, and war isn’t enough, then there’s not much I can do about it. I doubt they’ll kill me, but if they do, I’ve prepared for that. That’s why I got you a new maid, a new butler, and it’s why I’m having a ball.”

“Wait, you’re actually thinking they’ll kill you?!”

“In two days, probably.” He chuckled, as we rounded the corner. “I mean, me dying would be horrid, but you’d gain everything I own. All the reason more to slit my throat. Of course that’d require you not killing yourself.”

“Or giving it all to Twilight.” Master stopped and turned to Rainbow Dash as she landed next to us. “That’d be a choice.” Small bolt of electricity rolled over her back, causing the hair on my back to stand up.

Rainbow Dash wasn’t in her armor, but something seemed vastly different, even though I had only seen her what seemed like hours, not two days ago. Her body was different. Dash seemed somehow more mature, stronger and gave off waves of power like she’d aged years in just the short time I hadn’t seen her.

“True, that’d work, Twilight is smart enough to handle everything. Hey wait a second, I thought Celestia told you to stay away.” Shock held me, I didn’t expect Das—Rainbow Dash to just pop up next to Master looking like she did or like anything. She was so lovely, and even after what I said, here she was.

“Give me Scootaloo.”

“Not a chance,” Master said snooty as if it was a joke.

“Rainbow Dash, I thought we talked about that,” I said plainly.

“Scootaloo.” She sighed as we stopped in front of the house gates. “Sadly I’m not here for you.”

“What?” Master asked as Rainbow Dash simply hopped over the gates and started for the front door. The gate opened and Master ran up next to her. “Where do you think you’re going? I didn’t say you could come onto my property.”

“Chill.” She opened the front door and walked inside. Master frowned seeing Sweetie Belle and Silver Tip at the bottom of the stairs with a few bags. “Are you two ready?” Rainbow Dash asked, looking at them.

“Yes,” Sweetie Belle said, picking up their bags with her magic.

“What’s happening here?” Master asked.

“We’re leaving,” Silver Tip said, and Master went up to him. Silver looked down a bit like he was ready to be scolded. “After yesterday, please, I-I’m, please let us go.” He looked up with puppy dog eyes at Master.

“You seemed fine this morning when you were screwing Sweetie Belle’s brains out, so I don’t see why you're leaving.” Rainbow Dash half frowned, but attempted to keep her disgust hidden off her face.

“That was—” Silver shivered. “That was—”

“So I wouldn’t be scared about having sex with my soon to be husband,” Sweetie Belle said, and we looked at her. “It, I.” She groaned. “I realized after last night I should’ve never come here.” She looked down. “I’m sorry Scootaloo, but I can’t save somepony like you, I just can’t do it.”

Something broke inside me. If there was a way to make what I felt get turned into some kind of sound, it’d be like a million plates smashing against the ground. My heart must’ve stopped because my body felt cold. Some part of me knew this was coming, or at least it’s what I wanted to have happen. Every ounce of me wanted her to leave, that wasn’t what shattered, but hearing it like that.

“That was harsh,” Master growled lightly.

“We’re leaving,” Silver said.

“Silver Tip, I believe we talked about this.”

“I know.”

Rainbow Dash looked at Master for a moment, but something seemed off, she didn’t seem to have hate in her eyes. It was almost like, I couldn’t quite understand it, what was I looking at? In such a little time Rainbow Dash seemed to have somehow changed into something else I didn’t understand.

“Silver, Sweetie, you head out first, I have to speak to Jerard,” Rainbow Dash said, but it was more of a passive order than anything, like she expected it to be followed, not demanded it like normal. Both of them took the bags and headed for the door.

“I’m not sure what you’re expecting Rainbow Dash, but I’m hardly planning on keeping them. I was never forcing them to be here in the first place.”

“I think you understand what you’ve done.” Sweetie Belle stopped, my eyes locked onto her as she shook. “And I think your guest finally understands why her being here, will only cause more pain to everypony involved.” A tear hit the ground and Sweetie ran out of the room, Silver quickly followed after her. Silver nicked the door causing it to close behind him. Rainbow Dash’s eyes followed after them.

“You look different,” Master commented.

Rainbow Dash turned to him finally looking at him. “Thanks.” She giggled almost playfully. “But you should know something.”

“And what’s that?”

“Playtime is almost over.” She chuckled darkly heading for the door.

“You’re an idiot,” Master said, and I yipped as Master suddenly pulled a feather from my wing with his magic. Rainbow Dash stopped just a mere few steps away from the door, her body was completely motionless.

“Master, you didn’t need to just pull it out.”

Master sniggered, smiling. “I’m sorry Scootaloo, but since Sweetie Belle left, I think I’m going to be getting very bored.” He wasn’t looking at me, and I knew this was about getting Rainbow Dash mad.

“You know I’ll do anything you want,” I said, and Rainbow Dash took another step toward the door.

“I think I’ll break your wings again, I hope Sweetie Belle will be happy with that.” His words didn’t stop Rainbow Dash, however my muffled screams did when his magic caused my wings to snap at their base.

“Please Master, stop, not in front of Rainbow Dash.”

“You never needed those wings in the first place.” Another snap rocketed across my body causing me to gasp.

“Stop,” Rainbow Dash whispered, not turning. SNAP. Her body trembled as another part of my wing broke making me scream into Master’s mane. “You’re hurting her.” SNAP. She started to shake.

“Oh I know, Scootaloo, don’t you just love it when I do it?” SNAP.

Coughing a bit, my hooves became faint holding onto Master. “Y-yes Master, I love it so much, again.” SNAP. “I love you,” I choked out.

“I love you too.” SNAP.

In some ways this felt wonderful, I couldn’t express that, but it felt good, or it felt wonderful being punished. What I’d done ,and what I had caused to Sweetie Belle, I deserved to be punished painfully.

“Scootaloo,” Rainbow Dash said, and she turned around looking directly into my eyes as I stared back. “I have to know, just one single thing.” Her voice was plain, not an ounce of emotion in it. “Do you enjoy it?”

A swell of emotions crushed my insides. “I deserve worse,” I said, smiling with the best and widest smile I could.

Something must’ve snapped, I could see it in her eyes and body. A ripple, not of her body but of the space seeming to surround her turned to water. “Give her to me,” Rainbow Dash growled. Her body seemed to condense as she bent down ready to pounce and destroy everything before her.

“Not in a million years.”

It was faster than a flash of light, but in the end Kila was bleeding on the ground in front of the wall to my right, Al was in front of Master, holding up a single hoof and projecting a shield around us, it was vibrating.

“Come now Rainbow Dash, you need to learn self control.” In that moment the pain was gone making me turn to my wings and realize it had been in my head. “And you really need to learn to stop falling for your emotions.”

The shield flickered around us as she realized it was a trick. “How can, how can you do that Scootaloo?” I looked at her in the eyes once again. “Tell me how you can let him snap your wings and still say you love him?” Rainbow Dash asked as her eyes locked onto mine, tears started to brim the edges of her eyes.

“Because that’s what love is. It doesn’t matter what happens, so long as you love that pony, everything will be alright. See, my wings are fine.” I unfolded my wings showing just how unbroken they were, she stepped back. “See?”

“Scootaloo, you’re broken, and you don’t even know it.” Rainbow Dash turned, heading for the door.

“I have a proposition,” Master said, quickly trotting in front of Rainbow Dash and stopping her.

“I have nothing else to say.”

“What if I told you that I would not harm Scootaloo so long as you’re with her. Not one single hair upon her little head.”

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. “Is that what you used to keep Sweetie Belle here so you could have her raped?”

“Anything she and Silver Tip did was of their own consent, they could’ve left at anytime, I wasn’t chaining them up. However Sweetie might’ve been under the idea that Scootaloo might come to harm if she left, but it really wouldn’t have mattered if she stayed or not. If my wife wants a beating, she’ll get one.”

“It’s pointless for me to talk to you Jerard, it really is. You’re too obsessed to kill her so I don’t have to worry.” She walked around him.

“But am I so obsessed that I wouldn’t cut her legs off or wings? I don’t need her running away or flying away. Actually my doctor Sethi, perhaps you know of her, but she knows a way to regrow limbs.” That made Rainbow Dash stop. “Who knows what I’ll do tonight without some kind of entertainment?”

“I think you’ve overestimated who you’re talking to Jerard. You’re a monster which can only be destroyed. Making a deal with you would be foolish, and I’m not a fool. I may follow my heart, but even I have my limits. You’d hurt her, and I’m not going to watch that, I’ve waited plenty, a little bit more hardly matters.” Rainbow Dash opened the door. “Scootaloo, I know how strong you are, that’s why I can leave without worry.” She walked out, closing the door behind her.

That terrible pain bounced around inside me as the door closed. Relief was the biggest emotion I felt seeing them leave. Finally, that need, that fear of losing Sweetie Belle was gone, she was safe with Dash, er, I mean Rainbow Dash. They were safe, so long as Master was happy, they would be safe.

“That was disappointing,” Master said, staring at the door. “I honestly thought I’d be able to get Rainbow Dash to stay.” Wait, was Sweetie Belle bait for Rainbow Dash?! I bit him on his ear tip. “OW!” he shouted, pulling me off quickly. “WHAT THE HELL?!” Narrowing my eyes I growled at him. “Don’t you growl at me.”

“Then don’t bring any more of my friends or family here, or I’m going to bite you every chance I get.”

“Excuse me?” he asked, pressing his forehead to mine, gritting his teeth. “Did you forget the last time you attacked me?” I looked away pouting. “You really don’t want to piss me off right now.”

“You said you wanted to move, let’s move back to Ponyville then.”

“Now you’re trying to get me mad. Do you not remember every single time you’ve gotten me even a little mad?”

“How about you get over yourself. At this rate I don’t think your dick is going to fit through the door way, or is that your head? I can’t tell the difference!”

“WHAT?!”

“I know very well what you were thinking. Just because you say you won’t have sex with other mares doesn’t mean you won’t have me do it for you and you watch. You wanted Sweetie Belle for that exact reason, and then now Rainbow Dash! Will you stop screwing with my loved ones by thinking with your dick?!”

“Thinking with my dick, I’ll show you thinking with my dick.”

“OH REALLY?!” I shouted, making him flinch at my half scream. “You know what, I want to go for a fucking walk! BY MYSELF! Set me down now!”

“You think for a single moment that I’m going to—”

“Set me down or I’m going to call Princess Luna, and how much do you want to bet she’ll hear me? Hmm?” His mouth hung open mid sentence, he closed it. “Set me down right now Jerard High-Blood, I’m not in the mood.”

It was more than pure shock when he set me down on the ground allowing me to stand on my own. “Fine, you want to go for a walk, the door’s right there. However, I’m not doing that because of your little threat, you need some fresh air to think, and I need to prepare for the ball.” I turned away from him and headed for the door. “But be careful out there alone, you never know just who is out in those dark corners.”

“Yeah, well at least I don’t have to worry about them raping anyone else but me!” I opened the front door and slammed it as hard as I could behind me. There was no way I was going to allow Master to touch Rainbow Dash.

Author's Note

Editing done by wubsy mcwubsington