A Full Tummy

A pain shooting up from my flank causes me to wake and roll over, as my face hits the other side of the pillow I jolt back again. I blink, but only my right eye opens and closes. What the hell? I try opening my left eye but it doesn’t respond. I reach a hoof up timidly and poke under my left eye, drawing it back quickly and whimpering in pain as I remember that’s the side of my face that was hit. Jesus, if it swelled up so much my eye is shut it must look like someone took a sledgehammer to my face. I flinch from the memory, it had felt like it too. I look down and sigh. Why did I make him so angry? That was stupid, I’m stupid, I should have never left without his permission. I shake my head at the thoughts. No! He doesn’t have this much control over me! I swallow as a few tears escape my eyes. Why am I lying to myself? He does have this much power over me. I have no way of leaving now, and if I try to run away... I shiver from the memories of what he said last night. I’m… I’m his… I put my head into my hooves and cry.

The door swings open and I pause my crying to see who it is. Berry is standing in the doorway, no food or anything with him. He looks up to me nervously. “Uhm… Good morning…” I watch fearfully as he steps closer. My entire body wants to back up against the wall and shrink away from him, but I choose not to as that might anger him again. He sits down on the bed next to me, his face anxious as he stares at me. “A-Are you okay?...” I don’t answer as he looks at the bruise on my muzzle. He raises a hoof and leans closer to look at it, causing me to shy away involuntarily. “S-Sorry…” He whispers.

I look away and go back to crying. Can’t he see I just want to be alone? I don’t resist as I feel one of his hooves wrap around me and pull me close to him. He rubs my back slowly, “I didn’t mean to hurt you, you know that, right?..” I sniffle and raise my hooves to my eyes, trying to stem the flow of tears. What if my crying is making him angry? I need to stop, I don’t want to get hit again. I can’t stop though as even more tears pour down my cheeks. He pushes my hoof away from my face, then places his hoof under my chin and pulls it upwards so I look at his face. I silently pray he isn’t mad, and I look down so I don’t have to see his expression. He whispers, “You know I didn’t mean it right? It was an accident, I promise…” It goes silent in the small room as he watches me pensively, does he want some kind of response or something from me?

The silence is unbearable. I look up at his eyes, they are searching around mine frantically as if he is scared. I sigh mentally and decide to respond, hoping it will make him leave. My mouth opens and I croak out, “I-I know…”

He lets out a deeply relieved breath and leans forward, kissing me on the cheek. “I love you Pink Petal…” I look down and to my right, trying to focus on something else. I don’t want to talk anymore, I just want to be alone. He watches me yet again with the same pensive look but I ignore it and shut my eyes tightly. After a few minutes of nothing I hear him sigh. “I need to go back downstairs now, there’s a birthday party waiting for me…” I bite my tongue as I feel his breath against my not bruised cheek. “I love you.” He mumbles into my ear before standing up and leaving, closing the door with a small click.

I sniffle and look around, my head a jumble of emotion and broken thoughts. I look up at the small window in the room, a clear blue sky for today. Maybe I need to get some fresh air, it might help my aching head and stretch out my bruised flank muscles. I slowly ease myself off the bed, stumbling as more weight than expected pushes me forward a few steps. I gulp and close my eyes, remembering how much candy I had yesterday and the fact that it is probably all in my flanks now. I timidly open my eyes and hold my breath as I turn my head to look behind me. My eyes widen and the breath I am holding is released as my jaw drops. I don’t even know what to compare it to. I should probably ask if it’s possible for my back legs to be crushed by the weight of my butt. I slowly lift my left hind leg and gasp as my round flank jiggles and wobbles just from that small movement. I sigh, well, I guess I’m just going to have to live with this. For the rest of my life…

I pause at that thought. Instead of being a male I am going to be Bubble Berry’s plump little mare for the rest of my life. At least he loves me, or claims to. That’s kind of strange to think about really, the fact that I’ll never have a cock ever again, it being replaced by a vagina. I do however get to experience one thing guys always think they are tough enough for, giving birth. I chuckle, I wonder if turning into a female made me tougher? I lower my eyes to the ground and swallow the lump in my throat. If that’s true, I’m not exactly showing it.

Pushing those thoughts to the side I walk towards the door, marvelling in the new feeling my rear is giving me. All that flesh, my round hips, moving and jiggling with every tiny twitch of my muscles. I can’t lie, it sort of feels good. I open the door of the bedroom and walk into the bathroom in front of it, casually looking up at the mirror while in thought. The breath in my throat freezes as I see myself, a teary eyed, blood smeared, mane disheveled wreck of a mare. I step closer to the mirror, looking at myself brings images of last night fresh into my mind, causing me to stumble and fall face first into the ground as I sob. I’m such a stupid mare, I never should have asked Dusk about leaving, I should have been content when I gave myself to Bubble Berry. I shake my head, it’s okay though, I had been forgiven so everything is okay now, or at least I hope so.

I pick myself up slowly as I take some calming deep breaths. I walk to the sink, purposefully keeping my vision away from the mirror so I don’t have to be ashamed of myself even more. The faucet flickers to life and I wait patiently for the sink to fill so I can clean myself. I dunk my muzzle into the cold water, swishing it around to try and wash off the caked blood that is stuck to my cheek. The temperature of the water sends a shiver down my spine as well as a very relaxing feeling over the bruise. I grab the side of the sink with one hoof and bring the other to my face, tenderly scraping off the last of the blood. I stop and look up to the mirror, satisfied with the current state of my muzzle. I turn around and dry my face on the towel slowly, grooming the fur back into it’s normal place. Hm, thinking about it now I should probably tidy myself up a little bit. I lower my muzzle down and sniff my fur, do I need to shower?

I shake my head, that can wait till later, right now I just need to be presentable so I can go downstairs and get some food because I am starving. I tilt my head as I comb my mane back into place with a hoof. Why didn’t Berry bring me any food this morning? Does this mean I get candy on my own now? I probably should, that might make him happy, and that’s always a good thing. I view myself in the mirror again and give myself a small smile, the bruise is still swollen beyond belief and it hurts to move my jaw at all, but at least the rest of me looks alright. I jiggle my way out of the bathroom and towards the stairs, my hips constantly shifting with the sway of my rear. I stop at the top of the stairs, wondering how I’m going to get down without my weight making me tumble to the bottom.

I think to myself, slow and steady Petal, slow and steady. I put my left forehoof down on the steps and begin descending, the sounds of a busy kitchen growing louder in my ears causes them to twitch. Apparently today is a very busy day for the bakery. Didn’t Berry say there is a birthday party happening? That will probably keep him working for a while. What should I do with my spare time? I wonder if I could help out around the shop. I don’t know how to bake, so that most likely won’t happen. Maybe I could clean for them? I’m not exactly an expert with hooves so I can’t do that. I sigh disappointedly, is there anything I’m going to be good at as a mare? I turn my head to look at the cutie mark I have, the delicate flower splayed on both sides of my hips. I remember Prince Solaris mentioning this has something to do with my special talent, but I honestly don’t know anything about flowers. My head lowers in shame, I’m so useless…

I look up as my hoof touches the tile floor of the kitchen. Mr. and Mrs. Cake didn’t seem to notice my presence, too wrapped up in baking for the party guests. I go past them and into the break room, searching around for any candy I could have for breakfast. Finding some stored away in a cabinet I bring out a bowl and scoop about half of the container into it, giving me a goodly sized portion to eat. I add some more hoof fulIs to my bowl, then pause for a moment to think. Should I take more? He never told me how much I should be having every day, or if I should even have any unless he gives it to me. I’m scared of making the wrong decision, what if he doesn’t like what I picked? What if I get beaten again? I shut my eyes tightly, he promised he’d never beat me again, but I’m still afraid. I guess I’ll take this and if he says more then I’ll get more? That works.

I set the remaining candy back in the cabinet and put my bowl on the table. I drag a chair close to me and flinch as I sit down, my rump still throbbing with pain from last night. I groan and shift my body, leaning over the bowl so less of my rear is touching the chair. I stare down into the candy and open my mouth but it immediately locks up in pain. How am I going to eat if I can barely use my muzzle? I sigh, I guess I’m just going to have to eat slowly then. I dip my muzzle into the bowl and stretch my jaw as much as the pain allows, taking in as much sweets as I can. I chew through the sugary food, grimacing in pain since my jaw muscles are constantly being pulled. I swallow and take a minute to breath and let the pain dissipate, I feel tears welling up in my eyes, the only thing I’ve been good at so far is eating candy, and I can barely do that now. My head falls into the bowl and I start sniffling, I’m on the verge of another break down. I’m so fucking useless, why does Berry keep me around?

The sound of hooves on tile keeps me from further self loathing as I look up to the visitor. Bubble Berry is standing in the doorway, a small bead of sweat on his brow, one of his eyebrows raised as he stares at me. I look down at the food in fright and force myself to eat through the pain. My jaw muscles clench and ache as I chew. God, this hurt so badly. I really hope he isn’t angry I’m not eating faster. His hoofsteps come closer and he speaks to me. “Petal…” I shut my eyes tightly and try to fit my candy inside of me. “Petal.” He says more firmly this time. My jaw shakes and my teeth chatter as the pain becomes too much and I can’t chew anymore, let alone open my mouth. Tears start to flow down my cheeks and my muzzle rests in the bowl. Damn it, damn it, damn it! I’m going to be beaten again just because my mouth hurts and I can’t use it. “Uhm, you didn’t have to eat candy you know, that’s why I didn’t bring you any.”

I look up to him while sniffling, feeling kind of dumb. I whisper out, “R-Really?...”

He nods. “Yep! I thought you would want something else, so I was gonna let you choose.” I blink a few times. Wow, I almost just had a panic attack over nothing. I sigh and look down at the tear stained candy still in the bowl, I don’t even feel like eating anything now. Berry stands awkwardly next to me for a minute before speaking. “I guess I’m gonna go back to that birthday party… bye…” He turns around and starts to walk out of the room.

I raise a hoof towards him. “W-Wait!”

He stops and turns around. “Hm?”

“I-Is it okay if uhm… I go out on a walk?” I watch him anxiously, hoping for approval so I don’t have to be inside all day.

His smile widens. “Sure! If this party finishes soon then I’ll catch up with you and we can walk together!”

I nod. “O-Okay, thank you…” He continues to grin before going back through the doors. I stand up and take the bowl, emptying its contents into the trash and bringing it to the sink. I stand in front of the sink for a few minutes, contemplating how exactly I’m going to clean this. I shrug, I’m not exactly adept with my hooves yet so I’ll let one of them clean it up, lest I accidentally break something and make a bigger mess. I walk into the kitchen, the sounds of laughter and chatter coming through the open double doors leading to the front of the store. Mrs. Cake comes through the open doorway with her head facing back to some other pony while laughing.

She turns to me and smiles, but freezes a second after and runs towards me panicked. “Oh my goodness! Dear are you alright? Where did that horrible bruise come from?” Before I have time to answer her eyes go wide and anger seeps into her voice. “Berry just came from here, did he do that to you? I promise you he is going to pay for--”

I shake my head and hold up a hoof automatically. “No! No, it wasn’t Bubble Berry Mrs. Cake, he was just checking on me.”

She takes a breath and nods. “Oh… alright, what happened to you then? Why didn’t you ask us for any help?”

I blink and stare for a second, shit, I need another lie. “I… uhm… I tripped, this morning, and landed on my cheek…”

She nods again. “Okay, are you alright though? Do you need an ice pack or something? It looks awfully painful.”

I shake my head and force a smile, god, just talking is causing unbearable pain now. Forcing my jaw open earlier to eat that candy really screwed it up more than it already was. “No, I’m fine, it looks worse than it is. I promise.”

She walks closer and inspects the bruise, worry still evident in her eyes. “Are you sure dear? You must of ran full speed into a wall for it to bruise this badly.”

I grab her hoof with mine and bring it to the ground. “Yes Mrs. Cake, I’m fine. I’m going to go out on a walk now, I promise you there’s nothing to worry about.”

She sighs and hugs me tightly. I’m slightly bewildered but decide to hug her back. “Okay okay, I’m sorry, I tend to worry about ponies a little too much. I’m going to be here all day though so if you need anything just try and find me.”

I nod and break away from the hug, giving her a smile. “That’s fine Mrs. Cake, thank you very much for letting me stay here.”

She blushes and waves it off with a hoof. “Oh there’s no need to thank me, I’m just doing what I think is right.”

I hug her tightly, catching her off guard. “Thank you, if you ever need help around the shop I will okay? I’d like to repay you.”

She stammers back. “I-If you insist, really it’s okay dear--.”

“No, I want to help. I think I’m going to be living here for a while, so I’d like to do my part here.”

She sighs and returns the hug. “Well alright, I don’t want to force it onto you though.”

I giggle. “You’re too sweet Mrs. Cake.”

Her blush deepens. “Oh stop it, go on your walk now before I have you clean the whole house.”

I nod, continuing to giggle. “Okay okay, I’ll see you later Mrs. Cake.” I stop hugging her and walk out of the doors. There are large tables with all manners of snacks and cakes and drinks stationed around the room. I stay to the outside of the party area, looking at all the ponies conversing and laughing. Some are playing games, some are dancing to music, I chuckle as I see Berry hopping around all the groups of ponies. I catch his eyes and he waves to me, I wave back and head out the door so I don’t interrupt his party.

I step into the fresh breeze of Ponyville’s streets. All of them are bustling about, taking care of business. The ambient noise of the area reaches my ears and calms me in a way, the sound of hooves and talking ponies, crying foals and shushing mothers, bargainers trying to get the best deal on an item and stall owners declining them, and just the general hubbub of chatter is in its own way pleasing. I mix into the group, aimlessly wandering around as I relax and let some of the stress of the past few days fade away. I wave and smile to the random ponies of the streets, the gesture being reciprocated back to me.

My thoughts pick up on this and almost make me freeze in place. As a pony, and definitely as a mare, I’m welcomed here. Everyone is kind to me, everyone is helpful and sweet towards me. Would I have received that same treatment if I were still human? I’m thinking probably not, especially since I was a male. Even though I was a different species, considering the already large amount of stallions compared to mares, they probably wouldn’t like me being here as a human. I blink and look to my left, I spot a stallion just standing there and ogling my voluptuous flanks. I smile and wave at him. He gawks for a few seconds longer before blinking and shaking his head, then returning the wave. I blush lightly, well that was a little strange, I’d never had anyone look at me like that before, except for Berry. I look around and notice that that particular stallion hadn’t been alone, a good number of the stallions in the area were looking at me, not in a friendly way either. They all have the look Berry did before he tried to rut me yesterday after I had finished eating candy.

My whole face is burning with embarrassment, it must be bright red right now. I lower my swishing tail to cover my rump as best as I can, which isn’t saying much because it’s so big. God, I hate these pony bodies. You can just see everything! The only thing that I can cover myself with is my tail, but the rest of my naked ass is on full display to everyone! I lower my head so no one sees my blush. I hope they know that I belong to Berry, and that I will never get with any other stallion. Now that I know I’m being watched lustily, I can’t help but feel every single vibration and jiggle in my gargantuan, exposed butt as I walk down the street. It’s almost like I can sense all of their eyes watching me and craving my body. Part of me is proud I’m getting all this attention and that I really am such an attractive mare, the other part is scared beyond belief and is wishing for Bubble Berry to be here to fend them off.

I look to my left and right and notice the males still eyeing me hungrily. I should head back to Sugarcube Corner before one of them makes a move on me. I turn my head forward and blink as two stallions walk out of an ice cream shop with a cone each. My mind finally remembers their names, it’s Rainbow Blitz and Applejack! I should go talk to them, it might give me a minute to get away from the gazes of the stallions near me. The two turn away from me and walk in the opposite direction.

“Oh uh... hey you two! Wait up!” I half yell to the two ponies walking away from me. They both stop and turn around. I trot towards them, eager to get away from the attention but slowing down a bit when I realise I have no idea what I’m going to say.

Applejack smiles and waves, careful not to drop the cone, “Hey there Petals! How’re you enjoyin’ your stay in Ponyville?”

Before I know it I am within a few feet of them and I’m still drawing a blank on what to say. Oh right he asked me a question. “Uhm... Good, good, all the ponies here are nice so I’m doing okay...”

Blitz looks at my face curiously, “Hey Pink, what happened to the cheek?”

I freeze up and instantly look around to see if Berry is near. God damn it I need to stop being so submissive! I could handle myself for christ’s sake! Well, thinking like that earned me this little bump when I thought I could go to Dusk without asking him. I sigh, “I just tripped is all.”

Blitz nods. Applejack chuckles, “So from what I’ve heard, you’ve been makin’ some friends around here, is that right?” Blitz joins in with the chuckling, both giving me some kind of knowing look.

I swallow. Friends? I didn’t really know any of the ponies. I guess Dusk Shine is my friend, he seems like a decent enough stallion. “I haven’t really met many ponies, so I wouldn’t say that...”

The blue pegasus just rolls his eyes. AJ cracks up, “I don’t think you're understandin’ what I mean Petals. We’ve heard some rumors about you and some pony gettin’ together.” He raises his eyebrows suggestively. Oh no. oh no, oh no, oh no. There’s rumors about me and a stallion getting together going around town? What if Berry hears about them? He’ll probably beat me, then fuck me, and then beat me again! I look around panickedly, what do I do? Should I run back to the shop and plead with him?

Blitz sighs as he sees I don’t understand, “He means Berry has been telling us you’ve been sleeping with him, is that true?”

Oh... oh phew, that was close. Well, I guess I don’t have to worry about the stallions from town trying to hit on me, Berry is letting anyone and everyone know we are a couple. “Oh, yeah, we’re uh... together, I guess.”

AJ raises an eyebrow. “You guess? Around these parts, you don’t want to ‘guess’ about being with a stallion or not, otherwise you might get some unwanted attention.”

I nod. “Right, right, thanks for the advice.”

He gives me a toothy grin. “So speakin’ of relationships, how’ve you and him been gettin’ along?”

I bite the inside of my cheek and look at the sky. How have we been getting along? Pretty decently I would say, minus last night… and some of the previous nights… I shiver. “Uhm… okay I think… it’s been a little rough.” It probably isn’t in my best interest to tell them the details of our relationship and its proceedings.

Blitz frowns slightly. “Anything we can do to help?” He uses the cone to point at himself and Applejack. “We know Bubble Berry pretty well.” AJ nods in agreement.

“Hmm.” I chew on my tongue. Should I ask them for help? They are good friends with him, maybe they can ask him to be a bit more gentle with me? That would be nice. “Well… would you guys mind talking to him for me?”

Blitz shrugs. “Sure, I don’t see why not. AJ?”

Applejack gives me a warming smile. “I’d be ashamed if I didn’t help a friend in need.”

I blush, why is this so difficult to ask? I draw circles in the dirt with my hoof as I think over what to say. “Uh… C-Could you ask him to be a bit more… gentle with me? He’s a little uhm… overexcited about things?”

Applejack looks to Blitz and then back to me before chuckling. “Overexcited? Yeah, I can see that, you are his first mare after all. But I think we can talk to’em, tell him to calm down for ya.” He smiles towards me. His brow suddenly furrows as he looks past me and to something else. “Speak of tha devil, there he is headin’ towards us!” He chuckles again. “That’s Berry for ya, mention his name three times and he’s there ready to throw a party.”

I blink and turn around as I see Bubble Berry excitedly hopping towards us, a grin covering his entire muzzle. “Hey AJ hey Blitz!” He kisses me on the cheek and presses his nose against mine causing my cheeks to rosen. “And a hello to you sweetie.”

“H-Hi.” I mumble and kiss him quickly on the lips.

He grins and returns the favor before pulling back and looking at the two stallions waiting patiently behind me. I turn around and he wraps a hoof around me, holding me close to him. “So what’s going on over here ponies?”

AJ grins at our affection for each other. “Well Petal over here was just chattin’ with us. Actually we were also going to talk to you, see Pet-- Ow!”

Blitz nudges AJ in the side and motions with his eyes towards me. Applejack raises an eyebrow and scratches his head. Blitz stumbles over his words as he thinks. “We were curious if you were free next weekend, we were planning on hanging out, but uhm… Petals, she wanted to talk to you about something, so we are going to wait until after…? Yeah, that’s what we were talking about.” Damn it Blitz! You’re going to make me talk to him about this!?

Bubble Berry tilts his head. “Next weekend? That should be fine, there’s no parties to throw.” He turns his head to me. “What did you wanna talk about sweetie? Did something happen?”

I look to Blitz and AJ. The rainbow pony smiles encouragingly and Applejack is still confused. I sigh, fine, I’ll talk to him. I turn to Berry, his large blue eyes staring at me curiously. “I uhm… I wanted to talk to you about… about us.” My eyes shift over to Blitz and he nods, motioning me on. AJ makes an ‘Ooooh’ face as he picks up on the situation. Blitz nudges him again and the two start walking away.

I turn back to Berry’s gaze. He nods, still curious. “Okay, what about us?”

I swallow the lump that began to build in my throat. How do I say this to him? Should I just tell him how I feel? What if he gets angry again? I shake my head, stop worrying about his temper! He promised me and I trust that. “Well uh… You see, uhm… Oh gosh, how do I ask this…”

He kisses me on the nose and smiles. “Just ask me, I won’t be angry, I promise.”

I take a shuddering breath. Alright, he says just ask him, so I will. “C-Can you be more gentle with me? I mean, I liked rutting and and uhm… I k-kinda liked when you spanked me that one time, bu-but can we tone it down a little, please? I’m starting to be really scared of you, and I d-don’t want to be…” The whole time I’m talking he’s watching me, causing me to stumble more over my words than normal. After I finish it goes quiet for a minute, the only thing that happens is me staring anxiously into his eyes and him looking into mine as if he were thinking about something.

His face suddenly brightens up and he grins and kisses me. “Oh! Don’t worry okay, don’t worry, I can fix this! Oh man I’m stupid why didn’t I do this before!!” My mouth opens a couple inches and I tilt my head. What is he going on about? This has nothing to do with my fear of him. He hugs me tightly, “Okay, I’m gonna go, but like I said it’s gonna be great!” He lets go of me and hops away higher than normal, leaving me standing in the same place as I try to make sense of his nonsensical reply.

I sigh and start walking back to Sugarcube Corner, I guess I’ll talk to him later when he isn’t so distracted or something. Maybe this was just a bad time? From his reply he didn’t seem awfully attentive to what I said, does that mean he doesn’t care about me? What if his excitedness was fake and he’s actually just going to find some new way to hurt me even more? A shiver rolls down my spine and I can’t help but think about that. What if I just made a huge mistake telling him how I actually feel? I step into Sugarcube Corner, the smell of pastries and recent partying not helping to cure my gloominess. I sniffle as I walk into the kitchen. He doesn’t care, why would he care? I’m just some stupid mare, getting all emotional over nothing. Maybe I should be this scared of him, I probably deserve to be beaten because I’m such an idiot.

I look up while sniffling, Mrs. and Mr. Cake are cleaning up the mess made by the party. I wipe the recently gained tears from my eyes and head over to them, eager to distract myself with some kind of work. “M-Mrs. Cake?” I question as I near her.

She turns around, picking up a plate of half eaten cookies. “Yes dear? How was your walk?”

“It was good… Is there anything I can do around here for you two?” I needed some chore, some task to get my mind off of my worries.

She shrugs and points around the room. “Well we’re cleaning this up right now, it would be nice if you could help but you don’t have to.”

I smile to her and go about picking up trash and leftovers. “Thank you, I could use some work.”

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The next few hours passed without notice as I cleaned up some lucky pony’s birthday party. There was wrapping paper everywhere so they must be quite happy with all those new presents. It was mostly silent during clean up, Mr. and Mrs. Cake taking care of the occasional customer if they happened to walk in. The afternoon faded into evening as I finished up everything, and finally I sit down on my plump cheeks to rest, a few beads of sweat running down my face. Thankfully, the pain in my butt is gone, meaning I can properly rest now. I look around at the clean room, smiling as I breath and allow my hooves a break. I stand up and walk to the kitchen, Mrs. Cake cleaning the last of the dishes. She turns her head to me as I walk in and gives me a weary grin. “Thank you for the help, the mister and I would of been up into the late hours without your help.”

“Anything I can do to help.” I walk towards the stairs. The jingle of bells comes from the double doors behind me and Mrs. Cake trots out to greet a customer. I step up the stairs tiredly, I should probably shower and then sleep. I wonder where Berry is, he’s been gone all afternoon when he said he was going to do something.

Halfway up the stairs I hear Mrs. Cake’s voice call out to me. “Petals! You have someone here for you!”

I sigh and trudge down the stairs to see Rainbow Blitz standing at the bottom of them. “Hey there Petals, you ready?”

I sit down on the bottom step and look at him. “Ready for what?...”

He stops and gives me a strange look. “Uhm, the party Dusk is having at the library? He didn’t ask you to go?”

I blink and stare at him. Party? What party? Dusk Shine is throwing me a party? I don’t remember him mentioning this. “Uh, no?”

“Oh… well, there’s a party, for you, at the library. Aaand I was sent here to get you.”

“Well then…” My exhausted brain tries to think this over but I’m having no luck whatsoever.

“Mhm. In that case, do you want to go?”

“Sure, I guess, give me a minute?”

He nods. “Sounds good, you do look pretty worn out. I’ll be down here when you’re ready.” I nod and go back up the stairs. A party, for me, from Dusk Shine. I reach the top of the stairs and go into the bathroom, getting ready for a shower because I smell like sweets and sweat. As I turn the water on and wait for it to heat up I zone out. Should I go back on what I said to Blitz? What if Berry comes home and he doesn’t see me here and he panics and looks for me? And then what if he finds me and sees me partying with a bunch of stallions? Oh this could end really, really badly.

I step into the shower, the hot water washing away all of the grime from cleaning. As I shampoo my fur I sigh in indecision, do I go or stay? Maybe I should write a note and leave it on the bed for him to find. Wait, what am I talking about? I can barely wash my self with hooves and now I’m thinking about writing? I’d probably have to use my muzzle because I see no other way of doing it, so that would be impossible. I roll onto my back and wash my belly. What am I going to do? I guess I’ll ask Blitz if he’s seen Berry around. I finish showering and I dry myself. I turn to the mirror in the room and I style my mane and tail back into place, although a tad wet it still looks nice. One day I’m going to have to ask Mrs. Cake about makeup and whatnot, I have to look pretty for Berry.

Satisfied with my current appearance I head downstairs to Rainbow Blitz who is sitting on the last step of the stairs. He looks to me and floats up on to his hooves using his wings. “You good?”

I nod. “Mhm.”

“Then lets get goin’.” He heads out of the kitchen and I wave to Mrs. Cake, she stops her task and waves goodbye as we move out of the shop. The walk to the library is quiet, both of us just looking around at the other ponies as shops begin to close and night time settles in. I look over to the setting sun as it rests behind the hills to the west. I look to the sky, some of the brighter stars are already showing their faces in the fading light of the day. A fresh breeze rolls in from the east, easing my muscles ever so slightly. This is a pleasant evening, I wish I could just lay out in the grass somewhere and enjoy it. Lost in thought I hardly notice as the library looms closer and we are both eventually stopped in front of it’s door. Blitz, rather than knocking on the door, simply opens it and walks in. He turns back to me. “Coming in?” I shrug, so much for pleasantries.

I step into the library and close the door behind me before turning around. My eyes go wide as I gawk at all of the decorations, it hardly even looks like a library now. Streamers and lights are scattered across the bookshelves, a few tables were set out with drinks and snacks, there is even a small dance floor in the middle of everything. I look around at the ponies here, there were only a handful. They were all grouped around a table talking, three were ponies I already know, Rainbow Blitz, Applejack and Dusk Shine, the other two were strangers. One is a yellow pegasus with a pink mane and tail, the other a white unicorn with a very styled purple mane and tale, both were stallions. Dusk notices my arrival and waves me closer to the group.

“And this is the guest of honor!” He says as he points to me.

The white unicorn trots closer to me and gives me a friendly smile. “Why hello there miss, I am Elusive, and your name if I may be so inclined?”

I blush as he picks up my hoof and kisses it. “P-Pink Petal, my name is Pink Petal.”

He grins wider still. “A lovely name for a lovely mare.”

My blush deepens and I look away so he doesn’t see it. I spot Spines over to the side, fuming angrily. Does she have a crush on him? That’s so sweet! A voice calls out from my left. “Hey! You’ve got your own mares to look for, she’s mine ya know!” Bubble Berry hops over the other ponies, apparently that’s possible, and lands next to me, faux anger covering his face.

Elusive pulls his hoof away and holds it up defensively. “I was simply introducing myself the way a gentlecolt should.”

Berry rolls his eyes. “Suuuure, I’ve got my eye on you though fancy pants!” I gasp in surprise as I watch Berry lean forward on his front two hooves, his eyes comically stretching out of their sockets and nearly touching Elusive’s. He backs away and they both fall into a fit laughter. I’m standing there bewildered. What the heck was that!? His eyes just stretched impossibly far! Is he okay?

Dusk Shine trots over and whispers into my ear. “Don’t worry about Berry, he sort of defies science and logic for some unknown reason, it’s quite off putting but you get used to it after a while.” I nod in response and then look around for that yellow pegasus, where did he go? Is he not going to introduce himself?

Bubble Berry grabs me by the side and drags me over to a table. “Come on Butters! She’s harmless!” My eyebrow raises as the shaking yellow pegasus comes out from under the table. He looks at me, maybe not fearfully, but definitely apprehensively.

“H-Hello…” He mumbles.

I smile and extend a hoof towards him, which he instantly reacts to by shivering away as if I have the plague. “Hello.” I respond, still very confused.

Berry points to him, “Pink Petal, this is Butterscotch.” He points back to me, “Butterscotch, this is Pink Petal.” I smile towards him, he returns it but still seems antsy. Berry waves a hoof. “Don’t worry about him, he likes new ponies but he just needs to get used to them!” I nod understandingly. Berry looks at everyone. “Okay, so where do we begin party ponies?!”

Most of the ponies shrug in response. Dusk Shine answers. “Well, we could all have dinner, and then do games and whatever else afterwards.” Everyone nods in agreement, some solid food sounded pretty amazing right now, especially with only a little bit of candy in my stomach for the whole day. We all gather around a long table and take our seats, Dusk is at the head of the table with me on his right, Elusive is on my right and next to him is Applejack. Butterscotch is directly in front of me and sitting next to him is Bubble Berry, followed by Rainbow Blitz. Spines walks over and begins to set down trays of fresh vegetables and other assorted greens. After setting those down he walks back with cups filled with varying drinks.

Everyone immediately digs in and the banter begins, stories of incredible achievements, past relationships, current statuses on jobs. I take a backseat on the action and spectate, grinning as I watch old friends talk and eat. I look down at the plate in front of me, my first real food in days. I pick up a leaf of lettuce and bite into it. Even with the slight aching of my jaw my taste buds explode with flavor as I can finally enjoy something that isn’t candy. I close my eyes, lost in the bliss of crunchy, fresh vegetation. A small part of me ached for meats but that is quickly extinguished as I take another bite. I swallow and grab for more of the delicious food, queuing into the chit chat among the stallions. Apparently there is fierce debate from the far side of the table over just who is the stronger stallion.

I glance over to Bubble Berry and something in my brain twitches. My hoof automatically grabs for more food, my teeth chew faster, the small aching in my jaw pounds through my head. I force my hoof down onto the table. What the hell is getting into me? I should be enjoying this, I’m just having a nice dinner with ponies that are my friends. I’m not trapped in a room with a bowl of candy, b-being force fed and and sexed until I give in… I shudder and lower my head, unable to stop a few tears from escaping my eyes. Damn it, what is wrong with me?

A hoof touches me on the shoulder and I look up to see a worried Dusk Shine. He whispers to me so the other ponies don’t notice. “Are you alright Petal?”

I whisper back. “I’m fine.”

“Are you sure? Something seems wrong.”

I nod. “It’s alright, just thinking a little bit.”

He nods and leans back in his seat. I go back to slowly eating, only to give my stomach something since it is empty. The other stallions were too busy with the festivities to notice my small breakdown and dinner continued unabated. After about ten minutes Dusk stands up and the whole table goes silent. “Hello, friends, all of us here have gotten to know each other quite well over the years, and it’s always a pleasure to celebrate that friendship.” Everyone shows signs of agreement before Dusk continues. “But this celebration is not for that, it is a welcome to our new friend, Pink Petal.” I smile to all the stallions, receiving grins and nods in reply. Dusk raises his glass with his magic. “Cheers to that we become good friends with her and accept her as so.”

“Cheers!” Everyone calls out and the room goes silent as everybody drinks from their drink. I blush as I drink from my own cup of water, all this celebration, going just to me. I’m going to have to thank Dusk personally afterwards for setting all of this up. Everybody stands from their seat.

“So, who’s ready to party!” Bubble Berry calls out. Everyone responds with laughs and nods.

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The party has been going wonderfully so far, everyone has been laughing and enjoying each other’s company. There were so many games to play and things to do with each other, it was like never ending fun. I giggle and walk away from the group of stallions as they crowd around what do next, I need a minute to calm down. I walk to the small table with punch on it, getting slightly irritated as I futz around with the stupid ladle. Gah, being a unicorn must be amazing because you don’t have to deal with this. Suddenly the ladle floats in a purple magic along with a cup and it is filled for me. I turn to see Dusk Shine walking over to me and his horn is glowing.

He smirks. “Enjoying the party?”

I nod. “Mhm, thank you very much.”

He sets the cup on the table next to me. “It’s no problem.” He stands next to me as I drink deeply from the cup, punch-y goodness right here. “Is it alright if I speak with you for a moment Petal?”

I nod. “Sure, what about?” He takes me off to the side of the party, a bit separated from the group.

“Do you remember how you asked me to keep searching for you?”

“Yes.” I reply, my happiness fading as the conversation grows a bit more serious.

“I just want to let you know I didn’t find anything, I figured you would appreciate that.” He lowers his head and looks to the side. “I’m sorry.”

I smile, actually kind of happy about that, now I don’t have a nagging fear about potentially going back. “It’s fine Dusk, thank you for telling me.” He smiles and begins to walk away. “Uhm, wait, Dusk. I have a question.” He turns around curiously looking at me. I stammer out my question, not sure if I should feel dumb for not knowing this. “What does my cutie mark mean? I honestly don’t know anything about flowers, so I’m kind of confused why this is mine.”

He cranes his neck to the side, analyzing the small symbol of a flower on my hip. He starts chuckling and then shushes himself. “I-I’m sorry, this shouldn’t be humorous, that’s very disrespectful of me.”

“What? What is it?” Well he knows something, and apparently it’s funny.

“Well, the meaning of your cutie mark. Rather than a normal pony who earns it by finding their special talent, yours is a representation of your capabilities.”

What? That made absolutely no fucking sense. “Explain.”

He sighs. “Well, lets say a normal pony earns their cutie mark and it is a flower, that means that they excel in garden work or something having to do with it, yes?” I nod and he continues. “Yours was not earned though, you were transformed into this pony and given that cutie mark. And you aren’t exactly going to like why.”

“Well… why?”

He points to the cutie mark. “Well, as you know, you were basically transformed to bear children.” I nod, knowing this to be true. He continues and points at my hips. “That is a real flower, the Katigo Lilly, it grows naturally throughout Equestria. It is characteristically known for being pollinated multiple times and flourishing quickly in areas before dying to serious temperature change or predators. It is also known for being a small, dainty flower. The prince seems to have pulled much of his inspiration from it when transforming you, since you are, or at least were, a very small mare compared to the average one. And if I had to guess, I would say you are much more fertile than any normal mare.”

I blink and stare at the floor. “Well then…”

He sighs and gives me a pat on the back. “I understand, and I am sorry.”

I shake my head, no point in being depressed. Okay, so how I look is based off of a flower and I’m going to have a lot of kids, hopefully Mr. and Mrs. Cake won’t mind expanding the store for the time being. I grin. “Thank you for the help Dusk, and thank you again for the welcome party, I feel much better after making some friends here.”

“Me? Throw the party?” He laughs loudly. “Petal, all of this was Bubble Berry’s doing, he just asked me to use the library for tonight. He set up everything, all the games and the music, even the dance floor. I’m going to have to ask him sometime how he got that inside of here anyways.”

“R-Really?”

“Mhm, he asked me if he thought it was a good idea and I agreed, then he went about setting it all up.”

“Wow…” I whisper, stretching my neck to watch Bubble Berry play a game with his friends. His laughter reaches my ears and I feel a little spark inside of my heart. Dusk Shine sees my expression and smiles, moving out of the way as I walk towards him. Everything around me slows down, the sounds of laughter and merriment, the sound of my hooves all fade away. My peripheral vision goes blurry as my eyes focus intensely on Bubble Berry. I feel my heart jump and then flutter in my chest as Berry catches my gaze and walks towards me, that playful smile that I know and love on his face. Everything stops as we standing in front of each other, muzzles spaced a few inches apart.

“Hey…” he whispers.

I blush. “H-Hi…”

“Having a good time?”

I nod. “Mhmm…”

“That’s go--.” I cut him off, leaning forward and connecting lips. His eyes go wide in surprise before closing and focusing on the kiss. It feels like an eternity passes as we stand there, in the tiniest of physical touches, but lost in the endless sea of feelings for each other. Our lips fit perfectly together as what must be decades, even lifetimes flow by us in that moment. I eventually pull away, forced to by my body’s need for air. We both open our eyes at the same time and blush, grinning like crazy ponies. He whispers. “Do you wanna uh… go back home?” I nod in response and he turns around to his friends. “Hey guys, Petal and I are gonna call it a night. Cya later!” They all call out their goodbyes as we leave the library.

He opens the door for me and I walk out and stumble for a moment, my hooves shaking from weariness. My body still needs to get used to how heavy I am, especially since I’ve been on my hooves all day. I feel Berry’s hooves wrap around me and I’m picked up easily in his grip. I blush and make a small ‘eep’ sound as he sets me on his back. He calls back to me as he begins walking. “Better?”

I nod and murmur. “Mhmm…” I wrap my forehooves around his neck, hugging him tightly. I sigh contentedly and look at the night sky, thousands of stars shining down towards us, illuminating the streets with their gentle light. The walk back to Sugarcube Corner is peaceful, no words are exchanged, but the feeling of his back muscles flexing and unflexing as he walked, the small lift and fall from him breathing in and out, that is enough.

We step into the small shop, Mrs. Cake greeting us as we do. “Was the party fun?”

We both nod and I nuzzle my good cheek against the back of Berry’s neck tenderly. He slowly steps up the stairs, me resting on his back, nearly falling asleep because it’s so comfy. He steps into our room and sets me on the bed carefully. “I’ll be back in a moment.” He whispers and walks out of the door. I roll over. Tonight was a good night, Berry has been so kind to me, throwing me that incredible party, I feel like I can actually say I’ve made some friends now. I rub my filled stomach, that food at the party had been amazing as well. I should really pay Berry back for being so kind. Somehow…

I grin deviously and get up from the bed. I position myself with my forehooves on the bed and my back legs spread. As I hear our bedroom door open I lift my tail up and to the side and look back. Berry freezes in place, a shocked expression on his face. “Uh-Uhm, we don’t have to tonight, I know you’re tired…” My eyes trace down his body and I see his cock hardening and already leaking a few drops. I bite my lip as I shake my ass, my luscious curves jiggling enticingly. I see him blink and swallow, his cock throbbing hard and smacking his belly with a soft pat. He steps forward and places his hooves on my rump. I don’t think I mind doing this for him, even if that means occasionally having a full tummy.