Ancient Binds

Dark Shard slowly arose after feeling heat on his face, the sunlight atop it causing his eyelids to appear red from within. He opened his eyes slowly, sighing and getting up, feeling incredibly tired. He was in no way a morning pony, preferring the long nights...

He sat up in bed, yawning, before freezing, eyes widening. Of course, today was not a normal day. His eighteenth birthday... The day he became open for being claimed. The day that he simultaneously feared and revered.

He shot up out of bed, and to his feet, mind in a flurry of activity. He quickly washed, and generally made himself presentable, before leaving his room and having a large breakfast, feeling that he was likely to need it. While there were a few steadfast rules on what a mare could do to their captive, they were quite lax, so he would possibly need all the food and drink he could get. He had also made sure to leave all windows totally closed. At this point, a mare could order him to leave the house to become hers, which... would not be for the best at this point.

Finally seeing no other methods of procrastination, he sighed, looking to the door. His family would expect him to either be gone before they awake, or to go after seeing them... They probably would not care either way. What was coming up was his duty, and his mother would likely kick him out of the house, and not let him return until he has a spare moment away from some mares.

He slowly approached the door, trembling in nervousness, taking in it's full architecture. His route, and path, and timing, would determine the next three months of his life. What would be the fetishes of his 'owner'? Would they be sadistic or kind?  Only time would tell...

His horn glowed a deep blue as he shakily turned the key within the door, raising his hoof to open the door in it's entirety. He inhaled deeply, before exhaling, pushing the door open with closed eyes, before opening them within moments. He was greeted with the sights of his town, which gave off a very surreal vibe, the Mares in the town having shifted in a day from being friends and acquaintances to hunters. Predators. With him as their prey...

He left the house, an automated spell locking the door behind him after a few seconds. He could not bear to face his family. Not today... It would just be too embarrassing. He was sure they would understand.

And so, he turned right, and walked down the street, tense. Pretending not to notice the eyes of a few mares moving over him, before glazing over in lust. He exhaled shakily with a heavy blush, walking briskly down the street as he noticed a number stalk after him, each glancing to each other, acknowledging each other's presence. There was an unspoken law, with claiming. First one to catch or collar, enslaves.

Dark Shard trembled and blushed harder at the sight of another stallion being paraded around nearby, like some exotic pet. The earth mare following the other stallion grinning, her eyes on him as a whip was held within her teeth. Ready to strike if he stepped out of line, a number of simple rope systems arousing the stallion and fully revealing his pride, causing a heavy blush.

Dark Shard walked even faster, nearing a gallop as the Mares behind him rushed. One unicorn, two pegasi. Logic would argue that he would prefer the Unicorn, but for all he knew, she had some deeply sadistic desires. That was the silent horror for every stallion in this land; They could be dominated by anypony. And they would be helpless towards them.

Suddenly, the unicorn broke rank, grinning and pouncing forwards as a collar flew from somewhere concealed on her person, straight for his throat. Meanwhile, the two Pegasi leapt after him from the air, as he clenched his teeth nervously and came to a stop, closing his eyes and waiting for the first one to catch him, and claim his life, and most importantly body, as their own for the next three months. He couldn't help but feel arousal, causing a full blush as his 'pride' was exposed for all to see, all sorts of perverse images entering his mind.