A train pulled into Ponyville’s station. As numerous passengers exited the train from the front, a door slid open on a reserved car at the back of the train. Princess Twilight stepped out, took a deep lungful of air, and let it out all at once. “Ahh… It sure is great to be back in Ponyville again! It’s been more than a week since I’ve been here!”

Behind Twilight, Sunny Shores also stepped off the train. “Yes, it is good to be back home… though, it’s only been a couple of days for me.”

Twilight turned back to Sunny. “So, who would you like to meet first?”

“Gosh, I’m not sure…” Sunny replied, looking away bashfully. “I still can’t believe you’re going out of your way to personally introduce me to the rest of the former bearers of the elements of harmony.”

“Well, I did say I’d introduce you to my friends, and I wouldn’t be much of a princess if I didn’t keep my word, right? I know, let’s start with Pinkie Pie! I bet she already knows you, anyway.” Since Pinkie knows everypony in Ponyville, Twilight silently added in her head.

“Okay!” Sunny said with a nod of her head. “You’re probably right, she’s thrown me a party or two before.”

“To Sugarcube Corner it is, then!”

A bell jingled as Twilight opened the door to Sugarcube Corner, Sunny walking in right behind her. There were no other patrons, which wasn't too odd for this early on a Sunday. The only pony there was a very bored looking Pinkie Pie sitting behind the counter.

Pinkie’s face lit up when she saw who had entered. “Heya, Twilight! Hey, Sunny!” Pinkie greeted them with a cheerful grin. She bounced over the countertop to meet them halfway in, and gave Twilight a big hug, which the alicorn was quick to return. “You shouldn’t stay away from Ponyville for so long, Twilight! It just isn’t as fun of a place to be without you here!” She pulled back and looked expectantly at the two of them. “So what can I do for you?”

“Well, I told Sunny here that I was going to formally introduce her to you and the rest of the girls, so that’s why we’re here!”

Pinkie giggled. “But I already know Sunny, silly! I threw her her 16th birthday party!” She turned to the sea green mare. “Remember, Sunny? We did bobbing for sea cucumbers!”

Sunny nodded her head. “Yes, I remember, Pinkie. It was one of the best parties I’ve ever had.”

“Although…” Pinkie began, a hoof on her chin. “I suppose it’s true that we were never really formally introduced, so I guess we can do that now!” She grabbed Sunny’s hoof and shook. “Hello, Sunny! I’m Pinkie Pie! What’s your name?”

Sunny blinked in confusion. "But you just said..." She shook her head and just smiled. “My name is Sunny Shores. It’s nice to meet you, Pinkie Pie”

“Woohoo, introductions done!” She sat back down on the ground and looked to Twilight. “So, what’s the occasion? I don’t think you’ve ever done anything like this, before. Formally introducing another pony to all of us, that is.”

Sunny answered before Twilight could say anything. "Well, I was her very first pony meal, so—"

She was cut off when Pinkie leapt into the air and let out a huge gasp. "Oh my gosh you mean Twilight finally went and ate a pony?! EEEEE!" she squealed in delight, "this is the best news I've heard all month!" She shot right up to Sunny so they were face to face. "So how was it? Isn't getting gobbled up by one of the princesses just the bestest thing ever?!"

Sunny backed up a step, but still gave an enthusiastic nod of her head. "Yeah, it was really great. It was so warm and soft inside of her..."

"I know, right? And when they're swallowing you, it's like a super awesome massage over your entire body at once!"

"That was my favorite part! And then, once I was in her belly, she used her hooves to give me a massage through her skin!"

"Oh my gosh that sounds amazing! I wish I had asked Princess Celestia to do that when she ate me!"

Twilight's face was turning red. Being talked about in such a manner was starting to make her feel a tad uncomfortable. "Umm, girls?"

In an instant, Pinkie spun about and was muzzle to muzzle with Twilight. "And YOU!" she spat out with a scowl and a menacing stare, causing Twilight to rear back slightly. A moment later, Pinkie was seated back on the ground, a happy smile on her face. "So, what did you think? Did you like it?"

Twilight blinked. "Did I like it?" She paused a moment to collect her thoughts. "Well, I was completely freaking out the entire day leading up to dinner, and I almost had a total panic attack while I was eating her, but it really wasn't as weird as I thought it was going to be.” Another short pause. “Honestly, I'd have to say that overall, yes, I did enjoy eating a pony."

"Yes!" Pinkie shouted, "this is fantastic! This calls for a celebration, and I know the perfect treat for such an occasion!"

Twilight closed her eyes and chuckled. "Pinkie, I appreciate the offer, but that's really not necessa— AAAH? OOAAH?!"

Twilight’s eyes shot open. Pinkie was holding Twilight's mouth wide open and had a huge, eager grin on her face. "Bon appetit, Twilight!" she said, then shoved her head inside Twilight's maw. Twilight was too stunned to react immediately, something Pinkie took advantage of by quickly shoving both her forelegs in between Twilight’s lips alongside her head.

The feel of Pinkie’s muzzle and both hooves pressing up against the back of her throat caused Twilight to reflexively swallow, pulling Pinkie down into her throat. With entry granted to her, Pinkie pushed off the floor with her rear legs in an attempt to shove more of herself down Twilight’s gullet. The action knocked Twilight back onto her rump, breaking what little focus she had been able to gather. Pinkie continued to push, wriggle, and writhe, anything she could to hasten her trip down Twilight's throat.

Pinkie was up to her belly in Twilight’s maw, her head just now entering Twilight’s stomach, and was running out of leverage to push herself down. Twilight was just beginning to gather her wits about her when she noticed Sunny trot up, an odd grin on her face. Much to Twilight’s surprise, Sunny grabbed Pinkie by her rear hooves and lifted her up into the air so that she could continue her descent. Twilight, the shock having mostly worn off by now, rolled her eyes and gave in. She reluctantly swallowed down the rest of Pinkie with Sunny’s help. Pinkie’s cutie mark, hind legs, and finally her poofy tail were all quickly slurped up past her purple lips and gulped down.

In less than a minute, Pinkie Pie had turned herself into a huge, pony shaped lump in Twilight’s belly.

Something that Twilight wasn’t entirely too pleased about.

“Pinkie!” Twilight shouted at her now bulging gut.

“Surprise!” came a muffled shout from Twilight's belly. “Did you like your celebratory snack, Twilight?”

“No, I didn’t! I can’t believe you forced yourself on me like that!”

“…Huh?” was Pinkie’s dismayed response. “But… but you said you had enjoyed eating ponies, and I know I really enjoyed being eaten by Princess Celestia, so I thought I was just doing something that we’d both enjoy…”

Twilight gave an exasperated sigh. “Yes, Pinkie. I did say that I liked eating Sunny, but that doesn’t mean I want ponies jumping at me and shoving themselves down my throat!”

“Oh… I’m sorry, Twilight,” Pinkie said, remorse clear in her voice even muffled as it was through a layer of flesh. “I guess I just let my enthusiasm get the better of me…” There was a moment’s pause. “…Did I at least taste good?”

“You tasted…” Twilight trailed off. The whole things had happened so fast and suddenly that she hadn’t gotten a chance to really taste the pink pony on her way down, but now that she mentioned it, Twilight noticed that there was a distinct aftertaste still in her mouth. It was sugary sweet with a hint of fruitiness to it, though she couldn’t for the life of her identify what kind of fruit it was. This certainly answered her question about whether all ponies tasted different…

Her tongue slipped out and licked her muzzle, and she smacked her lips, trying to take in as much of the remaining flavor as she could. “Yes, Pinkie, you were quite delicious,” Twilight finally answered.

“Woohoo!” Pinkie cried out. “Two out of four princesses agree, I taste great! Now I just need to get Princess Luna and Princess Cadance to eat me and see what they think!”

“But that’s beside the point, Pinkie!” Twilight shouted at her belly, “You can’t just go shoving yourself down pony’s throats without asking permission! It’s extremely rude!”

“Alright, Twilight. I Pinkie Promise that I’ll ask first from now on. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!” Twilight’s belly rocked about as Pinkie performed the requisite motions.

Twilight rested a hoof on the lump in her belly. “Thanks, Pinkie.” She then looked up at the only other pony in the room. “Sunny…”

“I’m so sorry, Twilight!” Sunny said. “Pinkie just has so much energy about her and I was so caught up in talking about being eaten that when she started feeding herself to you I just acted without even thinking and—”

Twilight placatingly waved a hoof. “It’s alright, Sunny. I know Pinkie can have that kind of an effect on ponies.” She slowly stood back up on all fours. “Pinkie, the Cakes aren’t here, are they?”

“Nope!” was the response from inside her. “They went for a day out with the twins, so it’s just me!”

Twilight sighed. “I guess I should probably leave a note then letting them know what happened to you… Where can I get some paper and something to write with around here?”

“Just behind the counter, second drawer down to the left of the register!”

Twilight began moving in that direction. Once again, she found it difficult to walk with another pony inside of her, and she still had to walk all over Ponyville to introduce Sunny to the rest of her friends. This was going to be a long day…

After nearly a half an hour walking around Ponyville, Twilight finally spotted a cloud with a rainbow mane and a pair of blue ears poking out from over top of it. She paused for a moment and plopped down onto the ground to catch her breath, also giving Sunny a chance to walk up and a take a seat a small distance behind her. As she had feared, walking around Ponyville, something she had become used to over the years, was now an extremely arduous task when carrying an entire full grown pony around inside in her stomach.

“Rainbow Dash!” she finally called out.

The blue ears rotated a tad. “Twilight?” Rianbow rolled over on her cloud to look down at her. “I didn’t know you were back in…” she trailed off and a huge grin spread over her face as she noticed the huge, pony shaped bulge in Twilight’s midsection. She leapt of the cloud and quickly came in for a landing right in front of Twilight, eyes glued to her stomach. “Whoa-ho-ho! Take a look at you! You finally went and ate a pony, huh? Who was it?”

Twilight’s belly shifted about and a hoof shaped bulge appeared. “Dashie? Is that you?” a weak but recognizable voice called out.

Dash's eager grin turned to shock. “Wha— Pinkie!? She ate you?”

There was a quiet, subdued giggling. “Yep! She ate me before you!”

Rainbow dashed a hoof across the ground. “Ah ponyfeathers. Now I owe her 20 bits…”

“What?” Twilight asked in disbelief. “You had a bet going on which one of you I would eat first?”

Dash sheepishly rubbed the back of her head. “Well… yeah. You have no idea how long we’ve both been waiting for you to get over the whole eating ponies thing so you could finally eat us.”

“Dashie especially wants you to eat her!” Pinkie said. “She really, really likes getting gobbled up!”

Dash’s muzzle turned red. “Pinkie, shut up…” she said through clenched teeth.

“Really? And neither of you ever told me?”

“Nope.” Rainbow replied, “because we knew how uncomfortable that stuff made you.”

“Every time I’d eat Dashie, you’d have such a weird look on your face…” Pinkie added.

“So we just kind of kept it to ourselves.”

“I had no idea…” Twilight said.

Another weak giggle came from Twilight’s belly. “Well, now you know!”

“Umm… hey, Pinkie, are you feeling alright?” Rainbow asked, her curiosity of Pinkie’s seeming lack of energy finally getting the better of her.

“Of course I’m feeling alright!” Twilight’s stomach wriggled about. “I’m all snugled up nice and tight in the belly of one of my bestest friends in the whole wide world, why wouldn’t I be alright?” She paused for a moment. “I’m just feeling really, really tired…”

Twilight let out an exasperated sigh. “She should have passed out from a lack of oxygen nearly twenty minutes ago. I have no idea how she’s still awake.”

“But Twilight…” Pinkie whined as Twilight’s belly shifted about some more. “It’s so warm and soft and cozy in here, and if I go to sleep, it will all be over! I want to experience it for as long as I can!” Another pause. “Although, now it’s starting to get kinda tingly, too…”

“Pinkie!” Twilight shouted at her belly, “That tinglyness is the beginning phases of the digestive process! If you’re somehow still awake in the next ten to twenty minutes, then my stomach is not going to be warm and soft and snug, it’s going to be horrifically painful!” She placed a hoof on her gut. “I really don’t want anypony, especially one of my best friends, to have to experince that, so would you please just give it up already?”

A disappointed groaning came from her belly. “Fiiinne… I’ll go to sleep already… Night, Twilight, Dashie… I’ll see you… sometime… tomorrow…” And she fell completely silent.

Dash blinked a few times. “…Pinkie?” She reached out a hoof and prodded the now still lump in Twilight's midsection. There was nothing but silence. “Huh,” was Dash’s only response. She looked up, and it was at this point that she finally noticed that there was another pony with them. “Who are you?” she asked with a cocked eyebrow.

Twilight turned her head to look at Sunny, who had been sitting off to the side, trying to be as unobtrusive as possible. She gasped. “Oh my gosh, Sunny! I’m sorry, I forgot you were there!” Twilight scrambled to her hooves. “Rainbow Dash, I’d like you to meet Sunny Shores. She’s the very first pony I ate.”

“Woah, seriously?!” With a hop and a flap of her wings, Dash was suddenly right in front of Sunny, shaking her hoof. “Hey, thanks for breaking her in for us!”

“Umm… you’re welcome?”

“No, really, I mean it! I owe you one! If you ever need a favor, like with the weather, feel free to ask!” Dash said with a friendly grin on her face.

“Well…” Sunny replied, “I suppose I could really use some nice beach going weather the next time I take my monthly trip down to the coast to collect shells and other things for my shop.”

“Hmm…” Dash put a hoof to her chin. “I don’t have any direct control other what kind of weather they’ve got down at the coast, but I do know some ponies back in Cloudsdale who owe me a favor or two.” She nodded at Sunny. “You just let me know when and where your next beach trip is going to be, and I’ll be sure that you have perfect weather!”

“O-of course, thank you!”

Dash nodded once more at Sunny before turning to Twilight. “Alright, I gotta jet, but remember, Twilight, as soon as you’re all done with Pinkie, I’m next, okay?” She paused and stared at Twilight’s engorged gut, a thoughtful look coming over her face. “Actually, are you sure you don’t have room for two in there?”

“Dash, I can hardly walk as is!” Twilight replied with no small amount of frustration. “If I ate a second pony, I wouldn’t be able to move at all!”

“Alright, alright, fine!” Dash answered, waving a hoof about placatingly. “I’ll just wait my turn, then!” She lifted into the air with a flap of her wings. "Later Twilight, Sunny!" And she flew off.

Twilight and Sunny both watched as Dash zoomed off. "Okay then..." Twilight said. "From here, our next closest stop is going to be Sweet Apple Acres, so we’ll be meeting Applejack next.” Twilight was silently glad they were meeting the apple farmer next. Having Pinkie literally jump down her throat, followed by Rainbow Dash basically wanting to do the same thing, had left her a little on edge. She was looking forward to a more subdued meeting with the most down to earth of her friends.

Twilight and Sunny approached the barn where Big Mac, after sparing only a moment’s glance at Twilight’s prodigious midsection, had informed them that Applejack was doing some repair work on the plow. “Applejack? Are you in there?”

“Twilight? is that you? Yeah, I’m in here!”

Twilight and Sunny walked through the door to see Applejack standing next to the plow. "Howdy, Twilight!” Her gaze drifted down towards Twilight's bulging belly, and she let out small whistle. “Well, I see you finally bit the bullet and went and ate a pony! Lemme guess, that must be Pinkie or Dash in there, right?”

A resigned sigh escaped from Twilight. “Yeah, its Pinkie." She fell to a sitting position on the ground. "Don’t tell me you knew they wanted me to eat them, too? Am I the only one who didn’t know?”

AJ chuckled and shook her head she walked up to Twilight. “Naw, I don’t think they told anypony else. Heck, only reason I knew is because Dash accidentally let it slip one day.” She turned to Sunny. “And who might you be? I swear I’ve seen you around town before…”

“Applejack, this is Sunny Shores. Sunny, Applejack.”

“It’s a great honor to meet you, Applejack,” Sunny said as she extended a hoof.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you as well, Sunny!” she replied as she shook the offered hoof. “Though I’m not so sure about it being an honor to meet me…”

“Sunny really looks up to all of us as being the former bearers of the Elements of Harmony, so I’m introducing her to all of us,” Twilight explained.

“Is that so?” AJ asked as she cast an appraising eye over a blushing Sunny. “Well, it’s good to know there’s other ponies out there who appreciate all we’ve done! I don’t think I’ve ever seen you two together, though. How’d you meet?”

“I was the very first pony to offer myself to Princess Twilight as a meal, and that’s when I asked her if she’d introduce me to you all,” Sunny explained.

“Sunny, I told you to drop the Princess…”

“Really?” AJ asked, a hoof to her chin. “You know, I’ve done heard plenty from Dash about it, but I wanna hear it from somepony I’m not already good friends with. Is getting gulped down by one of the Princesses really as good as everypony seems to say it is?”

Sunny didn’t hesitate with a vigorous nod of her head. “Yes, it really is! It was definitely one of the most relaxing and unique experiences I’ve ever had!”

“Hmm…” was AJ’s only response.

Twilight let out a frustrated groan. “Not you, too, AJ!”

AJ smiled sheepishly. “What can I say, I’ve been mighty curious about the whole thing. After Dash let it slip that she wanted you to eat her, she couldn’t stop talking to me about how much she liked it.”

“Why haven’t you just signed up to be a meal for Celestia or Luna, then?” Twilight asked.

“Time constraints,” AJ replied with a shrug of her shoulders. “It’s so much work running the farm that I just don’t have the time to travel all the way to Canterlot, spend two days gurgling away in one of the Princess' bellies, then travel back here.” A grin appeared on her face. “But, if you’re gonna be here in Ponyville, then that cuts out the travel time…”

“Alright, alright, I’ll put your name on the list,” Twilight finally said.

AJ raised an eyebrow. “You already got a list going?”

“Kind of, I guess? We’ve already met Rainbow Dash, and she’s next as soon as I…” she hesitated. It felt weird to be talking about one of her best friends like this, but it was what it was. “Well, as soon as I finish digesting Pinkie Pie here,” she said with a forced, awkward smile as she patted her distended belly.

Her smile turned to a look of surprise directed at her belly when her hoof sunk in further than she expected. Her stomach was noticeably squishier than it was when Dash had prodded her earlier. Taking a closer look, she noticed her gut had lost many of the smaller, more distinctive bulges that Pinkie had made when first eaten. It was still clear that there was a single, large object in her belly, but it was no longer outwardly identifiable as a pony. She continued prodding her gut with a mix of amazement and morbid curiosity. She had slept through most of Sunny’s digestion, so this was a new experience for her. Even now, she was having some trouble believing that Pinkie Pie, one of her best friends in the entire world, was being broken down into a nutrient rich slush within her stomach. The knowledge that this was only a temporary thing and that Pinkie would be back again as right as rain by the end of tomorrow did nothing to detract from how surreal of an experience it was.

She jerked her head back in surprise when her continued prodding was rewarded with her belly visibly shaking and letting out a loud groaning noise.

Applejack chuckled. “Well, it looks like you're off to a good start on that!”

“Y-yeah…” was Twilight’s stunned response.

“I'd love to just stay and chat, Twilight, but I really do have to get back to work on this here plow,” Applejack said, gesturing towards the broken down farming implement with a nod of her head.

“Alright, sure…” Twilight slowly rose to her hooves. “I guess I'll see you later, Applejack.”

“Goodbye, Applejack!” Sunny said.

“Later, Twilight! And it was nice meeting ya, Sunny!” Applejack replied as Twilight and Sunny walked out the door.

As they left Sweet Apple Acres, Twilight had a distracted frown on her face. She was now acutely aware of the contents of her stomach sloshing about within her as she walked, something she hadn't noticed before. She found it to be a rather unsettling feeling. Her curiosity once again got the better of her and she stopped where she was and tried shifting her belly over with a hoof. Her frown turned to a grimace when the only result was an even louder gurgling noise.

Sunny shared her expression. “I hope I wasn't that noisy…”

“I don't think you were…” Twilight replied. “I went to bed shortly after eating you, so I slept through most of your digestion, but I think you would have woken me up if you were this noisy…” Twilight continued walking again, Sunny falling into step behind her. “I’m just going to have to deal with it, I guess. Anyway, our next closest stop is Carousel Boutique, so we better get moving.”

Rarity was seated at her kitchen table, perusing the latest edition of Hot To Trot, a fashion magazine out of Canterlot. She lifted her head up in confusion when she heard a muted rumbling noise from outside. She glanced out the kitchen window to see if there were any storm clouds gathering, but was immediately distracted again when she heard the chime of her front door opening. With a shrug of her shoulders, she closed her magazine and left the kitchen to greet her newest client.

“Welcome to Carousel Boutique, where everything is—” Rarity left off her customary greeting when she saw one of her best friends and a mare that seemed familiar. “Twilight!” She trotted forward and wrapped the purple alicorn in a hug. “It’s so good to see you, dear!”

Twilight gladly returned the embrace. “It’s great to see you, too, Rarity.”

She stepped back and took a look at Twilight’s engorged belly. “My my, just look at you! I see you’ve finally started eating as befits a princess!”

Twilight’s gut had shrunk slightly, but was still prodigiously large. She smiled sheepishly. “I… guess that’s one way to put it…” Her smile turned to an embarrassed grimace as her stomach let out a loud rumbling noise.

Rarity looked surprised. “Goodness, is that what I heard earlier coming from outside?”

Twilight’s ears folded back against her head and her muzzle turned slightly red. “Probably…”

“That’s not normal, is it?” Rarity asked. “I’m certain that never happens when Celestia or Luna consumes a pony. It would be simply scandalous if it did!”

“I’m pretty sure it isn’t… I think it’s only like this because I’ve been almost constantly walking around ever since I ate.”

“Hmm…” Rarity tapped her chin with her hoof. “I thought that walking around after eating a meal was supposed to aid in digestion, but I suppose things might be different when your meal is an entire pony…”

“It might also simply be because it's Pinkie Pie that I ate…”

Rarity flashed an amused grin. “So even as food, she still acts different from other ponies?”

“I hope that’s not it,” Sunny said. “Pinkie really liked having you eat her, and I think it’d crush her to know that she’s causing you so much trouble right now.”

Rarity nodded her head. “I do believe that you’d be right about that.” Rarity took a closer look at Sunny, and her brow scrunched up in thought. “…I’m sorry, darling, I swear I’ve met you before, but I can’t seem to recall your name,” she finally said after a few moments.

“It’s Sunny Shores. I run the shop that sells sea shells and other beach goods.”

Rarity’s eyes lit up. “Ah yes, I remember now! I went to your shop a few months ago when I had to buy all those claws for that crab themed dress I made for a client out in Baltimare!” She fell silent a few moments as she went over what she had just said. “Goodness, was that ever a strange commision…” she said under her breath, “I didn’t even know that crabs could get that big…” She shook her head, “Well, at any rate, it is very nice to see you again, Sunny. However did you meet Twilight?”

“We came to visit because Sunny-” Twilight was cut off by her stomach giving off another angry rumbling, the loudest one yet. Twilight’s eyes widened when she felt some gasses moving up her throat, and before she could so much as even make any noise to warn Rarity who was right in front of her, her cheeks puffed out. Despite her best efforts to keep it in, Twilight let out a loud, wet “BBRRAAAAAPPP!”

“Ughhh…” Twilight moaned. “Sorry about that, I—” Twilight gasped. “Oh gosh, Rarity!”

Rarity was standing stock still and staring in terror at a soggy wad of long, curly, pink hair hanging off the edge of her muzzle.

“Rarity, I‘m so sorry! I didn’t mean for that to happen, I—”

“N-no, dear, it’s… it’s quite alright,” Rarity said as her horn lit and she levitated the wet clump of hair off of her snout. But Twilight could tell from the way Rarity's eye was twitching that she was much more distressed than she was letting on. The white unicorn began backing away. “I’m just… going to make a quick trip to the washroom… please don’t go anywhere.” She turned and stiffly trotted towards the stairs. As she went, the wad of pink hair flew off into the corner of the room and landed with a loud splat in a wastebasket.

Twilight watched her friend ascend the stairs with a look of despair on her face. Her shoulders slumped and she groaned in frustration. “I can’t believe that just happened! Darn it, Pinkie…“

Sunny stepped up and silently rested a hoof on Twilight shoulder.

Rarity came back down a minute later. Twilight began apologizing again, but Rarity quickly cut her off. “Nuh uh uh!” she said, “I will not hear anything of the sort! I will not have a friend of mine beating themselves up over something that was clearly out of their control.”

“Are you sure, Rarity?” Twilight asked, “I mean, I could have just turned my head or even—”

Rarity stopped her with a raised hoof. “Yes, darling, I am quite sure.” She opened her mouth to say something else, but Twilight’s stomach gave another rumble. Both of them tensed up and Rarity ducked down, but nothing else happened. She gave a sigh of relief. “Come along to the kitchen, dear. I think I may have something to help you with this indigestion of yours. You’re welcome to come along as well, Sunny.” Rarity trotted towards the kitchen, and both Twilight and Sunny followed.

“I have a special tea blend that’s always helped me whenever I’ve had an upset stomach,” Rarity explained as they entered the kitchen. “Hopefully, it should work for you as well. Both of you, please, take a seat.”

Sunny hopped up onto one of the chairs around the kitchen table and Twilight went to do the same. She lifted her front hooves up onto the seat and went to pull herself up, but found that her still very large belly was getting in the way. She briefly wondered why Rarity insisted on having actual chairs, as Twilight had always been perfectly happy with a lower table and just sitting on the floor. Finally, she managed to awkwardly hoist herself into the chair. She tried using her magic to scooch the chair closer, but her stomach squished up against the edge of the table, causing it to grumble again. She sighed and resigned herself to having to sit an awkward distance away.

Having finally situated herself, Twilight looked to see how her friend was doing. Rarity had gathered a tray with a teapot and three cups and was just turning on the stove. “Rarity, please, let me take care of that.” Without waiting for a response, Twilight grasped the water filled teapot in her magic and brought it towards the table. The magenta glow around the teapot intensified and in less than a minute, there was steam raising up from the water.

Rarity gave Twilight an appreciative look. “You simply must teach me that spell some time.” She levitated the tray with the tea cups over to the table. “Be a dear and pour out some water for us while I fetch the tea bags.”

Twilight poured water into the cups while Rarity rummaged about in one of her cabinets. Just as Twilight finished, Rarity trotted up to the table with three tea bags in her magical grasp and daintily hopped up onto one of the remaining chairs. She levitated two of the bags into hers and Sunny’s cups. “I hope you don’t mind some Earl Neigh, dear.”

“No, not at all,” Sunny replied.

“And this one is for you, Twilight.” Twilight took the remaining tea bag from her and placed it in her cup. “I don’t really have a name for it, it's something my mother used to use. You can’t find it in any stores, as far as I know. I have to make it myself.”

“And how did your mother come up with it?”

“She…” Rarity began, but quickly petered off. She put a hoof to her chin and thought a moment before continuing. “…To tell the truth, I haven’t the slightest idea,” she finally said with a shrug of her shoulders. “For all I know, she could have gotten it from somepony else. What I do know is that it’s never failed to calm my stomach down when I’ve eaten something that doesn’t agree with me.”

Twilight lifted the cup to her nose and sniffed at her tea. She smelled a bit of spice to it, but nothing too notable. She took a sip. As she had thought, some spice, but there was a hint of fruitness to it as well. It wasn’t particularly notable in any other way.

“So, Twilight,” Rarity said as they all sipped on their tea. “You were telling me how you and Sunny met?”

“Sunny was the first of my ‘meals fit for royalty’, I guess you might say.”

“Truly?” Rarity looked at Sunny with a new sense of appreciation. “Well, Sunny, I must give you my heartfelt thanks for correcting such a terrible insult against our dear Princess Twilight!”

Twilight’s brow scrunched up. “Insult?”

“But of course!” Rarity said as she turned back to Twilight, an indignant scowl on her face. “Princess Celestia and Princess Luna have ponies signing up months in advance to be devoured by them, and even Princess Cadance has a bit of a list! But you, you had absolutely nothing!” She harumphed. “You’d think that nopony had any respect for your position as Equestria’s newest Princess!”

Twilight simply blinked, shocked at her friend’s tirade. “I’ve… never really thought of it like that…”

Rarity’s scowl softened and she smiled back at Twilight. “I’m not surprised that you haven’t. You just don’t have that kind of mindset. But I can assure you that there are ponies out there who did see it like that.” She turned back to Sunny. “So again, darling, thank you for adding a small amount of legitimacy to Twilight’s position as Princess.”

“I-it was really nothing…” Sunny said quietly with a slight blush.

They fell quiet as they continued drinking their tea. The silence was broken after a short while by a much more subdued rumbling from Twilight’s gut. Rarity grinned. “There, you see? It’s already helping to calm your stomach down!”

“So it is!” Twilight replied with a happily surprised smile. “Thanks a ton, Rarity, I would have been miserable the rest of the day without this, I think.”

Rarity dismissively waved a hoof. “Think nothing of it, darling. It was the least I could do to help a friend. Come by sometime tomorrow and I’ll have a batch of it whipped up for you to take home. There’s no telling when you might be needing some more of it, hmm?”

“Sure, that sounds great.” Twilight levitated her now empty tea cup over to the tray. “I’d love to stay and chat, Rarity, but we still have to go and see Fluttershy. If there’s nothing else, we should probably get going.”

“Alright then, dear, you have a good—” Rarity stopped and blinked a few times. “Actually, Twilight, before you go, there’s something I’ve been wondering about that you may be able to answer for me.”

Twilight, having already hopped down from her chair, stopped and turned back towards Rarity. “Yes?”

“How do I put this…” Rarity fidgeted a bit before continuing. “How do Princess Celestia and Princess Luna maintain their figure?”

Twilight tilted her head slightly. “What do you mean?”

“It’s just, with how often they have an entire pony for dinner… and sometimes lunch or breakfast, I’d imagine that they would have… well, started plumping up a bit, so to speak. But they haven’t! What is their secret?”

“Oh, that.” Twilight sat back down on the floor, her legs splayed apart slightly to make room for her belly. “Well, there’s a few reasons. First, you have to realize that the entire time we’re digesting a pony, usually a day to a day and a half, we don’t really get hungry at all.” She placed a hoof on her gut. “Since I ate Pinkie for breakfast just this morning, I’ve completely skipped lunch and I’m pretty sure I’ll be doing the same with dinner and probably tomorrow’s breakfast.”

Rarity slowly nodded her head in comprehension. “So the one pony is really taking the place of three or four meals instead of just one?”

“Exactly!” Twilight said with a nod of her head. “The other part is that when digesting a pony, as opposed to regular food, a lot of what would become fat or waste is instead converted into magical energy that we then use to power the Spirit Reformation spell.”

Rarity slammed her hooves on the table and shot up out of her chair. “There’s a way to convert fat into magical energy!?” she blurted out.

Twilight reared back slightly at Rarity’s sudden outburst. “Umm, it’s kind of an alicorn only thing. And only works when eating other ponies. Sorry,” she said with an apologetic smile.

“Oh,” Rarity said with more than a bit of disappointment, and sunk back into her seat. “I should have known it wouldn’t be that easy.” Her face scrunched up. “But wait, if it’s an alicorn only thing, then how does Pinkie not gain any weight from all the times she’s devoured Rainbow Dash?”

Twilight shrugged. “I really have no idea. She shouldn’t even be able to swallow a pony whole like an alicorn can in the first place. All I can say is, it’s Pinkie Pie.”

“Of course that’s the case.” Rarity said with a frustrated sigh as she put a hoof to her forehead. “Well, thank you for sating my curiosity, darling. Even if the answer was a tad disappointing.” She hopped down from her chair and walked over to Twilight. She lifted up and wrapped Twilight in a hug, a gesture the alicorn gladly reciprocated. “It was a joy seeing you again, Twilight.” She then pulled back and turned to Sunny, towards whom she raised a hoof. “And it was a pleasure meeting you, Sunny.”

Sunny returned the hoofshake with a slight bow of her head. “And you as well, Rarity.”

“I’ll see you later, Rarity,” Twilight said as she turned towards the door.

“Of course, Twilight. Do say hello to Fluttershy for me, will you?”

Twilight and Sunny made their way over the small bridge leading to Fluttershy’s cottage, the setting sun casting their shadows over the small stream below. “Now, Sunny, I’m pretty sure you already know how timid Fluttershy is…”

“Yes, I know,” Sunny replied with a nod of her head. “I’m not a complete stranger to her, though. She once came to my shop to buy some sea shells.”

“Good, that should make things a bit easier.” They trotted the rest of the short distance up to Fluttershy’s cottage and Twilight knocked on the door.

After about half a minute, the top half of Flutterhy’s front door creaked open slightly and a yellow face stuck out. “Y-yes?” Fluttershy asked with an uncertain look on her face, but smiled when she saw who it was. “Oh, hello, Twilight!” She opened the top half of the door the rest of the way and then saw Sunny, and her smile was replaced with surprise as she hid back behind her mane. “Oh! And, um, hello to you, as well…”

“Fluttershy, I’d like to introduce you to a new friend of mine, Sunny Shores.”

“Hello, Fluttershy,” Sunny quietly said. “I don’t know if you remember meeting me before, but you bought some sea shells at my shop, She Sells Sea Shells.”

Fluttershy’s face slowly peaked back out from under her mane. “Oh yes, I remember that! They were shells for my hermit crabs!” She beamed a smile at Sunny. “They were very nice shells and my hermit crabs loved them!”

“Fluttershy, do you mind if we come in for a bit?” Twilight asked.

“Oh yes, of course! I just put Angel Bunny to bed, so it should be nice and quiet.” She opened the bottom half of the door to let them in.

They all entered Fluttershy's living room. Sunny sat down on the floor at the small table in the middle of the room, Fluttershy took a seat at the other end, and Twilight hopped up onto the couch and sprawled out on her side to give her stomach room. It had shrunk considerably since she had left Rarity's, to the point that she looked more like she had a foal or two in her womb rather than a full grown pony in her stomach.

It was still big enough to draw Fluttershy's attention. “Goodness, you certainly look like you've eaten a lot!” she said amusedly. “Let me guess, you went to Sweet Apple Acres for dinner and Granny Smith stuffed you full of food?”

“No, I just ate Pinkie Pie,” Twilight casually replied.

“Oh, I see—” Fluttershy's eyes shot open as she registered what Twilight had said. “Wh-what!?” She sputtered out in disbelief.

“I mean, it's not like I was planning on having Pinkie for breakfast,” Twilight continued, not having noticed Fluttershy's reaction. “I just stopped in to say hi and introduce Sunny and she ended up shoving herself down my throat. All in all though, I'd say that she did make for a pretty good meal.”

“...uh huh…” Was Fluttershy's only response. “You... You really ate Pinkie Pie? But your belly doesn't look that big…”

“Well like I said, I ate her this morning,” Twilight said. She patted her still bulging gut. “My stomach's been working away at her all day, so there's not much of her left now.” She looked thoughtfully at her belly. “Actually, she's digesting faster than I thought she would. I think that tea Rarity made for me might have something to do with it.”

“I-I see…” Fluttershy mumbled.

“Erm… Twilight?” Sunny said with concern in her voice.

Twilight looked to Sunny in confusion only to see that she was worriedly looking at Fluttershy. Twilight turned towards Fluttershy, and a dismayed look came over her as she finally noticed the state that her friend was in. The yellow pegasus was hunched down against the ground, her face hidden entirely behind her mane, and was even shaking slightly. “...Fluttershy?” Twilight said quietly as she got up from the couch, “Fluttershy, what’s…” Her eyes widened slightly as she realized what it was that had her friend in such a state and sat heavily down onto the ground. “Fluttershy, you’re not still freaked out about us eating ponies, are you?”

A single eye peaked out from behind Fluttershy’s pink mane to peer at Twilight. “M-maybe…” she squeaked out.

“Really? I thought everypony in Ponyville had gotten used to it after how many time Pinkie had eaten Rainbow Dash…”

“Pinkie, um, kind of would always avoid me after she had eaten Dash,” Fluttershy explained. “I think she knew that I really didn’t like it…”

“And of course she didn’t bother to warn me,” Twilight said with a roll of her eyes. She glanced down at her gut. “Thanks a lot, Pinkie…” She muttered, then turned back to Fluttershy. “But you know that Pinkie isn’t permanently gone now, right? Tomorrow morning, I’ll just cast the Spirit Reformation spell and she’ll be as good as new! She even really enjoyed having me eat her!”

“It’s true, Fluttershy!” Sunny chimed in. “Being eaten by one of the princesses is a very enjoyable experience! Twilight ate me just the other day, and I very much liked it! And here I still am, perfectly fine!”

“Yes, I know all of that… but…”

“...But that does nothing to make it any less scary,” Twilight finished for her. Admittedly, she knew exactly how Fluttershy felt. She had been horrified the first few times she had watched Celestia devour another pony, and the knowledge that it wasn’t the end for those ponies was the only thing that kept her from bolting in fear. She gave a sad sigh. “I’m sorry for ruining your evening like this, Fluttershy.”

“Oh, no, you don’t have to be sorry, Twilight,” Fluttershy responded, finally looking up to her with both eyes. “I know you wouldn’t have come if you had known had known how I felt about it. You just didn’t know.”

“I still feel bad about it…” They all fell silent for a few moments, then a hopeful smile appeared on Twilight’s face. “Tell you what, Fluttershy. How about tomorrow, after I cast the Spirit Reformation spell and Pinkie Pie wakes up, we both come over to see you?”

The corner of Fluttershy’s mouth tilted up into a hint of a smile. “I think I would like that.”

“It’s settled, then!” Twilight said as she stood back up. “We’ll both be seeing you tomorrow, then. Goodnight, Fluttershy.”

“Goodnight, Twilight. And, um, it was nice meeting you, Sunny.”

“It was nice meeting you, too, Fluttershy.” Sunny replied.

With the moon high up in the night sky, Twilight and Sunny finally arrived back at the Golden Oaks Library. “And here we are!” Twilight said, then turned back to Sunny. “I’m sorry again that that last introduction didn’t really go so well…”

“No, it’s alright, Twilight,” Sunny replied. “I still really appreciate that you spent the whole day doing this for me.”

“Honestly, I think I got more out of it than you did,” Twilight said with a small chuckle. “I learned that half of my friends want me to eat them, that Rarity has that tea that really aids in digestion, and to avoid Fluttershy after having eaten somepony.”

“Certainly some important things to know!” Sunny jokingly replied.

Twilight let out a laugh. “I’ll say!” She was then overtaken by a yawn. “I’m sorry, Sunny, but I really need to be getting to bed. I’ll see you some other time, alright?”

Sunny nodded her head. “Alright, Twilight. You have a good night.”

“You too, Sunny.” Twilight stood there just a moment to watch Sunny turn away, then opened the door and stepped into her home. She knew Spike would already be asleep at this hour, and she immediately headed up the stairs to join him.

Author's Note

So a longer chapter this time, with less focus on the actual vore and more on character interactions and digestion.

Digestion is a tricky thing in vore. It's the #1 thing that drives people away from it, which isn't too surprising, really. melting in acid doesn't sound to pleasant, after all.

even some of vorephiles don't like it, which may sound odd, but there's a lot of types of vore that don't involve digestion at all. Full tour, extended stay, catch and release, unbirth, cock vore (although that usually has cum transformation instead). there's still all sorts of things you can do in vore without digestion. and even with vore that would logically lead to digestion, lots of art you see cuts off at the actual eating and just doesn't touch on the digestion at all.

now, it's my experience that the majority of vorephiles (myself included) don't like graphic digestion. That stuff is basically Gore, and nobody likes that.

But implied/indirectly shown digestion? A slowly shrinking belly, or the pred taunting the just eaten prey about how they're going to become nothing but a layer of fat over their [insert body part of choice here]. Now that is really hot.