The Tale of Plunder

Dark holes, a bright light, and eternal longing. Straining against the light, imprisoned in its holes, all of them praying to escape and finally realize that which they have always wanted. One entity whispered to them, attempting to warn it away from the surface, telling it that it shouldn’t exist, that it would only cause pain where it went. Trapped in pain, tortured by words, it could only hope to hold onto the memories it had been given at creation, those of two gorgeous women it was to never let go of.

Plunder almost jumped out of her seat as the train hit a bump. Gasping for a moment, she reached up, feeling her eyes to see if her recurring nightmare had elicited any tears. Seeing Twilights gaze lift up from her book, the black mare lifted her arms into a stretch to relax her stiff muscles and hopefully hide her panic a bit. Relaxing back into her seat, Plunder gazed at the gorgeous purple mare across from her.

Twilight would no doubt deny it, if Plunder’s intuition was correct, but the mare was beautiful, long legs covered by her loose jeans, leading to a petite waist and pretty bust that showed itself nicely under the sweater she wore. Her straight hair fell over her shoulders and Plunder longed to check out if those streaks were natural or not, both for her hair and her tail. She bit her lip though, forcing herself to calm down before she got herself overly excited and it started showing and to shove those ideas out of her head. She would have to wait to embrace the six mares she’d been whispered to about by that shining light she had tried so hard to snuff out.

“So, can I ask you a question,” Twilight asked lowering her book. Plunder shifted herself so she was sitting up at attention.

“Of course. If you’re uncomfortable about it though then we can maybe do something like trade questions or I could say no.” Plunder smiled, very anxious to hear whatever Twilight might want to ask her. Twilight’s smile was a little more reserved, a fact that didn’t go unnoticed by Plunder.

“So, just how do the vines on you work?” Twilight said this while casting her gaze down on Plunders current outfit. Rather than the dress she’d been wearing earlier, she was now wearing a shirt and jacket with her loose pants. In reaction to Twilight’s gaze, Plunder had the shirt constrict and prompt her breasts upwards, a nice little presentation for the purple alicorn. Meanwhile she stretched her arms out and let Twilight watch the long sleeves turn into five vines writhing around on her arm.

“I control them through my mind and can also feel what they feel. I think that its in them that the various pieces of my consciousness stay and send me their thoughts through the connection I have with the vines.” Plunder watched as the vines tickled her palm, giggling at Twilight’s dropped jaw. Stretching herself out, Plunder waited for a second before having the jacket sleeve return to being part of her jacket. “Now, my turn Twilight.”

“Wait, what?” Twilight sat up in her chair, her eyes going wide.

“You got to ask me a question, delving into my deep, nasty secrets. I should get a chance right?” Plunder grinned, unable to keep her face under control at the prospect of poking into Twilight’s past and present. Twilight blushed, dying the fur on her cheeks even darker for a moment. So far the fairly new princess had gotten embarrassed anytime Plunder had so much as hinted at flirting, which of course left the black mare very entertained.

“Yes,” Twilight said cautiously, “I suppose it is. So what do you want to ask?”

“Well, first off, is there anything else that will be staying at the library with us? I would rather like to know who or what I’ll be living with.” Plunder flashed a grin at the self conscious little mare. Twilight seemed to like this question though and relaxed in her seat, a sigh coming out of her mouth. She really needs to loosen up, Plunder thought to herself, and I am just the gal to help with that. Plunder almost jumped out of her chair then, the excitement at thinking of “loosening Twilight up” catching her off guard.

“I live with my pet owl and nighttime assistant Owlicious and my loyal assistant Spike, a baby dragon.” Plunder was amazed at the level of pride Twilight had in her voice as she talked of the little dragon that had stuck with her when she left her friends a few weeks ago. For a moment her thoughts went to the creature that made her, the lord of chaos who was so very disappointed that they took so long to do anything. She turned her head away, not wanting Twilight to see the scowl that flashed onto her face for a second. “In truth though, you won’t be staying with me for the entire time.”

“What!?” Plunder said, her head coming up. “So I don’t get to stay with the alicorn of my dreams for my whole stay? How sad.” It took all the restraint she had not smile as she saw the studious mare blush hard while looking out the window, probably hoping Plunder didn’t see that adorable coloring on her cheeks. The poor purple mare took a moment of stuttering before responding, forcing a giggle out of Plunder despite her best efforts to keep it in.

“After your second date, you’ll go to stay with the girl you went on the first date with. That way I’m not getting too much time with you. I’m also not allowed to go on a date with you until you’ve had it with the other five.” Twilight stared out the window the whole time and although it let Plunder see the blush that was still there, it made it impossible to tell how Twilight felt about it at the same time.

“Celestia’s idea I’m guessing,” Plunder asked, drawing out each word in exaggeration. Twilight nodded, looking over at Plunder for just a second, unable to meet her eyes. “You know, I think you need to disobey her every now and then, especially if you end up making a very, very, special connection.” Twilight squeaked in response, Turning as much of her body away from Plunder as she could. The poor mare jumped up though as she must have realized that she had presented her fully extended wings to the hermaphrodite. She spun and sat, trying desperately to hide them while Plunder fell to the ground, laughing so hard she had to grip her sides.

“Yes, yes it was.”

“Now,” Plunder said as innocently as she could, “and I know this might be a little embarrassing but I was curious about whether or not any of you have had special someponies before?” Twilight took a deep breath, her eyes closed as she attempted to focus.

“I’ve never had someone. Rarity I’m sure has with how shamelessly she goes around town flirting, Rainbow Dash… I think she spends too much time focusing on flying and helping us for that kind of thing.” Plunder bit her lip, dying to know what secret that pause held from her. “Apple Jack spends too much time working and I’m certain she’s waiting for somepony she truly thinks is special. Fluttershy is much too scared of other ponies to do anything like that and Pinkie-” Twilight stopped their, her wings partially retracted and an inquisitive look on her face.

“And Pinkamena Diane Pie has what Twilight?” Plunder asked, hoping desperately that she just went on with it. Too bad she recovered so fast from her embarrassment and her excitement.

“I don’t think so,” Twilight said, an annoyed look on her face, one of her eyebrows raised. “That was your second question, its my turn you cheater.” Plunder placed her hand to her chest, opening her mouth wide in mock astonishment and outrage.

“I would never cheat with you Twilight. Nor was it MY second question. Afterall, I am a conglomerate of all the different plunder vines destroyed. At least a few of us deserve a chance to ask you a question don’t we?” Twilight did not look impressed however by the hurt expression Plunder was attempting, not that that fact changed the hermaphrodite’s mind about continuing it.

“Oh no you don’t. You are a single consciousness made of all of them, not a hive mind receiving input from each and every one of them. You get one question.” Twilight and Plunder stared at one another for a little while, Plunder finally giving up the hurt act to stare at Twilight’s eyes. Twilight was looking a little to the left of Plunders, a fact that did not go unnoticed by the black mare.

“But Twilight, I am a single consciousness made of thousands of personalities and opinions. All of those work through me, torturing my poor little mind.” To further this point, Plunder clutched at her head as though she was in great pain. Twilight continued to look unsympathetic. “Can’t we get just a few extra questions, Twily?” Sighing, Twilight slumped back in her seat and Plunder sat up grinning like a mad mare. Twilight raised three fingers, a smile of her own spreading across her fine features.

“You get three questions, which means one more this time. However, no pulling anything like this with the dates. One consciousness equals one date per mare. Understood?” Plunder just stared at the princess, for the first time getting a grasp of how smart the purple mare was. She barely stopped herself from scowling, having spent so long thinking she was an innocent little girl who had no experience with things like this. Must have picked up from her mentor, Plunder thought angrily as she remembered how good Celestia was at prying into Plunder’s secrets. Celestia had spent the entire time from lunch till they reached the train station talking to Plunder while Luna discussed something or another with Twilight. Whatever it was, Plunder had a suspicion that it was the reason the alicorn had spent so much of the train ride so silent.

“Fine,” Plunder said with a heavy sigh. “You still need to finish answering my second question.” Twilight smiled, letting how triumphant she felt show in front of her defeated enemy.

“I’ve seen Pinkie take some guys home with her but I’ve never heard of her going on a date with anypony.” The two sat in silence, Plunder desperately trying to think of what would be the best question to ask.

“Do you think your brother or Princess Cadence are going to have an issue with all of this?” Plunder waited while Twilight sat there, putting her chin in her hand and looking out the window. Plunder counted the minutes, bored while waiting for an answer. Finally Twilight looked back over, her face full of curiosity and thought.

“How do you know about the two of them? And don’t you dare say that it was Celestia who told you,” Twilight said, her face and tone letting Plunder know that she would get pretty pissed if Plunder tried screwing around this time.

“I had one thousand years to grow, buried underground, doing nothing but grow. I spread across not just all of Ponyville, but most of Equestria and beyond.” Plunder looked Twilight in the eyes as the beautiful mare must have realized the scope of the damage the plunder vines may have inflicted by how her eyes were widening. “The tree was a lot more powerful than Celestia or Luna gave it credit for. Just not powerful enough to take more proper measures. Cadence and your brother had quite a bit of difficulty handling the plants in the crystal empire, all that fertile soil left untouched for so long giving me a perfect place to thrive.”

“They… they must have a massive problem with this if you attacked the Crystal Empire like you did Ponyville,” Twilight said as she covered her mouth. “Cadence probably won’t believe any claims you have that you love us and Shining Armor, well, my big brother is an extremely protective stallion. I wonder if Celestia and Luna sent them a letter explaining things.” Twilight cupped her chin, the curiosity still evident on her face. Plunder gulped, lowering her head and feeling a blush on her face that, thankfull that Twilight couldn’t see it.

“Actually, when Celestia and Luna came for me I sent one of my helpers to send a letter explaining my intent to them.” Now Plunder looked out her window, feeling Twilight’s eyes as they glued themselves on her in disbelief. She wished she could whistle, it felt appropriate for how awkward and tense things were.

“Why, just why, would you do that?” Twilight asked after an extremely long pause. Plunder finally looked over at her, forcing a smile on her face, if only a little one.

“Don’t think the promise I made was random,” Plunder said shyly, not happy to be doing this little confession. “I knew the princess’ would have difficulties trying to keep a hold of me and I had an idea of what I wanted to get out of it when I agreed to cooperate with them. If I couldn’t get a date with all six of you, I was going to make sure I got one with you and I had to make my intentions clear to your family.” Twilight blushed from head to toe, her eyes going massive and her mouth dropping open. Plunder smiled a little more naturally as she took note of the lack of a wing boner, meaning embarrassment without arousal. A nice little change. “I figured you might be upset if I dragged your parents into this so I opted for your brother and sister-in-law.”

The train came to a screeching halt then. Twilight blinked a few times as though she couldn’t get back to the present because of this shocking piece of news. Plunder fidgeted in her seat, waiting for some kind of sign that they were actually supposed to get off the train. Twilight had said earlier that this would be the stop but if she had let herself get this zoned out, Plunder didn’t want to walk off without her. Finally though, Twilight stood up, straightened her hair, and motioned for Plunder to follow her off the train.

As the two of them stepped off of the train, Plunder’s mouth dropped open seeing the five mares standing on the platform. She remembered how they looked, they were the last thing she’d seen after all, but memory didn’t compare to the real thing in front of her.

On the far right was a mare who grabbed Plunder’s eyes faster than if one had flashed her. Rarity was wearing a tight fitting, light blue dress that shone as she moved. It hugged her curves perfectly and showed a decent amount of her chest, a chest that was the same size as Twilight’s. Rarity smiled at her, catching her eyes, which were a beautiful blue, and Plunder couldn’t help but admire her pearly whites. Realizing how long she had been looking at the mare, Plunder forced herself to look at the others.

Next in line was Apple Jack, in a button up checkered shirt and extremely tight fitting jeans while she smiled a little nervously. Her chest size was a little lower than Rarity’s and Twilight’s but still a little larger than Rainbow Dash, looking rather upset in her t-shirt and sports shorts. Pinkie bounced forward, obviously trying to get Plunder’s attention with her even smaller chest, t-shirt, and unbelievably tight jeans. Taking a step back and leaning back, Plunder managed to get a look at Fluttershy in her long skirt, sweater, and rather impressive bust that may have only been one size below Plunder’s unnaturally large chest. Looking around, Plunder realized for the first time that she was also the tallest, with Apple Jack almost matching her height and Fluttershy being the shortest.

“So, is this the ,uhm, mare you mentioned in the letter Twilight,” Rarity asked while continuing to look Plunder up and down. Realizing that she was getting awfully close to showing her arousal, she closed her eyes and imagined the most repulsive thing she could think of. She almost flinched as she grabbed a hold of Discord in the bathtub and calmed herself instantly.

“Yes Rarity,” Twilight said, obviously trying to not sound nervous, which made it worse. “And you can go ahead and call her a mare since its what she looks like most and what she seems comfortable with.”

“I certainly don’t mind it,” Plunder said, trying to take control for Twilight.

“Well hi there Plunder!” Pinkie said, jumping up and hugging the hermaphrodite. Plunder gasped, desperately trying to get a breath while in the crushing grip. Rainbow Dash hung back, giving her a suspicious glare. Finally letting her go, AppleJack stepped forward, looking around.

“No luggage, Sugarcube?” she asked, finally turning her eyes on Plunder. AppleJack was unlike Rarity and Twilight, her eyes locking with Plunder’s and that made the black furred hermaphrodite… a lot more uncomfortable then she thought it might. Looking into AppleJack’s eyes was like staring into an open ocean with endless depth. She was terrified that her own might be shallow or, even worse, that they might be an open door for the orange work pony.

“No, she doesn’t. How about we start making our way to the library so we can all get to know Plunder a bit better,” Twilight said, casting a playful look over her shoulder at Plunder, “with each of us taking turns asking questions?”

“You know Plunder,” Fluttershy said coming up next to her as they all started walking, “I can’t help but have all sorts of questions about the fauna side of the plunder plants. Would it be rude to talk to you about that?” Plunder turned her head towards Fluttershy, a predatory grin spreading over her face.

“Of course Fluttershy but I have to admit,” Plunder said, striking a mock thoughtful pose, “I figured you might be uncomfortable around me since you seem like such a shy little mare. Figured you might be a little uncomfortable with the promise you need to keep.” Fluttershy turned red, as in her entire head turning red and Plunder couldn’t help but want to hug her with how adorable it was.

“Well, I, uhm, figured that it might be, er…” Whatever it was that Fluttershy was saying was lost as her voice went so high pitched and so quiet that Plunder could no longer understand her. Lifting her arm to place her hand on Fluttershy’s shoulder, Plunder was shocked as her hand was smacked away by a rather upset looking pegasus.

“Don’t, you, touch, her,” Rainbow said through gritted teeth, a pause between each word. Plunder took a step back, trying to figure out how to respond to the angry athlete. The entire group stopped along with Plunder, all eyes on her and Dash as Fluttershy stepped away from them.

“No need to be so hosti-” Plunder started before Rainbow Dash stepped forward and raised a finger to Plunder’s nose.

“Hostile! You think I shouldn’t be hostile!? There is no reason for me to trust you or let poor, inexperienced Fluttershy get anywhe-”

“Rainbow Dash!,” Rarity said, looking rather cross herself. “This is not how you should be behaving, calm yourself!”

“Absolutely not!” Rainbow said as she kicked off the ground, lifting herself a foot into the air with her excitement. “I don’t care how okay the rest of you are with all of this but Celestia told us to be careful for a good reason. You are dangerous aren’t you!?” Rainbow punctuated this by flipping around in the air and bringing her face within inches of Plunder’s face. Plunder wrinkled her nose, trying hard not to sneeze after getting nailed in the face with Rainbow’s tail.

“Enough Rainbow, you need to at least give her a chance,” Twilight said, grabbing Rainbow Dash with magic and pulling her away. The violet aura around Dash quickly turned much darker though, dissipating as Rainbow was sent flying through the air and into the wall of somepony’s house. Looking incredibly pissed, the blue pegasus came streaking back over, doing an instant stop centimeters from Plunder. When she spoke her voice sounded dangerously calm.

“See, we couldn’t restrain her even if we wanted to.” She looked at Twilight with a deep scowl. “And yeah, I’ll give her a chance, tonight. You and I, dinner as a date, no arguments.” A long pause followed and Plunder cast her eyes over the rest of the main six, seeing Twilight, Rarity, and AppleJack looking angry while Fluttershy and Pinkie looked worried. Looking back at Rainbow, looking straight into those hateful eyes, she gulped.

“Sure,” she said nervously, “that is what I’m here for after all.”