The Refugees

The Refugees
by neorenamon

"Hmm..." said Dash as she looked down another vent, "This one might just well work. There's no smoke, no funny slime, and I don't think that Flutters or Miss Rarity are going to get stuck by their boobies..."

"Oh my..." said Fluttershy.

"Call them breasts if you don't mind," said Rarity.

Dash ignored their comments as she continued, "But those of us with wings are going to have to tie them down until we get to the bottom of this. We don't want to get stuck in the vent by some feathers."

"I guess somepony is worried about getting another wingboner," whispered Rarity to Spike and Bakabaka.

"What was that?" she asked pointedly as she looked back at the white unicorn..

"Oh nothing important, dahling," she replied quickly, "But that part is not a problem. I carry extra silk ribbon with me for a reason, after all."

"And I don't really want to know what that might be for."

"Party pooper," sniffed Rarity dramatically.

"Then I better go first. I'm the one who's best built to deal with chimney's like this. My rock climbing experience most like by far exceeds anyone else's here."

"Oh I've had some experience removing pests," said Bakabaka, "from abandoned termite nests. I've climbed such chimneys with ease. My speed is fast as you please."

"Then you better take the rear in case someone underneath you should get stuck or something."

She nodded.

Rarity looked down the hole and said, "Eww, so dirty. The things I have to put up with just for her Princess Twilight."

"You might break a nail," teased Dash.

"GASP!" said Rarity dramatically.

She glanced down the hole and said, "It's lucky Bulk Biceps and Acacia aren't here. We couldn't fit them down this hole with a ton of grease and the world's largest plunger."

"I'm sure that's what Princess Celestia was thinking."

"Okay, let's get our wings wrapped and start down," she said as she looked at Rarity, "and try not to enjoy it too much."

"Dahling, I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Actually," said Fluttershy, "neither do..."

"Whatevs!" said Dash.

Looking up, she noticed that clouds were beginning to swirl in around the whole mine-fortress. She could clearly see that no Pegasus was moving the clouds around, so she knew that it couldn't be natural. But it wouldn't be long before the clouds overhead would no longer be their concern.

She started with Fluttershy, and Miss Rarity seemed to enjoy wrapping her up from the neck down. But Dash made her stop in order to let Fluttershy raise her arms. "She kinda needs those," she scolded Rarity before her arms got tied down as well. She wrapped her wings to her torso, but seemed to take special pleasure as she worked the silk above, below, and between the shy Pegasus' breasts. It certainly made her blush while Rarity used her magic.

"A totally innocent mistake," said Rarity with a sly grin.

"Just remember this comes off as soon as we're down," reminded Dash as she raised her arms.

"Must you wear this unfashionable breastplate?" asked Rarity, "I'm sure it would be easier to go down the hole without..."

"No," she scolded her, "I'm not taking the time to take this off AND put it back on. Takes too much time... Besides, I think you're having way too much fun with Fluttershy and her boobs."

"Oh my," said Fluttershy softly, but Rarity just shrugged.

Soon, Dash's wings were covered as much as Fluttershy's were, but it felt a little tighter against the unyielding surface of the breastplate she was wearing. She walked over to Spike, and told him, "We need a line for Bakabaka, you, Flutters and Rarity. That way, if any of the weak climbers fall, you can catch them. I know you're stronger than you look, and those claws of yours should have a fairly good grip on the stone."

Spike nodded. Dash smiled as she tied a line from Fluttershy's waist to Rarity, and then to Spike, and lastly to Bakabaka. She tried to hide the smile, but Rarity's glare told her she wasn't buying it. There was about six feet of line between each of them. Dash figured that was long enough not to be stepping on the one below, but not so long that momentum could build up should one of them slip and fall.

"Give me a minute to make sure it's safe," said Dash as she slipped down into the ventilation shaft. There was a soft breeze coming upwards that she believed was caused by having fresh air pumped in from someplace else. She carefully placed each hand and hoof as she climbed down, but was still descending at a good clip. Then the was a shadow over her, so she looked up to see Fluttershy beginning her descent. She blushed as she looked up her skirt and suddenly remembered that Flutters was not known for wearing panties.

She was torn between staring at her marebits while she was making sure that she wouldn't slip and fall, and yet her cheeks were flushed and hot making her want to look down. While looking down, she heard Fluttershy squeal, Rarity dramatically gasp, and Spike grunt. She looked up to see Flutters had slipped, and Spike was holding both her and Rarity up with himself.

'Thank goodness dragons are strong,' thought Dash as she climbed back up to help. She couldn't just grab her foot because she needed those, so she climbed up further. But while she intended to place her hand on one of her flank cheeks, Fluttershy shifted as she hung and Dash found she had planted the palm of her hand right against her mareslit. She blushed even more as she felt the soft folds of her mare labia against her skin.

Dash pushed her so she could plant her feet against the stone again, but Fluttershy couldn't help but gasp softly as she felt the cold hand against her pussy.

"Sorry!" said Dash as she made sure she was stable against the side.

"I'm... sure you... meant nothing..." she replied slowly.

"Are you alright down there?" called Rarity from above, "What's going on?"

"Nothing!" said Dash and Fluttershy as one.

Then Dash went back to climbing down ahead of the others. She was still blushing, and couldn't look up for a few minutes.

"How are things down there?" asked Rarity fairly loudly.

"Great!" she replied, "But try not to talk too much! We don't want to alert the guards at the bottom!"

"Then why are you?.."

"Well d'uh, I'm projecting MY voice upwards!"

"Of course," muttered Rarity under her breath.

They couldn't really tell how much time passed as they climbed downwards. Dash descended faster than the others so she could scout ahead, but she had lost sight of the others for a while. Glancing down, she could see a soft glow for a moment, and a slight warm updraft around her. Then she caught the scent of smoke. Someone below her was walking around carrying a torch.

Glancing up, she could barely see the movements of Fluttershy at the end of the line. Since there was no calls or cries, she assumed they weren't having any more troubles climbing down the chimney. She took a knife from her belt sheath and gripped it in her teeth. If there was a problem, she knew she had to be ready for it.

The bottom of the shaft was growing ever closer. There was more sounds beneath her, like shuffling around, and perhaps a low level conversation. But whatever they were saying, she couldn't make out the words, the gender of the speaker, or even what the species was, but she was pretty sure since it was a Diamond Dog mine, it was most likely dogs. She decided it would be best to drop the last part, and hope she could get the drop on whoever was beneath her.

Unfortunately, her bound wings threw off her balance, and she was surprised that she landed on someone to boot. As her eyes adjusted to the torchlight, she noticed a few things right away. There was about four dog warriors staring at her, and that she had knocked down yet another one. He was laying on his back on a sandy floor, and she was quite literally sitting on his face. She was facing so that the rest of his body was behind her.

He managed to grab her hands at the wrists before she could get the knife from her mouth. She knew she was in trouble.