In the distant land of Equestria, men and women from the upperclass and elite to the poor and downtrodden gathered at a amphitheater. At the center of the theater, a golden platform rose from the earth and sparkled. The crowd had gathered for their glamorously gorgeous Goddess Celestia was promised to speak here.

After some time was spent between the crowd murmuring and whispering, dark shadows appeared in the background. Their presence alone caused the crowd to hush and fall silent, such was the respect and fear they inspired. They were the Goddess's Guardians - her closet servants, confidantes, soldiers, and today, her heralds.

Soon, the Goddess herself emerged. She was a tall, beautiful figure, her body alone symbolizing love, matriarchy, and acceptance. Whether a real manifestation of her power or a mirage from her subjects' devotion, a gold light surrounded her as she ascended on the matching platform. Celestia cast her sweeping gaze across her audience, giving each section a large smile - even as serfs, slaves and squires winced for feeling unworthy of her attention.

Celestia's shoulders heaved as she gave a sigh before speaking.

“My loyal subjects ....” Celestia put her hands over her chest. "It burdens me to say it, but it's that time of year again." The crowd looked down at the ground, knowing what she meant.

"The Annual Summit of the Gods is upon us." Celestia continued. "Where I must leave you to attend. It pains to be so far away from you, unable to hear your prayers and pleas ..." Celestia's lips curled into a frown. "But it must be done, if we gods and goddesses are to live in harmony with each other - if we are to keep to our lands without conquering others - to avoid unknowingly offending other gods and preventing a transcontinental war."

The crowd nodded in acceptance of this.

"Still," Celestia said, "I feel guilty for leaving you so. I know I am like a sun to you, a light. And when I leave you, I know that light goes with me and things seem dark and dreary." Celestia raised her head and smiled. "But fear not. As always, you will have my friends - my Guardians to guide you through the week without me here." Celestia turned and gestured her hand at the faces hiding in the shadows.

For as long as she been attending the Summit, Celestia's method for having her land cope with her absence was to turn her responsibilities to her Guardians. The citizens and mortals could pray to them, ask them for advice, know they were safe and protected. There was, however, one slight problem with this method which eluded Celestia's notice.

The citizens feared the Guardians more than anything in the land. Oh, the Guardians were loving and caring, to be sure, but this didn't stop them from being some of the most terrifying things the citizens had laid their eyes on. The knowledge Celestia -a god - trusted the Guardians with her own life did nothing to overcome the pitfall of them being so frightening.

"And as always," Celestia reached up and took her crown off her head. She held in her hand, letting it hang off her palm like it was a lame tambourine, instead of one of the most coveted items in the world. "To keep my fellow gods from stealing it, I will put my crown in a cave where the Guardians will guard it." Celestia held the crown off to one side and the chief Guardian stepped forth to take it from her, reaching out a twisted claw which Celestia dropped the crown into.

Celestia put the crown in her Guardians' capable appendages to prevent the other gods from stealing it while she slept over at the Summit. After all, if one of them got their hands on it, they could use it as leverage for a variety of unfair negotiations. An unintentional side-effect of this, though, was citizens and mortals attempting to steal it instead. It started with some greedy characters in Equestria, but as transoceanic trade made its routes, the knowledge spread to other continents and whoever was brassy enough and could afford a ship was trying.

This was the main reason the Guardians were so feared. The many would-be thieves, if they wanted the crown, would have to make it past the Guardians.

None of them ever did.

Some of the ones who tried were never heard from again. Some of them returned and told stories about the Guardians, some of which conflicted and contradicted the stories told by others. After enough people had tried, it soon became a fashion in bars and taverns for them to compare notes of how many Guardians they had gotten past before being beaten back. Some got past two of them, some made it past three, some never managed to get past the first one. But there was a consistent cut-off point. None of them had ever made it past Number 6. After beating the first five, they had to beat the sixth - the chief - if they wanted to steal the crown. And no one had ever beaten the sixth, leaving many to speculate about what the sixth had or did which kept any thieves from triumphing. Which of course, only added to the fear.

Later this day, another thief would set out in this long line of failures. But he would be different than the others. Up to this point, all the thieves who tried were doing so for their own greed or simply the bragging rights of saying they had done it. But this thief, this one didn't care about such things. This thief didn't desire an increase in riches or status. This thief was going to crusade for one thing and one thing only; love and approval.

This thief ... just might succeed.

His name was Tali, Prince of Maretonia. He didn't know it yet, but events would happen today which would propel him to do the most daring thing he had done in his life.

Tali was at rest in his bed when the sudden opening of his door slammed against the wall with enough force to startle him out from his bed and onto the floor. His father, King Talon, had barged into his room.

"Ooogh ..." Tali groaned, rubbing his now-sore head. "Father?" Tali turned to him, placing his hand on the bed for support. "What it is so important you cannot wait until after I have pulled my socks up?"

His father smiled and clapped his friends. "Good fortunes are upon us, my son. The Annual Summit of the Gods is upon us today."

"And?" Tali reached over, clawing and climbing up the side of the bed. "What does the summit have to do with me?"

"It's not what it has to do with you ... it's what it has to do with our ... "patron," Discord." His father said. "Equestria's goddess Celestia has agreed to meet us in our castle to retrieve Discord and take him to the Summit while keeping an eye on him." The king clapped his hands. "This means Discord will be gone for the week. Which means we can actually get things done around here."

In the wheel of fate, Talon's kingdom had ended up in the unenviable position of having Discord as their patron god. Talon found out just what this entailed when he attempted to get Discord to help with some laws he wanted passed. Discord made his nature clear when he snapped his fingers and the scroll Talon was holding turned into a flying, biting monster which Talon's aide had to subdue with a letter opener. Being the leader of a country was difficult with the knowledge anything Talon might say or do could be undone by a prank from Discord at any second. But with him away at the Summit, Talon could rule as he pleased without fear.

Talon eyed his son, nodding as he rubbed his chin.

Tali wasn't comfortable with his father's stare. "What?"

"Nothing." Talon said. "It just occurred to me now would be an excellent time to begin training you. To begin ... fixing you."

Tali pressed a finger against his forehead while tying up his vest. “And how, father, do I need … fixing?” He asked this even though he knew what the answer was. He and his Father had this conversation before. The conversation would repeat itself time and time again, because Tali did not live up to his father's expectations of what a man should do or look like.

“Well, we need to put some meat on your bones, for one thing.” Talon shook his head and sighed. “You spend so much time cooped in that library. You don't joust. You don't hunt. You can barely lift a sword. What can you do?”

“I can read and write.” Tali said. “I'm intelligent. With all the things I've learned from books, I can outsmart my enemies without having to fight them. I am in tune with my emotions.” Tali pinched his fingers and pretended to meditate. “And I can lift a sword ...” He muttered under his breath.

“My son, I merely meant ...”

Talon entered the room and sat on the side of Tali's bed. Tali hated these moments. The moments when his father tried to be gentle and understanding. Tali would like to appreciate it, but his father was so blunt and heavy-handed, whenever he tried to be gentle it came across as more patronizing.

“I do not wish to see my only successor foiled by his own weakness. My son, can the people see your brain? Can they see your heart?”

Tali raised his hand to say something.

“Don't answer. I will tell you. No, they can not.” Talon said. “When they look at you, they will only be able to see your face and your body. Your face must be determined and resolute, your body chiseled and scarred. The people will not accept a king who cannot show his strength.”

Tali turned away from his father, towards the window. “Strength is something more than physical ...”

“What?”

“Nothing.” Tali narrowed his eyes. His father and his father's knights didn't understand anything which didn't come from the edge of a sword or the bolt of an arrow. They were all so obsessed with masculinity and competitions.

“Hmm. Very well. Come! The men are waiting for us.” Talon rose from the bed, giving Tali a pat on the shoulder as they entered the hallway to be greeted by a circle of men in armor. The knights were talking amongst themselves, but stopped dead when they saw Tali.

“Hey, Tali!” A knight said. “Good of you to finally join us.”

“Yeah.” Another one said. “What took you so long? You strain an elbow lifting scrolls or something?” The other knights burst out into laughter at this mean-spirited quip.

Tali took in a deep breath. “You could stand to lift one or two yourself ...”

“Hey ...” The knight gripped the pommel of his sword, edging towards Tali. “What's that supposed to mean?”

“Enough!” Talon said. “Tempting as it given his small size, please refrain from belittling my son. The Goddess Celestia will be here soon, and I want her visit to be as perfect and pleasant as possible.” Tali wished he could appreciate his father defending him, but it was all about the politics. After all, being a favorable host to a goddess was sure to come with its own favors, wasn't it?

Talon locked eyes with each knight in turn, daring one of them to make a sarcastic comment and suffer the king's wrath for it. “Understood? Good. Come!” Talon swept his hand and gestured for them to follow him into the next room over, a foyer which they would greet Celestia in.

“Celestia and her company should be arriving any minute now ...” Talon informed the knights as they formed a line behind them, acting as the welcoming committee.

A serf entered the room.

“Announcing … the Goddess Celestia and her loyal servant, Twilight Sparkle!” The serf moved off to the side, allowing the guests to enter the room.

Celestia was an 8-foot tall juggernaut of a woman. She wore a sleeveless Greek robe with laurels around her neck. Her hair flowed freely. From her hips to her legs, it was like someone had simply taken a woman's torso and put it atop a moving vase. And what a torso it was, being large, bulky, and having enormous . . . tracts of land. Her tall height made for a generous view of said tracts. Her face was the pinnacle of beauty, enhanced by the presence of a light eyeshadow and two colors of lipstick. Black for her bottom lip, a vibrant red for the top.

Her aid, Twilight Sparkle was more conservative. She was wearing a green, Oriental robe with a gold headdress. She had eyeshadow, white paint covering her face, and lipstick, but it was all subdued, working as a mask for her face.

Tali noticed a contrast between; Celestia, smiling, arms and cleavage exposed, was a wild woman while Twilight, arms neatly folded into her sleeves and her face motionless, was a professional in control. He found himself smitten by Celestia.

“Celestia, Your Majesty.” Talon stretched his arms out and greeted Celestia. “Welcome to our humble kingdom of Maretonia. I am King Talon. These are my best knights, here to greet you.” King Talon began introducing each knight in turn, listing their names and accomplishments.

Through the entire introduction, Celestia's eyes were locked onto Tali. Tali noticed this and shuffled on his feet. He was confused. Of all the buff, rugged men, not least of all his own father, Celestia decided to pay attention to him? He was perhaps the smallest and weakest male in the room, if not the weakest person. He blushed, realizing Celestia was looking at him in spite of this.

“Aww, look.” One of the knights said under his breath. “I think Tali has a crush on the Goddess.”

“I do not.” Tali said.

“Uh-huh. Sure.” The knight said, nodding his head and making it clear he didn't believe Tali at all.

“And this is -” Talon gestured.

“Sir Garth.” The knight introduced himself, the same one who mocked Tali earlier. He was a brunette with a full line of hair around his face and a strong chin. “I will tell you my tale, My Lady. I once made an impossible shot with a javelin, killing a flying dragon in the dead of night.”

Celestia raised her hand to cover her mouth as she yawned. Tali, in his many reading sessions, had come across a scroll which explained the sleep requirements of gods How much sleep they needed and indeed, whether they slept at all depended on what kind of god they were. Gods of sleep, of the mind, and of dreams tended to need more sleep than gods of war or beauty. So her yawning was showing disinterest in Sir Garth's story.

Tali became curious as to whether Garth would pick up on the hint. He did not appear to, continuing on with his story.

“I wish he wouldn't exaggerate this story so much.” Tali whispered. “It was a crocodile with shadows making it look it had wings.” Granted, taking down a crocodile by one's lonesome, much less at night, was an impressive feat, but nowhere near the Herculean task of slaying a dragon Garth played it off as.

“Ah, you're just jealous because you've never caught anything with a spear.” A knight said, patting Tali on the back. With Tali's small frame and the knight's strong hand, it was enough for Tali to stumble over, bumping into another knight, who stumbled into another knight, who stumbled into another knight, who ended the chain by stumbling into King Talon, who remained upright. Talon growled and glared his shoulder at the knights, who righted themselves and went back to their positions.

Garth noticed the interruption and continued on with his story. He finished and returned to the group.

“And this ...” Talon pointed to the last knight. “This is – this is … what was your name again?”

“We call him Patsy.” Garth said.

“My name is Patrick.” Patsy said.

“Well, what should I call you?” Celestia asked. “Patsy or Patrick?”

“Uh ...” Patsy stammered. Tali was not the only one who appeared smitten by Celestia, it seemed.
Talon glared at Patsy, displeased with him stuttering in the presence of the Goddess.

“Whatever you want.” Patsy said, trying to avoid Talon's wrath. Talon nodded, approving of his answer.

Tali noticed his father had left him out of the introductions and was unsurprised. He resigned himself to accept the fact. Of course his father wouldn't think it worth the time to bring Tali to the attention of a goddess. Celestia wouldn't learn his name unless she asked, which she wouldn't, as he was inconsequential to a goddess such as herself. It shouldn't have bothered him, as Celestia would have little to do with him, but still, Tali would appreciate if she at least knew what his name was. He prepared to accept she wouldn't until ...

“Excuse me, King Talon.” Celestia said. “But I couldn't help but notice you didn't introduce me to this handsome young man.” She pointed at Tali.

“I wouldn't call you handsome.” Garth quipped, earning a scornful glare from Tali.

“Oh, I didn't?” Talon said. “Oh, well … that is Prince Tali. He is my son.”

“I see.” Celestia tilted her head, putting knuckles to her chin. “And what does he do?”

“What does he do?” Talon said, his eyes widening as he realized he had no good answer to give Celestia. “He, uh, he, uh, he … he … he has gentle hands. Yes, that's it.”

“Gentle hands?” Celestia smiled and raised an eyebrow. “I like a man with … gentle hands.”

Tali was unsure why, but the way Celestia said those words sent a shiver up his spine.

“Uh, sure.” Talon said, eager to agree with the Goddess, even if he didn't understand what she meant. A man with hands too gentle to hold a spear was no man at all, as far as he was concerned, but he wasn't going to voice a different opinion to a goddess's face.

“That's odd ...” Talon looked around the room. “Surely Discord should be here by now.”

As if waiting for Talon to say something, an explosion of smoke and fire appeared under Talon's cape, exposing his tuchis to an uncomfortable heat and setting his cape aflame. He ran around the room, the cape flapping behind him. The knights hopped into action, chasing their king and trying to get him to stop, drop, and roll.

The smoke and ashes from the explosion coalesced and coiled around, forming into the shape of a man. The ashes became solid and gained color, forming a wrinkly but handsome old man wearing an orange shirt and a purple suit with a matching hat. He held a staff in one hand. Discord.

“Here I am!” Discord announced. He idly examined Talon in the corner, his knights having managed to put out the flames and salvage what they could of the scorched cape. Talon tried to remain cordial, but his expression betrayed his anger.

Celestia fought back a giggle. “As amusing as that was, Discord, don't think I'm going to let you get away with misbehaving for the rest of the trip.”

“Who? Moi?” Discord drew back, feigning shock. “Perish the thought.”

“Well ...” Talon ground his teeth, trying to bite back a swear word or a dozen. “Now that Discord is here, Your Majesty, perhaps you would be willing to join my knights and I for some wine or mead of your choice?”

“That sounds lovely, Talon.” Celestia said. “Shall we, Twilight Sparkle?”

Twilight Sparkle bowed her head.

“Excellent.” Talon clapped his hands and led the knights, Discord, and Twilight out of the room.

“Hey.” Patsy stopped. “You coming, Tali?”

Tali crossed his arms. He was still smarting and sore from some of the remarks tossed his way over the last several minutes. Tali taught himself to be subtle when attempting to express his displeasure at the knights' antics. They tended not to react well when he criticized their jokes. “No, thank you. I don't think I will.”

“Okay.” Patsy seemed confused by this, lingering by the door, but he joined the others.

Tali was taken aback by the speed which Celestia moved to the door and slammed it shut.

“Finally.” Celestia said, turning from the door to him. “I was beginning to think we would never have a minute alone.”

“A … lone?” Tali said, his brain being slow to process the situation unfolding around him.

I'm … alone. Tali realized. I'm alone, in a room … with a goddess. Tali began to shiver and quake. If she wanted to, Celestia could reduce to him a smoldering smear on the floor.

Tali remained frightened and fearful as Celestia turned her whole body towards him. She was wearing a smile, those half-color lips stretched in a bright, shining way.

“Please, Your Majesty, have mercy on my soul.” Tali took a step backwards, getting down to kneel.

“Mercy? Tali, I'm not going to hurt you.” Celestia walked towards him.

“You're not?”

“No. Please. Stand up.” Celestia said. Tali did as she asked.

“You are quite handsome, Tali.” Celestia said, pacing in circles around him.

“Handsome?” Tali blushed, feeling intimated as Celestia's large shadow passed over him. “I'm not handsome. The other knights are handsome.”

“The other knights are all obsessed with proving how tough they are.” Celestia gave a dismissive flick of her hand. She stood behind Tali and rubbed his shoulders. “You're different, Tali. You're soft. You're quiet. And if I know people half as well as I think I do, I'd be willing to bet you're thoughtful as well.”

Tali hoped it wasn't blasphemy and heresy to do so, but he moved away from Celestia. “R-really? You think I'm … thoughtful?”

Celestia nodded. “Mm-hmm. I'd bet on it.”

Tali didn't know how to respond. What did the rules of social etiquette say is the correct response to being given a compliment by a god? Tali wondered if there was a book on the subject, and if not, if he could be the one to write it.

Tali's mind had wrapped itself around the simple response of saying “thank you” when something bizarre happened. Without a drop of water anywhere in the room, a wet stain appeared in the front of Celestia's dress, right onto where her breasts were. Another stain soon appeared, followed by another, and another.

“Oh my.” Celestia said, swiveling her waist to make her breasts jiggle as the dress became soaked and clung to her chest, the cloth turning translucent and allowing Tali to examine her chest. Tali blushed at the intimate sight and turned his head away.

“I seem to have sprung a leak.” The dress became wetter and wetter, clinging to Celestia's breasts until the dress became too soaked to hold on and ripped in places, exposing patches of skin and the foremost, most intimate, most private part of a woman's breast, where the milk ducts were located.

Now with the tips exposed, one drop of milk from each breast leaked out and hit the floor, creating small puddles on the tile. Tali's eyes focused on the liquid as they fell.

“Have you ever experienced lactating breasts, Tali?” Celestia laughed. “Ha! No, I suppose you wouldn't have, being a man. Let me tell you, the pressure in these is just awful.” Celestia wrapped her arms around her breasts. “If only there were someway to relieve it … if only there was someone here who could help relieve such pressure!”

Tali gulped. She didn't mean … ?

“But it couldn't be just anyone.” Celestia said, making dramatic gestures as she explained her woes. She feigned a swoon. “It would have to be someone who understood how to handle a lady's chest. Someone whose touch is delicate and not rough. It would need to be a gentleman. A gentleman with ...” Celestia flashed Tali a smile. “Gentle hands.”

Tali shivered and shuddered, for a variety of reasons. There was the arousal from seeing Celestia's huge patches of land laid so bare. There was the fear from gazing onto a celestial being's private parts. Tali read stories where jealous, petty gods would smite mortals for daring to so much as gaze at the face of their wife. And of course, one mustn't forget the taboo of the whole situation.

Tali took a cautious step forward. To do … what Celestia was asking him to do seemed a heretical, crazy idea borne from the mind of a lunatic. Yet, Celestia had said in all but clear terms she wanted him to do this.

Another fear gripped Tali; suppose he were to reach up and squeeze Celestia's breast as she implied she wanted. The size of her huge tracts of land made Tali think there would be so much milk in them, one squeeze would be enough to flood the room and bury the floor under a blanket of milk. Or did the milk work in such a manner? He was no expert on a mortal woman's anatomy, let alone a goddess.

“Yes, that's it.” Celestia encouraged him. “Come here … come closer. I won't bite. That comes later.” Celestia smiled and wiggled her brow.

With her encouragement, Tali edged further towards her. It was breathtaking to be so close to her bare breasts. To be only a step or two away from her leaking fountains …

Celestia said nothing more, trusting Tali would come closer on his own.

Tali looked up at Celestia, as if he were trying to ask “Are you sure you want me do this?” He moved closer and wondered if this was a test of some kind. Examining the milk droplets, Tali crouched down and reached a finger toward them. Perhaps they could offer some kind of warning if he tasted them, such as if it was perhaps poison.

“Ooh, you're ever sweeter than I thought.” Celestia said. “Most of the men I've met would sooner shoot themselves with an arrow before they would kneel at the feet of a woman, for any reason. You have proven yourself worthy of my time, Tali. Please, stand. There's no need for you to drink my milk off the floor … flattered though I may be.”

Tali stood up, again awed at the sight of Celestia's large breasts up so close.

“Come.” Celestia clutched at her breasts. “It's here for you to enjoy.”

Tali looked up at Celestia again. He hesitated, remembering she was a goddess, but seeing her warm smile from her two-tone lips reassured him. An instant before he was to put his hand on her breasts, the door to the room swung open.

“Oh, rats.” Celestia said. “I had hoped for us to be further along before they returned …” Tali watched as time itself appeared to unwind and reverse around Celestia's breasts. The drops on the floor floated into the air and inserted themselves back into Celestia's tips. Her dress begun to repair itself, the holes sewing themselves up and the dress going from soaked wet to bone-dry in a matter of seconds.

“Your Majesty?” King Talon asked, flanked by Discord and Twilight. “Are you not joining us?”

“Yes.” Celestia said without missing a beat. “I am. I needed a minute.” Celestia walked up to join the three of them.

“The servants will be putting out food at this time.” Talon said. “I recommend we have our mead at the dining table.”

Celestia nodded. “Very well.”

Through Talon's and Celestia's conversation, Discord had been sniffing the air. “That's odd … does anyone else smell … what seems to be milk and time-altering magic? But the only thing I know of that leaves that smell is … Celestia!” Discord adopted a smirk and wagged his finger. “You're not up to your old tricks again, are you?”

“I don't know what you're talking about.” Celestia said. “Shall we dine?”

Discord gave Tali a glare. Tali didn't how to take it. It seemed to be a judgmental one, but also had an element of … caring to it. Discord and caring, in his experience, did not mix. “We shall.” Discord said.

“Come along, son.” Talon gestured for Tali to follow. “You'll be excused from not participating with mead, but not from lunch.”

“I'll be right there, father.”

Talon, Twilight, Discord, and Celestia walked through the door. After the rest of them were in the hallway, Celestia stopped and looked back to Tali. Tali thought of what Celestia did when they were alone a minute ago and blushed, his knees quavering.

Celestia did nothing so … explicit this time. Instead, she put one leg forward as if posing for a painting. She put one hand over her thigh and leaned forward, offering Tali a view of her cleavage. Celestia closed her eyes, put a hand to her lips, and blew him a kiss. She winked at him and waved before joining the others in the hall.

Tali remained still, frozen to his spot. He was still overwhelmed. Celestia … the Goddess Celestia, who Tali was sure could have any man she wanted, tried to seduce him. Though her efforts to seduce him were interrupted, still she flirted with him, blowing a kiss and winking.

There was a whoosh of wind through the room. Tali reeled back, feeling as though he'd been punched in stomach. There was a light smack, a quiet pop, and Tali experienced a brief sensation of thick, moist lips on his cheeks before the sensation went away. Somehow, he knew the lips he felt were Celestia's.

Following the unexplained wind was an unexplained flash of light. A floating mirror appeared in front of Tali, giving him the chance to see his face. A deep, dark kiss mark appeared on his cheek. Red and black, matching Celestia's lips.

Celestia had made her blown kiss take physical form. Tali supposed as a goddess, she could do this sort of thing.

“Oh, you got a little something on your cheek. Let me get that for you, buddy.” Discord's arm appeared over Tali's shoulder, taking a wipe to his cheek and scrubbing the kiss mark off. The mirror dissipated. Tali turned around to see Discord's arm floating in the air before the rest of his body materialized around it.

“Now, listen to me.” Discord said. “I know what happened in here. Celestia may have cleaned the milk up, but she can't hide the smell of milk and time travel together. I know you must be feeling special right about now. After all, you attracted the attention of Celestia, a Goddess! Who else could have done that?”

Discord put his hands together, stars appearing in his eyes. He reached into his eyes and plucked the stars out, flicking them away. The stars made a ping before dissipating when they hit the wall.

“Well, I'm here to break the bad news to you, buddy. You're not the first. Far from it, in fact. She flirts with cute boys all the time. Do you know she even has a little collection? I know I'm the last person you would trust, but take my advice on this one; do not pursue her. It will only end in heartbreak.”

Discord snapped his fingers and disappeared.

Tali stared at the floor, not sure what to think or how he should feel.

“But … I've never felt like this before.”

Seated at Talon's dinning room, Talon continued to try and curb favor from Celestia. Celestia continued to ignore him, making doe eyes at Tali from halfway across the table. Twilight Sparkle ate with a mechanical motion to her movements.

“As I'm sure you noticed on your way in, Your Majesty, Maretonia is home to fertile soil and bountiful gardens.” Talon waved a goblet of wine around. “There is plenty of fruit and vegetables for you to choose from, if you were so inclined ...” Talon said, dropping a subtle hint.

“Uh huh.” Celestia said, her eyes still on Tali.

Talon noticed Celestia didn't seem to appreciate his offer, but he went on. “As you've no doubt heard, my knights are excellent fighters and hunters. Of course, you heard that from the men themselves earlier, did you not?”

“It's true!” Garth flexed his muscles. “I did catch a dragon, after all.” Tali rolled his eyes.

“Uh-huh.” Celestia said.

Talon ignored Garth. “We can put on a wonderful jousting tournament for you the next time you visit. Or we can hunt down some mean from the finest creatures in the land. There's plenty of game to choose from.”

“Yeah.” Garth said. “Except for Tali. He'd rather poke paper with a pencil than stab an animal with a spear.”

Celestia frowned, giving Garth an unamused look. “That's nice.” Celestia reached down to the table and picked up a grape, the first piece of food she touched during the whole meal. “King Talon? Pardon me, but I can't help but notice your son is seated at the middle. As Prince, should he not be seated by you? By your side?”

“Er, well.” Talon stammered, looking at Tali with desperate eyes, as if hoping Tali would provide Talon something to answer Celestia with. It wouldn't reflect well if Celestia learned the real reason – the reason being because Tali was so unlike what Talon wanted in a son, Talon preferred to sit next to the knights who were more like-minded.

“It's because Tali is so small, he can't handle the food portions meant for a prince.” Garth said, delivering a patronizing pat to Tali's back. “Isn't that right, Tali?” The other knights began to laugh and snicker.

“That was a good one, Garth!”

“Oh yes.” Celestia was not pleased at their heckling and showed. “Hilarious.”

Talon missed the reason why, and anything he guessed would be off the mark, but he picked up Celestia was upset by something. “Your Majesty, will you and Discord be leaving soon?”

“Oh, not just yet.” Discord said. He reached into his sleeve and pulled out a tied cloth, pulling out more and more in a magician trick. The cloth seemed to stretch on and on. “I need go pack a few things fist.” A briefcase materialized in the air next to Discord. Discord stuffed the endless cloth into the briefcase, an exercise which seemed futile. “I'll be back. Ciao!” Discord waved his hand and disappeared.

“I see.” Talon watched the empty seat Discord had left, suspecting Discord left a prank inside the chair's cushion. “Well, Your Majesty, if it pleases you, I have prepared a guest room you and your aide. You can use it while you wait for Discord's return.”

“That sounds lovely, Talon.” Celestia pushed herself up from the chair. “Thank you.”

“It is my pleasure.” Talon stood up. “Tali, accompany us, won't you?”

Tali grumbled, but stood up as well. He followed Talon as his father guided Celestia and Twilight to the guest room prepared for him.

“I do not how much about what a goddess requires, but you will find every toiletry used by mortals in here.” Talon opened the door for them. “I hope that will be sufficient.”

“It should. Thank you again, King Talon.” Celestia walked into the room. Twilight stood in the doorway, giving Talon and Tali a judgmental glare before closing the door. Talon waved and smiled at her.

When the door closed, Talon turned and grabbed his son by the shoulders.

“Aah! Father, what is this?”

“Tali, listen to me.” Talon said. “I have a plan. While Celestia and her aide think they are alone and can speak freely, you will go into another room and spy on them. Listen to what they say and learn of their habits. Tell me anything they say which we can use to curry favor from them.”

“Father, why is so important to you for us to get Celestia's favor?”

“I will have her favor, so that I may later call in a favor.” Talon said. “Can you imagine what she could do for our kingdom, for us, if we can win her over? We could enhance the farmers' production. We could build gleaming towers in the sky. Most importantly, we'd have a way to undo some of Discord's “changes” in an instant!” Talon shoved Tali to an adjacent door. “Now go!”

Tali stumbled. He looked back around to talk to Talon, but Talon was already halfway down the other side of the hall. Tali sighed and opened the door, going inside and climbing up a small ramp. The room was a thin hallway. Tali would bet it was made for the express purpose of spying on the guest room.

Coming to a dead end, Tali saw the back of a wooden frame with a small wood block on it. Tali slid the block on the wall, discovering two peepholes it was covering up. Tali guessed the entire frame was the back of a portrait hung up in the room.

Tali put his eyes to the peepholes and began his task. Celestia was lying across a purple couch while Twilight Sparkle was dragging her finger over a bookshelf while Celestia went on and on about Tali, to Tali's personal embarrassment.

“Prince Tali is quite the charmer.” Celestia asked.

“Mm-hmm.” Twilight said, agreeing with but not paying attention to what Celestia was saying. Twilight licked her finger, picked one book up, thumbed through it, put it back and repeated the process.

“He's cute, handsome … not to mention quiet, unlike all of those loud and rowdy knights..”
“Mm-hmm.”

Celestia sat upright. “I want him for my collection, Twilight.”

Well, Tali thought, at least now he knew Discord wasn't fabricating when he told Tali about the collection.

This had the effect of getting Twilight to stop what she was doing and give Celestia an answer other than solid agreement. She fumbled with the book in her hands, shoved it back on the shelf, and turned to Celestia. Twilight crossed her arms in an “X” formation and uncrossed. She spun in a circle before beating a fist against her heart two times.

“Then should the opportunity present itself, my goddess, I will do everything in my power to fetch Prince Tali for your collection. This, I vow.”

Celestia chuckled. “You're too good to me, Twilight Sparkle.”

Twilight bowed her head for Celestia's praise. “Thank you, Celestia. You are a generous goddess.”

Celestia smiled and made a welcoming gesture at Twilight. “Come here.”

Twilight approached her mistress. Celestia peeled down the sides of her dress, exposing her breasts, which begun to leak milk. Twilight wrapped arms around Celestia and put her mouth on the breast, drinking the milk. The milk splashed and dripped down her face.

Tali blushed. Feeling he shouldn't be privy to this moment of intimacy, Tali moved away from the portrait. From what he did see, though, he got the feeling ]Celestia and Twilight had done this before.

Twilight popped her mouth off. She giggled, wiping the milk off with her arm. “A very generous goddess.” Twilight looked around the room. “Hey … is it just me, or did that painting just blink?”

Uh oh. Tali thought. He was in deep trouble now.

Celestia pulled up the sides of her dress, covering herself. She regarded the painting for a moment and put a hand on Twilight. “Why don't go you check in on Discord? I'll deal with this.”

“Hmm.” Twilight's gaze lingered on the portrait as she left the room.

Celestia smiled and crossed her arms at the portrait. She blew a kiss in the portrait's direction and left the room.

Tali tried to calm down his beating heart. Celestia knew he was behind the portrait. He took in a deep breath and prepared to report back to his father when Celestia's air kiss once again took physical form – it was a different form this time, appearing as a glowing, disembodied pair of soft, pink lips.

Tali raised his eyebrow and reached for his sword. The disembodied lips rushed at him, planting themselves right onto his mouth before he could draw his weapon. They were so soft, smooth, and warm, but Tali decided he wasn't going to be seduced by it.

He reached up and grabbed at the pair of lips, trying to pry them off. He stumbled and banged his body against
the wall as he wrestled with it. This would make quite an interesting addition to the stories passed around by the knights.

“So what have you done?” One knight would ask.

“I took down a deer.” One would say.

“I took on a dragon.” Another would say.

And when they turned to Tali and asked what he did, he would say “I wrestled with a phantom kiss.”

Tali managed to pull the lips off and held them in his hand. The disembodied lips flapped and struggled in way which reminded Tali of a butterfly's wings. Tali drew his sword, let the … kiss fly free for a moment, and sliced his sword through it. The kiss was cut in half and turned into flower petals before fading into non-existence.

Tali left the small room and went back into the main hall, where Talon was waiting for him.

“Ah! You've returned.” Talon tapped his fingers. “Did you find out anything?”

Tali thought about telling his father what Celestia said about him. Of course, he realized Talon would use him if he knew, and Tali decided he didn't want to be used.

“No, father.” Tali said. “I did not.”

“Drat.” Talon pounded a fist into his palm. “I saw our guests leaving the room. They wouldn't have happened to reveal where they were going, did they?”

“Merely to check on Discord, Father.” Tali said.

“Hmph.” Talon flicked his cape and twirled around. “We're running out of time before both Celestia and Discord leave.” Talon sighed. He looked up in thought. “Perhaps if we … my son, have you heard the tales of Celestia's crown?”

“No, father, I haven't. What about it?”

“During the time of the Summit, Celestia leaves the crown in the protection of her Guardians, to prevent other gods from stealing it.” Talon said. “It is clear to me we will not gain her favor today, so either we wait until next year and try again … or perhaps we can steal her crown and blackmail a favor out from her in exchange for it.”

Tali raised his eyebrow, giving this idea for some thought.

Talon shook his head. “No, no. That's a ridiculous idea. No one has ever made it past her Guardians, and it would make her angry at us, rather than endear us to her. Come along, Tali.” Talon walked through the hall. “I suspect our guests will be leaving soon, and we should be there to see them off.”

Tali hurried up and followed behind his father, still thinking about Celestia's crown and how he might lay his hands on it.

Talon and Tali joined Celestia and Twilight at the docks while they waited for Discord to announce he was ready to depart. It occurred to Tali there was no real reason for them to wait at the docks, as Discord could teleport them to their destination.

Talon took to talking with Twilight, attempting to badger something he could use out from the silent woman. Twilight answered his questions with little more than positive nods or disapproving grunts.

Celestia stood on the edge of the harbor, hair blowing in the coastal wind. Tali thought about walking up to join her. He hesitated, but went through with it.

“Ah, Tali.” Celestia said. “Good of you to join me.”

“Y-yeah.” Tali kicked his foot out. He felt as though he should say something, but nothing worth saying came to mind.

A flash of light herald Discord's approach. “Hello, girls! I'm here. Let me just say goodbye to my dear friend, King Talon and I'll be right with you.” Discord pinched and pulled on Talon's ears. Talon grimaced, though Tali, Celestia, and even Twilight giggled.

Celestia breathed in the ocean air and sighed contentedly. She turned to Tali, and, knowing it would provoke Tali into peeking, she bent over slightly, allowing her godly breasts to hang.

Tali noticed and stared at her cleavage, becoming mesmerized. Staring into the gap of her cleavage was akin to staring down a bottomless pit. Where did it end? Did it ever? If he were to, say, drop a coin down her cleavage, would it become unrecoverable?

A chuckle from Celestia brought Tali out of his trance. “See something you like, Prince?”

Tali, realizing he had been oh-so-rudely staring, blushed and turned away. “N-no, Your Majesty.”

“Hmm. Sure you weren't. I'd bet this is one cave you would love to go spelunking in, isn't it?”

Tali's blush became redder and redder. “I-I don't know what you're talking about ...”

“Mmm.” Celestia smiled. She leaned in closer, getting their faces uncomfortably close together. Heat was radiating from her lips. Tali would think he had placed his head too close to a campfire. He started to sweat.

Celestia put a hand on his cheek, calming him somewhat. Then she put her other hand on his other cheek. Tali moaned. They were so warm and soft, Tali wanted his face to melt off his skull and slide into her hands for her to play with at her leisure. Celestia brought him close, giving him a much-desired kiss on the lips with her luscious, two-toned lips. There was so much heat radiating off them. Tali could swear his body was filling with hot air, getting him aroused.

Celestia broke the kiss off, still smiling at Tali. “Now, you watch yourself, Tali. Because this time, I will let you go. I do have a Summit to attend to after all, and whisking you away right under your father's nose might prove unwise ...” Celestia glanced over, where Discord was still harassing and occupying Talon. “As easy as it might be. But be warned. If I catch you in my sights, I won't let you escape next time. I will have you. I will seduce you and you ...”

Celestia groped Tali and rubbed him, making him moan.

“Will not be able to resist me.” Celestia said before moving her hand away. “Discord!” Celestia called. “Are you ready to leave now?”

“Huh? Oh yeah, yeah, sure ...” Discord said. He levitated over to Twilight and offered his hand. Twilight did seem too pleased, but took Discord's hand. Discord and Twilight walked over and Celestia took Discord's hand. The three of them walked to the edge of the pier before Discord's magic made them all disappear in a flash of light.

Talon moved to return to his castle, but he realized Tali wasn't with him. “Tali? Are you returning to the castle with me?”

“Y-yes, Father.” Tali stammered, standing still with his legs chattering, trying his best to curb the blistering-hot arousal Celestia left him with before he made any movement. “Please, give me a moment ...” Tali breathed in and out until his body temperature evened out and he joined his father on the rocks.

As they climbed their way up from the docks, Tali's mind wandered. “Father?”

“Yes?”

“Indulge me for a moment.” Tali said. “If I were somehow able to reach the Equestrian continent, make my way past the Guardians, and steal Celestia's crown … would you approve of me? Would you … be proud of me?”

Talon laughed. He placed his hands on Tali's shoulders. “Tali, if you were able to pull off such a feat, I would be prouder of you than ever. Prouder than any father ever was of his son. But come. Let's not distract ourselves with silly fantasies. We both know that will never happen so long as we live.”

“No, it wouldn't.” Tali said. He added, in a much quieter voice, “Then again, never is a long time … a lot can happen in a long time.”

A few hours later, Talon and Tali had separated. Talon was walking through the hallways when it occurred to him he hadn't lain eyes on Tali in some time.

“You there!” He said to a passing servant. “Have you seen Tali lately? I seemed to have missed him.”

“P-Prince Tali, Your Majesty?” The servant said, stuttering and stammering. “Er, no, I haven't ...”

Talon narrowed his eyes at him. “You're nervous. You're lying. Don't bother trying to deny it, I can tell. Now, I will spare you execution if you'll admit you've seen my son and where did you see him?”

The servant gulped. “He … he went to the docks. He ordered a ship be prepared for him with his horse, sword and shield, and supplies loaded onto it. When I asked where he was going, he informed he was sailing to Equestria to steal Celestia's crown. He-he told me you knew and approved ...” The servant pulled at his collar to let out some air.

“WHAT?” Talon went wide-eyed. “My son can't steal Celestia's crown! The Guardians will tear him in half! I want every knight loaded onto every ship and every ship to set sail to Equestria to bring him back THIS INSTANT!”

Talon's orders would be difficult to fulfill, as with the lead time, Tali's ship had already docked at Equestria. Tali left the ship and, after finding somewhere to rest his horse, Talos, went searching through the seaport town in search of more information about the Guardians. After all, to defeat his enemy, he must first know his enemy.

Finding a pub with open wooden doors, Tali adjusted his shoulders and pumped himself up. He charged into the door, swinging them wide open, to make a dramatic entrance so the patrons inside would pay attention to him.

None of them noticed his gesture.

“Huh.” Tali said. He walked around, examining the pub and its patrons. He went to the middle of the room and loudly cleared his throat, irritating the patrons, but nonetheless gaining their attention.

“Your attention, if you please!” Tali bowed. “I am Prince Tali of Maretonia.”

The patrons all broke into laughter.

“Yeah, right. A scrawny thing like you, a Prince?”

“Sure, and I'm the Goddess Celestia.”

“Tell us another one, why don't ya?”

Tali was upset by their heckling, but he went on. “I have traveled a long way, far, far away from my homeland. I have come to steal the Goddess Celestia's crown while she is at the Summit and claim for myself honor and glory.”

This proclamation gained him the attention and reverence more becoming of a Prince. The patrons all went dead quiet and put their drinks down, stopping whatever else they were doing before Tali came in.

One patron took off his hat. “You're a brave man to try that, Prince Tali. The best of us have tried the same thing and failed miserably.”

“Yeah. Brave and stupid.”

“What do you need from us, Prince?”

Tali felt emboldened by their admiration and spoke in a more assertive voice. “I need only what information I can get. My intent is to learn what I can from the attempts of others to defeat the Guardians. What mistakes did you make? How close did you come to claiming the crown? What are their weaknesses?”

“They have no weaknesses!” A muscular man cried. “They are not normal women.”

“Women? The Guardians are women?” Tali became fascinated by the idea. Talon and Garth had never discussed with him the idea of a woman who could fight – in fact, they went out of their way to discourage the idea.

“Women? Bah, they're not even human. They're not … mortals.” A patron said.

“Come. Sit.” A patron patted an empty barstool for Tali. Tali sat down next to her and another patron. She took a swig of her drink. “I've tried to steal the crown once.”

“All of us have tried.”

“And few of us try more than once.” Another patron said. “Those of us who return, anyway.”

Tali tensed up. “Return? What do you mean, return?”

“Some of us never made it back.” The patron said.

“What happened to them?”

“No one knows. The lot of us, well, we just assumed the Guardians killed them in pursuit of their duties. But who's to say? As we said, none of them ever back, so there's no witnesses witnesses to tell us what they do.”

“You'll a foolish, foolish boy.” A woman said, one with pink hair and a scar running around an eyepatch. She made it a point to bring Tali's attention to the eyepatch. “The Guardian I fought did this to me. Would that I could, I'd talk you out of it, but I know I can't. Celestia knows I didn't listen to the people who tried to talk me out of it ...”

“Now, the first thing you need to know ...” A patron came up and wrapped his arm around Tali's shoulder. “Is that the first Guardian you're going to face is going be a minotaur.”

“A minotaur?” Tali asked. “Body of a man, head of a bull?”

“Yeah. Well, body of a woman, anyway.”

“Now wait just a minute.” The pink-haired woman said. “That's not what happened. When I went to fight them, the first Guardian was a giant butterfly.”

Tali chuckled at the image.

“You laugh, boy, but there's nothing funny about a butterfly who rips apart the ground with fearsome gusts with every flap of her wings."

“When I fought her, she was a mermaid.” Another patron said. Soon, an argument broke out across the pub over the nature of the Guardian, whose story was correct and whose wasn't, whether the Guardian was a sheep, a bull, a frog – Tali thought he heard one say she was a plant.

“Enough!” Tali held his hand up and the crowd went into silence. He realized no useful information was going to come from these people. “Just … give me directions to where I can find them.”

“Just go north of here until you run into a deep forest.” A patron said. “The Guardian will be waiting for you there. If you really want the crown, you'll have to face her and beat her, and then go on deeper into the forest. You'll have to beat them one by one in a gauntlet. The crown's waiting for you in a cave after you beat the last one … or so people say.”

“Thank you.” Tali shook the patron's hand and concluded his business. He left the pub, retrieved his horse, and per the directions he'd been given, rode northbound.

After Tali left, the patrons went back to their own discussion.

“He's never gonna make it, is he?”

“No. He's a goner.”

"Let's wish him some good luck. After all, he's going to need it."

“Hang in there, Talos.” Tali rubbed the neck of his horse to assure him, as they had been trotting for some distance now. “I'm sure it can't be far now ...”

Tali was proven right. The forest came into view. It was, as said, large and dense, with enormous trees of greyish bark. Visible a long distance away, behind the forest, was the peak of a mountain. If his scrolls taught him anything, Tali would bet the mountain and the fact it was beyond the forest was of some significance.

Also visible in the front of the forest was a maiden. view. A cheerful, pleasant-looking …

Busty maiden. Given her leather apparel which made no effort to hide her bosom, she might be more a wench than a maiden. She stood amidst a pile of bushes, hiding her legs from view.

Tali made his horse walk to a few feet from her. “Hello, fair maiden.” He dismounted Talos. “May I approach you?”

“Hello, weary traveler!” The maiden waved him over with a smile, as if she'd been expecting him. She nodded. “You may.”

Tali looked around. There was no housing for miles, so where had she come from? “Pardon me, but are you lost? Surely a forest such as this is no place for a maiden as fair as yourself ...”

The maiden giggled. “Nooo, I'm not lost. Though I can see why you would think that. It's a common mistake.” She extended her hand. “I'm Fluttershy.”

Tali took the extended hand. “Prince Tali of Maretonia.”

“Oh!” Fluttershy's eyes widened. “A Prince!” She bowed, giving Tali a generous view of her swaying cleavage. While not quite as impressive as Celestia's (and could she be blamed for it? Celestia was a goddess) her breasts were a sight to behold.

“Had I known I would be visited by a Prince today, I might have worn something more fitting ...”

“It's alright.” Tali said. “I don't mind.”

Fluttershy regarded him with half-lidded eyes which made Tali uneasy, though he couldn't explain why. “May I ask what brings you here on this day, Prince Tali?”

“You may.” Tali said. “I have come to steal the crown of the Goddess Celestia, and claim fame and glory ...”

And maybe even love. He added in his head.

“Hmm. Is that so?” The smile Fluttershy had been wearing since Tali approached her disappeared. She put a finger to her chin. Tali could tell Fluttershy was thinking about something. The question is, what? What was she thinking about?

Fluttershy began to move her body from side-to-side, bringing a subtle sway to her breasts. Tali's eyes fell on them, something Fluttershy noticed.

“Do you like them?” Fluttershy asked, making Tali blushed.

Tali turned his head and lied. “I, uh, don't know what you're talking about.”

“Do you like staring at my breasts?” Fluttershy asked, giggling. “It's all right … you can stare. I don't mind. In fact, I kind of like it. It makes me feel so attractive ...” She swayed in place while pulling at the strings of her dress, making her huge breasts swing back and forth, further and further out, much like a pendulum would.

Tali, getting uncomfortable with the situation, took a step back.

“Oh, don't do that!” Fluttershy cried. “I said it was okay for you to stare ...”

Tali took another step back.

“Tali, listen to me. It is okay for you to stare.” Fluttershy said. “Can you do that for me? Would you listen to me?”

Tali nodded. While still uncomfortable, he wasn't one to say no to the request of a beautiful maiden. “Okay ...”

“Okay.” Fluttershy smiled at him. “Then listen carefully … it is okay for you to stare.”

“It is ...” Tali felt compelled to repeat after her. “It is okay for me to stare.”

“You like staring at my breasts.” Fluttershy said. “And you like listening to my voice, don't you?”

“I … like staring at your breasts.” Tali said.

“Yes. So why don't you just sit back, relax, stare and listen … stare and listen … stare … and … listen.” Fluttershy repeated. “Are you staring? Are you listening?”

“Y-Yes.” Tali nodded. Her voice was so soft and soothing, with a tinge of seductiveness to it Tali didn't pick up on until it was too late. Nor could he resist her cleavage in motion.

“Just listen to my voice … and stare at my breasts.” Fluttershy swung her breasts back and forth. “Focus on my voice … my soft, relaxing voice.”

“Your … soft, relaxing voice.” Tali repeated.

“Let my voice relax you. Let my breasts arouse you.”

“Let your … voice relax me. Let your … breasts arouse me.” Tali blinked, falling under her influence.

“My soft, relaxing voice and my big, beautiful breasts.”

“Soft relaxing voice and big beautiful breasts ...” Tali repeated.

Fluttershy giggled. “That's the spirit. You're going to relax now, Tali, okay?”

“O … kay.”

“Relax.” Flutteshy said. “Re … lax. Relaaaaaax … are you feeling relaxed? Are you feeling aroused?”

Tali nodded again. He relaxed and became aroused, as Fluttershy wanted. There was no resisting the sensory assault of her soft, soft voice and her shaking bust. The tension in his shoulders and his legs went out, causing him to stand loose-kneed, and his body temperature went up.

“Okay, now listen to me … you don't want to steal Celestia's crown.”

“I don't?”

“No. What you want to do is make me and my breasts happy, and stealing the crown won't be make me happy. In fact, it will me very unhappy. My and my breasts.” Fluttershy spoke as if her breasts were their own entity.

“But- but … I need to steal the crown to please my father.” Tali said.

“Oh, but that would make me and breasts unhappy.” Fluttershy clutched at the bottom of her breasts and kneaded them, rolling them around and jiggling them up and down. “And you don't want us to be unhappy, do you?”

“N-no.” Tali stammered. “I want … happy breasts. I want you and your breasts to be happy.”

“Good.” Fluttershy purred. “You know what would make me and my breasts really happy, Tali? Is if you would forget about stealing the crown, take your horse, and leave.”

Tali enthusiastically nodded his head. “Of course. I will leave for you. Think of me often, madam.”

Tali turned around, mounted his horse, and instructed Talos to ride off in the other direction, much to the horse's quiet bewilderment. Fluttershy dropped her breasts and giggled to herself as he rode away.

Tali was quite a ways away from the forest when a sudden discomfort occurred made hum hunch over.

“Ugh.” Tali groaned, rubbing his head. “What happened?” It felt as though as he had woken up with a hangover. He couldn't figure out why his head hurt so, until he recalled the fair maiden … and her bouncy, jiggling, hypnotic breasts.

“Fluttershy.” Tali growled. He jerked on the reins. “Come on, Talos, we're turning back around.”

Talos whinnied his approval and did as such, turning back and galloping at full speed to the forest – without his master's bidding.

Arriving at the forest, Tali dismounted Talos and drew his sword, marching up to confront Fluttershy.

“Oh dear.” Fluttershy seemed unamused at best by his return. “You're back.”

“Don't you play games with me, witch!” Tali pointed his sword at her. “You hypnotized me with your breasts to convince me to give up my quest! You put me under a curse of cleavage!”

Fluttershy rolled her eyes. “Fine. Yes. I admit. I have an enchanted bust which I used to hypnotize you. So what?”

“So what? So why?” Tali asked. “Why would you try to sabotage my quest?”

Fluttershy made fists and took an aggressive pose. “Because your quest is to steal Celestia's crown, which, as the first of her Guardians, I am swore to protect.”

“You ...” Tali lowered his sword. “You are a Guardian? After the tales I heard, I didn't expect you to be so … beautiful.”

“Thank you.”

Tali shook his head, refocusing and aiming his sword again. “But rest assured, I will not be distracted by you again!”

Fluttershy gave him a look of sadness. “I tried to be nice with you. To be soft and gentle. To convince you to turn away.” Fluttershy put her hands together in plea. “Please, won't you consider abandoning your quest now, before you get hurt?”

“No.” Tali would not be deterred.

“Is there anything I can say which will make you change your mind?”

Tali shook his head. “No. There isn't.”

Fluttershy sighed. “I was afraid you would say that.”

Fluttershy drew herself up from the bushes, and Tali's eyes widened in shock at the revelation of just why – and what - she was hiding in the bushes. Below her waist, where should have been a pair of thighs and legs, was instead an enormous snake tail of an earthy, muddy brown color with a wavy pattern. The color resembled swamp camouflage.

Tali reached back to draw his shield, but Fluttershy's tail shot out and constricted him before he could pull it out. The tail wrapped itself around his body, needing only three times to engulf every part of his body from the neck down. It squeezed his arm, preventing him from moving his sword.

Fluttershy lifted him up be face-to-face with him. She smiled at him while he struggled against her coils. It was no good. The struggling only made them tighter.

“Oh, Tali ...” Fluttershy said. “Didn't anyone teaching you struggling while bound only it makes worse?” She began to shimmy her hips again, swaying her breasts once more.

“Be that as it may, snake witch, I will not fall to your charms again!” Tali said, even though her jiggling breasts looked … so bouncy and … so beautiful.

“Based on what happened earlier, I know you like them.” Fluttershy said, presenting her breasts to him. “Why don't you give them a big, long slurp?” She jiggled them at his face.

Despite what he said earlier, Tali was again succumbing to her charms. He closed his eyes to resist the view, but it didn't help much. Fluttershy moved forward, rubbing her breasts onto his face. Tali yanked his head out, shuddering from his arousal. He lurched forward and stuck his tongue out, giving one breast the long slurp Fluttershy requested. They tasted so soft and stretchy.

Fluttershy chuckled. “Good boy.” She placed her hands on either side of his head and forced him to look up. Her eyes changed, turning from regular eyes to swirling spirals of muddy brown, amber, and earthy green colors. Tali's eyes soon reflected them, replicating the effect with a dimmer light.

“You like that, don't you?” Fluttershy asked. “You like looking at my eyes.”

“Y-yes.” Tali said.

“Hmm.” Seeing he was one-hundred percent under her thrall, Fluttershy decided to do something both risky and risque. “Have you ever been ... intimate with a woman before, Tali?”

“N-no.”

“Oh, I can't believe that.” Fluttershy rubbed his chin. “You're so cute and handsome. What woman wouldn't want you? It's okay. I'll guide you.” Confident Tali wouldn't muster the willpower to resist her spell and mount an escape attempt, Fluttershy slackened her coils and adjusted where they were on his body. “Put your sword up and pull your leggings down, and I will show you a pleasure you will never forget.”

Tali did so. He sheathed his sword. He bent over and grabbed the rim of his pants, undoing his belt and pulling it down.

“Your undergarments, too.”

Tali raised his eyebrow. Though in his hypnotized state, he couldn't object. He pulled down his undergarments, exposing his privates.

Fluttershy raised him up further, leaving him hanging in the air with his abdomen level to her mouth.

“Oh my.” Fluttershy licked her lips, revealing a forked tongue. “You have a very handsome … umm, equipment.”

Tali looked down at her with concern.

“Don't worry.” Fluttershy assured him. “I'll be gentle.” Fluttershy opened her mouth and took his equipment inside it. There was enough room in her leather tunic for her cleavage for her to smother his equipment without having to take her top off.

“Mmm ...” Fluttershy moaned, feeling his increasing arousal pulse inside her mouth. Tali moaned and moaned. He had never experienced anything like this before. It was beyond compare. The feeling of his equipment being rubbed against her soft, glorious breasts and her thin, snaky tongue … it was impossible to describe.

Making the experience even worse, or rather, better for him, Fluttershy looped her snake-tongue around and around his equipment, coiling it as much with her tongue as much as her tail was coiling her body. Fluttershy pulled and tugged with her tongue. Tali's moans get louder.

Fluttershy writhed her tail up and down his body, rubbing him and massaging him, causing his body to loosen up and relax. Between the combined forces of her tail, her tongue, and her breasts, Tali didn't last long. He felt as if he was going to explode.

“Aaah … aaaaah …. ooooh.” Tali closed his eyes, holding back his eventual orgasm, despite the pain it brought him.

Fluttershy continued to nurse him, loving the sensation of his throbs and sensing he was bound to orgasm soon. When his equipment continued pulsing without doing anything, Fluttershy grew frustrated. She popped her mouth off. “Tali, what's going on? Why aren't you …?”

“I-I don't want to hurt you.” Tali said.

“It'll be fine.” Fluttershy said. “This is what's supposed to happen. I want it, Tali.”

Tali turned away, making an nondescript noise of fear.

Fluttershy pulled her human half and cupped his head again, making Tali look as she made her eyes hypnotic swirls. “Tali, it's okay. I want it. Give it to me.” Those last words sounded more commanding than comforting.

“Okay.” Tali said.

“Good boy.” Fluttershy went back to nursing on his equipment. With Tali no longer holding it in, it took no time at all for his orgasm to happen.

“Oh, wow ...” Tali moaned. He had never felt pleasure such as this before! Fluttershy hadn't been lying. He felt so hot as he experienced his release.

“Mmm!” Fluttershy moaned lovingly, taking his orgasm in. Tali looked down and was amazed. Fluttershy was swallowing golf-ball lumps with no sign of stopping. And … he was the source of that? His body was providing the thing Fluttershy wanted and craved?

“Aaah!” Fluttershy exhaled as he finished releasing and she finished swallowing. “Virgins are always so tasty. It's a shame you can only enjoy them once … heh.”

Giving him back his decency, Fluttershy pulled his leggings back up and allowed him to redo his belt.

“Now, Tali.” Fluttershy held his head for a third time, blasting him with her hypnotic eyes. “You like my breasts, don't you? … No, you love them.”

“Yes … I love them.”

“How would you like to be inside them?” Fluttershy asked. “Deep inside them?”

“I … would … love that.” Tali said.

Fluttershy wrapped her arms around his body, slackening her coils even more. Lifting Tali up, Fluttershy brought his head to her cleavage and pushed him in … and pushed and pushed, until his head disappeared, buried under her mountains. She continued pushing him, getting his neck and shoulders inside as well.

“W-what?” Tali blinked. After a few minutes without the influence of Fluttershy's eyes or breasts, his mind begin to clear while his eyes returned to normal. “What's going on?” He looked around and tried to make sense of where he was. His body was wrapped up in something soft and squishy. Before him, he saw what appeared to be organs, with visible blood cells flowing back and forth and ventricles pulsating.

Tali squirmed around, trying to feel what the squishy gates clamped around his body were.

What in Tartarus? Tali thought as he realized where he was. It was some sort of digestion system. Fluttershy was trying to swallow him with her breasts!

Best put a stop to that. Tali was thankful he could still feel air around his body. Fluttershy's breasts hadn't consumed the entirety of his arm yet, so he still had a chance for a freedom.

Reaching around, Tali considered himself lucky he could reach his shield. He plucked it off his back and swung it around and could feel it hit something. Though muffled, he could hear Fluttershy yell in pain. Sliding his shield onto this arm, Tali reached out for the sides of her breasts for a grip and pushed himself out. Fluttershy was still reeling from the blow, rubbing her sore chin. Meanwhile, he was still stuck in her tail.

Fluttershy recovered and lurched forward. “You -!”

Thinking quickly, Tali smacked her in the chin with his shield for a second time. She screamed, and her tail lost all remaining slack, allowing Tali to jump out and take off running through the forest.

“Aagh!” Fluttershy massaged her chin. “Ow ow ow ...” She looked around and her eyes widened when she realized she'd lost her prey. “Come back here!” She got onto her tail and went slithering through the forest with surprising speed for a creature her size.

Tali kept running and running. Realizing Fluttershy would catch up before too long if he kept going in a straight line, he turned to the side and hid behind a tree, hoping it would provide give him cover while he tried to come up with a strategy for defeating the Guardian. His heart sank when he heard Fluttershy's slithering through the forest.

“I tried to be nice to you.” Fluttershy said. “I tried to be kind!”

“Kind?” Tali yelled back, not thinking of how it could give away his position. “How in the world do you consider trying to swallowing me up with your breasts to be kind?”

“Well, look at them!” Fluttershy said. “What straight, warm-blooded male WOULDN'T want to be swallowed by these!?”

Tali tried to think of a counter-argument. “Alright, yeah. That's a fair point.”

“Tali, we don't have to fight.” Fluttershy said, slithering along the path. “I know we have conflicting interests. You want to steal the crown, I want you to not steal the crown, but that doesn't mean we can't work something out! If you like, I could pleasure you again. All I ask is that you give up trying to steal Celestia's crown. What do you say?”

“I'm sorry, but that's not going to happen.” Tali said under his breath. “I have to do this. For my father.”

Tali looked over his shoulder, past the tree. Fluttershy was getting close to his position. Tali shook his fists and steeled himself. He drew his sword and checked to be sure his shield was tight on his arm.

Yelling with the roar of a wild man, he jumped out from the trees and charged at Fluttershy, his sword held high in the sky. Tali felt confident in himself and his ability to win.

Until Fluttershy smirked, grabbed the clasps of her tunic, and pulled her tunic inside-out, flashing Tali with her bare breasts. The sight startled Tali and brought him to a halt, giving Fluttershy ample time to shoot out her tail and lasso it around his waist. She pulled him over and stuffed his face into cleavage, wrapping her arms around him a tight hug.

Tali squirmed and flailed. He looked up at his captor. Which was a mistake, as she activated her hypnotic eyes, putting him under once more.

“I'm going to put in a post-hypnotic trigger in you.” Fluttershy told him, informing of this for a placebo effect; he had been told he would have a trigger put in, so he would believe he had a trigger put in. “When I or any other woman count “one, two, two and a half” and then snap fingers on both hands, you will pierce her, and then instantly release into her, and you won't stop until you successfully complete both steps.” Fluttershy leaned in close, putting her hypnotic eyes as close to his as physically possible. “Do you understand?”

“Yes.”

“Okay. Leggings down again, Tali.” Fluttershy commanded him, and he obeyed.

“One, two … two and a half.” Fluttershy snapped fingers on both hands. She took in a deep breath as he brought himself closer, covering his equipment with her own and taking him deep inside. She was moaning already as she pumped him in and out.

“Oh my, ooh, oh yes.” Fluttershy said. “Doesn't that feel good, Tali?” Tali could do little other than nod and return the favor, bringing himself inside of her before going back out again. “Yes, yes ...”

“Aaaah!” Tali moaned, wrapped in this carnal dance he was being hypnotized and forced into. And he loved every minute of it. “Ooooh ...”

“Mmm … mmm … mmm!” Fluttershy went on, her body undulating as the pleasure centers in her brain were stimulated.

“Guh.” Tali's mind went blank as he felt another orgasm soon to happen. Fluttershy could feel it, too.

“Don't fight it this time, Tali.” Fluttershy said. “Let it happen. Let it flow. Claim me.”

Tali, with his swirling from Fluttershy's hypnosis, nodded. He gave Fluttershy a pump with extra force, locking himself inside her just as his orgasm happened. Fluttershy was quite content to let him stay there.

Tali was overwhelmed by a dazed, groggy feeling like he was drunk. His body lodged into Fluttershy's as though he was metal and Fluttershy was a magnet.

As the release continued, Fluttershy's stomach began swelling up and bulging out, much to Tali's confusion. Did this happen to every woman in such a manner, or it was unique to her, given her biology?

“Oh.” Fluttershy said when his release was done. “Do you see that, Tali?” Fluttershy bent over and rubbed at her stomach. “You did that. And if you did it again, you could get me pregnant.” She whispered.

“P-pregnant?” Tali repeated. He thought his father and his knights were being chauvinists when they talked about the role of women in birth, but if he could impregnate a gorgeous woman like Fluttershy, he was sure to earn their respect … if they didn't mind the fact she was a snake from the waist down.

“Yes.” Fluttershy said. “You would have to stay here for a while, and it might take a few days, but you could do it … or you could leave, and it would give someone else the chance to impregnate me. To claim me the way you have.”

Tali felt a fury burn up inside of him. He – he had claimed her. He had made love to her. She was his mate now, belonging to nobody else … right? He couldn't stand the idea of him leaving and some other prince waltzing and sweeping her off her feet. Er, tail.

“What do you say? That does sound good?” Fluttershy whispered.

“Y-yes ...” A breathless Tali answered.

“That's lovely to hear.” Fluttershy said. She reached over. “Now, why don't you put down this stupid sword -”

Hearing talk in such a manner set Tali off, but in a different way than a minute ago. His anger and rage was so great, it gave him the strength to fight off her hypnosis. “My favorite uncle gave me this sword!” Lashing out in wrath, Tali gripped his sword and took a swing, slicing Fluttershy across the chest. Blood spilled out from the wound. Tali jumped down from her coils as an offended Fluttershy slithered away.

“Oh!” Fluttershy exclaimed in disbelief. She clutched at the wound, trying to keep pressure on it with her hands. “You … you … meanie! I've tried to be nice. I've tried to be kind. I've tried to be sweet and understanding. But now … you've left me with no choice but to get violent with you.”

“If you think hypnotizing me, being intimate with me, and trying to swallow me with your breasts is “kind” and “sweet,” I'd hate to see what your idea of violence looks like.” Tali said.

Tali ought to have kept his mouth shut and not tempted fate. Fluttershy, her massive chest wound seeming to not slow her down at all, shot her tail out and wrapped around the base of a tree trunk. With a mighty tug, Fluttershy uprooted the entire tree, lifting it out from the ground, and carried it in her tail.

Tali's eyes widened as the shadow of the tree fell over him. “Uh oh.” Tali ducked and rolled, barely getting out of the way in time before Fluttershy slammed the tree into the ground, trying to flatten him with it.

The tree blocked her view, so Fluttershy lifted the tree up again so she could see where he went. During this, Tali noticed while she was able to life the tree, the tree swayed. It was unbalanced.

Dodging another attempt to squash him, Tali rolled out of the way. He had an idea. Before Fluttershy lifted it up again, he jumped onto the tree, stabbing his sword deep into it to get a good grip.

Fluttershy lifted the tree up and was surprised when it was heavier than usual. She raised the tree up over her head to investigate, and was furious to see Tali had somehow stuck himself to it.

“Get off my tree!” Fluttershy shook the tree around, trying to throw Tali off. Tali yanked his sword out of the side and jumped to the topside of the sideways tree. He plunged his sword into the tree again, giving him a grip. He had to time this right, or it would be all for nothing. Letting the momentum build up, Tali removed his sword again and jumped onto the top of the nearest non-uprooted tree, clinging onto it for dear lift.

As Tali had planned, the momentum built up and Fluttershy couldn't keep a steady grip on the tree. To free herself from the unbalanced weight, she tossed it up into the air.

As the shadow of the tree loomed over her, Fluttershy realized her mistake.

“Oh no.” Fluttershy grimaced. She tried to dart out and slither away from under the falling tree, but it was too late; while she got some distance away, the tree fell onto her snake tail, pinning her and Tali would guess breaking a few bones in the process.

Tali climbed down from his tree and admired the results of his gambit. If so much as one thing had been off by a centimeter, he would be in Fluttershy's place right now.

Fluttershy squirmed, grunting and struggling under the weight of the tree. Fluttershy looked at him with big, pleading eyes, putting her hands together. “Tali, help me!”

“Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.” Tali said. He wasn't falling for the “innocent maiden” routine a second time. He put his fingers in his mouth and whistled for his horse.

Talos made his entrance, galloping and jumping over the tree to where his master was. Tali mounted his horse and shook the reins, commanding to walk down the path.

Tali looked over his shoulder. The sight of Fluttershy's crushed breasts delightfully squishing against the ground made him pause and considered her offer for a compromise which involved more loving on each other.

Fluttershy tried to push herself up. The tree didn't move off, but it did budge, making Tali realize it wasn't going to keep her pinned forever. He switched Talos over to a gallop so they would be long gone by the time Fluttershy pushed the tree off.

Once they had put plenty of distance between themselves and Fluttershy, the reality of what he had done hit Tali.

He did it! He did it! Sure, it took him awhile, and he may have given into his lust a few times, but he did it! He had triumphed over the fabled and dreaded Guardian!

Now he just had to repeat the process five more times.

Author's Note

For what kind of story this is, I'm quite proud of the writing and worldbuilding in it.

There's some history behind this story. A friend of mine who enjoys my work shared a dream with me involving himself and Twilight's friends as seductive monsters. I wanted to see the idea realized as a story.

So, with his permission, I wrote it.