A Traditional Struggle

Chapters

Sweat and Fangs
Cartoon Patterned
Pink
Arrival
City Noise

Sweat and Fangs

I ran hard, bolting through the cold winter air of Transylmania. My body burned from the tough jog around the town, ponies and humans staring at me as I ran. Not because of my strange body, but because of my constant running. Most other Satyrs were in school still, and everyone was still getting used to seeing me around town. My time had come, and I was ready to join the town proper.

I ran through a freshly paved road, spotting a human with a cup, steam bellowing from it as she held it out, leaning into the street. I kept up my pace, slowly listing towards the women and yanking the cupful of food from her. She snapped back immediately, "Hey! Blue haired fuck!"

I quickly found myself with a cup full of cheap noodles, steaming from the cup and burning my bare hands. "Gah!" I did my best to managed the heat, quickly finding it to be too much and hurling it into an alley. The cup shattered against the stone floor, leaving me noodleless and burned. I simply continued to run, my hooves clattering against the cobblestone as I hit the main road. I rushed past the wide street, dodging a cart and heading towards the market. The wide streets lined with thestrals and humans, almost all stopping to watch me run for at least a moment.

I continued my sprint, breath curling around my mouth as I tried to control my breathing. It felt both amazing and amazingly painful, the thin mountain air coupled with the bitter cold was rather painful. I carried through, sprinting into the market and dodging a few ponies. "Watch out!" I screamed, rolling and bumping against a passing human, "Sorry!"

"Fucking psycho!" he yelled, flipping me an obscene gesture before turning back to his work. I just laughed, the people of Transylmania were always rather bitter this early in the night, the sun not yet setting and ushering in the night. It was the perfect time for running, just light enough, and soon the moon would be high and the streets would be lit with numerous lanterns.

I hurried my pace, running past ponies setting up shops, humans moving supplies, and a few other Satyrs going to school. I ignored them, the younger generations rather annoying when compared to my usual elder company. My family, nobles of House Iron, were rather hard people, even those who were not born into it seemed to be rather tough. And I would soon join them, my time as a child over, it was time for me to go out, find my niche in life and return home when I've found my purpose.

In my afternoon dream I bumped into the back end of a cart, rolling over the top of the flatbed cart and scrambling to my hooves. I stumbled forward, nearly falling as I used my momentum to stay upright. "Holy crap! That was aweso--" I was cut off, slamming into a familiar frame and topping us. A girly scream rang out, followed by an indignant shout.

"Pony ass!" the voice screamed, pushing me off and to the market floor. I feel to my ass, looking around and spotting a purple maned Satyr doing the same, "Idiot! Why were you not watching your damn step!?"

I scrambled upright, "I'm sorry!" I extended a hand to help her up, "Let--"

"Don't touch me!" she threw my hand off, "Idiot!"

I grew flustered, "I only tried to help!"

The girl stood up and got in my face, shoving me back a step, "Help yourse--"

I shoved her back, "Don't push me!"

She let out a shocked gasp, "Don't you shove me!" she stormed back over and slugged me, sending a hearty but dull pain into my bicep, "I-- What the fuck!?" she snapped, jumping back as I slapped her belly, "Stop touching me!"

I put my arms to guard my face as she tried to slap me, "But it's okay for you to touch me!?" In an angry flash I grabbed the bottom of her shirt and tugged it down.

She jumped back, scrambling to cover her bra. "You- fucker!" she threw herself at me, slapping me over the top of the head and causing me to retreat, "You think you're funny!? Wha--"

"Hey!" a burly voice cut her off. We both stopped to find a trio of guards standing next to us. A thestral with a hat glared at us, "You both need to come with us...."

"But--" before either one of us could argue we were grabbed by a pair of human guards. The girl started shouting at me and the guards, "I didn't do anything! He pulled my--"

I tried to wiggle free as the guards forced us towards the castle at the top of our city, "She's the one who hit me!" I tried to dig my hooves against the stone road, failing and producing a constant clatter as I tried to force myself free. "I- stop it!" I screamed, lifting my legs off the floor and trying to kick free.

The purple maned satyr seemed to be causing even more trouble, kicking her leg back and trying to slam her hoof into the guard's groin. "I'm- I did nothing!" she yelled, joining my in my frenzy as we were forced up the hill towards the castle, everyone on the road watching us flail as we went. We looked ridiculous, hooves flying, arms bound behind us. More and more thestrals snickering as we were carried on.

Before long we were dragged into the courtyard of the town's castle. The tall grey stone horrifying as it disappeared overhead, replaced by a large vaulted ceiling as we were carried inside. Thestrals were rushing about like mad, guards lining the room as everyone woke up and started their nights.

Myself and the other Satyr were carried down a flight up steps off the main hall and into a small holding area that housed prisoners before their sentencing. "What!?" I screamed, pressing my hooves against the stone and trying to keep from being thrown into the cell. "I'm- we're not criminals!"

"Shut up...." the guard holding my arms pulled me back, jamming my back forward and bending me into an L. My body was pinned, forced into the cell with the purple maned satyr, "Just be quiet." he rubbed his forehead and walked off, leaving myself and the purple mane alone.

We just turned away from each other and moved as far apart as possible. I could hear her grumbling, "I told you...leave me alone, but nooo, stupid Iron boy--"

I turned to her with a grimace, "My name is Coal, Coal Av Iron! And I already said sorry!"

She turned to me, her wine eyes bright in the dim light of the cell, "Well your sorry sucked!" she crossed her arms, making sure her shirt was fitted, "...Well...?"

I scratched my head and leaned against the wall, "Well what?"

She pouted softly, "Are you going to ask my name?"

I shrugged, "Something Av Crag, no?"

She shifted her frown to the right of her mouth, "...Arrow."

I nodded, "Nice name. Arrow Av Crag...aaaaah-vuuuuu, Craaaaaaag." I mumbled, rubbing my forearms. Things grew quiet as we stewed in our miniature prison, "So...what do you think will happen?"

Arrow let out a defeated sigh, "If we're lucky...death."

I swallowed hard, "And if we're not...."

"Our families." we stated in unison.

I rubbed my mouth, "Great."

Arrow turned to the bars, kicking them with her hooves, "Why do you even care!? Your family is a bunch of thugs, you'll probably get rewarded for this!"

I scoffed, "Not like you...bunch of thieves and cowards!" I stomped my hoof, "How do ponies even use a crossbow!?"

She glared at me, "How is a blue maned stallion meant to be intimidating!?"

"Better than some one eye'd freak!"

She didn't flinch, punching me in the cheek and sending me a step back, "You're talking about my dad you absolute dick!"

I rubbed my chin, not retaliating. "Well your father is missing an ey-- wait! You...but...." I pointed to her then back to me, "We're...both heirs?"

She shook her head, growing slightly dour, "No...the title goes to my aunt before me. You are the heir?"

I shrugged, "Not yet, but once I can fight for it, I shall win!"

Arrow just grumbled, "Klutzy prick."

My voice crumbled into a series of flustered grunts, "I- ...you- ...fuck you."

Before she could shoot back a pair of bitter looking bat ponies trotted over. A purple maned stallion with an eye patch and my blue maned mother, clad in her usual iron chest piece. "Coal." she mumbled unlocking the door, "What happened?"

I rubbed my arm as I left the cell, standing before my pony mother and growing extremely shameful, "I got in a fight...."

My mother just shook her head, "With...an Av Crag?"

I nodded nervously, "Yes ma'am."

"Did you win?"

I shrugged, "We didn't finish."

My mother just nodded, her long thick mane bobbing like mad, "Pyrrhic?" she turned to the one eyed pony. They started talking, lots of nodding and lost of whispering punctuating their speech. I grew extremely nervous as I spotted Arrow shifting from hoof to hoof.

Before things grew too awkward my mother broke away from her speech, flying up to meet me at eye level, "You're fighting tomorrow morning."

"What!?"

She just nodded, "You want to start fights in the market, we will end them in the ring." she bit my tail and started leading me towards the surface. She let go of my tail, knowing I wouldn't dare leave her side on the walk home, "You remember your wrestling?"

I scratched my head as we walked through the main hall of the castle, "Mostly, why?"

My mother smiled back at me, "Cut and file your hooves and nails, practice tying your tail and make sure you eat well." she chuckled raspily, "This should be fun. A good chance for sports between the houses. Just don't lose, we have a reputation to uphold!"

I felt a nervous sense of dread filling my gut as we walked out of the castle courtyard, guards plodding around lazily and going about their work. We stepped down the main path out of the castle, taking a hard right down a narrow alley. We walked down the alley, the path leading to a small door with our family's crest on it. My mother pushed the door open, revealing our small training yard and our manor.

My cousins running about the field, too young for school, but too old to nurse. Satyrs and ponies running around, all blue maned or wearing some sort of blue cloth. It was nice to see, giving me a warm feeling in my gut. My joy was short lived, quickly replaced by fear as I spotted my father standing in the doorway.

He stepped down, his black boots clicking against the stone porch. His long legs leading up into a black metal vest with a blue shirt under it. "...Coal...." his voice boomed, shattering my resolve in seconds, "What did you do?"

My mother just fly up to him and pecked him on the cheek, "Just a scuffle, I'm taking care of it."

My father looked down at me, my body not yet reaching his height, "Coal...inside."

I nodded, rushing past him and heading inside. I hurried past my extended family, dozens of people filling the large home to the brim. I hurried to my room, locking myself in my small nook and finding some proper clothes, my jogging attire rather gross. With a fresh outfit in my hands I walked towards the baths, passing a few younger ponies as I hurried down.

Little by little the air grew humid. Each step towards our basement grew steamy and damp. It felt wonderful compared to the cold winter air. I watched my steps, being sure to start looking for a free pool to bathe in. The damp room was a miniature cavern, pools of water sunken into the floor and heated by fires below the foundation. I spotted a single young mare alone in a far off pool.

I hurried over setting my clothes down and stripping down. My now bare body was quickly submerged, the mare with me utterly uninterested in my existence. She sunk her mouth under the water, blowing a few bubbles before coming back up, "Coal...how are you?"

"Oh, aunt, hello." I mumbled, settling into the water, "Uh...good...I'm fine."

My aunt just nodded, not bothering to open her eyes, "Got in a fight?"

I scratched my cheek, "How does everyone know about that already?"

She just sighed, content in the warm water, "News travels fast in the slow mornings." she lifted her body from the water, shaking off and spraying me and my clothes with a fine mist. "Well, either way, good luck. Don't lose to a mare."

I just grumbled and cleansed my body. Hot water and a brush worked to clean the sweat and grime from my skin and clearing my coat of crud. I took my time, genuinely enjoying the warmth and settling in.

Minutes passed, leaving me alone in the cooling waters of our baths. Little by little my body soaked, my mane drooping down until my eventual rise from the pool of water. A quick dry off later and I got dressed. A pale blue shirt with black pants. Not exactly the fanciest dress, but functional and pleasing to the skin.

I didn't bother with shoes or boots, leaving my hooves bare and rolling my pant legs up. Once cleaned up I took a deep breath and stretched out my limbs. My legs burned for a moment before popping into place. "Auugh- ahhh," I released a pleased grumble as my joint popped. I finished my stretching, turning to the stairs back to the rest of our home and finding a file.

I did as my mother instructed, spending the rest of the day trimming my fingernails and wrapping my tail. It struck me as strange, how would any pony besides a unicorn be able to do this. The rest of my day was rather uneventful.

Watching TV, reading, practicing my holds. I was going to be ready.

I slowly walked towards my bed, my day reeling down. My mother cut me off in the hall, "Coal! Good, it is time to feast." she pushed her head into my stomach, forcing me back down the steps and towards the ground floor.

"Wait!" I yelped, "I was- bed!"

My mother just started humming, "You can't eat just before the fight, you'll cramp. We feast now, clear our bodies in the morning, and fight like mad!" she started snickering like mad, "It's going to be glorious."

"But- I don't--"

I was cut off as I stumbled into our dining room. My mother trotted past with a steady gait, "Oh quiet you." she shoved me across the long rectangular room, sitting me down at the pony height table and onto a cushion. "How are you my son? Refusing food...utterly barbaric." she sat next to me and let out a sharp whistle, "Quinn, food!"

Seconds later a now elderly pony trotted into the room, trays of food sitting on his back. He slid it onto our table, leaving and bringing three more trays before sitting with us. Four platters of food lay before us, the two ponies not wasting a single dawn moment. My mother and uncle dove in, tearing into the bountiful feast of pork and potatoes.

I just stared at them. "...I...." I just scratched my head, "But--"

"Oh just eat," my mother scolded, her hooves perched on the end of the table, "You bitch like your father." Things grew quiet, I took my time and grabbed a chunk of meat and downed it, tossing a spoonful of potato into my mouth from the serving bowl. "So...are you excited?" she asked, looking me over, "You look nervous."

I rubbed my mouth to clean it off, "I'm fine--"

"Will you be fine when fighting naked?" my uncle asked, lazily chewing a piece of pork.

My mother bolted upright, "Viduk, that was supposed to be a secret." she turned to me with a smile, "But...I assumed--"

"Whoa...wait...." I held my hands out, "I...with a mare!?" My face started burning, "I can't do that!"

My mother scoffed, bopping me with her foreleg, "Scared she'll grab your person?"

My eyes popped open, "I- I wasn't, but now-- What if I--"

My uncle just stood, trotting about and silently judging me. "What? If you touch her soft skin...caress her breast, accidentally, press your...hands, against her sex."

My mother just started snickering. I grew crazy as my uncle went on, "It's not gonna be like--"

"Your hooves bumping together as you roll against the cold ground. The only source of warmth your bodies, your warm, young, bodies. Sweat running between you until finally one of you submits, laying spent and tired before their conqueror." The greying bat pony just started laughing like a maniac. "...This will be a good way of seeing who's going to end up on top...."

I just sat, glowing bright red at my uncle's implications. I turned to my mother, "He's joking...right?"

My mother just laughed, "Go get some rest. We'll leave before dusk."

I nodded to her, "But...there will be--"

"You will be nude, there will be no scratching, pulling of mane or tail, nor any punches or kicks. Simply, teeth and hooves- oh...and hands." she scratched her head, "Eighteen years with my husband...you'd think I'd remember those stupid things...."

I looked down at my hands, my pony legs standing under them. "...I think of this some times, are we...am I, a freak?"

My mother stopped laughing, "Coal, thestrals were called freaks, bat ponies were called freaks, at one time pegasai were called freaks. It all fades in time, so...yes, and no." she stood from her cushion and trotted over to me, "But does this matter? No, what matters is the pony inside the body. You think I liked these...monkey people, when they first came to our land!? Well, I did, but others did not." she stomped her hoof, "Now go, rest, and forget about this stupidity."

I smiled warmly, "Thank you. I--"

"Oh shut up...just do it." she held her hooves out, "Always so grabby...you get it from your father."

I gave her a quick hug, not daring to keep it on for too long, lest I get a swift hoof across the back of my head. My family was loving, but not exactly the greatest at showing that love. Better, I supposed, than to be of the other noble house. House Dusk having gain a reputation as a rather, free loving, family. But, for all their decadence, seeing two twin sisters share a tender moment was still rather appealing.

I hurried through the plaster and stone walls of my home and up to my room once again. I settled into bed, my mind brimming with excitement and terror.

The day was restless, my rest fleeting in the anticipation of my fight. I awoke to a familiar face standing over me, blue mane spilling over my face, "Brother...time to get up." my sweet sister's voice rang true, forcing me out of bed and onto my hooves. "Mother said--

"I know...I'll get ready." I saw her out, her half pony body letting out loud clacks as she walked away. I found set of clothes. A pair of jeans and a button up shirt. Another simple night's dress, one that I would apparently not be wearing long. With my body clothed, my pride covered, I hurried down the steps to our entry, a wide rectangular room with a few racks of hats and coats, pairs of assorted hoof and footwear dotting the exterior wall.

My mother was waiting, not saying a word and simply walking outside. I joined her in her slow march and hit the town. "So...are you ready?" she asked with a soft laugh.

I rubbed my arms as we reached the main road once again, this time going down towards the train and farmlands. Far off away from the town and on the edge of the valley stood a large complex next to a tunnel. The way to a small forest beyond the valley wall. "Coal, what do you know of this girl?"

I rubbed my chin, "I saw her at school...just learned her name...so, not much."

My mother nodded, "And of House Av Crag?"

I scratched my head, "Crossbows...."

My mother laughed, "That's why they live by the woods. But, understand, we are fighters, they are fighters, this will be quite a battle." She quietly lead me down the path and to the gate of the home. The long walk proved a good chance to stretch my legs and warm up.

I felt my throat go dry as we walked past a small wall and into the other family's property. I felt a bit nervous as scores of ponies, satyrs and humans surrounding us as we walked towards the biggest building on the plot. A large two story L shaped building stood before us.

I didn't get much of a chance to look at the timber and stone walls before being thrown inside. The dark room was a relief on my eyes, but that relief was short lived as a darkness drew over my vision. "What!?" I yelped, feeling hooves on my back, "I can't--"

My mother's voice carried through the air as I was guided blindly along, "Don't worry...just going to get you ready. I'll be watching so you'd better win."

Her voice bled away as my legs were lifted from under me. I was dragged blindly along, body supported by ponies' backs and hands. I felt myself dropped into a cold stone room, my pants quickly yanked down as my shirt was pulled off, "What the fuck!? I--" I couldn't protest, my hands held by some unseens pair of hands.

"Take it easy...you're...well...mostly fine." the female voice snickered a little, "Must be cold in here."

I grew hot as something wrapped around the base of my tail, tying it up and leaving my backside drafty and bare. I felt horribly vulnerable, exposed, starting to sweat as my nerves overtook me. I grumbled as a loud creak caught my attention. "Alright...you ready?"

I squeezed the pair of hands hard, "I'd be more ready if I could--" in a flash my blindfold was yanked off, revealing a blurry wood paneled pit. I was thrown into the room, stumbling on the padded floor and looking around.

A room about the size of two side by side boxing rings stood sunken six feet below a small overhang. My mother and Arrow's father watching from on high. Arrow herself was standing sternly on the opposite side of the pit, chest bare and entire body exposed. She was beautiful, a strong supple body, completely flawless from my view. Supple porcelain white skin, long purple mane tied back and out of the way. Her breasts heaved slightly as she took deep, practiced breaths. Her bright hazel eyes were burning through my head as I looked over her body, strong legs bearing a grey coat leading up to her pale white stomach and upper body.

Arrow's father stomped his hoof, "Well...get at it!"

Before I could realized what he meant I was grabbed me by my right arm. Arrow swung her weight around me, throwing me into the center of the room. I rolled onto my gut, spotting a pair of angry breasts racing after me. I jumped to my hooves, bracing and feeling all of her weight force against me.

I slid back a step but managed to hold her back, my arms grabbing her biceps and keeping her from escaping. She held onto my forearms, trying to gain traction. "Stupid ass, just- move!" she lurched forward, my larger frame eating the force and keeping still. We glared at each other, the nudity growing inconsequential as it became apparent she was actually interested in fighting me.

I pushed her back, charging her and catching her gut with my shoulder. My arms wrapped around her, slamming her against the mat and pinning her under my chest. She pushed against my shoulders, trying to force me off, "This- isn't fair! You fat fuck!" she yelped, trying to kick free.

I kept her pinned. I could feel sweat already forming on my brow as our bodies were pressed together, Arrow's breasts compressed against my torso. "Give up?" I asked with a tired laugh, "That it--" I stopped dead and flew off of her. A sudden pain in my forearms burning, "Did you just bite--"

I was cut off as she kicked me in the gut, sending me onto my back. I held my bitten wrist for a moment. A moment too long it would seem. Arrow took advantage and wrapped her hooves around my head, crushing my neck with her thighs. I dug my fingers between her legs, trying to pry her thighs apart before she could strangle me to death.

I popped my eyes open between grunts, my captor smiling angrily as she sat crotch first before me. "Tap out!" she yelled, squeezing her thighs tight and constricting my windpipe. "Tap out you idiot!"

I did my best to pull away, my hands proving too weak when compared to her strong thighs. My vision started to grow blurry, the smell of sweat filling my nose as I stared up at her. She continued to tighten her grip, nearly crushing my head between her legs. I panicked, searching for any way out of my current situation.

I only had one option. I couldn't turn my head to bite her, I couldn't pry myself free, I only had a single night with a mare and a face full of mare. My escape hinged on one thing.

I stuck my tongue out, the soft texture of damp hair ran across my tongue, quickly added to by a fleshy slit. It was horrid, salty sweat splashing against my tongue as she released me. "What the fuck!?" she snapped, scrambling back and letting me breath. "You just--" I didn't hesitate, rubbing my tongue on my wrist for a sheer moment before scrambling after her.

She threw her arm up to block. I grabbed it and pulled her to her side, pinning her in an arm-bar. "..Who...is winning...now!?" I made sure she was immobile and strengthened my position. My hooves were on either side of her, my arms pulling her arm back and locking it in place.

"Get- off!" she screamed, curling up and thrusting her hips back. Her ass slammed into my groin, just enough impact to cause an extreme amount of pain from my balls. I did my best to endure it, holding her arm down and pressing my knees against hers. We were all but spooning, but it kept her from throwing her rear against my tender areas.

The room was filled with sweat and heavy breathing, the occasional groans of the mat adding to the strange noises. I let out a sharp huff before pulling her arm back a bit, "Give up!?"

Arrow tried to kick her legs out, failing and letting my press my waist against her rear, my rod growing from the physical contact and adrenaline. Each wiggle and attempted escape simply pressed her coat covered flanks against me. I had all but won, all I needed to do was get her to tap out.

Arrow grumbled, wiggling more and more. I did my best to ignore the growing sensitivity, finally letting out a short groan as something hot and narrow brushed against my base. She obviously realized how tender a spot she was hitting and pressed herself back against me. I held back as long as I could, the sweaty contact of her flank on my rod proving too much and causing me to shudder.

Arrow let out a guttural scream, pulling her arm free as the nerves frayed in my arms. "Perverted fuck!" she swung her elbow back, knocking into the side of my head and causing my ears to ring. She tired again, missing and snapping me awake.

I lunged forward, my knees still pinning her. She got another hit off, leaving a decent amount of damage before I could put her into a full nelson. I pressed her into the mat, my chest matching the contours of her back and hunching us both over, knees curls up and asses high in the air.

I made sure to press my chest against the arch of her back, even if she could get out of the hold I had her pinned. Our sweat making everything rather wet and warm when compared to the otherwise icy room. My rod was buried between her flanks, slowly growing more and more anxious as Arrow threw her hips forward and back, sliding me between her. I took a deep breath, holding her tight, "Not- fuck, this time!"

She slowly gave up, letting out a tired breath and slowing her movements. "It's not...over." She continued to either try and crush me or try and get me to lose focus. I grew more and more pleased at the slow wetness that was seeping from her slip. Warm liquid rubbing against me before opening up into a fleshy petal that ran from my base to the center of my shaft.

I went to a dumb place once again, grunting softly and throwing my hips against hers. Things were quiet, and in my stupid state I did it again, and again, sliding myself along her slit and enjoying the pleasure growing in my shaft. The smell of sweat was turning from rank and disgusting to heavy and musky.

I leaned my head down, biting Arrow's neck and causing her voice to catch in her throat. I pressed my tongue against her bare flesh, licking at it and easing her hold. My hands snaked out from behind her neck, moving to her ribs and from there to her breasts. Two handfuls of soft squishy flesh laid in my hands, gently rolling as I squeezed and pulled at her soft body. Arrow's movements growing slower and slower as I bit deep into her neck, groping her soft underside as I slid myself against her.

I knew what I was doing was rather perverted, but the smell of her sweat, the constant movements and coos Arrow was releasing kept me on the edge. And the feeling of soft skin and supple flesh rolling around my fingers was undeniably pleasant. I just enjoyed the simple animal impulses and continued to thrust.

I was in bliss, completely oblivious to the slowly tilting room. Before I could stop I was on my side, Arrow pulling away and leaving me to fall onto my back. I just stared at the roof, confused and tired. Arrow slowly got to her hooves, walking over and looking me over. She looked flushed. I just stared up as she turned to me, planting her rear square on my face.

A thick smell and warm trickle started to invade my tiny airspace. Everything grew dire as I felt something wrap around my cock. "You...fucker." she grumbled, bouncing her flank on my head, "Eat it!"

I had no idea what I was doing. The pressure on my already stimulated cock was threatening to send me over the edge, and a growing pain as a pair of nails dug in was making me twitch and spasm. I wanted to get free, but I didn't. The thick smell of her leaking pussy and the warm dampness that was pressed against my lips sent me to a very primal, very happy place.

I wrapped my arms around her thighs, hugging her close and sandwiching my mouth against her plump lips. I barely managed to maneuver my lips open, enveloping her sex and thrusting my tongue out, finding the slimy liquid and tracing it to its source. I felt the nails scratching my cock grow tighter, squeezing me like a stress ball and causing my legs to quiver from the mounting pressure. Arrow's voice nearly shattered as I found the source of the sticky liquid, trusting my tongue against her and wiggling my tip inside her. "You- fuck!" she shrieked, hand pulsing my cock and nearly strangling it.

I started bucking my hips, Arrow pumping my rod as I started to dribble over her hand. Her voice was high, nearly cracking as I jammed more and more of my tongue inside her. My hands were locked together, keeping her thighs together and allowing me to roam her lower body with my mouth, suckling at her lips and probing her with my tongue.

Time faded, rocking hips and pumping hands consuming my life as a growing trickle glazed my tongue, the warm wet muscles just inside her body squeezing my tongue and fighting hard to strangle whatever appendage I dared to get near it. I was in bliss, my joy finally ending as something caught in my tip. A warm fuzzy sensation arose from my stem, leading up my base, catching around Arrow's vice like grip and then exploding out into thick strands that striped my body and splashed her stomach.

I was gone, my load spent and body begging for rest. But Arrow's hand still worked me, my rod twitching like mad and throbbing as she squeezed me. I felt my legs start to kick as she refused to let go. "Tap-- out!" she squealed, tightening her legs and tapping her hooves on the floor. "Tap ooout!"

I did my best to keep slurping at her sex, quickly finding the constant tension on my cock too much as it leaked a few driblets and started to chafe. I released her, letting my twitching body fall limp. Arrow gave my cock a final squeeze and rolled off of me, her hooves laying across my chest as she laid face down on the mat.

A pair of familiar voices cut the breathing and moans, "See...I told you, not even ten minutes before they got into it." my mother's voice cut into my bliss.

Arrow's father's was next, "...I am disappointed...but, she won. And I suppose that's good enough." I popped my eyes open, looking at the one eyed bat pony standing over me, his dark purple mane blocking the light, "Coal Av Iron...you lost."

I looked at him, then to Arrow as she laid her head atop her arms. "I uh...." I swung my arm out, grabbing bare flank and giving it a quick spank. Arrow's hooves jerked up at the slap, "I don't feel like I lost," I laughed, resting my hand on Arrow's flank.

Her father just rolled his eyes, "...You're coming to dinner next week...dress in something presentable."

I was left sweaty, spent, with a mare's legs across my chest and my mother overlooking me, sniffing the air. "By The Mother, boy, you had her." she trotted over to me and looked down at me, "You were mounting her, and you just...." she rolled her right hoof, "You ate pussy...."

I laughed tiredly, "...Pussy...tastes good." I let my head fall against the mat and knocked out into a deep nap. Maybe I didn't win the fight, but I'd won a different kind of victory, one who's war would be far more important.

Cartoon Patterned

I held my new mate's hand, adjusting my gloved hand in her own leather clad grip. "...So does your father--"

Arrow squeezed my hand tight. "He trains those who ask. But I think these two just...how you say, enjoy it."

I peeked down the railing that our parents had watched from, watching a pair of black haired girls entangle their bodies. Hands snaked across pearly white skin, turning pink and tender as they wrestled. "...House Dusk...always uh...uuuuuh...." I lost focus as the two woman laid atop one another, the one on top arching her back and stretching her beautifully pale skin taut, her small breasts jiggling softly under her tight white body. "Uuuuuh....yes, I...approve...."

I felt something slam into my armor, shoving the metal chest piece into my ribs, "Drool more you pervert!" Arrow kept hold of my hand, forcing it into my side. "Go on! Keep it--"

I let go of Arrow's hand, slamming the back of my hand against her side and sliding my fingers into her waistband. "I will!" I flipping my hand around, sliding it around her flank and taking hold of her panties. "Don't push me...I let you win last time, next time I won't be so kind."

Arrow glared at me, her purple mane growing a bit frazzled as I tugged her panties up her backside. "Do that and you'll lose something dear to you."

I smiled wide, "A chance I have to take." I yanked Arrow's panties up, causing her to let out a shrill scream as the cartoon patterned cloth was yanked up her ass, pulling hard at her groin and rear.

"You horses ass!" She yelped, making a fist and swinging it towards my crotch. She slammed her hand into my codpiece, letting out a loud metallic thud. "Ow ow ow, *ow!!***" She screamed, pulling away and holding her crotch with her unhurt hand. "Why are you wearing a cup!?"

I smiled proudly. "Because I knew what you would try, and your father said wear something nice!" I adjusted my jacket under my chest piece, the ornate blue painted steel amazing compared to my beige jacket. I looked down at my bright marzipan colored gloves, "Ahhh, I will say I do pity pure blooded ponies, they will never know the joys of gloves!"

Arrow walked around behind me, nursing her wounds. "True...but no human could do this!" she kicked her leg backwards, bucking me and sending me against the railing. "Now apologize!"

I brushed off the hoofprint on my back. "For what!? You hurting yourself on my groin!? I'm sure your father would love to hear that!"

"For grabbing my panties, you chauvinist patriarchal pig!" She pushed me, standing hoof to hoof with me. "I will lose my boot in your ass if you don't!"

I pushed her back a step. "Patriarchal!? I support our royalty in any gender!" I held my hands out, flailing them about. "Th- the countess to be is a- a- a countess!"

Arrow continued to rub her ass, her grey coat just showing under her shirt, and just above her armored leather pants. "You're still a pig!" she spun on her hoof, stomping one and staring into the pit of fighting lesbians. "You were so enthralled by this incestuous lesbonic display...you're clearly an utter pervert and a pig!"

I slowly walked behind her, wrapping my hands around her body and holding her stomach. "...Granted." I swayed slowly left and right, grinding myself against her backside and gently massaging her tummy through her fine cotton vest. "But there is perversion, and caring. And I'd be a monster if I didn't care for one so adorably flustered."

Arrow let out a short sigh, grabbing my wrists and stepping back and planting her hooves against my own. "I don't like being flustered...and that hurt."

I stopped my grinding, leaning my head around her own and looking over her shoulder. "I'm sorry.... But they're so cute, Twilight Time is a good show...but it's a little girly for you, no?"

Arrow grabbed my right hand. "I'm allowed to be girly...just as you are allowed to be an idiot!" She pulled me forward, shooting her leg out and tripping me.

"Holy shit!" I screamed, going over the railing and landing face down amongst the wrestling cousins. "Fuuuuuck" I groaned, pressing my hand into my back, unable to soothe the pain through my armor.

One of the black haired sisters ran over, "Are you alright!?"

I looked up at her, reaching my hand out and gracing her skin. "...Come closer...I need something." The black haired beauty leaned over me. "...I need you...and your...kin, to treat the girl who's coming down. She is a wrestler...and she could use some relief from the experts of sex." I whispered softly, pointing back to where I was throne from.

The satyr from the courtesan family of Dusk looked back as Arrow hopped down from the railing, flaring her wings to keep from slamming down with the same force as me. "Are you implying we--"

I rolled onto my back and sat upright. "...Arrow, I believe these mares of flesh would like to see your panties." I turned to the closest girl, the other starting to collect herself and sit upright. "They're cartoon printed, she has a little cartoon owl on her flank."

The naked girl to my side smiled wide, sticking her excessively long tongue out and licking her lips. "Is that so? I'd love a taste...."

Arrow went bolt stiff, "Coal! Why--"

I crossed my legs, pulling my boots off my hooves as the two naked mares slowly approached Arrow. "Why? Because watching two amazing girls bathe you with their tongues would be amazing. Because I think you could survive a bit of a feminine encounter. And because I'm apparently a perverted pig." I set my leather boots down, scooting towards the door of the wrestling pit. "Her hooves are ticklish, aim for the hooves!" I shouted, leaning back against the wall.

"I swear to--" Arrow was cut off as one of the girls, prone on the floor, grabbed onto her leg. "Off now!" She tried to fly away, losing her boot and catching the mare that was beside me in the gut.

"Over here!" I yelled, waving my hands, "I'll take the clothes!"

Arrow was slowly taken to the mat, the girl with the boot giving it a deep sniff before tossing it over to me. "Your mare...your girl, woman, you don't mind if we partake?"

I caught the strange pony boot, setting it aside. "The mat is meant for two things...training, and release.... She knew what to expect when she threw me in here!"

"No!" Arrow screamed, another boot flying towards me from beneath the girls. "Coal, fight me you bitch! Don't have your little--"

I stuck my index fingers in my mouth and let out a sharp whistle. "Oi, off her!" I shouted, jumping upright and walking over to where the two sweaty girls had my mate pinned. "...You want to fight me again?"

Arrow elbowed one of the girls and wiggled free. Her belt and vest were missing, as were her boots, leaving her hooves wrapped up in bright white socks with purple stripes. "Yes, you! You- you- you--"

I smiled wide. "Well, what do I get if I win?"

Arrow stood on one leg, tugging at her pants to cover her socks. "I'm sure we can--"

"If I win, I let these two have some fun!" I shot back, pointing to the girl with Arrow's vest.

"Wha--" Arrow spun around, grabbing at the girl, "Give me that!"

I started laughing at the two other satyrs backed off. "A hunter beaten by two girls of pleasure and company! The shame you must--"

Arrow spun around, getting a bit red. "Fine, you know what, fine! But if I win you have to lay with two boys!"

I felt my words fizzle in my mouth. "I- you- screw you! You know what, fine! We do this!" I snapped the latches on my chest piece and tossed it aside with a tinny gong. "Go, go, no clothes!"

Arrow wiggled around, keeping the two black haired mares at a distance. "...This is- don't touch me!" she snapped, nearly biting one of the mare's faces.

I tossed my jacket aside. "Ladies...a moment. I promise you some fun in a bit."

I couldn't help but feel a little guilty, even for a noble house full of lustful ponies, they knew how to tug at ones' heartstrings. "Awww, and the little cartoon girl was so feisty. Save the first taste for us."

I chuckled softly, growing a bit unnerved by Arrow's staring. "It's a bit...late...for that." I finished disrobing and tossed my clothes to the side. Arrow was slowly doing the same, hesitating around her pants. "...Why is it that when you invite me over we always end up naked?"

Arrow yanked her pants off and hurled them at me, catching me with the zipper. "Shut up! I swear, I hope you enjoy the taste of men, for--"

I rubbed my arm where the metal had hit, "You think you will win? I'm going to put you in a headlock, and let the wolves have at you!" I waited until Arrow had her gloves off, watching her cap fall to the floor. She was bare save her underwear, and in the perfect way for me to get started. "...Arrow...."

"Wha--" I ran into Arrow, catching her gut with my arm and slamming her into the mat. "-fuck- you shit!"

I rolled to the side, quickly snatching her arm and locking her down. My legs were wrapped around her arm, my own supporting me. "Well...a precarious situation you find yourself in."

Arrow flailed her free arm and tried to get up, her hooves failing to gain any traction. "Because you cheated! You- let me go!"

I whistled softly, looking over to where the previous two mares had been. "...This will only take a minute. A good match should never last too long, no?"

"You fucking horse's ass! I swear to--" I let her arm go, "Ha--" She shot upright, sitting in an L. I quickly got around behind her wrapping my arms around her stomach and hugging her, nuzzling her head. She let out a soft gasp as I ran my fingers along her soft belly. "Coal what are you--" I slid my hands up her body, snaking them around her shoulders and putting her in a full nelson. "Wha- you prick!"

I tightened the hold, laying back and letting Arrow rest on my chest. I could feel myself growing excited as my member snuck out of its hiding place. "...Well...you seem out of practice."

Arrow struggled as much as she could, her arms flailing around like mad as I pressed her head forward. "Screw- you! Let me go!" She kicked her hooves, digging them into the mat to try and get some traction. "I swear to The Mother, I will end your life!"

I kissed the back of Arrow's head, nuzzling her purple hair. "You're so cute when you're vulnerable...."

Arrow went dead still as I finished my words. "...I'm not vulnerable!"

I massaged the back of her head with my fingertips, enjoying the fruity smell of her mane. "...I bet your room is pink, filled with little stuff dolls and cartoon pictures."

"I hate-- Get that off me!" Arrow screamed, kicking her legs and flailing her arms limply. "Oh by The Mother, it's hot!" she yelped, squeezing her thighs around my cock, forcing it to attention and letting it rest against her panties. "I swear--"

"Hmm, would be such a shame to stain such pretty little clothes with the act. Ladies!?"

In a flash two sets of bright colored eyes were looming over us. "Hmm, may we partake?"

I smiled wide and leaned back, forcing Arrow's head forward. "Keep the panties on, but stuff a sock in her mouth."

The two other satyrs started to go to work, one diving face first into Arrow's crotch and taking her sex into her mouth, humming softly and sending Arrow into a tizzy. "This is crap! This is so much cra--"

"What was that about me laying with boys? I win, you lay with girls, you win, I lay with boys. Amazing how bad I wanted this, isn't it?"

Arrow started hyperventilating as the second girl give her hoof a quick lick and slowly slid her sock off. "Coal I don't like this!"

I grumbled loudly, easing my grip, "Seriously...we had a deal--"

"Mwah-ahahahaah-ahahaaa!" Arrow broke out into an extremely loud laugh as the second girl started tenderly kissing her hoof. "I swe- fu-ahaah, aaaahaha! You fucker!" She started kicking and squirming as the first girl pecked and nuzzled her panties. "I swear to The Mother this- Fuah, shi-i-i-it, I-- fahahaha!"

The second girl pulled her head back, a sock hanging from her lips. "She is ticklish, how...delightful."

The first girl started giggling. "This is good. My two favorite meals sitting on a clean white plate." I felt the girl give my rod a long lick, causing me to jolt and slam the back of my head against the mat. "But...we are for the girl, yes?"

I took a deep breath and forced Arrow's laughing head forward. "I won't complain...but yes, just keep the panties on." I mumbled, letting my rod peek through Arrow's thighs and rest against her groin, quickly pushed aside by the first girl's mouth.

The second girl was still tending to Arrow's hoof, licking up and down the soft underside with her long slimy tongue. I peeked my head around, watching the second girl breath heavily onto my mate's hoof, her free hand down to her crotch. "She tastes so good...how could you keep such a treasure from us?"

Arrow was squealing and laughing to an insane degree. "I'm gonna- Ah-ha, I'm gonna- *Aaah!**" Arrow locked up, the first girl letting out a long hum as the second girl slid up and pressed herself against Arrow's leg, grinding up and down her body like a stripper pole. "Off, off--*"

The first girl looked up, smiling at me with a slimy trail hanging off the tip of her tongue. "Sweet...slimy, oh so delicious--"

"Ehhrum," an extremely rough cough came from above. "Uh...ladies...gentlemen- man, satyr...."

Everyone on the mat froze, slowly looking up towards the overlook, except for Arrow, who I kept in a headlock. Hanging over us was the Count, Arrow's father, my mother and a few other thestrals. My mother was snickering like a fool while Arrow's father was sporting a killer grimace.

I slowly released Arrow, rolling her limp body off and standing up. "Um...my Count." I slammed my fist into my chest, making a salute.

The Count just started laughing, scratching his head. "So which house will the kids be?" He asked, peeking down. His human face was rather tired, even for it being the middle of the night. "Pyrrhic, you liked kids, right?"

Arrow's father growled loudly. "I need to start locking this place...."

The Count started chuckling. "Well, Coal, what house?"

I snapped to attention, a bit honored my name was known. "Um, sir?"

My mother peeked over the railing. "Av Iron, obviously."

"Bulls' shit!" Arrow's father yelled, running over to her. "I--"

The Count waved them away. "So, which one? Purple or blue? I need to know what color gifts to buy. I mean, your wedding is going to be soon enough."

I froze, Arrow shooting upright with a large wet spot on her panties. "Wedding!?"

The Count just stated laughing, "I'm kidding. Now come on...dinner's getting cold!" he looked over to the two black haired satyrs, "I'd invite you two, but I think you've already had your dinner."

The girl that had dove into Arrow's crotch chuckled nervously, slowly stepping towards the exit. The second slowly joined her, leaving me and Arrow alone in the pit. I looked over her, focusing on the large wet patch along her groin. "...We should make our own house...with Indigo...and...I don't know, stuff."

Arrow crossed her arms, still a bit red from the sudden tender abuse. "You're an--"

"You want to be your own!?" The Count snapped, "Ha, that's rich.... Well I don't see why not!"

"What!?"

The room lit up with confused gasps from everyone, the Count nodding dutifully. "Yeah, why not. House...Flint, or...Bodkin. Sounds like an interesting experiment!"

I looked over to Arrow, "I think I-" I grabbed her hand, pulling her close. "I uh...."

Arrow latched onto my hand hard, threatening to crush my fingers. "Coal...I'm scared."

The Count laughed, "Don't be! We're gonna give you two some money, set you up in some other town, and give the the whole experience of founding a noble house!" He clapped his hands together, "Better practice your Equestrian!"

I locked up. "...Yes...Sir...thanks to you." I mumbled, my Equestrian shaky at best. I walked in front of Arrow, scooping her up and cradling her in my arms. "I think...maybe we should change."

The Count nodded. "That's probably a good idea. Shouldn't be showing up to dinner with your cock out."

Pink

I sat on the wall outside House Av Crag, sitting with one of the Av Crag ponies. I kicked my legs, limply slapping them against the ground as the sun slowly went down. I looked over to the colt I was sitting with, watching as he poked his cellphone with his hoof. "Hey...does it ever bother you how strange things are?"

The colt looked up, nearly dropping his phone. "What do you mean?"

I looked down at my medieval attire, tugging at my chest piece and leather boots. "Like...we dress from times long past, but here you are with a cellphone."

The colt shrugged. "I don't mind. It's a nice style I think, and are you just mad cause you don't have a cell?"

I glared at the pony, snatching his phone away and holding it out of his reach. "I've never needed one! And...I mean, I've seen humans dress like this in books dated...well, centuries ago! And this...thing-" I gently tapped the delicate electronic device, "-is just sitting here, ruining the whole aesthetic."

The colt just stared at me, blankly, gormlessly. "Can I have my phone back?"

I let out a long huff and handed the phone back. "I guess it's me with the problem." I hopped off the wall and started off towards the actual compound. The Av Crag land was huge, basically one giant mile long field at the bottom of the valley. A few buildings dotted it, but it all came back to the main hall, the two story L that sat near the front.

I hurried up to the building and stepped inside. I got a few strange looks for a few seconds before the occupants recognized me. "Oh...Coal, she's in her room." A dull looking human said, stretching his legs. "Top floor, door with the purple crest with a white circle around it."

"Thanks fri--" I stopped dead and turned the the man. "Hey...does it bother you, the way we dress I mean."

The man looked down at his clothes, his outfit leather and heavy cotton. "What do you mean? Like...fashion wise?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I've seen pictures from other towns, we seem so...old fashion compared to them."

The man uncrossed his legs, his cuffed boots slamming against the stone. "Trust me kid, jeans and a tee-shirt get old after so long. I mean, I guess we do dress a little...archaic, but the folks in Canterlot are always dressed up like their going to some fancy ball or something."

"Yeah bu- hmm, I guess you're right." I rubbed my chin, blue stubble budding from my face. "What was that thing you said?"

"Jeans and a tee-shirt. It's like...the most standard clothes you could find. I mean, ponies didn't wear clothes normally until humans showed up! And even then it took like...five years, seven years. I mean...we could all be naked if we wanted, there's no laws against it!"

I rubbed my arm through my jacket. "Uh...but it's a bit cold out."

"Then stop complaining." The man grumbled, plopping back down. "Besides, you look fine. Really imposing, exotic, stuff like that."

I pulled at my metal chest piece. "It just feels so old fashion is all. I guess it's me with the problem--"

The man let out a long groan. "You're leaving right? Going to Canterlot?"

I nodded a few times. "Yeah, what about--"

The man scribbled something onto a small slip of paper. "Go here, they sell clothes for satyrs. Just pick something normal and see how you feel."

I took the note from him. "Oh, alright sure."

"Oh, and find a way to meet Twilight Sparkle, Arrow loves her freaking show." The man crossed his arms and pulled his hat down. "It'd be a nice thing to do."

I tucked the note into my pocket, hurrying up the stairs of the true House Av Crag. I ignored the burning in my calves, hurrying to the top floor and looking down the hall. Two ways lay before me, either way could have been right, and there was nothing at stake, yet I felt an extremely large amount of anxiety from this simple thing. "...Gods damn it...." I stuffed my hands in my pockets and tried to spot the crest the man had talked about.

I couldn't see a thing, the angle to shallow to see anything. "I- just crap, crap shite bollocks," I muttered to myself, walking down one of the halls. There were almost all bedrooms, and I didn't want to risk waking anyone this early in the night. I walked all the way down the long hall, not spotting the crest on any of the doors. "...Damn." I mumbled, feeling the sense of anxiety replaced by annoyance.

I hurried down to the other hall, my boots tapping against the wood floor loudly. I charged down to the end of the other hall, still not finding a crest of any sort on any of the doors. "Is this a joke!?"

The nearest door was thrown open, revealing Arrow's father, Pyrrhic. "Coal, for the love of The Mother, what do you want!?"

I took a step back, spotting his wife scratching her head in the background. "Um.... The Count sent me to pick up Arrow...I can't--"

Pyrrhic rubbed his good eye, "Other hall, second to last door on the left.... Now hurry before you wake, everyone, up!"

I hurried off, taking my boots off to make less noise. "It's the room with the crest, no it's the room on the left, now go get out of here." I mocked, hurried to the proper door and throwing it open. Arrow was on the other side of the amazingly girly room, packing.

I stepped into the rather large room, looking around at all the posters, plush dolls and pink and white that dotted the room. "I uh...Coal...hello."

I looked at a shelf, spotting a plush doll of the Princess Twilight Sparkle. "Um...this--" I spotted another, a famous Equestrian hero, Rainbow Dash. I picked up the stuffed doll and looked it over. "Um...you really like her show, don't you?"

Arrow grew a bit pink and stuffed a pair of panties into a luggage case. "I...am a fan, yes. What of it?"

I looked at the pink painted walls, running my hand along the white shelf she had her dolls on. "You know, I was joking, but you're a girl after all!"

Arrow snapped her case closed, "Coal get out of my room!"

I set the doll down, moving to a bright white dresser. "What...we've...done things. Why are you so nervous about this?" I pulled a drawer open, spotting a myriad of different extremely girly panties. "...Words...fail me." I stifled a laugh as I plucked a pair out, unfolding them and looking at the little bow that was stitched into the waist. "And look!" I set the panties down and looked into the drawer. "Everything's so neat and nicely folded! I- this is amazing!"

Arrow raised her voice. "Coal get out of my room!"

I continued to explore her amazingly girly secret life. She had always put up a, I'm tough, don't screw with me, front. But this was gold. "This is like a shrine to PVA!"

"Don't talk about Pony Valle!" Arrow snapped, grabbing a set of teddy bear patterned socks from me. "Now get out!"

I threw my hands up. "I was supposed to come tell you we're supposed to meet the Count at the train station!" I turned to her window, laughing gently as I looked at her thin gossamer curtains. "You're a treat, you know that? A tough cookie with a creamy inside- is that porn!?" I snapped, spotting something under her bedside table. "That's porn!"

Arrow ran over to me. "Reach for that and I'll crush your fingers!"

I risked it, barely saving my digits and snatching up the magazine. "But you have a computer, why don't you just.... Oh...oh my, oooooh my." I jeered, looking the magazine over. It wasn't porn as I had thought, it was a toy catalog, full of the order numbers for the different Pony Valle cartoon toys. I hugged the magazine. "Oooh, you are adorable! I knew it was in there somewhere!"

"...Coal...please, get out of my room." Arrow croaked, closing her laptop and packing it away. "...Please?"

I snapped to her, tucking the magazine into my jacket. "Um...okay." Something about her voice was extremely unnerving, and as much fun as I had taunting her and teasing her, I could tell when she meant business. I backed out of her room, snagging a doll of Applejack and looking over it in the hall.

It struck me as odd that the princess had allowed an animation company to make a show about her exploits, it felt even stranger that the show featured the old Elements of Harmony, even though they were never really comfortable with being huge heroes.

I squeezed the doll, pressing an internal button, "Yeehaw." the orange doll cried out, confusing me even further, it was Applejack's real voice. I pressed the button again, "Ain't nothing but apples."

I pulled the magazine from my jacket, looking over the catalog. "Hmm, I could find some of these...." I mumbled to myself, ears twitching as Arrow's door opened. I looked up, finding her dressed up in a tight fitting polo shirt, a pair of tight jeans and a pair of hoof covering shoes. "...See, this is what I was talking about! This look, normal!"

Arrow cocked an eyebrow. "...We have pony legs...and human torsos...what is normal about us?"

I mumbled softly and handed her the plush doll. "It's this thing I've been thinking about. Anyways, I'll take the bag."

Arrow nodded and started leading me down the hall, her tail just off the floor as she swaggered in front of me. "Where's your bags?"

I let out a rough cough, deciding to try and speak English Equestrian. "They're at the train, already."

Arrow looked back at me, a bit of a worried expression on her face. "Can you seriously not speak Equestrian? See...this is why I watched Twilight Time and Cappy! You learn so much from those little kid shows!" She exclaimed exuberantly.

I grumbled to myself as we started off down the steps. "Cappy is for five year olds and little girls!"

"Well that makes sense, you speak like a five year old little girl!"

A pony started flailing their hoof at me as we walked down to the ground floor. "Oooooooh, sick burn!"

"Screw you!" I shot back, nearly tumbling down the stairs. "Who even is that!?"

Arrow snickered softly. "She's my cousin. Anyways, where are we gonna go?"

I scratched my head with my free hand, "What do you mean?"

Arrow held the door open as I walked towards the train station. "Like, where are we gonna go after Canterlot?"

"Uh...I don't know- I do not, know."

Arrow laughed and overtook me, walking a few steps ahead. "You sound so funny trying to speak Equestrian."

I grumbled angrily. "And your room is like a PVA convention."

Arrow went quiet, quickly leading me towards the train. I trailed calmly after her, spotting a small group standing on the platform. I could see the Count, his daughter, his wife and his son, all standing there watching us approach. I hurried my pace, catching up to Arrow and grabbing her hand. "Arrow...you ready?"

She looked back at me with a worried look. "I'm fine...but you look a little sick."

I took a deep breath and looked over to the royals that stood on the platform. "I feel a little sick...." Arrow frowned hard. She gave me a quick pull, forcing me along. I held onto her bag, racing up the steps and finding myself before the Count before I could make any complaint or rebuttal. "I- hello...."

The Count just looked at me, his face somehow obscure despite the lanterns that lit up the platform. It was like no matter how dead on you looked at him there was always a shadow cast on his face. "Coal, Arrow, kids...how are ya?" His voice was surprisingly tender, "You ready to go?"

I scratched my head, unable to feel distressed when spoken to in such a kind manner. "Um...I am...mostly. Arrow?"

Arrow looked at me, her eyebrow cocked. "I was asking him where he wanted to go, he's all nervous now."

The Count scratched his head. "Well, you're not the only ones going. There's...about six pairs, all kids who said they want their own house." He nodded dutifully, "Wight why did you not want to go?" he asked the young Countess in the corner, the raven haired satyr shooting upright.

"Uh...cause Canterlot is boring."

I could finally see the Count's face. His eyes were rolling softly. "She's not wrong. Anyways, here." The count pulled a small set of cards from his pocket and handed them to us. "Money, should be enough to get a plot of land somewhere or a house. But...I'm not in charge of you once you leave. Anyways, just go out, have fun, explore, I mean that's why I'm doing this."

The green stallion standing with the count tugged on his jacket. "Uh, dad, the boxes."

The Count looked down, "Box- oh, oh right! Wayne go give the ones on the train their boxes!"

The green stallion nodded, heading off to a small stack next to the train. The Count did the same, coming back to us with a set of oddly shaped boxes. The Countess looked the boxes over, "Uh...Ben, what are those?"

The Count put his hand on his wife's head. "Just some gifts, that's all." The Count pressed a box into my hands and leaned his head down towards my ear. "I talked with your mom, you're certified to use that thing now, but don't go chopping someone's arm off." He planted another into Arrow's hands. "Same for you, but don't shoot anyone."

I couldn't help but feel a little confused as I pulled the box open, my confusing evaporating as I looked over the slightly curved steel saber and scabbard that sat inside. "Holy shit!" I yelped, "That's- awesome!"

The Count nodded as Arrow pulled an ornate crossbow and a few bolts from her box, looking rather perplexed. "Um...Count Wesk, is this really a good idea?"

I set Arrow's bag down and slid my belt around the scabbard. "This is the best idea!" I screamed, sliding the perfect saber into the sheath with a loud, clack. "Oooo-hoo-hoo, that sound!"

The Count nodded a few times. "You're representing Transylmania, so...don't get locked up. But...that thing is real, so I mean...it's a sword, you know how to handle it."

I had to surpress my joy and picked up Arrow's bag. "Yes sir! This is- I mean I've had a lot of practice...but I've never had my own!"

The Count shrugged, crouching down and hugging his wife. "She said I should send you off with something, so I figured it'd be appropriate for your families."

The Countess wiggled free. "I didn't mean you should give kids weapons!"

The Count shrugged. "I gave our nephew a bunch of botany books and some chemistry supplies. I'm not about to give the slut family a sword, or the fighters a bunch of poetry or perfume!"

Arrow grabbed my wrist and started pulling me into the train. "...They're gonna be at that for a while." she stated, leading me into the train and pulling me towards a small room. She pulled it open, "These your bags?"

I nodded, spotting my bag in a cupboard. I stowed Arrow's bag and found a seat in the small private room. "So...now what?"

Arrow peered out the window. "Uh.... I got some cartoons on my computer...we could watch, Go West."

I scratched my head, "Isn't that, that pony cartoon with the guns?"

Arrow scoffed, "It's the best cartoon with guns!" She pulled her laptop from her bags and threw herself onto one of the bunk beds in the room. "Now are you gonna watch or what?"

I let out a long groan and joined her on the bed, laying on my stomach and resting my hand over her shoulder. "So...besides cartoons and being angry- Whoa shit!" I shouted as a gunshot snapped from the laptop speakers. A pony with a wide brim hat stood with smoke drifting from a small silver barrel just under his hat.

Arrow tightened up, laying her tail across my back. "Cartoons...are...amazing, you douche bag."

I watched the earth pony flail a pistol around his hoof, eventually slamming it into a holster under his barrel. "Um...I'm inclined to agree." We ended up watching half a season while the train was loaded up, and for the first time in my life, I enjoyed being a nerd.

Arrival

I laid over Arrow, my member jammed between her flanks, my arms wrapped around her and my face buried in her hair. She smelled like peaches and felt amazingly warm when compared to the cold air inside the train. She had knocked out half way through the trip, leaving me to close her computer and settle in, granted she wouldn't be too happy if she was aware of my cock between her cheeks, but the snug sensation was worth any potential abuse.

I laid my head down across her's, cheek to crown. "...Luna's Moon, I love you...."

"...Love and lust are two very different beasts." She croaked, shifted a little and sliding me through her cheeks. I let out a little groan and tried to pull my hips back and my sausage free, she quickly pushed back, keeping me pinned. "No escape I'm afraid...."

I felt horridly trapped as she raised her hips and kept me trapped between her flanks. "...Arrow...good dusk...."

Arrow lowered her rear, leaving me achily hard and trapped in my clothes, pre staining my boxers. She bumped her flank against my thighs, forcing me back and off of her. "You're a pervert by the way." She grumbled, sliding out from under me and sitting on one side of the bed. "What would your family say?"

I scratched my head. "My mother would stomp her hooves...my dad would just frown and shake his head." I watched as she lifted up her arms, reaching up and stretching her body. Her midriff showed just under her shirt, pearly white against her purple tee shirt. "Stop staring at me, have some modesty."

"But...you're hot.... Why would I not look? Are we broken up? Am I not allowed?" I sat back on the edge of the bed. "That's like telling me, stop staring at that art, it doesn't like being appreciated."

Arrow grew slightly pink, snapping her head away and banishing her blush. "Don't start with me, just...not in the mo--" I cut her off, reaching out and cupping one of her soft, warm breasts in my hand. "...Coal, do you want to die?"

I stared at her breast, squeezing the soft supple flesh and letting my tongue press against the back of my fangs. "Do you?"

Arrow grew bemused, her arms falling to her sides as she glared at me. "Coal...get your hand off my boob."

I lifted my hand up, letting the weight rest against the ridge of my palm, my cock threatening to explode in its confinement. "Is that an order...or, just...a suggesti--"

Arrow snapped down, sinking her fangs into my forearm and getting her point across. "Now!"

I reeled back, rubbing the two new cuts in my pale skin. "Ow, fine! Fine...I get it...no touch."

"It's noon...you were laying across my back and humping me...and I'm really not in the mood." Arrow turned towards the edge of the bed, looking around the room. "Where's computer?"

I looked towards where I had put it up. "On desk, now, what is plan?"

Arrow looked at me, again bemused. "Plan?"

I rubbed my arms, looking around for my good clothes, I'd barely worn them and was planning to wear them for the rest of the night, and day if it truly was only noon. "I mean, do we just get changed--"

"Coal, you've seen my vagina...I've seen your penis, is it really that exciting anymore?"

I stared at her, my eyes burning with righteous indignation. "It is always exciting...each...and every- Arrow look at me!" I grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her eye to eye with me, pressing our noses together. "Your vagina is always exciting." I hugged her, rocking back and forth on my knees. "I love you...and your vagina...and...everything."

"You have the mind of a horny sixteen year old." Arrow groaned, pushing me back. "I swear, always so focused on--"

"Your lips are beautiful." I cut in, causing Arrow to flub her words and grow a flustered expression across her face. "As I said, I love you, your body, your mind, everything besides when you hit me. ...Unless it's sexy hitting...."

Arrow shook her head, her blush sticking around longer than before. "Why is everything about me have to be sexy!?"

"Because you're my girlfriend, my mare, and that's amazing! I mean...nopony ever liked you back in school...you were a bully--"

"Ponies liked me!" Arrow snapped, looking more hurt than angry. "You're a di--"

"You hit, everyone!" I shot back, holding her by the biceps. You were so mean to, everyone, pony, human, satyr, you hit us all!"

Arrow grew red, throwing my arms off and slugging me int he arm. "Shut up!"

"See!" I shouted, rubbing my now aching arm. "That hurt, and you just did it on impulse! I might be a pervert, but you're a bully!"

Arrow wrapped her arms around herself, clutching her biceps. "It's not like I try...."

"I know...and I can take a punch. But, Arrow, you're my mare...my girl, and I love you." I carefully scooted towards her, wrapped my arms around her submissive posture, sneaking my hands down her soft shirt, across her soft skin and onto her coated flank, sliding my fingers under her panties and leaving them holstered against her flanks. "...It's still amazing that you and I actually worked out." I planted my nose against her head, "You smell like oranges."

"Coal get your hands out of my panties." Arrow demanded, her voice level and cold.

"Alright yeah." I pulled my hands free, "Enough of that." I looked down at her, my fingers warm. "...Can I put them in your pockets?"

"Coal, seriously--"

"It's cold out, okay!?" I jammed my hands between my legs, pressing them between my thighs, "...It's not...entirely, a sex thing."

Arrow stared at me, "If you keep talking about my sex so much I'm going to start harassing you back."

"Impossible." I stated, sweeping my arm low. "I can see why you would be mad at me, the boob touching and the groping...but you couldn't harass me, I lack the required parts."

Arrow continued to stare blankly. "You know...my heat hasn't come for the season...when it does...you will see what it feels like to be treated like meat."

"I never treated you like meat!" I hopped off the bed and started getting dressed, pulling my antiquated clothes on and slowly pulling my armor on. "I just...your body is nice, it feels nice, makes me happy. I still love you, you're fighty and strong and willful, but still girly enough to not be a lesbian!"

"Coal...stop yourself, because you're talking out of your ass." Arrow pulled her shirt off, revealing her bra slid down her chest, nipples peaking out of it and a bit red. "Oh, that's why." She pulled her bra off, giving it a few sniffs and pulling it back on. "Clean enough."

I took a deep breath, shamefully excited by her nudity. "Do you not change your clothes every night?"

She shrugged, sliding her panties off and pulling a bag from the rack. While we could legal not wear pants, it was cold enough that it was the reasonable thing to do. "Not my bra. It's a bra, all it ever does it hoist. It's not covering my genitalia, and it's been so cold I'm not sweaty."

I stared at the black bra pulled against her chest. Images of slippery wet breasts bouncing as she walked, jiggling as she wiped her sweaty brow flooded my mind. "...Have I mentioned you're attractive? I feel the sudden urge to reiterate that fact...all over your body...."

"You're a pig." Arrow snapped, pulling on a set of leggins and a skirt, her hooves wrapped up in a thin black that wasn't too different from her coat. "A truly disgusting beast."

"And you have breasts! We all have problems, some more obvious than others!"

Arrow held her arms out. "Are you done!? We're supposed to get off the train, but if you're--"

"I'll slid my tongue so deep into your pussy...slurping you up and jamming my cock in your mouth, finally splattering cum over your face...." I pulled my boots on and stomped. "There...I'm done." Arrow stared at me, burning a hole into my head. "What!? You're hot, I'm horny, we're together- what do you want from me!? I've got a brainful of sex right now, I'm not going to talk about your personality, I can't fuck your personality!"

"You are the most misogynistic fuck!" Arrow grabbed a few bags and pulled them into the hall. "I swear if--"

"If you had a penis I'd still fuck you! You're just- you're hot! This isn't about you being a woman...this is just...I want to bang you...so hard...."

Arrow rolled her eyes. "You know...I know you're not that big of an asshole, but you're being a massive asshole!"

"I'm sorry, okay?" I walked up to her, hold my arms out. "I love you, I want to hold you when you're cold, I want to be there when you're sad, I want to rub your legs when you're sore, I want to love you...body and soul. But right now, my brain is telling me to fuck, and it's really, really, really leading my thoughts."

Arrow lowered head head, "Coal...go masturbate."

I sighed loudly, lowering my head and giving her a quick peck of the cheek. "I think that would be a good idea...I'll be back." I wiggled past her, grinding our flanks together in the doorframe. "Okay...seriously now, I'll be back." I turned around, grabbing the panties Arrow had chucked on the floor and hiding them in my sleeve.

Arrow glared at me as I pushed into the hall, hurried down past bat ponies and satyrs that were waiting in the halls of the train. I found the restroom, a single room with just enough room for me to do what needed to be done. I wasted no time and pressed the panties to my nose, and pulling myself from my pants. I tore my gloves off, not wanting to be too obvious when I walked out.

I leaned my head against the wall, reveling in her soft hormonal smell as I dampened my hand and tugging my twitching rod. It wasn't the most comfortable session, but my cock was already primed to go off, just begging to pop off and give me the relief I needed. And with a twitch, a tickle in my tip and a flood of warmth through my body, I splattered a thick load against the underside of the toilet seat, a few spurts landing heavily in the water as my cock moved towards the end.

But as it seemed I would be done, a deep breath past her panties caused my mind to go blank. I felt myself shoot back upright, slinging another load of cum into the rim of the toilet. I let out a truly guttural moan as the thick cream squeezed pleasingly through my cock, emptying my package and pulling all the tension out of my lower body with a final spurt and a breathy wheeze. I felt like a champagne bottle that was hastily uncorked, shooting off and completely vacating my pony cock of all power.

I was as weak as a lamb, the last spurt truly ecstasy inducing upon my muscles final pulse to shoot out that droplet of my soul. It felt like I had gone two rounds with a prize fighter, my heart finally leveled out, my breathing loud and half controlled. The worst, and most pleasurable aspect, was the unusual thickness of the load. I'd only skipped three days, yet already it was as if I'd skipped two weeks.

I'd never felt so suddenly empty, and never had a load maintained such a tingling pleasure so deep inside my cock, all the way up to my tip. My hand felt both horridly wet and rough against my meat, the now limp mess slowly retreating as I pushed off the wall and stumbled hazily around the bathroom. I felt like I was learning to walk for the first time, my booted hooves struggling to get traction on the linoleum floor. "Oh god...that was the best jerk of my life..." I hissed, starting to snicker, "and it was in a train bathroom...what is my life?"

I pushed out of the bathroom, snickering as I wiped my hands off on a paper towel. "I can't--" I stopped dead, my smile melting off my face as a gaggle of every type of female from Transylmania stood in the hall, snickering and staring at me. "...Can I--"

A passing stallion slapped me with his tail as he moved towards the exit, "You were very loud, I think the entire train might have heard."

I stared at the collection of humanity and ponydom, along with the satyrs born from each side. A bunch of girls, just into adulthood were staring at me, giggling at me and getting a bit bashful when I looked at them. I slowly turned around, stricken by the fact that everyone who was staring was a girl. "Did I...." I spotted the mare emblem burned into the bathroom door. "...Oh...."

I took a deep breath and turned back to the mares. I puffed my chest out, striking a powerful pose and marching off towards Arrow down the hall. I marched as proudly as I could, eating the shame and scooping up our bags as Arrow snickered. "You feel better?" She asked, putting on a pair of black glasses and grabbing her bags. "Co--"

"I feel, amazing. And next time...maybe we just have sex, and I don't make a fool of myself in public."

"Oh, you just want to disappoint me? I mean, what's the difference, you'll either be embarrassed by a bunch of strangers, or by me calling you a pussy, either way, still a pussy."

I grumbled angrily as I got in line for the door out of the train. "Just...don't start." I looked back at Arrow, she was wearing a pair of pony sneakers and a pair of jeans, topped off with a collared white shirt and a pair of sunglasses. "...Well, don't you look fancy."

"Says the boy dressed like a cuirassier. Look at you...you look like some cosplayer. Pony booted cosplayer...funny."

I glared at Arrow, "Everyone in Transylmania but you dresses like this! Sorry we don't all travel around Equestria--"

"And Earth." Arrow clarified, smiling wide with her glasses making the grin all the more condescending.

"Point is, we're not exactly--" I was cut off as the door of the train slid open, showing off a blinding light that seared my retinas and burning my face. "Oh my god!" I turned away, as did most of the kids from the town. "Why!?"

Arrow's hand blearily waved in front of me, "I was going to offer sooner, but you in pain was too much to pass up." She pressed a pair of glasses into my gloved hand. "Now get up, we need to find the best hotel in town, I'm not sleeping in some hostel like the rest of these children!"

Arrow swung herself to the door, disappearing into the blinding light and leaving me to stagger to my feet among the ponies, humans and satyrs from the town. A shorter satyr tugged my arm, a little girl I knew back from school. "Coal...your friend is a bitch."

I blinked heavily, clearing my eyes. "Nickle? Oh...yes...yes she is." I put the glasses on, turning to the door. "But she's my bitch...now never call her a bitch again or I'll cut you." I tapped my hand against my sword. "Seriously...don't."

City Noise

I walked off the train, my boots causing a thick puff of dust to kick off the train platform. I sauntered over, my vision a bit dark from the thick tinted glasses. "Arrow, where did you get these?" I asked, walking over to her and following her as she walked off the edge of the platform, bags and packs hanging off her.

She spun around smiling wide, her teeth shining as light bounced off her, the unusual effect causing me to do a double take. "Most of us are afraid of the sun, granted I'm not a fan, but you need these if you're not sleeping through the daylight hours." She took off down the street. "Now come, I have somepony we can visit before we find a place."

I grumbled angrily and carried on after her, my own bags and hers slung all over my body. "You didn't answer my question." I hurried after her, my boots slamming against the concrete walk that lined the cart filled street. Canterlot already felt too busy, pony pulled carts and scooters ripping down the street while ponies piled onto the sidewalks and surged like blood through fresh meat.

It felt odd, seeing so many ponies running around, watching them go about their days with such vigor, yet most likely being completely completely free of expectation and worry. It felt fake, living in such a wonderful city, buildings towering up with the castle spires overlooking the main town. These ponies couldn't be as busy as they appeared, surly no living being could keep up with the pace these ponies were showing off.

"Oh--my--god!" A trio of ponies and a satyr ran over, giggling like mad as they approached me. A mare with a bright pink and white mane bolted over, forcing me to step back and out of the stream of ponies, Arrow stopping and watching as the ponies surrounded me. The cotton candy mare started giggling and blushing as she pranced before me. "I--love--Ironside The Infamous** !"

I stared at the mare as her friends gathered around me, the satyr wringing her hands together and blushing bright. "What...I don't speak Equestrian." I asked, taking a step back and pressing against a magazine box. My wings flared out as I bumped up against it. "What fu--"

"Oh my god!" A mare shrieked, trotting in place. "He- he's got the wings too!"

The quartet shrieked in unison, giggling and cheering as I folded my wings away and set my bags down. "Can I help you?"

The mares continued to giggle. "Oh my god, his voice, aahahaa!"

Arrow walked over to me, leaning towards my ear. "They think you're dressed up like a character from a show. Ironside the Infamous. It's about us...thestrals and the Duchy."

I scratched my head, thinking back to the other towns we'd built since I was born. "But...I- the other towns are just as modern as here!"

Arrow rolled her eyes. "Have you been to Highpeak or Solitara? It's like the highborne times up there!"

I frowned hard. "Well lucky you, you get to travel everywhere while I just sit and whack things with swords and run track! Sorry I'm not you!"

Arrow started snickering. "Good of you to know your flaws."

"Oh my god, I- I--" A mare with a bright blue streak in her mane pulled a camera out. "Can I get a picture!?"

Arrow continued to snicker. "They want your pictu--"

She was cut off as the quad of vaginas got around behind me, the satyr resting her chin on my head, the mares hanging off my arms and the unicorn of the group taking her place in front of me and taking a picture of us. "Oh, wait..." The unicorn looked back at me, levitating my glasses off and tossing them towards Arrow. "Just a few more."

I felt like I was going blind, constant flashes causing my vision to blur and sparkle. I felt mares hanging off me, my cheek pressed up against ponies and my gloved hands being pulled every which way, eventually settling in an overhead hug on a tiny yellow mare. One of the mares spotted my sword, still hanging from my belt. "Oh wow, can you just, can we--"

Arrow waved at me, "Strike a pose, look imposing!"

I rubbed my eyes, the sun still burning like mad. "I can't see shit, how am I--"

"Just do it, let them have some fun!" Arrow shot back, walking over and taking the camera from the unicorn's magic. "I should take some pictures too...maybe some more private as well."

I felt a bit hotter as she pointed the camera at me, the girls huddled around her. "What!? I- you can't do that!"

Arrow lowered the camera, "Oh? And if I offered to take pictures of myself?"

I locked up, caught by my own double standard. "...Look, can we just--"

"Sexism is a two way street, as is groping, remember that." She brought the camera back up. "Now look imposing."

I shook my head, straightening out and standing tall, hand on the hilt of my sword as I tried to look proper. I felt like a proud soldier, thinking back to the count and wish I could have joined his guard. "...Arrow, I just realized, I never asked you about the count."

Arrow took a picture. "What about him?"

I drew my sword, holding it out high and causing the girls to gasp as it shined in the sun. "Does it bother you that he's human? I always thought it was kind of odd...he's the only human royal of Equestria...it's just...kinda weird."

Arrow shook her head as she took another picture. "He's not the only one...and are you serious?" Arrow handed the unicorn back her camera. "Look at your hands! You're a noble, you're half human! I mean, does it bother you what we are!?"

I slid my sword back, spotting a passing guard pony staring me down. I made sure the hilt snapped loudly into place and picked my bags up. "Satyrs you mean...and...yes, a little bit! I mean look at yo- look at us." I corrected, snickering slightly. "If I look at you anymore--"

"Hey, so...take this-" The cotton candy mare pushed a note into my hand. "-my name is Sugar--"

The mare was cut off as Arrow stormed between us. "Excuse me...he's taken." She spoke in perfect Equestrian, her accent adding a harsh bite to her words.

The mare scoffed, "Well maybe he'll--"

"Bitch are you fucking serious right now!?" Arrow threw her arms out, "Want to fight me!? Come on!"

I shook my hand and grabbed Arrow's bags. "See, you are a bully."

Arrow pushed past the mare, following me as I walked down the street. "That's not bullying! She's hitting on you, right in front of me!" Arrow tried to pull her bags away, "I mean what would you do if somepony started hitting on me!?"

I grumbled angrily. "Someone would lose their hea- hey!" A passing stallion barreled past.

"Fuck you asshole!" The vulgar stallion turned around. "You wanna start shit, let's go! I'm really not--"

I threw my bags down, placing my hand on my sword. "Arrow, translate!"

Arrow just shook her head, covering her eyes with her hand. "Coal...just follow--"

"I already hate this place!" I shouted, turning around as the stallion backed off. "Everyone is so busy, it smells like asphalt, there's a castle in the background but these fucking ponies act like it's Manehattan or Boston!" I grabbed my bags in a huff and carried on down the crowded road. "I just- I don't like it- ...what's that smell?" I asked, catching the scent of blood in the wind. "Arrow...I smell good things."

Arrow looked around, "Smells like beef, is there- oh look." She set her bag down and pointed down the street. "Deli. You ever been to--"

"What fuck is a deli?" I asked, cocking my head.

Arrow rolled her eyes. "It's like a butcher shop--"

"What!?" I shouted, pulling my way through the crowd, "Among the herbivores!? No, I don't believe you!" I forced my way through the crowd, slamming face first into a meat filled window. "...By the elder gods, and Jesus' cock...." I pressed my nose against the window, staring in awe as equestria's various creatures wandered around inside. "Arrow!? Arrow!?" I found her walking towards me, "Arrow! How do I live here!? How do I make this a thing!?"

Arrow joined me at the window. "Coal, it's just a deli--"

"Fuck you!" I shouted, pointing at the window and facing her, "This is amazing! Stop making it sound like it's not!"

Arrow took a step back. "Coal, calm dow--"

"No! It smells like delicious in there, but I can't fit these stupid bags through the doors!"

Arrow leaned back, almost getting pegged by a passing pony. "I don't even know if they take Transylmanian copper...."

I stared at her, an expression of sheer horror growing on my face. "No...I- I need this Arrow!"

Arrow stuffed her hands into her pockets. "Well I don't have bits, and I'm going to guess you don't either. Now, maybe after we get settled in, we can--"

"Arrow don't make me leave!" I shouted, falling to my knees. "Please, please don't make me go!"

Arrow leaned back on her hooves. "What is staying here going to do?"

I looked back at the deli, my hands meeting my prickly face. "I don't know...I just...I don't want to leave without this place in my stomach."

A rougher voice cut in, "A stallion who thinks with his groin and stomach, and a thestral mare in a tee shirt, how did I know I'd find you two here?" A strange looking mare wandered up to us, one that spoke perfect Thestrali and bore a horn. "What, why are you looking at me like that?"

I stood up, dusting myself off and making sure no one had stolen my bags. "Uh, do I know you?"

Arrow pushed me side, forcing her bags into my arms and toppling me. "Hello Marcy, how are you?"

The apparent unicorn, Marcy, stepped over to Arrow, slinging a hoof around her waist and hugging her. "It's good to see you again."

Arrow nodded to the strange mare. "Truly, I wish I'd know you were going to come find me!"

Marcy smiled, showing off a pair of fangs, "I just heard they were sending another load of you over, another year, another grand adventure, am I right?"

"Hey!" I shot upright, pointing at the mare. "What are you!? You have fangs, but, horn, but I--"

The two locked onto me, staring at me like a pair of lions. Arrow walked up to me, "Coal, Marcy is a unicorn...yes?"

"I can see that."

"Her father was a thestral, her mother was a unicorn. That makes sense yes?"

"Yes, okay...but--"

"So she is half thestral...that's--"

I stuck my finger up, adopting an accepting tone. "That's why--"

Arrow and I spoke in unison, her voice taking the lead. "That's why she has a horn, but still looks like us."

"Yes." Arrow clarified, patting me on the head, "See you figured it out. Good boy."

I threw her hand off my head. "Don't patronize me!"

Marcy stepped up to me, "So angry...tell me, is this sexual frustration or are you just that angsty?"

I locked up. "I- that's not okay to ask! Why--"

"So both, I see." The mare laughed, slowly looking towards the deli. "At any rate, it's not really safe to carry your lives in a few bags. You two go ahead, I'll see about picking up something to eat for your first night."

I snapped my head down to the strange combo mare. "...You're going inside?"

The mare joined me at the window. "The mutton looks good today, maybe some eel." She turned to me with a smile. "Ever had spiced goat?"

I stared at the mare, slowly ducking down and carefully putting my arms around her. "...I...love you," I clutched the mare tight, lowering my head before I could cry. "And I...I don't...I can't...I'm sorry."

Marcy tried to take a step back, forcing me to pull her even tighter. "It's alright.... Arrow, what's wrong with him!?"

"He's a glutton and a pervert, he's short, he's sexist, an idiot, smells like iron shavings and is a terrible poet." Arrow snickered after her aggressive tirade, "Oh, you mean why is he doing that."

"That's not funny!" I shouted, shooting upright and charging over to her. "Should I start pointing out each and every one of your flaws then!? Like how you're a bully!?"

Arrow hummed loudly, my rear getting a bit hot at her dismissive behavior. "No, I think I'm fine as is. Now come, you can be mad at me in private. I don't really want to beat you down in public."

I grumbled angrily and grabbed my bags, giving a quick wave to the mare buying me food. "Thank you, anything meat is good!"

Marcy smiled, a bit frazzled from my sudden hug. "I'm sure. The look of you screams, I eat meat."

I mused on her words, something about her inflection felt odd. "Did she just...did she just call me gay!?" I ran after Arrow, watching her tail sway as she moved down the streets into a much more crowded area. "Everyone is so rude here!" I shouted to myself and the crowd, bowling past them and stumbling along with my bags.

"Oh calm down." Arrow stopped before a large building with a glass front. "Fighting will get you sent to a lockup for a day, so just keep cool."

"I'm fine!" I shouted over the bustle of the passing crowds. "I'm always fine!"

Arrow laughed and lead me into the much quieter building. "You almost got into a fight already. And you probably would have gotten your ass kicked too!"

I rubbed my ears as the sound of the outside was canceled out by the glass door of the building snapping shut. "Says the mare who has never beat me."

Arrow grew red, "Are you kidding me!?" She walked over to a pair of glass doors waiting on the other side of the room. "I've won every--"

"Define, won. Because...each time we've fought I've had a great show and usually got your panties off. I'd call that a win in my book."

Arrow slapped me, leaving a sting on my cheek as she pulled our bags into a completely glass elevator. "You're a pig!"

I grumbled angrily and joined her in the elevator. "I'm just saying--" She took a swing at me, bopping my nose, "Ow, why!?"

"You need to learn some respect!" Arrow shouted, pushing me up against the wall of the elevator, momentarily causing my heart to jump as I looked down at the ground.

"Holy shit!" I yelped, my gut sinking into my colon as I looked down at the far off lobby we were just in. "What even is this!?"

Arrow pushed off, turning to the other end of the box. "Marcy is a friend of my father, she's the one we always stay with, and she...she's a complex person." Arrow put her hand against the glass, watching the glowing machines pull us skyward. "She works for Celestia, but, it's all a new idea."

I scratched my head. "What does that even mean!? Stop being cryptic, if anyone should be cryptic it should be me! Dressed like a lunatic from the darktimes!"

The glass box went dark as we slid into place, a door opening before us. "Coal, she's very important, her house is very nice, so please be respectfu--"

"Oh my god!" I shouted, rushing inside the scifi dream room. "What the heck!?"

Arrow shook her head, lugging our bags out. "This isn't even the apartment."

I stared at a strange panel on the wall, no substance to the object, merely a light projected on the wall. "This is nuts! How is this in the same city as the Castle!?"

Arrow joined me at the panel. "Better question, why is a caveman trying to figure out a haptic pad." She pressed a few buttons, causing a large set of numbers to appear at waist height. "Seriously, Coal, don't touch anything, just don't."

I stared in awe at the magical display. "This is, balls!"

Arrow pressed a few notes, a large horseshoe going across the screen. "Magic met technology, Marcy is basically the baby of that marriage."

I took a step back as the featureless wall went dark. "Wait...what did you just--" A small slit appeared in the wall, opening up into a door and revealing an amazing technomancy marvel of an apartment. Equestrian styles fusing with technology and magic, all to a comforting lull of jazz.

I just stood there, gawking like a fool as Arrow pulled our bags inside. "Coal, are you--"

"Did I have a stroke?" I asked, looking towards her, "This isn't real, is it?"

Arrow frowned softly. "You never really asked why I never got along with ponies in Transylmania...you get it now?"

I shook my head, still dazed by the blinking lights before me. "N- no.... I mean, I used to get mad when ponies brought their phones to school, this is just.... It feels fake!"

Arrow looked back into the modern dream. "It's a bit of a step from Transylmania, isn't it?"

I rubbed my arms as I looked into the frightening mass of lights. "Oh god...I feel so out of place."

"You're wearing a metal chest piece, you are out of place." Arrow walked over to me, standing hoof to hoof with me. "Coal, you alright?"

I took a deep breath, turning to Arrow's bright wine colored eyes. "This is, science gone mental, and I'm standing here in armor."

Arrow took my hands in hers, showing an uncommon kindness. "I know what it's like. Going from living in stone huts to stepping into a glass box and flying into the air. It's okay to be nervous."

I rubbed her hands, "I- I'm okay. The Count said we were supposed to go find our place in Equestria, right?"

Arrow smiled wide, "Right...and maybe it's not here, but we have to start somewhere."

I nodded, wrapping my arms around her back and resting them on the nape of her back. "Arrow, my place is with you. You know that."

Arrow jumped upright against me. "Coal, that's so--"

I sunk my hands into the back of her pants, "And in your pants." I added, grabbing her panties and yanking them upward. She let out a rough squeak, grabbing my ass and causing me to push my hips forward to try and escape. "Arrow what the hell!?" I shouted, jumping back and flailing until I was free of her grip.

Arrow let out a frazzled scream, "Are you kidding me?! I'm trying to be nice and help you and you give me a wedgie!?"

"You grabbed my ass!" I shouted, my heart fluttering from the sudden contact on my rear. "How could you!?"

Arrow's expression went completely flat. "So...it's a big deal when I grab your ass? But not when you touch my panties?"

"I- it's not okay to--" Arrow stepped back, the door closing and the all going flat again. "Arrow...Arrow open the door, Arrow let me in!" I slammed against the wall, sliding down it and resting against the ground. "Arrow!? I'm sorry! ...Arrow...I love you.... Shit, that usually works...she's actually mad."

I slumped down, sitting on my flanks and pulling my tail around. "...I guess I deserve this." Just as I resigned myself to my suffering I felt the wall leave my back. I fell flat on the floor, Arrow's plot hovering over my head. "Arrow wait!" Before I could put my hands up she dropped her plot right on my nose, slamming down with all her weight and causing me to scream in pain.

"This what you wanted!?" She shouted, starting to laugh. "Too much!?"

"You broke my nose!"

"It's a good lesson for you." Arrow's laughing slowly petered out. "...Why is it that I always end up sitting on your face. Maybe I'm part of the--"

"I'm bleeding! Oh god I think you really did break my nose!"

"Ha...that's--"

"Get help!" I shouted, trying to push free and stop the blood dripping from my nose. "Oh god Arrow, you bashed my face!"

Arrow shifted around, "Well, stop touching my ass--"

"Get off me!" I screamed, rolling to the side and pinching my nose shut. "Get a rag!"

Arrow let out a long sigh. "Fine...you perv."