Draconic Desires

On his way through town, a lot of the ponies looked somewhat surprised to see him, but they just sort of accepted it.

He was going to have to thank Twilight for taking the pressure off him.

He opened the door to the library and walked inside. “Is anyone home?”

He heard a mare’s voice upstairs. “I’ll be right down!”

She slowly walked down the steps, and he watched her. Everything about her attracted him, from her smile to her immaculate robes.

When Twilight saw his reaction, Twilight partied internally.

When Twilight was ground level, she spoke. “I want you to know one thing: I’m on your side.”

The dragon tried to feign ignorance, “Just what side do you think I’m on?”

“The dark side. The side that causes you to go around eating innocent, naked ponies.”

She used the word naked so that he would associate naked ponies with food.

The dragon looked hopeful. “Since you’re on my side, then does that mean that you’re also in the business of eating said innocent, naked ponies?”

“Oh, I admit I don’t have quite the appetite you have, but I wouldn’t mind sharing one with you. I can promise you about… 95% of the body. Is that a good deal for you?”

“Sure, but I don’t trust you.”

“As you shouldn’t, at least not yet. I have very dangerous schemes on hoof.”

“How dangerous?”

“Dangerous enough that I’ll need you on my side to protect me if I get in over my head.”

“Makes sense.”

“Indeed, it would make rational sense for us to help each other.”

“Fair enough. I’m willing to help you if you help me.”

“We’re a mutual match.”

“Okay, so how will you get me ponies to eat? Their disappearance won’t go unnoticed anymore.”

“Don’t worry about any investigations. I admit that I fabricated that newspaper in order to increase the urgency of you meeting me.”

The dragon growled, “You nearly gave Derpy a heart attack.”

She paused and glared at him.

He could sense that Twilight really hated Derpy.

She ignored him and continued.

“Lyra’s disappearance will eventually raise questions, but I can squash them. I’m the princess, and I have a lot of say around here. Still, you can’t be as careless as you were with Lyra and expect me to patch everything up.”

“So, what system did you have in mind for being more discrete?”

Twilight smiled in a sinister way and said, “My solution is to siphon off a few of the ponies that pass through town. There are a few hundred travelers a day. One here or there won’t be missed nearly as much as permanent residents.”

“Okay, you’ve got a deal. 95-5%. I’ll take it. We can shake on it.”

They shook claws/hooves.

Twilight seductively cooed, “Now we are partners.”

“Okaaaay… Anyway, I’m hungry. When do we start?”

Twilight gave him a devilish look. “How about right now? I nabbed somepony this morning in case I had to sweeten the deal.”

She led him to a nearby walk-in closet. She opened it and they both stepped inside. She closed the door behind them.

There was a naked blue unicorn gagged and in bondage. Her face was very flush. She looked up at them with extreme nervousness in her eyes.

Twilight said, “Here’s a toy that does a lot of tricks, great and powerful ones.”

The dragon was skeptical. She looked pretty pathetic.