Chapters I wake up to a loud noise outside my studio apartment. "Damn neighbors... always partying!" I get up regretfully out of bed, out of my custom-made Fluttershy pajamas and walk into my bathroom to ready myself for work. Half an hour goes by as I get dressed in my uniform, a tight-fitting maintainance outfit that's itchy and uncomfortable. I walk over to my keys and walk over to the door.
*FLASH* "What the fu--!"
It's dark. My body feels like it's covered in minor burns, and I keep trying to open my eyes. A voice calls out, "You have to wake up! Please, I need your help!". That voice sounds familiar. "Wake up, human!" Huh? That's an odd thing to say. I finally feel like the dizziness is wearing off, and I finally begin to see again. What I'm looking at is... Twilight Sparkle? No way! I raise my torso off the ground that I'm laying. I see the markings of a magic circle on the floor, and with me in the center.
I stand up, mulling over this surreal situation I'm in... to end up falling on my butt in pain and trembling weakness. "You aren't ready to move yet, this spell was very difficult to pull off and I'm afraid I need to treat your burns." she says to me, walking away from my position on the floor. The lavender-colored unicorn stands at a podium, flipping pages of a book with her magic.
I'm highly confused by these incredible sights, only uttering the words "So, this place... really exists?"
She looks confused by my statement as well. "Obviously, since your senses are taking in the environment." That's true. This place feels too real to be a dream.
She closes the book, and turns toward me. "Straight to the point then. You are in Equestria, a place where Unicorns, Pega--"
I cut her off. "I think I know what this place is, what I want to know is why you brought me here."
She's visibly taken aback by the statement, but manages to switch gears. "Well... If you do miraculously know what this place is, then you might have heard of our princess monarch, Celestia. Something has gotten into her, and now she's become cruel tyrant of lust and hatred! I need a human to help with this, and you are the one that was summoned using my spell. I'm desperate and out of options, can you help me?"
I'm surprised by this. Celestia doesn't seem like one to be taken over by darkness any sort, she's supposed to be powerful and kind. I look up at Twilight again, to see her eyes to the floor and tears fall from her face. "What? Hey, don't cry." I get off the floor, legs shaky and painful, to walk to where she was standing. I make it there, but fall on my knees this time. Then, I wrap my arms around the back of her neck, saying softly to her: "Don't worry, I swear I'll help you out. You respect her a lot, don't you?"
"B-but, how did you..." She stutters.
I let go of her. "Let's not think about that now, my legs are killin' me. Do you have a spell that can heal these deep burns?" I lightly chuckle.
She laughs awkwardly, and then wipes away the leftover tears. "I'm sorry, I probably should've treated that first. Here, lay flat on the ground again." I obey, letting her do her work. "I'm not the best at healing spells, but this spell will heal you from the inside out, and rather quickly. It'll take about a day to completely heal." Her horn touches my forehead and a blinding light flashes. Energy is flowing into my veins, making my body feel light. "There, that should do the trick." she says with a smile.
"Good to see you're feeling better too, Twilight. Now, what is our plan for saving the Princess? I have a feeling we should help her as
soon as possible."
She gives another astonished expression. "I almost forgot! Take this candy. You are going to need this. She levitates a candy covered in a striped wrapper over to me, plopping into my open hands.
"Candy?"
"Yes. I only know of one way we can trick her using magic, and that is taking advantage of her weakest moment. That is... umm...."
"Is something the matter, Twi?"
She speaks up once again. "No, it's just... hard to say. Her weakness is when she's... having sex."
I instantly break into laughter so hard that I'm crying. "Pfft, I'm sorry... It was just so cute how you looked when you said that!"
Her face reddens in embarrassment. "W-well, how else can I say something s-so embarrassing!"
I wipe away a tear and get back on track with our previous conversation. "In any case, how am I going to get her to have sex with me? That sounds like a rather impossible task."
"Not really. She... likes experimenting... a lot. You humans are supposed to be an intelligent species a high sexual dri--" She stutters, and turns even redder than last time. Trying to suppress an oncoming breakdown from Twilight, I change the subject. "Suppose I do get her to bed, how am I going to get her to eat it? I'd think she would be more wary of a 'magical bonbon' that I would hypothetically insist her to eat."
"Just say it has an aphrodisiac." she says, leaving me dumbfounded by her obvious and straight-faced statement.
"That wouldn't even convince me, Twilight." I say with a heavy sigh.
"Well, it's true, it does have an aphrodisiac."
'That's not the point, egghead!' I almost tempted to shout at her. Luckily, I stop myself and sigh to her once more. "Look, I'm sure that won't work against her. However, I'll try my best to talk her into it, or think of something else. When are we going to pull this off, anyway?"
The violet unicorn puts her hoof under her chin in thought. A few seconds she responds. "I think it'd be best to prevent anymore victims of her... ahem, well... actions. So... Tomorrow? Yeah, tomorrow." Blushing again.
"What should I do until then, Twi?"
"Well, you could explore Ponyville a bit. I'll prepare a bed of hay for you, for when you get back." She says getting up off the floor. Then I remember, with that one word, 'Ponyville'. I'm in every Brony's paradise. I suddenly get the most excited I've ever been in my life, bouncing on my toes, shaking uncontrollably.
"Later!!" I bolt through the door, leaving Twilight with what I'm guessing is an incredibly baffled expression. I find myself surrounded by nostalgic scent of farmland and apples, and a plethora of colored horses. The scene feels like it should be painted and placed in the finest of museums. Stalls selling vegetables, and the occasional pony pulling a wagon. I slow to sluggish pace as I take in everything around me. Then I realize it. Ponies begin to gather around me in obvious curiosity. And to an even greater surprise, one of the onlookers turns and runs the opposite way. Was that Bonbon? I didn't have a good enough look at her to know or not.
The distracting thought finally leaves me, and I remember about the prolonged eye contact of a spectrum of ponies. They are eyeing me as if I were Trixie putting on the best show of her life. Finally, the fragile silence breaks as a mint-colored unicorn bowls through the middle of the crowd. She tumbles out in front of the rest of them, and everypony looks over her with confusion. She bolts up quickly, with high excitement. "Is this how energetic looked a moment ago?" I almost blush at the passing thought.
"Ohmygosh, I'm Lyra! Can I be your friend? I've never met a human before and humans are so cool! Pleeease? I--" I cut her off before the situation can get any weirder.
"Calm down please, I'm sure everyon--... Ahem, everypony, would like a chance to speak with me." As I finish saying that, Twilight Sparkle comes out of the library behind me. I turn to her, and realize that all this attention isn't a good thing, judging by her look. She suddenly flashes her horn, and I'm in a completely different area. I'm looking at the Everfree Forest, and next to it, Fluttershy's cottage. My vision blurs, blurs and I become nauseated.
Twilight suddenly comes into my sight, and dons a worried expression. "Oh, I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" She rubs her hoof on my back, which I thought would be rough and hard, but it's the complete opposite. "Teleportation spells can make you feel nauseous the first time."
Her light massage makes me feel better, and I rise off my hands and knees. "No, I should apologize, I got carried away. I was so excited to come here that well..."
Twilight gives an anxious laugh. "I probably should've made you wait until night, so we wouldn't attract so much attention. I'm sure it's fine now, though." She sighs deeply, and turns to look at the cottage. "Oh, Fluttershy! I thought you were having tea with Rarity at the Boutique." I turn to look the direction of Twilight's words, and notice the mellow yellow Pegasus trotting out from her quaint little cottage.
"Oh... Well, Rarity had a sudden order from Photo Finish, and she felt like needed more time." replies Flutters with a sullen look to the ground. She then notices me standing next to Twilight and perks up once more. "Oh, what is this creature, Twilight? I've never seen it before!" Her eyes glistening like a babydoll, she flies in circles around me.
Twilight opens her mouth to speak, but I respond first. "Uhm, I'm a human? Nice to meet you Fluttershy." I'm probably just as curious about Flutters as she is about me. Her mane with such a beautiful carnation pink, and her coat lightly glistening in the afternoon sun. Apart from my observations, she is baffled by my short speech.
"Y-you can talk?" I noticed she a bit tense, but still just a curious as before. I'm glad I haven't scared her off, since I didn't show much tact with my earlier reply.
"Err... Yes. Humans are capable of speech too. So, I have heard you are great with animals." My curiosity led me to a landmine. Now how am I supposed to follow-up? Twilight's smile turns to a look of astonishment once again, and fluttershy looks at her expression confused. "Umm... Could you forget that last question?"
Twilight inquires regardless. "How the hay did you know something like that, I summoned you from a different world!" Twi cringes at this second faux pas. Maybe we should shut our traps, before it gets any worse. I sigh at this thought. Surprisingly, it's Twilight who makes an about-face. "Fluttershy, you can't tell any one about this. I've used a spell to summon this human from his world, to save Celestia. I can trust you about this, right?"
Fluttershy looks over at me and back to Twilight, with a plain expression. "I Pinkie promise." Fluttershy replies. They both start the childish chant, much to my surprise.
"Cross my heart and hope to fly... Stick a cupcake in my eye!" I start laughing so hard it hurts. I literally fall on the the ground, unable to stop for few moments. The both turn their heads, watching in bafflement.
"I'm sorry!" I wipe away a tear still lightly chuckling. "You two were just so cute when you did that." They both blush at my following statement. "Anyway, so the cat's out of the bag. What next?"
Twilight turns to look up, hoof to chin once again. I'm rather fond of this look, of her looking deep in thought. After what seems like a minute. She tells me: "Maybe it's time we get going. The sun should be setting soon, so we'll be meeting with Princess Luna. Thanks for your time, Fluttershy." she finishes, looking over at Fluttershy.
Flutters replies blissfully. "Oh, no, thank you Twilight. For letting me meet your friend, I mean. Bye now!" With that, Twilight's horn shines brilliantly once more. We're shot through space in the blink of an eye.
Thud! I land on a table hitting my tailbone, and only a slightly churned stomach this time. "Ow! You should work on teleport others more carefully, Twi!" She looks at me like a child who's been caught red-handed, blushing once again.
"Hehe, sorry." She looks over to a throne in the room, looking a little more serious.
"Wait, is this the Castle of the Two Sisters?" I say in surprise.
"Wait... How did you know? Oh, nevermind, tell me later. We have important business." She walks silently toward the two thrones ahead. Maybe this is the meeting place that was spoken of. I get off the table I was so awkwardly positioned on to follow her. I look around the room slowly behind. Well detailed tapestries lie ahead, above the two thrones. The entire room looks incredibly symmetrical. Detailed columns meet the tall ceiling about 50 feet high. Various corridors lie on both sides. I'm left wondering if this is what throne rooms are like in my world, being that I'm but a plain citizen of America.
"No! This can't be happening!" Twilight shrieks. She levitates a scroll in front of her with a grim look. "Luna's been kidnapped by Celestia!" I suddenly remember Nightmare Moon. This is exactly what happened last time... in reverse.
"Twilight, we need to find her! Where does it say she is?"
Twilight, turns to look at me, almost in tears. "It doesn't say. Maybe you should read it." I'm reluctant to grab the scroll levitated over to me. I pick it up and read it aloud:
"Dear my once faithful student. I see you've gone against the wishes of your master. If you want me to release Luna from her prison in Tartarus, have the human join me at my bedchamber in my Castle in Canterlot. If he can please me well enough, I'll release her."
I don't know rather to be happy the plan is still possible, angry the Princess sent her sister to such a harsh place, or sad that Twilight is on the verge of crying. This letter, it's definitely stirred up some anger regardless. "Twilight!" I exclaim to a mild shout. "I'm going to fix this, or die trying! This is absolutely terrible, I can't let things be as they are."
Twilight's face rises from the floor, looking at me with a tear gliding down her cheek. "Will you really? You mean it?"
I reply to her with confidence. "If it's one thing I'm good for, I never break my promises. Let's go twilight, it's getting dark." She nods, and walks down the stairs to where I've been standing. Her head lowers, horn glows in a violet light, and suddenly flashes once more. With a magical 'Pop!', we are inside the Treehouse.
"Over here is your bed, you should probably rest for tomorrow." A hay bed. Never have I slept on one before, but this might be an interesting experience. I plop down into it. Scratchy. Ugh, I hope I'll get just a little bit of shut-eye. I roll over and try to fall to sleep.
To be continued.
I'm surrounded by screams. Why are all these houses aflame?! Oh my god, Ponyville's citizens are too! Is this a massacre? Suddenly, before I can react, I am pulled from beneath. I'm falling, through ground? What kind messed up scenario is this! Sudden I drop freely into pitch black darkness, as if it were the night sea. A blue light shines from behind. I turn to look at what might be my worst nightmare, to find... Princess Luna? She begins speaking quickly and desperately: "Listen to me. I've only got a little bit of power left to speak to you through your dreams. You must stop my sister at any cost, or that previous dream will occur. A massacre. Her lust will turn into further hatred and she'll become a being of sadistic malevolence. You mustn't allow this."
"Luna, how am I supposed to win against her? I've got no idea what I should do!"
"The answer is simple. For even a human can wield its power. This world can help you shape it into your sword and shield."
"What is it?! Please tell me!" I feel my body being moved slowly backwards.
Her body fades, and my body is pulled back even faster until-- *Smack* A roll of newspaper hits me awake. "Jeez, and Twilight thinks I sleep too much!" I jump awake out of shock. That voice belongs too... Spike? I turn my head to see the young dragon, as expected, with a look of annoyance. "Something about you seems off, even if you are Twilight's friend. I'm keeping an eye on you!" Stomps away the dragon to the downstairs library. I follow him down the hallway several seconds behind.
The nostalgic mare of lavender hue, stands at the usual reading podium. "Ah, I see you're awake." she says with a hint of anxiety in her voice. Twi's trying to stay optimistic, so I need to try my best for her today. "I was just about to wake you for breakfast. Take a seat!" She levitates a round block of lumber, well polished, next to a table lined with three sandwiches. I sit on the unique stool, and the other two join me only seconds later. As a guest in a foreign world, table etiquette is going to be rather... improvised. I wait on them to eat first, so I don't make an incredibly awkward mistake. Counter-intuitively, they began eating... like wild animals. I pick up my sandwich with a sigh, and bite into it modestly. "Do you not like it?" she says disdainfully, with an unsightly black olive stuck to her mouth.
Holding back a cringed gesture, I answer her. "No, it's delicious in fact. Probably the healthiest food I've eaten oddly enough..." I said, voice trailing off. I'm going to have a harder time adjusting than I imagined.
Twilight, mouth full of crunching celery, replies. "That's good, because I added a tonic to it as well."
I almost choke, then swallow quickly, huffing quickly afterward. "W-what kind of tonic? You should tell people about these things before they start eating!"
"Well, you'll want to feel energetic down there when you... you know." We both blush at the statement, and we probably have get the same foreboding feeling about what's to come. Spike looks at us with a curious look.
"Things certainly are going to get interesting today..." I say, trailing off. I then remember something, and perk up a bit. "When are we leaving to Canter--" *Crash* the front door breaks off its hinges. A white stallion with a navy blue mane falls to the floor, covered in bleeding and burns.
"Oh, Celestia, no! Brother!" Twilight rushes to his side, tears welling suddenly and vigorously. Patches of his coat were singed off, leaving dark red behind. "I've got to heal you right away, Shining Armor, hold on!" She runs off into another room, and is back in several seconds. All I can do is watch this awful sight. She trots back to him, and I notice the glowing light green potion levitating with magic. "Why didn't you go the clinic first, idiot?!" She wells up with more tears. She unexpectedly turns toward me. "I need your help to lift him to his feet, he needs to drink this potion." I briskly walk to the opposite side where Twi is standing, and together we lift him off the floor, Twilight using magical force to aid me. The bottle levitates to his face, and the stallion weakly sips the brew down to half. "We should bring him upstairs to my bed." I nod, and she wipes away tears with her hoof. "Have spike bring you a 'Potion of Pheonix' and bring it upstairs". she asks weakly, then lifts him over her back, supporting his weight with magic.
I turn to spike, who has an equally worried expression as I do, and he looks up at me. "Leave it to me, I'll be back." He opens the door to the same room, and walks into it, closing the door. I notice the a sign in the center that I surprising didn't notice before. Alchemist Lab, keep out. A room for... Potion-making, perhaps? He comes back out, holding a glowing orange liquid. I grab the oblong neck of the corked container, and feel the radiant warmth from the bottle. "You better get a move on, bald monkey." he chuckles lightly.
"I'm not a bald monkey!" I retort as expected, and walk upstairs to the living area. I climb up the ladder to her bed area very carefully,
and the place the bottle on her nightstand. "Will he be alright, Twi?" I say as sincerely as possible.
Sighing heavily with a small morsel of relief, she replies softly. "Yes, it'll take a couple days before he's completely healed, though." I sigh in relief as well. "I wonder... what happened to him?" she asks weakly, as if the question were for herself.
"I hope it wasn't Celestia." I say without much confidence. Twilight knew as well I did that she must've been behind this. She turns to look down her sleeping brother, tears continue to fall down her cheek. Her brother, sleeping facing away from her, turns over. He cringes painfully. And opens his eyes.
"Big brother!" she lightly shouts, pouncing toward him, but refraining after looking again at his burned face. Her face disdains strongly.
"Twiley..." says Shining raspily and quiet. "Listen, you must bring Celestia to her senses... If you don't, a lot more guards are going to suffer like I have. And then... other citizens too..." He shifts a bit, and raises his hoof to brush Twilight's puffy red cheek. I almost cry at this deep, intimate moment opening before me.
"Just... What happened...?" she forcibly says, try not to cry harder.
"I don't want to talk about it, it'll hurt if tell you." he responds looking away.
"I don't care! I'm so worried about you, and this is the first time I see you in months! And when do I see my brother? After he's battered, burned, and... Auu~!" She starts crying even more. I look away, tears are welling in my eyes too. But I can't help but watch the two, and so I look back at them.
Shining gazes into her eyes, with a expression of deep empathy. He says with a serious, yet soft tone: "I was, forced to... have sex with her. The burns are from her body. Her body, it's... like the surface of the sun."
She stands up, furiously, almost making me jump in surprise. "I love my teacher, she's done so many great things for me... But the one thing I can't tolerate is the fact she hurt my brother in more ways than one! I'm not going to let her do this any longer!" Her horn glows, and she levitates the orange mixture into my hands. All I can mutter in confusion is a "What--?!", and not a second later I'm teleported to the outside of the treehouse.
"Gah!" the potion slips from my hands. It stops midair and floats back up, and I retrieve it, sighing from relief.
"That potion is super important to my plans, don't drop it!" I'm left confused once again and she stamps her hoof lightly. "It's time to head to Canterlot, get on!"
"Ehh?" I mutter in further confusion.
"Get on my back, we're heading to Canterlot!" she says more impatiently. Twilight is... quite intimidating when she's angry. I mount onto the unicorn, realizing she is... too small.
"I think... this won't work. I'm too tall, Twilight."
She sighs the heaviest sigh I've probably seen before, dropping her face a couple inches. She perks up, and looks into my eyes as I get off (somewhat). "I guess it's going to have to be the train station then. C'mon, let's hurry." she says at a remarkably calm volume. She gallops away at a reasonable pace, me following closely behind her.
Time passes as we run, and I'm left panting, standing upon the wooden platform for the Ponyville Express. It's amazing how vivid this world is. The nature, the ponies, and--... Now, that I think of it, there are too many ponies giving me weird looks. Is this how it feels to be a Zebra at a zoo? It's too embarrassing. Twilight finally returns with two tickets for what seemed like an eternity. I whisper to the mare. "This feels way too weird, being a human in a pony's world."
She whispers with the same volume. "Deal with it." With that she chuckles quietly with her teasing statement. I roll my eyes, and smile. I'm glad she's calmer now. A few minutes pass and the train slows to a stop.
"All aboard!" A iconic bearded stallion shouts from the door of the train.
"Shall we end this Twilight?" I say confidently toward the lavender pony.
"Yes, let's go save her." And we board the train with a feeling of passion in our hearts.
We step off the flamboyantly-colored train. "We finally made it, I'm sore." I stretch my arms as if reinforcing my statement.
Twilight, who is standing next to me on the wooden train platform, answers my nonchalant statement."I agree, train rides are exhausting. We probably could've gotten there by the Pegasus Guard flying carriage service, but I don't want Celestia to know we're coming." With that statement she jumps slightly at some realization. Her horn glows immediately, and... *Pop!* I'm blinded, and left to find my bearings once again.
"Now Twilight, we've talked about this..." I say, rubbing my eyes. "Can't you just warn me bef--" a soft hoof smacks my mouth quiet. I can see again. It's dim, but there are vertical streams of light beaming from boards overhead.
A pony with a deeper, husky tone hollers above sounds of over ponies murmuring. "Damn it, that was Twilight Sparkle. Find her immediately!" The sounds of what seemed like three or four stallions galloping overhead roar momentarily.
"Shh! Come with me." Whispers the lavender mare next to me, and she soon trots slowly out from under the station platform into a blind spot. The station is located on the very edge of town, so we luckily have a way out. We walk from behind the platform into a nearby alleyway, between what looks like a cafe and an antiques shop. She peeks around the corner of the pile of boxes we are standing behind, then sighs in relief. "I should've been more prepared. Take this cloak, it'll help us get around." She opens the satchel strapped her left side, and a folded cloth levitates into my accepting hands. "Go on, try it!"
The fact she urged me on twice about it made me slightly suspicious of the black cloak that in my hands. I trust her judgement and quickly drape it around me, snapping in the gold clasp in the front. Suddenly, the decorative clasp shimmers, and in a second, my vision lowers to the height of Twilight's perspective. "What the-?" I look down my feet, or... what should be my feet. A pair of periwinkle hooves replaces my legs. "No! My legs!" I shout. I realize that I was too loud, I hear galloping of hooves toward our spot. Damn me and my big mouth! A unicorn guard donning the blue star on gold armor stands at the far end of the alley. I turn to Twilight, who is still standing in the blind spot from the street. She, all of a sudden, bucks me lightly with one hoof into his sight. Crap, she's going to get us discovered! The white unicorn approaches slowly, and I'm frozen in place, scared of what'll happen now. I'm shaking, my heart sinking deeper in my chest with every step, and sweat drops leak from my pores. He stops a couple meters before me. "Are you alright, sir?"
"I, uh... What?" I stammer nervously.
"I heard a yelling from this alleyway, I thought somepony must've been hurt!" The white stallion replies with a sincerely worried look. It's incredibly relieving that the some of the guards are good people.
I sigh, with ease to my voice. "I'm sorry, tripped, but I'm alright. Sorry, to bother you."
The white stallions walks away, and I soon understand why Twilight pushed me out in the open. "What is the deal with this cloak?" I question toward the mare, now donning a similar-looking one of the same color.
She levitates my work clothes into her bag. "It's got a transformation spell that turns any creature who wears it into a pony. Pretty clever, I must say." She smiles with a hint of pride to her tone.
"Yeah, yeah..." I smile back, rolling my eyes. "Is it safe to go out, do you think?"
"Yes. But first, time for a makeover!" Twilight horn glows once more, and her body becomes obscured by bright light for only a moment. Her visage comes into view, and reveals a completely different pony. Her mane is puffy and yellow, her coat a hot pink. She looks like... Cherry Berry. "How do I look?" she responds in the her usual voice.
I am left almost speechless, but I reply to her. "It's... Different. Not as cute as your usual look, though." I tease her lightly.
Twi chuckles, and turns around, and begins walking toward the street. "C'mon, we can safely go now." I follow, without question. I still feel baffled at what just occurred, however. We walk in to the busy street, revealing the beautiful architecture of Canterlot. I continue to follow close behind Twilight, while looking at the building on both sides of the white brick street. The shops and some of the stalls are painted a similar, milky white with golden yellow trim. Some ponies sip tea at outdoor tables at the right. All the citizens seem to be dressed so formally, and particularly of the Victorian design.
Twilight stops suddenly. She walks toward the opening of a consignment shop at the left. I wonder where she is heading? We reach the door and standing outside, to my surprise, is a white mare with the most beautiful hat and outfit that I've seen myself. I'm surprised I didn't notice her earlier. She dons mellow yellow sunhat, with deep red roses lining the top. Her dress, in a matching color of yellow, with white trim, and another red rose as a brooch. The gorgeous pony standing before me was none other than Rarity. "Who might you be? And what's that dreadful-looking cloak, it's hideous!" she asks sharply in her refined accent.
Twilight flips her hood, and speaks in her usual voice. "Keep it down, Rarity. I don't want to get discovered."
The white mare looks at her, confused. "That voice... Twilight?" she puts a hoof under chin and turns her head slightly.
"Yes, me and my friend here are undercover, and we need your help." Twi says to her sincerely.
Rarity looks at her with a smile. "Oh, I remember now! Sure, sweetie. Let's talk at a better location, follow me." I get a weird churning in my stomach, like something isn't right. The white mare trots off, me and Twilight exchange glance, then we both trail her silently. We go up the street in the direction of the castle, and then turn down another dark alley. "We're here." It looks isolated enough, though I'm hesitant to be here.
Twilight opens her mouth to speak. Rarity still looking opposite of our direction, begins to laugh loudly. Her laughter becomes darker and heavier with each breath. Twilight becomes increasingly afraid, her body beginning to shake. "It was a mistake to come into my domain, foal!" Rarity turns around with red eyes like a demon, and her horn glows in a red tint. "Time to fuck, my student!" Suddenly, a magic circle glows from underneath. I can't move, my body is totally paralyzed, and as is the mortified Twilight next to me.
*Pop* The familiar sound and feeling of teleportation occurs, and we land on soft fabric. Then I realize, it's just me on the crimson red blanket. I stand to my feet, shaking, and the cloak unlatches, falls, and lands on the floor. With the cloak now removed, my body quickly begins to contort, and I land on my butt, naked like a werewolf at dawn. My hazy mind clears, and I become aware that I'm in a regal looking bedchamber, lined with beautiful decorations. The bed, opposite of white double-doors adorned with gold trim.
I turn my head right, and see Twilight strapped to wall on a what looks like a Saint Andrew's cross. "Damn it, no! Twi!" I shout, looking at her with tears in my eyes. My body, suddenly feels tingly, yet not quite numb. I lose my strength and land flat on the bed, with my head hitting on the pile of pillows behind me. With my head propped up, I can see that my bared genitalia is no longer flaccid, but fully erect and with abnormal largeness. The doors straight ahead slams open after my observation, to reveal a very tall and white mare, wearing a black breastplate. Her mane, colored as if it were the burning sun. She looks beautiful, yet, I get the ugliest feeling as I am oppressed with the instinct to run away. I squirm only slightly, finding just how futile it is. "Well, well, well... Looks like the aphrodisiac I concocted is working quite nicely." says the horse, My penis twitches in response. "And the paralyzing effect is working just as well." She grins darkly, and licks her lips. She trots slowly toward the bed, and her aura grows stronger.
"Celestia, you coward! What are going to do to us?!" I scream at her, desperately.
She laughs sadistically toward the ceiling, then looks me directly in the eye with a villainous smile. "You shall soon find out, human."
I lay bare upon the bed, unable to do anything but shed a tear. I turn my head to glance at Twilight, who is just now opening her eyes. Within only a few seconds her face is filled with horror, and her tears are glittering with the light of Celestia's fiery mane. "Don't lose hope, Twi!" I shout out the unicorn, still strapped the X-shaped cross on the wall.
"Shut it, you mortal ape!" says a livid Celestia, now standing over me in what took only a second. Her crimson eyes pierce furiously into the back of my skull, and her body glows with light-distorting heat. I scream in agony. My skin feels like it is being scorched by the Sun. She must be hundreds of degrees Celsius on the outside of her body alone. My body is paralyzed, yet, the feeling of a living Hell dominates all sense of feeling. Suddenly, the black-armored tyrant laughs sadistically. "Hahaha! I had no idea humans were able to enjoy pain like our species. That'll make it much easier to milk you for your fluids! The breath of each word she speaks over my twitching member feels like I'm too close to an open bonfire, and it's becoming hard to breath. I'm slowing drifting out of consciousness, even though I should fight it. I black out against my will.
A familiar voice calls out to me. “Do not forget your friendships. Twilight trusts you more than you'd ever think that she does, so you mustn't let her hurt anymore than she already has!” Princess Luna soars in a glowing blue across the dark void in my mind. I follow her like a lost soul to light. Something lies ahead awaiting in the darkness. Luna keeps flying, and passes into one of the images on a floating film reel that is now flickering with light. I float in after her. I suddenly wake from this weird dream.
Twilight, impatiently growls at me. “You wake up, we're not finished talking!” I open my eyes drearily to see Twi sitting across a wooden table from me. The sounds of a train bumping along tracks lightly echo in the train car. “Now, as I was saying, this potion...” She levitates the same orange potion bottle from earlier out of the bag next to her. “... it gives a burn resistant effect to the user. However, it's imperfect. You'll still feel pain from hot surfaces, and it only lasts 4 hours.” Twilight levitates it in the center of the rectangular table.
I'm still left with questions. “If this potion just gave the user fire-resistance, why did you need this for your brother?” I said that statement rather untactfully, I should've kept that question for later. Now, Twilight's expression turns slightly sour, and she sullenly looks out the window.
The lavender mare sighs, and opens her mouth to speak. “I don't know what we're dealing with, but whatever it is, my brother was terribly burned. I'm actually surprised he even survived getting to Ponyville from Canterlot...” She lowers her eyes further, looking like she's about to cry. Then she smacks the table with her hoof and the potion almost gets knocked over. “That's why...” She continues more strongly, and throws a harsh look in my direction. “... I'm prepared to risk my life for the princess! I cannot allow her to inflict anymore suffering, for if she does, I could never forgive myself!” The train's whistle blows, and she sits back down quietly with a sigh.
I answer the words from her heart. “I'm not going to sit idly by either! I won't let her make you cry anymore!” I speak proudly. I quickly grab the flask and chug it, as if it were a testament to my faith. She smiles rewardingly to my words. The train's whistle blows and again and begins to slow down. I fall out of the dream, the memory, into the void once again. I realize now that the dream I was having was my past, our trip on the train to Canterlot. Luna's voice echoes with a final verse. "Go forth, and release your inner strength."
My eyes focus once again, to see the Celestia, with strings of saliva and fluids dripping from her gaping mouth. “I'm finding you to be a rather splendid toy to play with!” She laughs maniacally once again. “After all, the guards end up dying before I can even have the real fun with them. Except that Shining Armor...” The white mare's expression tenses up and becomes more irate. “... That piece of shit barely escaped my wrath. I wanted to make him feel the worst out of any of other guards!”
That statement infuriated me. I forcefully raise my torso all at once, my mind slowly losing focus. I deliver an uppercut with the rising force, and her body flies across the room, her back strikes the wall right of the door. My body glows with a paranormal energy that overpowers my senses. The black-armoured tyrant yells with anguish. “Impossible, you human apes are incapable of magic!” I raise my hang with disregard and gather energy around my fingertips. She cringes at the power of my strength. “Damn it all!” She teleports out, leaving those words behind. A moment passes, and fall backward onto the bed again. I've felt like I lost consciousness, and my sense of direction is all thrown off.
What happened? Where the heck did she go? "All I remember is she said something about Shining Armor, and I blacked out...” I mutter to myself, lost in a daze. I turn my head to the right to see Twilight, strapped to the St. Andrews cross. “Oh, I'm sorry! Let me help you out, Twilight!" I crawl across the bed and jump to my feet. My knees buckle under weakness and I fall again. I slowly lift myself cautiously across the floor, and finally see her open-mouthed look of surprise that seemed really out-of-place. “Twi?”
She looks at me finally after I utter those words while undoing her bondage. “Oh, I'm sorry. I guess we're safe now, huh?” She says a bit anxiously.
“Yeah, I guess we better get out of here while we can.” I reply to her, just as I undo the last latch. She falls forward onto my chest, causing us to both hit the floor. Twilight is on top of me, staring right into my eyes. We gaze at each other, and after what felt like a minute, she jumps off and we're both blushing hard. "She is so beautiful up close..." I mutter silently to myself.
“Oh, gosh!” Twilight says with surprise. "We need to get out of here! The guards will find us with that commotion we just caused! I can explain my situation, but they won't be so lenient with you!" Her horn glows and we pop through space once again.
I rub my eyes furiously. "You're never going to remember to tell me, are you?" I say impatiently. She ignores me and I finally see my surroundings. We're in a dim room with only the light of glowing magic circles and potions all over. "Where are we, anyway?" She lights a bright lamp and places it on a table lined with books.
"This..." she looks over toward me and back up at the ceiling. "...This is the library. We are in my alchemy lab." That makes no sense! If we could teleport to the library from Cant--... She interrupts my thought. "I know what you're thinking. Why did we take a train if I could teleport there? The answer is simple." She says matter-of-factly. "That circle on the floor allows quick teleportation from anywhere in the world back to here. But only I can use it."
I take in this information, and look back over to her. "So, what was the point of coming here then? Don't we have to take down Celestia first?"
She trots off toward a door that lies close to my left that just now noticed. "Because in order to take down Celestia, you need to be ready." she opens the door, and a mysterious blue light pours into the room. "Come this way, and I'll show you what to do." She smiles with a look of confidence in her eyes.