Lemon slept deeply after Pine’s kiss. In her sleep, her trance made her dream of Pine’s eyes and his coils as her brain tried to process everything she’d seen. The trance faded the longer she slept, but she still saw the images and memories that floated through her mind. The yellow mare’s eyes eventually fluttered open, completely free of the telltale colours that marked a trance. She awoke to see Pine’s face pressed against hers, his gentle breathing warm on her snout. She tried getting up, but instantly realised she was almost immobile. The Lamia’s tail was only loosely wrapped around the pair, but its sheer weight made struggling pointless. Lemon, however, didn’t mind. The coils were softer than the softest bed, and, subconsciously, Pine’s hypnosis made her mentally associate them with comfort.

As Lemon woke up more fully, she tried hard to remember what had happened. She remembered meeting Pine and him leading her to a secluded valley, and then he began to... hypnotise her? She remembered looking his eyes... and then it was all just a mixture of sound and feelings. What she could remember, though, was that it was one of the most amazing things she had ever felt

“Pine...” Lemon said softly.

Pine had been deeply asleep when Lemon first awoke; his nightmares had started out with the oldie of the first mare he’d fallen for and the reminder of the pain as she left him. Then light… he felt warmer as if being pulled out of a cold room or a fire being lit

“Pine…” somepony spoke Pine’s name so smoothly like the Hearths warming eve bells he liked listening too from the edge of the Everfree, it made Pine feel happy, a rare feeling to have in such a place… the stranger said his name again and was shaken awake.

Pine opened his eyes instantly alert and notice Lemon staring at him, doing her best to sit up under the weight of his coils. She was wide awake her eyes vacant of the hypnotic spirals so he could see her bright purple eyes again. Pine instantly checked her face, looking for signs of fear, yet she didn’t seem to be afraid. Lemon appeared to be extremely comfortable, if a bit trapped, within his coils and at peace with the situation

“Lemon… aren’t you scared?” Pine asked softly, his tail flexed nervously but had the effect of a massage on Lemon.

Lemon stared at Pine with a hint of concern in her eyes

“It’s… funny. Logically, I should be scared, but for some reason I’m not” she said then smiled and cooed warmly when she felt Pine’s tail gently press into her as he flexed it

“In fact,” Lemon said softly “Your company is kind of nice…” she focused her attention suddenly

“Though, do you mind explaining that stunt you pulled earlier?” she asked.

She wasn’t scared… She wasn’t scared! Pine couldn’t help but smile, then what she’d said at the end processed through Pine’s mind

“Oh, you mean the hypnosis; well it’s a relaxant using certain magically altered colours that pulse across my eyes. I’m not entirely sure how it works I just know it… it lets me… control… ponies,” Pine said guiltily managing a sheepish smile “So I tried it on you because… well…” Pine stroked his tail nervously letting the mare sit up whilst Pine attempted to speak. He turned away from Lemon and whispered

“I wanted to eat you at first.” He didn’t look back at Lemon expecting her to shout or demand he let her go; he would if she asked he couldn’t bring himself to hurt her anymore.

Lemon sheepishly sat up as the heavy coils slid off of her

“Eat me?” Lemon knew in her heart that she should run, get away from somepony so dangerous, but she was oddly calm. Something that scared even her

“Can you even do that?” she asked while looking at Pine’s normal stallion jaw and neck, it didn’t seem like something that could fit down

“Wait… at first? Why did you change your mind?” she asked before craning her head back and sniffing her fur “…Do I taste bad?” she asked genuinely worried.

Pine laughed

“You taste delicious,” Pine blushed realising what he’d said “S-sorry that sounds… um anyway yes I can eat you,” Pine leaned in close “Very easily,” he hissed softly then chuckled “Sorry just messing with you… as to why I didn’t, I don’t know.” Pine said

“I am not blushing, I am not blushing!” Pine thought trying to ignore the heat in his cheeks.

Lemon couldn’t help but chuckled, Pine was so silly! Though, his hisses were strangely soothing. It was a little strange seeing a forked tongue come out of a pony’s mouth, and Lemon did her best not to stare

“So I taste good, huh? Well, thanks, but that still doesn’t answer my question,” she said half playfully, half seriously “What made you hold yourself?” she asked.

Pine tapped his hooves together nervously

“You got yourself into this mess, get yourself out!” Pine thought taking a deep breath he said the next sentence as fast as his mouth would allow

“I think I have a crush on you!” immediately Pine cupped his hoofs thinking

“Oh Celestia I’ve so screwed this up, so much!” Pine had turned deep red and stroked his tail nervously trying not to look directly at Lemon

“And now we shall reopen that old wound.” Part of Pine’s mind said with false cheerfulness. Pine bowed his head and waited for Lemon’s response.

Lemons face flushed red

“Oh my… that’s… well…” she struggled to find words, on one hoof, she was flattered, on the other hoof, Pine was a giant half-snake monster. Yet... Lemon couldn’t say Pine was repulsive, quite the contrary, he was a little handsome, well, his pony half at least. She didn’t know if he had hypnotised her to be more accepting, or if this came from the heart, still, the way he made her feel while she was in a trance was almost… addicting. To be completely helpless in another pony’s power. Lemon gingerly trotted over and, with her hoof, took the very end of Pine’s tail and dragged it over her shoulders, gently stroking it as it hung like a necklace

“Well, you are defiantly something…” she said smiling “I’m willing to give this a shot, but, only if you promise not to eat me.”

Pine thought his heart was popping out of his chest, he had, somehow, managed not too completely screw this up. He blinked trying to process what Lemon said while she gently stroked the coil she’d put around her neck. Pine couldn’t help himself; he jumped forward wrapping his hooves around Lemon’s back and kissed her. She made a cute squeaking sound when he surprised her and darted his tongue into her open mouth wrapping up her own tongue with his. Pine’s face had probably changed from brown to red when he kissed her but he didn’t care. She was an amazing mare, like he’d eat her that’d be a waste at this point. He hoped that he was making that clear… Pine blinked finally getting his mind and body back in control and pulled away

“I-I’m so sorry I… um no I won’t eat you.” Pine smiled softly, whoops got carried away there.

Lemon was both flattered and a little off put when Pine suddenly threw himself at her, with how he was slobbering on her (Not literally), she half thought he was trying to eat her then and there

“Whoa, whoa, lovercolt,” Lemon said when Pine broke the embrace, a faint burning in her cheeks mimicking Pine’s “I said I’d give this a shot, not that I was suddenly ready to let you attack me.” Lemon tried her best to wipe the smile of her face; that forked tongue was far better than any regular stallion’s kiss “Just... let’s do this one step at a time,” Lemon said while unsuccessfully stifling a chuckle. Pine’s vigour was... refreshing

“I don’t even know why I’m saying this though, I mean, if you really wanted me, couldn’t you just hypnotise me into being madly in love with you?” she asked “I mean, with those coils, I’d probably have no chance of fighting back.” That final sentence made Lemon realise what a precarious position she was in, but yet, it was a little exciting.

Pine chuckled softly pulling his tail around, by extension pulling Lemon over and rested his forehead against hers

“Now where would the fun be in hypnotising you into liking me?” he asked... then frowned and sat down letting Lemon sit beside him

“You aren’t the first mare I’ve fallen for Lemon... and the hypnosis tactic was what I did too her... she eventually recovered and she ran feeling betrayed... broke my heart and I started eating ponies after that...” Pine looked at Lemon and managed a weak smile from somepony seeking forgiveness for things he couldn’t fix “Well until you turned up, and I’d be an idiot to trot down the same path,” Pine paused “Trot down the same path, I can’t even trot why’d I say that?” Pine pulled a funny confused face trying to figure out why he’d spoken that way

“Doesn’t matter... anyway what’s... the first step as you called it?” Pine asked, subconsciously flexing the coil still around Lemon’s neck. She was so cute making those relaxed little sighs, so much so Pine was making her make the sounds without noticing.

Lemon’s eyes instinctively locked with Pine’s when he pulled her in, even without hypnosis, they were very captivating, and their slitted nature gave them an air of an exotic nature

“Oh that’s so sad, but I suppose it would be natural, being forced to love somepony...” Lemon was disgusted, but somewhere deep down she found the idea thrilling. When Lemon felt Pine curl his tail around her neck too make a full loop, she felt a little scared, but then cooed and smiled when she felt it only pressing gently against her windpipe. The little stretches, the little movements, it made for a tantalizing massage, Lemon half though that was the lingering hypnosis speaking, but a part of her didn’t care. She continued stroking her scaly collar as she spoke

“Well, perhaps we can get to know each other better through a time honoured tradition...” Lemon suddenly leaped towards a length of Pine’s serpentine body that was upside down

“BELLY RUBS!” she squeaked as she dug her hooves into the Lamia’s smooth belly scales.

Pine felt static go through his spine for a second, he twitched and rolled over trying to avoid Lemon tickling him, but it didn’t move the part she was tickling. His whole tail twitched and he began pulling it towards himself, holding his belly inwards in a giant scaly shell. When Lemon approached attempting to tickle him more Pine pounced on her, a coil wrapped around her back hooves pinning them down and he held her front hooves with his own. Pine’s tail began tickling Lemon in her scaly shackles and she twitched around, the end of Pine’s tail tickled her belly and various coils rubbing against other ticklish body parts. Pine leaned down and licked under her right hoof slowly causing her to twitch

“You’re worse than me at this” Pine whispered, unintentionally letting off a few spirals in his eyes, from his enjoyment of the situation.

“Curses!” Lemon thought

“Well, duh, you’re a huge half-snake thingy,” Lemon said before giggling from Pine’s assault. She couldn’t stop grinning as Pine’s smooth tail traced figures on her belly, and the texture of the scales just made it even more tantalising

“Whoa,” Lemon yelped when Pine licked the base of her hoof, it was a very sensitive spot; she had never let anypony touch her there before. It was absolutely electrifying, and made her will to resist crumble. When Lemon began to see that Pine’s eyes were beginning to spiral, she instinctively looked deep into them, but it was a simple accident, it seemed. Still, that minor blast started to make her mind and body relax, and she let herself go limp under Pine’s physical torment, perfectly content to let him have his prize after she so foolishly challenged him.

Pine felt Lemon relax even though most ponies... or anything really, would tense whilst being tickled, he glanced at lemon

“Oh, I’m sorry,” he whispered her eyes were gone replaced by two lazily pulsing colours, Pine lightly tapped on Lemon until the spirals faded “I didn’t mean to do that sorry Lemon.” Pine said lowering them both to the floor but switching Pine’s hooves with another coil from his tail, holding Lemon up in front of him, Pine asked

“So what should we do now... Oh and this is in case you try tickling me again.” Pine said smiling mischievously; looping a few more coils around Lemon. The actual reason was that she was so warm, which always appeals to Lamia’s, being cold blooded.

Lemon’s mind reeled as Pine bonked the hypnosis out of her, she shook her head to fully wake herself up

“Huh...wha? Oh...no, no, it’s fine. It’s actually kinda pleasant, to be hypnotised like that...” Lemon said before she was hoisted up and had a few more meaty loops wrapped around her

“H-hey,” Lemon said, unable to stifle a blush “Can you... can you lick the underside of my hoof again? P-please?” she asked.

“That’s a strange request but... sure okay.” Pine raised himself up and slowly ran his forked tongue from Lemon’s right knee too her hoof. She tasted so sweet with a hint of lemon, like a cool drink with one on the side, her scent beat the flowers here hooves down. Pine flexed his tail enjoying the feeling of a pony within his coils. Pine kept licking the underside of Lemon’s hoofs sighing softly at her delicious taste, he was slightly surprised when he kissed it but smirked at Lemon as if he’d meant too, and switched hooves. The end of his tail tracing circles on Lemon’s other hoof that he’d just left.

Lemon moaned audibly, half from the sensation of Pine worshiping her hooves, and half from the constricting pressure of his coils forcing air out of her lungs. She was held tightly, but not uncomfortably so, Pine’s forked tongue was exotic and tantalising, far more dextrous than anything she had ever felt before. All the while, her body was kneaded by the powerful loops that bound her, letting the stress and worry of her life melt away into nothingness. The mare was putty in the Lamia’s hooves... err... coils

“Pine?” Lemon managed to whisper in between her coos “I know I said not to eat me, but can you swallow my hoof? Or, just one of my legs. Don’t go all the way, I just want to see what it looks like, because I’m... having... a hard time visualising it... yeah. Just as long as you can spit the limb out, when you’re done.” Lemon’s face was burning. What compelled her to be so forward with Pine?

Pine hardly hesitated, licking Lemon’s hooves had made his brain a little foggy, being in such close proximity to her and tasting her at the same time, he could hardly resist and she was giving him an open invitation. Granted it was only one leg and if he swallowed her leg it’d be pretty much imposable to swallow her properly but still, good substitute. Not to mention she’d see how it works, eating things whole.

Pine switched back to Lemon’s right hoof and moved his tail out of the way, holding it in both of his hooves. He kissed it and opened his mouth over the limb slowly, he didn’t really have to unhinge his jaw for this since it wasn’t her head, that and it might freak Lemon out to see that. Pine slowly worked his jaw up Lemon’s hoof to her knee, Pine stopped just short of her torso, where her leg rejoined, since he was unable to go further. Lemon’s hoof was partly down his throat now and the taste was intoxicating, he was breathing heavily through his nose, licking the top half of Lemon’s leg wrapping around it staring up at her, hungrily

“Don’t screw up!” his mind mumbled but he couldn’t deny she tasted... so good.

Lemon saw Pine slowly engulfing her into the warm, wet cavern of his throat, a noticeable bulge forming along his throat as he consumed more and more of her. It was warm, wet and felt like sheer heaven on her foreleg. She moved it around a little inside, but the tightness of Pine’s oesophagus restricted her movement. The yellow mare expected it to feel like rubber, but instead it just felt like tough, crushing muscle

“Alright,” Lemon said, her curiosity sated, as tempting as it was, there would be no turning back if Pine decided to swallow her whole “You can stop, thanks.” She said.

Pine pulled out Lemon’s hoof and shook breathing heavily, he looked at her and whispered

“Please... don’t ever make me do that again... you wouldn’t believe the temptation too...” Pine paused blinking and turned towards the way the pair had come in, another pony? No the scent was faint as if slightly masked or wasn’t letting much off and no pony would mask their scent since they didn’t know anything hunted by scent, so it had to be a creature of the Everfree. But the only creature that let off faint pony smell like that were other Lamia’s

“Oh no... Lemon we have to move now!” Where? The valley had one exit, Pine set Lemon down

“Follow me!” he said softly pulling her along by one hoof.

Pine’s head was beading with sweat, the temptation to turn and just eat Lemon was hurting, the taste of her was still in his mouth but it was slightly unsatisfied having not gone all the way down. Pine continued on until the pair reached the opposite side of the valley, a large clump of rocks forming a small cave, Pine pushed Lemon in despite her hesitation, then followed her within. Pine turned to the right of the entrance and pushed a boulder into place in the entrance. It would only move from the inside, but hopefully it’d hide their scent... but now Pine had locked himself in, effectively, a small room with a strong scented mare with no way for the scent to escape

“This isn’t good.” Pine whispered spreading his tail around like a mattress or carpet along the floor of the cave on one side. Whilst normally Pine could have recovered in open air, or if he hadn’t swallowed Lemon’s leg there’d be no problem but he had, and the temptation to eat Lemon was painful to ignore... Hopefully Lemon would stay on the other side while Pine thought of a way out of this mess.

Author's Note

Part two, because friendship is magic... But now Pine is feeling hungry and Lemon is in a confined space wit him, uh oh!