Living in Equestria

The first scroll from Celestia came that night as Spike and Ashley were getting ready to dig into their rubies. Spike really wanted an emerald sandwich, but the gem shop owner was all out of any decent specimens and the bakery was closed for the night already. A sly grin had played over his face when he realized that, for the moment, all he needed to tell anypony in town was to charge Twilight Sparkle for it and he could have anything!

Ashley didn't want to be seen by anypony so he left her just outside of town in a small grove of trees lit by the bright moonlight overhead. As he was returning, carrying the large, red gems in his hands, he felt the sudden bloating and boiling of fire in his belly that signaled an incoming scroll. Helplessly, he belched out the flame and watched the roll of paper as it landed on the dark path in front of him.

"Heh... Twilight will just have to live without this one." he smirked to himself and kicked the scroll into the bushes. An unexpected pang of guilt rose inside him at the sudden dismissal of his royal duty. It was the first time he'd ever not followed along with what he'd been asked to do and he felt like it was a turning point for him. He knew that once Celestia or Twilight found out he'd failed to deliver the scroll...

Spike shook his head. "No!" he said aloud, "I'm not their pet anymore!"

When he returned to the clearing where Ashley was waiting, she waved to him in the darkness and as he sat down beside her, he handed one large gem to her that was a brilliant red even in the dim light of the moon above. Ashley looked doubtfully at the hard jewel in her hands.

"Y- you sure we're supposed to eat these?"

Spike almost didn't hear her. He was too busy drooling over the gem in his hands, tongue lolling out with ravenous desire with glazed eyes. Rather than answer, he simply brought the gem to his mouth and bit into a corner, chewing the mouthful with obvious, crunchy bliss.

Ashley followed suit and gave a timid bite. The jewel make a sharp cracking sound when her fangs pressed into it and a small piece came easily away. She chewed once... then twice... then Ashley's red face lit up with surprise and amazement.

"Woah!" she said, "It tingles!"

"Mmphmm!" Spike grinned through a mouthful.

They both quickly downed the entire gem and then sat back, Ashley occasionally licking her lips to try and find a stray shard that may have escaped her frantic eating. They sat comfortably for a moment, both of them searching for something to talk about in the awkward silence before the next scroll arrived.

"BRRAAAPP!" came the loud report and green fire lit the small clearing up.

"What the...!" Ashley recoiled in surprise away from Spike.

"Stupid princess! Leave me alone!" he growled and picked up the roll of paper with the red tie and threw it as hard as he could, sending it to land on the stiff twigs of a small bush. A brief gust of wind caught it and it rolled to the ground with a soundless impact.

"What was that, Spike? I've never seen a scroll come from fire before... only get burned up by it."

The purple dragon grumbled and then frowned. "It's my royal duty... I'm the messenger between Twilight Sparkle and Princess Celestia in Canterlot. My fire can send and receive messages to Canterlot so they use me to talk to each other when ever either of them gets an ingrown hair." Spike's arm came up and he threw his head back in a mocking imitation of Twilight, "Dear Princess this! Today I learned that! Errgh... Every day!"

Ashley snorted, "Figures, forced you to do something for the rest of your life before you even knew what you were."

"Yeah... right?" Spike grumbled.

"You should just go away for a while, you know? Maybe that will show 'em how important you are to them!"

"W- what?" his head whipped towards Ashley so hard the white spine on the top of his head wiggled, "Leave Twilight?!"

"Sure... Leave her and all these stupid ponies in this stupid town! Spike, don't you wanna see more than just this place?"

The young dragon though about it for a moment. He'd never considered not living here with Twilight and her friends before. Mostly because this was all he knew. Sure... he was angry about how he'd been treated, but actually leaving?

"I... I dunno, Ashley." he said quietly.

She looked at him for a moment, a peculiar look on her face. "But... we could leave together." she said, "You and me..."

Her small red hand brushed his purple one, tiny clawed fingers sought his own and Spike's heart jumped in his throat at the touch.

"A- Ashley?" his eyes large and questioning met her nervous ones, "What are you doing?"

Her hand slid back quickly and she looked away. "I knew it... you don't like me, do you? Even though we're the only two dragons..."

"No.. I- I like you a lot. I just..."

"Then leave with me! I don't want to stay here now that I know those ponies treat dragons like pets!"

"They don't do that all the time!" Spike suddenly found himself defending the very same ponies he was mad at, "They just didn't know!"

"They could have if the would have just listened to that ugly snake looking thing!"

"Yeah, but..." Spike paused, "Discord's not always the best pony to listen to."

Ashley's face flattened, "And that's a reason to stay?"

"Errg!" Spike groaned. "You don't understand! I can't just pick up and leave Twilight, she needs me!"

"Yeah, needs you so much she can ignore you and throw you in a cage! Can't you see that?!"

"She-" Spike began but stopped as another swelling in his gut told him yet another scroll was inbound. He had enough time to think how odd it was that Celestia was sending this many so quickly just before the sneeze like convulsion took over his body and the green flame burst from his snout.

They both looked at the scroll of paper on the ground silently for a moment before Spike said; "Jeeze, something must really be wrong for Celestia to be sending scrolls this quickly..."

His hand reached out to grab it but Ashley stopped him with a hand on his arm.

"Spike... If you deliver that, then you're always going to be their assistant. You really want that after what they did to you?"

His hand pulled away and he looked into Ashley's eyes. She was right and he knew it. If he took this scroll to Twilight now, after everything that happened, it was pretty much admitting that he was never going to stand up for himself. But this was his whole life, everything he'd ever known. He couldn't recall ever being unhappy here until this whole feracity thing started up. He was even beginning to understand why they acted the way they did towards him now that he'd cooled off a little.

But it still didn't make it right.

He was still angry at how Twilight had ignored his problem and then locked him in a cage when she didn't know what to do. And Rarity! He'd bend over his own tail for years trying to get her attention and she only came to him out of pity to give him a hoof free act of pleasure that did nothing to help matters. The sight of that stallion leaning in to kiss her was still burning behind his eyelids and fueling his... his jealousy?

Ashley's glittering red eyes shone in the moonlight, a few stray flecks of gem still stuck to her snout and caught the pale glow in small twinkles of brilliant light. She was a complete unknown to him... but at least she was another dragon. Another dragon who seemed to care about him and was the only one to help when he really needed it.

His brow furrowed, lost in the argument inside his head where two sides of him fought bitterly over a decision that would affect the rest of his life. When his scattered emotions settled and the feeling in his stomach told him he had made a decision, he took a deep breath and told her what he was going to do.

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I'd never been so happy to crawl into my own bed in my entire life.

The only other pony who was happier than me was probably Apple Bloom. She'd been practically bouncing off the walls since we got back to the barn and between her and Sweetie Belle, I don't know who was being louder and more rambunctious. Scootaloo though, as much as she tried, couldn't hide the sad light in her eyes from me as she watched her two best friends clamor over each other and comparing marks. She was now the last of the Cutie Mark Crusaders without a cutie mark.

I quietly guided her upstairs to our room, away from the loud conversation below and into the quiet dim space of our bedroom. We snuggled into bed together and for the first time, I noticed how fully her belly was starting to be as I took her into my arms to comfort her.

"Shut up..." she said quietly when I mentioned it to her and she frowned up at me.

"What! I'm just sayin..."

Her hoof came up and pressed against my lips to shush me then pulled it away, nuzzling into my neck tightly and gave a big sigh.

"I missed you..." she said softly.

"I missed you too, Puffball."

"Mason... My mom came back." she said after a silent moment of us just enjoying our warmth together.

"What?"

"Yeah. She's... better now. Princess Cadence is helping her. She... she wants to see me again, Mason! We talked for a while and..." Scootaloo trailed off.

"And what?"

"I... I still love her..." her voice cracked and she pressed her forehead into my chest. "She didn't want any of that to happen."

I didn't have anything to say to that so instead I held her tight and let her pour her emotion out. Scootaloo had a good cry. Not the intense sobbing or miserable weeping I'd seen before though. This was just a slow, gentle release of anxiety that she'd been carrying around for who knows how long. When it passed, she told me that her mom was supposed to come by again and wanted to meet me.

"But... I didn't tell her about our foal, Mason. I don't know why but I didn't."

"OK." I said simply.

Her orange face smiled at me and she kissed me deeply, happier now that she'd had a chance to let out her feelings. When she pulled away, her face grew sullen again.

"Why do I have ta be the last without my cutie mark..." she pouted.

"Aww... Scoots." I said, and stroked her mane gently.

She gave another sigh and shrugged into me, "Whatever. I got our foal.... and I got you." she smirked and moved her body against me suggestively. My lower half responded, having not felt her this close to me for some time and I quickly grew hard in the shorts I was wearing under the thin sheet that covered us both. The fur of her rear legs brushed against my own with a light, erotic tickle.

Just as we began to kiss passionately, the door opened. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle came bounding into the room, Sweetie closing the door behind her with a firm thunk. They quickly piled into the bed in a frantic snuggle, hugging both myself and Scootaloo happily.

"Ahm so glad we're all together again! Everypony's here and I got mah cutie mark!" Apple Bloom beamed, "I don't think I kin be any happier!"

Apple Bloom had flopped down on top of Scootaloo and I, her hooves encircling the both of us and Sweetie Belle nuzzled into my back, I found myself completely and wonderfully surrounded by ponies, buried in their musky, earthy scented fur and warmth. A powerful feeling came over me, a feeling of love and acceptance that I hadn't felt in a long time that washed away the recent journey and all the stress of the recent events.

I kissed Scootaloo again, only to feel hooves on my head pull me away and turn my head gently up so that Apple Bloom could kiss me as well. Sweetie's hoof ran down my back as gentle reminder that she was there also, and seeking affection of her own. Giving into the warm sensation of their love, I rolled onto my back and embraced all three of them as best as I could.

Sweetie nuzzled the right side of my face while Scootaloo nipped playfully at my left ear. Apple Bloom's weight sat firmly on my chest and stomach and again her muzzle pressed against mine, her tongue eagerly pressing out and into my mouth in a deep and passionate kiss that probed far beyond my lips. If she was trying to get me aroused... it worked. Quickly.

My member hardened to full length in my shorts, pressing up against her lower belly stiffly and Apple Bloom gave a smirk into my mouth, pulling back with a coy expression to sit up and straddle me, her hooves on my chest for support.

"Mason... ya miss us that much, eh?" she asked, giving her bottom with it's new cutie mark a little wiggle against me.

I hugged Sweetie and Scootaloo tight against me and nodded, smiling happily up at the red head. She responded by sliding down my legs, dragging her hooves down my chest as she went until they brushed over the hard lump in the middle of my body.

"We did too..." she said softly and used her muzzle to undo the fastener holding my shorts closed.

"Wahh.. Apple Bloom!" Scootaloo cried out in mock protest, "Your just gonna get right to it, ain't ya!"

"Yeah! We were supposed to tease him more, remember?" Sweetie Belle piped up.

"What are you guys talking about?" I asked with a bemused smile on my face.

"We wanted ta welcome you home... at the same time." Apple Bloom grinned up at me, her hooves tugging at my waistband roughly, "We kinda... urrgh.... had a our own Cutie Mark Crusader meetin' about it."

"But somepony isn't following the plan!" Scootaloo smirked, "I was supposed to take those off, remember?"

"Whatever! I got mah cutie mark today! All plannin' is officially.. cancelled!" she said and with a great tug, pulled my shorts down, exposing my member to all three of the girls in bed with me for the first time in the context of sexual arousal. I'd been naked with all three of them before, sure.... but not like this. Not with me ready to rut somepony senseless.

The room seemed to stop for a moment, the three girls looked at each other as if a silent conversation was taking place that I wasn't privy too. But I didn't have to think too hard about what it was. Are we really doing this? Was the expression on all three of their faces. Seconds later, they were all on me.

I felt my shaft pulled down and multiple tongues sliding along the length in unison. I had enough time to ponder the fact that I had three ponies licking my cock just before I felt the warm embrace of a mouth surround the head. One hand came to rest on Sweeite's flank just above her dock and the other on Scootaloo's upper back thigh to brace myself.

"Careful Sweetie, don't scrape him with your teeth." I heard Scootaloo say.

The white unicorn carefully lowered her muzzle down around my cock, her lips dragging over the smooth textured skin slowly until I felt her body heave under my hand with a gag. She quickly pulled back and from my position behind her, I saw her head jerk up, looking at Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.

"I... I can't get it all in!" I heard her say in a panting breath.

"Well duh! Look at it!" Scootaloo chuckled.

"I kin take it!" Apple Bloom said and suddenly my cock was surrounded by warmth again. She quickly dropped lower than Sweetie Belle, but balked somewhere near the same point and I felt her throat spasm tight around the end of my member in her throat. She too yanked her mouth off, giving a little retching noise and panting with her mouth open. Her eyes watered and looked frustrated as she stared at my cock in disbelief.

"Darn it!" she said, wiping a hoof across her mouth, "I was sure I could take more a that!"

"My turn." Scootaloo said demurely, taking my cock in her hooves and turning her head to look back at me with a small smile. "I've done this a few times already..."

Scootaloo lowered her muzzle onto my cock and the three of us watched as she took my whole length, inch by inch into her orange muzzle. I felt her throat open up and let the tip of my member slide down her throat easily. When her muzzle pressed against my body and into the furry nest of my non-human hair, she threw a silent hoof in the air victoriously.

Both Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom gave a groan and then had a small laugh. Scootaloo didn't stop though. She began to suck me with an eager enthusiasm that made my blood boil, lewd slurping noises came from her muzzle as her orange head bobbed up and down.

"Jeeze, Scootaloo..." Sweetie's shocked, quiet voice floated over the sound but then she squeaked when my hand slid down her flank and under the dock of her purple tail. A finger found it's way to the moist heat of her sex and I ran it along the crease there with just enough pressure to slip inside. Sweetie Belle whined and pushed her flank back, causing my fingers to dive between the moist folds and into the soft, warm flesh inside. I found her entrance and pressed inside to her damp heat, the juices flowing from her coated my finger instantly.

I felt a hoof begin to softly caress under my shaft just before I heard Apple Bloom's voice ask Scootaloo if she could share. The wet mouth slid from my cock and I felt the three of them start in again together, two on the shaft and one on the sack below that caused me to moan with pleasure. Scootaloo abandoned my lower half and returned to my mouth, kissing me deeply while Sweetie and Apple Bloom took turns with their mouth.

I already felt like I was ready to blow.

"St- Stop!" I cried out, not wanting to have this end so quickly.

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle both looked up at me with alarm and the back away from my cock like it was going to bite them.

"Wha... what's wrong, Mason?" Sweetie Belle asked, her face wide with concern.

"N- nothing... you two are just... doing a really good job of that." I panted, trying to calm my throbbing organ enough to pull myself away from the edge.

"Already?" Scootaloo mocked me and nipped at my ear, "Then look out Crusaders! This is where I come in!"

The three girls shuffled around me in some unknown configuration that they must have previously discussed. Sweetie lay along me on my right side and Apple Bloom did the same on my left. Scootaloo climbed over the top and positioned her flank above my barely calmed member that still throbbed with a beat of its own. She looked down with a triumphant grin and stuck her tongue out at me playfully. I could really see her belly now, swollen and puffy like she'd put on quite a few pounds. I was about to have sex with a pregnant pony.

Slowly she sank her warm body onto me, slipping my cock inside her with a wet, sliding feeling that caused rapid pulses of pleasure to streak through my stomach and into my head. When her furry flank rested on my hips hotly and my penis was completely inside her, she lay down, bringing her muzzle close to my face with Sweetie and Apple Bloom's on either side. Before I knew it, the four of us were engaged in a shared kiss. Tongues and lips met in random and eager combinations while hot breath seemed to pant from every direction around me, scented of apples, spices and some other component that didn't belong in the world where I came from.

Then Scootaloo lifted her hindquarters up, gliding me along the soaking wet walls of her clenching tunnel and causing me to moan aloud with intense pleasure into the warm, moist space created by our mouths. When she sat back down hard and encased me again, I hugged Sweetie and Apple Bloom tight. The damp air around us was permeated with the heavy musk of all three of their odors, mixing into a palatable smell of pure sex in the semi-light of our room.

Apple Bloom began to gyrate her flank and whimper desperately. Her tongue became frantic in it's search for someplace to latch onto and with a sudden connection, her and Scootaloo began to passionately kiss right before my eyes. Scoot's ears perked straight up and I saw her purple eyes open wide with the sudden attack of her friend's lust that caused her insides to clench tightly on my cock and throb with quick, rippling pulses.

Suddenly, the red head rose up and playfully pushed Sweetie Belle away from us. The unicorn and I looked at her questioningly but only long enough to realize what she was doing. She unceremoniously straddled my head and I saw her lock lips with Scootaloo again just before my vision was blocked by her yellow flank dropping over my face and planting her soaking wet sex right on my lips.

I was instantly smothered in the fiery hot canal between her rear legs, practically drowning in the river of musky juices that flowed from the tight entrance parked squarely on my nose. I had to angle my face back to breathe and this had the effect of placing my mouth right into the crease of her body. My tongue snaked out and buried itself into her grasping hole, probing and twisting around before it was seized by the strong grip of her muscles and I felt her tremble above me, muttering something that I couldn't quite make out.

The only reason I lasted as long as I did was because Scootaloo seemed too preoccupied to move up and down on my shaft. But the incredible heat and moisture, along with the rippling contractions inside her, did the trick on their own eventually. With her weight on my hips and Apple Bloom's flank planted on my face, there was nothing I could do but grunt into the farm pony's sex as my cock caught fire with pleasure. Seconds later it began to twitch and jerk inside Scootaloo, firing a load that felt almost painful for how large and thick it felt on the first blast. I heard Scootaloo squeal with surprise and begin sliding her body along my spurting shaft again as if she was trying to make up for something but it was too late. I was already emptying myself deep in her soaking tunnel and filling her up quickly.

When I couldn't work my tongue anymore and patted Apple Bloom's flank, she moved off of me and slid to the side. My face was saturated with her heavily scented juices that smelled of her own personal flavor of arousal and sweat. I lay panting with myself still buried in Scootaloo and as I opened my eyes, she collapsed on top of me in a tight embrace that was was soon joined by Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle.

I had every intention of continuing, letting my body rest for a few moments before turning my attention to at least Sweetie Belle who didn't get any pleasure at all during our group session. So when I awoke suddenly in the dark hours of the late night with Scootaloo still on top of me, snoring lightly with the other two pressed against my sides, I felt a pang of regret.