The White River Cafe

Silver Key stepped off the train onto the platform, stretching his stiff leg, neck, and back muscles. The other passengers flowed around him, ignoring him as they performed similar stretches or busily made their way to their destinations. He was glad to be finally be standing upright again, feeling the sun warming his white coat and ground beneath his hooves. He smiled as a light breeze swept over his fur, rustling his silver and powder blue mane. The air smelled of a mix of comforting countryside smells - dirt, grass, flowers, and even a faint hint of apples.
He’d never visited Ponyville before, but the train ride in granted him plenty of opportunities to see the town from afar. He found himself enjoying the small town already. Its idyllic scenery, quaint buildings and smiling, happy ponies milling about were a charming contrast to the hustle and bustle of his old home.

Silver stood as tall as he could on his hooves, scanning the crowd for the smiling face of the friend he was supposed to be meeting. He hadn’t spotted her yet among the sea of colorful ponies. The unicorn stallion squinted, hoping she hadn’t forgotten the time his train arrived at.

“Silver Key!”, a familiar voice called.

His squinting expression shifted into a smile as his ears perked up. He turned his head towards the sound to see a gold-coated mare rushing towards him, her short, yellow mane bouncing slightly each time her hooves touched the ground. She was panting and grinning, and he immediately grinned back in kind.

“Berry Seed!”, he replied happily, trotting towards her.

“Oh, I’m so sorry!” she huffed out, trying to catch her breath. “I was doing my exercises and lost track of time. I hope I’m not too late!”

“It’s fine,” Silver laughed. “Don’t worry about it! It’s good to see you again - you look amazing!”

It was true. Berry had always taken care of herself, but she looked healthier than Silver could ever recall her being. His own occupation as a locksmith didn’t offer much on-the-job exercise, but he was active outside of his workshop. Berry looked like she could run circles around him.

A ruddy glow came to the earth pony’s gold-furred cheeks at Silver’s compliment. “You always knew how to flatter, Silver,” she said, smiling. “Are you hungry? I know they offer stuff on carts on the train…”

Silver’s eyes brightened at that. The service cart had come through, but he had declined it since it was expensive and not very high-quality food.

“Nah, I wanted to save what little cash I have left,” Silver said. “But I am starving.”

“Good! I know just the place”, Berry chirped. “Come on, I’ll pay for you!”

Berry led Silver through the rainbow crowd of ponies, out past the station’s gates toward the town square. Since Silver’s few possessions had been shipped a week before on the slow cart to Ponyville, he only had his saddlebags’ meagre contents to carry with him. The two ponies trotted through the town’s central plaza. Berry had to call out to Silver a time or two, so distracted was the unicorn stallion by his new home.
Eventually, they reached Hayseed, a quaint cafe with outdoor seating that specialized in sandwiches. They requested a table for two, and after a short wait they were seated and seen to by a waiter.

“Sooo,” Berry said as they waited for their food. “Mind if I ask why, exactly, you moved out of the big city and into the boonies? You were unclear about your reasons.”

“I thought you liked Ponyville?” Silver asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Oh, it’s great!” Berry gushed. “Lots of fresh air and sunshine, and even though it’s a small community there’s plenty of ponies to meet and get to know. It’s just… well, it’s not Manehattan. It’s very quiet.”

Berry gazed into the distance over Silver’s shoulder, a faraway look in her eyes.

“You miss home?” Silver asked quietly.

“Well… yes and no,” Berry sighed. She shifted in her seat, like she couldn’t find a comfortable position. “I do miss Manehattan - it’s so busy and alive. But I’ve found a kind of peace here - it’s not quite a whirlwind. Celestia’s protege is here, and that injects a bit of chaos into the sleepy town life… so I think I have a good balance.”

Silver nodded along with Berry, and felt a pang of homesickness. He’d left in a hurry, and wondered if he’d ever return. He didn’t have any family to speak of that could offer him a place to stay, and Ponyville was the closest town to Manehattan where he could afford to live. He missed the bright lamps at night that kept Manehattan in that perpetual twilight he loved so much. He sighed and shook himself, clearing the cobwebs of memories from his head.

Their food was brought out seconds later, and they tucked in. Silver found his sandwich to be most agreeable - a puffy roll of hearty bread stuffed with geraniums and sweet grass. Berry happily munched on her own alfalfa-and-oats sub. Silver looked his friend up and down. It’d been three years since he had last seen her, when she left to take care of an ill relative in Ponyville. She decided to stay after her aunt got better, and had been here ever since.

She was lost to her sandwich, but Silver kept noticing her shift and squirm every few seconds, like she couldn’t sit still. He arched an eyebrow. Berry had always been energetic, but he could tell she was still acting a bit strange.

“Are… you okay, Berry?” Silver asked, putting his sandwich down. “You keep… moving.”

Berry jolted slightly, her sandwich-joy interrupted. She opened her eyes and blinked, and after a few seconds of confusion, smiled.

“O-oh! Right! Silly me!” she giggled. “It’s… well, it’s because of my job, actually. I’ve been taking these new supplements, and they’re having some interesting effects on my body. Hang on, I have to visit the little filly’s room - I’ll tell you more when I get back.”

With that, Berry hopped up from the table’s bench and trotted off to the back of the cafe. Silver watched her go, eyeing her curvaceous rump before doing a double-take, gasping at what he saw between Berry’s athletic thighs. Silver and Berry had been casual lovers for a time - nothing serious, just friends who would on occasion enjoy each other’s intimate company. Her physique had always held a special place in his heart, since she was the first futanari pony he had ever slept with,. He often recalled her small package with fondness - it wasn’t particularly large compared to some of the other futas he’d slept with since then, but he admired the way her dainty balls pulled tight against her body.
However, as Berry walked away, Silver didn’t catch a glimpse of her small shaft. Instead, all he could see was a massive pair of testicles, bulging out of her tight scrotum. They bounced and swayed lasciviously beneath her, slapping against her inner thighs and hanging proudly beneath her small, tight anus.

They had been roughly the size of large walnuts the last time he’d seen them. Now, each one was the size of an overripe apple - practically spheroid - covered in large veins that throbbed visibly. Berry owned a pair of testicles that put the biggest draft stallion to shame. Silver gulped.

As Berry turned out of sight, Silver shook his head and did a quick glance around the cafe to see if any of the other patrons had also noticed Berry’s endowments and had a similar reaction. None of them made any motions or sounds to indicate they had seen her, or that they had any adverse reaction to her if they had. He busied himself with his sandwich, blushing faintly, and after a few minutes Berry came back.

“Much better,” she sighed as she sat back down. “Now, about my job.”

“Yes,” Silver said, finding it hard to make eye contact with his old friend. “Your job. And changes. To things. Please, tell me.”

Berry cocked an eyebrow at his nervousness, but took a deep breath and began to explain.

“Shortly after I came here this new place opened up. It’s sort of like a nightclub, you could say. That’s what initially drew me to it - I missed the club scene back in Manehattan. I didn’t really know anypony here other than my aunt, and she’s not much of a dancer. So I went by myself, and… well, one thing lead to another and I wound up being offered a job!”

She took a big bite of her sandwich and chewed thoughtfully, gazing up at the branches of a nearby tree.

“It’s certainly not something I had thought I’d be doing, but the hours are great, the pay is fantastic, and I get to meet a lot of interesting ponies. And the owner is super-nice!”

“And… your job involves you taking supplements that… make… um,” Silver stammered, trailing off. He was finding the subject of this conversation surprisingly difficult to talk about. True, most ponies were open about sexuality - it was hard not to be when 99% of the population walked around naked all day long. Silver wasn’t a prude by any sort of metric, but he’d never seen a transformation quite like what had happened to his old friend. Berry leaned forward over the table.

“That make my balls swell up?” she rasped in a conspiratorial whisper, finishing his sentence. “Yes.”

“Ah. Sounds… interesting.”, Silver murmured, trying to hide his curiosity.

Berry’s eyes widened as a flash of recognition swept across her face. She leaned back, her facial expression morphing into a coy grin. It didn’t go unnoticed.

“Oh, no” Silver groaned. “Not that. Anything but The Grin.”

“Oh, yes, The Grin,” Berry spoke airily through clenched, smiling teeth. “I just remembered something interesting about you that is very relevant. You’re coming with me.”

“Yeah, uh, no thanks, I… I think I hear my mother calling,” he joked, ducking his head and pretending to scoot out of his chair. The Grin made him wary - for good reason - but he knew that his friend wouldn't drag him along for something that she knew would make him feel… too uncomfortable.

Berry laughed loudly at his antics. “Silver Key, you will come with me, if only because I have selflessly paid for your lunch,” she proclaimed, standing up from her seat and placing her forehooves on the table. Silver couldn’t help his eyes instantly flicking downward to his gaze at her shaded underbelly, her large balls outlined by the sun backlighting them.

“I promise you this - it will be interesting and may even result in a lucrative job AND we would get to hang out again. Which would be awesome,” she concluded.

“A job?” Silver asked, his ears flicking up in interest as he met the mare’s gaze.

Berry’s eyes glinted dangerously, The Grin widening.

“Oh, yes. A job,” she giggled.