Sweating Bullets...Still Life

"I don't want the whip! Please!" , Fluttershy said, quivering and choked up.

"You are not going to get the whip...I have something else in mind...", Maud said, looking at Big Mac, smiling. She rubbed her hooves together and unchained and untied Big Mac.

"Red...", Maud began, looking deep into Big Mac, "Who is your freedom?".

Big Mac became still and unmoving, and gave a cold dead stare into Maud.

"You."

Maud hugged the red stallion, and hopped and trotted around in glee.

"W-what...what?", Fluttershy said, confused.

Maud went to Big Mac's ear and whispered something. The red stallion's ears perked up, and he started moving towards Fluttershy.

Fluttershy did not know what to do, and tried to back away to the wall behind her.

"That is good enough, stop there.", Maud said. The stallion immediately stopped.

Maud went up beside Big Mac, and started petting his mane, saying, "Good little red".

"Don't be scared, he is perfectly fine...he turned out just the way I wanted him too...maybe this could be you..."

Fluttershy began to realize what was going on, and wanted to scream. She wanted to burst out loud crying, she wanted to yell, whimper, and holler. That is all she wanted to do ever since she found herself here. Now she could not. She had to try to hold herself back, intake all this terribleness.

"Go forward, red. Let the yellow one pet you." As soon as these words escaped Maud's mouth, Big Mac went forward to Fluttershy, and bowed his head down.

Fluttershy raised her shaking hoof as much as she could, and began to rub her hoof through the stallion's hair. She closed her eyes and looked away while doing this. She removed her hoof from Big Mac after a few seconds. She opened her eyes and looked at Big Mac, only resulting in Fluttershy becoming choked up and tears streaking down her cheeks occasionally.

"Doesn't it rock Fluttershy?", Maud said, in a more lighthearted voice.

Fluttershy coughed a bit from trying not to choke up, and let out a tiny, awkward, laugh.

"See, I knew you would come around eventually! How should we celebrate! Ooh, I know! Red, retrieve a book from the pile over there as a gift for our friend!", Maud said, sounding enthusiastic.

Fluttershy could not comprehend what was going on with Maud. One second she is acting crazy, the other time mad, the other time calm, and now she is happy. Fluttershy tried to just go with "the flow", but she could not seem to shake the feeling of it bothering her. Big Mac went to a corner that was obscured from Fluttershy's view, grabbed a book, and returned to Fluttershy.

"Drop the book, and then sit." Big Mac immediately dropped the book, and sat where he was standing.

"HELP ME! MAUD IS GOING TO KILL ME! SOMEPONY! ANYPONY! AHHHHHH! APPLEJACK, APPLEBLOOM!", screeched Pinkie. Fluttershy and Maud turned their heads to Pinkie.

Fluttershy looked at Maud and said, "Please don't hurt her...". Maud stormed over to Pinkie, and covered her mouth.

"Red! Grab me a cloth!", Maud demanded. Big Mac then proceeded to search around the cellar. Pinkie was biting Maud and screaming whole jerking around. Big Mac came to Maud and held his hoof out, in which a cloth was laid. Maud picked up the cloth, and wrapped it around Pinkies mouth. Maud stood back and said, "Red, give me the whip!".

Fluttershy gasped. Big Mac handed Maud the whip, and she raised it in the air. Pinkie immediately stopped saying anything, and stopped squirming.  "Stay that way.", Maud said, hatefully. Maud went over to Fluttershy, and called Big Mac over to sit next to her.

"You have been...improved...you used to be this out of control vile animal, and now you are...mine...", Maud said, sounding a little deep in thought.

Fluttershy had no idea what Maud was talking about, she was just glad that she was not in a complete violent outrage.

"Thats v-very nice, but um...Angel! Angel, my bunny, needs to be fed! Could take me home and let me do that...p-please?", Fluttershy said, frantically.

"Do not worry, we have it taken care of. Just get cozy and relax...maybe read that book gift. Big red will be here if you need anypony to talk to. I need to get a nap. Red! Comfort her!", Maud said, trotting to her hay bed.

Big Mac held is hooves out to Fluttershy, like waiting for a hug.

"Oh, poor little thing. What has she done to you?", Fluttershy said. Big Mac gave no response. Fluttershy hugged Big Mac, and put her face against his underbelly, crying. Nopony else could hear the barely audible muffled sobs of Fluttershy except Big Mac and the yellow mare herself. Fluttershy's eyes were sore and her throat was burning. Crying into Big Mac made the yellow mare feel better.

Fluttershy rubbed the tears off of her face and looked at Big Mac again. "I wish I could get out of here and go back home...I wish Pinkie and you could escape too...do you think we're ever going to be free again, Big Mac?", Fluttershy said in a desperate and saddened manner.

Big Mac simply said, "She is freedom.", and raised his hoof to point to where Maud was sleeping.

"Big Mac...is it ok if I...do something?", Fluttershy said, in a nervous tone while blushing. The red stallion simply gave her a blank stare.

Fluttershy grabbed Big Mac's hoof and leaned it forward toward herself. She spread her hind hooves and slowly moved Big Mac's hoof toward her marehood. She immediately let go of the hoof and closed her spread hind legs.

I can't do it...I have no idea what washed over me..., Fluttershy thought.