A Friend Lost to the Past

A Love Gained From the Present

"K-Krooked? Is it really you?" Zecora stared in shock at the now full-sized Krooked Bass.

"Of course it is... Let me prove I'm real!" As he spoke Zecora was pulled into a tight embrace followed by a deep kiss.

They stood there for what felt like an eternity. The almost forgotten taste of his tongue enveloped Zecora's eyes became wet with tears as they separated.

She instantly buried her head into his shoulder and cried tears of joy. Krooked just closed his eyes and stroked her mane with a smile.

"I wasn't sure if you'd come back... I thought you had forgotten about me..."

"Of course not! Every moment I thought about the day I would see you again. Let's go inside for now." Zecora nodded and led Krooked throughout her home until they reached a sitting area occupied by a small dining table with two seats.

Zecora motioned for him to sit while she made some tea from a small table stocked with various bags of dried leaves. Once the tea was brewing over a small stove that stood next to the counter she sat back down.

"This is a nice little home you have here Zecora. I'm glad you did well on your own. But what are all these bottles for?" Their eye contact broke when she looked down at the ground.

"T-they're for potions... I gather things around the forest and try to find mixtures that could help if anypony got hurt while exploring. I'm still learning so I don't have many that work."

"That's incredible! What kinds of things can you cure?" Krooked's eyes sparkled with wonder.

"Just some simple antidotes to things like Poison Joke and Ivy. But what do you do now?" He grinned with pride and pointed at his cutie mark which was a set of headphones laying on top of a turntable.

"I've been DJ'ing around Equestria on my way here. My friend Vinyl is still touring right now but I told I'm stopping here... for good..."

"I'm so happy for you Krooked, but what will you do if you stay here? I don't want you to give up your dream for me..." He placed a hoof on her lips for silence.

"Zecora, music is my talent, not my dream. My dream is to be with you..." He leaned over the table and kissed her lightly on the cheek.

"By the way, the tea is ready." Zecora jumped and hurried to pour the steaming tea. She added a large cube of ice from a small box lined with a special fabric for chilling.

She placed both cups on the table and waited for hers to cool. Krooked took a long sip of his before speaking.

"So how has the town been treating you?"

"Oh you know... they just avoid me and I avoid them the most I can."

"Well that won't do! If they haven't come to their senses yet than there's no better time than now!" As he said that he grabbed Zecora right after she had finished her tea and led her out the door.

"Wait, Krooked! I don't think this is a good idea!"

"Nonsense, their attitude is getting on my last nerve! After all this time those bastards still... come on!" Zecora went silent the rest of the way to the town square...

"Eek! It's Zecora! Run, hide, protect your children!" The townsfolk scattered in every direction as the couple approached. By the time they were in the middle every door had been locked and nearly every window had it's shutters closed.

Krooked sighed and trotted over to the closest house. He knocked constantly until a bright blue Pegasus with an even brighter mane opened up.

"What do you want Krooked? Why are you still with the witch?" Krooked peered past her and noticed a group of around six ponies huddled together.

"Look Flitter, can you please just come outside? This mass hysteria is getting tiresome. I promise you that it's safe." She looked around with hesitation but nodded and followed Krooked to where Zecora had been waiting.

"Zecora, meet Flitter. She's an old friend from school. Flitter, this is Zecora. She's been my friend since school as well."

"N-nice to meet you Flitter." Zecora slowly offered her hoof with a nervous smile.

"Umm likewise..." Flitted returned the hoofshake with an equally nervous smile.

"Alright, now that you know each other's names you should know that Zecora is NOT a witch."

"But then what do you do in the forest all of the time? Why do you place curses on anypony who follows you and what's with the cloak?"

"I live in the forest because nopony wants me to live in the city and I don't curse ponies. All their illnesses are caused by the many poisonous plants in the forest. The cloak protects me from most of them. Plus, the only thing I do that's close to witchcraft is make antidotes for various ailments." Flitter went wide-eyed and facehoofed herself in shame.

Flitter immediately went to her home and forced the group inside out. They to felt immense shame when they learned about the truth. Soon the entire town stood in a circle around the three ponies with heads bowed in apology.

Out of seemingly no where the newly elected Mayor Mare stepped up to Zecora.

"Miss Zecora, I hope you accept our towns deepest apologies for everything that you have endured. We'd be happy to call you a citizen of Ponyville." She beamed at Zecora with an outstretched hoof which she accepted with a blush.

The crowd instantly rushed up to Zecora with many questions about who she was and what antidotes she had but they were quickly stopped by Krooked and Flitter.

"Alright everypony, I'm sure we'll be back but for now I need to take Zecora back home. This has been a very exciting day for everypony." The crowd let out complains but Flitter motioned for them to leave as well.

"You heard him everypony, it's time we get on home so they can get some rest." They let out a collective sigh but dispersed all the same.

"Feel free to stop by my house some time Zecora for a little chat." Flitter smiled before beading back to her home.

"It's getting pretty late Krooked, you can stay at my house if you like." He simply smiled and kissed her on the cheek.

"I'd like nothing more..."

Zecora nuzzled his neck as they strolled down the trail. Each branch seemed to intertwine with each other into a makeshift archway.

What little suight remained threaded itself between each branch like a needle through fabric, creating a web of shadows with strands that thickened as they made their way farther in.

"I've never really noticed but the forest hasn't changed much since the night we watched the Phoenixes turn. If there wasn't so many dangers I bet everypony would love to visit it."

"Well maybe Celestia made the forest like that so only we could enjoy its true beauty." Zecora giggled at him and kissed his cheek as they approached her home.

"Thanks again for taking me in Zecora."

"Think nothing of it, of course I'd let the one I love stay with me!" She kissed him again before he opened the front door and let her inside.

"To tell you the truth I don't feel like sleeping yet." Zecora hopped on her bed and patted the spot beside her.

"Who said anything about sleep yet? If you're up to it I feel like making up for all of that lost time..." A smirk grew on Krooked's face before be became a blue and red blur when he jumped on the bed as well.

Zecora giggled when a flurry of kisses pelted her cheek and neck. Suddenly their lips met for an extended kiss. Their tongues intertwined, locking together in a loving embrace much like the rest of their bodies...

Small gasps escaped Zecora when a hoof could be felt brushing her cutie mark and caressing her flank. Her face went red when Krooked's hoof then moved to inside her thighs.

A quiet squish could be heard as he rubbed the already wet folds of her marehood. She backed away when he tried to move down so that he was eye to eye.

"What's wrong Zecora? You don't like it when I do that?" She shook her head quickly.

"I was hoping I c-could try something first..." She began to gently rub his package as she spoke.

He let out a shudder as his member grew with every stroke of her hoof. She used slow, gentle movements in a way to tease him into a slow climax.

"Zecora... Where did you learn such a thing?"

"What, are you saying I don't have enough sense to know what you like?"

"I didn't SAY that..." He smirked again in an attempt to egg her on.

It seemed to have worked as she huffed and began to slide her mouth over his tip. Krooked sighed as he watched Zecora's delicate lips begin to spread apart as she took in more and more of his length. Due to her lack of experience it wasn't long before Zecora had reached her limit.

Once she could go no further Zecora back almost completely out but thrusted back down with greater force. She continued to bob her head up and down his shaft while Krooked leaned back and enjoyed the attention he was receiving.

He wished the feeling could last forever but an almost forgotten sensation began to appear in the back of his mind. Krooked instantly sat up and bad Zecora stop.

"What's wrong Krooked?"

"Nothing, I'm just getting close. Are you ready for the main deal?" She blushed at the blunt question but nodded all the same.

Krooked carefully scooted over so Zecora could lay her head on the pillows. He then positioned himself so that he was right on top of her with his stallionhood at her enterance.

Zecora was a little nervous considering how long it had been but a gentle kiss from the blue colt she loved quelled all doubt that he would hurt her. Her breathing turned to moaning as the large member slid itself into her aching hole.

Her walls began to convulse and squeeze his dick as if they were already milking him dry. Krooked knew better though and began to pump in and out so that she couldn't get a firm grasp of him to slow the pleasure.

They continued this pattern of in-out until Zecora could feel a pressure building up inside of her. Before she knew how to respond the pressure exploded in a wave of ecstasy. Every muscle she had began to tense up as her climax washed over her body and seemed to move through Krooked's body as well.

His limit wasn't much farther as he too began to tense up and his thrusts went further and further inside. By the time his climax arrived his tip was just barely hitting the enterance to her womb.

Screams of ecstasy rang throughout the small home as Zecora's womb was filled to the brim with the sticky love juices of her lover. Her walls continued to clench around him as she continued to milk him until neither had any energy left.

Krooked laid down next to Zecora who gave him a loving kiss on the cheek. They wrapped their forelegs around each other once Krooked pulled the blankets over the both of them.

"That was incredible Krooked, I didn't think you would make me feel so good."

"I aim to please, I think I'm going to stay here with you from now on." He kissed her on the cheek again and pulled her head under his chin.

"If that's what you want, I just want you to be happy. You deserve that much."

"I already am..."