Author's Note

Not as much Clop material in this. Sorry this took so long! I know this chapter is short but the next one is going to be big! Also, this chapter is tame in comparison to the last one. I hope you all enjoy!

Bittersweet

Chapter 5: Bittersweet

Fluttershy’s will was slowly breaking as her tormentor forced her to near climax only to deny her at the last second. At first, her anger at this beast had been enough for her to withstand this agonizing tease, but this had been going on for three straight hours. It was all she could do to force herself to be quiet and to be perfectly still, not giving him any satisfaction from her suffering. He was using his magic to tell the exact moment to stop stimulating her, and after so long it became very effective.

They were on his bed still not having moved since waking up. He was using his tongue and hoof to play with her sopping wet mound. Despite her giving very little to work with, his arousal was more than peaked as his scepter throbbed achingly. However, he had waited so long to get her he could wait as long as it took for her to submit.

“My little mare, things would be so much easier if you’d only succumb to me,” High N’ Mighty said as he continued his onslaught of her nethers. “All I ask is for you to beg me to let you finish.”

Fluttershy bit her lower lip in order to restrain them from betraying her for the sweet relief he offered. Things continued like this for quite some time and with each denied orgasm Fluttershy’s will was waning. High was relentless, he had nowhere to be and nothing to do so all his attention and time was devoted to making his bride see what she truly wanted. Finally, as yet another orgasm approached its apex, Fluttershy couldn’t fight it anymore.

“Pl-please,” she begged almost silently as she began to cry.

High had heard the mare certainly, but that wasn’t good enough for him, his new mare had to surrender completely to him. “Pardon? I’m afraid I didn’t catch that my pet,” he taunted wickedly as he slowed his teasing hoof.

“Please,” she said louder as her tears began to flow over her cheeks.

High required a little more from his love to finish her off. “Oh, Please what?” He asked. “And when begging me a boon you must say ‘my king’ after the request.”

Fluttershy cried heavily now ashamed of her own body and mind betraying her. She knew things would only continue if she didn’t do as he said, but if she did that was giving herself to him. As the climax grew ever closer it became increasingly difficult to think rationally. Just at the point where he was to stop she couldn’t fight any longer, “Please let me finish…...my king!”

High chuckled in triumph before using his magic to stimulate every part of her nethers. This caused a nearly immediate response as Fluttershy couldn’t help but squirm under all of the stimulation. Neither could she hold back the long moan of pleasure as she finally orgasmed. It had to have been one of the most painfully pleasurable experiences of her entire life. Her entire body reacted to the long awaited release and this only caused her to cry harder.

Fluttershy curled up into a ball and hid her face behind her hair. High cooed to her as he lifted her face to look at him. He gave her a long, tender kiss that left them both gasping for air afterwards. “Oh, my lovely mare, please don’t cry. There’s no reason to be ashamed of accepting what you want. Your body knows more about what you want than you do right now, so it’s only natural for you to be against it. It’s my task as your king and stallion to bring out the true you,” High said sweetly. “Now uncurl so I may give you your gift for being such a good little pet.”

Fluttershy did as she was told without any fuss being too upset to do anything else. High gently turned her onto her back and spread her legs revealing her dripping marehood. He bent his head so that his horn was even with her entrance and thrust it in. Fluttershy felt a warmth radiating from the horn within her for a few seconds until High withdrew with an indignant grunt of disgust. “What?” She asked concerned that there was something wrong with her.

He ignored her for a moment his anger and sheer abhorrence climbing to uncontrollable levels. Had he been a lesser stallion he would have pounded her into the bed, and not with his scepter either, but being of royal blood such uncouth violence was far beneath him. After gathering most of his composure he turned to face his mate barely managing to restrain himself from hurting her.

“I was going to force you into a heat,” he started in a huff, “but you’ve already been impregnated! No doubt by that mix and match, patchwork freak!” The last bit he spat out positively dripped with venom from his anger and revulsion.

Fluttershy’s jaw dropped, she was pregnant?! But they’d been careful, when she’d gone into heat they never had sex. How could this be possible?! She came to the sudden realization almost as soon as she began questioning the revelation, it all made sense, in some chaotic sort of way, this was Discord, nothing made sense with him it was only natural that his method of procreation would be just as chaotic as the rest of him. However it had happened, it happened, and now she had a little creature growing inside her. As the thought came to her her face contorted in horror, what would this tyrant do to her unborn foal!?

“You stay away from my foal!” She screamed as she curled protecting her stomach.

“Oh please, as if I don’t have better things to do than kill that freak’s unborn spawn,” High spat hotly. “No, you shall carry that… thing to term and deliver it.”

Fluttershy felt somewhat better as he said that, though she couldn’t have known that he planned to kill it once it was born just as he’d done with all his other illegitimate heirs. She uncurled as he got up clearly disgusted by this new information. Fluttershy was relieved as he left her alone on the bed with her thoughts.

I wonder what you’ll look like, with your father there’s really no telling. At this thought she chuckled and nuzzled her stomach lovingly. No matter what you look like my little one your father and I will love you. I only hope that your father will find me before you’re born.
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Discord facepalmed with his lionpaw as he growled in annoyance. “How can you just stand here organizing books when one of your friends is missing?! The most timid and frail at that!” Discord bellowed at a very vexed Twilight Sparkle.

Twilight used her magic to organize her books on the shelves by author and subject, though Discord was making it nearly impossible to concentrate. “Look Discord, me and the girls have already convened on the matter and we all came to the conclusion that if she left a note, that was in her writing, and her house wasn’t in shambles odds are she left of her own accord, and as such we should obey her wishes and just allow her to come back of her own accord. If you don’t think that I worry every second for her, I do, but sometimes being a friend is hard and means doing things you don’t like to. That’s why I’m going through my entire ocean of books and organizing each one into specific categories and then alphabetized by author! It’s the same reason Pinkie has been baking non-stop , why Rarity has been sewing and embroidering, why Rainbow Dash has been training harder without rest, and why Applejack has been working as hard and fast as she can...it’s all so we keep busy so we don’t get caught up in ‘what ifs’ and go gallivanting off to find her and most likely only succeeding in driving her further away. Before you start questioning the bond of our friendship maybe you should look at your part in this,” Twilight said exasperated. “Please, just go, I’m done discussing this with you.”

Discord’s eyes blazed with fiery anger, literally they had combusted, and he hissed like a snake that had had enough provocation. “Fine, I have more important things to do than argue with a stubborn, ignorant pony,” he huffed as he snapped his fingers.

Discord teleported himself to his house and flopped on the couch momentarily giving himself a break from everything. He had been trying to gather clues and convince others that something wasn’t right. He was shocked at how her ‘friends’ reacted to her disappearance. Though he couldn’t blame how they felt, after all there was a note, plausible cause, and there was no signs of anything being disturbed. Still, something about this didn’t sit well with him. Fluttershy had always been so timid and often second guessed herself, he couldn’t buy that she would do anything this drastic so quickly.

His search had unfortunately added up to practically nil, which was another odd thing about this whole affair, it all seemed to well covered. Surely she would have left something that he could go on even if only by accident. His only hope now was that Luna could find her in the sea of dreamers and that she would know anything about where she was. Discord sat up and looked at the floor sullenly. He missed her, her kindness, her laughter, her teasing, her smile, her beauty, but most of all he missed her, her entire being. In all of his long life no other creature could ever hope to control his chaotic mischief, yet somehow this little, timid, yellow mare could bend him to her will almost effortlessly.

Discord began to curse himself for being so hotheaded with her. If he’d known it may be the last he’d see of her he would’ve held her and never let her go. He cursed the fact that the archaic magic only worked if the caster had an approximate area where they thought the subject would be, such as Ponyville. He decided it would be better to sleep for a little and regain some of his strength from the sleepless nights prior. As he lay upon the couch he was plagued by thoughts of Fluttershy and his part in all this.

I should have let her speak her peace, if she did run away I don’t blame her, but I still want to hear it from her and not some note. I just wish I could hold her and tell her how much she means to me. I’d give up all the world to see that little piece of heaven looking back at me. Pop cultural references that don’t make sense to anyone in this universe aside, he was incomplete without her and he knew it.

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High avoided going back to his bedchamber for the rest of the day, and only even thought about it when he sent servants up to feed and care for his mare. He couldn’t get past the fact that she, his queen, had become impregnated by a grotesque wretch like that beast. The fact that her first foal would not even be his infuriated him to no end. He had to wait for this monstrosity to be born before his seed would even have a chance at making her conceive. Still, he would derive such pleasure from killing that mutant’s spawnling, he would have to be careful not to end it too quickly so he could enjoy every cry of agony the detestable whelp could muster.

It was with this thought that he began to ascend the stairs towards his bedchambers, his kingly stallionhood throbbing with arousal from the thought of torturing his pathetic rival’s spawn. As he entered his bedchamber he saw his queen sleeping in a curled position looking innocent as ever. He crept over to her carefully and positioned himself stealthily above her entrance. With a malicious smile he thrust in, uncaring that she was dry and unprepared.

Fluttershy awoke with a start and whined loudly in the sudden unexpected pain. Unmoved by this High continued pumping into his mare with great force, each thrust becoming easier as her vaginal walls began to coat themselves with her juices. Fluttershy struggled a bit under his weight to no avail which caused High to laugh. “Oh my pet why do you continue to deny your desires?” He chuckled. “It only makes things harder for you.”

Fluttershy ignored him and kept squirming defiantly, only succeeding in causing her walls to tighten around him. Oh,” he moaned, “darling I simply adore the way you wiggle and tighten around me. Though, I’m not sure why you try so hard to escape me when it is futile. You were never so defiant with that beast and I know I am significantly better than it could ever be.”

Fluttershy’s eyes heated up in fury. He could say all he wanted about her, but bringing Discord into this moment of torture kindled her anger. He had taunted her and physically abused her, this was the straw that broke the camel's back, trying to taunt her using her special somepony’s personage as if it was an awful thing. In an act of defiance and anger she threw back her head suddenly slamming into High’s face with surprising force causing him to fall backwards off the bed.

He landed with a heavy thud and felt blood running down his face. The bitch had busted his head open, not fatally but enough for a good gash. High began seeing red as his anger grew, this bitch needed to be taught a lesson. With a loud growl-like sound he stood up bearing his sharp teeth and his ears turned backwards in a show of aggression. High had snapped, if she wanted to play hardball he would more than happily oblige, his anger overcame his pain as he hobbled to the bed. He wiped the blood off on the sheets and then used his magic to force her down on the bed. “You think I tortured you before, well my little cunt let me show you torture!” He shrieked madly.

He bit down forcefully on her wing and revelled in the taste and smell of her blood while she screamed in pain. He pulled as hard as he could causing her wing to dislocate, he continued this motion until her skin began to split revealing the muscle beneath. As she continued to scream he changed tactics and began biting where the skin split at the joint that attaches the wing to her back. With each powerful bite he pulled upwards mangling the muscle to beyond useless and getting closer to his goal. Fluttershy had never been in so much physical pain before, she felt as if she could pass out at any moment but fate was a cruel mistress and she remained awake through the entire process.

With one final tug the wing came off, he chuckled victoriously, his work half done and thus his punishment almost administered to its fullest. Not wasting a moment he begun to do the same with the other wing filled with adrenaline from the rush of blood and pleasure. Fluttershy could no longer feel her left wing and she came to the realization that he was removing them entirely as some sort of sick sense of justice. Her body was racked with agony as he pressed on almost gleefully. Finally, he removed her right wing and tossed it on the floor next to its twin.

Fluttershy was relieved when she saw the darkness in her vision, she welcomed the abyss and the respite it promised. She began to dream of Discord and their times together, and of how her child would look. Without warning though a bright light emerged and she could see something coming from it.

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Luna had been going into pony’s dreams at random intervals throughout the day, just in case her sleep pattern wasn’t the same as it had been in Ponyville. She could’ve been sleeping by day and travelling by night for all Luna knew. At any rate, this was taking it’s toll and the Princess of the Night, she could miss vital information about Equestria during her ‘sleep’ state, she would also be powerless to protect herself from harm, not to mention the general fatigue she would feel from too much time spent in her sleep state.
Luna knew the odds of finding Fluttershy wasn’t very good in the sea of subconsciousness that had neither rhyme nor reason and therefore had no real form of navigation. The only real way to traverse the terrain was to keep moving forward. She could see bits and pieces of the dreams without entering them, however, which helped somewhat in determining whether or not she should even enter a particular dream realm. For instance, Rainbow Dash dreaming about joining the Wonderbolts was clearly not a dream that Fluttershy would be having.

Through it all Luna managed to keep a semi-positive outlook on things, for one Fluttershy’s subconscious was here somewhere and all she had to do was find it, that in and of itself sounded simple enough. Besides she was the all powerful Princess of the Night, her strength only rivaled by Celestia’s. If anyone could do it she could, but that still didn’t fend off the doubts that gnawed at her mind.

As she flew over the sea of dreams for the third time that day she caught a promising glimpse of Discord through the mists of one particular subconscious. Without hesitation she dove into the dream realm and with a blinding light materialized inside. She was hoping against all odds that she had finally found Fluttershy.

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Fluttershy’s eyes finally saw the figure as the light died down, it was...oh sweet Celestia could it be? Wiping her eyes in disbelief she glanced over at the figure again. Celestia be praised it was Luna! With a squee of delight she ran over to the Princess and nuzzled into her neck with tears of joy streaming down her face. “Oh Luna, I knew you could go into pony’s dreams but I could never imagine that you’d use your gift to find me,” Fluttershy sniffled.

“Why not? Thou art my friend, though I must admit it isn’t just of my vocation that I scoured the dream world in search of you,” Luna said gently as she bowed her head to nuzzle the little yellow pegasus.

Fluttershy managed to stop crying and looked up at Luna with a slightly puzzled look. “Who else asked you to come? I thought that they had covered their tracks? I only thought you had come because you were just concerned on my whereabouts,” she said quizzically.

“While whoever ‘they’ are did cover their misdeeds, Discord was concerned and pleaded with me to search for you in the dream world. As you are my friend also I had thought about doing so myself, but with his concern it left no doubt in my mind,” Luna replied.

Fluttershy could’ve started crying all over again, Discord, the one who had been convinced she had cheated, was worried about her. This was the best news she’d had in a while. The fact that Discord still cared for her, if only a little, almost overpowered all of the pain she’d received from High N’ Mighty. As she thought about that odious stallion her spirits fell, how could they rescue her if she had forgotten where she was? For all she knew she was an a remote island in the middle of nowhere with no trace on any map.

Luna interrupted her train of thought as she spoke again. “Fluttershy, I realize that it may be hard to do this, but I must ask for you to allow me into your subconscious,” Luna said.

"But I thought you were already in my dream?” Fluttershy asked thoroughly confused.

“No, no, my little pony, I mean into the inner subconscious, inside your head so to speak. It would allow us to see everything that has happened,” Luna replied gently.

Fluttershy was tempted to ask if she needed to know everything, but Fluttershy already knew the answer to that question. If she wanted to be rescued the Princess of the Night would have to go through all her memories, besides Fluttershy wasn’t even sure if you could block out certain memories from the Princess. “All right, but it’s not pretty,” Fluttershy said almost inaudibly.

Suddenly, Fluttershy felt a sharp prick in her head as if she’d been stabbed with a needle, but just as quickly as it had appeared it left. As she lifted her head to look up at Luna she felt tears drop onto her face. Had Luna seen everything already? How could she have done it so quickly? Before Fluttershy could respond Luna pulled away from her.

“I’m sorry little one. We shall do the best we can in order to rescue you from this awful stallion,” Luna said trying to hold back anymore tears. “I wouldst stay and try to comfort thee but you are already waking up. Time is a fickle thing, and in dreams it becomes so distorted one can hardly tell how much has passed...hold on my dear friend, we will be there soon.”

Luna left in a light blue mist leaving Fluttershy alone inside her dream realm. This didn’t last long, however, as she felt herself being pulled out of the dream. Fluttershy was dragged back into reality with cold water being poured over her back and pain between her shoulder blades where her wings lay...laid. With the realization that she no longer had wings she turned her head backwards and saw that the wound had been stitched up. She also noted that she was in a washbasin of some kind with water all around her flank as she was in a sitting position to allow easier access to her back.

She looked around to see who was pouring water on her and sure enough it was the cause of her pain. Without a word High continued to rinse her wound and then pushed her to indicate she should get out of the washbasin. She did as he wanted and sat down a little distance away as High emptied the basin. A few moments later she feels a soft towel drying her back, followed by gauge being wrapped around her upper half covering her sewed up wounds.

“I hope you realize that I had to do this,” High said in a low tone as he finished covering her stitched area. “You forced my hoof, you dared to hurt your king and stallion and as such you had to be punished. Your lucky I love you so dearly or you wouldn’t have gotten away with just wing removal. Had you been any other mare I would have you blinded and tied up for my soldiers to use as they please until you perished. At any rate, I want you to know that this is not how I want to treat you, and I’m truly sorry it came to this.”

Fluttershy couldn’t believe that he saw no fault in himself. Well, she could but she didn’t want to believe that anypony could be so cruel and self-righteous as to justify physically altering somepony. It was odd though, the feeling of not having wings, or rather lack of feeling. It was like having a leg removed, you always kind of just took it for granted and thought of it as ‘it’s there’, but when it’s gone you feel like it should still be there and almost fool yourself into thinking it is until you try to use it only to find it’s gone.

“Let’s retire for the night, it’s late and you’ve had an eventful day,” High said as he trotted next to his queen. “Besides, I never did get to finish.”