Crash Down Ch 9 - Crash Down [MATURE]
Author's Note
This is a mature version of Chapter 50 (Book Five, Chapter Nine) of the T-Rated story "The Conquering of Love". This chapter contains a single scene that is different than what was released in the main story. The differences are small, but I personally consider this to be the canon version of events, revealing everything that happened without glossing over anything like I had to do in the T-Rated version.
Crash Down Ch 9 - Crash Down [MATURE]
Book Five: Crash Down
Chapter Nine - Crash Down
Rainbow Dash leapt into flight, chasing after Fluttershy. “No, Fluttershy! He’ll kill you, too!”
Fluttershy’s body froze in mid-flight at Dash’s words. She fell to the ground, sliding to a stop several feet before reaching Mulcibar’s body. She dug her front hooves into the ground and pulled herself slightly forward along it. Tears poured from her eyes and she let out a strong, echoing screech. “No! He can’t be!”
Rainbow Dash landed next to Fluttershy, keeping her eyes on Morosa, though glancing down at her friend just long enough to see the look of rage forming on her face.
“He’s not dead! He can’t be!” Fluttershy crawled along the ground towards Mulcibar’s body, paying no attention to Morosa, who was still standing right over him. Rainbow Dash ducked to the ground, grabbing Fluttershy and pulling her away from the changelings.
“Fluttershy! Stop!”
“No! Let go of me! He’ll wake up on the other side! They’ll kill him! We have to bring him back! Mulcibar! Wake up!”
“Fluttershy, please!” Dash shouted, wrapping her forelegs around Fluttershy. “Let me handle this.”
“That won’t be necessary,” Mulcibar’s voice came from somewhere. “This little upstart thinks he can school the master.”
Fluttershy blinked, her expression relaxing. “You’re… alive?”
Rainbow Dash looked around in a panic. “Wha-wha-what?”
Mulcibar’s laughter filled the courtyard. Morosa stepped back, readying his spear.
“Azura! Where are you? What is this?”
“Sorry, Morosa, I know you were so proud of your little trick, but all you accomplished was showing us that the Touch of Ismara is more widespread than we thought. I am impressed, make no mistake! Especially for a magical dunce like you!”
“Get out here! I’ll run ya through again!”
“With that spear?” Mulcibar asked. “That one that’s already planted pretty firmly in your throat? How are you even talking right now?”
Morosa suddenly fell to the ground, the spear he had been holding now appearing to have been stabbed straight into the front of his throat, just above the collar bone. The blood on the ground slid across the floorboards from Mulcibar’s body to Morosa’s and Mulcibar pulled himself up to his hooves.
“I can tell you’re confused, so let me explain. You used the Touch of Ismara on me to steal my magical abilities, thus gaining my illusion magic. Let me ask you, though, what happens when you hand a foal a pencil? Does it suddenly start writing? Sure, some techniques are like that. Linnai’s fire blast comes to mind, fire is fire, but if you try and use an illusion spell on a master like me? Well, that’s asking for trouble.”
Morosa coughed slightly and reached his hooves around, trying to grip the spear’s shaft.
“Don’t struggle, it’ll only make it worse. Anyway, from the very second you decided to cast an illusion spell on me, I cast an illusion spell on you, as well,” Mulcibar continued, and then turned to look at Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. “Sorry for scaring you all, but I also cast an illusion spell on you two, and the pink one, and the princess, and Vitra, oh and also everyone fighting up on the roof. Really the only ones not affected by this illusion are those mindless reset drones up in the sky, but what are they going to do? Come tattle? All they do is rip dreams apart.”
Mulcibar gently pushed Morosa’s forelegs away from the spear and back down onto the ground. He grabbed the spear and pulled it out, releasing another spurt of blood. “Now, don’t go and panic so much, Morosa. After all, neither of us were even stabbed in the first place.” The air around Mulcibar seemed to shimmer. His wings lost their blue glow and folded down onto his back. The blood on the ground vanished, Morosa’s wounds along with them. His legs, however, were now tied up with rope. “Oh, I did tie you up, though. See? Aren’t I nice? No harm done!”
Morosa laughed and let his head fall to the ground. “Good show, Azura,” he said. “Fighting with you again… it was my honor.”
Mulcibar bent his front knees, bowing slightly. “The pleasure was all mine. I even got to be magic teacher this time!” he said, and then felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned and saw Fluttershy standing to his side, her expression clearly one of anger, her eyes bloodshot and wet with tears. “Ah, Fluttershy!” he said, and then received a yellow hoof to the face.
Fluttershy swung her hoof around and slapped it across Mulcibar’s cheek, sending him into a partial spin and almost knocking him to the ground. “Don’t do things like that!” she shouted.
Mulcibar stared at the ground, his jaw shaking. “But I just won that—“
“Don’t talk to me!” Fluttershy interrupted, and then turned around and walked back towards the courtyard, pulling Rainbow Dash with her. “We still have to stop that reset swarm! Come on, Dashie!”
Rainbow Dash clenched her teeth together and breathed in between them, making a hissing sound. “Ouch…” she muttered, glancing back at Mulcibar one last time before she turned her attention back to the swarm in the sky.
I can’t help but feel sorry for the guy, but… that’s points for me, right? Rainbow Dash thought, but felt a sudden coldness in her heart. Why does it feel so awful, then?
“So, what do we do now?” Pinkie Pie asked, staring up at the sky. The crack across it had become very long and was getting wider by the minute.
Vitra pushed herself up from the ground and shook her head. “The reset swarm is ripping the dream apart. More and more of those mindless drones are warping in every second. There’re too many to stop by fighting.”
“Then we have to find a way to stop them from entering,” Luna said, turning to Rainbow Dash. “Can you sense where they are coming in from?”
Rainbow shrugged. “No, I don’t think so anyway. That big crack in the sky is the problem, right?”
“Well, they’re making it, anyway.”
Rainbow nodded. “I think I can feel it. It’s like a tingling in my mind. It’s starting to get a little annoying,” she said, and then reached a hoof towards the sky. “Let’s just…” She swung her hoof vertically, roughly along the crack in her field of vision. The crack in the sky zipped closed, and then a second later there seemed to be thousands of tiny, blue stars lighting up in the sky.
“Maybe that wasn’t the best idea,” Vitra said, crouching down towards the ground. “Those little blue dots are all their eyes now staring down at you.”
Rainbow Dash frowned. “Okay. Let’s take care of that, then!” she shouted, and then blasted off into the sky, flying at breakneck speeds up towards the cloud of changelings.
“Rainbow Dash, wait!” Luna called out. “We need a better plan than just—“
She stopped speaking, her jaw remaining gaped open, as flashes of rainbow-colored light began to explode all across the sky, several blue dots vanishing with each. Before long, the sky looked like the grand finale at a Canterlot fireworks display. Within a minute, the only lights left in the sky were the actual stars, and Rainbow Dash slammed back down into the courtyard a second later.
“There! They’re all gone, now.”
Luna cleared her throat and looked over at Vitra. “It was that simple?”
Vitra shrugged. “I guess? The reset swarm wasn’t a spell I was involved in at all, so—“
“No, it’s not over,” Mulcibar said, having rejoined the group. “You can already see more appearing up there.”
“And the pain in my head,” Rainbow Dash added. “It’s getting worse.”
Luna closed her eyes and concentrated. “Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, can you feel the widespread disturbance?” she asked, her expression souring. “It is precisely as I had feared. Your dream is large and fast. It was naïve to think the reset swarm was only coming in right here. They’re everywhere.”
Meanwhile, in Avenport…
Gerulf gazed up at the sky and wrapped his wings around Frida, who turned her worried eyes to him.
“What’s happening up there?”
Gerulf shook his head and pulled her closer. “This is it, me love. This is the end. One way or another, we ain’t got long.”
“Have they… have they failed?” Frida asked, her body shaking with both fear and excitement.
“No way t’know, I reckon. Not til it’s all over.”
A streak of prismatic light suddenly zipped across the sky from west to east, almost too fast to follow, leaving a trail of light in its path. Gerulf raised a claw and pointed towards the residual rainbow magic hanging in the air and began to laugh.
“Yes! There she is!” he shouted, turning to fully embrace Frida. “She’s alive! She’s fightin’ back!”
Frida squeezed her husband close and smiled, feeling somewhat relieved, despite the giant crack still expanding in the stratosphere.
Moments earlier, back in Equestria…
“What do you mean ‘they’re everywhere’?” Rainbow Dash asked, waving a hoof in the air.
“I mean they’re everywhere, all around this world. Here, Avenport, the Everfree, Canterlot, Cloudsdale… changelings are swarming in. To defeat them, we’d practically have to be everywhere at once!”
“Even with lucidity, that seems like an impossible task,” Pinkie Pie responded, downtrodden. “The other Pinkies don’t know what to do, either.”
“Be everywhere,” Dash said, thinking aloud. “What if I was just almost everywhere at once?”
“Almost everywhere at once?” Fluttershy asked, tilting her head. “What do you mean?”
“What if I got going so fast that I was just passing by everywhere literally every few seconds?”
Everyone present did a double take all at once. Pinkie Pie broke the silence. “C… can you do that? Can you really go that fast?”
“I don’t know!” Rainbow Dash said with a shrug. “But I can find out! Those changelings dissolve to nothing the moment I touch them and want them to disappear. Maybe I can outrun them! Maybe I can beat them faster than they can warp in until there aren’t any left!”
“That sounds a little far-fetched even for a dream,” Luna said, but then smiled. “That doesn’t mean you can’t do it. Give it a try! I will concentrate on your body as you speed through the dream world, hopefully giving you an even bigger speed boost.”
“Me, too!” Pinkie said, leaping into the air.
Rainbow Dash leapt into the air and took to flight, immediately creating a sonic rainboom, and then a second, before flying so far away she wasn’t able to be seen anymore.
Fluttershy stared into the sky silently. Please come back in one piece, she thought.
A second later, there was a flash of light. Twilight appeared via teleportation with Linnai and an unconscious Duval. She turned to look at Morosa and grinned. “Looks like we handled these two. I couldn’t hear you, but I saw Rainbow Dash take off a second ago. I take it you have a plan for the reset swarm?”
Luna and Pinkie both shrugged their shoulders, their eyes closed in concentration. “Not really,” they both said, deadpan.
Just then, a flash of rainbow color streaked through the sky. Rainbow Dash came and went quickly, leaving in her wake a trail of explosions, reset swarm changelings being dissolved by her very touch.
“Well, it looks like a better plan than I could think up, I guess,” Linnai said, still feeling weak from their battle. “We can trust her, right?”
Twilight nodded her head and Fluttershy turned to look at Linnai.
“You can always trust her,” Fluttershy said with a smile. “She’s always been the hero who came to my rescue… to everypony’s rescue.”
Back a ways from the group, Mulcibar stood over Morosa’s body, staring up into the sky as Fluttershy spoke. He rubbed a hoof against his sore jaw and frowned. And I’m the one who fooled you into thinking I was dead… You’re doing a real great job at this hero thing, Mulcibar. Just great.
In the sky above the planet, traveling at speeds previously unknown to ponykind…
Rainbow Dash could barely keep track of the ground as it shot past her. She could hear nothing but the wind in her ears, she could barely see anything ahead of her, but the things she felt were unmistakable.
It’s almost as if I can sense where they’re appearing in my mind! she thought, twisting to the left and intercepting a large pocket of changelings, smashing them to dust. I know where they’re going to appear before they even appear! Is that from the lucidity, or… or is it something else?
Rainbow Dash flapped her wings furiously. She could feel the pressure building behind her from Pinkie and Luna’s lucidity, pushing her to greater and greater speeds. She could feel the hair on her coat shearing off from the wind, and she could feel her body getting hotter and hotter from the friction of the air.
This might be it! she thought. This might be top speed! The fastest I can travel without, like, lighting on fire!
As if it were in response to her thought, her left shoulder burst into flames. Ah! No! No! she thought. I can’t actually light on fire! I can go way faster and never light on fire!
In response to that thought, the fire went out and she burst forward, going even faster. Mind over matter! Hey, there’s more changelings!
She steered to meet the changelings. As she approached them, she seemed to lose speed. She flailed her forelegs in front of her face, but they seemed to go in slow motion. The changelings before her seemed to slow down as well. The sky began to melt, like wet paint sliding down a wall. Tiny threads appeared before her, glowing white amongst a sea of darkness.
Rainbow Dash blinked as she appeared to come to stop. Time itself felt as if it had frozen. She stared at the threads and reached out to touch one. What is this?
Luna’s voice crackled in her ear. That is the very fabric of your dream, Rainbow Dash. I can sense it! These threads are what the reset swarm must target in order to destroy your dream.
Rainbow Dash blinked her eyes. Right there in front of her, she saw a changeling appear. It seemed to bubble out from the threads themselves. Wait, they want to destroy these dream threads? But that’s where they’re coming from?
What!? Luna’s voice shouted in Dash’s head in shock. That is impossible! Anything that comes from the dream threads is created by the dreamer! If the changelings are being made from dream threads…
Rainbow Dash gasped. “I’m making the stupid changelings?”
The sound of Pinkie Pie gasping rang out in Dash’s mind. That’s it, Dashie! The magic of the reset swarm! The spell! It doesn’t create changelings, it makes the dreamer create changelings! It’s a form of mind control magic!
Of course! Luna responded. To create a massive army would take immense magical power, but to make the dreamer simply have a nightmare of such a thing would be, well, not trivial, but much easier! Such cunning and yet sloppy magic!
Start making sense! What do I do? Rainbow Dash thought at the others. I don’t know how long this time slowdown effect I’m experiencing will last!
With that thought, Rainbow blasted through the sky once more, zipping around the world several times per second now. “What do I do!?” she screamed.
Listen closely, Rainbow. The magic for the reset swarm spell is hiding just outside your dream world. It is just outside of your subconscious. Such a trap… I never would have even thought of it.
“Thought of what?” Rainbow shouted as she spun around the planet at speeds that were definitely no longer possible in reality.
If the spell is active just outside your subconscious, then to stop it, you… any dreamer, no matter how powerful their lucidity, would have to wake up.
Rainbow growled. “So this is it, then? It’s impossible? If they win, I wake up, and to win I have to wake up anyway? That’s cheating!”
Indeed, they are not playing fair. Unfortunately, not playing fair is wise in a war.
Luna opened her eyes and looked over at Pinkie Pie, who was still concentrating on Rainbow Dash. She lowered her head and shook it despondently.
Fluttershy stared up at her, her ears falling back against her head. “Princess, what’s wrong?”
“We’ve lost. I do not think there is a way to stop this.”
“Oh no! There has to be something!” Fluttershy cried.
“I’m afraid not,” Luna said, floating down to the ground and landing beside Pinkie Pie. She placed a hoof on Pinkie’s shoulder. “I’m sorry, Pinkie Pie.”
“Me, too!” Pinkie replied with a grin. “I thought for sure you’d have the same idea that Dashie and I just had! Not to mention the rest of the Pinkies!”
Princess Luna blinked and tilted her head. “Idea? What idea is that?”
“Well, we’ve been leaving dreams this whole time! Well, you all have. I mean, are you inside your own dream right now?”
“No,” Luna said with a bit of hesitation.
“Right! So, how can that happen?”
Luna’s eyes went wide, lighting up as a smile crossed her lips. “The changeling spell that keeps dreams going permanently!”
“Exactly!” Pinkie squeed. “The changelings made this clever reset swarm spell so it would be out of reach, but they also made a spell that made dreams hold on even when the dreamer leaves. Dashie doesn’t have to wake up, she just has to leave! Go just outside her subconscious and give that magic the boot!”
“How will she use her lucidity outside of her subconscious, though?” Fluttershy asked.
Luna grinned. “I do it all the time, and Pinkie here is a part of Rainbow Dash in a way, so all I have to do is channel my lucidity through Pinkie! Simple!”
“Then let’s do this!” Dash’s voice echoed across the entire nation of Equestria. A rainbow sprouted from the ground in the distance, flying up into the sky and then shattering through it like a rock bursting through glass.
Rainbow Dash swung upward as hard as she could, bursting through the hole in the dream world. Outside, she found herself surrounded by strange, glowing strands. Jolts of electricity shot through them in all directions, accompanied by a warm, pink glow.
Where am I?
Inside your mind. Look around, Rainbow Dash. Find the out of place magical energy. It will be near your subconscious.
Rainbow Dash looked down at where she’d come from. A tiny, shining ball of energy hovered beneath her. That must be my dream world. Sure looks tiny! She squinted her eyes and took off towards the dream world, circling around it, this time from the outside. As she made her way to the other side, she spotted something that was completely out of place. Two shining, blue eyes stared at her through the slightly glowing pink void. I think I found it.
Then get ready! Luna’s voice called out to her. My lucidity should be channeling to you… now!
A bolt of purple energy fired up from the dream world, striking Dash and filling her with its power. She could feel it coursing through every inch of her body as she stared down the changeling-like eyes.
“Get out,” she said calmly. “I don’t want you here.”
A ball of pulsating magic appeared around the eyes, along with a mouth directly underneath them. The ball of magic hissed at Dash.
How’s it going up there, Dashie? Pinkie’s voice came through in Dash’s mind. This are getting a little scary down here! There’s a lot of changelings warping in all at once up in the sky.
Dash closed her eyes and concentrated on the magic blob. Get out! Get out! Dang it, how does this work?
Oh, just punch it, already! Pinkie’s voice shouted in Dash’s mind.
Dash shrugged and flew right at the undulating magical face. She swung her hoof forward, smashing it right between the eyes. The purple magic that that had been coursing through Dash’s body and fired from her hoof at once, and much to Dash’s surprise, the ball of magic exploded, letting out one last screech.
That… Dash thought, almost laughing. Actually worked! Thanks, Pinkie!
Pinkie bounced in place back in the dream world. “Yeah! She punched it right in the face!”
Fluttershy and Luna looked at each other and then shrugged. Up in the sky, the changelings had vanished, no trace of them ever having been there remained. However, the crack that Rainbow Dash had made in the sky had also mended itself.
“So, is she coming back?” Fluttershy asked nervously, staring up into the sky.
“Way ahead of you,” Dash’s voice came from behind her. Fluttershy turned and threw her forelegs around Dash’s neck, hugging her tightly.
“You did it!” Fluttershy shouted joyously.
Twilight rushed in and joined the group hug, quickly followed by Pinkie Pie and Daring Do. “Great job, Rainbow! It seems like it was a lot simpler than expected.”
“Oh, you have no idea!” Pinkie said with a squeak. “The other Pinkies and I were paying close attention when it happened. Your Pinkie, Pinkie Twi, thinks she can come up with a way to blast the reset swarm magic without leaving the dream! All that’s required is, of course, a Pinkie.”
Twilight giggled. “Of course.”
“I hate to interrupt the celebration,” Gilda’s voice came from across the way, weak and ragged sounding, “but what about those two?” She pointed a finger at Duval, who was lying on the ground beside her, unconscious.
The group rounded up Duval and Morosa, keeping their hooves tied, setting them on a bench in the garden area.
Twilight sighed and shook her head. “Well, I suppose we could do like we’d planned to do with Linnai and Mulcibar. Keep them captive.”
Linnai coughed. “Not a good idea. Kill ‘em and send ‘em back to the queen!”
“Wait, they aren’t fighting back anymore, now. We can’t just kill them,” Fluttershy protested.
“Oh, yes we can,” Gilda responded, lifting up her pistol and sliding a bullet into the revolver. She pulled back the hammer and pointed the gun right at Duval’s head.
“Cool it, G!” Rainbow Dash shouted, pushing the gun down with her hoof. “I’m with Fluttershy on this one. Killing them like this just feels wrong!”
Linnai groaned. “It’s not like they actually die! You ponies are so concerned with your petty morals, I swear!”
“Now, now!” Luna spoke up, waving a hoof through the air as she stepped in the middle of the argument. “There is no need to kill anypony. Rainbow Dash shall reject them from her dream. They will awaken on the other side no worse for wear.” Her horn began to glow with sparkling white magic and she aimed her horn at Duval. With a quick zap, he was encased in a translucent, gray sphere.
Linnai groaned. “Fine. I guess we already knocked him unconscious. It’d be no fun if he got killed in his sleep.”
Morosa managed to chuckle. Mulcibar looked down at him and grinned. “You seem to be taking this rather well.”
Morosa shrugged quietly as Princess cast the spell on him as well.
Luna nodded to Rainbow Dash. “Just concentrate, now. Think of these two changelings, picture them in your mind, and then picture them vanishing. They will do just that. Concentrate.”
Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then began to make a slight humming sound, just like she had before warping in the hotel.
“Azu… Mulcibar,” Morosa finally said, looking up at his former ally. “I’ll get even stronger. I won’t resort to cheap tricks. When this is all over, I want a rematch.”
Mulcibar grinned, stamped one hoof against the ground and raised his other front hoof up, pointing at Morosa. “You got it, but don’t get upset when I kick your sorry ass.”
Morosa laughed briefly, but then disappeared along with Duval. Rainbow Dash opened her eyes and let out a sigh.
“There. It’s over.”
In response to those words, everyone present seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and finally relax, some of them falling to the ground.
“So, where to now?” Pinkie asked with a grin. “One of the other Pinkies has been telling me about this great idea she has on how to use the Pinkie network to actually contact the real Pinkie Pie. It could certainly shave some time off your quest!”
Linnai yawned and shook her head. “Where to? Bed, if you ask me,” she said, and then stood up and hobbled over to her brother. “Come on, help me over to the room, will you?” she asked, smiling up at him.
Mulcibar pulled his head back nervously. “Okay, but stop grinning like that, you’re creeping me out.”
“Oh shut up!” She jabbed him in the ribs with her elbow and then began to hobble off towards their room. Mulcibar followed after her, glancing over his shoulder briefly at Fluttershy.
Fluttershy looked at him for a moment, but then trained her eyes to the ground. The vision of her hoof slamming into his face flashed in her mind. She shook her head and frowned.
Vitra picked up Applejack’s hat from the ground and dusted it off. Placing the hat eon her head, she made her way to the opposite side of the courtyard from where Linnai had headed. “I think I’ll take the less occupied side of the arrangement, here,” she said. Before anypony could say much to her, she had opened a room door, went inside, and closed it behind her.
“I still don’t trust her, even if she’s here to supposedly study the fact that changelings are feeling love,” Twilight said, eyeing the door Vitra had gone through suspiciously.
Luna nodded. “She seems like a practical one. It would be best to keep an eye on her. Who knows what she’ll do once she feels her mission has been completed satisfactorally.”
“Feeling love,” Fluttershy said quietly.
Twilight turned to the yellow pegasus. “Hmm?”
“She said Mulcibar and Linnai were feeling love, and that she had been as well. I thought Mulcibar was the only one that was affected by Luna’s shard of love, though.”
“Correct. That is highly suspect. Twilight, you’ve been around Linnai more than the rest of us,” Luna started.
Twilight nodded her head and rolled her eyes. “Yeah, unfortunately.”
“Has she seemed different?”
Twilight placed a hoof against her chin. “Well, ever since Nightmare Moon attacked me in your dream world, she has seemed to be changing. Almost like her personality is softening. I almost…”
“Almost what?” Fluttershy asked.
“I almost think she’s acting out of friendship. It really seems like it. Love,” she said, pausing briefly. “Maybe it really is love.”
“That wouldn’t explain how, though, which is what Vitra is after. If we can ascertain the cause before Vitra, we could keep that information from her as best as we can in order to prolong her more predictable behavior.”
Rainbow Dash suddenly spoke up, her head turning this way and that. “Hey, speaking of friends, any of you seen Gilda or Daring? They were here just a minute ago.”
“Is that them in the pool?” Twilight asked, pointing a hoof towards the pool. Daring Do waved. “I guess they aren’t quite ready to sleep yet.”
Dash nodded her head. “Me either. I noticed Gilda looked kind of banged up. I wanted to go check on her.”
Luna smiled. “You do that. I shall make some rounds of the place and then find a room to sleep in.”
Twilight’s face lit up. “Hey, princess. You could stay with us!”
Luna shook her head. “No, thank you, Twilight. I much prefer my… solitude, as it were. No offense intended.”
Twilight nodded. “None taken.”
Luna took off into the sky, and Fluttershy and Twilight waved to her as she went. Out of the corner of her eye, Fluttershy spotted Mulcibar flying through the air as well, heading towards the balcony on the far roof.
Fluttershy took one of Twilight’s hooves in hers. “You go ahead of me, Twilight. I need to check on something, okay?”
Twilight nodded. “Okay. Be sure to collect Rainbow Dash on your way to the room.”
Fluttershy nodded and then took off into the sky, heading to the rooftop balcony.
Rainbow Dash arrived poolside and squatted down at the water’s edge. “You can calm down, ladies. The party can officially start now that I’m here.”
Gilda scoffed. “Not really a party, Dash. More like, I’m floating in the water and soothing my burns. Those changelings really play rough!” she said, raising a wing and presenting her singed feathers.
Dash gasped. “Oh wow, I hadn’t really gotten a good look at you. Wow, what happened?”
“Don’t wanna talk about it. Let’s just say fire and feathers don’t mix.”
Dash touched the surface of the water with her hoof. “I… bet I could use my lucidity to heal you.”
Gilda shrugged, keeping her cool. “That’d be pretty rad, I guess. You don’t have to, though. These sort of wounds? They’re nothing.”
Dash laughed and then concentrated on Gilda’ The griffon’s body began to glow with a prismatic aura.
Daring Do, who was lying on a reclining chair poolside, pointed her hoof towards the roof. “That’s not really the important bit, though, is it?”
Gilda sighed as the magic washed over her, her feathers regrowing and her burns dissolving. “No, it’s not.”
Dash looked back and forth between the two of them nervously. “What’s the important part, then?”
Gilda swung her claw over the water’s surface, splashing water up onto Rainbow Dash’s face. “Fluttershy, that’s what. She’s still fawning over that changeling, ya know.”
Dash smirked. “Yeah, sure, after what he pulled during his fight with that other changeling? She totally decked him.”
Daring sighed. “Guess that explains why she just flew up to the rooftop after him.”
“Yet you came here to check on us, first.”
“What? I couldn’t just—“
“Dash!” Gilda said, splashing her with water again. “Think about yourself instead of others once in a while!”
“I do! Trust me, I do. Just… not when my friends are hurt, you know?”
“Alright, bird-brain, and now I’m fine. Now get up there before the obvious scene happens.”
“The obvious scene?” Dash asked, turning her head up toward the roof.
Gilda sighed. “Yeah. Like ‘Oh Mulcibar, I’m so sorry for bitch slapping you.’ ‘Oh, that’s okay. Come here and give me a big smoochie.’ ‘Yay, my favorite!’” she said, badly impersonating their voices and waving her claws in the air like puppets. “Like that, bozo.”
Dash inhaled through her teeth. “You know, it would be like her to apologize. It’s not like Fluttershy to just… slap somepony.”
“So, what are you waiting for! Go intervene somehow!”
“They’re totally making out by now,” Gilda said with a sigh.
Dash leapt into the air. “Thanks, you two. I better go!”
Gilda and Daring both shrugged, then Gilda resumed floating in the water and Daring went back to reclining.
“You really think she’s too late?” Daring asked.
“Yep,” Gilda replied flatly.
Moments earlier...
Fluttershy flew up over the courtyard and scanned the area. As she gazed down over the building, she noticed that everything was back to how it had been. There was no sign that a battle had happened at all. She turned and looked at the balcony on the roof that overlooked the lake in the distance and spotted somepony, though she couldn’t tell who. She swooped down to get a closer look. As she came closer, she realized it wasn’t a pony, but a changeling. It was just who she’d been looking for.
Mulcibar, Fluttershy thought, and then gently landed as quietly as she could a bit behind him. The image of her hoof slapping against his face flashed in her mind, the anger she had felt back then refreshing itself. She took a moment to reflect on that moment, accompanied by uneasy feelings of guilt and satisfaction at the same time.
I was so upset. I just lashed out. It was his fault, though. She tried to harden her heart, but found it more difficult than she’d expected. Why am I standing here, then?
She noticed him glance back at her briefly. He seemed to sink down lower against the railing. In the brief moment where she had seen his face, he looked sad, despondent. She knew he was feeling his own guilt, as well.
Fluttershy took a breath and began to walk towards him. I should at least apologize. She came up alongside him and leaned against the railing as well, staring down at the lake in the distance, at the moon’s reflection upon its surface.
“So, how’s your face?” Fluttershy asked, and then sunk down. Great way to start this off, Fluttershy, just great… she thought. To her surprise, Mulcibar laughed.
“Still a little sore, but I’ll live. I suppose I got what I deserved.”
Fluttershy turned her eyes back to the lake. “Sorry I hit you. I don’t usually do things like that. It just… happened.”
After several minutes of silence, Mulcibar finally spoke. “I never really appreciated this sort of beauty, before. Funny how everything looks different now. Love… changes everything, I guess.”
Fluttershy nodded her head. “Yes,” she said, her tone slightly annoyed. “It makes you worry, too. Like, if you saw somepony you cared about lying dead on the ground…”
Mulcibar sighed. “I’m sorry about that. Look, I had to do that. I had to make the illusion completely convincing so Morosa would let his guard down and not notice that I was actually binding his hooves that entire time.”
Fluttershy turned her head away from the lake and looked up at Mulcibar’s face. “You could have let us know you were okay, somehow!” she nearly shouted, her brow furrowed and her ears turned back slightly.
Mulcibar turned his head and looked down at Fluttershy. “I had to act quickly! It’s not like I knew he was going to do something like that!” he shouted back. “Look, I’m sorry! Okay? We’re fine, now!”
Fluttershy sighed. “At least promise me you’ll never do something like that again!”
“But, what if I have to again?”
“Then think of some other way!”
“Alright, fine. I’m sorry, seriously. I won’t do it again, I promise,” Mulcibar finally conceded, letting out a heavy breath afterwards.
Fluttershy felt his breath on her cheek. It was only then that she realized how close their faces were to each other. She blinked and blushed slightly. “Ah, well… okay. Good.”
Mulcibar noticed Fluttershy’s cheeks turning rosy and came to the same realization. He stared into her eyes, unable to look away, enchanted by their beauty.
Unseen by the two of them, Rainbow Dash swooped down towards them. There they are! she thought, and then noticed that they were both just standing there staring into each other’s eyes. Wait, are they—
Fluttershy turned her head away slightly, averting her eyes. “Um, so…” she started, not sure what to say.
Mulcibar reached up, gently pressing a hoof to her cheek and bringing her gaze back to his. “You know how I feel about you, right?”
Fluttershy nodded her head, her cheeks now burning bright red. Mulcibar pressed forward, planting his lips against hers. He wrapped his foreleg around the back of her head, and she reached up and did the same with him.
Rainbow Dash stared at the display, slowly losing altitude and dropping back down into the courtyard, her eyes wide and shaking. Her mind was a jumbled mess. She caught herself dipping down and quickly shot back up into the sky, flying away from the courtyard and landing on a far rooftop.
I should be happy for them, right? I should be happy for… her. Right? She slammed her right hoof against a brick chimney, laying a small crack into its side.
“Ow!” she squeaked, and then hugged her hoof against her body. She fell back against the chimney, sliding down to a sitting position and staring up into the sky. “Come on, Rainbow Dash. Get it together. This is fine.” The edges of her field of vision began to blur as her eyes slowly filled with moisture.
Her mind drifted back to when Fluttershy had first awakened in the dream world. I sort of had a crush— Fluttershy’s voice echoed in her mind.
“No!” Rainbow Dash said, wiping a foreleg across her eyes. “I won’t give up this easy! I’ll show Fluttershy that I’m the one for her! But… how? It seems so hopeless…”
“Perhaps you should work on your attitude,” a voice came from the other side of the Chimney. Dash turned to look and saw Princess Luna stepping out from a shadow. “I don’t think she is beyond your reach, but if you intend to punch walls, that shy one will surely shy away.”
“I know. Trust me, I know. I know her better than anypony else. I love her.”
Luna smiled. “Then show her. She holds the element of kindness, but do not let her kindness fool you.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“I mean in the end she will have to decide, and decide she will. It will be difficult for her, but she will choose with her heart. Her kindness is radiant, so much so that her love of her friends and her romantic love may be very similar. Despite that, though, she will make a choice. In her position, would you choose you?”
Rainbow stared at her hoof, which was still stinging from punching the bricks. “Maybe. No. I don’t know.”
Luna giggled. “Of course you don’t know, because you’re not her. You’re you, so just be yourself. That is your true advantage.”
Rainbow Dash stood up and nodded confidently. “You’re right, Princess! Fluttershy and I go way back! We know each other better than anypony else. That has to count for something!”
“Indeed, I believe your shared past carries much weight, but you can’t base a relationship on just that.”
“Right… Hey, maybe you could help me!” Rainbow Dash said, turning and grabbing one of Luna’s hooves in hers.
Luna blinked. “No, uh… that is, I don’t think that’s really—“
“Oh come on, at least give me some good advice! You’ve been around for a long time! I bet you’ve had all sorts of coltfriends! Or marefriends, I mean, if that’s your…” She trailed off at the end, averting her eyes suddenly.
Luna nearly choked on a laugh. “Oh, heavens no. Actually, we are… er… I am, that is, still inexperienced in that field. I have witnessed many relationships, though, in dreams.”
Dash perked up. “Hey, ever been in one of Fluttershy’s dreams? Does she ever dream about me?”
Luna blushed slightly. “I am not at liberty to share such information, Rainbow Dash!”
“Oh, come on! Please?”
Luna cleared her throat. “If I tell you about her dreams, then I must go tell her about your dreams, if you know what I mean. It would only be fair.”
Dash’s face lit up like a crimson firecracker. “N- Nevermind,” she quickly sputtered, turning to gaze down into the courtyard. She spotted Gilda, who was floating on her back in the swimming pool. She remembered what Gilda had said earlier about not letting Fluttershy get taken away. “I won’t give up. I’ll be myself, but I won’t just sit idly by and let Mulcibar take her.”
Luna smiled. “That is best. And remember, less brick punching, okay?”
Dash nodded. “Right, that hurts, anyway.” She turned back to Luna and tapped her on the shoulder. “Thanks, Princess. For everything.”
“Well, we are inside your dream, and it is merely my royal duty to help my subjects in their dreams. Usually they don’t actively remember my being there, though, so consider yourself quite privileged.”
“Right!” Dash said, and then stepped towards the edge of the roof. “I think I’m going to go cool my head a bit. I think Gilda’s got the right idea.”
Dash leapt from the rooftop and dove down toward the pool. Luna smiled and leaned against the chimney. “Best of luck, my little pony.”
Moments earlier, on the rooftop balcony…
Fluttershy’s eyes instinctively closed as she found herself wrapped up in a long, deep kiss with Mulcibar. She felt her heart beating, her face becoming even warmer, and her legs nearly shaking. When she had kissed him before, she’d felt weakened partially because he’d been feeding off her love energy, but this time it was all her. The experience was exhilarating, dizzying. She once again felt like she didn’t want to stop, but she knew she had to. She knew she couldn’t keep going on like this.
Fluttershy pulled her lips away from his slowly and gently, taking in a deep breath and then sighing outward, allowing her head to droop down slightly as she drearily reopened her eyes.
“That was…” Fluttershy started, trying to gather her words. “Look, maybe we should… I think it would be best if we take things a little more slowly.”
Mulcibar tilted his head slightly. “More slowly? What do you mean?”
“I mean the kissing, and…”
Mulcibar took one step back so he could more properly look at her. “Do you not like it?”
“No!” Fluttershy blurted out suddenly, and then quietly continued. “I mean yes, I do like it. I mean, it’s not like that. Oh, I’m so confused. I’m new to this, too, you know.”
“Well, what then?”
“I like you, Mulcibar. You’re a really sweet guy. When I’m with you, I feel safe, and cared for. I really do like you.”
Mulcibar smiled brightly. “I like you, too!”
“No, Mulcibar,” Fluttershy said, looking up directly into his eyes. “You love me.”
“Well,” Mulcibar said nervously, swallowing. “Yeah, I do.”
Fluttershy gently placed a hoof against Mulcibar’s chest. She breathed in deeply, her body slightly shaking. “But I don’t love you.”
Mulcibar took another step back, causing Fluttershy’s hoof to slide back down to the ground. He turned his gaze downward and frowned. “So this is it, then. This is the end.”
Fluttershy stamped her hoof against the floorboards. “No, darn it! I didn’t say that!”
“Well, what then?” Mulcibar asked, looking back up at her. “It’s obvious! You love Rainbow Dash!”
“Look, Rainbow Dash is my best friend. I’ve always liked her, I just never thought she would—“
“So that really is it, isn’t it? You love her and not me!”
“Hey!” Fluttershy shouted, stamping her hooves against the ground as she marched up to Mulcibar. She reached out, put a hoof against his chin, and pulled his head up to look at her. “Don’t put words in my mouth! This isn’t easy, you know! Listen, you’ve been feeling love for just a few days now. I’ve been feeling it my whole life, and I just… I need time to think about everything.”
The voice of Luna’s shard of love, speaking through Sweetie Belle, flashed in Fluttershy’s mind.
You have time to think about these things, but I want to make sure you understand. Be there for him. Help him to finish what I have started within him. How you do this is up to the two of you.
Fluttershy gently bit her lower lip in thought and hesitation. I still don’t know what to do. Is this right? Should I really do this? It could break his heart, or worse, he could maybe never love again.
She looked up into his eyes, spying the tears forming at their edges, but also something else, something deep within his eyes, his spirit. His determination. No, she thought. I have to do this. I can’t lie to him and pretend I love him when I don’t even know yet. He deserves to know how I feel, and he will be able to handle it.
Fluttershy took a deep breath. “When you woke up to love, my heart was already set about you. I wanted to be your friend. Maybe more than that, sure, but that’s not something a mare can just decide in a flash.”
“But I knew it from the moment love warmed my heart. From the moment I looked at you, thought about you, I want to be with you… and unlike any other mare I’ve ever wanted to be with, I wanted you to want to be with me. I think I want that more than anything else.”
“That’s not a bad thing. Look, I grew up with love, I have no idea how you must be feeling. I want to help you, but I just don’t think we’re at the point where we should be… getting all smoochy so much… you know what I mean?”
Mulcibar paused for a moment to think and then blankly shook his head.
Fluttershy sighed and placed a hoof against her forehead. “Of course. Right. So, all this means is that we’re still friends. Just like before. Just like I’m friends with Twilight, with Pinkie, and with Rainbow Dash.”
“You kiss your friends, too?”
Fluttershy blushed, briefly remembering her moment of half-awakening when she had kissed Rainbow Dash. “No. No, I don’t, and we shouldn’t, either. At least not until we’re both more certain of what we’re feeling. Trust me, being friends is wonderful!”
Mulcibar shrugged slightly, but managed to smile. “I’m pretty sure of what I’m feeling, but I guess you’re right. If I look at the facts, there has to be at least a slight chance that I am just overreacting to my new emotions. I mean, I doubt it, but there’s a chance.”
The two of them laughed together for a moment. Fluttershy breathed a sigh of relief. “Good.”
Mulcibar went back to a more uncertain expression. “Soooo… how will I know when the time is right? How will I know if you feel the same?”
“Those are… very good questions. I don’t think anypony knows for sure,” Fluttershy responded, rubbing a hoof against the floor in a circular motion.
Mulcibar raised his head and let out a frustrated groan, turning in a half-circle. “Bah! Emotions are so confusing!”
Fluttershy giggled. “They really are.”
Mulcibar looked over his shoulder at Fluttershy and grinned. “I won’t give up hope, you know.”
Fluttershy nodded her head timidly. “I know.”
“That’s it! I’ve decided!” Mulcibar announced, turning back around to face the yellow pegasus. “Maybe Linnai has the right idea!”
Fluttershy backed away a couple of steps nervously. “Um, I’m not so sure about—“
“Someday soon, you will kiss me! Because you want to! That will be our next kiss!”
Fluttershy felt her face blushing and suddenly had butterflies in her stomach. She stepped forward again, lowering her eyelids and smirking. “Oh? You sound pretty sure of yourself,” she mused, having a rare moment where she felt a bit bolder than usual.
Mulcibar rubbed a hoof against his chest and scoffed. “Of course! You’re going to want me, bad!”
Fluttershy rolled her eyes. “Well then, you’ll have to earn it.”
“Right!” Mulcibar sounded off triumphantly. “So! How do I do that?”
Fluttershy walked past Mulcibar, patting him on the shoulder as she passed. “Okay, now we’re just going in circles. We should both get some rest,” she said, and then stopped in her tracks. “Oh shoot, I never moved the beds!”
Mulcibar blinked. “Moved the beds?”
Fluttershy turned back around. “I wanted it to be a surprise for Twilight and Rainbow Dash. There’s two beds in our room, and I wanted to push them together, maybe drape something over them, make it really cozy like a sleepover. You know, for our reunion with Rainbow Dash.”
Mulcibar smiled and shook his head. he stared down at Fluttershy’s smiling face and felt almost awestruck. She seemed to glow for him, to shimmer radiantly. You really are something else, aren’t you? he thought.
“Well, It’s too late now. I’m tired, anyway,” she said, brushing her hair to the side. “I should get going. I’ll see you tomorrow.” Fluttershy turned and spread her wings, preparing to fly away.
Mulcibar reached a hoof out. “W… wait! I could help you, maybe,” he sputtered. “Put the beds together, I mean.”
Fluttershy blushed, letting her bangs fall back over her face, not wanting to turn around and show her rosy cheeks to him. “Oh… okay. Sure. That is, if you want to…”
“What happened to your brave voice?”
“Oh, don’t tease!” Fluttershy replied, keeping her face forward. “I can only keep that up for so long.”
Mulcibar chuckled. “Okay, fine.”
Rainbow Dash dove straight down towards the pool, folding her body into a ball just before hitting the water’s surface at high speed. The resulting wave pushed Gilda to the other side of the pool and drenched Daring, who was still lying reclined on a poolside chair.
Daring gasped for breath and coughed. “What in Tartarus was that?” As soon as she could, she glared in the direction of the pool, expecting to see Gilda with a big grin on her face. Instead, she saw Rainbow Dash now floating on her back on the water’s surface, staring up into the sky.
Gilda waded towards the floating pegasus. “Dash. You’re back. How did things go?”
Rainbow Dash groaned. “Oh, you know, it was like ‘Come here and give me a big smoochie!’ and ‘Yay, my favorite!’”
Gilda blinked. “So wait, you went up there, kissed her, and then came back here?”
Dash swung her forelegs up and down, splashing water out to her sides. “No, doofus, I mean I got up there and Mulcibar was inspecting her tonsils already.”
Gilda grimaced. “Yeesh, talk about bad timing.”
“Tell me about it.” She sighed and dunked her head back under the water briefly. “I’m not giving up, though. No way! I’ve got something Mulcibar can’t compete with, and that’s history.” she said, her mouth and nose the only parts of her face now above water.
“History?” Daring asked from poolside, her eyes drifting off in another direction.
Dash swung back up from under the water. “That’s right! I know Fluttershy way better than he does, and she knows me way better than him. I just have to really show her I’m interested, and I bet she’ll choose me over him.”
“Or maybe the history will be more like ‘You’re history’, because Mulcibar and Fluttershy just went into a room together,” Daring noted, pointing her hoof across the way.
Dash spun around in the water, catching sight of the hotel room’s door closing. “What? No! Are they seriously…”
“You gonna wait around here thinking about it, or are you gonna go play interference?” Gilda asked, placing a claw on Dash’s shoulder. “That’s the room you’re staying in with Fluttershy and Twilight, right? It wouldn’t be unusual for you to just walk right in or knock.”
Rainbow Dash rubbed her front hooves together and blushed. “But, what if they really are… you know… doing it in there? I don’t think I want to see that, and I know Fluttershy would be really embarrassed.”
Daring waved a hoof in the air. “There you go, thinking too much again. They’ve been in there for twenty seconds, Dash. I somehow doubt it could get all that heated so quickly if Fluttershy’s involved.”
Dash nodded her head. “True, true.” After another couple of seconds, she jumped up out of the water and shook herself off. “That’s it! I’m going! No matter what happens, I’m going!” Dash leapt into the air and flew as fast as she could over to the room.
Daring leaned back in her chair. “Seriously, though, you think she’s too late?”
Gilda cocked an eyebrow. “Maybe?”
Daring sighed. “She’s pretty hopeless on her own, huh?”
Gilda laughed. “Yep, but she’ll figure it out.”
Twilight made her way down the boardwalk past a pair of rooms until she came to a door that was slightly ajar. She nodded her head and tapped a hoof against it just above the door handle, pushing it open. She entered and looked around at the lavish interior. The front room was a living room with a couch, sitting cushions, and a table. A hallway in the room’s back right beckoned to her with light. She casually walked back into the hallway, her hooves clacking slightly against the wooden floor.
“Fluttershy? Rainbow?” she called out.
“Twilight?” a voice came that sounded as though its owner had been crying. Still, she recognized it as Linnai’s voice and paused in the hallway.
“Twilight, is that you?” the voice came again, along with a sniffle.
Twilight sighed and poked her head around the corner. Within the large back bedroom were two queen-sized beds, one toward the back and one against the left hand wall. Linnai was lying upon the latter, leaning against the wall. She rubbed a hoof against her face and smiled.
“Sorry, I thought this was the room I was staying in. I can go if you need some time a—“
“No! No, that’s okay,” Linnai said, turning her eyes to the ceiling. “I don’t mind if you see me like this. As a matter of fact, it’s really got me thinking… about a lot of stuff.”
Twilight hesitated to actually enter the room. She didn’t know what to say. She’d never seen Linnai like this, and it hurt a little more than she’d expected.
Linnai repositioned herself on the bed. “If you don’t mind,” she said, hesitating as well. “Could we talk?” She patted the empty space on the bed across from her and nodded for Twilight to enter.
“What about?” she asked, nervously entering the room and half expecting to be hit on again.
“I guess… about what’s been happening to me since I got here. Maybe a little before that, too. I didn’t want to bring it up before, and Mulcibar wasn’t much help when I asked him.”
What could she be talking about? Twilight though, and then nervously stepped into the room and sat down on the bed next to Linnai. “Okay, I’m listening. What’s this all about?”
“Well, I’m not sure, but I guess it’s about… love.”
I knew it! Twilight thought and quickly jumped up from the bed. Linnai snapped her hoof out and latched onto Twilight’s foreleg.
“Wait! I don’t mean it like that. Calm down. Please.”
Twilight slowly sat back down and nodded her head.
Linnai continued. “Look, ever since I jumped in front of that blast to save you, probably a little before that, something inside of me has been changing. I can’t seem to pin it down; I don’t know what to do with myself. I’m starting to act like my brother, and it’s really sort of… disturbing.”
Twilight blinked. “But your brother was possessed by Luna’s shard of love. Nothing like that happened to you, right?”
Linnai shook her head. “No, and that’s the part that’s got me so weirded out. I know it must seem strange to you for somepony to be worried about feeling like this, but for me, it’s just not natural. I’ve never had these warm, fuzzy emotions swirling around inside of me, why would I change now?”
“I don’t know, Linnai, but is it really such a bad thing?” Twilight asked, turning to look at Linnai, who was still staring down at the bed, a look of worry stricken across her face.
“Of course it’s bad! I’m a changeling! I’m not supposed to be eating food and making friends and… and feeling worried about others! It’s all so irrational!”
“Right, I suppose it is, but it’s—“
Linnai lifted her head and stared into Twilight’s eyes. “When I got here and I was all alone for a few days, all I could think about was you and Mulcibar! That first night, I tossed and turned because I couldn’t stop thinking about you in particular.”
Twilight smiled and reached a hoof out, placing it on Linnai’s shoulder. “You missed us, that’s all. And now we’re here. Look, we don’t know how this has happened, but it’s not a bad thing. I promise. If it’s any consolation, I am flattered that you would be thinking of me in a… non-weird way.”
Linnai blinked and a tear fell from one of her eyes. “I even started to think… I even started to think about turning against you again. I was so mad at all the things I was feeling, so scared of waking up and finding Chrysalis there, ready to take my head off! I was ready! I was ready to tell Mulcibar that it was over! That I was going to continue the plan, finish you all off!”
Twilight stared with intensity into Linnai’s eyes and shook her head. “But, you didn’t.”
“But I did. I brought it up, and of course he said no. And I was glad, because… because when I first saw him again… When I saw you warp in, and I knew it was really you…” Linnai said and then threw herself at Twilight, pulling her into a hug. “I couldn’t! I couldn’t even think about it!”
Twilight turned her head and stared at the wall, returning the hug and patting Linnai’s head gently, not able to think of anything further to say.
“And then, up on the roof, when that creep was going to steal your magic… I knew deep down inside that I couldn’t let him! Not because I wanted to win, not because I was scared for myself! I was scared for… you! Why?” Linnai asked, her voice wavering. “I can’t stand it! I can’t stand feeling this way! I hate you! I hate you…”
Twilight breathed in deeply and continued to hold Linnai in her forelegs. “You don’t mean that, and you know it.”
Linnai managed to chuckle slightly. “I know,” she said, pulling herself away from Twilight and wiping her eyes. “This is so pathetic. I’m such a mess.”
Twilight smiled at her. “You’re not used to this. I can only imagine what it must be like to have never felt these emotions and then suddenly feeling their full force. Even those of us who’ve had them all our lives have trouble with them sometimes, trust me.”
“How do you handle it?”
“Like you just did now. Sometimes you need a friend to let your feelings out to.”
“Sorry I said I hate you. I don’t hate you. You know that, right?”
Twilight smirked and rolled her eyes. “How could I forget? Even after risking your life to save mine, you managed to try and flirt.”
“That was pretty cool, wasn’t it?” Linnai asked, batting her eyelashes.
Twilight sighed and leaned her head against the wall. “Yes, I suppose it was sort of cool,” she said, and then closed her eyes. “We’re both tired, too. We’ve been through a lot just now.”
“At least now we’ll have some time to relax,” Linnai replied and then moved her face closer to Twilight’s. “You know, you could just stay here tonight.”
Twilight’s eyes shot open at the feeling of Linnai’s breath against her muzzle. She pulled her head back slightly and cocked one eyebrow. “I don’t think I’m ready to go that far.”
Linnai cracked a toothy smile. “So you’re saying maybe you’ll be ready someday, hmm?”
“That is… definitely not what I am saying. Anyway, who would keep Fluttershy company?”
Linnai continued her slow advance. “I’m sure she wants to catch up with Rainbow Dash some more.”
Twilight pulled back further, leaning her whole body back. “Yes, and I would like to, as well, so—“
“You’re saying everything but ‘I don’t want to,’ prudicorn,” Linnai whispered, her nose practically touching Twilight’s. “Don’t worry, I won’t do anything unless you want me to.”
“Look, I just—“ Twilight started, but then was interrupted by a loud banging noise from the next room over. The noise was shortly followed by a quiet ‘Ow!’ Linnai and Twilight both froze and their ears that were closer to the wall twitched and turned toward it.
“Are you alright?” a deep voice said from the other side of the wall a moment later.
“What’s going on over there, I wonder,” Twilight said, scooting away from Linnai by a few inches.
“Shh! That’s my brother and Fluttershy. You don’t think they’re…”
Twilight snorted. “What? I seriously doubt it.”
Linnai’s horn lit up and cast a sound amplification spell on the wall. Twilight rolled her eyes.
“Here, let me just…” Mulcibar’s voice said, followed by two more softer banging sounds. Fluttershy could be heard letting out a tiny squeaking noise afterward.
Twilight turned her eyes back to Linnai and shook her head again. “No, it has to be something else—“
“Move your leg a bit this way,” Mulcibar could be heard saying.
“Okay, just… be careful,” Fluttershy responded.
“Don’t worry, you know I don’t want to hurt you.”
Twilight’s eyes went wide and her jaw dropped. Meanwhile, Linnai was pressing her ear up against the wall as hard as she could, her giant toothy grin having taken over her previous saddened expression.
“Oh my gosh, I think they are,” Twilight said with shock.
“They totally are!” Linnai said, barely above a whisper.
“Push back a bit,” Mulcibar’s voice said.
Fluttershy could be heard letting out a couple more squeaking sounds, followed by heavy breathing. “It’s in there… so tight!” she said between breaths.
Twilight pulled her head away from the wall. “Well, I’m not listening to any more of that!” she said, and then reached a hoof out to Linnai, pushing her away from the wall, as well. “Come on, isn’t it a little creepy to listen to your brother… getting it on?”
Linnai placed a hoof to her chin and looked up at the ceiling, humming in thought for a moment.
“The answer is yes,” Twilight said, turning to get up off the bed.
“We could always cover up their noises with our own,” Linnai suggested.
“That’s okay, I think I’ll—“ Twilight started, but was interrupted by rhythmic banging against the wall coming from the other room. She groaned loudly with frustration and stood up. “I think I’ll go find Rainbow Dash and make sure she doesn’t, uh, walk in on anything.”
“What in the world are you two doing?” Rainbow Dash’s voice suddenly came from the other side of the wall. Twilight slapped a hoof against her face.
“Too late, I guess…”
“Rainbow Dash! Good timing. Come over here and give us a hoof,” Mulcibar said.
“Sure thing!” Rainbow could be heard replying.
Linnai’s eyes lit up and she pressed her head against the wall again. “No way…!”
Twilight practically fell over onto the bed again. She stared up at the ceiling, her face now flush red. “You have got to be kidding me,” she said.
“Okay, Rainbow, can you maybe slide your leg over here and push?” Fluttershy asked.
“Okay, I see where you’re going with this,” Rainbow responded. “Mulcibar, I’ll get above Fluttershy here, and you grab from behind,”
“Just what I was thinking,” Mulcibar said. “Hey, you’re soaking wet.”
“Not my fault,” Rainbow Dash responded. “Blame that on Gilda.”
‘Blame that on Gilda?’ Twilight shook her head in disbelief. This is not happening!
The rhythmic banging started up again. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy could both be heard grunting in time with the banging, and Mulcibar could be heard exhaling noisily each time. Twilight somehow found herself pressed up against the wall again, her face completely red, listening in and staring at Linnai, who was blushing just as heavily, still grinning as widely as she could. “Unbelievable. I had no idea those two were so… promiscuous,” Twilight said.
“Oh come on, prudicorn, everypony needs to let off a little steam sometimes. It’s healthy!”
Between loud grunting, Fluttershy could be heard crying out. “Close! So close! Just a bit more!”
“Yes! I can feel it!” Rainbow Dash called out afterwards.
“Hang on, you two. Here it comes!” Mulcibar said.
“Oh yeah, here it comes, prudicorn,” Linnai said, licking her lips.
“This is still totally creepy. I can’t believe we’re doing this!” Twilight said, and then noticed that Linnai’s foreleg was moving. She tilted her head down and saw Linnai’s right hoof stuffed between her legs. She had, at some point, wrapped them around a pillow and was grinding against it, all the while gyrating her hoof between them. “You know what, I’m not doing this!”
Linnai breathed in deeply, a moaning sound forcing its way out as she did. “I can smell your hormones, Twilight. Drop the act,” she said, pointing her left hoof down towards where Twilight was sitting. Twilight glanced down at the bed beneath her and saw a visibly wet spot that had formed beneath her. She gasped in shock.
Twilight breathed in and closed her eyes, then stifled a gasp. No! What in the world am I thinking? Stop it, Twilight! she thought as the sound of all three occupants of the next room over crying out together came through the wall. There was a final loud bang, no matter how much Twilight didn’t want to hear it. She grimaced and felt an electric-like jolt go through her. The sound of a piece of furniture loudly scooting against the floor was now coming from the next room over.
“Wait a sec, is that—“ Twilight started, but couldn’t continue. Her mouth was bombarded by Linnai’s lips. The changeling forcefully pushed her way in, and Twilight gasped in response.
Come on, Twilight! I know you’re feeling it! This is it! This is the moment! Linnai thought as she breathed in the thick love essence that Twilight was pulsing out from her body. Don’t resist! This is going to be so good!
Twilight’s eyes went wide again, and she lifted her hooves to push Linnai away, but instead found them wrapping around the back of her head. She felt a strange sensation, like every emotion she’d ever felt swirling around inside of her. Before her mind could even react to what was happening, she found herself returning the kiss, letting her tongue swirl around Linnai’s as she was pushed back. She felt Linnai press her body against hers, the warmth of that contact increasing the emotional turbulence she felt.
I’ve wanted you so badly, Twilight! Ever since I saw you! Ever since I heard stories about you, the magical genius! It was destiny! Linnai thought. She could feel her body getting hotter and hotter and then opened her eyes. She gazed into Twilight’s eyes and could see only fear and confusion shining in their depths. A weight suddenly slammed against Linnai’s heart and she shook her head.
No!
Linnai pulled her lips away from Twilight and pushed her hooves against her chest.
This isn’t right! Not like this!
She pulled away from Twilight, but the purple unicorn sat up as well, pressing forward, her lips parted, her body unleashing love energy and begging for more.
“Twilight, stop this,” Linnai said, raising her hooves and fending off Twilight’s advances. “This isn’t you. This is what happens when we feed.”
Twilight breathed heavily, staring into the changeling’s eyes. “Linnai… I want you… I want you so bad, and I don’t know why! I don’t care why! Take me, right now!”
“Please, not like this,” Linnai said, scooting away further. “You don’t want me. Stop and think!”
Twilight leaned against her front hooves on the bed, still panting and sweating. “But… I do… I did!” she said, her voice becoming less sultry and more confused. “What… What did you do to me?”
Linnai relaxed and slouched forward. “I didn’t do anything. It’s what happens when we changelings feed on love magic. I felt you letting some off, and I just… I just took it in.”
“That doesn’t make any sense.”
“The ones we feed on, it affects them. It makes them want to give more and more. It’s not exactly mind control, you’re still in control of your actions, it just makes you feel your love so powerfully that it’s hard to resist. In this type of situation, and given that I… kissed you… I guess you got a little carried away.”
“Carried away?” Twilight asked incredulously.
“I am so, so, so sorry. I really am. I never should have kissed you. I should have thought about what would happen if I fed…” Linnai started, but then buried her face in the bed’s surface. “No, that’s a lie. I did think about it. I wanted you to want me. I still do, but… not like that.”
Twilight licked her lips, the taste of Linnai still fresh and strong upon them. She breathed in, trying to clear her mind. “I don’t know how things are with changelings, but—“ Twilight started, and then heard Fluttershy speaking in the other room.
“Thanks for the help. My leg was in there really tight. I don’t know how long I would have been stuck if you two hadn’t come along.”
“Don’t worry about it,” Mulcibar said. “It was a decent workout. Sheesh, that bed frame seems awfully heavy. What’s it even made of?”
“Why were you trying to move the furniture, anyway, Fluttershy?” Rainbow asked. “Also, why didn’t you just use your magic to move it?”
“I was afraid I’d hurt her. Had to be extra careful. Hey, you could have used your lucidity, right?”
“Oh, right. That.”
“I’m still mad at you, but…” Twilight said, holding back a giggle. “You just got all worked up from ponies moving furniture.”
Linnai sighed. “Whatever, I’ll add it to the list.”
Twilight rolled over and stood up from the bed, her legs shaking a bit. “Linnai, just promise me, seriously…” she said, trying to stand straight. “Promise me you won’t do that again.”
Linnai lifted her head and saw Twilight staring back at her, a serious expression across her face. Linnai’s cheeks were wet with tears, which she wiped away with a foreleg. “Never again,” she said. “I promise.”
Twilight hobbled her way towards the hallway. She had barely taken one step into the corridor when Linnai’s voice came from behind her.
“Twilight.”
Twilight turned her head and looked back at the changeling. “Hmm?”
“I love you.”
Twilight froze. She felt her jaw trembling. She breathed in deeply and turned away from Linnai again.
“Bad timing,” she said, and then quickly made her way to the door. The sound of it opening and closing echoed off the walls, and Linnai fell back down against the mattress. She buried her face in her pillow and slammed her hoof ineffectually against the mattress.
Outside, Twilight fell to her haunches on the other side of the door and looked up at the starry sky above the courtyard.
I love you, Linnai’s voice rang out in her head over and over. She gritted her teeth and stamped a hoof against the ground.
I know you do, you stupid, confused thing! Twilight thought. A tear dropped from Twilight’s eye and fell to the floor. That’s what makes this even worse.
Ponyville, Reality, Present
A shadowy figure dashed through a yard and leapt over a short hedgerow. The pony made a hasty beeline towards a section of woods at the edge of town. The pony’s hooves splashed up mud and water as the intense rainstorm continued to hammer the area. Once in the woods, the pony pressed up against a tree and stared toward the town.
The pony breathed heavily for a moment and then sighed, her body relaxing slightly. Her soaked silver mane hung down over her face. She dimly lit up her horn and glanced back into the woods. “What did Trixie do to deserve this?” she asked herself. “First this freakish, unplanned storm, and now a couple of copycats. There is only one Great and Powerful Trixie!” She shook her hoof as she said the last bit and then hunched down, sighing again.
The End of Book Five: Crash Down
To Be Continued in Intermezzo 4 & Book Six: Pinked
Crash Down Ch 9 - Crash Down [CLOP]
Author's Note
This is an alternate-continuity mature version of Chapter 50 (Book Five, Chapter Nine) of the T-Rated story "The Conquering of Love". This chapter takes the heated Linnai/Twilight scene and changes it into a full-blown sex scene. I don't want to spoil all the fun, but I took it even farther than that, too.
I figure it goes without saying, but this chapter should not be considered canon to The Conquering of Love. If you've read the original chapter or the normal mature version, you will recognize when the story starts to deviate.
For those coming in just to read some clop, here's a rundown of what you should know:
- This story is season 2 continuity, directly after Canterlot Wedding.
- Linnai and Mulcibar are OC changelings that have turned against Chrysalis.
- Mulcibar is in love with Fluttershy
- Fluttershy has blossoming feelings for Mulcibar, but also has feelings for Rainbow Dash.
- Linnai is in love with Twilight
- Twilight is uninterested in a romance with Linnai.
- Linnai is basically a sex addict.
If you want to skip straight to the sexy bits, search the document for the phrase "Twilight made her way down the boardwalk".
Now, go forth and enjoy some hot changeling-on-pony action!
Notes to read afterward since there's no "top and bottom" capability:
I hope you've enjoyed my first attempt (released, anyway) at clopfic! It's a lot more challenging that I thought it would be. Not only that, but I really felt like I wanted to have a certain series of events happen, and much like my regular fic, things may have gotten a bit out of control. I wanted to be sure I still captured the characters as well as I could, even when they were fucking like lunatics.
I'll probably make an attempt at some much shorter, less involved clopfics in the future. This has been pretty enjoyable!
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Crash Down Ch 9 - Crash Down [CLOP]
Book Five: Crash Down
Chapter Nine - Crash Down
Rainbow Dash leapt into flight, chasing after Fluttershy. “No, Fluttershy! He’ll kill you, too!”
Fluttershy’s body froze in mid-flight at Dash’s words. She fell to the ground, sliding to a stop several feet before reaching Mulcibar’s body. She dug her front hooves into the ground and pulled herself slightly forward along it. Tears poured from her eyes and she let out a strong, echoing screech. “No! He can’t be!”
Rainbow Dash landed next to Fluttershy, keeping her eyes on Morosa, though glancing down at her friend just long enough to see the look of rage forming on her face.
“He’s not dead! He can’t be!” Fluttershy crawled along the ground towards Mulcibar’s body, paying no attention to Morosa, who was still standing right over him. Rainbow Dash ducked to the ground, grabbing Fluttershy and pulling her away from the changelings.
“Fluttershy! Stop!”
“No! Let go of me! He’ll wake up on the other side! They’ll kill him! We have to bring him back! Mulcibar! Wake up!”
“Fluttershy, please!” Dash shouted, wrapping her forelegs around Fluttershy. “Let me handle this.”
“That won’t be necessary,” Mulcibar’s voice came from somewhere. “This little upstart thinks he can school the master.”
Fluttershy blinked, her expression relaxing. “You’re… alive?”
Rainbow Dash looked around in a panic. “Wha-wha-what?”
Mulcibar’s laughter filled the courtyard. Morosa stepped back, readying his spear.
“Azura! Where are you? What is this?”
“Sorry, Morosa, I know you were so proud of your little trick, but all you accomplished was showing us that the Touch of Ismara is more widespread than we thought. I am impressed, make no mistake! Especially for a magical dunce like you!”
“Get out here! I’ll run ya through again!”
“With that spear?” Mulcibar asked. “That one that’s already planted pretty firmly in your throat? How are you even talking right now?”
Morosa suddenly fell to the ground, the spear he had been holding now appearing to have been stabbed straight into the front of his throat, just above the collarbone. The blood on the ground slid across the floorboards from Mulcibar’s body to Morosa’s and Mulcibar pulled himself up to his hooves.
“I can tell you’re confused, so let me explain. You used the Touch of Ismara on me to steal my magical abilities, thus gaining my illusion magic. Let me ask you, though, what happens when you hand a foal a pencil? Does it suddenly start writing? Sure, some techniques are like that. Linnai’s fire blast comes to mind, fire is fire, but if you try and use an illusion spell on a master like me? Well, that’s asking for trouble.”
Morosa coughed slightly and reached his hooves around, trying to grip the spear’s shaft.
“Don’t struggle, it’ll only make it worse. Anyway, from the very second you decided to cast an illusion spell on me, I cast an illusion spell on you, as well,” Mulcibar continued, and then turned to look at Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. “Sorry for scaring you all, but I also cast an illusion spell on you two, and the pink one, and the princess, and Vitra, oh and also everyone fighting up on the roof. Really the only ones not affected by this illusion are those mindless reset drones up in the sky, but what are they going to do? Come tattle? All they do is rip dreams apart.”
Mulcibar gently pushed Morosa’s forelegs away from the spear and back down onto the ground. He grabbed the spear and pulled it out, releasing another spurt of blood. “Now, don’t go and panic so much, Morosa. After all, neither of us were even stabbed in the first place.” The air around Mulcibar seemed to shimmer. His wings lost their blue glow and folded down onto his back. The blood on the ground vanished, Morosa’s wounds along with them. His legs, however, were now tied up with rope. “Oh, I did tie you up, though. See? Aren’t I nice? No harm done!”
Morosa laughed and let his head fall to the ground. “Good show, Azura,” he said. “Fighting with you again… it was my honor.”
Mulcibar bent his front knees, bowing slightly. “The pleasure was all mine. I even got to be magic teacher this time!” he said, and then felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned and saw Fluttershy standing to his side, her expression clearly one of anger, her eyes bloodshot and wet with tears. “Ah, Fluttershy!” he said, and then received a yellow hoof to the face.
Fluttershy swung her hoof around and slapped it across Mulcibar’s cheek, sending him into a partial spin and almost knocking him to the ground. “Don’t do things like that!” she shouted.
Mulcibar stared at the ground, his jaw shaking. “But I just won that—“
“Don’t talk to me!” Fluttershy interrupted, and then turned around and walked back towards the courtyard, pulling Rainbow Dash with her. “We still have to stop that reset swarm! Come on, Dashie!”
Rainbow Dash clenched her teeth together and breathed in between them, making a hissing sound. “Ouch…” she muttered, glancing back at Mulcibar one last time before she turned her attention back to the swarm in the sky.
I can’t help but feel sorry for the guy, but… that’s points for me, right? Rainbow Dash thought, but felt a sudden coldness in her heart. Why does it feel so awful, then?
“So, what do we do now?” Pinkie Pie asked, staring up at the sky. The crack across it had become very long and was getting wider by the minute.
Vitra pushed herself up from the ground and shook her head. “The reset swarm is ripping the dream apart. More and more of those mindless drones are warping in every second. There’re too many to stop by fighting.”
“Then we have to find a way to stop them from entering,” Luna said, turning to Rainbow Dash. “Can you sense where they are coming in from?”
Rainbow shrugged. “No, I don’t think so anyway. That big crack in the sky is the problem, right?”
“Well, they’re making it, anyway.”
Rainbow nodded. “I think I can feel it. It’s like a tingling in my mind. It’s starting to get a little annoying,” she said, and then reached a hoof towards the sky. “Let’s just…” She swung her hoof vertically, roughly along the crack in her field of vision. The crack in the sky zipped closed, and then a second later there seemed to be thousands of tiny, blue stars lighting up in the sky.
“Maybe that wasn’t the best idea,” Vitra said, crouching down towards the ground. “Those little blue dots are all their eyes now staring down at you.”
Rainbow Dash frowned. “Okay. Let’s take care of that, then!” she shouted, and then blasted off into the sky, flying at breakneck speeds up towards the cloud of changelings.
“Rainbow Dash, wait!” Luna called out. “We need a better plan than just—“
She stopped speaking, her jaw remaining gaped open, as flashes of rainbow-colored light began to explode all across the sky, several blue dots vanishing with each. Before long, the sky looked like the grand finale at a Canterlot fireworks display. Within a minute, the only lights left in the sky were the actual stars, and Rainbow Dash slammed back down into the courtyard a second later.
“There! They’re all gone, now.”
Luna cleared her throat and looked over at Vitra. “It was that simple?”
Vitra shrugged. “I guess? The reset swarm wasn’t a spell I was involved in at all, so—“
“No, it’s not over,” Mulcibar said, having rejoined the group. “You can already see more appearing up there.”
“And the pain in my head,” Rainbow Dash added. “It’s getting worse.”
Luna closed her eyes and concentrated. “Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, can you feel the widespread disturbance?” she asked, her expression souring. “It is precisely as I had feared. Your dream is large and fast. It was naïve to think the reset swarm was only coming in right here. They’re everywhere.”
Meanwhile, in Avenport…
Gerulf gazed up at the sky and wrapped his wings around Frida, who turned her worried eyes to him.
“What’s happening up there?”
Gerulf shook his head and pulled her closer. “This is it, me love. This is the end. One way or another, we ain’t got long.”
“Have they… have they failed?” Frida asked, her body shaking with both fear and excitement.
“No way t’know, I reckon. Not til it’s all over.”
A streak of prismatic light suddenly zipped across the sky from west to east, almost too fast to follow, leaving a trail of light in its path. Gerulf raised a claw and pointed towards the residual rainbow magic hanging in the air and began to laugh.
“Yes! There she is!” he shouted, turning to fully embrace Frida. “She’s alive! She’s fightin’ back!”
Frida squeezed her husband close and smiled, feeling somewhat relieved, despite the giant crack still expanding in the stratosphere.
Moments earlier, back in Equestria…
“What do you mean ‘they’re everywhere’?” Rainbow Dash asked, waving a hoof in the air.
“I mean they’re everywhere, all around this world. Here, Avenport, the Everfree, Canterlot, Cloudsdale… changelings are swarming in. To defeat them, we’d practically have to be everywhere at once!”
“Even with lucidity, that seems like an impossible task,” Pinkie Pie responded, downtrodden. “The other Pinkies don’t know what to do, either.”
“Be everywhere,” Dash said, thinking aloud. “What if I was just almost everywhere at once?”
“Almost everywhere at once?” Fluttershy asked, tilting her head. “What do you mean?”
“What if I got going so fast that I was just passing by everywhere literally every few seconds?”
Everyone present did a double take all at once. Pinkie Pie broke the silence. “C… can you do that? Can you really go that fast?”
“I don’t know!” Rainbow Dash said with a shrug. “But I can find out! Those changelings dissolve to nothing the moment I touch them and want them to disappear. Maybe I can outrun them! Maybe I can beat them faster than they can warp in until there aren’t any left!”
“That sounds a little far-fetched even for a dream,” Luna said, but then smiled. “That doesn’t mean you can’t do it. Give it a try! I will concentrate on your body as you speed through the dream world, hopefully giving you an even bigger speed boost.”
“Me, too!” Pinkie said, leaping into the air.
Rainbow Dash leapt into the air and took to flight, immediately creating a sonic rainboom, and then a second, before flying so far away she wasn’t able to be seen anymore.
Fluttershy stared into the sky silently. Please come back in one piece, she thought.
A second later, there was a flash of light. Twilight appeared via teleportation with Linnai and an unconscious Duval. She turned to look at Morosa and grinned. “Looks like we handled these two. I couldn’t hear you, but I saw Rainbow Dash take off a second ago. I take it you have a plan for the reset swarm?”
Luna and Pinkie both shrugged their shoulders, their eyes closed in concentration. “Not really,” they both said, deadpan.
Just then, a flash of rainbow color streaked through the sky. Rainbow Dash came and went quickly, leaving in her wake a trail of explosions, reset swarm changelings being dissolved by her very touch.
“Well, it looks like a better plan than I could think up, I guess,” Linnai said, still feeling weak from their battle. “We can trust her, right?”
Twilight nodded her head and Fluttershy turned to look at Linnai.
“You can always trust her,” Fluttershy said with a smile. “She’s always been the hero who came to my rescue… to everypony’s rescue.”
Back a ways from the group, Mulcibar stood over Morosa’s body, staring up into the sky as Fluttershy spoke. He rubbed a hoof against his sore jaw and frowned. And I’m the one who fooled you into thinking I was dead… You’re doing a real great job at this hero thing, Mulcibar. Just great.
In the sky above the planet, traveling at speeds previously unknown to ponykind…
Rainbow Dash could barely keep track of the ground as it shot past her. She could hear nothing but the wind in her ears, she could barely see anything ahead of her, but the things she felt were unmistakable.
It’s almost as if I can sense where they’re appearing in my mind! she thought, twisting to the left and intercepting a large pocket of changelings, smashing them to dust. I know where they’re going to appear before they even appear! Is that from the lucidity, or… or is it something else?
Rainbow Dash flapped her wings furiously. She could feel the pressure building behind her from Pinkie and Luna’s lucidity, pushing her to greater and greater speeds. She could feel the hair on her coat shearing off from the wind, and she could feel her body getting hotter and hotter from the friction of the air.
This might be it! she thought. This might be top speed! The fastest I can travel without, like, lighting on fire!
As if it were in response to her thought, her left shoulder burst into flames. Ah! No! No! she thought. I can’t actually light on fire! I can go way faster and never light on fire!
In response to that thought, the fire went out and she burst forward, going even faster. Mind over matter! Hey, there’s more changelings!
She steered to meet the changelings. As she approached them, she seemed to lose speed. She flailed her forelegs in front of her face, but they seemed to go in slow motion. The changelings before her seemed to slow down as well. The sky began to melt, like wet paint sliding down a wall. Tiny threads appeared before her, glowing white amongst a sea of darkness.
Rainbow Dash blinked as she appeared to come to stop. Time itself felt as if it had frozen. She stared at the threads and reached out to touch one. What is this?
Luna’s voice crackled in her ear. That is the very fabric of your dream, Rainbow Dash. I can sense it! These threads are what the reset swarm must target in order to destroy your dream.
Rainbow Dash blinked her eyes. Right there in front of her, she saw a changeling appear. It seemed to bubble out from the threads themselves. Wait, they want to destroy these dream threads? But that’s where they’re coming from?
What!? Luna’s voice shouted in Dash’s head in shock. That is impossible! Anything that comes from the dream threads is created by the dreamer! If the changelings are being made from dream threads…
Rainbow Dash gasped. “I’m making the stupid changelings?”
The sound of Pinkie Pie gasping rang out in Dash’s mind. That’s it, Dashie! The magic of the reset swarm! The spell! It doesn’t create changelings, it makes the dreamer create changelings! It’s a form of mind control magic!
Of course! Luna responded. To create a massive army would take immense magical power, but to make the dreamer simply have a nightmare of such a thing would be, well, not trivial, but much easier! Such cunning and yet sloppy magic!
Start making sense! What do I do? Rainbow Dash thought at the others. I don’t know how long this time slowdown effect I’m experiencing will last!
With that thought, Rainbow blasted through the sky once more, zipping around the world several times per second now. “What do I do!?” she screamed.
Listen closely, Rainbow. The magic for the reset swarm spell is hiding just outside your dream world. It is just outside of your subconscious. Such a trap… I never would have even thought of it.
“Thought of what?” Rainbow shouted as she spun around the planet at speeds that were definitely no longer possible in reality.
If the spell is active just outside your subconscious, then to stop it, you… any dreamer, no matter how powerful their lucidity, would have to wake up.
Rainbow growled. “So this is it, then? It’s impossible? If they win, I wake up, and to win I have to wake up anyway? That’s cheating!”
Indeed, they are not playing fair. Unfortunately, not playing fair is wise in a war.
Luna opened her eyes and looked over at Pinkie Pie, who was still concentrating on Rainbow Dash. She lowered her head and shook it despondently.
Fluttershy stared up at her, her ears falling back against her head. “Princess, what’s wrong?”
“We’ve lost. I do not think there is a way to stop this.”
“Oh no! There has to be something!” Fluttershy cried.
“I’m afraid not,” Luna said, floating down to the ground and landing beside Pinkie Pie. She placed a hoof on Pinkie’s shoulder. “I’m sorry, Pinkie Pie.”
“Me, too!” Pinkie replied with a grin. “I thought for sure you’d have the same idea that Dashie and I just had! Not to mention the rest of the Pinkies!”
Princess Luna blinked and tilted her head. “Idea? What idea is that?”
“Well, we’ve been leaving dreams this whole time! Well, you all have. I mean, are you inside your own dream right now?”
“No,” Luna said with a bit of hesitation.
“Right! So, how can that happen?”
Luna’s eyes went wide, lighting up as a smile crossed her lips. “The changeling spell that keeps dreams going permanently!”
“Exactly!” Pinkie squeed. “The changelings made this clever reset swarm spell so it would be out of reach, but they also made a spell that made dreams hold on even when the dreamer leaves. Dashie doesn’t have to wake up, she just has to leave! Go just outside her subconscious and give that magic the boot!”
“How will she use her lucidity outside of her subconscious, though?” Fluttershy asked.
Luna grinned. “I do it all the time, and Pinkie here is a part of Rainbow Dash in a way, so all I have to do is channel my lucidity through Pinkie! Simple!”
“Then let’s do this!” Dash’s voice echoed across the entire nation of Equestria. A rainbow sprouted from the ground in the distance, flying up into the sky and then shattering through it like a rock bursting through glass.
Rainbow Dash swung upward as hard as she could, bursting through the hole in the dream world. Outside, she found herself surrounded by strange, glowing strands. Jolts of electricity shot through them in all directions, accompanied by a warm, pink glow.
Where am I?
Inside your mind. Look around, Rainbow Dash. Find the out of place magical energy. It will be near your subconscious.
Rainbow Dash looked down at where she’d come from. A tiny, shining ball of energy hovered beneath her. That must be my dream world. Sure looks tiny! She squinted her eyes and took off towards the dream world, circling around it, this time from the outside. As she made her way to the other side, she spotted something that was completely out of place. Two shining, blue eyes stared at her through the slightly glowing pink void. I think I found it.
Then get ready! Luna’s voice called out to her. My lucidity should be channeling to you… now!
A bolt of purple energy fired up from the dream world, striking Dash and filling her with its power. She could feel it coursing through every inch of her body as she stared down the changeling-like eyes.
“Get out,” she said calmly. “I don’t want you here.”
A ball of pulsating magic appeared around the eyes, along with a mouth directly underneath them. The ball of magic hissed at Dash.
How’s it going up there, Dashie? Pinkie’s voice came through in Dash’s mind. This are getting a little scary down here! There’s a lot of changelings warping in all at once up in the sky.
Dash closed her eyes and concentrated on the magic blob. Get out! Get out! Dang it, how does this work?
Oh, just punch it, already! Pinkie’s voice shouted in Dash’s mind.
Dash shrugged and flew right at the undulating magical face. She swung her hoof forward, smashing it right between the eyes. The purple magic that that had been coursing through Dash’s body and fired from her hoof at once, and much to Dash’s surprise, the ball of magic exploded, letting out one last screech.
That… Dash thought, almost laughing. Actually worked! Thanks, Pinkie!
Pinkie bounced in place back in the dream world. “Yeah! She punched it right in the face!”
Fluttershy and Luna looked at each other and then shrugged. Up in the sky, the changelings had vanished, no trace of them ever having been there remained. However, the crack that Rainbow Dash had made in the sky had also mended itself.
“So, is she coming back?” Fluttershy asked nervously, staring up into the sky.
“Way ahead of you,” Dash’s voice came from behind her. Fluttershy turned and threw her forelegs around Dash’s neck, hugging her tightly.
“You did it!” Fluttershy shouted joyously.
Twilight rushed in and joined the group hug, quickly followed by Pinkie Pie and Daring Do. “Great job, Rainbow! It seems like it was a lot simpler than expected.”
“Oh, you have no idea!” Pinkie said with a squeak. “The other Pinkies and I were paying close attention when it happened. Your Pinkie, Pinkie Twi, thinks she can come up with a way to blast the reset swarm magic without leaving the dream! All that’s required is, of course, a Pinkie.”
Twilight giggled. “Of course.”
“I hate to interrupt the celebration,” Gilda’s voice came from across the way, weak and ragged sounding, “but what about those two?” She pointed a finger at Duval, who was lying on the ground beside her, unconscious.
The group rounded up Duval and Morosa, keeping their hooves tied, setting them on a bench in the garden area.
Twilight sighed and shook her head. “Well, I suppose we could do like we’d planned to do with Linnai and Mulcibar. Keep them captive.”
Linnai coughed. “Not a good idea. Kill ‘em and send ‘em back to the queen!”
“Wait, they aren’t fighting back anymore, now. We can’t just kill them,” Fluttershy protested.
“Oh, yes we can,” Gilda responded, lifting up her pistol and sliding a bullet into the revolver. She pulled back the hammer and pointed the gun right at Duval’s head.
“Cool it, G!” Rainbow Dash shouted, pushing the gun down with her hoof. “I’m with Fluttershy on this one. Killing them like this just feels wrong!”
Linnai groaned. “It’s not like they actually die! You ponies are so concerned with your petty morals, I swear!”
“Now, now!” Luna spoke up, waving a hoof through the air as she stepped in the middle of the argument. “There is no need to kill anypony. Rainbow Dash shall reject them from her dream. They will awaken on the other side no worse for wear.” Her horn began to glow with sparkling white magic and she aimed her horn at Duval. With a quick zap, he was encased in a translucent, gray sphere.
Linnai groaned. “Fine. I guess we already knocked him unconscious. It’d be no fun if he got killed in his sleep.”
Morosa managed to chuckle. Mulcibar looked down at him and grinned. “You seem to be taking this rather well.”
Morosa shrugged quietly as the Princess cast the spell on him as well.
Luna nodded to Rainbow Dash. “Just concentrate, now. Think of these two changelings, picture them in your mind, and then picture them vanishing. They will do just that. Concentrate.”
Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then began to make a slight humming sound, just like she had before warping in the hotel.
“Azu… Mulcibar,” Morosa finally said, looking up at his former ally. “I’ll get even stronger. I won’t resort to cheap tricks. When this is all over, I want a rematch.”
Mulcibar grinned, stamped one hoof against the ground and raised his other front hoof up, pointing at Morosa. “You got it, but don’t get upset when I kick your sorry ass.”
Morosa laughed briefly, but then disappeared along with Duval. Rainbow Dash opened her eyes and let out a sigh.
“There. It’s over.”
In response to those words, everyone present seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and finally relax, some of them falling to the ground.
“So, where to now?” Pinkie asked with a grin. “One of the other Pinkies has been telling me about this great idea she has on how to use the Pinkie network to actually contact the real Pinkie Pie. It could certainly shave some time off your quest!”
Linnai yawned and shook her head. “Where to? Bed, if you ask me,” she said, and then stood up and hobbled over to her brother. “Come on, help me over to the room, will you?” she asked, smiling up at him.
Mulcibar pulled his head back nervously. “Okay, but stop grinning like that, you’re creeping me out.”
“Oh shut up!” She jabbed him in the ribs with her elbow and then began to hobble off towards their room. Mulcibar followed after her, glancing over his shoulder briefly at Fluttershy.
Fluttershy looked at him for a moment, but then trained her eyes to the ground. The vision of her hoof slamming into his face flashed in her mind. She shook her head and frowned.
Vitra picked up Applejack’s hat from the ground and dusted it off. Placing the hat on her head, she made her way to the opposite side of the courtyard from where Linnai had headed. “I think I’ll take the less occupied side of the arrangement, here,” she said. Before anypony could say much to her, she had opened a room door, went inside, and closed it behind her.
“I still don’t trust her, even if she’s here to supposedly study the fact that changelings are feeling love,” Twilight said, eyeing the door Vitra had gone through suspiciously.
Luna nodded. “She seems like a practical one. It would be best to keep an eye on her. Who knows what she’ll do once she feels her mission has been completed satisfactorily.”
“Feeling love,” Fluttershy said quietly.
Twilight turned to the yellow pegasus. “Hmm?”
“She said Mulcibar and Linnai were feeling love, and that she had been as well. I thought Mulcibar was the only one that was affected by Luna’s shard of love, though.”
“Correct. That is highly suspect. Twilight, you’ve been around Linnai more than the rest of us,” Luna started.
Twilight nodded her head and rolled her eyes. “Yeah, unfortunately.”
“Has she seemed different?”
Twilight placed a hoof against her chin. “Well, ever since Nightmare Moon attacked me in your dream world, she has seemed to be changing. Almost like her personality is softening. I almost…”
“Almost what?” Fluttershy asked.
“I almost think she’s acting out of friendship. It really seems like it. Love,” she said, pausing briefly. “Maybe it really is love.”
“That wouldn’t explain how, though, which is what Vitra is after. If we can ascertain the cause before Vitra, we could keep that information from her as best as we can in order to prolong her more predictable behavior.”
Rainbow Dash suddenly spoke up, her head turning this way and that. “Hey, speaking of friends, any of you seen Gilda or Daring? They were here just a minute ago.”
“Is that them in the pool?” Twilight asked, pointing a hoof towards the pool. Daring Do waved. “I guess they aren’t quite ready to sleep yet.”
Dash nodded her head. “Me either. I noticed Gilda looked kind of banged up. I wanted to go check on her.”
Luna smiled. “You do that. I shall make some rounds of the place and then find a room to sleep in.”
Twilight’s face lit up. “Hey, princess. You could stay with us!”
Luna shook her head. “No, thank you, Twilight. I much prefer my… solitude, as it were. No offense intended.”
Twilight nodded. “None taken.”
Luna took off into the sky, and Fluttershy and Twilight waved to her as she went. Out of the corner of her eye, Fluttershy spotted Mulcibar flying through the air as well, heading towards the balcony on the far roof.
Fluttershy took one of Twilight’s hooves in hers. “You go ahead of me, Twilight. I need to check on something, okay?”
Twilight nodded. “Okay. Be sure to collect Rainbow Dash on your way to the room.”
Fluttershy nodded and then took off into the sky, heading to the rooftop balcony.
Rainbow Dash arrived poolside and squatted down at the water’s edge. “You can calm down, ladies. The party can officially start now that I’m here.”
Gilda scoffed. “Not really a party, Dash. More like, I’m floating in the water and soothing my burns. Those changelings really play rough!” she said, raising a wing and presenting her singed feathers.
Dash gasped. “Oh wow, I hadn’t really gotten a good look at you. Wow, what happened?”
“Don’t wanna talk about it. Let’s just say fire and feathers don’t mix.”
Dash touched the surface of the water with her hoof. “I… bet I could use my lucidity to heal you.”
Gilda shrugged, keeping her cool. “That’d be pretty rad, I guess. You don’t have to, though. These sort of wounds? They’re nothing.”
Dash laughed and then concentrated on Gilda. The griffon’s body began to glow with a prismatic aura.
Daring Do, who was lying on a reclining chair poolside, pointed her hoof towards the roof. “That’s not really the important bit, though, is it?”
Gilda sighed as the magic washed over her, her feathers regrowing and her burns dissolving. “No, it’s not.”
Dash looked back and forth between the two of them nervously. “What’s the important part, then?”
Gilda swung her claw over the water’s surface, splashing water up onto Rainbow Dash’s face. “Fluttershy, that’s what. She’s still fawning over that changeling, ya know.”
Dash smirked. “Yeah, sure, after what he pulled during his fight with that other changeling? She totally decked him.”
Daring sighed. “Guess that explains why she just flew up to the rooftop after him.”
“Yet you came here to check on us, first.”
“What? I couldn’t just—“
“Dash!” Gilda said, splashing her with water again. “Think about yourself instead of others once in awhile!”
“I do! Trust me, I do. Just… not when my friends are hurt, you know?”
“Alright, bird-brain, and now I’m fine. Now get up there before the obvious scene happens.”
“The obvious scene?” Dash asked, turning her head up toward the roof.
Gilda sighed. “Yeah. Like ‘Oh Mulcibar, I’m so sorry for bitch slapping you.’ ‘Oh, that’s okay. Come here and give me a big smoochie.’ ‘Yay, my favorite!’” she said, badly impersonating their voices and waving her claws in the air like puppets. “Like that, bozo.”
Dash inhaled through her teeth. “You know, it would be like her to apologize. She’s not one to just… slap somepony.”
“So, what are you waiting for! Go intervene somehow!”
“They’re totally making out by now,” Gilda said with a sigh.
Dash leapt into the air. “Thanks, you two. I better go!”
Gilda and Daring both shrugged, then Gilda resumed floating in the water and Daring went back to reclining.
“You really think she’s too late?” Daring asked.
“Yep,” Gilda replied flatly.
Moments earlier...
Fluttershy flew up over the courtyard and scanned the area. She turned and looked at the balcony on the roof that overlooked the lake in the distance and spotted somepony. She knew it was just who she’d been looking for.
Mulcibar, Fluttershy thought, and then gently landed as quietly as she could a bit behind him. The image of her hoof slapping against his face flashed in her mind, the anger she had felt back then refreshing itself. She reflected on that moment, so full of both feelings of guilt and satisfaction at the same time.
I was so upset. I just lashed out. It was his fault, though. She tried to harden her heart, but found it more difficult than she’d expected. Why am I standing here, then?
She noticed him glance back at her briefly. He seemed to sink down lower against the railing. In the brief moment where she had seen his face, he looked sad, despondent. She knew he was feeling his own guilt, as well.
Fluttershy took a breath and began to walk towards him. I should at least apologize. She came up alongside him and leaned against the railing as well, staring down at the lake in the distance, at the moon’s reflection upon its surface.
“So, how’s your face?” Fluttershy asked, and then sunk down. Great way to start this off, Fluttershy, just great… she thought. To her surprise, Mulcibar laughed.
“Still a little sore, but I’ll live. I suppose I got what I deserved.”
Fluttershy turned her eyes back to the lake. “Sorry I hit you. I don’t usually do things like that. It just… happened.”
After several minutes of silence, Mulcibar finally spoke. “I never really appreciated this sort of beauty, before. The way the moonlight shimmers on the lake's surface, the sound of the breeze blowing. Just, everything. Funny how it all looks different now. Love… changes everything, I guess.”
Fluttershy nodded her head. “Yes,” she said, her tone slightly annoyed. “It makes you worry, too. Like, if you saw somepony you cared about lying dead on the ground…”
Mulcibar sighed. “I’m sorry about that. Look, I had to do that. I had to make the illusion completely convincing so Morosa would let his guard down and not notice that I was actually binding his hooves that entire time.”
"Oh yes, you had to. Just like you had to kiss Vitra, right?" Fluttershy said and then turned her head away from the lake and looked up at Mulcibar’s face. “You could have let us know you were okay, somehow!” she nearly shouted, her brow furrowed and her ears turned back slightly.
Mulcibar turned his head and looked down at Fluttershy. “I had to act quickly! It’s not like I knew he was going to do something like that!” he shouted back. “Look, I’m sorry! Okay? We’re fine, now!”
Fluttershy sighed. “At least promise me you’ll never do something like that again!”
“But, what if I have to again?”
“Then think of some other way!”
“Alright, fine. I’m sorry, seriously. I won’t do it again, I promise,” Mulcibar finally conceded, letting out a heavy breath afterwards.
Fluttershy felt his breath on her cheek. It was only then that she realized how close their faces were to each other. She blinked and blushed slightly. “Ah, well… okay. Good.”
Mulcibar noticed Fluttershy’s cheeks turning rosy and came to the same realization. He stared into her eyes, unable to look away, enchanted by their beauty.
Unseen by the two of them, Rainbow Dash swooped down towards them. There they are! she thought, and then noticed that they were both just standing there staring into each other’s eyes. Wait, are they—
Fluttershy turned her head away slightly, averting her eyes. “Um, so…” she started, not sure what to say.
Mulcibar reached up, gently pressing a hoof to her cheek and bringing her gaze back to his. “You know how I feel about you, right?”
Fluttershy nodded her head, her cheeks now burning bright red. Mulcibar pressed forward, planting his lips against hers. He wrapped his foreleg around the back of her head, and she reached up and did the same with him.
Rainbow Dash stared at the display, slowly losing altitude and dropping back down into the courtyard, her eyes wide and shaking. Her mind was a jumbled mess. She caught herself dipping down and quickly shot back up into the sky, flying away from the courtyard and landing on a far rooftop.
I should be happy for them, right? I should be happy for… her. Right? She slammed her right hoof against a brick chimney, laying a small crack into its side.
“Ow!” she squeaked, and then hugged her hoof against her body. She fell back against the chimney, sliding down to a sitting position and staring up into the sky. “Come on, Rainbow Dash. Get it together. This is fine.” The edges of her field of vision began to blur as her eyes slowly filled with moisture.
Her mind drifted back to when Fluttershy had first awakened in the dream world. I sort of had a crush— Fluttershy’s voice echoed in her mind.
“No!” Rainbow Dash said, wiping a foreleg across her eyes. “I won’t give up this easy! I’ll show Fluttershy that I’m the one for her! But… how? It seems so hopeless…”
“Perhaps you should work on your attitude,” a voice came from the other side of the Chimney. Dash turned to look and saw Princess Luna stepping out from a shadow. “I don’t think she is beyond your reach, but if you intend to punch walls, that shy one will surely shy away.”
“I know. Trust me, I know. I know her better than anypony else. I love her.”
Luna smiled. “Then show her. She holds the element of kindness, but do not let her kindness fool you.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“I mean in the end she will have to decide, and decide she will. It will be difficult for her, but she will choose with her heart, and in turn somepony's heart will be broken. Her kindness is radiant, so much so that her love of her friends and her romantic love may be very similar. Despite that, though, she will make a choice. In her position, would you choose you?”
Rainbow stared at her hoof, which was still stinging from punching the bricks. “Maybe. No. I don’t know.”
Luna giggled. “Of course you don’t know, because you’re not her. You’re you, so just be yourself. That is your true advantage.”
Rainbow Dash stood up and nodded confidently. “You’re right, Princess! Fluttershy and I go way back! We know each other better than anypony else. That has to count for something!”
“Indeed, I believe your shared past carries much weight, but you can’t base a relationship on just that.”
“Right… Hey, maybe you could help me!” Rainbow Dash said, turning and grabbing one of Luna’s hooves in hers.
Luna blinked. “No, uh… that is, I don’t think that’s really—“
“Oh come on, at least give me some good advice! You’ve been around for a long time! I bet you’ve had all sorts of coltfriends! Or marefriends, I mean, if that’s your…” She trailed off at the end, averting her eyes suddenly.
Luna nearly choked on a laugh. “Oh, heavens no. Actually, we are… er… I am, that is, still inexperienced in that field. I have witnessed many relationships, though, in dreams.”
Dash perked up. “Hey, ever been in one of Fluttershy’s dreams? Does she ever dream about me?”
Luna blushed slightly. “I am not at liberty to share such information, Rainbow Dash!”
“Oh, come on! Please?”
Luna cleared her throat. “If I tell you about her dreams, then I must go tell her about your dreams, if you know what I mean. It would only be fair.”
Dash’s face lit up like a crimson firecracker. “N- Nevermind,” she quickly sputtered, turning to gaze down into the courtyard. She spotted Gilda, who was floating on her back in the swimming pool. She remembered what Gilda had said earlier about not letting Fluttershy get taken away. “I won’t give up. I’ll be myself, but I won’t just sit idly by and let Mulcibar take her.”
Luna smiled. “That is best. And remember, less brick punching, okay?”
Dash nodded. “Right, that hurts, anyway.” She turned back to Luna and tapped her on the shoulder. “Thanks, Princess. For everything.”
“Well, we are inside your dream, and it is merely my royal duty to help my subjects in their dreams. Usually they don’t actively remember my being there, though, so consider yourself quite privileged.”
“Right!” Dash said, and then stepped towards the edge of the roof. “I think I’m going to go cool my head a bit. I think Gilda’s got the right idea.”
Dash leapt from the rooftop and dove down toward the pool. Luna smiled and leaned against the chimney. “Best of luck, my little pony.”
Moments earlier, on the rooftop balcony…
Fluttershy’s eyes instinctively closed as she found herself wrapped up in a long, deep kiss with Mulcibar. She felt her heart beating, her face becoming even warmer, and her legs nearly shaking. When she had kissed him before, she’d felt weakened partially because he’d been feeding off her love energy, but this time it was all her. The experience was exhilarating, dizzying. She once again felt like she didn’t want to stop, but she knew she had to. She knew she couldn’t keep going on like this.
Fluttershy pulled her lips away from his slowly and gently, taking in a deep breath and then sighing outward, allowing her head to droop down slightly as she drearily reopened her eyes.
“That was…” Fluttershy started, trying to gather her words. “Look, maybe we should… I think it would be best if we take things a little more slowly.”
Mulcibar tilted his head slightly. “More slowly? What do you mean?”
“I mean the kissing, and…”
Mulcibar took one step back so he could more properly look at her. “Do you not like it?”
“No!” Fluttershy blurted out suddenly, and then quietly continued. “I mean yes, I do like it. I mean, it’s not like that. Oh, I’m so confused. I’m new to this, too, you know.”
“Well, what then?”
“I like you, Mulcibar. You’re a really sweet guy. When I’m with you, I feel safe, and cared for. I really do like you.”
Mulcibar smiled brightly. “I like you, too!”
“No, Mulcibar,” Fluttershy said, looking up directly into his eyes. “You love me.”
“Well,” Mulcibar said nervously, swallowing. “Yeah, I do.”
Fluttershy gently placed a hoof against Mulcibar’s chest. She breathed in deeply, her body slightly shaking. “But I don’t love you.”
Mulcibar took another step back, causing Fluttershy’s hoof to slide back down to the ground. He turned his gaze downward and frowned. “So this is it, then. This is the end.”
Fluttershy stamped her hoof against the floorboards. “No, darn it! I didn’t say that!”
“Well, what then?” Mulcibar asked, looking back up at her. “It’s obvious! You love Rainbow Dash!”
“Look, Rainbow Dash is my best friend. I’ve always liked her, I just never thought she would—“
“So that really is it, isn’t it? You love her and not me!”
“Hey!” Fluttershy shouted, stamping her hooves against the ground as she marched up to Mulcibar. She reached out, put a hoof against his chin, and pulled his head up to look at her. “Don’t put words in my mouth! This isn’t easy, you know! Listen, you’ve been feeling love for just a few days now. I’ve been feeling it my whole life, and I just… I need time to think about everything.”
The voice of Luna’s shard of love, speaking through Sweetie Belle, flashed in Fluttershy’s mind.
You have time to think about these things, but I want to make sure you understand. Be there for him. Help him to finish what I have started within him. How you do this is up to the two of you.
Fluttershy gently bit her lower lip in thought and hesitation. I still don’t know what to do. Is this right? Should I really do this? It could break his heart, or worse, he could maybe never love again.
She looked up into his eyes, spying the tears forming at their edges, but also something else, something deep within his eyes, his spirit. His determination. No, she thought. I have to do this. I can’t lie to him and pretend I love him when I don’t even know yet. He deserves to know how I feel, and he will be able to handle it.
Fluttershy took a deep breath. “When you woke up to love, my heart was already set about you. I wanted to be your friend. Maybe more than that, sure, but that’s not something a mare can just decide in a flash.”
“But I knew it from the moment love warmed my heart. From the moment I looked at you, thought about you, I wanted to be with you… and unlike any other mare, I wanted you to want to be with me. More than anything else.”
“That’s not a bad thing. Look, I grew up with love, I have no idea how you must be feeling. I want to help you, but I just don’t think we’re at the point where we should be… getting all smoochy so much… you know what I mean?”
Mulcibar paused for a moment to think and then blankly shook his head.
Fluttershy sighed and placed a hoof against her forehead. “Of course. Right. So, all this means is that we’re still friends. Just like before. Just like I’m friends with Twilight, with Pinkie, and with Rainbow Dash.”
“You kiss your friends, too?”
Fluttershy blushed, briefly remembering her moment of half-awakening when she had kissed Rainbow Dash. “No. No, I don’t, and we shouldn’t, either. At least not until we’re both more certain of what we’re feeling. Trust me, being friends is wonderful!”
Mulcibar shrugged slightly, but managed to smile. “I’m pretty sure of what I’m feeling, but I guess you’re right. If I look at the facts, there has to be at least a slight chance that I am just overreacting to my new emotions. I mean, I doubt it, but there’s a chance.”
The two of them laughed together for a moment. Fluttershy breathed a sigh of relief. “Good.”
Mulcibar went back to a more uncertain expression. “Soooo… how will I know when the time is right? How will I know if you feel the same?”
“Those are… very good questions. I don’t think anypony knows for sure,” Fluttershy responded, rubbing a hoof against the floor in a circular motion.
Mulcibar raised his head and let out a frustrated groan, turning in a half-circle. “Bah! Emotions are so confusing!”
Fluttershy giggled. “They really are.”
Mulcibar looked over his shoulder at Fluttershy and grinned. “I won’t give up hope, you know.”
Fluttershy nodded her head timidly. “I know.”
“That’s it! I’ve decided!” Mulcibar announced, turning back around to face the yellow pegasus. “Maybe Linnai has the right idea!”
Fluttershy backed away a couple of steps nervously. “Um, I’m not so sure about—“
“Someday soon, you will kiss me! Because you want to! That will be our next kiss!”
Fluttershy felt her face getting hotter and suddenly had butterflies in her stomach. She stepped forward again, lowering her eyelids and smirking. “Oh? You sound pretty sure of yourself,” she mused, having a rare moment where she felt a bit bolder than usual.
Mulcibar rubbed a hoof against his chest and scoffed. “Of course! You’re going to want me, bad!”
Fluttershy rolled her eyes. “Well then, you’ll have to earn it.”
“Right!” Mulcibar sounded off triumphantly. “So! How do I do that?”
Fluttershy walked past Mulcibar, patting him on the shoulder as she passed. “Okay, now we’re just going in circles. We should both get some rest,” she said, and then stopped in her tracks. “Oh shoot, I never moved the beds!”
Mulcibar blinked. “Moved the beds?”
Fluttershy turned back around. “I wanted it to be a surprise for Twilight and Rainbow Dash. There’s two beds in our room, and I wanted to push them together, maybe drape something over them, make it really cozy like a sleepover. You know, for our reunion with Rainbow Dash.”
Mulcibar smiled and shook his head. He stared down at Fluttershy’s smiling face and felt almost awestruck. She seemed to glow for him, to shimmer radiantly. You really are something else, aren’t you? he thought.
“Well, It’s too late now. I’m tired, anyway,” she said, brushing her hair to the side. “I should get going. I’ll see you tomorrow.” Fluttershy turned and spread her wings, preparing to fly away.
Mulcibar reached a hoof out. “W… wait! I could help you, maybe,” he sputtered. “Put the beds together, I mean.”
Fluttershy blushed, letting her bangs fall back over her face, not wanting to turn around and show her rosy cheeks to him. “Oh… okay. Sure. That is, if you want to…”
“What happened to your brave voice?”
“Oh, don’t tease!” Fluttershy replied, keeping her face forward. “I can only keep that up for so long.”
Mulcibar chuckled. “Okay, fine.”
Rainbow Dash dove straight down towards the pool, folding her body into a ball just before hitting the water’s surface at high speed. The resulting wave pushed Gilda to the other side of the pool and drenched Daring, who was still lying reclined on a poolside chair.
Daring gasped for breath and coughed. “What in Tartarus was that?” As soon as she could, she glared in the direction of the pool, expecting to see Gilda with a big grin on her face. Instead, she saw Rainbow Dash now floating on her back on the water’s surface, staring up into the sky.
Gilda waded towards the floating pegasus. “Dash. You’re back. How did things go?”
Rainbow Dash groaned. “Oh, you know, it was like ‘Come here and give me a big smoochie!’ and ‘Yay, my favorite!’”
Gilda blinked. “So wait, you went up there, kissed her, and then came back here?”
Dash swung her forelegs up and down, splashing water out to her sides. “No, doofus, I mean I got up there and Mulcibar was inspecting her tonsils already.”
Gilda grimaced. “Yeesh, talk about bad timing.”
“Tell me about it.” She sighed and dunked her head back under the water briefly. “I’m not giving up, though. No way! I’ve got something Mulcibar can’t compete with, and that’s history,” she said, her mouth and nose the only parts of her face now above water.
“History?” Daring asked from poolside, her eyes drifting off in another direction.
Dash swung back up from under the water. “That’s right! I know Fluttershy way better than he does, and she knows me way better than him. I just have to really show her I’m interested, and I bet she’ll choose me over him.”
“Or maybe the history will be more like ‘You’re history’, because Mulcibar and Fluttershy just went into a room together,” Daring noted, pointing her hoof across the way.
Dash spun around in the water, catching sight of the hotel room’s door closing. “What? No! Are they seriously…”
“You gonna wait around here thinking about it, or are you gonna go play interference?” Gilda asked, placing a claw on Dash’s shoulder. “That’s the room you’re staying in with Fluttershy and Twilight, right? It wouldn’t be unusual for you to just walk right in or knock.”
Rainbow Dash rubbed her front hooves together and blushed. “But, what if they really are… you know… doing it in there? I don’t think I want to see that, and I know Fluttershy would be really embarrassed.”
Daring waved a hoof in the air. “There you go, thinking too much again. They’ve been in there for twenty seconds, Dash. I somehow doubt it could get all that heated so quickly if Fluttershy’s involved.”
Dash nodded her head. “True, true.” After another couple of seconds, she jumped up out of the water and shook herself off. “That’s it! I’m going! No matter what happens, I’m going!” Dash leapt into the air and flew as fast as she could over to the room.
Daring leaned back in her chair. “Seriously, though, you think she’s too late?”
Gilda cocked an eyebrow. “Maybe?”
Daring sighed. “She’s pretty hopeless on her own, huh?”
Gilda laughed. “Yep, but she’ll figure it out.”
Twilight made her way down the boardwalk past a pair of rooms until she came to a door that was slightly ajar. She nodded her head and tapped a hoof against it just above the door handle, pushing it open. She entered and looked around at the lavish interior. The front room was a living room with a couch, sitting cushions, and a table. A hallway in the room’s back right beckoned to her with light. She casually walked back into the hallway, her hooves clacking slightly against the wooden floor.
“Fluttershy? Rainbow?” she called out.
“Twilight?” a voice came that sounded as though its owner had been crying. Still, she recognized it as Linnai’s voice and paused in the hallway.
“Twilight, is that you?” the voice came again, along with a sniffle.
Twilight sighed and poked her head around the corner. Within the large back bedroom were two queen-sized beds, one toward the back and one against the left hand wall. Linnai was lying upon the latter, leaning against the wall. She rubbed a hoof against her face and smiled.
“Sorry, I thought this was the room I was staying in. I can go if you need some time a—“
“No! No, that’s okay,” Linnai said, turning her eyes to the ceiling. “I don’t mind if you see me like this. As a matter of fact, it’s really got me thinking… about a lot of stuff.”
Twilight hesitated to actually enter the room. She didn’t know what to say. She’d never seen Linnai like this, and it hurt a little more than she’d expected.
Linnai repositioned herself on the bed. “If you don’t mind,” she said, hesitating as well. “Could we talk?” She patted the empty space on the bed across from her and nodded for Twilight to enter.
“What about?” she asked, nervously entering the room and half expecting to be hit on again.
“I guess… about what’s been happening to me since I got here. Maybe a little before that, too. I didn’t want to bring it up before, and Mulcibar wasn’t much help when I asked him.”
What could she be talking about? Twilight though, and then nervously stepped into the room and sat down on the bed next to Linnai. “Okay, I’m listening. What’s this all about?”
“Well, I’m not sure, but I guess it’s about… love.”
I knew it! Twilight thought and quickly jumped up from the bed. Linnai snapped her hoof out and latched onto Twilight’s foreleg.
“Wait! I don’t mean it like that. Calm down. Please.”
Twilight slowly sat back down and nodded her head.
Linnai continued. “Look, ever since I jumped in front of that blast to save you, probably a little before that, something inside of me has been changing. I can’t seem to pin it down; I don’t know what to do with myself. I’m starting to act like my brother, and it’s really sort of… disturbing.”
Twilight blinked. “But your brother was possessed by Luna’s shard of love. Nothing like that happened to you, right?”
Linnai shook her head. “No, and that’s the part that’s got me so weirded out. I know it must seem strange to you for somepony to be worried about feeling like this, but for me, it’s just not natural. I’ve never had these warm, fuzzy emotions swirling around inside of me, why would I change now?”
“I don’t know, Linnai, but is it really such a bad thing?” Twilight asked, turning to look at Linnai, who was still staring down at the bed, a look of worry stricken across her face.
“Of course it’s bad! I’m a changeling! I’m not supposed to be eating food and making friends and… and feeling worried about others! It’s all so irrational!”
“Right, I suppose it is, but it’s—“
Linnai lifted her head and stared into Twilight’s eyes. “When I got here and I was all alone for a few days, all I could think about was you and Mulcibar! That first night, I tossed and turned because I couldn’t stop thinking about you in particular.”
Twilight smiled and reached a hoof out, placing it on Linnai’s shoulder. “You missed us, that’s all. And now we’re here. Look, we don’t know how this has happened, but it’s not a bad thing. I promise. If it’s any consolation, I am flattered that you would be thinking of me in a… non-weird way.”
Linnai blinked and a tear fell from one of her eyes. “I even started to think… I even started to think about turning against you again. I was so mad at all the things I was feeling, so scared of waking up and finding Chrysalis there, ready to take my head off! I was ready! I was ready to tell Mulcibar that it was over! That I was going to continue the plan, finish you all off!”
Twilight stared with intensity into Linnai’s eyes and shook her head. “But, you didn’t.”
“But I did. I brought it up, and of course he said no. And I was glad, because… because when I first saw him again… When I saw you warp in, and I knew it was really you…” Linnai said and then threw herself at Twilight, pulling her into a hug. “I couldn’t! I couldn’t even think about it!”
Twilight turned her head and stared at the wall, returning the hug and patting Linnai’s head gently, not able to think of anything further to say.
“And then, up on the roof, when that creep was going to steal your magic… I knew deep down inside that I couldn’t let him! Not because I wanted to win, not because I was scared for myself! I was scared for… you! Why?” Linnai asked, her voice wavering. “I can’t stand it! I can’t stand feeling this way! I hate you! I hate you…”
Twilight breathed in deeply and continued to hold Linnai in her forelegs. “You don’t mean that, and you know it.”
Linnai managed to chuckle slightly. “I know,” she said, pulling herself away from Twilight and wiping her eyes. “This is so pathetic. I’m such a mess.”
Twilight smiled at her. “You’re not used to this. I can only imagine what it must be like to have never felt these emotions and then suddenly feeling their full force. Even those of us who’ve had them all our lives have trouble with them sometimes, trust me.”
“How do you handle it?”
“Like you just did now. Sometimes you need a friend to let your feelings out to.”
“Sorry I said I hate you. I don’t hate you. You know that, right?”
Twilight smirked and rolled her eyes. “How could I forget? Even after risking your life to save mine, you managed to try and flirt.”
“That was pretty cool, wasn’t it?” Linnai asked, batting her eyelashes.
Twilight sighed and leaned her head against the wall. “Yes, I suppose it was sort of cool,” she said, and then closed her eyes. “We’re both tired, too. We’ve been through a lot just now.”
“At least now we’ll have some time to relax,” Linnai replied and then moved her face closer to Twilight’s. “You know, you could just stay here tonight.”
Twilight’s eyes shot open at the feeling of Linnai’s breath against her muzzle. She pulled her head back slightly and cocked one eyebrow. “I don’t think I’m ready to go that far.”
Linnai cracked a toothy smile. “So you’re saying maybe you’ll be ready someday, hmm?”
“That is… definitely not what I am saying. Anyway, who would keep Fluttershy company?”
Linnai continued her slow advance. “I’m sure she wants to catch up with Rainbow Dash some more.”
Twilight pulled back further, leaning her whole body back. “Yes, and I would like to, as well, so—“
“You’re saying everything but ‘I don’t want to,’ prudicorn,” Linnai whispered, her nose practically touching Twilight’s. “Don’t worry, I won’t do anything unless you want me to.”
“Look, I just—“ Twilight started, but then was interrupted by a loud banging noise from the next room over. The noise was shortly followed by a quiet ‘Ow!’ Linnai and Twilight both froze and their ears that were closer to the wall twitched and turned toward it.
“Are you alright?” a deep voice said from the other side of the wall a moment later.
“What’s going on over there, I wonder,” Twilight said, scooting away from Linnai by a few inches.
“Shh! That’s my brother and Fluttershy. You don’t think they’re…”
Twilight snorted. “What? I seriously doubt it.”
Linnai’s horn lit up and cast a sound amplification spell on the wall. Twilight rolled her eyes.
“Here, let me just…” Mulcibar’s voice said, followed by two more softer banging sounds. Fluttershy could be heard letting out a tiny squeaking noise afterward.
Twilight turned her eyes back to Linnai and shook her head again. “No, it has to be something else—“
“Move your leg a bit this way,” Mulcibar could be heard saying.
“Okay, just… be careful,” Fluttershy responded.
“Don’t worry, you know I don’t want to hurt you.”
Twilight’s eyes went wide and her jaw dropped. Meanwhile, Linnai was pressing her ear up against the wall as hard as she could, her giant toothy grin having taken over her previous saddened expression.
“Oh my gosh, I think they are,” Twilight said with shock.
“They totally are!” Linnai said, barely above a whisper.
“Push back a bit,” Mulcibar’s voice said.
Fluttershy could be heard letting out a couple more squeaking sounds, followed by heavy breathing. “It’s in there… so tight!” she said between breaths.
Twilight pulled her head away from the wall. “Well, I’m not listening to any more of that!” she said, and then reached a hoof out to Linnai, pushing her away from the wall, as well. “Come on, isn’t it a little creepy to listen to your brother… getting it on?”
Linnai placed a hoof to her chin and looked up at the ceiling, humming in thought for a moment.
“The answer is yes,” Twilight said, turning to get up off the bed.
“We could always cover up their noises with our own,” Linnai suggested.
“That’s okay, I think I’ll—“ Twilight started, but was interrupted by rhythmic banging against the wall coming from the other room. She groaned loudly with frustration and stood up. “I think I’ll go find Rainbow Dash and make sure she doesn’t, uh, walk in on anything.”
“What in the world are you two doing?” Rainbow Dash’s voice suddenly came from the other side of the wall. Twilight slapped a hoof against her face.
“Too late, I guess…”
“Rainbow Dash! Good timing. Come over here and give us a hoof,” Mulcibar said.
“Sure thing!” Rainbow could be heard replying.
Linnai’s eyes lit up and she pressed her head against the wall again. “No way…!”
Twilight practically fell over onto the bed again. She stared up at the ceiling, her face now flush red. “You have got to be kidding me,” she said.
“Okay, Rainbow, can you maybe slide your leg over here and push?” Fluttershy asked.
“Okay, I see where you’re going with this,” Rainbow responded. “Mulcibar, I’ll get above Fluttershy here, and you grab from behind.”
“Just what I was thinking,” Mulcibar said. “Hey, you’re soaking wet.”
“Not my fault,” Rainbow Dash responded. “Blame that on Gilda.”
‘Blame that on Gilda?’ Twilight shook her head in disbelief. This is not happening!
The rhythmic banging started up again. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy could both be heard grunting in time with the banging, and Mulcibar could be heard exhaling noisily each time. Twilight somehow found herself pressed up against the wall again, her face completely red, listening in and staring at Linnai, who was blushing just as heavily, still grinning as widely as she could. “Unbelievable. I had no idea those two were so… promiscuous,” Twilight said.
“Oh come on, prudicorn, everypony needs to let off a little steam sometimes. It’s healthy!”
Between loud grunting, Fluttershy could be heard crying out. “Close! So close! Just a bit more!”
“Yes! I can feel it!” Rainbow Dash called out afterwards.
“Hang on, you two. Here it comes!” Mulcibar said.
“Oh yeah, here it comes, prudicorn,” Linnai said, licking her lips.
“This is still totally creepy. I can’t believe we’re doing this!” Twilight said, and then noticed that Linnai’s foreleg was moving. She tilted her head down and saw Linnai’s right hoof stuffed between her legs. She had, at some point, wrapped them around a pillow and was grinding against it, all the while gyrating her hoof between them. “You know what, I’m not doing this!”
Linnai breathed in deeply, a moaning sound forcing its way out as she did. “I can smell your hormones, Twilight. Drop the act,” she said, pointing her left hoof down towards where Twilight was sitting. Twilight glanced down at the bed beneath her and saw a visibly wet spot that had formed beneath her. She gasped in shock.
No! What in the world am I thinking? Stop it, Twilight! she thought as the sound of all three occupants of the next room over crying out together came through the wall. There was a final loud bang, no matter how much Twilight didn’t want to hear it. She grimaced and felt an electric-like jolt go through her. She felt her own juices flowing out beneath her as the sound of a piece of furniture loudly scooting against the floor came from the next room over.
“Wait a sec, is that—“ Twilight started, but couldn’t continue. Her mouth was bombarded by Linnai’s lips. The changeling forcefully pushed her way in, and Twilight gasped in response.
Come on, Twilight! I know you’re feeling it! This is it! This is the moment! Linnai thought as she breathed in the thick love essence that Twilight was pulsing out from her body. Don’t resist! This is going to be so good!
Twilight’s eyes went wide again, and she lifted her hooves to push Linnai away, but instead found them wrapping around the back of her head. She felt a strange sensation, like every emotion she’d ever felt swirling around inside of her. Before her mind could even react to what was happening, she found herself returning the kiss, letting her tongue swirl around Linnai’s as she was pushed back. She felt Linnai press her body against hers, the warmth of that contact increasing the emotional turbulence she felt.
I’ve wanted you so badly, Twilight! Ever since I saw you! Ever since I heard stories about you, the magical genius! It was destiny! Linnai thought. She could feel her body getting hotter and hotter and then opened her eyes. She gazed into Twilight’s eyes and could see only fear and confusion shining in their depths. A weight suddenly slammed against Linnai’s heart and she shook her head.
No!
Linnai pulled her lips away from Twilight and pushed her hooves against her chest.
This isn’t right! Not like this!
She pulled away from Twilight, but the purple unicorn sat up as well, pressing forward, her lips parted, her body unleashing love energy and begging for more.
“Twilight, stop this,” Linnai said, raising her hooves and fending off Twilight’s advances. “This isn’t you. This is what happens when we feed.”
Twilight breathed heavily, staring into the changeling’s eyes. “Linnai… I want you… I want you so bad, and I don’t know why! I don’t care why! Take me, right now!”
“Please, not like this,” Linnai said, scooting away further. “You don’t want me. Stop and think!”
Twilight leaned against her front hooves on the bed, still panting and sweating. “But… I do… I did!” she said, her voice becoming less sultry and more confused. “What… What did you do to me?”
Linnai relaxed and slouched forward. “I didn’t do anything. It’s what happens when we changelings feed on love magic. I felt you letting some off, and I just… I just took it in.”
“That doesn’t make any sense,” Twilight responded, her breathing still heavy.
“The ones we feed on, it affects them. It makes them want to give more and more. It’s not exactly mind control, you’re still in control of your actions, it just makes you feel your love so powerfully that it’s hard to resist. In this type of situation, and given that I… kissed you… I guess you got a little carried away.”
“Carried away?” Twilight asked incredulously.
“I am so, so, so sorry. I really am. I never should have kissed you. I should have thought about what would happen if I fed…” Linnai started, but then buried her face in the bed’s surface. “No, that’s a lie. I did think about it. I wanted you to want me. I still do, but… not like that.”
Twilight licked her lips, the taste of Linnai still fresh and strong upon them. She breathed in, trying to clear her mind, but her body fought back, the taste of Linnai’s mouth still occupying so much of her headspace. “I don’t know how things are with changelings, but—“ Twilight started, and then continued her advance upon Linnai, who now found herself backed up and leaning against the headboard.
“Twilight, what are you doing?” Linnai asked, her eyes traveling down the length of Twilight’s body, stopping at the space between her legs just in time to see a drip of honey from her obscured pot.
“What am I doing?” Twilight mused, her breathing having only slowed slightly. “I don’t even know anymore, but I do know one thing.”
Linnai gulped, shrinking down slightly against the headboard. “Twilight, stop. You must still be under the effects of my—“
“No, I don’t think so,” Twilight replied, and then leaned her head down towards Linnai. She brushed her cheek softly against Linnai’s horn as she went past it and then dove without warning towards her mouth. She forcefully shoved her tongue past Linnai’s lips and felt the changeling gasp. She reached one of her hooves down the length of her body and placed it between her legs, letting out her own gasp as a single touch eased so much tension she’d been feeling.
Twilight continued to gyrate her hoof at the top of her slit, all the while swirling her tongue around in Linnai’s mouth. The first time they’d kissed, she had been so shocked that she hadn’t noticed, but Linnai’s tongue was not like a normal pony’s tongue. It was longer, more slender, and had a much more pointed tip. There was a difference in texture, too, that she couldn’t quite place, but it drove her wild.
She pulled away from Linnai’s lips, sucking her tongue out of her mouth and letting her lips embrace it all the way down its surprising length. Twilight pulled her hoof back up, brushing it past Linnai’s snout just long enough for her to smell what had spilled upon it, and then pressed her steaming hot pussy down against Linnai’s. Despite her own body heat and moisture, she could feel the warm, inviting aura pulsing out from her down there.
Linnai swallowed, staring up at Twilight, not daring to avert her eyes. Twilight’s mellow expression, her eyelids half-cocked, told Linnai volumes of how Twilight was feeling.
“You really got me worked up, Linnai. Isn’t this just what you’d wanted?” Twilight asked, pressing her hot sex against Linnai’s, allowing it to slide up and down against it. The sensation was unlike anything Twilight had ever felt. “So, once the changeling-induced feeding frenzy wore off me, it got me thinking.”
Linnai moaned, the heat from Twilight’s body driving her crazy. “What about?” she managed.
“Actions have consequences. You see, I am rather scientific. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. It’s simple physics. I can’t think of anything more opposite than me wanting you, can you? To put it in more simple terms, you need to take responsibility here.”
Linnai’s mouth hung open, her breath coming in bursts. “That… is the lamest excuse I’ve ever heard. Besides, didn’t you say you weren’t into mares?”
Twilight glanced to the side briefly. “Yes, well, I suppose I did say that, and I still think it’s true, but… there’s parts of me that are reconsidering my position, and in science one should always keep an open mind. I’m not in a state of mind to debate with them right now, so here we are,” she said, and then lit up her horn. An aura of telekinesis surrounded Linnai, pushing her down from the headboard. Her jaw gaped open wider as Twilight stood up and stepped forward, propping her front hooves on the top of the headboard and hovering her crotch just above Linnai’s chest.
Twilight grinned down at Linnai as she saw the changeling’s eyes slowly break away from hers and move downward. They practically lit up when she caught sight of what was just inches away from her. Twilight’s eyebrows lowered, and she felt the tension between her legs rising. Her knees felt weak as she imagined what it would feel like to have Linnai’s long, dextrous tongue deep inside of her. She wanted it more than anything.
Linnai stared up at Twilight’s pussy. It hung just out of reach, sopping wet and visibly aroused. The fur all around it was soaked with Twilight’s love juice. She breathed in deeply, tasting her pheromones. Linnai almost instinctively raised her head, closing the distance, before finally stopping herself. I want to taste it! I need to taste it! Just a few days ago I would have taken it, but now… I can’t just take it. I have to be sure. She fell back against the bottom of the headboard and looked back up at Twilight, catching her breath.
“Twilight, are you absolutely sure you want—“
Twilight groaned and stared back down at Linnai. She bent her knees, pressing her snatch even closer to Linnai’s face, now practically touching her chin. “Here, let me help you figure that out,” she said. Her horn lit up, and Linnai felt her tongue being pulled out of her mouth. Before she knew it, Twilight had thrust her hips forward. Linnai’s tongue landed at the top of Twilight’s slit, sliding downward along her clit. Twilight moaned and smiled down at her. “Isn’t this what you’ve been wanting?”
Linnai’s eyelids relaxed. I can’t possibly tell you how much. The sweet taste of Twilight’s nectar filled her mouth, coated her tongue, and that was all it took. She felt her urges break free and she threw her forelegs up, wrapping them around Twilight’s hips, pulling her closer. She felt Twilight release her magical grasp on her tongue. She slid its tip up and down the edges of Twilight’s pussy, sending shockwaves up the purple mare’s body. Twilight’s muscles tensed, and her legs began to shake. Linnai slid her body down, resting her head on a pillow beneath her and pulled Twilight down against her face. Twilight gripped the headboard and bit down against her lower lip, trying not to scream, but knew that would be a losing battle.
Linnai buried her muzzle deeply into Twilight, spreading her mouth wide and licking against her inner walls, up and down like strong strokes of a brush on canvas. She pushed her tongue forth, moving deeper and deeper into Twilight’s marehood. She bent her tongue upward inside Twilight, pressing firmly against her inner core. Twilight jerked backwards and moaned, throwing her head back and holding herself steady against the headboard. Linnai didn’t relent. She pressed in and out, attacking the other mare’s g-spot, the sounds of Twilight’s voice crying out each time like music to her ears.
Twilight began to rock her hips, shaking the headboard as the jolts of pleasure got stronger and Linnai’s assault on her senses became more intense. Her breathing had reached a hyperactive pace, and her moans became louder and more high-pitched. She felt Linnai’s tongue delving deep into her marehood, strong and hard. She thrust her hips back and forth, letting Linnai’s tongue fuck her, her juices now drenching Linnai’s lips and chin, falling down against her dark gray chest.
Linnai pulled her tongue back into her mouth, greedily slurping and swallowing down Twilight’s juices. She pushed her hooves against Twilight’s pelvis, holding her steady. She continued to thrust into Twilight deeply, every few thrusts flicking her tongue upward against Twilight’s clitoris. With each flick, Twilight squealed even louder, and Linnai grinned, savoring both the taste of her lover and her victory.
I told you I’d make you squeal, Prudicorn.
It wasn’t enough to make her squeal, though. Linnai wanted to make her cum.
“Keep going! Fuck!” Twilight shouted down at Linnai.
Linnai shook her head slightly. “Such language for a Canterlot purebred!” She obliged Twilight’s request, though. She returned to her mission, pressing her tongue firmly against Twilight’s clit, flicking the tip of her tongue up and down against it, rolling around it in a circle, and all the while massaging the lower half of Twilight’s slit gently with her hoof.
Twilight felt herself approaching her peak. Her breathing became frenetic, her vocalizations became quick and louder. She screamed uncontrollably as electricity unrelentingly roasted every nerve in her body. “Oh yes! Yes! Linnai! Lin--”
Linnai felt Twilight’s body begin to shake. She furiously swirled around her clit, she sped up the motion of her hoof. She felt every muscle in Twilight’s body tense up to the point of shaking, and she knew it was time.
Linnai gave Twilight’s clit one last, firm, downward lick and then took a deep breath through her nose. That’s it! Let it go, Twilight! She buried her tongue in Twilight’s pussy and felt her inner walls close in on it, gripping it tightly. Twilight fell forward against the headboard and let out one last, high-pitched wail.
Her juices erupted from within, bathing Linnai’s tongue in their sweet, sensual flavor. She pressed her lips firmly against Twilight’s slit, letting her muzzle be bathed in the hot, slippery substance. As quickly as it had begun, it ended. Twilight hunched forward, her breathing fast and heavy. She slowly pulled her pubis away from Linnai and leaned her head down to look at her. Linnai smiled up at Twilight and licked her lips and muzzle all the way around her mouth.
“That… was…” Twilight started, speaking between her gasps for air. “That was… incredible!”
Linnai nodded her head. “You were delicious, my little Prudicorn.”
Twilight laughed. “You’re still… going to call me that?”
Linnai reached her hooves up, pressing them against Twilight’s chest. “Oh yes I am, at least until I get mine, too.”
“Huh?” Twilight uttered.
Linnai glared sharply up at Twilight. “What do you mean ‘huh?’ You push yourself on me, not that I didn’t want you to, I give you the ride of your life, and you think that’s it?” She lit up her horn and used her magic and her hooves to push Twilight away from the headboard and laid her down flat against her body. She stared into Twilight’s eyes. “It’s my turn now, baby, and I hope you give as well as you get, though I know I shouldn’t expect much.”
Twilight glanced to the side and sighed.
Linnai gently placed a hoof against Twilight’s cheek and brought her face back. She softened her expression and smiled, her eyes full of need. “Please, Twilight. Please go down there and make me feel good. Make me feel… happy.” She blushed slightly, and Twilight rolled her eyes.
“Well, alright, but I think we should try something I’ve been thinking about.”
Linnai cocked an eyebrow in curiosity as Twilight stood up, turned around, and plopped back down onto Linnai, raising her plot into the air and hanging her still dripping pussy just in front of Linnai’s nose.
Linnai laughed. “You really are a spoiled little brat, aren’t you?” she asked, but then gasped as she felt Twilight’s tongue press down against her pussy without warning. I’ll be damned! She just jumped right in!
After her initial lick, Twilight scrunched up her nose. The taste wasn’t entirely bad, but it wasn’t entirely good, either. She lit up her horn and used her magic to gently spread Linnai’s lips open, revealing her glistening outer walls. Twilight couldn’t help but study the anatomy, taking mental notes as she went. Surprisingly similar to a pony’s vagina, the interior is bright pink and swollen from stimulation.
“Are you going to do anything else down there?” Linnai’s voice came from behind.
Twilight dimmed her horn, releasing her grip on Linnai’s lips. “Sorry! Sorry! I’ve just… never seen one up close like this.”
“I’ll let you paint a picture later, now come on! I’m dyyyyying!”
With a deep breath, Twilight dove in, letting her tongue push straight for the opening and down into Linnai’s depths. Like getting into a pool, right? Might as well just jump right in! Twilight was a virgin, or had been until a few minutes ago, but she had pleasured herself plenty of times. It shouldn’t be all that different, right? She began to tickle the inner walls with her tongue while she brought a hoof up and pressed it gently against where she assumed the clit would be. She heard Linnai laugh slightly from behind, and almost thought to question it, but then felt the changeling’s tongue delve into her once more. She let out a quick moan, muffled by her current activity, and tried her best to concentrate on what she was doing.
After a couple of minutes, Twilight was so worked up again she couldn’t even think. She noticed that despite how good she was feeling, Linnai’s breathing had barely increased, and she hadn’t made much noise other than the occasional grunt. Twilight frowned. I’m terrible at this. What do I do? she thought, and then the idea struck her.
Twilight lit up her horn and formed a gently curved magical forcefield in front of her. She tried her best to shape it properly, ensuring all the edges were smooth and the level of magic was just enough for it to feel solid, but not enough to create friction or sparks. She pulled away from Linnai’s pussy briefly and quickly slid the cylindrical object into her mouth. She grinned, pulled it out, and lowered her face again. However this time, her face went where her hoof had been. She ran her tongue around at the top of Linnai’s pussy, searching for the clit and becoming lost.
Linnai groaned from behind. “Twilight, I know this is your first time. It’s okay. Don’t be so frantic, you’ll find it. Just go a bit further--”
Linnai was cut off as Twilight slowly pushed the magical dildo down into Linnai’s pussy. The changeling’s back arched quickly and she gasped for air, pushing her head back into the pillow behind her. “What in the--!”
Twilight continued to run her tongue up and down at the top of Linnai’s snatch, all the while gently sliding the magical construct in and out of her. She could hear Linnai’s breath quickening, and before long, she was moaning almost as loudly as Twilight had been.
“Harder!” Linnai said, and then gulped with a breath. “Go faster and pound it! Pound it hard!”
As Twilight heard this, she felt her tongue pop over something, and she knew she’d struck gold, because Linnai let out a squeal that rivaled her own. As Twilight pressed her tongue’s tip firmly against Linnai’s clit, she pulled the glowing cock almost all the way out of her and then slammed it down.
Twilight was now working at what she figured was as close to full efficiency as possible. She worked Linnai’s ever-enlarging clit with her tongue, gently sucking it into her mouth and rubbing her tongue against it, all the while pumping the glowing purple dildo up and down, in and out. The wetness from Linnai’s pussy came squirting out with each upward thrust, and she let out another moan with each opposite.
Linnai had completely lost sight of Twilight's pussy, trapped in her own throes of ecstasy. She felt her body burning from the inside, and she reached her forelegs up and wrapped them around Twilight’s ass. “Twilight! Just a bit more! Keep going! I’m gonna--! Oh my-- FFFFFFUUUU--!”
Twilight pounded the dildo down into Linnai again and again. She felt her body tense up beneath her and begin to shake. As if possessed by the moment, Twilight pulled the magical dick out from inside of Linnai and hungrily dove forward, wrapping her lips around Linnai’s slit and digging her tongue down inside. Linnai’s pussy surged, her burning hot marecum coating Twilight's tongue and drizzling down into her mouth and down over her nose. Twilight took a deep breath, drinking in every sensation from this that she could.
And then the thought crossed her mind: the taste of Linnai’s pussy wasn’t entirely bad, nor was it entirely good, but it was entirely exhilarating.
Twilight rolled over off of Linnai and then dragged herself in a circle around to her bedmate’s side. She let herself snuggle up against her and ran her hoof gently up and down Linnai’s chest and belly. The two of them breathed heavily, neither of them speaking for a couple of minutes.
Eventually, Twilight’s ears perked up and she heard something from the other side of the wall. Fluttershy could clearly be heard squealing loudly, accompanied by heavy breathing. She stifled a laugh and turned to face Linnai.
“Hey, do you think they’re…”
Linnai nodded her head. “Yes, definitely.”
“Think that’s our fault?” Twilight pondered aloud.
Linnai nodded again. “Pretty damn sure.”
“So, what do we do? I mean, I don’t know if I want to listen to that at the moment.”
Linnai raised an eyebrow. “Are you suggesting that we… Sweet Celestia, you’re insatiable, aren’t you?”
Twilight ran her hoof in a circle against Linnai’s chest. “Well, I always do have quite a lot of stamina when I’m on my own, anyway… but that’s not what I was thinking, exactly.”
“So, what is it?”
Twilight’s cheeks turned slightly pink. “Do you remember how you said you could be a stallion for me if I wanted?”
Linnai laughed. “Do you want?”
Twilight nodded her head shyly. “I want.”
“Well then, whenever you’re ready, go back down there and I’ll give you quite the show.”
On the other side of the wall, a little while earlier…
An awkward silence had fallen over the room. Fluttershy was lying on a bed, her eyes wide, staring at the ceiling. Moments earlier, she had gotten her foreleg wedged between the bed’s headboard and the wall. Mulcibar had tried to help her, and Rainbow Dash had come in and offered to help as well. None of the had realized at the time that the bed was latched to the wall, and they had used brute force to wrest it free.
She let her eyes wander downward, taking in the scene around her, which was rather intense given the sounds she was now hearing coming from the next room over. How did this even happen? She thought to herself. I’d just wanted to push the beds together so we could all have a big, nice place to sleep. Her eyes wandered down to Rainbow Dash, who had collapsed beside her on the bed. Rainbow's right foreleg was draped over her chest, and her head was lying on the bed beside her, facing her, and now breathing heavily into her ear.
The noises from the next room over intensified. She could hear Twilight squealing, calling out Linnai’s name, all accompanied by the sound of the headboard banging against the wall. She glanced down and to her other side. Mulcibar stood, staring at the wall, his eyes wide. He turned his gaze to her, and she quickly averted her eyes downward, which in retrospect was a mistake.
Her eyes landed right at the underside of Mulcibar’s body, and she could see his stallion part twitching as it gradually increased in size. The breathing from Rainbow Dash got faster and more breathy, and she felt Rainbow roll over onto her side. She turned to look at Rainbow’s face, noticing it was now as flush red as hers surely was as well. Rainbow’s breathing started to include the tiniest, little squeaking noises. Fluttershy raised her head and looked down. Rainbow had her hoof buried between her legs and was gyrating her hips.
Then, suddenly, she felt the slightest touch of Rainbow’s teeth against her ear. The butterflies that had been swirling around in her stomach took flight and she let out a squeak.
“No?” came a whisper from Dash.
Fluttershy looked back up at Mulcibar, who was now staring down at the two of them, visibly breathing heavily as well.
Fluttershy let out a sigh and reached her right foreleg out, wrapping it around Dash and pulling her closer. She pressed her ear against Rainbow’s lips and felt her gently begin to nibble at it again. She looked back at Mulcibar, sighed once again, this time more of a moan, and beckoned him over with her other hoof.
Mulcibar climbed onto the bed, positioning himself over Fluttershy, and pressed his nose to hers.
Rainbow Dash continued to gyrate and nibble on Fluttershy’s ear, and Fluttershy gasped inward. “What?” she asked, staring up into Mulcibar’s eyes.
Mulcibar smirked. “Remember what I said our next kiss would be?”
Fluttershy rolled her eyes. Unbelievable. I had just told him we should take it slow, but here we are… She puckered her lips, and pulled Mulcibar into a kiss. She slid her tongue as deeply as she could into his mouth, moving it in and out. He briefly did the same for her, but then began to gently suck her tongue, flicking his own tongue’s tip against hers, swirling it around in a spiral.
Fluttershy could feel the space between her thighs getting wet. She was familiar with the sensation, but she had never felt it this powerfully before. I just don’t know… is this right? is this wrong? At this point, I just… I want it all, more than I can think about.
Rainbow Dash raised her right hoof, wrapping it around Fluttershy’s chin. She repositioned herself and lifted her head, pressing her muzzle against Fluttershy and Mulcibar’s locked lips. “Hey, my turn,” she said breathily, and then pushed her tongue into the mix.
Mulcibar allowed Rainbow’s intrusion, moving to the side slightly. Their three tongues collided, dancing from mouth to mouth, their breath combining into a sauna-like vent of heat.
Fluttershy slowly moved her hoof down towards her pelvis, the built-up pressure down there driving her crazy. She could feel her body begging her to continue, and she felt no reason to resist. Just as she was about to reach it, she felt another hoof press against her, stopping it. She felt her hoof raised up and placed against something hard, hot, and fleshy. She gasped, and then groaned with frustration. Her annoyance did not last, though, as she felt a hoof gently pressing against her thigh, slowly sliding towards her pussy.
She had never felt anypony’s touch but her own, and had assumed it would be similar, but quickly found that she had been wrong. The hoof gently massaged her, but not in the same ways she had done to herself. She gasped again, letting out a groan, her mind shedding any inhibitions she had felt previously entirely. She felt the hard object her hoof had been placed on twitch. She knew what it was. She began to gently slide her hoof up and down it, letting the soft flesh underneath her hoof rub against it. Mulcibar let out a grunt as the three of them kissed.
Rainbow Dash pulled away from the kiss and turned, letting her body slide down towards Fluttershy’s flank, She wrapped her forelegs around one of Fluttershy’s hind legs, gently pushed Mulcibar’s hoof to the side, and pressed her lips up against Fluttershy’s soaking wet snatch. She breathed out against its surface, sending a jolt up Fluttershy’s spine. The yellow pegasus gasped, pulling her head away from Mulcibar’s lips to catch her breath. She found herself digging the back of her head into the bed’s surface as Rainbow Dash flicked her tongue along her pussy’s surface.
Mulcibar grinned down at her. “Do you like that?” he asked. “Do you like the way she eats your pussy?”
Fluttershy, unable to form words into intelligible sentences at this point, just nodded her head as she breathed in and out, the feeling of Rainbow’s tongue sliding along her pussy the only thing she could think about.
Mulcibar turned his gaze down to Rainbow Dash and watched as she worked her magic. He felt himself getting harder and harder, which he hadn’t thought was possible. “Hey, Rainbow,” he said, and was acknowledged by one of Dash’s eyes glancing up at him. “You’re just teasing, I bet. Show her what you can really do.”
Rainbow Dash shrugged and took a breath. She slid her tongue quickly up Fluttershy’s lips and let her tongue’s tip swirl once against the tip of her clit.
Fluttershy practically dug her entire body into the bed. She gasped loudly and let out a squeal of ecstasy. Rainbow let her tongue slide back over the clit once more, and Fluttershy’s body tensed up completely, her legs pulling inward. Dash gently pushed her thighs apart again and then slid her tongue down over the clit one last time and then down into the deep recesses of Fluttershy’s marehood.
Fluttershy could barely see straight. She was pressed hard against the mattress, all of her muscles were clenched, she felt like she could scream, but couldn’t bring herself to. All she could do was moan, louder and louder each time, as Rainbow Dash munched away down below. She felt pressure building and building, her head was hot and felt as if it would pop. She felt the lightning that was rocking her lower body get stronger and stronger until finally she threw her hooves up, grabbed Mulcibar by the shoulders, pulled him down against her, and screamed.
Fluttershy’s body shook violently, vibrating the whole bed. Rainbow Dash dove deeper, lowering her face and spreading her jaw wide, licking up every drop of Fluttershy’s torrential outburst that she could and swallowing it with little satisfying gulping sounds.
After a few seconds, Fluttershy lay limp against the bed’s surface, feeling her body relaxing. Rainbow Dash turned around and gazed up at her friend’s flush-red face. She crawled up next to Fluttershy and smiled down at her.
“How was that?” she asked. “Am I incredible, or what?”
Fluttershy smiled back. “That was… oh wow… I’ve never felt one like that before… I just…”
Rainbow smirked and nodded her head towards Mulcibar. “Now, I know that must have took a lot out of you, but we can’t just leave your coltfriend hanging,” she said, and then got up and grabbed Mulcibar by the shoulders.
“What are you—“ Mulcibar started, but then found himself thrown onto the bed on his back, legs spread, his solidly erect stallionhood popping up above him.
Rainbow Dash looked down at Fluttershy. “Get up, Fluttershy,” she said, and then placed both of her hooves against the sides of Mulcibar’s cock. “I saw that pathetic hoofjob you were attempting earlier. Valiant effort for your first time, and it’s not generally my preference, but let me show you how it’s really done. You just relax and pay attention.”
Rainbow opened her mouth, allowing a mixture of her saliva and Fluttershy’s juices to drizzle down onto the tip of Mulcibar’s cock. She stuck out her tongue and let it press against the opening at the tip, teasing it slightly before working down to the underside of the head. She took the tip into her mouth, letting her lips lock around it, her tongue still sticking out and wriggling against its underside for a moment before she pulled it back up and in.
Mulcibar grunted and pushed his head back against the headboard. Rainbow Dash pulled her head up, sucking against the head before finally letting it release from her lips with a popping sound. She pointed a hoof at Mulcibar’s head. “See that? And hear that? That’s how you know you’re doing it right. Now come over here and try.”
Fluttershy crawled over to Mulcibar’s flank, positioning herself next to Rainbow Dash. Mulcibar raised his head and stared down at the two of them. Fluttershy delicately opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue. She took a deep breath, the musky smell of Mulcibar’s sex entering her nostrils. She nervously touched her tongue against the tip of the penis and swirled it in a circle before lowering her head and taking it into her mouth.
Rainbow Dash nodded her head in approval. “Good, good. Now, you work on that, and I’ll help down here,” she said, lowering her head to the bottom of the shaft and flicking her tongue against it, just under Mulcibar’s medial ring.
Fluttershy began to bob her head up and down on his cock. Mulcibar let out a slight pained sound, and Rainbow pulled away briefly. “Less teeth, more tongue. Trust me..”
Fluttershy turned her eyes up to Mulcibar to look at see if he approved of the advice.
Mulcibar stared down at Fluttershy, her eyes burning into his soul, her lips wrapped around his cock. He threw his head back and let out a groan.
Rainbow laughed. “That means yes. Keep going.” She resumed running her tongue up and down Mulcibar’s lower shaft while Fluttershy started to move her head up and down again, swishing her tongue back and forth against his cock’s underside. She could feel his hips bucking upward, pushing his dick deeper into her mouth. She pulled away slightly to compensate, but then thrust back downward even further.
Rainbow noticed Fluttershy’s lips getting closer and closer to her own with each thrust. She grinned and nodded her head. “Good, but be careful! See how deep you can go without choking, but don’t be afraid to pull out if you need air or feel a gag coming.”
Fluttershy thrust downward, slightly nodding her head. “Mmm-Hmm,” she hummed in response, which caused Mulcibar’s lower body to convulse in response.
Fluttershy’s eyes went wide for a moment, and then she felt a smile spreading across her lips – or it would have if her mouth wasn’t currently occupied. She slurped upward, taking a deep breath and letting her tongue dance along his tip before slowly moving back downward, humming for the entire length.
Mulcibar’s entire body shook and Rainbow Dash pulled away suddenly. “Hey, now, take it easy girl. That’s an advanced technique, but we don’t want him spending himself before we have more fun.”
“That… won’t be… a problem,” Mulcibar managed between gasps. “Keep going. Please…”
Rainbow Dash smiled and pressed a hoof gently against Fluttershy’s chin, pulling her up his length and then off, the tip releasing with a popping sound. “Awww…” Rainbow said, and then rubbed her front hooves together. “Listen to him beg. It’s so cute, don’t you think?”
Fluttershy looked down at his throbbing cock, a slight drip of fluid bubbling up from the tip. She looked back at his face and winked.
“Oh come ooon…” Mulcibar said, his chest heaving. “I’m so close.”
Rainbow Dash leaned down and licked the bead of liquid from the tip. “I can tell. You want us to finish you?”
Mulcibar stared down at the two of them. “Please!”
Fluttershy sighed and turned to look at Rainbow. “He’s earned it,” she said, putting on her best, sultry sounding voice.
A shiver went up Rainbow’s spine. “Alright. Let’s go.”
The two of them both dove for the tip of Mulcibar’s cock, letting their tongues collide with it, as well as each other. The two of them locked lips above his head, practically ignoring it and kissing one another, his dick trapped happily in-between. Rainbow delved into Fluttershy’s mouth with her tongue, letting the soft underside of hers rub against Mulcibar’s stiff, twitching member. Fluttershy returned the favor a few seconds later, doing the same. Mulcibar felt himself starting to lose control as he stared down at the two of them making out with his stallionhood. He suddenly felt Rainbow Dash’s tongue wrap its way around the underside of his head and suck it away from Fluttershy and into her mouth. She placed a hoof on Fluttershy’s head, pushing her down gently, and Fluttershy took the cue surprisingly quickly. She worked her way down his shaft, her lips wrapped around it sideways and her tongue poking out underneath it, firmly licking against his soft underbelly. Once Fluttershy had reached his medial ring, Rainbow Dash made her move, taking the entire length in, all the way down to the ring. Mulcibar gasped, flopping his head back against the bed. Rainbow started to bob her head up and down, sucking and slurping, going just as deep on each thrust. She could feel the tip of his cock delving deep down into her throat each time. She felt herself getting carried away, concentrating on her presentation more than the intimate situation she’d plunged into.
Before long, Rainbow could feel the tip of his cock starting to flare up slightly and pulled away from it. Mulcibar groaned disapprovingly, but Dash ignored him and looked down at Fluttershy, who was still suckling at the base of his shaft and also gently pressing a hoof against his balls. “You been paying attention? It’s your turn, now. I may be good at this, and they say anything you’re good at is worth doing, but I think I’ll sit back and watch the rest of this show.” She grinned up at Mulcibar and winked. I know she’s the one he really wants, and I’m feeling totally generous at the moment.
Fluttershy wasted no time. She slid her lips up and over in a flash, swallowing his cock, slurping up and down, going deeper each time until she felt his tip poking at the back of her throat. She gagged slightly, pulling up and off for a moment to catch her breath. The sound only drove Mulcibar even wilder. He moaned louder than before as Fluttershy went back to work, having now learned her limits.
Rainbow Dash leaned back just far enough to watch and pushed a hoof down between her legs. She started to rotate the soft underside of it up against her lips, joining in with Mulcibar in a chorus of moaning. She was just inches behind and to the left of Fluttershy’s ear, her eyes glued on Fluttershy’s lightly pink cheeks, her head nodding up and down as Fluttershy pleasured the changeling stallion.
Fluttershy resumed humming as she went down Mulcibar’s shaft, going as deep as she could stand with each thrust, until he resumed thrusting his hips up and down. She held her mouth open as wide as she could, sucking against his cock, letting him fuck her mouth as she bobbed up and down. After a few more thrusts, without warning, he thrust upward once more and held his pelvis in that raised position.
Rainbow Dash quickly reacted to the sight of his arched back. She pulled her hoof away from her pussy and leaned forward, whispering in Fluttershy’s ear. “Swallow!”
Fluttershy felt the tip of his cock flare in her mouth, and put two and two together from Rainbow’s sudden whisper. She knew what that meant, but wasn’t prepared, and felt panic beginning to rise within her instantly.
Oh no, what do I do? I hadn’t thought about this part very much, and—
Fluttershy felt a burst of hot fluid shoot out against the roof of her mouth and drip down against her tongue. Her eyes went wide, and she swallowed it down as fast as she could, but was met with a second shot before she could even finish with the first. A third and a fourth followed, and before she knew it, her mouth was overflowing with his white, hot load. She pulled her mouth away, the liquid drizzling down her still extended tongue as his cock fired off again.
Rainbow Dash grabbed ahold of his member and pushed her face up against Fluttershy’s, aiming the tip right at them. She opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue as his cock exploded two more times, squirting his ropey spunk onto their faces.
Mulcibar stared down at the two of them. Rainbow Dash turned and pulled Fluttershy into a kiss, letting her tongue sloppily flick in and out of Fluttershy’s mouth, Mulcibar’s still-hot seed dripping down both of their chins.
Rainbow Dash leaned over Mulcibar’s cock one last time, pulling the tip into her mouth and sucking upon it much more gently than before. She pulled away and stuck her tongue out, revealing its milky white coating briefly before closing her mouth and swallowing.
Fluttershy collapsed, but Rainbow Dash just stared up at Mulcibar. “So, what was that about it not being a problem? She needs a little break, but I need some attention.”
Twilight sat up and leaned forward, pulling her hind legs underneath her and crawling down to face Linnai’s lower half. Linnai leaned to the side, resting one of her hind legs against Twilight’s shoulders.
“Are you ready?” the changeling asked, licking her tongue against her fangs.
Twilight nodded her head, her eyes glued onto Linnai’s pussy. “Yes. I’ve never seen anything like a sex organ transformation, before. Just the idea of it is getting me excited.”
Linnai laughed so hard she nearly folded at her midsection. “You are such a laugh, and so cute when you’re engrossed in something. Alright, then. Allow me to start your education.”
Linnai’s vulva began to glow a faint green color, and her clitoris quickly popped upward, increasing in length and girth. Her lips folded inward and then bulged out, a pair of testicles forming in their place. Twilight beamed down at the display, her eyes sparkling.
“Oh my gosh, this is so intriguing!”
Linnai sighed. “Leave it to you to make something this sexy so boring.”
Twilight gasped. “This isn’t boring!” she protested, staring down at Linnai’s cock as it bulged outward and upward, visually already erect and ready for action. “This is incredible! There’s nothing like this in all of nature, at least not so fast!”
“I’m glad you’re impressed, now if you don’t mind, would you like to maybe wrap those talkative lips of yours around it? It comes with a mind of its own, and if you think I’m normally horny, well… you have no idea what I get like with this much testosterone coursing through my veins.”
Twilight gasped, her mouth opening widely. “Oh, wow! I should have thought of that! It even affects your bodily chemicals! Just fascinating. I wish I had--”
Before Twilight could finish, Linnai thrust her hips at her, plunging her cock into Twilight’s mouth.
Twilight rolled her eyes briefly, but didn’t waste any time applying suction to the throbbing hard member. She pushed Linnai’s hips back down against the bed and started to rock her head up and down. I’ve never done this before. I hope I’m doing it right. I guess I shouldn’t have just passed erotica off as base, vulgar--
Twilight gasped as best should could while Linnai’s cock was in her mouth. The changeling threw her hooves downward against the back of Twilight’s head and pushed her down onto her dick, quickly and forcefully at first, but slowing as she felt the tip of her cock hit the back of Twilight’s throat. Twilight unsuccessfully tried to gasp for air as she felt the changelings hot rod push deeper into her throat, little by little.
Linnai didn’t relent, despite Twilight starting to wave one of her hooves in the air towards her face. She pressed downward against Twilight’s head, forcing her further down the shaft, past the medial ring.
Tears started to run down Twilight’s cheeks, and she felt herself starting to gag. She tried not to think about it, she tried not to think about her body, which was now screaming for oxygen. She lifted her body up slightly, repositioning her throat, allowing Linnai to push her way in even deeper.
“Good girl,” Linnai said, a fanged grin forming on her face and her eyes flashing bright green for a moment.
Twilight mustered all of her mental fortitude. She was determined to go all the way. Linnai pushed down with a bit more force, and finally Twilight felt her lips meet Linnai’s pelvis.
Linnai threw her head back and cackled. “Oh, fuck yes!” She released her grip on Twilight’s head, and the unicorn quickly jerked her head upward, Linnai’s cock slurping out of her, coated in glistening fluid.
Linnai gasped and dug her hooves into the bed’s surface. “Fuck, Prudicorn! You’re a damn champion!” She managed to crack open one of her eyelids and looked down at Twilight, who was now hunched over her crotch, coughing and gasping for breath. “I hope you’re not mad at me, but damn! I thought for sure you’d pull out! I woulda let ya!”
Twilight caught her breath and wiped her lips with a foreleg. “Now you tell me!” she shouted, but then grinned. “That’s fine, though, I’m not mad. I’ll just be sure to get my revenge.” She swung a hind leg over Linnai’s chest, shoved her pussy into Linnai’s face, and went back to sucking her cock before Linnai could say anything else.
Mulcibar stared down at Rainbow Dash’s cum-covered face as Fluttershy fell to the side and rolled over onto her back. After a few seconds, he nodded his head and took a deep breath. “Just watch.”
His cock flared up with green flames for a split second. Rainbow blinked and tilted her head. “What was that all about?”
Mulcibar chuckled. “When we changelings transform, it’s physically. I just replaced my spent parts down there with fresh ones, and with them comes a new burst of stamina.”
Rainbow Dash’s jaw gaped open. “Wait, you can do that? That is so cheating!”
Mulcibar shrugged. “My record is fourteen times in a row.”
Dash’s jaw remained dropped and she shook her head in disbelief.
Mulcibar sighed. “Care to do something with that open jaw of yours, down there?”
Rainbow closed her mouth and spread her wings. “Nope, but you can do something with yours.” With two flaps of her wings she was up in the air above the bed. She quickly rotated and dropped down above Mulcibar, lowering her pussy onto his mouth before he could react. “Do a good job and I’ll consider that thing you mentioned.”
She didn’t have to speak twice. Mulcibar’s long, cylindrical tongue dove into her pussy. She nearly fell forward from the shock at how long and dextrous it was. “Sweet Celestia, Fluttershy was lucky to bag you,” she said, panting and pushing her snatch harder against Mulcibar’s face. After only a couple more seconds, she moaned loudly, her tongue dropping down out of her mouth. “Okay, fine,” she managed, between moans and her own drooling. She dove down at Mulcibar’s fresh cock, deepthroating it as far as she could go, her lips passing the medial ring.
Fluttershy turned her head and looked at Mulcibar as he slurped hungrily at Dash’s pussy, her juice running down his lips and cheeks. Her eyes traced Rainbow Dash’s body to her head, which was shooting up and down like a jackhammer, accompanied by wet slurping and swallowing sounds. She felt her own pussy getting hotter and wetter, and reached her hoof down to massage it. Despite having came just minutes earlier, she felt a renewed, insatiable need as she watched the two of them going at it. She started to moan and pant, her hoof moving faster and faster.
Rainbow Dash’s eyes turned toward Fluttershy’s crotch. She stared at her friend going to town on herself as she slid her lips up and down on Mulcibar’s shaft. The sight of it seemed to drive her closer and closer to the edge. Before she knew it, she let out of her own squeal of pleasure, which was heavily muted by Mulcibar’s cock, as she loosed her orgasm onto his muzzle. His fleshy tip began to pulse at the back of Rainbow’s throat, and she pulled up from it just in time to feel his payload splash out inside of her. She swallowed each massive shot as they came until she finally had to pull even further up on his cock. Fuck! How much you got in there, dude? she thought as he continue to squirt into her mouth until it was nearly full. She didn’t let a drop escape, gulping down the remainder before releasing his member from her grasp.
She glanced back at Mulcibar, and then over at Fluttershy, who was still frigging herself furiously. She noticed that Fluttershy’s ass was right at the edge of the bed and grinned as ideas raced through her mind. Dash nodded back to Mulcibar and crawled forward from his face. “Come on, mister fourteen times in a row. Do it again. She needs you down there.”
Fluttershy had stopped even paying attention to what was going on next to her. She had heard the two of them climax, but her eyes were closed, and she was lost in her own world of pleasure. Suddenly, to her surprise, she felt somepony climb on top of her and flop down against her, belly to belly. She looked up and saw Rainbow Dash’s face hovering just inches above hers.
Rainbow Dash grinned. “Hey there, ready for the grand finale?”
Linnai’s tongue delved deep into what was now familiar territory, but Twilight was on her other end, doing her best with Linnai’s newly-formed cock. The heat coming from Twilight’s pussy was making Linnai crazy, and she felt her mind approaching the point of no return. She gripped Twilight’s ass with both hooves and pushed her away. Twilight took a break from her sucking and glanced back at Linnai.
Linnai took the opportunity. She pulled herself up from under Twilight, who fell down face-first against the mattress. She quickly popped up onto her hind hooves and pressed against Twilight’s backside, gripping it again from either side. With a single, strong push to the left, she flipped Twilight onto her side before she could react.
Twilight turned her head and stared up at Linnai. “What are you doing, now?” she asked, blinking slightly.
Linnai grabbed ahold of one of Twilight’s hind legs and pulled it further to the side. She pressed her crotch against hers and shook her head. “Twilight, I know you can’t be that oblivious.”
Twilight’s eyes darted to the side. “Maybe…” she said insincerely.
Linnai leaned forward, pressing her belly against Twilight’s and gazing down into her eyes, which locked back onto her’s immediately. “I’m gonna fuck you, Prudicorn. I’m gonna stick this big, aching dick in you right now.”
Twilight smirked and reached up, patting Linnai on the head. “I know,” she replied, and then raised her head, pulling Linnai into a kiss. At the same time, she felt something hot and firm press against her opening. At first, it seemed to meet some resistance, but quickly popped inside without warning. Twilight’s lips fell away from Linnai’s and she moaned as she felt the changeling’s shaft forcefully slide into her.
Linnai seemed to have no sympathy for the fact that this was Twilight’s first time. She immediately started pounding into the unicorn with strong, long strokes. Twilight screeched and her back arched upward, the mix of pleasure and pain taking over every nerve ending her body. She flung her front hooves up around Linnai’s back and dug them in as hard as she could.
Linnai grunted heavily, staring down at Twilight, who was barely staying focused. “You like that, Prudicorn? Do you like it when I fuck your tight little pussy?”
Twilight could only moan in response.
Linnai did not relent, pounding harder and harder. “Tell me you love it, Twilight! Say you love it when I fuck you!”
Twilight’s mind was quickly becoming a mass of pudding, but she gripped her forelegs against Linnai’s back and gasped out the words as best she could. “I…! Love! It! I love it!” she screamed. “Linnai! Fuck me! Fuck me harder!”
Linnai’s lips curled back in a sadistic smile. She raised her hips, pulling her body up higher than it had been, and then jackhammered straight back down into Twilight's pussy over and over, the sound of their bodies slapping together becoming louder and louder, which could almost compete with Twilight’s voice as she screamed out Linnai’s name over and over.
Fluttershy blinked in confusion, pulling her hoof out from between the two of them. She was panting heavily and simply nodded her head. She felt Rainbow Dash’s pussy press down against her. Rainbow lowered her head and whispered into Fluttershy’s ear. “Raise your hips and brace yourself.”
“Huh?” Fluttershy asked, but then feel something hard and hot force its way between her and Rainbow’s slits. She tilted her head to the side and saw Mulcibar looking down at her. He was propped up over Dash, having mounted her, a big smile spread across his lips.
Fluttershy moaned, pushing her head back against the bed, as she felt Mulcibar’s dick begin to slide in and out between her and Rainbow Dash, their pussy lips wrapping around his cock as he thrusted. She felt his dick push up against her belly and then pull away, his medial ring and cock head bump past her pussy, well lubricated from the two mares that were pressing against it. With each thrust, she felt herself going deeper and deeper into fits of ecstasy. Rainbow pushed her lips against Fluttershy’s, muffling both their moans, lashing their tongues together.
After what felt like forever, she felt Mulcibar withdraw from between them, and Rainbow Dash pulled her mouth away. Rainbow’s magenta eyes were staring down at her, her own cheeks blushing and her breath just as heavy as hers. She felt Rainbow lift her hips up slightly, and then felt something hot and hard pressing against her tender opening. Her eyes went wide. She took a deep breath and bit against her lip. She was reassured by Rainbow nodding her head and smiling softly.
“‘Atta girl,” Rainbow said. “Get ready.”
Fluttershy screamed inwardly as Mulcibar pushed gently into her. She let out a long, vibrating moan as he pushed in and out, little by little, working slowly. With how wet everything was down there, Fluttershy knew there was little resistance, but she felt herself stretching to the point of tearing from his girth. Her cries turned to a mix of pleasure and pain, and she managed to open her eyes and stare up at Mulcibar past Dash’s shoulders.
Mulcibar looked down at Fluttershy, spotting the tears falling from her eyes. He pulled out and sighed.
Fluttershy swallowed. “No. No, don’t stop! It hurt, but… it was a good hurt, I think. I don’t know! I just…”
Mulcibar chuckled. “I have no intention of stopping,” he said as a green flash came from below. “I can change the size on the fly, too.”
Rainbow Dash groaned. “That is SO cheating, damn it!”
A second later, Mulcibar was pushing into Fluttershy’s snatch once again, going deeper than before. Fluttershy gasped and her head fell back against the bed again. This time, she squeaked with nothing but pleasure as he began to thrust deeper and deeper into her. She could feel him all the way up inside of her belly before long, each long stroke making her moan even louder than the last. Rainbow Dash stared down at her friend’s face, the sight of her orgasmic state making her feel quickly revitalized.
“Muclibar,” Dash said, her body rocking with Fluttershy’s, her breathing increasing in pace. “Do something with a hoof down there or something… will ya?”
Mulcibar nodded at Rainbow. “I can do better,” he said between breaths. “Ready… for a surprise?”
As he spoke, a flash of green came from below and Fluttershy squealed as she felt the size of the cock inside of her increase in girth. She didn’t protest at all, it felt better than anything she’d ever felt before.
Rainbow Dash started to feel something strange down below. She had no idea what Mulcibar had meant by surprises, but suddenly, she felt what was unmistakably his dick poking at her entrance. Did he pull out of-- Dash thought, but then heard Fluttershy moan again as he thrust forward. What the heck?
Rainbow Dash felt Mulcibar grab ahold of her tail with his teeth and yank it upward, raising her an inch or two. The feeling of her tail being pulled produced a squeak from the normally-composed pony, and then Rainbow Dash felt Mulcibar’s cock push into her, the size and length of it spreading her open and prying a loud moan out of her mouth. She looked down in shock at Fluttershy's expression, which remained unchanged, screaming as Mulcibar fucked her. And yet Dash felt his cock rutting her from behind, forcefully banging up into her. Each thrust sent Dash and Fluttershy into synchronized moaning. Dash’s brain was running on fumes, but somehow she finally realized what had happened.
You’ve gotta be kidding me! she thought, wide eyed. He made a second one? Okay, I have got to get me a changeling!
Linnai continued to hammer down against Twilight’s snatch, the sight of the unicorn squirming and hollering beneath only making her go harder and harder. She leaned down and bit against Twilight’s neck, her fangs digging into her flesh slightly.
Twilight’s entire body tensed up even harder as Linnai bit down against her neck and sucked. She wrapped her forelegs around Linnai’s head, hugging it tightly against her neck, moaning in time with each thrust she received. “Oh! Celestia! I’m gonna! Fuck me! Fuck me!” Twilight shouted, her words not even having time for form before they left her lips. Linnai continued her unrelenting assault on Twilight’s pussy, beating it with her hips repeatedly, her dick hilting itself at her cervical wall deep inside with each push.
Linnai felt Twilight’s walls clamp around her. She felt Twilight’s forelegs grip her even harder. She pushed deep into Twilight one more time before her pussy wrapped itself around her tighter than before. Twilight’s body shook, rocked with her orgasm. She screeched at the ceiling, pushing the back of her head against the pillow beneath it. After a few seconds, Linnai felt Twilight's forelegs and pussy release her, and she resumed her fucking, just as hard as before. Twilight’s eyes went wide and she stared up at Linnai.
“Not stopping until I get mine, Twilight! Surely that’s fair!”
Twilight nodded and bit her lip, letting her head fall back against the pillow, her heavy breathing and moaning having never broken.
Linnai didn’t have to continue long. She pulled her upper body away from Twilight and thrust her hips and in and out several more times. her breathing intensified even from where it had been. She let her jaw fall open and she began to groan loudly. She stared down at Twilight as she thrust a couple more times. “Here it comes, Twilight! I’m gonna…!”
Twilight braced herself, but felt Linnai’s cock pull out of her completely. She popped her eyes open and stared down just in time to see Linnai looming over her, gripping her cock with one hoof.
“Gonna cum all over you!” Linnai shouted, and then her cock erupted, her ropes of white, thick cum squirted into the air, landing on Twilight’s chest and stomach. She fired shot after shot of her sticky load, spraying it in a sticky mess all over Twilight’s body. After several shots, she pushed her cock back down and dug it into Twilight’s pussy, firing the last two inside of her. Linnai fell forward against Twilight, the hot, slippery mess spreading between them.
Twilight could feel Linnai’s cock shrinking, becoming softer inside of her, a sensation that she had not thought of, but found strangely relaxing. She wrapped her hooves around Linnai’s body and hugged her closely. “I think we could use a shower,” she said with a giggle.
Linnai let out a quiet laugh and looked down into Twilight’s eyes. “Don’t ruin the moment,” she said, and then gently kissed Twilight on the cheek.
Twilight took a deep breath and stretched her hind legs, which were still hanging somewhat awkwardly in the air. She slowly relaxed them down onto the bed as she felt Linnai nuzzling her nose against her chin.
“Twilight?” Linnai said sleepily.
“Hmm?”
“I love you.”
Twilight felt a tingle run down her spine and she squeezed Linnai against her.
“Good timing,” she replied, and then closed her eyes.
Mulcibar pushed his front hooves against Rainbow Dash’s ass and pulled up even harder against her tail as he pounded both of the pegasi from behind, his own grunting becoming more and more furious. He could feel Fluttershy’s pussy squeezing down tightly against his cock, and knew she was close. Rainbow, on the other hoof, was still taking her pounding with experience, purposely tightening and releasing her inner walls against him as he slid in and out.
He felt Fluttershy’s body finally clamp down against his cock as hard as she could, and felt her hot orgasm erupt against him. The added fluid and heat, along with her scream of pleasure, drove Mulcibar to pound into the both of them even harder and faster. He let his lower cock flash again, increasing in size once more. Fluttershy screamed out at the top of her lungs, and Mulcibar felt himself on the verge of his stamina. His cocks both began to pulsate inside of the mares and he let out a low growl.
Fluttershy and Rainbow cried out at once as they each felt Mulcibar pound into them two more times, delving as deep as he possibly could, pushing up against their uterine walls. His two cocks both exploded inside of them, filling them with his hot love. He released Rainbow Dash’s tail and fell forward against her back, still thrusting inward as he squirted blast after blast of milky semen into the both of them. Rainbow Dash’s pussy began to overflow, the white cream dripping down against the top of Fluttershy’s clit. After he felt himself completely emptied, Mulcibar carefully pulled out of the mares, rolled to his left, and fell down against the bed.
Rainbow Dash lay limply on top of Fluttershy. All three of them were out of breath, and their lower bodies were soaked with a warm mixture of all their juices. Dash couldn’t help herself. She glanced over and down at Mulcibar’s crotch, her eyebrows raising and jaw tightening up as she caught sight of his two dicks, one right above the other. She nodded her head approvingly before letting it fall down against Fluttershy’s chest.
“So,” Rainbow managed to say, drowsily. “That was three, right? We gonna go twelve more and break that record?”
Mulcibar groaned. “Fuck you, I need sleep.”
That was the last thing said before all three of them passed out. The noise from the other room had ceased as well.
Rainbow Dash lazily opened one eye and looked at Fluttershy, who had already apparently fallen asleep underneath her. She slide to the side slightly and curled up against the yellow pegasus, a smile on her face.
After this, I don’t know what I’ll do. We both love you, Fluttershy. She sighed and closed her eyes. I’ll think about it more in the morning. She pressed her lips against Fluttershy’s cheek, kissing her gently, and then felt sleep slowly drift her away.
The five weary, spent adventurers slept better that night than they had in weeks.
The following morning, the woke up feeling refreshed, yet spent, and gathered in the courtyard to meet with the others.The five who had slept considerably less, though deeply, the previous night, all had a look of ragged unrest about them.
Lunai raised an eyebrow and glanced at Twilight. “Are you okay, Twilight? Are you ready to return to my dream world?”
Twilight yawned and rubbed a hoof against her eyes. She glanced over at Linnai, who was also dragging her hooves. “If it’s okay with you, princess, I think we’d all like another day and night here. Maybe two. You know, to really rest up. After all, time passes so fast here, so--”
Luna chuckled. “I understand. After all, as the princess of the night, well… you know,” she said shyly, blushing slightly.
Daring Do, who had kept to the back of the group with Gilda, rolled her eyes and turned, walking back towards the hotel lobby.
Gilda turned and called out to Daring. “Where you going?”
Daring waved her hoof in the air over her shoulder as she walked. “Going to see if that bartender is working. Don’t wait up.”
Fin.
Intermezzo 4 Selection [CLOP] - Cadence Develops a Fetish
Author's Note
Welcome to another alternate-universe clopfest chapter of The Conquering of Love!
For those of you who know the drill, hop on in for some cloppy fun.
For those of you who don't read the main fic, here's your plot rundown of what you need to know!
- At the ending of A Canterlot Wedding, the changelings won.
- All ponies are locked up in cocoons.
- Cadence is chained to a wall with crystal encasing her horn. Every so often, she discharges a blast of love energy, which is absorbed by the changelings, and causes her pain.
- Shining Armor is under Chrysalis' control and is being held in a bedroom where she uses him as her own personal sex toy.
- Chrysalis loves tormenting Cadence.
- Just across from Cadence is a door that leads to a room where a bunch of changeling magi are, The Order of Ismara.
- Whenever changelings feed on a pony's love energy directly, it causes the pony to go into a trance of love/lust, making them want to give more and more to the changeling.
Okay! That was probably a lot to take in, but now go read some (hopefully) good bondage, master/slave, rapey clop.
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Intermezzo 4 Selection [CLOP] - Cadence Develops a Fetish
The Conquering of Love
Chapter 51: Intermezzo 4 Clop Version - Cadence Develops a Fetish
Some stuff happened, and then, in Canterlot...
Chrysalis stood up from the throne again and made her way down again, this time cornering back to the door that led to the rear chambers, down the stairs to where Cadence was being held. She found Cadence hanging down from the wall, limp and lifeless. She stepped over to the captive alicorn and tapped a hoof gently against her cheek.
“Still alive?” she asked, tapping a bit harder. Cadence’s mouth fell open and blood began to drizzle onto the floor. Chrysalis’ eyes went wide and her face hardened with anger. “No you don’t, bitch!” she screamed, lifting Cadence’s head and prying her mouth open with magic. Inside her mouth, she could see that she’d bit about halfway through her tongue. She was still breathing, but shallowly.
Chrysalis’ horn blazed brightly, lifting Cadence up and slamming her back against the wall. Cadence let out a scream of pain, blood spraying from her mouth. Chrysalis pressed both her hooves against Cadence’s chest and stared into her mouth. She concentrated her magic on Cadence’s tongue, now, slowly mending the flesh with a healing spell, shouting at her all the while.
“You will die when I say that you may die, and no sooner! How dare you try and end your life before that!? You little, sniveling, lowly beast of burden! You belong to me!” Her magic poured into Cadence’s mouth, her tongue nearly healed completely after less than a minute. “I do not put up with anypony damaging my property, do you understand? And make no mistake, you are my property! You will do as you are told, which still entails hanging from this wall and bleeding love magic! Not actual blood!”
With another blast of magic, a bridle with a bit attached appeared in the air next to the two of them. Chrysalis stuffed the bit into Cadence’s mouth and strapped the bridle tightly onto her head. “You made me do this, do you understand? I didn’t want to demean you further, but you leave me no choice!” she shouted, releasing Cadence. The princess fell forward, letting out a pained grunt as the chains snapped tight against her weight again. “Now I have to punish you, too. I’d hoped we were past this, honestly. I’d thought that I’d broken you sufficiently to where you would just hang here like a good little girl until this was all over. You clearly don’t care about your own well-being any longer, and I don’t want to have to show you just how much worse it can get… but I may have no choice.”
“What… do you mean by that?” Cadence asked her voice trembling and her words slurred by the bit that occupied her mouth.
The tip of Chrysalis’ horn popped with magic briefly, and a small bead of light appeared in the air just above Cadence’s head. Cadence’s ears twitched slightly and her eyes opened a mere sliver. “What is…” she muttered, no strength left in her voice.
“Oh, that’s just the beginning. That was going to be negative reinforcement, but I’ve done my fair share of discipline on unwilling workers before, and sometimes a bit of positive reinforcement is required,” Chrysalis said as she knelt down in front of Cadence. “We’ve had you chained up here for hours on end, draining you dry, so I thought maybe you could use a little pick-me-up.” The changeling pressed her nose up against Cadence’s pelvis, pressing her back slightly. She inhaled deeply and then sighed.
“Don’t touch me!” Cadence shouted down at her.
Chrysalis grinned, but pulled back and let her ears fall back against her head. She looked up at the alicorn and stuck her tongue out. “You see, you’re so used up. I could barely even smell you down here, but we can definitely get you going again. I’m sure of it.” She let her long, pointed tongue extend further out of her mouth and pushed it against Cadence’s inner thigh. Working it up slowly while breathing heavily through her mouth, she made her way to Cadence’s crease. The princess flinched slightly at the touch, staring down at the queen.
“You poor thing, you’re all dried up, magically and biologically. We can’t possibly expect you to work under these conditions. You’ll still be chained up, of course, but…” she stopped herself and let her tongue dart back out, prodding it against Cadence’s pussy. “Mmmm…” she hummed, and then began to run her tongue up and down against her outer lips, gently and smoothly, until they parted of their own volition, dripping down to give Chrysalis her first taste of Cadence’s love juice.
Cadence could feel her body acting against her will, the heat between her legs growing beyond her control. She tried to pull herself away, but the effort required was too great. She hung limply and let her mouth gape open, her drool drizzling down the bridle’s straps as she began to breath more heavily. She’s insane! I can’t believe this is happening! Hasn’t she demeaned me enough? Her thoughts ceased as she felt Chrysalis’ tongue swirl around her clit, sending shivers up the length of her body. She let out a small moan, and the changeling replied by repeating the step over and over, until Cadence was groaning more loudly and lightly thrusting her hips.
Chrysalis retracted her tongue and licked her lips. “But… perhaps this is too much for you, don’t you think? Maybe I should stop,” she said, and then pressed her lips up against Cadence’s clit, suckling upon it gently, letting her fangs press against either side of her pussy. Tilting her head back a bit, she slid her tongue down and then up inside Cadence’s opening, which was now slick and wet with saliva and marecum. Chrysalis lapped in and out, sending Cadence into a more frenzied series of hip thrusts and moaning. After a few times, Chrysalis slowly withdrew, pulling her tongue into her mouth and swallowing the juices that had collected upon it. “Yes, perhaps this is too much. It was a silly idea to begin with, wouldn’t you agree?”
Chrysalis began to stand up and turn around. Cadence stared down at her, a feeling of rage rising up in her forehead. She felt tears running down her face as her next words escaped her lips without warning. “Dont!”
Chrysalis turned her head and raised her eyebrows. “Hmm? What was that?”
Cadence panted, her tongue pressing against the bit, her pussy juice streaming down her thighs. “Don’t… stop! Don’t stop now!”
Chrysalis turned back to Cadence and grinned. She pushed her face up against hers, pressing their lips together and running her tongue across the slippery, wet bit before pulling away. She inhaled deeply and let out a quiet moan. “Very well. I can see it would be cruel to leave you like this,” she said, kneeling back down and pushing her face up to Cadence’s pussy. “Besides… you taste so good, little princess.”
She breathed against the seeping slit in front of her, not yet ready to continue. She looked up at Cadence once more and locked eyes with her. “Now, ask me nicely, and I’ll give you what you want.”
Cadence swallowed roughly and gasped. “Please. Please, give me what I want.”
“Give me what I want, mistress,” Chrysalis urged.
“Please, give me what I want, mistress,” Cadence said, slobbering behind her bit.
“That’s a good girl,” Chrysalis said, and then dove back in. She ravaged Cadences outer lips with swift, strong licks, grazing her clit and then sucking carefully. She let her mouth open wide and let her lips close down upon the entire outer mound, sucking its lips into her mouth and then pushing her tongue down inside.
Cadence moaned loudly as Chrysalis’ long snakelike tongue dove deeper into her than she’d ever experienced before. It was easily twice the size of Shining Armor’s tongue, and three times more dextrous. She gasped for breath, her body hanging loosely against her chains as Chrysalis explored her deeply, hitting spots that she didn’t even know she had. Any feelings of anger she’d felt before melted away as she felt her orgasm rising up from deep inside.
Chrysalis lit up her horn, using her magic to pinch at Cadence’s clit and nipples. She swirled her tongue around and upward, banging against the alicorn’s pleasure center, her own breathing now raising in anticipation. She reached a hoof down between her own legs, pressing it against her pussy and letting loose a steady trickle of her own juices. She’s so close! I can feel it! I’ll give this to her, and then the real fun can begin.
Cadence’s body began to shake, and she thrust her hips more fiercely than before. Chrysalis only took it as a cue to go even faster and harder than before. She felt the princess’ tight little pussy get even tighter, nearly squeezing her tongue out of her, and then she felt the alicorn cum.
Cadence shrieked as lightning jolted through her body. She felt her dam break downward and spill her marecum all over Chrysalis’ muzzle. She looked down as best she could, and saw Chrysalis greedily lapping up every drop she could, swallowing it down and licking her lips.
The changeling queen breathed in deeply and stood back up. She looked at Cadence as she hung from her chains. She smiled and pushed her muzzle up against Cadence’s once again, pushing her tongue into her mouth and past the bit, letting Cadence taste her own sex. She stared into the pink alicorn’s sparkling, teary eyes.
“You see? I’m not a total monster, but we’re not done yet, my dear. Let me just go get one of the Order so we can—” she said as she turned toward the other end of the room where the door to the Order of Ismara’s chamber was. Cadence turned her head as well and blinked, the redness of her face rising.
Outside the now open doorway were four changelings, all with unicorn horns socketed with gemstones. They were staring at the two mares, their jaws gaped open, and fully erect penises underneath all of them.
Chrysalis stomped her hoof against the ground. “What are you doing away from your post, dolts?”
“Uh, we were just investigating some strange noises, and—” one of them started but was cut short.
“Well now you know what it was, so get back in there and get back to casting that spell on Luna’s cocoon!” Chrysalis shouted, and then let her eyes glance down at one of their cocks. “Except you! You, come here. The rest of you, get back in there and jerk off or whatever you have to do to get back your concentration!”
The erect changeling stallion stepped forward and stood at attention, in more ways than one, before Chrysalis and Cadence. “What, uh… are your orders, my queen?” he asked with a dopey grin on his face.
Chrysalis nodded her head towards Cadence. “Fuck the alicorn. Get on with it!”
Cadence gasped. “Wait! That’s not—” she started, but caught Chrysalis glaring at her.
“Do not turn down my kindness, pony,” she said, and then charged the top of her horn with magic. In response, the chains around Cadence’s front hooves loosened from the wall, allowing her to fall to the ground. The changeling stallion made his way around her and quickly mounted her backside. “Now do be a good sport. Raise your ass up and swish that tail to the side.”
Cadence clenched her eyes shut, not wanting to think about what might happen if she disobeyed. She lifted her rump, pressing up against the changeling’s belly, and pushed her marehood back. She could feel the tip of his cock pressing against her tender entrance, and it sent a whole new wave of energy through her.
“Now, you, give her the ultimate pleasure a pony can know. Feed.”
The stallion grinned, baring his fangs, and breathed in deeply. Pink, magical energy began to flow out of Cadence’s body, and she felt a sudden rush of lust, as if her body might burst if she didn’t have the changeling’s cock inside of her immediately. She pushed her pussy back against his member as hard as she could, her pussy winking against its tip furiously.
The changeling obliged, stuffing his massive cock into her as fast as he could, delving as deep as her corridor would allow. He grunted and pressed his hooves down against the small of her back, breathing in again, drawing even more of her love magic out.
Cadence’s vision started to feel like it could go at any moment, she felt her heart beating faster and faster, and she cried out as loud as she could manage. “Fuck me! Ravage me! Tear me to pieces, damn it!”
Chrysalis lifted a hoof in the air and eyed Cadence. “Ask me nicely, he knows better than to start before I say.”
Cadence glared up at Chrysalis, the wave of lust washing over her, her need for him at its peak. “Please, mistress, tell him to fuck me!” she shouted, her voice wavering.
Chrysalis smiled and nodded, tapping her hoof against the ground. The changeling began to pound Cadence’s pussy, letting each stroke pull almost out to the tip before burying himself back into her hot, wet snatch. Cadence moaned in time with the fucking, her body rocking in time and the chains that hung loosely down from the wall rattling against her. She bit down against the metal bar in her mouth and screeched between her teeth as the massive cock plunged in and out of her, her ass smacking against the changeling’s stomach.
She turned her eyes to Chrysalis and saw her sitting on the floor now, her legs spread out before her. She was rubbing her hoof against the top of her slit and sliding a glowing, magical dildo in and out of herself. She moaned alongside Cadence as she fucked herself, staring at Cadence’s ass as it was being slapped against by the changeling.
Cadence hadn’t thought it was possible, but the stallion sped up even more, now thrusting into her so hard he was threatening to break through to her womb. She screamed with pleasure and pain as she felt the shaft fuck her and the changeling’s sack slap against her, hitting her clit squarely on the head every few thrusts. She knew the changeling was close. Along with the increase in speed, she could feel his cock pulsating within her, his swollen balls begging to empty themselves into her nethers.
“Fuck! Fuck! I’m gonna cum!” the changeling shouted. He reached his hooves forward and grabbed ahold of the back of Cadence’s mane, yanking it tightly. “I’m gonna fucking cum!”
Cadence gasped as her head was pulled back. She rolled her eyes upward and stared back at the changeling’s dark face. “Do it! Cum as hard as you can! Fill me up!” she shouted from behind the bit.
The changeling thrust into her three more times before Cadence finally felt the tip of his cock flare up. She could feel the first shot blast halfway up his shaft, the pressure in her pussy increasing in response. He erupted inside of her, filling her with his heat. Shot after shot came as his twitching member unloaded again and again, cumming harder and more times than Cadence had ever experienced. The cum filled her canal, drenching her insides until it began to spurt out from between his cock and her lips. Yet still he came, gushing over and over, cum blasting out from between them in pulses for what felt like an eternity.
Cadence could hear Chrysalis crying out from in front of her. “Fuck! Fuck yes!” she screamed, slamming the dildo into her again and again as she let loose her own orgasm, falling backwards against the hard stone floor.
When he was finally finished, the changeling pulled out, and like a dam breaking, a waterfall of fluid poured out of Cadence’s pussy and fell to the floor, splashing and pooling. He released her mane, and Cadence’s head fell forward, slapping down against Chrysalis’ wet pussy. Startled at first, Cadence took in a deep breath, the smell of Chrysalis’ freshly wetted sex seeming to drive her to want even more.
“Well, my little princess, what do you think now that you’ve had a real stallion, a changeling stallion?” Chrysalis asked. Cadence responded by sticking her tongue out from behind the bit as best she could and licking against the queen’s pussy. “I see. So I take it you’ve enjoyed yourself and wish to sample more of what I can offer you. You are a greedy one, aren’t you? I think you’ll find I’ve saved the best for last, though.”
The queen’s horn flashed and Cadence felt a sudden burst of magic wash over her.
“What did you do?” Cadence asked, her words slurred by the bit that was still in her mouth.
Chrysalis grinned and used her magic to unstrap the bridle from Cadence’s head, pulling it off gently. The bit pulled from Cadence’s mouth with a small slurp, and Chrysalis floated the bridle over to the recently spent changeling that was still standing behind Cadence. “You can leave now. Take that away, she won’t be needing it, at least for now. Clean it up, but keep it handy, and get back to your post.”
The changeling obeyed, walking away with the bridle and bit. Cadence blinked her eyes and stared down at the queen’s pussy, just inches from her face. “So…” she started, but was interrupted by Chrysalis softly placing a hoof on the side of her face.
“You asked what I did? Give it a lick, I think you’ll figure it out.”
Cadence nervously stuck out her tongue and pressed it against the bottom of Chrysalis’ slit, licking upward against it, and then nearly jumped from the ground as she felt the sensation of a tongue licking her own pussy in the same way. She gasped and stared down at the lips, then gave them another quick flick of her tongue. She felt it once again. She moved her tongue upward, pressing it against the clit and suckling it up gently with her lips. She moaned and pushed her plot back into the air. Chrysalis moaned as well, grinning down at the princess and stroking her mane with her hoof.
“I see you get it. Go on, don’t be shy. We both feel it.”
Cadence complied, pressing her snout further forward, letting her tongue slide around on the outer lips, gasps of air escaping her mouth and nose as she ate the queen, and by proxy herself, exactly as she pleased. She let her tongue dart in and out, the queen’s juices coating her tongue and her own juices pouring out onto the floor behind her. Before long, she and Chrysalis were worked up to the point where they were both writhing and moaning on the cold stone floor.
Chrysalis didn’t want to stop it, but she knew she had to. She pushed her hoof against Cadence, forcing her to pull away from her pussy.
“What’s wrong?” Cadence asked, her mind answering for her. There’s nothing that’s not wrong about this. What the heck is wrong with me?
“The reason I did this, it wasn’t for this, as lovely as it has been. You eat pussy like you’ve done it before. I won’t ask, though I’m curious, Princess of Love,” Chrysalis said as she shakily pushed herself up to her hooves. “No, the reason I did this is the final positive reinforcement for you. I won’t explain it. I think you’ll understand pretty quickly.”
Chrysalis started to walk away, letting her horn flash one more time. The little magic bead she had put in the air expanded, revealing a shimmering portal of some sort. Cadence sat up and gazed at it. Her eyes went wide as she saw what it revealed. She saw Shining Armor, asleep on a large, luxurious bed, snoring as he slept. She smiled. “Thank goodness, he’s okay. But, this can’t be it. What’s with the spell that made me feel…” she said, and then stopped, her jaw gaping open with realization which was only cemented a moment later when she saw herself, though she knew it was Chrysalis wearing a disguise, enter the room Shining Armor was in and crawl onto the bed with him.
“Shining, sweetie?” Chrysalis said, beyond the portal. She leaned down at planted a kiss on Shining Armor’s forehead. At first, Cadence felt anger bubbling up inside of her, but then she remembered what had happened not five minutes ago as she had a changeling buried inside of her to the hilt. That thought only further led her mind into other ideas as she watched Chrysalis softly pulling the covers off of Shining, revealing his belly.
“Hey, pumpkin. Something wrong?” Shining asked. “What time is it?”
Chrysalis gazed up at him from between his legs and giggled.
“It’s still the middle of the night, but I just had to wake you up and tell you something.”
“Oh yeah? What’s that?” Shining asked, his tone becoming playful.
“Mmmm, you know,” Cadence’s voice responded. She stared through the portal as her doppelganger proceeded to lick Shining Armor’s flaccid shaft, causing it to quickly perk up. Cadence stuck her tongue out, having felt a strange but familiar sensation upon it. After several more playful licks, Shining Armor’s cock was fully erect, and Cadence knew what she was feeling. Chrysalis rolled her tongue around on Shining’s tip and then pulled it into her mouth.
Cadence gasped. I can feel everything! Oh my— she thought, and then her mind ceased her thinking as Chrysalis dove downward, letting Shining Armor’s cock shove its way into her mouth and into her throat. Cadence almost gagged from the sensation and took a deep breath, reminding herself that there wasn’t really a cock in her mouth. She watched through the portal as her own spitting image bobbed her head up and down on her fiancé’s dick, slurping and groaning all the while. She closed her eyes, letting the shared feeling of his cock going in and out of her mouth fill her. She began to moan, herself, and bob her own head up and down. Her pussy, which was already soaking wet, began to feel hotter and hotter.
Cadence groaned and opened her eyes back up, gazing into the portal. I hope she does what I think she’s going to do, she thought, a grin actually spreading across her lips.
As if on command, Chrysalis pulled off of Shining Armor’s cock and turned around, waving her pink plot in the air in front of him, lowering it down above his cock and letting the tip just barely penetrate her. Cadence moaned as she felt the same thing. She pressed her hips down against the floor in reaction, needing his cock inside of her so badly, but Chrysalis did not. Cadence groaned in frustration and stared through the portal in suspense. “Oh please, come on! Give me it, please! I need it! Chrysalis, please!” she begged aloud with no one around to hear her.
As if she could hear Cadence, Chrysalis stared up at her through the portal and grinned. Shining Armor crawled up and mounted her backside, letting his cock once again press at her entrance. Cadence pushed her ass up into the air and gasped. Shining pushed his cock into Chrysalis, causing both of them to moan and drop their upper bodies down, lifting their asses into the air to give him as little resistance as possible. He began to slowly push in and out, his belly pressing against Chrysalis’ ass with each soft, careful thrust.
Cadence moaned, letting her eyes close, not needing the image from the portal at all, just the feeling of Shining Armor making love to her. She could almost feel that soft bed, those smooth sheets, cushioning her underneath, even though she was on stone floor with her hooves shackled. She could feel every inch, every bump, every little imperfection go in and out of her, sliding smoothly and sensually. Oh, sweetie, how I miss you, she thought, a tear falling from her eye. We’ve both had such awful things done to us, and done such awful things ourselves. I hope you know I love you, baby. Always.
Shining continued to press in and out of Chrysalis’ tight, wet pussy, though it was disguised as Cadence. He began to increase his speed, going faster and harder. he gripped her ass with his front hooves, pressing down against it, lowering his angle of entry. He grunted and moaned as the pressure against the bottom of his member increased. He went harder and faster still, his hips now slapping furiously against her, his balls swinging like a pendulum beneath.
“Oh! Oh! Ohhh!” Chrysalis screamed in Cadence’s voice. “Harder! Yes! Shining, harder!”
Cadence, on the other side of the portal, moaned and nodded her head in agreement, clenching her teeth and growling. “Harder! Harder! Ohhhhhh! Shit!”
“Yeah! Nnngh!” Shining grunted in response, starting to pound her even harder, his dick almost falling out with each stroke, but then slamming back in, Chrysalis’ juices flowing madly around his cock and Cadence’s pooling on the ground, which was now just a mess of bodily fluid underneath her plot.
Cadence began to breath more heavily; she felt herself approaching climax. She looked up at the screen and saw her copy on the other side heaving and shouting. “Shining! Shining! Oh, Celestia! I’m going to cum!” both mares screamed, or at least variations thereof. Cadence was too close to the edge to really hear what Chrysalis was saying at all. She moaned and reached a hoof back, flicking it against her clitoris and bouncing her hips up and down.
“Nnnnngggh! Fuck! Me, too! Gonna cum soon!” Shining shouted on the other side. To Cadence’s surprise, she felt Chrysalis pull away, Shining’s cock sliding out of her with a slurping sound. Cadence gasped and stared up at the portal. She saw Chrysalis spin around and shove Shining Armor down onto the bed.
The copy of Cadence grabbed ahold of Shining’s twitching member and glanced back at the portal. “Time for Cadence to take control. Think fast!”
Shining groaned, gripping the sheets.
Cadence tilted her head, and saw Chrysalis tilt her head on the other side as well. She stuck out her tongue, and Chrysalis did the same. She understood. She got into a similar position, as best she could with the chains, and let her head dive down, mouth open, sucking Shining’s cock into it.
She gasped as she felt her breathing actually affected by the feeling of the pulsating cock in her mouth. She pulled away and turned her eyes down, shocked to see Shining’s cock floating in the air before her, poking out through a portal of some sort. She dove back down at it greedily, sucking and slurping on it, letting it dive down her throat as far as she could stand. She could feel the tip of his cock bulge outward. She pulled back and heard Shining on the other side groan loudly.
“Fuck! Ohhh! I’m cumming!” he shouted as the first shot of hot sperm shot into Cadence’s mouth. She swallowed it down and let her tongue wrap around his cock, feeling each twitch on its underside as pulse after pulse of thick cum fired into her mouth.
She increased the pressure on his cock and sucked, pulling her mouth up and off of it with a gasping pop and holding her mouth open, her tongue extended, as his last few spurts hit her face, first on her forehead, drizzling down to her snout. She pulled back against the floating cock, aiming it lower, allowing it to fire right onto her tongue and into her open mouth.
With the final spurt, his cock vanished, and Cadence looked up at the portal. She saw Chrysalis pull her mouth away from Shining’s dick and lick her lips, a flash of magic dissipating on their surface.
“Thank you, baby. I needed that so badly,” Chrysalis said, and then turned and winked at Cadence through the portal.
“You were incredible,” Shining responded, his voice distant and drained. “What a night. We should get some sleep, though.”
“Mmmm… yeah. That sounds… nice,” Cadence’s voice replied, sounding tired as well. After a couple more minutes, the sound of heavy breathing, almost snore-like, came from the portal.
Cadence basked in the afterglow of what had just happened. She glanced down at the shackles on her front hooves and sighed. “If I develop a fetish from this ordeal, Shining is just going to have to suck it up and deal with it,” she said with a giggle. “I somehow doubt he’ll mind.”
“He won’t mind at all, I bet,” Chrysalis responded, having returned, and in her true form. “I’m sorry you had to share your stallion with me, so to speak, for this little reward session, but it wasn’t all that bad, now was it?”
Cadence shook her head, shocked at how good she felt. “I guess not. This doesn’t make us friends or anything.”
Chrysalis smirked and rolled her eyes. “Heavens, no,” she said, and then lit up her horn. Cadence was quickly pulled back up to her previous hanging position. “But tell me, do we need that bridle and bit anymore?”
Cadence sighed. “No. We don’t.”
“Good girl. Do well and maybe next time, I’ll even let you go fuck him for real,” she said. “Now, you tell me, will you behave?”
“Yes… mistress,” Cadence said quietly.
“That’s a good little pet,” Chrysalis said, and then eyed the crystals on Cadence’s horn as they began to glow. “Oh, speaking of which, time to get back to work. I’m sure you have plenty in reserve, now. I’ll have someone bring you some food and water. Farewell, love princess.”
Cadence just grinned widely as the buildup of magic in her horn blasted outward. She felt her body shake and her pussy leaking down her inner thigh. Despite the pain, despite her situation, she laughed breathily, watching Chrysalis as she made her way up the stairs and out the main door, closing it after her.
Left in the dark, as the magical outburst died down, Cadence hung from her chains and breathed heavily. “Fuck…” she said, feeling her pussy begging for even more. “I am gonna develop a fetish, aren’t I?”
After everything settles back down, Shining Armor and Cadence have a love dungeon installed in the castle for their own personal use. Cadence loves to be tied up, gagged, and blindfolded. Shining has no idea where she picked it up from because she was never into that sort of shit before, but luckily he finds it incredibly hot, so good for him!
Sometimes they feel like they are being watched, and Cadence feels a bit of magic jolting through her occasionally, but she never mentions it to Shining.
Deep down, she knows that Chrysalis is somewhere nearby, having a little fun at her expense, too.
And it turns her on. By Celestia, it makes her hot!
