Ponyville, over the past years, has adjusted to the fact that the town is now a magnet for the strange, unnatural and an unfair amount of trouble. The newest talking point of the town was the lamia stallion currently residing with a local Lemon Glaze, the lamia going by the name Pine Wood. However, it was what he had started, like splits in a river, which was really interesting. Local Princess (Yes the small quaint town had a Princess!) Twilight Sparkle had begun concocting a potion from the scales of the lamia. Later, as Twilight perfected the potion, she had gotten a second sample of scales from a mare lamia called Ruby Scales, with her scales Twilight had succeeded in creating a potion that worked for both genders of ponies… Now, in the early stages of testing, she was asking a selection of her friends and anonymous ponies to try it out to see if it had side effects. Now Twilight planned to test the potion on a working pony…
Applejack was stretched out under the shade of a lush green apple tree, one of many in the giant rows that made up the farms of sweet apple acres. The bright orange pony had her back hooves cross, tapping the top one against her other knee, and was contently chewing on a thin stick of straw, her signature hat pulled down low to the point only her muzzle could be seen, hiding her bright green eyes and her blond mane, though the pony tail of her mane still fell down behind her.
Applejack’s ears twitched slightly and she sat up a little straighter, pushing her hat up to see. Trotting bristling along the dirt trail towards her, was a bright purple alicorn, with a dark blue mane with a purple highlight and bright pink one too, a bright purple star with five white stars around formed the mare’s cutie mark, the mare’s purple eyes shone with excitement and she was grinning, almost insanely.
“Howdy Twilight, what’s got you so… Excited?” The farmer asked.
“I manage to perfect my lamia potion!” Twilight said, rocking on her hooves… So in her bag meant…
“Now that’s great sugar cube but… Uh, why did you choose to tell me of all ponies?” Applejack asked.
“Well, all the other subjects, aside from Rainbow Dash, have been average body builds, I wanted to see the effects on a body that is use to physical labour, you know, tough.” Applejack smiled at the compliment a little.
“Shucks Twi… You ain’t buttering me up though, are you?”
“…A little?”
“…Least you were honest.” Applejack sighed softly “Twi, I’m flattered and all but I don’t see how this will be a good idea for me, I have a farm I can’t just drop everything for this, it’ll kill business.”
“Don’t worry, I’ve got the measurements good, just a couple hours… Please?” Twilight folded her ears down, bottom lip quivering. Applejack’s eyes became half lidded.
“Really Twi? No.” The orange mare stood up, pushing up onto her hind legs and stretching “Anyway, I’ve still got some apples to buck for tomorrow’s market…”
“Wait, Applejack, please!” Twilight said jumping in front of the orange pony, opening her mouth to voice an offer.
“Now I know what my limit is Twilight, and this is below it, trust me my brother is helping, so offering to cut my work isn’t going to convince me.” Twilight huffed hitting the floor.
“Don’t make me get dirty.” Twilight threatened.
“Sugar cube I get covered in mud all the time only Rarity is scared of that idea.”
“Not that kind of dirty! I mean playing dirty… I’m sure Applebloom would love to try this out, cutie mark crusaders cross species transformers…” Twilight said softly.
“You wouldn’t.” Twilight raised an eyebrow “You’re cruel when science is involved.”
“It is a necessary evil… So will you help?” Applejack sighed.
“Do a have a choice? I suppose so.” Twilight cheered.
“Oh thank you thank you thank you!” She yipped jumping in circles around Applejack.
“You could almost believe I agreed willingly from her reaction. Applejack thought with an irritated huff.
Twilight led Applejack up to a section of the farm that was hidden from the road passing by the farm, no need for anypony outside the experiment to see.
“Okay Twilight, what do you want me to do?” Twilight placed her saddle bag down beside her and picked out a small vial, it was tiny, like a baby unicorn’s horn, and the purple content barely lined the bottom.
“Drink this.” Twilight ordered “It’s the lamia potion, a small amount since it often goes a long way. Brace yourself… It hurts.” Applejack snorted.
“Sugar cube I’m used to pain working on a farm,” The orange pony took the vial downing the small droplets “We break bones doing this job it ain’t a walk in a park I can t-ACK! …I ca… Oh Celestia… I can take this.” Applejack managed to wheeze, while Twilight stared in astonishment ta the feat.
“Extraordinary… Most ponies collapse from the pain but you’re still on your hooves.” Twilight mumbled to herself, before her horn began to glow with a pink aura, a pad of paper, braced against a clipboard, and pen floating out her bag, Twilight stared intensely, to the point it was uncomfortable, at Applejack whilst the pen scribbled notes on the paper, without Twilight so much as glancing at it.
Applejack, however, was unable to feel uncomfortable by her friend’s awkward gaze, as the pain was getting worse. Bubbling up around her back hooves and waist, it was a real effort to even stay standing. Applejack bowed her head, grunting, then she heard the first bone snap with a mighty crunch and she screamed, but she was locked in place as if made of concrete. More bones snapping followed, like a sick twisted song and Applejack had the nauseous sensation of her skin and fur being pulled on, before it settle against her body only to have the same feeling move further and further down. At the same time Applejack felt her neck and throat just… There wasn’t a word to describe it really, it felt like something was pushing her mane aside so it felt like it was pushing around two necks, whilst something crawled out the back of her neck… Applejack felt like she was going to be sick.
Finally, after five minutes the pain began to ebb away and the horrid skin pulling sensation also left, Applejack’s body unlocked and the farmer collapsed.
“That’s… Odd…” Twilight mumbled, followed by the sound of scribbling.
Applejack didn’t answer, coughing softly before swallowing down the rancid taste of vomit, finally the farmer sat up.
“What’s odd?” Applejack asked, noticing the lisp in her s’ instantly, and the awkwardness of a split tongue.
“Well um… You have a few… Noticeable differences… To all the other transformed ponies… And any of the lamias that we’ve seen.” Twilight said slowly, pen still scribbling.
“We only know two… And WHAT noticeable differences?” Applejack demanded, and Twilight’s response did nothing to comfort the mare.
“Yes Ruby and Pine… But… It’s fine Applejack, like I said it’s temporary… Though this is new so it MIGHT not wear off but… I’m sure I’ll find a solution.” Applejack heard the clipboard creak as Twilight put more pressure on with her magic.
“Twilight… Tell me.” Applejack didn’t need to say what she wanted Twilight to tell her.
Twilight gulped then sat down, before her horn flared with a second layer of magic. A small bubble of her pink magical aura appeared before Applejack, showing her reflection. Applejack blinked her new eyes, before they had been green with large black pupils, now the pupils had shrunk into a thin slit, the green spreading all around. Applejack opened her mouth, she had fangs… But Applejack had seen Ruby’s both the top and bottom had been the same length and all with a slight curve to grip anything they bit, the bottom two of Applejack’s new fangs fit this description… But the top two were much thinner, like needles and longer and curved a little further back… She had fangs more accustomed to venom than Ruby’s, even though she had been capable of using the stuff.
Then, the biggest difference, Applejack closed her mouth… Then backed up… Then she raised a hoof slowly up and reached around towards the back of her neck… Touching flesh before she reached it, Applejack’s hoof curling along the flesh to the side.
“T-Twilight… I have a hood.” The transformed farmer muttered, poking her new feature again, as it flapped… And Applejack felt both the touch and sensation of it moving!
“Can you feel when I touch it?” Twilight said, cutting the reflective spell and reaching out, poking the newly grown flesh.
“Y-yes…” Applejack said nervously.
“Amazing, you’re not a constrictor like all the other subjects… I used Ruby, maybe it’s possible to take on some of her split genetics… I know she has venom but… Maybe her ancestors, maybe it was brought by your specific body… Blood type. I’ll have to take some samples of course and find anypony who matches… I’ll also need…” Twilight’s voice began to fade as Applejack lost interest, instead studying her new body.
Her hooves and upper body were the same but, waist down, the mare found her body splitting in a world of scales, her tail was orange matching her fur but the belly was a deep blond yellow like her mane and old tail… And the scales felt much softer when she touched them. Applejack also registered the racing of her heart not only in her chest, beating as if to escape… But also in her tail! Applejack felt her breathing quicker and moved her gaze further down to distract herself.
Finally Applejack found her tail tip, draped over a thick coil… Only… it didn’t end in a tip like Ruby’s, it had something covering it, growing outward and it was a desert sandy colour… Applejack raised the rattle connected to her new tail tip, then shook it, a sound so similar to a normal rattle snake shaking its own rattle… One Applejack had heard many times on the farm. However the bead like shaking sound was also heard by Twilight… And it had a much more noticeable effect on her.
“…Oh yes, of course, you also… Also have a rattle like a rattle snake but they… They don’t have… Hoods… Yes hoods, they don’t have them… Yet you do and… And… I’m Sorry… Applejack… Could you stop I feel…” It suddenly snapped in Twilight’s mind. She was feeling light headed, unable to focus on anything but the pleasant rattling which was reverberating in her head… Blocking out her thoughts, it was so nice but… Familiar “A-Applejack your rattle is… Hypnotic…? Please… Stop, I have to focus…” Twilight’s magic died, the pen clattering onto the clipboard before it too fell to the ground, Twilight swaying.
“Sorry Twi…” Applejack let her rattle sit against her new coils, pulling them around to get comfortable.
“Right yes… Thank you Applejack…” Twilight stepped closer then sat down before her friend, rubbing her temple with a hoof “That’s… Different… Hypnotic rattling… It’s so…”
“Nice?” Applejack whispered.
“Yes… I-I mean… AJ!” Applejack chuckled softly
“Sorry Twi, just messing.” Twilight bowed her head, rubbing her temples with both hooves.
“Right um… Where was I?”
“About to test my hypnotic abilities?” Applejack asked.
“What… Was I…? Applejack stop…” Applejack raised her tail and shook if four times, the sound echoing in Twilight’s muddled mind “Y-yes… Hypnotic abilities… You’re… You’re right AJ… Hypnotic abilities.” Twilight repeated.
“Maybe you should lie back, to make it easier for your mind to submit, after all you have to get this done quickly, or you might not have time for more tests tomorrow, you have to start looking for more ponies to test this new… Form on.” Applejack felt so awkward trying to talk science… But it seemed to work.
“Yes… Lie back… Comfortable… Be quick… Well go on Applejack let’s not… Delay.” Applejack grinned at Twilight’s attempt at an order. Hypnosis was fun.
As Twilight sank backward towards the floor, Applejack let her tail surge around, it was loud and quite ugly in terms of elegance, and part of the ground was uprooted in the process, but it got Applejack’s new coils behind Twilight’s back, making her sink into them like pillows… Which they outclassed easily.
“AJ… What are you…?” Twilight sat up slightly as her mind fought back but Applejack grinned, curling her rattle next to Twilight’s ear, before shaking it up and down rapidly.
“Not need to talk Twilight, just close your mouth and, for once, just listen.” Applejack whispered.
“L-listen…” Twilight repeated sinking back down.
Applejack tilted her head, something was… Off… Twilight appeared unable to focus and her eyes were clouded over and unfocused, glazed… But the second the music stop she would wake up… Obviously Applejack wasn’t fully hypnotising her.
“Hay Twilight, how do I hypnotise you?” Applejack asked, well advice never hurt.
“It’s… Normally done through eye contact… The eyes… Turn into rings… So nice to watch… Takes… Control… Just focus… Imagine… The pony being… Controlled.” Applejack grinned, easy.
The orange mare curled a part of her tail around, finding the movement easy without her focusing on it, like holding her rope, second nature. Applejack then leaned closer, to the point Twilight’s warm breath played over her nose. Applejack blinked, the thought of a happy obedient Twilight strong in her mind, when her eyes opened again she heard her hood flap as it stretched out behind her to look imposing, despite her not doing that. Applejack couldn’t see the effect, only feel a slight tingling, however, though her eyes were unfocused and glazed, Twilight could see Applejack’s eyes dilate, into almost perfect circles, before clouding over as if she were getting cataract in seconds. Applejack’s eyes, both and entirely, turned milky blank white, Applejack blinked once more and, from the centre, a small black dot appeared… The dot began to spin slowly clockwise, before stretching across Applejack’s eyes, trailing black behind it, spinning further along until it faded around the edges, both eyes now had a spiral that was gradually getting thicker. Applejack’s hood was also flapping slightly with little twitches, blowing a soft cool breeze onto Twilight’s face, relaxing her further.
Twilight’s eyes widened and she sat up straighter, the music, still loud, strong and dominant in her mind, aided the friendly hypnosis. Twilight’s eyes followed the same pattern as Applejack’s, clouding to white, black dot then a thick black spiral, spinning slowly. Twilight began to smile as her crumbled mind gave in.
“Mistress.” Twilight cooed softly, Applejack grinned as the spiral in her spun, but no trail followed, so it span off her eyes, then the white cleared back to the slitted green, her hood closing slightly too. Applejack decided to be the fancy hypnotist, just for the moment.
“Tell me… Twilight, what must you do?” Applejack asked, deciding not to call her friend a slave.
“I must obey.” Twilight droned.
“And who do you obey?”
“You Mistress.”
“And how much do you obey me?”
“Completely.” Twilight said in an adoring voice, and the way she looked, the way she leaned towards Applejack and the way she smiled, indicated pure god like adoration.
Applejack grinned, there was something just so delightful about seeing a pony obeying you.
“Okay Twilight, sit up.” Twilight obeyed, scrambling as fast as she could onto her haunches, grinning “Good, now I think you need a reward for your obedience, how’s about a nice little crown, I’m sure Rarity would approve, and she knows her fashion.” Applejack said, raising her rattle tail tip up and curling it into a hoop, resting it against Twilight’s ears, before allowing the rattle to become limp, giving it some slake so it hung in front of Twilight’s eyes, swaying softly with a soft faint rattle at each peak, like an odd sounding bell.
“It’s… So pretty… Mistress.” Twilight droned, following the rattle like a pendant.
“Such a sweet sound, bouncing in your mind, and the spirals capture the sound, like a spider’s web.” Applejack whispered to the purple mare, who moaned happily, nodding slightly, making the rattle bounce.
“Now,” Applejack rubbed her hooves together “What should I make you do?” She wondered, Twilight simply shrugged.
“Lamias… Like heat… And I’m… Warm…” Twilight droned, a fact dispenser even with a puddle of a mind.
Applejack, however, simply shrugged, it was true what Twilight said, Applejack could feel it, her new tail felt like a muscly ice cube with scales. Applejack stared down at the mass of coils curled along the ground around them, belly scales pointing towards Twilight as if they knew what they wanted… It couldn’t be that difficult, Applejack had seen Ruby do it flawlessly.
It was difficult. Applejack instantly found that simply making her tail move towards Twilight with no thought into the idea just made the whole mass move in a sluggish roll, and she was actually physically wrenched backwards, a thick coil smacking the back of her head down, planting her muzzle in the dirt. Once Applejack had blinked the stars out her eyes and climbed back up, she returned to sit before Twilight, who hadn’t so much as twitched at the hilarious spectacle.
Applejack took a slow breath, in her nose and out her mouth, this was just like with her old tail and her lasso… It was simply concentration… And practise, and Twilight was in a patient mood. Applejack raised her tail, Twilight’s crown lifting up and off her head and pushing Twilight up into a sitting position, no longer propped up by Applejack’s coils. It felt more like a base line to the mare. Applejack let her rattle be the starting point, reaching out and grabbing Twilight’s back hooves, which raised themselves up a little obediently, making it easier for the rookie lamia.
Applejack allowed her rattle to push through the fur of Twilight’s legs, climbing up and around the warm pony’s body, higher up her legs, curling around and sliding over the top of the first coil, which grew thicker. Three loops and Applejack reached the base of Twilight’s body, curling around her lower stomach, the rattle shaking happily as it clung to the warmth of Twilight’s body, sapping the heat from her for its own need. Applejack’s tail began to curl up towards Twilight’s body, tugging her down into a lying position, Twilight placed her hooves on top of Applejack’s coils like a blanket. Applejack allowed her rattle to lay against Twilight’s right shoulder, a hair away from her neck, but this left Twilight’s neck bare of coils… Applejack propped up the middle of her tail which was thicker than her pony body and it sat comfortably around all of Twilight’s head like a giant’s pillow, the soft muscly coil moulding around Twilight’s head to support it.
Applejack sighed, contracting her tail around Twilight so she groaned softly, this felt heavenly, such a lovely, sweet sensation. Twilight’s heat being sucked up by Applejack’s cool coils, the soft fluffy fur of the mare brushing over her armour… Amazing.
Applejack closed her eyes allowing her mind to clear of the primitive instincts worming inside her head, she had Twilight comfy in her grip, no need for the spell anymore.
“Okay Twilight, you can wake up now.” Applejack ordered, her tail dragging over into loops for her to sit on.
Twilight blinked oddly, one eyelid lower than the other, she shook her head, her mind registering the feeling of Applejack’s massive head cushion coil. The confused mare looked around blinking the milky white colouring away from her pupils.
“W…Wha… Applejack…?” Twilight mumbled.
“Come on sleepy head, up and at them.” Applejack ordered.
Twilight raised her free hooves and rubbed her eyes, noticeably not leaning away from the comfortable position she was in. She was still a puppet, but now conscious.
“You… You hypnotised me… Why Applejack, I was taking notes.” To which Applejack groaned.
“You were blathering on and on Twi, it got boring I know you need the notes and all for your, ahem, experiment but you can do it later, right?”
“Well… Yeah I can but… You used your rattle for an initial trance, that’s just… How is that possible, is it magic? I wasn’t put under fully, maybe the sound is at a certain frequency to align with brain waves and…” Applejack groaned, then raised her rattle up, allowing it to wave rapidly from side to side, Twilight’s words became incoherent as she continued to mutter theories to her own diminishing mind.
“Twilight, shut up.” Applejack muttered.
“R-right… Yes… Sorry I’ll be… Quiet…” Twilight muttered resting her head, ears folding against her head.
Applejack cut off the hypnotic music of her rattle and Twilight began to perk up.
“Hay! You put me in trance again!” Twilight accused, frowning.
“You were yapping on again giving me a headache.” Applejack countered.
“I was only thinking out loud!” Twilight growled folding her hooves. Applejack smirked before allowing her rattle to shake more and Twilight’s hooves dropped down to her side as her mouth hung open “N-not again… Applejack…” Twilight pleaded.
“I feel like having a nap, what about you Twilight, aren’t you sleepy after your mental ordeal?” Twilight’s eyes drooped oddly again from the hypnotic suggestion.
“Applejack… Stahp…… Pweash….” Twilight begged, ears folding down submissively as she fought a losing battle, Applejack allowed her rattle to move even faster, to the point it looked like there was a blur between two stationary rattles. Twilight’s mind, comforted by Applejack’s coily embrace and already exhausted and recovering from its last hypnotic trance, snapped like a twig to the onslaught and the mare just managed to mutter “Sleep… Sounds… Good…” Before her body fell limp and she sank down into Applejack’s coils, her ears just poking over her massive pillow.
Applejack chuckled, pushing the cocoon back and letting Twilight rest, she’d need to be for all her note taking later, but for now, Applejack was content to have a nap herself. The farm could manage without her for one afternoon. Thinking that, the orange mare slid over to the side of Twilight’s cocoon and lay down with her head against a lower coil, pushing her hat up to cover her eyes, before dropping off to a peaceful sleep.
“Notes on recent test, and further notes for future tests and new experiment:
Applejack, my most recent test subject, has shown that, even after consuming a potion that many other subjects had been subjected to, including myself, it is possible to have alternate forms as a lamia, they do appear to be much rarer as I have yet to find a second subject that matches Applejack’s transformation. I would also like to note, after experiencing it myself, lamias DO in fact have their own method of hypnosis, it is unclear how it works to me as of yet, but the lamia, or transformed pony, does appear to play some part in the initial hypnotic display that is used to control a pony. Applejack has used white and black spirals, which are equally as effective as the rings that are more common, I have now also encountered a checkered pattern hypnosis, but, much like with Applejack’s transformation, standard rings and constriction lamias appear to be the most frequent.
I shall continue my studies of lamias and the transformation potion. I also have word from Princess Luna that the exchange has begun. A few more lamias are moving to Ponyville as Luna believes me to be the best pony suited to helping them settle in, along with the fact that the citizens of Ponyville have adjusted to the presence of both Pine living with them and Ruby passing through. Mayor Mare is certainly enjoying the publicity it’s bringing and Rarity has some new dresses specifically for lamias, though I am fairly sure they won’t get any as Canterlot nobles appear to be flocking to buy them before they’ve even arrived, despite the fact most can’t be worn. Why would they want them? Probably just to brag about.
Anyway, I shall also be starting a secondary line of research: The interaction of lamias and ponies, on a friendship level and perhaps, if Bolt and Ruby are an example, as well as Pine and Lemon, a relationship level. I do look forward to what the future now holds to Ponyville with our new scaly visitors… I just hope I have my mind long enough to continue my work while they are here, though I’m sure after a week it will be limited to just the spa. I know Rarity has been bugging me for a while to try the spa when the new lamias get here, one has asked to work there to support herself, and the spa twins agreed on the spot, I imagine it will be wonderful as she’s apparently bring some badland originating herbs that she likes to use… I think I may visit after all, and maybe ask for a sample I didn’t know anything could grow out there. But I best focus on my tests here before I focus on the lamias homeland.”
Twilight placed her quill back into its pot of ink then leaned back in her chair, the faint sounds of popping from the various potions in her lab the only sound. On her desk, where she’d been writing the latest update, were various folders, all with pictures of ponies with their natural form and lamia counterpart form, Applejack’s was at the top of the pile. On a separate pile were two folders, the top showing a picture of a white and red lamia mare. There was also an empty folder ready for a new subject next to the ‘natural born lamia’ pile. Twilight looked forward to filling that one out.
Author's Note
Hay look everybody, a story without coily hypno nsfw fun times! It's a miracle I can do innocent stuff! XD Who knew?
Anyway, now this is done I can finally get back to Spirals and Spices! :D (About time.) Though I will still do some one shots like always, anyway, look forward to more work and thanks for reading. :)
