Romp

Bringing her horn to light, Twilight turned her attention to the horizon. Curious, Rainbow followed her line of sight.

Some distance away beneath the setting sun, she could make out the shimmer of a lake, beginning to ripple with unnatural force. Suddenly, a spire of water shot into the air – a perfect replica of the conical form that normally took a hundred pegasi to form.

Rainbow’s ears flicked to the side. She heard the rush of water from somewhere closer. Looking around, she noticed several other similar spires rising from the rivers that ran the landscape. As they rose into the amber-lit sky, they coalesced into vaporous forms – at once white, then dissolving to grey.

“There is one thing you must understand, Rainbow Dash,” Twilight spoke with intense volume, redirecting her attention. “In this world, you have all the abilities you would in the real one. Your pegasus magic can create, transform, and destroy weather just as it could anywhere else.”

Rainbow furrowed her brow as she watched the sky turn pregnant with the dark of storm.

Forming the tiniest smirk across her muzzle, Twilight glanced down. “But it is not the same for me. Here, I can create, transform, destroy… everything.”

A clap of thunder echoed across the land. The grey clouds overhead merged into one massive form, blotting out the evening sky. Bands of lightning streaked across the underside, flashing with white-hot resonance.

The giant mare stepped toward the pegasus with a crunch of hooves against wood, lowering her head. “There is nothing I cannot do. Nothing to hold me back. Here, I rule over all.”

Her smirk grew into a sneer.

“Including you.”

Rainbow’s eyes widened as Twilight lifted a hoof directly overhead—

“Now bow.”

— and smashed the trees directly in front of her.

Yep. Okay. Time to go.

Turning away from the giant mare with a yelp, Rainbow pounded her wings against the air with newfound vigor.

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As the roar of thunder and hooves echoed all around, Rainbow Dash sped for the horizon. Every fibre of body demanded she put as much space between her and the predator as possible. But somewhere in the dimming recesses of her mind, she knew a straight escape was impossible.

On wings and a prayer, she dove toward the grove of trees below, just as she felt the thumping of hoofsteps quickly approach from behind. She looked for an opening, big or small – anything she could possibly fit through. Spotting a small part in the canopy of trees, she collapsed her wings, threading her lithe body between the branches.

With panic fuelling her flight, Rainbow wound through the thicket of trees, diving and turning wherever she saw an opening large enough to fit through. It was a last-ditch strategy, but she hoped that maybe, if she could get out of Twilight’s line of sight, she could change direction enough times to lose the mare. And the only two sources of cover she had available at this juncture were the clouds overhead – the same Twilight had created – and the forest – the very same Twilight was currently decimating from close behind.

Blasts of splintered wood shot across the flickering forest around her, bringing with it the snap of tree trunks and clap of thunder beyond. The blood in her veins pumped hot and fast; barely stifling a scream, she shot her body hard in one direction, veering off into a tightly packed group of timber.

She felt a rush of air billow over her flank, the scent of freshly ground pine filling her nostrils. Slipping through the woods in front of her, Rainbow pushed ever forward, not daring a moment to glance back at the destruction.

After several seconds, she noticed the sounds growing fainter. Slowing her momentum, she pitched up through a small break overhead, feeling the brush of pine needles cross over her sides as she came to a careful hover just over the forest.

Far in the distance, Twilight was skidding to a stop, uprooting a grove of oaks with the edge of her hooves. Rainbow had successfully eluded her, but not for long. Before she could even think to dive out of sight, Twilight spun her head in her direction.

Stumbling mid-air, Rainbow fell to one of the top branches of a pine, clutching onto the frail thing with all her strength.

Twilight narrowed her eyes.

Rainbow gulped.

With a flap of her wings, Twilight bounded from her plot of earth, covering the miles between them in one single jump.

Breathless, Rainbow watched as Twilight’s colossal body fell directly toward her. She screwed her eyes shut at the last moment as the alicorn’s hooves smashed into the forest all around with a deafening crash. The gust of wind that spread from the impact blew across Rainbow’s body, pelting her with the husks of trees and soil.

Clutching onto her branch with weak, shaking legs, Rainbow craned her neck up.

Twilight looked down at the tiny pegasus with only her eyes, her head held high and proud with a serious expression.

Out of her periphery, Rainbow noticed a wall of lavender flying her way.

Fanning her wings, Rainbow pushed herself off the branch – just as the tree it was bound to shattered from the brunt of Twilight’s hoof. Unable to recover from her jump in time, Rainbow tumbled over and thrust her forelegs in front of her muzzle, bracing for impact.

“MMPH-Nngghhgh…” Rainbow skidded across a small stretch of grass before coming to a halt at the edge of a shallow river. The coat of her legs stung from the impact, but with a wince and a groan, she rolled over onto her back—

“Gotcha.”

— as Twilight’s hoof landed over her body.

“Hnng…!” Rainbow’s lungs heaved from the dull impact. She slipped her hooves out from underneath the far larger one currently pinning her to the ground and grabbed hold of its edge.

Twilight smiled triumphantly over the pegasus as she knelt down, once more crushing a copse of trees beneath her stomach. For a moment, the giant mare simply stared down, her smile growing thoughtful as slowly, she began to pivot Rainbow’s body from side to side.

Gritting her teeth from the painful motion, Rainbow’s ears flicked forward at Twilight’s giggles.

“Hmm… what to do,” Twilight mused aloud, lowering her head closer to Rainbow. “What to do.”

Pivoting with a jerk to one side, Rainbow was brought face to face with the mare. Twilight exhaled softly, her warm breath billowing over Rainbow’s muzzle.

Although there was little she could think to do at this point, Rainbow wasn’t ready to give up. As the pain throbbing through her sides rekindled the fire of her spirit, she narrowed her eyes with a scowl—

“No.”

— and Twilight pressed harder against her body, extinguishing the flame in an instant.

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Twilight gave a single chuckle in response, watching the will in Rainbow’s eyes falter. But even as the exhilaration of the sight coursed through her, a nagging sensation pulled at the back of her mind. She shook her head, trying to clear the intruding thoughts.

No… not now. Not this time.

Lifting Rainbow in the crux of her fetlock, Twilight brought her up to eye level. The tiny pegasus choked in strained gasps as she adjusted her grip around her barrel with little discretion.

Again, the thoughts begged for her attention.

No! I won’t have this moment ruined. Not again.

Her smile faltered for a second, though she recovered quickly. Rainbow was currently grasping the end of her hoof, head hung slightly as she stared back with a frown. Twilight could feel the rapid pants of the pegasus within her hold, her chest flexing against the soft coat hairs of her fetlock.

The sight and sensations widened her grin. “It ends here, Rainbow.” Slanting her eyes, she said, “Any last words this time?”

She pulled Rainbow closer still, salivating at the thought of her next move. The pegasus in her grasp drew a deep, wavering breath.

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Rainbow’s head swam from the pressure of Twilight’s fetlock. Barely able to draw the single calming breath into her lungs, she huffed all the air out, no calmer than before.

Then, something wet landed on the tip of her muzzle. With a few blinks, she turned her attention to the dark sky overhead.

The storm Twilight had crafted was just beginning to dispense its contents. Light droplets fell against her mane and neck, bringing a coolness to her coat over the rush of warm blood pulsing within.

Slowly, her breathing calmed. She closed her eyes, flicking her ears outward. Ripples of low rolling thunder reverberated across the land as a gentle breeze blew through the remaining trees nearby, the sprinkling of raindrops against her coat adding a softness to the sounds. She relaxed her muscles, soaking in the pleasant tingling of releasing her tension.

With a quiet, steady sigh, she smiled.

“Y-yeah, actually…”

The giant mare holding her tight tilted her head, ears trained forward at her raspy voice.

Planting her hooves against Twilight’s own, she managed to slip a small part of her chest out, heaving much needed oxygen into her lungs. But only a moment passed before she gave one long exhale, then looked up at Twilight.

“Do whatever you want. I trust you.”

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Twilight blinked. Her grip loosened as the cerulean pegasus relaxed in her grasp, magenta eyes gazing back with open submission.

Only seconds ago, Twilight was set on her next move. Whether Rainbow admitted defeat or not, she was ready to satisfy the one desire that had swelled within her at the sight of the tiny pegasus in her hold. As tempting as the idea was of smashing the pony into the ground, she longed far more for the feel of its fragile body wrapped tight within the soft muscle of her tongue, the sensation of it travelling against the lining of her throat. That was what she wanted. She wanted to devour this insignificant little creature.

But now, with the loyal eyes of this ‘insignificant little creature’ staring up at her, the trust of her words confirmed in the surrender of her expression, she hesitated.

This ‘creature’ she wished to devour was more than an ‘it’.

‘It’ was a she.

She was Rainbow Dash.

And Rainbow Dash was her friend.

Against her ardent desires, the gears in her mind had already begun to turn. This instinct – this… craving, whatever it was – she never asked for this! Why in all of Equestria would she want to eat ponies? Why would she get so excited at the idea of crushing her friend, of anything smaller than her? These weren’t things she enjoyed in real life! So why here? Why did she want this now? Why had she been haunted by dreams of the very thing she embodied in this moment – a giant mare, clutching onto the helpless form of a far smaller one?

She knew what it felt like to be on the other end. She remembered vividly the nightmares she had growing up of this exact sort of thing. And yet, as she had grown older, they had given way for short glimpses of being the giant herself – of being the one in control of the world around her, secure in her dominance.

It made no sense. None of it made any sense at all. The desires – the baseless, illogical, malevolent desires… she wanted none of them. It was evil, all of it. She should be ashamed of herself for having ever given these thought so much as the time of day, let alone living them in a fantasy world. It was ludicrous. Asinine. It was—

“It’s okay,” a gentle voice spoke from her fetlock’s grasp.

Twilight jolted. She suddenly realized her breathing had become labored, the tendons in her sides trembling with ears folded back. Clenching her eyes shut for a moment, she heard her friend’s voice once more.

“I’m yours, Twilight.”

She shivered. Daring a peek at the pegasus in her grasp, she looked forward.

Rainbow rubbed a tiny hoof against her own, her eyes softer than ever she could remember. “I’m all yours.”

Twilight stared.

Slowly, wordlessly, her shivers began to subside.

No matter how she spun the current desires welling within her, she could not deny their existence, nor their fervor. But in that moment, a thought crossed her mind. Like a single cog merging with the rest of her mind’s gears, she realized something. It wasn’t a complete picture. It still didn’t make perfect sense. But it was clear – a simple fact that she could objectively observe. And most importantly…

It was what she wanted above all else.

With a slow exhale, Twilight closed her eyes once more, lowering Rainbow Dash down to the edge of the riverbed.