The Mask One Wears

A brad new sunny day dawned as sunlight slowly crept inside the house. Caramel slowly stirred awake from the sunlight that hit his face, only to feel something heavy on his chest. He looked down to see the filly Ginger Snaps curled up on top of him, her head rested on his chest. She also began to stir.

Her eyes slowly opened to reveal a beautiful shade of bright green underneath. The stallion smiled at the sight. "Hey there cutie." he smirked in awe.

The filly rubbed her eyes awake and gave a cute yawn. "I haven't sleep this good in a long time." she confessed. She then gave the stallion a peck on the kiss. "Thank you."

"Anything for you." he smiled back. Is this what true love feels like? Is this what genuine couples do the morning after? There was just so much that Caramel missed out on, he was for that very moment, happy.

Later, Caramel turned on the shower and made sure the water was warm yet bearable. The couple quickly jumped in and began to clean up their sticky bodies. The shower went innocently despite a long conversation about the finer points in sex. Suddenly, the front doorbell rang interrupting the couple. "I'll get it." said the stallion as he walked out and began to dry himself up. He trotted up to the front door and opened it. "Hello?" he asked only to be met by a teenage filly at the door. He never saw this filly before, but she felt familiar to him.

"Oh Caramel, it's really you!" she exclaimed with a smile. "I have been looking for you for all these years!" she suddenly enveloped him into a hug. He was slightly stunned at first, but quickly began to realize who this filly was after he inadvertently sniffed her mane.

"Brass?!" he said stunned with confusion. He broke the hug to get a better look at her. She was a teenager now, her mane short, no longer long and gone was the cute red bandanna, replaced by a black studded collar. "Is that really you?"

"I know I have grown up a bit, but it is me Mel, I have finally found you!" she confirmed. The smile was still the same, but her eyes looked aged and weary.

"What brings you here then?" he was not expecting seeing her again. He preferred that she forget that they were ever a couple or that he molested her six years ago. This did not feel right to him.

"I ran away from home to be with you Mel." she explained.

Before Brass could explain any further, Ginger walked up Caramel. "Mel, the water heater stopped working." she said, her mane and fur still wet. Brass suddenly felt betrayed. All those years looking for Caramel only for him to move on and find a new filly fool around with.

"I'll fix that soon, kind of busy with a visitor." Caramel explained to the filly scout. "Get yourself dried off and wait for me in the bathroom." he instructed. Ginger nodded and walked away.

Brass' hopes for a happy day was shattered.

"Brass, you okay?" asked the stallion with concern.

The filly shook her head to focus herself. "Oh, I am fine, just zoned out for a bit." she smiled. "Mind if I come inside?"

"Oh, sure go ahead." he motioned Brass inside and into the living room. "I'll be right up, I need to check on the water heater first." he announced before he trotted to the back of the house.

Just as he left, Ginger walked down in her filly scout uniform and saw the teenage filly in the living room. She curiously walked up to her. "So, what's your name?" she asked in a friendly manner. "Mine's is Ginger Snaps." she greeted.

Brass looked on, she analyzed the filly to understand how Caramel ended up with her. She began to feel the first signs of jealously build within her, but she kept her calm demeanor. "My name is Brass, so how long have you known Mel?" she asked.

"I think about a week now." the filly guessed. "And you?"

"Oh, he was my coltfriend six years ago, before he abandoned me." she bluntly answered.

"What?" Ginger asked with confusion.

Before Brass could clarify and tell her more about her time Caramel, said stallion trotted in. "Hey Ginger, mind going to the hardware store and grab the repair pony to fix the water heater?" he asked.

"Oh?" Ginger looked at Caramel oddly from being asked such a request. But she shrugged her shoulders and did as told anyways. "Okay, I'll be right back." she nodded. She gave the stallion a quick hug before she walked out the front door.

"So how are things going?" asked Caramel as he sat across from the teenage filly. "But first I want to apologize for abandoning you all those years ago and-"

"I'm not mad that you ran away Mel." interrupted Brass. She looked sad and distant. "I'm mad that you weren't there to protect me!" she admitted.

"What?" the stallion was stunned.

"After you ran away," she began. "my mother started dating this new pony, unfortunately, he was a controlling disciplinarian bastard who would beat me and my mom constantly for every little infraction." the memories still vivid. "While my real father became a lazy drunk bum who lost his shoe making license because he was drunk on the job and nearly burned down his home!" she grew more and more frustrated. "Every night I would beg and pray to the night sky that you would return to save me so we can be happily in love again...but that never happened..."

"I didn't know-"

"Because you were too busy worried about yourself and what others think of you that you never once thought about the consequences!" Brass snapped. "You never once considered how your actions affect those who care about you!"

"I was only trying to protect you!" Caramel defended.

"Oh really?" she snarled. "Then you did a crap job of it!" she continued. "You now, I finally now see you for who you truly are; a damn dirty coward!"

"So you want me to risk getting caught and being thrown in jail and having you forced into pretending to be a victim!" Mel snarled back. "That's what they do Brass, they force fillies to thinking that they were victims of rape, even if the relationship was consensual."

"Do you actually believe the world is out to get you?!"

"It always had the moment I got these feelings!"

Brass just gave Caramel a disgusted look. "I thought you were the best stallion in the world, but now I see you're no different than the rest." she got up to leave.

The stallion quickly regretted what he said. "Wait, I apologize-"

"I WISH I HAD NEVER MET YOU!" she yelled as tears flowed down her cheeks. Caramel just stood there frozen. "You're nothing but a coward who treats fillies like toys that can be discarded!"

"No I don't-"

"What happens when Ginger comes of age Mel, what will happen?" she asked rhetorically. "Will you lose sexual interest in her and move on to another filly that catches your eye? Will you?!"

"I...love her..." he stuttered trying to answer her.

"For now Mel, for now, but just wait." she turned to leave, but Caramel tried to grab her. Brass responded with a swift slap to his face. "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME!" she yelled hysterically.

A cut formed on his cheek as he stood still from the shock. Brass just angrily walked out the door without saying another word. Caramel just looked down at the floor with shame. "It seems no matter what I do, they always find an excuse to hate me." he mumbled to himself.

Several minutes later, Ginger returned with the repair pony. As the repair pony worked, Caramel and Ginger ate breakfast together. "You okay Mel?" asked the concerned filly. He had been usually quiet since Brass left unexpectedly.

"I'm fine Snaps." he lied as he ate his blueberry bagel.

"Mel, we're lovers now, I want honesty." begged the filly scout.

"For how long?" asked Caramel.

"What do you mean?"

"What if I stop being attracted to you as you get older?" he asked her. "You don't know."

"Mel..." Ginger was stunned.

"It just kills me okay!" he angrily pounded on the table as a tear flowed down his cheek. "It just kills me that I can never embrace my true self, it kills me that my love for you will only be temporary." he quickly got up and walked out the back. "I'll be going on a walk to clear my head, be back soon." he sighed as he left. Ginger looked on with worry but knew it was best to give him sometime alone.

Brass was pissed off to say the least. She angrily made her way to her motel room next door to the Ponyville train station. As he walked through the town square, she saw Mayor Mare and her secretary place a large red pillar box just outside of Town Hall. Everyone else around her also looked. "Okay citizens of Ponyville, the comment box is open for the next 24 hours until the start of tomorrow's town meeting, so if any of you have any questions, comments or concerns that you feel must be brought up during tomorrow's meeting, don't be afraid to leave a comment inside." announced the mayor. "See you tomorrow at sunset." she and her secretary walked back inside.

It wasn't long before a a mischievous smile formed on Brass' face. "Hurt me, and I'll hurt you back." she mumbled to herself while laughing evilly at the thought. Caramel was going to pay for hurting her, and he will never forget it. "But I guess that doesn't mean I can't fuck with him while I do so." a new idea formed in her mind.

The teenage mare walked over to Golden Oaks library and walked inside, she saw a baby dragon manning the reading room bookshelves. "Uh, hello?" she tried to catch the dragon's attention.

Spike turned around to see a new customer. "Oh hello, welcome to Golden Oaks Library, what can I do you for?" the dragon asked. He decided to take care of the customer since Twilight was locked in her basement doing random experiments.

She mare looked around the room. "Hmmm, do you have any potions books?" she asked. "Preferably the most comprehensive and unabridged you have?" she asked.

"Getting a jump on your entrance exams I am guessing." said a very impressed Spike.

"Oh, yes." lied Brass, successfully. "Potions is my weakest subject in school and I need the best reference books on it I could find."

Spike looked around to check that Twilight was not within eye or ear shot. "Now normally we don't lend out the reference books in our collection," he whispered. "but seeing as though entrance exam season is coming up, I think I can make an exception." he winked before he rushed up to the reference book section. He then quickly came back down with a large tome entitled 'University Level Potions Guide'. "Here you go ma'am." he gave it too her. "I'm sure Twilight wouldn't mind lending out reference books for those who need it."

"Thank you." Brass nodded as she took the book. "When do I have to return it?"

"Keep it for as long as you need it to study." assured Spike.

"Excellent." she grinned evilly.

Sassaflash eagerly walked into a local bridal shop. She was in awe of all the fancy wedding dresses on display, being worn by ponyquins. She squealed with girlish excitement. "This is awesome!"

At the same time, Caramel walked by the shop and saw his adult marefriend inside being measured for a dress by a sales pony. He decided to walk inside hoping that being with Sass will help him forget his meeting with Brass and his outburst in front of Ginger Snaps. He trotted inside, the bell rang alerting the employees of his presence, but he continued on to the pegasus that he will marry.

"Oh hey Caramel," she smiled. "what are you doing here?" she could not move due to the fact she was being measured.

"Just on a walk when I saw you here." he made the best smile he could while his mind was still hectic with many thoughts. "Looking for dresses already?"

"I guess I got a bit too eager." blushed Sassaflash sheepishly.

"Okay, I got all your measurements, now let's take you to the changing room to try on some dresses." the sales pony instructed.

"Yes ma'am, let's do it." the mare eagerly followed the sales pony to the changing rooms. "Be right back Mel." she gave a reassuring wink to her fiance before she left.

Caramel just kept up his smile up until his fiance was out of eyesight. His face fell and he immediately plopped down on the floor. He gave a loud sad sigh of disappointment and guilt. This marriage is a scam

He looked around the store at all the wedding dresses they had on display, but one quickly caught his eye; a filly sized wedding dress, and one that looked like it would fit Ginger Snaps perfectly. He looked at it with awe as his mind once again wandered from him.

"Do you, Caramel, take Ginger Snaps to be your lawfully wedded wife?" asked Mayor Mare who precised over the impromptu ceremony from her desk.

"I Do." smiled Caramel at his bride.

"And do you, Ginger Snaps, take Caramel to be your lawfully wedded husband?" asked the Mayor once again.

The filly giggled excitedly. "Of course I do."

"Then according to the recent ruling by your highnesses Princesses Celestia and Luna, I now declare you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride." she instructed.

Just as the stallion and filly were about to kiss and the Mayor was about to stamp the marriage license, a brick crashed thru the window and bludgeoned the Mayor in the head. She fell on her desk, blood seeping out of her wound and staining the marriage papers. The couple looked on in horror and Ginger let out a loud scream of terror. "Oh, no, they're here..." muttered Caramel with dread.

The sounds of a riot was heard from outside along with the sounds of crowd trying to breakdown the office door. They were trapped. "What are they going to do with us?!" asked a scared filly who held on to Caramel tightly. "Can't they see that I really do love you?!"

"They'll never understand our love, that's the problem, I am so sorry for this." he said with shame as he held her close, he quickly leaned in and kissed the filly deeply, just as the crowd broke-in and rushed at them.

The angry mob tore the couple apart and roughly dragged Caramel outside, some even kicked, punched and spat at him. "Let's hang him from the tree like all the others!" yelled a pony.

Just outside Town Hall, a tall dead tree stood, the countless bodily remains of other lynched ponies in various stages of decay still hung by the neck. Terror flowed through Caramel as he saw the tree and a sign that read 'Hang all perverts here.' attached to the trunk.

After being beaten up several more times, he suddenly felt a rope get wrapped around his neck. "Pull!" yelled another pony as the rope began to tighten. He began to choke as he felt himself get lifted off the ground. He struggled wildly but could not escape.

"I'll do the honors." yelled a familiar voice. With his fading eyesight, Caramel saw Sassaflash evilly grinning at the sight, holding a sickle. "You don't need testicles where you are going you sick fuck!" maniacally laughed the mare as she swung the sickle at his hanging testicles. Caramel braced himself.

"NO!!!!" he yelled loudly.

"NO!" Caramel continued to yell as the store employees and customers looked at him oddly. He kicked over the ponyquin that wore the filly sized bridal gown.

"Mel?" asked a concerned Sassaflash who ran out of the changing room.

"I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE!" he yelled with terror as he sprinted out of the store.

Sassaflash flew after her fiance. "Mel, what's wrong?!" she yelled after him. She followed him outside and to the back of the store, only to see him curled up against the back wall, bawling his eyes out. "Mel?"

"I can't do this anymore..." he cried, he hid his face away from the mare. "...I can't..."

"Can't what?" she tried to understand what was going on.

"I can't go through this sham, I just can't..." he tried his best to explain without going into too much detail.

"Sham? What do you mean?" the mare was more concerned.

"The Caramel you know is just a lie, a dumb lie I made up to be more normal." he confessed, he still refused eye contact. "A lie I made up because I was in denial about my attraction to you..."

"You don't love me?!" she said offended and stunned.

Caramel sighed. Maybe it was best to come clean, hopefully she would understand him and help him cope with his condition. "I do love you, a lot, just..." he tried to find the best words he could use to break it to her as gently as possible. "...I'm not IN love with you." he emphasized.

"What?!" she couldn't quite get the gist.

Caramel gave a frustrated sigh. "I love you in every way except in the sexual sense!" he spat out.

The mare was stunned. "So you mean to tell me that you are..."

"Yes." he nodded, assuming that she was coming on to the truth.

"That you are a closeted..."

"Yes..."

"Homosexual."

"Yes...WHAT?!" he froze in utter shock.

"You were using me to hide your homosexuality weren't you?" she asked.

"I'm not-" before the stallion could say anymore, he quickly realized that a new positive situation came up. "uh...I mean...yes, yes, I have been using you to hide my homosexuality...I am very sorry I used you and lied to you after all this time." he lied, but convincingly. "I just couldn't except that fact that I am exclusively sexually attracted to stallion, so I used you to keep me in denial...it's wrong, I know."

He expected and braced for an earful or a smack to the face, but was instead met by a tight caring hug. He was confused. "Why didn't you say so sooner you poor thing." she comforted. "I would never judge you or treat you differently for being a stallion lover."

Caramel was slightly confused but went along with it. He hugged her back. "I completely understand if you want to call this whole marriage off."

"Call the marriage off?!" she broke the hug. "Are you kidding? We can still get married, anything to help you stay in the closet, and don't worry you are free to have as many secret affairs with random stallions as you want, I will not get in the way of your sexuality at all." she explained with an assuring smile.

"That is...great to know..." Caramel said bemused.

"Your secret is safe with me." she nodded.

"Uh...I think I'll go back home now..." he nervously said, slightly uncomfortable with Sassaflash's enthusiasm with the whole thing. "We'll talk more later..." he gave her a kick hug before he quickly trotted away home.

"It does explain a lot about him though." mused the mare to herself, still clueless to the real truth.

At a press conference in Canterlot, Princess Celestia walked in to a room filled with reporters demanding answers and bright camera flashes. The crowd continued to go crazy until Celestia banged the gavel on her podium to quiet everyone down. "One at a time my subjects, one at a time." the princess instructed. "I know all of you have heard about the recent revelations of my recently deceased financial officer being involved in a possible foalophile ring, but rest assured, me and my sister have started an investigation into this matter." she reported, the reporters quickly fought each other to grab the princess' attention. "Uh..." she nervously looked on. "the mare with the red mane and impressive right hook." she pointed.

"Your highness," the mare began. "how pervasive is this possible foalophile ring?" she asked.

"We have reason to believe that it involves many members of Canterlot's elite." answered Celestia sincerily. Soon, another fight broke out and the princess was forced to choose another reporter to hear a question from. "The stallion doing a sleeper hold on Mr. Hanson." she pointed.

The reporter dropped Mr. Hanson down before he asked his question. "As you know, there is a small fringe group of ponies called 'Filly Lovers Anonymous of Canterlot', or FLAC, that feel like this investigation will infringe on their civil liberties and rights to express themselves, what is your opinion on that?"

Celestia rolled her eyes. "For the last time, any pony that harms the physical and psychological well being of a foal does not, and will not, deserve civil liberties and rights, I may have promulgated a charter dictating universal pony rights, but the well being of a foal outweighs the rights listed in the charter each and every time." the topic sickened Celestia. "So if any of you encounter a member of FLAC, tell them that not every orientation is the same, and to give up and get mental health." she warned ominously. "And to those who are part of the Canterlot elite and are a part of this foalophile ring, I suggest you surrender now before I personally hunt you all down." she sternly warned. "I'm done taking questions." she walked out of the press room as the reported stampeded over to news room to inform their superiors.

"Ginger! I am home!" announced the stallion as he walked in, only to be met by a note on the living room coffee table.

Dear Mel,

Went on a nature hike with my friend Boysen Berry, I'll be back early tomorrow morning, I hope you do get better I am truly worried for you.

Love,
Ginger xoxox

Caramel read the note a placed it down, he gave a sad sigh. "I shouldn't have snapped at her..." he muttered.

"No kidding." said a new voice. Caramel jumped around startled only to see Brass before him with a smirk on her face.

"What are you doing back?" asked the stallion suspiciously.

Brass' smirk grew bigger as she slowly and seductively walked up to the stallion. Caramel backed himself up against the wall until he could not go any further. Brass grinned before she kissed the stallion on the lips. The kiss immediately sent the stallion down memory lane, her kiss was still exactly the same as it was six years ago. He let the kiss get increasingly passionate, addicted to the happy memories he had of this teenage mare. He wanted to relive that all over again so he broke the kiss and nibbled at her ear. The mare just gave a moan from the sensation from one of her sensitive areas. "Oh Mel..." she moaned.

Suddenly, the stallion grabbed the mare and pinned her up against the wall and gave a shallow growl. "What do you want?" he asked suspiciously. He could smell her body wash, it reminded him of the bandanna she used to wore, but with a slightly different smell, but it was still enough to intoxicate him. Before he could let her answer, he dove in and nibbled the base of her neck as he took in a whiff of her short mane.

"Make me a mare...fuck me please." she moaned. Her scent drove the stallion wild as his erection made its presence known. The nibbles slowly turned into biting and she moaned even louder only for him to give a savage growl in return. The growl sent shivers down her back. "Do what you want to this prey." she gasped with pleasure.

She was suddenly shoved down to the floor and Caramel quickly stood over her. Brass got a good luck at the stallion's impressive erection, she began to grow wet with anticipation and what he'll do next. He immediately began to sniff her entire body, taking in her scent long the way, he slowly but surely went down her body until he smelled something strong and extremely intoxicating; her dripping and winking cunt.

He dove his snout in and began to lap her up. The stallion happily did his oral service, lapping up her sweet yet slightly metallic taste and smell. He felt like he was experience euphoria. Up and down, left to right and flicking her clit his tongue went. "Oh fuck Mel, I miss your magic touch!" she moaned loudly as her body started shake from the increasing pleasure. "Oh fuck me for real Mel, I waited six years for you to fuck me for real." she begged as his tongue work caused her to go wild. "OH MEL!!"

Caramel immediately stopped. Brass, confused, looked up to see Caramel's face up against hers. He growled at her like an animal about to pounce. "I'll show you REAL fucking." he grunted as he thrust inside the mare without warning or stopping. Brass gave a loud gasp from the sudden penetration. He began to move his hips and start to thrust in and out of her.

"Oh Celestia your cock feels so amazing!" she panted. Her eyes rolled back as loud moans escaped her mouth. Her inner walls started to slowly contract around Caramel's cock. "I can't believe you only fuck fillies with it!" she blurted out, she was experiencing too much pleasure to bother filtering her words. Caramel just bit her neck in response. Brass gasped and moaned with a mix of pain and pleasure. "MARK ME DAMN IT!" she taunted.

Caramel growled in response as he bit harder, she could feel her skin start to break and some blood to seep out. He thrust faster like a savage beast. His cock filling her up nicely. All of these sensations drove the mare wild. "I'm so close Mel!" she moaned as her orgasm drew ever closer. Caramel suddenly stopped biting her, some blood could be seen on his lips, and also quickly pulled out and placed his twitching and throbbing cock over her, he immediately shot his cum all over the mare's face, chest and mane as if he was marking her as his own. She felt more and more of the cream accumulate on her as it appeared like it would not stop coming out.

Brass was in awe at how much came out, she did not expect that. "Prey marked." was all Caramel grunted as his dick stopped shooting out its seed. He slowly walked away from her, making his way out of the living room, only to immediately collapse just four steps later down on the floor from exhaustion. The sounds of soft snores emanated from him.

Brass tried to get up, but her hind legs kept collapsing beneath her. Her face, mane and chest was a sticky mess and some blood was seeping from the severe bite mark on the base of her neck. "That...worked better...than I thought..." she panted, completely exhausted. She crawled herself over to the stallion and cuddled up to him before she fell asleep.

To Be Continued...