Queen of Dragons Bahamut

Chapters

The Queens and The shadow.
A hangover and conflict
Rewards and Propositions.

The Queens and The shadow.

Hi. Well it seems you have caught me at a bit of a bad time. I would stand and greet you, however being encased in stone while you are crying, kind of puts a dampener on that.

Oh! Where are my manners. I am Bahamut, Conquerer of the Skies, The Dragon Queen, the Hallowed Mother, the First Dam. A pleasure to meet you. I would take your hand and shake it, but again my predicament won’t allow it.

I bet you’re wondering just how I got trapped in stone in the first place?

Well, it all started, oh, say about one thousand and twenty years ago. When I went to a convention with my friend Sarah.

After losing my bet with her, then the reward for the winner was that the loser would do anything the winner wanted. She had chosen a rather embarrassing reward. Wear a costume to a convention. Doesn’t sound so bad does it?

Well I’m going to stop you right there, because it was worse than what you’re probably thinking.You see she had made me wear a custom costume of a rule 63 version of Bahamut from the Final Fantasy series, my favorite character/ summon from out of the whole of the series. There was a twist as if the gender swap wasn’t enough. It was an anthropomorphic version of Bahamut, with the costume leaning heavily towards human end of the anthropomorphic spectrum. The so called humanized type.

Sarah had thought it a great idea to hire a professional theatrical makeup artist.

“You shouldn’t do things half-assed, Bahamut” she said, before a large grin appeared on her face that was unsettling to say the least.

Yeah I changed my name to Bahamut, I liked the character that much. My parents almost fainted when I told them.

In her hands, she had brought the largest breast forms she could, well, ones that wouldn’t look ridiculous on my seven foot tall, medium body build at all. The breast forms was a sizable, Thirty eight DD black and very erotic looking half plate armor set that looked like it would cover my chest and very little else.Thankfully I looked after my skin using face and body moisturisers, scrubs and other miscellaneous products and also drinking plenty of water so I had no blemishes.

By the time the makeup artist was done with me, she had positioned me in front of a large full length mirror.

All over my body were scales that shimmered in the light. The scales on my non-dragon parts matched my fair skin tone, while the dragon parts had a black coloring and where they would transition to normal human parts. Little patches of black scales intermingled with my skin tone colored scales.

I had two large black wings with red membranes, talons on the top wing joints. The scales on top of my hands feet and shoulders, were thicker, spikier and in between my shoulders and hands, the scales on my arms were smooth. My hands and feet were also now clawed at the ends of toes and fingers.

I had a long scaly black tail attached to where my coccyx would be. How she managed it, I don’t know. She had added a long straight black wig which she promptly braided and tied off with a thick pure titanium ring. I knew she was rich. But just how rich is Sarah, that she could afford all this just for a bet? leaving two small bangs framing my face. Two long black horns were attached to my forehead sweeping back and behind my head and in the center of my forehead. **A friggin’ black unicorn horn! It looks like it could rival Princess Celestia’s horn in length.

The half plate armor went on last along with the breast forms. The armor was made real metal, steel I think it is, it was fucking cold and so damn heavy. As I looked at it, the top of my fake breasts surged over the metal of the armor slightly, like the way a water balloon yields and flows around the hand when squeezed with enough force, It had a lot of black cotton fabric underneath adhesed to the inner side of the breast armor. Not that it warmed it up any. Attached underneath it or hanging from the metal bikini brief was a skirt which cascaded over the hips.

On the back of the metal armor was a set of clips holding it in place, that when undone would enabled me to swing whole off the back and bottom open and pull off the cuirass with ease. I would have to be careful not to get ‘anything’ caught in the crotch part of the armor as it closed whenever I put it back on.

No pauldrons and no gauntlets were worn due to my arms and shoulders having those large fake scales acting like armor mostly, the exception was the scales on my legs which weren’t bulky, but smooth to facilitate the removal of the armor, although my feet did have claws.

We both went to the 2014 San Diego Comic Con and as we navigated the dealers hall, I spotted a creepy-looking hooded man, with a stall full of weapons that wouldn’t look out of place in Resident Evil 4. That is when I spotted the sphere, it was filled with oranges of different hues and it looked as if it was moving, the sphere had an eerie glow about it and it looked familiar, I felt it calling to me.

I pointed at the sphere and asked, “Hey Sarah, can you get that sphere for me, It would go great with the costume.”

Sarah pondered this for a moment before shrugging and replying, “Okay. I think you’re going to suffer a lot today, so I might as well let you get something you want.”

The merchant smirked at me.

“A fine choice ‘young lady,’” He said as he lifted the sphere and held it out to me, so I could take it.

Sarah got out her purse and asked, “How much?”

The merchant cocked an eyebrow.

“For her? Oh, lets say two hundred US dollars.”

Sarah handed the money to the merchant. I glared at him before walking off with the sphere in my hand to admire it, I didn’t really have a place to put it, so I put it in my fake cleavage. I turned to look around and found Sarah smirking at me. Sarah’s expression melted into one of concern as the sphere glowed brightly and the floor opened and swallowed me up.

I was blinded by a bright, white light which caused me to blink, waiting for the dark spots in my eyes to subside enough for me to see. I saw that I was no longer in San Diego as I was surrounded by trees and in the distance to the north, I saw a small village. just beneath a tall mountain. I brought up a hand to my face in a face palm and then I noticed that the clawed hands moved as if they were mine, I looked at the rest of myself to see the breast forms had become real breasts. Oh no no no no! I pulled slightly on the armors bottom half and looked it from an angle, moving from side to side to check. My junk had disappeared completely, an unfamiliar emptiness where once my pride had been. Instead I now had a different kind of sheath. I … I was no longer a man. My fears were confirmed as my eyes shrunk to tiny slits. I felt my tail and my wings twitch as I was getting flustered.

“I need a mirror or something reflective!” I said to myself as I looked around.

In the distance. I saw a lake to the east of that village. So I started walking towards it. Turns out that this change had really affected my balance and center of gravity.

Because of this new development, I landed face first into the ground, sure it didn’t hurt since I was built like a humanoid dragon and had the benefit of their resilience and toughness. But my ego was certainly damaged, all the more so as I felt my new breasts jiggle from the force of the impact.

Groaning, I muttered to myself, “Augh! Is this Queen’s Blade or something? Am I going to lose this armor for fanservice purposes?”

I returned to my feet, unsteadily wobbling and began the long and indubitably root and pothole-filled trek to the lake.

As I walked, I could feel the ground trembling under my steps despite my relatively small size and mass, I shook my head disapprovingly.

“At some point I should learn some poise and grace, maybe taking lessons to minimise the noise, I’d be totally useless for ground stealth.”

After far too many falls than I cared to count and plenty of ass-plants later, I reached the lake. After walking up to the shore and falling to my knees, I leaned over the edge and looked into the water. I saw what I knew in my mind was true, but which in my heart I did not want to believe. The reflection was naught but a confirmation. I was now my costume, Bahamut. My summon materia was embedded above my new breasts. I sighed as I washed my face. When you are slamming face first into the ground, your face gets dirty, pretty quickly. I got up and walked into the lake, mud washed from my new body, the lake’s cold water did not affect me as much as I thought it would.

I looked again my hair was now long and black and still in a braid, my face was soft to my touch. Well as soft as scales can be, without losing their protective function. My face was rounded and my chin was small, My lips was full, luscious and red, my nose was smaller and thinner. and slanted eyes giving of an exotic air of an Oriental seductress. My eyebrows were thin and protruding from my forehead, like a tall, narrow conical whorled spire was my horn. It was much longer than it had been before, when it was just a costume piece and it had been pretty long even then. I looked at myself and sighed So what do I do now?

“H-h-halt d-d-demon!” shouted a voice behind me.

I arrested my movement, not wishing to engage in hostilities with the obviously nervous owner of that voice.

“T-t-turn a-round! slowly!”

Complying, I turned around to see a creature that I had never thought I’d see, she was an alicorn with a coat of pure white, though her mane and tail were red like flames. Her eyes were a sapphire blue, and her white wings were spread wide and her stance was aggressive, with her legs spread out and her head lowered, the long horn looking particularly effective as a weapon of defense. Fausticorn!? Behind her hind legs was a little alicorn filly with a pastel pink mane and tail. So that must be lil’ Celestia. Shit! So I am in Equestria

“Slowly come closer and don’t make any sudden moves!” Faust said as her horn glowed with arcane power. Her shadow darkened from the brightness of the light her horn was emitting and lengthened and formed behind her and Celestia into shadowy human-shape, wisps of darkness peeling off it’s body. It opened its eyes, red glaring orbs, the color of freshly spilled blood, like if ruby had a liquid state, took in the scene before it and his face parted to reveal a large set of sharp teeth as his eyes swept over me.

I shudder as if I felt something walk over my grave, it’s grin now reaching inhuman proportions, but unnatural, as if a surgical knife had cut much too far and an insane giggle clawed it’s way out of the creature’s throat. Faust’s ears flicked before she spun around to see what was behind her the monster followed her spin to stay behind her, she turned back to me with confusion written on her face as I stare on in horror, I can’t believe it! He Who Walks Behind! Who happens to be a Dresden Files character. What is an Outsider, especially him, doing here?

He Who Walks Behind looked at me and winked as twin scythes burst out of his shadowy back, I rushed past Faust and Celestia, Faust releasing her spell which hit me in the side as I passed just as He Who Walks Behind’s scythes descended toward the unprepared ponies,

I swung my wing claws to meet his scythes, locking me in a standoff with the Outsider. As I held him at bay, I spared a look at Faust and Celestia, Faust picked up Celestia and held her close. I turned back to see He Who Walks Behind staring at the mares with manic glee, before turning back to me.

“How long do you think you’ll hold out Bahamut? How long till fatigue leaves those you protect open to attack? No matter, prolonging their suffering actually works to my advantage. Their fear is delightful and the best part about it? Is that mommy won’t be able to relax her guard, because she’ll never know when I will come for her. And I will come for you, make no mistake about that. And once I do, she’ll leave her precious little filly all alone, with no mommy and a daddy that scorns, hates, and reviles her very existence! I’m sure I can win her over to me. I’m sure the little princess would make a lovely puppet for me among her little ponies!” He let out a manic laugh that set the back of my hairs straight.

With a grunt I push against him, the claws on my feet digging into the soft earth underneath me. I don't know how he knows me, but that doesn't matter right now.

“He Who Walks Behind, what are you doing here? Who’s targeting them? Who foolishly summoned you!?” I roared at him, receiving another chuckle in response.

“Bahamut, the one who summoned me is none other than King Solaris. He is convinced that his wife has played the harlot and that Celestia, his own foal is a bastard’s foal and not truly his. The fool has fallen to madness and it’s so wonderful.” He Who Walks Behind laughed out loud as another pair of scythes erupted at his sides, which I met with my hand claws. As I heard Faust gasp.

“Tut, tut, tut Bahamut, you are only delaying me. It only makes the hunt more exciting, the more you try to protect Faust from me. I’m going to have so much fun!” He Who Walks Behind exclaimed and then bursting into a fit of manic giggling, the blood red orbs twinkling brightly in sadistic excitement, especially as he watched Celestia cower behind her mother.

I have had enough of his sadistic teasing! I breathed in trying to will a mega flare into existence as blue flames licked around my mouth as a large ball of non-elemental energy pulsed and grew giving off more blue flames. I grasped He Who Walks Behind’s scythes as I unleashed it disintegrating the Outsider. Wisps of smoke disappeared leaving behind an echoing laugh.

I collapsed to my knees, shaking as I came off the adrenaline high, panting as I looked to make sure Faust and Celestia were okay. To my relief they were safe. However, while Faust still watched me with caution, Celestia slipped out of Faust's hooves and ran over to me.

“Celestia!” Faust shouted, a fearful hoof raised as her daughter rushed headlong towards the strange-looking female dragon. A dragon who, if the dragoness so desired it, could attack her daugher and kill her before her very eyes, if the earlier attack held any indication of the female dragon’s power. A brief look toward Faust showed me a look of fear on her face. I shook my head as I fell on my butt and crossed my legs as I faced the little filly.

“tank yew fer saving me and mommy,” Celestia thanked her big expressive eyes and tiny body. The way she beamed at me and hugged my leg with all the power of her tiny body could muster, I picked her up and she closed her eyes and gave me a nuzzle and left me with my heart melting levels of d’aww.

“You’re welcome Celestia, are you okay? Did you get hurt?” I asked in a soft voice. Celestia shook her head and Faust ran up to us.

“Awe yew hurt?” Celestia asked me.

“I am just tired, my little pony,” I gently reassured the little filly.

Sparing a look at Faust she wore a mix of emotions. “Lady Faust, tell me do you have any enemies versed in black magic or perhaps blood magic?” I asked her causing her to flinch. before she mastered her features, steeling herself.

“What business is it of your demon?” Faust shouted at me, I sighed and gave her a level look.

“What?” Faust asked, looking shocked at my reaction.

“I am not a demon and as long as it involves Celestia then it is more my business than ever. To judge me merely by how I look does you a disservice, Lady Faust. It shames you, both as a pony and as a ruler of this nation.” I stood to my full height. Neither am I the real Bahamut. Might as well try my best to fulfil the role afforded me. I thought wryly.

“Allow me to introduce myself, I am Bahamut, the Conqueror of the skies, the Queen of Dragons, the Hallowed Mother, the First Dam.” I gave a slight formal bow.

“Bawhawmot?” Celestia tried to say scrunching up her face her tongue hanging out of the side of her mouth as she attempted to pronounce my new name. Hnnng my heart! I smiled at her gently showing my teeth at the adorable filly. My smile caused Faust to flinch again. My eyes darted to the side to look at her, I sighed and turned to her.

“You know it really hurts my feelings when you treat me like some unintelligent beast, ruled only by base instinct and not by the higher faculties, Lady Faust. If I must spell it out for you, then I shall. Had I wanted to eat you, there would be nothing you could do to stop me and I certainly wouldn’t have made an enemy of He Who Walks Behind just to defend you.”

“What was He Who Walks Behind, did you not just destroy him?” Faust asked, confusion obvious in her voice.

“He Who Walks Behind is a Walker, an Outsider, the strongest of the Walkers. They come from the Nevernever, passed the gates to the Outside. He cannot be killed, he can only be destroyed on this plane, the physical realms. He will eventually return again to finish the job. He is a hitman, a contract killer who has to be summoned to the mortal realm. He is a sadistic tormentor who enjoys terrorizing his prey. He revels in their fear, their terror.” Faust gasped as I leveled a glare at her, “So again I ask who would send him after you? He may not be a liar all the time, especially when the truth hurts. So unless you don’t have any enemies, then he was telling the truth and your husband sent him.”

Faust drew back her right hoof covering her mouth as tears fell down her cheeks. I got up and stalked after her and wrapped my arms around her and held her as she sobbed into my shoulder. I pulled away from her, “Make sure what the truth of this matter is,” I murmured after ten to fifteen minutes passed.” I hope this works I thought as I dove my hand into my chest and removed a copy of what I now recognised as summon materia. I pushed it into Faust’s chest, she reared back in shock.

“What did you just do!?” she demanded as I chuckled.

“I just gave you a copy of my summon materia. I put it inside you so you always have it with you. Focus on it, fill it with your magic and then summon me to appear. I shall come to your aid and destroy your enemies,” I replied.

“It feels like a pulsing warmth, like a heartbeat,” Faust said absently as she held her right hoof to her chest.

“It is supposed to, that is how it should feel, it is the connection we now share, pulsing in time with my own heart. Call me and I will come, come Tartarus or high water, the highest clouds and the deepest caves I will find you and your enemies shall face my wrath and my aid will I lend you.” I said as I walked around her checking out her body. Her muscles under her coat, rippling with each movement, her firm, well toned flanks. The scent of roses and maturity. Hmmm, it would seem that my sense of smell has been enhanced many times over. I also stared at her wing span.

Faust turned to look me in the eyes, her tail twitching from side to side in irritation, no frustration or perhaps nervousness. I stopped my walk and met her eyes.

“At what cost?” Faust asked.

Clever girl, however what I want from her she can’t give me, not yet at least. I thought, I gave her a shrug and rolled my wings.

“A riddle you must figure out, I am both valuable and also priceless. I am neither good nor evil. I can carry you yet I have no form, if you give me away you still have me, yet I can slip through your hooves. What am I?” I finished my riddle.

Continuing on “There is another price, but it’s not bad, it’s just how much magic you’ll need to summon me, though I am not sure how it would translate into your magic, the cost to summon me, I mean.”

“I think-” Faust started, but I interrupted her.

“No need to worry about it, there isn’t a deadline, perhaps as you learn about me you’ll figure it out, or not. We have eternity for you to figure it out,” I said as I smirked.

“Just tell me! It’s going to drive me crazy!” Faust exclaimed and stomped her hoof.

I smiled in that irritating way that says you know something someone else doesn’t and cupped her face in my right hand.

“You won’t, but when you find out the answer, you may hurt me. Or at least try to.”

Looking into my eyes, Faust raised her left eyebrow quizzically, “Why would I want to hurt you?” she asked.

I laughed in amusement at her confusion. “If I told you that, there would have been no need for the riddle in the first place. Besides figuring that riddle out will be fun, just know that I do not mean Celestia or yourself any harm,” I said.

“What if I need you before I figure it out?” Faust asked, clearly troubled.

“Oh don’t worry about that, you can still summon me before you figure it out,” I answered her.

“Okay, I guess. I should go before another demon accosts us,” Faust stated as she looked apologetic. Celestia bopped her mother’s leg in admonition.

“Mommy yew furgot tu tank her!” Celestia complained.

Smiling at the little filly, I spoke to Faust, “She does have a point, Lady Faust.”

Faust flushed with embarrassment and curtsied to me, “Thank you for helping us.”

Faust lit her horn and teleported away.

“Wow. So I am in Equestria’s distant past. Well that kinda sucks considering I have to wait who knows how long for Twilight and co. to come into existence. First things first, I need to find myself a permanent base of operations.”

I pivoted about on my heel and make my way into the Everfree forest. A short ways in I came across a mountain. I stopped at the foot of the mountain to eyeball some measurements before I go Minecraft on its metaphorical ass.

I use my flare breath to superheat the rock as I dig my way through the magma with my claws displacing it outside of the mountain. Occasionally I would come across a vein of metal ore or gems as I dug into the mountain which I would dig out as I went. eventually after what seemed like hours of work I broke through into a natural cave filled with stalagmites and stalactites now obviously this would not do so I melted them down flattening the floor as I went using my claw and tail.

Off to the side I spotted a natural lava pool to the left side of the cave as you enter the cave. Over in the far corner sat a stone bed I had fashioned with leftover magma, it had cooled surprisingly quickly.I slunk over to the bed with a slab of rock as a pillow as I was about to hit the bed. Faust called me. I sighed. No rest for the wicked. I instinctually tugged on the connection and walked toward it fading out of my new cave home.

*******

In Canterlot palace, I ran as fast as I could with my daughter Celestia clinging to my neck. I tried to outrun King Solaris. That bastard son of a whorse chased me through our home with a claymore in his magic, which he swung like a stallion possessed.

Columns, art, and sculpture whizzed past me as I dodged his swings. I closed my eyes trying to will Bahamut to my side, but it was difficult to concentrate when you also had to run for your lives. I felt myself trip and tumbled forward, I grabbed Celestia in my magic and held her out of harm’s way. I scrambled to get to my hooves, but felt a jolt of pain as my legs gave out. I conjured a shield around myself and Celestia and turned to see that King Solaris had caught up with us. I braced for the claymore to strike my shield, waited for my husband to vent his misplaced fury against me again and again. However, more than fear for my own sake, I felt afraid that my husband might slay our foal in his anger and fury, because he thought that the foal wasn’t truly his.

After a few minutes, my shield shattered under his relentless assault on it. As his final swing came down, I closed my eyes and whispered in Celestia’s ear, “I love you, my sweet little filly.”

A clang rang out, but the inevitable pain did not come, I slowly opened my eyes to see Bahamut, in front of me had grabbed the sword’s blade with her claw, even as King Solaris tried to push the blade through her. No matter how much he tried, the mad king issuing ignoble grunts and snorts as he tried to free his blade from Bahamut’s claws. Bahamut ripped the sword from him and brought it to her mouth, biting straight through the mythril blade as if it were nothing but bread. She grabbed him by the neck with her left claw even as she continued to devour the sword blade, hilt and pommel.

Once she had finished it off she patted her stomach and let out a burp so loud it temporarily shook the palace, causing the marble to grind, fine marble dust falling to the floor as ceiling tiles vibrated and grated against each other slightly.

“Ah that hit the spot,” Bahamut said aloud as she looked back at me, my ex-husband flailing impotently against her left arm as it lifted him off his hooves.

“Pwease dun’t hert daddy, Bawhawmut!” Celestia cried out, tears forming in her eyes.

Bahamut smiles kindly at her, but it doesn’t mask the tears welling up in her eyes, because of what Bahamut knew she would have to do to Celestia’s mad father..

“I won’t, and I certainly won't make her watch, Faust, before you ask,” Bahamut said as I closed my mouth, the request dying in my throat.

“Scan him for possessions, fix him if you can. If not, I’ll make it swift. However if he isn’t possessed or compelled to do this then I am going to make every moment a living Tartarus for him,” Bahamut ordered as I charged my horn as I performed the scan.

The results came back negative, and my eyes harden and I shook my head.

“Tell me what possessed you to perform such madness! Speak up, you may yet save yourself if you have credible evidence and reason.” Bahamut demanded.

King Solaris spat at me and Celestia as he answered “My trusted advisor Sombra warned me that this slut was sleeping around, laying in every stallions bed she may find, He cautioned me that Celestia might not be my foal!”

“Sombra?” I asked as he nodded.

Bahamut tensed up her face was one of pure rage. She looked back at me causing me to flinch. she mouthed, ‘I am sorry,’ and faded away dragging my ex-husband away into thin air. I let myself fall back to the floor sobbing and holding Celestia.

*******

I stepped into the throne room to find Sombra talking to some ponies I didn’t recognise, but I did not care. As he noticed my approach, he looked at me with eyes wide open in fear and shock.

“I do not have time for you Solaris, be grateful for this swift end.”

With one swift flick of my left claw’s wrist, I broke his neck and let him fall to the floor, lifelessly.

“Sombra! Ask not for whom the bell tolls! It tolls for thee!” I said as I pointed at him. I charged at him, swinging my claws forward to cut him to ribbons, he smirked and quickly charged his horn and dispersed into black smoke as my claws reached him. The shadows flew through cracks in the masonry.

I roared out in frustration, “I shall have your head dark wizard!”

Faust entered soon after, I picked up King Solaris’ crown. It had fallen off his head. I placed it on her head and smiled wryly.

I called out in a Royal Canterlot Voice that would make future Luna proud. “All hail her Royal Majesty, Queen Faust! May her reign help this country prosper and live long!”

Bewildered but eager hooves stomped their approval. I turned towards Faust and hugged her.

“I am so sorry, that Sombra corrupted your husband-” I was interrupted as white lips captured mine, pulling back she started to whisper in my ear. What is she doing!?

Faust stopped mid-breath and broke down, sobs issued from her throat as tears stained her face as pain finally overridden will power and reached her heart, “Oh Solaris, you foal. Why did you listen to that wicked, wicked sorcerer which turned you against me!?”

Faust leaned into me as I brought my arms around to hold her, one hand rubbing up and down her back and making shushing noises and reassuring her that it was going to be okay as I tried to provide what comfort I could as she sobbed into my shoulder.

“Thank you, Bahamut. I wish to show you my appreciation, for all your help, it is tradition that an unwed Princess or Queen should offer herself to her champion. Normally I would not count, however I no longer have a husband!” Faust wailed as she broke down into more sobs, she collected herself after an hour of her tears staining her cheeks before continuing.

”Leave me to mourn for now, your reward shall come in due time. For now, I need to clean up this ugly mess.” Faust trotted off, before flicking her tail under my chin as she went by me. As I watched her carrying off a crying Celestia, the sway in her flanks revealing to me even more what form that appreciation will take. However, I couldn’t help but feel bad for Celestia and Faust, I’ll have to make it up to them some how. With renewed purpose I began to walk off towards whatever library I might find here. A guard ran up to me and bowed low,

“Your Majesty, Queen of Dragons, Queen Faust has had the palace staff prepare a room for you to stay the night and enjoy our hospitality, in spite of these trying times. Later on tonight we shall host a feast in your honor.” The guard looked me up and down before continuing, “Perhaps the palace tailors may make you something suitable of a Queen for such an event. No doubt that your armor is too uncomfortable for you to relax in. By your leave your highness.” The guard finished waiting to be dismissed,

“You may resume your duties” I said and he walked off towards his other duties.

Curiouser and curiouser, what a forward, young lady. I thought with glee, despite the tragedy, the only regret I have is having to hurt Faust and Celestia, to protect them, by the slaying of their husband and father. I walked onwards, off on an adventure to find the lost library of Canter Lotan Palace. A giggle came from my throat and I arrested my movement. Okay, slow down girl, enough of that giggling business, one thing at a time. I thought to myself, grimacing as I felt many strange and alien things in this female body, while retaining my memories as a male. My emotions changed frequently, plus I could lean farther back, now that I had these two weights on my chest. And that’s not even mentioning how weird it felt when I walked, not having my junk anymore. As a former male, I felt some trepidation as I could feel both my body and mind gradually accepting these new sensations and thoughts that I definitely didn’t have as a man. I heard they have cake, I wonder if they can make me a gem cake? I hummed thoughtfully as I practically glided through the halls of Canterlot palace.

I arrived at what I could at least charitably call a library and walked in my claws clacking on hardwood flooring. I breathed in the musky unmistakable scent of a library, smiling I walked towards a bookcase. As I reached out for the volume, I faded from view and I ended up in a very extravagant bedroom, the bed sat to the left of a fireplace that took up the center of the wall. To the right of the fireplace on a pile of overstuffed red and gold embroidered pillows lay Faust laying on her side. Faust’s ears laid flat against her skull. With my hands on my hips, I asked:

“What’s wrong, Faust?” I asked trying to keep the irritation out of my voice at having been denied knowledge.

Faust drew circles on the ground with her right forehoof, “Celestia won’t nurse.”

Faust drew up her hooves to cover her face in embarrassment.

“Okay, what do you want me to do about it?” I asked dreading where this might be heading. Seriously, that would be going so far out in left field that the weirdness factor could be felt in an entirely different galaxy!

“Well, could you nurse Celestia for me?” Faust asked as she looked up at me with the biggest puppy dog pout, her bottom lip jutted out slightly and trembling. Her eyes watering a little as she flattened her ears and lowered her head between her hooves. No fair! That’s a dirty under-hooved tactic! I groused internally.

“Ok, just give me a second to sit down. This might not work, Faust, so don’t get your hopes up,” I said as I situated myself onto a pillow next to Faust. I reached behind me and unclipped my armor, my breasts fell out of their confinement in my chest armor bouncing slightly in the gravity. Faust levitated Celestia over to me and I cradle her little body in my arms as she blinks up at me before turning to my massive chest. Celestia’s eyes widen in shock, she tentatively edged her mouth to my left nipple. I roll my eyes a bit and bring her the rest of the way. As soon as her mouth made contact, Celestia immediately latched on as she began suckling I felt a tingling sensation in my breast and a warmth spread through my body.

I looked over to Faust, who seemed to be watching intently and with intense curiosity. I shrugged as I nursed Celestia. I had closed my eyes, so that I wouldn’t have to watch the distinctly alien sight of a pony foal nursing from my breast, a breast that had once been a male’s chest, so I didn’t notice Faust as she crawled over the pillows. That is, not until I felt another pair of lips latched onto my other nipple and start suckling too. I glanced over and saw Faust there. I look at her with incredulity, raising an eyebrow in to put further emphasis that incredulity, before shaking my head in amused admonishment. While it was definitely weird for a foal to nurse from my formerly manly chest, it was even more weird that a pony mare would want to do so. The day had just been one weird thing after another. If there was a weirdness gauge, the needle would be buried. I moved my right arm away, Faust taking the invitation stopped to twist around and lay draped over my crossed legs, with her head cradled in my right arm, before she returned to suckling, I asked her “Why?”

She shrugged and said “I was just curious what your milk might taste like and I feel safe like this. No, rather I feel comfortable, like I'm in the loving hooves of my mother. Back when my world was far much simpler. When the most important decision was which tea to serve to Theodore, my stuffed toy, rather than which petition to approve or reject. like the weight of reality doesn’t bare down on my shoulders. But to be a little filly again. Plus, it’s always a strange sight for us ponies to see you two-leggers having your teats as far up your barrel as you do.”

I laid against a nearby wall, careful to watch that my wings weren’t crushed, I relaxed as I reveled in the alien sensations. So this is my glimpse into motherhood? Can’t say I hate the sensation, though it’s certainly weird, having once been male. Still, I could get used to this.

What seemed like hours passed as I enjoyed breastfeeding two very greedy ponies.

A guard walked in and stopped moving, aside from the rising and falling of his breathing, his face wearing a blush as he took in the view of his sovereign and his princess nursing. He coughed into his hoof, I put a finger to my lips and shushed him.

“What is it guard?” I near whispered.

The guard fidgeted, and his eyes darted left to right. “You're required for a fitting with the royal tailors in half an hour Queen Bahamut, and I needed to inform Queen Faust that it’s nearly two hours till the feast.”

“Okay, I will tell her.”

“Can you dismiss me? Please?” I chuckle at his discomfort quietly under my breath and waved him off.

As the guard left I heard mumbling coming from Faust, “Mmnn, who was that?”

“Oh, just a guard to warn us of the impending feast,” I said, not particularly caring about the feast at the moment, well that was true until Faust decided that she would bolt up and in the process pulled on my sensitive nipple. I leveled a glare at the mare as I gently massaged the soreness away. Faust at least had the presence of mind and decency to look sheepish about it.

“You have two hours before the feast begins, while I have half an hour to get to the fitting room.” I got up and tried to give Celestia to Faust, the only problem was that she was really latched on, I giggle at the adorable little limpet masquerading as a filly. I bent over and gave her a raspberry into her belly, causing her to giggle and squeal uncontrollably, her tiny hooves batting my face as she tried to defend herself from the dreaded raspberry monster, but seeing that my tactic helped free my nipple from it’s oral prison, then I considered it a resounding success. Plus, I got to see a cutely smiling and giggling foal looking back at me with mirth-filled eyes.

I held Celestia and gave her to Faust who was watching with amusement evident on her face.

Shaking my head, I wave good bye and goodnight before putting on my breast plate and walking to the fitting room, “I wish that guard gave me directions instead of making me find it in this labyrinthine palace.” I mumbled to myself. Taking a deep breath, I slowly let it out with a sigh. Where is this fitting room? Maybe I should ask for directions. I Shook my head and sighed again. Then again I am a man, or at least I was until this happened. I looked around to see if anypony was around that I could ask directions from. Pride be damned! I’m not going to make a fool out of myself because of my damn stubborn pride! I may have been a guy at one point, but damn it if I’m going to let becoming a female stop me from living my life. I may very well be stuck as I am, so why let pride get in the way of having a life and being happy? I can’t change the outcome of what happened to me, but I can at least live life to the fullest by embracing who I have become. Something brought me here for a reason. What that reason is, I don't know, but that doesn't mean I have to run around like I have my head cut off. I am Bahamut Queen of the Dragons now! With a determined look on my face I spotted a maid, smiling to myself “Excuse me, miss? Could you direct me to the royal fitting room please? I seem to be lost,” I asked.

“Oh! Your Highness! I can show you the way, if you so wish, your Majesty?” replied the maid.

“Thank you! Lead on,” I said as I followed her. Thinking back to what happened with Faust and Celestia I couldn’t help the smile that crept onto my face. I giggled to myself as I followed the maid, completely absorbed in my own thoughts.

Upon reaching the fitting room I was brought out of my girlish revery, by the distinct voice of a stallion who sounded flamboyant, “Darling, it certainly is a pleasure to meet you. I have heard so much about the great Queen Bahamut, Champion of Queen Faust and Defender of Celestia, and you even have a few admirers already! You’re moving so fast honey! Save some for the rest of us!” He gushed as he trotted around me What new Tartarus have I stumbled into! The room was decidedly simple, its only furniture being a posing platform, several mirrors and various storage rooms, the door out of the room closed behind me. The pony in front of me had a purple quaffe that ended in a corkscrew. His coat was an off white color, that made it look light gray.

“Now hun, can you remove that Faust awful armor. I can’t get a clear measurements with those things in the way. Oh! Where are my manners! I am Elusive Belle and I am the royal tailor, we can’t have you thinking I just ask mares to undress for me! Think of how scandalous that would be!” He explained in a singsong voice as I shudder slightly. But doing as he said I strip off my very minimal armor and stood on the platform in the center of room. Measuring tapes darted around me as I stood with one leg bent and twisted inward as I lifted my heel, in an attempt to hide my new woman- wouldn’t that be dragonesshood now?

When he came to my chest he stopped and held a hoof to his chin in a thinking pose, “Excuse me, darling, but what are those things on your chest?”

Blushing lightly I explained “Well Elusive, they are breasts, also known as mammaries or teats if you're a pony. They produce milk, and the bigger they are the better, as they are a sign of fertility. To measure them, you measure them by wrapping under the arms and under them to get the chest, then you measure the bust around the back and the fullest part of both tightly but not so much that the tape digs into them.”

“Oh thank you for the explanation, darling. I’m sure it shall prove quite useful.” Elusive thanked me.

The door opened suddenly and I stared at it in horror as Faust trotted in, she stopped mid-stride as she took in my naked body. I waggle my claws at her sheepishly in greeting.

Her wings instantly spread wide, loose feathers falling to the floor and a stream of blood seeped from her nose, before collapsing on her side with a massive grin and a blush on her face. Elusive and I stared at the Queen in her current state, I coughed into to my clawed hand Awkward, although I am kind of flattered, I mean I just feel so pretty, I know I wouldn’t win a beauty pageant back home in my world but this is definitely an ego boost. Now how the hell am I supposed to stop her from bleeding all over the carpet?

I turned to Elusive to see an amused grin plastered on his face, “Looks like somepony likes what she sees, Oh my! The scandal! The romance! Two star crossed lovers from two different species destined to love each other!” Elusive sighed dreamily as my face was getting hotter and it was not from my flare breath.

Elusive measured my chest and as he came to my bust, I thought he was going to do so loosely, I was wrong. His measuring tape pulled tightly squashing my ample breasts up, I let out all the air in my lungs in a growl.

“Too tight!”

I glared at him as I sucked in precious air.

“Now darling, just give me a moment, various fabrics, jewels, gems and stones as well as thread filled the air along with sewing pins as a memory occurs to me He better keep those damn pins away from me or so help me Rarity will never be born!

It all descended on me, smothering me and obstructing my line of sight as rolls of fabric, thread and other miscellanea swirled about in the air around Elusive and I, caught in his magical field. As the dust settled it revealed a cream colored evening dress which has clear crystals, rubies and emeralds styled in a rose pattern going up either side of the dress with a rose about where my belly button would be. There was a cream choker with a ruby in the middle and two topazes on either side. My feet was encased in three inch white high heels with crisscrossed straps going halfway up my calf. I also wore those cream colored arm length evening open palm gloves, so my claws weren’t an issue, my glossy ebony hair was styled in a crown braid and I had six fire lilies placed at six points equidistant from each other in my braid with a red rose right in the center to secure the braid to the top of my head. My lips shined with light pastel pink lipstick and my claws were painted in a corresponding light pastel pink, and to finished it off a diamond necklace glistened from their locations in my ears and from the swell of my bosom as it framed the materia embedded in my chest. My ears were pierced with diamond earring studs, which glimmered in the light, the studs were small and tasteful, helping to give me an elegant and refined appearance.

Just then I heard rustling and a feminine groan, I turned to watch Faust get back up on her hooves and groggily shake her head as she wobbled a bit.

“Huh? Where am I? Did anypony get the number of that minotaur?”

She turned to see me in all my glory, Faust began stuttering and mumbling, I smiled appreciatively at her and what happened next happened so quick that I almost didn’t see it, but her wings shot upright, standing perpendicular to her torso and a massive jet of blood from her nose sent her flying backwards.

“Ok! I think we had better cover Queen Faust’s eyes before she dies of anemia. We probably should summon an apothecary as well,” I stated exasperatedly.

I carefully climb down off of the stand, I bent over at the waist, my hands pushing down on my knees as I look over Faust. I blew warm air into her ear causing it to twitch and flick away. I giggled as I gently ran the claw on my index finger down her back from her withers. With a start Faust woke up jumping out of her coat.

As she looked around from the hover she was performing she glared at me. “Good afternoon Faust, you need to get ready. it’s almost time for the festivities.” I replied smirking up at her.

“Oh and you might want to clean that up.” I said pointing at the blood stains in the carpet.

Faust grumbled and before I could continue teasing her I was shoved out of the room by. Elusive. I gave him a look that said ‘What the hell man!?’

“You got to surprise Queen Faust and turnabout is fair play. So you can not see her dress until it is finished, now please wait over there while I work.” Elusive said as he pointed to a chair opposite the door. Shrugging I settled down to wait for Faust. Sitting down I crossed my arms and legs bouncing my leg that was crossed over the other and waited patiently for about ... five seconds. I abruptly got back up and started pacing back and forth. Ah the nostalgia, kind of ironic, now that I think about it. I am a girl and in spite of being in a completely different world, I am still waiting for a girl to get ready. It seems the multi-verse has a sense of humour. I thought to myself.

I was interrupted, by a little hoof tapping my leg. I stopped and looked down to see Celestia.

“Bawhawmut, have yew seen mai mummy?” she asked. I crouched down so I was face to face with her. Which caused her to scramble back as I descended.

“Your mommy is in the tailor's room.” I said, nodding my head to indicate the door. Celestia’s ears fell and her lip jutted out slightly as she pouted. I smiled down at her. Celestia scuffed her right hoof against the floor and then she got an oddly serious look on her face.

“Bawhawmut, are you going to be my mommy too?” Celestia asked in a quiet, timid-sounding voice. A question which bowled me over and knocked me on my ass in surprise.

Regaining some measure of composure, “Why do you ask that, Celestia?” I asked tentatively.

“Well yew killed my daddy. I know yew had to protect mommy and me and thas why yew did it, but that means I dun’t have a daddy anymore. Yew are a girl so yew can’t be a daddy, so will you be my mommy instead?” she asked. I sighed and rubbed my temples.

“Celestia, that’s really up to your mother, it’s a possibility, but not certain. Now enough with this melancholic talk, do you want a piggy back ride?”

Celestia immediately brightened up and bounced up and down.

*******

I made my way out of the tailor's room Bahamut nowhere to be seen, my excitement deflating a little. I felt my ears droop and my posture sagged because I didn’t have Bahamut’s companionship. I began trotting off, but then I heard the sound of a little filly giggling, the laughter arousing my curiosity, so I followed the sound to a nearby balcony. As I trotted onto the balcony, I spotted Bahamut flying about, aileron rolls, immelman turns, and the odd barrel roll, with Celestia holding on by Bahamut’s neck as she continued to perform tricks, every time Bahamut would do a loop or another trick, Celestia would giggle and cheer, or scream in delight. I leaned against the balcony door frame and watched the two of them bond.

*******

I heard a voice calling me, I stopped as the filly scarf I was wearing flopped on my back giggling, I look towards where the voice originated and spotted Faust looking up at me with a smirk, She wore a baby blue dress, that had several ruffles around the sleeves and the hem. the dress trailed down passed her flanks and left a lot to the imagination, she also wore light yellow sandals.

Dashing down to meet her I stopped a short distance away before back winging to slow myself down to land, with grace I bend down and let Celestia slide off.

“Weee! Mommy! Mommy gave me a piggyback ride!” Celestia said, her quick acceptance into a parenting role caused me to stop moving.

“Oh really? Did you have fun?” Faust responded, eying me.

“Mmmhmmn!” Celestia hummed in an affirmative tone.

“Celestia sweetie, why don’t you go to your room and get ready for the feast? Mommy, will come help you soon, she just needs to speak with your other Mommy.” Faust said and gave me ‘The Look.’

Oh ponyfeathers! I thought in alarm. Sure she wasn’t a threat that could do me harm, but that doesn’t mean I want my ear nagged off. Heh, nagged. I continued thinking internally.

After Celestia was out of our range of hearing, Faust trotted up to me, anger evident in her body language and voice. “So why is Celestia calling you mommy?”

I sighed and turned away from Faust and leaned upon the rail of the balcony. “While you were getting your dress done, Celestia came up to me and asked me to be her mommy, not to replace you, but her father. I don’t know why she was fine with me killing him. Most foals would either hate or be afraid of their father’s murderer, not accept their father’s murderer as a surrogate parent. It just seems really odd to me.”

Faust sighed and joined me on the balcony proper, “Before we met you Bahamut, he had became very abusive, usually verbally, but there were plenty of times when he struck Celestia and myself. He didn’t use to be like that, you must understand. It was a gradual transformation. After the abuse started Celestia eventually became withdrawn from everypony, never playing with the other little fillies. What you saw was him at his worst, what with him actively trying to kill both of us.”

Faust turned to face me.

I responded by telling her, “Look, I told her that she should bring it up with you, but that it would be up to you to make the decision. Celestia’s an adorable filly, but there is no way I am going to step on your hooves, If you are uncomfortable with her calling me mommy., then you should let her know that you don’t want her to call me ‘mommy,” I said to Faust Although I’ll probably become her step-mother later anyway, so it’s a moot point. I thought to myself.

Faust shook her head, “It’s fine, you’d be good for her anyway, I was never really good at the martial arts and her father would have never taken the time to train her.

“Plus, I am quite sure Celestia would resent me for denying her, somepo—er someone she liked.”

“So how are you doing with regards to solving that riddle?” I asked, causing Faust to double-take at the sudden switch in subject.

“”To be honest, I haven’t really thought about it. What with all the problems involved in insuring that I remain on the throne have caused.”

“No worries then, you have plenty of time.” I smiled and walked off, “If you need me you know what to do,” I informed Faust loudly over my shoulder as I departed.

*******

Several minutes had passed since Bahamut and I had talked, I really wanted to talk to my daughter. After travelling down the various corridors to Celestia’s room I knocked on it, “Celestia, it’s your mother, open the door and let me in.”

The door opened and on the bed in the center left of the room, Celestia was laying on her bed with her face buried in the covers,

“Celestia, whatever is the matter?” I asked her as I trotted over to comfort her.

“Pwease dun’t hate Bawhawmut, Mommy! She tol me tu ask you furst, honest! I’ll du anyt’ing! I’ll e’en eat all mai alfalfa sprouts. E’en dough dey ar icky! Jus’ dun’t—”

I sat down on the side of her bed and held Celestia and stroked her mane “Shh, shh, shh. It’s okay. I don’t hate Bahamut. I was merely surprised. Tell me sweetie, why do you want Bahamut as your other mother?” I asked, still stroking her mane and gently rubbing her back.

“Well she’s nice, she’s warm, and she pways with me unlike daddy did. He just hit me when I twied to speak to him. Mommy is dere sumething wong with me? I know I am supposed to feel something becuz of daddies death, but I dun’t, whai du I not hate, but wuv Bawhawmut? She took daddy away, but daddy wadn’t nice tu us. Daddy hated me, Mommy! I twied, I rewee did twied to be gud fer daddy bu—” Celestia’s voice died as her sobs came out into my chest, her tears at not having a daddy that loved and cherished her matting the fur of my chest as I held her.

“Celestia, my most precious daughter, beloved of my heart, there is nothing wrong with you. After what he put us through, Bahamut’s kindness and love towards us has been astonishing, to say the least, and her behavior has us both mixed up. You’re father mistreated you and I for so long, that I think you latched onto the only other source of love and comfort you could. You shouldn’t feel ashamed of it, my little filly, if you really want her to be your other mother. I wouldn’t hate the idea, though it’ll be difficult to adjust to the thought that I won’t be your only mommy at first. It’s only natural that your mother would feel jealous, because she won’t be your only mommy. It makes me scared that you’ll love Bahamut as a mommy more than you love me. But don’t worry, I’ll get over it and perhaps someday Bahamut will become your stepmother, harmony willing.”

“Dun worry Mommy, you weel always be mai Mommy, even if Bawhawmut is tuu!” Celestia beamed up at me in her precious attempt at trying to reassure me.

“Come, my little princess, we better hurry and get you all pretty for the feast.”

*******

I was leaning against a wall next to the feasting halls and found myself unoccupied, maids and servants hurried about to set the tables full of food. Every so often I would yawn, showing off my sharp teeth or my stomach would growl as a servant passed me, which caused them to either squeak and jump or bolt as fast as their hooves could take them. There was even one pony who had ran into a stone wall, due to the fact that he was trying to watch me for any movement. That one brought a smile of amusement to my face. I play with their princess and they still think that I’m going to eat them. Ponies, sheesh.

I pushed off the wall, causing everypony to flinch and watch me warily, which brought another grin to my face. I found the most royal looking chairs and sat down in the slightly shorter one and began lounging about as I waited for my summoner and her precious daughter.

“I heard a particularly posh-sounding and masculine voice say, “Out of that chair beast, that is for the Princess and her mother, Her Majesty, Queen Faust. Every pony that had already seated themselves leaned as far away from me and the idiot behind me. I stood to my full height and flared my wings and glared down at the little pissant. “Beast?” I repeated in a low growl, I always wanted to say this! I thought gleefully, however, outwardly my glare deepened. “Foal! Art thou so blind that thine eyes canst see that Queen Bahamut, Queen of the Dragons, The First Dam, the Hallowed Mother, and the Conqueror of the skies stands before thee or art thou so inbred that ye lack any wit whatsoever? Thou wilt wish thou had not opened thine fetid mouth for thy tongue wilt be forfeit shouldst thou stand before me a minute longer, begone from whence thou came and bring no further shame unto thine house and name! Mayhaps I should speak with Queen Faust of thy shameful behavior and strongly encourage that ye and your house be demoted to no better than peasantry! I mayhap might even suggest that ye and your house have thine goods and lands seized so that thou mayest live in poverty, for thy rudeness unto me this day! Mayhaps ye will learn to treat even the meanest of servants as though she or he sat upon this kingdom’s throne. But my doubts have I, for ye are so inbred that ye lack any wit whatsoever!” I spat in his face, sneering in utter disgust at this noble who had treated me so rudely and dishonored me. My sharp, rending teeth glistening dangerously in the light, looking like many ivory spikes ready to pierce, tear, and rend whatsoever met them, my serpentine eyes narrowed in a fierce glare. I even breathed enough fire to make my mouth look like the entrance to the fiery pits of Tartarus, giving me a bit of a fierce demonic look.

I spotted at the edge of my vision, Celestia came bounding in and my face lightened and I smile, the adorable little filly raced up to me and I crouched down and picked her up. The rude pony flinched and a look of worry filled his face, holding Celestia facing behind me I gave an evil grin at the him, I turned Celestia onto her back and the look on stuck between wanting to intervene and fear for his safety. I lowered my face to her belly my mouth open and blew raspberries on her exposed belly causing her to thrash and giggle.

For a moment I stopped to look at the noble who was shaking. I asked Celestia, “Where is your mother, Celestia?”

“Mommy, she’s twying to find a dwess fer me! Oh! Oh! Oh! Guess what Mommy said! Mommy said t’at I can call yew Mommy tuu!” Celestia said as she nuzzled into my neck.

“Oh really now?” I asked, a smirk of victory as the noble sputtered.

“Yup! She said so!” Celestia crowed. I chuckled.

“Oh! There you are Celestia! Come and put your dress on! I am sure your other Mommy—” Faust said as she shot me a look with a smile “Is busy with Ironside!”

Celestia crossed her hooves and pouted as I handed Celestia back to Faust. “Daddy was awways busy with powitics, awe yu gunna be tuu Mommy?” Celestia looked to me.

I smiled warmly at her and replied; “No I won't Celestia, I was just telling ol’ Ironside here that he really should see a doctor, as he looks absolutely dreadful! However, you little missy need to get ready for your Mommies feast.” I said as Ironside took the opportunity to beat a hasty retreat away from the political suicide he was walking into. I waved goodbye as Faust took Celestia to get changed, but not before she planted a kiss on my cheek and smiled.

What am I going to do? It hasn’t even been long enough since we met or even long enough for Solaris’ corpse to cool and she is already trying to jump my bones.I mean, I don’t mind really, but how do I know that her feelings are genuine and not driven by grief, a fear of being alone and a desire to have a parent-figure around to help raise her daughter, now that her husband is dead? If they are genuine, then what about me? Do I want to be in a relationship with her? Do I even love her? Celestia’s cute as a button, but it wouldn’t be fair to her, if I stuck around if I didn’t love her mother. I just can’t see how something like that would work out well, in the long run of things. Especially since foals are so perceptive to whether or not their parents are getting along well or not ... . I thought to myself as I sat down in my seat and cradling my head in my hands. I looked down at the spread and a whole bowl of quartz was placed in front of me. I looked to the left and right to make sure nopony was watching and shoved a handful of them into my mouth.

A hangover and conflict

I woke up the next morning with a splitting headache and in an unfamiliar bedroom. Groaning, I gently tried to slip out of the bed without exasperating my already painful headache but felt my arm tug my back as I tried to leave. I turned around and saw Faust in bed laying on top of my arm and without any of her regalia. Oh ponyfeathers! I felt my breasts wobble as I tried to tug my hand free of it’s fluffy prison only to see myself completely naked. Alarm bells began ringing in my ears. Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! This is just great I tried to remember last night, but it was a complete blank. No! I screamed internally as I covered my face with my free hand.

A few beats passed as I took deep breaths and struggled to calm myself, before I let go of my face No I shall not be brought low because this mare lusted after me and I certainly shall marry her! I am attracted to her and to be honest I like her enough that I eventually wanted to marry her anyway! This just hastens my plans. my face turned steeled and resolute as I came to the conclusion of what I was going to do. I climbed back into bed and wrapped my free arm around Faust, my new intended fiance’s barrel. and held her closer.

Faust stirred in my arms and she turned to look at me in confusion. She was about to ask something, but I had no clue as to what she wanted to say as I sealed her lips with my own. Despite the fact that she was startled, she melted into the kiss and my warm and tender embrace.

Faust pulled back and smiled. “I don’t know what I did to deserve that, but it was most welcome anyway.”

A one night stand can turn into something more, right? I thought to myself and explained to Faust why I had kissed her.

Her answer was to laugh at me, not in a horrible way but that way you laugh when they are in on the joke and you aren’t. I can’t say I enjoyed the sensation. so I asked “What’s funny?”

Faust collected herself “Wow! You were really drunk if you don’t remember. Don’t worry your pretty little head, nothing happened.” Faust said and patronisingly patted my head with her right forehoof. Not that I was happy that we didn’t, I mean come on! I haven’t been laid since … . Faust though before she paused to count A year and some change! Faust grimaced.

Ok false alarm, but you know what fuck it!

I kissed Faust deeply, my hot, moist lips pressed firmly against hers as though I was trying to drink her intoxicating essence. Laying her on her back, I pulled back slightly before peppering her neck with gentle kisses, an aroused moan escaped from Faust's luscious, full-looking lips as I moved to her wings, gently sucking on and dragging my long prehensile tongue over them. I used my strong tongue to massage and caress the tense and spasming muscles in her pure white wings As I continued onwards little gasps and squeaks issued from her mouth, her breath catching every time I sucked on her wings.

Her body writhed under me as I held her. I returned to facing her, I gave her a peck on the cheek and gave her an evil grin distracting her from what I was doing with my flexible spaded tail, which now edged closer to Faust's aching marehood. Once my tail reached its destination, I used the tip of my tail to stroke the wet treasure, my firm caresses causing the mare bellow my to gasp out in aroused delight and arch her back at the sudden sensual sensations assaulting her body. I giggled as I began to wrap my tongue around Faust's horn, licking, sucking and kissing it for minutes as my tail snaked it’s way inside Faust's sopping wet marehood. Faust's panting and moaning got louder at my concerted ministrations. Her vagina clamped around my intruding tail as it squirmed inside her, sending a startling but not unpleasant sensation up my spine, causing me to stop momentarily as I arched back in pleasure and not a little surprise, moaning at the new sensations which came from my recent alien addition to my body, the pleasure sending shivers over my body. I took her horn inside my mouth and swallowed it down with surprising ease despite the deceptive size of my throat.

Not being a mare to be outdone in her first roll in the hay in ages, Faust’s horn glowed with magic as I felt something prodding at my soaked dragonesshood as if begging for entry, it pushed it’s way deep inside me as I felt an emptiness inside me that I hadn’t noticed existing till it was filled with something very large. I pulled my head back Faust’s horn exiting my mouth with a popping sound, and looked down to see something black extending from faust’s crotch with two large testicles swinging up as faust thrust her huge member inside me wave after wave of pleasure distracted me as I fell on top of the mare underneath me. I tried to keep my hips working in tandem with Faust’s thrusts and withdrawals, while I felt a trickling down my inner thighs as Faust continued to pump my dragon pussy hard and fast. I whined as suddenly Faust pulled out of me and switched positions with me now laying face down, with my ass raised up in the air and I felt my tail moved out of the way and out of Faust’s pussy as Faust’s cock slipped into the depths of a womanhood I had for barely one day. I felt forelegs wrap around me as I felt Faust’s weight against my back, as she got into a rhythm she bit into my ponytail braid and pulled hard. She’s mounting me like a mare! Oh yes, Faust!

I called out for her to go faster and harder as her hips slapped against my butt, making it sore and ache. My dragonesshood was well and truly soaking my thighs as loud moans from both of us filled the air as we got closer and closer to the edge.

“Bahamut I am going to come soon, I got to pu-” Faust tried called out to me, only for me to interrupt.

“Don’t even think about pulling out, you’re going to finish and finish inside me! Fill me with your seed and give me your foal!” I growled out as a primal urge overcame me, Faust whinnied and redoubled her efforts, “Yes! That’s it, Faust! Fill me up with your hot cum!”

My breath and panted pleadings seemed to do it as Faust pushed as deep as she could with one final hard thrust as I felt her stallionhood penetrate some deeper part of me. I felt Faust’s member throbbing as gallons of her seed burst forth into my womb. waves of pleasure surged through my body upon feeling each spurt. I collapsed on the bed, thinking we were done. I panted and collapsed into the comforting embrace of the mattress, however, Faust didn’t withdraw, instead I felt her magically endowed member still turgidly erect inside me. I widened my eyes as I realised Faust wasn’t finished.

I heard her panting in my ears sending a shiver through my body as her warmth breath tickled it.

“I am not done, I have had years of blue bean, though I guess it’s now blue balls and I need to scratch that itch!” Faust whispered lustfully in my ear as she restarted thrusting, not waiting or caring for a response, due to me being so tired I could only lay there and take it hopping she’d run out of steam quickly.

I was wrong about her running out of steam, ten minutes of frenzied thrusting, feeling her cum sloshing about inside my belly, as Faust pounded my pussy, eventually Faust came inside me again. My pussy greedily accepting it, without question. If this keeps up, there is no way I won't be pregnant I thought At first I was lost to instinct and I couldn’t really think about it. but now I am scared, now that I can think straight! I- my thoughts were interrupted as Faust once again came. She was lost in a mating frenzy due to years of sexual neglect. I knew then that I was in for a long night of rough messy foal making sex.

*******

Eventually Faust collapsed on top of me, not even bothering to withdraw from my abused pussy. My muscles clamped down tight on it as if to keep her cum inside myself. I felt bloated and sore as Faust slept on top of me.

Well I guess I better woman up to the responsibility of creating a new life and marry Faust! Mrs Bahamut Faust has a nice ring to it. What are you thinking!? You're a dude, remember!? You shouldn’t be okay with this! A mare just turned you into her broodmare and you answer by saying that line of drivel!? I grimaced slightly. Do you not remember the part where we became completely female? I asked my inner voice, slightly concerned, since I was having an internal debate with myself.

Do not go quietly into that night! the voice replied angered

I responded with I am not going quietly! I don’t think being fucked so vigorously that I can’t stand counts as ‘going quietly!’ She kept going for four hours and came twenty times! I doubt I could lay claim to manhood or masculinity after having my pussy pounded so many times by that massive thing and being made into a broodmare for Faust! Look at the facts, we have no idea if a permanent genderbending spell is possible or what possible consequences or side effects such a spell may have. We have no idea how safe this world would be for a man, or if I could even turn back into one and have it be permanent. That doesn’t even cover any possible side effects such a spell might have I smiled at that thought I am going to be a mother, and I am going to be a wife. I can’t say that I regret what we did or hate the idea of little foals running around and passing on my legacy. I thought to myself as I rubbed my belly, careful not to arouse Faust from her sleep.

*******

Later, I was awoken by the sound of knocking on my door.

“Mommy Bawhawmut ha’e yuu seen Mommy Faust?” Celestia called.

Faust flinched awake at the little voice. She looked at me with wide eyes and then teleported away. I groaned as my abused lower lips conjoined as Faust’s cock vanished.

I shakily called out, “I haven’t seen her, Celestia. Perhaps she’s in her room?”

“Okay,” Celestia’s skeptical tone irked me slightly, but I heard her run off. I should probably ask Faust some of her favorite places to go, in the event that we need to keep Celestia from seeing the aftermath of seeing her two mothers after a rutting session. She’s still too young to understand what’s going on, after all.

I quickly dove into the ensuite bathroom, which I only just noticed and stepped into the shower, to get rid of the musk of sex on my body.”Hang on, why is there hot showers this early in Equestrian history?” I mused to myself as I scrubbed my scales down and gently cleaned my vagina, as I was still sore from Faust’s enthusiasm. My breath hitching every time the wash cloth glided over my tender flesh.

Once I had cleaned myself and dried off with a large towel. I then re-braided my hair, ready for the day of awkwardness. I stepped out of my room and noticed two guards sporting blushes.

“You didn’t hear anything and you don’t know anything, got it?”

Both stallions nodded vigorously, and satisfied that they would be discrete, I brusquely walked off, getting odd looks from the ponies I had walked past. Some wore a look of admiration, some looked at me with disgust and yet others stared at me in disbelief. Some even looked like a kicked puppy. I didn’t know what was going on so I ignored it, or atleast I tried to. Not really paying attention to where I was wandering about within the castle compound, I abruptly came upon the dinning room and noted with great interest the newspaper that lay upon it. My curiosity piqued, I picked it up and read to know what events had been deemed worthy to grace today’s paper. My emotions went from shock to pure unadulterated rage as I read the title.

‘Queens Bahamut and Faust make out!

Last night’s feast took an interesting turn as Queen Faust, enraptured by Queen Bahamut. Hugged and proceeded to make out with the dragon Queen in front of the feasting guests, proclaiming that she would lay claim to the visiting royal in her chambers and loudly proposed in front of everypony, it was later confirmed that the Queen had partaken of a frankly inequine amount of alcohol and proceeded to depart the room, despite lacking her wits completely due to having imbibed so much alcohol. Some are brushing it off as a one time thing, and not taking Queen Faust’s drunken claims with any measure of seriousness, but if what the noises castle staff heard coming from Queen Bahamut’s room are to be believed, then it didn’t end with a mere alcohol induced proclamation. This salacious behavior, being committed so shortly after the death of her abusive and mad husband has made some ponies question her right to rule and her own mental stability.

However, others have stated that this unofficial union may be a good thing, with the normally stoic, willful, intelligent and powerful dragon Queen Bahamut being a balancing force in Queen Faust’s life and most importantly; sane and noble. They which share this opinion believe that Queen Bahamut shall keep our new, unstable Queen Faust in line, that Queen Bahamut’s mental soundness will have a positive influence upon Queen Faust and keep our newly inaugurated queen mostly stable and hopefully well tended; if you know what I mean.’

I can’t believe it! Those scum sucking ignorant foals! Doubting Faust like that. I mean sure she is a bit emotionally unstable, but to think I would control her like that? That I would influence her like that, even if we married!? Bastards! The lot of them! I stiffened as I re-read the article Oh shit! Celestia was there at the feast! Oh no, so that is why she sounded so sceptical this morning! I have got to warn Faust!”

I sped through the corridors and doorways to Faust’s room, as I came upon it I knocked rapidly and sharply. Faust opened her door, clearly irritated until she saw me, that smile brought a flutter to my chest before I crushed it and showed her the newspaper. Her brow furrowed in confusion, but as she read it, soon her confusion turned into a frown and then indignation and finally settling on wrathful fury.

“Those foals will hang for this!” Faust exclaimed I brought her into a hug.

“Despite my rather enthusiastic agreement with you dear, but that would mean they were right. Cutting out a stallion’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say. Rather, there happens to be a bigger problem.”

“And that is?” Faust huffed, despite recognising I was right.

“That Celestia was there, that she saw everything.”

Faust brought her hoof to her mouth, “Oh so that is why she came to me this morning, asking if she could be my flower filly. Just great is ther-” Faust was interrupted mid sentence by my palm covering her mouth. She looked at me with irritation in her eyes.

“Do not finish that sentence, it’s like daring the universe to make a bad situation worse!”

The universe didn’t disappoint as just then a warhorn sounded, darting to the window I saw several legions of armed and armored gryphons in arranged in square, orderly rows to show their confidence in their numbers they were mustering against us. Their army calmly and confidently marched on Canterlot. I groaned as I made my way out of the room to the balcony. Jumping off the railing into the air I dove down coming to a stop.

I sucked in air, and sent a mega flare at the first legion, completely decimating it, as screams of pain echoed through the air.

I shouted, “How do you like your chicken!? Well done or extra crispy!?”

The taunts caused the surviving members to squawk indignantly and charge at me. Landing, I dashed forward, my claws rending flesh as it raked through their soft bodies, making short work of the first legion as blood splattered, spurted and overwise gushed from wounds which showered me in blood. So much for my shower this morning. I groused as I took to the skies and saw the second legion just about to pass the lake where Ponyville was going to be. I spread my wings wide as energy gathered in towards them I drew my head back and held it for a few seconds before throwing it forward. My Terra Flare burst forward in a line of destruction, I used it to cut a swave from the lake, to make a river I aimed it through the gryphon forces, sended them into the air involuntarily. I continued through the second surviving legion and on towards the sea where the attack destroyed a chunk of the coast, making what looked like a horseshoe-shaped bay.

Some gryphons routed how ever the rest were not cowed by me displays of power, they attacked albeit recklessly like berserkers of old, I spun around to use my tail to sweep them off their feet. before jumping up and in a succession of swipes cutting them to pieces. A lone female gryphon charged at me her spear lowered at me, as she reached me, I opened my mouth causing her to flinch. Her spear entered my mouth and had winded her, she watched in horror as I slowly bit chunks out of her spear and as she couldn’t get away as her spear shaft was attached to her armor and could only watch in horror as the shaft disappeared down my throat. Tears ran down her feathered face as my mouth enveloped her head I grabbed her barrel and her legs kicked as she thrashed with a gulp her head disappeared down my throat causing it to distend slightly exposing the rough outline of her face. another gulp dragged her down further as her forelegs and the first part of her wings, part of her barral and legs left outside another gulp inviting her wings and barrel. Her rear legs kicked violently and her tail thrashed from side to side, I grab her legs and slide my tongue out between her legs and licking her petals before diving into her vagina I felt some resistance before it broke through a membrane, a burst of flavour covered my tongue, tangy and coppery.I heard muffled whimpers and sobs emanate from inside me. The army in front of me stood stock still as they watched in morbid mesmerisation, like when you see a really bad train wreck, they couldn’t look away and were rooted in place.

Squeals and squawks issued from my belly as my mouth filled with liquid, with another gulp I swallowed her rear end and closed my mouth around her lion tail which i slurped up like spaghetti, the tableaux was complete, my belly writhing with my breakfasts, I moaned as I enjoyed the sensations. Huh, so that is why dragons like to demand virgin sacrifices,

I preened myself, oblivious to the gryphons who witnessed the horror. I turned to look at them then smiled baring my teeth.

“Boo!” I shouted suddenly, all of them ran away as fast as they could from me, my morbid and voracious display making me appear like a fearsome demon or monster to them. My belly quickly shrunk down from it’s large size until it was nothing. Well to a stomach that can digest gems and minerals, I guess meat and bones is nothing. I thought to myself idly, a burst of images flashed before my eyes they all had something in common, that I was viewing them through the eyes of a gryphon and then it hit me, It was that gryphon girl's memories.I better keep this secret if this gets out I may be hunted down as a monster and what would Faust and Celestia think? I can’t ever use this again. No more snacking on sapients even if they do taste like chicken.

I turned and walked back towards Canterlot as a white blur flew towards me and tackled me, knocking me on my back.

“Faust?” I asked as she started crying and sobbing into my chest. and held on tight.

“Don’t you ever do that again! You scared the life out of me! I don’t care how strong you are or how invincible or immortal you are! Or even that you ate that gryphon” she said as I looked down incredulously. Had she really bonded with me that quickly? “I can explain the eatin-” I tried to explain before I was silenced with white lips effectively silencing any explanation or excuse I might have otherwise voiced. She pulled back, her lips in a tight frown as she struggled to keep from bursting into a fresh round of tearful wails … .

“I fell in love with a predator, I made peace with the fact that as a dragon you will need to eat meat and the flesh of living beings, animals and other sapients, and it could have been a whole lot worse, you could have ripped her to shreds, but you ate her whole and alive, though it was a disturbing sight, it was better than the alternative.” She rubbed my now smooth belly with a free hoof. “So long as you don’t harm innocent ponies and only eat those who attack you first. I think that I can live with that.” Faust finished reassuring me.

“I promise I won't eat innocents, I will not hold back against the evil and criminal or enemy soldiers though.”

“I just don’t want you to leave me alone, and as I said I am not stupid. I fell for a pred it’d be cruel and you would die without meat. No matter what those foals in PETA say!” Faust responded as she nuzzled up to me.”

“PETA?” I asked

“Ponies for ethical treatment of animals, they would have ponies believe a carnivore or omnivores can live healthily on herbivore fare alone!” Faust answered and stamped her hoof on the ground. and don’t tell anypony about this but I am partial to meat sometimes too as rare as it is thanks to ignorant ponies, heck even most unicorns do eat meat as well but hide it away as a shameful secret, if only ponies would understand that they are actually omnivores too. There is no way you can sustain higher brain functions purely on a herbivorous diet. It probably explains the low level of intelligence and sheer stupidity of ponies that are strictly herbivorous!

I held Faust and gave her a little kiss. “If you can get it, I know some good chicken dishes I can cook for you.” I said, causing Faust to shiver in anticipation.

“What did I do to deserve you, you can fight, you can cook and you can keep up with me in bed, and you care for Celestia! What next? Are you going to tell me that you can sing too!?” She giggled.

“Unfortunately I am not very good at singing,” I responded as I laughed.

“That’s okay we can’t always be perfect,” Faust said

We both walked towards Canterlot.

*******

Three weeks later Canterlot had calmed down, and I leaned over the rim of her toilet puking my guts out, Faust smiled sympathetically as she rubbed my back trying to sooth my sickness. When a moment of reprieve came I whipped my mouth clean, and said “Guess this confirms it, I am pregnant.” I groaned as another wave of nausea overcame me.

*******

Ten months, one week later in the castle infirmary surrounded by doctors and nurses were preparing me as I laid on my back in stirrups and Faust sat beside me as I held her hoof, Celestia was waiting outside the room with a contingent of guards,

I shouted out, “Get this foal out of me!” As a contraction came I squeezed Faust's hoof.”

“Come on your Highness! One more push!” the doctor leading the surgery told me.

“Buck off, and hurry up!” I screeched as I pushed one last time This is what you get for ignoring my warnings! My inner voice snarked. Buck you, you figment of my imagination!

“Ahhhhh, ahhhh hnnnggahh, aaahhh” I collapsed onto the bed and Faust nursed her abused hoof in the corner of the room, the sudden sound of crying reached my ears,

“Congratulations your Highness, it’s a healthy little filly. As the nurses cleaned my little filly, which I still hadn’t seen so I didn’t hear the doctor ask me,

“What are you going to name her?”

Right now I couldn’t care less if i tried, as my foal was passed over to me I held her in my arms and spotted she had a midnight blue coat and a light blue mane, a tiny little horn and wings. A frown appear on my face as I recognised the filly and said out loud “Luna?”

Faust leant over and looked down at our foal. “It’s a perfect name for her Bahamut! A pretty name for a pretty little filly!”

My mind froze as I held my daughter and started to cry, My poor little filly is going to suffer so much and I can’t even help her! I leant down and nuzzled against her.

“I am sorry for crying—” I tried to apologise but was cut off

“It’s okay Bahamut, when Celestia was born I was emotional too. Isn’t that right, doctor?”

“If by emotional you mean had a predilection to kick me in the unmentionables? Then sure, let's go with that.” the doctor deadpanned as Faust looked sheepish,

“Doctor can I have a moment alone with my mare?” Faust asked and the doctor and nurses left the room.

“Bahamut, I know we’ve been through alot together, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. You mean everything to me.” Faust bowed down and opened a ring box the ring was made of adamantium, a rare metal that can survive practically anything. no gems were set in the band.

“Will you do me the great honor of becoming my wife?” Faust finished waiting for my answer with baited breath.

“Yes, Faust a million times yes! I’ll marry you.” I replied exuberantly, Faust leant in to kiss me as the doors opened to reveal Celestia.

“Come, Celestia, and meet your little sister.” I said as I waved her over, I angled the little bundle of blankets containing Luna, “Luna, this is your big sister, Celestia.” I said gently as Luna cooed and giggled, trying to reach out to Celestia.

“Hi, I am your big sister, I promise to look after you, Luna.” Celestia said and gave Luna a kiss on the forehead.

“I know you will sweetie,” Faust said.”Oh and Celestia, Bahamut said yes, we're getting married and we’ll be one big happy family!” Faust continued and Celestia jumped up and down excitedly.

*******

Five years passed and all that time spent working out wedding plans, locations, dresses the perfect way to announce it to the public etc. not to mention the many battles and armies attacking us setting back the wedding day.

Today was finally the day I had on my pure white dress, a very frilly one and Faust went for a black dress a very risque number that just screamed bad filly.

I stood at the altar waiting for my love, to walk up the aisle as she stood before me, we smiled to each other and looked at the minister to show our readiness.

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to wed these two in holy matrimony. Do you Queen Bahamut take Queen Faust as your lawfully wedded wife?” the minister asked

“I do!”

“And do you Queen Faust take this dragoness to be your lawfully wedded wife?”

“I do!”

“By the power vested in me by the Canterlot, I now pronounce you wife and wife you may kiss the bride.” the minister finished.

Faust and I darted forward wrapping each other and then kissed, Faust pulled back a massive grin on her face. A mass of shadow smashed through the window above the altar and rammed into Faust dragging her a short way down the aisle. “Faust!!” I charged forward, but before I reached my fallen wife, I felt several arrows pierce my back, I channeled a gigaflare and sent it barreling toward my assailant, whom dissipated into smoke, letting it strike the wall behind him shaking the room and sending debris everywhere. Sombra’s face appeared and his smile widened, but some of my attack had made contact and was now slowly consuming him, he glowered at me but ran off.

I crawled over to Faust as I felt my body stiffen as it turned to stone and nuzzled her as our daughters came running up to us and crying as did I, for my foals and for my dead wife. “Celestia look after Luna! Never abandon her! Sisters care for one another.”

“I will not abandon her Mother, or you! I will find a way to free you!” Celestia cried as she held my petrifying form.

“Yes Mommy, yuu an’ Mommy were de bes’ Mommies!” Luna exclaimed.

“Sometime soon a strange wizard will contact you, he will be called Starswirl the Bearded, wear a blue cloak and pointed hat with stars sewn on it and will have a white beard and brown coat, his cutie mark will be of stars swirling, listen to him, let him guide you, he will help you fulfill your destiny!” I sobbed and choked out

“I love you, both of you, be good to each other. Hear this ponies and nobles! I name Celestia and Luna as our successors!” I shouted out as stone encased my lips.

Celestia and Luna fell to the floor sobbing uncontrollably. As guards tried to take them away from the morbid scene.

*******

So that is how I was encased in stone, doing a very good impression of Nanaki from Final Fantasy 7. All I needed was the Cosmo Canyon theme playing in the background. So now that you are more or less caught up, It’s time to tell you my plan of escape, it started a whole half a millennium ago, a kitsune girl—a one-tail had appeared from the Nevernever, a place full of magical creatures and every afterlife from every religion. How do I know this? Well that’s simple; kitsune taste delicious. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the magic, maybe it’s the age, or maybe even their spiritual nature. Now I say that but in truth I unfortunately didn’t have any control per sei and little choice but to lure them here, Also I noted that due to the only way I could eat them, it left their clothes, shoes and all their carried possessions at the foot of my statue which Celestia would collect and clean them before storing and preserving them in my vault room. I don’t know why, but I think she thought they were from the practitioners of a religion that sprung up about me and apparently they found out about my liking costumes, clothes and the valuables. Hey! Don’t look at me like that, I am a dragon! We horde pretty and expensive things.

Anyway, what I do know is that the first kitsune’s memories provided understanding with regards to her sudden appearance, and provided a small boost to my already massive magic reserves, a benefit of my draconic nature as well as adding a repertoire of new spiritual senses and magical spells. Apparently as a sealed goddess, my continued presence in a single location created a beacon of sorts which called them to me. Armed with this knowledge, I started intentionally luring more of the delicious fox spirits to my shrine and eating them, gathering power, memories and spells. Once I had collected enough magic, then I would be able to escape under my own power.

Eventually I had eaten a lot of one-tails, the remorse at taking so many innocent lives was taking it’s toll on me, I felt horrible, that I had to do this at all. Thus the multi-tailed kitsune to start taking notice. They were more cautious than their ancestors, though even they didn’t last long against my arcane experience and knowledge. It all came to a head not all that long ago. I was still trapped and my new knowledge was starting to enlighten me as to why I was still stuck, despite my power and my knowledge and despite the worshippers becoming victims to my ambitions to escape my petrification seal, when a squad of nine-tails came to investigate. There were whispers between them of the White Council coming to investigate this world and all the disappearances. They found where the kitsune had gone by looking for the essence they naturally give off, and discovered that it was emanating from me, a being that had learned how to digest and absorb souls due to that accident with the first kitsune who wetted my taste for them, my desire to escape and judging by their expressions of horror, dread and misery they had located the final resting places of at least a thousand kitsune. They fell down at the base of my statue as tears ran down their faces. Eating that many kitsune has an effect on how magic might manifest itself once cast, but also affecting the ability, power and memory of an assimilator, such as myself. Luckily any physical traits I had earned from it would not show till I was free and by then I would be able to hide any changes.

So they didn’t resist when I ate them all at the same time.

After the wriggling in my belly ceased and the infusion of a lot of power, memories etc., came I was floored, I had received an answer to my question, I couldn’t undo the spell as it literally absorbs magic from the area to match my own magical might and strengthens my prison and as magic is functionally infinite, in a constant cycle of flux this meant that I was stuck until somepony destroyed the spell itself. One thousand innocent spirits eaten to free me and to avenge my wife and it was in vain!? My self loathing was at an all time high, I could have rationalised it had it worked but this, this was just too much.

I raged inside my cell impotent and no closer to being free. What would Celly and Lulu say when they find out their mother absorbed and subsumed a thousand spirits, into her own body to increase my power and knowledge. Not to mention the clothes and things that were ‘donated’ were really just the remains of my victims.

A noise interrupted my rage and my regret. I saw a tiny mors- I mean a little kitsune girl that didn’t look any older than 15, who was hiding behind the hedge maze, I unleashed my tail and grabbed her. She squealed in fear and struggled, I sent out my other tails I had gained in my kitsune assimilations and wrapped her up,

I opened my tail and red slit eyes appear before me, her hair was light brown as was her tail, I recognised the girl from my memories an orphan who had been taken in by the kitsune I had just devoured.

“Mimi, I am so sorry! My foolish shortsightedness robbed you of your friends and family! All because I could not see that this seal grew more powerful as I did, tricking me into thinking that the kitsune I devoured were not enough and now on the eve of their absorption into my body and soul I find myself vexed, regretful and hating myself for the wicked things I have done! I’m in despair upon the discovery that their sacrifices were in vain. Mimi, I hold all their memories and I know of your situation. To try and make amends, I shall look after you. I do not care if you hate me, I don’t care if you reject it, or if you would prefer I can let you join your family inside me. I believe after the first hundred they started a village inside a corner of my mind, that they could inhabit. Some have forgiven me due to the circumstances, some still hate me for stealing their freedom and their lives, and others either just don’t care or just languish, waiting for the shores of my mind to completely take them. No one would fault you Mimi if you stayed outside and free. So what do you say?” I said to Mimi.

Mimi thought to herself for a few moments and replied, “Getting rid of you or joining my sisters and friends inside you won't bring them back. However, you have absorbed a thousand kitsunes, possibly more. They are a part of you now, and that means they aren’t dead until you are. So I shall stay with you, so I can be with them. You are a kitsune, at least in part and the missing kitsunes are inside of you, so when you are free, our mission will be technically complete. But don’t think this means I have forgiven you.”

“I forgot to mention that while I did intentionally lure them here, I did not do anything to actually absorb them, it was always an automatic process. Yes I know I said that I learned how, well that wasn’t a lie I did learn how, but I never enacted it on purpose and I only learnt because it was automatic.” I responded.

“Despite your honesty it hasn’t changed anything,” Mimi responded curtly.

“Quickly! Hide! My daughters are coming!”

“Daughters?” Mimi responded, sounding confused but hiding anyway.

*******

I trotted into the part of the garden that held mother’s grave and mom’s stone prison. I sighed as I spotted more sacrificial donations, I really wish they would at least set them here neatly, one time I even found an adult toy and another I found lewd photos of humans. Which I’ll admit, while rare, is not all that unusual since humans first started immigrating to Equestria through the Nevernever.Well, they became a more familiar sight ever since the White council first contacted us after our Mom was trapped.

Apparently as our mother is a goddess of dragons, motherhood, knowledge, and war; her sealing was felt throughout the Nevernever, alerting them to our existence. They explained that a god or goddess, regardless of if they are a minor deity, a lesser deity, a normal deity, or an elder deity; their existence is tied inexorably to the Nevernever and if that is cut off or removed, it affects everything.

One thousand nine hundred years after that horrible day, I was just sitting in the statue garden and I could do nothing for Mom, Luna’s mother and the grave of our other mother, my mother, Faust. More clothes and valuables from her worshippers, heh she probably has more clothes than I have now, The ponies had taken to calling Bahamut, the weeping demon, “There was nothing demonic about Mom!“ I spat off to the side. Behind me, I heard a voice call my name, it was Luna, recently returned to me after that tragedy a thousand years ago.

“Celestia, what are you-” Luna’s question died on her tongue and simply added an “Ah” in realisation and trotted over to sit next to me.

“Lulu, do you think Mom will forgive us, for not keeping our promise?” I asked as I looked upon her.

“I didn’t know Mother that long ‘Tia, so I can’t say, all I knew of her is from what you told me, that she was a great powerful warrior, stoic, intelligent and a complete dork sometimes.” Luna recited from memory, “I just wish I had gotten to know her better.” Tears fell from Luna’s eyes as she looked to me, I shifted over and draped my wing over her.

“Lulu, let’s brighten the mood, our mothers’ wouldn’t want us brooding! Especially after so soon your return, it’s only been two months, after all. So, ‘fess up! I noticed you skulking off into the night with nary a word and whenever you return, you come back with a big goofy grin on your face. Could it be you found a very special somepony?” I teased in a smug singsong voice as luna hid her face with her wings in embarrassment.

“‘Tia! Stop!” Luna whined as I prodded her with my right forehoof.

“Come on tell me who the lucky pony is?” I asked, receiving a mumbled name in return

“I am sorry I couldn’t quite hear that?” I smiled, knowing full well who it was.

“Twilight Sparkle,” Luna said a little louder as she turned bright red in embarrassment.

I clapped my hooves together in excitement. “Ooh! I am so happy for you Luna!”

“You’re not mad that I am stealing your number one student?” Luna asked me

“Of course I am not mad, I am glad the student I raised like a daughter is going to become my sister-in-law.” I smirked “And that adorkable Twilight has stolen the heart of a naughty mare and the peerless gamer Luna, and seduced her to the dorkside! We have cake, don’t you know!”

Luna shot me a smirk as she prepped her riposte, “You sure you have any cake left, seeing as how you’re a member, I am surprised it has not been relocated to your flank, “ Luna teased as she batted my flank with her left forehoof and a wide grin on her face.

Oh! It! Is! On!

I smiled gently and looked at Luna “So which of you is on top? I think it’s Twilight. Her form towering over your tiny body as you adorably squeak under her gentle ministrations.” I laugh but when Luna didn’t or at least react, I looked at her and her face, ears, and neck where all beet red.

“Oh mother! It’s true isn’t it?” I asked, to which Luna nodded mutely.

I wrapped Luna in a hug and then said “That is so adorable, come on you have got to spill all the juicy details so that I can tease Twilight about it the next time that I see her.”

*******

Hi. My Name is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Conjure by it at your own risk. I am a wizard. I work out of my office in midtown chicago, I am the only openly practicing wizard in the country. Honestly, I don’t understand why my fellow wizards don’t come out and openly practice magic. Especially since most humans only believe in their gods of logic, reason, and science. They see magic as the stuff of fairytales, or the imagination of a madman. My day started out like any other day, the odd phone call asking if ‘I was serious about being a wizard.’ My cat Mister lounged about on the sofa, while I sat at my desk reading a book. The bell on my door rang as a tall intimidating man walked through it. Morgan, a warden of the White council, their ‘attack dog’ and zealous follower of the Laws of Magic, Laws which must be followed, unless you want to face the White Council.

“Morgan! How can I—” I started but was interrupted by Morgan.

“Save it Dresden, the White council wants to talk to you.”

I have to give it to the man, he is one of the best evocators out there, but sadly he has the social skills of a rabid pitbull. Before I could continue I was blinded by light and found myself in front of the White Council, or at least the few members that had bothered to come, sitting around a long oaken table of indeterminate age. Sure! Don’t give me time to prepare, I sighed. Well, I thought, let’s get on with it then

“Harrius Dresden, vocati estis in consilio Dresden habemus munus vestrum naturam sensitivam,”

[Harry Dresden, you have been called by the council Dresden because we have a task for you, of a sensitive nature,] said Arthur Langtry, a. k. a., The Merlin, a title given to the strongest wizard, the leader of the White Council. He is of British descent and was brought up when the British Empire existed, roughly when the U.S.A. was known as the colonies. Oh and did I mention that all meetings are in Latin. increasing their patience sapping power normally found in meetings.

“Quid nosti deorum Dresden?”

[What do you know of god’s, Dresden?] Injun Joe asked, one of the only true Native Americans left.

“Bene scio quod ita sint, quia sunt potentes confisos mortalis cultum pertinere mundi. Et praeterquam quod nihil de ratione philosophandi non vere amo, quid?”

[Well I know that they are real, that they are powerful and rely on mortal worship to affect the world. Aside from that nothing and I don’t really like philosophising about their nature, why?]

I asked as I stood waiting, Would it kill them to let guests sit down! And something seems off about this whole meeting?

“Recte, opus est ire Equestria adiuva dimittere dea de carcere. Miss Sparkle, placent intrant.”

[Correct, your task is to travel to Equestria, and help release a goddess from her prison. Miss Sparkle, please enter.] Arthur called, I don’t know what I expected, but I certainly didn’t expect a pastel colored unicorn. Her mane and tail where both a dark navy blue with fuchsia and magenta stripes on the left side, her purple eyes were large and expressive and her muzzle looked only vaguely like earth’s horses and ponies.

“Miss Twilight Sparkle docebit vos per a via pervenire Equestria, salutis est summo prioritate!”

[Miss Twilight Sparkle will guide you through a Way to reach Equestria, her safety is top priority!] Arthur informed me. Twilight bowed, before rising and I returned her bow. I am a gentleman like that. She smiled and began to speak, but a glare from Arthur silenced her.

“Tu discessurus. Haec congressio Albo Concilium dimissis!”

[You are to leave at once. This meeting of the White Council has been dismissed!] Arthur finished. Before each council member disappearing in a flash of light, the damn flashy bastards.

As soon, as they left Twilight let out a breath, she was holding.

“Et est nomen meum Twilight Sparkle, suus 'a voluptate properat tibi in occursum Mr. Dresden!”

[My name is Twilight Sparkle. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Dresden!] Twilight said cheerfully and though the words were correct, she mispronounced them.

“Don’t worry about speaking Latin, Miss Sparkle.” I said and showed her my warmest smile.

Twilight looked at me in shocked her eyes wide as saucers and her pupils pinpricks.

Poor mare must have thought that we all spoke Latin. Probably because of the White Council. The damn elitist bastards!

“How can you speak Equish? I thought you only spoke that weird language,” Twilight asked. I chuckled at her disbelief.

“It’s called English where we come from, and that ‘weird language’ is called Latin. It’s used as a security measure and for the White Council to retain their power. It is a dead language,” I explained.

“Anyway Miss Sparkle, what can you tell me about yourself?” I asked while crossing my arms.

“Well, I am the personal student of Princess Celestia and I am the Element of Magic!” She responded cheerfully, missing my eyes widening in shock, that she claimed to be the Element of Magic!

“Element of Magic as in the consciousness of Magic!?” I asked trying to clarify. She adorably scrunched up her face in confusion.

“No, I am the Element of Magic, one of the aspects of the Elements of Harmony.” Twilight explained as if I should just know it. What is it with magical creatures and assuming I know something? I groused internally.

“Miss Sparkle, imagine for a moment that I do not know what the Elements of Harmony are, can you explain it to me?” I asked carefully. She frowned at my words, but started explaining.

“The Elements of Harmony are powerful artifacts that work together to spread harmony and fight disharmony, they can only be wielded by those worthy, which are usually ponies which best exemplify the virtue they represent. In the event that the Elements are wielded by more than one pony, then they choose who best exemplifies which virtue and every Element Bearer has to be the other Element Bearer’s true friends. The virtues that the Elements stand for are Loyalty, Honesty, Laughter, Generosity, Kindness, and Magic; which binds them together.” Twilight finished her lecture with a massive smile on her face.

“So Friendship is Magic?” I asked cautiously.

“Yes! Both metaphorically and literally,” she replied, I could tell this mare enjoyed teaching others.

Now to ask the surefire rude question that all women have a distaste for.

“So I hope you don’t mind me asking but how old are you Miss Sparkle?” I asked.

“Huh? Oh! I am twenty one years old,” Twilight replied.

I relaxed as I wasn’t smelling sulfur and brimstone.

“Do you happen to have a boyfriend?” I asked.

Yes I asked! She is a sapient adult mare, who also happens to be adorable and intelligent.

Twilight blushed and folded her ears back as she considered my question.

“Um, I have a marefriend, but it’s supposed to be a secret, since being indiscrete with this information could cause us problems.”

I shrugged.

“There are bigots everywhere it seems,” I said. Sensing Twilight’s discomfort, I moved the conversation onto safer, less taboo love-related topics. “What can you tell me about this goddess I am supposed to free?”

Twilight visibly relaxed, her wary stare vanishing as she turned her head in the direction that we would apparently be travelling. “Is it alright if we start walking there?” Twilight asked and I nodded in affirmation to her query.

Twilight looked like she was about to doze off, so I poked her to bring her attention back to me. “Hey, if you’re going to flashback, the least you can do is give me a monitor or something so I watch,” I stated as Twilight sheepishly rubbed the back of her neck.

Twilight’s horn glowed and a screen appeared in front of me. Idly I wondered: If I could learn that spell, then I could finally start watching tv without putting my tv in a circle.

Flashback start

*******

The Princess had summoned me to Canterlot, with regards about a matter of grave importance. I met her in the gardens at her favorite section of the garden where she usually took tea, either by herself, or accompanied by guests. As I reached the meeting location, I spotted her, sitting tall with an air of regality, her white coat shining in the sunlight, and her mane and tail colored in pastel red, green, and blues, easily making one associate her rippling and waving mane with the colors of an aurora. Princess Celestia, of the sun and my mentor.

*******

“Hang on! That beautiful mare is your teacher!? Damn, it gives a whole new meaning to ‘hot for teacher!’ I exclaimed in awe. Twilight just giggled and rolled her eyes in response to my typical male musings. I turned to her and gave her a ‘what?’ face.

“That was a terrible pun!” Twilight exclaimed. It was then that I remembered her princess’ title and groaned.

“She dating someone?” I asked as Twilight looked at me incredulously.

After a moment she answered. “Unfortunately the Princess doesn’t have anypony, everypony is either intimidated by her, or puts her on a virginal priestess pedestal where she has to pretend to be this perfect being. Why do you ask?”

“Well, I might be interested. Ah who am I kidding, she wouldn’t be interested in an alien.”

“You want to—with the Princess!?” Twilight laughed out loud, while clutching her barrel.

Once Twilight had recovered enough from her laughing fit, she replied, “Well Casanova, you can try. Do you want me to put in a good word for you?” Twilight asked, while still wearing an amused looking smirk.

“No! No, no don’t worry about it. I may be attracted to her, but that doesn’t mean I would ask her out. J-just continue your story and please don’t say anything to her,” I responded

Twilight continued, though she was still giggling in mirthful amusement at my inquiries into her mentor’s romantic liaisons or the lack thereof .

*******

“Princess Celestia, how are you!?” I asked Celestia as I ran up and nuzzled my mentor and she affectionately returned the gesture.

“Please take a seat Twilight, I am glad you could come. Would you like a bacon and sausage sandwich?” Celestia asked causing me to notice to faint scent of cooked meat. Which in turn caused me to drool over the heavenly platter of sandwiches.

*******

I interrupted Twilight again “You eat meat?”

Twilight stopped and tilted her head to the side in a manner that melted my heart from the cuteness.

“Yes. Surely you don’t think you could sustain higher level cognitive functions without animal proteins?”

“Well, yeah. There is so much propaganda about how it doesn’t matter that it is nice to see some definitive proof for once.”

*******

I took a seat opposite Celestia as she poured me some tea and I encased a sandwich in my magic.

“Twilight, what do you know of Bahamut?” Celestia asked Twilight.

“Oh, Princess! I am sorry, but I don’t believe in Bahamut, like other ponies and dragons do. I mean, come on! An all powerful dragon goddess? A goddess of war, knowledge, meat-eating and motherhood!? I mean, if she exists, then where is she? If she exists, then why haven’t we seen her!?” I said laughing at the very idea. I refocused my eyes back upon my Princess who had let her mask slip. Twilight saw her face showing a deep pain, that her princess’ feelings had been hurt.

“Oh, my faithful student. You don’t know how wrong you are,” Celestia said, her voice tinged with sadness. I stopped laughing and began to express my concern with my furrowed brow and serious demeanor.

“Wha- But that can’t be true! That would mean that everything about her is true! But where has she been!? Why hasn’t she shown herself?” I said as I backed up, unsure how to respond to this revelation.

“Twilight Sparkle!” Celestia sternly called me, her stern tone of voice causing me to flinch.

“Twilight, while Bahamut exists and while she is a goddess, that does not mean everything about her is true. For the sake of your relationship with my sister, you had better not say that in front of Luna, because denying Bahamut’s existence means Luna would never have been born. Walk with me Twilight.”

Celestia got up after placing her teacup down and waited for me, I cautiously followed her through the garden, through twists and turns until we came upon a secluded spot in the garden, with one other exit through a hedge. Celestia went through the hedge doorway and I followed soon after. I saw a gravestone and a statue. Celestia walked up to the gravestone and said: “Hello mother, I know that I have only talked to you a few hours before, but I came to bring a friend this time,” Celestia said before walking to the statue. “How are you, Mom? Like I said unto my mother, I want you to meet a dear friend of mine.” Celestia turned to face me with a solemn look upon her face. “Twilight? To my left is the last resting place of my Mother, Queen Faust, and to my right is my step-Mother and Luna’s birth-Mother, Queen Bahamut. What you see here is her stone prison.”

I studied the statue before seeing the arrows sticking out of her winged back, it made me feel sick to my stomach. She looked human, at least partially.

“What did she do to get imprisoned?” I asked, but instantly regretting my question as Celestia whirled around with hot tears running down her face.

“What did she do? She did nothing, but get in the way of King Sombra, and protecting me and my mother from my insane and murderous father King Solaris. It happened on her and my Mother's wedding day five years after Luna’s birth and that was also the day our Mother Queen Faust died, right in front of Mom and she couldn’t do a damn thing to stop it! She was petrified, soon after temporarily beating that dark-magic user, King Sombra.” Celestia turned back to the stone prison holding Bahamut and collapsed upon it sobbing.

“Twilight, the White Council has asked me to send the pony I want working with their agent to free Mom and I have chosen you as that pony Twilight,” Celestia said tiredly.

“But what about—” I let my voice trail off as I received a glare, a glare which after the passage of some time, softened.

“I am sorry, Twilight. This is a touchy subject for me. Very well then, ask me what foalish questions you may have about her. Is there anything that you may have heard about her which causes your hesitation?”

Celestia sat on the floor facing me.

“Is she really the goddess of meat?” I asked.

Celestia actually brightened up slightly.

“That was more of a joke, because of how much meat she ate. She would eat whole griffons, manticores, and I think she even managed a hydra once, though she regretted that one afterward.” Celestia giggled as she reminisced, “ponies and dragons took it a tad too seriously.”

“Did she really eat ponies?” I asked.

Celestia’s face contorted in an interesting amalgamation of scorn and sadness.

“She only devoured the truly irredeemably evil ponies, those which preyed on the weak. She never devoured the weak, the innocent, the poor or even the nobles, despite the nobility’s obvious flaws, even then. She used to joke that the nobles would give her gas and upset her stomach.”

“Did she ever punish ponies for doing what comes natural, like sex? Did she really have those commandments?”

“Pfftt! Twilight! If Mom did, then she’d be the first one in Tartarus! Mom was unrepentantly open with her sexuality and was a complete hedonist. She even used to breast feed Mother and I when I was a mere foal,” Celestia said, an unfocused and far-away look in Celestia’s eyes, wistfully remembering those halcyon days.

“Wait! Faust nursed from Bahamut!?” I nearly screeched in mortified startlement.

Celestia quirked an eyebrow.

“Oh yes, I remember having to fight Mother for my favorite teat! Before you ask, she’d be quite the hypocrite for stopping Luna from seeing you, based purely on the fact you are the same gender,” Celestia said, belting out a hearty laugh as Twilight nearly achieved a total coat color change given that she was blushing so much.

A deep feminine voice echoed in my mind that didn’t belong to Celestia. ‘Oh really? You’re dating my daughter? You should see the look on your face Twilight Sparkle! Before you ask, no, I can’t talk to my beloved daughters, they are not open to ‘the sight,’ not that they really need it as they both see the Truth all the time. Truth that would otherwise be hidden. Unfortunately, they still haven’t fully opened their third eye, yet. Your connection to the Element of Magic opened that ‘Sight’ fully once and while you normally can’t access it yourself just yet, I can, more or less, force you to use it.’

My eyes widened in fear as I prostrated myself, causing Celestia to look at me confused at my sudden change in behavior.

‘Oh, Twilight Sparkle, stop that foolishness! Rise, after all, you’re practically family now! As for you, Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, if you hurt my little sunshine foal, I’ll make you regret it. Rest assured, you will hear this. Twilight won't understand it just yet. At this point poor Twilight is freaking out now so I have to stop before she has a meltdown.’

Celestia made her way over to me “Twilight!? Are you okay!? Speak to me!”

‘Twilight Sparkle, I wish for you to pass on two messages: To Celestia, my little—er not so little ray of sunshine, you have done me proud. For my daughter Luna; Luna, my precious little moon, don’t worry about dating Twilight Sparkle, you have my blessing and also, hurry up and get started on giving me some grand foals!’

I squeaked and blushed even harder, in spite that I had not known I could manage it!

“Princess, your mother just told me to say this ‘To Celestia, my little—er not so little ray of sunshine, you have done me proud. For my daughter Luna; Luna, my precious little moon, don’t worry about dating Twilight Sparkle, you have my blessing and also, hurry up and get started on giving me some grand foals!’ That is all she said, well that and she couldn’t communicate with you even if she wanted to. She told me I had something called ‘The Sight,’ which was opened by my Element of Magic.”

A voice came from behind me, the tone and range of the voice indicated that it was Luna.

“Did Mother really say that?”

I turned to see tears of joy streaming down her face. I nodded and didn’t manage to get the rest out as Luna tackle-hugged me.

*******

Flashback End

I turned to look at Twilight in shock, as the full meaning of Bahamut’s message struck me I blushed. A goddess trapped had reached out and gave her blessing by proxy, I don’t know whether to be scared or honoured.

The rest of the way was traveled in awkward silence. We exited the way into the same garden where Twilight had been given her mission.

Celestia sat there, looking as regal as ever, but I couldn’t shake the image of the crying mare, and then our eyes met. I didn’t even notice when a soul gaze had started, but I found myself in a large library, massive in size, easily dwarfing a real one. I saw millions of photos of ponies. Some looked like they were brand new, while others appeared faded with time. As I walked through, I found a large area that had four mountings, but only three photos. One was of Princess Luna, her midnight blue coat, mane and tail filled with stars. That photo hung on the right, on the left was a photo of Twilight Sparkle as a little foal and in between them was a strange photo of Bahamut and another pony, that was probably Queen Faust. But there was another unknown pony that was behind Bahamut, its appearance was strange, like something faded and it was definitely a pony was behind her. Before I could continue, I was jerked out of my trance as I was knocked over by a guard. Celestia looked a little dazed, but then she looked down at me. Did she look at me with pity? No, but rather it was sympathy, which shone in her eyes,

“”What did you do to Princess Celestia!?” both Twilight and the guard demanded.

I groaned as I shook off the aftereffects of the soul gaze with an immortal, “Twilight do you remember that the Council told you to avoid stareing a wizard directly in the eye, right?”

Twilight nodded.

“Well there is a reason for that warning. The ‘Soul Gaze,’ a consequence of being a wizard, is that we see things differently, and as such this manifests in the ability, to see another person's soul, through their eyes. What is seen is often times vague or has to be interpreted, nothing concrete. However it is not one sided, the person who has a wizard soul gazing at them also see’s the wizard’s soul and the memory of it will never fade, never be forgotten. Most people will never like seeing my soul, so I must apologise to you, Celestia, if you saw something—troubling. One woman even fainted. What did you see? Also if you wish to know what I saw, I will only reveal that to you and you alone, or one other pony you trust with knowing a part of you so deeply.”

“Mr. Dresden, I saw you surrounded by darkness, your whole body was split down the middle on your right side you were tanned, had a white mane and a golden iris, and emanated golden light and your clothes on that side where bleached white. On the other side, the left side, your skin was pale, your eye was pitch black and giving off a lime green color and you wore black armor on that side. In your hand’s you wielded a staff of some sort, a sword and a strange weapon that looked like a small handheld cannon. Then the sun was coming up slightly revealing lots of people masked by shadow, as I finally saw you walking towards the darkness, that existed in the day. Slowly but surely, you kept going on and on, until you stopped outside of a great city which put even Manehattan to shame. There, nightmarish creatures leapt at you and you just smiled as you slaughtered them, the people were gone and you were still fighting.” Tears fell down Celestia’s face as she finished.

I wasn’t really sure how to react to what she had seen, so I did the first thing that came to my old world traditionalist mind. I walked up to Celestia and then I hugged her. She tensed up slightly, and although Celestia relaxed in my embrace I knew that it would take more than just one hug. Twilight, on the other hand, looked like she was having a conniption-fit from her brain short circuiting.

The guard plodded forward to intercept me, as it was his duty to protect his princess, but was met with Celestia’s fierce, piercing gaze. Her glaring disapproval stopped him in his tracks.

Celestia leant over to whisper in Twilight’s ear, although I still heard it with my advanced hearing. “Twilight are you okay?” Twilight didn’t respond.

Celestia draped her wings around me and whispered in my ear, “Thank you, for this but ponies might get the wrong idea about us if you don’t stop.” she said giggling softly.

“Celestia, I don’t even care about stuff like that, to me you're just a mare who was in need of a hug right now and if they can’t see you as a pony, like them, then even though you have Twilight, Luna and if I can help it your Mom, you’ll still be lonely. Ponies, like humans, are social creatures, but to a higher degree and with Twilight unintentionally keeping you at a distance and your sister being so reserved, who is going to be the one to treat you like a mare, especially a ravishing beauty such as yourself, if I might be so bold,” I said, my goofy grin and hammy eyebrow waggle causing Celestia to giggle.

“Quite the charmer, aren’t you, Mr. Dresden? However I find it hard to believe when I have sycophants kissing my flank both metaphorically and literally. I mean look at it! My flanks are massive and you’re one of the few beings that can even look me in the eye without having to look up and I am ol—” Celestia’s rambling list of demerits was silenced, to the shock of both Twilight and the guards present. I was pressing my lips against Celestia’s, her eyes widening at the suddenness of the act. But she soon melted into the kiss and wrapped her hooves around me. It was fine at first but suddenly Celestia was squeezing me tightly against her chest, her blush starkly contrasted against her pristine white coat. Unfortunately I was beginning to run out of air, so I pulled back and squeaked out; “Celestia! Air!”

Celestia loosened her grip and I was able to breath again, Damn! This poor mare must have been desperate for the touch of someone, anyone, other than family or adopted/pseudo family! Celestia put me down and started fussing over my well being. I just waved her off and asked her to be more careful in the future, which brought another blush to her face.

I looked around and I found Twilight keeled over, along with a whole mess of guards who were either confused as to how to react in a situation such as this, or completely livid that I took her so called virgin lips,Those won't be the last virgin lips I’ll be taking from her thank you very much. or collapsed unconsciously on the ground like Twilight. I even think I heard several of the guards crying too! Anyway, I turned back to Celestia. “Celestia, I do not like it when a someone calls me a liar, especially when the supposed lie is a compliment.”

Celestia fidgeted uncomfortably. “Anyway, I shall show you to where our Mom is. Just follow me.”

Rewards and Propositions.

I trotted off to show Mr. Dresden, where my mother’s prison was, What is wrong with you Celestia? You just let your emotions get the better of you!, Yeah sure he’s the only person who has ever showed me any proper affection outside of family members and Twilight and he did say I was attractive. I blushed slightly as I remember the moment our mouths connected.Also he is the first one to break down that barrier between me and other people. It’s not like I love him or something but, this could lead to at least a few dates and if it becomes more than that well I can’t say that I will complain. Oh, look at you Celestia, getting so flustered over a kiss! You’d think I was a teenage filly, after kissing their crush. Maybe I can get him to stay with me? Augh what’s wrong with me, it’s like I am in heat, his lips were so soft! I wonder if he’s big down there? If not well it’s nothing magic can’t fix! I took a moment to process what I had just though and blushed a deeper shade of red.

*******

We entered into the shrine, where Twilight had shown me in her flashback.

I looked upon the statute only for my sight to be forced open.

“Apologies Mr. Dresden for blatantly opening your sight.” said a beautiful half dragon female, as she lounged on top of the statue though oddly she had more tails than her statue, her raven hair braided hung down and her horns, scales all sheened in the light. She idly observed her claws on her hand.

“Who are you?” I asked despite knowing the answer and gaining Twilight and Celestia’s attention.

“I am Queen Bahamut, wizard. I’d like to thank you for answering the White Council’s call. A bunch of pompous elitist bastards if you ask me, but whatever. They have their uses. You are here to free me so let me tell you the basic workings of this detestable prison that confines me away from my Daughters, it’s a petrification poison initially on the tip of arrows, once it is finished the user is trapped but aware, I found this next bit only after devouring one thousand and five kitsune of varying tails, a sacrifice that I was willing to make every year or so I was imprisoned to escape, but much to my chagrin it was a moot point and those kitsune were absorbed in vain, despite both the magical power, knowledge, skills and memories. As well as new senses I gained and the fact that I am now half dragon half human and half kitsune now. means that not only do my worshippers power me but believers in kitsune do as well. Anyway I am getting off track. The spell responds to the trapped persons magic strength drawing in ambient magic which is infinite for technically sake. So as I gained power so did this prison. The only way I could be freed is by negating magic around it then draining the magic from the spell.” Bahamut explained.

I closed my sight and thought for a moment and came up with an idea,If I use a magic circle I can block the statue from outside of it and then draining the magic from the stone by dousing it in water. As water disrupts and grounds magic, the circle will have to be made of a precious metal and large enough that water won't disrupt it.

“Twilight, I need a flat ring of metal preferably Silver or other pure precious metal, large enough to encircle the statue, and I will also need enough running water to cover the statue, water especially running water, disrupts magic. The ring will act as a magic circle which will insulate the statue from the magic in the atmosphere and enable me to drain it without it sucking in new magic to sustain itself. The circle can not be broken in anyway nothing may cross over it, infact move the statue to an open flat and clear area of the garden then place the metal ring around it needs to be able to fit me inside the ring three times.” I ordered causing Twilight to run off, and Celestia to ask a pegasus guard to place a rain cloud over the statue once it was moved.

After the preparations were complete, and we had gathered around the statue and the magic ring. I stepped inside the circle and began investing a little magic into closing the circle. Once done the pegasus on the cloud above me, bounced up and down on it like a springy bed, causing rain to fall onto the statue the water struck the statue and It began to crack and fissures appeared all over it, A blast sending stone everywhere and blinding light emanated from the statue, everyone covered their eyes blocking Bahamut shapeshifting removing her extra tails as she emerged from the statue. As our eyesight was returned to us I got an eyeful of Bahamut stretching and cracking her neck.

“One thousand years gives ya one hell of a crick in the neck. Right! Now where was I? Oh right! Phenomenal cosmic power, itty bitty living space!” Bahamut said as she pulled back with her arms outstretched like the genie from aladdin as I looked at her

“You couldn’t have chosen a better reference?” I asked Bahamut who just shrugged absently.

Bahamut froze once she had spotted Celestia and charged at her, Twilight and the guards tensed but, were confused when Bahamut began fussing over Celestia inspecting her body “Are you hurt? Have you been eating well? My poor little filly, I am so sorry I couldn’t be there for you and Luna!” Bahamut wailed.

“It’s okay mom really, it wasn’t long till Starswirl had arrived to guide me and Luna. I am sorry that we couldn’t free you earlier than this.” Celestia said her ears folding and her wings rustling.

Bahamut picked up Celestia and hugged her tightly.”No it is not okay. I am a terrible mother I-”Bahamut paused in her tirade and her hugging as she started to inspect Celestia, ”What’s this Celestia Everfree, young lady you haven’t been preening your wings properly!” She pulled open Celestia’s mouth to check her teeth, before she clucked her tongue and pulled Celestia’s wings open and diligently started preening Celestia’s wings straightening feathers or pulling old ones..

“Mom~ you’re embarrassing me!” Celestia whined clearly uncomfortable with her mother doing as mothers do, as she sat on her rump ears folded back and her bottom lip jutted out with a blush covering her face.

“Nonsense, Celly it’s a mother's job to embarrass her foals and I have been encased in stone for a long time, I have got a huge backlog of mothering to get through. Now sit still and stop pouting, it’s unbecoming of a lady!” Bahamut ordered as she continued to fuss over her daughter.

I chuckled at Bahamut fawning over her daughter, just like any mother and then I looked over the ponies whose faces had looks of confusion slapped on their faces. Like they couldn’t get over the fact that their princess was being babied by her mother. I walked up to Twilight and elbowed Twilight lightly, knocking her out of her trance.

“Are you alright, Twilight?” I asked

“I just can’t believe it! After everything I heard about her, I never pictured her fawning over her daughter!” Twilight said not taking her eyes of the scene.

Celestia shouted out “Guards help me!?” a whine affecting her voice, flailing her hooves to get out of her Mother’s grip, Bahamut looked up towards the guards with a white plucked feather in her mouth, the guards were inching towards her cautiously, Bahamut raised an eyebrow at the stallions.

“If you are going to come rescue my foal from her embarrassing Mother, you better come at me with all you got! Come on! Where are your balls!? Did my daughter have them removed and put in a collection from all the stallions she’s dominated!? Huh!? Did she turn you into geldings!?” Bahamut roared at the guards causing them to flinch away.

“Mom don’t be mean to them, they really can’t stand up to you or me,” Celestia said Bahamut snorted and smoke emanated from her nostrils as she grumbled.

“Fine I’ll leave the wittle foals alone!” Bahamut replied disdainfully.

Bahamut returned to fussing over Celestia, whose expression was equal parts embarrassment and equal parts pouting. To be honest the whole look was adorable. As Bahamut finished preening Celestia’s wings and began peppering her with mushy kisses.

Shining Armor and Princess Cadance walked into the gathering with confusion written on their faces, though Cadance’s face turned into one of fear upon spotting Bahamut, immediately she began prostrating herself as low as she could go. To the confusion of her coltfriend and who then turned to glare at the being who was kissing Celestia. He went to confront the creature but feeling his movement restricted he turned back to see a blue nimbus around his legs Cadance had her horn glowing and a desperate and fearful look on her face.

“What are you doing!? Get down Shiny! Don’t you know who that is!?” Cadance hissed at her coltfriend, who looked at her with the confusion from moments ago returned to his face.

“No. Should I know her?” Shining said turning back to the embarrassing scene.

“That’s Queen Bahamut, Queen Faust’s wife and Princess Celestia and Luna’s Mother and my Grandmother!” Cadance responded testily. His eyebrows shot up to his mane and he looked at the scene.

“Bahamut? Goddess of war, knowledge, meat eating, dragons and motherhood!?”

“Yes!” Cadance hissed again.

Shining Armor slammed into the ground fast. This drew Bahamut’s attention, her mouth turned into a malicious smile as she spotted Shining Armor. Poor colt never stood a chance.

I turned to look back and I found Bahamut gracefully walking as if gliding across the ground, she walked towards the two new arrivals. A second's glance towards Celestia, saw her relaxed now she was no longer the focus of her doting Mother’s attention. I had to laugh at that, Mothers never change, no matter the realm.

Turning back, Bahamut’s face no longer held the malicious smile, but one of warmth and welcome.

“Rise, Cadance my adorable little grand foal, you too Shining Armor or does Cadance carry your balls in her saddle bags too?” Bahamut taunted crossing her arms under her ample chest, as Cadance sputtered at the accusation her Grandmother had levelled at her, and her coltfriend.

Shining got up, but mumbled something under his breath,

“What was that!?” Bahamut exclaimed, “I couldn’t quite hear you colt?”

“I said Buck you!” Shining growled out, shocking Cadance and Twilight.

Bahamut tittered “You’re a thousand years too early to be asking me to do that, young colt.”

Twilight and Cadance both blushed, though Celestia remained unaffected. Meanwhile Shining’s horn glowed, and Bahamut grinned inhumanly wide, showing off her razor sharp teeth. He launched his attack, it struck Bahamut kicking up dust. Shining wore a face of smugness over his supposed victory. But it quickly disappeared. The garden was silent as the dust started to clear revealing a silhouette moving inside it and of all things it started clapping which echoed through the garden, “Well done little colt, you do have a spine after all! He’s definitely a keeper Cadance!” Bahamut exclaimed gleefully as the dust cleared revealing her unmoved and unscathed. She then turned her sight onto the other guards, “You foals could learn a lot from your captain, though I don’t hold out any hope for you actually doing so.” Bahamut continued

Princess Luna jumped down from her tower “What is all this racket about!” Luna shouted, having not noticed Bahamut, squeaked in surprise as Bahamut tackled her and she received an encore of what Celestia endured,

“Mother!?” Luna exclaimed happily and also not a little shock as Bahamut fussed over her.

“Oh my sweet little foal, you suffered so much, but you survived and landed yourself a marefriend! I am so proud of you, though you really have to stop hiding your true form. I know it makes ponies squeamish, though I am sure Twilight won't mind having more mare to handle!”

“Mom!” Luna complained.

Twilight froze at the words ‘True form.’

“I agree sister, Nightmare Moon is not you, and you should work to assuage fears instead of hiding yourself.” Celestia said before turning to talk to Twilight.

“Twilight, you remember how you defeated Nightmare Moon?” Celestia asked,

Twilight nodded nervously.

“Well that wasn’t entirely a transformation, while she did change it wasn’t drastic. Please don’t hold her hiding herself from you personally.”Celestia said, making sure to keep Twilight’s attention “She hid it from everypony. In the past she was bullied heavily because of her half draconic nature.” Celestia said

Twilight turned towards Luna, who flinched away from Twilight’s gaze, which was steely and determined. “Show me?” Twilight asked gently and with as much warmth as she could.

Luna nodded and rose her horn, as it glowed, the illusion faded and was replaced, by a taller mare, similar in stature to Celestia. Her mane and tail were longer and her coat had darkened slightly, her wings stayed feathered though there was a distinct draconic look to their structure, Luna’s pupils were now slitted and her teeth sharp. Luna followed Twilight as she trotted around Luna’s form and inspected every inch, sniffing, Luna blushed and her ears pinned to her skull. Twilight thought Luna smelled the same, the same smell the air at night has mixed in with a hint of wet grass.

As Twilight came upon Luna’s tail, she looked around to make sure nopony was watching and darted under Luna’s tail and swiped her broad tongue over Luna’s marehood, eliciting a squeak of surprise from the mare in question. She tasted the same, Twilight blushed when she noticed the grin on Bahamut’s face. Twilight hurriedly walked to the front of her marefriend and looked her in the eye’s no longer cold and distant, they held a warmth and a little worry for what, Twilight might say.

I smiled as I saw Twilight dart up and wrap her tiny arms around her mare's neck and pulled her into a kiss before she whispered in her ears, you’re beautiful my love.” Twilight backed away, Luna’s face filled with a blush as she gave Twilight a look that spoke of her utter love for the tiny unicorn mare and warmth and most of all relief. and then Bahamut ruined it.

“Once you go dragon you never go back!” Bahamut said before chuckling heartily as Celestia and Luna groaned, the former also facehoofing.

“Well If you have what you need I’ll just be heading home.” I said missing the sad look on Celestia’s face and the thoughtful look on Bahamut’s after seeing her daughter’s reaction, their bond was far from heal.

“Dresden, how would you like to stay here in Equestria? I propose a deal! My daughter’s mare friend may be open minded, but ponies tend to react negatively to anything radically different. So my little filly will need a guard, as she will be unlikely to raise a hoof against any fool, who happens to attack. I was hoping to hire you on retainer?” Bahamut inquired as Celestia gained a hopeful expression.

I turned back to face Bahamut, “Do you think you can afford me?” I asked smugly, but that smirk on Bahamut’s face as she lit her horn in a sapphire blue glow matching her eyes, told me I was in for a surprise.

“Child, remember who you talk to.” Bahamut responded and opened two portals both leading to a separate room each, the left of Bahamut led to a cave filled to the ceiling with treasure, weapons and shields. Around it was several tall bookcases, that I caught Celestia and Twilight absolutely drooling over. Although I admit that treasure and knowledge, was making me drool too. In the other portal on the right of her led to a vault that was also filled to the brim with treasure, items, weapons and books but also had the edition of many different clothes, shoes and accessories.

Twilight’s eyes widened and commented “Bahamut, um please don’t show that right one to Rarity. We’d lose her in there for months!” Bahamut threw her head back and laughed.

Recollecting herself she returned to looking at me, “So Mr. Dresden, do we have a deal, I’ll even include a stipend in which you can use however you like. Whether that’s for living expenses, research, or presents and dates for my sweet little filly.” Bahamut finished and Luna looked confused before she spotted Celestia covering her face with her wings and hooves as she sported a blush matching the one I was currently wearing. Luna gained a look of realisation after looking between me and Celestia. then gained a large grin.

“Like mother, like daughter!” Luna said finally before bursting into laughs. Which confused me until I remembered that Bahamut was part human.

Before I could answer, Bahamut’s arm dove into a smaller portal and withdrew a Hessian sack that was bigger than Twilight and coming close to being bigger than me.

“Your payment and extra for freeing me, Dresden.” Bahamut tossed it at me, knocking me over, though luckily it was tied up. I groaned and got up to see Bahamut’s hand dive into her chest retrieving an orange multihued spherical gem and tossed it at me. I fumbled it as I caught it. I prodded it with my staff and was shocked as the sphere merged with it tendrils of wood from the staff had woven around it, a smirk on Bahamut’s face caught my attention.

“What did that thing do!?” I almost shouted.

“That is my summon materia, it fuses with armor, accessories and weapons normally. it greatly boosts your magic, magic defense and lowers your health, though if you take these ten health restorative potions,”Bahamut said as she reached into a another portal “it should restore what you lost when you equip my materia. my materia enables you to summon me anywhere you are, just simply will it and I’ll be by your side. On a side note I’ll assume you're in battle when you summon me so a heads up when I arrive is appreciated if you are not,” Bahamut handed me the ten suspicious potions. I took one and drank it warily, energy filled me and I felt better than I had in a long, long time.

“Call me when you have decided on whether to move to Equestria, or not. If you have friends, family or pets you want to come with you it is not a problem.”

While Bahamut was explaining I hadn’t noticed Celestia slinking up to me, she picked me up and kissed me, “I’ll be waiting for you Harry.” she spun around wrapped her tail around, my face before walking off purposefully swaying her flanks.

Now I hadn’t lived on a ranch for most of my time training under Ebenezer McCoy for nothing and quite frankly that whole display, both aroused me, confused me, and made me blush like mad. so when I responded I sputtered out, “S-see you later C-Celestia.”

Bahamut, Twilight and Luna smirked at me while all the guards, and Shining Armor’s jaw dropped and Cadance swooned at the display of affection.

I gathered up my reward that was almost as heavy as I was I did some quick dirty math in my head assuming these bits where 24 karat gold, I took my weight, which was two hundred fifty pounds and converted it to troy ounces, thereby giving me three thousand seven hundred and seventy seven troy ounces ... convert gold to USD and I am sitting on four million, one hundred forty seven thousand, one hundred and forty six dollars and that is just this reward and not my pay. I turned to look back at Bahamut who had a wicked grin on her face, she knew how much I was carrying! She knew what it was worth.

“Is something wrong Harry?” I heard Twilight ask I shook my head.

“No everything’s fine Twilight,” I said sarcastically

Twilight beamed happily, unaware of my sarcastic tone and said, “Well okay I’ll guide you back through the Way, follow me.”

*******

Twilight left with Harry and I sighed, “Mom do you really think he’ll come back?”

Bahamut looked at Celestia with concern, “You really got it bad for him don’t you?”

Thinking for a moment Bahamut came up with a idea “Celestia, Luna, and Cadance come on girls, let's go out on the town and scare the tartarus out of the barkeeps! And Shining Armor you go sort out your talentless soldiers.”

Shining sneered and petulantly asked “What if I don’t want to?”

“Well I’d invite you too, but it’s a girls night out—unless my little jab was correct?” Bahamut asked an eyebrow arched with a smug grin filling her face.

He was about to answer but Cadance cut him off “Oh! I know!” Her horn glowed light blue and encased her coltfriend, turning him into a mare.

Gleaming Shield looked down and frowned. “Not again!” realising what she had said she covered her mouth with her hooves and saw all the princesses and Bahamut wearing smirks, Bahamut spoke again first “Well girls looks like we got our fifth member to our group!”

All the mares save Gleaming Shield agreed, while some of them still giggled, Gleaming was dragged with the Royals and groaned internally, afraid of the night to come.

*******

Meanwhile back in Chicago, I had said goodbye to Twilight and hauled my weight in bits and went to the nearest of my bank, after a long wait in line I got up to the tellers window.

“Hello my name is Harry Dresden and I’d like to make a deposit in gold coins?” I lifted the hessian sack in front of the teller and I swear she almost fainted, but managed to collect herself and rush off to get the manager who looked at the bag and me and I swear his eyes had dollar signs in them. He spoke in a calm formal tone “Please Mr. Dresden right this way.” I followed him as he took me to a room in the back of the building. whistling a tune, I recognised but chose to ignore,” I gave him my account number and then he brought out a thick metal block took out one gold piece place it inside and began dropping a liquid into the mould watching intently he continued 24 times each time he’d clean the bit then grunt excitedly as the coin didn’t melt.

His eyes widened, he looked at me, before taking the coin and weighing it.

each coin is one troy ounce and 24 karats he took my bag to a machine in the corner and threw all the bits into a funnel and down into the machine, whirred to life after the manager put in the value of the weight and purity. The machine counted the whole coins, the man looked over the display once it had finished. he walked over to a teller that had been waiting and whispered in her ear. She quickly hurried off with a note he had written. “Well Mr. Dresden I can tell you that the value of the coins you brought in comes to four million, two hundred and three thousand, eight hundred and one US dollars. That is now being entered into your account as we speak and here is your receipt. Have a great evening, Mr.Dresden!” He said cheerfully

I nodded taking the receipt and thanking the manager. I left shortly after checking the amount had been added I wrote a couple of cheques to my landlord and paid off the rest of my bills.

I went shopping for groceries and other amenities, I could buy. Now that I wasn’t always strapped for cash, When I got home I collapsed on my couch. I thought of Celestia and Bahamut’s offer. Mister a massive stray cat that had made me a part of his family and ordained to let me stay in his apartment, jumped up next to me greeting me by pushing me off the couch, while nuzzling against my side. “Ow! It’s nice to see you too Mister, but can you not push me off the couch to show it?” I sighed as all I got in response was a meow and a none too subtle order to make him food. Standing to my full height, I got to my feet and fed Mister some stake I had bought and cooked just for him.

I lifted the trapdoor to my lab, I was greeted by a tall man in a black suit, “Harry if you’re going to be off gallivanting to who knows where, then at least have the decency to let me out of my skull. This skull was named Bob and he was a spirit of intellect, he had many wizards who owned him and during his centuries of life, he had collected an impressive amount of knowledge when it came to things like magic.

“Bob I would love to let you out but the last time I did you incited an orgy at a frat party. Besides I didn’t exactly have time to do anything before Morgan whisked me off to The White Council, for a job. Freeing a dragon goddess from stone imprisonment.”

“What!? You left without thinking to come and get me, when you found out!?”

“To be fair Bob the fact her epithets included the Queen of Dragons, The Conqueror of the skies, The Hallowed Mother, The First Dam and the goddess of war, knowledge and meat eating. You can’t blame me for trying to prevent an international crisis because you tried to bed her. Although considering her attitude you might have regretted coming along. She had a very traditional view of masculinity and practically oozed grace and power with each movement.”

“How traditional are we talking gentlemen, chivalry-” Bob started listing off types of masculinity but I interrupted him with a raised hand.

“The kind where she chastised guards for being overly cautious and calling them sackless geldings for not attacking her and yes, before you ask, the population was made up of pastel colored unicorn/pegasi/earth ponies and alicorns or winged unicorns, All sapient and all intelligent. Well most of them were anyway.”

“You’re going to take me next time won't you Harry?” Bob begged me, I couldn’t hide my smirk.

“I am going to have to bring you, Mister, and probably Murphy, along as well anyway, if she’ll come after last time. Oh and I thought I’d should let you know she eats spirits and souls, and not the fun eating either.”

Bob paled in fear, an impressive feat for a being that lacked blood or skin.

I picked up a phone, ignoring Bobs pleas for protection and called Murphy. Karrin Murphy is a black belt in aikido, short in stature, blonde and blue eyed often wears jeans and a white tank top. She works for Chicago PD SI or Special Investigations. “Hey Murphy, I just got offered a job in another realm and I was wondering if you would like to join me, it’s filled with talking unicorns and pegasi also earth ponies?”

“Bite me, Dresden!” came the response.

“Wow, Murphy! You're into some really kinky stuff! I take it you’re still mad that I didn’t tell you about that case?”

I heard a feminine rage filled grunt as the receiver on the end was slammed down.

“I guess that’s a no.” I snarked before putting my receiver down. “Veni che!” I called out holding my right hand out to grab my staff as it levitated to me on a stiff breeze.

“Now how did Bahamut say to summon her-? Oh right.” I spoke to myself, I closed my eyes and willed Bahamut to come to me, just as I opened my eyes I was face to face with an angry Morgan.

“You’ve finally done it Dresden, you broke the fourth law Thou shalt not enthrall another and now I get to execute you. Any trial held will be only a formality. He held his sword against my neck. A ripple announced the arrival of Bahamut, “Ahem, Dresden you better have a good reason for calling me. I was busy getting drunk with my daughters.”

I smiled as Morgan spun on his heel to face the new guest.

“Hey boss! I kinda need a hand here! I would totally do it myself but seeing as he is a warden I can’t.” I said watching the scene unfold before me.

“Boss? Dresden have you really sunk so low as to submit yourself to a demon?” Morgan asked with disgust in his voice. That earned a glare from Bahamut.

“What is it with you humans and calling things you don’t understand demons? No don’t answer that, the question was rhetorical. My name is Bahamut the Dragon Queen, the Conqueror of the skies, The Hallowed Mother, The First Dam. Goddess of Dragons, knowledge, motherhood and war!” Bahamut declared as she approached Morgan,

Bahamut gained a glint in her eyes as she noticed flecks of orange in the skull sitting beside Harry and ghostly tail erupted from her rear end and snaked it’s way into the skull that housed Bob and with a swift pull yanked Bob out, Bob looked around confused as if he wasn’t expecting to be removed from his skull. When he met Bahamut’s gaze he stood stock still before executing a deep bow.

“Queen Bahamut, my most sincerest apologies, I—” Bob was interrupted by Bahamut

“Enough fool, I do not want an ass-kisser, sycophants, or ‘yes’ men,” Bahamut demanded.

Light flashed during the distraction, Bahamut groaned.

“Mimi, come.”

A small fox girl appeared on bent knees, her light brown hair and tail framing a serious face and red eyes.

“Yes mistress?” Mimi asked Bahamut.

“Follow that swordsman and make sure he doesn’t spot you and make sure he doesn’t lie.”

“yokaishimashite!” Mimi stood and bow before disappearing.

My door opened as an irate Murphy stalked into the room and when she spotted me the rage was clear on her face, it disappeared to one of confusion, while she was training her gun on Bahamut.

“What is this thing Dresden, a demon?” Murphy asked and I was about to respond, but a stern glare silenced me.

“What is it with you mortals and calling me a demon, is it the wings? The tail? The horns?”

Bahamut groaned ignoring Murphy. Murphy unloaded her side arms clip into Bahamut pumping her full of lead, or at least tried to the bullets flattened against Bahamut’s scales as Bahamut spun around and looked at Murphy with a smug smirk. “Ooo, this one’s feisty! Dresden, you don’t mind if I have a little fun with this one do you?” Bahamut asked.

I was about to intervene when Bahamut swept Murphy off her feet and french kissed her. Forcing her mouth open with her, no doubt powerful tongue which wrapped around Murphy’s and I swear I saw a bulge wiggling down her throat. as Murphy squeaked in a decidedly feminine manner.

Murphy’s eyes closed and her body fell limp and her knees could barely support her. Bahamut wrapped her arms around Murphy’s waist holding her. While I sat there with my eyes bugging out, while Bob whistled appreciatively. Bahamut withdrew her tongue trailing out of Murphy’s mouth.

Then Bahamut walked off, whistling a tune that sounded disturbingly like Katy Perry’s I Kissed a Girl. Meanwhile Murphy was catatonic on the floor, whether from the shock of a dragoness kissing her or the lack of oxygen, I wasn’t sure.

“Hey, Dresden, you got any alcohol in this place? Oh, and while you’re at it, can you tell that pint sized tomboy to put her useless weapon away once she regains consciousness? Also Bob, am I pretty? Be honest, I have been called a demon when I am a goddess far too often to count.”

Bob responded “My Queen Bahamut, you are a most beautiful dragoness, it’s just humans tend to view dragons as evil.”

“Pfft, not surprised really. Most of us dragons can eat humans.”

“Er, all I got is some Applejack.” I said and earning a laugh from Bahamut. I looked at her as she turned around. She raised an eyebrow at my confused look, as she chugged half the bottle.

Once finished she put two and two together. “Oh! That it’s just an inside joke there’s an earth pony who makes apple cider, and her name is Applejack or AJ to her friends,” Bahamut explained as I gave her my best ‘you’re bullshitting me’ face I could.

Even Murphy found that difficult to imagine as she had come around just in time to hear. “Oh you know the multiverse has a perverse sense of humour, often running on literary rules.”

“For example cities back home are horse puns of human cities like Detrot, Baltimare, Fillydelphia, Chicartgo, Manehatten, and Neigh York. To name a few.”

Bahamut sat on the couch next to me, Bob, and Murphy.

“So kiddies let's talk business!”

Bahamut noticed the glares she was receiving.

“What?”

“We are not kids!” Murphy and I said in unison.

Bahamut just rolled her eyes.

“All you mortals are kids to me. I have 1000 years or so on you.”

“So why do you bother flirting with Murphy?” I asked, slightly irritated.

“Well, when the only immortals you care about are either dead, family, or taken already, then it kinda means I have no other choice than mortals. However, I believe given time and the appropriate teacher, Murphy might just ascend. Oh! Don’t worry, Dresden. I hear you wizards live centuries, so you have plenty of time to learn. I am sure somepony, say my daughter Celestia would love to teach you.”

“Any excuse to play match maker?” I asked sarcastically.

“What can I say? I love my daughters, one already has a marefriend, the other one has shown considerable interest in you,” Bahamut said, poking me. “Just remind her that you’re mortal if she gets too enthusiastic. And hey! It’s not like you initiated a kiss with her.”

I groaned as Bahamut finished speaking with a smug grin.

“Wait I am confused! Marefriend, somepony, kissing? Dresden explain!”

I sighed warily “Well Murph, here are the cliff notes, I was sent to a realm called Equestria by the White Council to free Bahamut.” I started and indicated Bahamut who waved with a wiggle of her clawed hand.” Upon meeting the ruler Princess Celestia, I complimented her, and she got insecure at the praise, I kissed her to shut her up regarding her supposed flaws. Bahamut was freed and Celestia now sees me as a potential mate and is very clear about her intentions. Bahamut hired me but not before showering me with enough gold to now have four million dollars in my bank. After I was preparing to leave, Celestia looked sad and Bahamut intervened by offering me a position as a permanent retainer to protect her other daughter Luna. Both Celestia and Luna are alicorns or winged unicorns. Both are immortal and so is Bahamut. I summoned Bahamut here to give her my answer and I called you to ask if you’d come too.”

“I feel it’s worth noting that Equestria is generally peaceful, perhaps I can take you on as one of my honour guard? Don’t worry, I’ll give you the freedom to investigate crime or even do something less violent. No you won't really need to protect me, I am a goddess and I eat can eat a hydra, whole. However provided I have a choice, it won't be happening again. Those things are like mexican food. It goes right through you.”

Bahamut finished her drink, then looked over to Murphy. “So are you coming with us? If you need to gather your things, I’ll wait, just be aware you will have to carry or at least use a cart or some other way to move them. it has been over one thousand years since I have been on earth.”

“I’ll go only if you will guarantee me a spot in your honor guard, like you said,” Murphy said, crossing her arms.

“Oh don’t worry about that, being the Queen and Goddess of a realm has it’s advantages. you have four hours to get your stuff together.”

“Oh, really? You visited earth?” I asked, ignoring the conversation between the too of them.”

Bahamut snorted “No, I was born here. I was transported away to Equestria in the year 2014. Thanks to some wibbly wobbly, timey wimey shenanigans, I ended up stuck one thousand years in the past, and had to wait until someone bothered to come free me. When I first arrived, I met my beautiful, but now deceased wife, Queen Faust.” Bahamut said wistfully.

“So what year is it here Dresden? I feel I will need context so I can watch what I want” Bahamut brought up a crystalline screen and static played across it.

“It’s 2008.” I replied.

“Huh? What do you know.” Bahamut commented

“So what can you tell me about Queen Faust, she sounds like somepony very important to you.”

Bahamut gained a dour expression, causing me to internally kick myself for my bluntness.

“I saved her from He Who Walks Behind, Dresden. I believe you two have met, I can see his mark on you.” She said, her piercing gaze felt like she looked through me and had judged me, the experience had sent a shiver down my spine.

“Yes, I have met with the bastard before, he was sent to kill me by my uncle, Justin Dumorne but I managed to destroy his form in my realm, thus saving me from it. Temporarily.”

Bahamut raised an eyebrow, “Impressive for a mortal.”

Bahamut had turned the channel to the daily show before laying back and sighing, “Dresden, there is something going on. There is something from the Outside pulling the strings, and they’re sending kids, through the void/the space between spaces, the Outside. It’s how I originally came to this realm. I was originally a human, and taken from my earth and deposited in Equestria. Things here are only slightly different. making it difficult to tell the difference, but it is. I don’t know how I missed it to be honest. Oh, and the kicker? I used to be male.”

Bob did a double take before looking at me incredulously. Bahamut smiled.

“Whoever that Outsider was he was a total dick.”

*******

Meanwhile a day had passed in Equestria since Bahamut had left myself, Luna, and Twilight sitting in my room. It was a rather spartan affair, with hardly any decorations, only having useful furniture like the desk on the far left of the room, the bookcases that filled most of the walls, excluding where the bed lay flush with the right sides wall. They sat on a pile of pillows which sat next to the fireplace, on the middle of the left side wall.

They had been chatting about my crush on the human wizard, when a portal opened up, which caused all three mares to adopt an aggressive stance. Out walked a being similar to our mother and mother-in-law respectively. The main difference being the coloration, a dark purple with golden accents, that made her scales look like full plate armor.

“I was told I could find my sister, in this realm, where is she?” The stranger asked.

“What is your sister’s name? And who are you?” I asked not relaxing my defensive posture.

“Bahamut, and I am her sister Tiamat,” Tiamat explained.

“That makes you our Aunt then. I am Celestia step-daughter of Bahamut.” I said as I relaxed.

Luna added her own introduction “I am Bahamut’s foal, we are blood related. Unlike our sister, Celestia.”

Twilight responded “I am Luna’s marefriend, so I guess that makes me your future niece-in-law.” What happened next caught them off guard. Tiamat laughed, clutching at her belly, ”Ol’ Bahamut got married and had kids, so who was the lucky man who got my sister?” I blushed

“Well our mother Queen Faust was her wife until she was killed on their wedding day, and Bahamut was petrified for a thousand years. We managed to free her. Right now she’s answering a summons from Harry Dresden.”

Sitting down, the mares sat down leaving the dragoness standing. “Come sit with us, and tell us all the embarrassing secrets she had growing up. No longer shall Mother be able to embarrass us by smothering us in motherly love!” I exclaimed triumphantly while Tiamat was giggling up a storm.

*******

Hours passed as Tiamat regaled us of our mother’s hijinks, when another portal opened revealing Bahamut. “Oh Mother, you’re finally back!” I said as Bahamut blinked as she took in the scene, of Celestia and Luna giving Tiamat a manicure and pedicure.

“Tiamat? But how did you get—” Bahamut started to say before she was bowled over by Tiamat, who glomped her in a tackle hug.

“I missed you so much sister, I haven’t seen you in years!” Tiamat cried as she hugged Bahamut.

“We’ll talk properly later,” Tiamat whispered in Bahamut’s ear.

“I heard you got married and had kids, why wasn’t I invited and why am I only just finding out?”

“Well it’s not like I could contact you or even leave at the time,” Bahamut turned away, frowning as she did so.

“It’s been one thousand years Tiamat, at least for me. I haven’t exactly been free during those years. But I missed you too,” Bahamut said and rested a hand on Tiamat’s shoulder.

I heard various cooing and sniffing sounds coming from Luna and Twilight. Before Bahamut could do anything else as Dresden walked through the portal, I rushed through knocking Mother and Aunty over as I enveloped Dresden in my legs and began to nuzzle into to him, a woman walked in, behind Dresden, eying me as she gave me a wide berth there was something dark in her eyes as if I was touching her boyfriend or something.

“Murphy! Celestia! Don’t be rude!” Bahamut called out having enough air in her to belt out a command, Celestia let go of Dresden and brushed him down. Murphy had stood to attention and saluted.

“Now how does a proper lady comport herself?” Bahamut asked me.

“With humility, poise, grace, and elegance” Me and oddly enough Murphy droning it out as if we had both heard it all throughout our childhood.

Tiamat smirked and said,“Since when were you ever a lady?”

Bahamut replied “Ever since I had to sit through hundreds of poise and grace lessons, so I no longer left cracks in the palace masonry and so I could be a proper Queen and even more so for when I had foals. nevermind the dancing lessons I had to take before my wedding day.” Bahamut groused as she elbowed Tiamat.

Dresden called from my chest, “Can you put me down Celestia, I need to find a place to set up a new home. I’ll come back after I’m done, Bahamut drew out another enormous bit bag as I looked down crestfallen. Dresden gave me a kiss on the cheek, but instead of a cheek he found my lips. As we broke apart Mother chose that moment to toss the bag at Dresden.

“If you need more, just ask, so long as it is within reason,” Mother said,

“You might want to avoid Canterlot, it’s full of snooty nobles. I suggest Ponyville, my student Twilight lives there,” I said, feeling rather crestfallen before brightening up. I summoned a stone for Dresden.

“This stone shall enable me to set up a portal to your home, just place the stone in a secure room."

*******

Standing up and brushing myself off, I beckoned Murphy over. “I like a word in private, Murphy.”

Once Murphy and I came to a secluded area of the garden I sighed, “Murphy, can you keep a handle on that jealousy? It’s not worth getting killed over it. My daughter is kind and benevolent, often sacrificing everything for her subjects, but she didn’t become a benevolent tyrant just on charisma. Even though she has that in spades. No, she is a politician and a warrior, her budding relationship with Harry is something more to her now and the added political issues that will arise will either make or break our alliance with humanity. She will remove you anyway she can, if you pose a threat to her budding relationship with Harry. Plus, we both know why you and Harry won't work. For one, you are married to the job and Harry is too much an old-fashioned gentlemen for you anyway.”

“And what? You're a better choice are you?” Murphy huffed.

“Oh certainly! I am very flexible, and I happened to be a warrior of great fervor. Not to mention that as my honour guard, you shall be largely staying by my side unless I have asked otherwise. You will have leeway to address important investigations, which I will most likely assign you. You will hold the title of Captain and receive training from Shining Armor, so far the only guardsman who has had the cojones to stand up to me, granted in the face of me, it didn’t really do any damage. It’s the attempt that counts. Once Captain Armor has trained you sufficiently, you will train with me. You will then pick a First and Second Lieutenant, who will train the rest of your unit. Any questions?” I asked.

Grumbling, Murphy inquired, “When do I start?”

“You start as soon as your swearing-in ceremony takes place, but before that you must complete your training. Until the training starts, you have time to go and find a place temporarily until I can assign you your own room, unless you wish to stay out at the palace. A word of warning, some guards may look down on you if you do not. I do not mind either way, however, so until we meet again, my adorable captain.”

I kissed Murphy and then walked off to find the hated bureaucracy. I left behind a stunned Murphy, numbly holding her first bag of bits. “Oh and those bits are for you to live on till you get your first real pay, so spend it wisely!” I called back.