Muffins winced as her lover bit into the lemon. "Why are you eating that?" Just the image of the pegasus gobbling up the bitter fruit made her lips pucker in sympathy.

"Everything else tastes way too sweet. This tastes good…" Dash finished off the yellow treat. "How is Lyra doing? Did she make it out?"

"No, neither of you made it past your first encounters. Daring plays for keeps." Muffins squirmed and half-flared her wings as the pegasus bit into another lemon with every sign of enjoyment. "Was it really that sweet? What happened?"

"Not really sure. It smelled so good I couldn't stop myself from smelling it, then everything smelled good and sweet… I don't even remember it growing down my throat or anything, but wow what a rush!" Rainbow licked the face of the lemon to catch the juice.

"You should have seen her, she rubbed some sort of fruit over her nose and just walked in, led you out as calm as a filly." Muffins giggled. "I wanted to leave it on you, but she said it would dump seeds around if it was on much longer, and we really don't want it growing around town."

The door to the room in the castle opened then and a brown pelted Daring Do walked in, grinning at Dash. "How are you feeling? The lemons doing the trick?"

Rainbow turned a sardonic look on Muffins before she popped the last of the lemon half she had been savoring, into her mouth. Talking around the fruit, as she chewed it, she nodded. "Sure did. How long does the flavor affect you for?"

"The taste in general? Only a day or so after the thing is removed. The taste changes to sour things is a life-long one, harmless though." Daring reached out and plucked up a lemon, biting into the fruit. "Trust me, it's a great party trick." To both Ponyvillians, the implication was obvious, Daring had spent time trapped by the vine herself.

"So, you are my keeper, what happens now that I lost?" Rainbow looked to Muffins, her heart swelling at the thought that the bigger mare would get to do whatever she wanted.

"Wedding." Muffins gave a little nod, even as Dash's mouth dropped open. "You, me. Married properly and bound." The alicorn turned to face RD. "Rainbow Dash, will you marry me. You have to say yes, you know, thanks to the-" She didn't get any further, there was a rainbow-maned mare suddenly wrapping her forelegs around her neck, thankfully sans lemon.

"Of course I will, you didn't need to send me into a crazy dungeon to get me to say yes, I was just… I didn't know if you wanted to." Dash looked down and scuffed a hoof.

"I," Muffins poked Dash in the nose with a hoof, "love you, Rainbow Dash."

The alicorn felt her lover's lips again, this time against her own. Seeing the pair quite distracted, Daring Do, set down the signed book and left them to their closeness.

The guard looked suspiciously at Sunny. "And you say a pony attacked you? You see who it was?"

"Not just a pony, it was a vampony!" Sunny clopped a hoof down sharply. "Please, I need to see somepony who can help track them down!"

The guard was about to suggest Sunny lay off the hard cider when a changeling rushed up to them. "Vampony?" Deathly Stare looked intently at the mare before his blue eyes widened. "Come on, we need to talk to the q-" he froze a moment, "to the princesses."

Relaxing, the stallion on guard duty smiled. "You do that, sir!" It was out of his mane, now he could watch the flanks of the mares trotting past the keep again.

"She bit you?" Sunny nodded to the question by the changeling. "Anything else odd happen?"

"Well, it doesn't really make up for being attacked in my own home, but somepony made the most amazing breakfast ever…" Sunny gestured with a hoof vaguely in the direction of her flat. "Left this note too."

Deathly took the scrap of paper and nodded. "We definitely need to see my queen." He didn't even blush when he said it, he was a changeling after all, a lot of ponies excused many things they said.

"You might want to see your queen, but Princess Mi Amore Cadenza is busy!" a pompous-sounding guard said, standing in their way at the door to the Princess' study. "The only way you could go in is if another princess were to… to…" Deathly blinked at the stallion before a hoof gently prodded his shoulder.

"Come on in, Sir Stare." Shining smiled and shot a look to the guard that bespoke a lot of running in the not-too-distant-future. She pushed open the door and trotted in to see Cadance and Twilight, both of them, sitting and chatting at a table covered with snacks. "Nearly the whole family together." Shining trotted over and leaned in to kiss her wife.

"Deathly?" Cadance took the kiss on the cheek but was interested in who followed her Shiny in. "Either we are about to be spoiled or you have some news?"

The drone looked to Sunny, saw the mare's shock that she was about to address three princesses. "Sunny, can you explain to them exactly what happened?"

"I… I can!" Sunny bowed, then curtsied, then tried to do both at once and almost fell over.

"Relax dear, whatever the problem is, you are safe." Twilight Velvet had gotten up and walked over to the mare. "Come and sit down, let's talk about what happened."

Too astounded to do anything but exactly what the other unicorn said, Sunny was soon seated, words spilling from her lips. "… and then I came out and there was the most amazing breakfast." Her hoof strayed up to her neck, rubbing where the little pinpricks were. The flesh still tingled.

"Mademoiselle." Deathly inhaled deeply and walked over to stand beside Cadance, feeling safer with his 'queen' at his side. "She taught me to love food, to adore it, and to cook it."

Twilight Sparkle lifted a hoof, feeling like she was in school again. "Uh, I don't mean to sound odd, but why are you looking at him like he just said the strange pony was a monster?"

"Twilight, meet Deathly Stare. He was a drone who was disguised as the head chef here at the castle… when the nation disappeared." Cadance looked directly at Twilight, but her wing had spread down to curl over the changeling's back, protectively. "He has been away a thousand years."

"She was not here when we returned, she left just before the… before everything went odd." Deathly practically melted into the touch of his queen, she smelled of safety and power, heady scents to a drone with no hive. "So she-"

"Oh no…" Cadance got up, leaving the comforting of Deathly to Shining as she strode over to where her correspondence was kept. Pulling open her desk draw, she pulled out a missive. "This is from Auntie." She looked pale as she stepped over to the table again and set it down.

"Ponies acting strange, some with bite marks at the neck, some that are not waking up. In Baltimare." Shining blinked a few times as she read the letter. "She seems to think it is some kind of monster, or… ponies are missing?"

"Mademoiselle was… is, a vampony." Deathly looked down and leaned into Shining, feeling the strong wing squeeze down around him. Inhaling deeply the drone continued. "She was the greatest chef in Equestria before I… left. She has had a lot of years to practice."

"And maybe become evil." Cadance looked over at Sunny. "Are you alright?"

Sunny shook her head, feeling not only like a very small pony, but a very trapped one. She saw light gather in Princess Cadance's horn and felt the most wonderful happiness start to fill her. When a big wing gathered around her she didn't resist it and was snuggled against another pony. "Thank you…"

The small voice of the unicorn, tucked under her wing, made Twilight's throat tighten. "How old are those reports?" She gestured with a hoof at the papers before Shining.

"The papers are a day old, rushed here by train. The events… about five days… she could have traveled here in that time." Shining was never so fierce as when she had a pony to defend, and right now not only was there a terrified changeling cuddled against her, but a unicorn had been so distressed that she required bespelling to calm down. It was clear her ponies were in danger.

"You two should totally go to the Crystal Empire! With Princess Twilight's parents getting married again, you could make it in as an extra wedding!" Sunset was bound, with Rainbow about to fit a gag in her snout. The pegasus pressed the rubber between the alicorn's lips and tightened the straps.

"Not a bad idea." Rainbow grinned and looked to her lover. "What about it? I said yes, you said yes. Want to go get married and make it the most awesome wedding ever?"

Muffins leaned in, tightening the straps that were binding Sunset's wings down. "With you? Of course we are going to go." She got up and kissed Rainbow, turning to the side and cradling the smaller pony in one wing, bending low and extending the kiss into a long smooch.

Sunset was still bound, silenced, and loving it. She squirmed a little, finding the straps and cuffs tight enough that she had very little play. Unable to get free, Sunset Shimmer watched as Muffins and Rainbow started packing their suitcases, folding a few bits and pieces into them.

"Should we bring her?" Muffins gestured to Sunset. "She could be fun. Maybe put a leash on her and walk her around as our pet?"

Rainbow laughed and strode up to the bound pony. "Nah, let's leave her here… or set her loose in the dungeon…" Sunset had heard of this dungeon and actually really wanted to go in. "Actually let's bring her, she probably hasn't seen the Crystal Empire yet." The pegasus began to unbuckle the straps, leaving the horn-blocker ring as the second last thing.

"Mmfmmf?" Sunset gestured to the gag still in her mouth with a hoof. Getting a nod from Muffins, she used her magic to unbuckle it and slip it free.

"Learning silence?" Rainbow grinned as she lifted her forehoof up under Sunset's jaw. "Good filly." Sunset grinned wide, her tail swishing a little at the praise.

Lotus smiled as she slid the key into the door and opened it. "How arre my darrlingz doing?" She pranced into the room and saw Aloe was on her back on the massage table. The table itself was lowered almost to the floor and between the delirious-looking mare's back legs was the fuzzy head of Rarity.

Groaning weakly and tilting her head, Aloe's senses were partially aware that her sister had entered the room. Her mouth was hanging open, she had long since given up stopping the drool leaking from her lips. The sound of the door did draw the attention of Rarity, and her pristine white head bobbed up from between the physically demolished mare. "Lotus, lock that behind you. It is your turn." Rarity reached up to pat at the table. "Up you get, poor Aloe is all worn out from her massage."

Aloe was worn out, Lotus could see, but she was pretty sure it wasn't massage that had left her so. "Mizztrress Rrarity, I beg five minutes to close up spa forr the evening."

Rarity smiled at her still-conscious pet. "Oh, of course, darling. But with you gone, I fear I shall need to keep working on your sister… don't be long, I don't think she will take much more." Rarity said not a thing more, sinking her head back down, her long tongue working along and into the sopping wet vulva of Aloe's.

The weakest, most tired groan of pleasure Lotus had ever heard in her life came from her sister and she realized Rarity had worked the mare this far simply by making her orgasm. "Yez, My Miztrress!" Lotus stepped just a little closer, leaning in and gently kissing her sister on the lips. It was something that, despite their fun and games, the two had never done. "I will be back."

True to her word, the diamond dog worked the mare even more senseless before Lotus returned. Hearing her second pet unlocking the door, Rarity reached under Aloe and gently shifted her to the side of the table. "Up you get, pet. There is a special thing you need to do for me." Rarity had seen the kiss earlier, the blush that had filled Lotus' cheeks. "I want you to kiss and clean your sister while I work. If you are good and she is all clean by the time I am done with you… I might just lick you into a similar state."

Lotus' eyes widened at this and she bobbed her head. She would have to kiss her sister now, after all, her mistress had commanded her so. Climbing up on the table, she adjusted herself until her back legs were spread. Turning her head, Lotus admired her sister, and the look their mistress had clearly painted her with. Then that tongue found her and she gave a whimper.

"You taste just like her." Rarity returned to her task, her long tongue dipping between the soft and swelling lips with each lap. In a mirror, she could see Lotus, head turned, making out with her sister. Rarity smiled as she licked the second mare to orgasm and distraction.

Author's Note

Oh Rarity, you really do enjoy taking good care of those sisters, don't you?

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