Lookin For Love (In All the Wrong Places)

Chapter IV:Raptor Rumble

"I just don't get it, how could he have caught up with us so quickly? We ran like the wind for hours and he was just limping around." Tree Hugger racked her brain for a few tense moments. "It's doesn't make sense!"

"Calm down, just because he followed us doesn't mean he will catch us. He may have known some kind of shortcut." Fluttershy looked around, trying to find a tall enough tree to go through with Tree's plan. She spotted what looked like a very tall, though thin spruce tree.

"Tree, look!" Fluttershy said, pointing out the thin tree just a hundred or so yards away. "Will that work for us?"

Tree stared at the tree for a moment, tilting her head from left to right as to try and get an idea of how the angle would work. She then looked toward the mostly yellow death field from before, counting under her breath.

"I guess it could. It looks to be about ten more yards out than what we needed, but" Tree looked around and noticed that most of the trees near the field were far too short for what they needed. "I guess we don't really have too many options, do we?"

A sudden roar made both Fluttershy and Tree Hugger jump slightly in place.

"No, no we don't and judging by the last roar he's gaining on us faster than before...somehow." Tree Hugger folded up her knife and put it in her saddle bags followed by her marker. "We need to get up in that Tree."

Tree Hugger wrapped her forelegs around the trunk of the tree and slowly slid down to the ground. "Are you okay flying over to the top or do you need to piggy back on me again?" Tree yelled up at Fluttershy.

Fluttershy gave her wings a few feeble flaps to check if they were still in working order and that she had the stamina to spare. After a few moments she managed to get herself hovering in the air, though her body still ached from earlier.

"Yeah, I can. Might take me awhile to get over there though." Fluttershy stared at the tip of tree she needed to fly over to. It just seemed so far away now, even though any other day it would be a quick flight.

Another roar coming from the woods indicated that he was closer, though still a few minutes away from what Fluttershy could gather.

"I'll head on over and get climbing. I suggest you put a little bit more urgency getting over there. If he manages to catch me on that tree alone, I'm as good as dead" Tree Hugger yelled before turning around and running to the nearby tree.

Fluttershy took a deep breath and began to flap her wings, slowly gaining in altitude. She watched as Tree made her way across a small clearing and to the base of the Tree. She started climbing up the Tree as if the Forrest floor was literally on fire. She slowly began to move toward the top of the tree, only moving a little bit faster than walking speed.

Another roar and a sudden flood of birds entering the sky alerted her to just how close Saw-tooth was. How he could be moving so quickly through the brush just didn't make sense.

"Hurry up Shy, we really don't want to be lunch!" Tree cried.

"C-coming!" Fluttershy yelled back. She pushed a little bit harder to get to the right altitude as she approached the treetop. She could hear the footsteps of Saw-tooth get closer. A mere forty or so feet from the ground, she took a quick glance at the ground below her out of curiosity.

Staring right directly at her was Saw-tooth, glaring at her with his one functional eye. A cold chill ran down her spine as they stared at one another. She didn't know if he was capable of jumping up high enough and snapping at her, but he seemed content to just stare at her. He slowly began to open his mouth, seemingly to speak to her.

"You go away. Green one, food." Saw-tooth said, though in a very broken and guttural manner. He then moved his gaze away from Fluttershy and toward the Tree she was hovering next to.

He knows shes on the other side! Fluttershy thought.

Fluttershy watched, her body paralyzed with fear as his gaze met with Tree Hugger body as she shimmied up the side of the Tree. With a self assuring roar he charged forward, lowering his head into a ramming position.

"Tree!" Fluttershy pushed herself up and over the tree, looping around an pulling Tree Hugger off the side just as Saw-tooth rammed into the tree, knocking it over as if it were a mere twig.

"What in the!?" Tree Hugger said as she watched the Tree she was just climbing fall over and snap in half. She looked down to realized that the roar she heard earlier was far closer than she had anticipated.

Saw-tooth stared up at Tree, his eyes meeting hers. He grinned and opened his mouth wide. Rows and rows of razor sharp teeth, each the size of a sword lined his mouth.

Tree very much wanted to panic, but she knew that if she did that now she would most certainly be dead. "F-fluttershy? Can you still manage to get us across that field?"

Fluttershy grunted, barely able to maintain altitude with the added weight of Tree Hugger. "I'm not sure!" Fluttershy noticed that she was slowly losing altitude and that Saw-tooth was ready below, with his mouth wide open.

At the back of her mind, she knew there was no way she could get across that field with Tree Hugger in tow. She even had the slightest whisper at the back of her mind...that she should just drop Tree Hugger. Saving her own life at the cost of her friends.

What am I thinking? Fluttershy thought to herself. She didn't know how such a selfish and one sided thought even crossed her mind. Maybe it was some kind of built in survival instinct or the fear getting the best of her. One thing she did know however, is that her stamina was finite. Saw-tooth below has already noticed she was fatigued and was eagerly awaiting her to slip up.

"Need to think of something fast!" Fluttershy looked around for any Tree she could land on that was at least somewhat tall. There was a pine tree nearby that was only about two thirds as tall as the one Saw-tooth knocked over, but it was the only viable option as the others were too short to allow her to land safely.

Landing there will only buy us a little bit of time at most, nowhere near enough time for me to recover Fluttershy thought to herself. She needed a plan and fast. For a brief moment she thought that maybe she could dive drop Tree onto the ground, letting her easily outrun Saw-tooth, but she quickly realized that being separated from Tree in this Forrest was a terrible idea.

Fluttershy flapped her wings, slowly gaining a little bit of altitude as she approached the next tallest tree. As she approached it, she realized that maybe Tree's idea of gliding across could still work out. They would just need an extra boost and she had an idea how. She watched Saw-tooth follow them, his mouth open and ready to eat Tree Hugger if her grip failed her. She landed on top of the tree, setting Tree Hugger down and leaning over one of the branches.

She paused for a moment, trying to come up with the worst insult she possibly could."Hey you big stupid jerk, why don't kill yourself by climbing up to your chromosome count and jumping to your IQ?"

Saw-tooth just stared at her, completely dumbfounded.

"No idea what you are trying Shy, but I don't think he knows what a chromosome even is" Tree said, pointing out the now obvious. "Don't get why you are trying to anger him, but try something a little more basic."

"Tree I need you to hold onto me around my waist as hard as you can. I'm gonna use this big idiot as a slingshot" Fluttershy said.

Fluttershy inhaled deeply and yelled. "You smell like toenails!"

Saw-tooth roared in anger and charged at the base of the tree, his head lowered into a ramming position.

Fluttershy stood up and spread her wings out flat, Tree Hugger still clinging tight to her as if she was cellophane. Fluttershy lowered her body, Spreading her back and front legs over the widest area possible.

"Wait, are you planning to-"

Tree Hugger was cut short just as Saw-tooth collided with the tree below. The entire tree snapped forward, launching Fluttershy into the air like a rock from a makeshift slingshot.

"Shy are you sure you did the math on this?" Tree Hugger yelled.

"Nope!" Fluttershy replied, flapping her wings to get a little bit more altitude.

Tree watched the ground below her start to get closer and closer and judging from their angle of decent, they were going to be at least a dozen yards or so short of the other side of the field. She was pretty sure Fluttershy was aware of this as she watched her flap her wings as hard as she could to get just to slow their decent a little bit.

"Hold you breath Tree!" Fluttershy yelled.

The pair glided toward the ground, landing just a few yards from the safer side of the field. Fluttershy tumbled forward a bit on landing, landing on her side while Tree Hugger rolled a couple times and was on her feet.

However, the second Tree opened her eyes, she regretted it immediately. Her eyes immediately began to water up, her nostrils burned as if a dozen fire ants had just crawled up them, even her ears felt as if somepony set them on fire. She could just barely make out the safe spot she needed to reach through the torrent of tears her eyes were making. As she made her way toward the edge, she noticed that Fluttershy was a bit further ahead of her, laying still.

Oh no, did she- the thought ran across her mind, but her body reacted before she could finish it. She charged forward and grabbed Fluttershy by the tail, dragging her along the ground. After a few panicked moments Tree managed to pull Fluttershy out of danger. However, she noticed that the obvious rise in Fluttershy's chest had stopped.

"No, No! You crazy mare, don't you die on me!" Tree Hugger inhaled deeply and put one hoof over Fluttershy's nose. She leaned Fluttershy's head back, and blew into her mouth.

*Cough* Cough*

Fluttershy opened her eyes and began to cough very hard, sputtering and wheezing, coughing up bits of very yellow flem on the ground. "I *cough* think I inhaled a lot on the landing, one of the books jabbed me in the ribs pretty hard."

"Oh thank goodness!" Tree Hugger embraced Fluttershy in a hug. "I thought I lost you there for a moment!"

Fluttershy slowly stood up, her legs wobbling uncontrollably beneath her. "I...I think my legs are a little numb. I can just barely feel my own weight on them."

Tree Hugger lowered her head, inspecting Fluttershy's legs for abnormalities. "The landing wasn't that hard. It may be some of that poison working through your system. It's fine though, you can ride on my back until you get feeling back in them."

"B-but...what about Saw-tooth?" Fluttershy glanced behind her and there he was no more than a couple hundred yards at most. His one good eye set on her and his mouth began to move.

"You die with her" he said.

A chill ran down her spine. She could feel a knot in her neck, as if she had just tied her own noose. He meant it, just the way he put the words was enough to send the cold rush of fear through her body. She stared back at Saw-tooth, her entire body trembling. Suddenly, she could feel a warm comforting hoof on her shoulder.

"Don't let him get to you, Fluttershy. I got a good view of how long this stretch is from up there. That trip is gonna take him all afternoon at the least" Tree Hugger said reassuringly.

"Yeah, you're right. It would be suicide for him to charge through all of that. I'm worried though...why wouldn't he at least try to-"

"Because he has us to do the work for him" A deep raspy voice said from behind, cutting Fluttershy off.

Fluttershy and Tree turned in place, staring at the bushes behind them. Slowly they could see small feathers move among the bushes and the glint of something shiny and metallic all around them. One by one six foot tall dinosaurs emerged from the brush. Each of them covered in a light brown fuzz that covered their entire bodies. On their arms and head were feathers of all kinds of bright colors, ranging from radiant orange to royal purple.

"What are those?" Tree asked.

"I'm not entirely sure. I think they are from the raptor family, but they are nowhere near the size I seen them in books. These ones are much larger." Fluttershy watched as more and more of them came out of the brush, five, seven then finally ten of them in total.

The largest of the group stepped forward and made a few loud calls to Saw-tooth. Saw-tooth responded with a roar or two in return.

"What did they say shy?" Tree Hugger asked.

"He said 'Capture them both, you may eat the...winged one once I get my fill of the red haired one. " Fluttershy's eyes went wide once she realized what she had translated.

Before she could react, two of the raptors jumped into the air and slammed down on her back, pinning her to the ground. One then opened his mouth wide and grabbed her by the neck, his teeth putting enough pressure to be painful, but not break the skin.

"Make any false moves and I snap your neck like a twig" the raptor mumbled under his breath.

"Shy!" Tree charged forward, but was quickly surrounded on all sides by raptors. She quickly put all her weight on her front hooves and kicked both bag legs out hard, hitting one raptor in the stomach and another square on the chin. Two more tried from the front and side, however, the front one was grabbed by Tree's back lags and thrown into the one charging from the side. Another tried to dart in low and grab her by the throat, but was quickly stopped by a headbutt and a bite to the nose.

"Cease resisting this instant, or your friend here will feel a very sharp snapping sensation." The largest raptor near Fluttershy stepped away to show Fluttershy being held up in the air in one of the other raptors mouths. Tiny beads of blood were running down her neck as the rows of sharp teeth dug into her flesh.

Tree hesitated for a moment. She had the urge to charge in, knowing full well if they surrendered they would be dead anyhow. Then she saw the terrified look on Fluttershy's face. The fear of losing her friend to a rash decision on her part paralyzed her, stopping her dead in her tracks.

Two raptors walked up to Tree, one putting his foot on her face and slamming her to the ground.

"Anrrg!" Tree yelped as her face hit the ground, a small stream of blood flowing from her teeth.

"Make sure she cannot run." The largest raptor nodded to one of the others positioned nearby "Make sure to not bite any arteries. Our lord likes his prey fresh and struggling."

One of the raptors jolted forward biting down on on Tree's back right leg, HARD.

"Ahhrrggg!" Tree screamed in agony. Every second was like an eternity as dozens of sharp, jagged teeth pierced her flesh. The raptor shook her hard as he sunk his teeth in, making sure to make it as painful as possible. She cried out loud as the teeth scraped against the bone, threatening to snap it, all the while the raptor had a sadistic grin on his face. Her body contorted and she wanted to kick with all her might, but she knew doing so would most certainly insure that she would lose her leg in the process. All she could do was endure the pain and pray the damage wasn't as significant as it felt.

After a few minutes of screaming, shaking and crying the raptor finally let up. He slowly pulled his teeth out from Tree's leg, occasionally shaking her to get a few more whimpers from her. He ran his tongue across his lips and teeth, slurping greedily.

"It's been a few years since any of us had tasted a large mammal such as yourself. Your body meat is exquisite and the screaming from you pain is so much more satisfying than killing typical herbivores, I could barely control myself." The raptor wiped his chin of blood and ran his tongue across his claws. "So good, I can't want to get more." The raptor glanced at Fluttershy.

"That's quite enough, Sadis. We have to leave her in well enough shape for our lords hunt tonight. Belmuse, stop the bleeding and disinfect the wound. Our lord is not fond of partially rotted meat." The largest raptor moved toward Fluttershy, nodding for the raptor holding her up in his mouth to drop her.

Fluttershy landed on the ground with a thud, her body still visibly shaking in fear."L-let us go...or...or I'll be forced to hurt you!" Fluttershy narrowed her eyes, using her stare on the lead raptor. Some of the raptors stepped away, clearly terrified of her, but the largest raptor refused to budge.

"Fear magic, being used by a herbivore?" The lead raptor leaned toward Fluttershy, staring her right in the eyes. "Amusing, our lord uses such magic himself, but I am immune to it." The lead raptor slapped Fluttershy across the face, dropping her to the ground with authority. "Not to give you any false hope, but I intend to keep you alive until we can extract how you do that from you."

"W-what are you planning to do with us?" Fluttershy cried.

"You will see. Sadis, bite this one as well." The lead raptor stepped away.

Sadis grinned and wiped his mouth. "With pleasure, Lord Breem." Sadis moved toward Fluttershy, his body low to the ground and his mouth wide open.

"There is no need for that" One of the smaller raptors stepped forward. "Look at her legs, they are discolored. Which means she inhaled too much of the gas here. She won't be able to walk for hours, let alone run."

Breem stared at Fluttershy for a moment, then raised a claw to make Sadis stand down. "Agreed. However, I want her wings bound to her side with rope in the meantime."

Sadis, stared at Breem, then back to Fluttershy as if he was thinking of still biting into her. "But, mammal flesh is so delicious!"

"No buts. Grendel is right; there is no need to disable her." Breem keeled down to eye level with Fluttershy. "Don't take this as an act of mercy, the magic extraction process is incredibly painful and I would rather not risk you dying halfway through."

Fluttershy began to sob uncontrollably. "You're all monsters you know that!" Fluttershy's eyes began to glow a dim red and her front teeth began to form fangs. She could feel the anger surging in her... a beast within ready to be unleashed. Her fur ruffled and stood up in random places. Her ears stood up and became pointed and her wings unfurled, losing their feathers and instead having a leathery sheen to them.

"I...I will kill you all!" Fluttershy tried to stand up, but the moment she tried she collapsed, her head hitting the ground face first.

The raptors all stepped back, each one of them not exactly sure what they just witnessed.

"Oh, this one's definitely going on my altar tonight." Breem turned to his followers "I want this one caged and the other chained!Tonight our lord feasts!"

Fluttershy's vision was clouding, she couldn't feel anything. Her eyes felt heavy and she soon felt the grip of sleep take her.

***

"Ow, my head..." Fluttershy put her hooves on her temples, her ears still ringing and her head throbbing. It was strange, she had a sensation like a sudden rush of adrenaline and rage, but quickly subsided. She opened her eyes to see that she was locked in a fairly shabby wooden cage. Her wings were bound to her side with rope and she seemed to have some kind of collar around her neck. Looking around she noticed the collar was attached to bits of twine and rope hat reduced how she could move around somewhat.

"You okay shy?" Tree Hugger said.

"I'm okay I guess, how is your leg?" Fluttershy replied, though not knowing where the voice came from.

"To your right Shy."

Fluttershy slowly turned her head right, though the collar pushed on her neck a bit to keep her looking forward. Dead next to her was a rocky concrete-like platform being held up by four thick tree stumps. Suspended in midair a few feet above the platform was Tree Hugger. Her legs were wrapped in studded leather shackles with a chain attached to the ends, each chain leading to a large nearby tree.

"My gosh, that can't feel good" Fluttershy said, her hoof over her mouth.

It wasn't just the obviously uncomfortable position she was in, her body had multiple small cuts and abrasions on it. There was dried blood on her face under her nose. Bloodied bandages were wrapped around her leg, though it looked like some kind of white substance was leaking from under them. Her hair was a mess and her body seemed to be struggling just to keep air in her.

"No, no it doesn't. My leg still hurts, but it's nowhere near as bad as the first few minutes after they bit me. Hanging in the air like this saps my strength away though, I tried to break these chains but the more I struggled the faster I ran out of breath." Tree Hugger stared at Fluttershy, a defeated look on her face. "Occasionally a raptor will walk by and lash my back a few times to make sure I'm well subdued."

"They have been beating you?" Fluttershy's eyes well up with tears. "Why...what could they possibly get from doing that!?"

Tree Hugger turned her body to reveal several bloody lashes on her back. "I dunno...but, I don't think we are getting out alive. I was told in a few hours Saw-tooth will arrive. I am to be let free to try and hobble away, before he eats me that is."

Tree Hugger hung her head, tears dropping on the platform below her. "I...I no longer have the will to fight, Shy. Maybe if I barter with them I can somehow get them to let you go free..."

Fluttershy lurched to the side of the cage, the collar pulling on her neck so hard that she nearly gagged. "You can't give up Tree! We both have so much to live for still! There's got to be a way out of here!"

Tree Hugger shook her head. "Even if we break free, there's no way we could get away with my injuries."

"Get away what now?" Sadis walked up to the left side of the platform, a wide toothy grin on his face.

"You let us go you big jerk!" Fluttershy rattled the bars on her cage fiercely.

"You will stay right where you are. I'm already angry that Lord Breem told me you were off limits." Sadis walked over to Fluttershy's cage and kicked the side, knocking her over. "It's been a while since I was in charge of prisoners, usually he leaves the medic or the spiritual healer as guard. Somehow he thinks easing them into death makes the meat taste better."

Sadis walked over to Tree Hugger and licked the side of her face, cleaning the blood from her nose. "I however, enjoy the fear of others. It adds adrenaline to the meat, something a calm death does not provide."

"You're nothing more than a coward. If these chains were not holding me up I would mudhole stomp you." Tree growled, spitting at Sadis.

Sadis's grin quickly turned to a frown. "You would think my various tortures would have broken you by now. I see that I may have to go to an extreme." Sadis ran a claw up Tree's neck, balancing her chin on the tip. "You will see that I haven't even begun to inflict real pain."

Sadis walked toward the back of the platform and lifted up a bag, setting it behind Tree Hugger. He unzipped the bag all the while making a sinister low pitched giggle. He pulled tool after tool out of the bag, showing them to Fluttershy one by one.

"You see, this one is called an ass ripper. You heat up the spikes on it and slowly turn a screw to close it. Then after it cools down you rip the buttocks off in a single pull." Sadis set the tool down, shaking his head. "Sadly, I must leave her mostly undamaged. So sad."

Sadis then pulled out what looked like a single leg armlet or guard; one typically seen on royal guards back and front legs. "This little one is called an iron boot. You strap it around a leg or if the creatures have them, a foot. You then slowly pull the lever on it to crush the legs until they are either pulp or broken, great for getting confessions from heritics. Again, our lord wants her still being able to run." Sadis set the device on the platform and continued to rummage through his bag.

"Oh this one is neat." Sadis pulled out what looked like collar with multiple leather straps attached to it. "It's called the self-choker. You see you put it around a neck and each strap to an appendage. If the creature so much as moves out of a certain safe position it will choke them, quite possibly to death." Sadis stared at the chains holding up Tree Hugger. "No, too much of a risk."

Sadis continued to rummage through his bag. "Ahh, this ones neat, though I never enjoyed it as much as the one at the bottom of the bag." Sadis pulled out what looked like a large metal pear with an ornate knob at the thinner end. "It's called the Pear of Anguish. You see, it's mostly effective against females. You stick it in the vaginal orifice and then slowly turn the knob at the end. The pear opens and begins to stretch out the innards, usually to the great discomfort and screaming. Once the pear is fully open you leave it in for a while; sadly it sometimes kills the subject from internal bleeding. However..."

Sadis set the metallic pear on the platform.

"You're...sick, how could any creature possibly enjoy that?" Fluttershy said angrily.

"Flatterer, but that won't save you. I plan on giving you much worse torture than these once the magic is extracted by our Lord. Trust me though, that will be far more painful than anything I could possibly do. That said, your friend has something special coming her way." Sadis grinned.

"You can beat me, but you're never going to break me" Tree Hugger said defiantly.

Sadis let out a harrowing laugh that shook Fluttershy to her core. "Oh, but that's the point!"

"You leave her alone, you jerk!" Fluttershy cried.

"Silly mare, where would the fun be in doing that? No, I have something far more tortuous in store for her." Sadis reached into his bag and removed what seemed to be a syringe filled with some kind of green liquid. "The best part is I don't have to work for it. Your own biology will do all the work for me." Sadis pushed on the end of the syringe, squirting some liquid out of the end. "This little toxin kills a mammal of your size in roughly six hours, but should be in full effect in a little over four."

Sadis lifted the syringe into the air and stabbed it into Tree Hugger's flank, injecting the toxin as Tree yelled in protest.

Sadis removed the syringe from Tree's rear end, tossing it to the ground."This little toxin is my favorite. It's made by mixing the seeds of a rare flower and has an immediate effect on the creature injected with it. You should be feeling the effects right...about ...now."

"I don't feel any-*gasp*" Tree felt her heart skip a few beats, then her muscles started to tense up, especially in the rear section of her body. A lingering heat slowly moved up her back and around her neck. She could feel the flush of blood running into her face and especially to her nethers, where the creeping heat was slowly moving towards.

Sadis leaned in and gave Tree Hugger a quick lick on the cheek, eliciting a gasp from the mare. "You see, it triggers and intense heat in mammals. The fun part is it keeps on building up for hours, getting ever the more intense as time goes by."

Fluttershy gasped and put her hoof over her mouth. Suddenly she lost sight of Tree, having a flash of something sticking a large bulging member down her throat. The image went as fast as it came though, leaving Fluttershy puzzled. "H-hes intending to rape you, Tree!"

"Rape is a strong word. No, I want her to beg for release sometime in the near future. You see..." Sadis moved behind Tree and opened his mouth, breathing lightly on Tree's sex. "Years ago I managed to capture a few mares and a Zebra from your world. I tested this concoction on them and found that I quite enjoyed coitus with mammals of your type. The way you body squeezes down harder on my member than raptor females, the heat and sounds you generate and the submissive movements you all are quite to my liking."

Tree Hugger panted heavily, the blood in her face clearly showing her blushing. "L-loser! What's wrong, can't get a date with the other females in your tribe?have to rape creatures smaller than you because you're such a failure at life."

"no, the females here snap to much. Though i see you snap in a different way. i was going to leave you be, but since you insulted me..." Sadis leaned his muzzle into Tree's sex, grabbing both flanks in his claws.

"W-what are you doing!?" Tree cried.

"Getting you hot and bothered." Sadis thrust his tongue in-between Tree's folds, lashing left and right vigorously. Every few seconds he would stop and perform a lapping motion with his tongue, penetrating her and pulling out rapidly.

"Ghah! Hnnggg!" Tree rocked her body back and forth, trying her best to dislodge the raptors grip, but the chains holding her up made resistance difficult; if not impossible. She tried mentally blocking out the sensation though the toxins running through her body was making that incredibly difficult. Every second was agony, her body seemed to want this, but her mind was of a entirely different opinion. Slowly her backside heated up, her sex twitching uncontrollably as Sadis ravaged her.

"Tree!" Fluttershy tried to pull the cage bars inward when suddenly her collar snapped tight around her neck, choking her for a few moments.

Tree began to pant heavily, her body quivering with every motion when suddenly...the sensation ceased entirely. Her body was still ravaged by heat and was shaking violently. She couldn't control herself as her backside ached for more, winking and contracting in protest.

Sadis slowly lifted his head up from between Tree's legs and wiped his chin."Ahh just as delicious as I remember it." Sadis removed his claws from Tree's flanks, but not before giving her a slap on the rear eliciting a squeal from the mare. "Now that I got you all riled up it's time to take my leave to let the toxin do its work."

Sadis looked toward Fluttershy with a grin. "You're lucky our lord wants you intact. If I had my way you would be he one strapped up there. I like the soft demure ones far more." Sadis leaned his snout in the cage and gave a quick lick on Fluttershy's cheek, pulling back just as Fluttershy moved to bite him.

"In your dreams buster!" Fluttershy said indignantly.

"Demure and a bit feisty! Oh, how I wish I could break you in proper." Sadis stared over at Tree whom seemed to be grunting and gritting her teeth to in order to keep any semblance of self control.

"Well, I'll be back in a couple hours to see if she's ready to surrender to me. Oh and by the way..." Sadis leaned in by Tree's ear and whispered. "If you are unable to relieve yourself multiple times around six hours from now, the toxin will kill you dead from heart failure. Mind you, you will be food by then...but there's always the chance Saw-tooth will be late. Just remember, I hold your life in my claws."

Sadis stood up, licked his lips and walked away.

Making sure Sadis was out of earshot, Fluttershy began trying to snap the threads on her collar one by one, all the while trying to keep Tree focused on her. "Tree, are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine for now. He left me hot and bothered, but you know me; self control is kinda my thing." Tree grunted in pain, her breathing being a bit faster than usual. "Though I wonder where those insults I tossed at him came from.Guess I'm still a bit angry about the leg biting." Tree gritted her teeth as her vaginal walls rubbed against one another.

"Don't worry, once I get out of this collar we can figure out how to escape." Fluttershy continued to gnaw on the thread on her collar, though the fiber used on them seemed far tougher than they looked.

"I-I hope so , Shy." Tree panted a few times, she quickly closed her eyes to focus on keeping control. "I don't want to give that monster the satisfaction of victory."

Fluttershy stared at Tree, tears in her eyes. Deep down she was glad that Tree had found a reason to go on, but the creeping doubt in her mind was still telling her escape might be an impossibility. However, they had to try; giving up and dying was just not an option.

***

The wind flowed across her wings, but it was far more primal than what she was used to. The air was also far denser, possibly due to the multiple volcanoes this region sported. Below her she could barely make out herds of plant eating dinosaurs resting under the afternoon shade.

Maybe I can glean information from this herd, the last three haven't been all that useful. Luna thought.

She slowly descended from the sky, making sure at first to keep her distance from the herd and especially the young-lings. From what she could tell this group seemed to be composed of large three horned creatures vary in color from dark blue to light green. She slowly approached one of the largest ones around the edge. Her horn lit up and a small portal appeared.

"Hello, I am Princess Luna" She said.

The portal swirled for a moment and started making grunts and sounds toward the large creature. The creature grunted back at her, though seemed somewhat confused as to what exactly was going on at first.

"I am Prime Matriarch Shulan, your highness. Am I to assume that you visit is about the ponies we met early this morning?"

Luna could barely contain her excitement as she replied. "Yes, there are two ponies that have gone missing. One of them is a yellow pegasus and the other a grass green earth pony."

Shulan nodded her head and made a few more sounds that were quickly translated by the portal.

"Yes, we told them of a way out of our lands through a known portal. They left north east of us around fourteen or so hours ago. I told them of a tree-house that they may be settling down in for the night."

Finally, I'm getting somewhere! Luna thought.

"Thank you very much for this information. I thank you for your assistance and with any luck they will be safe at home tonight" Luna said.

The portal put out a few more odd sounds. Shulan merely nodded and bowed her head respectfully.

Luna bowed respectfully in response before her horn lit up, closing the portal. Luna unfurled her wings and took to the skies once more, a feeling of relief washing over her. "Good, now I have something to work with. With any luck I'll find them and-" A sudden realization washed over her. She may be able to find the tree house she was talking about, but what if they never show or decided to skip it and keep going?

I guess I'll have to work with what I got and hope for the best.

***Two hours later***

Her entire body was at war with her, every moment spent in suspension was a moment of unimaginable agony. The heat that she thought was controllable was no longer. The heat and lust was just so much more than the first hour or so, at least then the tension, pressure and heat could be reduced or eliminated by focus, but now; no amount of effort even dulled it. She could barely keep breath in her lungs, the panting was both heavy and rapid at the same time; alternating randomly.

Her fore and back legs hurt so much from the convulsions from her backside. Each time her body would naturally try to pull her back legs together followed by her forelegs, but the chains holding her up had no give in them whatsoever. Even the leather bracers they were attached to were tight enough to dig through her coat and into her skin each time. She thought that if she could just close her back legs together then her body would stop going wild at random intervals or when the wind so much as caressed her back.

The other minor discomforts barely held a candle to what her backside felt like. She could feel her vulva and lips pulling together hard every few seconds and then winking for another few; exposing her clitoris. This was followed by her vaginal walls squeezing for a member that just wasn't there, rubbing vigorously and painfully against each other. Her flank muscles would then contract hard, followed by her rectum. It seemed her body didn't really care what hole relief would come from; so long as it was from somewhere.

The worst of it was how the effects of the toxin took a heavy toll on her willpower and sanity. The constant flash rushes of blood from her face back down to her nethers made conversation with Fluttershy broken and limited to short bursts. The effect on her mind was constantly switching from focus on Fluttershy to screaming 'something fuck me hard!' in he back of her mind. She could even swear she was beginning to hallucinate stallions walking up behind her, smelling her sex and the pool of fluids on the ground, but then suddenly walking away completely disinterested in her. This only added sexual frustration, regret and more lust to her already hormone addled brain.

All she could do was hang there, her body protesting in intervals. She even could feel her own willpower to fight back fading away in the mess that was her mind. It took so much willpower to try and keep a sane mind...that the idea of letting Sadis plow her stupid almost seemed like a good idea. The only thing keeping her from calling out his name in order for him to rut her was Fluttershy's words of encouragement. Possibly the only sane thought was the hope that Fluttershy would be the one to break this horrible spell on her.

She watched over the last couple of hours as the little mare chewed up all the stands on her collar and ripped it clean off. She then began kicking hard at the side of the cage, though it seemed to barely budge at all. Still, she persisted whenever there wasn't a raptor patrol nearby to hear her. Her labors did manage to crack one of the wooden bars, though it seemed to only splinter ever so slightly.

"I think I almost got this Tree. I can practically feel the wood starting to give way!" Fluttershy proclaimed.

"What's starting to give way?"

Fluttershy turned and saw Sadis's toothy maw right behind her, his evil grin nearly right up in her face.

"Oh, well I see you figured out the collar trick...or did you?" Sadis examined the collar at the bottom of the cage. "Oh, you poor thing. You see, breaking the collar like that triggers a spell that makes the bars harder than stone. The trick was to break the cage first while choking yourself half to death THEN break the collar."

Sadis pulled his head from between the bars and walked towards Tree Hugger. So sad, we intentionally leave defects in some of the cells to ...encourage escape on occasion. Keeps the tribe sharp for hunting and all that." Sadis inspected Tree Hugger, looking over her back and her legs. "I see she is just about ready to call out my name in lust."

"She will never give in to you!" Fluttershy growled. "She's my mate, not yours!" Fluttershy quickly covered her mouth, not knowing where that outburst came from.

Sadis toothy grin changed from sly grin, to full on scary smile. "Oh...oh my! I didn't know you two were lovers. Had I known this before I would have doubled her dosage. I do love me some psychological torture on top of physical." Sadis reached for one of the chains holding up Tree's body and touched it. He then mumbled something under his breath and all the chains vanished along with the bracers.

Tree fell to the ground with a light thud, however before she could stand up the leather bands on her legs disappeared. Her forelegs suddenly snapped to her sides hard; a kind of tight leather tube appeared binding her upper body. She tried to struggle against it, maybe finding a way to break free, but the tube seemed magically reinforced somehow; any push against it made it tighten further, like some kind of twisted Chinese hoof trap. The sensation didn't make her feel any better though; her muscles tensed up as if somepony was having a light bondage game with her.

Sadis stood behind Tree, his sinister smile sending shivers down her spine.

"So, are you ready to beg me for release yet?" Sadis asked.

"N-never. I would rather d-die before I give in to you!" Despite her tough talk, she knew that deep down she was approaching her limit to resist. Her back legs were already raising her rear into the air as an act of invitation and submission; something that they seemed to do automatically despite her willpower.

"Your mind says no, but your body is clearly saying yes. You see, I tested my methods on the mares and zebra intensively. I know all your species mating habits; including the raised rear thing.Well, before I raped them all to death that is. The only question left is how much fight you have left in you." Sadis leaned down, placing both claws firmly around Tree's flanks.

"Ahhnnn!" Tree's body quivered in anticipation, her legs quivered as Sadis touched her. The blood rushed to her face and she began to pant heavily, her body clearly ready for even a little bit of stimulation.

"Hold on Tree, I'll find a way out somehow!" Fluttershy yelled as she furiously kicked the side of her cage with everything she had.

"I see that voice came out. Allow me to show you the tool of your release." Sadis hoisted Tree Hugger up by her flanks, leaving her hanging upside down. He squeezed her flanks a little as he got her head level with his groin, but the mare seemed resolute in not making a sound. "You're resistance is commendable, but every creature has its limits."

Tree watched as a pink appendage extended from Sadis's groin. It wasn't the first time she had seen a dick, but this one for some reason both enticed and disgusted her at the back of her mind. It was roughly the girth of a highland earth pony, though it seemed to have a large bugle toward the center. The tip was also different, pointed with a bit of a flange on it that had small reverse studs of flesh in the opposite direction. The shaft also had what looked like tiny soft reverse hooks all up and down the Y and X axis.

That member looks like it could be a lot of fun a whisper in the back of her mind said.

Tree shook her head, but the whisper kept getting louder. Her thoughts were already clouded and her judgement impaired enough, but Sadis revealing his member made her body go wild. It was almost as if the lustful part of her mind knew that it was structured in a way to be pleasurable, but completely at odds with her will to resist.

"N-no, I don't want it!" Tree shouted, though the wavering in her voice gave away the slightest hint of apprehension and weakness; both of which Sadis picked up on.

"That close to breaking huh? I thought you were tougher than that. The zebra I used it on lasted almost five hours before breaking down. Well, I think a bit more...encouragement is needed. Sadis lifted Tree to head level, wrapping one arm around her midsection and another grabbing on her flank, pulling it to the side to expose her sex. He then opened his mouth, his tongue mere inches from her sex.

No! I-I won't be able to handle him doing that, not in my compromised condition! Tree thought. I have to do something, anything to stop him!

Tree tried kicking with her left back leg, but found that it didn't even phase Sadis. The impact was much less hard kick and much more lightly tossed pillow in terms of power.

"You think you have the strength to fight back in your condition? Resisting has sapped you of any real power you once had. Don't worry little mare, I'll help you out~" Sadis pulled back, his mouth wide open and tongue fully extended, like a sharp knife. After a few tense seconds, he jolted his head forward, plunging his entire tongue deep into Tree's vagina.

"Ahnnn!" Tree threw her head back, gasping for air as the tongue plunged past her walls and bumped into her cervix. The brief, but powerful sensation was almost enough to completely overwhelm any fight she had left in her. Her vaginal walls were squeezing down on his tongue with everything they had. She could feel her clitoris winking at high speed, each time brushing up against the bottom of his powerful...strong...tongue.

D-don't give in to it...resist. the thought and will to resist was a mere whimper, barely audible in the back of her mind.

Just give up. We are going to die anyways, may as well enjoy the last few hours we have right? Another, much louder voice said.

"Ahhnn~ hnnn, ha, nnnmmmhhh!" Whatever little bit of fight she had left melted away as Sadis began to move his tongue around inside her. He sharply lashed his tongue from left to right, making sure to rub entirely down one side before hitting the other side. Every so often he would flick his tongue rapidly as if her were a snake, which made her moan out loud for more. Gone were the contractions, pain and unbearable heat; all replaced by euphoria, relief and the ecstasy of a growing climax.

"Fight it Tree!" Fluttershy yelled as she tried gnawing on the cage bars. However, she knew Tree had lost any ability to fight or even think straight. She knew Tree had limits, but she wasn't sure when they would finally break down. Gone was the mare that fought so bravely to resist, replaced with little more than a lust addled sex doll for her captors.

"Hmmmnnn ~ R-right there!" Tree wrapped both back legs around Sadis neck, giving him more leverage to eat her out. Sadis obliged and continued to ravage her backside occasionally squeezing her flanks for good measure.

"Tree...no..." Fluttershy's eyes welled up with tears, she couldn't bear to see her friend like this. Tree didn't even seem to recognize she even existed, all she cared about was getting to climax. The expression on Tree's face made it all the more painful. She was smiling, her tongue was hanging out as she moaned loudly, occasionally yelling an obscenity. Her breathing would increase and her eyes would roll back into their sockets, her eyelids twitching. The feeling of helplessness washed over her; she was too late. She failed to save Tree.

"Ah, ha! Ahhhhnnn. Ri-right there~ , harder, faster! I'm so close!" Tree began to rock her hips into Sadis's face, hoping he would penetrate her even deeper. Nothing else mattered to her, but the moment she hoped would occur in the near future. Sadis lashed his tongue around her insides as if he was a fleshy blender and she enjoyed every second of it. He would occasionally lick circles around her outer labia and vulva, making her scream for more. The tiniest thought crossed her mind that she was being raped, but was immediately drowned out by how amazing this was. She wanted Sadis to rape her stupid, she wanted him to plow her backside like a jackhammer.

"Here comes the finishing touch...then the main course!" Sadis said.

"Ghhhgggtt!" Tree nearly choked on her own spit as she clenched her teeth. A river of drool ran down both sides of her mouth and her eyes went wide from the initial shock. Sadis had thrust his tongue hard into her, spreading her wide before increasing his pace. He squeezed her midsection with his arms and the leather corset-like restraint did the same; barely allowing any air into her. She didn't care though, if anything the pain made the climax feel ever so closer. She locked both legs around his neck, her eyes rolling in the back of her head.

"Righteous!" Tree screamed.

"No..."Fluttershy whimpered.

Tree's body seized up, her back legs squeezing hard around Sadis's neck. Her vaginal walls clamped down on Sadis's tongue, not wanting to let go. A rush if pure euphoria rushed up her spine and spread out to the rest of her body. Her body quivered violently as a torrent of fluids from her insides sprayed over Sadis's face. She kept gasping in short burst, her own climax working against her breathing.

Sadis smiled as he set Tree back down, her rump waving in the air in front of him. He stared at Fluttershy for a moment while,licking the fluids from his face. "How does it feel to be so helpless? I raped your lover right in front of you and you did nothing. Worse yet she enjoyed every moment of it...I guess you can't rape the willing."

Fluttershy couldn't bear to watch. Her friend was just laying there, face down with her rump in the air; waiting for more. the shame and guilt of letting her friend be taken advantage of like this hurt so much. She began to cry, her tears flowing like rivers down her cheeks.

I'm worthless...how could I let this happen to her Fluttershy thought. Suddenly her vision blacked out and a flash of light blinded her. For a few brief seconds she could feel a tingle in the back of her head. She opened her eyes to see three shadows doing something to a winged creature in front of her, though she couldn't seem to make out the details. the vision dissipated in a few seconds, returning her to her senses.

"Got nothing to say I see?" Sadis asked.

"I-I swear I'll get you for this!" Fluttershy cried.

"They all say that, but in the end they either become my playthings or food." Sadis looked down at Tree, whom was still coming down from her high. "In a few seconds she will be begging me for more."

"Nnnggg!" Tree Hugger grunted, her eyes wincing for a brief moment. The euphoria from her orgasm was slowly fading away, quickly being replaced by the unbearable heat and sex drive from earlier. Her body tingled all the way down her back, her vaginal walls began to contract again, looking for a member that wasn't there. Blood rushed to her face and her breathing increased. After a minute or so the heat was back to where it was from before, entirely unbearable.

Sadis leaned over Tree's backside and ran one of his claws down the leather corset binding her forelegs. The corset disappeared and four small leather bracelets fell to the ground. Tree slowly began to stand up, but Sadis grabbed her around the neck with one of his clawed hands, caressing up and down her neck.

"Ha~" Tree gasped, bending her front legs in submission.

"Good little cock sleeve. Now that you understand that only I can satisfy your lust, do you want more?" Sadis whispered in Tree's ear, his other claw running up the outside of her inner labia, making her moan loudly.

"P-please, more." Tree said, gasping for air as Sadis let one of his claws rub her clitoris.

Sadis picked up Tree around the waist and lifted her up to around his own waist. His member slowly peeked out from under him, extending outward until it was just a few inches away from Tree's sex. Tree, began panting in excitement, she spread her legs wide in preparation for what was coming.

I..I can't let him do this it's- Fluttershy saw another flash of light and then darkness. Slowly, the image from before appeared, although this time it was in color and well defined. Clarinet, Piston Jay and Jet were all crowded around something winged and yellow. She walked toward them, but stopped dead in her tracks once she realized what the yellowed winged creature was.

T-that's me!

The three ponies were busy raping her in every orifice that they could reach. Clarinet was on top, dislodging her jaw, Piston Jay below, taking her from behind and Jet ramming his oversized member into her. She watched as her body writhed in pain, screaming for them to stop, but her cries only invigorated them to go further. The memories started to flood back, these were the origin of the strange flashes she had been getting recently. She watched as bit of light were being torn from her body and absorbed into the three other ponies.

This explains that mess in my bed...I was...dream raped!? Fluttershy racked her brain for a moment, trying to figure out what exactly happened. Then it all made sense, she was attacked by some kind of dream succubi and Luna saved her. She remembered Luna staying by her side until she woke up, making sure no other creatures took advantage of her weakened state.

The image faded away again and she was back to her senses. Back in the cage were she was being forced to watch Sadis rape her best friend. The feeling of powerlessness and how worthless she felt washed over her again.

I let those...things take me and here I am letting this monster take Tree Fluttershy collapsed onto the floor, sobbing into her forelegs. I'm worthless, I don't deserve her. I don't have the power to help...I'm worthless , worthless!

Stop beating yourself up. You only need to let your rage flow through you, we can save her together. Stop suppressing me and we can all get out of here alive! A voice in Fluttershy's head spoke, loud and clear. It was so familiar, like she had it in her all along. Fluttershy reached up and touched her chest, listening to what the voice told her.

"So, do you want it sex slave?" Sadis said as bumped Tree's backside with his hips, making her moan. "Well, do you?"

"Y-yes, pl-please. I want it!" Tree said as she struggled to move her hips toward Sadis's member.

"Not good enough!" Sadis thrust his hips hard into Tree, his member sliding between her back leg, intentionally missing her sex.

Tree let out a yelp as Sadis's hips collided with her backside, followed by panting and a confused glance at Sadis; wondering why he didn't penetrate her.

"You have to say you're a filthy little whore and call me master when asking for a favor. So what do you say little whore, do you want this?" Sadis thrust into Tree's backside again, enjoying the mares discomfort and suffering as he slowly pulled back. He then slowly moved his claw up and down tree's inner labia, making the mare quiver with anticipation. "Go on, say it. You need to know that you exist to please me."

"I-I'm a filthy-"

"No! Don't you dare say it Tree!" Fluttershy yelled, interrupting Tree.

Fluttershy's eyes flushed blood red and her front teeth extended into fangs. She could feel the primal rage building inside of her and the power that came with it. She could feel her own muscles grow in size, her ears extended and her wings lightened as her feathers retracted. She locked eyes with Sadis, and let out a primal screech.

The cage rocked back and forth violently until it shattered into nothing more than splinters. Fluttershy bolted forward with a single powerful flap of her wings right at Sadis. Before he could react she grabbed him around the neck with her forelegs and slammed his body into the base of a nearby tree. She quickly took a glance back to make sure Tree Hugger was okay before laying into Sadis with all of her might.

It was like nothing she had ever imagined. This is what it felt like to have real power, the strength to protect those she loved. She punched into Sadis with the greatest of ease, she could feel the air exiting his lungs, the ribs below his scales cracking as if they were made of twigs. She knew she had to let up, but she couldn't stop. Such a un-redeemable monster could not be allowed to live. Sadis tried to lunge at her, but it was so slow, as if his movements were almost stopped in time. Fluttershy punched him in the teeth, shattering dozens of them as they flew out of his mouth, impaling themselves into the trunk of a nearby tree.

She then kicked him in the groin, right in his exposed member which exploded into a bloody, gory and shredded mess. Sadis hunched over, grabbing at his privates as a torrent of blood spilled from them. Sensing her moment to end his life she moved behind Sadis with lightning speed and wrapped her forelegs around his maw and neck. With one swift motion she pulled with one foreleg and pushed with another.

Sadis neck snapped and his head spun in place three times, ending up staring Fluttershy right in the eyes. He gasped for air one more time before falling over, dead.

Tree stood up, her eyes meeting Fluttershy's. She had what could only be explained as an expression of both horror and confusion combined.

Fluttershy had a sinking feeling for a brief moment, but it was quickly interrupted by more raptors rushing to the commotion. Each of them eyed her up as if trying to gauge what she was capable of before attacking. However, one of them spotted Sadis corpse on the ground and shouted to the others to charge her all at once.

I can't handle that many at once... thinking quickly, Fluttershy punched a nearby tree with all her might, snapping the trunk in two all the way up to the canopy. H-holy shit on a sandwich, did I do that?

The groups of raptors stopped dead in their tracks, most of them with petrified expressions on their faces.

"I-I want to please our lord Saw-tooth, but I also kinda don't want to die!" One of the raptors said, his voice panic stricken.

The groups slowly backed away before full on calling for a retreat.

Fluttershy turned around, staring at Tree Hugger, whom seemed to not really know who or what she was. She wasn't sure if it was the toxin that was still effecting her or her new form, in either case Tree seemed to barely recognize her.

A sudden sound of a horn turned her attention away from Tree. The raptors were calling for reinforcements. She looked around, trying to get her bearings when she spotted her saddlebags on the ground next to Tree's, completely torn to ribbons. Thankfully the raptors had not gone through Tree's belonging yet as the bags seemed entirely devoid of holes and rips. She picked up the saddlebags in he mouth and tossed them over her back. She tried to judge how she was going to fly tree out of here when she realized; the bags felt as if they were almost weightless.

Fluttershy flapped her wings a few times and took to the air. The bags didn't even so much as drag her down in the slightest.

"I can do this!" Fluttershy swooped down and picked up Tree Hugger, who moaned softly as she was lifted into the air. She almost expected Tree to fight back, but then she realized the Tree she knew was only barely there. Sure, she probably recognized her slightly, but in her condition, sex was the only thing on her mind.

Fluttershy headed for the canopy, the wind across her now larger ears drowning out the angry growls of the raptors below her. Each flap of her wings lifted them with the greatest of ease, almost as if Tree weighed nothing at all.

So this is what this side of me really feels like... there was still a hint of anger at the back of her mind, but it was replaced by relief that they managed to escape, at least for the time being.

Once she breached the canopy, she flew higher to try and get her bearings. Behind her a few miles was the death field they crossed before being captured. "Which means I need to fly this direction." She then realized that she had no idea how far east or west they were taken. It was almost sundown and she would need to find that tree house Shulan mentioned. Not only to hide, but to figure out how to cure Tree Hugger of her affliction.

"Wait...I'm part bat right? I wonder if I can do that echo stuff." Fluttershy closed her eyes and curled her lip. She started to make very small chirps coming from the side of her mouth. After a few seconds she could see pulses of the world around her, all in a deep crystal blue. She increased the rate at which she chirped and the picture became solid. She could see everything for miles around her. Predators, ant hills, even single bees on flowers below her. Then she noticed one of the echos coming back different than the others. She turned her head in the direction of the strange echos and focused hard. It seemed...the echos were reflecting off of...glassware of some kind. Glassware sitting high up in a tree.

Why would there be glasses sitting high in a tree Fluttershy thought. It took her a moment to realize what she was seeing. It wasn't just glassware, but oddly shaped metals, one even kind of looked like a candle holder.

Fluttershy opened her eyes. "The tree house!" She realized what she was sensing. The tree house Shulan mentioned was around twelve or so miles away, dead north-east of her current position."Huh, this echolocation stuff is pretty handy."

"Ahhnn~" Tree Hugger moaned as she moved her forelegs between her back legs and rubbed vigorously, seemingly not caring about being in the air or Fluttershy carrying her.

"I need to get her into bed so I can figure out a cure for her" Fluttershy said to herself.

"Hold on Tree, I'll get you help soon!"