Arriving in Istanbull. Daring probably shows up near the end. Daring has a buddy now.

Istanbull. A large city far to the east, surrounded by mountains. The minotaur race generally keep to themselves and build their settlements in isolated locations. There is a single path between the base of two mountains that allows easy and safe travel into Istanbull. Minotaurs are known for their exceptional navigational abilities, labyrinthian cities, their terrifying ferocity and might and their skills and advancements in the field of metalworking. War against their race is almost unheard of.

Many years ago a small war broke about ponies and griffons. The ponies requested passage through their city and aid for their troops. The minotaurs wanted nothing to do with their squabble and forced them out. A few unfortunate pegasi discovered that the minotaurs, while incapable of flight, were able to hurl metal spears at high velocity and frightening accuracy to protect their airspace. The griffons attempted to swarm and capture the city in one fell swoop. With the griffons unable to safely get above their city and their lack of knowledge of the city’s layout, their invading forces were wiped out in less than 3 hours.

Minotaurs possess the ability to map out their surroundings as they see them either firsthand or through an accurately drawn map. These mental maps are stored, in perfect clarity, in their brains for life. This ability allows a minotaur to not only chase down an enemy, but they are able to use this mental map to chase their enemies into dead ends or disadvantageous areas and even if they lose sight of their target, they are aware of every path their prey can take and can predict where they will be. To be chased by a minotaur in its hometown is almost certain death. It is for these reasons that the minotaurs have been respected by all known races and in times of strife, no reasonable creature would dare bring their conflicts near their borders. The minotaur race is in good standing with all known races and while most minotaurs prefer to stay within their own cities, other races have been known to take up residence in minotaur cities as well. Minotaurs are also regarded as the best when it comes to security and law enforcement. As such, many precious objects are often shipped off to a minotaur settlement for safeguarding. The Aja is one such object kept in a museum deep within Istanbull.

Lyra left the jeep parked outside the walls of Istanbull. No traces of a dead body could be found within the vehicle. She arrived well into the night leaving her only two hours to find where the stone could be in the enormous maze of a city before day light. With the little bit of time left she was able to secure a hotel with the little bit of money she had remaining from the griffin soldier’s wallet. Without the worry of roommate threatening to open the blinds, she was able to unwind. For the first time ever, Lyra was able to enjoy a relaxing modern day shower. Find the Aja’s whereabouts could wait until tomorrow night.

As the city of Istanbull came into view, Daring took a moment to admire the view. She had put word out within a network of fellow archaeologists and treasure hunters to keep an eye out for a strange minty green mare that only went out at night. As luck would have it, such a mare was spotted driving a jeep straight towards Istanbull a night ago. She wasn’t sure what to expect upon entering the city. She was expecting to find the streets paved in blood.

“We’ll landing in an hour. Are you ready?”

Daring looked at the male Zebra standing behind her and nodded. Zeek. An ally she picked up during her short retreat to Roam who initially taught Daring how to utilize the Ripple. After her first encounter with Lyra, she needed supplies and to refine her skill with the Ripple in an extremely short time. She was lucky to find him there at the time. Knowing Daring was never one to lie, he believed her story up front and decided to help her fight the murderous mare while helping Daring with her training. Daring could only afford two days to improve her skills, hoping she would be able to improve enough to actually make a dent in Lyra the next time they met.

Zeek sat down in the hot air balloon, “We will not have long until sunrise after we land. It’s likely this mare is already preparing a place to hide until the following night.”

Daring took her eyes off their destination and sat down as well, “I’m a little worried. There doesn’t appear to be any commotion going on down there. It doesn’t look like she’s done anything here yet.” She started going through her backpack, making sure everything was in order.

“She may not have had time. She is most likely waiting for tomorrow night.”

Daring nodded, “Either way. We’ll check in with Glass Case when we arrive and see if he has any information for us before we decide on a plan of action.”

Lyra had finished her shower but stayed to try out a bubble bath. The bottles of bubble bath soap had intrigued her. It felt wonderful. Time melted away as she lay in the hot, bubbly tub.

SLAM!

The sound of a nearby door slamming shut broke her out of her reverie for a moment. She tried to ignore the sound, but it was soon followed by obnoxiously loud bickering. Two males were arguing about something. Lyra groaned in frustration as the yelling continued for minutes. After a few minutes, the voices finally started to calm down.

“Fuck it! Let’s just plant a bag or two in one of the next door neighbor’s rooms. They can take the hit for us. We don’t have to pay for our room if we catch someone else breaking the law here.”

“Are you serious? Is that a real thing?”

“Yeah, that’s how they roll in most Minotauran places. They’re pretty up on upholding the law or whatever. Cmon, let’s hurry up. I don’t wanna have to pay for our week here.”

While Lyra didn’t care for most of their conversation, this caught her ear. There was a chance she might be getting visitors. Rising from her bubble bath, she grabbed a towel and began drying off a little. She could hear the sounds of footsteps leaving the next door room, heading towards hers. The pair knocked on her door. She stayed in the bathroom and continued to listen. With no response, she could hear small noises coming from her door. They were picking the lock. The door opened and the two males slowly walked inside.

“Let’s just hide a bag in a drawer or something and bail. They can take the fall for having illegal drugs and we can try our luck somewhere else.” One of them whispered.

“Let’s hit another Minotaur city then. I already like not having to pay for hotels.”

Lyra opened the bathroom door and leaned against the doorway, glaring at the two male ponies. One of the stallions quickly shut the door to her room. “Fuck! Quick, grab the bitch! Don’t let her scream!”

Following the order, one of the stallions sprinted towards her, grabbing her by the waist and placing his other hand over her mouth. He had her arms pinned to her body.

“Just relax and be quiet and nopony has to get hurt.”

The other stallion opened a drawer on the nightstand, throwing a bag of white powder inside before closing it back up. The stallion holding her moved his hand up and started fondling of her boobs.

“Ey, check this chick out. She’s got an amazing body.”

The other stallion looked her over for a moment and sauntered over. “Sure why not.” He placed a hand under Lyra’s chin, “We can have some fun and knock the bitch out. Who’s gonna believe some stupid bimbo snorting Saddle Arabian Blow in her hotel room?”

The stallion holding her started moving back inside the bathroom, a movement that Lyra followed. She seemed completely unfazed by the two ponies, a fact they were ignorant to.

“You interrupted my bubble bath.” Lyra coldly stated.

The stallion in front of her started to remove his clothing. “Aw, I’m sorry. We can help you with that.” He grabbed Lyra from the other stallion, allowing him to disrobe while he took a turn fondling her breast and sinking his fingers into her pussy.

Lyra watched the other stallion remove his underwear, rendering himself naked. She swiftly reached out and grabbed the stallion by the neck and grabbed the one behind her with her other hand. They began to freak out as they were hoisted up off the ground by the mare. She calmly walked back into the bathtub, leaving the curtain open. She looked at the stallions and lowered their faces to her breasts. Pushing their muzzles against them, her nipples opened around their heads, engulfing and swallowing their faces until both were neck deep inside her breasts. She let out a small sigh of relief and laid back down in the bath. The ponies were being steadily sucked further into her breasts. Hands furiously scrambled to her chest, trying to push themselves out. The sounds of water wildly splashing about filled the room. Their arms were quickly forced to their sides once their shoulders were pulled inside.

Lyra smiled down at the flailing pairs of legs sticking out from her breasts, trying desperately to find purchase. Their arms had been completely inside her body. Her gaze shifted slowly down to her growing chest. She decided to stop dragging out the affair and swiftly swallowed their lower bodies. She sunk further into the bubble bath, revelling in the feeling of the stallions squirming around inside of her. She couldn’t help but giggle as she felt one of the stallions trying to force their way back into her breast. Lyra sat up and pushed the bubbles off her tits and watched amusedly as the imprint of an equine face started to push out ever so slightly from her right tit. The mare laughed and laid back down into her bubble bath. She decided to put an end to the affair, quickly crushing and digesting their bodies. Her torso regained its svelte proportions.

After her long bubble bath, she disposed of the drugs through the toilet. Once the sun had set, she donned her clothes and left her room. As she entered the hallway, the door belonging to her other neighbor opened. A cream colored mare with a blue and pink mane slowly peered out. She examined Lyra carefully for a minute.

“A-are you okay? I heard some concerning noises coming from your room earlier today.”

Lyra shrugged, “Nothing to worry about. Just the neighbors being a little too rowdy. I told them off.”

“Okay. As long as you’re okay.” The mare closed the door behind her and walked past Lyra.

“Just a minute.” Lyra held a hand up to the mare, stopping her in her tracks. “Do you know where the museum is here? I’m trying to do a little sight seeing and I’m having trouble finding it.”

The mare looked at her wristwatch for a moment and smiled, “I have plenty of time. Sure I could show you. But it’s closed right now. You’d have to come back during the day.”

“That’s fine. I could use the exercise anyway.”

The cream colored mare resumed her walk through the hallway with her new friend in tow. “I’m Bon-Bon. What’s your name?”

“Lyra.”

The pair walked out into the streets of Istanbull with Bon-Bon leading.

“Why are you staying here in Istanbull?” Lyra asked.

“Just a little tiny vacation to relax and think. I work at big bakery and sweets shop in Seaddle. I’m kinda sick of the city life. I want something… quieter. More intimate. I’ve been thinking about moving to Ponyville and starting my own small business.”

“How long have you been working in Seaddle?”

Bon-Bon rolled her eyes, “Ugh, too long. You don’t go into a new job expecting a picture perfect experience. I didn’t expect to hate everyone there either! My boss is a slave driving dick, half the other ponies barely even do anything and they still get paid more than I do. A whole lot of favoritism going on there. And don’t even get me started on Cinnamon Twirl! I’d pay my entire life savings just for a chance to slap the ever loving crap out of that manipulative little shrew!”

“Sounds awful.”

The cream mare sighed, “I’d rather not think about that anymore. I want my vacation to be somewhat enjoyable. I have one more day left and I don’t want them taking that from me. How about you, Lyra? Where are you from?”

The ancient mare giggled, “You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.”

“Oh? Try me.”

“I’m from a city that was destroyed over thousands of years ago. I gained unimaginable powers due to some idiots in a cult trying to sacrifice me for a ritual. I killed them and was sealed away in a coffin and was recently woken up. That’s the extremely short version at least.” Lyra explained as a small grin graced her lips.

Bon-Bon raised an eyebrow, staring at her companion in silence for a moment. She started snickering to herself, “Well, you weren’t wrong about that first part. So you’re claiming that you’re some thousands of years old super pony?”

Lyra shrugged, “That sounds vaguely correct, yes.”

Bon-Bon crossed her arms over her chest and smirked, “Prove it.”

“Okay.”

As the two walked along the sidewalk, they approached a building that was being renovated. A large dumpster lay in front of them, nearly filled with debris. Lyra walked around the dumpster and picked it up effortlessly.

“Believe me now?” Lyra asked, looking over at the cream colored mare who had just fallen on her butt, staring up in awe.

“H-h-hoh m-m-my sweet Celestia!”

Lyra set the dumpster down, “I’ll take that as a yes.”

“Th-then th-that part about the k-killing…”

The ancient mare shrugged, “Yeah, but trust me, they had it coming.” She offered Bon-Bon a hand. Bon-Bon was hoisted back to her still shaky feet.

“Th-that must feel amazing.”

Lyra gave the mare a gentle push, reminding her to keep leading, “Oh it does. Absolutely. But I do have one last thing I need to take care of before I can relax.”

Bon-Bon took a few deep breaths, calming herself. Her body slowly stopped its quivering, but her heart beat continued its rapid beating, “Before you can relax? Wh-what would somepony like you have to worry about?”

“I’ll tell you later, if I see you again.”

Bon-Bon went silent for the rest of the walk. She eventually stopped at their destination. The Istanbull Grand Museum. “Here we are.”

The minty green mare sized the building up. Inside was her ticket to absolute immorality. She wasn’t about to drop her guard now. “Thanks Bon-Bon. You should get out of here. Things might get a little dangerous.”

“O-okay... “ Bon-Bon’s leg pivoted, her body preparing to turn. Her body moved no further. Her face began to blush a little. “H-hey, Lyra. If you have nowhere to go, you’re more than welcome to stay with me in Ponyville. Wh-when you’re done here I mean.” She smiled, slowly walking away before breaking into a jog.

Lyra waited for a minute before springing into action. Rather than taking the front door, she leapt up to the roof of the museum. A small vent jutted out from the roof. Her body began breaking and contorting until she was thin enough to slip her body into the thin slits. She emerged inside the museum, her body rapidly straightening itself out just before hitting the ground. The room had a multitude of sculptures and paintings on display. None of these interested the mare. She walked straight to the next room. Glass displays containing various treasures and jewels adorned the walls and center of the room. In the very back of the room was the treasure she sought. In a glass display with a plaque that labeled the red jewel inside as ‘The Aja, the Red Treasure of Whinneegypt’.

A single minotaur guarded the room. He had just turned and aimed his flashlight her. She sashayed towards him, a sinister grin adorning her face.

“Stop right there! You’re under arrest!” The guard yelled. The intruder didn’t seem to acknowledge the guard’s threat and continued her advance. “If you don’t stop right now, I will use deadly force!” The guard yelled again, to no avail. The massive minotaur charged at Lyra, lowering his head before impact and impaling her stomach with his horns. To his surprise, the mare stood her ground and he could no longer advance.

The mare grasped the sides of his head and began pulling his horns further into her body. The guard grabbed her hips and tried to lift and pull his head out but found her grip to be immovable. The minotaur’s herculean body flexed and bulged as he struggled against Lyra’s body and iron grip, causing the mare to chuckle. She pulled until his head now rested against her abs and kept going. The minotaur’s head started to sink inside the mare’s flesh. The guard opened his mouth to scream for help but found it immediately covered the mare’s hand. The horns sticking out of the mare’s back snapped off and fell to the floor.

Muscular hands slammed into her arms and sides as the minotaur eyes slid inside the mare. Another devastating punch landed against the right side of her midsection. Unlike his previous punches, the minotaur’s fist managed to press into the mare’s flesh but he quickly found himself unable to pull it out. With his remaining left hand, he slammed his hand into the mare’s shoulder, digging in with his nails to the same effect. His hands were now being dragged inside her flesh as well.

“I’d love to drag this out more, but I have something I need to take care of first.”

The mare pulled a bit harder and sucked the guard’s arms inside her chest. His head was inside completely along with more of his upper body as it was pulled closer to her chest alongside his arms. The minotaur’s wide body and shoulders body stuck out of her body. With a steady flex, her body began to bulk up slightly. The sound of muffled screaming could be heard briefly, followed by sickening crunching noises. Lyra pat her belly as she relaxed. The parts of the minotaur’s body that weren’t trapped inside Lyra slumped to the ground around her spilling blood all over the floor. Not wanting to leave such an awkward, partially-eaten corpse on the ground, she picked it up by the legs and jammed it inside her stomach. Her stomach started sucking in and digesting the corpse while Lyra resumed her final steps to the Aja.

She cut a hole in the glass with her nail and grabbed the stone inside. She had the stone. She was nearly done. She had guests.

“Lyra!”

A voice Lyra recognised called out to her from the other end of the room. She looked down at the stone in her grasp. She placed the stone in her mouth and swallowed it. She could keep the stone safe in her body and deal with Daring Do.

Across the room stood Lyra, the bloodthirsty mare that was set free by the Griffon military. While Daring did consider the annihilation of the Griffon force a plus as far as the well being of Equestria was concerned, Lyra had to be eliminated lest the whole planet be subjected to her destructive whims. Zeek took the first step forward. The zebra walked around the pool of blood brandishing a katana. On the shirtless zebra’s arms were a pair of steel gauntlets with two wrist mounted crossbows. Four thin cables connected the crossbows and draped their length along the ground beside him.

“So, you are the one that Daring speaks of.” Zeek gripped his katana and readied himself, “Know that I shall hold nothing back.”

Surrounding the glass case behind Lyra were four poles connected by a thick fuzzy rope meant to urge guests to not get too close to the artifacts on display. She grabbed two of the poles and removed the rope connecting them. While killing him should theoretically be a simple task, she was certain that like Daring, he too knew how to use the Ripple.

The zebra cautiously approached the deadly mare. The blade of his katana started to shine with a crackling energy. Lyra remembered seeing this energy before. She threw one of the poles at the armed zebra. Zeek rolled out of the way and fired each of his crossbows, each shot whizzing off past the sides of the mare. A thin cable, now charged with Ripple energy, connected both crossbow bolts. The thin cable now flew towards Lyra, fully stretched out and ready to slice clean through her waist. Lyra leaned back, watching the cable soar overhead. Zeek continued his assault, firing two more crossbow bolts. One launched just above ground level and the other aimed far above her, sending a vertical cable towards her. Lyra rose, stepping off to the side quickly and held her remaining pole out to catch the cable. The cable wrapped around pole and the Ripple energy surged out through the pole and continued into Lyra’s arm.

For the first time since her transformation, Lyra had felt pain. The Ripple energy crackled throughout her arm. She screamed out in pain, flexing the arm in an effort to fight off the invading energy. The cables could not hold much Ripple energy, however, and Lyra and was able to keep her arm intact. Smoke rose from the hurt limb. Lyra was now fully intent on killing the Zebra as quickly as possible, a sentiment that Zeek shared.

Zeek fired off the remaining two crossbow cables, sending them both out to form an ‘X’ at waist height. Lyra dodged the attack with the same technique, leaning back under the cables. Zeek leapt into the air and readied his katana. Once the cables had completely passed over Lyra’s body, she stood up on one leg, extending her other leg up behind her back, sending it racing towards the zebra. Zeek took a deep breath and sent Ripple energy through the blade of his katana, holding it below his descending form to protect him. Lyra’s foot and leg split in half just as it was about to cut by the blade, circumventing the katana entirely and striking the zebra in the chest and continuing to stretch out until she had slammed him into the ceiling. No sound escaped the surprised Zeek’s mouth. The impact had more than knocked the wind out of him. It had broken a few ribs, more than enough to prevent him from breathing properly and channeling the Ripple. Lyra’s leg merged back once the threat of the Ripple was gone and began retracting, gently lowering the incapacitated zebra. Lyra leaned forward a little and caressed the zebra’s cheek once her leg had retracted back to its normal length.

“Now, what to do with you, hm?”

“NO! ZEEK!” Daring charged into the room, ready to defend her friend.

“N-no, D-Daring.” Zeek managed to speak with a pained rasp, “G-go back to G-Glass. H-he should know a f-friend that can help. Th-there might s-still be t-time. G-go! Please!”

Lyra looked back, smirking at the pegasus now stopped in her tracks, “ Are you really gonna just leave your friend here?” She gently pushed the zebra’s face against her cheek, nuzzling him, “What an awful pony, that mare.”

Daring slowly brought her hand around her back, reaching for something though still not sure whether to leave or fight.

“D-Daring! It’s a-already t-too late for me! R-run!”

Lyra swung her foot around, finally bringing it down to the floor and zebra with it. She started to slowly remove her shirt

“Better hurry Daring. Without any clothes between your friend and my body, I’ll have no problem devouring him.”

Daring shed a tear, turned and fled the room, “I’M SO SORRY ZEEK!”

Lyra frowned for a moment, “Damn. I thought I’d be able to get her too.”

“Y-you won’t su-succeed. S-someone will stop y-you. Th-this world w-won’t fall to y-you.” Zeek rasped.

Lyra looked down at zebra with a distinct lack of interest, “What? I don’t care about ruling or destroying the world or whatever. I just want to get rid of my little sunlight problem. Is that really so much to ask?”

The zebra didn’t respond.
“Suit yourself.” The mare removed her pants, her only remaining article of clothing, tossing it to the side, “I still have hours before the sun rises. Let’s find out how flexible you are.”

Lyra ripped off the zebra’s pants and underwear and pulled him to his feet. She slowly pressed against his back, squishing her breasts against him while her hands sensually groped around his chest and abs. Her head rested upon his shoulder, her eyes locked onto his.

“Oooh, such a strong stallion. I bet you had mares dying to get inside your pants.” She cooed. The only response the zebra offered were pained grunts. She lowered her right hand down his body, cupping his balls and playing with them for a moment before sliding up to his dick and gently stroking it.

“And you don’t disappoint down there either.” She started to speed up her handjob as his cock hardened in her grasp, “I guess what they say about zebras is true, hm?” The zebra continued to remain silent.

“Mmm, you’re no fun at all. You could at least make your last few moments fun for both of us. Please? For me?” Lyra leaned in and locked lips with the captive zebra while her hand continued to work his stiff erection. Her tongue explored the zebra’s mouth, quickly settling to toy with his tongue, stirring it around and coiling around it with hers. Zeek offered the mare no resistance and simply let her do as she pleased with him. After two minutes of toying with him, she broke the kiss, frowning slightly.

“Well, for the record, I tried. But if you insist. Let’s get to the main event, shall we?” Lyra released the zebra’s cock and took a small step back. She turned and, crouched down for a moment and stood up on her hands. Keeping her body upright, she moved close behind the zebra’s. Her right arm raised up, moving up to the zebra’s thigh and coiled around down his right leg and repeated the process again with her left arm. After she finished coiling up his legs, she coiled her legs around his arms and raised them over his head. Lyra peeked her head out from under his balls, smiling up at Zeek.

“Comfortable?” She asked knowing that he would most likely not respond. The legs coiling Zeek’s arms pressed against the sides of his head and forced him to nod. “Good.”

Her raised lower body shifted back, forcing them to fall back. Lyra’s feet landed on the ground, keeping the zebra up off the ground, his back arched around her body.

“Now, like I said before, let’s find out how flexible you are. The longer you last, the better I’ll make it feel.” She ended her sentence in a sing-songy manner and began licking the zebra’s balls as her feet took a small step back, forcing the zebra’s body higher up. Lyra decided to take his entire sack in her mouth, playing with them, sucking on them and tossing them around the inside of her mouth with her tongue. Zeek could only grunt from a combination of the searing pain in his chest and the pleasure of the mare under him toying with his balls. Lyra’s feet took a longer step back this time, arching his back even more. Any further and it would start to strain his spine. The vocalizations of his discomfort did nothing to deter Lyra’s mouth from its task. She finally released his balls, bouncing them up and down a few times with her tongue.

“Now for the main event. Try to at least last for a little while.”

Lyra’s snaked out of her mouth, coiling around the zebra’s hard penis and pulled it down a bit. She moved the coils of her wet tongue back and forth along his cock for a few seconds, delaying the inevitable for just a little bit. Her feet took another step back. The zebra let out a pained scream as his back arched even further. At the same time, Lyra’s head gobbled down the zebra’s shaft straight down to the hilt. She stayed put for a moment, sliding her tongue along the shaft and allowing the zebra a moment to embrace the growing pain. She started slowly bobbing her head along his cock, pulling out all the way to the flare before slowly hilting again. Her tongue slowly began to slide out of her mouth, making its way down to his balls to once again play with them while her mouth worked on his cock.

Lyra’s feet took another step back, moving a bit further this time. Zeek was not a warrior, not a gymnast. His back was not used to this kind of strain. He could feel tension growing, building in his spine. Lyra started speeding up her blow job. The slow bobbing of her mouth becoming a steady, rhythmic pump. She started moaning as she kept up her ministrations, sending a pleasurable vibration through his cock. Her tongue continued to play with his ballsack. Licking it all around, bouncing it up and down against the pink prehensile length and coiling around it and massaging it from within.

Lyra’s feet took two more steps back. Zeek found screaming to become incredibly difficult now. His chest was on fire and now his back was on the verge of snapping in half. Lyra ramped up her fellatio even further, bobbing up and down his length with gusto. Her tongue finally relieved his balls of their sexual torture and receded back into her mouth to help her work on this shaft. She felt his shaft starting to tense and bulge up a bit as she continued to work him. As his flare bulged, ready to blow its load, Lyra sank her tongue into his slit and plugged it up. She could feel a faint movement in the zebra’s hips. He was trying to buck his hips and some vain attempt to relieve himself. She giggled around his cock and took another step back. Zeek’s back was it its limit. Any further and he would surely break. Lyra held to poor zebra like this for minutes on end. The veins on his cock surged as it kept trying to push out its load while Lyra only sped up even more.

She finally decided to grant the zebra mercy and removed her tongue. A torrent of cum erupted into the mare’s mouth. She swallowed his enormous load down easily, not allowing a single drop to escape. She released his now limp cock. Her tongue snaked out again, slapping the limp member around a few times for her own amusement. Sufficiently satisfied, Lyra’s feet walked the remaining distance towards her hands. A snap echoed throughout the room as she as her upper and lower back now rested against each other with the broken zebra bent in the same position against her body. She held them both in this position for a moment then finally walked her legs back to their start positions.

The sound of footsteps approaching echoed from outside the room.

“Steel Ball? You in here? I’m on the clock now. You can go home. Steel?” A female voice called out. Lyra saw an opportunity for a little more fun. A light shone inside the room. It stopped at the blood for a moment and slowly made its way to the gruesome sight of a dead zebra tied atop some kind of green equine form. The zebra’s face was devoid of life and yet, the strange reverse crab like amalgamation of bodies started to turn itself around. On the other end, the face of a green mare. The horrifying corpse crab sprang to life, zipping towards the guard with great speed. The female minotaur screamed, too scared to run as the creature made a beeline for her. The creature lunged at the guard, tackling her with the zebra corpse.

Lyra retracted her arms, releasing the corpse of Zeek and stood to her feet laughing, “Oh you came at a bad time. I can’t have any witnesses you see. But, I might let you go if you can tell me where I might find someone skilled in stone masonry.”

The guard stared up at the mare in silence.

Lyra rolled her eyes and stomped her foot straight through the zebra’s stomach. In one swift moment, the foot absorbed all the corpses’ bodily fluids, leaving a shriveled husk.

“Aa-aah! I-in the B-badlands! Th-there’s a small settlement there! I’ve seen a s-stone mason there! One of the b-best in Equestria!”

“What would be the fastest way there?”

“Fr-from here, you would need a private blimp or hot air balloon. But that would cost a-”

Lyra nodded, “Perfect. Then that’s what I’ll do. All I need are directions to the nearest place where I can rent a hot air balloon.”

The guard gave detailed directions and slowly started pulling herself up, “S-so then you’ll let me go?”

“No.” Lyra stated matter-of-factly. She sat on the guard’s stomach, pushing her back down on the ground and laid on her. She grabbed the sides of the minotaur’s head and gave her a quick kiss. Rather than give the minotaur some form of warning she shoved her hand into the minotaur’s mouth. She only compressed her body as needed and filled the guard’s mouth and throat with as much of her body as she could as she snaked her way inside her body. Squeezing just the right spots on her brain, she quickly subdued the guard’s consciousness and left the museum.

Lyra followed the directions and ran at top speed towards the hot-air balloon rental. Augmenting her hosts’ strength, she quickly subdued everyone in the building, opting to leave them alive. With no one around to say anything, she grabbed a map of Equestria from the front desk and set off in the balloon. It would take three days to get to the Badlands. Her minotaur host would ensure she didn’t have to fear the sun this time. Meanwhile, Daring Do stuck around, hidden amongst the shadows. She knew where Lyra was headed. It was just a matter of getting there first.

Author's Note

Blah blah excuse for being gone for awhile. Almost over. Sorry ahead of time if ends kinda fast. Oh well. There'll probably extra chapters afterward for more shameless, baseless murder n torture and what have you. Finished at like, super late into the night/early in the morning. Didn't really look it over. Probably some screw ups. But whatever. Wanted to get this out to prove that I'm something resembling alive.