Monster's Curse: Another Choice

by Fuzzyfurvert

Chapter 19

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Take a Cookie

Tame hesitated. So what if she’s a monster? She’s still a mare. There’s no need to jump to defending myself unless she attacks me or something. He sized Pinkie up again, forcing himself to relax. Odd tail and scales aside, she had been nothing but welcoming since he’d intruded into her kitchen. It’d be rude not to accept her offered hospitality. Let no pony say his momma hadn’t raised him right.

Of course, his momma hadn’t raised him to stare at a monster mare’s naked ass and gorgeous thighs either. When Pinkie straightened and turned with the pan of fresh cookies, Tame yanked his eyes to the side, finding something interesting to stare at in the nearest stack of used dishes.

“So...uh, what kind of cookies did you...um...make?” He cleared his throat awkwardly, glancing back at Pinkie as quickly as he could. She was still holding the hot pan with her apron, the fabric no longer even covering her front. Ceiling. Stare. At. The. Ceiling.

“I made chocolate on chocolate chunk with nuts! I hope you’re not allergic or anything, ‘cuz these look really good!” Pinkie chuckled, placing the pan on a cooling rack and fanning the cookies excitedly. “Give ‘em a minute to cool and then they’ll melt in your mouth like nothing you’ve ever tasted before!”

She laughed again, but it sounded strained. Forced. Tame carefully lowered his eyes from the ceiling to look at the mare. She stood by the cookies, fanning by flapping her hands at them. Her apron hung in place again, and she still had a smile on her face, but there was a weariness in her eyes he hadn’t noticed before.

“You will share them with me, right?” Pinkie Pie’s voice was soft, faint even, compared to her earlier boisterousness. “It’s been a looooooonngg time since I’ve had somepony to share with. My friends never come down here anymore. So I just cook for myself.” She perked up for a moment and flashed a genuine grin. “Or for Gummy! But…” The grin faltered. “I don’t get to share much anymore. I never get to see anypony smile.”

“Are you lonely down here?” Tame took a step closer to the pink pony. He could smell the cookies now. The scent was amazing, and the cookies looked just as good as they smelled. Why anypony would stop coming down to share such yummy treats with a cute mare like this, he couldn’t fathom. “Why don’t your friends visit you?”

“I guess they’re all busy.” Pinkie shrugged tiredly. “They all have lives...I’m just the cook. I handle the birthday parties. We aren’t foals anymore, so who needs to hang out with the cook or celebrate birthdays?”

“Well, I don’t think you deserve to be left alone.” Tame closed the last of the distance to the cooling rack, waving his hands to help with fanning the cookies. “Your friends must not have been so great if they just left you like that cuz you all grew up.”

“No!” Pinkie grabbed Tame’s arm, leaning into him. “You don’t understand! My friends were—are—the best! They just...have important stuff to do. I miss them a lot, but that’s no excuse to start thinking they aren’t good friends.”

Tame rocked back when Pinkie pushed him, blushing at the press of her chest against his side. He smiled and patted Pinkie’s hand where she was holding his arm. “Miss Pie, you are a special pony to keep your friends’ in mind like that after so long. I would be happy to share a cookie or two with you.”

Pinkie brightened at that, she own smile wide. “Oh we’re gonna share all of them!”

“Heh...okay.”

“Whoo!” She whooped and bounced in place, some parts of her anatomy bouncing more than others. Pinkie let go of Tame and scooped up two of the barely cool enough treats. She took a bite from one of them, smearing chocolate on her lips and holding the other out for Tame.

He took the cookie and smiled again before taking a bite. It was somehow even more tasty than he expected. As he chewed, Pinkie watched him closely, smiling to the point of glowing. Until she did actually start to glow with a soft light that coalesced into a single bright point on her chest, just over her heart. The essence drifted off Pinkie the moment he swallowed his bite of cookie, and started floating toward him.


Author's Note

Looks like you lifted Pinkie's Curse! Good end!

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