"How many of these did you lay?" Daring glared at the last in a long line of traps that he had missed on his entry, but Ahui had apparently deemed needed to keep him out. "I didn't even come this way."

Ahuizotl was crouching down, messing with the trap. She had just finished unhooking the trigger wire from the trip wire when she felt a lick up one side of her vulva. "Daring!" She turned to look at the stallion. "What are-" Oh boy does he know what he is doing...

Daring knew what he was doing, in theory. What am I doing? He nuzzled the mare's tail aside and gave a lick, this time directly down her slit. She smelled so good to him that it had just seemed right. She certainly wasn't running away. He felt her tail-hand grip at his shirt collar, holding him there. Nuzzling, Daring worked at her folds, watching them grow thicker. When the time was right he pushed his tongue forward, pressing it between the soft flesh.

It was hard to hold still, Ahui shifted her forelegs around. "D-D-Daring… there is… one more… trap…" It was an odd sensation, particularly for that part of her that wanted to be independent. Was Daring in control, or was this her control over him, making him pleasure her? As his tongue pushed deeper, she suddenly realized that she didn't really care, that maybe some things could just be enjoyed.

The musk of the mare filled Daring's senses, almost blinding him to everything. He huffed deep lungfuls of her arousal, he dredged up the even more musky taste of her. Part of the stallion wanted to climb up, ride her back and breed her. I have more control now. The fact that he was snout-deep in the mare, servicing her pleasure, barely rated. He felt alive and in control.

Her body vibrating with the pleasure forced into it, Ahui could barely hold herself back from diving headlong into an orgasm. She was slowly coming to terms with this new shape, this new gender. She fought through the clouds of delight, she pushed back and braced against that inquisitive tongue.

Daring felt the game change, he wasn't pushing Ahuizotl forward anymore, she was holding her ground giving Daring just one option. Backing up a little, he heard a soft whine from Ahui, then she pushed back more. Got you. Daring licked and lapped at the mare. He was just about to tease her to push back again when his tongue got clamped down, her strong inner muscles grabbing on and holding his snout in place.

Ahui didn't care in that moment, who was in control. Waves of pleasure, in great rushing blasts, pulsed through her. She straightened all four legs and clenched down on any muscles that weren't instinctively doing things. Panting out loud, another rush came when Daring pulled his tongue, slowly, free. She was left alone and still she trembled in pleasure.

Daring gave the mare another lick before walking up beside Ahui. "Sorry, I couldn't resis-" His words were stolen by a kiss, the mare suddenly pouncing on him and driving her lips against his own. Daring was already hanging from his sheathe, the close oral attention she was giving him enhanced his ache. Daring pulled back from the kiss. "What?" She pushed her advantage, silencing him further as she dropped her weight down on him.

Completely in control of herself, or so she hoped, Ahui felt the thick shaft press between their bellies. She slowly moved forward, rubbing the stallionhood between them until she knew she just had to push back to claim his length. "Naughty, maybe I should make you find the next trap?" Ahui, like a predator, glided easily back to a standing position and walked forward.

Daring was staring at an upside-down mare, sauntering. "Maybe I already walked into the only trap I want to be caught in?" That was the most sappy and terrible thing ever. Ahui's laughter bid him to roll to his hooves and look after her. "And maybe I will just ignore this trap!" Spreading his wings, he flew up and over the mare, letting her have an eyeful of his rampant shaft.

"Just wait until I catch up with you." It was a game for her now, Ahui felt all the fire and delight of matching wit and brawn against the pegasus return in full force. "We always did better against the actual traps of the dungeon when working together."

Zooming around the next corner, Daring didn't see the net until the last second. "We have you, Daring Do." Caballeron's voice came a moment before a heavy sack pulled over Daring's head, blocking out the light.

"Daring?" Ahui had finished with the last of her traps and come around the corner. "Daring Do, if I find out you have pulled some kind of stunt, after everything you said…" I don't want to finish it, I just want to find him and… I don't know. Lifting her snout, Ahuizotl found where something had happened to Daring. She could smell him, the scent of his that drove her wild in her belly. "Where are you?"

The smell got weaker, but with some focus Ahuizotl could follow it. Putting herself almost into a trance, the mare started to stalk, belly low and almost crawling. Sunlight soon bathed her in evening light. The sun was going down and without the stones to hold the scent, she couldn't pick up her lover.

The first flicker, Ahui missed. The second caught her attention and her eyes narrowed on a section of jungle and the flickering flame of a torch or campfire within. Something had better have happened to you, Daring Do. If there was one thing her new form carried, it was an impressive ability to move fast. Ahui spread her gait into a gallop, barely one hoof or hand touched the ground at a time as she raced down the temple steps.

Do this right, remember, this is a hunt. She approached from downwind, slowing her pace as she neared the light.

"… have been a great help, Daring Do. The artifact is just as my customer wants it, although I can see that you have had a little… mishap?" Caballeron. Ahui knew the voice. She worked her way right to the edge of his camp. "I guess you would like to find out if it can be reversed?"

Ahui stopped herself from rushing in—her eyes growing a little damp. I need to know...

"Put simply, Mr. Do, it cannot. The effects of the chalice would last for the life of those affected. Your only hope of becoming a mare again would be to charge the relic back up and have somepony else use it." Caballeron smiled widely. "Too bad there wasn't a stallion with you when it happened, you could probably have persuaded them to undo it. Of course, then you would be unable to resist giving your body to him, to breed."

The words cut through Ahui's tears. She knew just what Caballeron was referring to, even now she wanted her stallion. My stallion? I… guess he is. She prepared to strike when she noticed that Caballeron's henchponies were not setting up camp, but pulling it down. Going to put him in a box, then put that box inside another box... Ahuizotl's mind turned to all the things she would do to Caballeron.

Daring tried to flex in the tight ropes, but the stallion who had tied him up wasn't stupid, he had waited until Daring's muscles had relaxed, to tie him up. The best Daring had managed was to get onto his back and squirm. The worst part of it all was that he had no idea where Ahui was. What if she got caught in the trap and needed his help? Once again he had an upside-down view of the world, but he was watching Caballeron and his cronies leaving the camp. He had barely lost sight of them for two heartbeats when he heard a soft giggle and felt the most delicious touch. Heaving his head up, Daring spotted Ahui, leaning in from behind him and nuzzling his balls. "Going to untie me?"

"Depends." Ahuizotl was already reaching one clawed hand up to slice the rope. "Are you going to let me tie you up like this? I promise to remember to get the knots just right." It was easy to get distracted, Ahui's hand lowered from the intended target, grabbing the rope as she nuzzled his heavy balls again, tongue snaking out to lick them. They taste so much of "him". She licked again and smiled.

"Ahui!" Daring groaned, he was harder than ever and now he had his mare doing all sorts of really nice things, while he was helpless. This is about as unfair as life could be. He lost the thought as her tongue trailed up, along his sack, and to the base of his shaft. Suddenly the ropes went slack and Daring actually gave a little whine. What am I doing? That can't… I didn't… But he couldn't deny it, not in his own head. That was nice…

"Sorry, I got a little distracted there. Shame to waste the rope, though." Ahuizotl cut through more of the rope with her razor sharp claws, freeing an aroused and aching Daring. "Well, we had best be after them, right?" Her tone caught at something in Daring, playfulness, excitement, there was also a hint of challenge.

"The chalice belongs in a museum." Daring got himself to his hooves despite his aching body. He wanted to climb Ahui's back so much then, but he was sure that she meant such to be his reward. Part of him was a little upset that she would play him that way. I know what I like, and she knows I can't resist a challenge. Damn but I want her now, though. "Okay, so what are we going to do? There are five of them."

"Daring Do, who are you talking to here?" Ahuizotl picked up the rope she had shredded. "How many times did I catch you in snare traps before you learned to watch your hooves?" By the blush that colored the stallion's cheeks, Ahui knew she had brought back memories. "I am in a jungle, with some rope and the inclination to get ahead of them. Come on, let's have some fun!"

His blood ran hot, hot like when he had been trapped by the chalice's curse, hot like when Ahui had been licking him while helpless. "Alright!" She was already running, already in an odd canter that seemed to make no noise in the jungle. Wow she can move. He tried to match her with limited success, not as noisy as usual, but he surely wasn't as silent as his mare was. My mare… when did I BRANCH! He ducked out of the way, keeping Ahui's tail always in sight.

Excitement raced through Ahuizotl, Daring Do was chasing her, not as an enemy but… Ahui took a deep breath, not quite sure what to label him as but "her stallion". He moved well, matching her stride almost perfectly as she leaped and danced through the forest, of course he didn't have hands to grab with, or a tail that could grip, but he was no slouch. She caught sight of something and stopped dead. "Ahead, see him?"

So wrapped up in their dashing through the undergrowth was Daring that he almost plowed right into Ahui. As it was, she had to grab him with her tail-hand to stop him from tumbling. "Whoa, hold on." Carefully he turned, and followed her pointing finger, spotting the back-most of Caballeron's goons. "Yeah, I see him." He stole a kiss against Ahui's foreleg.

"Eyes on the prize. Notice how he walks off to the side of the path, always keeping half a pace off to the left? Watch." Ahui blushed a little at the casual kiss, it was odd how that meant more to her than something more serious.

Sure enough, Daring saw as the stallion cut the next corner hard, pushing into the jungle a little. "He cuts corners the others don't." Daring couldn't believe how observant Ahui was. "How long were you watching him for?"

"Long enough, come on. Four against two is better odds than five against two." Again Ahui took the lead as they moved faster and further. The jungle wouldn't go on forever, but Ahui knew they had at least the night to beat Caballeron back to the southern-most train station.

Turning and darting across the path, Ahui's eyes narrowed as she looked around for just what she wanted. Diving toward the "right kind of tree", she reached up and climbed with her hands, pulling it over and bending it double. "Okay, the trick is that the tree won't lift him up easily, but if we let it get momentum, it will jerk him off the ground. Plus, we tie it up here, not where my weight is most levering it." Ahui spoke low as she worked, tying the snare just right. She had to judge just how much weight the stallion had been. "Quick, hide." She almost giggled as she bounced away from the path, Daring at her side.

Crouched low in the jungle. Daring's heart was racing. This so totally different to how I normally fight Caballeron… fun though. He didn't have long to wait, marching down the trail the little group of stallions moved and, sure enough, the last one cut the corner in just the right place.

Ahui grinned widest when she saw the hoof land right in the loop of her snare, watched as it hit the thin twig that was keeping the whole thing in place. An almost sexual pleasure rose in her as the rope pulled tight, all that potential in the branch translated into motion.

Daring slunk forward, on his belly. He was almost as silent as Ahui was when she ran, almost. The henchpony looked shocked at what had happened, he wasn't going to stay shocked for long and as Daring reached the base of the little tree he could see the stallion's lungs inflate.

Her stallion moved like a snake, Ahui felt a thrill at seeing Daring's back end rise up, legs tucked. The goon likely got a good look at the gray-scale tail just before his lights went out. "Good shot." Ahui slunk through the jungle to where their first target was. "That's one down, four to go."

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