Equustale

by neorenamon

"Well," mused Asriel as he looked down at his improvised loincloth, "At least we're... uh... presentable now."

"I'd say so," replied Chara as she ran her fingers through his chest fur.

"Uh... this is a tad... awkward."

"I know, but somehow we've grown into adults. That causes some... changes. Creates new... urges that one never felt before."

"Wow... I never even got a chance to get 'The Speech' from Asgore and Toriel yet."

"The one about the birds and the bees?" she purred into Ariel's ear up close.

"So... that's what humans call it?" he replied as he tried to back away from Chara.

"What do you monsters call it?" she said as she tried to keep up with him.

The two of them were slowly moving away from the light on Frisk's head.

"Uh... well... it's called... Lesser Dog and Greater Dog," he replied slowly.

"Well then... oh, who's grabbing my foot?" she asked as she looked back. The light passed over her face as she muttered, "Oh, it's just you, Frisk dear."

'We need to get out of here before you can worry about... grown up stuff,' said Frisk.

"Oh come now," she replied, "You think that... he... and I... were going to... *snicker* Right here? Right now?"

A glance at Asriel's face told Frisk she wasn't the only one thinking like that.

'Even if you're just flirting, it's not really the time nor place, Chara.'

"Someone is such a wet blanket," she purred as she turned about to face Frisk. Then she placed her hand on her shoulder as she continued, "Or is someone jealous because I'm not flirting... with them?"

'WUT?!' she thought as she looked about for the FLIRT Button. It wasn't there.

She couldn't sense any 'buttons' nearby. No RESET. No SAVE. No LOAD. She would have thought harder about it if Chara wasn't so much in her face at the time.

Chara's hand slipped down her chest. Then is moved up her stomach under the all too tight shirt to rest in the cleft of her bosom.

'Stahp that!'

"I can feel your heartbeat like a truck engine," she purred right next to her ear.

'I hope Chara can't see my blush,' she thought frantically.

"Oh, I think I know you... better than you think," she cooed as she laid a big wet kiss on her cheek.

'GAH!!'

"After all, I've spent more than a year living in your head," she said as she poked Frisk's forehead. "As well as your heart," she added as she poked her in the chest just to the side of her left breast. Where her heart would be.

'Please! Stop this now!'

"After the kindness you've shown. After the mercy you've given so freely," she purred, "How can I not show you some affection back?" Her thumb tugged down on Frisk's quivering lower lip. She moved in to plant a kiss on her slightly open mouth.

'I've never been kis...' she pleaded as Chara's lips connected with hers.

"MMMPPPHHH!!" Frisk protested into the other woman's mouth.

Chara slipped a hand from Frisk's chest to behind her head to keep the startled one from pulling away.

"Oh!" purred Asriel, "Is this going to be one of those female-on-female things?! I've seen some of Asgore's more interesting..." He paused when Chara tensed up. Before he said, "I didn't ruin the moment, did I?"

Chara backed up from Frisk's lips as she said, "Bingo. The moment... has passed..."

'Thank goodness...'

"For now..."

'Oh goodness!'

"But I guess we should start looking for a way out of here," she said as she left Frisk soundlessly panting.

'Your heart... maybe you soul itself... It's got brighter...' said Frisk as she looked at Chara.

"Well I'm not surprised by that," she replied, "and I bet your heart is the same way."

Frisk looked down. She was sure her heart was glowing brighter too.

"What about... him?" Chara asked as she looked over towards Asriel.

'His heart... his soul...' she thought as she looked at his 'upside down' white heart, 'It's brighter too.' She paused before she added, 'The strange energy there... It's not so different than... what's going on with us...'

Chara laughed.

Asriel, who was only hearing Chara's side of the conversation, asked "What's so funny?"

"Love triangle anime are so amusing," she purred.

'WUT?!'

"What?!" he replied.

"Or perhaps you're planning to gather a harem from this new world?" she mused aloud.

'GAH!! You're... YOU'RE...'

"I must have learned from all of your FLIRT actions, my dear," she purred as she kissed Frisk on the cheek again.

'I used JOKE a lot too!'

"Yes. You're a regular comedian. Just like Smiley..."

'IT'S SANS!' she thought hotly, 'His name is SANS!'

"Oh, just a bit... touchy..." she purred back, "Just how much feeling do you have for him? Hmm?"

'Oh get your mind out of the gutter! He's... he's... like the big brother I never had! Nothing more! Just like all the other monsters I've made friends with in the Underground!'

"Someone's not being honest with themselves," she replied, "but... I guess that can wait until later." She glanced at Asriel and added, "I guess we don't need... another scene... He gets worked up... pretty easily."

"WHAT?!" he asked.

To Frisk's surprised, Chara took one of her hands and touched it to Asriel's elbow.

'Don't get aroused! Don't get aroused! Don't get aroused!' kept running through his mind. He focused his thoughts on images of his father tending to the flower garden. Doing chores around the house. It was a hard struggle not to think naughty thoughts with Chara and Frisk barely dressed and right in front of him.

'GAH!' thought Frisk at the images she couldn't help but see.

She pulled her hand back from him with great force. Then she turned to crawl away from them both across the water and flower bed.

"Oh look," said Chara looked up, "I think the sun is trying to shine down the shaft above us."

'I can't see the sun anymore, but I can feel the light on my skin. It's somehow... magical light as well. How can the sun have magical light coming from it?'

"HEY!" called a strange masculine voice from up the shaft, "Is somepony down there?!"

'Somepony?' thought Frisk as she looked about.

Asriel and Chara seemed confused as well.

"Maybe it was just one of those... you know... cave creatures?" asked another masculine voice.

"What are they saying?" asked Asriel, "I don't understand a word they're saying."

"Me neither," replied Chara.

'I'm the only one who understands?' asked Frisk as she came back to the other two. She took one of their hands in each of her own.

"Princess Luna... she said this was the place... are you sure she didn't prank us or something?"

Now that Asriel seemed to understand as well, he called back, "HEY! There are people down here!"

"What was that?" asked the first, "I've never heard that language before."

"It doesn't matter," replied the second, "The Princess gave us orders and we need to obey her. She is one of the two Princesses of the land, after all."

"She just got back from a thousand year banishment. Is her authority?..."

"It's still as valid as ever!" he replied, "Now get the rope ladder secured so we can throw it down the shaft!"

"We're sending down a rope ladder so please be just a little more patient!"

"Funny," mused Asriel, "As soon as you touched me, I could understand what they're saying."

"Me too," agreed Chara.

A moment later, a rope ladder came tumbling down as it unrolled. It hit the bottom with a loud splash.

"The ladder is secure," called down the first, "Can any of you not climb out on your own?!"

"We're good!" Asriel yelled back.

"That's great!" he replied.

"I guess since I'm touching Frisk, he can understand me too. That's... some useful gift... you got there."

'Maybe that's how the... pony Princess in my dream... understood what I said...'

"I really have to see her in person," mused Chara.

"Give me your pack," said Asriel, "It's best if you go first. You have the best chance of talking to them... so to speak. We don't know how strong the ladder is so leave it down with me. I'm going up last."

"How gallant of you," sighed Chara with a hint of sarcasm.

Frisk removed her backpack and handed it over to him. Then she headed over to the ladder and started climbing.

Chara went close behind as she looked up at the tight shorts about Frisk's butt. Firm yet padded. Her smooth yet muscular legs. The athletic calves and thighs. She really really enjoyed the view.

"Chara! You should have waited!" called Asriel from below, "The ladder might not take both of you at once!"

"I'm not the patient type!" she called back down.

He watched the light from Frisk's mining lamp grow dimmer as they climbed. Even when she looked back down to check on Chara, it was getting harder to see. The shaft they were climbing had to be pretty long.

"OH MY GOSH!" called Chara, "They're ponies! WITH WINGS! They're so small! SO CUTE!"

Someone called down, but he couldn't understand so he just assumed it was his turn to climb up. If it took the weight of both women, he figured it would take his weight and the backpack as well. It was loosely slung over one shoulder as he began climbing.

"OH MY GOODNESS!" squealed Chara, "Some of these ponies are wearing armor like... some of the dogs!"

'Armor?!' he thought, 'There's probably weapons up there too! I better hurry!'

* ASRIEL climbs faster with DETERMINATION.

'Oh great,' he mused, 'I'm getting messages too... but if it's not Chara's doing...'

There was a mass of speakers up above. All apparently male and all jumbled up. It was like there was mass confusion. He hoped that they weren't threatening the ladies in any way. He knew Frisk had the Antique Gun, but prayed she didn't need to use it. The Cowboy Hat she wore added to her Defense as well as her Attack abilities.

"It's alright!" called Chara, "Me mean you no harm!"

As he climbed the ladder, the confusion grew louder. He could hear the sound of hooves running away.

"This isn't good!" he said out loud.

"WAIT!" screamed Chara, "That's A MANTICORE?!"

'Mantiwhat?!' he thought, 'If it's a monster, maybe it hasn't learned humans aren't so bad yet! Only a little more and I'm out!'

"AH!! It's coming this way!!"

Poking his head up through the hole, he saw a pretty terrifying sight. A large lionesque beast with bat-like wings and ears, and a very long scorpion tail. His teeth were bared as he walked closer to Frisk and Chara. Frisk was holding the revolver as if it was loaded, and he knew that couldn't be right.

"Stay back!! We don't taste good!!"

Whoever dropped the ladder was no where in sight.

'Cowards!' he thought, 'Leaving a pair of women defenseless!'

"What are you doing?!" hissed Chara, "I don't think that creature knows what a revolver is!"

But Ariel noticed that the gun... was glowing. Frisk turned the gun away from the beast towards a medium sized tree between them. There was a good dozen yards between the two women and the tree she aimed at.

'What is she doing?!'

A bright spark of light shot from the gun so fast, he could barely see it. It slammed into the tree trunk which caused it to explode on the side towards the Manticore's path.

"What da what?!" asked Chara.

* Frisk is a dick to trees.

"You mind your own business," muttered Asriel.

A second passed as the shattered tree groaned. It fell into the path of the Manticore which startled it. The shot, the explosion and the falling tree all convinced it to go somewhere else. Quickly.

"What kind of magic was that?!" he asked.

Of course, she couldn't respond directly. She wasn't touching him. Chara was.

"She doesn't know," said Chara, "The gun... it's just suddenly gained some of her magic... She just knew the gun would work... like it had some kind of ammo in it! The magic in her hat added to the gun's attack power!"

A few moment's passed as the pegasus ponies began coming back. Now that he saw their 'armor', he realized it appeared to be more ceremonial than actual battle armor. Half of their face, their neck, legs and their full wings weren't covered by it at all. None of them seemed to be carrying a weapon either.

'No wonder they ran from... whatever that beast was...'

The ponies were talking among themselves, so he ran over to touch Frisk. He wanted to hear what they were saying about them too. A glance told him they were all stallions... which made sense to him. Undyne wasn't a common soldier in Asgore's kingdom either.

"What kind of magic was that?!" asked a white-hided guard.

"It's amazing and terrifying at the same time!!" said a black hided guard.

Frisk calmly slid the revolver back into it's holster.

"My hero!" cooed Chara as she hugged Frisk against her chest and kissed her on the cheek.

'Please don't FLIRT again!' groaned Asriel mentally as he looked at the ponies.

Frisk was blushing again. He knew she wasn't immune to Chara's charms.

'I wonder if Chara and I,' he continued to muse, 'Do we have strange magical powers too? Could it only be Frisk? I'm... kind of jealous of her right now. She protected Chara... like I should have. Yet she didn't kill. She didn't gain any ExP.'

Ponies without armor began mingling among the armored ponies. Some of them had horns, some wings and some neither.

"I've never seen the likes of them," mused one brown unicorn stallion.

"What if they're dangerous?!" asked a blue pony mare without horn or wings.

He realized the three of them... could still be in big trouble.

Just then, a smaller unicorn mare ran up and proclaimed to the other, "Princess Luna just sent a message! She ordered us to take these over to Ponyville! She'll meet us there with more Royal Guards soon enough!" There was a little pause before she added, "But in the meantime, we're supposed to meet with Twilight Sparkle and the Elements of Harmony. They should be waiting for us at the edge of town."

'What's a Twilight Sparkle?' he thought, 'And what are Elements of Harmony? Could they be some kind of weapons?'

"We better walk to town," said the white guard, "It's not that far from here. I don't expect any more monster attacks."

"I hope," said the black guard more quietly.

"I'm not sure if we're strong enough to carry... these large creatures..."

'Creatures?!' he thought.

'To them, we must look like monsters they've never seen before,' mused Frisk, 'I can... understand their caution... After what I did...'

'So they're like humans in that regards,' thought Chara, 'Terrified of things they don't understand.'

'A lot of monsters weren't thrilled to see me either.'

"They... must be scared of us," said the brown unicorn, "See how they cling to each other?"

"Well wouldn't you be worried about ponies in armor? There's so many of us compared to them," said the blue mare.

"But... one has such powerful destructive magic... Why would THEY be scared of US?"

"I think the one... with the attack magic... is protecting the other two."

"Oh, that makes sense."

* ASRIEL feels his manhood levels falling.

"Oh be quiet you," he hissed under his breath.

"Be quiet who?" asked Chara.

"Oh, just the voice in my head," he replied.

"That's not creepy at all."

"Hey, Frisk heard that voice too," he answered defensively.

"Funny. I thought that voice was me," she mused, "Maybe you have a ghost in you too?"

"Please let that not be the case!" he replied.

The closest guards were now giving them a curious look.

"Great," he muttered, "Now they think we're crazy."

"Speak for yourself, paleface."

'Hey,' thought Frisk, 'Only the guards are wearing armor and none of them... wear clothing.'

"Maybe nudity isn't taboo here," said Asriel quietly.

"If they're anything like Earth ponies," mused Chara, "They have well defined breeding seasons. The mare makes a smell that let's the stallions know... she's ready to breed. That's why stallions like to stick their nose up a mare's..."

Frisk coughed loudly.

"Breeding season?!" said the blue mare, "I've never heard of the likes. I certainly don't stink when I'm ready to..." Her voice faltered a bit as she suddenly blushed.

"Ready to what?" asked Chara suggestively.

"Never you mind!" she replied.

"I hope we get to Ponyville soon," muttered the white guard.