Equustale

by neorenamon

"What kinda critter are you?" asked Apple Bloom.

The three fillies had surrounded the fainting couch that Frisk was resting on. With the back of the couch against the wall, she didn't really have anywhere to go.

"And what kind of creature has no hair on their hides?" asked Sweetie Belle as she looked over Frisk's bare skin, "It must be horribly cold for you in the winter."

"Hey!" said Scootaloo, "Why don't you say anything?"

"Maybe they don't speak pony tongue?" replied Apple Bloom.

Frisk gingerly reached out for Sweetie Belle's head. The unicorn filly cringed at first.

"I don't think they mean to hurt you," assured Apple Bloom, so Sweetie let the strange being touch her.

'My name is Frisk. I'm called... a human.'

"I'm Sweetie Belle," she replied, "Big sister says we're called unicorns."

'You're... a cutie... aren't you?'

"I'm not cute," she sniffed, "I'm elegant."

'Of course you are... but you can be both at the same time.'

"I... guess."

"How come we're only hearing half of a conversation here?" asked Scoots.

"The human... is somehow speaking into my head. I don't need ears... to hear what she's trying to tell me."

"That's not creepy at all," she muttered in reply.

'So... you're looking for your purpose... your special gift in life.'

"Well yeah," replied Sweetie, "When we figure out what our special talent is, that's when we get our cutie marks!"

'That's the strange image on your flanks? Like your big sister, Rarity, has on hers?'

"Yes. Yes it is. But... it's not strange."

'Sorry, but it is to me. Humans... we don't have anything like a cutie mark. I can sense that you are... anxious... about getting one of these cutie marks.'

"Well... yeah. We're getting to be among the last in our class to get our marks."

'So you're trying to get one by doing anything and everything?'

Sweetie nodded.

'Perhaps you're trying too hard then,' she mused, 'Work harder on doing the things you want to do. Perhaps if you felt more at ease doing what you're good at, your cutie mark will come to you.'

"So... how do you... humans... know what your special gift is... without cutie marks?"

'We can never be truly sure about that... but some of us... just know in our hearts and minds... what we were meant to do.'

"What were you meant to do?"

'I think... my purpose... was to free the monsters of the Underground.'

"Well that sounds like a worthwhile purpose," she mused back.

'I like to think so.'

"SWEETIE BELLE!" called Rarity as her magic made the door burst open.

They all turned to see her standing in the now open doorway with Asriel and Chara just behind. Her horn glowed as Frisk's hand was yanked away from Sweetie's head.

"Calm down, Rarity," said Sweetie calmly, "We're just talking... and stuff."

Asriel and Chara glared at Rarity. Frisk was glad these ponies didn't have eyes in the backs of their heads.

"I'm sorry," said Rarity as she walked over, "I... just overreacted..."

Frisk touched her nose instead. 'Don't worry. If I had a sister, I suppose I'd do anything to protect her too... or anyone else I truly cared about.' She looked back over Rarity, but Asriel and Chara didn't seem to understand her. However, the two of them sensed the change in Rarity's tone. It indicated that she was sorry, so they seemed to be more relaxed.

But much to their surprise, Chara pushed past the fillies to glomp hug onto Frisk.

"I'm sorry," she said into Frisk's ear softly, "It's my fault..."

'It's alright. Could you... just ease up... on feeling up my boobs... from now on?'

"I promise," she replied as she planted a big wet kiss on Frisk's cheek. By the time she was done, she had crawled onto the couch with Frisk and was all but covering her with her own body.

Frisk glanced at where Asriel was holding his hands. Her special sight told her almost more than she wanted to know. 'So... you've been teasing Asriel as well?'

"I gotta be me," she whispered into Frisk's ear.

The fillies were looking where Asriel was holding his hands as well.

"Say," said Apple Bloom, "What all do you call..."

Rarity's horn glowed as Asriel was tossed back into the measuring room. "Well look at the time," she said quickly, "I better get these measurements finished or they won't have anything to wear tomorrow!"

"Aw..." she replied, "I wanna get ta know these 'humans' better..."

"Well there's always tomorrow," she replied as she used her magic to pull the fainting couch through the open door with both Chara and Frisk on it as well.

"I'm sure we'll meet again," said Chara as the door magically slammed shut behind them.

"Those... sure are some strange... critters," muttered Apple Bloom.

"Hey!" replied Scoots, "Maybe they know some awesome human activity that we can get a cutie mark in!"

The other two filly's eyes lit up at the prospect.

...

Asriel sighed. It seemed like forever before he could stop thinking about Chara and Frisk being naked in the same room with him. To get himself calmed down enough to he wasn't still having a raging boner. He just hoped that Chara wasn't going to try and tease him again. Still, he needed one hand on Frisk to understand what Rarity was saying.

Chara had one hand on Frisk as well.

"Well now that I have Chara and Frisk's measurements," said Rarity as the tape measure hovered in the air magically, "I guess it's time to take your measurements." She waited as if she expected Asriel to stand from the couch, so he did so. "Hmm..." she mused as she looked at his crotch, "I guess I'll have to make some... adjustments... for that."

"Don't stallions have those?" asked Chara.

'Yeah,' said Frisk, 'Stallions walk about here naked for the most part... yet I don't see any... you know...'

"Well sort of..." replied Rarity, "It's... just you don't normally... see it..." As she spoke, her cheeks turned flush. "Well... you don't see it... until the stallion is... uh..."

"Ready for action?" asked Chara.

'There's no need to be so blunt,' chided Frisk.

"Uh... something like that," replied Rarity.

"So... how come we can't see your... marebits... either?"

'CHARA!'

"It's just... just magic!" retorted Rarity as she sat on her haunches.

"Oh my... an entire race with... modesty magic," snickered Chara.

'Chara. You're insufferable.'

"Oh you wouldn't have me any other way," she purred into Frisk's ear before she nibbled on the earlobe.

Frisk's cheeks turned red as Chara nibbled.

"Well..." stammered Rarity, "It's... just the way things are!"

"Actually," said Asriel to change the subject, "Do you have some pen and paper I can use?"

"Of course, darling," purred Rarity.

"Perhaps some colored pencils as well?"

She nodded. "Just give me a moment to fetch them," she said as she stepped out of the room.

Once the door was closed, Asriel said, "So can you stop fondling Frisk for a while there, Chara?"

"Why?" she replied, "She's already on the fainting couch..."

"That's not the issue here," he retorted.

"Fine... I'll stop having fun... for now."

'Oh that's totally reassuring me.'

Rarity came back as Asriel got down on the floor. He began making a design with ink. Rarity looked over his shoulder with utter fascination making her eyes twinkle.

'The Dreemurr Family Crest?'

He nodded.

"Is that some kind of coat of arms?" mused Rarity.

"Yes," replied Asriel, "and as a Prince among monsters and a representative in this land, my new clothes should display this crest front and back prominently."

"Oh, I'm sure I can do something with this that will... suit your needs." She looked at the finished drawing and added, "I see. Blue and white. Well that's definitely good taste at least."

"Say," he mused, "I haven't heard anything out front for a while. How's Princess Luna?"

"Oh. I imagine she's gone back to Canterlot for now. She does have her Royal Duty to raise the moon once Princess Celestia lowers the sun for the day."

"Raise the moon?" he replied.

"Lower the sun?" asked Chara.

'Their magic... it must be hugely powerful.'

"Well yes," replied Rarity, "They do this magic twice a day. Once in the morning and then reverse the process at night."

"Did the Princesses always do this?" asked Asriel.

"Well Starswirl the Bearded and a group of unicorn mages did it before the Princesses did."

"And before them?"

"Well... no one really remembers... I'm not even sure if Celestia knows that."

"That's... wow... Is there anything the Princesses can't do?"

"Well now that the Elements of Harmony are back..." mused Rarity, "I guess they don't have to."

"And you're one of them?" asked Chara.

Rarity nodded. "I am the Element of Generosity," she stated.

"Funny," mused Chara, "Where I came from, we had the Elements of Air, Earth, Fire and Water."

"That's a funny way of classifying elements," she replied.

"But then we got science and moved from four elements to 118 last I checked."

"That's... a lot of elements..." she replied slowly.

"I wonder how you make things from Generosity?" mused Asriel.

"Well... that's not what the Elements of Harmony are meant to do."

"What do they do?" asked Chara.

"Well... they maintain harmony and balance."

"That's... interesting..."

'And a touch confusing... it's almost more... like a religious system.'

"Do you have gods?" asked Asriel.

"What are gods?" she replied.

'I'd take that as a 'no'.'

"So what do you believe in?" he asked.

"The Princesses, of course."

'They do seem to be different. I sensed that Luna has both wings and a horn, but so far no one else has both.'

"What kind of beings are these Princesses?" asked Asriel.

"Well they're called alicorns," replied Rarity, "They say they combine the best aspects of Earth ponies, pegasi and unicorns."

'So they wield god-like powers, but don't call themselves gods.'

Asriel nodded.

"So who's your King or Queen?" asked Chara.

"We don't have one of those," she replied, "We... don't really listen to them... they aren't really..."

"So you have a King and Queen?"

"Well... King Sombra was pure evil... he was dealt with a thousand years or so ago," she replied, "And Queen Chrysalis... she's only really the Queen of Changelings... not ponies."

"Changelings?"

"Oh, you don't want to meet them," she mused, "They're evil shapeshifters who... feed off the love of others."

"They can't feel love themselves?"

"Not that anyone can tell for sure, but Queen Chrysalis is supposed to have no heart... no love... no soul of her own."

"That sounds... familiar," mused Asriel as he remembered what it was like to be Flowey.

"So what did this King do?" asked Chara.

"Oh, he enslaved the Crystal Empire for... quite some time. He forced his own people to mine crystals for them... as slaves."

"I guess he had trouble dealing with love as well."

"Well they say his heart... it was a black as the blackest night."

"Sounds like fun," mused Chara as Asriel and Frisk cut her off with their glaring. "What?!" protested Chara, "I kid you!"

Asriel and Frisk sighed as one.

"Party poopers," she sniffed.

"But those two probably aren't the worst of all," added Rarity.

"Oh? Who tops those two?"

"DISCORD," she hissed under her breath.