Be sure to look into Zecora's hut, she was a powerful Shaman and a very skilled herbalist, she may have ways or additional methods to advance or maintain your goals. Beware of traps, however, someone able to bind the Everfree Forest, even for a short time, is powerful, and we couldn't truly say when she began controlling it.

Be wary of the Farmer boy, he is not truly to be trusted and will seek to gain dominance, after all between the two of you, he must feel the mightier and is not necessarily wrong. You need insurance, and he is unlikely to fall under drugs. New plans must be developed to bring him under heel. Using Applebloom is likely to only insight rage.

We must also look into Spike, even if for only a cordial visit, we need his to know his situation again, Thunderlane will remain silent so long as we do, in his point of view. We need information, Birdhoof is still unreliable in this regard, finishing business quickly, and returning having Scootaloo or anyone really, to update you is wise.

The human lied on a broken and shattered ruin. "Zero, One, One, Zero, One, One, Zero" he sang tunelessly as he stared up at the clouds in the sky.

With a ding the holographic screen appeared in front of him. He read it and flipped to his feet afterward, pacing as he dictated his words to the screen.

"Kickass! That's why you don't mess with overly powerful spirits and the like. They will not stand for a mortal's disrespect. So if you take a shot at one of them, don't miss."

"Anyways, time to get down to buisness. First about Big Mac, and this is important, remember that he is your ally, not your minion. Treat him and his opinions with the respect he deserves. He's not another Birdhoof we can bully around, he can and will kick us to the curb if treat him badly. For now? I suggest we bring him into the fold fully. Tell him about Redheart, the Flower Trio, and Scootaloo. Let him indulge his lusts, and basically be his friend. He is our first bro, and you gotta have your bro's back.

Speaking of Birdhoof, he did well. Good job to him, and he can live a little longer. He's still a shitstain of a stallion, but hey, progress. We don't have a house yet, so maybe we can store Zecora at his place for now. Maybe.

Zecora has been sacrificed, and I'm looking forward to our reward. Come on, ability to create tentacle monsters. I don't really care about the body, give her to Birdhoof, Big Mac, or toss her in the basement, whatever. Two important things though, we need to come up with a lie to deal with her. If we let her be found, Twilight will try and heal her. And hey, maybe we can throw her off the right track, but that'll only buy us time, unless Zecora's memory has been wiped completely. Alternatively, we stash her in her old home, and pretend she ran away deeper into the woods. We can then take over her old place, but I feel that's even riskier. Between the two, I leave it up to the rest of the chatter to figure something out. Though speaking of her old place, let's loot it! She likely has some sweet alchemy goodies we can play with. More importantly, she might have written down her suspicions of us. We need to destroy those, before getting the Mane 6 to investigate the building.

As for what we do now? Take it easy for a bit. Continue your lessons to the students, hang out with Spike, move into your new home, be it Zecora's or in Ponyville. All sound like good ideas to me. The only possible priority is Applebloom and Sweetie Bell. They might notice Scootaloo has had her brains fucked out. Applebloom in particular needs to be brought into the fold, though thankfully we've got Big Mac to help. And to take care of her afterwards.

BZZZZT.............Click!

No that doesn't belong there. It belongs in row Alpha 6, case Delta 9, shelve Lambda 2, section Gama 1. After you done that I need you to gather reference material on that list I just gave you and hurry will you I don't have all day. Bloody Interns, I requested an assistant but noooo! your department isn't busy enough but hear you can have this useless intern instead. Sigh

Anyway lets get down to business. It excellent to see that bitch Zecora put in her place and I'm glad we ended up breaking her I can't wait to see what we can spend our Break Point on. Now we need to do a bit of housekeeping and looting we need to go to Zecora hut not only to collect any valuable alchemical components and enchantments but to make sure she did not leave any message or clue to our dear Zexis's true nature. Then we need to handle breaking Zecora "condition" to her friends in Ponyville. I recommend leaving her at the Hospital until Zexis has his own place she can be look after by Red Heart. As for explaining what happen I would go with something along the following lines that Zecora was trying to preform ritual which is normally done as a test at the end of a Shaman/Witch Doctor Training. Now I know what many of you are think but please hear me out. Do you not think it strange for an individual like Zecroa to be where she is, normally people with such power are held highly within their communities and not let go of easily especially young promising individual like Zecroa. Now what I recommend is that Zexis weave a theory how Zecora was most likely an apprentice who had almost finished her training and than ran away for some reason or another before her final test. Also mention that places like they Everfree are often the site of such test because of their nature as the final test involves calming the spirits in such places. If her friends ask how you know so much about it Zexis can explain that his farther is the Witch Doctor in his home town and taught him many thing in hopes he would follow in his foot steps which Zexis did not due to personal reason.

Once the housekeeping is done we need to start warping up some of out current project so that we can start some new ones and progress toward our goal. I believe our focus should be on Sweet Apple Acres and the Apple family at the moment as we can use the current situation to our advantage. Big Mac is own our side for the moment but we need to produce result to keep him in our control but at the same time we need to make sure that he understands we are the boss as I can easily see him trying place himself as the leader. So my plan to get the result is as follows have Big Mac yell at Applejack, in the morning on a day Zexis is coming over to help out the farm, about how she is handling the business and that her decision she has been making have been terrible using the Zecora and Apple bloom incident as a example and the financial condition of the farm at the moment. The idea here is to get Applejack mad enough to storm off but not so bad she want to go to her friend but rather go out into the field to work once she is tried and had time for the things that Big Mac said to sink in then along comes our dear Zexis with a drink(laced with the honesty pills) and a sympathetic ear, all the while he will use his smooth talking skill to make Applejack feel guilty over her poor decisions and get her to be truly honest with herself. The truth of which is she is not strong enough or smart enough to be the head of the family and that it time to let Big Mac do what an older brother is meant to do, to be the head of the house. During this time get her to admit that she likes strong stallions because she tried of trying to be strong when what she really want to do is let some else do the heavy lifting. From their we just slowly increase our control over her and get her to surrender one responsibility at a time to Big Mac until finally she surrender herself. When this happens we will need another plan so that when she does surrender that we get to deflower her in order to make sure Big Mac Knows who the real boss is.

Well that it for now I have a lot of ideas and research to do on out other project and I got to deal with that bloody intern.
CRASH!!!.... SIGH!

Speaking of which.

WHAT THE IN THE NAME OF BZZZZZT

“So, how do we go from here?”

Zexis looked up. He was just pulling his pants up, stuffing his deflated penis back into his underwear. Big Mac leaned against a tree and looked at him. Beside him laid Zecora, or rather the broken, cum-stained body of her. Zexis doubted that in these dull eyes remained anything but a shard of the once capable shamaness. Her cunt was filled to the brim with white spunk. Her belly had turned red, where Big Mac had punched her and her breasts had bitemarks on her nipples. Her buttocks were gleaming with the imprint of Birdhoofs hand and her hair was disheveled and loose, drenched in cum and used as a rag by Big Mac to clean his prick. Her eyes gazed into the air above her, but the light had gone out behind it. Only her heaving chest and light spasm that rocked her body every now and then, were evidence that she was still alive.

“What do you mean?”, asked Zexis, while he admired his work.

“We beat Zecora...”, said Big Mac, wiping the last globs of cum from his cock on Zecoras cheek, before getting his pants. “But we can´t show her like that to the Others, right? And I want to know your plan, now.”

Zexis didn´t give an answer immediately. Instead he thought a little bit. When Birdhoof came back out of the bushes - where he had taken a piss, apparently - he answered: “Don´t worry about Zecora. Birdhoof will take her in.” Before the unicorn could say anything in protest, he held up his hand. “We will help, getting her to the Orphanage. Just dump her into the basement or an empty room and take care of her. Clean her and make sure, nopony finds out she is there.”

Birdhoof thought for a moment, then nodded. “Just...one question: Can I, you know, use her?”

Zexis wanted to roll his eyes, but smiled instead at Birdhoof. “Yes, of course. I think you earned after today.”, he said, earning a proud grin from his underling. He turned back to Macintosh. “I will go over to the castle to inform Twilight what happened and make sure, she doesn´t get on our trail. After things have calmed down a bit, I will move Zecora over to me, so I can have an eye on her.” He ignored Birdhoof deflation at the last bit.

Big Mac stroked his chin in contemplation. “I don´t know...seems like a lot of hassle to me. Can´t we just kill her?”

Zexis blinked. For a moment he was stunned. He shook his head in equal parts of denial and shock. He had not expected Big Mac to just nonchalantly propose to kill someone. Had his morals been more corrupted than he anticipated? “I-I would be against that.”, he said, as he regained his footing.

“Why not? She is more trouble, than she is worth.”, said Big Mac and kicked Zecora. His face showed contempt.

Again Zexis blinked. “Maybe now, but she might come in handy later. Also, why waste such nice body?”, he countered.

Big Mac didn´t seem convinced. “Quite honestly, I think we can get better. Applejack is fine piece off ass. And Ponyville is full of beauties.”, he said, with a glimmer of cruel desire in his eyes. Truly there was nothing left of his moral convictions. Then he looked down at Zecora. “Besides, we don´t need a striper-bitch.”

Birdhoof inhaled sharply at that racial slur and his eyes darted to Zexis. The zebra was suprisingly calm. He looked at Big Mac, his fingers tapping his right thigh. A few tense moments passed by. Then Zexis took a deep breath. And smiled.

“Well, I have taken an interest in her. If you have something against that, than good luck on getting in your sisters pants. Because you will have to do it without my help and I can assure you, that on your own, the only place you will end up is a prison cell.”, he said, while stepping closer, “I am the one with drugs. I am the one with connections. I am the one with the plan. I can fulfill your desires, no matter how depraved, how sick or how cruel.”

Finally he stood so close to Big Mac, that their torsos were nearly touching. It would have looked pretty intimidating, if not for the fact, that Zexis had to look upwards to meet Macintosh´s eyes. “So, when I say, I want her alive, than thats it, okay?”

They glowered at each other for a few seconds. Then Big Mac raised his hand and shrugged his shoulders. “If you say so...” He took a few steps back and closed his belt. “What about Applebloom?”, he asked, changing the subject.

Zexis stared at him, before relenting. “I will visit her tomorrow morning in the hospital. You can join, if you want to.”

Big Mac nodded, then stepped towards Zecora. He hesitated for a moment, trying to find a way to carry her, without sullying his clothes. Eventually he just took of his shirt, revealing his glistening pecks, as well as his chiseled six-pack. Then he grabbed Zecora by the waist and threw her over his shoulder. “You´re coming?”

Zexis shook his head. “Go on ahead. I need to get rid of any evidence here. We´ll see each other tomorrow.”, he said. “Oh, and make sure nopony sees you.”

Both Big Mac and Birdhoof rolled their eyes on that one, but nodded and made their way out of the forest. Zexis waited until they were out of sight. Then he took a heavy sigh. Big Macs corruption had brought him on their side. Still, his inhibitions had taken so much damage, that his morals were almost completely gone. Zexis needed to make sure, that the big guy would accept his authority. The question was just, how.

As he looked around, he saw the Timberwolves, standing at the wayside. Since the battle ended, they had watched him. Zexis hadn´t been aware of it. Too much had been going on. Now however, he was alone. His eyes met the gaze of the alpha and almost by instinct he reached out with his will. He found the connection and for a moment he contemplated binding the animalistic golems to himself.

”DON´T YOU DARE!”

The overwhelming force of the Everfrees Will shattered this plan. Zexis gasped at the pressure in his mind. His legs buckled and he fell to his knees.

”WE ARE EVERFREE! WE ARE BOUND BY NO ONE. NO MORTAL. NO GOD. AND NO AV....”

Yes, yes. Got it the first time., thought Zexis and severed the connection. The Wolves looked at him one last time. He just waved his hands and they walked off into the dark forest. Clearly, Zexis could not expect to hold control over the Everfree. As with all things he had encountered, the Will needed to be convinced into working with him, not pressured. But he would tackle that later. It was not a pressing issue.

Instead he looked on the path ahead. He picked himself up and then followed the way to Zecoras hut. That was the actual reason, he had wanted to get Big Mac and Birdhoof away. After Zecora was broken, her hut now housed all of her equpiment. A treasure trove for Zexis, which he wanted to go over alone.

It took him only a few minutes to reach the place. He found it just like last time. A house, carved into a tree. Decorated by masks and festishes everywhere. Only this time, no one was there to stop from getting inside.

He carefully approached the door. As nothing was exploding or zapping him, as he slowly touched it, he decided to take the risk and opened the door. Again, no alarm or wards. Zexis sighed in relief and stepped inside. The inside was one big room, dominated by a huge cauldron. Flask and bottles were arrayed at the walls and hang from the ceiling. Shelves were packed with herbs, plants, bones and other ingredients. To his right was a table, worn out and scratched by years of regular use and in a corner, seperated by a wall, stood a bed.

Zexis didn´t waste any time and began to rummage through the place. He had not much time, did he want to get out of the forest before the night covered it in total darkness. Because of this, he only went for the things that he could use immediately, like talismans or books. Unfortunately, he found out pretty quickly, that Zecora had used all her enchanted gear in the fight with him. Not much was left in the cottage. He found a necklace, which purpose was strenghtening. Or so he thought, if he translated the runes right. It certainly didn´t make him stronger. Maybe it was an amplifier? Then why didn´t she take it with her? Zexis decided to answer that question later and pocketed the thing.

Books, as it turned out, were also in short supply. Apparently Zecora didn´t rely on stored knowledge. Which made sense, now that he thought about it. Writing was a holy duty, performed by priests back in Zebrica. Alchemist and witchdoctors used practical knowledge, acquired through apprenticeship. Still, bad for Zexis, as he had no teacher.

Still, he was lucky. Hidden away under the bed, of all places, were two books. Both were written in zebrican and old. One was worn out. A quick skimming through revealed, that Zecora wrote it herself. It seemed to be notes on enchanments and recipes, she had designed herself. Towards the second half of the book, the writing changed to equestrian letters and Zexis realized, she had done this because of Applebloom. The last two recipees were written by the filly herself. Under the last one, which detailed a growth enhancer for appletrees, was a small note written in Zecoras handwriting: I regret nothing. I have found a new home. I will fight for it. The ink was still fresh...

...Zexis looked at the small letters for a while. Then he looked at the second book. This one was old, dusty. And sealed. The zebra could see the faint arcane runes binding the book like chains. There was no title and from the looks of it, Zecora hadn´t touched it in years. On the front was ritualistic depiction of a penis, over which the seals were criss-crossing. That got Zexis´ attention immediatly.

He wasn´t so foolish, trying to the break the seals. No, he would take it with him to Ponyville and get to it when he had the necessary tools and the time. He pocketed it, along with the recipe-book and stood up. The rest would have to wait. He had no idea, what was in those flasks and Zecora didn´t keep records. So he had to figure out, what she had concocted, later. When he was more skilled in alchemy or probably a bit more intelligent, than this would be a cakewalk. Until then, it had to wait.

He stepped outside and closed the door behind him. A quick look to the sky showed him, that the stars were beginning to appear. He had to hurry. He stuffed the books into the pocket of his jacket. Then he made his way back to Ponyville...

Ponyville, Friendship Castle

The moon crossed the horizon just as Zexis was arriving at Twilights home. He had taken a quick detour to the Flower Shop to store the books and the necklace. It had posed some difficulties getting out of there again, though. Lily had demanded a fucksession and Roseluck had practically humped his leg. Only with a lot of sweet-talking he had managed to dissuade them from ravaging him right here and there. The raping of Zecora had left him empty and it would take some time, before he recovered. He seriously needed to step up his game, if he wanted to satisfy them all. That, or bring more stallion on his side.

But now he stood before the castle. And before a different problem. How did he sell Twilight his conforntation with Zecora, without her getting suspicious or wanting to help? Luckily, he had already a plan for that.

It only took a few knocks, before the door was opened. Unlike last time, it was Twilight herself, who stood in the doorframe. This time she wore white blouse, that accentuated her chest nicely, without drawing eyes to it, and a long black skirt, that went down to her ankles. All in all, she looked more like a librarian, then a princess. A very pretty librarian.

“Good evening, Zexis. What brings you here at this hour?”, she asked, looking at him with her purple eyes, her two-toned hair dancing in cool night-air and her lips smiling, almost invinting him to kiss her.

I am here to fuck you, slut. So stop the smalltalk already and use your mouth for something better! Zexis hid his thoughts behind a somber smile and a sad look. “It´s about Zecora. You heard about the incident with Applebloom?”

Twilights face dropped immediately and she nodded. “Yes. It´s terrible, really. I never thought...”, she stopped and then sighed heavily. “Come on in. Better we talk about this inside.” She stepped aside and Zexis entered.

Inside the castle, she led him down the familiar long corridor, through the main hall and into a side corridor. Then she opened a door to the left and they entered a kitchen. Spike was there, standing with a small, pink apron at the stove over a boiling soup. Zexis saw that the dragon seemed a lot calmer and more relaxed, since their last meeting. He had shrunk back to his old height and his scale were no longer as sharp as before. At the table sat Starlight Glimmer. The unicorn wore a grey blouse and black trousers. She was studying some notes.

The dragon looked up. “Evening, Zexis. How are you doing?”, he greeted. Then he saw the look on their faces and understanding washed over his face. “It´s about Zecora, isn´t it?” That got Starlights attention and she looked up from her notes.

Twilight nodded and sat down at the table. Zexis followed her example. Spike took some dishes out of cupboard and then filled them with soup, before joining them at the table. Zexis thanked him and blew carefully on the hot meal. He only realized now, how hungry he was.

“So, what was it you wanted to talk about? About Zecora?”

Zexis took a sip, before answering Twilights question. It tasted good, spicy, but not too much. Spike really had a knack for cooking. Then he layed the spoon down and looked at the princess. “After Birdhoof and I brought Applebloom to the Hospital, we informed Applejack and Big Mac.”, he explained, “To cut a long story short, Big Mac stormed off after I told him what happened. I figured, he wanted to see Zecora, so I followed him. A good call, as it turned out.”

He took a deep breath and stopped. His hand went through his mohawk. Unease and regret were visible on his face. “When I caught up with him, we were already in the Everfree. Big Mac was furious, wanted an explanation from Zecora, anything. I tried to talk him out of it. Then...”

He paused for dramatic effect. A quick glance showed him that both Twilight and Spike were looking at him with big eyes, captivated. Good, he had them. “...we got ambushed. Timberwolves, an entire pack. Then Zecora appeared. It got violent pretty fast. We barely managed to ecape.” He pointed at the various scratches he had on his body.

“Thats horrible. Are you alright?”, asked Twilight.

Zexis waved his hands, even though her worry touched him. He didn´t know why, but somehow she seemed even more beautiful, when she was afraid. “It´s okay. My ribs hurt, but I will get that checked out tomorrow.”

Starlight shook her head. “I don´t understand, why Zecora would do that, though? Why did she attack Applebloom, it doesn´t make any sense. She was her pupil.” She tapped with her finger on the table. “There were no signs of aggression, nor did the Map show any friendship problem. It just...came out of nowhere.”

“Map? Friendship problem?” Zexis looked at Twilight.

“Oh, right. I have a map in the throne room, that shows whenever a friendship problem pops up in Equestria that needs fixing.”, she explained. “It´s the reason, why Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy are currently out of town.”

Zexis nodded, even though he still wasn´t quite sure, what she was talking about. Then he looked at Starlight. “To that I may have an answer. It´s why I came here, actually.” He took another sip from the soup. “I think...Zecora got possessed. And not just some evil entity, but from the Everfree himself.”

Now even Starlight looked stunned. “How do you come to that conclusion?”, she asked.

“When I saw Zecora - both, when she attacked Applebloom and then later with Big Mac - she had with her some wraiths. That, and she could control the Timberwolves. Now, I am no expert on the field of golemancy, but I do know, that the Wolves are automatons created by the raw magic of the Everfree, right? Well, I think when she summoned those ghosts, those who died in the forest and bound the wolves to her, she...woke something up...”

“You mean...the Everfree Forest is controlling her!? It...it has a will?”, asked Twilight.

Zexis nodded. “You guys didn´t know that? It was something I recognized from back home. Old forest, ripe with magic. Sentience is only a small step, when so much energy resides in one place for such a long time.” That was lie, of course. But a convincing one, since wild magic had a number of unpredictable effects on its surroundings. In fact, if it wasn´t for his direct exposure to the malicious will of the Everfree, Zexis might have believed that theory himself.

Starlight however wasn´t convinced. “So, Zecora just used necromancy...for what? And why does she know it?”

“Honestly, I don´t know. Applebloom told me, she started behaving strangely a few weeks ago. Something about bad mojo. As to why she knows necromancy...well, it seemed there were a few things you didn´t know about Zecora...”

Twilight and Spike shared a worried look. “A few weeks ago. That would coincide with the energy surge, wouldn´t it?”, said Spike. Twilight nodded.

“What surge are you talking about?”

“Before you arrived in Ponyville, there was spike in the energy scale in the region where Tartarus is.”, explained Twilight, “Nothing really unusual and it only lasted for a moment. I only caught wind of it, because I was magically surveying the area at the time. Ever since Tireks escape I´ve been a little paranoid about security there. Anyway, there was an unsual type of magic at the time released into Mundus. I don´t know where it went, nor what type of magic it was. But I have been searching for it ever since.” She looked at Starlight, who went over her notes.

“We have been building a tracker device for it.”, the unicorn explained, showing Zexis the notes. They were filled with unintelligible scribbling, that didn´t make much sense for him. A small voice told him, he may be able to understand, if he were a little bit smarter. “At first, it was only a science project. Nothing important, just out of interest. But if what you say is true...”

“Then there might be more to it, than we thought.”, finished Twilight, looking very concerned.

“So thats what you have been building this entire time.”, said Zexis. In truth, this was a pleasant coincidence. This magic surge just gave him the perfect explanation and it would keep Twilights nose out of his business. He looked at Spike. “I remember you being pretty miffed about it.”

The little dragon scratched his scaled head, a little bit embarrassed. “Yeah, but we talked it out.”, he said, smiling happily. “Twilight promised to involve me more, now. Gonna help Starlight with the construction.”

Zexis nodded and smiled back. In truth, he was gritting his teeth. It seemed like his progress on Spikes corruption had met an unexpected roadblock. If his relationship to Starlight began to mend, it would make things a lot more difficult for Zexis. Of course, he didn´t show that. Instead he played the loyal friend, who was happy that things got straightened out.

“Back to Zecora.” Starlight got them back on track. “Where is she now? We can´t leave her like this!”

Zexis stroked his chin. “Last I saw her, she was in the Everfree. She chased us to its borders, then vanished. If the forest is possessing her, than it´s logical to assume, she is still there.”

“Then we will go and rescue her!”

“I would advise against that...” To Zexis suprise, it was Twilight who objected. The princess was looking down on the table, clearly not happy with what she just said. “The Everfree is huge and we have no idea, where she is.”

“We could organize searchparties.”, protested Starlight.

“Too risky. We are talking about Zecora here. Anypony outside of me, the girls or you would be in huge danger.”

“What about about a translocation spell?”

“Interference through wild magic. There is a reason the forest is not cartographed.”, answered Spike this time.

Starlight looked furious. “So, we are just going to leave her like this!?”

This time Zexis spoke up. “I cannot guess the intention of the forest. But I would make the educated assumption, that he wants to keep Zecora alive. Otherwise he would have disposed of her already. That means we have time to figure out a solution.” Then he shrugged his shoulders. “And who knows? Maybe he just wants to teach her a lesson and releases her after a while.”

“Maybe...” Twilight mumbled, before taking a pen. She took Starlights notes and began to scribble some mathematic equations on them. “If we calibrate it like this, we could use the Tracker to search for Zecoras magic. It would tell us, where she is, at least.”

Zexis looked sceptical. “I thought, wild magic makes that impossible?”

The alicorn nodded, but held up a finger. “Thats true, but the Tracker is designed by me to search for unusual energies by triangulating residual magic. If we can break through the magical interference of the Everfree, by distilling Zecoras magical signature through background radiation, we could....”

“Simple said, we could track her, if make some changes to the device. Because Twilight is awesome, like that.”, interrupted Spike, a light grin on his face.

Twilight looked embarrassed. “It´s not like that. I just apply some magical theory, thats all.”

“No, no. I do not pretend like I understood anything you just said, but if you are able to do that, then you are a genius.”, said Zexis, “I guess, you are even smarter than you look.” He flashed her a charming smile.

Twilight blushed heavily. “No...i-its nothing. I-I j-just...”, she stammered. She spun a string of hair around her finger and grinned sheepishly. It was absolutely adorable. “I...appreciate the compliment...”, she mumbled under her breath, hiding her eyes behind her bangs.

Zexis grinned at that. He began to like this princess more and more. He couldn´t wait for her to finally get out of these restricting clothes and worship his dick. The day, he would conquer Twilight Sparkle, would be the happiest day of his life. “Sound like a plan to me. Any complaints?”, he said, looking questioningly at Starlight.

The unicorn had her eyes narrowed and looked at him with open suspicion. Zexis smiled at her confused. Was it his flirting? Or had he tipped her off? She looked at the notes, Twilight had written over and studied her formulas. “I....guess it could work. Still doesn´t sit right with me, leaving a friend like that.”, she said.

“Nopony is helped, if you get into the Everfree and get yourself hurt or worse, captured. Sometimes taking the safe route is the best option.”, said Spike.

“Hm..hmm..” Starlight clearly wasn´t convinced, shooting a dissaproving glance at Spike. She sighed, however, and put the notes on the table again. “Well, if you say so. But!” And she looked Zexis directly into his eyes. “If it doesn´t work, we get in there with all the elements and rescue her, understood?”

Geez, she sound like a dictator..., thought Zexis, but nodded. “Of course, I will help you, when it comes to that. I was the one who found her like this, after all. It´s my responsibility, too.”

Starlight looked at him funny, but didn´t say anything. Instead she took her notes and stood up. “Better get to work then. It´s going to take a day or two. I want this finished as quickly as possible.” Then she stepped out the kitchen and left.

Zexis looked after her and whistled. “She is...pretty determined.”, he said, trying to find the right words, that didn´t say “huge bitch”. Spike chuckled and Twilight gave him an apologetic smile.

“She can be forceful at times. But she has our best interest in mind, I´m sure.”, defended the princess her student.

Zexis shrugged his shoulders. “Just give me a heads-up, when she is finished. I want to see how your tracker works. If you don´t mind.”, he said. When he got back to the soup, he found out to his dismay, that it had gotten cold during the time, they were talking. With sigh he put down the spoon.

Twilight nodded in agreement. “You can bet on that.”, she said, before hesitating. She looked to the side, blush on her face, before directing violet eyes back to Zexis. Her hand went through her hair, putting it behind her ear. Finally she opened her mouth. “You are...not what I expected, to be honest.”

Zexis blinked at that. “What were you expecting?”

Twilight grimaced and looked down on her hands again. “Honestly...not a lot. We always hear stories about zebras here. Mostly bad ones. Of course, I know you shouldn´t judge someone based on rumors. But...it shapes your perspective.” She stopped again, not wanting to continue. Then Spike laid his clawed hand on her arm, encouraging her. Twilight bit her lips. “I must admit, that many in Ponyville have...reservations about your species. It can´t be avoided in a rural place like this.”

She looked up again and this time gave Zexis a small, but downright magical smile. Not affection, no. But a certain kind of sympathy, mixed with all the adorable akwardness of a former bookworm. “But you proved them wrong. I heard about Birdhoof, how you are helping him. And your friendship is really helping Spike. And now Zecora...I can honestly say, that you are a good guy. Zebra, or not.” At seeing Spikes grimace, she stopped abruptly, putting her hands on her mouth. “Oh gosh, was that racist?”

Zexis shook his head. “A little bit, but thats okay. I appreciate the sentiment.” He again gave her a charming smile.

It earned him another blush. “Thank you. You really are a good friend.” She giggled and grinned at him. “And when the princess of friendship tells you that, that says something!”

Oh, dear. You have no idea...., thought Zexis.

For a while silence ruled the space between them, as Spike went to warm up the soup and they all ate together. After they were finished, Zexis stood up. “Thanks for the meal, Spike.”, he said, before turning to Twilight. “I would be going home now. Thank you for your time and please tell me, if you start with the tracking.”

Twiligh nodded and stood up as well. “Of course. And please tell me, if you find anything else about Zecora.”

“Will do.”

After that, they stood there. Twilight looked like, she wanted to say something. But then she just raised her hand in an awkward motion. Zexis understood and took it in a rather stiff handshake. He could Spike holding in his laughter. Heat now flushed through his face as well. “Well...I-I should be going then.”, he said, trying to save his suave demeanor, “Ehm...good night.”

With that he turned around and walked away.

...

Outside the castle, Zexis took a deep breath. Aside from the little embarrassment right now, it all went rather well. He found a satisfying explanation for Zecoras missing and he got in the good graces of Twilight. Sure the Tracker was annoying, but he could manage that. Once they told him, they were ready to start the thing, he could just drop Zecora somewhere in the Everfree and let them find her. They would most likely bring her to the hospital were his influence was already growing.

Spikes regression was a bummer, though. Zexis hadn´t spend enough time cementing his ideas in the little dragons head. That and Starlight. The unicorn was strangely opposed to him. Zexis wasn´t sure why, though. He hadn´t given away anything, so why the sudden suspicion? He would have to look into that.

Zexis yawned. But first, he needed to sleep. The fight with Zecora, the rape and all that had taken a lot of energy out of him. Considering he had to satisfy the girls tonight as well, it was best, when he went to bed early. I really need to get better at fucking, if I want to keep this pace up., he reminded himself, as he strolled back home.

With a big groan, Zexis threw himself on the bed. Below him he could hear Roseluck moan, as Lily ate her out. His hips killed him and his dick felt like gum, that was chewed through. Still, he was satisfyied in a way. With one eye open, he looked at black sealed book, he stole from Zecora. The runes were glowing stronger now.

Zexis propped himself up. As he got closer, he could see the runes glowing brighter. Their blue colour changed to red. Something in Zexis head said him, that this was bad news. Better he stored this thing away. His hand grabbed the book.

Unfortunately, exhaustion caught up with him. He stumbled and his finger hit the book. It toppled and fell from the night-table. Zexis reached for it in a reflex. His knuckles hit in the air and threw against his thighs. In his panic he flailed and the flat tip of his penis hit the back of the book.

The runes exploded in red light. Zexis closed his eyes in suprise, to not be blinded. Through his lid he could see the book now floating in midair, the runes cracking and breaking. Then with a roaring thunder, the seal shattered. Hard light flew like shards through the room and pages were flipping like mad, as the book was opened.

Zexis could hear a voice booming through the chaos, but he couldn´t understand it. It sounded strangely familiar.

Then the light coalesced, focused at a point before the book. Zexis carefully opened his eyes. Then suddenly the light erupted, shooting at him, hitting him in his groin. Searing pain flooded through his brain. Then darkness...

Relationships updated!

Spike

Willpower: 3+2/10
Corruption: 5-1/10
Lust: 8/10
Secrets: repressed puberty, dislikes Starlight Glimmer, lusts for Twilight Sparkle and Rarity
Traits:loyal (prevents corruption), locked

New Relationship!

Starlight Glimmer

Willpower: 7/10
Corruption: 3/10
Lust: 0/10
Secrets: locked
Traits:locked

New Abilities!

Natural Fucker - 1 BP - This ability gives a major boost to sexual performance. It also gives one the supernatural attribute of making sexual intercourse addictive for the victim, boosting their lust.

Enhanced Dominance - 1 BP - This ability enhances one dominance beyond it´s current threshold. A level 1 dominant character is treated as level 2. It is possible with this ability, to exceed the maximum level of the trait.

Mutated Dick - 2 BP - This ability mutates ones penis. It gains additional girth, as well as barbs and further stimulating ridges. Its colour will change to black. This enhances ones sexual abilites and lightly corrupts the recipient of this sexual organ. This ability can be developed further

Natural Enchanter - 2 BP - This ability gives one access to the enchanment skill. Even without knowledge beforehand, the character will now be able to start his career as an enchanter, as if he already been trained in the basics.

Memory Changer Potion - 4 BP - This is a one-time ability. The character gains access to the corrupted Memory Potion. This potion was originally created by the shamaness Zecora to aid Twilight Sparkle, during the Tree of Harmony Crisis. It cannot be recreated or used more than one time. It gives one access to the memory of the person, who drinks it. One can then change and corrupt these memories as ones pleases. This corrupts a target completely. This ability does not work on Lesser Gods and upwards and has only a weak effect on Demi-Gods.

BP: 4

Author's Note

And there we go with the next chapter.

This one is again a split. I will tackle Applebloom and the school in the next chapter. You can of course still comment and post suggestion, as you please. Maybe some of you got new ideas, after reading this one.

Also, I decided to let you choose Zexis new abilities this time outside the Interlude. Mostly to give you something to do, while you wait for second part to arrive. I also thought that it might be better, to let spend the BP early, instead of waiting six or seven chapters. Give feedback, what you think is better.

What nature this book is? Ooooooh, seeecret.

Other than that, I raised the difficulty. As you may have noticed, Spikes parameters changed. Events that you missed now, will sometimes halt your progress. That will not happen everytime, but enough to keep you on your toes.
There will also be now individuals, who will start actively working against you. Most of them without knowing, but still. No one said, this would be easy.

And before you ask, all Mane Six except Twilight are treated as Demi-Godesses in this setting. As to what these titles mean? That I will reveal in due time...

Other than that, have fun!