One orange and one blue light turns on, highlighting a figure.

"Greetings. To begin with, I'm glad to know that the tome had caused no lasting damage. I would still investigate it, make sure it isn't harmful. And do not ignore Zecora's little diary in it; her insight may prove valuable about the Zebra Lands as well as some insight into alchemy.

"For now, though, that has to be ignored. We need to ditch Zecora as soon as we can do so without being spotted. I would prefer it if we just took her to a cliff in the Everfree and shoved her off it, but I imagine my associates would prefer to keep her alive and in use. In more then one way.

"We could overload her with an aphrodisiac, find a spot for her to be in and carve out a wooden sex toy for her to use. The shock of her appearance should awaken some sort of... primal urge in those who find her.

"Do not proceed further with Applejack until Zecora is fully dealt with. When you get back to her carry on as you were; slow, subtly and steady is how you break her. More importantly, we have to be careful we don't draw undue attention to her, or at least make it seem as if her troubles are based on the farm failing.

"Carry on with the school as you are. Once more, break them slowly."

Outside of the door there is the sound of gunfire, the shadowed figure turning his head as he reached into his suit, drawing a pistol.

"Until then, we will be watching."

The camera shuts off with the sound of a kicked in door.

BZZZZZZZT...........Click!

Finally!......... It took this dam machine long enough. I apologise for my absent my assistant required a bit of retraining. Any way after looking at the last couple of communication I have to agree with many of our fellow contributor that we need to get control and corrupt the rest of the teacher for the school in order to secure it. I would recommend that Cheerilee call a teacher meeting for all the teacher to meet the new teacher Zexis a bit of a social get together. From there Zexis can spike what ever drinks are severed and put the general suggestion that all the teacher trust him that he seems like a nice stallion and an excellent teacher. From there pick out the target from among the teacher and focus getting them on Zexis side one at a time. Hopefully there is a music teacher with some talent for creating music which we could use to create some subliminal message that we could use to help corrupt more ponies.

Next we have a couple opportunities coming up involving Twilight and co search for Zecora. Firstly we must get Zecora ready to be transported into the Everfree Forest and leave her in a safe enough location that we can find her later with Twilight I would recommend something like a large patch of poison joke it should be a relativity safe place as such a plant would be avoid by most creatures of the Everfree due to it nature. I also recommend that Zexis put some sort of commands on Zecora to make sure she stay put in whatever location we leave her other wise if she wonder of a gets killed in the Everfree forest it could cause some complications. When we go into the Everfree forest I recommend that we take Redheart with us as it we can use her to suggest that Zecora stay in the hospital for recovery also just encase Zecora gets hurt during the time she is alone.

Everfree Forest, Very Early Morning

"Are we there, yet?"

"Birdhoof, I swear to the Ancestors, I will kick you into the maw of a rockodile, if don´t shut up!"

"But we have been walking here for two hours! Zecora is is not easy to carry, I need to get back to the Orphanage as not to arouse suspicion and you still have a lesson today! We are running out of time!"

Zexis sighed. As much as it pained him to admit, Birdhoof had a point. They couldn´t afford to stumble around in the forest much longer. He turned around.

Birdhoof stood behind him. He carried one end of the stretch on which Zecora laid. The unicorn had continued to lose fat and his improved physique began to show. He wasn´t obese anymore. Still fat, but not morbidly so. He also seemed to have gained a bit of a backbone, though wether this was a good thing still was up for debate.

Zecora was sleeping. She was naked, of course. Zexis had Birdhoof destroy her clothes, as there wasn´t much left of them anyway and the danger of someone tracking them through them was too great. He didn´t know the magical arsenal of Twilight and her friends, but considering her library he was pretty sure he didn´t need such a risk. Of course, the whole reason they were now in the Everfree in the first place was because of that damned tracking spell and the need to disguise any evidence pointing towards him.

"Wait here. I´m gonna try something.", he ordered the unicorn. Then he slowly lowered the stretch to the ground, so he had both hands free.

"Oh good!", exclaimed Birdhoof, glad for a short rest. "What is it?"

Zexis took a deep breath. "I´m asking for directions...." Then he put his palms on the ground and opened his spirit.

Immediately he was assaulted with the crushing presence of the Will. It seemed like the spirit had followed them and now that Zexis had opened up a link, the ancient being made itself known.

WHY DO YOU DISTURB ME!?

Zexis pressed his teeth together so hard it hurt, but maintained concentration. It was hard, but he needed to do this if he wanted to have success. I only ask of you the way to a field of poison joke, Will of the Everfree.

WHAT USE WOULD IT BRING ME TO TELL YOU? I AM EVER FREE! MORTAL DESIRES ARE OF NO IMPORTANCE!

Even if they help to punish those, who dared to wrong you in the past? Zexis sweated. This Will was nearly suffocating him and his control of the link got weaker with every second. He needed to convince it fast, before his concentration broke.

THE SHAMANESS HAS MET HER FATE! MY WRATH IS QUENCHED!

The zebra tried to relax his jawmuscles and took a deep breath. What about the goddess, who searches for her? Who encroaches on your sovereignty, your freedom, to find this....criminal.

SHE WILL FACE MY FURY SOON, WHEN SHE ENTERS MY REALM! YOU SEEK TO AID?

Zexis could barely hold the connection anymore. Sweat now poured from his face and his body was tense like a coil. He could only nod, in hope the Will recognized the gesture. Then the link was severed and he collapsed to the ground.

He felt Birdhoofs hand around his shoulders, as his companions helped him to his feet. "I´ve no idea what you just did, but it didn´t seem to have worked.", he said.

"I wouldn´t be so sure...", murmured Zexis, regaining his breath. A small grin crept on his face, as the foliage before them cleared all of the sudden and revealed a large field of blue flowers. He chuckled. "It seemed like my request was granted."

With that, they grabbed Zecora by her legs and arms and dragged her to the edge of the field. Birdhoof examined the blue tinted field curiously. Zexis grabbed him and pulled him back, before he sniffed one of them.

"Don´t do that!", he reprimanded him. "Poison Joke works through ingestion of the nose. Don´t touch or smell them, unless you want to be cursed!"

"I get it!", said the stallion defensively. "What I don´t understand is why we are dumping Zecora here? Why not hide her in the bushes and let the princess find her?"

"Because we need some explanation for her mental state. The more off thing seem, the more Twilight will investigate, which would be really disruptive to my plans. With Poison Joke we give her a logical explanation for Zecoras....insanity. And if I play my cards right, it will even net me some bonus points with her!"

Birdhoof looked at him quizzically, before smiling dirtily. "Oh...ooooooh I get it. You want to impress the princess!"

Zexis stopped, before blushing heavily. "Wh-What? No, I don´t! This is strictly professional!", he protested and tried to keep his face from glowing.

His companion just snickered. "Sure. That´s why you insisted on coming with her. It´s to play the knight in shining armor!", he teased.

"It´s not! She can take of herself without me. I just need to make sure everything goes to plan and that nothing goes wrong. I do not care for her! She...she is just another mare!"

"Yup. Just another beautiful, smart alicorn princess. Because, you know, they grow on trees...", sniped Birdhoof and chuckled.

Zexis glared at him. "One more word and I throw you into this flower field after Zecora...", he snarled.

Birdhoof hesitated a moment, as if he wasn´t sure Zexis would go through with that threat. Then he shrugged his shoulders and grabbed Zecora´s ankles again. "Fine, fine.", he mumbled.

Zexis still stared at him, while the unicorn tried not to meet his eyes. Then, after an awkward silence, he cleared his throat. "Anyway...lets finish this. I still have other things to do. On the count of three!"

They grabbed Zecora´s unconcious body and began to swing her back and forth.

"One..."

"Two..."

"Three!"

With one big, final swing they tossed the zebra into the middle of the clearing. As she impacted on the bed of flowers a cloud of spores exploded into the air. Zexis and Birdhoof quickly made sure to put some distance between themselves and the poisonous plants.

After the cloud dissipated, they saw Zecora laying between the flowers. Zexis saw with fascination how her lips began to swell and her tits began to grow. With loud moans she tossed and turned as the Poison Jokes turned her into a caricature of herself. Her butt expanded and jiggled with every movement and her waist shrank.

When the curse was finished Zecora had turned from a broken shamaness into an oversexualized bimbo. Her lips dripped with saliva and lustful moans and her fingers plunged into her sloppy cunt.

"Holy shit...", whispered Birdhoof.

Zexis nodded. He knew that Poison Joke always turned ones traits against him, but this was....a very strong reaction. Did it have anything to do with Zecoras mental state? Or had the Will interfered? He didn´t know, but it warranted further research.

"Pluck some of those flowers.", he ordered Birdhoof.

"Are you sure? I mean..."

"Just do it!"

Birdhoof flinched, but complied. Carefully he enveloped a few flowers into his dirt-green telekinesis and ripped them out of the ground. As he levitated them towards Zexis, the zebra took out a pouch, in which he had carried some alchemical ingredients yesterday and let the flowers fall into it. He quickly closed it, making sure no pollen could escape and infect him.

"Good job.", he said and turned around.

Birdhoof followed him. "And we´re just going to leave her there? What if she is attacked?"

Zexis waved his hand dismissively. "No predator touches the Poison Joke. She is as safe in there, as she could ever be in the Everfree. And besides...something tells me she enjoys her current state." He snickered, as he listened to the whorish moans of the bimbofied zebra. "Now come, I need to liberate a school!"

With that they walked away, towards Ponyville. All the way listening to the fading groans and moans of the once proud shamaness, as she slowly descended into lustful madness...

Ponyville School, Midday

Zexis watched intensly as the fillies walked into the classroom. Most of them looked around curiously. The room was darkened, with drapes over the windows. Only a few candles gave a bit of light and strewn across the room were incense, giving away a sweetly odour.

Diamond Tiara and her friend Silver Spoon looked annoyed at the extra class. Some fillies, like Twist and Dinky seemed more interested. The rest just went along, not quite sure what to expect. The last to enter the classroom was Apple Bloom.

She had been discharged from the hospital and brought to school by her brother this morning. And from the looks of it the treatment had been a full success. She was demure and obedient. When she had seen Zexis, she had gone to him and apologized for all the trouble she caused. No word about his assault or Zecora.

She wore a nice red dress, that seemed to have been made three decades ago. It went down to her knees and gave her an orderly, almost conservative look. No work clothes, no sweaty pants. Instead she gave the perfect image of an submissive filly from the land. Clearly, Big Mac´s work.

When everypony was seated, Zexis closed the door. He went back to his desk and let the students wait for ten minutes. On one hand he wanted them to stew a bit, on the other hand needed the incense time to worm its way into the young brains. So he bided his time and pretended to look through his notes.

Eventually, the fillies became nervous. They already didn´t know what this was about and now their teacher seemed to have forgotten to begin the lesson. Soon enough Diamond Tiaras hand went up.

"Are we going to start now?", she asked haughtily.

Zexis looked up and appraised her. She already had a light flush. And Silver Spoon beside her squirmed a bit.

He smiled. "Of course, just needed to prepare some things.", he said and took a stack of papers. He then went around and gave each student a document.

Diamond frowned, as she saw a number of questions and lines of text. "A test?"

Zexis nodded. "Not a real one, of course. Just an....evaluation, so to speak.", he explained and returned to the front. "Since this is about cultural psychology and societal norms and their...misuse...it is important for me to find out, what kind of misconceptions and propagandistic material you have been exposed to." As he saw the confused looks of the fillies, he clarified: "I want to know, what you know. Or think you know..."

He took a bit of chalk. "We´re going to each of the questions seperately. Read them carefully, write down your answer and then we work through it."

The fillies nodded and went down to their paper. Soon, after they read the first question, a hand went up. Dinky. "Excuse me, Mr. Chikelu. But I think something is wrong here. Stallions are not--"

"Questions after the answers Dinky, please.", interrupted her Zexis.

Her hand went down and with a confused look, she went back to the test.

After about five to ten minutes, everpony was finished and they all looked with questioning looks at Zexis. All, except Apple Bloom.

Zexis himself wrote the first question on the board. "Stallions find themselves being discriminated in Equestrian Society. Explain why.", read Zexis and looked back at the class. "Any answers? Twist?"

The red-maned filly propped up her glasses and frowned. "Well, I didn´t experience discriminations against stallions, but...if have to make a guess it would be because of....birth numbers?", she said unsure.

"How do you come to that conclusion?" Zexis waved at her to continue.

"Well, statistically for every stallion born, there are two mares born as well. So, that would leave to some differences I think."

Zexis nodded and wrote her answer on the board. "That´s right. This 1/2 male-female ratio leads to a clear imbalance in the population. And imbalance leads to discrimination.", he explained. Then he pointed at Apple Bloom. "If I remember correctly, your brother talked with you about this at the hospital, right?"

Apple Bloom looked up, her dull eyes meeting Zexis and she nodded. "Yes sir. Brother said, that stallions are often overlooked in favour of mares, when it comes to jobs. Especially for anything that ain´t hard labor. They have great trouble becoming teachers, for example.", she answered.

Zexis nodded. They had drilled that into her head during her stay in the hospital, along other things. It seemed to have stuck. "If we exclude me and Dr. Time Turner, almost eighty percent of educational staff is female. The same goes for the goverment jobs, sciences and the arcane disciplines. Barring military services and constructions, stallions are a big minority in all parts of society. And in the latter two they barely make out fifty percent. Seems a bit strange, don´t you think?"

Now Diamond Tiara spoke up, not showing her hand. "Why? If stallions are only one third of the population then of course they are not being represented?"

"But we are not talking about thirty percent here, Tiara. And please show me your hand, if you want to speak. We are talking twenty, even ten percent. Most stallions stay at home raising the kids or have no jobs at all. Why is that?"

"Because mares are better.", said the spoiled filly. A small silence followed that statement. She looked around, frowning at the lack of support. "Oh come on, its true! Mares are smarter than stallions. All princesses are mares and the Elements too!", she said haughtily.

Zexis wrote the statement down. "Mares are simply better...", he said, tasting the words on his tongue. Then he turned around to face Diamond Tiara. "You know, this sentence is a very good example...for gender discrimination."

"Now it is a sentiment that I can understand you for having. And a lot of your friends here probably agree with you, even if they don´t say it out loud." Sweetie wanted to open her mouth, but Zexis held his hand up and stopped her. "It makes sense, if you look back. Like you said, almost all the great leaders in the history of Equestria were mares and Celestia and Luna themselves are a good example of the perceived superiority of mares."

"But it´s a sentiment based on flawed logic." He looked around, catching each of his students gaze. "Because you are so used to statistical evidence, you don´t perceive the fallacies that can come with it."

"Because Equestrian Society is a matrilineal society, mares obtain more chances to showcase their ability and leadership. Because they have more chances, they subsequently achieve more successes just on sheer chance alone. On the flipside, stallions have a harder time reaching the same amount of success, due to the difficulties obtaining a position of power in the first place and therefore the illusion of them being less skilled comes into existence."

"This fallacy gets used as an excuse to bar them from more opportunities of authorities and power and the cycle continues. All of this, leads to the very same discriminatory statement you just brought forth, Tiara.", said Zexis.

Then a smile crept up his lips. "I´m now going to suggest something pretty outlandish for your ears. I think mares are the expendable gender." He looked around and sure enough confusion could be seen on the faces on the fillies. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon even seemed offended.

"Mr. Chikelu, this is...stupid! Why should we be expendable. We rule Equestria!", protested Silver Spoon angrily.

Zexis waited until the room calmed down and then continued. "Simple reason. Math and Sociology. Because stallions only make up one third of the population we have, as stated before, an imbalance. But for , well, procreation you need both genders to participate. That means that unless multiple mares share one stallion, a few mares will always lack a partner for producing offspring, one of the fundamental desires of our bodies. This means there is competition among mares to find a partner and because of the bigger pool of choices, the stallions usually have the first say in which partner they prefer."

Zexis gauged the reaction of the room. Most fillies now listened intently, though some of them blushed about his casual mention of sex. His scientific, even sterile wording however kept it from becoming an issue. "This all leads to one conclusion. Stallions are valuable. Just by the sheer mathematical rarity. And that means that any position that may threaten their numbers, gets overtaken by the mares in order to ensure their survival. And which position in society is the most hazardous? Warriors."

Now Dinky raised her hand. "But you said that the military is one of few jobs, stallions are not a complete minority."

"Yes, now.", countered Zexis, "But thousands of years ago, at the beginning of pony culture, this was not the case. Back then, warfare was a mare´s job. And because of this they gained access to one of the most easiest ways to acquire power: Violence. Through violence, warfare and the prestige tied to it, they took over the leadership position. This then expanded into almost all positions of authority in society. A state that had prevailed almost entirely until today."

"And it´s not because mares are superior and smarter than stallions. It because mares are expendable. A loss of their lives can be taken by a society without threatening their survival. A stallion cannot be risked so easily and as such are of more worth to society and are sheltered. This is the main reason why mares get privileged positions and stallions get inferior ones.", explained Zexis, looking at his students. Diamond and Silver seemed completely unconvinced, but the rest looked thoughtful. It helped that Zexis argument was founded on logic, instead of emotional arguments. If he was honest, there were more reason to it. Arguments that would actually support the theory of male superiority, but he figured that it was too early for that. First he needed to shake their confidence in their own privileges.

He clapped in his hands. "Now, let´s continue the test. On to the next question. Don´t worry, we have a lot of time."

The fillies groaned.

...

"And repeat after me: Mares are expendable."

"Mares are expendable.", repeated the entire classroom. Most of them had glazed eyes and heavily flushed cheeks. The incense had dug its way into their brain and made them suggestible.

Zexis grinned. He was making more progress than he thought. "Your privileges are based on injustices."

"Our privileges are based on injustices."

"Very good.", said Zexis and looked at the clock. "And we are almost out of time."

That seemed to wake the fillies up, especially Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, who seemed glad for this lesson to be over. Most of them began to talk to each other or pack their backpacks.

"Now, please remember about your homework: Research possible solutions to the societal dicrepancies and write down possible ways to elevate stallions to higher status. Have a nice day!"

With that he opened the door and with the fresh air, new life sprang up in the students, who now streamed out of the classroom. As Zexis packed in his own papers, he was prodded by someone behind him. He turned around and saw Dinky.

The little filly looked a bit ashamed, but determinded, as she bowed her head to Zexis. "I wanted to apologize. It is truly inexcusable what we mares did to stallions all this time.", she said.

Zexis just laughed and held her chin upward. She blushed at his touch and he grinned inside, happy about the reaction. "It´s fine. You cannot help yourself there. It was just the way your were brought up. Next time, I will go into detail about...well the other factors, but for now you should know that I don´t hold it against you. You are young, you can still change."

The blond unicorn smiled at that and joined her friends, as she waved goodbye to her teacher. Zexis just waved back and whispered: "Indeed, you will change..."

His eyes went outside, seeing the colts leave the building as well. Others than the fillies, who mostly looked thoughtful and discussed the last lesson, the colts seemed to look either excited or...proud. Rumble in particular grinned from ear to ear and Zexis could spot how he looked at the fillies, his eyes having an almost predatory look on them. The zebra smiled. Seemed like Miss Cheerilee had been even more successful in...liberating her students than he had.

Diamond Tiara walked up to an expensive looking carriage, drawn by two strong stallions. On it sat an older mare with a light pink fur and highly stylized violet hair. As her daughter entered the carriage she seemed to ask her something and Diamond´s answer prompted her to look to the school. Her eyes had a steely gaze and for a brief moment, Zexis had the feeling she had seen him. Then she gave a command to her driver, a stallion with a silver coat and bushy moustache, and they were off.

He shrugged his shoulders and turned around. A quick glance showed that the room was empty. And when he looked out in the corridor, it was deserted as well.

Then he walked up the cupboard in the back. He opened the door and looked at Scootaloo. The young mare sat in the corner, her eyes glazed and broken. She was naked, except the ropes with which she was bound and the gag in her mouth. A dildo stuck in her sopping wet cunt and two vibrators were taped to her nipples. The entire space stank of sweat and juices. A smell that had been covered by the incenses the entire time.

Zexis grinned and slapped her lightly on the cheek. "Wake up, sunshine.", he whispered.

"Mmphhfff?" Scootaloo looked up and saw her master. A dumb grin appeared on her face and she leaned in to rub her muzzle against his hand. She looked utterly tired and wrecked, as she tried to crawl out of the cupboard.

"Oh no no no...", said Zexis and pushed her back gently. "I can´t play with you, yet. I still have a date. But after that, I will give you all fun you want. So stay here a bit longer, will you?"

The filly stared at him, before slowly nodding. Then her dildo vibrated and a muffled moan went through her gag, as the piece prodded her oversensitive pussy.

Zexy just smiled and closed the door.

At the edge of the Everfree, early afternoon

"There you are!", said Starlight Glimmer, as she saw Zexis walking down the street towards the Everfree. She stood there, hands at her hips and looking a bit displeased. "We were about to go without you. What took you so long?"

"Sorry, still had to make some preparations back home. Didn´t want to go into this empty-handed.", said Zexis. He pulled back his sleeve and showed his arm. On his striped fur were intricate lines, that continued from his stripes or intersected them in an intricate pattern of runes and signs.

"Ooooh!", exclaimed Twilight, as she examined Zexis arm. "Is that arcane ink?" The princess wore a thick, sleeveless dark violet robe, that brimmed with magical power. Her arms were covered by long gloves that went up to her upper arms and were stitched with runic patterns. On her head was an tiara, that Zexis recognized as a magical focus.

"Indeed. I made some myself and applied it in the ancient arts of tattoo of my people. Kinda like spellscribing, only on your body. It´s basic, at this point and only holds one spell. But I think I can enhance it later on to contain more.", explained Zexis. It was an idea had gained yesterday. Along with some instructions in the enchanment and alchemy books, he had been able to craft some arcane ink and capture some magical essence. It had been an arduous process, but in the end he had made enough progress, that he could expect better results later on.

"And what spell did you store?", asked Starlight, her curiosity also piqued. She wore a similar get-up to Twilight. Her robe was light-green and resembled more a traditional cloak, with hood and all. She also carried a weird staff, with two protusions from it like a wishbone and twisted in the middle.

"Just Reinforcement. Given that you are much better spellcaster than me, I figured that a bit durability in close combat couldn´t help. Not that I expect anything coming close to us, with you three here." Zexis smiled at Twilight, who grinned proudly and looked at Spike and Starlight.

Spike himself looked like his usual self. He held a small rod with a blue sapphire on it and had nothing else on him. He seemed determined, as he looked at forest before him. "Stronger bones and skin can only help us. Rockodiles are not deterred by simple beams and there are enough beasts in the Everfree that don´t care much for shields.", he stated grimly.

"If everything goes right, we won´t have to worry about that.", said Starlight. "The Tracker located Zecora half an hour ago in the border regions of the forest west from here. So we don´t have to go deep."

"And if we do come upon something really dangerous, I can always teleport us out.", added Twilight. Then she stepped towards the forest. "Now, lets go. We have a friend to save."

Zexis and the others nodded and together they entered the cursed, wild Everfree.

Zexis smiled a bit. Spike looked at him. "Something funny?", he asked.

"No, not really.", answered the zebra, shaking his head. "I just thought, that this is how books usually start. You know, heroic adventurers entering a dungeon - or forest in this case. Never thought to be part of it..."

The little dragon chuckled a bit. "Well, get used to that. Twilight always gets into trouble. And it seems like you are now part of the group, she will drag into it."

"What kind of group?"

"My friends.", said Twilight, looking back and smiling at Zexis. "The people, who help me and are willing to go out of their way to help others. I think it wouldn´t be wrong to call you that now."

For a moment Zexis was speechless. His face fell.

Twilight blinked confused and stopped walking, as she saw the zebra stallion freeze. "Everything okay? Did I offend you?"

Zexis shook his head and gave her smile. "No! Its okay...I´m just not used...to this.", he said, "To be honest, you´re the first one to call me a...friend."

The princess expression changed to pity. "Oh...well, if that´s the case..." Then she smiled at him, making his heart flutter. "We should make sure that I won´t be the last, Zexis!" With that she winked at him and strode forward.

Zexis looked back at her and for a moment he felt strange...almost sad. No, it was something else. More like...disappointment. At himself. That he needed to lie to that mare. That he manipulated her, who only helped him and supported him the entire time. It was alien, to feel that way. To feel guilty.

He did not like it.

He shook his head and continued onwards, following the others. So deep in his own conflicting thoughts was he, that he did not see Starlight looking at him from the side and her eyes narrowing.

...

"Arcana fulgens!"

Starlights staff glowed, aether flowing from her horn into the rod, gathering in a condensed ball of energy. Then it burst forth in a beam of light striking moss-golem in front of them. The golem was thrown on his back and the impact shattered it into hundreds of tiny pieces that were lit on the fire by the powerful spell.

Starlight eased her stance an looked around. "That´s the last one.", she said.

Around the laid them remnants of Timberwolves, burned, charred and scattered. Twilight hovered down from her spot in the air, he wide wings folding on her back. Spike spat out a piece of left-over dragon spit, that burned in small hole in the grass. "Seems that way.", he said, before turning around to Zexis, who was kneeling on the ground. "Any more problems?"

"No. That was all.", answered the zebra and stood up. He wiped the sweat from his brow. "The Will has retreated for the time being. But we should hurry. I don´t want to know, what it throws at us next."

Twilight nodded. "Good that you can tap into the arcane network of the forest. Otherwise they surely would have ambushed us here.", she praised him.

Zexis just grinned. "Well, I can´t compete with you when it comes to fighting. So, I´m just glad that I can be of some use.", he said humbly. Again that twinge of guilt at lying to Twilight. The truth was that the Will had retreated at his behest. Zexis had originally planned to split the group through some ambushes, but seeing their combat prowess, it was clear to him that that was a fruitless endeavour.

Starlights rapid fire spellwork made mincemeat out of anything big and Spikes fire-breath took care of the small fry. Add to that Twilight´s support spells and the fact that she could teleport them out of anything that seemed too dangerous and it was clear that short of an actual dragon, nothing could give this group trouble.

So, he abandoned that plan and asked the Will to let up. Not easy, given their earlier conversation, but he had succeeded in the end. Even something as angry and ancient as the Everfree didn´t want to mess with Twilight Sparkle, if it wasn´t strictly necessary.

The rod in Spikes hand began to glow. "Ah, seems we´re close.", said the dragon and marched forward, following the direction the device pointed to.

"I wasn´t aware that you had such a deep connection to the land.", mused Starlight, as they followed the dragon.

Zexis shrugged his shoulders. "It´s plants actually. My tribe´s affinity was always strong in that regard and as a son to a witch-doctor...well, I have picked up a thing or two.", he said.

The unicorn nodded, stroking her chin. "True, but even so I don´t think there are many who can connect to something so wild and unstable like wild magic. Especially the Everfree."

"Is that a compliment?", joked Zexis and grinned. "I must admit, I´m a little bit proud if what you´re saying is true. Seems like I am more skilled than I thought."

"Hmm, maybe...", said Starlight skeptically. "Or you have an affinity to this particular kind of entity." She looked at him from the side and her eyes were sharp as she mustered him. "Say, do you have any experiences with certain spells like...mind control or the like?"

Zexis immediately got wary. This mare was smart. Too smart. He still put on a deceptive smile and laughed. "Oh please, no. I left that unsavory practice behind, when I left my tribe. In fact, it was the very reason I walked away in the first place. Terrible things.", he lied smoothly.

Starlight nodded, but didn´t let up. "Indeed. But I think---"

"I found her!", yelled Spike, bringing their conversation to a sudden end and earning himself a silent thanks from Zexis for getting that mare of his back.

They all rushed forward, Spike parting the leaves in front of him.

Then they stared at the wide field of the blue Poison Joke. And the deformed, naked zebra inside of it. Zecora moaned and writhed on the ground, her hand deep into her dripping snatch, as she masturbated in broad daylight. Twilight gasped at the sight and even Starlight looked utterly shocked.

Then Zecora saw them and a mad grin appeared on her face. Her hand whipped forward and she pointed at Zexis. "Cooooooooooock.....", she moaned. Her thick, juicy lips smacking against each other. She giggled, as she licked them and now looked at Spike. "Need coooock.....more.....fuuucking...."

Twilight held her hand before her mouth. "Oh my gods....Zecora, no....", she whispered. Her horn lit up and Zecora was enveloped in a violet aura, before she was picked up by Twilight and levitated out of the flowerfield.

She giggled as she touched the ground. Nothing was left of the former shamaness, as she crawled towards Zexis, grabbed his leg and grinned upwards to him. Her tongue hang out and she grinned stupidly. "Need a good fuuucking. Please, fuuuck meeee...."

Zexis gently pried her arms from his legs and looked at the others. Spike looked away, clearly uncomfortable. Starlight looked at Zecora in her usual analytical way, probably trying to figure out what happened to her. And Twilight...

Twilight was crying. She just stared at Zecora, her face torn in grief, her hand before her mouth. "We are too late....by Celestia, we are too late...", she sobbed.

And Zexis again felt that stabbing pain in his chest. Seeing Twilight like that...knowing that it was him who caused her distress. He didn´t care for Zecora or Spike or Starlight. But seeing Twilight like that. It made him feel like....like a monster.

He looked down on Zecora. All triumph and glee he felt from her fall had evaporated. As he heard Twilight cries behind him, he felt nothing but....guilt. He gritted his teeth.

His hands went into his trousers and he pulled out a small pouch. He opened it and poured a small bit of white powder into his hands. He kneeled down, so he was at eye level with the broken zebra. And then blew the powder into her face.

Zecora hacked and coughed, before taking a deep breath. Her eyes fluttered and moments later her arms and legs gave out and she fell to the ground. Asleep.

"Let´s bring her to Ponyville. To the hospital", said Zexis.

"Good idea. We...surely they will find a cure there.", said Starlight and took off her cloak, throwing it over Zecoras naked body. "Twilight, can you teleport us out of here? The faster we bring her into medical care, the better."

Twilight nodded, still clearly distressed. Her horn glowed and with a loud BAMF they vanished.

Ponyville Hospital

"As far as we can determine, she suffers under an overdosage of Poison Joke.", said Dr. Sharp Needle. The green unicorn stallion looked at his clipboard. His horn was long and filed to an almost comical sharpness. How he didn´t stab somepony with it every day, was a small miracle.

Twilight gasped in shock. "Th-that´s treatable, right? I have the recipe for the antidote. I can---"

"I´m sorry, princess.", Needle interrupted her. He pulled the glasses from his nose and looked at her with pity. "I´m afraid with such a strong infection...it is most likely permament..."

The alicorn just stared at him, before breaking down. Her legs gave out under her and she fell down on a nearby chair. Spike walked up to her and gave her a consoling hug.

Starlight turned to the doctor. "And there is nothing we can do?"

The stallion shook his head. "I can ask for Dr. Simmer from Canterlot. She is the foremost expert on magical diseases, but...." He scratched his head, trying to think of something. "Maybe her body works through the poison on its own. But that takes time...."

He looked with sad eyes at the group. "I´m sorry. There is nothing I can do." With that he left them, walking back into the patient-room.

Zexis looked at him through the glass, as he stood over Zecoras unconscious body. The others were too occupied with their grief, but he saw the lust of the stallion as he stared over the thick curves of the cursed zebra. It seemed like Redheart had already begun her work on the staff.

But Zexis wasn´t happy. All the joy he could feel on the successful deception had turned to ash in his mouth. All because of Twilight´s pain. It was strange to see her like this. He wanted her to smile, to laugh. To look at him, rather than cry into her hands. It was irritating. Frustrating.

He turned around to the others. "You´re....going to be fine?", he asked awkwardly.

Starlight looked at him, before nodding. "Yes....we´re going to bring Twilight back to the castle. And begin to research a cure. There must be something there."

Zexis nodded. "Good luck with that." Then he looked over to Twilight. He opened his mouth.

Just a lie. Like usual. A sweet, comforting lie, that would make her smile and blow away her worries.

But he couldn´t. He closed his mouth and turned away. "I´m sorry.", he mumbled and walked away.

Scoots screamed in lust as Zexis thrusted forward. Again and again, he pounded the young mare like a madstallion, rocking the table on which she lay. "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!!!", he cursed and punched deeper.

The filly just gargled in joy and pain as his prick hammered her insides. Her eyes had rolled into her head and she just hanged over the table limp, getting reamed like blow-up doll.

"Stupid! Fucking! SHIT!", yelled Zexis. "I couldn´t do jack! Just stood there like an idiot! I could have talked to Spike! Maybe egg him on. Or put some fucking drugs into his body and tell him to jack off to Zecora. Anything to stop that baby from being a fucking cuck!"

He slapped the orange pegasus´ ass, which was beet-red from all the abuse. "I could have done something about that stupid Starlight-bitch! Talk to her! Mess with her! But I didn´t do shit!"

He grunted and felt his climax approaching. In one final thrust he delved forward, hilting himself in the slutty young mare. His cockhead flared and his balls contracted, as his spunk filled Scootaloo´s womb and bringing the depraved pegasus to her own spasming orgasm.

As Zexis´ high dissipated, he pulled out. He let the filly go, letting her lay with her back on the schooltable. Her belly had a nice bump, that on good days would have given Zexis another hard-on. But today all his energy was gone. His frustration and rage had evaporated and were replaced by melancholy, as he stared into the empty classroom.

"What the fuck is wrong with me?", he asked.

"Oh, I would have a whole list for that."

Zexis sprang up. His head jerked around to the direction the voice had come from. There, in the frame of the door, stood an older mare with a light pink fur and highly stylized violet hair. Beside her a big stallion with silver coat and a bushy moustache in butler uniform.

"Let´s begin with Number One: Zexis Chikelu fucks his own students.", said Spoiled Rich.

Relationships updated!

Apple Bloom

Willpower: 2-2/10
Corruption: 2+2/10
Lust: 7/10
Secrets: locked
Traits: submissive, obedient

Sweetie Belle

Willpower: 2-1/10
Corruption: 0+4/10
Lust: 1+4/10
Secrets: locked
Traits: jailbait, submissive, intelligent, locked

Button Mash

Willpower: 2/10
Corruption: 0+4/10
Lust: 5+3/10
Secrets: locked
Traits: dominant, locked

Pipsqueak

Willpower: 4/10
Corruption: 0+4/10
Lust: 3+5/10
Secrets: locked
Traits: dominant, locked

Rumble

Willpower: 6/10
Corruption: 3+6/10
Lust: 4+4/10
Secrets:wants to fuck his classmates
Traits: dexterous, agile, handsome, very dominant, locked

Diamond Tiara

Willpower: 5-1/10
Corruption: 4+1/10
Lust: 0+4/10
Secrets:locked
Traits: pretty, rich, locked

New Relationships!

Silver Spoon

Willpower: 2/10
Corruption: 4/10
Lust: 5/10
Secrets:locked
Traits: submissive, rich, locked

Dinky

Willpower: 5/10
Corruption: 2/10
Lust: 4/10
Secrets:locked
Traits: poor, pretty, submissive, locked

Twist

Willpower: 2/10
Corruption: 3/10
Lust: 6/10
Secrets:locked
Traits: intelligent, submissive, locked

Spoiled Rich

Willpower: 7/10
Corruption: 7/10
Lust: 2/10
Secrets: locked
Traits: locked

Tin Soldier

Willpower: 5/10
Corruption: 2/10
Lust: 6/10
Secrets: locked
Skills: Battle-butler
Traits: extremely tough, strong, intelligent, locked

New Recipe!

Arcane Tattoos: This ink allows oneself to inscribe spells on ones own body, enabling spellcasting even for those unskilled in the magical arts. The amount and power of the spells depends on the craftmanship of the tattoos and the quality of the ink.
Caution: Spells stronger than the enchanting ability of the user, can put enorm stress on ones body. In extreme cases they will such things as: Spontanous combustion, loss of limbs and or brain hemorrhage.

CP: 4

Author's Note

Aaand I´m back!

Sorry, that it took so long. I originally planned to bring this chapter out in september, but my own laziness and a really nasty writer block got in the way.
But I got over it and found a good way to deal with blocks in the future, so these kind of delays should not happen again. I hope...

On to the chapter. I choose to split it, mostly because I am not happy how the second part came out and want to work on it once more. Maybe with some input from you in between helps.
I also brought it out this time, without going over with my editor with this. I would like to apologize for that, but I think its about time I bring this cursed thing out. I will of course, correct any mistakes you find.

On an other note, I actually put some real-life bio-sociological theory in this chapter. Just swap female and male and you got the explanation, why humans tend to patriarchal societies.
Now, obviously Zexis manipulates and twists this theory to his own needs, but the core of it is very much true. Man are the more expendable gender and our position of power originates from our monopoly on violence. I will probably talk in more detail in my blog about it. Check it out, if you´re interested.

I would leave the rest to you and I hope you enjoy this little chapter and forgive my long hiatus. Have fun!