“I will visit Rarity myself then to make up for it. This news is something I should tell her myself. It is the least I can do as a friend,” Twilight stated resolutely, making Applejack smile. She gave her a one legged hug as they were walking out of the forest and could see Ponyville in the distance.

“Atta filly. If ya need us, we can help,” Applejack said with a smile, that helped to lift the burden a bit from her. How ironic was it that she wanted to comfort the farm mare and now she was the one being comforted.

“Hey, mares,” Rainbow suddenly spoke up, a bit more tensely.

“What is it, Rainbow?” the alicorn asked, but she already had an inkling about what she might say.

“Fluttershy wasn’t in the camp. I couldn’t spot her from up above when we charged. Just like I haven’t seen Granny Smith.”

‘...I already thought she would mention this. While the mission was a success…it wasn’t one for everypony.’

The orange earth pony mulled her words over, before she was the first to speak up.

“Same goes for Pinkie. Ah looked for them as well…no trace found of either found. Fluttershy was closest to the forest, so she might have been dragged in the deepest…same with Granny Smith. They could be in the same camp. Not sure about Pinkie though, as there was some talk about strange minotaurs. Guess we just gotta find the camps one after another and save them.”

Words of assurance, assuring Rainbow as much as herself.

“Yeah…Just…can’t we go right back in after loading these ponies off?”

“We can’t, Rainbow. We have imp prisoners that need to be accommodated and need to report the result of our excursion to Celestia as well. Not to mention that everypony is exhausted. How many of these ponies would be willing to right back in after having saved their loved ones? And locking the imps here up, without enough ponies to properly guard and if necessary to suppress them? That is a large security risk.”

Each new argument made Rainbow draw in on herself as her suggestion was easily slapped down. And the points her purple friend made were valid. She could see that. It was not something that would work out, no matter how much she wanted to.

“But we will do another one…right?” she prodded, making Twilight nod.

“We will, Rainbow. I promised to get Granny Smith back and we will get Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie back as well. We will get everypony back, but it is something we will need to organize. If we rush, then we might end up losing ponies instead of saving them.”

“Yeah, I get that. Doesn’t mean, I can’t think this situation is a bunch of horseapples. I mean, seriously! Shouldn’t we have more guards here? I pay flipping cloud taxes! What are they using it for?!”

“To pay the weather factories and the weather mares,” Twilight responded automatically, before wanting to slap herself. “Wait, I am sorry, Rainbow. From what I know, Equestria doesn’t spend as much on their military. After thousand years of peace, it made sense to cut the costs.”

“We had to beat up baddies over the last few years though. Should have spend more then,” she jabbed right back, but any further response was interrupted as Applejack wrapped both of her forelegs around their necks.

“Now, now. Ya all can argue that the bits weren’t spent well, but it ain’t gonna change the situation. We have ta focus and do what we can…but in that letter, ya should definitely suggest for Celestia to increase the military budget, by a ton.”

Rainbow shook her off, sighing.

“I will…or seeing as I am visiting Rarity first… Rainbow? Can you go to Spike and have him send a letter and also tell him to guard the potions for me?”

“Hm…yeah. I can do that. Can tell Celestia to start spending too and send some more ponies over.”

“Sadly, it takes not only bits Rainbow, but time. Though it is definitely a good idea for them to start,” Applejack said in agreement. “Anyway, Ah will visit Big Mac.”

It was then that the group split up. Twilight wondered if she should ask Applejack to keep an eye on Rainbow and Spike, but shook her head as she decided against it. Celestia knows she needed some time with her family, not another task.

“I will see you then.”

With that said, the alicorn was on her way through Ponyville and Carousel Boutique.

She hasn’t visited her at all, making her wonder just how Rarity had fared. She wasn’t foalnapped, so she could assume that maybe she didn’t have it as bad.

‘Or maybe she got fucked hard and couldn’t be taken out of Ponyville in time,’ she guessed. An intrusive perverted thought that did make her marehood wink and some spunk leak out and down her leg.

Twilight stopped in her slow trot, looking back at it.

Maybe she should have gotten a shower before visiting Rarity…she still feels the mess the guard left from earlier in both of her holes. She has to clench and hope she isn’t leaking any more of it too.

With a flash of her magic, she wiped the bit that came out off and flung it carelessly to the side. Not that anypony would find some cum on the ground odd after everything that had happened.

Speaking of odd things, she has been neglecting the status window. With all the worries about rescuing missing ponies, she didn’t take time to truly look more deeply into it.

She opened it up, easily enough, giving it a good look over.

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Strength: 26

Toughness: 29

Speed: 18

Intelligence: 69

Libido: 23

Sensitivity: 16

Corruption: 31

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HP: 110

Lust: 20

Fatigue: 0

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Level: 1

Experience: 189

Bits: 0

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+2 femininity (Face)

• 2 Black Curved Demon Horns
  
• Pomegranate sized teats
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Traits: Eyes glow white and a strip of information appears
Alicorn Purity – Alicorn’s are more resilient against all lust attacks and corruption.
Alicorn Superiority – Alicorn’s get a bonus in Strength, Toughness, Speed and Intelligence.

Spells:
Corruption Drainage – You are able to absorb the corruption of another. This spell should under all circumstances NOT be used more than ONCE a day, since otherwise the spell might backfire and enhance the corruption that is being absorbed and can bear the risk of full corruption.

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‘Not many changes. Lust is a variable that is fluctuating and Experience is something that increases.

There is corruption which is increasing and definitely something she would have to worry about, lest she ends up like King Sombra…if that is how it works and…wait. There is an extra button,’ she noticed, seeing a ‘LVL UP’ field in the upper part of the window.

Was that there the last few times too and she just overlooked it? Or did it just recently appear.

If this is a system that can make her stronger, then that would be revolutionary. Such a system would help them to grow past their limits and to become strong enough to deal with the new threat they were facing.

Naturally she used her magic to press the field which in turn made another window open.

‘You are now Level 2!’

‘You may now apply +5 to one attribute. Which will you choose?’

‘Strength’, ‘Toughness’, ‘Speed’, ‘Intelligence’.

Four options for her to choose from. It made her gawk in sheer wonder. What would these options entail? What benefits could she reap from it? Could she really enhance her intelligence as simply as that?

It was like a cheat. Almost unfair, which is what made it tempting.

Her rational mind of course made her consider not to simply choose the first option that comes to mind. While she was a mare of superior intellect, increasing it was tempting, but her Speed was lacking…

“Then again, it is something I could simply choose next time to improve. Maybe a higher Intelligence helps me piece the situation together better and the use and advantage of the items as well…”

It did feel like she was just trying to justify a choice she really made. This event is something she would note down though, so she can inform the others about it. That way they could actually think through what they wanted to boost.

Rainbow Dash no doubt would go for Speed, but she and her friends would advise her to give herself a more balanced build…which now makes her a bit of a hypocrite as she had tipped on Intelligence.

‘Your time spent fighting the creatures of the other realm has sharpened your wit.’

A nice little tidbit of text that appeared and accurate too, considering she indeed got the EXP for the level up from fighting. That fighting could make a pony smarter seemed like a contradictory notion, but her mind sharpening due to battle was a sound explanation.

Of course having a sharp wit in battle and having a sharp wit for science were too different things entirely, so this did still frustrate her a bit.

“Too simplified…” she mumbled to herself with a slight frown.

She noticed her experience dropping by 100, showing that this was the price for a level up. Or maybe only the first level up? Another thing to jot down. But things weren’t done yet either, as another option appeared.

‘Please select a perk from the drop-down list, then click 'Okay'. You can press 'Skip' to save your perk point for later.’

Perks. There were perks she could choose from now after a level up. And an extensive enough list at that. So she went over the perks, selecting them each one after the other to read what they had to say.

Strong Back: You choose the 'Strong Back' perk, enabling a fourth item slot.

Tank: You choose the 'Tank' perk, giving you an additional 50 hp!

Precision: You’ve chosen the 'Precision' perk. Thanks to your intelligence, you’re now more adept at finding and striking an enemy’s weak points, reducing their damage resistance from armor by 10. If your intelligence ever drops below 25 you’ll no longer be smart enough to benefit from this perk.

Spellpower: You choose the 'Spellpower' perk. Thanks to your sizeable intellect and willpower, you are able to more effectively use magic, boosting base spell effects by 50%.

Corrupted Libido: You choose the 'Corrupted Libido' perk. As a result of your body’s corruption, you’ve become a bit harder to turn on. (Lust gain reduced by 10%!)

It was fascinating, so being the intellectual mare Twilight was, she was eagerly drinking it in. The cum she tried to hold into her marehood? Hardly of interest compared to what was right in front of her. For all she cared it could run down her legs messily right now and it wouldn’t stop her smile.

“Fourth item slot? Implying I already have three? A magical storage maybe?” she pondered at the new information. It was something she would have to try out. For now though she would not go for that particular perk. It made no sense to gain ‘fourth item slot’ when she already had a three and could use this tantamount choice for something more effective.

“There can only be one choice of course!” she giddily exclaimed, picking a certain option.

‘You have selected the following perk:’

Spellpower: You choose the 'Spellpower' perk. Thanks to your sizeable intellect and willpower, you are able to more effectively use magic, boosting base spell effects by 50%.

‘If you would like to select this perk, click Okay. Otherwise, select a new perk, or press Skip to make a decision later.’

Without hesitation, she smashed that ‘Spellpower’ perk button hard. Magic was her expertise. Getting a boost by 50%? Ridiculous and incredible at the same time.

Unlike with intelligence, she could notice the difference immediately too as the mana inside her body seemed to circulate a lot more smoothly. She felt lighter, stronger, unbeatable.

It was giving her a real high and a lot of energy. Enough so that she was galloping off, abandoning the slow walk as she giggled to herself.

Obviously, this speeding walk didn’t help in keeping the cum inside her, so that it started to pour out of her pussy and ass, running down her hind legs and showing very obviously to everypony that looked at her rear what she had been up to.

Twilight didn’t care. She couldn’t care as she simply trotted to her friend's home. Of course as soon as she reached it, she was reminded of why she was here and her mood soured accordingly.

“Sweetie Belle…”

Bad news for her friend, but she would be sure to comfort her. They would get her back. Like everypony else.

So she knocked on the door, waiting and listening for her. As this was a shop she could technically have barged in, but considering the invading demons, she felt that it would be insensitive to do so.

A bit of scrambling is heard and Rarity’s voice. It almost sounds as if she is talking to somepony. Then a bit later, the door swings open, revealing the pristine white mare.

Nothing seems out of order as the alicorn looks over. Her body seems the same. Not changed by any vile fluids. The only change she can see right now is a pair of blue earrings.

They did suit her well, albeit Twilight hadn’t seen her wear earrings before. Another fashion trend from the looks of it.

The pristine unicorn mare gave her an awkward smile and the princess reciprocated. At least a bit.

“T-Twilight! It is good to see you darling, but, what brings you here?”

“I…” she began, hesitating. “We organized a rescue mission. As you know…Sweetie Belle has vanished. We couldn’t find her at the imp camp, but she likely was taken away by the ones that were fleeing. I am sorry,” she said, lowering her head morosely.

Rarity looked at her with some grief. A reminder that her sister, while initially safe, was gone now with little hope to find her anytime soon.

“Twilight…I know you did your best. It is all any mare could ever ask for I suppose. I am not the only mare left with missing ponies though, am I? It would be unfair to take it out on you.”

“We are still missing Granny Smith and a few others, but we did manage to get back some at least…”

“I understand. Applejack must be quite distressed too. Say, why don’t you go back and rest. We can always talk more…later.”

It is a relief that her friend was taking this much better than expected. But she seemed a bit distracted.

‘Is something going on?’ Twilight pondered in some worry. Maybe she was just overthinking things…

She could give her some distance for now or ask some questions. Maybe even spy in on her?

If she left, she could at least look after Spike and Rainbow to ensure they weren’t doing anything stupid.

Ask a question?
1. Ask if she was talking to somepony.
2. Ask about the earrings.
3. No questions.

What to do?
4. Insist on staying with her for now.
5. Pretend to leave and then spy in.
6. Leave her be for now.

Vote Results:

Ask a question?
1. Ask if she was talking to somepony. IIII
2. Ask about the earrings. IIIII IIIII IIIII IIII
3. No questions. IIIII

What to do?
4. Insist on staying with her for now. IIIII
5. Pretend to leave and then spy in. IIIII IIIII IIIII IIIII II
6. Leave her be for now. I

Author's Note

Voting! Another week for you to vote!

Rarity has been quite a long way off. She could have been visited more than once, but better late then never, right? Of course, the player being late has consequences. At least that is what I plan for the story. You choose one and it should affect another. Let's be honest here though, you all know how Rarity is affected by the choices, don't you?