The sound of sizzling bacon echoed out of the kitchen and into the hallway. It was a reassuring sound for Starlight. It meant everything was normal as far as everyone was concerned. She’d pushed the envelope just a little bit more yesterday in the library. It had been tempting to just trigger Twilight again rather than offering the excuse of a massage. But she knew over-reliance on the trigger word would be a problem, and there was a definite joy in doing a proper induction, letting her words diffuse into someone’s mind like steeping tea. Hypnosis was rather addictive, offering so much power with just words.

As she got closer, the sizzling of bacon was punctuated with the sound of Spike humming and the scuffle of a spatula. The castle had at least three kitchens but Twilight had explained that she always chose this one for breakfast when her friends weren’t visiting. It was smaller, more intimate, and had a small breakfast table, allowing Spike and her to cook and eat in the same place.

As Starlight entered, she saw Spike was hard at work, flipping pancakes and minding the bacon. Twilight was at the table nursing a cup of coffee. “Ah, good morning Star.” She looked up and smiled, but then looked away, likely remembering her dreams.

“Morning! Looks like I’m right on time.”

“First batch will be ready soon.” Spike declared.

Starlight sat across from Twilight and took the moment to admire her. She was dressed in a simple purple blouse and pleated skirt, but it suited her well and didn't detract from her features. Starlight wouldn’t have taken the approach she was if she didn’t have some physical attraction to Twilight, after all. “Hope you slept well.” She said, enjoying the quarter second of panic that ran across Twilight’s face.

“Oh, yes, yes I did. And I need it. I have research to do on the Crystal Empire, and more work on your friendship lessons. I’ve only made it as far as narrowing down the G’s.” Spike brought two plates of pancakes and set them in front of Twilight and Star, then returned to make another batch.

“So yesterday didn’t quite cut it huh?” Starlight giggled and relished the blush starting to form on Twilight’s face.

“I think for your first real lesson we need something more profound.” She replied before tearing into her pancakes.

“Well I suppose you’re right. After all, Obedience is Magic.”

Twilight looked confused for the faintest instant, as though her mind was wondering if she had misheard. Then Starlight watched as all expression faded from her face. Her eyes became hazy and unfocused. Her hand that had been bringing another bite of pancake up to eat slumped back down onto the table. Starlight savored the wonderful stillness as once again the only sound was sizzling bacon. Twilight always looked so adorably helpless like this. The trigger was quite effective. Twilight’s thoughts had all dissolved like sugar in the rain and she would continue to sit blankly until she heard Star’s words.

First things first though. There was another empty mind that needed to be taken care of. Star stood and walked over to the stove. Spike stood up straight, staring a thousand miles into the distance. His spatula hung limply at his side. She’d need to work quickly, otherwise the second batch of pancakes would burn.

“Good boy Spike.” She whispered in his ear. “You’re going to have a little daydream today during breakfast. When you wake up from trance, you’re going to keep cooking breakfast like before. You’ll start seeing and hearing things out of the ordinary, but you’ll realize these things are just you having a horny daydream. You’ll realize that in reality normal things are being said and done. You won’t want Twilight or me to realize what naughty things you’re imagining, so you’ll be sure to not let on and act as normal as possible. Do you understand?”

Spike nodded softly. “Good boy. Now count up to five and wake up.” She returned to the table while Spike slowly counted in his head and soon the scraping of a spatula was heard once more as Spike flipped the pancakes. The day after she had first taken them, she had reinforced her suggestions so neither Twilight or Spike would remember being triggered. Now that Spike had been dealt with, she could turn her attention to the main task. “Twilight, tell me what you dreamed about last night.”

“You snuck into my bedroom, stripped off my pajamas and ravished me.” She replied calmly. In her deep state, she could only obey and couldn't put thought or emotion on the words..

“What happened once you woke up?”

“I felt really horny. I...masturbated in bed until I reached orgasm.”

Star giggled at Twilight’s stuffy word choice, but noticed that even as deep as she was, there was the tiniest hesitation as she admitted to playing with herself. Twilight was an exceptional subject, all the suggestions she’d added had seemed to be working flawlessly, but she was still a bit timid to admit to sexual feelings. Overcoming that would be key. Or perhaps there would be a way to turn it into another tool.

The next part of her plan would be to mold Twilight's current feelings of arousal into a more directed shape. She needed to find the right way to do that. “Twilight, are you familiar with the idea of the subconscious?”

“Yes, the subconscious regulates thoughts, feelings, and actions in ways where the conscious mind isn’t involved.”

“That’s right. The subconscious mind can cause your body to move without you having to think about it. It can cause thoughts to come up that the conscious mind only feels as emotional tugs. I’m sure you’ve even heard of times when people’s subconscious takes over their body, and they don’t even realize what they are doing until it’s already happened. That’s all possible when the subconscious is sitting secretly back in the deepest parts of your mind.

“But if your subconscious becomes even more active, it can speak for you, take actions and more, all without you ever consciously realizing it. You could have one hand buttoning up your shirt, but the other hand is unbuttoning the shirt just as fast, because your subconscious wants a different thing. When I count to three and you wake up from trance, your subconscious will be awakened. Your conscious mind will have control of your right arm and hand, and your subconscious will have control of your left. Your subconscious will also be able to speak and feel things, all with your conscious mind remaining totally unaware.

“Your conscious and subconscious will both talk to me. You won’t notice when I’m speaking to your subconscious which is whenever…” She wasn't sure what would be best. She was across the table, so reaching over to touch Twilight would be awkward, and a verbal trigger being said over and over would be a pain. Then an idea struck her. “Whenever you feel my magic gently press against your forehead, just like this.” She applied a little telekinetic pressure just below Twilight's horn.

“Do you understand?”

“Yes.”

“You’re going to wake up with your subconscious fully activated. And whenever I suggest something to your subconscious, it will fully embrace my suggestion, accepting it eagerly.” The wording of embracing her suggestions could be interpreted a couple ways, but on the fly it was the best Starlight could think up for what she had in mind. “Ready now to wake in 3...2….1” She snapped her fingers and Twilight’s eyes suddenly had life return to them.

“I take your lessons very seriously, Star. You’re my friend as well as my pupil and I want to help you as much as I can.” Twilight’s expression went from warm compassion to a light grin, “And you’re pretty easy on the eyes, which helps.” Her face shifted back a moment after.

Starlight was going to have no trouble telling the two Twilights apart. “We can talk more about the lessons this afternoon if you’d like.”

“That sounds perfect.” Twilight nodded. “We’ll narrow down the H’s.”

Star applied some pressure to Twilight’s forehead, “Will you be staring at my body while we do it?”

“Definitely. You’re beautiful and I always feel turned on when I’m around you.”

That was chapter and verse from Starlight’s suggestions. Now she needed to twist the suggestions further. “I guess you fantasize about seeing me naked.”

“Yeah, and maybe straddling me like in my dream. Feeling your warmth through my clothes.” Twilight gave a licentious smirk that faded as she took another bite of pancake.

Star marveled at how bold Twilight’s subconscious could be. “You might fantasize about me while we eat breakfast too.”

“Oh that would be good. You would start running your foot up my leg under the table, really slowly. I’d have to keep my composure so Spike wouldn’t notice.”

Starlight licked her lips, happily, imagining herself doing just that. It was even more delicious because Spike had sat down at the other corner of the table,, setting down a plate of pancakes for himself and refilling theirs. He gave no visible sign that he noticed what Twilight was saying, but Star thought she noticed him shift a bit in his seat. Even better, Twilight was showing her subconscious was creative. She was creating brand new coherent fantasies without specific suggestions. That would be very, very useful.

“Did you have a bit too much syrup?” Twilight asked with a giggle.

“What?” Star realized conscious Twilight had seen her lick her lips. “Oh yeah, just a bit.”

“I could lean over and lick the syrup from your lips instead.” Twilight said huskily.

Star smiled back, finding the emboldened Twilight amusing. Now it was time to push the envelope a little more. “Or maybe I’d dip my finger in syrup, reach across the table and make you lick it clean.”

Twilight’s eyes widened as the suggestion washed over her. “Ohhh that would be really hot, lips wrapped around your finger, suckling slowly.” Twilight's left hand moved up and cupped one of her breasts.

“Being wrapped around my finger sounds really nice doesn’t it? When I take charge, it makes it easier for you to just get lost in pleasure.”

Twilight’s hand descended under her skirt. “Yeah, it’s really good when you take charge. You could just push me against a wall, mollify me with a kiss.”

“That’s right, and I’d hold your arms against the wall with one hand while the other started teasing along your breasts.” Star dropped the pressure to Twilight’s forehead. “What would be a good time for me to stop by?”

“Mmmm, well let’s see.” Twilight calmly considered her schedule between shallow breaths as her body reacted to her finger's strokes. “Spike and I have research planned till about two, and I’ll need...ahhh.... time to get the lessons set up, so let’s say two thirty?” She squirmed in her seat as her left hand began to stroke faster. “I hope you wear those tight hip hugger jeans you own.” Her subconscious added.

“I’ll be sure to stop by around then.” Starlight said, finishing up her pancakes. “Your panties must be getting pretty damp considering how furiously you’re playing with yourself.” She said to Twilight’s subconscious.

“Mmm, yeah. I’m imagining you teasing me while I'm pressed up to the wall. You’d just keep teasing and touching so light over me until I’m a squirming mess.”

“Mmm sounds yummy. A good enough fantasy to cum over, don’t you think?”

“Yeah so so goooohhhhhhhhh.” Twilight arched her back as she pushed herself over the edge. Her body bucked and shuddered, riding the climax for a few seconds before she looked back at Star. “I’m going to get set up for my morning research, but Spike can make another batch of pancakes if you’re still hungry. He usually gets seconds for himself.” She smiled playfully at Spike while her left hand rose up to her lips and she began to lick them clean of her own nectar.

“H-hey, I'm still growing you know.” Spike said in defense, but Starlight enjoyed how his eyes were locked on Twilight’s lips as she licked. Spike was likely fighting hard to pretend everything was normal, of course he was convinced it was all in his head. But Twilight was a real diamond in the rough. Without her conscious mind there to over-rationalize, she could be delightfully sensual. Polishing Twilight’s mind into a more desirable shape would be a constant pleasure.

I think I’ve had all the breakfast I’ve needed. Before you go to start research, I wanted to say that Obedience is Magic.” Spike and Twilight’s mind melted away again. Starlight re-sealed Twilight’s subconscious and gave her a suggestion to get get a fresh set of panties before starting her research. She sent Twilight on her way and attended to Spike. “You’ve been a good boy, fantasizing about your good friend Twilight doing and saying naughty things. It made you horny didn’t it?”

“Yess.” Spike replied. Star confirmed his words with a slow stroke along the front of his jeans.

“Very good. You should go take care of that before you join Twilight in the library. Once you are done with your research with her, come to my bedroom to let me know. As soon as you tell me, you will fall back into trance.”

Starlight finished up her suggestions with Spike and returned to her room. She untangled the magical lock she'd set on her dresser and pulled out the third volume of Hypnotica Principala. She'd found the first volume at a swap meet being offered in a bulk bin. It was a ponderous read, but Starlight had seen the potential right away and spent months tracking down the other two. Inside the three texts lay all the secrets of hypnosis. The third volume still had some lessons to learn though. She leaned back on her bed and suspended the book above her to read while mulling over her next move in the back of her head.

Every other day, Twilight went off to spend time with her friends, and she insisted Star come along most of the time too. The constant friend activities didn’t imperil her plans, but did slow them down and meant more caution in her suggestions. Still, considering how good a subject Twilight was, she didn’t foresee any trouble. The next phase of her plan was already in motion. Care and vigilance would assure everything else ran as planned.

A little after two, there was a knock on Star’s bedroom door. She quickly moved the book back to her dresser and reactivated the magic lock “Come innnn.”

Spike wandered in uncertainly. “Hey Starlight. I, uh, just finished up with Twilight and I felt like there was something else important to uhhhhhhhh.” His body relaxed as he melted into trance.

Starlight started to get ready for appearance in the library, peeling off her shorts and looking for her hip hugger jeans. “Good boy Spike. Did you jerk off after breakfast?”

“Yes.” He replied softly.

“Very good. Now we need to talk about some discoveries you made about dragons today during your research…”

Starlight opened the door to the library. Twilight was setting up piles and piles of paper on the table. It seemed her potential friendship lessons still numbered in the hundreds. Twilight looked up from the papers and waved Star over. “You’re right on time. I have the H’s here and with some work we can get them down to two dozen of the best options.”

Star laughed as she looked over the stacks. “You’ll have friendship lessons for me until I’m as old as Applejack’s grandmother.”

“I know, I know,” Twilight giggled back. “I’m overdoing it, but I’ve been really happy I can help you like this.”

“And I appreciate it Twilight, I really do. Especially considering all the other work you do. You’ve been researching nonstop since breakfast haven’t you?”

A proud expression formed on Twilight’s face. “You get used to it with enough time. Besides, I always have Spike with me and he can remind me when I need to take breaks.”

“You’re probably due for another break soon. I know it doesn’t count as a lesson, but I could give you another massage.”

Twilight looked down as her cheeks betrayed a slight blush. Starlight could see the wheels turning, but she’d set up a suggestion from last time. The more Twilight thought about the wing massage, the more desperately she’d want to have it.

“I guess...it couldn't hurt.” She finally said. Despite the hesitation in her words, she eagerly hopped into a chair and spread her wings out in anticipation. Starlight moved into place and started to rub gently down Twilight’s shoulder-blades near the base of her wings. This led to a deep sigh from Twilight.

She was already starting to feel a little foggy; the massage itself was an anchor that she associated with falling into trance. But it would still require a few words to take her the rest of the way. That was how Starlight preferred it, just like steeping tea. “Very good Twilight. It’s so nice when you’re able to relax. I’m happy that I can help all your tension melt away like this. When you’re able to let go, all your tension sinks away. Being a princess can be so stressful, so it’s important to find ways to let go of that tension. It’s important to find ways for your mind to drift down….down….into a state of total relaxation.”

Soon Twilight had drifted away and melted into her chair. Star continued her trance patter as she ended the massage and moved to stand in front of Twilight, admiring her quarry. Twilight looked so peaceful, holding a serene expression as she took slow, deep breaths. Her body and mind were both so delightfully open and helpless. Even more beautiful than her body was the knowledge that in this moment, Star’s voice was the center of her world.

“Now that you’re in this perfect, deep state of relaxation, you can shrug off all your stress and inhibitions. Once you let go of stress, you can let go of all the other worries you may have and just enjoy perfect, deep pleasure. And you’ll soon have a dream where you’re in that state. In just a moment, you’ll be dreaming with eyes open. You dreamed with eyes open once before, and it will feel the exact same way. You’ll cast aside all worry and inhibitions, letting the desires of your subconscious take over, giving into your deepest desires. And your deepest desire is to let me take charge so that you can simply sink into pleasure. It’s like floating in a river, just flowing with the current”

Starlight straddled Twilight’s lap. “Once I count to 3, you will begin to dream with eyes open, until I tell you the dream is over. 1…..2…..3”

Twilight’s eyes fluttered open and she suddenly became of aware of Starlight’s body pressed to hers. She gave a warm smile, with a look of deep desire in her eyes. “Mmm hey Star.” She bit her lip then leaned in close for a kiss. “You feel so warm.”

“It’s you that gets me all warmed up.” Star guided Twilight’s hands to the front of her jeans, then gripped her own shirt and tossed it away. Twilight eagerly unfastened Star’s jeans and gripped her hips. She leaned closer and kissed along the top of Star’s breasts just above her bra. Star rolled her hips slowly, gyrating in Twilight’s lap. She tugged insistently at Twilight’s blouse and carefully disentangled it from her arms and wings. Twilight’s bra soon followed.

For another few minutes, Star cupped Twilight’s breasts as they fell into an open kiss, tongues dancing slowly together. Twilight was still inexperienced, but made up for it in enthusiasm. Star finally stood and pulled Twilight to her feet. Twilight worked to peel Star’s jeans away from her hips while Star unzipped Twilight’s skirt, which fluttered to the ground. As Star's jeans gave way, Twilight crouched down to pull them off, getting a grip on Star’s panties at the same time. She rose slowly, eyes panning along Star’s naked body. She gave off a soft moan as her gaze passed by Star’s clean shaven mound. Finally standing again, her eyes locked with Star’s, waiting for what she would do next, silently begging for more.

Star wrapped around Twilight’s rear and sat her down on top of the nearby table. With a wave of her hand and the magic of her horn, Starlight shoved the stacks of friendship lessons to the floor, creating a roar of fluttering paper. She guided Twilight down on her back of the now cleared table, wings spread out. She hooked her fingers around Twilight’s panties and pulled away the last article of the princess’ clothes.

Twilight realized what was coming and spread her legs up and out, gripping the back of her knees with each hand, presenting herself for Star. Star pulled up a nearby chair and sat, playfully running her fingers through the bush of purple hair between Twilight's legs, enjoying the little gasps it elicited. Finally she wrapped her arms around Twilight’s thighs and ran her tongue along Twilight’s pussy.

Twilight shuddered in pleasure and started to grind back into Star’s lips. Star savored the flavor of Twilight's arousal and could tell she was rapidly building. “Good girl, but no cumming yet.” She instructed between licks. Twilight was still locked in the hypnosis, and the suggestion bound her tightly. She continued to build under Starlight’s assault. Star would lap slowly up and down her folds and then flutter her tongue against Twilight’s pearl. Twilight continued to writhe, and moan till her cries echoed down the hallways of the castle.

Twilight was soon gasping for air and moaning desperately. If not for Star’s suggestion, she would likely cum from the slightest touch. Star decided she was ready and sat back on her chair. “If you want to cum, hop on here for me.” She tapped her right thigh. Twilight nodded weakly and straddled Star’s thigh while wrapping her arms around Star’s shoulders. She started slowly, shifting her hips a little bit, more pressing her crotch into Star’s thigh than sliding against it. Little by little, Star’s thigh became slick from Twilight’s nectar and Twilight's hips began to find the right rhythm to grind back and forth. Soon she was bucking frantically against Star with her eyes squeezed shut and whimpering in the torturous pleasure of edging endlessly.

Star held her in tighter and whispered in her ear. “Good girl Twilight. Cum for me.” Twilight held on for dear life as her body was rocked by the climax. She arched her back and let out a howl of pleasure and her whole body quivered in release. Once she had passed through the wave of bliss she slumped weakly into Star’s arms.

Star held her tight and stroked through her hair. “Good girl. So good when you let me take charge, so perfect when you submit to me. That word itself, submission, makes your heart flutter, the word feels so right.” She cupped Twilight's chin and stared into her eyes. “The dream is over now and you won’t remember anything that happened until tonight. You will remember falling asleep from my massage, and being very relaxed and thankful for me helping you so much. Tonight you will dream of what happened, and like before, in the dream, just before you cum, you will wake up, bringing all that arousal from the dream with you, feeling a deep compulsion to touch yourself until you cum. And each time you cum to the dream, your subconscious mind will realize more and more how much you crave to submit to me.”

Starlight used a few spells to clean up and remove all signs of their extracurricular activities, then made sure Twilight carefully re-dressed. While Star re-dressed, she did her best to re-stack all the friendship lessons. It had felt really nice crassly tossing the piles onto the ground, but she had spent less than an hour trancing Twilight and creating the dream, and it was clear actually going through the lessons would take far more time than that. She could tell Twilight to invent memories of them narrowing the lessons down, but that created more chances for Twilight to notice inconsistencies in her memory. She was a near perfect subject, but out of trance her analytical mind was sharp. If she remembered getting a massage and narrowing down two hundred lessons, but then noticed that only an hour had passed, no suggestion to ignore it would prevent her from realizing something was wrong.

She gave Twilight a suggestion to ignore the lessons being out of order. There was no doubt that knocking them off the table had ruined whatever organization method Twilight had worked up. Then she paused and added one more suggestion to help streamline things.

Finally, she sat Twilight back down on the chair where she'd received her massage and then counted Twilight up to wake. Twilight opened her eyes and looked at Starlight sheepishly. “I fell asleep again didn’t I?”

“Just a bit. But that’s good. It just means I’m doing a really good job.” Starlight smiled back innocently.

Twilight blushed slightly. She couldn't remember what had happened, but her body could still sometimes respond. “How long was I out?”

“Maybe twenty minutes? It’s been a bit under an hour since I started the massage. You looked so peaceful I couldn’t bare to wake you right away.”

That made her blush more and she looked away for a brief moment. “You should have woken me up though, we have a lot of lessons to get through.”

“Don’t worry about it. You’re the genius researcher. With both of us, narrowing down these lessons should be a snap. Besides, I love watching you work in the library.”

“Thank you Star.” Twilight smiled back, oblivious to the subtext of Starlight’s wording. “Oh, before we start, tomorrow everyone is heading out to Sweet Apple Acres to help the Apple family with making cider. Would you like to come along?”

Starlight pursed her lips. “Um, would everyone be okay with me coming to something like that? It seems kind of personal.”

“Don’t be silly. You’re our friend now Star, we’d all love to have you come with us.”

It would be suspicious if she declined, so Star didn’t see many options. “I’d be honored to come. I’m still new to this sort of thing, but I’ll do my best.”

“Perfect. Now let’s get started.” Twilight grabbed one of the pages, noticed it was upside down and simply shrugged, turning it over. “Here we are. First one is a lesson about heuristics. You see, all Equestrians are different and sometimes there are two ways to solve the same problem and sometimes people assume their way is the ‘right’ way and the other is the wrong way. So I was thinking...”

“Scrap that one, I think.” Starlight said softly.

Twilight immediately crumpled it up into a ball and tossed it into a nearby trash can. “I agree, that one is good for an intermediate lesson, but we need something more basic to start.”

Star gave her a little grin, loving how effective the extra suggestion was. Having Twilight immediately agree to scrap lessons Star told her to would speed up the process quite a bit. And then tomorrow she would make it through apples and cider, and in another few days Twilight would be ready for the next phase of the plan.

Author's Note

And here is our mid chapter storyline to flesh out more of Starlight's process.

I mentioned the update schedule would be 1 or 2 chapters per week. It's seeming most chapters will be over 2000 words, which will mean only 1 update per week, but if some more ~1500 word chapters seem appropriate, those might get more frequent updating.

Next week will be Chapter 4: Day One. Due to Thanksgiving it may be late by a few extra days