It had taken a few minutes to get used to the steady rise and fall, but Starlight’s current seat had been an inspired choice. She was able to continue her reading while carefully perched on Spike’s back as he did mindless push-ups.

His dragon adulthood had given him impressive strength and endurance. While he was dripping with sweat from the exertion, there was no hesitation or change to the pace of his workout. Star had the foresight to place a towel on Spike’s back before sitting there to ensure she didn’t get covered in his sweat and had made sure Spike was totally naked so as not to soil any of his clothes. He remained focused on the floor where Starlight had set down her blue gem. Each rep brought his eyes up close to the gem, and then at arm’s length. The zooming in and out of his hypnotic focus and the physical exertion helped pull him ever deeper.

Star turned the page of her book, then reached back to stroke through Spike’s hair while she recited his mantra about dragons, further cementing his ‘discovery’ from days before. With this reinforcement, when the time was right, Spike would not just consciously believe it, but would feel it, as real as the taste of a gem.

She pulled back her hand, now covered in the sweat of Spike’s short matted hair, and wiped it dry on the towel. She turned the next page. She was reading the third volume of Hypnotica Principala. Some of the techniques listed in this volume seemed astounding, like the ability to put someone under with a handshake. It was something that would take considerable time and practice.

Star pet through Spike’s hair once more and listened to his breathing. It was getting much more labored, and while his pace hadn’t faltered, she suspected he was close to his limit. “Good boy, Spike. Pause now.” Spike pushed up one last time and locked his elbows, allowing Starlight to stand up from his back.

“And now, you can relax.” Starlight said with a giggle. Spike slumped to the ground, gasping to catch his breath. He rolled over, giving Starlight a wonderful view of his rock hard cock. Being a dragon had given him other gifts as well. He tended to end up at full attention during Starlight’s training sessions, though he tended to get hard from a lot of things as of late. He’d tented up this afternoon when Star first showed up at his bedroom thanks to the tight cutoff jeans she’d elected to wear. That huge, throbbing member would be quite handy in the future, but that would have to come later.

She sat down next to him and whispered softly. “Such a good boy, Spike. So deep and focused. Feel your truth filling your body and mind. Recite.” Spike repeated his mantra through short gasps of air, letting the programming sink in further and further.

Starlight picked up her pendant and placed it back around her neck. She had another engagement to attend. She took a small glowing white crystal from her pocket. Going through Twilight’s books had revealed a wonderful spell that allowed her to multitask. She placed the gem next to Spike and activated it with her magic. A moment later her voice emanated from the crystal to continue Spike’s training. Starlight had recited the words into the crystal the previous night and now it would play back. Spike would get another two hours of training and then shower and awaken with only a memory of doing exercise.

Once she was sure Spike was focused on the gem’s recitation, Starlight made her way to the library. She knew Twilight would be waiting there for her. Sure enough, as soon as Star walked through the door, Twilight hopped up from a nearby desk and dashed over. “Miss...I mean, hi Star.” She blushed at the breach of protocol, getting ahead of herself in the excitement.

Starlight had created strict boundaries for their play, including the rule that the honorifics they used were only to be used when Twilight was officially submitting. Rules like that were standard practice for the kind of play Twilight had been reading up on since she found that first book that discussed submission. Adhering to those kinds of rules helped increase her trust in Starlight, but the wall between their play and normal time served other useful purposes.

“I’m eager to start too, Twilight.” She said while wrapping her arms around Twilight’s shoulders. “Are you almost done with your research?”

“I’m at a good stopping point. We can go right now.” Twilight replied, looking hopefully into Starlight’s eyes.

Star briefly considered forcing her to work on it a little more, but decided that was the wrong kind of lever to pull this time. “Alright, as long as you’re at a good stopping point. If you’re in such a hurry, you should teleport us right to my bedroom. The no magic rule doesn’t apply until we officially start.”

Twilight nodded and a moment later they popped into Starlight’s room. Twilight was already stripping off her clothes as Star made her way to the closet to retrieve the silver collar. It was a ritual she had established, part of the boundaries for play. They were still student and teacher until the collar clicked into place. Then they became Miss Starlight and Twi. It would be the third time they had gone through the sexy little ceremony, and Twilight had taken to the ritual with zeal; she certainly loved structure.

Twilight pulled off her bra and kicked her panties away, then knelt on the ground, pulling back her hair with one hand. The clothing disparity was another part of the ritual. Twilight always began naked and if she did get any clothing it was on Starlight’s command. Star always remained fully dressed during the sessions. In fact, as far as Twilight could remember, she had never seen so much as an exposed nipple from Starlight. That would change eventually, but it was an excellent training tool for now.

Star slowly walked around Twilight at first, letting her squirm in anticipation. Once Star had circled twice, she slid down to one knee and placed the collar around Twilight’s neck. Star leaned forward, pressing her lips to Twilight’s, then clicked the collar shut. Twilight moaned into the kiss as the weight of that click washed over her. As Star drew back, Twilight gazed at her reverently. “How may I please you, Miss Starlight?”

Star stroked her cheek slowly. “We’re going to start with training your mind today. Come get into position.” Starlight moved over to her bed, which was pushed up against the wall. She set up a few pillows and leaned back on them. Twilight rested her head in Star’s lap, body lying across the bed, leading herself on display. Star pet through Twilight’s hair with her right hand, while her left began to trace circles along Twilight’s tummy. “There we go. Nice and comfy, Twi?”

“Yes, Miss Starlight.” She chirped back, cooing from the soft touches.

“How do you feel right now?”

“A-amazing. It just feels so right to submit to you. I’m excited about being trained so I can please you better.”

Star purred in approval, moving her right hand up to unclasp her pendant. “That’s good. You take to your training so so well. You’ve learned to turn off that analytical part of your mind and become open for my words.” She started to sway the pendant back and forth. Twilight’s eyes quickly began to follow, conditioned to the motion from her earlier sessions. “You just follow the gem, and focus on my voice.” Star’s left hand drifted from Twil’s tummy to her thighs, tenderly stroking with her fingers. “So good as your mind begins to slip away, my voice wrapping around you like a warm blanket.”

Twilight’s eyes grew unfocused as her mind melted away. Her body still responded, though. Her hips pressed up gently as Star’s fingers glanced over her bare mound. Star continued the slow induction, taking her time, able to savor the process. Perfect wording was much less important now. After so many trances, just Star’s tone of voice was able to get Twilight’s mind hazy. “So nice when you let your mind drift away. It allows your body to become more sensitive, to respond to my touch, to let your deeper instincts take over.”

Her fingers slid down to caress Twi’s nether lips. “As you feel those instincts becoming stronger and stronger, your mind drifts deeper and deeper.” She carefully circled Twilight’s pearl with one finger. Deep in trance and working on her instinct, Twilight’s body was quick to respond, grinding back against the touches, body growing warmer from arousal.

“Feel how the more aroused you become, the more open your mind becomes, the deeper my words go, the more my words take control. So hot and submissive, so weak when your body is open for my touch.” Twilight was already overflowing and her breath was growing short. Starlight dipped two fingers into her folds while her thumb caressed her pearl.

“Wrapped around my finger. Arousal building more and more. Obedience growing more and more. You can feel just how hard you’re going to cum. It’s too much pleasure for your mind to bear. If you cum that hard, your brain will have to shut down. It’s so much pleasure, you can just let me do the thinking for you. So nice, building and building on the edge of that perfect overwhelming pleasure. It builds up all that pressure until it all bursts forth at once and you CUM.”

Twilight arched her back and groaned as Star’s tone and her fingers guided her over the edge. The climax pulled her even deeper, and as she caught her breath, hew eyes slid shut and her body went limp.

“Good girl, so wonderfully deep, collar wrapped where it should be, mind open. You feel so wonderful because you’re in my control, isn’t that right?”

“Yesss.” Twilight whispered back, as though she was far away.

“Good girl. It’s important to be a perfect submissive for me when we play, isn’t that right?”

“Yesss,” Twilight’s voice replied with a bit more focus. It had been easy to see Twilight was a perfectionist to a fault, and some of the stories she’d told Starlight had shown it could turn into an obsession.

“That’s right, it’s very important. When you submit to me, you must be a perfect submissive. When you’re with your friends it’s important to be a perfect friend. When you’re with Celestia it’s important to be a perfect student. When you perform official duties it’s important to be a perfect princess.”

The mention of perfect princess made Twilight’s expression shift into discomfort. Starlight stroked her thighs slowly to help soothe her, but not too much. “It’s stressful to be a perfect princess of friendship isn’t it?”

“Uh huh.” Twilight whispered.

“And it can be stressful making sure you’re a perfect friend and perfect student as well. What if you don’t measure up? What happens if you can’t meet people’s expectations?”

The look of discomfort on Twilight’s face grew. “I...I don’t know. I’d do my best and..”

“However.” Star whispered, interrupting Twilight's train of thought, “being my perfect submissive is easy. All you have to do is obey. Being a perfect submissive makes you feel calm and relaxed, isn’t that right?”

“Yeeeaaahhhh.” All the discomfort faded from Twilight’s face. Offered a way to avoid thinking about the stress of other roles, her mind eagerly accepted Starlight’s premise.

“That’s right. When you’re submitting to me, when you’re my perfect submissive, you feel complete and stress free. When you aren’t submitting to me, you feel the stress of those other roles and feel anxious to return to submitting. Isn’t that right?”

She waited for assent and continued, “This is because deep in your heart you’re a true submissive. A true submissive is comforted and calm when she’s submitting. Picture that deep part of your heart as a cup. When you submit to me, your obedience fills the cup and your heart is complete. When you aren’t submitting to me, the cup is empty and barren. When the cup is empty, it’s like a piece of your heart is missing. When your heart is incomplete it’s easy to become stressed and anxious. Having any piece of your heart missing will feel awful, after all. Right now the cup is full as you submit, but when you stop submitting, you’ll feel that emptiness, isn’t that right?”

“Yes.”

“Each time you feel that ache, it will be harder to ignore, it will become a little worse. Each time you submit, your heart will be full and you’ll slowly realize you can’t live without it. Your heart will realize it needs submission just as much as friendship.”

Starlight repeated the suggestions a few more times to help cement them, along with a review of older suggestions to make sure none had lost effectiveness. “Now, I’m going to count to three. When I reach three, you will wake up from trance, with all memories of what happened locked away, feeling so wonderful, cup running over with obedience. One...two...three.”

Twilight’s eyes fluttered open and refocused as she rose from trance. Her face shifted in mild confusion as her mind failed to tell her what had happened, then blushed as the dampness between her legs gave her a hint. She gazed up at Starlight and whispered softly, “It feels good when I can’t remember. It’s another part of me you control.”

“You can’t seem to get enough of my control.” Starlight giggled, leaning down to plant a soft kiss on Twi’s lips. “I need to find some more ways for you to serve me. We should find a new task for you. Kneel in front of my feet.”

Twilight nodded eagerly and slipped to the floor. She rested her head in Starlight’s lap and clutched lightly at her leg.

Starlight purred and stroked through Twilight’s hair a few times. “Good girl. I think the best pose would be one where you are ready and able to meet my desires. Move back one step and sit up so you’re at attention.” Twilight complied and adjusted her posture. “Good girl, now spread your legs out some more and rest your hands on your thighs.” Star used her hands to help Twilight make make fine adjustments to her pose, arching Twilight's back so her chest stuck out on display.

“Perfect. This is your proper place, Twi, at my feet, ready and waiting on my commands.” She stroked a hand along Twilight’s breasts to stiffen her nipples. “When you’re in your place, you can easily feel the pleasure of being open to meet my every possible desire. Now, eyes forward.”

Starlight walked out of Twilight’s vision, over to her duffel bag of toys. It was not a very extensive collection, only a few items she knew would come in handy for training. She retrieved two nipple clamps with small silver bells on the end. As she returned, the bells jingled softly, making Twilight perk up in interest. Once Starlight showed her the bells, her eyes widened.

“What you need right now is a little decoration.” Clamping the two bells onto Twilight's nipples elicited a soft yelp. Star grinned and toyed with the bells for a moment before looking in Twilight’s eyes.

“There. A good girl, decorated so nicely for me. Now I’m feeling thirsty, so I want you to go get a bottle of wine and glass and bring it back here.”

Twilight’s eyes widened again. “You mean like this?”

“That’s right. I spoke to Spike earlier and he said he was staying in his room for a few hours to exercise. His room is out of the way from the kitchen. You’ll be perfectly safe. Now no running, just take a slow, casual stroll. You’ve been following your training well, so I know you’re capable of this.”

Starlight could see in Twilight’s eyes that she was steeling herself for the task. The need to be a perfect submissive ran strong. “Yes Miss Starlight. I can do this.”

“Good girl.” Star gave her a warm kiss. “Get going.”

Twilight stood and walked out the door into the cold hallway. Starlight stood and stretched while reflecting on how well Twilight was developing. How ironic that there was such fertile soil in Twilight’s heart to be so thoroughly dominated. Star had planted a tiny seed and it was quickly germinating. Every indication was she could accelerate things. Once Twilight returned, she could take her on a stroll around the halls, perhaps even have her walk by Spike’s room.

After a while, Starlight heard the jingling of the bells. She sat back on the bed as her bedroom door reopened. Twilight walked over to Star with a bottle of red wine, a single glass, and slick thighs. She was flushed and breathing heavy. Star grinned at her in anticipation. “You look excited Twi. Maybe the chance of getting caught turned you on.”

“N-no Miss Starlight, I….” She reddened and looked down for a moment, then looked earnestly into Starlight’s eyes. “It’s not that I could have been caught that excited me. It’s that I still obeyed for you even though I might have been caught.”

Starlight paused in surprise. It was the sort of thing she’d expect, it was the kind of thing she was training Twilight to feel. And yet, hearing her say it, so earnest, so vulnerable as she admitted the depths of her submissiveness… “Oh you gorgeous sexy girl.” Star stood and wrapped her arms around Twilight, pulling her into a deep warm kiss. She used her magic to set the wine and glass down and pushed in closer. Twilight melted into the kiss, going almost limp in Starlight’s arms.

Star picked Twilight up and layed her on the bed. She removed the nipple clamps and hopped up to straddle Twilight’s hips. She leaned down, kissing and roaming over Twilight’s body, wanting to feel and claim every inch of her at once. Twilight squirmed in Star’s grasp, her own hands moving up to cup Starlight’s breasts through her blouse. Star shivered happily, quickly tugging up her top. Maintaining a disparity of being clothed while Twilight was naked was part of her plans for training her, but in that moment, she just wanted to feel Twilight's hands get closer.

Soon her thigh was pressed against Twilight’s slit. Twi moaned and ground back, moving her hands to Starligh’ts rear, holding on tight as her hips bucked faster and faster. Star purred, body heating up, mesmerized by the deep look of pleasure on Twilight’s face, wanting to feel Twilight shudder against her.

She grasped onto Twilight’s hands and stared down into her eyes. “Mmm that’s it. Good girl. Cum for me….mmmmm cum for Miss Starlight!”

Like the good girl she was, Twilight obeyed, throwing her head back, crying out in bliss. She arched her back and wrapped her legs around Star like a vise.

Slowly, the waves of pleasure subsided and Twilight fell back into the bed, limp and gasping for breath. She looked up at Star with an uncertain expression. “Oh, Miss Starlight, you haven’t cum yet.”

Star kissed her and shook her head. “You aren't supposed to worry about such things. Right now you’ve pleased me perfectly.”

The uncertainty faded and Twilight smiled at Star reverently. Starlight stared back, lost in the joy of seeing that smile. She’d made Twilight so blissful. Friendship was nothing compared to her dominance. She was broken out of her reverie by Twilight’s next words. “I love you, Miss Starlight.”

Star pursed her lips, uncertain about what to say, but then melted and smiled back. “I love you too Twi.” The words felt nice as she said them. The two lay close, gently kissing and nuzzling and relaxing in their shared warmth.

After a while, Star stroked Twilight’s cheek and offered an apologetic smile. “We’ll need to stop soon. We have a picnic to go to.”

Twilight gave a crestfallen look but nodded. “I know. We shouldn’t be late.”

Star guided Twilight up to a sitting position, slowly tracing her hands along Twilight’s back. She planted soft kisses on Twilight’s neck and cheeks, whispering soft praise with each. “My good girl.” Kiss. “So wonderful.” Kiss. “So warm and sweet.”

She began kissing Twilight's lips and brushing through her hair, continuing the soft praise, all working to soften what she knew would be a blow. Star unlocked the collar and pulled it from Twilight’s neck.

Twilight let in a sharp breath of air and gave Star a tight squeeze, burying her head into Starlight’s shoulder. Star squeezed back and kissed Twilight’s temple. “It’s okay. That was so nice, I loved it so much.”

Twilight lifted her head and gave Star another long, warm kiss before leaning back, regaining her composure. “Thank you Star. That was wonderful.”

“It’s my pleasure, Twilight.” Star grinned and used her magic to pull all of Twilight’s clothes up to the bed and helped her get dressed. The aftercare was essential, even as she was arranging for Twilight to feel massive sub drop after each of their sessions. The aftercare helped grow Twilight’s trust, and leaving too harsh a drop might make Twilight retreat from play. And Star realized the idea of leaving Twilight totally shattered would make her feel bad. Twilight belonged to her, and there was no point in needlessly harming your own possessions.

Once Twilight was fully dressed, Star walked her to the door and gave her one last kiss. “We’ll both need to freshen up. Should we meet in the library before we head to the picnic?”

“That’s a good idea. Let’s say twenty minutes?” Twilight bit her lip, hugging Star and kissing her one last time. “I’ll wait for you there.” She reluctantly stepped out of the room, giving Star a final parting glance, and then she was gone.

Starlight quickly showered and changed into a fresh set of clothes. She expected this picnic would be like the others she’d attended. They felt a bit perfunctory to her, hanging out for the sake of hanging out without having any guided purpose. It was usually a frustrating, chaotic occasion with no one in charge and conversations that flowed from cake to Wonderbolts to apples at random. Starlight spent most of the picnic time listening to everyone else and fantasizing about what it would be like once they were all under her control.

After twenty minutes, she went to the library. Twilight was waiting for her there. She had changed her clothes as well, putting on a casual blouse, but to Starlight’s shock, she had also put on the black pleated miniskirt from their first session. Twilight had been too embarrassed to let her friends see her wearing it that time, but now she was going to wear it out in public?

“Twilight, your outfit…” Star said with uncertainty.

“Hey star.” Twilight wrapped around Star’s waist and gave her a kiss. “Not often I leave you speechless.”

“I’m just surprised at your outfit choice, and I think kissing me like this breaks our rules a bit.”

“Not at all. I’m your girlfriend remember? At least as far as Rarity knows.” She’d had no choice but to tell Twilight about the white lie she’d given to Rarity. It would be trouble if the two of them were together and Twilight refused to acknowledge the lie, or worse assumed Rarity knew more than she actually did and spilled the beans about what they were really up to. “But not to worry, I’ll be discreet when we’re at the picnic.” Twilight gave her a mischievous smile.

“Oh and that skirt is discreet?” Starlight giggled back and ruffled the pleated fabric. “I can see the bottom of your cutie mark.”

“Rarity's been encouraging me to dress more exotically for years. It’ll show her you’re having an impact on me. Besides, everyone will be able to confirm I’m not hiding an equal sign down there.”

Starlight gave her a sour look and Twilight responded with an apologetic squeeze. “I know, a bad joke, but you walked right into it.”

Starlight’s expression was genuine, though not for the reason Twilight assumed. The reformed Star that Twilight believed in would naturally dislike being reminded of her past misdeeds, but the real Star felt no contrition over her actions. Being reminded of the Village of Equality was not a memory of past sins but of her own shortcomings and complacency.

The village was the only place she’d ever truly belonged, and she'd seen it as a symbol of her finally being able to solve disharmony. But it had failed. Everyone had turned on her anyway, like always. She’d been forced to come to terms with that failure and realized that cutie marks were not the source of the problem.

In reality, Twilight’s arrival had been a blessing. Equality had been flawed. The other shoe might not have dropped for years, maybe even ten, but with such a flaw, the community would have to fail eventually. Twilight had exposed the flaw far sooner and given Starlight the focus and motivation to that allowed her to find a better answer. Hypnosis could allow her to control the deepest cores of Equestrians, and fix dissonant personality traits that even removal of a cutie mark couldn't solve. She could start again and make Ponyville an even greater town than the Village of Equality. Perhaps all of Equestria would one day become as happy as Twilight was, wrapped around Starlight’s finger.

“We could date, right? Not just as a ruse towards Rarity?” Twilight bit her lip for a moment and pushed herself closer. “At first I just saw our games as an outlet for me but…” she looked down, “When I said I love you earlier during our session I...it was in the heat of the moment and don’t know if I feel things that strongly but there’s something there. If you’d be okay with it, I’d to explore being your girlfriend when I’m not being your submissive.”

It was clear Twilight had been brewing on this thought for a while. It was also clear that Twilight was broaching the subject now as a coping mechanism for the empty cup she felt in her heart. It was natural for people who played D/s games to also be a couple, and it was a nice stepping stone.

Starlight stroked Twilight’s cheek and whispered, “I do think there is something here. Just like with the games, we’ll need to take it slow and talk things over as we go, but I’d be happy to be your girlfriend.”

Twilight beamed and entwined her fingers with Starlight’s. “Thank you Star, that means a lot to me. Now I’m ready for the picnic.” She turned to lead them out of the castle. “And tonight, after dinner...could we have one more session maybe?”

Author's Note

And thus another chapter is added. I'm going to update my other story on this site before the next chapter of this comes out. Depending on how this upcoming school year looks I may have to fall back to an update every two weeks for OiM.