Foxes of War

Hours later, back in Marian's world

It was around midnight and everyone was sleeping soundly in tents, except for the Doom Marines and the library’s lights were still on.

POV...Victor

I toyed with my drink, grumbling as I sipped it. “Kvass. Urara makes good One.” I sighed.

“Hey, you want to go for a dance?” a vixen in a diving suit asked. Oh hey, Penny right?

“Uh, sure?” I asked.

“You know, you’re cute!” She told me as she dragged me towards her ship and nuzzled me. Hmm, it looks kinda familiar…

I nuzzled her awkwardly, taking in her scent. It smelled of death and blood, but also of the ocean. She smiled at me and nuzzled me.

“You doing okay?” She asked. I felt weird, but I was liking this.

“I… think,” I said.

“Hey, so you want to roll around in the hay? I’ve been fighting in a war for while now.” She told me as I blinked, though my cock stirred at her suggestion. “Good, come on lover boy~ I’m sure if Marian likes you, You're a great lay!”

“I… Okay,” I said, nibbling her Neck. She purred before she started undressing. I kissed her, massaging her back as she purred.

“You're a Displaced like me right? I heard from Todd about tokens. Do you have one.” She asked as I gave a deep purr and laid her down. She purred as I tossed my Token to her ship which stored it somehow with light before I slid a hand between her legs and started to rub.

“Hmmm, fuck, yes, im-” She moaned before covering her mouth. Wait, is one of her fetish being knocked up?

“Penny? Do you have a pregnancy fetish?” I asked her.

“Um...yes.” she mewled as I purred and kissed her deeply. She moaned into it as I explored her body and fingered her. and got down to it. The whole time I laid with her I felt ADAM rushing around adapting to me as we made love

“Getting Close, my dear Penny~” I purred as I nipped her neck, moving her to missionary to kiss her on the lips. She moaned into it as my knot swelled up and cock got ready. Oh, she felt so good! They made Big Sisters like artworks!

“Ah!” She cried out as my seed flooded her womb and claimed the masterpiece of Rapture. I purred as she wrapped her legs around my waist with a returned purr of pleasure. “Ooooh yeah! Thank you, my lover, ~” She moaned to me.

“And thank you, my sweet Penny, ~” I crooned softly, both mine and her legs shaking from our little meeting and I believed I had found a silver lining in this day.

We laid there as I decided this day was bit redeemable. Still pissed the fuck off though. I looked down at Penny and just felt warm inside. I kissed her again.

“Sleepy~” She mewled as she fell asleep under me and I was still knotted. I purred, laying back as hugged her and I entered the Dream time.

POV...Marian

“Did Victor rough you up?” I asked Palutena in concern.

“Nah he wishes he could, but all he really did was tickle me,” Palutena responded,

“Is he mad?” I asked, not wanting to lose him.

“Upset, yes, but I think he is just too used to getting his way all the time, so because I beat him to the punch, he is resentful that I took his thing or what he perceived as his, that mentality is eventually going to push people away.”

“Might it be his dragon soul? He’s like the Dragonborn from Elder Scrolls now and well you know Alduin and the dragons of that game. Domination and power over everything else.” I said, hoping Victor could overcome this new trait.

“You do realize that my true form is that of a dragon right?” Palutena replied,

“No...but is it related to the Dovah of Elder Scrolls. Each fantasy dragon has a different general feel. WoW, act mostly an elder protector if they’re not fucked with.” I commented.

“More closely related to Smaug, than elder scrolls but tempered with a lot of other species and human upbringing of being selfless as possible.

“So similar but as close. Victor has a Hoarding mentality and a needs to be the best and dominate his competition...I think. I haven’t really been to his world. Urara would know more.” I sighed.

“He should meet my friend Ax, he is a dragon from War Machine/Iron Kingdoms. Which makes Skyrim dragons seem reasonable in comparison.”

“Well, I’ll let him have his space for now,” I said looking to the Forest. “I know a good spot over here in the forest. It’s just next to a large bathhouse next to the Chapel.”

She nodded and followed me into the Everfree, getting a weapon out and scanning passively about. I saw the doom marines catching up with us just as I found the spot for the Temple, it was over the remains of a Library and some schools from what I could tell. My Manor was a few blocks away and Bathhouse just in front it. The spot was in view of Zecora’s hut, but safely away and nowhere near Steven’s cave.

Palutena sent a pulse of magic through the building removing books and other items still worth retaining and stored them in a separate pocket dimension to sort through later, once she had done that she slammed her hands together like you would when praying and the structure was crushed and recycled materials floated in its place.

The ground rumbled behind us and I looked to see Todd’s temple rising out of the ground as the Chapel-goers used magic to raise it. Once it was out of the ground it looked like it was carved from the skull of a massive dragon, the skull being as large as Palutena’s temple base.

Palutena sent out another pulse through the forest searching for valuables, books, and ruined structures. With a nod, she started extracting what she found and deposited it into her new pocket dimension. Once done, she gouged out a two-hectare radius around the settlement and cleared the land, retrieving all the materials gathered. With a satisfied smile, Palutena dug up a smallish hole in the ground where the old building had been and dropped a dodecahedral crystal into the hole and close it.

I sat there watching her as I held my sloshing belly from all the shaking, the sound made Palutena flip an ear to me, but not much else as she worked.

There was a rumble as crystalline threads sprouted and wove themselves into a five-story tower of white, gold and purple, on top of a single story rectangle, on the two were several balconies and on top was a large center orb and four smaller ones at each corner, all had rings of gold rotating and spinning around them. Around the base were statues of Palutena and a drawbridge leading to a portcullis. The ground around it sunk down and fountains on the walls began filling it in with pristine water. Creating a moat.

“That’s...amazing,” I said looking at the finished work. Todd’s temple was brutal and badass, but Palutena’s was a work of art. I looked it over before seeing some elemental constructs sprint out from the entrance and look over Rarity’s damaged Wards before they began working on new ones. “Who are the weird creatures?” I asked Palutena as she walked over me, a bulge in her robes.

“They are my constructs, they are made from my magic, I got the idea when I saw my friend Rin’s cute fox minions.”

“Oh, so they’re fixing Rarity’s wards?” I asked as she hugged me, letting me feel her excitement as Berserker and Runner walked up.

“More like moving the wards back, strengthening them, adding new ones and creating a link to my temple, which can detect hostiles, in the vicinity an upgrade I added after my guards became overwhelmed by the sheer number of monsters,” Palutena explained.

“Thanks.” I mewled, blushing from her member and how much she was helping.

“Don't forget about our branch we added to your place and people.” Berserker stated.

“Ah yes, indeed that is the case and the embassy of Gilgamesh’s Equestria and his own country.”

“Well, That May make soapstone Mirrors useless.” I chuckled up to her.

“Not really, this temple only has a connection to other temples I have planted in other worlds meaning that it’s limited to the worlds of my acquaintances, family, and friends.”

I think I may hate being a teenager again. I’m always so much smaller than everyone. “I see...and Victor doesn’t have your temple so he would need to get it before he could use this,” I said before Crystal roots rose with two mirrors, one with wolf dragon head and the other was the Slayer mirror from the Keep’s moat. Both were in good condition but the roots seemed to be asking where to put the new mirrors.

“Guys?” I asked them looking at the building now in the forest. “Where should those go?”

“The Bathhouse, Marian,” Zecora said, walking over, covered in demon blood. “I don’t think Victor would like walking into his rivals/mate’s temple everytime he uses the mirror.”

“Rival?” Runner questioned.

Palutena purred and hugged me tighter.

“It’s his instincts, isn’t it?” Berserker asked Palutena.

“It’s the aspects, so I guess it can be likened to instincts, the biggest being the need to spread life and procreate,” Palutena replied with a shrug.

“Besides, I intend to give Victor his own version of my temple, just a warning the huge library is filled with reviving twilights depending on their location they may appear like ghosts, they are not. Also be careful about not getting lost in there, stick close to the entrance if you are unsure, five cubic miles of books, bookcases and the like can be disorientating for new visitors.”

“Undead are not new here,” Zecora told Palutena as she walked back to her hut. “But they mostly live up north.”

“So I guess the bathhouse for the Mirror...roots?” I said before the Mirror lowered and reappeared at the entrance to the Bathhouse. “And I will,” I said to Palutena as she nuzzled me. “Why are you hugging me so much anyway...my feet are exactly on the ground now with how tall you are.”

“She likes cuddling, it’s her favorite thing, especially when she gains a new mate.” Runner told me, giving me a thumbs up. “Congrats by the way.”

“I am indeed a cuddle bug,” Palutena chuckled.

“Oh..okay.” I mewled as she chuckled. “I don’t mind that I guess. I have very limited dating experience, only Todd and another girl I’m forgetting right now.”

“Now onto my next contribution, now that space has been cleared and the temple is up. I shall place my stall.” Palutena said, “Any specific market area?” Palutena asked Zecora.

“I would have said Ponyville, buuuuutt,” I said, looking at the ruined town. “Maybe next to my Manor?” I said point over to still barely repaired home.

“Okay,” Palutena said simply and made her way over to my home, just outside it she placed an orb that began to float in position with a glowing white light tethering it to the ground, a screen appeared with an installation bar.

“Thanks,” I said, nuzzling her as she looked over my shambling Manor.

Palutena then sent out a pulse of repairing magic, repairing everything in a sixty-mile radius.

“Whoa, what the fuck!” Shade said rushing from the Manor, Silva close behind her.

Just as she finished the repair spell the orb dinged and white translucent version of her floated there.

Humming, she began setting up a sewage and water system and pipes underground, piping water from Palutena’s moat.

“Can you add a TV and Internet! We couldn’t get those out here before!” Shade said like an eager child. I sent a scowl her way.

Palutena with a chuckle, laid down solar panels, wind turbines and a large number of capacitors that she buried, to save space. She then created tv’s and high-end PCs in each house and using her magic she added satellite dishes and fiber optic cables to the houses and budding town, “okay the infrastructure will automatically add a new house to the grid so you don’t have to do that manually, I will just be a moment.”

Palutena disappeared and reappeared above Equus, she started repairing satellites and created a massive station, that she entered connecting all the satellites to convert data or control them, meanwhile, she began repairing ships and setting them on course to the Everfree,

As she finished, noting a lot of other stations remained, whole and still active by mostly AIs. It became clear as her station retrieve a comm link up. “REPORT UNKNOWN STATION OR BE FIRED UPON!” a gurgled voice yelled out as the face of a skeleton dragon appears, name Legion Command.

“This is the goddess Palutena owner of this station and Princess of Equestria. This stations job is to repair satellites and to record data from those satellites, and to also reinstate global communication and entertainment.” Palutena said as she hacked the system adding her and several others who had recently been crowned to the old machines.

“GIVING PERMISSION TO HAVE ACTIVE ORBIT! PRIORITY PROTECTION ADDED FOR COMMUNICATION SATELLITES! ALL MAC STATIONS ONLINE!” The AI roared out.

Palutena rolled her eyes and deactivated the satellite’s weapons, and reprogrammed it, having hacked it completely. She added herself and other important people and the station she added to orbit to the defense grid, before resetting it. Now with her internet and tv satellite ready, she began rerouting internet, WayPoint, television signals to the ground, having also added her home worlds tv and internet, with www3 and alter Equus TV as ways to distinguish from this worlds original shows and her own.

Palutena returned to the ground were flyers hovered above the Everfree, she began creating a hanger for the flyers and landing pads. Next to her temple.

“Yes! No more reading moldy books!” Shade cheered rushing into the repaired Manor.

Palutena wasn’t finished she added a screen where, tv can be streamed in public, once done with that she checked her store, it had updated and now people had gathered around it in confusion.

“This is my store, Palutena’s spells. I sell spells in formulae or in one-time use scrolls. There is a second shop on there for adults only, Palutena’s secret, lingerie, adult toys for anthro and humanoids usually, ponies have to get a custom order done,” Palutena explained. “I accept most forms of currency except Scottish pounds and scoltish bits.”

“COOOL!” The Twilight from this world gasped.

“What’s with the...town?” Applejack asked as the ponies looked at the houses.

“Oh I just repaired it, gave it running water, electricity, tv, internet, a new store, improved on Rarity’s runes moved them further out adding more runes, about to improve the roads, oh and I repaired the flyer graveyard, fixed the satellites and added a new station which will beam all the satellite and defense grid info to it, to then convert the internet and tv send it down here to Equus added a new web protocol www3 which will be websites from my world, and a new tv service alter tv which is tv from my Equus. And once I get done with the roads I’ll be adding a rail connection and station.”

The townsfolk cheered for her before picking out homes to replace their old homes.

Palutena went back to work giving the town proper roads and a road that lead to Ponyville, off to the side she created a path through the trees and created two rail lines that would bring inbound and outbound trains to Ponyville and the rest of the Equus train network. Palutena had fenced off the rails while in the forest to prevent wildlife or curious citizens getting stuck or dying on the rails. She added street lights and various Guardian related technology. Including a backup source of Light should the Traveler become incapacitated or it left. Which was in the form of a large water fountain which was covered in lights and had benches set into its stone ring outside in the square in front of the castle of the two sisters in its restored glory.

“Whew, done now.” Palutena smiled happily.

“Thanks,” I told her as she swooped me up and smiled at me.

“You’re welcome,” Palutena said as she gently ruffled my hair.

Elsewhere up north

All of the Guardians shivered as they felt something akin to the Traveler’s Light down south. “That’s weird,” Zen-2 said laying with the Exo girl he had picked up for the night.

Back to Marian

“So where are we going, Pally?” I asked as she nuzzled me, had me send the Doom Marines home. Although, they saw themselves out, seeing as they were no longer needed, using Pally’s Temple to get back.

“Well, for now, we are just going to stroll through the town, one that you have yet to name as far as I can tell, and perhaps get something nice to eat or I could cook,”

“It wasn’t a town before.” I mewled. “And I don’t mind cooking, I am a trained chef.”

“It’s a town now, and likely going to become a hub of renewed civilization in the Everfree, the harmony should also aid her in her defense of Equus.”

“While I am talking to you, I am also prepping the underground, ready to house the arcology and residential buildings so the Everfree won't be destroyed due to expansion. Accessed by elevators or in emergency several stairwells, the combined space I safely dug out and reinforced is going to be miles long and wide.”

“I see,” I said as we began, what I guessed was a date.

Palutena kissed her on the forehead, “relax and enjoy yourself. I certainly am with my mate.”

“Okay,” I said leaning into her.