Pip's Treasure Chest 2: Journey to Hollow Shades

“Please Princess,” called out Kizbit. “You have a full schedule tomorrow with many important meetings. Surely somepony else can handle whatever this is!”

Celestia, however, continued to march down the halls of her castle while ignoring him. So too did she ignore all of the castle's residents as they moved out of the way for her before bowing. She ignored her staff whispering to each other about why she was outside of her quarters after the sun had gone down while wearing her sleeping gown. Celestia kept her gaze locked on the backs of her two guards as they moved swiftly down the halls, matching their pace as best she could.

As Kizbit continued to call out to the princess, Celestia followed the guards down a flight of stairs. With each step she took down these steps, she felt cold dread in the pit of her stomach as well as in every feather on her wings. Something had happened to one of her maids. Something that had caused her guards to have difficulty voicing. But she could see the fear in their eyes as they tried to speak to her. Whatever had happened to Merry Day, it had shaken them considerably.

While stepping off the landing, Celestia’s thoughts turned to Merry Day. Merry had been the topic of her latest conversations with the Head Maid. According to her, Merry’s actions had seemed abnormal. When they first spoke, Celestia was only mildly concerned but still waved off the Head Maid’s concerns. Everypony goes through a rough patch in their lives and, when she was willing to talk to them about it, they would be there. But in the days that followed that first meeting the Head Maid brought up the issue of Merry again and again. And it was with each visit that Celestia could clearly see that things were getting worse. Going into places she shouldn’t, coming into work smelling of rancid sex, rapid weight loss, breaking up with her fiancé just to name a few. It was after their last meeting earlier today that they both agreed that something needed to be done soon.

And as Celestia entered the double doors leading to medical ward of the castle, she was all too aware that ‘soon’ was too late.

“Princess,” called out Kizbit, still hounding the Princess as he passed through the double doors as well. Yet Celestia paid him no heed as she followed the guards into one of the rooms where her journey ended. “Princess, the country will need you at your best tomorrow! You have a breakfast meeting with Duke Copperhorn! He made an appointment to speak to you privately about your sist-dear sweet heavens what happened to her!”

At that moment, Celestia was only vaguely aware that Kizbit was standing next to her with a hand covering his mouth. The majority of her focus was on the sad sight that lay before her. On a table in the middle of a medical room lay Merry Day. She was completely naked for some reason allowing all those gathered in the room to see she was almost nothing more than a sack of skin and bones. The mare thrashed about wildly but to no avail for she had been strapped to the table so methodically that even her individual fingers seemed incapable of moving. Tears were running down her face as she made pitiful noises through a gag that was securely fitted into her mouth.

Pulling her attention away from the mare, Celestia became aware of the various doctors around her. Four of them stood around Merry, their horns lit up in various colors with their equally glowing hands on various parts of the struggling mare’s body. Another doctor was going around with a sponge, dabbing it on the foreheads of the other doctors as well as Merry to wipe away the sweat. Lastly, in a corner, were two doctors who were looking at an x-ray picture of a brain. And even though Celestia wasn’t a doctor and it was far away, the princess could tell just by looking at it that something was wrong.

“Princess,” said one of the doctors who had been looking at the x-ray, probably noticing Celestia out of the corner of his eye. He moved over to her quickly while the guards moved out of the way to let him pass. “Forgive me for alerting you of this situation so late at night but thank you for coming so quickly.”

“Please, do not worry about that Doctor…”

“Speedy Recovery,” supplied the doctor.

“Doctor Recovery,” began Celestia anew as she looked from him to Merry. “Please, can you tell me what has happened?”

“Ah, yes,” began Recovery before clearing his throat. “Well, from what I’ve been told, Ms. Merry Day here ran through the streets of Canterlot completely naked. Several ponies reported this to the guards and a few were sent out to arrest her for indecent exposure. And it was a good thing too because when they found her she was falling down the side of the mountain, halfway from colliding with the ground. After one of the pegasus guards caught her, however, her first instinct was to pull out the guard’s sword and try to kill herself with it. When that failed, she tried to bite her own tongue off. Thankfully, that was prevented.”

As the doctor spoke, Celestia felt one of her hands move to clutch at her heart. Slowly her gaze turned to the figure still trying to thrash about. Now her restraints made more sense.

“Forgive me,” said Kizbit as he took a step forwards, trying not to look at Merry as he did. “But, from what I am hearing, it sounds like this mare is undoubtedly troubled. Would it not have been wiser to have her taken to a mental facility rather than here? I am sure she would have received proper, if not better, care there.”

Celestia turned to look at Kizbit for a moment. While part of her wanted to snap at him for this comment, the better part of her knew he had a very good point. While the medical wing of the castle was well staffed, it could hardly compare to a facility that specialized in metal ailments. There would have been specialists there who would know how better to treat Merry as well as having better means to keep her from hurting herself and others. So, without saying a word to him, Celestia turned her attention back to Doctor Recovery.

“Well naturally we intended to do that,” said Dr. Recovery as he gestured for the princess to follow him into the corner where the x-ray picture was. As they followed him, the good doctor continued to speak. “But before we did that, we wanted to help her out as much as we could seeing as Merry is a member of the staff here. We…we wanted to make sure we did everything in our power to help her along.”

“I understand,” said Celestia as they all came to a stop in front of the picture. Now that she was even closer to it, Celestia felt a pit of dread growing in her stomach. The brain x-ray showed some sort of hazy fog surrounding it, something that Celestia had no problem recognizing what it was. Magic! So much magic and so potent that it could be seen on the x-ray.

It seemed that Dr. Recovery noticed the look that Celestia gave the picture. “It was while we were examining her that we found that,” he said sadly, shaking his head as he did while running a hand through his mane. “Whoever put that inside of her did a number on her body. There is the problem of malnutrition, but from what our magical scans have revealed her body is actively trying to fight what infected her it at all costs. There is no telling how long this has been going on, but I fear that this is a battle she will lose unless we can figure out what happened to her. Several of the doctors here are adding some of their magical energy to help fight it, but it doesn’t seem like it is making much of a difference.”

Celestia turned to look at Merry. “Then perhaps they should give it all to her,” she said.

“I really wish we could do that Princess, I really do,” replied the doctor with a sad sigh. “But we need to consider other possible patients. If we gave her all of our magic only for another seriously injured pony to be brought before us, well, we’d be useless and that pony might die. And even if we were sure that we would have enough time to recover, it seems pointless right now. We have four highly trained medical unicorns trying to help her with the most powerful spells we can muster and there has been no change.” Doctor Recovery let out another sigh. “It’s sad that I wish this were a case of drugs. That I cou-Princess?”

At that moment, Celestia was striding over to Merry as waves of guilt washed over her. Part of her blamed herself for this. If she had just acted sooner then maybe Merry wouldn’t be in this state. So she stood behind Merry so she could place her hands on her head and her horn began to glow. She could hear Dr. Recovery saying something but her whole focus was on the magical golden glow of her hands as she sent her power into Merry’s brain, ready to remove the taint that existed there. She felt her magic connect and-

Celestia took a step back as a wave of nausea hit her. For a moment the world began to spin before she doubled over and began to empty her stomach of its contents. Whatever that magic was, it was the vilest thing she had ever come across in her life.

“Princess, please forgive me,” said Dr. Recovery. “If I had known you would have done that…”

“Will she be ok?” asked Kizbit in a worried tone, looking from the princess to the mare on the table. Everypony present could hear the fear in his voice.

“Well, she’s handling a lot better than the last pony who tried that,” said the doctor with a grimace as he watched the princess heave. “Dr. Feelbetter is in her own hospital room right now.”

“But will she-” began Kizbit.

“I’ll…be…fine,” said Celestia between her gasps. Slowly she began to rise with the help of her guards. “That…was…foolish…of me.”

“It’s alright Princess,” said Dr. Recovery as he began to check Celestia’s pulse. “I don’t believe that this magic, whatever it is, will infect you like it has Merry. Still, I’d like to have you stop by in the morning for a quick check up.”

“How can you…be sure?” asked Celestia as her breath began to return to her.

“Because of the other change in Merry’s behavior,” said Dr. Recovery with a frown. “When we discovered the magic in her brain, we did our best to question her about the ponies she’s come into contact recently.” At that moment, Merry let out a loud and pitiful cry as more tears ran down her face. “All she could say was that ‘he left her’ over and over again. I tried to ask who ‘he’ is, but to no avail and only barely managing to get the gag back into her mouth before she tried to bite her tongue again. Given the fact that the magic is in her brain, I think we are dealing with a mind control spell of some kind.”

Celestia’s eyes narrowed for a moment while her hands clenched into fists. Mind control, she should have known. It was the same tactic that the Changeling Queen used on Shining Armor. She should have recognized the signs. They were right there in front of her. The off behavior. Going into places where she…

Celestia’s thoughts trailed off as a new realization washed over her. Looking down at Merry, she believed full heartedly that this poor mare had been used like a pawn. That some monster had used one of her subjects like a pawn for another’s benefit. White hot rage surged through the sun princess as she thought about what this creature had done. That thing had destroyed her chance at a happy marriage, damaged her body and mind, and then left her for dead. And those were just the things she knew. Who could guess whatever sick, twisted things she had been put through.

“Kizbit,” said Celestia in a tone so cold that the stallion in question took several steps back. “Inform Captain Ground Siege that I want a full investigation done immediately. Have Merry’s apartment checked for clues, trace her steps, speak to her friends, I don’t care. I want this monster brought before me so that he can answer for his crimes!”

At the same time, Pip was putting on the suit jacket as quickly as he could. He wanted to get out of this room as quickly as possible. Even though the temperature was pleasant, somehow being in this room just sent a shiver down his spine. Perhaps the reason was that it was in knowing that it once belonged to Succubus that made it so unbearable. If he were to look around, he could almost see her walking around trying to find something to do in this prison that was supposed to be her home.

Taking a breath, Pip looked himself over and saw that his tie had been done wrong. Frowning, he began to undo it but slowing down a bit as to do it right this time. He wanted to get this right so he wouldn’t have to spend any more time in here.

“My lord,” came the voice of Night Shift from the other side of the door. “I am here to inform you that Miss Dragon Fang has just departed.”

There was a small pause before Dark Bargain spoke. “Oh,” he said in a would be casual tone. “It is poor showing of a host not to see his guests off. I do hope there is a reason why I was not informed?”

“Indeed there is your grace,” said the maid calmly. “She received an urgent call from her summoning stone. She left so suddenly that she did not bother to take any of the leftovers I prepared for her.”

For a moment, Pip could no longer hear the voices clearly. Straining his ears, the pinto stallion could almost make out muffled sounds. Forgetting about his tie for a moment, Pip allowed his curiosity to get the better of him. Slowly he moved so that his hooves made as little noise as he could while moving closer to the door.

“-should be thrown down the pit for this latest blunder. Cutting corners on security after the last four instances!” Bargain was saying, his tone causing the fur on the back of Pip’s neck to stand up. Clearly, something bad had just happened to make Dark Bargain lose his composure. But what could it be?

“Sir, with this new situation, do you believe it is best to bring Mr. Pipsqueak to meet the Countess?” asked Night Shift. “If anything were to happen to him then Miss Succubus would be heartbroken.”

“That…that might be for the best,” said Bargain, apparently reining in his temper. “The last thing I need right now is Succubus blaming me for not keeping her husband safe. I’ll go and send out some messenger bats to request information on how bad this raid was. While we wait, we’d better err on the side of caution and make sure all the exits are securely locked.”

“It shall be done my lord,” said Night Shift while Pip heard something flowing in the background. Had she curtsied? “Perhaps after the bats have been sent, you could comfort the young miss? Perhaps read her a story like she has been asking for. It may put the both of you at ease.”

Dark Bargain let out a groan. “I still have not found a story I feel is proper enough. That latest book I have found has been pure bottom of the barrel garbage, not even halfway decent. How any pony could find such rubbish enjoyable is beyond me.”

“Begging your pardon your grace,” said Night Shift, her voice now holding a very definite edge to it. One that reminded Pip of his mother when he had done something to cross her. “But the young miss likes those kinds of stories.”

“I do not have time for this!” bellowed Dark Bargain, clearly losing his cool again. Pip could almost see his face red, twisted in rage as he stared at the maid. “If you feel that strongly about it then you read to her! Perhaps you’ll manage to get three words in before she complains about something!” As he spoke, it sounded as if Bargain was getting further away. Perhaps he was storming off to send out that bat like he said he would.

Pip didn’t know how long he stood there, waiting by the door listening for anything he could. Would Night Shift knock on the door, asking if he was ready? Or would she ask if he heard anything? If that were the case then what would she say if he answered honestly? Yet as the seconds ticked by his ears were met only with silence.

Taking a deep breath, Pip stood up straight before opening the door. Standing at the doorway, Pip could not see anypony. Slowly he leaned outwards to see that the hallway was completely empty. The maid had apparently left to some unknown place in the unfamiliar estate.

Pulling himself back, Pip began to wonder what he should do. He knew that the last thing he wanted was to stay in this room. However, he equally didn’t want to get lost in this place. For all he knew one wrong turn and he could end up falling to his death outside. Or he could bump into something less than friendly. Considering what he had seen of the Hanging City thus far, that was a possibility. Pip supposed that he could manage to find Dark Bargain’s study again since it was just down the hall…but did he want to? The Duke was in a bad mood so it might be best to let him calm down.

“Well,” whispered Pip to himself as he looked around the room. “I guess I could just stand outside and wait. I’m sure nopony will mind.”

So, after nodding to himself Pip walked out of the room before a force knocked him onto the ground.

“Oh my!” came a loud female voice from above. As Pip scrambled to get up to his feet he looked up and saw perhaps the most unusual mare he would find in this estate. She was taller than he was, which didn’t mean anything since almost everypony around was taller than him, and probably a few years older as well. Dressed in jean overalls, a long sleeve grey shirt, and thick dark gloves she seemed out of place. Especially since she seemed to have spots of soot all over her clothing and coat. That said, he noticed that she was pretty. Her coat was a rich, chocolate brown color and her long, black mane was braided in a way that it rested on her left shoulder. Her body was slender which was well suited for, what he had to guess, were A-cup breasts.

“I am so sorry,” she said as reached out. Pip took the gloved hand and quickly discovered that, despite appearances, this was a very strong mare! When she pulled up Pip felt like he was being thrown into the air with very little effort on her part. Thankfully she held onto him and managed to get him onto his hooves.

“Th-thank you,” gasped Pip, his legs shaking a bit.

“Not a problem,” said the mare with a twinkle in her brown slit eyes as she smiled at him. “Now, what’s a little colt like you doing here?”

“I’m here to see Dark Bargain,” said Pip as he fought the urge to frown while straightening up. “We’re supposed to see the Countess.” For a moment, the mare looked at him in confusion. Then, all at once, her eyes widened as realization came upon her while her smile faded. She looked almost scared.

“You’re Mr. Pipsqueak?” she asked in a tone one might use if they just realize they cut in front of Princess Twilight at the Hay Burger. Something that Pip had heard several times in fact.

“You can just call me Pip,” replied the pinto as he held out his hand. The mare seemed to relax at the gesture, grinning again as she took off her glove to take Pip’s hand in a bone crushing handshake.

“Pleasure to meet ya,” she said. “Name’s Cold Shut, Dark Bargain’s fiancée.”

“I really, really don’t want to be here,” moaned Dragonfly as she and the other mares stood in front of one of the dark dwelling of Hollow Shades. Nothing really set it apart from the others except that there were large packages on the porch wrapped in brown packaging paper. Each one of the packages went up to about her hip or perhaps higher. But beyond that, the place looked spotless.

Succubus tilted her head as she looked at the house. “What’s so bad about her?” she asked.

“You’ll see,” deadpanned Dragonfly as she exchanged a look with Ghostly. Well, she hoped she did since it was hard to tell who the other thestral was looking at. When she returned her gaze at the house, Dragonfly took a breath to both calm her nerves as well as to call out to the thestral living inside. “Hey Erotic! It’s Dragonfly and Ghostly! We have-”

Loud crashes interrupted what Dragonfly was about to say next, which she expected would happen. Honestly, she was surprised she was about to get out two more words before it happened. Soon the crashes stopped and the door swung open so fast that Dragonfly was surprised it didn’t fly off its hinges. As the door hit the outside wall a slender, flat chested thestral wearing nothing but a bathing robe and square shaped glasses jumped out of the building with her arms extended as she flew towards Ghostly.

“Ghostly!” shouted Erotic as she stared at the white mare. Before Ghostly could take a step back, Erotic, who has had a grey coat and a short midnight blue mane, had her head nestled in the pale mare’s bosom. With a cat like grin, Erotic’s hand moved up to grope the other mare’s breasts causing her to ‘eep’. This was followed by Ghostly trying to do what any sane thestral would do in this situation: try and pry the offending mare off!

“So nice,” breathed Erotic as Ghostly placed her hands on perverted mare’s head and tried to push her off. “It’s been soooo long since I last felt these wonderfully big, soft boobs! How could any sane pony hate them?”

“Please,” huffed Ghostly as she continued to try and pry Erotic off of her. “Help.”

“Erotic, please let go of her,” said Dragonfly, sounding exhausted as she went behind the mare to grab her robe. Dragonfly then began to try and pull her away while doing her very best not to pull the robe off. “Do we really have to go through this every single time? Do we really need to have another meeting with my father about this behavior?”

“As long as I can hold these,” began Erotic as she gave the breasts a squeeze, “then it’s completely worth it!”

“But we have company!” shouted Dragonfly.

“Company?” repeated Erotic as she looked around. For the first time, she took notice of Succubus who had been standing there watching everything transpire with a small smile on her face. Dragonfly could see Erotic’s eyes widen causing her to grip the perverted mare’s robe all the tighter while bracing herself. Erotic then shouted something that had the words ‘want’ and ‘boobs’ before lunging at Succubus so fast that her robe ripped.

Luckily Dragonfly let go for the robe fragment in time, wrapping her arms around the perverted mare’s waist just in time. She was dragged forward for a bit before planting her hooves into the ground in order to hold her back.

“She’s off limits!” yelled Dragonfly as Erotic struggled to get free with a lustful look in her eyes. “She’s married and-” Whatever Dragonfly was going to say next never escaped her mouth. Upon hearing this, Erotic let out a painful wail that pierced the silent night before going limp.

“She’s off the market?” asked Erotic, sounding like she was going to cry. “Then why did you bring her here? To torture me with what I’ll never have?” She then looked over at Succubus’ breasts before muttering, “Lucky bastard.”

“Oh, I don’t mind a little grabbing as long as I get to return the favor,” said Succubus in a casual tone that shocked Dragonfly. Well, until she remembered how Succubus had convinced Ghostly to join her on this mad venture. Remembering how the two of them stood naked, bodies pressed against each other made the act of grabbing a pony’s breast seem tame.

As Dragonfly let go of Erotic she noticed the mare shiver at these words. “Ooooh, I like her,” said Erotic as she stood up straight while part of her robe began to fall off her body to reveal her chest which shined in the moonlight. Thankfully, few ponies were outdoors right now. “Well then, what’s your name sexy?”

“I’m Succubus,” was the reply as Succubus wrapped her arms under her breasts as to push them up a bit. Everypony there could see that Erotic was fixated on those breasts. “Do you mind if we come inside? There’s something I’d just love to talk to you about.”

“Sure thing,” said Erotic with a grin as she walked to the door while swaying her hips. Dragonfly hesitated for a moment along with Ghostly, both having been inside her house before. And while neither mare wanted to go inside, Dragonfly knew that it was better to go inside to talk about Succubus’ offer rather than to stay outside with Erotic’s robe continuing to fall off. So after taking a moment to brace themselves, Dragonfly and Ghostly followed the eager Succubus.

This was something that they would both regret the moment they stepped inside to the building’s family room. The only piece of furniture in the room was a single love seat situated in the back of the room facing the fireplace so that its occupants could see everything in the room perfectly. Hanging proudly off the dark wood walls were various posters of nude mares showing off their large tits. Some of them looked like they were at the beach, soaking up Celestia’s blasted sun with their hands rubbing up against their pussies. Others clearly looked like they had been taken at a photo studio. There, the nude mares posed with their hands touching their breasts while standing in front of cheap backgrounds. The most disturbing poster hung over the stone fireplace showing a female griffon in some form of bondage. The image made it look like the griffon had been made into a trophy to be hung on the wall. Her lower torso and claws were hidden on the other side of the wall in a way that caused her to arc her body and make her breasts more prominent. Along the walls were various glass cases positioned so that they wouldn’t get in the way of the posters. And in each of these glass cases were various sex objects. Blinders, blindfolds, dildos, ball gags, anal plugs, and things Dragonfly had no idea what they were for.

“Ooh,” exclaimed Succubus as she began to examine the posters more closely. “You have an impressive collection here.”

“Thanks,” said Erotic as she allowed her robe to fall unceremoniously onto the floor revealing the book cutie mark on her flank for all to see. “I had to specially order them because, well, you know. Ponies around here are uptight about everything! Spazzing out over little things like showing off ‘too’ much fur. It’s crazy!”

“It’s immodest,” growled Dragonfly as the fur on the back of her neck stood up.

“And their views on large breasts are just so…anal,” continued Erotic as she threw up her arms. “You know how it is. Most mares have them cut off early rather than living with the ‘shame’ of having them. I have to be the only mare in this town who wishes she had the same treasures you mares have. Instead I am cursed to have these small lumps on my chest instead.” As Erotic spoke, her hands moved to cup her breasts. “Oh how I wish I could just swap these with somepony else’s.”

“Well then,” said Succubus as she continued to walk around the room. “Have you ever thought of leaving Hollow Shades?”

“I did,” said Erotic with a sigh while walking over to sit in the love seat. Once seated, she rested her head in her hands while her elbows were parked on her legs. “For three months I was living in Horseshoe Bay and it was a nightmare. Everywhere I went ponies either assumed I was a member of the Night Guard or a vampony wanting to suck their blood. Every other morning I found the door to my apartment covered in garlic! I’m just lucky nopony tried to run a stake through my heart. And don’t get me started on the sex! Some of them wanted me to bathe in ice cold water so I’d feel ‘more like a corpse’. Others wanted me to suck all the blood from their bodies when they came. Seriously!”

“Oh you poor thing,” said Succubus as she walked over to the naked mare and sat down next to her. Once seated, Succubus wrapped an arm around the other mare’s shoulder who immediately leaned her head over to rest it on the other mare’s breast.

“In the end I decided it would be best just to move back here where I would only have to deal with that crap during the tourist season,” continued Erotic. “Thankfully I can work anywhere, even if this place is a major roadblock to my creative side.”

“She’s a writer,” said Dragonfly before Succubus could ask. “Mostly porno books that are sent across Equestria. But she also writes stuff that we can sell to foals during the tourist season.”

“I haven’t read any of her porno books,” said Ghostly. “Mainly because she isn’t allowed to sell that sort of stuff here. But the ones she’s allowed to are really good. We get some ponies who come every year just to see if she’s written anything new.”

“Really?” said Succubus, her eyes lighting up. “What books have your written?”

“Well,” began Erotic with a grin as she straightened up. “I am the acclaimed writer of ‘Land of Desires’. It’s about two mares who have lived in a country where pleasure of any kind is outlawed but are sent on a mission to another country. There they quickly discover that this new land is all about sexual freedom! Then I wrote ‘The Three Wishes’ which is about a stallion who gets three wishes and uses them to fulfill his most perverted dreams. I also wrote “The Seventh Element: Orgasms’, but that was taken off the shelves really quickly since the characters too closely resembled the Element Bearers. Can you believe that? Well, anyways, the story I’m working on now should be a big hit. Haven’t thought of a name yet but it’s going to be about a superhero who gets her powers from orgasms! The stronger the orgasm the more powerful she becomes! I was just getting into the writing mood when you lovelies showed up.”

“Please,” moaned Dragonfly as her hands began to cover her face. “Stop.”

“Oh don’t be that way Dragonfly,” said Erotic who looked over at the other mares in the room as she spoke. Ghostly had been lightly biting one of her fingers while her cheeks had gained a bit of red. Succubus seemed to be looking at her with great interest. “You really need to learn how to relax about this stuff.”

Dragonfly frowned as she saw Succubus nod in her direction before looking over at Erotic. “Well, if you would like to leave Hollow Shades again, I know the perfect place for you: Ponyville. It’s where me and my husband live. Right now we are recruiting as many open minded thestrals as we can who would like to join us and work at our strip club. Ghostly has already agreed and we have already asked Batibat.”

“A strip club?” asked Erotic before a dreamy gaze appeared on her face. Dragonfly watched as Erotic shamelessly reached down to her exposed slit and began to rub it lightly. “Surrounded by nude and semi nude mares. In the bathroom, several stallions jacking off to the dancers while wishing they were fucking their favorite.” She paused as she let out a moan. “Maybe some of the mares doing the same after a hot dance. All the research I could ever want.”

“And think about this,” whispered Succubus as she leaned over to talk into Erotic’s ear. “You could sell your book in the store we have downstairs. You could hold a dildo before buying it, no more mail orders for you. And so many sexy outfits for you to try on.”

Erotic’s hips gave a bit of a jerk at that. “Yes,” she hissed. Then, suddenly, she stopped as a thoughtful look appeared on her face as well as a frown. Her hands then moved to once again cup her breasts. “It sounds good, but I don’t think I’ll be a big hit. Not with these little things. Stallions outside of Hollow Shades prefer mares with larger tits.”

“Don’t worry,” purred Succubus. “I know for a fact that there are stallions out there who would love a feisty sexy mare like you. There are plenty of good stallions out there who get nice and hard when you show them small, perky boobs like yours.”

“Really?” asked Erotic, sounding unsure.

“I’m positive,” replied Succubus with a nod. “In fact, one of the best dancers at the club is a Zebra with breasts as big as yours. The stallions love-” In a flash, Erotic had straddled Succubus’ hips with her hands on the other mare’s shoulders. There was a wild, lust filled look in Erotic’s eyes.

“You have a zebra working for you?” she asked/demanded. “I’ll go just for the chance to met a real life zebra and for the chance to sleep with her!”

“Alright then,” said Succubus calmly. “But before we go, we need to talk about some of the rules. Personally I don’t have a problem if you show your love with my breasts, but some of the dancers might…have a…” Succubus’ words began to be drowned out by noise coming from the outside. Angry shouting was echoing through the once still night as was the marching of hooves. The mares could all hear doors slamming shut as the various thestrals living nearbye left quickly to either find out what was going on or knew and were joining in on what was sounding like a riot.