Loves noonby SilverHoof1ChaptersRocky RoadSomething Fishy..warm and crowdedRocky Road“Morning sunshine,” a soft voice said next to my ear. The natural response was obviously a groan before turning away from the noise. “Five more minutes ma..” i grumbled from my pillow before my head began to drift into the clouds of sleep. Those clouds suddenly went away in a hurry though when I felt a sudden set of four claws dig into my rump. Yelping in pain I sat up fast, disturbing cloud to jump off my rump before he was squished, his yellow eyes giving me a half hooded glare that it seemed cats mastered at birth. Heck he was only a bit more than a year old, having grown up from the small young and starved kitten he was in the alley. Riptide cleared his throat, giving a smug smile and looking very pleased with himself. “The cloud a’clock works everytime~” “And just like every time you sleep on the couch tonight,” I shot back with a huff. That wiped the pleased look off his face, but before he could beg for otherwise cloud hopped ontop of his head, and with the added weight of a full grown cat his head went down into the sheets, it being cloud’s turn to look pleased with himself. I myself smirked before saying casually “good cat, you just got the two of you back under covers,” A muffled yay could be heard under the purring ball of fluff, which I guessed came from Riptide and I giggled. Since we had first gotten together a year ago things had been going well. Cloud had been steadily growing and getting the shots required for him to be in public, and their relationship had continued to grow more.. Intimate over time. The thought of some of the things they had done brought some color to my cheeks, which were, atleast before work quickly herded away. Work over time had become a bit of a struggle, aloe beginning to push me to do other jobs as she continued to get better, which honestly mostly just caused stress and anxiety that I wouldn’t do it right and would get fired, and she was my boss. I couldn’t just tell her I wanted to stick with the one job i originally had. Could I? That also got pushed out of my mind as the main concern of actually getting to work came to mind. Before long I was trotting out of the home, calling a goodbye through the door before closing it behind me. Thanks to the surprise cloud wake up I could make it on time, not that that made me like the process anymore. Cloud really had sharp claws and it was not a nice wake up call that was for sure. Even so i was on the way there and knew i could get there without breaking a sweat so that was nice atleast. The spa ponies as usual were sitting behind the chair waiting for me, a smile on Aloe’s face at the sight. “Ah it is good to see you Misty, I was hoping I could ask a favor of you,” she said in her exotic accent, looking at me with a beaming smile. Damnit why did she have to do that it was like puppy eyes on overdrive. Except mature. Hesitating, i tilted my head to the side before asking cautisiously “what is it Aloe? You already have my schedule pretty full..” “I know and im very sorry to add more, but it would make me the world” she responded, giving me the puppy dog eyes. She said that every. Single. Time. “Only if its something quick..” i grumbled, knowing my face was still a calm mask. Note the word mask, since inside a kettle was whistling like it was threatening to burn down the house. At that Aloe gave a bright gleaming smile, as if her teeth had silver plotting along the front. “Ahh perfect! I was hoping that today you could try selling the customers scented candles before they go in?” “We tried that before remember? All that got us was weird stares and at worst a lower tip,” “But we did that after they finished, if we do it before maybe they would be more open,” she responded breezily, and her sister, or atleast i thought it was her sister, Lotus Blossom, rolled her eyes. “Aloe, I believe you should listen to misty on this one,” she said, but once again Aloe gave her large smile and said breezily “It will be different this time i swear,” This time both me and Lotus rolled our eyes, nearly at the same time. I had told her earlier about Aloe, but she hadn’t talked to her about it and i was afraid to do so. Because you know i need my job and all. I would like to keep that, and i trusted Lotus, she seemed more mature. Aloe though seemed like the type that if she was told no she would get a hissy fit. Considering i had no secrets from this place as well the only way she could deal with it is by firing me. “I still don’t think its a good idea, plus isn’t selling things your job?” i replied, raising an eyebrow and taking a step to my own post. Rage spiked in her eyes and she snapped “I’m busy and i don’t have the time,” Oh gee, ditto miss bossy boss bossertin. Infact she had slowly been putting all of her chores around the place on me, making me busier then the both of them combined. The worst part was I had seen Aloe slacking and just reading a book while i did all the work, or atleast most of it. Lotus still did her jobs, and sometimes if we were working in the same area we would share gossip and stories. It wasn’t like the job was all bad either though, i had met some new friends here, including one of my new best friends Crystal, who i had met a few weeks ago. Riptide had actually gotten to meet her and they hit it off well, talking about science and magic and things that i could never understand as a earth pony. Infact i don’t know how riptide knew anything unless he had some kind of special magic related to the water. That would explain how he managed to surf.. The sound of an impatiently tapping hoof brought me out of my thoughts. Aloe had aparently been staring at me the entire time i had been thinking, a tray of scented candles, each with their own price tag, laying on the desk infront of her. It was always so annoying when she acted like a spoiled filly, but what could i do? She was the boss, and if I wanted my job I had to do it. So keeping my grumbling internal i took the tray in my mouth, set it near the door that led to the private spa room, and walked over to the steam room, already having to start my first chore. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a shadow flash in and out of existence. My old thief instincts triggered my head whipped towards the sight, but whatever it had been, if there had been anything, was gone. I stared for a few more seconds anyway just incase, then shaking my head i started walking again. I must be seeing things, there was nothing there. Don’t freak out, there is no reason too, no freaking out. Don’t do it, no. Bad mind no. The shadow seemed to flash another five times in my vision, convincing my brain i was either being followed or i was going crazy from stress. Both options were equally likely, but luckily it was a short walk and before long i was at the steaming room. Opening the door i was greeted by the humidly warm combination of air and steam, my mane instantly sticking onto my forehead and frizzling at the same time. Shaking my head, I headed into the room, my hair hanging infront of eyes blocking my eyesight a bit. Apparently a little bit of hair can cover up a lot since there was already someone in the steam room. That's when my eyes turned off(she closed her eyes) and i turned around. It was.. I wasn’t completely sure. It was blue, with a green and lighter blue mane. Its eyes were sideways like a snakes, but she obviously wasn’t a snake, i could see that in detail since she was naked. Well i had for the few seconds atleast, but that was enough to see the protruding tail of some type coming from between her legs. “Well hello there,” i grumbled, turning back to her my eyes still not working. “Hi darling, sorry I didn’t want to lock the door.. Incase someone else did come in~” “Oh god, jeeze this still pg13?” i replied, opening an eye to look a “bit low”. “Yup, and stop ruining the story there aren’t that many walls to break,” “Wait what? I was just joking what do you mean “breaking walls”?” “Nothing nothing darling,” the thing.. Which I guessed was a pony laughed merrily, giving me a toothy yet somehow friendly smile. How could it do that - which i also saw was a she -, it looked like it planned to eat me in the most friendly way while her eyes glittered “You’ll like it~”. “Two questions, one who are you, two why are you here in the steam room when we aren’t even open?” “You mean you didn’t notice the images?” she said poutily, and my mind flashed back to the dancing shadows i had seen in the corners of my eyes, and immediatly my eyes looked to her forehead.. but there was no horn. “Fine, i got in here a while ago when I wanted a break, and to answer your other question my name is..well lets say i’m the one you come too for fun~” “That still isn’t an answer,” I responded stubbornly, and she raised an eyebrow. Suddenly i felt a soft pressure in my head, and after a second of tense pressure i felt all the tension leak out of my body like water. At that the pupil of one of her eyes had turned into a pink heart, pulsing softly as the tension continued to leave and she said in a breezy tone “relax your fine and i’m not going to hurt you, my name is Aristo mache -” she paused for a second and the heart faded from her eye, then she smiled “shark pony succubus extraordinaire of the interesting arts at your service misty,” “How did you - “ she cut me off with a laugh, smiling teasingly “name tag sweetheart,” “Oh, right,” I said, rubbing the back of my neck with a hoof. Suddenly she was wearing a simple towel, as if it had happened as quickly as the blink of an eye, and i blinked again, but the towel stayed. “I heard someone was having troubles down here and i wanted to come by to help, i may be part succubus but that doesn’t mean i care only about having fun,” she said, her voice taking on a “talking to a prayer” tone, as if I would hold a cross at her shouting demon. Why would I? My body felt like taffy and my mind was sluggish, the theif like awareness going away with the tension slowing me down to a normal pace. “Okay, your right but that opens up too new questions - “ the sluggishness increased, and i blinked suddenly feeling both hot and sleepy. My eyes locked onto hers, but this time there was no heart, but there was a sign she was using magic. Her left eye had a slightly odd pink shine to it, and I gave a curious smile, too relaxed and hot to consider it beyond weird. “Are you using magic on my head, your eye is glowing,” “U-uh no..” she said, obviously startled as she blinked, the glow going away and the feeling going with it. I thought succubi could only do things related to “fun”, but her corrilation to other races seems to give her a wider range. The mind magic probably mixes well with both succubus and pony magic, although i wonder if the visual glow is from her being part shark. If so that would be interesting, maybe if i can not be seduced or hypnotized into her hoofs she could actually help. Making my decision, i looked at her sternly, which seemed to hit a shy streak in her, Aristo slightly flinching away from my gaze. “Don’t do that please, come out of the room or if you want check to make sure everything is running smoothly so I don’t have too,” I instructed her, the comment on what she had done seemed to subdue her, but from the small glint in her eye i had the feeling if I wasn’t careful I would be eating out of her.. hoof, if things got out of hand. A couple minutes later she came out, looking at me with that same friendly-toothy smile. “So, whats up butter cup?” Something Fishy..“Really that's it? Jeeze, from the distress I thought it was dissatisfaction or something,” Aristo said breezily. That was kind of easy for her to say since for one she could use magic and most likely do all my chores at once like it was nothing. Two she was sitting in a chair next to me playing with her tail while i scrubbed the floors with a sponge. “It is dissatisfaction, i don’t like how this is going and I have the feeling that by the end of this month i’m going to be doing all her chores,” I said patiently, imagining the lazy succubus as an ignorant child. “Then why don’t you just talk to her, or better yet why not -” “No, don’t even go there its not that kind of spa,” I cut her off, giving her a look with a finishing swish of the sponge. “And I can’t talk to her about it anyway, she would go into a hissy fit, say i was complaining about getting paid to do something anypony could do, and promptly fire me or simply dump her entire job onto me..” I considered for a second, then with a wry smile “that wouldn’t be far from what she is already doing anyway,” “Well if its that big a problem I can just alter her mind and -” her words were cut off with a now pretty dirty sponge being flung into her face, making a satisfying SPLAT against her face. “No mind altering either, that is just morally wrong,” I grumbled, giving her a look I hoped would burn satan. Apparently she wasn’t along that branch of demon because she returned the look with a smile that would make any weak willed fool crumble. “Why not? It would make things sooo much easier, and it would take away your problems with it, heck if you wanted i could make her act like a chicken,” “That would just be cruel,” I shot back, but a small part of my mind agreed that it would solve all my problems. Not the chicken part, we already had scootaloo - ha ha - and we didn’t need another one. “No mind altering magic and thats final,” I finished, turning my head towards the approaching hoofsteps sounding down the short hall. “Uhm also is this one of those things where only I can see you and nobody else can?” “No, i’m part succubus but i’m mostly a pony,” she responded chuckling, which was when Lotus, thank celestia, rounded the corner. Her eyes widened a bit at the sight of the laughing shark pony thing behind me, but despite her she kept walking, keeping her eyes focused on me. That was what I liked about her, she wasn’t easily spooked or swayed when she had something to do. Atleast Aristo wouldn’t be able to make her a puddle of ecstasy on the floor. I hoped. “There you are, i’ve been looking all over for you, and also who might this be?” she asked, looking over to aristo who was looking her up and down, an eyebrow quirked as if she was assessing her. “Her name is aristo, and supposedly she is a succubus pony shark that was sent here to help.. Although sent by who or what i don’t know,” I responded, with a look back at Aristo her gave one of her toothy smiles. Lotus seemed at a loss for a moment, then with a flash she smiled back, her smile as friendly as if she had known aristo her whole life. Knowing aristo’s tricks, I quickly sent a kick right where a women should respect, and Aristo let out a groaning gasp, the magic that had been attaching to Lotus breaking, and with it the smile faded. “Sorry about that, i’m currently trying to teach the succubus mind magic needs consent,” I apologized, giving the blue pony a sharp look. She gave a pained smile, “sorry its an old habit, where i was before i came here it was kind of needed,” “Okay then.. Anyway could you come with me? Your friend can come too, if she is going to help,” at the words “your friend” she glanced at Aristo, who had recovered, and began trotting towards one of the massage rooms. With a nodd I knew she couldn’t see I followed, and after a few seconds I heard hoofsteps behind my own. It only took a minute or two to get to the massage room and find Lotus again. She was in the process of giving Crystal, a silver colored unicorn mare with purple hair and crystal like wings sticking out to her sides, laying on the mats meant specifcially for pegasi users. I’m not sure if she qualified since the wings were linked to her mentally but not physically, but I had just decided it was cool a while ago and left it at that. At the sound of our entering, she smiled, her eyes wandering past me to see Aristo and her smile turned a bit confused but stayed. “Hey Misty, Aristo” “Hey crystal, nice seeing you again 1 hour later,” she said with one of her toothy smiles, and Crystal shrugged. “its nice to see you too I guess,” “You two know each other?” I asked surprised, and they both nodded. “We met a little bit before I met you, she said she normally came in early to get the day started well or something,” “She is quite the interesting pone, when I walked into the room she was complaining about how here phone wouldn’t keep fogging up in the steam room” Crystal said chuckling, shaking her head while Lotus gently pushed along her back. From my own experience doing this I knew she was currently trying to ease the nerves attached and running along her spine, and based on the happy and relaxed face Crystal wore it was working. It was slightly surprising when Aristo was the one who cleared her throat, her demeanor more serious than before, despite the shark tail flipping around behind her happily. “So, I’m guessing since you all know each other that this is a discussion about Aloe?” Our response was a loud “SSSSSHHHHHHH”, and after Aristo blinked seeming surprised Crystal looked at her. “Don’t say her name, she has a bad tendency to stick her ear against walls when she is bored,” she said, frowning in annoyance which seemed to be fighting the relaxation from Lotus. “Okay, well then is this about the problem that is about a person abusing another person?” Aristo rephrased, and Lotus nodded. “My sister has had a lazy streak since the spa opened, she tried to geto out of work all the time, the only reason I didn’t mention it is because when she did work she did her best,” “But since i came here, she has had someone to boss around and make do her work,” I added in, frowning at the thought. Lotus nodded, her own frown deepening and crystal sighed. “That wouldn’t be so bad if we could just talk to her, but if lotus tells her she will think she is being betrayed and will lash out at Misty, if misty says something she will just do something worse to her, and if I say something she won’t even pay attention,” “Misty what are you doing in here! You haven’t cleaned out the trash yet,” a voice suddenly some from behind me and I whirled around, Aloe standing in the doorway authoritivly, glaring at me haughtily like I had disobeyed an order from a princess. That look pushed it even for me, and I snapped back “thats your job, you should also have started letting people in by now and helped them at the lobby,” “Excuse me!?” she shouted, her voice raising as if to go over my own instinctivly. “I am your boss, and you do what I sa -” “Shut up,” Aristo growled, her left eye glowing bright pink, the heart showing clearly in her pupil as all of a sudden Aloe’s jaw clenched shut, her eyes bulging out of her head. “You don’t see me and you don’t hear what i’m saying, but you will do it anyway,” the succubus continued, setting a cold glare on Aloe as if she were a juicy piece of meat. Aloe suddenly seemed to calm down, seeming confused by her inability to speak but besides that only focused on me. “Go do what your job is, and start thinking before you scream at someone like they are your subjects and they have to do what you say,” she snapped, as if having experience with a mare like this herself. “Oh and you can talk again,” “Misty -” she began to say, then seemed to think. She closed her mouth, shook her head, and headed back outside the room, leaving the three of us staring at where she had been standing only five seconds ago. Then Aristo seemed to prickle, turning around to see the three of us looking at her with astonished looks as the heart in her left eye pulsed, other small hearts coming off it with each pulse as if it was an emoji. Lotus was the first to speak, anger, fear and wonder mixed into her voice as she asked the question on all of our minds. “What did you just do?” Aristo looked at me, seeming to apologize with her eyes as the heart gave a final pulse then faded. “A bit of mind magic, that wasn’t going to end well and I had to stop her from continueing or she would do something you would both regret,” “I know you were trying to help but..” I mumbled, looking at her with a confused look. Did she change her mind, make her suddenly like me? Have her be put under her control so she can keep her in check? Is she going to vanish in the night and not be seen again? Seeing my look,she shook her head. “I took off the whole no seeing or hearing me thing, but she will think before she talks, I didn’t just edit her mind like it was an open book,” “So she will still be her usual self?” Lotus questioned, her massage forgotten as worry seemed to cloud her mind. “Yes, if she changes its her own will, but now she should be a bit more reasonable,” the succubus stated as if she was reading a paper, then looked at me. “That felt.. better than usual, as if I was doing something good. Did I?” To my surprise Crystal chuckled, looking at aristo with a playful smile, “ considering you didn’t change her besides making her less of a princess I would say you did fine Mache,” “Mhm,” both me and Lotus agreed, and I looked at Aristo with a small smile. Aristo smiled back, clearly pleased, her tail wagging almost like a dog’s. After that the day continued on fairly normally, the four of us chatting as we helped customers through the day, giving massages and opening the private spa room for them.Aristo knew a surprising amount on massages and nerves, so she stayed to help Lotus with the massage rooms while me and Crystal showed ponies where the steam room and private spa’s were. We even managed to sell a couple scented candles, which was a nice turn from the usual flat denials we had gotten last time. It seemed Aloe’s theory hadn’t been completely wrong. After a good four hours of work it was time to head home. Aristo had apparently decided she would follow me home to meet this “Riptide I liked”, and Crystal asked if she could come along. I nodded, even though I wasn’t completely sure there was enough room for all four of us, it would be interesting to see how Riptide would react to three mares coming home to him. Considering I often got to tease him for staring at passing by mares, I had the feeling this would be quite fun. After a couple of goodbyes to Lotus and the still considering Aloe we headed home, excited for a night to ourselves. I had no work tomorrow and had been planning to throw a small get together to relax at the beach or play some games, having too more wouldn’t hurt. My only concern was Aristo would turn the get together into something else. On the way home the three of us talked about our days, although Aristo seemed a bit guarded about her past. A bit of poking at it later showed that apparently she hadn’t been having the best time where she was before she came here, but other than that we could get nothing. After a couple more minutes we reached the house, standing proudly with a new layer of paint Riptide had apparently added while I was gone, making the house look almost like it was apart of the see behind it. With a smile, I opened the door and called “Honey we’re home!” warm and crowded“We?” a Riptides voice called from the kitchen, a note of confusion detectable in his tone. This is going to be interesting, how can i explain the pressence of a succubus shark pony thing in our home? Speaking of said succubus a sudden squeal sounded behind me and i felt arms wrap around me. Along with something squishy pressed against my back and.. What the hell!? “What the hell!?” I shouted, springing away from her as riptide came out of the kitchen, wide eyed and confused with a frown plastered to his face. Both my eyes and his turned to the now anthropomorphic form of Aristo, bouncing… chest and all. A smile was on her face and speaking of the bouncing chest that was because she was hoping up and down, and I had to bump my rump against Riptide to make his eyes stop trying to track the bouncing spheres. “So this is your boyfriend!?” she squeed softly, and darting forward, suddenly pony again she took his hoof and shook it, the smile sticking to her face “Aristo mache, succubus extrodinair ” “W-well its nice to meet you… and being a succubus would explain the ability to change into looking like that,” he mused, and I nodded. Being able to go into twoleg - thats what we called the look - was a rare ability, normally achieved through magic. It aloud the user many more possibilities, with their hands and long legs allowing them to run faster and grab things without there mouth, or magic for that part. It also had the added sex appeal, which was why the form was often used for explicit content or fun. I myself had once used a potion to go twoleg temporarly, and it had been quite the interesting experience. The possibility had only recently been discovered too, from an accidental mistep of a transformation spell. She let go off his hoof, then went back into her twoleg form, much like her normal except for the added weight on her chest and hourglass figure. If she wished she could probably be a model… which again made sense do to her succubus half. Agh was everything related to succubus powers with her? If so that was going to make everyday life knowing her very interesting… and probably a lot more “fun”. Crystal, who had been forgotten in the excitement waved a hoof at Riptide, a slight smile on her lips. “Don’t forget me mr. smooth,” she joked, walking forward to be beside me and Aristo. This is probably a dream come true for Riptide, three girls one who loves him another who enjoys his company and a third who wouldn’t mind getting dirty. I myself wouldn’t mind, Aristo would probably be quite the interesting figure to have in bed. “Anyway, are we too our usual posts?” I questioned, looking to Crystal who nodded, then to Aristo who seemed confused. Riptide also seeing this smirked. “Mhm, and i think the shark should get the usual mare introduction~” “Oooh what is that?” she said, a spark of excitment shining in her eyes. I smirked as well, knowing full well what he was talking about. “Hm I think so, what do you think Crystal that sound good~?” “Sounds like a plan I would be willing to do,” she mused, a smirk of her own creeping across her mouth. “What is the usual mare introduction?” Aristo asked, by now seeming ready to bounce around the room like a ball. I personally found it amusing that she acted like a young child. For succubi she probably was a young child, to ponies she was fully grown though. Especially her twoleg body, which seemed to shimmer with a soft glow as if her skin was illuminated by moonlight. It almost gave her an eerie look, but that was ruined by the wide glaringly white smile. “Well, the process is fairly simple..” Riptide began, the smirk only growing as he began to talk.. “I can not believe I was tricked into this..” Aristo grumped while tossing a veggie burger on a grill. “You were so excited we had to keep it up!” Crystal called, and her grumbling increased, but despite it you could tell she didn’t mind too much. It probably helped we let her wear an apron while doing it, the clothing somehow contrasting with her body, making it seem even more open then before. I wonder how many bucks she had under her belt… literally… or if it was too many to count. Meanwhile the three of us sat at the nearby kitchen table, chatting about our days, how they went and the like. Riptide had become slowly more adept as a hero, and by now had been able to stop 5 minor robberies (not including my own), two bank robberies and even an attempted murder. The murder had been on when of his friends who he had met on the job, and apparently had been targeted for a debt to a gangster. Riptide had managed to deflect the magic bullet with his hooves to all the watchers amazement, then managed to redirect it to hit the now running wanta be assassin in the leg, downing him to be taken into custody. It had only happened a few days ago infact, and there was still buzz about the feat of the “green wave” I remembered the incident like it was yesterday.. “Hey hun look at this!” I called, waving for him to join me infront of one of the more interesting creations in the science museum. He shook his head, smiling just a little, as he headed over, looking at me with a raised eyebrow. When he got close enough I clicked the little interactive button, making the strangely pony-like android blink, and turn around to stare at us with a pony-like smile. “Why hello there,” it creaked, its voice sounding a bit tinny and robotic. The sound sent a shiver down my spine, mostly because of the emotionless tone it used. I clicked the button again, turning it off and shivered. Riptide seemed unphased on the other hoof, staring at it with interest. “One of the first androids huh? Surprised this is in a musuem and not someplace to be studied,” he mumbled, looking at the bits of rust collecting on its joints from obvious disuse and lack of cleaning. “I heard they have it here because its unstudyable, or that they already made something better than it,” I commented, looking over at him with a small smile. “Supposedly the knew version they are making today is for cleaning up around the house,” He tilted his head, acting confused. “Why would they make it do that? Your not planning to get one are you?” “What if I am~?” I said teasingly. “We don’t need one, we already have someone named misty~” “Careful or I won’t be making lobster tonight~” “Shutting up now,” he replied quickly, snapping his mouth shut then miming locking it with a key. From there he threw the imaginary key into the trash, stomped on it, then returned. “Good boy~” I said smiling sweetly, patting his head. He snorted in response, smiling himself before his ears perked up. I turned my head in the direction he was looking, growing confused at the alarm showing on his face. One of his friends was simply walking towards a display of a sword and shield that was use by unicorns a couple hundred years ago. Riptide went from my side in a flash, seeming to poof before appearing at the bucks side, appearing to startle him as much as it had me “what the f -” the sound of a shot rang out, along with a flash of white from a dark corner. Timed seemed to slow down to a crawl, the bullet lazily flying through the air. Aiming straight for Riptide’s heart. It only took me a second to process, but as soon as id realized I was in motion, leaping forward with a hoof outstretched to try and knock the bullet away. Instead I went one foot forward, flopped onto my stomach and screamed. Riptide on the other hand reached forward with both hooves and raised one while the other did a circling motion, everything seeming slow from the adrenaline pumping through my veins. The bullet hit his hoof, the upward motion pushing it up and into his other hoof which circled at just the right time to change the course of the bullet back at the sender, only leaving behind a scab and a little bit of blood. Time suddenly seemed to speed back up to normal, leaving the attacker crying out in pain while Riptide stood there, seeming like a ninja pony, both of his front hooves up and ready. I was snapped back into attention as Riptide said playfully “So Crystal, how is silver and you doin?” “Well.. he is mean sometimes… but he is so kind too <3” “Wait what do u mean by mean~?” i added in smiling. “Yeh mean..” she responded, raising an eyebrow. “Hmm..~” “Wait what are u two thinking?” she said, a blush rising to her cheeks the eyebrow going higher. “Mean huh~?” “Guys pls..” she said, blushing even more her words coming out as a squeak. All three of us laughed, Aristo the hardest of all as she walked over with the food, and crystal just blushed more and more. It was honestly adorable. After dinner we all went to where we were going to sleep, crystal to the couch with a blanket and stuffed cat plushie, me and Riptide to the bed, and Aristo.. “Tonight is going to be interesting…” i grumbled, looking at the succubus sleeping in the bed with us. Very, very interesting indeed.
Rocky Road“Morning sunshine,” a soft voice said next to my ear. The natural response was obviously a groan before turning away from the noise. “Five more minutes ma..” i grumbled from my pillow before my head began to drift into the clouds of sleep. Those clouds suddenly went away in a hurry though when I felt a sudden set of four claws dig into my rump. Yelping in pain I sat up fast, disturbing cloud to jump off my rump before he was squished, his yellow eyes giving me a half hooded glare that it seemed cats mastered at birth. Heck he was only a bit more than a year old, having grown up from the small young and starved kitten he was in the alley. Riptide cleared his throat, giving a smug smile and looking very pleased with himself. “The cloud a’clock works everytime~” “And just like every time you sleep on the couch tonight,” I shot back with a huff. That wiped the pleased look off his face, but before he could beg for otherwise cloud hopped ontop of his head, and with the added weight of a full grown cat his head went down into the sheets, it being cloud’s turn to look pleased with himself. I myself smirked before saying casually “good cat, you just got the two of you back under covers,” A muffled yay could be heard under the purring ball of fluff, which I guessed came from Riptide and I giggled. Since we had first gotten together a year ago things had been going well. Cloud had been steadily growing and getting the shots required for him to be in public, and their relationship had continued to grow more.. Intimate over time. The thought of some of the things they had done brought some color to my cheeks, which were, atleast before work quickly herded away. Work over time had become a bit of a struggle, aloe beginning to push me to do other jobs as she continued to get better, which honestly mostly just caused stress and anxiety that I wouldn’t do it right and would get fired, and she was my boss. I couldn’t just tell her I wanted to stick with the one job i originally had. Could I? That also got pushed out of my mind as the main concern of actually getting to work came to mind. Before long I was trotting out of the home, calling a goodbye through the door before closing it behind me. Thanks to the surprise cloud wake up I could make it on time, not that that made me like the process anymore. Cloud really had sharp claws and it was not a nice wake up call that was for sure. Even so i was on the way there and knew i could get there without breaking a sweat so that was nice atleast. The spa ponies as usual were sitting behind the chair waiting for me, a smile on Aloe’s face at the sight. “Ah it is good to see you Misty, I was hoping I could ask a favor of you,” she said in her exotic accent, looking at me with a beaming smile. Damnit why did she have to do that it was like puppy eyes on overdrive. Except mature. Hesitating, i tilted my head to the side before asking cautisiously “what is it Aloe? You already have my schedule pretty full..” “I know and im very sorry to add more, but it would make me the world” she responded, giving me the puppy dog eyes. She said that every. Single. Time. “Only if its something quick..” i grumbled, knowing my face was still a calm mask. Note the word mask, since inside a kettle was whistling like it was threatening to burn down the house. At that Aloe gave a bright gleaming smile, as if her teeth had silver plotting along the front. “Ahh perfect! I was hoping that today you could try selling the customers scented candles before they go in?” “We tried that before remember? All that got us was weird stares and at worst a lower tip,” “But we did that after they finished, if we do it before maybe they would be more open,” she responded breezily, and her sister, or atleast i thought it was her sister, Lotus Blossom, rolled her eyes. “Aloe, I believe you should listen to misty on this one,” she said, but once again Aloe gave her large smile and said breezily “It will be different this time i swear,” This time both me and Lotus rolled our eyes, nearly at the same time. I had told her earlier about Aloe, but she hadn’t talked to her about it and i was afraid to do so. Because you know i need my job and all. I would like to keep that, and i trusted Lotus, she seemed more mature. Aloe though seemed like the type that if she was told no she would get a hissy fit. Considering i had no secrets from this place as well the only way she could deal with it is by firing me. “I still don’t think its a good idea, plus isn’t selling things your job?” i replied, raising an eyebrow and taking a step to my own post. Rage spiked in her eyes and she snapped “I’m busy and i don’t have the time,” Oh gee, ditto miss bossy boss bossertin. Infact she had slowly been putting all of her chores around the place on me, making me busier then the both of them combined. The worst part was I had seen Aloe slacking and just reading a book while i did all the work, or atleast most of it. Lotus still did her jobs, and sometimes if we were working in the same area we would share gossip and stories. It wasn’t like the job was all bad either though, i had met some new friends here, including one of my new best friends Crystal, who i had met a few weeks ago. Riptide had actually gotten to meet her and they hit it off well, talking about science and magic and things that i could never understand as a earth pony. Infact i don’t know how riptide knew anything unless he had some kind of special magic related to the water. That would explain how he managed to surf.. The sound of an impatiently tapping hoof brought me out of my thoughts. Aloe had aparently been staring at me the entire time i had been thinking, a tray of scented candles, each with their own price tag, laying on the desk infront of her. It was always so annoying when she acted like a spoiled filly, but what could i do? She was the boss, and if I wanted my job I had to do it. So keeping my grumbling internal i took the tray in my mouth, set it near the door that led to the private spa room, and walked over to the steam room, already having to start my first chore. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a shadow flash in and out of existence. My old thief instincts triggered my head whipped towards the sight, but whatever it had been, if there had been anything, was gone. I stared for a few more seconds anyway just incase, then shaking my head i started walking again. I must be seeing things, there was nothing there. Don’t freak out, there is no reason too, no freaking out. Don’t do it, no. Bad mind no. The shadow seemed to flash another five times in my vision, convincing my brain i was either being followed or i was going crazy from stress. Both options were equally likely, but luckily it was a short walk and before long i was at the steaming room. Opening the door i was greeted by the humidly warm combination of air and steam, my mane instantly sticking onto my forehead and frizzling at the same time. Shaking my head, I headed into the room, my hair hanging infront of eyes blocking my eyesight a bit. Apparently a little bit of hair can cover up a lot since there was already someone in the steam room. That's when my eyes turned off(she closed her eyes) and i turned around. It was.. I wasn’t completely sure. It was blue, with a green and lighter blue mane. Its eyes were sideways like a snakes, but she obviously wasn’t a snake, i could see that in detail since she was naked. Well i had for the few seconds atleast, but that was enough to see the protruding tail of some type coming from between her legs. “Well hello there,” i grumbled, turning back to her my eyes still not working. “Hi darling, sorry I didn’t want to lock the door.. Incase someone else did come in~” “Oh god, jeeze this still pg13?” i replied, opening an eye to look a “bit low”. “Yup, and stop ruining the story there aren’t that many walls to break,” “Wait what? I was just joking what do you mean “breaking walls”?” “Nothing nothing darling,” the thing.. Which I guessed was a pony laughed merrily, giving me a toothy yet somehow friendly smile. How could it do that - which i also saw was a she -, it looked like it planned to eat me in the most friendly way while her eyes glittered “You’ll like it~”. “Two questions, one who are you, two why are you here in the steam room when we aren’t even open?” “You mean you didn’t notice the images?” she said poutily, and my mind flashed back to the dancing shadows i had seen in the corners of my eyes, and immediatly my eyes looked to her forehead.. but there was no horn. “Fine, i got in here a while ago when I wanted a break, and to answer your other question my name is..well lets say i’m the one you come too for fun~” “That still isn’t an answer,” I responded stubbornly, and she raised an eyebrow. Suddenly i felt a soft pressure in my head, and after a second of tense pressure i felt all the tension leak out of my body like water. At that the pupil of one of her eyes had turned into a pink heart, pulsing softly as the tension continued to leave and she said in a breezy tone “relax your fine and i’m not going to hurt you, my name is Aristo mache -” she paused for a second and the heart faded from her eye, then she smiled “shark pony succubus extraordinaire of the interesting arts at your service misty,” “How did you - “ she cut me off with a laugh, smiling teasingly “name tag sweetheart,” “Oh, right,” I said, rubbing the back of my neck with a hoof. Suddenly she was wearing a simple towel, as if it had happened as quickly as the blink of an eye, and i blinked again, but the towel stayed. “I heard someone was having troubles down here and i wanted to come by to help, i may be part succubus but that doesn’t mean i care only about having fun,” she said, her voice taking on a “talking to a prayer” tone, as if I would hold a cross at her shouting demon. Why would I? My body felt like taffy and my mind was sluggish, the theif like awareness going away with the tension slowing me down to a normal pace. “Okay, your right but that opens up too new questions - “ the sluggishness increased, and i blinked suddenly feeling both hot and sleepy. My eyes locked onto hers, but this time there was no heart, but there was a sign she was using magic. Her left eye had a slightly odd pink shine to it, and I gave a curious smile, too relaxed and hot to consider it beyond weird. “Are you using magic on my head, your eye is glowing,” “U-uh no..” she said, obviously startled as she blinked, the glow going away and the feeling going with it. I thought succubi could only do things related to “fun”, but her corrilation to other races seems to give her a wider range. The mind magic probably mixes well with both succubus and pony magic, although i wonder if the visual glow is from her being part shark. If so that would be interesting, maybe if i can not be seduced or hypnotized into her hoofs she could actually help. Making my decision, i looked at her sternly, which seemed to hit a shy streak in her, Aristo slightly flinching away from my gaze. “Don’t do that please, come out of the room or if you want check to make sure everything is running smoothly so I don’t have too,” I instructed her, the comment on what she had done seemed to subdue her, but from the small glint in her eye i had the feeling if I wasn’t careful I would be eating out of her.. hoof, if things got out of hand. A couple minutes later she came out, looking at me with that same friendly-toothy smile. “So, whats up butter cup?”
Something Fishy..“Really that's it? Jeeze, from the distress I thought it was dissatisfaction or something,” Aristo said breezily. That was kind of easy for her to say since for one she could use magic and most likely do all my chores at once like it was nothing. Two she was sitting in a chair next to me playing with her tail while i scrubbed the floors with a sponge. “It is dissatisfaction, i don’t like how this is going and I have the feeling that by the end of this month i’m going to be doing all her chores,” I said patiently, imagining the lazy succubus as an ignorant child. “Then why don’t you just talk to her, or better yet why not -” “No, don’t even go there its not that kind of spa,” I cut her off, giving her a look with a finishing swish of the sponge. “And I can’t talk to her about it anyway, she would go into a hissy fit, say i was complaining about getting paid to do something anypony could do, and promptly fire me or simply dump her entire job onto me..” I considered for a second, then with a wry smile “that wouldn’t be far from what she is already doing anyway,” “Well if its that big a problem I can just alter her mind and -” her words were cut off with a now pretty dirty sponge being flung into her face, making a satisfying SPLAT against her face. “No mind altering either, that is just morally wrong,” I grumbled, giving her a look I hoped would burn satan. Apparently she wasn’t along that branch of demon because she returned the look with a smile that would make any weak willed fool crumble. “Why not? It would make things sooo much easier, and it would take away your problems with it, heck if you wanted i could make her act like a chicken,” “That would just be cruel,” I shot back, but a small part of my mind agreed that it would solve all my problems. Not the chicken part, we already had scootaloo - ha ha - and we didn’t need another one. “No mind altering magic and thats final,” I finished, turning my head towards the approaching hoofsteps sounding down the short hall. “Uhm also is this one of those things where only I can see you and nobody else can?” “No, i’m part succubus but i’m mostly a pony,” she responded chuckling, which was when Lotus, thank celestia, rounded the corner. Her eyes widened a bit at the sight of the laughing shark pony thing behind me, but despite her she kept walking, keeping her eyes focused on me. That was what I liked about her, she wasn’t easily spooked or swayed when she had something to do. Atleast Aristo wouldn’t be able to make her a puddle of ecstasy on the floor. I hoped. “There you are, i’ve been looking all over for you, and also who might this be?” she asked, looking over to aristo who was looking her up and down, an eyebrow quirked as if she was assessing her. “Her name is aristo, and supposedly she is a succubus pony shark that was sent here to help.. Although sent by who or what i don’t know,” I responded, with a look back at Aristo her gave one of her toothy smiles. Lotus seemed at a loss for a moment, then with a flash she smiled back, her smile as friendly as if she had known aristo her whole life. Knowing aristo’s tricks, I quickly sent a kick right where a women should respect, and Aristo let out a groaning gasp, the magic that had been attaching to Lotus breaking, and with it the smile faded. “Sorry about that, i’m currently trying to teach the succubus mind magic needs consent,” I apologized, giving the blue pony a sharp look. She gave a pained smile, “sorry its an old habit, where i was before i came here it was kind of needed,” “Okay then.. Anyway could you come with me? Your friend can come too, if she is going to help,” at the words “your friend” she glanced at Aristo, who had recovered, and began trotting towards one of the massage rooms. With a nodd I knew she couldn’t see I followed, and after a few seconds I heard hoofsteps behind my own. It only took a minute or two to get to the massage room and find Lotus again. She was in the process of giving Crystal, a silver colored unicorn mare with purple hair and crystal like wings sticking out to her sides, laying on the mats meant specifcially for pegasi users. I’m not sure if she qualified since the wings were linked to her mentally but not physically, but I had just decided it was cool a while ago and left it at that. At the sound of our entering, she smiled, her eyes wandering past me to see Aristo and her smile turned a bit confused but stayed. “Hey Misty, Aristo” “Hey crystal, nice seeing you again 1 hour later,” she said with one of her toothy smiles, and Crystal shrugged. “its nice to see you too I guess,” “You two know each other?” I asked surprised, and they both nodded. “We met a little bit before I met you, she said she normally came in early to get the day started well or something,” “She is quite the interesting pone, when I walked into the room she was complaining about how here phone wouldn’t keep fogging up in the steam room” Crystal said chuckling, shaking her head while Lotus gently pushed along her back. From my own experience doing this I knew she was currently trying to ease the nerves attached and running along her spine, and based on the happy and relaxed face Crystal wore it was working. It was slightly surprising when Aristo was the one who cleared her throat, her demeanor more serious than before, despite the shark tail flipping around behind her happily. “So, I’m guessing since you all know each other that this is a discussion about Aloe?” Our response was a loud “SSSSSHHHHHHH”, and after Aristo blinked seeming surprised Crystal looked at her. “Don’t say her name, she has a bad tendency to stick her ear against walls when she is bored,” she said, frowning in annoyance which seemed to be fighting the relaxation from Lotus. “Okay, well then is this about the problem that is about a person abusing another person?” Aristo rephrased, and Lotus nodded. “My sister has had a lazy streak since the spa opened, she tried to geto out of work all the time, the only reason I didn’t mention it is because when she did work she did her best,” “But since i came here, she has had someone to boss around and make do her work,” I added in, frowning at the thought. Lotus nodded, her own frown deepening and crystal sighed. “That wouldn’t be so bad if we could just talk to her, but if lotus tells her she will think she is being betrayed and will lash out at Misty, if misty says something she will just do something worse to her, and if I say something she won’t even pay attention,” “Misty what are you doing in here! You haven’t cleaned out the trash yet,” a voice suddenly some from behind me and I whirled around, Aloe standing in the doorway authoritivly, glaring at me haughtily like I had disobeyed an order from a princess. That look pushed it even for me, and I snapped back “thats your job, you should also have started letting people in by now and helped them at the lobby,” “Excuse me!?” she shouted, her voice raising as if to go over my own instinctivly. “I am your boss, and you do what I sa -” “Shut up,” Aristo growled, her left eye glowing bright pink, the heart showing clearly in her pupil as all of a sudden Aloe’s jaw clenched shut, her eyes bulging out of her head. “You don’t see me and you don’t hear what i’m saying, but you will do it anyway,” the succubus continued, setting a cold glare on Aloe as if she were a juicy piece of meat. Aloe suddenly seemed to calm down, seeming confused by her inability to speak but besides that only focused on me. “Go do what your job is, and start thinking before you scream at someone like they are your subjects and they have to do what you say,” she snapped, as if having experience with a mare like this herself. “Oh and you can talk again,” “Misty -” she began to say, then seemed to think. She closed her mouth, shook her head, and headed back outside the room, leaving the three of us staring at where she had been standing only five seconds ago. Then Aristo seemed to prickle, turning around to see the three of us looking at her with astonished looks as the heart in her left eye pulsed, other small hearts coming off it with each pulse as if it was an emoji. Lotus was the first to speak, anger, fear and wonder mixed into her voice as she asked the question on all of our minds. “What did you just do?” Aristo looked at me, seeming to apologize with her eyes as the heart gave a final pulse then faded. “A bit of mind magic, that wasn’t going to end well and I had to stop her from continueing or she would do something you would both regret,” “I know you were trying to help but..” I mumbled, looking at her with a confused look. Did she change her mind, make her suddenly like me? Have her be put under her control so she can keep her in check? Is she going to vanish in the night and not be seen again? Seeing my look,she shook her head. “I took off the whole no seeing or hearing me thing, but she will think before she talks, I didn’t just edit her mind like it was an open book,” “So she will still be her usual self?” Lotus questioned, her massage forgotten as worry seemed to cloud her mind. “Yes, if she changes its her own will, but now she should be a bit more reasonable,” the succubus stated as if she was reading a paper, then looked at me. “That felt.. better than usual, as if I was doing something good. Did I?” To my surprise Crystal chuckled, looking at aristo with a playful smile, “ considering you didn’t change her besides making her less of a princess I would say you did fine Mache,” “Mhm,” both me and Lotus agreed, and I looked at Aristo with a small smile. Aristo smiled back, clearly pleased, her tail wagging almost like a dog’s. After that the day continued on fairly normally, the four of us chatting as we helped customers through the day, giving massages and opening the private spa room for them.Aristo knew a surprising amount on massages and nerves, so she stayed to help Lotus with the massage rooms while me and Crystal showed ponies where the steam room and private spa’s were. We even managed to sell a couple scented candles, which was a nice turn from the usual flat denials we had gotten last time. It seemed Aloe’s theory hadn’t been completely wrong. After a good four hours of work it was time to head home. Aristo had apparently decided she would follow me home to meet this “Riptide I liked”, and Crystal asked if she could come along. I nodded, even though I wasn’t completely sure there was enough room for all four of us, it would be interesting to see how Riptide would react to three mares coming home to him. Considering I often got to tease him for staring at passing by mares, I had the feeling this would be quite fun. After a couple of goodbyes to Lotus and the still considering Aloe we headed home, excited for a night to ourselves. I had no work tomorrow and had been planning to throw a small get together to relax at the beach or play some games, having too more wouldn’t hurt. My only concern was Aristo would turn the get together into something else. On the way home the three of us talked about our days, although Aristo seemed a bit guarded about her past. A bit of poking at it later showed that apparently she hadn’t been having the best time where she was before she came here, but other than that we could get nothing. After a couple more minutes we reached the house, standing proudly with a new layer of paint Riptide had apparently added while I was gone, making the house look almost like it was apart of the see behind it. With a smile, I opened the door and called “Honey we’re home!”
warm and crowded“We?” a Riptides voice called from the kitchen, a note of confusion detectable in his tone. This is going to be interesting, how can i explain the pressence of a succubus shark pony thing in our home? Speaking of said succubus a sudden squeal sounded behind me and i felt arms wrap around me. Along with something squishy pressed against my back and.. What the hell!? “What the hell!?” I shouted, springing away from her as riptide came out of the kitchen, wide eyed and confused with a frown plastered to his face. Both my eyes and his turned to the now anthropomorphic form of Aristo, bouncing… chest and all. A smile was on her face and speaking of the bouncing chest that was because she was hoping up and down, and I had to bump my rump against Riptide to make his eyes stop trying to track the bouncing spheres. “So this is your boyfriend!?” she squeed softly, and darting forward, suddenly pony again she took his hoof and shook it, the smile sticking to her face “Aristo mache, succubus extrodinair ” “W-well its nice to meet you… and being a succubus would explain the ability to change into looking like that,” he mused, and I nodded. Being able to go into twoleg - thats what we called the look - was a rare ability, normally achieved through magic. It aloud the user many more possibilities, with their hands and long legs allowing them to run faster and grab things without there mouth, or magic for that part. It also had the added sex appeal, which was why the form was often used for explicit content or fun. I myself had once used a potion to go twoleg temporarly, and it had been quite the interesting experience. The possibility had only recently been discovered too, from an accidental mistep of a transformation spell. She let go off his hoof, then went back into her twoleg form, much like her normal except for the added weight on her chest and hourglass figure. If she wished she could probably be a model… which again made sense do to her succubus half. Agh was everything related to succubus powers with her? If so that was going to make everyday life knowing her very interesting… and probably a lot more “fun”. Crystal, who had been forgotten in the excitement waved a hoof at Riptide, a slight smile on her lips. “Don’t forget me mr. smooth,” she joked, walking forward to be beside me and Aristo. This is probably a dream come true for Riptide, three girls one who loves him another who enjoys his company and a third who wouldn’t mind getting dirty. I myself wouldn’t mind, Aristo would probably be quite the interesting figure to have in bed. “Anyway, are we too our usual posts?” I questioned, looking to Crystal who nodded, then to Aristo who seemed confused. Riptide also seeing this smirked. “Mhm, and i think the shark should get the usual mare introduction~” “Oooh what is that?” she said, a spark of excitment shining in her eyes. I smirked as well, knowing full well what he was talking about. “Hm I think so, what do you think Crystal that sound good~?” “Sounds like a plan I would be willing to do,” she mused, a smirk of her own creeping across her mouth. “What is the usual mare introduction?” Aristo asked, by now seeming ready to bounce around the room like a ball. I personally found it amusing that she acted like a young child. For succubi she probably was a young child, to ponies she was fully grown though. Especially her twoleg body, which seemed to shimmer with a soft glow as if her skin was illuminated by moonlight. It almost gave her an eerie look, but that was ruined by the wide glaringly white smile. “Well, the process is fairly simple..” Riptide began, the smirk only growing as he began to talk.. “I can not believe I was tricked into this..” Aristo grumped while tossing a veggie burger on a grill. “You were so excited we had to keep it up!” Crystal called, and her grumbling increased, but despite it you could tell she didn’t mind too much. It probably helped we let her wear an apron while doing it, the clothing somehow contrasting with her body, making it seem even more open then before. I wonder how many bucks she had under her belt… literally… or if it was too many to count. Meanwhile the three of us sat at the nearby kitchen table, chatting about our days, how they went and the like. Riptide had become slowly more adept as a hero, and by now had been able to stop 5 minor robberies (not including my own), two bank robberies and even an attempted murder. The murder had been on when of his friends who he had met on the job, and apparently had been targeted for a debt to a gangster. Riptide had managed to deflect the magic bullet with his hooves to all the watchers amazement, then managed to redirect it to hit the now running wanta be assassin in the leg, downing him to be taken into custody. It had only happened a few days ago infact, and there was still buzz about the feat of the “green wave” I remembered the incident like it was yesterday.. “Hey hun look at this!” I called, waving for him to join me infront of one of the more interesting creations in the science museum. He shook his head, smiling just a little, as he headed over, looking at me with a raised eyebrow. When he got close enough I clicked the little interactive button, making the strangely pony-like android blink, and turn around to stare at us with a pony-like smile. “Why hello there,” it creaked, its voice sounding a bit tinny and robotic. The sound sent a shiver down my spine, mostly because of the emotionless tone it used. I clicked the button again, turning it off and shivered. Riptide seemed unphased on the other hoof, staring at it with interest. “One of the first androids huh? Surprised this is in a musuem and not someplace to be studied,” he mumbled, looking at the bits of rust collecting on its joints from obvious disuse and lack of cleaning. “I heard they have it here because its unstudyable, or that they already made something better than it,” I commented, looking over at him with a small smile. “Supposedly the knew version they are making today is for cleaning up around the house,” He tilted his head, acting confused. “Why would they make it do that? Your not planning to get one are you?” “What if I am~?” I said teasingly. “We don’t need one, we already have someone named misty~” “Careful or I won’t be making lobster tonight~” “Shutting up now,” he replied quickly, snapping his mouth shut then miming locking it with a key. From there he threw the imaginary key into the trash, stomped on it, then returned. “Good boy~” I said smiling sweetly, patting his head. He snorted in response, smiling himself before his ears perked up. I turned my head in the direction he was looking, growing confused at the alarm showing on his face. One of his friends was simply walking towards a display of a sword and shield that was use by unicorns a couple hundred years ago. Riptide went from my side in a flash, seeming to poof before appearing at the bucks side, appearing to startle him as much as it had me “what the f -” the sound of a shot rang out, along with a flash of white from a dark corner. Timed seemed to slow down to a crawl, the bullet lazily flying through the air. Aiming straight for Riptide’s heart. It only took me a second to process, but as soon as id realized I was in motion, leaping forward with a hoof outstretched to try and knock the bullet away. Instead I went one foot forward, flopped onto my stomach and screamed. Riptide on the other hand reached forward with both hooves and raised one while the other did a circling motion, everything seeming slow from the adrenaline pumping through my veins. The bullet hit his hoof, the upward motion pushing it up and into his other hoof which circled at just the right time to change the course of the bullet back at the sender, only leaving behind a scab and a little bit of blood. Time suddenly seemed to speed back up to normal, leaving the attacker crying out in pain while Riptide stood there, seeming like a ninja pony, both of his front hooves up and ready. I was snapped back into attention as Riptide said playfully “So Crystal, how is silver and you doin?” “Well.. he is mean sometimes… but he is so kind too <3” “Wait what do u mean by mean~?” i added in smiling. “Yeh mean..” she responded, raising an eyebrow. “Hmm..~” “Wait what are u two thinking?” she said, a blush rising to her cheeks the eyebrow going higher. “Mean huh~?” “Guys pls..” she said, blushing even more her words coming out as a squeak. All three of us laughed, Aristo the hardest of all as she walked over with the food, and crystal just blushed more and more. It was honestly adorable. After dinner we all went to where we were going to sleep, crystal to the couch with a blanket and stuffed cat plushie, me and Riptide to the bed, and Aristo.. “Tonight is going to be interesting…” i grumbled, looking at the succubus sleeping in the bed with us. Very, very interesting indeed.
