Center Stage

Cicada stared herself down. In the privacy of her dressing room, she was able to look her body up and down. She held her breasts up, paying close attention to her stomach, which had expanded considerably. “How? How is this even… even possible?”

In her natural, changeling form, she no longer looked like a walking skeleton. Her body had fleshed out, growing in size and strength. Cicada still looked like she hadn’t had a decent meal in weeks, but she looked much better than she had the day before.

A loud pounding on her door startled her. “Gem! Gem, are ya’ almost ready in there?”

Cicada panicked. The door knob was jiggling, announcing the imminent arrival of her boss. She tripped over the foot of her desk and stubbed her toe, letting out a shrill cry as she fell to the floor. Despite the pain, she managed to change at the last second before the door opened.

Gemini was collecting herself off of the floor when Onyx walked inside. He stopped at the door after realizing she had no clothes on. “Gem, what are you doing?” He sounded annoyed, keeping his eyes fixed on objects throughout the room, anywhere but the nude dancer.

After realizing she had the advantage, Gemini put on a smirk and placed her hands on her hips, making sure to put extra emphasis on her breasts. “I should be asking you the same thing, Onyx. You’re in my dressing room. You shouldn’t be surprised that I’m naked in my own dressing room…” She reached towards her dresser, picking up her outfit for her upcoming performance. “What ever happened to knocking?”

Onyx let out a sigh as he straightened out his coat. “This is my building, Gem. My building, my rules.”

The fun was lost, and the moment had moved on, so Gemini began dressing herself. This time, she wore a black dress. The skirt was almost transparent, and above her waist, the tight fabric hugged her body, loudly announcing every curve. The dress didn’t come with a bra, so her breasts were free to move and bounce around.

Worse of all, the fabric rubbed against her nipples in the worst possible way. That design wasn’t by accident, though. The uncomfortable fabric was meant to encourage the dancer to want to remove her clothes as quickly as possible. Gemini played with her breasts in an attempt to make them fit more comfortably inside the top that was squeezing her chest.

She loved her breasts, there was no mistaking that. They made her more money than her natural, changeling ones, but sometimes, they were a curse.

“I almost forgot why I came to talk to you in the first place…” Onyx rubbed his temples like he was trying to remember. “Oh, that’s it. Your client called, and he wanted me to personally thank you on his behalf. You made a big impact on him, apparently.”

Gemini’s eyes widened. “My ‘client’? Do you mean Emerald?”

Onyx nodded his head. “Yeah, that’s right. He was so happy with your service that he’s already asked to see you again. Now, I know how you feel about special requests in the private rooms, so I’m going to leave this on up to you if you want decline and-“

“No!” Gemini realized how quickly her outburst silenced the manager. Her cheeks turned as red as her wings as blood rushed to her face. “I… I mean… You don’t have to decline. If he pays well, I don’t want to cause the club to lose any money…”

Onyx eyed her with suspicion. “Gem, what’s gotten into you? You’ve never cared about my profits.”

Gemini shrugged. “Haven’t I? Your business is my business. I make money when you do.”

Luckily, the stallion looked like he bought it. He raised his hands in mock surrender. “Alright, then. I’ll accept his request. The transaction will be done by the time your show is over.”

Gemini tried to look disinterested, keeping her eyes fixed on her own breasts as she resumed fiddling with the itchy top. “Yeah, sure… Thanks, Onyx.”

Onyx was about walk out, but he stopped at the door, turning around to face her again. “Oh, one more thing, Gem.”

Gemini lost interest in her breasts. There was no fixing her top. She would have to wait until she got to her stage where she could tear it off. The dancer adjusted her skirt on last time before following Onyx to the door. “Yeah, Onyx? What is it?”

He bit his lower lip like he was excited. “Well, tonight, we have- I mean, you always knock ‘em out, Gem. You get the whole audience stomping their feet every night, but tonight, you need to really show your stuff.”

They walked out of the dressing room together, and the club floor opened up before them. Ponies were still pouring into the building, filling up all of the seats at the tables and in the balconies overlooking the stages. Onyx lightly tapped Gemini’s arm and pointed up at the VIP box. “What I’m trying to say is we have a special guest tonight, and I need you to be at your best.”

‘Special’ was an understatement. Sitting in the VIP box was a royal guest. Flanked by two stallions in shimmering armor, a princess sat with her legs crossed.

Onyx beamed at Gemini. “I don’t know what Princess Luna likes, but if it’s naked mares, you’re in luck.” The dancer stared in awe up at Luna, still unable to believe what she was seeing. “I know you like to dance for your fans, but pay extra special attention to the princess. If she likes you, it would do wonders for business.”

Gemini picked her jaw up off the ground and nodded her head. Onyx gave her a firm slap on the rear, jolting her back into reality. “You’ll do great, Gem. You know what the ponies like.”

Then, he was gone.

He vanished somewhere backstage, leaving her by herself. With nowhere else to go, Gemini began shuffling towards the club floor. The lights were falling as fog began to rise from hidden vents at the base of the stages.

“Welcome, one and all, to the Colt’s Club!”

The audience roared with cheers, whistles, and stomps.

“Tonight, to start our show, our star, our queen, our Gemini will take the stage and lead us into a wild night, because this time, she’s turning up the heat with a dirty performance…”

Under the cover of the fog, Gemini slipped onto the stage and crawled to the pole, sliding across the stage floor on her belly. In front of the poll, facing the majority of the audience, she rose to her feet, standing tall as the lights above descended on her. Through the hot pink lights, she could still make out the VIP box. It was hard to see through the thick fog and lights, but she could single out the princess, and her eyes were on the stage, on the dancer.

Gemini took several steps forward, exciting a series of quiet gasps and hushed sounds. She reached the edge of the stage, just one step away from walking off, and the dancer took a low bow, bending her head towards the princess. Then, the music began, and Gemini backed away from the edge and returned to the pole.

“Let’s get it up for Gemini!”

To show off her flexibility, she bent backwards until her hands and feet touched the stage. To finish the move, the performer lifted her legs and threw them over her body in a wide arch. As her legs fell over, they wrapped around the pole, and she pulled herself upright, clinging tightly onto the golden rod. With both legs wrapped around the pole like snakes and one hand grasping the shaft, she spun around and around, slowly extending and retracting her giant wings to keep herself spinning faster and faster.

The audience loved it, cheering and clapping their hands. To keep herself from getting dizzy, Gemini focused on one thing every time she went around the pole, a single light on the far wall. She turned her head to watch for the light with every pass. Once the crowd began to die down, she launched herself from the pole, landing back on the stage, flat on her bare feet. To the beat of the music thundering in her ears, Gemini rolled her belly as she raised her arms above and behind her head. The dancer thrusted her chest out, rocking her hips back and forth as she floated across the stage.

Finally, she couldn’t take it any longer.

The dress was becoming too much of a discomfort to her nipples, and Gemini figured that now was as good of a time as any to make her performance a little more exciting. Grabbing onto the bottom of the tight top, she pulled the fabric over her head, wearing a huge grin as she stripped for her fans. Her breasts were set free, and the bare flesh and her pink, rubbery nipples were set upon the audience. With the top still in her hand, Gemini laughed as she danced along the top of the stage, giving everypony watching her the show they had paid to see.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a brief glimpse of the princess, who was sitting up in her seat with her gaze fixed on the stage, on her. If Luna liked that, Gemini knew just how to get the princess drooling over her. All she had on left was the skirt, and she wore no panties underneath.

It wasn’t something she liked to do often, but this was a special occasion. Like Aria did earlier that afternoon, Gemini was going to fully undress, and with nothing but a thin, transparent skirt in her way, nothing was going to stop her. The audience must have been anticipating it. She could see the lust and sexual hunger in their eyes as she passed them by. Gemini’s hips rolled like ocean waves as her thumbs slipped under the the top of the skirt.

Pulling the bottom piece outward from her waist, she began to tease the audience, pulling it down just a little to expose a bit of her cheeks before pulling it back up. Her changeling senses were going wild. She could feel just how horny the crowd was, the stallions and the mares. To tell the truth, she was feeling a little aroused herself. Something about being center stage made her feel bold and powerful. Gemini could have her way with the audience. She could do anything she wanted, and they would love her for it.

Everything was becoming a blur as fluids began to trickle down her legs. At last, Gemini threw caution to the wind, and with it, her skirt. Now, she stood on stage in nothing but her own skin, completely naked as the lights from above fell upon her. Her golden hair flowed as if it were magical, and her wings sprung out, hard and stiff. Gemini pulled them in, not wanting the crowd to see how much she was enjoying herself. Her hands glided up and down her body, from her upper thighs to her neck.

The end of the song was quickly approaching. On the tips of her toes, Gemini stretched her wings one last time and launched herself high into the air. Up near the lights, she found herself at eye level with the princess. Gemini looked at her, and Luna looked back, her mouth hanging open. Then, the dancer gave the princess a sexy ‘wink’ and a sly grin before falling back towards the stage.

She landed gracefully on her feet just as the final note of the song faded into silence. A second later, the silent crowd went nuts. They chanted her name over and over again, stomping their feet and clapping their hands to the beat of the chant. Gemini stood up, her smile stretching from ear to ear as she faced her adoring fans and gave them a bow.

“Mares and gentlecolts, let’s hear it one more time for the shimmering gem of the Colt’s Club!”

Adrenaline still pumped through her veins. Her breasts rose and fell quickly as her rapid breathing came back under control. She only wished Emerald could have been there to see her.

***Up Next: Gemini’s Royal Flush***