It was a bright afternoon in Canterlot as Princess Celestia sat upon her throne. While there wasn’t anypony attempting to see her in court that day, a major issue was nonetheless weighing heavily on her mind as she looked over a wide assortment of documents.

An accident at the Vanhoover Institute of Science and Technology had created a shockwave that had damaged nearly every building in the city, rendering them unsafe for habitation. While one Dr. Molly Cule was using her magic to repair some buildings, she could at most fix one building per day before exhausting herself.

Because of this, Vanhoover had become a tent city with many of the residents technically becoming homeless, jobless, and needing to rely on relief stations for food and hygiene.

There just has to be a way to help them, but where can I put all those poor civilians that they’d have everything they’d need? Celestia thought as she looked over documents about the institute’s personnel, research and abilities.

As she thought about her question, a loud rumble came from her empty belly; her stomach complaining how she had missed lunch thanks to her work.

Stupid stomach. You don’t need filling right… now… Wait a second. Celestia brought up one of the profiles she had previously glanced over, the one for a mare who could shrink things named Dr. Minute Detail.

Shrinking would make it easier to house and feed them... A grin started to form on Celestia’s face as she brought up a document that spoke of Dr. High Gear’s teleportation experiments that more often than not ended with her subject inside a pony’s stomach, while somehow remaining unharmed.

Perfect! Celestia had to suppress a chuckle at what she thought was a brilliant plan.

“Raven!” The alabaster alicorn called out. “I need you to bring me all the books we have on bio-morph magic, architecture, and the most recent census of Vanhoover.”

A rumble loud enough to shake the nearby windows suddenly emanated from the princess’s midsection.

“...And a large pizza, please.”

***

In the early morning of Vanhoover, Verdant Range slowly started to awaken. He was resting in a forest green tent that could normally fit two ponies quite well, but had some trouble fitting both the small stallion and the towering mare he was cuddled against like a teddy bear.

A soft groan from above came as the top of Verdant’s head was nuzzled by Beanstalk as she slowly started to awaken. “Good morning, Verdant.”

“I sure hope it is, Beans,” the shamrock stallion said before he looked up and gave a kiss to the underside of her chin. “I hope you don’t mind, but could you let me go? I really need to pee.”

“Oh sure,” Beans replied as she loosened her grip, letting Verdant quickly get up, open the tent flap and hop outside.

Outside the tent was the small front yard in front of Verdant’s damaged house, covered in crack marks along the walls of the structure as well as the windows. As much as he wished he could simply go inside to use his bathroom and sleep in his bed, he knew it was far too dangerous to do so for any reason, so he had to settle instead for using the port-o-john that the relief station had provided on the far side of the lawn.

Well, at least I’m one of the luckier ponies here, Verdant thought to himself as he entered the portable washroom. My sister’s taking care of my pet chicken, I get to stay on my own property and I get to cuddle up with my girlfriend. At least, there’s that.

After relieving himself, he exited the stall and saw there was a tall and muscular white coated unicorn stallion in shining royal guard armor standing in front of his fence. “Excuse me, sir, everypony pony is to… Wait, Verdant?” The emerald eyed unicorn was taken aback by the sight of the approaching stallion.

“Uh, hey there, Polished Shield,” Verdant said as he rubbed the back of his neck in discomfort. “It’s… it’s been a long time.”

“Yeah, um… it has,” the unicorn replied as he removed his helmet and ran a hoof through his two-tone golden mane. “How… how have you been?”

“Pretty good, all things considered,” Verdant replied as Beanstalk started to emerge from the tent. “Until recently, I had a good job and a side job. I had a house and a wonderful pet chicken. While those are currently gone, I’ve got the greatest mare in the world as my girlfriend.”

“Ah, well, congrats,” Polished Shield said as he examined the earth pony that rivalled Princess Luna in height. “I’ve been doing well too. Been promoted to lieutenant commander recently and I’m dating a mare named Lucky Stars.”

“Glad to hear. I know how much you want to make captain,” Verdant said as Bean reached his side. “So, I assume you’re here on guard business and not for personal reasons?”

“Oh! Right,” Shield said before quickly putting his helmet back on and clearing his throat. “All Vanhoover residents who are currently without homes due to the shockwave are to report to the park before noon. Princess Celestia has an announcement to make on how she will be providing temporary housing and food for them. Bring what you’ve got. Attendance is mandatory.”

“Alright then,” Verdant said before looking to Beans. “Think we’ll be ready to go soon?”

“Yeah, no problem,” Beanstalk responded before looking to the unicorn. “Thank you Mr. Polished Shield.”

“Not a problem,” Shield said as he pulled away from the fence. “So… guess I'll see you later, Verdant… Bye.”

“Bye, Shield. Good luck with the guard stuff,” Verdant awkwardly said before the unicorn started to walk down the street towards the next damaged house.

“So…” Beans spoke up once the unicorn was out of earshot. “Old childhood friend?”

“Ex-boyfriend,” Verdant replied, making a faint blush appear on Bean’s face as her eyes widened.

“...That’s hot.”

***

After packing up what little they had and silently walking through the damaged city, the duo of Beans and Verdant had arrived at the park where a large gathering of ponies were grouped around a platform that had been set up. Standing atop the platform was an amber coated unicorn with a long curly mane standing beside a microphone.

“So…” Beans said as she and Verdant made their way through the crowd, trying to find High Gear and Pixel Flash. “You had an ex-boyfriend, huh? Is it alright if I get some info about all this?”

“Well, there’s not much to talk about,” Verdant replied as Beans tried to spot their friends. “We were teens in Dream Valley and dated for a bit. When we were finishing up school, he wanted to go to Canterlot to join the guard while I wanted to stay and work in a flower shop. We figured a long distance relationship wouldn’t work, so we split up.”

“Ah, okay…” Beans said before rubbing her neck. “Did you two ever… y’know…” Her face quickly started to turn crimson.

“Beans, I would rather not talk about it, at least right now,” Verdant replied before sighing. Seeing my ex after so long is already super awkward. I don’t really wanna talk about how I lost my virginity.

“Oh, okay. Sorry, Verdant,” Beans said before she spotted her friends in the crowd. “Oh, there they are!”

Before the shamrock stallion could utter a word in response, Beans had bitten down on the back of his neck and picked him up and carried him like a kitten would be by their parent.

A blush came across Verdant’s face as the taller mare set him down beside Gear and Pix. “Beans, could you please not do that? It’s pretty embarrassing.”

Beans opened her mouth to reply, but a loud throat clearing cut through the crowd throughout the park.

“Good afternoon, citizens of Vanhoover. I, Mayor Chestnut Gavel, thank you for coming here during these trying times,” the amber unicorn upon the stage said as her eyes swept over the crowd. “After the recent accident that damaged our fair city, I am pleased to announce that Princess Celestia has devised a plan providing temporary housing, food, and other supplies, along with various ponies to help accelerate the repair process.

“And now, to present her plan, Princess Celestia!” Chestnut Gavel moved off to the side before in a flash of magenta light, the towering alicorn was standing upon the stage, offering the crowd a warm, comforting smile.

“Thank you, Mayor,” the princess said as picked up the microphone with her magic. “Citizens of Vanhoover, I have good news. I have set up what is called Operation: Celestial City. This is a temporary city where you’ll reside while Vanhoover is being repaired. You’ll be provided with free apartments, food, water, and many other amenities while you’re residing there.”

The crowd cheered for the princess’s words and happily stomped their hooves. Something didn’t sit right for Verdant, however. He felt as if something bad was about to happen.

“However, one of the few things I ask is that you try to keep your temporary residences clean and stay within the city’s borders for your safety.” Some in the crowd were somewhat unnerved by the princess talking about needing to stay within the city limits for safety.

“Now, as for where this city is located,” the princess took a deep breath and closed her eyes before looking at the crowd once more. “It’s located within my small intestine.”

The entire crowd fell into a stunned silence for nearly ten seconds before a stallion’s voice shouted, “WHAT?”

“To be able to enter the city safely, you’ll be shrunken down where you’ll enter my digestive tract, which has been temporarily magically deactivated. From there, you’ll be escorted by guards to apartments formed from some of my villi.”

Silence fell over the crowd before High Gear whispered to Verdant, “You’re not adding this to the sandwich tally. This is Copper Top’s fault, not mine.”

“Fair.” Verdant muttered as the princess continued her speech.

“The city will be protected from the digestive processes of my body thanks to a force field settled around it. I hope you’ll enjoy your time within this city and I hope we will be able to get you back to your true homes as soon as possible. Now, I would like one Verdant Range to step up to the platform.”

“Wait, WHAT?!” Verdant exclaimed from the crowd that had started to part for him. Looking about and nervously swallowing, he slowly made his way onto the platform in front of the mighty alicorn.

“Thank you, Mr. Range. I would like you to aid in the supervision of the Celestial City due to the vast experience being inside ponies, alongside some of the guards.” Celestia offered Verdant a warm smile as he tried to keep his left eye from twitching.

“...I… I’ll certainly try, your highness.” Verdant swallowed once more, feeling sweat forming on his brow.

“Excellent,” the princess replied as her horn began to glow, pulling a clipboard from nowhere. “Now everyone, listen closely. I will soon be calling your names. When I do, Dr. Minute Detail will shrink you down so I can swallow you. Some of the guards currently inside my stomach will then catch you and escort you to your assigned living quarters. Please have your things ready for this. Verdant, you'll be the first.”

“Oh… shit.” Verdant whispered as he spotted Mini stepping onto the stage. Before he could begin to take a step back, her horn began to glow and a pale, violet aura engulfed his entire form. In a matter of seconds, the shamrock stallion was shrunken to a much smaller state than he’d ever been before.

The violet light that covered him was quickly replaced by a magenta one that sent him soaring like a rocket. It was the complete inverse of when he fell with Gilda’s egg. In a matter of seconds, he found himself staring into the colossal face of Princess Celestia. Her nostrils looked like massive craters that would lead deep into the bowels of the earth. Her eyes were like twin violet moons.

Before he could take in more details of her mammoth face, her mouth quickly opened wide, revealing a tongue that looked like it could crush Manehattan with a single slam. Her teeth were gleaming white pillars the size of skyscrapers that he found himself soaring over as he was pulled into a living chamber that oddly smelled of bananas.

Verdant barely had any time to process what was happening when the princess’s mouth closed shut behind him and he was zipped through the rest of her mouth, briefly smacking against her uvula before he felt the magic holding him vanish and he was pulled down by her throat muscles.

Unlike the many times he’d been swallowed before where he’d repeatedly be smacked or pushed around by her throat muscles, Verdant found himself in freefall and accelerating down towards the open stomach valve at an alarming pace.

“Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!” Verdant screamed before he saw a blue and gold streak rushing up from the open valve. As it grew closer, he saw what was once a blur was really a pegasus mare with a blue coat and a gray mane that looped around so she matched Verdant’s altitude and speed.

“Just stay calm and don’t struggle,” the guardsmare said as she wrapped her forelegs around his belly and flared out her wings. With a series of flaps, Verdant felt them slowing down to a feather fall as they passed the valve and reached the stomach.

Princess Celestia’s stomach was completely lacking any signs of the food or digestive juices that he was used to. What he saw instead was a large collection of guards standing beside a large crash mat directly below him.

“Great job, Storm Cloud,” Verdant heard Polished Shield’s voice coming from in front of the mat as the pegasus gently carried the shamrock stallion onto the soft stomach surface. “I’ll handle taking Verdant to his place. I suggest you hang back near the top of the throat to avoid accidents. Hotstreak, accompany her to act as back-up.”

“Yes, sir!” The blue mare said before a second pegasus, a mare with a yellow coat and a red and orange mane both shot towards the stomach’s entrance.

Verdant and Polished Shield began to walk away from the mat and towards the open duodenum in silence before the unicorn rubbed his neck and spoke up. “So… we’re inside Princess Celestia right now… Not quite what I expected.”

“This is why you don’t make foalhood wishes on a monkey’s paw, Shield,” Verdant remarked, making the unicorn chuckle. “I wonder what your marefriend thinks about this.”

“Eh, as far as she knows due to how much the princess is keeping this a secret, I’m just away on duty to help what’s happening in Vanhoover,” Shield replied before looking Verdant in the eye. “So, any thoughts about your whole supervisor role, Verd?”

“Only that I’m probably cursed and I was picked because I keep ending up inside creatures’ bodies,” Verdant grumbled as in the distance, he could see that some towering villi had odd formations adorning them, and many lights. “Did you know that last week, I was in a griffon’s hoo-ha and pushed out when she laid an egg over a thousand feet off the ground?”

“I… did not,” Shield said as they drew closer to Celestial City. “At any rate, from what the princess told us, you won’t actually have too much to do in your role. Just tell folks to stay within the city and if anypony needs anything, just pass it on to us guards and we’ll take care of it.”

“Alright. That’s good to know.” Verdant felt an odd bit of resistance as he and Shield moved onto a fleshy floor with a somewhat different texture, feeling firm like regular ground.

Looking about, Verdant saw the fleshy pink towers that were Celestia’s villi had large numbers formed on them and a clenched orifice at the bottom next to a button-like formation.

“Here’s where you’ll be staying,” Shield spoke before turning towards the villi tower that bore a large “1” on its exterior. “You’ll be staying in Unit 1.”

Pushing a hoof against the organic button, the orifice opened wide to allow the stallions inside. Inside was a lobby that seemed to be made of pink meat. There were two doorways at the end of the lobby, along with a stairway in the center. Hanging in front of the left hallway entrance was a sign that read “1-15” while the entryway on the right had a sign reading “16-30”.

“Right this way,” Polished Shield said as he darted towards the left hall, the shamrock stallion quickly following behind. He didn’t have to go far before he saw a row of orifice-like doors with numbers above them and buttons at their side. “Go on.”

Pushing the button, the doorway opened into a room that had a couch, a coffee table, and a dining table with four chairs affixed to the floor. It’d have looked like a pleasant little apartment, were it not for the fact everything was made of the same fleshy color.

One of the few things not made of the princess’s organic bits was a film projector that sat upon the coffee table and was pointed at a projection screen on the wall.

“There’s some electrical outlets in the walls for whatever devices you have. They run off the princesses’ natural electricity and magic.” Polished Shield said as he ventured over into the nearby kitchen. “Over here, you’ll find a sink for water and this… thing that kinda looks like a soft-serve dispenser. It dispenses a sort of paste made from the princess’s nutrients and tastes like whatever she last ate.”

“Lovely,” Verdant said as he followed Shield and turned his eyes to the cupboards and drawers that lined the kitchen walls. “So, what does this place have for plates and cutlery?”

“I think the princess said they’re made of transmuted cells or something,” Shield replied as he turned back to face the earth pony. “The bathroom has a sink, toilet, tub and shower, and a mirror made from colloidal silver. The bedroom has a bed that feels like a waterbed and a closet, but the bed’s BYOB, Bring Your Own Blanket.”

“Sounds alright,” Verdant said as he and Shield walked out into the living room and sat down on the soft, fleshy couch. “So, got any films I can watch? I didn’t bring any film canisters with me.”

“No sweat, Verdant,” Shield said with a casual wave. “We’ve made arrangements with a pegasus named Blockbuster. He’s got a place where ponies can freely rent movies while in here and Princess Celestia will compensate him once we’re out.

“At any rate,” Polished Shield said as he rose off the organic couch. “I should be getting back to work. I guess I’ll see you later.”

“Alright,” Verdant said as he sat up and slipped off his saddlebags. “Guess I’ll just get unpacked and wait for Beans. Bye, Shield.”

“Bye, Verdant,” Shield replied as he reached the dilating door. “It’s been fun.”

Before he stepped outside, he halted as he recalled something. “Oh! One last thing!” With a flare of his horn, he pulled a small pamphlet out from his chestplate. “Everypony here gets a copy of this map and list of addresses for those living here. This way, you can find whoever you need.”

“Thanks, Shield,” Verdant replied as he grabbed the paper out of his purple magical aura. With one last wave, Shield stepped out and the door clenched shut.

After twenty minutes of unpacking and stuffing what was his tent into the closet, the stallion finally tossed his blanket onto the fleshy bed. Just as he let out a breath, he heard the squishy noise of the orifice that was his front door opening up.

“Hello? Verdant?” Beanstalk’s voice came out from the doorway as she ducked down to enter the organic apartment. When she saw Verdant emerge from the bedroom, her tail happily wagged before they reached each other and nuzzled.

“Glad you’re here, Beans,” Verdant said as he pulled away and guided her towards the couch. “How was your trip?”

“Well, it was kinda scary at first,” Beans said as the two of them sat down. “It was really weird getting shrunken down. When you’re as tall as me, seeing others being giants compared to you is pretty scary.”

Meanwhile, I’ve gotten used to it, along with being inside a pony like this. Verdant nodded along as he carefully listened to Bean’s words.

“The worst part however was the freefall,” Beans continued. “I mean, I know the pegasi had me secure, but it’s still damn scary.”

“Yeah. That wasn’t a fun part of the trip,” Verdant said as he gently rubbed her back. “So, what do you think of being inside Princess Celestia so far?”

“Well…” Bean’s eyes darted around and she rubbed the back of her neck. “It’s kinda… hot.”

“Yeah, I will admit, the body heat is a bit of a thing to deal with,” Verdant replied casually. “You get used to it, but this place does have a shower you can cool down in.”

“That’s not what I meant, Verdant,” Beanstalk said as a crimson tinge spread across her face. “I mean… the thought that we’re inside Princess Celestia, that everything here is a part of her body, that she’s swallowed the whole city…” Beanstalk bit down her lip. “And it’s been so long since we could get some release. Think we could… y’know?”

“Oh, sure, Beans,” Verdant replied, somewhat surprised by what the towering mare had confessed to him. “Let’s go to the bedroom and-”

Verdant was cut off as Beans once more bit down on his neck before quickly carrying him to the bedroom with a wide grin on her face.

The next hour for the shamrock stallion was one of the most exhausting yet enjoyable in his entire life.

***

Night had fallen in Canterlot, the stars in the sky shimmering as Princess Luna trotted into the dining room she shared with her elder sister. She had been concerned that she would have to dine alone due to Celestia having business to tend to in Vanhoover, but thankfully, just as she arrived through one entrance, her elder sister arrived from the other end.

“Good evening, Sister,” Luna said as she and Celestia both took a seat at the sparkling table. “How’d your business in Vanhoover go?”

“It went exceptionally well, Luna.” Celestia warmly smiled as she replied. “In a single day, I was able to take care of the housing issues that have been plaguing Vanhoover recently.”

“Fantastic!” Luna’s smile was equally warm as some servers placed food in front of the princesses. She was rather surprised she was able to fix the housing problem so quickly. The amount of damage to the city was so great, even with every construction worker they could contract working on Vanhoover, it would take at least a month before the damage was fully repaired. “Please fill me in on the details.”

“Well, I’ve contracted as many workers as possible to fix up the city’s many buildings, along with this mare named Dr. Molly Cule, but this still left the issue of where to put the displaced residents,” Celestia replied as she started to jab various vegetables in her salad with her fork before rubbing them against the dressing. “Thankfully, I’ve arranged temporary housing for all of them.”

“Fantastic news,” Luna said as she placed some mashed potatoes onto her plate. “So, where’d you manage to put them all? Hotels in the neighboring cities?”

“No, that wouldn’t provide them with their food needs, plus would be rather expensive,” Celestia said before putting the fork full of food in her mouth. After she’d chewed up and swallowed her morsel, she replied. “What I’ve done is shrunk the citizens all down, swallowed them, and then gave them temporary apartments in a city I had made in my small intestine.”

A clatter came from Luna’s fork falling against her plate as the midnight blue alicorn stared at her sister, slack-jawed and dumbstruck.

“What?” Celestia asked as Luna stayed in her shocked expression before it turned angry.

“Oh Luna,” she said in a mocking impersonation of her sister, “Much has changed since you were locked away. Witch weed is illegal now. Besides, it’d be unbecoming of a princess, especially while on duty.”

“Luna…” Celestia said with a sigh.

“For the record,” Luna shot back with clear annoyance in her tone. “The worst I did while under the influence was eat all your pastries. You, by contrast, ate an entire city!”

“It’s not like that,” Celestia tiredly replied as she brought a hoof to her forehead. “I had a portion of my body remodeled just for them. It’s a city full of apartments, a movie rental place, and even a force field to protect them from my digestive processes.”

“And I still fail to see how you came up with this idea while sober!” Luna shouted as she plopped another ladle-full of potatoes onto her plate. “And what about your body’s movements? I assume you ate them while standing, but now you’re sitting down.”

“I had a gravity charm placed on the city,” Celestia tried to sound calmer as she jabbed more of her salad with her fork. “They won’t feel any of my movements, no matter how much I move about. That, along with my body providing them with water and a nutrient paste, these ponies are much better off than simply living in tents.”

“Very well,” Luna said as she rolled her eyes. When Celestia started to pour herself a glass of wine, a wicked grin spread across her face. Once the alabaster alicorn brought the wine to her lips and began to drink, Luna spoke up once more. “Still, congratulations on beating my record of having three stallions in me at once.”

Celestia spat in surprise and some of the wine shot through her nostrils. “LUNA!” She exclaimed before she coughed to try to clear her airways.

“Sorry, Sister, but that was too good of an opportunity to waste,” Luna said while heartily laughing. When Celestia glared at her with wine dripping down her snout, Luna’s laughing grew in intensity and she fell backwards out of her chair.

***

Verdant let out a pleasant hum as he started to awaken. The bed he rested on was far more comfortable than the ground he’d had to sleep on for over a week. He could feel his back was pressed up against Beans’ belly, acting as her little spoon, her chin resting atop his head.

As he slowly opened his eyes, he saw the pink walls formed of Princess Celestia’s body.

Well, at least this is the most pleasant time I’ve had overnight inside somepony. Verdant gave a light stretch as he gently slipped out of Beans’ grasp. At any rate, nature calls.

Verdant slipped off the bed, but felt something odd with his right hind leg. Looking behind him, he saw his leg was caught in the space between the fleshy floor and bed.

As he pulled his leg three, he felt somewhat curious about what was in the gap. After a moment of cautious hesitation, he pushed his head between the two.

With his head slipping through the organic gap, he was greeted with quite the sight. Beyond the gap was a tree-like tube that stretched up towards the top of the villi and branched outwards. The inside of the tube was a crimson liquid.

“Whoa… so that’s one of the princess’s veins,” Verdant muttered to himself before he looked down, seeing how one could go from the gap towards other parts of the princess’s innards.

Pulling his head back, Verdant saw Beanstalk yawn and stretch out on the cellular bed. “Good morning, Verdant.”

“Morning, Beans,” Verdant replied before hopping onto the bed and giving her an affectionate nuzzle. “Beans, I’m gonna have to go speak with the guards about something.”

“No problem,” Beans said as she rolled off the bed and stretched her legs. “I was thinking that we could have a bit of a movie marathon later. Could you get Pix and Gear while I swing by Blockbuster's?”

“Sure thing,” Verdant answered before he headed to the bathroom. “I’ll swing by their place after I have a word with the guards.”

Once Verdant was sealed within the bathroom, he sat down on the soft, squishy toilet and started to relax.

Wait a sec. If I go to the bathroom here… where does it go?

***

Nearly an hour later, after speaking with Shield about his concerns about ponies using the gaps to slip into other parts of the princess, Verdant went on to briefly wander around the intestinal city. Looking above him, he saw the forcefield spell was holding firm as a wave of digested food washed harmlessly over the city.

“This is gonna be weird to get used to,” Verdant muttered aloud before he spotted a towering villi that had the number eighteen formed along its surface, not far from the two villi that acted as the Celestial City’s hospital and post office.

After a few minutes, Verdant had entered the apartment building and made it to a unit that had an eighty-one above it’s door. From within, he thought he could make out the sound of somepony singing coming from within.

“Hey, Gear?” Verdant said before he knocked against the orifice door with a squishy slap. “You in there?”

A “Eeep!” came from the apartment.

“Just a second!” Gear’s voice came from beyond the door, along with the sounds of stumbling, something being zipped up and an odd mechanical sound Verdant couldn’t recognize.

As Verdant started to lean closer, the orifice stretched open, revealing the bespectacled blue mare. “Hi, Verdant. What brings you by here?”

Taking a step back, Verdant noticed something odd about High Gear’s appearance. She seemed to be somewhat taller and a bit bulkier in her chest and her eyes seemed to be oddly bright, as if there was a light coming from them, and that was without mentioning how her voice seemed somewhat tinny.

“Well, Beans wants to throw together a movie marathon later tonight and she’d like to know if you and Pix would like to come,” Verdant replied as he carefully examined her. “Is something wrong with your height?”

“Uh… Yeah!” Gear replied somewhat nervously. “Mini had a bit of a SNAFU when she shrank me down, but she said it should straighten itself out later.”

“Okay, I guess that makes sense,” Verdant said, rubbing the back of his neck. “I’m no real expert on magic.”

“Well, at any rate, Pix is out for a walk right now. I’ll have to get back to you on whether we can make it to the marathon tonight,” Gear replied as she started to lean against the doorway.

“Alright then,” Verdant replied as he backed away and started to head for the stairs. “Bye, Gear. See yah later.”

“Later, Verdant,” Gear said as she waved to the stallion. Once he was out of sight, she ducked back into the apartment, quickly sealed the door shut and let out a sigh.

“That was too close,” the mare spoke in a voice that wasn’t High Gear’s.

***

Deep within the princess’s body, High Gear and Pixel flash were enjoying a pleasant stroll, having slipped out from the gap between the cells.

“So, any particular reason why you wanted us to head this way?” Gear asked as she looked about the colossal expanse of organs, veins and nerves. “I’m pretty sure that’s Sunbutt’s vagina up above us.”

“Well, I figured since this is pretty much a once in a lifetime opportunity we’ve got here, might as well use it,” Pix replied as she ran a hoof through her mane, sighing in annoyance at the sight of her undyed dark purple root. “It’s kinda like that one arcade game, Life Force, y’know?”

“Eh, you’d know more about video games than me.” Gear gave a shrug as the two came to a halt in front of a large collection of nerves that centered on a single point. “Still, I know something’s up, so why’d you really do this?” The bespectacled mare asked with a quick adjustment of her glasses.

“Heh. I can’t hide anything from you, can I?” Pix started to kneel down on her hindlegs and pulled a velvet covered box from her saddlebags, making Gear gasp and stumble back.

“High Gear of the Lavender family, the time since you’ve come into my life has been the greatest I’ve ever had.” A single joyful tear rolled down her cheek as she opened the box, revealing a golden band with a white diamond. “I want to spend the rest of my life with the greatest mare Equestria has ever known. High Gear, will you marry me?”

An unintelligible, blubbering squeak came from High Gear as tears cascaded from her eyes. This lasted only a moment before she tackled Pix and slammed her lips against the violet mare.

After their passionate kiss lasted for nearly a minute, Pix pulled back and chuckled. “I’m guessing that’s a yes?”

“You’re damn right,” Gear replied before Pix’s horn glowed with white light. The band was covered by the light as it floated from the box and slipped onto Gear’s left foreleg.

“Thank you, Gear,” Pix said before she planted another kiss on Gear’s muzzle. “You’ve made me the happiest mare in Equestria.”

“Me too,” Gear said before giving Pix a tender nuzzle. “Say… I just had an idea for how we can celebrate our engagement.”

“Oh? How so?” Pix asked as she slightly pulled back.

“Well, I’m no anatomy expert, but I think these nerves over here are the one’s for the princess’s clitoris.” Gear’s eyes roamed around the organic area they occupied. “And you know how whenever I read something about the princess I don’t like, I say, ‘Fuck Celestia’?”

“Ohh, Gear.” A sultry grin graced Pix’s muzzle before she kissed Gear on the cheek. “You’re such a naughty girl.”

***

In a private garden on the palace grounds, Princess Celestia was sitting at a fancy table, enjoying the warm sunshine and pleasant scent of the flowers in bloom.

“I’m here, Auntie!” A mare’s voice drew Celestia from her relaxed state, making her eyes fall upon the sight of a pink coated alicorn with a tri-colored mane of magenta, gold and purple as she approached the alabaster mare.

“It’s great to see you again, Cadance.” Just as she finished speaking, Celestia felt a sudden jolt of pleasure shoot through her, making her bite her tongue.

Cautiously looking down to avoid drawing Cadance’s suspicion, Celestia felt as if somepony was playing with her nethers, but she didn’t see any sign of somepony doing so.

Unless… Celestia chewed on the inside of her cheek as she continued to feel more spikes of pleasure. Are the ponies inside me doing this?

“I was really glad to hear that you found a way to help the displaced Vanhoover citizens, Auntie,” Cadance said as she took a seat at the table across from her. “Though my sources didn’t really say where’d you put them. Hotels in another city? Letting some stay at the other residences you own?”

“Oh, that’s not really important right now,” Celestia said as she put on her best poker face, trying not to let her niece know what was happening. “At any rate, how are things in the empire?”

“Hectic, but good,” Cadance replied, not seeing her aunt bite her lip or her wings spreading out. “Shining and I haven’t been able to have too much romantic time lately, but I’ve been working on plans for a passionate night of love and strawberries.”

“That’s… wonderful…” Celestia barely kept her left eye from twitching from the tension building inside her loins. Before she could say anything else, a servant placed two plates with slices of cake on the table. It was a rather tasty looking angel food cake with vanilla cream and strawberries.

“Oh, this looks delicious,” Cadance said before turning her attention back to Celestia, barely noticing the sweat forming on her brow. “Still, this is your palace, so you should go first.”

“Al… Alright…” Celestia replied as she felt her limits being reached. Whatever the tiny ponies within her were doing, it was building to one of the most explosive feelings she’d ever had.

Lighting her horn, the fork she picked up wobbled before it stabbed down into her slice of cake and strawberry. As she raised the bite-full of food up to her face, sweat was pouring down her face as her mouth slowly opened for the tasty morsel.

Just as she closed her lips around the tiny piece of cake, the tension that had been building inside her snapped as her body was struck by the most intense orgasm that she’d had in her centuries of living.

“HMMM!!! HMMMMMMM!!!” The princess moaned and groaned as she rode out the overwhelming sensation. A bright crimson spread all over her face as her wings extended almost painfully and her hindlegs trembled.

Cadance was taken aback by what was happening to Celestia before the alabaster mare started to huff and puff, the fork dropping down and clattering against the plate.

“I…I…” Celestia weakly said as she saw the stunned look on Cadance’s face. This made the scarlet on her face grow in intensity. “I… I need to go. Excuse me.”

In a flash of magenta light, Princess Celestia had vanished from her seat. Craning her neck, Princess Cadance saw a rather large wet spot on Celestia’s former chair.

“Huh…” Cadance said before picking up her fork and getting a morsel of her own cake.

“Hmm… It’s good, but not that good.” Cadance was rather grateful that there was nopony else around to hear her talk with her mouth full. She then swallowed before she continued. “Guess she just really likes cake.”

***

Stepping out of her glass and marble shower, Princess Celestia’s horn shined with magenta light. In a flash, the princess went from soaked to the bone to perfectly dry.

That was one of the most embarrassing things that’s ever happened to me. Celestia thought to herself as she made her way into her bedroom, where she swiftly donned her jewelry. Thankfully, Cadance wouldn’t be the kind to talk about that sort of thing and there was no press present.

As she arrived in the hallway that led to the throne room, her mind began to wander to the thought of the city’s worth of citizens inside her.

How were my little ponies able to do that to me? The princess began to rub her chin with her wing. Was there some way to get to other parts of my body that I missed? And how many ponies did it take to stimulate me like that?

As she reached the door to the throne room, Celestia retracted her wing and pushed the doors open with a small flare of her horn.

Two guards at the base of her dais saluted her before she ascended the steps and sat down on the throne.

“Raven,” Celestia’s soft words seemed to make her assistant unicorn appear in a cloud of dust. “I’m now ready to resume day court.”

***

Once Verdant thought he’d navigated the intestinal city enough to memorize it, he started heading back to his and Beans’ apartment.

Just as he was about to press the organic button to open the door, a shout from down the hall made his ears stand at attention.

“Could someone help me with this crazy mare?!” a scratchy mare’s voice rang out. “My roomie’s gone stir crazy! Help!”

Rushing down the hall to the source of the yelling, Verdant soon pressed a button and opened the door to an apartment where a sand colored pegasus mare was trying to pin down a burnt orange one.

“C’mon, Sandstorm!” the orange pegasus flailed, trying to buck the sandy mare off. “I can’t set a speed record in the city! I need to get somewhere with more space!”

“It’s way too dangerous, Sky Crash!” Sandstorm growled before she bit down on her long, reddish-orange mane. “Who knows what crazy crap we’d get into outside the city!”

“I’ll help!” Verdant said before charging towards the two. Unfortunately for Verdant and Sandstorm, he’d provided just enough of a distraction to let her knock the violet-eyed mare off her back.

With Sandstorm sent flying into an organic wall, Sky Crash darted down the hallway towards one of the bedrooms. Verdant was in hot pursuit before he leapt towards her. He only managed to land on her back and wrap his forelegs around her barrel before she dived and slid through the narrow gap between the bed and floor.

Verdant and Sky Crash started to tumble downward before she spread her wings. Her wings began to furiously pump as she quickly took flight.

“Get off my back, jerk!” Sky Crash exclaimed through gritted teeth. “I’m not gonna let being stuck inside Princess Celestia stop me from making a Sonic Rainboom!”

“Are you crazy?!” Verdant screamed as he saw them flying past multiple organs within the princess’s torso. “Do you have any idea what kind of damage you’ll do to the princess or the ponies inside her?!”

“Dunno, don’t care,” Sky Crash growled before she angled her back so Verdant slammed against the exterior wall of Celestia’s stomach. When his grip failed to loosen, Sky Crash tried slamming him multiple times. At what she thought was the eighth or ninth attempt, the sound of a massive explosion sent her and the shamrock stallion spiraling.

***

“And that, my princess, is my proposal to allow Griffon Grocers to provide meat to be added to the guards meals in order to make them more effective soldiers,” a silver-coated griffon hen with red dye covering her wings said as she pointed to a series of complicated charts to explain the supposed benefits of ponies adding stratadon steak and bacon to their diets.

As far as Celestia was concerned, it sounded unlikely and would require another pony with much more knowledge of anatomy to analyze this.

Before she could make a response, she started to feel a mild pain coming from her stomach. Not an ache like she was sick or ate something she disagreed with, but as if it was taking a series of jabs.

Right. Today’s really making me start to regret my Celestial City plan. The princess fought back the urge to grimace from her discomfort.

“Your highness?” The hen asked, eagerly awaiting an answer to her proposal.

Celestia wished to verbally respond, but whatever was striking her stomach made her response be a loud belch that shook the nearby windows.

“Oh, fantastic!” The griffon cheerfully tapped her talons together before quickly gathering up her charts. “I’m glad you found my proposal tasty, your highness! I’ll go tell my people immediately!”

“Wait, Mrs. Panzeron!” Celestia called out, but the silver griffon had already taken off back down the hall out of earshot.

Princess Celestia sighed before she rubbed the bridge of her snout. “Guards, please try to get her before she leaves the palace. I need to clear things up.”

“Yes, your highness!” An orange coated guard stallion saluted before he took off down the hallway.

“How could this day get any worse?” Celestia muttered as she felt a very slight tickle from her throat.

***

“THIS IS INSANE!” Verdant screeched as he struggled to keep his grip on Sky Crash as they quickly rose higher and higher.

“This… should… be… it!” Sky Crash said through gritted teeth as she saw she and Verdant had risen past the top of Celestia’s ribcage. “NOW!”

Before Verdant could figure out what she’d meant, Sky Crash suddenly dived and pumped her wings with ferocity greater than he’d ever seen before.

Verdant screamed and tears streamed from his eyes, but his screech was unheard thanks to the great winds as they flew downward.

“Almost… Almost…” Sky Crash struggled to keep her eyes open, her forelegs extended outward as she felt the sides of her face flapping about. “Now!”

Just as the speeding pegasus was about to try to pull back up, a powerful and painful cramp struck her wings, leaving the two ponies hurtling through the princess’s body like a comet.

Rather than striking hard bone or something that would give, the pair crashed into an organ that was able to handle the powerful impact without damage. For Verdant and Sky Crash, they felt as if they crashed into an oversized, or rather a regular size compared to them, water balloon.

The two ponies were rather sore as they pulled away from one another and felt the squishy organ starting to deflate. The sound of a massive amount of water flushing away reached their ears, muffled by the walls of the organ they laid upon.

“Uh-oh…” Verdant groaned as he looked about, seeing he and Sky Crash was directly below the princess’s uterus. “I think the princess is gonna be pissed.”

***

As if in response to Celestia’s question, a strike more powerful came from far below her stomach. Her pupils shrank to pinpricks as she felt that whatever struck her insides had hit her bladder… and forced it to empty.

“Raven…” Celestia weakly said as her face quickly changed from snow white to cherry red. “I need you to cancel all my other court sessions for today.”

“Yes, your highness,” Raven said as she scribbled some notes on her clipboard and closed the doors. “Anything else you require, your highness?”

“I do.” The red on Celestia’s face as her tone was filled with shame. “I need a towel… and a cleaner who’ll keep quiet.”

The very next day, the guards within the princess’s body had received word to seal all the gaps that’d allow ponies to explore places outside the city.

***

Over one month after Princess Celestia had ingested the population of Vanhoover, she had returned to the seaside city with a sleepy Luna at her side. The bright morning sunlight glimmered off the water.

“Look at it, Luna,” Celestia said to her yawning sister. “All our little ponies have worked diligently and the city is restored. Now the citizens can happily return to their proper homes.”

“That’s great, Sister,” Luna yawned and stretched her wings. Through squinting, tired eyes, she surveyed the cityscape and saw that true to her word, the buildings were looking immaculate. “I do have one question, though.”

“Well, feel free to ask it, Luna,” Celestia said with a warm smile.

“How exactly are you going to get them out or your digestive tract?”

Celestia felt as if her world shattered around her and her pupils retracted as she realized that of all the steps in her elaborate plan to temporarily house the city’s worth of ponies inside her, she had never thought of how she’d be getting them out.

“...SHIT!!!” Celestia exclaimed in the Royal Canterlot Voice, causing her words to echo out throughout the vacant city.

“Oh, that sounds rather unpleasant,” Luna snarkily remarked.

***

After a process that lasted several hours and was rather unpleasant for the Vanhoover residents and humiliating for Princess Celestia, everyone who was inside the princess had all returned to their proper homes.

Verdant let out a relaxed sigh as he stepped out of his shower. After he had spent the last several hours scrubbing himself clean, he was drying himself off before flopping onto the first bed he’d been on that wasn’t organic in a very long time.

Hmm… I’ve missed this. Verdant began to relax in his bed.

As sleep had started to overtake him, a flash of light appeared over his head and he felt something light land on his head.

With a groan, he turned the light on his night stand on and saw the object that struck his face was a rolled up piece of paper.

Unfurling the paper, he saw a message addressed to him.

Hey Verdant.

If you get this letter, return it to me tomorrow so I can document the results. We’ll get ready to try teleporting you again next week.

~ High Gear

The shamrock stallion groaned as he flopped back down onto his bed. “After being in a digestive tract for a month, she wants to get me in another one next week? I’m starting to think she has a fetish or something.”

***

In laboratory thirty-eight on the fifth floor of the Vanhoover institute, Dr. Double Helix carefully reached into her saddle bags and pulled out six large jars filled with blood. The jars were placed inside a refrigeration unit for various genetic samples. The last thing she pulled from her bags and put in the fridge was vial with a label that read ‘Project A Egg’.

Closing the fridge, Double Helix darkly chuckled as she activated a tape recorder on a nearby table.

“Double Helix audio log number…” the doctor clicked her tongue as she tried to recall where she’d left off. “Ah! Number one thirteen. It seems that Copper Top’s little accident will pay off in ways I couldn’t possibly have imagined.”

Helix restrained her urge to laugh as she walked closer to the tape recorder.

“The accident allowed me to get closer than I ever would have before to Subject Alpha and extract genetic samples from her without being noticed. My minute size and preservation spells allowed me to gather six jars of her blood while remaining completely undetected.

“However, I was able to obtain a prize greater than I could have imagined. Thanks to Minute Detail and a memory erasure spell, I was able to obtain one of Subject Alpha’s ovums. This will undoubtedly be invaluable to my genetic research. Operation: Raise a Sun will begin once I am able to acquire a male genetic sample, likely from Bunsen. We shall see how this will go. End log.”

Author's Note

Hey everyone! Sorry it took so long to make this chapter. The last few months have been pretty hectic for me and as a heads up, I probably won't have a chapter ready for Vore Day this year, so apologies in advance. Still, I hope you enjoy this new chapter.

And now, for the first time in a long time, here's a pic of some of the new characters introduced.

I've hinted Verdant's bi for a while, so I figured why not introduce his ex-boyfriend?

Well, with this out of the way, it's time for the vote.

1. Swift Snort (AP): Verdant is training with his fellow soldiers on Butterfly Island and we see one of the misadventures there.
2. Lovely Nights and New Beginnings (Alternate Ending): Verdant was called upon to impregnate Cadance with Shining Armor's sperm. Well over a year after his successful mission, Princess Cadance calls him back to the empire. What could she want this time?
3. Dating Delights: Verdant goes out on a date with a fancy mare he met during a dating service and things seem to go swimmingly... until he learns she's a cannibalistic serial killer with a shrinking fetish.
4. Betty: The Last Cutesaur: Verdant is recruited by Daring Do to explore an island full of long lost flora and fauna, only to encounter a creature that supposedly went extinct eons ago.
5. Bibinba's Inside Story: While playing Marinara Party with some friends of his, Verdant accidentally lands on the wrong space and finds himself staring down an imposing longma.
6. Double Trouble in the Fire: A teleportation accident ends up sending Verdant to another universe where he meets Dr. Overdrive and a green mare with a white muzzle named Shamrock Meadow. When the two try to get him back home, things go awry and the emerald pony pair end up in the kitchen of Spitfire.
7. Dragon of the Wastelands: In the wastelands that were ruined by mega spells, a small band of ponies wish to reach the town of New Griffonstone. To get there, they hire an odd unicorn mare who goes by the name of Verdant Range.
8. Dog Day Afternoon: On a day out, Verdant finds himself stumbling upon a patch of Shrinking Violets... and a rather hungry Diamond Dog.
9. Happy Hearts & Hooves Day (AP): Verdant wants to give Erica a wonderful Hearts & Hooves Day. After learning she has a fetish for shrinking and vore, he knows what he'll do to make his special somecreature happy.
10. Death to Daybreaker: In a dark world ruled by Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon, two vicious tyrants who plot and scheme against each other, the Mare of the Moon decides to put an end to her sister once and for all. For this, she's going to need a rather skilled assassin.
11. Tales from the Mirrorverse - Digestions & Dragons: Set after the events of "Antacid's Creed", Verdant is assigned to Celestia's elite privateer, Magic Barrier. His first assignment: recover the treasure from a hibernating dragon's stomach.
12. Squad 982's Egg-cellent Adventure: A teleportation accident causes the ponies of Squad 982 to end up inside of reproductive tract of their griffin cadet, Jaylin Blauhäher, just as she's about to lay an egg... an egg that she intends to eat once it's laid.
13. Princesses, Portals and Pastry Pokémon: After testing out High Gear's teleporter, Verdant has to deal with both good news and bad news. The good news: He's managed to make it to Canterlot at his proper size. The bad news: he ends up on top of a giant cake creature accidentally brought to Equestria thanks to Dr. Glowing Doorway's presentation for the princesses going horribly wrong.
14. Sailing into the Blue: In the war with the griffins, Captain Barrier comes up with a plan to allow them to infiltrate the Griffin Kingdom and turn the tide of the war. All they need is a boat, Verdant's knowledge of anatomy and a lot of Shrinking Violet potion.
15. Into the Sunset (EG): An accident involving a flower cart and High Gear's teleporter leads to the teen to be shrunk again and finding himself stuck in a salad in Canterlot.
16. Ponies and Portals: Verdant is poached by a mare who is competing against High Gear's project by working on creating long range portal spell. However, things go wrong and Verdant finds not only is he shrunk, but his body has become a strange creature with weird appendages and clothes... along with being in a package of peanut butter and crackers.
17. Enter the Mecha Mare (Part One of a trilogy): While showing up for one of High Gear's experiments, Verdant learns that he's made a robotic pony. However, something seems a bit off with this miraculous mechanical mare. What could she have planned?

Remember, only one vote per person. Also, from now on, vote that only have a number will no longer counted and even deleted. I'm sorry if this seems harsh, but I did this since it makes tallying the votes easier for me.

Next time, Verdant ends up being an unintended third wheel on a romantic evening in the Crystal Empire in Sweet & Shining Strawberry Snacks. See ya then!