Author's Note

AUTHOR'S NOTE: MILD SEXUAL CONTENT IN THIS CHAPTER

Chapter 16

I opened my eyes to a blue sky without a cloud in sight, the grass beneath me as soft as cotton as I stretched my arms above my head. The sunshine beaming down on me felt amazing and I soon found my mind wandering. Rustling grass to my left drew my attention causing me to turn my head and find myself face to muzzle with Fluttershy.

“Hi”, I smiled.

“Hi”, she smiled back.

Fluttershy squirmed closer to me and rested her head on my shoulder as she sighed happily. She nuzzled my neck and my smile grew wider as I returned her affections. It was very nice in the meadow we were laying in, the wildflowers blooming a myriad of beautiful colors. I wrapped my arm around the beautiful Pegasus beside me and kissed her gently.

“This is perfect”, she whispered.

She returned the kiss and deepened it, her tongue twirling around mine with a sensual dexterity. I splayed my fingers in her mane and pulled her even deeper in the kiss, my heart racing. Gently she pushed me onto my back being careful of my wings.

“So beautiful”, I murmured happily.

She kissed me again as she straddled my upper body and wrapped her forelegs around my neck. I felt a tightness down below which she noticed as I blushed. She smiled coyly and wiggled just barely, giggling cutely when a moan escaped my chest. Another kiss graced my lips as she used her back hooves to push the waistband of my pants down.

“Wait”, I whispered.

“What is it”, she asked nervously.

“Are you sure you want to do this?”

“I won’t go too far”, she promised.

Without another word she ground against me as she snaked her tongue into my mouth again. I moaned as she squirmed just the right way for the tip to press against her soaking opening. I made a noise of worry and she grinned before sliding her body down between my legs. Her silky mane brushed my exposed genitals and made the shaft twitch.

“Very nice”, she moaned huskily.

She looked me in the eyes as her tongue slid out and teased my glistening tip, her moan matching the one I let out. I could only gasp when she took my entire length into her mouth and slid back up with a noisy slurp.

“Oh yes”, I moaned.

She shook her head back and forth with my entire length in her mouth and the mixture of sensations was insane. I moaned louder as she began bobbing her head and working her tongue with the perfect rhythm. Before long I felt a pressure begin to build until I felt like I couldn’t stand it.

“Jackson”, Fluttershy yelled, somehow while still engulfing me.

What the hell, I thought. How did she do that?

Fluttershy froze with just my tip in her mouth and her eyes flashed green for a second. I again heard her voice without her mouth moving and began to get a bad feeling. It was almost enough to kill my erection, but I had reached a point that stopping was physically impossible.

“Cindra”, Fluttershy shrieked in anger.

The meadow faded from my mind as I opened my eyes to find a bug pony with my penis in her mouth. I opened my mouth to begin the longest streak of profanity ever when Cindra suddenly vanished. I snatched my pants up ignoring the mess I would have to clean up later and looked around the room in panic.

“How could you”, Fluttershy shouted from the shadows to my right.

I formed a ball of light and tossed it on the ceiling before standing and looking around. The sight I saw in the corner stole every thought from my head.

“Dafuq”, I murmured.

Fluttershy had Cindra pinned to the wall by her throat, her hooves cutting off the changeling’s air. The hurt and rage on her face gave me a chill as I struggled to pull Fluttershy away. She slapped me hard across the face with her wing and resumed her assault on Cindra. I felt blood running from my nose but dismissed it as I tried again to pull the pissed Pegasus back.

“Fluttershy”, I yelled, getting no reaction.

I tugged on her again and was rewarded with another wing backhand. The hatred that rolled off of the mare was almost palpable. I tried yet again to pull her away when I noticed that Cindra’s struggles were getting weaker. A jolt of fear shot through me when I realized Fluttershy was killing her.

“Fluttershy, you’re gonna kill her”, I shouted while pulling on her as hard as I could.

“I hope so”, she shouted back, shoving me away again.

The trapped changeling pawed weakly at Fluttershy as her eyes slowly slipped closed. With one last gasp Cindra’s hooves fell limply to her side as her tongue lolled out. In a panic I wrapped my arms around the murderous mare and flapped my wings hard, finally succeeding in yanking her away.

“Oh shit”, I groaned when Cindra didn’t get up.

Fluttershy seemed to finally break from her rage and stared in horror at the unmoving changeling. I ran over and listened for breathing but heard nothing. I looked back at Fluttershy with wide eyes.

“I killed her”, she whispered, looking down at her hooves. “I killed another living being.”

I looked back to the still form before me and felt for a pulse. It was weak, but it was there. I forced Cindra’s jaws open and sealed the sides of her muzzle with my hands to force air into her lungs. I began pressing on her carapace, but it wouldn’t budge. At a loss for what to do I reached up with both arms, clasped my fists together and slammed them down on her chest several times. I repeated the process again and again until Cindra coughed weakly and opened her eyes.

“Get her away from me”, Cindra shrieked in terror when she caught sight of Fluttershy.

“Chill”, I said, pushing her back down when she tried to run away. “Now, what the hell is going on?!”

“I was hungry”, Cindra said simply.

“So you decided my dick was a suitable midnight snack”, I shouted.

“How else was I gonna get the right emotion from you”, she tried to shout back but it came out as a hoarse croak.

“I killed her”, Fluttershy whispered with vacant eyes. “I’m a murderer.”

I stood and stepped in front of Fluttershy, staring into her face. I called her name a couple times to no avail. I didn’t want to slap her to snap her out of it so I did the next best thing. I grabbed both of her cheeks and pressed our lips together hard. That seemed to do the trick as she jerked away from me and looked down at Cindra.

“I’m sorry, I’m so so sorry”, she wailed as she reached out to Cindra.

“Stay away”, Cindra shrieked again and fled the room.

I raced after her, catching her right as she reached the front door. I wrapped my arms around her and picked her up effortlessly despite her demands to be let go. She thrashed and bucked trying to get away but eventually she was reduced to a sobbing mess. I gently laid her on the couch and told her to stay there before returning upstairs.
I entered my room and found Fluttershy curled up in the middle of the floor whimpering and shaking. I sat behind her and pulled her into my lap stroking her mane and rubbing her back. She wrapped her forelegs around me and wailed in despair.

“Cindra’s okay”, I whispered. “You didn’t kill her.”

For the better part of an hour I rocked her in my lap, her tears flowing freely. Slowly she began to calm down, the adrenaline eventually wearing off. Her eyes met mine one last time before exhaustion claimed her.

“Damn”, I huffed to myself.

I sat on the floor for hours holding the shaking pony and before I realized it I had fallen asleep with her in my arms. I don’t know how much later it was when I woke up but Fluttershy was still cradled in my arms looking up at me lovingly. When I opened my eyes she just hugged me like she never wanted to let go.

“Are you okay”, I whispered, stroking her mane.

“Not really”, she whispered back tearfully.

“You didn’t kill her”, I said gently.

She turned to try to roll off my lap but I held her close.

“Fluttershy, she still had a pulse”, I whispered as I caressed her cheek.

She nodded sullenly and finally managed to roll off my lap. I stood and followed her downstairs, expecting to have to break up another fight. To my surprise Cindra wasn’t on the couch and the sounds of cooking floated from the kitchen.

“Ooh”, I said as the smell of delicious food hit my nostrils.

The two of us entered the kitchen and I had to laugh at the sight before me. Every inch of counter space was taken up by all manner of breakfast foods. At the stove stood Cindra wearing Fluttershy’s pink apron with her back to us. She had a smear of flour behind her left ear and her hooves moved at a frenzied pace stirring food on all four burners.

“Wow”, I said, startling Cindra and making her drop a spatula. “Sorry.”

When Fluttershy stepped around me into the kitchen Cindra began shaking visibly and took a step back. The buttery mare saw this and began tearing up as she shrank back behind me. I looked behind me then I turned my gaze to the changeling in front of the stove.

“Look”, I sighed. “Eventually we gotta discuss last night, so we might as well do it and move on.”

“I’d really rather not”, Fluttershy whimpered.

“Sorry but this is happening”, I said before turning to Cindra. “Turn the stove off and come into the living room.”

I turned and left the room with Fluttershy hot on my heels, my head beginning to hurt. I sat on the couch and smiled when the buttery mare climbed in my lap. A small noise came from the kitchen doorway, causing me to glance up.

“Okay, I’m here now”, she said quietly as she entered.

As she made her way to a chair near the couch she avoided eye contact with both of us. I watched her as she was walking and noticed a slight limp to her steps. Apparently Fluttershy noticed it too because I felt her tense up against me.

“Why are you limping”, I asked after she sat down.

“I fell off the couch this morning”, she said with a fleeting glance at Fluttershy.

I sat still as a statue and stared at the changeling. She drooped her ears slightly and snuck glances at me and Fluttershy several times over the next few minutes. Fluttershy began to fidget slightly, as did Cindra who flinched when I drew in breath to speak.

“Bull shit”, I said.

“What”, Cindra asked as she cocked her head cutely.

“Why are you limping”, I asked. “I want the truth this time.”

“My shoulder got hurt last night”, she eventually admitted with a glance at Fluttershy.

“When last night”, I asked, watching Fluttershy in the corner of my eye.

“After I… did what I did”, she actually blushed. “When Fluttershy first slammed into me it twisted my leg.”

“I could heal you”, I said casually, “but you and I are going to have a long conversation later.”

“No thank you”, she replied. “I can deal with the pain. I deserve it.”

“Fine, but we are going to talk”, I said forcefully.

“Jackson”, Fluttershy said quietly as she laid a hoof on my forearm.

“Yes?”

“I have something to say”, she replied. “A couple somethings, actually.”

“Okay”, I nodded and rested a hand on her back.

“First I would like to apologize to you, Cindra”, she said tearfully. “No apology could ever make up for what I did to you. I don’t expect you to forgive me, but I just wanted you to know how terrible I feel.”

“Well, you did pretty much murder me”, Cindra shuddered, causing fresh tears to appear in Fluttershy’s eyes.

“I know”, Fluttershy whimpered. “I don’t think I can ever forgive myself.”

The tenderhearted mare in my lap burst into tears and buried her face under her hooves. I rubbed her back as she cried, patiently waiting for the tears to stop.

“Since we’re discussing wrongs”, I almost growled, “I think we should discuss your behavior.”

“It’s my nature”, Cindra weakly responded as she hung her head.

“I’m not discussing the bedroom”, I said sternly. “I mean how you were acting toward us before you told us about your diet. You were a raging cunt, and you hurt Fluttershy bad.”

“I’m sorry”, she whispered, staring pleadingly at Fluttershy. “I was scared, and you didn’t deserve that.”

“I can’t say I was upset, just aggravated”, I said evenly. “Your behavior this morning is kinda bugging me, though.”

“I’m sorry”, she flinched.

“See, that right there”, I urged. “You jump like one of us is gonna hurt you. Yeah, she tried to choke you to death and I cut your leg off, but I was protecting Fluttershy and we’re about to discuss her reaction last night.”

As I finished speaking I turned my eyes to the mare in my lap. She blinked a few times and her eyes grew wide.

“I’m sorry, what”, she asked.

“I’m kinda wondering what made you go psycho on Cindra”, I said as I crossed my arms and leaned back.

“She was… you know… I mean…”, she floundered while blushing. “Please don’t make me say it.”

“Why did you attack her?”

“I already told you”, she whispered.

“Seriously, why did you jump on me”, Cindra asked earnestly. “Yeah, I was sucking his- oh fuck.”

“What”, I asked.

“I was just messing with you yesterday afternoon”, she replied as she stared wide eyed at me. “She really does l-“

Cindra’s words were cut off by a cyan blur crashed through a window, somehow unharmed. She tumbled to a stop at my feet and glanced up at me anxiously.

“Jackson”, she shouted as she leapt to her feet. “Dude, ya gotta come with me! Bring that rewound blade of yours!”

“Reverse blade”, I corrected as I eased Fluttershy off of my lap and stood. “What’s going on?”

“Bugbear”, she shouted, looking frantically out of the door.

“Dafuq?”

“It’s kinda like a mix between a ten foot grizzly bear and a Tartarus wasp”, she hesitated, causing both Fluttershy and Cindra to gasp. “And it’s kinda headed this way.”

“Why this way”, I asked hesitantly.

“It might have been chasing me”, the prismatic pony chuckled nervously.

“Well, fuck.”