"Staying out of trouble" ~ A helpful guide by Twilight Sparkle

Noises are bad, somepony make the noises go away.

"wilight... wake up twilight..."

You try to bury your head under the pillows Like you always do when Anon wakes you up, but forehooves around your stomach prevent you from escaping. The grip tightens as the fuzzy creature behind you pulls you even closer into it's diabolical grasp.

Your ear twitches as your captor whispers right into it. "It's time to get uppppp."

No! Time for more sleeps, evil sing song voices can go away.

Apparently unsatisfied with your response your tormentor grasps the tip of your ear in her teeth and pulls lightly. The shock of being chewed on sends bolts down your spine and confused feelings through your sleep addled mind.

"Quit it, go away..."You suppresses a moan as the vicious chewing only gets worse. You aren't a chew toy! Squirming does little to save you from your tormentor's grasp though. The pathetic struggles are ultimately in vain as your more awake bedmate giggles and continues her ear based assault.

Finally opening your eyes you turn to face her as best you can.

The white mare with a mouth full of purple ear just gives you a quick smile before letting go. "Now that's the heavy sleeper I remember. Always so stubborn." Learning down Rarity subjects you to aggressive early morning nuzzles! The monster!

"I'm up, I'm up."

"I know how you are now, but the minute I leave you alone you'll be right back to sleep."

That is 100% not true...

"Besides one does not tell their mistress to go away you naughty little thing." She punctuates her statement with a giggle and a squeeze.

Were you more awake or her tone more serious, the statement might have scared you a little, but right now it was just playful banter.

"Fine, Go away mistress."

"Hmm maybe someone needs an early morning lesson?" You hear her horn light up and suck in a sharp breath as something floats right into your field of vision.

Holy crap that's a huge hairbrush!

You whimper and try to squirm away from it. It's immediately gives you flashbacks of screaming over Anon's knee with your flank on fire!

Sensing the distress it's causing you Rarity quickly floats it away. "Oh my, I'm sorry darling I just meant to poke fun. Shh it's ok, you're safe, you aren't in trouble."

Despite the assurances you pulled yourself into the smallest ball of purple pony you could. Rarity gives chase though and wraps her hooves even further around you, shielding you from the world in a shell of white and purple.

"You've been a good girl darling, it's ok."

It takes a several minutes of quiet assurances from your big spoon before you can finally relax.

"I'm sorry, it's just that Anon has a brush pretty close to that one."

"That's good sweetie, that's good that he trains you well."

You don't feel safe arguing with her so you just nod a little.

"A healthy fear of discipline keeps many a mare out of trouble. Some more than others though." She sort of chuckles at the statement, is she talking about her other mares?

"Is... Is that what happened last night?"

"Oh. I was hoping you wouldn't have to hear that."

Pulling her right forehoof out of her death grip around you, she places it on your side and begins to brush your fur up and down. It's pretty nice. "Yes a few of the girls got in trouble last night I will admit. I promise I was not too harsh with them, but a quick lesson sets them straight in no time."

"Does that happen a lot?"

"I'm not sure I would say a lot, but it's not exactly rare. A lot of the time just the sight of the brush is enough to make them think twice." Her hoof absentmindedly drifts down your side to your cutie mark as she continue the light massage.

"But if that doesn't work then a quick pop pop pop and they remember!"

Each pop is emphasized by a light pat to your cutie mark that makes you blush like a school filly!

"Rarity!"

A tut tut issues from behind as you hear her magic bring the back of the brush rest on your flank!

"Mistress! I meant mistress!"

She gives you one single harmless swat before floating it away. "You're lucky we're friends darling. Now come along it's time to get ready!"

You find yourself frozen in place for a minute as your mind focuses on the spot where the brush just landed. She spanked you! Rarity disciplined you and you aren't even hers yet!

"Up up let's go Twilight." Hearing her horn light again you quickly evacuate the bed before you find out if she was going to lift you with her magic or the brush!

"There's my girl! Here, the bathroom is this way, I think you'll love it."

Ok, she was right about you loving it, but to be fair the bathroom is bigger than your entire room at Anon's house. The more you looked around the more it remains you of the royal bathhouses in canterlot and those were built for alicorns!

"I think this is the biggest bathroom I've seen in my life..."

"I knew you'd be impressed. I had the entire thing rebuilt when I moved in. A guest bedroom is a small price to pay for your own built in spa!"

You can't argue with that.

"Well come on hop in. Lilly already drew the bath for us. It's just the right temperature, I promise."

Get in!? We don't need a bath scene Rarity we're both ponies!

"Us?" You try and fail to keep the nervousness out of your voice.

"We've been to the spa together before Twilight. I know it's been a while but don't be modest." Grabbing you lightly by the ear with her magic she softly pulls you with her as she trots to the side of the swimming pool sized tub. Not enough to hurt, but enough to get you moving.

"Well, can you get in by yourself?" She giggles at your blush. No way out of this it seems. may as well mare up and hop in at this point. Following close behind you, Rarity goes over to the side to scrutinize her selection of products. "Have you been taking care of your mane? Anon doesn't seem the type to spend much on shampoos."

"He just has some human stuff, it's ok."

"Oh no no that just wouldn't do. Come here, I know just what you need!"

You back away from the determined gleam in her eyes as she approaches you with 3 different bottles in tow. "I can wash my own mane..."

"Perhaps you can, but not today!"

With her wading towards you faster and faster you soon run out of tub to escape too! "Wait, hold on!"

Your cries for mercy are ignored as she once again grabs you with her magic taboo! and turns you around.

"Ra-Mistress please I'm not a filly!"

"You're my filly as long as your mane is in such dire straits Twilight."

With no real choice you eventually resign yourself to the washing. The ear pulling wasn't painful, but it was clear she planned on having her way. May as well behave and make it easier on yourself. Besides it was kind of nice to have someone take care of you for once.

"I'm sending you home with some of my products. You've already got split ends and those cheap human shampoos are only going to make it worse."

"Yes ma'am..." Aggressive washing is aggressive! Your head bounces all over the place as she really digs her hooves into your mane.

"Oh don't be so drab, I know this feels fantastic."

Ok it does feel nice, but you aren't going to admit that to her or yourself. You're also fairly sure this counts as gentling. Like you need MORE psychological conditioning messing with your head right now!

Instead of giving her the satisfaction of telling her it's nice, you just sit like a statue while she has her fun.

"No comment? Have it your way, but Just for that I'm now doing your coat as well."

Ugh, you groan and hang your head until she pulls it back up to rinse out the 3rd application of product out of your mane. "Just think, if you're a good girl you get this kind of brushing instead of the 'other' kind."

The kind that involves a sore seat, yeah yeah you get it...

"Tail darling."

She tabs your underwater rump to get you to raise it. No no no no no. "Please, I can do the tail myself..."

"Don't be silly just get it up here." Wrapping her the base of your tail in her magic she starts to pull! The sensation of having your tail pulled is like nothing else and instantly your whole rear shoots out of the water! Pushing you forward off the side of the tub, she soon has you bending over the edge with your tail end completely out of the water.

"Rarity this is embarrassing!"

"Hmm, the price of disobedient I suppose."

Is she smirking back there?! You turn your head back to plead with your eyes, but she doesn't even spare you glance. Instead her eyes focusing on lathering up your tail with the soapy shampoo.

"I envy you Twilight."

wat?

"You've never had anyone do this have you? My first owner loved to bathe me, it's some kind of an obsessions for some of them"

Wow, that sounds awkward.

"It was as pleasant as you can imagine. Those little monkey hands touching me all over..." You can feel the shiver through her hooves. "I hope my hooves are a bit kinder, this isn't our first time at least."

That does help that communal bathing was fairly common back in equestria. While not a big deal for unicorns, the less magically inclined races had no real way of scrubbing their backs. As a result bathing with family or friends was a common activity. Rarity's scrubbed you plenty of times in the past, but this time it was still somehow different. The power dynamic of the situation is always in the back of your mind, plus the way she so easily marehandled you with her magic when you resisted.

"There, back in the water now."

She doesn't have to tell you twice. A less awkward posture is welcome as you climbed back into the tub.

Catching the look you're shooting her she offers you an apologetic smile. "I hope this isn't too unpleasant for you. I don't get an opportunity to be hooves on with any pony anymore. I fear it would frighten the girls and I don't want to put them through what I've been through."

Expressing concern for her properties feelings? That's a first. No way you're gonna say that though.

"It's fine, it's just been a long time." Sure it was a bit awkward, but you know she's not gonna molest or abuse you, it's still Rarity.

"Oh this is why I want you darling! I can be so me around you!" She squishing your face with her hooves and rubs noses with you!

You can't help but notice yesterday her justifications were all about keeping you safe, but now they're suddenly about you making her feel comfortable. Of course no one else wants to snuggle or bathe with her when she's so strict with them. If you lived here would that strictness ever turn on you? So far she'd been gentle even when upset with you. This morning's single smack makes you kinda question that sense of safety though.

Turning you back around Rarity begins to lather up your back with her various coat shampoos.

Ok, you admit this feels great at this point, but more importantly you can tell it's doing wonders for her. Up until now she'd always seemed to serious. Sure she'd give you a smile when you caught her eye, but most the time it was the visage of someone planning, calculating, never relaxed. Now she's genuinely smiling, even humming as she picks up a foreleg to wash it.

This is what she needs. A friend to let her be herself instead of another slave to break beneath her hoof.

Could that be you though? Your strength of will wasn't what it used to be. If she starts to pressure you to behave some specific way you'll probably crumble. If she starts to discipline you'd absolutely break and fall in line just like you did with Anon.

Your kick around the possibilities until jarred back to reality by a knock at the door.

"Come in Lilly."

A young unicorn mare trots in with a load of fresh towels in her magic.

"Here are the towels you asked for mistress. Do you want to start on your makeup now?" Her magic looks a bit weak. It seems she's so focused on keeping the towels under control she didn't notice where the two of you were at.

"Well it might be a bit soon for that dear."

"What? Why? what are - oh!" She looks up and finally notices what's going on.

"Lilly this is Twilight, I don't believe the two of you have met."

She's kind enough to NOT stop bathing you as she introduces you. Yeah it's not awkward at all as she turns you around again and begins to lather up your chest right in front of the new mare! Ponies usually help each other with backs, not everything else...

Lilly clearly finds it as awkward as you based on her blush.

Oh gods her hoof just keeps going lower and lower as she reaches into the water to scrub your underbelly. If she keeps going down you're going to have a real problem on your hooves here!

Your discomfort is so easy to read she giggles. "Good fillies get to do this themselves you know."

Wow thanks for being patronizing in front of someone, that's just great!

"Alright I'm sorry. Just please let me do it..." You practically whimper the last part, but it seems to do the trick.

"I'll let you off the hook this time, but only because I think you've learned a lesson in cooperation." You sure have. A mane washing is pleasant compared to where her hooves were slowly moving towards.

She floats her products over to you as she herself climbs out of the tub.

"Getting out already?" You ask.

"Hmm? Oh yes I bathed last night." So she only got in to play with you, lovely. "I do need to do my makeup though. Lilly? Let's get started shall we?"

Sinking further into the water you're finally able to relax now that you're alone.

"You can soak for a minute Twilight but breakfast is soon."

Whatever. You sink your head beneath the water for a moment of solitary peace and silence. What a weird start to the day.