“I may have acted relaxed in finding all of this out,” said Spike, “but don’t think this means you two are off the hook.” Both Pinkie and Twilight were completely nude and secured to some sort of wooden cross-device by surprisingly firm restraints. An additional ring was also secured to Twilight’s horn; it kept her from being able to do any sort of magic at all. Neither pony could say anything due to the fact they had ball gags secured in their mouths rather firmly.

The room they were all in was dreary looking, likely some kind of dungeon. Neither Twilight or Pinkie recalled ever coming to this room; both were quite scared. The presence of a surprisingly cheery looking blue door only served to make things feel worse. Whatever Spike had in mind for them he wanted it to be away from prying eyes.

Twilight and Pinkie tried to struggle only to find they were being held quite firmly. Spike walked over to a table and picked up what looked like a branding iron. The item in question has what looked like a hollow heart-shaped set of flames with the letter S looking like it was modeled after Spike’s tail in the middle. After picking it up Spike gave an amused chuckle, “My magic items production expert, Sunset Shimmer, made this for me using information obtained by my Twilight Sparkle. This brand will remain on you for the better part of a week, and depending on where I place it on you the effects will be drastically different. If I were to put the brand below your beltline on the front it would dramatically up your libido to the point you would use almost anything to provide sexual relief,” Twilight and Pinkie gave a shiver of fear at that, “but that’s not where I’m going to place it on either of you. That’s more of reward, I want to punish you.”

He placed the brand just below Pinkie’s mark on her right leg, the pink mare gave a muffled scream of pain; afterward, Spike removed the gag from the mare’s mouth, “What did you just do to me?” Cried Pinkie, she really didn’t want to hear what Spike had to say.

“Weakened your legs to the point you’ll require support,” said Spike, “while I enjoy you bouncing around most of the time, this should be more than enough punishment, mostly because I find all this somewhat interesting.” He then pulled a lever that caused the cross-like device then pressed the brand to The small of Twilight’s back and her left buttcheek just to the right of her cutie mark. Spike then went back to the lever and positioned it so Twilight was facing him again, he then removed the gag as he said, “I suppose you’re wondering what I just did to you.”

“Yes, said Twilight flatly.

“Simple really,” said Spike “I increased the sensitivity of your rear, you would normally feel intense pain sitting down but the additional point I branded makes it so that your ability to pick up potentially warning pain is turned off, you’ll be able to tell the exact texture of everything you touch from the knees up without the ability to register pain. Given the fact you and my Twilight have an overly analytical mind, this whole thing is likely going to be borderline torture for you.” Twilight gave a gulp of apprehension.

“So, now what will we be doing,” Twilight inquired with a hint of fear.

“Pinkie will have to spend time at the castle for the next week making biscuits to the specifications of the castle's chefs,” said Spike, “without complaining or giving input during the entire time.”

Pinke gave a “Meep,” of annoyance, but couldn’t do anything because she was still strapped to the apparatus and couldn’t do anything else.

“You, on the other hand,” continued Spike, “will assist Sunset Shimmer with her projects for the whole week, while still having all your magic is restrained for the entire time you are working with her.”

Spike gave a mischievous smile before releasing the two mares from the devices that held them. Twilight felt the need to ask, “Anything we should know before continuing our punishment?”

“Some of the chefs have a thing about pink,” said Spike nonchalantly, “as for Sunset, she has been known to show a ‘special’ appreciation for mares, best of luck.” With that, he carried Pinkie out while pushing Twilight out. When they got to the top of the stairs, an event that took over a half hour, Pinkie was plopped down in a wheelchair that had been prepared while Spike had ‘entertained’ the two mares.

“We might as well get this over with,” said Twilight, “could a guard lead the way to Sunset Shimmer’s place of work?”

“And could I get some assistance getting around? I’m not used to operating a wheelchair at the moment.”

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Twilight found herself at what should have been the Royal Canterlot Magical Research Facility. Instead, it was just called the Magical Gear Development Department. When she stepped in the place didn’t look too dissimilar to the facility she knew, aside from all the clear signs of it showing a dragon was ultimately running the show. Twilight asked a brown unicorn mare, who was thankfully in a blue full body suit and green lab coat, to be brought to Sunset Shimmer with the explanation why she was there.

When she arrived she was greeted to the sight of an orange unicorn with a red and orange mane. Sunset immediately started making Twilight uncomfortable the moment she approached the purple mare without a word. Twilight had a bad feeling of it all. No doubt about it, this was going to be one very bad week.

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Pinkie couldn’t believe what she was dealing with, to say the biscuits they had her make were mind-numbingly simple would be the understatement of the decade. And to make matters worse, the head chef kept sniffing her in a creepy way while another kept trying to pinch her plot. And the worst part of it all was that her chair was locked down at her station.

Pinkie had dealt with her fair share of harassment, even the sexual kind, but to think half the kitchen would be doing this while on duty was just an insult to her. Yup, this was going to be a very not good week.

Author's Note

Things will be a bit different in the next chapter.