The Heart of Pleasure
By Haunter Rayne
Ch 104 - Impatience and Pains

Maud's home was an ever serene picture of bliss. No matter how much time went by her waterfall continued to flow and the jewels that lined the walls of her cave continued to shine. Also with it being located so far from town visitors rarely trespassed upon it's privacy, if ever at all. As such, Maud felt inclined to take advantage of such privacy to try new things whenever she was able. Even some things which may be considered taboo for a mare to partake in. This particular afternoon was one of those times as not just two but three bodies were gathered together on top of her bedsheets.

The gray mare was drenched from head to tail in sweat as she knelt forward, being tortured in a sense, in her own bed. She was panting out while red faced from exhaustion as she was being sandwiched between two other bodies. Below her was a dark stallion that she was straddled upon while behind her was a guest invited to her home who was being particularly rough on her.

Rayne reached up holding Maud's hips while enjoying the performance that was being put on for him. Maud grit her teeth and whimpered with a gentle trickle of tears skirted down from around her eyes. She held onto Rayne's chest with shaky hooves that she could hardly keep still. Her hips bucked as her muscles quivered in between her thighs. The mare gyrated her hips as she was squeezed between the two individuals tightly. Tears streamed heavier now as she suffered through her perpetual unending orgasm. Her face scrunched up as Rayne's cock continually stretched apart her insides, feeling his tip shoving against her uterus while forcing her vaginal lips apart until she wanted to scream.

Rayne's horn was sparked through all of this as Maud's clit burned with sensitivity and delight. Her back hooves twisted and her lungs erupted with a low guttural growl as her abused marehood squirted around his shaft. Gritting her teeth harder Maud sobbed through another climax that felt as if it would never end. Through her torment there was a moment where at least it seemed as if the gray mare were going to scream out, but then she returned to throwing her hips back in time against their thrusts in controlled silence.

"Fuuuuuck! You were right Rayne, this little bitch has endurance like I've never seen!" Called a sassy voice from Maud's behind. A pair of red hooves grabbed Maud by the mane and forced her down lower, causing the earth pony to jolt from how sharply that forced Rayne's cock against her cervix. From behind her though, Maud's puckered asshole was appearing no less abused as a lengthy red shaft penetrated into her and threatened to pierce through her colon. The mare's hips were grabbed from both sides as Rayne gripped her from in front while Anansi took hold from the back. But Maud kept pace with her hips between them even as the stallion shoved into her loins while the changeling sodomized her from behind.

"Aahhh, Rayne!" Maud eventually cried out and the two others looked to her in surprise.

"Yes? What is it Maud?" Rayne asked her while still thrusting himself into her. "You can stop this at any time. All you have to do is say the word." He told her as he reached up to wipe a tear from her sweat covered face.

Quickly she shook her little head and panted out, "No… I'm not going to say that." She asserted with determination. "I'll let you break me before I give up." She declared with confidence with her panting raspy voice as she doubled her efforts to buck her hips. Rayne sparked his horn brighter which increased an electric bite to her clit. The sudden change resulted in Maud collapsing and twisting her limbs in a full body spasming orgasm above him.

This torture of forced consecutive orgasms was already approaching the one hour mark and Maud's bedsheets were now a sopping puddle of mare juices which had already soaked through to the base of the bedding underneath them. But it had been a torture of Maud's own requesting, even being the one to suggest where the changeling was currently penetrating her at the moment. "I don't know Rayne… I think at this point she might die on our cocks." Anansi laughed.

Her chuckle was cut short though as Maud looked over her shoulder and in a breathy huff of lust whispered, "I would be honored to die on Rayne's cock as he fucked me." Rayne just rolled his eyes as she steadied her balance over his hips and rode him up and down like a champion.

Anansi was caught a bit off guard by Maud's response, but then feeling inspired she grabbed the mare by her hips and started doubling up her efforts as she fucked harder into the Maud's ass with enthusiasm. "Oh, my, gosh! That was... so… fucking… HOT!" She screamed, pounding in until Maud had to groan and reach down holding her lower abdomen from feeling Anansi's tip spearing against her insides with Rayne. "Dammit, scream you little bitch! That's what you wanted isn't it? To be a loud girl instead of so quiet all the time for your boyfriend?!"

Maud raised her chin over her shoulder and nodded as she was fucked back and forth. But other than that the only noise that came from her was the sloshing of her cum coated pelvis getting double stuffed between them. Anansi rolled her eyes in frustration but kept up her pace as even her own thighs twitched and her wings flittered in pleasure. "Do it harder…" The earth pony suddenly whispered.

This immediately caused Rayne and Anansi to look at her curiously as the stallion asked, "What did you say, babe?" Maud blushed at that pet name but then looked into his eyes with a smoldering stare.

"Rayne… I want to be louder for you in bed. But all you're doing is making me cum and at this point I'm just going to pass out. I want you to do it harder so that if I can't bring myself to scream for you on my own, then I want the two of you to make me." Rayne felt his loins swell at the thought and again Maud blushed from being able to feel his reaction. But before the stallion's loving heart could fill him with concern she reached down to hold his cheek and said, "Don't worry, I'm built tough. I can take it." Rayne nodded and then he nodded to Anansi as well.

Ceasing the magic that was stimulating her clit Rayne pulled Maud down to his chest by the back of her neck. Then while her hips were still bent upwards against the changeling, Maud felt Anansi pull her hooves behind her back. "I'm-... a little bit of a sadist. So please excuse me if I enjoy this." The changeling warned and Maud nodded from her bound position that she had her absolute consent.

Suddenly the phallus that was penetrated inside her rectum started to grow. It thickened in girth and definitely stretched in length. Maud grunted at first before then twisting uncomfortably and then finally whimpered as she began thrashing against her hold. "Awh….ahh! Mmm-AhHHhh! AAAHHH!" She eventually screamed which made Anansi grin.

"There you go sweetie….there you are." She caressed affectionately against Maud's back with own hoof while still pinning her arms back with the other. "Now you've got it… just like you wanted. And your screaming voice sounds so beautiful." She praised while sliding back out a bit and then thrusting forcefully into the mare's body.

"Aaahh! Aauungh!!" Maud grunted being unable to hold back her exclamations. Meanwhile Rayne gasped feeling the pressure tighten as her torso ran out of room to stretch inside. "Does it feel good Rayne?!" Maud pleaded as she looked up at him through one forced open eye. "Does my tight little body feel good being stretched out?"

"Yessss!" Rayne groaned as he had never felt anything quite like to before.

"Then show me! Then fuck me hard! Do it, please!" She whimpered as she clung onto his chest. With a nod Rayne pelted her insides with his thrusting cock causing Maud to immediately cum again from the thrashing use of her holes. "Aaauuhh! aaAahhhh!"

Suddenly a sharp tug of her mane pulled Maud's started face away from Rayne's chest. "You wanna scream, little bit? Huh? Is that what you want?" Anansi growled out. Then she railed Maud's asshole in and out until the gray mare's hooves were kicking about wildly.

"AaAahhhh! It's so deep! It's hurting me! Ahhhhh!" Maud cried out as she twisted and thrashed and screamed.

Rayne's cock felt like it had never been so hard. But he whispered up, "Are you alright? Do you need to stop?"

She hesitated and whimpered but then shook her head shakily and said, "N-no… do it! Break me! Aaauhh! Go ahead and destroy me with your dicks! I'll let you do it if it's for you!" Anansi grinned as if she intended to take the earth pony up on that offer but Rayne shook his head at her for her to stay how she was.

Rayne kissed Maud full on the lips but then grabbed both her and Anansi and flipped them over with the strength of his arms. Instantly Maud spasmed as the changeling was pressed underneath causing her cock to shove that much deeper into the earth ponies rectum. But then from on top Rayne thrust down hard into Maud which sent the mare into a silent scream. Rayne held tight and even Anansi blushed now at feeling how forceful the stallion had become. He pounded in against Maud's pelvis until her eyes rolled back into her head, breaking her mental cognizance. Maud's body was sent into a mindless state of orgasmic bliss feeling her womb being driven back through her own pelvis. Maud's limbs went limp as she just flailed in his arms, squirting from her vagina as she was skewered through by both Rayne and Anansi.

After that, all it took was for the changeling to tilt the ponies head back a little and a singular unending wail erupted out from the mare's lips. Her eyes were glazed over and she didn't even appear self aware as she screamed and bobbed in their grasp as if she were exploding from her pelvis outward.

"RAYNE!" Anansi shouted. "THIS IS MORE THAN I CAN TAKE!" She growled through her teeth as she could not hold back the shuddering orgasm that was building within her.

"Are you kidding?! And you think I can?!" Rayne yelled right back. They both grabbed Maud by her hips and groaned out, filling the earth pony up with their own orgasms as wave after wave of pleasure shot through. The intensity of their abuse to helpless mare between them had all three now quivering and groaning in bliss.

Once they were finished both Rayne and Anansi dropped down to their sides. Maud collapsed immediately like a sack of potatoes against the bed and then lay completely motionless. The stallion and the changeling huffed heavily as they blinked, feeling almost disoriented from having orgasmed so hard. But then they looked down hearing a lack of a third set of panting. "Wait… we didn't actually kill her, did we?" Anansi asked while reaching out to Maud's shoulder in concern. She shook the mare lightly but there was no response.

Rayne just chuckled and looked her over as he said, "No, don't worry. She's alright. She's just blacked out cold." Gently rolling the sweaty gray pony onto her back Rayne then added, "But just in case…" Then he winced through the pain in his horn as he used his recovery magic to make sure that bulk of her exhaustion would be alleviated.

"Phew, okay good." Anansi whimpered sounded dazed. "What was that…? Three times she took from each of us? I- I, uh… I'm a pass out now I think." She whoozed as if she were drunk.

Rayne just nodded as he pulled Maud up into his arms and held her tenderly. "Right. You do that. I'll no doubt be joining you here in a minute." He stated before levitating over a bottle of Disdream Elixir while he had the chance. After a few sips and tucking it back away he caressed Maud's sweaty mane away from her face before his vision went dark and he collapsed down beside her.

• A Few Hours Later -

Rayne was gentle as he slowly eased Maud hooves first down into the mirror pool. She looked up at him allowing the stallion to care for her as her mostly limp body was submerged and she winced as the water touched her sensitive nether regions. "T'ch!"

"Are you alright?!" He asked quickly.

She just smiled at how he fussed over her and said, "It's touching how concerned about me you can get. But yes, I will be fine. I'm just very sore still." She answered.

Rayne nodded and once she was sitting waist deep in a relaxing position he raised his horn and a calm mist of steam began to rise from atop the water. After which he wadded himself down into the pool and sat behind her as he raised his hooves to begin massaging her mane. "How's that?" He asked while they sat in the artificial hot spring.

With a subtle blush on her cheeks Maud whispered back, "You know that I'm becoming spoiled because of you, right?" She asked him playfully.

"You deserve it." He replied without a moment's hesitation. But to his surprise Maud turned herself around in the water to look at him.

"No Rayne, you deserve it." She told him with conviction.

"Oh Maud, not this again." Rayne began but she wasn't going to let the stallion avoid the topic this time.

"Rayne, I mean it. You've made me so happy since we've met. And not just me but so many others in Ponyville as well. All of the kinky sex is nice, I do really enjoy it. But even without that you mean the world to me and I can't stand by allowing a pony as amazing as you to be treated as anything otherwise."

"Maud, you don't have to-"

"I love you Rayne." Instantly he froze as he looked to her in surprise. "I love you more than I have probably loved anypony else before. I have always loved you right from the start and I will always love you." She told him as she reached forward to hold his hooves while staring with that calm expression of hers. "But it isn't the same as all those other mares that you spend time with. I'm not IN love with you like Starlight was. And it's similar… but still different to me than how I love Pinkie, or my parents, or my other sisters. I don't know how to describe it, Rayne. You've shown me something new that I've never felt before. I don't want to marry you, but I still feel inexplicably close to you. And I do want to support you, forever if you'll let me."

"Maud…" Rayne sighed to her softly. He pulled her into his arms and she didn't resist. "I love you too. No matter what happens in the future you will always be precious to me." She nodded and closed her eyes as they kissed.

When they finally pulled away she smiled at him but then added, "And that is why I will always do whatever is necessary for you."

Almost getting angry now Rayne called out, "Oh come on Maud!"

Disregarding his rejection she told him, "I was really scared Rayne, I mean it. That night when Anansi brought you home to me and told me that you had finally met up with Chrysalis. I was so happy for you. But then when I saw you… and she told me that she didn't know what was wrong, I was so afraid that she had broken your heart." Rayne wanted to protest but he wouldn't dare insult the care she had for him by throwing it back in her face. "Then, every other night that you've seen her, you always come home in a rage… or depressed. I love you Rayne and I'm worried that she might be killing you. She hasn't completely broken your heart yet but little by little I'm sure that even you have a limit for how much you can take."

"Trust me, I get the point that you are making. I don't like how this is going either. But Anansi said that-"

"Anansi is nice Rayne…" She boldly interrupted him. "I enjoy being friends with her. But she isn't a pleasure pony, you are. Anansi can only tell you how to obey Chrysalis' whim. She can't tell you how to make her fall in love with you. Only you can figure that out." Rayne lowered his head at the weight of Maud's words. He closed his eyes knowing in his heart that she was right. But the fear of chasing her off again still made Rayne hesitant to let go of Anansi's plan. "And you haven't learned that yet." Maud added, making him look back to her curiously. "But you will… and until that happens I'm going to support you."

"Maud…" Rayne said solemnly.

Shaking her head she held his hoof and said, "I'm going to help you through this whatever I have to do. I know you love her… but if that bitch won't fuck you then I'm going to rock your world in bed as much as you need it. And if she won't let you hold her then I'll be your arm pillow to squeeze as tightly as you need. And if she won't love you yet… then Rayne I'm going to shove my heart down your throat until you choke on it because I won't be responsible for sitting by and doing nothing while she takes you for granted without even realizing how much she really means to you."

Rayne closed his eyes and tilted his head back while pursing his lips. The guilt of knowing it was his fault for the position that Maud was putting herself in was almost suffocating to Rayne. But at the same time the stallion blushed feeling his heart swell and he knew that the gray mare meant every word. "What did I do to get such a spectacular mare like you in my life, huh?"

Now with a deep smile she shook her head. "No, I'm not that great. I'm just not taking you for granted like she is. Once Luna and Chrysalis get to see you like I do, what you are going to have with them will be so much more magical. Trust me." She's whispered before sliding her lips against his and kissing him deeply.

"MmMmm Maud, wait. What are you-" He mumbled as she limply climbed into his lap. "But aren't you still sore?" He asked as she reached down to stroke him.

"Then don't be rough..." She whispered right back. "Make love to me…" She asked while staring into his eyes. He was powerless to refuse as he held her back with his arms and watched her wince as she pushed herself down into him. But no sooner than she had did she thrust her tongue into his mouth as they began to rock together in each other's arms.

• -

Rayne and Maud held tight to each other as they both looked down one of the cave tunnels after hearing a voice while still in their watery embrace. "Hello?! Anypony down there?" Pinkie called as she bounced along searching for her sister. "Maud?! I know you're down here somewhere and I'm going to find you!" She giggled and then came across the two lovers holding each other face to face in the steaming pool. "Oh there you are! Oh and hi Rayne! Gee, I didn't know there was a hot spring down here."

Rayne choked nervously as he was still embedded in the mare, now right in front of her sister. But at the slightest movement to pull away Maud stepped on his hoof and gave him a stare as if to say 'don't you dare move away.'

As Pinkie stood beside the water looking around at the cave she couldn't help but bring her hoof up to her lips and mumble, "Hmm. I could have sworn that I've been here before. Let's see… big underground pool of water, oddly sloping rock formation leading up to the ceiling, securely patched well hole covering up the cave from up on the surf-AAAACCCCE! AAAHHHHHH!!!" Pinkie screamed as her eyes shot out of her head. "What are you two doing?! This is the MIRROR POOL!!! Get out, quick, before you create an army of crazy versions of Rayne's and Maud's all over Ponyville!" She shouted in alarm.

Placing her hoof right over Rayne's mouth, Maud gently returned to thrusting her hips as she said, "Pinkie… please call down. It's fine. Rayne… he fixed it." Meanwhile Rayne began to fidget, the unrealness of the situation tantalizing his loins by the fact that Maud had started humping again unabashedly from under the water.

"Whaaaa?" Pinkie called out in confusion. "He fixed it?" Pinkie asked in stark obliviousness to what the real problem was that she'd walked in on. Stepping up to the water Pinkie looked down at her own reflection. But then a moment later she looked around and saw no copy of herself appear. "Huh, you're right. I guess he did fix it… strange." However in true Pinkie Pie fashion her mood suddenly changed and she lept into the air while holding her hooves in tightly. "CANNONBALL!"

"Actually Pinkie, I would really prefer that you didn't." Maud said straight faced and somehow Pinkie stopped in midair over the water before stretching a hoof farther than should have been possible to pull herself back to shore.

"Maud… I can't!" Rayne hissed out with his eyes shut tight in strain.

"Shh." She silenced him while plopping a hoof over his face as she continued bucking her hips.

"Awww, so what's the deal sis? And why are you two so close together anyhow? Ooooh, are you two lovebirds having a secret little rendezvous down here?" Pinkie teased.

Maud however had no qualms about looking her sister straight in the eye as she raised her hooves around Rayne's neck and said, "Actually Pinkie, you just interrupted Rayne and I while we were having sex." Pinkie's jaw hit the floor as she couldn't believe what she just heard and then to make matters worse the struggling stallion gasped as he spasmed in Maud's arms.

"Maud!" Rayne groaned and the gray mare suddenly froze. She closed her eyes and leaned her face over his shoulder with a smile enjoying the feeling as he came inside of her.

Once the brief moment was over she planted a gentle kiss upon his cheek and said, "Thank you Rayne. I really enjoyed that. I feel much better now, thank you for the hot spring." Once she climbed out of the water Rayne flicked his horn and the steam ceased to rise. Although the stallion seemed a bit bashful to raise his hips up from the water's edge so soon.

Meanwhile Maud had climbed out and stepped right up to face her sister who was now grimacing with remorse. "Maud… listen. I am, REALLY sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt… well you know, that…"

Maud just shook some water from her mane and said, "It's fine. But Pinkie, you need to realize… I have a boyfriend and I live in one of the most secluded homes around Ponyville. We have nothing but privacy when we're together here. So if you want to visit me without telling me first then you're accepting the risk that you'll see something that you might not want to see." Maud explained. "This is my home Pinkie. I'm not going to apologize for doing something that makes me happy in the privacy of my own space. And as my sister, I need you to respect that."

Pinkie's expression seemed to soften as she said, "Maud, you're my sister. Whatever you do that makes you happy will always have my support. As long as you're okay and you're not getting hurt then I'm not going to judge. But I do have to ask… did you know that there's a changeling asleep in your bed?"

With a bit of a smirk Maud nodded and said, "Yes Pinkie. That's Anansi. She's… nice."

• On One Evening or Another -

While Rayne could still remember his days apart from each other, however memories of his evenings were beginning to blur. "You're in luck tonight, pony! I've decided to grant you the pleasure of touching me!" A cruel voice spoke while still full of contempt as if begrudging of the thought. "You're going to massage me… and you'd better do a good job. But only a massage and nothing more." Chrysalis wickedly directed as Rayne's joy rose and then fell as she explained.

"Yes, Mistress." The stallion obeyed, just as he always did to her demasculinizing commands night after night.

• On Another Night -

"How about something… pampering tonight? Washing my mane perhaps?" Chrysalis asked even though we're words were an order and not a request.

"It would be an honor. Your hair is so lovely it would be a joy to wash it for you and to caress your scalp." Rayne honestly gushed.

"Mmm… we shall see." She sneered.

Several minutes later.

"Ooohh, yes… that does feel nice. Why, I cannot remember the last time my mane felt so silky and smooth." Chrysalis praised but only of herself and left no mention of the stallion's hard work. "Hmm…" She then frowned while looking the stallion up and down. "Clean yourself with my bath water, pony. Your presence disgusts me." Then without a word she left for the night.

• And Yet Another -

"I'll tell you what, pony… Maybe you deserve a treat. Would it bring you joy if I were to stay here with you the whole night through?" Chrysalis inquired with a curious tone that was different from her usual ordering of him.

Rayne failed utterly at hiding his excitement as his eyes went wide and his body froze still. "Y-yes! Ahem… Yes, Mistress. To have you here in comfort with me instead of watching you leave would bring me much joy." He replied while struggling to maintain a balanced tone.

Chrysalis's lips pulled back into a toothy grin. "I am pleased to hear it." Then she lifted up the top sheet and climbed into bed. After which she draped the sheet over her hip making her look seductive and enchanting. "Step towards me, pony." She called to him enticingly.

Rayne left his breath behind as his heart raced when he stepped toward the bed on shaky hooves.

"Stop there." She said to him as her grin widened. Rayne obeyed and waited upon her word with excitement. But his elation soon fell as she instructed, "Turn around and face away, right there where you stand. Good, now kneel down and place your head on the floor." She ordered him.

Rayne submitted into a position which would normally have made it impossible for him to see her. He waited as he listened to the bedsheets rustle but then there was silence.

"Such a good little pony you are." She whispered to him. "I shall do as you desire and stay here in bed, all night… so long as you never raise your head to look back at me." Immediately Rayne felt that if his heart wasn't going to turn to stone, then his stomach surely would at that point. "Don't even try it, don't even dare. If you do for even an instant then I will know… and I will leave." She growled sadistically.

Chrysalis almost laughed as Rayne's voice cracked while replying, "Y-yes, Mist-tress…"

In the dark of the room Rayne's shadow was invisible. But through the faded image his body cast upon the ground was a chimera head that looked on. Without moving his body Rayne still could see behind him and through those shadowed eyes he saw Chrysalis staring at him. The changeling lay like a predator before the strike. She was crouched upon the bed with her green eyes piercing through the night. She sat and waited, anticipating his failure.

The night went on and the changeling grew weary, but as always the over thousand year old queen remained clever. "...zzz….zzzzz…" The changeling breathed softly, head on the pillow with her eyes closed. However the gaze of Rayne's shadow figure never wavered while his real head remained turned away from her. He saw far more clearly in the darkness than she did as one of her eyes peered open every so often to check on him while she pretended to sleep.

In the morning Chrysalis sat up in response to the dawn's early light. "Yaaawhhh!" She stretched with a smile on her face. Then she looked around and saw the stallion still obediently laying with his head down and facing away from her. "Oh, right. I forgot about you." She lied, but the sting was still felt by the stallion who was laying wide eyed with bloodshot eyes from having remained awake all evening long. "You may look at me now, pony." She said with a voice filled with spite.

When Rayne turned to face her, Chrysalis broke out into a side splitting laughter as she saw the look upon his face. Rayne didn't know if he was pleased to finally see her with his own eyes or if he just felt miserable for how she was treating him.

"My, you look terrible. What's wrong? Were you not pleased to have my company last night? How insulting… or is it, oh dear, haha. Don't tell me that you were waiting all night for me to tell you that it would be alright to turn around and join me?! Hahahaha!!!" She cackled as he stood before her.

"I did do as you asked though, Mistress. Does at least that please you?" He whispered dryly, starving for at least some amount of praise; feeling desperate for any ounce of recognition from her.

Chrysalis paused for a moment while regarding him sourly. "Hmm, no. In fact it does not. I was under the impression that you found me to be alluring, pony. Yet not once were you tempted by my proximity as I lay vulnerable behind you. I guess now I know how truly ugly you find me to be."

"What?! No!" He shouted with his sleep depraved mind forgetting all sense of etiquette for the submissive role he was meant to play for her. Without delay Chrysalis leapt from the bed and was standing at the window. In an exhausted act of desperation Rayne expanded his antimagic field to stop her from transforming, causing every unicorn in the hotel to drop whatever they were levitating at that moment. But in his haste Rayne had forgotten that power works on all magic except for changeling magic. Without having noticed a thing, the former queen transformed into an eagle and had flown away.

"WHY?!!!" Rayne screamed as he threw himself to the window frame so hard that a small crack could be heard from something within the support beams.

• Back in Maud's Cave -

All was still and peaceful until an uneasy shambling could be heard coming from the cave entrance. It was still early but the noise was enough to rouse those who slumbered inside. Both Maud and Anansi raised their heads with messy manes. Both girls smelt of sex and seemed groggy as they looked over. But Maud's eyes snapped to attention the moment she noticed Rayne stumbling in and seeing the state that he was in.

"Hey... what's going on?" Anansi mumbled as Maud suddenly vanished from beside her with the blanket slowly floating down.

Rayne had hardly missed a step when a gray mare appeared seemingly out of nowhere at his side. "Rayne, what's happened?!" Maud asked, looking him over for injuries but not seeing any on the distraught looking stallion.

"It… it isn't working…" He mumbled out to himself.

Anansi quickly climbed out of bed asking, "Hey, is Rayne okay?" But she froze like a deer in headlights when she saw the anger across the stallion's face.

"IT ISN'T WORKING!!!" He roared out.

Maud had winced a bit when he screamed but her hooves held tightly around his neck and she was not letting go. Both girls looked up and they could see the dry pained look in his eyes that told them he had not slept. And since he had been out at night they both knew there could only be one individual responsible for keeping Rayne from sleep.

"It isn't working! Your plan, isn't, working, Anansi!" Rayne growled out. His volume was raised but it was the intensity of his emotions that made each mare feel as if they were being beaten by his words. "Night after night…" The stallion began to sob which tore at the hearts of both the girls who only wanted the best for him. "I am no closer to being important to her than before the day she learned I existed." He lamented.

Maud pulled his head in against her chest to cradle him. She shushed him gently and stroked his mane soothingly. But his eyes remained open as if they were stuck that way, held in place by the weight of his heartbreak.

"I never meant for this…" Anansi whispered looking in shock at the sight the stallion was in. "I didn't know she would be THIS difficult… I didn't… Rayne, this isn't what I wanted for you." She pleaded, more seemingly towards fate than towards the stallion or anyone in the room.

"Anansi… I think you should go." Maud announced while holding the collapsing stallion on the floor. The changeling looked to her, seeming heartbroken as well. But Maud offered her a glance and explained, "You and I are still friends. I am not exiling you... But I need to give Rayne my full attention, and you aren't what he needs right now." The changeling nodded that she understood. With tears in her eyes she quickly flew out through the cave entrance while leaving her apologies in her wake.

Author's Note

Phew, so this chapter sure started one way and the ended another. But there were definitely some important details that happened here. First of all, it can be assumed that Anansi is frequenting Maud's cave on a regular basis. She's not living there but with her wanting to stick around to root for Rayne and Chrysi she has definitely been coming by pretty often. Also no, I am not meaning to imply that there is anything hermaphroditic about Anansi (not that there would be anything wrong with that.) I am just implying that she is a changeling. She's naturally female but I imagine she could have any kind of genitalia that she wants to have whenever she wants it.

So big moment, Pinkie has just discovered that the mirror pool no longer exists and that Rayne is responsible for it. Wow is Rayne lucky that the pony who discovered this has absolutely no idea as to what that could really mean on the grand scheme of things... But one fact is true, one of Rayne's secrets are out. Is this the first clue that Rayne's perfect web of lies is unraveling? We'll have to wait and see.

Annnnd... time to address Chrysalis and her sadism. Yeah I know... this was pretty harsh. But in my defense I am trying to do the characters justice. Let me remind you that Chrysalis hates ponies! She has no reason to respect Rayne. This is all a game to her so far. She can't just ball Rayne up into a cocoon out if fear that he'll die. But she's having fun with this in her own way. Chrysalis respects herself and nothing else. And I've commented before on the mindlessness of characters in this show, but in this case I'll point out that Chrysalis has never learned another way. Or at least not yet. But as painful as this has been, Rayne is still trying to tough it out. But his limits are being tested though because whether he loves Chrysi or not he can still recognize how unhealthy this relationship is.

Now speaking of which, the ending is a big deal because it shows that Rayne can't take it anymore. He has had enough with Anansi's plan. Now what else he intends to do instead remains to be seen. But he can no longer sit by and take this abuse from one he feels so strongly for. And unfortunately he had his melt down right in front of those who are trying to help him. Rayne doesn't hate Anansi now. It's not her that he's mad at. He's just mad in general. It definitely leaves a big question though. How are things going to proceed from this point onward?

And lastly, I just want to say wow! 104 chapters! For those of you who have made it this far, thank you for reading! Remember, I love to hear all of your thoughts and opinions in the comments below!