“No, seriously. What do you remember of the last couple of hours?” Courage Fire asked for the third time as she trotted behind the swaying tail of Starlight Twist.

“Ugh,” Twist muttered. “I already told you! I don’t remember! Everything’s a haze after getting into that second bowl! I just remember the colors red and pink, but that’s it!”

Courage stared at her girlfriend’s hips as they slowly shifted back and forth. Why couldn’t she stop staring? Not that Courage didn’t usually stare… but this seemed excessive. Still, they still glistened softly in the green light of Courage’s light spell. Just the sight of those hips begged her to gently move that beautiful tail aside and—

“Why are you so interested, anyway? We didn’t find anything. No way out. No way up!” Twist’s wings twitched in annoyance. “All the water came through grates, ducts or something else we couldn’t reach. For Celestia’s sake, I think we ended up dropping more than a thousand feet! All I got is this weird… strange feeling I can’t place.”

Courage shook her head and forced herself to focus.

“I don’t know. Still, it bothers me. We go for a swim, then wake up a few hours later without a clue and feeling ‘strange.’” She shivered and glanced around the dark corridor. “We can’t even say what ‘strange’ means! Maybe there actually is a curse.”

“The only curse is the one preventing me from flying out of this place!” Twist snapped as she rounded the final bend leading them right back to where they started. “Now, let’s figure out which one of these is the real way out.”

Courage frowned as Twist stomped through the doorway. Twist? Stomping? That was… odd.

Twist’s wand zipped between the treasure symbol and the symbol of a resting sphinx. “Obvious trap or mystery sphinx?”

“Or sphinx waiting to eat us,” Courage muttered.

“There’s been no proof that the sphinx was actually carnivorous save for her teeth.” Twist said with a wave of a hoof. “I’ve always thought it was some sort of enchantment to make herself look more fierce.”

“You really want to chance that?” Courage demanded as she peered through the sphinx doorway. There was something about it. Something that called to her. Beckoned her.

“Well, it’s either that or the supposed ‘treasure,’” Twist pointed out. “I’d rather scout out the sphinx passage before investigating the treasure door. I think that’s the best plan, don’t you?”

“Well, if you think it’s best… yeah, let’s go with it.”

Wait, why did she just say that? She blinked and lifted a hoof to contradict herself, but Twist had already slipped past her and walked through the door.

Something about the way Twist had done that seemed even more odd. She had brushed past her, not with a friendly bump or a rushed shove… but a motion that felt like the rub of a cat rubbing against her leg.

“Courage,” called Twist in a sing-song voice. “Come on, girl! You’re the one claiming strange things are happening! Doesn’t that mean we should move quick?”

Courage quickly scampered to Twist’s side, feeling a little sheepish. Twist beamed and kissed her on the cheek. “That’s my girl.”

A wonderful tingle shot through her whole body, but it was gone in an instant. Still, she found herself smiling for some reason.

This corridor was far wider than the last one. Four large stallions could march down the passage. More reliefs decorated the walls, showing an entire legion of sphinxes lounging or sleeping. What’s more…

“Is that light?” Courage dropped her spell.

“I think so!” Twist called as she leapt into a full gallop. “Come on! Maybe this is the way out!”

Courage had to push herself to keep up with her oddly eager girlfriend. Courage herself made it panting a few seconds later. She looked up and blinked. While it didn’t seem like the way out, it definitely was something special.

“Oh wow…” Twist whispered as she took it all in.

Courage could only nod as she stared around the lavish room. Maybe half the size of the fountain chamber below, it was filled with hundreds—if not thousands—of velvet-lined beds, chairs, sofas, cushions and pillows. Every cushion or pillow looked brand new, all of them in various shades of red.

In the far right corner, Courage caught side of a much larger bed, while the far left corner had one maybe half the size. Colorful tapestries lined the walls in deep violet, sensual pinks and passionate reds. More than a few had images on them and every one of those were of a rather intimate nature. Courage was no prude, but this was excessive even by her standards.

There was a stature here, too. This sphinx lay in repose with several smaller sphinxes curled her. One of them, with citrine gemstones for eyes, seemed to be staring directly at her. Courage shook herself, trying to free herself from the grip of the statue’s gaze.

“Courage, look!”

Courage’s eyes immediately snapped up to follow Twist’s pointing hoof. Before she could speak, she saw the dozens of incense lamps hanging from the tall ceiling. Each glowed with a soft reddish-pink light and seemed to emit a soft, rose-colored mist, making Courage think a little of that burlesque house they’d visited in Saddle Arabia a few years back. The one where… they’d…

Courage’s gaze slipped back down.

“Oh, wow, another statue.” Twist sounded curious. “Huh… I swore the eyes were white a moment ago, but now they’re pink. Oh, but there’s one with citrines… almost the same shade as your eyes…”

Courage stared into the gaze of the citrine-eyed statue. She couldn’t turn away. It felt strange. She knew she should look away. She knew something was happening. But she didn’t… want to. It was so much easier to submit…

The moment that last word wandered through her mind, the eyes of her statue shifted to a soft red, though she knew they’d always been a soft red.

“Twist…” Courage managed to whisper.

“Shush, sweetie…” said a dreamy voice beside her. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see that Twist had already settled down on a cushion as she stared into the larger statue’s gaze. “Just lay down and relax next to me. Do you understand?”

Courage’s horn lit up, almost of it’s own accord. Her magic yanked a large cushion over beside Twist’s. Then she settled down beside her lover. All without looking away from her beautiful statue. Her statue let out a pulse of light and Courage moaned as the light became pleasure.

“You cannot touch yourself,” Twist whispered as a soft wing curled around Courage’s frame. “Only they can give you pleasure. Do you understand?”

Courage nodded. Another pulse, another moan.

“Once you’re made better, you’ll cum. You’ll cum so hard that everything will become the new normal. Just like me. Do you understand?”

Courage nodded again. Another pulse, this one stronger. Her pussy clenched. The wing of her Queen clenched tighter around her body.

That’s it. Just let go. You will be the first and always have a place of honor in her harem. If she does well, you will even bear the first litter.

Nod. Light. Pleasure.

Yes, vessel. Just embrace what is happening to you. Enjoy it. Love it. Obey and enjoy.

Nod. Light. Pleasure.

Love her…

Nod. Light. Pleasure.

Love your Queen.

Nod. Light. Pleasure.

Author's Note

Just watch the pretty lights and enjoy yourself~

Heeeeee! :3