Avalanche from a Flurry

As soon as princess Celestia was back and she was free to leave her royal duties behind, Twilight Sparkle knew where she needed to go: the Crystal Empire. Cadence could help her, at least.

She walked through the city, thinking back to her last meeting with Shining and Flurry. That… was a very weird meeting. I can't believe I said those things. Were they even true? Did I not mind if he is… do I want him? Specifically? I've fantasized a great deal about him now, even while I clopped, but now that's true about a great many ponies. Maybe he was just topical at the time. And what a topic.

She came to where Cadence was in the central chamber, interrupting a meeting. Cadence said, "Twilight! What brings you?"

There was no way she could bring this up now. "Oh, just taking a break. Didn't mean to interrupt anything."

"Oh, wonderful! But yes, I'm a bit busy. Shining and Flurry are at the arena. I'll be down when I'm done here."

Twilight smiled an apology to the crystal ponies in the meeting, and departed for the arena. The event, whatever it had been, was ending; Twilight headed down to the field and saw Shining talking with some ponies; Flurry wandered into an adjacent building. I wonder what she's up to… Twilight thought for a moment, and went to Shining first. She flew over and trotted around into his field of view. Speaking of view, she noted how his physique rivaled those of the athletes. Anyway, back on topic…

"Twily!"

"BBBFF!" Thy shared a brief hug. "No emergencies, just got off the rotation. Any particular news?"

He shook his head. "Nope. Flurry? Your aunt…" He looked around. "Ah, have you seen her?"

Twilight gestured. "Over there."

Shining nodded. "Okay. Well, we have some business left out here. Can you watch her for a few minutes?"

Twilight nodded briskly and headed in to the building where Flurry had gone. Which way?

She randomly chose left and flew right into the stallions' locker-room as they were washing up. A quick glance revealed a lack of Flurry Heart. She waved sheepishly and went the other way. And there she found Flurry sitting on a bench, staring at the sweaty, toned mares taking off sporting equipment and washing and scrubbing and paying no mind to the little filly.

Flurry smirked at her, then returned her gaze to the mares. "Get a good look at the guys?"

"I was looking for you."

"Not a bad guess, then."

"I just didn't know which way was which."

"Then really not a bad guess."

"You're really cheeky today, aren't you?"

Flurry shrugged, then whined. "Shoot. You drew attention."

Twilight blinked, then wondered what she had been sitting there for in the first place. "Flurry? How about we step outside."

"Yeah. I should go running so I can have legs like those."

Twilight's eyes narrowed. "Yes, let's."

So Flurry Heart jumped off the bench and they went out on the field. She reminded Twilight, "Running only, right? Working on legs!" They ran around for ten minutes, until Flurry Heart was exhausted. She flopped down and complained, "How can you keep going like that? You're a bookworm!"

"I've also walked the length of Equestria around ten times over on various missions, emergencies, and social calls. Also, what's a sprint for you is a jog for me."

Flurry looked liked she wanted to object, but was still breathing heavily. They walked back in to the showers, this time to use them. Flurry Heart rushed ahead, then stopped, backing away. Twilight, seeing her alarm, hurried to catch up. Upon coming around the corner, she saw what had caused alarm. "Oh, hi, Tempest." Flurry seems alarmed. Why? "Have you met Princess Flurry Heart?"

She finished rinsing the shampoo out of her mane, then turned and glared at the filly, who was nodding. "Yes."

"So, uh, is there a problem between you two?"

Flurry nodded again. "She glares at me."

Tempest sighed, attempting and ultimately succeeding in controlling herself, and explained. "After we had our little talk, princess," (Twilight was momentarily confused until she realized Tempest had meant Flurry Heart) ", I've had some truly outrageous thoughts. Strange, twisted. Things I never thought even when I was under the employ of the Storm King. Things beyond what I witnessed then. And I can't help but think I am not the only one so affected."

Twilight's eyes widened. "Really?"

"What about you? Have you remained unchanged since you spoke with her last?"

"Er." Well, aside from getting an incestuous infatuation (but I can set that aside easily enough) and being attracted to Flim and Flam (again, easily ignored… or worked with in a reasonable way), and a few weird thoughts, but then there's Spike getting up the courage to ask out Rarity. And going from never having masturbated once to doing so six times in twelve days… that was nice. I've also had a hard time sleeping, but I'm not sure I can attribute that to her. "She has said some things that made me think of some things differently. But it's been a good thing."

A raised eyebrow from the warlord. Flurry, meanwhile, was shrinking back, hiding behind Twilight's legs. Tempest lowered herself towards them. Twilight lifted a leg as a bar to keep her from getting any closer.

Around this, ignoring it, Tempest said, "Watch your tongue, little lady. It can do more than you think."

Flurry wailed, "I didn't mean to! I just wanted to know!"

Confused, Twilight said, "What did she even say to you?"

Setting aside Twilight's question, Tempest first addressed Flurry - "I know. That is why I am telling it to you as advice." Then, to Twilight, "She simply asked what families were like in the various places I'd gone under the Storm King. How mares met stallions, how they got married. A very innocent cultural question."

"Then why blame her for the result?"

The mare squinted. "Ever since it, I have not been entirely myself. The words of the question could not explain it. It must be some magic."

Carefully, Twilight asked, "How much not yourself?"

"Would you freely speak of all of the new kinds of thoughts you've had since she spoke with you? Ha! I can see your eyes. You know what I'm talking about."

Twilight lowered her head. "Yes, I do."

Flurry Heart's ears were pinned back. "Did I do something bad?"

Twilight said, "We are considering the possibility that something you did had bad effects. We could not have expected that to happen, so it isn't your fault."

"What is it?"

"We don't know."

After a moment, Twilight asked, "Can you tell me in confidence? I can share what I've thought with you if you would like to compare."

Tempest took a moment to decide. After a deep breath, she nodded. Twilight said, "Flurry, would you like to find your father?"

She glumly nodded, and left the shower out towards the field.

Twilight turned her own shower on, hard, to mask the sound, then hesitantly said, "I… became attracted to a pair of twins who at best are underhoofed and at worst are simply swindlers."

"That's all?"

"No, I'm starting with the milder things. You?"

Tempest's face hardened a little. "I… have had a recurring fantasy about… abusing my position as field commander in the Storm King's army."

"For sexual gratification?" Tempest nodded, and Twilight acknowledged with her own nod. "I also became… significantly… attracted to my brother, when I certainly had not before."

Tempest relaxed, as Twilight had put something more substantial forward. She closed her eyes. "I have also had a recurring fantasy in which… you escaped your prison… and…"

A pause. Twilight suggested, "… had my way with you?" Tempest nodded, and Twilight provided, "I have imagined that I was holding court and some annoying stallion would come up and make some ridiculous demand and I would sentence him to eating me out. Or I'd delegate that to the assistant princess, whichever that was, or I was the assistant princess at the time and the reigning one would delegate it to me."

"I would molest the other three adult princesses while they were petrified."

"I would use the massage machine the swindlers made, with my friends. Like we're all sitting around having a conversation about something else while it's rubbing us to orgasm. Often, the swindlers silently come in and begin having sex with us all, two at a time, and we're still lying there discussing something else. Sometimes it's chitchat, sometimes it's an intense discussion of matters of great importance. Sometimes that's actually the main thrust of the dream, and the sexual aspect is just in the background. For some reason, they always get Fluttershy pregnant but none of the others. Sometimes, Spike is dusting or reading comic books, just as uncaring as the rest of us."

Tempest began chuckling. "I would fight against the Ursa by crawling up its snatch and shocking it until it lost bowel control and it peed starlight all over the place."

"I bet nopony's ever said that before. I would teach sex ed with a practical component."

"Yeah, and everypony's said THAT before."

"True. But it was a joke before, and now I… kind of devised a comprehensive lesson plan. Anyway, I could keep going but I think you have the idea. You?"

Tempest nodded. "I have several variations of the first one, but elaborating would be needless."

Twilight sighed. "So, where does that leave us? Talking with Flurry got us to think of things that we wouldn't have. But we haven't done any of them. At least, I haven't done any of mine, and all those you named were not possible."

"She is an alicorn. Of something."

"Of inappropriate sexual fantasies? I don't think we need one of those."

"What else, then? Remnant of dark magic from Sombra?"

Twilight thought. "Remnant of some magic, but I don't think it'd be Sombra. I've felt him."

Tempest snickered. "Mister Sombra, please show on the doll where Twilight Sparkle felt you."

"More seriously, I think I need to do more reading of Crystal Empire history to see if there's some other ancient powerful magic in the areas besides him, the heart, and princess Skyla."

"Who?"

"The princess that Cadence is probably a reincarnation of."

Tempest blinked. "Reincarnation?"

"Yes. Sombra was a bad king but an ordinary degree of bad at first. As he descended into madness and total tyranny, Skyla ascended and opposed him. He captured her and used her in his immortality experiments. When he killed her, that started the war that resulted in his downfall. Anyway, more recently, when Cadence ascended and got her cutie mark with the Crystal Heart, and it was exactly 1000 years after Skyla died… then Celestia realized that maybe Sombra's experiments had worked and she was the reincarnation of Skyla. It was certainly an early attempt at what Sombra did to himself, and Nightmare Moon further improved on a few decades later."

Tempest blinked. "Huh. And this is not publicly known because…"

"A few reasons. First and most obviously, we aren't entirely sure. If she is, it didn't work very well. Cadence doesn't really have all that much in common with Skyla. Plus, it would be a good thing done by Sombra, which would cause confusion. And… Skyla was kind of a dud as far as alicorns go. Cadence's accomplishments in this life are practically 100% of the reason to think she's special, even if she is Skyla's reincarnation. Furthermore, it would be demoralizing to think that Sombra is actually totally immortal, beyond the possibility of his being destroyed or even permanently captured. Lastly, it would point powerful dark unicorns towards unfortunate avenues of research."

Tempest nodded slowly. "I see. What was Skyla alicorn of?"

"Not clear." Twilight blinked. "Hmm. Flurry being Skyla fits too, in a way. She was born already ascended because she already did that a thousand years ago. And she would be able to use her domain powers but not understand them yet. And it also fits with Skyla's immortality being worse than Sombra's since it was a work in progress. Oh my."

"What would be our plan of action, then?"

"Hmm. Well. What I did with her before was explain why certain rules were in place, and she understood and agreed. Maybe she was only a threat before then? On the other hoof… maybe we need a bit more along those lines."

Tempest considered. "I think you should raise this with princess Cadence at least."

"Have you mentioned your concerns to her?"

Her ears flattened back. "No. I… do not have the same fluidity of communication with her that we share."

Twilight thought. "And in the mean time, what should we do with ourselves? Are your… visions interfering with your life? I've found mine a bit distracting at times."

Tempest snorted, and thought, but did not reply.

Twilight continued, "I think we have a good opportunity for an experiment here. One of us can enact one of her thoughts, while the other does something generally sexy that wasn't one of her thoughts. We carefully compare our notes from before and after."

Tempest raised an eyebrow. "It will have to be you enacting the special thoughts, since mine are generally impossible."

"One wasn't. I could have 'my way' with you."

Tempest's ears returned to their flattened position. "Uh." After five seconds, she managed to blurt, "I didn't realize that you are interested in mares."

"Not specially attracted, but I'm not so averse that I wouldn't do it for science. I definitely wouldn't normally fantasize about it, which makes it perfect for the experiment."

Tempest licked her lips. "I…"

Twilight concentrated. "Write down the best you recall your feelings from before, then what you're thinking now, and we'll record after."

Tempest, now breathing heavily, cut in, "I think we shouldn't. At least ask Cadence about Skyla first, follow that, before we do anything that could make it worse."

Twilight swallowed. "I, uh. Wow, I got carried away there. I guess… in case we discover through other means that an avenue for release is better than keeping it pent up. Or if you become positively impaired, to the point that it's worth the risk." A deep breath. "Sooooo. Hmm. One big question is, how widespread is this? To that end, we need to check in on ponies whom we've previously contacted, who have or have not previously met Flurry Heart. If we affected them, we need to find out. One example would be Flim and Flam. Hmm. I think I terrify them in the wrong way to get this information out of them. Could you go and investigate? In the mean time, I'll check up on ponies who have definitely had contact with her."

Tempest blinked. "You'll have to have me reassigned, but assuming so, yes."

This plan set, Twilight had a nice evening with her family. She never did find a good way to bring up the question of whether Flurry was a magical sexiness plague-bearer – Cadence seemed to think the problem had been entirely resolved, so it was too awkward to bring it up. And the boyfriend question receded, with the more urgent question of what was going on with Flurry foremost.