The Dragon And The Pony Side Stories: Parents Of Fluff.

Fluffy’s father and I were able to make it back to the cabin quite a bit faster than it had taken for us to get to the mine. That was mostly because my stride is a good deal greater than Gold’s, and neither he nor the bag of gems were all that heavy.

When the cabin came into sight, Gold decided to pipe up. “Hey, would you mind putting me down now? I would rather not be paraded into my own home in your arms.”

I blew a little smoke out of my nostrils at this but complied, placing him back on the ground. Even though I would have preferred to just keep walking, I could respect that he saw me holding him as a blow against his pride, and if I were in his position, I would want to be put down as soon as possible.

A dragon's pride was one of his most important possessions. For me, it was a close second after Fluffy of course.

Anyway, when we arrived, I was of course the first to enter. “After you,” was what Gold said if I remember correctly, showing respect to me being a dragon. The first thing I saw though, was Fluffy and her mom standing in the kitchen with this certain expression on their faces, telling me something was going on.

“That was quick, I take it you two didn’t need to dig too hard to get what you needed?” Cloud sounded just as cheerful as when we were having breakfast.

“Eh, still a pain in the flank.” Gold walked over to his wife and planted a kiss on her cheek, an act that, based on the smile that developed on her muzzle, was very much appreciated. “If gems and quality metals weren’t so common around here, I have a feeling I would have gone crazy a long time ago.”

“Then I’m glad we chose the right place to live. You’re much more attractive when you're sane,” Cloud said before beginning to nuzzle him.

I couldn’t help but let a smile begin to spread across my muzzle. It seemed like Fluffy had taken after her parents when it came to showing affection. As I was appreciating how similar Fluffy was to her parents, I was pleasantly surprised when I realized something. “I see your brother isn’t around. Did he return to his own home?”

“Well, when my daughter and I-”

“No, he’s still here. He just left once he finished what he was doing. He’s probably in his room.” Fluffy was quick to interrupt her mother, her face having become one of fear.

I looked at Fluffy with a raised eyebrow. I had a feeling that Never had done something to anger her, or more accurately, something that would anger me. Knowing how much Fluffy wanted me to get along with her family, it was no surprise that she would prefer that I don’t know about them fighting. Even if Fluffy didn’t want me to know, the way she was acting was telling me enough.

“If you want, you can put the gems in the pantry. I’m sure that if you don’t finish them you could always take them back to your lair,” Gold said, gesturing to the bag I still had slung across my back.

I nodded, removing the bag and clawing it over to Cloud, but not before reaching in and removing a clawfull of gems. After my little taster in the cave, and seeing all the unfamiliar stones I’d excavated, I thought it might be fun to try a few others.

As I watched Cloud move into what must have been the pantry with the bag, I remembered something that Fluffy’s dad said.

“Dad, didn’t you say you had a collection of that gem I sampled?”

Fluffy looked between me and her father several times before her gaze finally settled on Gold. “Dad? Did Big Softy just call you Dad?”

“Yes, he did. I figured that since he’s going to be part of the family now, he might as well start calling me Dad. As I told him on the way back, I’d rather he not be so formal all the time by calling me Gold.”

Fluffy then turned her attention to me, shock still very much on her face. “And you agreed to this?”

I simply smiled and wandered over to her, wrapping a wing around her to pull her closer before planting a kiss on her lips. “You did ask me to play nice with your family, didn’t you? This is me being a good dragon.”

Unfortunately, my affection didn’t seem to go over as well as I had expected. Despite her entire family knowing about our relationship, she didn’t respond back with a kiss. Instead, she almost seemed to have moved away slightly after I ended the kiss.

I had no clue why she was acting so distant now. All I did was kiss her, hardly the naughtiest thing I could have done. I had a feeling this had something to do with why she’d interrupted her mother when I had asked about her brother.

I couldn’t help but let a frown cross my muzzle. Whatever had happened, it was causing Fluffy to act strangely, and it involved her brother. If this is what happens when Fluffy and her brother were together when I’m away, I figured that staying with her no matter what would be my top priority.

Gold looked back over to me. “And to answer your question, Big Softy, I keep a bag of them in the study. Just open the treasure chest on the window sill behind my desk.”

I raised an eyebrow and smirked slightly. “A treasure chest? Seems a bit indulgent for gems ‘too common to be worth the effort’.”

“Well, they’re still worth something. You can hardly blame me for wanting to keep them there.” Gold smiled back at me. “Makes me feel like Goldhorn whenever I open it. Go ahead and take what you want, I’m going to catch up with my wife and daughter.”

I hesitated for a moment, concerned about how Fluffy was acting, but decided with both her parents around, they might be able to get Fluffy acting normal again, and if not, I could always convince her we need some alone time to cuddle things out, so I grumbled and turned to leave the room. It was only after I had left that I remembered that no one had told me where the study was. While I would have preferred to have been told this before leaving, I could still go back and ask Fluffy. Despite my misgivings, as asking for help, even from her, would be a knock against my draconic pride, I decided to just put that aside for the moment.

On the plus side, this would allow me to cuddle with her once again.

I turned back around and made a beeline for Fluffy, interrupting the conversation that was just starting between her and her father as I lifted her up and dropped my head into her chest fluff.

“Hey! I was just talking with my dad!” Fluffy’s words were in the angry tone she usually used when I would do something like this back in the lair, she even poofed up the same way, encouraging me to cuddle her even more. She quickly calmed down and sighed. “I figured my dad bribing you with gems would have convinced you to go get them. And don’t tell me you already did, I know how long it should have taken you.” She sighed once more before talking softly enough that only I could hear. “I never would have guessed you could get so clingy.”

“What’s wrong with wanting to cuddle with my oh-so-fluffy mate whenever the opportunity presents itself?” I softly replied as I nuzzled her chest fluff once more, doing my best to make sure our conversation wouldn’t be overheard, before withdrawing my head so I could look at her. “I also came back to ask you where your father’s study is.”

Fluffy began to poof up slightly as her face became tinted red. “And you couldn’t have just asked me that from the hall?”

I recoiled slightly, doing my best to look offended. “I still have my draconic pride. How would your family look at me if I, a dragon, asked for help?”

Fluffy looked to be about to respond until she gave one last sigh and closed her eyes. “Walk out of the room and turn right, the study is the second door on your right. Now can you put me back down, I was about to talk with my dad.”

I planted a kiss on her lips before putting her back down and turning to exit the room, but not before giving her flank a naughty stroke with my tail, which she answered with an embarrassed slap with her own. I followed Fluffy’s instructions and took the second door on the right and was greeted with the sight of Gold’s study.

It was a fairly respectable room in my opinion. There were a few small couches and chairs situated around the room, a large wooden desk in front of a window on the left, and a far number of recesses or shelves along the walls with rocks, pictures, or other assorted odds and ends on them.

Examining the room, I couldn’t help but imagine having something like this back in my lair. While I wouldn’t be able to have a window if I made it in the inner lair, it would still be an interesting addition.

Speaking of the window, I looked over at it and saw the chest that Gold had been talking about. It was a fairly decent size, about half the size of Fluffy’s torso, and had a large geode, one purple, and one crimson, on each side of it.

I inwardly laughed a little at seeing this, as it looked very much like something I would do. I walked over to the chest and opened it, finding the bag that Gold said would be there. Looking inside of it, I discovered that Gold had been right. Based on their appearance, this howlite gem was the one I had tried in the mine.

Remembering what he had said, I figured I might as well take the entire thing, seeing as he’d offered me as much as I wanted. So rather than reaching in and grabbing a claw full of the jewels, I dropped what I had brought with me into the bag and removed it from the chest before closing it.

I was about to turn around to start my return to Fluffy when I thought back on what she had told me. It seemed she still wanted to catch up with her family, more specifically with her father, no doubts to ask him how well behaved I had been.

Being the nice dragon I was, I decided I would stay here and let her have her time with her father to learn how skillfully I had conducted myself. This way, it would be easier to convince her to have some more naughty times with me. It would also give me an excuse to sample the new gems I found.

I walked over to one of the couches and decided to lay down. While pony furniture was a tad bit smaller than what I preferred, it was still big enough to use. I placed the bag next to me on the floor and did my best to situate myself onto the couch before me. While I ended up hanging slightly off of it due to its lack of depth, and my tail was draped off of one end, I was still in a fairly comfortable position.

With that finalized, I decided to reach into my bag of gems and start snacking. When I pulled out the clawfull of stones, I was unsurprised that most of them were howlite, but there were two gems that I had brought with me. They were both fairly chatoyant, with one being predominantly a dark green and the other a mixture of oranges, reds, and yellows.

Intrigued by the possible taste that the two stones would have, I decided to try them first. I picked up the green gem with my other claw and tossed it into my mouth. When I bit down to crack it, I was met with the most atrocious taste I had ever experienced.

I had bitten down on a decaying piece of wood once before on accident, and the taste I received from this jewel was almost indistinguishable. It was a foul, plant-like flavor that seemed to just cling to every part of my mouth and assault it with its horrendousness.

I couldn’t spit out the shards fast enough. Were I to be back at my lair, I would have regurgitated the appalling thing onto the ground and burned it without delay. Unfortunately, that was not an option seeing as my surroundings were very much flammable, and spitting it out through the window was also not an option for similar reasons as well as the fact that the window didn’t look to be capable of opening. So ultimately, I had to settle for a less dignified solution,

I grabbed a metal plate covered in fake fruits off of the coffee table next to me, allowed the fruits to roll off and onto the table, before proceeding to disgorge the fragments of the gem onto it. I ran my tongue across all of my teeth after I felt that I‘d spit out everything, just to make sure that there were no stragglers caught between them.

When I was confident that there was nothing left in my maw, I glared down at the pieces shimmering on the plate. I had always hated the taste of diamonds, thinking them to be the absolute worst tasting gem to exist. Unfortunately, I had learned the hard way that there were in fact stones far more objectionable than diamonds. I wanted nothing more than to throw the plate holding that atrocious jewel across the room, but knew better than to possibly risk upsetting Fluffy, so I merely returned it to the coffee table; perhaps with a little more zeal than necessary.

I removed the other strange gem from my claw before tossing the collection of howlite I still had in my grasp into my mouth in an effort to rid myself of the residual taste that was still refusing to go away. As expected, the five or so stones I was now eating were more than enough to replace the flavor in my mouth.

When I finished consuming the howlite, I let out a satisfied sigh and relaxed into the couch. After several seconds of savoring the aftertaste, I remembered that I still had another gem in the palm of my claw. I looked down at it and began to move my claw around to watch the gem change colors as the light played off of it.

After my last experience with an unknown gem, I was not exceptionally thrilled with the idea of trying another. I continued to play with it for several minutes, debating with myself if I was actually willing to give it a try. On one claw, I had experienced first claw that gems more revolting than diamond exist, something I was not happy to experience once again. On the other claw, the howlite was quite good, tasting about as good as amethyst in my opinion.

I eventually decided to give the stone a try. While there was the possibility for the gem to be just as revolting as the last one, it was also possible for it to be better than ruby, and if that was the case, I would never be able to forgive myself for not learning that as soon as possible.

I placed it into my mouth and hesitantly bit down, bracing myself for the possibility of another foul jewel. When the flavor finally hit me I was pleasantly surprised.

It was mildly spicy with a slight warmth to it. If I had to put a name to it, I would have to say it felt like I had a fire burning in my mouth. I was rather satisfied with the sensation. While the flavor was not all too special, being about as good as the howlite, the fact that this was the first gem I had tried that had something other than a flavor was enough to earn my approval. I would have to remember to ask what the jewel was called so I could ask Gold how much I would need to trade him to convince him to send me what he finds.

“Well, your mate doesn’t waste any time when it comes to showing affection.” Gold had a smile plastered on his muzzle as he watched Big Softy head to the study. “But I can’t say I’m all too surprised. You wouldn’t believe what he said to me before and after finding the gems.”

I could see our daughter’s face redden several shades after hearing that. It seemed that she had a fairly good idea about what he had said.

I, meanwhile, couldn’t pass up this opportunity to mess with her some more. “Why don't you tell us, honey? I’m sure Danger already knows, but I’m dying to hear.”

“Ok, I’m going to check on Never. You two can carry on without me.” Danger’s response was immediate. There was hardly any time to reply as she practically sprinted out of the room. I could only chuckle slightly at her.

“And then there were two.” I turned to look at Gold. “So, what did he say? I can only guess that it was something Danger would find to be extremely embarrassing.”

Gold gave a nervous chuckle before starting. “Well, I have to say, dragon customs are quite a bit different from our own. When I was asking about why he always calls our daughter Fluffy, he started to go into their first romp in the sheets. He was also about to give me details on their other sexual activities on the way back before I stopped him. Apparently, dragons are quite open about their sex lives, they even teach their kids about it from a fairly young age.”

“Is that so? Well, I’m sure you listened quite intently.” I gave him a playful bump with my hip.

“Yeah, no. I already know how our daughter became pregnant, I don’t need to hear the play-by-play on each little thing they did to each other.”

“Aww, and here I was expecting you to tell me if our special techniques are really so special.” I smiled good-naturedly, but made a mental note to ask Big Softy personally if what my husband was saying was true.

“No, I’m not all too curious about knowing all the intricacies about our daughter’s sex life. I’m happy that she has one and that they're both happy, I just don’t need the details. If we’re lucky, Danger will put her hoof down on how their foal will learn about sex. The last thing I need is for our grandfoal to start describing in detail the best ways to make your partner happy when they’re only seven.”

“I wouldn’t be too opposed. It would give me another excuse to embarrass her in front of us. But, if you’re so opposed to talking about what our daughter and her dragonfriend like to get up to, I’ll be nice and change the subject.” I gave him a slap on his back with my wing while smiling before pulling in close to him.” Since you’re finally back and our kids ran off, it looks like you will be helping me with lunch.”

“No, I’ll handle that, you’re the only one left that hasn’t had a one-on-one interaction with Big Softy yet. I’ll get started on everything while you meet your new son-in-law.”

“Only one? And here I was thinking that it was me and Never that hadn’t had the opportunity to properly get to know him.”

Gold fixed me with a knowing glance. “We both saw the outcome of last night and how Never was acting this morning. It’s not too hard to conclude that those two had all the one-on-one time that Big Softy wanted.”

I allowed a small grin to spread across my muzzle as I inwardly chuckled at what I knew. “Ok then. I was planning to make pesto pizza seeing as the onions are starting to look a little questionable. Just make sure to double everything so we can have two pizzas. I would hate to leave Big Softy hungry.”

“With all the gems me and him dug out, and considering he’s currently raiding my stockpile of howlite, I doubt he’ll be that hungry. We usually have one or two leftover slices with our usual size, so I’ll just use about a third more to make it. Now go. And make sure he hasn’t eaten that turquoise I found. I want to show that to Bedrock when I see him next.”

“Will do.”

~🐲~

As I was laying there on the couch, enjoying a few more howlite pieces, I was brought back to reality by knocking on the door.

“Is that you, Fluffy?” I twisted my head around so that I was looking at the door. I was hoping it was her, as it would mean that I could finally return to cuddling my fluffy mate.

“No, it’s just me.” I watched as Fluffy’s mom pushed open the door before coming in and shutting it behind her. “I managed to scare my daughter off not too long after you left. She said she was going to talk to her brother.”

I couldn’t help but scowl at that. The fact she had chosen to run to her brother rather than me was annoying, and was only helping to sour my opinion of him even more.

He was preventing me from spending more time with my fluffy marefriend.

“So anyways, I was about to start work on lunch when my husband reminded me that we haven’t spent any quality time getting to know one another. And seeing as we are basically family now, it only makes sense.” Cloud’s voice was rather cheerful as she said this, sounding a lot like Fluffy even, something I was very happy with.

“That makes sense.” I turned towards one of the couches across from me and nodded at it. Cloud seemed to get my message and walked over.

When she’d taken a seat, she began to look over me and the smile on her muzzle dissipated. “Are you alright? You don’t look too comfortable.”

“Well, your furniture is a bit too small for me, but I can manage.”

Cloud fixed me with a skeptical glance, eventually focusing on my tail. “Are you sure about that? I won't pretend that I know much about dragons, but won’t your tail eventually go numb?”

“No, it won’t do that.”

“Ok then. As long as you’re comfortable.” She got into a more comfortable position herself before continuing. “So, my husband told me that you were getting quite detailed when discussing your sex life with my daughter while you two were off looking for gems.”

I inwardly cringed at hearing that. While I wasn’t ashamed at what I had done, I knew that if Fluffy disapproved of me doing that, I would lose my good dragon points, and if that happened, I might not get any more fun times while we’re here. Ultimately, it would be best to be honest and see if I could prevent this from getting worse. “Yes. It’s common for dragons to be quite open about that. But don’t worry, he told me about your pony sensibilities, so I’ll make sure I don’t bring it up again.”

What I saw next confused me. Cloud brought a hoof up to her mouth before beginning to chuckle. “Oh, don't worry about it, you’re fine. While I wouldn’t suggest you bring it up in so much detail, as long as you don’t do it around Never or my husband, it’s fine.”

I looked back at her even more perplexed than I’d already been. “Gold didn’t seem to want the subject brought up at all.”

“Well, from how he described it, you were going to go into quite a bit more detail than ponies give, and we also don’t tend to be so open about that part of our relationships. That being said… I am quite curious about how you two are doing in that regard. I tried asking Danger for the details, but... it seems she took after her father when it comes to talking about it.”

“You… are?” I was quite surprised at the fact that she didn’t have an objection to me talking about it. The way Gold had described it, no pony would enjoy my openness in describing how me and Fluffy mated. Then it hit me as to exactly what she said. “Wait, you asked Fluffy for the details?”

“Well, yes, I am her mom. While Gold is happy just knowing our daughter is happy, I much prefer to know how happy. And besides, we are both mares, I hardly think there’s much she should be embarrassed about. I should tell you, when I was trying to get ‘Fluffy’ to open up a little with me about the topic, she did tell me you were a little more gifted in regards to your equipment than a stallion.”

While I was a little confused at first as to what she was talking about, it eventually clicked for me, causing me to raise my eyebrows in surprise. “You asked her about that?”

“It was the first thing I brought up. You are obviously a fair bit more sizable than a pony, so it only makes sense to know if what you are packing fits your stature.”

This was quite the surprise. Apparently Fluffy’s mom had the same sensibilities as a dragon when it came to talking about sex. I was also slightly bewildered by the fact that she had just used my name for her daughter. Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but sit up straighter while smirking at the her stating my maleness surpassed a pony’s.

“So, seeing as Fluffy isn’t as forthcoming with your two’s nighttime activities, it only makes sense to ask you about it.”

My smirk became a smile at how familiar this was to me. I shifted myself a little to get more comfortable before addressing her. “What would you like to know? And, I would hope you don’t tell Fluffy about this. She wouldn’t be happy finding out I talked to you about this.”

“Understood. Well, first off, I want to know what you two often do when you’re in the bedroom. I want to know if you’re doing everything to help my daughter enjoy herself.”

“Well, I usually use my tail to play with her private parts.” I lifted my tail slightly and began to move it around. “As you can see, it’s quite flexible, and I have a good amount of control over it, so it’s more than capable of pleasuring her. Other than that, I’ve found that nibbling between her wing joints is the best way to get her in the mood.”

“That’s certainly good to hear. But, I may have some advice for how you could do better.” The smirk on her face almost made me want to break into a smile as well. It took some effort to maintain control, but I managed. “You see, if you were to bite down on the back of her neck while you two are going at it, and if you were to hold where her waist meets her hips with your claws, I’m positive you will be giving her far more pleasure than you’ve already been.”

“Hmm, that hips thing sounds interesting, but I need to ask, are you sure asking me to bite her neck is the best idea?” I pulled back my lips for a few seconds to show my fangs before continuing. “As you can see, my teeth aren’t exactly the safest to try that with. My parents gave me the same advice for ‘when’ I took a dragoness as a mate, but since you ponies don’t have protective scales, I have avoided trying it when we mate.”

“Would you ever try biting her hard enough to hurt her?” Cloud asked as she tilted her head and raised an eyebrow.

I pulled my head back offended and began to growl. “Never! I wouldn’t do anything to hurt her!” The fact that she would even ask such a question was an insult. To have someone question my decisions when it came to Fluffy was inexcusable.

“Then why are you so afraid? You know how much you love her and how little you want her to be hurt. So as long as you keep that in mind while you are doing it, there’s nothing to be afraid of.”

Oh, she was trying to prove to me that I was just being overly concerned. I had to admit, I was really coming to like Fluffy’s mom. While I still had some reservations about biting Fluffy’s neck due to the potential dangers, I was willing to give it a shot. If it really was something I could do to make Fluffy happier when we mated, I would be doing her a disservice by not trying it at least once.

“Alright, I’ll make sure I do those the next time we have our fun time.”

“I hope you will.” Cloud smiled at me, got off of her couch, and began to make her way to the door. “Gold’s fixing lunch right now so it won't be too long. If you’re going to stay in here, I’ll make sure to send Fluffy in to get you.” As she opened the door and was about to leave, she turned back to me. “Oh, Black Death, I told my daughter this but I figured you should know as well. I would appreciate it if you two wouldn’t mate while you’re in my house. I try to keep everything nice, and having to experience the smell of sex every time I walk by her room doesn’t fit that description.” And with that, she left, closing the door behind her and leaving me to my own thoughts.

I was not happy with being told that I could not have any fun times with Fluffy while we were here. While I still found Cloud to be to my liking, her telling me this had not helped my opinion of her. Nevertheless, It was her ‘lair’, and I had promised Fluffy I’d behave. That being said, I would need to find a way to get away with having my fun times while here.

The rest of the day was fairly calm. Lunch was enjoyable, and thankfully Fluffy was a lot more receptive to my affections after her time with her brother. This was most likely due to how little we had seen each other today.

Fluffy and I mostly sat around and cuddled after lunch and enjoyed each other's company. Fluffy’s family spent the time planning something for us to do tomorrow, but I didn’t pay it much mind, I had my cuddly mate to occupy my thoughts. They tried to get us involved, but I made it clear we were busy. Fluffy tried to join in at first, but a quick application of my wing over her back and a gentle push down prevented her from leaving me. She grumbled a bit at this, but after a little bit of chastising from her, mostly her calling me a clingy scaled dog, she settled back into my embrace and continued our cuddling.