The House on the Edge of Town

Rainbow Dash turned to the right just as soon as they entered inside. There were only two things she knew would calm her nerves and help her win the challenge: cider or something to eat. So her goal was to find her way to the kitchen. But even as she walked, she suspected that more than likely there wouldn’t be anything edible.

Once she entered the kitchen and looked around her fears were confirmed. A thick layer of dust lay over everything in the kitchen; canisters were filled with old, moldy, and mostly unidentifiable foodstuffs, the range looked to haven't been used in years, and a quick peek inside the fridge let out a disgusting, putrid odor as the rotting foods inside were exposed to the air again.

“Oh Celestia, that’s RANK!” complained Rainbow Dash loudly, slamming the door shut quickly. The movement and the force of the door closing caused another dust-covered cabinet door on the other side of the room to open. Investigating the new open cabinet, Rainbow found a single mason jar with a clear liquid sitting inside. She grabbed it and looked it over, trying to figure out what exactly she had found.

“Hey, what’s this?” she pondered aloud. “It’s definitely not a potion bottle and cider isn’t clear, so what …?” Rainbow’s words cut off when she gasped in recognition. She had figured out what it was, and it was her second favorite drink in the entire world!

“Oh! I know exactly what this is! Clear liquid in a mason jar? This far out of town? Ha! This place isn’t scary at all! The rumors are being used to scare ponies away!” She clutched the jar to her chest. “It’s a front for a moonshine operation!”

Opening the jar, Rainbow wrinkled her nose when the smell hit it. It wasn’t the most pleasant smelling liquid and didn’t smell quite as good as apple cider, but a drink was a drink! Slowly she lifted the mason jar to her lips and slowly took a sip of the liquid. An odd tingling sensation washed over her tongue from the drink and it started to burn. She thought it was just the bite of the alcohol, so she took a larger swig. The tingling spread through her mouth and the burning spread over her entire body. There was definitely something not right with the drink. The burning got almost too much to bear and an odd blue glow overtook her whole body. With no other option, she cried out to Applejack in the hopes she’d hear her.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHH! HELP! APPLEJACK!”

No sooner had the words left her lips, the burning became overbearing, the glowing became overpowered and then… the burning just stopped. The searing pain was gone but the glow still lingered. Mere seconds after the pain had stopped, Applejack appeared in the doorway to the kitchen. Rainbow Dash started to make her way over, an odd look on her face. Applejack was just staring at her, wide-eyed as if she had seen a ghost. She looked scared.

“Applejack? What’s wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked as she drifted closer to the questioned mare. But as she drifted closer, she felt a sudden urge rising inside of her. She felt drawn forward toward the mare, her eyes trained on the opened mouth of the screaming mare.

“AJ? Pal? Buddy? What’s… going on? Why is your mouth so… inviting?”

Rainbow watched herself as she extended a hoof and shoved it into Applejack’s mouth. That’s when she felt that something was very wrong. Her own body felt soft, pliable, and about the consistency of syrup. Nothing like a pony body should feel like. But she couldn’t contemplate the implications at that moment. No, she had this unnatural desire to shove more of herself into the mouth in front of her. And feed she did. With the glow coming from her, she could watch as the throat muscles worked around her and pulled her down deep into Applejack’s stomach. Slowly she curled up as she was deposited in the inner core of the earth pony, feeling content.