Chapter Fourteen: Preemptive Action Part 2

I knew the blacksmith wouldn’t be done with my tall order just yet. So, I concentrated on another aspect of my plan. The tranquilizer itself. That meant heading to Zecora’s. That also meant losing Rainbow. Which wasn’t all that hard actually. After losing Rainbow, I took my time walking through town because it was still early and I had no clue when Zecora normally woke up. It was a beautiful morning with the warm sun’s rays just above the horizon. A gentle cool morning breeze blew through the trees. Even had a couple of birds greet me with a few chirps after landing on my head. A few ponies waved and said hello as I walked by the town hall. All in all, it was a very nice morning walk through town.

I passed by Fluttershy’s place before entering the Everfree Forest and made a mental note to drop by and see how she was doing. Which reminded me to stop by Sweet Apple Acres for the same reason. AJ had just joined the herd and wanted to see how that was playing out. Being in a herd, like a lion with his pride, was still a little odd for me. So, seeing the needs and wants of them all was a challenge. Especially spreading my time around between them.

Now a father, I vowed not to neglect my children. Which meant spreading my time around would definitely be a challenge. But my determination to be a good father held no bounds in that regard. It was their protection that led me straight up to Zecora’s tree hut. Being about half the size of Twilight’s old tree library, it had a single door and a single small window. My worry that my presence was a little early was assuaged by the light in the window. So, I knocked on the door after picking up a small rock to do it with. Paws don’t make for good door knockers.

Zecora answered the door with a smile. “It is a fox. Come in, I have it in stock.”

“Good morning, Zecora,” greeting her with a smile of my own, I walked into her hut. “I wasn’t sure if you had the tranquilizer ready or not. Didn’t know how hard the herbs were to get.” Her hut was basically one single room carved into the trunk of the tree. The bed and living area on one side with her cauldron, herbs, and potions on the other. Didn’t see a bathroom, so she must use a type of outhouse or something similar.

“The herbs, as of yet, was easy to get.” She walked over to her shelf of bottled potions by the cauldron and looked up to four bottles. Their size looked to be around a twelve-ounce coke can. “Four bottles were filled and should be enough if you are skilled.”

Taking one in my telekinesis, I lifted it off the shelf to examine it more closely. “You’re right about that,” I gave her an acknowledging nod. “Although the darts won’t be available until tomorrow and I only have one blowgun and one dart. So, the training will have to wait. But yes, this should be more than enough.” I then looked over to her, curious about something. “Have you ever used this before? I only asked because I’m curious of its potency.”

There was a certain glint in her eyes that matched the slight smirk on her face when she answered. “The forest is dangerous, this is true. So, a means of protecting myself was due. Do not mistake this little brew, for Timberwolves and Manticores all fell true.”

My eyes widened at that while looking down at her smirking face. “Wow! Powerful stuff.” Luckily, I brought Rarity’s saddlebags with me, so in the bottles went. And because the bags weren’t securely attached to me, I put two bottles in each bag for proper balance. Then looked back gratefully, my smile showing just that, “Thank you, Zecora, for doing this for me.”

“You are welcome, my fox friend. I do not want their fate to end.” Genuine concern and even worry were etched on her face as I sat in front of her next to her cauldron.

“Thank you once again, Zecora. If there’s anything you need, just let me know.” After saying goodbye, my next stop was Fluttershy’s

^_^

Because Fluttershy is about around two months away from giving birth, and carrying twins, it was fair to say that I needed to see how she was doing. The air was cool this morning with a few clouds in the sky. One of the benefits of the thick fur coat on this body. I didn’t see Rainbow anywhere in the sky while walking out of the forest. With how close Fluttershy’s place was, seeing it in the distance, I doubted that Rainbow would mess with me. She’s been playful today and my mind was trying to figure out if it was due to the flowers in her hair or simply wanting to mess with me. Fluttershy’s cottage looked serene and peaceful as I walked across the small bridge and onto her property. The animals were out and about looking for their morning breakfast. It was mostly the smaller animals that were there like the birds, chickens, and the like. I’ve been there so much now, none of the animals were startled by me walking up to the house.

Other than the sounds of the small animals, it was near silent inside. Because I’ve been there many times over, there was no need to knock, so I just opened the door and slipped inside. The lights were off, so assuming Fluttershy was still asleep, I put the saddlebags on the couch by the front door. It was still early in the morning and just after sunrise, so she must have slept in. Only small animals were inside the house like birds, rabbits, and others. None of them paid attention to me. Even Angel had stopped trying to mess with me, much to my satisfaction.

Figuring I’d surprise her in bed, my body morphed into its human form. However, those plans were hijacked when…

"GOTCHA!"

Rainbow tackled me, seemingly out of nowhere, and started wrestling me on the floor. “You’re mine!” Lucky for me, my human form was more adept at wrestling than her pony form. Thus it was relatively easy to wrap my arms around her wings preventing her from using them to her advantage. “I’ll get you back for-” she paused when my arms wrapped around her. Then let out a, “Hey,” as I rolled us over where I was on top. Her hind legs were still free and after a second, or two, of a shocked look that I so easily turned the tables on her, she wrapped those hind legs around me. We had leaned our heads back in order to look each other in the eyes. When our eyes met, she had a satisfied wicked, and mischievous, grin on her face. “I love it when you're on top.”

“Oh...oh my!” We both stopped and looked over at Fluttershy at the foot of the stairs. She looked amused at us with a hoof to her muzzle and a special mischievous glint in her eyes.

“I got him, Fluttershy...I got him!” Rainbow happily, and proudly, exclaimed while wiggling herself against me like a child hugs their favorite teddy bear.

Meanwhile, I had no clue what to do now as Fluttershy waddled herself over to us, minding her protruding belly. “That’s great, Rainbow.” Then wiggled her eyebrows down at us with a growing grin, “Now, what are you going to do with him?”

Rainbow didn’t seem to have an answer because when our eyes met I could see the gears turning. “Well, Rainbow?” I asked her with a growing grin of my own. My own eyes looking down at her with a certain amount of mischief of my own in them. There was a certain thrill to this; having someone, or in this case, somepony, watch. “Answer the question. What are you going to do with me?”

“I haven’t thought that far yet,” she admitted, albeit a little sheepishly.

So, I laid myself down completely on top of her, although not with my full weight. Then looked up to Fluttershy. “I came over to see how you were doing.”

Fluttershy giggled cutely before leaning her head down giving me a light lingering kiss. “Thank you so much, Emmit. Our foals and I are fine.” She sat down, leaned back a little, and gently laid a hoof against her belly. “Although they have been rather active lately.”

“Active?” Rainbow asked while she continued to hold onto me while her eyes locked onto Fluttershy’s belly. “What do you mean by active?”

She was positively glowing when she answered. It showed in her eyes, the look on her face, and the way she rubbed and cradled her baby bump. “Both of them have been kicking a lot lately.” I wanted to reach out and touch her, but couldn’t because my arms were holding onto Rainbow. “It makes me so happy and I can’t wait to hold them.”

“Me either,” I said to her with my heart wanting to explode from my chest with a smile. It makes everything that I’m preparing worth it.

“How is your project going?”

I looked over to the couch. “The tranquilizer potions are in the bag on the couch over there. And from what Zecora has said, it’s rather potent. It will knock out a manticore, so it’ll work fine against Chrysalis’ drones.” Their eyes looked over to my bags with wide eyes.

“Whoa! That good, huh?”

I looked down at Rainbow with a growing mischievous smirk on my face. “Yep, that good.”

“Huh.” Rainbow didn’t look up to me at first but when she did she was confused. “Wait...why do you have that look on your face?” I didn’t move and just kept looking at her. Still confused, she looked up at Fluttershy, which was playing along with a smirk of her own. “Alright, what’s going on?”

I love suddenly changing gears on somepony and just watching the confusion. Because Rainbow had no clue what was going on until Fluttershy spoke up again.

“You know, you and Emmit have gotten dirty this morning with your rolling around on the floor.” Fluttershy’s voice was filled with mischief as she grinned down at Rainbow. And honestly, I didn’t know what she was going to suggest until she spoke up. Now, I knew where she was headed with this. This had me grinning from ear to ear.

Rainbow immediately knew something was up and so her eyes were darting between us suspiciously. “Yeah, so?”

“You need a bath,” Fluttershy’s voice changed to that of Flutterbat complete with bat-like red eyes, bat-like wings, and three pink bats for a cutie mark. When she said that, my job was to hold onto Rainbow while standing up. That was a little bit of a challenge when she started wiggling like an upset puppy.

“Buck, no!” Rainbow complained while wiggling and complaining in my arms. By this time I was already standing up and following Flutterbat to her bath upstairs. Luckily for me, and with my arms holding her so close to me, she couldn’t get her legs between our bodies. Except for her hind legs, which she used to try and push against my waist. Her front legs she tried gently pushing against my head. I say gently because she wasn’t trying too hard. “I don’t need a bath and I don’t want a bath. Let me go. Don’t you dare.”

Fifteen minutes later.

“Now this feels good,” Rainbow said after sighing contently. All three of us were in the bath together. I was sitting in the large bath with both Fluttershy and Rainbow both laying back against me. Rainbow’s head on my right shoulder and Flutterbat’s head resting on my left shoulder. And my arms around both of them, gently rubbing their chest and barrels. Or in Flutterbat’s case our foals growing inside her belly. The feathers of their wings brushed against my chest and belly, tickling me a little under the water. Meanwhile, I couldn’t help but chuckle at what Rainbow just said.

“And here you were complaining about taking a bath while half-heartily trying to get away from me.”

She sent droplets of water out of the tub when she waved a dismissive hoof. “I was just being dramatic. That’s why I didn’t try hard to get away.”

“So, you admit that this is relaxing?” I teased her the question as my hand started drifting south.

“Oh yeah,” was her reply while sounding very content. “I wouldn’t mind staying like this for a while.”

Fluttershy slash Flutterbat giggled at Rainbow’s antics, turned her head toward my neck, and gently ran her fangs across my skin sending a nice shiver up and down my spine. Then kissed my neck. “Yes. Stay a while.”

^_^

The next stop was AJ’s. Not only wanting to see how she was doing and spend some time with her but also wanted to pick her mind as well. My mind lingered over the recent visit with Fluttershy slash Flutterbat and Rainbow. The bath we took together was thoroughly enjoyable. Felt good to have them in my arms. To feel the foals kicking inside Fluttershy. Rainbow’s pleasant moans while my fingers worked against her lower lips. Rainbow has wanted to let the pleasure linger as much as possible lately and because of that, she made me promise to have one long session with her really soon. I didn’t mind but the challenge would be finding the time in lieu of the new project I was undertaking. This is why there was a wide smile on my face while walking onto AJ’s property. With my mind on those pleasant, and pleasurable, thoughts I really wasn’t paying that much attention to the world around me. What brought me out of my thoughts was AJ’s shouts.

“Winona! You come back here and finish your bath like a good girl!” Her shouts were getting louder the closer she came to me. Because she was running flat out toward me and chasing Winona. Who looked like she was having a great time running from AJ. Winona was barking happily and panting away while running from AJ. Both of them dripping wet.

With an amused chuckle, I waited for Winona to get close to me before quickly catching her in my telekinesis ability lifting her up in the air. Lifting her up about a foot off the ground had the effect that she thought she was still running. So, her legs were going like mad while still panting away. It wasn’t until AJ slowed down and started talking to me that Winona finally realized that she wasn’t going anywhere. When that happened, Winona simply floated limply in my telekinesis but still panting away happily.

“Hey, Emmit. Thanks for catching Winona,” she thanked me, walking up to me with a smile on her face. “It was time for her bath and she got away from me.” I looked them both over and found them now dirty again. Which wasn’t that surprising considering they were running around in the field. AJ noticed as well when she looked down at herself, chuckling sheepishly. “Of course, now we’re both dirty again.”

With Winona still floating in the air, I started walking toward the house grinning with mischief. “Well then there’s only one solution, isn’t there?”

Although it was a rhetorical question, she still answered with a hearty, “Yep!” Then followed beside me with the goal of finishing Winona’s bath. The grin on my face was because of an idea I had based upon what Fluttershy, Rainbow, and I were doing earlier. Hopefully, everything would go according to plan.

Ten minutes later.

“Finally Winona’s done!” AJ exclaimed while rolling her eyes after a good chuckle as Winona happily yipped herself out the bathroom door. “Course she’s probably going right back outside again.”

“Probably,” I agreed with a nod. By this time both of us were practically dripping wet. But AJ was still dirty. “And now it’s time for our bath,” I said to her with a little alluring hint in my voice. But I don’t think that she picked up on it.

AJ simply looked herself over saying, “Yep,” with a slight blush then turned her cute butt to me while she started draining the tub. I did notice that the tub was big enough for both of us, but it wasn’t clear if AJ knew it as well.

While her butt was toward me, I took a moment to admire the view and leaned against a cabinet that was at the foot of the tub. My eyes lingered over her rump, enjoying the curves as her tail revealed them with each slow swing of her tail. I had an itch to morph into my human form and let my hands explore her body. Starting from her cutie marks, and let my fingers dig into the soft muscled flesh of her rump and work my way forward up her spine and barrel. It’s times like this that I’m glad the Tree of Harmony brought me here. AJ was definitely eye candy due to her lifetime of work on the farm. Not a bit of fat around her while still having nice soft-looking feminine curves.

“Like what you see, sugarcube?” Her question brought my eyes up to look at her, but it didn’t stop my mind from liking where it was going. I must have been smiling at least, if not grinning, because when our eyes met, there was amusement in hers. A smirk on her face with her eyes quickly lowering to bedroom status also told me she was beginning to get aroused as well. While keeping my eyes on hers, I used a tail to shut the bathroom door behind me with a soft click. I also noticed that she just turned her head around, not her body.

“As a matter of fact, I do.” With the door closed, I morphed into my naked human form. With a growing blush on her face, she bit her bottom lip a little while her eyes roamed down from my face to my growing erection. Her eyes followed me as I stepped forward, knelt down behind her on my knees, then gently took her rump in my hands. Then started massaging on, and around, her cutie marks. Her eyes softened with her mouth opening slightly in a silent moan while my fingers dug into her coat to massage the skin underneath. “I also see that you’re a little dirty, too.”

“Then wash me,” she said with her voice filled with arousal and lust.

“Alright, I will.” So, after leaning down and picking her up, carefully of course as she hung onto me, I climbed into the tub with her. With her laying on top of me, naturally. Her bedroom eyes were locked onto mine, I felt her wet swollen lower lips part around my hardened member. The feeling of her in my arms in the hot bath, her body against mine, and her sighs of pleasure hitting my ears as her head rested on my shoulder was just shy of heaven. And helping her get clean with my hands rubbing all over her body was the icing on the cake.

“I can see why Rainbow likes this so much.” She chuckled lightly through a happy content sigh before lightly kissing my neck.

“Hopefully, you’ll be enjoying it for a very long time coming.” Her soft moans hit my ears when my hands rubbed down her body; using a couple of fingers to trace her down her spine made her shiver in my arms.

“Between you and my brother,” she sighed contently after kissing my neck again, “I’m not worried.” Putting a hoof to my cheek she turned my head to face her. “Now, no more talk.”

With a smirk, I gave her a passionate kiss. “Yes, ma’am.”

^_^

Back in my fox form, and with Zecora’s tranq juice in the saddlebags on my back, the next thing on my list was Twilight. Now that I have the tranquilizer, there was a need to test it. Not that I doubted Zecora or what she could do or that I doubted the potency of it, don’t get me wrong. But… My concern was the possibility of using too much against a changeling at once. Therefore a need to test it. But therein lies the problem. How do I do that without testing it on Thorax? I couldn’t subject him to that. But those were my thoughts while walking through town. By this time it was after lunch and even though I had a good snack at AJ’s, I was still hungry. Upon arriving at the castle, the challenge was finding Twilight. And or Starlight or Thorax.

But considering I was hungry, my first immediate stop was the kitchen for something to eat. The place was quiet and after not seeing either one of the three I was looking for there, I levitated the bags off my back, set them on the floor next to the kitchen door, and morphed into my naked human form. It was easier for me to cook in that form. The walls, floor, ceiling, and kitchen island were all made from crystal. Even the kitchen island drawers were crystal. Now that was something to behold. Thankfully, the kitchen appliances were not, nor was the food. From my place by the door, the magically powered refrigerator was on my left next to the same side of the kitchen sink. And next to the refrigerator was a standalone cabinet for the dry, and non-perishable, foods. Between the refrigerator and the kitchen sink was a magically powered range with four burner-looking things. They looked almost exactly like the electrically powered range coils but were powered by magic.

After looking around in the cabinet and the refrigerator I finally decided on a vegetable stew with fish in it. Added the fish after looking up in the freezer to find some. Didn’t know what the fish was doing there, but I wasn’t about to argue any. The vegetables just so happen to be in sealed glass jars. Now that was handy. Especially considering the carrots were already cut up into smaller pieces. The saucepan was first, so I filled it with water and put it on the range. Then the skillet after that, to cook the fish, then turned the thing on. The range was a simple button press then turning the knob to the appropriate position. And because it was magic, instead of electricity, the range was at temperature within seconds. So, while the water was boiling and the pan heating up, I took out the vegetables. Carrots, peas, corn, black-eyed peas, and some beans in their jars got put on the counter next to the range. Then brought out one already prepared fish. And because I was naked, one cooking apron was tied around my waist to protect the most vital part of my anatomy that was also my second brain.

Starlight’s voice hit my ears just as the water was beginning to boil. “Oh, Emmit. Hi...I...um...didn’t expect...to see you.” She was blushing with an embarrassed look on her face when I glanced back at her. And trying hard to keep her eyes off my butt, but she kept taking glances at it anyway.

My inner ass decided to come out and play with her. “Well, I show up every now and then. Don’t want to ignore the rest of my herd now.” I finished that with an amused chuckle and a wink her way. Then turned back to the counter, taking the lids off the vegetables, and filling the now boiling pot with my portion.

“No, I mean...” she paused, giggling a little as she caught on. There was even a small smile on her face. “Nevermind.” I heard her hoofsteps getting closer until she walked up and put her front hooves on the counter. “So, what are you cooking?”

I looked down at her, pausing to take out my portions, “Just heating up some vegetables and fish for a late lunch. Or early dinner depending on your point of view. Want some? I bet you didn’t come into the kitchen just for the scenery.” I couldn’t help but tease her a little by wiggling my eyebrows at her.

She shook her head after a slight giggle, still blushing. “No. Well, not that I don’t like the scenery, it’s just that Twilight was giving me another lesson. So, I haven’t had lunch.”

Upon hearing that, and without another word, I started adding some vegetables to the pot to heat up. “I’ll put some in for her too.” Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that she watched me place the lids back on the jars, put the fish on the skillet to cook, and then put the jars back. Then we simply stood there in companionable silence.

Until hearing, “It’s rather fascinating to watch your hands at work.” All I was doing was stirring the pot slowly, so nothing would stick to the bottom while keeping an eye on the fish. That seemed just a little odd considering the other races that had fingers in Equestria. So, curiosity was written on my face when I glanced down at her. Our eyes met and she started to blush again which had me smirking at her because of the implication. “I heard the girls talking about how good your hands are and what they can do.” She stammered just a little, now looking a little nervous because of the way her eyes trailed her hoof as it lightly rubbed around in circles on the counter. Then she looked over at them, staring at them looking very curious. “The girls have been saying how good it feels when their heads are scratched.”

Now I was grinning from ear to ear. “And other places, hmm?” She didn’t really answer that question. Just stammered out something quiet and incoherent. And because she was looking a little embarrassed and nervous I lifted up my free hand, placed the tips of my fingers against her head, and started lightly scratching. She didn’t flinch away and it took less than a minute for her to start humming softly.

“That does feel nice,” her voice softened, her eyes started to close, and her whole body began to relax under the power of my fingers. I wasn’t scratching that hard or fast either. About what I would do to a dog or a cat. An amused grin spread over my face as I used my free hand to flip the fish. Then go back to stirring the pot. One sigh from her later and her head was resting on the counter with a smile of content on her face. It was like that for the next few minutes. Nothing but the boiling of the pot, the sizzling fish, and her soft breathing sighs of contentment.

Until…

“Starlight,” Twilight’s voice hit my ears as she came trotting in, “how are you...coming...with...” The sound of her hooves also stopped and her voice sounded confused. It didn’t even phase Starlight. She was still sighing away happily. I didn’t even look. Just kept stirring the pot.

Until…

“WHY ARE YOU NAKED?” Twilight yelled, clearly upset, with a firm, and loud, stomp of her hoof. That, naturally, startled Starlight enough that her magic randomly activated. It startled me too, but unlike Starlight all I did was shake a little. Starlight on the other hand... A startled shout and a flash of wild magic later…

And I was suddenly being pelted by water. Blinking the water away from my eyes, I was able to see that I had been transported into a mares communal shower. The three mares present, two unicorns and one pegasus, immediately backed up yelping in shock. A second later the shocked look on their face turned to more than just...upset. All three had calmed down, gave me a death glare, and moved to stand in front of me. Less than a second after that, the two unicorns had used their levitation magic on me to lift me up in the air. All this happened in the span of two seconds while my mind was trying to catch up to where I was and what happened. So, now I was being levitated up into the air like a deer in a butcher shop. My arms were over my head held in one mare’s magic at the wrists spread wide apart. Also, my legs were being held in the other mare’s magic being held at the ankles also being spread apart.

“We have another pervert here girls,” the pegasus glared up at me with her eyes figuratively glowing fiercely. Then her look turned to wicked revenge and a grin on her face that sent a chill up my spine that just wouldn’t come back down. It was a look that said she was going to enjoy what was to come. “And I think that he needs to be punished. Don’t you think ladies?”

“Definitely punish him,” one of the mare unicorns said. She also had that same wild look of revenge on her face with a voice to match.

Apparently, this wasn’t the first time that somepony has done this and it so happened to be me that they will take out their anger and frustration.

“Then get hard for me then pervert,” the pegasus mare grinned wickedly as her eyes locked onto my limp member. It didn’t stay that way long because she used her forehooves on my limp member. And she wasn’t gentle about it almost to the point of hurting. “You want this, right?” she cackled, rubbing my member rather hard and fast. Obviously to get me hard, but how this was a punishment I was still trying to figure out. “So, you’ll get what you want you sick pervert. You’ll get hard for us, we’ll touch you like you want you sicko, and then deny you your release. And when we’re done, we’ll call the authorities so they will come to get you and haul you away in humiliation.” She started cackling like an evil villain while her hooves rubbed furiously against my hardening member. The two unicorn mares also joined in laughing at me. And even though my member couldn’t help but react to the onslaught, if this was with my wives or others of the herd I would be enjoying this. Now, however, not so much.

So, I told them, as calmly as I could, “First off, you have no clue who I am otherwise you would know two things. One is you wouldn’t be doing this to me right now. Two is that you would know that I don’t just appear anywhere under my own power. I don’t have that ability.”

“SHUT UP AND TAKE YOUR PUNISHMENT YOU SICK PERVERT!” the second unicorn mare practically screamed in my face. A second later I have turned away from them while the pegasus started servicing me. Her lips surrounded my now hard member starting to suck hard on it as hard as she could. At the same time, her forehooves were slapping my waist. But she wasn’t the only one because the two unicorn mares were slapping my butt so hard it left red marks. “That’s it! Take your punishment like a good little pervert. We want to hear you say how much of a pervert you are.”

“I would suggest stopping this before-”

“SAY IT, SICKO PERVERT! SAY HOW SICK YOU ARE! SAY HOW MUCH YOU ENJOY THIS! SHOW US HOW DIRTY YOU ARE!”

“Just what in Tartarus is going on here?” a fourth female voice hit my ears accompanied by the sound of hooves upon the tile floor. I couldn’t tell who it was because I was currently facing away from the shower door. However, luckily for me, the two unicorn mares decided to turn me toward the new mare. Another benefit to this was that the pegasus stopped sexually assaulting me. Which was good, but I was getting to the point where I was seriously considering not being nice and patient anymore.

“We finally caught the pervert that has been watching us!”

This new mare, which was an earth pony, took one look at me and gasped in horror. “Oh sweet Celestia what have you three done?! Turn him loose right now!”

“WHAT?! Why?”

With their attention on the fourth mare, which was probably some type of supervisor, I had decided it was time to take matters into my own hands. With their attention away from me, it was a great time to morph into my fox form. After doing so, this got the attention of the pegasus that was still standing in front of me. She paused to look up at me with a confused, and soft, “Huh?”

A second later I sent out a heatwave to startle them into letting me go. All four mares were startled by the sudden wave of heat which forced the two unicorns in letting me go. After landing in front of the pegasus, I held my head high, as well as my nine tails, and looked down at her with a deep frown.

“Oh shit!” one of the unicorn’s voices sounded more than just a little nervous to my left. The pegasus looked up at me with horror in her eyes finally realizing who I really was. Lowering herself to the floor, her tail was between her legs with her ears laid back on her head, and she tried slowly backing away with a very nervous, and terrified, light chuckle. The sound of retreating hooves came from my left, so I used my telekinesis to grab all three of them. To bring them in front of me and force their heads against the floor after turning off the water.

“Please, your majesty,” the fourth mare, which I left free on purpose, slowly stepped closer to me, her voice pleading. “Have mercy, your majesty, please. You’re known for your mercy.”

While the three mares were whimpering in front of me, I gently laid a front paw on the pegasus’ head. Then looked over to the earth pony mare, eyes narrowing at her, “From these three that just sexually assaulted their king?”

Just then I heard a whisper of, “Oh, snap,” from above me that was almost too soft to hear. While I waited for the mare to answer me, I listened again. Another, second voice, just as soft, said, “Shut up!” Before the mare could answer me, my head snapped up quickly spotting the vent above me. “Buck!” was the soft response accompanied by the sound of hooves quickly banging from the vent. I frowned with disappointment, used my telekinesis to grab the two colts, and force them out of the vent having them float in the air in front of me. One of them simply hung there with a soft, “Buck me!”

“Madam, I believe these two need to be released into the local authorities.” My voice was strained with forced patience as I levitated the two over to the earth pony mare. “Please take them there while I talk with these three.”

The mare bowed her head with a soft and quivering, “Yes, your majesty.” Then while glaring at the two young colts, led them out of the communal shower door. When she was gone, my eyes shifted back to the three quivering mares on the floor in front of me. And waited with my paw still lightly on the pegasus.

It didn’t take them long before they started pleading with me.

“I’m sorry, your majesty.” It was one of the unicorns that spoke. Her voice was soft and quivering with fear she didn’t even bother to look up at me. The pegasus, meanwhile, wasn’t saying anything and she wasn’t quivering in fear. Looking down at her, it seemed like she had simply and completely surrendered to her fate.

“Please have mercy and forgive us.” It was the other unicorn that spoke up this time also with soft words quivering in fear.

But my eyes were still looking down at the pegasus with a deeply disappointed frown on my face. Waiting for some sort of acknowledgment.

Emmit? Twilight’s voice came into my head through the link. Are you alright?

Yes, I’m alright. I wound up being teleported to Las Pegasus. I’ll take the train back as soon as I take care of something. I’ll tell you all about it when I get back.

Alright. It’s a relief that you’re safe. I love you.

I love you, too Twilight.

“And what do you have to say for yourself, miss pegasus?” I said to her after disconnecting from Twilight. “Have you anything to say?”

With my paw still lightly on her head, her sigh sounded like one who really had given up. “I have none, your majesty. I sexually assaulted a member of the royal family and will accept my punishment.”

“Very well. You will as soon as I figure out what to do with you three.” With a sigh, I continued, “I’m disappointed in you three. It’s obvious that you girls were spied on more than once. And even though you have the right to be angry, I’m disappointed that you chose to commit a crime instead of reporting the intrusion.” Neither of the three looked up at me. Just remained silent and looked down at the tile floor as if they were whooped puppies. And I honestly had no clue on what to do. Some may want to reciprocate what the pegasus mare did to me, but I didn’t want to do that. I couldn’t necessarily bring them with me to make them my servant for a while as punishment. Though as tempting as it was, it wouldn’t bode well for me when the girls saw them walking into town with me. So, just what am I going to do with them? It seems like the only option would be to turn them over to the local authorities, but I didn’t want to ruin their life either. Because a charge like that, after being made public, would most assuredly ruin them because they wouldn’t be able to get a job anywhere after that.

“I’m truly at a loss of what to do with you three,” I continued and even took my paw off of her head. “If I simply hoof you over to the local authority your lives would most assuredly be ruined once word got out.” All three whimpered in sorrow at that. “Your friend wants me to be merciful. I want to as well, but I’m left with a problem. How to punish you without ruining your life or making me look bad to the herd.” There was the faintest of hopes in their eyes as they dared to look up at me. “You deserve punishment, yes. However, not at the cost of the ability to get another job. And I simply can’t let you go either. So, what would you three suggest?”

At first, they didn’t say anything, just lay there looking sorry for themselves. Finally, the pegasus mare spoke up. “We’ll be your slave for the amount of time we should be punished for our actions.”

I raised an eyebrow at that then shook my head. “No. Having you as slaves not only goes against everything I believe in but would make me look bad.”

“Servants then,” one of the unicorn mares offered.

“And what’s the difference?” the other unicorn mare argued, looking over at her companion.

“Semantics?”

A thought hit me and it had me smiling a little. “The difference, ladies. Is that you will sign a contract between us stating that you will work for me for the amount of time that you would normally have gotten prison time for. It will state the offense committed and the amount of time in servitude. I came from another world and in that other world, there are certain prisons that allow prisoners to work outside of the prison. Basically, I’m taking you into royal custody where you will work off your debt.” They looked between themselves with mixed emotions.

“I really didn’t think he’d go for it.”

“It’s either this or actual prison, Aqua.” The mare with the violet coat and light blue mane and tail sighed looking over at her companion. “Look, we screwed up and I for one don’t want to go to prison. I bet he’ll take better care of us than a prison would.”

“Yeah, you’re right, Nightlight,” Aqua agreed with a nod. She had a light yellow coat with a light pink mane and tail. “What do you think Crystal?” Apparently, the pegasus was named Crystal, having a light pink coat with a turquoise mane and tail. All she did was nod her head in agreement.

“Very well ladies. Then, as of now, you are officially in royal custody and will accompany me to Ponyville where the contract will be written up.” The girls stood up when I motioned them toward the door. Of course, there were a few things to do before catching the train to Ponyville. Like getting what they needed from their apartments and telling their supervisor that they will no longer be working for her anymore. And me hoping that all of us would survive my girl’s wrath when I got back to Ponyville. Hopefully, they will let me explain all this before killing me.

^_^

We got to know each other better on the train. Aqua Jewel is a sassy one that seems to always sees the downside, or worst-case scenario, to everything. Opposite of her was Nightlight Blossom who always tried to see the bright side to every situation. Talk about night and day personalities. Crystal one was a little bit of an odd one out. She’s musically inclined, quick to anger, and likes street justice. Each one had a different story on how they started working as dancing mares for the casino I dropped into. All three of them were around nineteen.

Aqua lied about her age to the casino so she could work there at the young age of sixteen. Turned out that her mother had been seeing a stallion that was abusing her. She had tried telling her mother to leave, but her mother refused. Therefore she had no choice but to get a job and go off on her own and get away for her own safety. That was three years ago.

Nightlight wasn’t quite so dramatic. She had a good family that loved her dearly, she just wanted to start making her own living early on. And even though she started working for the casino, she wasn’t a dancing mare until one year ago when she turned eighteen.

Crystal Moon seemed to enjoy contradictions. She’s musically inclined and loves to sing jazz and opera. In spite of that, she seems to have a temper. So, she enjoys pleasant soft music but has an almost violent temper.

Then it was my turn to tell them about my history. Starting from what I was and the human world where I was from, they heard my history from when I arrived here up to my marriage. Even told them about the My Little Pony show. Naturally, they asked if the show showed them, and naturally, I said no. It took a day and a half to reach Ponyville, so we had plenty of time to get to know each other. And after arriving in Ponyville, I reminded them that they are in royal custody and to just state so when asked.

Unfortunately, that didn’t take long. No sooner did we walk off the train did we start to get second glances. I may be a regular in town, but these three girls were not. Further, having them follow me with saddle bags carrying their meager belongings was enough to get those second glances. Based on the looks we were getting, questions were already running through their minds. Thankfully, nopony up and asked me about them. Yet, anyway.

It wasn’t until we started walking through the center of town and past city hall did Rainbow finally land on my back. “Hey stud,” she announced happily, laying down on my back, and getting comfortable. “Welcome back, but who are they? They have anything to do with your disappearance?” Her voice went from pleasant greeting to cautious curiosity very quickly.

I shook my head, “No. Starlight got startled and accidentally teleported me to Las Pegasus. It was there that I ran into these girls. I’ll explain when all the girls are present in the map room. So, if you wouldn’t mind getting them please?”

She groaned in disappointment that she had to get up again, but after she was up in the air she agreed with a nod. “Yeah sure, stud. Be right back.”

“Was that Rainbow Dash?” Crystal asked with an air of awe in her voice while watching Rainbow fly off.

“Yep.” I heard a very soft groan come from behind me then heard her curse softly under her breath. “But the fun doesn’t start until we get into Twilight’s Crystal Castle.” This time all three groaned softly in anticipation of their possible demise. Something that we shared because my own mind was wondering how much of that I would take simply for bringing them home?

^_^

“Alright stud, we’re finally all here, so can we find out who these girls are now?” Rainbow asked impatiently as she and AJ walked in through the doors to take their seats on their thrones. All the girls were there minus Celestia, Luna, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle.

“I was in the kitchen making a late lunch when Twilight came in startling Starlight enough to teleport me all the way to Las Pegasus.” Nothing was said. Just dead silence. “Right into the mare’s shower.” Rainbow tried to hold it in first before letting out a laugh. That was followed by the other girls either chuckling or giggling.

“Oh man, wish I was there to see it,” Rainbow finally said after the laughs died down. From my position between Pinkie and Fluttershy, in my fox form, I could see the three girls hand their heads in shame. For they knew what was to come.

“And the part where they sexually assaulted me as punishment for suddenly appearing in the shower?” I added quickly after that. All giggles and chuckles ceased instantly. All eyes shifted between the three girls and I.

Until Rarity’s shriek of, “WHAT?!” It rent the air as she stood up in her throne then slammed down her forehooves onto the table. “How dare they do such a thing to my husband.” The girls were trying to be as small as possible right now and were probably wishing that they were anywhere else.

Rainbow followed as she too stood up in her throne, also slamming her front hooves onto the table. “Rarity’s right,” she nearly growled while glaring at the three cowering mares, “how dare they pleasure him without us present.”

“Now let’s all settle...” Twilight started saying before it finally clicked what Rainbow actually said. “What?!” That wasn’t something that either I or the now confused girls, expected. Because Twilight now looked just as confused as we were.

“Rainbow Dash! That is not what I meant!” Now Rarity looked equally shocked as well as horrified. And it showed in the look she gave Rainbow. Starlight, meanwhile, was just as confused as Twilight, AJ, and I. And Pinkie suddenly got some popcorn out apparently thinking she’d sit back and watch the show. Fluttershy poked me with her hoof gently, but when I turned my head to look at her she had changed into Flutterbat. She was looking up at me with an alluring look while licking her fangs and wiggling her eyebrows at me.

“I know what you meant, Rarity,” Rainbow waved at her with a hoof. “But I missed out on some fun. And besides, what’s he complaining about? I bet he enjoyed it, so what are they doing here?”

Twilight tapped her hoof on the table like a judge wanting order in the court. “Rainbow Dash! What they did was sexual assault under Equestrian law.”

“I didn’t feel like handing them over to the local authorities because after it got out they wouldn’t be able to get work. So, I thought it best to take them into royal custody and have them work off the punishment like community service.” I tried to explain while still confused at Rainbow’s reaction. “I was even nervous about bringing them here for community service because I wasn’t sure how you girls would react.”

“My darling, Emmit,” Rarity cooed as she sat back down on her throne, “that was generous of you to think about their future. And I can see your point.”

“I don’t,” Rainbow sat back down then shrugged her shoulders. “Why didn’t he let them finish, thank them, and then leave? Would have been much simpler than bringing them here. Just saying.” She even jumped down from her seat and started walking around the table toward them. “Matter of fact, why don’t we let them finish what they started, put on a good show for us, and turn them loose?”

“Rainbow Dash!” Twilight admonished, picked her up with her magic, and put her back into her chair. “This is a very serious matter.”

“I agree with Twilight,” AJ spoke up for the first time and looked over to Rainbow still confused. “What those girls did was wrong. I don’t get your reaction, Rainbow.”

“What’s the big deal?” Rainbow responded with another shrug, crossing her front hooves over her chest. “I’m just upset that I wasn’t there to participate.”

“Well, I for one don’t care for other mares doing what they will with my husband, and our man, outside of the herd.” Rarity said before looking at the girls with a huff slightly turning her head.

“Eh,” Rainbow shrugged nonchalantly. “Don’t really care myself as long as I’m there to take part in it. Now, if I’m not part in it, then I’ll object.”

Pinkie was still quietly munching on her popcorn while looking between them as if she was watching a tennis match.

“Duly noted, Rainbow,” Twilight gave her a nod then looked over to me. “Now that they are in royal custody, how long was their community service going to be?”

It was my turn to shrug. “I don’t know, I simply thought that the community service would be the same amount of time they would have gotten in prison time.”

“Very well then,” Twilight said then closed her eyes and tilted her head to the side in thought, “I believe the usual sentence is between one to two years.” Opening her eyes she turned to me again, “How long do you want their service to be?”

With a quiet sigh, I looked over to the three of them. They had gotten over their confusion with Rainbow Dash and now were looking over at me with a hopeful expression on their faces. “Go with one year. I’m feeling generous.”

“Very well,” Twilight nodded in acknowledgment. “They are hereby sentenced to one year of community service here in Ponyville.” She looked over at them while spreading her wings wide and held her head high. “Other than work, you three will be confined to the castle under house arrest. However, you will have separate rooms and will report for your appointed work on time.” Twilight then looked around at the others, “Any other restrictions?”

“Yes!” Rarity pipped up quickly, taking a sidelong glance at the girls. “They are not to touch or do anything with Emmit in a sexual manner. If caught, their sentence will be tripled.”

“So, added,” Twilight gave a nod.

The girls seemed to pale at Rarity’s addition when I took a glance at them. Not that I blamed them any, Rarity can be quite scary sometimes.

“What are your names please?”

“Aqua Jewel, Princess Twilight.”

“Nightlight Blossom, your highness.”

“Crystal Moon, Princess Twilight.”

I was a little surprised that Twilight let them continue calling her by her title instead of by her name. My guess is because it’s an official meeting.

“Thank you,” she said politely to them before turning to Pinkie. “Pinkie? Would you see that they are settled in the guest rooms please?”

“Okie dokie lokie.” Pinkie bounced from her seat onto the floor and right up to them. “You’ll like the rooms here,” Pinkie giggled and started bouncing away with the girls following her. “They’re like super big and the beds are really comfortable.” Pinkie’s voice echoed in the hallway outside while fading off into the distance. All while the three girls were still looking a little confused as they followed her.

“I have a question,” Fluttershy spoke up after the girls were gone. “Why did they assault you after you showed up.”

All eyes were on me again as I leaned against Fluttershy’s throne. While I told them, Fluttershy reverted to Flutterbat. Then stood up on her throne, leaned over, and started lightly running her fangs across my neck. “They have been spied on by others through the overhead vent and they thought I was one of them that was spying on them.” Flutterbat was sending a pleasant shiver up my spine, so I tilted my head to give her better access.

“That’s so not cool,” Rainbow commented with a frown. Then looked over at me with a growing grin. “Unless it’s Emmit then he can look all he wants.”

“I hope he touches where he wants,” Flutterbat whispered into my ear then went back to rubbing her fangs against my neck again. Peppering my neck with light kisses.

In response to that, I put a couple of tails around her in hopes to calm her down because I was now touching her. “By the way, where is the tranquilizer that I got from Zecora? They were in the saddlebags by the door in the kitchen.”

“Don’t worry about them,” Twilight smiled, waving off my concern with a hoof. “They’re safely in my room. But now that you brought that up, what are your plans?”

Flutterbat was literally leaning on me with one foreleg around my shoulders and the other holding onto my chest for balance while she continued to lick, kiss, and rub her fangs against my neck.

“W-well,” I shivered slightly at Flutterbat’s ministrations, “tomorrow the rest of my order should be ready. When they are done, I’ll have Discord, Starlight, and Trixie start practicing with them.”

Starlight looked over at me, tilting her head at me in curiosity. “You think that will really be necessary?” Starlight asked me.

“Yes, Starlight. It will be necessary, but don’t worry it’s not hard. Just takes practice.”

“Aww,” we suddenly heard Pinkie’s disappointed whine as she walked back in, “she started without me.” Then she simply giggled and bounced her way around the table to the other side of me. All eyes were on her as she bounced around the table to me, stood on her hind legs, wrapped her forelegs around me, and started kissing the other side of my neck.

AJ chuckled at their antics while Starlight blushed at this sight and started to silently sneak her way out of the room. Rainbow decided to follow suit with a chuckle, “Well it seems the meeting is over, so I’ll catch you guys later.” She flapped her way over to the door, then looked back at me with a wink, “See you later, stud. Come find me when you’ve got the time.”

“See ya later, y’all,” AJ announced after getting off her throne and heading to the door. “Got chores to do. Glad to see you’re alright, sugarcube.”

Rarity, meanwhile, stood up in her throne, jumped onto the table, and made her way over to us. Then leaned in giving me a big kiss on my lips. “Glad you are alright, my husband. And tonight, all three of your pregnant ladies will be with you tonight.”

Twilight giggled in amusement, also getting down from her throne, and made her way out the door. “Glad you’re alright, Emmit. There’s some time to talk later,” she said then stopped and gave me a wink, “if you ever get free of them.”

“Maybe not, twilight dear,” Rarity cooed before giving me another long lingering kiss.