Ever Free
Written by art inspired and edited by Meltian
Case studies of the Everfree Forest have proven to be inconclusive with actual data. The thought of an area in which random and unknown monsters live free and wild strikes fear in the hearts of many pony civilians. Its closest city, Ponyville is one example. No reported sightings of phenomenal events have taken place, but the fact still remains as is. Everfree Forest is an unexplored and relatively dangerous location and should be bordered. Despite numerous complaints, Celestia has yet to agree and comply, leaving residents scared. Some propaganda has even been published in news columns about Celestia covering some conspiracy. The only resident known to actually know anything about the forest is a zebra by the name of Zecora. Little is known about her mysterious ways and why she decides to live within that sector of the land when she could easily live within the city where it’s safe and relatively secure. When asked why, the zebra simply rhymes about how it’s her home and such; a very odd thing to live within danger rather than away from it, but she argues that she won’t leave. Nopony understands why, when, or how the Everfree Forest started and homed all the peculiar wild life, so in order to better understand this, investigators attempted to search the forest only to be sent packing by Zecora. Who is this mare and why is she so interested in not only living there, but also protecting it from outside intruders? What creatures could live in these woods that could be factual or fictional? And finally, why isn’t any of the data that has been collected about the Everfree Forest legit?
On the edge of town, a new pony arrived today wearing tight jeans. As she entered town, she gazed around at the residents with a devilish smirk. The mare had a red mane with blue and black streaks running through. Her coat was a light purple which matched her green eyes. As she strutted down the street, looking admirably at the buildings, a few ponies stared at her with curiosity. Walking up to a food stand, she met an orange mare that was selling apples.
“Come and get your apples here! Fresh apples.” The mare chanted with a country accent to grab attention. The new mare approached and asked how much an apple cost. Her voice was sweet, but somewhat provoking at the same time. The orange mare smiled and claimed “Each is four bits. My name’s Applejack by the way; It’s Nice to meet you.”
The mare smiled kindly and said “Nice to meet you too. My name’s Ever Free.”
Applejack froze and asked “E-E-Everfree? As in… the E-Everfree F-Forest?!”
The mare giggled and said “No… not like those woods. My parents named me that as a joke.”
Applejack sighed. “Sorry ‘bout that. We’ve been kinda… skeptical about that place lately. Have you read the news?”
Ever Free said she hadn’t and Applejack gasped. “Oh, but it’s everywhere! I’ll tell you what, Princess Celestia; she’s been acting funny lately. Get this; when over ten thousand ponies complained to put up a border around that forest we were just talking about, she done refused! She claimed she had good reasons for denying our safety. Now grant you, she didn’t say it exactly like that, but that’s basically what she said. Now is that suspicious or what?”
Ever Free giggled making Applejack a bit annoyed.
“Oh, that’s just Princess Celestia. I for one think she has every right to make her own decisions with her kingdom.”
Applejack protested “But, she’s putting all of us in danger by not listening to the voices of the ponies!”
“Well, why should she? She’s the ruler. She can do whatever she wants. She’s royalty.”
Applejack couldn’t believe her ears. Everypony but Ever Free wanted a border, and the fact that Ever Free donned the cursed forest' name and defended it brought ideas into the orange mares head.
“Say… you new in town? Where’re you from?” Applejack asked interrogatively.
“Oh, I’m from a close by farm.” the jeaned mare claimed.
Applejack was a horrible liar, and as such, she could see past almost any fib. She looked at the mare with questioning eyes but got one good poker face. Ever Free just stared back at the orange mare with a kind smile which made it impossible to tell if this mare was lying or not. Finally giving up, Applejack said “Well… I guess I’ll let you go then… but I’ve got my eye on you.”
Everfree grinned and said “Have fun with that.”
Applejack jerked her head back in an embarrassed way as she heard this, and watching the mare walk off in a sexy strut made Applejack blush a little.
Twilight had been watching from afar and wondered what was going on. She walked up to her friend and asked “What was that all about?”
Applejack claimed “I have no idea Twi. That mare… she’s… well, her name’s Ever Free and she said she lived on some farm, but the only farms I’ve ever seen near these parts are my own, and Pinkie’s parent’s rock farm. So, that’s suspicious, and to top it off, she just arrived in town; right after Princess Celestia refusing that border notion! How odd is that?”
Twilight thought a bit and offered “We’re either being too paranoid or something is happening… I’ll go talk to her to try and dig up some dirt.”
As Twilight walked off, Applejack said “Be safe, Twi.”
The mare was currently lying on a bench gazing at the clouds when the purple mare walked up to her and asked her “what’s up?”
Looking up at the smiling mare, Ever Free said “Nothing much… just enjoying some nice sunshine and thinking what it would be like to fly.”
Twilight sat with her and introduced herself. “My name is Twilight Sparkle… and you are? …”
The mare said “Ever Free; nice to meet you Twily.”
Twilight giggled at the nickname and said “Only Applejack calls me that. How’d you think of it?”
Ever Free claimed “Oh, it just came to mind when I heard your nice name.”
Twilight observed her pants and asked “Are you hiding your cutie mark or something?”
The mare smiled and said “You… might say that… or you could invite me to your place and I’ll show you there.”
Twilight, feeling this was a bad idea refused and said “I think I can live without seeing that… but thank you anyways.”
The mare just laid there staring at the sky. Finally, Twilight got bored and asked “Where do you live?”
Frowning, Ever Free claimed “Nowhere. I’m what you might call homeless, but hey, that’s irrelevant.”
Twilight, feeling sudden sympathy for the mare said “But… that’s not irrelevant… you don’t have anywhere to live?”
Rolling her eyes she said “It’s cool. I’ll find some form of shelter somewhere.”
Twilight decided, against her better judgment to allow the mare to sleep at her house.
“Really? I mean… you don’t even know me.” Ever Free said.
Twilight smiled and claimed “I can’t let you sleep in the streets. It just wouldn’t be right… besides, you look trustworthy.”
The two headed back to the library tree house. As Twilight invited her in, the mare said "I don’t wanna be a burden on you, so any chore you ask me to do is alright. I’ll do it!”
Twilight chuckled and said “That’s alright. I’m just happy to help out a new friend… so… what about that cutie mark?”
The mare smiled and was about to take off her pants when Spike showed up coming down the stairs.
“Who’s your friend, Twilight?”
The mare ceased with a blush while thinking That was close… too close.
“This is Ever Free.” Twilight said kindly. “She’ll be living with us for a while.”
Spike pondered this for a moment and asked “But… why? Doesn’t she have a house of her own?”
Twilight explained she was homeless and new in town with little money, and that she wanted to help Ever Free with her predicament.
“Now then… uh, that cutie mark you were talking about?”
Ever Free looked around sheepishly and said “No… no I don’t think that’s necessary now.”
“But… you said you’d show me it.” Twilight said while being a little taken back.
“Please Twilight.” the guest pleaded. “I’ve changed my mind. Can we just drop it?”
Twilight took a deep breath and said “Fine… but you’re acting very weird you know.”
The mare apologized and asked if she could get some shuteye. Twilight guided her up the stairs where she had an extra bed across from hers. As the three went to bed, Ever Free stayed awake. A couple of hours passed before she inspected the mare and the dragon. Both were heavily asleep allowing her to sneak out. As she did, she held her head and thought Well… a pet dragon is one hell of interference… Zecora didn’t say anything about a pet dragon. I’ll need to get a super strength sleeping potion for him.
The pony galloped to the Everfree forest and entered with little fear. As she walked in the direction of Zecora’s hut, she frowned at how ignorant the zebra had been. Finally reaching the structure, she knocked while concealing her anger.
Zecora answered with a yawn. “Well, if it isn’t Ever Free… what troubles might I oversee?”
She walked in with an angry expression while saying “You said nothing about a dragon! What’s the big idea?”
Zecora gasped and said “I did not know this! I’m so sorry for it preventing you from your bliss!”
Rolling her eyes, Ever Free said “Look, just make sure you have a sleeping potion for me by tomorrow. I’ll pick it up and use it on the sucker.”
Zecora shook her head and asked “You still have the other potion, right? That will prevent Twilight from putting up a fight.”
The mare pulled a bottle out of her pocket and said “Yep, it’s right here. No problem.”
The mare was about to leave when she turned and said “Don’t forget who helped you when you needed assistance most. If it wasn’t for me, you would still be in that mess with that tribe!”
As she left, Zecora bowed her head and got to work on the mixture. The mare returned to the tree house and went to bed without waking Twilight or Spike.
The next morning came and Twilight woke to see Ever Free still asleep. As she approached her, the mare’s back faced Twilight and was covered by the blanket.
Twilight raised her hoof as she said “Come on, I need you to…” As she went to shake her, she felt something on her back; something smooth and odd. Jumping back and screaming, she woke Ever Free. The mare looked at Twilight and asked “What, who? What?”
Twilight was pinned to the wall and looked at her guest with fear. “Y-y-your… b-back… it had… I don’t even know… I-I don’t… what in Equestria are you?”
Ever Free played it off by getting up and saying “Twilight, you’re hallucinating. Look.”
She turned her back towards the purple pony and offered her to feel it. As she did, Twilight calmed herself and said “Uh… I… guess I was… just imagining it. But it… felt so real.”
Ever Free giggled and joked “You’ve either been working too much, or I’m sprouting tentacles!”
Twilight giggled along as the two woke Spike. That day, Twilight had Ever Free help her with various chores like mopping and sweeping. They were relatively easy, and once the day passed, Twilight thanked her for the help. As the two sat on a park bench, Ever Free said “So… I’m thinking about leaving tomorrow… I think I’ll miss it here, but I’ll come back to visit soon.”
Twilight smiled and asked “Do you usually just stop by and then leave in a hurry?”
Ever Free giggled and laid her head down on Twilight’s lap randomly. As she stared at Twilight’s slightly surprised eyes, she said “I pretty much do what I want… don’t you?”
Twilight claimed “Well… if I did what I wanted, I would end up hurting a lot of friends.”
“Well, that only applies if you’re not careful about things.”
“Do… you have any friends other than me?”
Ever Free stopped smiling and looked away while saying “Actually… no… no I don’t.”
Twilight frowned and asked “Not one?”
Looking up, Ever Free placed her hoof on Twilight’s cute nose and said “… You… ask too many questions.”
Her smile returned, as did Twilight’s. As they lay there, Applejack approached the two from behind and startled Twilight by saying “Ahem!”
Twilight turned around and asked “Huh, AJ? What’re you doing here?”
Applejack looked at the lying mare and asked Twilight “Mind if I talk with you… in private Twilight?”
Twilight asked if this was alright with Ever Free.
“Go ahead, I’ll be right here.” the mare said sitting up. As the two ponies walked off, Ever Free laid back down to stare at the clouds once again.
Meanwhile, by a tree far enough away that Ever Free wouldn’t hear Applejack or Twilight, the orange pony asked “What in tarnation do you think you’re up to?”
Twilight rolled her eyes and claimed “Look, she’s not dangerous. The occurrences you were talking about were coincidences. Please, just give her a chance. She’s actually a really nice pony.”
Applejack refused by saying “No way! That mare is bad news. I know! She came from the Everfree forest, she’s a creature! Have you even seen her cutie mark yet?”
Twilight giggled at her friend’s foolish accusations and said “You should try to accept this mare as a friend. Until you do, I’m not listening to this.”
With that, Twilight walked away from Applejack and headed back to Ever Free. The two left the park as the sun set and headed back home. Just before Ever Free entered, she claimed “Uh… Twilight; I’ve got somewhere important to be at… alone. Do you mind?”
Twilight said she didn’t and the mare took off for the forest. As she picked up the potion, she thanked Zecora and returned to the tree house. Inside, Twilight was practicing her cold flame spell when the mare entered. As she did, she said “Wow Twilight… that looks tiring! Do you need a drink?”
Twilight thanked her and said she would love one, as did Spike. As the guest prepared the drinks of lemonade, she spiked it with the two potions. One was an extra strength sleeping mixture, and the other was a special concoction that did multiple things. She made sure to give the right drink the correct individual. Minutes later, Spike fell asleep and Twilight put the poor thing in his basket bed while saying “He’s all tuckered out! He usually doesn’t go to bed till a little later.”
As the purple mare returned to the main room down stairs, she noticed her guest had an odd smirk planted on her face.
“What’s with the smile?” Twilight asked in a baffled voice.
The mare simple waved her hoof while saying “Just do your magic. Let’s see that flame spell again.”
Twilight’s horn flickered… but nothing happened. The only magic that occurred was small sparks that shot out of Twilight’s horn. Twilight asked “Uh? Why isn’t it working? I was doing great a moment ago.”
Suddenly, she heard her guest giggling under her breath. Twilight asked “What’s so funny?”
“Oh, it never gets old.” The mare claimed in a sweet but strange voice. “Wanna know what’s going down? I’ll tell you.”
She dug her hooves into her pockets and sat two round vials on the table next to the two empty cups. Twilight, now able to piece the puzzle together asked rhetorically “You… drugged me? … and you drugged Spike as well! Why?”
Ever Free explained “Because, my unicorn… the dragon had to be put to sleep in order to ensure he wouldn’t interfere with my time with you. As for your potion, it does a number of things. It’s an aphrodisiac, a memory killer and magic canceler! I had to make sure you wouldn’t remember this. That part acts just as quickly as the power suppressor in the concoction. As for the aphrodisiac, that will take some time.”
Twilight backed up to the wall and trembled at what was unraveling. She could run, but the guest was blocking the door. She said “You can’t get away with this. I won’t let you.”
Ever Free smiled kindly and stared at Twilight with a simple, lustful gaze. As she did, she asked “Do you want to see my cutie mark now?”
Twilight gulped as the jeans slipped off the mare to reveal the weirdest cutie mark she had ever seen. A star with obscure tentacles pouring from behind it labeled the mares flank.
Suddenly and slowly, one by one; tentacles of purple, pink and red slipped through Ever Free’s back, slippery with lubricating liquids. The room felt like it went up in ten degrees as Twilight could feel perspiration form on her forehead. Seeing the grotesque, monstrous things sent Twilight into a fit of screams. The guest just let her scream while she stared. Eventually, Twilight noticed nothing was happening, and found herself out of breath. She looked up to see the mare still giving that same, kind smile.
“What do you plan…? (Huff) to do with me?” Twilight asked as if it wasn’t obvious.
Ever Free put her hoof on Twilight’s chin and said “Look, I’m not going to hurt you. You’re going to help me! Would you want the full story? You won’t remember it, but then, the others wanted explanations despite this fact.”
Twilight shook her worried head, still tense from the frightful sight.
“Very well… in the beginning, I was born in the Everfree forest. I took the form of a pony and didn’t know where I came from; still don’t, but I was born with these tentacles… I guess you could call me the first being to live in the Everfree forest. I found myself able to communicate with wildlife that began to come to life and flourish. Eventually, a kind mare came to my world… a white alicorn… by the name of Princess Celestia!”
Twilight stared in bafflement at this and let her kind beastly friend continue.
“She… helped me in more ways than one. Knowing that I was a new type of pony and understanding that I had grown old, she offered some assistance to me. You see… these tentacles… well, they're actually conduit body parts. They can absorb the magical aura from a unicorn and transform it into energy. I only need a maximum of fifteen percent in order to live. I told her this and she offered me something helpful. I had been living for roughly over sixty years, and needed to regenerate… or recharge. So, she said that every one hundred years, there would be a very powerful unicorn that she takes under her wing as her apprentice, and this student of hers would be sent to Ponyville with no knowledge of what would befall them… that’s you.”
In normal circumstances, Twilight would be furious, but the drug she was fed began to take effect. The entire room felt warm, though it was just her. The mare continued.
“I bet you’re wondering about those vials over there… Zecora was the one who made them… you see, in order for me to successfully absorb the energy; I needed the unicorns to relax… not easily done without a relaxer of some sort. One day… outside of the Everfree forest, I found a tribe of zebras… they had one mare, and the rest were abusive tribes stallions. They used Zecora as a test subject for various potions. They would abuse her and show little kindness for the being. So, I tampered with their vials and mixtures while they were all asleep after dark to… well… let’s just say Zecora has a life expectancy of another five hundred years! She imbibed their life energy and has been living for centuries now. As her savior, I asked her to help me by making the necessary potions; collect information through recon and helping me track down the princess’ pupil. And so, there you have it! I guess… you can call me the spirit and soul of the Everfree forest, but I digress. Please… don’t be mad with this. I don’t intend to hurt you. I just want a mere fifteen percent of your magic.”
Twilight gulped despite the relaxed feeling she felt now. Her body felt moist as she felt the need for intercourse. That drug was finally at its fullest development. Her mind wasn’t what it normally was. The aphrodisiac was taking its toll on Twilight’s thought pattern. She felt all too accepting and said in a low and tempted voice “If... it will (pant) help… then… take me.”
As the tentacles wrapped around Twilight’s body and lifted her up into the air, Ever Free said “Don’t worry. This won’t hurt a bit. My tentacles can morph into the perfect shape and take hold of your most desirable and sensitive spots, allowing yourself to feel nothing but gratification... I truly appreciate this, Twilight.”
The slippery and warm tendril like arms wrapped themselves around Twilight’s lower legs and arms. One curled itself in a circle around Twilight’s stomach and the rest tenderly massaged her chest and back. As another approached her pussy, she felt the warm tip glide up and down repetitively to sooth her being and stop herself from being so tense. The feeling of being groped by these things was starting to cause a sense of bliss to the purple mare. Finally, the tentacle that caressed her pussy slipped nicely in and expanded to fit her perfectly. It dug deep within and filled every little crevice. Then, the tentacle that held her belly rose itself up to her mouth and seemed to almost mentally ask for entrance. Twilight, now feeling submissive opened her mouth and felt the tip enter and wrap itself around her soft tongue. The taste was oddly invigorating. It had the scent of honey and was warm. It slowly slid to the back of her mouth and to the front again only to repeat the process. Soon, the third hole had to be filled. Twilight felt the lube like tendril drift passed her flank, smoothly rubbing itself on her cutie mark before sliding in. As Twilight was held and suspended in the air feeling the ecstasy induced amusement, Ever Free smiled and asked “Enjoying yourself?”
Twilight smiled with the tentacle still in her mouth and closed her eyes. She could feel the magic being absorbed, but the gift of pleasure made up for the sudden weakness she felt. With her holes being stuffed with perfectly molded tendrils, she felt herself close and her friend could tell. As the tendril that massaged her mouth slipped out and away from her tongue, her eyes rolled back and she felt pure euphoric paradise as she came hard. Her body swayed with the things fully digging themselves in coyly. Liquids slid serenely down the sides of the tentacle and dripped on the floor. Soon, they exited with ease. Twilight was gently put down to the floor by the conduit growths and Ever Free returned her pet appendages to the inside of her body. She wrapped her hooves around the purple mare and said “Thanks… you don’t know how much this helps me.”
Twilight, panting and still moaning from the sublime experience said “That… was (huff)… weirdly arousing… but never (pant)… do that again.”
The mare smiled and kissed her purple friend tenderly on the forehead.
The next day came and Twilight awoke to a throbbing headache. Her guest walked up to her and asked “Are you alright?”
Twilight shook her head no and asked “What… happened last night? I can’t seem to remember.”
The guest smiled and claimed “You tried a very powerful spell, but it backfired, so I put you to sleep. You probably used up a lot of magic energy… you should rest.”
Twilight smiled and asked “You have to leave today… right?”
The mare frowned and said “Unfortunately… but hey, I’ll visit you soon, okay?”
As the mare left the library, she thought, She… was the best one out of them all… so powerful, and attractive as well… I’m gonna miss her.
As she entered the Everfree forest, she knew the residents of Ponyville would never see her again.
