"Well this is it, I guess," Sugar Belle sighed as she stepped off the train at the last stop. She had spent the last of her money on the ticket here, and now here she was - the literal end of the line. When she had spent her last bits on that ticket it had seemed a rather poetic final destination for her, almost romantic in a way. Now that the train was pulling away, leaving her standing alone in the middle of no where, she was beginning to have second thoughts about that decision. Oh well, it was too late now. The only thing left for her to do was to keep moving forward and hope that somepony somewhere out here would have use for a washed up, broke baker with no other real skills to offer. Even her magic was too weak for anything more than kneading bread or manipulating hot baking sheets. Once she lost her bakery, she had quickly learned that no one had any need for a subpar unicorn like her. Heaving another sigh, she took her first step into oblivion.

Hours later, her hoofs felt heavy as Sugar Belle fought to keep herself moving. She tried to remember the last time she had anything to eat, but decided that was a wasted effort. More importantly, she could really use something to drink as the sun beat hot on her in the arid desert. "This was definitely a bad idea" she thought to herself. Any grand delusions of romantic adventure or last minute salvation had left her, slowly being replaced with the morbid realization that she was going to probably die out here. "At least the desert will preserve my corpse," she thought to herself, "not that anyone's going to bother looking for me".

She wondered why life had turned out like this for her. All she wanted was somepony to love her, and a place to bake all the pies and desserts she wanted. She had thought she'd found that once, but now the happy days of her youth seemed like ephemeral dreams, blown away by the harsh realities of life.

As Sugar Belle continued to plod along in this morose state of mind, suddenly she thought she could hear the sounds of a village. At first she thought she must be hallucinating, just the final symptoms before her heat stroke fully over came her, but as she crested the next hill she could make out the outlines of buildings and could see moving figures below. "Oh thank Celestia, there are other ponies out here!" she thought to herself before doing her best to race toward them, which amounted to little more that slightly faster plodding in that direction.

"Welcome!" said the first pony she came across. He was a white earth pony with an equal sign for a cutie mark and a wide smile across his face. "Are you feeling okay?" he asked, still smiling. "You don't look too good".

"Water," Sugar Belle managed to gasp, before she blacked out.

"Oh dear," Double Diamond said aloud as he stood over the passed out pony. Other smiling ponies began to gather, curious to see what was happening. "Someone had better go get Starlight, she'll know what to do". Starlight Glimmer always knew what to do.

When Sugar Belle awoke, she was in a room surrounded by five other ponies. Directly in front of her stood a light purple unicorn wearing a friendly smile. Sugar Belle could see the white stallion she had met when she entered the village standing to the right of the unicorn, and scanning the room she observed two other stallions and one mare standing around her, all wearing the same smile. The room she was in was pretty bare, wooden walls and floor, one window, one door. Scented candles were set around the room, hazy smoke permeating the air. The only furniture she could see was the bed situated right in the middle of the room, which she was currently chained to.

"Wait, what?!" she thought as that last fact registered with her.

"Welcome to our village," the unicorn interrupted her thoughts. There was a choir of "welcomes" from the other four ponies. "My name is Starlight Glimmer, the leader of this humble little community of ponies". The mare's smile never left her face and her eyes never left Sugar Belle's as she climbed onto the bed and straddled Sugar Belle's hips. "What's your name, my little pony?" she asked as a hoof stroked Sugar Belle's face.

"Umm, I, what?" Sugar Belle asked, confusion and fear struggling for dominance in the poor mare's mind. The pleasant scent of the candles filled her nostrils. She could feel the unicorns bare pussy on her stomach, dampness pooling on Sugar Belle's fur. "Are... are you going to rape me?" she asked, scared to hear the answer.

"What?!" Starlight gasped, sounding shocked. The other ponies were murmuring around her, sounding offended at the very thought. "Of course not my dear, why ever would you think we'd do something so monstrous as that?" She asked as she ground her lower lips up and down Sugar Belle's abdomen, smearing her juices on the mare beneath her.

"Well, I... you..." Sugar Belle stuttered as Starlight's eyes stared inquisitively into her own. There was no malice to be seen in those eyes, just what looked to be a sense of caring for the mare she was currently straddling. "No, I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me," Sugar Belle apologized for her earlier question, "I guess I'm still a bit disoriented is all. My name is Sugar Belle.".

"Not to worry, Sugar Belle. I understand. I promise, you're perfectly safe here," Starlight stated, leaning down to give Sugar Belle's horn an affectionate lick. "I guess you must have been through a lot for you to end up all alone, way out here".

"Oh, umm, yes. I guess you could say that," Sugar Belle affirmed that unicorn's statement, not quite sure why she felt so on edge. "Uh, if you don't mind me asking, why am I chained up?" she asked, rattling the two chains connecting her fore-hooves to the bed frame as if to demonstrate what chains she was referring to.

"Don't you worry about those right now, they're not important," Starlight responded, running her own front hooves up and down Sugar Belle's sides. "We want to hear about you," she said, gesturing around the room at the other ponies with her. "It's not every day a pony stumbles into our little community so dehydrated and looking half dead. Why don't you tell us how you ended up here, while we take care of you?" She asked, her honest concern dripping like venom out of her mouth. "You're hooves must be exhausted from all that walking you did to make it here."

As if on cue, the four ponies not currently on the bed made their way over to her, smiling all the while. They each took one of her hooves in theirs and began to gently massage them, rubbing gentle circles around the base of them and caressing up and down her legs. One of the stallions, an earth pony with a faded yellow coat and an equal sign cutie mark, took one of her hooves in his mouth and began to dance his tongue around it. Sugar Belle let out a small, involuntary moan.

Wait, hadn't she seen that cutie mark on another stallion?

"Doesn't that feel nice, my dear?" Starlight asked, interrupting her thoughts. "Isn't it nice when so many ponies work together to make each other feel good?" Starlight slid herself backwards as she spoke, giving Sugar Belle's lower lips a rather intimate kiss with her own. Sugar Belle felt her thoughts swimming in a haze, like the scented smoke circling the room.

"Now," Starlight smiled as she ground her pussy into Sugar Belle's, "you were going to tell us how you ended up here in our little village?"

"It's, umm, kind of a long story," Sugar Bells began as she tried to focus her thoughts. All those tongues and hooves on hers were feeling really good, and Starlight was being so gentle with her as she humped her. Sugar Belle couldn't believe she had worried about these ponies doing something so crass as raping her. Starlight Glimmer wouldn't do that.

"To make it short, I used to own by own bakery and ran it with a stallion who I thought was my special somepony. But then when the bits started to get a little tight, he took everything of value we owned and disappeared," Sugar Belle explained, tears starting to well in her eyes. The pegasus mare who was massaging one of her chained up fore-hooves leaned over her with a smile and lovingly lapped them up. "Without our savings or him helping me in the bakery, I ended up going out of business. I was completely broke, with no where to go".

"Poor, unfortunate soul," Starlight crooned, "surely you had someone who you could ask for help? Surely no pony would let a mare down on her luck go without kindness or friendship?" her voice began to grow in volume as she rubbed herself harder against Sugar Belle's crotch. Sugar Belle wondered if her story of hardship was turning this friendly unicorn on, but surely that was ridiculous. Starlight Glimmer only wanted to help. She took a deep breath as she continued to relate her story.

"My friends tried to help, for a while at least," Sugar Belle continued as she felt Starlight orgasm as she spoke, "but there were no other baking jobs available, and I couldn't seem to do anything else right. After a while, they all got tired of me asking for bits to buy food and begging for a place to sleep when it got cold. Eventually," she paused, blushing at the thought of the things she had had to do, "eventually even me offering them my body as payment wasn't enough for them to keep helping me."

"How dreadful!" Starlight cried out as she came again from Sugar Belle's story.

"I had just a hoof-full of bits and no where to go, and all I wanted was to be as far away from that town as possible. So I used the last of my money to buy a train ticket to the end of the line, hoping I could find some sort of salvation there".

"And find it you did, Sugar Belle," Starlight panted as she came down from her dual climaxes. "That's what everypony who ends up here finds, salvation from false promises and an unfair society. Salvation from a society poisoned by the evils of cutie marks!" the unicorn proclaimed, raising her hooves in to the sky in emphasis.

"Yes!" the pale yellow earth pony who had first started licking he hooves exclaimed.

"Exactly!" said the dark grey pegasus

"It's just as you say, Starlight!" said the white earth pony who had found her at the entrance of this village.

"Starlight Glimmer saved us all!" proclaimed a pale grey unicorn stallion.

Starlight stood up and stepped off the bed. Sugar Belle had to crane her neck to see her as the other ponies all moved around Starlight, giving her affectionate nuzzles and licks all over her face and body. Sugar Belle had to admit she was feeling a little worked up at all this contact. The candles' aroma tickled her nostrils as she breathed it in.

"Sugar Belle," Starlight caught the mares attention "we would be delighted if you would join our community here and see that there is indeed a better way to live. A life where no ponies have anything to hide from one another," Sugar Belle gasped as the unicorn stallion mounted and entered Starlight as she spoke. "A life where no pony has to worry about others being better than them," the pegasus mare took the yellow stallions erection down her throat, "A life where nothing is secret from our fellow ponies, and everything we have is shared freely and with a smile!" Once she finished her speech, she took the white stallion's member in her mouth and began to happily suck on it.

Sugar Belle watched the five ponies make love with one another. She watched as they freely swapped holes and fluids with one another. She watched as Starlight and the pegasus ate each other out while the stallions jerked off above them. She watched as the stallions rutted one another while Starlight Glimmer watched. She watched as these five ponies shared everything they had with one another, and received everything that was offered.

Sugar Belle strained against the chains binding her as she watched the display. She wanted to touch herself so badly, to feel some of the pleasure the ponies at the foot of her bed were. Her mind felt cloudy, the smoke hovering around the room was heavy and dense with aroma. She rubbed her thighs together and convulsed on the bed, trying to do anything she could to relive the heat she felt in her groin.

The room was filled with the noises of flesh slapping against flesh, the squelching sounds of mares being fucked, the moans, sighs, and grunts of pleasure as the five made use of every part of each other to hit their peaks. The small cabin was filled with the scent of sex and smoke. Sugar Belle had no idea how long this orgy went on for, but finally the ponies broke apart and retook their spots around her. Every mare and stallion was an absolute mess, soaked inside and out with various fluids. Meanwhile Sugar Belle had leaked a small puddle out onto the sheets between her thighs, but still hadn't known any relief.

"Did you enjoy that little show?" Starlight inquired as she climbed back onto the bed and slithered up Sugar Belle's body, until the two mares were snout to snout. Starlight's breath was warm against her face. Sugar Belle could feel her fur getting drenched by the shared contact with Starlight.

"Yes," Sugar Belle replied honestly, trying to rub herself against Starlight's body in search of some relief, "it was wonderful".

Starlight smiled and gave the mare a quick peck on the lips. "Would you like to join us, Sugar Belle?" she asked.

"Yes," stated Sugar Belle.

"Are you willing to share your love and friendship with every pony else in our town, and receive their love and friendship whenever offered?" asked Starlight Glimmer

"Yes, please," the mare pleaded.

"Are you willing to forsake your cutie mark and all the false dreams and bad memories that it carries with it?" asked Starlight Glimmer.

"Yes, please, anything you want me to do, just let me join with you," Sugar Belle begged as she ground her whole body against the questioning mare.

"Well then Sugar Belle," Starlight's grin sharpened as she spoke, "welcome to our town".

Starlight's mouth descended onto Sugar Belle's, joining them in a deep kiss as she undid the binding chains. The four other ponies climbed onto the bed and joined with the two mares occupying it. All six ponies were joined together in harmony as they welcomed the newest pony to their village.

Sugar Belle had never felt so loved.

Sugar Belle smiled as she pulled another batch of muffins out of the oven. It had been so nice of Starlight to let her open a bakery here in town, after she had removed her cutie mark. Starlight Glimmer was always so nice. She plated the fresh baked batch and brought them out to her only customer, one of the earth ponies who had first welcomed her to the village. Feather Bangs she had learned was his name once he had finished rutting her that day. Now he was one of her best customers. "No, that's wrong," a voice in her head told her. Of course, all her customers were equal. Now he was one of her customers. She served the muffins to him.

"How are they?" she asked as she slid under the table and took him into her mouth while he ate.

"As good as always, Sugar Belle," he replied with a wide grin.

Sugar Belle smiled as she bobbed her head up and down his length. OF course they were as good as always. Every muffin she made was no better or worse than any other. And she was no better or worse at baking them than anypony else. Just as Starlight said it should be. Starlight Glimmer was always right. She dutifully swallowed Feather Bangs's ejaculate as he finished eating and stood up.

"Sugar Belle," Feather Bangs began, "do mind letting me screw your ass real quick before I leave?"

"Of course not, silly," Sugar Belle giggled, smiling wide as she bent over the table and presented herself to him. Why would she ever deny one of her friends the use of any part of her body?

"Thanks," Feather Bangs said as he mounted her, sliding inside the baker's butt and pumping away. Sugar Belle smiled as her mind thought back to when she and her partner had been together. Sure, he had lied and cheated her, just as all ponies outside the village do, but she still remembered how it felt to be loved by him. As she felt the stallion behind her pick up speed she wondered why it felt so different now. Starlight Glimmer said they all loved each other. And Starlight Glimmer was always right. She supposed it didn't matter, smiling as Feather Bangs came inside her and dismounted.

"Thanks Sugar Belle, I'll come back tomorrow," he said, smiling the same smile he always wore. Everyone wore the same smile, even Sugar Belle. Just as Starlight said it should be. Starlight Glimmer was always right.

Sugar Belle began to clean up. She didn't get many customers, because of course everypony else could bake just as well as her. It didn't matter though. She was free of all those horrible things that bog down the lives of other ponies, like bills, debts, and cutie marks. Now she was free to bake whatever she wanted, just like she had always wished. Only... now all she ever thought to bake was muffins. They weren't even very good muffins, if she was being honest with herself. "No, they're fine muffins. They equally as fine as any other muffin somepony else might make," she heard herself think.

Sugar Belle had always prided herself on her ability to bake. It was the only thing she had ever really been good at, and her cutie mark had been a testament to that ability. Of course, now she had learned what a horrible lie cutie marks truly were, and how dangerous they could be. Starlight Glimmer had taught her that. Starlight Glimmer was a great teacher. Except, she kind of missed being really good at something, sometimes. She wondered if any other ponies in the village ever had similar thoughts.

No, that was silly. Everypony living here knew that everypony loved it here in Starlight's village. Starlight Glimmer had said so herself. Starlight Glimmer was always right...

...wasn't she?

Author's Note

Starlight Glimmer is a fun villain to write.