“Twilight!”

“If you keep using my name in vain, you’re going to wear it down along with my patience.

Tell you what, pet, from now on, you may not address me by my name anymore. You can, however, call me mistress to your heart’s content.“

“Twilight… ”

I levitated a scepter from the corner and floated it high above her.

She closed her eyes and tensed her muscles. “Mistress! I meant mistress!”

“What is it, pet?”

“Do you really need to keep me strapped in this construction?”

“You were doing less than nothing before. But under my supervision, you shall grow. We’ll take baby steps for now. First, you have to learn not to do harm.

The 'standing still' technique is good for that. Even I tried it once when I intended to avoid my destiny that a future me warned me about. As long as you stick to doing nothing, nopony gets hurt. That also applies to the use of magic.” I floated the necklace on her neck.

She closed her eyes and cringed.

“Don’t worry, this talisman is harmless as long as its currents are disconnected. The nullifying field collapses your inner flows when both ends of the necklace touch each other.”

I connected both ends.

The effect was instantaneous.

“Get it off! Aaa!”

“Relax, pet, stop screaming!”

“Something’s wrong! Take it off now! Please, I’ll do anything!”

I bumped my scepter on her ribs. “Shut up for a moment, will you?”

“It’s unbearable! It’s making me sick.”

“You may cry if you want, but don’t whine about it.”

“It’s killing me!”

“No, it just feels that way. It isn’t physically hurting you in any way.”

“Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!”

“Perhaps the pain behind my scepter will redirect your attention from it. You won’t be thinking about the effects of the talisman so much when your pain receivers fire up your neurons.”

I slammed it against her. I aimed for the meaty parts. If I were to hit her in the chest with such force I could have broken a rib or two and I promised her no permanent damage. Hm, they would heal eventually, so breaking her ribs technically wouldn’t be breaking my promise…

“Aaa! Fuck! Get it off! Aaa! Off!”

I stopped for a moment to gather my thoughts. Repeated magic acceleration drained most of my focus.

“Get it off! Get it off!”

She waved her head left and right banging it against the frame.

“I beg you, with all my being. Take it off. Please!” She threw up. A moment later, she bowed her head and squeaked while looking at the mess she made. “I’m so sorry!”

“Don’t worry about the mess, pet. I’ll have you clean it up tomorrow.” I used my cloth to wipe her mouth.

She looked up at me with big sparkling eyes. She couldn’t focus, but I felt our connection.

We seemed to be bonding. “I won’t let you down, my subject. Together, we’ll arrive at the point of complete forgiveness. You shall have your redemption, I promise.”

I caressed her mane with a hoof. Sweaty hair formed sticky locks, but apart from that, it felt nice.

I sat beside her and used both forehooves to shift her head to the wall on the side. She swayed, and I had to press firmly to keep her head fixed in the direction. I levitated a chalk and floated it to the vertical surface. ”Congratulations, pet, you’ve received a forgiveness point. Look, the wall is already filling up.” I drew a vertical hoof sized line on the upper left corner of my tabula rosa.

She clenched her teeth.

“You haven’t fully earned it since you’ve been opting for it less than half a day, but we’ll just make up for lost time tomorrow. Even though we can’t stretch the time we’ll have, I’m sure we can increase the intensity of your experience.”

She tried to shake her head and I could barely hold her still with my hooves.

“You should be happy, only one hundred and nineteen days left to go.”

She opened her mouth. I presumed she wanted to scream, so I used my magic to slide the gag back into her mouth. That made it all better. There weren’t any loud voices coming out of her mouth. Just sounds of gagging interrupted by sobs of despair.

“Get some rest, pet. With my help, you’ll be able to accumulate another forgiveness point tomorrow. I’ll see you in the morning.” After a caress of the blue mane with a hoof and a lick of her teary cheek with my tongue, I walked to the exit. When I reached the stairs, I glanced back at the twirling body in the middle of the basement. Everything seemed to be in order.

“Goodnight, pet!” I turned off the lights.

Author's Note

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