Manehattan Vice

Awakening from my slumber to the sound of gunfire, I was instantly thrown into an adrenaline rush. Without missing a beat I instantly rolled off my bed to grab my shotgun and ran to the window. Unfortunately, it was just some rez kids setting off pinecone firecrackers outside my window. I rolled my eyes with a chuckle. First, it was Talon getting me to go on a 16-hour hunting trip when he promised it would be done by lunch, now I’m being awoken by snotty bison calves? This has to be part of some hazing conspiracy, So I hatched a devious plan to strike back. I crawled out and glided gently down the window and took a quick note of what those kids were doing. I assembled such an improvised grenade out of a pinecone, and a cedar wick, plus a bit of pine tar for stickiness, and looked around for Biggins and Buckshot. The two of them were busy having a father-son moment with their dad, so I figured this would be the most unexpected time to prank them!

Lighting the faux-grenade, I silently tossed it from cover. Biggins tried to jump on it, thinking it was real. I gave a devious smile that soon sunk into horror as buckshot reflexively kicked it out before biggins could fall on it, and chucked it right back at me, the pinecone letting out a shrill bang, disorienting me enough to fall over in deafening pain. Buckshot laughed while Slugshot shook his head for my stupidity.

"Somehow, that idiot set himself up for a better prank than the classic PRC E7", Slugshot said in a tone suggesting bemused disappointment.

"He might be a bit dull on the hazing side, but he's resourceful," Buckshot replied, walking over to offer me a hand back up. "you as much as anyone should know how important resourcefulness is, being a Lieutenant Colonel in the 75th and all."

“Don’t think you got off easy there Ness”, Slugshot called out to me as I pulled myself up. “You’re going to get double the smoke session with Lance Corporal Diamond Warrior for your little grenade trick.”

“Eh, still worth it,” I say with a shrug. “At least I confirmed it was the result of a hazing ritual.”

“it’s not wise to get smart with you commanding officer,” Diamond said, sneaking up behind me and wrapping an arm tightly around my shoulder, causing me to blush a bit. “It’s how I got stuck with you after my HALO jump gambit”. Diamond giggled to herself like a naughty filly.

"You know the drill Diamond," Slugshot said to me. "Disobedience gets a private sprint around the perimeter 4 times." A sinister grin appeared on Slugshot's face as he gave the order

"Four times?!" Diamond exclaimed in shock like Slugshot just gave an order that was as equally insane as walking into the hate camp with nothing but our underwear on. "I know you said to smoke him, but even I couldn't do that to him, for such a small prank. that would mean I'd have to sprint him around 8 times!"

"Then you'll be making it 16," Slugshot said as his grin grew into an outright haunting smile. "Come on Diamond, we're burning daylight." Slugshot clapped the back of his hand repeatedly to demonstrate urgency.

"You heard him, Ness," Diamond called out to me as she started sprinting as if her life depended on it. "16 laps, on the double private!"

"Ma'am, yes, Ma'am," I call out before I start running with unfathomable speed. I imagined myself as a cop trying to chase after a suspect fleeing on foot. You couldn't shoot those kinds of guys, you had to be just as fast on your feet, even with your patrol vest on, or else you'd get fired when the chief asked why you let the suspect get away.

"W-Why?..." I panted out to Diamond at around the 8 lap mark. "W-why did you h-have to stick up for me l-like that?"

"Exercise.." Diamond replied between breaths. "We... need... exercise..."

As good a reason as any I suppose. I hadn't gone through anything resembling special ops training, just a regular police department physical exam. Soon, we reached the 16 lap mark. I didn't even bother pretending to stand up, I just collapsed on the spot.

"you did good, you two," Buckshot said with a smile. Diamond wasn't even exhausted. Buckshot reached a hand out to me, adding "You two have earned a break for the day."

"T-thank you, sir." I took Buckshot's hand to pull myself up. Everything still ached, but it was bearable. I stood up and struggled to walk a bit, but Diamond wrapped a hoof around my shoulder.

"My dad will never believe you managed to accomplish this, how about you two stick around when he comes back with the next wave of troops." Buckshot offered me and Diamond a spot by a nearby tree with a simple gesture of his hoof. I couldn't even reply, I just nodded before Diamond walked me over and I took a seat. "Don't worry, it'll only take 15 more minutes hopefully."

I laid my head in Diamond's lap as the half-hour passed by. I had regained my strength, but this felt kinda nice, thinking about how she could choke me with her thighs right now and I could die happy. My lustful daydreaming of course came to a close I could hear the troop transport pull up. As Biggins began to rush in with the other medics, I scrambled to my feet. Whatever was happening here couldn't possibly be good. As I took a second to process my thoughts, I followed Biggins since he was the only person I would be able to recognize in the crowd. Biggins was pulling someone out of a troop transport when I approached him. When he placed him on the gurney, I got a good look at him before he was rushed off to be operated on. It was Slugshot, with a bandage wrapped around his left eye, meaning shrapnel must have claimed it.

"What happened?" I asked a non-wounded soldier who was getting off the transport, there weren't too many soldiers like him.

"it was a massacre", the soldier replied in exasperated despair. "They had a T14! A fucking T14! We didn't stand a chance with our ROE!" As the soldier walked off, his exasperated response rocked me to my very core. I thought we were just going up against far-right nutjobs, but a Reignshine T14 Armata Main Battle Tank? This mission just got a whole lot more dangerous. I stormed off to my bunk without saying a word.

"Where are you going?" Diamond called out with concern, following behind me.

"To fight." I flapped my wings to take off but Diamond grabbed my hand firmly, yanking me to the ground.

"Are you crazy?" Diamond replied with stern authority. "Did you not learn anything from those 16 laps?"

"I learned the new guy gets the short end of the stick." I take my hand back with a quick jerk. "I learned I they'd rather let me live and do pointless exercise while countless men and women die! Slaughtered beneath a T14!"

"You're wrong!" Diamond yelled back at me. "Slugshot gave us that order, he gave all of us that order when we were recruits because command cares about us!" I turned myself towards Diamond as I began to feel bad deep down. "They give us orders like that to teach us that disobeying an order can mean death! You might not be bothered by it, but if you die, we have to pick up the pieces of this op without you! We NEED you to help us."

"You... Need me?" I ask back sheepishly. "I'm just some no-pony. I couldn't protect my friends and family before, I only drove them away. You don't need me."

"Ness, I'm going to tell you something Captain Rainbow Dash told me," replied Diamond. "You might be willing to risk your life for this mission, but there's always another mission tomorrow. If you don't see any values in yourself as a stallion..." Diamond reflexively held her tongue back for a split second, before resuming with more certainty. "You might be a mare."

"I might be a mare...?" I ask a bit puzzled. "I've been a stallion my whole life, I was born a stallion..."

"But does it make you happy?" Diamond asked in a motherly tone. "I used to be just like you. I signed up to the 82nd because it was something relatively glamourous I could get away with doing for the rest of my life and it would theoretically help people. But no matter what, my job didn't bring me joy. My victories felt hollow, my defeats felt crushing..." Tears were welling up in Diamond's eyes at this point. "it wasn't until I started Hormone Replacement Therapy did I start to feel happy."

"I'm not saying you're wrong, I did like that dress I wore to the raid, I just..." I was dumbfounded as I tried to think of words to describe how I felt, all I could do is hug Diamond and cry. Diamond hugged back, but it was different this time, she was soft and caring, her muscles made.

"It's okay, Ness," Diamond said reassuringly. "It's okay." Diamond placed a gentle kiss on my lips, and I began to blush like I never had before. "You don't have to answer everything tonight, but either, if you go into the upcoming raid with a do or die mindset if you truly embrace the person you are underneath, I promise you that you will be a warrior just as fierce as the rest of us. No matter what happens, you'll go forward with the mindset of a proud mare. No Balefire thug, no bullet, can take that away from you. You'll be able to walk into the field of battle with nothing to lose."

"Well," I spoke up with a dash of renewed confidence. "We still got one more day with the rangers tomorrow. How about we spend tomorrow on a date with destiny. No holds barred, nothing held back, just have a romantic date with dresses, wine, dancing, and..." I froze as I said the last one, I was too embarrassed to admit to wanting to have sex, but That's because it felt like something more for a change. Like the difference between a casual hookup and making love.

"I would love that Ness." Diamond said with a genuine romantic smile as if she knew exactly what I was thinking about. "I would love more than anything to take you on a date with destiny."

That morning, I woke up before my alarm clock at 0500. I had a spring in my step thinking about how much fun I'll be having with Diamond tonight. I did ten pushups beside my bed before turning off my alarm clock and hitting the shower. I looked beneath the sink to look for any toiletries available because 'hoof and shoulders' does not suffice for an occasion like this. This is a date with destiny, a date that's more important than any other, more important even than my job interview at the EBI. I audibly cheered as I found some Pantene shampoo and conditioner, both bottles roughly half full, not to mention some dove soap that will make my feathers extra shiny. What's more, I found a bag full of makeup! It's going to have to go on after, but there is no describing how happy I am to make a huge find like this, more excited than I was to see Iron Loyalty again.

Playing some nice lovely, relaxing spa music by Lyra and Bon Bon on my phone, I let the silky sweet guitar strums wash over my face and down my shoulders. It felt good to finally be free in a sense, I made sure the stereo was loud enough before I closed the shower curtains and turned on the hot water. Combined with the soft, soothing music and the warmth of the shower just made me feel all the more alive as if the music had transported me to a waterfall in a lush cave. When I opened the bottles of shampoo and conditioner, it felt like there was a garden springing to life outside my waterfall. Soon, even as I looked down I envisioned myself with female anatomy, just thinking about how good I look in such a vulnerable state, how I could have breasts that are just big enough to squeeze close to my chest. I began to touch myself, hands exploring my familiar yet strangely alien nether regions, a tiny tingle of euphoria causing me to fluff my wet feathers. I decided to stop playing with myself and save the fun for Diamond.

It had been a few minutes by now, so I put myself under the flowing water to wash the soap, shampoo and conditioner off of myself. Once I was certain I washed everything off of me, I turned off the water and dried myself off. When I was dry I looked at my chiselled features in the mirror. Maybe I would make a pretty good gal. I brushed my now dry crest of feathers and oh my gosh they are so lush and shiny I couldn't believe it. Normally I have them tied up in a ponytail, but today, I think I'll just have them loose for once, show off their natural beauty.

the towel was wrapped around my chest as I got out the box of makeup I found earlier, I looked through and found almost every colour of the rainbow in so many different types of makeup like mascara, lipstick, lip gloss, eyeliner, nail polish and more! I looked in the mirror and stared at my beautiful eyes. They weren't like most due to being born with central heterochromia, they were quite brown towards the iris and a steely gray towards the exterior. I knew exactly how I wanted to highlight this. I put on some light foundation matching my feather tone around my eyes before putting a bit of metallic grey eyeshadow on top, and a bit of oak brown towards the bottom, followed by adding just a teensy bit of mascara to accentuate my already naturally long eyelashes. Lastly, I got some black makeup from the bucket, made sure it was the same shiny shade of black as my dress. I licked the outer seams of my beak, as normally lipstick is supposed to go onto the lips. Being a griffon, however, complicates this. I let my feminine instincts guide my talon as I watched in the mirror, feeling the beautiful black lipstick glide with my talon.

Dropping my towel, I admired my sexy handiwork in the mirror. I looked downright beautiful, like a mare who wouldn't mind getting rutted by her rough pegasus in a mating press... I shook my head to clear my lustful thoughts as I was beginning to steam up the mirror again like a hen in heat. The crazy thing about the mirror though was that steam from my breath distorted me just enough to make it look like I had hips. If this wasn’t a gender euphoric sign, I don’t know what is. I decided to check the available body sprays, they were mostly musky scents marketed towards stallions, but knowing Diamond, she would love it. I went with ‘oak cellar’. If she brings that to the date, it really will be a match made in Elysium.

Stepping out of the bathroom, I slid my beautiful, sexy dress on before examining myself in a mirror. I blushed and turned away as I saw how I looked. It was near impossible to believe I was a stallion now, all I could see was this drop-dead gorgeous griffoness in the mirror. I was ready for my date with destiny as I walked out the door. I didn’t have any underwear on either, I was going commando in every sense of the word.

As I walked out the door I met up where Diamond and I agreed our date would take place beforehand. she was sitting under a tree with a guitar, wearing a light blue low cut dress. I had expected brunch or something but this was a surprisingly intimate setting.

"Hello there, Nessie!" Diamond whistled at me, before setting her guitar aside and walking over to me.

"Actually... Call me Vanessa." I winced a little as I said that. "Okay, maybe I should try a different name, but for now, you can call me Ness for short."

"I'd be honoured to, Ness." Diamond gingerly took my talon and planted a kiss on it. I giggled at how ticklish it was, but I bust out laughing when Diamond started coughing cause she inhaled a scale. "shut up," she replied playfully.

"I'm sorry," I say as I take a beside where she was sitting. "I'm not on HRT, and I forgot to shave out of all the grooming things I did for this occasion"

"Awwww, don't feel too bad, Ness," Diamond replied with a sweetness in her voice as she sat beside me. "We all have goals in our life. I learned to play the guitar, I learned to play Ogres and Oubliettes, all just to be a mare on my terms, and mine alone. Making friends who love me for who I am on the inside and who I'm going to be. Not those who only tolerate me on the outside or love me for who I used to be." Diamond looked over to me as she steadied the guitar on her lap. "I can get biggins to hook you up with a dose too, but is there anything you wanted to do once you started transitioning, Ness?"

"Well..." I think to myself. This is the first time I ever started worrying about what I wanted to do, not what I had to do. "I've always wanted to write a book. Maybe... Maybe if I survive this, I'll take the debriefing documents I'm supposed to give to command, get them declassified, and write a book. Telling everyone all about the person I was, and how much happier I am now. Maybe I can help someone just like me."

"I think Iron Loyalty and Aurora would be happy to help you with that." Diamond gave me a peck on the cheek. "I think that would be the most you way to atone for what you did. Nothing in this world is gold."

"Well, stay gold, ponyboy." I rub the cheek where she kissed me affectionately before my eyes shrank and I realized what I just said to her. "I mean uh, ponygirl, uh..." I covered my face in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to misgender you, I just understood that reference is all."

"It's okay silly," Diamond replied as she begins tuning her guitar. "I understood that reference too, I loved reading The Outsiders in elementary school, Johnny's last words made me tear up."

"Yeah, I read it in my spare time too," I replied with a thoughtful nod. "Reason I joined the EBI is that I figured I was bound to end up like either Darry or Johny anyways." I looked down and shook my head. "Either dying in a valiant act of heroism, or suicide by cop."

"I think you got that backward hun," Diamond replied with a giggle. "Dally was the nutjob who got shot to ribbons by holding up the police with a fake gun. Darry was the oldest and the leader of the greasers." I laughed at my own mistake too. Normally I'd stubbornly stick to my guns, but for once, I took it in stride.

"Thanks," I replied leaning my head against Diamond. "I have no idea what Miss Hinton was thinking giving them such similar names."

"Well, if you think remembering those names is a challenge, then Mr. Tolkien himself is going to throw you some curveballs." Diamond rested her head over mine. "I shall sing the ballad of Dwailin, Bailin, Kili, Fili, Oin, Gloin, Bilfur, Bofur, Bombur and Thorin Oakenshield."

"Gosh, that would be so lovely. Just to sit here with you as you play in my ear, listening to your beating heart, feeling your massive muscles." I sighed with the most genuine contentment I've ever known. "You're perfect in every way, Diamond."

Oh misty eye of the mountain below,
keep careful watch of my brother's souls.
And should this sky be filled with, fire and smoke,
keep watching over Durin's sons.

Diamond began strumming on her guitar, it was such a sweet, endearing tune. It reminded me of the dangers facing tomorrow but in a hopeful way like there was a powerful camaraderie protecting us.

If this is to end in fire, then we should all burn together.
Watch the flames climb high, into the night.
Calling out "father, oh". Stand by and we will
watch the flames burn auburn on the mountainside, high.

The world around me began to fade away, I felt as if I was a hero in a fantasy story, like in 'The Lord of the Amulets', having to deliver The Alicorn Amulet to the fires of Mt. Doom. Unlike anyone in that story though, if I was going to be a fantasy hero, I would only ever wield firearms. I love them too much.

And if we should die tonight, we should all die together.
Raise a glass of wine, for the last time.
Calling out "father, oh." Prepare as we will.
Watch the flame burn auburn on the mountainside.
Desolation comes upon the sky.

Now I see fire, inside the mountain.
I see fire, burning the trees.
And I see fire, hollowing souls.
I see fire, burning the breeze.
And I hope that you remember me.

Oh, should my people fall, surely I'll do the same.
Come finding mountain holes, we got too close to the flame.
Calling out "Father, Oh", hold fast and we will.
Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountainside.
Desolation comes upon the sky.

Now I see fire, inside the mountain.
I see fire, burning the trees.
And I see fire, hollowing souls.
I see fire, burning the breeze.
And I hope that you remember me.

At this point, Diamond looked towards me and began singing with every ounce of passion in her girly voice.

And if the night is burning, I will cover my eyes.
For if the dark returns, then my brothers will die.
And as the sky is falling down, it crashed into this lonely town.
And with that shadow upon the ground, I hear my people screaming out:

And I see fire! Inside the mountains.
I see fire, burning the trees.
And I see fire, hollowing souls.
I see fire burning the breeze.

I see fire, fire.
And I see fire, feel the heat upon my skin
And I see fire, fire.
And I see fire burning on the mountainside.

Diamond was left panting for breath at the end. I gave her a surprise kiss on the lips afterwards.

"That's for giving such a beautiful performance sweetie," I said as my voice fluttered with all the raw estrogen rushing through my head right now.

"Mmm, you smell like a freshly opened bottle of Mac Daniels." Diamond smiled at me as she opened a bottle of Mac Daniels. My heart was practically beating out of my chest with excitement.

"How about we split it half and half and do some sparring," I say with a daring smirk. "See who's the better fighter when they're 3 sheets to the wind."

"Even though there's a mission tomorrow?" Diamond asks with a raised eyebrow. "I like your style." Diamond passed the bottle to me and I began to chug my half. I quickly stopped and started coughing like mad cause it felt like I was drinking a bottle of nails because of how much it burned. It took 3 coughing bouts to drink my share.

“Not bad,” Diamond replied. “Now I’m gonna show you how a real mare does it.” Diamond yanked the bottle back and chugged it in the blink of an eye, she didn’t even stop for air! “Now then, let’s fight!”

“Damn girl! You don’t miss a beat!” I got up and entering my combat stance. Of course, Diamond was the first one up. She got out her phone and started playing Poker Face by Lady Gaga as we stared each other down.

Making the first move, I delivered a relentless flurry of kicks and punches, but Diamond kept dodging and blocking them, moving with all the speed of a super-fast blur. Or at least I think it was because of speed, there was a very real possibility I was just too drunk to notice, but after 5 minutes I began to tire out, and at that moment, Diamond cut loose. When I threw a punch she grabbed my hand and tossed me over her leg, causing my dress to fall over my face, preventing me from seeing, and I felt a very cool draft spread over my legs.

“Well, look at that,” I said with an inebriated giggle. “You won fair and square.”

"Indeed I did," Diamond said, full of drunken lust. "And I'm going to collect on my prize..."

Without a further word, Diamond wrapped her gentle lips around my griffon cock. The rush caught me by surprise, but the intoxication and how vulnerable I was made it all the hotter. I pictured myself with a mare pussy, and she was eating me out like a wild dog.

“F-Fuck!” I gasped in ecstatic surprise. “Please, more! Give me all the fucking love you have!”

“Not yet,” Diamond replied with a sultry tone. “You gotta make me cum if you wanna cum too.”

In a mirthful mood, I chuckled to myself as that seemed perfectly fair. I took a moment to get my dress on straight so I could see what I was doing, while Diamond spread her legs and exposed her girl cock for me while she rested her head on her muscular arms. While her balls had shrunken considerably due to the HRT, even with a semi hard-on, this bitch was still more well hung than me!

Hesitation was stopping me. Even though I considered Diamond a girl through and through I had never been with a stallion before, and most of my experience with cock was from Diamond’s perspective. I grabbed it with one talon, shuddering as I felt it’s warmth in my hand and begin to stroke it gently. I took Diamond’s quiet moans as a sign I was on the right track, and I used my other talon to steady my hand as I rubbed away on my sweet Pegasus girlfriend.

Soon Diamond was bucking her legs in the air and whinnying like a wild stud. I got caught off guard as she splattered her load all over my face, I even had to scrape some spunk that got into a nook in my beak, to Diamond's amusement.

"Hehe, no makeover is complete without a facial," Diamond said between giggles. "I'd say you more than earned your own release, sweetie."

"Yeah, well now you have to earn it." I stuck my tongue out cheekily as I straddled Diamond, intending to get a little more resistance out of her. And sure enough, I did. Diamond grabbed me by the legs and threw me off of her. Keeping her strong, tight on my legs, she buried her head underneath my dress, going at me like an animal in heat.

"Ahhh..." I moaned. "Like a fucking vampire... F-fuck, I'm so close..." I wrapped my legs around Diamond's neck for stability as I exploded my load into her mouth and a tsunami of debilitating, orgasmic pleasure washed over me and knocked me out cold for a brief second. Unfortunately, I was woken up from orgasm induced slumber by diamond kissing me on the lips and spitting my cum into my beak. As I coughed and did my best to get it out of my mouth, she simply laughed like a little filly. "Okay, that was pretty funny." I smiled at Diamond, before sincerely kissing her back, and cuddling her. Of course, I would have to prepare for the raid tomorrow soon, but for now, I'm just going to sleep this drunken lust off with the first pony I've ever truly loved.