The Warmhearted Ectotherm

Chapters

Snake-oil Salesdraconequus
A Rare Meeting
Getting Your Coils Wet
A Crushing Climax

Snake-oil Salesdraconequus

Fluttershy's hooves thundered against the muddy road, splashing water as she galloped. It was a dreary, overcast day, a small break in the rainstorms that Ponyville had been having. It was a time when few others would want to go out, which was precisely why Fluttershy had taken this opportunity to venture out for her secretive task. She didn't want others to see her visiting the weird stand that had erected itself in a shady alley near the main square, manned by an equally weird griffon with a crooked beak and an unidentifiable accent, going so far as to don a simple cloak with a hood to further hide herself. Her heart raced as she galloped through the wooden gate that marked the boundary of her property, wasting no time in opening the unlocked door and slamming it shut behind her. She breathed slowly, deeply, catching her breath as she threw off her mud-flecked coat and wiped her hooves on her doormat. She trotted into the living room with her saddlebags, gently setting them down on her coffee table before sitting on the nearby couch.

"Angel, are you here? Momma's home," Fluttershy called out, her eyes darting around the room. No sign of Angel, or any critter really. This was the kind of weather where animals would shack up in their nests and burrows, getting cozy while they patiently waited for the sun to finally pierce the grey skies. That was just fine with Fluttershy; the fewer eyes saw her new...experiment...the better. She lifted the flap of her saddlebag with her wings, using her feathers to grasp a vial filled with a yellow substance, stopped with a cork and bearing nothing but a label with talon-scrawled text. Warnings and instructions, Fluttershy supposed, if she had forgotten what the merchant had said. For now, though, she just set the vial on the table, marveling at its subtle golden glow, her mind racing with anticipation as she tried to work up the courage to take a swig.

"Oooh, that looks quite fun, Fluttershy. What is it?" Discord said as his head poked over the rear of the couch.

The sudden sound of Discord's voice made Fluttershy jump up in the air before slamming back down onto the cushions. "Eeep! D-Discord!? What are you doing here? Why didn't you say anything when I called out?" Fluttershy replied, quickly using her body to hide the vial from Discord's gaze.

"That's strange. My unannounced visits usually bring a smile to your face," Discord cut back snidely. "Besides, you called out for Angel. When I showed up half an hour ago, he tried to boot me out like he always does. It's always so amusing to think he expects me to let myself get bullied by a bunny. After it was clear that I wasn't leaving, he took off to...well...wherever he usually goes whenever I come around. Now, if you asked if *Discord* was here, I would have gladly said something...maybe."

Fluttershy rolled her eyes. "Discord, now's not the time."

"Oh, is something wrong? Perhaps I can help out," he continued, not skipping a beat.

"Nothing's wrong, it's just...just..." Fluttershy stammered, trying desperately to think of a polite way to ask him to leave.

"Planning something with this?" Discord said, twisting his hand and making the vial appear in it as if pulling it out of thin air. Fluttershy's neck snapped back behind her, letting her see coffee table's now-poitonless surface, before turning back to Discord with her face red with embarassment as she watched Discord closely read the label. "Snake Oil...yadda yadda...dose size, one swig...effects last one full day per dose...huh."

Discord tossed the vial behind his shoulder, and it fell behind the couch. Fluttershy braced herself to hear the sound of smashing glass, but she instead head a gentle thump behind her. She glanced behind her again, seeing the bottle perfectly safe and undamaged on the coffee table, right where she had first placed it.

"Fluttershy, if you wanted to do some species swapping, all you needed to do was ask me," Discord said. "It would have definitely saved you some bits."

"You...don't think it's weird?" Fluttershy asked with some trepidation.

"Fluttershy, as the undisputed expert of weird, I can safely say this is pretty low on that scale," Discord said, levitating and drifting lazily through the air. "Though, I am curious about what spurred this new interest. It seems quite unlike you."

Fluttershy took a deep breath. "Promise you won't tell anypony else?"

Discord smirked. "Oh Fluttershy, you know me. I'm many things, but I'm not a liar. The truth is often *far* more fun. I promise that I'll keep your secret."

"Well, a while back, Rarity got swindled into buying some snake oil thinking that it was something to make her fur shinier, but she ended up turning into a half-pony, half-snake monster. At first, we were really scared for her, but then she realized she really liked it, and it just seemed so fun. She gave the best hugs, and there was just something about those coils that felt so nice to have draped over my withers. It was kind of saddening to see the magic wear off. Now the merchant is back in town...and...well...I didn't want to bother Rarity again, so...," Fluttershy explained, her blush slowly fading as she grew comfortable around Discord. He seemed to always know the right thing to say, and Fluttershy was thankful that she had grown close to him.

"Ah, I see, if you couldn't lamiafy your friend, you wanted the next best thing," Discord said, performing a backstroke as if he was swimming through the air.

Fluttershy just meekly hummed and nodded.

"Well, here, let me help you. I can mold your body far better than any potion can," Discord added, deftly reaching his lion arm in between her forelegs and scooping her up by her stomach.

"W-wait!" Fluttershy eeked out, unable to really protest much with a soft, strong paw on her belly. Discord knew just how to push her buttons, and she couldn't help but love it, even if it meant going along with his shenanigans sometimes.

She felt his talon hand make a snug ring around her midsection with its thumb and index finger, before sliding it down along her body. Fluttershy gasped and her eyes rolled up in her head as she felt her lower half flood with an indescribably weird sensation. It wasn't painful, but she felt like her legs were being torn apart before being instantly stitched together again, before being stretched like dough. She closed her eyes, just taking it all in as she felt herself changing, remolded effortlessly by Discord's otherworldly power. She could feel it reaching through her spine, tickling her brain like feathers inside her skull. Yet, through all this, she remained still; Fluttershy trusted Discord...at least, trusted that he wouldn't hurt her. His judgment, however, was another thing entirely, but deep down Fluttershy did enjoy the excitement his misadventures brought.

When she finally felt the overwhelming magic leave her body, Fluttershy felt Discord drop her onto a soft pile of...something. She initially thought that Discord had conjured up a mound of pillows to drop her on, but as she regained her senses, she began to realize that she could feel the deformation all around her. Moreover, these pillows felt like they were covered by some kind of smooth, plasticy exterior rather upholstery, and filled with something firm and gel-like rather than soft and fluffy. Her eyelids fluttered open only to see that these 'pillows' where a tube of yellow scales, with a repeating pink butterfly pattern along their length. Her heart raced as she craned her head back to see that the tube wound all around the floor, almost covering it, eventually terminating at her waist. She gasped...bringing a hoof up to her mouth, utterly spellbound by her new serpentine body.

"See, easy as pie," Discord said also admiring his handiwork. "And to think, you were probably going to force some foul-tasting potion down your throat to achieve this."

"D-Discord! What did you do?" Fluttershy stammered.

"Hmph, and here I was expecting a 'thank you'. Was it not your intent to transform into a lamia? I just did it without any of the nastiness of whatever swill you bought off of some crackpot potion seller. Plus, my magic has the added benefit of rewiring your brain so that you instantly know how to control your new body," Discord continued.

Fluttershy sighed. Discord was right, she didn't know what she was expecting. Perhaps she just got so caught up in the idea that she didn't realize what implications drinking a transformation potion would have. She shuddered, sending a twitch pulsing all the way down her long snake tail. She was utterly huge, much longer than Rarity had been, almost completely filling the living room with her new bulk. Yet, despite her mass, she felt like she had total control of it. Fluttershy found the tip of her tail amid the sea of scales, lifting it in front of her face and making it curl and twist. It responded to her commands exactly, as if she had spent her whole life with it. It all just came so...naturally. It was hard for her to comprehend the strange feeling of being instantly adapted to a new form, but Discord was hard to comprehend in general. She just ended her little tail test by letting it run through her mane like a comb, loving the sensation. Fluttershy then raised a portion of her thick midsection in an arch, dipping her head underneath and letting it fall onto her withers, curling it upward a bit to cradle her own head like a neck pillow.

"Mmm...how long will it last?" Fluttershy said as she nuzzled her own scales.

"Forever," Discord said curtly.

Fluttershy's mood instantly sank. "W-what do you mean forever!?"

Discord chuckled. "Calm down, calm down, let me rephrase. What I did wasn't just cast an enchantment. I changed your body on a fundamental level. You are now a lamia, with all the quirks, needs, and abilities that entails. So, you don't have to worry about it wearing off at an inopportune moment. When you've had your fill of fun, just tell me and I can change you back to your full pony body."

"Hmm...well, alright, that's fine, I guess," Fluttershy said, pinching the portion of serpent around her shoulders to give herself a hug of reassurance. "I was hoping to be in this form for a couple of days though."

"Oh, that's no trouble either. I'll leave you to it then. I'll check in occasionally to see how you're doing. Ta-ta!" Discord said with a wave.

"Discord! Wait!" Fluttershy yelled, lunging towards him. But, he simply disappeared in puff of smoke, leaving Fluttershy to crash against the wall. She peeled her face away, blowing her frazzled mane out of her face. She realized that knowing how to move in her new form didn't mean that she'd know how being so bulky actually handled, and she figured that she'd just need to be careful until she got a good feel for her new slithery body.

Just then, her eyes snapped to the backdoor entrance. She could feel a tiny thumping, minute and almost imperceptible, pulsing across the floor. She knew what it was; snakes often her very sensitive belly scales that could detect the rhythm of creatures stepping close by. Discord had mentioned she had new abilities, but it was strange to feel an entirely new sense of perception thrust upon her perception of the world. Sure enough, Angel's head poked through the small flap at the bottom of the door, his little rodent jaw dropping at the sight of Fluttershy's new lamia form.

"Oh, hey Angel," Fluttershy said sweetly. "Don't worry, Discord's gone for now. You can come in." He shook his head silently before dipping back out, and Fluttershy's tremor sense let her know that he was hopping away.

"...I'm sure he'll get used to it soon," Fluttershy thought to herself.

A Rare Meeting

"A little oil..." she whispered to herself as she used her snake tail to reach all the way across the kitchen to grab a bottle of olive oil, splashing the leafy salad greens in a bowl to give them a savory coat. "A little pepper...some cherry tomatoes..." she continued, each one being grabbed by her incredibly dexterous tail and added to the bowl. Despite her initial period of being overwhelmed at the prospect of having a serpentine lower half, it had proved incredibly useful these past few days. The animals were less apprehensive about it than she had though (in fact, she could have swore she caught a look of jealousy from Antoine), and it allowed her to do her usual maintenance of the animal sanctuary in half the time. It freed up her entire afternoon, and she was going to spend it relaxing with a nice, hearty salad and some snazzy music on her record player.

A sudden knocking on her door shook her out of her tranquil state. She had been too focused on making the salad to notice the rhythm of hoofsteps approaching her front door. Fluttershy wasn't expecting visitors today; her heart raced. She wanted to keep her lamia transformation escapades a secret, but she couldn't just ignore the knocking at her door. She quickly slithered into the living room, doing her best to bundle her massive bulk off to the side to hide it as best she could. It scared her just how quietly she was able to move all of her coils, silently gliding across the wooden floor. However, rather than dwelling on it, Fluttershy cracked open the front door a small amount, hiding most of her pony half while she peered out.

"Rarity!" Fluttershy exclaimed upon seeing her guest. "Um...what are you doing here?"

"Well, Fluttershy, darling," Rarity began, twirling her hoof in the air idly, "I was delivering an order to client nearby, and thought I'd drop in for a visit."

"Oh, okay," Fluttershy said, staring at Rarity awkwardly. She didn't quite know what to say here; to invite her in would be embarrassing, but to NOT invite her in would be rude and not very friendly of her.

"...Is something wrong? Perhaps I can help out?" Rarity said, trying to look behind Fluttershy, only for the yellow mare to not-so-subtly adjust herself to block Rarity's sight.

"Nothing's wrong," Fluttershy said with a hint of dejection. She just couldn't think of a good solution to this little predicament. Though, perhaps Rarity would understand. She was a lamia for a while, and she enjoyed it. Perhaps she wouldn't be so apprehensive about it. "Um, can you keep a secret?"

"Of course I can, Fluttershy. What's going on?" Rarity asked with an unmistakable hint of concern.

Fluttershy sheepishly let the front door swing open, revealing the river of yellow scales that erupted from her midsection. Rarity's jaw dropped, and Fluttershy braced herself for a chastising tirade. But then, Rarity's mouth curled upwards into a beaming smile.

"Oh, Fluttershy, did you drink some snake oil? I knew that sleazebag was in town again, but I didn't suspect you'd end up seeing him before I did," Rarity began, trotting past Fluttershy's pony half to inspect her friend's new form.

"Um, well, not exactly..." Fluttershy said, her voice trailing off. Before she could properly explain, Rarity continued to interject.

"Oh, darling, your scales are simply magnificent! The butterflies are a nice touch, though that might just be a part of the spell. I had quite the diamondback when I had a snake tail, if you remember," Rarity said.

"Yeah, I remember," Fluttershy added. Fluttershy remembered the sheer beauty of Rarity's glimmering white and blue scales. Her diamond cutie mark had almost sparkled like the real thing whenever sunlight fell onto her scales.

"...And my! Your coils! They're so robust! You're quite longer than I was, and a bit thicker too. I hope it's not too much of a hassle," Rarity said, her eyes dancing across the neatly piled mounds of Fluttershy's serpentine body.

"Actually, they're no trouble at all. In fact, being long definitely has its perks," Fluttershy said, slowly feeling her confidence return to her as Rarity continued to pour admiration. She was afraid that Rarity was going to say that it was foolish or stupid to undergo such a drastic transformation for simple pleasure. Quite the contrary, it seemed, Rarity was wholly supportive of Fluttershy's indulgence, which gave her enough courage to animate her serpentine form. The massive bands and loops began to shift and slither around, sprawling themselves out on the floor as Fluttershy relaxed. As a segment drew close to Rarity, she tenderly touched it with her hoof, feeling the sublime silky texture of scales on her frog, and pressing in to better feel the sheer mass of muscle shifting beneath the loose snakeskin.

"Ha ha...that tickles," Fluttershy said with a muted giggle, recoiling the segment away from Rarity's touch.

"Oh, I am sorry, I know just how sensitive they can be. Why I remember when I first coiled up Twilight, I could feel every detail of her body. There was something about it that was just so pleasant. Tell me, Fluttershy, have you coiled anypony yet?" Rarity asked with bright, inquisitive eyes.

"Me? Oh...um..not really...I've only been like this for a couple of days," Fluttershy replied.

Rarity gasped. "Oh, you simply MUST try it! There's nothing quite like it. Here, I'll be your volunteer," she continued, promptly trotting up to Fluttershy's thickest section and sitting on it. This elicited an eep of protest from its owner, but, after a few seconds, Fluttershy felt just how warm Rarity was. It was like she had suddenly been aware of the chill and lethargy that hummed along her massive length. She had noticed that she felt more energy when she had been out in her animal sanctuary, but she didn't think that simply being indoors would be detrimental to her new cold-blooded metabolism. The wooden floor just seemed so cold and sterile compared to sun-baked stone and soil. "Now, try bring the end of your tail to my midsection, and start looping around. Just be mindful of my ma-WHAAA!"

Rarity was cut off by the section she was sitting on quickly curling up and around her middle, making her tilt backwards as the new weight destabilized her. Just as she began to fall, the coil around her squeezed tightly, gripping her firmly as she was spun around to allow a second loop to wrap around her, thick enough to smother her entire barrel and neck region to the point where the bottom of her jaw rested on the plush, rippling muscle. Her legs instinctively kicked, only for a loop to quickly curl around her flanks and cannons, immediately snuffing out her struggling.

"Oh no, I'm sorry!" Fluttershy said with worry. For a moment, her mind had slipped into autopilot mode. She never imagined that her coils would be capable of such blinding speed. The whole thing lasted a mere two seconds, so fast that Fluttershy was barely able to react to what her body was doing until Rarity was completely buried in a mound of yellow scales. "I just thought about it, and it just happened!"

"It's fine, Fluttershy, I'm not harmed...though my mane might need some touching up before I leave," Rarity said trying to crane her head around to look at her new captor. She then looked down as her scaly bindings...at least, until her chin was stopped by a barrier of snake muscle. It cradled her jaw like a pillow, and Rarity had to settle for simply trying to shift her limbs around to gauge just how trapped she was. Even barely gripping her, the sheer size and strength of Fluttershy's coils prevented much movement, and she was barely able to wiggle her limbs even an inch.

"Ha ha...Rarity...that tickles...you're gonna make me..." Fluttershy said, trying to keep a straight face before she could resist her reflexes no longer and tightened Rarity's scaly tomb, making the white mare moan as her body was compressed from a tidal wave of pressure before loosening once Rarity's limbs were still.

"Ooof...Fluttershy...you're quite strong..." Rarity said, trying to catch her breath after it had just been forced out of her lungs.

"Here, let's get you out," Fluttershy continue, moving her pony half much closer to Rarity.

"No no, I'm fine. You didn't hurt me, and besides, this actually feels quite pleasant. I can see why Twilight found so many excuses to experiment with my own lamia form," Rarity said, letting herself relax in Fluttershy's cushiony grip.

"You...like it?" Fluttershy said, a little dumbfounded. Then again, she couldn't find much reason to complain. Rarity was right; having a pony in her coils was unlike anything that she had ever felt before. She was just so...warm. Rarity's body heat bled into her serpentine muscles, filling them with a bubbly euphoria that was completely unknown to the equine mind. It became instantly clear why Antoine loved slithering around her whenever she visited the sanctuary. She couldn't help but slowly close in, not to constrict like she had done before, but to make Rarity completely snug. Fluttershy felt completely aware of every twitch, every contour, every rise and fall of Rarity's barrel as she took deep, calm breaths. Rarity was right, Fluttershy thought, her scales were quite sensitive, and being able to feel her friend so totally was a close experience that teetered on the edge of intimacy. "Well...I...um...I think it feels good too..."

"Mmm...I didn't imagine spending my afternoon in coils, but I certainly won't complain," Rarity said, closing her eyes and reveling in the feeling of Fluttershy's serpentine muscles slowly molding around her body, eager to seize every contour. "I do hope I wasn't interrupting anything."

"Oh, no, I was just making lunch when you trotted up," Fluttershy replied, her gaze finally turning back towards her kitchen. She was thankful that she hadn't added the vinegar dressing yet, or else she'd have a bowl full of soggy leaves to munch on!

"Oh, I'm dreadfully sorry, perhaps we can do this some other time?" Rarity said.

"No! I...I mean, it's fine," Fluttershy said. the thought of losing Rarity's warmth so soon was almost unthinkable. To be given this gracious gift, only to have it yanked away made her heart sink.

"Well, I could use a light salad, if you have spare veggies," Rarity said, not particularly wanting to leave Fluttershy's tight embrace either.

"Oh, of course I do, here, let me make you something," Fluttershy replied, smiling as she slithered into the kitchen, Rarity bundled in tow like a filly with her doll.

Getting Your Coils Wet

Fluttershy munched quietly on her big bowl of salad. This time of year was great for leafy greens, and she could taste the crisp freshness of her lettuce. In between bites, she looked over to Rarity, her head poking out from a mound of yellow scales as she levitated a much smaller bowl to her mouth, letting the greens fall in. It reminded Fluttershy of how ponies ate in her Neighponese mangas. She had offered to uncoil Rarity, but her friend insisted that she didn't need her limbs to eat lunch. Fluttershy didn't mind, it was just more intoxicating warmth for her serpentine form. As Rarity swallowed, the coil around her neck could feel every movement of Rarity's throat. The motion of the cartilage was like a tiny hoof rubbing up and down, lightly tickling Fluttershy's scales.

Before long, both mares had finished their lunches, and Fluttershy's tail tip ferried the empty bowls to the sink.

"That tail does come in handy, doesn't it?" Rarity said. "Thank you for the salad, Fluttershy. It was simply divine."

"Oh, don't mention it. I should be thanking you for helping me eat these veggies while they're still fresh," Fluttershy replied, licking the last of the vinegar from her lips.

With a massive heave, Fluttershy hoisted Rarity up and slithered back into the living room. Despite their massive bulk, the coils moved effortlessly, their sheer strength making it seem like they were weightless. Rarity could feel them tensing and loosening all around her as they shifted around slightly, deeply massaging her body from the altering bouts of pressure. Yet, Fluttershy's grip gradually tightened from the motion, and by the time Fluttershy set Rarity's scaly prison on the floor, the coils had grown tight to the point where she could hardly breathe. Yet, Rarity remained silent. To feel such power completely seize her filled her with a sense of euphoria that was unmatched. The silky scales pressing into her fur tightly, the gel-like snake muscle creating a full-body cast of her, so tight that she could barely move a muscle in resistance...she enjoyed it a lot more than she would have admitted. Unfortunately for her, Fluttershy had noticed that her grip had tightened a bit as she had slithered, and loosened her coils once Rarity was stationary. She was still firmly wrapped up, but she could at least breathe normally again. The white mare couldn't help but flash a quick pout while Fluttershy wasn't looking.

"You know Fluttershy, your embrace reminds me of a better version of a full-body compression at the day spa," Rarity mentioned. "In fact, I bet you could make some bits on the side with this new form of yours."

"Oh, no, I could never dream of it. I don't want to hurt anypony," Fluttershy said, crossing her forelegs across her barrel.

"I know you wouldn't, Fluttershy, but as a former lamia I can assure you it takes a lot to hurt a pony. In fact, perhaps we can practice right now if you'd like," Rarity said, flashing a look of assurance to her concerned friend as she folded her ears down in a submissive gesture. She hoped that Fluttershy would get the hint without having to resort to her begging to feel that incredible power at its full strength.

"I don't know..." Fluttershy said, her gaze trailing off. Her eyes meandered back to Rarity, and seeing such a pleading face with folded ears stirred some motivation deep within her. "Alright, let's go slow to start...and if it starts to hurt, just say so."

"Don't worry darling I'll-" Rarity's voice was cut short when she felt a powerful ripple through Fluttershy's coils draw them in, delivering a breathtaking squeeze with just a fraction of their strength. Rarity had to concentrate hard to not let her eyes roll back into her head from the amazing sensation. Fluttershy wasn't even trying, and Rarity could barely breathe. Through labored breaths she struggled for air, loving the feel of her trunklike neck seized by blissfully cozy coil. "Mmm...yes...you're doing great...now try going...a little tighter..."

"Tighter...okay..." Fluttershy said as she sent another massive ripple through her coils. She was beginning to feel Rarity's skeleton defined more and more with each passing second. She tried to focus the pressure on Rarity's more cushiony regions like her flanks and stomach, while pressing in on the small of her back. Rarity's coos of delight were certainly encouraging, and spurred Fluttershy to not stop in her squeezing. Not to mention, the tighter Fluttershy constricted, the more of Rarity's euphoric warmth seemed to seep into the surrounding snakeskin. It was like she was wringing every last drop of blissful heat out of Rarity's body, like if she was simply a orange to be squeezed for juice. The thought disturbed Fluttershy, yet it slowly, somewhat in part due to Rarity's incessant cooing, began to excite her.

"Hnnnk...t-...tighter...darling..." Rarity said. The coil around her neck was reducing her windpipe to the width of a straw, to say nothing of her rapidly decreasing lung capacity. Her heart raced in her chest with the sheer rush that she was feeling, and Rarity didn't want to relinquish this wonderful embrace until she could no longer breathe at all. She was challenging herself to see how far she could go, knowing that, if she went too far, Fluttershy would immediately release her grip.

Fluttershy smiled as she, too, reveled in the act. To hold a pony in her coils was one thing, to slowly squeeze them into submission was something else entirely. It was awakening some sort of instinct within her; it felt so inexplicably right. Fluttershy's heart raced as Rarity's did, and she drew close to her prize, just drinking in the contorted smiling as Rarity gasped for each and every breath, struggling to prolong the inevitable surrender. It was she who was making her friend feel so good, and a strong sense of power welled within Fluttershy. It was something she had never really felt before, and every second of Rarity's futile struggle just drove it more and more in her head. She was powerful, she was in charge, she was in complete, total control...

Rarity's eyes rolled back down out of her head, and her frantic blinking gave way to a wide eyed stare.

"Fluttershy...your...eyes..." Rarity squeaked out, her eyes focusing as she watched in awe at the rings of mystical light that pulsed outwards from the centers of Fluttershy's pupils. They were beautiful, magically compelling, and Rarity could feel each ring wash over her mind, filling her with an indescribable joy that welled more and more with each passing second. Her pupils dilated, trying to get as much of this wonderful, jaw-dropping light as possible. Fluttershy's eyes with like shining beacons, with each ring burning away more of Rarity's worries and concerns to leave an empty-headed bliss. When Rarity failed to draw any breath, her mind took that as a signal to completely surrender to the colors, letting them explode across her own eyes as well.

"R-Rarity?" Fluttershy said, the sudden sight of weird lights in her friend's eyes pulling her out of her power fantasy, returning her own eyes to normal. When her coils failed to feel Rarity's barrel expand, as well as the slight blue tinge that crept onto her cheeks, Fluttershy immediately released her grip on Rarity's body. She gasped deeply for air as the coils fell away to the floor, the shock of cool air on her fur making the spirals slow in her eyes, but not go away completely. "Rarity, what's going on? Snap out of it!"

In Rarity's mind, the whole universe was just a fuzzy blur that began to melt together. Everything aside from Fluttershy's eyes had grown to be out of focus, feeling distant and muted. However, Fluttershy's voice alone rang clear as crystal in the air. She heard the phrase 'Snap out of it', and her mind, and as if a switch had been flipped, rose out of the trancelike state it had fallen into. Everything began to come back into focus, and the bubbly euphoria that filled her subsided. Her thoughts slowly began to return, as if she had waken up from a long sleep.

"Fluttershy...what...what happened?" Rarity stammered as she shook her head, the spirals fading from her eyes until her vision was as clear as her mind.

"I don't know, I was just squeezing you and then your eyes starting filling with glowing rings. You stopped breathing and couldn't say anything, so I released you from my coils," Fluttershy said, throwing her forelegs around Rarity's neck, relieved to see that he friend was alright.

"Ah...yes, it's coming back to me, I remember now," Rarity continued. "I noticed you hovering in front of my face, but your eyes were filled with such...beauty..."

A single ring of light pulsed across Rarity's eyes, the very memory of Fluttershy's gaze sending a wave of relaxation through her.

"Did you not know that you can hypnotize others with your eyes?" Rarity asked.

"What? No, I didn't know that!" Fluttershy replied. "Could you do that? I'm sorry! I don't know how it happened!"

"Oh Fluttershy, calm down. It's quite enjoyable. I learned how to do it with Twilight, but we decided that it was best to just keep it our little secret. We were afraid that the others would...take it the wrong way," Rarity continued.

"You mean, you don't hate me for it?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh no, not at all, Fluttershy," Rarity said, tapping Fluttershy's snout affectionately. "In fact, I was going to say I wouldn't mind if you did it again."

"Hmm...okay, I guess...but I don't even know how I did it the first time," Fluttershy said, averting her gaze.

"Hmm, well if you're anything like me, it kind of just happens when you feel a swell of confidence in yourself, like when you feel like you're the queen of the world and whatever you say goes. You have to mentally imagine yourself being projected on another. Go ahead, try it," Rarity said.

"Okay...if you say so," Fluttershy said, slowly turning to meet Rarity's gaze. She looked deeply into Rarity's eyes, trying to make something, anything happen. She stared in silence for five whole minutes; any sense of power she might have had gradually crumbled as she slowly watched Rarity's smile fade.

"Hmm...well, it's fine Fluttershy. I suppose this sort of thing has to happen naturally rather than being forced," Rarity said. With a normally demure mare like Fluttershy, Rarity was surprised she had been able to project hypnosis at all. Perhaps Fluttershy had a more dominant side buried deep inside her, and Rarity thought that maybe her afternoon mission would be to try to bring it out.

"Oh, I'm so sorry to disappoint you," Fluttershy meekly replied, burying her face in her hooves in shame.

"You're never a disappointment, Fluttershy," Rarity said, trotting over and giving Fluttershy an affectionate nuzzle. "I know you'll get the hang of hypnotizing soon enough."

"Still, isn't that a bit rude to do? Remember when Starlight hypnotized us?" Fluttershy said.

"Oh no no no, darling," Rarity continued. "What she did was straight mind control. It was cold and forceful, awful stuff, really. True hypnosis makes you feel grand, like you're surrounded by cotton candy clouds, without a care in the world. There's nothing wrong with casting spells on your friends...with their consent, of course. Come on, let's wrap me up again. Slowly, this time, so you can enjoy it."

A Crushing Climax

Rarity turned and once more sat on Fluttershy's serpentine middle, sinking into the soft snake muscle. It rippled underneath her as it subtly shifted to balance her, sending shivers down Rarity's spine as it reminded her of its incredible strength.

"Now, bring the end of your tail to my midsection and loop around once, like a belt," Rarity said, spreading her forelegs apart so that Fluttershy would only need to worry about her round belly. In fact, Rarity thought as she looked down, a bit TOO round...perhaps she'd cut back on the ice cream after today.

"Okay, here goes," Fluttershy muttered as she focused lifted her tail tip and made it slowly swim through the air towards her friend. She rested it on the segment that Rarity was using as a scaly seat to brace it, and then slowly, delicately, began gliding across Rarity's stomach. Rarity had to stifle giggles as Fluttershy's gentle caress rounded her side, before looping around her back and curling to make a solid loop around her. Rarity looked down, biting her lip, unable to stop herself from patting her new belt. It prompted a little squeeze, which Rarity could definitely feel the strength of despite the thin tapering Fluttershy had towards her tail end.

"Very...*srnk*...good," Rarity continued, stifling a giggle. "Now, just try it again. Remember, always try to shift the bottom coil first, then move upwards. You want to bury me from the bottom up. Just concentrate and take your time. Things like this feel best when not rushed."

"Bottom, up, okay," Fluttershy said. Her focus shifted downward, from Rarity's face to the coil around her waist. She sent another ripple through her tail, making it shift further along, giving her a big more slack which she used to curl further around Rarity. As Fluttershy finished her second loop, she began to have enough around Rarity to once more feel that familiar, bubbly warmth radiating into her body. Her scales felt so cold, but Rarity's body provided sweet relief. By the time Fluttershy finished a second loop, gripping Rarity's body up to the bottom of her chest, she had fallen into a groove and immediately started on the third. It was easier the move her coils with coordination than Fluttershy had imagined; she mentally pictured it as Rarity being a stationary yo-yo, and Fluttershy just had to move deliberately and carefully to keep her still.

"My, you're quite the natural, Fluttershy," Rarity said as she saw herself slowly getting wrapped up by yellow scales. The constant corkscrew motion of the coils just made her body utterly melt under their touch. She shivered as her fur felt utterly electrified wherever those silky scales touched. Their constant rippling kneaded her entire body more thoroughly and expertly than hooves ever could, and she just got a rush knowing that she'd soon feel that tight embrace again.

"Thanks, Rarity. You're a natural too...um...of getting wrapped up, that is," Fluttershy replied, her confidence slowly growing as she got into the process. Rarity's coos, her lovely body heat, and now how she pulled up her forelegs to her chest, folding down her ears to display her total submission to Fluttershy's coils, all encourage her serpentine captor. Fluttershy couldn't help but smile as her tail bound Rarity's forelegs, snugly slithering across them, tying them up like a ribbon on a Hearth's Warming gift.

Once Rarity had been wrapped up all the way to her rib cage, Fluttershy stopped to gather herself. The coil around Rarity's stomach had grown quite thick by now, and even the most minor of flexes that Fluttershy sent through it made Rarity moan quietly as it forced air out of her lungs. She didn't protest, though, which prompted Fluttershy to not let up on that pressure. In fact, she squeezed just a little bit more; the tighter she hugged Rarity, the more elated she felt from the increase in heat flow. Her coils were devouring warmth like a ravenous monster, and Fluttershy felt like she was gradually succumbing to her own desires for more.

"Darling, your eyes, just hold onto that feeling," Rarity said as she saw Fluttershy's eyes explode with mesmerizing rings again. They started out slow, but their enchanting effect still penetrated into Rarity's mind. She didn't fight it, rather, she welcomed its intoxicating magic into her brain. Each ring was like the pinnacle of beauty, a glimmering diamond in a coal mine. Shining white, like a diamond, then blue than the bluest sky, before shifting to other colors in an endless train of perfection. Rarity's pupils dilated as her eyes became locked to Fluttershy's gaze, the magic in those spirals compelling her brain to focus on them and only them. The more she stared, the more she felt a tingling sensation well up in her core. It spread to everywhere the coils touched, filling her whole body with a blissful numbness that made her feel like her whole body was being worshiped with millions of tiny kisses.

"Okay Rarity, I will..." Fluttershy softly said, moving in close. To see those magnificent orbs suddenly draw near was like a punch to the face, and Rarity felt incredibly dizzy as those pulsing rings grew to encompass most of her sight. She felt like she was plunging into them, like the spirals were just bands of color along a tube that passed by as she fell. All the while, they grew faster and faster as Fluttershy grew more used to this feeling of domination.

"Rarity...you feel so good...you feel so relaxed..." Fluttershy whispered. She didn't quite know the level of mental domination lamia hypnosis afforded, but she figured that she'd try to give her friend the most blissful experience possible. She wasn't even sure where this compulsion was coming from, but it just felt so natural, as if it was just a part of her new instincts.

"So good...so relaxed..." Rarity repeated, without even realizing it. She had just said the first words that came to her mind, the hypnosis already beginning to affect her thinking. Even now, thoughts and concerns evaporated into smoke, leaving only a meditative oblivion where Fluttershy's voice rang clear and loudly in her mind. She sighed dreamily, her own eyes beginning to reflect the spirals as she fully welcomed the pleasure of the serpentine spell.

"I'm going to continue wrapping you up now...my coils feel so good...the more I wrap you up...the better and more relaxed you feel..." Fluttershy whispered as her tail continued winding around Rarity, burying her white fur under yellow scales. The moment scales started to shift, Rarity's mouth opened up into a wobbly smile, sighing blissfully as her brain amplified the already pleasant sensation of scales sliding across fur to astronomical heights. Her whole body shivered as her brain released wave after wave of dopamine into her bloodstream, completely embracing the spell that swam in her head. The rush was making her fall deeper and deeper, with more of her mind being consumed by the indescribable joy that the spirals made her feel. She counted each one in her head, drinking in their ethereal light as the patterns repeated endlessly in her addled mind, falling into a compulsive obsession with them in mere moments.

Soon, Fluttershy's tail tip rounded Rarity's neck, and rested snugly against her throat. With a massive heave, Fluttershy lifted Rarity up, holding her horizontally so she could continue staring into Fluttershy's eyes while Fluttershy spun her around to wrap thick bands of serpentine muscle around Rarity's hind legs, completely enclosing every part of the mare except for her head in a big, yellow cocoon. Fluttershy could barely keep her own concentration as her tail was just flooded with life-giving heat, but she knew she had to focus if she wanted to continue guiding Rarity through her heavenly trance. Besides, she thought to herself, there might be a way to go even further with this hedonism.

"Rarity...you are so calm...so relaxed...how do you feel?" Fluttershy asked.

"Calm...relaxed...I feel...so good..." Rarity muttered almost drunkenly, Fluttershy's voice ringing endlessly between her ears. It was just so clear in this muddy world of light and rings, steeped with a sense of authority and even a small sense of divinity. It sounded like the voice of a goddess, one that Rarity was desperate to please.

Indeed, she was telling the truth; even if Rarity didn't have the mental capacity to fabricate a lie, Fluttershy was able to tell that Rarity was in a supremely meditative state. Her coils could feel the slow, deep, rhythmic breaths she took, and even the smallest of fidgets had completely ceased as her body relaxed completely in Fluttershy's snug grip. Aside from the wide, spiraling eyes, Fluttershy would have thought that Rarity had fallen asleep.

"So good...you love my coils, Rarity...you love how they hold you...pressing into you...molding to your body..." Fluttershy said, her heart racing and her face flushing red as her boldness came to a head. "You love how firm their grip is...the tighter I squeeze...the better it feels..."

"Yes...love your coils..." Rarity muttered, helpless to resist Fluttershy's command. The white mare suddenly became hyper-aware of the pressure that surrounded her, of the firm resistance that anything more than a slow breath elicited. Her eyes went even wider as her brain released another rush of endorphins into her blood stream when Fluttershy slowly began to tighten. It was slow, but relentlessness. With each and every breath, Rarity moaned as she felt the coils around her ripple and draw in closer. She could feel their intense power growing, the power that she was at the complete mercy of, as serpentine muscle flexed and grew firm under loose, scaled skin. The more subtle musculature became more defined with each bit of space Fluttershy took from Rarity, compressing her body together with seemingly limitless strength. The pressure rolled upwards in waves, first starting at the ends of her hind legs, then her thighs, then her stomach, and then finally her ribs. However, Rarity's precious, fragile neck was spared the most crushing of the tightness, though the coil around her neck held snug and firm while the very tip of Fluttershy's tail caressed her cheek and traced her jawline. All the while, the endless flow of spirals corrupted Rarity's mind further and further to the point of twisting any discomfort she was feeling into pure, mind-numbing bliss.

Fluttershy just couldn't help it. It just felt so right to hug Rarity so tightly. She had taken care of snakes before and did enjoy it when they wrapped around one of her legs for a hug, so, in her mind, this was just taking one of those hugs to the next level. The cute little squeaks that Rarity was making as the pressure ramped ever higher was a certain sign that she was enjoying herself, and wringing out the heat was just a simple side-effect that Fluttershy was capitalizing on. At least, that's what she told herself. A deeper, darker part of her loved having complete and utter power over a close friend of hers. Rarity trusted her, and Fluttershy felt comfortable knowing that Rarity had essentially given herself to her for now. It gave her a bit of security in being able to just let loose and enjoy herself.

Fluttershy sent one, final, powerful bout of constriction in Rarity's direction, bringing her body to the point of complete suffocation. She didn't hold back in the neck region this time, squeezing Rarity's neck to fully seal off the windpipe. Such an immense squeeze made Rarity moan loudly, her mouth popping open. Without skipping a beat, Fluttershy found herself lunging forward, planting her lips on Rarity's and sticking her tongue inside. She did it without thinking, a complete reflex. This deep kiss wasn't one of romance, it was one of complete, utter dominance. In this moment, Fluttershy ruled Rarity, both in body and mind, completely and utterly. Fluttershy held the kiss for a full thirty seconds as she felt Rarity's spasming from the incredible hypnotic pleasure that was coursing through her body. When the kiss broke, Fluttershy took a few more seconds to view Rarity having fallen completely in a trance, now entirely still with a dopey smile on her face.

"Um...forget that just happened..." Fluttershy said as she slowly began to realize what she had done. Perhaps things had gone too far, she thought, and she had to reel it in before this little hypnotherapy session got dangerous. "Just relax...when I release the pressure...breathe deeply...slowly...the less pressure you feel...the more your thoughts return...the more you come up out of trance..."

As she spoke, Fluttershy began to relax her serpentine muscles. Rarity breathed deeply, and the shock of her lungs finally getting the oxygen they had been robbed of almost broke her trance right then and there. The rings in her eyes slowed to a crawl, and grew slower with each passing breath. Her body began to slowly stir as Fluttershy gradually unwound from around her. It was hard to let the magnificent heat go, but despite having new instincts, Fluttershy knew that she couldn't be a slave to them if it meant risking the lives of others. She had found satisfaction already, now she had to just deal with the consequences.

Fluttershy eventually let Rarity slide out of the coils onto a bed of scales, her limbs splayed out and twitching as Rarity closed her eyes. She took a few more deep breaths, and opened them to reveal that the spirals had totally vanished. Her eyes darted around, seeing that, in her demureness, Fluttershy's hypnosis had also stopped, and her beautiful, kind teal irises greeted her instead of mesmerizing spirals.

"Fluttershy, that was...amazing..." Rarity said with a hushed voice.

"Rarity, are you alright?" Fluttershy asked.

Rarity tried to move, only to become aware that her limbs were still numb to her commands. Her whole body felt like it was covered in pinpricks, like a limb that had fallen asleep. The feeling began to fade, and Rarity soon found her legs responding more and more, though the process was slow. "My, I think you cut off circulation to my limbs with that constriction," Rarity said as blood slowly began to flow through her body again.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Fluttershy said, rushing forward with tears welling in her eyes, only to meet a weakly-raised hoof on her snout.

"No, I loved every second of that, Fluttershy. I think I understand why Twilight made excuses to be around me so often when I was a lamia myself," Rarity said, shifting onto her side to get a better look at Fluttershy. She seemed different somehow, like she had an invisible radiance about her. Rarity couldn't pinpoint what or how, especially since Fluttershy was looking pretty unsure of herself right now, but a tiny part of her began to suddenly feel that Fluttershy deserved a small sense of reverence. Her kindness and beauty were almost divine, a true specimen of a mare, and Rarity felt like she was just now beginning to realize it. Perhaps it was the latent hypnotic energy in her brain that Rarity felt still had yet to dissipate, but she didn't see any sort of reason to not go along with this new feeling. She cozied up on her bed of coils, content to back in their power and glamour.

"Oh, that's good," Fluttershy said, moving her pony half over. "I as afraid I hurt you in some way."

She bit her lip.

"D-do you remember everything?" Fluttershy asked.

"I think so. It's all a bit of a pleasant haze, but I remember you guiding me down into a lovely trance, and then delivering the biggest hug of my life! I'm afraid Pinkie has nothing on this new hug of yours, darling," Rarity said with a giggle.

"A-and then what?" Fluttershy stammered.

"...And then you slowly woke me up, why, is there something wrong?" Rarity asked with confused expression.

"No, no, nothing wrong," Fluttershy said. She was thankful that Rarity didn't remember the kiss, but it was also chilling that she could simply order Rarity to forget something and she would. She wondered just how powerful lamia hypnosis could be, and a part of her didn't want to find out.

"Good. You shouldn't feel bad about your powers. It's incredibly therapeutic. I haven't felt this refreshed in ages. In fact, I think that perhaps we should have a get together with all the girls. I bet they'd love to see your newest trick," Rarity said, nuzzling the nearest coil.

"A party, with all of them?" Fluttershy said, flushing.

"Oh yes darling, should be great fun," Rarity replied.

Fluttershy was just silent, but she couldn't deny that soaking in the heat of five other ponies all at once wasn't utterly tantalizing. Did she even have enough length to coil all of them at once? She supposed there was only one way to find out. Also...if she could hypnotize her friends to forget certain things...

A small smile crept onto her face. She did have all those costumes from her dreams of going to a manga convention in cosplay that were just begging to be tried out...