Beauty and the (case of) Beast

All you wanted was a cup of coffee from your local shop. But your local shop was closed that day to have their floor re-tiled. And so you were forced to go to that big-chain coffee place. Yeah, you know which one.

Standing in line, you tried not to choke on the pretentiousness, as you focused on deciphering the menu. By the time you got to the front of the line you thought you had it figured out.

"Chai vente mocha frappe Al Pachino latte grande klatu verrata necto..." Something, something third riche-y.

You don't remember exactly what you said, but you remember what happened next. A portal opened underneath your feet and you fell out of the world and into another. Before you could even get back on your feet, the portal closed above you. Worse yet, you fell through the portal Terminator-style, leaving you buck naked and trapped in a strange place.

You spent the day wandering the woods, naked and afraid. Hungry, thirsty, and still not caffeinated. Through the thicket, you heard a voice. Naked as you were, you were unsure whether to approach or run away. With no other signs of civilization around, darkness coming soon, and your stomach growling, you swallow your pride and approach.

You see a small yellow horse with wings. Weird enough on it's own. Then you heard it speak, talking to one of the squirrels.

"Did you just talk?" you asked. The small horse squeaked in surprise and turned to look at you.

"Oh, hello there. I don't believe I've met one of you before," she said. Yup. The yellow winged horse was definitely talking to you.

Resigning to the belief that you were either still dreaming in bed at home or dead, you introduced yourself, told her you were lost and hungry, and assured her that you weren't intending to eat her. She offered to bring you back to her home. Along the way she explained that her special talent was talking to animals. And it occurred to you that as a human, technically, yes, that was what you were to her, here, in this world.

And that's the story of how you met Fluttershy.

Of course, that was only the beginning. After staying at her cottage for a while, you became comfortable with your own nudity. And you and Fluttershy became friends, then good friends. And then, at some point, the two of you became something more. Maybe it was desperation from the lack of human females, or the way she lifted her tail around you, but she had started to look mighty attractive to you. And she was just so darn cute and kind to you. You treated each other well.

Laying in bed after your first time together, you both said, "I've never done that before with an animal." Quickly followed by each of you with your defenses about not being an animal. And really, you were both right. You stopped being animals in each other's eyes. You were just lovers. Was that really so wrong?

Well, according to Equestrian law, yes, it was.

Maybe it was her visiting veterinarian that figured it out after examining you and reported her. Maybe it was one of her other friends that knew about you. Either way, it didn't matter to you sitting handcuffed in a cage. A pony you didn't know came into the room and neighed at you. You didn't need to understand the language to read the hostile tone on their face, brandishing a collar. You complied as the pony put the collar on you and pulled along by a chain out of the cage.

The pony led you down a short hallway to what looked to be a court room. There were many ponies in there but you only recognized a few. Including Fluttershy, hoof-cuffed in her defendant box.

"Fluttershy, what's going on!?"

The pony that was clearly the judge neighed at Fluttershy aggressively.

"I'm so sorry Your Honor," Fluttershy apologized. "Anon, could you please not speak for now?"

You were desperate to understand what was happening but you simply nodded as you were led to have your chain locked in the box beside Fluttershy. All you could do was watch helplessly.

"You see? He's being quiet, like I asked," Fluttershy said to the judge. "He can understand me. He's not some feral animal. He is a sapient being capable of giving consent and-"

The judge neighed loudly and slammed the gavel. Fluttershy stopped talking. The pony on the opposite side of the aisle neighed and whinnied. The ponies in the jury stand nickered among themselves before the gavel was struck to quiet them again. The prosecutor, you presumed, continued, before pointing aggressively at Fluttershy.

"He can! I can prove it!" Fluttershy cried.

The prosecutor neighed at her.

"Um, Anon, what's two squared?"

"Four," you answer.

The prosecutor neighed in irritated confusion.

"They can't understand you," Fluttershy explained. "Can you, um, tap your foot for the answer?"

You tapped your foot four times.

The prosecutor neighed louder.

"Um, what's the cube route of nine?" Fluttershy translated.

You tapped your foot three times.

The prosecutor rolled their eyes and let fly a string of unintelligible noises.

"Well, what other proof do you need!?" Fluttershy cried.

The prosecutor pointed at your crotch and neighed.

"No, please don't-"

They neighed again. The judge nodded.

Fluttershy looked like she was about to cry. "Anon, they think that I abused you. That I raped you."

"But that's not true! That's not true!" you yelled at the judge.

"Anon, please! Be calm!" Fluttershy begged, pointing at the animal control pony brandishing a taser at you.

"Tell them that's not true!" you said as calmly as you could manage.

"I've been trying to, but they don't believe me. They think I forced you. They-"

The prosecutor neighed loudly at her.

"They... want me to prove that you acted voluntarily."

"How?" you asked. She turned around and swished her tail. "What, like right here? Right now?"

Fluttershy clenched her eyes and nodded. "They want to see you initiate."

You weren't normally one for performance anxiety when it came to your beautiful marefriend, but... "Fluttershy, I'm feeling a little on the spot with this whole audience watching me."

"Please, Anon?" She swished her tail aside.

That (and your hand helping) got you to visibly show your attraction to the pegasus.

The prosecution neighed.

"How dare you! I didn't train him to do that!" Fluttershy shouted.

The judge slammed the gavel again and neighed.

"You can't do that! You CAN'T do that! Please no!"

"What!? Fluttershy are you going to jail!?" you asked.

"I don't care about that!" she said before looking at the judge. "You can't do that to him! Please no! He can be re-homed! He's not damaged goods! He didn't do anything wrong! Please don't put him down!"

"What the fuck!?" you yelled.

Fluttershy cried and screamed as she struggled ferociously against her bindings before she was restrained by a unicorn bailiff. You yanked at your chain to try to help her but another such unicorn held you down with a magical force. You recognized the veterinarian as she stood over you with a syringe.

"Please DON'T!" Fluttershy screamed as she was dragged away.

The vet put the needle in your arm and a moment later the world went dark.