Flash Story Collection

(Commission for: Shiro_Tanuki, the request was simply a mawplay story with Ember. 25 USD)

You were looking at the screen on your computer, wondering just what the plan was, when the thing cut out. The power to the monitor died, the room going almost completely black without it, and you got up from your seat to look at it with an annoyed sigh, reaching forward, only to feel...well, not your computer, or anything you recognized. Instead your hand seemed to rub up against something that felt coarse and rough, like stone.

Then, suddenly, there was a shudder, a shaking that spread through the whole of the world, and you found yourself diving for cover on the ground, landing not on soft carpet or hard wood, but instead rough stone, as the clatter of pebbles and small shards echoed through the space, your eyes slowly adjusting to the dim light to show you this was not your home, but instead a wide open cavern.

All at once, a bright flash of violet light lit the world, reflected sharply from glittering walls, and you cried out, covering your eyes, which felt sore as you blunk against the tears already filling them. You even stood up, surprised when the shaking had stopped, but then freezing in place, as a hot humid wind blew around you, and you felt like the weight of the whole world was bearing down on you.

Turning, slowly, your vision recovering from just a blur, to quite sharp, you let out a small squeak, as that was all the sound you could manage, as you found yourself staring at what had been shaking the world, and the source of the light, as a small flicker of flames was leaping from the pursed lips of the dragoness as she lit a scone set high into the ceiling, far above where you were, her citrine eyes never straying from you.

The dragoness' gaze felt like it pinned your body down, but your eyes swept over her, as she stood there, outlined in a riot of colors as her light purple flames lit the scone, and that light danced amongst the gems along the wall, a horde of them that seemed to be of every color of the rainbow and then some, cut in fantastic shapes, including some classics, as well as some like hearts and others, all larger than you were tall, which made the sheer scale of the wealth incalculable to you.

But her form held your gaze longer than all the riches of the world that lay around her, for it was her sapphire scales, simmering as brightly as any stone, and hiding muscles that looked lithe, but still so powerful that you had little doubt she could fight a mountain and come out the victor. This creature before you would easily wear the title divine, in both her power and beauty.

"And what have we here?" she asked, her voice...it wasn't the guttural growl you had expected, no beast made noise like that, and yet, it was not the sound of a lady either, despite her form. No, this was the tone of one who fought for everything in their life, the coarse words that carried a weight that dwarfed even that which was born by her legs, and the wings that you noticed on her back.

The spell of her eyes broke, however, as she crouched down, her voice coming out in a grunt, and you ducking down, thinking she was falling towards you, only for her to stop, swinging a little on her knees as one hand rested on them, and the other darkened the skies above you, casting a long, dark shadow as it came between you and the source of light, the claws at the ends of her fingers glinting like wicked blades.

The spell broken, the hand coming down, you reacted based more off instinct than thought, as thought had long left you. You let out a startled cry, and dashed backwards, running and hopping just as the fingers curled, and tried to close on you, the wind of their passage brushing through your hair as you darted off towards the wall, and then dove into the space between two of the gems, almost swimming into the pile of them.

"What? HEY! Get back here you little!" she shouted in frustration, and her hand instantly grabbed at the gem pile you'd leapt into, sweeping away the sparkling boulders, only to find you already deeper into it than she had expected, earning a grunt of respect from her, before she changed her stance, and leaned forward, bringing her tail and wings to bear on this particular problem.

The first, the tail, was used to spear into the pile of gems, knocking them all around, shifting the pile about, and burying you for a moment in loose stones as large as your fist, leaving you, for a moment, frightened that you might be buried alive in wealth unimaginable, until the second was used. A single flap of her wings was enough to mix the pile well, and your tiny form, lighter than the gems, was forced through them, popping out of the top of the pile like you'd been shot out of a cannon.

The moment you were above her, the dragoness reacted, her mouth opening up, and her snake like tongue darting out. The thing was like a whip, and the tip of it was instantly coiling around your ankle, giving you only a moment to give a great cry, before it dragged you into her mouth, letting you see the inside briefly, before she snapped her jaws shut, and her teeth, sharper than her claws, sealed around you.

Trapped again in darkness, you found the space far different than the dry cavern had been, as the tongue unwrapped itself from your leg, only to scoop you up onto its length, holding you tightly as it curled up the edges of itself, and then pressed into you. Saliva, slick and sticky both at once, filtered over you, soaking you clothing, only for the garment to immediately start melting, like the stuff was acid.

You gave another concerned noise, grabbing at your nose unclothed form, trying to guard your private bits, only for the tongue beneath you to waver and move like a thing alive...which it was, so that made sense. First it rolled to the side, pressing you into the fangs that sealed you inside the dragoness' mouth, then it slipped under you, and drove you up into the hard roof of her maw, the whole of her body seeming to shake as your flavor filtered through her taste buds.

It was then that her mouth opened, you stuck to the roof for a moment, before falling down, almost like an old cartoon, landing with a fleshy splat on her tongue, that dimpled and moved beneath you, even as the wind was knocked from your lungs in a harsh wheeze, leaving you unable to take advantage of the open mouth, before her hand came up to it, and with a gentle toss, threw a rain of the glittering stones into her maw with you.

For a moment, you thought this was some kind of attack, but then you realized how stupid that would bee, given where you were, and instead looked as the stones landed about you, none smaller than your head, slipping onto the tongue, which pushed and prodded the shimmer things away from you, keeping you safe from them as they were placed instead between her fangs.

All at once, your were deafened, as she bit down, and the sound of a grinder filled the small space of her mouth. Luckily, it was not dark now, as the stones, once torn into fragments, seemed to glow with inner lights in all their myriad hues, giving the dragoness' mouth an interesting look, like some kind of wild party was being thrown within, as she chewed up even more, her jaws dropping and wobbling beneath you.

The sensation of being in a mouth as it chewed was...interesting was the best descriptor you had for it, as it wasn't unpleasant. The tongue, somehow, managed to collect the shards around you without hurting you, and in fact, you found yourself surrounded soon by the remains of all the gems, piled up in a slime covered pool about your person, as you ran your hands into them, just to be shocked as a sound like a struck match filled the air.

All at once, flames, the same that hand come from her jaws, leapt from her throat, and you were given not a second to react, instead finding the inner fire of the dragoness washing over you, and sweeping you up, mixing you with the gems, and doing something odd, making you feel weightless for a moment, before your senses seemed to expand outwards, giving you a feeling like you were now far larger, as the dragoness spit you out.

Ember, Lord of Dragons, looked at the fist sized gem in her hand, and examined the creature inside. It was...strange to look at, but it had intelligence in its eyes, and she knew it was no thief, just for how it had frozen before her. No, this was a new thing, and she already knew what to do with it as she tossed the gem, containing the creature, into her mouth, mmming at the way the creature's flavor mixed with the jewels, as she took wing and made her way to the pony kingdom...perhaps a bit slower so she might enjoy her treat longer along the way.