The Band of Loyalty

Things were proceeding very well. King was back to full strength and Sir had completed his planning of the infiltration. Chrysalis had even calmed herself and was taking the downtime well. She was still looking forward to the action coming soon, but she was now okay with waiting. However, things didn't stay that way.

The day before they were planning to head out, a train arrived at the station. This was normal, and would often result in a few extra slaves being indoctrinated. Not enough to cause a stir, but enough to keep ponies visiting Ponyville to be further indoctrinated. Today, King and Sir planned to do just that, until they arrived at the platform. As soon as they saw who was climbing off the train, Rainbow took control and pulled King backward, hiding behind a short brick wall.

"What are you doing?" asked King, very confused. "What's the matter?"

Sir joined them, with Scootaloo in tow. "Are we not going to welcome this bunch? What's wrong?"

"Did you see that stallion with the stubble and the horrid bun?" Rainbow gagged on the words. "The single most annoying pony in all of Equestria just arrived. If he sees me, he won't leave me alone."

"I don't see the problem," smiled King. "If he's so awful, I'd gladly change him for you. Somepony who worships the ground you walk on. I'd have him tonguing your arsehole by the end of the day."

"No," scowled Rainbow. "I don't want him anywhere near me. Ever."

"You're sure about that?" asked Sir. "You don't want to interact with him?"

"I'm sure," said Rainbow, folding her arms.

"Then we'll go back," smiled Sir. "We can skip this batch. There's always next time. Besides, a little rest will do us some good." He stood up and offered his hand to Rainbow. She took it, and he pulled her to her feet.

"Rainbows!" called an irritating, pretentious voice. As Rainbow clenched her eyes shut and regretted standing up, Zephyr Breeze wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Came to the station to watch me arrive, did you? Why do you constantly try to hide your feelings away from me? I know you're interested."

Rainbow felt like she was about to vomit. She didn't much care for Lightning Dust, but she really didn't like Zephyr Breeze. "Interested in leaving, yeah. Somewhere to be. Bye."

As she tried to fly off, Zephyr grabbed her shoulder. "Oh, why bother backing off to watch me strut my stuff from afar when you have every opportunity to see me up close and personal."

"Up close is good, but far away is better."

"Roger that. How else could you see the full magnificence of my moves?" He spun Rainbow around, giving her a bit of distance before he began his canter. While he was absorbed in himself, Rainbow took the opportunity to fly back to the castle and hide there. Sir and Scootaloo were quick to follow.

"I see what you mean," said King. "He really is awful."

"And so full of himself," added Scootaloo. "We should keep him away for the rest of the day. Tomorrow, we're gone anyway."

Rainbow took a deep breath. "You're right. Let's just stay here."

They went about their day as best they could, staying inside the castle whenever possible. They sent guards out whenever they needed something, which made the whole thing easier. That is, until Fluttershy showed up.

"I need to talk to Twilight, and I'm not going to let you mess up my house again. That's why you had to come with."

"Oh, come on, Flutter-Butter," chuckled Zephyr. "I said I was sorry."

"No, you didn't."

Zephyr tousled her mane, messing up its silky smoothness. "I said it in my heart. Doesn't that count?"

Scootaloo was walking down the hall when she saw Zephyr approaching. She couldn't allow him to bother Rainbow. She had to stop him.

"Zephyr!" shouted Scootaloo, approaching him. "You're Zephyr Breeze, right?"

Zephyr smirked. "That's right. You're a fan of my work?"

Fluttershy narrowed her eyebrows. "What work? What have you ever really done?"

"I heard about you from Rainbow Dash," Scoots smiled. "Actually, I was asked to come and bring you right to her. She's waiting anxiously for you." She nudged his shoulder with her elbow. "She wants to see you in her bedroom, if you catch my drift."

Zephyr laughed. "I knew she had the hots for me. I could just feel it. Her aura, it calls out for me."

"Right this way," said Scootaloo, waving for him to follow.

"This is going to come back around and bite me in the arse, isn't it?" sighed Fluttershy, walking off.

Scootaloo led Zephyr to one of the bedrooms she knew was empty. "Rainbow? I brought him. Rainbow?" As expected, there was no answer.

"Still too nervous to make herself known, huh?" chuckled Zephyr, flopping down on the bed. "I'm sure she'll come around. I'll be waiting for her, right here."

"I'll go see if I can find her," chuckled Scootaloo, slipping out and closing the door as Zephyr shoved his right hand down his pants.

"What are you doing?" asked Sir as soon as they were out of earshot. "I thought we agreed not to take him?"

"What we agreed was to keep him away from Rainbow. I'm going to make sure she doesn't ever see him again. Or rather, you're going to make sure of that. But first, I need a little help."

Scoots rushed up and down the halls until she found a changeling. Under her command, it transformed into Rainbow and walked with her back to the room she'd left Zephyr in. On the way, they grabbed a few things from Twilight's room, which had since become King's room. With the equipment in hand, "Rainbow" opened the door to find Zephyr fully exposed.

"Finally gave in to your feelings, did you?" smiled Zephyr. "I know you've been wanting to know what it looks like. It's all yours, Rainbows."

Even the changeling was unimpressed. Zephyr's love was sour, and not very tasty. Luckily, he didn't have to swallow too much of it. "I've been trying to find the right way to ask you for a long time, Zeph," he lied. "If you're offering, I'll just have to take you up on that." He kneeled down and gave the member a lick. It was bitter, like he used too much lotion, or something. It wasn't very good.

Zephyr leaned back and ran his fingers through the changeling's mane. "Yeah, you like that taste?" He smirked. "That's my own special formulated bath bomb. Top notch stuff."

It really wasn't, but the changeling needed to act like it was. "It's real nice," he smiled, jerking Zephyr off. "But I'd like to skip ahead. You game for the good stuff?"

"Eager, aren't we?" chuckled Zephyr, slipping out of his comfort-fit jeggings. "Not that I blame you, with how long you've been deprived of my affections."

The changeling stripped down and started massaging his breasts. "I just couldn't take it any more. My pussy aches for you." He climbed on top of Zephyr, straddling his hips. "But before we begin, let's make things a bit more interesting, shall we?" He pulled out a blindfold and some rope, tying the former over his eyes. "I want you to feel how much I want you. I want you to read my aura. I think that's so hot."

As the changeling tied Zephyr's wrists to the bedposts, he smiled. "As you wish. I'm just glad you finally came around."

"You don't know the half of it," chuckled the changeling. "Not even close."