Tangled up in Ponytails

Chapter 7 Till Death Do Us Part

The sound of gurgling in Vee's stomach helped me fall asleep, which was weird considering why it was gurgling. Not to mention how soft yet firm it was to lie on her belly as if it was a pillow, at least until it had finished it's job and started to return to normal shape. The growing pains, however, were not pleasant.

Vee then woke up and smiled at me, and then proceeded to wake me up by tickling my nose with her tail.

“Aaw Choo,” I sneezed as my mind went from sleepy to fully alert in seconds. She then got up as I was sneezing and began to kiss me. She then said,"ready for your part of the job my love?"

“If pumping my seed into you is a job then yes.” I said cutely. She then grabbed a bottle and said,"well then, maybe you need this."

“What I can’t hump you?” I whine. She then looked at me, looked lower and said,"oh yeah, that happened. I forgot." She said with a smile that made me more than just a little ready for her.

“Ready for my umm… I can't think of a name for it,” I said as I began to giggle at the thought of naming my fifth leg. She just simply grabbed me, pinned me, smiled and started to ride me like I was the sea. "You think" was her only words as she did. Once again,I was pulled into that sea of fur and flesh, but this time it was with a bit more pressure on my belly, which somehow intensified the experience.

“Oh Vee this is amazing, I can’t believe how good you are at this…” I said as another moan broke my sentence. Vee just kept riding me, her vagial cavity sucking on me and getting me really going. It seemed like the longer it went on the stronger the sucking got, and so did her movements. She then grabbed my front legs with her claws and used them to get some leverage on me.

“Vee is everything ok? You're not moaning as much as usual?" She just gave me a look that was that of pure lust. She wasn't moaning because she was in some sort of trance, and while it was more than pleasurable, there was something primal about it.

“Vee please tell me you're not soaking up the creepiness from Rose…” I asked, and it seemed to have broken the trance, she really started to moan and the, between moans, said,"Sorry about that, just had one of those...moments of just pure pleasure. Something about you this time is very, very good...may be the fact that your actually about to get me knocked up, or help me get that way." She then just moaned and rode me till we both started to go off.

“Oh Vee, you’ll make me need more just when I thought I was done for." I said, her insides starting to close in on me and make it to where I was stuck. She then started to pick me up and started to flap her wings. This was going to be an airborne finish.

“Oh I just love your ideas. Cuming in the air but not literally .” I said as I started to scream from the pleasure we both felt. Afterwards, she calmly landed on me and said,"oh wow, that was a lot more than last time. Definitely got what I need for our Rose Bud."

“Rose Bud?” I said,confused, and she looked at me and said,"the name of the child, if you don't like it I could think of another one."

“Its cute my love,” I said as sweetly as I could. She smiled back and said,"I'm glad, now if I could just get unstuck, it would make this next part a bit easier. Need to get dressed for the day. Apparently Featherlight needs us."

“Well you better not give birth while we go on this trip,” S’mores said, continuing with,"if I know how fast a rebirth is. Then I'd be worried that she would get eaten by a Cybele.”

The suddenness of S'mores entering the room made me put a little more in Vee, who smiled and blushed, sucking it up with glee.

"Also that was the most explicit thing I have watched since I walked in on Oakheart fucking the original Compass Star." S'mores said with a smile. Vee just gave a satisfied groan and said,"well it was better than it looked."

I then said,” You can join if Vee is up for it I am ready for round two…” I said. Ssmiling ear to ear as I felt Vee suck on me slightly.

“No, we need to get going,” Said S’mores, with a frown on her face that looked like it was forced.

“I know you want it, S'mores,” I said giggling. S'mores then shook her head and said,"you're gonna get us in trouble. Featherlight is on his way here with Blackie for some reason. So you two may want to stop soon."

“Oh maybe the Cybele will want to join. "

“What are you Drunk?” Asked S’mores Kinda confused, and Vee then replied with,"Sorry, I kinda have that effect when this happens. Once I'm up, it should be resolved." She said as she tried to push herself off me. By doing so, I got to feel perhaps the next best thing to actually cumming. That was the release of my member from her vagina, which came out with a pop.

“O-oh. Vee m-more” I said, only to get a cute smile and a,"i can promise you that later, let's get ready for the day. For all we know,Featherlight will make us travel to the moonpool on this mountain, which would mean trying not to be eaten by Cybeles, cause that's a mile away from the village in the orange groves."

“I need to pee," was the only thing that I said. Vee picked me up and walked me to the bathroom, smiling as she did.

“When will I stop being a filly,” I asked, no longer feeling like a drunk pony. She looked at me and said,"what do you mean, you're already back to normal?"

“Then did you grow…” I asked, she nodded," I did a little while I was sleeping. Guess that's my reward for eating such a strong fighter. Also, I've been eating well for the past few days, so that helps.

I was sat on the toilet and Vee watched me, “Um why are you watching? I thought you didn’t like stuff like this?” I asked, confused. She just tilted her head and said,"normally your right, honestly I've never had to rebirth someone before, and I heard for a period of time I may get the kinks of the ones I'm rebutting. I always thought that was an old mare's tale."

“Well I hope that’s not true…” I said, kinda concerned. But she just smiled and said,"it's only temporary, till I can fully cleanse the soul of sins. Maybe 2 days at most. Only the odd kinks though, not the really bad ones." She then sat there as I relieved my bladder.

“I Just hope you're not going to watch me every time I need to tinkle…” I said, and she just said,"I hope so too, cause that would be awkward for us both. I'll go away for now, and wait outside."

“Oh I thought you were going to wipe me too…” I joked. She looked at me and said,"um, don't give me ideas right now."

I just giggled and continued my business. After I was finished I walked out to see Vee waiting for me, as well as Featherlight and Blackie, who gave me a large smile. Feather was holding out a potion and Vee gave a look that said a lot, none of it good. They then saw me and motioned me over.

“Um what's wrong,” I asked. Featherlight then said,"well, it appears as if the Court of Nightmares heard of our little trip, as well as you two. They want to meet you girls, but guess where we have to go to do so?"

“I hope it's not back to that castle,” Said Butterscotch. Featherlight looked at her and laughed,"na not that bad, but still bad. You heard of the moonpool? Well they're more than just a pool of water, but actually a way to communicate with others who are at other Moonpools. Here's the issue, guess where it is?"

“The Moon,” I said jokingly. Featherlight laughed heartily,"well that's a good one, actually there is one up there. Doubt anyone uses it anymore. Nope, it's in the orange groves outside the village, in prime Cybele territory. Can you see the issue?"

“No, we have Momma Cybele to help us so what's’ the problem?" I asked. He replied with a straight face,"well, we will be using her for travel, but Cybeles don't attack each other, and won't interrupt if one decides to feed on someone that is on the other's back. The only kind that would do that is the Cybele's that have the black glands instead of the purple glands. I'll be fine, but you two, well, would be snacks to those Cybeles. Which is why I have this." He held the bottle up again. The label was different from anything I'd seen before. It said, simply,'bottle of life'.

“Uh? What the heck is that? That bottle looks familiar but oh so different.” I asked hoping it wasn’t something too bad. He looked at me and said,"well the truth is that this little bottle is perhaps one of the most powerful potions I have. This little thing can prevent all harm on one creature for 24 hours. Even if that creature jumped into a volcano and went swimming to the core, they would feel nothing more than a little heat and wouldn't even be harmed." He said with a bit of a smile.

“Oh? How is that even possible,” I asked. It was Branded that responded this time,"a little blood from something ancient, some mint and rosemary, and a lot of, and I mean a lot, or arcane magic." Featherlight looked at him with a bit of annoyment, having the wind taken from his sails. Branded then looked at him and said,"they asked, I answered."

"Nice part is, the potion has no side effects, like none, at all. Bad news, one creature can only use it three times. After that, they no longer can feel any effects. They become immune to it the third time." Featherlight said, regaining his composure.

“And we need this, why?” I asked, and he looked over to Blackie and said,``Well, the best way to travel through Cybele country is to, um, have a well trained one that can expel what it ate. That way you're not doomed to be digested, and you are in the safest place I could think of." He had that face of 'this sucks, I know'.

“How many times am I going to be eaten. I am getting tired of it… Is this some kind of joke?” I asked. Branded Steel looked at me and said,"um, I don't know about all that, but I will say one thing. You're not the only one that ends up in guts. Actually, a belly is rather nice, I've taken a nap in one...long story." Featherlight smiled and said,"I also figured there would be another reason why you'd take the potion instead of the suit." He looked at Vee, who suddenly figured out what he meant.

“Um Vee what's wrong why are you suddenly blushing?" I said as I did not fully understand what was going on in front of me. Hee then turned and looked at me and said,"Well,we may have some more alone time today, you catch the meaning."

“No I am not doing that..." I said I was quite disgusted, “I don’t need acid in my crotch let alone some other places." Vee then looked at me and said,"You're sure my love, you do realize that without subduing us, she can't start the digestion process, so there would be no acid, maybe some mucus, but no acid. Plus it's warm and it moves on its own, which can enhance some feelings." She said while moving her hips lewdly.

“Damn it Vee, your making me aroused, And this time I don’t want to be…” I said as my lubricant dripped from my body. She did one better and got really close to me and said, whispering,"just us, the sounds around us, her heartbeat, the pressure, and every little movement we want. A Lot of alone time."

“Vee…” All of a sudden Blackie grabbed the potion and stuck it into my mouth while I was distracted by Vee. The surprise of it all made me swallow the cooling but bitter brew that tasted like carrot cake. Then the Cybele smiled at me after I spat the bottle out, all of it causing me to say a few words before what happened next.

"Fuck Not this again…" I whined. Blackie then took and gently but quickly placed her tail above me, and before I could react, I went face first into the hole of her tail. I then felt my back legs, which were the only part outside of the Cybele's tail, lift off the ground. The flesh that now surrounded me then began to push and pull me the rest of the way in.

“Here we go again, The vore never ends,” I said. I then felt the flesh do what it needed to do, and a few moments later, I was in a very roomy and squishy chamber that was indeed covered in mucus. It was a lot more roomy than the one I had been eaten by in my dream. I could also hardly see anything but purple and darkness, but the heartbeat next to me was astonishingly relaxing.

I started Singing the song that Oakheart sang not even paying attention to myself, “The sound of every beating heart is music to my ears…” but as I sang my fear worsened as I was hit in the head by something. I also heard a gurgle.

"Don't have it be anything gross just make it something funny,” as i said that my wish came true. It was a dildo… “Great I bet this was Vee’s idea… I love her to death but man some of her kinks… But who am I to judge? I have to supper the odd ones as well…” just as i finished the sentence, Vee landed on me as she entered the stomach, and Her first words were,"well, may I say, that was not the worst thing in the world to have happened. Also, it seems as if I've mounted a Compass. How are you doing down there?"

“I think I found your toy,” I said annoyed at how flurty she was being but becoming even more aroused as she rubbed my belly."Oh, I thought it would be funny, guess it wasn't. Anyway, we are here now, and I can tell your thinking about it, so the question is, do you want me to ride, or do you want to be in me again?"

“I don’t know this is just too much to take in…”I said flustered. That quickly went away though when I felt her move on me. "Oh well, I guess I'll get my kicks later. Was really looking forward to some action here, I'm sure Blackie was too."

“So this was your idea… You told me I’d not have to do this again…" then she said, rather amused,"No, not my idea, that being said, I was gonna capitalize when Featherlight suggested it. Eh, such is life. Still, this place is comfy. It's like a waterbed in here, if the bed had motion that is. I could pass out and sleep for weeks here and wouldn't care." Vee said it with a strange sense of wonder that was different, but I could see what she meant. It was nice, the warmth, the heartbeat, and the squishy softness of the flesh around me.

Then a thought hit me, how is the air in here still fresh? I then heard another squelch as it seemed like the Cybele was able to get air in and out of her stomach at will. Something that somewhat gave me comfort, still, how and why does she know to do that?

“I guess a nap does sound nice,” I said as I cuddled Vee. Our body heat was making me sweat but a draft was starting to form in the Cybele’s belly making the air cooler.

Vee then put her hooves around me and snuggled like I was doing her. But as I cuddled her something warm poked my belly. It felt like the dildo but it was softer and warmer. I the realized what it was. The thought of it made me even more aroused.

“Vee, you seem a little more needy than usual. Is something wrong?” I asked, and Vee said,"I think it's that whole cleansing of the soul...I'm in nirvana right now and it's causing me to be, well as you said, needy"

“Well I guess we can… You know,” I said, still feeling weird as I said it. Vee just looked at me and said,"well, only if you want to do that. I mean, we are in a stomach after all. While it is comfortable, it's still a place that most would like to avoid." She said after turning a little and setting her head on a small outcropping of purple flesh as if it was a pillow.

“Aww I want to be your pillow…” I said, slightly hurt, she just smiled and said,"well, I need a body pillow to hug and snuggle, and maybe hump, if you want."

“Well only if you promise to help me fulfill a kink of mine…” I said, and she smiled and said,"hmmm, what kinda kink?"

“Oh you’ll see later," I said. She raised a eyebrow,” Oh why do I need to owe you, sex is sex right, and its not like this relation ship is ran on sex,” She seemed to get kinda irritated. She then smiled slyly and laughed. "The look on your face, it's kinda nice to see you care."

“Don’t do that, that is serious, and quite a bad way to scare me…” I said, and she gave a concerned look and said,"I'm sorry… won't happen again my love."She then reached a claw out and began to rub my head, and played with my mane."

I relaxed a little into her letting her rub my head and also have her calm down as well. She smiled and said,"well at least we have this right? The sex is nice sometimes, but the cuddles are nice as well." She then snuggled up next to me and continued to hug and caress me. The sound of the Cybele's heartbeat was quiet next to her, and all other sounds no longer existed to me.

“What do we do if we need to use the restroom?” I asked hoping she was going to say what I thought. She then smiled and said,"well, I believe you already know the answer to that. Which one is it?"

“I think I’ll hold it…”I said, she chuckled and said,"I don't think she cares that much, remember what she eats. Give ya a hint, they do the same thing we do. I'm sure it will be fine."

“Thanks for the reminder how gross this is…” I whined. She laughed loudly,"I have a habit of that. Well, just wanna relax or what do you want to do my love?"

“I guess I’ll shit. Maybe some horse apples will help the smell here…” Vee just looked at me and said,"sure, and they won't get dissolved instantly and sent through her intestine to be absorbed."

“Don’t remind me… I am grossed out by this enough as is…” I said, only to get told,"well, I'll tell you one thing, you won't get sick in here, most germs can't handle the environment of the gut, simply because of how harsh it is, technically, until the potion wears off, this is the safest place in the world“

"How long does it take to wear off? I don’t need to be aroused any more than I am that or killed…" I said and she said,"well 24 hours after taking it, that being said, the aroused part does sound nice, cause well, what happens when it does happen. The death part, well, I heard that being digested by the Cybele isn't that bad, euphoric actually."

"I think I’d rather have you rebirth me," I said jokingly. She raised an eyebrow and said,"well if that's something you need me to do later, I'd do that to save your life."

“But what about my memory? I just got it back, I don't need to lose it again…” I asked, she smiled and said, " I'd make sure to keep those for you. You'd have them in the end. Course, you'd be half succubus." She smiled ear to ear with the last sentence.

“If it saves my life i think that’ll be the best way, is there a way I wont feel pain and still get digested?” She smiled and said,"if I have to do that to save you, I don't think you'd be worried about that."

“Vee I think this is going to happen one way or another, I plan on sacrificing myself to the Mistress, if it comes to it, I may be trained by Luna but I can’t fight that…”

That's when I hear Valentine's voice, “She isn’t as powerful as you think, She is more bitchy than powerful.” The suddenness of it was bit startling which made me say,"Wait a minute, Valentine is here too!"

"Last I checked, no, she shouldn't be. Why are you asking?"

“Well I can hear her for some reason,”

“Ooooh spooky pony,” Said Valentine, “Also Nice shit, it's so gooey,”

“Val, why are you in my head…” She cut me off, and said,”

“I was told too, because Feather light wanted to make sure everything is okay in there after your little melt down…” Valentine said, “Also I don’t need to hear you, I am in your head after all… Wow you have some disturbing things in here,”

“Val,”As soon as I said that,” She dived into the past Compasses Memories.

“Val,”

“It's Ok Compass. She will now have her memories back as well, said Oakheart.”

“How Many ponies are In my head?” I said Starting to panic.

It seemed very odd for me, sure I know vee can read thoughts but actually have a pony in my head...

“Just me and ok maybe Valentine but, yeah just me, the poor thing passed out,” He responded.

I was confused. Why was Oakheart checking on me, but didn’t have time before he was asking a question “Compass are you ready, it's about to get bumpy apparently."

Just as he said that I felt a lurch that suggested that the Cybele started to move. I also heard her make a very happy sound. To be exact, it was,"Eeeeaaaoooooo!" The sudden lurch also tossed us around for a momment, with Vee landing somewhere near me. She let put a grunt.

I hoped it wasn’t my in shit, she then got up and said,"well, I'm happy I wasn't a centimeter to the right...also, her gut works quickly doesn't it. It's nearly gone! I'm kinda jealous."

“So what just happened?" I asked slightly dazed, and then I heard Valentine say,"well, let's just say that you've finally left for the grove. Would have been much sooner if it wasn't for some weird situation that literally happened after Vee got swallowed. I'm gonna have to tell you when you get back, because words alone aren't enough to describe this."

“Um ok… is something wrong,” I asked, but all I got to hear was,"nothing a shovel, a pen with ink, and a lot of mint can't fix. Also Butterscotch needs a bath once you are back."

“Uh… ok i still don’t know what you're talking about but whatever.”

“Compass, can you stop talking to yourself, It's getting strange,"Vee said. Valentine then said,"well, I suppost she's right. I'll leave you alone after you tell her hi for me…"

“Uh Val said hi and for some reason her and Oakheart are in my head…” I said to her, and she looked at me and said,"ah, ok. Well, I guess we are moving now

“I take you no longer in the mood, you seem in an odd mood now…” Vee looked at me and said,"well for a moment I wasn't, but ah, I can feel her abdominal muscles rubbing underneath me. Let's just say, I'm in a good spot."

“Do you have your potion? I'd love a fifth leg at the moment if you know what I mean." I asked slyly. She the chuckled and said,"ah well, I can get that taken care of." She said as I felt a warm and sticky bottle get pushed to me.

“Please tell me you don’t keep these in your ass…”

"No...I wouldn't do that to you. Why are you asking exactly?" Vee said, slightly offended

“Well It’s covered in poo… Oh it's my own…” I said, embarrassed. I then heard Vee say,"well, I can sanitize it, but it means dipping in some gut juices, sure it won't affect the flavor, but it will be cleaner than you think."

I stuck the bottle in my mouth, surprising Vee giving a shit eating grin as I did so. "That's gross...and you were complaining about being aroused in her stomach earlier. Wow."

“Well it's your fault you made me in a kinky mood…” I said seductively. She smiled and said,"Well, that's true, I wonder what's dirtier, your mind or your mouth. Hard to decide right now."

I Continued to Giggle rolling around in the Cybeles belly, like a foal. My new leg is flopping around like a rope if you know what leg I am talking about. Vee then giggled and said,"well, now you're just making the Cybele happy, mind doing some of that movement on me?

“Yes ma’am…” I said before I got on top of her back. She was covered in mucus, but somehow that made things more interesting.

It was like she was covered in Lube but almost more slippery. Then i slipped into her vagina, and once again she expanded to give me more feeling there."Well, what you gonna do now?"

“I want to give you more of my seeds.” I said feeling my penis twitch. She then said,"well, you're the one on top...so you better give me a show. Not that I think that will be a challenge"

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The ride in the Cybele turned out way better than I thought. As she moved, we felt every muscle in her abdomen rub against us, stimulating the situation at hand, it was very erotic and different. I know I enjoyed it at least. Then came the time where we had to leave. That felt just as good.

The stomach squeezed us into the esophagus and then pushed us out into the world. We then got to feel the Cybele give us a good lick and then walk to a corner and take a nap. She knew her job was done for now, though I never expected to see her fall asleep. She curled up into a ball and wrapped her tail around herself, kinda like a kitten. It was cute. I was kinda loopy though from the journey as well as what I was doing to Vee. I then looked up at Featherlight , who asked,"well, was that as bad as you thought?"

“If eating my own shit is bad then I don't know…” the face he gave me was one of 'well then, that's a new one'. He then walked over and picked up a bucket and said,"wash yourself, and then please eat one of the lemons from the trees, most don't like them, but they can clean palates. It sounds like you need to do that. If you need some salt, I have some in the pack next to you."

“I’ll only eat one if it tastes as good as Vee's…” I started to say before he doused me with a bucket of water and said,"don't wanna know, just do please."

“Vee clean me like the filly I’ll be…” I said, Feather just raised an eyebrow.

“Vee said she’ll rebirth me if anything happens.” I said Proudly. He just shrugged and said,"well, if it needs to be done, but please don't do something dumb please."

Vee then looked at me and said," what am I going to do with you my love." She said as she grabbed the scrubber and began to clean me.

“Make me a clean filly.” I said Kinda Hyper like,” For some reason sex with Vee leaves me acting like a foal." I said as I thought, and got a reply,"well, normally, I would leave ponies drained to love a succubus, that being said, those Succubi are normally not that ponies mate. Vee being your mate means she's building you up instead of draining you." Featherlight said.

He walked over to the lake and he sat down at it. He then took a moment to stare at the water, he gave a sigh. Something was on his mind.

“What's wrong with him,”," I asked Vee. She looked at him and said,"I've no clue, but from what the crew can tell me, he wasn't always a Nightstallion, but you knew that. I also heard that his past is much darker than what he is now." She looked at me with a sullen expression. She knew something that I probably shouldn't, but the curiosity I had grown over the time I started to be in this crew.

“Are you able to tell me?'' I asked. Then I heard Featherlight say,"it may just be better if I told you, if you're really that brave, or just that curious. First, come close to the water and look at the reflection." He said. Something in his voice said he wanted to tell me this sooner.

I looked at him hoping this wasn’t going to be as bad as Oakhearts. I did as he asked, but as I walked to the lake, instead of seeing the burning mane and fur, I saw a wing-less red stallion who had scars covering every part of his body. Where his wings should be, there were but stumps. This was the look of a troubled past, and a warrior's gaze echoed into my heart.

“Do you also have bad blood with Gem Hunter?” I asked. He smiled and said,"I wish it was that simple, honestly, of everyone on board, Gem should be frightened of me the most. How much of the factory and it's inner works have you learned in the lunar guard and your time here?"

“Are you talking about the weather factory, and how they kill there own youth if they aren't good enough to fly. Yes I know that and nearly got put there… why I never fight it…" I said to him. He looked at me and said,"Well, I never got to learn about that till I decided to go against the director. I used to hunt criminals before then, and never got to learn about the fillies that they massacred because of their old beliefs. That was until I bumped into a certain Rainbow haired mare and her protege. If it wasn't for me, I fear they could have been in a much worse scenario."

“Well why not make thing right, we have the team now, I am sure we can do this, after we take out the Mistress." I said with certainty. He looked at me and smiled,"well, that's a idea, but one task at a time. We still need to get that moonflower essence to the Queen. Not to mention we have that griffon chasing us."

“I have an Idea for that cat butt…” I said, he smiled again and asked,"well, I wonder what it could be. Go on and tell me you little genius."

“Birds can’t fly when soaked, get those bitches wings wet as my vagina when…”he gave me a looked saying that I said enough. He then smiled and said,"well, I like it, plus, if we can shrink her, I think I know of a fitting punishment for her, if you catch my drift."

“I have an idea too, My little pet Cybele needs a friend." He chuckled and said,"ah yes, that's what I was thinking too. Too bad that griffon won't be around for you to enjoy her presence for long, if you know what Cybeles like to do, which I'm sure you do at this point."

“Yep I am sure she’ll like the taste of chicken." I said, we all chuckled and then he got up and grabbed a lemon from one of the trees, cut it with a knife and got out some salt and sprinkled it on the lemon slice. He then gave it to me. "Here, it isn't the best tasting thing in the world, but let me tell you, you'll feel much better if you ate one of these every once in a while."

“Thanks," I said, then biting into the bright yellow fruit. It was really sour, and the salt amplified that sour tang, but there was a slight sweetness to it, and not a hint of bitter which you normally get from a lemon. It cause my face to pucker a little still.

“Yeah I can never get over that part…” I said to his laughter. "Yeah, that's true, but do you taste your fecal matter anymore?"

“Um no… wow that’s nice I don’t taste it at all" I said, kinda happy that it was resolved, and also happy that my breath was also much fresher. I also noticed I was breathing easier. That came with the sudden release of my sinuses, which flooded into my mouth...

“Um, how do we get to the place we are going,” I asked. Then I carefully spit out the congealed mucus and snot that was filling my mouth. Featherlight laughed and said,"Well, considering, the moonpool is right here, I'd say far enough." He continued to chuckle like a mad stallion, even snorting in the process.

“So is there a Portal in this pond,” I asked and he just simply tapped his hoof into the water, I hissed a little, and then the area around us disappeared and left us in something similar to the night sky back in equestria, but it surrounded us. He smiled as we stood on nothing, yet that nothing was solid. I think this was better than any portal.

“What Is this place filled with so many wonders casting its spell on me?” I asked. He replied with," this is the inside of the moonpool, and I get that reaction myself. Even now, it still takes my breath away."

“Is Vee here?” I asked,”I'm right here, just being quiet." Vee then said behind me.

I freaked out out for a second when I saw her

“Awww where did you come from…” she raised an eyebrow and said,"from outside the illusion of the moonpool. Here, we can communicate with anyone else that is at a moonpool. For instance, the consul of nightmares. Which is about to start."

“Ok?” I said, and then I heard a voice from in front of me said, in a tone that said playful,"well, look at her, she's a jumpy one isn't she." I turned around and found myself looking at a tiny purple burning mare who had the widest grin I had ever seen. She was terrifying.

“Uhhh…” I stared at the tiny little nightmare, she seemed dissatisfied by my initial reaction. She gave a frown and pursed her lip, saying "well, for someone who's jumpy, that was not at all what I was expecting. Now I'm sad." She said before retiring to a spot to my right, sitting in it and pouting.

“Um Vee, I think I’d much rather be in your belly at the moment…” I said, and then heard another voice, this time it was a very beautiful feminine voice,"yes, that is an idea, and I'd love to see it. Can I see this pony go into a belly?" Said a bronze burning mare with gold mane. She was beautiful to look at, but something [namely her belly] told you that pleasuring her was lethal.
“Um, Feather did you kill me and send me to the place I belong…” then I heard a very angsty male voice say,"I wish, death would be a pleasant experience, I think." I turned and saw a black burning stallion with purple mane coding one of his eyes, which was a piercing blue.

“Mommie…” I said nearly pissing myself but my bladder was already empty. That prompted another voice, a motherly one."Well, little one, what's the matter?" Which drove my attention to a green mare with white mane, who looked exactly as she spoke, like a mom. A good mom, at that.

“Yep I’m dead…” I said, only to have a hoof land next to me and a more dominant female voice,"nope, still got blood pumping, though I wouldn't mind if that was pumping all over me." Which then prompted a,"Hemophilic Disrupt, get away from my employee, she's nice and I don't wanna lose her over your blood fetish," from Featherlight.
She then looked at him and said,"Leather head, you're no fun." And then she walked away and got into what I believed was her spot. He just gave that look of 'that's not my name'.

I fell over onto Vee, who somehow caught me "Hooooo there girl, nothing to be frightened by, their just illusions. I got you girl, I got you." Vee said as she caught me.

For some reason I started to sing to myself, a song that Oakheart had played for me when I lived with him in my past life, “An Old Cow-pony went riding out one dark and windy day. Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way. When all at once, a mighty herd of red eyed cows, he saw Plowed through the ragged skies and up a cloudy Draw".
"I think we broke her, I think we broke the bat pony…..yay!" The small nightmare said, playfully and with much joy.

“Oh you didn’t break me, I Pounced on her opening my wing blades. She smiled,"I wouldn't do that…" I then heard several different blades and saw as all but Featherlight and Vee had their weapons drawn. Feather then said,"well, that escalated faster than expected, Misery, can you please not antagonize her for now. She's had a bad time." He said, he didn't patronize me though.

My eyes started to redden as it they locked on her, my tail and mane started to fringe, my fangs protruded from my mouth and then I busted into sparks my eyes now burning with a brilliant light apparently about to burn out But In all that time I disarmed every one and had her pinned back to the ground all in seconds.

“You dare mess with me, I don’t know what you are but I bet you have more than one weakness," I said, spitting in her face putting out some of her flames, “I may look like a defenceless mentaly challenged bat pony but I know how to fight and even kill when necessary." I then heard a yell come from Featherlight,"Compass, enough! I think you have their attention." He then put a hoof on me. I looked at the mare under me, and saw that she seemed to only be a frightened filly.

“Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh My Gosh! I nearly killed a filly…”

But in seconds I was blind, And fell to my side once again this time there was no Vee to catch me

“Her eyes burned out," said Vee as she ran over to me after I fell. "Damn it, you think you overdid it there Misery? Ugh, well, at least you can see what I've been telling you guys." I heard Featherlight say, and then I heard the angsty one say,"I see what you mean, she's definitely the one. How dreadful."

The motherly one then said,"you and your doom and gloom Depression, can you not celebrate this occasion instead of, well, being you?"

The Vore lover then spoke,"true, such a discovery is warranting a feast, but not now of course. Matriarch, perhaps you can tell Misery who she just blinded."

Matriarch the said,"of course I will, Gastric Vision. Misery, you may be the oldest of us, but you should be able to recognize a greater force when you see it. After all, you've seen her other iterations, have you not?"

“Vee…” I said but was cut off. It was Misery that did so,"well, I admit she is quite powerful, but none of us can say anything about it. That's not how this works. She has to discover it on her own, otherwise she couldn't be what she is. That being said, tormenting her was such a privilege."

“Does anyone care that I can’t see…” I was cut off again."Does it matter what she is? She did attack one of our own, even if it was to find out." Depression said, followed by Matriarch saying,"honestly, it does matter what she is, and the attack was just that a test. Even in a rage, she thinks clearly. That is a good characteristic that the other didn't seem to have. She may be the one."

“I may be what," I asked now curious as I looked around like I could see when actually I couldn’t. I then felt them look at me and all of them said, unanimously,"can't tell you that one." They all said it with a hint of boredom.

“Yay the 'I can’t tell you' thing again,” I said as I relived the same words being spoken to me. It was annoying, but something told me that they did that for a reason.

“Is it that I am Nightbreaker, I know that, because I I got back more than the original compasses memories. I got back memories of a battle that I was in. I was a stallion then, and a bright one at that. I don’t know why I have been reborn so many times but I know that I have a power that I know how to use when necessary. I just don’t like it. It seems to seek control and drags me into nowhere, it's actually quite startling actually."

"For good reason, since you've seen the past. You also know why we couldn't tell you what you were right? To protect you, if anything were to happen to you at this juncture, it would spell disaster to every realm ever or thought up. To be honest, the power you hold is more than anything or anyone should be able to handle. Even with your memories regained, you're still very much in danger of destroying yourself, much less your enemies." The Matriarch said, with concern in her voice.

“I have known about this power way before I got my memories, It's what sent the timber wolves after me, I knew then I was being hunted but just didn’t tell anyone, I was scared I’d put them in danger the only one who knew was my old love and that's why I need to save her no pony deserves a death like what Valentine had or worse. I am just glad she didn’t remember her deaths, just the parts that lead up to them…”

"Yes, I can confirm that she has seen such things, astral projection is definitely a thing she can do while sleeping. She's cleaned the bed enough to know that as well." Featherlight said. He did so dryly.

“Can someone give me my sight back? I want to see my love again… There is something I need to do." I said, and got the response of,"you've seen the previous lifespans, but you forgot that Moonpool visits leave you into a dream state. Your eyes are fine, they've been fine!" Misery said as she laughed maniacally.

“And that something, is spank a filly," I said with a smile, and she shut up her laughter and then said,"yeah, that was another thing you used to do. Please don't." Misery said.

“I also know something you guys don’t, I can give my power to another host. It doesn't even need to be a living host. It can be a host in a dream so that way this power will always be there and can’t be destroyed." I said, and the others looked at each other and said,"that's helpful. I guess the creator was much smarter than we thought."

"That being said, we need to get moving, we still have a lot to do, as you know. But before we continue, one last question." Featherlight said, turning from joyful to serious. "What do any of you know of someone called the Mistress?"

"Not much, but apparently she's becoming a name in the darker corners of the Nightshade, so there is an issue in itself. Other than that, she is very careful in covering her tracks, and it's caused us to have nothing in terms of actual info. I'm sorry we can't help you there." Matriarch said.

"Well, then we leave as we came. Now, for the part I hate." Featherlight said.

“Wait what?” I asked as Matriarch started to walk up to me and put a hoof up to my chin. "It's time to wake up little one.." then I felt my head turn quickly, and woke up next to the lake with a jolt.

“The fuck just happend…'' I shouted, and the Vee jolted up and gave a minor gasp. "Well, that was definitely different, you ok Compass?"

“Yeah Just wondering how I am going to put my power into some ponies dreams,”I said, and then Featherlight then awoke with a startling blaze of flame."I always hated how you have to get out of the Moonpool's spell." He said.

“I thought it felt nice to have that kink in my neck popped,” I Joked. Then he looked at me and said,"you had the nice one wake you up….Misery did mine. Anyway, you can take a break before we have to go back home."

“Oh sounds kinky, how was it having a filly break you,” he looks at me and says,"sure she was a filly when she was turned, but she's about 3000 years old. So yeah, have fun with that notion." He then got up and walked to a tree, then sat down and pulled out a map.

“I am tired for some reason, I thought I just slept…” I said, and Vee nodded her head. Feather then said,"Well, the moonpool does that. You can take a nap anywhere you want."

“Will it be safe?”I asked, and he said,"what do you mean? Your potion well last a while, hints at the ability to sleep anywhere you want. There should be enough time for you to get a good nap in and then travel for a while."

“Vee can we cuddle?” I asked and she said,"yes, of course!" She said with enthusiasm.

“Something wrong Vee,” I asked, and she shook her head,"why do you ask?"

“You seem depressed since we have awoken,” I said, and she said,"well I can say that being pregnant sucks. Everything kinda hurts now. So cuddles are definitely something I need, and warmth, it's so cold out here." She said as she rubbed her belly.

“Someone cold, how about a nice warm tummy to sleep in, its only been six hours not like a few more would hurt,” I said, and Vee looked at me and said,"I could agree with that, it was nice in there. Well, let's see if Blackie is hungry."

Feather stopped us and said,"Compass, make sure you use the bathroom before you go to your resting place. It's bad enough you are going into a stomach, no use in eating your own gastric wastes now." He said it with a smile.

“Thanks for the heads up but I think I’m good for a few hours. How about you Vee?" She looked at me and said,"well, no I think I'm good. I just really need a nap right now."

“Ok lets go,” I said, and the two of us headed to the Cybele who was sleeping on her back, drooling as she slept. She also had the happiest smile one could have. Nothing suggested that anything but sleep happened while we were in the Moonpool's spell.

“Um, do we wake her?” I asked, and Vee then said,"I have no idea. Though I think it would be rude if we just climbed in without her knowing. She may not spit us up if we did that, and the end result would be bad."

“I guess I could sleep in side you and keep you warm, I don’t mind being a filly again,” I said, but Vee shook her head and said,"that would be a bad idea, Rose Bud is kinda, making me nauseous and I don't think my anatomy would allow me to do that to you right now anyway. I'm sure Blackie will wake up soon, she's about to roll onto that small spike." And as Vee finished the sentence, Blackie rolled onto a small spike rock and leapt up a few feet off the ground with a shrill, "Eeeeeaaaaoooooo!"

“Hey, Compass. We're back, how was the Moonpool,’ asked Oakheart.

“Uh, Vee I hear talking in my head again…”

“Relax Compass,” Said Valentine,”I'm sure it's just the others checking up on our progress and making sure we are ok. I'm gonna go check on our bed and ride while you give 'em a report." She said as Blackie rubbed thigh that got poked by the rock. Blackie gave the face of ow to us. "Hey now, that's not our fault you rolled on a sharp rock, after all, you got the skin that can't get cut by any metal blade, but you still hurt yourself with a rock."

“Vee that's not a rock that's a night shard,” I said, and she looked at it and said,"well, it is...better pocket it, another question, how did it get here?" She asked as she looked over the Alpha Cybele's thigh, only finding a small knot she started to work out.

A "Scree", came from the sky as the griffin dropped more crystals on the Cybele as if they were bombs. They tore into its skin as if they were daggers.

"Hello again cunt!” said a familiar and much hated voice. She tried to grab me by swooping in and catching me in her claws.

But the only thing she got was cut by my wing blades. This was a fight I am not going to avoid. It was something I was going to need to deal with myself. Blackie then gave a "Eeeeeaaaaooooo" followed by some squishing that came from her tail. She then expelled three globs of purple venom at Greywing.

“Oh No need for that Blackie I have better ideas, hey bitch come get me." I said, Greywing taking notice and said,"well look who grew some lady balls now! Here I come, my little snack!" She says as she starts to swoop down again.
Let's see how smart you are, I thought to myself.
“Compass go for the lake, griffins can’t swim, or at least she can’t,” Said Valentine in my head.
“Hey bitch over here," I said as I did a cannonball into the Moonpool.
She did exactly as I expected and followed me all the while saying,"I'm gonna get you! I can't wait to feel ya melt!"

“Ha, try saying that after you catch me, I can fly when wet,” I taunted her, and she just grumbled and started to reach for me. I then realized she was using her weight to catch up to me in the water.

So I swam forward letting her sink past me grabbing a few feathers as a souvenir. I then started to swim up, but then felt something grab my leg. She managed to turn around and snag me, smiling as she started to pull me towards her.

Instead of fighting I let her take me knowing that there was no way to free myself, my wing blades were forced to my sides and I had nothing to use against her. She then smiled and opened her wings, and with a large thrust, took and got both me and herself out of the moonpool.

"Wow, that was almost clever, tried to drown me? Well, I can't fly for a while, but at least I finally have you. Any last words to share before I turn you into calories?" Greywing said.

“Cybele attack!” I said, and she turned around and saw a cut up Blackie with an angry look on her face right as Blackie's tail slammed into Greywing and me and sucked us both up.

"Well at least it will be easy to get the skull out," I giggled. Only to hear,"what the Hades, wait a minute, what's going on!" From Greywing.

“Your dying is all," I said. She still had a hold of me and said,"well, I still wanna taste, down you go you little snake."

“Yeah nice try but that won’t kill me,”I said, she said,"really? Is that so? Well, it'll make me feel better anyway. Now shut up and get in my gut!" She said.

“Fine but you’ll be dissolved in three minutes,” I said as she pulled me to her beak and I felt as she opened it and began to swallow me. It was much tighter than the Cybele's tail, and smelled of rotten flesh.

“Hmm I wonder what kind of stuff I can do to you from the inside?" I wanted to, but saying anything was hard as the griffon's throat constricted around my chest and pressed the air out of my lungs.

“This m-ay have, b-been a bad idea,” I struggled to say as I tried to open my wings to cut myself out but failing to. I then started to enter the stomach, which was filled with various juices that would have otherwise melted me. I then started to curled into a ball by the pressure but for some reason my sight started to get very staticy. Suddenly I felt my eyes fizzle and my sight then went darker than it was.

"I have to say, your are perhaps the tastiest victim I've ate! Not just to figure out a way outta here before I'm the one turned into calories." I said as I started to get shifted around in her stomach. She was starting to move around.

My clothes also started to get digested. I guess her acid is more corrosive than the Cybele. I also realized that it was getting even more difficult to breathe, much less keep the stomach acid out of my mouth. I started to feel a little fuzzy as my oxygen deprived brain and body started to shutdown. I was about to lose consciousness, and it frightened me.

Vee I need you… I thought to myself hoping she could read my thoughts. I wanted to try it out to the sky, but all I could get out was a gasp that filled my mouth with bile. Moments later, I went limp, and I blacked out, slipping into a dream that confused me, and yet, it would reveal what happened next.

I didn't see things the way I normally would, it was in pulses of purple and cyan. That being said, a mixture of panic and pleasure washed over me as if it was a raging river that I was using to propel me to the place I needed to go. That place was home, but I also saw in the pluses that there was a pony on my back, but he was weak and I could feel as if he was wounded in some and colder than I knew he should be.

I need to get my master to healer, I can't let him get extinguished. Momma would be so sad if that happened. I heard something say to me in a sweet and sorrowful tone. I then felt the pressure in my belly, also, I think my master's friends were hurt. Mean old griffon hurt all of them, I'm happy I digested that mean thing. I heard it finish.

“What's Going on,” I said, I suddenly stopped, but did so carefully as to not throw off the stallion on my back. Wait a minute, is that you glowing eyed bat mare? How are you talking to me, your in my belly with the cute one. I then heard the voice say.

“Um I don’t know what your talking about who are you…” I asked the voice, and then I raised up my hoof to my face as if I was about to scratch my chin, and it wasn't a hoof, it was a claw. My name? Well all I know is that my master likes to call me Blackie, though honestly, I think he was lazy when he did that. I heard the voice say, slightly mischievously.

“So how am I talking to you?” I asked, and then I got back down to four legs and started to walk. Well, I don't know, I've never had a pony talk to me before. It's kinda nice to have someone understand me that wasn't a Cybele. How are you anyway? I felt something weird in my belly when I ate that griffon and you. She didn't hurt you did she?

“I’m not sure…” I said. I then began to run. I hope you're ok, you and that cute pony are nice, and I don't want you to be hurt. At least you're well enough to talk to me. I then felt movement in my belly. Oh, speaking of the cute one, she's moving a little. I don't think she's been able to sleep since I ate that griffon, I think she's worried about you. She told me to hurry to the village and get to the healer.

“The healer, am I that bad of shape…” I said. I don't know, but master needs a healer too. He got hit by the falling cutting things. I'm worried that he is very hurt. It seems like the cute one is worried too. She said, worried herself, and you could hear it.

“What's going to happen?” I asked, and in the same worried tone. I don't know, I need to hurry, I hope you don't mind getting a little jostled around in there. She said before I started to pick up speed. My wings flapped furiously as I ran.

“I think I may be dead anyway so I don’t matter,” I said wishing I had tears to cry. She seemed to have felt my sorrow. Please don't be sad, I'm sure you are ok, your lover seems to be cuddling you at the moment. I'm sure if we get to town that the healer will help you, they normally do. You will be fine little one.

“If you say so…” I said even more depressed. Blackie seemed to be feeling it. Little one, the village is close, don't worry, it will be cold. However, I'm sure that if you are becoming a part of me, though I doubt it, it's not a bad existence. Eating things will be interesting, but otherwise it's a good life. Still, I just hope you're fine.

“I don’t know I got pretty fucked by that bitch,” I said, slightly resentful but angry. You mean that griffon, I'm sorry I could have gotten to you sooner to have prevented that. Your where so brave though, if that's the end of your story, it's not a bad ending. I don't believe it is though. One more jump left to do.