Detour

Xodious gave a strong gulp, feeling the squirming pony within flail their legs harder as they were gulped up to their waist. Xodious shifted his mouth, his horn glowing briefly, his magical aura wrapping around his meal’s hooves and slamming them together, an echoing gulp tugging them in, slurping up their thighs and a final gulp sent the little pony surging into the changeling. Xodious shut his mouth, sighing, flicking his mossy tail aside as he turned his green changeling eyes back on the bulge in his belly. The pony was much smaller than most, she’d looked a bit bulkier with all her ‘gear’ the many pocketed jacket and low brim hat (with featuring Darin Do signature) but she hardly left much of a bulge… still, maybe that would work out fine…

Xodious lifted up the clipboard listing, noticing a selection of ‘tours’ with a pair selected right at the top and smirked, his horn glowed green and in a flash of balefire the changeling now resembled the tour guide in all but size, to accommodate the real one squirming within “Well, it wouldn’t do to spoil their time off.” Xodious muttered, hearing his meal settle down in his stomach as she slipped into sleep, glancing towards the hotel she’d come from.

Delly was humming a carefree tune to herself as she inspected the leaflet in the lobby, the small hiking resort had advertised some ‘special’ trails exploring the various surroundings of the ruins left behind by the former civilisation alongside what was quoted within as “A mouth-watering, delightful experience for all the senses to delve into.” Delly gave a little giggle as she looked at the clueless Twinwing, who was fiddling with a massive orange hiking bag that he was filling with half of the stuff from the resort’s ‘survival’ shop.

“Twinwing, I don’t think we’ll be needing that.” Delly said, the mare giving a smirk as a package of ‘caramel body-odour’ slipped out.

The white pegasus stallion groaned, picking it up and stuffing it back in, alongside a wok pan and a winter jacket “It’s a hiking trail, the leaflet recommends we bring supplies in case.” Twinwing said, looking up with large hazel-coloured eyes, like a puppy being denied a treat.

Delly rolled her purple eyes, the blue unicorn shaking her head with a scoff “Oh yes, the supplies sold to you by the resort’s own staff… such as that winter tent when the trail goes only fifteen miles away from the resort at its furthest point, and is patrolled by the Firewatch team all day?” Delly asked as Twinwing was inspecting the issue of fitting a packaged two-pony tent into a hiking bag half its size.

Twinwing’s white face flushed red, dipping his head so his orange and blue streaked maned covered the worst of pink lines “F-fair point…” He mumbled.

“Twinwing, relax, I’ve been on this trail before, we pass a series of stacked rocks, follow along a fenced cliff face wider than two-ponies and then curl through the jungle for the final part. I don’t get why you’re so excited about this.” Delly said.

“I er… I’m not, you were the one insisting we do it… right down to booking together to help cover costs.” The pegasus mumbled, fluttering his four wings that were his namesake.

Delly hummed innocently “I wonder where the guide is, we should have gone by now, the other groups ought to be far enough ahead for us to be able to get going?” Delly said, swiftly changing the subject much to the charging of her friend and hotel roommate.

As if by Delly’s call, the guide appeared, pushing open the doors to the lobby, the hot, heavy humid air of the jungle fluttering in with him “Hello, you must be my pair, er Dairy and Wingspair?” He asked with a grin and Twinwing faced hoofed as Delly giggled.

“Delly and Twinwing, we’re on the ‘savoury stroll’ package.” Delly stated to the guide as they nodded beaming.

“Right, let me just get the map for it, one moment.” The guide trotted over to the empty reception and began rooting around quickly, glancing at the staff door far more regularly than most would.

“Who are you, are you new here?” Delly asked with a strange grin.

“Oh yes, I am… f-first day, and I’m… um…” The guide glanced at the pair, then Twinwing shutting up his hiking bag “Hiking… Trail… Hiking Trail, yep that’s me!” Hiking said with a grin.

“So, you’ve never done this trail before?” Delly asked “You do know where we’re going, right?”

“Of course… I have the map here, see?” Hiking said with a grin as he picked up the map of the various trails, quickly finding the one on the pairing’s listing “Erm… Delly and Twinwing, you said?” The pair nodded and the ‘guide’ sighed a little more than one would expect a professional “Right, well, follow me!” Hiking said marching for the door, Delly leaping from the lobby’s seats and trotting after as Twinwing lugged his iron bag along at the back.

Xodious resisted the urge to grumble, this was proving to be a little more effort than he had anticipated to get a larger meal, still it would all be worth it once he gobbled the pair up… he just had to find a way to trap them, as well as get them away from the trail so others wouldn’t discover his feast in progress.

To Xodious’ delight, Delly provided just the opportunity he wanted “Hey, look there, I think I saw a temple between the trees, why don’t we head over there?” Delly asked, already stepping off the well-worn dirt trail.

“Oh, well, if you wish.” Xodious said smiling as he trotted to catch up with Delly.

“B-but… the trail…?” Twinwing mumbled still stood on the trail, but as the pair disappeared behind a bush he quickly galloped after them, not wanting to get lost… on the circular trail…

“You’re okay with this? Shouldn’t you be trying to stop us?” Delly asked with a raised eyebrow.

“There’s nothing wrong with a bit of exploration… and besides I know the woods like the back of my hoof!” Xodious grinned in his disguise as he turned his gaze forward right into a low branch that smacked him in the face.

“Delly! Wait up!” Twinwing cried, tumbling between the many roots and muddy patches of the trail.

“I don’t think I will, just fly, Twinwing, you’ve got the wings for it, plus some.” Delly commented.

Twinwing looked down, mumbling “…Bag too heavy…” Blushing as Delly giggled before letting out a soft ‘ah’ as the trio arrived in a bit of the jungle not completely covered in foliage.

Ahead of them was a grey granite stone temple, the former face that adorned above the entrance having crumbled away from time long ago, but even so, the remainder just barely topped above the jungle canopy, naturally hiding it from view due to its elevated position “Wow, looks interesting, why don’t we head inside?” Delly said with a grin, and yet she was looking everywhere except at the temple itself.

Twinwing, meanwhile, was more focused on a little wooden sign, a bush had half grown over it and pushing the leaves aside revealed its time-worn message “Restricted Area!” and the pegasus gulped letting the brush bounce back to cover it again.

“Delly, I’m not sure it’s safe!” Twinwing mumbled.

“Oh, it’s not the temple that ought to worry you.” Twinwing looked back at the guide who had spoken, grinning from ear to ear as he slowly advanced on Twinwing.

“What are you talking about?” Twinwing asked before gasping as the guide burst into green flame, revealing Xodious’ natural form. Twinwing, naturally, screamed and Delly looked over.

“Oh, that explains where the guide went to, and why you weren’t playing the part properly.” Delly said calmly.

“D-Delly, it’s a changeling, can you PLEASE react appropriately for once!?” Twinwing cried backing up before blinking “Wait… what do you mean playing his part?” Twinwing asked before letting out a squeak of terror.

Behind Xodious a jet-black unicorn stallion was hanging from one of the various trees shading the trio, his blond mane dangling towards the floor… except, the stallion was hanging a little too far down and Twinwing looked up, quickly noticed why, resulting in his squeak. The stallion’s lower body stretched out from his waist, twisting up into dark night black scales, with a cream-coloured belly and bright golden highlights along his upper belly. The great serpent peered at the group with emerald green slitted eyes as Twinwing made various incoherent noises.

“Oh, don’t be such a baby, I’ll make sure you enjoy it.” Xodious said menacingly.

“S’cuse me, but I believe your little victim was more focused on me.” The snake said, twisting around and leaving a hanging loop where he’d moved from in the air, right above Xodious as it so happened.

Said bug turned at the sound of a new voice and his bug eyes narrowed at the sight of the massive serpent hanging only a few feet above him “Hello, I’m Liasis… but you can just call me gulk!” Liasis said with a fanged grin, promptly letting go off the tree he was hanging across and landing on the bug who proceeded to flail in a panic as he was squashed under tubes of snake muscle and fat.

“D-Delly, I think we should run now.” Twinwing mumbled fearfully.

“Oh, don’t worry, we’re perfectly safe!” Delly insisted cheerfully watching the guide turned changeling wrestle fruitlessly with the massive serpent, who was making a real show of trying to twist his coils around him, a show Delly appeared to be marvelling at.

“I… there is a snake-pony about to eat that bug that was planning to eat us! How are we safe?” Twinwing asked before letting out a loud yip in surprise as something cool and smooth landed against the back of his neck, Delly shuddering as the same happened to her taking her focus off the pair in front briefly.

Twinwing looked behind him, finding a snow-white unicorn mare smiling down at him, giggling as he paled “Good afternoon, I’ll be looking after you for this session.” She said, matter-of-factly, tilting her head causing her long fiery red mane to bounce.

Twinwing took in the mare’s slitted purple eyes and his own jumped to her waist, where a flowing white and red tail sprouted from her waist “Delly?” Twinwing mumbled nervously looking to her friend.

“Yes?” Delly asked calmly even as Twinwing watched another lamia encircling her with their coils, this lamia actually made Twinwing pause further as he looked them over, waist up it appeared to be a female changeling with a tuft of cyan blue hair, holes in her hooves and even a pair of changeling clear wings, though what use they’d be was debatable given the changeling’s waist also exploded into an ocean of coils, dark grey-black with a cyan belly, that might have been transparent if one got close enough to it (not that Twinwing fancied trying), twisting over Delly.

Twinwing moved his mouth a few times before recovering his voice “D-Delly don’t just let it coil you up!” Twinwing said before noticing the white lamia had been lacing her coils around him during his pause and the stallion began to thrash to try and break free, though it was rather futile as the coils simply twisted and curled around as he struggled fruitlessly.

“Your friend is acting rather panicky Delly.” The changeling lamia commented with amusement as the pair watched calmly, even as the lamia’s coils slithered around Delly climbing higher and higher.

“Yeah, sorry Buzzie, I didn’t bother telling him, thought it’d be fun… but Ruby seems to be managing him like she did me my first time.” Delly commented and the pair chuckled, Delly’s laugh being cut off by Buzzie’s tail tip cinching around her neck cutting off the air briefly.

Twinwing squirmed the best he could as his friend watched the whole thing merrily, his front legs were wrapped up and pulled to his side and he felt himself being flipped upside down, finding himself facing away from the snake-mare then spun up again to face her, a massive loop twisting around his body holding his wings between a pair of thick coils.

“There we are, nice and snug.” Ruby said with a soft coo in her voice.

“W-w-wait do-mnff!” Ruby spun Twinwing around, spooling him up like yarn, a coil twisting down his body around his hind legs and one around his lower face, neck and chest, muffling his speech, desperately shaking his head just resulted in vague sways of his upper body as Ruby’s tail compensated for any sort of movement.

“Now hush, let me take care of all those worries.” Ruby leaned closer and Twinwing blinked trying to argue before something glowing caught his gaze.

Twinwing gave a long, low, confused moan as his eyes drifted onto Ruby’s, which seemed to have disappeared, being replaced by pulsating multi-coloured rings, flowing endlessly out from her eyes and into the world. The trees and distant temple blurred as if some unseen artist had spilled water onto the canvas of the world and swirled away as the colours seemed to encroach on Twinwing’s vision, his own eyes widening as he leaned towards the source with a whimpering moan as his movements were ensnared by the serpent’s control as well. His body felt heavy and unresponsive, and not just because of the coils looped around him, and when Ruby bobbed about Twinwing did his best to follow like a puppet on a string.

Delly giggled as she watched her friend fall into the spell of the lamia easily, amused by his surprise and inability to resist her charms “Your turn.” Buzzie whispered in Delly’s ear.

“Oh, come on Buzzie,” Delly said as a coil crown twisted over her forehead and tugged her head to face Buzzie, her eyes full of rings as well much like Ruby’s “You don’t need to hypnotise me too.” Delly pleaded already leaning towards Buzzie’s gaze, a smile tugging at her lips as she wasted the brief opportunity she had to look away before being hooked.

“It wouldn’t be authentic though; the proper experience requires your mind to be mush before the second part.” Buzzie chuckled nodding her head and forcing Delly to bob her own head in agreement.

“Yeah… authentic…” Delly mumbled, it seemed her efforts to resist were as fruitful as Twinwing’s, though maybe for other reasons.

Xodious meanwhile was still trying to wrestle Liasis off him, pushing on the encroaching coils as they twisted and curled around him, kicking up mud and grass as they looped around Xodious’ hind legs and pulled them under himself, dragging him forward off balance and towards the eagerly waiting loops.

“Ah! Get off me you overgrown worm!” Xodious said slapping the coils as their twisted up his hind legs to cover them entirely, pinning them together, looping up his body and pressing his wings into his chitin armoured torso and as Xodious brought his hooves down to slap the coils off again Liasis expertly looped over them, pinning the bug in place before pushing his coils up right beneath the changeling’s neck “Gulk!” Xodious choked from the sudden constriction, blushing a tiny bit as Liasis chuckled.

“I’m glad to see you are willing to use my other name, but let’s try a different one now. How about master?” Liasis crooned with a smirk as he pressed his tail in, turning Xodious’ gaze up, pressing into his head so it was impossible to move against the giant tubes of muscle.

“Y-you think you can get me to call you m-master? Y-you mu… must be… joking?” Xodious’ speech trailed off as Liasis blinked, his green eyes dilating into a single luminous colour before rings of colour began to pulsate outward, overlapping and covering his eyes entirely, pulsating into the world in a glowing beautiful captivating array of rings. Xodious gave a little groan as he twitched in his coil prison, trying to look away, his eyelids twitching “N-no… you… you won’t…!” Xodious tried to protest before Liasis gave a much gentler squeeze with his coils making the bug sigh softly as his mouth dropped open in awe, opening up to the hypnotic spell.

Twinwing’s eyes drooped low, the pulsating rings covering Ruby’s eyes reflecting in Twinwing’s as well now, though slower in their travel over his eyes and into his welcoming mind, thoughts were drifting away, worries dulling and apprehensions fading along with how he’d got here… Twinwing sighed, trying to shake himself awake a little but barely twitching and flopping his head up only to tumble back down onto the coil looped under his chin, staring up at Ruby.

A fluttering memory of Delly reached Twinwing’s conscious mind and his oddly lidded eyes turned towards her, the sudden loss of Ruby’s eyes making the world spin as if tumbling around after having spun in place “Duh… Delly?” Twinwing tried to call out as he looked at the widely grinning mare staring up at the lamia who was hoisting Delly up in her coils to inspect her prize, Delly unmoving as she did so.

“Now, now, she’s in paradise, just leave her be and turn your gaze back to mine please and you can join her.” Ruby purred, her tail tip pushing against Twinwing’s cheek to look back into her own pulsating eyes.

Twinwing felt a calmness wash over him as he suddenly felt a longing need to see those pulsating eyes be satisfied, Twinwing let out a long soft sigh, his mouth turning up at the edges slowly before a sudden wave of euphoria washed over his mind and he turned rigid, eyes opening wide as a grin similar to that of Delly’s overtook his mouth, all thoughts being smothered by rings in his mind as the colours overtook all.

“I’m all done with this one, that just leaves Liasis.” Ruby said to Buzzie who nodded.

“Want to wait for him?” She asked as a soft rumble from Ruby’s tail sounded.

“Nah, his fault for taking so long with his choice, he even started first… hey, want them to watch the other being eaten?” Ruby suggested and Buzzie chuckled “Bet Delly would love this.”

“Oh, she is, shame she can’t process much of it, but she’ll remember, I’m sure.” Buzzie said before tightening her grip a little and hoisting Delly right up over her head, almost knocking her head on a low hanging branch “Hmmm… even better!” Buzzie grinned curling her tail around the branch chuckling, ready to watch her meal struggle to curl around her thick coils into her stomach.

Ruby had also lifted Twinwing up and opened her mouth wide, slipping his hind legs into her mouth, starting to gulp, her tail unfurling from her meal as his legs slipped into her throat bulging it out, slipping up his rump steadily and pushing his tail up his back before swallowing it too. Twinwing’s wings twitched as the soft squishy walls of Ruby’s mouth brushed over them, not a single worry or concern fluttered through his empty head at the concept that he was in fact being devoured by a massive serpent in front of his friend, or that said friend was also down to her waist in a lamia’s mouth, his hind legs pressed down to her sides so Buzzie could slip them in quicker, whereas Ruby has left them free for Twinwing, causing them to curl up and making it look as if he was leaning up against the bottom of her mouth as the end of her tail slithered away from his neck and let him go, now he was mostly holding on, thought not sure why, as the powerful undulations of Ruby’s welcoming throat beckoned him downward.

Ruby’s tongue curled out underneath Twinwing and pushed up against his nose, the stallion giggling foolishly as he relaxed his grip at the gentle and polite push, his front legs slipping inside, his head swiftly follow as he hummed happily as the world turned dark, with only the fleshy walls of Ruby’s insides lit up by his glowing eyes. Ruby let out a soft sigh as Twinwing was dragged through her pony body and into her tail, stretching the red and white scales out as his lump made its way along her body disappearing into the thicker coils, licking her lips and turning to watch Buzzie with Delly, receiving a similar treatment, the bug lamia pressing her front legs to her throat to feel the unresisting lump of meat Delly had become, the mare grinning crookedly with lidded pulsating eyes, as if about to drift off to sleep as well at the same time.

Buzzie let go off Delly’s lump and gave another gulp, Delly slipping down to her eyes before Buzzie shut her mouth on the mare and gave another hard gulp, Delly slipping down to her tail. Unlike Ruby’s more solid and armoured tail, Buzzie’s chitin was faintly see through, stretching around and letting Delly see the world outside, darkened, blurry but also with a cyan shade to it. Delly felt her legs curl up as Buzzie’s body tried to drag her back up and further down around the branch Buzzie was hanging from, able to see Ruby watching with amusement, the mare pawing as the squishy walls around her.

Liasis gave a final squeeze to Xodious, the bug staring up with a wide grin on his face as Liasis tapped his face with his tail tip chuckling “Alright girls,” He said proudly turning to the other two lamias “I’m ready to…” Then he noticed the two lumps in their tails “Oh come on, you didn’t even wait for me!” Liasis said squeezing Xodious in frustration as Ruby giggled.

“You were taking too long with him.” Ruby nodded her head at Xodious as she lifted Twinwing’s lump up and flopped it down, producing a muffled ‘oof’ from within.

“Well sorry for wanting to enjoy the first part more and not being a glutton!” Liasis retorted at the white lamia.

“Liasis, no one is stopping you eating him now, you know.” Buzzie pointed out hoisting herself up onto the branch, rolling Delly over and sending her surging down into a U shape coil where the momentum caused the coil to start swinging steadily back and forth like a hammock.

“Yeah, alright… head first, do it the proper way, so he can see his destination from the get-go!” Liasis turned back to the mindless changeling and grinned, opening his mouth wide, it was hard to have a dampened mood when there was food to devour… plus this one seemed to be double stuffed!

Liasis’ mouth slipped over Xodious’ nose, gulping and taking his whole head inside, Liasis starting to lift him up from the jungle floor, steadily turning him level as Liasis began to slide his mouth down Xodious’ body to his shoulders, having to roll and shift his mouth to get it over them before continuing down. Liasis slid his coil cocoon down Xodious’ body as he went along, revealing his transparent wings and gulping them up to, savouring the flavour and sensation of the bug travelling deeper and deeper within.

Ruby and Buzzie were a good audience, Ruby curling around her own meal to massage it whilst Buzzie twisted around further to flip Delly over so she had to curve her back up in a U shape and was made to watch through the translucent stomach walls as Xodious was devoured as well, pressing her face against the fleshy wall with a wide smile to take it all in.

Finally, Liasis gulped up the last of Xodious’ hind legs and he too slid down into the depth of Liasis’ tail-y prison to digest, the stallion lamia stretching happily “Well, that’s our job done for today, shall we go back to the hotel and wait for another group?” Liasis asked and Ruby and Buzzie nodded, Buzzie slithering down from the branch as the trio made their way back to the hotel, the grand S shapes their slithering tails made rocking their meals back and forth as their stomachs began working away at them, dulled moans tuning into the sounds of the jungle as all evidence had been devoured.