“FLURRY!”

Starlight yelled in horror as she rushed to her nieces’ side. The young mare was a panting mess. Looking upon her form, all that was visible that wasn’t a part of her boobs was her head, shoulder and her legs from the knees down. The milk spilled seemingly without end from the alicorn’s teats; her areola resembling dinner plates in width and her nub-like nipples the size of small fists. Her breathing quickening, Starlight immediately dug into her bag and pulled out a reformation gem, pressing it into the bloated bosom. The light shone throughout the small cloud cave, any concerns the light could give away their location pushed aside within the unicorn’s mind.

As the light faded, her hopes were shot. Flurry’s nipples were still leaking dairy down to the milk sodden clouds they rested upon, though the flow now resembled a trickle rather than a spray. As for the size of her melons, they had shrunk, though nowhere near what Starlight had been hoping for. They still looked as large as over-inflated beach balls; perfectly rounded yet with only the slightest hint of sag as they remained obscuring her lap.

“W-What’s happened to her?” Zap asked as her sleep disappeared instantly in the face of this modification and the mages’ panicked state.

“It was Rarity,” Bonbon explained as she looked on, unsure what to do. “She was trying to get me in my dreams again but I managed to fight her off. She must’ve swapped over to Flurry instead.” She looked out the entrance of the cloudy cave and went silent. Quickly looking back to Starlight, she saw the unicorn finish counting something in her bag as a quill and parchment levitated in her teal magic scribbled a note before disappearing in a puff of green smoke.

“Hang on, Flurry. I can fix this. I promise I can fix this.” Starlight muttered almost hysterically, but before she could use another gem to restore her niece, the earth pony shot forward and grabbed her arm. “Bonbon, what are you-” Bonbon’s hand clasped over the unicorn’s mouth, muffling her confusion. A nod of the earth pony’s head led her to look outside and see why.

Beyond the walls of their cave, about fifty feet or so away, was an enemy party. Three of their ilk were those floating tentacle ball monsters she had seen up close back at Sweet Apple Acres, though these ones had a giant eye in place of a toothy grin. The fourth was a pegasus stallion. He was rather short in statue; she assumed even Flurry and Zap were taller. His body was covered in a jumpsuit that reminded Starlight of the ones worn by the old Wonderbolts, though where those were blue and gold, these were black and green. His head revealed a red coat, short blonde mane, and a grumpy attitude given the expression on his face.

Not wanting to risk being discovered again like they had been in the Everfree Forest, Starlight put her last remaining gem away and moved to the cave entrance. She raised her staff and focused her magic, strengthening the illusion that protected them and hoping they would just leave. Bonbon signaled to Zap to keep quiet, and the three waited for the patrol to leave. She also peaked out past the foes to see that, despite the darkness of the night making it difficult to tell, she thought the swarm surrounding Cloudsdale had doubled.

For five minutes the tension within their shelter rose, especially as the patrol edged closer towards them. The stallion angrily huffed, looking like he’d rather be anywhere else than out here tonight; a sentiment the three mares watching him agreed with. Finally, he yelled at the beasts under his command and they began moving further to the north; away from the hidden cave. Starlight kept the illusion up, however, not wanting to let up until they were out of sight. As they grew smaller in the distance, a small gasp caught Zap’s attention and she turned to see a saddening sight.

Flurry Heart had woken up.

Her face was flushed, and her gasp gave way to ever-quickening breaths. Her eyes widened at the sight, weight and churning of her bloated bosom as it sat on her lap, almost pinning her to the cave wall. Bonbon finally took notice and, with a light tug on her sleeve, drew Starlight’s attention to her as well. The unicorn’s eyes filled with two emotions; sadness because she understood what if felt like to have a milk factory stuffed into your chest, and fear. Fear, because she’d seen this look many a time before… whenever Flurry was about to break down into tears.

“Flurry, don-” Her warning came too late.

Flurry Heart screamed.

The sound deafened her companions, all three clamping their hands over their flattened ears to little effect. Worse, however, was the impact it had on their camouflage. Images of Flurry’s crystalling came flooding back to Starlight, of how the then foal alicorn had apparently shattered the Crystal Heart itself, allowing the blizzard Sunburst had helped prevent to occur. With such a scream, not only her illusion, but the walls and floor of the cave itself were blown away. When the scream finally stopped, Starlight opened her eyes to see there were no longer clouds beneath their feet.

Just a multi-thousand foot drop down to the ground below.

Zap’s instincts kicked in, her wings immediately snapping open and catching a visibly terrified Bonbon. Starlight fell for a good ten feet before concentrating enough to catch herself with her magic. Flurry, meanwhile, was trying to stay aloft, but the weight of her massive milkers undid any advantage her larger-than-average wings gave her. She tried using her magic to slow her fall, but she couldn’t concentrate, fears and confusions, not to mention still a slight hint of arousal, flooded her system. She finally stopped falling when an aqua field of magic engulfed her. Flurry looked up to see Starlight holding her in place, though the strain of doing so was evident on her face.

“Hey, Starlight.”

Those two words nearly made the unicorn lose her grip, causing herself and Flurry to drop a few feet. The alicorn couldn’t help but let a moan escape her lips as the magic tingled against her exposed bust, but that was the least of their worries.

Looking up at the large hole her scream had left in the cloud canopy, the four mares saw the stallion and his search party, though they had been joined by another. It was a mare, with a steely blue coat and a messy, dirty rainbow for a mane and tail. The only shred of clothing on her body was the pair of goggles protecting her magenta eyes, leaving her D-cup breasts and corrupted body on show for all to see. Said corruptions included massive avian wings in place of her arms, almost on par with those of a Roc. The avian additions didn’t end there, as her feet were replaced with bird-like claws from the knees down, ending in sharpened talons. Finally, and most inescapably, was the massive cock and balls growing from her pelvis. If she was facing them front-on, Starlight imagined the head of that flared monster would be blocking her actual head, such was the length of that beast. Coupled with a thickness comparable to the thighs of most mares and testicles the size of soccer balls, it would be a miracle if mares weren’t split apart from the mere entry of that monster length.

But the one feature that clamped a vice grip of fear over Starlight’s heart was her cutie mark; a cloud with a rainbow-colored lightning bolt escaping it, buried beneath a bright pink tribal heart emblem.

“Rainbow…” She whispered, horrified at what the former Wonderbolt had become.

“Mom?” Zap asked, gaining the attention of the avian pony.

Starlight’s mind raced a million miles a minute as she used every second Zap’s unintentional distraction gave her. Looking past Flurry’s helpless form, she saw they weren’t too far from Ponyville once more, though had no intention of returning to the town. She could also see the Everfree off to the south, but the past events within still haunted her, and there was no guarantee she could get them there before Rainbow caught them. That left immediately below them, where a white line snaked its way through the countryside. Remembering her map of Equestria, she realized that below them lay Saddle Lake, and her eyes focused on the woods just off the shoreline.

“Wait, what? Zap? What’re you doing here?”

Zap wouldn’t get the chance to respond. Starlight closed her eyes and concentrated, channeling nearly all her magic and praying that it would be enough to punch through the painful miasma that had stifled her magical efforts previously. But knowing the alternative would be facing down the fastest flier Equestria had ever seen with their group practically helpless, she bit the bullet and cast the teleportation spell.

As it had been before, the teleport seemed to stretch longer than what it normally would. Again, the searing pain stabbed itself into Starlight’s brain from beneath her horn and swarming throughout her body. But she fought through the pain. She had to. Failure here would mean they would all become trapped as she had before. Only this time Rainbow Dash would be their captor, and that log of a penis gave Starlight a pretty clear idea of what would happen next.

Thankfully for her, however, they arrived at their intended destination this time. The four translated back to reality within the bushland just a short distance from the shoreline of the lake. Propping herself up to a sitting position, Starlight rubbed her pounding head and looked to see how her companions were fairing. Both Bonbon and Zap were laid out on the ground, clutching their heads and groaning in pain. Flurry too held her head in her hands, but she was resting on her knees, with her milk-laden funbags acting as leaking cushions for her.

An angry yell echoing from above reminded the unicorn they weren’t out of the woods yet. Grabbing hold of a tree branch to pull herself to her feet, Starlight pushed aside the throbbing pain hammering away inside her skull and channeled all of her remaining magic into her cast. A bubble shimmered into being around the four, like a heat wave rippling overhead before completing the dome and shielding them from sight, sound and smell. She repeated this process over and over and over, until five illusion spells were stacked on top of one another. She wouldn’t take any chances this time. She would maintain this spell as long as it took for her friends and niece to be safe, even if she had to hold the spell all night long.

As this process took place, Bonbon regained her composure, just in time to lunge forward and tackle an agitated Zap Apple to the ground.

“Lemme go!” Zap shouted, thrashing at the earth pony’s grip. “My mom’s up there!”

“And if we were still up there, she would’ve caught us al!” Bonbon shot back, forcing the pegasus to look her in the eye. “What we need to do right now is stay put and wait until everything up there calms down. We’re in no condition to fight.”

At this, she nodded to her left and Zap’s gaze followed. Her fight left her body as she took in Flurry staring at them with tears streaming down her cheeks, immobilized in place by the pillows she rested on that was her chest. Bonbon released her grip on the young Apple and moved over to talk with Starlight, though not before collecting a bag that had randomly appeared in a puff of smoke and emerald flame. Zap, meanwhile, got to her feet and moved over to the exhausted alicorn.

Words were never Zap’s strongest suit, and as every uplifting sentence that she thought up of died on her lips, eventually she shook off such trepidation and hugged Flurry from the side. Flurry froze for a moment before the dam walls broke once more and she collapsed into the hug staining Zap’s shoulders with tears as her cries rang out within the illusionary bubble.

“Phew, finally done. You just had to make this difficult, didn’t you?”

A monstrous rumble was all the reply Midnight Sparkle received as she returned to a standing position, wiping sweat off from her brow while the end of her serpentine tail tapped against the fleshy floor beneath them. With her latest project finally accomplished, she took a moment to relax; drinking in the wet sounds of the pink walls, floor and even roof of her cavernous home beneath Canterlot echoing alongside feminine moans both muffled and otherwise from the mares haphazardly trapped within them. A tired sigh of contentment escaped the corrupted alicorn’s lips, the massive member jutting from her hips beginning to harden as one of her hands found its way on instinct to one of her four large breasts.

“Now,” she thought out loud, her expression growing pensive. “Let’s hope that Mistress Talvira will be pleased.”

“We’ll see, won’t we?”

The new voice echoed in around her before a shadowy portal opened up. Turning to face it, Midnight actively fought to suppress her annoyance as Sluttershy stepped through the portal, her erect stallionhood and milk-leaking I-cup bosom exiting the gateway before she did herself. But the alicorn had to double her efforts when the other interloper stepped through and closed the portal behind them.

She had grown up quite well these past few decades, Midnight had to begrudgingly admit. A body that could’ve rivalled Rarity’s uncorrupted prime in its hourglass shape. Her orange bosom had swelled in size to an H, though given her parents, that wasn’t that surprising. A large cock and balls set also bounced with her every step, obscuring the pussy lips behind them as a thin demonic tail swayed behind her like that of a cat, and black bat wings fluttered for a moment before returning to their folded position. Her clothing was a mixture of her parents’ styles; she wore thigh high black latex stockings with matching high heels, as well as a black corset that helped puff up her bust more prominently. A grey wolf fur pelt lined her shoulders and trailed down like a cape behind her, while her right hand was encased in an ebony gauntlet whose fingers ended in talons.

With those black eyes with light blue irises, Nodabba flashed her self-assured grin at the alicorn.

Biting back any retaliatory comments, Midnight gave a small bow to her former friend and demonic offspring. “Sluttershy. So good to see you… and the princess.”

“Aw, look Mom,” Nodabba went on, her grin growing crueller. “She’s so cute when she’s hiding her hatred.”

“Now, now, Nodabba,” the fallen pegasus tutted, placing a hand on her daughter’s shoulder. “Remember; we’re not here to start a fight. Just to check on Midnight’s progress.” She then directed her attention to her old friend, and the fruits of her labors. “So… you finally found a use for him, huh?”

“Indeed,” Midnight said, her smile becoming more genuine as the three turned their attention to the large beast as it tested the tentacles holding it’s form in check. “It took me all day, but I’ve crafted the perfect hunter. Flurry Heart and the others won’t be able to stop him.”

Midnight slithered a little closer, prompting her new pet to try to surge forward at her. But the restraints held firm, and an electric shock raced through its form, which then slouched down before his creator. Smirking at her creation, she raised her hand and placed it upon the beast’s misshapen flesh. A strong application of magic sent mental images flashing through the beast’s brain. Images of a light lavender unicorn with purple and teal mane, and a white alicorn with a lavender and blue mane. She could only assume what the features of the alicorn were though, given she had been but a foal the last time she’d seen her.

“These two are your targets,” she intoned, her magic reverberating these words within the beasts’ simplistic mind. “You are to find and capture them and any with them. Alive. Failure is not an option. Do you understand?”

Midnight released her grip and moved back, the monster roaring in affirmation. With a malicious grin, she snapped her fingers. The tendrils holding him in place released their prisoner and shrank back into the undulating walls of the cavern as two massive off-white wings spread out wide. Another roar echoed out as the beast took to the air, giving one last look to Midnight before turning and flying out of one of the upper passages that the alicorn knew led outside.

“And now we wait for it to fail.” Unable to keep the rising agitation off her face, Midnight wheeled around to look at the smug expression on Nodabba’s features. “What? I’m right, aren’t I?”

“This plan will work,” Midnight stressed through gritted teeth as she fronted up to the demonic princess, rising to her full height to gain an additional foot for intimidation purposes. “Not that somepony like you would know what hard work is.”

Nodabba merely smirked in response. “Funny. It shows just how long you’ve been down here. After all, I wouldn’t call subjugating an uprising in the Storm Kingdom difficult, but I assure you I don’t lay about doing seemingly nothing for years on end, unlike somepony else I know.”

“Oh, you little bitch!” Midnight roared, her hatred peaking as she reared up on her tail. She summoned a teal spear, the bladed end as jagged as her own horn as Nodabba’s little devil horns shimmered once, her bladed mace fading into existence in her left hand.

“STOP!”

Midnight froze. Her body could not, would not, answer her orders. The spear in her hands disintegrated as she struggled to shift her gaze to Nodabba’s side.

There she saw an angry Sluttershy, fixing the alicorn with her dreaded Stare.

The Stare had grown in strength thanks to the pegasus’ corruption, compelling the target to obey her commands. This was countered by the fact it still only worked on animals, which usually meant the bodyguards employed in the palace. But, over five years ago, following a similarly spectacular disappointment, Talvira had shattered the alicorn’s legs beyond repair. Midnight’s solution had been to craft her broken legs into her current tail, but failed to realize that, given it made her part beast, this brought her under the influence of the Stare.

“Kneel.” Against her will, her body obeyed as she bent down before the queen and princess of Equestria. As much as Nodabba’s smug expression aggravated the former princess of friendship, a sense of dread was beginning to wash over her. In all of their previous encounters, Sluttershy had never even approached being this livid. Sure, she had looked down on her from her new position of power, but never had the pegasus’ rage towards her been so white hot as it was now. If she was being truthful, in this moment, Midnight feared her once easily-frightened friend.

“Look at me.” Midnight’s neck rigidly answered the call, her face looking up as the off-yellow milf now stood before her. She couldn’t help but inhale the powerful musk radiating off the cock that was mere inches away from her face. “I understand you’re feeling stressed out right now, which isn’t that unusual a thing for you, but you will never threaten Nodabba again. Am I understood?” Midnight, cowed into silence, gave tiny but rapid nods of her head, though from the growing scowl on Sluttershy’s face, this was the wrong answer, and she responded by slapping the alicorn in the cheek with her cock hard. Hard enough to knock Midnight’s head to the side. “I said, am I understood?!”

“Y-Yes, Sluttershy.” The murmured response came in a voice far too timid for the likes of Midnight Sparkle, but it wasn’t enough as she received another cock slap to the other cheek.

“Queen Sluttershy!”

Y-Yes! Yes, Queen Sluttershy!” A blush of humiliation spread across the alicorn’s face, while her ears picked up the quiet snickering of Nodabba off to the side. Her face, however, was locked looking up at the intimidating sight of the angry queen before her.

Sluttershy sighed, some of the aggressive tension leaving her body, though her disappointment shone through in her expression and tone. “Very well. I’ll forgive you this one time, in memory of when we used to be friends. But I warn you, Midnight…” She stepped forward now, bringing the flared, precum-drooling head of her cock into contact with the former princess’ lips. “If I catch you threatening Nodabba, or any of my children again, then I will drown you in my sperm. Understand?”

Again, Midnight nodded, unintentionally smearing her muzzle with the Sluttershy’s pungent pre. Even with such a small amount, Midnight’s nethers were already beginning to slicken. Satisfied, the queen pulled away, leaving a trail of sticky strings connecting the two heads. Nodabba gave the kneeling alicorn one last shit-eating grin before opening a portal for her mother, through which the two disappeared. Alone in the labyrinth of fleshy caverns with nothing but the moans of captured slaves and experiments, Midnight finally felt herself regain control of her body. Ignoring the heat in her loins, she growled loudly and slammed a fist into the floor with a squishy thud.

“Damn that royal brat!” She snarled through gritted teeth. It was always like this. Shortly after Talvira’s conquest, she had been the right-hand mare to Equestria’s new empress. She viewed herself as the logical pony next in line should anything occur, she was so trusted by her demonic mistress. But then along came Nodabba, and all her siblings, and suddenly her successes were barely given a glance compared to the works of the princes and princesses.

“Mistress…”

A telepathic voice gurgled, capturing Midnight’s attention. Her head snapped to the side, where she saw two of her own creations; Ropers. Beasts that resembled living, cycloptic stalagmites with long tentacles waving from their sides and a multitude of smaller ones around their base as feet. Given their lack of mouths, she gave them telepathic abilities, but her attention wasn’t on these basic guards of her domain.

It was on the mare they had brought with them.

Standing in-between the two monsters was a petite pegasus mare, her coat a light pink with her mane styled in light blue curls with beige ribbons. Her freckled face bore a polite smile as she looked upon the alicorn with rare red eyes, the same color as her red rook cutie mark. She wore almost the exact same attire Nodabba had just been sporting; black latex thigh highs, high heels, and a black corset, but added black fingerless arm sleeves to the ensemble, as well as… a jeweled necklace of some kind. One that seemed eerily familiar to Midnight.

“Gee, are you okay, Lady Midnight?” The mare in a sickeningly sweet voice, clasping her hands together in-front of her perky B-cup chest. Midnight, exhaling angrily, rose to her full height and slithered towards this newcomer, her cock hardening like an erotic spear before the young mare.

“Who are you, why should I care, and why shouldn’t I split you in half right now?” For a split second, Midnight thought she saw fear flash across the filly’s face. But it faded just as quickly, and her smile recovered.

“My name’s Cozy Glow, My Lady.” She introduced herself, giving a little curtsy as she did so. “And I wish to become your apprentice.”

Despite her rage, Midnight couldn’t help suppress a chuckle. “You? My apprentice? You need magic in order to learn anything from me, sweetie, and, in case you haven’t noticed, you’re a pegasus. You’d be better learning a thing or two from Spectrum Blast, assuming she doesn’t smash your pussy to smithereens first.”

At this, Cozy Glow smirked. She raised her arms to place a hand on each of the Ropers before her face scrunched in concentration. The next moment, red lightning shot from the necklace, down her arms and into the beasts, filing every nerve in their bodies with electricity. Midnight coiled back from the demonstration, raising an arm to shield her eyes. When the red lights finally stopped flickering, she looked back to see the Ropers were nothing more than charred husks. A shifting red energy drifted out of their bodies before being sucked into the necklace. As she watched on, the dusty gears of Midnight’s memory finally clicked into place. She knew why the jewelry seemed so familiar.

“T-The Alicorn Amulet?” She asked, unable to hide her shock as Cozy took a deep breath before regaining her almost joyful expression. “B-But… But how? It was locked away by the former princesses. They didn’t tell anypony where it was kept. Not even me.”

“That seems rude, not telling you where they hid it.” Cozy stated as she stepped towards Midnight, looking up at her with… sympathy? “It sounds like they didn’t trust you. Kind of like how Empress Talvira doesn’t trust you.”

“Of course she trusts me!” Midnight snapped back, the fire from before reigniting even if it wasn’t as strong as before. “I am her advisor, her right hand and royal arch mage. She wouldn’t have made me her apprentice if she didn’t trust me.”

“Then why did she tackle you down in the street yesterday?”

That question, innocent enough in its delivery, stopped Midnight Sparkle in her tracks. Her mind tried to come up with a number of different excuses or reasons why that was a one-time reaction, but all of them died in her mouth. She was the empress’ right hand, yet she was rarely given missions outside of Canterlot, that honor often being given to Talvira’s children. Her failures were always met with more stricter punishments and admonishments, especially in the past few years. As much as she didn’t want to admit it, the preferential treatment had been staring Midnight in the face. And her loyalty blinded her to it.

“I know it must hurt,” Cozy went on, now circling the corrupted alicorn. “But not everypony looks down on you. I’ve always thought you were one of the strongest, most powerful ponies in the empire, and I want to help everypony see that. To see you the way I do; as Equestria’s rightful ruler.” Even with the magnitude of the truth about her situation weighing down on her, Midnight could still tell when somepony was buttering her up. She regained her composure and stared the young pegasus in the eye.

“What, you want to raise me up as the new empress?” Despite the sarcastic tone of the question, Cozy's response of nodding with an innocent smile caught Midnight off guard once more. “It’s impossible. Talvira’s too strong. If my former friends and I couldn’t defeat her, what chance do you and I have?”

“It’s not impossible,” Cozy countered, taking flight to hover around Midnight’s eye level as her features took a more conniving appearance. “I’m not sure if you know this, but the actions of these intruders are weakening the empress. Only a little bit, mind you, but still. If we weaken her a bit more discreetly than they do, then we could swoop in and supplant her.” Her grin looked more at home on a demon then, meeting the teal eyes of the former princess once more. “Then, I would humbly take my place as your right hand, and you would be able to take out all of this humiliation and anger out on the queen and princess.”

So that’s her angle. Midnight thought as she mulled over the young mare’s words. She’s after power, as if the Alicorn Amulet wasn’t proof enough of that. There’s also no guarantee she won’t try to supplant me herself further down the line… However, if what she says is true, then I could use Flurry and Starlight’s little intervention to my advantage… And I’ve always wanted to paint that slutty queen’s insides white.

A cruel smile stretched across Midnight’s muzzle as she turned back to Cozy. “I’ll admit the benefits are… tempting, but how do we go about weakening Talvira further?”

“Easy,” Cozy responded all too cheerfully, seeing her words taking hold. “While the invaders travel around causing chaos, we make deals with the four Siphon Royals to side with us when to time comes to spring our trap. Combined with the intruders, the empress should be weak enough for the two of us to take her down, proving to all of Equestria how great you truly are.”

Part of Midnight had to give the mare before her credit for this plan. The four Siphons, quadruplet children of Talvira and Sluttershy, were each governors and governesses in their own right. But what made these four special was they represented an aspect of traditional chaos. Their very existence was helping to keep Discord sealed within Sluttershy’s jewelled necklace by taking parts of his power as their own. There was clearly an ulterior motive to this plan, one Midnight imagined would betray her at some point, but the short-term boons and chance at shutting up that arrogant Nodabba were too juicy an opportunity to pass up.

“Hmm, perhaps I misjudged you.” Midnight spoke softly as she sidled up beside Cozy, pulling her back down to the ground with a hand on her shoulder. “Come then, Cozy Glow. There’s a lot about this plan we’ll need to finalize, as well as a lot of lessons for you to properly begin your life as my apprentice.”

Cozy beamed with unabashed joy at the response. “I won’t let you down, My Mistress.”

With both mares bearing high-spirited grins, the two walked and slithered deeper into the fleshy caverns beneath Canterlot.

Author's Note

Flurry Heart Stats:
Purity: 3/3*
Will: +3*
Strength: +5*
Defense: +3
Speed: -12*
Magic: +4
Items:
Crystal Sword: +1 to Strength
- Element of Honesty: +1 to Strength
Crystal Buckler Shield: Advantage on Strength Checks
Chastity Glyph: Sacrifice this instead of a Purity point upon losing it in vaginal sex
Reformation Gems x6
Teleportation Crystals x2
Food Rations x4
Corruptions:
Expanded Breasts (V cup): -17 on Speed Checks
Lactation (2/3): Disadvantage on Will Checks

Starlight Glimmer Stats:
Purity: 3/3
Will: +2
Strength: +2
Defense: +2
Speed: +2*
Magic: +5*
Items:
Crystal Staff: +1 to Magic
Stealth Suit: Can reroll one Speed Check per chapter
Dream Amulet: Automatically pass Will Checks in regards to dreams
Reformation Gems x5
Teleportation Crystals x1
Food Rations x4
Corruptions:
Expanded Breasts (E cup): Disadvantage on Speed Checks
Lactation (1/3)

Bonbon Stats:
Purity: 2/3*
Will: +3
Strength: +3*
Defense: +2*
Speed: +3*
Magic: +0
Items:
Monster Agency Duster Coat: Can reroll one Defense Check per chapter
Crystal Short Sword: +1 to Strength
Grappling Hook: Advantage on Strength and Speed Checks
Contraception Spell: Sacrifice this instead of a Purity point upon losing it in vaginal sex
Reformation Gems x6
Teleportation Crystals x2
Food Rations x4
Corruptions:
None

Zap Apple Stats:
Purity: 3/3
Will: +4
Strength: +4*
Defence: +1*
Speed: +4*
Magic: +1
Items:
Flying Goggles: Advantage on Speed Checks
Brass Knuckles: +1 to Strength Checks
Rope Lasso: Advantage on Strength and Defence Checks
Reformation Gems x4
Food Rations x4
Corruptions:
None

A new year, a new chapter, and a new side plot! Midnight feeling resentment was always going to be part of this particular story thread, but the introduction of Cozy Glow was a more recent addition to the story. I feel it fits well, however, as the Purity Test was set before we were introduced to her in the show, and her personality feels like it's right at home in this lustful Equestria. This chapter also ended up being a lot longer than I initially expected, though it opens the story up to go any number of different directions.

Before we look at the votes, I feel I need to address two topics. I feel like someone either already has, or will eventually ask these questions, and so hopefully these will help suffice. The two topics are;
1. Bad Endings, and
2. The reformation Gems on the Mane Six
We'll start with the bad endings since there's been some chatter about it, especially given I just uploaded the good ending for the Purity Test earlier. To clarify, a bad ending occurs when Flurry Heart's Purity Points hit 0. This story can indeed have bad endings, however it's up to the dice rolls and your decisions that will determine how easy it is for these endings to occur. There will be the rare option that leads to an instant bad end, like the gray potion in Zecora's hut, but more often than not the endings will depend on your votes and the luck of the dice rolls. Another thing about the bad ending is that it won't mark the end of the story this time around. Instead, I'll post the bad ending, then continue the story from just before that ending. Basically, no matter how many bad endings there are, the story won't end until a good ending is achieved, whatever form that takes and however long it takes to achieve.

Next are the apparent inconsistencies for the reformation gems; specifically how they will work for the mane six as opposed to the party members. Now I know it only took three gems to restore Applejack to almost as she was before Purity Test, yet Flurry's going to need a lot more gems before her bust gets any better. The reason is because Applejack, like all of the mane six, is still connected to the Elements of Harmony, even when corrupted. We saw this with that orange light that escaped AJ following the liberation of Appleloosa before fusing to Flurry's sword. Because of this connection, the gems will have a markedly more pronounced effect on the mane six than other characters. This serves as yet another reason why Talvira didn't want the mane six anywhere near Ponyville or the Everfree Forest.

And with those two essays out of the way, let's look at the vote results. Clear winners across the board this time, though only using one gem was neck and neck for a bit there. This also marks the single most votes in any one chapter of my stories thus far. It just shows how the community of readers contributing to this story continues to grow, so thank you one and all for continuing to support my stories. It means a lot.

Action:
Wait for sunrise before moving out: 20
Split the party and infiltrate (Select ONE character to remain with Flurry):
- Starlight: 7
- Bonbon: 9
- Zap: 7
Item 1:
Use one Reformation Gem on Flurry: 26
Use as many as can be spared: 17
Item 2:
Request more Dream Amulets: 16
Request more Reformation Gems: 27
Item 3:
Give the Dream Amulet to Flurry: 13
Keep it on Starlight: 30

And now for the next set of votes. This is a pretty important one considering everything that's now in play. Consider your choices carefully.

Action:
Sneak into Cloudsdale from below
Switch to a different target (select ONE location):
- Manehatten
- the Abandoned Farm
- The Castle of the Two Sisters
Character:
Request another party member (choose ONE)
- Vinyl Scratch
- Pound Cake
- Pumpkin Cake
- Sparkler
- Rumble
Leave it for now
Item 1:
Use more gems on Flurry (select how many (choose ONE))
- 2
- 3
- 4
Item 2:
Focus on Amulet production
Focus on Gem production

As always, I hope you enjoy the story and happy reading!