“Um… I’m sorry, I mean no disrespect but… are you sure these are safe?” Flurry asked as she looked down at the selection of potions Zecora had laid out before them. There were eight in total; colored white, red, blue, pink, gold, green, purple and grey. In response, the zebra shaman simply smiled and nodded, though this did little to assuage the princess’ concerns.

“Flurry,” Starlight spoke up, placing a hand on her shoulder. “Zecora was a good friend of your aunt Twilight and her friends. She apparently even helped tutor Apple Bloom in potions before Equestria’s fall. Plus, she did save us from those plant ponies. We can trust her.” Flurry looked into her aunts’ eyes, searching for any reason to doubt her words. Upon finding none, she took a calming breath and smiled back at her.

“Okay then.”

With her decision made, Flurry turned back to the potions laid out before them. Zecora hadn’t elaborated on their properties so she was going primarily on color preferences at this point. While she was deciding, Starlight didn’t hesitate as she reached up and selected the purple potion. A few moments later, Flurry had narrowed her selection down to the pink and gold. Gold was the color of her magic, but given how following the pink star in her dream had helped her escape the nightmare, she felt maybe it would help her here as well. She reached over and picked up the pink potion, Zecora still smiling as she chose the green concoction. With a clink of their potion jars and the two adventurers saying “Cheers,” the three mares downed their drinks.

The drink tasted cool and sweet to Flurry, almost like a milkshake. Setting down the potion to see the other two do the same, a sudden spike of pain from her core hunched her over, and another from her torso had her fall to the floor. Another thud out of view sounded out behind her, but Flurry couldn’t focus on that as her chest felt like a thousand needles were pricking it from the inside out. Rolling onto her back the alicorn began panting as she looked down. What she saw made her pulse race and her breath quicken.

Her decent C-cup breasts were now growing before her very eyes. As beads of milk began escaping the rising nipples, the milkbags soon reached the same size as Starlight’s, then exceeded them. As they finally stopped, their weight was actually starting to affect her breathing and she rolled onto her right side. The breasts pulled her down faster than expected, landing with a slap on the floor and each other and flinging droplets of milk a short distance away. Flurry was trying to fight off the sensations of the change, pleasurable as they were, while her mind was panicking at the thought that her boobs were now nearly the size of her head.

Panting a short distance away finally tore Flurry’s eyes away from her new rack as she looked up to see Starlight wasn’t faring much better. The unicorn, already carrying the added weight of her bloated bosom, was pulling them to the side to see she had now grown a second pair just beneath her first. This second set of breasts was just as large, round and full as the first, and now obscured Starlight’s navel as they, like their neighbors above them, were leaving a milky white trail down their surface.

A grunt from behind her turned Flurry’s attention away from her aunt to look over her shoulder. There she saw Zecora, shedding the brown cloak she had been wearing to reveal she was nude save for the gold bands around her neck and wrists. Not only was she still on her feet, but feeling up her toned body and D-cup breasts, her eyes closed in what looked like pleasure. Little bulges were forming beneath her coat just above her leaking lower lips. Flurry watched on in horror as those bulges grew into a writhing bushel of a dozen or so tentacles, all with rounded tips. Looking down on the alicorn with that smile that now seemed more predatory than kindly, she turned away and said something in a language Flurry had never heard before.

From a curtain on the other side of the room, out stepped three earth pony mares. One looked similar to Luster Dawn with her pink coat and blonde mane and tail. Another had a lighter shade of pink and green curls in her mane, while the third was colored beige with red hair. All three had decent bodies with flowery cutie marks adorning their bare flanks, but their eyes looked glazed over as a glowing green trail of thorns encircled their necks. Again, speaking this foreign tongue, Zecora pointed at the remaining potions. As one, the three crossed over and picked a potion. The Luster-looking mare took the blue potion and, upon finishing it, gasped and hunched over as her clit grew and grew until she was sporting a monstrous cock with a matching set of tennis ball-sized testicles hiding her drooling pussy. The green-maned mare sipped on the red potion and soon her flanks and thighs grow in size. Turning around Flurry watched as the pony’s flanks looked like somepony had stuffed pillows into their backside. The last mare, the redhead, took the white potion. Her changes seemed far more subtle than the first two, given her breasts barely expanded at all, but then the alicorn saw the tell-tale streaks of creamy milk escaping her nipples. All three looked as if they were experiencing the highest form of bliss, the green-maned mares’ legs giving out as she fell onto her padded backside and squirted out femcum.

“Z-Zecora…” Starlight struggled to say through the mental haze her new mounds were creating. “W-Why? What are you doing?”

“I am sorry, my friends,” Zecora responded, her face twisting to show regret, “but this must happen to secure a good end. For I tried to free the forest from evils’ grasp, but time and again I failed the task. After such an attempt, the monster guarding the tree extended an offer to me. If I gave to her one hundred mares, then she vowed to leave, and release the forest from her snare.”

“No… y-you can’t be,” Starlight said, shaking her head in shock at the implication as Flurry struggled to her feet.

“The five mares here are the last that I need to free this forest from evils’ seed.”

With a nod to the mares behind her, Zecora’s tendrils surged forward. Half a dozen each wrapped around and constricted the aunt and niece, pinning them to the ground as the other three mares advanced. The pink and blonde she-mare and the redheaded milkmare moved over to Starlight, where the freshly-grown cock was swiftly stabbed into the cleavage of the unicorn’s lower boobs. Starlight’s breathing began picking up, even more so when the beige mare took one of the mages’ original breasts and started sucking away at the leaking teat.

Flurry wished to free her, but the tendrils constricting her held firm and kept her in place as the green-maned pony crawled over her. She buried Flurry’s muzzle within her gushing cunt, her thickened thighs squeezing around the alicorn’s head as she began lapping at the royal pussy. This lasted for a moment before she was pulled up and one of the zebra’s writhing tentacles jammed itself inside the earth pony’s pussy, her shrieks of ecstasy ringing out as it invaded her folds mere inches above Flurry Heart’s face. She returned to eating out the alicorn as more tentacles fondled and groped her milky melons.

“Ngh! Ah, ha, s-stop this-Agh! You don-Mmnph!” Flurry’s pleas were silenced as another tentacle slapped her across the face. When she turned back to face her rapist, the tendril forced itself down her throat and began fucking her face.

“Hush now, quiet now. You should follow the lead of those three cows.”

At Zecora’s insistence, the tendrils ploughing into Flurry’s mouth coiled around and turned her head to the side. There, a few feet away, the tendrils had retreated from Starlight’s body. This was because she simply laid there limply as the cock-mare came into the chasm of cleavage Starlight now possessed. Pulling out and dragging a sticky trail of semen along the unicorn’s belly, the pink mare held up Starlight’s legs before ramming her still-hard dick into her slit. Starlight’s cry of pain, though slightly tinged with pleasure, was cut short when the redhead took the opportunity to shove her nipples into the mages’ gaping mouth. As creamy liquid was squirted into Starlight’s mouth, the earth pony above her went back to sampling the upper boobs of the unicorn, completing the milky sixty-nine.

Flurry’s attention was stolen away from her aunt’s situation to her own, as the tendrils suddenly increased their pace. The juices leaking from the mare above her dripped down onto Flurry’s bound face, and she had no choice but to accept it as the zebra came. Rope after rope of tentacle seed pulsed into the alicorn’s mouth and down her throat, while the same occurred in the pussy of the pony above her. The overflow spilled out Flurry’s mouth and nose, robbing her of precious air while the cunt above her overflowed as well, spilling sperm down upon her face.

Focusing as hard as she could, Flurry finally managed to fire off a teleportation spell, reappearing on the far side of the room. She stumbled to a resting position against the wall, spitting out as much semen as she could while wiping the sticky substance off her face. Looking up, she saw the shaman looking at her in surprise. She tried saying something in her native tongue, but Flurry was beyond caring what this traitor said. She was going to sell them to some monster in the forest? Not on her watch. Her horn glowing gold, Flurry fired a stun spell at the shaman, only for the green-maned mare to be used as a living shield and be shocked into unconsciousness. Her anger growing, Flurry levitated her sword into her grasp and leaped up into the high ceiling of the hut, ready to cleave the zebra in twain. So focused on the attack was Flurry that she failed to notice the tentacle before it was too late. When it struck, her whole body froze. Pain shot seemingly through every muscle, every nerve. As a painful scream erupted from the alicorn, she looked down and saw the worst sight so far in this quest.

The tentacle was wriggling as it was rammed thoroughly into her previously unspoiled pussy.

Her virginity was gone, as evidenced by the trails of blood now streaming down her thighs. Flurry couldn’t tear her watering eyes away from the horrific sight, even as other tentacles now held her in place. A swift thrust from the tentacle flared the pain anew and Flurry couldn’t help but climax on the spot; her feminine juices joining the blood trickling to the floor beneath her.

Zecora regained her smile as things were once again in her control, but something glowing caught her eye. It was by the front door, near where her two new guests had left their bags. A small pinprick of light that hovered just off the floor. A gust began swirling throughout the central room, capturing everypony’s attention as the light grew larger and brighter. It finally exploded in a crescendo of light and sound, with the zebra shielding her eyes from the flash. Lowering them, she found her humble hut had a new arrival.

Now standing in the room was another earth pony mare, one with a beige coat and a navy-blue mane with a pink stripe running through it to their curled ends. She was clothed in a black top and pants with a dark brown duster jacket draped on top. A large bag was slung over her shoulders while strapped to her waist were a coiled rope with a grappling hook and a sheathed short sword.

Taking one look at the situation she now found herself in, the mares’ face went from shocked one second to focused the next. The bag dropped to the floor with a thud and she charged. Before the shaman could blink, the two mares molesting Starlight were knocked out. Zecora lashed out with her tentacles, but the mare was too quick, leaping through the gaps with a spin before drawing her weapon, the crystal blade slicing through them with ease. Zecora backed away with a cry of pain, but the newcomer wasn’t done yet; cutting down the lengths that held Flurry aloft before rushing the wounded zebra. Zecora swung a left fist but got nothing as the mare ducked and smoothly transitioned into a roundhouse kick to the face. Zecora was spun around by the impact, leaving her open for the assailant to wrap her arms around the shamans’ waist, pop her hips and suplex her onto the back of the neck. When she got up, the zebra was unconscious.

“B-Bonbon?” Starlight asked, propping herself up on an elbow before the earth pony offered her a hand.

“I suppose asking ‘are you two okay’ is pretty pointless, huh?” Bonbon asked before helping the princess to her feet.

“T-The Empire,” Flurry stuttered, grabbing hold of Bonbon’s shoulder for stability. “Did you get our warning?”

Bonbon nodded. “Spike and Flash Sentry have the borders well scouted. Nothings’ getting into the Crystal Empire without a fight.”

“What about Sweetie Belle and the others?”

At this, the mares’ blue and pink head dipped. “It’s still too early to know if lack of stimuli will help them recover, but Sunburst and Flash both agreed the reformation gems need to be saved for those on the mission. They’ve set up a triage in the north of the city, but what those mares need right now is rest.” Flurry took all this in, a look shifting between forlorn and frustration dominating her face as she walked over to the window on the far side of the room.

“Also,” Bonbon carried on, walking over and diving a hand into her bag. “Apple Bloom said you girls needed new clothes and a focus on stealth. Lucky for you two, I’m your mare, and I’ve got just the suits for youuuu…. Oh.” Her confident flourish of two dark, full-body stealth suits faded as she looked over their corrupted busts. “I… I’m sorry. It’s just, Apple Bloom mentioned you’d gotten bigger, Starlight, but we didn’t know…”

“It’s okay Bonbon,” Starlight reassured her, taking the black suit. “We’ll make do.” She floated the other one over to Flurry, who paused to look it over a moment before taking it.

Bonbon noticed this, as well as Starlight’s dismissal of their situation, but didn’t press the issue. “So, what’s the plan now, and what about these four?” She gestured at the unconscious zebra and her three slaves.

“We’ll send them back to the Empire,” Starlight responded as she began stepping into the one-piece suit. “These three are victims, just like the others we sent back, but Zecora needs to be imprisoned. She did this to them.” The unicorn paused her answer there, not only to allow Bonbon to digest that nugget of information, but also to try and zip up the front of her suit. It managed to conceal her lower bosom, but there wasn’t enough fabric to contain her top pair. This also left her shoulders bare and the sleeves bunching up on her arms, but Starlight shrugged, assuming that was as good as she could get right now.

“As for our plan moving forward, we need to head deeper into the woods.”

“What? Why?” Bonbon questioned, also noticing Flurry Heart freeze in the middle of putting on her suit.

“Zecora mentioned the Tree of Harmony still stands, although its’ being guarded by some monster. If we could free it, then that’d be a big-”

“No.”

Both mares turned to Flurry Heart, her face scrunched up in anger as she finally managed to pull the zipper the whole way up. The suit looked fit to burst, but was holding in there for now as it contained the princess’ new globes. Despite this, Flurry stalked towards her aunt.

“You said we could trust Zecora and she betrayed us. Yet here you are; still wanting to go and save the Tree of Harmony on her word alone? For all we know, she could’ve been setting us up for a trap, or just buttering us up for what happened.”

“F-Flurry,” Starlight stuttered as she backed up. “I know these past couple of days haven’t gone to plan, but-”

“Gone to plan?” Flurry interrupted irately. “What plan? Our plans have fallen apart at seemingly every stage! The train was ambushed, I left you and Sweetie Belle behind for you to get caught, then did the same thing with Sweetie Belle, and then we allowed ourselves to be caught again!”

“Flurry, we’re still here. We’re still okay.”

Flurry’s eyebrow twitched. “Okay? Okay?!” Her screech caused the other two mares to flinch. “Would you call what happened to Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle okay?! Look at you! Are you okay with having four boobs?!”

“Flurry-”

“And I’m FAR from okay! I…” At this, the fury in the alicorn’s voice wavered, and she stifled a choked sob. “I lost my virginity…” But her pained expression morphed right back into one of anger. “…And it’s because you trusted Zecora. Because you made the decision to do so. Well… as Princess of the Crystal Empire, from now on, we’re following my lead. We are going back to Ponyville, and we are doing our best to stop that invasion and free as many mares as we can in the process.”

“Hey, Princess,” Bonbon spoke up, but the ice-cold glare Flurry levelled at her left the earth pony speechless. A quick glance at Starlight revealed tears in the wide eyes of the unicorn as she slow, measured breaths to most likely head off an oncoming anxiety attack.

“You have five minutes to collect yourselves,” Flurry declared as she walked towards the front door. “After that, we move out for Ponyville.” Without a glance back, she stepped through the door and slammed it shut behind her. A thud on the floor brought Bonbon’s gaze back to Starlight who had fallen to her knees as tears now trailed down her face.

“Starlight!” Within moments the agent was by her side, and Starlight immediately clutched onto her in a tight hug. Bonbon sighed as she hugged her back, letting Starlight cry into her shoulder for a minute before pushing her back to look her in the eye. “Starlight… I don’t know what that just was, but… Don’t let her get to you, okay? I don’t think she means it. She’s probably just feeling as much stress as we are to save everypony.”

“B-But…” Starlight stuttered, followed by a big sniff. “S-She’s right… I… I failed her…”

Bonbon just stared at the seemingly heartbroken mare before bringing her in for another hug and stroking her mane. “I know it hurts to fight with somepony you love. Trust me, I do. But just… give her some time. She’s a smart mare. I’m sure she’ll realize what she said and you two will be able to talk this out. What we can do right now is be there for her when she needs us, okay?”

Starlight took a few calming breaths before nodding, not trusting herself to speak. After another hug from Bonbon, the two gathered their equipment, tied up Zecora and teleported the four mares back to the Empire with one of Bonbon’s crystals and met up with Flurry Heart outside. From there, the three began following the overgrown forest path that led away from the shaman’s hut. Walking in a staggered line with Bonbon at their head and Starlight in the rear, they eventually reached a fork in the path and, following a glance at the compass Bonbon pulled out of her bag, took the right turn to the north-west, back towards Ponyville. Starlight followed along silently, though did spare one glance back behind them on the path she knew led to the ruins of the Castle of the Two Sisters.

Fortune seemed to finally be smiling upon the party, as they avoided any confrontations with wildlife or other monsters in the couple of hours it took to navigate their way out of the Everfree. They emerged to a land of rolling hills and sporadic trees, with a seemingly long-abandoned cottage not too far from where they emerged. The two older mares stopped to look at this house for a moment before Flurry urged them on, reminding them that they could be spotted should they dawdle. Despite the weight of Flurry and Starlight’s new additions causing some discomfort and slowing them down, they swiftly arrived at the edge of town, which the three notice are more heavily patrolled this time around. Bonbon, however, seemed up to the challenge of helping them sneak inside. She and Flurry created a distraction for both those guards nearby and off in the distance, allowing the three to sneak in undetected. Flurry did notice the lack of visible monsters patrolling the streets, but assumed they were mustering for the invasion of the Empire, as Bonbon led them into one of the many thatch-roofed houses in town. Upon entering, Flurry found there wasn’t as much destruction as she had expected. Unlike Carousel Boutique, this house had managed to avoid a lot of structural damage. There was a mess inside as if somepony had turned the house upside-down looking for something, but otherwise it was mostly intact.

As the princess inspected the ground floor and Starlight took a seat on the torn couch in the living room, Bonbon ignored them and carefully walked upstairs. She avoided one particular step, knowing it would squeak and not wanting to cause any further tension within the group. She turned left at the top of the stairs, then entered the door at the end of the hall. Her heart sank slightly as she walked into her old bedroom. It was mostly as she left it that first night of terror that had swept through Equestria so many years ago; clothing scattered across the floor, joined by the fully removed drawers from her dresser. The covers of the queen-size bed were stained beyond recognition with stains Bonbon didn’t want to know about. As she aimlessly wandered through the room, a crunch underfoot reveals she stepped upon a picture frame. Recognising it, she immediately bent down to look at it. The glass was broken, but thankfully the picture was intact and unspoiled. Her heart swelled with both love and sorrow looking at the faces from happier times. One was hers, while the other belonged to the mint green unicorn she had once shared this home, and indeed her life, with.

“Lyra…” Bonbon muttered, the memories contained beginning to overwhelm her as she hugged the photo close to her chest and knelt in the room alone, fighting off the impending breakdown as she had down so for years now.

Footsteps were her first sign that she wasn’t alone as she looked up to see Flurry Heart enter the room, her expression softening upon seeing the earth pony’s own. “Bonbon? Are you okay?”

Bonbon nodded, wiping her eyes before standing up and looking at the photo once more. “Yeah, just… reminiscing, I guess…”

Flurry walked over and looked at the picture, then back to Bonbon as the pieces fell into place. “This was your home…” Bonbon nodded in response. “And she was your…?”

“Lyra, my lover.” Bonbon answered, a small smile appearing on her muzzle. “She was such a strange mare, but that just made her that much more special… I… I think I’d forgotten just how… how much I missed her. I’ve always missed her but…”

Flurry placed a hand upon the earth pony’s shoulder, offering a look of sympathy. “I’m sorry.”

Bonbon shook her head before pocketing the picture. “It’s alright. I’m not leaving this quest until I get her back, no matter what.” The statement brought a smile from the alicorn as Bonbon faced her. “So, what’s our next move?”

“Well,” Flurry began, pacing in the bedroom. “I noticed there was a major lack of monsters in the streets as we came in. There were tons more yesterday, so it’s most likely they’re getting ready for the assault on the Empire right now. That means we don’t have a lot of time to hinder the invasion, so I’m going to rush in and create as much chaos and confusion as I can. This will distract them and allow you and… Starlight Glimmer,” she grumbled the name, “to follow me on foot and free any mares left in my wake.”

“But that’s suicide!” Bonbon pointed out. “You can’t take an entire army all by yourself.”

“I’ve held my own thus far,” Flurry shot back, her tone not brooking any argument, “and if the stories of my birth are true and I did shatter the Crystal Heart with a scream, imagine how much devastation I’ll do to these beasts. With their attention focused on me, you shouldn’t have too much to worry about.”

“And I take it Starlight’s already said she doesn’t approve?” Bonbon’s tone was practically dripping with skepticism.

“Why would she care? She trusted Zecora more than me.”

“What happened in there wasn’t her fault.”

“She gave Zecora the opportunity.”

“And you think she wanted to?” The question killed Flurry’s retort in her mouth. For a few moments she tried coming up with a response to Bonbon, yet was unable to and looked away in frustration.

“She still loves you, Flurry,” the agent spoke up again, now being the one placing a hand on Flurry’s shoulder. “And she feels awful about what happened to you. But pushing her away is the last thing you want to do right now. If not from a tactical perspective, then from a emotional one. It’s breaking her heart to have let this happen, and you’re not giving her the chance to make it up to you.”

Flurry just stood there and listened, her reason agreeing with Bonbon’s logic, but her emotions and anger still burning away and blaming her aunt for what happened. Without warning, the princess left the room, fluttered down the stairs and walked straight out the door. By the time Bonbon and Starlight followed her outside, Flurry was already airborne and soaring north.

Flurry Heart tried burying the previous discussion, instead putting her full effort into scanning her surroundings in the air and down below. The streets of Ponyville, once full of debauchery and fornication, were now quiet. But, as she approached the circular center of town and the crumbling town hall, she saw there were still a few monsters there; raping the poor mares locked in the stocks.

Her anger from earlier in the day came roaring back, but now she had an outlet to unleash it upon. Focusing her aim on the monsters, she fired a narrow beam of golden energy. The shot hit true, decapitating one of the beasts as it dropped dead. The others nearby finally stopped their fucking as Flurry landed; sword drawn and horn glowing as she goaded them into charging. Her tactic worked as two more of the monsters charged. Flurry, smirking, created a flash that blinded one of the monsters before dashing in and impaling the beast through the heart. She nearly lost her focus and balance because of her increased titflesh, but the stealth suit was managing to keep her girls contained for now. Before the other one could even swing at her, she teleported behind it and blasted both of them with a wave of golden magic, killing them both.

Her assault brought a group of fiends out from the nearby buildings, as well as the other side of the town center. She counted twelve of them and took flight before one insectoid-looking one spat a ball of green goop at her. It fizzled and dissolved the pavement upon contact, making it her new target. She shot it with another spell, though it looked as though no damage had been done. When the beast seemingly laughed, she activated the spell and suddenly the situation changed in her favor. All of the monsters near the insect were unexpectedly pulled off their feet and flung full force towards and into the bug. With five monsters piled together like a living wrecking ball, Flurry encased them with a levitation spell and swung them into their free comrades. The improvised weapon proved effective, as the remaining beasts were bludgeoned to death; a fate shared by those within the orb.

With the imminent threats dealt with, Flurry turned and cut each of the locks holding the mares in place. She looked around and, seeing no other monsters approaching but not wanting to abandon these mares, she quickly looked inside the town hall. It appeared as empty as the space around it, so the princess swiftly levitated the delirious or unconscious mares inside, locked the doors and left a magical note that Starlight and Bonbon would be able to find.

Flurry took flight once more, sweeping the surrounding streets for any more ponies to save. She found a few more groups of monsters, these ones not carrying or fucking ponies, but armed and armored. Seeing no innocents around and wanting to vent her previous frustrations, Flurry unleashed blast after blast of magic down upon these beasts. Each explosion of golden magic reduced the monsters to ash, if they were lucky, and with each successful attack, Flurry’s confidence grew. These guys no longer seemed as terrifying as they had the previous day now that she was focused on attacking them rather than escaping them.

At this rate, I could stop the whole invasion, Flurry dangerously thought to herself as she flew towards the largest horde of monsters she could see. There was a veritable tide of them surrounding the crystalline castle in the north of the town, where her aunt Twilight had apparently once lived. With the horde in her sights, she approached at high speed, ignoring all else below her. Once she was a couple of blocks away from the horde, Flurry drew upon her deep reserves and fired a massive beam of golden energy. The blast cut through the horde like a knife through butter, nearly dividing the gathering in two. Those that weren’t incinerated were severely burned from the attack.

Flurry’s confident grin turned to a determined scowl as various flying beasts rose to meet her challenge. She blasted a few before deflecting a tackle from a squid-like beast, then climbed to avoid a breath attack from what looked like a dragon. She dropped back down, splitting the dragon’s head in half with another sword swing, but she had more momentum than she thought. The extra weight of her breasts, contained as they were, carried her forward that little bit further than she planned. It resulted in her dropping another couple of feet in the air, just in time to get hit in the back by some muscular monster with enough force to be sent rocketing to the ground before the castle.

As the dust settled from the impact settled, the horde saw Flurry had survived the crash by encasing her body within a magical shield, though it shattered now she had landed. Before she could regather her wits, the horde rushed in. They grabbed hold of her arms, her wings, and kept her down on her knees. Flurry’s eyes swarmed around each of them, as well as spotting a mare on the balcony of the castle watching over all of this. As she heard and saw the monster reveal their hardening shlongs, memories of earlier that morning in Zecora’s hut ran right back into mind. This lit the fire within her once more, and she made sure there would be no repeat performance today. With a flare of her horn, a golden bubble rapidly expanded into existence with Flurry at the center. It pushed all of the beasts back, giving her a circle of sixty feet all to herself. Standing up once more, she looked back up at the mare on the balcony, seeing her holding a spear as well as her being flanked by two other monsters in armor. The pieces fell into place and a plan, though a gamble, emerged.

“You!” She shouted, pointing her sword at the mare as her voice captured the hordes’ attention. “I, Flurry Heart, Princess of the Crystal Empire, challenge you to single combat!” She waited, trying her hardest not to show any sign of panic or worry as the crowd went silent. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw many in the horde were now looking up at the mare on the balcony, waiting for a response much like Flurry was.

Her answer came when the mare backed up on the balcony a little before rushing forward and leaping over the guardrail, rolling as she landed in the clearing with the alicorn. The first thing that Flurry noticed immediately was this mare wasn’t just a traitor like she thought. She was a monster as well. Though her more equine upper half resembled a beautiful mare, with a yellow coat, a wild red mane and orange reptilian eyes, her lower half was that of a snake with red scales covering her long tail. Said tail didn’t rob this monstress of her feminine anatomy, however, as sitting snug just above where the scales began saw a moist pussy. The snake mare also wore silver wrist guards and a woven shawl over her shoulder, though it was tied together to make certain one could see her pert B-cup breasts.

“Well, aren’t you a bold one, Miss Princess?” The snake mare taunted as she and Flurry began circling each other. The alicorn kept her gaze and sword pointed squarely at her target, ignoring the chuckling and murmurs of the horde that now formed a circle around them. “And what, humor me, would you hope to gain from such a duel?”

“When I win, your forces leave cease what they’re doing and leave Ponyville and her citizens alone, never to return.”

The smug smile from the snake pony turned into a fanged grin. “Hm, confident, aren’t you? Just easily assuming you’ll win?” Flurry gave her no response, though the snake before her simple chuckled from the intensity of the glare sent her way. “Very well.” She stopped her circular movements, now standing directly before the doors to the castle as she symbolically stamped her spear on the ground. “I am Lamaria. Governess of Ponyville and leader of this lovely horde of darlings you see before you. If you win, I swear on my life that my friends and I will drop all our toys and leave town. But if I win…” Her chuckle darkened as her expression morphed from smugness to predatory. “Then you become my new favorite fuck toy.”

“And this’ll be a fair, one-on-one fight?” Flurry asked, sparing a glance at the horde surrounding her.

“Of course,” Lamaria agreed. “After all, I’m not going to share the experience of breaking you in with anyone. That pleasure’s mine and mine alone.”

“You wish.”

Flurry zoomed forward as fast as she could, delivering a heavy kick to Lamaria’s unarmored belly before she could even react. The force of the blow sent the snake mare not only barreling through her own minions, but through the doors and into the interior of the castle itself. Lamaria sat up and made it back to a vertical base, shaking off the pain of the multiple bodies and objects she’d just flown through, just in time to block a swing from Flurry’s sword with the shaft of her spear. She lifted her spear up to force away the sword and ducked upon seeing Flurry’s horn glow, only for the alicorn to knee the descending head and follow up with another spin kick.

Flurry continued to press her advantage; feinting her magic to strike with her sword and shield as well as stiff kicks. The constant assault pushed Lamaria further and further into the halls of the castle. After another kick sent the governess sliding back, Flurry leapt into the high ceiling for another downward sword swing only to be blocked again. But this time Lamaria was ready for her. As Flurry pushed with her blade, her enemy’s serpentine tail coiled around her ankle and first slam the princess into the wall before throwing her further down the hall.

As Flurry shook the cobwebs out of her head from the impact, she only now noticed the living decorations adorning the walls. Poor gagged mares were suspended off the ground by nothing but wires and chains connected to their gags or their cuffed wrists, and by the wall-mounted dildos wedged firmly into their pussies or asses. Their moans of pleasure served as ambience for her battle as now Lamaria pressed the assault. Flurry managed to get her shield up to block a direct thrust of the spear, but the governess was now the one pushing the alicorn back.

A serpentine tail slam sent Flurry flying back-first through a set of doors to a large rounded room. She stumbled for a moment getting back up, the weight of her boobs reminding her of their existence, before taking in her new surroundings. There was a circular table surrounded by six crystal thrones, though only one remained standing, portraying what looked like a cutie mark of three butterflies, as the others lay in ruins. The roots of a large tree served as a massive chandelier, different-colored gemstones illuminating the room. Sadly, there were the more perverse decorations as, like in the hallways, mares were impaled on false cocks along the walls.

Her attention was harshly returned to the fight as another lash from Lamaria’s tail sent her flying into the throne with enough force to knock her sword out of her grasp. Stars danced before her eyes, but any chance to regain her senses and ascendancy in the fight was stolen as that tail now coiled around and bound her to the throne.

“Don’t even think about teleporting,” Lamaria warned, her spear at the alicorn’s throat. “Unless, of course, you want my servants to kill themselves.” The snake mare snapped her fingers twice and, appearing from another hallway, came two ordinary mares. They were both earth ponies; one with a pink coat and a sky-blue mane, while the other was the inverse. Both wore a collar with a purple gem around their necks, along with lacy red stockings and garter belts. From those stockings, both mares drew a long needle from a sleeve sown into their attire, and held them ready to stab their own necks. Her eyes widening at the realization Lamaria wasn’t kidding, Flurry looked away and stopped resisting.

“There’s a good girl,” Lamaria purred, her satisfaction deafening her to a muffled rumble from outside. Instead, she turned to the twin earth ponies. “Bring in my creamy delight. I want her to meet her new playmate.” The mares nodded in unison and left, leaving the alicorn and her captor.

“Now let’s have a look at these lovely melons you’re hiding.” Tightening her tail’s grip to ensure Flurry couldn’t move, the snake mare leaned in and pulled down the zipper of the stealth suit. It got stuck near the top of the breasts before one forceful tug pulled it not only down over the slope to reveal her milkbags, but also clean off, ensuring the suit wouldn’t close over her chest ever again. Now those pale orbs were out for all to see.

“Well, well,” Lamaria murmured, her eyes widening at the sight. “Oh, I’m going to enjoy this.”

Without any further delay, the serpent pony swiftly took a breast in each hand and began roughly kneading and toying with them. The action immediately stole any focus Flurry was trying to build, squirming in her seat as the snake had her way with her. Her thumbs brushed over the hardening nubs that were her nipples, soon followed by the governess taking one in her mouth and teasing Flurry further; her forked tongue tracing her areola before flicking the peak of these handfuls. Such teasing soon bore fruit as milk began seeping out of Flurry’s chest. The moment Lamaria tasted it, she pulled back in shock before looking back at the alicorn with a devilish smile.

“You’re just the gift that keeps on giving, aren’t you?” Flurry refused to speak, but the blush on her face was all the answer the serpent needed. “Well, let’s have a taste, shall we?”

“No, don-NNGH!” Flurry's cries were cut off as Lamaria latched her lips around the leaking teat once more, this time sucking out enough milk to fill her cheeks before swallowing. She did this a few more times before switching to the other breast and sampling its bounty. After filling her cheeks once more, she pulled away, her mouth still full, and forced Flurry into a kiss. As the serpentine tongue explored the alicorn’s mouth and coiled around her own, Flurry was forced into drinking her own milk. She wasn’t sure whether it was the groping or the milk, but her head was starting to grow fuzzy again, her milk production increasing that little bit more.

“Ah, there she is.” Lamaria smiled as she pulled away, turning Flurry’s head as she struggled to regain her breath to see their new arrivals.

The twin earth ponies had returned, but now they were pushing two wide steel trolleys. Atop each one was a giant blue breast and behind them was an older mare, though not old enough to be considered elderly just yet. She also looked a little plumper than most other mares, and her off-pink mane was done up like a swirl of strawberry whipped cream, though a small silver streak ran through it. Like the two aiding her, she wore a collar with a purple gem that left her face vacant of all expression.

“Picked her up from those delightful brothers just outside town a few years ago,” Lamaria explained as she released Flurry from the chair only to fully constrict her with her tail once more and drag her closer to one of the massive chest hams before them. “A shame what happened to them last night. You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that, would you?” Again, Flurry remained silent, which brooked a shrug from the monstress. “Oh well. Either way, you’re going to be spending a lot of time with dear Cupcake here, so why not get to know her a little better? Starting with how she tastes.”

Again, Lamaria forced Flurry Heart’s mouth open before pushing her into the wide areola of the blue mare. With the alicorn’s mouth secured over the large nipple, a nod from the governess was all the other two slaves needed to begin massaging the breast of their counterpart. Lamaria kept the stimulations going with one hand still milking Flurry’s tits, but then the boob she was pressed against released its bounty. It wasn’t what she expected either, as a glance to the other nipple confirmed it.

This poor mare was lactating whipped cream.

Pulled away from the nipple, some of the cream landed on her face, which Lamaria eagerly lapped up. The dizziness Flurry suffered was growing in intensity, which prevented her from resisting as the serpent spun the princess out of her tail and into the new mares’ cleavage. A nod to the twins and soon Flurry was pressed in tight by the large globes of flesh.

“And now…” Lamaria spoke, her voice dripping with lust as she licked a spot of whipped cream off of her lips. “Time for the real desert.”

Flurry felt something rub up between her legs and, even in her addled state, knew what was coming next. In this moment, she realized what had led her to this. Her anger. She stormed off rather than talked about what happened with Starlight. She had channeled that anger into her attacks, the success of which fed her ego and confidence. She honestly thought she could take down an entire horde and their leader by herself? Instead of the victory, she was now helpless to resist as her pussy was about to be invaded for the second time that day. A tear escaped her eyes as she looked away, her legs being held straight by someone’s hands beneath the titflesh that imprisoned her.

“Flurry!”

In an instant, Flurry Heart fell to the floor. Trying to shake away the disorientation she suffered, she looked to find herself in the hallway just outside the throne room. Kneeling beside her with a look of concern was Bonbon, while standing before her was Starlight. She turned back to look and Flurry saw the fear in her eyes melt into love and relief.

“What the?” Lamaria exclaimed, realizing her new toy had been stolen. “Oi! I wasn’t done with her yet!”

“Too bad,” Starlight Glimmer growled, her expression morphing into a scowl of outright hatred she hadn’t worn in years, possibly not since Twilight Sparkle had shown her a better path in life. “Now you have to deal with me.”

“Heh, fine by me!” Lamaria charged and leapt over the table, hoping to impale Starlight in one swift strike. But she never got the chance. Starlight raised her staff, channeled her magic through it and the snake mare froze in mid-air. Try as she might to free herself, Lamaria couldn’t escape Starlight magical grasp, nor her furious gaze. She began to panic. “Q-Quick! Aloe, Lotus! Kill yourselves!” She couldn’t see the two, but when she heard nothing, she desperately tried spotting them out of the corner of her eye. Starlight’s magic refused her even that, but she saw Bonbon walking back towards the unicorn dusting her hands.

“Oh, they’re not doing anything for a while except catching up on some much-needed rest,” the earth pony confidently claimed as she retook her position beside the woozy Flurry Heart.

“Y-You won’t get away with this!” Lamaria exclaimed wildly. “My horde will be in here any minute to fuck your brains out!”

“You mean the horde we finished off to get in here?” Bonbon responded cockily as Starlight’s grip became that little bit tighter. “Yeah, Starlight and I managed to wipe out whatever crumbs Flurry left behind.”

The monster’s face finally revealed the full extent of her fear as her eyes darted between the two mares. “Y-You’re bluffing.”

“Why don’t you take a look for yourself?” Starlight asked with a deadly tone. She crafted magical chains with pinned the governess’ arms tightly to her side before opening a wide portal beneath the snake pony. With one last glimpse of fear from Lamaria, Starlight brought her staff down with authority, sending the snake plummeting through the portal at high speed. The portal closed, though Flurry swore she could hear a scream off in the distance, followed by a loud smack.

“U-Um… S-Starlight, I-” Flurry didn’t get much further before Starlight dropped her staff and came in for a tight hug. This unintentionally brought their six boobs together in a tight squeeze, but Starlight adjusted herself to hug from the side to lessen the effect.

“I’m so sorry, Flurry.” Starlight muttered, sounding on the verge of tears. This broke the dam walls with Flurry as she hugged her aunt back and sobbed openly into her shoulder. Bonbon stood vigil over the two of them as they sat there weeping and embracing one another.

“I-I’m sorry!” Flurry choked out. “I… I shouldn’t have blamed you.”

“No, I’m sorry,” Starlight responded, pulling back to take Flurry’s face in both hands. “I should’ve known better and protected you. But more importantly I should’ve listened to you about Zecora. I failed to protect you, and I promise I’ll protect you from here on out.”

Flurry shook her head before taking her aunt’s hands in her own. “How about we protect each other?” Starlight tearfully smiled at that and nodded, the two embracing once more.

“Uh… girls?” Bonbon’s unsure tone brought the two out of their moment, Starlight rising to her feet and levitating her staff back into her hands. But the fight disappeared just as quickly as it arrived as the unicorn gazed upon a sight she thought she’d never see again.

The table in the center of the room began glowing before images flickered just above its surface. This flickering continued until a figure took shape hovering over the table. The figure was an alicorn; one of a slim physique of purple fur hidden beneath a plain white dress. Her wings extended out behind her to their full length, while her dark purple mane and tail fluttered on an invisible breeze. She landed upon the tables’ surface, her eyes opening to reveal a kind gaze of purple eyes.

“W-Who is that?” Flurry asked as she struggled to her feet, aided in the end by an equally shocked Bonbon. Starlight just stepped forward, her staff dropping out of her hands without thought as her whole focus was solely on this new arrival.

“T-Twilight? Twilight Sparkle, is-is it really you?” Starlight sounded as though her tears would break through anew, her arms almost trembling in place.

“Twilight?” Flurry asked before the gears in her memory started turning. Of all the old heroines of Equestria, this was the one Starlight had taught her about the most. The one that had rediscovered the Elements of Harmony. The one that had saved her parents’ wedding. The one that had saved her aunt from her own inner demons.

This was her aunt Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship.

“I am not the mare you seek,” Twilight’s image spoke softly as she shook her head. “I am merely using her form as a means to communicate with you.”

“Then who, or what are you?” Bonbon asked as she helped Flurry over to where Starlight stood.

“I am the Tree of Harmony,” Twilight’s image spoke before glitching out of existence for a second and reappearing. “I am sorry, but time is short and my power is incredibly limited. I wish to offer you any aid I can provide.”

“Zecora was telling the truth…” Flurry mumbled before sharing a glance with Starlight.

“I am imprisoned, so I am unable to provide you my full strength, but I can teleport you to the location of one of the former Element Bearers. Should you manage to free them of their blighted forms, their power shall become yours.”

“B-But where are they?” Starlight asked. At this, Twilight’s form disappeared, replaced by a map of Equestria. Just above certain locations hovered four different colored lights; an orange one over a town to the south, a white one above a city to the east, a blue one above the city of Cloudsdale, and finally a pink one above what looked like a desolate farmstead.

Starlight counted the lights and recognized what each color meant, but her look of worry deepened. “Wait? Wait, what about Twilight and Fluttershy? Where are they?”

The map disappeared and Twilight’s image returned after another glitch. “They are both currently within Canterlot. Given the amount of corruption there, I cannot send you to them in my current state. Now please, we are short on time. If I am to help you, you must make your decision.”

Author's Note

Flurry Heart Stats:
Purity: 3/3*
Will: +3
Strength: +4*
Defense: +3
Speed: +3*
Magic: +4
Items:
Crystal Sword: +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
Stealth Suit: Can reroll a Speed Check once per chapter
Reformation Gems x4
Teleportation Crystals x3
Food Rations x4
Corruptions:
Expanded Breasts (G cup): -2 on Speed Checks
Lactation (1/3)

Starlight Glimmer Stats:
Purity: 2/3
Will: +2*
Strength: +2
Defense: +2
Speed: +1*
Magic: +5*
Items:
Crystal Staff: +1 to Magic
Stealth Suit: Can reroll one Speed Check per chapter
Reformation Gems x3
Teleportation Crystals x2
Food Rations x4
Corruptions:
Expanded Breasts (F cup): -1 on Speed Checks
Multiple Breasts (4 in total): Disadvantage on Speed Checks
Lactation (2/3): Disadvantage on Will Checks

Bonbon Stats:
Purity: 3/3*
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 x3
Teleportation Crystals x2
Food Rations x4
Corruptions:
None

I'm really sorry this chapter's taken so long, but it's been a busy and hectic few weeks. Not only that, but I've also been tinkering on a few non-Talviraverse stories to see if they could work. Finally, another reason this story took forever, apart from its length, is I find it quite difficult to write for Zecora. If you were wondering why she hasn't said much, that's a big contributing factor. It was once I finally got past her segment that the ball really started rolling on this one.
As for the votes, you guys really got in quick. Almost all the votes gathered came in less than 24 hours after the polls opened. Also really surprised at how streamlined your votes were, almost as if all of you had secretly agreed Starlight should have the purple potion.

Action:
Agree to help save the Tree of Harmony: 11
Re-enter Ponyville to help disrupt the invasion: 13
Forge a new path to Canterlot: 2
Item:
White Potion (Lactation Booster): 1 (FH), 4 (SG)
Pink Potion (Breast Expansion): 13 (FH), 4 (SG)
Red Potion (Ass Expansion): 1 (FH), 1 (SG)
Blue Potion (Cock Growth/Expansion): 1 (FH), 0 (SG)
Gold Potion (Increases all current Corruptions by 1): 8 (FH), 3 (SG)
Purple Potion (Multiple Breasts): 0 (FH), 13 (SG)
Green Potion (Tentacle Growth): 1 (FH), 0 (SG)
Gray Potion (Absorption (Bad End)): 0 (FH), 0 (SG)
Politely Decline: 1 (FH), 1 (SG)

Now we're entering what I'm referring to as Act II of the story, where we're going to see a lot more of the Mane 6. Which ones and when will, as always, be determined by your votes.
We also see the first instance of multiple action options. The first option is where the party is heading next, while the second is any last-minute things they can do before leaving.

Action 1:
Return to the Everfree to save the Tree of Harmony
Teleport to Appleloosa
Teleport to Manehatten
Teleport to Cloudsdale
Teleport to the lonely farm
Action 2:
Evacuate all mares in Ponyville
Save only those in/around the castle
Leave a distraction for the enemy
None of the above
Item:
Use Reformation Gem on Flurry Heart
Use Reformation Gem on Starlight Glimmer
Don't use it

Thank you for your patience and, as always, thanks for reading and happy voting!