Chapter 1: Poolside Hunger
The first words out of her mouth are:
"Servant, we are quite fatigued at our exertions..."
Cobalt Stone tried to stammer that this has been good exercise, but she cuts Cobalt off.
"We are also quite famished; we demand second Lunch... at once!"
Cobalt tried to explain that she had 'first lunch' only half an hour ago.
She is unfazed. "We ate the paltry embarrassment of food thou called a meal as a warmup! These morsels and this exercise has done our belly a world of good in getting our anticipated digestions in motion."
Cobalt was flummoxed... she had eaten enough food to feed 30 ponies to absolute satiation, but she had scarfed down each dish as if she was starving, forcing each 'bite' into her maw one right after the other, nonstop, until every morsel was devoured.
Cobalt stammered, politely... that surely she is joking, and that she is still sated? He thought to himself that last bit may have been too far only too late...
"Come here... servant..." she gestured imperiously with a blubbery hoof.
Cobalt approached without thinking, a lifetime of servitude driving his legs.
Once Cobalt was a satisfactory distance in front of her, she stared up at him with a scowl. at first Cobalt don't know what's going on, but it's not long before he heard a low... ululating ... ominous gurgling noise.
Luna opened her maw WIDE, like a snake, a jaw adept at unhinging itself to consume her massive meals, and Cobalt cringed, convinced in that moment that she would ignite her horn and stuff him into that impossibly large mouth just to prove a point.
Instead, Cobalt’s eardrums are nearly blown out of the opposite sides of his head as a bellowing belch blasted him with an acrid and forceful wind. Cobalt staggered a little under the onslaught, and only barely managed to keep his footing.
HHHHHOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!
It continued for 20 full seconds, drowning out everything but the wall of force and noise around Cobalt, and when the roar of sound, smell, and wind finally abated, Princess Luna was left staring accusatorily at Cobalt.
"Did that seem like the ruminations of a sated stomach to you servant Stone? Is a princess to be satisfied with mere crumbs of food and only air to fill her belly?"
Cobalt conceded in a small voice that perhaps this is not meant to be the case.
"GOOD, then bring us the meal which we requested servant! Cobalt delay in our receiving of food has only made us more ravenous than before!" She punctuated this declaration with another seismic belch.
BBOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRPPP!!!
This one, though not as cataclysmic as the first, still caused every bone in Cobalt body to rattle and her ponderous flank to jiggle. Not to mention the sizable waves in the pool that now lapped against the sides from her first one being buffeted by the second. "We shall require several mid-meal snacks to make up for this delay! Inform the kitchen staff of our needs NOW, or we shall take matters into our own hooves. Dost thou understand?"
Cobalt nodded, unable to do much else in the face of such a force of nature. Cobalt turn and sprint for the castle, hoping that Cobalt can make it in time for the Princess to not simply begin eating all of the plants in the garden again...
The doors to the kitchen smashed open, and a gasping and panting cobalt stone, Butler to the Princess, gasps out just four words:
PRINCESS... hah... LUNA... hoo... IS HUNGRY!
there is an immediate scramble for cooking utensils. The kitchen is in operation 24/7, however, usually this is in anticipation of meals an hour or more ahead. But when the princess grows hungry, there is usually such a scramble.
And whilst most of the staff usually end up in a panic due to the princess' hunger, there was one specific pony who remained calm amongst all of this: A unicorn with a sea blue mane and tail along with dark blue colored fur and a rolling pin for a Cutie Mark. Her name? Waterlilly. And to think, she's actually one of the head chefs in the kitchen but somehow manages to keep a level head - even with the more than normal. Meals that have to be dealt with when it comes to Luna!
"Don't worry sweetie, we'll take care of the princess." Waterlilly reassured the obviously tired out butler before gesturing for the other chefs within the castle's kitchen to get on cooking. "You just return to where you were and try not to worry."
Cobalt collapses to the ground, but takes care to do so outside of the doorway so as not to obstruct the way out.
"Hah... I'm just gonna... rest here a second... I'll bring out... huff... something... later..."
That simply made Waterlilly let out a small giggle. It was sometimes rather... Cute to see how tired out ponies in the castle - like butlers for example - end up getting because of either their normal duties or because of Luna's more than natural appetite - even for an alicorn. But once the butler was out of the way, Waterlilly went ahead and started to join the bakers with making and baking whatever was necessary, along with making sure the other chefs were doing things correctly.
The panic in the kitchen calm somewhat as Waterlilly guided her staff through the plan. A massive four course meal: hors d'oeuvre, appetizer, main course, and dessert.
With the hors d'oeuvres serving as anything that they could get their hooves on that she could eat right now, the appetizers what can be made in the next 15 minutes, and the main course coming from the massive industrial ovens that the kitchen had been fitted with in a vain attempt to sate a bottomless hunger.
The desserts were obvious enough that Waterlilly did not feel the need to explain.
For the moment, the hors d'oeuvres. Some of the food stashes around the Royal pool would serve as a start, but Waterlilly thought perhaps she should also retrieve some of the 'small' portable 10 liter feeding tanks filled with a calorie laden shake that Luna liked to go with it.
No need to explain or not, before she had become a head chef in Canterlot Castle, Waterlilly was also a baker. Which in turn, made her make sure that the other chefs made the desserts as she possibly could. Sure, she was never really all that stern or serious with them, but she corrected any mistakes the other chefs made whenever they made them. Which doing that last thing...? Well, that was a good thing. So, after making sure the kitchen wouldn't go into absolute chaos the second she stepped out, the sea blue manned mare stepped out of the kitchen in order to retrieve those feeding tanks personally.
She didn't want anyone else to deal with the strain of carrying those tanks, plus it seems her magic was a bit more powerful than she originally let on when she was first hired. But given how kind and honest she seemed to be... She seemed to not be any danger, so there was no need to be concerned for the time being.
Waterlilly found the tanks easily enough in one of the several dozen walk in fridges contained within a corridor off of the main part of the kitchen. the kitchen behind her settled into a regular rhythm, with her chefs working hard to follow her instructions as the smells of preliminary cooking wafted in from the Army of ponies and dozens of types of food being prepared as quickly as was physically possible with both magic and hooves.
Oh, thank Celestia, the kitchen didn't drop into absolute chaos whilst she was out... And as soon as she had found those feeding tanks that belonged to Princess Luna, four of those ten-liter tanks should probably be more than enough to help satisfy the princess alongside everything she's going to be eating. So being careful with it, the head chef carefully brought those tanks into the kitchen - one by one - and began to prepare those calorie laden shakes so she could fill the tanks with the finished shakes; Something which she was an expert at.
The massive master tank that she filled the smaller thimbles by comparison from used to be a gigantic water reservoir, close to 100,000 Liters. The multiple spigots that dotted the sides could all be opened to fill the portable ones.
All she had to do was remove the feeding hose from the mouth and connect it to the spigot on the master tank.
Even with her own magic, doing such a thing was harder than one would think - which only made sense when considering it used to be a reservoir, it wasn't supposed to be easy to remove. But after enough struggling with both her magic and her own four hooves, she was successful with the removal of the feeding hose and connected to its proper place. It was there... The waiting process began.
the tanks filled up as she disconnected the hose on each of them and attached their nozzles to one of the spigots. the pressure in the reservoir caused the little tanks to fill immediately. As indicated by the pressure valve near the nozzle.
Thank Celestia those filled up as quickly as they did, since that meant Waterlilly could disconnect and reconnect the proper things and quickly return to the kitchen with the filled-up feeding tanks to see how everypony within the kitchen was doing - hoping they weren't making a mess.
The kitchen seemed to be operating as efficiently as it could be. The three other head chefs and the sous chefs working under them made sure that each part of the kitchen was working as intended. Waterlilly could see all sorts of batters being whipped in large bowls, ingredients thrown into chopping machines rather than risking a pony's hoof with knives, and massive pots of broth being brought to boil, among other things.
But with Waterlilly back... She was able to help with the efficiency of how the chefs were working in the kitchen. Since the longer Princess Luna waited, the grouchier she was going to be. And the grouchier she was, the less fun it was for everypony and every creature inside the castle.
So after quite some time... And with Cobalt probably still tired out with having to rush over here, Waterlilly once again took it upon herself to get the job done; First asking the butler where the Princess of the Night currently was before heading out to the pool area of the castle with the literal feast of food that she and the chefs had expertly prepared. And whilst she was being careful, the sea blue manned mare made sure to get to the princess' location as soon as she could with all this food - both to make sure that she didn't have to wait any longer and to make sure that the food wouldn't get cold.
The massive mare had clambered her way out of the pool with the shallow sloping ramp at its edge. She now rested in four or five of the deck chairs that would normally hold a single pony with a bamboo frame and a thin mattress like cushion.
All of these were crushed under her massive flank alone, the size of a cart.
The Princess herself was sitting on her belly, occasionally letting out a mighty belch that caused her body to jiggle.
When she smelled the food (she had acute senses for this particular application) she began to drool unabashedly into her tire-thick neck roll. her belly began rumbling like an engine, like an earthquake, a gurgling that could be heard as Waterlilly turned the corner into the pool area and felt even through the tiles surrounding the pool.
GUUURRRRRRRRGGGGGLLLLEEEEE
Princess Luna turned to face Waterlilly, the drool flinging out and spattering in front of her as it continued to waterfall from the corners of her mouth. "We were HUNGRY several minutes ago chef Waterlilly. We are FAMISHED now. we see that you have brought snacks, give them to us NOW." She demanded imperiously.
As Waterlilly approached, she could see that some of the topiary that normally formed a neat hedgerow around the pool had been ripped away, and decorative flower boxes upended, any trace of plants gone.
If this was any other butler or chef inside the castle, at how demanding and how hungry Luna was now, they would obviously be scared to absolute death with how demanding the other sounded. But not Waterlilly. If she could run an entire kitchen of panicked chefs without so much as a sweat, then dealing with Princess Luna's demands was nothin'.
"As you wish, dearie~" Waterlilly answered back in her calm tone as she brought the first course of food over. Quite a bit of salad, vegetables, caviar, and assorted breadsticks were on the menu for the first course.
And even though she had a level head, she was smart enough to not get even a single hoof near Princess Luna's mouth, since that was way too dangerous. But whether the princess fed herself or she demanded Waterlilly to feed her, that was up to her.
Without preamble, as food became available either to be grabbed by Luna's flabby hooves or seized from the Lilly's magic with a jerk of her own, Luna began all but shoveling food into her mouth. With such a light meal available to her, she didn't even chew, using her hooves to simply compact the family sized bowls of salad and mass breadsticks down her throat. she moved on to eating with the fervor of a starving mare, one who had been denied food for easily a week, let alone the 10 minutes that had passed since her declaration to Cobalt Stone.
After a few moments of groaning, grunting, and inhaling food, words sprang miraculously from the mess of food, drool, and teeth that made up Luna's mouth.
"WE wull NOFF... not be sated this way... assist us in snacking chef! OMMF... HUUURP!"
A few shreds of salad and a spattering of caviar spattered her chest.
"As you wish, my princess~" Waterlilly spoke back with a respectful bow.
And after making sure to clean off any crumbs that happened to spill onto Princess Luna due to her spitting out an order whilst there was food inside her mouth, that was when Waterlilly went to work, getting what she could with her magic and carefully guiding it to Princess Luna's ravenous maw. She wasn't oblivious to how quick the other was eating though, the head chef making sure to speed up with feeding the Princess of the Night every now and again. She didn't want to make her grouchier than she obviously already was - and the princess has her food at this point!
Luna would allow for a mouthful of food to build up (a titanic quantity compared to any other definition of a mouthful) before closing her maw and swallowing with a force that could crush steel. No matter how full her mouth was, no matter if there were a few breadsticks poking out of her lips, when she swallowed, there was hardly even a bulge in her neck (what was visible behind the flab in any case).
Her barrel, on which she rested like a giant pillow, didn't seem to be changing at all. Indeed, another low and grumbling growl erupted from it, causing the fat on her sides to quake.
GGGgggguuurrrgllll
Well, when it takes literal feasts in order to fill up a pony until they were absolutely full, it was obviously going to take a LONG TIME for that food to make noticeable changes to even that pony's belly - especially in the case of an alicorn. Though one thing was for absolutely sure, all that food she was eating? All of those calories were going to affect her figure quite a lot. Alicorn metabolism or diet or not, a single pony eating so much food was going to affect their figure quite noticeably. Though on the good side of all of this... At least she was waiting for her mouth to be completely full of food until she swallowed, which meant no barking demands for the time being.
GGGRRRooOoooooOoOowwwllll
Another growl... now Luna began employing her hooves again, taking the bowls and SHOVING their contents into her mouth to fill it faster.
She began to grunt and sweat a bit at the effort. One turquoise eye flicked over to Waterlilly, and there was simply a glare of accusation in it. She might have been trying to say something, but her mouth was too preoccupied with the food being forced into it.
What in Equestria was she trying to point out?... Well, Waterlilly was unfortunately no mind reader, even with her magic being as powerful as it was. Which in turn, meant that Princess Luna would probably have to stop eating in order to inform the other about what she wanted - which from the looks of things, the Princess of the Night didn't want to stop doing until everything was finished off. For the first course anyway
Luna rolled her eyes after a moment of incomprehension.
She dutifully forced down the last morsels of salad and breadsticks...
When she swallowed, she smacked her side and let out another paint-stripping belch off towards the pool... the water lapped like an ocean shore, with 2-foot-high waves crashing into the side of the pool after the explosion of gas had finished.
BOOOOOAAAARRRRRRPPPPP
When this was completed, another low grumble rippled through her stomach and the ground, and Luna turned to glare at Waterlilly.
"Art thou attempting to starve me chef Waterlilly?"
"I do not wish to do so, my princess." Waterlilly spoke respectfully with a shake of her head. "May I go see if the next course is ready for you to consume?"
"You may UUrrrp not..." Luna growled along with her stomach. "If we have to exert ourselves to ingest Bwwarrp food at a satisfactory rate, thou should'st hasten thy feeding... is that clear?" She glared at Waterlilly with deadly seriousness.
"As you wish, my queen." Waterlilly spoke calmly alongside a smile and a nod.
Dear Celestia, where that would scare a normal chef or servant, that didn't even phase Waterlilly. It must take a lot to get this mare scared! But for now, that doesn't matter. It was now that the sea blue manned mare knew that there was no way she would be able to do this on her own - mainly because she was too... Nice might be the proper word here, to force food down Luna's throat any faster than she currently was. So instead, the head chef let out a whistle in order to call one of the nearby butlers over in order to help her pick up what she was unfortunately lacking in the feeding; Both her and the butler now having to work together to help deal with Luna's appetite and feeding.
Luna sat back into her flabby body and gestured to the tanks that Lilly brought with her as well.
"Give us one of those! It feels as though not a single MORSEL has passed our lips... and a touch of delicious calorie shake would be welcome..."
Magic to the rescue! Good thing those feeding tanks have tubes of their own, or else using those would be a rather huge pain! So, after having the servant step aside, Waterlilly simply used her magic to bring the feeding tank as close as she could to Princess Luna, connected the proper feeding tube to the machine and placed the free end of the feeding tube right into Princess Luna's mouth. And after making sure that the side of the tube connected to the feeding tanks was secure as it could be, the sea blue manned mare simply allowed the device to take care of feeding the Princess of the Night. At least, until it was empty
Luna bit down on the steel nozzle of the tube and at first seemed content with its explosive pressurized flow of liquid, but soon Luna was gulping greedily at it.
Her eyes closed, as she gulped... gulped... CRUNCH.
The tank, sucked by the incredible stopping power behind that throat, sucked instantly flattened, crushing the stainless-steel canister like a soda can under a hydraulic press.
No sooner did this happen than Luna's eyes flew back open grumpily.
"A-... UUURRRPPP... -nother!" She rattled through a belch.
"And that next course better get here soon, or we shall surely... BWWAAAarrrpp... perish!"
Well, that was something that Waterlilly took care of immediately after. But before she had stepped away to check on the second course, she immediately ordered the servant to make sure to keep the Princess of the Night well fed and to make sure to give her those feeding tanks whenever she had asked for one; Making sure to demonstrate on how to insert it into the princess' mouth before she took off right towards the kitchen. For the sake of every chef in there... The second course better be finished.
Thankfully, the appetizer course was ready and plated by the time that Waterlilly made it back to the kitchen. Ready to, was another Army of ponies in the form of several butlers. All of them were unicorns, there was no sense in forcing a pony that couldn't carry at minimum 5 enormous baking trays about their person to attempt to compete with their peers.
No sense whatsoever. But she was doing the feeding here, so Waterlilly simply carried what she could of the trays and brought them to the pool where Princess Luna and that servant she last seen her. The appetizers on the trays were nothing too much other than assorted chips with assorted types of dip - like sour cream and chili - pretzels, corn bread, salad, and crackers topped with assorted dips as well. Sure, the selection may not be much, but it was still a pretty big feast of appetizers.
Luna had thankfully not eaten the hapless butler Waterlilly had left in charge... but as another sickening crunch of metal ring out just as Waterlilly turned the corner, it was clearly a very near thing. Clearly she had brought just enough canisters between courses...
Uuuuurrrpp! "Mmmm... appetizers... a pleasant warm uuurrrpp!"
She rubbed her belly expectantly... the drool now spilling freely from her bottom lip.
"Now, no dilly dalliance! We are STARVING!" She declared.
Her belly reinforced the exclamation.
RRRRUUUUMMMMBBLLL
"As you wish, my princess."
Waterlilly definitely didn't need to be told twice as she brought the second course of food as close as she could to Luna, all whilst ordering the servant to place the finished off dishes either into the trash or into the sink within the castle's kitchen - as well as telling the servant to bring out an extra servant or two to help her out. If the previous feeding was anything to go by, there was no way she was going to be able to do this by herself and satisfy the princess at the same time. So, with a quick nod, the servant did as he was ordered to do by the head chef; Getting as many dishes as he could before dashing inside and getting two more servants to help out the head chef.
All the while however... The sea blue manned mare went to work by herself; Starting off with the crackers and slices of cheese that were on a cheese platter that was brought alongside the rest of the appetizers - along with a vegetable platter, but that one wasn't important at the moment - stacking them on top of one another and guiding them right into the maw of the Princess of the Night.
Luna accepted these morsels by crushing them down with a single bite for each of the stacks, using her flat teeth to crush the confections of crackers and cheese and open her mouth to receive the next one immediately after, letting the crushed pulp of the appetizer fall into her cavernous jaw, and almost effortlessly slide down her throat. Waterlilly was unsure if she even bothered to swallow such tiny individual mouthfuls.
"MMmmff... Fashter! nomf” was all she could say that she snapped at any food that came close.
She had become an even greedier little princess since the feeding had begun, hadn't she? Well, it was a good thing that those other two servants that Waterlilly had requested finally got here, or else she would be in deep water with Princess Luna - these other two servants now helping out with making sure the food made its way right into Princess Luna's ravenous maw; Making sure that not even a crumb escaped her mouth! And the crumbs that did? Well once again, the sea blue manned mare had managed to clean it off of the Princess of the Night with her magic without any issue.
Luna grunted satisfactorily as the servants began to help in earnest.
Her tongue lapped up the crunched up remains that managed to fall just behind her teeth, even as she chomped down on new ones. She continued.... well not happily, but determinedly... for a few minutes as magic fizzled through the air and fed her. There were no less than cracker 'sandwiches' entering her mouth at once.
But by the time they reached halfway through the supplies of the crackers, Luna's own horn ignited. With a grunt of strain, she began to pick up several pieces of celery and stuff them in too, biting them in half with her incisors before just swallowing those pieces with the chewed-up snacks.
What in Celestia's name?... Was Luna not satisfied with how fast they were feeding her once again? That was rather odd, especially with the two servants that were feeding her as fast as they can and with Waterlilly feeding Princess Luna as fast as she was comfortable with.
There was a panting sound behind WaterLilly, and a scraping of metal, Cobalt Stone, carrying a baking tray steaming with something involving tortillas, and with two more feeding tanks slung over his sides in saddlebag-like slings.
"Huff... huff... I've brought all I could!" He panted. He was an earth pony, so he had only one hoof to carry the large and heavy tray that Waterlilly could see was filled with cheese-stuffed quesadillas.
Luna seemed to smell the new appetizer, and a rumble from her belly put the question of how fast they were feeding her to rest.
She grunted and moaned as she looked over at the fresh, hot quesadillas and feeding tanks, but kept eating. The carrots from the platter began to wedge themselves more forcefully into her mouth.
It seems like Cobalt was definitely on top of things today! Though seeing how tired out he was - again - she couldn't force him to do any more work than he's done already. So, without a second thought, Waterlilly simply thanked and then sent Cobalt away; Leaving her and the other two servants alone with Princess Luna once more... As for the quesadillas however, the sea blue manned mare simply waited for them to cool down ever so slightly before she began to feed these to the princess alongside the food that was already here.
Luna's belly gurgled and she grunted again. The quesadillas seemed to be a welcome addition to the torrent of cheese and bread already assaulting her mouth. But as the cracker sandwiches waned, the vegetables stopped pulling themselves free from the platter, and the next thing she knew, Waterlilly heard the gentle scraping of metal on tile as Luna's horn ignited again.
When she looked, she could see Luna's dark blue magic had seized the tray where the quesadillas rested, and was dragging it towards them with agonizing slowness. It seemed as though Luna's magical abilities were somewhat hindered when she could not concentrate entirely on the object that she was using the magic on.
Instead of leaving, Cobalt collapsed gratefully into the nearest unbroken Deck chair, and seemed to pass out for the moment.
It seems like Luna and the servants should be able to hold their own for the time being, especially with the Princess of the Night being more... Hooves on with feeding herself, even if it was a struggle. Which this was absolutely a perfect chance. Whilst the servants took care of the princess, Waterlilly used her magic to carefully grab and carry Cobalt back into the castle so he could be placed somewhere a bit more comfortable than a simple deck chair. Not only that, but this also gave her a perfect chance to check up on the status of the third course.
This one was somewhat behind.
The 4 massive blast furnaces that were generously referred to as ovens had needed time to fire up again after they were being cleaned up from first lunch. Now operating at full steam, it seemed as though the next course would not be ready for a good 15 or 20 minutes if they wanted the food to be edible. The food that needed to be cooked at any rate, which was most of it.
One of her fellow head chefs, still subordinate to her, informed Waterlilly that the feeding cart had been filled up and was ready to roll out. The feeding cart was a sizable 1000-liter tank strapped to a small pull-cart and harness. It was used when the princess was in DIRE need... and given her ravenousness, it seemed appropriate, but could be a bit overkill if Luna was to finish the full cooked meal. It was either that or Waterlilly could risk taking only more of the smaller tanks, in the vain hope that they would last long enough.
It could be overkill, but at the same time, it could be the only thing that'll save the skin of everypony within the kitchen - along with a few of the servants and butlers that had helped out the princess during this entire feeding process. Plus given Luna's currently ravenous appetite, there was a pretty high chance that she'd be able to finish both this tank and the food that was yet to be given to her. So, without any hesitation, she had a couple of the chefs help her escort the huge feeding tank to the pool area. Hopefully the servants that were there managed to last long enough for her to come back with the feeding tank...
This time, she could breathe a sigh of relief as the pull cart was wheeled into the pool area. The servants were now holding 2 trays up to her mouth, allowing their contents to tumble haphazardly into her mouth. But nothing evaded her jaws for long, her magic was now focused on corralling the onslaught of food, creating her own weak funnel to channel a satisfactory intake into her gullet. And even better, there was only one crushed and completely empty portable tank of calorie shake on the ground, she still had a backup.
As the servants scraped every last crumb into the waiting princess's mouth, they pulled back the trays and Luna caught sight of the accessory Waterlilly brought with her. The servants who had been feeding her looked tired, their magic and limbs tired and drained.
"Mmmfffff! Buuuurrrrpp! mmfffinaly! A proper UUUUUurrrrrPPP Snack! Bring it forth! We are still VERY hungry!"
Oh, thank Celestia, it appears she had managed to make it back to the pool area just in time, since any longer and those servants surely would have passed out... But pushing that aside, the moment she was ordered to do so, she didn't waste any time; Waterlilly having the chefs bring the massive feeding tank as close as they could to Princess Luna before connecting the feeding tube to its proper place on the tank and then placing the other end inside Princess Luna's maw. Now, under normal circumstances, one would start with the Low pressure setting on this big of a feeding tank as to not overwhelm the pony or creature who was eating from the thing, but given Luna's current appetite... Just to be safe, Waterlilly ended up starting on the medium setting instead. Sure, it was risky because it might overwhelm Princess Luna - something which the head chef was nervous about doing - but it was better to risk that than giving the princess a very slow stream of the calorie heavy shake to start with and angering her that way.
Luna's drooling, desperate mouth clamped down on the extra reinforced and wide feeding nozzle, and was sucking greedily on it by the time that Lilly slipped the hose onto its socket. With the vacuum pressure of a black hole, the hose affixed itself to its proper connector, and once locked into place and the pump starting up, Luna let out an orgasmic groan...
Finally, she seemed to be breathing easily for the first time in almost half an hour of feasting. Instead of ragged, desperate groans and gasps, now her flanks expanded and contracted in a regular rhythm, and she took long, deep, satisfying gulps from the tank. After a minute or two, her eyes closed, and she settled back down into her fat.
Ulp... ulp... ulp... ulp... like clockwork in her practiced throat. A torrent of thick, calorie-laden, malt-like shake that was being shoved down her throat with the pressure of a pressure washer shooting down her throat.
It seemed that WaterLilly had a moment to breathe herself.
Something that she took full advantage of moments after Princess Luna began to comfortably chug the massive amount of calorie ridden shake that was within that tank; going over and sitting down upon the pool chair that Cobalt once laid himself down on before she had escorted him inside the castle via magic. She may be levelheaded, but being a head chef is hard work after all! Outside of that however, whilst the food from before barely left any noticeable changes on Luna's body, 1'000 liters of calorie heavy shake? There was DEFINITELY going to be a drastic change to Luna's weight and size, alicorn or not, by the time she was done gulping all that stuff down.
She was right, as Luna gulped, the subtle difference from when she started pining for food vs when the tank's nozzle had touched her lips was barely noticeable. Now with every gulp, her barrel's fatty flanks were becoming noticeably tighter. When Luna breathed, her sides would expand out... then contract only a little... the tank was almost as large as Luna's gut was, and so the expansion began... subtly.
20 gulps, 30 gulps... each one had to be over 3 liters of liquid, a whole soda bottle of hyper fattening shake that in that amount alone would put 5 pounds on a pony. For Luna, this was just her taking her time with her meal... Her sides had now lost one of the subtle divots of fat that her belly made when at rest...
It looks like the head chef who warned Waterlilly about this tank of calorie ridden shake was absolutely correct. That entire tank might be more than enough to get Luna satisfied or full for maybe a few good hours before she got hungry again. Though this was only the beginning of the tank, considering there was still a good 700 to 800 liters of that calorie heavy shake inside that tank, so that assumption could easily be proven wrong
However, satiated she was to be, Luna didn't stop drinking.
As she passed 50 gulps, it looked as though she would not be stopping of her own volition anytime soon... Her sides had now smoothed out, and the chairs that she had crushed under her now disappeared under the expanding barrel that was trying to contain an ever-burgeoning stomach and a foot thick layer of blubber that Luna had already acquired before starting her magnificent feast for the day. Luna continued to gulp... and gulp... and gulp...
Indeed, when Waterlilly listened carefully, with each new gulp, there was a subtle and distressed sounding whining from the pump motor...
Her belly burbled again, still hungry it seemed.
It was at that moment when the first butlers from the kitchen came around the corner leading into the pool area, carrying sometime 7 enormous baking trays worth of food. It appeared that the first part of the main course had arrived!
Never mind, it seems like the head chef that was her friend was completely incorrect about the fact this gigantic feeding tank would be overkill for Luna! Which was good in its own right, considering the fact that the rest of the food Luna had requested wouldn't have to go to waste - which woo-wee, was it plenty to go from. Hayfries, hayburgers, carrot dogs, entire veggie pizzas, dandelion and daisy sandwiches and baked and mashed potatoes!
Princess Luna snapped out of her trance, and her eyes tracked over to the new influx of food. She continued to gulp doggedly at her shake, but the corners of her mouth began to drool again as she watched the steaming confections approach her.
However, given how preoccupied Luna was with the feeding tube, it seemed she would need assurances that the influx of food and taste would be sufficient to outweigh the very fast flow of slightly bland weight gain shake.
That she would... But how in Equestria would she or the servants be able to do that? Especially when given the fact that the tube was securely inside Luna's maw and taking it out would end up spilling that calorie filling shake all over the princess' body - something which wouldn't end well for anypony...
Though the more she drooled at the sight of the food, the easier it was for the head chef and the servants to realize that the Princess of the Night had wanted to take a break from consuming the calorie rich shake and start eating, well, actual food. And even though it was a pretty big risk to assume this, the actions were already being done; With one of the servants turning off the feeding tank whilst Waterlilly used her magic to remove the feeding tube from the princess' mouth. Hopefully that didn't backfire...
Luna seemed very preoccupied with the food, but the moment the valve shut, she was instantly huffing and started suckling desperately again. The hose was difficult to remove with the power behind that sucking throat, but Lilly managed it with effort.
When the metal tip was free, Luna let out a massive belch, even louder than before.
BOOOOAAAARRRRRRPP
She eagerly slurped her tongue into a small basin formed by her top she in meeting her neck fat, digging into the tiny triangular space like a pig lapping at its trough. When she was sure that this seam of blubber was clean. She looked up to assess the fare before her.
"Hmm... rather paltry thus far, but we did rather request FOOD not snacks, so we trust that this is not the ENTIRETY of the meal?"
She eyed Waterlilly in particular, the most senior staff member in charge of this task.
"I assure you my princess, I made sure that everypony in the kitchen worked as hard as they could on your food." Waterlilly reassured before giving a more direct and simple answer. "The rest of your meal should be out before you manage to finish the feeding tank."
Luna grunted, leaned back as far as she could while lying on her belly and opened her mouth wide enough to admit a full pony.
"We should hope so! We tire of the vociferous growling of our bowels. Servants! Rectify this IMMEDIATELY!"
As Waterlilly advanced on the Princess, she could take a look at her entire body. The ass that so dominated her frame while in the water was now matched by an equally wide and jiggling belly that still apparently registered a starvation response despite eating more food in 45 minutes then a single pony could eat in an entire year. It was wonderful that Equestria was so prosperous a country as to spoil its rulers in such a fashion!
Well how could the kingdom not spoil its princesses like they do? Luna and Celestia raise the damn sun and moon after all, so it only seemed fair! Pushing that aside, whilst Waterlilly and the first servant took care of making sure to feed Princess Luna once again, Waterlilly had asked the second of the two servants to head into the kitchen and order the chefs to make DOUBLE the dessert that was originally planned for the Princess of the Night. With how demanding, greedy, and hungry she was sounding at the moment, the amount they currently had - food and shake wise - obviously wasn't going to sate the princess' hunger in the slightest!
The first servant began shoveling the pizzas they had into Luna's waiting mouth, first two, then three, then at an instant growl of her throat and belly combined, 5 Pizzas at a time!
the second servant nodded, sweat appearing on her brow not because of the hurried trot that they had used to cross the eighth of a mile distance from the kitchen to the pool, but with some degree of fear. Perhaps to others, goddesses enjoying the fruits of their nations was somehow terrifying.
Well, they couldn't keep the princess waiting, so the more food that was shoved into the princess' maw at once, the better off they'll be - as long as the food didn't run out that is. But even if it did, they still had plenty of that calorie ridden shake for Luna to chug down, so that shouldn't be too much of a worry if the food does end up running out. Pushing concerns aside however, Waterlilly didn't allow the servant she was with to go at it alone; Grabbing hayburger after hayburger with her magic and shoveling it into Luna's mouth as well alongside the rest of the food items that had made themselves known! Though when it came to the baked potatoes... Well, those things were pretty hot, so the sea blue manned mare made sure they were cooled off a bit before one of those potatoes even got close to Luna's greedy maw!
Even as Luna's mouth was shoveled full of every conceivable item that might be available as the entrée of a fast-food restaurant, her magic sparked again, ripping hooffuls of fries from their tray and sprinkling them into the feast that she swallowed with every mighty bite. The Princess seemed intent on not denying herself any pleasure or any crumb of food uneaten it seemed.
The rhythm of shoving pizzas, burgers, and fried carrots into her mouth like a furnace seemed to ease her like she had been while suckling on the rich tube of calories from the tank. her body was relaxed, even if her mouth was anything but. still, she began to drag more and more fries from the platter, and a baked potato made its way into the mix as well just as the servant that she had sent to inform the kitchen of their new quota returned with a few extra trays of the same entrées they had just to be on the safe side.
Talk about going the extra mile with returning with more of the same food that she and the other servant were feeding the princess! Though when thinking about it, doing such a thing was actually a good idea since it was... Pretty tough at this point to tell when the princess was going to be sated. On top of that, it also means the second servant can help out Waterlilly and the first one yet again with feeding Princess Luna; Something which she ordered the servant to do, posthaste!
The second servant took half a dozen carrot dogs and 3 hayburgers from her stash, but rather than simply beginning carting them from place to place with her magic, she innovatively slid the warm carrot dog pan in front of the Princess, and gathered up the last of the hay fries from the dwindling first tray of them and sprinkled them onto the new feeding trough that she had made.
Luna seemed ecstatic about this, letting her magic drop, and pouncing on the food with her forelegs, her stubby fat sheathed hooves greedily gathering up as much material as she could scrape from the tray and forced it bodily into her next mouthful.
Well that certainly was a surprise to Waterlilly! Even with how greedy Luna is when it comes to eating nowadays, she never really expected to see her eating like a pig - LITERALLY in this case! Though... It was rather cute, and she did have to force herself to hold back a giggle as to not annoy the princess. But at the end of it all... The second servant did have the right idea; The first servant and Waterlilly now carefully piling what remained of the food into the makeshift trough the second one had made. The Princess of the Night should be able to handle the rest with the way she was eating now.
Luna was certainly getting into the role of a greedy pig! The tray took a bit of a battering as her heavy legs smashed against it to scrape the food into her mouth faster, but she seemed to be satisfied.
This stuffing continued unabated for nearly 10 minutes while she worked her way through all of the food that was on the current trays. she huffed and puffed and really did nearly snort like a pig while she ate. Soon the supply of solid food had dwindled, and her eyes were now looking around hungrily for the next part of her meal even as Lilly and the other two servants filled her up with the last full 'trough'. it seemed that the next part of the main course was not yet in evidence. Lilly would have to satiate the Princess for the time being somehow.
Oh, that was bad... And even though the stuff was bland as all Tartarus, it was the only thing that was there that would be able to temporarily sate Princess Luna's hunger. So as soon as the food had been finished off within that makeshift trough, Waterlilly simply gestured back to the biggest of the feeding tanks that was out there with them; Her gestures basically telling the princess it was all they had for the moment. But as long as it was... Something to deal with her hunger and it was edible, it shouldn't be complained about too much, right?
Luna let out a low groan and reached out her hooves pathetically towards the tank on the cart. As it transpired, very hungry princesses did not care about taste when there were no other alternatives.
And in this case, that was indeed true. So as soon as Princess Luna was connected and the feeding tank was set to the medium pressure once again, Waterlilly made her way back into the castle and back into the kitchen; Hoping that the other chefs were close to done. For once she was actually getting a bit... Concerned about what the princess might do if she doesn't sate her appetite with what they had left to serve her.
when she returned to the kitchen, thankfully, things looked as though they would be coming together soon. At least six more trays were just loaded up, with a dozen more well on the way, and another 10 still empty, but as one of her head chefs assured her, would be filled with the main course as well.
When checking on the desserts, the head chef there told her that the ovens reserved for those sweet confectioneries were fully loaded, and as evidenced by the overpowering smells of vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon, and other delicious and sugary scents, he was certain that he could make the quota. He remarked that they had received some very kind help from a random citizen who had claimed to be a baker, and frankly they had needed all the help they could get, so they had hired her for the day on the spot. When he gestured to the pony of interest, Waterlilly would only be able to perceive a bright magenta mane and a flash of pink as the pony moved around the kitchen, preparing the next batch of desserts. It seemed that this part was well in order!
Her last head chef, always a very cautious stallion, mentioned casually that he had been gathering up various odds and ends, stuff that would not normally be considered part of a meal, not in the strictest sense, but he still felt as though it was good to 'be prepared'. What he revealed to Waterlilly was some of the storage barrels from the massive pantries below of various condiments and toppings. Barrels such as syrup, mayonnaise, butter, and strawberry extract were the most prominent in the pile. This had not interrupted the work of his sous chefs, he assured Lilly, and was merely a precaution.
Waterlilly did get curious about this... Citizen who had managed to make their way into the kitchen of the royal castle, but that thought was simply brushed aside the moment the storage barrels filled with various toppings was revealed to her. That was exactly what she needed to help counteract the blandness of the weight gain shake that Luna should still be gulping down from. So, without any sort of hesitation, the sea blue manned mare grabbed hold of the barrels of syrup and strawberry extract with her magic and made her way back outside to the pool. If the Princess of the Night hadn't finished that giant tank of the weight gain shake at this point, she would have more than enough time to add these barrels of condiments to the tank - thus allowing the shake to have a bit more of a taste to it and also increasing the number of calories that were already packed inside the shake itself
The princess was still chugging away happily... but the motor that worked the pump was now in more distress than ever.
With each gulp, the machine whined and stalled as the powerful black hole of a throat tried to force more liquid into her gullet. As Waterlilly looked at the tank, she could see that the valve indicating how much was left was inching ever closer to the tick mark labeled '500'.
the two servants that were with the hyper gluttonous Princess looked over at Waterlilly with genuine fear, their hooves and magic holding only empty trays.
Well luckily for both the servants and the machine, Waterlilly knew exactly what to do. So, with a pleased and calm smile on her face, she first went over to the feeding tank and temporarily shut it off before opening it up and pouring the barrels of syrup and strawberry extract into the feeding tank. Sure, it would more than likely annoy Princess Luna that she stopped to do such a simple thing, but it would be more than worth it in the long run. Plus, those barrels did fill up the 1’000-liter tank quite a bit, so that meant there was more to chug down for the princess. And after making sure that the lid to the tank was nice and tight, the sea blue manned mare turned on the pump for the feeding tank on once again; This time setting the pump to the highest setting it had so the motor for the feeding tank wouldn't be straining due to the Princess of the Night sucking on the tube that was in her mouth to try and get more of the weight gain shake down her throat.
When she shut off the tank and began to pour in the syrups, there was immediate and grumbling protests from both Luna herself and the massive stomach that took 100 ponies' efforts to satiate.
She grunted, suckled fruitlessly at the empty hose, and wiggled her hooves, moaning for food.
At the same time, her stomach which now held a good portion of a feast, and 500 liters of some of the most calorie-rich liquid in Equestria, still managed to have the gall to rumble unhappily.
Gggguuurrrrlggllgggllll
One of the servants in desperation used his magic to seize the last discarded smaller tank that Cobalt Stone had brought earlier, and fumbled a little to open the valve. He barely needed to aim the nozzle of the hose into Luna's mouth as the liquid spurted a little.
Luna caught the tiny morsel of food and bit down on the hose. The servant jerked as she swallowed, nearly taking him with it, slurping the hose down like a thick noodle with it. After 2 gulps, the tank crunched like all the others, flat and useless. Only then did she release the grip of her jaws.
Her belly grumbled angrily again until she received the hose. And the servant who had nearly been sucked into the belly of the beast excused himself to collapse in fright on a nearby bench, clutching the practically 2-dimensional tank and trembling.
Well, that was another servant that would need to be brought inside and another feeding tank that would have to be replaced thanks to the princess' gluttony... But that luckily gave Waterlilly the small amount of time that she needed to bring the feeding tube of the 1’000-liter tank over to Princess Luna's mouth - which now had been filled up a good... Say 30 liters or so, maybe less, thanks to the barrels of condiments that were dumped inside it - and inserting it inside her mouth; All before activating the feeding tank's pump and setting it to the High setting. And as double luck would have it, thanks to the mixture of condiments that were now in the weight gain shake, it luckily tasted a lot better than it normally was. A bit more calorie rich too!
When the tank activated, Luna let out an orgasmic moan. Her gulping was faster now, as fast as if she was chugging down a light beer rather than what could be seen on the dial as close to 5 liters with every gulp... every second.
She settled down again, and this time her belly could be seen actively expanding, blimping, rounding out. But nowhere near full, not with the eager and throaty gulps the Princess was employing to get food into her stomach.
She was happy for the moment, however. The remaining servant wiped her brow and took a moment to breathe.
Dear Celestia, what in the world was it going to take to get this alicorn full and satisfied?... Well as long as they still had food to provide the younger of the two royal sisters, that shouldn't be too much of a problem to worry about... Right? Anyway, with Luna currently happy with what she was consuming, Waterlilly simply used this time to carry the servant that had collapsed earlier back into the castle and place him down somewhere he could rest comfortably. He's done enough work for now... But once he was placed down to rest, the sea blue manned mare simply had another servant come out with her to the pool in order to pick up the slack for when they would have to feed Luna by hoof and magic once again. Preferably by magic as to not get bit.
There was a commotion in the kitchen. The sound of almost 2 dozen metal serving trays being scraped off of the gigantic marble countertop that constituted the preparation area resounding throughout the cavernous space. Half a dozen of the army of servants had each equipped themselves with at least four trays and were starting to make their way out of the massive double doors of the kitchen. The servant she had sent ahead might have trouble if she was only one of two feeding from that massive selection.
A final servant, struggling just a little bit, was dragging what appeared to be a massive feeding trough, a long and deep ramp with tall sides down which they would be able to funnel morsels.
Might have trouble, but considering the fact that Princess Luna should still be drinking from that feeding tank, there was no need to show any concern about what was going on at the pool for the time being. What was important was helping out the servants with bringing the food out to the pool for the Princess of the Night to enjoy - especially that last one! The servants carrying the food could handle themselves it looked like, but there was no way the sea blue manned mare was going to let the final servant carry the trough all by himself! So as soon as she managed to notice the commotion coming from the kitchen and see what all the insanity was all about, Waterlilly lent a helping hoof; Using her magic to help escort the massive feeding trough to the pool area.
When they finally arrived at the pool, Luna was still chugging away happily.
The dial would show that the tank had now reached just under the 300 marks... and was falling with each second. But once again Luna's saliva flowed freely as she grunted and whined eagerly at the smells and trays full of food.
Her belly was now noticeably larger, but that barely seemed to matter for her body's level of satiation it seemed.
The servants were forming up into a line, waiting for their cue to either start feeding or wait for the trough to be put in place, their trays of delectables nearly bumping into one another.
Which meant it was time to deal with getting more physical food right into the maw of Princess Luna! So as soon as Waterlilly once again shut off the feeding tank and removed the feeding tube from the younger royal sister's mouth, she signaled to the servants to start dumping EVERYTHING within the feeding trough that was brought out. She seemed pretty eager to eat from a feeding trough earlier, so why should she not signal to the servants to pour all the food into a feeding trough for the princess to eat from? All the while however... She had two servants go out and try and bring more of that weight gain shake to fill up the 1'000 liter feeding tank once again. With how much she's drank and eaten so far, it was better to be safe than sorry.
Luna plunged her massive head into the torrent of food. She could inhale the burgers and carrot dogs as if she was lapping up popcorn with her tongue. The pizzas, however, she seized with her magic and allowed food to tumble into the taco shell that she formed with the cheesy pizza pies before swallowing those whole. Occasionally, she would even find the concentration to drop another pizza atop these.
The ease at which she could consume the food, and the ease at which it could be fed to her, led to a short period of calm, where the only noise was delighted and ravenous gulping, nomming, and crunching from the fries and hay burgers.
The servants hitched up the cart with the tank atop it and took a few empty trays with them as well as they departed. Luna was so preoccupied with her meal that she did not even notice. Though when she looked over at the spot in a short moment of respite, the briefest pause between trays full of food, Waterlilly could hear a slight whimper of sadness as she glanced at the spot where the cart was.
Oh, now that whimpering definitely caught the attention of Waterlilly, her ears perking up as she looked directly at Princess Luna. And after taking notice of where the younger of the two ruling princess was looking, a sweet and reassuring smile simply made its way across the head chef's face.
"Don't worry my dear princess, I just had the servants take the feeding tank away so they could refill it~" Waterlilly reassured in a calm and motherly tone. "You wouldn't want the biggest tank we have to run on empty while you're drinking from it, would you? Plus, you do have plenty of food to keep yourself busy with~"
Luna gave a groan of agreement as she continued to shovel more food into her mouth. For a moment it seemed as though she had forgotten about Lilly's existence again, lost in her meal. But after a moment the sounds of her eating changed, and her hooves became more active as her horn deactivated. Miraculously, speech interjected itself between armfuls of food being shoved rhythmically into her mouth by her forehooves.
"Mff... Nompf... Lilly...Ommff... Come... Ulp!... huff... h-here..." She was using the barest of words to get her meaning across, so that she could continue to stuff herself.
Speaking even though she was eating... Once again, that would regularly get any butler, servant or chef within the castle scared, since that was never a good sign. But instead of showing any signs of fear or weakness, she simply trotted right over until she was next to Princess Luna; Somehow managing to keep a calm look on her face the entire time
she took a moment to shovel more food into her mouth to make up for her exertions, speaking only after swallowing three or four of her pizza-taco creations.
"We... HUUURP!!... enjoyed.... omff... gulp... nomf... taste... gulk... gulp!... shake..." She managed to huff out.
"Mmm... OMF... GULP.... M-mmore..."
This seemed to conclude the effort that she was able to put forth at that moment, as her horn reignited and assisted her arms in forcing the food into her throat again.
"As you wish, my princess." Waterlilly answered back with a nod before trotting away and heading over to the reservoir where the origin of the shake resided for the time being; Leaving the multiple servants alone to deal with making sure that trough that Princess Luna was eating from was constantly full. Hopefully those servants she sent with the massive feeding tank managed to fill it up at this point...
When she returned to the kitchen and the massive reservoir, she could see that the servants that she had put to the task were employing all four of the spigots to dump shake into the tank. Even so, in the time that she had sent them away, the tank was only full to about the 800-liter mark.
The smell of baking sugary treats now purveyed the kitchen. She could see at the very least cookies stacked three high covering an entire baking tray the length of a pony.
Dear Celestia, this wasn't exactly... Good. It was going to be another minute or two until that huge 1’000-liter tank was filled up to capacity if things kept going as they were! Yet, the sea blue manned mare didn't have a choice but to wait until the tank was at full capacity - which as soon as it was, she took matters into her own hooves; Quickly using her magic to put things at their proper places in both the reservoir and the feeding tank. Actually... She managed to do it faster and easier than she has ever done before! Rather interesting, but something that shouldn't be questioned.
In fact, it probably couldn't be questioned as the head chef tried her hardest - with the help of the servants she sent away - to get the feeding tank back to the pool as soon as possible. Hopefully the younger of the two royal sisters didn't finish everything in the time she was gone...
When she arrived at the pool area, Luna was still munching happily away. They were down to four or five trays of food, so there was still perhaps five minutes before they were in desperate need of the giant feeding tank.
It didn't matter if they were in desperate need of the tank now or not in the mind of Waterlilly. Instead, as soon as she could, she brought the tank over as close as she could to Princess Luna and made the necessary preparations so she could place the feeding tank's feeding tube into the princess' mouth the moment she had requested it... Which might end up being any second now if the previous amount of time feeding her was anything to go by.
Even as she continued to shovel food into her mouth, Luna's magic reached out and grasped the reinforced nozzle of the feeding tank and wedged it into the corner of her mouth. Her teeth chewed impatiently at the steel.
Wait, was she truly planning to try and chug down the weight gain shake and stuff her face with actual food at the same time? That'll definitely be an interesting sight to see! That, and if Princess Luna was denied what she wanted, it would turn into Tartarus for everypony around her... So as soon as she took notice of how eager the Princess of the Night was with wanting to gulp down more of the weight gain shake, she didn't exactly waste any time, Setting the feeding tank to its highest setting once again. Hopefully both that and the food she was eating doesn't overwhelm Luna...
It was a near thing... shake spattered out from between her teeth and her mouthful of food.
Luna fought down her current mouthful, her eyes sadly lamenting the sticky and creamy shake that spattered her neck roll, but forcing herself to concentrate.
She wrestled with the influx of food, first Securing her high-pressure hose, then using her magic, she would scoop up three or four entrées and open a mere corner of her mouth to shovel them in. Each time she did this, the food sucked in instantly and her throat moaned happily.
Finally, instead of an angry growling burble, Luna's stomach, audible even over her moaning and the pump, her tummy seemed to purr.
Now that was one Tartarus of a surprise! Not once has an audible purr come from that black hole that Princess Luna calls a stomach! And even if one had been done prior to this day, it was so rare to hear that it would obviously be forgotten by those who served her. But with the Princess of the Night going between actual food and the weight gain shake, the servants were able to relax just a small bit. Sure, they still needed to make sure that the princess had food in reach of her magic, but plenty of them found time to relax for the next few minutes - Waterlilly included
With the intense blast of food provided by the weight gain shake, Luna was able to idly snack on the multiple trays of food that could have fed 50 ponies with ease. Whereas before each tray would've been inhaled in less than a minute, she was able to eat almost... normally... or at the very least a hoofful at a time.
In any case, the trays managed to last longer than if they had been left exclusively for her mouth.
The belly that they were working to satisfying expanded under this onslaught of food. It grew bigger, and bigger, and bigger. At some point or another, they needed to raise the mouth of the trough so that Luna could more easily get at the food.
Well after another minute or two, Waterlilly had left the servants to take care or raising the trough so Luna could reach it, as she had more important duties to attend to - which was bringing out dessert! One by one, huge tray after huge tray, Princess Luna would be brought an assortment of eclairs, normal, glazed and jelly filled doughnuts, brownies, chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies, slices of red velvet, chocolate and vanilla cake, cinnamon rolls and even slices of cherry, blueberry, and apple pie! And even though she had the weight gain shake, there was NO way Waterlilly would allow these desserts to go without normal milkshakes - strawberry, vanilla and chocolate milkshakes being brought out as well to be added to the massive feeding tank Princess Luna was still chugging from. It certainly helps to have a baker as a head chef when it comes to desserts!
Luna's stomach now contained the entirety of the meal excluding those desserts... as well as about 800 liters of hyper fattening, calorie laden shake.
The enormous gut was now thoroughly rounding out, causing Luna to raise off of the ground even more. It made burbling and grumbling noises as it churned, already digesting the morsels (and topiary) of an hour ago.
As the new food flooded in, her stomach was now rounding out, her flab unable to spread out as the stomach under it became more taught and full.
despite this, when Luna beheld the sights and smells of the feast of sweets around her now, drool once again pooled into her chins, mixing with her spilled shake and crumbs of food. And somehow, somehow, the stomach that had consumed multiple feasts worth of food managed to growl hungrily in anticipation.
Which either proved that she was still legitimately hungry, proved that she had turned into a pig of her former self or proved that she wasn't one to let a single bite of her meal go uneaten. But whatever the real reason, did it really matter? There were still feasts worth of desserts to chow down on! So, with that thought in line, the servants quickly went to work; Pouring the desserts into the trough for Luna to chow down on - whilst raising the trough so she could reach it - whilst Waterlilly stopped the huge feeding tank temporarily in order to pour the assorted milkshakes that were brought out right into the tank. And luckily for both the servants and Princess Luna, it took no more than a minute for these milkshakes to be poured into the feeding tank and for the feeding tank to be reactivated once again - at the highest setting once again of course.
Given the infrastructure that had been built around her monstrous appetite, if she was a pig of her former self, her former self would be her from an hour ago when she WASN'T eating.
Luna's grease-soaked hooves dug gratefully into the soft and sugary mass that cascaded down her trough. Once again, her mouth would open up briefly to admit half a dozen eclairs, and when it closed, she would gulp, and multiple liters of flavorful shake and the food shot down into her bloated gut. As she breathed out to anticipate another gulp, the breath ran across her vocal cords in a rattling and ululating moan. After each bite she vocalized in ecstatic pleasure as sugar and calories and fat filled her mouth, her throat, and hopefully, her stomach.
The fact that Luna was enjoying herself... Well, Waterlilly couldn't stop herself from placing a hoof under her mouth and letting out a rather satisfied giggle. She was rather happy about the princess enjoying everything that she and the other chefs made sure to expertly prepare for her up until this point. Hopefully this was going to be enough to satisfy her appetite however, or else everypony was going to fall into a panic with trying to prepare Princess Luna even more food.
The gorging continued.
As Luna worked through each platter of dessert, she would do so with renewed vigor for each new taste that graced her lips, shoveling in larger and larger desserts in each mouthful. With her new eating method, with the aid of the hose, the going was slow. She finished the tray of éclairs after a whole a minute a half! the doughnuts disappeared just as slowly, ponderously slurping them up five at a time. She finished the normal, glazed, and jelly filled donuts this way. The cookies she could scarf down 10 at a time, and those trays were consumed in 30 to 40 seconds. she delighted at the brownies, and took a relatively longer time to savor them. Stuffing them five at a time and even consenting to chew once or twice before gulping them down. That tray took a protracted two minutes to completely clear of crumbs.
Speaking of crumbs, her lips and drenched neck rolls were absolutely inundated with them. Crumbs both from her previous salty and greasy meals and now from her crumbly, soft, and sugary meals mixed with a slurry of saliva and shake.
Talk about great, since that meant Princess Luna was going to need a pretty big bath as soon as she was done eating everything - which servants that had to deal with that... Dear Celestia, who knows how long it'll take them. But that was in the future, and this is now, since in the now, Waterlilly took it upon herself to try and wipe off as many crumbs as she could off of Luna's frame whilst leaving the servants that were there to take care of the feeding. With the number of servants around now, they should be able to finish off Luna's feeding whilst the head chef makes sure she is as clean as she could be.
As Waterlilly dabbed at the mass that was slowly accumulating under Luna's first chin, the feast got to the larger desserts, and Something disastrous began to happen.
Luna's frantically shoveling hooves were beginning to slow down, and sweat began to dribble from every pore of her enormous body, mixing with the crumbs and slurry that Waterlilly tried to brush away. Luna began to pant, still swallowing forcefully, but as the food entered her mouth more slowly than before, she let out a groan, then a huff, then a whine of fear and distress.
Impossibly, at this ever so slight reduction of food intake, her stomach gurgled angrily again. It was nowhere near as forceful as before, but this was most distinctly a hunger pang!
Rrblbblurblegrrrrr
Oh, dear Celestia, this wasn't good. To make things worse, even with all those servants there, it seems like they were having a hard time trying to make sure that those hunger pangs of Luna's were sated! Then again, they also needed to deal with keeping the trough full, so it only made sense why they would have so much trouble. So, with all those factors combined, the sea blue manned mare found herself with really... Just one option: Trying to shove as much food as she could into Princess Luna's maw to help sate those hunger pains. She wasn't the force-feeding type, but this was one of those do or die kind of situations. Plus... The Princess of the Night was eating pretty quickly before, so the sea blue manned mare trying to feed the princess as fast as she possibly could via magic shouldn't end up backfiring... Right? Right?
The moment food reached Luna's lips without any exertion on her part, her flabby tire thick blobs of arm fat went limp, and her body became more relaxed. The servants were pouring the cakes and pies into the trough in good order, it merely seemed as though the Princess of the night was tiring out from having to feed herself. Even at Waterlilly's fastest pace, limited also by her kind nature, Luna seemed simply just as content with the rate of food entering her mouth as when she had been feeding herself.
She would swallow her food plus the enormous quantity of liquid spraying into her mouth at all times, then part the left side of her mouth just enough to allow a treat or 5 to be shoved in. Lazily groaning and moaning as she went. The sheen of sweat now began to pool and dribble in her fat folds and on the tile, but nopony could worry about that right now, there was still feeding to be done!
Well, that allowed the servants and Waterlilly to breathe a sigh of relief, since that meant no angering of the Princess of the Night... Though that doesn't make it any less uncomfortable for Waterlilly going at the speed she was going at now, but this was for the sake of Princess Luna, so she had to keep pushing herself alongside the servants that were helping out until everything was done - since she'd rather deal with that instead of the princess going through hunger pains because she wasn't being fed fast enough.
Though when it came to the bigger pieces of dessert - like the cake or the pie slices - Waterlilly found herself able to slow down slightly as she stacked at least two or three of those slices on top of one another and pushed these mini-towers of cake and pie right into Luna's greedy maw. Sure, it might have been a bad idea to slow down slightly, but considering the cake and pie slices were bigger than, well, everything else that was offered, at least there was some leeway with how fast she was stuck going with this feeding of the princess.
Luna accepted these offerings greedily, stretching out for the piles when they were ready. Her tummy grumbled again, but this time the noise felt much closer, and Lilly could detect a burbling rising from her innards and coming out of Luna's mouth. Was her stomach finally getting full enough to be even close to satiation?
If she looked at the feeding tank, the dial was now closing in on the 300 mark, and the motor wasn't straining... yet...
Her belly was spreading wide now, her barrel distending out to accommodate the double helping of dessert. Her belly was now wider than her ass... which had dominated her frame not an hour ago.
And despite its most recent howlings of hunger, Waterlilly could also detect an ominous creaking sound from the stomach and skin that squeezed at Luna's blubber.
At first, she was unable to tell where the sound of creaking was coming from, but the moment she managed to detect the sound's source, that was when her ears drooped down ever so slightly. It sounded like Princess Luna's belly wasn't going to take much more... And she could try and say something about it, but Waterlilly knew that Princess Luna would probably refuse to listen to her concerns and just keep on eating. So, she just had to hope that the Princess of the Night's belly could handle it...
It was all the more surprising when Luna's mouth closed in spite of another morsel being ready to go. The pie slice bumped her muzzle and she grunted commandingly. Her throat continued to chug back fluid, but she forced her hooves into action again, and pointed at the tank.
"Mfff... Schtop..." she managed to force out.
Oh, thank Celestia... Hearing what Princess Luna had to say past that tube in her mouth, Waterlilly breathed a sigh of relief as she quickly trotted over to the feeding tank and turned off the pump; Thus allowing the flow of the weight gain shake to stop and allowed Waterlilly to also help Luna remove that feeding tube from her mouth. It must have been uncomfortable to have in her mouth when she wasn't drinking anything
Luna huffed and puffed, her eyes still looking needily at a full trough and about half a dozen trays of food left. She shifted herself. She probably had been rendered immobile half an hour ago, but she seemed to be rocking herself back and forth on her sloshing, barely pliable belly.
As she did this, more words... more ominously spoken...
"Huff... huff... hufff... Make... Mmmffff... way..." She aided this command with the barest of gestures in front of her.
Whilst it may have been a better idea to ask for help, none of the servants nor Waterlilly were going to take the risk of defying Princess Luna's orders; The sea blue manned mare having the servants that helped out head back into the castle and bring in as many dishes as they could carry with either hooves or magic. But as for herself? She stayed with the Princess of the Night to make sure she could make it around okay. That is, if she could even make it onto her hooves.
She continued to rock... sweat forming a slick lubricant on her folds of fat swaddling her limbs.
When the butlers and servants carrying the remains of the food had cleared out from the path in front of her, she rocked forward, then back, then on her way forward she pressed down with her hooves on the part of her gut that protruded past her flabby chest.
An eruption of noise and rushing air shattered the air. A powerful, gurgling, bassy BELCH unlike anything that Lilly had ever heard exploded from the princess's mouth. The FORCE behind it was borne of the princess's desperation, her impossible need to get as much food into her stomach as possible, and her intense longing to expel the air that took up so much of her valuable stomach room.
HHHOOOOOOAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPPPP
The pool overflowed on the opposite side, drenching the tile, and washing the deck chairs on that side back a little with its force. The belch continued, keeping the waves from the initial explosion from quite reaching the nearest shore, the prolonged belch only allowing them to be broken up into little ripples that were then sent back again by the expulsion of wind.
Well thanks to that, there was good news and bad news. The good news is that Waterlilly managed to keep her footing for however long the belch had lasted. The bad news, however? Well, the power and loudness of the talked about belch ended up leaving her ears ringing quite a bit. Sure, it would wear off in a few minutes at most, but between now and the time it takes for the ringing in her ears to stop, she's going to have a really hard time trying to hear anything or anypony.
Luna slumped back into her fatty cushion, and seemed to simply pant and gasp for a few moments. Then a vibration rumbled under Waterlilly's hooves... she couldn't hear what Luna clearly began to huff and wheeze after that, but the anxious yawning and drooling of her mouth made it clear that she desired to continue.
Even with how tight her belly had become thanks to her eating so much? Then again, it could have been just all that gas inside her belly waiting to be let out, because if that was the case... Well at least the food doesn't have to go to waste. And even though her hearing was still bad for these next few minutes, it didn't stop her from calling out a few of the previous servants to help her out with finishing the feeding of Princess Luna. There was no way in Tartarus she would be able to do this herself, especially with how bad her hearing was thanks to the princess' massive belch.
The trough was erected again, on even higher blocks to have even the bottom level reach an easily accessible place near the princess's mouth. She also gestured imperiously at the tank. An effort that was also punctuated by her mouth opening wide again. This time Lilly was blasted with a hot, sweet-smelling pall of air, her mane blown back, with a few flecks of pie crust spattering her coat. She didn't hear it very well, but this was nowhere near as forceful a bellow of a belch as she just witnessed. As flabbergasting as it seemed, this was merely a gentle belch for her princess...
Well three good points could be taken out of that massive belch Luna had done. The first one being the fact at least it smelled nice thanks to all the sweets she consumed thus far - which was a surprise, but that's not a complaint. The second one was the factor of the crumbs that got scattered on her coat weren't all that hard for her to brush off with her magic and her own forehooves. And the final one was this next one didn't make her lose her hearing even more than she already has. But as soon as she brushed off all those crumbs from her body, the sea blue manned mare trotted over to the feeding tank, grabbed the feeding tube and carefully inserted it into the Princess of the Night's mouth - as the end that connects to the tank was never disconnected - before turning on the pump once again to its highest setting; Allowing the mixture of both the high calorie shake and all those other milkshakes poured in it to flow right into the princess' mouth once more!
The high-power influx of food was gratefully accepted as Luna suckled on the tube. Her body relaxing into her 'casual' eating once again. She also resumed cramming pies into every mouthful she swallowed, though she seemed exhausted in doing so herself.
Which meant it was up to the servants and Waterlilly to quickly shove as much food as they could into Princess Luna's maw so she wouldn't get tired out, complain or - worst case scenario - start having hunger pains. Though unlike last time, the sea blue manned mare found herself being more... Relaxed with the faster than she is used to feeding of the younger of the royal sisters. Granted, she was still uncomfortable about it, but not as much as before.
Luna relaxed into the rhythm of the feeding, her hoof straying down to her straining gut, where it rubbed a tiny portion of her massive stomach. Another belch, another blast of sweet and salty breath. This one Lilly could actually hear now! It seemed her eardrums were recovering somewhat from Luna's explosive hyper Belch!
Bwwwoooaaarrrpppp
It sounded juicy and shallow, and Luna only desperately shoved a 5th pie into her mouth simultaneously once or twice before settling back into being fed.
One more feature of regaining her hearing where the noises coming from Luna's body as well. Her bowels were now creaking and groaning and gurgling more than ever. With each gulp, the belly under her princess expanded a little, bringing with it a cacophony of sound like the stretching of leather and a rumbling that was reminiscent of her growlings at the beginning of the feast, though these were far more muffled.
Oh, thank Celestia, her hearing was finally returning to her, and not a moment too late either, since if Luna ended up dishing out orders to her now, then Waterlilly would be able to actually hear them instead of having a servant try and tell her what she had said. That, and avoid having Princess Luna raise her voice - so that was a good thing. Though maybe she shouldn't have exactly regained her hearing, since with regaining that, she once again began to worry. That creaking and groaning sound returning wasn't too much of a good sign...
While she fretted and worried, suddenly everything came to a halt.
The pump on the tank began to whine as it drew upon an empty reservoir. The last of the cinnamon rolls were scraped up and disappeared between Luna's pudgy lips.
They had now run out of food...
Luna groaned a bit at the lack of shake coming in from the tank, but she did not inhale with such force as to crush this tank. Surprisingly, she dropped the nozzle of her own accord, and continued to rub her belly in gentle circles.
Her breath came in wheezes and gasps, and the air around her muzzle heated as she let out little belches and groans.
Surely that was it, right?
It was over, right?
Well considering the fact that there was no more food and Luna wasn't demanding anything more after everything had run out, it was safe to assume that it was all over. But if it wasn't... What were they gonna do? It's not like Princess Luna would get so annoyed that she would out right drink from the reservoir itself that held all that weight gain shake, right? She wasn't THAT gluttonous... Right?
Somewhere in the gentle rhythmic wheezing, groaning, and belching, Princess Luna managed to speak.
"Hufff... mmmppfff... L-Lilly... wheeeze... attend... Uuuooorrpp!... to us..."
That was only met with a slow nod from Waterlilly's end, and she was more than sure that Princess Luna meant that she needed help rubbing that now much bigger belly of hers. But doing it with her forehooves? Not exactly... Possible. Magic on the other hand would be the simpler option. Though just in case that wasn't the case, the sea blue manned mare did approach the princess and awaited orders, since she'd rather not make a mistake here and get in trouble with her.
Luna continued to wheeze and pant. She licked her lips and spoke again.
"We... wheeeze... deshire to... bwwaarp!... fill out the cornersh of our belly... huff... huff... you will do thish with... mmmff... ish cream... uuurpp!... we haff... ahhh... mmmmm... craving...
She slobbered a little at the word 'craving', punctuated by a distressing creaking sound that accompanied a gurgle from her belly.
It took a moment for Waterlilly to understand what Princess Luna had requested, but after a few moments, it managed to register in her mind. Ice cream is what she requested, and luckily, there were plenty of tubs inside the walk-in freezers inside the kitchen! Granted, she was concerned about how much more the Princess of the Night could take. However, she knew if she voiced her concerns with the princess, she would get angry with her - something which she would rather not handle. So instead of saying anything, the sea blue manned mare headed right back into the kitchen and headed into the freezer to grab some of the tubs of ice cream. Granted, due to them being the huge service sized tubs of ice cream, she could only really grab one or two at a time before bringing them outside to the princess and repeating the process. Though in the end, about five of those things should be enough to satisfy Luna... Unless she demanded for more of them, which was totally possible.
when she returned, the other servants were attending to Luna as well, using their hooves and magic to gently massage her straining belly.
At the site of the sizable 3-gallon tubs of ice cream, Luna groaned audibly, clearly desperate to resume the stuffing.
The process seemed simple enough from here. Remove the lid from one of the tubs of ice cream - starting off with a tub of vanilla ice cream at the moment, since removing all of the lids at once would result in the ice cream in the other tubs melting - and slowly feed it to Princess Luna. And even though the princess was desperate to continue outright stuffing herself, Waterlilly was being ever so careful when it came to feeding Princess Luna all that ice cream, and for two good reasons! The first one being she'd rather not give the princess brain freeze by feeding her ice cream too fast. The second one being is that she is still concerned about how full her belly was and yet still wanted more food stuffed inside her belly - even if it was just ice cream.
Of all of the half-dozen ponies around, the one that seemed the least concerned about eating too much was lolling her tongue out and panting as the first few scoops of ice cream approached her mouth.
Given the heat coming out of the overburdened princess, it also seemed likely that she wasn't going to be experiencing brain freeze as much as a disappointingly melt ice cream experience.
That... That was actually very true. And after considering that factor, the slowness of the ice cream feeding started to speed up on Waterlilly's end. In fact, she had one of the servants who could use magic here help her out with feeding Princess Luna just in case she demands for the sea blue manned mare to go faster!
Luna lapped eagerly at the many scoops of ice cream floating into her greedy jaws. Her mountainous gut grumbled, and she panted and wheezed after each one mouthful swallowed, each one easily 2 dozen scoops worth of ice cream.
One tub down, 4 to go.
And considering how fast the first tub of ice cream was eaten up by Princess Luna, the other four tubs should luckily go just as quickly - if not faster considering the fact that Waterlilly asked a third servant to help her out. The bigger the princess got, no doubt the more body heat her body exerted - which meant she was getting hotter and thus at less risk of getting brain freeze! Which in turn, also meant she would be able to be faster than before!
The second tub went about as smoothly as the first, with Luna gobbling the scoops of chocolate up with delight.
But towards the end, her stomach burbled, and another ominous creak resounded around the pool area.
And it was there Waterlilly voiced her concern.
"My princess, I know it isn't my place to speak like this, but do you think your stomach can handle the rest of this ice cream?" Waterlilly questioned in concern even as another few scoops made its way to Luna's mouth - and thus down into her stomach.
Luna grunted with strain and forced down her mouthful of ice cream before speaking.
"Hmmff... Yesshh..." She said indignantly. "We are shtill... UUuurrpp... hungry! We huff... haff... hahh... more room!"
"If you say so my princess." Waterlilly spoke with a nod before continuing to voice her concern. "I just wished to make sure after hearing all those... Rather worrying noises coming from within your belly, and I would truly hate if something bad happened to you during this feeding."
Luna began to knead the front of her belly again, and let out a sizable burp.
"BBUUUUUUuuuurrrrrppp!"
She gasped and panted a few seconds before continuing. "WE... huff... huff... wheeze... will dechide when we hath had enough... uurrrpp... gugh..."
With that she opened her mouth expectantly again.
"I... Do hope so." Waterlilly voiced her concern one last time before concentrating her attention on the feeding of the princess and doing her best to ignore the groaning and creaking noises that came from her belly.
But it was just so hard to ignore. The noises were just so close to her and Waterlilly was getting more concerned for the princess' well-being by the second! Though in order to counteract this, she simply kept telling herself that the feeding would be over soon, and she was sure that Princess Luna wouldn't go so overboard that something bad happened to her. She may be gluttonous, sure, but even the princess had to eventually realize when it was a good time to stop. Right?
Luna mashed through the third bucket of ice cream. She seemed to be doing it out of spite less so than hunger. as more and more ice cream piled up in her waterbed-like gut, the sounds when she shifted to eat were a cacophony of groaning and gurgling of a very... VERY full belly.
When she finished the bucket, she took a moment to pant and burp once or twice before opening her mouth expectantly.
Two more tubs of ice cream to go... And with these two more tubs left, Waterlilly was secretly hoping to Celestia that it would be the last of the food that was necessary to get Princess Luna completely and utterly full - because if it wasn't, she wasn't sure how much longer the princess' belly would last with how much food she's already crammed into it.
Now she was starting to struggle... with each gulp, she let out a gasping breath, rubbing her belly and letting out smaller and smaller burps as she wrestled with her own gluttony and packed body.
Her stomach now held the contents of at LEAST half a dozen buffets worth of food, an extra order of 3 buffets worth of desserts, and close to 1,500 liters of a creamy weight gain shake designed to fit as many calories into a liquid as it was possible to get.
She began panting and wheezing as she neared the end of the bucket. Her belly just letting out a few creaks and squeaks as she rubbed and moaned.
"Ah... hoo... mmmfff... M-moment..." She managed to wheeze out.
Waterlilly more than new what that meant. Almost immediately, she and the other servants backed away from Princess Luna; Making sure to cover their ears once they were sure they were a fair distance away from the blast zone that might be another massive belch from the princess. None of them wanted to end up deaf again - especially Waterlilly.
UUUUUUUURRRRAAAAAAAAPPPPPP!!!!!
Though it rumbled like an earthquake, it was nowhere near as long or loud as the previous one...
Luna settled back down and continued to rub her still straining belly.
"Feed!... huff... mmmffff... ahh... Now!" Was all she managed to muster between exertions.
Oh, thank Celestia... But as soon as the demand was issued to feed her once again, the servants and Waterlilly hurried back over to Princess Luna; Quickly beginning to shovel ice cream into the mouth of the greedy princess. And thanks to her body heat once again, even with this now quicker speed, she was still safe from any sort of brain freeze that might have happened to somepony who was much smaller than she currently was.
Each of the 3-gallon tubs contained roughly 100 scoops of ice cream. Each tub had disappeared into the gluttonous princess with the speed at which most ponies ate just ONE scoop.
Luna took this last tub a bit more cautiously. Actually stopping between bites to savor the mint chocolate chip flavor. She would nom, 'chew', and swallow petitely. Well... as petitely as a massive, gluttonous mare could be said to be petite.
She faltered when there was about a dozen or so scoops left. Her belly let out a growling, gurgling grumble, and it bubbled up her throat to accent her gasp of exhaustion. She lay there, panting and wheezing.
Was... Was she finally done eating all that ice cream? Waterlilly needed to be sure before she found out what to do with what remained of the final tub.
"Are... Are you done, my princess?" Waterlilly cautiously questioned the Princess of the Night
Luna burped and huffed indignantly.
"Brrraaap! Hmmmfff... haaaahhh... NO." She grunted forcefully. "We... huff.. need... hah... gugh... t- UUURRRPP -to finish..."
The saliva from her mouth was mixed with the melted ice cream, weight gain shake, and the detritus from the dozens of hundreds of meals she had consumed. She was perched on a pressurized tank on the order of magnitude of the feeding tank that she had emptied nearly twice over. But she was still determined to 'finish' it seemed.
Waterlilly was afraid of that... But at least the ice cream was almost done, so that was a good thing. Though with how little there was left and how exhausted Princess Luna was from eating so much food in just this one setting, Waterlilly and the servants that were with her at the moment were able to take their time in feeding Princess Luna what remained of the ice cream. Granted, it still went pretty quickly thanks to the princess' gluttony, but at least it was finally over when that very last scoop made its way down Luna's throat and right into that overstuffed stomach of hers...
Or at least, it should be over.
Each scoop caused more gasping, more huffing, but Luna forced each one down as it was presented to her. On the last scoop, her belly let out an angry growl...
And stopped.
Her stomach still made a rumbling and gurgling noise like an engine churning through water, but there was not a peep from the motive force of her hunger that had driven her to exhaust 4 ponies and work several dozen into a frenzy of food preparation and feeding.
Luna collapsed over her massive belly... utterly exhausted, a hiccup escaping her mouth.
She lay there, panting and wheezing, her belly creaking with each inhale, forcing her to take small, gasping breaths...
"HHHHnnnnggg... Belly... huff... huff... rubs... Hic!" Was all she could fight out in the rest periods in between her words.
There were 3 servants already on the job... but there was quite a LOT of belly to rub now...
A lot more than there was before. However, it was a good thing Waterlilly was there, since she was able to use her magic to rub plenty of Princess Luna's belly! Sure, she could have used her forehooves, but thanks to the number of servants around Princess Luna doing their job and with how big her belly was now, there would have been no efficient way for her to get close and rub a good amount of the other's belly. Although, it seems like she was able to rub a lot more than what she would have been able to rub normally with her magic. It was like it had gotten... Stronger somehow. But that couldn't be the case, could it? Though at the same time, as long as she got what she demanded, would this possible increase in magical power from the head chef really catch the Princess of the Night's attention?
Luna just lay there like a log, absorbing the pampering and occasionally burping richly.
She was finally satisfied... finally sated.
Her belly flared out WIDE. Wider than even her titanic hips. Her neck rolls were spattered and dribbling with detritus and drool. Her stomach, as they rubbed, was as tight as a drum, and her velvety coat allowed hooves and magic to slide effortlessly along it. It was also reddish in places... visible in the most strained parts of her belly, the front, and sides, it was a marvel that Luna hadn't burst in her quest to rid herself of her hunger...
A marvel? A miracle is more like it! Though once it all digests, this only means that the servants and chefs would have to work extra hard to satisfy Luna during her next meal! And with Waterlilly's magic seemingly stronger than it was before alongside that mysterious citizen that had managed to help out earlier with all the baking, it shouldn't be as horrible of a struggle as it was this time around. At least hopefully not. For now, though, it was time to simply relax and keep on busy with the simplest part here: And that was rubbing the princess' belly to soothe it and help out with the digestion process.
A little later, in the kitchens
There was quite the to do about cleaning up. Practically every preparation utensil, pot, pan, and surface had been used to prepare the massive feast in record time. the line of grills was being mopped up by a servant with a literal mop and bucket, the ovens, which had been lowered in heat to their minimum setting, were being sweat out with long metal brooms. Chefs, exhausted, were relieved by the dinner crew, a full and fresh batch of cooks numbering over 100. Nopony expected the chefs to be able to cook for the massive princess 24/7 and the 4 crews (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Midnight Snack) rotated out regularly to feed the rotund princess.
It had been several hours since the incident, and Waterlilly was watching all of this from just inside the kitchen doors when there was a knock on the thick wood.
Hearing that, her ears immediately raised up. Who the heck in the castle would be knocking when she, the chefs and the servants were busy trying to clean up the kitchen after the princess' huge feast? Well after being sure that the others would be able to clean up without her supervision, the sea blue manned mare inspected the area where she had heard the knock from; Far too curious about the pony, creature or thing that had caused the noise.
It was Cobalt Stone. His azure hair back in order along with his primly spiffy tuxedo.
He bowed politely and informed Lilly that Princess Luna desired to see her.
Which confused Waterlilly even further. Why in the world would Princess Luna want to see her of all ponies? Though at the same time, she wasn't going to bother questioning it, especially when considering she knew just how impatient she could be if she waited too long to get what she had requested from somepony. So, without even raising a single question, the sea blue manned mare hurried over to the Princess of the Night's chambers; Making sure to knock on the double doors that led into her bedroom to catch the princess' attention and as to not rudely barge inside - since that would definitely anger or at least annoy the younger of the two princesses.
"Enter!" Came a commanding voice from the other side of the royal purple door.
And the moment she was allowed to do so, Waterlilly carefully opened up the door with her magic and slowly entered into the room; Making sure to close the door once she had entered.
"Welcome Head Chef Waterlilly... we are pleased you could come so quickly!"
When Waterlilly looked at the gluttonous Princess, she was flabbergasted at the change that a mere six hours of intense digestion could do to a body of a princess!
Princess Luna had had a dominating presence before. Most especially her flank. Now Lilly saw that the digestion of the herculean feast that she had consumed and resulted in a far GREATER "presence".
Where before her forelegs had been merely flabby (insofar as tire thick arms could be considered merely flabby), they were now almost entirely buried in fat rolls that if placed on a normal pony would have qualified them as fat. her flanks and rear, while still enormous, and almost certainly fatter than before, were now somewhat overshadowed by her love handles, which had thickened considerably, the skin filled loosely with fat where before it had been stuffed taught with straining stomach. speaking of said stomach, Luna now sat at least a foot more off of the ground and she had before, her gut now protruding out beyond her neck and chest roles a little bit. Speaking of those, while her chest had not gained very much weight, her face was distinctly chubby her, and she now possessed a double chin that was visible above her neck fat.
She smiled contentedly at Waterlilly, and rubbed her belly with some effort.
"We asked you here because we were pleased with your performance this day! It was you who were in charge of the kitchen staff and assisting us during lunchtime was it not?" she inquired.
Well, when considering all those calories Princess Luna had consumed earlier, it had only made sense that she ended up gaining so much after it all digested. The shocking portion of it was the fact that her body was able to digest it all in a six-hour period! Alicorn or not, Waterlilly actually slightly expected it to take the smallest bit longer to digest all of that food - about eight hours at the very least. But as soon as the shock had ended, that was when she had responded to the princess.
"Indeed, it was, my dear princess." Waterlilly answered back with a sweet smile and a nod. "As somepony needed to make sure that everypony within the kitchen did not fall into a panic and cause your meal to become an utter flop."
"And for that we are grateful, the hunger we experienced today was as intense as any that we have suffered throughout our long and decadent life."
She punctuated this with a hearty belch, as loud and vibrant as any mortal pony's record-breaking discharge.
BBWWAAAAAARRRRPPP!!!
"Mpf... excuse us."
"You are excused, my dear princess." Waterlilly spoke back before continuing. "And if something like that does happen again, you can happily count on me to help deal with such hunger pains. But if I may ask this of you... Please do not try and push yourself to finish everything presented to you, my princess. You gave me quite the scare."
Luna let out another belch, and her stomach gurgled and squelched.
UUUUURRRRAAAAPPP!!!
"While we appreciate your concerns, we are afraid we can provide no assurances in that regard Head Chef Waterlilly..." she said gravely.
"And with what you have shown me today, I can prove your words to be truthful, my princess." Waterlilly answered back with a nod. "However, this had also proven to me that you have a much bigger stomach capacity than I personally would have imagined."
Luna inclined her head. "We do not wish to disregard your concerns however.... you are correct that we placed a great deal of strain on ourselves, whatever our capacity may be... Indeed, we had to stop ourselves demanding yet more sustenance after we finished the ice cream that we most craved."
She kneaded her belly idly, causing another set of grumbles, and a ululating bubbling to escape her throat, too insignificant to be called burp, at least by her standards.
That was met back with a sweet smile.
"Which I rather happy that you managed to find it within yourself to stop eating, my princess. But if the thanking is all that is necessary at the moment, then do I have your permission to return to the royal kitchen? There is still an awful big mess in there and I would like to have it prepared by the time your next craving comes along, which might not be too much longer now considering you have digested all that the chefs and I managed to give you hours ago."
Luna shook her head.
"Your staff are competent enough to complete their daily duties without your micromanaging for the time being Waterlilly. We desire your presence a moment longer. There is something vitally important we must inform you of if you are to have success in your future endeavors as a head chef of Canterlot Castle..."
Vitally important... That definitely meant the staff inside the castle's kitchen could wait.
"And what would that be, my princess?" Waterlilly questioned in concern.
Luna shifted herself on her massive bulk.
"Art thou not the least bit curious as to what caused so drastic a plague of hunger? It is true that we eat 2 of every meal but Midnight Snack, but it was particularly egregious today."
She gestured to the MASS that now constituted her body.
"Our weight, while impossibly greater than the average pony's, is not simply the result of wanton gluttony, it is an essential process that we are undergoing as we speak..." She stated plainly.
"While I may be personally curious, even I'm afraid I do not know what had caused the increase in hunger, my dear princess." Waterlilly spoke back with a shake of her head. "But I don't believe it should be a concern as long as it doesn't prevent you from continuing to perform your own duties for both the castle and the kingdom itself alongside your sister."
"Indeed, and these duties will involve you Waterlilly. Now, we beg you listen close..."
She sat up a little straighter in her flab.
"Part of the duties of being a princess is to reflect their nation. Its customs, its values, and most especially, it's prosperity."
She gestured around the decadently arranged room.
"For generations now, this duty has fallen to my sister in my absence. She has stood as a pillar of our culture, and a representation of the grandeur of our nation for nigh on a thousand years. Her weight standing is a testament to Equestria's prosperity and the ease and comfort of our people's existence after the many conflicts that preceded my banishment."
Waterlilly would be able to recall the sizable older princess, for whom the kitchen's oven-furnaces and eventually refrigeration CORRIDORS had been constructed for long ago.
And considering how long Princess Luna has been down here since her banishment on the moon... It was obviously noticeable that the younger sister didn't even hold a candle to her older sister's current weight! Even now, after such a monumental feast that Princess Luna had to deal with, there was a chance that statement could still be true. However, Princess Celestia hasn't been seen this day by any of the kitchen staff or Waterlilly, so who knows if that statement is still true or not.
"I understand my princess, but with your current weight, you too will be able to reflect the prosperity that the kingdom has gone through ever since your return." Waterlilly spoke up.
Luna nodded and licked her lips idly. Her stomach gurgling thoughtfully as she did so.
"In fact, we shall be taking over that particular duty for our sister! She has begun to eat less, and we eat more. Soon this evening her weight will be somewhat less than 4 tons while her body digests the very fat from her bones while she fasts, and I must rapidly catch up. My body encouraging me with all speed to fulfill my destiny."
There was another low growl to punctuate her point.
"That is where you come in head chef Waterlilly… You must be prepared for the next few days while my body demands that I reach my sister's weight and beyond in record time."
"I shall make sure to prepare the chefs with the upmost haste, my queen." Waterlilly answered back with a quick nod. "And I reassure you, we will have more than enough food at the ready whenever you so request it."
"Good, we knew we could count on you! Now you may leave, I beg that you prepare our dinner with haste! We anticipate being somewhat famished this evening!"
She shooed Waterlilly away with a hoof.
"We shall endeavor to be more accessible in the dining room this time, rather than inconveniently at the pool!" she added with a titter of laughter.
"Right away, my princess!" Waterlilly spoke with a nod before quickly turning around and heading out of Princess Luna's room, a simple and motherly smile remaining her face as she exited and made haste for the castle's kitchen...
"Oh! And one more thing Miss Waterlilly!" Luna called out as she neared the door to her chambers.
Which immediately made Waterlilly stop in place and hurry back over to the chambers that belonged to Princess Luna; Not wanting to keep her waiting any longer than she should
Luna rubbed her stomach seductively, a gurgle and a rumble escaping the depths of her gut.
"Brownies... we desire a supply of brownies to accompany the entire meal... the pink one knows how we like them!"
She smiled mischievously. "We have a craving for them..."
Oh, it certainly seems like she was planning to go overboard a bit once more! But given her increased stomach capacity.... Waterlilly was sure she would be able to handle it.
"As you wish, my princess." Waterlilly spoke back before scurrying off once more
Author's Note
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