Red's First Date

Red felt fully refreshed. He'd had a very good night, and he wouldn't dare trade that for anything. As he pried his eyes open, he saw Lupine still sleeping comfortably in his arms. He gently hugged her, going so far as to plant a kiss on her forehead. This was enough to wake her from her slumber.

"Good morning," she smiled, nuzzling his neck. "Sleep well?"

"Like a log," Red smiled back. "We'll definitely need to do this again sometime soon."

"Agreed." She reached up and kissed him again. "But in reverse. No magic next time, just good, clean sex."

"I think I can stand behind that," smiled Red. "What time is it?"

Lupine looked over to the nightstand behind Red, pushing the candle out of the way. "About half past seven. Sun's up, but just barely."

With the shift in her body, Red could feel that there was something different between his legs. He ran his hand down his body, reached in between his thighs, and there he found something marvelous: his balls had been returned. He lifted the blanket just to be sure, and, despite the sudden burst of cold air rushing down both of their bodies, he was genuinely happy to be a stallion again. He couldn't help but smile. There was, however, something very odd. There was a bit of rubber up inside his urethra that he quickly pulled out. Not the most comfortable feeling, but he soon figured out what it was.

"I didn't want to risk you becoming pregnant if the spell allowed for that, so I put on a condom before I went in," explained Lupine. "I didn't know where it would end up when we were done. I honestly thought it would just flop out on the bed."

Red brought it up to look at it. "Is there a wastebasket, or something that I can toss this in?"

"There's one in the lavatory," nodded Lupine.

Red climbed out of bed and made his way into the lavatory. He needed to use the toilet, regardless, as he hadn't used one in nearly twelve hours. As he was relieving himself, he spotted her undergarments poking up out of the laundry hamper, her panties just draped over the side. He'd not had a chance to see them as a result of how things had gone, so he took a moment to just admire them now.

They were striped blue and white, with a mild lace around the waistband. They were perhaps not the sexiest panties he'd ever seen, but they looked to be comfortable for her. He'd heard tales of stallions taking their date's panties as a trophy to show to the other stallions, but he thought that might be a bad idea. He wanted to see her again, and he had no way to hide them if he did decide to take them with him. Besides, if he could have sex with her again, why would he need to prove it to anypony else?

As he exited the lavatory, he spotted Lupine by the wardrobe, slipping into a clean pair of panties. He looked over to his own clothing, now dry from the night prior. With a nod, he walked across the room and began dressing himself. "So, I've been thinking a bit about what happened last night, and there's something about me that I think you should know."

"Oh? What's that?"

"You know how I said I had something that was like a family, but not quite?"

"Yeah?"

Red took a deep breath. "They're not exactly ponies. They're demons."

Lupine stopped and turned around as she secured her bra in place. "Demons?"

Red nodded. "With the ability to shift forms, possess other sentient beings, and invoke curses."

"And you think one of them is responsible for last night?"

Red scratched his neck. "I kind of fought with the mean one right before coming out to meet you. He wasn't allowed out last night, but I think he might have sent his sister after me, or there's the one that likes to watch ponies run around frantically in a panic. I don't know which one, but I'm sure one of them was following us around all night."

Lupine had to pause for a bit to consider what she'd just heard. It was ridiculous, but last night had also been ridiculous. A part of her wanted to dismiss it all as bullshit, but a good amount of her wanted to believe him. With a nod, she put on a shirt. "I have a question about them."

"Ask away."

"Do your demons..." she cleared her throat. "Do they ever let you go? Are they always around?"

"No, they can operate without me. I'm just an anchor. They were supposed to leave me to my own devices last night, but they didn't. You saw how that turned out."

As soon as they were both dressed, Lupine led Red to the front lawn. "I have to go to work now, but I had a lovely time. We should do this again, but on our own."

Red nodded. "Are you free next Saturday?"

She leaned up and kissed him. "Friday works better."

"Friday it is," he blushed.

As they parted ways, Red walked to the forest edge with a spring in his step. He felt as light as a feather. He'd just lost his virginity and he had another date already lined up in less than a week. He couldn't be happier. But then, as the houses gave way to trees, his smile faded. He'd done well on his date, but he still didn't know who'd been fucking with him all night. They all had motive, really.

Ignis was the most likely candidate, as he'd stated almost as a guarantee that Red wouldn't be having a second date. He would want revenge for the snide comments about his appearance. He was vindictive, to say the very least. Then there was Gelu. Red knew that Gelu would try to sabotage him, which is why he hadn't told her about it. If she'd found out, she'd be pissed. Umbra liked seeing him fall, as if it were some sort of game to him. But Umbra wouldn't have stuck to him all night, rather, he would have had to come across them multiple times. Then again, it was considered bad luck to cross paths with a black cat, and that was Umbra's favoured form. Finally, there was Terra. He'd been condescending at the beginning of the night, and perhaps he'd pushed Ignis out of the way so as not to be caught. Unmanning him would be a good way of protecting Red from making a rash decision.

Red shook his head. It probably wasn't Terra, but the other three were still under suspicion. He didn't have the energy to think about who that was right now, he just wanted to clean up so he could go to work.

As he entered the castle, Ignis, Gelu and Umbra were standing by the door, waiting. Ignis and Gelu teased him for a bit, just until he was out of earshot. They were pleased enough not to follow him. Umbra, on the other hand, continued.

"Congrats on having your cherry popped," he chided.

"What makes you think that?" growled Red.

"I watched from the window."

Red turned and pushed him against the wall. "You did this!? You took away my dick!?"

"Don't be ridiculous," chuckled Umbra, easily slipping out of his grasp. "It was gone before I arrived. I just gave it to your date, that's all."

Red didn't know if that really was all. Umbra wasn't known for telling the truth, but he had no evidence. "Just go away. I don't want to talk right now."

As Red stormed off to his room, he ran into Terra in the hallway. "How was your night?" he asked calmly.

Without a word, Red stomped into his room and slammed the door. Just as Terra was about to walk of, the door cracked open, and Red looked out. "It was nice."