Twilight Sparkle has been tasked with struggles all her life. She has had to save Equestria from the forces of evil, uncover ancient secrets, challenge the face of society, live up to the expectations of her mentor, and open up to new ponies. It has been difficult, but every obstacle was met with unwavering determination, supported by her friends every step of the way. Now she is poised on the precipice of her greatest task yet, having to succeed Celestia and Luna as sole ruler of Equestria. Despite the pressure that this poses on her, she feels ready to take the next step.

Then, one night, her brother Spike changes into something different.

Faced with an unknown force that's twisting and perverting the creatures of Equestria, Twilight Sparkle has to race to stop the problem at its source, and in the process of doing so she and her friends will have to confront not just the terror from without but the dark that lurks within all of them.

Hold tightly to your colors, the stains run deep.

This story is a continuation of the events of Tinged, although reading that story beforehand is not explicitly required. It's way shorter, though, so maybe take a peek at that if this piques your interest or if you want something to whet your appetite.

While this is very much a fetish story, I would advise against going into this with the assumptions that you might have of such content. Fetish and sex are used as a means to contribute to the horror of the situation as these characters lose control of themselves. Becoming a bimbo monster is not presented as a good thing.

Internal conflicts of trauma, regret, and identity are a major element of this story. There are also scenes which feature instances of self-harm and loose allusions to the topic of suicide. While there is a heavy emphasis on the steps that the characters take to recognize these struggles and begin to heal from them, and it is my hope that this will offer some amount of encouragement to someone reading this, please do not force yourself through this story if content of that sort would make you uncomfortable.

This story is primarily based around the following: anthro, hyper and related big stuff, transformation, bimbofication/corruption, sex, lots of fluids, general excess, mild body horror, and Non.

There's going to be a lot of fetish content in this story as the plot moves forward and new characters or new changes are introduced. There very well may be something you don't like somewhere along the line, but I would politely suggest that as long as you're into the central focus you consider pushing forward.

New content introduced per chapter:
Prologue: masturbation (implied).
Chapter 1: bustyboy, hyper (breasts, cock, balls, butt, lips), multi (cocks), masturbation (explicit).
Chapter 2: macro, multi (heads), herm, lipples, wasp waist.
Chapter 3: pregnancy, muscle.
Chapter 4: fat, goo, multi (arms), gaseous cum, duplication, merging.
Chapter 5: lactation, inflation.
Chapter 6: animated mannequins
Chapter 7: sex doll TF, multi (breasts), adoptive incest(?), dessert TF, udder
Chapter 8: taur, hyper (vulva), dicknipples, sentient penis, spidertaur/drider, teats
Chapter 9: (none)
Chapter 10: cum inflation, implants, vore (vaguely implied)
Chapter 11: lewd architecture, brute muscle, berry-esque inflation, multi (balls), belly maw
Chapter 12: inflatable TF, inanimate TF, tree TF, cocktongue, worm TF
Chapter 13: (none)
Chapter 14: (none)
Epilogue: (none)

All characters directly involved in sexual situations are mature adults.

Special thanks to my prereaders, Shockblock99, Kaiju King, Twix, and Jenny, and to my supporters on Patreon, who have given me insight and feedback over the course of this story's development.

Cover art by Vesper/Lesang.

Featured 12/9/21.