Author's Note

NOTE: As of the publishing of this chapter, I updated some of the previous chapters to have less "telling" and more "showing". Please tell me if I still need to do more edits^^

10 - A Horrifying Revelation

The following day, Luna was pacing around her room in frustration. She had realized that Twilight had not kept her promise to cease spying on her, by asking carefully worded questions. Questions that Twilight could not have known the answers to unless she had spied on Luna earlier that day. As such, she was now refusing to speak out loud when she was alone, or at the very least not speaking as if she were truly alone.

Sigh...there is nothing to DO here...
So odd...We remember Our subjects...yet they all claim Our memories to be false.
Twilight...
She keeps things from Us...We know it!
She always changes the subject whenever We ask certain questions...

What exactly is the purpose of this place?
Why is such a powerful mage hiding on a remote island?
People don't hide unless they have secrets or enemies...

Her mind made up, Luna silently teleported into the lower levels she had detected earlier that day, intent on discovering the truth for herself...

The first thing Luna did upon arriving was seal her magic. In her boredom, she had found a way to render her ranged spells completely harmless to others. She could not keep it sealed this way for long, but it should be enough for her to at least look around a little.

Moan~...

Luna heard a distinctly feminine moan coming from around the corner...she cast a sound muffling spell on herself and peeked around the corner. What she saw would likely never leave her...

Staci panted as the vibrating dildo sent brain melting pleasure through her who body...with her eyes closed, she never saw the strange indigo princess cast a small, harmless spell at her head...

It was a good thing Luna had cast a muffling spell, otherwise the whole base would've heard her scream of horror at the suppressed memories that her spell revealed to her about 'Staci'...They were very blurry, but there were a few things that were certain: One, Staci used to be a man. Two, that man was brought here against his will years ago. And three, he never wanted to become a mindless sex slave, which was essentially what Staci was.

Mooo~...

Dreading what else she may find, Luna teleported past 'Staci', and followed the ominous mooing to a small room with green walls, painted to look like a pasture. Inside she saw a truly horrific sight, a cow-woman with MASSIVE breasts, larger than her head, hooked up to some kind of milking machine! She seemed to barely even be aware of her surroundings, and when Luna cast her scanning spell, another horrible scene played out in her mind...

She saw a blurry image of a man that reminded her of young Applejack. He had some kind of large magical device pointed at him. It fired, and he began to transform! His body twisted into an attractive woman, and his eyes glazed over. 'His' breasts and hips expanded rapidly, and his teats started leaking milk...

Luna had seen enough. She needed to get the girls out of this place at once, potential consequences be damned!

"Okay! I dare you to sprout the wings of a bat and stomp like a zombie, while whistling row row row your boat through a car wash~!"
Applejack stared at Pinkie for several seconds. "....Ah'm not doin' that."
"Awwwww, c'moooon..."

The girls, minus Rarity and Twilight, were playing truth or dare to pass the time since they'd actually run out of video games to play.

Rainbow smirked at Applejack. "Yeah, c'mon AJ! What are ya, chicken~?"

Applejack rose from her seat. "Wha'd ya call me?"

Fluttershy rolled her eyes at her friends antics. These two always had to turn everything into a competition...

"Ah can't do it through no car wash or sprout wings, but I'll be damned if Ah turn down a challenge!" Applejack was just about to start stomping around and moaning, when Luna suddenly teleported into the room!

"GIRLS!"
"Eeek...!"
Rainbow practically flew off her seat! "Luna! You scared Fluttershy!"

Luna knew she likely had mere minutes to act! "We are sorry, Rainbow! But there is no time! We all must go, now!" she could only hope they would trust her...

The four girls all stared at Luna, surprised at what she just said! "What!? Why!?" Applejack could tell that what ever was goin' on had the Princess spooked...

Luna wasted no time in explaining herself! "This place...it is terrible! We fear if we do not all leave now, we shall become little more than slaves to this place, and its vile Mistress!"

Rainbow had no idea what Luna was talking about. "Whoa whoa whoa, slow down! W-What did you find down there?"

Pinkie popped up out of nowhere to answer Rainbow's question! "Duh! She found the bimbos~! *Giggle*~!"

Luna gaped at Pinkie in utter disbelief..."Ms. Pie...thou knew of this!?" How could the Element of Laughter be so casual about such horrors!?

Pinkie got a little too close for comfort and said, "*Giggle*! I like bimbos! Bimbos are fun~!"

Rainbow started to understand...this place must be full of bimbos! "Uhh...I know you don't remember, but YOU were a bimbo before. You uh, came to this island for a little vacation or something." But...did that mean...

Luna felt her stomach drop at this revelation..."...Then We owe thee an unrepayable debt, dear Rainbow. To think...WE were...like that..."

Fluttershy normally wasn't one to butt in, but she had to defend her friend! "Everybody relax...I remember Mistress, and she's nice! Her bimbos are happy! I've seen them myself. Mistress wouldn't keep them here if they didn't want to -" "Nay, Fluttershy." Luna said solemnly.

"We have searched their minds...most, if not ALL were unwilling victims! They have been brainwashed into loving Mistress, and loving their captivity! They are SLAVES, Fluttershy..." Luna couldn't bare to look at the horrified expressions on the girls faces..."Perhaps some were willing, but like all of us, they are trapped in this place..."

Fluttershy was speechless! "I...I don't..." She trusted Mistress completely, but she also trusted Luna...

"Fluttershy...dost thou think We would be false with you? Please believe Us, We wish this were not true!" Luna practically begged Fluttershy and the girls to trust her.

None of the girls could believe that Rarity was actually a monster, but Luna looked sincere...
"N-No your Highness...I just can't believe it..." Fluttershy was on the verge of tears...
"Yeah...Me neither..." Applejack was torn between feeling horrified at what Rarity really was, and relieved that she had gotten off so easy...
"I thought Missy was my friend..." Pinkie's hair was beginning to deflate as she thought about what else Mistress might've lied to her about...

Rainbow spoke up finally. "How could Rarity DO something like that!?"

Luna put a stop to that train of thought immediately! "She is NOT Rarity! She is Mistress using Rarity's body and mannerisms. Please don't let this taint how you feel about the TRUE Rarity! This false Rarity is extremely dangerous. So, We beg of thee -" "Everyone!" Rarity, having the worst timing possible, teleported into the room!

A few minutes prior to this, Rarity had finally figured out a way to reverse the spell! It would take an enormous amount of magic, and a sort of 'impression' of Rarity would linger inside Mistress's mind for a few weeks after, but as far as Rarity was concerned, that was a good thing! Maybe Mistress would turn over a new leaf?

"I have wonderful news! I have finally found a safe way to reverse this magic!" Rarity said with her eyes closed in concentration.

Rarity focused her magic and began to allow herself to fade into Mistress...for a brief moment, she wished she might have been able to somehow separate herself from Mistress, but if she did that, Mistress would never change...

That was the final thought Rarity coherently had before she became nothing more than an imprint on Mistress's mind. As Mistress reemerged from within Rarity, she felt a little bad about all those bimbos in her base, locked away inside their own minds, blissfully unaware of who they used to be...

That was for later though! For now, she had to stabilize Luna, Rainbow, Fluttershy and Applejack, and turn Pinkie back to normal! Mistress opened her eyes...
"*Sigh*...MUCH better~...Now, about the...rest of you...?"

Luna had silently placed herself in between the girls and Mistress, frantically trying to think of how to get them all to safety! The girls had a mix of negative expressions, ranging from fear to anger. Mistress wasn't sure what was going on..."Um...hi?"

Planning to teleport blindly was utter madness! Luna had no idea where they might end up! But staying here was guaranteed to result in their enslavement or worse...
"Quickly everyone! Grab hold of each other!"

Rainbow wrapped an arm protectively around her girlfriend's waist, a furious look in her eyes.
Applejack grabbed onto Luna's shoulder, hoping Luna knew what she was doing...
Pinkie felt like she was betraying one of her oldest friends, but she reluctantly grabbed onto Applejack with one hand and Fluttershy with the other...
Fluttershy had started sobbing, unable to handle Mistress's betrayal of her trust...

Luna teleported everyone, simply envisioning a safe place, remote enough to avoid a mass infection, but still safe and livable. Luckily for her, the magic coursing through her guided her spell, ensuring they wouldn't end up inside a mountain or something...

Mistress stared slackjawed at the spot where her friends used to be...what the hell just happened!?