Fluttershy & the Seven Deadly Sins

Chapters

Fluttershy & the Seven Deadly Sins ch2
Fluttershy & the Seven Deadly Sins ch3
Fluttershy & the Seven Deadly Sins ch3.5
Fluttershy & the Seven Deadly Sins ch1

Fluttershy & the Seven Deadly Sins ch2

“Wake up!”

I groggily opened my eyes to see Pride standing over me. I checked my phone’s clock. It was over an hour before my alarm was set to go off. “Pride, I don’t need to get up for another hour.”

“You’ve gotten eight hours of sleep. It’s time for breakfast.”

“Breakfast?” I don’t have any food. I crawled out of bed and followed Pride out to the kitchen. Gluttony was cooking in the kitchen, and it smelt delicious. It was a refreshing break from the burnt grease smell she’d been bombarded with for the last few years. “Did you use your powers to create the food?”

“Yes”

“Is it safe for human consumption?”

“Yes, it is chemically identical to naturally grown food.”

“Okay, that’s good.” I sat down as Pride went into the kitchen.

He grabbed the coffee pot and cup and some sugar and cream from the fridge and brought them over to me. He remained standing as I fixed my coffee to my liking.

“Does caffeine have any effect on demons?”

“No, it does not. We do need to speak about what you need to become a veterinarian.”

“I’ve already figured out what I need. I need money to pay for my remaining seven years of school and a strong support system so I don’t drop out again.”

“We can talk with Greed about finances, but I’m not sure which one of us can help with your support system.”

As they were talking, Gluttony brought over the food, way too much food. He brought over a total of three plates, one for the eggs, one for the veggies, and one for the sausage and bacon.

“Thank you, Gluttony, but this is too much.”, I said.

“Ya need ta put some meat on yer bones. Eat.” His voice was deep and gruff. I couldn’t place where his accent was from, but it sounded like a mixture between a Scottish and Slavic accent.

“If she eats this much, she’ll get sick.”, Pride said. “Lady Fluttershy, eat what you want. Gluttony will put what you don’t eat away for later.”

Gluttony, clearly unhappy, grumbled and disappeared.

“Um, Pride, I haven’t seen Envy since she, eh, slithered away yesterday. Is she okay?”

“She is temperamental and fickle. She most likely has already forgotten.”

“Oh, okay.”

I didn’t end up eating much of the food, less than one plate. I’ve never had much of an appetite. As Pride created some cling wrap and Gluttony reappeared, the latter seemed to notice the meat was completely untouched.

“Wha’ ya don’t like meat?”

“No actually, I’m a vegetarian.”

“Well, if y’re not gonna eat it.” Gluttony picked up the meat plate and poured it into his mouth.

“Gluttony, when you eat, does the food go through your body the same way as mine?”

“Eh, no, ze food is completely turned inta energy zat Ah c’n use late’. Ah jus’ like ze feelin’ a’ eatin’,”

I guess when Pride means ‘put it in his body’ he means put it in his mouth. “Thank you both.”, I said as I went back into my room to change. When I entered, I saw my uniforms clean and neatly folded on my bed.

I felt arms wrap around and a horn graze the side of my head. “We need to get you a different job, one that doesn’t leave your clothes all nasty.”, the seductress voice of Lust said.

“Yeah, I would really like that.”

Lust was right next to me. Her cute, little tail was in arm’s reach. I did tell her she could tell me to stop. I reached behind Lust and grabbed her ass and worked my way up until I found her tail. All the while, she rubbed her bum against my hand. It was very fluffy and softer than a goat’s tail normally is. I reminded myself that she isn’t actually a goat, just a goat/human-like demonic energy based lifeform.

“Your tail is very nice.”

“Mmm, thank you.”

I separated myself from Lust and walked over to the bed. I changed into my uniform and packed my second one. I grabbed my phone then headed out. As I walked through the living room, I stopped to talk to Pride. “Pride, do you know anything about electronics?”

“No, I do not. I am a being of magic, not science.”, he said indignantly.

“Okay, I guess the garage will stay broken for a while.”, I said as I walked out to my car.

I sat on the curb with my head in my hands, breathing heavily. I didn’t even feel like eating, I was so stressed out. All I did was drop an empty container. It didn’t even break. My boss, who had a habit of doing this to others, spent ten minutes shouting at me for it. My body shook like a leaf in the wind as I came down from my adrenaline high. I wasn’t sure if I could safely drive.

I must’ve been too far into my own head as someone was able to get close enough to me to backhand the side of my head. I covered my head and shakily looked up and behind me only to see the sinister sneer of Sunset Shimmer. I froze and let out an involuntary squeaky whimper.

“Well, look who we have here. I knew you weren’t going anywhere in life. And you’re a dishwasher at that. Is there anything lower?”, Sunset said.

“Please leave me alone.”

“What was that? I couldn’t catch that.”, she said mockingly while putting her hand up to her ear.

“Hey! Simmer! Don’tcha have some puppies ta kick!”

We both looked over to see Rainbow marching up to us.

“It’s ‘Shimmer’ you feather brained buffoon.”, Sunset said menacingly.

“Not with that bacon hair it ain’t.”

“That doesn’t even make sense. Bacon sizzles. Water simmers.”

The two of them were now face to face, and I stumbled away from them. Sunset had about a foot and thirty pounds on Rainbow and was a fighter while Rainbow isn’t.

“You haven’t matured at all since high school. You’re still that arrogant brat that couldn’t care about another person to save her life. What has your fancy engineering degree gotten you?”

“A job that doesn’t leave me smelling like grease and soap.”

“A good job doesn’t make you a good person. Is there anyone that cares about you?”

That seemed to have struck something as Sunset’s face went from cocky to murderous rage. She lunged at Rainbow, but instead of fighting back, she bolted in the other direction. Sunset chanced after her, and I was left frozen to my spot. It wasn’t until Sunset stopped and looked back at me was I finally able to move again and run to my car. I peeled out of there, not caring if I hit her. It turns out she didn’t try to rush me as I drove past her on the sidewalk. The way she looked at me… she looked more demonic than the literal demons.

I drove home with my hands and whole body shaking. Driving like this definitely didn’t feel safe, but I was doing surprisingly well. Once I was in my driveway and the car was off, I placed my head on the steering wheel. My body was still shaking. I didn’t feel like I was going to cry. The look Sunset gave was still front in my mind. She was always off and a bully, but that was different.

I waited until my shaking wasn’t visibly noticeable before heading inside. Like last night, I was greeted by Pride and the lights turning on the moment I stepped inside.

“Welcome home, Lady Fluttershy.”

“Thank you, but you don’t have to greet me like this when I get home.”

“Would you prefer it if I didn’t?”

“Yes, please.”

I walked into the kitchen and placed my to-go bag in the fridge. Maybe Gluttony could make it into something that wouldn’t flush out my bowels. I turned around to see Greed sitting in the living room. I guess it’s time for the finance talk. I walked over and joined him on the couch. Pride stood behind Greed.

“So, you need to be putting away large amounts of money fast. Let’s talk about your bills.” Greed’s voice was slightly rumbly, but he otherwise sounded like any bank teller. He held a pad of paper and

“Okay, the house is paid off; I only have to pay the property taxes. If you guys can continue converting my trash into energy, I won’t have to pay for trash pick up.”

“We can do that.”, Greed interjected. “I don’t like the idea of other people stealing our trash.”

So, Greed’s a straight up hoarder. At least Pride should be able to keep him in check. “That leaves me with electricity, water, gas, car gas, maintenance fund, all my insurances, taxes, and phone. Oh, and I need to get internet set up.”

“What is this “internet”, and is it really necessary?”

“Nowadays, absolutely, especially if I want to get a new job. Most employers only accept applications sent in over the internet.”

“Okay, that’s our next item of discussion. How much do you make?”

“Between both my jobs, about thirty-two-thousand dollars a year. After all my expenses, that leaves me with about twenty-thousand dollars.”

“How much does… what was it?”

“Vet school, and two-hundred-twenty-five-thousand dollars.”, I said with a bit of a cringe.

“Okay, at your current rate, you’ll need to save up for eleven years and three months to pay for your school.”

“Yeah, I know. I’ve looked into getting a loan, but the interest rates are incredibly high.”

“Okay, what can we do to get you a better paying job?”

I pulled out my phone and looked up jobs that don’t require a degree, and immediately, something stood out to me. “Mail sorter is an option.” I looked further. “It has health and dental and pays double what I’m currently making. I’ll get the internet set up, and we can look more into this then.”

“Good, now, what can we do to reduce your expenses?”

“Can you make my car run off magic?”, I said while looking at Pride.

“Grease monkey work is beneath me.”, Pride said indignantly.

“What he means ta say is, he doesn’t know how to.”, Lust said from behind me.

“I was wondering where you were.”, I said.

“I’d never miss an opportunity to annoy Pride. You seem tense. What’s wrong?”

“I had a bad day.”, I said quietly.

Lust wrapped her arms around me and rubbed her horn against my head. As nice as it was, it wasn’t the same as another human’s touch, and there was only one human I wanted wrapped around me.

“Tell me.”, Lust said.

How do I even describe it? “Well, my boss yelled at me, and then I ran into my high school bully in the parking lot. If it weren’t for an old friend, I’m not sure what she would’ve done.”

“Were you scared?”

“Yes”

“Then why didn’t you call Wrath? Battle is her thing.”

“What do you mean?”

Lust unwrapped herself and looked at me with a serious look. It was a new look on her. “We haven’t given you the full rundown on what you can do, have we?”

“No”

“And we shouldn’t.”, Pride said.

“What, do you think she’d be one to abuse her power?”

“That doesn’t matter.”

“Well, I’m telling her anyway. I’m not sitting idle in this dump for another decade because she got killed when one of us could’ve saved her.”

“Can you do that after we’re done?”, Greed asked.

“Sure”, Lust said before disappearing.

“So, electricity, water, and gas, could you use your magic to subsidize those?”, I asked.

“We have been using our magic to light the house. Many of the bulbs are non-functioning.”, Pride informed. “Electricity is relatively cheap. I’d recommend focusing our limited extra energy into something more costly, unless you intend on producing mountains of garbage.”

Wait, really? I thought back to my first night, and yeah, it was much darker that night. I was too distracted by everything to notice. “Okay, I’ll stop by the store tomorrow and pick up some bulbs. Pride, please count how many bulbs we need.” I should get those energy saver bulbs. What kind of bulbs do I have?

“It will be done.”

“You seem to have already medicated expenses as much as possible. We’ll start job hunting once you get this in-ter-net set up.” With that, Greed disappeared.

“Thank you”, I said unassuredly into the air.

“Would you like me to count the bulbs now?”, Pride asked.

“Yes, I’ll go shopping tomorrow.” With business taken care of, I went back to my room.

The now familiar and welcomed feeling of Lust hugging me from behind. She ran her hands under my shirt, pants, and underwear, taking them off. I remembered what she said about sitting idle for over a decade. That would drive just about any human nuts in just about every way imaginable. The way she touched me and served me made it clear she enjoyed this. I don’t have any fetishes like that and am still a bit uneasy with it, though I am growing to enjoy it more. I wanna make her happy. I’d like to make them all happy, but Lust, so far, seems to be the only one open to it.

Lust took my shoes and socks off then gathered everything up into a pile in a corner. She began walking to the bathroom, swishing her tail in an extra showy way. It was hot. I followed her, and like last night, the bath was filled. I stepped in and let the water cleanse me of the fast food filth.

“So, what can I do?”

“Well, for starters, you can summon us. All you have ta do is call us, and it works outside of the house too. Even though we are bound to this property and can’t exactly leave it, you summoning us is the exception to that rule.”

“And nobody will be able to see you?”

“Not unless we want them to see us. Even if we do need to expose ourselves, we can make ourselves look more human.”

“Pride’s talons?”

“And yeah, we can go in the opposite direction too and change into less human forms. This just so happens to be a good middle ground.”

“So, all I have to do is say your names?”

“With a bit of oomph. You need to say it like you're calling someone. If you say it like you’re just mentioning us, it won’t work.”

“Is there a range limit, like can I get too far away to summon you?”

“Yes, but the range limit is all of Earth. So long as you don’t leave the planet or realm jump, you can summon us.”

“That’s good.”, I said with a smile.

“We also can’t disobey you if you give us a direct command, but we can delay executing the command if you don’t give a time constraint, like Wrath did when we first met.”

“I remember you mentioning that when we first met, and I don’t want to do that to you.”

“But you used it on me and Pride yesterday.”

“I wanted you guys to stop arguing. I really don’t want to force you guys to do anything.”

“You might need to with the less obedient of us, like Sloth, Greed, or Envy. Greed is going to try to steal from you. That’s what he does. Sloth will spend all day in the aether if he can. And Envy is the most entitled and spiteful of us all. I, on the other hand, don’t need that kind of power to be used on me, but I’d like it if you did.”

“Right” I sunk down into the water. “Anything else?”

Lust started thinking and counting on her fingers. “I can’t think of anything. If I do, I'll tell you.”

“Okay” I finished up my bath, Lust dried me off, and I went to bed.

Like every other week night, I walked out of work with a bag of gastric reflux and cinnamon covered cardboard. Gluttony liked what I brought home yesterday and was able to convert it to something more nutritious and less gut destroying, so I planned on giving this to him too.

“Hey! Fluttershy!”, the unmistakable voice of Rainbow called out.

I turned around to face her as I reached my car’s bumper and couldn’t help but smile. “Hey”

“About yesterday, are you okay?”, she asked as she came to a stop in front of me.

“Oh, I’m fine. I got out of there safe thanks to you distracting her.”

“Good, that’s what I hoped.” Rainbow fidgeted awkwardly. It has been so long since either of us could just talk with each other. “Um, so, what are you doing later?”

“I actually have ta do some shopping. I need new light bulbs.”

“Cool, I’ll come with you.”

“Oh, um, thanks.”

Each of us gave the other a little wave as we headed back to our cars. I got into mine and began to drive. As I drove to the store, Rainbow drove close behind. I parked in the nearly empty parking lot of the Depot-Depot store. This place sold everything you needed for home improvement and your office. Rainbow parked next to me and followed me in. As we walked, we stayed close to each other.

“So, light bulbs, I think they’re this way.” Rainbow led me over to the correct section. The whole time, we stayed so close that our hands brushed up against each other. I wanted to grab Rainbow’s hand but was too nervous to. “So, what kind do you want?”

“Um, let me look.” I looked at all the options. I searched for what would last the longest and use the least amount of energy. “I think this would work.”

Rainbow came over and looked at my selection. “Yeah, that’s a good brand.”

“How do you know? You never seemed like the handywoman type to me.”

“A girl I was dating was, and I picked up some stuff.”

My heart sank in my chest until I fully processed what I heard. “Was dating?”

“Yeah, she really wasn’t as attentive as I wanted from a partner. It felt more like we were friends with benefits after a while, and I broke up with her.”

“What do you want from a partner?” It came out so quickly, I had no time to stop it. I froze as my nerves got the better of me, but another part wanted to hear the answer.

Rainbow looked at me and then back down at the light bulbs. “Um, let’s get back to shopping. I have some things I need to pick up.”

I nodded. “Yeah, okay.” I grabbed as many bulbs as I needed and a few extras for when a couple inevitably burn out.

Rainbow led me to a couple different sections and grabbed some repair stuff. I stayed next to her the whole time, but my exact distance to her wavered as the two sides that wanted to run away and jump on her warred in my head. My heart wouldn’t stop pounding as the two sides seemed to feed off each other, the fear making the jumping side even more excited, and the added excitement making the other side want to run even more. Don’t do something stupid. Don’t do something stupid.

Once Rainbow got everything she needed, we headed to the self-checkout. At this time of night, they were the only things open. I went to start scanning my items when Rainbow put a hand on my shoulder. “I got it. Don’t worry.”, she said.

“Oh, no, it’s okay.” The physical contact sent my body wild, but I managed to keep it from showing.

“I insist. I got money to spare, and it’d be more efficient.” Rainbow was the star player for our state’s soccer team, so she definitely wasn’t lying.

I do need to be saving every cent I can. I didn’t like it, but logic was on Rainbow’s side. “Thank you.”

I moved out of the way and let Rainbow ring up our items. The whole time, I noticed her stealing glances at me. Every time our eyes met, we would quickly look away. I felt like a teenager again. Rainbow bagged our stuff and handed me my bags of bulbs. I smiled at her, and we headed out to the parking lot.

Should I tell her how I feel now? Wait, how long ago was her breakup? I don’t want to complicate things if she was still hurting from it.

“Hey! Fluttershy! Your car’s back here!”

I spun around, having been pulled back to reality by Rainbow. She stood next to my car which I definitely passed. “Oh, thank you.” Fuuuck, now she thinks I’m some sort of idiot. I scurried back to my car and over to Rainbow.

“Lost in thought?”, she asked.

“Y-yeah, sorry.”

Neither of us said anything as we awkwardly fidgeted.

“Well, it was nice hanging with you.”, she said quickly and scurried to her car. Rainbow left, and I was left alone.

I leaned against my car and smacked the back of my head against it. “Stupid, stupid. I thought love was supposed to get easier after high school.” I rubbed the back of my head and got into my car. I drove home, and when I got inside, the lights turned on on their own. “Pride”

Pride appeared in front of me, already in a butler’s bow. “You summoned me?”

“I got the light bulbs. Please replace the bulbs that need to be.” I handed them to Pride, and he took them.

“It will be done.” He walked off with the bulbs, and I went into the living room.

In the living room was Envy. She was using her coils as a makeshift seat and looked me down intensely.

“Hello, Envy.” The way she looked at me was scary, and she’s an intimidating figure. Her tail looked to be about ten feet long, and her human body gave off the impression of a very confident woman.

“I am supposed to help you build this “support system”. Come sit down.”, Envy ordered. Her voice was calm and silky smooth.

I nodded and sat down on the couch. Envy’s length totaled about thirteen feet. Her scales have diamond patterns with gold accents. Her tail’s thick and muscular. I imagined what it would be like to be wrapped up in it, and I began to feel a bit wet. “Um, how exactly are you going to help me get a support system? The sin of envy doesn’t really seem like it would aid in that goal.”

“You want friends, a degree, a better life, all things other people have.” Envy “got up” and began slithering closer. “Envy is wanting what other people have, and I intend on helping you get those things.” Envy was close enough to touch. I could see her belly muscles moving her across the floor. “Now, who do you want in this support system?”

“Rainbow Dash”

“And what do you need to do to get her?”

“I don’t know. I know she’s into girls and wants someone attentive, but her previous girlfriend was a handywoman. I think she might prefer stronger women.”

“Oh, so it is a mate you seek.”

“Well, getting a mate would definitely go a long way to building my support system.”, I said sheepishly.

“Hm, Wrath can work with you to build up muscle.”

“Yeah, but I barely have time to work out.”

“Call Wrath. This is a conversation you should have with her.”

“Okay” I stood up and looked up somewhere. “Wrath”

Wrath appeared in front of me, looking not very happy. “You summoned me?”, she said with a mountain of snark.

My mind flashed back to Sunset, and I cowered away instinctively. “I-I’m sorry.”

Wrath’s face softened, and she looked (worried?). “Why was I summoned?”, she asked sternly.

“She wishes to impress a potential mate. She needs to be stronger to do so.”, Envy explained.

Wrath looked me over like a drill sergeant inspecting a new recruit. “Change into something more suitable for physical activity. We’ll start out with a jog.”

“Oh, okay.” I put my take-away on the kitchen table then hurried to my room and changed into my old gym clothes. I hadn’t worn them in many years. I stuffed my phone and earbuds into my pockets then went back out to the living room. Wrath was standing at the end of the hallway, waiting for me.

“Let’s go.” Wrath turned around and walked to the front door. I followed her, and she led outside to the sidewalk. Wrath began jogging, and I tried to follow. Wrath, being much taller and much more fit, had a higher base speed than me. She turned to see I was lagging behind and slowed to my speed. Her jog turned into a speed walk, but she had to slow to a normal walk as my jog gave out.

As I walked, I remembered the conversation Lust and I had last night. “I thought you guys couldn’t leave the house, at least that’s what Lust told me.”

“Lust is the youngest of us. She is still ignorant of much. I’m guessing she told you that we’re bound to the house. Though that is true, we are also bound to you, so we can go anywhere that you are. Also, try to keep talking to me at a minimum, unless you don’t mind your neighbors thinking you’re crazy.”

Oh, right. I pulled my earbuds out and stuck them in. They weren’t one of those stealthy types of earbuds. They’re the kind that have that loop that goes around the earlobe and built in controls. “There, now, people will think I’m talking on the phone instead of my imaginary friend.”

“What are those?”, Wrath asked with a skeptical look.

“They’re wireless earbuds.”, I began explaining, making sure to keep looking forward so as to not look like I’m talking to someone next to me. “They connect to my phone and take the sound from my phone and bring it directly to my ears, so I can listen to whatever I have on my phone without bothering anyone else. They also have microphones in them, so they can pick up my voice, and I can talk to someone on the phone without having my phone up to my ear.”

Wrath still looked skeptical. “You humans find odd ways to use your magic.”

“It’s not… never mind.”

I picked back up to a jog, and Wrath led me around the neighborhood with me alternating between walking and jogging. I don’t know how far we walked, but I was definitely tired by the time we got back home. When we got inside, Gluttony had dinner ready on the table. I sat down to eat, and Wrath came over and looked over my food.

“You’ll need more protein in your diet if you want to build muscle.”, she said to me and Gluttony.

“She’s vegetarian. Ah can’t feed her meat.”, Gluttony said with a shrug.

“Eggs, potatoes, broccoli, brussels sprouts, green peas, and any kind of bean and lentils are all high in protein. I can grab a vegetarian cookbook tomorrow.”, I said.

“That would be good, and now that I know what you’re capable of, I’ll be able to tailor a workout routine to you. We’ll start with stretches tomorrow.” With that, Wrath disappeared.

That was the test? You’re doing this for Rainbow. You’re doing this for Rainbow. This is gonna hurt.

Fluttershy & the Seven Deadly Sins ch3

For the past week, Wrath has been running me ragged. Since I didn’t have anything more productive to do, if I wasn’t at work or sleeping, Wrath was running me around the neighborhood. I’ve developed more stamina, but I’m still doing that walk/jog alternating thing. As I’ve spent more time with Wrath, the less I mistook her for Sunset. The differences became easier to see, making the similarities less so. Like on all of our runs, I wore my earbuds. Wrath wasn’t the talkative type, but she did answer anything I said to her. I believe I once heard that kind of behavior described as “NPC energy”. All of them, except for Lust, seem to have NPC energy. Even Greed, who seems to think of me as his property, has never gone out of his way to interact with me. Pride is… weird. I don’t know what’s up with him being my butler. I tried asking around, but none of them knew each other before they were summoned to Earth, and they barely socialize with each other. Demons are, apparently, not very socially creatures.

We got back to the house at about the same time as the internet people drove up. Instead of heading straight inside, I waited for them by the door. The guy walked up and greeted me with a nod. “Are you the homeowner?”

“Yes. Please, come in.” I unlocked the door and let us all in. “Go ahead and do your thing. I’m going to take a shower.”

“Okay” The internet guy said. He began walking along the walls. I don’t know anything about internist setup, so I couldn’t say why.

I stepped closer to Wrath and put my hand up to my earbud. “That sounds good. Hey, could you watch him for me?”, I said as if I was talking on the phone. Wrath nodded. “Thanks” I “ended my phone call” then headed back to my room. I disrobed, plugged my electronics in to charge, and placed my clothes in a pile for Lust to deal with. She’s saved me from having to do laundry. That not only saved my time and the expenses related to running a load, but whatever she does also repairs my clothes. She’s also saved me from having to get a new wash and dryer. The set I have, located in the garage, is over thirty years old and none-functioning.

I turned the water on and climbed into the shower once it was warm enough. I began doing the normal stuff, then I heard someone else climb into the shower. I turned to see a naked Lust climbing in and wrapping her arms around me. “H-hi”

“Hi”, she said seductively. She ran her hands over my body before wrapping her arms around my stomach. “There’s a male human out there. Do you want me to bring him in here?”

The hot water made it hard for me to tell if I was blushing, but I imagined my whole body was turning red. “No, no no no, I-I don’t even swing that way.”, I barely managed to stammer out.

“Oh, okay.”, Lust said dejectedly. She slunk past me and shook her tail at me. “Do you like?”, she said, switching back to her seductive tone.

I reached out and grabbed her fluffy tail and butt. Strangely, her fur was still completely dry, even with my wet hand massaging it. Her fur must be completely hydrophobic. Lust pushed back into my hand. I yanked on her tail a little. She clearly enjoyed it.

“So, you only want females. How many do you want?”, Lust asked.

“H-how many?” The blood that would normally keep me sharp as a whip was currently redirected to… other places. My brain felt like it was seriously lagging.

“Yes, I’ve heard you mention one human, this Rainbow Dash. Do you want any others?”

I shook my head. “Not in the way you're thinking. I just want her.”

“You’re so boring. I’m sure she’ll like the idea too. I believe you humans call them ‘harems’.”

The blood returned to my brain as what Lust said angered me. “Out, I need to clean myself.”, I ordered.

“As you wish, Mistress.”, Lust said then disappeared.

I got back to cleaning myself and finished quickly. I dried myself and redressed. I re-entered the living room to see the internet guy finishing up.

“Okay, the default password n’ stuff is on the back, n’ yer all good ta go.”, he said.

“Thank you.”

The internet guy packed up and left with a wave. I walked over and locked the door up before returning over to the router.

Wrath walked over and examined the router. “So, what does this thing do?”

“This allows me to access an aethereal space that houses the collective knowledge of all of humanity. We also use this space to communicate with each other and do many other things that we previously would’ve needed to travel far to do in person. Here, I’ll show you.” I checked the login info then grabbed my computer from my room and set it up on the table. Wrath looked over my shoulder as I opened Boogle. “Using this search engine, I can look up anything I want to know or access sites that can allow me to do anything that I can think of. For example…” I typed in ‘seven deadly sins’ and showed Wrath the results.

“What is that?”

“Oh, that’s an anime with main characters loosely based off of you seven.”

“An-a-may?”

“A sort of play, but the characters are drawn, and the actors only have to lend their voices, and those drawings and voices are recorded so they can be played back by anyone at any time. Make sense?”

“No”

“Well, you don’t have to worry about that.” The next thing I searched was ‘jobs that don't require a college degree’. Out of all of the options shown, ‘food service manager’ seemed the most feasible, but it was the same sort of hell I’m in now but with more responsibilities. I kept scrolling and spotted something promising. Postal mail processor, it was a back-of-house job, meaning I wouldn’t have to deal with “the public”, paid very well with good benefits, and all I had to be was a high school educated US citizen. The only problem was the last requirement. I had to be able to carry 50 lbs. I could maybe carry 20, and that’s pushing it. “Wrath, look at this.”

“Hm, is that the job you want?”

“It’s definitely a good option, but I can’t lift that much.”

“Well, you’re having me help you get into shape. We can set that as an early goal.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, having goals is a great motivator. Next time you’re out, pick up some weights, including medicine balls and kettlebells.”

“Okay, I will.” I began looking through various sites and retailers for the weights. “Huh, these seem like a good deal.”

“But why are they so much cheaper than the others?”, Greed asked.

“Um, I don’t know.”

The weights I found were ten dollars cheaper than the next higher priced ones.

“Find out why. These are items you are going to be using regularly, so we can’t afford to buy cheap crap. You have to look at price per ounce and price per use. Also, time is money that we burn.”

“Okay, so, you want me to get the best deal in terms of price, quality, and time.”

“Correct”

“Alright, I’ll keep looking.” I opened up the reviews and began looking through them. They weren’t great, so I kept searching.

I stepped out of my work and tried to scrub the nasty feeling off my arms. It seemed like that each passing day the gross feeling became harder and harder to get off. Fortunately, I was heading to pick up the weights I ordered, so I was one step closer to getting out of that dump.

“Hey, Fluttershy.” Rainbow rushed over to me, and before I realized it, I was smiling at her.

“Hey, Rainbow, you must really like the food here.”

“Oh, ahh, no, that’s not it.”

I started to blush and quickly turned my face away. Come on, now’s your chance. “Um, I’m going to pick up some weights I ordered. Could you help me with them?”

“Of course.”, RD said quickly.

We went to our cars, and I led Rainbow to the fitness store. We began walking through the parking lot in silence and gravitated towards each other as we walked. A part of me wanted to grab any part of her, but I still couldn’t get past myself to actually do it. Luckily for me, the shop had those order lockers, best invention since the self-service checkout. We went over to them, and I put in my code, and a door popped open. Rainbow bent down to grab the boxes of my weights, and I got to see her muscles work with her crop tank top and shorts providing little obstruction.

“Ready to go?”, RD asked then blushed.

I realized I was staring, and I blushed myself. “Yeah, yeah, I’m ready.”

Rainbow easily carried my weights out to my car. A part of me felt a little embarrassed by the fact she could carry the entirety of my weights at once, but I was able to calm it by reminding myself that I’m working up to heavier weights. She loaded them into my back seat and turned back to me. “Hey, do you live close? I could ride with you to help get these inside then walk back.”

“Are you sure walking back’s safe?”

“Ha, I can outrun any creep.”, she said confidently then got into the car.

“Yeah, but what about a bullet?” I knew that woman wouldn’t be dissuaded, so I climbed in and started home. As I drove, I noticed that Rainbow was a bit uncomfortable, not ‘I need to crap’ uncomfortable but ‘What did I just do? What do I do now?’ uncomfortable. It was something I’m very familiar with.

I pulled into my driveway, and Rainbow followed me in with the weights. I flipped on the lights and led her to the living room.

“Where do you want me to put these?”

“Um, over there.”, I said as I pointed over to the window. If I was going to be lifting weights, I might as well do it under natural sunlight.

As Rainbow was putting my weights down, I was startled by Wrath standing in the corner. She looked more in accordance with her demonic nature as she closely watched Rainbow walk back over to me. “Your place is nice.”

“Thanks”

“Invite her to stay the night.”, Lust whispered into my ear.

I blushed and had to restrain myself from telling her to shut up. That might not be a bad idea. “Rainbow, I don’t feel comfortable with you walking back to your car this late. I’d feel better if you waited until morning.”

“Are you asking me to stay the night?”

“I guess I am. Let me shower first.” I headed to my room, undressed, and got to showering. As expected, Lust climbed in after me and started feeling me up.

“She’s cute. Y’know, as the sin of lust, I can make people feel certain ways, whisper ideas into their ear, tempt them into giving into their basal urges. Humans are so much easier to control when they give in. I can make her fulfill all your fantasies.”

My breathing quickened as my body began to heat up. The idea of a naked Rainbow in my bed was enticing, but what Lust was offering was sounding a bit rape-y. “No, don’t do that. I don’t want Rainbow to be under any influence if we ever go that far.”, I said quietly in case she might hear me.

“You are so vanilla. Don’t you want to spice things up?”

“I don’t want to take advantage of her.”

“Humans, you baffle me at times. You say you want sex, but it has to be this, this, and this. These “morals” sound boring. Let me know when you want me.” With that, Lust disappeared.

I finished my shower and wrapped myself in a towel and headed back out to my bedroom. I was once again startled by Rainbow sitting on my bed. She looked up at me then quickly averted her gaze. Is she really… Did Lust…? No, she can’t disobey me.

“Sorry, I was starting to feel a bit creeped out in your living room. I felt like I was being watched, so I came in here.”

Damn it, Wrath. “That’s okay.” Oh man, what should I do?

“Um, where should I sleep?”

“Tell her she can sleep with you.”, Lust suggested.

“Um, if you’re feeling uncomfortable in the living room, you can sleep in here.” I’m not sure if Lust is the cause of my sudden confidence or not, but I blushed at my own words, and so did Rainbow. “I’m going to put on my pajamas.”

“What?! No! Ask her to take her clothes off!”

I walked past an annoyed Lust and over to my closet. Rainbow was gentlewomanly looking away from me, and Lust was once again gone. I got dressed and climbed onto my side of the bed. “You can turn around now.”

Rainbow turned around with a soft smile on her face that turned into a smirk upon seeing my pajamas. “Of course you still wear bunny PJs.”

“They’re cute, okay.”

I turned the lights off, and we climbed under the covers. Rainbow was so close I could smell her. I was frozen between wanting to touch her and being too scared to. Rainbow broke the ice and took my hand. I moved in closer, she put her arm around me, and I snuggled up to her. It felt so nice, her warmth, her smell. I hadn’t realized how stressed I was until it was flowing out of me. She felt so right.

I was rudely woken up by the sound of my alarm clock. I silenced it with a groan and sat up. It was then I noticed Rainbow in my bed and my brain booted up. She’s in my bed. Rainbow Dash is actually in my bed.

Rainbow stirred and looked up at me. “Hey”

“Hey”

Rainbow sat up and stretched, and I got to see her solid abs. I wanted to reach out and touch them, but I don’t know if we were there yet. “What do you say, we go for a run then I can make you a nice breakfast?”

“I’d like that.”

We got up, and I changed into my work out clothes while Rainbow headed out into the living room. Once I was dressed, I headed out to the living room, and Rainbow was looking through my fridge. “Find something you like?”

“Just planning out what I’m going to make. You don’t have a lot of food.”

“Yeah, food’s expensive.”

“That’s okay. I can make this work.”

“Thank you” Should I tell her about them? Crap, what am I going to do about them if I ever move?

I followed Rainbow outside, and we started jogging. Rainbow’s a good bit shorter than me with shorter legs, so it was easier for me to keep up with her than Wrath. I still didn’t have her stamina though. We had to stop and head back to my place before Rainbow looked even a little bit tired because I was wiped. Rainbow headed straight into the kitchen while I took a seat in the kitchen.

“What in the world?”, RD asked in mild alarm.

“What’s wrong?”

“You have more food in here than when we left.”

“What?... Oh…” Gluttony “I… have some roommates. One of them must’ve restocked while we were gone.”

“Oh, okay. They wouldn’t mind if I used the food, would they?”

“No, go ahead.”

“Okay”

Rainbow got to cooking, which she was surprisingly good at as could be seen in the way she moved around the kitchen and smelled. “Yer still vegetarian, right?”

“Yeah”

Shortly after, Rainbow brought over two plates of eggs, salad that included tofu and nuts, and some fruit. “If you want to build muscle, you’ll need a lot of protein, and that might be difficult for you being a vegetarian.”

“I know. I’ve been looking into those kinds of recipes, and my roommate is a bit of a health nut.”

Rainbow nodded. “How would you feel about incorporating some fish into your diet? Fish have a lot of omega-3 in them that’s good for your hair and skin along with being high in protein.”

I shook my head. “No, no fish, eggs and milk are already pushing it for me.”

“Okay, chia and flaxseed oil are also good sources, walnuts too. I can pick some up for you.”

I raised an eyebrow at that. “Is there something wrong with my skin and hair?”

Rainbow got a bit uncomfortable and had that look where you know you’ve just put your foot in your mouth. “No, eh, I mean, you’re beautiful. It’s just that I know you’ve been eating a lot of free employee meals at your work, and I noticed last night that all that fast food has taken a toll on your skin. I-I’m not saying you’re not beautiful. You’re still hot. You just used to be so much softer and healthier, and I want to see you at your best again.”

I rubbed my cheek and wasn’t sure if I felt the same difference as Rainbow, but then again, it’s hard to notice subtle changes over a long period of time. Is that grossness I’ve been feeling really a result of my bad diet? “Really? I haven’t noticed, but I trust you, Rainbow. Thank you for your help.”

Rainbow looked relieved then smiled. We quickly finished and worked together to clean up. It was nice. The whole morning’s been nice. I got a glimpse into our possible future, and I like it. By the time cleanup was done, there was still some time before I had to go to work.

“Hey, why don’t I show you some of the basics of weight lifting?”

“I’d like that.”

We walked over to my weights, and Rainbow started to unpack them. I’d gotten some dumbbells, kettlebells, and medicine balls. The dumbbells were the type where you add plates to a central bar then screw on an end cap. I kneeled down, and we figured what my limit for the dumbbells was then got into position.

“Okay, now, you’ll hear people talk about correct form and yada yada, but there isn’t really any such thing. There’s definitely a wrong way where you can hurt yourself, but there are different ways to do the same exercise that works out different muscles. There is no right way to do it, but there’s certainly a wrong way. So, what are your goals?”

To get strong enough to impress you. “I need to be able to lift fifty pounds for a job I want.”

Rainbow nodded and instructed me what works outs and forms would get me to my goal. I didn’t go all out so as to not completely tire myself out before work. It got close to the time I needed to leave for work, so we wrapped up my work out, and I headed to my room. I didn’t exactly care about how I smelled going into work as I’d come out smelling like frying oil either way, so I just quickly changed into my uniform that Lust had cleaned while Rainbow and I were out jogging then headed back out. Rainbow was waiting for me by the front door.

“Hey” Rainbow came up to me and took my hands in hers. “I would like to do this more often.”

“Me too.”

I was surprised when Rainbow pulled herself up on me and kissed me, but my shock quickly wore off, and I leaned into the kiss. It was a quick kiss, but I was left stunned all the same. Seeing her smiling up at me made me smile in turn.

“You’re number’s the same, right?”

I nodded.

“Great, we can talk after work and set up our first date.”

I nodded again, unable to speak.

We headed out, and Rainbow started her jog back to her car as I got into mine. I watched her jog off, putting those muscular, sexy legs to work. She really kissed me, and I kissed her back. Wow. This is really happening.

“What do you think?”, I asked Lust. I looked myself over in the mirror. I wore a knee-length, simple purple dress I’ve had since high school. Rarity had made it for me for prom. Even though we haven’t hung out since our friend group fell apart, we're still technically on speaking terms.

“Could be sexier.”

“It’s just our first date.”

“It’s not ‘just a first date’. You need to show her that you think she’s worth dressing up for. At least try doing up your hair and make-up.”

“But I don’t know how.”

“I can help with that.”, Envy said as she slithered up behind me and into my view in the mirror.

“I appreciate the offer, but I also don’t have any make-up.”

“Not necessary. I can make you look however you want.”

“Um, okay, I don’t want anything too fancy, just simple and nice. Um, hang on.” I pulled out my phone and pulled up some reference images. “Something like this.”

“I suppose I can do that.”

Envy wrapped herself around me until she was around my waist. I ran my hands along her body, and my own started to heat up and get excited. She squeezed me lightly, which was barely noticeable, but I knew she was capable of squeezing much tighter and could kill me if I wasn’t her master. My monkey brain didn’t account for that last factor, so all it saw was a sexy snake woman and me in a dangerous situation. No, I’m going to meet Rainbow. Maybe later. Envy lifted my head up to look her in the eye. Her eyes looked like shining emeralds that I could just get lost in. Everything about was beautiful, and she was mine. Everyone would envy me… wait, no, that’s… why am I thinking like that? “Envy, are you using some sort of power on me?”

“Envy,” Lust scolded, “we don’t do that to our mistress.”

“Humph, that blasted spell isn’t stopping me from doing it.”, Envy protested indignantly.

For the first time in a long while, I was pissed. What the fuck was she thinking doing that? “Envy,” I said in my most firm, commanding voice, “you are to never use that power on me again. Do my hair and make-up then leave. I’ll be discussing your punishment with Pride later.”

Envy inhaled sharply and looked pissed as the command took effect. She waved her hand over my face then disappeared. I readjusted my weight then turned to Lust. She looked shocked and even a little scared.

“Mistress, I didn’t realize you could get so angry.”

I reached my hand over and began scratching Lust’s chin. “It’s okay. You’re a good girl.”

Lust pointed her ears forward and let out a happy little bleat.

I lowered my hand and resumed looking myself over in the mirror. I had to straighten out my dress, but I looked great. Envy gathered half my hair into a bun while letting the remaining half flow freely and did natural tones for my make-up.

Lust came over and rubbed her head on me. “You look hot. You’ll definitely send the right message to your mate.”

I blushed. “Thank you. I should get going.”

Lust stepped back, and I headed out to my car. The restaurant was a bit of a drive away, but I got there at the expected time. I drove past the entrance as I tried to find a parking spot, and I saw Rainbow waiting for me there. I found a spot and hurried over to her. She wore a plain black suit and had her hair in a low ponytail.

“Hi, sorry for keeping you waiting.”

“You’re worth the wait.” Rainbow reached her hand out, and I took it. She led us inside and to the hostess. “Hi, I have a reservation under Dash.”

“Alright… yes, I have you here. Please, follow me.” The hostess took us to our table and gave us our menus. “Would you like any drinks to start off with?”

“Soda for me.”

“Um, just water for me.” My nerves were finally getting to me, and I got butterflies in my stomach.

The hostess nodded and headed off.

Rainbow reached over and grabbed my hand. “Hey, you okay?”, she asked softly.

“Yeah, just nervous.”

“What are you nervous about?”

“Messing up, making a fool of myself in public, having to talk to people, I still have a lot of my anxieties.”

“There’s absolutely no way you can mess up in my eyes.”

Our drinks came, and we ordered our food. We began talking about life and what we were up to.

“So, how have things been for you? You pretty much know everything that’s going on with me.”

“Well, I work at CHS as the PE teacher. It pays the bills, but boy, are the parents can be something. Luckily, I’m just a PE teacher, so I don’t get the brunt of their anger. But, either way, I prefer the time I get to spend at the Canterlot Youth Center. I coach there as well. It’s real fun, especially since there isn’t any government mandated testing sorta crap.”

“Wow, you’re a very sweet soul.” That tracked with what I remembered of her. She was always followed around by a little girl that walked with a limp, and she would teach this girl how to work around her limp so she could still play sports. “Speaking of kids, whatever happened to that girl you used to hang out with, purple hair, walked with a limp?”

“Oh, Scoots, she’s a special Olympian.”

“Wow, that’s impressive.”

“Yeah, she can really run like the wind after she got her running blade.”

“What’s a running blade?”

“Oh, right, it’s a prosthetic leg meant for running.”

“She has a prosthetic? I thought she had both legs but walked with a limp.”

“Yeah, she was born with a knee deformity that made running and bending it properly difficult. Fixing a knee problem like that is pretty difficult, so she decided to just get it amputated. It turns out that doctors can replace someone’s knee with their ankle by taking their foot and attaching it to where the knee used to be backwards. Some cosmetic surgery to make it not look like a foot and a prosthetic later and Scootaloo can run now.”

“Very interesting.”

“Yeah, I’m so happy for her.”

Our food arrived, and we started eating. We talked about what other stuff was going on with us and what happened in the years since our friend group imploded.

“Oh, so that’s how Zephyr lost his tooth. He told us he fell off his skateboard.”

“Well, he did, when I hit him with mine. I take it he got it put back in given he ain’t walkin’ around with a tooth gap.”

“Eyup”

“Sorry about the dental bill.”

“Eh, my mom’s company has good dental insurance, and he needed that beating.”

The night continued, and the date went well. We didn’t end up getting dessert aside from some coffee as neither of us needed the sugar. We left the restaurant, and Rainbow walked me back to my car.

“Hey, I don’t wanna pressure you or anything, but I’d be open to staying over at your place again and maybe due a bit more.”

I blushed and shifted on my feet. Part of me wanted to say ‘yes’, but… “I’m not quite ready for that yet, and I need to have a talk with my roommate you don’t wanna hear.”

“Oh, okay, I’ll see you soon then.”

Before she left, I grabbed her face and kissed her. As soon as the kiss broke, my face turned completely red, and I quickly backed away from Rainbow. “Um, goodnight.”

“Goodnight”

Rainbow headed back to her car, and I got into mine. I sat there for a while just breathing as I processed and calmed down enough to drive safely. Once my heart wasn’t racing, I drove home. Once I got home, I sat in my car for a while as I prepared myself for what was to come.

I headed inside, and as has become normal to me, the lights turned on as I entered. “Pride”

Pride appeared in front of me and bowed. “Lady Fluttershy”

“Has Lust told you about what happened?”

“No need, I am privy to everything that goes on in this house.”

Okay, we’re definitely not going to do any of that here. “That means you know what I told her.”

“Yes, I believe the best punishment for her would be disallowing her to touch you. Out of all of us, she is most envious of Lust.”

“Really? I mean, that makes sense with what I’ve seen, but why?”

“Lust is a sin humans enjoy. Nobody likes being envious, not even her.”

“Oh deer, is there anything we can do to help her?”

“No, our sins are a part of us and each of our species. There is nothing we can do to change it without wiping ourselves from existence.”

“So, you can die if you don’t practice or embody your sin. Do I have that right?”

“We can’t die in the same way as you as we are not alive in the same way as you, but you have the idea.”

“That sounds like… an unpleasant existence.”

“It is the only existence we know. We are accustomed to it. Please call Envy in.”

“Alright. Envy.”

Envy appeared, looking none too happy. Unlike Pride, she didn’t address me in any way.

“Envy, as punishment for your actions earlier, you are not allowed to initiate physical contact with me until I deem your punishment as over. You will also respectfully address me as ‘Lady Fluttershy’, including when I call you and when I give you an order, and you will from now on also need my permission to be dismissed.”

Envy became enraged, and I could see her body shaking as she tried to resist the command. “Yes, Lady Fluttershy.”, she said through gritted teeth.

“Very good. You are dismissed.”

Envy scowled at me once more before disappearing.

“I did not expect such an attitude from you, Lady Fluttershy, nor did I expect you to give such an order in the needed detail.”

“I’ll take that as a compliment. I’m used to training animals, and genies have taught us that one needs to be specific when it comes to magic.”

“Do all humans have this knowledge?”

“No, but the smart ones generally do.”

“Interesting. I will take my leave now.”

I nodded, and Pride disappeared. I sighed to myself and sat on the couch. That was stressful. “Lust” Lust appeared, and I didn’t need to say anything as she cuddled up to me and let me stroke her hair. It was soft and smooth, perfect for destressing. “Thank you for being so kind to me.”

Lust shifted and grabbed onto my leg. I wasn’t sure what that meant, but I didn’t stop her. It felt somewhat reminiscent of a child holding onto their parent.

“Are you okay?”

“Envy’s a jerk. I don’t like the way she treats you.”

“It’s okay. I’ll take care of it.”

Lust didn’t say anything and just snuggled into me more.

I need to tell Rainbow about you all. Ay, that’s going to be something.

Fluttershy & the Seven Deadly Sins ch3.5

“Still no new readings. Still nothing to indicate what did this.”, Twilight said. Her words were muffled beneath her face coverings. We were both covered head to toe, with scarves and goggles covering our faces and heads to protect us from dry, sandy winds that was now all my home was populated by.

I looked over what remained of Canterlot Castle out onto the crumbling buildings and brown, lifeless, rocky plains that haunt my mind. The greens of the grass, fields, and forests of trees, the blues of the sky, rivers, and waterfalls, the glimmering architecture of the city, and all the ponies that I would watch go about their lives from my window were all gone, and it was all my fault. I was off gallivanting in the human world while some unknown tragedy destroyed the land I was supposed to protect.

Twilight walked up to me and put her hand on my shoulder. Her hand, amongst all the destruction, the only thing to survive was the mirror portal, though not fully functioning as evidenced by our human bodies.

“We’ll figure out what happened.” Twilight Sparkle, my “partner in crime”, as she put it. It only seems like yesterday I met her. It was orientation day. We were being shown the ropes of our first big girl jobs. I didn’t give two shits about her until she showed me a project she was working on. It was an unassuming little thing, and I didn’t give a crap about it until it started beeping like crazy around me and only me. She had inadvertently made a magic detector. A couple days later, I dragged her and her device to the portal and explained my origin to her. Of course, she laughed at me, so I pushed her through the portal. She believed me then.

“But we’ll never be able to undo it. I failed as Equestria's hero.” I can still remember that horrible day, the day I stepped through the portal to claim what was rightfully mine only for Equestria to be gone and what laid before me now to be in its place. Celestia had not found my replacement in time, and everything had gone horribly wrong. “If I had stayed… *gasp* imprisonment or not… *gasp* I should have been here!” I clenched my fists so tight I could feel them going white. I wanted to punch something. The one pony that had cared for me was gone.

“I know.” Twilight rubbed my shoulder and spoke softly. “I know… We should head back. The portal’s closing soon.”

“Sigh, yeah.”

We packed up our gear headed back through the portal, which we had to duck to get through. At this point, we were both experienced enough to not be sent sprawling across the pavement. This was good both for our equipment and for anything that might’ve gotten scrapped across the rough ground. We lifted our goggles and lowered our scarves to feel moist, clear air caress our faces. I reached back to the portal, and the now solid stone was all that I felt. I wouldn’t see my home for another two and a half years.

Twilight took my hand and pulled me away from the portal. “Come on, let’s go home.”

We walked over to the bus stop and hopped on after waiting a few minutes. We didn’t care if anyone saw us in our wasteland survival gear. ‘We just returned from the dusty remains of a magical other-world’ would probably not be anyone’s first guess as to why we’re dressed as such. We’ll probably just end up on Weird Bus Encounters or some shit like that. We got off in our neighborhood and walked back to our apartment. We got back to our place and changed into something more comfortable, i.e. our pjs. I took our clothes outside and started beating the sand out of them before it could spread, not literally, but it’s sand, it gets into places you didn’t know you had places.

“What are you doing?!”, one of our neighbors asked from the upstairs balcony.

“Practicing for my role in Macbeth! What does it look like I’m doing?!”

The neighbor scowled at me then went back inside her apartment.

I gathered up our clothes and headed back inside. I dropped them off in the laundry room then met Twilight in the kitchen.

“Y’know, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.”

“Why would I want to catch flies?”

“It’s an expression. You should try being nicer to people.”

“Nah, I find people annoying and would prefer to keep them away from me.”

“What about me?”

I smiled and loosely hugged Twilight. “You are the exception.” I looked behind Twilight and saw a box with a bow tied around it on the counter. “What’s that?”

“Don’t tell me you forgot about your own birthday.” Twilight pulled away and brought the box over to the table. “Open it.”

I looked between Twilight and the box as I walked over and untied the bow. The box fell open, revealing a birthday cake.

“Happy birthday”, she said sweetly.

“I…”

“Wait, did you actually forget your own birthday?”, Twilight said as she let out a disbelieving chuckle.

“I didn’t forget. I just… haven’t celebrated it in years. How did you even know today’s my birthday?”

“I looked it up in your employee file.”, she said smugly.

“You hacked into the company’s database.”

“Don’t dignify that place’s security by calling it ‘hacking’.”

“They still haven’t paid for your security software?”

“Nope” Twilight grabbed a lighter and handed it to me. “Now, are you seriously going to tell me you haven’t been celebrating your birthday?”

“I haven’t.” I started lighting the candles. “I haven’t had anyone to celebrate with since I got here.” I put the lighter down and looked at the candles and cake. The cake had my symbol on it. Memories of years past flashed in my mind. Celestia always took birthdays seriously. “Being immortal teaches one to treasure every second you have with somepony.” The cake was probably also a factor.

“You’re supposed to blow out the candles, silly. Has it really been so long that you’ve forgotten?”

I rolled my eyes at Twilight, and she merely smirked at me. I blew out the candles and watched the smoke rise up. You don’t have to be immortal to learn that lesson. You just have to be the last one to survive.

“Hey”

I looked down at Twilight and she was holding two forks for us. I took one, and we took our seats and started eating.

“Hey, are you okay?”

“Physically, emotionally?”

“You know why I’m asking.”

“Sigh, I’m the last of my kind, and the only pony to ever care for me died thinking I hated her.”

“Hey,” Twilight reached over and took my hand, “we don’t know she’s dead. We haven’t gone farther than Canterlot. Equestria might be the only place like that. She might’ve taken as many ponies as she could and fled. We won’t know until we find a way to traverse the wasteland.”

I slowly shook my head. “Equestria was the most powerful nation on the planet. If it’s gone, the whole world is gone.”

“Well fine then, I’ll keep hope for you,” Twilight smirked at me deviously, “last daughter of Equestria.”

“Ugh, again with that nickname. I’m not some comic book character.”

Twilight merely laughed at me.

“Fuck you, and I love you.”

“I love you too, asshole.”

Fluttershy & the Seven Deadly Sins ch1

“Home sweet home.”, I said as I closed the door to my house. It used to be a farmhouse but is now run down, and most of the land was sold off. It also has a bad reputation attached to it with stories of the old owner being a devil worshiper. As silly as those rumors were, they dropped the price enough for me to buy this place.

I laid my bags in the entryway. To my left were the basement stairs and the door to the garage. To my right was the archway into the living room. Moving into the archway, to the left is the kitchen, dining room, and back door that led to the, now, miniscule backyard, and to the right is the living room with an old heating stove, a large front window, and an empty entertainment center designed for one of those big, old CRT TVs, you aren’t lifting it without at least two other people big. The place was fully furnished. Though, everything was dusty, and all the appliances are at least ten years old. Straight ahead was the hallway that led to the bedrooms and bathroom.

I walked down the hallway and to the master bedroom. Given all the stories I heard, I was hesitant to enter. I otherwise wouldn’t have ever bought this place, but I can’t stand living with my brother anymore. I powered through the fear and went inside. Like the rest of the house, it was dusty. There was a bed with no a mattress, a couple of nightstands, a chest of drawers with a standard sized CRT TV on top, a shelf, and the doors to the closet and master bathroom. Even without a mattress, the bed had pillows and blankets on it. Either way, I wasn’t going to be sleeping there, so I closed the door and checked the other two rooms. Both of them were filled with mountains of garbage. I wasn’t sleeping in a bedroom, so I went back to the living room.

I went over to the couch and inspected it. It looked fine, so I brushed away as much dust as I could. This would be my bed for however long. There was a closet in the hallway, likely the linen closet. I went over to check it out, and it was indeed the linen closet, filled with sheets and blankets. I pulled a couple out, opening them up and shaking out any dust or whatever was in them, brought them over to the couch, and set up for the night. With nothing else to do and it being late, I climbed into “bed” and went to sleep.

“Who do you think she is?”

I was stirred awake by someone speaking. It took me a moment to process what I was hearing then a cold chill ran up my spine. There were other people in my house. Did I forget to lock the door? Were they in the basement? I kept my eyes closed and kept listening. They haven’t done anything yet, so maybe they’ll leave without hurting me.

“What do you think she’s doing here?”, a second voice asked.

“She has a bunch of bags. Let’s just get rid of her. I’m keeping the bags.”, a third voice said.

“No, she’s cute. I wanna keep her.” Unlike the previous three, this one was female.

“No, I want her.”, another female voice said.

“You only want her because I want her.”

“Both of you, shut up.”, a third, angry sounding, female voice said. “I’m going to throw her out so we can be done with this.”

I felt myself being picked up, and my eyes shot open in surprise. What I saw were seven people, all standing around and looking at me. I screamed and started kicking at the woman holding me. “Let me go! Let me go, please!”

The woman’s face turned to a mix of horror and shock. “Wait, you can see us?”

“Yes?”, I said, confused. The lady put me back down then the seven of them all huddled into a circle. I sat there stunned and looked over the seven people then realized that ‘people’ might not have been the correct term. The angry lady had a lion’s tail, another lady had a bright green snake’s tail instead of legs, one of the men was man sized, bipedal toad, and the woman that kept looking back at me had goat horns and had on very tight black clothes that showed off her curves and little tail. I couldn’t see the others easily, but one of them had a large snail’s body.

“I’ll do the talking.” A man pushed through the circle and walked over to me. He had light purple skin; a beak-like nose; dark blue, feathery hair; beady, black eyes; and a peacock styled dress suit with white gloves and dress shoes. He looked very much like a bird but seemed to be the most human looking. “Do you own this property?”, he said in a very sophisticated tone. He also held himself like a high-class gentleman. He kinda looks like a butler. His eyes were slightly off putting, but the rest of him was objectively attractive.

“I do.”

He turned back to the others. “We can’t get rid of her.”

“What? Why not?”, the others protested.

“Who are you?”, I asked.

The bird man turned back to face me with a look of disdain on his face. “We are what you humans call the Seven Deadly Sins, and you are the most pathetic looking master I’ve ever had.”

“--- What?”

“My question exactly.”, the angry woman said, looking even more enraged. “What in Satan’s name are you talking about?”

“The way that old man summoned us means that when he died, we became bound to this house, and that means whoever owns this house is our master, and we can not do anything against her.”

I just sat there, not able to make sense of any of this, but I understood that last part. “You’re not going to hurt me?”

The man looked down at me then held his hand up. That hand morphed into sharp looking talons, and he swiped at me. I put my hands up to shield my face, but nothing happened. When I dared peak past my hands, I saw that his hand was stopped by some sort of energy field. The man pulled his hand back, correcting his posture, and it morphed back into a hand. “We are physically unable to harm you.”

I relaxed and looked around at them. “I’m still confused as to what’s going on.”

“We’re demons summoned by the previous owner of this house.”, the goat horned woman said. “We don’t know why as he died shortly after. Either way, as you now own this house, we have to obey you.”

“Her? But she’s so scrawny.”, a piggish looking man said. He looked like a mostly normal, fat man with pink skin and dark green hair and beard, except he had a pig’s snout with tusks, ears, and tail. He was also quite hairy. On one of his ears hung an earring with a design that kinda looked like a dark green face. That was the best way I could describe it. He by no means stank or looked unclean as many people believe pigs to be. Pigs are actually quite clean, and he appeared to also share that trait but not to the same extent as bird man. His clothes were medieval with a green tunic, brown pants, and those shoes that were basically shoe-shaped bags.

“I don’t like it either, but we have no other choice.”, the bird man said.

“Um, I don’t want to make you do anything you don’t want to do.”, I said.

The goat horned woman broke away from the group and sat down next to me. “Oh, please, order me around.”, she said as she rubbed my thigh. “By the way, my name is Lust.”

I blushed profusely but didn’t do anything to stop her. It felt nice, and she was very attractive, especially with her almost glowing pink eyes. “M-my name is Fluttershy.”

“What a pretty name, Fluttershy, or should I call you Mistress.”

“Lust! That is disgusting!”, the snake woman said. Even though her snake half is green, her human half was a light tan color. She had shiny black hair and emerald green eyes. She had some scaly patches and had a forked tongue but otherwise looked human above the waist. She wore a green scaly top and gold and green jewelry, including a necklace with a design of a green circle with an arrow shape in it surrounded by a green plain circle. The ancient part of my brain that goes “NOPE!” whenever I see a snake found her off putting, but she’s otherwise very attractive, and other parts of my brain like the tail.

“Ignore Envy. She’s just, well, envious. It doesn’t matter what it is. She wants it.”

“There’s room on my other side, if you want.”, I said.

Envy reared back as if in shock or offended then huffed and slithered away with her arms crossed.

“Did I do something wrong?”

“She doesn’t actually want you. She just wants whatever it is because someone else has it. The moment she has it, she doesn’t want it anymore.”

“Oh”, I said disappointedly. Turning my attention back to the current situation, I still had five other demons to deal with. “What are the rest of your names?”

“I am Pride.”, the bird man said. “Piggy here is Gluttony, my warty compatriot is Greed, she is Wrath, and the one with the shell is Sloth.”

“Maybe we can eat her.”, Gluttony suggested.

“We can’t harm her, and even if we could, you’re not eating my master.”, Greed said. He was one of the least human looking ones, looking like a humanoid toad with yellow blotches on his brown skin. He wore a suit with no shoes and had a pin that’s design is of a circle around another circle that goes through three other circles, all colored yellow.

“At least we’ll have something ta do.”, Wrath said. She had golden skin, golden eyes, and dusty red, thick curly hair that could best be described as a lion’s mane that also previously obscured her lion ears. Her face was also very cat-like with a broad, flat nose. She wore cargo pants, combat boots and a black sports bra that showed off her ample, tightly packed muscles that would put professional athletes to shame and had a red inverted pentagram on it. She was also very attractive but was also disturbingly familiar to Sunset Shimmer. “Hey! Sloth! Wake up!”

Sloth poked his head out of his shell then slowly came out the rest of the way. He was by far the least human looking of them all. He looked like a centaur but replace the horse body with a snail's body. His skin is gray but his shell is a dark purple color with a purple circle with another circle at the bottom of it in the center, and he has no hair. He’s also the only one not wearing any clothes. “What?”, he said sleepily.

“We have a master to serve. You need to pull your weight.”

“Oh, okay.”, he said before going back into his shell.

Wrath became enraged by this and looked about ready to pummel him, and Pride looked absolutely fed up with everybody.

“It’s okay. He can sleep if he wants.”, I said quickly to ease Wrath.

“As you wish.”, Wrath said, calming down.

“Aw, you are such a benevolent master.”, Lust said, moving her hand to my crotch.

If we were alone, this would be great, but we had four sets of eyes on us. “Not now, Lust, later.”

Lust looked at the others as if she just remembered they were there and pulled back. “As you command.”

I took this opportunity to really look her over. As well as the goat horns and tail, she has goat ears and hairy legs, but her feet seem to be human along with her eyes. Her hair’s mostly a light cream with some pink stripes going through it. Her skin is also a creamy tan. She wore a black leather crop top with a design similar to the taijitu but without the two dots and the outline was pink while both of the teardrops were black, black booty shorts, and black ankle boots. Dang, she is pretty.

Before I could savor her, my phone alarm went off. “Oh crap, I gotta get to work.” I jumped off the couch and ran over to my luggage to grab my uniform then to the bathroom to change.

When I got out of the bathroom and re-entered the living room, I was stopped by Pride. “What is this job you need to get to?”

“Um, I work at Burger Queen and BellTaco.”

“And what is your role at this Burger Queen and BellTaco?”

“I’m a dishwasher at both.”

Pride seemed unhappy with my answer but stepped out of my way. I rushed out to my car, grabbing the bag with my change in uniform along the way, and hurried to work.

I walked out of the BellTaco, my entire front half wet. My hands were dry, and I felt gross, as much from the mounds of dirty dishes I washed as the sad excuse of a meal I carried in a to-go bag. Burgers for lunch and tacos for dinner. That has been my life since college. A week’s worth of healthy food coasts $130. Every meal I can get for free I need to take.

I sat down on the curb near my car to eat, and for the first time, I had time to really think about the situation I was in. Okay, I have seven demons living with me. Do they need to eat? They’ve survived this long without food. Where do they sleep?

“Fluttershy?”, a familiar voice called out. I looked up to see Rainbow Dash walking over to me. She’s even more beautiful than I remember. I’ve seen her on the sports channel, the only reason why I watch it, but she’s even prettier in person. She’s always been fit, but her body’s matured, and she’s now a lean, muscular woman with defined chin and cheek bones. She’s still on the shorter side, about my chin height, but that’s no dealbreaker. Lust is a couple inches shorter than her. She’d cut her to where the hair on top and back was only a few inches and the hair on the sides was less than an inch and then just let it all do its thing, but I couldn’t put a name to it. Her clothing style hadn’t changed at all since high school.

“Hey, Rainbow.”

“You… don’t smell great.”

Blunt as always. “Yeah, cleaning mounds of dishes will do that.”

Rainbow sat down next to me. She also didn’t exactly smell like flowers. “Long time no see.”

“Yeah, it has been. You seem to be doing well though.”

“Yeah, life’s been good. How ‘bout you? I thought you said you want to work with animals.”

“I did. I still do, but vet school took such a toll on my mental health that I had to drop out. I would like to try again someday.”

“Dang that sucks.”

We sorta just fidgeted awkwardly as neither of us apparently knew what to say. We hadn’t really talked since our friend group fell apart. This was the first time we’d even seen each other since she went off to play for the state soccer team. We have no idea how to talk with each other anymore.

“Well, it’s been nice.”, Rainbow said before getting up and going inside. I didn’t even have a chance to say goodbye.

I finished up my food then got in my car to go home. Upon getting home, I parked my car in the driveway, the garage door didn't work, and went inside. The first thing I noticed upon opening my door was that my bags were gone. Did Greed take my bags? Seriously? I walked inside and nearly jumped out of my skin when Pride materialized out of nowhere and the lights turned on on their own.

“Welcome home, Lady Fluttershy.”, he said with a slight bow. He had his hand against his chest, and I could see his symbol. His was a pyramid-like shape with an eye-like on top and eleven lines connecting to the surrounding circle.

“Um, thank you.” I walked into the living room and noticed that everything had been cleaned. There wasn’t a speck of dust on anything. “Did you do this?”

“I helped.”, Lust said, appearing right beside me and making me jump again. She was wearing a maid outfit, the bedroom kind, but her symbol was still on her chest.

“You guys need bells!”

“Oh” Lust stood up straight and manifested a color with a bell on it around her neck. “Will this work?”

“To answer your question, yes. No master of mine will live in such filth.”, Pride said.

“Did you also move my bags?”

“Yes, they are in the back of your closet, and their contents have been put away properly.”

“Uh, you mean, like, in the master bedroom?”

“It only seemed appropriate.”

I walked down the hallway and into the bedroom. Like the living room, it was clean, and the bed was made, with a mattress. “Where did you find the mattress?”

“It was in the basement. I couldn’t tell you why the previous master had it down there. Now, before you retire for the night, we need to have a talk.”

“I have some questions for you too.”

Pride nodded, and we went back into the living room.

“Okay, first question, where are the others and where did you come from when I got back?”

“We can dematerialize ourselves to exist solely in the aether, and that is where the others are. What you see before you is merely a consolidated form that we use to interact with the physical world. However, we can not stay in this form indefinitely and must return to the aether to “sleep”, as you would put it.”

“Oh, okay. I take it this means you don’t need to eat.”

“Correct, we can eat, and Gluttony very much enjoys devouring everything, but we have no need to, and I personally despise the idea of such a thing. To put such inside my perfect body, revolting.”

“Pride, lord of the ego. I’m surprised his hasn’t suffocated us all.”, Lust mocked.

“Watch your tone, you sullied creature.”, he said contemptuously.

“Okay, knock it off, you two.”, I said before it could escalate. “Did you clean the whole house?”

“Yes”, Pride said.

“Then what’d you do with all the garbage?”

“I converted it to energy that I’m currently storing for later use.”

“You can convert matter into energy?”

“Yes, and back into a more useful form.”

“I don’t have to pay for trash services.” That’s one less bill to worry about.

“Are you done with your questions?”

“Yes, what did you want to talk about?”

“To be blunt, you are not a master worthy of me. A perfect being such as myself should not bow down to any entity, but there is nothing I can do about that. So, I’ve decided to at least attempt to make you a worthy master.”

I stood there, stunned at looking up at the tall demon. What?

“What birdy where means is that we’re gonna help you out of this funk you’re in.”, Lust said, snuggling up next to me. “That is assuming you didn’t want to be a dishwasher for the rest of your life.”

“No, I wanted to be a veterinarian.”

“What is a veterinarian?”, Pride asked.

“A doctor that treats animals.”

“Hm, a profession that actively fights God. That is something I can get behind.”, he said with a smile that made a chill run up my spine.

“Heheh, let’s get you clean and into bed.”, Lust said. “I’d be more than happy to help you, Mistress.”

I felt myself get wet between my legs. Lust is hot, and I dig the animal features. She dragged me to the master bedroom then stripped me. I’ve never had this kind of intimacy before. Feeling her hands brush against my skin was great. Though, it felt different from a human’s touch. Her skin was colder, not ice cold but colder, and her touch was tingly, like the most mild of static shock. She is pure energy, so it kinda makes sense. She pushed me back onto the bed once she got me naked and put her finger to my lips.

“Wait here. I’ll draw you a bath.”

I watched her swing her ass as she walked into the bathroom. I heard the water running for a while before hearing it stop. Lust sauntered back out and pulled me into the bathroom. My nose was immediately hit by a sweet floral scent, and the bath was filled with bubbles. I don’t own any bubble bath.

“Where did you get the bubble bath?”

“I said I helped clean up. I have loads of extra energy to do with as I please.”

“Oh, I thought you were just trying to earn brownie points.”

“Are you accusing me of lying?”, she asked in a mock offended tone. She was so animated and exaggerated her expression so much that it was easy to tell she was joking.

“I clearly misjudged you.” I climbed into the bath and felt the warm water embrace her. It was the perfect temperature. “Thank you, Lust. This is perfect.”

“Thank you, Mistress. It is a pleasure to serve.”

Lust stood there, watching me with a gleam in her eyes that told she was enjoying this. Does she want to have sex with me? I don’t want to abuse her. I should probably just ask.

“Lust, if I ask you a question, will you answer me honestly?”

“I don’t think I can be dishonest with you. I’m not as edumacated about magic as Pride, so I’m not sure.”

“Okay, what do you want? Do you want to have sex with me?”

“No, I’m not a succubus. I just like entertaining my fetishes.”

“And that includes being a servant?”

“Among others”

“I don’t want to inadvertently hurt you or make you do something you don’t want to do. If I do cross a line, please let me know. And please tell the others to do so too.”

“Oh, it would be very hard for you to cross one of my lines, but I will tell the others. Y’know, you’re much more accepting of this than I’d imagined someone that stumbled into all this would be.”

I lowered my head as unpleasant memories came back. “You can’t hurt me. That makes you better than many humans I’ve known.”

The look Lust gave me was odd, not like her normal, over exaggerated mannerisms. It was like concern but not quite. Maybe it was something unique to demons.

I began really cleaning myself. Getting the grimy feeling off my skin took more scrubbing than what was probably needed to get the actual grime off. Once I felt clean, I drained the water then rinsed myself off with the shower head. As soon as I stepped out, Lust had a towel and dried me off. I hadn’t been dried like this since I started taking baths on my own, and there was far less caressing done by my parents. We went out to the bedroom once I was dry, and Lust guided me to the bed.

“Anything else, Mistress?”

“Um, no, thank you.” It still felt odd when she called me that, but it was also sexy, so I didn’t stop her.

“Then I will take my leave.” Lust disappeared and with her the lights. Maybe it was something like telekinesis.

I curled up to go to sleep and noticed the sheets were the most comfortable sheets I’ve ever slept in. I may not have expected his whole situation, but they are proving to be really useful.