Rainbow Dash was tired.
No, that was an understatement. She was absolutely winded. A flight from Ponyville all the way to the city of Trotston to meet up with her old friend had left even her, an experienced flyer and athlete, drained of all energy. Even after a bunch of sandwiches and an energy drink to get her metabolism out of its coma, she was still in full-on sack-of-potatoes mode.
It was 2:00, and she was preparing to fly home. She stumbled out of her friend's house, waving goodbye in a very lethargic manner. "Thanks for the lunch, kid!"
She didn't really hear his response as she unfolded her wings and went airborne with a few lazy flaps. The cool wind blew back her prismatic hair, and she shook her head a little. The afternoon sun shone brightly in her eyes, making her squint and feel a little drowsy.
She realized how utterly drained she was from the exertion of flying from Ponyville to here. Trying to make the flight back home would be a Herculean feat, or at least she felt like it would be in her condition.
Dash was feeling very heavy and weak. She became afraid she might fall out of the sky if she became too tired to support her weight.
Looking up, the Pegasus took note of the clouds above her. She grinned through her fatigue and realized the obvious.
"If I just go up there..." She muttered, banking to the right and carefully pulling up to catch a draft. She ascended gently and peaked over the clouds, her ears popping a little from the change in air pressure.
Dash grinned even more as she looked out at the expanse of clouds before her. A sea of fluffy goodness on an oceanic blue background. It seemed to stretch on and on into infinity.
"Nap city!" She laughed and dived gently down onto one of the clouds. She spread her arms dexterously to land, and her innate cloudwalking magic quickly allowed her feet to sink into its pillowy surface.
Dash wasted no time in lying down, breathing heavily as the exertion of flying finally caught up with her. What a feeling! She nuzzled the cloud a little as she got comfortable. It was pleasantly warm and conforming, like a memory foam mattress in the sky. The sun beat down on her back. She felt like she was melting. A dumb smile settled on her sweat-damp face and she let her eyes slip shut.
That is, she almost did.
Something drifted up from under the cloud. Not a 'thing' really, but it wasn't human. It had the body of a teenage girl of about Rainbow's age, but its skin was a pearly light blue. It was completely naked, she noted with a light blush. Long, smooth magenta hair fell down its limber shoulders and far down its back. The bangs shadowed its eyes completely. It had curvy, young cheeks much like Rainbow's, and it wore an intelligent smile.
Dash jumped a little, panicking, sitting up and scrambling back a little. "GAH!"
Upon further examination of the creature hovering by her, the Pegasus felt very warm and safe. She felt oddly affectionate towards it all of a sudden, like she was okay with how near it was to her. That is until she realized that the cloud had bound her wrists to its surface with cufflike wrings of soft fluff.
Dash shook her head anxiously. Why were her wrists bound? Why was she thinking these things?! And what the heck was that freakin' thing?!
The creature's smile was patient and seemingly kind. It gently leaned in and brushed Rainbow's forehead, slipping its arm under her chin to gently cradle her head.
Its touch made Rainbow feel drowsy and soothed. Her eyelids fluttered a little. She began to forget her anxiety as she drifted back into the cloud, which had risen to form a small mountain of fluff. The cloud was just so soft and pillowy...pillow. There was a pillow behind her head. How did that get there?
Rainbow snapped to consciousness. She had been drifting off to sleep. Against her will.
She struggled against her restraints. They didn't yield.
"What the hell do you want, you freak?!" She shouted angrily at the creature.
The creature seemed hurt. It frowned and quietly continued lulling Dash to sleep. Its body lay on hers, and she was filled with the urge to just...sleep.
Sleep. That's a good idea. So warm and soft, Dash thought. Like bed at home.
The small part of Dash's rational mind that was still awake gathered up all of its remaining strength and bitch-slapped the other half into consciousness.
Dash woke with a start and began struggling against the cloudcuffs again, writhing in an attempt to throw off the creature.
"Get-off-me-you-stupid-piece-of-"
She cut her burst of profanity short. The creature had returned to its position of floating next to the cloud. It's arms were stiff at its sides and a blush ran on its cheeks. It seemed to be pouting.
Despite the situation, Dash felt sorry for lashing out at her captor. She sighed.
"Look...could you just let me go?" Dash looked at the creature from her spot on the cloud. Unfortunately, she realized with a roll of her eyes, it probably wasn't going to free her just because she asked nicely.
And indeed it wasn't. It just looked at her through its bangs (or at least it seemed like it was looking at her; Rainbow couldn't see its eyes) for a few silent seconds, and then shrugged melancholically as though it was sighing. It turned and sat lightly on the cloud next to her, back facing its captive. Its legs, or whatever was there instead, hung over the cloud's edge.
Rainbow groaned. "Really?! You scared me shitless and interrupted my nap, captured me, tried to put me back to sleep, and now you're just going to sit there and do nothing?"
The creature said nothing. Didn't even move.
Dash huffed.
"Hey..." She said to the creature. "Look, if you want to finish what you were doing, go ahead. Just...don't hurt me, okay? And please, let me go afterwards?"
It turned and looked at her, smiling a little. It nodded.
Dash sighed and worked her shoulders back into the cloud, feeling the warm sun on her body once again. "Okay...just please, get it over with quick."
The creature nodded again. It lay next to Dash, and the Pegasus shivered lightly as the cloud took on a surprisingly small amount of weight.
It cradled her head lovingly, and Dash smiled sleepily at the touch. Its fingers brought about feelings of inner warmth and well-being that seemed to fill her up. It felt so good.
Her eyelids drooped happily. Why was she fighting this earlier?
She couldn't remember, and she certainly didn't want to. She felt dazed and unfocused, and she let her jaw hang slack. The creature smiled and continued to gently caress her to sleep.
Dash stopped smiling. She couldn't bring her face to form one any more. Her eyelids felt like lead.
She felt two gentle, caring hands brush softly over her eyelids and succumbed to darkness.
The creature smiled at the now peacefully asleep Rainbow Dash. Of course it didn't intend to let her go. It needed to feed. It was just a matter of how long it kept her for. Keeping the girl in perpetual sleep wasn't a problem. It would simply fill her mind with euphoric dreams and let her relive treasured memories so that she wouldn't want to wake up.
The cloud succubus grinned cheekily. It was going to be quite a while before anyone saw the Pegasus again.