//------------------------------// // An act of Kindness // Story: Tales from Tinies. // by MrAquino //------------------------------// BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! The sound of the alarm clock went off. Stacy groaned as she lifted her head up, anticipating yet another boring day. She slammed the clock, shutting it up, followed by her rolling off of the bed with a painful ‘Thump’. Another groan came out. ‘Off to another great start’ She thought to herself This was Stacy, a local Snowboarder… well, was a snowboarder. Ever since she was a small kid, right around the third grade, she wanted to become a famous snowboarder. It was answered momentarily, as the adrenaline she experienced nearly every day was great, but that all came to a crashing end… literally. She was lucky to be alive, but she was paralyzed from the waist down, and there was little to no chance that she’d be back walking, or even snowboarding, again. Her life was seemingly going down hill at a snail’s pace. It didn’t help that the Vanishing was still going on. Stacy flipped herself over and dragged herself to the wheelchair. With a painful grunt, she got herself on and adjusted her legs to their correct positions. ‘They might as well have amputated these’ She thought again, wheeling herself around her house. While her snowboarding career went down the drain, another seemingly opened for her, one that she didn’t think she was going to do: writing. If there was one thing she would have to thank the Vanishing, it was the competition was dwindling away, leaving her and potential newcomers to take over… at least, until they went away as well. And that was her day. She rolled herself to the front door, having a copy of her novel ready for publishing. It was more or less a fictional retelling of her own childhood, just with all of her fantasies written in it. As soon as she got out, the world seemed brighter than usual. She rolled across, blocking the sunlight from her eyes, but quickly saw that she was glowing. “NO! NONONONO!!!” She panicked, the wind taking her papers with it. “SOMEONE!!! HE-” And, like that, she was gone, now in a large, empty field… if the grass was just as tall as her if she were standing. “W-what the hell? … Hello? Is anyone here?” She began to roll, but stopped as the floor was bumpy, covered in pebbles Meanwhile, up above the clouds in Stacy’s newfound environment, a well-known blue pegasus was asleep on one of the soft clouds. Her ear flicked as he heard something in her sleep and started to wake up. She yawned as she stretched her hooves and wings as some joints cracked a little. She scratched her back while sitting up as she was still a bit drowsy. Stacy growled to herself. “Come… on… move!” The pebbles practically made her wheelchair useless. ‘Might as well do it.’ She pushed herself off of the wheelchair and began to drag herself. She already knew that it would take forever on her seat, and even if she did stay, she was going to fall off. It was better to drag herself rather than keep getting back on the wheelchair after every few minutes. ‘Gotta find someone that’ll help… find out where I am… and perhaps find a way home… if it’s even possible.’ Rainbow rolled to her stomach as she looked around, not seeing much until she noticed a Tiny was dragging themselves through the grassy floor. She tilted her head in confusion. ‘What the hay? Why isn't that Tiny walking or running?’ She thought. She then smirked as she thought of a rather harsh thought. ‘Maybe a little scare might get them on their feet.’ She unfurled her wings as she got ready to fly down. Stacy noticed a huge shadow falling onto her. In many cases, she wouldn't be nervous, nor cared, figuring it's just a cloud, but she saw that it contained it's shape and was falling to her. ‘What the-?’ She looked up, seeing the silhouette of some animal with wings falling to her. Reacting, all she could do was brace herself, hoping it would miss her and be on it's way. Rainbow watched as she noticed the scared look on their face, but they weren’t running yet. ‘Must be a newbie here… even better.’ She smirked as she flew off, making it look as if she didn’t notice them. She was quick to hide in a cloud, right before she started moving it with her in it so she could be behind the Tiny. Stacy watched it fly away. ‘Was that… a rainbow pegasus?’ She inquired ‘Either I'm in a fantasy world, or a really weird dream.’ She continued her way across the field, wishing for some sign, someone, or even a chance to wake up. All she can think is what was it doing, why it was huge, and if there's more of them. But before she could even wish more on that to happen, the ground vibrated as something landed right behind her, a large shadow looming over her as she could tell a pair of wings were a part of the creature behind her. Rainbow only waited for the human to turn around and make a break for it. Stacy paused, more confused than frightened. She sat up, looking at the mare. “Uh… hi there big guy… or girl. W-why are you following me? Are you lost?” Rainbow couldn’t help but chuckle at the questions she was asking. “Heh, I should be the one asking you, Tiny.” She said as she prodded a hoof at the girl’s chest. “Ya know, this would be the moment that you Tinies should be running right about now, but maybe something else might convince you to hightail it out of here.” Without another word spoken, Rainbow stuck her tongue out, it being a little cute until she leaned close to the tiny and licked the human from her legs to the back of her head. ‘Huh, tastes a little like ice cream.’ She thought. Stacy stayed frozen, more confused than ever. “... This has to be a dream. A talking rainbow pegasus, that's a giant, and it licked me. Wait… if this is a dream… I can walk!” she turned and tried to stand up, but her legs still didn't work. “Come on, legs… dream logic!” Rainbow scrunched as she saw that even licking the Tiny would make them run. “Come on! This is so boring! Are you just trying to bore me so I can leave you?” She asked as she nudged the Tiny. “Heck, if you crawl a little faster, that might be a little interesting.” “I’m trying to stand up, okay? It’s been forever since I walked… and I’m certain I’m going to forget about you when I wake up, but what are you representing? These dreams seems to have a weird meaning, and my psychologist will probably want to know.” “Really? You think this is a dream. If this was a dream, could you feel this” She said before she licked the human again. “Man, why do you taste like my favorite flavor of ice cream?” Stacy paused, feeling the saliva on her. “... This… this is…” She began to hyperventilate and began to drag herself at a somewhat faster speed. “This can’t be happening! Come on, wake up, Stacy! Wake up!” All she could feel was the pegasus coming closer to her. Rainbow rolled her eyes as she placed a hoof on her back, not crushing her, but pinning her down enough that she wouldn't move. “Yeah, I know that I said crawling faster might be better, but I think that just makes it more sad.” “N-no! Horses don’t eat meat! They don’t eat people! P-Please! Whatever you do, don’t kill me!” She struggled to free herself from Rainbow’s grip. “Woah, woah, woah. Take it easy Tiny. If you want explanations, I can give them, but you gotta get up first.” She said as she lifted her hoof off of her. “I… I can’t get up.” “What? You scared stiff to even move?” She asked “No… I’m paralyzed from the waist down. My legs can’t move, no matter how I tried. Look behind and you can see my wheelchair.” “What wheelcha-” She stopped once she felt like she stepped on something. She lifted her hind hoof up to see some flag metal thing on the ground. “That doesn't look like a wheelchair to me…” She said as she flipped the metal pancake to the other side. “...You flattened it... please, leave me… I-I’m not that tasty! Y-You wouldn’t eat someone who’s physically challenged, would you?” “Well, in all honesty, I wouldn't care. But I was looking for a good chase today, and it seems you can't deliver.” She said as she placed a hoof in front of her. “Come on, I'll take you to the Ponyville hospital.” Stacy shivered as she was picked up. “W-What are they going to do? And Ponyville? W-what’s going on here!?” “Again, I'll explain on the way. They'll get you a new wheelchair at the hospital.” She said. “But I can't just walk around with you on my hoof.” “W-why not? Please, don’t put me in your mouth!” “Well, you can either stay in my mouth, or I can leave you here to crawl there yourself.” Rainbow said. “... Isn’t there another way? Perhaps I rest on your mane? Or something similar?” “Sorry, but I'm gonna fly to the hospital. And unless you want to risk falling from the sky, then I'd suggest you climb in or get off.” Rainbow said before she opened her maw, her hoof also close to the ground if the Tiny decided to call it quits. Stacy looked into Rainbow’s mouth, feeling uneasy, but knew that she didn't know anything about this world. She took a deep breath and crawled in, but stopped before she touched the tongue “... Uh… y-you’re not going to eat me, are you? I don't want to be… digested.” “Nuh, uh.” She was able to muster out as she was starting to drool a little. Stacy looked into Rainbow’s mouth again, seeing the drool falling. It was going to be disgusting, but, if this pony was telling the truth, it's worth it. She crawled in, feeling the mare’s tongue, taste buds, and saliva on her bare hands. She whimpered as Rainbow closed her mouth, slurping in her legs like noodles. All around her was darkness, Rainbow’s breathing from the abyss that is her throat, drool landing on her, and the warmth of the mare’s mouth. However, the tongue she was on moved, rising, and slamming onto her, keeping her underneath itself. Stacy brought her legs closer in a small pond of drool. Rainbow shifted the human into one of her cheeks before she swallowed her saliva, it being hard to resist swallowing the human as well. Rainbow then took to the sky as she couldn't help but lick and suck her as if she was a jawbreaker. Stacy felt the mare take off, followed by the tongue lapping at her entire self. Truth be told, it was ticklish, but she didn't want to be here very long. She turned herself around and spoke. “Uh… I didn't get your name, miss. I'm Stacy. What's yours?... And can you stop tasting me!?” She slapped the tongue’s tip. She put Stacy on the side of her cheek before she spoke. “The names Rainbow Dash.” She spoke before she resumed to having her enjoyment in tasting the small human. After a few more minutes of flying, she landed right in front of the hospital’s door before she came in and took Stacy out of her mouth…but not without a final lick that kinda cleaned some of the saliva that was drenching her. “Ugh… I supposed I should be grateful that you didn't swallow me, Ms. Dash.” Stacy glared, wiping herself from Dash’s spit. Another pony, this one all white with a pink mane in a bun, arrived to Rainbow. “Ah! Rainbow Dash, what seems to be the problem this time?” She asked before turning to Stacy. “And who's this? A friend of yours? Or did some stallion asked you to give that as a gift?” She giggled, making Stacy shiver. “Nah, Sorin wasn't behind it this time. She's a newbie, and apparently she can't walk cause her legs don't work or something like that.” Rainbow tried to explain. “She did have a wheelchair, but I kinda sorta more or less stepped on it.” Rainbow couldn't help but blush pink at admitting that. “Ah, let me see.” She took Stacy from Rainbow. “Hello there, there's no need to panic; I'm on duty. Name's Redheart. Nurse Redheart, as everypony calls me.” “Stacy.” She replied. “Look, I'm confused as to what's going on, but I'm paralyzed from the waist down, and I really need a wheelchair.” “Oh,we have many wheelchairs ready!... They're just… not your size.” “...what?” “Yeah… it's going to take us a while to make a wheelchair your size that's functional, and even then, nothing’s smooth.” “...so I'm forced to crawl around forever?” “That's one, or, and I'm sure you have it already, but you can live with Rainbow Dash.” The sound of windows smashing was heard, both in Stacy's head, and some package ponies dropping a glass window outside. “... Living… with some horse… that taunted me and had me in her mouth!?... I'm high. Someone drugged me, and I'm in this near-realistic dream!” Redheart gave Rainbow a glare. “You didn't tell her, did you?” “Well, I did say I would explain it to her…but it was kinda hard with carrying her in my mouth.” Rainbow couldn't help but she a little guilty smile. “Do you want me to?” “Yes! That's what you're supposed to do, remember? Or you could've just swallowed her and go from there.” “Well you're here too ya know. Bet she doesn't even want to hear anything from the pony that scared her and carries her via mouth.” “What's even going on!?” Stacy demanded on the verge of panic. Redheart nudges the pegasus on her side as a sign to start talking. “Ugh, fine.” She glared at the nurse before she looked back at the human and sat down. “So here's the deal, some magic thingies is bringing you Tinies to Equestria and we don't know how to send you back or make you bigger. But…somepony figured out that you humans have some magic on you that'll make you taste good and safe in our gut. As an example, you tasted like strawberry ice cream, my favorite kind.” Redheart nudged her again to continue talking, it being the one thing she did want to say. “And a human boy came here with more magic and my friend and her student is trying to find a way to undo the spell with him. But I honestly don't see why we need to. I mean, a good percentage of the Tinies have gotten used to being small and eaten. That'll just take longer for them to get used to.” “But some don't.” Redheart added “And so far, you've freaked her out!” She reached down and gently held Stacy in her hooves. “And you seriously kept a crippled in your mouth? I know you love doing this, but there are limits.” “So you're making me the bad guy now? Well I'm sorry if she reacted the way 50% of the Tinies who came here reacted. And I was flying over here. Would you rather want me to let her on my back and let her fall off without me knowing?” She said as she was now glaring at the nurse. “Those Tinies were able to run! They had a chance to escape! And you could've walked here! Did you not thought of that!?” “Yeah! And did you ever thought that other ponies may, oh I don't know, eat her without her knowing that she was safe!? And I apologize if I want her to get a wheelchair as fast as I could take her here cause I was actually sorry for even scaring her without knowing she couldn't move her legs!” Rainbow flared her wings as she glared at the nurse more intensely. She huffed before she started walking away. “Whatever, she got here and that's it. Now, if you don't mind, I have some napping to do.” She bucked the front doors open before she flew off, leaving a rainbow trail behind as she landed on a nearby cloud. ‘First time being nice and this is what I get? I should've never let Fluttershy convince me.’ She thought as she hugged a small corner of the void as she rested her head on it. Redheart patted Stacy. “I'm so sorry about that. Rainbow Dash is notorious for eating any tiny that comes across her path. You should be lucky to not be swallowed.” “... She… didn't seem that bad.” “...oh?” “Yeah… it was a bit frightening, but she didn't seem too harsh. And, I guess she has a point… is there a way to get her back?” “... You want her back?” “More like chat, but, yeah.” “...There's one thing, and, if it goes well, she'll go to it.” “Great! What are they?” “It's going to take a while. And I hope she's not distracted by more muffins.” Rainbow was sound asleep on her cloud once more. She snuggled close to the cloud chunk she was using as a plushie to hug in her sleep. Her tail would sometimes flick or her ear would twitch at some sounds or wind blowing into her ear. Flying near her was Ponyville’s local mailmare, Derpy. She had a package for Rainbow. “Delivery!” She announced. “Wah!” Rainbow flailed a little at the sudden voice as she was close to kicking the cloud and free falling. “D-Derpy? What the hay are you doing here?” She asked, not exactly hearing what she said. “Delivery from Nurse Redheart! She wanted to apologize for her actions.” She held the package to her. “Tsk.” Rainbow sat up as she looked at the package. “I want a verbal apology from her…but I'll take the package either way.” She grabbed it with her hooves as she placed it down. “Do I need to sign anything?” “Nope! Redheart already did it.” She flew back down… as graceful as an eagle piloting an air balloon. Luckily, she was fine. “... I'm okay!” “And she is sorry.” A voice spoke in the box. The cyan pegasus’ ears perked up at the voice as she was quick to open the box and see an assortment of cupcakes with Stacy in the middle. “Stacy? What are you doing in my package?” “Redheart wanted me to apologize for her. And… did you really want to help me? Please, tell me the truth.” Rainbow turned away from the Tiny. “Why do you wanna know? You'd probably stay at some Tiny’s house. Besides, my house is made of clouds, and I know Tinies can't walk on clouds…or, crawl in your case.” “Because I was under your care. You had every opportunity to do whatever you want with me, and you didn't. I was in your mouth, for Pete’s sake, and yes, you tasted me, but you didn't swallow me! Heck, you gave me the chance to either go in there or crawl on my own, and I trusted you. Now, please, why did you do that if Redheart said that you ate every tiny in your path?” “Do I have to give a reason? It's not like you would care.” She turned away as she looked down at the cloud. “And it's not like I wanted to. A friend just convinced me to try and be nice to Tinies…right before I discovered how good you all tasted.” “But you did. Sure, I agree with Redheart, there were different things you could've done, but you had your reasons. I have no one to go to, hell, I haven't seen any other person around since I arrived, but you seem to be the understanding type… right?” Rainbow went quiet as she heard her say that Redheart was right about something. Her ears went down as her nose scrunched. “Yeah… understanding.” “... Look, I don't care anymore if you do eat people. If you want, I'm here, on a cupcakes, being a strawberry on top. Just answer me on why you did it; I don't care if it's long.” “Like I said, a friend convinced me to actually be nice for once…I couldn't let her down.” She said as she stayed looking away. “... Are you feeling alone? Is that why?” “Of course not! I have tons of friends and even more admirers for me. Like a pony who could perform a sonic rainboom and is an element bearer could feel alone. Ha!” Rainbow smiled as it seemed that question flipped her feelings. “But how many of them are people like me? Go on, be honest.” She awaited Rainbow’s answer. Rainbow went silent again as her smile faded again. “I am popular… in being the one pony to avoid at all cost...” “... Right… and are you really proud of that? Is that why your friend told you to be different? And why Redheart argued with you?” “Yeah! I’m so proud that I’m one of the most feared pony to you Tinies! That’s the reason! I’m so glad that I tried to save a Tiny from falling, that I started all of this! I could’ve caught them with my hooves, my tail, heck! I also could’ve catched them from the ground!” She shouted. “But no! I wanted to look cool and awesome and try to catch them by their shirt, but I instead caught them entirely in my mouth. And after that… I ate a whole group of Tinies cause the taste of the first drove me to continue!” After a moment of silence, she laid down on the couch again, facing away as her ears went down. “So yeah, I’m so proud of that, that I don’t want you to be with me...” “So you started all of this? One good act lead to a weird shift in your world.” “... yes. So now you know. Now you can go to that Tiny town and tell all the other Tinies that Rainbow Dash is nothing but a coward to admit it to anypony and that she is one of the weakest ponies here… and even if I wanted to apologize… what makes them think they can trust me at all, or believe me for that matter.” “... No one can… no one but me. Dash, it's not too late to change your ways. I'm here to help you as much as I can.” “Nah… Twilight is working on that spell thing and I’m guessing once she solves it, the humans would either forget about it, avoid me, or try and get back at me for what I did.” She said as she rubbed the back of her neck. “I… have no idea who that is, but what if it doesn't work? What if nothing happens?” Silence. “... Dash, you need help. I'm here to do that. It's not going to be easy, but in time, not only will you have full control over yourself, but you'll have more fans and friends. Are you willing to go the distance?” “I don’t know. What if your help doesn’t fix anything?” She asked as she glanced over at her. “Is it better to try and fail rather than just give up immediately? I'm certain you had a few of these moments.” “Heh, too many times to count.” She smiled a little as she remembered the multiple times where she just had to try instead of giving up. “Good. Now, I'll be your personal trainer, friend, and roommate until I get a new wheelchair. It's going to take them a while to make one, a month at least, so we be starting today. And, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm going to be in your mouth for a majority of this.” Dash just stared. “I'm going to make you used to my taste so much that, eventually, you've had enough and you want to spit me out. Come on, open it up.” “Well… this took a turn for the weird.” Rainbow mumbled as she didn’t immediately do what she said. “Look, as long as you don't swallow me, it's all well. And Redheart told me how active you are, and since I can't walk, nor have a way around, this is the only thing I can do. Now come on, lower your head and let me in. Or have these cupcakes first. I have all day to work with you.” “But you did hear how my house is made of clouds…right?” Rainbow said as she knew the human couldn't live with her…unless Stacy would let her do the obvious other than taste her. Stacy groaned. “If you have to, I'll allow it… but only at night! And I expect you to spit me out whenever you have a meal, snack, the dentist, or have a conversation. Deal?” “And if I accidentally do it in the middle of the day?” She asked, thinking of the multiple reasons of how she could do that by mistake. “My legs may not work, but my fists do.” She answered, pulling a stick out. “And if you don't feel me, then prepare to lose your lunch.” “If I was anypony else, then I would be intimidated, but I'm not.” She said before she took a cupcake from the box and started eating it. “Glad to see that you think that. Now eat up and do what you have to do.” She spoke, eating a bit of the cupcake she was on. “Hm… pretty good cupcake… could probably lay off the sugar.” “Who are you saying that to?” Rainbow asked. “... To you, Ms. Dash. Just saying they should lay off the sugar.” “What? I should be the last pony to say that to. I am the best flyer in pretty much all of Equestria and compared to Pinkie, I only eat a crumb of the mountain of sweets she eats.” “... Who's Pinkie Pie?” “Another friend of mine who is kinda fun to hang around, but can be a little annoying sometimes. She works at a bakery, so you can obviously see how and why she would eat more sweets than me.” “Hm… I can see that.” Rainbow finished her cupcake with one bite before she looks down at the Tiny. “So, what shall we do now, coach?” She couldn't help but chuckle at how dumb that sounded. “What do you think?” Stacy rhetorically asked, waving to Dash. “Come on, open up. Just remember this simple quote to repeat: Swallow Up and you Throw up.” “And if I need to talk?” She asked as she lowered her head down to her level. “Do that thing you did to tell me your name… or spit me out. Whatever works.” Rainbow didn't bother to say anything else as she opened her maw for her to come in. ‘This is going to be harder than I thought…’ She thought. ‘This is going to be weird and tough.’ Stacy thought as she crawled into Rainbow’s mouth. For most of her life, she was coached on what to do and what not to do. Now, she is going to be a coach, which was probably her sixth or seventh career idea… though, it didn't involve her spending most of her time in the mouth of a giant horse. That was just an addition. She turned herself around, held onto the tongue, and looked past Rainbow’s open mouth to the outside world, getting a sense of vertigo by the sight. Rainbow was already drooling at the flavor of the Tiny as she slowly closed her muzzle, only to quickly shift her to her cheek and swallow her saliva. She cleared her throat a little before she started to talk again. “What’s next?” “... I dunno. Do what you normally do, I guess?” Rainbow hummed as she tapped a hoof to her muzzle. “Well, I either read some Daring Do, hang out with my friends, practice my tricks, or take a nap.” Rainbow listed a few. “Spit me out when you're going to take a nap. And Daring Do?” “You don’t know Daring Do!? It’s one of the greatest book series ever! An adventurous pegasus that goes through secret places with old treasures and goes through traps and even kicks the tar out of bad guys!” Rainbow explained as she smiled. “That’sit, we’re going home and I am going to show you how awesome Daring Do is.” Without waiting for Stacy’s say in it, she flew off to her cloud house, an eager smile on her face as she was glad she had somepony new to read to other then Scootaloo or Fluttershy. She yelped as she held onto the tongue. “Uh, okay… sounds a bit like Indiana Jones where I come from.” “What's an Indiana Jones?” She asked. “More or less what you described Daring Do… only he's a human. And this better not be a trick to make me sleep so you can have your coach-snack!” “Trust me, this book will do anything but put you to sleep.” Rainbow said. “That's the same thing my friend told me before we saw ‘How to be single’.” “Well did this Indiana Jones pony put you to sleep?” She asked. “He's a human. And no, but those were movies… except for the 4th. That was horrible Fanfiction on screen.” “Then Daring Do won't put you to sleep.” Rainbow said, landing in her home as she came inside through one of her windows. She then spat out Stacy on a cloud table that had glass on so that she wouldn't fall off. “I'll go get the books.” She quickly said before she zipped right to her room and to the only bookshelf that had all the published books around the adventurous mare. “Huh… guess we'll be binge reading then.” Stacy commented, wiping the spit off of her. “And before you ask, it's something we use to do on Netflix when watching all of our favorite shows.” She was interrupted when a giant stack of books nearly crushed her as it was somewhat heavy. “Alright. Now, prepare to be on the edge of your seat, cause this is one story that'll take you on a wild ride.” Rainbow smiled as she pulled the first book. “Daring Do and the Sapphire Stone.” She read the cover out loud. “... Now I'm definitely getting Indiana Jones vibes.”