//------------------------------// // Just Another Mare // Story: Jail-House Blues // by little dashie //------------------------------// Chapter Two: Just Another Mare Silver walked into his room and looked around. No pony was in here. 'Did Crystal lie to me? No, she wouldn't do that...' He shrugged and sat down on the bed before kicking off his greaves. If he didn't have to do anything he might as well get a little nap in before yard time. As he laid down he closed his eyes and sighed. A slight movement startled him. He sat straight up and looked in the bed next to him. A dark mare lay there looking as though she had been abused for weeks. Silver was at a loss for words. His jaw hung open as his eyes wandered around looking at her. Her mane was dark blue and frayed everywhere and her horn lay in the middle of the fray. She was so thin that her ribs were poking out from her sides. Her belly didn't exist and her legs probably couldn't even hold her up. She was a mess to say the least and she probably hadn't showered in weeks either. He slowly reached out and lightly touched her. He closed his mouth and gulped. Moving ever so gently he ran his hoof down her side. He stopped when he felt a bump and then he realized that they were wings. He hadn't noticed them because they weren't spiked all crazy like the rest of her coat but they were matted tight against her sides. "Lu-lu-lu-... Luna?" Dark blue eyes flashed open and stared up at him. "Is that really you?" She didn't respond instead she closed her eyes and snorted. "What happened to you?" The dark mare rolled onto her other side and snorted once again. Silver reached out again and shook her out of her slump. Luna rolled over and pinned Silver against the bed. Her eyes screamed murder but she looked to weak to do anything. She sighed and just slumped down against him. She closed her eyes and Silver could almost here her wimper as she began to cry softly. Small drops of water landed on his white coat matting it down. "It's okay... You're here so I can help you." Silver felt a little uncomfortable. The princess of the night was laying on his chest crying her heart out. He gently patted her back with his fore hoof. This only got him another murderous stare. He sighed and just laid there limply. It was gonna be a long night in his mind. "Good night Luna..." Silver woke up on the top bunk. 'What the...' He looked over the edge to see Luna sleeping in the bed below. 'Well that wasn't as awkward as I thought it would be...' He crawled over to the ladder and lowered himself to the ground. 'Sorry Luna...' He reached out and forcefully shoved her to wake up. "Come on shower time..." She didn't move so Silver shoved her again. This time she rolled over and spread her legs weakly. He looked at her confused at first but then he got the idea. He laid down on the bed with his back facing her. Slowly but surely her legs wrapped arounf him. He looked at her legs and sighed. She would need to get some uniforms later. Standing up he walked out into the hall and looked around. He judged that he was the first one up. When he reached the hall just outside the shower room he was mistaken. Walking in he peaked the corner and saw all the ponies inside enjoying the hot water. A couple of mares in the back were giggling as they showered right next to each other. 'Lesbians...' He scanned the room for a shower close by that he could get to without any pony seeing him with this mess of a mare on him. The closest one was in a corner at the far side of the room. Sighing he walked in and tried his best to be stealthy as he crossed the room. Luckily not to many ponies were paying attention to the door. When he reached the shower he set Luna down and began to get undressed. Throwing his uniform aside he reached out for the shampoo and conditioner the guards set out for this morning's shower. He turned to see Luna laying on her stomach legs spread out. 'You're two steps ahead I see...' He turned on the water facing the head away from Luna, checking the temperature before turning it over to her. "This is gonna be a long shower girl..." Silver heard what sounded like a growl from Luna but he couldn't really tell over the roar of the shower room. He got down on his nees and shot a glob of shampoo onto Luna's coat. Setting the bottle down he worked the goop around and soon it began to bubble. Her coat was greasy and matted beyond out of control. He just sat there and worked the shampoo as deep into the coat as he could. After about fifteen rinses and rescrubs her coat finally looked presentable. He coated her in conditioner and then moved onto her mane. This was easier because it had been soaking for the past hour and a half. He rubbed the conditioner into her mane and washed her body off then moved onto her tail. He blushed as he rubbed the base of her tail. 'Don't get any dirty thoughts Silver...' "You should have been a spa pony Silver." Silver looked up to see Gold Mint. He was a gruff pony for a banker. His coat was light gray from age and his muzzle had grown a gray beard over time. "So?" "Just saying... So who's this?" As if to answer his question Luna flared out her wings and laid them down on the tiled floor. "No... It can't be..." Silver just nodded as he applied a new glob of shampoo. "When did she get here?" "Yesterday..." "Why?" Silver shrugged. "All I know is that she isn't a regular per say. Just that she is staying here until she feels better." "What?" "Yeah, that's what I said at first... She's a bucking mess and aparently Celestia wasn't to happy so she sent her here to be looked after..." "Why not the medical wing? I know the castle has one..." "Food poisoning... We've had a few of the regs leave for the Med Wing a few days ago..." "Huh... The more ya know..." "Yeah... Alright... Watch her so I can wash off..." "'Ight..." Gold leaned up against the small divider wall and looked at the poor mare before *TSK*ing. "Poor thing..." Luna growled at him. "Some pony has an attitude..." "Watch her she bites!" Gold laughed. "I bet." Silver showered off pretty wuickly and then dried off. He tossed Gold a towel. "I can trust you to dry her off right?" "I ain't got any in fourty-eight years... Why would I try now?" "I'm not to sure... Anyways get her dried up so we can go eat..." Gold nodded and wrapped the towel around Luna. Silver dried off and put on his uniform and laid down next to her. She wrapped around Silver and gripped tight as he got onto his hooves. The small group walked out into the main hall and stopped. There was a sizable crowd waiting to get into the lunch room for breakfast. "What the hold-up?" Gold asked a petite peagasus mare "Cookie is just a little late..." "A little?" "No he probably has food poisoning like every other pony..." "Understandable... Did we ever figure out what it was?" "Bad tomatoes..." "Really?" "QUICK GET RID OF ALL THE KETCHUP!" Silver blurted. "Naw... Just the stuff from last Tuesday was bad... Warden is cutting corners again and bought the shit to far away to make the trip..." "Hmmmm..." Gold shrugged and walked around to the side entrance. Silver hualed Luna back to the room and gently laid her down on the bottom mattress. "You're gonna take this aren't you?" Luna just blinked at Silver before rolling over and just ignoring everything. "You know that you got to eat?" Luna didn't say anything. Silver sighed and sat down on the bed. It slunk in just a bit making it feel more depressing than Luna looked. "You're going to be a pain in my flank aren't you?" Luna snorted. "Well, at least you're honest... Alright time to go..." Luna rolled over and latched on to Silver pretty quickly. Walking back to the cafiteria Silver smiled as he watched ponies happily eat their meals. Biscuts and gravy just like momma use to make. Silver trotted over and grabbed a tray completely forgetting about Luna until she began to slide off. "Buck me..." Silver planted all fours back on the ground and just slid the tray over getting all the fixings for the morning. "Want a banana?" Luna snorted. "You really need to have something else to answer me with than a rude little snort." Luna's muzzle closed in on Silver's ear. She breathed in deeply and snorted. "Thanks..." Silver got all that he wanted. He didn't mind sharing with Luna because he knew he would get more later from somepony else. He looked around for the small table. The usal group sat there he smiled and trotted over expertly holding the tray full of food in his mouth. Setting the tray down Silver sat Luna down next to him. She growled at every pony at the table. Silver sighed. "We really need to work on your pony skills." Silver sat down next to Luna on the bench and stuck his spork in the biscuts. "So... Have you all met Luna?" The mares from earlier were sitting across from Luna and they shook their heads. Gold shrugged. Silver socked him in the shoulder making Gold chuckle. "So Silver, you actually gonna have a marefriend?" A red unicorn mare asked. She was more of a blast of colors comapared to Gold's gray pelt. Her mane was a darker blue with a wierd combination of yellow and red stripes in it. Her cutie mark confused Silver the first time he saw it. It is a hammer and a sickle crossed over each other. She said it was for blacksmithing but Silver laughed. "Shut up Steel... How's your marefriend working out?" The light mare sitting beside her slammed her hoof on the table in objection. "That's mahogany!" Gold yelled lowering his head down to the table and gently stroking it while whispering comforting words. The group looked at him like he was crazy. Well, all execpt Luna who was off in her little hell. Every pony went back to the argument at hoof. "Hey don't talk to my bitch like that!" Motus was almost a blinding white when she sat it the sunand could probably match Celestia is she flared out he wings. Her mane was the only thing that gave her away when she was in a white room. It pretty much controlled itself constantly changing every so often into different collors depending on her mood. Right now it was a blood red with a hint of purple in it. She was joking behind her little raging fit. "I'm sorry who's the bitch here?" Steel stood up and flexed her muscles making herself look more like a stallion. "Do I need to backhoof a filly?" Gold asked sitting striaght up. "Who you calling a filly? Colt!" Steel said looking him in the eye. He slumped back a little admitting defeat. Silver laughed before slugging his friend again. "Hey Gold I'll be right back I'm gonna get another serving of biscuits and gravy." "This makes fourteen though!" "Going for the record!" Gold luaghed and continued to watch the fueding pair. "Well, well, well... What do we have here." Silver turned around from his arguing friends to see two large stallions. A red one and a yellow one. They had matching manes that were blue and grey with a green stripe down the middle. "I think this is a Lowly Luna." The yellow one said poking Luna. "I thin k you're right brother of mine!" The red one poked at Luna too. Silver swatted their hooves away and stood up. They were taller than Silver by a long shot but they definately weren't as smart. "You two must be new!" Silver said with a big fat smile and some fake cheer. "Well, let me tell you a few of the rules here... You don't buck with my friends and you DEFINATELY don't buck with me, I'm the boss around here... Now, this half of the lunch room here," Silver waved his hooves in an invisible line. "This is the experienced side where we don't buck with each other and know what to do. Your half is a bunch of new colts on the block who think they are cool. Now is there any questions before I have Snowflake bash your heads in?" They looked at Silver and then each other before laughing. "You the boss? HAHAHAHA!!!! Don't make me luagh!" The red one said nudging his brother who was luaghing even harder. He slowed down to wipe a tear from his eye. "And who's this Snowflake? She sounds like a push over to me!" They both luaghed harder than before. Silver shook his head. "You two just made a BIG mistake..." He leaned down and whispered to them before standing straight up. "HEY SNOWFLAKE!" Silver said in a very filly like voice. The two looked at each other and couldn't even stop from crying they were luaghing so hard. *CRUNCH* The pair stopped luaghing as the floor shook benieth them. A large and extremely muscled hoof wrapped around each of them. A large white head of a stallion pushed its way between them. He pulled them together against his extremely muscled body and snorted. "It seems some new fillies here are making fun of my friends... Well... I don't take to kindly to that... I think you tow have some very purdy mouths... I'm gonna enjoy my new bitches, thanks Silver!" He pulled them closer and dragged them off as they cried like little foals. "I love to see Snowflake screw with the new colts..." Luna slumped against Silver at that moment. She didn't look to good. "Sorry guys but Luna takes priority here..." He picked her up and slung her over his back before picking up the banana in his mouth. "Buhh guhhs!" He waved a hoof before walking off to the room. Silver spat out the banana on the small metal shelf that the dinners sat on at night. He laid Luna down in the bed. She was sweating a little bit but it was really hot in this room for some reason. Silver grabbed the banana and peeled it. He gently nudged Luna waking her from her inner demons. "Hey... I know it's not the best time but you need some food and now..." She nodded and opened her mouth letting Silver put small pieves of the yellow fruit into her mouth. "I can't chew for your lazy flank..." She rolled her eyes while he fed her. Luna passed out after being fed. Silver sighed sitting on the bed like a parent with a sick foal. He raised his hoof up to her head to check her temperature. She was cold. "Just a little overload from the day... You're gonna love it here..." Silver sighed again before running off to the yard.