“What do you mean, 'it was just some fabric'? Do you know how much it cost me to get that amount?”

“No, I don't, but you can't put a price on happiness.” The look I was receiving from Rarity could've melted battleship plating. She had queried what happen to the rest of the materials she had supplied me, and apparently 'I made a few mistakes and had to start over' is a bad thing to say to a seamstress. The only thing saving me at the moment was the door to the balcony, but I was stuck out there, holding it shut.

“That may be true, but you can certainly try! Now you get your flank in here so I kick it!”

“No!” I could see Luna and the others laughing at our exchange. I heard the flap of feathers and turned to see the Wonderbolts had returned. “Oh great, I suppose you're all on her side as well!”

Thunderlane peeked behind me and saw who I was hiding from. “Uh, no, I'm with you, especially after embarrassing me in the throne room. Here.” He flapped down and passed me one of the chairs, which I wedged under the door handle, then sat on it. I could hear Rarity pounding on the glass, sounding very frustrated that I had turned my back to her. “You know, there is another way out for you.”

“Well, you're still wearing that suit, and we are up high still. Any particular place you want to go?”

“Is it possible to glide to Ponyville from here?” Spitfire landed and gave my wing suit a once over, making sure it was okay.

“Well, we're high enough for it to be possible, but you'd have to correct for wind drift and thermal currents on the fly. Would you be able to it?”

“Would I be able to? No. Jumping from that balcony was actually the first time I'd ever done something like that. I just know the science behind it, not how to do it.”

“So? That was so that we could fly in formatioooooh. Good thinking Rookie. Okay then, you must know about flying in formation right?”

“Sure, just give me a sec and I'll meet you around the other side.” They went away from the door, and I stood up, removing the chair, and cracking the door open slightly, dodging the hoof that was trying to get me. “Uh... Miss Belle, could I possibly talk to Luna for a moment?” She huffed in annoyance and moved over, allowing Luna to come to the gap. “You know where you got my... outfit, if it can be called that, I wore the other night?” She nodded at me. “I'll meet you there, just don't tell Rarity.”

I leant forward and gave her a quick kiss, then took a deep breath, and ran around the corner. I heard the door bust open, and hooves hitting the wooden floor after me. The Wonderbolts were waiting on the railings, wings ready and formation lights lit. “GO!” The dove off and glided a little away. I could feel Rarity almost breathing down my neck as I jumped the railing myself, opening my winglets and gliding away. I chanced a glance back and saw things being flung through the air at me from the livid mare.

The feeling going through me as I flew across the sky... I don't think I have, or will ever find something to compare it with. Well, unless I happened to find a pool with a forest clearing, then it would be the case of getting Luna to join me. I shook the thought out of my as Spitfire angled upwards, so I mimicked the motion, gaining more altitude from the thermals. The fact we were flying like geese probably helped give me some lift. I could see street lights and the silhouettes of buildings in the distance, and I knew I was approaching Ponyville. Dash and Thunderlane pulled ahead, clearing one of the streets along out flight path, quickly talking to the ponies.

I saw them zip off, and the streets lights went out. The ponies filtered back out, carrying torches to highlight a landing zone, and I waved to Spitfire to let her know I was opening my parachute. I pulled the cord and felt my harness bite into my shoulders, the sudden deceleration jarring my body. Considering how high Canterlot was, and how low I opened my chute, I think that might have qualified as my first HALO jump. I drifted into the town, hitting dirt just short of the target. I didn't have the chance to stand back up as a set of hooves went around my neck.

I opened my eyes to find Applebloom against my chest. There were tears in her eyes. “Hey there sweetie, what's wrong?”

“Ah was staying with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle over at Firefly's. We're having a sleepover!”

“I... don't know. It's more of a... adult sleepover.” I didn't let her know there wouldn't be much sleeping, but I couldn't let her keep her downcast expression. “How about this. If you and your friends behave and do well at school this week, then I'll see about a camping trip next weekend, maybe even get Luna to join us.”

“As long as you're good, but tell the others that it's a surprise. They have to behave as well, and they'll be rewarded.” She scampered back off towards wherever she was staying. I looked round and saw Dash had landed me right next to Carousel Boutique. I unzipped the wing suit and took it off, gathering it into my arms. “Thanks guys, I'll catch you later.”

They all waved and flew off, Thunderlane in a different direction to the others. I tried the door, and found it unlocked, so slipped in and dumped the suit in the corner. There were a few candles making a path towards my temporary room, so I followed them, and cracked open the door. It took a few moments for my eyes to adjust, but when they did my mouth made a break for the floor. Luna was waiting.

Her horn glowed and the candles behind me went out one by one till the closest disappeared. I then felt my shirt being undone, and my jeans zipper go down. I went to assist, but her magic held my hands out of the way. She wanted to strip me, and I allowed it. Once she was finished, I was again naked in front of her at full attention. “Well, you've certainly been eager today, haven't you? Come, lay with me.”

Five mares, four stallions and a colt stepped off the train extremely early in the morning. They were all too tired to speak, and it had already been decided that Rumble would stay with Rarity for the night. The went their separate ways, Rumble asleep on Rarity's back, who was thankful he was no heavier than Sweetie Belle. As she got into her home and flipped on the lights, she noticed the candles on the floor. She went upstairs and put Rumble in Sweetie Belle's bed, tucking him in and giving him a kiss on the forehead.

Her curiosity piqued, she trotted back down and cracked open the door to her spare room. She wanted to berate him, but the peaceful look on his face, and the way Luna was snuggled up to him made her change her mind. She closed the door and went to her room. She didn't turn the light on until she was alone, or so she thought. She turned round to see a path of light blue roses towards her bed. Laying upon it in a seductive pose, a rose held in his mouth, was Thunderlane, who just wiggled his eyebrows at her. “Oh... my.”

Luna came awake as the door closed, and she looked around but saw nopony there. A quick glance to her side and he seemed to be in pain, but his expression soon turned in to a smile. She gathered her dream magic and lay her head across his chest. To her surprise, and intrigue, his was not the most strong signal tonight.

She found herself following a red earth pony down the corridors of Celestia's School For Gifted Unicorns. The fact that he was an earth pony was strange enough, but she also couldn't focus on him enough to see who it was. She kept a discreet distance until he turned in to a classroom. She slipped through the wall to see what was happening. Once she heard his voice, his face became clear. “Now Miss Sparkle, Ah've had some complaints from t' rest o' the staff saying that yer clothes are not suitable for the school. Ah'm afraid that Ah have t' punish ya.”

“But... Dean Macintosh, what is inappropriate about this?” She leant over her desk, and her skirt was lifted up in a lavender glow.

“From Mah point of view, nothin'. But Ah still gotta give you due punishment. And Ah see y'all got the equipment ready.” Luna removed herself from the dream as Mac picked up one of the planks in his mouth. Her eyes shot open and she started to giggle. Was that Big McIntosh's or Twilight Sparkle's dream? She summoned the magic again and went to the next strongest, which belonged to the one next to her.

He was standing on the balcony of his room in Canterlot Castle, staring out into the pouring rain and flashing lightning. She turned as the door opened, and she saw herself walk in. Only, it wasn't her. She walked upright, like him, and took on the form of a female human, wearing a bit of fabric between her legs, a see through top, and carrying a pillow under her arm. The photo album was open on the side so Luna took a quick peek, noting the similarities between Sarah and 'her'. The body was exactly the same shape and size, but was covered in a layer of fur, the same as her coat. She still had a moon cutie mark on her flanks, and her wings, horn, tail and mane remained. He turned around and walked over to 'Luna', wrapping his arms around her.

“Then stay here, I'll keep you safe.” 'Luna' melted into him, and he carried her over to the bed. Luna remained watching, a new feeling brewing. She was jealous, because that was not her, but she was also curious and stayed to watch. She immediately had the idea to visit the library in the morning, and as she was about to leave she bumped into something. He was standing next to her. She looked to the bed to see he was also still there, but the room slowly faded away until it had changed to where she was now sleeping. He remained next to her.

“You tried to enter mine again, and I blocked you. I guess when you left I got dragged along.”

“Very well.” The scene changed again, and Luna saw herself in the same human type form. But this time she was dressed differently. She had a lacy bit of clothing around her waist, attached to see through clothing on her legs. She had some strange shoes on, pushing her heels in the air. She wasn't wearing anything else, but that was not the strange part. She was standing in front of her throne, legs apart. A piece of rope went from each ankle to the nearest chair leg, and her wrists were tied together and pulled over the top. Before Luna could ask what was going on, 'Alec' walked in wearing his usual clothes, stopping and looking confused at the situation.

“I've been a bad filly, can you punish me Master?” Luna whipped her head round and glared at him.

“I'm a perverted individual, or something like that. But wait, it gets worse. Or better, depending on your point of view.” Before she could ask, 'Alec' picked up a bell on the side and rang it.

“No, I will not punish you. Another will instead.” The real Luna turned her head towards the door that opened, mouth dropping at the view.

“I understand you've been a bad filly, my dear sister.” Luna opened her eyes to find him still asleep. She couldn't fault him for having such dreams, so she glanced at the clock and saw it was two thirty in the morning. She carefully extracted herself from his grip, and got herself a drink of water. Once back in the room, she saw he had changed position, now spread out across the entire bed. If she wanted to stay, she would have to lie on top of him. She was sure he wouldn't mind, and so did just that, resting her head next his on a shoulder. She started to drift off, but found herself pulled into yet another dream. This time it was a different stallion's entirely, one she had only met the other day.

For some strange reason, he was a human. Not like her in his dream, but a full on human. Luna looked around and recognised the location as being Sugarcube Corner. As if to further drive home the point, a high pitched voice sounded for the doorway to the kitchen. “Come and get them Joe!” Like Luna in his last dream, she was barely wearing anything, and covering her ample breasts were a few cupcakes, which Joe took time to savour. Luna shook her head and cut flow to all her magic. She had seen enough of these dreams to know where this was going.

I awoke to find Luna lying on top of me. I didn't mind, but I really needed a piss. I tried to push her off but she just snuggled closer. I was going to have to hold it. “Well what do we have here? A human on Equestria? I wonder why I didn't sense it sooner.” I looked above me to see a... thing. It looked like a massive snake, but was a mismatch of creatures. I did the only thing I could. I screamed.

“AHHHHHH! RARITY, GET MY GUN!! THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE HOUSE!!” I head hoofsteps gallop down the stairs, and Rarity and Thunderlane burst through the door, one of my metal cases held in her magic. She took the entire scene at a glance, scowling at the creature standing above us.

“Very well, I'll go and see Sunbutt for a while.” It disappeared in a flash, leaving us alone.

“THE FUCK WAS THAT?” I felt Luna nuzzle my chin, rolling into the crook of my shoulder.

“That was Discord, a very annoying draconequus. He is the Spirit of Chaos, and likes to prank ponies day and night. I do not know where he has been recently.”

“Discord has been around for millennia, so it is possible he has visited your world.”

“Oh” Luna rolled off me and allowed me to stand. I ran straight to the bathroom and relieved myself, letting out a satisfied sigh. I returned to the room to find Luna gone, a note on the bed. I picked it up and read it.

I am sorry to have to leave, but I have some things to check out.
I will return this evening, but for now I understand you have school.

Luna XXX.

There was a feather accompanying it, and I brought it to my nose, giving a sniff. Looks like I had something to keep with me today. I went to shower and found it in use. Okay, so breakfast first. I headed down into the kitchen and found Rarity setting four places at the table. “Morning Rarity.”

“Early this morning. I had to bring Rumble home because of your stunt taking Thunderlane away.”

“Don't be. I found said stallion on my bed after putting Rumble to sleep. He's in the shower now.”

“Doing a little errand for me, and then you are taking him to school. You said you'd help out today, remember?”

“Oh don't worry, he'll get you there.” We heard the bell to the shop ring, and a couple of voices enter. “Ah, there his now with my new assistant.”

Rumble came trotting in, proudly beaming at his well done job. “Miss Belle, Mr Catalyst has arrived!”

“Oh, I had no idea that royalty was being sent. I would have cleaned up more.” I finally looked round at the Catalyst, eyes going wide at what I saw. It was like a pony-insect hybrid. It's pupiless eyes looked wrong.

“This is Prince Catalyst, Alec, a changeling. Prince Catalyst, this is Alec, a human from another world.”

“It's okay Miss Rarity, I can answer this. Changelings, as our name implies are shape shifters. We feed off love, and I can see you don't understand. I won't bother trying to explain it. Anyway, a while back we were starving, and my mother was convinced that the only course of action was to invade Equestria and take the love by force. She was wrong.”

“Again, I apologise for what happened to your brothers and sisters. If we had known...”

“Miss Rarity, we knew the risk when we attacked, so please, stop. Anyway we failed, and it turns out that the ponies would have helped if we had just asked. Reparations have been made, and now we work getting the love we need providing services to ponies where needed.”

“They're whores.” I stared at the changeling. He was blunt and to the point, so I had no problems believing him. “Think about it, we can change forms. A pony, or something else, comes in with a request that can't be satisfied else where. We need love, so we provide for their needs. I took this job because Miss Rarity could do with a model to make clothes on that can change shapes and sizes. And there is plenty of residual love in this town to keep me fed for years.”

“Right...” Thunderlane came trotting in to the kitchen, finally out of the shower. “Guess it's my turn, I'll be back in a bit.” I didn't take long in the shower, ate my breakfast, and walked with Rumble to the school house. We met up with the three fillies along the way, and I noticed Rumble was looking at them with a new found interest. Mainly their flanks.

I waited outside whilst Cheerilee took attendance, and I heard myself called in. I entered the door and the foals immediately stared at me. “THE BUCK ARE YOU?”

“DIAMOND TIARA, LANGUAGE! And this is Mr Luckes, he is here to help with your maths work.”

I slumped down into a chair in Rarity's sitting room. The day had been exhausting, and I had wound up with a new job. School caretaker. I had noticed that a lot of the facilities were in a state of disrepair, and after asking found out they had been for a while. After maths in the morning I headed in to Ponyville and purchased some tools with the bits Celestia had given me. I spent the afternoon fixing the playground, holes in the roof, wobbly chairs, and more. A mug of cider was floated into my view, and I took hold of it. It was ice cold, and I took a satisfying draught of it. “How was your day? No, don't turn around, this is a surprise.”

I took another drink, finishing the mug. I put it down on the table in front of me and settled back against the cushions. I heard hoofsteps coming my way, or so I thought. A pair of furry blue hands were put over my eyes. “Um... hello? May I ask you name?”

“Only if you close your eyes and wait till I say you can peek.” That sounds like Luna, but they have hands. Smells like her as well.

“You have my word.” I closed my eyes and felt the hands removed, the hoofsteps moving in front of me.

“Open them.” I did as instructed and stood before me... "Do you like what you see?" I just nodded, unable to speak. “You look like you had a rough day. Why don't you come to bed?” She held out her hand, and I accepted it. This was going to be interesting.

Five years of Ice, A thousand years of Flame

by Lucky424

Chapter 15: The Fuck was that? The Fuck is this? The Fuck are you?