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// 81. Your Human And Y-- Uh, no. 
// Story: Short Shorts 
// by Coranth 
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The "Your Human And You" 'verse; a place where humankind are little more than animals, degraded and treated as pets by the ponies. You're lucky if they're kind. Your ass is on the line - literally - if you're 'purchased' by Blueblood. Well... this time, the ponies got the wrong human...

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The Ponies had stripped me of my robe, armor, and Psi-Staff. In response, I'd lashed out with my latent psionic power, and had snapped their necks before retrieving my gear and dressing myself. Then, after retrieving the... jar... I'd kept with me in the dungeon they'd placed me in, I calmly made my way back to the Canterlot Throne Room. Before two utterly terrified Princesses, I bowed mockingly... and then I presented them with the Jar.

The Jar containing the preserved testicles of one Prince Blueblood. Blueblood himself was where I'd left him, crucified, 'stuck' to one of the throne room doors, his gelded state plain for all to see as he slowly drowned, choking upon his own blood due to a rather severe case of 'Slit Throat'. Very bad disease, that. After presenting The Jar to a whimpering Celestia - who shied away as I drew near - I turned to Luna and started to gently comb my finger's through the younger alicorn's mane.

She was a good girl, staying so quiet and still. She was, after all, intelligent enough to know what would happen if she tried anything stupid. How tragic it was that several dozen of her best Night Guard had fallen to the Templar-made weather phenomenon known as the 'Psionic Storm.' Awful bad weather, that; you often end up with a nasty case of fried brains if you stay in it too long. Her guards had learned that the hard way. 

Now I was before the Princesses, Celestia shying away in horror at what I'd done to her... nephew... and Luna nuzzling gently into my hand, nickering softly, submissively. ~There's a good girl...~ I signed in hoof speak. I'd forced Twilight to teach me the language... before I'd cut off her horn... leaving the purple mare in agony. The look on her human's face had been priceless. A neutering had seen any trouble towards me from Max swiftly ended; then I'd left him and his mare in peace, if one could call laying on the floor in agony that.

Now, I combed my hands through Luna's mane and scratched her behind the ears, Celestia looking on in horror as her sister blissfully melted against me. "Wh-why..." Celestia stuttered as Luna curled about me, settling her head in my lap, "why are you doing this?" I fixed her with the same, terrible thousand-yard stare I'd given all the ponies since they'd found me in the desert, before replying. ~I am doing only what is deserved.~ I stated ~You were aware of Blueblood's abuse of humans, yet allowed him to keep doing it. You were aware of the underground human fighting rings, yet did nothing about them. And don't think I don't know about the Black Crystal you possess that saps human intelligence and will. I've seen the files you keep in your Office. I am here to right a wrong.~

"But... But Luna! Why haven't you hurt Luna?"

~Luna took one look at me and knew what she had to do. She doesn't deserve you as a sister; not after your neglect of her. Even worse, you denied her a thousand years of life, then demonized her when she returned. "Nightmare Night" indeed... I intend to treat her far better than you and your Little Ponies ever have. Even as my pet, she'll have a far better life than she currently has here.~ Luna blink-blinked, gazing up at me misty-eyed and I stared back at her, not with the thousand-yard stare, but with a gaze filled with affection. A moment later, I reached into a robe-pocket and pulled out a baby carrot I'd liberated from the Castle Kitchens. It would be a good little snack for now, until I could give her a proper feed later, when we were back at the Weyr.