Oh god, so itchy! I dropped the cloaking spell the moment I shut the door behind me, the singular need to relieve this infernal sensation overpowering any higher reasoning. Now I know why Peeko was reduced to crying in frustration when she was ready to moult! As soon as I stepped into the trailer, I felt my chiten start to crack open, spreading from where I had taken that impact from the thugs sneak attack. Groaning, I frantically arched my back in an attempt to get myself free of my old shell. How the hell do I do this when theres nothing to keep my shell from moving with me!? “Gah! So. Fucking. Itchy!”
“Momma..?”
I was fucking ready to scream, it wouldn't. Stop. Itching! “Make it sto-o-op! Make. It. stop!”
“Momma!?”
I was practically clawing at my chiten, the sensation was just so. Damn. Aggravating!
*Thump!*
Oh god its on my fa-
“Momma!”
“Peeko? Gah, this is… Nrrrrg! It wont stop itching-i-ing!”
Sugars POV
Sweet Celestia, that thing is making a lot of noise! The first thing I noticed after stirring from my sleep was that the little one was no longer resting between my forelegs, and was instead just entering the room with a worried expression on her face. It was when it eventually crawled in that I burst into silent laughter. Faust, it looked pathetic right now, with the way it was desperately clawing at itself, tears running down its face.
“Help!” The little one was now tugging on my foreleg, pointing to the creature that had trapped me here in the first place. like tartarus I was going to help it.
“P-please? It itches, it itches s-so much.” Uh… no. No way I’m helping you. “Pleee-e-ease!” Oh sweet Luna… is it begging? “I-I’ll double your food, how about that?” It leaned in and... kissed me again?! I wiped the mouth and stuck out my tongue in disgest, and realized it took that vile gag off me.
“Why should I help you? I’m enjoying watching this.”
“P-please, I’ll let you have full run of the house!” Its actually trying to bargin with me… dear Faust...
“I don’t want ‘full run of the house’ I want out of the house!”
“I c- can’t do that!”
“And why not! I deserve to be home with my coltfriend.”
“He d-doesn’t even know you’re gone!”
“And why’s that, did you brainwash him too?”
“No, I can’t… I can’t tell you.”
“And why not, I want to know!” I started getting more frustrated with this creature not telling me anything.
“Because you’re supposed to be dead! I was put on to kill you, if she finds out I didn’t we’re both dead!”
“Who is ‘She’, that a monster like you is scared of her?”
“This isn’t my t-territory, as long as I’m in Equestria I w-work for her. And I don’t mean Celestia.”
I paused for a moment to think this over. Something that has this monster scared of her is clearly not something to go up against. Something that’s not the Princess, but still seems to, according to Itchy here, own part of or works within Equestria. And wants me dead for some reason. “Fine. If I help you, I want full run of the house, access to the fridge so I can feed myself, and no more gag.”
“As long as you stay in here wh-when theres guests here… any one of them could w-work for her.”
“I guess thats fine.”
“Now for the love of god, help me! It won’t stop itching!”
“Well excuse me, I don’t exactly know how to help!”
“Ju-just grab part of my exoskeleton and keep it from moving, I can get myself out if it can't move with me.”
“O-kaaay…” I reached up and grabbed i- no, her face, and pulled in one direction while she tried to pull in the other, the little one trying to aid me, but just hanging from her leg uselessly. With a sickening crack and squelch, her head slipped out of the back of her shell’s head, looking ghostly white, and covered in something. No doubt something gross.
“Oh god that feels so good! Now please, try and widen that opening.” I complied, and grabbed the shell in my hooves, trying to split it further open. When it finally gave and started cracking, she almost immediately grabbed the crack and forced it further open, until it had gone down past her chest. “Ohhhh that feels so much better.” She squirmed a bit, pushing against one side of the crack, until she managed to slip her foreleg out, then repeated the process with the other foreleg, after coaxing the little one off the limb.
I backed away slightly when I saw her wing covers open up, and her tail unfurl, afraid I had somehow angered her. But I was quickly proven wrong. “My tail is stuck, can you pull it loose for me?”
“Nuh uh! I am not getting near that!” Nope, I was not going to risk getting stung by that.
“Oh for the love of… then just grab it near the base! Or if you really that scared of it, just grab one of my hind legs!” Okay… that I can do. Just don’t look up while i’m doing that. I walked around her, and gripped her left hind leg as she tried to pull herself out.
With a loud, wet pop, she broke free, the sudden lack of resistance made her fall forward, where she simply laid there.
*Shinkiro*
Oh sweet jeebus, it’s finally over!
“Ew, what are you covered in anyway?”
“I don’t really know, but it makes it easier to get out of my old shell.” Sugar took the opportunity to try and wipe some off my back, before sh-
“Ohhhhhhhhh…” I practically melted at the touch, causing Sugar to to ‘eep’ and and rapidly retract her hoof, blushing. Good grief, I was really sensitive right now. “Please don’t do that again… That felt ’good’ if you get what I’m saying.”
“I’m just going to try and desperately forget that just happened…”
“I can make you forget if you want that.”
“...I’m guessing you’re going to need to use that on me again anyway, to uphold our deal?”
“Eyup, now just hold still and I’ll get this over with.”