//------------------------------// // The Night Mother. // Story: Tales from Tinies. // by MrAquino //------------------------------// Two kids, Joel and Elly, ran away from the people chasing after them. The two kids were classmates in the sixth grade, never really noticing each other, up until they were sent into Equestria. Despite some arguments with each other, the two kids worked together to travel through the forest they were in; Elly's family preferred the outdoors, so she could tell what plant was good to eat or not, and Joel was the athlete of the two, helping Elly out in any way he can physically. Eventually, the two found themselves a camp with other people around; they were all adults who were living in this new land for almost a month, and they told them about the land they were in. Though Joel found the idea of giant ponies that loved to eat people was completely ridiculous, Elly was somewhat intrigued by this, wanting to meet one herself, though not be eaten. It was at this night that, when both were going to bed, they overheard the adults, learning that they actually kidnap kids and sold them to two unicorn brothers, who would sell the kids as a snack to other ponies and other creatures. That is why why they're running. They ran into what could only be described as a giant city, though no one but the adults could be seen, so they ran to a giant wall and entered through a small hole below it. The adults, though blocked by the small hole, dug their way to make the hole bigger. In the Canterlot gardens, the princess of the Night herself, Princess Luna, strolled around. She wanted to forget what she saw before heading to the gardens, she didn't want to see it, she didn't even want it to be real, but it was there: Blueblood, Celestia's nephew, was laying on his couch, and, with his magic, he lifted the humans massaging his hooves, and ate them. Luna could only watch and cringe in disgust as Blueblood smacked the humans in his mouth, drooling a bit, before swallowing them. Sure, she saw Celestia doing it before, but those humans were willing, the ones with Blueblood whimpered as he snacked on them. How can we be like this? She thought to herself, looking to her night sky These humans... why are we treating them like this? Have we really lost our roots as herbivores? Is it because they're that tasty? If they didn't have their spell on them, would we be worse? Is their fate worse than death? Her stomach growled. She didn't anything as of yet, and though the plants in front of her looked tasty, it was considered uncouth to eat the royal flowers. Maybe... I should try it? Her horn glowed as she casted a spell. She did this to talk with some of the employees, but she found a spell that would make a small projection of herself, or, in this case, a human version of herself. It was strange controlling her pony self and human self at the same time, but with a large amount of concentration, and experience, it was pretty easy. However, her concentration was ruined when she heard two small screams. "What was that?" she asked herself. Luna began to track the source of the noise, followed by two of her guards Joel and Elly, despite having the upper hand in distance, were cornered. "Okay," the leader growled "we can either do this the easy way, or the hard way." Elly cried into Joel's shoulder, trying to hide herself. Joel stood up and readied his fists. "I-I'm not a-afraid of y-you!" Joel stammered. "Hard way it is." A single punch in Joel's gut was only needed to take him down. He wheezed in pain and cried. "Too easy. Tie them up." Joel was easily tied up, but Elly screamed again and struggled. "NO!!! STOP!!! SOMEONE!!! HELP!!!" The moonlight was blocked, leaving the humans in darkness. They turned to see three giant creatures: the middle was the tallest, most beautiful, a single horn stuck from it's forehead, wings that looked liked that of a falcon, and looked like she was from royalty. The other two, both on the middle's sides, looked identifiable, wearing knight-like armor, had glowing yellow eyes with slit pupils, and bat-like wings. Silence came in between the two sides, though the giants had low growls. As soon as one of their captors turned and ran, the two sides giants lunged at them! Elly fell to Joel's side, hugging him tightly, and both cringed, shutting their eyes tight as they heard the screaming of the people being cut off with noticeably loud gulping, and, when all was silent, a loud belch came from the two. They both shivered in fear as they heard one of them approaching to them; the grass crunching below it's hooves getting noticeably louder with each step, and the feel with sound of something sniffing them. Though Elly gripped onto Joel, she was pushed off by it's muzzle. Elly saw the tallest one, easily towering over Joel, and opening it's mouth wide. She covered her eyes, but heard only a snapping noise. Joel, meanwhile, felt himself free from the ropes, and looked up, seeing the perfect white teeth of the giant that towered over him, holding the rope in it's mouth that it sliced. He quickly sat right back up and crawled back to the corner he was in, seeing the muzzle heading towards him. He felt himself being nuzzled, very gently, despite the size of the creature. "There, there." It spoke in a warm, motherly tone "It's okay. Those bad people won't hurt you." Elly lowered her hands to see Joel being nuzzled by the giant. She saw that the giant was, in fact, a pony, but, unlike the three types she learned, this one had both the wings of a Pegasus and a unicorn. She gasped as one of the other two walked over her, ignoring her. Though muffled, she heard the screams of their would be kidnappers inside it's stomach. The main giant pony turned to her. It's horn glowed, and Elly felt a huge sensation around her. She gasped as she was carried in the air, landing near the giant pony and Joel, though gently. "Aw, look at you two. So cute together. Allow me to introduce myself; I am Princess Luna, princess of the night and co-ruler of Equestria. Who are you two?" Both Joel and Elly blinked, but, because of Luna's warm nature, they both smiled. "I'm Elly." Elly spoke "And I'm Joel." Joel added, though winced at his pain. "Oh my! What happened to you?" Luna asked. "Got punched, miss. I can walk it off." "You poor thing. What were those humans doing to you?" "They... they were trying to kidnap us, Luna." Elly answered "They were going to sell us off to some ponies called the Flim Flam brothers, and we'd be snacks to somepony else." Luna gasped. "Ponies eating children!? Oh, first, ponies eating you on accident, then followed by eating your kind on purpose, and now... kids are added. Oh, I am going to have a word with my sister about this!" "You are?" Joel asked, though winced. Luna turned to the boy. "Oh, I'm sorry, I know this may not work, but... kisses help everything." She perked her lips. Joel brought his hands out. "No! Wait!!!" It was too late. Luna gave Joel a huge kiss. The entire half of his body was in Luna's mouth, and Elly couldn't help but giggle, but it was short lived. Luna's head went up, but Joel was stuck in her lips. He was slurped into the Princess's mouth, landing onto her tongue. The pony froze as a blast of taste exploded in her mouth. Her mind told her to stop and spit him out, but instead, she began to taste Joel. Joel tried to stand up, seeing the dark & humid environment he was in, but he was tossed around inside Luna's mouth; her tongue brought him up, pinning him in between the roof of her mouth and his tongue. Luna let out a moan of pleasure, opening her mouth with Joel sliding down her tongue. He was blinded by the moonlight, but the place tilted. Luna tilted her head up, curling her tongue up, and Joel slid down, seeing the pitch black abyss surrounded by muscles that was her throat. He screamed loudly before Luna closed her mouth and, with another tilt of her head, she swallowed Joel. Joel felt Luna's throat muscles all over him; they dripped with saliva, and the muscles were a mix between soft and firm, but he was dragged down, whimpering the whole way through. He felt his feet open in a large, open area, and he struggled to avoid it, but he fell into Luna's stomach. He fell and bounced inside a bit, but he looked around as soon as he stopped: Luna's stomach acids glowed a dark blue, illuminating the place, allowing him to see the 'walls' and the 'floor', always moving and dripping with ooze. He could see the sphincter that lead to her intestines, but didn't want to go down there, bu he ran to where he entered and banged against the walls, each bang letting out a squish. "LET ME OUT!!! LUNA!!! GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!" The place rumbled and shrunk a bit. Luna let out a belch. Luna giggled to herself as she let out a belch. "Sorry," she spoke "He tasted so... go~od." She turned to Elly, who cowered at her hooves. Luna lowered her head to her. "Oh, what's wrong?" "...What's wrong?" Elly asked, turning to the Princess. "Y-you just ate my friend!" Luna tilted her head back. "Well... I did, but-" "But nothing!!! You just ate my friend!!!" She teared up "I-I thought you were a friend, Luna! You ate Joel! You... you monster!!!" Luna gasped at her statement. Monster... it was one of the words she wanted to avoid being described as. "Elly? I'm sorry... but it just happened. I didn't want to eat anyone at all, nor children. I-I didn't mean to do it. Look, with the news you gave me, I'm going to visit these brothers, shut their business down, and take the kids away." "All for yourself?" "No. Elly, I'm powerful with my magic, I can walk into anyone's dreams. I'm going to find their parents and send them back to their families, especially yours." Elly stopped and looked at Luna. Her eyes showed nothing but the truth. "Do you miss your parents?" "... I do, Luna." "Good. Please, climb in and sleep inside. You'll be back with your parents soon, I promise." Luna lowered her head and opened her mouth wide. Elly felt the warm breath exiting from Luna's throat and hitting her. Her mouth drooled with saliva, the teeth looked like they could crush anyone, and the throat slowly opened, revealing the abyss of her stomach. But even with all of this, it looked inviting and peaceful. Elly walked into Luna's mouth, looking in awe at everything. Luna's tongue squished beneath her feet, leaving saliva with each step, but Elly continued her way to the back, Luna's uvula indicating the entrance. Luna closed her mouth and, with a tilt, swallowed Elly. She traced the human, who was a small bulge in her neck, and watched until she disappeared and fell into her stomach. As soon as Elly landed in her Stomach, Luna patted her belly and made her way to the Flim Flam Brother's location. "Don't worry. You won't be alone for long." Joel hugged Elly as soon as she sat right up. "Elly," he whimpered "I-I don't want to b-be here a-a-anymore." Elly hugged back. "It's okay, Joel. We're just here for tonight." "...I-I-I miss my mom." "Me too." Both of their eyes tried to stay awake, but the warmth of the stomach, added by Luna's beating heart & breathing, with the gurgling, and the place rocked liked a giant cradle, both kids fell asleep inside Luna's stomach, hugging each other for comfort. Though it was still night, Elly woke up as she heard Luna's loud gulping. She sat right up to see other kids, some older, others younger, all around Luna's stomach. Many looked scared, other bounced around inside, and Elly watched as another child fell into Luna's stomach. However, there was one adult inside, and, as Elly could tell, just by her looks, it was Luna herself as a human, keeping all of the kids inside calm as her pony self swallowed them. Still tired, Elly fell back to sleep. The sun hit Elly's eyes as she woke up. She looked around, seeing herself on Luna's soft fur. Luna was asleep herself, though a note was written next to her. Elly picked up the letter next to her. Elly, I'm sorry, but I couldn't find your parents anywhere. They may not be in Equestria as of right now, but they may soon. Some of the children are orphans, so my sister will be in charge of adoption, but you, and others with family, won't be alone. I will keep on trying, and with you humans appearing almost everyday, I will be on the lookout for you kids, keeping them safe in my belly as I have with you, but rest assure, I will find you your parents and a home. Sincerely, Luna. Elly sighed as it may take her a while before reuniting with her parents, but smiled as she was with Luna. She walked on her belly, each step really soft, almost like a living, breathing pillow that moved on it's own, and walked to one of Luna's ears. "Thank you." she said softly, turning to the kids on a nearby table with small houses built. A makeshift bridge was made, and Elly walked to the kids on the table Unbeknownst to her, Luna opened her eye and smiled. "Your welcome." she replied before going back to sleep.