Chapter 19 - Progressing
Meanwhile, Arc and Derpy continue dancing together. As the song switches to a very slow beat Derpy leans in close to Arc. Pressing her face against his chest she smiles as he puts his hands around her.
“I love you, Arc.”
“And I love you too, Derpy.”
“You have no idea just how happy that makes me.”
“It’s the truth. And I’m very proud of you.”
Derpy pulls back an looks him in the eye, confused. “Proud?”
“For coming this far. A lot of people would have just let their past hold them back. But you… you were able to move forward and find a good job, friends, and raise your filly.”
“And I owe all of that to you.”
Arc shakes his head. “No, Derpy. You did most of it yourself. I just pointed you in the right direction.”
“You showed me what it meant to have worth. Before then I just… kinda thought of myself as something to be used and discarded when no longer needed.”
“Being cast aside by Moonlit Dusk as well as your own father would certainly send that message.”
“Yes, well… now I have my own wants and desires for my future.”
“What are they?”
Derpy giggles softly. “Being by your side as we raise Dinky together.”
Arc smiles. “I’d like that too.”
“Can we… talk about that a bit later?”
“We can do it right now if you want.”
“I’m still trying to organize what I want to say in my head.”
“Okay. Whenever you’re ready, Derpy.”
They continue dancing together. Meanwhile, Brightwing flutters down the corridor toward Auriel’s room. Coming to the door she Blinks through. Spying the young demon lying on her bed reading a book Brightwing flutters over to her and calls out.
“Hello, pretty lady!”
Auriel giggles as she puts the book down. “And hello to you too.”
Scratching the creature under her chin, Brightwing makes some gurgling sounds that can only be described as happy sounds. Auriel spots the potion held tightly in Brightwing’s tail.
“What do you have there?”
“Magical experiments! Trying to finish potion!”
“And what does this potion do?”
“Makes broken things whole again!”
Auriel raises an eyebrow. “I don’t really understand what that means.”
“Brightwing trying to fix something she messed up!”
“With a potion?”
Brightwing sighs heavily. “It complicated.”
“Anything I can do to help?”
“Yes! Brightwing need catalyst to power up her reagents!”
“What did you have in mind?”
“Demon blood powerful catalyst! Is last thing potion needs to be whole!”
“So you just need a bit of my blood?”
Brightwing nods happily. “That I do!”
“Well, I suppose you can’t cause too much trouble with a potion.”
Auriel reaches over to the nightstand and pick up a letter opener. Poking a finger with it she makes a small incision. Blood begins to pool on the wound as Brightwing holds the potion vial to Auriel’s skin. She watches intently as the blood slowly snakes its way down the inside of the vessel and into the other liquids. It begins to glow brighter as more blood enters it. Eventually Brightwing pulls the potion back and puts a claw on Auriel’s arm.
“Thank you very much, friend!”
Auriel pats the little creatures head. “It’s okay. But could you fly into the bathroom and get me a bandage, please?”
“Brightwing do better than that! Friend be healed!”
A small incantation later Auriel sees her wound healing before her eyes. Smiling, she pets Brightwing’s scales.
“Thank you, little one.”
“Was least Brightwing could do! After all, you helped Brightwing with potion!”
“Well, I hope it works.”
Brightwing giggles as she takes flight. “So do I!”
Returning to her office, she sets the potion down on the desk. Landing next to it Brightwing looks over the swirling liquid as she devilishly rubs her claws together.
“Now all Brightwing need is rest of plan to be ready!”
Meanwhile, Arc escorts Derpy to the basement couch. Sitting down the pair grin at each other as they pant. Arc is the first to speak.
“I’m guessing that last song was a mistake.”
Derpy giggles. “Probably. Either that or a bit of a joke.”
“Well, at least we tried to dance that fast.”
“And had fun doing it!”
They laugh together easily as Derpy puts her arms around Arc’s neck and pulls him into a hug which he returns. Looking up at him, she smiles widely.
“Thank you very much for the date, Arc. I had an amazing time.”
“So did I. We’ll have to thank Dinky and her friends for their idea.”
“That we will.”
Arc stands and extends his hand to Derpy.
“We should probably be getting to bed though. After all, it is getting pretty late.”
Derpy smiles nervously. “Y-yes. I agree.”
Taking his hand, Derpy stands and walks up the stairs with Arc, arm in arm. Returning to the second floor Arc escorts Derpy to her bedroom door.
“Here we are. I’ll let you get out of that outfit and into some night clothes now.”
As he turns to head to his own room, Arc feels a tug on the back of his coat. Turning around he sees Derpy staring at him sadly.
“Arc, I… um…”
“Derpy?”
“It… it’s nothing. G-good night.”
She hurries into her room and closes the door behind her. Arc sighs as he heads for his parent’s room. Closing the door behind him he puts a hand to his forehead.
“I must’ve done something to spook her, or something.”
Shaking his head, he begins undressing.
“Have to talk to her about it and apologize in the morning.”
Tossing his clothes in the corner Arc heads for bed. However no sooner has he laid down than there is a small knock at the door. Sitting back up, he walks toward the door. Before he can reach it though it opens and Derpy steps inside. She has apparently just finished undressing as well, as she stands before him in nothing but her bra and panties. Arc gasps, surprised at this act.
“D-Derpy?”
“I… I’m sorry.”
“What…?”
Without letting him finish his sentence, Derpy quickly steps forward and presses her body against Arc’s chest as she plants her lips on his. Arc holds her close as she does so. Eventually she pulls back with a flushed look on her face.
“Please forgive me, but I… I don’t want to be alone right now.”
“You want me to… sleep with you?”
Derpy nods. “More than anything in the world, Arc.”
Smiling at her, Arc takes her hand and leads her over to the bed. Laying down together he reaches over and turns off the bedside lamp. As their eyes acclimate to the moonlight coming through the windows Derpy turns to him.
“Arc?”
“Yes, Derpy?”
“I… I um…”
“Take your time.”
“First, I want you to understand something.”
“Okay.”
Taking a deep breath, Derpy rolls on top of Arc. Laying on him, she looks him in the eyes as she speaks.
“I was mistreated as a foal before being sexually abused by Moonlit Dusk as a young mare. This much you already knew.”
Arc nods. “Yes, you told me about that some time ago.”
“What he did to me that night in the tent though was… it was the most amazing feeling I’d ever felt before. Someone I thought loved and cared for me was inside of my body. It made me feel warm inside. And eventually… filled up.”
She pauses before speaking again.
“Am I… am I a bad mare for thinking that?”
“For how you felt back then?”
“Right.”
Arc shakes his head. “Not at all, Derpy. Your body was being stimulated by someone you thought loved you. It just reacted naturally to the pleasures of sex.”
Derpy sounds relieved. “Good! I thought there was something wrong with me.”
“Not in the least. You’re an amazing young woman, Derpy. And Moonlit Dusk was a fool for leaving you behind.”
“But you’re going to be with me forever, right?”
“That I am. Or as long as I’m allowed to.”
“I believe you, Arc. You won’t abandon me no matter what happens.”
“Right.”
“Thank you. But… I need to be honest with you about something.”
“What is it?”
“That feeling Moonlit Dusk gave me… that feeling of warmth and fullness… I… I’ve dreamed about it on many occasions.”
“You had dreams about him… having sex with you?”
Derpy looks away nervously. “Yes. But that isn’t the whole story.”
Arc smiles. “Then why don’t you tell me the rest.”
“Okay. But please promise me that you won’t be upset.”
“Um… sure. I promise.”
Derpy takes a deep breath but does not look to Arc.
“I… I’ve been interested in you for a while now. That much you know already.”
“Nothing wrong with that.”
“True. But… since I started feeling… attracted to you, I… those dreams of Moonlit Dusk “stopped.
“Is that a bad thing?”
“Kinda. You see, they were replaced by… you.”
Arc raises an eyebrow. “Me?”
Derpy nods. “Yes. I’ve been dreaming about that night in the tent often. But instead of Moonlit Dusk in there with me it’s… you.”
“So you and I have sex together?”
Derpy blushes heavily. “Very passionate, very wild sex I might add. You usually hold me down and… and pull my mane while you put your stallionhood in my mare parts.”
“So I’m rough with you?”
“Yes. But I loved it. Is that wrong? Is it not okay for me to dream about you doing things to me that you’re not ready for?!”
Arc pats her head. “It’s just a dream, Derpy.”
“You mean, you’re not angry?”
“Not at all. Truthfully, I’m kinda flattered.”
“Flattered?”
“Right. You felt bad about something you dreamed. That shows that you want me to be comfortable being intimate with you.”
“I know you said in the past that you weren’t ready for a relationship. Or sexual intimacy yet. That’s why it just felt wrong to me.”
“Well, I thank you for being honest about this with me, Derpy.”
“There is more though.”
“Oh?”
“When this happens I wake up moaning… just as you finish mating with me. My body is spasming and my mare parts are drenched. Just like when Moonlit Dusk finished with me.”
“Sounds like you’re sexually frustrated.”
“What’s that mean?”
“That you’ve met someone you want to have sex with, but can’t. And your mind and body are not happy about it.”
“But the other mares don’t have this problem.”
“Are you sure?”
Derpy nods fervently. “Yes. I brought this matter up to them a couple weeks ago. None of them had this problem. But at the same time they also didn’t know what to do about it.”
“
“Well, how do you feel right now?
“Feel about what?”
“Do you feel frustrated?”
Derpy shakes her head. “No. In fact at the moment I feel content.”
“Then that might be helpful to you.”
“Huh?”
“Sleeping with me more regularly.”
“I would like that, yes. But what about the fillies? They’d be a bit… confused by this.”
“We’d have to have a conversation with them about this, of course. Explain to them what is and is not going on in here.”
Derpy raises an eyebrow. “Is and is not?”
“That we’re just sleeping. There’s nothing else happening that might be considered… inappropriate.”
“Um… Arc?”
“Yes?”
“I… there was one other thing I wanted to tell you about this problem.”
“What is it?”
“That feeling I have is only part of it. The rest is in my head.”
“Oh?”
“If I’m being completely honest, that dream often ended with me holding… your child.”
“You’d like to give me a baby?”
Derpy smiles warmly. “Very much so, yes.”
“Derpy… I need to tell you something.”
“That you don’t want that?”
Arc puts a hand on her cheek and smiles. “Quite the opposite. In truth, I’d really like to have children with you and the others.”
Derpy smiles as she puts a finger under her bra strap. “I’m ready for you now if you’d like.”
Arc shakes his head. “No, Derpy. We’re not ready yet.”
Derpy nods and sighs. “Somehow I knew you would say that.”
“Sorry.”
“Don’t be. After all, sex and making babies needs to be a partnership.”
“I guess so. But who told you that?”
“Rarity. If you recall, she’s the only other member of your herd that has experience in sexual encounters.”
“Um… is she having the same problems as you are?”
Derpy shakes her head. “Fortunately no. When I asked why, she told me it was probably because she was drunk and unconscious at the time she was ravished.”
Arc frowns. “So she has no memory of the pleasurable part of the act.”
“Exactly. Not that I’m saying that it was okay what happened to her, mind you.”
“Right. I’m sure it must’ve been absolutely awful waking up to that.”
“While the others do want intimacy with you, I think I’m the only one whom is so… needy in that regard.”
“And the others know about it now?”
Derpy nods. “Yes, I explained it to them before asking if they had similar issues.”
“Maybe that’s why none of them objected to this date.”
Why would they?”
“This would be your second one. There are still several members of the theoretical future herd whom haven’t had one yet.”
Derpy gasps. “I didn’t think of that! They might be jealous of me after this!”
“I doubt it. Everyone’s pretty open about their feelings. If it was going to be an issue they would have spoken up before now.”
“Are you sure?!”
“Completely. And we’ll have a chat with the others about your problem when there’s time as well.”
“What would you say to them?”
“That due to your past and current needs stemming from that you’re going to be a more regular bedmate of mine. At least until the herd is officially formed, that is.”
“And you think they’d understand?”
“Yeah. Just as long as the other side of me has one of them on it occasionally. Would that bother you?”
Derpy puts a finger to her chin. “I… don’t think so. But then again I’ve never actually tried such a thing. Other than the times you slept with Dinky and I, that is.”
“We’ll try it with someone you’re familiar with first. Whom would you be most comfortable with?”
“That would probably be Applejack. She’s always been especially kind to me. Well, after I came out of my shell. Or cloak, I guess.”
“Alright. And she’s a confirmed member of the herd too.”
“Her and Rarity are both going to join for sure, right?”
“Exactly. We’ve all been through our paces together and know that we’d like to join in this.”
Derpy appears hopeful. “And me?”
“I’d like you to join too, Derpy. But only if that’s honestly what you want. Remember, this is an important decision. Not something to be taken lightly.”
Derpy takes her hands in his. “Arc, nothing would make me happier than laying by your side and giving you children. That much I’m completely sure of.”
“But what if you couldn’t?”
“You mean what if I couldn’t be impregnated by you, right?”
“Assuming Auriel can’t figure out a way to make that work, yes.”
Derpy grins. “Then I’d be okay just giving you pleasure.”
“You’re good for more than just sex though, Derpy.”
“I know. But it’s not so much the pleasure itself that I’m looking forward too. But the fact that I’m going to be doing it with you, Arc. Someone whom I love and that loves me back.”
She traces his face with her hand as she continues.
“You see, I want us to be together forever. You and I can share the same bed, eat the same food, and raise Dinky together. But I want more than that. In truth, I want you inside of me so that we can be one body. At least for a time, that is.”
“And I’d like that too, Derpy.”
“If you’d like, I’d even be willing to stay a human mare to make things easier for you.”
“Mare or woman… either is fine with me.”
“Would that… work? I mean, a human having sex with a pony?”
“Doctor Whooves said it would work if we stick to certain positions and take things slow.”
“I’m willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen for us, Arc. Whatever makes you happy.”
“And I want what makes you happy, Derpy.”
Derpy smiles and lays her head back down on Arc’s chest.
“That’s the most appealing thing about you, Arc. The fact that you just want me to be happy.”
“I want that for all of you. That’s why I’m insisting on such a long engagement period.”
“As long as I can be part of the herd, that’s fine with me. Um… can I?”
Arc nods. “Yes. When there’s time I’ll get everyone together and formally propose to you in front of them.”
Derpy appears hopeful “Do you… do you think you could do that now?”
“I think it’s kinda late to be getting everyone together.”
“No, no! I meant… could you propose now?”
“Right now?”
“I… I just want to hear the words.”
“Okay.”
Sitting up, Arc and Derpy kneel together on the mattress as Arc takes Derpy’s hands in his.
“Derpy… will you marry me?”
Derpy grins hugely. “Yes, Arc! I’d love to!”
She throws her arms around his neck and hugs Arc tight.
“I’ll be the best wife ever!”
Arc smiles as he returns the hug. “I’m sure you will be, Derpy. I’m sure you will be.”
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Oh dear, Brightwing has The Potion. just where or who is she going to stick it in?
Personally I hope the biology factor doesn't ruin any dreams of parenthood.
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After the discussion I've had with Kamahido on the subject it most diefinielty is the factor that is but the wall at this point and time.
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Soemthing she broke is the key factor. Could it be that pendant that Torch had Arc get for his mate?
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That what I was she one day will be quite the powerhouse but right now she just above the strongest regular pony maybe a bit more.
Something ive been tossing around in my head do crimsons share the same life spans as vampires? If so arc would be immortal as far as dying of old age would go.
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I thought there was a place in the story already that addressed that question. However, when I went over my translation copy I couldn't find any mention of it. So I suppose it will have to wait until Arc questions the matter, during which time he'll learn and have to come to terms with what it truly means to be a Crimson. On a similar note, if you recall, this isn't the first time Arc has had the option of extending his lifespan.
In the Volume 15 VOLUME FINALE, Arc, Ember, and Torch go to the resting place of Cinder, Ember's mother. Using the power of the Dragon's Tear they were able to revive her temporarily. She convinced Torch to allow Ember to take whomever she desired as a mate, which was of course Arc. Torch volunteered to use the power of the Bloodstone Scepter to increase Arc's lifespan to roughly that of normal dragon. Torch's exact words were...
“I WILL USE THE POWER WITHIN THE BLOODSTONE SCEPTER TO GREATLY INCREASE HIS LIFESPAN! WITH THAT, HE WILL LIVE ROUGHLY AS LONG AS YOU WILL, EMBER!”
While such would have allowed him to live for tens of thousands of years, Arc declined. This was because Arc isn't afraid of his dying as a normal human. In fact, he welcomes his end as a chance to be reunited with his family... eventually.