Neocros 2: Light and Dark

by Samuel-Neocros

7: Mouths of Dark

"Mouths of Dark"

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The moon gracefully illuminated the land, giving the grass a soft glow, as a large cloudy mansion hovered above the bed of grass.

In their bedroom, Rainbow Dash was having a nice, pleasant dream, feeling confident about herself. She started to wake though, as she felt movement on the bed. The movement was rapid, and seemed desperate. Rainbow wasn't aware however. When Rainbow's eyes flutter open, the movement came to a stop, as if nothing happened.

Dash blinked, since she normally wouldn't wake in the middle of the night, unless from a nightmare. Confused, Rainbow couldn't see her lover in the darkness, only a vague silhouette. She murmured something, as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her as well, but something was off. Neocros was cold, colder than usual. It felt like Neocros had just come from the freezing winter.

wait...

Rainbow opened her eyes, and looked up. There was darkness, but she could vaguely see Neocros' snout. His hands had a firm grip now, as if he didn't want to lose her, or perhaps... he didn’t want her to run.

"Mmph.. Neocros...?" Dash asked, nervously. She felt him shift a little, before his eyes slowly opened. Instead of seeing the beautiful ocean colors, she saw a crimson red, with orange at the bottom, with raptor-like pupils. Rainbow's eyes shot open at the realization of the intruder. She tried to move, but her legs were somehow pinned together. She looked down, only to see her legs wrapped in some kind of scaly tentacle.

The mystery creature grabs her arms, which prompts her fighting spirit. Dash struggled hard, but the mystery creature's hands were as strong as steel. Despite the iron grip he had on her, he was gentle enough to not accidentally snap her arms. He firmly moved her arms down, and the tail quickly wraps and pins her arms to her sides. She tried to bend her torso down, and perhaps bite the tentacle, but she felt a pair of cold hands touch her cheeks. He gently forced her head up towards him, as her eyes met his ruby colored eyes.

"Let me go!" She demanded. He remained silent, as he visibly looked off to the side. Dash continued to wiggle, kicking her back hooves downward, while thrashing her head forward and back, rolling her shoulders as the creature just remained still and watched.

As she kept futilely fighting back, the mystery creature tightened it's hold, constricting her slowly with his coils. Rainbow gasped as she felt the coils constrict her. Already, she was having flashbacks to the time, when an Anaconda almost ate her, which Neocros saved her from. The constricting stopped at a certain point though, it wasn't enough to block her breathing, but the feeling definitely was unpleasant. Eventually, as she kept kicking and yelling, she felt herself getting exhausted.

As soon as she was slowing her struggles, The mystery creature shifted a little, moving Dash under so that he was on top. His legs were positioned next to where her back hooves were stationed. His hands firmly planted on the soft sheets either side of her shoulders. Rainbow Dash glared, even though she's tired, she won't give up easily. Rainbow worriedly darted her eyes around her, seeing only darkness. Rainbow suddenly felt hot breath on her neck, before she ended up closing her eyes, and falling back to slumber...

The following morning…

Dash slowly opened her eyes, waking up from a slumber she couldn’t remember. Rainbow sat up, yawning before she stretched. Rainbow looks over to her side, seeing Neocros asleep next to her. She noticed that he was facing away from her though, since he’d usually be either facing her, or the ceiling. The only times he’d face away would be when she’s holding him.

Rainbow smiled nonetheless. She got up, and flew downstairs. Rainbow wondered what was up with that dream she had. The black dragon looked weirdly familiar, and the only thing she remembered was the creature breathing on the side of her neck.

...

As Rainbow was applying the syrup, she heard footsteps coming down the stairway, though they were a bit slower than usual. She turned and saw Neocros approaching. Dash gave him a smile as she said. “Good morning Neo..”

“Good mornin' love...” He replied, as Neocros cracked a smile while rubbing the back of his neck.

She already did Neocros', so she made hers afterword. Now that breakfast was made, the two sat down to chow down. Rainbow was in the middle of eating her pancakes, as Neocros carefully tried not to get his mouth too dirty from the syrup. As they eat breakfast, Neocros was wondering something, noticing that Rainbow didn't seem to be suited up.

“Uhm… you have another show today, right..?” Neocros asked. “Usually you’re gone when I wake, wouldn’t you be late?”

Rainbow chuckled.

“Chillax, they’ve decided to delay it, since a rain storm is scheduled to happen later on today.” Rainbow assured. Neocros gave a weak smile, happy they’ll get some extra time today.

For a few minutes, they were enjoying their pancakes. It was usually like this, but the water dragon seemed awfully slow today. He was holding his fork, as he looked off to the side with a face of what could only be described as ‘I have something to say but not sure how to say it’ type of look. Rainbow finished her pancakes, and asked Neocros. “Something up?”

The water dragon lowered his head, and by extension, his gaze.

“There’s something I need to tell you...” He began. Rainbow Dash listens in to hear what he has to say, feeling the importance behind his voice.

“When I received my Light form, it wasn’t the only thing the Dual Spark had. The Dual Spark also had another form which was the opposite of light mode. However, it was locked since I wasn’t strong enough to use it.” Neocros explained. “When I was though, I activated it one day, only to realize it set a curse on me.”

Neocros pulls out the Dual Spark, and slides it over to Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash takes it and inspects it for a second. She noticed very quickly that the slider was switched downward, and it had a red aura around it. Dash tried to slide it upward, but it refused to move. She glances up at him, concerned.

“Unfortunately, the curse won’t let me switch back to Light mode, unless I master Dark mode...”

“Dark mode?” Rainbow asked. She glanced at the switch before looking at the dark grey parts of the object. “Is that the reason the switch’s glowing red?”

“Yes. It only comes out at night. I have no control in this form, it practically has a mind of it’s own..” Neocros had a saddened look in his eyes. “...and it's hard to control... ”

"Should we ask Silver about this? I mean, he is the guy who seems to know a lot about you." Dash suggested. She couldn't help but think though. "Speaking of which, how does he know about you?"

He reached out, and placed a hand on her hoof suddenly. Rainbow blinked, and blushed a little.

"No.. I dunno how but... I feel like the Dual Spark speaks to me when I'm unconscious--I know that sounds weird, but.. then again I'm a water dragon who doesn't have wings so..." Neocros said. "...but what I'm trying to say is, I feel like this is something you and I must figure out on our own..."

"Why?" She asked. Neocros sighed, unsure how to reply. Neocros was honestly stumped on what to do, or how he'll figure it out, so he gave in and said.

"Yeah, we probably should ask him, just in case..."

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The two went to see Silver, who's usually at Twilight's castle. He didn't really offer much. He told Neo and Dash that they needed to wake Neocros up, when he's in dark mode, but that's all he said. Admittedly Neocros was a little disappointed, but he knew Silver rarely ever lies, and when he does it's usually for a good reason.

They waited until nightfall, which was where the rain stopped. Neocros sat down on the bed, and wondered how he'd be able to become aware. He guessed maybe Dash could say his name repeatedly, like how one would do if their friend was brainwashed temporarily. Neocros was watching the window when Rainbow flew up to him with a glass of water.

"Here ya go, Neo." Dash said as she handed him the glass. He turned, and carefully took it, smiling and nodding as he did so.

"Thanks..."

She also had a glass of water. The two sipped their cups in peace, watching as the moon was slowly coming up, while the sun was setting behind them. The two discussed a bit of how would they be able to do this, which their conversation moved to other things.

"Y'know, I remember having a weird dream last night." Rainbow mentions. Neocros asked her what did she dream about. Rainbow sat on the bed, resting on her haunches. She remembered the night before, with the weird dream she had. "The dream played out with me being pinned down to the bed by this black dragon with red eyes."

"Uh.. I think you saw Dark mode last night.." Neocros said, as he rubbed the back of his neck. Rainbow Dash's eyes widened, realizing what he meant. "It's not that I know what happened, it's just that I suspect something like it happened..."

Neocros rubbed the back of his neck, as he placed his empty glass on the bed side table.

"Keep in mind, this form might be aggressive.. Remember, I have no control, I don't know what's going on. I'm basically a Flutterbat by that point, so uhm.. if it pins you again, like, try and not fight, until I can figure things out somehow within my head..."

Rainbow placed her glass on the same table Neocros placed his. She had a question though. "Okay, but how am I gonna wake you up?"

"To be honest... I have no idea."

The moon slowly peaked through the window, as he laid back. He closed his eyes, only for his eyes suddenly shoot wide open. Neocros jumped, as he clutched his chest. Rainbow Dash gasped seeing his reaction.

“Ngh, here it comes!” Neocros said, as a dark power envelopes him. He falls back onto the pillow, becoming limp. Neocros’ body color changed color from blue to black, the new color flowing downward from head to toe. His dorsal fins were dark, almost charcoal black, but were still transparent. There was a very faint red glow in the bottom of the fins.

Rainbow scooted back, as she stared with eyes wide as plates. Neocros sat up, and tilted his head down towards his thighs, before slowly turning his head towards her. His eyes opened, revealing the all too familiar crimson eyes. The contrast between his black, cat-like pupils and red irises gave a scary vibe. He stared at her a few seconds, while she shivered. He started to move a little close, staring at her with an almost hungry gaze.

"Uhm.. N-neocros?" She asked nervously. Neocros paused, his eyes widening, and mouth slightly open. She kept darting her eyes back and forth, from both her boyfriend to the door. Neocros cocked his head to the side, as he moved slightly around to her left. The dark form's tail raised up, and seemed to be pointed towards Rainbow Dash. She kept looking at the tail in front of her, and back to the possessed Neocros to her left. "Hey uh.. good boy.."

...Inside the mind of the creature, Neocros was asleep inside. He wasn't aware of his actions outside, and wasn't sure where he was at. Though he's asleep, Neocros could faintly hear Rainbow speaking. The one word that came getting louder though, was her repeating his name...

Guessing by the way he moved, and his more primal appearance, she thought by treating him as a pet would at least do something, but judging by his face, he didn't seem all that phased.

"So you're like Flutterbat, huh?" Rainbow thought. "I've faced her before, I got this!"

As he slowly approached, Dash felt like she might be being a little too confident over the Flutterbat comparison, as his tail slithered on the bed like a snake. She tried to call out to him. "Neocros? I know you're in there somewhere! I don't know what's going on, but you have to fight back!"

He soon crawled towards her, backing her up against the pillow. His jaws slowly opened, revealing his sharp fangs. Rainbow Dash shivered, as he took her arms into his grasp gently. Rainbow couldn't help but admit, he had a very dominating aura surrounding him.

Her hips were directly underneath his abdomen, and he was staring at her dead in the eyes. Dash felt like a doe in the headlights, as he moved his leg up, positioning his knee between her thighs. Despite her love for normal Neocros, Rainbow started to blush a little, when confronted by this not-so-shy one.

"Neocros! It's me, Rainbow Dash!" Dash said. The dark form paused for a second, before he moves down to her neck. His hot breath made her cheeks blush hard, as sweat rolled down the side of her head. He took small breaths through his nostrils, smelling and catching the sweet scent of hot blood pumping through her neck.

He traced his fangs across the side of her throat, as if he was a vampire teasing his prey. Dash shuttered. After a few minutes of scraping his fangs across her neck, he started kissing a very specific area of her throat, as if numbing the area he'll bite. Dash could only submissively turn her neck, hoping Neocros can wake. "Neo...! Wake up!"

After hearing his name a couple of times, Neocros started to become aware of his surroundings. He was in a blank room, no detail in sight. Neocros blinked a couple of times, before he turned around. There, he saw the point of view of his darker half staring at her. He was feeling anxious, fearing Rainbow's safety, even if he knew the dark form wasn't going to do anything harmful. He sensed something to his left, and turned to see the creature from outside staring at him. Neocros blinked, realizing that this was dark mode. He slowly approached, and pleaded. "Please.. don't do this to her! I'll do anything just don't bite!"

The darker half didn't say a word, before looking at the point of view and back to Neocros.

As he lifted his head, Rainbow Dash felt something brush up her hoof, and she realized that his tail was now coiling up her legs like a python. He worked his way up, binding her legs together and later her arms. Dash blushed as his scales smoothly sliding across her soft fur, and gently squeezing as he stopped just below her chest. She turned her head, her eyes closing.

"Please don't hurt me..." As much as it hurt her pride, she felt nervous. Instead of hurting her, he planted a hand on her core, ruffling her chest fluff. She gave a light gasp, and felt a little flustered as the dark form was basically seducing her by this point. Neocros Dark took her chin, and made her look at him. He locked eyes with her, eyes glowing brighter then before. Rainbow couldn't help but feel a slight hypnotic feeling as she stared into his rubies.

"I'm taking control, because you haven't confessed your sexual feelings, Neocros." The darker half whispered, bluntly. "You also need to go forward and actually do it with her."

"What!?" He protested, eyes widening as he backed up. "W-wait but.. I can't, I can't do it, unless..."

"You must. They are not in control, and you and Dash need to do this. If not, you won't last."

"W-well uhm.. I managed to be with her for two years, what do you mean it might not last?" Neocros suddenly felt the darker form's seriousness, and decided not to question it. Feeling cornered, and left with no choice, Neocros sighed. "Okay... okay, I'll figure something out. Just please, don't do anything to her."

"Deal." The darker half concluded, before Neocros began to wake...

As her head is turned, his hand took her chin, keeping her still as his fangs slowly dug into her. She closed her eyes, as she expected him to drain her...but he didn't go further...

Neocros' eyes widened, before one his irises turned blue. He quickly shut his eyes, shaking his head, groaning as he released her from his coils. He tried to get up, but he tumbled backward and fell off the bed, hitting the ground with a loud thud. Dash quickly recovered, and looked at Neocros, who was now on the floor twitching.

"Uh... Neocros?" Rainbow Dash blinked, as Neocros' eyes kept changing colors, between red and blue. It looks like Neocros is gaining back control to his body!

He finally stopped on blue, as he began panting. His body suddenly flashed white, before Neocros changed back to normal. He was panting hard, sweating as he sat up and rubbed his head. He took a moment to see his surroundings, which prompted him to feel horror. He looked up at Rainbow Dash, and he freaked out.

"Rainbow! Are you okay!?" He asked with concern.

"Yeah, I'm okay." She replied, nodding. Neocros gave a small sigh, as he stood up. He wobbled on his legs, before he fell forward, using the bed to support himself. Dash quickly pressed her hoof on his chest, in an attempt to stop his fall. He turned and sat down on the bed's edge, and looked down at the floor.

"I-i.. I shouldn't have let you go through that..." He said, full of regret. Rainbow placed a hoof on his shoulder.

"It's okay, Neo. I'm fine." She assured. He had a faint smile, but it didn't last as the Dual Spark materialized in Neocros' left hand, and raised it up to observe it. He quickly noticed a difference this time, but Rainbow pointed it out first. "Woah! It's not red anymore!"

He moved the switch up, causing the ring to flash white and blue. It made some activation sounds as he switched it. His eyes lid up, as he kept switching back and forth, the ring changing from white and blue to orange and black. The light mode sounded like a mystical power sound, while the dark mode sounded like a lower version of the same sound. He left it on the up option, as he breathed deeply.

"It seems my dark form has left me alone for now..." He stared at the down option, and sighed. "I guess I'll have to train.. on my own, since I don't wanna put you in danger again..."

Rainbow could sense the concern and worry behind his voice, and rubbed his chest with her hoof. "How did you escape?"

"I begged to my dark half, and they released me... thankfully. I still need to train and harness it's power."

He laid back onto the sheets.

"I guess we could try again when you're ready... but not tonight." He said. "I'm really tired... that mode really took a lot out of me."

Dash rested her head on his core, over his heart. She could hear it beating quickly, but as she and Neo relaxed, his heart slowed down to normal. Rainbow couldn't help but think back to what happened, how he stared at her, how he coiled her, and how he had a dominating feeling.

In the days Neocros would coil her leg with his tail, she had a thing for it, always hoping he'd wrap up her thigh every night. For her, as long as it's Neocros doing it, she was okay with it. Perfectly able to enjoy it, and.. wait, was she blushing? She shook her head, and listened closely to his heart.

She guessed that the reason she was feeling this way, was because she and him hadn't engaged in something more then simple make outs, but she understood there was a good reason as to why he couldn't go further. Neocros asked if they could go to bed, in which Rainbow flapped her wings above, and got under the covers in five seconds flat. He got under the covers, and he kissed her goodnight...

Author's Note:

You could consider it laziness, but I honestly just wanted this to be released as soon as possible. This chapter's entire third act felt pretty sluggish in my opinion, and if I hadn't felt depressed about it, this would've not been as boring as it ended up.

Though as I look at the finished chapter, my feelings have warmed up a little, though I still consider it a not so great return.
11/13/21 I updated a line of dialogue, changed one, and made the quotes into small paragraphs