When a young dragon gives up and moves on to another pony, will his old crush be able to accept the sudden change?
It's no secret that Spike has always loved Rarity ever since the day he first saw her. Or, at least he used to. Now he's found himself another mare, Flitter, who actually feels the same way about him. Rarity of course feels nothing but happiness for Spike at first, but as the days go by something dark awakens inside of her. She soon realizes that maybe she can't stand seeing Spike with another mare. Maybe she wants Spike back, all to herself. Maybe she'll do anything to get Spike back. Anything...
This isn't some sappy, happy-ending love story. This is a story of the harsh reality some have to face when they let someone go. When you let someone slip away in life, sometimes they don't want to come back...
"Oh Spikey-Wikey, I also need the arctic blue fabric. Be a dear and fetch it."
"Coming, Rarity!"
Rarity couldn't help but giggle as Spike rushed to the other side of Carousel Boutique, his arms already loaded with seven rolls of colorful fabrics. He stood on his toes as he tried to reach for the blue roll of cloth that Rarity 'needed' while keeping hold of the items in his arms. His claws just brushed the end of the fabric, causing Spike to frown and grumble about his height. With a small hop he tried to reach for the fabric again, grinning as he felt his claw wrap securely around the material. His grin quickly disappeared as he realized the large load he was carrying was now unstable, and with only one arm holding the seven rolls of cloth he began toppling over.
"Waaaghh!" Spike cried out as he fell over on the ground, pulling another dozen rolls of assorted fabrics down with him. Most of them bounced harmlessly off of his scaly head, and Rarity knew that it was much more likely that the fabrics were more bruised than Spike was. However, she had been hoping for this very situation to happen, and with a dramatic gasp she rushed over to where Spike was buried.
"Oh my gosh, Spike! Spike, dear, are you all right?" she asked, putting a severe look of concern on her face. Using her magic she levitated the mountain of cloth off of Spike as he sat up.
"Wuh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine." Spike said, trying to get up.
Rarity pushed him back down gently but firmly. "Spike, you mustn't move! You took quite the tumble and you could be hurt."
Spike looked over his body quickly. "Nope, I think I'm okay. Really." he said.
Rarity stood over Spike and brought her face in close, her nose almost touching his. "That's very noble, Spike, but I simply must make sure you are uninjured. Twilight would have quite the fit if I returned you to her with any bumps or bruises." she insisted slyly.
Before Spike could argue any further Rarity rubbed her nose gently against his. Though it lasted barely two seconds it seemed like an eternity of bliss to Spike, who instantly gave in to Rarity's wishes. He simply nodded for Rarity to conduct her inspection, not caring anymore about anything.
"Thank you Spikey-Wikey. Tell me if anything hurts you." she said teasingly. She began by looking over his arms, noticing him trying to subtly flex his muscles as she did. "Why, Spike, I didn't know your muscles were this big. Such a well defined body for a dragon so young." she said.
Moving on to his legs, Rarity, let her body rub against his legs as she moved down. As her mouth passed over his crotch she let out a quick puff of air, smirking as she saw his body tremor slightly from the stimulation. She ran her hooves gently up and down his legs, pretending to inspect his lower half for any injuries. Spike didn't dare to move as her hooves kept on gliding up his inner thighs, almost going up all the way to his crotch.
"Hmm, looks like your legs are okay, dear." Rarity said as she pulled her hooves back. Spike finally let out a sigh of relief, thankful that his member didn't pop out in front of his crush. He sharply inhaled as he felt Rarity moving again, once more rubbing her body on purpose against his as she moved back up.
"R-R-Rarity, what are you..." he began to ask.
"I have to check to make sure you don't have any bruising on your head." Rarity said. "Hold still."
Spike didn't hold still; he froze. He felt Rarity park her flank right against his groin and somehow managed to drown a gasp of surprise from the heat radiating from her crotch. Rarity pretended not to notice her deliberate positioning and inspected Spike's head, caressing his cheeks while looking over his face.
"R-Rarity, please..." he begged, but once again the pure white unicorn interrupted him.
"Oh my! I think I found a bruise on your adorable face." she said shocked, looking at a small dark mark on his forehead. Spike wanted to ask her for a mirror, not to look at the bruise but to get her off of him before his growing erection was exposed. However, Rarity had other plans, and getting a mirror was not one of them. Before Spike could ask her for the mirror, Rarity moved towards Spike and gently licked the 'bruise' she found.
As soon as Spike felt her tongue delicately touch his forehead his face turned redder than Big Mac's coat. Rarity could actually feel his face burning from embarrassment with her tongue and had to try her hardest to stop from laughing out loud from his reaction. She tried her luck again and gave Spike's forehead another lick, this time taking the time to swirl her tongue in small circles as she traced his 'wound'.
Unable to stand the sensation any more, Spike's little dragon popped out into the open and bumped right against Rarity's crotch. The white unicorn gasped softly from the surprise, mostly for show as she had been expecting this very situation to happen. Spike couldn't take the embarrassment anymore and in the blink of an eye wiggled out from Rarity's body and ran out the front door.
"Sorry-gotta-go-I'll-see-you-later-bye!" he shouted to Rarity as he fled, his hands trying to cover his raging erection as he ran out of her store and back to the library. He didn't hear Rarity let loose a loud laugh as she rolled on the floor, holding her sides as she couldn't believe that she managed to get him so flustered in such a small amount of time. Today's little tease cut her old record almost in half, and she had plenty of other tricks in store to try out later.
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"...and then he went running out the door! Haha! It was the cutest little run, the poor thing almost tripped over his own... ahem, well, you know." Rarity said, giggling like a school-filly.
Rarity was once again enjoying her weekly trip to the spa with Fluttershy, and she couldn't help but tell the shy pegasus all about her little tease show yesterday with Spike. Fluttershy smiled politely as Rarity told her every detail, but once Rarity finished she put a look of concern on her face.
"I, um, that's very funny, but don't you think you were a little harsh with him yesterday?" Fluttershy asked.
"Oh, don't worry, I'm sure he's quite all right now." Rarity said confidently. "Besides, I'm sure he knows it's all just playful teasing, that's all."
Fluttershy wasn't too sure about her friend's thoughts. "Well, yes, normally it would be. But you did make him run through almost all of Ponyville with, well..." she trailed off, unable to speak the rest of her thought.
Rarity knew exactly what she meant, though. "Hmm, perhaps you're right. I'll stop by Twilight's place after we're done here and take Spike out to lunch as an apology." she said.
Fluttershy nodded approvingly and changed to subject to the new baby bunnies she was now caring for. Rarity felt a slight pang of guilt as Fluttershy's words sunk in, but the feeling was quickly brushed off as Rarity thought Spike would of course forgive her as always.
After saying goodbye and parting ways with Fluttershy, Rarity strolled over to Twilight's library and knocked on the heavy wood doors. "Oh, hi Rarity. What brings you here?" Twilight asked after she opened the door.
"Hello, Twilight. Is Spike here? I want to thank him for helping me yesterday and take him to Sugarcube Corner to show my appreciation." Rarity said.
Twilight's face became slightly flushed. "Oh, uh, Spike isn't here right now." she said.
"Oh? Is he running an errand for you?" Rarity asked.
"Well, no. He's, um... Spike's on a date."
"Oh, okay, I'll try tomo- wa-wa-what?" Rarity said, Twilight's words finally registering in her head.
"He's on a date with a young mare he met yesterday." Twilight said. "He bumped into her on his way back here from your place and she asked him out. I can't believe he said yes, I was afraid he was going to keep on ogling after only you."
"Oh my goodness, Twilight, that is the cutest thing ever!" Rarity exclaimed. "My little Spikey-Wikey is on a date with somepony! Where'd they go off to? Is it anypony I know?"
"It's that little pegasus Flitter, Cloudchaser's little sister. They went on a picnic together at Sweet Apple Acres." Twilight said. "Why? You're not getting jealous, are you?" she teased.
"Of course not! I just want to make sure that she's taking care of him properly and treating him with the respect he deserves. He is one of my close friends, after all. I'm sure he would do the same for me." Rarity said.
"I'm pretty sure he would try to ponynap any stallion you went out with." Twilight said under her breath, soft enough for Rarity not to hear her. Without further delay Rarity bid Twilight goodbye and set off for Sweet Apple Acres.
It didn't take her long to find where Flitter and Spike were camped out, mostly thanks to the directions Big Mac gave her. Hiding behind a large apple tree, Rarity poked her head around the tree trunk and saw the young mare feeding Spike a piece of pie.
"Oh wow, that's really good!" Spike exclaimed as he swallowed the first bite. "What is it? It's delicious!"
"Oh, just something I wanted to try." Flitter said, blushing from his compliment. "It's an emerald and sapphire pie with crushed rubies in the crust. I hope you like it."
"Like it? I love it!" he exclaimed, opening his mouth so Flitter could give him another bite. She giggled as she scooped up another piece of pie with a fork and tenderly put it in Spike's mouth, happy that he liked her cooking so much.
Rarity couldn't help grinning at the scene in front of her. "Oh my gosh, they are so adorable together!" she said to herself. Having seen enough, she ducked back behind the tree and silently left Spike and Flitter to continue their date. She returned to Carousel Boutique and began to gather an assortment of fabrics and jewels. "Well, since I now have the rest of the afternoon free, I can finally get around to finishing those dresses I had in mind." she said aloud.
Levitating a few blank mannequins over to her, Rarity began draping various fabrics over them. Just as she was about to begin trimming the excess pieces off, she stopped and quizzically looked at the colorful arrangement in front of her. "Oh no, no, no. What was I thinking? Those two colors can't go together." she said, removing the offending cloths and rearranging some others. She stepped back to look at her new creation but still wasn't satisfied with what was in front of her.
"Grr, what is wrong with this? It looked perfect in my head before." Rarity said, becoming agitated with herself. Trying a third time, she rearranged the design and tried to judge it with more leniency than usual, but something still made her mad...
"No!" she exclaimed out loud, finally losing her patience. She picked up the mannequin with her levitation spell and flung it to the side, the dummy clattering loudly to the floor as the fabric went flying. Rarity took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down enough to clean up the small mess she had just caused. As she walked over to pick up the materials she froze as she saw two specific pieces side by side; a purple piece with green trim next to a pale lilac piece. Rarity's mind flashed back to Spike and Flitter spending time and laughing together, but she quickly shook the image from her head.
'No, that can't be why I... why, that would be absurd. It's fantastic that Spike is on a date with another mare, especially one closer to his own age.' Rarity thought to herself.
"No, I... I need brighter colors! Yes, that's it. It's spring, these are autumn colors. What was I thinking?" Rarity said convincingly to herself. She quickly got a new assortment of colors and pieced them together. "Yes, much better!" she said.
Looking back at the 'autumn colors' on the floor, she picked them up and put them back on the shelves, separating the purple and lilac pieces with a roll of white fabric. Humming to herself, she continued to work on the dress in front of her, but she couldn't help but glance at the pieces of cloth she had just put back and couldn't figure out why she felt a slight pain in her heart every time she did...
The next few days remained uneventful for Rarity; she spent most of her time assembling her new line of spring and summer fashion items as well as fixing torn and ripped garments other ponies brought to her to be repaired. When the weekend finally came up she was happy to finally be able to close up shop for two days and have some fun and relaxation. She hadn't had a chance to see any of her friends due to her workload and she was anxious to catch up on any news or gossip she may have missed.
"Hello, girls." she said happily as she carried Opalesence on her back, bringing her unhappy feline companion to the field for their weekly animal play date.
All five of her closest friends greeted and hugged her, happy to have their final member back. As Rarity looked at her friends she couldn't help but feel like somepony was missing.
'I think everypony is here. Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie, Rainbow Dash... who's not here?' she wondered.
It finally hit her. "Oh, Twilight, darling. Where's Spike? I thought he would be here, too, since he bonded so well with all our pets. Or is he back at the library sleeping in?" Rarity said.
"Oh, he has another date with Flitter." Twilight said. "They went off to the clock tower to do some bird watching."
"Bird watching? That's so boring!" Rainbow Dash interrupted. "Spike may have well as taken her to watch paint dry at the hardware store!"
"Um, I wouldn't mind bird watching there." Fluttershy said. "I think it's a nice activity to do for a date."
"He can do whatever he likes with her for all I care!" Rarity snapped.
The other five ponies stared silently at Rarity, shocked by her outburst.
"I-I-I mean, it's his date with Flitter, he can choose to take her wherever he likes. We shouldn't be criticizing their preferred activities." she said calmly, hoping the explanation would mask her earlier outburst. Luckily for her it did, and the six friends continued their gathering without further issues.
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Having said goodbye to her friends, Rarity returned with Opalesence to Carousel Boutique. As soon as she closed the door behind her a frown appeared on her face as she stared at the rack of materials on the wall. Her eyes went straight to the pale lilac she had refused to use earlier that week as well as every day after. Levitating the roll of lilac fabric down to her, she looked it over carefully and made a disgusted face.
"Ugh, I can't imagine why I ever thought this was a good color to use." she said. She walked the roll over to the trash bin and unceremoniously dumped it into the garbage without a second thought. Glancing back at the shelf, she saw the purple and green fabric next to the white roll together alone on the shelf. Something about that color combination soothed her mind and she smiled. "That's much better." she said.
She turned to walk away, but an idea struck her. Unable to resist the calling, she put on her work glasses and brought the two colors down to her and began cutting and stitching a new piece. Rarity lost track of time, and before she knew it night had fallen and was almost half over by the time Rarity stepped back to admire her newest creation. It wasn't anything fancy, but it was a piece that she made lovingly and tenderly. The top portion of the dress was pure white, while the bottom was made of the purple material with the green trim lining the bottom. Slipping on the simple dress, Rarity looked at herself in the mirror and made sure it fit her figure perfectly. It did, but she felt that it needed a bit more flare. Returning the dress to the mannequin, Rarity opened up her box of jewels and began picking out only the best ones she could find. Normally she reserved the best of the best for the more expensive pieces she made, but something about this particular creation demanded only perfection. She gathered the jewels she found to be perfect and delicately laid them out and secured them to the dress. She ringed the neckline with small diamonds, letting the line dip down in the front. The midsection where the white and purple material met was adorned with small rubies, and just above the green trim was dotted with emeralds.
"Perfect!" Rarity exclaimed, stepping back and admiring her work. "Now, one last thing to check."
She ran upstairs and opened a heavy box that contained her most prized gem; a necklace with the fire ruby Spike had given her. She rushed back downstairs and draped the necklace on the mannequins neck. The fire ruby was perfectly bordered by the diamonds around the neckline of the dress, and Rarity's eyes lit up at her masterpiece.
"This will surely get his attention." Rarity muttered to herself, not quite realizing what she just said. Yawning, Rarity turned and headed back upstairs to go to bed, not even bothering to put on her nightgown due to her excitement for tomorrow.
'I'll surprise Spike with my new gorgeous creation and take him on a nice stroll before treating him to dinner.' she thought to herself. Before sleep overtook her, she said something that no pony would ever believe the Element of Generosity would ever say;
"He's mine, only mine."
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The next morning Rarity awoke earlier than usual. Ignoring the fact that she had just gone to sleep a little over four hours ago, Rarity hopped out of bed and raced downstairs to look over her masterpiece. As she walked up to the mannequin holding her work, she couldn't help but gasp.
In the morning sunlight the dress looked more magnificent than it did in the dark. The sunlight seemed to be sucked in to each gem and diamond, causing the entire ensemble to sparkle. The fire ruby seemed to radiate its own light and turned the diamonds around it a beautiful hue of pink. "Oh my gosh, it looks even better than I thought it would!" Rarity exclaimed in excitement. Without wasting any more time she quickly but carefully put on the dress, finishing by carefully draping the fire ruby necklace around her neck. As expected, the necklace fell perfectly into place, and with one last careful examination Rarity felt confident that not a stitch was out of place.
Rarity left her home and joyfully trotted through Ponyville, headed to Twilight's library. The ponies around town made no attempts to hide their stares, and almost every single stallion let his jaw drop at the sight of the posh unicorn in her new outfit. Even Big Mac was unable to finish his trademark 'eeyup' as he watched Rarity pass his apple stand.
Rarity smiled as the other ponies stared, but there was only one creature's opinion she wanted to hear. Finally getting to the library, Rarity quickly looked over herself before knocking on the door. She knew Twilight would be sleeping in and send Spike to open the door, and after waiting a few moments her hunch was proven right.
"Hey Rari-" Spike managed to get out before being rendered mute. It was a feat in itself that Spike managed to stop from drooling all over the ground as he looked over Rarity's choice of clothing.
"Hi there, Spike. I just wanted to stop by and see how my favorite little dragon was doing." Rarity said.
"I'm goo... go..." Spike stuttered, still unable to form a full sentence.
Twilight came down the stairs and saw heard assistant stuttering. "Hi Rarity. Wow! That's an amazing outfit. What's the occasion?" she asked.
"Oh, this? Just something I threw together last night." Rarity said nonchalantly, turning around to give Twilight and Spike a full view. The outfit sparkled in the daylight, and Spike wouldn't have been able to turn away from the sight even if the library behind him caught on fire.
"So, dear Spike, would you like to accompany me on a walk around town?" Rarity asked, smiling seductively at him. "Maybe afterwards we can have dinner somewhere and then go back to my place for dessert?"
Spike turned red in the face and nervously shuffled his feet, all good signs for Rarity. "I, um... I, well..." he stammered.
'You got him, Rarity. He's all yours.' she thought. She licked her lips sexily, making sure to do so when Spike's eyes were on her.
"I'm sorry, Rarity, I can't."
Rarity felt a familiar pain in her heart, but this time it felt over ten times stronger. "I'm sorry, dear, what did you say?" she asked him.
"I can't, I'm really sorry. I have plans with Flitter later today. We're going to the bowling alley and then stopping by the market after. But I'll go with you some other time! Once I finish reorganizing the library... again. I'm really sorry, Rarity."
Rarity fought to keep her kind smile on her face as she felt a knot twist in her stomach. "Oh, don't worry about it, Spike. Some other time, I'm sure. Have fun with Flitter!"
Turning away, Rarity walked calmly back to her home, but as soon as she closed the door behind her a flurry of rage exploded from her. She levitated a mannequin and smashed it against the wall, unable to take her anger out on her clothes.
"He... he'd rather go on a date with Flitter than with me? HE turned ME down?" she yelled out. She stormed up to her room and took off her dress, thinking about throwing it in the corner in a heap but quickly decided against it. She hung the dress carefully on an unbroken mannequin and then removed the necklace from around her neck. As she placed it back in its custom made box she started crying as she thought back to the symbolic importance it stood for, and how Spike had overcome impossible odds thanks to it.
"I... he... I thought he loved me." Rarity softly said, tears still running down her cheeks. She threw herself onto her bed and cried into her pillow, refusing to move for over an hour as her emotions poured out. Spike... HER Spike, was now with another mare, and he'd rather spend time with her.
Removing her face from her now-wet pillow, Rarity finally sat up and sniffled as she tried to think of what to do.
'Well, it's not like I shouldn't have seen this coming. I did always tease him and toy with him.' she thought to herself. Thinking that she could accept this new development, she washed her face in her bathroom and decided to go complete some errands to take her mind off of her loss. Putting on a sun hat and over-sized sunglasses she left for the Ponyville market to pick up groceries for the week.
By the time she reached the market Rarity was smiling once again, and she had the good luck of running into Applejack at the market entrance. The two friends decided to go shopping together, both mares needing almost the same items. Rarity had completely forgotten about her worries and troubles from earlier, until she noticed Applejack looking at something behind her.
"Everything okay, Applejack?" she asked the earth pony.
"Yeah, just ah thought ah saw... yeah, that there's Spike and Flitter." Applejack said.
Turning around, Rarity felt the pain in her heart return as she saw that Applejack was correct. On the other side of the market was Spike and Flitter, walking together and laughing.
'Keep it together, Rarity. You're not jealous of her. Spike's happy, so you should be too.' Rarity told herself. She watched as the two walked up to a stand selling strawberries and Flitter bought a small bag of the bright red fruit. Turning to Spike, she picked up one strawberry with her mouth and leaned in, inviting Spike to bite it. He took the bait, his lips connecting with hers for a split second.
The world seemed to freeze for that one second for Rarity, and something in her head finally snapped. 'No....'
"Wow, that was a really good strawberry." Spike said, barely audible to Rarity and Applejack.
"Heehee, you have a small bit of it stuck to your face." Flitter giggled.
"Huh? Where?" he asked cluelessly. Flitter didn't answer him. Instead she leaned in and licked the small bit of strawberry stuck by his mouth, causing him to blush. Still giggling, Flitter led the blushing dragon away from the two ponies watching them, leaving the market and headed elsewhere.
"Aww, ain't that jus' adorable. Ah think Spike found himself a real sweetheart." Applejack said.
"Uh, yes... yes he did." Rarity said, gritting her teeth angrily.
Rarity did not sleep well that night, and the next morning she felt like she had slept on a bed of rocks. Grumpily, she rose from her bed as her alarm clock wouldn't let her go back to sleep. Glaring at the innocent clock, it found itself wrapped in her magical aura and flung against the wall, the shrill sound of the alarm finally ceasing.
Her mood failing to improve even the slightest, she huffed grumpily as she stormed over to the bathroom. She jumped in the shower and turned it on, hoping a hot shower would improve her day.
It didn't.
Still in her foul mood, Rarity quickly brushed her mane and dried off, throwing her plush towel on the floor for the first time in her life. Deciding to skip breakfast entirely (another first for her), Rarity took a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself. "Come now, Rarity, a lady doesn't hold a grudge like this. You must be presentable for your customers today." she said to herself. Straining to put a smile on her face, Rarity decided that some music may help her. She turned on her radio, and with luck she heard that her favorite song was just starting; Beethoofen's fifth symphony played by the Canterlot orchestra. Smiling for the first time all day Rarity let the music soothe her rage, and by the end of the song Rarity was feeling much calmer.
"That was beautiful." Rarity said as the song ended and the next piece started, a solo piece by Octavia. Humming to the song, Rarity calmly walked over to the front door and flipped her shop sign to open, now ready to greet her customers correctly. While she waited for the first customer to arrive, Rarity busied herself by working on the ideas she still had in her head, once again happily working on her life's calling. She soon had two dresses done, both sure to sell quickly. Just as Rarity finished putting them on display the bell on top of the door jingled, letting her know a customer had come in. Still smiling, she turned to greet her clients.
"Good morning, welcome to Carousel Boutique. How may I help yo-"
Rarity couldn't stop from trailing off as she saw which ponies had come in to her store; Cloudchaser and her younger sister, Flitter. A familiar knot formed in her stomach and it took all of Rarity's willpower to keep her smile on her face.
"Hi Rarity! My sister wanted to come here to find a few new outfits for the summer." Cloudchaser said. "Well, she says it's for the warmer weather. I know she wants to get new clothes to impress her little lover."
"Sis!" Flitter said, knocking her hoof against Cloudchaser's flank to shut her up. "I swear, it's only because it's getting so hot out."
"Hey, whatever your reason." Cloudchaser said, winking at Rarity. "I have to go to the market to pick up some things. I'll meet you back at home, Flitter."
Cloudchaser left the boutique, leaving Rarity alone with Flitter. The young pegasus was looking over the items Rarity had on display. Rarity let her smile drop once Cloudchaser left, but as she walked up behind the young mare she forced the smile back on her face just in time as Flitter turned to Rarity.
"Wow, I can't believe that you come up with all of these designs yourself." she said, genuinely impressed with Rarity's works.
"Thank you, it takes a sophisticated, mature pony such as myself to come up with these masterpieces. Not just any young mare can come in and take over such a complex business." Rarity said.
Flitter didn't sense the hint of jealousy in Rarity's voice and resumed looking over the clothes Rarity had premade.
"So see anything of mine you like, darling?" Rarity asked.
Flitter nodded. "Yeah, they're all so beautiful, but I don't think many of them are in my size."
"Oh that's no problem, dear. I can take your measurements and then resize anything you like." Rarity offered, gesturing Flitter over to one of her work stations.
Flitter pointed out which outfits she was drawn to the most and gave them to Rarity. The young pegasus then stepped up onto the platform in front of a series of mirrors and slipped the first outfit on so Rarity could complete the fitting. Curious to see if her hunches were correct, Rarity started making small talk with Flitter as she took her measurements and pinned the dress in the appropriate places.
"So, is Cloudchaser right? Did you meet a special somepony that you're trying to impress now?" Rarity asked innocently.
Flitter couldn't help but blush as she nodded. "Heh, yeah, I actually did." she confirmed.
"Oh, how sweet. Is it one of the colts you went to school with?" Rarity prodded, hoping that she would say yes.
To Rarity's dismay, Flitter shook her head. "No, actually, I met him here in Ponyville, back when I was helping with bringing the water up to Cloudsdale."
"Oh! A pegasus, then." Rarity said, breathing with relief that maybe Spike was just helping Flitter practice for her date with another pegasus. 'Yes... yes, that must be it. She asked Spike to help her practice...'
But Flitter shook her head no again. "Ah, actually, it's not another pegasus. It's... you're going to say this is weird, but I'm... I'm seeing a dragon. Spike. He works over at the library."
Rarity's normally blue eyes seemed to flash red for a moment as she lost her concentration, dropping the pins and measuring tape that were being levitated by her magic. "Pardon?" she asked. "I'm sorry, darling, but did you say you were dating Spike, Twilight's assistant?"
Flitter smiled as she nodded as she thought about him. "Yes, that's him! I'm such a lucky mare. I was so nervous asking him out but I can't believe he said yes!" she beamed.
Rarity ground her teeth as she stuck another pin into the fabric on Flitter. "And... and how did you two first meet again?" she griped.
"Oh, we first met when my sister and I were helping with the annual water tornado. Twilight brought over some sort of odd machine for us to test ourselves on, but none of us could understand her when she tried to explain how it works. Spike was able to explain it to us so we could understand him, but I wasn't really listening to him... he was so cute! I saw him around Ponyville a couple more times since then, and he always has some adventure to talk about, plus he's so funny!"
Rarity continued working, but the pins in the air were shaking ever so slightly from her broken concentration. "He sounds very interesting indeed, darling. But it sounds like he would be better suited for an older, more mature mare." she said grimly.
"That's what I thought at first!" Flitter said, once again missing Rarity's aggressive tone. "He's always hanging out with you and your friends, so I was afraid that he wouldn't like someone as immature as me. But he bumped into me a few days ago when I was walking around town. He seemed upset and was almost crying about something, so I invited him to come to Sugarcube Corner with me. That seemed to calm him down and we started talking about stuff. When we were done he walked me home. I was so nervous, and I asked him if he wanted to go on a picnic with me the next day, and he said yes!"
Rarity's heart felt like it had been run over by a stampede of buffalo as she remembered spying on the two together at Sweet Apple Acres. "Well, it certainly sounds like you two are good friends, but don't you think you want to find a stallion eventually? Surely you don't want to have a relationship with another species?" she asked.
"Well, I did some research after we got the water to Cloudsdale, and I think it would be okay for me to date Spike." Flitter said. "There aren't many cases, but ponies have dated other non-ponies. A few have married griffons or donkeys and even a buffalo. There's only one pony I read that dated a dragon, but it doesn't say for how long or if they got married. Maybe I can be the first pony to marry a dragon! That would be so awe- ouch!"
Flitter jumped with surprise and almost fell off the platform as one of Rarity's needles stuck her in the side of her body. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! It must have slipped." Rarity apologized, not quite telling the truth.
"It... it's okay. It just surprised me, that's all." Flitter said, resuming her pose for Rarity. The white unicorn hastened her pace, unable to hear any more about Flitter's relationship with Spike, and within twenty minutes she had completed her work on Flitter's order.
"Okay, all finished. I'll have these ready for you by the beginning of next week." Rarity said, sticking the extra needles into a pincushion with more force than necessary.
"Thank you so much! I can't wait to see what Spike thinks of them!" Flitter said excitedly. The young pegasus trotted out the door, headed to meet her sister back home. Waving goodbye, Rarity slammed the door shut as soon as Flitter was out of sight and changed the sign back to show that she was closed.
Rarity collapsed on the floor, crying as she realized that Spike had moved on. "It's not fair!" she stubbornly said. "He was my little Spikey-Wikey, he was in love with ME! Now this little filly comes in and thinks she can steal MY Spike? She thinks she's better than ME?"
It took Rarity a few minutes to cease crying and to stand up, though she still felt a strong pain in her chest. "This... this can't be it? This can't be the end of our relationship. No, Spike will realize she's no good for him. He'll see that I'm the only mare for him. He'll have to come back to me. Then everything can go back to normal. Yes, he'll be my little Spikey-Wikey again. I'll make him mine again. He'll see... he'll come back to me."
Had Rarity been upstairs, she would have heard a sharp cracking noise coming from one of her jewelry boxes by her bed. Had Rarity heard the noise, she would have gone over to the box and opened it to see what had caused the noise. And had Rarity opened the box, she would have seen her Element of Generosity now had a crack across the purple diamond.
"Hey there, Rarity. Ya in there, sugarcube?" Applejack called out.
The orange earth pony knocked again at Rarity's door, but for the fifth time received no response from anypony inside. Applejack was starting panic, something she rarely did. Nopony had heard from Rarity for the past three days, nor had her boutique been open since she suddenly closed early about the same time she disappeared. Her friends figured that she must be busy with orders and had to close before becoming overwhelmed, but when the second day passed they began to think otherwise. Worry sank in as Fluttershy informed them earlier today that Rarity had missed their weekly spa trip, and with their patience now gone Applejack and Rainbow Dash rushed to Rarity's home to check on her.
"Gosh darnit, still no answer. Any sign of her up there?" Applejack called out to Rainbow Dash.
The colorful pegasus was zooming around the upper floors of the boutique, trying to peek in through the windows but was having a hard time due to all the curtains being drawn tight. "I can't see anything inside. Stupid curtains!" she huffed.
"Well, we know she must be inside." Applejack reasoned. "No way she'd leave without askin' Fluttershy to take care of her cat while she's away."
"So why don't we do something? Those windows aren't so tough, I could break through one of them no problem." Dash said.
"Woah there, Dash. Ah know we're all worried 'bout her, but we ain't gonna start breaking windows or nuthin." Applejack said.
Just as Applejack finished speaking, a loud crash came from inside the boutique, startling both ponies outside.
"Screw this!" Rainbow said, zooming up before crashing through one of the upper windows to investigate. Applejack's mouth hung open momentarily at Dash's reaction, but soon also came to the same conclusion as Rainbow did earlier; a few bits of damage was nothing compared to their friend's safety.
Taking a running start, Applejack ran up and bucked the front door off its hinges with ease and raced inside. As she finally entered the dark interior Rainbow came flying down the stairs, sweating slightly from the speed she was rushing at. "She's not upstairs!" she informed Applejack.
Another crash caught both of their attention. "It's coming from the back room!" Applejack said. Both mares rushed to the back workroom, terrified by what they may find. Was Rarity being attacked? Was she being held hostage? Were they just in time to save her, or were they too late?
Coming up on another closed door, Applejack took no chances and bucked the door open, splitting the door almost in two. Both mares gasped at the carnage in front of them; this was not what they expected. Broken mannequin pieces lay strewn all over the floor while the walls showed signs of damage, possibly by having something thrown against them over and over. And in the middle of the room, with her back to them, was a certain unicorn they had been looking for...
"Rarity? What in tarnation happened here?" Applejack asked, for some reason afraid to approach her friend.
"Yeah, what's going on? It looks like you had a tornado blow through here or something!" Dash added.
Rarity slowly turned to face her two friends, and both Rainbow and Applejack swore they saw an evil smirk on her face for a brief moment. She quickly turned her expression to a smile before they could be sure, though.
"Oh! Hello there, Rainbow and Applejack. I'm sorry you had to see this mess. Just had a bit of a small problem with getting these old things into the correct poses so I could continue working." she said, seeming to not be bothered by the fact that every single mannequin she owned was now in a minimum of fifty different pieces.
"Err, small problem?" Applejack asked, picking up what was left of a leg. "You sure ya didn't decide to go into the demolition business?"
"I'm quite positive, dear." Rarity said, stepping over the broken pieces. "I've been meaning to order the newer models they have now. They're much more efficient and sturdier, not to mention they weigh much less and are easier to move."
"Yeah, looks like you definitely need sturdier ones." Rainbow Dash said ironically.
"Ya need help cleaning this up, sugarcube?" Applejack offered. "We, uh... we also kinda broke your front door and window. Ah can git Big Mac to help patch up our mess good as new righ' now."
"Oh don't worry about such a small thing, darling." Rarity said, a glimmer appearing in her eyes. "I believe you've actually helped me quite a bit by doing so."
"Uh... ya sure?" Applejack asked in disbelief. Rainbow Dash looked relieved that she didn't have to help repair the damage she caused, but she too was extremely confused by what Rarity meant when she said that them breaking two doors and a window was 'helping her'.
"I'm positive, girls. Don't worry about it." Rarity insisted.
"Um, okay then..." Applejack said, her uneasiness growing about this whole situation. Both Applejack and Rainbow Dash decided to let Rarity be and left the boutique, more questions in their heads now than before. But their main worry was put at ease for now; their friend was safe. As Dash turned to leave, her eye caught a smudge of dirt on the flank of one of the mannequins. She didn't think much of it and turned to leave, but had she taken a closer look she would have seen that the smudge was in fact a copy of Flitter's cutie mark.
Rarity watched Applejack and Rainbow Dash leave, then left her home after placing her front door almost in place. She rushed over to Twilight's home and entered the library, finding her friend once again reorganizing her collection of books.
"Twilight, I need some help." Rarity said, adopting a look of depression for sympathy.
"Of course, Rarity. What is it?" Twilight asked, concerned that something bad must have happened.
"Well, darling, I had a bit of an accident at my boutique. One of my windows got smashed, and two doors got broken down. Nopony can come in today to fix it, and I can't do it myself. Do you think Spike would be able to come over and help?" she whined.
"Of course, Rarity." Twilight said. "He's not too thrilled about helping me reorganize all my books in reverse alphabetical order, so I'm sure he'd be more than happy to help you. Spike! Can you come here?"
*CRASH!* "Oh come on! Stupid... I'm coming!" Spike yelled out from upstairs. The young dragon came stomping down the stairs, but his mood lightened as he saw Rarity smiling at him. "Oh, hey Rarity. I didn't know you were here." he said happily.
"Spike, I need you to go help Rarity. She needs some repairs done at her home and she asked if you could help her." Twilight asked her assistant.
"Of course, I'd love to help her!" Spike said excitedly.
Rarity's smile widened as she heard the excitement in his voice. 'Yes! He still likes me! Maybe I won't lose him after all!' she thought excitedly. Without wasting any more time she pulled Spike along with her, the little dragon more than happy to get out of shelving books.
"Oh, thank you SO much, my Spikey-Wikey." Rarity said as she walked slightly ahead of him. "You have no idea how much I appreciate your help." As she took each step she let her tail swish back and forth much more than usual, showing off parts of her body that all sane ponies kept hidden by their tails.
"No problem. I'm just glad you came when you did." Spike said, not paying any attention to Rarity's attempts to seduce him.
"Oh? You missed me that much?" she asked, her heart fluttering with excitement.
"No, now I don't have to spend all day today helping Twilight move all of her books around again." he said.
"What?!" Rarity almost yelled, stopping dead in her tracks.
Spike misunderstood her outburst, not realizing that he now had Rarity fired up more than ever. "Yeah, I know! I can't believe that Twilight needs to reorganize every single book every week. I mean, come on! They're books, nopony is going to care that they're organized the same way forever. But noooo, Twilight has to..."
Spike continued talking but Rarity tuned out his words. 'I... he... I can't believe that he... the nerve! How dare he use me as an excuse to get out of his chores! And here I thought he missed being with me! It's that filly, Flitter. She's probably telling him to ignore me because she's afraid that I'm better than her. Well, this stops now! I'm going to make sure Spike see's that he'd be much better off with me instead!'
As Rarity and Spike continued their walk a plan began to slowly form in Rarity's mind. By the time they reached her boutique, her idea was finalized and ready to begin. 'He will be mine...'
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It was almost dark by the time Spike finished repairing the damage Applejack and Rainbow Dash had caused. Rarity had helped, but barely; she wanted Spike to be tired, if not completely exhausted, and purposefully caused more of a nuisance than help for him. Spike soon found himself begging Rarity to let him do everything and for her to just sit back and relax, which she was more than happy to do. She found herself becoming wet as she watched him hard at work, the smell of his sweat and sight of his small yet defined muscles turning her on.
"Phew... finally done." Spike said as he hammered the last nail into the window frame. He fell on his back on the floor, thinking that staying to help Twilight with her books may have been easier after all.
Rarity came into the room and inspected Spike's work, finding the window to be as good as new. "Marvelous, darling, it's perfect!" she said approvingly. "You have no idea how much I appreciate all your help. There's no way I could have even come close to doing such a good job as you."
"No... no problem." Spike panted, getting slowly back on his feet. "I should probably get going, I didn't realize it was so late."
"No! I mean, stay, please? You worked so hard and I just couldn't let you go without saying thank you." Rarity said, batting her eyes at him. "At least stay and let me get you a nice cold drink. I have an extra barrel of cider from Applejack's farm from last year."
"Wow, really? That sounds really good." Spike said, licking his lips.
Smiling a little too much, Rarity led Spike to the kitchen and motioned for him to sit down while she poured his drink. "I'll be right back, I have the barrel in the cellar to stay cool." she said, bringing a large glass with her. She went downstairs to the dark basement and found the barrel of cider. She filled the glass almost to the brim, taking a small sip to make sure that the hard apple cider still held its kick. Though she could barely taste the alcohol, she knew that the glass should be more than enough to get the small dragon at least tipsy. She returned upstairs and placed the glass of cider in front of Spike, making sure to brush her body against his while doing so. "Drink up, Spike, you deserve it. Just let me know if you want any more."
Rarity watched as Spike downed almost half of the glass in one gulp. "Aren't you going to have any? This stuff is awesome!" he asked.
"No thank you, darling, I'm going to just have some iced tea." she said, wanting to keep a clear mind. Spike shrugged and downed the other half of his drink before asking her for another.
Rarity filled his glass four more times, listening to Spike talk about a wide variety of topics while he drank; his annoyance at Twilight's increased duties as a princess and how he had to become her secretary, maintaining the library while she was away from Ponyville, the lack of conversation Twilight's pet owl provided... but Rarity had no trouble listening to those topics. It was only when Spike began to talk about his new relationship with Flitter that Rarity spoke up.
"You know Spike, there's a new club in town that opened not too long ago." Rarity said in an attempt to change the subject.
"Really? Maybe I should ask Flitter if she wants to go sometime." Spike said, slurring a few of his words.
Rarity began losing her patience as he kept on mentioning Flitter. "I don't know about that, darling. Maybe you should take an older, more mature mare first?" she hinted.
"Oh yeah, maybe I should. Cloudchaser likes the same things Flitter does, I should take her first and if she like it then I can invite Flitter." Spike said cluelessly.
Rarity wanted to buck Spike right in the face for his denseness but managed to restrain herself. 'Maybe this wasn't the right way to go.' she thought to herself, deciding to change the subject again. "Oh, I almost forgot, I have a few new outfits that I made not too long ago. I really want to try them out but I have nopony to model them for. Would you like to see me try them on and let me know what you think?" she asked, brushing her tail against his leg.
Even without the hard apple cider clouding his mind, Spike couldn't refuse the opportunity to see Rarity in her newest creations. "Of course, I'd love to!" he said. Surely Flitter wouldn't mind him seeing Rarity try on some clothes. In fact, he may like one so much he'd buy one for Flitter.
Rarity smiled mischievously. "Wait right here, Spikey-Wikey. I'll be right back." she said while licking her lips.
"See you later, Rarity! Sorry about Spike, but I'm glad he at least managed to finish his work first."
"N-no trouble at all Twilight, he did marvelously. Thank you again for letting me borrow him."
Rarity waved goodbye as Twilight walked back to her library with Spike on her back. As soon as Twilight rounded the corner and disappeared from view Rarity slammed her door shut, shaking the door frame but Spike's handy work held. She dropped her forced smile and let an angry scowl take over.
"That... that inconsiderate jerk!" Rarity yelled out angrily. "He... I can't believe he... agghhh!"
Rarity stormed upstairs to her bedroom and hurled her very last mannequin against the wall. As expected the wooden pony replica broke apart once it hit the wall, but the destruction proved to be of no relief to the furious unicorn.
Rarity sat in the middle of the room, trying to figure out what had gone wrong;
She gave Spike plenty of alcohol to loosen him up before asking him to view some of her newer outfits. She felt her heart flutter as she heard him say yes, and with a speed to even impress Rainbow Dash she rushed upstairs to her room to quickly shower, getting her mane just wet enough to sexily drape over eyes. Quickly drying off, she rushed to her closet and dove into the back where she kept some of her more 'mature' selection of clothes. 'Bikini? No. Ooh, this could... no. Maid outfit? Too stereotypical. Aha! Perfect!'
She came out wearing a semi-sheer black microdress on that tightly hugged her body and definitely left nothing to the imagination. Under it she had on custom made panties that she had made more as a gag gift, but now was being put to good use. The undergarments had a small triangle of the sheer fabric covering her pussy, and thanks to her shower earlier it was now completely see-through. A small string dug in between her ass, and her tightly puckered hole was clearly exposed as the thin material didn't even cover a third of her asshole. Just above there, a o-ring held her tail in place, as well as controlled her ingenious design. She lifted her tail and felt the fabric over her pussy being pulled in, and in a short second the material was all pulled in between her lower lips, sure to excite Spike. Satisfied that her outfit was sure to win back her target, she used her magic to pull the fabric out from her lips and put them back in their place. With one last look in the mirror, she sexily strutted down the stairs and into the kitchen where she found Spike asleep.
"Asleep! He fell asleep! How could he fall asleep?" she yelled out to her empty home. "I told him I needed him to look over my outfits, I dressed up just for him, and he falls asleep before I can show him?"
Rarity had tried to wake Spike from his slumber; first with gentle nudges and even a kiss on the cheek, but as those methods failed her she began taking more assertive approaches. Splashing cold water on his face didn't work, nor did yelling at him while shaking his unconscious body. It was only by pure luck that Rarity glanced out the window and saw Twilight approaching her house to come retrieve Spike. Rarity had just enough time to strip out of her provocative outfit and stuff it in her refrigerator before Twilight rung her doorbell, forcing Rarity to answer it and show Twilight where Spike was asleep. Apologizing for his rudeness, Twilight loaded the sleeping dragon onto her back and carried him off, and now Rarity was once again all alone.
"Stupid Spike, I thought he would be able to hold his alcohol better than that." Rarity muttered angrily, kicking the broken pieces of the mannequin around. She ignored the fact that Spike had replaced two doors and a window by himself, not to mention he cleaned up the disaster Rarity had caused in the backroom of her store. Any pony would be exhausted after such a long task, and it was amazing that Spike hadn't collapsed from exhaustion halfway through the tasks.
Huffing like a spoiled filly, she decided she needed to unwind somehow and figured that the somewhat new nightclub in town would be a good place to relax. It was also thankfully close by to her home, so whenever she wanted to leave she could.
Getting into the club proved to be no problem for Rarity; a wink and a quick flick of her tail was enough for the bouncer to let her cut in line and enter without waiting. A few of the mares waiting in line grumbled as she sauntered in, but the stallions waiting to enter had no issue with another beautiful mare entering. Once inside the club she restrained the urge to cover her ears as the loud music assaults her ears violently. The dance floor was filled with ponies dancing to the beats of the DJ on the stage, the blue-maned unicorn at the turntables bobbing her head up and down to the beats. Not one to dance to such crass music Rarity headed to the bar, ordering a stiff drink to help put her mind at ease. She hoped to keep a low profile and hopefully think of a new plan to make Spike hers, but she caught the attention of many of the stallions inside the club.
One stallion exiting the bathroom caught a look of the white unicorn sitting by herself. He glanced back at the bathroom, looking at the earth pony he had just drugged and raped before the door closed. He had just had two strong orgasms and he thought he was finished for the day, but as he looked over to the white unicorn again he couldn't possibly pass up the opportunity to bang such a beauty. He made his way over to the mare and thankfully reached her before any other stallion managed to move in to talk to her. He slid into the empty seat across from her and smiled at her. "Hey there, sexy. I'm..."
"Not interested." Rarity said, cutting him off and not even bothering to look at him.
The stallion was taken aback by her answer but tried to continue wooing her. "Come on, babe, let me at least introduce myself. I'm Thunderlane." he said.
"That's very nice. Now please leave me alone." she said flatly, still not looking at her unwanted companion.
Thunderlane was starting to lose his patience. "Can I at least buy you a drink? You sound like something is getting you down."
"No thank you, I'm perfectly capable of paying for my own beverages."
While her attitude was pissing him off, her act of playing hard to get was making him want to make her his even more. He saw that her glass was still full, so he couldn't distract the bartender and slip his secret weapon into her drink then. He would have to do it now, here at the table. He got up and pretended to start walking away, but as he neared her he flicked one of his wings out and knocked her purse off of the table. "Oops, my mistake." he said.
*sigh* "Don't worry about it." Rarity said, bending down to retrieve it. As she tried looking for the purse in the dark Thunderlane quickly produced a small baggy filled with small white tablets, a 'H' scribbled on the side. He opened the bag and dropped one of the pills into her glass.
Or at least he tried to.
He watched with horror as the drug stopped in midair, now surrounded by a blue glow. The baggy was also surrounded by the same glow, and to his horror he watched as both lazily floated over to the unicorn, who was now glaring at him.
"You sick, twisted vermin!" Rarity shouted at him. "What exactly were you trying to do? You think you can just approach me and try to drug me to do whatever you want?"
"No! I mean, I..." Thunderlane stuttered, deathly afraid that he had just been caught. Visions of him being thrown in prison flashed before his eyes, and he knew there was no way he could survive even a week in jail.
Rarity glared at him. "You better not have any more. Hand them over now if you do, otherwise I will have no trouble sending the guards to your home."
Thunderlane was now clearly sweating. "That's it, that's all of them, I swear!" he said, lifting his wings to show he was hiding nothing.
Rarity took the confiscated drugs into her hoof and slapped Thunderlane. "That's the least you deserve, scoundrel. Get out of here before I change my mind about the guards!" she commanded. Thunderlane didn't need any more of a hint and ran for the door, getting as far away from the club as possible.
No other ponies noticed the incident Rarity and Thunderlane had caused. Looking down at the drugs, she took a closer look at what the pegasus had tried to slip her. She saw a small 'H' etched into each pill and recognized what they were. "Hoofies, huh? That scum had to resort to this barbaric act instead of simply talking to another mare."
She tucked the drugs into her purse and left the club, having had enough excitement for one night. On her way home she took a long detour to the stream over by Sweet Apple Acres and opened the baggy to dump the pills out and dispose of the drugs, but just as the first pill was about to fall out she pulled the baggy back. Another fragile string of sanity snapped in her head, and a wicked smile spread on her face as she began to think of how she could use her new found treasure to dispose of Flitter and reclaim Spike. There was always the possibility that her plans may fail again and the pills would go to waste, but at least she knew which pony to visit to get more.
The next few days Rarity's friends managed to breathe easier as they saw that whatever had been bugging Rarity was now gone. Her boutique was back open for business as usual, and she was back walking around town. She even treated Fluttershy to an extra special spa date to make up for the one she had missed before.
Spike stopped by the boutique the morning after he had helped her fix her home and apologized for falling asleep just as she was about to model her new outfits. She waved off his apology, she herself being sorry for keeping him awake after he had worked so hard. She promised to let him know as soon as she was free to show him the outfits she had in mind once she had caught up on her work.
Thanks to the new mannequins she had ordered, she was back in business and soon was happily working on her various orders. Near the end of the week her door opened and a familiar young pegasus walked into her shop. Looking up, Rarity smiled as she saw that it was who she was expecting.
"Why hello, Flitter, darling." she greeted her customer.
"Hi, Rarity. I'm here to pick up the outfits I ordered." she said cheerfully. "Oh, I can't wait to see what Spike thinks of them!"
"Oh, I'm sure he'll love them." Rarity said, walking over to her counter and levitating the outfits Flitter had ordered down. "Now, why don't you go try them on and see if everything fits."
"Okay!" Flitter said excitedly. She grabbed the first dress on the pile and raced over to the fitting room.
A few minutes passed by, longer than it should have taken Flitter to slip the outfit on. "Is everything alright in there?" Rarity called out, grinning mischievously.
"I, uh, I'm having some trouble getting it on." Flitter admitted.
"Here, let me see." Rarity said, slipping inside the dressing room. She saw that Flitter was indeed having trouble as the dress seemed to be too tight and refused to allow her body to fit inside.
"I think they're too small." Flitter said, once again trying to wriggle around to fit but failed once again.
"Nonsense, I made them exactly to your measurements." Rarity insisted. "Although, I... yes, maybe that's why..."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Flitter asked.
"Well, my dear, the outfit most likely doesn't fit because you've gained some weight since I measured you." Rarity said bluntly.
"W-what?" Flitter asked, slightly stunned. "I... no, that's impossible. There's no way I could have put on that much weight since I was here last week."
"Well I can assure you that my measurements were all correct and spot on." Rarity said. "Why don't we try the other outfits and see who is right."
Levitating the other outfits over to them, Flitter tried each and every one on, only to find out that Rarity was right: none of them fit her. They all became stuck at the same point, and as Rarity carefully hung the last dress back on its hanger Flitter looked over at her with a worried look.
"I... I'm sorry. I guess I did gain a few pounds somehow." she said sullenly.
"Don't worry about it, darling, it can happen to anypony. Well, except for those who's careful enough." Rarity says, taking a cheap shot. "If you'd like I can let out the outfits a little so they'll fit you properly. No charge, or course."
"Really? Oh wow, Rarity, you're the best! No wonder you were selected to be the Element of Generosity." Flitter said happily, giving Rarity a quick hug of appreciation.
"Yes... yes I am." Rarity said, holding back a eerie giggle due to the irony. "Just stop by here early next week and I'll have everything ready for you."
"Thank you, thank you so much!" Flitter said. Rarity brought Flitter and her outfits back to the counter and took the payment Flitter had brought with her. Thanking Rarity again, Flitter was about to open the door when Rarity called out to her.
"Oh, I almost forgot, Flitter dear. Do you want me to keep the old size tags on your outfits or should I risk putting your new size on them instead?" Rarity asked.
Flitter stopped, confused by her question. "Huh? Why would I want the wrong tags on the clothes?" she asked.
Rarity adopted a look of concern. "Why, so Spike doesn't see that you're getting fatter, of course."
"Why would he care about that?" Flitter asked, becoming worried by Rarity's words.
"Oh, my poor dear, you must not know. There are a few mares who tried to ask Spike out but he turned them down due to, well, their size. I think the last two he turned down were those two fillies my sister goes to school with, Twist and Diamond Tiara."
Flitter knew both of the ponies Rarity mentioned as she had fillysat for them occasionally. She knew they were a bit on the healthier side, but they weren't THAT bad. But why would Rarity lie about this? She did know Spike better than most other ponies, after all. "R-really?" Flitter asked with tears forming in her eyes.
Rarity nodded. "I'm afraid so, my dear. But like I said, I can keep alter the size tags so Spike will never know. Though you'll have to work harder to keep from gaining any more weight. There's only so much I can do to help."
Flitter looked down at her stomach and started to believe Rarity's words. "Y-yeah, I guess I have been putting on some weight. I guess... I guess I have to start working out with Cloudchaser some more." she said worriedly. "But, how can Spike be that shallow? He doesn't seem like that kind of dragon to care about somepony's weight."
"Of course not, he wouldn't openly show that he cares about that sort of thing." Rarity explained. "But remember, this isn't any ordinary pony or dragon, this is Spike, assistant to Princess Twilight Sparkle herself and the savior of the entire Crystal Empire! He deserves the best, don't you think? Of course, if you don't think you're good enough for Spike you could always end your relationship with him now."
Flitter stood in stunned silence for a few seconds before shaking her head. "No, I can be his perfect mare. I can make myself better for him." she said, more to herself than to Rarity.
"Well, I'm sure you'll have no trouble with that." Rarity said with a smirk.
Unable to continue talking Flitter quietly thanked Rarity for her help again and left, unsure how she was going to change herself so Spike wouldn't leave her. 'Maybe if I worked more hours I could lose more weight. I'll also cut back on those dandelion sandwiches. Maybe that zebra Zecora has some sort of potion that can help.' Flitter thought as she walked home.
Rarity smiled in satisfaction as she saw Flitter walk away with doubt and confusion now planted in her mind. Closing her door, she looked over the outfits for Flitter still on the counter. She never thought simply sabotaging a set of clothes by making them one size too small in certain places could have such a profound effect on a pony. She may not have gotten Flitter to give up on Spike just yet, but it was a promising start.
Rarity spent the next day working on Flitter's clothes. The temptation to make them even smaller crossed her mind, but she decided against it as doing the same thing might arouse suspicion or cause Flitter to go elsewhere for her clothes. It didn't take long for her to resize the outfits to the correct size; all she had to do was break a few stitches and smooth out the creases caused by her sabotage and she was done. Having completed the work faster than she thought, Rarity decided to return to her room and see if she could find something to keep her occupied for the rest of the day.
Once in her room she went over to one of her dressers and opened one of the drawers. Buried underneath many pairs of socks lay a small plastic baggy almost half filled with the dangerous drugs she had confiscated from Thunderlane. Picking up the baggy with her magic she brought the drugs to her kitchen and carefully opened the bag and spread the hoofies out on her table. Counting the dangerous pills one by one, she saw that she had a total of seven tablets at her disposal. "Hmph, I thought there was more in there." she muttered to herself. "No matter, I guess I could always pay Thunderlane a visit if I run out."
Scooping six of the hoofies back into the baggy, Rarity was forced to settle on just one to experiment with. "Let's see here, if I remember correctly these little pills are tasteless when mixed with any fluid, but they may leave a powdery taste. So that means I have to grind them up into an extremely fine powder if I want it to go unnoticed." She retrieved a small mortar and pestle set from her cupboard an tossed the white tablet in. Very carefully she ground the tablet into a fine powder, making sure that there were no stray chunks that she could find. To see if she ground up the hoofie enough she got a glass and poured a small amount of water in to it and then mixed a small pinch of the ground up hoofie. Stirring the two together she frowned as she saw that there were small particles clearly visible in the water, causing her to empty out the liquid into the sink. Returning to the table she continued to grind the powder for another twenty minutes. The powder she now had was almost like dust, and she had to take caution breathing around it to avoid accidentally blowing the lightweight powder out from the mortar. Once again she poured a small amount of water into the glass and mixed in a small amount of the powder. Within seconds the powdered hoofies disappeared into the liquid, leaving no trace at all.
"Perfect!" Rarity exclaimed, now knowing how much grinding she had to do to get the drugs fine enough to dissolve instantly. Now there was just one test left to do, but Rarity wasn't too enthusiastic to test it out.
Peeking her head into her storefront she made sure that her shop sign was showing 'closed'. Satisfied that it was, she returned to the kitchen and picked up the glass. There was a little less than a mouthful of tainted water, but it still scared Rarity. However, she had to know if there was any aftertaste to the drug, and there was no way she could ask any other pony to test it out for her. She quickly poured the mixture down her throat in one gulp before she could back out and waited a few moments. Despite the small amount, she started to feel the effects of the drugs almost immediately; she became light headed and her mind seemed to slow down.She let a smile cross her face as she detected no powdery aftertaste from the mixture, though, giving her confidence that she could now slip the dangerous drugs to almost anypony she wished, and she had the perfect idea of who she could try it on first.
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A few days later Flitter came by to pick up her new outfits. Trying on the clothes once again, she smiled in delight as each on fit her perfectly. "Oh, thank you thank you thank you thank you!" she said excitedly. "I can't wait for Spike to see these!"
"I'm sure he'll love them, dear." Rarity said. "I do make the best clothes in all of Ponyville, after all."
As Flitter turned to leave with her clothes neatly packaged up Rarity stopped her. "Oh, I almost forgot, I have a little something that you and Spike may like." Reaching beneath the counter she brought out a bottle of wine. "It's just a little something I've had laying around, but I owe Spike for helping me fix up some things around here. I figured you two may like to enjoy this on one of your dates."
"Wow, seriously? Rarity, you're the best!" Flitter exclaimed. While she was no wine connoisseur Flitter could tell that the wine Rarity was offering her was worth over a hundred bits. She couldn't believe how generous Rarity was being; first not charging her extra for the alterations to her clothes and now giving away an expensive bottle of wine. "This is perfect! Spike and I are going on a picnic by the stream tomorrow at noon and this will go perfectly with it. I can't thank you enough!"
Flitter happily trotted home, feeling like the luckiest mare ever. Rarity watched her go and smirked knowing the pegasus had taken the bait. True, it had cost her an expensive bottle of wine but it was now worthless thanks to the extra ingredient Rarity had added to it. It had also cost her three of her scarce hoofies, but she had to be sure that even one glass of wine would have the desired effects she was seeking. But after seeing Flitter's enthusiasm when she was given the wine, she was sure that the pegasus would be more than happy to have a few glasses of wine, even if Spike didn't like wine all that much.
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The next morning couldn't come come quick enough for Flitter. When she woke up the sun had been up for barely an hour, but she rushed out of bed and into the bathroom to prepare herself for her date with Spike. She dashed in a few moments before her older sister could get in first, and Flitter couldn't help but giggle as Cloudchaser banged on the door. "Flitter! You better not take forever in there again!" she yelled.
"Don't worry, I have to meet Spike at noon so I won't be too long." Flitter called out, turning on the shower.
"What?! That's... that's over four hours from now! Flitter!" Cloudchaser shouted, banging on the door again, but the sound of the running water was drowning out her voice.
Running the warm water over her body, Flitter let out a long sigh as the water soaked every inch of her. The last few days for her had been absolutely perfect for her, and she swore that there was nothing that could make her happier than she was now. She had finally mustered up the courage to ask out her crush and he had said yes, their first few dates had gone off absolutely flawlessly, she now had a few new outfits to show off to Spike, not to mention she had gotten a free bottle of wine for today's date!
As she thought of today's date with her dragon she blushed slightly. She had never kissed anypony before and wanted Spike to be her first but had no idea how to get to that point. Her sister had jokingly told her to just jump on top of Spike and give herself completely to him, but even though it was just a joke the thought still got Flitter completely flustered.
"I couldn't... would he want to go that far with me?" Flitter asked herself softly. She brushed a hoof over her stomach, feeling her body. She had always thought that she kept herself fit but the remarks made by Rarity were now causing some doubt in her mind. 'Am I small enough for Spike? I don't want him to lose him because I can't stay in shape.' she thought. Ever since she found out she was letting herself go she trotted around town more than flying to get more exercise and started cutting back on what she ate. 'I hope it's enough. Although I could always join Rainbow Dash during her morning exercise routine. She's definitely in shape, she could help me.'
Flitter let her imagination wander to how Spike may react to her new toned body. 'He'd probably want to touch me and feel my body.' Flitter thought, once again running her hoof from her chest down to her stomach. As she dipped her hoof even lower, she began to wonder how Spike's claws may feel on her more sensitive areas...
Flitter teased the area just above her crotch with her hoof as she closed her eyes and imagined Spike rubbing her instead. His hot tongue inside her mouth as he gently slid a claw down lower until he reached her private area...
She gasped as her hoof hit her clit, sending a small jolt of electricity through her body. "Oh Celestia, I wonder what he'd do then." she whispered. She closed her eyes again and imagined that he would tease her, tracing the outline of her lower lips before flicking her love button.
"Mmmph! Oh Spike, that feels so good..." Flitter moaned as the rubbed herself. Even with the warm water falling onto her body Flitter could still feel a small trickle of her own fluids sliding down her rear leg as she imagined Spike prodding her with his small dragon. She turned red from the thought of him getting hard for her, and she wondered if his tool would even fit inside of her. She had bribed Cloudchaser to go over to the library when she was out on a date with Spike and borrow a book on dragons, and once she was home she found a very detailed chapter of a male dragon's anatomy. Even with Spike's small size his pecker could possibly too big for Flitter to handle, especially since she was a virgin, but she found the pictures in the book oddly interesting beyond educational purposes.
"Flitter! Flitter, it's been over an hour! Hurry up before I buck this door down!" Cloudchaser yelled, snapping Flitter out of her trance.
"S-sorry, sis! I'm almost done!" Flitter called back, quickly washing her hind legs of her slick fluids. She shut off the water and began to dry off as she went to unlock the bathroom door. As soon as the door clicked open it burst open and Flitter quickly found herself being shoved into the hallway.
"Luna's flank, it's about time! I have to pee so badly!" Cloudchaser exclaimed, slamming the bathroom door shut behind her. Flitter couldn't help but laugh as she heard her sister sigh as she relieved herself after waiting so long.
Returning to her room, Flitter finished drying off and sauntered over to her closet. Her newest additions to her wardrobe all hung neatly, ready to be shown off to a very special dragon. Flitter thought hard about which one to wear, wishing she could somehow wear all of them at once. After some hard thinking she decided on a sky blue tank top with a white shawl and a light pink skirt with matching panties. Putting on the outfit, the clothes fit her slim body perfectly, once again proving Rarity's expertise at making custom clothing. 'Perfect!' Flitter thought, looking herself over in the mirror. 'Spike is sure to love this!'
Twirling around in excitement Flitter glanced at the clock and saw that she still had a few hours before she was due to meet Spike. She trotted downstairs to the kitchen to prepare their lunch for later. Hers was easy enough; a fresh green salad with a small selection of fruit. What to make for Spike was what she was more concerned about. 'He really liked that pie, but there's not enough time to make it. Oh! I could try making a small cake with his favorite gems.' she thought, getting straight to work on it. She decided to make the cake chocolate with rubies and diamonds, thinking that it would go perfectly with Rarity's gift.
A couple of hours later Cloudchaser came into the kitchen, following the scent of Flitter's cooking. "Mmm, that smells absolutely delicious. Watcha making?" she asked.
"Just a small cake for Spike. We're going out to the stream today, remember?" Flitter said, peeking into the oven to check on her creation.
"Oh, it's for Spike? Ugh, it probably has the gems inside of it already, doesn't it?" Cloudchaser said, drooping her ears. There was no way she was willing to risk a mouthful of broken teeth to sneak a nibble at the cake her sister was making.
"Don't worry, I made another one for you. I know how much you love chocolate." Flitter said, opening the oven door to show Cloudchaser the second baking pan.
Cloudchaser's smile was bigger than Derpy's when the mailmare heard that Mr. and Mrs. Cake were having a free muffin day a few weeks ago. "You're the best sister ever!" she exclaimed, hugging Flitter tightly.
"Gah! Stop it, you're going to mess up my outfit!" Flitter protested, struggling free from her sister's grasp.
"Oh stop it, you look fine." Cloudchaser insisted. "Besides, I'm sure Spike wouldn't mind seeing your top slid down a little bit..."
"Sis!" Flitter said, her face burning bright red by Cloudchaser's suggestion.
"Calm down, I'm only kidding." she said, winking at her. She turned to leave but her eyes caught something she had missed before; the bottle of wine Rarity had given Flitter, tucked into the basket Flitter had started preparing.
"Holy Celestia, where did this come from?" Cloudchaser exclaimed, holding the wine up. "This is... is this yours?"
Flitter nodded. "Yeah, Rarity gave it to me yesterday. I'm going to take it today to share with Spike."
Cloudchaser looked concerned at her sister. "Flitter, you know you're still too young to be drinking this kind of stuff." she said.
Flitter stomped a hoof in frustration. "Oh come on! I've had alcohol before, I can handle a few glasses of wine." she protested.
Cloudchaser shook her head. "I'm sorry, I don't think I can let you take it. This stuff is stronger than most wines, it's even stronger than most brews that they serve at the pub in town. I'd really feel much better if you took something else instead."
Flitter wasn't happy with her older sister's decision, and Cloudchaser did genuinely feel guilty about stopping her sister from taking Rarity's gift. "Look, I'll make a deal with you. I have some of my strawberry lemonade still in the fridge. Take that for your date instead and you and Spike can try the wine here during your next date."
The young pegasus mare thought about the offer for a few moments. "Fine." Flitter finally conceded. "But you don't get your cake until Spike and I have the wine."
Cloudchaser let out a small laugh as her sister turned to go upstairs to fix her outfit before going out to meet Spike. "Hahaha, that's a good one. Wait, you were joking, right? Right? Flitter!"
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Checking her clock, Rarity saw that it was about time for her to take a little stroll. Scribbling a quick note that she would be back in a hour or two, she locked up her boutique and trotted to the stream that ran in front of the town hall. On the opposite bank two figures could be seen setting up a blanket, and Rarity positioned herself behind a nearby tree and watched her targets. From her position she could faintly hear Spike and Flitter's conversation.
"Wow, this looks amazing, Flitter! You really know all my favorites, don't you?" Spike said, his mouth watering as Flitter handed him the cake that she made earlier that morning.
She blushed shyly at his compliment. "It... it's nothing, really." she said nervously. "I hope it's okay."
Spike took a bite of the cake and his eyes instantly lit up. "This is... this is amazing! It's even better than the one I tried to make!" he said. He leaned over and kissed Flitter on her cheek, hoping his sign of affection wouldn't scare her away. It didn't, but it did turn her face a shade of red that rivaled Big Mac's coat. A soft 'poomf' reached Spike's ears as her wings shot out erect, and Spike had to try his hardest not to laugh at her unfortunate wing-boner.
Rarity was turning a deep shade of red also, but for an entirely different reason. She wanted to desperately rush over and throw Flitter into the water but managed to restrain herself, mainly because she WAS in front of the mayor's office. She instead ground her hoof into the ground and gritted her teeth, losing patience and hoping that the moment she was waiting for would come soon.
Flitter recovered from her embarrassment and brought out her salad and two cups. As she reached in to the basket to get the bottle at the bottom Rarity's ears perked up in excitement as she saw a bottle finally being brought out. Flitter poured Spike and herself their drinks and both of them gulped down the liquid inside, causing Rarity to smirk in satisfaction.
'Perfect, they didn't even notice the powder!' she thought. 'Now to wait... it shouldn't take too long for the effects to hit them. Flitter will probably drink more than my Spikey-Wikey, and it won't be long until she's acting like a complete whorse. Then I'll swoop in and save Spike from her slutty advances and show him that I am the better mare for him.'
Rarity watched the two take another large gulp of their drinks before refiling their cups. As the bottle was lifted up Rarity noticed something odd; the bottle looked different than the one she gave Flitter yesterday. Peering closer, she saw that it was, not to mention the liquid inside was a bright pink instead of a deep purple. The answer finally came to Rarity's mind, but she was not happy about it.
"They... she didn't bring the wine I gave her! That... that inconsiderate bitch!" Rarity hissed under her breath, forgetting the fact that she had planned on drugging them both with the wine. Moving out from her hiding place, Rarity began to storm off back to Carousel Boutique, but after only a few steps she stopped and turned around. She wanted to find out why Flitter didn't bring her gift, and set off towards them.
"Why hello there, you two. Fancy meeting you out here." Rarity said as she approached Spike and Flitter.
"Oh, hi there, Rarity! What are you doing out here?" Spike asked, wiping a few crumbs of cake from his face.
"Just taking a stroll around town, have to clear my head after working so hard all week." Rarity said dramatically. "Speaking of which, how do you like your clothes, Flitter dear?"
"Oh my gosh, Rarity, I can't thank you enough!" Flitter said. "You should have seen Spike's jaw drop when he came to pick me up at my house."
"Well, I'm glad you like it as does Spike." Rarity said. "Oh, and how are you enjoying that wine I gave you yesterday? Superb, isn't it?"
"Oh, I couldn't bring it today." Flitter said. "My sister didn't think it would be a good idea, so I brought strawberry lemonade instead, and we're going to try the wine sometime later."
Rarity was severely disappointed that she wouldn't be able to humiliate Flitter in public today, but another idea started to form in her head. "That sounds lovely. Oh, since I have you both here, would you like to come over for a small wine tasting I'm having at my place? Nothing too extravagant, I'm just looking to replenish my collection and thought you two may enjoy trying some with me and one of my friends."
"Of course, we'd love to!" Flitter said excitedly, thinking that this would be the perfect opportunity to prove to Cloudchaser that she could handle adult beverages. "Right, Spike?"
"Of course, we'll be there." Spike said, confident that a night of drinking wine with Rarity and Flitter couldn't possibly go wrong in any way.
Rarity smiled. "Perfect. Come over to my place tomorrow evening around seven." With a quick wave goodbye, Rarity trotted off back into town, leaving Flitter and Spike talking excitedly about the next evening. Rarity headed past her boutique, not caring that her estimated time back was far gone, and headed for a certain stallion's house. She knocked on the door politely, but once she received no answer she banged on the door harder. It finally opened, and the pony inside was somewhat startled to see Rarity at his door.
"W-what are you doing here?" Thunderlane gasped. Rarity pushed him backwards and let herself in to his home, shutting the door behind her. "Look, what do you want? You're not here to turn me in, are you?" he asked nervously.
"No, I need you to do me a favor." she said firmly. "Do you have any of those hoofies left?"
Thunderlane gulped. Since she took his small supply he had to withdraw a sizable amount from his bank account to buy another bag of the drugs. He figured lying would just dig himself a deeper grave, so he told her the truth. "Y-yeah, just a small bag. I was going to throw them out, I swear!" he said.
Rarity smiled. "Well, don't. If you do this favor for me tomorrow I'll forget all about the fact that you tried to drug me and have your way with me."
"Really?" Thunderlane said in disbelief. "Whatever you want, I'll do it. Just name it!"
An evil grin crossed Rarity's face, scaring the stallion in front of her. "Tell me, do you like wine, Thunderlane?"
"This is going to be so fun!" Flitter said excitedly as she walked along with Spike to Rarity's house.
"Uh huh, yeah..." Spike said, not exactly paying attention to what Flitter was saying. He was too distracted by the outfit Flitter had chosen for tonight; a tight crimson red dress with hints of glitter spread over the entire garment with matching red semi-sheer panties. While Flitter had not intended to intentionally flash Spike her sexy underwear he did manage to catch a few glimpses of her somewhat see-through underwear.
Flitter was glad she chose her most expensive purchase from Rarity as Spike showed up to her house with a tuxedo and top hat on. She wanted to squeal and squeeze him due to his cuteness but settled on a hug and quick kiss on the cheek before they set off.
Both Spike and Flitter enjoyed the stares and compliments they received while walking to Rarity's. Even Mayor Mare stopped them and complimented their attire. The attention they got raised both their confidence levels, and Flitter was ecstatic that so many ponies in town seemed to be very approving of her choice of mate. Before long they reached Rarity's house and rung the doorbell. The door swung open, revealing Rarity in a slim black evening gown and sparkling diamond tiara. "Welcome, dears. Please, do come in." she said, gesturing them inside. They entered her strangely dark boutique and followed Rarity to the back room. Rarity had cleaned up and moved all her mannequins and works in progress off to one side and placed two couches and a table in the middle of the room. The table was filled with various bottles of wine as well as some more extremely potent, hard liquors. Small glasses were placed at each corner of the table, and already sitting on one of the couches was a stallion that Flitter recognized as a pony that her sister had gone out on a few dates with.
"Spike, Flitter, this is my friend Thunderlane. He's going to join us tonight for our tasting." Rarity said, motioning to the stallion who was wearing a collared shirt and black pants.
"Oh, hey there! Long time no see." Thunderlane said to Flitter. Greetings were exchanged as they all took their seats; Spike and Flitter on one couch while Rarity and Thunderlane sat opposite of them. "Spike, I must say you look absolutely dashing in your tuxedo." Rarity complimented.
"And Flitter, you look very sexy in that dress." Thunderlane added with a smile as he looked over her body. Flitter smiled but felt a small wrench in her gut as he continued staring at her. She crossed her hind legs nervously as Rarity cleared her throat and began describing the first bottle of wine; a ten year old red wine imported made from Crystal Grapes in the Crystal Empire. She poured them all a small amount and allowed each of them to take their time drinking the sample. Rarity couldn't help but smile as Spike and Flitter naively swallowed the small amount of wine, showing that neither of them knew that they were supposed to spit out the wine after tasting it. Rarity and Thunderlane also swallowed their wine as Rarity had not provided any container to store the used wine, but she also made sure to pour herself and Thunderlane much smaller portions throughout the night.
"Mmm, quite the flavor, don't you agree?" Rarity said. "Now take a small sip of water from your glasses to wash out the taste." All four of them did as she said, and as Spike and Flitter put down their glasses Rarity relaxed as neither of them showed any signs of detecting the addition Rarity had made to their water.
'Perfect, you're a genius, Rarity!' she thought to herself. She knew that there was no way she would risk drugging herself by spiking the wine, so she did the next best thing; add the hoofies to their water. Doing so also ensured that they would swallow the drugs just in case that the two did know to spit. But they didn't know, and now Rarity had the alcohol to help boost the drugs' effects.
Picking up the next selection, a five year old white wine from Canterlot, she repeated the process over again. Once again, Spike and Flitter swallowed the wine and chased it down with a mouthful of drugged water without sensing that anything was wrong.
It wasn't until the group was on their twelfth wine and second full glass of water that Spike and Flitter started showing that the drugs were kicking in. Both of them had glazed, almost empty stares and their motor skills were beginning to rapidly deteriorate. Rarity had managed to sneak in two hoofies into each glass of water thanks to the additional drugs that Thunderlane provided. Both Spike and Flitter now had four hoofies in their bodies, as well as all the alcohol Rarity kept pouring for them, and it would just take one last push to send both of her victims over the edge.
"Now for something a little stronger." Rarity said. "This is a new whiskey that they just started serving in Manehattan. The taste is supposed to be absolutely divine."
She once again poured a taste for Spike and Flitter but didn't bother getting any for herself or Thunderlane. Spike shakily brought the glass to his lips before gulping it down, but Rarity had to use her magic to help Flitter raise the glass to her mouth before tipping it down her throat.
Unable to handle any more alcohol, Flitter started to lose consciousness and fell over on the couch, bumping the table and spilling her water onto herself and the floor. Spike soon followed suit, passing out from the potent drugs and alcohol raging through his body.
Rarity made her way over to the two unconscious bodies and poked them, finding them both out cold. "It worked. It finally worked!" she said excitedly. She lifted the limp body of Spike off from Flitter's body and placed him on her back. "It's okay, Spike. You're back with who you truly belong with." she said to him despite him being unable to hear anything. Without turning to him, Rarity spoke to the stallion still sitting on the couch. "Thank you for your help, Thunderlane. You are free to go, and as I promised I will forget about you trying to drug me."
As Rarity made her way upstairs to her bedroom with Spike, Thunderlane got up and glanced at Flitter's body still on the couch. "Hey Rarity, what should I do with her?" he asked.
Rarity once again didn't even bother to turn her head. "Do as you wish, I don't care. Just get her back home one way or another." she said before going into her bedroom and slamming the door shut.
Thunderlane looked back down at Flitter and couldn't help but smile. His dates with Cloudchaser had always gone well, especially since that was before he would try to drug his dates, but every time he would go over to Cloudchaser's house he couldn't help but stare at the younger Flitter. He had no problem fantasizing about the possibility of a threesome with both sisters, or even just a night alone with Flitter all to himself, but of course there was no way he could make a move on her without Cloudchaser finding out and tearing his wings off. But now a golden, once in a lifetime opportunity lay right in front of him with almost no chance of any other pony finding out.
Upstairs in her bedroom, Rarity gently lay Spike down on her bed and stepped back to watch him. As she watched his chest rise and fall with each breath she thought back on all their time together; from the first time they met, through all their adventures with their other friends, to almost losing him to that other mare. "But now you're back with me. You're back where you belong." she said softly. Unable to keep herself back anymore, she hopped up onto the bed and lay down next to Spike, rubbing his belly with her hoof as she continued to watch him while he slept.
Thunderlane approached the unconscious Flitter and prodded her side with his hoof to see if she was truly out cold. She didn't stir or even make a single sound, but then again she did have four hoofies, not to mention quite a bit of alcohol. Grinning like a colt about to lose his virginity, he pushed Flitter's body around so she was sprawled out on her back. He ran his hoof over her chest and stomach, caressing her toned body through her sexy dress. Thunderlane couldn't help himself as he moved his hoof down farther and ran it across her panty-clad crotch. He felt the contour of her most private area and was tempted to rip her panties right off but suppressed the urge to, reminding himself that he had all night with the mare, if not longer.
Pulling her down to the bottom edge of the furniture she was laying on, he bent her hind legs up and then spread them apart so her hooves were on the floor, the couch keeping her legs wide open. He licked his lips hungrily as the semi-sheer panties were stretched across her mound and gave Thunderlane a priceless view of her. Standing up on his hind legs, Thunderlane quickly removed his pants, freeing his raging erection.
"Oh yeah, that's a good girl." he murmured as he let the tip of his member push up against her covered pussy. He felt her puffy outer lips give ever so slightly, spreading just a little before her panties stopped him from opening her up completely. He shifted slightly, letting his cock slide up against her mound and quietly groaned as he rubbed his cock back and forth. Flitter failed to stir even slightly as Thunderlane dry humped her crotch, every now and then pressing his flared tip back up against her covered entrance to soak her panties with his precum.
Soon her underwear was soaked with his fluids as well as some of her own, and now every last detail was clearly visible to the stallion as her wet panties clung to her pussy. Once again he had to fight the urge to plow his cock straight into her body, so instead he turned his attention to her dress.
Standing over her, he slowly slid her red dress up over her stomach and bunched it around her chest. He had always found it much more alluring to have his mares be partially clothed rather than completely naked; there was just something he found very attractive about a partially exposed mare at his mercy. He looked over her toned body, seeing that she was slightly in better shape than her sister. Thunderlane thought about how sexy Flitter would look with his cum covering her stomach and chest as well as her dress and panties, and he finally decided that he couldn't hold back his urges any more.
"Flitter, I'm going to make you mine." he whispered, leaning in and stealing a kiss from her. He found it slightly disappointing that she wasn't able to kiss him back and allow him to put his tongue in her mouth, but he would soon make up for that. He repositioned himself back so his cock was once again rubbing against her panties and slowly began to rub his cock against her body, imagining just how tight her pussy must be.
"Ohh, yeah... your pussy is getting wet, isn't it Flitter?" he moaned as he picked up his pace. "You're just a little slut, aren't you? A slut who wants my cock, isn't that right?" He imagined her nodding yes and begging for him to fill her with his cum in every single one of her holes. "Mmm, fuck... gonna cum!" he gasped finally.
Thick ropes of his seed erupted from his dick, the first three bursts flying up and left a trail from her lower stomach all the way to her chin. Just as he had hoped some of his cum managed to land on her crumpled dress, putting a smile of satisfaction on his face. Thunderlane pulled his hips back and let his fourth and fifth shots of cum cover her panties and crotch. The thin material was already soaked with his precum and her love juices and were unable to soak up his cum, so instead the stallion's seed dribbled slowly down to her puckered asshole before dripping onto the couch below her body. Before all of it dripped down Thunderlane pressed his cock back up against her pussy, rubbing the cum into her just as he shot off one last rope of sperm directly into her panty-covered pussy.
Panting slightly from his orgasm Thunderlane wiped his cock on Flitter's thighs before dismounting her body and stepping back to look at his handy work. He sorely wished he had a camera to capture the scene in front of him and to show off to his buddies. 'Maybe I can drug her again later and we'll all cum all over her.' he thought. But for now he had her all to himself and he was not in the mood to share tonight.
He reached over and grabbed the bottle of whiskey that finally knocked out his unwilling partner and took a large swig of the strong drink. "Heh, would you like another taste, Flitter?" Thunderlane asked her. He walked over to her and forced her mouth open, pouring a sizable shot into her mouth. Most of the alcohol dribbled out of her mouth but a small amount of the whiskey pooled in the back of her throat, causing her to cough. "Shh, shh, it's okay, just swallow it." Thunderlane said, tilting her head back and causing the fiery liquid to slip down her throat. "Maybe you would like something now to help wash away the taste? We don't have any more of my special water, but I have something else for you."
Turning her head to the side he took his semi-erect cock and rubbed it against her lips. The sight of her lips being forced open by his penis as well as the stimulation he was receiving soon had his dick rock hard once again, and without any further delay he began to gently push his cock into Flitter's mouth.
"Oooh, that's hot." Thunderlane murmured as he slid the tip into her mouth. He pushed a little harder, his cock reaching the back of her throat after a few moments. He thought about shoving his entire shaft down her throat but the thought of her vomiting all over his cock was a bit of a turn off, not to mention it would probably shorten the amount of time he would have with her drastically. Instead he settled on short, quick thrusts in and out of her mouth, every once in a while dipping his cock into the beginning of her esophagus and causing her to gag. The feeling of her throat tightly wrapping around his cock was proving to feel too much of a temptation, and casting his previous worries to the wind he started to force his cock into Flitter's throat.
The young mare began to gag on his cock but the sensation just increased Thunderlane's pleasure. He gently stroked her cheek and shushed her as he continued to sink more and more of his member into her. Finally she stopped gagging but tried to subconsciously swallow the large object in her throat. Of course it proved futile for her, but it made Thunderlane feel like he had reached nirvana. "I knew you would like this." he said, taking short, jerky thrusts as he fucked her throat. After he saw that she wasn't throwing up still he withdrew his cock almost all the way and then thrust back in, smiling as he saw that she didn't gag.
His short thrusts now turned into a full throat-fucking, the wet, sloppy sounds of his cock in her mouth echoing through the closed boutique. "Yeah, swallow my cock, you whorse. Yeah... here you go, have some of my special wine." His cock began to twitch and he quickly pulled his cock back so just the tip was in her mouth right before he came. Though it was his second orgasm it was just as powerful as his first, and the first few shots coated the back of Flitter's throat before sliding down to her stomach. His last few bursts dribbled out and filled her mouth, and as he withdrew his cock from her mouth his white fluids spilled from her mouth.
"Luna's flank, this is the best night of my life!" Thunderlane said, wiping his penis on Flitter's dress. He looked down at Flitter and couldn't believe the amount of cum he had shot. "Rarity must have a camera around here somewhere." he said, looking around the room. Unable to find one, he went into the main room of the boutique and rummaged through the counter in the store. He finally found what he was looking for; a small camera Rarity used to take photos of outfits she made and send to clients who resided outside of Ponyville. Thinking he would return the camera to her after he had the film developed, he brought it back to the room where Flitter lay and began snapping photo after photo of the mare covered in cum. As he snapped away he couldn't help but become aroused yet again by her and took a few pictures of his cock in her mouth as well as against her panties.
Seeing that there were just a few photos left on the roll of film he decided that it was time for the grand finale. He put the camera down and gently began to pull her soaked panties off of her body. The fluids soaking her underwear left a trail of sticky string connected to her mound before they became too thin and snapped, and finally her soaking wet lower lips were exposed, completely unobstructed by anything. Thunderlane couldn't help but take a few moments to stare at her pure, untouched area. He was also surprised that she seemed a lot smaller down there, and he honestly wondered if he would be able to fit himself inside of her hole. He took two more photos of her naked crotch before pulling her outer lips apart to look closer at her.
Thunderlane was honestly shocked by what he saw. 'She's... she's a virgin?' he thought, completely shocked. He knew she had never had a special somepony before, but she was so popular with her friends he was sure that she must have fooled around with somepony at least once before. He clicked another photo to document her innocence before looking at how many photos he had left; three. 'Perfect. One of me being her first stallion, one of my cum inside of her, and one last one of her licking her own blood off of my dick.'
Placing the camera next to her body so he could easily retrieve it, Thunderlane positioned himself back by her crotch. He had never been able to stay hard after cumming twice in such a short time, but the thought of being Flitter's first fuck was definitely enough of a motivator. 'Heh... I was first for Cloudchaser and now her sister. Too bad I couldn't have done so at the same time.' he thought, imagining the concept of breaking in two virgin sisters. That scenario was too late, but he wasn't going to complain about the opportunity he was about to take advantage of... literally.
He smiled down at the defenseless mare underneath him and kissed her once more on the lips. "Ready, my little Flitter? Here I come."
Spike wished he didn't wake up. There was nothing good about waking back up.
As the small dragon came to he felt his head spinning faster than if he were trapped inside a tornado. His breathing was slow and labored as if he had just ran from one end of Equestria to the other and back at full speed. But worst of all was the rapidly building feeling that... he needed... to...
"Hurgh!" Spike groaned.
"Shh, shh, over here." a gentle voice said. Spike felt himself being pushed to one side just as his stomach decided to expel everything inside of it.
Spike vomited just as his head cleared the side of Rarity's bed. Rarity had expect that this may happen and had placed a bucket by the side of the bed. Most of the contents of his stomach spilled into it, but the occasional bit would miss and land on the floor. Rarity winced as she thought how long it would take to clean up the mess, but for now the cleanliness of her bedroom carpet came nowhere near as important as her little lover.
"Urggh... water..." Spike murmured, trying to get the vile taste out of his mouth once he had finally finished throwing up.
Rarity brought a bottle of water over to him using her levitation spell. "Here you go, darling, drink this." she said.
Spike grabbed a hold of the water and took a sip, spitting out the mouthful of water into the bucket to rid himself of the taste. His aim was off and the majority of the dirty water hit her floor, causing Rarity to wince again. 'Steady, Rarity, he's not feeling well. It's just a little dirt, that's all.' she thought to herself.
Spike took another mouthful of water and to Rarity's relief swallowed it. "My head..." he said, clutching his throbbing head.
"Shush, Spike, just lay down and relax. You'll feel better." Rarity said. Wanting the pain and dizziness to stop he complied, laying back on her bed and letting his head sink into her plush pillows. Rarity put the water bottle back on the night stand and began rubbing Spike's stomach to help ease his uneasiness. "Does this feel good, Spikey-Wikey?" she asked.
"Yeah, it does." he replied, closing his eyes and letting her continue. He didn't notice that Rarity was using her tummy rubbing as an excuse to begin unbuttoning his shirt, sliding the undone clothing apart once the last button came loose. She continued her caressing directly against his scales, smiling as Spike let out a soft 'mmmm' of approval.
"So, what happened? How did I end up here?" Spike asked once his head had begun to finally slow down.
"Oh, you, uh... it must have been that whiskey, it must have been too strong for you." Rarity said quickly, having hoped that Spike wouldn't ask that question.
"Whiskey, huh?" Spike repeated. He didn't remember drinking any whiskey. In fact, he didn't remember much about that night at all. He remembered trying two or three wines before his mind started becoming a muddy blur. He remembered Rarity's explanation of each wine becoming indistinguishable sounds to his ears. He remembered the young pegasus next to him dressed in her sexy red dress...
"Wait, where's Flitter?" Spike realized, trying to sit up.
Rarity gritted her teeth at the name of her competition. "Who? Oh, her. She went home already." she quickly replied.
"She did? Urgh, I gotta go. I have to apologize to her." Spike said, thinking that Flitter left after he had passed out. 'She probably hates me for falling asleep and leaving her to walk home herself.' he thought.
"No!" Rarity yelled, quickly softening her voice after she realized she overreacted. "No, I mean, she said it was alright. She wanted you to stay here and rest."
"Thanks, Rarity, but I'm feeling better. I should really go to at least let her know I'm okay." Spike said, starting to sit up. Rarity forced him back down with her magic, surprising the small dragon. "Hey! What gives?" he asked her.
Rarity took off her tiara and placed it on the table next to the water. Flicking her mane back into place over her eye, she straddled Spike and let her body brush up against his. "Spike, you need to rest. Flitter said she was fine going home by herself, but she wanted you to stay here with me tonight."
"She did?" Spike asked. His mind was still fuzzy from the drugs but Rarity's statement still sounded off.
Rarity nodded. "Yes, she did, and she told me to take care of you and do whatever you needed." she said coyly, letting one of her rear legs run up the inside of his thigh.
Spike gulped due to the awkward situation he was in. True, he was now dating Flitter, but of course he still found Rarity absolutely gorgeous, especially with her current attire. "W-w-well, I should probably, uh, go check on Flitter anyway." Spike said, trying to wriggle free.
Rarity stayed firm, not letting him leave. "Like I said, Spike, I can't let you leave. Besides, darling, wouldn't you rather spend the night sleeping here with me?"
"Buh?" Spike blurted out, unable to form any words.
Rarity knew she had his attention now. Licking her lips, she leaned in closer to him, her face less than six inches from him. "Wouldn't you rather sleep with me tonight?" she repeated. To get her point across firmly she bent her hind legs and pressed her flank against his crotch. She was overjoyed to feel that Spike's member was already beginning to harden, and she took the time to forcefully press herself down on it and wiggle her hips slightly. Spike involuntarily let out a moan, causing Rarity to giggle. "Well, I think that settles it. Let's get you out of those restrictive clothes and get you comfortable."
Spike felt Rarity lift herself off of him and start unbuttoning his pants. "Ah! Rarity, wait!" he tried to protest. His pleas didn't stop her, and she unzipped his fly and used her magic to pull his pants off and exposed his erection to her.
Spike's face went red as he saw Rarity staring at his boner, but Rarity was absolutely mesmerized by it. "Oh my..." she murmured, caught off guard. Even though he had grown just a few inches since he and Twilight had moved to Ponyville, his cock clearly showed that he was maturing. His sizable member was only half erect but was already nearly at his chest. 'No wonder he tripped and fell when he ran off from here!' Rarity thought, recalling the last time she had teased him.
"R-R-Rarity, this i-isn't what... I mean, I d-didn't mean to... I..." Spike stuttered, unsure of how to explain his situation to her.
Rarity just smiled at him. "Don't worry, my special little dragon. Momma knows how to fix that problem for you." she said, reaching out and gently grasping his little dragon with her hoof. She began to gently stroke his dick as she brought her other hoof to her crotch. She was already soaking wet and wanted Spike to shove his rock hard shaft into her and forget all about Flitter, but she couldn't take things too fast.
"Mmm, does it feel good, Spike?" Rarity asked. "Aren't you glad you stayed here with me?"
Spike could only nod his head slightly as Rarity continued to bring her hoof up and down his shaft. He had never felt this kind of stimulation before, not even when he would be forced to jack himself off after Rarity would tease him. But this... this was a whole new sensation to him. Nopony had ever made him feel this good before. Not even...
"Flitter..." Spike said, barely able to even hear himself.
"Hmm? What did you say, dear?" Rarity said.
Spike quickly sat up, catching Rarity off guard. "I'm sorry, I can't... I have to go." he said, getting up and woozily making his way to the door after grabbing his discarded pants.
Rarity could only sit on her bed and watch with complete shock at Spike left her alone. 'He... I... but he... he can't...'
"Spike, wait!" Rarity shouted just as he reached for the doorknob. He stopped and looked back at her and saw that she was crying. "I thought you wanted me. I thought you loved me." she said to him.
"I do, Rarity, as a good friend. You're one of my best friends. But I'm dating Flitter now, and I love her, too. I'm sorry, Rarity." he said. Rarity hung her head down in depression as Spike opened the door and left the white unicorn alone with her tears.
Walking slowly down the dark stairs Spike sighed with relief as he felt his erection beginning to fade. 'Phew, now I don't have to worry about hiding myself all the way to Flitter's house.' he thought. He tried to figure out how he would make this evening up to Flitter; perhaps a trip to Canterlot would help her forgive him for passing out and making her go home alone.
He reached the front door of the boutique and started to open the door. 'Man, I really hope she's not too mad. I don't think I coul- oh wait, my hat. I left it in the back.'
Spike turned around and headed back inside, headed for the back work room. 'I think it's back here. I think I left it on one of the mannequins.' he thought, pushing open the door to the darkened room.
What he saw stirred up caused him to freeze. Though the room was dark, Spike could see that Thunderlane was standing in front of somepony on one of the couches. The flash of a camera momentarily blinded Spike, and his vision cleared just in time to see Thunderlane place the camera beside the unconscious form on the couch before he reared up and placed his equine cock by the unknown pony's crotch.
Spike's eyes finally adjusted to the darkness and he saw that his worst fears had come true; the pony sprawled out on the couch was his mare, Flitter! Despite Thunderlane's body right above hers she wasn't moving. Her dress had been pulled up and bunched around her chest while her panties were barely hanging on to one of her hooves, and as Spike took a step closer he could make out the slight shimmer or something wet covering part of her body. Spike could hear Thunderlane's heavy breathing but felt a stabbing pain in his heart as one short sentence reached his ears;
"Ready, my little Flitter? Here I come."
"No!" he cried out, running as fast as he could towards the two ponies.
Thunderlane had just started pushing his erection forward and had just popped the tip of his flared cock into her when he heard Spike's cry. Turning his head to see who had yelled, he had just enough time to widen his eyes in surprise as Spike came crashing into him. With a loud bang both dragon and stallion went tumbling to the floor away from Flitter's body. Thunderlane managed to scramble to his feet and he glared at the small dragon who had assaulted him.
"Hey, what gives?" he snapped.
"What in Celestia's name do you think you're doing to my Flitter?!" Spike demanded.
Thunderlane felt a quick jolt of fear before he relaxed. 'This small dragon's no threat. I can probably knock him out cold with one hit.' he thought, smiling in confidence. "Hey, you should be thanking me for breaking in your little whorse friend there." he said, sizing the little dragon up. "I'll teach her all my tricks and she can show you them later."
Spike wasn't mad, he was furious. Without giving a second thought he charged the pegasus again, but this time Thunderlane was ready and waiting. Just as Spike was about to last out at him, THunderlane sidestepped the dragon and kicked out with his hind legs, both of his hooves connecting with Spike's skull with a sickening *thud*. Spike crumpled to the ground, but as Thunderlane remained poised for another attack Spike didn't get up. After a few seconds of waiting Thunderlane didn't see any movement from the dragon and laughed aloud.
"You stupid dragon, I was going to be gentle with your filly friend here but now I guess I'll just claim both of her holes tonight." he said. Just to add insult to injury he spat on Spike's head and kicked him in the stomach, hearing the dragon gurgle in pain and curl up into a tighter ball. He began to turn back to his prize, but as he did it was his turn to open his eyes in surprise.
Before he could even think of any words he found himself being blasted backwards by a blast of pure magic. He flew past where Spike lay and slammed against the wall, his head causing the plaster to crack. He crumpled to the ground himsef, the only part of his body moving being one of his legs twitching due to the impact.
Finally regaining his ability to breathe, Spike looked up to see who had attacked Thunderlane so viciously. His ears were still ringing from the bucking he took to his head, but he could have sworn the pony walking towards him was talking to him.
"-ke?"
"-ike?"
"-u hea- me?"
As the pony approached he finally recognized her. "T-Twilight?" he asked, taking a step towards her. He stumbled and started to fall but Twilight raced over and caught him before he could hit the ground.
"Spike! Are you okay? What happened? Where's Rarity?" Twilight asked rapidly, her horn still glowing as she remained ready to blast Thunderlane again.
"I... fine. Flitter!" Spike gasped, not aware that he wasn't exactly forming complete sentences. He wrestled himself from Twilight's hooves and stumbled over to where Flitter still lay unconscious. He gently placed a claw on her stomach and cringed as he felt Thunderlane's now-cold semen between his claw and her body. "Flitter..." he said quietly, starting to cry as he realized that he wasn't able to protect her. His eyes scanned her body, causing him to feel queasy from the sight of so much sperm all over her, but he felt absolutely sick when he saw her crotch covered in white with a thin trickle of red leaking from her pussy. He sunk to his knees and toppled over, passed out as he was mentally and physically exhausted, not to mention still in immense pain from Thunderlane's attack.
Somepony's gasp caused Twilight to wheel around, her magic at the ready to attack once again. She lowered her aggressive stance immediately as she saw Rarity standing in the doorway, sighing with relief. "Rarity, you're okay!" Twilight said relieved.
"Wha... what happened in here?" Rarity gasped, genuinely surprised by what she found. She wanted to rush over and cradle Spike in her hooves as well as kill Thunderlane for not removing Flitter from her home before trying something this brazen and stupid, but Twilight stopped her from coming into the room any farther.
"Rarity, I need you to call the hospital, now." Twilight said surprisingly calmly. "We need to get these two there immediately. Well, okay, all three. But I'm ordering the guards to throw HIM in prison the first chance they get."
Rarity nodded and rushed to do as she was told. Twilight opened one of the windows and sent up three magical signal flares into the night sky, and within two minutes a group of guard ponies descended upon Carousel Boutique. With great care they lifted Spike and Flitter onto two awaiting stretchers and rushed them both to the hospital. Thunderlane wasn't shown as much courtesy as he was quickly looked over by a medic and was deemed fit enough to go straight to jail. The guards were absolutely okay with the decision and bound his hooves and wings before tossing him into an awaiting armored carriage and whisked away.
Twilight accompanied the two to the hospital while Rarity spoke to the guards about that night's events. She explained to them that she had invited Spike, Flitter, and Thunderlane over to have a wine tasting but had gone up to her room after having a little too much to drink.
"So you don't know what happened with the other three downstairs? You came down after Princess Twilight arrived?" one guard asked.
Rarity gulped silently and nodded.
The guard reached under his wing and produced a small baggy of white powder. "We found this and a few more pills in your kitchen, hidden in the freezer." he said sternly.
"I... I don't know where those came from." Rarity lied. "Thunderlane insisted he prepare everything for tonight so I talked to Spike and Flitter while he was in the kitchen."
Normally the guards would investigate further for any holes in her story, but Twilight returned just then and came to Rarity's defense. "Guys, she's one of the Elements of Harmony. There's no way she would be involved with trying to drug some poor filly or attacking Spike."
The guards looked at each other and nodded in agreement. "Sorry to bother you, miss." the lead guard said before motioning the others to leave.
Twilight turned to Rarity. "Are you sure you don't want to get checked out at the hospital also? You may have been slipped some of those drugs also."
Rarity shook her head no. "I'm fine, Twilight, or at least as okay as I can be. Are you sure there's no way I can go visit Spike right now?"
Twilight shook her head. "They won't let anypony in. Even I can't go to see them. The doctor said he won't allow any family or visitors until at least noon. They're in bad shape and he needs to work without any distraction."
Rarity nodded in understanding. "Very well, but I will be there exactly at noon and he better let me in to see my Spike." she said aggressively.
Twilight nodded in ironic understanding. "I'll be there as well. I have to go inform Cloudchaser that her sister is in the hospital and probably stay with her tonight. I'll bring her over to the hospital with me."
Rarity of course didn't care at all who Twilight brought to see Flitter but nodded anyways. "I'll see you tomorrow, then. Thank you Twilight." she said before returning to her boutique.
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On the other side of Ponyville, four ponies of various ages were asleep in their beds, exhausted after yet another hard day's work of working in the fields. Applejack lay sprawled out on top of her bed, too tired to even get under her sheets before falling asleep. Her Element of Honesty lay on her dresser next to her favorite hat, just as they always were almost every night. The element began to glow softly, a fiery red aura surrounding it before the light seemed to explode and a sharp *CRACK* sounded. The noise startled Applejack, who woke with a start and fell out of bed. Just as quickly as the light burst, it rapidly disappeared and plunged the room back into darkness. Absolutely confused by what had happened, Applejack glanced all around the room, half expecting to see an army of changelings attacking her farm. But only silence followed, and with caution she approached her dresser and peered closely at her Element.
She looked dumbfounded as her Element was cracked, the scar clearly evident across the apple-shaped gem. "What the.." she wondered aloud.
"For the last time, sit down or I will have to place you under arrest!"
Though the guard's words were clear and stern, his expression showed that he was beginning to lose his nerve. He had been called over to the hospital in Ponyville to deal with some mare who was trying to break in to see a patient. Despite the doctor and nurses telling her over and over again that she had to stay in the waiting room the mare refused to listen.
"Miss, please, calm down!" Doctor Stable said, blocking the door to the hallway where the intensive care rooms were. "He's not ready to see any visitors, he's still unstable!"
"I don't care, I have to see him!" Rarity yelled back.
Rarity had tried her best to hold out until noon, but after a night of tossing and turning in bed without actually sleeping at all she ended up racing to the hospital just after the sun rose. She tried her best to remain in the waiting room but after a few hours she lost any patience she had left and tried barging in to Spike's room. The nurse on duty kept her out, but as Rarity was rejected again and again the situation became extremely tense.
Doctor Stable began to sweat but he eyed a flash of purple going past the window outside. 'Oh thank Celestia, Twilight it here! She'll be able to handle her friend.' he thought relieved.
Unfortunately for him Twilight already had her hooves full. Twilight slowly entered the hospital waiting room rear-end first, and as Doctor Stable stared baffled by the unusual way to enter he soon saw why.
Twilight gritted her teeth as she strained to keep somepony back. Her horn was glowing extremely brightly, almost white from the strain, as she tried to keep somepony from entering but it was a losing battle. As Twilight staggered back another pony began to enter the room. The other pony was having a much tougher time, her entire body surrounded by Twilight's magical aura. But somehow, despite being pushed back by Twilight's powerful magic, the pony flapped her wings and continued to struggle forward, gritting her teeth in determination.
"Cloudchaser, please, calm down!" Twilight yelled. "You can see her soon, I promise, just not now!"
"FOR THE LAST TIME, GET OUT OF MY WAY!" Cloudchaser yelled out. "I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A PRINCESS NOW, YOU'RE NOT STOPPING ME FROM SEEING MY SISTER!"
Nurse Redheart burst into the room with four more unicorn guards. Two of them rushed over and helped Twilight finally subdue the enraged Cloudchaser while the other two guards managed to finally pull Rarity back away from the hallway door.
"What do you two think you're doing? Do you really think all this commotion is going to help Spike and Flitter get better? Do you?" Nurse Redheart scolded both mares. "You may not realize it now but you're hurting them even more right now! Look at this, five guards having to be here because of your selfishness, not to mention Doctor Stable, Nurse Coldheart, and myself can't tend to any of our patients. No, instead we're stuck here foal-sitting you two who can't scrape together a little bit of patience!"
Nurse Redheart's little speech worked, and both Rarity and Cloudchaser ceased struggling. Twilight and the guards slowly lowered their guard, freeing the unicorn and pegasus from the magical hold.
Nurse Redheart nodded approvingly. "There, that's much better! Now, we will call you and bring you in as soon as they're ready for visitors, but not a moment sooner. Is that clear?"
Both mares nodded, and the hospital staff returned to their duties. Twilight dismissed the guards, reassuring them that she could handle the two if anything else happened.
Rarity was sitting quietly staring at the floor while Cloudchaser sat a few seats away, quietly crying and feeling absolutely helpless. Twilight walked over to Cloudchaser and held to try to comfort her, but there was little effect on the heartbroken mare.
"That... that scumbag... how could he do that to Flitter?" Cloudchaser asked, looking at Twilight with watery eyes. "He was my first, but he... he raped my sister! And I wasn't there to protect her."
Twilight couldn't find anything to say but continued to hold her. Just then Nurse Redheart came back and approached the three waiting mares. "Well, despite your earlier outbursts it seems that Flitter is going to be fine. She's awake now and in a few minutes you can go in and see her."
Cloudchaser began to cry harder, but this time it was out of happiness. Twilight smiled at the good news. "That's great, Nurse Redheart. Is there any word on how Spike is doing?"
The nurse's smile disappeared. "Not so good. The doctor is running a few more tests, but he hasn't shown any signs of improvement. He's lucky that he threw up or he would be even worse, but that hit he took to the head definitely made things worse."
Twilight took a deep breath, trying to resist the urge to start crying herself. She buried her feelings and remained strong for Cloudchaser, happy that at least Flitter was doing better. "Come on, let's go see Flitter." Twilight said. She and Cloudchaser got up and followed Nurse Redheart, but Rarity was lost in thought.
'Spike.... he's not doing so good? Could I have... no, it wasn't my fault. It wasn't my fault! The nurse, she said that it was good that he threw up. I helped him... yes, I helped him when he did. I helped make him better. But Thunderlane was the one who... it's his fault. He's the one who mixed the hoofies into their water, and he brought them over from his house in the first place. And he was the one who attacked Spike!
"Uh, Rarity?" Twilight called out, snapping the unicorn out the argument in her head. "Rarity, come on. Don't you want to go see Flitter?"
"Oh, of course, Twilight dear. Sorry, I got caught up, um, trying to piece together everything that has happened." Rarity said, hopping off of her seat and following the other mares.
Nurse Redheart led them to Flitter's room where Doctor Stable was checking on her condition. Cloudchaser was overjoyed to see that her sister was awake finally, though her movements still seemed slightly sluggish. As the doctor turned and saw the visitors entering he put his clipboard away and approached Cloudchaser.
"She's doing much better now." he said to her relief. "We managed to pump her stomach and then just had to wait until the drugs in her blood worked their way through. We, um... we found traces of semen in her stomach also, so she was definitely sexually assaulted by that stallion."
Cloudchaser stomped her hoof in anger but Twilight wrapped a wing around the furious pegasus. "Cloudchaser, not now." she said. Her words instantly calmed her, and the pegasus nodded silently before rushing over to her sister.
"Flitter..." Cloudchaser manager to squeak out before hugging her sister tightly, a few large tears slipping down her face. The two sisters embraced each other lovingly before Cloudchaser pulled back and lightly tapped Flitter on the head. "Now do you see why I wanted you to be careful with alcohol?"
"Sorry, Cloudchaser." Flitter said. "I just wanted to prove to Spike that I was grown up enough for him. Where is Spike anyways? What happened last night?"
Cloudchaser felt like she had been kicked in the gut but knew it was her duty to tell her what had happened to her. Trying to hold back her own emotions, she had no choice but to tell Flitter the grim truth of how Thunderlane had slipped hoofies into the drinks and then raped Flitter, making her swallow his sperm and covering her with even more, as well as the small hunt of blood that the nurses found coming from her groin.
The news devastated the young mare, and she broke down once Cloudchaser had finished. Twilight felt her heart break for the poor pegasus but knew that there wasn't anything she or Rarity could do right now. Through her sobs of depression Flitter tried to ask the most important question on her mind. "D-did... did he t-t-take... did he my..." was all she managed to ask, but Cloudchaser knew exactly what she meant. She didn't know the answer and helplessly looked at Doctor Stable for the anwer.
"We don't know yet." he said. "We needed to wait until you were awake to get your consent to check if he had violated you down there."
Flitter nodded. "Please check. I... I need to know." she said. Doctor Stable wasted no time and called Nurse Redheart to assist. Closing the privacy curtains around them, Twilight, Rarity, and CLoudchaser could only wait and hope for the best. It was only ten minutes but it seemed like an absolute eternity before the curtains were pulled back and the doctor waved them back over.
"There was some small tearing around the walls that caused the bleeding, but her hymen is still intact." he said. All of the mares in the room sighed with relief; the sick, twisted stallion didn't get that far before Spike intervened.
Well, almost all of them. 'She's a virgin?' Rarity thought. Her mind clouded as she realized that Flitter had the upper hoof now; she had something- well, two somethings that Rarity could never give Spike.
"Twilight, where's Spike?" Flitter asked again. She was dying to see him; she wanted him to hold her after being attacked, she wanted to feel safe in his arms. None of the ponies present wanted to break more bad news to her, but Twilight stepped up to deliver the bad news.
"Spike's... um, he's still in bad shape." she said. She explained to Flitter how Spike had fought with Thunderlane and stopped him from robbing her of her virginity. Twilight hoped that maybe she would be happy that Spike had saved her but of course she felt the opposite.
Flitter broke down crying again, sobbing that he was hurt because of her. Doctor Stable moved in and informed the other mares that she had enough of an emotional rollercoaster for one day and needed to rest, but Flitter spoke up before he could finish. "Can I... talk to Rarity in private first?" she asked.
The doctor nodded. "Of course, just don't take too long." Cloudchaser and Twilight hugged Flitter goodbye, promising to be back first thing in the morning before leaving Rarity alone with Flitter.
Rarity didn't know what she wanted to talk about and walked up to the bed. "Darling, I..." she began to say but Flitter silenced her by placing her hoof on Rarity's shoulder.
"I'm sorry." Flitter said, confusing Rarity. "I guess I wasn't ready to handle that much wine."
"Don't be, dear. It wasn't your fault." Rarity said genuinely. "None of us knew he would do such a monstrous thing to you."
"Well, I wanted to ask you something. I can't ask Twilight or my sister, but you know Spike the best out of everypony who knows him. Am I... do you think I'm good enough for Spike?" she asked.
Conflicting emotions ran through Rarity's mind. She wanted to of course tell her no, but a small part of her was telling her to do the right thing for once and say yes, of course she was. 'Maybe it's time to give up, maybe she does deserve Spike.' She finally made up her mind, taking a deep breath. "I'm sure he would be..."
She stopped as a terrible idea hit her, but an idea that would be more effective than just simple drugs. "I mean, I'm sure he'd be okay for settling for you." she said.
"O-oh, okay." Flitter said, her ears drooping slightly. She wasn't sure if she had heard Rarity right; maybe she just worded her answer wrong? But the answer still stung slightly, and Flitter began to think that maybe Spike did think of her as too immature for him.
Rarity smiled as her words had her desired effects. "Oh, don't worry darling. I know an easy secret that will make you absolutely irresistible to Spike." she said, winking at her.
Flitter's eyes lit up brightly. "Really? Oh, thank you Rarity! You really are the absolute best! What do I have to do?" she asked eagerly.
Rarity patted Flitter on her head. "Shush now, you have to get better first. When you're back home come by my boutique and I will be more than happy to show you." Rarity said.
Flitter reached out and hugged Rarity. "Thank you... thank you so much. You don't know how much this means to me. He means everything to me, I'd die without him." she said.
"Yes... yes, I'm sure you would." Rarity replied.
Finally saying goodbye to the hospitalized mare, Rarity met up with Twilight and Cloudchaser who were both talking to two of the guards that responded to the chaos last night. Twilight saw Rarity and waved her over. The guards looked her over and one of them spoke to her.
"Miss, you were at the party last night where the young dragon was attacked, correct?" he asked her.
"It was a formal wine tasting, but yes, I was there." she confirmed.
He nodded. "Perfect, three tests should put that sad excuse of a pegasus away for years."
"I'm sorry, test? What test?" Rarity asked, becoming concerned.
"We need you to come in tomorrow morning to have a sample of your blood taken." he explained. "It will guarantee that the stallion who did this is put away, and also clear you of any suspicion. That scum had the nerve to say that this whole ordeal was your plan."
Rarity felt the color drain from her face. 'That double crossing ass!' she thought angrily. There was no way she could back out of the blood test, and with great reluctancy she nodded. "I'll... be here tomorrow." she said.
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"Angel, please? I'm sorry I don't have any carrots that are big enough. I promise tomorrow at the market I'll get the ones you like." Fluttershy pleaded.
The spoiled bunny shook his head and bounded away. "Oh, please don't be mad. I'm really sorry." she said, going after him.
A sharp cracking sound reached both of their ears. Angel looked around warily as Fluttershy dove behind her couch in fright. Somewhat annoyed that his caretaker was an absolute coward, Angel bounced over to her and tugged at her tail and kicked her flank, pointing in the direction the sound came from.
"O-o-okay, I'm g-g-g-going." Fluttershy squeaked, slowly making her way. She saw a faint glow coming from a room... her room. She was now more curious than scared; nothing she had in there lit up. She cautiously opened her door and gasped as she saw that the glow was coming from her Element of Kindness, but before she could zoom over and pick it up the glow died.
"Oh... my." she said, staring at a large crack that cut her butterfly shaped gem in half diagonally.
Rarity's walk home was filled with worry and fear. 'A blood test? They'll find out I wasn't drugged and then start digging deeper.' she fretted.
The only way for her to avoid suspicion was to have her blood test positive for hoofies, but she had none left now thanks to the guards searching her home and taking every single pill she or Thunderlane had. 'Maybe it's time to come clean.' she thought as she entered town. As she walked through Ponyville she watched the various ponies around town going about their lives; Mr. and Mrs. Cake placing their baked goods out for display, Mayor Mare pacing back and forth outside town hall trying to draft a letter, Berry Punch toting another case of wine back home, Derpy derping around... wait...
'Wine... that's it!' Rarity thought, running for Cloudchaser's house. Cloudchaser had stayed behind at the hospital for a while to complete the mountains of paperwork that needed to be completed, but Rarity still didn't want to risk being caught what she was about to do.
Rarity pushed open the door to Cloudchaser and Flitter's home, finding the front door unlocked like most other homes in Ponyville. Slipping inside, she made her way to the kitchen and began rummaging through the different cabinets and cupboards, trying to find the wine she gave to Flitter.
"No... no... NO! Where is it?" she said, frustrated that she couldn't find it. With no other places in the kitchen to look, Rarity rushed upstairs and found Flitter's room and began searching for the wine there. Of course there was no sign of the bottle anywhere, but Rarity did find something of interest; Flitter's diary. Her curiosity screamed for her to read it, but she knew that she had her priorities; find that wine! Still, the urge to dive into Flitter's head and possibly find a weakness proved to be too great, and she took the diary with her as she moved on to Cloudchaser's room. Her face lit up in a huge smile as she saw found it on the top shelf in Cloudchaser's closet and used her magic to bring it down to her.
Having retrieved what she came here for, as well as a nice little extra bonus, Rarity quickly fled the house, not caring if she had put everything back where it belonged or not. She quickly made her way back to her home and rushed to the back room of her boutique. She was ecstatic that the guards didn't remove any of the evidence from her home yet and she doubted that they would notice that one more bottle of wine had somehow appeared. She uncorked the bottle and sniffed its subtle fragrance, and though it smelled absolutely divine she remembered that there was a dangerous drug inside of it.
She poured herself a large glass of the tainted wine and stared at it, The thought of drugging herself scared her more than anything else, but she knew that if she wanted to avoid suspicion she had no choice. She was at least alone and didn't have to worry about anypony trying to rape her while she was drugged. "Well, here it goes." she said, tipping her glass back and managing to swallow a third of the wine. The expensive wine tasted absolutely delicious but the hoofies began to almost immediately kick in, and she began to feel extremely light headed. She took another large gulp, leaving about a quarter of the wine left inside of it. She began to sway back and forth slightly, having trouble keeping her balance just while standing. She looked at the small amount of wine left in her glass but decided that she had drunk enough and placed the used bottle of wine on the table along with the glass before unsteadily making her way to her room.
Never before had Rarity had so much trouble with stairs. Even when she had to move all her new mannequins in by herself she had no trouble bringing up four of them to her room. But now with the hoofies in her system she struggled to place her hooves on each step as the stairway seemed to be moving. She made it half way up the stairs before her head began to spin too much for her to handle, and the next thing she knew she found herself on the floor, back at the bottom of the stairs. Her entire body hurt but she didn't know why or how. 'Wasn't I... on the stairs?' she thought as she lay dazed on the ground. She tried to get back on her hooves but found the task impossible, almost as if she had lost complete control of her own body. She tried sitting up next but that too failed; the farthest she got was lifting her head up but she quickly ran out of strength and had no choice but to let her head come crashing back down. She hit her head with enough force to normally cause a headache but thanks to the drugs she felt absolutely nothing, but she did start to feel drowsy and soon closed her eyes and let sleep overcome her.
When Rarity awoke the next morning she felt absolutely terrible. Even without moving her body she felt her muscles aching and her head felt like she had taken a kick from Applejack's powerful hind legs. She groggily got up, trying to figure out what, if anything, had happened last night. She obviously never made it to her bedroom, and from the aches and slight bruising on her flank she guessed correctly that she had fallen down the stairs while trying to go to bed. She unsteadily made her way back to her kitchen and turned on her sink to as cold as it could possibly go and splashed the chilly water onto her face.
"Ugh... definitely not doing that again." she muttered to herself, ignoring the fact that Flitter and Spike both felt the same, if not worse, after they had finally awoken. She still remained unsteady and didn't want to risk trying to climb the stairs again, so she prepared herself as best she could for the important day ahead of her. After a few hours of waiting she finally felt healthy enough to walk normally and left for the hospital, confident that her blood test would be in her favor.
"They got him, they found him guilty!" Twilight announced happily.
Twilight, Rarity, and Cloudchaser were once again in Flitter's hospital room, visiting the young mare. Twilight had just been called away to speak with a guard, causing Rarity to sweat slightly. She had taken the blood test and her blood sample had shown positive for hoofies, but there was still the chance that they may have noticed something suspicious. However, when she overheard that the guard was informing Twilight of Thunderlane's trial she breathed a sigh of relief, now knowing she was in the clear.
"They got him, all three of their blood samples were more than enough for a guilty sentence." Twilight said. "Princess Luna herself will be coming to Ponyville tomorrow to hand down the sentence."
"Princess Luna?" Cloudchaser asked in disbelief. "Why is she coming? The princesses only deal with extremely horrendous crimes when they deliver punishments."
"I asked her to." Twilight said. "There's no way I could allow him to be sentenced by any other pony besides Princess Celestia. Besides, I'm sure Spike would agree that there's nopony better for the job."
Flitter's smile disappeared at the mention of her lover. "How... how is Spike, anyways?" she asked.
"He's still the same." Twilight said. "He still hasn't woken up but he's stable."
"But why? Why hasn't he woken up?" Flitter burst, crying again. "He should be awake by now! He and I had the same amount of drugs, and he threw it up hours before I did! I don't understand how he can still be sick and I'm not! It's not fair! IT'S NOT FAIR!"
Twilight felt her heart break by the young mare's emotions for her assistant. Cloudchaser went to console her sister but Flitter pushed her away. "Go. Please, just go. I need to be alone."
Cloudchaser nodded, slightly insulted but she knew that her younger sister was hurting a lot. As the three mares turned to leave Flitter called out to Rarity. "Rarity, hold on a second. You... are you still going to teach me how to do those things that Spike likes?" she asked desperately.
Rarity nodded. "Of course, darling. You're being released from the hospital tomorrow, correct? Whenever you want to start, stop by the boutique."
"Thank you, Rarity. You have no idea how much this means to me." Flitter said. Rarity blew Flitter a kiss before leaving and closing the door behind her. She said goodbye to Twilight and Cloudchaser and headed back to her boutique as Twilight returned home to await Princess Luna, leaving Cloudchaser alone in the empty waiting room.
Once Rarity was home, she went to her room and pulled out a small book from under her pillow. She brought it to her desk and opened Flitter's diary, skimming the pages for anything useful. Most of the entries were useless to her; blah blah blah met cute pegasus at work blah blah blah new pony and dragon moved into town blah blah blah...
She finally came across a promising entry from a few years ago and carefully read it;
Luna's flank, I almost died of embarrassment today! I was walking back from Sugarcube Corner when I saw two ponies suddenly duck into an alleyway. I didn't think much of it but when I passed by I saw the mare sucking on the stallion's thingie! Eww! I can't believe that a mare would ever let a stallion put his thing into her mouth, but in public also? I could never do that! But that's not the end of it. The stallion saw me watching them and actually smiled at me, then yelled that he was coming. I don't know what he meant by that, it didn't look like he was going anywhere, but the mare started swallowing something that came out of his thing and swallowed it. It looked like they both enjoyed whatever they did, but I could never do something like that in public. I can't even nuzzle another pony if somepony else is watching!
"My word, she really is naive when it comes to sex." Rarity said out loud. She continued scanning the diary for anything else and found another interesting, more recent entry;
I think something's wrong with me! I... I was masturbating last night (don't judge me!) and, well, when I had my orgasm I think I peed myself! I mean, when I had my orgasm (or cumming, I think one of my friend's told me it's called) I couldn't stop myself from peeing all over my bed. It didn't smell like my regular urine, but I don't know what else it could be! Oh Celestia, I hope Spike doesn't find out! He'll think I'm a bed wetting filly still!
"Well, this is quite the interesting bit." Rarity said, laughing a little at Flitter's lack of sexual knowledge. "I think I have enough to work with here." She replaced the diary under her pillow and decided to catch up on her work, but not even halfway down the stairs to her workshop did she decide to instead make a special custom outfit for Flitter.
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The next day Rarity received a knock on her door a few minutes just after she had closed her shop for the day. "Seriously, they expect me to stay open for them?" Rarity huffed. The pony knocked on the door again to her annoyance. "I'm coming, calm down!" she called out. "I don't open until tomorrow at... oh, Flitter!"
"Hi Rarity. Sorry, should I come back tomorrow?" the little mare asked.
"Oh no, dear, please, come in!" Rarity smiled, letting her in. "I didn't expect you here this late. Did you just come from home?"
Flitter shook her head. "No, I was discharged just now and came here first. I wanted to come here as soon as possible, I need to know how to make Spike happy before he wakes up."
"Oh, uh... of course." Rarity replied, a bit taken aback by Flitter's determination to change herself for Spike. "Well, whenever you're ready to start..."
"I'm ready now." Flitter said determinedly. "Please, Rarity, I have to know how to please him and I may not have much time."
Rarity was beginning to become annoyed by Flitter's unwavering commitment but thankfully she had finished her newest creation just a few hours ago. "Very well. Lucky for you I thought up a little something for you that I know Spike will just adore."
She motioned Flitter to follow her to her bedroom and the naive pegasus followed without suspecting a thing. Rarity threw open her bedroom door and pointed to the one dressed mannequin in the room. "Ta-da! What do you think?" she asked.
Flitter didn't know what to think. The outfit was certainly eye catching... perhaps a little too eye catching. The outfit started with a leather collar that went around a pony's neck, and a long chain link leash trailed from the collar to the floor. Below it was a very sheer sky blue tank top that didn't hide a single thing, and even lower was a pair of crotchless panties made of the same sheer blue material as the top. A gemstone was affixed to the panties right where Flitter's clit would go, but the part that scared her the most was a series of large balls attached to a string that lay below the mannequin.
Flitter's mouth opened and closed silently like a fish out of water but Rarity obviously shared a different opinion. "Marvelous, isn't it? It took me hours to come up with the perfect design." she boasted. Flitter wasn't so sure; it looked more like it had taken hours to remove as much coverage as possible without just throwing away the concept of clothes all together.
"But... I'm... he..." Flitter stuttered.
Rarity looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "What, you don't know? Hmm, I thought you would by now."
"Know what? Flitter asked.
Rarity smirked. "Why, dear, don't you know that Spike gets off on exhibitionism?"
"Exhi... huh? He does what?"
"Exhibitionism. It's when a pony exposes themselves in public." Rarity explained with a sigh. "No, Spike doesn't do that himself. He enjoys seeing mares doing it."
"H-h-he does?" Flitter asked, shocked that Spike would like such a thing.
"Oh, yes, quite a bit so." Rarity said. "You have no idea how many times he's tried to sneak a peek at yours truly while out around Ponyville. Why don't you try it on and see if you change your mind."
Flitter nodded uneasily and stepped forward. "O-okay." she said nervously. She allowed Rarity to slip the clothes on her, still feeling naked even with them now on her body. As Rarity went to clasp the collar on around her neck Flitter stopped her. "I can't... not the collar." she said, feeling humiliated enough already.
"This is for Spike, remember?" Rarity said, hitting Flitter with a low blow. "I thought you said you'd do anything for him."
Flitter gulped nervously, eventually nodding her head in consent. Rarity wasn't going to wait for her to change her mind and quickly clasped the collar around her neck, making sure it was firmly in place with no chance of sliding out of place. Flitter walked up to the mirror on the wall and looked at herself. 'I... I look like a slut.' she thought to herself. 'And I have to wear this in public?'
Rarity walked up and smiled. "You look absolutely marvelous, darling. Spike is going to love this." she said with a hint of eroticism in her voice.
"R-really? I don't know..." Flitter said, eyeing the balls still on the floor. "Um, what are those for?"
"Oh, those? Those complete the outfit, it just simply will not work without them." Rarity said dramatically. She brought them over with her magic and motioned for Flitter to turn around.
The pegasus slowly turned and felt her hooves suddenly freeze in place. Looking down she saw that Rarity was using her magical aura to hold her in place. "Rarity?" she asked.
"Hush now, you can't move around while I get this in place." Rarity said calmly.
Flitter's mind raced as she tried to think of where the balls were going to go, but as soon as she felt the first one press up against her puckered asshole she began to thrash about.
"GAH! NO! Rarity, stop! What are you doing?" she screamed out, struggling to get free. She of course couldn't move but her outburst caused Rarity to at least stop pushing the large beads into her ass for now.
"Why, I thought you knew. These go into your rear to keep your tail raised up." Rarity said nonchalantly.
"They WHAT?" Flitter exclaimed, turning a deep red in her face out of embarrassment as she imagined herself walking around Ponyville with the outfit on while having such a large object inside of her, exposed for everypony to see. "Isn't there some way to do this without those?" she asked hopefully.
Rarity shook her head. "Why, of course not! That's like wearing only wearing half a dress, or wearing only one shoe. You have to either wear the entire outfit or not at all."
Flitter wanted to desperately say no but thought back to Spike. 'He rushed in to save me and got hurt. I can do this. For him.' she thought, but she still wanted to back out. Guilt finally got the better of her and she nodded grimly. "Okay, okay... do it. Just... do it quickly. But gently!" she said, gritting her teeth in anticipation.
That was all Rarity needed to hear. She firmly pressed the first bead into Flitter's ass and watched in satisfaction as it slowly started to sink in.
"Ow... OW! Stop, Rarity, STOP! Take it out! Take it o- Agggh!" Flitter screamed as the large bead began to enter her. As the round ball passed the half way point Flitter's ass seemed to greedily suck it in, leaving just a bit of string poking out from her asshole. Flitter panted in relief as the pain subsided slightly, but all too soon she felt another being pressed up against her bum.
"Umf... Ah! No more! Please!" Flitter cried out.
Rarity didn't stop, though. "Dear, I can't stop now. It would look absolutely absurd if you had only one of them in you while the rest remained dangling like a second tail. There's only six more to go."
"Six more?!" Flitter said, looking down between her legs. Sure enough, a half dozen more of the large beads hung down from her ass. She felt Rarity beginning to insert the second one and pleaded for her to stop, but the orb kept on pushing in.
Rarity was no longer in control of her actions and forced the second and third balls into Flitter's ass. Flitter began to cry as the fourth began to work its way inside of her, but Rarity found herself beginning to like the sounds of Flitter's pleas and sobs. Balls number five and six slipped in to Flitter's ass with slightly more ease as her asshole began to loosen and accept the hard intruders with slightly more ease, leaving just the last bead to be put in.
Number seven was a special one; instead of being a regular round ball like the others, this one was shaped like a plug. Rarity licked her lips in anticipation as she began to wriggle the plug into Flitter's ass, stretching it open one last time before the plug slipped into place, leaving Flitter's ass stretched partially open around the butt plug. Satisfied that she was finally finished with dressing Flitter up, Rarity released the magic hold she had on Flitter and stepped back to admire her work.
Flitter fell to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably as she wriggled her flank due to the uncomfortable sensation of being filled with the anal beads. "It hurts! It hurts so much! Get it out get it out get it out!" she said, beginning to panic.
Rarity eyed the bottle of lotion she had on her nightstand but decided not to use it. Hearing Flitter in pain was beginning to turn her on. "Calm down, dear, the pain will go away shortly." she said. Rarity gently rubbed Flitter's back to help the pain go away, and after a while Flitter began to calm down and stopped crying. "There, feeling better?" Rarity asked.
Flitter nodded. "It still... kinda hurts. It feels weird."
"I know, but it gets easier with practice." Rarity said. "But your outfit is now complete. Take a look."
Flitter looked at herself again and gasped as she saw that her tail was now raised, clearly exposing her pussy and plugged ass. She tried to lower her tail but found that she couldn't due to the plug in her ass. "Rarity..." she said, slightly scared.
"Perfect, you look stunning!" Rarity said, looking Flitter over. "Spike is absolutely sure to love this."
Flitter finally had some hope return to her eyes. "Really?" she asked.
"But of course! He's going to be absolutely thrilled with your new look." she said convincingly. "He's going to fall in love with you all over again."
"O-okay..." Flitter said, still feeling uncomfortable about the outfit but her determination to make Spike happy won.
"Now, there is one thing you need to know." Rarity said. "Walking may be a bit, er, different."
Flitter took a step and gasped as the balls inside her rectum shifted with each step. "It feels weird!" she protested.
"I know, dear." she said. "That's why you're going to practice walking with that outfit on when you go home tonight."
"I'M WHAT?!" Flitter burst again. "No no no no! I... I can't! What if somepony sees me?"
Rarity gave her a smile. "Oh darling, it's almost dark out, nopony is going to see you. But if you'd like I can go with you and make sure nopony sees you like this."
Of course Rarity's offer was too good to refuse. "Yes, please. Thank you." Flitter said, happy that she wouldn't be alone.
Rarity led Flitter to the door, quickly zapping the gemstone with a burst of her magic. She snickered as she then picked up the end of Flitter's leash. "Come alone, pet." she said.
Flitter didn't know what Rarity meant by 'pet', but had no choice but to follow her as Rarity tugged the leash. Not even two steps later Flitter jumped as she felt a odd yet pleasurable vibration coming from the gem attached to her panties.
"Something wrong?" Rarity said as she felt Flitter stop.
"N-no, nothing." Flitter said, too embarrassed to tell Rarity that her underwear was beginning to turn her on. But Rarity knew exactly what was happening to Flitter, and as they started walking Flitter realized they were going the wrong way. "R-Rarity, wait. I live over t-there." she stuttered as the orbs in her rear and the vibrating gemstone began to arouse her.
"I know, sweetie, but if we head straight to your home we're sure to run into somepony. I know a nice, quiet route that will be completely empty." she said, telling the truth for once. Well, almost. The route she had in mind went behind the club that she met Thunderlane at.
As she expected, nopony interrupted Rarity and Flitter's walk around Ponyville. "See, this isn't so bad." Rarity teased Flitter. Flitter could only nod in response as the shifting beads in her ass and the vibrations against her clit her beginning to overwhelm her, and she knew that if she opened her mouth she would begin to moan in pleasure. As they neared the rear of the club Rarity decided to have a little more fun with the mare she now had in tow.
"Oh, is that... yes, that's him." Rarity said, pretending to see somepony she knew. "Darling, I'm very sorry but I must go see a very important client."
"W-What? Mmm... Do you have to righ- mmph! Right now?" Flitter was forced to ask. As predicted, she couldn't stop from moaning a few times, and her reaction to the stimulation didn't escape Rarity.
"I'm terribly sorry, darling, it will just take a few minutes, I swear." she apologized. "Here, let me just..."
Flitter was looking down at the ground, trying to subdue the growing heat that was building inside of her. While she was distracted, Rarity quickly looped the chain leash around a nearby fence and locked the leash in place. "Stay here, I'll be right back." she said before galloping off around the corner.
"Huh? Wait a secon- What the? Rarity? Rarity!" Flitter yelled out after her, just realizing that she was now chained to the fence. She tugged forcefully at the least but it wouldn't budge, nor would the collar give even an inch when she tried to get it off of her. Flitter wanted to cry as she realized she was fully exposed to anypony that came behind the building. It didn't help that there was a back exit for the club just feet away, and the only shelter she had was a dumpster between her and the door. Forced to wait until Rarity returned, Flitter focused on the next problem; she was getting closer and closer to cumming.
She winced as the gem's speed became more intense due to Rarity zapping the gem once more from her hiding spot. From where she was hidden Rarity could see everything without being seen herself. She figured two or three orgasms would be sufficient to break the poor mare's spirit, and maybe finally she would decide to leave Spike. Just then she saw the door opening and one of the stallions who worked inside came outside for a quick smoke.
"Well, this should be fun." Rarity said as she watched. Flitter had heard the door open and pressed herself back against the building, hoping the dumpster and the building's shadow was enough to hide her. Her leash was still visible as the fence it was tied to was out in the open, but the stallion was too busy smoking to notice the chain attached to the fence. However, Rarity saw Flitter fidgeting more and more, and she knew that the young mare was getting close.
"Oh, don't hold back, dear. Here, let me help you with that." Rarity snickered, blasting the gem with her magic once more. Flitter let out a small squeak of pleasure as she felt the gem shake violently, and within seconds she could no longer hold back.
"Oooh... mmmph!" she moaned as her body spasmed. As she feared, Flitter felt something escaping from her body, and with horror she watched as a stream of liquid came squirting out from her crotch. "No..." she moaned as the stream continued to soak the ground.
Rarity saw the stallion's ears perk up and he looked around. He could have sworn he heard somepony moaning, but he soon forgot the incident and finished his break, returning inside the club to Flitter's relief. Rarity zapped the gem and caused it to finally stop, allowing Flitter some time to catch her breath between sobs of embarrassment and humiliation. She had almost been caught peeing in public, not to mention forced to wear such a provocative outfit with the beads stuffed inside of her. "It's for Spike... it's for him." she said softly, reminding herself that he was the reason she had to go through with this.
Deciding that enough time had passed, Rarity turned the gem back on, eliciting a gasp from Flitter's lips. "Ahh! No more, no... mmm, no more. Please, stop." Flitter begged, hoping that her pleas would somehow turn it off. But this only caused Rarity to turn up the vibrations, making Flitter even more vocal.
A movement to her side caught Rarity's attention; on the side of the club were two stallions walking towards the back. Both were clearly drunk and it seemed that they were walking home, but on their present path they would miss Flitter completely. Rarity pouted at the missed opportunity but soon her frown turned into a smile as she heard them talking.
"-de, that mare definitely wanted you!"
"No way, my standards are way above her."
"What standards? You pegged that other mare last week..."
"Hey, shut up! You swore you wouldn't say anything."
"Yeah, yeah. Hey, hold up, I gotta piss bad."
"Dude, you shoulda gone before we left. No way I'm waiting for you to go back in there."
"Whatever, relax. I'll just go behind that dumpster."
"Urg, hurry up then. I'm not waiting around if a guard catches you for pissin' in public."
Rarity grinned as she saw the stallion headed for where Flitter was hiding. The scared pegasus had also heard the conversation and was hyperventilating, desperately trying to disappear in the shadows as the stallion came closer and closer.
Not to allow this opportunity to slip past her, Rarity caused the gem to once again vibrate violently against Flitter's clit. She couldn't help but let out a sensual "Hnngh!" as the vibrations brought her dangerously close to climax, but the stallion was almost on top of her by then and heard her. His cock was already out, ready to release the contents of his bladder but he held in the fluid as he took a few steps over to investigate the noise. Rounding the corner of the dumpster, he was greeted by the sexiest sight he had ever seen.
"Well, hello there." he said, smiling widely. Flitter's face went pale as she was caught, but over in her hiding place Rarity was giggling like a naughty schoolfilly.
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A sharp cracking noise awakened the Cake twins, causing them to begin crying. It only took seconds for Pinkie Pie to burst into the room and she dutifully rushed back and forth between each one, trying to figure out what was wrong. "Aw come on, please stop crying. Auntie Pinkie Pie is here. Shh, shh, it's okay. Tell Auntie what's the matter." she said, hoping her infectious smile would spread to the twins.
Both Pumpkin and Pound were still too young to talk, but they both stopped crying and pointed to the wall. "Oh! No, silly fillies, you can't play with my Element. It's beddy-bye time." Pinkie said. She looked over to her Element and her smile instantly crashed into a concerned frown as she saw what the twins were crying about. She had hung her Element of Laughter up on the wall to radiate joy and laughter for the babies, but now her Element was dull and had a large crack running through it.
"This... this is not okie dokie." she said.
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Over at the guard's barracks in Ponyville, Princess Luna remained wide awake while most ponies were starting to head to bed. Though her duties in Ponyville were to simply deliver a fitting punishment for Thunderlane's atrocious actions, something didn't seem right. Thunderlane had time and again insisted that Rarity was the mastermind behind the druggings, but the guards had disproved his argument by getting blood samples from the three victims, all that showed positive for hoofies. The guards only cared if the test results were positive or not, but Luna caught something they had missed; despite Rarity's test being taken almost a day after Spike's and Flitter's, Rarity's levels showed almost two times the amount that the other two had. Luna thought hard, the possibility that Rarity had indeed ingested more than the other two present. Or maybe the test results were botched since Flitter and Spike had their tests after they had thrown up.
Flitter stopped breathing in horror as she looked up at the drunk stallion. She was completely exposed as she was had slid down so she was now on her back, her pussy exposed thanks to the crotchless panties. The stallion's dick was already out due to the heavy urge to urinate, but it hardened even more at the sight of the slutty pony in front of him. The stallion looked over to see if his friend was still nearby but the second stallion had wandered off ahead somewhere.
Flitter couldn't help but stare at his cock, and combined with the massive stimulation caused by the gem in her panties her second orgasm was about to hit her. "N-no! Don't look, go away!" she gasped in horror but it was too late. "Nnmmm! Noo..."
Flitter's protests turned into moans as her body shook once more and she came hard. As before her pussy began to squirt and the stream of her fluids hit the stallion's leg.
"Agh! What the?" he shouted in surprise, but he soon realized what was happening. He moved his hoof to her panties and pushed the vibrating gem against her clit even harder.
"No! No! Nooo... gghhhh!" Flitter cried again, her orgasm increasing even more. The stream coming from her pussy had begun to weaken but now it increased as she reached another orgasm almost instantly. The drunk stallion smiled and bent down to taste Flitter's juices directly from her soaked crotch, causing her to lift her hips automatically as his tongue made contact with her slit.
She moaned as he licked her and lapped up her wetness. However, he still needed to pee... badly. Figuring that this little mare must enjoy playing while wet (as she had just squirted all over one of his legs), he placed his forelegs against the wall so his cock was aimed at her chest. Flitter froze as she got a close look at his cock, and she was terrified that he could try to force her to suck his cock. She clamped her mouth shut in hopes that he would back away but he didn't move his hips forward. Instead, something else happened...
Flitter screamed out loud as the stallion began to urinate all over her body, the warm, yellow fluid pouring from the tip of his cock. It started out just hitting her chest and stomach but as the stream gained strength it began to reach her neck and eventually her face. She couldn't move away from his stream due to his legs surrounding her, and she was forced to endure the humiliation of being used like a urinal. The stallion, however, was having the time of his life and finally finished emptying his bladder. Flitter was too shocked to cry and all she was able to do was curl up in a ball. As she did, though, she exposed her plugged ass to him, and he looked down at the piece of rubber sticking out from her butt.
"What the hay... what's that?" he asked. Flitter didn't respond, so he reached out and gently touched the plug with his hoof. Flitter whimpered as he tried pushing it into her, but it wouldn't go in any more, so instead he decided that he should try pulling it out. He gave a slight tug and felt the object begin to slide out of her ass. Flitter gasped as the plug began to be pulled free but she still didn't move from her fetal position, making the drunk stallion think that she wanted him to pull it out. He gently pulled the plug free from her ass and saw that there was still something else inside of her attached to a string. "Huh..." he said cluelessly. His curiosity got the better of him and with one swift yank he pulled the anal toy out of her body in one swift motion.
Flitter's body went rigid as she opened her mouth in a silent scream. The balls had hurt going slowly into her body one at a time, but having all six round balls yanked forcefully from her ass was just too much. Flitter's wings shot open and her limbs straightened out as her mind didn't know whether to feel pleasure, pain or relief. Her body eventually settled on deciding to feel the pain, and she finally found her voice.
"Augghhh! Celestia, it hurts! Aghhh! G-get away from me!" she cried out. Her legs thrashed wildly from the pain, but the stallion thought she was trying to hit him in anger. Coupled with her loud shouts of pain it proved to be enough to scare the stallion off back into the night.
As much fun as Rarity was having watching the show she knew that she had to get Flitter out of the area before somepony came to investigate all the screams and cries from her. She emerged from her hiding place and quickly unlocked the leash from the fence and pulled gently to make Flitter follow her, leaving the anal beads behind. Still sobbing from her violent treatment Flitter allowed herself to be pulled along by the unicorn, and thankfully within a few minutes of walking the two arrived at Flitter's home.
"Is cloudchaser home?" Rarity asked Flitter, noticing that all the windows were dark. Flitter shook her head and Rarity quickly pushed the pegasus inside, headed for the bathroom. Once inside Rarity helped Flitter remove her urine-soaked clothes and got her into the shower. She thought that Flitter would be able to wash herself but soon after putting her inside of it the pegasus collapsed with a loud 'thump'.
"Oh, for the love of..." Rarity moaned. She hesitated for a second before entering the shower with Flitter, lifting the despressed mare back onto her feet. Rarity felt queasy as her mane and tail got wet under the water, and she thought of how long it would take to restyle them both once she got home. Her attention eventually returned to the still crying mare in the shower next to her, and she helped Flitter wash her body of the foul smelling piss covering her body. Flitter let Rarity wash her body as her mind raced in confusion, her train of thought interrupted only when Rarity began washing around her sore anus. Thankfully, Rarity didn't spend much time washing her flank, afraid that doing so was too dirty.
Having washed Flitter clean, Rarity dried them both off and ushered Flitter to her bedroom. Flitter jumped away from Rarity as soon as they entered her room, her eyes filled with fear and betrayal. "R-Rarity... how.. h-how could you l-l-let him do that to me?" she sobbed. "I... you said y-y-you'd be gone for j-just a little bit. I t-t-trusted you."
Rarity smirked and decided that she had carried on her charade long enough. "Well, that's not my fault now, is it?" she said bluntly. "You should know better than to trust a mare when you steal her lover."
"What a-are you..." Flitter began to ask, but Rarity interrupted her.
"You stole Spike from me." she said, bringing her face close to Flitter's. "He was mine first, and you think you can come in and take him away from me? You don't know who you're messing with. If you're smart you'll leave him and never see him again. If you don't, it would be a shame if certain rumors that you enjoy being pissed on started spreading around Ponyville."
Flitter gasped in horror. "You... you wouldn't..."
Rarity put on an innocent smile. "Well, if you don't believe me, you could always ignore my advice and find out the hard way." she said. "Oh, and I would wash those clothes before your sister gets home. They reek of urine." Rarity left Flitter's room, satisfied as she heard Flitter break down crying once more. She left the distraught pegasus alone in the empty house and returned to her own home, confident that Flitter would remain silent about tonight's activities. She spotted her camera on her desk and wished that she had brought it with her tonight to document Flitter's humiliating experience and blackmail her, but as she looked at how many photos she had left she noticed there were only three pictures left.
'Hmm, I could have sworn I had at least twenty photos left on this film.' she said. She shrugged and removed the film, packaging it up and placing it in her mailbox to be developed in the morning.
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*bang* *bang* *bang*
"Twi, ya in there, sugarcube?"
Twilight rubbed her eyes and opened the front door, wondering who could be at her home so early. 'Jeez, the sun's not even up yet!' she thought. She was surprised to see almost all of her friends standing there; Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie. "Girls, what's going on?" she asked sleepily.
"Um, we're, uh, we didn't mean to wake you. We can, um, come back later. Sorry..." Fluttershy squeaked, but Rainbow Dash bopped her on the head to shut her up.
"Something weird has been going on!" the rainbow mare said bluntly. "Last night a blinding flash went off in my room and I heard something breaking. It was... just look!"
Rainbow Dash held out her Element of Loyalty, the red thunderbolt shaped gem dulled and cracked. Twilight couldn't believe her eyes; she had never heard of this happening. Not even when Discord corrupted all of them did the Elements break. She watched in horror as all her other friends held out their Elements, showing that theirs too had suffered the same fate.
"What the... how could this happen?" Twilight asked, but none of them knew. Twilight looked around and looked even more concerned. "Where's Rarity?" she asked.
"I dunno, we tried knocking on her door but she didn't answer." Pinkie said. "Ooh! Maybe she's..."
"No, Pinkie, we talked about this already. She ain't planning a party." Applejack said. "Twi, ya must have some idea of what's goin' on here, righ'?"
Twilight shook her head. "I... I don't know, girls. I already have my hooves full with waiting for Spike to wake up." she said sadly. "Why don't you leave your elements here with me and I'll see if I can figure this out. I'll stop by Rarity's on my way to the hospital today and see if her Element of Generosity is like yours."
The other ponies gave Twilight their Elements and let Twilight be, feeling bad for adding yet another burden to her heavy load but it needed to be done. Her friends said goodbye to her before dispersing to go about their busy days, leaving Twilight sighing as she closed her door and went right to work.
She brought the broken Elements up to her room and laid them on her table where she kept her crown. He Element looked normal to her, but upon closer inspection she noticed that the Element of Magic seemed to be faded. She rubbed her eyes and looked again, this time certain that the crown was lacking its usual luster. She sat puzzled by what could be happening, then rushed off to go see Rarity. 'If all the Elements are like this, we're in big trouble.' she thought as she raced through Ponyville.
Rarity was home, but she was hesitant to open her door to see what Twilight wanted. 'That cunt! She... she snitched and told Twilight what I did to her!' she thought, thinking that Flitter had sought help.
'No, calm yourself, Rarity. If she had, Twilight would have brought the guards with her. Maybe Spike is finally awake.' she thought, clearing her mind. She took a deep breath and opened her door and was almost knocked over as Twilight came barging in.
"Rarity, where's your Element of Generosity?" Twilight said, getting straight to the point.
"My Ele... Twilight, what's going on?" Rarity asked, genuinely confused.
"We don't have time, Rarity. Where is it?" the alicorn said, becoming more and more anxious.
"It's... upstairs, in the jewelry box by my bed." Rarity said. In an instant Twilight ran upstairs with Rarity hard on her heels, wondering what was going on. Twilight ran into Rarity's room and opened the box, her heart hopeful that at least one of the powerful Elements had escaped undamaged. However, what she found caused her to stumble back and fall on her flank. Rarity's Element wasn't just cracked, it had also turned black, the normal glimmer now clouded.
"No... they're all... they're all damaged." Twilight said. Rarity saw her Element and was also at a loss for words.
Twilight shook her head, unsure of what this all meant, how the Elements became corrupt, or if it was even possible to fix them. "I- I don't know. I don't know." Twilight said, feeling absolutely powerless. She picked up the black gem and looked at it closer. "I'm going to have to take this home with me. All the other Elements are damaged also."
"Of... of course, Twilight darling. Whatever you need." Rarity said, secretly relieved that Flitter's name wasn't brought up. The unicorn saw Twilight out, and just as she was going to shut her door she saw a gray streak in the sky headed towards her.
"What the..." was all Rarity was able to say before the blur smashed into the wall of her boutique just feet from her.
"Oopsie." was all the pegasus said as she pried herself from the wall. "Sorry."
This was not the first time the klutzy mail pony had messed up her landing and smashed into a building instead of landing on her hooves. "Derpy, you really must be more careful." Rarity scolded her.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I was so late yesterday I missed my usual pick up time, so I wanted to get an early head start today so I wasn't late twice in a row." Derpy explained. She reached into her mailbag and held out a parcel for Rarity. "Here you go!"
Rarity looked at the return address and was shocked that it was the photos she sent out to be developed just last night. "But... how? I just put these in the mailbox last night!" she exclaimed.
"Oh, well, I picked them up last night but I kinda broke a door when I was dropping it off at the shop." Derpy explained. "The owner had to stay up anyway while his door was being fixed so he worked on these so I didn't have to come by again."
Rarity shook her head; it amazed a lot of ponies that Derpy wasn't in the hospital more often. But they did have to give the klutzy pegasus credit for being so determined and serious about her job. "Um, thank you, good job." Rarity said. Derpy saluted and flew off, more than likely off to cause more unintended chaos for some other pony. Rarity returned to her shop and sat down at her counter, opening the photos and going through them to see what pictures she had to send out. She flipped through the various outfits she had photographed and sorted them according to who she had to send them to, but half way through the pictures her jaw dropped in absolute shock by what she saw,
She found herself staring at a half naked Flitter laying on her couch and covered in streaks of what appeared to be cum, her red dress pulled up around her chest and her panties not hiding anything due to them being soaked. The next picture was an up close shot of her crotch covered by the sheer panties, and the next was of her face with more cum dribbling from her lips. Rarity looked at photo after photo of the unconscious Flitter in her vulnerable, exposed state, and as she finally came to the last few photos she saw that whoever had taken the photos had finally removed her panties and photographed her naked slit, and the very last photo was of proof of her innocence.
It finally dawned on Rarity that Thunderlane must have taken these photos before he was caught by Spike and Twilight. A few more seconds passed before she smiled once she realized that she had exactly what she wanted; leverage against Flitter to make sure she stayed quiet. No, more than just staying quiet... Rarity could make her do whatever she wanted unless she wanted the photos to get spread around Ponyville.
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Most ponies couldn't help but admire the architecture and decor of Carousel Boutique as they approached the building, but one pony found the sight of it absolutely terrifying. She froze at the sight of it and wanted to desperately run away, but she swallowed her fear and thought to herself that needed to do this. Trying to imagine that she was braver than she was, she took a deep breath and entered the boutique.
Rarity looked up as the bell chimed when the door opened. "Oh, hello. Welcome to Carousel Boutique."she said to her visitor.
Flitter walked up to the counter and placed a bag on it. "I... brought that outfit from last night. I washed it this morning so it's clean, but I don't know what happened to that... other part." Flitter said nervously. "I... I want you to leave me alone. I don't want to be around you anymore, and I want you to leave Spike alone, too. He deserves better friends than you."
Rarity was secretly impressed that Flitter had mustered up the courage to confront her like this. "Of course, Flitter. I understand." she said innocently.
Flitter was caught off guard. "Y-you... you do?" she asked.
Rarity nodded. "Of course, I've been acting absolutely horrid to you in my jealousy. I know this won't fix anything or change your mind, but I simply must show you something before you go. I think it will make things better."
Flitter thought for a moment before nodding, figuring that Rarity's words held no venom. 'She just wants to show me something, there's no harm in that, right?' she thought as she followed Rarity to the back workroom. Flitter felt a sudden cold sweep over her body as the entered the room where she was drugged and nearly raped, but thankfully Rarity had moved everything around back in their original place. The unicorn motioned for Flitter to sit next to her and brought a photo album over with her magic, levitating it in front of them both.
"I've made a lot of fond memories with Spike. I... I guess I just couldn't accept the fact that he would be spending time with another mare." she said somewhat sadly. "We've been through a lot together. Me, him, the other girls... we defeated Nightmare Moon and Discord, as well as King Sombra. Actually, Spike was the real hero, he managed to retrieve the Crystal Heart and brought it back to its rightful place. He also saved my life and saved me from a pack of Diamond Dog ruffians. So, I guess we have a lot of history together." As she spoke she flipped slowly through the photo album, showing various pictures of her and Spike during their time together.
Flitter thought she was finally understanding how Rarity was feeling, and she began to think that maybe she could actually forgive the unicorn for her jealousy and trickery. As Rarity flipped to the last page and closed the album she turned to Flitter. "I guess... I guess I want to say that I'm sorry for what I've done to you and Spike, and I wanted to give you something that maybe you and him could share." she brought over another photo album, Flitter's name adrorned in glitter on the cover. "I figured you may want to start your own album to preserve your memories."
"Oh wow, thank you Rarity." Flitter said. 'Wow... maybe she has changed. She does seem really sorry.' she thought.
"Take a look inside." Rarity said. Flitter did as she was told and flipped the cover over, and Rarity smirked as she saw Flitter's smile come crashing down in horror.
The photos that Rarity found were posted on the pages inside the album, and Flitter looked in horror as all of them showed off every little detail that all decent ponies tried to keep covered up in public. Since Flitter was frozen in terror, Rarity took it upon herself to flip the pages to show Flitter just how many photos there were of her compromised privacy. Flitter felt like she was going to be sick as she saw photo after photo of herself covered in the sticky white fluid as well as a few of a stallion's cock in her mouth, and the last few photos, especially the one of herself being spread open, caused a few tears to fall down her face.
Rarity put down the album and looked into Flitter's watery eyes. "Don't you think Spike would love seeing these? Or perhaps you could share them with everypony in Ponyville. I know for sure that a few stallions you work with will enjoy them for sure. Maybe they'll ask you to autograph them or pose for some more." she said sadistically.
Flitter felt like she was about to lose her mind. She made a sudden jump for the photo album and grabbed it before Rarity could react, but as she took out three of the pictures and ripped them up Rarity began laughing.
"Go ahead, tear them up! You really think that will do anything? I have the negatives safely hidden somewhere, not to mention I already had more copies made." she said. Flitter dropped the album to the floor and groveled at Rarity's hooves.
"Stop this, please! Why are you doing this to me? What do I have to do to have you leave me alone?" she cried hysterically.
Rarity smiled as the numerous thoughts of what she could do ran through her head. She looked out the window and noticed that the sun was setting. "You'll do anything?" she asked. Flitter could only nod, too upset to speak, but it was good enough for Rarity. "Very well. Go and put on the outfit that you just returned and come back here once you have it on." she commanded. Flitter seemed hesitant, but as Rarity held up the photo album Flitter sped from the room and reached into the bag, pulling out the slutty outfit.
Rarity smirked and retrieved her camera, making sure that a fresh roll of film was in place. It took Flitter a while to get the outfit on but she eventually returned to the back room wearing the 'clothes' custom made for her. Rarity noticed that she put her collar on loosely and shook her head. "We can't have that." she said as she manipulated the collar with her magic, forcing it tighter around Flitter's neck. Flitter winced as the collar pinched her skin but remained silent, too scared to make her discomfort known. Rarity looked over the clothes and shrugged. "It will have to do. Come now." she said, picking up the leash and pulling Flitter once again out the door.
Rarity led Flitter down the same route as before but stopped a few buildings away from the night club. To Flitter's horror, Rarity secured the leash around a bench that, while not completely in the open, was exposed enough for any passing pony to see her. "Rarity, what are you..." she began to ask, but a sudden slap across the face shut her up.
"Rule one for tonight, you are not to talk at all. If you do I'll have those photos mailed to every single pony in town as well as spread them across Canterlot and Manehattan." Rarity threatened. "Now don't move, I'll be back."
With a swish of her tail Rarity walked off, leaving Flitter alone. The chained pegasus wasn't sure whether to try and hide behind the bench or to sit down on it and hope nopony noticed her attire. She opted to hide, trying unsuccessfully to hide her exposed body behind the bench. Two ponies did pass by but paid her no attention, whether they were preoccupied or she was hidden in the darkness.
True to her word, Rarity returned after a few minutes. She undid the leash and tugged Flitter forward, walking her down another street and into a secluded alley between two closed stores. Flitter froze as she saw two stallions waiting for them, one of them being the drunk pony that had urinated all over her.
"Woah, she wasn't lying!" the second stallion said. "And neither were you, I guess. Guess I owe you a few beers."
The first stallion smiled, happy that he was able to prove to his friend that there was indeed a slutty mare masturbating behind the club when he went to go relieve himself. Flitter was terrified and wanted to run, but Rarity's strong grip on the leash forced her to stay.
Rarity cleared her throat before speaking. "Like I was saying, I apologize for my pet scaring you like that before, so she's here to apologize."
"Yes, I'm so- Eep!" Flitter cried as Rarity's hoof once again slapped against her face.
"I said no talking!" Rarity yelled at her before turning her attention back to the stallions. "Ahem, my apologies for her rudeness. Anyways, I WAS going to have my pet here show how sorry she is by giving you two a hoof job, but since she can't keep her mouth shut she'll suck your dicks instead."
The faces of the two stallions lit up as Flitter's turned a pale white. Eyeing Flitter, Rarity produced an envelope she was hiding and waggled it in front of her. "Or I can give the pictures to them." she said.
Flitter let out a sad sob as she shook her head, giving in to Rarity's sick game. She knelt down and opened her mouth, waiting for one of the stallions to begin using her but nothing happened. Rarity laughed at her inexperience. "Stupid filly, you have to suck them yourself. They're not going to do all the work for you."
Off to the side the two stallions bickered about who would get to go first. Claiming that if it weren't for him, the first stallion won, and he gladly sat down and exposed his awaiting member to Flitter. She gulped at the size of it, trying to figure out how she was expected to fit it all in her mouth. Rarity yanked at her leash, forcing her towards it, and as she got closer she smelt the stallion's strong, masculine smell. Soon her face was merely inches from the throbbing erection, and she daintily opened her mouth and barely licked the middle of his shaft.
Rarity laughed again. "I guess I have to show you how it's done properly." she said. She grabbed Flitter by the mane and lifted her head directly above the equine cock. Flitter gasped in pain and surprise, wanting to scream no but Rarity's next sentence shut her up;
Rarity waved goodbye to the two satisfied stallions before turning her attention to the mess in front of her. Flitter was once again unconscious, passed out from a lack of air. Semen covered her face and trickled from her mouth, dripping down onto her chest of the ground. While her breathing was normal, every now and then she would cough from a bit of sperm blocking her throat, sending more of the white spunk out of her mouth and onto her body.
Checking her camera, Rarity saw that she had used all 52 shots in the new roll of film that she had loaded into her camera and couldn't wait to have them developed. She was tempted to leave Flitter alone in the alley and let her fend for herself, but she wanted to make sure that her abused pet knew that there were now over double the amount of compromising pictures as before.
Rarity thought back to the orgy that had just taken place; she had to force Flitter's head down onto the first stallion's cock and continued to hold her down until she finally stopped struggling. While Flitter gagged and tried to avoid throwing up the stallion groaned in pleasure and bucked his hips up, sinking his cock deeper down her throat. Flitter let out a muffled scream as the large member slowly sank deeper and deeper, making it almost impossible for her to breathe. The stallion noticed her ragged breaths and slowly extracted himself until he was only filling her mouth but Rarity shook her head.
"Sir, she's here to apologize to you. Use her however you want. Fuck her mouth as hard as you want." she egged him on.
He didn't need to be told twice and forced his shaft down her throat again. He took Rarity's advice and used her mouth for his pleasure and his pleasure only, ignoring the muffled cries coming from her stuffed mouth.
Rarity brought her mouth close to Flitter's ear. "I'm going to let go and let you take over. If you stop sucking his cock for any reason I'll force it down your throat and hold you down until you pass out. Understand?"
Flitter nodded weakly and felt Rarity let go of her mane. Flitter continued to bob her head up and down, not getting nearly as deep as she did when Rarity was holding her down but still enough for the stallion to penetrate her throat. Meanwhile, Rarity picked up her camera and began snapping a few pictures of the pegasus sucking the stallion's dick, smiling as the flash caught Flitter's attention and caused her eyes to widen in horror. "Don't stop..." Rarity reminded her, and Flitter shed a single tear as she continued to deep throat the stallion.
The second stallion's cock was throbbing in anticipation and he impatiently pounded the ground with a hoof. Rarity noticed his 'issue' and motioned him to lay back next to his friend. "Flitter, dear, look what you've done now." she said, pointing to the other stallion. "You better find some way to take care of him, too, before he decides to mount you instead."
The thought of losing her virginity to a stranger scared her more than anything and she correctly guessed that she should give him a hoof job. She reached out and began gently stroking the rock-hard shaft while she continued to suck off the first stallion. Rarity took the opportunity to take a few more photos of the threesome, giggling with glee as she imagined Spike's reaction to finding out that Flitter was a complete slut.
As Flitter continued sucking off the first stallion she felt his member pulse slightly as he groaned. She thought for a moment that she was almost done and the torture would end soon, but just then the first shot of his load hit the back of her throat, causing her to cough and gag, and out of instinct she pulled back and released her mouth from around his dick, gasping for breath. The stallion's remaining seed painted her face with streaks of white, one shot lucky enough to get past her lips and into her mouth. Panting hard, Flitter didn't see Rarity furiously coming up from behind her. "I told you NOT to stop." she said sadistically. She forced Flitter to retake the dick into her throat, but this time didn't stop until her muzzle was embedded against the stallion's abdomen. Flitter didn't even have time to gag as the erect member was shoved into her throat, and though she tried to pull back Rarity wouldn't let her. Flitter couldn't breathe at all in her current position, and as she began to use more and more oxygen while trying to escape a roaring noise began to fill her ears and she slowly slipped into unconsciousness.
Rarity felt Flitter's body go limp and she let go of the mare's mane and guessed that she was indeed out cold. Shrugging, she retrieved the camera and took another photo. The stallions looked at each other before turning to Rarity. "Uh... what do we do now?" one of them asked.
She looked back at them with cold eyes. "You may continue to use her however you wish. She hasn't finished satisfying either of you. Just don't touch her pussy or ass."
The second stallion shoved his buddy. "Hey, come on, dude, it's my turn to use her." he said. His friend tried to argue but lost, and reluctantly he gave up the unconscious mare. The second stallion guided her head over to his erection and slowly slid himself into her throat, at first trying his best to avoid getting his friend's sperm on himself but once he started sinking his dick into Flitter he soon stopped caring. "Oh jeez, man, she's got a hot mouth." he moaned happily.
As he face-fucked her Rarity took more pictures, making sure to leave out the stallion's face and cutie mark. The first male's cock quickly rehardened and he began stroking himself as he stared at her off-limit holes. The pony currently using her throat obviously didn't have the stamina the first one did, and with some slight embarrassment he lost control and emptied the contents of his balls into Flitter's mouth and down her throat after just a few minutes of using her.
"Way to pop one off early!" the first stallion laughed, but Rarity didn't care. In fact, she was happy that she was able to get her photos quicker, especially loving it when the pony smeared her lips with his softening dick.
"I would give anything to fuck her right now." the first pony said, eyeing Flitter's body again.
Rarity shook her head. "I'm sorry, I have other plans for those. But if you'd like you may cum once more on her body."
Deciding that jerking off and cumming on the mare was better than nothing, they both shrugged and stroked themselves while staring down at her, imagining that they got to go all the way with the young mare all night long. Rarity took a few more photos of the stallions masturbating over her body, and as they tensed up after a few minutes Rarity prepared to get the photos she was dying to get all night.
The two stallions came within seconds of each other, and with some luck Rarity managed to capture the moment their semen began to erupt out from their cocks. "Yes!" she whispered to herself as she managed to get multiple shots of the horse semen flying through the air and splattering across Flitter's body and face, tainting her purity even more.
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Flitter didn't know where she was, or what was happening. The last thing she remembered was her head being forced down onto a stallion's dick, but now the world was black all around her. 'Am I dreaming? Where am I?' she thought.
"YES, YOU ARE DREAMING." a loud and powerful, yet soothing voice replied.
Flitter jumped in surprise by the response but didn't see who had spoke, nor had any idea how it managed to read her mind. "Who's there? Where are you?" she called out.
"IT IS NOT ME YOU SEEK. YOU SEEK HIM." the voice said. Far in front of Flitter a figure slowly came into view, and Flitter took a few steps forward to see who had appeared.
"Is that... Spike!" she exclaimed, rushing forward. As she neared the dragon she saw that he was lying down on his back, unresponsive to her crying his name as she got closer. "Spike! Spike! What's wrong with him? Why isn't he waking up?" she asked the unknown voice.
"HE MUST BE WOKEN, BUT NOPONY ELSE CAN BUT YOU!" the voice boomed.
Flitter looked down at the sleeping dragon and hugged him tightly against her body. "Spike, please wake up, please! I need you... I need you to save me. I'm being hurt Spike, I can't do this alone."
She looked down at his face and didn't see any sign of him waking up. "Spike, please...." she said softly, a tear falling down her face. "Spike, please wake up. I love you, Spike. Please, help me..."
The world around her suddenly flashed brightly and Flitter's dream abruptly ended, and when she would wake up she would not remember any of it. However, over at the Ponyville hospital, Spike finally began to stir and woke up. He opened his eyes and rubbed them sleepily. 'I thought I... I could have sworn I heard Flitter's voice.' he thought. As the room came into focus he saw a dark blue alicorn standing at the foot of his bed, startling him slightly.
"Ahhh! Princes Luna, what are you doing here? Wait... where am I? Is this the hospital?" he asked confusedly.
Princess Luna walked over to the side of his bed. "Yes, you're in the hospital. I know you must have many questions, but I need you to tell me some information, right now." she said sternly, her eyes letting Spike know that whatever she needed to talk about was direly important.
Spike gulped and nodded, unsure what was on her mind. "Spike, you promise to tell me only the truth?" Luna asked.
Spike nodded again. "Good." Luna replied. "Spike, I'll explain once you finish, but I need you to tell me everything you remember about the night you were drugged and if you know anything about the Elements of Harmony breaking."
Spike's head still hurt slightly, and he didn't remember much from the night he found himself drugged and attacked, but he tried his best to recount the events from that night; from drinking the wine with Flitter, Thunderlane, and Rarity, to waking up in Rarity's bed and being seduced by her, to finally stumbling downstairs and finding Flitter about to be raped by Thunderlane. He had no idea what Princess Luna meant by the Elements breaking and could only shrug when she asked him again about them.
"I don't know, I didn't even know they could break." he said. "Did somepony step on them or something?"
"No, nopony did such a thing." Luna replied. "Think, Spike. Has Rarity been acting strange lately? Has she not been herself?"
Spike thought hard. "I don't think so. Well, except for when she tried to, you know, have sex. But that was probably because of the drugs. Why, is something wrong with her?" he asked.
Luna nodded. "Yes, Spike. Something is very wrong with her. I think she's the one who actually drugged you and Flitter, and I'm afraid she's also the one who broke the Elements of Harmony."
Twilight couldn't remember the last time she was this happy. It didn't matter to her that she had been woken up in the middle of the night; she now felt whole again. She had her closest friend back with her; Spike was finally home.
She had been furious when she was woken up by somepony banging on her door in the middle of the night. The last few days had been a living hell for her; between watching over and waiting for Spike to get better and having to research the broken Elements of Harmony, she barely had time to go about her normal duties in the library and had almost no time for relaxing or sleep. Tears of happiness poured down her face as she saw her number one assistant standing next to Princess Luna, and in a very unprincess-like way she tackled Spike and embraced him in a big hug, showering him with kissed all over his head.
Princess Luna eventually stepped in and helped Spike pry himself loose from Twilight's grip, gasping for breath. Twilight was shocked when Luna sent Spike upstairs to bed. She argued that it was almost morning and that he had just gotten home, but Twilight quickly went silent as Luna sternly glared at her.
"He's still weak and needs his rest." she said wisely. "I also need to speak to you in private, not to mention Spike's been up all night while I interrogated him."
"You what?" Twilight gasped in surprise. "What did you have to interrogate him for?"
Luna waited until Spike had trudged his way upstairs before she explained how she had woken Spike up and her long talk with him about the events that took place during Rarity's party. Twilight wasn't sure she liked how the conversation was turning out, and she finally asked the question that was on her mind.
"Princess Luna, you don't... you don't think Rarity had anything to do with that, do you?" she asked.
Luna nodded gravely. "B-but, how could she have? They found the drugs in her body, too!" Twilight exclaimed.
"Yes, they did." Luna said. "But the hospital staff and the guards only looked at whether the tests came back positive or not. Her levels were much too high, even without her throwing up or even if she drank twice as much as Spike and Flitter did."
Twilight felt her stomach drop by the news. "No... no, that's impossible." Twilight said in denial. "There's no way Rarity could do such a thing. Why would she? What would be her motivation to do that?"
"That I do not know." Luna admitted. "But all the evidence that is here shows that Rarity is not as innocent as she says that she is."
"Well, there's no way that Rarity is responsible for what happened to the Elements of Harmony!" Twilight protested. "Not even Discord could corrupt them. How could one of the bearers disable them all when the Master of Chaos failed to do so?"
Once again Princess Luna shrugged. "I do not know that either, but I've been certain that Rarity was the pony that started this whole mess with the Elements ever since you showed them to me. Do you still have them here with you?"
Twilight nodded, rushing off to retrieve them. She brought them back and laid them out on the table in front of Princess Luna who picked up the Element of Generosity. Her face became sullen as she saw the almost black cracked gem. "Yes, it's her." Luna confirmed.
"How can you tell?" Twilight asked.
Princess Luna sighed sadly. "Back when my sister and I wielded the Elements, I had control of Honesty, Loyalty, and Generosity, while Princess Celestia controlled Laughter, Kindness, and Magic. When I started becoming jealous of my sister my Elements began to crack and clouded over until they became black, just like this. Once Celestia banished me to the moon the Elements managed to repair themselves since my corruption was no longer effecting them."
"So, there's a way to repair the Elements?" Twilight asked hopefully.
Luna nodded. "Yes, but there is a price." she said.
Twilight didn't like the tone of Luna's voice when she said that. "What do you mean, a price?" she asked nervously.
Princess Luna looked at Twilight grimly. "For the Elements to be fixed, the source of the corruption must be eliminated until a new bearer for it is found. When I was banished you and your friends became the new wielders of the Elements of Harmony, and that is why you never saw them broken before."
"Won't everything be fixed if we can find out what caused Rarity to corrupt her Element and help her?" Twilight asked hopefully.
"No, I'm afraid not." the princess of the night replied. "The only way to fix everything now is to remove Rarity and find a new pony to wield the Element of Generosity."
Twilight gasped in shock. "Replace Rarity? No! There must be another way to fix them!" she said, unable to even imagine having another pony take Rarity's place.
Princess Luna shook her head. "If there is another way, I do not know about it. I can only say for sure that the only option I know of is the same suffering I had to endure; she will have to be banished to the moon and stay there until another bearer can be found."
Twilight began to protest but another knock at her door kept her silent. She opened the door and stumbled back as Princess Celestia walked in, flanked by six armed guards. "P-Princess Celestia! I need to-" Twilight said.
"I know, Luna told me everything already." Celestia said. "I'm sorry, Twilight, but my sister is right. We don't have any other choice. I'm here to take Rarity into custody and see if she's willing to tell us how this all happened, but no matter what happens I have no choice but to banish her to the moon."
"No!" Twilight cried out. "Princess, there must be some other way to solve this! Give me some time, a week at most! I'm sure I can do some research and find another solution to fix everything."
Celestia shook her head. "I'm sorry, Twilight, but this isn't open for discussion. We're headed to Rarity's house now to settle this once and for all. We cannot afford to have Equestria's strongest defense disabled like this."
"But..." Twilight started to say again, but stopped when she felt Luna place a hoof on her shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Twilight." Princess Luna said somberly. "It's beyond our control. It must be done."
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The three princesses followed the six guards through Ponyville as they all headed to Carousel Boutique. It was thankfully still early enough where most ponies were still sound asleep. If they were awake, no doubt the entire town would be rushing over to see what was going on. Celestia ann Luna wanted this to be done quietly to avoid unneeded attention, Twilight mostly to save her friend the embarrassment of being publicly humiliated. Luna kept Twilight slightly behind Princess Celestia to ensure that she didn't interfere with the arrest. To Twilight's horror the guards didn't even knock to see if Rarity would give up without a fight. Instead, one of them kicked down the front door with one powerful strike of their hind legs, and four guards stormed the building while the other two kept watch over the front and rear exits. The princesses waited outside anxiously, wondering if Rarity would be escorted out with dignity or dragged out in humiliation.
The minutes ticked past and the four guards emerged from the building, but to everypony's surprise they emerged alone. One of them walked up to Princess Celestia and threw a quick salute. "Your Highness, we searched everywhere but the target isn't home." he reported.
All three alicorns were caught off guard and went inside the boutique to see for themselves. Just as the guard reported, there was no sign of Rarity. Her bed was still neatly made and she wasn't working on another dress downstairs. Twilight was absolutely stumped; she couldn't think of a single place Rarity would be that called for her to stay overnight without telling somepony. With no leads Celestia had no choice but to return to Canterlot, but she left four of her guards with Twilight and Luna just in case Rarity did reappear. Luna took up Twilight's offer to stay at the library until Rarity was found, mostly to make sure Twilight didn't tip off Rarity that she was being hunted, accidentally or intentionally.
As Luna and Twilight neared the library they both spotted a pegasus knocking frantically on the door. The pony sensed the approaching group and turned to them, racing up to them like a demon was on her tail. "Twilight! Oh, Princess Luna. I'm sorry for the rudeness, but have either of you seen Flitter? Please, please tell me you know where she is." Cloudchaser pleaded.
"No, I'm sorry, I haven't seen her at all lately." Twilight said. "Shouldn't she be at home?"
"Yes, but she's not there!" Cloudchaser said frantically. "I have to work the night watch this week and when I got home an hour ago she wasn't home!"
"Calm down, I'm sure she left early for work or something. When was the last time you saw her?" Twilight asked.
Cloudchaser only paused for a second to think. "Yesterday... yeah, yesterday. She was taking something back to Carousel Boutique to return it to Rarity."
Luna and Twilight looked at each other in horror. "Did you see her come back from Rarity's?" Twilight said nervously.
Cloudchaser shook her head. "No, she never came back. I assumed that she was having an outfit refit or something so I didn't think much of it. Do you think she's still over at Rarity's? Maybe she spent the night there."
Twilight felt sicker than she had ever felt before. "Cloudchaser, you better come inside. We need to talk."
One by one, the other bearers of the Elements of Harmony were awoken by Twilight and Luna, but all of them had no clue where Rarity was, nor had any of them seen Flitter. Cloudchaser and the guards all split up to search every inch of Ponyville, but after hours of searching everypony gathered at Twilight's library only to report that they had no results or even a hint of a lead.
Twilight had hoped to find someway- anyway, to avoid tainting Rarity's name and reputation, but with all her other friends curious to what was going on she had no choice but to break the news that Rarity was wanted by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna and was to be banished until a new bearer for the Element of Generosity could be found.
As expected, the reaction the other four ponies had was explosive.
"WHAT IN TARNATION DO YA MEAN RARITY IS GOIN' TA BE BANISHED?" Applejack yelled out.
"Yeah, what gives, Twilight? You're just going to do nothing while Rarity gets hunted down and her life is ruined?" Rainbow Dash spat out.
Even Fluttershy found the courage to muster every ounce of anger she had and shouted an array of words that made even Princess Luna blush.
"Girls, girls! I know you're angry, but there's no other choice." Twilight pleaded. "Trust me, I don't want this to happen to Rarity, either. She's my friend, and if there was anything I could do to stop this I would."
"Then do something! You're a princess now, can't you, I dunno, declare that you gave her a royal pardon or something?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"No, she cannot." Luna intervened. "This is a decision that Celestia and I reached. Twilight has already expressed her displeasure of our choice but I'm afraid she has no say in the matter."
Twilight gulped as her friends all adopted aggressive stances. She was scared that they would actually try to attack Princess Luna, especially Applejack and Rainbow Dash as they tensed their muscles. The four guards noticed this too and raised their weapons, ready to defend their princess to the death.
"Girls, please don't. I'm sure we can work something out and save Rarity." Twilight pleaded, but her words backfired on one pony in the room.
"Save Rarity? SAVE RARITY? What about my sister, HUH?" Cloudchaser yelled, completely losing her patience. "Do you even CARE that Rarity may have fillynapped my sister and may have killed her by now? You know as well as I do that Rarity was the one responsible for drugging her AND Spike! But no, you don't give a single fucking shit that my Sister was almost raped or that your supposed best friend almost died! No, all you care about it saving THAT BITCH!"
Twilight was taken aback by Cloudchaser's ferocity. "Cloudchaser, no, I would never... Of course I'm upset that she would do that to them..." she stammered, unsure of how to express her feelings.
"SHUT UP, JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!" Cloudchaser cut her off. "I don't want to hear any more of your excuses or lies! It's obvious you won't do anything. You haven't even told Spike the truth yet! I'm not waiting any more. I'm going to look for them myself!"
Twilight reached out to try to calm Cloudchaser but the angry pegasus slapped her hard across the face, causing everypony to gasp and even shocking even Princess Luna. "Don't you dare touch me, you whorse!" Cloudchaser yelled, pushing her way past the four guards. As she threw the door open she turned to Twilight and Luna. "Princess, I'm sorry, but you better hope that I don't find Rarity first, because if I find them before you do I'm going to kill her. That's a promise."
Cloudchaser slammed the door shut, knocking a few books off of the shelves around the library. Fluttershy slowly moved forward to make sure Twilight wasn't hurt, but the purple alicorn brushed her away, insisting she was fine.
"Is... is that true? Did Rarity fillynap Flitter?"
Twilight slowly turned around, her fear proving to have become real as Spike stood at the bottom of the stairs. There was no way he could have missed Cloudchaser's yelling, and Twilight had no choice but to nod yes.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" the young dragon asked.
"Spike, I... I didn't want to upset you with this." she said.
"Flitter's my marefriend, and Rarity is one of my best friends. How could you not feel that I should know about this?" he said dejectedly. He didn't wait for Twilight to answer and headed back upstairs to be alone.
"Spike..." Twilight said but the dragon ignored her. She turned to her friends who looked back at her with less than pleased faces.
"So what's it going to be, Twilight?" Rainbow Dash asked her. "Are you going to betray one of your best friends?"
"Rainbow Dash, you know I... I have to do..." Twilight stammered, emotionally torn by everything going on.
"Ya gotta at least try to talk to Rarity." Applejack said. "Ya can't just banish her without tryin' to help her first."
"I know. I, just... you don't understand..." Twilight said.
"We all made a Pinkie promise to never betray each other, and now you want to break it." Pinkie said darkly.
"No! I would never betray..." Twilight said. "Fluttershy, please, help me."
Fluttershy just looked down at the ground, then headed for the door.
"Fluttershy, where are you going?" Twilight asked.
Fluttershy's response seemed to be more of an aloud thought than an answer directed at Twilight. "I'm going to look for Rarity and help my friend." she said before leaving.
Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash nodded to each other and followed Fluttershy. "Girls..." Twilight said helplessly.
Only Rainbow Dash stopped and turned to Twilight. "You know, just because our Elements of Harmony are broken doesn't mean that our friendship is. If you don't want to try to help Rarity, well, it's a good thing you're not the Element of Loyalty." she shot before flying off to catch up to the others.
Twilight sat down on the floor, emotionally defeated. Everyone was mad at her; Cloudchaser, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and even Spike. Luna motioned for the guards to leave them, and they quickly saluted before heading out to scour the town once again for the fugitive. Twilight looked up at Luna with watery eyes. "I... I don't know what to do, Princess Luna. I can't do this, I can't... I don't know what I should do."
Luna sympathetically rubbed Twilight's back between her wings. "It's never easy to hurt someone you care about, especially when you're so close to that pony." she said.
Twilight knew her next question would hit a sore spot for Luna but she had to ask it. "When Princess Celestia banished you all those years ago... do you still hate her for doing it?"
Luna felt a strong mix of emotions run through her mind as she recalled the living nightmare of spending 1,000 years of solitude trapped in the moon. "Yes. Every single moment I spent imprisoned there I thought of how I could seek revenge, how I could hurt and torture my sister. And when I managed to finally escape, well, you know what happened."
Twilight let out a choked sob, but Luna wasn't done. "Yes, I hated her then, but now... now, when I look back on everything that has happened, I'm glad that she did what she had to do. I didn't see it before, but she was right. I let my jealousy overwhelm me and it took a thousand years to see that I was wrong. So... I guess you can say that I'm okay with what she did."
Twilight nodded, allowing Luna to continue consoling her as she thought over what she had to do.
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By mid afternoon all of Ponyville knew that the royal guard was on the lookout for Rarity, though the reasons why were more rumors than actual facts. Princess Celestia sent forty more guards to assist with the search, but all of the efforts to find the unicorn were wasted. Rarity wasn't in Ponyville, and neither was Flitter.
Flitter had awoken just as the two stallions who had used her mouth trotted off. Rarity wasted no time and pulled Flitter to her feet and led her out of town. Flitter was absolutely terrified as they left Ponyville and headed farther and farther away from her home and safety, and soon the small town was completely lost from sight.
"W-where are you ta-taking me?" Flitter asked, but Rarity didn't reply. She was too busy searching the ground for something, and after minutes and minutes of searching she let out an 'aha!' as she spotted what she was looking for.
"Come along, pet, I have business to take care of." Rarity said, tugging on the leash. Flitter paused, looking at where Rarity was headed; a dark hole in the ground. Rarity tugged on the leash again, glaring at Flitter with an annoyed expression. With no other choice Flitter followed Rarity down the hole, slipping occasionally due to the steep decline and the lack of light.
"Where are we? What's going on?" Flitter asked again.
Rarity sighed with annoyance again. "I need to conduct a small business transaction. Nothing you need to concern yourself with." she said. Despite her reassurance, Flitter still felt a wrench in her gut by her words.
"Rarity, please let me go home. I swear I won't tell anypony about this. Just let me go." Flitter begged. Rarity yanked especially hard on the leash, causing Flitter to stumble and fall to the ground. She looked up at Rarity who held up the camera she still had.
"Fine, you can go home. I'm sure you remember your own way back. Do you want to distribute the photos of you yourself when you get back or should I? I'm sure everypony would just love to see you sucking off two complete strangers, especially your sister and Spike."
Flitter shut up quickly, afraid that Rarity would carry out her threat. She got back to her hooves and allowed Rarity to keep on pulling her down the dark tunnel. As they walked deeper into the earth a wet musky smell began to grow stronger and stronger. Rarity wrinkled her nose. "Hmph, those ruffians still haven't learned to properly bathe." she muttered in dissatisfaction.
Flitter coughed from the overpowering smell, wishing she could run back out to the fresh air far above her. The two mares finally came to a massive door guarded by two Diamond Dogs wearing metal armor, both canines eyeing the approaching ponies with suspicion.
"Halt! What are you ponies doing here?" one of the guards bellowed. Flitter glanced at the long lances the guards had and froze in fright but Rarity didn't seem bothered by the weapons at all.
"I wish to speak with whoever is in charge here." Rarity said. "I have a business proposition that I'm sure your leader will surely accept."
The guards looked at each other and shrugged, confident that two ponies would surely be no problem for them to overpower should it be a trick. They opened the moldy wooden doors and let Rarity and Flitter pass through, where two more guards beckoned the ponies to follow them.
As the small group made their way deeper down the winding tunnels Flitter could feel the countless Diamond Dogs eyeing her exposed body. She wished she could just shed the provocative outfit and walk around naked instead as then her pussy wouldn't be on display thanks to the crotchless panties. As they finally approached the leader's cavern Rarity handed over Flitter's leash to one of the guards. "Wait here, I'll be right back." she said.
Flitter looked up at the dog holding her leash and shrank back as the dog lustfully looked at her. She tried to follow Rarity but the dog's iron grip didn't allow her to. Rarity ignored Flitter's pleas and entered the cavern, letting the door slam shut behind her.
The noise caught three Diamond Dog's attention, and as they looked over at the pony standing in front of them they groaned in annoyance.
"What are you doing back here? We told you we don't want you!" Rover declared, covering his ears before Rarity started her high-pitched whining. His companions Spot and Rover did the same, but Rarity calmly walked up and spoke in a normal tone.
"Oh stop it, you don't even know why I'm here yet." she said, slightly insulted.
"Then what do you want? We gave you your gems, now get out!" Rover said.
"Well, I used all the gems you gave me, and now I need more." Rarity said. "But I'm willing to buy them from you this time."
"Buy them? These gems are our currency. What could you use to buy them?" Fido said, gesturing to the piles of gems and diamonds all around them.
Rarity nodded towards the door she just came through. "What if I told you I brought you a young pony to keep as your new pet, and in return you allow me to gather gems whenever I need them from here."
"What we need pony for? Can she find gems like you?" Spot asked. Rarity shook her head no. "Then what good is that pony to us?"
"Well, I'm sure that it must get lonely down here in the dark dirt sometimes, and she could help keep you three company at night." Rarity said with a wink.
It took the three dogs a few moments to catch on to what Rarity was implying. "Is this a trick? Is she ugly?" Spot asked cautiously.
"I assure you she's very pretty." Rarity said. "And, as a bonus, she's also a virgin."
Rover let his primal instincts get the better of him. "Deal! I get her first!" he declared before his companions could claim her for themselves.
Rarity smiled wickedly. She had come up with the plan on a complete whim while the two stallions were using Flitter, but now she was ecstatic that it was working better than she had hoped. Not only did she rid herself of Flitter for good, but she now had unlimited access to more gems than she could ever need. Plus, if anypony ever figured out that Flitter was here, the Diamond Dogs would be blamed.
Rarity walked up to Rover and shook his paw, declaring the deal official. Rover smiled as he thought of the idea of breaking in some gorgeous, innocent mare. "Okay, you can come dig for diamonds anytime you wish, pony." he said. "Now, where is this other pony?"
"Right outside the door. Your guards are holding her." Rarity said. Rover let out a sharp bark and the doors opened. The guard holding Flitter's leash pulled the confused and scared pegasus inside, and Rover's smile grew twice as big as he saw that Rarity was right; his new pet was indeed an extremely pretty pony.
He ran over to her and started touching her body all over, causing Flitter to cry out in fear as his paws gasped her flank. "R-Rarity, make him stop! What is he doing?"
Rarity didn't respond to her, and instead turned to leave. "Thank you for the generous deal, sir. Enjoy your new pet."
"P-pet?" Flitter asked weakly, but Rarity was done talking. The unicorn walked out of the cave and the door slammed shut, leaving Flitter alone with three Diamond Dogs who were eyeing her lustfully.
Rover walked up to her on his hind legs, showing off his erect knotted member. "Time to make the little pony mine." he said.
All day the hunt for Rarity continued. Luna and her new force of forty six guards combed the small town, going door to door and asking the residents if they had seen Rarity while beginning to post sentries at the roads that led out of town in hopes of catching her before she fled. Luna remained at Twilight's library, using the space as a temporary headquarters for the search. She had Twilight reluctantly helping her, the purple alicorn trying her hardest to think of where Rarity may be but every single one of her ideas came up empty.
Racing around to try and beat the guards, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie conducted their own search, praying that they found Rarity before anypony else did. Cloudchaser's words still haunted their minds; did Rarity really fillynap somepony and also drug Spike? None of what happened that morning made sense to them, but their first concern was to find their friend and make sure she was safe. Sorting out the mountain of problems, accusations, and lies would have to wait until later.
Zooming through the skies alone, Cloudchaser scanned the land below her, looking for any signs of her sister or the pony responsible for so much pain. She had spotted Rainbow Dash flying around earlier and thought that the rainbow pegasus may secretly know where Rarity was hiding, so she attempted to follow her. Rainbow Dash caught on and confronted Cloudchaser, and soon the two crashed to the ground locked in a ferocious battle. Four guards on patrol saw the conflict and eventually managed to pull the two mares apart. Normally they would immediately lock the two up and contact the mayor to decide on a punishment, but due to the high priority search they were on the issued a warning to both mares, threatening to send them both to jail in Canterlot should either of them cause any more trouble. Cloudchaser almost told them to go 'Buck Off' but realized that she would be of no help if she were locked up in some cell miles and miles away. Instead, she bit her tongue and continued to search for Rarity and her sister, swearing that once she found the bitch responsible for hurting her sister she would kill Rarity with her own hooves.
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Twilight was a wreck. Not her normal 'I have to rearrange the library again before noon' wreck. She didn't know what to think anymore; Who were her real friends? Who could she trust? Did Rarity really mean to disable the Elements of Harmony? Was somepony else behind all of these horrendous events? Would Celestia really have Rarity banished to the moon, or somewhere worse? Was there truly any other way to solve everything without anypony else being hurt? Would Celestia banish all her friends if they found Rarity first and protected her? Would she herself protect Rarity, or would she turn her in to Celestia?
She tried her best to hold her emotions back but she eventually hit her breaking point. "I... I have to take a break." she said to Princess Luna who was going over maps of Ponyville with her sergeant. Luna nodded before immediately focusing back on the maps, leaving Twilight to head upstairs on her own. She slowly climbed each step and pushed open her bedroom door. 'I hope Spike had time to calm down. I... I really need his help.' Twilight thought, hoping that her assistant would have some advice for her. She looked around the room, perking up when she noticed that she was alone. She swept the room again with her eyes, and then raced around looking in every possible place before she finally saw the open window in her room. "Oh no..." she moaned, racing to it and looking outside. On the tree branches below the window claw marks could be seen embedded in the bark, clearly showing how Spike had snuck out and most likely ran off to try to find Rarity and Flitter himself.
Twilight raced back downstairs and ran outside, speeding past Luna before the princess could ask what was wrong. Glancing around her Twilight didn't see any trace of Spike, confirming her suspicion that he climbed out the window soon after he went back upstairs early that morning. Looking around her surroundings again she figured that with so many guards around town he probably went off to search outside of Ponyville. She quietly chuckled to herself. "He's a smart little dragon, that's where I would start looking myself." she said before racing off. Of all the places nearby around Ponyville, there was only one place she could think of that Spike would go. She felt a knot form in her stomach and prayed that Rarity didn't take Flitter there and ran as fast as she could, hoping that she was right about Spike and wrong about Rarity.
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The Diamond Dogs were absolutely floored by Flitter's appearance, and Rover had to reassert his dominance over Fido and Spot before they could claim the scared pegasus as their own. Having proven his rightful title as alpha-male, Rover sent his two companions to go show Rarity where they hoarded their collection of precious jewels and allow her to take two saddlebags of whichever gems she picked out from the pile. Rarity also demanded a room to sleep in as she had been up all night, which Fido and Spot were more than happy to arrange, mostly so they didn't have to put up with any more of her whining should they say no.
Finally alone with his newest acquisition, Rover looked over the trembling pegasus. He couldn't take his paws off of the pony, exploring every inch of her quivering body roughly. Mostly he paid attention to her hot crotch, unable to get over the fact that he would be the first to penetrate her pussy. As excited as he was he wanted to savor the moment and decided to enjoy the young pony in other ways.
To her complete surprise Rover knocked Flitter down to the ground, standing in front of her and proudly showing off his erect doggy dong. "Pet will suck her master's cock." he commanded, shoving his erection against her lips. Flitter began to shake her head but Rover bared his sharp canine teeth, growling in impatience. "Suck it." he growled again, beginning to lose his patience. Flitter had no choice but to open her mouth and begin swallowing the dog's smelly shaft, afraid of being hit if she didn't.
Rover was in absolute heaven as he felt Flitter's smooth, hot mouth envelope his cock. He had never had a blowjob before, as female Diamond Dogs tended to bite, but just a few seconds into fucking Flitter's mouth he was hooked on the thought of using her mouth whenever he wished to, not to mention his thoughts of making Flitter swallow his cum was something he had always wanted to do.
As he continued feeding his dick into Flitter's mouth he forgot about the fact that his cock had a feature Flitter had never seen before; a knot near the base of his shaft. As the lump bumped up against Flitter's nose she thought that she was done taking in his length into her mouth, and it couldn't have come at a better time as his dick was just dipping into her throat. Rover, however, was far from done. "Open wider!" he commanded. Flitter complied, hoping that he was going to cum soon but she gagged violently as the Diamond Dog shoved his cock further into her mouth, squeezing his knot into her mouth and another two inches of his doggy cock down her throat.
"Ooh yes, pony feels nice." Rover moaned, fucking Flitter's mouth with short quick jabs. Flitter had closed her mouth in surprise by his ferocity and wasn't able to spit out his knot, and instead was forced to endure the throat fucking until Rover's stamina gave out. Unfortunately for her, his many years of labor and less than gentle fuck sessions with female dogs left Rover with a much higher stamina than Flitter could even imagine, and she soon began to panic as the knot at the base of his cock began to swell inside of her mouth. She thought that the swelling meant that Rover was about to cum, but to her horror he kept on fucking her mouth without showing any signs of slowing down. Soon the knot became too big for her to spit out and she prayed to Celestia that the dog would finish using her quickly.
As if her prayers had finally been answered, Rover's eyes rolled back and he frantically humped Flitter's face. "Oh yes yes yes!" he called out as his cock erupted and a torrent of his hot seed poured down Flitter's throat. She swallowed the hot cum down, glad that she couldn't taste the vile liquid since it passed her tongue, but once Rover had finished emptying himself she realized in horror that his knot wasn't going down. She tried to stretch her mouth open and pull back but the knot was just too big for her to spit out. Rover felt her struggling and laughed at her futile efforts. "Pony has to wait until it shrinks." he said. "Don't worry, I'll have plenty of cum by tonight to fill your pussy and my knot will make sure it all stays inside you."
Flitter froze, realizing that Rover was right; if he managed to shove the knot inside of her tight pussy she would be locked together with him for who knows how long. She also had no idea if Diamond Dogs were capable to impregnating ponies, but her gut feeling told her yes, they could...
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Having filled two bags with the best gems she could find, Rarity sauntered out of the Diamond Dog's cave and emerged back above ground. She saw that the sun was already beginning to set, and it finally dawned on her just how much time she spent underground. Still, her five hour long nap was much needed, and going through the gems the Diamond Dogs had dug up and had stored was a massive feat, but the long time spent searching through the treasures was well worth it.
'I'm sure these will go smashingly with that new line of formal gowns I have planned.' she thought as she began to walk home. However, she had only gone three steps before she saw that somepony was waiting for her... no, not somepony. Some dragon. Spike.
"Oh, Spike! What are you doing out here?" Rarity asked as she walked up to give him a hug.
Spike kept the massive frown on his face as he held up his hand, stopping Rarity in her tracks. "Where is she?" he asked her.
Rarity gulped but put on an innocent smile. "I'm sorry, darling, what do you mean?" she asked.
"Where is she? Where's Flitter?" Spike asked again.
"I... I don't know what you're talking about, Spike." Rarity said nervously. "I haven't seen her at all the past few days. Perhaps she went decided to go take a vacation."
"Rarity, please stop lying." Spike said. "I know what's really going on. Everypony does. Princess Luna and the royal guard is searching all of Ponyville for you."
"They're what?" Rarity gasped. She panicked slightly as she realized that she couldn't go back home without being immediately apprehended by the guards, nor could she try to sneak and hide at one of her friend's houses. "You... you wouldn't turn me in, would you Spikey-Wikey?" she asked.
Spike shook his head. "I just want Flitter returned safely and unharmed. If I have to help you escape, I will. But you have to return Flitter to me and show me that you haven't hurt her."
Rarity's mind raced for an excuse as she obviously couldn't tell Spike that she had just sold Flitter to the Diamond Dogs. "I, uh, I don't know where she went." Rarity lied. "I left her in Ponyville before I came out here to look for more gems."
"LIAR!" somepony yelled out. Looking above him, Spike saw Cloudchaser burst out from the cloud she was hiding behind. "You know where my sister is, now tell us where Flitter is before I kill you myself!"
"I... I..." Rarity stammered, caught off guard by Cloudchaser's sudden appearance. All hopes of being able to talk her way out of this situation were now gone, and Rarity glanced around but saw that there was no way she could run for cover before Cloudchaser caught her.
"WHERE IS SHE?" Cloudchaser yelled again, bloodlust in her eyes.
"Cloudchaser, wait, please! We can talk about this so nopony gets hurt." Spike called up to the pegasus, but Cloudchaser was in no mood to talk.
"Fine, if you won't tell me, I'll beat it out of you!" she snarled. Darting forward, Cloudchaser flew straight at Rarity, hellbent on killing the unicorn. Just as she was about to tackle her, another pony came out of nowhere and intercepted Cloudchaser's attack, sending the pissed pegasus and Rarity's savior crashing to the ground.
Groaning in pain, Cloudchaser gasped as she saw Rainbow Dash also getting up on her hooves. "Rainbow, what the hay are you doing? Get out of my way!" she yelled in frustration.
Rainbow Dash placed her body between Cloudchaser and Rarity. "I can't let you hurt my friend." she said firmly.
"Your friend? YOUR FRIEND?" Cloudchaser yelled out. "Your 'friend' fillynapped my sister, drugged both her and Spike, and is now lying through her teeth! And you want to protect her?"
"No, you're wrong! There's no way Rarity could ever do something like that!" Rainbow Dash said.
Cloudchaser took a deep breath to calm herself. "Rainbow, either get out of my way or I'll have to hurt you." she said coldly.
Cloudchaser sped towards Rainbow Dash, intent on breaking through the stronger pegasus to get at her sworn enemy. Rainbow of course expected Cloudchaser to rush at her and broke into a run to intercept the other pegasus. At the last second Dash turned her body and felt Cloudchaser hit her head against her body. Rainbow winced as the wind was knocked out of her but Cloudchaser received the worst of the impact, her head receiving the full blow from the collision and causing her to stall on the ground. Rainbow recovered first and saw the opening Cloudchaser had left and spun around, kicking out with her hind legs. Cloudchaser jumped out of the way to avoid the crippling kick and received just a grazing blow on her side, but she did not expect the follow up attack Dash threw. Cloudchaser was caught off guard as Rainbow Dash headbutted her just below her neck, sending Cloudchaser to the ground.
"Give up yet? There's no way you can beat me." Rainbow Dash said.
Cloudchaser spat in Dash's direction and got back up. "Not on your life. I'm going to stomp you into the ground before I beat down your whorse of a friend." she replied.
The insult stung Rainbow Dash's pride and increased her anger. She went on the offensive and body-slammed Cloudchaser, both mares tumbling to the ground together as the bit and kicked at each other.
Spike looked on helplessly, and though he wanted to break up the two fighting mares he knew that interfering with their fight would only result in him getting severely injured. He knew from experience that Rainbow Dash could hold her own in an apple-bucking contest with even Big Mac, and the fact that Cloudchaser was still putting up a strong fight was proof enough that she was no pushover herself. However, Spike did notice Rarity slowly backing away from the two fighting pegasi and started running towards her, determined not to lose his only lead to find his marefriend.
"Rarity, stop!" he cried out. Rarity cursed under her breath that Spike hadn't run to get help in stopping Rainbow Dash and Cloudchaser from trying to kill each other, and she began to run in an all-out sprint to escape. She quickly came to a screeching halt as another pony magically appeared in front of her, blocking her path. Rarity gulped, knowing that she was in big trouble.
"T-Twilight, what are you doing here?" Rarity asked nervously.
The purple alicorn took a step towards her. "The better question, Rarity, is where were you about to run off to?" Twilight asked.
"Oh, uh, I... I was going to get help." Rarity said. "Rainbow Dash and Cloudchaser are acting absolutely barbaric and somepony needs to stop them."
"Stop lying, Rarity, I know you weren't going for help." Twilight said.
At that moment Spike finally reached the two and called out to his friend. "T-Twilight, she..." Spike gasped.
"I know, Spike." she said. "We're solving this whole thing here and now."
A loud *WHUMP* caught all of their attention and a plume of dirt and gravel came showering down on all three of them. Cloudchaser had taken to the skies in an attempt to flank Rainbow Dash and conduct a surprise attack on Rarity while she was talking to Twilight, but Rainbow Dash had easily caught up with her and yanked hard on her tail. Cloudchaser went tumbling down, but right when she was about to steady herself in midair Rainbow hit her while in a dive and drove Cloudchaser straight into the rocky earth. As the dust cleared Rainbow saw that her attack worked perfectly, and Cloudchaser lay at the bottom of the crater. Just as Rainbow was about to dust off her hooves and race over to Rarity, her mouth fell open in shock as Cloudchaser uneasily got back on her hooves. Ignoring the cut on the side of her head that she suffered from the violent attack, she stared up at Rainbow Dash with nothing but pure hatred and the desire to now kill her too. Rainbow, too, felt the new tension in the air and readied herself once again for the imminent attack. Both pegasi now knew for sure that this wasn't just some mare-on-mare fight that would end when one of them became too tired. No, this fight was now to the death; only one of them would be leaving this place alive.
Twilight could see the hatred in both Cloudchaser's and Rainbow Dash's eyes as they both took to the skies once more and put on a beautiful display of deadly acrobatics, but Twilight knew that they had to end this horrible display now. Turning her attention back down to earth, Twilight groaned as only Spike stood in front of her. Looking almost directly behind her Twilight saw Rarity just ducking into the bushes and running off, having successfully used the battle between Cloudchaser and Rainbow Dash as a smoke screen.
Twilight shed a single tear as Rarity's guilt became harder and harder to ignore, and she felt her heart break at the thought that Princess Luna was right. Twilight wanted to chase after Rarity and get the truth from her once and for all, but she knew that her first priority was stopping Rainbow Dash and Cloudchaser from killing each other. There was no way she could step in herself and stop them without herself getting injured, even if she did use her magic. "Spike!" she called out. "Spike, I need you to run back to Ponyville and alert the guards! Then bring them ba-"
She stopped mid-sentence as she saw that while she had been distracted by Rarity that now Spike had disappeared on her. Spinning around, she saw no trace of the dragon; all she saw was his footprints on the ground, leading to one of the small dark holes that dotted the land.
"Celestia damn-it!" Twilight yelled out in frustration. Even if the two pegasi weren't fighting above her, Twilight couldn't follow Spike as the hole he dove down was much too small for a pony to fit in. With no one else to help her Twilight stomped her hooves in frustration and had no choice but to signal the guards herself. Firing off a series of flares high into the sky, she hoped that the guards would see them all the way in Ponyville and would send a small group to investigate despite having the entire town on lockdown. With nothing left to do but wait, Twilight could only helplessly watch the two pegasi violently attack each other. Twilight searched desperately for an opening to restrain them somehow, but she knew that if she got a hold of one, the other would take advantage of the help and most likely land a fatal blow on the restrained pony before Twilight could subdue the second.
"Girls, stop this now! Please, stop it!" Twilight called up, hoping to at least catch their attention. But neither Cloudchaser or Rainbow Dash paid any attention to her, instead they continued darting back and forth in the sky, decorating the ground far below them with small droplets of blood as they continued to fight.
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"Uurgh... that was stupid of me." Spike groaned, rubbing his head. While Twilight was distracted by Rainbow Dash and Cloudchaser's battle, Spike had noticed a small creature pop up out of the ground stare at the two battling pegasi, but before Spike could notify Twilight the creature spotted him and disappeared. Spike recognized the creature; it was one of those Diamond Dogs that had tried to force Rarity into slavery! He rushed over to where the dog had gone underground and saw the canine hiding just below the surface, but once he saw the dragon he dropped down into the darkness. Spike felt his heart sink as he realized that the Diamond Dogs may have Flitter now, hence why Rarity was all alone when he found her. Without thinking it through Spike dove down the hole after the small dog, determined not to let his one lead go.
Unfortunately for Spike, the hole proved to go deeper than he thought and he fell farther and farther, eventually tumbling out of the hole and into a cavern deep in the Diamond Dog's tunnels. He looked around after getting up and saw no sign of the small dog he was chasing after.
"Hello? Flitter? Are you here?" Spike called out, but is only answer was the echo of his own voice. He silently began moving forward to explore the dizzying maze of tunnels, knowing there was a slim chance of finding either the dog he saw or Flitter. However, luck seemed to smile down upon Spike finally and as he approached the next cavern he heard three voices talking.
"-ust those crazy ponies fighting."
"Fighting themselves? Hee hee hee, maybe I can buy more ponies and have them fight for us."
"Shut up, you already have your own pony. It's our turn to get one!"
"I'm pack leader, if I say all the ponies are mine, they are mine. You can have ponies I don't want. But the pretty pony we have now is mine!"
Spike stayed hidden as the arguing voices seemed to grow fainter and then disappeared. Finally peering around the rocks he was hiding behind, Spike saw that the cavern was empty and there was still no sign of Flitter. He walked forward and groaned as he saw at least a dozen different tunnels branching off from the cavern he was in, and he had absolutely no idea which tunnel the Diamond Dogs took. Taking a wild guess, he scampered down a random tunnel, hoping that his luck was still running strong and on his side.
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Far above Spike, Rainbow Dash and Cloudchaser remained locked in battle. Cloudchaser had dealt Dash a few good blows, but Rainbow was far superior in speed which was proving to be the vital deciding factor. Sweating and out of breath, Cloudchaser landed roughly on the ground and remained sprawled out on the dirt, leaving Rainbow Dash circling above her. Dash knew she now had the advantage and had a golden opportunity to end the fight once and for all. She flew straight up, becoming a tiny speck to Twilight and Cloudchaser before she looped around and came streaking down as fast as she could, picking up speed and beginning to form a 'V' shaped cone of colors around her.
Twilight caught on to what Rainbow Dash had planned. "NO! Rainbow, don't do it!" Twilight shouted at the top of her lungs, but of course it wasn't enough to reach Rainbow's ears. Twilight sprinted towards where Cloudchaser remained on the ground, unable to defend herself from Dash's attack. The alicorn knew that if Rainbow Dash pulled off a sonic rainboom close enough to Cloudchaser, the force of the rainboom would completely decimate Cloudchaser, leaving an absolute zero chance that she would survive. Rainbow Dash streaked closer and closer, and Twilight knew that there was no way she could run quick enough to stop Rainbow. Closing her eyes, she lit up her horn and teleported the remaining distance, reappearing on top of Cloudchaser.
Rainbow Dash let out a yelp of surprise as her friend appeared in front of her as if by, well, magic. There was no way she could slow her fall in time to stop before hitting the ground, but she could never attack somepony and let one of her friends be injured in the crossfire.
"Twilight! MOVE! For Celestia's sake, mo- FUCK!" Rainbow yelled out. Seeing that her friend wasn't budging, Rainbow veered off course and tried to slow her speed as much as possible before she slammed into the earth, sending another plume of dirt and dust into the air. Twilight rushed over to where Rainbow fell, rushing to her friend's side.
"Rainbow Dash! Rainbow, are you okay?" she asked her.
Amazingly, Rainbow spat out a mouthful of dirt and rocks and headbutted Twilight in her chest, knocking her to the ground. "You foal, what the heck did you do that for?" Rainbow Dash asked angrily. "You're trying to protect that bitch, huh? Is she now more important that all of your friends, if we even still are friends?"
"No, Rainbow, listen!" Twilight pleaded. "You have to stop fighting right now! Just please, listen to me."
Rainbow pushed past Twilight. "No way, Twi. If somepony attacks one of my friends, then they're my enemy." she said.
Just then a loud crashing sound caught Rainbow and Twilight's attention. Looking in the direction of the noise, eight guards burst from the bushes and into the open area. Rainbow's eyes went wide with surprise before she glared back at Twilight. "You called the guards on us?" she yelled in disbelief. Seconds later Rainbow found herself being crushed by the weight of four guards as they attempted to subdue her. Rainbow Dash thrashed around violently and tried to escape, but the guards' superior numbers proved to be too much for her to handle, and after a brief struggle Rainbow found herself being escorted away, her legs and wings restrained with ropes. The guards who arrested Cloudchaser had a much easier time as the pegasus had no energy left in her to fight, but as the guards escorted her away she turned to Twilight with tears in her eyes.
"Please... please, find Flitter." she said before being escorted back to Ponyville. Twilight nodded, silently promising Cloudchaser that she would. But something else more important needed to be done first; she had to find Spike.
Spike felt like he had been wandering for hours. Or was it just minutes? Maybe days? No, couldn't have been that long... could it?
Spike trudged on, taking care to avoid any wandering Diamond Dogs but with the vast network of tunnels it was easier to do so than he thought. However, the size of the complex proved to be a double edged sword; true, he had no trouble avoiding the dogs, but it also meant it would take much longer to find Flitter, never mind also finding the exit.
'Stupid dogs... they could at least have a map or signs posted somewhere.' Spike thought. On more than one occasion Spike found himself in the same cavern, proving that he was going in circles at times. The Diamond Dogs had also apparently never heard of clocks as there was absolutely no way of keeping track of time in the dark tunnels. The closest thing Spike found to a time-telling device was the age of the feces he found occasionally scooped into the corner of some caverns, proving that these dogs didn't care much for hygiene either.
Growing more and more depressed, Spike stopped in one dead-end cavern and sat down in a corner, burying his head in his arms as he tried to suppress the urge to give up. Thinking that he was way in over his head, he thought about going for help as searching the tunnels would be much easier with the help of the guards in Ponyville. He soon remembered that that option was impossible, as he didn't even know how to get out of the tunnels. He sighed, thinking that coming down here on his own was a major mistake, and the only way for him to get out would be to either wander aimlessly for Luna-knows-how-long or ask one of the Diamond Dogs.
Suddenly, his ears picked up a strange noise. It was faint, almost impossible to hear, but the noise caught Spike's attention. He stood up and strained his ears, walking down the tunnel and coming to a split. He froze in place and prayed the noise went off again, and after a few moments of silence he heard... cheering? He followed the source of the different sound, every now and then hearing it grow louder and louder. He came to another cavern, this one with four exits; the tunnel he just came out of and three more leading to unknown places. Spike swore under his breath as the noise seemed to bounce around the cavern, making it impossible to tell where it was coming from. 'It's too confusing. I need a loud sound to be able to tell which way to go!' he thought. He pondered trying each tunnel, but the fear of getting lost and losing his only lead was too much of a risk to take.
Suddenly, a piercing scream shattered the quietness, the sound amplified by the tunnels' echo effect. Spike's mouth dropped, not because of the volume of the scream, but because he knew who that scream belonged to.
"Flitter!" Spike yelled, looking down the tunnel the scream came from. Another high pitched scream came and Spike ran as fast as he could towards the sound. "I'm coming! I'm coming, Flitter!" he yelled again.
As he raced down the tunnel another sound began to reach his ears; the cheering was back and growing louder, accompanied by more screams and cries from Flitter. Spike felt a pain in heart and pushed himself to run faster, and as he rounded a sharp corner the end of the tunnel came into sight. 'Almost there...' he thought, panting as he gave one last burst of speed and burst out into the cavern. The bright lights in the open space made it easy for Spike to see what was going on; all around the large cavern were close to seventy Diamond Dogs, forming a circle around four figures in the middle of the room. One of the figures was his marefriend, the love of his life, Flitter. She was laying on her back, tears streaming down her face as she saw her dragon and called to him. "Spike! Spike, help me! Please, Spike, they're hurting me!" On either side of Flitter's head were two Diamond Dogs, and Spike immediately recognized them from his previous encounter with the subterranean canines; they were Spot and Fido, two of the pack leaders. Spike also recognized Spot as the dog he had chased down the tunnel earlier today. Both Diamond Dogs had their cocks out and were jerking themselves off over Flitter's face, their precum already drooling down onto her muzzle.
Spike's gaze finally fell on the last figure in the room; Rover, the alpha-dog. Spike's mind immediately tried to deny seeing what was going on in front of him, and for a while his hearing cut out completely. But reality began to slowly come back, and Spike was forced to look down, past Rover's grinning face and his paws holding on to Flitter's waist. His hips were moving back and forth in slow, deep stroked, and every time he pulled back Spike could catch a glimpse of something penetrating Flitter's body... something streaked with red... something with blood on it...
Reality finally hit Spike hard, almost as if a asteroid had hit Spike directly in his now broken heart. Flitter's screams finally registered in his ears, and he felt his heart further crushed as she cried for him.
"Spike! I'm sorry! Help me, it hurts! Spiiike!"
Rover turned his head and saw the little dragon standing there in shock. He and his two companions made no moves to stop their actions and smirked as Spike fell backwards in his state of shock. Flitter continued crying out for help, but Spike's hearing was fading out and his vision was beginning to blur, and soon it began to fade to black.
"Flitter, no.... I was too late." he murmured to himself as the eight Diamond Dogs closest to him moved in to capture him.
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Twilight carefully navigated her way down further into the Diamond Dogs' tunnels. She had easily 'persuaded' the guard posted at the entrance to the tunnels to let her in and to give her the directions to where any ponies they may have captured would be held. 'I don't like having to threaten to do it, but saying you'll castrate some creature works better than most other methods.' Twilight thought.
As she took the last turn before she was due to reach the final cavern she began to hear multiple shouts and screams coming from somewhere. A green light seemed to flicker somewhere in the distance but it stopped just as abruptly as it had started. Suddenly a handful of dark figures could be seen flooding the tunnel and Twilight gasped as she saw a crowd of Diamond Dogs rushing at her. She backtracked to the last cavern she went through and lowered her horn, prepared to take on the massive horde of dogs running towards her. However, something seemed off by their advance, and she soon realized that they were not running to attack her in anger and spite, but they were running away from something, screaming and yelling in fear and terror. To prove her right the dogs all ran past her, ignoring the purple alicorn and dispersing down the multiple side tunnels that the cavern had.
Twilight was now thoroughly confused by these events, but she knew one thing for certain; whatever these Diamond Dogs were running away from must be bad news, and she swore that a few of them had burn marks over parts of their bodies. Twilight cautiously reentered the tunnel and worked her way down to where the green glow was now back, the light flickering as if something was on fire. Soon she saw that once again she was correct; a wall of green flames was preventing her from entering the cavern that lay on the other side of the flames.
Getting through the fire was no problem; a simple spell could break the wall of fire and allow her to walk through a hole in the wall. What had Twilight's gut in a knot was the color of the fire; they were green. A very familiar green. "Oh no... Spike!" Twilight gasped. She quickly cast the spell and jumped through the hole she made and stared in horror at the chaos that had taken place all around the cavern.
Green flames created a ring around the entire cavern, stopping any remaining Diamond Dogs from escaping. Twilight guessed that the few that she saw earlier were the lucky ones who managed to escape somewhat unscathed. The burnt remnants of at least a dozen bodies littered the areas where Twilight guessed the other exits were. Scattered around other areas of the cave more bodies littered the floor, but these bodies weren't burnt. Twilight winced as she saw that these dogs were killed in another gruesome way; more specifically, they had been torn limb from limb and the various body parts had been tossed around haphazardly. Twilight felt sick and thought that there was no way that anypony could match the body parts back together correctly, so horrible was the scene. Closer to the middle of the room were only three bodies, and Twilight could have sworn that the bodies looked familiar. While these bodies were more intact, Twilight had to quickly look away once she saw that only their genitals had been ripped away, and the trail of blood leading up to their mouths hinted where the missing organs had been stuffed before some creature had snapped their necks, leaving their heads angled in a grotesque manner.
Twilight finally gazed at the middle of the room, where a small dragon knelt down beside the pegasus that had been missing. The area all around them strangely appeared clear of blood, but as Twilight cautiously stepped over the mutilated corpses and splatters of Diamond Dog blood she saw that there was indeed a small amount of blood in the middle of the cave; a small pool building under Flitter's body, coming from her lower lips...
Trying not to startle him, Twilight slowly approached Spike and called out to him softly. "S-Spike, are you okay?" she asked.
Spike shook his head no, his head hung low as he sniffed back a torrent of tears. "I was too late, Twilight. I couldn't stop them. I couldn't... stop them..."
Twilight turned her attention to Flitter. The young mare's breathing was normal but she was unconscious, not to mention the blood still slowly coming from her crotch was worrying. "Spike, we have to get her out of here and to the hospital." Twilight said.
Spike just nodded and stood back as Twilight gently levitated Flitter's body onto her back, ignoring the fact that she was getting smears of Flitter's blood on her body. "Come on, Spike, let's get out of here." Twilight said. Spike nodded again and followed Twilight out of the cave, and within a few minutes all three were back outside in the cool night air.
Waiting above ground was Princess Luna and another ten guards. Once Twilight fully emerged four of them rushed over and removed Flitter from Twilight's back and rushed the pegasus back to the hospital while another two escorted Spike to the same place, wanting to make sure the dragon was mentally and physically sound.
Luna peered into the dark tunnel's entrance and frowned. "We stopped the Diamond Dogs that survived as they fled. They told us that Tartarus himself was down there, and he was bringing death to all of them. I can smell pain and death, but you must have seen it first-hoof. They were not lying, were they?" she asked.
Twilight shook her head. "No, they are right. I found almost all of them dead. It... they were all... it was horrible." she said. "I... I think Spike did it. But... that would be impossible. He's too small to do something that horrible."
"There is one way." Luna said. "There are times that, when provoked enough, a dragon will enter a state of absolute anger and violence. It is called Dragon's Rage, and almost no pony has ever seen a dragon in this state and lived. They will kill any creature they see and destroy anything in their way."
"But... how was Flitter left alive? You don't think... Spike wouldn't..." Twilight gasped, hoping she was wrong.
Princess Luna calmed her by placing a hoof on her shoulder. "No, dragons have never been known to do that while in their rage. I'm afraid the Diamond Dogs were responsible for that. But when a dragon enters their Dragon Rage, it's usually because they have had their pile of treasure stolen from them, and they will stay in their rage until they get their treasure back. But in this case, Spike can never get the treasure he, and Flitter, lost today."
Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie were speechless. Absolutely speechless.
Earlier that day they witnessed the guards bringing back Rainbow Dash, the aggressive mare bound tightly but still trying to buck the guards whenever she had an opening. Moments later Cloudchaser was brought back into Ponyville, and the two pegasi were locked in the small jail the guards had in town. Thankfully the guards were able to place both mares in separate cells, though to prevent them yelling obscenities at each other all night long they also gagged them.
And now Twilight returned with Spike, Luna, and Flitter. The ashen, depressed look on Spike's face was enough to even cause Pinkie Pie to lose the poofiness in her mane, but once they saw the condition Flitter was in they were stunned. All three tried to approach Twilight but the guards in town kept any pony who tried approaching them at bay. They tried calling out to her but Twilight just glared at them, refusing to answer them. Only Princess Luna stopped to talk to them, and as the three mares bombarded the princess with questions she held up her hoof to silence them.
"I understand you're concerned and confused, but I do not have time to answer everything." she said to them. "I will answer one question from each of you, but then must resume my work."
"Ooh, ooh! Me first. Are they okay? What happened? What are Rainbow Dash and Cloudchaser in jail? What did they do? How come..." Pinkie began babbling.
Applejack roughly nudged the pink pony. "She said ONE question."
"Oh, whoopsie. Sorry. What happened?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"I cannot go into much detail yet, but Spike managed to find Flitter and free her from the Diamond Dogs, but he was... too late to stop them from..." Luna trailed off, but all three mares knew what the last unsaid part was.
Applejack spoke up next. "What about Rainbow Dash an' Cloudchaser, what's goin' on with them?"
"They had to be detained mostly due to them hindering the search for Flitter and Rarity." Luna said, noticing Applejack's worried expression. "Do not worry, they are only being held in the prison for a day or two so they can calm down."
Luna looked to Fluttershy who was looking like she didn't want to ask what was on her mind. Applejack sensed her hesitance and nodded to her. "Go ahead, sugarcube. We all now have that question on our minds."
Fluttershy mustered up all the courage she had and faced Luna. "W-who did all this? What pony could do... that to Flitter?"
All three mares held their breath as Luna looked at them in sadness. "Rarity." was all she said.
After dropping Spike off at the hospital to have him checked out and to let him rest, Twilight made her way to the Ponyville jail to pay Rainbow Dash and Cloudchaser a visit. She decided to speak privately with Cloudchaser first, the guards letting her in to Cloudchaser's cell with no problem.
Cloudchaser had been crying ever since she was locked up in her cell, not because she was upset about being arrested, but because she was now useless in aiding the search for her sister. As soon as Twilight entered her cell she almost tackled her visitor, desperate to hear if Twilight had upheld her promise to find Flitter. The guard escorting Twilight mistook Cloudchaser's movements as an attack and lowered his spear, ready to impale the captive pegasus. Luckily for Cloudchaser, Twilight saw the disaster unfolding just in time and used her magic to disarm the guard.
"Don't! It's okay, stand down." she said. Cloudchaser came to a skidding halt, realizing how close she had just come to death. Twilight motioned for the guard to leave them. "I'll be fine, I promise." she insisted. The guard shrugged, saluting the princess before leaving the two mares to talk in peace.
Cloudchaser approached Twilight again, this time with more caution. "Did you find her? Is she okay? Please tell me she's alive."
Twilight nodded. "Yes, she's alive. We found her and she's back in the hospital." she said.
Cloudchaser was relieved beyond belief, but she saw that Twilight was hiding something. "There's something else, isn't there?" she asked. When Twilight looked away from her Cloudchaser grimaced. "Twilight, tell me... what else happened."
"She... she was being raped by Diamond Dogs when Spike found her." Twilight said after a long pause.
Cloudchaser felt like she had just been bucked in the stomach by Rainbow Dash... a feeling she still remembered all too well. Tears sprang up in her eyes and she slammed a hoof into the concrete wall in anger. "No! NO! Fucking... AAGGHHHHH!" she screamed as her emotions overtook her.
Twilight could only stand helplessly and watch as Cloudchaser let out her anger. The guards reappeared as they heard her anguished wails but Twilight dismissed them again, insisting that she was fine. It took a while for Cloudchaser to calm down enough to speak again to Twilight. "He... they didn't, you know... is she... she won't have to..." Cloudchaser stammered, unable to say what was on her mind.
Twilight knew what she was trying to say, but didn't even know the answer herself. "I don't know, I really don't. The doctor's said they didn't see any traces of semen inside of her, but they couldn't say that for certain."
Cloudchaser felt nauseous at the thought of the dogs filling her sister's body with their seed. "They... can they get a pony pregnant?" she asked fearfully.
Twilight again didn't know the answer to Cloudchaser's question. "I'm not sure. There's never been any documented cases of a pony mating with a Diamond Dog and having an offspring from the mating."
A trio of guards walked up to the cell, one of them tapping on the bars of the cell. "Princess Twilight Sparkle, the paperwork is all set." he said, opening the cell door.
"Paperwork?" Cloudchaser asked, unsure if she should be happy that more paperwork was done.
Twilight turned back to Cloudchaser and offered a weak smile. "Yes. You're free to go right now, but you'll be summoned back for a hearing with the Mayor in a few weeks once everything settles. You'll only have to do a day or so of community service as punishment." Twilight said. "But for now, these guards are going to escort you over to the hospital to see Flitter. Just promise me you won't go looking for Rarity."
Cloudchaser couldn't believe her ears; she was fully expecting to have to serve at least a few months in prison for her fight with Rainbow Dash, not to mention when she slapped Twilight in front of Princess Luna and the guards. "Thank you, Twilight." she said, genuinely touched by Twilight's help. "I promise, I won't go looking for Rarity. I have my sister back, I won't be putting her in any more danger."
Twilight nodded in satisfaction and watched as Cloudchaser walked off with the guards, headed to see her sister finally. With one task down, she moved on to the other side of the building where Rainbow Dash was being held. Twilight knew that convincing her that Rarity was indeed responsible for everything that happened to Flitter and that she had to be dealt with would be no easy task, and that her strong sense of loyalty, while her greatest asset, may also be her greatest weakness.
Spike found himself alone in the deserted waiting room in the hospital, feeling just as alone as he actually was right now. He had gone through a very quick exam by the nurses and they found nothing wrong with him, nor did they expect him to go into his Dragon Rage state again. He asked if he could see Flitter, but Nurse Redheart shook her head, saying that the first one to see Flitter had to be Cloudchaser. She said that she had word that the pegasus was on her way over and Spike could wait for her in the waiting room.
Nopony else was in the hospital that day, and even the nurses kept their distance from the little dragon once he was done being examined. Maybe it was because they were afraid of his new-found temper. Maybe it was out of concern for his privacy of what he had just gone through. Or maybe they felt that he was responsible for Flitter's rape, and that had he been just a little faster... if he had found the right way sooner... if he had asked Twilight to help him search the tunnels...
The thoughts of 'WHAT IF' bombarded Spike's head more and more... what if, always what if...
"Spike?" a voice called out, snapping Spike out his spiraling guilt. He looked up and saw his lover's sister standing in the doorway. She looked relieved, almost happy to see him, and her expression only further confused his mixed, confused feelings. He started bawling from the sight of her smile and buried his face in his arms, unable to look at Cloudchaser any more.
Cloudchaser raced over to Spike and jumped into the seat next to him, gently embracing him in her hooves and holding him against her as he cried. "Spike... Spike, it's okay. Shh, it's okay..." she said softly, trying her best to console him.
Spike only cried harder at her kindness. "I'm sorry, I couldn't save her! I was too late! It's my fault, it's my fault. I should be dead, I let them hurt Flitter..." Spike sobbed, guilt building up to critical levels.
Cloudchaser couldn't believe that Spike was blaming himself for everything. "No, Spike... why would you say that? You didn't hurt her at all. You saved her. You saved her from something that would have ruined her life forever. You're her hero, Spike."
Spike shook his head stubbornly. "I'm no hero. I was too slow to stop them. The blood... she lost..." Spike started to say.
Cloudchaser cut him off. "It wasn't your fault, Spike. I know it, Twilight knows it, and Flitter knows it. You found her, YOU did. All the guards that Princess Celestia sent couldn't find her, I couldn't find her... heck, even Princess Luna couldn't find her. But you did. You did what nopony else could do. If you hadn't done that you did, we may never have."
Cloudchaser's words calmed Spike down, especially since they were coming from his love's sister. Spike wiped his eyes and finally looked up at her. "Do... do you think she hates me? Do you think she'll ever forgive me for being too late to save her?"
Cloudchaser almost felt like crying herself as she listened to him. She felt her eyes begin to water but managed to hold back the tears. "Of course she'll forgive you. She really does love you, Spike, and I couldn't think of anypony, or any other dragon, I'd rather have date my sister."
Spike and Cloudchaser stayed huddled together for a while longer, both finding comfort in each other's presence. Finally, Doctor Stable walked into the waiting room and announced that Flitter was finally able to see visitors, though only Cloudchaser could come in first. The pegasus begged the doctor to bend the rules just this once and also let Spike in to see her, but he had to reluctantly refuse.
Spike tugged on Cloudchaser's tail. "It's okay, I can wait. You should go see her." he said.
Cloudchaser smiled at his gesture of sacrifice. "I'll tell her you say hello." she said with a wink, following the doctor down the hallway. They walked to the last room in the hallway, the room chosen to provide the most privacy for her, and the doctor opened the door and let Cloudchaser go in alone.
She walked into the room and saw Flitter sitting up, staring out of the window with a depressed look of sorrow on her face. Cloudchaser silently walked up and tightly hugged her sister, letting out tears of relief, pain, and happiness as her worst nightmare finally ended. They remained holding each other for a while, both sister's finally back together again. Cloudchaser could see something was troubling Flitter's mind and tried to ease the tension by making small talk, asking her if she needed anything, how she was feeling, how long the doctor wanted to keep her in the hospital...
Finally, Cloudchaser couldn't stand it anymore and took the direct approach. "Sis, what's on your mind?" she asked anxiously.
Flitter sighed and looked out the window. "What do you think of Spike?" she asked.
Cloudchaser didn't know what Flitter meant but decided to answer truthfully. "What do you mean? He's a great little dragon. I have to admit, I'm kind of jealous that you found such a great match for you. I'm honestly very happy that you two decided to go out, especially since I don't have to hear any more how badly you wanted to ask him out before." she said, winking as she said the last part.
Flitter nodded as she continued staring out the window. "He is great, isn't he? He's such a good cook, he's tidy, he's the hero of the Crystal Empire..."
"He's also you're hero now, right? You know he did save you, right?" Cloudchaser asked.
Flitter nodded again. "Yeah, I know. I don't remember much about... that moment... but I remember seeing him standing over me and holding my hoof."
Cloudchaser smiled at her sister. "You really love him, don't you?" she asked.
"Yeah, I do." Flitter said, but for some reason showing a pained face. "I really do love him. I owe him my life, and he deserves the best in his life, only the best. Which is... which is why..."
"Twilight, I don't know about this. The doctor did say that only Cloudchaser could go."
Spike and Twilight walked down the hallway towards the room that one of the nurses had confirmed as Flitter's. "Don't worry about it, Spike. We'll just wait outside the room until Cloudchaser's done. Besides, I'm sure that she'll be extremely excited and happy to see you." Twilight insisted. Things were finally looking positive for her; her talk with Rainbow Dash had gone much better than she expected as Rainbow actually sat calmly as she explained everything that had happened after Rainbow had been detained by the guards. Twilight could see that Rainbow Dash was extremely hurt by being betrayed by such a close friend, especially when she had almost killed another pony defending Rarity's name. Twilight couldn't release Dash from jail like she had Cloudchaser, but Rainbow Dash surprisingly wanted to stay behind bars for a while longer as she wanted to be alone for a while to try to sort out the fact that she had been betrayed.
Twilight and Spike finally got to Flitter's room and Twilight peered into the room through the small window in the door and saw the two sister's talking. "Come on, Spike, let's go in." she said.
Spike's face paled. "No! This was a bad idea, we should go back and wait in the waiting room. Better yet, let's go back home and wait until tomorrow. I'm sure they want to be alone."
"Come on, Spike, let's at least go in and tell her that you're happy that she's awake." Twilight said, grabbing Spike with her magic and forcing him to the door. He turned and looked at her, hoping that she would change her mind, but Twilight nodded towards the door. Spike saw she wouldn't take no for an answer and sighed, slowly turning the handle and opening the door. He managed to take one step forward and he heard Flitter speaking to Cloudchaser, her face hanging down as she stared at her hooves.
"...only the best. Which is... which is why... I have to break up with him. I'm dumping Spike."
"...only the best. Which is... which is why... I have to break up with him. I'm dumping Spike."
Cloudchaser felt her heart skip a beat as her sister spoke. Twilight felt her own heart do the same, unable to grasp why Flitter could possibly even think of doing such a thing. But Spike's heart didn't skip a beat, or even two beats. It was utterly and completely crushed.
"You didn't... you don't mean that, do you?" Cloudchaser asked in disbelief. A thumping noise outside the room caught both Flitter's and Cloudchaser's attention, and both their hearts dropped as they heard somepony yelling outside the room.
"Spike, come back! Spike! She didn't mean... I'm sure we misheard... SPIKE!"
Cloudchaser rushed over to the door just in time to see Spike disappearing around the corner and headed to a side exit, Twilight running after him. Cloudchaser looked back at her sister who was sniffling and had tears coming down her face, but she was horrified when Flitter looked at her with a weak smile. "I guess I don't have to worry about telling him now." she said.
Cloudchaser felt her anger returning, but this time it was aimed at her own sister. She turned to Flitter and somehow restrained herself from yelling. "You just... why did you..." she stammered, unable to find the words for her confusion.
Flitter looked down, unable to make eye contact with her sister. "I don't deserve him. He's perfect and deserves a perfect mare to spend his life with, not some slutty whorse like me."
Cloudchaser lost all patience upon hearing her sister call herself that. "How could you think that you're... you do NOT say that about yourself!" she yelled out.
To her surprise, Flitter didn't seem effected by Cloudchaser's outburst. "It's true, though. I'm just now a loose whorse that can be used by anypony." she said.
Cloudchaser struggled to resist slapping Flitter and instead slammed her hooves on the bed. "What are you talking about? You're not making any sense! Nopony thinks you're a whorse, especially not Spike!"
"They do too!" Flitter said. "The Diamond Dogs did nothing but use me as soon as they bought me! All they did was touch me down there or make me suck them off before they fucked me. I sucked off two ponies in public and swallowed their cum. I had some toy inside my ass and peed while masturbating behind a building and even let somepony pee on my body. I was covered in cum and photographed naked and Thunderlane fucked my mouth while I was unconscious... how does all that not make me some slut, huh? HUH?"
Flitter broke down and turned away from her sister. "Just leave me alone now. Go. I don't deserve him." she said.
Cloudchaser wasn't finished, but she knew her sister wouldn't listen to her anymore. Besides, she did need her rest... the last few days had taken an immense toll on her body and mind. "Just remember, I love you, sis. And Spike, he loves you too." she said softly, kissing Flitter on the cheek before leaving.
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"Spike! Spike! Celestia's fla- er, Celstia's hoof! Spike, where are you?" Twilight called out. She was surprised by Spike's speed, especially for a dragon of his size, and she soon lost sight of him after he had run out of the hospital. Twilight stopped to think of where Spike could have possibly run off to, but was coming up short on ideas. There was no way he would just return home, and there was also no chance he would be returning to the Diamond Dog's land... well, ex-land.
"Maybe he's over at Sweet Apple Acres." she said aloud, knowing that the large apple orchard was a quiet place where somepony could seek refuge and not be disturbed. She raced off to Applejack's farm and hopped the fence and ran into the orchard, not too keen on seeing her friends just yet.
It took Twilight an hour of searching the fields for her to remember just HOW big the farm was. 'It'll take me days to search every place here.' she realized. Luckily for her, she had just the trick; a life detection spell that would alert her to anypony, or in this case, a dragon that may be hiding nearby. The search would still take a while, as the range of the spell only covered a few hundred feet around her, but she could at least cover more ground quicker and not have to search every single nook, cranny, tree, and rock.
As expected, the minutes ticked by with no Spike, but at least her spell was working. She received a small jolt whenever she encountered a smaller creature nearby; a few squirrels, a couple of bunnies, and even a flock of birds flying overhead. But no stronger jolt of magic ever hit her horn, and that was the signal she was waiting for.
The long day was finally nearing its end by the time Twilight decided to give up. She sighed, hoping that Spike would be back home by the time she returned, but her gut feeling told her that she would be wrong yet again. Just as she gave up hope of seeing Spike tonight she let out a yelp as her horn felt like it had been zapped by electricity. It was much stronger than the small tingle she received when a bunny or squirrel was nearby. No, whatever had set off her life detection spell was a pony, or even perhaps...
"Spike!" Twilight called out, but of course she received no answer. Wandering forward she felt another zap of magic hit her, confirming that she was headed in the right direction. She looked at the trees in front of her and saw a tree house tucked into the branches of one of them. 'Of course! The club house Applejack's sister uses!' Twilight realized. The fact that there was no shouting, cheering, or explosions coming from the clubhouse hinted to Twilight that the Cutie Mark Crusaders were not home, but her horn was signalling that somepony was indeed up there.
"Hello? Spike, are you there?" Twilight called up. Nopony answered but Twilight could swear that she just saw something move by one of the windows. "Hello? Is somepony up there?" Twilight called out again. Once again only silence greeted her but she was positive that she saw somepony up there, and she climbed the stairs to the small porch and knocked on the door. "Hello?" she called again. She tried pushing the door open but found it locked. 'Okay, somepony is definitely inside.' she thought. She was positive that Spike was inside and probably locked the door to remain undisturbed. She knocked on the door but again no answer was received. Twilight huffed and closed her eyes, her horn glowing and in a mere blink of an eye she teleported herself into the club house, bypassing the door.
The little tree house was dark, and the windows barely let in enough of the setting sun to allow Twilight to see anything. Huddled in the corner of the tree house was a pony, and Twilight was a little disappointed at first that it wasn't Spike. However, as her eyes adjusted to the dim light, she gasped and stepped backwards as she saw who it was...
"Rarity!" Twilight said in disbelief. "What are you doing here?"
Rarity tossed her head back and readjusted her mane. "Well, Twilight, it's obvious that I can't go home with the entire town looking to have me thrown in prison like a common thief."
Twilight steadied herself. Rarity had nowhere to run as Twilight was blocking the door, and she could easily overpower the white unicorn if absolutely necessary. "Rarity, you have to turn yourself in. This is getting out of hoof. Flitter's in the hospital again and Rainbow Dash is in jail. Flitter... she was raped by the Diamond Dogs. Just... please, Rarity, come with me. We can get this whole thing sorted out and end this all now, and then maybe the Elements of Harmony can finally be repaired."
Rarity had no idea what Twilight meant when she began talking about the Elements. She was too busy trying to think of how she could escape from the tree house, but the only door was blocked by Twilight and jumping out of the window was out of the question. An idea finally hit her, though; 'Maybe if I pretend to go with her I can escape as soon as we get outside. I can probably hide out in the fields here and get to Los Pegasus or Manehattan and disappear there.' she thought slyly. Mentally preparing herself for the act of her life, Rarity put on a sorrowful face and lowered her head in submission. "Yes, Twilight, you're right. I've mad a huge mistake and I want it all to end. I'm sorry, Twilight, I truly am. I'm ready to go when you are." she said.
Twilight nodded, elated that her friend was showing remorse for her actions and was willing to turn herself in. Rarity, on the other hoof, had to suppress the urge to smile as Twilight ate up her lies. "Thank you, Rarity. You're doing the right thing." Twilight said. Rarity finally let out a small smile, but it quickly disappeared as she saw Twilight's horn glow and she sent out three flashes of light, the magical flares zooming out the window and climbing high into the night sky before they burst in a spectacular flash.
"What are you doing?" Rarity asked, feeling as if her only plan was beginning to fall apart.
"I'm summoning the guards." Twilight said. "I'm sorry, Rarity, but I can't risk you trying to run away again."
Rarity felt her stomach flip as she realized her plan was ruined. "You... you don't trust me?" she asked, furrowing her brow.
Twilight felt her heart break as she replied to the pony she used to consider one of her best friends; "No, I don't."
Rarity's mind snapped. "You... bitch!" she yelled out as she ran right at Twilight. Twilight was caught off guard and was knocked backwards by Rarity's attack.
"Rarity! What are you doing?" Twilight cried out. Rarity charged her again, but this time Twilight was ready and cast a protective bubble shield around herself. Rarity yelped in surprise as she found herself being flung back by the protection spell and she tumbled across the floor and hit the back wall.
Twilight saw that Rarity wasn't moving and feared that she had severely hurt her. "Rarity! I'm sorry, I-"
Rarity suddenly sat up and went back on the offensive, hitting Twilight with a blast of magic. While her attack came nowhere close to the power Twilight had, it was still enough to cause Twilight to recoil in pain. "Aahhh! Rarity, stop this!" Twilight yelled, sending a blast of her own magic towards the unicorn. Rarity tried to dodge the attack but she was too slow, the blast hitting her legs and causing her to fall.
Twilight scrambled back up to her hooves, ready to send another attack at Rarity if she didn't give up right now. "It's over, Rarity, just give up. Please, I don't want to hurt you." Twilight said.
Rarity shakily stood up. The blow had only grazed her, and it was nowhere near Twilight's full power, but the attack had shocked her as she had no idea Twilight possessed that much power. It seemed hopeless; Twilight was sure not to hold back her next attack and the stampeding hooves of the guards could be heard approaching. Rarity glanced at the one last option she had; the window.
Without any warning, Rarity rushed sideways and leaped out of the tree house, surprising Twilight so much she had no time to react to stop her. Rarity saw the ground rushing at her and realized she had jumped while higher than she thought she was. She clenched her eyes shut and braced for the inevitable impact. Her legs crumpled under her as she finally reconnected with the ground, and she yelled out in pain as one of her legs felt like it was now broken due to the fall. She opened her eyes just in time to see Twilight come flying out of the window herself, gliding down to where Rarity was crippled.
'NO! It will not end like this!' Rarity thought. Ignoring the pain in her broken leg, she hobbled away as fast as she could, but of course she was absolutely no match for the group of guards that were hot on her hooves. It didn't take her long to realize that running was absolutely useless, so she stopped and turned, ready to fight once more. Only two of the six guards were unicorns; the rest were pegasi. Taking aim at the unicorns first, she fired off her weak attack spells, only one of them hitting its mark but the weak blast merely slowed him down for a brief moment.
Her attack had no chance of stopping her pursuers, but her display of violence confirmed to the guards that this fugitive was as desperate to escape as Princess Luna had described. Three of the pegasus guards took to the skies and attacked from above while the other three guards ran up and tackled Rarity to the ground, the three guards in the air swooping down and piling on top of the group to keep Rarity pinned down. One unicorn brought out a set of shackles he had hidden in his armor and clamped them down onto Rarity's legs, preventing her from running anymore, while the other unicorn slipped a special ring onto Rarity's horn, subduing her magic so she couldn't even levitate a feather.
"You ruffians! Scoundrels! Let me go!" Rarity yelled out, trying her hardest to escape, but between the shackles, her lack of magic, and the pain from her broken leg, Rarity was not going anywhere. The guards got off of her and stood back as Twilight approached her friend, looking down on the unicorn who had brought so much pain to so many ponies.
"Twilight, Twilight please. I didn't mean to. Help me." Rarity begged, hoping that her friend would show some compassion and sympathy.
Twilight just shook her head and turned away, unable to look at the pony she had once admired and befriended so long ago. "It's over, Rarity." she said. "Take her to the prison and lock her up. Princess Celestia will deal with her personally in the morning." Twilight informed the guards.
The next day Flitter was released from the hospital and sent home with Cloudchaser, though the small pegasus was ordered to remain in bed for another day or so and rest. The walk back to their house was in complete silence; Cloudchaser was still shocked and mad at Flitter for ruthlessly dumping Spike the day before. 'Even after he risked his life and saved her!' she thought. 'He's a hero, and she.... Rrgghhh!'
Cloudchaser had no idea what was going through Flitter's mind, nor did she really care. She wanted to smack her sister for her stupidity and make her go apologize to Spike and try to win him back, but she held her tongue, not wanting to overburden her sister with to much after being violated.
Shortly after arriving home and seeing Flitter up to her room safely, Cloudchaser heard somepony knocking on her door. She was surprised to see Twilight standing outside with a look of mixed emotions on her face. Twilight just looked at Cloudchaser and spoke three words that made Cloudchaser the happiest pony in all of Equestria; "We got her."
Cloudchaser began crying; not out of sadness or anger but out of joy and relief. She hugged Twilight, glad that the nightmare of somepony out there wanting to hurt her sister was finally over. It took a while to realize that she was squeezing one of Equestria's princesses and soaking her coat with her tears, and she quickly let go and tried her best to wipe the drops of liquid off of her.
Insisting not to worry about it, Twilight moved on to the question she needed answering; "Is Spike here? Please, tell me he's here." she asked.
Cloudchaser shook her head. "No, sorry, Twilight. We just got home a few hours ago. Nopony else is here." Cloudchaser said.
Twilight stomped her hoof. "No! This is the last place that I could think he would go to." she said dejectedly.
"Wait, you haven't seen Spike since yesterday?" Cloudchaser realized, beginning to worry about the little dragon.
Twilight nodded. "After he ran off, I couldn't find him. He wasn't home last night after I got back from the prison, and nopony else has seen him around Ponyville at all."
"Spike's missing?" a third voice timidly called out. Twilight and Cloudchaser turned and saw Flitter peeking down from her position halfway down the stairs.
"Flitter! Get back in bed! You're not supposed to be moving around!" Cloudchaser sternly said, but Flitter made no move to return upstairs.
"I think I know where he is." Flitter said, walking down the rest of the stairs and up to the two older mares.
Twilight could have hugged Flitter with happiness, but before she could ask where Spike may be Cloudchaser spoke first. "Then tell us where he is and get back upstairs. The doctor ordered you to stay in bed and rest! You're in no condition to be going outside and running around town looking for him."
"Please, tell us where he may be." Twilight pleaded.
"I... I can't tell you." she said cautiously. "It's my special hiding place when I need to be alone. Spike's the only one who knows where it is besides me."
"Then tell us where it is!" Cloudchaser said, beginning to loose patience with her sister. "This isn't time for your games or to be messing around."
"I'm not messing around!" Flitter said defiantly. "This... this is my fault. Please, let me go look for him there alone. I promise, as soon as I find him I'll bring him back home to you, Twilight."
Cloudchaser opened her mouth to berate Flitter and tell her to get back to bed, but Twilight beat her by speaking first. "Okay, Flitter. You can search your special place. But whether he's there or not, you come right back here and get back to bed, okay?" Twilight said.
Flitter let out a small smile; perhaps the first smile she made in days. "Thank you." she said before running back outside and off to her hidden sanctuary.
Cloudchaser began going after her sister but Twilight stopped her. "Hey, what gives?" Cloudchaser exclaimed. "I need to at least follow her and make sure she's safe. What if she's headed to the Everfree Forest or somewhere else dangerous?"
"Calm down, she's headed somewhere perfectly safe." Twilight said. "Her hiding spot is over in Sweet Apple Acres. There's a small alcove by the stream on Applejack's farm. That's her hiding spot."
Cloudchaser looked at Twilight suspiciously. "How did you know that?" she asked.
"I... well, I followed Spike and Flitter on one of their first dates." Twilight admitted sheepishly. "I saw them duck down there and, well, I accidentally saw them kiss for the first time."
"They what?!" Cloudchaser exclaimed. "They're too you-. Heh, never mind. Listen how stupid I must sound, worried about those two kissing after... after all she's... been through..."
Her words trailed off and Cloudchaser began to cry again. Twilight moved closer and hugged Cloudchaser again, consoling the grief-stricken pony. "It's okay. I'm sure Flitter will find Spike there and they'll work things out." she said.
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Spike hadn't eaten or slept since he ran out of the hospital, his heart absolutely crushed by Flitter's words that still echoed in his head.
'I have to break up with him. I'm dumping Spike.'
'Break up with him.'
'I'm dumping Spike.'
'I'm dumping Spike.'
'I have to break up with him.'
All night those words kept him awake. He was too tired to cry anymore, too hurt to get up. He had come here to try to lift his spirits and help him begin to heal, but of course the pain only grew. He had laid down and did nothing but stare at the dirt wall in front of him, not moving for hours. Anypony passing by and spotting him would have probably mistaken him as dead and panicked, but luckily for him he was hidden from view; it would take a pony looking specifically for him to find him.
Spike was so lost in thought that he completely missed the sound of approaching hoofsteps. It wasn't until he heard a familiar, soothing, yet painful voice did he realize he wasn't alone.
"Spike?"
Spike knew exactly who it was but didn't acknowledge the pony's presence. Instead, he ignored her, his heart already trampled enough for one lifetime.
"Spike?" Flitter repeated, taking a single step forward. Still he ignored her, though he desperately wanted to turn around and hold her in his arms. However, he stubbornly refused to move and remained frozen in place.
Flitter looked down at the the dirt in sorrow. "I know you probably hate me right now, but can we at least talk? Please?" she asked.
Spike still didn't move from his position. Flitter managed to choke back a sob as she realized that she may have completely ruined everything she had with him. "Spike, please?" she tried one more time.
Silence ensued once more, and Flitter sat down in despair. "I guess I deserve this. I don't deserve to talk to you, but will you please listen to what I have to say? I promise, I'll leave you alone after that. I... I understand if you never want to see me again."
More silence. Flitter wasn't sure whether she should say what she needed to say or just leave. She sighed and started reaching out to Spike to place her hoof on his back, but just before her hoof touched him she stopped and withdrew it. "Spike, I'm sorry for hurting you. I didn't mean to, I swear. I just... I... I didn't think I was good enough for you. I love you, Spike, I really do, and I don't want to lose you. I don't want to break up with you, I really, really don't. I was just afraid that... you wouldn't want me anymore since, you know, I'm dirty now."
She paused for a moment to see if Spike had any reaction to her apology, but once again he didn't move from his spot. Flitter sighed and got up, trying to keep from crying so much that she couldn't say what was on her mind. "Spike, I really don't want to lose you. Is there any way you can forgive me? Please? I'll do anything for you." she tried one last time, but as before Spike didn't say a word or budge an inch.
Her own heart crushed also, Flitter turned to leave. "Twilight's worried about you, you know. You should go home soon so she doesn't worry." she said. "And... I'd really like to talk to you, at least one more time, before we... end everything. You can come over anytime you want... if you want to."
With one last sad glance back at her now former special dragon, Flitter softly whispered one last "I love you, Spike" before walking home, most likely now the saddest pony in all of Equestria. Spike remained in his curled up position for almost another hour before he found the willpower to sit back up and stare at where Flitter once stood. Though she was long gone and back home in bed, Spike still felt obligated to say what he couldn't say before when she was so close...
Flitter's walk home had never felt so long or alone. She had hoped that Spike would forgive her and they could begin to pick up the shattered pieces of their relationship, but deep down Flitter knew that possibility was not very likely. When she finally got home she saw that Twilight was still talking to her sister, but both ponies fell silent as Flitter walked in.
"I found Spike, Twilight. I told him he should come home soon." she said before trudging upstairs. Both older mares looked at each other, surprised that Flitter had found Spike but things between the two young lovers didn't seem to be getting any better.
"I really thought they would fix things up." Cloudchaser said.
Twilight nodded. "Me too. I should get back home so I can talk to him as soon as he gets back. I'll try to find out what's wrong." she said before departing back for the library.
Cloudchaser nodded and saw Twilight out. Once the alicorn was headed home, Cloudchaser started up the stairs to go talk to Flitter, but as she slowly opened Flitter's bedroom door and peeked in she saw that her little sister was already fast asleep, exhausted from the emotional stress of everything she went through recently. Cloudchaser closed the door and decided that her talk could wait until tomorrow, heading to her own room to retire for the night.
Over at Twilight's, the purple alicorn arrived home and had just settled in when Spike came back. She rushed over and hugged him, glad that he was safe and sound. She wanted to scold him for running off and not coming home the night before, but she held back the urge as she knew that he had enough heartbreak for now.
She whisked him off to bed, tucking the tired dragon into his bed and kissed him goodnight. It wasn't until she climbed into her own bed that Twilight realized just how tired she was also; she had been up all night the night before waiting for Spike, not to mention ran around all of Ponyville earlier today. Soon she was fast asleep, but for some reason Spike wasn't able to fall asleep at all. He lay in his small bed, staring up at the ceiling as all his thoughts swirled around in his head like a hurricane. His emotions were more jumbled up than two runaway trains crashing in the middle of a tornado, and he had no way of knowing what to do next. There was no way life could go back to the way things were. No... that was impossible. Friendships and trust between friends were destroyed, but most confusing of all was Flitter breaking up with him only to say that she still loves him.
Giving up on sleep, Spike decided that he needed to get some fresh air. Though he knew Twilight would absolutely furious that he was sneaking out, he decided that just lying around wouldn't solve anything and that a walk around town may help ease his mind. Sneaking out the window once again, Spike climbed back down to the ground and walked off into the night, the quiet town showing no signs of life as everypony was fast asleep. All the guards had either been sent back to Canterlot with just a hoof-full left at the prison to guard Rarity, so Spike truly was the only creature awake in town.
He passed by building after building, reminiscing about happier times with Flitter and all his other friends. He didn't know how long he spent walking around town but before he knew it he found himself outside of Cloudchaser and Flitter's home, staring up at it. He shook his head and turned around, walking away hopefully to somewhere where he could forget about the pegasus he used to love so much.
He continued his walk around town, passing by Sugarcube Corner, town hall, the train station... he had no destination in mind, but he made sure to avoid going anywhere near Carousel Boutique for obvious reasons. He passed by building after building, and to his surprise he once again found himself by Flitter's house. Giving up on trying to avoid her, he allowed his thoughts to reflect on his short time together with her, thinking back on their few dates, the feeling he had while walking alongside her, their first kiss together...
Glancing up at where her bedroom was, he noticed that her window was open and the light in her room was still on. He thought about climbing up and entering her bedroom through the window in a romantic fashion, winning back her heart and getting back together with her. Chuckling at the absurd thought, he shook his head to wipe the fantasy from his mind and told himself that it was over, that he needed to get over her and move on. 'Maybe I could go back to Canterlot for a while and stay there for a year or two.' he thought. 'I wouldn't be able to help Twilight as much, but she can handle the library by herself. Besides, maybe I can work under Princess Celestia and help her.'
Spike nodded, thinking that while Twilight would object at first, she would eventually come to understand his decision to escape from Ponyville for a while. He glanced once more at Flitter's window, wishing he had the courage to talk to her one more time, but maybe it was better that he leave Ponyville and not tell her to save her the broken heart.
"Spike?" somepony called out. Spike looked down to the house's front door and saw the pony he wanted to see but also avoid the most standing there; Flitter.
"U-uh... hey." Spike stammered, fidgeting his foot in uneasiness. "How... how are you feeling?"
"Fine..." Flitter said, lifting a hoof and brushing it against her lower stomach. An awkward silence followed for a few moments, both of them staring everywhere but at each other.
Finally, Flitter spoke up to break the silence. "Um, thank you for, you know, saving me from... you know..." she said awkwardly.
"Yeah, no problem." Spike replied.
More silence followed, both of them having so much to say to each other but not knowing where to start. Flitter once again stepped up and took a chance to try to repair her relationship with him. "Do you want to come in and talk? Please?" she asked hopefully.
"Yeah, sure." he said, following Flitter inside her house. She motioned him to follow her, leading him upstairs to her room where they wouldn't be interrupted should Cloudchaser wake up. She sat down on the edge of her bed and Spike sat down next to her.
"Look, Spike... I didn't mean I didn't like you anymore." Flitter said once they had gotten comfortable. "I really do still love you. I just wanted what was best for you. You should be with some mare who is loyal and pure, not some used up whorse like me."
Spike couldn't believe that Flitter used that word, let alone to describe herself. "What are you talking about?" he asked in disbelief. "Who ever said you were a... that? There's nothing wrong with you, you're definitely not like that."
"Yes I am." Flitter said. "Just look at what I've done, Spike. I've been used in every hole and had my virginity taken from me. I wanted you to be my first, and I promised myself that you would be. You were my first kiss, but I couldn't give you anything else. All they did was pass me around, all I am is a complete slut."
"That's not true!" Spike objected. "You didn't have a choice, it was all against your will. You were raped, that doesn't make you impure or a... a slut."
"Yes it does. I enjoyed some of it, I came while another pony was watching me masturbate and I let him pee all over my body." she said. "There's no way that you could still love me after everything that's happened to me."
Spike couldn't stand hearing Flitter talk like this anymore. He pounced on her, pinning her down to the bed and silencing her by pressing his lips against hers. Flitter had just enough time to let out a squeak of surprise before Spike shut her up and caught her completely off guard. The two remained locked together for what seemed like hours, but in reality was just a few second, before Spike pulled away, lifting his head up slightly as he looked down at Flitter. Both of their faces were red from the embarrassing, impulsive kiss, and both were left breathing heavily.
Spike wasn't sure what came over him or what caused him to kiss her. "F-Flitter, I... I don't... I didn't mean..." he stammered, but he went silent as Flitter reached up and gently pulled him back down to her, this time tenderly kissing him to show him what she thought of his earlier kiss.
Once they parted lips again, Flitter put on a small smile. "I love you Spike. I don't want to lose you. I'm sorry I said I wanted to break up with you. Is there... is there any way you can forgive me and we can, you know, be together again?" she asked hopefully.
Spike returned the smile. "Of course. I love you too, Flitter." he replied to her delight. Leaning down to kiss her again, Spike let his body down and pressed himself against her, feeling her warm body against his own. He couldn't help but subtly rub his body up and down ever so slightly, feeling the softness of her coat against every part of the front of his body, and he couldn't help but get a little excited by the intimate contact.
Flitter also began to feel a bit warmer all over as Spike rubbed up against her as he continued to make out with her. She couldn't help but slightly raise up her body to feel more, but due to her position she was only able to raise her hips up. A wave of pure pleasure shot through her body as she felt something softly poking her inner thighs. She had no clue what was causing it but she loved the feeling, and she found that whatever was touching her there was beginning to harden and creep closer to her...
Flitter gasped in surprise as the thing poked up against her crotch. Breaking her kiss with him she dropped her body back down to the bed and looked down. Flitter's eyes went wide in surprise as she saw what had been poking her down there; Spike's 'little dragon' was standing at full attention and throbbing with arousal.
Spike noticed Flitter's stares and tried to hide his massive erection, but obviously failed. "F-Flitter, I... I didn't mean to... It's not..." he stuttered in embarrassment.
Flitter sat up and gently moved Spike's claws away from his groin, once again exposing himself to her. "No, don't be. It's just... I didn't think it'd be so big." she said in awe. Spike turned his flushed face away as Flitter continued to stare in amazement at his dick. "Wow... I the book didn't say anything about it being this big."
"Wait, what?" Spike asked, puzzled by what Flitter just said.
"N-n-nothing!" Flitter blurted out.
Spike didn't move, wanting to see just what Flitter would do. She slowly extended a hoof towards his erection, stopping less than an inch away as the heat radiating from his member could be felt without even touching it. "Wow..." she murmured again. She looked Spike in the eyes, her curiosity getting the better of her. "Can... I touch it?" she asked him.
Spike could only nod, having a little trouble believing that this was really happening. Reality hit him though as Flitter finally reached out with both hooves and grasped his member, gently squeezing his hard on halfway up his length.
"It's so hard." Flitter commented. Spike could only groan as Flitter's massaged the part of him that she was grasping. Wondering if she could make him feel even better, she began rubbing his shaft up and down in long, slow strokes, and Spike's heavy panting let her know that yes, she could make him feel better.
"Flitter... that f-feels amazing." Spike moaned. Flitter felt her heart flutter as she heard his compliment, and she began to stroke his cock faster, feeling his cock throb as she continued her hoofjob.
Spike wanted to be able to give something back to Flitter, and he leaned forward and reached out and brushed a claw over her small mound. To his shock Flitter jumped back as soon as he touched her lower lips and clamped her legs shut tight. 'Way to go, Spike... you scared her!' he thought.
It took a moment for Flitter to realize what she had done. "Oh my gosh, Spike, I didn't mean to!" she said. "I... I don't know why I... I guess I'm still scared after, well, you know..."
Spike nodded in understanding. "It's okay, Flitter. We don't have to do that or anything." he said, a little disappointed but knew that her comfort came first.
Flitter shook her head no. "No, Spike, I want to. I want you." she said. "I know that, well, you won't be my first, but... maybe you can be my first lover? The first to make me feel good and claim me."
Spike gently pushed her down and stared into her shimmering eyes. "Are you sure?" he asked her.
Flitter nodded. "Make me your mare." she whispered.
Flitter lay back and slowly spread her legs, exposing herself to him. Spike noticed a slight shimmer around her lower lips, her body preparing itself for what was about to happen. Spike grasped his shaft and slowly brought it closer, rubbing the tip against her sensitive area to ease her into it.
"Mmm, Spike, it's so hot." Flitter moaned, relaxing her tense muscles. His rubbed his cock against her clit, causing her to moan even louder, one of her legs quivering in arousal. "Spike... stop- mmmph... stop teasing me." she insisted.
Spike needed no further instructions, Slowly dragging his member down, he positioned himself at her slick entrance. "I'll be gentle." he promised as his cock began to enter her. Flitter inhaled sharply as she felt his hot, hard member begin to stretch her, and she winced in pain as she felt herself being forced open as the tip of his cock began to enter her.
"Ah- hold on... ghh! Stop!" Flitter cried out. Spike looked down and saw that maybe a centimeter or two of his cock was inside of her.
"Maybe we should stop." Spike said, pulling himself out of her, but Flitter grabbed wrapped her hind legs around his torso to stop him from leaving her.
"No! I'm sorry, I can do it. I swear. Please, try it again." Flitter begged. Spike looked like he was going to object, so Flitter squeezed her legs tighter around him, pulling him back to her and forcing his cock back against her tight slit. "Please, Spike?" she asked him again.
"Okay, but you have to promise to tell me if it hurts you, okay?" Spike said. Flitter nodded, and after some hesitance Spike began to push himself back into her tight hole.
"Hnng... slowly!" Flitter gasped as Spike's cock began stretching her again. Spike's progress was painfully slow; he would begin to barely apply pressure before Flitter would show some sign of pain and he would have to stop. Her pussy was soaking wet, but her muscles were all tightened up in anxiety and fear of pain. Knowing that there was no way she could accept his cock without relaxing, Spike leaned in and delicately kissed her neck. The effects were almost instantaneous; Flitter gasped and couldn't help but thrust her hips up, allowing Spike to sink more of himself into her. Flitter's gasp turned into a muffled cry as Spike managed to sink almost half of himself into her before she placed her hooves on his chest.
"Hnng! Stop, I can't fit anymore!" Flitter said. Spike froze but knew she was right; he could feel the tip of his cock already pressed up against the end of her small pussy. "Don't... don't move. Let me get used to it." she asked.
Spike did as she requested, but even without moving at all he was loving the feeling of her tight pussy wrapped around his shaft. She subconsciously massaged his cock with her pussy as she tried to get used to the intrusion, and Spike couldn't hold out any longer and began to rock his hips back and forth ever so slightly.
Flitter tensed up, preparing for more pain, but surprisingly she noticed that the gentle thrusting felt good. Soon the pleasure she was feeling outweighed the painful stretching and she looked up at Spike. "It... that feels good." she said quietly. "You can do it harder."
Spike didn't need to be told twice. He slowly extracted his cock almost all the way out of Flitter's body before sinking it back into her. Though Flitter let out a small yelp as Spike reentered her, she rewrapped her legs around Spike and pulled him in deeper. He took the hint that he should continue and found a slow, steady rhythm to fuck her. Flitter let out a soft moan as she started to feel more and more pleasure from Spike's cock. "Mmm, Spike... you're cock is so hot." she said, closing her eyes and letting the dragon have his way with her. Spike tried to remain as gentle as possible but the urge to slam home his cock into her pussy was growing more and more. Her pussy was so hot and tight, and Spike knew he wouldn't be able to last long if he continued fucking her even at this slow pace, but there was no way he could stop fucking her. It was just too good to stop.
"F-Flitter..." Spike moaned out. "I'm gonna... I have to..."
"Nngg! Don't... don't stop, Spike. Don't stop. Cum inside me. Inside me. Please." Flitter panted, too lost in the pleasure building inside of her to understand what Spike was trying to say.
Spike wanted to try to warn Flitter again that he was getting close to cumming, but when he opened his mouth he coulld only pant and grunt as he reached the point of no return. He picked up his speed, thrusting faster and causing Flitter's eyes to roll backwards as she felt the heat in her lower abdomen burst. She cried out as her orgasm hit her, causing her pussy to clamp down hard on Spike's cock as a strong squirt of her fluids hit his body. As Spike felt her suddenly tighten up he pulled back and thrust his cock into her as deep as he could, shoving the small opening of his cock right up against the entrance to Flitter's womb and began emptying his hot cum deep inside of her.
Both young lovers felt like their orgasms took hours to finish, but it was only a matter of seconds. Still, they both wouldn't have traded this moment for anything, and Spike and Flitter shared one more long, passionate kiss as he finished shooting his last shots of cum into her. Flitter felt as each shot of hot, sticky cum entered her body, far deeper inside of her than she imagined possible. As his orgasm ended they broke their kiss and looked at each other.
"That... that was amazing. Are you okay?" Spike asked her.
Flitter nodded, and Spike began to pull his cock out of her. "No, wait!" Flitter protested. "Can we... stay like this a little longer?" she asked.
Spike was of course not about to say no, and he reburied himself in her pussy, filling her back up. "I didn't hurt you, did I?" Spike asked her.
Flitter shook her head. "No, that felt wonderful. It was perfect. I just wish... that was my first time instead." she said sadly.
Spike kissed her lips once more and brushed her cheek. "Well, it's our first time." he said in hopes of making her feel better.
It did, and her smile proved it. "I love you, Spike." she said with a tear in her eye.
"I love you too, Flitter." he replied.
Flitter noticed that Spike's cock was still painfully hard despite him just having filled her pussy with his cum. "So, um... do you want to, you know... do it again?" she asked.
Spike smiled mischievously and gently gave her one thrust of his cock. "Does that answer your question?" he asked her.
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Cloudchaser awoke and noticed on her way downstairs that Flitter's door was still closed. She opened the door and peeked in, seeing that the sheets were pulled up all the way, hiding her sister underneath. Wanting to make sure her sister was okay, Cloudchaser walked up and pulled the sheets down to expose Flitter's head. "Hey, you're going to suffocate if you do tha-"
Cloudchaser stumbled back as she saw something she didn't expect. Her sister's head appeared, but there was some partially dried, white fluid around her lips on her face. It only took a second for Cloudchaser to figure out where the fluid came from; there was a small purple dragon fast asleep next to her sister. Flitter's eyes groggily opened and she looked over at her sister with unfocused eyes. "Hnng? Oh, hey Clo-"
"Cloudchaser?!" Flitter exclaimed, finally realizing that the pony staring at her with a dropped jaw and wide eyes was her sister. With a high-pitched 'Eep!' Flitter pulled the sheets up around her to try to hide the dragon behind her, but it was too late.
She also pulled too hard on the sheets and the bottom of the covers flew up, exposing Flitter's still cum-soaked crotch and Spike's semi-erect cock. Cloudchaser racked her mind for the right words to use, was left speechless. Flitter, however, tried to explain the situation herself.
Twilight was pissed. She was almost as mad when she found out that Chrysalis was posing as Princess Cadence and planned on using her brother as a source of food. She tore through her library, searching all over but of course found nothing. Standing in the middle of the now decimated room, Twilight tried her best to contain her anger but quickly lost her patience.
"SPIKE! I told you not to run off again!" she yelled out in anger.
As if on cue, the small dragon came bursting through the front door, quickly slamming it shut and hiding under the pile of books Twilight had thrown on the floor.
"Spike! Where in Celestia's name were you? I told you not to go running off in the middle of the night! Do you have any idea how worried I was?" Twilight yelled at him, but before she could hear his excuse a loud crashing noise distracted her. She looked back at the front door just in time to see it come flying open and Cloudchaser burst into the room in a flurry of fury.
"WHERE IS HE?" she yelled out, glancing around the room with rage in her eyes.
"Where is who? What are you talking about?" Twilight asked, confused as to what was going on.
"SPIKE! Where is he? I know he ran back here! Come out and face me like a dragon!" she yelled out again.
"Cloudchaser, calm down!" Twilight pleaded. "What do want with Spike? What's going on?"
"He slept with my sister last night!" Cloudchaser growled out, clenching her teeth angrily.
"He WHAT?" Twilight gasped. Turning her attention to the pile of books that she knew Spike was hiding under. Using her magic, she grabbed a hold of him and dragged him out from his hiding spot, the desperate dragon clawing at anything to hold on to. He failed to stop Twilight from exposing him, and she hung him upside down as she glared at him. "Spike... please tell me you didn't sneak out last night to sleep with Flitter." she asked, trying to remain calm.
"I didn't! I mean, I didn't mean to! I mean... oh boy..." Spike stammered, quickly realizing that there was going to be no easy way out of of this mess.
Twilight tried a different approach to the question. "Okay, Spike. Tell me what happened."
"Um, okay..." Spike said. "Well, I couldn't sleep at all, so I thought that a walk around Ponyville would help. I didn't mean to go any farther than the next row of houses from here, but I started thinking about everything that has happened and I got distracted and wound up at Flitter's house. I tried walking somewhere else but I found myself back there. I didn't go there on purpose, I swear!"
"And then you went up to her room to have your way with her!" Cloudchaser accused him.
Spike shook his head. "N-no, I swear! She was standing in the doorway and saw me. She wanted to talk, so I said okay and we went up to her room. I just wanted to talk to her but... then..." he trailed off.
Cloudchaser didn't seem any less angry over the situation, but her look went from angry to surprised as another voice sounded off. "Stop it, Cloudchaser! It wasn't his fault!"
Cloudchaser turned back towards the door and saw her sister standing there. "Flitter! I said you're not to leave the house! Go back home now before I tie you down to the bed and lock you in your room!" she said angrily.
Flitter remained where she was in defiance. "No, stop it! It wasn't Spike's fault. I wanted him to! That's why I invited him up to my room in the first place." she said, coming to the defense of her special dragon.
Twilight gently lowered Spike back to the ground. "Cloudchaser, maybe we should hear them out. It sounds like we may be overreacting." she said even though she was still a little peeved herself.
"But he... she... they... ugh, fine." Cloudchaser sulked, still far from happy about what she had found earlier that morning.
Taking advantage of the lull in her sister's rage, Flitter rushed over to Spike and gave him a quick hug before turning to the two older mares and told them both what had happened last night. By the time she finished Twilight was much calmer while Cloudchaser, while not quite completely relaxed, lost the fury that had dominated her eyes before.
"Fine." Cloudchaser finally said. "Spike, I'm sorry for trying to kill you earlier, but... she's my sister!"
"It's okay." Spike replied. "I know what you mean, but I do love her. I would never do anything to hurt her."
"You better not." Cloudchaser growled. "Come on, Flitter, we should get back home. Twilight, sorry for barging in."
"It's okay." Twilight said. Both she and Spike saw the two pegasi out, Flitter kissing Spike goodbye as Cloudchaser turned her head away. Once they both left, Twilight shut the door and turned to Spike. "You still are in trouble for leaving last night when I told you not to." she said sternly. "I'm going to have to have to tell you to stay here and not leave until things are finally settled with Rarity."
Spike's heart began to hurt at the mention of his old crush and ex-friend. "What's going to happen to her? Is she really going to be sentenced by Princess Celestia?" he asked.
Twilight nodded gravely. "Yes. Her crimes were severe enough to warrant Princess Celestia's sole discretion on what to do, especially since she is... well, was one of the bearers of the Elements of Harmony. She was supposed to be here by now but she had to speak with Princess Luna about some things before she could come here to sentence Rarity."
"So when will we know what's going to happen to Rarity?" Spike asked.
"Tomorrow." Twilight answered. "Tomorrow we find out what will be Rarity's fate."
As the new day began in Ponyville, many of the ponies in town couldn't help but notice an unusual amount of guards around the town. While none of the armored ponies had much interaction with the residents, the majority of the guards surrounded the usually quiet barracks and jail. Any pony that tried to get a close look as to what was going on was promptly turned away, and even the pegasi found that they were ordered to avoid flying anywhere near the building. Any pegasus choosing to ignore the warnings were quickly intercepted and were threatened with having their wings clipped should they not heed their first and final warning. Princess Celestia was taking no chances with what was due to happen today.
For the most part everypony quickly learned to stay away from the heavily guarded building, though the curiosity of what was going on still dominated their minds. There were only eight citizens of Ponyville that knew what was going on; Flitter and Cloudchaser obviously knew, as well as Twilight and her four remaining friends. And then of course there was Rarity.
With her head hung low, Twilight walked towards the barracks alone. A layer of gray clouds hung over the barracks due to the weather pegasi unable to clear the skies over it due to the no-fly zone, but it also set the mood of what was about to go on inside. Twilight wished that her other friends could have come with her and help offer her support, but Princess Celestia had placed Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy under lockdown while Rarity's trial was under way. Part of her decision to do so was to prevent them from interfering with the trial, but mostly it was out of pity and to spare them the pain of watching one of their close friends be punished for her crimes. Celestia wished that she didn't have to bring Twilight into this process but as the bearer of the Element of Magic she was needed here to help begin the healing process.
The guards allowed Twilight Sparkle access into the barracks and one of them escorted her to the briefing room. All the desks and chairs had been removed from the windowless room, and Twilight walked up to the only other pony in the room.
"Princess, isn't there any other way?" she asked Celestia.
Celestia shook her head. "I'm sorry, Twilight, but this is the only way that she may redeem herself. The only other option is death, but I think we both wish to avoid that." she said solemnly. Twilight nodded sadly, still not liking the solution that Celestia had sent her in the mail last night but at least there was a chance of Rarity redeeming herself one day. The young alicorn took her place next to her mentor, and Celestia nodded for the guards by the door to bring in the prisoner.
The doors opened and Rarity was brought in. The white unicorn had her legs shackled, enough slack in the chains for her to take short steps but not enough for her to run. A glowing red ring sat at the base of her horn, suppressing any magical spells that Rarity tried to cast. Her eyes were slightly red from the lack of sleep and crying she had been doing ever since she was imprisoned, and Twilight felt her heart break at the sight of her friend. Celestia, however, noticed a hidden yet dangerous glint in the unicorn's eyes and sighed. She had thought about changing her sentence to a lighter one, but Rarity's attitude solidified her original plans for punishment. Rarity was brought to a halt in front of both princesses, four guards flanking her on both sides. She gave a slight bow to them in hopes that her politeness would help sway their decision, but unfortunately for her Celestia was firm on her sentence.
Princess Celestia nodded in acknowledgement before she began the formal sentencing. "Rarity, you have been brought here today to answer for your crimes against not only your fellow ponies, but against one of the Princesses of Equestria and your close friend." Celestia said sternly. "There is no need for you to go through a trial by judge and jury as your guilt is beyond argument. Your selfish actions have not only torn the lives apart of an innocent pony and dragon, but you have betrayed and split your friends apart and you have rendered the Elements of Harmony useless for the foreseeable future."
Rarity gulped, her mind having not quite comprehended the magnitude of damage she had caused until she now heard it aloud. She looked over at Twilight in hopes that her friend would have some sort of good news for her, but Twilight averted her gaze when she saw Rarity looking in her direction. Rarity's heart sank at her friend's refusal to make eye contact with her, and she knew now just how horrendous she had been.
"Rarity, your accomplishments and assistance to Equestria and ponies everywhere have not been forgotten, but what you have done cannot be overlooked and forgotten." Celestia continued. "Just the act alone of attacking Princess Twilight Sparkle is punishable by death, as was selling a young mare to the Diamond Dogs and condemning her to a life of slavery."
Rarity was scared. It seemed almost as if Celestia was planning on executing Rarity for her crimes, and she was close to being correct. As close as Rarity and Celestia had become over the years, especially since she was the bearer of the Element of Generosity, Celestia still had pushed for Rarity's execution as her actions were absolutely unforgivable.
Celestia let her words sink in before she continued. "However, you will not be executed. Not yet. Princess Twilight Sparkle has begged for me to spare you, and at the expense of my and Princess Luna's judgement, we have decided to spare your life for now."
Rarity couldn't believe her ears. "Really? Oh, thank you! Thank you! she cried out, but Celestia held up her hoof for her to remain silent.
"That doesn't mean you won't suffer for your actions." Celestia said darkly. "You will instead be put through a rigorous test to see if you truly do wish to change yourself and be forgiven for your actions."
With a nod to the guards, the guard ponies unshackled her hooves but left the magical suppression ring on her horn. They backed away from the prisoner and stood by while Celestia's horn began to glow. Unsure of what was going on, Rarity looked around puzzled but quickly looked down as she began to loose feelings in her hooves. She cried out in surprise as she saw that her legs were being encased in what appeared to be diamonds, and as the small stones began to grow larger and merge together they immobilized her knees and then thighs. There was no use in struggling as the heavy diamond encased her body and tail, and soon had encased her entire body from the neck down. She could only stare at the two princesses in horror as Twilight's horn began to glow and suddenly shot a beam of magic straight at Rarity's head. "W-what's going on? What is this?" Rarity cried out in horror.
Celestia didn't stop the diamonds from growing and communicated to Rarity through thought. 'You will spend the next fifty years trapped in this diamond prison. You will not starve or suffocate, but you will be made to watch as your fellow ponies continue their lives without you. They will not miss you, they will not talk about you, and they will not remember you. Your friends, your family, your acquaintances... they will all have their memories erased and not have a single memory of you, and you will see how happy they are without you in their lives. At night you will be shown the horrors and atrocities you have committed, over and over. Only when those fifty years are complete will you be freed from your prison, but you will be tested as soon as you are free. You must prove that you are truly sorry for what you have done, and if you somehow do show it you will still be banished from Ponyville and having any contact with anypony you once knew. You will live the rest of your life alone somewhere I decide when the time comes. However, should you show no remorse for your actions you will face your original punishment and be executed immediately for what you have done. Either way, the memories of everypony you knew will not be restored. No one will remember you.'
Rarity was horrified by her punishment, but the diamond prison had closed around half of her head. "Twilight, help me! Please! I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" she cried out, but Twilight turned her head away. She couldn't stand to see her friend being condemned to a delayed death and quickly brushed away her tears.
"I'm sorry, Rarity." she said quietly. Rarity took one last breath as the diamond shell finally closed around her and froze her in suspended animation, a single tear frozen on her face.
The room was quiet for a long time, both princesses hurting inside that they had to do that to a pony they both considered a friend. Twilight finally broke the silence. "She'll be okay in there, right?" she asked as she stared at the frozen unicorn.
Celestia nodded. "Yes, she's perfectly safe in there. Though she is frozen and cannot use any of her senses her mind is still alive and aware of everything."
Twilight approached the giant diamond and placed a hoof on the giant gem. Though it was a warm day outside the diamond was almost ice cold and caused her to withdraw her hoof immediately. "Fifty years is a long time." she said. "Do you think she'll pass? Do you think she'll regret what she's done?" Twilight asked sadly.
Celestia shrugged. "I honestly have no idea." she said. "But it won't matter. She will be dead to everyone she once knew and cared about. Her sister will become an only child and you and your friends will still share your special bond, but now without Rarity."
"Wait a second, me and... you're going to wipe my memory of her too?" Twilight asked in horror.
Celestia's horn glowed as she nodded slowly. "I'm sorry, Twilight, but it's for the best." she said before a flash of light enveloped Twilight's vision.
"Oh! I almost left out the best part about what happens to her store, since it's no longer being used..."
"DISCORD!"
Celestia shot a bolt of magic under where Discord was rolling in laughter, causing him to fall through the cloud he was lying on and fall a short distance before he flew back up. Landing next to the hole he crossed his arms in displeasure and pouted at the princess.
"What it is, sun butt? I was just getting to the best part." he said.
Celestia looked up at the unique cloud in front of her and the Master of Chaos that Discord had summoned hours ago. "You cannot be serious. You must have made this all up." she said as she watched the cloud, her likeness escorting out a dazed Twilight from the guard's barracks.
Discord snapped his fingers and the image playing on the cloud's surface disappeared. "I assure you, Princess, that what I have just shown you is nothing but the truth."
Celestia looked down at the town of Ponyville below them, locking her eyes on Rarity's boutique. "So what you're telling me is that if Spike were to leave that store with an erection, it would cause the Elements of Harmony to be rendered useless?" she asked him.
Discord nodded. "AND Twilight and her friends would be no more, and the Diamond Dogs would become extinct in Ponyville forever." he added.
"This is too ridiculous..." Celestia said, rubbing her hoof on her forehead.
"If you'd like we can test it out." Discord said, his fingers ready to snap. "There's still time to give that little dragon the tease of his life."
"Don't you dare!" Celestia said. "It's not too late for me to take back everything I said and have you cast back into stone. Honestly, had I known you would be this crass I would have never invited you to join me on checking up on my citizens." she said somewhat regretfully.
"Oh, come now... it's good to explore all those 'what if' questions. Like... like... ooh! That big red stallion. Want to know what happens if he got an erection in front of his sisters? Huh? Do ya?" he asked.
Celestia groaned and smacked her head into the cloud she was resting on. Perhaps Discord wasn't quite as 'reformed' as she had hoped...
"Thank you so much for your help, Spike. I really do appreciate your help."
"No problem, Rarity. Always glad to help." Spike replied, waving goodbye as he left Carousel Boutique.
Rarity closed her door and sighed. It was true she had invited Spike over to help with organizing and cleaning her store, but part way through his time here she began to feel the urge to tease him. Not the usual harmless flirting that she had done before, but this time an all-out show of seduction and lust to see just how far she could push the small dragon. Luckily for her, the urge to do such a thing disappeared just as quickly as it had appeared and she was able to shake the feeling from her head. On a complete whim she ran up to her room and opened the ornate box on her dresser where she kept her Element of Generosity. She sighed with relief as she saw that it was safe and sound. Closing the box, she hook her head from the unknown feeling of dread she felt for some reason. "Pfft, what were you expecting to find, Rarity? Your Element broken or something ridiculous?" she asked herself. She returned downstairs and took up her place at her sewing machine, getting back to work on the multiple orders she had left to complete.
Spike decided that he could take the long way home, especially since he wasn't looking forward to having to finish reorganizing Twilight's massive collection of books. He walked with no set route in mind and let his mind wander, looking up at the clear afternoon sky as he thought of his crush. He wasn't quite watching where he was going and bumped into somepony, both of them letting out a cry of surprise as they both fell to the ground. Spike quickly scrambled back to his feet and saw the mare he had knocked over. "Oh no! I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to! Are you okay?" he asked the young mare, extending a claw to help her up.
The young mare took his claw and stood back up. "Y-yeah, sorry. I wasn't really looking where I was going." she said. Their eyes connected and they both paused for a moment as a wave of emotion swept over them and they continued to stare into each other's eyes with some confusion.
Spike finally broke the silence. "Hey, uh, you're Flitter, right?" he asked her, recognizing her from around town.
"Y-yeah. And you're Spike, Twilight's assistant." she replied, blushing slightly.
An uncomfortable silence followed. "I, uh, I gotta get back to the library." Spike finally said. "Maybe, um... maybe you'd want to stop by sometime?"
"Yeah, sure, I'd love yo- to! I'd love to." she replied hastily, thankfully catching her slip up before she made a fool of herself.
The two waved goodbye and parted ways, Spike headed back to the library while the young mare rushed home, her heart fluttering in excitement. 'I can't wait to tell my diary what just happened!' Flitter thought excitedly.
