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Applejack grinned over her cards. The night was going well so far. Twilight and Rarity had tapped out already, completely out of chips. They were in the corner discussing their recent reads over two suspiciously empty bottles of wine. Pinkie had left to take some of her more inebriated friends home, and hadn’t come back yet, while Rainbow had somehow acquired her chips.

Fluttershy still had a respectable pile, Rainbow was just barely holding on with her dwindling chips, and Caramel wasn’t faring much better. The only real danger at the table tonight was Rubinstein, the strange pony from the crystal empire. He was so foreign that she had a difficult time reading him. Even then, AJ was clearly in the lead and stood to win an impressive amount of bits tonight. That was assuming that she played her cards right.

Pinkie had thrown a downright crazy party, and it had been a great success. The ponies still there were either her close friends, or just ponies that weren’t ready to face the cold night. Applejack knew why Caramel didn’t want to go home; the lazy slacker didn’t want to have to wake up in the morning. It was harvest season, and the Apples had hired help this year. It let Applejack spend more time to with her friends, but the hired help just wasn’t as passionate about the work.

As for Rubinstein, she guessed that all he had waiting at home was an empty hotel room, and this card game was far more interesting than that.

She had work tomorrow, and was getting heavy hooves. Applejack needed to finish up this game before the cider got to her. Looking closely at her hand, she decided to play aggressively. She either wanted the game over, or wanted out. She decided to force the round, and her hand was a solid bet. If the others were smart they’d fold, but she’d have easy cash for the round. And if one of them called her bet, well, they’d lose out even more.

She shoved her pile of bits into the center and announced her intentions, “I’m goin all in.”

A frustrated groan slipped out of Rainbow as she frowned, “Ugh. What the heck, AJ? We can’t match that. Just put in however much Ruby has over there. I don’t wanna make three different side bets.”

“Oh, y’all are going to match it, huh?” Applejack laughed, and the room slid a little but didn’t quite spin. Maybe she’d had a little too much cider.

The table shook as Rainbow slammed her hand drunkenly into it. “Yeah! I’m gonna call your bet. There’s no way that you have anything.” Rainbow pointed, accusingly, “You’re just trying to strong arm us.”

The quiet chatter in the room stopped when Applejack squinted at Rainbow and smiled. “Wanna bet?”

Rainbow just growled, and Fluttershy murmured, hiding behind her cards, “Oh… my.”

Rubinstein didn’t seem to notice the tension, instead smiling and folding his cards. “That’s too much for me. I’ll just have to wait another round.”

Fluttershy nervously mumbled, “Umm… I want to call it, too. But I don’t think I have enough bits….”

Rainbow sighed, and then glared at Applejack angrily. “Ugh. I hate math.”

Rubinstein frowned, confused. “While I disagree, why not just writ something?” The ponies at the table looked at him blankly, “Are writs not legal anymore?”

All three mares gawked at him, but it was Applejack who spoke first. “Writ? Why… What’s that?”

Rubinstein drunkenly ignored the question and turned to Twilight. “Princess, are writs legal tender here?”

Twilight blinked slowly, and then smiled as she thought about it. Clearly, she was very inebriated. “Writs? Yeah. Out of fashion… but legal. I think.” She frowned slightly. “No. Definitely legal. They were outlawed about five hundred years ago, but the law outlawing them was repealed sixty years ago as part of a rider for a ‘better crops’ initiative. Maybe we should fix that? I mean, we already have better crops.” Twilight turned to Rarity, “Rarity, Would that be a popular initiative? Princess Twilight against better crops?”

Rarity held back a giggle, “No, darling. I would think not.”

Shrugging noncommittally, Twilight answered, “Guess they’re still legal then.”

Applejack wasn’t so sure she liked the sound of it. Why had they been outlawed? She glared suspiciously at Rubinstein, “We still don’t know what a ‘writ’ is.”

“Oh! It’s a promise of service. See, you have about three hundred forty eight bits worth of chips in that pile,” Applejack was impressed that he had kept track, “But your friends here only have one hundred thirty nine and thirty four bits worth of chips, respectively.”

“Uh uh.” Contrary to popular belief, Applejack could do simple math, and didn’t know where this was going.

“And you run a business, yes?” He looked curiously at her.

“Yeah. Sweet Apple Acres!” A smile crossed her face when she thought about her farm. “What’s that got to do with my friends?”

“Well, how much do you pay a pony for an hour of service on your farm?”

Applejack glanced at Caramel, “About eight bits an hour, I suppose.”

“So, if Rainbow offered to work on your farm for 39 and a quarter hours, that would be equal to the difference of your chips and her chips.”

“I see….” Applejack was beginning to understand how this worked.

“Of course you’d have to agree to it. You write the amount of time a pony has to work for you, and the agreed upon value of the writ. You both sign it after and have a mostly legal document.”

“Well, how is this different than a contract? Like what Caramel and I got?”

“Writs aren’t as specific. They just say that a pony agrees to work for you, they don’t have all that extra legal stuff. They’re what was used before somepony came up with the idea of getting lawyers involved. They also can be traded, like currency. It can get really complex as to who owes who what, which is why it’s sometimes outlawed. I was curious if they were still legal anywhere this far in the future.”

Twilight had been drunkenly listening in, and offered her advice on it, “Oh! I know about that! Six hundred years ago! A whole town had written so many writs, every pony was owed every other pony a ridiculous amount of work. Their economy collapsed. The village ended up abandoned, and it took a team of fifteen Canterlot lawyers five years to untangle that mess.” Drunkenly, Twilight looked back to Rarity, “I could have saved them!”

Rarity snorted back her drunken laughter, “Snrk rk…” She covered her mouth, slightly ashamed as she continued, “Twilight, I think you’re just excited about a puzzle.”

Twilight buried her face in her hands, suddenly sad, “I could have been famous!”

Rarity sniffled, confused, “You are famous.”

“… I’m a princess!” Twilight’s eyes got wide in surprise.

Rarity squinted, and realized exactly how drunk Twilight was, “It’s time to go home, Princess. I think you’ve had too much.” then she stood unsteadily up.

Twilight refused, and began to argue with her, claiming that she didn’t have to leave yet because she was a princess, and princesses could do what they wanted.

Ignoring the bickering ponies, Applejack turned to Rainbow, “So, you wanna get some work done on my farm, huh?”

“Oh please. We both know that I’m gonna win this hand. Ruby, write us out one of those writ thingies.”

Rubinstein shrugged, and pulled a notepad out of his travel pack. “Here you go, one writ for forty hours of labor, valued at 314 bits. You just need to sign here, and Applejack needs to sign there. If we want to make this extra legal instead of quasi legal, we can have the Princess sign as well.”

Twilight shouted as Rarity was trying to push her to her feet, “I am a princess!” And surprisingly, his pen was wrenched from his hand and a drunken signature was scrawled across the document.

Confused at the strange princess, Rubinstein tilted his head, “I guess that makes it official then. Usually if the princess signed, it would be after the other ponies, but when in Ponyville... He shrugged, and passed the paper and pen to Rainbow who quickly signed it.

The tiny pile of bits and the writ was added to the pile in the middle as Rainbow then shoved them all at once, glaring at Applejack. Applejack just smirked, took the writ, and signed her name on it. “I hope you like bucking apples, RD. It’s harvest season, and we can use the help.”

“Pshh. Whatever. I’m gonna win.” Rainbow gloated as she leaned back in her chair.

Fluttershy looked at Applejack and at Rainbow. Then she looked to Rubinstein and spoke softly, “Excuse me, Mr. Rubinstein. May I have one as well?”

Everybody at the table looked at her as she smiled nervously. “I’m pretty sure I’m going to win.”

Pen met paper again as Rubinstein began to write up another one, “I don’t see why not. To make yours equitable it will have to be about 26 hours.”

“Oh. No, just make it the same as Rainbow’s please.” Fluttershy ducked behind her cards, “I mean, if that’s okay.”

Rubinstein looked up, drunkenly puzzled, “Why? That doesn’t add up.”

“Oh. I’m much slower, so it’ll take me much longer to get the same amount of work done.”

Applejack frowned, “We don’t work like that at Sweet Apple Acres, Fluttershy. I know you’ll work harder than that lout,” She pointed at Caramel, who had passed out, letting his cards fall on the table, “And I ain’t paying you any less.”

“Please, Applejack?” Fluttershy opened her eyes wide and pouted her lip.

“Oh, all-right. Write it up, Rubinstein.” Applejack figured that Fluttershy just didn’t want to be left out, and didn’t feel like arguing the point. She wasn’t really planning on holding Fluttershy to the writ anyways.

“Okay.” He put the pen on the table, missing the pad, and then slid it back to paper to write in the details. When he was done, he drunkenly called for Twilight, “Princess, another signature?”

Twilight was nowhere to be seen, but they heard her shout from outside, “They need me!” followed by a high pitched shriek from Rarity.

Suddenly, Rubinstein’s pen was wrenched from his control again as it wrote another sloppy signature across the writ, lines be damned.

He squinted at the sloppy signature, and passed it to Fluttershy. “You ponies have a strange town, but I like your princess.”

Fluttershy giggled, “Oh. She’s very nice….”

Raising an eyebrow in approval, Rainbow cheered Fluttershy’s bravery, “That’s it Flutters, way to show some backbone!”

Fluttershy smiled happily. “I’m gonna win! Yay!” then she passed the writ to Applejack.

Applejack was less comfortable with Fluttershy’s writ, she felt like she was taking advantage of the poor mare. “Are you absolutely sure, darlin?”

“Um. Yes.” Fluttershy glanced at Dash for support and then wiggled nervously on her chair.

Signing the paper, Applejack gave the same speech she gave new hires, “Well, I hope you enjoy your time at Sweet Apple Acres. We’ll be happy to have you.”

Fluttershy smiled. “All bets are in?”

Rainbow grinned, “Time to show your cards, ladies. Read em and weep!” She threw her hand down, showing a pair of Queens.

Fluttershy and Applejack just stared for a moment. Applejack broke the silence, “You called me out with that?”

“Well, you’ve got nothing, so that’s enough to beat you! I didn’t expect Fluttershy to stay in….” Rainbow shrugged.

“Well, I got you beat Rainbow.”

“No way!”

“Yup. Fluttershy, what do you got?”

“Oh… Umm… maybe you should play yours first? I don’t want to be embarrassed.”

“Well fine. Three jacks.” Applejack put her cards on the table.

Rainbow groaned, “No way!”

Applejack leaned back and smugly tilted her hat, “Yup. I got ya beat, Dash.”

Rainbow complained, throwing her hands up in the air, “But I don’t wanna buck apples!”

Applejack kept taunting her, “You better put on your bucking shoes, girl.”

Fluttershy looked at the cards on the table, and then looked at her hand. “Umm… I think I win.”

Applejack leaned forward, curious. Rainbow pumped her fist. “Yes! I get to hang out with Shy and the animals! No apple bucking for me!”

“I’ve got three kings, and two threes.” Fluttershy put her hand on the table.

Applejack felt dizzy from the alcohol. She was pickled, and out of chips. “Congrats, Fluttershy. I think I’m done for the night girls, I’ve gotta get to sleep. And that lout needs to wake up and get to work!” Applejack rustled Caramel awake, and walked him to the door, leaving his few chips still on the table.

She called back as she was walking out the door, “G'night y’all. Don’t stay up too late.”

Rainbow laughed at her and slapped Fluttershy with her wing, “You’re not my boss, Applejack. Fluttershy is!”

Applejack went home at that point—she was a responsible pony. Fluttershy and Rainbow decided to continue their irresponsible drinking, and take what bits Rubinstein had left. As the night went on, the three got more and more drunk, until everything blurred together into a haze.

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Rubinstein woke up in his hotel room and wished he was dead instead. His head was a throbbing jackhammer of pain, and his room was a total mess. The blankets were on the floor, vomit covered his wall, and his toilet was flushing every few seconds for some reason. He still hadn’t adjusted to modern plumbing, so that wasn’t something he could fix.

Bleary eyed, he stumbled out of bed to close the blinds. The damned things weren’t closed and the accursed sunlight was making his head hurt worse. As he walked to the blinds, he tripped over a bag that hadn’t been there before. Cursing, he kicked it, only to stub his foot.

Ignoring the new pain, he fell into the window, and closed the blinds on his head. Falling away from the window, he landed on his stomach and decided to stay there. Walking was too painful, and he was pretty sure he was still way too drunk to be awake.

With nothing else to do, he reached for the bag, and looked inside. It was filled with gold. That must be why it stubbed his toe. Gold is heavy. It looked like bits. He briefly wondered how many bits he had in there. Slowly, small pieces of the night before came back to him.

He had played drunken poker with some locals, and their princess. He had been doing fairly well, the only real challenge was the orange apple mare, but she had been knocked out near the end of the night in attempt to flush out her friends. He groaned into his hands, wishing they had the power to end his misery.

Two yellow pieces of paper fell out of the bag as he ripped his hands away. He looked at them, and another memory came back. He had filled out writs for them, they weren’t familiar with the custom. He inspected the paper closer, and through his blurry eyes he recognized his sloppy signature for accepting receipt of them.

Oh. Now he remembered. It had been down to just him and Fluttershy, who wasn’t bad really. He had offered to fold for the evening and take his portion, but Rainbow had kept egging her on. She kept giving the yellow pegasus advice, and it was always bad. If Fluttershy had trusted her instincts, she probably could have beat him. But instead she kept doing what Rainbow Dash said, and slowly he had taken away her hoard of chips.

He groaned. Of course, they had all drank constantly. What the heck kind of devil cider was that? It had been so sweet that you couldn’t taste the alcohol, but after a few they had really started to feel it. Must have been some local brew. The only one who seemed to handle the effects had been Applejack. He figured it was because she was named after booze, must be her special talent or something. Even their princess had been trashed.

Rubinstein carefully got up. He still had another few months of vacation, and if his spotty memories served him well, he won over eight hundred bits last night. Plus the writs. It sounded like more trouble than it was worth, but he could figure it out later. He needed a shower first.

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Rainbow Dash didn’t feel good. She was still nursing her hangover from the night before, and barely remembered what her friends and her had gotten up to. There was something about a poker game… and hadn’t she brought a few days worth of pay?

Shit. She had lost it, hadn’t she. She wasn’t very good at poker, but when she started drinking, she couldn’t stop playing. Pinkie was usually her “stop” buddy, where had she gone off to? Still, it was just a few days pay. It sucked, and she’d have to be careful with her money, but she’d be fine.

Finished with her weather work for the day she decided to nap on a tree in Applejack’s orchard. She had to sleep off the worst of her hangover, and AJ wouldn’t mind.

Rainbow dozed off in the branches of an apple tree only to find herself woken up when somepony decided to buck it. Startled, she fell out and landed on her back. Groaning, she clutched her head and opened her eyes to see Applejack staring down at her, unamused.

“Well lookee what we got here. A lazy varmint sleeping in my tree.” Applejack growled at her, unappreciative of her impressive headache.

“Hey AJ. Sorry about that, I just needed someplace to sleep off the hangover. What’d you put in that cider?”

“Hard work. Something you might wanna brush up on.” Applejack continued to glare at Rainbow.

Applejack was always a grouch when she found Rainbow sleeping in her orchard. Rainbow didn’t want to hang around while she was angry. “I’m feeling better now. I’ve got… stuff to do. I should go.” Rainbow lied as she looked to the side, sheepishly. She didn’t want to end up bucking trees for an angry Applejack. As much as she hated to admit it, it was murder on her hooves.

Applejack took off her hat and used it to fan her face, “Don’t you got work for Fluttershy to be doin?”

Sure, why not. Rainbow liked animals, “Yeah. That! I’m helping Fluttershy with… something today.”

Applejack put her hat back on, “Yeah, you are. Remember?” Applejack looked at her intensely, and then sighed. “Y’all don’t remember, do ya.”

Rainbow looked from side to side, hoping to find something to distract Applejack for a moment so she could slip off.

Applejack was getting frustrated, so she growled, “You gave her a writ thingy last night. You gotta do a few weeks worth of work for her.”

“Oh.” Rainbow vaguely remembered something like that. “Yeah. A writ thingy. I’m gonna go take care of that. See ya!” Rainbow flipped off the ground and flew away, trying to escape Applejack’s wrath. She was never in a good mood when she caught Rainbow sleeping in her field.

“Don’t you shirk out on that writ, Rainbow. Twilight signed it, so you gotta do it!” Applejack shouted at the retreating pegasus as she waved her hat.

Rainbow coasted towards Fluttershy’s cottage, letting the warm afternoon air loosen her up. Yeah, she remembered the writ now. She had been excited to work with Fluttershy. She really wouldn’t have minded working with Applejack, but she hadn’t wanted to lose the game to her. Rainbow didn’t worry about losing to Fluttershy, the mare had to get a few wins under her belt every now and then.

Happily, she glided to a landing in front of Fluttershy’s cottage. It was oddly quiet. Rainbow walked to the door, and knocked loudly.

“Fluttershy, are you in there?” She slammed the door with a loud bang, shaking it on its hinges as the noise echoed through the house.

A timid voice responded, “Umm… No. I’m not.” Rainbow looked at the door in disbelief, and then the voice added, “I’m… somewhere else?”

“Fluttershy, let me in.” Rainbow frowned in frustration.

“Oh… Okay.” The door unlocked, and creaked slightly open.

Rainbow stormed inside. “What the hay, Fluttershy?”

Fluttershy was standing a few feet from the door, and refused to look up from the floor, “I’m sorry. I just couldn’t bear you being mad at me.” Fluttershy hoofed delicately at the carpet, looking guilty.

Shy wasn’t making any sense. Sometimes she got like that when she was nervous, so Rainbow dug a little, hoping to make her open up. “What are you talking about Shy, why would I be mad at you?”

Fluttershy muttered quietly, “After last night I was sure you’d be just furious.”

“That? I don’t mind losing to you at poker. I can’t be awesome at everything.” Rainbow wondered about that—could she be awesome at everything? Maybe she’d been going about things wrong.

Fluttershy looked back up at Rainbow, concern in her voice, “Umm… How much do you remember, Rainbow?”

Rainbow thought hard. The night was hazy, but she could remember a few details. “Well. There were a few ponies left, and then Applejack made a stupid bet. So I called her out on it, but I didn’t have enough bits, but that Ruby guy had an idea, and whatever it was worked! But then you won the hand anyways, and Applejack and I were knocked out of the game.” Rainbow sighed. “It’s just like that time when AJ and I tried to do the running of leaves but got beat by Twilight!”

Nervously twirling her hair, Fluttershy meekly asked, “Um, what about after that?”

Rainbow scoffed at her, “What do you mean after that? You won.”

Fluttershy whispered, “Mr. Rubinstein was still playing.”

Rainbow didn’t believe it. Had Fluttershy really lost to that punk from the crystal empire? “That loser? But you had way more bits than him!”

Fluttershy got quieter, and began to hide behind her hair, “I… umm… wanted to stop, and he was happy to stop, but you thought we could get his bits, so we kept playing….”

Rainbow stared at her friend incredulously, “What? Why would you do that?”

Slinking further behind her hair, Fluttershy muttered, “Well, you were having fun, and he looked happy. I was a little scared, but it was still fun for a while.”

“Of course he was happy; He started winning! I was drunk.” Rainbow slapped her forehead with her hand. “So you lost all the bits to that guy?”

Fluttershy murmured and looked turned her head away, “Well….”

Rainbow put her hand on her friend’s shoulder, trying to comfort the distraught mare, “It’s okay Fluttershy. I can help out if you need it, but you really shouldn’t gamble with money you can’t afford to lose.”

“Oh… No… I’m fine on bits. I’ve got enough to get me through the month.” Fluttershy kept nervously winding her finger in her hair.

Rainbow wasn’t sure why Fluttershy was so upset, “So, why would I be mad at you? They were your bits.”

Nervously, Fluttershy let the rest of the story, “Well, when we ran out of bits, you told me to bet your writ. And when I lost that, we decided to bet my writ to get it back. And… well… we didn’t.”

Rainbow blanked. What did that mean? “Wait, what?”

“I’m sorry, Rainbow.” Fluttershy kept her head down.

Rainbow did not like the way it sounded. Fluttershy was usually the calm and level headed one out of the two of them. Rainbow was frustrated that her friend would do something so stupid. That was her job. “So… you gambled us? Why would you do that?”

Fluttershy looked back at Rainbow, slightly accusatory, “You asked me to!”

Throwing her hands up in exasperation Rainbow shouted, “I was drunk! Why would you listen?”

Groaning, Fluttershy replied, “I was drunk, too.”

Rainbow grumbled, “Horseapples.” She couldn’t change the past, and they had both been stupid. The blame wasn’t on Fluttershy. If anything, it was Applejack’s fault for making such kick ass cider. Even then Rainbow still didn’t know what it meant for him to win the writ. It wasn’t like they could buck apples for the guy. He wasn’t even from Ponyville! She didn’t want to hang out with him. She grumbled again, “What do we do now?”

Fluttershy gulped, and looked up at Rainbow hopefully. “Maybe… we can ask Twilight?”

Twilight had a bag of ice on her head, ringing around her horn. It was distracting Rainbow immensely. “So does that thing just stay on because it’s around your horn?” She secretly wished she had one for herself.

Twilight sighed, “Focus Rainbow. I want to go back to sleep. So, to be clear, the writ was signed by everybody?”

Fluttershy nodded, “Yeah. Even you signed it. Does it umm… matter if we were drunk?”

Twilight closed her eyes to block out the sun as she thought, “Well, no. For most documents that would invalidate them. But for writs, the rules are a little different. Most writs are signed when drunk, unfortunately. Ponies don’t know about writs in this day and age, and most couldn’t write up an official one when sober. And honestly, if I remember correctly, everybody’s intentions were honest.”

Fluttershy whimpered.

Twilight continued, clearly upset that she was even awake, let alone talking, “That would mean the writs are legal by any definition. So you two are going to have to perform some forty hours of service for him.”

Rainbow frowned, “Isn’t there something you could do?”

Twilight muttered to herself before speaking clearly, “I could.” She frowned, “But I don’t think I will.”

Rainbow was surprised, “What? Why? We’re your friends!”

After pinching her nose for a second to relieve some phantom pain, Twilight responded clearly, “Well, using my station to help you two welch out of a bet is actually corrupt.”

Rainbow disagreed. That was exactly what having a princess as a friend was for, “Oh come on!”

“No. Really, I can help you with things, but he won fair and square. Like it or not, the writ is legal, and if I step in and use my influence to change it that would be the first step towards becoming a corrupt official. I am not going to run my court like Blue Blood runs his. If you didn’t want somebody else to have your writ, you shouldn’t have bet it.”

Rainbow needed Twilight to help, and she wasn’t above begging, “Just give him the bits or something! You can afford it.”

Twilight sighed, “Rainbow, how would you feel if I just took all of your Wonderbolt collectables, and paid you for the materials? That much brass and gold is probably worth about 260 bits in raw materials.”

“What? It’s priceless!” Dash stared at Twilight, who didn’t flinch. Then Dash gulped, “You wouldn’t.”

A glimmer of a smile showed in Twilight’s face, hopeful that Rainbow understood, “Exactly. If he doesn’t want to sell your writ, he doesn’t have to. Even for the listed price, or even back to you. Have you talked to him about it yet? Maybe whatever he wants wont be that bad?”

Dash was frustrated. She knew what Twilight was saying, but that didn’t mean she liked it. She couldn’t work for him—she had important things to do. Huffing, she replied, “Well, no.”

“Then I’m going to back to bed and sleep off my pounding headache. I’m not used to drinking like the rest of you, and you need to take responsibility for your actions. Don’t gamble with things you can’t afford to lose. He seemed like a nice enough stallion, I’m sure everything will be fine.” Twilight yawned. “After this fiasco I’m going to make a push to get writs outlawed, but it will probably take a few months to pass.” Twilight glared at Rainbow sternly, “So don’t go telling everyone what’s going on with you two. I don’t want them to get any silly ideas before this gets out of hand. Now goodnight.”

Rainbow and Fluttershy were gently scooted out the door, which promptly closed behind them.

“Oh that’s helpful. A flat ‘no’ would have been fine, now we aren’t supposed to even talk about it!” Rainbow angrily kicked the ground, stirring up some dust. She firmly believed that Twilight was being a jerk because of the hangover, but that didn’t excuse that she was being a jerk.

A soft response interrupted Rainbow. She had forgotten that Fluttershy was there, “Umm… Maybe we should just talk to him? It might okay. Maybe we can talk him into giving them back to us?”

“Geez. Fine.” Rainbow rolled her eyes. Hopefully he would just give their writs back. On the off chance he wouldn’t, she had a back up plan.

She was gonna kick his ass.

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Rubinstein finally forced himself out of the shower. His head was feeling less like the site of a war crime, and more like a splitting headache. His hooves were still heavy, and he felt like he was going to throw up, but he was down to normal hangover levels. Standing in front of his mirror, he started his morning grooming routine. He didn’t know what time it really was, but it wouldn’t be fair to the world if he didn’t at least brush his teeth.

Deciding that he was at least mildly presentable, he went over his plans for the day. He’d come to Ponyville to get away from the frozen crystal empire for a while. His job wasn’t in high demand at the moment, and he had enough bits to go on a nice long vacation. The small town atmosphere in Ponyville was reminiscent of home, and it was close enough to Canterlot that he could visit for a day if he wanted. Every crystal pony was a pony from the past, and the futuristic city was just a little scarey. Ponyville was much more rustic, which felt familiar to him. Plus, the rates were reasonable at the hotel, and the weather was much nicer than back home.

The only problem was that Ponyville itself wasn’t as interesting as he’d hoped. He’d already visited the hero Spike. It was curious that there were no shrines to the young dragon here, but considering Spike was the local princess’s knight, it made sense. Princess Twilight didn’t have any statues of herself either, not even any stained glass reliefs. The only signs he’d seen were tapestries with her cutie mark over her castle, just to identify it as hers.

Still, it wasn’t like he was going to think the castle belonged to somepony else. The town only had one princess.

The day was young, and he had bits to spare. Maybe he could find a nice place to have a morning brunch. He peeked through the blinds, and decided that given the time, a late afternoon snack might be a better choice. He left the awful mess for the maid, after dumping some bits and the two papers in his travel bag. Those maids deserved a raise, so he left fifty bits out and hand wrote a note apologizing.

He was hoping the room would be cleaned when he got back and he wouldn’t have to find a new hotel, but he decided the odds were 50/50. It was pretty well trashed.

Making his way down the street, he ducked into an accessory store and picked up a pair of shades. The bright sun hurt like hell, and the sunglasses helped.

Still not feeling completely better he found a cafe simply called “Cafe”, and helped himself to a seat. Soon enough a waiter brought him some water, and he ordered a simple sandwich. Hopefully he could keep it down.

As he ate, he brought out the writs and read over them. Two mares, both pegasi, and both for about forty hours. If he was back home he could have had them help out with his house or his job, but on vacation he was at a loss as to what to do with them. He could have them work for five eight hour chunks, ten four hour chunks, or twenty two hour chunks. He just wasn’t sure on what.

Not only that, he knew these mares. They were elements of Harmony. While Spike was the real hero up in the Crystal Empire, Rubinstein knew that down here it was more of a team effort. Spike was just one dragon on their seven pony team. He knew they each represented something, but didn’t know what. Maybe Spike was the element of Bravery? You needed Bravery for harmony, right?

While he was lost in his thoughts, the waiter coughed to get his attention.

“Sir.”

Rubinstein looked up from his writs. “Hmm?”

“You have guests.” The waiter motioned to the side, where Rubinstein noticed two nervous looking mares.

This was a surprise for him. He hadn’t expected them to show up so soon. Rainbow was dressed in some brightly colored work out clothes, and Fluttershy was wearing a green sweater and some sweatpants.

Rainbow grunted gruffly at him. “Hey.”

Fluttershy tried to scoot behind Rainbow, and just made a quiet squeak.

After a moments pause, Rubinstein gestured to the empty seats.

They both sat down, Rainbow just flopping carelessly into the seat, while Fluttershy gracefully eased her way down. Rubinstein found how different they were intriguing. How could such different ponies be such close friends?

Rainbow broke the awkward silence and turned to the waiter, “Hey, Fluttershy and I need water. And I’ll have a radish salad.”

Fluttershy nervously spoke up, “Umm… Just water. Please. I already ate.”

The waiter took their menu cards and wordlessly left.

Rubinstein wasn’t quite sure what to do next, so he just watched them, glancing from the angry looking Rainbow Dash to the nervous looking Fluttershy. Rainbow looked like she had a rough morning, her hair was wild and her eyes were sunken. Fluttershy looked absolutely fine, her hair and feathers were perfectly groomed. Either she had used much more makeup, or perhaps hadn’t been as drunk as the rest of them the night before. As he glanced them over, he noted that they were both quite attractive in their own way.

Rainbow rolled her eyes, and interrupted his rude staring, “Ruby. We need to talk.”

He supposed they did. Everything needed to be worked out. They had made the original deal to work for Applejack, not for whatever it was he wanted them to do. And he still hadn’t decided.

He just wanted to eat his sandwich in peace, but this needed to be resolved, “Yeah. I guess so.”

Rainbow frowned and leaned forward aggressively, “So here’s the deal. Fluttershy and I may have had a few too many drinks last night and maybe signed some things without meaning to. You’ve got to give them back to us.”

Fluttershy looked at Rubinstein hopefully.

He sighed and looked at the writs. Together they were 523 bits worth of contract, or 80 hours of work. Honestly, the 80 hours of work was much more valuable, even if he wasn’t sure what it was for yet. Besides, they were his. “But I won them.”

Dash furrowed her brow and explained it to him slowly like he was stupid. “Obviously it didn’t count because we were drunk.”

Maybe it was his hangover or maybe the attitude of this mare was pissing him off. He probably would have given them back if they were nice, but she was being rude, “I was drunk, too. And you usually get to keep your winnings, even if you were drunk.” He growled, “And usually you lose your” He struggled for the word, his brain still recovering, “lossings?” No, that wasn’t right, “The things you lose if you bet, too.”

Rainbow Dash menaced him, standing up and flexing. She was clearly threatening him, “Look, if you don’t give those back I’m gonna make you regret it….” her already angry face took on a mean glare. Rubinstein didn’t like the look in her eyes. She was part of a hero team, she could probably beat him up pretty bad if she wanted. He really didn’t have a choice if she was serious.

Fluttershy, however, seemed appalled, “Rainbow! Don’t say things like that!”

Rainbow turned to Fluttershy, a scowl still on her face, “I don’t wanna work for that guy. I didn’t mind working for you or AJ, but I don’t know him!”

Fluttershy shook her head, “No, Rainbow.”

Rainbow went from scowling to begging, “But….”

Fluttershy stared at Rainbow with cold eyes, crossed her arms, and quietly stated, “No.”

Rubinstein was surprised by the transaction. The soft yellow mare was assertive when she needed to be, and Rainbow shut down the instant her friend told her to stop. She looked like a punished child, pouting about not getting desert. Rubinstein found her sudden attitude change amusing.

Grateful, he thanked Fluttershy, “Thank you, Ms. Fluttershy.”

“I’m sorry Mr. Rubinstein. I don’t really want to work for you either, but you won fair and square.” Fluttershy turned to Rainbow and scolded her, “We are not those kinds of ponies. We pay our debts.” She unfolded her arms and sniffed a bit as she turned back to Rubinstein, “And if that means we have to be your personal love slaves, then we’ll just have to do it.”

Both Rainbow and Rubinstein gawked at her in disbelief.

“Won’t we, Rainbow.” Fluttershy evened a nervous but meaningful smile at her friend.

Rainbow coughed, “Uhh…. Fluttershy. I don’t think that’s how writs work.”

Rubinstein thought for a moment. He looked down at the writs, and read them again. They didn’t specify the kind of labor. They didn’t specify the restrictions. All they had was a time limit, a bit value, and the princess’s signature. They were open writs. He then looked back up at the girls as he realized that he had something much more valuable than a few hundred bits worth of paper.

Rainbow was smiling nervously at Rubinstein, “Uhh… It isn’t, is it Ruby?”

Rubinstein’s mind was on overdrive, and he didn’t respond. There were suddenly so many possibilities.

Rainbow sounded desperate, “Ruby, buddy, pal, you in there? Ruby?”

All he could do was summarize his thoughts in entirety. “Uhh?”

Rainbow wasn’t quite as excited. “Uhh? Uhh… No.” She looked to Fluttershy for any sort of confirmation, “No?”

Fluttershy gulped, and glanced downward, “Umm… he is technically our owner now….”

Sounding slightly panicked, Rainbow balked, “We just gotta work for him, not do that kind of thing. Right?”

“I might have done some research when I woke up. I wasn’t as drunk last night, so I woke up feeling fine. Twilight was asleep and Spike let me in the library. And… well… Writs are more like an ownership contract. They can be… really dangerous for the person on the writ.” Fluttershy shuffled a little on her hooves, “Especially when you don’t specify the job. The only real rule is that he can’t kill us.” She glanced at Rubinstein strangely appraisingly, and then tilted her head forward, hiding behind her long hair, “That’s about it.”

Rubinstein looked closer at the writs. Yeah, ponies back home used writs for things occasionally, but it was always good natured and between friends, and even then they usually specified the task. Him and his friends had gambled writs all the time when they were teenagers. Usually the loser would do chores, or something embarrassing. The thought to gamble them when out of bits had come second nature, but he had forgotten that he was in a different time and in a different country. Only an idiot would give a stranger an open writ. Like the two he held.

He’d never heard of ponies using a writ for something like that, but he guessed they could. As far as he knew, Fluttershy was right. He probably shouldn’t make them break any laws either, he’d be responsible if they did and he told them to. Of course he would have to be a special kind of a dick to make them do something so degrading as be love slaves.

“Wait, What? So now he owns us? How does that even work? He doesn’t have a job or anything. This is stupid!” Rainbow turned and yelled at Rubinstein, clearly angry, “You’re stupid!”

Rubinstein was offended. He had told them very clearly at the poker table that he was on vacation and not a homeless vagrant. Puffing his chest, he corrected her, “Actually, miss Dash, I do have a job. And I consider myself quite intelligent. I’m on vacation, remember?”

Rainbow was getting angrier, “Oh? So what? Why do I care?”

She clearly didn’t understand who she was dealing with. Rubinstein was respected in the Crystal Empire. Maybe not important, but certainly no social parasite. “I happen to be a structural engineer. When it gets cold in the Crystal Empire it snows, and I’m out of work for four to five months. I wasn’t planning on staying in Ponyville for the entire time; I had intended to see Manehatten, Las Pegasus, and some other cities. However, if I need to change my plans I will.” He huffed.

“Oh great.” Rainbow threw her hands up in the air, mocking him, “Well, I’m a mother bucking Wonderbolt! Maybe you’ve heard of them?” Rainbow glowered, “I’m a busy mare. I don’t have time to be your hoof servant, or whatever sick thing you’re imagining me doing. I have training, practice, events, and a weather job on the side for Ponyville!”

He stared at her for a second. All of this yelling and getting offended wasn’t helping either of them. “Let’s just talk about this like normal ponies for a bit.” He sighed, trying to calm himself down, “Just sit down and lets figure this out. I really have no plans for your writs, maybe we can work something out?”

Rainbow stayed furious. “Work something out? Like, ‘oh! I’ll just give you a hand job and be on my way. Just let me grab your cock. Oh, did you wanna blow a load in me? Why the buck not?’ Is that what you wanna work out, Ruby?”

Fluttershy had apparently heard enough, “Rainbow! Watch your language and be nice! Even if he wanted something like that, we’d still have to do what he says.” Fluttershy’s eyes wandered to Rubinstein in apology, “I’m sorry, but I’m scared, too.” She looked gently back at Rainbow, “Remember what Twilight said? We were irresponsible, and we need to take care of this ourselves.”

Rainbow stared at Fluttershy for a moment, and then angrily sat back down. She put one leg over the other and huffed as she glared at Rubinstein. Eventually she aggressively folded her arms, and spoke “Fine. What are we gonna do, Boss?”

“Well… You’re both busy mares, right?”

Rainbow nodded, scowling.

Fluttershy, spoke up, “Well, actually… I’m not very busy. I have to feed my animals in the morning, and I feed them before it gets dark, and I have to spend time with them during the day. And I have to go shopping for them every other day, and clean up after them, and take care of the hurt ones, and… Oh. Maybe I am pretty busy.”

Rainbow dismissively chimed in, “Well, I have to practice and sleep and stuff.”

Rubinstein was slightly confused. Fluttershy’s schedule had made sense. Rainbow’s did not, “Sleep?”

“Yeah. I like to nap. It keeps me on top of my game.” Rainbow waved her hand to the side.

Rubinstein thought about it for a moment. Assuming both mares were telling the truth, they were fairly busy. He didn’t want to impact their livelihoods. He figured that maybe he should just be graceful and call it off, until he realized something, “Wait. How were you planning on helping Applejack?”

Fluttershy smiled, “Oh. I’d just feed my animals earlier and put off my social visits until the weekend. It wouldn’t be a problem.”

Rainbow shrugged, “Eh. I’d probably just nap less and move my training around. I still gotta make practice, but other than that it’s up to me.”

Rubinstein was getting annoyed. If their schedules wouldn’t be a problem, why had they presented them as such? These foreign mares were frustrating to deal with, and were making him grouchier, “Why can’t you just do that for me?”

Fluttershy frowned, “Oh… I guess I can….”

Rainbow glared at him, “I don’t have time for that!”

He stared back at Rainbow. He was beginning to like her less and less. Fluttershy had been reasonable the whole time. If she had nicely asked for her writ back, he would have given it to her. He still hadn’t decided what to do with their writs. He really hadn’t considered any lewd things until Fluttershy had brought it up. If he was a good pony, he’d laugh about it and give them back or rip them up. Rainbow was pissing him off, and he wasn’t feeling much like a good pony right then.

Even if he didn’t want to do anything with them, he wanted to make sure that they were really considering the option. Rainbow didn’t deserve to get her writ back without at least worrying a bit, “So… Maybe if you each spend a few hours with me a day we can work down the time on the writs? It would take a few weeks, but that way you don’t have to spend an entire day at a time.”

Rainbow expressionlessly stared back at him, and Fluttershy gulped nervously. This clearly wasn’t going like they had planned. Rainbow spoke up, quieter this time, controlling her anger and leaning slightly forward, “So are you really serious about this ‘love slave’ thing?”

Rubinstein leaned back in his chair, and took a sip of his water as he thought about it. He had tried to be a good guy before, that hadn’t worked out. Maybe he should be a bad guy for a while? He glanced from the nervous Fluttershy to the angry and suspiciously glaring Rainbow Dash. She already looked like she thought he was dirt. She was a bitch, but she was also a Wonderbolt. He remembered when they had tried to joust for the crystal fair. It was a half hearted attempt, but they were celebrities nonetheless.

When would he ever get this opportunity again? How often would he get the chance to have two famous pegasi at his beck and call? While it was immoral as hell, it was legal as far as he could tell. Eh, fuck em. Rainbow was a bitch at best, and a thug at worst, she probably deserved worse. Fluttershy was innocent, but stunningly gorgeous. She’d just end up being a casualty to her friends arrogance. He needed a win, he’d take the two that fate had given him.

“I’m thinking I might be.”

Rainbow looked disgusted, “I knew you were worthless.”

He tried to reason with her, “Hey, look at it from my perspective. I’ve got time and money on my hands, and fate drops a Wonderbolt and a retired supermodel in my lap. I’d be an idiot to let this go.”

Rainbow had gone from hot to cold, “Whatever helps you sleep at night.” A silent and icy fury was building behind her eyes.

Fluttershy spoke up before Rainbow could get really angry, “Well, um… how are we going to do this then? I don’t like traveling once it gets dark, so we should meet up in the day.”

Rubinstein thought out loud, musing through the possibilities, “Well, I don’t know what you two have in mind, but we need somewhere quiet and away from ponies. We could meet in my hotel room.”

Nervously, Fluttershy tapped her glass of water, “Mr. Rubinstein?”

“Yes?”

She looked down and spoke quietly, “Are you really going to use the writs to do… things with us?”

Rubinstein shrugged, still undecided but keeping his options open, “Maybe.”

“Oh….” Fluttershy looked scared, but took a deep breath and continued, “Well, I’d be more comfortable at my house.”

He raised an eyebrow at her complacency, but the idea wasn’t without problems, “What about your neighbors?”

Fluttershy kept quietly tapping her glass, as she stared at it intensely, “I live alone in a cottage by the edge of the woods. I don’t have any neighbors.”

Rainbow was flabbergasted, “Fluttershy, you can’t be seriously going along with this?”

Fluttershy shook her head and spoke firmly, “We don’t have a choice, Rainbow. He won fair and square.”

Rainbow was getting riled up again, her ears lay flat in rage as she began to get yell, “We didn’t know what we were betting, Fluttershy! That’s not fair!”

Rubinstein surprised himself when he interjected, “Actually, I agree with you Rainbow.”

Rainbow continued yelling, “See, Even Ruby agrees wi… what?” She paused and looked at him confused.

He continued, thinking as he spoke, “It’s not fair. You didn’t know what you were betting, and I didn’t know what I won until just now. It wasn’t a fair bet.”

Rainbow looked hopefully between the confused Fluttershy and the thoughtful Rubinstein, “So you’ll give them back?”

He really didn’t want to give them back. But maybe it hadn’t been as fair as he had thought at first. The mares had thought they’d be applebucking at worst, not being his personal “love slaves”. But he couldn’t give them back for nothing. “I don’t want to just give them up. What if we double down instead?”

Rainbow eyed him suspiciously, “What’s that mean?”

Rubinstein had always been a fan of the saying Go big or go home,“Tonight, we meet at Fluttershy’s house. We’ll play cards. I’ll bring some chips. Whoever ends the game with all the chips gets both the writs.”

Fluttershy seemed confused, “But why?”

He shrugged, “It’s only fair. Then we all know what we’re betting for. Winner takes all. If one of you wins, you can take both your writs back. If I win it stays mostly the same.” he didn’t think that sounded fair, so he added a bit, “Since I’m the only one who stands to lose, I’ll even it out by changing the writs from forty hours to state ‘the duration of my stay’.” If he was going to change his vacation around this stupid bet, he was going to change it big.

Rainbow frowned, “No way! I’m not gonna be your freaking slave for a few months!”

Rubinstein shrugged, “Well, if you don’t want to try and win them back, then we can just keep it at a few weeks. I wouldn’t have any reason to bet them back if I don’t have the chance to get something more. I’ll leave it up to you two.”

Fluttershy didn’t hesitate. A soon as he was done talking, she spoke up. “I’m in.”

Rainbow looked at her like she was an alien, “Fluttershy! You can’t just agree like that!”

Fluttershy looked at Rainbow and spoke sternly, “Rainbow, this is our chance to get the writs back!”

Rubinstein shrugged and looked at Rainbow. “It doesn’t matter to me if you take the offer. If you don’t, I keep the writs and you work forty hours over the next few weeks. If you do, we all get a fair shake at a mostly honest bet. If you’d rather just go through with it, we can.”

Rainbow’s ice broke, and she was furious, “Fuck you, Ruby! You’re on. I’m going to win, and then I’m taking my writ back, and then I’m gonna kick your ass out of Ponyville!” Rainbow was leaning aggressively over the table and pointing at him.

Fluttershy covered her mouth in surprise and then chided her friend, “Rainbow! Language!”

Rubinstein shrugged again, happy that they both seemed on board. “Tonight then. Somepony will have to show me how to get there, say meet here around six?”

Rainbow stood up and smiled for the first time, reaching her hand over for a shake, “I’ll be waiting. Don’t be late.”

Rubinstein smiled back, and replied, “Wouldn’t dream of it,” as he got up to shake her hand. She nearly crushed his, and didn’t let him go when the handshake was over as she stared aggressively at him for a few extra seconds. He left the payment on the table, and clutched his hurting hand as he walked away.

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Rubinstein was back in his hotel room. The maid had cleaned it, but left some choice words on the note and had left the bits. According to the note, he was getting kicked out. Packing up his things, he figured he’d head to the next town. He’d burned a few bridges while he was here, like he always did after getting drunk.

He had been hoping for some drama-free time away from the old world to see the new, but here he was without a place to sleep and with the fate of two celebrity mares in his hands. He should just make them serve the writs together in one forty hour block of debauchery, and then head out of town. That’s what he should do—punish that bitch and leave.

But he still wasn’t sure how he felt about it. His mind drifted to his last try at a relationship. Her name had been Amberlocks, and it had gone terrible. She had constantly turned him down for any sort of physical attention, but had kept leading him on. He gave up on her the night she came drunkenly crying to his house about how her current lover just wouldn’t stop hitting her during sex.

Rubinstein hadn’t even known Amberlocks was seeing anybody else, let alone sleeping with them. Yet there she was crying about how her other coltfriend abused her during sex. He had comforted her, assuring her that things could get better if she wanted. He even recommended she go get help and get away from the jerk. Then he saw them together the next day and immediately cut contact with the mare, burning another bridge with his hostile reaction and angry public response.

Amberlocks was only the most recent of a string of failed relationships that either never started, or the mare left him for somepony who was a jerk. He’d been nice to them, helped them out, and they’d leave for somepony who just wanted to use them.

So what was wrong with him just using these mares now? The only difference would be that they had no wrong ideas. They knew they were there to fuck him from the beginning, not for some kind of emotional support. In a twisted way, making them honor the writ was the most honest thing he could do for himself and them. It was their own fault they were in such a stupid predicament.

On the other hand, they clearly didn’t want to get intimate with him. But no mare ever really did. And he had won the writ fairly. It would be scummy of them to back out of the bet, and he shouldn’t let them force him to just hand it over. That was actually robbery.

Sighing, he loaded the heavy bit bag into his pack. He needed to deposit that sucker. He figured doubling down the bet was the best way to deal with this. If they won, they’d get their writs back fair and square, hopefully a little wiser for wear. If he won, well, he’d worry about that if he won. He’d feel less guilty about whatever he decided to do with them, that was for sure.

Grumbling, he checked the room one more time for any stuff he might have forgot. He knew what the right thing to do was. The right thing to do would be to throw the game, get thrown out of town, and take a train to Canterlot. He hated doing the right thing.

*****

The three of them were sitting around a dining table at Fluttershy’s cottage. The table had been cleared, and was covered in cards and chips. The room was too hot for Rubinstein, but it didn’t seem to bother the two girls. Rubinstein wasn’t sure what to think anymore. At first he had thought it was a joke, but then they had started playing. He asked one more time, just to be sure, “So… explain to me again why you’re wearing sunglasses?”

“I told you! It’s our secret weapon!” Rainbow Dash reached over and hoof bumped Fluttershy. “You can’t see our eyes. This way we have no tells!” She waggled her eyebrows over the top of the ridiculously large mirrored glasses.

Fluttershy hummed happily in confirmation, “Mmhmm.”

Rubinstein was lost. He wasn’t sure if this was a trick or if they were messing with him. He could see their cards in the ridiculous sunglasses. Did they want to lose?

He had played the first few hands aggressively, trying to throw the game, but the mares were playing worse than his intentionally bad plays. He had watched Dash fold with a straight, and push with a pair of twos! Fluttershy was doing much better, playing fairly evenly with him, but he could still tell what she had in her hand. He wasn’t sure he could lose the game if he tried.

Soon he was up a sizable amount, and he decided that he’d had enough. He was tired of playing the mental game of chicken with them. It was tearing up his conscious each and every hand. Should he take the victory? Should he fold? Should he bet more, since he knew when he was going to win a hand? He’d been winning more hands lately, and the girls were looking actually nervous, which shouldn’t be the case if they were intentionally throwing the game. Rubinstein was confused and getting angry at the strange situation.

“Okay girls, stop messing with me. What’s going on?”

Rainbow was frustrated, “Hey! You’re the one messing with us! You’re cheating or something. Nopony has luck that good.”

Rubinstein sighed, “Are you girls trying to lose? Because we don’t have to play this out if that’s the case.”

Rainbow frowned and said, “What? Why the buck would I be trying to lose?” Fluttershy looked intently at her cards, seemingly ignoring the conversation.

“Because I can see your cards in the reflection of your sunglasses.”

Rainbow and Fluttershy looked over at each other’s sunglasses. Rainbow slowly took them off, and gently placed them on the table. Fluttershy took hers off as well, her face turning bright pink.

Rainbow blinked, looked at her cards, and then looked back at Rubinstein. “We were giving you a handicap.”

He squinted incredulously, still not convinced, “Oh? Is that why I saw you fold on a straight?”

Rainbow looked confused, “What? When did I have a straight? I never had enough tens for that.”

Fluttershy looked over at Rainbow and gaped at her, “Rainbow! We’ve been playing Poker for weeks now!”

“Yeah? And?” Rainbow rolled her eyes, “It’s just like go fish. You match cards. The more matches you get the more points you get. The person with the most points wins the hand.”

Fluttershy began to whimper and tear up, then she looked at Rubinstein with large panicked eyes. He flatly returned, “I’m not helping you with that.”

Fluttershy whispered, her voice wavering on the verge of tears, “We’re going to lose, aren’t we?”

Rubinstein shrugged. He’d planned on throwing the game, but with how things had turned out he had lost sight of his goal. He had a huge lead and he wasn’t sure he wanted to lose anymore. The night was getting later, and a train would have to wait until morning. He’d wanted to do them a favor and just let them win, but then things had gotten confusing. Now, well, he wasn’t so sure about anything.

Fluttershy looked sadly at Rainbow and sighed as she placed her cards face down, folding for the round. She looked as though she had made a decision, and calmly but assertively stated, “Mr. Rubinstein, I don’t want to play anymore.”

He looked at her, surprised.

Rainbow was shocked, “Fluttershy! You can’t just give up like that!”

“I don’t want to give up, but…” She gestured at the table, “we’re going to lose.”

Rainbow huffed, “You don’t know that Fluttershy! It’s a game of chance!”

Fluttershy looked flatly at Rubinstein, and ignored Rainbow. “Can I ask for a favor, Mr. Rubinstein?”

He was getting sick of doing favors for these mares, but Fluttershy had always been polite at least, “Sure.”

She took a breath and then closed her eyes, “I want to play just one more hand. The highest hand wins. No more chips, no more bluffing. Just one hand, no folding.” She opened her eyes, and looked pleadingly at him.

Rubinstein thought for a moment. If he won right now, he’d still feel guilty. But it was their fault, and he already let them have a second chance. He should just beat them and claim his victory.

Fluttershy begged him again, this time making her eyes large and pouting slightly, “Please?”

He sighed and put his hand down, folding too. It was at least an interesting idea—leaving it up to just the cards. Maybe he wouldn’t feel guilty if he won. And it would give the girls a significant chance to recover. The numbers were definitely in their favor.

“Okay. But the odds really aren’t in my favor, it’s two to one. I only have a one in three chance of winning, and you have a two in three chance. What if we double down again?”

Fluttershy glanced at Rainbow, and then back to Rubinstein, “Umm… how?”

If he won, he was going to stay in Ponyville. Since he had gotten kicked out of his hotel, he needed a place to sleep. And if he was going to stay in Ponyville, he might as well stay with his two new pieces of property. “If I win, I can stay here.” He gestured to Fluttershy’s house, and then to her friend, “And Rainbow moves in with us while I’m here.”

Fluttershy gulped, tapping the table, “I… oh… okay.”

Rubinstein liked her nervous fidget so he added a little bit just to throw her off. Waggling his eyebrows, he taunted her in a low voice, “And no limits… You’ll both be my property. I’m talking about doing the really raunchy stuff. Whatever and whenever.”

Fluttershy froze and her tapping stopped. Rubinstein figured that she was imagining the things, what with her blush. She slowly turned to Rainbow, scared. Rainbow huffed and glared at Rubinstein in disgust, “I told you he was a sleazeball.”

Fluttershy kept quietly staring at Rainbow, her wide eyes just waiting for something. Eventually Rainbow glanced at her and sighed, putting her cards down as she turned angrily back to Rubinstein, “You are a real rotten pony, you know that?”

“Yeah. I do.” He was finally nervous about the outcome. Maybe saying it out loud had been too much? Up until now he could have laughed and pretended it was a distasteful joke. Rainbow had kept her ire in check during the game, pretending they had been playing for fun, but now she was clearly repulsed by him. The worst part was that he knew how much he deserved her scorn.

Rainbow squinted at Rubinstein, threateningly, “Fine. I’m with whatever Fluttershy wants. If I see you cheat, I’m gonna beat the living crap out of you.”

Notably, Fluttershy didn’t ask her to be nice this time.

If he won he didn’t want them arguing about it or making up some stupid excuse. And honestly he would be relieved to lose at this point. The stress was getting to him, and he just wanted this over. “Then how about you deal, Rainbow?”

Rainbow nodded at him, continuing her threatening gaze, “Good. Fluttershy, It’s up to you. What do you want to do?”

Fluttershy looked nervously back and forth between the two of them, still blushing, before answering. “Oh… Okay. I accept.”

He spoke up one more time, “Just to be sure, we all know what we’re betting right now and we all agree to the terms? If I win then no more second chances for you two. The writs will be changed to ‘the duration of my stay’ and you’ll both effectively be slaves until I leave. If either of you win I’ll give you the writs, and I’ll leave Ponyville tonight.”

Both mares nodded, Fluttershy nervously and slowly, Rainbow firmly and sure.

Rubinstein steeled his nerves, and then dramatically took the writs out, slamming them in the center of the table. “Double down, ladies. Let’s do this.”

Rainbow carefully started passing out cards, never taking her eyes off of Rubinstein. He, in turn, watched his cards. At this point he didn’t think her capable of cheating.

As the cards slipped across the table, Rubinstein began to shake. What would he do if he won? He knew he wanted to bang the girls, but he regretted increasing the bet again and again. He had never considered treating mares like property before, and he could potentially have these two for quite some time. Even forever if he never left Ponyville; he wondered if they’d realized that technicality.

The nerves were starting to make him nauseous. The more he thought about it, the more he actually wanted to win. He felt like that thought should disturb him more than it did. As he reached for his cards, he realized how utterly despicable he was, and it startled him just how much he didn’t care anymore. He wondered when he had become the kind of jerk that he used to despise, but he didn’t regret it.

Slowly, he picked up his cards and looked at them. They weren’t what he wanted. He had a pair of princesses, an ace, and a couple of trash cards. He hadn’t seen the two princesses show up before, most ponies took them out of their decks.

Rainbow smirked over her cards, and then shouted, “Yes! Three tens!”

Fluttershy smiled, and wing tapped Rainbow happily, “Yay! I only had two fives.”

Rainbow puffed up, her confidence restored. “Okay, Sleazy. What’d you get?”

He held the cards, smiling calmly. At least he didn’t have to worry about this anymore, “Not enough. It was a good show though. I guess the writs are yours.” He slid them across the table.

Rainbow at least seemed in good spirits again, her distaste for him temporarily forgotten, “Not enough? Come on, Ruby! How much did I beat you by?” She leaned forward, eager to see his cards, and probably gloat.

Rubinstein shrugged. Good-bye fantasy. It was fun while it lasted. He put his hand down so the others could see it, laying the cards face up on the table.

The mirth dropped from Rainbows face instantly. “Why… Why would you fuck with me like that? What kind of sicko are you?” She looked disgusted.

Fluttershy paled as well, her wings softly flapping as she stared at the cards with wide, surprised eyes.

“What are you talking about?” Rubinstein looked at his hand closer. “It’s a pair of princesses. It’s rare, but not a valuable hand.”

Fluttershy blinked, and then looked at Rainbow questioningly. She looked back at the hand, and then back at Rainbow again. “Umm….”

Rainbow groaned, and sat back down as she put her head in her hands. “I know what you’re thinking, Shy.” Rainbow shouted into her hands, “Fuck!” She took a breath, still covering her face. “You’re right. We’re not gonna win like that. Just tell him.”

“Umm… Mr. Rubinstein, sir.” Rubinstein looked at Fluttershy curiously as she spoke, “In Ponyville, The Princesses are wild. You have three aces. You… um…. win.” She timidly slid the writs back across the table, in front of Rubinstein’s cards.

Rainbow Dash shouted, “Fuck!” She slammed her hands on the table, and shouted again, louder, “Fuck!” Rainbow was so angry she looked close to tears.

Fluttershy moved quickly to calm her, “Rainbow! Please! Watch your language.”

Dash was looking accusingly at Fluttershy, “Why couldn’t we have just lied to him, Shy?”

“No Rainbow, it’s was fair. You made the right choice. I’m here with you. We’re not the kind of ponies that cheat.” Fluttershy was at her friends side, gently stroking her.

Rubinstein swallowed his guilt as he stared at the writs. Fate had put them here. These were good ponies, but good ponies got used by jerks. That’s what he’d learned. It was his time to be a jerk. Bending over, he amended the writs and added the agreed terms to them. He initialed receipt again, and left a blank spot for the mares to sign. He was curious if they would.

They didn’t have a ‘legal’ obligation to sign the paper, it was on their honor to fulfill the bet. But once they signed the paper, it was beyond the idea of honesty, and into the territory of courts. If they signed the writs as written, they would be legally bound to effectively be slaves. Should they fail to fulfill them, he could approach the Princess for punitive actions. The writs had no official end, and had no limits whatsoever listed. Admittedly, the wording was open for interpretation, but they all knew the intent.

He let them talk to each other and calm down for a while as he watched and thought. Fluttershy was soothing Rainbow, talking to her and rubbing her reassuringly with a wing. Rainbow was wavering between blind fury and tears, but succumbing to neither.

He observed them as he waited. Rainbow was the smallest pony out of the three of them, and she was wearing her same comfortable track suit from earlier. Fluttershy was larger, a little big for a mare, but not quite as big as a stallion. She was wearing her green hoodie and some black sweatpants.

He figured that they were over reacting. Rainbow was probably thinking that they’d be his sex slaves all the time, and Fluttershy just seemed worried about her friend. He didn’t have that kind of stamina, so he thought he’d ease Rainbow’s mind a bit, and help Fluttershy in the process, “Hey. It’s not so bad. You still get to do your usual stuff most of the time. It’s just like having a sleepover every night.”

Rainbow grit her teeth, “Yeah.” She dropped her head to the table, making a thud before she spoke again, “A sleepover where I suck your cock.”

Fluttershy frowned disapprovingly, “Rainbow! Language.”

Well, she wasn’t wrong, “Actually, Fluttershy….” Rubinstein felt a wicked smile forming. “I wouldn’t count that as profanity. She’s right.” He couldn’t believe that he’d just said that. It didn’t sound like him at all, and the words had left butterflies flapping up and down in his stomach. He leaned back in his chair to ease his nausea and watched the mares response.

Fluttershy blushed and murmured, “Oh my.”

Rainbow just kept her head down on the table, loudly whispering, “Fuck.”

Fluttershy didn’t correct her this time, and that observation darkly amused Rubinstein. He was going to enjoy making them both uncomfortable, and then hopefully quite comfortable. But first he had to actually act instead of just talk. He kicked the butterflies out of his stomach, and tried to imagine a better place for them. “Time to pony up, girls.”

He slid the now adjusted writs across the table, and rolled a pen with them. Fluttershy eyed them suspiciously, but picked hers up and read it. When she was done, she set it down and gulped, looking at him. “This is…. Real?”

He guessed it was probably surreal for them. Fluttershy seemed more aware of the situation than Rainbow, but Rainbow had a bad attitude about the whole thing.“Yeah. It is.”

Fluttershy continued questioning him, fidgeting nervously, “And they’re… um… binding?”

He thought about it. Yeah, the only out he saw was how they defined “stay in Ponyville.” He’d have to sit down and discuss it with them later, but he figured the town limits were safe for now. He did want to visit Canterlot at some point, but he also didn’t want to end his stay. Would a day trip end the writs? If he wanted to really take advantage of the situation he probably shouldn’t leave the house. “Pretty much.”

She blushed and looked down at the paper as she picked up the pen in her shaking hand. Slowly she signed the document, then she dropped the pen and looked up at Rubinstein. “Oh. My.” She blushed furiously, and repeated herself louder as her eyes got wider. “Oh… My…” Fluttershy looked at Rainbow, panicked. “I don’t belong to me.” Rainbow looked up at her, curious as Fluttershy continued to panic. “I actually signed it. Oh my….” She covered her face in her hands, blushing furiously.

Rainbow watched her for a moment, and then grabbed the pen from the table. She didn’t even read the writ, just signing randomly and letting her fore head thump back into the table as she dropped the pen.

Rainbow muttered into the table. “So that’s it then.”

Rubinstein felt a moment of shock. It really was it. No more gambling or weird discussions. He could make them both fuck him right now, and they couldn’t tell him no. He felt tingly in his hooves and hands, so he squeezed them as he responded, “I guess so.”

Rainbow Just muttered a long drawn out, “Fuuuuuck.” while Fluttershy continued to panic and hide her face.

He didn’t know how to start now. He didn’t just want to open up with them jumping his bones. He’d also never been with two mares at once before. Slow was probably better, he should take the time to get to know them. They’d have lots of time. “I guess should inspect my goods.”

Rainbow spoke slowly and strained, picking up her head to level a hateful gaze at Rubinstein, “What do you want me to do first, Boss?”

Rubinstein was actually unsure. Slow could be any number of things. He figured that he was too hot, so there was something that quickly came to mind, “Well… you should take your top off.”

Fluttershy seemed unsure as she pulled gingerly on the drawstring of her hoodie. “Just the tops?”

Rainbow looked curiously at Fluttershy, and then had a moment of revelation dance across her face, “Shy? Are you… into this?”

Fluttershy looked briefly alarmed, then blushed and pulled the hoodie string tight, causing the hood to close around her head. She mumbled something that only she could hear.

Rainbow froze, and then spoke slowly, “The sunglasses…” She stood up and walked over to Fluttershy with her eyes locked onto the retreating mare. “The research.” She frowned, accusing Fluttershy, as realization dawned on her. “The first poker game!” Rainbow took a step back with a wide eyed look of betrayal. “Shy! How could you?”

Fluttershy let out a whine, attempting to shrink.

Rainbow turned to look at Rubinstein, disbelief on her face. “That’s why Angel isn’t here right now! That’s why she brought up love slaves earlier!”

Rubinstein was at a complete loss, but it explained the odd behavior. He had originally figured that she was just blindly innocent, and slightly stupid. But now he was beginning to see another picture painted in front of him. “You mean she wants this?”

Rainbow fell back into her chair, looking blankly at the ceiling. “I can’t believe this.”

Rubinstein mused out loud, suddenly feeling much better about everything. “I feel way less guilty about this now.” A weight was lifted off his shoulders; Fluttershy had been trying to throw the game, and probably had thrown the first game.

Rainbow looked incredulously at Rubinstein. “Less guilty? What about me? I’m innocent!”

“Innocent? You’re a bitch! You tried to rob me!” She deserved what she was getting. He didn’t feel guilt about owning her at all. “Back in my time, you would have been sentenced to indentured servitude for that.” The princesses had always had a sense of humor with their justice, so he even knew where she would have worked. He indignantly stated, “Probably to me!”

Dash had found her anger again, and shouted back at him, “I had a good reason!”

Rubinstein started to get really angry. Every time she shouted at him it pissed him off. “Since when is not paying a debt a good reason?” He shouted back.

Suddenly Fluttershy screamed from under her hood, “Everybody stop fighting!” She took a breath, and then closed her drawstrings again. “Please.”

Rainbow furiously turned her attention to the hiding Fluttershy. “Why should I stop fighting? For you? This is your fault Shy!”

Fluttershy mumbled, “It’s not like that!”

“Oh? What’s it like then? Why don’t you tell me. I’d love to hear it!” Rainbow crossed her arms and scowled, waiting for an answer.

Rubinstein took deep breaths and squeezed his fists, letting himself calm down as Fluttershy explained herself, “I really did lose at first because I was trying to make you happy and we were drunk. I’m sorry!”

Rainbow sighed, calming a little, “Fine. Then what?”

“Well, I didn’t sleep very well because I kept thinking about how Mr. Rubinstein had our writs and of all the things he could make us do. I was scared. But then I thought about certain kinds of things, and, well… it wasn’t scary.” Fluttershy’s face turned bright red when she confessed.

Rainbow was both incredulous and accusatory, “So you rubbed one out? To the idea of being this guys property?”

Fluttershy mumbled something incomprehensible from inside her hoodie as she held the drawstrings tight.

“That’s pretty depraved, Shy.” Rainbow had one eye raised in mild disgust.

Rubinstein was curious, and he began to go over every interaction with the quiet mare. “I remember! It was your idea, wasn’t it? You mentioned that you didn’t want to be my love slave. I hadn’t even thought about anything like this until then.”

Fluttershy mumbled and turned around, “It wasn’t… Ooh. That’s not right.”

Rainbow sighed. “Just spit it out, Shy.”

Fluttershy made a high pitched whining noise, and then slowly spoke. “I was scared! I just said the first thing that came to mind. I was thinking about the book I’d read with the Lord that collected writs. I didn’t mean to make it real.”

Rainbow rubbed her forehead, “So is that why you wanted us to wear the sunglasses?”

“That was supposed to be a joke! But then, you said it was a good idea. I didn’t want to tell you that you were being stupid. So I thought that maybe you wanted to lose. And if you wanted to lose, I’d… um…” Fluttershy paused, and then her voice cautiously raised, “just go along?”

“I never want to lose, Fluttershy.” Rainbow growled. Rubinstein could believe it. She seemed like the never surrender type.

Fluttershy let her hood slide open enough to see, and then turned around slowly and apologetically, “I realized that I was wrong when you didn’t know what a straight was.”

Rainbow just grumbled in response, muttering about poker hands.

“And then I knew that I messed up. So I tried to fix it with one last bet. I didn’t want you to get trapped if you didn’t want to.” Fluttershy grew quiet, sounding sad. “I was even ready to lie about the princess cards for you.”

Rainbow glowered at her.

Fluttershy sniffled, and lowered her face in shame, “I’m sorry. Everything really was an accident.”

Rainbow sighed in defeat. “Dammit, Shy.”

Rubinstein was amazed by the transaction he’d just heard. This changed things. He walked over to Fluttershy, and slowly pulled her hood off as she looked up at him with scared, blue eyes. Her hair tumbled out, and she trembled slightly. He spoke calmly now, putting on a little bit of a show to steel his nerves. He needed to ask directly, even after the confession, “Do you really like this sort of thing?”

She kept her eyes locked with his, like a fawn caught in a bright light. Slowly she nodded up and down, still terrified.

Rubinstein relaxed. She was more nervous than he was by far, and that helped him calm down. Staring at her, he noticed how cute she was in the hoodie; it made her look farm more innocent than her nervous confession implied. He wanted to tease her a little, give her something she’d enjoy while still scaring her a just a bit. Smiling, he reached over and patted her head like a dog. “You’ll make a good pet.”

Fluttershy blushed, turning bright red and uttering a quiet “meep” as he pet her.

“Well, that’s just fucking great.” Rainbow was watching with an eyebrow raised, trying to keep her distance. “I’m super glad you two sickos found each other. Now you can have your weird, deviant fantasies and I can get some sleep while pretending this bizarre nightmare never happened. Good luck. See you later.” Rainbow turned and walked towards the exit.

Rubinstein saw a brief flash of pain in Fluttershy’s eyes at Rainbow’s dismissive attitude toward her. Rainbow was being a bitch again, and that pissed him off. Did that she think she could leave, just like that? She was trying to be both sneaky and rude, a terrible combination. “You’re staying.”

Rainbow stopped, and turned around with an exaggerated shrug, putting her hand up defensively to mime innocence. “Hey! I don’t want any part of this.” She gestured at Fluttershy and then to herself, “Shy’s clearly into it, I’m clearly not.”

Into it didn’t matter—not when the terms had been clear. “We all agreed on the rules, and you acquiesced just fine.” He had won her in a fair game. She was up to no good again, trying to steal away his things. It just so happened that this particular thing was her.

Rainbow shouted back and threw her hands to the side, “Well I didn’t know that Shy was on your team!”

He wasn’t going to let her argue her way out. “That didn’t affect the outcome. She even admitted to being willing to lie for you.” Now that he thought about it, Fluttershy’s silent offer to Rainbow had been a little underhanded, which was not a trait he wanted to cultivate. They were his responsibility now, so their moral fiber was a reflection of him. Thinking on it, he added, “I’m going to punish her for that later.” Fluttershy quivered slightly under his hand, but didn’t shirk away from it.

Rainbow stared slack jawed, and then shook her head in confusion. “What?”

Her constant weaseling was frustrating him. He was done arguing with her. He had given them both chances, and if Rainbow had been too stupid to take advantage of them, that was her problem. Not his. He’d won her, and he wasn’t going to let her leave. He was also sick of her arguing, so he tried commanding her clearly. “You signed the writ. You don’t get to leave. Now come here.” He pointed to the ground just in front of him.

Rainbow groaned, “Ugh. Fine!” then walked to the spot that he’d marked, and glared hatefully at him.

Her defiant attitude was not a good feature for her. He scolded her with a reminder, “I own you now. Like it or not, you need to be obedient.”

Rainbow looked like she was going to murder him when she spoke. “Just cuz I have to do it doesn’t mean I have to like it.” She glanced briefly at Fluttershy, and then back to Rubinstein as she muttered, “Fucking creep.”

He wasn’t sure if the curse was for him or for Fluttershy. He didn’t like the idea of them fighting. While the thought of Rainbow arguing with him wasn’t ideal, it still seemed natural. Thinking about both them fighting with each other didn’t seem right. If there were any bad feelings between the two, they needed to be crushed, and quickly.

“Okay. New idea. You stand right here…” He grabbed Fluttershy roughly, and moved her right in front of Rainbow. “And you stay right there…” He took a step back and put his hand under his chin. “Now, hold hands. Both hands.” He smiled. This was a trick that had worked on him when he was a kid and didn’t get along with others. He was gonna take it up a notch, but it should still work.

Fluttershy reached out first, and Rainbow reluctantly grabbed her hands, looking angrily over her shoulder. Fluttershy was looking down at their hands, thinking silently.

Hopefully this would defuse the situation. “Now, look each other in the eye.” It’s hard to look at someone you’re hurting in their eyes and still be angry.

They both slowly looked. Rainbow suddenly didn’t seem nearly as aggressive, and Fluttershy was slightly blushing, probably from embarrassment. Ruby smirked, They seemed like they would be fine, any anger or deeper hurt had been passing. But he still had an idea that might cut down on any future bickering. He was going to mix an old chant his parents used to make him say with a more mature one that he’d never had the chance to recite before.

“Now, both of you repeat after me.” Rainbow’s face strained, but she didn’t look away from Fluttershy. Rubinstein hoped this worked. If either of them started laughing half way through or gave up, it might end poorly. “And speak clearly so I can hear you.”

He tested first, making sure they were repeating him. “Hello.” Both were, although Rainbow was slightly louder. He decided they performed good enough to start.

“I am your friend, and sister.” Both mares seemed surprised, but still repeated after him. “I will live with you, and I will sleep with you.” Rainbow stuttered on sleep with you but managed to work through it. They were both beginning to blush. “I will take care of you when you’re hurt.” They both said it easily. “I succeed and fail with you.” Rainbow was showing a faint smile. She seemed to be getting into it. “Together we will face highs and lows. And together we will pass through them.” Fluttershy was also showing enthusiasm, getting louder and more confident.

Rubinstein was pleased with how it was going, excited that maybe this would work. “We will be different, and we may disagree.” Fluttershy glanced down quickly, but then back up as she finished. “But that won’t tear us apart. Our bond is strong.” He noticed Rainbow reassuringly squeeze Fluttershy’s hands. He smiled at the affection. “With it we will love, and with love we will forgive.” Fluttershy seemed glassy eyed, smiling at Rainbow. Rainbow was blushing, and glancing to the side constantly.

“I will be yours, and you will be mine in all things.” He wondered if maybe he was laying it on a little thick when Rainbow glanced suspiciously at him as she recognized the line. Maybe he should have hid the marriage chant better instead of stealing that last one exactly line for line. Meh, he figured they were still repeating it and not interrupting him. Luckily, it was almost over.

“Hello, Sister. Welcome home.” Both mares blushed profusely, but said the lines and looked deep at each other.

He smiled, and let them know they were done. “Good job girls. You don’t have to repeat anymore.”

Both of the mares held quiet, lost in thought for a moment. Eventually Rainbow Dash broke the silence, leaning in closer and winking as she held Fluttershy’s hands. “Hey. He might be a jerk, but I didn’t lie. Okay, Shy?”

Fluttershy nodded. “M… Me too.”

Rubinstein wondered how much of the marriage chant Rainbow had recognized. It might have changed a little over time, but he doubted it was completely different. He also had hidden it in another chant and exercise that his parents made him do when he fought with his siblings. It didn’t really matter if she recognized it or not. As he thought, he noticed how they were now calmly standing and waiting. Seeing them that close with their flushed faces gave him an idea—there was an appropriate end to a marriage chant.

“Now, kiss.” Both mares looked at him, their eyes wide in surprise. After a moment of thought, he added, “And take your time.”

Dash rolled her eyes after a moment, but turned back to face Fluttershy. Fluttershy slowly turned back to face Dash, and swallowed. They looked each other in the eyes and leaned in, going for a soft peck on each others lips. Rainbow looked calm at first, but slowly got more stiff and nervous looking as the kiss drew on. Fluttershy was the opposite, awkward and stiff as she leaned forward, but closing her eyes and melting into Rainbow as she got into the affection. She even pulled on Rainbow’s hands, coaxing Dash more firmly into the kiss.

They slowly parted, Dash keeping her nervous face puckered for a moment while Fluttershy smiled softly back. Dash muttered, “Oh… whoa…” and Fluttershy blushed.

“See, it isn’t so terrible? Is it?” He sidled up next to Fluttershy, putting his arm casually around her shoulder as he looked at Dash. Fluttershy was warm under his arm, radiating heat through the neck hole in the hoodie.

Dash looked from Fluttershy’s face to his, and then grimaced. “I… Do I have to answer that, Ruby?”

He sighed dramatically. “Fine. Be that way. But now that we’re warming up, why don’t we get some clothes off. I think it’s getting hot in here, what do you think Fluttershy?”

Fluttershy fidgeted with her hair as she responded. “Oh… Um. I’m pretty warm. I guess.”

He raised an eyebrow meaningfully at Rainbow. “I’m also pretty sure I asked you to strip once already, didn’t I?”

Rainbow scowled. “Okay, Back to terrible.”

Fluttershy let go of Rainbow’s hands, and lightly gripped the base of her hoodie, getting ready to pull it over her head. Rubinstein stopped her, “Not yet. Your new sister goes first. We can both watch her.”

Rainbow glanced nervously at Fluttershy, and then back to Rubinstein. “I’m going to hate this, aren’t I?”

He didn’t answer, instead reaffirming his previous command. “Strip.”

Huffing, Rainbow took off the top half of her track suit. Underneath she was toned, her muscles gently rippling her blue skin. She wasn’t quite built like a body builder, but it was clear she was no stranger to the gym. Even though she was significantly shorter than him, Rubinstein was pretty sure that Rainbow could take him in a fight. Her wings were small, but strong looking, and they hung limply to her side.

Rainbow met his eyes as she bent over and slowly lowered her work out pants, daring him to break eye contact and glance at her uncovered, tightly fitting exercise panties. Rubinstein didn’t, instead evenly meeting her gaze.

He leaned on Fluttershy, putting his weight across her shoulders with his arm as he watched. He could tell that she was watching, too. He figured she was waiting for her turn, and watching to see what she could expect. Her eagerness to perform was cheering him, and he found himself enjoying Rainbow’s reluctant stripping more than he would have alone.

Rainbow’s pants dropped, sliding from her ankles to the floor. She stepped out of them, and kicked them to the side in a pile with her top. Standing up straight, she crossed her arms defiantly. “Happy?”

Rubinstein looked her body over. She was well shaped and had strong looking legs and arms. He figured the mare was probably all muscle, toned down for speed and efficiency. However, he wasn’t satisfied yet. “Not quite. Take em off.” He pointed to the floor.

Dash scowled and made a “Tsch” noise through her teeth. Rubinstein was jittery, he hoped his trembling didn’t make it to Fluttershy. This was the first actually lewd thing that he’s made either of them do, and it was giving him chills. Rainbow was reluctant, but still obeying him, and the sight of her increasingly naked flesh was certainly raising his interest; erecting it even. While he did feel just a touch guilty, the feeling was quickly being buried under more pressing wants.

Rainbow took a deep breath, and turned around to face away from him. She lowered her hands to the waistband of her panties and grabbed the elastic. Blushing, she looked over her shoulder at Rubinstein and Fluttershy. Then she angrily squinted and said a single word before turning her head away. “Pervert.”

Slowly, she pulled her skin tight panties down. He butt cheeks were firm and round, her cleft in between hidden by her multicolored tail. As she bent further down to get the underwear off, her tail lifted slightly; unwittingly teasing Rubinstein but still not revealing anything. Her fur was blue and unblemished, perfectly smooth as the panties slid across it. The stretchy cloth found the floor, and this time Rainbow didn’t step out of it. Instead she stood back up, put her arms across her chest and stared at the wall with her back to Rubinstein. “Now are you happy, asshole?”

He was in fact much happier. But he figured he could always be more happy and there was no sense in stopping now. “Come over here and we’ll see.” Now he could feel Fluttershy trembling under his arm as well. She’d grabbed his dangling arm with her hand for support. She was probably terrified of being face to face with her naked friend. Rubinstein grabbed her arm back, gently reassuring her. She’d get used to seeing Dash naked.

Rainbow looked angrily over her shoulder, and then swiftly turned towards him. Coming to a decision, she spread her arms as she walked, raising her palms up as well. She wasn’t hiding anything, her small slit was nestled between her thighs, with a tiny patch of rainbow colored fur topping it. She sounded more frustrated than anything. “There. That’s everything. I’m naked, and you can see it. Good job. Add it to your spank bank, you’re on a short list.”

She stopped in front of him, putting one arm on her hip and sinking slightly to that side in a confident pose. “We done yet?”

“Not quite. I still haven’t seen everything. How do you feel about doing a little warm up?”

Rainbow dash just scowled, naked.

“Lets say, oh.. Twenty slow hoof touches? The wide ones where you touch one side, then the other, then settle in the middle.”

Rainbow actually flipped him off, and cursed at him. “Fuck you.” But after her gesture she still did as she was told—bending all the way over, and stretching just like he asked. She kept her eyes closed as she did it, slowly moving from one hoof to the other, and sinking down into the middle. Then she’d slowly stand back up again and start over. It looked like she was pretending she was somewhere else, probably the gym.

Rubinstein walked around her, bringing Fluttershy with him. He settled behind and crouched down to the ground, looking under her tail as it lifted up and drifted to the side with each exercise. Her pussy lips were slightly spread due to her wide stance, giving him a view of her pink inner flesh. It stretched slowly with the rest of her, pulling slightly as she moved. Rubinstein noted her folds and where they met, marking it to his memory for later. Her body looked like lots of fun, even if her attitude was sour.

He also saw the tight little pucker nestled between her cheeks as her tail tried pointlessly to keep it covered. It was pink as well, and looked to be a ring of firm muscle. He wanted to touch it, and feel her warmth directly. From here, she smelled slightly sweaty. Not the unpleasant stench of B.O., but the smell of fresh sweat, more like wet skin. The muscles in her thighs were visible, gently rippling under her skin as she pulled them taught and then released them. He wanted to feel her, she looked strong. He could grasp her inner thigh, and squeeze if he wanted. The thought burnt into his mind, causing his body to warm.

Rubinstein stood back up, his body shaking. He was about out of courage. While his erection was uncomfortable in his pants, this was too much for him. Rainbow was doing naked hoof touches, and he’d almost reached out and grabbed her. He wasn’t ready for that yet. He didn’t need to rush either, he had plenty of time. Taking a step back, he held Fluttershy tightly for support. She let him, leaning into him as well. She’d seemed to understand what he needed, and provided quiet stability while he recovered,

They walked the rest of the way around, standing in front until Rainbow finished. Eventually, she stopped, stood up straight, and opened her eyes. She spoke evenly, with her face expressionless. “Did you get a good show?”

Rubinstein was surprised at how calm she acted. “I thought it was an excellent show, Rainbow Dash.” He still needed a moment, so he deflected the conversation, “You’ve been quiet, what did you think, Fluttershy?”

Dash blushed, catching Rubinstein’s notice. So she was embarrassed, just not by him. Fluttershy gripped his hand tightly, and then she relaxed, “I thought… you are very pretty, Rainbow.”

Dash raised an eyebrow, “Pretty, huh?”

“Oh yes.” Fluttershy nodded. “And strong. It was…. Um… Nice.”

“Thanks. I guess.” Dash was blushing slightly as well, a hint of pink on her cheeks as she cautiously appraised Fluttershy.

“Well, Fluttershy, I think it’s your turn.” He wasn’t sure how to feel or what to do with them, so he decided to swap. “Dash, switch places with her.”

Rainbow glanced hopefully back at her tumbled clothes, but Rubinstein shook his head. He wanted to escalate this, not de-escalate. She glared dangerously as she stepped closer.

Fluttershy cautiously stepped out from under his arm, and switched with Dash. Rubinstein put his arm over Rainbow’s smaller frame, her head only coming up to his shoulder.

Rainbow hissed dangerously when he touched her, “Watch it, buddy,”

“I think I will watch her, thank you. And while you’re watching her, how about you be a good little slave and just relax.” He could feel her body, whip tight under his arm. She was hard like a rock, tense to the core; whether from her nerves or anger, he wasn’t sure. He placed his warm hand against the soft side of her torso, and began to rub her fur. It was luxurious, she had short hair like velvet and an incredibly strong frame underneath. He was beginning to like owning this mare, her body more than made up for her poor attitude.

Rainbow shuddered in disgust at his touch, trying to pull away. She quickly changed her mind when he lightly grabbed around her abdomen, placing his hand high on her stomach. She eased next to him as he pulled her tightly against his body. He could feel her heartbeat with the palm of his hand, it was fast and heavy. Rubinstein chuckled, she wasn’t happy, but she was obedient. He’d press her limits later. First, he got to watch Fluttershy strip for him.

For her part, Fluttershy stood nervously, twiddling he drawstrings. Rubinstein admired her openly, and then spoke, urging her on, “While you are adorable in the hoodie, lets start with that.”

Fluttershy didn’t hesitate. “Yes, sir.” She peeled the hoodie above her head, revealing a buttoned white shirt underneath. Her arms were long, and she looked incredibly soft compared to Dash. He could see that she had much more cushion around her body, providing more ample curves. Especially her plush waist. Once the drooping hoodie was taken off, he saw exactly how much it hid, and he liked what he saw.

He wolf whistled, causing her to miss a button as she began to unbutton her shirt. Grinning, he turned to Rainbow and gave her a light squeeze. “What do you think, Dash? Isn’t she stunning?”

Dash mumbled, embarrassed at being asked to comment on her friend’s body, “Shy’s… yeah.”

“How about you loosen up a little, you’re still awfully tense.” He noticed that Rainbow hadn’t calmed down at all.

Dash answered wryly, “How about you let me put my clothes back on?”

Touche. “No dice, but nice try.”

Fluttershy continued to undress, and had managed to remove her shirt. She stood, half exposed and nervously waiting for further instructions.

Rubinstein was liking this whole experience. He began to relax, easing into his role as their boss. Smiling, he gave Fluttershy some encouragement. “Good job, Fluttershy. Now, finish up.”

“Oh... Okay, sir”. Fluttershy glanced between Rainbow and Rubinstein as she slowly dropped her sweatpants. She blushed furiously as Rubinstein and Rainbow realized that underneath she was already wearing nothing at all. Her sweatpants fell on the floor, and she carefully bent over and folded them up. While her pink hair and tail were much longer than Dash’s, she took extra care to not cover anything with them. Rubinstein and Rainbow both got an eyeful of everything the mare had to offer as she slowly folded her clothes up on the floor.

The demure pegasus finished folding her hoodie, blouse, and pants. Then she looked at Dash’s crumpled clothes and frowned, “May… May I fold Dash’s as well?”

Dash clenched tightly, like she had been punched in the gut. Rubinstein chuckled. He was really going to enjoy Fluttershy. “Of course. Fold away.”

Rainbow shivered as he firmly dipped his hand lower down her abdomen. She turned angrily up to look at him, grabbing his hand to stop its descent. “Hey. That’s off limits.”

“No. It is not.” He met her dangerous gaze with his own. “While your friend is folding your panties over there, I’m going to feel what they were covering.” She was challenging him, squinting her eyes as if to dare him to continue. Rubinstein didn’t like being told what to do. He owned her, and if he wanted to cop a feel, he would. She’d learn to deal with it. This would be her first lesson in that.

He dipped lower, his arm firmly sliding through her grip as it reluctantly loosened. He touched her rainbow pubic patch, and she pursed her lips as she bit back a response. He slid his hand between her legs, and a fire ignited in her eyes, but she stayed silent—livid, but silent. He pressed gently forward, and stroked her soft flesh, running his finger the length of her smooth slit. She trembled in rage, but allowed him to continue his molestation.

Rubinstein smirked at her having met her challenge. She stiffly turned to stare at Fluttershy, pretending to ignore his light touches and caresses. He explored her, gently spreading her lips and running his fingers across ever bit of flesh he could find. She was firm, her muscles tight under her skin. Her outer lips were smooth, pressed tightly together as he ran his fingers across the cleft. Carefully, he parted her flesh with a finger and stroked the length inside; his finger dragging against her tender inner flesh. Her arms slowly dropped to her side, where her hands balled into white knuckled fists.

While he loved having her like this, she was dry under his touch and shaking in rage. Rubinstein’s guilt was coming back as he realized that he was raping the mare. No, that wasn’t right. She had signed the writ, so it wasn’t legally rape. After all, you couldn’t rape a slave. She was his property, he could do what he wanted with her. He just wasn’t sure he wanted to keep doing that to her, that was all it was.

Awkwardly, he took his hand out from between her legs. She was trembling, every muscle in her body looked rigid. He was beginning to be worried. “You okay there?”

She didn’t look at him, and sounded like she was going to cry, “Don’t fucking touch me right now, Ruby.”

He didn’t want to just let her have her way, but maybe she needed a break. He might have moved too fast with her, and he didn’t want to hurt her. “Maybe you should swap with Fluttershy. Go clean up the cards, and get the table ready. We still haven’t had dinner and it’s late.” A menial house chore should help her calm down, mares liked that kind of thing.

She stepped away from him on shaky legs, and swiftly walked to the table where she put her hands on it and leaned over for support. “Fuck. This is real.” She muttered to herself, regaining her breath and her composure at the table. She glanced back at Rubinstein, then down at the table again closing her eyes and whining softly. “Fuck.”

He was uncomfortable with what just happened. Everything had felt just a little wrong. Rubinstein looked over to Fluttershy, dutifully folding Rainbow’s panties and putting them in a neat pile with the rest of the clothes. When she noticed him looking she held her tail up, giving him a clear view of her smooth underside.

Fluttershy looked more voluptuous than Dash, and her bottom looked a little different as well. Instead of a small smooth slit, she had a larger crevice with some of her inner flesh poking out just slightly. As far as he could tell, there was no pubic hair to speak of. Her asshole was larger too, looking softer and more delicate. Rubinstein could see his dick fitting comfortably in there, a thought that made him blush.

He decided to play with her for a while and see how she responded, “So, Fluttershy. How often do you not wear any underwear?”

She finished folding, and looked meekly up from the floor. “Oh… Umm… Just today. Sir.”

Dash let out an exasperated cry from over by the table where she was picking up cards. “Damn it, Shy! What the fuck?”

He ignored Dash’s distress, instead walking up to Fluttershy and reaching down to help her get to her hooves. She took his hands comfortably, and let him lift her up. Her hands were warm, and she was blushing. Without him forcing anything, she pressed tightly against his stomach. While Dash was significantly smaller than him, Fluttershy was just barely shorter, and probably weighed nearly as much. She just happened to be softer, and as she pressed comfortably against him, he realized exactly how soft she was.

Curious, he let her stay close, and wrapped his arms around her waist.“Well, Why was that?”

“I… umm. Didn’t want them to get dirty.” Fluttershy nervously turned her head to the side.

“Oh? And why would they get dirty?”

Fluttershy just blushed, flushing bright red and avoiding his eyes. Carefully, he let go of her waist with one arm, and lowered his hand down her stomach.

Fluttershy didn’t say anything, but she did slightly spread her legs for him. Rubinstein liked this much better. While Dash was annoying, arrogant, and cold, Fluttershy was warm and welcoming; in every way he could imagine. He raised his other hand to her neck, and slowly turned her to face him. He wanted to enjoy her, to feel her heartbeat under his touch.

Rubinstein leaned in and kissed her, spreading her lips with his tongue while he touched and stroked her pussy. She was hot and wet, and her soft body melted nicely into him. He knew she wanted him, she wanted his touch and heat. He gave it to her slowly, drinking in her kiss as she softly moaned and wrapped her arms around his back.

His fingers quickly grew slick, and he hummed happily at her willingness. She’d be fun, and he wasn’t about to waste her. Gently, he separated from the kiss and pinched her clit, causing her to lean into him harder. After a moment, she winked and then smiled. “Sir, you look warm. Wouldn’t you like to undress? I could help you cool off.”

Rubinstein gulped. Fluttershy was moving fast, and he wasn’t going to tell her no. He slipped his hand out from her depths, and took a step back. “Yeah…” He glanced down at his pants and then back up at her, “That sounds great.”

Fluttershy started to unbutton his shirt as he unbuttoned his pants. Quickly he found himself standing in just his underwear, and then he was wearing nothing. Fluttershy giggled, and grabbed his hand as she lead him to the now cleaned table.

Looking over her shoulder, she leaned forward and put her hands on the table like Rainbow had earlier, only she spread her legs and lifted her tail. Rubinstein had never had quite such an aggressive offer before, and carefully put his hand on her soft butt cheek.

He stroked her back end, slowly fingering her pussy as and nudging her asshole with his greedy hands, “Well. I guess if you insist….”

Fluttershy strained to raise her tail higher, “Oh, I do, Sir.”

Rubinstein found his erect cock quite hard. Rainbow hadn’t even wanted him to touch her at all, and Fluttershy was this ready to go? He eased his hips forward, causing her to coo appreciatively as his cock rubbed the folds of her pussy without penetrating her.

He wasn’t quite sure if things were moving too fast or not, but she seemed happy about the situation. And he certainly didn’t mind. Carefully, he eased his way inside, feeling the heat of her depths for the first time. He grinned in euphoria as he grabbed her hair, letting the strands fall through his fingers. He figured it would be the first time of many, then he wondered how many times he’d fuck her before he let her go free.

Fluttershy moaned, tilting her head back and smiling. He felt her quivering and hot around him, so he didn’t make her wait. Pressing hard, he pushed deep into her little slice of heaven. She spread wider and pushed back into him, meeting his thrust.

They began to fuck then, him riding her on the edge of the table while she moaned and slammed into it again and again. Rubinstein couldn’t believe this was happening. She was amazing. She moved like a liquid, bending and thrusting softly as she enjoyed herself.

He leaned forward, resting on her back as her wings flapped lazily with each thrust underneath him. The table shook, rocking and scraping across the floor with their rough movements. Fluttershy began to loudly moan, squeezing her pussy around his cock.

He couldn’t take it, it was all too much and too sudden for him. Rubinstein grunted, “I’m close...”

Fluttershy groaned when he said that, and pressed back against him. The added momentum dug him deeper than before, and he felt the tip of his cock kiss something deep inside of her. He couldn’t stop, and pulled out while yelling, “Shit!” as he uncontrollably came over her back side. He quickly glazed her asshole and pussy, covering her in his cum. A little got into her tail, and dripped down her ass crack.

Fluttershy murmured happily to herself, and slowly smeared her now messy ass against his deflating cock. “Did I do good, Mr. Rubinstein?”

“Uh… Damn…” He was still recovering, but the sweet tone in her voice made his cock twitch even as it was slowly shriveling. Holy fuck, he had not been ready for that. It had been sudden and intense, smashing his expectations. “Yeah. You did good, Fluttershy.”

He stood back and admired her, unable to take his eyes off her cum stained asshole and pussy. He had done that. That was his cum, and he was still wrapping his head around that. The whole thing had probably only lasted a few minutes at most, but Rubinstein figured he’d remember it forever.

Fluttershy stretched her tail up high, smiling. “Good. I like making ponies happy, sir.” She gracefully stood up, using him for momentary support as she turned around and planted a kiss on his cheek. “I’ll make you very happy.”

Rubinstein blushed, completely taken aback by her sudden aggressive shift. Was this really the same mare who’d tried to hide in her hoodie earlier? He looked over her shoulder, and saw Rainbow Dash standing in the doorway to the kitchen. Oh. He’d forgotten about her.

Her face was bright red, and her wings were spread wide. She was holding plates and knives, clearly for the table, but she had frozen in place, with her eyes wide open in disbelief.

Rubinstein was slightly worried about the mare, “Hey, Shy. I think we broke Dash.”

Fluttershy looked over at Dash and then calmly stated, “Oh. I’ll fix her!” Fluttershy happily walked to the frozen Rainbow, cum still trailing down her legs. Dash looked up at her in disbelief, her mouth hanging open and not saying anything. Fluttershy just leaned down and kissed her nose. “I’m going to go make dinner. You set the table and spend some time with Mr. Rubinstein.”

Fluttershy walked by Dash, and into the kitchen. Dash closed her mouth and then frowned as though she was going to say something, but turned around and saw Fluttershy’s cum covered backside. Dash apparently changed her mind, and walked awkwardly forward like some kind of stiff robot.

Ruby felt good. He’d had some quick and dirty sex, and it had been fun. He was always relaxed after cumming, so he decided to take advantage of the next few minutes. Sitting down in a chair and leaning back, he enjoyed the show as Rainbow awkwardly set the plates. Her clear confusion made the spectacle amusing, and her body was pleasant to watch. Eventually, she sat down in a chair across from him, careful to stay far away from the spot where Fluttershy had been earlier.

She stared at him, and her expression slowly morphed from disbelief to straight up sour. “So… got your rocks off, huh?”

Rubinstein glanced down at his still wet dick. Should he be sitting at the table naked and still wet from sex? He didn’t know what was normal anymore, and he didn’t really care. “Yeah.”

Rainbow looked down, inspecting her hands as she looked to be thinking things through. “Shy looked like she enjoyed it.”

He grinned slightly. The memory was still fresh, and he could hear her humming happily in the kitchen. She definitely seemed to enjoy it. “I think she did, yeah.”

Rainbow looked up and wrinkled her nose, staring at the spot where they had been. Eventually she looked at him and asked, “The table?”

Rubinstein didn’t know what to say. “It was her idea.” Everything about this exchange was just strange. He was naked, getting interrogated by the also naked friend of the mare who he just banged. His dick was still wet and they were both sitting and waiting for dinner.

Rainbow shrugged after a moment, slowly shaking her head, “I really can’t believe this.”

He honestly asked, “Which part? That you’re my slaves or that your friend is excited about it?”

Rainbow sounded confused, “Both?”

“Makes sense. It’s a big change, I guess.” He could understand. Fluttershy had gone through a very strange personality shift once he’d gotten her clothes off. Rainbow had probably never seen her friend get quite so intimate with a stranger. Not to mention that she probably now realized how different her life was about to get.

Rainbow frowned, and evenly stared at him. “I’m not like that. You know that, right?”

She was different. She was more normal, and also maybe a little more cold. He couldn’t expect the same from her. “Yeah.”

She kept her even stare, not showing any emotion, “So… you gonna fuck me, too?”

He thought about it. He had lots of time, he didn’t need to force her right away. It’d probably be better to slowly work her way up, getting a little more frisky with each encounter. “Not tonight, but yeah.”

Rainbow continued to stare at him, unnerving him slightly. “Any way I can get out of that?”

Here she was, always trying to weasel her way out of things. He’d hoped once they signed the writs she’d stop, but she hadn’t. It had been a constant stream of her trying to escape. There was no escape, why did she keep thinking there was? Did she think she could walk out and the writ would disappear?

He could be nicer to her, or meaner to her, but she was his. What was wrong with her? Didn’t she understand the concept of slavery? She didn’t look like some sheltered noble from a prissy family. Fluttershy understood. He guessed from her behavior that she’d spent some time as a slave before, like he had. She even seemed to enjoy it.

Rubinstein had never owned slaves himself, but they were common growing up. And he had spent some time as one as well. It wasn’t a bad life, especially when the owner was as nice as he was. The more he thought about it, he just started to get frustrated as he worked through her continued weaseling. Deciding not to ruin the only decent conversation he’d had with her yet, he just stated, “No.”

“Shit.”

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Rainbow still couldn’t believe what she’d seen. She’d been walking back from the kitchen, lost in her own frustrating thoughts, and as she rounded the corner she saw her friend. The confusion wasn’t that Fluttershy was there, no, it was her house. That was expected. The part that had Rainbow in a snag was that Fluttershy was bent over the table with a shit eating grin on her face while Rubinstein was pounding her.

Then it got worse. They had locked eyes. Rainbow had frozen, unable to look away from Fluttershy’s face. Shy had looked so strange then. She was clearly happy, that much was easy to tell. But it wasn’t the normal kind of happy, like she just won a race or set a new record. It was more of an immediate, primal satisfaction; like she was eating. Not a sandwich or something, but the best cake she’d ever had. And she was slowly eating it, getting it all over her face, and staring straight into Rainbow while she did it. Except that Dash knew there was no sandwich, only Ruby—leaning on her, drooling on her back, running his hands over her body as he put that expression on her face. All the while he had that disgustingly satisfied smirk. Like he was proud of how he was defiling Shy or something.

And then he’d suddenly pulled her hair, tearing Shy’s eyes away from Dash. Rainbow felt like she should have been able to look away then, to turn around and walk back into the kitchen. Instead, she watched Shy’s hair slip off her back and fall down her neck. It had gracefully slide back and forth across her supple and smooth fur as their rhythm picked up. Shy had squealed then, loudly and passionately.

Rainbow couldn’t look away, she barely understood. So she watched, frozen in place. She wondered about the noises Shy was making. Was she doing it on purpose, encouraging Ruby somehow? Or, and this thought made Rainbow shudder, could she not help it? Was Shy forced to make those sounds, like some kind of reverse scream from pain? Was Ruby’s thing inside of her enough to make her act like an animal that couldn’t speak?

Rainbow had been distracted again when Fluttershy groaned and whipped her head back around to watch Dash. This time her face was flushed, and her eyes half lidded with a look of want that terrified Dash to her core. When Fluttershy trapped Dash in her stare again, Dash knew her own wings were locked rigidly out, unwillingly signaling to Shy that she was enjoying the show.

Dash had stared into her friends eyes, seeing the exact moment that Fluttershy’s want had been satiated. Rubinstein had muttered something, and then Shy had slyly smiled and braced her arms against the table. She’d pressed backwards, and bit her lip, causing Rubinstein to curse. There was a glimmer in Fluttershy’s eye’s, a spark then. That was the moment that Dash realized Fluttershy wasn’t servicing Rubinstein; he was servicing her.

Fluttershy had kept Dash frozen, staring at her as Shy licked her lips and began to slowly grind herself on the finished stallion. Dash realized something terrifying—Fluttershy was in charge. She was playing Ruby and was putting on a show for Dash. Rainbow was terrified. Unlike Ruby’s clumsy advances, she wouldn’t resist Fluttershy’s soft skin and warm hands. When Fluttershy made her move, Dash would crumble like a tower of cards. The thought echoed in her brain, it had been all she could think of. Fluttershy was going to do to her what she was doing to Ruby, and Dash would love it.

Dash had stood there like an idiot, her face flushed and her heart beating rapidly. Her friend had become some kind of sex monster, and she was trapped. Fluttershy kissed Ruby, then sauntered up to Rainbow, and kissed her on the nose. It wasn’t much, but Rainbow knew what it meant. It was possessive. Fluttershy had just told Rainbow, in no uncertain terms, that she belonged to the yellow mare now, and she was going to enjoy it.

And then she had commanded, not asked, Dash to set the table, and spend time with Ruby. Dash wanted to argue, to tell her no, but when she turned to protest her eyes locked on Fluttershy’s cum covered ass and her brain shut down again.

Awkwardly, she had set the table, thinking as she calmly talked to Rubinstein. The worst part was that he still wanted to do that with her. Dash didn’t think she could, Ruby made her skin crawl when he touched her. His hand on and in her body had been awful, and had proved without a shred of doubt that he was scum. But when he had calmly told her that there was, in fact, no escape, she had known he was right. Oh, she could get away from Ruby, that would be easy. But Fluttershy wasn’t going to let her leave, and Fluttershy was going to make Dash become like she was.

Sexy, sauntering, and covered in Ruby’s cum.

Silently, they waited for Fluttershy to come back and feed them. Dash wondered if she should warn Ruby, let him know about the monster he’d just unleashed. But she decided that he probably wouldn’t care. Shy was the monster he wanted, Rainbow was not. Not yet, at least.

Rainbow swallowed nervously, looking at the happy, clueless idiot.

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Fluttershy smiled happily as she rubbed Rubinstein’s chest. Things had gone much better than she’d hoped. It really had been an accident, losing everything like that, but she didn’t regret it at all. After dinner, Dash had thrown on her clothes and ran back to her place to grab some things. Fluttershy had made sure she was planning on coming back, having Dash here was half the fun. Fluttershy herself had went out and fed the animals, just putting her loose sweatshirt on and walking in the dark night pants less. The animals hadn’t cared, and it was oddly freeing.

When she got back, Dash hadn’t returned yet. So she’d led Ruby to the bedroom and gave him a tour. She even showed him her secret stash of toys. Just in case he had any fun ideas. While they waited for Dash to come back, she decided to give him a cleaning.

She’d had him sit on the bed, and slowly given him a blow job. She wasn’t in any rush, they had all night and he’d just cum on her about half an hour before. Fluttershy had spent the time practicing her skills, it was nice to have a real stallion instead of her toys for a change. He was so much warmer than the toys, and she’d loved the way he twitched. The smell and taste also got to her, making her excited as well. It was definitely an improvement over the toys, even the ones you warmed up in hot water.

She had just been so happy when he came the first time, she wanted it again. And seeing Rainbow like that had made her happy as well. Dash had looked so confused, it was an oddly adorable look for the brash mare. Fluttershy loved cute things.

She’d watched Dash curiously, wondering what she was thinking while Ruby had fucked her. Dash’s presence had made the act all that much more exhilarating. There was something enthralling about looking another mare in the eyes while you got fucked by a stallion. Something empowering. Fluttershy had felt strangely confident all evening, and loved it. She was sure that as soon as she left her cottage, she’d revert back to being shy again, but being able to let loose like that had been amazing.

Dash had returned home while Fluttershy was mid blow job, and Dash had stopped unpacking to watch. Fluttershy had given Dash a good show, licking sloppily up and down his length until finally Rubinstein gave her a nice warm squirt in her mouth. She’d almost choked at first, but managed to swallow the salty treat.

Dash had watched them finish, and then silently unpacked, Fluttershy felt oddly victorious, and Rubinstein had drifted off to sleep in her bed. She’d snuggled up next to him, just watching him breathe and listening to his slow heartbeat. Eventually, Dash slid into the bed and rolled to her side, facing away from Fluttershy and Rubinstein.

Fluttershy figured that Dash couldn’t be very comfortable. There wasn’t much room on the bed, and Rubinstein had fallen asleep in the middle, taking up most of the bed himself. Fluttershy was comfortable cuddling with him, but was pretty sure that Rainbow didn’t want to.

Carefully, she reached across Rubinstein’s chest to touch Dash’s back. Dash’s wings fluttered reflexively, she must have been awake. Fluttershy gently pulled her hand back, and watched Dash continue to pretend to be asleep. Frowning, Fluttershy slid off of Rubinstein, and snuggled tightly between the two. Dash grumbled, but didn’t pull away from her.

That was reassuring, Fluttershy's confidence built slightly. She had been worried that Dash was mad at her still. Slowly, she put an arm over Dash, wrapping her closer. Neither of them said anything, and Dash kept turned away from her. Fluttershy got comfortable, resting her nose just under Dash’s ear. Dash was tense in her arms, and Fluttershy doubted that Dash was going to sleep.

She wondered if she should talk to her, explain how everything was an accident again. Maybe Dash thought she had done it on purpose after watching her have such a good time. It was something she would have to explain eventually anyways, even if it was simple. Fluttershy liked sex. She often spent her nights fantasizing, and had invested in a small library of trashy romance novels and expensive toys. She’d had some nights of fun with a few ponies, but it didn’t happen nearly as often as she’d hoped. Worse, she would always be too shy to really enjoy herself.

That changed when she had given Rubinstein the signed writ—she realized that she didn’t have to worry about being embarrassed by needs. He was literally keeping her just to have sex with her, and the more enthusiastic she was the happier he would be. She had been so excited and terrified when that thought had crossed her mind that she’d had a mild panic attack.

The only thing she was upset about was Rainbow. But the more she thought about it, the more she realized that it wasn’t really her fault. Rainbow made bad choices to get here, too. She shouldn’t feel guilty for what Rubinstein was going to do with Rainbow, but she still needed to support her friend. Fluttershy pondered this.

Rainbow was still tense, breathing fast and nervous. She seemed worried, and Fluttershy figured she probably wasn’t going to sleep tonight. If Fluttershy kept holding her when she was awake like this, she probably wouldn’t sleep either. But Fluttershy didn’t want to abandon her, she’d looked so alone and scared earlier.

Fluttershy reassuringly squeezed her friend, letting Rainbow know that she cared. Rainbow relaxed a little, and her breathing slowed a touch. She wasn’t anywhere near sleep, but she was feeling a little better. Fluttershy breathed slowly into Rainbow’s ear, watching it twitch in the dim light for several minutes.

Rainbow was still awake, and Fluttershy was still worried. Quietly, being sure not to wake Mr. Rubinstein, Fluttershy whispered into Dash’s ear. “Are you still nervous?”

Dash didn’t say anything, but did gently flap her wing, letting Fluttershy know she’d heard.

Fluttershy thought about it. Dash needed sleep, staying up all night was never good for anybody. When Fluttershy couldn’t sleep, she usually took care of herself with one of her toys or her hands. She didn’t think Dash would be so bold, nor that she would allow Fluttershy to help her quite like that.

The thought was appealing though. Fluttershy could imagine it, her hand slowly reaching down Dash’s body and then ever so carefully showing her the proper way to relax for bed. Dash would mumble her name, too quiet for Mr. Rubinstein to hear, but Fluttershy would help her relax regardless. Even if they accidentally woke Mr. Rubinstein up. She felt herself blush, the heat warming her cheeks.

Fluttershy built up her courage, and whispered in Dash’s ear. “I can… umm… help you relax.”

Dash lay still, not responding at all.

Fluttershy continued, “If you want.” and lowered her hand down Dash’s belly, swirling it slowly. She felt Dash tense up, becoming rigid in her grasp. Fluttershy frowned, she wanted Dash to relax, not get more tightly wound.

She didn’t stop though. In the back of her mind, she was worried that maybe Dash didn’t want her to do this. Maybe she was scared. But Fluttershy knew better. Dash didn’t get scared like her. Dash had stood up to Mr. Rubinstein when he’d tried something similar. If she didn’t want Fluttershy to continue, she’d tell her. Fluttershy was confident that Dash would let her know if she wasn’t interested in her special kind of help.

She’d seen the way Dash had watched her. Dash was jealous, and secretly wanted to join. But she had to stay stubborn, that was just how she was. Fluttershy chuckled slightly. Dash could be so bull headed. If she just learned to relax and open up a little she’d be much happier, like Fluttershy was. Gaining confidence, Fluttershy slipped her hand between Dash’s legs.

Dash was hot like an oven down there, and Fluttershy smiled as she dipped into the source of the heat. Still tense, Dash shuffled slightly to spread just a little for Fluttershy’s hand. Fluttershy smiled, and softly cooed into Dash’s ear. “That’s a good girl. Just relax and let Momma Fluttershy take care of you.”

Dash didn’t say anything, but Fluttershy began to feel her melt back into her. She was starting to finally relax, but she was pretty dry down there. Fluttershy knew how that was sometimes, sometimes your body just didn’t want to play along. But that was okay, she’d learned how to make it.

She lifted her hand to in front of Dash’s face, and gently pressed her finger against Dash’s lips. Whispering again, just barely enough to hear, she let Dash know what to do. “Lick it. Get lots of spit on it.”

Dash shook for a moment, and then her mouth slowly opened. Fluttershy gently put her finger inside, and felt Dash’s warm velvet tongue caress it. Fluttershy hummed quietly in approval. “Mmmhmm.”

Maybe she kept it in a little too long, but Dash’s mouth felt so nice. She just wanted to sink into it, and let that tongue stroke her body everywhere. Fluttershy blushed as she realized that if they kept this up she might get her wish someday soon. Careful not to drip too much, she took her now saliva covered finger and dipped it back between Dash’s legs.

Dash quivered, and Fluttershy went gently to work. The spit let her finger slide slowly and smoothly across Dash’s inner flesh, making it feel nicer for both of them. The spit didn’t last too long, but Dash was soon wet enough that it didn’t matter. Fluttershy spent almost every night playing with herself, and Dash wasn’t too different. All the same spots made her shake.

Fluttershy was too hot again, her own pussy soaking wet from what she was doing to her long time friend. Using her other hand, she began to play with herself as well. Fluttershy moaned quietly into Dash’s ear, and then surprised herself when she bit it. She wasn’t sure why she did it, but it felt nice for her, and Dash moaned when it happened.

Smiling, she gave Dash some encouragement in between warm, wet ear licks, “Isn’t this nice?”

Dash didn’t say anything, but was beginning to lightly squeak when Fluttershy brushed her clit. Fluttershy was forgetting why she was doing this, losing herself in the passion as she played with herself and her friend. “Oh… That’s a good girl, Dashie...” Her breath was running hot, and Dash’s ear was gently victimized again as Fluttershy rubbed both their clits.

She forced Dash to cum first, roughly squeezing her clit with two fingers and gently stroking her inner and outer walls with the others. Dash tried to stay silent, but had to cover her mouth with her hands to muffle out her loud squeaks. Dash shook in the bed and pressed hard into her hand as Fluttershy felt her convulsing and twitching around her fingers. Fluttershy kept her hand there, letting Dash’s strong inner muscles clench around her fingers as she came. Fluttershy always thought that was much more satisfying for herself, so she figured Dash would enjoy it as well.

Fluttershy felt Dash relax in her arms and under her ministrations, lightly shuddering. Fluttershy knew that she had succeeded, Dash would relax. Knowing that she had brought her friend a special, private kind of joy, she reached her own moment. Fluttershy came gently, and lightly bit down on Dash’s ear as she satisfyingly clenched around her other hand. She rode it out, thrusting weakly into Dash’s back and stroking herself to milk it along. She knew just how to make herself feel good, and managed to keep cumming for several seconds after dash had settled.

Sighing happily, she melted into Dash’s now soft body. Instead of saying anything, she just hummed happily that she’d helped her friend, and dozed off with both of her hands still coated in sticky residue. One of her arms draped lazily over Dash, and the other was snuggled comfortably between their bodies and Fluttershy’s legs.

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Even though Dash had relaxed, she never fell asleep that night. She wasn’t sure how to handle the quiet rape. She had shook, clenched around Fluttershy’s hands, and then Shy had fallen asleep. Dash just kept trying to understand what, exactly, had just happened. Her uncomfortable, cold, wet thighs distracted her as she tried to sleep under Fluttershy’s leaden arm. A quiet confusion ruled her mind as her short attention span drifted from one uncomfortable thought to the next.

She’d been right on two counts. She hadn’t been able to say, “No,’ and Fluttershy had made certain that Dash fully enjoyed it. Rainbow wasn’t sure which fact made her more sick.

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Rainbow had gotten up just after Fluttershy, leaving Rubinstein snoring in the bed. Even if Dash hadn’t slept, she still had weather work to do, and needed to do something to get her mind off of things. She’d decided to sneak out while Fluttershy was doing her morning chores.

Quickly getting dressed, she didn’t bother doing her morning hygiene routine. She’d figured that she’d clean up after her work and workout. Quietly, she slipped through the front door, stealing an apple that Shy had left on the counter. She knew that her friend wouldn’t mind, and Dash was hungry.

Weather work went quick. The weather team was preparing for winter, so they just had to cultivate their winter clouds. It was easy work, she had to make sure the clouds didn’t grow into storm clouds, or an early blizzard, while still growing slowly. Clouds were interesting things.

A big enough cloud could take a hole put through it by a pegasus and just seal it up with no damage done. The rest of the cloud would capture the scattered moisture, and slowly push it back to where it was supposed to be.

To bust a cloud that big, a pegasus needed to be precise or fast. It required a crisscrossed network of burrowed tunnels, designed to let the moisture spew out. The other option would be to slowly shave the cloud down, attacking the edges. Rainbow was fast and precise, so she could use both methods when necessary.

Especially large clouds required a team, even Rainbow couldn’t stop a fully developed thunderhead alone. To attack something like that by yourself was just stupid; pegasi had been seriously hurt attempting stunts like that.

Small clouds were much easier; a simple kick could cause the cloud to explode. The impact would cause moisture to dissipate, and without the extra cloud mass around it, it would fly off. Small clouds were fragile for pegasi to handle, but were easily replaced.

The other benefit was that small clouds could survive natural weather shifts very easily. A shift in winds or temperature wouldn’t hurt them. Storing small clouds was convenient, it didn’t require much work and they rarely got out of hand. The weather team kept small clouds through the summer, when only light rain might be needed.

Unfortunately winter was coming, and they needed their fall storms up and ready to turn into winter storms. That meant monitoring the growing cloud banks, making sure that no stray puffy clouds developed into thunderheads quite yet, and that a stray wind didn’t rip apart any large clouds. The pegasi were doing this in shifts, and Rainbow’s shift was the morning one.

She did her round of the cloud bank quickly, finding a small mess that Cloud Kicker had let behind from her shift. Cloud Kicker was great at cloud busting, but sometimes had a problem cultivating cloud growth. One of the larger puffy clouds wasn’t getting enough moisture from updrafts, and would likely fall apart in a day or two if no one fixed it. Fixing the cloud’s moisture uptake wasn’t an emergency, but it did need to happen soon.

Rainbow was happy for the distraction. She focused on slowly and carefully shifting the cloud over the lake to be fed. It required precision to move a cloud that large by herself, but she wasn’t worried. Dash knew exactly how to handle large clouds. All it took was careful pushing, nudging and pulling.

The danger was that she’d push or pull it apart, but as long as she didn’t go too fast it wouldn’t be a problem. One of the other tricks was to fly above the cloud and look down at it to see where the air flow was inside. A small eddy might not look like a problem from inside the cloud, but from above you could see how it fit in the big picture. She just needed to step out of her work for a minute here and there, observe the cloud, and jump back in to make the necessary adjustments.

Before long, the unhealthy cloud was positioned over the lake. She could already see it slightly swelling. If clouds could talk, she imagined it would be sighing and thanking her. Rainbow was happy, glad to have accomplished the task. She really should have called for another pegasus to help move the cloud, but she hadn’t wanted to talk to anyone just then. Besides, she could handle it just fine.

Frowning, her thoughts drifted back to her problems as she watched the cloud feed. If only life were as easy as weather work. She didn’t like the thought that Ruby owned her. He was a complete scuzzball, and just made her angry. Did he think he was better than her for some reason?

Rainbow settled on the feeding cloud, surprisingly exhausted after her cloud bank patrol. The whole situation was stupid. She’d gone out for a night of partying and fun, brought some bits for gambling at the after party, and then this whole fiasco had happened. It was just supposed to be a fun game between friends, but Ruby and Caramel had still been there and had bits to play with. So they had been dealed in.

Rainbow groaned. If any of the girls had won her writ, she wouldn’t be in this situation. Any of the girls except for Fluttershy. Dash didn’t want to think about her friend just yet, so she shifted her thoughts back to Ruby. He was a complete asshole, taking a fun game between friends and turning it into this nightmare. She didn’t think she’d ever be comfortable playing drunken poker again. Should she blame the alcohol?

Rainbow rolled onto her back and stared at the early morning sky. Was slavery legal? Twilight had said that writs were legal, and that writs were open ended. Fluttershy had known they were dangerous. Ruby apparently knew more about them. Maybe Ruby didn’t have as much control over her as they thought. What would happen if she just didn’t do what the asshole said?

Rainbow flopped over, deciding that she needed her morning workout. The clouds would be good until the next shift pegasus, Thunderlane, took over. It didn’t matter if she was tired or not, excellence didn’t come from being lazy when it came to training.

Smiling, she jumped from the cloud and dove towards the lake at top speed.

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Rubinstein woke up naked in an empty bed and a strange house. Glancing at the windows, he took stock of the room. It was rustic, something he liked, and seemed to be away from town; he couldn’t hear the hustle and bustle of the morning ponies. As he lay there, his memories of the night before drifted lazily back.

Smiling, he realized that he had done those things, they hadn’t been dreams. Fluttershy had been so soft, and so eager. He stayed there, and contemplated his choices. He needed to make some decisions now. He had to decide how long to stay in Ponyville and how to budget for it. If he could stay at Fluttershy’s house, he could live fairly cheaply. He’d help pay for food of course, he didn’t want to be too much of a drain on the mare.

Thinking it over, he went over his savings. He had enough to stay here for at least a year, assuming he spent a minimal amount of bits. The real problem was that his apartment in the Crystal Empire would be taking bits out every month. If he could get out of that lease, he could stay in Ponyville three or four times as long. But did he want to?

He wasn’t very fond of his apartment in the Crystal Empire. Princess Cadence had been re-working the infrastructure, trying to modernize the ancient city. While most of the locals liked the changes, to him it felt less and less like home.

A long time ago, he’d been from one of the surrounding towns. All that was left of the Empire now was a single city, but before Sombra’s reign, it had been a true Empire. The City of the Crystal Empire was the center of a large network of towns, all protected by powerful crystal artifacts which allowed the towns to exist comfortably in the frozen north. The Crystal Legion fought monsters and enemies, venturing into the frozen wastes.

When they’d found a good location, they commissioned another crystal artifact from the Empire and created a colony. They colony would grow, using the magic of it’s citizens to push the weather back. The empire had been strong, it was magically superior to the southern lands of Equestria, and they were fast allies. The original Crystal Heart had been a gift from Celestia and Luna to help a young princess protect her lands, and the Crystal Empire never forgot the kindness of the twin Princesses.

All that had changed when Sombra came. The towns died out, their artifacts stolen by him or shattered defiantly by their citizens. Eventually, the only city left was the heart of the Crystal Empire, now the seat of Sombra’s power. Rubinstein had been lucky to have been conscripted for mining from a nearby town. Those that weren’t conscripted for work were forced to fight in Sombra’s terrible armies. Working the mines was hard, but fair. He had grown to be comfortable with it.

Sombra hadn’t used writs or contracts to ensure slavery like civilized ponies. He used magic, the dark kind. Before Sombra, a pony could be enslaved if they committed a crime, if they sold themselves for some reason, or if they owed more money than they could pay. Children could be born into slavery, but were released upon their 18th birthday. Conquered ponies were supposed to be slaves as well, but he’d only ever seen griffons and the occasional yak enslaved that way—both made terrible slaves.

After Sombra, everybody was a slave. Sombra had murdered Crystal Crown, their princess, and demanded the right of conquest. Some had fought him at first, but they died quickly. After his bloody, and brutal usurpation of the throne, Sombra began to manufacture dark magical artifacts. He would corrupt the crystal town hearts, using them to power his twisted magic.

By the time the Royal Sisters down in Equestria had realized what had happened, it was too late. Sombra had the Crystal Legion under his command, and was already marching toward their borders. The war that was fought after had been long and bloody—Rubinstein had been lucky to be just a miner.

When they had awoken from their slumber, he couldn’t remember anything. He’d wandered aimlessly around the town, confused and disoriented. He slept in the slave quarters out of habit, and hadn’t had work to do. He didn’t even eat at first, hunger being a such a constant for him that he didn’t think it strange.

But then, he had seen Cadence. She had destroyed Sombra, flying like a goddesses arrow to help Spike slay the monster that had haunted his nightmares for so long. His mind was returned, and for a while joy reigned supreme. Cadence had set up a system to allow the ponies in the slave quarters to get houses and apartments, and to find work. Rubinstein had been instrumental in much of the reconstruction, and so had collected quite a mess of bits.

But then, he’d tried to live his life and found that he wasn’t very good at it anymore. He’d get drunk, make poor choices, and lose a bunch of bits or anger his friends. Worse, sometimes he’d anger them when he was sober. He didn’t know why, he just acted harshly.

He also wasn’t used to city life. He’d lived in the countryside before, and the hustle and bustle of the city had been stressful for him. It was the main reason he planned on taking such a long vacation this year. That, and nobody would miss him back home.

So, why not stay in Ponyville? It reminded him of home, quiet enough to be peaceful and busy enough to keep him entertained. He could probably find work somewhere, construction ponies always wanted a practiced eye on their work to ensure its stability and safety.

That left him with Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy probably wouldn’t mind him extending his stay to figure things out. Dash would probably be furious. Rubinstein frowned at the thought of the angry mare.

He didn’t like what he’d done to her, but it had been his right. No, that wasn’t right. The more he thought about it, he decided that he did like what he’d done, but he didn’t like her reaction to it. He was allowed to touch her, to use her as he please. They’d all agreed to those terms.

She was a slave, and her rights were as much as he decided. Although he hadn’t liked the face she made, or the distress in her voice. She had been on the verge of crying when she had told him to not touch her that last time, her voice had cracked. It had been a far cry from the brash, angry mare he had figured her to be.

He was going to have her, this situation was partially her fault—she was far from innocent in making him decide to follow this course. He’d always been nervous around slave owners when he was a child, afraid they would snatch him up. But as he grew, he began to understand and grow comfortable around them. The slaves had made decisions which made them slaves.

Some knew exactly what they were getting into, those were the ones that sold themselves. Others had chosen to commit crimes, knowing the consequences. And others borrowed money they didn’t have and couldn’t pay back. These were the ones he felt the most pity for, and this was what Rainbow was. But pity wasn’t why he’d agreed to this. Perhaps it had been spite?

As he lay in bed, he frowned. He had done this out of spite, hadn’t he? He had been angry at Dash, she was a bitch to him earlier. She’d disrespected him, and tried to weasel out of situations instead of facing them head on. He hadn’t liked that, and decided that he would take it on himself to punish her. It also had occurred to him that he would enjoy punishing her.

Unfortunately, that’s not what had happened. He hadn’t quite punished her, and he definitely hadn’t enjoyed it like he’d planned. Instead, he’d gotten nervous. He’d let his weaker emotions control him, and he’d let fear mandate his actions. He needed to be stronger, and so did Dash.

Sighing, he made a decision. He was going to take Dash’s punishment more seriously, and not let his fear control him with her. He needed to follow through, and Dash needed the follow through as well. Maybe once she understood that there were real repercussions for her actions, she’d be less inclined to make brash decisions based off of emotion. And hopefully she’d learn to show respect as well.

Rubinstein got out of bed, stretching and yawning. He needed to make plans for the day. His long term plans could wait, he had a few weeks before he needed to make any permanent decisions. Deciding not to wear clothes, he took his travel pack to the bathroom. He unpacked his toothbrush, and brushed his teeth, all while thinking of how to properly treat Dash.

He needed to be more forceful with her. She’d listened when he commanded, but argued when he was less convincing. Fluttershy had been more than happy to comply, and had only needed a light hint. Maybe he could get her to help encourage Dash?

Finishing up his morning business, he walked to the living room only to hear Fluttershy in the kitchen. Curious, he peeked inside. To his mild disappointment, she was fully clothed—wearing her green hoodie and some blue jean pants. She was cooking though, and that made him realize how hungry he was. Glancing down, he wondered if maybe he should get dressed, but decided against it. He’d wear clothes when he wanted to, not when it made the mares comfortable.

He decided to let her know he was awake. “Good morning, Fluttershy.”

She smiled, and turned around. She looked like she was positively glowing from morning cheer. “Oh! Good morning Mr. Rubinstein! I hope you don’t mind, but I’m making some stir fried potatoes and onions for breakfast.”

He sniffed the air. It smelled like the onions were caramelizing nicely, and his mouth began to salivate. “That sounds wonderful.”

She beamed back at him, and then turned back to stirring the crackling pan of crisping potatoes. “I’m sorry I got dressed, but I have to head into town for a bit and buy some groceries. The animals need some more supplies, and my poor fridge is close to empty.”

Rubinstein guiltily remembered the dinner from last night. She’d probably only bought for one pony, and now he’d demanded that three stay at her place. Without complaining, she was simply going to spend more money on food. He couldn’t have that. “Ms. Fluttershy, I’d like to contribute to the grocery bill, if you don’t mind.”

“Oh… I couldn’t.” She quietly rebutted, focusing back on her pan.

He wasn’t about to take “no” for an answer. “Nonsense. I’m staying here at your leisure, and Rainbow is here at my request as well. If I don’t contribute something, then I very well will be a parasite.”

“Oh… fine. Thank you, Mr. Rubinstein.” She finished stirring her potatoes, and took the still hot pan to the kitchen where there was already two plates set on the table.

Rubinstein looked suspiciously at the plates for a moment. “By the way, where is Ms. Dash?”

“She’s probably doing her weather work. She’s on the weather team, and they’re pretty busy right now getting ready for winter. After, she usually works out and trains for a while. She’ll probably stop by when she’s done.” Fluttershy hummed happily and scooped the potatoes and onions into the plates.

“But what if she doesn’t come back? What if she decides to leave and be done with this?” She’d tried to weasel out of it already, from here it would be simple.

Fluttershy frowned and walked over to Rubinstein, gently leading him to a chair as she spoke, “Rainbow is loyal, Mr. Rubinstein. She knows that she’s supposed to come back, so she will.”

“Loyal you say? She seemed pretty disobedient last night.” He frowned.

She waited for him to sit down, and then walked to her own chair while she defended her friend. “Oh. She was just nervous. If you’re specific, she’ll still do what you ask, even if she doesn’t want to. Also,” Fluttershy blushed, “I kind of convinced her to relax a little. She might be more friendly today.”

“That would be a welcome change.” Rubinstein took a bite of the fried breakfast. It was magnificent. The potatoes were crunchy on the outside, but light and fluffy on the inside. The onions were perfectly browned, and the whole thing had just the right amount of salt and pepper for the taste. Even the oil was just a light covering, not to heavy as to drag the whole dish down with it. He swallowed, and then remarked, “This is… incredibly good.”

Fluttershy blushed, “Oh, it’s nothing. I just threw a few leftovers together.”

“Well, I’d like to eat nothing more often then.” He started to eagerly eat his portion.

Fluttershy smiled, and tenderly worked on hers. “I’m sorry we won’t be here to entertain you, but why don’t you take a bath or relax for a while? I’ll be back from shopping eventually, and I’m sure Rainbow will be back sooner or later. Of course, if you’d like to tour Ponyville, you can do that, too. It’s a nice day.”

Rubinstein chewed his thoughts while he chewed his food. He’d already seen most of Ponyville, it was small. That was something he’d liked about it. On the other hand, relaxing in the bath sounded nice. He chuckled happily as he realized that meant he didn’t have to get dressed.

Maybe he’d just take today slow.

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Rainbow was exhausted. She’d worked herself almost dead, to the point where flying was a chore. Normally she’d nap on a tree or a passing cloud right about now, but she still hadn’t brushed her teeth. Hopefully the other two would already be up and about, maybe even gone when she got back. Then she could crawl into Fluttershy’s bed and take a nice nap. Yawning, she changed her mind. Maybe the couch would be better. She’d have less weird dreams on the couch.

Landing in front of the cottage, Rainbow opened the door and looked inside. So far so good. It looked empty, and she could smell the remnants of breakfast. She knew that today was one of Fluttershy’s shopping days, so the mare had probably already set out. Hopefully she took Ruby with her.

Rainbow stepped in, and found a small plate set aside for her. Gratefully, she scarfed down the portion and put the dish in the sink. Fluttershy had figured that Rainbow would come back, and had left a little for her. It was the small things that Shy did that made her so awesome. Sure she wasn’t usually brave, but she was always trying to help.

Like last night.

Rainbow’s stomach turned a little at the memory, and the quick snack felt suddenly heavy. She didn’t want to think about that, so she pushed the thought from her mind. She needed to brush her teeth, and maybe a shower.

Walking into the bathroom, Rainbow noticed that it felt a little warm and steamy, somepony else must have showered earlier. She figured that they probably needed it. Rainbow reached for her toothbrush, when she noticed that she wasn’t alone. Ruby was here, and he was sitting in a full bathtub watching her curiously. She must have missed him due to her fatigue.

Rainbow suddenly felt awkward. “Hey Ruby. I didn’t see you there. Are you some kind of bath ninja?”

Ruby continued to watch her as she brushed her teeth, but at least he spoke back friendly enough. “Not quite Rainbow. I just figured I’d relax for a bit while Fluttershy did her shopping.”

Rainbow quickly finished up, and then spat in the sink. After a moment, she excused herself, “Nice seeing you, but I’ve gotta take a nap. I’m exhausted.” She turned and made to leave, hoping she could make it to the bed, or the couch, or anywhere else right now.

Ruby spoke quickly, “Wait.”

Fuck.

Rainbow stopped, but didn’t turn around. “What’s up Ruby? Fair warning, I get cranky if I don’t get a nap.”

Rubinstein replied, “You look pretty sweaty. Did you need the bath or something?”

Rainbow guessed she was pretty gross. She didn’t want to think about it, but her legs were extra gross. Yeah, she needed a shower. “I was going to let you finish up. I can just shower after my nap.”

“You need to spend some time with me. I’ve gotten to know Fluttershy quite well, but you’re basically a stranger. Come on in with me, it’ll be good for both of us.”

Rainbow cursed under her breath. This was about as bad as it could get. Ruby was going to watch her undress, and then she’d slide into the bathtub with him where he would grab her and touch her with his slimy hands. Like Fluttershy had. Rainbow shook her head, chasing the thought out of her mind.

“Was that a ‘No?’” Rubinstein asked curiously.

“Is ‘No’ an option?” She responded hopefully.

“No.”

Rainbow sarcastically replied, “Then, no. It wasn’t a “No.’” she spun around, and glared at Rubinstein as she began to unzip her workout jacket. “Are we seriously starting the morning off like this, Ruby?”

“Yes, we seriously are. You need to be better about listening to me, and I need to be more comfortable with you.”

Rainbow pulled her jacket off and slipped out of her tightly fitting high performance undershirt. “Oh, You need to be more comfortable with me, huh?”

“Yes.”

Rainbow stared him in the eyes as she dropped her pants. This time he wasn’t shy about letting his eyes dance slowly up and down her nearly naked body. “Do I make you uncomfortable, Ruby?” She walked towards him, standing just outside the bathtub, wearing just her tightly fitting workout panties.

He looked up at her face, startled at her mood change. “A little, I suppose.”

She smirked, “Good.” Fuck him. She’d make him uncomfortable and then some. “I hope I can make you more than uncomfortable you scumbag. How do you think I feel about this whole thing? Uncomfortable doesn’t even begin to describe how fucking fucked up this has made me.” She dropped her panties, unceremoniously. “Get a good look, is this what you wanted to see?” She spread her legs and thrust her hips slightly forward, gesturing to her pussy with her hands.

Rubinstein glanced down, seemingly afraid. She was barely outside the bathtub now, so her bits were just in front of his face.

“Do you think I feel comfortable like this? On display to you for one part of my body? Do you know how hard I work, every single day, Ruby?” Rainbow was getting furious. He felt goddamn uncomfortable?

Rubinstein’s eyes were flickering between her presented pussy and her face, but he remained silent.

Rainbow was exhausted and did not have any fucks left to give, so she explained exactly how she felt, “I work my ass off every day. I bust myself to the point of exhaustion, no matter how sick I am or how I feel. I do it to be excellent, to be the best athlete possible. I am a highly tuned machine, and I am awesome.” She flexed, showing off her muscled body, “And all you see is some pussy, just waiting to be fucked.”

Rubinstein gulped.

Rainbow squatted down, meeting him face to face. “And I make you uncomfortable, huh? Well too fucking bad. You don’t know what or who I am, you barely know Fluttershy. And you’re bossing us around like it’s your Celestia given right.”

Rubinstein interrupted her. “Actually, it is my right. You signed it to me.”

Rainbow stood up and put her hand on her forehead. She didn’t want to look at him. “And that’s the fucking problem. You’re right. I agreed to this fucked up travesty. You get to see me naked, you get to touch me, and I have to be a good little mare and do as I’m told.”

Rubinstein nervously added, “I believe I was very clear about that.”

Rainbow sighed. “Of course you were, Ruby.” She was exhausted. Ruby could have his little victory right here. She didn’t care anymore. It was her fault, and she knew it.

This whole thing spiraled out of control, and she’d done nothing but help it along. Like a pegasus having a cramp mid flight, instead of reverting to a safe position for gliding she’d tried desperately to flap the broken wing. Now she was in a death spiral that she’d helped create. Rainbow wondered when she’d hit the ground and be done with it as she stepped over the edge of the bathtub and into the surprisingly hot water.

Rubinstein leaned back to make room for her as she slid in. She faced away from him, putting her back and wings toward him as she slowly sunk into the bathtub. The water was hot, almost too hot, but it felt amazing on her sore muscles. Easing carefully down, she sat and stretched her legs out, doing her best to ignore Ruby’s bent knees and feet around her waist.

The tub was slightly too small for the both of them, but it wasn’t terribly uncomfortable. Rainbow sighed as the hot water soaked into her skin, around her fur and feathers. This would have been perfect if Rubinstein wasn’t there. Unfortunately she couldn’t completely relax because he was behind her.

He seemed more nervous now, but she just didn’t care anymore. “Uhh… Okay.”

Rainbow reached her hands into the hot water and splashed her face with it before she responded. “Okay? What the fuck does that mean, Ruby? If you’re going to sit back there and act like a special needs stallion, why don’t you get me some shampoo. Shy has some mint shampoo which soaks into your skin and helps you relax. It’s in a green bottle and I could use some right now.” The hot water seeped through her fur, and made her feel a little better.

She felt him shuffle around a little, and then his legs slowly straightened, his feet resting on her knees. “Got it. Hey, I’ll shampoo your back and hair, okay?”

Rainbow grimaced. She’d known it was coming, but the thought of him touching her more was just gross. His legs were at least underwater, so the heat from the bath dulled her senses. Worse, he had no idea how pegasi worked. “Do not fucking let it get on my wings, Ruby. It feels nice on my head and back and stuff, but that shit will burn if it gets under my feathers.”

“Head only. Understood. Now relax a little.” Rainbow heard a squirt and then felt hands touch her head. She wanted to shiver, to shy away, but they didn’t feel as gross as she’d imagined. In her hair, it just felt like hands. It could have been anyone’s hands, so she just pretended she was at the spa. It was Aloe or Lotus back there, running their fingers soothingly through her hair and rubbing her scalp.

Rainbow sighed. She was so tired, she was beginning to get sleepy. The heat from the bath was soaking into her bones now, and making her more lethargic. She felt her wings relax and droop a little as her tension began to melt out. Slowly, Aloe’s hands worked down her shoulders, giving her a massage. Rainbow began to sag, melting into the water and leaning back.

A voice disturbed her serenity, “So you like that, huh?”

Rainbow tightened up a little, but didn’t lean forward. “Shut the fuck up and keep massaging, Ruby.” She’d known it was him back there, but that didn’t make it any less nice. She was sore and tired, and a massage in the bath was amazing. She didn’t care if it was from Sombra or Tirek, that shit felt nice.

He kept it up, hitting tight spots here and there as he worked. Rainbow groaned happily when he’d get a tight knot of muscle, it always felt so good getting that release. She secretly smiled. It was satisfying having him make her feel good, even if he was an asshole.

She might have understood Fluttershy just a bit then, or maybe she was just tired. She wasn’t sure, and she didn’t care. Leaning further back, his hands slipped over her shoulders and she pressed her wings into his stomach. This was much more comfortable. She began to doze off, the fatigue and heat from the bath overcoming her as she relaxed into him.

Or at least she would have if she hadn’t noticed something pressing into her lower back, right above her tail. And his hands on her chest, softly grabbing. Rainbow sleepily growled, “Ruby… what the fuck, man?” Grumpily she opened her tired eyes. “Is that your dick?”

He slipped his arms out from over her, and slipped them under her armpits. Rainbow was too tired to care, just confused and frustrated. She wanted to sleep, and he kept moving and touching her with his dick. Not cool.

Rubinstein pulled her tightly into his chest, lifting her up slightly in the bath and waking her up more as he did it. She slid up his body and yawned. Had she fallen asleep? Her eyes felt bloodshot.

“Sorry Rainbow. I was just getting more comfortable. It was cramped sitting like that.” He apologized.

Rainbow could understand that, especially when she was tired. She closed her eyes again as he shifted her around, and soon she found her head resting comfortably under his chin. Sleepily, she decided it wasn’t so bad like this. Her tail was pulled up between them, and her legs rested on his now. She was settled down on something between her legs, resting on it.

She started to doze off again as she felt it slowly grinding against her pussy. It felt kind of good, like how Fluttershy had touched her last night. But his hands were around her waist, so she didn’t think much of it. It was slow and gentle and painless, and she was rocked to sleep as she slipped away from consciousness.

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Rubinstein was having fun. He was slowly grinding his cock in between Rainbow’s legs, using her inner thighs like a masturbation toy. She’d passed out, this was the second time. The first time he had carefully tried to wake her up, only to find that she was completely unresponsive. He’d even touched her a little bit, exploring her pussy underwater as she slept. She’d briefly woken up when he’d shifted, moving her on top of him, but she’d just as quickly fallen asleep.

He wondered why she was so exhausted. It seemed as though she didn’t sleep at all last night, or maybe she was like this all the time. Did she have some kind of problem, and that was why she napped? She had been pretty serious about the naps before. He had thought she was being lazy and making up excuses, but this seemed like an all too real concern. If she was unresponsive enough for him to molest her and then use her like this, she might have a problem.

Luckily, she was lite, not weighing much even for a pegasus. He could comfortably hold her weight on top of him, especially in the bath. It wasn’t quite how he’d planned to get to know her, or use her, but she had started passing out once he’d taken the time to massage her back. He figured the soothing shampoo had helped a little as well. Once she’d been unconscious, he’d decided that he wasn’t going to let that stop him. She couldn’t just control the situation like that.

He’d briefly considered actually fucking her like this, but knew that underwater she’d probably get hurt. Mares might have fun having sex underwater, but would oftentimes burn for a while after. It had something to do with the water stripping away their natural lubrication, and he hadn’t wanted to hurt her. Besides, it was important that she was conscious the first time so she’d know who was fucking her.

He thought about what she’d said before she got into the bath as he thrust gently between her legs, absentmindedly masturbating with her body. She didn’t care if she made him uncomfortable, but she understood the situation. She’d done as he’d told her as well, climbing into the bath. Once she got past her initial reluctance she had seemed gung-ho. He wondered if she figured he’d have sex with her. She hadn’t seemed to care anymore.

Carefully, he reached one hand down and slowly stirred her pussy. All the while he admired her body. She wasn’t joking, she was built like an athlete. She had called herself awesome, and she wasn’t wrong. The boastful mare absolutely had something to boast about. But then again, if she worked herself to exhaustion like this every day, it made sense.

In a way, it all did make sense now. Her reluctance, her arrogance, her behavior. She had to be the best, she was supposed to be perfect. It had never occurred to her before that she might end up as a slave to some other pony from a poorly thought out game of chance. A sculpted body was a nice thing to have, but a sculpted mind was critical. Dash wasn’t dumb, far from it, but she clearly had different priorities. Just thinking about how she didn’t like math made him frustrated. He dug a little harder with his finger, pressing her clit hard. He wasn’t going to penetrate her like this, but he was going to play with her.

He wanted to use her, to show her that he owned her now. He needed her to realize this, and what he was doing might get the message across—even when you sleep, you’re mine. His grinding felt good, her soft inner legs completely relaxed in her sleep. He smiled as he slid his dick between her tight lower lips, letting her flesh fold around his cock like a bun around a haydog. He had to be careful not to catch his hand in his thrusting while it toyed with her clit.

He continued to abuse her sleeping body, imagining what it would be like when she was awake. He’d make her nice and obedient, a real friendly slave just like Fluttershy. He smiled as he imagined Rainbow’s face after sucking on his cock, cum splattered like Fluttershy’s had been the night before. He could see Rainbow bent over, her tail lifted nicely for him as she cooed his name. She’d be wet, begging him to fuck her.

Rubinstein was lost in his fantasies, imagining Rainbow as his obedient little toy. His hand grew more frantic, and he began to thrust harder against the sleeping mare’s pussy. He felt her clench, her legs and thighs tightening as she slept on and moaned softly. That’s when he came. It was such a relief, all that pent up pressure just shooting into the bathwater. He used his other hand to press her chest tightly during his moment of euphoria.

His dick stayed underwater, so the cum sprayed out and floated in a thin white stream, sticking to her fur around her belly and legs. He stayed quiet, thrusting up and spurting between her legs as she moaned softly in her sleep.

He wasn’t paying much attention to her while he came, but what he heard surprised him. She quietly spoke, sleep talking a few concerned words followed by a happy coo. “Fluttershy… Don’t… Ooh…“

Smiling, he relaxed into the water as Rainbow sighed contently in her sleep. She had gotten him off, and had dreamed about her friend. He was giddy, the thought was hilarious to him. Maybe she was a lesbian? That would explain even more of her behavior. He’d have to ask her about that. In his time that was considered a crime against nature, and she would have been punished severely. He’d heard that wasn’t the case anymore, and she would likely talk openly about it.

He wasn’t sure if he liked the idea of her being a lesbian or not. As long as she serviced him, he figured he didn’t care.

Making himself comfortable, he decided he’d let her finish her nap. He dipped his hand into a little stream of cum stuck to her belly, and rubbed it around her slit. It had gotten sticky in the warm water, and he had fun slowly smearing it across and through her pussy. As he played with her comatose body, he began to wonder.

Would the old him have done this to a sleeping mare? Maybe this attitude had been in him all along, and he’d never really let it out before. It should have felt wrong, he knew that. Dash wouldn’t have acquiesced nearly so peacefully had she been awake. But since she had been asleep, he had easily taken what he wanted from her.

Now he wasn’t so sure. He began to wonder if maybe he had actually done something bad instead of just taking what was his. He would have made her service him somehow had she been awake, but she could of at least complained about it. Instead, she slept quietly while he used her. Something didn’t sit right with him about it, but he couldn’t figure out what it was. The math added up, she was his to use and he used her. What was wrong about what he did?

He took his hand off of her pussy, and trailed it slowly over her stomach in a circle as he continued to think troubled thoughts. He had grown bored with her for now, he decided. Instead he let her snooze, figuring she’d wake up soon enough on her own. He’d face her then, and see what she had to say.

Maybe that would ease his conscience.

-----

Rainbow Dash slept peacefully.

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Fluttershy hummed happily as she got back to her cottage. She'd dropped off the feed at her shed, checked on Angel bunny in his hutch, and played hide and seek with some squirrels. All she had left to do was unpack her groceries from her cart, and then head inside to stock her fridge. It was after noon, and she was hoping that Rainbow had come back. Fluttershy wanted to do fun things with Rubinstein again, and they were more fun when Rainbow was there.

She was a little worried about Rainbow though. Dash really didn't seem to like the situation. Fluttershy wanted her friend to be happy. She knew that Dash wasn't going to be able to easily get out of the writ, and that serving Mr. Rubinstein was frustrating for the athlete. The only real solutions that Fluttershy could come up with would be to help Dash enjoy it or somehow convince Mr. Rubinstein to let Dash go.

Fluttershy hoped that Dash adjusted, she liked the thought of sharing time with her; especially being able to share her more passionate side. Fluttershy blushed at the thought. She'd been so wild yesterday, and she'd enjoyed it. She hoped that today would go just as well. Maybe Mr. Rubinstein would finish inside of her, marking her as his. Or maybe they'd get to play with some of her toys. There were a few that Fluttershy hadn't had a chance to try out yet because they needed another pony. Now there were two other ponies.

She went into her cottage, noticing that it was quiet and didn't see anybody. Maybe Mr. Rubinstein had gone for a walk? Fluttershy didn't mind, it was still a nice day outside and she had to put away the groceries anyways. Happily, she filled her fridge with fresh vegetables. The bits that Mr. Rubinstein had added had allowed her to buy quite a bit more food, and she'd enjoy cooking it for her two new housemates.

It was nice of him to help pay for the food. She actually had more than enough bits put away to not usually worry about money; her government stipend for her animal work was surprisingly high. It turns out not many ponies can safely handle bears. She'd never had to learn how to haggle properly as a result, and knew that she often got overcharged by some of the stores. She usually didn't mind, they needed to make money, too.

Soon the fridge was full, and Fluttershy figured she should get started on lunch. She was getting hungry and hopefully her two new housemates would be back soon. A simple tray of celery and cucumber with peanut butter should be tasty, and stay good for a while if they were late!

Fluttershy heard a loud crash from the bathroom, causing her to almost drop they tray. Hurriedly, she put the tray down and rushed to the sound. The door was open, so she peeked inside.

Rainbow was standing with her back to Fluttershy, wings wide and fists balled. She looked like she was ready to fight. Beyond Rainbow, Mr. Rubinstein was in the bath and covering the side of his face with his hand. It looked like blood was dripping from under his palm. Fluttershy's heart dropped; this was bad.

"Rainbow! What's going on?" Fluttershy stepped through the door and shouted at her friend.

Rainbow startled, and then flicked her head around looking momentarily confused before she defended herself. "He touched me!"

Mr. Rubinstein shouted from the bath, his voice partially muffled by his hand, "I was supposed to! It was implicit in you getting in with me!"

Rainbow whipped back around, growling at Rubinstein. "No. Getting in the bath impli-whatevered that I needed a bath!"

Fluttershy was beginning to panic, so she tried to deconstruct the scene. Her friend was fighting with Mr. Rubinstein, and Mr. Rubinstein's face was hurt. It looked like Rainbow had hit him. They were arguing about touching. Rainbow seemed to think that getting in the bath naked with Mr. Rubinstein shouldn't have lead to her getting touched, and Mr. Rubinstein seemed to think that he had told her that he was going to touch her. Fluttershy didn't know who was right, and she began to hyperventilate.

Mr. Rubinstein shouted back, "You knew exactly what was going on when I was massaging your shoulders! You didn't complain then!"

Rainbow kept shouting,"That was different! I was tired."

"You should have stopped me then instead of leaning back to grind against my dick!"

"I fell asleep! What the fuck is wrong with you?"

"Me? What the fuck is wrong with me?" Mr. Rubinstein stood up in the bath, and took his hand off his face. His nose was bleeding, and it looked like a bruise was forming around it. "You're my slave. You get into the bath with me, naked, and fall asleep between my legs. Then you're angry that I touched you." He put his hand back over his face and scrunched his eyes in pain. He took a breath and then spoke slightly more calmly, "Which I get. I can understand that, Rainbow. Some days we do things we don't want to, and things we don't want to happen end up happening to us."

Rainbow put her fists down and grumbled.

Blood started to drip down Mr. Rubinstein's arm. "But that doesn't mean we hit ponies, Rainbow. You are my slave, I am allowed to do that sort of thing. You even admitted to it just before you got in the bath with me. But you know what isn't allowed?"

Fluttershy watched Rainbow, nervous that the high strung mare would act out. She was surprised to see that Rainbow was slowly unclenching her fists, and looking down. Her wings were still spread wide, but she seemed to be calming down. Fluttershy hoped that she was thinking through what she'd done.

Mr. Rubinstein continued, "What's not allowed is a slave hitting their owner, Dash. That is not allowed at all."

Dash took a deep breath, and forced her wings down. She spoke with disdain. "I'm not going to apologize, Ruby."

Mr. Rubinstein's eyes narrowed, and he spoke firm. "I'm not going to make you apologize, Rainbow."

Rainbow huffed, "So, what are you going to do about it, boss?"

Fluttershy looked back and forth between the two, they seemed calmer now. She should worry about Mr. Rubinstein, he needed to get the bleeding to stop. The two arguing ponies stared quietly at each other until Mr. Rubinstein finally broke the silence. "I'm sorry, Ms. Dash. I have to punish you. Your behavior is unacceptable, and needs to be corrected."

Fluttershy's eyes went wide. Mr. Rubinstein was going to hurt her friend? She looked in a panic at Rainbow. Rainbow was calm. Fluttershy needed to be calm like her. Rainbow was tough, she''d be fine.

Rainbow flipped her middle finger at Mr. Rubinstein. "Fuck you, Ruby." She turned to look at Fluttershy immediately after. "Shy, go fix him up."

Fluttershy gulped. Right! She needed some cotton wraps, and some disinfectant. But first she needed to make sure his nose was set. Fluttershy stepped past Rainbow and timidly approached Mr. Rubinstein.

Rainbow walked out of the room, and shouted back to them. "I'm gonna finish my nap in the bed. Shy is going to bandage you. Wake me up when you're gonna punish me, asshole."

Shakily, Mr. Rubinstein stepped out of the bath where Fluttershy grabbed him gently to keep him from falling. "Follow me to the kitchen, Mr. Rubinstein. I'm going to check your nose to make sure it's not broken, and then get you some gauze we can use to soak up the blood. You'll be fine." She reassured him as she led him through the house.

Fluttershy's panic left as she focused on helping him. She knew how to bandage wounds, set bones, and in general perform immediate medical help. Mr. Rubinstein's injuries were minor, and wouldn't take long to mend. Perhaps only a day or two. As she worked, she thought about Rainbow. Rainbow might have been more hurt than Mr. Rubinstein from the exchange.

As far as Fluttershy could tell from their conversation, Rainbow was in the wrong. It sounded like Dash had gotten into the bath, naked with Mr. Rubinstein, and he'd been trying to make her feel good with a massage. When Dash had sleepily rubbed up against his penis, she'd gotten angry and the fight had started.

Fluttershy had seen the look on Dash's face when she had left. Dash was feeling guilty, she'd known that she did something wrong. She was probably agonizing over it, Fluttershy would have.

Fluttershy timidly addressed him, "Mr. Rubinstein?"

"Yes, Fluttershy?"

"Do you… really have to punish Rainbow?" She didn’t want her friend to have to get punished. That sounded bad. Maybe she could convince him not to do it. Rainbow wouldn’t want to stay if she’d been punished, and Fluttershy didn’t want her getting hurt.

"I don't want to."

Fluttershy tried to press her point. "Oh. Well… she doesn't seem very happy. Maybe that can be her punishment?"

"I don't think that will work, Fluttershy. Dash is impulsive, and needs to learn to control herself."

"Maybe." Fluttershy sighed. She didn't want to say this, but if her friend wasn't happy then she needed to help. "Maybe you could let her go?"

Mr. Rubinstein grew quiet and thought for a while.

Fluttershy kept padding the gauze gently against his face, continuing her thoughts. "I mean, she signed the writ, and is supposed to be yours, but she really isn't very happy. I want her to stay, but I want her to be happy, too."

Rubinstein stayed silent, contemplating.

"I'll do whatever you want, Mr. Rubinstein. If Rainbow leaves, I'll just have to do it more often. Which I don't mind. Maybe everypony would be happier?" Fluttershy really didn't mind being his personal servant. She enjoyed making ponies happy, after all. While having Dash around was more fun, it wasn't worth causing her friend this sort of pain, nor causing Mr. Rubinstein to get hurt. Her priority should be her friend.

"I…" He sighed. "That wouldn't be right, Fluttershy."

Fluttershy frowned. "But why? She isn't happy."

Mr. Rubinstein spoke slowly, as though he was thinking through it. "I can't reward her for acting out. She can't just kick and scream, or punch, until she gets her way. This is a society of laws and rules. It would be irresponsible of me to let her go free because she acted out. It would send her the wrong message. If something isn't going her way, she can't just resort to violence."

Fluttershy frowned. Mr. Rubinstein had a point. Rainbow really shouldn't have hit him. But she had calmed down once she realized that she had done something wrong. Fluttershy just didn't know what to do. How had things gotten so bad so quickly?

---

Rainbow Dash lay uncomfortably in bed, her heart still angrily pounding. She had meant to go to sleep, but she was still pissed about Ruby. When she'd woken up, he was holding her and she felt trapped. Worse, when she looked down, her lower stomach and her inner thighs were covered in a white slime.

That fucker had raped her while she slept.

Of course she hit him, she should have done worse. And Shy just sat there and let him talk shit to her. She groaned into the bed. But that had been the unspoken deal when she'd gotten into the tub. He was going to use her, she knew that. She knew the shit he was going to do to her. So why had she panicked like that?

Her mind was a mess. She was angry, frustrated, and felt sick to her stomach. Had she really done something wrong in hitting him? She didn't think so, but nothing felt right. Fluttershy had looked so upset. His hands had felt nice before, and when he washed her hair it had been relaxing. She'd sleepily known what he was going to do.

Nauseously, she remembered the gentle rocking he'd done between her legs as she fell asleep. He'd started when she had been awake, and she had just fallen asleep during it. She hadn't made him stop. Rainbow stifled a growl. It was her fault, wasn't it? Why was she so stupid?

And now he had a busted nose, and she felt disgusting. There was no way she was going to apologize. She felt wrong about everything, and she hadn't wanted what he'd done. Even if she'd let it happen. So what if she hit him? He deserved it.

Eventually she drifted off to sleep, her troubled mind silenced.

---

Rubinstein's face hurt. Fluttershy seemed to know what she was doing, and had informed him that his nose wasn't broke, and he'd likely just ruptured a blood vessel. She said the bleeding would stop by itself in an hour or two, but he'd have that bruise for a few days. Until then, she dutifully stayed by him, mopping the blood off his face, and making him keep his head tilted back to slow the bleeding.

He was still angry about the situation with Dash. What he'd done might have felt a little off, but it didn't warrant her beating his face in. He no longer felt guilty for using her while she slept, not that he ever really had. She was his slave, and she needed to act like it. It was time for him to do what he needed to do.

He'd hoped everything would be smiles and maybe planned on having to give Dash some space here and there, but he couldn't do that now. She had acted violently. In his time, a slave who hit their owner would often face very severe punishment. It could be as long as a week in the stocks, denied food for the duration. Or worse, they could get their sentence changed from limited term slavery to long term slavery.

He knew things were less brutal nowadays, so he couldn't send Dash to the stocks. Not that he would have wanted to, either. While it would certainly correct her behavior, most ponies came back different after spending a week getting harassed by the town while slowly starving. He didn't want Dash to have that horrified empty look he'd seen on so many previously disobedient slaves. Still, it would have made an excellent threat to keep her in line.

He also didn't want to affect her livelihood. She was an athlete, and a week without food and training would set her back something awful. No, he needed to something to help correct her that wouldn't cause any lasting damage. He also didn't want to upset Fluttershy too much, she clearly cared for her friend.

Lamenting his lack of options, he groaned. "What do I do?"

Fluttershy stayed quiet, slowly dabbing his face.

Should he beat her? That had always seemed so barbaric, even back then. Maybe he didn't have to beat her hard, maybe he could just hit her a little. He didn't like the thought of hitting her. She'd probably lose her temper and beat him to a pulp.

Thinking back, he tried to remember what he saw other slave owners do to disobedient slaves. He'd never had first hand experience since he’d always been obedient. Some slaves wore metal chains to keep them from fleeing. And the chains could be attached to things, and made it difficult for the slaves to fight back. Should he do something like that?

He didn’t have any chains, and he doubted he could go down to the market and ask for a pony sized collar to attach them to. Still, the collar wouldn’t be a bad idea. It could be a reminder for Dash that her actions had repercussions. That couldn’t be the whole punishment, but it could be a little bit added on. That way she’d have something to feel that would remind her of their relationship. He mulled over where to get one and then remembered exactly what Fluttershy did for a living.

“Fluttershy, do you have any collars?”

“Oh? Yes. I keep them for the animals.”

“Do you have any that could fit a pony?”

“Umm… yes? I have collars for kitty cats, dogs, pigs, cows, I’m sure I can find something. I even have bear collars.”

If she had collars, maybe she had more things. “What about chains?”

Fluttershy looked confused for a moment. “Umm… yes.”and then her eyes grew wide as she realized why he was asking. “Oh my… I’m not sure that’s a good idea, Mr. Rubinstein.”

A plan was forming in Rubinstein’s head. Dash lost her temper easily, and was dangerous when she did. He’d teach her to control her temper, and teach her to hold herself in check. He wouldn’t like doing it, but he’d do what he had to. It was the only thing he could come up with that made sense. It would be a punishment and a lesson. Hopefully Fluttershy would realize that it was necessary.

“What about whips?”

Fluttershy stopped dabbing the blood and took a step back. She looked nervously to the side, trying to avoid his gaze. “I… I don’t keep things like that for the animals.”

“I didn’t ask why you might have one, I asked if you might have one. Do you?”

Fluttershy whispered, trying to hide behind her hair. “Yes…”

Rubinstein thought about it. It could be a savage, brutal, and barbaric punishment. Or he could just scare her a bit with the set up. Make her put the chains on, pull them tight, bring out the whip and lightly tap her once or twice. He didn’t have to beat her until she was bloody or anything. He didn’t want to do any of it.

“Fluttershy, what do you think?

Fluttershy nervously stepped forward, and dabbed some blood off his face. “I don’t think Rainbow would like that, Mr. Rubinstein.”

He let her soak up the fresh blood before speaking. “No, she probably wouldn’t.”

Fluttershy replied fast. “But, don’t you want Rainbow to like you? I don’t think she’ll like you very much if you whip her.”

Rubinstein sighed loudly. “I don’t think she’s going to like me, Fluttershy. All I can hope to do at this point is teach her not to be violent.” It was true. Rainbow had made up her mind about Rubinstein, and he knew it. She thought he was scum, and made sure to remind him of that fact on a regular basis. She wasn’t going to be his friend any time soon either way. The best he could hope for is that she’d be obedient and at least not dangerous to him. He sighed at the fantasy he’d had earlier of Rainbow being as comforting as Fluttershy. He needed to realize that they were different mares, Rainbow would never be like that.

“Mr Rubinstein… I wanted to know if you wanted Dash to like you, not if you thought she would.” Fluttershy chided him, gently reminding him of her question.

Of course he wanted Rainbow to like him! He also didn’t want to punish her, she was a grown adult and shouldn’t need this kind of punishment. Normal adults didn’t attack other normal adults. “Maybe… Maybe I should just give her to the police and tell them she attacked me.”

Fluttershy paused at that. “I’m not sure that’s a good idea, either Mr. Rubinstein.”

Every idea was a bad idea right now. “Oh? Why?”

Fluttershy looked slightly to the side. “Well, she’ll tell them that you touched her, and you might get in trouble.”

Rubinstein was shocked. Everything he’d done was legal. “But she’s my slave!”

“Well, Ponyville really isn’t used to slavery, Mr. Rubinstein. The police wouldn’t know what’s right or wrong with it right away.” Fluttershy dabbed some more blood off his face. “And Princess Twilight asked us to keep it a secret while she figures out the legalities of everything. Nobody has written a writ in Ponyville in over five hundred years!”

“If the local guards don’t know, then why not just ask one of the Twin Princesses? They used to oversee writ issues.”

Fluttershy looked confused. “The Twin Princesses?”

How could Fluttershy not know the princesses? They had cards in their poker deck. “You know, Celestia and Luna? Night and Day? The Twins!”

“But… they’re not twins. Celestia is older.”

That was news to Rubinstein. “Since when?”

“I… don’t know actually.” Fluttershy looked lost in thought for a moment. “But it still wouldn’t be a good idea. At best the guards would keep her in jail a few days, at worst they would fine her or you, and put her in jail longer!”

It was frustrating. She needed to be punished—he didn’t want to leave her fate in somebody elses hands, but he also didn’t want to be the one actually dolling out the punishment. Rubinstein paused at that thought. Why didn’t he want to do it? He was a coward, that’s why.

Groaning, he realized how this was going to have to play out. He needed to be stronger. He needed to not be a coward, and to do what had to be done. Even turning her in to the police was trying to get somebody else to solve his problem. Dash was his slave—His. It wasn’t the town guard, or the Police’s responsibility to punish her. It was his responsibility, and he needed to own up to it. She couldn’t be violent, it was flat out unacceptable behavior.

Gritting his teeth, he made his decision. “I’m sorry, Fluttershy. But I’m going to need you to get those chains, and that whip.”

Fluttershy gulped.

-----

Dash slowly woke up, noticing that it was dark out. Oddly, there were a few candles burning on the nightstand and providing a soft warm light to the room. How long had she been out? It looked like she was going to have another sleepless night. At least she’d slept through most of the day.

She stretched and yawned, letting some muscles pop in her back as she flapped her wings. As she pulled her arms up she noticed something in the corner, waiting just out of the light. Somebody was sitting in the dark, waiting creepily for her.

Rainbow Dash blinked, and then looked intensely around the room. She was alone in the bed, it was late at night, Fluttershy was nowhere to be seen. That meant that the darkened figure had to be one person. Nobody else would be that creepy. “Ruby.”

Ruby didn’t move, but he did answer. “Dash.”

Rainbow sat up fully on the bed, and re-oriented herself. Ruby’s voice had been abnormally cold, and now she almost felt threatened by him. The air in the room had held a quiet tension, making her uncharacteristically nervous. She wanted to shout at him to calm herself down, but instead she sat quietly on the bed as Ruby’s silhouette stared silently at her. Disturbing the quiet and heavy night struck her as wrong somehow.

She’d fallen asleep sometime in the mid-day, after getting into a fight with Ruby. She’d hit him, that much she remembered. He was probably pretty angry. As she thought more back on it, she remembered telling him to wake her up when he was ready to punish her. Rainbow glanced around the room watching the candles cast dancing shadows.

The eery quiet was uncomfortable, so she broke it. “So, where’s Shy?”

Ruby didn’t seem to move at all when he spoke, the shadows masked everything but his outline. “Fluttershy didn’t want to be here. She decided to make dinner downstairs. After we’re done, we can head on down to eat.”

Rainbow glanced down at her naked body, and then back to the shadow in the corner. She had told him to punish her. Was he gonna fuck her or something? Why wouldn’t Shy want to be there for that? Shy was a pervert, she got off on weird sex stuff. Rainbow frowned. She didn’t want Ruby touching her, the thought made her feel gross. She knew his hands were clean, but they always felt kind of slimy, tainting whatever part of her they touched.

Rainbow shook her head. The bath hadn’t felt like that. It had been almost nice. If Ruby hadn’t fucked it up by blowing his load on her while she slept, she would have felt better about the whole situation. Rainbow began to get angry. Why did Ruby have to fuck things up like that? He fucked up poker, he was trying to fuck with her relationship with Shy, and when there was a chance for things to feel almost normal, he went and fucked that up.

And now he was going to fuck her. Rainbow clenched her teeth in frustration, and grabbed the bedsheets tightly. While she was barely holding herself in check she managed to growl out. “What do you want, Ruby?”

Ruby seemed unimpressed. “We need to talk, Dash.”

Dash fought back her anger. “Fine. What the fuck do you want to talk about?”

“Are you going to hit me again?”

She decided that she probably would. She wanted to hit him right now, but she didn’t have a good reason. “I dunno. Are you going to rape me while I sleep again?”

He waited a moment, but his answer was nonchalant when he spoke.“Maybe.”

She was appalled he’d just said that. Did he not care at all? Rainbow had known he was scum, but it was something different to hear it from his mouth like that. “Then maybe I’ll hit you again.”

“You do know that you’re not allowed to hit me, right?”

“Are you fucking serious?” Rainbow couldn’t believe they were having this discussion.

Ruby answered calmly. “Yes. It is illegal for you to strike me.”

“What?” Fighting happened all the time. Sure, it was technically illegal, but only troublemakers got in trouble for it.

Ruby sighed before he answered. “I thought about turning you into the guard for violence. In my time, a violent slave would be pacified by beatings, or worse, public stocks.”

So the problem was that she might legally be slave, not that she got in a fight. Still, it didn’t matter what Ruby tried to do. She had saved the town and was an element of Harmony. It’d gotten her out of worse trouble, like the weather factory incident. “Ponyville would never let that fly, Ruby. I’d be fine.”

He sounded smug when he corrected her. “You’d be mostly fine. You’d likely have to spend time in jail. The hero, Rainbow Dash, in jail for battery. And then ponies would ask about the situation. They’d find out you’re my slave. Fluttershy told me that we were supposed to keep that quiet, but it wouldn’t be quiet. How would the jail time impact your Wonderbolt career? How would it influence the weather team?”

Did he think he could push her around? Fuck him. She wasn’t gonna get pushed around. Rainbow Glared at the shadow and leaned forward aggressively. She’d been wanting to hit something. “Are you threatening me, Ruby?”

The shadowed figure threw his hands up in apparent exasperation and then pointed aggressively at her as he suddenly shouted, “No! I’m explaining why I can’t just turn you into the guard. I’m not going to do that to your professional career. I can’t go to the proper people, because you’d get in too much trouble. I’m furious right now, Dash, but I’m not going to destroy your life over it.”

Dash relaxed a little. It hadn’t been a threat, but that didn’t mean she was happy about it. She still wanted to smack him. “So you have some kind of soul in there, huh? You aren’t just a monster then? Is that what this is? Am I supposed to feel something for you now?”

Ruby leaned back in his chair, falling deeper into the shadow. “I’m… not great, Dash. I know that. Somewhere along the line, especially with you, I’ve become a bad guy of sorts. But before it got this far I told myself that I wouldn’t impact your livelihood.”

Dash didn’t believe him. “What if I have, like, a three day long Wonderbolt event?”

He responded instantly. “Then you go. The Wonderbolts are your life. This here is your off time.”

Rainbow thought about that. She didn’t like him; actually she was pretty sure she hated him. He was clearly a dick bag, but he had something like morals mixed into his bag of dicks. She could respect that a little. “Okay Ruby. Fine. You’re a rapist, an asshole, and a slime-ball, but you aren’t a complete monster. Is that what you wanted to hear?”

“Yes. I’m glad we can see eye to eye.”

Rainbow frowned. She didn’t want to get to know Ruby that well. “I wish we didn’t have to.”

“But that brings us back to what’s happening.”

She’d forgotten. He’d been staring at her while she slept. It was not a comforting thought. “The part where you’re sitting creepily in the dark corner, watching me snooze? Because I’m just a little confused about that part.”

“I was thinking and waiting. You need to be punished and corrected. I can’t bring you back to the guard, I’m not putting you in the stocks for the same reason. That leaves beating.”

Rainbow felt her anger coming back. “Fuck you, Ruby.”

He put his hand on his forehead, rubbing it. “But I can’t trust you, either. You could easily take me in a fight. You’ve already hit me once today, and I don’t want a repeat. You almost broke my nose.”

What was he getting at? “So you want me to sit here, and play nice while you hit me?”

“I don’t think you would.”

Rainbow snorted a dry chuckle. “No. I wouldn’t. I’d probably lose my shit and beat the crap out of you.” She looked closely in the dark, trying to decide if he was smiling or frowning. She couldn’t tell. “So, what are you gonna do then?”

Ruby leaned back in his chair and put both hands on his thighs. “In the old days they’d use chains, ropes, that sort of thing. Your hands would be tied to a rail, and then you’d be stripped. Depending on what your owner wanted to do to you, your tail might be tied up, and your wings might be bound as well. Or worse, stretched out. Then your mouth would be bound shut, and piece of wood put in for you to bite on. You would be whipped, usually in front of the other slaves.”

“You’d be stuck, your punishment a spectacle for everyone else to watch. For some of them, it would be a lesson: ‘Don’t be like this, or else.’ For others it would be entertainment. They might laugh and gawk as you’re screaming painfully into a gag and biting on a bitter piece of elm wood, your skin being scarred beneath your fur as a reminder of your duty. To you it’s important. Awful, but important.”

Rainbow waited, somewhere between terrified and furious. Did he really plan on doing that to her? It would not happen. No fucking way.

“But I understand how terrible that can be. And I don’t think I’m quite enough of a monster to do that to you, even if I think you might deserve it.”

“Gee. Thanks, Ruby. I appreciate you not torturing me in my friends house.”

“So I’m going to ask you for a compromise.”

Dash stared incredulously. “A compromise to being lashed?”

“Yes. Fluttershy does have a whip, oddly enough, but it’s not for lashing.”

Rainbow was more surprised than anything. She thought she knew her friend well, especially her friend’s attitude towards animals. “Why the fuck does Fluttershy have a whip?”

“It’s from her box of toys. It’s enough to sting, maybe leave a red mark, but not enough to rip open skin or leave welts.”

Rainbow sighed. That made an unfortunate amount of sense. “Goddammit, Shy.”

“So here’s the plan. I know you can get emotional, so I don’t trust you when you’re angry. But you seem willing to be obedient until I touch you. I want you to put these straps on your wrists and legs. I’ll tie them up, putting your arms behind you and tying your legs to the bed post.”

“So I just sit there, tied up while you beat me?”

“Actually, the ‘beating’ is going to be the least of it. The real punishment is that I’m going to gag you and fuck you.”

So that had been his game. Bait and switch. He’d told her stories about awful stuff just so that she’d go along with his plan. “HA! I knew it. You’re still the same sick fuck you’ve always been. All that other crap was just to convince me to go along!”

“No, you’ll go along with it because I’m telling you to. You’ve never not done what I told you, you just complain. Hence the gag. The rest of that ‘crap’ is real, and is what I’ve been brooding about alone in the dark.”

Rainbow frowned, unconvinced. “You are a sick fucker, Ruby.”

“Perhaps. But I had to do something, Dash. You can not be allowed to hit your owner, or anypony else for that matter. I had felt bad when you woke up. I was ready to apologize for what I did, but then you hit me. I’m not going to apologize now. I feel vindicated. You’re mine, and you need to understand that. I was right to use you, and you need to realize it.”

Rainbow began to see red. She was more than just his toy, and he needed to realize that. He deserved to be hit, and worse. She should have gone for his nuts. She could probably permanently put them out of commission. Clenching her fist, she glared at him. “I’m not apologizing, Ruby. You’re a fuckhead and we both know you deserved it.”

“Be that as it may, it’s not your place to punish me. It’s my place to punish you. The ball-gag is on the nightstand. Why don’t you put that on first? I’m sick of your talking.”

Rainbow angrily turned to look at the stand, seeing the odd collection of gear near a candle. She stared at it for a moment in furious silence. She could run, he couldn’t stop her. But what if he did go to the guards? And she’ d be flying naked all the way home. Shy wasn’t going to help her, Shy believed that Ruby had the right to boss them around.

And Rainbow knew that, too. She hated Ruby, and she hated what happened. But she had signed the stupid paper. Twilight had told her that she needed to take care of her own problems. She needed to force herself to do what Ruby said, if only because she promised she would. Rainbow muttered to herself as she realized that she’d put it on and do as she was told.

She was still furious. Thinking about what Ruby was going to do to her made her heart beat loudly in her ears and her stomach feel sick. As her arm reached for the red ball with the black strap, she noticed that it was shaking. She wasn’t sure if it was from nerves or rage.

Looking over the nightstand, she wondered where Shy had got these things. Some of them were clearly for animals, a few collars and leashes. Some were clearly not. The ball-gag in her hand was made for ponies, and was easily identifiable even to Dash as a fetish tool. It looked like it would force her mouth to stay open, but the ball had holes so she could still breathe through it. Also on the table, she noticed a bottle just labeled “Lube”.

The odd assortment of items probably meant a fun night for some ponies, but to Dash they just looked like a nightmare. Carefully, she put the strap for the gag over her head and put the ball in her mouth. It tasted bitter, and she briefly worried that Shy had used it without washing it. She felt the strap loudly click into place behind her head, and unsuccessfully tried to close her mouth around the gag. It was uncomfortable.

The strap forced the gag deep in her mouth, and shoved her tongue uncomfortably back. Rainbow Dash did not like the gag, it made it hard for her to sneer or frown. She tried to curse at Ruby, but all that came out was a weak,“Uck oo uuy.”

“You know, I feel a lot better about the situation seeing you like that.” Ruby got up and slowly walked over to Dash, stepping into the soft candlelight as he approached. “It’s decidedly not flattering. Makes you look a little like an animal, actually. A whole hell of a lot less intimidating.”

Rainbow noticed the bruise forming above his nose. The skin around one eye was turning a dark ugly shade of blue. She just glared at him, her mouth held open by the gag. At least she’d gotten in a good hit. It almost made this all worth it.

Ruby came over and picked up a few of the smaller collars. “Arms out.” He motioned for her to put her arms in front of him.

Rainbow slowly put her arms forward and together, continuing to stare at Ruby. She wasn’t going to stop him, but she’d let him know that she was not happy about the situation. He put the collars over her arms, and winched them tight. Then he tied them together with a leather leash. Rainbow muttered her displeasure through the gag. They were lashed together surprisingly tight.

Rainbow glared at Ruby, trying to kill him with her eyes.

Ruby grabbed another leash, a longer chain one with a loop at the end. “Next is your wings. We don’t want to hurt them, so if I tie them down you’ll be more comfortable.”

She didn’t like the thought of that. Rainbow gave a light flap of her wings, and then pressed them to her side. Ruby reached around her, and looped the chain around her midsection a few times. It was cold, and the metal links bit slightly into her sensitive wings. She growled in displeasure through her gag.

“The chain isn’t going to give at all, so you need to let me know if I put it on too tight.” Ruby pulled on the chain ends, lightly cinching it all tighter.

Rainbow shouted through her gag as the links bit painfully into her wings. The sharp sting had been unexpected, and she found her eyes tearing up.

Ruby looked startled. “Oh! Shit… Too tight?”

Rainbow nodded her head quickly up and down. What she wanted to say was, “Of course it’s too tight, dipshit.” Instead all she could do was glare at Ruby as her eyes filled with tears.

“Oh… Umm… Okay. Just a sec. It’s caught on itself back there…” Ruby reached around her and started messing with the chain behind her back. “I guess I shouldn’t have used the chain for this, huh?”

Rainbow groaned unappreciatively into her gag. His hands were pulling around behind her, and there was an occasional painful bite as he jostled the metal. Sometimes it would pinch her wings, causing her to wince. This time she was prepared for the pain, so she didn’t shout. It still hurt like a bitch though.

Finally he got it loose, and the chain stopped pinching. Rainbow grunted, letting him know that it wasn’t hurting anymore.

“Sorry about that. I uhh… Didn’t realize it would do that.”

Rainbow rolled her eyes as she silently lamented losing the bet to an idiot.

“Well… hooves then. Lay back, put your hooves up here.”

Rainbow glared at him, then carefully positioned herself so she was sitting with her hooves dangling off the side of the bed. She didn’t want to lay down on her back with the chains around her wings.

She watched, curiously, as he took two collars, leather, and put them around her ankles. He had a metal bar, about two and a half feet long, that he attached each collar to. It kept her legs stuck exactly that far apart. She gave it a light tug, trying to pull her legs further apart or push them closer together, but was unsuccessful.

“Ooh ooh Oh?” She asked.

“Try walking. Here.” He grabbed her by her tied hands and pulled her gently out of bed.

Rainbow landed easily on her feet, but then found things much more difficult. She couldn’t walk because her legs were stuck, and her bound wings made her feel unbalanced. Panicking, she flailed her secured arms as she began to tumble forward. She landed in Ruby’s chest as he held her upright.

Rainbow froze for a moment. She wanted to smash him, but she couldn’t move. She might be able to push him away with her arms, but then she’d fall. Rainbow felt her cheeks flush with anger as her face rubbed into his warm chest. This whole situation was stupid, from the beginning to the end.

She never should have bet, she never should have bet again, and she never should have agreed to this arrangement. She cursed as some of his chest hair got into her mouth. She couldn’t get it out. She never should have let him take advantage of her like that, and she sure as hell shouldn’t have hit him after. She’d made dumb decision after dumb decision. She should have just left when she found him railing Shy on the table.

He’d have been happy to keep Shy, and then Dash wouldn’t have had to go through with this. Sure, he would have been pissed for a moment, but Shy would have calmed him down. Now it was too late, and she was stuck playing his stupid games because she was stupid, too. Furious at herself for letting things get this far Rainbow decided that she hated everything, so she slammed her head into his chest in protest, headbutting him.

Suddenly, she found herself flung onto the bed, landing on her back and causing her to shout in pain as the chains bit into her wings again.

Ruby coughed and grabbed at his chest, “What the fuck, Dash? That hurt.”

Rainbow chuckled to herself through the pain in her wings. Good—fuck him. She’d wanted to hurt him.

Ruby coughed again, and then grabbed something off the table. Dash didn’t care. Ruby was already going to beat her, what did she care? Her wings already hurt like hell. It was unfortunate she was so much smaller than him, he could throw her around like some kind of toy when she was bound up like this. She pulled on her wrists, seeing if she could loosen them, but had no success.

Ruby jumped up on the bed, and put his weight on her, causing her to scream again as the chains pinched her. Rainbows tears welled up, and then ran freely down her cheeks. That guy was heavy, and the links were being painfully pushed into her back and wings. His body slid up hers, he was kneeling with his legs on either side of her. He could sit on her stomach or support his weight with his legs, but he was putting his full weight on her.

Rational thought left her as she tried to push him off with her bound arms, but she couldn’t get any leverage. Rainbow snorted angrily, tears falling down her cheeks from the pain. All she could think was that she had to get this weight off her. Breathing faster and faster, she began to flail. Her legs and wings were stuck, and he had grabbed both of her arms, forcing them down above her head.

Ruby held her, watching with a pained look on his face as Rainbow thrashed. She was panicked, and she didn’t know or care why. She had to get away, that was all she knew. Rainbow began to scream and cry through her gag, the noises being muffled by the plastic. She felt like an animal, she couldn’t think and didn’t even realize it. She just fought, pushing and bending, trying to break the metal and leather that held her, anything to break free.

A single terrified thought ran through Dash, over and over like a record: She was helpless and trapped.

After a few moments of panicked struggling, she locked eyes with Ruby. She couldn’t help herself—she couldn’t free herself. But he could do those things for her. Dash began to whimper as her thrashing slowed down. She began to shake uncontrollably. She took a few heaving breaths, the tears falling freely down her cheeks as fear paralyzed her.

Ruby looked serious. “Are you okay there?”

Unable to move, Rainbow was forced to think about that. Her mouth was choking, oxygen was hard to get. She hurt everywhere, especially her wings. She couldn’t figure out what the hell was happening. She had lost her mind for a moment, and tried to get away, but she couldn’t. She was still crying, still terrified, but she didn’t know why. She wanted Ruby off, but she could think again. Slowly, she moved her head side to side as she made a decision. She was not okay.

Ruby lifted up, getting to his knees instead of sitting on her. Rainbow felt the pain in her wings die off as the pressure came off them. She watched Ruby’s face, tears still streaming from her uncontrollably. Ruby reached around and lifted her head just a little to pull her gag off. Rainbow hacked and coughed for a moment, and then closed her mouth.

Ruby put the strap to the side and looked at her with concern. “What happened?”

Rainbow didn’t know. She just kept looking at Ruby with wide eyes. She hadn’t been that scared in a long time, maybe ever. She wasn’t better yet. She was afraid that if she looked away from Ruby and then back, he’d make her scared again. He’d make her terrified.

“Dash, come on. What’s going on?”

Rainbow took a deep breath. She was being ridiculous. This was all ridiculous. She sniffled. “I got scared, okay?”

“You got… scared?” He looked disbelieving.

Dash frowned and shifted uncomfortably. “I don’t think I liked it when you jumped on top of me like that.”

“So what happened then?”

“I stopped thinking. I just wanted to get away.” Dash looked to the side. She didn’t know why she was answering his questions. She didn’t have to. The adrenaline still rushing through her was probably making her more honest. Or something.

Ruby leaned down, putting his head closer to hers. “So, can you think again?”

Dash looked up to him, and glanced down his body as it dangled over her. His thing was limp, oddly that made her feel better. She blushed as she realized she’d been staring. “Yeah.”

“Did it hurt?”

“Yeah. You’re… heavy.” Dash watched his eyes. She was surprised to see that he was concerned for her.

“Then lets pass on the whipping, okay?”

“Yeah, sure.” Dash leaned her head back and sighed. She didn’t care anymore. She felt drained from the panic attack, and was just glad it was over. “So does that mean we’re gonna, you know?” If Ruby wanted his fun, she’d let him have it.

Ruby surprised her with his answer. “We can do that later if you need some time.”

Rainbow looked up and saw his face, still covered in concern. She began to laugh, the tears still falling down her cheeks. She let her head fall back on the bed as she chuckled. Each laugh caused a little bit of pinching in her wings, but she didn’t care anymore. “Ha ha he… I just don’t get you Ruby.”

Ruby sounded confused. “What do you mean?”

Rainbow closed her eyes, forcing the tears out as she tried to figure out Ruby. “You go from mean to almost sweet at the drop of a hat. I mean, Here I am, completely done fighting for the moment, and you tell me we can do it later. We both know I’ll fight you later, but you don’t seem to want to right now.” Rainbow smirked, looking back up at Ruby as she decided that maybe she did have some snark left in her. “I bet you like it when I fight.”

Ruby frowned. “No, not really.”

Rainbow continued her smirking. “Oh? So then just fuck me right now.” Ruby’s eyes went wide in surprise at that. Rainbow enjoyed seeing him panic, so she kept going. “I promise I’ll be a good girl for a little bit. Maybe just tonight. You could untie my wings and I’d be sweet to you Ruby.” Rainbow leaned forward, licking her lips to tease him, “But if you want to wait, then I’ll fight you again.”

She leaned back again and let Ruby decide what he was going to do. She knew he was going to fuck her sooner or later, and honestly right now she’d rather be doing that than thinking. She just felt empty, and she wanted the chains off. She really didn’t care what Ruby did to her. Hell, her friend had already raped her, what was one more time? She felt like a piece of meat, so why not act like one—meat didn’t have to think.

Rainbow smiled as Ruby reached around her chest and began to untie the chains. She didn’t even wince when they pinched her sensitive skin. He’d decided then. “So I gotta play nice, now huh?”

She heard the chains clank as they were thrown to the floor next to the bed. Ruby was still poised over her, kneeling to keep his weight off her body. Ruby kneeled up straight and watched her, curiously. “I believe that was the offer, yes.”

Rainbow reached forward with her arms, doing a half situp under Ruby. She used her awkwardly wrapped hands to grab Ruby’s soft cock. She smiled, and her usual taunt came out with much less venom and followed by a chuckle. “Fuck you, Ruby. Heh.”

Ruby stared at her, and she at him. As long as she watched him, she didn’t have to think about the thing that happened, and as long as she touched his warming cock, it gave her body something to do. Rainbow wrapped one of her hands around it, and began to gently jerk him off. She pulled on his soft and stretchy skin, enjoying the look he made.

Ruby seemed to be confused, concerned, and aroused all at once. Rainbow focused on that. He was feeling like that because she was making him. She gave a long slow stroke down the length of his hardening cock, and relished the breath he sucked in. Dash smirked. He really was like putty in her hands. “See, I can be nice.”

The concern slowly melted from Ruby’s face. “So, how nice are you going to be for me?”

“However nice you want me to be.” Dash leaned forward further, and began to lick his chest. She remembered the chest hair that had gotten into her mouth earlier as she left a wet smear across his chest with her tongue. That had been awful because she had no control over the situation. Now, however, she was the one licking his chest. It felt normal. The fur didn’t taste nearly as bad, it was tasteless in fact.

She felt his arms wrap around her back, and his hands rested at the base of her wings. Dash was glad that he didn’t feel slimy right now, not that it would have stopped her. His hands were hot and they grasped and clutched around the base of her sore wings, causing her to sigh into his chest.

Dash turned her head sideways, breathing hard. Her heart rate was still high from the thing, and her hands were still wrapped around his now hard dick. She pressed her head into his chest, listening to his heartbeat as he gently kneaded the base of her wings. This wasn’t so bad. She could hear his heart, he was a pony. He wasn’t some nightmarish monster, or a blind idiot. He was a real flesh and blood creature who was making her feel good and she was making feel good in turn.

Dash sighed. She didn’t know what she’d been fighting earlier or why she’d stopped. She just did what felt natural, and let out a soft moan as his hands pressed into a particularly tight muscle on her back.

Ruby chuckled. “See, I like this. Why haven’t you been like this?”

Rainbow gently tightened her grip around his dick, feeling the warmth soak into her hand as she ever so slightly squeezed it. “Dunno.” Why was he asking questions? She didn’t want questions.

“Well, keep it up.” He moved his hands to her shoulders, and pushed her back. Rainbow let go of his cock as she laid gently on her back.

She glanced up and down his body, looking at his stiff cock and intense gaze. She was on her back, her arms bound and her legs forced apart with the bar. It looked like he was ready. “No warm up for me? Okay.” Rainbow internally shrugged. If he wanted to try and fuck her dry, he could. It wasn’t like she could stop him, or that she was afraid of a little pain.

She wasn’t afraid of anything. Except that. And she didn’t even know what that was, so it was best not to think about it.

“So do you like seeing me in pain then? Is that what gets you off, Ruby?” Rainbow asked curiously. It wasn’t a big deal if that was his thing. She’d heard about that before. It was somewhat common, and she was tough.

Ruby looked down at her confused, but didn’t say anything.

“Because I can take it. You can hurt me, it’s okay. I promised to be a good girl for you tonight.” Rainbow was really tough, she’d be fine. And if she was hurting, then she wouldn’t worry about that.

Ruby reached a hand down between her legs, gently running a finger across her slit. She was dry, and he noticed.

“You know you want to fuck me, Ruby. My pussy is right there. You can feel it.” Rainbow lifted her hips, pressing her pussy against his exploring hand. “It probably still has some of your cum in there from when you raped me.” She was surprised by some unexpected emotion, and harnessed it. Her voice grew angry, but she kept grinding her crotch against his hand. “That’s what you wanted me for, isn’t it? That’s why I’m your little slave. You wanted to fuck my pussy.”

Rainbow was surprised as his hand flipped around, and pressed tightly around her slit. It pushed firmly into her skin without sliding between her lower lips. Ruby’s voice was low, and his other hand held her two bound hands to her stomach. “Yes. That is what I want out of you. Are you still playing nice, Dash?”

“I promised I would, Ruby. Just for tonight.” Dash thought about it. He was probably asking because she wasn’t into it. He could feel how unaroused she was. “But that doesn’t mean I’ll enjoy it.” She wondered if she’d sent a mixed message, so she decided to clarify. “It’s simple, Ruby. Use me. Take what you want.” She didn’t want to think, and she’d get that from him at least. They’d both get something.

“Fine.”

He let go of her wrists and crotch as he reached to the table. Dash watched him grab a bottle, and then put a few drops in his hands. A cold hand slid between her legs, and she gasped as she tried to reflexively close them. Unfortunately, they were still bound apart. His fingers were slippery now, and he spread the cold slippery lube around her pussy. Once she was used to the temperature, she began to grind against his hand.

Ruby leaned forward, and grabbed her hands while he molested her. Dash squirmed uncomfortably as he put her hands above her head, pinning them into the bed. She knew what he was doing, he was getting in position. The thought made her curious. She glanced down his body, and watched his bobbing cock sway underneath. He was going to fuck her with that.

Dash felt her mouth dry up a little. She had literally asked for this, so she tried to force herself to calm down. She focused on his sloppy hand, the one sliding inexpertly around her pussy. He was terrible at it, he didn’t know where any of the good spots were. Not like Fluttershy had.

Dash froze at that thought, and replayed it in her head. Shy had known exactly where to press, and what to do to get Rainbow off. Her hands had been warm and soft, with just the right amount of force. Dash closed her eyes and hummed happily as she remembered Shy’s eager hands.

“You like that, huh?”

Dash opened her eyes to see Ruby smirking at her. Ruby wasn’t bad looking, but compared to Shy, he was ugly. Shy was gorgeous. Rainbow lied. “Sure.” Then she closed her eyes.

Fluttershy was stunning.

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Rubinstein smirked. He wasn’t sure what had came over Rainbow, but she’d suddenly become very eager to please him, and he wasn’t going to let an opportunity like that pass. He had been worried he’d have to beat her, but he’d accidentally hurt her when he put the chains on, and then she’d had some kind of weird freak out. After that, she’d been docile. At worst she taunted him.

Now he had her squirming and moaning underneath him. He’d have to thank Fluttershy for the ‘toys’ she’d provided, they had made everything go smoother, even if it wasn’t to plan. He was sure that Dash would have tried to claw his eyes out or something earlier, but now she was very complacent. He could probably take everything off her and she’d still fuck him. She had promised she’d be good all night, so he would eventually.

But first he wasn’t going to take any risks. He wanted to make sure she understood that she was his slave. He’d also been wanting to fuck her since the hungover sandwich from the day before, so he was taking it slow by leaving her arms and legs bound. He’d experiment with her obedience after he finished with her.

Right now her eyes were closed, and she was slightly moaning as he played with her pussy. He kept stroking it slowly, stretching it wide and spreading the lube everywhere he could touch. She was finally starting to get wet, he’d been working her for a while and his hand was getting cramped.

He’d thought about taking her offer, just fucking her straight up, but that wasn’t what he wanted. He wanted her to enjoy this, at least a little. It was so much more poignant if she knew he could and would make her feel good.

Smearing lube mixed with her juice, he roughly squeezed her clit. She growled and opened her eyes, watching him with a far off gaze. Rubinstein pressed his hips down and took his hand up to rest on her chest. He could feel her tight slit with the tip of his cock, and the heat made him tingly. He needed to be inside of her. Rubinstein’s heart was racing as he rubbed his dick against her lower lips.

“You ready for this?”

Dash just nodded, closing her eyes and tilting her head back.

Rubinstein didn’t want that. He wanted her to see his face when he fucked her. He wanted her to remember this. He didn’t know what kind of mood she was in right now, but if it didn’t stick, then he wanted her to remember him. He moved his hand to the side of her head, resting on his elbow as he lowered down closer to her. “Watch me. I want your eyes open, and watching me while I fuck you.”

Dash slowly opened her eyes, they seemed tired, but they still locked on his. She shuffled slightly, getting comfortable underneath him. “Is this how you want it, Ruby?”

“Yes.” He grabbed her by her hair, holding her like that. Slowly, Rubinstein slid into Dash. He watched her face, she squinted in what could have been pain, but dutifully kept her eyes open as he slipped inside. She was hot and smooth, the lube making their skin on skin contact all that much more sensual. Carefully, he pulled slightly on her hair as he pressed deeper inside. She wasn’t resisting him, but she gasped slightly as he bottomed out, pulling in a light breath of air.

He let himself drop closer to her, and let go of her arms. Rubinstein felt their bodies press together, and enjoyed the sensation. Her tight stomach was pressed against his slightly pudgy belly, his legs slid smoothly over her side, he had one hand holding her hair, and he took his other hand and ran it down the side of her body. Rubinstein was enjoying himself.

Dash’s face was flushed red, but she hadn’t said anything yet. She just held still, breathing slowly. He felt her breath, and traced her body with his free hand. He was relishing her body for what it was. She was small, and tight inside. So tight that he could feel her pulse with his dick if he focused. She shivered underneath him.

“Told you I’d fuck you, Dash.” He whispered softly to her.

Dash blushed, and put her bound arms around his head, hooking him under the wrapping as she slowly pulled him down to her face. She whispered sweetly back, “I could break your neck right now, Ruby.” and smiled. He felt her squeeze him inside as she tugged down lightly on the back of his neck.

Rubinstein smiled to cover his spike of fear but his heart beat picked up. Even wrapped up and impaled on his dick she was still scary. “But you promised to play nice, didn’t you?”

Rainbow slowly pulled him closer, pressing their faces almost completely together. “I did, Didn’t I?” Then she leaned up just a little, and kissed him. Rubinstein dropped into the kiss, melting into Dash as he slowly began to press into her body.

He took her then, sliding into her body and pressing them together. He wasn’t sure what they were doing, or who was in charge. This wasn’t how he was supposed to be acting with his slave, but he didn’t care. Rubinstein quickly found out that she did, in fact, fuck like a minx. Her body moved smoothly as she undulated underneath him, meeting his thrusts and holding him firmly against both sets of her lips.

Rubinstein was amazed that the smaller mare could hold him so tightly while being wrapped up like this. He was excited to see what she could do if he took her bindings off. Hazily, he pulled on her hair while he roughly thrust into her. She closed her eyes and moaned, allowing him a chance to slip from under her arms. Quickly, he forced her arms back into the bed above her head. He needed to be in charge while he was fucking her.

She glared at him, slightly angry that he took her control away from her, but she didn’t say anything. Instead she closed her eyes and began to squirm as he thrust harder and deeper. Rubinstein watched as she bit her lip, sucking the bottom lip into her mouth and chewing on it. He liked watching her like that, her strange helpless but eager attitude was a huge turn on for him, and her small body was his to play with.

He took his hand, and forced her to face him again, using her hair to forced her head. He was worried he pulled a little too hard, but she didn’t seem to mind. She had told him that he could do what he wanted, so he didn’t feel guilty. “You’ve got to…” he sucked in a breath. “Watch me while I fuck you, Dash.”

She opened her eyes, and glared at him with an angry intensity. He could feel her heating up, warming under his thrusts. She moaned, but kept her eyes dutifully locked on him. He took his hand from her hair, and trailed it down lower to where his cock was buried in her pussy. Aggressively, Rubinstein leaned down and forced a kiss on her, dipping his tongue deep into her hot mouth.

Dash squirmed when he did that, moving her pinned arms and writhing with her trapped legs. Rubinstein slid his hand over her clit, it was soaked in juice now, like everything else down there. He squeezed it lightly, causing her to shudder in his mouth and under his body.

He pulled away from his aggressive kiss, but kept his hands on her pussy and holding her hair. “That’s right. Keep watching me while I fuck you.”

Dash was blushing hard now, her eyes locked in his and her voice nearly breathless. “Fuck you… Ruby.”

He wondered what she was thinking as he used her. He began to flick her clit like he was jacking off a tiny cock, it had worked for other mares. Maybe it would work for her. He pistoned into her, his cock sliding smoothly as it spread her wide over and over. All the while, he stared into her eyes. He soaked them in, they were violet and half lidded. Inside those eyes was her mind, the mind of pony he was holding underneath him.

Inside those eyes was Rainbow Dash. He wanted to be behind those eyes, to feel her deeper than he already was. He wanted to know what she thought, felt, and needed. If he knew, he could give her that. He could make her his in more ways than he already had. Rainbow stared back, her eyes half lidded and her cheeks blushing. He could see her eyes flicker as she began to glance nervously away from his intense gaze. Her blush deepened.

Rubinstein squeezed her clit forcefully, causing her to hiss and blink. “I said to watch me. What are you embarrassed about, Dash?”

Dash glared angrily back at him, meeting him with renewed vigor. “Fuck you Ruby.”

Rubinstein fell into a rhythm, stroking her clit as he pulled out of her body and watched her eyes. He quickly noticed that she was doing it again, her blush darkening and her eyes seemed to quiver in the candlelight. Before they started flicking away, he reminded her. “Keep watching me. You’re supposed to play nice.”

Rainbow quietly growled in protest, but kept her eyes open and watching him. He could see that she was angry, but there was more going on inside of her. As he pressed particularly deep, he realized what it was. Her eyes seemed to quiver with his hand on her clit, and her breathing had picked up. He could control that thing inside of her, the thing behind her eyes.

Rubinstein wasn’t sure how much longer he could last. He’d been teasing and enjoying Dash for a while now, and he was close to blowing his load. Keeping his rhythm, he taunted her. “You know, I already put my cum in your pussy once today, didn’t I?”

Dash scowled angrily, but she didn’t say anything.

“I asked you a question. Answer it.” He pressed roughly into her body and pulled her hair, making sure to keep his rhythm on her clit.

Dash’s face turned into a pained grimace as she squealed slightly.

Rubinstein was getting a rush off of this. He was going to cum soon, he could feel it swelling up his dick as he fought it back. “I said, ‘Answer it!’”

Dash blinked, but kept her eyes on him when they opened. They looked wild and furious now, but he could still see them quiver. He was in charge. She was pissed, but still fucking him, accepting his cock into her like it belonged. “Yes!” Her eyes narrowed aggressively, the venom back in her voice. “Fuck you.”

He loved the sound of her voice then. She knew he was in charge, she was defiant and yet entirely his. She couldn’t fight back, only accept what he was doing to her. And they both knew what he was going to do to her. She hated it, but at the same time he could hear that she wanted it. He was behind her eyes now, and knew what she needed it. He would give it to her.

“That’s right you are, Dash. And I’m going to cum in it again, aren’t I?” He leaned down and got nose to nose with her as he fucked her, burying his dick into her strong little body. “You spend all that time becoming perfect, and I’m just using you for your pussy. I’m gonna cum in it, aren’t I?” He groaned, feeling her squeeze him. “I’m gonna cum in you.”

Dash blinked again, this time her eyes opened wide. She sounded panicked when she spoke. “Yes…” She looked into his eyes and hooked her arms around his neck again, shouting when he thrust into her, “Fuck!”

Rubinstein couldn’t take it. She was wild, and it was too much. He’d been holding back so hard and he couldn’t anymore. His dick throbbed, begging for release, but he held back just a little longer. He spoke dangerously low, he’d almost lost control. “You like it, don’t you?”

Dash looked surprised, and opened her mouth, only to close it. She gasped like a fish out of water, and squeezed him hard, convulsing around his cock with her pussy. “Yesss… Fuu….” one long curse shouted out as she emptied her lungs, “…uuuckk…” Rubinstein watched her violet eyes go completely unfocused and for a moment Rainbow Dash wasn’t there. There was just a mare, wildly lost in her orgasm.

In that moment, Rubinstein felt like he’d tamed her. He’d done what he’d been threatening to do to her, and made her watch him the whole time. She’d screamed out, even fought, but ultimately had given in. He knew she’d remember this moment, the moment where he beat her. He was behind those wild vacant eyes of hers, and now he had a permanent place there. Dash was his.

Rubinstein let himself go, and felt an involuntary squeeze as he came into her. He squirted, thrusting into the euphoric mare while he looked into her eyes. He had a moment of bliss as his cock sprayed over and over into her shivering, squirming body. Breathing heavily, he squeezed her body and groaned as he pumped into her. He filled her, relaxing onto her and listening to her quiet curses as she rode out her own orgasm.

As he calmed down he was in disbelief. That had been amazing. It had started off weird, but had gotten to be crazy. Nothing had gone like he’d planned, but the goals had been met. He also felt that he had taught her a lesson in the process. As he lay on top of her, he waited for her breathing to slow down and her curses to stop. When they did, he checked to make sure the lesson stuck.

“Who’s your owner, Dash?”

Dash sighed relaxing back into the bed and closing her eyes as he continued to toy with her now soft pussy. She just sounded tired. “You are.”

Rubinstein chuckled. “And who just made you cum?”

Dash sighed again, taking her arms off the back of his neck and resting them above her head. Her voice sounded far away. “You did.”

He smiled victoriously. Maybe she wasn’t a lost cause. “Lets get you untied and cleaned up. Fluttershy is probably waiting for us downstairs.”

Dash didn’t say anything, she just waited there as he pulled off of her, his dick making a wet squelch as it pulled from her dripping cunt. Rubinstein noticed her eyes flicked down, and she watched it sway back and forth above her pussy. He glanced down, and saw a string of cum still connecting them, glistening in the candlelight. Happily, he leaned forward and kissed Dash gently on her forehead. “That was a lot of fun. Let’s do this again soon.”

Dash was took a moment to respond. She looked back to his eyes with a vacant stare, and quietly said, “Fuck you, Ruby.”

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Rainbow was alone upstairs. She’d told Ruby that she’d be down in a minute, she just needed some time for herself. It hadn’t been a lie.

She didn’t know what had happened to her. She didn’t know why she had lost her mind, and then been so eager just to get it over with. Rainbow shivered on the bed, naked and cold. She’d been fucked, and pretty thoroughly.

She couldn’t believe that she’d gotten off from that. She’d been focused on Shy, thinking about the warm mare’s hands, but then Ruby had made her watch him. She’d been forced to look him in the eye and she’d seen him.

Not just Ruby, but the pony that he was. And she’d seen his face and felt his hands. His hands had suddenly gotten so much better. She didn’t know what she had been feeling or why.

Rainbow growled angrily. This wasn’t her. She didn’t like sex stuff, the pony that had been in bed with Ruby had to have been somebody else. She had been somebody else.

Rainbow never would have enjoyed the feeling of his cock throbbing inside of her, making her squirm as he flicked her clit.

She shuddered, torn by her emotions. She was sick to her stomach at the memory. But she was also horny. Ruby had made her cum, and squeezing on his dick while it had squirted inside of her had been satisfying. Horrifyingly so.

Rainbow curled into a ball, and put her hands on her still hot pussy. It was slowly oozing a thick frothy mixture of lube, cum, and her juice. She remembered Ruby’s face, and how it felt when he forced her down. When he forced her to say that she would enjoy it.

Rainbow felt sick as her hand began to gently stroke her pussy. Her face flushed as she relived the moment in her mind. Silently swearing, she made a decision she never would have even considered before.

Rainbow bit down on one hand to keep quiet, and began to rapidly stroke her clit with the other. The nausea gave her an added bite of excitement. They could wait a few minutes, it wouldn’t take her long.

The Big Blind, The Little Blind, and The Dealer

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Dinner felt strange. Dash had came downstairs after she had finished and found Fluttershy and Ruby already sitting. Fluttershy looked like she wanted to say something, she kept nervously glancing towards Dash, but didn’t speak.

Ruby, however, had no problem speaking. “Glad you could join us, Rainbow. I was beginning to worry that I might have to go get you.”

Rainbow hoped nobody else noticed her blush. “Hey. Fuck off, Ruby. Sometimes a girl needs her space, Alright?” She sat casually down, absurdly conscious of the fact that all three of them were naked and getting ready to eat dinner. Had Ruby even cleaned himself off? Dash had wiped herself down a little, but was leaking something wet onto the wooden chair. Mortified at the unwelcome discovery, she focused on her meal with a furious intensity.

It looked like a good meal. Roasted walnuts, glazed in honey and over a light salad with some chopped apples and cheese in it. Fluttershy had put a lot of work into this. “Hey… uh… thanks for the food, Shy. It looks awesome.”

Fluttershy beamed happily at the compliment. “Oh thank you! Mr. Rubinstein helped pay for it, so I thought we’d have something nice tonight.”

Dash gulped and looked at Ruby. He was ignoring her and eating his food. Should she thank him? She didn’t feel like thanking him. She shifted nervously in her seat, the motion reminding her of her embarrassingly squishy situation. Her thighs were warm and sticky as something smeared under her butt cheeks. Rainbow flushed red and nervously picked up her fork.

Fluttershy interrupted her as Dash unsuccessfully attempted to spear a walnut. “I’m glad you’re okay. I was worried when Mr. Rubinstein said he needed to punish you.” Fluttershy glanced cautiously at Ruby, and then back at Dash. “You are okay, right?”

Dash paused, letting the crumbling nut roll off her fork. “Uhh… Yeah. We worked something out.”

Ruby looked up and smiled at Fluttershy. “Dash agreed to play nice for a change, and we had some fun together.” Then he turned to wink at Dash.

Rainbow chose to ignore Ruby, instead awkwardly shoving a large bite of lettuce in her mouth. Chewing gave her time to think instead of talk. Everything felt so strange, surreal even. She should be angry, or something like it, with the way he’d treated her, but she just wasn’t. She had maybe even kind of liked it.

Dash swallowed in a big gulp, and corrected herself. She did not like it, thank you very much. It just didn’t bother her like it should, and that bothered her. She’d just been raped again, hadn’t she? But then she’d masturbated afterwards to the memory and that had definitely not been rape. Had the encounter before been rape? What was rape? Was she wrong about the whole thing? Was Ruby really in the right about all this, and the fact that she didn’t want it not matter?

She stared at a tomato on her fork, thinking it through. She hadn’t wanted to have sex, but Ruby had made her agree to it somehow. Why had she agreed? It had felt kind of good, but also bad. What had she been scared of? All she could figure was that it could have been the chain biting into her wings. The more she thought about it, the more she decided that she’d sold herself to free her wings from the chain. Dash bit into the juicy tomato as she thought. Was she really so cheap?

No, it was more complex than that. She really had sold herself, but it was for more than the chain. She’d thought she was selling herself to Applejack or Fluttershy, but things hadn’t gone as planned. Did that make her a whore? Dash felt nauseous, and put her fork down as she stared at the salad. Ruby had paid for that salad.

She glanced at Fluttershy who was watching her curiously. Dash glanced back at the salad. She was eating the salad that Ruby had paid for because he was going to have sex with her whenever he wanted. He already had. She really was a whore. This was a whore’s salad, a pomegranate seed for Persephone. She’d accepted the payment for her body—now Dash had to stay in hell with her new owner.

She looked back at Fluttershy again, almost feeling tears well up before she glanced back down. Thoughts bubbled around her head. Persephone had ended up in hell for half the year for eating pomegranate seeds that belonged to Hades. Dash had eaten Ruby’s salad, but she wasn’t eating alone. Fluttershy looked concerned. Dash sniffed, thinking about the way that Fluttershy’s face looked as she slowly picked up her fork. Maybe hell wouldn’t be as bad as she thought. She could put up with her nights belonging to these two ponies and her days belonging to her normal life. Persephone had managed months at a time. Dash could handle a few hours of abuse—she was tough.

Besides, Fluttershy would be there with her.

()()()()()

Fluttershy was slowly eating her salad as she glanced back and forth between Mr. Rubinstein and Rainbow. The salad was good, but she was still worried. Mr. Rubinstein seemed pleased with himself, happily eating his salad, but Rainbow looked troubled. She kept looking at Fluttershy, each time with a new emotion on her face. Rainbow had never been very good at hiding her emotions, and Fluttershy had always been just a little more perceptive of the ponies around her.

While Dash didn’t look particularly hurt, there were bruises on her wings which caused them to slightly fan away from the chair as she sat. The sight made her frown in displeasure. Fluttershy put down her fork and cleared her throat, causing both her house guests to look at her. She’d come to a decision.

“We need to talk.”

The other two looked at each other and Mr. Rubinstein shrugged. “Yeah?”

Fluttershy took a deep breath to help build her courage. “I like this arrangement, Mr. Rubinstein. I’ll put up with almost anything.” Fluttershy smiled and winked at him. “And I mean anything.” Rubinstein actually blushed slightly at that.

She frowned as she continued, hoping he would listen. “But it’s not worth my friend’s happiness.” Fluttershy nodded towards Rainbow, who quickly shoved a very large bite of salad into her mouth and chewed slowly, pretending to stare blankly at her food. “Nothing is worth that, Mr. Rubinstein.”

Rubinstein frowned. “But I own her.”

Fluttershy nodded. “Yes, you do. And she is legally your slave. While I am more than happy to be in this situation, she is not.”

Mr. Rubinstein slowly blinked. “Well, I don’t want her to be unhappy, Fluttershy. But I’m not just giving her up either.”

Fluttershy swallowed. She knew she could do this. “Mr. Rubinstein, you are from a very different time and place. I know Twilight said that writs were legal, and I know she said that we had to solve our own problems. But I promise you that if she found out that you beat Rainbow she would dissolve the writs in an instant.”

He looked confused. “But… if that’s the case, then why would you let me punish her? Why would you give me the things I asked for?”

Fluttershy sighed. “Because I panicked, Mr. Rubinstein.” That wasn’t entirely true. “I… umm… also thought that Rainbow would know that, and not let anything too bad happen to her.”

Mr. Rubinstein still looked confused. “But I’m allowed to… I’m practically required to!”

Dash looked hard at a walnut on her plate as she slowly chewed with an intense face.

Fluttershy looked guiltily at both of them. “Well, nopony has had slaves in a very long time in Equestria. We’re not really sure what’s legal and what’s not. But the princess is a close personal friend of ours. And not just Twilight. Princess Luna owes us both a favor as well.”

Rubinstein began to grow pale and put down his fork. “P… Princess L… Luna?”

Fluttershy nodded feeling guilty for leaning on her connections. “Oh yes. We helped her… umm… well, get better. And I’m sure if we asked she’d find a way to ahh… resolve the issue for us.”

Rubinstein’s eyes were wide in fear, and Fluttershy felt the need to comfort him. “Oh don’t worry. She’s not as scary as she seems. I was really scared the first time I met her.” Fluttershy frowned. “Oh. And the second… And the third…” Fluttershy furrowed her eyebrows. “But after that she was nice. And a lot less scary.”`

Rubinstein had scooted his chair back and was glancing nervously at the door. “Does she still have the Night Guard?”

Fluttershy smiled warmly. “Oh yes! Her bat pony friends are adorable! Sometimes I make them little bat cookies when she visits. They just munch them right up!”

Rubinstein looked even more terrified.

“What’s wrong?” She’d meant to convince him to be nicer to Rainbow, but he seemed to be a very pale shade of purple for some reason.

Rubinstein glanced at the door, then the window, and then fearfully back at Fluttershy. “Rainbow can go. Please… Don’t tell Princess Luna. I’m sorry.”

Fluttershy had no idea what came over him. A loud slam interrupted her as Rainbow violently put her fork down and glared at her.

“Fuck!”

Fluttershy was startled by the sudden vulgarity, and jumped in her chair.

“What the fuck, Shy?”

Fluttershy didn’t know why Dash was angry, so she hid behind her hair and meeped.

“Seriously?” Dash looked incredulously at the terrified Rubinstein and then back at Fluttershy. “Why the fuck couldn’t you have threatened him like that before he raped me?”

Fluttershy mumbled under her breath, her confidence gone instantly. “I… I didn’t… it wasn’t...”

Rainbow stared at her in apparent disgust, then looked down at her half eaten salad and shouted at it. “Fuck you, salad!”

Fluttershy cringed. Something had gone wrong. She was hiding again, Rainbow was livid at both Fluttershy and the salad, and Mr. Rubinstein was begging her for forgiveness. She didn’t know what she had said.

Rainbow shouted, standing up and slamming her hand into the table, startling Fluttershy again. “No!” She violently slammed it again, and shouted louder. “No!”

Fluttershy closed her eyes and whimpered. Every time Rainbow banged the table she startled in her chair. It sounded like Mr. Rubinstein was hyperventilating.

Rainbow sat back down and stared blankly at the salad. Then she turned slowly to Mr. Rubinstein and spoke in a deadpan voice, “Calm down, Ruby. Shy didn’t mean it like that.”

The three of them sat in awkward silence, nopony moved for several minutes. Fluttershy couldn’t figure it out. Why was Rubinstein so scared? She hadn’t meant to threaten him. And Rainbow just looked so utterly defeated. If she wasn’t so mad at Fluttershy, Fluttershy wouldn’t have hesitated to give her a hug.

Rainbow sighed loudly. “You know what? I’m not even mad at Ruby. He wasn’t even the first pony to rape me.” Rainbow glared harshly at Fluttershy. Fluttershy panicked as she thought hard. Rainbow couldn’t be implying that Fluttershy had done that, but it really felt like she was.

Dash picked up a walnut off the salad and looked at it, glancing at Fluttershy. “Thanks to your fucking mind games, I’m now a bona-fide whore.” She ate the walnut, angrily licking her fingers as she glared at Fluttershy. “Congratulations.”

Fluttershy mumbled her confusion. “But… It wasn’t…”

Rainbow picked up her fork with one hand and dismissively put the other up to stop Fluttershy from talking. “I don’t even care anymore, Shy.”

Sniffling, Fluttershy began to quietly cry as Dash angrily ate the salad. Dash talked between bites, her mouth full as she chewed and talked at the same time.

“Here’s the thing. I’m super angry, Shy. But this isn’t Ruby’s fault. It’s my fault and it’s your fault.” Rainbow took another bite and talked with her mouth full. “It took me a while to realize, you know? We made bad decisions. Both of us.” She swallowed. “Ruby is straight up a bag of dicks, but he thinks he’s right, and he might be. We’re the idiots here, it’s our fault. Ruby is just being fucking Ruby.” Rainbow smacked her lips loudly and pointed the fork accusingly at Fluttershy as she ate. “We aren’t gonna sick scary Luna or evil bat ponies on him.” Rubinstein visibly relaxed in his chair.

Fluttershy wanted to apologize, but Rainbow was acting so scary.

Rainbow squinted at Ruby. “I don’t know what weird shit she used to do, but nowadays she’s basically a bureaucrat. Things aren’t violent like they used to be.”

Fluttershy knew that Princess Luna had been really scary as Nightmare Moon—maybe she had used to act like that more often? Fluttershy quickly decided that she should have brought up Celestia or maybe Discord. Well, probably just Celestia actually.

Rainbow loudly ate her salad while Ruby looked awkwardly back and forth. Fluttershy couldn’t work up the courage to look beyond her hair. Finally he worked up the courage to speak. “So… now what?”

Rainbow was nearing the end of her salad, and paused her eating to talk. “Now? Well… Now I get pissed at Fluttershy for being so damn good at everything. Seriously, this salad is fucking amazing.” Rainbow glared angrily at Fluttershy as she spoke. “I hate that I like it, but I fucking like it. It’s a damned awesome salad.”

Rainbow put her head in her hands and leaned over the table, looking down at it. “Just like everything you do, Shy. Every god damned fucking thing.”

Fluttershy felt like she was going to cry. “Do you… hate me?”

Rainbow looked back up, startled. “No! That’s not it at all. I hate that you’re so much better than me at things. I can’t cook for shit, Shy. I burn my shakes.” Rainbow gestured at the house and down to Fluttershy. “I’m bad at all of this… home making stuff. I kick ass in the air, but I’ve never lived like this. I’ve always been jealous of how clean your house is, your cooking, every little thing you do.”

Fluttershy flicked her eyes hopefully back up at Rainbow.

Rainbow closed her eyes. “If you’d have threatened Ruby like that yesterday I’d have gone with it in a heartbeat. But then, last night happened.”

Fluttershy blinked, and then looked closer at her friend in concern.

When Dash opened her eyes, Fluttershy saw an animal in pain. Dash had a tired, betrayed look about her. “I didn’t want it, you know? I just couldn’t tell you ‘no’. I never know how.” Dash sighed. “Not to you.”

A cold horror rose in her stomach as Fluttershy suddenly realized what Dash was talking about. She didn’t believe it, but all she could think was “Oh no. Oh no no no.”

Rainbow began to tear up. “I couldn’t… I didn’t… and then…” Rainbow picked up a walnut and popped it in her mouth. Angrily staring at Fluttershy, tears streamed down Rainbow’s cheeks as she chewed it and slowly shook her head side to side. “And I loved it. Just like your fucking salad.”

Terrified, Fluttershy covered her mouth with her hands. She hadn’t thought that it had been like that. It hadn’t felt like that. There was no way it could have been like that.

She was a rapist.

Dash just sighed and picked up her fork, looking down at the last bits of salad as her tears fell. “And then later with Ruby it didn’t matter anymore. I’d already gone through once, so I might as well finish, you know?” She began to eat what was left, but kept talking with her mouth full. “And maybe it wasn’t as good as the first bite, but I ate it anyways.” Rainbow stared at her empty plate. “Fucking hell salad.”

Fluttershy didn’t know what to say. She felt sick. “Rainbow… I’m so so sorry. I didn’t know…”

Dash glared at her. “No, you didn’t. That’s why it’s my fault too. I honestly don’t know how I feel about it. I’m furious, Shy.” Dash began to cry as she spoke, her voice breaking, “I’m a whore because of you.”

Fluttershy took heaving breaths, trying to hold her stomach down. It wasn’t like that. “You’re not a whore, Rainbow Dash! You got taken advantage of!”

Rainbow glared at her. “Yeah. The first time.” Rainbow stifled her tears and took a breath. “Then I let Ruby do his thing, and it was like your thing but different. It wasn’t bad, but I still got pissed. I didn’t like that I’d let him do it. I hit Ruby because of how angry I was at you and me, Shy. Ruby paid for our salad, and I don’t just mean our dinner. He fucking owns us now.”

She glared over to Ruby. “After I hit him, I didn’t want to fight back the second time. I let him use me again, even though I was awake. I fucking knew what I was doing, even if I didn’t realize why. I knew it wouldn’t be that bad, so I sold myself, Shy. Maybe it was to free my wings, maybe it was for some peace of mind, or maybe it was because he has a piece of paper that says we’re his fucking property. It doesn’t matter why.” Dash slumped back in her chair, seemingly exhausted from her rant.

Fluttershy’s mind was reeling, trying to put everything into a context she could understand. She had touched Dash, then Dash had let Mr. Rubinstein touch her because Fluttershy’s touch hadn’t been bad. Then Dash had been angry at herself for letting it happen and hit Mr. Rubinstein. Realizing that Mr. Rubinstein hadn’t deserved it, she had let him go further. Fluttershy gulped—this wasn’t like her fantasies at all. Her friend was in an unhealthy mental spiral, and it was all her fault. Her same friend had been beaten and raped multiple times and it was her fault. Fluttershy began to whine as a cry rose from deep in her throat.

Dash ignored her and ran her hand through her hair as she looked at the ceiling to speak. “So the deal is still on, Ruby. And we are not going to either Princess Luna or Twilight. You don’t deserve that level of bullshit, even though you suck ass.”

Rubinstein looked confused. “Thank you? I think?”

Rainbow turned back to the softly wailing Fluttershy. “He didn’t beat me, Shy. I mean, he could have, I’d have let him. Hell, I’d still let him. I can take a hit or two. I fucking knew why I hit him, but I didn’t want to admit it. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I didn’t want to think about it like that.”

Fluttershy stared at her with open, watery eyes. Shy knew what it was. It was Rainbow’s first time. It was when Fluttershy had raped her.

Rainbow looked at her with a pained, teary expression, “I just… wanted it to be nice, Shy.”

Dash had cut to her heart, and Fluttershy openly sobbed. “I thought it was nice!”

Rainbow sighed. “Yeah, well… it was, okay? But it was also… fuck.” Rainbow looked like she was in pain. “Fuck! It wasn’t supposed to go like this. I liked it, Shy. Okay? I liked it! Stop crying.”

Fluttershy’s mind was reeling. She’d raped her closest friend, and thought it had been helpful. She had thought she was being kind. Fluttershy was a terrible pony, the worst. She should be in jail, or exiled, or fed to a dragon. Rainbow would hate her forever, and she deserved it.

()()()()

Rubinstein was still getting over his scare, watching the two mares cry and scream at each other. He had been worried, very worried, when Fluttershy had mentioned Princess Luna. The dark princess had always been known for her nighttime activities, and the Night Guard was known for especially brutal enforcement. If what they said was true and they got the Lunar Princess involved, Rubinstein likely wouldn’t live for the morning.

As he calmed down, he thought about how mares never really changed over the years. Two stallions would have fought and been done with it already, but he doubted any pony that wasn’t some kind of monster could hit Fluttershy. Even the usually hyper aggressive Rainbow Dash was just glaring at her as an attack. Still, having them fight was no good.

Rainbow had assured him that the deal was still on, but he was uncomfortable with this new information brought to light about their connections. He’d known they’d done some stuff and saved Equestria together, but the fact that Fluttershy brought cookies to the infamous Night Guard and thought they were adorable terrified him.

Worse, something seemed to have transpired between the two of them while he had slept. He didn’t know what she was babbling about, mares couldn’t rape one another—especially not slaves. Regardless, Rainbow was very upset by whatever had happened and kept talking about salad for some reason. Fluttershy wouldn’t stop crying.

What he had gleaned was that Rainbow had struck him because she was angry at Fluttershy. It made sense the more he thought about it, that was a typical mare solution to a problem—attack the nearest stallion instead of addressing the problem. It’s just that most mares fought with words. Rainbow fought with fists, unless she was fighting with was Fluttershy.

All this yelling, screaming, and crying wasn’t going to solve anything. Rubinstein wanted to sit down and discuss the situation with them calmly, but they were far from calm and neither was he. Still, he had to do something. Fluttershy was openly wailing into her hands, and Rainbow was cursing at the table quite creatively.

Rubinstein stood up, and slapped the table loudly. “Girls! Stop this.”

Both mares looked at him in disbelief. Rainbow glared at him. “It doesn’t fucking work that way, Ruby.”

He shrugged. “It was worth a shot.” Still, it was quieter. That let him think a little.

He needed them to forgive each other. Maybe if he could just get them to calm down it would help. He had given them a tool to help with that, he just needed to get them to use it.

“Remember yesterday, after the game? Remember the chant you said to each other?”

Rainbow glared daggers at Rubinstein, while Fluttershy sniffled quietly.

“Did you lie to her, Rainbow?” Rubinstein smirked confidently at Dash.

Dash grew angry, “What? Of course not!”

Rubinstein turned quickly to Fluttershy, ignoring the rest of Dash’s outburst. “And you, Fluttershy, did you lie to Rainbow yesterday during the chant?”

Fluttershy sniffed back some tears. “No…”

Rubinstein smiled. “I want both of you to come over here and hold hands again.”

Rainbow stared at him in anger as Fluttershy slowly responded. “I think I’d rather be alone, Mr. Rubinstein. If that’s okay with you.”

Rubinstein frowned. “No it is not. I want you to come over here and hold hands, like yesterday.” She quietly got out of her chair. Rainbow glared daggers at Rubinstein, who only glared back at her and barked out, “Now.”

Dash rolled her eyes and got up, slamming the chair under the table before walking to his side. He looked them both over. They were both naked, how he liked, but still had their differences. Dash’s hair and tail were wild, a result of the sex no doubt. He even thought he saw a thin glint of milky moisture trickling down her leg, a remnant of his earlier deposit in her. Rubinstein chuckled as he eyed her smooth, fit body. He’d tapped that.

Fluttershy was a little more soft, her body having extra cushion in all the right places. The larger mare still had smooth curves around her body. He knew that she was a joy to hold, and to squeeze. Her well groomed hair was long, reaching all the way to the base of her tail. He liked pulling it, and planned on doing so later tonight. But first he had to fix them.

Fluttershy had tears streaming down her cheeks and was sniffling back snot from her crying. Dash wasn’t much better, the wet trickle from her red eyes ruining her blue fur and she had an angry expression plastered across her face.

Slowly, Fluttershy raised her shaking hands, and Dash grabbed them firmly. Neither mare was looking at the other.

Rubinstein frowned. “Now, look at each other. See how the other person is crying?”

Fluttershy began to whine, but looked at Dash. For her part, Dash’s eyes softened and looked like she was going to tear up again.

Rubinstein continued. “Dash, do you think you failed Fluttershy?”

Rainbow frowned, but answered. “Y…. yes.”

Rubinstein continued. His plan was working so far. “And Fluttershy, do you think you failed Dash?”

Fluttershy didn’t hesitate, she bawled out, “Yes! I did!” and started to cry with heaves. He could see Dash grip her hands tighter, giving them a reassuring squeeze.

“So you both failed then?”

Dash let out a quiet affirmation while Fluttershy painfully sobbed, “Yes!”

“Then you failed together, just like you promised you would. You also promised to forgive each other. Dash? Do you forgive Fluttershy for whatever she did to you?”

Fluttershy quieted, and stared at Rainbow with a wet, terrified expression. Rainbow glared at her for a second before her expression melted and she sighed. “Yeah.” Rubinstein saw her squeeze Fluttershy’s hands again. “I forgive you Shy. Shit happens, but we gotta wipe ourselves clean after.”

Fluttershy’s eyes welled up again as Ruby began to speak. “Fluttershy, then do you...”

He was interrupted by Fluttershy as she almost screamed. “Yes! Completely.” Fluttershy smiled, tears still falling. “Always.”

Rubinstein sighed in relief as the two gazed at each other. He was glad this fiasco was over, and with minimal effort on his part. He wanted to finish his salad, it had been pretty good. “So, yesterday you said that you’d love each other. Do you love her Dash?”

Dash grumbled and blushed a dark crimson. He knew what she wanted to say. “Fuck you, Ruby.” Instead, she glared darkly at him before sighing and turning to Fluttershy. “Yes, Yes I do.” Rubinstein smirked. He knew that Dash was harboring some sort of crush or something equally infantile towards Fluttershy. He had never had a problem with filly foolers, and as long as she was willing to perform for him he could care less where her personal interests lie.

“And you, Fluttershy. Do you still love your friend?” Fluttershy didn’t blush. Likely to her it was exactly like he’d originally meant. The love of a friend. “Of course I do.” Of course, Fluttershy had turned out to be the kind of mare who wouldn’t shy away from a little affection. He doubted she’d turn down an offer from Dash.

Rubinstein spoke, trying to hurry it along. “So, you both failed each other, you forgave each other, and you still love each other. Is this correct?

Both mares nodded.

“Good. Then it’s settled. The important things are decided, you two can make up now and discuss the details later.”

He watched as Dash slowly pulled Fluttershy forward and gave her hands a squeeze. “Hey, Shy… I’m still pretty angry, but don’t worry about it. We’re both idiots, okay?”

“I guess so.” Fluttershy mumbled, squeezing Dash’s hands back.

Rubinstein sat back down. “Good. Now I’m going to finish eating. We also need to talk. I’m not really comfortable with things right now, and you both don’t seem to be either.” Hopefully they were done crying. There were some things they needed to discuss.

The two mares went back to their seats and sat awkwardly down. Fluttershy poked at her salad while glancing nervously at Rainbow, who just stared at her empty plate with a forlorn look.

Rubinstein crunched on a candied walnut, letting the sugary glaze melt in his mouth while he thought. The Luna thing was down right terrifying, and the confession from Fluttershy that Equestria really hadn’t had slaves in over half a century left him feeling unsure. He had felt completely in the right in his actions, at least legally if not morally, but now he was concerned. The local princess seemed versed on ancient laws, and likely could figure out the legalities of the situation, but she was also their friend. Any pony in power would clearly interpret the laws in favor of their friends, and he needed to be cautious of that.

The other option was Celestia, but if you were friends with one of the Twin princesses, that meant you were friends with the other. Celestia was considered fair, but had on occasion done something quasi legal for a close friend. She wasn’t above personal favors. He should probably cut his losses and run. He’d banged both of the mares, and didn’t want to risk the ire of the princesses.

As he was thinking about it, he glanced back up at Fluttershy. She was still gorgeous, even when she was nervous and puffy faced from crying. He gulped the bite of salad down, and put another delicious bite into his mouth. The food she made was amazing. Sure, things were awkward and dangerous, but everything about the mare was amazing. She was his. Why would he want to throw this away? She even liked it. No, she wasn’t the problem.

His eyes wandered to Rainbow. She had an empty hollow look, like a thousand yard stare as she gazed into the depths of her cleaned dinner plate. Occasionally she’d scowl with some thought, and then her face would go neutral. The angry face almost made her look ugly, but crossed some obscene line that made him feel a tingle below the waist. Rainbow was fucking hot, even when she was pissed. He was reminded that both mares were naked, and even if Rainbow hated him right now, she had confidently said that the deal would stick.

So why throw it all away out of fear? There was always the chance he was still right. Maybe the rules would back him up. They would if they hadn’t changed. Would ponies bother to update laws that weren’t in effect for hundreds of years? Still, it would be best if he could resolve all this without the princesses. Down that road was only ruin.

He sighed, and figured they should talk it out. “Alright. I just want to be clear on this. Fluttershy, you want this for yourself, but don’t want to hurt your friend, right?”

Fluttershy sniffled and nodded.

“And Rainbow…” Rainbow’s head jerked as she focused on him. She had been spacing out until he’d addressed her. “What’s your deal? Why didn’t you want to leave when I said we could drop it?”

Dash glanced awkwardly at Fluttershy, then grumbled. “I don’t like you Ruby. We both know that.”

“Yes.” He answered simply.

She leaned back in her chair. “Well, it’s like this. I’m not leaving Shy here alone with you for all winter, or however fucking long your staying. And I know she isn’t gonna be leaving or kicking you out.”

Fluttershy looked up wide eyed.

Ruby blinked. Well, he hadn’t expected that answer. Although, it sort of made sense.

“If you get outta hand, I can kick your ass.” She slowly began to grin as she looked at him, probably imagining violence.

Ruby frowned. “But I own you.”

Rainbow just shrugged. “Sure. Whatever. And I’ll be nice tonight, just like I promised.”

Fluttershy glared at her friend angrily. “Rainbow! You don’t want this. Don’t do it for me. I…” She glanced nervously at Rubinstein. “I can handle myself with Mr. Rubinstein just fine.”

Rainbow glared back at her. “I’ve already done the worst of it. I’m tough, Shy. I can take whatever this asshole dishes out. I’ll be fine. What’s he gonna do? Rape me again? I know what I’m getting into.” She sighed, leaning back in her chair and looked back at Rubinstein. “Besides, Ruby here owns our writs. We’re his. I don’t wanna fuck up again after the weather factory incident. If he raised a stink, it might be bad for me. Even if Twilight cleaned it up.”

Rubinstein interjected. “Actually, if what Fluttershy said is true about slaves not being legal for such a long time, I’m not sure what the rules are now. We’d have to research the details, and I don’t want to hold you against your will if it’s illegal.” He hadn’t wanted to say it, but it was true. He couldn’t lead them on with a lie.

Rainbow looked suddenly angry. “You don’t fucking get it, Ruby. I don’t give a shit about the rules, I haven’t from the start. Why would I care what some seven hundred year old fucking book says?”

Now he was confused. Who wouldn’t be concerned about the laws governing their lives? “But you just said you were worried about legal trouble.”

“Don’t mess with me Ruby. We all knew what we were betting on that last bet, and you made it crystal fucking clear what you wanted from me half an hour ago. I thought I made myself pretty fucking clear too. I fucking hate you, I fucking hate what you did to me, and I fucking hate myself for how I feel about it.”

He rubbed his forehead in frustration. She wasn’t making any sense. “So I’ve gathered.”

Rainbow growled. “But I get it. I got it. Okay? I’m your fucking toy, you won. The almighty dick conquered the unwilling pussy; hurray for you. I’m your Celestia damned pet, just because I’m a fucking helpless mare and you’re a masculine stallion. Doesn’t matter that I could kick your ass, or that I have about a thousand times more balls than you. Nope. You’ve got the dick, and I’m just the slot it goes into.” She threw her hands up in the air and leaned back in the chair, staring at the roof.

Rubinstein was truly and totally confused. Rainbow was angrily ranting, but he wasn’t sure why. What was she going on about? “Uhh… I’ve got the writ. That’s the more important thing here.”

Rainbow looked back at him and put her hands slowly on the table. “I don’t care about the writ, Ruby. Let me say it again. Maybe you’ll understand this time. I… have… never… cared… about… the… writ. Was that slow enough?”

Now nothing about Rainbow made sense. “But why did you go along then?”

Rainbow clenched her hands tightly, and glanced at Fluttershy before unclenching them. “I care about three things. My friends and responsibilities come first. Next is my rep. I live off my reputation in more ways than one. Last, I have to be fucking excellent. I am the best, Ruby. The best.” She met his eyes with a steely gaze.

He glanced at Fluttershy. “So you stayed for her?”

Rainbow continued to stare coldly at him. “Not at first. She’d have been happy to indulge you, and I wasn’t exactly worried about you two not getting along. No, I stayed because I fucking lost the bet. I was sober, and I knew what I was betting. I should have left, but I didn’t, did I?” She kept coldly staring at him.

Rubinstein met her gaze, locking eyes with her. “No, you didn’t.”

The staring match kept up as Rainbow continued. “Now it’s been just over a day. I’ve watched you fuck my friend, and then you fucked me. I ate my pomegranate seeds. I made my promises. Remember?” She leaned forward, her face focused with a strange intensity. “You own me. You fucking made me say it. Now it’s real. I’m yours, asshole.”

Rubinstein stared silently at her, trying to get into her head. The last time he’d stared at her like this she had been a quivering mess, and he’d figured out her secret. Maybe it would work again. He remembered the way her eyes flickered, her pupils widening when she came, all with their eyes locked. Slowly he grinned as the answer came to him. “Yes you are. Say it again, Dash. Who’s your owner?”

Her face flushed, and this time she said it nervously, her eyes reflecting the soft candlelight strangely. “You own me, Ruby.” she glanced down and blinked, ashamed to look at him. “And that’s why I can’t leave. It’s a mix of obligations; both to you and Shy, my reputation if this shit becomes the weekly town gossip, and because I have to be fucking excellent. Even at being your fucking toy. I told you Ruby. You win. Three out of fucking three.”

He leaned back and smiled. “So there it is then. Miss Fluttershy is in because she wants to be, and you’re in because you feel like you have to be.”

Dash’s anger faded from her face as she stared emptily at the dinner plate again. “Yeah.”

Fluttershy spoke up. “Actually, Mr. Rubinstein. That’s not everything. I guess, I have to ask, umm… why are you in?”

He blinked, surprised. That should be obvious. “Because I want to be?”

Fluttershy coughed. “That’s not entirely honest, Mr. Rubinstein. You’ve been… a little conflicted. Sometimes. I mean, maybe.” She ducked behind her hair again, hiding her face. “Never mind…”

He stayed quiet for a moment, and Rainbow looked back up at him curiously. “Hey, I was honest. You can at least be honest to us. If you’re not too much of a bag of dicks for that.”

He put down his fork. Rainbow, for all her grace, was right. The mares deserved a little more information than that. “Okay. Well, I guess I don’t really have much waiting for me back at home. I mean, there’s work but I can find work anywhere. What I had for family died when Sombra took over. They fought, I didn’t. It was simple. After that, well, I’ve never been too good at making friends. Just like you say Rainbow. I’m jerk.”

Rainbow frowned for some reason, displeased by his answer.

“More than that, up until now, I’ve been kind of a pushover. I’m extra nice and sweet to mares, and it doesn’t get me anywhere. I’ll listen to their problems, help them out, whatever. Oh sure, they’re nice back, but they end up with some stallion that’s bad to them. I get dumped, usually quick. And then, well, you two fell into my hooves. This is my chance to be… a bad guy I guess. Just like those other assholes, I get a chance to get what I deserve.” It felt kind of strange saying it out loud.

Rainbow looked at him confused, and then laughed. “Are you fucking serious?”

Fluttershy looked at her with wide, surprised eyes.

Rubinstein was surprised at her sudden outburst, and more than a little hurt. Why was she laughing at him?

“Are you really that stupid, Ruby?” She stopped, looked him in the eyes again, and then laughed. “Oh shit you are! HA!”

He was getting angry now. “What’s so funny, Dash?” He glared at her.

Dash sniffled back a chuckle. “You, you dipshit. You really are a bag of dicks, you know that?”

His eyes turned cold. “Apparently.”

Dash rolled her eyes. “No seriously. Listen up. Do I have a lesson for you.”

He continued to glare at her. “Do tell.”

“You… are… a… jerk. Got that through your thick skull?” She looked at him with a sudden seriousness.

“I don’t see what the point is...”

Rainbow put up her hand, interrupting him. “No, listen. You’ve always been a jerk. You’re not suddenly now a bad guy. An actual nice stallion would never have done this shit. You didn’t magically become a bad guy because you got power over us. You’ve been a bad guy. You just didn’t realize it.”

Rubinstein stared at her.

Rainbow leaned forward, pointing at him and giggling. “You are an asshole, and you’ve always been an asshole.”

He foundered for words. “No. I’ve always been… better.”

She shook her head. “Ha! No. Look Ruby, I’m a jerk. I know a jerk when I see one. Shy here, she’s the real deal. Nicest mare I know. Me? Complete fucking jerk.”

He didn’t disagree with most of that assessment. “Well, just because you’re not nice doesn’t mean I’m usually not nice.”

Rainbow shook her head again. “You’re not hearing me Ruby. You are a jerk. Jerks can still be nice, but you’re not. You are a bad guy. Mares can usually tell when you’re lying through your fucking teeth. They don’t care if you’re a bad guy. They care if you’re fucking lying to them.”

This was horseshit. “What exactly are you saying?”

Rainbow looked at him smugly. “You spent so much time putting mares on a fucking pedestal, trying extra hard to be nice to them, and you know what?”

He glared at her.

“Normal ponies don’t have to fucking do that. You know what a mare is, Ruby?”

He continued to glare at her.

“A mare is just another fucking pony! Just like a fucking stallion. If you want to be a jerk, be a jerk. Don’t pretend like you’re nice to get them to like you just because they have a pussy. Mare’s can smell that shit from miles away. And the extra asshole mares, the one’s worse than me, will fucking use you like you’re trying to use them. But stallions don’t have a good nose for this shit, especially self centered jerks who don’t realize they’re lying through their teeth to get laid.”

Rubinstein wasn’t like that. It wasn’t like that. He was being nicer to them because he wanted them to like him. He wanted them to give him a chance. “I’m not like that. Look, I got plenty of tail during Sombra’s reign. I wasn’t looking for sex, I was looking for…” he didn’t know what he was looking for. Love? A relationship? Somebody that cared?

Rubinstein deflated as Rainbow’s words slowly sank in.

“Sure. Fine. Whatever you were looking for, you thought that being ‘extra nice to mares’ would help. Well, it didn’t, did it? Either they saw through your shit right away and left, they didn’t and they figured it out in a week or two and then left, or they stuck around and used you to make them feel good about themselves.”

His head dropped and he rested it on his hands. “You… You don’t understand.”

Rainbow glared at him. “No, not really. I’ve never understood your kind of jerk. I let people know I’m awesome, and I’m not shy about being a jerk. I’m not ashamed of it, it’s who I am. So why hide what you are? Who the fuck cares?”

He kept his face covered as emotions ran wild inside. He was furious. Rainbow was making him furious at her. Worse, he was angry with himself. He’s always thought that he’d been a good guy, but had he really? Why had he ever been nice? He’d always justified his behavior. He did what was allowed. Laws and regulations made sense. They were like math, or architecture. Absolute and resolute. Other ponies were never so simple. You had to put on a facade to get by, and it didn’t have to match your inside. It had to match the outside, the other ponies.

Were you the facade? Or were you the pony inside? Was he a bad pony because he’d tried to be nice to get what he wanted?

“Look Ruby. I know this ain't pretty, but life isn’t. Good ponies don’t rape other ponies, even if they’re allowed to. If I told Fluttershy she could touch me anywhere, but I’d hate it, she wouldn’t. If I gave her that power she wouldn’t use it. You? You’d fucking do what you want. You already have. You didn’t magically become evil because you got power over me. You were already evil.”

No. He hadn’t wanted to, he knew something was wrong and he stopped the very first time. She’d needed to be corrected the last time. But the second time, she was asleep. She hadn’t… it didn’t matter. So what? “I’m nice to most ponies, Dash. You were a jerk, so I was mean to you.”

Dash frowned. “Yeah, well, I’m a jerk, you’re a jerk, and Fluttershy is nice to both of us regardless. Think about that and keep justifying your shitty actions.”

She looked over at Fluttershy. “We should have naked conversations more often. I can really go for his balls like this.”

Fluttershy looked nervously at both of them. “Umm… Rainbow. That’s enough. You’ve made your point, and I don’t think you’re helping anymore.”

Rainbow sighed. “Fine. I don’t care if I’m his fuck slave or whatever stupid shit he’s gonna call me. But if he’s gonna be fucking using me like a fucking pocket pussy, I’m gonna make sure he understands how fucking wrong that is…”

Fluttershy looked nervous after Rainbow’s rant. “Umm… I’m sorry. I didn’t want you to be… ohh… Can you, umm… watch your language?”

Rainbow rolled her eyes. “Am I the only sane pony here?”

Rubinstein was lost in thought. Maybe she was right. He’d felt bad about some of the things he’d done, but he’d done them. Everything just felt so disjointed and confusing. Back in his time, he’d never have been questioned for a moment. He’d never of even had any self doubt. He acted like he was supposed to, like he always had. Why was that wrong? Once he’d become an adult, he’d been jealous of some of the rich slave owners. They had attentive mares when they wanted.

And when he was a slave, one of his duties was to be a breeder. He had been forced more than once after a long day in the mines, but that was just how it was. And more often than not, his matched mare wasn’t happy about the situation either. But they hadn’t complained about it. It was just another thing that slaves were for. Sure, sometimes he liked it. Sometimes the mares did, too.

He realized what he’d been looking for. It wasn’t companionship, it wasn’t love, and it wasn’t care. He didn’t deserve those things. Dash was right. He was an asshole, he’d always been one. He had been looking for simplicity.

He wanted his life to be like it was before. Not be a slave, necessarily, but have everything structured and defined. He fucked a mare because he was told to. There were rules and laws, even if it was just the rule of Sombra’s might. That was why he’d never fit in back in the crystal empire. They all wanted to be free, to explore their lives. He wanted structure, he wanted understandable rules instead of this crazy future.

He wouldn’t mind if Sombra took over again. He wouldn’t mind going back to the mines, working all day, and being made to fuck a different mare every night.

The realization jarred him. He’d thought he wanted to be free. He thought he was a good pony. He wasn’t. His life back home was a constant reminder of what he’d never have. Maybe he should never go home.

()()()()()

Fluttershy was both terrified and concerned. She also wished Rainbow would stop cursing. She’d been giving Rainbow a free pass, considering all the things the mare was going through, but after her rant about poor Mr. Rubinstein, Fluttershy was about fed up with it. Rainbow could talk without saying some variation of “fuck” every other word, and Fluttershy would appreciate it if she tried.

She understood why Rainbow was upset, and she wished she could help, but it seemed like her friend had made up her mind. And Rainbow had always been a bit stubborn about things when she considered it a matter of pride. She just wished that Rainbow would be nicer to Mr. Rubinstein! She hated it when ponies were mean to each other.

Fluttershy had just wanted to know a little more about him. He’d seemed conflicted earlier when it came to Dash, as though he really did want to let her go. But he’d decided to act in a way that he thought was helpful for her, even if it might not be. He was trying to be good, even if he had done some bad things.

But then Rainbow had gone off on him when he talked about himself because it reminded her of a few bad experiences. It had taken Rainbow a while to come to terms with her own personality, but Fluttershy had grown up with the brash mare and had helped her through her awkward years. Mr. Rubinstein’s story probably hit a little too close to home for Rainbow.

Fluttershy frowned at her friend. She briefly wished that Dash was nicer, but then chided herself. Dash was simply who she was. Sometimes she was mean, and given the situation, she had more than a little leeway to feel angry at Mr. Rubinstein. Fluttershy couldn’t wishfully make Dash nicer. If anybody was going to be nice, it was going to have to be her.

“Mr. Rubinstein, It’s not like that.”

The blue stallion kept his head buried in his hands. “Isn’t it, Fluttershy? Dash is right. I’m not who I pretend to be. I’m just trying to fit in, but it’s impossible. It’s like using sandstone for shear support, it simply won’t work. I try to be nice, but I guess I’m not.”

Fluttershy smiled confidently. He did not have to try to be nice, everybody could be nice. It was just that it was hard to be nice to certain ponies. Rainbow was one of them sometimes. “Did you have to try to be nice to me?”

He looked up, squinting his eyes. They looked red and irritated from how hard he had them shut. “No.”

She continued to smile. “Well, then you aren’t completely bad.”

He closed them again. “But it’s easy to be nice to you! You’re nice yourself, and you want what I want.”

Fluttershy kept smiling. “Well… what if I didn’t? What if I’d nicely asked for my writ back, or nicely asked to go free? Would you have let me go?”

He looked up again, seemingly confused. “I… yes? I think I would have, actually.”

She simply stated what she thought. “Then I don’t think you’re bad.”

He frowned. “It’s not so simple, Fluttershy. Rainbow is right. I’ve just been doing everything for myself. Even the things I think were right. Every building I built, every relationship I started, every thing I did I was just trying to make the world a more stable place. A place where I was more comfortable. Not a place where others were more comfortable. And I’m probably not going to stop. I don’t think I can.” He held out his hand and clenched it, looking at it like he was grasping some invisible coin. “It’s who I am.”

Rainbow rolled her eyes. “Finally admitting the truth.”

Fluttershy frowned at her. “Rainbow, please, you’re not helping.”

Rainbow sighed. “Yeah. Sorry, Shy. I’ve never been good at your pep talks. Tell you what.” She turned to Mr. Rubinstein. “I’m done eating, and I’ve heard what I wanted to hear. I’m going to go upstairs and lay on the bed. At some point, you two will finish your little chat, and Mr. Dick down there is going to get bored. I promised I’d be a good girl tonight, so I’ll be waiting. If I fall asleep, use me like a fu…” She glanced at Fluttershy, “a doll. Maybe I’ll wake up, maybe I won’t. I don’t care tonight and I promise I won’t punch anypony.”

Fluttershy frowned, but didn’t say anything as Rainbow swiftly got up and left, swishing her tail angrily.

“I’m sorry about that, Mr. Rubinstein. Rainbow’s a little emotional right now.”

He blinked, confused. “Why are you sorry? She’s right. At some point I am going to upstairs, and I probably will do exactly that.”

Fluttershy blinked back, surprised. “Oh.” She’d figured sex was off the table tonight, the mood felt pretty well ruined. But if he planned on salvaging things, then she’d keep that in the back of her mind.

He continued. “There’s nothing to feel sorry about. I deserve whatever she does to me, and she deserves whatever I do to her. I don’t even know if I feel bad about it anymore. I don’t know what I feel.”

A frown slowly grew drew down Fluttershy’s face. He had it wrong. The world didn’t work like that. “No.”

He looked at her with a tired expression. “No?”

Fluttershy nodded. “Yes. No.”

“Well that makes less sense.”

“Nopony deserves anything, good or bad. You made some bad choices. Rainbow made some bad choices. But neither of you deserve anything bad. At worst, you have to live with the consequences of your actions.” Fluttershy continued to frown.

“Well, the obvious consequences of my actions are that Rainbow Dash is going to hate me.”

Fluttershy nodded. “Possibly. Is that what you want to happen?”

“I don’t know anymore.”

She smiled at him. “I don’t think that’s what you really want, Mr. Rubinstein. You want me to like you, and I do. I like Rainbow, too. She’s brash, bold, sometimes inconsiderate, and certainly swears too often. But those are things I like about her. I admire those qualities sometimes.”

He just sighed.

She kept up. “I also like you. You’re a lot like her, except you have a different view. Rainbow sees herself as the most important pony in the world, so she tries to better the world by bettering herself. You try to better the world, too. It’s just that your ideal world might be a little different than Rainbow’s.”

Rubinstein looked at her in confusion. “What do you mean?”

“You wanted to better Rainbow. It’s important to you that she not get what she wants through violence, so you wanted to teach her that. I also saw that you wanted to let her go, but you decided that the best way to improve the world was to try and improve Rainbow’s problem resolving skills.” Fluttershy smiled. He had good in him, even if he didn’t know it. Even if he expressed it poorly, it was there. He just needed to find it and realize it.

Besides, she liked having both of them around. It made her feel useful. Usually she cooked for herself, cleaned for herself, and spent her time babying her animals. Now she had two ponies to care for, to pamper, and to… Well, she blushed.

“But I’m just trying to make the world more comfortable for myself.”

Fluttershy looked at him curiously. “Aren’t we all?”

“Excuse me?”

“I’m the same. I’m just trying to make the world more comfortable for me. I don’t like when ponies are mean, either to me or to others. So I’m nice to them. Most ponies treat you the way you treat them. If I’m nice to ponies, it makes them happier. If you’re happier, they’ll be more nice. I like making ponies happy, Mr. Rubinstein.” Fluttershy got up from her seat and walked over to him.

She noticed him eying her naked body up and down, and quietly smiled to herself. She knew she was pretty, and she knew other ponies liked seeing her. It was hard with lots of ponies, but with just one or two, well, she could be open if she wanted to. She didn’t mind him admiring her right now, even if it was a teensy bit embarrassing.

She began to blush, but fought it back to sit side saddle on his naked lap. Slowly, she trailed a finger around his chest. “I really do like making ponies happy, Mr Rubinstein.”

He was frozen by her sudden advance, and didn’t seem to know what to do. That didn’t bother her.

“But for me, part of making ponies happy is that I enjoy it. I love their happiness.” She leaned her head in and breathed deeply under his ear, letting him hear her. He smelled like sweat, sex, and candied walnuts. Fluttershy’s pulse quickened as she imagined watching him have his way with Dash.

Mr. Rubinstein swallowed. “I… uh see.”

There were a few ways to set the mood, but after the emotionally draining conversation she didn’t have the patience to wait. Especially after being reminded of what he already did to Dash. And what she could get him to do to her. Fluttershy decided that she’d be direct. She needed to relax a little now, and so did he.

Fluttershy lightly licked his ear, tasting the salty tang of dried sweat as she grabbed his hand and led it down her thighs with an obvious intent. She shuddered when it reached its goal, and slightly spread her legs wider to allow easier access. “I’m not the element of Generosity, Mr. Rubinstein. I get something from spreading kindness.”

He looked at her, his expression slowly melting from one of concern into a more relaxed and comfortable one. “What do you get, exactly, Miss Fluttershy?”

Fluttershy encouraged his gentle stroking with a soft coo, followed by her answer. “I get a good feeling, Mr. Rubinstein. A particularly good feeling that’s unlike any other.”

He smiled, leaning in to kiss her. She returned the kiss, playing gently with his tongue before pulling slowly away. She loved kisses. They were so intimate, so sharing. It was something private, personal, and honest. But more than that, kisses felt nice.

“And all I’m doing is making the world a more comfortable place for me to live, Mr. Rubinstein. Do you think it makes me a bad mare? To want to be comfortable in my own way?”

He licked his lips, probably still tasting her even as his fingers made her warm and tingle down below in a wonderful way. “I’d never call you bad. Maybe naughty.”

Fluttershy giggled as she felt something poke into her from his lap. It was a warm, strong thing that she was happy to feel on her rear. “Definitely naughty, Mr. Rubinstein.”

Fluttershy had a very naughty thought. Something bold, something brash, and something that she never would have considered before. But Dash had been pretty obvious about her inclinations, and she felt strangely free. Was her thought wrong? She didn’t feel like wresting with the morality of it just then. Dash had been explicit, after all. She could take it.

“Lets go show Miss. Dash how naughty I can be. And then maybe I’ll show you how naughty she wants me to be.”

In the back of her mind, a small voice wondered if maybe she made bad decisions when she was horny. Fluttershy tucked the voice away for later. Right now, she was going to be nice.

Author's Notes:

So this is completely unedited again. I should be bugging ambion, but they're doing that review project and I don't want to distract them because it looks pretty neat. Oh well! Please let me know what I can correct! I'm sure this one is full of mistakes. I'm also willing to correct/change story decisions on this chapter, up until the next one is posted. If somebody's acting OOC within the context of the story, let me know. It's been a while since I wrote anything for this, and figured I'd take a quick break from my android project to write something for one of my stories that people seem to like.

On the note of mistakes, not a whole lotta sexy in this one. Just drama. Oh well. Time to move on to sexytimes in the next chapter. Probably followed by more drama.

You know the problem with the blinds and the dealer in poker? Yeah. One follows the other, and it always changes who is what. Every single hand. Good luck figuring this mess out.

The Queen of Hearts

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Rainbow was laying in the bed, unable to sleep. She usually didn’t have a problem falling asleep, but after everything that had happened tonight, she wasn’t feeling tired at all. Plus, she’d managed a long nap today; she’d slept through the entire afternoon and into the evening. Her sleep schedule was probably all sorts of fucked up. It happened to her sometimes, she’d get better eventually. Usually after a night of heavy drinking reset her system.

Did Fluttershy keep any alcohol? Would Dash have to bring some over? The more she thought about it, the more she realized that she’d never had any drinks at Shy’s house. Fluttershy would drink when she hung out with the girls, but didn’t seem like the kind of mare to keep bottles of booze around. Then again, Fluttershy was turning out to have a few hidden vices. Hidden booze would be a welcome surprise at this point.

Dash scrutinized the nightstand, eying some of Shy’s toys. All the things that Ruby had brought out were still in the room, and a few were still untouched, positioned around the candle like some kind of kinky shrine to indecency. The unsettling fact that everything on that table belonged to Fluttershy, and probably had been used by Fluttershy, did not escape Dash. The leather and chains that Ruby had tied her up with lay in a messy pile on the floor, along with the short metal bar that had held her legs firmly apart. Only the red ball gag had made it back on the nightstand, and it had dried spit on it.

Looking closer, she recognized some of the toys, while others remained a mystery. There were sequentially sized balls made of glass all strung together, a pink whip with a heart shaped tip, a few animal collars of different sizes, and two recognizable dildos amongst the collection. There was more, but her eyes kept crawling back to the dildos. One was lime green with a few weird looking prongs sticking out of it, and the other was a partially translucent pink recreation of a dick. The pink one was much larger than a real dick, but looked stretchier.

Dash briefly wanted to touch them to see what they felt like, then realized that Fluttershy had probably used them. Frustrated, disturbed, and potentially aroused at the thought, she rolled over in disgust as her cheeks warmed in embarrassment. She didn’t want to look at the things anymore.

Rainbow wasn’t sure how to handle Fluttershy being a perv. On one hand, it was gross. On the other, it made Dash’s heart beat like a sickeningly loud drum. Sweet, kind, loving Shy was certainly not innocent.

The thought was maddening.

It wouldn’t have been so bad if it was just the giant pink dildo, but there was so much more than just that. The collection lent an air of mystery to Shy that Rainbow couldn’t stop ruminating over. Shy had definitely used everything on that table for something. Rainbow tried to guess what the glass balls on a string were for. Were they some kind of gag? Maybe a weird flogging tool like the whip? She tried to imagine getting smacked with them, and it didn’t seem like it would be fun. They were also certainly not for swallowing. And then there was a rubber thing that was too short and fat to be a dildo. It was weirdly roundish, like a rubber radish, and had a ring on one end, probably to pull on. Rainbow had no idea what it was for. Fluttershy probably understood it intimately.

Groaning in frustration she clenched her eyes shut and wished this was some kind of prank, or even a bad dream. She wanted to go to sleep, but couldn’t stop thinking about everything that had happened. The bed smelled uncomfortably like her, and worse, also smelled like him. To top it off, Shy’s scent permeated everything in the room. Rainbow shifted uncomfortably finding a damp spot with her knee.

That must have been where she was laying when he raped her.

She rolled over to the side and scooted away from the uncomfortable dampness. Maybe she should just go downstairs. Watching Shy and Ruby talk it out was probably better than staying up there and having to think. She really didn’t want to think, and at least if Ruby was nearby she could be pissed at him instead of thinking.

Ruby was going to come upstairs at some point, and he was going to use her again. Rainbow shuddered, disgusted with herself. She knew that she’d let him, that had been the deal after all. Hell, it was for more than the deal. She considered that if she could fall asleep, maybe he wouldn’t wake her up. Of course, there was no way she could fall asleep. Rainbow bit her lip in frustration. It didn’t matter. She had said that she would play nice. That meant she had to participate. Maybe she was more afraid of that.

When Ruby had forced her earlier, she’d been tied up at first. All she could do was wrap her bound arms around his neck and thrust her hips. She’d done enough to let him know that she could hurt him if she wanted, briefly reminding him that she could break his neck, but he’d gotten free when… Well, when she was distracted. Then he’d forced her down and had bored into her in the eyes.

And then he took her.

She remembered his eyes when he had pinned her. Those eyes weren’t the eyes of a loving, caring pony. They were the eyes of a dangerous predator. What had happened between them wasn’t sex like Dash knew. It was something else. A violent, primal struggle for dominance that had sent her heart soaring. She’d always thought that sex was something lovey dovey ponies did with each other. Something caring and intimate. Something like what Fluttershy had tried to do to her.

Dash grumbled into the mattress as her stomach was filled with butterflies. Little pink nausea inducing butterflies.

What Ruby had done to her wasn’t loving or caring. It was vastly different than what Fluttershy had done, even if some things had been the same. It had been violent. It had been a battle; one that Dash had lost. And then he’d thoroughly humiliated her. The humiliation wasn’t what he made her say. It was the why of it. It was why she had stayed in the room after he had left. It was why there was the damp spot, and why she’d needed to wash her hands so completely before her dinner. This was a private humiliation, one between Ruby and her.

The fact that she’d loved it made her feel sick.

Dash felt tears well up in her eyes. Something was wrong with her. The thing that Ruby had done to her that was sex but wasn’t had twisted some small part of her around and now it didn’t want to be twisted back. Just a little part inside of her had turned around backwards and was whispering traitorous thoughts to the rest of her mind. She just wanted it to shut up.

She decided that it was his eyes. Those cruel crystal blue eyes had looked almost alien while he was… while it happened.

She’d played along because she said she would, but it was more than that once he’d pinned her. Her body had become a dangerous live wire, and his touch had made her spark. It had been exhilarating, and in a way, eye opening.

Rainbow screamed into a pillow, muffling her frustration.

She fucking hated Ruby. His stupid purple coat and his stupid wavy hair made him look like a pansy nerd. He wasn’t fit at all, he looked like he had been an athlete, but spent the last three years sitting on his ass doing nothing. He was a dick, just looking out for himself. He also treated her like just a piece of meat. She was so much more than just her body, but even then all he wanted to use was the little part that made mares and stallions different. She was a living being, not a walking vagina for him to use whenever.

But worse than that, he had this underlying aura of desperation. Like he’d given up on life and was empty of hope, or light. She hated people like that, and usually just stayed the fuck away. Those kind of people were caustic at best. Not to mention how fucking annoying he was, always focused on math or rules, or bossing her around.

It really pissed off Dash how much Fluttershy seemed to like him. Dash felt her stomach sink at the thought. Shy had been ecstatic when he was fucking her, she was absolutely remorseless about their debauchery.

Dash groaned as she flopped the pillow next to her and stared at the ceiling. Now there was something she was deathly afraid of. Fluttershy’s kinky side had been set loose, and she was going to indulge it with whomever was closest. And if Dash didn’t stick around, then it would be Ruby. Ruby wouldn’t even care, he’d just use her like a piece of meat. Even if Fluttershy wanted it, she deserved better than that. She deserved to be cared for, not just used by some ungrateful asshole.

Dash wasn’t doing this because she wanted Fluttershy’s attention, no, she just didn’t want Shy to give it to Ruby; Shy might become attached to him. The thought of Shy and Ruby making a quiet little home together in her cabin absolutely terrified Rainbow. They’d spend all their time together doing stupid pervy things, and then Ruby would be dragged to all the girls outings, and Rainbow would have to see his stupid face and pretend to like it for Fluttershy’s sake.

All while Rainbow would know what they did as soon as they went home, and knowing that Ruby didn’t actually care for Shy at all. Not like she did. It made her stomach sick, and her blood boil. That wasn’t an option. Not while she could still do something.

Rainbow was protective of Fluttershy. She always had been. And Ruby was a jerkwad who only cared about himself. He’d eventually hurt Shy, Rainbow knew it. She just had to put up with his crap until then, and then they’d kick Ruby out together. Rainbow would stick around and console her, and do what she could to make Shy feel better. Anything to help her forget Ruby.

Rainbow stared at the ceiling, imagining her and Shy flying together once this bullshit was over. She’d hang out for a few weeks, maybe permanently move in to help around the house.

Rainbow smiled as she began to finally relax.

()()()()()

Fluttershy grinned devilishly as she lead Mr. Rubinstein up the stairs, her heart beating quickly. She’d left the downstairs messy with dishes on the table, and knew that she’d have plenty of cleaning to do tomorrow, but that was tomorrow Fluttershy’s problem. Right now Fluttershy had plans to make things more messy.

Mr. Rubinstein was behind her, slightly confused about the whole thing, but visibly eager.
Fluttershy was beginning to enjoy that they tended to not wear clothes now. It was so much easier to see when Mr. Rubinstein was excited, and the ease of access for everybody was nice. Still, some lingerie might be fun later. She had a few sets for herself, but she doubted that Dash had anything of the sort. Sadly, there was no way hers would fit Dash. Fluttershy frowned, deciding to worry about that later. For now, naked was better.

When they got to her room, the first thing she noticed was Dash laying on her back, staring at the ceiling.

Fluttershy paused. The idea had seemed like a lot of fun when she was sitting on Mr. Rubinstein’s lap getting fingered, but now she was having second thoughts. Dash wasn’t going to enjoy this. Fluttershy frowned again as her stomach slightly dropped.

For a moment, she wished that Dash had just left. Fluttershy could indulge herself, and Ruby, without feeling guilty. She struggled with that thought. It was so much more complex than that. She could still do what she wanted with Ruby and not bother Dash too much, but Dash was here now. And with Dash here now, she wanted to do things with Ruby and Dash. And Dash would also be upset if they excluded her, probably feeling like Fluttershy was trying to protect her. Which wasn’t far off from the truth.

But she wasn’t going to just include Dash either. Rainbow apparently had a hard time telling Fluttershy “no,” and Fluttershy didn’t want a repeat of last night. The only solution was was intimidating, but was what needed to happen anyways. They needed a talk. In private.

“Mr. Rubinstein? Can I have a few minutes to talk with Rainbow?” Hopefully Mr. Rubinstein could wait a little while.

He continued to look confused. “I guess? I’ll just stay outside for a moment.”

“Thank you.” She nodded gratefully.

He awkwardly took a step back, and closed the door, leaving Fluttershy and Rainbow in the room together.

Rainbow slowly turned her head, and looked lazily at Fluttershy. “Sup Shy?”

Sighing, Fluttershy made her way to the bed, and plopped down on it next to Dash. “We need to talk.”

Rainbow frowned and rolled her eyes. “We just spent a whole dinner talking. I’m sick of talking.”

Fluttershy rolled over so she was facing her friend. The bed smelled distractingly like sex. Absentmindedly, she noted that she’d have to clean the mattress and the sheets tomorrow. Although, it did mean she didn’t have to worry about getting it more dirty.

“Dash, I… I don’t want to hurt you.”

Rainbow looked at her and then smirked. “Shy, I think you’d bruise first if you hit me. You aren’t going to hurt me, I’m pretty tough.” She then chuckled slightly, probably imagining Fluttershy pathetically trying to punch her.

“That’s not what I mean, Dash.”

Rainbow’s mirth quickly fled. “Yeah, I know.”

Fluttershy took a big breath. This was hard, but important. She could do this. Her friend was unhappy, and Fluttershy needed to tell Rainbow how she felt.”I… I kind of was hoping you’d leave, you know?”

Dash immediately looked hurt. “Shy…”

Fluttershy shook her head, fighting back her sudden fear. She couldn’t stop. If she stopped to cry or hide or run, then Dash would think she wanted her gone. “No, not like that. I mean…”

Rainbow rolled over on the bed to look away from Fluttershy. “It’s fine. I get it. I fucking get it.”

Fluttershy panicked, and lurched forward in the bed, wrapping her arm around Dash. “No! You don’t! I want you to stay too! It’s… complicated. Everything is complicated right now, but I need you to listen.”

Dash stayed still for a moment, and then Fluttershy felt her hand being gently grabbed. “Okay.”

Dash’s hand was warm around Fluttershy’s, and firm. She took another breath. Dash was willing to listen, so Fluttershy needed to talk. She opened her mouth, and the words just fell out like a waterfall. “I like you too, Dash. You’re my best friend, and I’ve always wanted to share this side of me with you. Getting the opportunity is exciting. In a way, it’s almost like a little dream of mine coming true. But this side of me is… umm… greedy.”

Dash stayed quiet, not looking at her but not letting go of her hand either.

“If you weren’t here, then I wouldn’t worry about you. But since you’re here, every time I start to think about naughty things, umm… well, I think about you too.”

Dash squeezed her hand.

Sighing, she continued. “And I know you don’t like this kind of thing. So I don’t want to make you get involved.”

Fluttershy steeled herself. This was the part that wasn’t very kind.

“But if I don’t, then I keep thinking about you, and the greedy part of me wants you, too. I don’t want to hurt you Dash, but I do want to… umm… be with you.”

Dash kept holding her hand, but spoke up. “So if I wasn’t here, then you wouldn’t want to be with me?”

Fluttershy sighed, snuggling closer to Dash’s back. “Sort of I guess. I’d still think about you, but you wouldn’t be right here. It… wouldn’t be the same.”

“Oh.” Dash was uncharacteristically quiet.

Fluttershy squeezed her. “I just don’t want to do what I did to you again. That was awful, and I can never take it back. That’s what I mean. I just don’t want to hurt you.”

Dash curled up slightly, squeezing her hand hard, and then relaxed, melting back into the position she was before. “Okay.”

Fluttershy was startled by the unexpectedly quick response, but also relieved. “You’ll go?”

“No.”

“No? But…”

Rainbow rolled over while keeping a firm hold on Fluttershy’s hand. “No. I’m going to stay.” She looked determined.

Fluttershy gulped, suddenly intimidated. “Um… Oh.”

Dash used her hand to force Fluttershy onto her back surprisingly fast. Fluttershy meeped as Rainbow climbed on top of her, and looked down at her with a steely resolve. Fluttershy always knew that Rainbow was strong, but to feel it so suddenly used against her was… surprising.

“I want to stay with you Shy. And if that means indulging your perv stuff, then fine. Whatever.” Rainbow slowly looked up and down Fluttershy’s naked body and sighed, followed by a smile. “Ruby might have to fight for me sometimes, but you?”

Rainbow grabbed Fluttershy’s other hand and pinned it to the top of the mattress as she put the other hand next to it.

Fluttershy blushed as her breath caught in her throat. Rainbow was poised over her with an uncharacteristically hungry look, pinning her firmly to the bed. Rainbows short, messy hair seemed to dance in the candlelight, and her eyes glinted strangely. Her body was tense and strong, resting on Fluttershy’s stomach.

Rainbow was so much stronger than Fluttershy when she wanted to be. Fluttershy’s wings slowly spread underneath her while she looked Rainbow’s lithe body over. Slowly, Rainbow lowered herself onto Fluttershy. Fluttershy stared, wide eyed as Dash pressed their lips together in a sudden, but gentle kiss.

It was a brief kiss, warm and soft, and then it was over. Dash’s head slipped by hers and rested on her shoulder where she whispered. “You can have me whenever you want… Just… use me to make you feel good.”

Fluttershy shivered as Rainbow’s hands let go of hers and trailed down her arms. The sensation was electric. She shifted slightly as Dash melted into her, relaxing and hanging her head over Fluttershy’s shoulder.

Fluttershy gasped, she’d forgot to breathe. “Oh my.” She was very conscious of the fact that they were both naked, and things were pressed against, or very close to, other things across the length of their bodies. Dash was quite serious.

“Oh… um… Are you sure?” Fluttershy stumbled for words.

Dash’s response was quick, and she gave all of Fluttershy a squeeze. “Yeah. I’ll do anything to make you happy, Shy. And I’ll enjoy it. Okay?” Rainbow squeezed Fluttershy slightly harder, hugging her. “Whatever you want, whenever you want it.”

Fluttershy gently hugged her back, but thought about the situation. This wasn’t right. She didn’t know why Rainbow was being this accommodating, but it wasn’t right. Rainbow didn’t want to do these things. A small voice in her head told her to enjoy it, forget about the worry, and just let Rainbow make her own decisions. She was an adult.

“Rainbow… this isn’t healthy for you.” Fluttershy ignored that little voice.

Rainbow began to laugh. “Really? Hah! Shy… Maybe you and Ruby are more like each other than I realized.”

Fluttershy ignored that, unsure about how to take it. “Rainbow, if you don’t want to do these sorts of things don’t make yourself. Not for me, and not for Ruby. You are more important than that.”

Rainbow pulled up from the crook of her neck and looked at Fluttershy, seemingly happy. “And that, that right there is why I’m serious. I mean it, Shy.” Rainbow smirked at Fluttershy. “Whatever your twisted pervy mind desires.” She leaned forward, gently pecking Fluttershy’s lips with a soft kiss. She pulled away and smirked again as Fluttershy blushed hard. “Anything at all.”

Fluttershy gulped. Her lips were still tingling, and her body was warm. Very warm. And Rainbow looked happy. That had to be good right? This had to be okay. Rainbow was fully capable of making her own decisions. She was an adult. Almost drowning in the pounding of her own heart, Fluttershy decided that they were both adults─consenting adults.

Fluttershy blinked as her imagination ran wild. “Anything?”

“Anything.” Rainbow slid down into another kiss with her, and a hot tongue slipped between her lips.

Fluttershy quivered as the indecision was stolen from her by a probing tongue. Dash had said anything, and was quickly going to regret that she’d said it.

Of course, then Fluttershy was going to make her love that she’d said it.

()()()()()

Ruby was getting bored. It’d been a few minutes, he had heard some whispering, some giggling, and then suspicious noises. Should he bust in and interrupt whatever they were doing? Or should he just go downstairs and wait until they were done? They were his slaves, but they’d had an intense dinner and probably did need some time. Hopefully Fluttershy had worked out whatever she had to do with Dash. Maybe she was apologizing for earlier.

It was better for him if they got along and worked together. He didn’t want them at each other’s throats, that just seemed wrong. He rubbed his fingers together, still feeling the wetness from Fluttershy. That mare was something else. She went from serious to playful at the drop of a hat. She’d probably went in with the intent of having a serious discussion and turned it into some kind of sex thing.

He started to fantasize about it. Fluttershy was probably on top of Rainbow, whispering things into her ear as the blue mare blushed. Of course, Fluttershy wouldn’t be content to just talk. Her hand was probably trailing down Rainbow’s body, touching her and squeezing. Dash was probably blushing profusely, unsure of what to do but unable to resist the sexually aggressive mare.

“Mr. Rubinstein, you can come in now.” Fluttershy’s voice broke him out of his fantasy. Shaking his head to clear it, he opened the door and went inside. He still had an erection, but he doubted Fluttershy would mind. Dash would just have to deal with it. He looked across the room and his amused smirk died on his face at what he saw.

It turned out that his imagination hadn’t been far off.

Fluttershy was laying on top of Rainbow Dash, and they were face to face. She had her tail held high, in a clear invitation for Ruby, and her legs spread slightly apart. Dash had her hands resting on either side of Fluttershy’s flanks, and was pulling on the flesh, spreading Fluttershy’s pink pucker slightly to accentuate the invite. Dash was looking at the ceiling, her face beat red in embarrassment while she was doing her best to ignore Rubinstein, and Fluttershy was looking over her shoulder with half lidded eyes directly at him.

Rubinstein said the only thing that came to mind, “Buh?”

“Oh. Don’t worry. Dash helped me got ready for you. I’m going to have to buy more lube tomorrow.” Fluttershy smiled sweetly, but Rubinstein didn’t see it. Instead, his eyes were locked on her clearly invitational asshole.

He slowly walked towards the bed, getting a closer look. Fluttershy’s pink puckered skin was shining, coated in a clear sheen of lube as the bottle lay next to them on the bed, empty and on its side. Her mound below twitched as she momentarily tightened her pussy while she turned forward to look at Rainbow’s now bright red face. She smiled at Rainbow. “Are you ready, Dash?”

Dash slowly nodded as Rubinstein climbed onto the bed. He wasn’t quite sure what was going on, but there was no way he was turning down this invitation.

()()()()()

Fluttershy felt her heart pounding in her chest. Rainbow’s body was like a small fire underneath her, and the hands pulling her soft cheeks apart were shaking. Best of all was Rainbow’s face!

Poor Rainbow was being a trooper about all of this, but her face was flushed bright red in sheer mortified embarrassment. She probably hadn’t figured it would be like this. Fluttershy gave Rainbow a reassuring peck on the lips, causing Dash to nervously smile back at her. Dash was always so strong and powerful looking, it was strangely adorable to see her bashfully smiling back at Fluttershy like this. Fluttershy mentally noted that she really liked seeing her friend’s nervous smile. Dash’s smile faltered as Mr. Rubinstein climbed up over Fluttershy’s back.

Fluttershy had done anal before, just never quite like this. Still, she wasn’t worried. She’d made it to the largest size in the anal trainer kit she’d bought, and had been more than a little rough with herself. She knew that just needed lots of lube. And Dash had helped her get plenty of lube up in there, even if she had blushed the entire time.

Mr. Rubinstein settled his weight on Fluttershy, causing her to squeak in surprise. He was heavier than she’d remembered. Still, it was nice being surrounded by warm, naked ponies. Fluttershy relaxed comfortably as his arms went around her side, entangling with Dash’s and sealing her in the middle of a pony sandwich. Dash was nervously eying Mr. Rubinstein over Fluttershy’s shoulder, while flickering her eyes back to Fluttershy occasionally. But even then, she dutifully held Fluttershy’s ass spread wide.

Fluttershy quivered as she felt Mr. Rubinstein’s tip touch her naked flesh. He was warm, so much warmer than the toys had been. She licked her lips in anticipation, and contemplated Dash. Her friend had said that she’d do anything, so Fluttershy had asked her to do this. So far, Dash had been embarrassed, but had happily done everything that Fluttershy had asked. Fluttershy was going to do more to her later, but for now all Dash had to do was hold her spread open for Ruby.

She’d figured that was an easy way to get Dash loosened up, and wasn’t too much at first. Dash had said not to feel guilty, so Fluttershy was trying very hard to not think about how this could go bad. Instead, she thought about how things would go if Dash enjoyed it. Then she’d make Dash an integral part of this little threesome tonight.

Mr. Rubinstein pressed forward, reaching down and pulling her tail up in between them. His grip was gentle, but firm. Her tail stretched up, the dock tugging on her asshole as it was forced upwards. She bit her lip as his cock slid slowly in.

Fluttershy felt the blood rushing through her body, making her turn just as red as Rainbow. Rainbow was transfixed by Fluttershy’s face, and watched with a look of curious concern. Fluttershy forced a smile through her grit teeth. This part was a little painful, but that was part of the fun. She didn’t want Rainbow to think that Ruby was hurting her, or that she wasn’t enjoying it.

Mr. Rubinstein kept sliding further in, and Fluttershy let out a soft grunt as she forced herself open for him. The lube was keeping things feeling nice instead of painful, but she knew she could do better. She grabbed Rainbow’s wrists, signaling to Dash to release her cheeks. Dash let her arms lay awkwardly on the bed, and didn’t look sure what do do next.

Fluttershy almost giggled at the sight. Dash would get the hang of it later. For now, Fluttershy was going to do better. She planted her knees, and pushed herself up and back slightly, getting up into the more familiar doggy style position while simultaneously pressing harder into Mr. Rubinstein. With a satisfying slurp, he slowly slid all the way in.

She closed her eyes and smiled, relishing the sensation of his heavy body on top of her, and her gut filled with his hot length. “Mmmm...” She hummed happily, squeezing his cock slightly, and giving it a gentle massage down the length. It throbbed inside of her, and Ruby was breathing heavy over her shoulder.

“Whoa! What is that?” Mr. Rubinstein stayed pressed tightly into her, and rested on her back.

Fluttershy felt the cool air underneath. She missed the sensation of being surrounded, and briefly considered laying back down on Rainbow, but she wanted to show Mr. Rubinstein everything she could do. She smiled, winking at Dash as she spoke. “I’ve had a little practice, Mr. Rubinstein. Do I feel nice?”

Dash just kept watching, silently blushing as Fluttershy gave Mr. Rubinstein a heavy squeeze with her asshole.

“Uh… Yeah.” He said dumbly, just sitting there on top of her with his cock buried in her body.

Fluttershy kept squeezing him, milking him and gently rocking back. This was nice, she enjoyed it. But it wasn’t what she had planned. She was enjoying making him happy, but she had more pressing needs. She’d milk his cock with her ass another night. Almost regretfully, she pressed him on.

She made sure her voice dripped with need. “Aren’t you going to fuck me, Mr. Rubinstein?”

Like a switch, something changed in his demeanor. Fluttershy braced herself, and grinned wildly at Dash, baring her teeth excitedly as she winked to her friend. She knew how to get what she wanted, and she was showing off for Dash. Fluttershy could be in control and be on the bottom, and she wanted to show that to Dash. She needed to show her that everything would be fine.

“I think I am, Miss Fluttershy.” His voice was determined now, the confusion gone.

Dash glanced curiously at Fluttershy, and Fluttershy winked confidently back once more, this time slowly and obviously as she held back a giggle.

Mr. Rubinstein firmly planted his knees, and put his hands around Fluttershy’s waist. His hands were strong, squeezing her slightly as he started to slowly work his way back and forth inside of her.

Fluttershy gasped and blinked at the sudden pain, but felt herself warming up. She liked that he was fucking her, she liked that his cock was inside her ass, and she liked that Dash was watching her with that wonderfully transfixed expression. But most of all, she liked that she made him do that with her voice.

Mr. Rubinstein grabbed her soft pink hair and gently started to pull it back, forcing her head up. She began to grunt as air was forced out of her from the increasingly violent thrusts. Her ass began to burn pleasantly from the friction, and her pussy started to leak down her legs. He was wide, and strong. Just enough to stretch her and work her muscles, but not enough to hurt her.

Fluttershy couldn’t see Rainbow anymore, she could just see the headboard and the occasional loose strand of hair as he fucked her. A spike of pleasure shot through her as Mr. Rubinstein gave her a reach around with his other hand, thrumming his fingers across her clit. She whimpered, surprised at the pleasant sensation.

Arching her back slightly, she raised up and put her hands on the headboard to provide more resistance when he pushed her forward. He buried himself deep in her gut, slapping his balls into the back of her pussy while his hand roughly squeezed her heated clit, and she shouted in momentary euphoria.

Everything felt amazing. She relished being fucked like this, forced violently against the headboard. Fluttershy spread her legs slightly, and thrust in time with him to press harder against his strong hand. His cock was digging into her, burning her and causing her to shake while his hand was flicking and playing with her pussy, occasionally dipping inside.

Mr. Rubinstein taunted her, talking dirty to fit the mood. “You like that? You like getting it up your ass?”

She squealed, clenching her ass around his cock and her pussy around his finger tips. Fluttershy quivered, momentarily frozen as bliss overtook her. She felt him press hard, pulling on her hair and burying himself tightly into her flesh. Gasping, she tried to catch her breath in between his rough thrusts.

His sudden roughness caught her by surprise, but she still answered. It was only polite, after all. “Yes! Oh… Yes!” She forced her words out between gasps for air. He was still fucking her, still pounding her, and she was leaking like a faucet down her leg. She let out a loud groan and slowly let her arms collapse, keeping her legs up on her knees and spread wide for him.

She was surprised when she found her head resting on Rainbow’s chest. She’d forgotten about her friend in her moment of bliss. Mr. Rubinstein kept pounding into her ass, causing her to wince every time. Her pussy had gone soft and quivery, and his hand felt almost painful in its intensity. He’d let her hair go though, and it was splayed messily across her back and Rainbow’s chest.

Rainbow was watching her with a concerned face, seemingly growing furious. Fluttershy watched in mild curiosity while Mr. Rubinstein fucked her. Rainbow was glancing at Mr. Rubinstein angrily. Fluttershy wasn’t sure what was going on, but she was going to put a stop to it. She forced herself slightly up, and grabbed Rainbow’s head, forcing Dash into a kiss.

If she could control Mr. Rubinstein, she could control Dash.

Surprised at the sudden action, Rainbow’s eyes opened wide. Fluttershy ignored that, and grabbed Dash by the hair, forcing her head back and out of the kiss as she pulled herself slightly up Dash’s body. Mr. Rubinstein was still pounding away at her ass while she positioned her head over Dash’s head, and stared unblinking into her eyes.

Dash froze under her gaze.

()()()()()()()

Dash panicked. She didn’t know what was happening anymore. Shy had looked like she was having fun, and then she’d looked like she was in pain. She’d collapsed on Dash’s chest, and it had looked like Ruby was hurting her, smacking into her over and over while she grunted in agony. Dash had been getting angry. Couldn’t Ruby see he was hurting Shy? She’d been about to do something about it when Shy had pulled her into a kiss, derailing her chain of thought.

And then, Shy had forced her head back and crawled up into her face. Was she angry? Dash blinked, confused about everything as Fluttershy stared into her. All the while Ruby was obliviously pounding away.

Dash shuddered as something inside of her continued panicking. It was that thing that Ruby twisted. Now Shy was grabbing it and twisting it more. It was her eyes. She looked determined. Shy sure didn’t fucking look like she was in pain right then.

Dash wanted to squirm, but felt like she couldn’t move. Shy was on top of her, and her eyes had her pinned. She couldn’t even breathe. Fluttershy blinked, smiled, and the spell was released.

Fear washed through Dash, and then washed out. She caught her breath and blinked away the panic. Rainbow didn’t know what had happened there, but Fluttershy had looked for a brief moment like Ruby had─predatory.

Fluttershy was nice. She had always been nice. She was never dangerous, so that thing that she just did couldn’t have been real. Dash blinked again as Fluttershy lowered her smile into a passionate kiss.

Her lips were hot, and tingly. Dash closed her eyes, forgetting the fear and enjoying her Fluttershy. The kiss lingered, Fluttershy breathed heavily through her nose while Ruby continued to pound into her, causing occasional squeaks and rhythmic jolting through both their bodies. The constant motion of Shy’s writhing was steadied by Dash’s limp body.

Rainbow could do this. She could be their anchor. Rainbow let herself be pulled into the kiss, she let her heart run and beat wildly as she realized that this was going to be… possible. She could make this work.

Shy pulled away, leaving Rainbow breathless. There was a small amount of saliva still connecting their lips, until Fluttershy licked it away with a sly grin. Shy’s eyes fluttered, and she swallowed. She whispered to Dash. “I’m… ah… close again. Can you… oh… hold me this time?”

Dash wrapped her arms around Fluttershy, pulling her down and letting her rest her head in the crook of Dash’s neck. She’d do anything for Shy. She’d told her that already. She held her gently, securing her while Ruby brutalized her rear. She held her in a hug, pressing their chests together and listening to Fluttershy’s pained grunts.

Rainbow glanced at Ruby over Shy’s back, and saw him staring at her with a focused intensity. She glared at him and frowned, holding Shy tight all the same. He grinned, slapping Shy’s ass in response, causing her to squeak in Rainbow’s ear. Ruby danced his hand gently across Shy’s rump as he sneered threateningly at Rainbow.

Rainbow forced her eyes closed and pretended Ruby wasn’t there. She was holding Shy for some other reason. She couldn’t think of one, but she was sure there was one.

Fluttershy’s grunts were becoming loud moans into Rainbow’s neck. Rainbow kissed her neck possessively, and Fluttershy began to lick and suckle on hers. Ruby grunted, and slapped Fluttershy again as he thrust hard.

Rainbow opened her eyes and glared daggers at Ruby as Shy continued to lick her neck. Fluttershy’s warm and constant attention was getting to Dash, but it only made her more protective of her friend. Ruby licked his hand, and reached it back around and under Fluttershy’s body. Fluttershy spread her legs, accidentally putting her knee right up against Dash’s pussy. Shy began to moan hotly into Rainbow’s neck, while Ruby smirked maliciously at Dash as his hand stroked at Shy’s eager core.

Rainbow felt sick and aroused as she tightly held Shy. This whole thing was wrong, twisted and fucked up beyond belief. She shouldn’t be part of it, and yet here she was cuddling and kissing Shy as Ruby abused her. His cock was buried in her asshole, and his fingers were deep inside of her most private place. And Shy fucking loved that he was doing it. Rainbow blinked back her tears. She knew it was wrong, but that didn’t stop Rainbow from grinding against Shy’s leg as Ruby brought her friend closer to orgasm once more.

She felt herself squirming uncomfortably under the mass of writhing flesh. She didn’t know if it was Fluttershy’s attention, or Ruby’s violent aggression, but she’d become wet─horribly, disturbingly, amazingly wet. Worse, she was slightly pressing her wet flesh obscenely up and down Shy’s leg. It was a pathetic, but she didn’t stop.

Ruby kept glaring at her, and she met Ruby’s gaze as Shy grew louder. Shy was going to cum again, and Rainbow was going to hold her this time as Ruby brought her over the edge. Rainbow was shaking. She wished it was her mak…

She wished she wasn’t here.

Fighting back her own arousal and disgust, she grew pissed at herself. She had been so fucking stupid. Why hadn’t she left? Because she thought she could make Shy fall for her? She looked at Shy’s writhing yellow body, and felt her franticly sucking on Dash’s neck. She felt sick. The pounding from Ruby’s assault was causing Shy’s leg to press firmly against Dash’s pussy, mixing Shy’s dripping juice with Rainbow’s.

This debauched hungry animal in her arms wasn’t Shy. It couldn’t be.

Shy was innocent, nice, sweet, loving, always helpful. Shy was amazing. This wet, lewd creature couldn’t be her. But the creature moved fluidly and was holding her back firmly. The creature felt warm and soft, and then Rainbow heard its beautiful voice.

“Ohh… Yes. Yes!” Shy was shouting into her neck, screaming out her euphoria as she went over some invisible line for a second time. It was all too much for Dash. That thing that shouldn’t be Fluttershy was holding her tightly, squeezing her as it ground its leg into Dash’s pussy as it came.

The sound and realization made Rainbow shiver, and she looked dejectedly up at Ruby as he humiliated her again. She ground her pussy firmly into Shy’s leg, reaching her own plateau and letting the debauched sickness overtake her again. It was better if she looked Ruby in the eyes when he beat her, when he made Fluttershy quiver─when he took what she wanted from her. The cold blue eyes anchored her as she floated in her sea of disgusting euphoria.

Rainbow held her friend tight, terrified to lose her forever as they both floated adrift, otherwise quivering uncontrollably.

()()()()()()()

Rubinstein groaned as he emptied himself into the mare. Fluttershy was tight, and seeing her squirm and scream like that had been too much. It didn’t matter that he’d just came an hour ago inside of Dash, Fluttershy’s quivering asshole had milked him for all he was worth. Spurt after burning spurt filled her gut as he caught his breath, watching Dash stare open mouthed at him. He didn’t know if she was horrified or really enjoying herself, but at that moment he couldn’t care less.

His hand was soaked, coated in Shy’s dripping essence, and her pussy was burning hot. The slick skin of her folds felt smooth and soft, her pussy feeling pliable as it wetly quivered under his soft touch. He kept his hand there, relishing the sensation of her quivering flesh around it and feeling her heartbeat from inside her body as the two of them caught their breath together.

The feeling of a mare’s pussy after she came was something he really enjoyed. Right before, it would get tense and hard, then it would suddenly feel like soft wet velvet. That rapid transition to complete relaxation was how you knew you gave a mare a good time. And Fluttershy was absolutely relaxed now, both inside and out.

Sighing, he leaned down on her body, letting her soft frame support some of his weight. He muttered his contentment. “Not what I expected, but fun.”

Fluttershy was still catching her breath, so she didn’t respond. Dash just kept locked on his eyes with a weird, silent stare. She didn’t look like she was breathing.

Rubinstein ignored her, and slowly started pulling himself out of Fluttershy as his dick softened. Dash had been giving him strange signals during the act, and he wasn’t sure what was going on in her mind. He’d talk with her later, but she seemed calm enough now. She didn’t look like she was going to punch him at least. He was worried he’d pissed her off when he was teasing her near the end, but Fluttershy had immensely enjoyed the slapping.

Fluttershy’s signals had been pretty clear. Rubinstein chuckled. That mare was something else all right. Soft and sweet most of the time, she could instantly turn into a devious sex maniac. Not that he minded. It was definitely a fun and novel experience for him. The most forward mares he’d dealt with before had been teases at their core. Fluttershy was anything but a tease. She fully meant what she was offering, and then some more that you hadn’t considered.

And she’d managed to convince Dash to be something like a willing participant, so that was an excellent mark in her favor as well.

With a relieved grunt, he finished pulling his shrinking dick out of Fluttershy’s ass, and looked at it. Her pucker was red and puffy now, with a thin trickle of lube. The room smelled of pungent sex, musk, and more than a little like a pounded asshole. He didn’t mind at all. Relaxing, he fell all the way onto Fluttershy, making a pile of ponies with Dash at the bottom.

He looked at Dash more closely. She was breathing again, but she had her eyes closed and was turned away from him, blushing profusely. She was probably embarrassed about the whole thing. Rubinstein bet she’d never laid under a pony while watching them get ass-fucked before.

He chuckled in amusement.

Fluttershy moaned. “Oh… That was really nice, Mr. Rubinstein. But… Umm… You can be more rough next time.” She sucked in a breath and mumbled, “I um… liked it when you spanked me.”

Rainbow opened her eyes and glanced at Fluttershy in disgust before she muttered, “Damnit, Shy.”

Fluttershy smiled evenly at Dash. “I’m just being honest, Dash. That way I’ll have more fun next time. What about you? Did you enjoy it?”

Dash mumbled something and blushed, while glancing nervously at Ruby.

Ruby chuckled. He was feeling pretty good after all that, and everybody seemed happy enough this time. This is more what he wanted. This is more what everybody wanted. Sighing, he closed his eyes and rested on Fluttershy’s back. Maybe they could all sleep like this, in a pile of naked flesh.

“Oh. I don’t think we’re done Mr. Rubinstein.” Fluttershy spoke up. “Don’t fall asleep yet.”

He opened his eyes, fighting the sudden exhaustion. “I think I’m about done, Fluttershy. That was my second time tonight, and that’s about all I’m about good for.”

Fluttershy gently pushed up, causing him to roll on his side as she got up and stretched. He glanced at the bed. It was soaked, covered in her juice. Even Dash was soaked, her pussy glistening with moisture. Maybe she’d had a little fun, too.

Fluttershy smiled mischievously as she looked down at Dash, who swallowed nervously. “Mr. Rubinstein? What if we have another, smaller, bet?”

He blinked, fighting the exhaustion to sit up cross legged on the bed. He didn’t have to agree, but he was curious. “Oh? And what would we be betting?”

Fluttershy kept looking down at Dash, and her mischievous grin became slightly more deviant. “I was thinking that if Rainbow and I could get you excited again, you could have a bit more fun with us. If not, then you can go to sleep.”

Rainbow looked up at Fluttershy, clearly concerned, but didn’t say anything.

Rubinstein thought about that. He certainly didn’t have anything to lose, the terms were simple enough and there didn’t seem to be any loopholes. It was a no risk bet that could only benefit him. “Well, I don’t see why not.”

Rainbow whimpered.

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Fluttershy should have felt guilty, but Dash had been very specific about that. No feeling guilty; just use her. She was going to do exactly as Dash had asked. She was going to use Dash to have a little fun, to maybe get herself off one more time, and to maybe get Mr. Rubinstein off one more time. And hopefully Dash would realize this had been a bad idea, and call it off. Hopefully Dash would come to her senses and understand that this just wasn’t good for her. Then they could ask Mr. Rubinstein to let Dash go, and if Fluttershy asked nicely , she was sure he would agree.

She’d been thinking about it ever since she had to quell Dash’s anger with that kiss. Dash really didn’t understand it, even when she was right there. Fluttershy wanted Mr. Rubinstein to be rough. She wanted Mr. Rubinstein to go all out and for both of them to not worry about her nervous friend. That worry in the back of Fluttershy’s mind would never go away with Rainbow getting angry and defensive all the time. She’d tried to talk Dash out of it earlier, and it hadn’t worked. Instead, Dash had convinced her to go along with it.

Fluttershy had wanted that to be true so bad that she’d agreed, imagining that Dash could be telling the truth. But then as soon as Mr. Rubinstein got aggressive, Dash had fought it at the first opportunity.

Fluttershy didn’t blame Dash at all, far from it, she felt the poor girl was in way over her head and needed a way out that would work for her ego. So now, she was going to convince Dash the only other way she could think of. Rainbow had never been one for lectures, she’d always been more of a physical learner anyways.

So Fluttershy was going to give her a demonstration. Either Dash would come to understand Fluttershy’s fun, or Dash would finally have enough and agree to go. Fluttershy really, really wanted one thing, but knew the other was better for her friend. Mentally preparing herself, Fluttershy tiptoed over a dangerous imaginary line in her head, convincing herself that it was for her friend’s own good.

“Come on Dash. We’re going to give Mr. Rubinstein a show.” Fluttershy rolled to her side and patted the bed next to her, inviting Dash to lay there.

Dash looked nervous, but moved into position as Fluttershy gently lay her how she wanted.

Dash was on her back, with Fluttershy lying on her side next to her. One of Fluttershy’s arms was underneath Dash, and the other was draped languidly down her front, resting on her abdomen pressing lightly into the warm fur. Fluttershy leaned her head down so she could whisper in Dash’s ear, and traced light circles over her lower stomach.

Swallowing her concern, Fluttershy shared her plan with both Rainbow and Mr. Rubinstein. “Well, you’re going to give Mr. Rubinstein a show. I’m just going to make sure it’s a nice one.”

Dash gulped, looking nervously past Shy and at the now curious Mr. Rubinstein.

Fluttershy lightly bit Dash’s ear before she quietly whispered the rest. “We can stop any time you like, but this is the sort of thing I’m going to want from you. Are you really sure that you want to go through with this?”

Dash took a deep breath, relaxing herself before wrapping her hand around Fluttershy’s circling one and answering. Dash’s hand was hot, surprising Fluttershy with its bold touch. “Sure.”

Fluttershy wasn’t sure if she was worried for her friend, or giddy for herself at the easy answer. Either way, her heart beat faster. She curled her arm up through Dash’s armpit and gently grabbed Dash’s chin, forcing her head firmly towards Mr. Rubinstein. Dash’s chest was rising and falling rapidly under Fluttershy’s other arm, and she lightly squeezed Fluttershy’s hand in a show of confidence.

Fluttershy swallowed in anticipation as she softly played with Rainbow’s fingers on the other mare’s tight lower stomach. “Please, Mr. Rubinstein, get comfy.”

****

Rubinstein was still sleepy, but this was interesting enough to keep him awake. The look on Dash’s face was one of tired resignation, but underneath was a sparkle of determination. That mare had some goal or another, and was willing to subject herself to this humiliating act in order to achieve it. It made sense in a way. Dash was stubborn to a fault, and once she’d made up her mind about something, she demanded the best from herself. She’d said as much during their awkward dinner. She demanded excellence, and she’d committed to playing nice for the night. So her nice was going to be excellent.

That alone would have been interesting enough for him to watch, but there was more going on. He decided that perhaps he had a slight cruel streak. He was knew full well that Dash did not like him. In turn, he did not like her; she was rude, arrogant, and bull headed. So seeing her laying vulnerable like this, apparently willingly and mostly for his benefit, was definitely a slightly sadistic treat in its own right.

He felt that he should have been ashamed. Instead, he smiled at her and raised a single questioning eyebrow, but didn’t say anything. Maybe that part of him that felt guilty had finally given in. Her response was a silent, stone cold stare, a slow blink, and then a deep breath as Fluttershy dipped her hand slightly lower. Dash kept her eyes locked onto Mr. Rubinstein’s, daring him to break eye contact and watch Fluttershy’s increasingly obscene hand.

Letting his smile slip into a smirk, Rubinstein met her challenge and kept eye contact with her, at least for the time being. Even though she was laying back on the bed with her legs spread comfortably wide enough that his view of her glistening mound would be unimpeded, he ignored it all and instead bore into her eyes with his.

Fluttershy’s arm began to move in a slow rhythm as she led Rainbow’s hand in a gentle circle. Rubinstein’s smile grew wider as Dash swallowed slowly and her eyes briefly unfocused. He wondered what she was thinking, what she was feeling.

She was probably embarrassed, and likely just a bit angry. But she didn’t shy away, she was much too…. determined… for that. Her eyes refocused on his, and her cheeks flushed. A frown, a flat line, and an angry snarl all fought to win her lip line, none quite describing her expression. All of it still managed to be barely lewd when combined with her flushed cheeks and heavy, accusing eyes.

Rubinstein blinked. No, Rainbow’s eyes weren’t accusing. They were half lidded, clearly she was feeling something. Not to mention how the sound of her breathing slowly picked up as her chest began to visibly rise and fell. He watched her, imagining her thoughts and feelings as she stared back at him. They silently dared each other to break the staring contest, even as she slightly shuddered.

Fluttershy whispered something quietly to Dash and smirked. Dash looked down in confusion, and Rubinstein followed her gaze.

There, between her legs, was an obscenely wet mess. Dash’s fingers had stringy thick slime connecting them to each other and to her swollen pink pussy-lips. And best of all, only one blue sticky hand was to be found. Fluttershy’s was nowhere to be seen, and Dash continued to stare down at the mess in confusion, frozen at the absurd sight.

Rubinstein’s eyes followed the curve of her arm up to her shoulder, and then settled back on Dash’s confused face. Slowly, Dash raised her head and locked eyes with him again. Guiltily, she began to move her arm in the same slow, but now shaking, circle while Fluttershy smiled devilishly at Rubinstein from behind.

()()()()

Rainbow couldn’t believe what she saw. This was so wrong. How was she so… wet? And why was it so… sticky? Her pussy juice felt like a thick, sticky syrup and looked almost creamy. Fluttershy kept whispering quiet obscene things, encouraging Rainbow.

“What a dirty little slut, Rainbow… Just look at the mess you’ve made.” Fluttershy’s voice was firm and low, accusing and gentle at the same time. Something about the playfulness mixed with mockery made Rainbow’s heart flutter, and her breath catch. Fluttershy was being mean. To her.

Rainbow shuddered oddly at the thought. Why would Fluttershy be mean to her? Shy was nice to everyone. Something about that make her feel special. She decided that, weird as it was, she liked it.

Fluttershy nibbled her ear slightly, blowing a hot breath across her cheek. “I love your dripping wet pussy, Rainbow. Almost as much as you do.”

She shuddered again, and then she decided that she liked it a lot.

Dash rubbed her thumb across her other four fingers, feeling the thick gooey lubrication between them. She’d never had this come out of her before. Was it because of Shy? Or was it because of him?

Slowly, she looked back up. He was still staring at her, his grin wider now. He raised an eyebrow, and Dash felt ashamed. Ruby saw everything. He saw her playing with herself, without Fluttershy. He saw her uncovered and spread open. He saw her messy. He saw her thick sticky stuff just oozing from inside her. And he was smiling in a way that could only be described as cruelly.

Rainbow shuddered again.

Her heart began to pound in her chest. She was trapped between two predators, two hungry lions that had cornered and tricked a little fearful rabbit. There was nowhere for it to run, and it was too tired and outnumbered to fight. One lion put her hands across Dash’s side, holding her. Reminding her. Dash looked the other lion in the eyes and felt the little bunny inside of her quiver in mortal terror. Lions killed little bunnies, and this one had no more room to run.

The little bunny had frozen in terror, and now the lions had caught it. Rainbow Dash’s little bunny was nipped at from the side and squealed in surprise and instinctual fear.

Shakily, Rainbow resumed masturbating, guilt flooding her as she realized what was happening.

She was enjoying the fuck out of this.

This time she focused on Fluttershy’s soft touch and Ruby’s dark eyes as she took another bite of her little bunny. It was hot and still squirming, trying fearfully to save itself. There was nowhere to go now. A third lion had appeared. It was hungry and attentive. It wanted everything the bunny had. It wasn’t satisfied with just a taste. The third lion wanted more. Shy kept softly massaging Rainbow’s side, reminding the little fearful thing inside her that there was nowhere to back away to. Nowhere to run.

Rainbow met Ruby’s intense and cruel eyes, slowly grinning as she killed the rabbit. Her circles became firm, and stead as she really started to masturbate. She’d show both of them that she was a lion, too.

“Like what you fucking see, Ruby? Do you like my dripping fucking cunt?” Rainbow licked her upper lips aggressively as she softly pulled her lower lips apart, showing her squishy pink insides to the world.

Ruby smiled. “Yes I do. Please, continue.”

Rainbow smirked before dipping a finger between her lips and moaning. She glared at Ruby, baring her lion’s fangs to show off her first kill. He watched, the grin on his face twisting to amusement.

She grinned right back as she finger fucked herself in front of him. Let that fucker be amused. She was getting off, and it felt good. Rolling her clit with her thumb, she thrust her hips forward and buried another finger in her pussy, using them to spread her insides and rub in all the right places.

Shy’s touch was magic, the mare was caressing her softly, holding her and stroking her before whispering sweetly in her ear.

“You’re distractingly sexy, Rainbow. I want to fuck you too. But no more pointless cussing, or I’ll get mad. When you say ‘Fuck,’ you use it for a very specific act. Understand?”

Rainbow nodded, squeezing her clit and moaning again as Ruby just watched. Shy’s demandingly sweet voice was making her shake. That mare was a dangerous thing in far too many ways.

Rainbow focused on Ruby. In her mind, she knew that Ruby was the bad guy here. He was the one that had set this up, that owned them now, that was making it happen. But deeper, on a lower level, she admitted something else. Shy was the mastermind behind this. Shy was the boss.

Even when Ruby was fucking her, it had been, in a way, Shy fucking her.

Rainbow squeezed her clit hard and began to moan at the realization. This was it. This is when it would happen. “Fuuuc...”

Without warning, her hand was ripped from her quivering pussy with surprising strength. Rainbow startled, losing her orgasm before it happened, and realized that Fluttershy was pinning both of Rainbow’s arms to her side. Shocked, Rainbow said the first thing that came to mind.

“What the fuck?”

Fluttershy growled angrily in her ear. “Rainbow! I said no cussing…”

Rainbow couldn’t believe this. Was Fluttershy fucking serious? “What?”

Fluttershy was calmer, but held firm. “I said no cussing.”

Ruby looked startled, but was sporting a raging hard on and fighting back a chuckle. Rainbow rolled her eyes at him, and then whined. “But Fluttershyyyy…”

Fluttershy sighed. “I said no cussing, Rainbow. And I meant it. I don’t like it when you cuss.”

Rainbow groaned. Her pussy was still wet, she was still turned on. Even Fluttershy pinning her arms like this was making her squirm in a new way. She had to finish. She was close, just a few more good, solid strokes and she would explode. She’d given into their sick game, why wouldn’t Shy let her finish?

Worst of all, she knew she liked what was happening. Squirming, she was being held on display for Ruby to gawk at, held back by Fluttershy and seconds from finishing. Rainbow was powerless, but Shy could fix this. “Fluttershy… I’m sorry, okay? Let me finish.”

Fluttershy held her hands tightly, and nibbled on Dash’s ear for a moment before answering. “… No.”

Rainbow couldn’t believe this. She looked at Ruby in desperation, but he was just intently staring. He wouldn’t be any help. Would Shy really let her get all worked up, go through all that mental turmoil and then just simply tell her “no?”

As Shy continued her nibbling, Rainbow came to the alarming conclusion that normal Shy would never do that. But this Shy, the Shy that was slightly mean to her, the evil mastermind Shy that got her tied up and used, just might be serious. She’d be left longing all night. Rainbow glanced at the floor, eying the makeshift handcuffs and ropes that Ruby had used on her before. Shy could tie her up and leave her all night.

Rainbow began to shake. She couldn’t endure that. She wasn’t afraid, but it was such a strangely alluring thought… oh no… She couldn’t endure that. She’d spend hours just squirming, moaning, begging.

Rainbow shuddered at the thought.

“Shy…” Rainbow carefully breathed, trying to calm down. The image of being tied up all night and just left wanting was etched in her mind, making her heart try to burst from her chest. “What… do I have to do?”

Fluttershy quietly whispered into Rainbow’s ear while Ruby watched curiously. “You have to beg.”

Rainbow could do that. Hell, she already had. “Shy, please...”

Fluttershy chuckled darkly. “Oh… No. Not me, Rainbow. You have to ask him.”

Dash looked at Ruby and internally groaned. He’d fucking love that, wouldn’t he? She could see the amused twinkle in his eyes taunting her. But Shy wanted it, and Dash wanted to get off. She could do it. Working up her courage, she started to speak when Fluttershy cut her off before she could get the chance.

“And you have to use that word properly when you beg him, Rainbow. I’d be careful if I were you. He might say no if you’re not convincing enough. This might be it for your fun tonight if we don’t put on a good enough show, Rainbow.”

Dash felt her pussy twitch on its own as she locked eyes with Ruby and groaned. She was aching. This was insane. She hated Ruby, she hated sex, and hated begging. This was humiliating.

So why did she love this?

Something was making her burn and scream on the inside, something alive in a dangerous way that she’d never felt before. She was hungry. Deliriously hungry.

Hungry enough to beg.

“Ruby…” She looked at him, mentally throwing her disgust to the side where it festered, twisting into a sickening lurching arousal that immediately began to creep back up her legs. “Fu…” She stopped herself before she said it, breathing heavily and shaking. Her pussy was dripping, and her thighs were matted with thick arousal. The bed sheet was ruined.

She wanted to cry.

The disgust and arousal clawed its way into her gut, causing her stomach to churn and her abdomen to clench in sickening pleasure. She was going to ask Ruby to violate her again. Not because he wanted to. Not because it was a trade for freedom or even because she was a whore. That would be okay, in its own way.

No. The sickening arousal grew into a dangerously unstable and burning nausea.

Instead, she was going to ask him because she needed him to get her off. The nausea cascaded down her body, flipping into a dark tingling pleasure as it left her stomach. This was wrong. She wasn’t like this. This wasn’t, couldn’t be her. She met Ruby’s eyes again, and shakily swallowed a dry gulp as he stared at her with those icy blue eyes.

Fluttershy blew hotly into her ear, whispering just loud enough for Dash to hear. “Do it right, my little Dashie. And since he’s in charge, call him by his proper name, Mister and all.” Fluttershy slowly drew out the accursed word as she teased, “It’ll make him harder when he f. . . ucks you.”

Dash steeled herself as her nerves calmed. She could do it. She would do it. She would beg him to get her off with his dick. It would be sticky, gross, humiliating, and degrading. Also, it would be fucking ecstasy. But Fluttershy was wrong about something. Something that made all the difference in Rainbow’s determination right then. Rubinstein wasn’t in charge.

Shy was.

Completely.

Lowering her voice, Dash focused her eyes and threw all sense of hostility and anger away. She would do as bidden. Forcing herself to sound as sweet and loving as Fluttershy, she locked eyes with Ruby and begged.

“Please fuck me, Mr. Rubinstein.”

Ruby smirked, responding slowly. “Well… I didn’t think I’d hear you say that tonight.”

Rainbow ignored him. He didn’t matter. Shy mattered. Rainbow’s twitching pussy mattered. But whatever Ruby said didn’t fucking matter. Right then, he was just a cock waiting to fuck her. A cock she needed to beg to get her off. “Please. I need it. I’m so close.” She spread her legs wider and thrust slightly towards him, putting her desperate flesh up as an offering. He could have it. He could have anything he wanted. It didn’t matter as long as he fucked her. “Please. I’m begging you, Mr. Rubinstein. Please fuck me.”

Ruby got to all fours, climbing forward to craw up Dash’s body. He kept his hungry stare on her, and she shakily met it. Fluttershy let go of Rainbow’s arms, and Rainbow wrapped them carefully around Mr. Rubinstein’s torso. She was gentle as she pulled him down into her. “Please Mr. Rubinstein. I need you inside of me...”

He blinked and the creepy glare and cruelty was suddenly gone, replaced by a genuinely warm smile. “How could I say no to an offer like that?”

Fluttershy backed away as Rainbow leaned up and sucked on his lower lip. Rainbow was shaking. Her body was hot, her insides were throbbing. This was real. She was begging Ruby to fuck her. She needed Ruby to fuck her. Her unsteady hands caressed his neck, and gently guided his face down so she could kiss it better. Ruby lowered his lower body, and Rainbow felt the heat from it between her legs.

Shuddering, Rainbow thrust slowly upward to grind against him. He was hard, hot, and throbbing. She felt it sliding hungrily around and between her slick thighs, causing her to shudder in anticipation. That disgusting thing was Ruby’s, and it she hated it and him almost as much as she needed them both right then. Looking up at Ruby’s eyes, she shivered.

Wrong didn’t even begin to describe how she was feeling.

Rainbow Dash spread her legs, wrapping them carefully around Ruby’s lower back and pulling him nervously down into her body. Ruby’s warm grin turned malicious as his throbbing cock sunk into her hungry pussy. She hated that glare and shivered uncontrollably as she kissed him.

Realizing what she’d done, she froze as a thousand thoughts collided in her mind, coalescing into a dervish of disconnected words.

Whore. Warm. Betrayer. Humiliated.

Hated. Nice. Weak. Slave.

Slut. Hot. Fool. Animal.

Love. Wrong. Toy. Beaten.

Freak. Degenerate. Burning. Pleasure.

Rainbow shuddered as he slid deeper inside, giving him no resistance and moaning into his mouth. She couldn’t think as the sickening arousal that she’d been desperately nursing bloomed into a firework of corrupting venom throughout her body. Shuddering, her left leg began to quiver uncontrollably as the dark burning sensation that threatened to consume her. One thought rose from the chaotic sea of emotion and feeling that she was drowning in, and it was her pride. She wanted to cum, but not from this. Not like this. Not from him.

Tearing away from the kiss, she shook her head side to side in denial as both her legs began to twitch uncontrollably. Ruby looked confused, but pushed deeper into her hot, begging depths anyways.

Rainbow closed her eyes and threw her head back as some invisible dam in her body broke, letting twisted black pleasure wash through her. The twitching in her legs grew into violent spasms, and it spread into her whole lower body. She screamed out, frantically trying to stop it with her voice since her body wouldn’t listen to her anymore. “Fuck. Fuck! . . . Fuuuck! ”

She couldn’t stop it, and her pride was drowned by the tidal wave of feeling that crashed violently through her world.

Rainbow cried out as her pussy began to spray something around his cock, soaking his balls and the bed under them. She thrashed, trying desperately to gain any semblance of control over any aspect of her body. He was deep inside of her, his disgusting thing being clenched by her traitorous depths. Her strength hadn’t been enough to stop herself from trying to milk his cock while she came. Or enough to stop Ruby from continuing to fuck her. Ruby had pinned her down, using his larger body size to hold her just still enough for him to keep thrusting into her while she uncontrollably shook.

Her sickening thoughts bubbled up, filling her mind with disgust as she idly realized he wasn’t stopping.

She blinked away panicked tears and saw Ruby’s face again. He hadn’t noticed her cum, or rather, he hadn’t cared.

Horrified at what was happening, she realized that she wasn’t stopping either.

Out of breath, she tried to explain. “Oh fuck… I can’t stop. Mr…. Rubinste… Aaa!”

Her legs went numb as they shook from another bout of uncontrolled tremors as his relentless thrusting forced them apart. Rainbow’s pussy squeezed Ruby again, this time gushing clear ejaculate out from around his bouncing cock and messily up her jiggling stomach. She looked down in disgust and horror at her own body’s ecstasy.

Everything had betrayed her. Shy had betrayed her. Her mind had betrayed her. Her body had betrayed her. The only things that were doing what she expected was Ruby and his fucking cock.

Rainbow began to cum again, announcing it with an animalistic noise as she pulled Ruby tightly towards her.

This time, the only thought to bubble up was simpler and easier to process.

Screw it. Fuck stopping.

()()()()

Fluttershy watched the wonderfully obscene show. Rainbow kept begging Mr. Rubinstein to keep going, begging him to let her cum again and again. Every time after, Rainbow would look down at herself in amazement, watch as her body uncontrollably shivered and leaked, look surprised that she’d actually done it, and then immediately look back up to continue begging with large desperate eyes and even more desperate words. She’d heard Rainbow say all sorts of wonderfully nice things to Mr. Rubinstein now.

Mixed in with the cussing, of course, but Fluttershy was going to let Rainbow have her fun. Once she’d relaxed a little though… well… Fluttershy had warned her.

Fluttershy hadn’t been counting how many times Rainbow had got off, and neither had Mr. Rubinstein. Rainbow herself was in no state of mind to count anything. Fluttershy doubted the girl even knew her name at the moment. The thought made her grin wide.

She’d learned that little trick before while playing with Tree Hugger. If you get a mare desperate enough and keep her on the edge for a long enough time, they can cum a few times in a row. Sometimes much more than a few. Of course, it took a special kind of situation for it to be really fun. Fluttershy needed somebody else to do it to her, so she’d done it for Dash. Tree hugger could make it happen on her own, the lucky girl.

After this much fun, she really hoped that Dash decided to stay. First, however, she had to deal with Rainbow's cussing.

Rainbow was just lying on her back now, breathlessly muttering “Fuck…” to the ceiling as Mr. Rubinstein continued to pound into her. He was kneeling now, resting on his ankles and pulling Dash’s limply hanging legs into his crotch as he fucked upwards into her. Fluttershy wished that Rainbow would at least be creative and use a different word.

The magic of curse words was lost if you used them for everything, and Rainbow used that word incessantly. If Rainbow kept this up, when Fluttershy asked Mr. Rubinstein to fuck her it would lose its wonderful effect. That would be no good at all!

Fluttershy had a sudden bout of ingenuity. Watching all that action had warmed her up quite a bit, and it didn’t look like Mr. Rubinstein would have much energy left to play with her after how hard he was working on Dash. She still wanted to get off again, too.

Carefully, she stood up, and squatted down over Rainbow’s face. “If you’re just going to be rude, Rainbow, I have something better for you to do with your mouth.”

Mr. Rubinstein paused, letting Fluttershy settle in, and then looked at her curiously.

Fluttershy pulled Mr. Rubinstein close as she pressed firmly down onto Dash’s face. She didn’t need to tell Dash what to do, it should be pretty obvious. Carefully, Fluttershy squeezed her thighs together, trapping Dash under her weight as she sloppily kissed Mr. Rubinstein.

Fluttershy had made a triangle, and pleasantly noted that Dash had wrapped her legs around Mr. Rubinstein. Dash was on the bottom, while Fluttershy and Mr. Rubinstein made the sides. Mr. Rubinstein was thrusting into Dash, who was locked around his waist, causing her to slightly slide back and forth under Fluttershy’s dripping pussy. The sliding coupled with Dash’s increasingly eager tongue was electrifying. Fluttershy had Mr. Rubinstein locked in an open mouth kiss, leaning slightly on him as she encouraged Dash to taste her insides.

Dash felt good inside of her. The mare didn’t know what she was doing with her tongue, but it was fun letting her explore nonetheless.

Ruby seemed surprised, but kept his hands on Dash’s waist, helping him to thrust into her as Fluttershy played with his tongue. His mouth was just as hot, but much harder than Dash had been. In turn, his kiss was far from gentle. Fluttershy eagerly returned his aggression.

Giggling, she pulled out of the kiss and slyly smiled. “Looks like we won the bet, Mr. Rubinstein.”

He grunted back as she nibbled on his neck. “Looks it.”

Fluttershy just contently nipped his skin, feeling the flesh undulate beneath and around her. She relished the moment, glancing down his back to see Rainbow’s feet locked together. She was happy that Dash was getting into it enough to hold Mr. Rubinstein inside of her. Maybe, just maybe Dash would want to stay.

What an electrifying and pleasant thought. Another thought bubbled up with it. Of course, that’s what you wanted from the start, freak. You wanted her writhing underneath your pussy and loving it. And now you have it. Strong, dependable Dash sucking on your clit and moaning as Mr. Rubinstein fucks her brains out. Are you happy now?

Fluttershy shouted back in her mind as Ruby continued to thrust, and Rainbow continued to lick. No, that hadn’t been what she wanted. At least, not at the start. She didn’t make this happen. They wanted it. They all wanted it. Everyone was happy now.

Don’t lie. You think Dash wanted this? You knew she had a crush on you. She has for a long time. This isn’t what she wanted and you know it. You’re sick. She wanted a lover, not someone that would use her.

Fluttershy growled into Rubinstein's neck. Dash had told Shy to use her. She had told Shy to not feel guilty. She was doing exactly what Rainbow had asked her to. This was stupid. She didn’t need to fight herself. There was nothing wrong with what she did. There was nothing wrong with what she was doing.

Fine, have it your way. Watch it all come crashing down around you. You think everything is going to be fine? How could Dash love a mare that uses her affection like this? She thinks you’re being nice. You know how much of a lie that is. You just get a sick pleasure out of this. You’re not even going to get off to this, are you?

Mr. Rubinstein yelped, distracting her. “Yeow. Easy, Fluttershy. I’m not into that.”

Refocusing, she realized that she’d bit his neck a little too hard. Not enough to draw blood, but enough to leave a mark. Looking closer, she realized that maybe there was a little blood.

Fluttershy was mortified. “I’m sorry, Mr. Rubinstein. I didn’t mean to!”

“It’s fine.” He didn’t seem to mind. He was focused on thrusting into Dash, but he still spared a reassuring smile for her when she pulled back to look at him. “Just make it up to me later.”

Fluttershy nodded back. “Of course, Mr. Rubinstein. Let me kiss it better.” She leaned in and pressed her lips to the welt she’d left. There was the faint taste blood, so she gently licked it clean.

In a way, this was nice, too. She was upset that she’d hurt Mr. Rubinstein, but she liked that she was making it better in a way.

Freak.

She ignored the voice, and focused on the feelings around her as she ground herself against Dash’s face. Dash responded by putting more effort into her task. The mare was using her lips and tongue now, even lightly sucking on some things. That was nice. She’d get better with time. Hopefully, Fluttershy and Dash would have lots of time to practice.

Rubinstein grunted, breathing hotly across Fluttershy’s ear.

Dash squirmed underneath them both.

Time passed slowly for the three of them as they were trapped by each other.

Fluttershy didn’t know how long it had been since she’d joined in, but Mr. Rubinstein was sweating, and Dash’s legs were shaking again. Fluttershy hadn’t came, and wasn’t particularly close, but that didn’t matter. She was certainly having fun.

Still, all good things come to an end. Fluttershy didn’t want Mr. Rubinstein to slowly run out of endurance without finishing. That wouldn’t be satisfying for Rainbow or him. So she decided to take matters into her own hands.

“Mind if I help, Mr. Rubinstein?”

He didn’t say anything, but nodded his head.

Carefully, Fluttershy snaked her hand down his back, in between Dash’s quivering ankles and all the way to his firm ass.

“This might feel kind of funny, Mr. Rubinstein, but just relax and think about how wet and hot Dash is. About how much you’ve made her cum tonight. About how nice she’s being to you right now...”

Fluttershy dipped her hands softly in between is cheeks, and his thrusting paused as she began to play with his asshole, smearing her fingers with Dash’s splattered wetness in the process. She felt him tighten up in response, so she lightly bit his ear until he relaxed.

She spoke softly but intently, her voice promising him pleasure. “Don’t worry. You’ll like it.”

Mr., Rubinstein eased back into his thrusts, taking it slow as Fluttershy began to carefully explore inside of him. The first press was difficult, but once she was inside he couldn’t stop her anymore. She loved how warm he was inside.

Was this what he’d felt like when he’d fucked her ass earlier? She could imagine why he’d liked it so much. It was warm and squishy, the flesh slightly stretching around her finger. If she had a cock, she’d love to put it there. And he was surprisingly strong down there.

When he clenched her wandering finger, it was tight. It made slipping it around and curling all the more fun.

Mr. Rubinstein groaned.

Fluttershy grinned, pressing her pussy firmly into Dash’s face and squeezing Dash with her thighs as she fingered Mr. Rubinstein.

“Does that feel good, Mr. Rubinstein? Having two mares for you to be inside of and to be inside of you?”

Mr. Rubinstein let go of Dash’s waist, and wrapped his arms around Fluttershy. Dash kept her legs tightly locked together, keeping him from pulling out.

All three of them were pulled tightly towards each other as he came, causing Dash to squirt one last time.

Fluttershy continued to finger him as he thrust sharply into Dash, holding the final thrust as deep as possible. Dash’s mouth had frozen, so Fluttershy was simply grinding her pussy across Dash’s face.

Fluttershy felt him squeeze and shake as he squirt into Dash’s depths. Dash melted underneath her, collapsing as she slowly let her legs release him. Eagerly, Fluttershy pulled away to watch his dripping dick leave Dash’s pussy. They stayed connected by a thick string of cum; Fluttershy wasn’t sure who's it was. She relished the thought that it was probably a mixture made of both ponies.

Giggling happily, Fluttershy pulled her hand out of Mr. Rubinstein’s warm hole as he caught his breath. “I told you you’d like it, Mr. Rubinstein.”

He breathed heavy, and then looked intently at her for a moment. Fluttershy wasn’t sure if he was angry or not.

His voice seemed neutral. That was good, right? “Yes, you did.” After a moment, he looked confused. “Uhh… was is it supposed to burn?”

She smiled. “Just a little. You’ll be fine.” She quickly pulled him into a kiss while giving Rainbow one last squeeze with her thighs.

Dash wasn’t moving, just laying flat on her back with her legs splayed widely around Mr. Rubinstein and her face buried underneath Fluttershy.

()()()()()()

Rainbow stared at the pink and yellow flesh and fur that filled her vision. She was exhausted. All she could see, all she could smell, and all she could taste was Fluttershy. It sounded like Shy and Ruby were talking, but the sounds had been muffled since Shy had climbed on top and put Rainbow between her legs.

Memories of what she’d just experienced raced through her as she tried to make sense of it all. She’d came, more than once, and she’d came hard. Had it been Ruby or Shy that had brought her over? Did it matter? She reasoned through causality and the actors involved. Maybe it was her own doing.

Her limbs felt heavy and dead as she took a deep breath of the air that Shy’s soft underside allowed. Shy was a bigger girl, not fat, but she certainly had softer and rounder curves. Curves that almost, but not quite, suffocated Rainbow underneath her. Rainbow sucked in another heady, but restricted, breath. Every ounce of air was infused with Shy’s essence.

She’d gotten to see Shy’s everything up close, and she hadn’t decided if she liked it or not. Well, she knew that she liked that part a lot, but she wasn’t sure if she liked everything that went with it. Because really, it seemed as though everything went with it.

Ruby was shifting around on the bed, and climbed over one of her legs. Rainbow didn’t move. Ruby had finished with her for the night, she was… done. Besides, she was too tired to bother with something as unnecessary as closing her legs at this point. It wasn’t like Shy or even Ruby was going to see anything new. The cool air felt nice down there anyways.

Had it been worth it?

Rainbow had a storm of emotions roiling in her head. That whole experience had been exciting. She’d liked begging, she’d liked being forced to be nice, and she’d liked being trapped underneath them as they got off.

She also still hated Ruby, and found the realization that she’d came from his close and personal touch disgusting. She was disappointed in herself, and in no small part angry. She wasn’t sure at what quite yet. Now that she wasn’t horny any more, the whole thing was slightly sickening.

She’d begged him to fuck her. Fucking Ruby. Ruby the slime-ball. Ruby that made her skin crawl. And he had fucked her, and it had been awesome.

And Shy… Shy was still on top of Rainbow. Shy was responsible for the whole thing. This was the second time tonight that Ruby had cum inside of her, and this time Shy had made it happen. Rainbow wasn’t sure how, but at the end there, Ruby had paused and Shy had leaned forward. She’d muttered something, and then…

Then it was exciting for a minute again, and then Ruby had left a hot sticky memory inside of her. One that would haunt her for a while.

Rainbow took another difficult breath as a realization hit her.

The memory might not haunt her. This might be a regular thing for them from now on. She couldn’t be sure how she felt about that. She wished it had been just her and Shy, but Ruby had also been… fuck.

Rainbow hated all this thinking. It was stupid. Who cared why she was doing it, or if it was worth it? It had happened, and that was that.

Frustrated with her own traitorous mind, she noted that Shy hadn’t gotten up off her face yet. She could pretend that Ruby wasn’t around. That was what she’d wanted from the start, right? Rainbow stuck her tongue out and gave Shy a lick, causing Fluttershy to slightly stiffen in surprise and then relax.

Shy said something, but Rainbow couldn’t hear what it was. She didn’t need to hear. Shy leaned down afterwards, and Rainbow felt a soft, gentle lapping as Fluttershy lay her head down at Rainbows still tingling nethers.

Rainbow focused. This is what she had wanted. She was tired and mostly numb in body and mind. Her lips and tongue ached, unaccustomed to how she was using them and her face was soaked with Shy’s nectar. That was fine. She still hurt, she still almost burned inside from… from earlier. But now it was just her and Shy. Now it was slow and nice; lovey dovey like she’d thought it should be.

And Fluttershy was so very intently gentle with her tongue.

Rainbow decided that all this thinking was stupid. So she focused on the moment and returned Fluttershy’s gentle favors.

()()()()()

Rubinstein watched in mild fascination as Fluttershy sunk into a sixty nine with Rainbow. He was utterly spent, and would probably fall asleep soon. At least the girls were getting along, and the sex had been amazing. What should he call that last thing they did? Maybe ‘Crossing the Rainbow Bridge’? It was kind of like the base of a card tower. He was sure there was a proper name for it, but he’d never had the reason to find it out before, and certainly had never experienced anything quite like that.

His asshole still tingled uncomfortably, slightly burning. He would have shot down any other mare’s advance on his back end, but Fluttershy was just so convincing. That experience had been very enlightening. He had liked it, as ashamed as he was to admit it. Still, that seemed to be the sort of thing that Fluttershy would have experimented with him eventually anyways.

They were all learning new things about themselves.

Fluttershy looked up from between Dash’s legs and slurped loudly as she made eye contact with him. “Mmm… I think I found a present from you Mr. Rubinstein. It’s salty…” Her eyes took on an excited, almost demonic glint as she dove back down between Rainbow’s legs. He briefly imagined that he had seen fangs on her.

She did look a little less soft, and perhaps a little more defined as she ravaged her friend in the candlelight.

Rubinstein slowly blinked, and she looked normal again. Well, as normal as the top half of a two backed beast with softly flapping wings ever looked. In some ways, Ruby was jealous of mares. He could only get off once or twice before sex lost its interest to him. Even today, they’d had to work to convince him the third time was worth it.

But they had worked hard, and it had definitely been worth it.

He blinked again, remembering the encounter while his eyes were closed. Dash had been so convincingly accommodating. He almost didn’t believed she was really into it until she had done that thing where she writhed underneath him, cumming and begging to cum in quick succession. He knew she couldn’t fake that. He’d never done or seen that before and now he wanted to see it again.

Keeping his eyes closed, he imagined how soft Dash could be when she wanted to.

Yawning, he opened his eyes and the room was darker. He must have drifted off for a while, and the candles were running out. The girls were face to face, kissing and whispering to each other. He could only see Fluttershy’s face, but she was smiling.

Hopefully, after tonight everybody could loosen up and tomorrow would be nice.

Drifting back to sleep, he dreamed of a smiling Fluttershy.

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Fluttershy sighed as she sank happily into Rainbow’s neck, leaving cooling kisses and nibbles on the smaller mare’s soft skin. It had gone so well, better than she’d expected really. Dash had enjoyed everything, and even now was holding Fluttershy tightly. Best yet, Dash didn’t just enjoy, she’d seemed to really accept the situation. Fluttershy smiled secretly into Dash’s neck. The realization that Dash would be happily participating in more of Fluttershy’s intimate moments filled her with glee.

Are you proud of yourself? Patting yourself on the back?

Fluttershy’s smile quickly turned sour. It had turned out just fine, and everybody was happy, thank you very much.

Sure. Everybody is happy you’ve raped your friend, again. And you’re supposed to be the nice one.

She squeezed Dash tightly back, forcing their bodies even closer together. It hadn’t been rape. Dash had enjoyed it, wanted it even. Dash had told her everything was fine. Heck, that was the definition of verbal consent to the tee. She was sure Mr. Rubinstein would agree with her… if he knew about that sort of thing.

Which he probably didn’t.

Don’t change the subject. You know that she only went along with it because you led her on. You don’t love her, and you can’t. You just don’t feel that way about ponies. You tricked her so she would have sex with you and Mr. Rubinstein. Even if nobody else knows what you did, you know you raped her.

Fluttershy growled. It wasn’t like that.

It was. You’re nothing but a slut, and now you’ve tainted Rainbow with your filth.

Fluttershy shook her head, ignoring Rainbow’s quiet breathless question.

“Shy?”

Slut.

No. She was trying to help.

Rainbow tried again, “Shy?”

Rapist. Whore. Skank.

The voice was wrong. Fluttershy had done what she had to do. It was the only way to show Rainbow what she’d meant. The only way Rainbow would really know what she was getting into.

“Hey, Shy? You’re squeezing me kinda tight.”

You disgusting, dirty, lying rapist. How pathetic are you? At least be honest with yourself.

Angrily, Fluttershy bit down, causing Rainbow to shriek.

“Ow! Shit! No bitey! Stop!” Rainbow panicked at first. She haphazardly attempted to push Fluttershy away, but Fluttershy stayed latched on, sinking her teeth deeper as Rainbow slowly gave up.

Rainbow stilled underneath her, sinking into the bed and letting her arms fall listlessly to her side as Fluttershy tasted something wet and metallic on her tongue. Silence filled the room as Dash slowly relaxed “Ehh, fuck it... Sure.”

Blinking, Fluttershy realized the iron taste in her mouth was blood. She quickly unlatched her teeth, and looked at the damage she’d done.

Dash had winced when Fluttershy released the bite and pulled away, but otherwise lay perfectly still with her head turned to the side. A damning red smear on her neck was displayed willingly towards Fluttershy, like some sort of sick offering. Dash’s was flushed, and her eyes had a far off look as she just lay there, blankly staring into the distance. Her hair was splayed messily around on the bed, tussled and tangled in a bizarre multicolored halo circling her head. The red smear was punctuated by two small pricks, the holes where her teeth had bit through. Fluttershy’s heart dropped, as it skipped several beats.

Dash’s eyes looked empty.

I told you. You hurt ponies. You always have and you always will. Let her go.

“Oh no. Oh no no no… I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to. Oh no…” Fluttershy didn’t know what to say. Her eyes were locked on the blood.

Dash didn’t move her head, but spoke up to interrupt in a monotone voice. “It’s fine, Shy.”

“Rainbow? It’s not fine! I hurt you!”

Dash snorted, finding the comment funny for some reason. “Right…” Then she slowly turned her head to face Fluttershy. “Hey, I said I’d do anything. If that’s your thing then it’s fine, really. Honestly, I kind of liked it. It’s the only thing that makes sense tonight.”

Fluttershy shook her head. “It’s not okay. I don’t like hurting ponies. I don’t want to hurt you.”

Rainbow frowned at Fluttershy and Fluttershy frowned back. Fluttershy had never wanted to hurt Dash. Not like this, or like the other things. She did not like hurting anything.

It’s just that hurting her was inconsequential, wasn’t it? You thought about it, you knew it would happen, and you decided that you didn’t care. You just wanted to feel her, touch her, and control her like you do Mr. Rubinstein–with complete disregard for how she felt. You wanted to use her, and you got that, didn’t you?

“Shy, I said it’s cool. Really. The only thing I gotta worry about is how to explain it tomorrow. It’s sorta nice. It feels like you left a mark on me.” Rainbow’s smile looked forced and painful.

She loves you, and you hurt her. You’ll just keep hurting her. Let her go.

Fluttershy looked at Rainbow. That was right. Rainbow had a crush on her, and she’d been plying Rainbow’s crush. Probably not as much as the voice insinuated, but maybe a little. She’d been waiving it like a little carrot in front of Rainbow’s face, like she’d do with Angel when she wanted him to do a trick.

Fluttershy began to smile as an idea grew.

Don’t you fucking dare.

“I might be able to help with that.”

Rainbow raised an eyebrow, quizzically.

“You could always tell ponies...”

Do not say it. If she means anything to you, you’ll stop right now.

Fluttershy leaned down, determined to make Rainbow’s smile real. “That your mare-friend did it.”

Rainbow’s eyes began to twinkle, but she didn’t say anything.

You irresponsible whore. You know this won’t work. You don’t love her like that!

Fluttershy ignored the voice. Of course this would work. Rainbow would get what she wanted, and Fluttershy would get what she wanted. She already did love Rainbow in a way. And she would try to make this work.

Dash’s eyes cautiously widened. “Are you sure? I didn’t think… “

“You know you’re special to me. And we’re already sleeping together. Why not tell other ponies about it?” Fluttershy grinned conspiratorially.

Dash blinked, then glanced at the stallion sleeping next to them. “What… about Ruby?”

“Well… We’d still have to do what Ruby says. But that doesn’t mean you and I can’t go on a date here and there. Or do things just for us. And we’re not even really allowed to talk about our situation, remember? We don’t have to tell other ponies about Mr. Rubinstein.” Fluttershy trailed a hand up Rainbow’s side, making Rainbow shiver underneath her.

“Shy… I really don’t like him, you know?” Dash’s voice cracked, suddenly vulnerable and sad.

Guilt washed through Fluttershy’s stomach.

You truly are a monster.

“I… Yeah.” She couldn’t even look Dash in the face when she responded, just staring guiltily at the blood on her friend’s neck..

There was silence for a moment, but then Dash slightly shook as she whispered quietly, no louder than a mouse. “It kind of makes it hot.”

When Fluttershy looked back at Dash, her blue face was flushed pink in embarrassment, and her eyes were carefully averted. Fluttershy raised an eyebrow in amusement as she gently teased her friend. “Oh my… Are you actually a pervert, Rainbow Dash?”

Dash didn’t say anything, she just turned her head to the side and smiled. “Dunno. But I might be willing to be your marefriend. I mean, you asked me out first.”

Fluttershy snuggled into the smaller mare, her guilt assuaged. She felt relieved at the answer, and strangely giddy. She’d never actually had a real relationship before, and the sudden prospect wasn’t as daunting as she’d expected.

Oddly, she was excited.

Huh…

_____

Rainbow hurt like hell. Fluttershy was still on her, happily humming to herself. Everything was so freaking weird right now. Shy had bit her neck, hard, and had then asked her out. The bite still hurt, but the throbbing was better than the slight burning she felt between her lower lips. Not to mention the occasional cramping she would get from her overworked abdominal muscles. Whatever had happened between her, Ruby, and Shy had not been sex. It had been like some kind of obscene marathon workout session that Ruby tapped out on a quarter of the way through. But Fluttershy had kept going, and going, and going. And Dash had gone with her. Her mouth was sore, her tongue felt numb, and her lips still tingled. Weirdly enough, she was okay with this.

This had been like some kind of test, and she’d passed. Fluttershy being her marefriend was an alien thought, but one Dash kind of liked. It wasn’t exactly like she’d imagined, but Shy seemed to really like her. Dash figured it must be because she’d been good at the weird sex workout they’d done. She was pretty awesome.

If marathon sex was what it took to stay by Shy’s side, that’s what Rainbow would do.

She wasn’t sure about the marefriend thing, but if Shy thought it would work, then Rainbow would happily give it a shot. They could pretend to have something normal. Well, normal enough. Rainbow never figured herself as a filly-fooler exactly, she’d just never given it much thought. Being one with Shy seemed cool.

Why not go for it?

Dash began to hum with Fluttershy, matching her tune. Dash glanced at Ruby, while she hummed, thinking through the events of the evening.

Ruby was a fucking terrible person, but something that had happened tonight had changed their relationship. Just like Shy had become Dash’s marefriend, Ruby had become… what exactly? Dash had fucked him and it had felt good. Something about him made her stomach bubble and feel loopy in a sickening way.

Now that she was worn down and wrapped in Fluttershy, she could finally think, unafraid of her own feelings. She’d been beat by Shy in every way, and that was just fine. Dash was willing to be whatever Shy needed, even a punching bag. But what the hell was she going to do about Ruby?

The way he made her feel was strange. She’d never felt quite like that, not even close. Something had torn inside her, and it had twisted her around. Maybe Ruby had felt good because he was such a dickbag? It didn’t make much sense. Then again, it had all been Fluttershy’s doing. Dash could understand and even appreciate that.

Dash had never really been interested in sex stuff. Stallion’s dicks had always seemed kind of weird and wobbly. Mares had a kind of soft and pleasing shape that she liked, but their back end was never something she much thought of. All that “tail chasing”, as her teammates put it, had just seemed like a distraction from training, or napping, or something actually fun.

But tonight had been kind of exhilarating, even if it hadn’t been “fun”. Her emotions had been in a roller-coaster all night, and now it was settled on a flat slow part.

Or maybe it felt like she’d been in a race, and now the race was over.

That thought gave her something to stand on. Did she like doing things with Ruby because he was a competitor? These weird sex things were new to her. Ruby and Shy had way more experience. Was that why she kept losing? Had she even been losing?

She thought about the first time tonight, when Ruby had tied her up and raped her. Had that been rape? She’d gotten pretty into it. She even came.

Dash shuddered.

Did mares usually cum when they were raped? Did that make it just sex?

Did that make it… okay?

She’d masturbated to his cold eyes after.

Dash squeezed Shy tightly as she stared at Ruby. She was stronger now, or just maybe too tired to care. She didn’t have to hide her thoughts.

No, she didn’t need to protect herself anymore. The fucker had definitely raped her. All the rest of that was meaningless to the cold hard fact that it had been rape. She had not wanted it, and Ruby had fucking known. But that was the rub of it, wasn’t it? That was the crux and the core of her problem. The fact that he’d raped her, the fact that he’d forced her, that she’d been utterly helpless and he’d been utterly merciless with her was the whole of it.

That, more than anything, had been what made her cum.

They weren’t playing pretend, it wasn’t role-playing or anything of the sort. It had been a real, actual fight and one she’d lost. She hadn’t just lost, Ruby had fucking won. He’d beaten her, and taken a primal private thing in the process. She’d been his prize.

He’d taken her dignity. He’d taken her security. He’d taken a bite out of her ego. A big, bloody, toothy bite like Shy had taken out of her neck. For an agonizing few moments in time, he’d taken her.

And it had been fucking awesome.

Dash felt sick, and gave Shy another squeeze.

Shy giggled. “You’re being affectionate.”

“Sure.” Dash wasn’t sure what to say. Maybe she was. She needed something that made sense, and Shy was there.

Then after the rape was dinner, then… well the three way. Ruby had been there, but it had really been Shy that had used her. Dash and Ruby had both been used by Shy. And that had been different. Weird, awkward, painful as all hell, and also fucking phenomenal.

Just like the feeling when Ruby beat her ego in, in a strange way, the physical pain made it better, too. Dash felt the throbbing reminder of Shy’s bite, and the slight burn between her legs. Maybe she’d feel them both tomorrow, a little something to remember Fluttershy’s victory by. The thought made her heart skip a beat. Was it weird to want that?

“Hey, Shy. Is it really okay?” Dash quietly asked.

“What do you mean?” Fluttershy sounded curious.

“You know. Us being mare-friends. And, uhh, everything else.” Dash blushed, unsure of how to ask the question.

Shy paused for a moment, and then answered nervously. “Dash… I… umm… Yeah. I mean, if you still want me.”

“So you don’t mind if I tell ponies, like, tomorrow?”

“No. That’s fine. It’s more than fine, even.” Shy smiled and nuzzled into Dash’s shoulder. “I… think I’d like that.”

Dash sighed. “What about… me being, you know, some kind of pervert?”

Fluttershy lifted her head, and looked down at Dash in confusion.

Rainbow frowned and turned away, embarrassed at even asking. “Never mind.”

It was stupid of her to ask. She didn’t think she could say it, at least not like she felt it. Still, out of anypony, Shy would understand.

Shy spoke up, re-affirming Rainbow’s thoughts. “Oh... That kind of thing is pretty common. I’ve got a few books you can read where the heroine is captured...and...umm...well, I think you might like them.”

Dash nervously smiled, trying to hide her embarrassment. “A few books, huh? I’ve never seen you reading before.”

Fluttershy softly kissed Dash on the neck. “With the books I read, I usually read in private. But since you’re my mare-friend now, it’s only right that I share with you.”

“Is that so? I never took you for an egg-head.”

Fluttershy hummed thoughtfully, then grinned. “You know, I think I have just the book for you. It’s about this mare called ‘Dashing Who’ and she gets in to all sorts of… trouble. The character is based off a different book series that I think you know.”

“Really? Ponies write that sort of thing?” Dash hadn’t expected that. She wasn’t quite sure what to think of it. Clearly it was about Daring Do, but the thought almost offended her.

The more she thought about it, the more it seemed that “almost” was more interesting than not.

Fluttershy nodded. “Oh yes. There’s a whole community built around it. You have to get those sorts of books through the mail or a friend, though. They’re not in regular stores and the authors don’t make any money off them. Some of the good ones might be in a few special stores in Canterlot and Manehatten though.”

Rainbow let herself sink deeper in the bed, letting the throbbing pain in her neck where Shy had bit her soak deeper into her body as she thought. “Why would they do that? Seems dumb to write something and not get paid for it.”

Fluttershy gently blew into Rainbow’s ear before she whispered her answer. “Because they’re perverts, Rainbow Dash. Just like us.”

Dash shivered, then muttered, “If you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas,” She’d heard that before, but never thought it would mean anything to her. One more new discovery for the night.

Fluttershy softly laughed. “Woof. But if we have fleas, then I think we need to shower. Want to join me?”

Dash glanced at Ruby and frowned. Just looking at him still pissed her off and made her queasy, like a greasy snake was coiling inside of her, and wriggling just enough to make her heart beat harder. She turned away and closed her eyes, forcing the uncomfortable feeling to go away. She was going to go relax with her new mare-friend.

“Yeah.”

Double Down

by tailsopony

Pay the Ante

Deal the cards

Check the hands

Gauge the Players

Folding the Hand

The Big Blind, The Little Blind, and The Dealer

The Queen of Hearts

Three of a kind

Posting the Blind