> Welcome to Our Town > by AndwhatIseeisme > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Life is a smile in our town (Double Diamond) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Double Diamond couldn't believe his luck.He was an excellent skier, it showed in his cutie mark and his name, for Celestia's sake! And yet here he was, crashed on some mountain in the ass end of nowhere, alone and with his hind leg in no shape to walk long distances on. He cursed himself for being so stupid as to attempt this slope alone, but no one else had wanted to come along and he had been itching to ski it for ages now. He shivered in the cold, the movement sending another spike of pain from his broken leg. Well, what am I going to do now?" he thought to himself. On one hoof, he wasn't looking forward to the thought of trying to navigate down an unknown mountain on a broken leg, especially since he didn't know if there were any ponies living within a couple days trot even if he could make it down. On the other hoof, he was probably going to freeze to death up here if he couldn't at least find some sort of shelter by night fall. He knew he had to get moving. Double Diamond stood up. "AAAAGGGGHH" He shouted in pain as his broken leg shifted as he stood, causing him to fall right back down to the ground, tears welling up in his eyes. He curled up in a fetal position, crying to himself as he realized he was going to die up here on this stupid mountain and no pony was ever even going to find his corpse. That's when Double Diamond heard the sound of his salvation. "Hello?" a mare's shouting carried over the wind. "Is somepony out there? I thought I heard a scream!" Somepony else was out there! He might survive this yet! Gathering what strength he could muster, he shouted back toward the direction he thought the voice was coming from. "Help!" he yelled "I'm hurt and can't move! Please, hurry!" "Okay, hold on! I'm on my way," the mare's voice returned. Double Diamond waited for what seemed like an eternity, occasionally helping orient the mysterious voice by responding if she sounded closer or further away when she called. Finally, just as he felt the cold begin to overtake him, a light turquoise aura appeared in the distance. As it got closer, he saw it was emitting from a unicorn's horn. His savior had found him! He shouted for joy as she approached, and that was the last thing he could remember before he passed out. "Oh you poor thing," the mare said when she came upon his unconcious body in the snow, "let's get you somewhere safe." Starlight Glimmer grinned as she carried the body down the mountain. It looked like her village would be adding a new stallion to its ranks. ######################## When Double Diamond came to, he lying in a warm bed staring up at an unfamiliar ceiling. For a moment he wondered if he had dreamt his whole ordeal on the mountain, until he felt the dull throbbing ache in his left leg. He looked down underneath the blanket he was covered with to see the leg was bound with a wooden splint. "Oh thank goodness, you're awake!" a familiar voice proclaimed from his side. Double Diamond turned to see his mysterious savior standing in the doorway, a bowl of water and a sponge hovering beside her, wrapped in that same turquoise aura. She set the bowl and sponge on a table by his bed as she approached. She lifted a glass from the counter top and offered it to the stallion. "Here you go. Drink this, you must be thirsty," she said warmly. "Thank you," he said, taking a few gulps of the offered water. It had a slightly unusual flavor, but felt good going down his parched throat. "You're the mare from the mountain. Thank you so much for saving me, but who are you? Why were you out there and where are we?" Double Diamond had a million questions running through his head, but the mare put a hood to his lips, silencing him with a gentle smile. "My name is Starlight Glimmer, and I'm the leader of a small village at the base of the mountain you collapsed on. You're in that village now, by the way. My house, to be exact." she paused just long enough for Double Diamond to realize this must be her bedroom, then continued, "Anyway, one of the residents of our wonderful little town came to me the other day to say she saw a pony attempting to climb the mountain all alone. Those slopes can be tricky, so as soon as I heard I went out to search for you," she smiled reassuringly, looking down at the prone stallion in her bed, " You've been asleep for a couple days now. I guess I found you just in time". "I'll say," Double Diamond agreed, "I really appreciate your help, but I'm afraid I don't have anything to repay your kindness with. I lost all my gear somewhere up on the slopes". "Shhh," Starlight hushed him. "Don't even talk about repayment. Here in our village, we're happy to help because it's the right thing to do, not out of a desire for a reward or anything like that. We're a community founded on the belief that all ponies deserve to be treated equally, with kindness and grace". "Hmmm, that sounds nice," Double Diamond said, making note of the mare's equal sign cutie mark. There was something that seemed strangely off about it. "But surely there's something I can do to repay you for saving my life". "Oh, maybe there is," Starlight mused, "but don't worry about that now. No one living here wants for anything, and everything we have, we have to share. We truly are a perfect little community. If you really want to repay me, then just focus on getting better, and then maybe you could consider staying here with us?" "I don't know about that," he said, suddenly somewhat unnerved by the look in the mare's eyes, "I appreciate you helping me, but I don't think I could just leave my entire life behind to live here". "Well, I'll just have to do my best to convince you otherwise," she stated happily, "but enough about all that for now. I was just coming in to check you bandages and give you a bath". Her magic lifted the blanket off of Double Diamond's body, leaving him feeling strangely exposed to the mare. He couldn't quite put his hoof on it, but something about this situation made him feel oddly vulnerable. Of course, everypony was naked around eachother almost constantly, so it wasn't the lack of cover that disturbed him per say. There was just a strange feeling of unease that he couldn't quite explain emanating from the mare as she manipulated his leg, checking to make sure the bone was properly set and the bandages were staying clean. At last she completed her checks, seeming satisfied with how his leg was mending. "Well, I'm not an expert, and I'm afraid we don't really have a doctor available in our town, but I do have a little basic medical knowledge, and I think I can safely say you should be all better soon," she told him. "Fortunately the bone didn't break all the way through, it's just a hairline fracture. As long as you don't put any weight on it and keep that splint on, it should heal up on its own, good as new". She smiled that smile again. "Now, time for your bath". She lifted the sponge she had brought in with her aura and dipped it in the soapy water. "Oh, umm, I'm sure I can handle that on my own," DD said, realizing what the mare was intending to do. Being naked in front of her was one thing, but this seemed a little intimate for a pony he just met. "Nonsense," Starlight laughed, "what kind of caregiver would I be if I left my patient to fend for himself like that? You just relax and let me take of you". Double Diamond wasn't sure, but he swore he heard something in her voice that sounded almost sensual. The mare began to scrub his body with the sponge, keeping the water contained with her magic so that the bed-sheets didn't get wet. The mare continued on silence for a while, using her magic to manipulate both the sponge and the stallion so that she was able to wash every inch of him. Double Diamond soon realized that there was only one part of him that hadn't been scrubbed down yet. "You know," Starlight suddenly broke the silence, just before the damp sponge suddenly began to scrub his scrotum. Double Diamond jumped at the sudden feeling of cold water on his sensitive bits. She continued as if nothing happened, "our town really could use a nice, strong earth pony stallion like you," she said in a casual tone as the sponge continued to scrub around his junk. Double Diamond realized that his member was starting to get erect from the treatment. Starlight's eyes never left his. The sponge began to move up and down his erection. "Why were you all alone up on that mountain?" she asked. The suddenness of the question disoriented him for a moment. "What?" he asked, not understanding what was happening here. "You said you had a whole life that you'd be leaving behind if you moved here," she said as her hoof began to trace lines around his chest and abdomen. He could still feel the sponge jacking him off. "Surely a pony who has all that wouldn't be climbing a dangerous mountain all alone just for a skiing trip?" she asked. Double Diamond couldn't seem to pull his eyes away from the mare's. He felt compelled to answer, "We were supposed to come as a group up here, but the rest of my friends bailed on me at the last second". "And do your so called friends do that often?" Starlight asked, her hoof replacing the sponge, running up and down his shaft. "More and more, recently," Double Diamond wasn't sure why he was being so honest with this mare he just met, but he felt lost in the surrealness of this whole situation. "I think they've gotten bored with these ski trips, but won't tell me. I'm not really all that great at anything else, but skiing has always been the one thing I can take pride in". "Hence the cutie mark," Starlight said, her hoof moving off his dick for a moment to caress the snow flakes on his left flank. It wasn't a question, more a statement. "Such a pity, when the thing that's supposed to make you feel special can cause so much pain." She paused her caressing to gently push on his injured leg, making him to wince, as if to emphasize the word pain. "I guess so," he said, "when they all bailed I decided to go by myself. I knew it was a dumb idea, but I guess it was the principle of the matter that drove me to come out here," he admitted. "And then you went and almost got yourself killed, if I hadn't been there to save you," Starlight said as she returned to giving him a hoofjob. "I wonder if any of those friends of yours would have even noticed you were gone?" "Of course they would have!" Double Diamond stated firmly, "I'm sure they're all worried for me even now". "Oh yes, I'm sure," Starlight nodded in a agreement, eyes never leaving his. "And yet, here you've been for two whole days now, and no one's come looking for you. Isn't that a bit strange?" she asked, neglecting to mention the search party that had been combing the mountainside since yesterday afternoon. Of course, Starlight had been more than happy to direct them to exactly the wrong area of the mountain to aid in their search. They'd all be gone before Double Diamond's leg was mended enough for him to walk outside, no matter how many times she had to aggravate the fracture with her magic until then. "Well, wait... No, I'm sure they're worried about me missing... aren't they?" he asked the mare. His head was feeling a bit fuzzy, and the building pleasure coming form his dick wasn't helping him think. If Starlight kept this up, he'd end up cumming all over her hoof less than an hour after having learned her name. He laughed a bit at the thought. "Hey, there's a laugh," Starlight said happily, "all this sad talk had me worried that you were getting a little depressed." Her smile seemed to radiate off her face the more Double Diamond stared at her. "Why don't we stop all this sad talk about cutie marks and false friends, and let me cheer you up a bit more". Starlight's eyes changed a bit then. To another pony the look she was giving might have looked seductive, but Double Diamond couldn't help but think they looked a bit predatory. The thought left him quickly however as the mare lowered her head to his crotch, and he could feel her warm breath on his dick. "Wait Starlight, you don't have to-" he was cut off by her magic silencing him. "Shhh," she shushed him again, "like I said earlier, everything we have here in our village, we have to share". She gave a lick from base to head of his dick. "And that does mean everything. Including our bodies." Her mouth engulfed his cock after those words left her. As her head bobbed up and down his dick and her tongue danced around it, the mares eyes still never left his. It didn't take long for Double Diamond to cum in her mouth. Starlight withdrew from him and swallowed, opening her mouth to show him that she had indeed taken the whole load. "Are you sure you wouldn't be happier here, surrounded by ponies who honestly value you for who you are," she asked as she climbed atop the stallion and straddled him, "and who all care for each other in ways that those false friends at home never could?" Starlight lowered herself onto Double Diamonds dick as she spoke, allowing him to enter the wonderful heaven between her legs. As she rode him, Double Diamond could feel his head swimming. Maybe he would be happier here, especially with this lovely mare to help acclimate him to the village. He began to thrust into her, ignorant to whatever pain remained in his leg, lost entirely to the pleasure provided by Starlight. He had called her his savior earlier when she had saved his life on the mountain. Maybe she wasn't done saving him just yet. "Mmm, that's it Double Diamond," Starlight moaned, "fuck me just like that. Make me yours, and I'll make you mine." Both ponies picked up the pace, humping each other with as much vigor as they could manage. "Just think," Starlight said, leaning over him as she fucked him, "you can have me anytime you like." She let out a sexy moan that almost set Double Diamond off right there. "Me and every other mare and stallion here are yours, and you'll be ours. Equal and together forever, no secrets between us, no talents to elevate us," she seemed to be getting more aroused as she spoke, "our cutie marks all the same, no separation beyond each other's names." She was almost singing as she came, shrieking his name as she clamped around his dick. He shot up into her right after, and the two remained connected at the hips like that, panting together in perfect synchronicity. When Double Diamond finally was able to collect his thoughts, he had to ask the mare sitting on his dick on final question. "What did you mean by our cutie marks all being the same? Surely that's not possible?" he asked. Starlight flashed a coy smile at him, before leaning over and giving him a chaste kiss on the mouth. "You just worry about getting that leg healed up for now," she said, "the rest will come later." With that she stood up off of him and began to leave the room. Just before she exited, she looked over her shoulder and gave her rump one last shake in his direction, causing Double Diamonds dick to almost come back to life right there. Then she was gone and Double Diamond was left alone with just his thoughts. Starlight Glimmer had certainly left him with a lot to think about. ######################## Double Diamonds hips rocked back and forth as he fucked Night Glider. He smiled happily as he rutted her, and she wore the same smile as she came over his dick. Once he finished inside of her, the two ponies exchanged pleasantries and went about the rest of their day. Such was life in our town. It had been two weeks since Double Diamond had awoken in Starlight's bed, and had first heard and experienced of the wonders of her lovely village. Since then he had met the other ponies who lived here, and had gotten to intimately know every one of them. Starlight wasn't lying when she said it was a small village, but then Starlight wouldn't lie about anything, he thought. Four days ago he had finally been able to leave Starlight's cabin, and had spent his time exploring the village and getting a first hoof look at how happy everyone was here. Starlight was right, everyone positively beamed with a bright, happy smile. Yesterday he had taken part in the cutie unmarking, and it had been every bit as beautiful an experience as everyone had promised him. For the first time in his life he was truly free of the false promises of his cutie mark, just like Starlight had said. Now he was officially one of the villagers, and he could begin his new life here with his new friends. The first real friends he had ever known, like Starlight always said. Double Diamond had been right when he had first met Starlight on that mountain, she was his savior. Just like she was everyone else in the village's savior. A savior from cutie marks and all the evils that came with them. He hoped one day the rest of Equestria would be able to see how right Starlight was. Starlight Glimmer was always right. "Double Diamond!" a familiar voice called out his name. He turned to see Starlight's smiling face light up his world. "I was wondering if you could spend tonight with me again?" she asked. "Of course, Starlight," Double Diamond responded, eager for another go at his savior's plot. He briefly pondered the fact that she seemed to be fucking him a lot ever since his leg healed, almost as if she preferred having sex with him over the other villagers. But that was ridiculous. After all, Starlight always said that everypony was equal here, and he knew that Starlight wouldn't lie about that. Starlight Glimmer never lied. Starlight Glimmer was always right. Comforted by that thought, he continued smiling at the mare. "Great, then come to my place around sunset. I'll be waiting," she commanded as she turned from him, raising her tail to drag it just under his nose and giving him a full view of what she had to offer as she walked away. Yes, life was truly wonderful here in this village of equality. And to think, Double Diamond might never have even ended up here if he hadn't fallen off his skies. Double Diamond couldn't believe his luck. > You Can't Have a Nightmare If You Never Dream (Sugar Belle) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Well this is it, I guess," Sugar Belle sighed as she stepped off the train at the last stop. She had spent the last of her money on the ticket here, and now here she was - the literal end of the line. When she had spent her last bits on that ticket it had seemed a rather poetic final destination for her, almost romantic in a way. Now that the train was pulling away, leaving her standing alone in the middle of no where, she was beginning to have second thoughts about that decision. Oh well, it was too late now. The only thing left for her to do was to keep moving forward and hope that somepony somewhere out here would have use for a washed up, broke baker with no other real skills to offer. Even her magic was too weak for anything more than kneading bread or manipulating hot baking sheets. Once she lost her bakery, she had quickly learned that no one had any need for a subpar unicorn like her. Heaving another sigh, she took her first step into oblivion. Hours later, her hoofs felt heavy as Sugar Belle fought to keep herself moving. She tried to remember the last time she had anything to eat, but decided that was a wasted effort. More importantly, she could really use something to drink as the sun beat hot on her in the arid desert. "This was definitely a bad idea" she thought to herself. Any grand delusions of romantic adventure or last minute salvation had left her, slowly being replaced with the morbid realization that she was going to probably die out here. "At least the desert will preserve my corpse," she thought to herself, "not that anyone's going to bother looking for me". She wondered why life had turned out like this for her. All she wanted was somepony to love her, and a place to bake all the pies and desserts she wanted. She had thought she'd found that once, but now the happy days of her youth seemed like ephemeral dreams, blown away by the harsh realities of life. As Sugar Belle continued to plod along in this morose state of mind, suddenly she thought she could hear the sounds of a village. At first she thought she must be hallucinating, just the final symptoms before her heat stroke fully over came her, but as she crested the next hill she could make out the outlines of buildings and could see moving figures below. "Oh thank Celestia, there are other ponies out here!" she thought to herself before doing her best to race toward them, which amounted to little more that slightly faster plodding in that direction. "Welcome!" said the first pony she came across. He was a white earth pony with an equal sign for a cutie mark and a wide smile across his face. "Are you feeling okay?" he asked, still smiling. "You don't look too good". "Water," Sugar Belle managed to gasp, before she blacked out. "Oh dear," Double Diamond said aloud as he stood over the passed out pony. Other smiling ponies began to gather, curious to see what was happening. "Someone had better go get Starlight, she'll know what to do". Starlight Glimmer always knew what to do. ################# When Sugar Belle awoke, she was in a room surrounded by five other ponies. Directly in front of her stood a light purple unicorn wearing a friendly smile. Sugar Belle could see the white stallion she had met when she entered the village standing to the right of the unicorn, and scanning the room she observed two other stallions and one mare standing around her, all wearing the same smile. The room she was in was pretty bare, wooden walls and floor, one window, one door. Scented candles were set around the room, hazy smoke permeating the air. The only furniture she could see was the bed situated right in the middle of the room, which she was currently chained to. "Wait, what?!" she thought as that last fact registered with her. "Welcome to our village," the unicorn interrupted her thoughts. There was a choir of "welcomes" from the other four ponies. "My name is Starlight Glimmer, the leader of this humble little community of ponies". The mare's smile never left her face and her eyes never left Sugar Belle's as she climbed onto the bed and straddled Sugar Belle's hips. "What's your name, my little pony?" she asked as a hoof stroked Sugar Belle's face. "Umm, I, what?" Sugar Belle asked, confusion and fear struggling for dominance in the poor mare's mind. The pleasant scent of the candles filled her nostrils. She could feel the unicorns bare pussy on her stomach, dampness pooling on Sugar Belle's fur. "Are... are you going to rape me?" she asked, scared to hear the answer. "What?!" Starlight gasped, sounding shocked. The other ponies were murmuring around her, sounding offended at the very thought. "Of course not my dear, why ever would you think we'd do something so monstrous as that?" She asked as she ground her lower lips up and down Sugar Belle's abdomen, smearing her juices on the mare beneath her. "Well, I... you..." Sugar Belle stuttered as Starlight's eyes stared inquisitively into her own. There was no malice to be seen in those eyes, just what looked to be a sense of caring for the mare she was currently straddling. "No, I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me," Sugar Belle apologized for her earlier question, "I guess I'm still a bit disoriented is all. My name is Sugar Belle.". "Not to worry, Sugar Belle. I understand. I promise, you're perfectly safe here," Starlight stated, leaning down to give Sugar Belle's horn an affectionate lick. "I guess you must have been through a lot for you to end up all alone, way out here". "Oh, umm, yes. I guess you could say that," Sugar Belle affirmed that unicorn's statement, not quite sure why she felt so on edge. "Uh, if you don't mind me asking, why am I chained up?" she asked, rattling the two chains connecting her fore-hooves to the bed frame as if to demonstrate what chains she was referring to. "Don't you worry about those right now, they're not important," Starlight responded, running her own front hooves up and down Sugar Belle's sides. "We want to hear about you," she said, gesturing around the room at the other ponies with her. "It's not every day a pony stumbles into our little community so dehydrated and looking half dead. Why don't you tell us how you ended up here, while we take care of you?" She asked, her honest concern dripping like venom out of her mouth. "You're hooves must be exhausted from all that walking you did to make it here." As if on cue, the four ponies not currently on the bed made their way over to her, smiling all the while. They each took one of her hooves in theirs and began to gently massage them, rubbing gentle circles around the base of them and caressing up and down her legs. One of the stallions, an earth pony with a faded yellow coat and an equal sign cutie mark, took one of her hooves in his mouth and began to dance his tongue around it. Sugar Belle let out a small, involuntary moan. Wait, hadn't she seen that cutie mark on another stallion? "Doesn't that feel nice, my dear?" Starlight asked, interrupting her thoughts. "Isn't it nice when so many ponies work together to make each other feel good?" Starlight slid herself backwards as she spoke, giving Sugar Belle's lower lips a rather intimate kiss with her own. Sugar Belle felt her thoughts swimming in a haze, like the scented smoke circling the room. "Now," Starlight smiled as she ground her pussy into Sugar Belle's, "you were going to tell us how you ended up here in our little village?" "It's, umm, kind of a long story," Sugar Bells began as she tried to focus her thoughts. All those tongues and hooves on hers were feeling really good, and Starlight was being so gentle with her as she humped her. Sugar Belle couldn't believe she had worried about these ponies doing something so crass as raping her. Starlight Glimmer wouldn't do that. "To make it short, I used to own by own bakery and ran it with a stallion who I thought was my special somepony. But then when the bits started to get a little tight, he took everything of value we owned and disappeared," Sugar Belle explained, tears starting to well in her eyes. The pegasus mare who was massaging one of her chained up fore-hooves leaned over her with a smile and lovingly lapped them up. "Without our savings or him helping me in the bakery, I ended up going out of business. I was completely broke, with no where to go". "Poor, unfortunate soul," Starlight crooned, "surely you had someone who you could ask for help? Surely no pony would let a mare down on her luck go without kindness or friendship?" her voice began to grow in volume as she rubbed herself harder against Sugar Belle's crotch. Sugar Belle wondered if her story of hardship was turning this friendly unicorn on, but surely that was ridiculous. Starlight Glimmer only wanted to help. She took a deep breath as she continued to relate her story. "My friends tried to help, for a while at least," Sugar Belle continued as she felt Starlight orgasm as she spoke, "but there were no other baking jobs available, and I couldn't seem to do anything else right. After a while, they all got tired of me asking for bits to buy food and begging for a place to sleep when it got cold. Eventually," she paused, blushing at the thought of the things she had had to do, "eventually even me offering them my body as payment wasn't enough for them to keep helping me." "How dreadful!" Starlight cried out as she came again from Sugar Belle's story. "I had just a hoof-full of bits and no where to go, and all I wanted was to be as far away from that town as possible. So I used the last of my money to buy a train ticket to the end of the line, hoping I could find some sort of salvation there". "And find it you did, Sugar Belle," Starlight panted as she came down from her dual climaxes. "That's what everypony who ends up here finds, salvation from false promises and an unfair society. Salvation from a society poisoned by the evils of cutie marks!" the unicorn proclaimed, raising her hooves in to the sky in emphasis. "Yes!" the pale yellow earth pony who had first started licking he hooves exclaimed. "Exactly!" said the dark grey pegasus "It's just as you say, Starlight!" said the white earth pony who had found her at the entrance of this village. "Starlight Glimmer saved us all!" proclaimed a pale grey unicorn stallion. Starlight stood up and stepped off the bed. Sugar Belle had to crane her neck to see her as the other ponies all moved around Starlight, giving her affectionate nuzzles and licks all over her face and body. Sugar Belle had to admit she was feeling a little worked up at all this contact. The candles' aroma tickled her nostrils as she breathed it in. "Sugar Belle," Starlight caught the mares attention "we would be delighted if you would join our community here and see that there is indeed a better way to live. A life where no ponies have anything to hide from one another," Sugar Belle gasped as the unicorn stallion mounted and entered Starlight as she spoke. "A life where no pony has to worry about others being better than them," the pegasus mare took the yellow stallions erection down her throat, "A life where nothing is secret from our fellow ponies, and everything we have is shared freely and with a smile!" Once she finished her speech, she took the white stallion's member in her mouth and began to happily suck on it. Sugar Belle watched the five ponies make love with one another. She watched as they freely swapped holes and fluids with one another. She watched as Starlight and the pegasus ate each other out while the stallions jerked off above them. She watched as the stallions rutted one another while Starlight Glimmer watched. She watched as these five ponies shared everything they had with one another, and received everything that was offered. Sugar Belle strained against the chains binding her as she watched the display. She wanted to touch herself so badly, to feel some of the pleasure the ponies at the foot of her bed were. Her mind felt cloudy, the smoke hovering around the room was heavy and dense with aroma. She rubbed her thighs together and convulsed on the bed, trying to do anything she could to relive the heat she felt in her groin. The room was filled with the noises of flesh slapping against flesh, the squelching sounds of mares being fucked, the moans, sighs, and grunts of pleasure as the five made use of every part of each other to hit their peaks. The small cabin was filled with the scent of sex and smoke. Sugar Belle had no idea how long this orgy went on for, but finally the ponies broke apart and retook their spots around her. Every mare and stallion was an absolute mess, soaked inside and out with various fluids. Meanwhile Sugar Belle had leaked a small puddle out onto the sheets between her thighs, but still hadn't known any relief. "Did you enjoy that little show?" Starlight inquired as she climbed back onto the bed and slithered up Sugar Belle's body, until the two mares were snout to snout. Starlight's breath was warm against her face. Sugar Belle could feel her fur getting drenched by the shared contact with Starlight. "Yes," Sugar Belle replied honestly, trying to rub herself against Starlight's body in search of some relief, "it was wonderful". Starlight smiled and gave the mare a quick peck on the lips. "Would you like to join us, Sugar Belle?" she asked. "Yes," stated Sugar Belle. "Are you willing to share your love and friendship with every pony else in our town, and receive their love and friendship whenever offered?" asked Starlight Glimmer "Yes, please," the mare pleaded. "Are you willing to forsake your cutie mark and all the false dreams and bad memories that it carries with it?" asked Starlight Glimmer. "Yes, please, anything you want me to do, just let me join with you," Sugar Belle begged as she ground her whole body against the questioning mare. "Well then Sugar Belle," Starlight's grin sharpened as she spoke, "welcome to our town". Starlight's mouth descended onto Sugar Belle's, joining them in a deep kiss as she undid the binding chains. The four other ponies climbed onto the bed and joined with the two mares occupying it. All six ponies were joined together in harmony as they welcomed the newest pony to their village. Sugar Belle had never felt so loved. ################# Sugar Belle smiled as she pulled another batch of muffins out of the oven. It had been so nice of Starlight to let her open a bakery here in town, after she had removed her cutie mark. Starlight Glimmer was always so nice. She plated the fresh baked batch and brought them out to her only customer, one of the earth ponies who had first welcomed her to the village. Feather Bangs she had learned was his name once he had finished rutting her that day. Now he was one of her best customers. "No, that's wrong," a voice in her head told her. Of course, all her customers were equal. Now he was one of her customers. She served the muffins to him. "How are they?" she asked as she slid under the table and took him into her mouth while he ate. "As good as always, Sugar Belle," he replied with a wide grin. Sugar Belle smiled as she bobbed her head up and down his length. OF course they were as good as always. Every muffin she made was no better or worse than any other. And she was no better or worse at baking them than anypony else. Just as Starlight said it should be. Starlight Glimmer was always right. She dutifully swallowed Feather Bangs's ejaculate as he finished eating and stood up. "Sugar Belle," Feather Bangs began, "do mind letting me screw your ass real quick before I leave?" "Of course not, silly," Sugar Belle giggled, smiling wide as she bent over the table and presented herself to him. Why would she ever deny one of her friends the use of any part of her body? "Thanks," Feather Bangs said as he mounted her, sliding inside the baker's butt and pumping away. Sugar Belle smiled as her mind thought back to when she and her partner had been together. Sure, he had lied and cheated her, just as all ponies outside the village do, but she still remembered how it felt to be loved by him. As she felt the stallion behind her pick up speed she wondered why it felt so different now. Starlight Glimmer said they all loved each other. And Starlight Glimmer was always right. She supposed it didn't matter, smiling as Feather Bangs came inside her and dismounted. "Thanks Sugar Belle, I'll come back tomorrow," he said, smiling the same smile he always wore. Everyone wore the same smile, even Sugar Belle. Just as Starlight said it should be. Starlight Glimmer was always right. Sugar Belle began to clean up. She didn't get many customers, because of course everypony else could bake just as well as her. It didn't matter though. She was free of all those horrible things that bog down the lives of other ponies, like bills, debts, and cutie marks. Now she was free to bake whatever she wanted, just like she had always wished. Only... now all she ever thought to bake was muffins. They weren't even very good muffins, if she was being honest with herself. "No, they're fine muffins. They equally as fine as any other muffin somepony else might make," she heard herself think. Sugar Belle had always prided herself on her ability to bake. It was the only thing she had ever really been good at, and her cutie mark had been a testament to that ability. Of course, now she had learned what a horrible lie cutie marks truly were, and how dangerous they could be. Starlight Glimmer had taught her that. Starlight Glimmer was a great teacher. Except, she kind of missed being really good at something, sometimes. She wondered if any other ponies in the village ever had similar thoughts. No, that was silly. Everypony living here knew that everypony loved it here in Starlight's village. Starlight Glimmer had said so herself. Starlight Glimmer was always right... ...wasn't she? > No One Shakes in Fear (Fluttershy) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy entered the cabin with as much determination as she could muster. Her friends were trusting her to find a way to get their cutie marks back and save everypony, and that was exactly what she was going to do. That included everypony else living here as well. As nice as all the villagers were in this town, it was clear that Starlight Glimmer was manipulating them somehow. Pinkie Pie was right, something wasn't quite right here in this village. But how was she going to save them all? "Somepony looks deep in thought," Starlight smiled at her, locking the door behind her. "Whatever is on your mind, dear? Surely you're not having second thoughts about joining us, right?" "Oh no, of course not," Fluttershy replied, reminding herself that she had to keep up this act until she found a chance to rescue her friends, "I was just thinking about how welcoming everypony's been. This really is such a nice village you have here, Starlight". "Well of course, we're all just so excited to have a new friend joining us," Starlight said as she circled the yellow pegasus, eyes prowling over her body. "I just hope all your so-called friends can eventually see the light and join us too". "They are my friends!" Fluttershy replied instinctively, upset that Starlight would question their friendship. "Oh, Fluttrershy," Starlight said, a look of pity in her eyes, "I know you still believe that, but don't worry. You'll see the truth soon enough". "Wh-what do you mean," Fluttershy stuttered. Something about the way Starlight moved around her made her feel nervous. It reminded her of watching a cat stalk its prey. "You'll see that we're your real friends," Starlight explained, brushing herself against the pegasus. "Me and all the other ponies in the village care about you and your safety. Those false friends you arrived here with, clearly they don't actually care about you at all". "What? How can you say that? What makes you think they don't care about me?" Fluttershy asked angrily. "Well, for one thing," Starlight's smile gleamed as brightly as her horn in the dim light of her cabin, "they let you come here with me all alone". It was the last thing Fluttershy heard before feeling a needle pierce through her skin. Then everything went dark for the pegasus. "Oh, I'm going to have fun with this one," Starlight thought darkly to herself as she wrapped her aura around the drugged pegasus and began to carry her to the guest room. Soon Fluttershy and all of her friends would be Starlight's. Just like everypony else in her village. ################ Fluttershy groaned as she woke up. She was laying on her stomach in an unfamiliar bed. Her head was throbbing, making it hard for her to think straight. She tried to remember what had happened to her, but thinking too hard just made the throbbing worse. She looked around, trying to figure out where she was. Starlight Glimmer was there. "Oh good, you're awake," Starlight said when she noticed the mare begin to stir, "I was so worried when you took that nasty bump to the head". "Bump to the head?" Fluttershy asked, unable to remember being hit on the head. She tried to bring a hoof up to feel for bumps, but discovered all four of her limbs appeared to be tied to the four corners of the bed she was on. Something about that seemed alarming somehow, but she couldn't quite place it. Her head really hurt. "Oh yes, I was quite worried for you when it happened," Starlight spoke as she gently ran a hoof up and down Fluttershy's back. "Do you not remember?" she asked with apparent concern. "Not really," Fluttershy responded truthfully, "last thing I remember was entering your house, and then everything is kind of fuzzy". "Yes, I took you back to my house, intending to show you your room and then let you explore the village and get to meet all of your new friends," Starlight explained Fluttershy's missing memories to her. Starlight Glimmer was good at explaining things. "But it seems you had some ulterior motives when you said you wanted to join us, didn't you?" Starlight's voice sharpened as she said that last part. Fluttershy gulped nervously, ashamed of trying to deceive a pony as nice as Starlight. Starlight Glimmer was always nice. "As soon as we were alone, you tried to attack me, demanding I return all of your cutie marks," Starlight continued. Fluttershy was shocked to hear she had done something so rude to her generous host. "I didn't want to hurt you, so I dodged out of the way, and you flew straight into the wall behind me, knocking yourself out". "I'm so sorry Starlight!" Fluttershy earnestly exclaimed, "I can't believe I would do something like that. I guess all the stress of trying to get our cutie marks back finally got to me". "I understand Fluttershy, everypony living here knows how crazy cutie marks can make someponies behave. We were all once slaves to their lies," her hoof moved off her back and to her wings, caressing the sensitive appendages with tender care. Fluttershy was a little embarrassed that she was starting to get aroused by all this, and hoped Starlight wouldn't notice the growing dampness underneath Fluttershy's tail. "I suppose it's partly my fault too," Starlight admitted, "usually I try to give new villagers a chance to acclimate to us and make the choice to give up their cutie mark on their own. But you six seemed so under your marks' thrall, I had no choice but to remove them by force before you hurt one of my friends," Starlight's eyes began to tear up, "I hope you can forgive me for doing that to you". "Of course I forgive you, Starlight," Fluttershy responded instantly, not wanting to see her new friend cry, "that is, I mean, if you forgive me?" Starlight hugged Fluttershy tightly, "Of course I forgive you too, Flutters. After all," her hoof traveled down Flutterhy's back and under her tail, "we're friends, right?" Fluttershy squeaked as Starlight began to play with her. Starlight stroked her hoof teasingly up and down Fluttershy's lips before pushing into her. "What are you doing?" Fluttershy asked as she squirmed around on the bed, confused why Starlight was giving her a hoofing all of a sudden. She wished her head would stop hurting. "We're friends, right?" Starlight spoke warmly into Fluttershy's ear, giving it a gentle nibble that made the mare moan even louder, "This is what friends do, isn't it? They make eachother feel good". Of course that's what friends do. It made sense now that Fluttershy heard Starlight explain it. Starlight Glimmer always made sense. But then, why had none of her other friends ever made Fluttershy feel this good? Isn't this what friends do? "Mmmm, you are positively gushing down here," Starlight said as she moved her head to get a good view of Fluttershy's rear, "I wonder if you taste as good as you look?" With that, Starlight buried her snout in Fluttershy's plot and began to explore her new friend. She ran her tongue around Fluttershy's pussy, exploring every secret, unexplored crevice of the mare. Fluttershy felt herself orgasm multiple times as the unicorn feasted on her snatch. Fluttershy had never felt this good before, even the ache in her head was subsiding. She writhed in ecstasy on the bed, wings flapping uncontrollably as the ropes binding her to the bed held her down. Starlight nibbled on the mare's lower lips, flicked her tongue along her clit, thrust her tongue and hooves as deeply into her as possible, and then moved up to the mare's virgin ass and buried her face in it, tongue fucking the cute little butt. Fluttershy was going crazy, experiencing multiple and seemingly unceasing orgasms as the experienced unicorn put all of her oral skills to use on her. When Starlight finished her meal, she crawled back up the other mare, laying herself on top of the bound pegasus. "So, how was I?" she asked teasingly into Fluttershy's ear. "That was amazing Starlight. I've never felt anything like that before," Fluttershy responded honestly. "What!" Starlight sounded surprised, "but surely you've done things like that with the other girls you were with? I thought you were friends?" "Well, I mean, we are. I think, at least," Fluttershy responded, feeling a little confused again, "but it's just, friends don't usually do those kinds of things with each other. Right?" "Dear, dear, dear. Sometimes I forget how backwards and uncaring the rest of Equestria can be," Starlight lied to the mare. "Didn't I tell you all I would show you what true friendship was? Well, consider that your first demonstration. You taste delicious, by the way". "Thank you," Fluttershy giggled at the compliment. It always felt good to be complimented by Starlight Glimmer. "This really is the friendliest place I've ever been to. I'm so sorry that me and the other girls suspected you of hiding something." "Not to worry, Fluttershy," Starlight comforted her new friend as she stood up and moved to the front of the mare. "Now, why don't you show me what a good friend you are?" Starlight sat in front of Fluttershy and spread her legs invitingly. The pegasus understood exactly what her new friend wanted, and buried her face between the unicorn's legs. She lapped up the sweet nectar being offered, thinking it was the best thing she had ever tasted. It made her so happy to hear Starlight's moans of pleasure as she happily lapped up her juices. It made her happy to pleasure Starlight Glimmer. As Starlight sprayed Fluttershy's face with her climax, other hooves could be heard entering the room. "What's going on, Starlight?" Fluttershy asked, not sure why she was feeling nervous suddenly. "Why, it's your welcoming party, Fluttershy," Starlight said to the mare as the other villagers entered the room. "Aren't you excited to meet all your new friends? The first real friends you've ever had". "Of course I am, Starlight," Fluttershy responded, understanding that all the villagers were here to share their friendship with her. Her tail raised excitedly as she watched all the stallions and mares approach the bed she was tied to, displaying their erections and arousal openly for her. Truly, she was fortunate to have so many friends to help each other feel good. "I think you've already met Double Diamond and Sugar Belle," Starlight said as she moved off the bed and let herself be mounted by one of the other villagers, "why don't you show them what a good friend you're willing to be?" Sugar Belle and Double Diamond climbed onto the bed, smiling as they took their places at separate ends of Fluttershy. They didn't bother to ask Starlight why the mare was tied up. Starlight Glimmer always knows what's best. As Fluttershy felt her first ever stallion enter her, she latched her mouth around Sugar Belle's waiting pussy and moaned happily into her snatch. She was so lucky to have so many friends, she mused as she was rutted. Double Diamond shoved himself into Fluttershy, enjoying his first untouched pussy since he moved here. She was so much tighter than any of the mares in town, and most of the stallions too. It was so nice of Starlight to let him go first, but he knew he couldn't take too long inside of this new mare. He had lots of other friends who wanted to welcome her too. He fucked Fluttershy roughly, trying not to hog her. He leaned across her body to give his friend Sugar Belle a kiss. She seemed to be enjoying herself too, which made him happy to see. He liked Sugar Belle, at least as much as he did any of his other friends. Her muffins were nothing special, but than nothing in their town was. At least she always seemed happy to provide a blowjob and a quick rut to accompany his meal. Sugar Belle smiled as the inexperienced tongue explored he cunt. This new mare was pretty cute, and Sugar Belle looked forward to seeing that faded pink mane between her legs a lot in the future. Still, Sugar Belle felt strangely guilty for reasons she couldn't quite understand. As she felt the tied up mare's face be violently thrust into her crotch by her friend, little whimpers of pain sending pleasing vibrations through Sugar Belle's crotch, she wondered what was bothering her. Sure, Sugar Belle, Night Glider, and Party Favor had been partly responsible for feeding into the suspicions those new girls felt, but they had quickly realized their mistake and told Starlight what they had done. Fortunately Starlight was able to stop those mares before any real damage was done to the harmony of their village, and even now Party Favor was with the others, telling them all about their little village. As Double Diamond shoved his tongue into her mouth and forced her into a kiss, she reflected how lucky she was that everything had worked out in the end. Fluttershy was losing her mind as her first stallion rutted her. Part of her wished he would be a little more gentle, but she knew better than to try and change her friends. She had her first orgasm as Double Diamond came inside her, wasting no time pulling out of the mare and making room for another pony. Fluttershy focused on licking her friends pussy as she felt a new friend's weight above her. Fluttershy was a little confused as she felt her new friend's cock pressing against what she thought was the wrong hole. Suddenly her world was nothing but an explosion of pain as the stallion thrust himself mercilessly into her virgin ass. Fluttershy screamed as she thrashed around on the bed, feeling herself being torn apart by this new intruder. Fluttershy's tears were washed away by the mare in front of her dousing her as she climaxed. The feel of Fluttershy's screams against her had been the final trigger to send Sugar Belle over the edge. The mare moved off the bed and another stallion took her place. Fluttershy flashed him her best smile before he shoved his cock roughly down her throat. Fluttershy tried her best to breath as she focused on making her new friends happy. Starlight Glimmer was watching her, after all. She always tried her best for Starlight Glimmer. As soon as Sugar Belle's hooves were all on the ground, she was mounted by another one of her friends. She didn't bother to see who it was fucking her, why would that even matter? Her friend Night Glider claimed she could tell every stallion in their village apart by the feel of their cocks inside of her, but to Sugar Belle one stallion felt the same as the other. Sugar Belle knew it was silly, but sometime she missed lying in bed with a stallion after sex, just cuddling and talking to one another. She scolded herself for thinking such selfish thoughts. Who was she to imagine she deserved to spend more time with any of her friends than any other pony. Once the mystery stallion above finished inside her and moved on, she made her way to where Starlight was now lying on her back, a different stallion roughly fucking her throat. Sugar Belle bent her head down toward the other unicorn mare and smiled as she started to clean Starlight's already well used pussy. Somehow, whenever she was having silly thoughts of guilt or nostalgia, having sex with Starlight always cleared up her head. Her smile widened as she felt another mares mouth lapping behind her. In the background, the new girl's screaming had died down, being replaced with the familiar sounds of pleasure and friendship. Sugar Belle was so happy to have such good friends. Starlight Glimmer smiled contentedly as the night went on, watching as Fluttershy was shared by her entire town. When they weren't rutting the newest addition to her little utopia, all of her villagers shared their love freely with each other. Starlight herself lost track of how many stallions and mares made love to her that night. They all loved Starlight Glimmer. ################ Fluttershy woke with a smile on her face. She stretched her legs, having been untied at some point in the course of the night to more easily please all her new friends. Last night had been wonderful, she had never felt so loved. She wondered how she had ever thought she had been happy before coming here. She had been so blinded by her cutie mark that she had foolishly believed all the lies about friendship she had been told. Now that she had experienced true friendship at last, there was only one thing left for her to do. She had to share this new happiness with the other girls. Now that she understood that she had never really been friends with those other mares, she wanted them to join her in true friendship at last. She turned to where Starlight lay atop a pile of sleeping ponies, the other mare already awake and smiling eagerly at her. "Starlight, everypony, I have a confession to make," Fluttershy confessed to the unicorn and the villagers who were starting to wake up, "I wasn't being honest when I said I wanted to join your village". A chorus of gasps filled the air as the villagers reacted with surprise to their new friend's confession. Starlight Glimmer simply smiled and stared at Fluttershy. "Me and the other girls were under the mistaken belief that Starlight was tricking you all somehow," Fluttershy explained, "I lied so that I could find a way to expose the truth". Tears began to streak down Fluttershy's face as she remembered what a fool she had been only a day earlier. "But now I see the truth!" she exclaimed, "Thanks to Starlight and to all of you, I see that we were the ones being tricked. It was you, Starlight, who exposed the lies that I had so foolishly believed all my life. I want to thank you. But I also want to ask for one more favor from you". "Why, whatever do you need, Fluttershy?" Starlight asked, "You know that I, and all you're other friends here, will do whatever we can to help you". The other ponies in the room murmured their agreement. They always agreed with Starlight Glimmer. "Would you please help me show my old friends everything you've shown me?" Fluttershy begged, "Will you help me show them what true friendship is?" "Oh Fluttershy," Starlight reassured her, "nothing would make me happier." Starlight Glimmer smiled at her new friend. Starlight Glimmer was always happy to help. > You See? Now Everypony Wins! (Epilouge) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starlight Glimmer smiled happily, pleased with how everything had worked out in the end. She had to admit, when those six meddling ponies had stumbled into her precious town, she had been worried they might ruin everything she had built here. But now, she saw how foolish she had been to ever consider them a threat. She let out a quick gasp of surprise as the tongue between her legs swapped holes. Once she had converted Fluttershy, the other five were quick to fall in line. Party Favor had done his job well that night, explaining their town's philosophy with the girls and telling them all how much happier they could be. Of course, the mind sedating drugs being pumped into that room and her cutie mark removal spell's own tinge of control also helped make them open to listening to reason. By the time Starlight and Fluttershy returned to them, their wills were already close to failing them. Once they had seen how happy Fluttershy was with her new life, it didn't take long for them to break. Everypony broke for Starlight Glimmer. After that, the past few moons had been a blur of activity for Starlight. With an Alicorn princess by her side, she had been able to attract new villagers to her town and showed them all how much better life was here with her. Of course, the opportunity to fuck an alicorn as much as she wanted was also a nice plus in Starlight's mind. She almost felt sorry for Double Diamond, his place as her favorite bed partner had quickly been usurped by the princess, and now he hardly got to share her bed at all. Not that he seemed too put out by it, he and Fluttershy seemed to be spending a lot of time together anyway. To be honest, her whole village seemed to be a happier place once those six had moved in. Starlight had to admit, even with everypony being equal, there was something special about those girls. "Mmm, that feels good," Starlight's reflections were interrupted by the familiar feeling of an alicorn horn entering her pussy, "keep that up princess and you'll get an extra special reward". That was a lie, of course. Starlight rarely did anything to pleasure her princess. After everything the stupid little alicorn had done to try and ruin Starlight's life, she was lucky Starlight was as generous as she had been. Pinkie Pie and Party Favor had hit it off quick, and now every pony's smile grew even wider when they saw that pair come by. Mainly because they were the two best fucks in the village, even if no pony else was able to recognize it. It didn't matter if it was a stallion, mare, or foal, no pony left the company of those two without a feeling of utter bliss. Starlight had been with the two of them quite a few times, and even she had trouble staying in control with the two of them ravishing her. Getting eaten out by Pinkie Pie was a particular treat for Starlight. That mare's tongue seemed to be able to do things down below that Starlight had never felt anypony do before, almost as if it were prehensile. And of course Party Favor was no slouch either. While his body had never been as appealing to Starlight as Double Diamond's, he made up for it with some of the most enthusiastic rutting Starlight ever experienced. Thinking of her last time with the two of them pushed Starlight over the edge, spraying herself over Twilight's horn and dousing the mare's face with her juices. "Twilight, be a dear and clean up down there. Then you can go gather the other five," Starlight ordered. "Sure thing, Starlight," Twilight responded, happily licking clean the area between Starlight's legs and paying no heed to the mess on her own face. She was always happy to clean up Starlight Glimmer. Thinking of enthusiasm brought the white one to mind. Rarity was her name, if Starlight remembered correctly. That mare had taken to the village lifestyle with a fervor Starlight rarely encountered. That mare did her best to share her body with everyone she met. Starlight had never met a pony so generous with herself. Rarity passed herself around the village as freely as anypony, never hesitating to do whatever was asked of her, and never asking for anything in return. Sometimes Starlight worried that the mind control spells were affecting her a little too well, but it didn't really matter. After today, Starlight wouldn't have any more use for her anyway. Her thoughts turned to the rainbow one next. She had been the hardest to break, stubbornly refusing to submit to Starlight no matter how many drugs and cocks Starlight had her filled with. It took nearly 4 whole days of being fed nothing but drug tainted food and near constant rape for Rainbow Dash to finally come around. From what Twilight had told Starlight, on one of those rare occasions Starlight let the alicorn use her mouth for anything other than eating her out, Rainbow's personality had changed the most since joining her village. Where there had once been an arrogant and cocky braggart, the pony that emerged after that four day gauntlet was more timid and skittish around other ponies than Fluttershy had ever been. She seemed to be especially nervous around stallions, a fact that didn't really surprise Starlight all that much, considering some of the things she had her male villagers do to the mare while breaking her. Starlight had given her to one of her original pony friends to take care of, and Night Glider seemed to be doing her best with the mare. Rainbow Dash followed the other pegasus around more like a pet than a friend sometimes, but Starlight supposed that was fine. Again, it wasn't really her problem, was it? Starlight Glimmer had no problems. Perhaps the pony to benefit most from the six newcomers, besides Starlight herself of course, was Sugar Belle. Her and Applejack had bonded quickly over discussions of apples and pies, and the two had quickly become like sisters in the village. They ate together, slept together, and rarely did you see one of them fucking another pony without the other one right there watching. But the biggest change was when Applejack had convinced her family to come visit her, and Starlight had convinced them to join the village. Sugar Belle had become positively enamored with Applejack's brother, not that Starlight could blame her, idly touching herself at the mere thought of what that stallion was packing. The feeling certainly seemed to be mutual, and not even Starlight could deny that those two seemed made for one another. It was almost as if they had always been destined to be together. Of course, Starlight couldn't have that kind of love in her village. She had quietly nipped that problem in the bud, comforting the large red stallion with her body after sharing the news of Sugar Belle's tragic accident with him. It had been one of the best rides of Starlight's life, bouncing up and down on his massive cock as Big Mac sobbed in anguish at the news of Sugar Belle's untimely demise. When his sister came home, Starlight had put her to work eating his load out of her gaping cunt while she broke the news to the apple mare. All in all, it had been a productive night that evening, she reflected to herself. It was a bit of a shame, though, really. She had always sort of liked Sugar Belle, but Starlight had to protect her village. Starlight Glimmer always protected her village. All that being said, the real revelation for Starlight had been when she had learned about the Elements of Harmony, and that those six mares were the bearers of them. Starlight would probably have creamed herself just hearing about them, if Fluttershy hadn't been taking care of that for her at the time. With the power of the elements, Starlight could convert all of Equestria to her way of thinking, faster than she ever imagined. She had immediately ordered Twilight to collect them and bring them to Starlight. Twilight had mentioned something about some forest being unleashed and killing everyone in some town Starlight had never heard of, but eventually the alicorn did as she was told. They all did what they were told to by Starlight Glimmer. Ever since Starlight had first established this village along with a few other ponies she had magically brainwashed into being her friends, there had been three keys to a successful conversion. After all, those brain washing spells took a lot out of a unicorn, and even Starlight wasn't powerful enough to maintain them constantly on even a modest population. So she had come up with other means to spread her friendship with all who came. The first was a special drug cocktail Starlight had brewed up when she was younger. It could be administered in a variety of ways, be it mixing it with a drink, mixing it with candles and inhaling the fumes, or simply injected straight into a pony's body, and the drug was very effective at it's job. It made the affected pony more susceptible to suggestion, broke down their mental barriers, and allowed Starlight to talk them into nearly anything. As an added perk, it was a pretty powerful aphrodisiac, and the hornier a pony got, the stronger the mental affects of the drug became. It made fucking a pony as she talked them into converting a surprisingly effective method of manipulation. It also made the whole process a lot of fun for Starlight. The next step was the actual cutie unmarking. Starlight had convinced all those idiots that the process was done through a fancy looking stick, but that was just so they wouldn't notice that Starlight was not quite as equal with them as they believed. Starlight was really looking forward to not having to maintain that facade for much longer. The unmarking was done with her own magic, and replaced the mark with not just an equal sign, but also a slew of hypnotic suggestions that Starlight layered into it. This made every unmarked pony easier to control, instilling a subconscious respect for Starlight as a leader and a desire in the pony to do whatever they could to please Starlight Glimmer. The spell worked best when done on a willing participant, but consent was hardly required to Starlight. After all, she was just trying to help everypony, whether they wanted her to or not. Finally there was the spell that Starlight was most proud of, and the key to the long term success of her plans. A magic field surrounded the entire village, unnoticeable to even the most magically sensitive unicorns. It's job was twofold. First, it weakened the minds of anyone who entered it, not as much as the drugs did but enough to give Starlight an upper hand if she met resistance before administrating them. It was why Twilight and her so-called friends hadn't been able to defend themselves while Starlight was ripping their cutie marks off, they were just a bit too slow to take action. But its main purpose was to subtlety reinforce her will on the ponies in her village. Anytime a pony might question her actions or second guess her, they would be reassured by a voice that wasn't quite their own inside their head. Just little reassurances like "Starlight Glimmer is always right" or "Starlight Glimmer always knows what to do". Simple things like that. It kept all her ponies happy and docile under her control. Now though, now Starlight had the Elements of Harmony at her disposal. No longer would she have to use such simple tricks to manipulate ponies. Now every pony in Equestria could be saved from their cutie marks, free to live their lives in perfect equality under Starlight's hooves. Starlight had been preparing the spell for days now, and at last she was ready to cast it. She could feel herself growing damp at the mere thought of what was to come. She stepped outside to where Twilight had gathered her friends, wearing her false smile for the last time. Soon she wouldn't have to pretend to be equal to all of her ponies. This spell would keep them under her control no matter what she did. The six mares were each wearing a necklace, except for Twilight who was wearing a crown. Starlight scoffed at that crown. Maybe when this was over she'd melt it down and make a new one for herself. Whatever, those were concerns for later. "Are you girls ready to rescue Equestria from the cutie mark menace that plagues it?" Starlight asked the six mares, wearing her usual forced smile. "Whenever you are, Starlight Glimmer!" the six replied, smiling genuine smiles at the thought of what they were about to do. "Excellent, you may begin". One by one the elements activated and linked the six friends together. The mares lifted into the air, a sphere of pure magical energy forming around them. Starlight smirked as she lit up her horn and focused on her spell. She had to make sure she cast it just right, she wasn't going to get another chance at this. Finally, she shot a beam of light from her horn and into the swirling sphere consuming the six elements. Her spell was absorbed within. Suddenly there was a roar of air as the sphere exploded and a rainbow colored ring of magic spread out from the epicenter. Starlight watched with pride as the wave traveled over the horizon and out of sight. If all went according to plan, that wave would envelop all of Equestria, spreading her spell to every pony within it's boarders. Now, finally, everypony would be free. Free from cutie marks. Free from the pain of having a friend stolen away or losing a mother. Free from having to worry about anything other than serving Starlight Glimmer. All across Equestria, ponies watched as their cutie marks vanished, replaced with an equal sign, an earnest love for their fellow ponies and a sense of friendship and belonging that they had never known before. And as pony joined with pony all across the country, there was one truth that they knew above all else. Everypony loved Starlight Glimmer.