A Hunting We Will Go
The mostly unsettled podzol of the hunting grounds always had a habit of crunching at the worst times. Prey never quite knew which of their hoofbeats would send out an especially sharp crack that always felt like it could be heard in another CTS site if ponies would just poke their ears up to hear it. So when it came to the especially attentive predators stalking these grounds, moving silently across the dense canopy of the forest in search of their next playtime, the pony in question may as well have just let off a flare gun to declare their presence to the rest of the world. Even if no other creature was there, a pony’s coat tended to stand on end for quite some time after, reeling from the presence of a thousand phantom eyes, or possibly a pair or more of very real ones.
It was a hair safer in the trees for designated targets, but even then word traveled quickly along the shadows, reaching every corner a normal pony couldn’t see. By the time a false sense of security had been achieved by flight, most prey had already passed by at least half a dozen preds, each one making a mental note in case their eagle eye system indicated somepony on top of the sturdy branches with an enticing tag. By the time the prey stopped to catch their breath, it was almost a statistical guarantee that the pred who had already ordered them on the menu was ready to start their meal.
The section Delly had entered from the prey gate was arguably one of the worst for a pony who was hoping for a long, tiring experience from their chase. The Waldgrab didn’t have a clear origin for its Germaneic name, but it was absolutely infamous within the circles that knew of it. The torchguard occasionally used the area for drilling their forest operations because it just so happened to be what they considered the worst case scenario. It was a copse of forest so dense with thick trunked conifers and gnarled beeches it was nearly impossible to see more than fifteen meters in any direction, and their interwoven roots made anything but the slowest progress difficult beyond reason.
The guards' usage of the area had itself caused another adverse effect for any prey hoping to evade notice. That much simulated combat in one area meant there were more than enough identifying features on each tree that they could be distinguished from one another at a glance, so by simply resting anywhere, their position was forfeit. The area was so well mapped by preds that a subdialect of Dovectea, Hunter’s cant, formed so any location could be specified in the space of a short breath.
Escape was not an option.
Grace calmly slithered along the top of the tree line, watching the various creatures skittering around under her, visible through the interwoven vines and branches that formed the upper canopy. The hunting ground was almost ingenious in its structure, a topmost layer that was incredibly easy to traverse,with multiple gaps meant to reach a lower set of boughs and paths meant for more direct stalking. Finally there was the ground layer, filled with obstructions that made it nearly impossible for prey to keep a good lead ahead of their predator.
It was noisy in the canopy that day, and Grace couldn’t help but watch all the other predators glancing down, trying to find one of the “free to catch” prey skittering around below them that suited their tastes. Grace had a target though, and she wasn’t going to be using any magical assistance to find her. She could see the dim glow of the eagle eye enchantment reflecting back on the eyes of the predators she passed, giving them hints of what direction to go. She paused as a griffin rushed past her, diving straight through the treeline and pouncing a poor, unsuspecting earth pony she’d seen running by moments earlier, dragging the poor creature off screaming in desperation to one of the strategically hidden playrooms.
The lamia felt that using those sorts of tools spoiled the fun, she was all about finding her prey to devour the old fashioned way, using the senses she had to lead her towards the night’s fun, occasionally seeking the help of the pack if she really didn’t have any proper leads. Despite the random nature of the prey gate for the hunting grounds, she still had a rather good idea of where she might find Delly. The various sectors of the hunting grounds were laid out differently, if for no other reason than to give both parties an interesting chase. She’d want to avoid areas with more heavily knotted roots, they’d give Grace all the advantage, so it would just mean there’d be a short chase with little to no climax, and that wouldn’t be fun for either of them. So she simply headed deeper inward, away from the predator gate she’d come in through, keeping an ear open for something that might point her in a better direction.
Delly still pressed on, glancing around as she tried to keep some lookout for a pred. She only had to worry about one, but being spotted at all could mean the end of this little walk through the woods before it even got the chance started. Her eyes scanned the lower canopy, the occasional long stemmed torch stuck between the roots only providing a precious few flickers of warm light, which only served in turn to cast dancing shadows that stalked the pony with each step she took.
One of those shadows looked just real enough to spook her, a twisted branch looking too serpentine for her to not doubt her own vision, sending the panicked mare much deeper into the forest at as close to a full gallop that she could manage. Delly did her best to keep her wits about her, recognizing the path towards the bramble she was on, and doing her best to correct course through the mossy lowland biome that bordered it. She did her best to stay as quiet as she could manage, trying to watch every step she took, but the moment she tried to glance back up, find her bearings again and see if she really was being followed…
*SNAP*
Time stood still. Despite all logic, the sound seemed almost like it echoed through the grove, totally silencing everything it touched. She shakily removed the offending hoof, the two halves of the branch she’d stepped on clattering quietly aside into the refuse under her, almost unnoticeable in the carpet of needles and acorns.
That moment of stillness was fleeting. No sooner had the unicorn looked away from the former twig than the sounds started. Howls, yips, and dozens of other noises began to rise over the natural din of the forest, the sounds of scattering hoofbeats fading off in all directions, followed quickly by the sounds of tree branches bending under the weight of their new occupants, desperate to see if they could finally find their meal for the night. Delly was now the center of attention in a rapidly expanding area. It was well past time to start running again.
Grace heard the snap, but it was the merciless teasing of preds she could already see above that area that let her know she probably had her mark. For an unmarked pony, that would’ve been more than enough of an invitation to start a chase on the ground, but it was close enough to where she thought Delly might be that she figured it would be worth it to go over and check out what was going on with all the noise.
Only seconds later, and Delly was back to a full gait, but even with a system full of adrenaline, it was becoming clear it wasn’t going to be enough to keep her going like this forever. She pulled out every trick she could think of on the fly, slipping under arching roots and using rocks as springboards to coax every extra bit of impulse she could manage out of her body, but every time she figured there could be some degree of safety, the branches above started to ruffle again, reminding her just how close she was to being caught.
Grace smiled, seeing a brief flicker of a blue tail disappearing behind a tree to the north. The real chase had started and she was well fitted to this part of the play. She dipped down to the lower boughs, slithering between them quietly as she finally managed to get the pony in her sights. She watched Delly scramble along, calmly pursuing her and moving from branch to branch as Delly skipped over the rocky terrain of the moss fields below her. She was still out of sight, occasionally smiling up when she saw a pred above her that had stopped to peek through the canopy and appreciate the skill of the hunt.
The longer Delly galloped, the more her breath started to come out ragged, and the closer the noises above her seemed to get, gently showering needles, cones, and occasionally a panic inducing drop of liquid on top of her. The forest almost seemed to wind around itself as she fled deeper. As much as she wanted to think she could leave without getting caught, her hooves were slowly starting to wear down, her movements were starting to get clumsy, and her whole body started to feel fatigue catching up to her as quickly as her pursuer. She was going to have to stop soon, whether she wanted to or not. There wasn’t going to be a way out this time, she was going to be caught, and nobody was here to save her.
Grace could see that Delly was slowing down, and in a place that she couldn’t be any happier for. In her panic, the mare had accidentally circled back around into the deeper forest, and in her visibly exhausted state, it was only a matter of time until she made a mistake and one of her stumbling hooves found the wrong foothold. There were no bushes for her to hide under, the much larger trees meant they were further apart, and the ground had long since parted to expose some of their knotwork of roots, just as easy as the branches for her to navigate across, but more than enough to spook her quarry into a compromising position.
The exertion of staying at a full gallop was getting to be too much, so Delly knew she needed to slow down before her aching body would simply refuse to comply. She reduced her speed to a gentle trot, glancing around to see if she might have been able to get a bit of distance between her and her pursuer. The second she sighed in relief however, there was a serpentine hiss right above her head. The sheer surprise was enough for her to reflexively jump forward, trying to find just where it came from, but a root caught her hoof before it could find the ground. She tried to right herself, but the momentum sent her tumbling over onto her back, sprawled out and gasping for air as her exertion finally caught up with her, her body refusing to move against the dull ache that seemed to radiate through every inch of her being.
It was over. All that was left was to wait to be taken.
The mare watched as the branches above her started to bow, a sleek tail starting to descend from the canopy above, slowly inching down to her level before slithering under her back and lifting it slightly. The tail coiled around and around, almost tauntingly slowly to make sure that Delly knew she was caught and that there was no escape. Finally, the tail cinched itself with the last wrap over her shoulders, the lamia making sure that she had a tight grip before pulling the pony up towards her waiting form, smirking deviously down at her prey. There was a token struggle, but the energy simply wasn’t there anymore. Delly was going to be toyed with and eaten, and there was going to be nothing that she could do about it.
Eventually the mare was brought above the tree line, face to face with a rather smug looking blue and white lamia, her tail slowly coiling more and more to ensure that no matter what, Delly didn’t have a single chance to escape. Grace slipped in a rather wicked looking smile, making sure to show off her teeth before starting to taunt her quarry, her forked tongue flicking close to Delly’s face. “Mmh, somepony seems to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. You should’ve been a bit more careful watching your step. Don’t worry though, I’ll make sure you’re taken care of soon enough.”
The lamia slithered along, occasionally glancing back whenever she felt Delly try to struggle out of her coiled tail, flexing it slightly to make sure her catch knew that she was going to stay safely locked in place. She found the tree she was looking for, a particularly large golden oak with a split central trunk; it only took a small bit of searching along the sides before she found a sizable knothole between the two spreading branches. She carefully slithered inside, softly lowering the back of her tail to make sure her prey didn’t accidentally bump her head on the way in. Inside was a simple wooden door, each side flanked by dim magenta braizers that gave the space some sparse illumination, and left a mischievous glint in the predator’s eye. Grace gently tapped her badge to the center of the doorframe, allowing it to swing open to a room that simply shouldn’t have been able to fit inside of the tree.
The room itself was almost shockingly plain in comparison to some of the other rooms on offer, but it was all but perfect for what was planned. The bed was far larger than even clocktower standards tended to dictate, meant to accommodate any sort of monster that might be stalking the woods at night along with any number of quarries they’d brought with them to play. Grace, however, wasn’t quite heading there yet. This was going to be for Delly. She wanted her to be able to get lost in the moment, even if it wasn’t something she was confident in her ability to do at first. It had taken quite some time for Delly to convince her, something that seemed so silly watching the little pony squirm and barely try to fight back wrapped in the powerful coils of her lamia form. She simply swept around, forcing her own gaze and her sub’s to meet for the first time uninterrupted, and doing her best to look into her eyes with nothing but hunger.
“Looks like Delly got caught by a big scary snake.” Grace slowly tightened and loosened her coils all over the pony’s body, resisting any of her attempts to squirm out and making it nearly impossible to focus on anything but what she was being told. She swayed almost hypnotically from side to side, toying with her and relishing the slow drift of the mare’s eyes following her every move. She licked her lips, creeping in closer so she could be sure that what she had to say next could be heard.
“It would be such a shame if that snake were…. Hungry~” the last word came out with just as much playfulness as intended, the warmth of the breath that carried them rolling over Delly's cheeks as she was held perfectly still, forced to face her captor. Grace slowly drew back, giggling softly as she did. giving herself a few moments to adjust both her and Delly's position, briefly flicking out her tongue a hair’s breadth in front of the pony’s face. A soft growl was audible from her stomach as she glanced back towards the bed, slithering her way a bit closer to it.
For her part in all of this, Delly had a hard time keeping quiet. This night was turning out to be everything she’d been begging Grace for, and it was finally about to happen! Her mistress even developed the variant form especially so that neither of them would get hurt, and so that they could both have as much fun as possible as things got progressively heavier. It seemed that time was getting closer, as Delly felt a slinky little end of a tail creeping it’s way up between her legs, wrapping around one for a moment before the tip gently teased at the dock of her tail, making her squirm gently. Even if Grace had said yes to the plan as Delly had presented it, that didn’t mean she wasn’t ready to improvise a few things she already knew there weren’t any problems with.
“Bad news little pony, I don’t just think the big scary snake is hungry, she might just be the type that loves to play with her food for a while, just to make sure her next meal knows it’s time to give up and slide down her throat like a good little snack” Grace smiled, leaving just enough room for her pet to wriggle and writhe, but not enough to actually let her escape. Delly was most likely to be fine if she didn’t move that much, and tiring her to the point of near exhaustion seemed like the most surefire way her body would remain properly relaxed throughout the whole affair. It also didn’t hurt that making sure that the unicorn got to that point of complete exhaustion was going to be plenty of fun for both of them.
Delly wasn’t able to do much outside of meekly struggle against the coils that bound her, most of her muscles still burning from the exertion of the chase. She was forced to keep still and watch Grace slink around her, her forked tongue flicking out, coming tantalizingly close to her face but never quite touching it. The mare could feel the coils shift around her body again, as Delly tried briefly to worm her way to freedom before being shocked still, feeling something that was meant to really make her squirm.
She felt the curious tip of the lamia’s tail slithering slowly up along the bottom of her leg, probing and tickling as it slowly spiraled along the curves of her joint. The progress paused, the cute little tip making small, delicate circles on Delly's inner thigh. Each spiral moved up slightly, drawing ever closer to her sex, and tracing along every little sensitive spot the mare had. It drew back for a moment, flicking back and forth, each movement tracing the inside of the tender joints of her thighs in agonizingly slow strokes. Each movement crept closer to Delly’s aching lower lips, her breathing becoming more labored, gently spiking in anticipation with each methodical flick.
The first actual contact was barely a whisper, but the anticipation made even that scant contact send a shock of pleasure up Delly’s spine. The next few flicks returned to the sensitive patches of fur surrounding it, but soon enough, it made contact with the bare skin of her lips again, barely enough to separate them as it passed.
Each flick across the unicorn’s sex was made to be anticipated, ensuring that even as she reflexively struggled into her bonds, the contact was still just brief enough to make the unicorn want more than she was being given. The lamia knew her pet’s body well, and she also knew how to use it against her in the most wonderful ways.
As much as she wanted to hide just how much she was enjoying the treatment, Grace could feel her pet’s body heating up, twitching with pleasure whenever she made a small flick across her entrance, being ever so careful to deprive her of any contact with her cute little clit until it was time to step things up a notch. She simply had to deal with that cute tendril slipping up and down, or tracing gently along the outline of her lips. Sometimes the lamia would stop for a few moments, smiling as Delly grew restless from the lack of contact, only to go back to the same, teasing rate as she did before, relishing the brief moment of still satisfaction before the mare returned to squirming in need.
Eventually, Grace felt it was more than time to change things up a bit, slowing down her pace ever so gently before roughly flicking upwards, making rather firm contact with Delly’s rosebud on the way up. The unicorn couldn’t help but make a cute little squeak of surprise, her struggling renewed by the sudden increase in sensation. The lamia was smart enough to know how to play with her pet however, only rarely incorporating those small twinges of extra pleasure every few strokes, sometimes simply drawing back again to let her keep stewing in anticipation, her breathing occasionally giving way to soft little moans as she looked to her captor for some greater degree of relief.
Grace decided to give into those demands, the flicks of her tail starting to get a little more firm. She gently scraped against Delly's clit and flicked it softly, the tip wetted by the mare’s growing arousal. She was being toyed with methodically, the heat in her body slowly building up as her strength to resist dropped in turn. The lamia could tell the treatment was having the intended effect, the unicorn’s now reflexive squirms dwindling down to almost nothing in comparison to her earlier thrashing, barely even nudging the coils of powerful muscles locking her whole body in place.
As she teased her pet, the lamia swayed back and forth, taunting the poor little pony and making sure she knew how utterly helpless she was. Grace occasionally drew back, resting on a small coil and watching her pet squirm from a distance as her tail relaxed. Grace stretched it gently from side to side, that cute little appendage needed to be ready for all the work it was about to do.
Grace slunk forward again, as she began changing up her focus from passing over the mare’s lips, moving almost fully to focusing on Delly’s clit, flicking up and down gently, but occasionally throwing in an extra firm stroke, making her squirm into bonds she had no chance of escaping, and feeling with each pass of the tail along that sensitive little nub her struggle fading ever so slightly, giving way to building moans of pure need, practically begging for her mistress to speed up and let her finish, but all those careful little jolts of pleasure kept her mind in a haze, far away from being able to find words.
Her tail transitioned from rough flicks to smaller ministrations, the tip circling around the edge of her clit slowly, round and round the little bud, gently working the cute little unicorn up as she struggled in vain. Grace giggled to herself quietly at all of the choked little moans of pleasure Delly made, trying to hide them as grunts of exertion, but both of them recognized that every attempt to slip out was weaker than the last. The lamia got close enough to let her tongue glide gently over the pony’s cheek, drawing back to make sure she could look at her pet eye to eye.
“Mmh, you taste pretty good little pony, I’m going to love tasting every last inch of that cute little body of yours until you slide down into my tummy.” As she spoke, she drew closer to the unicorn’s ear, nibbling gently along its edge before moaning softly in satisfaction then slinking back to a more playful distance. She decided to switch up her technique again, letting a longer portion of her tail drag back and forth along the whole of the unicorn’s sex, gently parting her lips and allowing it to grind softly against her nub with each pass, making sure it got progressively more soaked with the unicorn’s juices for later use. She could feel the mare’s legs shivering, desperate to find an outlet for her arousal, but that sort of relief wasn’t going to be allowed.
Only a few minutes into the treatment and it was clear as day to Grace that if she uncoiled her body, Delly would simply drop to the floor like a sack of potatoes. She had more plans than just simply making Delly tired though. When the time finally came for the unicorn to be nommed, she was going to be nothing short of exhausted. Slowly, the coils began to tighten around her form, save for the lowest one, which doubled over on itself to lock both of the mare’s legs just far enough apart that there was room to fit something in between them. That something, as it turned out, was going to be the same tail, now out to finish what it started.
Grace knew she didn't need subtlety to finish off Delly, but it was fun to be perfectly aloof while she squeezed her cute little sub from all sides, toying with her using the very tip of the same thing binding the unicorn into place. She lined her tail up, each movement intentional, just barely probing the edges of the mare’s lips, her tail already more than wet enough that when she began slipping in deeper, there wasn’t an ounce of friction. Delly mewled out loudly, her sex tightening around the intruding appendage, but all it served to do was increase how large it felt as it probed deeper into the unicorn’s body.
The lamia inched herself in slowly, her tail still squirming about lightly as it found a new, tighter place to explore. The mare’s breathing started to become more labored, the glow of pleasure almost becoming too intense to handle. Her body wanted to tense up, find some way to blow off steam, but the lamia wasn’t about to let her slip out of her grip, every attempt to take some control only making the slow movement inside of her that much more difficult to ignore.
Eventually, the slithering little appendage found the end of the tunnel, slowly tracing around inside the deepest part of the unicorn’s sex. The mare’s body was on fire, absolutely glowing with pleasure. Her heart was racing; the slowly escalating intensity of the lamia’s treatment keeping her head in the clouds. She could feel her cheeks burning, and a glance towards a nearby vanity confirmed just how deep her arousal had deepened her blush. However, her lapse in attention clearly wasn’t appreciated, with a sudden renewal of the squirming inside of her marehood snapping her gaze back to her captor.
“What’s wrong little pony? Am I not playing hard enough for you to pay attention? I could fix that if you’d want~” Grace kept the intensity of her movements up for a few moments, drinking in the overwhelmed moans before subsiding. She started giggling to herself as she felt Delly’s body go almost totally limp against the support of her coils, struggling to maintain almost any control, her head even lolling off slightly to the side, her eyes once again locked on the lamia with an almost glazed look, a smile gently spreading across her face.
The lamia took that as a sign to begin again, slowly swishing her tail around in small circles, softly scraping along Delly's inner walls before switching directions, each rotation making a soft, wet schlick. The inside of the mare’s legs were moist to the touch, droplets of her own natural lubricant resting on matted patches of fur, tamped down by the limb’s movement as it squirmed inside of her. Even the coils around her rear hooves were starting to get wet, small droplets wicking into the mare’s fur, and down into her living bindings. Even if the lack of grip could’ve helped her earlier it was far too late for that, her strength was so drained by the earlier struggling that she could barely even move them around in the little slack she was given. Her thighs tried to lock together, doing what she could to assert some form of control over the situation, but even that was too much to ask of her body, the limb simply knocking back any attempt to limit it’s range of motion as if it wasn’t even made.
“Aww,” Grace cooed, sweeping in slowly to brush her muzzle against her pet’s cheek. “First my little snack can’t be bothered to keep her eyes on her playmate, and now she’s so overwhelmed she’s trying to get things to slow down again? Somepony doesn’t know what she wants~ luckily for you my silly little pony, you don’t have to decide how you’re going to be played with, just relax and let everything take its course.” The lamia punctuated her statement with a rather rough twist, forcing a moan out of Delly’s throat. She gently squeezed the mare again for a few moments before releasing, looking straight into the mare’s eyes the entire time with a wry smile.
Just out of her pet’s sight, the lamia had started gently rubbing herself. It was hard not to release a bit of tension watching her sub moaning out in pleasure helplessly in front of her. As far as Grace figured, it was simply to take the edge off. She wanted to make sure that she was as methodical as she could be, and getting too riled up might lead to her making mistakes down the line. It was just a few brief strokes along her lips, but it was enough to set her head straight, sharpening her focus as she slunk back up to Delly, her grin slowly widening as she felt the drip on her lower coils becoming more and more consistent.
Her tail had moved to a more consistent pace, spiraling gently, into the mare’s inner walls and occasionally stopping to change direction. The unicorn’s voice had been reduced to a consistent trickle of overwhelmed moans, long, drawn out, and absolutely dripping with the pleasure that was being forced into her lithe little body with each carefully measured twist. Her marehood was now being roughly violated at a steady rate, the silky texture of Grace’s scales acting like their own assistant to the mare’s natural lubricant. The sheer stimulation of that alone would be enough to bring most ponies down to a level where they couldn’t resist, but even as the lamia felt the telltale shivers of orgasm running through the mare, she stopped, leaving Delly whimpering and perched on the edge of orgasm, but unable to do anything to push herself over the edge. She could feel the waxes and wanes of her body heat, slowly bringing the mare into an ecstatic haze that she could barely keep herself coherent under, simply moaning and waiting for Grace to grant her relief.
By the time it switched from teasing to pounding, Delly couldn’t stand another second without release, so the rapid change in stimulation sent shockwaves through her body, and wrung out the last bits of tension into her mistress’ coil, her head going blank from the sheer satisfaction of relief. The mare’s juices slowly flowed down the sides of Grace’s tail, which slowly began to withdraw. The mare was slumped down on the bed, unable to keep herself up under her own power, knowing she couldn’t even try to resist what came next, watching her mistress casually unhinge and close her jaw, opening it a bit wider each time..
“Well then little pony, looks like your time is up.” The lamia tauntingly rubbed her sex, soaking in the image of the completely vulnerable pony right in front of her. The next part wasn’t going to be the easiest thing to pull off well, but if she could it was going to be what turned this from a fun session into a dream come true for her pet.
Grace gently unseated her jaw with a soft click, still rubbing her slit gently, the thought of just how good this was going to be for Delly more than enough to rev the lamia up. She gently kissed the mare,her jaws slowly opening just enough to slip over her slight muzzle, gently raising her top jaw over the mare’s horn, and widening her lips enough to bring them into line with the rest of the mare’s form. Granted, the presence of the horn was just a bit of an annoyance as it ground along the roof of her mouth, but the subtle sound of dreamy moans from inside of her mouth only drove the lamia further.
Delly squeaked as she felt her shoulders slipping in, only her barrel and legs left hanging out in the open air. She couldn’t summon the strength to move, a small drop of the Lamia’s drool sliding down her cheek as she was slowly felt her body inching down, pulled along gently by a few errant flicks of the head, or by the gentle massage of the pred’s throat muscles inviting her deeper, towards her eventual fate.
Still even as Grace's lover hung in her throat, she had an idea to make the mare’s time even more delightful, that slippery forked tongue finally making contact with Delly's slit, putting her in a position where she couldn’t struggle even if she could move.
And just like that, perfectly submissive, totally blind and deaf to the outside world, and totally unable to do anything but feel the warm wetness surrounding her body, Delly felt a fresh source of stimulation licking up and down her slit. It really was like a dream, no way to move, no way to resist, only feel as much as she would be made to feel, as long as her mistress was going to make her feel it, and once things had finished, every inch of her would be surrounded by the same warm wetness.
Grace paid attention to the sounds the mare was making, now lazily sprawled back on the bed, casually rubbing her sex as she listened to delly moan into her. The taste of the mare’s juices were just as sweet as always, but it was the sheer ecstasy of the fluttering moans Delly was making that was turning Grace on, closing her eyes and letting her hoof go where it would. The forks of her tongue met briefly, spreading out delly’s lips, and then returning to gently toying with the mare’s clit as the lamia’s hoof ground gently into her own.
They both felt like they could spend forever like this, a perfect power exchange, letting Grace play with her body freely as she forced Delly's poor overstimulated nervous system through the same bouquet of wonderful sensation a second time before the adrenaline from the chase had even worn off. But as always, nothing can last forever, and as Grace's body reached it’s very first peak, she knew it was time to send Delly on a trip.
In such a weakened state, any sort of tension meant Delly had to be getting close, so the moment she went over the edge, the mare let herself do the same, almost swallowing automatically and forcing the mare all the way into her body. Both of them were in the throes of bliss, Grace’s jaw slipping closed so she could join in the moans, still hearing the bliss Delly was experiencing inside of her, even bringing up her own tail tip so the two of them could be just a little bit closer than they were a moment before.
When the headrush wore off, Grace was actually surprised with herself that she was actually able to go through with it, the sensation of the large mass of Delly inside of her was something unique, feeling the unicorn slowly trail down her body inch by inch, and feeling a certain odd satisfaction, not just the same catharsis as letting a good meal settle, but almost a sense of pride that as far as she could tell, not a single thing had managed to go wrong. Delly was unhurt, and all she really needed to do was just sit back and recover.
She laid back, lounging in the sensation of being so full, strong, undulating muscles doing their work, and gently pushing Delly in deeper, giving her just what she wanted. She was very careful about making this variant form, going as far as getting a test to make sure that her stomach lining was PH-neutral. She could just relax, and give Delly as much time as she wanted to enjoy herself.
And that’s when she felt the poke.
As it turns out, usually ponies don’t think about things like horn guards in the heat of the moment, and while it wasn’t exactly painful, it was definitely a sensation that wasn’t easy to ignore, and told her the exact facing and orientation of the pony inside of her. Grace tried shifting around slightly just to maybe adjust the angle of Delly's head, but there were still occasional awkward little pokes, so eventually, the mare just figured it would be best to write it off unless it actually became something irritating.
Meanwhile inside the lamia, Delly was totally engulfed in darkness. The warm, wet air and slippery walls squeezing every inch of her body, slowly pushing her along and rubbing at every inch of her body kept her from trying to get any rest, even though her eyes were fluttering shut as she tried to focused on just how wonderful the sensation of completing her mistress was. She didn’t have much room to move, but she barely managed to get her hoof turned around, just barely slipping into the gap between her crotch and thigh. She didn’t need to take care of anything at the moment, but at the same time it would be nice to be trapped with proper access to enjoy herself once she actually made her way into a tighter section.
Slowly but surely the lamia’s body worked it’s magic, slowly pulling the poor little pony along, the confines of her living prison slowly rubbing over her body, massaging her with a wet warmth that made her whole body tingle, each undulating ring of muscle working out what little tension could hope to remain in the defenseless mare’s frame, the vast majority of her energy simply going into the slow, deep breaths that made sure she wouldn’t put herself in any more danger.
The coils of tissue and muscle slowly wound tighter around delly, her hoof practically forced up against her sex as every inch of the mare’s body was squeezed over and over by the shifting muscles that steadily pushed her further and further along the lamia’s digestive tract. The helpless mare was forcibly slid further and further, till she felt the back of her curled neck hit something soft and yielding. The pressure around her grew even tighter and she felt the warm, thin wall in front of her give way, felt it spread open as she was forced through, the spreading orifice tightly hugging her form as she was pushed through into her final resting place.
Grace’s stomach wrapped around her newest meal, not as tight or constricting as the passage to it had been, wrapping gently but firmly around Delly’s entire body. The warm, damp walls rippling and squeezing rhythmically all over. The curled up mare let out a small sigh of pleasure at the intimate embrace her mistress was giving her, part of her knowing she was perfectly safe, even in the belly of a predator; her mistress had made very sure that it would be that way before trying this.
On the outside, Grace rested one hoof on her swollen belly as she felt her meal settle in place; the other still slowly massaging her slit. Despite her trepidations at doing this, she found herself enjoying feeling this close to her pet, it was a whole new level of intimacy to have Delly so much a part of her.
The lamia curled her tail around herself, her hoof cradling her bulging stomach. It was so peaceful, so comforting having her pet this close. Her eyes started drifting closed. Her last thought before drifting to sleep, a sense of gladness at having let Delly convince her to do this.
Grace wasn’t sure how long she slept, the steady glow of the lighting in her lair never changed to give an indication of the passage of time. It took her a moment to figure out what had woken her up before she felt her prey shifting and twisting inside of her. She gently rubbed a hoof over her stomach, making calming, shushing noises. “Hold on Delly. I’ll get you out soon, just let Mistress get some things ready.”
The movement slowed, either she had heard Grace, or felt her moving and knew what was coming.
The lamia awkwardly slithered off the bed; the bulging weight at her midsection made it difficult to move with her usual gracefulness but she managed to make her way across the room and through the door into the den’s bathroom. Once inside she went right over to the large shower stall and turned on the water. She waited just long enough to be sure the temperature was adjusted just right, warm but not uncomfortably so, before getting to work.
The process of being released from her voreish confines was nowhere near as pleasant for Delly as getting there had been, but it went smoothly and quickly. She squirmed along the still tight passage as it squeezed and pushed her before a rush of too bright light hit her and made her have to close her eyes.
She felt her hooves contact something hard and slippery for a moment before they slipped and Delly felt herself falling briefly before her mistress caught her. The former prey blinked her eyes back open, squinting against the still bright lights and the water running over her. Mistress was dangling from some bars embedded in the ceiling, her hooves cradling Delly a few inches off the tiles.
Delly gave the lamia a reassuring smile as Grace put her back on the floor, still holding onto her as she lowered herself down and wrapped loosely around her pet. “Are you alright? Did everything go okay? Does anything hurt?” Grace nuzzled her during the questioning, even as her hooves started running over Delly’s body, both to help clean her off and to search for any potential injuries.
The mare leaned into her mistress. “I-I’m f-fine.” She closed her eyes, trying to relax as the great serpent-mare worried over her and the warm water streamed down all around. “I’m fine mistress.”
Delly opened her eyes and reared up, wrapping her forelegs around Grace’s neck. “I’m fine, and that was wonderful. Thank you for doing this for me.”
Grace froze in surprise at the hug before quickly returning it, her legs and tail wrapping around her precious Delly. “You are very welcome, my pet.” She unwrapped from the mare. “Now let’s get you cleaned up.” The lamia grabbed a bottle of shampoo off the shower’s shelf and set to work on her pet’s mane.
It took some time till her mistress was done cleaning her, and checking then double checking that she didn’t have any injuries, and in general fretting over her. But Delly loved every moment and didn’t mind letting her wonderful mistress reassure herself everything was fine. As Mistress finished drying them both off, Delly reared up and wrapped her beloved mistress in another tight hug. “Thank you for this, it really was wonderful.”
The lamia melted into her pet’s embrace, wrapping her legs and tail around her in a tight embrace. “You are very welcome, my little one.” She kissed and nuzzled the top of her pet’s head. “Now let’s get you home.”
“That would be-” She was cut off by a loud, rumbling gurgle from her own stomach that sent her into a fit of giggling. “I… hehe… I um… I guess…”
Grace silenced her pet with a gentle hoof to her lips. “Shhh, It’s alright. Let’s go hunt you down a nice tasty meal of your own.”