- Chapter 21
- >The changeling holding onto you, Nemo... you can tell by his horn, stares at you blankly.
- >He looks up to Bambi.
- "Soap... you know, like bubbles?"
- >They shrug at each other.
- >Right.
- >Of course.
- >Why the hell would they know what soap is?
- >Nemo starts scrubbing your stomach gently.
- >That's weird.
- >You squirm as he rubs a hoof on your side.
- >You see him stick out a tongue.
- >What is he-?
- "Wait no-"
- >He doesn't hesitate.
- >He starts licking you.
- >And doesn't care where his tongue touches.
- >Unfortunately for you, you care.
- >Very much.
- >You splash and struggle, trying to get away from him.
- "Nemo! Stop it!"
- >The changeling doesn't let up.
- >You squeak as his tongue runs across your leg.
- >The fuck is going on?
- >Why is he doing this?
- >You push him off of you.
- “I’m fine now! You can stop, alright?”
- >Nemo looks at you.
- >Gives you one final lick.
- >Oh god, on the tits?
- >Really?
- >You feel violated.
- >Nemo looks at you expectantly.
- “Uh... thank you?”
- >He still look like he’s waiting for something.
- >”I think he wants you to lick him.”
- >What?
- >You look up and see Mara.
- >He’s floating high above the water.
- “Lick him?”
- >”It’s a pretty common trait among animals, isn’t it?”
- “But they’re sentient... not-... he can’t possibly-”
- >You look at Nemo.
- >He nods his head.
- >The fuck?
- >”He licked your back. You lick his.”
- “T-that’s... disgusting!”
- >Nemo looks shocked.
- >”You’re going to hurt his feelings.”
- “I-fu.... no!”
- >”Oh here we go.”
- “There’s no way in hell I’m licking that thing!”
- >The changeling glares at you.
- “Sorry.”
- >You shoot a glare at Mara.
- “Were you watching me this whole time?”
- >”No. Just popped in at the right moment.”
- >Nemo snarls at you.
- >”You gonna keep him waiting?”
- >You groan.
- >Nemo’s pretty pissed at you.
- >You reluctantly lick him on his back.
- >Once.
- >It’s revolting.
- >The texture is like licking dried up leather, and the taste makes you gag.
- >You quickly rinse out your mouth.
- “He tastes like a fucking ashtray!”
- >Mara’s cracking up.
- “Mara! You know what? You lick him, you fucking assface. You owe me at least that much! You’re part changeling for crying out loud!”
- >Mara smiles.
- >”Sorry, the only one my tongue is touching is you. On that note.”
- >Mara swoops down and grabs Nemo.
- >”Don’t ever lick her breasts again. Got it?”
- >Nemo nods.
- >Mara flies away with him, leaving you to your bath.
- >You scrub your body to remove whatever saliva is left on you.
- >Ugh.
- >Mara disappears back into the cave, floating around.
- >Doing whatever it is that he does.
- >Where does he even go?
- >After a couple of minutes in the water, you sigh.
- “Hey! Could use some help getting out!”
- >The changelings fly down and carry you to the top.
- >They have a weird patchwork of leaves they use as a towel to dry you.
- >Nemo motions for you to follow.
- >You walk after him.
- >The two of them start leading you through the tunnel.
- “... do you two mind if I look around?”
- >They look at each other and shrug.
- >It’s not like you were just going to suddenly run off.
- >Where would you even go?
- >You take their silence as a yes.
- >And start walking down the tunnel.
- >Which is pretty damn long.
- >You come to a fork.
- >One of them leads to your bedroom.
- >The other, goes where?
- >You look back at Bambi and Nemo.
- >They don’t seem to care.
- >You take a step down the untraveled tunnel.
- >The further you travel, the more you see some crystals inside the walls.
- >They seem to be emitting some light.
- >The path continues to get steeper, and you begin to wonder how far down this goes.
- >You keep walking.
- >It feels like your traveling deeper into the center of the Earth.
- >Or... planet.
- >This isn’t the Earth you know.
- “Where are we?”
- >You think aloud.
- >Nemo and Bambi don’t have an answer for you.
- >The path turns into a winding spiral ramp.
- >You can feel a slight draft coming from below.
- >You clamp your legs shut.
- >Cold.
- >Very cold.
- >You carefully walk down the rocky ramp.
- >An opening at the bottom leads you through another tunnel.
- >You see dark black figure against the wall.
- >Another changeling?
- >It looks fragile and weak.
- >You almost feel bad for the guy.
- >You carefully step over it.
- >You can see an archway at the end of the line.
- >And come to a massive spherical crater.
- >Filled by a sea of black changelings.
- >You make your way through it.
- >Many of them are sleeping.
- >Some of them are flying around, carrying rocks around.
- >A few of them are even playing.
- >You carefully look through the crowd.
- >Their queen doesn’t appear to be anywhere in sight.
- >Along the high walls and ceiling are lines of green pods.
- >Changeling eggs if you had to guess.
- >Do changelings lay eggs?
- >Some of the changelings look at you as you walk by them.
- >They look surprised.
- >And a few of them look even happy to see you.
- >They stand up and give you room to pass.
- >You feel a bit lightheaded the deeper in you go.
- >Almost as if the changelings themselves are absorbing energy from you.
- >Like Mara.
- >Like Chrysalis.
- >You can see quite a few openings along the walls.
- >More tunnels.
- >Leading to who knows where.
- >You don’t know what to say.
- >This place.
- >It’s like a hive.
- >And you’re feeding every single last one of them.
- >You ignore your growing headache and turn towards Bambi and Nemo.
- >It’s hard to keep track of them in the crowd.
- “... any of these tunnels lead to Chrysalis?”
- >They tilt their head at you.
- >Nemo flies off into the air.
- >He’s going to get Chrysalis.
- >Shit, that’s not what you meant.
- >You let out an annoyed sigh.
- >You feel a changeling grab your leg.
- >The hell?
- >You feel fatigue spreading through your body.
- >The changeling grows healthy.
- >You push him off.
- “Not happening.”
- >You stagger around for a moment, your balance off kilter.
- >Bambi holds you steady.
- >“Anonymous!”
- >Oh joy.
- >You look up and see Chrysalis.
- >”What are you doing here?”
- “No idea.”
- >”Coming here is foolish. Do you have any idea how many of my lovely subjects want to suck you dry?”
- “I thought I was an endless pool of love?”
- >”You are, but I can’t say the same for your stamina. It’d be a shame to leave you as a useless lump of flesh.”
- >You scoff.
- >Isn’t that what she wanted you to be?
- >”Go back to your bedroom.”
- “Fuck off. This is my new home, isn’t it? I want to at least learn the layout of this stupid cave.”
- >”The only two places you should be concerned about is your bedroom and the spring.”
- >She looks towards Bambi and Nemo.
- >”Get her out of here.”
- >They nod and pick you up by your arms.
- >You can feel that headache worsening.
- >”And you, tell your little incubus friend to stop wandering.”
- >Your two guards start carrying you back to the archway you came from.
- “I’m not a fucking messenger.”
- >You shout at her.
- >It’s barely morning and you’re already pissed off at her.
- >You calm yourself with some cleansing breaths.
- >”Hhaass!”
- >You jump from a sudden sound in your ear.
- >Nemo is letting out a hiss.
- >You notice that he and Bambi aren’t looking so good.
- >They’re slowly ascending up the spiral.
- “... you two alright?”
- >Nemo’s grip starts to loosen.
- >Your arm slips from his hand.
- “WAH!”
- >You let out a small freaked out yelp.
- >Vertigo strikes you.
- >You focus on your breathing.
- >You aren’t falling.
- >Bambi has you.
- “What the hell?”
- >The changelings carefully drag you to the ramp.
- >They drop you on hard rock.
- “Ow.”
- >What’s wrong with them?
- “Seriously, are you two alright?”
- >You look at them with concern.
- >You nearly fell to your death.
- >They don’t respond, as always.
- “I can walk... the rest of the way?”
- >They nod.
- >The two of them stand on either side of you.
- >You rest a hand on their shoulders for support, just in case you fall.
- >Because, knowing how great your track record is, you’re bound to fall eventually.
- >The three of you walk up the ramp at a slow pace.
- “Are you two alright?”
- >You hear a disgruntled snarl from both of them.
- >Okay then.
- >You let out a sharp gasp as you feel a throb of pain pulse in your chest.
- >Your vision blurs.
- >That’s not normal.
- >You fall to your knees.
- >The two changelings are barely holding you up.
- “H-hold on a sec.”
- >You focus on breathing, hoping it’ll pass.
- >They stare at you.
- >You feel like energy is being drained from you again.
- >But Mara is nowhere to be found.
- >And you just left Chrysalis.
- >What’s happening?
- >You can barely see in front of you.
- >Something manages to catch your eye.
- >You blink a few times and squint.
- >Nemo’s horn is straightening.
- “...wha?”
- >You stare at him.
- >Are they doing this to you?
- “... guys?”
- >You take a few more breaths.
- >Bambi’s tail is growing longer.
- >You let a groan.
- “Stop this... please .“
- >This is what Chrysalis was warning you about.
- >Being sucked dry.
- >Fuck.
- >At this rate, you’ll pass out.
- >They snarl at you.
- >One of them pushes you to the ground.
- >Your head hits hard rock.
- >Ow fuck!
- >You clutch your head.
- >You can barely move from the pain.
- “M... mara... Chrysalis...”
- >You call out for help.
- >You don’t care who.
- >You feel a hoof being pressed on your stomach.
- >Pressing the air out of you.
- “Someone!”
- >You let out one final yell.
- >Your vision clouds over.
- >Something knocks the changeling off of you.
- >Air fills back into your lungs.
- >You blink.
- >”The lady asked you nicely. Won’t you listen?”
- >You stare in surprise.
- >How the fuck?
- >The changelings snarl at your savior.
- >”I’m giving you until the count of three to back off. One.”
- >It’s Discord.
- >”Two.”
- >Where did he come from?
- >He looks at the two changelings threateningly.
- >They take a step away from you.
- >”Thank you.”
- >The draconequus turns towards you, offering you a hand.
- >”Are you alright dear? They didn’t hurt you, did they?”
- >You grab his paw and try to stand up.
- >He catches you.
- >”My, they certainly did a number on you.”
- >You shake your head.
- “Is that... really you, Discord? Cause I swear... if you’re Mara I’m going to kick your ass.”
- >He chuckles.
- >His eagle claw pulls on his eyebrow, which comes off cleanly like a banana peel.
- >He slaps it back on is head, upside-down, and it stays in place, as if stuck by glue.
- >Well... that answers your question.
- >”Please don’t beat me up darling.”
- >You blink.
- >What’d he say?
- >You open your mouth to speak.
- >He puts a claw to your mouth to silence you.
- >”Come now. I think it’s time for some... chaotic early morning lovin’, don’t you?”
- >Huh?
- >He flicks your head.
- >The world goes black.
- >You yawn and pull a shirt over your head.
- >Showers are nice.
- >You grab a towel and start drying your hair.
- >”What the fuck is wrong with you?!”
- >You blink.
- >Mara?
- >You hear some screaming outside, coming from downstairs.
- >”I’m sorry, but I couldn’t think of any other way.”
- >Discord?
- >What’s going on?
- >What is he doing here?
- >You poke your head through the doorway.
- >Discord spots you.
- >”Anon, come here quickly.”
- >”No, you’re staying away from her!”
- >Mara steps between you two.
- >”Stop being difficult Mara. I have a message to relay to her.”
- >”You’re fucking her sleeping body right now!”
- >What?
- >You blink.
- >Mara turns and looks at you.
- >”You’re asleep right now.”
- >Asleep?
- >You blink again.
- >Is he mad?
- >Discord shrugs.
- >”He’s right.”
- >But... you’re completely awake.
- “I’m not... I’m not following.”
- >”This is a dream. You are having a dream right now.”
- >Dream?
- >You stare at him in disbelief.
- >”A moment ago, you were in a cave with the changelings.”
- >An image slowly forms in your mind.
- >That does sound familiar.
- >You slowly nod.
- >Okay yeah.
- >It’s coming back to you.
- >”You’re dreaming. And while you’re dreaming, this fucking lunatic is raping your unconscious body.”
- >Discord scoffs.
- >”As if you’re one to talk. But that’s irrelevant right now.”
- >He claps his claws together.
- >A lasso appears from thin air, and ties itself around Mara.
- >”Settle down.”
- >”The hell I will!”
- >”I have a message from Celestia.”