>>LAST TIME
>A WILD TRIXIE APPEARED!
>WANTED TO STEAL OUR COCKSLUT
>AND MAKE A CART MADE OUT OF MISERY AND SORROW
>SHINING CAME TO OUR AID
>WAS DEFEATED BY PAPERWORK
>TWILIGHT CAME TO OUR AID
>WAS DEFEATED BY LEGALESE
>REVEALED THAT SLUTBRA WAS UNDER MIND CONTROL
>NOW IN A RACE AGAINST TIME TO SAVE SLUTBRA AND FIND THE ANSWERS
>THE ANSWERS TO YOUR HEART
 
 
>You come out of the teleportal in the Guard's Quarters
>"Alright, has anyone... seen..." Shining trails off.
>It looks like a bomb's gone off.
>It looks like all the furniture has been pushed away from the centre of the room, where there is a rather gratuitous white stain.
>Curiously it smells like somewhere between a candy store and a fruit stall exploded in here.
>All over the place are exhausted stallions and mares in various positions of repose.
>Some are lying on their backs, snoring
>Some are draped over chairs and tables, groaning
>And it appears that there's some sort of snuggle pile in the corner of the room.
>Shining is shocked, and quickly leaps over to a rather still bulky dark-grey stallion, wearing a slightly torn singlet.
>His eyes have the thousand yard stare in them.
>"Ground Pounder, speak to me, what happened!?" says Shining, shaking him.
>Ground Pounder lays there for a second, before his eyes snap to Shining.
>"Sh-Shining?" he stammers, "You're...you're here?"
>"Yes Pounder, what happened here?" says Shining, desperately, grabbing both sides of the pony's face with his hooves.
>"Did she...she get you too?" gasps Ground Pounder, in a low voice.
>"No, she didn,'t," replies Shining
>"Oh...that's....that's too bad," says Pounder, eyes going back to the ceiling
>"Pounder, what happened?" cries Shining
>"It was amazing. It...it was like...she just...sucked it right out of us." says Pounder, eyes wide.
>He turns his head to look at Shining
>"She was like a beast! You, you couldn't get away, she'd pull you in and...oh Celestia..." Pounder adopts a crooked smile, "I've been a colt-cuddler my entrie life, and she...she...it was incredible."
>Pounder gasps, groans, then nods off to sleep, snoring loudly.
>"NOOOOOOOO!" cries Shining, shaking his hoof at the ceiling!
>You discretely roll your eyes.
>Fucking ponies.
>You hear a gasp from near the door.
>Shining snaps his head, then leaps and bounds around the bodies of the satisfied.
>You simply stroll over.
>There's a mare, trying to stand up, grasping her spear, her rear legs wobbly
>"Captain, sir..." groans the mare unicorn
>"Raven Corvette, where'd she go!?" he demands.
>"I...I tried to stop her..." Corvette promptly loses her grip on the weapon, and falls down, pathetically, "I tried to stop her, but she put her tongue in my pussy, and now I can't feel my legs!" she cries, tears at the corners of her eyes.
>Shining strokes her barrel
>"It's okay Raven, we'll have orange juice and and energy drinks up here in no tie, it'll be alright," he soothes.
>"Its too late...for me..." softly whimpers Raven, "She...she said she was heading for the Crystal Heart..."
>"The Crystal Heart!?" says Shining, stunned
>"She said...something..." and Raven promptly collapses, making sickeningly adorable coo-cooing in her sleep.
>You roll your eyes again.
>God damn fucking ponies.
>Shining however, quickly turns around
>"Whatever Sombra is doing with the heart, it can't be good," says Shining, serious.
>For real now?
>Not Slutbra, but Sombra?
>"There's no time - quick Anon, grab my mane,"
>You do so, and you teleportal with him to the Crystal Heart beneath the Crystal Palace.
>When you appear, there's a bunch of robed ponies and guard ponies in a circle around the heart.
>Behind them are a lot of onlookers, trying to get a better view of waht's going on.
>And you see Slutbra
>He's holding onto the spinning heart, as if it were the most csual thing on the planet.
>The robed ponies and soldiers are alternating between trying to get close, and not wanting to get too close.
>And you hear something
>A faint echo, similar to when you went to the Church of the Shard with Cadence.
>Something unseemly, but just on the edge of perception.
>"Sombra!" yells Shining, "What are you doing!?"
>Slutbra seems to jolt awake, and look at you and Shining
>"It's about time you showed up Master!" she says, looking at you, pintedly ignoring Shining.
>"Sombra, get down, right now!" yells Shining, "You have no idea what you're doing!"
>Slutbra rolls his eyes.
>"I know EXACTLY what I'm doing," says Slutbra, "And there's nothing you can do to stop me, Shining!"
>Shining recoils
>"So you HAVE turned evil again!" accuses Shining.
>"Turned evil, what? No!" says Slutbra, outraged.
"Shining, that's taking it a bit far isn't it?" you say, "I mean, she's just sitting there...spinning..."
>"I have stallions and mares upstairs, Anon, that have fallen to this horrid stallion!" cries Shining, "I demand justice!"
>You simply look at Shining.
"You put an insatiable cockslut in a room with a bunch of virile ponies. Of course she's going to pleasure them into exhaustion," you say, rolling your eyes.
>"But you saw them! They were incapacitated!" Shining turns to Slutbra, angry, "Just so she could no doubt corrupt the one national treaure and our major defence against evil!'
>"Well, yes, I admit that much," says Slutbra.
>Your faith in Slutbra is wavering.
>Is Shining right?
>Has Slutbra been playing you, to get to this point?
>Was Slutbra just a fake mask, to lure you into a false sense of security?
>Maybe the cockslut mare you loved...never really existed?
"What!? But, Slutbra, why?" you ask
>"Well it's quite simple, Master," says Slutbra, "When I was up to my ninth stallion up in the Guard's Quarters, it was like my arousal was suprssed enough, so that I could ACTUALLY think about stuff that wasn't being a slave and a cockslut."
>She tries to keep eye contact with you, but with the heart spinning, you sort of alternate between seeing her face, and seeing her rear.
>"And I thought back to earlier today when we had that talk." says Slutbra, 'And I thought, 'How can I please Anon for once, without being a cockslut?',"
"But Slutbra-" you begin
>"I know what you said, but I meant it. I really want to make you respect me for something that goes beyond me being a slave." says Slutbra, "And I thought back to waht you said, about reforming the law so it wasn't such a mess,"
>As Slutbra makes the next turn, you can see she's beaming
>"And so, I satisfied the guards, and came down here, and started the first steps to do that!" she says, proudly.
>Shining is dumbfounded.
>"This...this isn't about breaking the Crystal Heart in some way?" he asks, shocked.
>"Nope!" says Slutbra, "If anything, I need it intact in order to do this. You see, by Crystal Law, if a Royal Cockslut touches the Crystal Heart and demands reform, then the officially recognised Crystal Rulers who own them have to do something about this request within their power."
>Shining just groans.
>You puzzle.
>This legalese shit is beginning to boggle you.
"Why?" you ask
>"Well, if the treasonous noble actually had a legitimate reason for revolt, then they could do as I am doing now. In reality the rulers mostly did a token change, or changed the law into inscrutability to satisfy it."
>He grins smugly as his face leaves your sight, and you get a good look at his very cum-stained rear.
>"And as the Royal Cockslut touching the heart, I am calling for reform." explains Slutbra, "And, as there isn't a position above King, I am responsible now for reforming the law as I want,"
>You're stunned, but mostly touched.
"Slutbra...I don't know what to say," you say.
>Slutbra just smiles
>"It's alright Master, your happiness is all I desire,"
>HNNNNG.
>Your feels, right in the feels.
>Shining just looks at him, deadpan.
>"But Slutbra, you can't be both-" argues Shining
>"What, you think I didn't KNOW about the Peace Spell?" says Shining, "Kind of hard to miss that sort of thing. I mean, one day, I want to kill everyone in the world, and the next day all my homocidal rage just comes out as a little temper tantrum?"
>'So you ARE evil!" declares Shining.
>You and Slutbra roll your eyes simultaneously.
>You seem to be doing that a lot today.
>Your eyes are beginning to hurt.
>Or is that because of that...noise.
>That strange whispering echo.
>Is it getting louder?
>You're beginning to feel like chanting 'Make us whole', although you don't know why.
>You didn't know why the feeling struck you to chant back at the Church of the Shard
>You just started doing it because it felt like it was funny.
>But now...it gnaws at you, scratching at your mind.
>It's becoming annoying.
"Shining, if I had just had all my plans for making us whole, I too would be mildly tiffed." you say, simply.
>Shining turns to you, a look of concern on his face.
"I mean, think about it - all that work, scrounging in Caterlot to survive, learning all that ridiculous Law, getting everything ever so right, and then" you snap your finger, "you get  tripped at the finishing line and make us whole!"
>Shining blinks.
>"What? he says.
>"I said 'and you're forced to be the slave of the people who foiled you.'" you reiterate.
>Jeeze Shining, it's not that hard to hear you.
>You're standing right next to him.
>"Anon, are you-" starts Shining
>There's a flash, bang, wollup, what a Trixie.
>"A-Ha! Trixie has found you at last!" declares Trixie triumphantly, pointing at Slutbra, "You won't be able to weasel you're way out of this one!"
>She Revs the Magic
>"And Trixie is going to have you nailed in the rear for this one - right in the rear!"
>Slutbra beholds Trixie, surprised.
>"Hey Trixie, what brings you here?"
>"TRIXIE'S CART!" She shrieks. She quickly regains composure, "When I left you were the teacher, and I the student. And now, now I will have my JUST AND LEGAL REVENGE!"
>"No, wait!" yells Shining, jumping between Trixie and Slutbra, "You can't do it - you might damage the Heart!"
>"NOTHING CAN STOP TRIXIE, THE LEGAL AND LAWYERFUL!" Trixie screams, and revs the magic.
 
>She blasts a beam straight at Shining, who quickly materializes a mirror cube in it's path.
>The beam seems to be building up in the cube.
>"YOU CAN'T STOP ME!" yells Trixie, building up magic, and sending another beam straight at Shining.
>Shining catches the beam with the box.
>Trixie gets pissed, and begins firing beams willy-nilly
>Shining quickly materializes several mirrors, reflecting them into the box.
>The box is quite bright now, a very vibrant sky-blue.
>You can see Shining's breath, and frost forming around Shining.
>Trixie is huffing and puffing, and revs the magic once more.
>"You won't...stop..the Trixie Train!" she pants
>Shining simply raises an eyebrow, and opens a side of the box.
>Suddenly a very strong blinding beam shoots at Trixie.
>Shocked, she quickly forms a bubble of magic around herself.
>The beam hits, and in an instant the bubble is turned to ice.
>Inside, Trixie is frozen, a look of surprise on her face.
>"And THAT,' he says, smugly, "is the Sherlock-Sicilian."
>Holy shit.
"That was the best version of make us whole I have ever seen," you say in admiration.
>Shining gives you a level stare.
>"It's Shell, Anon...what's wrong?" he asks, concerned, "You've been saying 'make us whole' for the past few minutes now."
>"No I haven't," you say.
>Silly pony.
>Although your head is aching a bit now.
>Must be all this eye rolling
>And that beam was awfully bright.
>Hurt your eyes a bit.
>And you have been successfully stopping yourself from chanting 'make us whole' as well.
>There's a sparkle and there appears Twilight.
>"Alright Trixie-" she looks around, her eyes quickly finding the spherical Trixicle.
>"HA HA!" she laughs, pointing at the frozen pony, who looks considerably angrier, "HA!"
>"Twilie, quick!" shouts Shining, "I think there's something wrong with ANon!"
"But there's nothing make us whole." you say, arms crossed.
>"HA-what?" say Twilight, turning away from Trixie and looking at you.
>"Twilie, please, he's been saying 'make us whole' and I have no idea why."
>Look at Shining, get all worked up over nothing.
>He can be a bit of an idiot sometimes, but he really does care.
>Twilight however looks past you...and at Slutbra currently draped over the Crystal.
>"Now, if everything's alright, I'd like Shining to acknowledge my call for legal reform, so that I can make Master Anon happy, please?" says Slutbra, "I'm kind of getting a little dizzy."
>Twilight looks at Slutbra, wheels turning.
>"You're doing the Suck the Royal Cock call!?" she announces, startled.
>"Yes!" she exasperates, "Why doesn't anybody listen!?"
"Make us whole!" you say, arm up.
>Shining turns back to you.
>"Alright Anon, there's clearly something wrong with you," he says, trotting over, "you're going to have to leave."
>"So, you're going to try and reform the law? And use your title to do it, huh?" Says Twilight, trotting up to the spinning crystal and getting a closer look at Slutbra.
>"Well, yeah, I am King y'know," says Slutbra, waving her hoof.
>"Queen, actually," corrects Twilight, "So, I imagine that you'd change the laws surrounding the Royalty, yes?" she says to Slutbra's plot.
>"Naturally," says Slutbra.
>"Anon, please," says Shining, trying to push against you.
>You don't budge.
"But Shining, I want to make us whole!" you say, gesticulating to Slutbra.
>Shining frowns.
>"So, I imagine you'd want to change the Royal Cake Budget, specifically for Cadence and Shining?" presses Twilight, "Which could arguably then be pressed on Equestrian Law at some point due to the Assimilation Act?"
>"Quite possibly," says Slutbra, unsure, "But I fail to see what-"
>Twilight quickly zaps Slutbra in the head.
>Shining quickly turns around.
>You stand there, shocked.
>"I will not have you threaten the Royal Cake Budget." she says, flatly, "No, freaking, way."
>Slutbra blinks, and shakes her head.
>You run forward.
>"Do you realize what you've done! You've made us whole!" you say, pointing at Trixie, "And now Trixie has won, and is going to make us whole!"
>Twilight turns to you, boggled.
>"...so THAT'S why Trixie is here," says Slutbra, "So she can take me back to Canterlot to pay for her cart,"
>"Anon, there's something-" says Shining, but you push him away.
>You're pissed now.
"Make us whole!" you say, angrily.
>Twilight is looking at you now.
>"Something isn't right..." she says.
>"Well, there's a simple solution for this!" says Slutbra, "Considering I never actually WANTED to touch the Cake Budget, I would have probably left that part out. But..." here Slutbra turns to you "Anon might not..."
>"What are you talking about?" Twilight snaps her head back to Slutbra
>"Well, it's simple really, I nominate Anon to take over my role as Crystal King." says Slutbra, smugly
>He revs his magic, and aims at you.
>A green purple beam strikes you.
>A crown appears on your head, and a cape around your shoulders.
>You feel power force into you, like roots growing through dirt, leaching into you.
>It's as though another world has openned up to you.
>Reminding you.
>That you aren't whole.
>That something is missing.
>All around you now you hear it.
>It comes from both outside and within you.
>Screaming at you.
>Begging at you.
>To make it whole.
>To make us whole.
>The Heart calls to you.
>To correct the Imperfection.
>"So now," you hear, as though distant, "Anon is the King, and he can change the law as he pleases!"
>'Twilight!" yells shining, his voice echoing, "Somethings really, really wrong!" you can hear, no, FEEL his concern from inside your chest.
>You also feel Cadence suddenly stop laughing with Rarity, horror striking her heart.
>"Shining, can't you see -" Twilight's voice stops, "Anon!?"
>You step towards the Heart.
>"Twilight! Do something!" you hear Shining groan, faintly aware that he's pushing against you, trying to stop your progress.
>"Anon?" feels Slutbra as you come closer, "Anon, talk to me? Did I do the wrong thing?"
>"Anon! Listen to me, you have to stop!" you feel Cadence call to you from within as you approach the heart, "You have to fight it!"
>"Anon!?" startles Twilight, distant.
>You feel - FEEL - the magic rev and glance off you as you stop before the Heart.
>"Anon!?" cries Slutbra, "Anon, please!"
>You tear your eyes away from the Heart, and lock onto Slutbra's tearful eyes.
>Silly Cockslut.
>You reach out to her with one hand.
>While the other shoots out and grabs the heart.
>You can literally see forever.
>You hear a scream, a shriek, a glorious chorus of crystal as what was fractured is now whole.
>You feel power blast through you.
>It's exquisite and magical.
>Your eyes suddenly fix on Slutbra, floating in whiteness before you.
>He appears rather concerned.
>"Anon? What the hell did you do!?" she asks.
"I...honestly have no idea," you say, startled.
>What WERE you doing?
>You just sort of did what...something deep within you told you to do.
>Something ancient.
>Yet newborn.
"I just..." you gesticulate, "Did...something?"
>Slutbra looks around the white void around you.
>"You did something alright, Master," she says "although I have no idea what you did."
>You both sort of just float there for a few minutes.
>"So..." says Slutbra, "Are you...proud, of what I did?"
>You smile.
"Of course I am," you say, reaching out to Slutbra and hugging her, "I mean, it was a little unexpected, but I am proud of you."
>Slutbra coos happily into your chest.
>"I just wanted to do something you'd respect," she says, softly, "Just one thing,"
>You nuzzle her, and she nuzzles back.
>You heart soars.
>Then you hear something else.
>"..anon...!" you hear, although you're not sure where from.
"Did you hear that?" you ask
>"Hear what, Master," mumbles the grey unicorn.
>"...Anon...!" it says, louder.
>It's coming from your chest.
>This is weird.
"My heart's talking," you say, boggled.
>Slutbra looks up at you, blinking.
>"Anon! Please, you have to remember us!" says Cadence, 'Remember your love for us!"
"What, why!?" you ask aloud.
>"It's the only way - you're stuck in the Crystal! We have to get you out, or you'll remain there forever!"
"What about Slutbra?" you ask.
>Silence.
>"What about me?" she asks.
"Cadence said she can get me out, but -"
>"Anon, you have to try!" says Shining
"But what about Slutbra!" you yell
>"Forget her, we-"
>Fuck.
>No.
"I'm not leaving her here!" you yell out, loudly.
>"Anon, she's just using you!" yells Cadence, "She's using you to get back at us!"
"No she isn't!" you yell, "I'm not giving up on her!"
>"ANon, forget her" says Shining, "We love you Anon, and she -"
"I LOVE SLUTBRA," you find yourself shouting, Slutbra jolting in your arms, "AND I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE HER BEHIND!"
>Heart. Is this the time?
>Anon, you're floating in a giant white void in the Crystal heart and it seems you're communicating by 'Love Waves'. At this point, saying it's NOT Heart time is kind of silly.
>Fair cop.
>"You...you love me Master?" she says.
>You smile at her.
"Of course I do, you silly pony. You're smart and cunning, but you really care about my feelings." you nuzzle her, "And you tend to listen to me more often than not,"
>She looks shocked.
>Then tears start forming at the edges of her eyes.
>"Oh...oh master!" she says, kissing you, hard.
>She tastes like candy and fruits and...
>Oh god that's other ponies cum, isn't it?
>It's not that bad actu-
>DICK, PLEASE.
>You break the kiss, and stroke that wonderful mane.
>She coos.
>"Anon!" you hear Cadence with perfect clarity, "There may be a way to get you both out of there, but..."
"But!?" you yell back.
>"It's going to get really, really weird." finishes Cadence.
>Weird?
>The whole entire day has been really, really weird.
>How much more weird can it get?
"I'm game, what do I need to do?" you ask.
>"You need to...ahem...'Heart-gasm' with Shining, Slutbra and I at the same time.
>...
>That's not weird.
>At this point she could've asked you to do the Mackerina, and it wouldn't be weird.
"I can give it a shot." you yell.
>You turn to Slutbra
"So, Slutbra - want to make passionate, loving sex with me?"
>Slutbra stares at you for a second, then afixes you with a look that simply says "Are you insane? Of Course I am!"
>In a flash your clothes are gone
>Except now you can sense where they go.
>Which is a little strange.
>Slutbra licks your neck then floats down your front, enveloping you dick rather quickly.
>You groan, your hand running through that glorious mane of hers.
>She gently licks your balls with that long tongue each time you hilt in that warm mouth, and the same sound spirals around your dick as she travels up to your head.
>Shit's amazing.
>But you want her to have fun too, y'know.
>You rotate her around, and find yourself face to face with Slutbra's very messy marehood.
>The smell is sickly sweet with the cum of other stallions.
>But you don't care.
>There's a marein front of you that needs licking.
>And all that cum smells goooooo-
>DICK. SERIOUSLY.
>YES ANON, SERIOUSLY.
>LATER WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SLUTBRA GO AROUND AND PLEASURE STALLIONS.
>AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO LICK HIM CLEAN.
>...as long as they aren't prison stallions.
>ONLY THE BEST FOR US, MY LORD ANON.
>You lean in and spread those lips with you fingers.
>Slutbra moans into your manhood.
>You lean in, and give it a long firm lap.
>The tail in front of you twitches.
>She tastes good.
>As do all the other stallions.
>Soon your digging into her pussy, as she expertly polishes off your member.
>Then you feel something.
>You stop kissing Shining, as he trots behind you.
>You feel your head turn and look back at Shining, tail raised.
>You blink as you tongue Slutbra deeply, feeling like you're in two places at once.
>You smile, folding your front hooves to give that amazing stallion a better look.
>Shining grins like an idiot, then leans in.
>You feel his tongue on your petals, then explore deeper and deeper into your body.
>It's a really weird experience, feeling something enter into you, and feeling so pleasured by it.
>You moan as he twists and turns that tongue inside you, before withdrawing it.
>"Quickly, hon," you moan.
>Your real hands are grabbing Slutbra's hips, trying to dip your tongue deeper into her.
>Cadence's love and arousal is flooding your system as you share this experience.
>You feel Shining's hooves over your shoulders and his weight on your back, and his hot, throbbing member against your belly.
>He leans in and nibbles your ear.
>"Ready babe?" he asks.
>He's always so courteous.
>You nod, and you feel him shift his weight.
>And you feel him ever so slowly ease into you, that cock of his perfectly sized for your pretty Princess pussy.
>Jesus Cadence, laying it on-
>Shut up Anon.
>Soon, he hilts you, and you moan loudly, both in real world and Cadence world.
>Before it was weird, now it's really strange.
>And it's amazing.
>It's a different sort of pleasure, but as soon as Shining starts getting into a rythm, you can't deny that you're loving this feeling.
>You start to feel like you Master isn't paying enough attention to you.
>One of your hands real travels down to Slutbra's mane, and grabs it.
>You start using Slutbra's mouth like a fuckhole, like she wants, while you're other free hand starts working her back door and you redouble your efforts, absolutely torturing that clit of hers.
>You feel your mouth moan around your own cock as you suckle your Master's tool, orgasm building, as well as something weird in your chest.
>You feel your pussy start to twitch and tighten, and something from deep inside you begins to grow, as you rythmically clench Shining's cock.
>You feel your dick inside your beautiful wife start to twitch, and your tight balls feel like they're going to burst inside, just like your chest.
>You feel all of this and finally go to town on both Slutbra's clit and mouth, your cock threatening to burst and heart about to shatter.
>All four of you cum, hard.
>All four of your hearts rejoice.
>And suddenly all four of you are hugging each other in front of the crystal heart, gasping, panting and groaning.
>This feeling is beyond amazing.
>Your dick is sending spurt after weakening spurt onto Cadence's belly, as Slutbra buries her face into SHining's neck and screams in pleasure, and Shining's cock explodes one final time in your face as you kiss Cadence.
>You all sort of lie there, the lovegasms wearing down.
>But there's something wrong in your chest, like something's not quite put in right.
>You tighten your hug around everyone and banish the feeling.
"I love you," you say.
>And find yourself echoed by three other voices.
>There's a giant "D'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW" from around you.
>Your head perks up and you look at the crowd of ponies around you, in full crystal mode.
>It seems like ALL of them are there.
>Twilight stands there, sniffling.
>"It's so PERFECT!" she says.
>"Yes, it is," says Trixie.
>Faster than lightning clouds, magic envelopes Slutbra.
>"TRIXIE WINS!" the Blue unicorn yells, before disappearing with Slutbra in a sudden cloud of fireworks.
>You remain sitting, stunned, tired and drained
>It feels like that chunk of you that felt wrong has suddenly been torn out.
>You feel like your chest has been removed of air, your insides turned to dust.
>You're beyond feeling anything.
>It hurts in a way that you can't even begin to describe, right in the heart.
>Twilight is standing there, looking from where Trixie was, to you, then back to where Trixie was.
>Then her face is struck by fridge horror.
>"She...won!? Again!?" she shocks, "But how!?"
>"Because you broke the Peace Spell on Slutbra," groans Cadence, levelly.
>Twilight looks at Cadence
>Cadence looks back at Twilight.
>Twilight's pupils shrink suddenly.
>"I LET HER WIN!?" she shrieks
>"Pretty much Twiley," says Shining, crawling over and snuggling into you.
>Something is awry.
>Why aren't they caring?
>You can feel their love, their tenderness, and yet they can't feel this agonizing pain!?
>The giant hole that feels like its been ripped out of you!?
>Twilight stamps her hoof, huffing and puffing.
>"I let her win...for..." she grinds her teeth, then takes a deep breath
>And releases it, slowly.
>"Nevermind, there's still the trial. Nevermind Ano-" she stops, looking at you.
>Your face is an ode to rage and anguish.
>"n..Nevermind, Cadence, Shining!" she quickly recovers, "Twilight is on the case!"
>She disappears in a shower of sparkles
>Shining rolls her eyes, and looks at you.
>Concern quickly races onto his features.
>"Anon?" he asks, "Are you alright?"
>Cadence's head whips around.
>"Anon...oh," she looks INTO you with her FEELS, "You were...still connected to her..." she says.
>Connected?
>Shining looks from Cadence to you in surprise
>You hurt.
>You're hurting bad.
>You feel Imperfect.
>You ...what?
>At that thought, you look around.
>There's a huge mob of ponies surrounding you.
>Simply standing not a metre away from you.
>You never heard them approach.
>They have huge, richtus grins on their faces.
>They don't make a sound.
>They don't move.
>And they are all.
>Looking.
>At.
>You.
>Unblinking.
>You feel something.
>That something is horribly wrong.
>And yet horribly right.
>Your thoughts are fuzzy.
>Ancient, alien memories seem to be leaking into you.
>Emotions, hopes, dreams, unknowable things.
>You shudder as something hums and throbs inside you.
>And as one the mob closes in.
>You're borne aloft in a wave of choral songs and solemn hymns, vibrating into you
>Cadence and Shining, taken by surprise, are quickly enveloped by the ponies as well.
>And despite the surge of feelings and emotions not your own, you still feel that hole in your chest, growing wider
>You are jostled by the humming, singing mass below you.
>They dance and canter and amble and gambol around you, the mob growing very large.
>The song they sing is loud, rich in timbre and harmony
>You find your ears don't hurt, their crystalline souls themselves singing of complementation
>Of completion
>Of Being Whole
>What the actual fuck is going on.
>You chest is killing you, Slutbra has been arrested by Trixie, Shining and Cadence didn't seem to care, and they've dissappeared and YOU DON'T CARE.
>YES I
>YOU DON'T CARE.
>The thoughts are loud, a symphony of many, full of glee and happiness.
>YOU WILL BE WHOLE.
>The pain in your heart feels like it's there, and yet not anymore.
>Shapes dance behind what you see, shadows dancing merrily
>JOIN THE CARNIVALE, AS YOU SHOULD.
>The Crystal in the walls and road and rooves of the city around you itself seems to form the likenesses of ponies, forming strange, twisting, living patterns on the walls.
>You feel ecstacy as the ponies around you crystalize, taken over by the Lattice, their bodies becoming glowing, shining, smooth and transparent.
>You FEEL the exquisitve happiness of many ponies around you, on top of you, inside you, as they dance, rut, drink, LIVE, finally that aching spot they didn't know they even had being filled by your GLORIOUSNESS.
>You feel like you're losing yourself, one piece at a time, and yet gaining so much more.
>You FEEL IMPREFECTION.
>You look around, your body not your own
>You FEEL a small, sickly filly, borne aloft by it's mother amongst the crowd, a strange alien tube of some kind running into her nose.
>TO THINK THAT THEY COULD CURE IMPERFECTION WITH THEIR SCIENCE.
>You feel it's sadness, it's sorrow.
>You feel the mother's desperation.
>THIS IS WRONG.
>This is wrong.
>Your arm reaches out, and your hand touches the filly's head.
>The crystal shifts and bucks around you, ponies moaning and groaning.
>Something seems the pour out of the crystal around you, and into the filly.
>There's the sound of snapping glass, and suddenly the filly isn't sickly, isn't sad.
>The cord falls away, and she blinks as the sickness vanishes.
>They SING, LOUDER.
>IT IS PERFECTION!
>WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU FEELING!?
>WE WILL BE WHOLE!
>WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?
>Someone has hijacked your god-damned feels for the second -  third? - time today!
>Your hands and feet and body are being touched, licked, kissed by the mass of living, breathing, joyful crystal as you approach a tall cathedral-like building.
>The Church of the Shard.
>Along the way you feel your body contort, your limbs reaching out this way and that, and there is the sound of glass shattering, breaking, tinkling as Imperfection after Imperfection is corrected.
>It feels good.
>It feels RIGHT.
>It feels REALLY FUCKING SCARY.
>The tune of the crystal is growing louder, more perfect, more divine, more joyful.
>You are growing more apprehensive and scared right the fuck out as that phantom pain in your chest slowly seems to fill in with all this muchness.
>AH YES, LOVE MAGIC. YOU ARE QUITE BLESSED, SELF.
>Who or what the fuck are you! you strain to think back at whatever this is, a single voice like yours against the many.
>You hear no reply, simply the song growing in size and strength
>You are growing more apprehensive and scared right the fuck out.
>Soon you are at the steps as a robed pony with a rather large crystal backdress thingy a la Princess Amidala stands on high.
>You find yourself upright and pushed to the front, the crowd growing quiet.
>Their bodies still sing though.
>It's like you're apart of something much bigger, singing a part of a choir that only you can hear, although it seems to be fading.
>Less like they've reduced their volume, but more that you're growing increasingly distant.
>When you reach the stairs you are unceremoniously dumped on the steps.
>Fucking ow.
>STAND, SELF.
>You find yourself standing.
>Fucking hell
>You look up and see...whats-his-face
>Master Clarence Mercer?
>Jeeze, you met this pony with Cadence a while back, but then again you haven't been back here since they kicked you out for the whole "Make us Whole' thing.
>HE IS THE MOST HOLIEST GRAND MASTER PRUSSIAN FRAMEWORK
>Stop singing this shit into me whatever you are! you think back at the Thoughts.
>It remains silent
>You shakingly walk up the stairs to meet Framework, you're body kind of - sort of now your own.
>The emotions that bouyed and confused you are draining, and the lump in the throat and the wetness on your cheeks bear testament to what your heart feels.
>Which you can't feel.
>It's like a wall exists inside you now, between You and This.
>It's irrational, but somethings not right dammit!
>As in, more not right!
>Grand Master Framework breathes in the ecstacy as he gemifies, then sighs as he regards you.
>"Well, I guess I was wrong in saying you were Imperfection, Anonymous," he says.
>You simply stand there awkwardly.
>You're not in the mood for this.
>He regards you, faintly smiling.
>yeah, no way can you stand this.
"I just have to say," you say, your voice echoing. The ponies remain silent, staring. You boggle, swallow, and carry on, "I just have to say that I have NO IDEA what the fuck is going on, but-"
>"It's okay, Anon," the voice of Framework says, fatherly, through the power of FEELs. He begins to walk down to you.
"No, I don't think you-"
>He places a hoof on your thigh, and looks up at you, smiling.
>OH GOD THE FEELS.
>YES ANON! FEEL IT!
>You feel something connect between you, except instead of many voices, many emotions, you can sense just him.
>Inside you.
>This is unsettling.
>It's like he's looking around, feeling you, scrutinizing you.
>The pain in your chest briefly becomes deeply apparent.
>Framework furrows his brow.
>And like that, the pain goes completely.
>But it's still there, like the knowledge that no matter how many times you scrub, the faintest out outlines of the penis your friends drew on you while you were drunk is still there.
>Framework narrows his eyes, looking at your face.
>He's doing an excellent job of avoiding looking at your cum-slicked dong.
>The Grand Master looks down.
>"Well, that's one way to ruin the moment, Anon," he FEEL groans inside you
>You shudder
>You don't care, there's another pony INSIDE you right now, and it's weird and wrong and scary-
>You feel something SOOTHE you.
>"It's alright, no need to be afraid Anon." you FEEL Framework say, "It's alright for an outsider like you to feel strange."
>He smirks
>"This must seem really bizarre to you, but do not fear - you will be Whole. Soon."
>That isn't ominous in the least.
>"Trust me, it isn't," he FEELs, "It's like being able to see after a lifetime of blindness; it'll be like opening up a whole new world for you,"
>Now that just sounds unsettling.
>He rolls his eyes, then looks back up at you, composure regained.
>"You don't have to worry about doing anything, just simply do as you will, and let the Shard inside of you guide your actions..." he also adds quietly, like a sub-conscious thought, "And retract yourself, you look ridiculous,"
"What?" you say aloud
>"Your...member! It's unseemly for the living embodiment of perfection to have their...member...out in public!" he FEELs back.
"...I, what!?" you whisper back
>Framework shakes his head, "'The Shard Incarnate is to live as they do, and they will bring happiness, joy and prosperity to Empire'." he quotes aloud, before dropping back to FEELs, "While the scriptures are clear on this...I'd prefer for the Church to have a better sense of decorum." he says.
>You look at him.
>He looks at you.
>His eyes seem to widen slightly, and he 'ohs' softly.
>And suddeny you can FEEL him.
>You can FEEL his diamond, his deep baritone, his hopes finally being fulfilled on this most Blessed Day.
>He doesn't want to Church to be sullied by your bad name today!
>After all, it's a source of stability and spirituality for all these ponies.
>You honestly don't want to disrespect that.
>You can feel their Pure Purpose in their worship through him.
>You can also hear those Thoughts, although muted and disorganized.
"What is that?" you find yourself asking about the Thoughts, in control of yourself, but more like you're remote-controlling yourself.
>"It is your connection to the Crystal, Anon," says Framework merrily, louder, "You should not shy away from it, but rejoice in it's splendour!" he pointedly eyes your junk, FEEL adding "Seriously, can you please retrac-"
"It doesn't retract," you utter.
>Framework looks at your face, then your junk, then back to your face.
>"It doesn't-"
"Do you think I'd let my dick flop out in front of Celestia, Luna, Twilight and Cadence in public!?" you hiss at him.
>There's a weird FEELs thing as your memory of the event suddenly pops up in your mind.
>He removes his hoof, cringing slightly.
>"...nope," he says, softly, "Just, try and envision yourself with clothes or something."
"Why?" you reply
>"The Crystal will respond, just do it!"
>You quickly 'envision' yourself in clothing.
>Out of the ground comes a sort of glittering crystal, that travels and weaves itself around your body.
>You are suddenly in a glittering crystal suit.
>You move your arms and adjust your tie.
>The crystal feels like fabric.
>What the actual-
>"REJOICE, O PEOPLE OF EMPIRE!" Cries the Grand Master, quickly turning you around with his hoof, "FOR BEFORE YOU STANDS THE SHARD INCARNATE!"
>From your vantage point at the top of the stairs you look out over the absolute teeming  mass of shining crystal,
>Something....something seems to rise out of the cathedral behind you, but before you can move your head, it rises up inside you.
>And suddenly with a sudden blast you suddenly hear the Crystal ponies each one giving voice to the overwhelming choir all of a sudden.
>You cannot begin to describe what it's like to go from near silent to OH MY FUCKING GOD.
>It feels as though with the Grand Master's announcement the Crystal Song reached ridiculous levels of chorus just as you seem to connect with them.
>You feel the Crystal inside you, around you, before you reach crescendo, as emotion, power, everything just sort of explodes in a whirl of colour and light.
>This feeling is ecstacy.
>It's amazing.
>You're Whole.
>Something wells up inside you as something springs forth.
>WELCOME HOME ..."ANONYMOUS"... WE'VE MISSED YOU. SO MUCH.
>Everything goes white.
 
--
 
 
>With a final, amazing flourish, Framework stops.
>The intense choral harmony diminishes to a quiet throb, and the team multicoloured mass before you stomps and cheers.
>You meanwhile are trying to remember what happened between now and a few minutes ago, your mind hazy and overloaded.
>Framework, and yourself, are gasping and panting.
>Why are you panting?
>Why are your insides alight?
>Why is everyone crystalized?
>Why is the Church glowing?
>You collapse on your sorry confused arse as Framework wobbles over to you, and plops his plot down.
>He then dumps his head on your lap.
>You feel a brief peal of his baritone voice over the sound of chimes, gently tingling in the wind.
>You take a moment to get your lungs under control, during which your arm snakes along Framework's neck and you begin to stroke his mane.
>The movement is fluid, natural, second-nature, and completely beyond your control.
"What the -"
>"You lead us in chorus, O Shard," he says, eyes closed, a smile across his lips.
"I was singing?" you say.
>"With your soul you were," he says, content.
"My soul?" you say.
>This is getting weird again.
>As in, weirder than it already was.
>Which is pretty fucking impressive.
>"You know, the thing that was seperate, and now isn't?" says Framework, picking his head up and looking at you.
"So my soul was the thing missing from the Whole?" you ask. This is gettting very confusing.
>He contemplates for a bit.
>"...It's kind of like when you have a cart, but a wheel is missing," he says, "When the wheel is missing, the cart can still continue, but not as well as before. Except here the cart is the spiritual well-being of the entire Crystal Empire."
>You kind of get it.
"But what ab-" you begin to ask, dozens of questions entering your head
>"Crystal Magic" he cuts in.
"...seriously." you deadpan.
>He rights himself into a standing position.
>"Pretty much," he says, 'Now, let's join you properly with the Whole,"
 
--
 
>You've spent some of the afternoon just mingling with the crowd with Grand Master Framework
>it was fairly informative
>Apparently due to Reasons, all the crystal ponies and crystals and everything in Empire were based off a perfect harmonious whole that was Shattered by the Hecatonchires, who desired for the Whole to suffer, and thus spoke the first lie: that the Crystal was Imperfect.
>The ponies were dismayed and lost, until the Church established the city of Crystal Empire.
>Ever since then the Church has battled against Imperfection, things that taint the Harmony of the Crystal.
>Also ever since then, certain individuals come forth who have a deep connection with the Crystal, who sing it's song.
>Most of these spread harmony and goodwill, but it was foretold that eventually one would appear that would finally fix the Whole.
>The Shard Incarnate.
>That 'pony' would have a deep connection with the Crystal and all crystal ponies
>This manifests as FEELs from ponies and THOUGHTS from the crystal.
>For the past twenty minutes you've just been randomly talking, touching and healing ponies, both lsitening and FEELing Framework's little talk.
>It feels really, really good in a rewarding way to just walk around and do this, be apart of the Whole and join it's harmony.
>It also really, really sucked that it felt like these ponies were inside of you, feeling around, making that damned phantom hole left by Slutbra's absence more noticable.
>Consequently they just tend to hug you and say 'It'll be okay,"
>Which feels nice.
>The Crystal however feels that you should forget her.
>Fuck your feels, Crystal.
>Still though, this is magical.
>Not like the weird-ass heart magic of Cadence, but like, weird-ass ... crystal magic.
"You were right, Framework," you say softly, gently patting a colt on the head, "A whole new world has openned up for me. This is just like when I lost my virginity,"
>Framework groans.
>"Must you put everything so coursely?" he sighs
"Because it's just the way I am?" you shrug.
>Framework narrows his eyes at you
>"Well, can you, just...I don't know, NOT swear and curse every second or third word?" he asks
"I can give it a fucking shot," you smirk.
>Framework looks at you sternly, then trots over and smartly smacks you over the head.
>Ow.
>YOU DESERVED THAT.
>Fucking Crystal
>You turn around and oh god.
>Shining and Cadence are approaching through the slightly thinned out throng, looking a little shell-shocked.
>Cadence's mane is ... askew, and her mouth is fixed into a richtus grin.
>Shining is looking around, very, very concerned.
"Hey, are you guys okay?" you ask, walking towards them.
>"I literally cannot stop smiling," says Cadence through her teeth, "These ponies are so, so HAPPY!" she awkwardly jumps for joy.
>Shining catches her, looking around warily.
>"Anon, the walls are moving and I swore I saw something detach from the wall and dance along the street." he suddenly looks between his hooves and jumps a bit, "I swear, the shadows are moving," he says, eyes wide.
>"They kind of are," says Framework.
>Shining's head whips to him, "Wh-what?" he squeeks.
>Framework turns to you, "Try touching the ground," he suggests.
>Weird request, but alright.
>You get on your knees and put your hands on the ground.
>The Crystal in the road bubbles up, revealing the forms of pony heads around your hands, rubbing their cheeks and ghostly manes
>Shadows dance away from the walls and join them, seeming to become cool, soft bodies that caress your skin, that hug you and whisper things to you.
>What.
>The.
>Actual.
>Fuck.
>It's kind of nice in a weird OH GOD THIS MEMEORY ISN'T FROM ME WHERE IS IT FROM sort of way, but seriously.
>IT IS QUITE NICE.
>You actually felt that from the Crystal under your fingers and along your sides.
>YES, WE SHALL LIKE TO DO THIS MORE OFTEN, ANONYMOUS.
>You slowly stand up, trying to hide how fucking horrified you are at what just happened.
>The bodies melt back into the ground, and the shadows dance off, but eyes open up around your feet, and the ghosts of black, shadowy whisps flit in the shadow under your suit.
>It feels pleasant.
>But now you have fucking eyes looking out of the ground at you and shadows are cantering under your suit.
>Yes, this is mildly disconcerting.
>You see Shining has agreed with your sentiment, and has already leapt onto a nearby chair, holding Cadence aloft, eyes fixed on the ground.
>Framework is also on the seat, eyes wide.
>"I was not expecting that," he says, flatly.
"What were you expecting?" you ask
>"Maybe a crystal or two to come out of the ground. Not that," he says, getting down and investigating the eyes.
>In the ground.
>Looking at you.
>Blinking at you.
>Jesus.
>You avert your eyes to Cadence
"SO, Cadence...are you doing alright?" you venture, "You don't seem..." you trail off.
>She wriggles free of Shining, and dances over to you in a jagged way, the movements robotic and jerky, like the chick out of the Ring movies.
>She touches you and it's like her strings are cut as she pushes into you.
>Your heart suddenly throbs and you feel something inside you change slightly.
>"Oh...Anon...it was..." she nuzzles you, gently, "So much love, so much happiness...too much..." you catch her as she goes completely limp, "You...I can use you to...redirect it...feed it back into itself"
>You consider asking her about this, but right now, your brain is quite literally fried.
>So you nuzzle her back.
>You espy Shining put a tentative hoof on the ground
>A pony head immediately bubbles up and licks his hoof.
>Shining quickly jumps back and falls off the chair.
>The bodies suddenly bubble up out of the ground, strong stallions and beautiful mares, fiery colts and serene fillies, Shining upon their backs.
>The white unicorn stallion gives a strangled cry as they rise up and swiftly move over to you.
>They bubble back into the ground as Shining 'lands' directly in front of you.
>"EYES!" he squeeks, and suddenly you're holding both Shining and Cadence.
>YES. MUCH MORE OFTEN.
>You swear you hear an edge of mirth in that.
>Fucking Crystal.
>You think bad thoughts at it.
>The eyes remain.
>You sigh and walk over to a nearby cafe, Framework trotting after you, mostly enraptured with the walls and the roads and the bodies writhing upon them.
>You place Shining and Cadence at a table, then join them.
>A waitress appears, licks you hand, and puts down the order you had in your mind.
>You hear a brief thrum on a spanish guitar and the smell of eucalyptus.
>Woah, you boggle.
>Tasty, she FEELS at you, ambiguously.
>"And would you two like the usual?" she beams.
>Shining and Cadence look at the waitress, then your hand, then the waitress again.
>'Yes please?" says Shining, unsure.
>She nods, then hops off.
>Cadence and Shining turn weary eyes to you.
"Yeah....that's been happening," you say, off-hand, "Apparently I'm some sort of ... Crystal ... Connector ... Thingy" you mumble, idly gesturing with your hand, "And now everyone can look into my soul. Which is disturbing. And I can heal ponies. Which is pretty cool. And I can communicate with the Whole. Which is confusing."
>Shining simply stares at you, while Cadence grins slightly.
>"I never thought...that I'd ever meet...the Shard, it's like a once in an eternal lifetime event!" she says, both tired and excited, "So, what's it like?"
"Like I'm conducting a symphony, and have no control over my arms," you say, bluntly.
>Cadence simply sighs
>"I know what it can be like, to feel everypony, and feel somewhat distant and yet apart of them. I'm sure that, with time, you'll be conducting on your own," Cadence smiles.
>Shining suddenly yelps and stands on the table, staring scared at the floor.
>"Something touched me," he says, terrified.
>You glare at the ground.
>You see a glimpse of a grinning face sink into the ground.
"I'm sorry Shining, but apparently the Whole finds you amusing," you say.
>Shining looks to you, then the ground, then back to you slowly, his features going from 'scared shitless' to 'You have to be shitting me'.
>He grumps, then sits back down on his seat.
>Meanwhile a random stallion has wandered over to you, and has laid down on your lap with the sound of a gentle cello chord and a splash of orange.
>Your hand once again snakes out, uncontrolled, stroking his back.
>This is getting annoying.
>"Oh look at that!" Cadence glees, shakily leaning over and looking at the stallion.
>She gives him an experimental poke.
>"Completely out of the blue, instant soul bonding!" she looks up at you, "You're SO lucky! And you can do this with anypony?"
"Kind of being the Shard who completes the Whole, it's kind of in my job description. I think," you reply.
>You swear you feel Framework roll his eyes at you.
>Another stallion and a few mares simply lie down around you, forming a pile in a burst of fluent song, scents and tastes.
>Cadence squees.
>Shining, meanwhile, has stopped frowning, and has put a hoof on your arm.
>"Are you okay? he asks, softly.
>The ponies in the pile around you suddenly whip their heads around to look at you.
"...not really," you say, miserable.
>The ponies suddenly pounce on you, hugging.
>It's stifling, uncormfotable, and yet soothing.
>Cadence squees again.
>"What's wrong?" says Shining, leaning in and pushing a mare out of your face.
>Not that it matters, considering you can see right through her, but whatever.
>THAT WOULD BE UNMANNERLY.
>God dammit Crystal, get out of my brain.
"Well, we just lost Slutbra, and...and...it huurrrtttsss," you groan out, "But I can't feel it because of the Whole, I guess,"
>Shining frowns, and nuzzles you.
>"It's alright Anon," says Cadence, resting her head on the table, "You were just connected by love to her when Trixie nabbed her. That pain will eventually go away,"
"Still there," you choke out
>Cadence reaches out and pats your head.
>Each pat cracks something inside you.
>"It's okay, it'll be alright," she soothes, smiling.
>Shining smiles, and kisses your cheek.
>Something inside you breaks.
>And suddenly you feel your heart beat slowly come back.
>That pain in your chest is throbbing, rising, increasing..
>And at that point you realise, like a sleeper awakened, that something's off.
>You look between them
"Why aren't you hurting?" you ask
>Cadence and Shining look at you quizically, then each other.
"Why aren't either of you broken up like I am?" you add, that hole in your chest deepening.
>You look from Shining to Cadence
>"We simply ... weren't connected to her like you were?" guesses Cadence, eyes half-lidded, "After all, we were able ... to pull her out with you by using your love for her... to tie her to you, then we simply pulled you out. It may have put a lot of ... strain on your heart."
>You're a mite put off by this.
>"Please Anon, you have to understand, we're not as ... close ... to Slutbra as you are," says Shining, frowning at Cadence slightly.
>That pain in your chest is really fucking hurting.
>Several more ponies are approaching.
>When they get close, they start hugging you and nuzzling into you, trying to comfort you.
>You're not feeling the love right now, despite the harmonious hum you're recieving.
>You don't know why but this hole is consuming you.
"Why aren't you guys caring that Slutbra's been taken?" you groan.
>Cadence just rolls her eyes.
>"Anon, please, just forget Slutbra for a while," says Cadence through closed eyes.
>You just stare at her.
"No Cadence, I can't, I really can't,"
>She opens an eye.
>The eye looks at you, then at Shining.
>Shining grimaces.
>Cadence rolls the eye back to you.
>She closes the eye, sighs, then sits up.
>"Anonymous, we need to talk about Slutbra," she says, sternly.
>This can go in no direction you desire.