Fluttershy's stomach grumbled, she was also thirsty. There could be no substitute for water, especially when her own body produced the liquid she had consumed. She was sure she was still dehydrated and felt her lips cracking, splitting and becoming sore.

She was so tired, she had been awake for nearly two days straight, she thought. She couldn't keep track of time, she was looking forward to Redblood returning, he was her only hope to get some food and maybe he would forgive her and bring her water too. This time she was determined to say nothing when he returned. She had begged him before and she had regretted it.

Finally the door to the basement opened and Redblood emerged from the door, holding a bucket in his hoof with a plate stacked on top of it. An excited squeal nearly escaped her, but she just kept herself quiet, not wanting to jeopardize any hope of getting nourishment.

Redblood approached her and gave her a warm smile. His voice had had a menacingly chirpy tone; she knew she wasn't going to like whatever he would give her to eat. But she felt like she could eat anything. Redblood approached her, unlocked the cage and put a full bucket of clean water just out of her reach. She wanted to dive for it, but she was finally becoming more aware of the collar she had around her neck. Fluttershy couldn't tell what food was on the plate, but it smelled wonderful.

"Okay Fluttershy," he announced. "I have a deal for you, if you eat what I’m about to present to you, I’ll reward you. I’ll release you from your leash and I’ll give you all the water you want, until I next decide you misbehave.”

Redblood held the plate in front of Fluttershy, since the collar wouldn't allow her to reach the ground she looked and waited. Fluttershy didn’t recognise what it was; it was some kind of strips of white covered in brown at the top. It smelled wonderful and it was strangely appetising, but she knew there had to be a catch.

"May I ask... if you don't mind... what it is?" Fluttershy whispered, only now realising that her voice was cracking from her dehydration.

"You may.” Replied Redblood. "But I warn you, that you don't want to know. It would be in your best interest to eat it and not ask any questions, for your own good. You may if you want instead eat food you can identify, but you will stay attached to the collar and you will again only get to drink yourself, it is up to you, it's your decision."

Fluttershy couldn't help it; she had to know what was on that plate.

"Please.... What is it?" Fluttershy croaked.

Redblood facehoofed, he knew that because of her decision, it was going to be difficult for both of them. He wanted to give Fluttershy a break from her torture, but she still needed to pay her punishment.

"Fine..." Redblood said expelling a sigh. "It’s chicken".

Fluttershy's eyes went wide and she attempted to back away from it, she forgot about the leash again. She couldn’t eat meat, she was a vegetarian, all ponies were vegetarian. She had never eaten another living animal and she never thought she would ever consider it, but she wanted to be able to lie down and sleep.

"I... I... I... can't eat an animal!" She Shrieked. Fluttershy was speechless. No more sound could come to her mouth. Instead she just began crying and sobbing, tears were streaming down her face. She had never cried so hard in her life. Eating another animal was absolutely disgusting to her. It was unimaginable; she had never even contemplated such a thing. Redblood placed the plate down in front of her.

"It’s your choice Fluttershy, I’ve given you a lot of incentive". Redblood said calmly. "I’m even offering you a reward to go through with you punishment, as long as you behave your next meal will be whatever your favourite meal is, hay, cake, sandwiches, whatever you want, you will be released from your leash and you will have all the water you want".

"Why did you hurt one of my chickens, you promised me you wouldn't hurt my animals?" She cried. Redblood grinned.

"Oh but I didn't harm it, this one died of natural causes, I promise you. You may as well eat it, its flesh is of no use to it anymore.”

Fluttershy was sceptical, she didn't know if he was telling the truth, but he did have a point. Whether he murdered it or not, it was still already dead, she may as well try to eat it. Whimpering and crying Fluttershy nodded to Redblood and he raised the plate to her mouth. She took a deep breath before licking the chicken. It didn't taste bad. She chomped on a piece and found it hard to chew. Her teeth were those of a herbivore after all and didn't have the sharp teeth she needed to cut through it.

When her tongue met a piece of the chicken she moaned in pleasure, it tasted great. While drenching the plate in her own tears she kept on gulping it up. She had already broken her principles and ate what she swore she never would. She may as well go all the way. It did not take long for her finish what was on the plate. Even before the food hit her slid doen her throat, she already psychologically felt like a pain in her stomach was satisfied.

"That's a good slave, now I’ll live up to my end of the bargain.” Redblood said cheerfully. "I don't want to keep treating you this harshly, but it is important that you learn the consequences of disobedience early, so that you never think of doing it again.”

Redblood reached up and untied Fluttershy's leash from the top of the cage, then he removed the collar and slid the barrel of water towards her. Without a second thought she dunked her face in it and started drinking greedily, taking gulps like they would save her life. Her parched lips were finally drenched, she drank so fast that she quickly felt bloated and had to take a momentary break, or else she may vomit up the food she worked so hard to get down.

Redblood left the cage and locked it behind him carrying the collar and put it on the right wall with the rest of the sex toys. Redblood approached Fluttershy again and spoke loudly to try and drown out the sound of her gulping water out of the bucket.

"Now Fluttershy, you haven’t had food for a long time, what would you like to eat?. It can be anything, within reason"

Fluttershy's head rose out of the bucket and she shouted.

"Daisy and Daffodil sandwich, lots of hay and ice-cream". Fluttershy said with confidence, like it was the most obvious request in the world. "Oh... and... please... more water if you don't mind". She was a bit worried about asking for more water so soon, but she wanted all she could get, he did say as much water as she wanted after all. Redblood nodded as he replied.

"Okay slave, I’ll go and gather your food and I’ll bring you another bucket of water with it.” With that Redblood smiled at her and left her alone in the basement.

Fluttershy finally felt somewhat comfortable, she could still feel all the wounds on her neck, but finally she could lie down on the rough concrete floor of her cage and curl up into a ball. It wasn’t long before she passed out, her body finally being able to retire after the longest time she had ever spent awake in her life.

She lied there feeling helpless, after finally being fed and hydrated her logical thinking started coming back. She realised there was almost no chance of her escaping, or her friends finding her. All she could hope for now was to avoid any more harsh punishments, by being as obedient as possible. At least she could sleep now.

She dreamed of snuggling up with her little animals and Angel bunny sleeping on her back. It was bliss.