After a wonderful night, We got up proper, I noticed how Ribbon seemed exceptionally happy and loving. Despite being sore. Once she felt she could walk, she made me lunch, she’s said ‘I love you’ three times today, and now she’s just been laying next to me as I read the books I got from Twilight.

With as happy as she is, maybe now’s a good time to ask about that dragon again, won’t affect her as badly. "So, Ribbon. You did seem awfully hesitant when I mentioned turning into a dragon to provide a distraction. I know you mentioned having a bad experience with one, but now I'm worried just how bad. You nearly broke down crying when you tried to tell me."

Ribbon stiffened up when I mentioned it, but tried to shrug it off. “It’s such a nice day today, why should we ruin it with a sob story?”

"Ribbon, you can't just keep brushing this off, I'm worried for you."

Ribbon groaned in frustration “Yeah, I know. I just… Don’t like thinking about him. What have I told you so far?”

"You got up to the point where he punched a hole in the wall and made an alcove, and he breathed fire on you and burned your wings.”

“Ok, well. Before I tell you anything else. I want to say he was big, really big. The dragon that was at the Diamond dogs den was much smaller than this guy. More like the dragon you turned into. That being said, this could have been a lot worse as he wasn’t able to do a lot with me, so when he let me out a second time he said he wanted me to… ‘entertain’ him. I said no and he flicked me with his claw, and with how big he was it was all he needed to do, to send me flying. He even threatened to pour iron on my stomach before throwing me back into the alcove. Have I said enough now?”

I could feel my teeth grinding against each other as I tried to remain calm. "Ribbon, now I need to know. I have to know just how badly this has affected you." Ribbon hesitated, but she continued.

“When he let me out, again, I said no. And he smiled at me. He grabbed me and took me into a room in the cave that had a small pool of water and a divot ground. he told me he would get use out of me one way or another and held me down with one claw in the divot. Then… what happened next…” Ribbon was starting to get worked up, I wrapped my wing around her to calm her so she could continue. “He… h-he started m-masturbating in front of me. At first I was in awe of his size, then shock from what he was doing, I failed to realize what he had planned until it was too late. I begged for him not to do it but he didn’t listen a-and he... c-covered me in his… s-stuff, f-from horn to hoof... That’s what the water was for, so I could bathe afterwards. How about now?”

I took a deep breath, trying to not lose my cool in light of this information. “Ribbon...”

“Alright… So, again, when he let me out of my alcove I told him no. This time he followed through with his threat from before. He grabbed me and a bit from his pile, he put the coin in his mouth and took me into the room again. He put me on my back and opened his mouth so I could see the melted gold. As soon as I saw it, I was afraid he’d do it and I begged him not to, told him I’d do it this time. Again, he didn’t listen.” Ribbon held a hoof up to her chest with a pained expression. “He dropped it right onto my chest. If it wasn’t for my chitin, the gold probably would’ve burned right through to my organs, but instead it stayed there and he held me down as I screamed. He held me to the ground until the gold cooled off and then flipped me over into the water, cooling it off even more and guaranteeing that would stay there.”

Just... even for a dragon, thats messed up! I was damn well ready to personally hunt the bastard down!

I look down at her, tears had started to ran down Ribbon’s checks as she started crying while she she told me her story. “The next time he opened my alcove, I just did it, and I didn’t question him when told to do it in his claws or on his tongue…” I couldn’t stand to see Ribbon like this, it broke my heart to see it. “I only said no one other time, when he told me told me to… to go in the d-divot again.” Ribbon gave in and I held her as she cried the pain away, but continued. “He got another piece of gold and burned me with it! I just did whatever he wanted after that, the humiliation was better than the pain! He had me as his plaything for so long I started enjoying it!”

It hit me like a meteor. Oh my god. That explains why she liked being treated like that during our sessions. I literally wanted to puke, because it felt like I had been taking advantage of her. “Chi?”

"Yes...?" She hates me now, doesn't she? I'm a monster...

“... I still love you, so please, don’t feel bad about yesterday.” thats just the afterglow talking...

"Ribbon, why didn’t you tell me this sooner? I feel so... disgusted with myself, that I was basically doing that to you, without knowing that there was such a horrid event explaining why you wanted me to."

“... Do you hate me… for using you like that?”

"No, I could never hate you. It was my fault for not asking sooner. Sometimes, the deepest of wounds aren't physical. To think that you suffered like that... I don't care if I didn't exist here at the time, I wish I could have done something about it! Anything!" Ribbon hugged me, her crying having slowed down.

“I should... probably get rid of the straitjacket and the collar, huh?”

"Keep them... I just won't use them on you anymore..."

“You know, you’re the only one that managed to turn me on by humiliating me, I found that out when you kept embarrassing me in front of Princess Celestia. That’s something the dragon never managed to do.”

"Really? So you honestly, genuinely, wanted me to do that to you, and not because of your past experiences?" I hoped against hope that I was right, and she had me treat her like that of her own violation, and not an urge forced onto her.

“Maybe, yeah. I hated that dragon, but I love you.”

"You... you don't know how much that means to me." So, I wasn't forcing her to relive it every time she had me act like that towards her?

“Of course, and we have our safety word, if I really wanted to stop I’d of said it.”

"...I love you, Ribbon."

“I love you too, Chi… And I love the straitjacket, will wearing it make you feel better?”

"Yeah, its nice and tight, makes me feel nice and safe." I forced my size to shrînk to match Ribbons, so that it would fit.

“We’re both a pair of masochists aren’t we.” She got up, and headed for the bedroom.

"More then likely." Getting up myself, I followed her, already feeling slightly happier. "I look really huggable in it, don't I?"

“You sure do.” She pushed the bedroom door open, and soon had the straightjacket ready.

"You want to wrap me up?" Ribbon just smiled. The jacket flew over to me and carefully wrapped around me. She took her time to make sure I was comfortable, before finally tying the back up, and then begun tightening each buckle individually, before giving them all a final pull to get every last bit of space out. The jacket was so tight it forced the air out of my lungs, and left me unable to even flex a muscle, before she picked me up in her magic and set me down on the bed.

-Perfect... Its so tight and comforting...- My mute moan left Ribbon giggling.

“Awww, you can’t even talk now, without our link."

-Just how I like it, and you managed to make it even tighter!- Ribbon climbed into the bed next to me and held me, causing me to blush. -Am I really that adorable like this?-

“You’d look even more adorable with a helpless expression on your face, but I’m ok with this.”

-Maybe you should get a second one then? Along with that blindfold you mentioned wanting?-

“I’ll have Pinkie get it, she’s good at getting weird things.”

-I know... she was drunk, and wanted to join us.-

“Oh my, she must of been truly wasted, and I’ve seen her drink Applejack under the table.”

-Wow, and she outright said she got your, and I quote 'thingys'.-

“Did she try count the alphabet? that’s what she did last time she was drunk.”

-more like, 'I can count to potato! Uhhh... Pineapple?' She was frigging plastered!... Ribbon?- I tried to crane my neck to see her face buried in my mane, fast asleep. Wow, she was still pooped from yesterday, wasn't she? I scooted closer to her, letting her bury herself in my mane. I could let myself out, but where'd be the fun in that? Especially after Ribon went through the trouble to wrap me up extra, extra tight? I was staying like this for a while. I just realized, I've been going and going the last few days, and it hasn't been enough. Am I going into heat again, without even realizing it?

The sound of Ribbon sneezing woke me. "Morning sleepyhead." Well, Ribbon had gone back to being all lovey dovey

-Morning.- I wiggled around until I was face to face with her.

"So, want out now?"

-Nope! I love this, and I'm gonna enjoy it!-

"Are... are you sure?"

-I'll still have magic, I can let myself out if I get desperate enough.-

"If you're certain, I won't stop you... I might watch though."

-Goodie!- I managed to get my head over her shoulder, in an armless hug.

"But how do I know you won't cheat with magic?" I noticed her levitating the suppression ring, and made a silent moan as she slipped it over my horn. "There we go, now you can't cheat! Scootaloo will have left by now, so why don't you make yourself breakfast?"

-Mmmmm, breakfast...- Now, unlike when Ribbon was wrapped up, I wasn't 'distracted' by 'other things', and could think clearly about how to get around without the aid of magic, or forelegs. Pushing myself to the edge of the bed, I turned myself around, and slid down onto my hind legs, before letting the rest of me slide down. Turning myself around again, I made my way to the door. Pushing myself against it, I got myself up to the doorknob, and held it in my mouth, before turning it, and leaning back.

I got the door open, and then fell on my rump. -I'm okay!- Getting back onto my belly, I pushed myself through the doorway, and made my way to my next challenge... Stairs.

I made my way to the top of the staircase, and after turning around, backed myself down a few, before turning over, and grinning madly. I then slid down the rest of the stairs on my back. -Weeee!- after coming to a rest at the bottom of the stairway, I turned myself around, and scooted towards the kitchen. By now, I had begun to mutley hum to myself, feeling much happier, and enjoying every minute of being so tightly confined and helpless.

I think I’m starting to understand why Ribbon was so happy. Except unlike Ribbon, I now have Scoots staring at me. She immediately started to panic. -Uhh... Ribbon? Scootaloos still here...- I could feel my face light up in embarrassment.

Ribbon came down stairs right as Scoots unleashed a flurry of words. “OHMYGOSHCHIWHATHAPPENEDWHODIDTHISAREYOUOKDOYOUNEEDHELPHOWDOIGET-”

“SCOOTS!”

“Huh?”

“She’s fine.”

“What do mean ‘she’s fine’? she’s stuck.”

“She asked for it.”

“Why would she ask to be stuck?”

“She, um… Enjoys it?” I nodded in agreement, not really able to add much more of an opinion then that due to my current lack of breathing.

“I don’t... think I understand.”

“Ok. You... You know that weird feeling of helplessness? Well, she likes that feeling.”

“She… likes that? Really?” She looked at me for that last part, sadly I was unable to answer.

“She can’t talk right now.”

“How come?”

“How am I going to explain this?... Uh, you know I don’t eat normal food? well, she doesn’t need to breath, and she wanted it really tight.”

-So... I got caught. Does that mean I need to be 'disciplined'?- I giggled silently, feeling very happy by now.

Ribbon’s face grew a shade of green as she blushed. ’Yes, later.’ “Shouldn't you be in school right now anyway? Or is it friday already, I sort of... lost track of days.” Well, you were basically left in a 'bind' for a whole day.

"Its a Saturday. Speaking of which, I've got some crusading to do, so you two go back to whatever weird stuff you were doing." Scootaloo promptly headed for the door, and left.

"Now I believe you mentioned something about needing to be disciplined?" I gulped.

-I'm a bad pony, and must be punished!-

“You sick masochrist. You like being punished, don’t you?”

-Not so much the punishment, as the feeling of helplessness, of having no control.-

“Well then, why don’t you just hang here for a bit while I go see Pinkie.” Ribbon pick me up in her magic and floated me upside down, up to the ceiling, where she spat a glob of gel at my hind legs so I was just hanging there, and then pushed me a few times like a cat pawing at a ball of yarn while giggling at me.

-Ohhh, what are you getting from her this time?-

“Blindfolds and a another straitjacket.”

-Go ahead, take your time, I'll just be hanging around.- I mutely giggled at my pun, and decided to just rock back and forth.

After an... interesting next few days, I finally was no longer in heat, and could think normally. I was still a tad bit upset about not finding out about Ribbon's experience with the dragon sooner.

"We're back!" Speak of the devil. Ribbon walked in the door, Mirage happily riding on her back.

"And you brought Mirage! Does that mean shes coming to Canterlot with us?"

“Yeah, I’m thinking she’ll be safer there.”

“Canterlot!”

"Okay, I say it once in front of her, and she perfectly pronounces it. Shes gotten bigger, too. What gives?"

“She’ll be fully mature once she’s 3 years old. Changelings grow up quickly and learn just as fast.” Really? Thats goddamn fast. Now I'm curious.

"How old does that make you?"

“Umm… 20 years old, why?”

"Wow, if my math is right, then scaled up to the average time it takes humans to mature, you'd be effectively 120 years old. You aged well."

“Oh, please. 120 years. I age faster than rotten milk to you? Huh? We “Mature” quickly, I’m still 20.”

"Now I just feel stupid for asking."

“Granted, once she’s 3 years old she’ll have the body of a 14 year old and the mind of one. And before you ask, I said ‘Mature’ not ‘legal’. after that she’s age normally. Then again, I have no idea if being a Proto-Queen will affect anything.”

"I... I have no idea how to respond to that."

“Well just, relax. Besides, The hivemind teaches her everything she'd ever need to know as she needs it, so the sex talk won’t be needed.”

“What’s that?” Oh god. Abort conversation!

“You’ll know when you’re older!” Yeah, this is awkward.

“Awww.” No! Don't you try the sad face on me!

"Seriously, I'm not telling you about that until you're older. Now please stop trying to guilt me into telling you... or do I have to hug you?" I gave our little nymph a mischievous grin. The eyes got worse. "Hugs it is!" I scooped Mirage up and held her close to my chest, giggling.

“Mirage, don’t drain her, only light feeding.”

“I know!”

"Light fee-... Am I really that easy to manipulate?"

“By a nymph? yes. By me? yes. By anypony else? not that I’ve seen.”

"Then again, I can think like Pinkie..."

“I doubt that.”

"What if I told you, that this was all some fiction on the internet?"

“I’d say you have an unfair advantage, Pinkie doesn’t know about the internet.”

"I need scissors! 61!" Haha, the look on Ribbons face! Her eye started twitching at that, before she realized something.

“Pack! We need to pack!”

"...Pack what?"

“My tools, I want my blacksmithing tools and my unfinished projects.”

"Oh. What kind of projects?"

“All kinds. Unfinished potions plus my equipment that I hid in the walls. Gun pieces, ammunition, armor parts, and equipment. Lastly my enchantment projects, tests pieces, crystals, not to mention the box of them I got from Twilight. There’s a lot of things I need to get before we leave.” Damn! We had a freaking lab right here the whole time!?

"Wow. That is a lot. You need some help with that?"

“Of course, any help would be appreciated. I want my work to be protected, weather the princesses know it or not, I’m moving my more major projects to the outpost there.”

"Sure, I'll help with that. Where do you keep this stuff?"

“In the basement behind a wall.”

"...And you only told me this now?"

“It’s well hidden, the only way to find it would be to break down the wall and I’ve never needed anything that’s in there. Never the less I still want it.”

"What do we do about our resident basement dweller then?"

“Take the ring off, have her turn into a unicorn and put the ring back on, then she’ll be stuck that way, and take her to Canterlot. It’s time we put her to use.” Goddamit brain, not like that.

"Well then, I guess we can unseal the basement." I headed over to, and then down, the stairwell, looking at the door that was sealed shut by Ribbons gel on the other side. Ribbon cast the spell and soon the wood started to groan, when it stopped, I gave the door a test jiggle, it seemed loose. Pushing the door open, I saw Twilight sitting there and chatting with Chrysalis.

"So, you're saying, anypony with good enough magical control can do that, not just changelings? I've never seen it mentioned in any books, even in the royal archives! To think its that easy to subvert sompony free will! What kind of monster would come up with a spell like that!?"

“I have no idea who made such a spell or why. But, such magic is banned in Equestria.”

“But then... what happened to Chitsuki when we were in the Crystal empire? Its not like Tattered Ribbon would do that to her... is it?"

“I thought I explained it before.” Both of them turned towards us, surprised. “A queen can take control of lower hive members if they’re in danger, the connection I have with Chitsuki requires I have permission for it to work.”

"Wait. You have a hivemind link. With a pony?" Chrysalis seemed rather annoyed at the concept. "How did she not turn into a vegetable from exposure to the rest of the hivemind?"

“It’s… not a hivemind. It’s a separate link she created with me, not the other way around.”

Chrysalis shifted her gaze to me. "Hey, all I know was I poked some transparent weblike thing in her dream. Then bang, we're hearing each others thoughts... and no Twilight, entering dreams is more than likely, only something Luna could do, the only reason I can do it is due to… Yeah” I finished, gesturing to myself. Twilight got what I was implying.

"Ohhh... because of her."

"Who?" No. I don't want to talk about it. I gave Chrysalis a sad look and shook my head.

"Twilight, you're going to need to leave. We need to talk to Chrysalis alone about some things."

"Oh. Okay." She got up and soon walked out, not questioning it, more then likely because she had somewhere else to be.

"So, Chrysalis, heres the deal. I'm going to take the suppression ring off, you going to turn into a generic unicorn, and I'm going to put the suppression ring back on you. Then, we're going to take you to Canterlot, and if you try anything... well, I've always wondered what would happen if I pulled someone into a shadow with me. Would they, disappear?" Ribbon gave me a rather curious look. -What? It's something I've been wondering about.-

Chrysalis scooted away, scared. "I-I'll be good! J-just don't send me there! Anywhere but there!" She was obviously scared of the prospect of being dragged off to where she more then likely believed I came from.

The sound of grinding stone caught my attention. I looked over to see the wall cracked open, one rock in the wall was coated in Ribbon’s magic. On the other side of the stone was a metal door, disguised by the stone. “Can we get my stuff now?”

“Sure, give me a tour of your lab while we’re at it.”

Ribbon moved the stove door with no problem, but when she tried the metal door, it wouldn’t move. “It’s rusted shut.” She tried again, but with more force and the door groaned, more force was added and she ripped from it’s hinges.

"What the heck happened to quality control these days?"

“I haven’t been down here in a long time.” Ribbon walked in first with me behind her, Chrysalis was just poking her head through the doorway.

"Don't even think about it." I gave Chrysalis a sharp glare and caused her to back out of the room and wait in a corner.

Looking around the room, I was amazed by all the test tubes with something either dried up or dead, and the cauldron in one half of the room. Was Ribbon taking classes with Zecora? On the other half, what looked like armor pieces, several weapons, one of them I recognized as the mini crossbow she used at the wedding, she must of made a new one and forgot about it. “I doubt I need to give an actual tour, it’s just the one room. But if you still want one, potions on the left, workshop on the right.”

"Is that a... Is this legit? A freaking skull?" Yeah, I noticed a ponys skull on one of the tables, a unicorns to be precise.

“That’s… I’m not proud of that. I think I was 11 when I did that. It was after I escaped the dragon and I hadn’t returned to the hive yet.”

"Sounds like there's a story behind that."

“He broke in where I was staying and… like I said, this was soon after I escaped the dragon so I was pretty distrusting. Anyway, He rushed me and I blacked out. I woke up with him dead… I never found the rest of him either. My place was covered in as much blood as I was, and I could taste it… It took a while to clean.”

I actually felt my stomach try to abandon ship. Did she... she went batshit insane and I think she ate the guy. “Luckily, that was the only time something like that happened, and it was before I returned to the hive and long before I came here to Ponyville… You feeling alright? you look sick.”

"I think... I think I figured out what you did to the poor sap..."

“What do you mean? how can you know, I don’t even know.”

"You said you could taste the dudes blood, you were coated in it, as well as the rest of the place... where there... bite marks on the head?"

“Not that I remember, it was a long time ago. Why?”

"I think you gave into more... primal, instincts." Poor bastard never stood a chance. At least Ribbon can definitely defend herself if I'm ever unable to.

"Baka-Chryssy!" Wait. MIRAGE!? I turned around and headed back out into the basement to see Mirage pointing at Chrysalis. "Baka!"

-Ribbon? You hearing this?-

’How can I not, Mirage’s calling Chrysalis an idiot.’ Chrysalis gave me a very confused stare.

"Please explain how she looks likes you, I know for a fact that there's no way you could have reproduced with each other."

"Hell if I know."

”Tartarus.”

"WHO GIVES A DAMN! *ahem* as I was saying, I got no clue... Ribbon laid the egg first, then we did the deed."

“Why doesn’t anypony say she looks like me, I’m purple too!”

"Because they notice she has that same look in her eyes as me, ready to start trouble at a moments notice."

“Don’t ignore me, how did this happen?!”

"Baka-Chryssy!" I had to resist laughing at how Mirage kept calling Chrysalis an idiot.

"Chrysalis, you won't believe the only theory I've been able to come up with."

“Which is?”

"I fed Ribbon a part of my soul by accident, after an altercation with a certain chaos god that almost killed Ribbon, and Mirage was born with a copy of it.”

“... what?”

“Both Ribbon and Mirage have a piece of my soul.”

“You’re right, I don’t believe you.”

"Baka!" Must... not... laugh...

"Yes Mirage, she is a baka."

“What is that, why does she keep saying it? Surely she’s old enough to talk normally.”

"Its called speaking japanese. And you'll have to find out for yourself... baka." Chrysalis glared at me as I just smiled at her. "Problem?"

“I hate you.”

"Awww. Love you too."

Ribbon come out of her lab with a bag full of stuff. “Stop making fun of her and help.”

"Gimmie a sec." I turned back to Chrysalis. "Okay you know what to do. Turn into a unicorn when I take the ring off.” She nodded rapidly. The moment I removed the ring, she went up in flames, revealing a snow white unicorn, with emerald eyes, her mane color unchanged, and a green crystal heart as her cutie mark. I put the ring back on, and gave her a light pat on the head. “You look kinda cute like that, Chrysi." Chrysalis growled at my compliment. "No, I'm serious, if Maria were a pony, you could probably pass as her sister."

“I don’t know who that is, and I don’t thi-mph” Chrysalis was interrupted by Ribbon shoving a hoof in her mouth, and whispered something to her. Chrysalis’ eyes widened, and she nodded her head.

"So, what do we call you in this form?" I tilted my head. -hey, Ribbon? Is it possible to apply an illusion spell to that suppression ring?-

“This form got a lot of use a long time ago. Loveless. With a name like that, and a face like this, it was easy getting love before I was given the crown.”

’It might, it’s a suppression ring, not a canceling ring.’ Ribbon cast a spell over the ring and it slowly fade away. “There, now nopony will ask why you’re wearing a suppression ring.”

"So, Loveless. Sounds like the name of a hopeless romantic."

“All it usually takes is a few words, the right name, and a pretty face to get a stallion to do whatever I want.”

"Hey! I take insult to that! I used to be a guy before becoming a host for the Nightmare.”

Chrysalis whispered to Ribbon, but I heard it clearly. “Is she delusional?”

“No, in fact, it’s true. Chi used to be a male.” Ribbon didn’t even bother whispering back.

"Baka!" Mirage, you really are trying to get me to laugh, aren't you?

"Okay Mirage, you can stop calling her a baka now... even though she is one."

"Awww..." Mirage tried to use the puppy face again, but I had a plan for that.

"Boop!" I poked Mirage on the snout, causing her to giggle, and clap her hooves happily. “Whos the cute little nymph?”

“Is she?... She is.” Chrysalis was dumbfounded by my sudden display of affection, not used to seeing me as something other than a monster or her captor, rather than Ribbons affectionate lover, and the closest thing Miage would have to a father. God have mercy on the poor colt who tries to date her, because I sure as hell won’t.

“Hugs!” Mirage held her forehooves in the air, looking at me cutely.

“How can I say no to you when you're so cute!” I scooped Mirage up again, and then it occurred to me, at the same time the slight draining sensation started. “How? How do you keep playing me like this? You could just ask me to feed you, but instead you toy with me?”

“Yep!”

“...Impressive. Mirage, I am proud.” I hugged her tighter. shes already got a manipulative streak, and shes not even a year old! Even Chrysalis looked somewhat impressed by that revelation. “You're going to be a fine schemer when you grow up. might just join me, and the Chaos Quartet in pranking sometime.” Ribbon shuddered at that, just imagining the chaos the six of us could cause. “But anyways, don't we have a train to catch?”

“And a lot more packing to. so, help me!”