It was after two and a half minutes, total time in the air, maybe about twenty minutes given the time it took Rainbow to get to the start after every failure. Rainbow simply had to fly over the tree she’d got stuck in while Ruby tried to catch her. After twelve failed dodges, one which involved Rainbow spinning around like a bottle top and one where she got stuck with only her head visible in a tunnel of coils, Rainbow hovered above the tree.

“Wait… give her a minute…” Applejack said grinning as we both sat up, Applejack holding up a hoof for silence.

“That was unfair!” Rainbow cried waving her hooves over her head in annoyance, her blue face slightly red in anger and repeated embarrassment, Scootaloo was receiving equal amounts of teasing from her friends. Ruby simply smirked, her head appearing at the top of the tree.

“How was it unfair? You told me to catch you anyway I could, and I did… Several times.” Ruby said grinning.

“You used magic, I couldn’t see your horn and there is no way you can catch a mobile pegasus otherwise!” Ruby promptly lashed her tail out and brought Rainbow right up to her own face, Rainbow hadn’t even finished gasping before it was over.

“No magic there.” Ruby whispered.

Ruby climbed down from the tree and slid over to Applejack and me, laying down next to me, laying Rainbow, still coiled, above our heads.

“Let go of me!” She cried.

“When you apologise and admit I caught you and that you’re slower than a lamia’s tail.”

“You cheated!”

“That didn’t sound like an apology to me.” Applejack was rolling on the grass laughing and I had my hooves over my face, my eyes blurred with tears.

Rainbow persisted in her denial and struggling until, finally, her stubborn brain processed she really wouldn’t be getting out of the tunnel of coils until Ruby let her go.

“…Fine! You caught me.” Rainbow grumbled softly.

“And?” Ruby chimed grinning.

“I hate you,” Rainbow sighed “I am slower than a lamia’s tail.” Ruby’s tail loosened and Rainbow shot off like a rock out of a sling. She didn’t turn around.

“She’s gone to sulk, sore loser.” Applejack muttered as Ruby slithered around to coil me up with the newly available coils.

Applejack stared at us as Ruby curled her tail around my chest, up to the base of my neck and up along it curling around my forehead and around one ear before hanging limply onto the grass.

“You really okay with her doing that?” Applejack asked and I nodded, the mare scoffed softly “I’ll never understand some ponies.” She mumbled.

“Perhaps it’s for the best.” Applejack nodded in agreement.

I gently pushed myself up into a sitting position after that, turning to Applejack I nodded in thanks.

“Well it was a pleasure to meet you Applejack, but we’re gonna head back to the castle now, my wagon’s parked outside and I doubt Twilight will like it staying there.” I said. Applejack nodded.

“Sure thing, pay a visit if you want to lend a hoof… Or if Ruby wants to play with Rainbow, that’s entertainment to me.” She said.

“Touché.” I muttered grinning as I helped Ruby up.

Ruby and I chose a small trail, a dense forest to one side of us, to return to Ponyville on. However part of the way back, Ruby began to slow down.

“I hear singing.” Ruby said and proceeded to turn and slide off the trail onto a dirt path.

“Ruby, hang on, we have no idea where we’re going! Ruby!” I had to trot to catch up with the lamia, who had stopped at a row of bushes, I could hear the singing too now.

It was soft and dragged out slightly, and occasionally stopped to be joined in by birdsong, it was actually rather nice. I followed Ruby’s gaze, I could see a small crystal reflective stream, crossed by a little bridge, a small trail, the one we had been following, until Ruby cut off to hide behind the bushes, led to a small house that looked like a small hollowed out hill, green grass and MANY birdhouses littered the roof and trees around the house. However the singing seemed to be coming from a bright yellow Pegasus mare, with a long pink mare, light blues eyes and three butterflies as a cutie mark, who was tending to several of the bird houses.

“There you go little wood pecker, now don’t beat at your house’s wood as much or I’ll have to fix it again.” The Pegasus said, a small bird tweeted then there was the sound of a beak knocking against wood, so much for listening to the mare’s advice.

“Hello?” Ruby called out and the yellow mare jumped, squeaking like a mouse and showing extraordinary speed in hiding under the river bridge. Ruby flinched “Oh, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to scare you.” Ruby said backing up a little, her tail curling around out of the bush as a result. The mare’s head popped up like a foal’s whack-a-mole game.

“Oh miss look out, there’s a snake beside you, and I don’t want him to bite you if you stand on him.” Ruby blinked in confusion as the mare softly hovered over to Ruby’s tail “Come here little fella.” She coaxed taking hold of the tail and draping it fearlessly around her neck.

Ruby recovered and playfully tugged on the mare’s neck.

“Oh you’re a hugging type are you?” She asked.

“Yes, as I matter of fact I am.” Ruby said grinning, the Pegasus looked at Ruby confused.

“I’m sorry I was talking to the snake.” She said.

“No you were talking to the tail of what you thought was a snake, but it’s actually my tail.” Ruby raised herself up “See?” The mare hid behind her mane, before realising she had Ruby’s tail around her neck.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t realise, I mean, I know Pine is a lamia but he doesn’t visit me here, I wasn’t expecting… I’m sorry for being grabby.” She said “I’m Fluttershy by the way.” Ruby smiled.

“I’m Ruby, this is Bolt,” I waved and nodded hello “And we’ve been exploring town while Princess Twilight makes me a pony potion.” Ruby explained.

“Oh, but why would you want to get rid of such a lovely tail?” Fluttershy asked.

Ruby tilted her head sadly.

“Well I don’t want to really, and we’ll try to avoid it, Bolt doesn’t like the idea either, he likes my hugs but not all ponies think the same way.” Ruby said.

“Oh that’s a shame.” Fluttershy said sadly then got closer to Ruby “Um, if I may… I mean you don’t have to let me but… I’m curious, could I try massaging your tail? I’ve wanted to see if the same tricks that work for a snake work for you, or lamias. I’m very good with animals and can understand them as well, but you’re part animal so I’d like to try, if you don’t mind.” Fluttershy’s voice trailed away towards the end and I understood the name.

Ruby, however, wasn’t put off at all.

“Sure, I’d love that, I’ve never had a massage before.” Ruby said.

“Great, follow me I have a little clearing that’s flat, that should work best.” Ruby followed behind Fluttershy and I walked beside Ruby.

Fluttershy led us to a flower strewn meadow, the dots of colour between the green was beautiful, most of the flower buds hadn’t opened yet, but it was still amazing.

“Okay just lay down and lay your tail out behind you please, Ruby. If you don’t mind.” Fluttershy said and Ruby smiled and complied.

Ruby lay her head and hooves on a segment of her tail, Fluttershy walked around to the large pile of coils and, seemingly searching for one specific area, began to run her hooves along Ruby’s body. I watched her, interested.

“What are you looking for?” I asked softly, Fluttershy didn’t glance up from her work.

“Snakes have a centre of balance to them, used when they fall from something to get up or when crossing from branch to branch, it often gets strained and tense and can cause pain if I’m right, yes…” Fluttershy stopped her hoof on a particular portion of Ruby’s tail, even I could notice what was wrong. Normally Ruby’s tail moulded around my hooves, but this area seemed to be pushing outward against Fluttershy’s hooves.

“You see it?” Fluttershy asked and I nodded “Perhaps it’d be better to teach you to do this yourself.” Fluttershy smiled encouragingly, and I could imagine her doing it to a young foal curious, yet scared, about snakes.

I glanced at Fluttershy’s hooves as she pulled them away.

“Is there a specific way to put your hooves on their tail or… I mean, I don’t want to hurt Ruby is all.” Fluttershy smiled encouragingly.

“Well, it’ll be up to Ruby to tell us, it varies and I’ve never done this for a lamia before, we’ll just have to hope it’s the same. So hooves on for a start.” Fluttershy said cheerfully. I complied, finding the tough part of Ruby’s tail and placing my hooves close together.

“Now press down gently until you think her tail has squished down to the same amount it normally does, I get the feeling you’ll know this better than anypony.” I could almost imagine her smile but didn’t look away from Ruby’s tail to check.

At first the tough muscle refused to even budge, then if shifted suddenly downward and around my hooves like a rapidly deflating tire, I heard Ruby groan then sigh.

“Now move your hooves in circles, your right hoof clockwise and left anticlockwise, and keep pushing down until it’s as flexible as the rest of her.” Fluttershy ordered.

It felt odd, the tail was like a slightly layered cake, with soft icing and then a rock like interior, but the rock interior began to break down, my hooves gradually sinking further. Every little bit of Ruby’s tail I helped become loose and flexible drew a soft sigh from my lamia friend.

The quaint learning experience was broken by the sudden sound of something hitting the ground, and rolling over it frantically. Ruby groaned softly and I glanced back at the lower half of her tail. It was flailing around, coiling and uncoiling and stretching out slightly, as if she had a cramp and couldn’t figure out where she had to rest to stop t.

Fluttershy what’s she doing? Should I stop?” I asked Fluttershy looked back and came to a conclusion within seconds.

“No, don’t stop, it’s just her tail isn’t used to working without that stress point, which is rather unhealthy… Normally if I have a snake acting like this I give them a large water animal to hug since, reptiles being cold blooded, heat helps but… I might need something bigger…” Fluttershy tapped her chin as she thought.

“Well, Ruby normally coils me up, we could switch, you finish her massage and I let Ruby coil me up.”

Fluttershy looked at me as I continued my massaging of Ruby’s tail.

“No… I think it’s best if you learn to do this, in future, if you ever visit again or if you would like to do it yourself, we’ll just use a bunch of water bottles, but for now… I’ll act as one.” Fluttershy said. Ruby glanced back, wincing a little.

“Em, Fluttershy I can’t r-really control what my tail is doing, I might hit you.” She said, but Fluttershy persisted, stepping expertly within the thrashing coils.

“It’s alright, natural instinct will take over the thrashing.” Fluttershy said and then poked a struggling coil.

Instantly the coil Fluttershy touched latched onto the warmth, then two coils reached up over her body and dragged her down. Fluttershy was rolled over once, coils desperately wrapping around her, the coils clinging to any hair of fur they could latch onto. For a few seconds only Ruby’s tail moved before it was like a giant spider’s web around a very large fly, made of scales, with red bits poking out and the odd strand of pink mane. Ruby’s tail twitched a little then relaxed.

“Hooves.” Ruby mumbled, hiding her blushing face.

It seemed the enjoyment had stepped up a notch for her but she didn’t want to admit it, since it’d seem mean to enjoy Fluttershy’s predicament. I began to move my hooves again and heard Ruby’s tail contract, a soft moan from within the cocoon told me Fluttershy was at least unharmed.

I felt the last toughened layers of Ruby’s tail give way and Ruby let out of a soft, slow breath out her nose. I didn’t hear a thing until Fluttershy spoke.

“Ruby’s tail should be okay now, judging from how she can manipulate it again to coil me up like this.” She said and I looked back, finally sitting up and stopping my massaging of Ruby’s tail.

Fluttershy appeared to be sat in an ice cream cone of coils with her back hooves sticking out the front, a rather thick coil around her neck moulding over her chin.

“This is… Nice… It’s very relaxing and her ability to control her tail like this is unheard of.” Fluttershy mumbled.

“I can do more than just coil you up.” Ruby said as she sat up and slid beside me.

Fluttershy looked genuinely interested.

“Like what? I know a lot about snakes but the differences between them and lamias are already wonderful.” Fluttershy said smiling eagerly.

“Well… Do you know how some snakes can paralyse prey by looking at it?” Fluttershy nodded “What if I said I could not only make you stop moving, but do whatever I said?” Ruby asked grinning.

“You… You can hypnotise ponies?” Fluttershy asked.

“Yes, would you like to try it?”

“W-well if… If you wouldn’t mind.” Fluttershy whispered.

“Not at all.” I bet she wouldn’t.

Ruby slid up to Fluttershy who squirmed in her cocoon to see better.

“Don’t move Fluttershy,” Ruby tilted her head up with the end of her tail so they locked eyes “Just watch my eyes.” I could see Fluttershy’s eyes contract, her pupils shrinking, then her jaw fell open in wonder, spirals quickly spreading over her eyes, she was already half gone and they’d just started.

“Wow you’re really submissive. Now just keep watching and take deep breaths, feel my tail shift along with your body causing a sensational rippling effect. My eyes are boring into your mind, why don’t you just relax, stop thinking and let me take over for you?” Ruby cooed softly. Fluttershy managed a stiff nod then cracked into a wide grin. Even Ruby was surprised at her sudden submission, not even half a minute.

Ruby turned to me and I flinched slightly in surprise, I had half expected spirals but Ruby’s eyes were her normal purple. Ruby giggled softly as she slid behind Fluttershy, the mindless mare was resting her head on her new scaly pillow.

“Doesn’t she look just adorable?” Ruby whispered hugging Fluttershy around the neck with her hooves, her tongue curled out just above Fluttershy’s mane “She smells so nature-y.” She mumbled.

“Alright, you’ve let her experience it now wake her up please.” I said, Ruby looked at me.

“Aw but I haven’t had any fun yet.” Ruby pouted.

“You really want to take advantage of somepony this sweet and kind?” I asked.

“Point taken.” Ruby tugged on her tail and Fluttershy spun like a child practising a ball room dance on her hind legs, front legs out trying to balance herself “Welcome back Fluttershy.” Ruby said.

Fluttershy blinked as she swayed on her hind legs, before dropping to all fours.

“Huh… Oh, are you done?” Fluttershy rubbed her eyes and glanced around before the memories returned, a small smiled stretched across her mouth as Ruby returned to stand beside me.

“Wow… Ruby that was… Amazing, I’ve never been so relaxed, except maybe at the spa but even then… This was a different kind of relaxed.” Fluttershy said.

“Happy I made you smile.” Ruby said grinning “And also, thanks for helping, I never realised how much discomfort I was in until it was gone.” Fluttershy smiled widely.

“You’re welcome, glad I could help. I take it you’re going since we’re saying thanks.” I nodded.

“Yes, we should be heading back to Ponyville, like I said.” Fluttershy smiled.

“Well if you ever want a snake massage or… If you want, another pony to warm up with you’re always welcome.” Fluttershy said.

“Thanks Fluttershy.”

“You’re welcome.”

With that we set back on the path to Ponyville.

“That was nice, and it was pleasant to have a new pony in my coils, not that’d I’d trade anypony for you Bolt.” Ruby said sliding backwards in front of me.

“Speaking of which,” She purred as we began to reach a small park with a fountain in the centre, a bridge leading to the town just ahead “Maybe we could find a secluded bush and ‘catch up’ on your… Ah, therapy.” Ruby said grinning.

I was about to say something when there was a sudden bang, a literal cannon blast, and confetti knocked me onto my hunches, Ruby falling on top of me, likely on purpose judging from the grin.

There was a sudden rustling and a pink Earth pony with a curly pink mane jumped out, her blue eyes were sparkling and her mouth was stretched into a massive grin, I noticed her cutie mark was three balloons.

“Oh my gosh who are you two? I’ve never seen you before and I remember everypony I’ve met, so that must mean you’re new here, I’m Pinkie Pie by the way and,” The mare took a dramatic gasp “Oh wow you’re a lamia like Pine, are you gonna be grumpy like he was when I first met him? He…” Pinkie blinked confused suddenly “Come to think of it he just told me to walk away and not bother him, I’ve tried to talk to him but I strangely find myself on the other end of the road with no idea how I got there.” Pinkie’s smile returned “But that doesn’t matter, you aren’t going to do that are yo-mmmfffff mmfff…. Hmmm!?” Ruby sighed, her tail firmly holding the mares mouth shut, though she still clearly fought to talk.

“Pinkie may I ask a favour?” Ruby asked Pinkie nodded so fast it was like there were two stationary heads with a pink blur between them “Okay, please don’t talk like your words are bullets, I was getting a headache.” Ruby lowered the coil and Pinkie sat down.

“I’m sorry, I should know better, but new ponies! It just gets me so excited because new ponies means I have to host a party for them!” Pinkie said almost jumping back up if Ruby hadn’t curled a coil around the mare’s neck, keeping her sat down.

“Oh your tail is so soft and smooth, I bet it’d make a nice cushion.” She said randomly.

“You are really weird.” I mumbled.

“Sorry about that, hay you never told me your names!” Pinkie accused frowning, boy her mood sure was jumpy, like her I guess.

“Erm, Bolt and Ruby.” Ruby said pointing to us individually.

“Oh okay, may I ask, are you a couple then I can do a party for both of you together at once?” Pinkie asked.

“Yeah we’re a couple.” I mumbled unsure of what I could say otherwise.

“Brilliant, I’ll get you when the party is ready, I’ll ask around town for some guests and my friends will all want to meet you of course, oh and Pine and Lemon, and Straw as well if she’s willing, they get on with Pine…” While she was rambling about the food she’d need, Ruby and I crept away.

Once over the bridge and out of sight we both burst into laughter.

“That was… Really random.” Ruby muttered I nodded in agreement, trying to calm down.

“Anyway, about my ‘request’.” Ruby said grinning.

“Oh, it isn’t a request is it, really?” I asked smirking.

“No, no you’re right it isn’t.” Ruby smiled “That a problem?” I shook my head “Good, let’s head for the wagon then, I don’t want to have to stop hypnotising you because somepony walked across us.” Ruby then grabbed my hoof and began to drag me along, clearly in a mood not to stop for any more delays in her fun.

Through town we even passed Pine, he waved at Ruby.

“Hay, Pinkie Pie managed to break the spell I put on her to talk to me, hopefully she won’t make a habit of it, she said something about a party for you two.” He said (How did she get past us?).

“Yeah, we met her a couple minutes ago, can’t slow down though,” Ruby said as Pine kept pace with us.

“Why not?” Pine asked.

“I wanna hypnotise Bolt, and these ponies keep jumping out like confetti out of a cannon. Which, I might add, Bolt got hit with a few minutes ago.” Pine chuckled.

“Pinkie’s party cannon, funny. Well I’ll leave you too it, have fun Bolt.”

“Not sure I have a choice.”

“Is that a downside?”

“Not at all.” I said and Pine gave me a fleeting grin and he turned and left us.

Ruby pushed open the door to the wagon and shoved me through before, pretty much, throwing her tail in after me. I was knocked over and pinned down under the sheer bulk of her tail.

“Friendly fire!” I called out in a muffled voice.

Ruby’s tail pinch down on me and pulled me up, it was different to have her coils pressing in on the sides and my back but not my stomach as well… Incomplete. Ruby turned to the door and clicked the lock shut.

“Right,” Ruby rubbed her hooves together “To business.” She said turning back to face me.

Ruby’s tail retreated from my body, raising up beside me.

“I think we’ll use the area you helped service to make you feel… As relaxed as I was. Maybe even more so.” Ruby said as her tail curled into a ring, then running in circles above it. When Ruby was satisfied the cocoon was big enough for me, she lifted it over my head and gently lowered it down.

“Hooves at your side.” Ruby said as her tail began to support my back. I did as she asked, remaining sat down.

Ruby’s tail reached my lap but I still couldn’t see, she then dragged me back a bit and kept running her tail down to my hooves. It was like I was sitting in a scaly armchair with a very big blanket wrapped around me, Ruby smiled as her tail then contracted around my body, using the middle of her tail meant that the coil around my neck was large enough that it stuck out under my chin, so I could roll my head in circles and still be resting against Ruby’s tail.

Ruby pulled a single coil away from my hooves so they were sticking out and grinned at me.

“You look so comfy.” She muttered.

“It is very nice like this.” I whispered then groaned softly in pleasure as Ruby’s tail began to corkscrew my neck a little.

“Ready for part two?” I nodded slightly and the end of Ruby’s tail curled around and wrapped around my forehead “Right, let’s shatter that mind of yours, I think we’ll take your subconscious to, for a change of pace.” Ruby said.

“W-wait my subconscious, what will that do?” I asked. Ruby smiled encouragingly.

“Your normal conscious mind, what is working right now to let you talk and such, is what I normally control when I use hypnosis. Your subconscious keeps your body working, telling it to breath and all the important stuff.”

“You’re not going to shut that down are you?” I asked Ruby smiled and shook her head.

“No, taking your subconscious just means I can… Basically, after lots of hypnosis your conscious mind has started to poke your subconscious with the idea that hypnosis and my tail is nice? Right?” I nodded again “Well your subconscious still has survival instincts, I can… Alter them, so even if I was strangling you, your subconscious would process it as pleasurable… You know, until you started to really suffocate then it would take dominance again.”

“So, basically… You can alter how I think about certain things?” Ruby smiled, happy I caught on.

“Exactly… I’m… Going to try and take away traces of fear you may have with hypnosis, you can still resist if you want, and I love it when you do just… You’ve never really tried before and it can often cause serious pain because of your subconscious but if I removed it… Constant pleasure.” Ruby purred grinning

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“Y-you’re not going to… Plant triggers or anything?” I asked.

“I can’t.” I raised an eyebrow, sceptical “…Oh all right, yes I can with your subconscious because it normally batters it off your conscious mind, after a short while… But, I promise I won’t put a trigger on you.” Ruby smirked “Besides, making you do stuff willingly is much more fun for me. So shall I start?” I nodded “Excellent.” Ruby clapped her hooves and moved closer to my ‘chair’.

Ruby blinked and her eyes shrank before soft pulsing rings spread across her eyes, Ruby’s smile return as the rings began to speed up.

“Try not to resist Bolt, I’m going deeper than usual, so it can hurt if you do… Try to think about memories of past hypnosis, how relaxed you felt… How happy. Things like that, it’ll help me.” I nodded stiffly as my eyes widened.

There was a slight stinging in my eyes, as if I was about to cry and I wondered if that had always been there, and Ruby telling me hypnosis hurt had made me realise. Ruby didn’t sway or speak, it seemed this wasn’t something to bombard me with, delicate. I breathed slowly through my nose and felt Ruby’s tail corkscrewing my body again, rippling and shifting as if it were moving up my body when in fact it didn’t move. It was very well done.

I slumped in my cocoon, a drowsy smile on my face.

“Okay Bolt, I’m going to go for your subconscious now, ready.”

“Yes Mistress.” I said softly, Ruby chuckled softly.

“Thank you Bolt, I know you’re still there.” I tried to return with a proper smile but my face wasn’t working, nothing was.

I ‘felt’ Ruby begin to work on my subconscious. There was the sensation of something pushing within my very head, then my body began to twitch. It started at my neck and worked my way down my chest and all over my body, but only in one place. I wanted to ask what was happening but I was afraid attempting might mean I was resisting and could cause pain. I tried to shift my thoughts to the light trance Ruby and I shared back in her home in the gazebo garden, how peaceful it was, relaxing and how gentle and understanding Ruby was of my fears… Fears I didn’t need any more and Ruby was willing to take away.

Ruby ran a hoof along my cheek.

“You’re doing great Bolt, just a little more. Now tell me, there’s probably an odd sensation, like lightning or something within your body moving around, causing discomfort, could you try to focus on it and guide it?” Ruby asked.

“I’ll… Try.” I whispered.

“Just focus on moving it and those past hypnosis sessions, nothing else matters right now, clear your mind of all else.” I nodded, feeling thoughts drain away at Ruby’s command, she was in more control than I realised.

I found the little bumper car down in my right back hoof.

“Where… Do you want it?” I asked.

“Imagine it returning to your mind, we’ll start with that.” I managed a nod and let my head rest on a coil so I was looking up at Ruby’s dominating eyes, her tail was still pressing into my body, so heavenly.

I began to imagine a road in my body, my nerves, and the bumper car was forced to travel along them, up my body, towards my neck and around my temples, pounding against my forehead like a headache.

“Okay… In my head… Hurts…” I mumbled Ruby smiled encouragingly, she’d started to sway left and right like a pendant.

“Okay now, see the colours in your mind, like mist curling around your brain?” It wasn’t hard to imagine.

“Yes.” I whispered.

“I want you to imagine a bit of that mist curling off, guide it. Lead it to that spark that’s so cruelly disturbing your peaceful trance.” Ruby’s words made me hate the pounding more, and made it easier to imagine a rainbow pulsing Ruby following my lead towards it. The pounding had retreated into my temple, backed into a corner.

“I’ll take it from here.” Ruby whispered.

I felt the rainbow ring Ruby approach the static and smothered it within herself. For a few seconds, in my mind’s eye, static jumped out of rainbow Ruby, then the sparks fizzled and died out. The mist returned to the source, dragging the image of myself with it, as the last wisp of myself joined the curling hypnosis fog, I let out a soft long sigh. I’d never felt like this before, this fullness of hypnosis, as if Ruby was curling her magic into my very being down to the very tip of my hooves, like a warm bath.

“That’s it Bolt… I own you in soul, body… And mind.” Ruby purred.

“Soul, body and mind.” I cooed in agreement.

“Now then, let’s have a dig through your mind shall we?”

It was a weird sensation, seeing thoughts jump up like movies, rapidly speeding past before being dragged back down, as if Ruby was studying them all.

“Don’t worry Bolt, I’ll make sure to filter stuff out, so I’m not going to look at anything to embarrassing.” Ruby whispered grinning but I didn’t respond to her teasing “Hmm… Conscious hypnosis is more fun, there’s still enough of you to blush, and I love it when I make you do that.” Ruby mumbled “But this’ll make it more enjoyable for you.” I felt a weird blurry image appear, changing into things I couldn’t see, maybe something I hadn’t ever seen but knew from common sense.

“Ah here we go, natural survival instinct… If I just ‘alter’ it a little…” Some of the colourful mist poured into the blurry image, changing colour from black to pulsing colours, before changing back to apparently normal “Right let’s see what that did, now to reverse this…”

Ruby, her eyes still pulsing through this whole ordeal, began to drain most of the hypnosis from my mind. It was like it had dug in, rather than simply floated around my brain subduing it. Once the last wisp had escaped Ruby simply smiled and tapped my forehead. I blinked, my eyes crossing strangely as my mind cleared, my mind felt like it was buzzing like a hive of bees (And I hate bees!) but it soon settled, I guess, as the subconscious accepted the reprogramming. Ruby clapped her hooves.

“Excellent that should take away the discomfort from hypnosis, making it last longer and be more enjoyable… At least if I do it.” Ruby said.

“What did you do?” I asked.

“Ponies natural instincts prevent them from doing stuff that’ll get them killed, I just told your mind that anything I do with my eyes, and only my eyes, is for your own health and will accept it openly.” Ruby said grinning.

“So, no more stinging eyes? Twitchy painful drowsiness?” I asked.

“The stinging eyes will be gone, the drowsiness will still be there and your eyes will still twitch if you fight to watch my hypnosis, but it won’t be painful in anyway… Unless I hit you or something.” Ruby said chuckling.

Ruby lay me down on the floor and curled her pony half up and around the top of my head, she lay her head on her hooves and stared at me. From my perspective she appeared to be upside down.

“Not that your reprogramming is complete… Fancy some normal hypnosis, just for fun now?” I chuckled.

“And here I was worried you might skip it.” I said.

Ruby giggled softly and lit up her eyes, the pulsing rings drilled into my already weakened mind, I felt my jaw drop and I leaned over to get closer as a coil curled around to support my head.

“Does it feel better?” Ruby whispered, I blinked.

“Yes.” I whispered, Ruby blinked as well.

“You just blinked.” Ruby mumbled and I did again.

“…Well I suppose keeping your eyes open would cause irritation… That was kinda dumb.” Ruby muttered giggling softly and I continued to blink freely, having no effect on the progress of the hypnosis. Ruby’s tail began to press in.

“What a cute, warm little pony.” Ruby cooed as her tail forced the air out of my lungs, Ruby kept squeezing, tighter and tighter. She appeared to be enjoying herself because she sat up to see better.

“I can feel your heart fluttering against my scales, it feels so good.” She whispered as she looked back at me.

Ruby began to sway softly, tilting her head up before rolling it around so it was tilted down, my head moved in circles to follow.

“Are you dizzy Bolt? You look so sleepy, how your eyes are droopy tells me so. Why don’t you just relax and let me take care of your exhausted body for you, wouldn’t you like that?” Ruby asked as her tail tighten as I breathed out and loosened as I breathed in, a soft ripple against my body. The hypnosis suggestions reached my muddled brain and my eyes drooped to almost closing.

“Bu… Mmmh… Y-yes… I would like… To… Relax.” I whispered as a smile stretched across my tired mouth.

“Well, let me seal your dreams with a kiss, so you will only think of me.” Ruby purred, the sentence sounding like I had a choice what I could think, Ruby leaned close, her breathing a little rapid in excitement of her dominance, and planted her lips on mine.

Ruby ran her tongue along the front of my teeth up around the gums and sneaked around where they stopped to my waiting tongue. Ruby drew circles on the top of the quivering flesh before diving down my throat, the taste of Ruby invaded everywhere then. Ruby finally pulled back after a minute of tormenting me and I gasped in amazement.

“I do love making you quiver in my coils.” Ruby whispered and reached up and caressed me, from forehead down to my nose, my eyes closing with her hoof’s movement, sleep beckoning.

Author's Notes:

So we finish up with AJ and Rainbow, meet Fluttershy, Bolt learns how to help Ruby when she over taxes her tail :3 And Flutters get hypnotised (Come on, I had to! XD) and then we meet Pinkie... HOUSE PARTY! Also Ruby makes it easier for herself to hypnotise Bolt, cheater. :)