This probably wasn't going to be very enjoyable. But all the same, Twilight had trained herself to believe that when you were faced with something you didn't understand, you wrote down absolutely everything you could think of about it, then organised that. Then you could see where the holes in your knowledge were, and sometimes it turned out you knew enough to understand it already when it was all put down neatly together.

The quill moved slowly across the page, then underlined the words 'What is Wrong With Twilight Sparkle."

Okay. That much was a start. Now she just had to keep going until it made sense.

Twilight sat in her library, away from the guest bedroom (which was rapidly becoming the orgy bedroom), looking out at the leaves and sunshine outside. A small breeze wafted through the slightly open window, not quite strong enough to ruffle her parchment, carrying the scent of fresh growing things. Her quill hovered in a purple glow, waiting.

"Twilight is controlling her friends." she said slowly, writing as she spoke. "Twilight is doing something she full well knows isn't ethical, because she really wants to." She paused. "Okay. So the question is, what do I want, and why do I want it?"

What she wanted was obvious. Images of her friends flashed into her mind, Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow following quickly one after another, each posed sensually or straight backed and blank eyed. "I'm... getting addicted to controlling people. It feels good to enchant ponies to do what I want, and really good to see them mesmerised. I don't want to hurt anyone, everyone I enchant should be happy about it. Even if I have to change their mind to make them happy."

"Um. I've, well, influenced three of my closest friends. Isn't that enough?" she asked herself aloud, before shaking her head. "No. I want Fluttershy, and maybe even Pinkie. It would make things much easier if I had all of them, then no one would notice anything was wrong."

She paused, and bit her lip. "Actually, I'm kind of nervous about trying this on Pinkie. I don't know how she'll respond to the spell. I still suspect she's inherited something of Discord's powers through her family line, and if anyone would react weirdly to the spell, it'd be her. Fluttershy though... she's cute, and sweet, and has the biggest chest in town. It would be really exciting to see Fluttershy acting confident, or slutty."

Twilight's eyes focused distantly. "Or Zecora. She's so exotic, I'd love to control her and make her obey me. Or Vinyl Scratch, she's cute. Or even Miss Cheerilee. I could make her think she was a naughty student coming to her teacher after class for some special training. Or I could make her think I was a student that had grown up and come back to her school, then seduce her. That would be very fun. I could gently cane her! I don't think she would ever do that to a student, but there must be one somewhere..."

Her voice trailed off. All of a sudden, awareness struck home that she was gently rubbing the heel of her hand up and down her soft cotton panties, and her quill had stilled several moments before. Blushing pinkly, she straightened up and put her arms by her sides. 'Twilight Sparkle has trouble concentrating on this subject without getting diverted.' she wrote. Was there anyone outside Ponyville she wanted? It was certainly tempting to picture the Great and Powerful Trixie returning to town, and for Twilight to stop all her nonsense cold with a wave of her horn. Trixie could be much better behaved as an enchanted sextoy. Maybe a footstool, like Rarity sometimes was.

No, no, no. She was getting distracted again. That was enough of who she wanted. An image of Celestia's pastel mane and gentle smile suddenly flashed into her thoughts, and she pushed it away so quickly she was barely aware it had even come and gone. No. The question was why? What was causing... causing all this?

First possibility. "The charm influences the caster as well as the subject." She gave it its own column. Second possibility. "My morals aren't strong enough to stand up against temptation. I had pre-existing desires for this and didn't realise because I'd never had a chance to explore them." That was a bit long for a column heading, but she left it anyway.

Were there any others? She hadn't done anything recently which might have influenced her personality, and the thought of some external darkness playing games with her morals coincidentally at the same time as she'd begun experimenting with the charm was just ridiculous...

Unless it wasn't a coincidence. Third possibility, there was something in the book.

That one didn't get written down. With a short, sharp gasp, she dropped the quill and ran down the stairs, casting every magical scanning spell she could think of for ghosts, spirits and malign entities on the way. It took her an hour to be absolutely certain the book wasn't bound to any kind of dark spirit, and never seemed to have been enchanted at all. Two more to go through her treehouse top to bottom and make sure there wasn't some nebulously evil power of sexy corruption floating around. She'd paid special attention to the guest bedroom, too.

When finally she flopped into the little window chair again, she pillowed her head on her arm and rested there for a few moments before she picked up the quill once more. "Note: there is no enchantment on the book."

She rested her head on her arms again. She was really, really tired. At first she'd been frantic, and then she'd found nothing, and then she'd kept on finding nothing until finally, finally, she believed there was nothing to find. She wasn't even sure what she would have done if she'd found some dark spirit in the book anyway. She'd have had to find a way to banish it, where it couldn't hurt anyone, of course... But what if then, she didn't feel the way she felt anymore.

What if it did all go away, and she didn't love Applejack anymore? They'd just be friends again, and sometimes they'd hug, and that was all. There'd be some big colt to sweep Applejack off her feet one day, and she'd be Aunty Twilight to their children...

That thought shouldn't be so sad that it brought tears to her eyes. Right now, she was just self aware enough to be aware that Applejack's love wasn't fully earned. Some of it, maybe. But not all. She knew too, that this painful self examination wasn't going to last. Sooner or later, she'd put it aside, and go crawl into Applejack's arms where she could forget her niggling doubts.

She focused on the parchment again, and pulled herself together. She didn't have to castigate herself for what she was doing, and what she felt. But she should understand it. Was this all because of a sneaky piece of the charm, or her own desires? Her attraction to mares didn't feel like something from the outside. It felt like realising why she'd always felt certain ways around special ponies, that it was so obvious that she could hardly believe she hadn't worked it out before. Which a charm could probably make you feel. Even tweak your memories, not of what happened, but what you remembered feeling about what had happened...

Twilight blinked. That was dangerously subtle, and the moment she thought of it, its power to completely rewrite a person while not changing a single thing they remembered doing was instantly clear. Tempting, even. Another temptation to suppress! She rubbed her hand over her face, shaking her head slightly. It was so easy to find creative ways to use the charm. Evidence for the sheer temptation of power was getting stronger by the second. But it wasn't any kind of proof. Being attracted to mares wasn't evidence either way, too, she could have as easily found colts to play with, or both. Unless the charm wanted to spread through mares... but making up motives for the charm was crazy.

Okay. What else. It did seem out of character for her to do everything she'd done, but people could and did do things you wouldn't expect, and once you had a taste of it, wouldn't anyone find themselves going back for more? Rainbow making Applejack attracted to her, Fluttershy seeking control to feel safe in her relationships, Rarity subtly manipulating influential ponies in Manehatten, Pinkie... The thought ground to a halt as she tried to simulate Pinkie Pie with access to the charm, her mental machinery momentarily threatening to throw a gear. Whatever Pinkie would do, it wouldn't be good for anyone's sanity. Thank goodness she wasn't a unicorn.

She couldn't see a way to distinguish temptation from magical influence just by looking at what she'd done. Maybe if she gave the charm to someone else and watched them to see what they'd do with it? Before she'd even finished framing the thought, she'd rejected it with such force that she visibly flinched. That would be a terrible idea. If they did nothing bad, that could be proof that it was just Twilight's own desires, or it could be proof that they were able to resist the charm's influence on themselves. If they gave in, it could be temptation, or it could be a hidden part of the charm. Either way it proved nothing, and was incredibly dangerous.

Twilight paused, catching the corner of her lip between her teeth. Um. That instinctive horror of allowing someone else access to the charm for fear of what they might do, that was how other people would think about it in her hands, wasn't it. What was she supposed to write down for that? 'Twilight has a power that, now she's thought about it, would make anyone sane curl up and hide'? She looked down at the two blank columns and sighed again. No matter how she chased her tail, she couldn't see a way to distinguish. If she was subtly charmed herself it meant that she wasn't a terrible person, or at least it wasn't fully her fault, but that explanation demanded that she try to resist the use of the charm as hard as she could, and she just didn't want to.

Maybe that was something to write down. "Twilight finds it harder and harder to care about the unethical use of the charm." Now that she thought about it, if she felt overwhelming pleasure and joy each time she used it on her friends despite her misgivings, she was actively training herself to ignore her own conscience. Like she'd trained Applejack. She cast her gaze back up the parchment, and sighed. It wasn't telling her much that she didn't already know. Still, one thing was clear.

"Unless Twilight is stopped by someone else, she won't stop herself." she wrote neatly. There was something of a sense of relief in the confession. She rolled up the parchment and let her quill sink into its usual resting place. There was no more time for fretting over how she'd ended up where she was. The others would be there soon.

"Double sevens. Five points f'r me."

"Oh dear. I may as well give up now. After my turn, of course."

"What the hay? Twin princesses? Seriously?"

"My, how did those get into my hand? Perhaps I shan't give up just yet."

Twilight smiled, looking down at her cards. It was really wonderful to have the three of them in her home, relaxing and playing games like they always did. The sex was fun - wonderful, glorious, earthshaking fun - but there was something really nice about just relaxing together and listening to them tease each other.

There were some differences, though. Rainbow Dash sprawled on the floor, lying on her stomach and idly kicking her legs in the air, stark naked. Applejack was down to her panties and her hat, and judging from the way things had gone so far, she'd give up her panties before her beloved hat. Rarity was proving surprisingly adept and she'd only lost one item of clothing so far, stripping off her elegant top to expose her fancy corset in a loss that could have been deliberate. Twilight herself was bare chested, all her underwear gone and wearing only a short skirt and socks.

"One and a four."

"Oh, c'mon now Rainbow, you're not even trying!"

She grinned, rolling onto her back. "What are you going to do? Take away the clothes I'm not wearing? Throw them out the window?"

Rarity replied lightly "If you have no clothes to remove, I'm sure we could hand out forfeits, dear."

"Sounds like fun to me." Rainbow grinned suggestively. "You say forfeit, I say treat."

"For example, I may have you speak like a proper lady for the rest of the evening." Rarity continued calmly.

"Wha - come on! That's not any fun!"

"Oh, it certainly would be for me."

"Reckon I could stand to see that. My turn, my high'n noble lady Rarity?"

"Not yet. My lady? Twilight?"

Twilight shook herself and smiled at Rarity. "Yes, sorry. It's my turn." She looked down at her cards and shifted a pair together. If she could trigger a reversal, she could play her dragon on the princesses and then she'd be well ahead. She bought some time with a triple black.

Applejack leaned towards her with a fond smile. "Seemed like your head was off somewhere else for a minute there."

Twilight nodded with a sheepish smile. "Yes, it was. I was just thinking how nice it is to have us all together like this."

"Not quite all of us. We are missing Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie." Rarity remarked, gilding her princesses with a triple gold. "Of course, they couldn't be here while we played games like this! I had wondered if you had any interest in bringing them in, Twilight."

Twilight hesitated, then gave a slightly guilty little smile. "I was thinking about it earlier. I'm not sure how Pinkie would take it. She's so - well, Pinkie - that I'm not sure what the charm would do, or how to approach her about it. But I do have plans for Fluttershy."

"Fluttershy could always loan you her big bag of dicks." Rainbow remarked, on her stomach once more. She carelessly played a couple of cards.

"Her what?"

"Rainbow, what in the world are you-"

Applejack broke off and shook her head, looking back to Twilight, whose own exclamation had beat her to it.

Rainbow lifted her head and grinned widely. "What, you don't know about the big bag of-"

"Rainbow, really!" Rarity cut in.

"You and Fluttershy?" Twilight asked weakly. They were both pegasi, they'd both come from Cloudsdale, it really shouldn't have been a surprise to her, but...

Rainbow laughed. "Fluttershy and me, seriously? No way. She couldn't handle this awesome. She's cute, sure, but she could never keep up with me."

"Well then, what's all this about a bag? What d'you know?" asked Applejack, puzzled.

"She invited me over the one day, then had an animal emergency or something and asked me to wait for her while she took care of it. She was gone ages. I had to do something! Boredom was creeping in! My wings stiffen up if I don't defy boredom at least once a day. You all know that." she added with mock seriousness. "So I went to see if she was hiding anything fun in her wardrobe."

"Rainbow!" Rarity gave her a firm look and shook her head.

"She had the biggest bag of dicks I've ever seen." Rainbow continued with relish, enjoying their faintly appalled looks. "Wooden ones, rubbery ones, even a metal one. If the town ever had a colt shortage, she could supply half of Ponyville!"

"...did you tell her you'd found them?" Twilight asked. The mental image of Fluttershy with a huge sex toy collection really didn't fit into her view of the shy pony, and it reminded her of her shock when Applejack had told her about her own special lusts. Sometimes she needed to be reminded that other ponies had secret desires as well as her.

"Sure!" Rainbow giggled, her legs waving lazily in the air. "I couldn't just walk out of there without asking her what she needed that many for. She just went red and squeaked at me. Took her a couple of days before she pulled herself together and asked me not to tell anyone." She paused, and looked around at their slightly disapproving looks. Holding up her hands, she added "Hey, you're the ones thinking of bringing her into Twilight's sex club."

Twilight put down a couple of cards and drew a handful without paying much attention. Her eyes strayed to the clock, and a secretive tingle ran up and down her spine. Her tail shifted, and she responded with feigned casualness "Wouldn't you all be happy about that?"

"If you find Fluttershy attractive, my Lady, then of course she should be yours. Anyone you desire belongs to you." Rarity replied matter of factly, with a smile.

Applejack blinked, then shrugged her bare shoulders. "If that's what you'n she want, reckon I'd be fine with you having her. Not like I'm going to get jealous."

"I want to see that. You'll have to enchant her pretty hard just to get her to stop hiding under the bed when you come on to her."

Rarity laid down three crowns in ascending metals and smiled with only a tinge of smugness. "Oh dear. It looks as though I've won again. Applejack? You have the fewest points this round, don't you?"

"Get them off, Applejack!" Rainbow called, grinning.

"Darn your speedy blue hide, Rainbow, how'd you come out ahead of me when you weren't even trying?" she complained good naturedly, slipping her thumbs into the sides of her panties and sliding them down her legs to join the growing heap of clothes beside the table. Rainbow sighed as she watched the earth pony undress and murmured "I really like this game."

Twilight glanced at the clock again: it was just about time to begin preparations. A sly smile of anticipation touched her lips.

Gathering up the cards and stacking them neatly on the table, Rarity caught the glance and asked mildly "Are you waiting for something, my Lady?"

"Actually, I was just thinking that Fluttershy will be here soon."

Rarity jerked to her feet, and Applejack flinched, immediately staring at the door. "But- my Lady! She can't walk in on us like this!"

Twilight's smile widened and she shook her head. "Oh, no, you're not at all ready for Fluttershy to arrive. We'd better put the cards away and get ready."

Applejack leaned over and grabbed for her shirt, then hesitated as Twilight raised her hand. "Twilight? Ma'am?"

"Don't worry, Applejack. I'll take care of everything. Awaken!"

Applejack's shirt slipped from her fingers, and she straightened slowly in her chair. Beside her, Rarity's look of concern was melting away, and Rainbow's legs dropped to lie on the ground with a soft double thud. Twilight bit her lip as their mindless eyes turned towards her.

Unselfconscious now, Applejack droned "Ah'm awakened." in chorus with the others.

Twilight whimpered aloud. "Rarity, stand in front of me."

"I will stand in front of you." She stepped around the low table and moved to face Twilight, her movements unnaturally smooth and deliberate.

"Applejack, Rainbow? Strip Rarity nude please."

"Ah'll strip Rarity."

"Sure, I'll strip off Rarity's clothes."

Rarity stood gazing blankly as Applejack undid her corset, spilling her milky breasts free, and Rainbow pulled down her stockings. In no time at all, her clothes lay strewn around her on the floor and she stood gloriously nude. Twilight squirmed on her seat, her hand sliding down under her skirt to gently stroke her inner thighs, not yet touching her sex directly.

"Stand beside her, either side. Say 'I belong to Twilight Sparkle, I must obey'."

Applejack and Rainbow moved into position, the trio lined up in identical poses, like a row of dolls. "I belong to Twilight Sparkle. I must obey." they chorused in unison, in calm, vacant tones.

Jerking out of her chair, Twilight caressed them one by one, flicking their nipples and caressing their smooth bodies. "Oh, ohhh." she groaned to herself. "I never knew I could be so turned on by this, this is... this is perfect." Lapping at Rainbow's pink nipples with an impulsive movement and giving a delighted grin as they tensed under her tongue, she stepped back a little to address them together.

"Okay, everypony! This is what you're going to do..."

Twilight paced up and down the room, occasionally glancing around to check once again that everything was ready. Her soft purple jumper was back on, loose and comfortable, over her darker skirt, and if she wasn't wearing anything under either of them, it wouldn't be immediately obvious. It felt like she'd been waiting forever, though in truth the minute hand was only now touching the peak of the hour. She hoped once again that Fluttershy wouldn't be late, she wasn't sure she could stand much more waiting.

As if summoned by the thought, a tentative knock sounded, almost too quiet to hear. Yes! Twilight dashed over to the door and opened the small viewing hole at the top to catch a glimpse of Fluttershy's pink mane and slightly nervous expression.

Perfect. Twilight tugged the door open and stood in the doorway with a bright smile. "Hi Fluttershy! It's really good to see you."

"Oh. Um, thank you. It's very good to see you too, Twilight." she replied softly, with a little smile.

"Before you come in, there's just one thing."

Fluttershy blinked, a look of concern coming over her face. "There is?"

"You won't even notice." Twilight assured her with a strange touch of humour, as if she was the only one getting the joke. The pattern was already held firmly in her thoughts, and her horn moved nimbly through the brief gestures necessary to give that pattern power. A flicker, barely perceptible even now that she was watching for it, danced over Fluttershy.

"Um... uh. Twilight?" Fluttershy asked tentatively.

Glancing back into the house and pitching her voice softly, Twilight told her "Don't worry Fluttershy. It's time to awaken."

The yellow pony's lips parted and her eyes widened as the command struck her. Her arms dropped loosely to her sides, and she straightened a little, losing the faint crouch she'd tensed herself into. Her voice was quiet and thoughtlessly sincere. "I'm awakened, Twilight."

It took all of Twilight's willpower not to reach out right there and take hold of Fluttershy's huge breasts, impossible to hide even beneath her loose green jumper and scarf. Instead she backed into the room, beckoning. "Come in, quickly."

"I'll come inside, Twilight." Fluttershy told her with dazed earnestness, stepping through the doorframe. Twilight seized her hand and tugged her a little further in, then swiftly shut the door and locked it behind her. Only then did she relax a little and look Fluttershy over properly.

Her loose top and blue trousers were plainly meant to give away as little as possible of her figure, and she'd confessed before that she wished she hadn't had such an excessive chest, not liking the attention it drew. Without telling her, Twilight had even looked into whether magic could permanently reduce Fluttershy's curves, but she hadn't found anything that would last. Now, she felt a selfish gladness that she'd failed.

"Okay Fluttershy. Until I tell you otherwise, everything that happens in my house is perfectly normal. You and I are the only ponies here. Anything else that looks like one is just furniture. Okay?"

"Yes, Twilight. Everything is perfectly normal unless you tell me that it isn't, and we're the only ponies in the house. Anything that looks like a pony is furniture. I understand."

"Oh, and if I ask you to do something and say please, you'll do it."

"Okay. I'll do anything you want if you say please."

Twilight hugged herself with delight, then practically skipped to Fluttershy's side and whispered in her ear "Slumber, Fluttershy."

The other pony seemed to shiver once, then turned to face Twilight and gave her a gentle smile. "Oh, thank you very much for inviting me around for tea, Twilight. I do hope you aren't busy, I'd hate to be interrupting your work."

Twilight smiled warmly in return. "Don't worry. I couldn't be happier to have you this evening. Why don't you put your scarf on the hat stand?" she said, gesturing to the corner of the room.

"Well - if you think so." Fluttershy agreed, unwinding it from around her neck. Twilight watched with delight as she walked over to Applejack, standing stark naked in the corner and gazing into space. The farm pony's fingers moved slowly in and out of her shaven sex in a mechanical rhythm, and this close, her soft chanting could be heard.

"...fuck me... fuck me... fuck my tits... fuck my pussy... fuck me..." Applejack breathed in a constant murmur of thoughtless arousal.

Fluttershy leaned up to loop her green scarf around Applejack's neck, her body momentarily pressing against Applejack's and causing the brainwashed pony's mantra to get louder for a moment, and turned with a smile.

"I didn't realise you had a hat stand, Twilight. Is it new?"

Twilight's voice was a little husky, her breathing slightly too intense. "Do you like it? The texture is really nice under your fingers."

Fluttershy turned back and reached out, running her hand over Applejack's breast and down her side. The entranced farm pony groaned deeply, her lips parting in bliss. "Fuck me... fuck me... fuck me..."

Oblivious, the delicate pegasus nodded with a smile. "You're right Twilight, it's lovely. I do hope it wasn't too expensive."

Twilight stood gazing at her for a second too long before she shook herself. "Oh, um, no. Not expensive at all, really. Would you like some tea?"

"I'd love some of your tea, Twilight. Thank you very much."

Twilight led her over to a pair of deep, high backed chairs that faced each other across a small round table. The two had often sat there and enjoyed a cup of tea together, and if there was something different, something that made this time particularly special, it might have been the two ponies draped upside down over each chair. Rarity lay on her back on the seat, her legs straight up and resting against the back, her head barely supported by the edge of the seat cushion. On the opposite chair, Rainbow matched her pose, her colourful mane dangling and a blank look in her pink eyes.

Twilight pressed her thighs together. "Fluttershy? Before you sit down, would you take off everything you're wearing below the waist, please?"

Fluttershy's gaze went distant for a moment, before she responded "Oh, of course. Sorry Twilight, I'll undress now." as though it were the most natural thing in the world. Her hands moved to her waist and she began unbuttoning her trousers, before pushing them off without ceremony and taking her sandals with them. Her panties were the same shade of pink as her hair, with a yellow butterfly on them that looked much like the pink one marked on her thigh, and Twilight leaned forward as those too slid down.

"Are these new cushions? They're ever so lovely." Fluttershy said politely, as she moved to Rarity's chair. Parting her legs, she sat down lightly on Rarity's chest, the unicorn's face buried between her thighs. Immediately, Rarity tilted her head forward and began thoughtlessly licking Fluttershy's sex, groaning loudly. A soft gasp escaped Fluttershy's lips and she shifted forward a little without being entirely aware of it.

"I'll put the tea on." Twilight told Fluttershy with an innocent smile. As soon as she stepped out of sight her hands slid under her jumper and under her skirt, squeezing her breast firmly and playing over her sex. The kettle levitated under the pump and filled with water, before settling onto an enchanted stone that radiated heat, and Twilight carefully glanced back into the living room as the water began to warm. Fluttershy was squirming and gasping softly, even though she wasn't sure why or even that she shouldn't be doing it, and it was enough to send a hot spike of pleasure through her body that nearly made her discard all her intentions in favour of taking her that very instant.

The whistling of the kettle broke Twilight's lustful trance and she pulled back, ladling honey and sugar into the cups. With a playful smile on her lips that she knew Fluttershy wouldn't understand, she carried in the tea and set it down on the table. Lifting her skirt to display her delicately furred sex, she settled her bare ass onto Rainbow Dash's chest and sighed luxuriously as the brainwashed pony went to work lapping at her pussy.

"Ooooh, mm. Mmm. Are you, mm, finding your seat comfortable, Fluttershy?"

"Y-yes, Twilight, I, I am, it's very comfortable, I, I feel like I could sit here, all day..." she panted, a darker flush colouring her cheeks. "G-goodness. Do you think you - could tell me where you, um. Got these cushions from? I, I might like to get some myself."

"Mmm. I don't think there are many, mmh, cushions like these for sale in the market, but I, ooh, I could always let you borrow one sometime." Twilight watched Fluttershy with fascination as the other pony bent forward and picked up her cup of tea, sipping from it shakily as Rarity methodically assaulted her sex with her tongue.

"I, I'm, um. It's good to, to see you Twilight. I haven't seen you - ah! - I, we haven't met very much lately. I, I've noticed that you've been s-spending a lot of time with ahhh, with Applejack."

Twilight's eyes flashed to Applejack, still thoughtlessly fingering herself, her lips moving with her mantra. "I'm enjoying spending time with her. She's a really special person." She sighed deeply as Rainbow's tongue flicked a sensitive spot.

Fluttershy smiled, the innocent expression briefly overtaken by a long, soft moan that she didn't notice leaving her lips. "Is it true? That you and Applejack, a-are dating? Oh!" Her eyes half closed, hips softly pushing against Rarity's mouth in small, quickening jerks, visibly getting more and more carried away by the pleasure that she wasn't allowed to realise she felt.

Twilight hesitated for a moment, leaning back to let Rainbow get a better angle. She seized the armrest with one hand, digging her nails into it as she nodded jerkily. "Yes, it's true. I, mm, I've gotten closer to her lately. We haven't wanted to mmh, to tell anyone yet, but maybe we should. How did you know?" She should be more worried, she thought, but now that Applejack knew she was Twilight's fucktoy, everyone believing they were dating wouldn't do any harm. It might even help cover what was really happening with the others.

"P-ponies have been talking..." Fluttershy admitted, her blush completely lost in the rich flush of arousal that already coloured her cheeks. "You haven't, haven't been out v-very much, and Applejack, ahh, has been at your house a lot, and she w-was even a-asking some of her family to cover some of her chores, and that never happens, so they guessed that she w-was doing something really, aah, really, ahhh! Really important to her!" Fluttershy's whole body trembled and she gave a thin, high cry as she plunged over the edge, coating Rarity's lips with her excitement and shuddering visibly as she panted for breath, all with the same oblivious look in her eyes.

Twilight closed her eyes involuntarily as her hips rocked faster, whimpering softly with need. She should stop Rainbow, it was too soon, but she just couldn't bring herself to move away. Convulsively, she pushed up her jumper to bare her breasts and pinched and tugged her achingly stiff nipples. Fluttershy watched with a slightly concerned expression of confused goodwill , and being watched by her gave Twilight the final push. Panting for breath, she shuddered through a long, wordless orgasm, finally pushing back a little from Rainbow's relentless lapping to give her sensitised body a rest. "Oh, wow." she murmured.

"Um, Twilight? Are you okay?" Fluttershy asked gently, a little tremor running through her as Rarity continued working between her legs.

"...yes. Yes, I'm really okay. Thank you, Fluttershy." Twilight managed. Pushing herself up, she took a wobbly step off Rainbow and added "Please stand up, Fluttershy."

"Oh, of course." she murmured compliantly, and carefully rose off Rarity.

Looking down at the two ponies, wetness gleaming around their lips, Twilight smiled and said carefully "Footstool." Moving with a smooth lack of awareness, Rainbow and Rarity lowered their legs and turned around, sliding onto the floor before they each took a position on their hands and knees before their chairs and settled into immobility again.

Twilight settled back into her chair and propped one foot on Rainbow's back, the other gently toying with the colourful plume of her tail. "You can sit down again, now."

"Thank you, Twilight." Fluttershy replied with a little smile, settling down and putting her feet up on Rarity's back. The mesmerised pony gazed thoughtlessly at nothing, motionless.

Twilight picked up her cup of lukewarm tea and sipped. Now how was she going to guide the conversation to where she wanted it? She couldn't remember exactly where they had been. "Would you not tell too many people yet, Fluttershy? I'm not sure we're ready for everyone to know for certain."

"Your secret is safe with me, Twilight! I promise, I won't tell anyone. Have you done anything nice together?"

Twilight giggled. "That's right, Fluttershy, we truly have. I've really been enjoying Applejack coming to see me. We're very happy right now, I never thought I'd end up in a relationship like this when I came to Ponyville. I hadn't even thought of a relationship like this at all." That much was certainly true. "But now that I've experienced it, now that I know what it's like, I'm not sure I could live any other way." she finished thoughtfully.

"I hope you never have to. I'm sure you will both make each other very happy." Fluttershy smiled warmly. "I'm so happy that you like each other. I mean, in a special way."

"What about you, Fluttershy? Is there a special pony you have your eye on?"

Fluttershy flushed pink and looked down, hiding behind her mane as she fiddled with it distractedly. "Oh my. M-me? Um, no, I don't think there's anyone that I could. Look at. That way."

Twilight smiled to herself. "But if there was someone, you'd want them to look after you. You always take such good care of all your animal friends, don't you Fluttershy? I bet they feel loved, and cared for, and completely carefree and can run around all day happy and secure because someone is making sure they're okay."

"I do hope that's true, I wouldn't want any of them to feel scared or sad. I always do my very best for them." Fluttershy hesitated. "Being looked after... does sound nice. Maybe."

Twilight leaned forward. "There's something I'd like to offer you, Fluttershy. Something nice."

"Oh, there is?" Fluttershy blinked.

"Come here and lean in closely, please."

"Um, okay..." Fluttershy pushed herself up and circled the table, leaning down with her head cocked, actually brushing Twilight's lips with her ear. Twilight giggled, then said very softly "Awaken, Fluttershy."

Fluttershy's expression drained away, and she straightened slowly. "I'm awakened, Twilight." she said blankly.

"Yes you are. Okay Fluttershy, all the commands I gave you at my door are ended. You still won't realise any other pony is here, even if they move around or I interact with them. Until I tell you otherwise, you're going to be my puppy. A loving, well behaved puppy. Oh, um. Toilet trained." Twilight winced at that thought. "You won't feel any nervousness or embarrassment. You'll do whatever I tell you to do, because good puppies do as they're told. It isn't important that you wouldn't have done this before today, it's just happened now."

"All the orders are ended, but I still don't see any other pony here. I'll be your loving puppy, and I won't be shy or embarrassed. I'm a good puppy, so I'll do what you say, and it's fine that I'm doing this." Fluttershy recited back to her obediently.

Twilight nodded, and leaned back in her chair. Looking Fluttershy over with anticipation, she added softly "Puppies don't wear clothes. Take off everything you're wearing."

"Puppies shouldn't have clothes, I'll undress." Fluttershy took hold of the baggy green jumper and tugged it up and over her head, revealing her bra clad breasts. Undoing the plain pink bra, she let it fall free, revealing her heavy breasts sitting proudly on her chest. Her nipples were a subtly darker yellow than her skin, and Twilight found herself reaching out to gently stroke them, watching them slowly harden under her fingers. Fluttershy gazed into nothing, ignorant of the way her body was reacting and the gleam of wetness between her legs from her recent orgasm.

Twilight squeezed her thighs together in delight. She just knew this was the way to get to Fluttershy - she could give her a way to feel loved and safe and not self conscious. If she was given a vision of it, Twilight was sure that Fluttershy would take it. All she had to do was give her the feelings to remember.

She looked up at the blank eyed pony admiringly. Her body was something to witness, even after Rarity. Prompted by the thought, she looked down at the two thoughtless footstools. "Rarity, Rainbow. Flanking positions. Applejack, headrest." Taking her feet off Rainbow's back, she watched the two stand up and move to stand stiffly at attention either side of her chair. Applejack walked over from the corner, scarf still dangling loosely around her neck, and moved behind the chair to rest her soft chest on top of the chair back. Twilight shifted position, sitting up a little straighter, and let her head nestle into Applejack's soft cleavage.

"Oh, yes..." she sighed approvingly. "Fluttershy, I'd like you to slumber now please."

Fluttershy blinked, then dropped to all fours and looked around herself muzzily. Her breasts dangling beneath her and swaying as she moved, she crawled forward to Twilight's feet and sniffed them cautiously. With a small, soft yap, she seemed to decide they were good and licked the nearest one.

Twilight broke into surprised giggles, protesting "Hey, those are my feet!"

Fluttershy barked happily, and licked her foot a few more times before planting her ass on the ground and looking up at Twilight with a mournful look in her big blue eyes.

"...wow. You could persuade someone to do anything with that look." Twilight murmured. Louder, she added "Is there something the matter? Do you want something?"

At the second question, Fluttershy barked with a quick nod, then stuck out her tongue and panted as she continued to stare expectantly at Twilight.

"...do you want to play? Play fetch?" she hazarded.

"Ruff!" Fluttershy barked affirmatively, with another sweeping nod of her head. Twilight cast around for what she could throw. With a grin, she reached down and picked up a small scrap of cloth from the floor, tossing it towards the centre of the room. Fluttershy immediately bounded off after it, waving her pink tail happily.

In seconds, she pranced back with a proud look on her face, and her own panties in her mouth.

"Good girl! That's a good girl. Very good." Twilight praised her, taking the damp panties from her mouth. Fluttershy pushed her head against Twilight's hand eagerly, whining happily as she was scratched behind the ears.

"Such a good girl. Ready? Are you ready?" Twilight dangled Fluttershy's pink panties before her uncomprehending eyes once more, then tossed them across the room again and giggled as the pale yellow pony jumped eagerly after them, her breasts bouncing and swaying delightfully. "Goodness, she's so cute." Twilight murmured to herself.

Her eyes strayed to Rainbow Dash, standing straight backed at her side and gazing at nothing. It wasn't as fun to have them posed like that when she didn't have a conscious Fluttershy to be oblivious in front of them, but waking them up now would only distract her. She needed her full attention on Fluttershy to - well, to seduce her. She'd wake them up later, when she was done.

Fluttershy came prancing back on all fours, moving surprisingly naturally, waving her panties in her mouth once again with a proud look. "Good girl!" Twilight told her again, stroking under her chin as she took the panties from her mouth. "Who's a good girl? You're a good girl. Sit up!" Fluttershy immediately dropped her ass to the floor with a thump, sitting with her hands planted on the floor, her arms framing her expansive breasts.

Twilight gave a shivery giggle at the sight. "Beg!"

"Rff!" Fluttershy barked eagerly, and lifted her hands to hold them curled in front of her like paws, looking up at Twilight soulfully.

"That's right. Very good." Twilight praised her, stroking her pink mane approvingly. "Now roll over!"

"Rff, rff!" she barked, and toppled onto her back with her arms held curled against her chest and her legs in the air. Rolling back and forth, she looked up at Twilight for approval with an interrogative little whine.

"That's very good, puppy. You're so good! I think you will really love being my puppy. You can drink out of a bowl, and play fetch, and you'll have your own ball, and you can curl up at my feet. That's something you'll want, isn't it?" Fluttershy looked up at her with uncomprehending eyes, and Twilight shook her head fondly. "Never mind, puppy."

Stroking Fluttershy's mane, Twilight leaned back and felt the soft warmth of Applejack's body pillowing her head. Fluttershy really was very cute like this, and seeing her body shown off so unselfconsciously did give her a little tingle, but... maybe she didn't want Fluttershy to be like this all the time. There just wasn't enough of Fluttershy like this, she realised. If Fluttershy was going to be her puppy, she should be conscious of it. She needed to be aware, like the others were. Usually were, anyway. She glanced again at the ponies frozen at nude attention either side of her.

Fluttershy's tongue lapping at her fingers snapped her out of her reverie, and she smiled softly at the other pony. "Come here." she encouraged. "That's right, you can put your paws on my lap, lean up, that's right..." Fluttershy clumsily planted her hands on Twilight's thighs and leaned up inquisitively. Twilight lowered her voice, and whispered "Awaken, Fluttershy."

"I'm awakened, Twilight." she responded at once, slowly straightening her back to sit upright, and Twilight gave a little start, somehow not having expected the sound of her voice again.

"Oh, um. Yes. Fluttershy, every command about being a puppy is ended, the only order is that you can't realise there are any ponies in the room except you and I."

"I'm not a puppy anymore." Was it her imagination, or did Twilight hear a faint note of regret in her monotone voice? "There's no one here but you and I."

"That's right. Very good, Fluttershy." Twilight praised her, then smiled as she realised she was still talking to her like a pet. The temptation to just start giving Fluttershy instructions was strong, but the last Be More Careful lingered at the back of her mind, and so she reached out with her magic for parchment and quill. She wanted Fluttershy to remember what it felt like to be a pet. Or - she wanted Fluttershy to feel very loved and safe, when she had the idea of being Twilight's pet, and not too embarrassed... but still, a little bit. Fluttershy being totally unselfconscious wouldn't be fun. She wanted Fluttershy to be obedient, and not to worry about the others, or Twilight using her magic on people, but that would wait until she'd agreed to be Twilight's pet...

The quill scratched over the paper. Twilight nodded to herself. "Fluttershy, dress now. Everything will seem like no time has passed since I awakened you the last time. When I tell you that you can be my pet, you will picture everything that happened when you were a puppy, but won't realise it really happened. You'll give me your honest reaction to what I'm offering you."

"I'll dress now. No time has passed. I'll picture everything I did. I'll tell you what I really feel." Fluttershy repeated in her soft voice, gentle even drained of animation. She picked up her bra and damp panties, dressing with simple, unhurried movements.

Twilight watched her as she tugged her jumper over her head and felt a pang of affection for the softly spoken pony. She wanted Fluttershy to be part of her new life. She knew, just knew, that she could make her happy, if she could just make her understand. She shifted, perching on the edge of her chair to make room, and added "Sit beside me please, Fluttershy."

"I'll sit with you." Fluttershy settled down beside her, pressed close by the confines of the chair.

Twilight closed her eyes for a moment, then said gently "Slumber please."

Fluttershy blinked, then shook herself a little as the absolute focus on Twilight faded. "Um, there was something you wanted to offer me? If you don't mind saying so, that is." she added apologetically.

Twilight hesitated. Reassuring herself that she could always start the conversation over if she completely messed it up, which was feeling more and more likely as her nerves overcame her, she said gently "Fluttershy, I think... I think I could make you happy. Really happy."

Fluttershy blinked, and a bright red blush rose in her cheeks, clearly finding it hard to believe she'd heard correctly. "I - but, Applejack - you don't mean that..."

Twilight lifted her hand slowly, and stroked Fluttershy's pink mane. They both flinched a little, nervous tension crackling in the air. "There's something, um. Something going on that you don't know about, I'll explain, I promise, but just - you care so much, for everyone. You have the biggest heart of anypony I know. Would you like to be cared for like that? To not have to worry about anything, and just be loved and played with, and looked after?" Fluttershy's eyes were very wide, and Twilight pushed ahead with a tinge of desperation "Wouldn't it be nice to be my pet?"

The phrase struck home visibly and Fluttershy inhaled quickly, her wings flexing a little and her lip quivering. Her mouth opened and closed and she looked up at Twilight before looking away quickly, overcome with emotion.

Twilight softly stroked her mane again. "I would like that, very much." Twilight added, softly and sincerely.

Fluttershy's mouth opened, and she tried to speak. A little squeak came out. "...um." she managed.

Twilight leaned closer, her heart beating fast in her chest. "Yes?"

"I... I... T-Twilight, do you, are you, I mean..." she shivered, her eyes glistening. "I, I don't understand..."

Twilight's heart caught in her throat. "I have a charm." she confessed suddenly. "When I cast it, people aren't jealous of each other. It can get rid of fear, and uncertainty. Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow, we're all - together, in love with each other. I wanted to offer it to you. I wanted you to be part of it. With us. I thought that, that I knew what you would want the most in the world. The best way to make you happy."

Her eyes widened. "But- but, you can't mean that..."

"I do! I do. I'm so happy with them. I feel so close to them."

Fluttershy looked pinned to the spot, unable to think straight. "Pinkie...?"

"I haven't asked her yet. But I will." Twilight replied softly, watching tensely as Fluttershy looked down at her lap. "Fluttershy?" she breathed.

"I - I want to be happy. It sounds, it sounds really... nice. I- oh goodness, Twilight, I'd never imagined such a thing. But - but when I think about it, it feels safe. I, I think I could... maybe..." She trailed off, then added half to herself "I don't want to feel left out... I don't want to drift away from you all. You're my friends. You mean so, so much to me, if I said I didn't want to..."

"Even if you don't want to, you won't be any less my friend, our friend." Twilight stroked the back of her head gently. "I love you, Fluttershy. I'll always want to be close to you, for you to be happy."

"You - you mean that? Really?" She looked up, peeking through a curtain of her hair, with a desperate expression of longing, nervousness, and borderline terror.

"Yes! Yes, I do. I promise." She meant it. If Fluttershy turned her down, she'd make her forget, let her go, and she'd never think less of her. Any thought of redoing the conversation from scratch was gone, she couldn't have faced it all over again. This was all there was.

She could feel Fluttershy trembling against her. Her body was tense as a wire, ready to bolt at the slightest provocation, and Twilight looked into her eyes with an edge of desperation.

Fluttershy's lips moved soundlessly.

"Yes?" Twilight whispered.

"...please. P-please. Do. I, I don't want to be s-so, so scared." The words were so soft, Twilight could barely hear, but she clung to them with all her might. Her hand moved up to gently stroke Fluttershy's ears, and she struggled to speak, to push out the word that she needed to say.

"Sit." she breathed.

For a moment, she thought it wouldn't take. Then, all of a sudden, Fluttershy slid off the edge of the chair and settled on her knees, before looking up at Twilight with wide eyed desperation for approval. Twilight's heart leapt and she leaned forward, wrapping her arms around Fluttershy's shoulders and stroking her softly.

"Good girl. Good girl, such a good girl." she praised lovingly. Rubbing her shoulders soothingly, she said softly "That's right. Just lean into my hands. Very good girl."

Fluttershy slowly, gradually stopped shaking. A shivery little smile touched her lips, and Twilight felt her own match the expression. Fluttershy was on her knees. Fluttershy was on her knees, all by herself. Not even charmed. Her breathing quickened.

Her hand moved in front of Fluttershy's lips. "Lick my hand, pet. That's a good girl. That's how p-puppies show affection. Lick." she told her gently.

Fluttershy looked up quickly at Twilight, another little tremor making her quiver, and for a long moment she did nothing. Twilight waited, not daring to move.

Her lips parted, and slowly, tentatively, she licked Twilight's hand.

"Yes, yes... that's right, good, good sweet girl. That's right. Keep going." Twilight could barely keep her own voice steady. She was terrified, and exhilarated, and every gentle swipe of Fluttershy's tongue stoked a growing heat that was all the better for the rush of relief she felt. She'd been right. Having Fluttershy be a thoughtless animal was nothing compared to this feeling.

Fluttershy nuzzled her head against Twilight's hand, and something like a trembling look of adoration was growing in her eyes.

Twilight withdrew her hand, and soothed Fluttershy's quick look of nervousness with a smile and a stroke of her cheek. "That's right. That's right. Okay. Can you bark for me? Can you give me a little bark?"

A sudden look of uncertainty crossed her face, and Twilight added gently "It's okay. Just a little one." Fluttershy's lips trembled, then very softly, she managed "Um. Woof."

Twilight giggled involuntarily. Quickly, before her feelings could be hurt, she leaned down and kissed Fluttershy's forehead. "That's right. You did so well. I'm going to take ever such good care of you. You won't have to be afraid."

Fluttershy nodded after a moment, and finally whispered "I'd like that."

Twilight nuzzled her head against Fluttershy's soft pink mane. "I'm going to cast the charm now, Fluttershy. Are you ready?"

Fluttershy trembled again, closing her eyes, and gave a jerky little nod. "Please."

Twilight whispered into her ear. "Awaken, Fluttershy."

The tension melted from her body, her shoulders dropping, and her eyes fluttered. "I'm awakened, Twilight." Fluttershy said with entranced calm.

"Yes." Twilight stroked a finger over her lips tenderly. "You are." The parchment levitated back into view and she glanced back at her three friends, standing motionless and nude around her chair as she prepared to give Fluttershy her instructions. Only Pinkie left, and then...

The quill danced. 'You're not afraid to be my pet. It can embarrass you, but that won't stop you. You like to do as I say because good puppies are obedient. You feel the same lack of fear and liking to do what I wish as long as we're in any kind of sexual situation. You know you're charmed, and you're happy about that because you asked for this. You will trust that anyone I charm, it's for good reasons, so you won't worry about things I have charmed people do. These changes are happening now.'

That seemed to fulfil everything she wanted. Twilight breathed in deeply, then read the parchment aloud. The trio around her chair ignored it, listening only for the keywords Twilight had given them.

"I'm not afraid to be your pet, or when I'm in a sexual situation with you. I'll want to do what you want. I won't let embarrassment stop me being a good puppy. I'm glad you charmed me, Twilight, I wanted this. Anyone you charm, and anything you make them do, you have good reasons. I trust you. You've just made these changes to me."

"That's right!" Twilight impulsively hugged Fluttershy, the mesmerised pony swaying slightly with the impact, then rested her hand on Fluttershy's head as she straightened. "Slumber please, Fluttershy."

Awareness lit her eyes once more, and her lips parted as she released a long sigh. She shivered once, then slowly relaxed. Looking up shyly at Twilight, she whispered "Oh... thank you, Twilight. Thank you so much, that feels much better. I'm - I'm really happy to be here. With you." Nuzzling her head tenderly against Twilight's hand, she added softly "I'd like to be your pet. I would really like that."

Twilight tickled under her chin, and Fluttershy smiled with reflexive delight at her new owner. "I'll brush your mane and tail, and give you a basket to lie in, and sometimes we'll play fetch. Wouldn't that be fun?"

Fluttershy considered, her cheeks darkening in a blush, then she gave a quick, short yap of agreement. Twilight giggled. "Good girl! We've going to have so much fun together."

Fluttershy had gone, disappearing into the gathering evening with a meek little bob of her head and a smile she couldn't suppress, having romped around the room and been cuddled and stroked for a couple of hours. She hadn't taken off a scrap of clothing yet - that she remembered - but Twilight was looking forward to training her to relax while prancing around naked on all fours. With time, patience, and a gentle touch, she'd barely have to touch her mind at all.

That left the other three. Applejack was back in the corner, Rarity a footstool and Rainbow Dash was holding up a candle in her role as Equestria's sexiest lamp. She giggled at the sight, with satiated contentment. "Rainbow, put down the candle carefully. Everypony, line, prone."

The trio stirred wordlessly into motion, Applejack moving to stand before Twilight, Rarity joining her on her right and Rainbow Dash the left. As Rainbow stepped into line, the three bent down in unison and kneeled, placing their hands flat on the floor and looking up at Twilight with blank eyes. As one, they chorused "I belong to you. I will obey."

She shivered, involuntarily pressing her hand over her heart. That was a special sight, to be savoured later when she lay in bed. "Awaken."

"I'm awakened."

"Ah'm awakened."

"I am awakened."

"Okay everypony! All the commands I gave you since you were last awakened are ended, you're not furniture anymore. You won't remember anything that happened since then, but you'll know that time has passed and you've been under my spell." She paused, listening with interest to the variations on her commands the three replied with, then finished with a smile "Slumber now."

Rainbow recovered first, sitting up on her haunches and looking around herself. "Huh? Twilight! Did you just charm Fluttershy, and you didn't let me watch, even when I was in the same room?"

Twilight smiled, a little guiltily. "Kind of."

"Twiliiiight!" she wailed. "She's the first pony you brought in since me, I wanted to see!"

Rarity maintained her position, her breasts dangling between her arms, looking up at Twilight. "May I sit up, my Lady? Thank you." She eased herself upwards, and added "I think it's a very personal experience to be charmed by Twilight. I certainly wouldn't have wanted an audience when I was being introduced to her service. I'm sure Fluttershy will make a wonderful servant, and we will get to see her charmed soon."

Applejack crawled forward on all fours and sat down at Twilight's feet, leaning her head against Twilight's leg and pushing her hat askew. Looking up at her, she asked "So how's Fluttershy to you now, Ma'am? Servant girl, like Rarity? Can't picture her back talking like Rainbow."

Twilight's cheeks coloured. It had, after all, been her idea. "Well, actually... Fluttershy is being my pet. My, um. Puppy."

Rainbow stared at her, and then burst into laughter. "You made her like one of her own pets? She's a dog?"

"Rainbow!" Twilight protested. "It's sweet! It makes her feel safe, and cared for!"

"Rainbow Dash, really! Whatever Fluttershy has with Twilight, we should respect it, and her feelings. We don't laugh at our friends." Rarity said firmly.

Rainbow folded her arms and huffed, flicking her mane, but looked slightly abashed all the same.

"Well, I reckon she'll be cute as a button. Jest as long as she's happy, I'm happy." Applejack tilted her head back and looked up at Twilight, her expression softening. "Happier than I've ever been, come to that."

Twilight gazed down at her and whispered "I love you, Applejack. I really do." She knew she had to gather her resolve. It was past time she let all of them go for the night; Rarity had to see to Sweetie Belle, Applejack had work to do in the morning, and Rainbow had clouds to clear up. If she kept them much longer, somepony was bound to notice. She had to be careful. She knew that.

All the same, maybe just a little bit longer.

Applejack knelt naked before her. Twilight had eyes only for her, watching the farm pony with tingling excitement and listening to the words she had planted in her ear.

"Ah belong to you... I worship you... I must obey you... ah'm your fuckable farmgirl..."

Twilight shivered, running a hand over her own naked breast. Her black cape floated out behind her as she circled the mesmerised pony, then moved in closer and stroked Applejack's lips, feeling them move beneath her fingers in her steady chant. Her nipples ached, painfully hard, her sex tingling to be touched, and she moved to bring Applejack's mouth against her body, anticipating the sweet brush of her lips.

This was perfection. This was everything she had ever wanted. This was-

"You must stop this, Twilight Sparkle!"

"No!" Twilight couldn't contain the cry of shock. She spun, trying to tug her cloak around her with both arms in a vain attempt to cover her body. "It's not what it looks like!"

Princess Luna stood over her, tall and stern, wearing a close fitting tunic and breeches of an antiquated fashion that made her look like an old fashioned duelist. Her hair surrounded her like a cloud, filled with stars, and the expression on her face was one of unyielding purpose.

"No, Twilight Sparkle. This is exactly what it looks like. I have sensed thy dreams, thy growing obsession with power over others. For a time, I had thought that they would fade. I watched the dreams of thy friend, Applejack, that you dreamed of so much, and those were innocent of the power you would hold over her. That is no longer true. She dreams of being thy slave, under thy spell. As has Rarity, and even Rainbow Dash. I could no longer imagine that this was some passing fantasy. You have started down a dark path, and must be stopped."

Twilight hung her head, her cape tangled clumsily around her and barely covering her, intense guilt and shame flooding her and choking her voice to a whisper. "But - I asked them!" Inbuilt honesty, a hard habit to shake, prompted her to add after a moment "Some of them."

"Have you, Twilight Sparkle? Or have you convinced thyself that thy actions are just? With such power to shape others, surely you have decided that their opinions do not matter. I know of the secret desires of those ponies thy actions have changed, and I do not believe they would have agreed to be thy puppets."

She looked down at Twilight, a trace of empathy softening the hard edge of her voice. "I know well the power of obsession, Twilight Sparkle, and how it can turn you to do things you should never have thought possible to those who you most care for." Her hand flung out, pointing at the naked figure of Applejack, still softly chanting. "Is this how you see thy friend?"

Twilight jerked, and quickly shushed Applejack with a word. Her hands fumbled at the ties to her cape and she wrenched it off, pulling it around Applejack to protect her from Luna's iron gaze. Nude, she pulled off her peaked cap and cast it aside as she turned to face the Princess again, trying to cover herself with her hands. "I..."

"From whence did this power come, Twilight? What began you on this path?" Luna demanded.

"It was a, a book I found in the old castle. In the forest." Twilight blurted. "It had an extra charm bound into the book that didn't match the others, I asked Applejack if I could try it, it seemed harmless, but, but it was a spell of control. I didn't know how to remove it forever and then I was constantly thinking about it, and then I was using it, and then Rarity found us and I did it again to hide it, and then I just, couldn't, stop..." Her voice wound down.

Luna shook her head. "A work of dark magic, I am certain. It was a trap laid for you, Twilight Sparkle. I do not remember creating such a thing, but it may even have been a work of my own, in the terrible times of madness. Do not be afraid. I shall end all of this."

Twilight's lip quivered. "What... happens now?" she asked in a very small voice.

"Now thy former friends must be protected from you. You must be taken to Canterlot, and sealed away from those thy magic might hurt, until it can be taken from you."

Twilight shook visibly, the words hitting her like a blow. She couldn't lose her magic! She couldn't! That was, that was her special talent, that was the deepest part of her. She felt herself tremble. "But... but what about Applejack?"

Luna shook her head. "She must never see you again. Nor the others thy spell has touched."

No. No, she couldn't... "You, you can't..." she managed, her voice sounding strange in her own ears. "I can't never see her again..."

"I must. In time, perhaps a cure for the power you have imbued thy victims with will be found, and they will remember fully all those things that you have done. It may even be that in time, you will find their forgiveness, as I have. But they must be protected from you, and you from their temptation. Your life with thy friends is at an end."

Twilight backed away, and suddenly bumped into Applejack. She twisted, looking down at the other pony, and a dagger struck her heart. She loved her. She couldn't be separated from her. Not like this. She could fix this! She didn't have to lose, to lose everything. Her friends, her magic... Applejack. It was too much.

Her arms slowly fell from her chest and sex, and she turned back to Luna slowly with a little shake of her head. "I'm sorry, Princess. I'm so, so sorry, and I know you think this is best for me, but I can't. I can't lose the one I love like this."

Luna didn't even wait for her to finish speaking. A burst of pure, refined power poured down her long horn and caught Twilight solidly, blasting her off her feet. She went tumbling across the room, crashing into the wall, and for a moment was too dazed to move.

"I am sorry also, Twilight Sparkle. I suspected it might come to this. I do not blame you. You only need help."

Twilight's eyes focused. Luna was advancing on her, and Applejack - Applejack was gone. "What? No!" she gasped. It was happening! Applejack was being taken away from her, and the only way she could stop it was- Twilight's horn dipped and twisted as she began the pattern, then frantically dived aside as another wave of force slammed into the wall.

"Do not do this, Twilight Sparkle! This is for the sake of thy friends!"

Twilight couldn't find the breath to argue. She leapt to her feet, balanced on her toes like a dancer, and began the pattern again. A wave of force washed past as she dodged nimbly to the side, tossing furniture and crockery into the air, and still the pattern wound tighter until it came to a close. She tossed her head, unleashing it.

Luna's horn glowed, and something was suddenly frozen before her, a thin, intangible mist of pink and purple. Her voice carried regret. "I had hoped thy will was stronger than this."

Twilight stared. No, this had to work. It had to! It was her only way out, she had to stop any of this from having happened! Her horn danced through the pattern again, and again, there was the merest suggestion of a flicker before it too came to a stop in midair, the second mingling with the first casting and glowing brighter in the air.

"Twilight..." warned Luna, her horn's glow intensifying.

Of course. Luna might be able to block the spell, but she hadn't worked out how to discharge it safely, and while her horn was busy, she couldn't cast any more of the concussive blasts. The two spells hung in the air, smoky tendrils of pink and purple mingling.

Twilight took a deep breath, and lowered her horn. The pattern of the spell was second nature to her by now, and she felt her own power surge within her as she cast it. Another tracery slammed to a stop, mingling with the others. Reinforcing the others. Another.

"Twilight Sparkle!" Luna bellowed. Twilight ignored her. Another casting, and another, and another... the mingling traces of the spells were now glowing brightly enough to light the room with their radiance, and their random swirling motion becoming purposeful. A solid beam of purple light from her horn poured more and more power into the conjuration, the great glowing mass of light beginning to rotate around the centre. The threads of light were pulled into a slowly rotating spiral, shimmering and crackling with magic, and the glow of Luna's horn began to wane in the face of it. The great spiral reflected in her sparkling eyes, and the dark blue glow of her magic flickered.

Flickered again.

And went out.

"No! You must not!" she cried. The energy crackled in the air, coiling about her arms and legs, then all at once the huge spell poured in a shifting torrent into her eyes. The last trace of it vanished into her, and the blazing light winked out. Twilight dropped to her knees, catching herself on her hands, and looked up at Luna's expression of deep confusion.

"But I don't feel any-"

"Awaken! Awaken! AWAKEN!" Twilight shouted.

She burst upright from her blankets, confused and disorientated at the sudden darkness. Trying to get her legs under her instinctively, she tangled herself in her sheets and toppled out of bed, painfully crashing to the floor.

Silence returned.

"What." Twilight croaked. She automatically reached out with her thoughts to light a candle and recoiled, her magic aching within her like a muscle about to cramp from overuse. She was bathed in sweat, her sheets soaked.

Slowly, moving like an old woman, she untangled herself and sat up. It was a dream. Luna. Luna had been in her dream! She'd seen everything, if she told Celestia that would be it! The end of everything! Being her apprentice, loving Applejack, having magic, ever seeing her friends again! Her hand covered her mouth, horrified. On the other hand, if the spell had actually worked, that could be even worse, since Luna could now be standing mindless somewhere in Canterlot, unable to wake up or hear anyone but Twilight.

This was a catastrophe.

Please, please, let it have just been a dream. Please let it just be a dream. The same words looped over and over through her mind as she made her way downstairs and paced nervously back and forth across the room. Picturing Celestia suddenly appearing before her in a blaze of glory, Twilight winced again and pulled on a slightly tatty dressing gown over her loose pyjamas. If only Spike was here, she could have sent a message, she could have confessed, asked them to look for Luna. Either Luna was going to tell Celestia or she was going to be found motionless under a spell, so it was the same thing either way.

She grabbed her head in both hands and moaned. How hadn't she seen this coming? Was it just not wanting to realise that Luna had seen into her most depraved dreams? She should have thought of this!

This couldn't be happening.

She dashed into the kitchen, and put on the kettle with quick, jerky movements. Tea. Soothing tea, and a list. She just needed to write out some kind of list of what to do in these circumstances, and not panic. The water boiled, and she poured it into a cup, adding a generous spoon of honey to her tea.

The first sip was scalding, but she endured it, and took several more. It helped, a little. Maybe she should-

A loud knock sounded through the silent house, and Twilight jerked in shock, the mug slipping out of her hand and smashing on the floor in a spray of tea and pottery. Scrambling towards the door in an undignified rush, her mind blank with panic, she unlocked it and wrenched it open to face her judgement.

Luna stood on her doorstep, looking down at her in the cool moonlight. "May I enter, Twilight Sparkle?" she asked. Her tone was completely normal.

Twilight's train of thought derailed, screeched along the tracks in a shower of sparks, and burst into flame. "...uh. I. Yes."She stepped back slowly into the room, and Luna entered, shutting the door behind her.

Animation drained from Luna's face, and she dropped smoothly to her knees. Her softly glowing eyes came to rest on Twilight's, and she spoke with thoughtless sincerity.

"I am awakened, Twilight Sparkle. I have been the greatest of fools to ever consider myself thine equal. You are my Queen, my Goddess, and I thy unworthy supplicant. I worship thy divine body. I am thy craven slut, thy whore. My ass is thine to abuse. My breasts are yours to take. Place me in the position I deserve, use thy humble plaything howsoever you wish, I beg of you."

Silence fell, a long silence, dimly lit.

"What."

Author's Notes:

I have been waiting for this moment ever since I started this. Also, Fluttershy is a puppy!