If there was a first principle to work from, it was this: Applejack had to belong to her as her loving, obedient slave. No matter what, she would never let Applejack go.

Twilight looked down at the parchment, twisting her lower lip and catching it between her teeth as she thought. She wanted to persuade Applejack to agree to it voluntarily, but even if she wouldn't, she'd just - she could fix it. She'd make it all better, and Applejack would be with her. All the time, not just when she dared put the earth pony under a spell for a few hours. Having Rainbow and Rarity permanently hers made it so much easier to believe she could get away with it.

Of course, the idea was a little intimidating too. She didn't want to lose the Applejack that she met every day, her friend as well as her lover. She needed to strike a balance between friend Applejack and on-her-knees-cumming-her-brains-out Applejack. The one that worshipped her, and couldn't resist her.

One of the many advantages to writing with a levitating quill was freeing her hands to touch herself, each time the memories distracted her. Her slim white undershirt was rumpled from repeatedly being pushed up and out of the way. Still, she was making progress.

Applejack had to agree to be hers, no matter what Twilight had to do to make her want to. She felt guilty about the uncompromising flatness of that decision, but she couldn't bring herself to change it. That made, she had to decide on her other priorities for her. Applejack had to accept what Twilight had done to Rarity and Rainbow - or others, in future. Twilight flushed, and shifted position, a low sigh of pleasure escaping her lips.

She wasn't ready to give them up, and though it made her feel guilty, she couldn't pretend she had the determination to promise it would never happen to new ponies either. She had to make sure that from the start, there could be no jealousy, and she'd accept Twilight's use of the spell.

"I have to - mmm - make sure that Applejack is mine, that she's happy to be played with together with other ponies, and she doesn't mind when I charm new ponies. I think those are the key ones," she finally said aloud, looking down at the floor. "What do you think, Rarity?"

The white pony was kneeling on the floor before Twilight, wearing a gauzy veil over her breasts that completely failed to conceal their swelling curves and jutting nipples, a similar coil of fabric around her waist doing more to draw attention to her sparsely covered sex than cover it. Small bells dangling from her waistband and gently clipped to her nipples chimed with her small movements as she lovingly ran her tongue up the arch of Twilight's bare foot and licked the underside of each individual toe before reluctantly lifting her head to reply.

"Well, my Lady, if you're sure about this change, the new Applejack should love to serve you just as much as she does now. Anything less just wouldn't be fitting for you - you deserve only the most devoted charmed slaves. I believe you don't wish her to tell anypony either?"

Twilight smiled at her friend, lifting her slightly damp foot to slip under the gauzy fall of Rarity's outfit and caress one large, soft breast. The other pony shuddered gently, her eyes half closing. "You're right. I was including that under making her be mine, but it's best to be very clear." The quill moved smoothly over the paper as Twilight continued to absently play with Rarity's chest, listening with half an ear to the little whimpers and taking a secret delight in them.

"I wish I could remember what I'd said to Applejack to make her the way she is now," Twilight added after a moment. "I didn't write it down, I was just so - excited by it. I got carried away. I'd know more about what she's thinking if I'd just documented things properly!"

Rarity wrapped her arms around Twilight's leg, drawing herself forward to press the other pony's leg between her breasts. "Really, Twilight, you mustn't blame yourself. I'm sure that anypony faced with the situations you've faced couldn't have possibly done things better."

Twilight sighed, letting the parchment roll up and the quill float away to settle on her desk. "Could you stay the night, Rarity? I'd really like to have company before I see Applejack in the morning."

"Why of course, my Lady. I'd be delighted."

"Will Sweetie Belle be alright?" Twilight asked. The last thing she wanted was for the filly to be neglected because she'd taken a hold over her older sister.

"I told her that I might be late returning this evening, and she begged me to let her sleep over with Scootaloo and Applebloom at Sweet Apple Acres. I'm sure she's having the time of her life. I only hope they don't burn down the barn trying to get cutie marks in fire fighting."

Twilight gave the other pony a relieved smile, then hesitated. "Rarity, if she were staying alone, and were waiting for you to return, and I told you to stay the night, would you?"

Rarity blinked, her hand pausing in stroking Twilight's bare leg. "I'd wish to go back and let her know that I would be away for the evening first. I wouldn't want her to worry."

"But if I told you you couldn't," Twilight pressed. A realisation was creeping up on her.

"I- well- I'd have to go anyway. I may belong to you, Twilight, but Sweetie Belle is my sister. If I couldn't see a truly pressing reason that I shouldn't, I'd have to make sure she was alright." Rarity's expression became complicated, as if she wasn't sure what she should be feeling. "You could charm me to make certain I'd obey at all costs, of course."

Twilight leaned forward, her gaze intense and her words carefully chosen. "You're happy for me to charm anypony and change them however I like, aren't you?"

Rarity nodded at once. "Of course, my Lady. It is your right, you know. It's only proper."

"But you don't want to upset Sweetie Belle."

Rarity blinked, leaning back a little to look up at Twilight with a slightly unhappy look on her face. "Of course not. I'd never wish to upset her."

That was it. That was what she'd been missing. What would Applejack have said, if asked the same questions? She couldn't remember ever telling her she simply couldn't deny a command, but she was sure she'd emphasised how good it felt to obey. Twilight bit her lip. In the worst case, Applejack could be deeply traumatised by Twilight accidentally telling her to do something that would bring harm to her family and hating the idea but feeling overwhelming pleasure at the idea of doing it at the same time.

The scroll yanked back into the open and unfurled hurriedly, the quill moving rapidly across it to spell out in firm letters, 'Safety clauses for obedience.' What if she'd told Applejack to hurt herself? That would have probably driven her to do it! Thankfully, it probably wouldn't have worked on Rainbow, or Rarity. They wanted to please her, but weren't so conditioned that they had to. She had to fix this tomorrow, even if she didn't get up the nerve to confront Applejack with her new self.

Rarity still looked a little hurt, pulling in her elbows to cover herself a little, and Twilight quickly put the scroll down. Reaching down to stroke Rarity's cheek, she said softly, "I'd never want you to upset your sister, Rarity. Please tell me if I ever accidentally ask you to do something that might. That's really serious, I have to make sure Applejack can tell me no if I make a mistake and tell her to do something that could get somepony hurt."

Rarity slowly relaxed and leant her head into Twilight's hand, her intricately coiffured mane shifting with the movement. "You're a wonderful pony, Twilight. You do have my complete trust, I hope you know."

Twilight stood up, and gave the other pony a tender smile. "I'm really glad you're here tonight, Rarity. Would you please lie with me in my bed tonight?"

"I can't think of anything I'd like more, my Lady. I'm honoured." Rising and following Twilight, Rarity carefully detached the small bells from her nipples, rubbing them to soothe the slight ache, then began unwinding the layers. By the time she finished stripping naked, Twilight had already slipped off her undershirt and climbed into her small bed. Wriggling under the knitted covers to join her, and suppressing a wistful thought about her own silken sheets, she cuddled into Twilight's side, gazing adoringly at her face.

Twilight sighed softly as Rarity's warm body curled up to her, extinguishing the lights with a flicker of purple glow as she pinched out the flames with a thought. Her eyes closed, she settled down to breathing softly and steadily for a few moments before she abruptly spoke.

"Sometimes I think I shouldn't have ever found this charm. I'm not the best pony to find it. If Princess Celestia had found it, she would have broken it as soon as she realised what it did, she wouldn't have used it - not like I did."

Silence hung for a moment in the dimness, before Rarity shifted slightly. "Now Twilight, don't be silly."

"...I'm not being silly."

"Yes you are. This charm has brought nothing but happiness, hasn't it? I have never been happier than I am to be curled up to you right now, and I'm sure Rainbow Dash feels the same way. You simply must tell her to talk to me about it, when I met her this morning she refused to do more than make a zipping gesture over her mouth even though I told her you'd told me all about her. Applejack - the Applejack that knows, at least - is completely in love with you."

"But-"

"Twilight, really. If you were the wrong pony to have this charm, you wouldn't have asked about Sweetie Belle." In the dim light, Twilight could make out the outline of Rarity's fond smile, before a pale finger came to rest on Twilight's lips. "Now hush, my Lady. Get some sleep."

Twilight resisted a moment longer, then relaxed, and did as she was told.

The morning sun was rising high into a clear blue sky, the birds were singing, ponyfolk were ambling through the town in ones and twos chatting pleasantly, and Applejack was nervous as hell. Her mane was extra tidy, having been brushed over and over as she fretted, and she absently straightened her open jacket as she approached the treehouse.

Darn that Rainbow Dash! She'd been acting shifty since the day before yesterday, and then all of a sudden she drops by to say that Twilight wants to see her in the morning? After what Applejack had told her about her feelings? The zippy gesture across her mouth when she'd asked why Twilight wanted to see her made it all the worse.

She had a bad feeling that Rainbow had flapped her yap to Twilight about the whole thing. Now she wanted to talk to Applejack. Was this good? Bad? Heck, was this anything at all, and she was getting worked up for nothing? No, the way Rainbow had acted meant something was up.

"Couldn't you have been the element of keep your darn mouth shut?" she muttered towards the absent pegasus. The tree house loomed before her, and she came to a stop before the small door. "Steady, girl," she told herself, and knocked.

"Um, come in!" sounded from inside after a couple of seconds, and Applejack tentatively pushed the door open. Stepping inside and closing it behind her, she said, "Howdy, Twilight. How're you today?"

Twilight smiled weakly at her. Yep, something was up alright. "Would you like some tea?"

"Sure. Nothing like a hot cup of tea on a fresh morning," she replied immediately. She watched Twilight bustle into the kitchen and looked around at the quiet room. Shifting restlessly, she tilted to the side and scanned the room again. Something glinted gold, under a chair.

Grateful for a distraction from her whirling thoughts, she crossed the room and dug around under the chair. Touching something, she pulled it out into the open and held it up to the light, frowning in puzzlement. It was a small golden bell, with a soft wooden clip at the top, tensioned by a little spring. What in the world was this for? Clipping it to her finger, she tested its gentle grip by shaking her hand, making the bell chime musically.

There was a crash from the kitchen, and Applejack swivelled around quickly. "Twilight, you alright?" she called.

Twilight appeared in the doorway, the corner of her skirt dripping and a sickly smile on her face. "I'm fine! Oh, you found something? Let me take care of that." Dashing over, she eased the bell off Applejack's finger and then said in a rush, "Stillmakingtheteaexcuseme!" and ran back into the kitchen, chiming all the way.

"What'n the world...?" Applejack muttered, mystified. Whatever she'd expected, this wasn't it.

Further rattling around sounded, and a few moments later Twilight came back out of the kitchen with a tray holding a pair of cups, pasting a smile over her obvious nerves. "Here you go, I hope you enjoy it."

Applejack took the cup carefully and swallowed a mouthful of hot, sweet tea. "It's good!" she offered awkwardly.

Twilight sat down, and Applejack moved to sit opposite her, focusing on the cup in her hands.

"Applejack?" Twilight asked softly.

"Yep Twilight?" she answered at once, looking up at the other pony. Her heart beat faster. She was near shaking herself apart with nervousness inside. Tension hung in the air.

Twilight hesitated, then put her cup on the small table between them. "There's something I have to tell you, and it's going to change our relationship. It's something I think you should have known for a while."

Applejack's hands squeezed the cup hard. "Uh. Yes?"

"We've been - I mean, I've been, with you, and- you don't remember but- oh, for goodness - awaken!"

Twilight watched as Applejack's thoughts turned off abruptly, the tension melting out of her body, left clutching the teacup and gazing blankly into Twilight's eyes.

"Ah am awakened," she replied in a soft monotone.

"Put down the cup, please." She was worked up as it was, and seeing it held there kept interrupting her thoughts to make her worry the mindless pony might drop it.

"Ah will put down the cup."

She'd been crazy to think she could have this conversation with Applejack without priming her first, if she didn't know what Twilight was talking about, it would sound insane. Fixing it so Applejack couldn't run out of the door would probably be for the best too... it wasn't even locked.

Distractedly locking the door with a gesture of her horn, she composed herself. "Applejack, I want you to speak truthfully to me. You won't leave my house until I say so. When I tell you to remember, you'll get back all the experiences you've had with me that I've made you forget, okay?"

"Ah will speak true. Ah won't leave without your say so. Ah'll have all the experiences I forgot when you say to remember."

Twilight looked over at her notes, rolled up and tucked safely into the bookshelf. She'd feel more reassured with them open at her side, but she didn't need them just yet. She wasn't about to make the new Applejack. She just needed to talk to her about it.

"O-okay. Um. Slumber, please," she said, trying not to stumble over her words.

Applejack blinked, shaking her head slightly. "Look, Twilight, what're you trying to say here? You're not making a lick've sense."

Twilight looked down at her hands again. It was so much harder to speak with Applejack conscious! She could just reshape her now, she didn't have to tell her about it first. But - no, she did need to tell her first. She had to give her a chance to - to want what Twilight wanted. Her heart sank in her chest. That didn't seem very likely, not when she brought in magic, and the others.

She began to speak, not meeting Applejack's eyes. "Do you remember I asked you to help me test a charm recently?"

Applejack blinked. "What, the one you can't get to work? Sure."

"It - did work. Really well. So well I can't, um, remove it, actually."

"Ah don't feel any different..." Applejack trailed off, a worried frown touching her features.

"You don't remember. I got - I got carried away. I'm really sorry! I just - you were so beautiful, and I'd never felt like that before, and I-!" Twilight blurted in a rush, teary eyed. Looking up at Applejack, she saw the stunned and confused look on her face, her lips parted and nothing coming out. Pressing on quickly before she completely lost her nerve and just shouted 'awaken' at her, she managed, "I really want to be with you. More than anything. I'm going to give you back everything that I hid from you, so we can - so we can talk about what happens now."

"You've hidden things from me? You - you think Ah'm beautiful?" Applejack breathed, seizing on the one fact she could hold onto in the tide of confusion and uncertainty.

Twilight nodded, rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand. "I - I do. Oh Applejack - remember!"

Applejack's eyes widened, her pupils shrinking as an accelerated rush of sensory experiences broke over her. "Wh-" she managed before a startled groan escaped her throat. "Ohhh - oh! Oh! Ahh!" she yelped as the first compacted orgasm hit home, followed closely by another. Panting roughly, her eyes staring into her own past as it raced before her eyes, she grabbed at her own shirt and pulled roughly, the buttons flying loose.

Shoving her red bra out of the way, she dug her blunt nails into her right breast as another wave of pleasure rocked her, her hips jerking convulsively. "Oh! Yes, yes Ma'am yes yes aaah!" she cried out in delirious, amped up pleasure, thrusting her free hand down her shorts and rocking her hips against it.

Twilight watched in shocked fascination as Applejack writhed before her, catching a flash of shock and recognising it even as Applejack stammered, "R-Rarity?" before relaxing and groaning again as the tide washed her past the moment they'd been discovered together and on to dressing up for Twilight's pleasure again. The last traces of memory flashed past, making Applejack pant a final desperate moan, before the grip of her past experiences released her and she finally collapsed askew in her chair, coated in a sudden bloom of sweat. She slumped bonelessly with one hand shoved into her shorts and the other loosely clutching her bare breast, shirt buttons scattered across the floor.

Gazing at her with rapt focus and a trace of awe, Twilight found it hard to clear her mind of a persistent thought: she really had to try that again. Stunned and a little tentative, Twilight leant forward and asked softly, "Applejack? Are you alright?"

Applejack's eyes fluttered, and her hand slipped free to land in her lap. Groggily, she muttered, "Ma'am - Twilight? What..."

A fresh thought joined the chorus clamouring in Twilight's head for attention, one that said quite calmly: Twilight, have you just broken Applejack?

Sitting up slowly, Applejack looked down at herself for a long moment. All at once, recognition of her situation visibly hit her. Yelping, she pulled her hand out of her shorts and tugged her shirt closed, holding it with one hand as a rich red blush grew on her cheeks. "I- Twilight, could you fetch me a blanket or something?" she croaked.

Leaping out of her chair, Twilight vanished in a flash of purple light and reappeared an instant later, clutching the quilted blanket off her bed. She hastily spread it over Applejack, who gratefully tugged it around herself and relaxed a little, shaking her head. "...appreciate it."

Twilight stood at her side, twisting a strand of her mane between her fingers, lost for words.

Breathing in deeply, Applejack looked up at her and said more gently, "You want to sit down, sugarcube?"

"I- yes, of course. Um. Sorry." Twilight scurried back to her chair, then added meekly, "About - everything."

"Jest hold on there for a minute. I need to sort m'self out here before we talk about - well, anything."

"I- um. Right. Yes. Sorry." Twilight's cheeks flushed darkly. How had she managed to mess that up so badly? She hadn't given Applejack any way to make it easier to integrate all her memories, and somehow she'd managed to make her experience them instead of remember them which made it worse... though it was interesting that she could do that. Something to experiment with later. Firmly pushing the distracting thought aside, she gazed at her friend anxiously.

Applejack sat quietly for a few moments, her hat shading her eyes and her lips moving slightly, before she finally lifted her head. "Twilight?"

Twilight straightened with a jerk, her back ramrod straight and her hands tangled together in her lap. "Yes?"

Applejack breathed out deeply, nodding once. "Okay. Guess I've got the shape've it now. Been - well, you made another one of me and had me sharing my head with mahself. Sure feels strange to remember all the things I did. I mean, I did, but I didn't."

Twilight hunched her shoulders uncomfortably. "Are you very unhappy with me?"

"Don't know," said Applejack frankly. "Get the feeling I should be, but I'm having a hard time finding it. Mah stars, Twilight. The things you did to me." She shook her head, her cheeks darkening. "Ah'm not sure if I want to kiss you or buck you out a window."

Oh. She should probably have told Applejack not to buck her out of a window. Twilight nodded meekly. "I might deserve it." You definitely deserve it! The internal voice of her guilt hadn't had much time to speak up lately, and it was making the most of the opportunity.

"It's like, you were the only thing that mattered to me, Twilight. It's - heck, it's scary. Rilly amazing, but scary." She hesitated. "Twi - what did you do to Rarity? Did you do the same to her?"

Twilight's shoulders flinched. "Um. Yes." She opened her mouth, but nothing came out for a long moment before she added in a near squeak, "Rainbow too."

Applejack blinked. "-look sugarcube, you really need to let them go. Isn't fair to do this without their say-so."

"But - but I did get their say so! I talked it over with Rarity, and she said she'd like to be attracted to me, she just wasn't, and, and I spoke to Rainbow and told her what I could do, and she - she said she wanted it. She wanted to be with me. And, um. You."

Applejack straightened up and gave Twilight a long look. "Twilight, Ah need to really believe that's true, alright? If'n they said they were done, would you let them go? Can they even say that?"

"They can tell me they're not happy, and say no to things I ask them to do..." Twilight mumbled. Of course she wouldn't let them go. She couldn't. It was just - unthinkable! She couldn't!

Applejack folded her arms over the top of the blanket, her voice getting sterner. "Twilight. Y'really have to give them that choice."

"I -" Why was she having this conversation? Why didn't she just say the word and put Applejack under her control? This wasn't going right at all! It wasn't meant to go like this! Twilight found her eyes tearing up, and she sniffled, nodding once. "-okay. I'll check with them that they want to stay the way they are."

Did she mean it? She thought she did. She just - they'd agree to stay with her, right? Rainbow definitely would, and Rarity - how could Rarity turn it down? It was wonderful that they were all together, wasn't it? No pony would say no, and that was fine. It was all going to be fine. "But - but what about you?" she stammered.

Applejack looked away, and Twilight's heart sank. Her voice came softly. "Heck, Twilight. Ah'm such a knot of feelings right now. Thing is though, Ah -" She broke off, then resumed, "-Ah do love you. No part of me doesn't. Ah had a real thing for you already, and everything I remember is jest so full of - you. How darn pretty you are. How much it set my heart at ease to be with you. Can't be sure if Ah'm even thinking straight."

The earth pony looked back at Twilight, her green eyes glistening. "Darn it. Maybe I'd think clearer if you took all that back out of my head, but I don't want you to. I can get what Rarity'n Rainbow Dash decided, rilly I can. Would you jest- would you jest get over here and hold me already?"

Twilight's mouth dropped open, then she jerked to her feet and threw herself around the table to Applejack's side, barely able to squeeze into the small chair with her. Applejack pulled the blanket from under her and wrapped it around Twilight, and both of them felt the other shiver as Twilight nestled into her side.

Twilight finally found her voice. "Applejack... I... I do love you. Please - please don't go!" she blurted, wrapping her arms around the other pony tightly and nestling into her broad shoulder.

"Hush yourself now. Ah'm not going anywhere," Applejack murmured in reply. Reflexively tugging her shirt closed beneath the blanket, she drew Twilight closer and buried her head in her mane, her broad hat slipping off and to the floor. She breathed in deeply, taking in her scent, both familiar and new to her.

Twilight nestled her face against Applejack's neck, and finally said very softly, "Applejack? Does this mean you - want to keep going?"

Looking up, she saw Applejack was chewing her lip indecisively. "Twilight, Ah don't even know what that'd mean. Can't pretend there isn't a whole lot of what we did together talking to me, telling me what I want more than anything is more of that. Rarity though, even Rainbow - guess I know what Rarity means. Want to be attracted there, but I guess I'm not. I remember being though." She shook her head.

"I, um. I had some ideas. About what it'd mean. That you'd be all mine. I mean, you'd feel all mine. You'd be happy to play with Rarity, and Rainbow. But the really important one..." Twilight trailed off, then added softly, "I didn't do things very well with you. I wasn't thinking clearly. The most important thing was making sure you could say no. I never wanted to put you in a position where you would feel bad about doing what I wanted, but have to. I scared myself when I realised I hadn't given you a way out. I'm sorry."

Applejack closed her eyes, and Twilight listened with tense anxiety to her breathing as the other pony thought. Finally, she murmured, "Twilight? Is this what you want? I mean, really, is this going to make you unhappy if you can't have this?"

Twilight blinked, her mouth opening and closing. What if Applejack really didn't want to do this? Was having a relationship with Applejack enough, without the control?

Did she really need this that badly?

She swallowed. Now she'd asked the question, she couldn't fight the answer. "I kind of... need this. I never dreamed of it, and now I don't know how to live without it. I'd, I'd want to try to give it up, if you really wanted me to, but I don't know if I could." She hesitated, and silence stretched.

It's taking over my life. Please, Applejack. Say yes, or turn me over to Princess Celestia, just say something...

"...alright, Twilight. I'll do it."

Twilight's heart juddered. "Um."

Applejack gazed at her with a look of such tender affection that her breath stopped, and she could only listen, wide eyed. "Been sitting here this whole time, pushing back on the part of me that wants to feel what I remember feeling. But there's conditions, okay? I want the same as you give to Rarity and Rainbow, you check in with me often that I want to keep this going, with my head clear. You make sure I can say no, too. Ah love you Twilight. Really do, can't fight it. You don't need to mess with that. Ah jest need you to promise you won't make everything else less important to me - Sweet Apple Acres, my family. There's going t'be times I need to tell you to take a hike, I'm busy. Maybe a lot of times."

Twilight gave a shaky laugh. "I won't mind! I promise, Applejack. I won't change what you really care about. I'll just make it easier for you to be attracted to Rarity and Rainbow, okay? I know it'd mean the world to Rainbow Dash."

Applejack nodded, with a fond little smile. "You know, Ah always knew the way she felt about me. Jest couldn't let her know - what good'd that do, telling her? Wasn't like I was going to suddenly take a liking to mares one day. Guess I was wrong about that!"

Twilight opened her mouth. She could let Applejack see what she was going to say to her, before she said it. She could write it out first. She was going to do that anyway. But... she wanted to make it easier for Applejack to accept her taking other ponies, as well. She might not like that. Her lips remained parted as she fought herself. "I... I can do it. If you mean it," she heard herself say. "If you're sure."

Applejack squeezed Twilight, then pushed herself back a little and squared her shoulders. "Getting a mite nervous now. More than a mite nervous, tell you the truth. You know that big boulder behind the west orchard barn, that we couldn't shift for ten of us? That kind of mite. Best you do it now before I go'n lose my nerve."

Twilight gazed at Applejack, and her heart thudded in her chest. She wanted to say something, anything, that could express her true feelings. The love and terror and want and need that were pulsing through her body in a tangled war of emotion. It was possible she was being so selfish that she was being a monster. She couldn't tell, and she knew she couldn't tell. Her eyes welled up, and she finally whispered, "I love you Applejack. More than the stars in the sky. Awaken."

Applejack began to smile tenderly at Twilight before the command word struck her and her face relaxed to a calm, vacant stare. "Ah'm awakened."

The scroll yanked off the shelf so quickly and violently it almost tore. The quill flew across the parchment, trying to outrace Twilight's doubts. 'You know that you belong to me. Doing what I tell you makes you feel good. If you have an objection to a command, or if it would make you unhappy or upset, you will tell me and ask me to cancel it.' A contingency struck her, and she added, 'If you're carrying out a command and something happens that means you want to stop, or you think I'd want you to stop, you can. If I can't undo a command for any reason that you need cancelled, you'll break it anyway.'

She paused. This was getting complicated. The spell could probably hold all the rules, but it didn't look right. She put a line through what she'd written, and started again. 'You know that you belong to me. Doing what I tell you makes you feel good. If you need to break or refuse a command, you can. Tell me the next time you see me.' That ought to mean she'd be told if Applejack rejected an order, but wouldn't make Applejack run all the way to tell her if she had to stop doing something because of an emergency. That was better.

Okay. Applejack belonged to her, wanted to do what she was told, and had a safety release. She hadn't made the compulsion to obey very strong anyway, but she wanted to be sure Applejack was safe from it if she needed to be. Twilight took a deep breath and looked into Applejack's mindless gaze. A tingle flickered deep down in her body.

The quill began to write again, slowly. 'You are attracted to me and all the ponies that I enchant to belong to me. You are happy for me to use the charm on anypony I want to.' That line, she knew, was one Applejack would object to. Could she weaken it somehow? ...probably. She could write in that Applejack would judge for herself if the new pony had really wanted to be enchanted. She could ensure Applejack would make her check often with every pony she enchanted that they still wanted this.

It was the right thing to do, she knew that. With a sinking feeling of certainty, she also knew she wasn't going to.

Her voice quiet, she read the parchment aloud.

"Ah know Ah belong to you. Doing what you say makes me feel good. Ah can break or refuse a command if I need to, I'll tell you when I see you. I'm attracted to you and all the ponies you make belong to you. I'm happy for you to use the charm on anypony you want." Applejack accepted the words without a murmur.

The parchment rolled up again. Breathing deeply, trying to control her emotions, Twilight willed it and the quill away, and looked back into Applejack's eyes. "Applejack, the rules I gave you earlier about not leaving, only telling the truth and remembering when I told you to remember are replaced by the ones I just gave you, they don't apply anymore. Now I'd like you to slumber, please."

Applejack blinked slowly as her expression returned, her lips curving into a tender smile once again. "What did you do? Something sure jest changed." Her eyes dropped and she added with warmth in her voice, "I can feel you owning me. Feels good. Never said thank you, y'know. For not finding the things I wanted weird."

Twilight leant into Applejack, and felt her doubts diminish under the warmth of the other pony's gaze. "I wanted them too. Would you like to make some new memories, Applejack?"

"Can't think of anything I'd like more, Ma'am."

Author's Notes:

Sometimes, your plans for a chapter get tossed because your characters have their own ideas. Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Twilight and a pony orgy - next time!

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