“And that’s pretty much it.” I finish my tale to Arati.

“... Wow...” She eventually said. “You did all of that in a year?”

“More or less.” I look up in thought. “Might’ve been a little shorter than that, but yeah.”

“Jesus...” Arat muttered. “You mean to tell me, that you killed a giant centaur, created metals that shouldn’t be physically possible, you scared the hell out of some nightmare thing, you created a fully functioning android with complete independent intelligence, became friends with those who rule the country, all in one year?” I nodded.

“There’s more to it, but yeah.” I nodded nonchalant.

“... You do realize this makes you something short of a demi-god, right?”

“I kinda figured that a while back. But that was after I got used to the place. I’m honestly surprised I didn’t go insane from how little sense Equestria makes.”

“That is a bit of a miracle. ”

“Well… it might be magic that keeps me sane. I mean, come on, who can go through what I went through and not have a few problems afterwards? I had a chunk of wood going right through my chest at one point for fuck’s sake.” I scowl at nothing.

“Speaking of...” Arati almost trailed off. “What do these… ‘ponies’ look like?” She was using the term loosely. Right, never showed her what the ponies looked like.

“I’ll show ya.” I cast the transformation spell I used when I was with Lunar. Once again turning myself into a cartoonish pegasus.

And the first thing I noticed. I was about as high as her waist.

*I hate being small.*

~You will get used to it.~ Ruby said. Arati looked a little perplexed.

“Hey, you actually look a little familliar...” Arati said when she recovered from blatant shock.

“Oh yeah, ever heard of the kids show ‘My Little Pony’?” She nodded. “The country I’m currently living in as based off that show.”

“Really?” She asked, completely baffled.

“Yeah. Big mind fuck huh?”

“Yes, it is… Can you turn into anything else from there? This is that magic stuff right?”

“Yeah, and yes, there’s these bug-things called changelings. And Gryphons.” I turn myself into a king changeling. “This is a king changeling. Regulars are about the same size as those ponies.” I’m at eye level with Dr. Arati, if not, a little shorter. “They are wildly different from hive to hive. And yes, they run on that ‘hive mind’ like ants and bees.”

“Wow… this is… this is a lot to take in...” Arati put a hand to her forehead. I turn myself back to human form.

“I know, it’s a bit jarring at first, but you just start to accept it almost right off the bat.”

“Why is that? Why so quick?”

“I honestly think it has to do with magic and how it’s a part of every being’s biology there. But realistically, I think it has to do with different realities.”

“What makes you think so?”

“Think about it, I end up on some planet that has fucking magic and shit, and there’s nothing like that here. And considering the fact that we haven’t found any alien life within our god damned galaxy… wait...” Luna told me that magic exists in different forms. And for us it’s technology, but, that doesn’t make sense. Magic, the way I’ve seen it, hardly makes any sense what-so-ever, and it’d be a lost cause to even think about trying to understand its innerworkings. And our understanding of how things work goes down to the atomic level, for the most part. No… no, none of this adds up.

“Ember?” Arati snapped her fingers in front of my face. “You in there?” I shake my head and refocus on the world around me.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m here. I just… thought of something.”

“I could tell, seemed pretty important.” She commented.

“Yeah, anyway. You wanna get lunch? I’m pretty hungry.”

“Likewise. Taco Bell?”

“Definitely.” I kill the noise cancelling spell and leave the room.

“Gah.” A soldering iron managed to poke the back of my left hand as we left my lab.

“You alriiiiightt?” Damnit, she saw my grey blood. Well, might as well make the best of it.

“Oh yeah, I might’ve also given myself a few… ‘upgrades’ if you know what I mean.” I smirked.

“And of course,” Arati chuckled. “It would be you to do such a thing.”

“Who else but me! You know it’s a childhood dream I’ve always had!” I laugh, she laughed along with me.

“Same old Ember.” I heard her mutter.

“Heard that!” The lab doors close behind us.

“As if it was an insult.” She waved me off.

*Fuckin’ bitch.* I inwardly laugh. *I do feel old now that I think about. Fuck…*

*Oh thank god the timeline changed.* The scene changes from a destroyed Canterlot to and barren wasteland. “But fucking damnit this is ridiculous…” I just stand there for about a minute. “What? No change? The fuck are you doing Sparkle?” I take to the air, despite the strong wind, and look for said pony and dragon.

It didn’t take long, unsurprisingly. Since purple and green stuck out in the blackened landscape like an American tourist in Asia. Just as I was about to descend I saw that fucking commie Starlight with them.

“Oh. Perfect.” Devious thoughts filled my head as I flew down to met them.

“You!” Starlight pointed one of her hooves at me.

“And you.” I lazily pointed back her.

“If it weren’t for you and your baucking friends none of this would’ve happened!” Tears started to well up around her eyes.

“ALright, lemme stop you there bitch.” She would’ve opened her mouth but I closed it with magic. “First off, you brainwash a small town, making everyone there think equality is everything.

Second, You then try to do the same to us when we ‘visited’ and after your spectacular failure and what I thought was your death you fuck with time and reduce this planet to, this.” I indicate the dead land around us. “I am right. Right?” I turn to Twilight briefly. She nodded.

“In laypony’s terms yes.” I them smirk at Starlight.

“So, as far as I’m concerned. By laws of man and pony. You are a traitor for going against equestrian laws. A murderer for ending the lives of pony before they were even born, and an all-around tyrant for going as far as ending life as you know it just for petty vengeance.” I kept Starlight from trying anything by encasing her in my magical grip, and after my little speech I cut her horn off. Leaving just a little stump behind.

“I know you’re not a fan of me doing my thing. But right now I really don’t care.” I say to Twilight and Spike over Starlight’s screams. “Just do whatever you need to do to set things right.”

“A-alright. But I… I need to cast the spell… and i-it will bring her with us.”

“Then I’ll just go with her to ‘keep her in line’.” I put aforementioned pony under my arm. Having used magic to bind her hooves together. And also keeping her mouth shut.

With that done Twilight pulled out some scroll from somewhere and cast some spell. And that giant pot formed and pulled us all into it.

“Discord, there’s a time difference between here and Equestria right?” I asked.

“Yes.”

“Alright, would you happen to know how much time has passed over there?”

“The very least, a couple of days. Maybe a week or two.”

“Wow, really?” He nodded. “God damn… It’s been so long here…” A particular entered my train of thought. “Spaz!” He runs into my office I had them build.

“Sir!”

“How far are we with the plan?”

“Eighty-seven percent Sir!”

“Alright, can you handle things from here on out?”

“You have my word I can handle the operation from here on out Sir!”

“Good, Discord, can you make it so that we can communicate between worlds?”

“I am The Spirit of Chaos. I can create more than a simple means of communication which you speak of.”

“Great. Can you do it then?”

“But of course! Anything for a dear friend!” He snapped his fingers and two books form out of thin air. One for me, and for Spaz.

“Just because I took your schlong doesn’t mean we’re that close.” He smirked at me deviously. “Alright, fine. Just don’t push it. You got it? I’m friends with Fluttershy too.” He clammed up. Ha, fucker. Talk about Fluttershy and he’ll shut the fuck up. “Hehe, you know I joke Discord.”

“I know, but despite me knowing you for as long as we have, you still continue to surprise me.”

“Good. Now let’s go home.” He grinned madly when I said that.

“Then let’s shall!”

“I swear to fuking God!” Before I could grab his neck he snapped his fingers once again and we disappear with a flash.

So with everything sorted out. Meaning the four of us had to back in time, a first for me -going through the pot anyway-, but last for all, and apparently let a younger Rainbow do that sonic boom. Which, to my astonishment, set everything in motion. The story I mean, the monsters, the Nightmare, the Tirek, the Changelings in Canterlot. Everything. Which is awesome but ridiculous at the same time. Like, if a pony like Starlight could rewrite history and send everything spiraling into hell, why not keep a spell like that under wraps? Or destroy any trace of it what-so-ever? Celestia should have that kind of foresight as a ruler of a fucking kingdom.

But hey, everything got resolved, and I currently have previously said pony hog-tied and gagged in my room. So I’m not complaining. I just wonder when the real Ember’s coming back. Sure as hell feels it’s been years. Hell, it might as well be for me since I traveled through time and all that stuff.

*POP* Ah there they are!

“Ah, good to be home!” I said.

“Yes, good. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a certain pegasus I need to visit.” Discord reverted to original form and teleported away in a puff of pink cloud.

“Ahem.”

“Hey, other me. Things go well here?”

“I guess you could say that.”

“Alright, let’s just do this then.” The other me nodded and I snapped my fingers. Ember number two disappears as his memories become my own. “Holy crap. I missed a lot here.”

-No kidding…-

=Yeah…= The voices in my head said. Ruby chose to stay quiet.

“Now… You.” I turn my attention to Starlight. Who’s staring wide-eyed at me. “Oh yeah, that was my magically created double.” I laugh. “Awesome huh?” She just glared back at me. “But you know. Whatever my double experiences goes right to me whenever I cancel the spell.” Her lower jaw dropped an inch or two. “So yeah. I remember every single detail that happened. And really? Going as far as destroying the world.”

“But they took away my utopia!” She blurted.

“Utopia? What you were doing was more like a Dictatorship.”

“A-”

“Shut up. You know I’m right. You had control over every one of those ponies living with you before we came. Betcha anything no one could step up to you because of that ‘rule by fear’ you had going on. Either that, or you're brainwashed them.” I deadpan the last part.

“I didn’t-” I close her mouth.

“I don’t care about what you did to those ponies, besides subtly forcing them into a communist mentality.” I pause for a moment. “But… I guess that doesn’t matter anymore. They’re free to do what they now. Nobody, except for Twilight, knows your whereabouts. And for she will know I just let you go.” I built up my story for Twilight. “But what I actually have planned. I’m gonna enjoy every, last, moment of it.” Starlight tried talking through her closed muzzle. But only succeeded in quietly screaming indecipherable mumbles. I couldn’t help but laugh a little when she tried ripping off the rope binding her legs.

Then I remembered I might as well make this short since anything and everything could ruin this… I'm going to call it session. I lock the door to my room and cast a soundproof spell on my room. Next, Starlight shrunk to the size of a large mouse. Not a rat, mouse. Rats are fucking huge on their own. The pink unicorn began panting as she shrank, since I took my magic grip off her. And she stared up in a bit of horror mixed in with a dash of terror. I pick her up and hold her really close to my face.

“I’m going to enjoy this.” I say right before I toss the tinie pony into my mouth and swallow her. Hair on my tongue, or on any part of my mouth, makes me gag. So I figured to get the swallowing part done as soon as possible.

Oh yeah, I should’ve said I’m into a little thing called vore.

Anyway. Once I knew she was in my stomach I cast a growth spell on her. Kinda difficult since she was small and inside my body. But I still got it done either way. I let her grow a until I felt absolutely full. And she kinda distended my belly. I mean, you could tell I had a big lunch.

*Oh~She’s squirming. Way better than what I imagined.* I had congratulate myself for looking the door since I pretty much spent the rest of the day beating off. And even then my meal was still kicking in my belly. Either she’s resilient or my stomach hasn't kicked in yet. Hopefully it’s the former, her squirms and kicks actually feel really nice. *I’m touching myself tonight.* I smile stupidly. But then a very disturbing thought came to mind. *I just ate a pony…* Said thought echos around my mind. *I just fucking put a shrunken pony into my mouth and swallowed her whole.* Before my thoughts could take on darker themes, memories of vore art invaded the forefront of my mind. People, particularly women, gulping and swallowing other humans, whether the ‘prey’ be terrorised or not. Whether they were those Furry versions, alien, or originally human.

To any normal person, this kind of art wouldn’t be considered art. But a person as perverted as me, which is really nothing new according to tumblr and other media, it was completely normal to fantasize about being swallowed or swallowing. It’s perfectly normal to have fantasies, whether it be gettin’ jiggy with an alien, having sex with your favorite movie character, or the more outlandish variants like running into a horny tentacle monster that just wants a good time. But when you get to experience the one thing you thought you would never be able to. To feel a little pony sliding down you throat, squirming the whole way down to my stomach. And then feeling full to the brim as said pony grows to fill you up. To still feel her squirm and kick in a place you never felt before.

It was orgasmic.

I very nearly climaxed right on the spot. The sudden wave of pure bliss almost caused me to fall to my knees. But I barely held on. I needed, well, more like wanted, to get to bed. It was getting a little late. And what better way to enjoy a late meal than laying in bed?

So with that resolve I strode to my bed. It felt more comfy than usual as I laid down and pat my stomach a few times. I felt a kick under my hand.

*Hmm… Shouldn’t she have been screaming? Could she even get air down there?* Just as that thought passed I heard… something from my belly. It was faint, but when I focused I made out shrill screaming and panicked breathing. God, I can still vividly imagine the terrified look she must’ve had. Too bad she never thought to use her horn to make herself an exit.

Ha, ponies are sometimes dull.

Anyway, since I clearly wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon I decided that I’d spend the rest of the evening beating off. But before I could start on that a thought occurred to me.

*I’ve seen ponies do things I’ve only seen in cartoons… Maybe I can do it too?* Now, that thought only came to me because I’ve watch tons of animations of same-size vore. Meaning the prey is as large as the pred. And I spent… I think a spent about a year and maybe three months here. Who’s to say I can’t do some shit Pinkie does?

So with that in mind I kill the growth spell and the shrink spell and my meal started growing to her normal size. I was planning to stop when anything started hurting, but I quickly realized nothing hurt. Even as the pony reach her normal size. I looked down and saw that a very distinct shape made itself prominent in my belly. Anyone could tell a pony was lying on their back. Hell, at first glance it looked like Starlight was sleeping under a feathery blanket. Except that the feathers had a some space in between them. Revealing grey skin instead of cloth.

*Hmm… not as pronounced as I-* A loud, guttural burp interrupted my thinking. And… I guess I can call it outline, of the pony became more pronounced. Through my flesh I saw her horn, her face, her legs, and her rump. Basically her whole body.

It was at that point she started squirming some more. And for some, probably fucked up, reason I was hit with a wave of sexual euphoria. My stomach is really sensitive, I found out. Who knew?

So yeah, putting it simply I spent the rest of the evening, and part of the night, jerking off. At least I got some good sleep after all that.

Waking up from probably the best sleep I’ve had in years. I moved the sit up and start my morning ritual of popping joints when a weight slightly impeded me. I look down and see that my belly was still pretty full. A pony-sized shape still prominent.

“Wha..?”

~She’s still alive.~ Ruby suddenly said.

“Really?”

~Yes. And you just woke her up.~

“Yeah, I can feel that.” I watched as Starlight squirmed in there again, sending sparks of pleasure up my spine. “But it’s weird, my body should’ve already taken care of... her...” I realized that the wiggling and squirming is noticeably weaker than last night. “Ahh. Slow metabolism.” I mutter. “Wait… I’ve always had great metabolism...” I ponder this for a minute and notice the mound on my belly. It’s shrinking. “Wha..?” I really had to think back to when I first turned myself into an android. Siad thinking turned into a brainstorm as I tried to find reason behind my bodily functions.

*Every part of me is simulated; I can go who knows how long without eating, whenever I do eat the food is quickly processed and ejected. Except for this time. Which should’ve been impossible since I ate her when she was about the size of my fist. Unless…* Then it finally clicked. Enough for me to make a conclusion anyway. *My meal was a living being, who I thoroughly enjoyed eating, then grew her to normal size. Add the cartoonish nature and my biology… Fuck. Only thing I can make from this is a combination of altered physics and my body compensating… Even that sounds stupid.*

-But it’s not like you got any better ideas.-

*True… I guess I’ll just stick with that then.* I yawn and get up from my bed. My belly already back to its normal proportions. *At least it’s good to know I can quickly get rid of my distended stomach.*

~What? You plan on doing that… again?~

*Maybe.* I grin. *Under the right circumstances. And if I can find a non-fatal way to do it.*