Once the door was locked, we all head down the path towards the town, which is about a mile away.

"Why'd you pick a place so far from the town?" I ask Luna.

"We wished to have our privacy, if we bought a Condo in or near Ponilulu, ponies would keep hounding us, and let's not forget the paparazzi. We remember when we returned to Canterlot after we were returned from the moon... One pegasi even had the gall to take a picture of us in our chamber whilst we slept from our balcony doors," she tells me.

"Huh... I guess so... so what do you lot plan on getting in town?" I ask them.

Celestia smiles and holds my left hand. "I'm planning to get myself some nice loose and comfortable clothes. The ones I've brought with me are starting to get a little tight around my stomach," she replies.

Luna is actually skipping down the road. "We are getting an arcade machine or two to bring back for the Condo," she tells me. Oh yeah, she likes those game machine things... we still haven't gone back to that arcade place yet.

Cadence wraps her left arm around my right. "I'm going to find myself a nice bikini for when we go to the beach tomorrow," she says.

Shella is behind me with Mavis in her arms. "I'm not sure what to get... changelings have never really... had a chance to just shop for fun," she tells us.

The others gasp and Luna gives her a big hug. "Don't worry, Shella. We'll help thou find something thee would like," she tells her.

I blush a bit as I watch Shella give Luna a kiss on her lips. "Thank you, Luna. I'm looking forward to it," Damn. I keep forgetting that we're all married together and not just them to me.

It took us a few minutes of walking, but we arrive at the seaside town. It looks really nice, brick buildings with tiled roofing sit just beyond the beach with a market further in. A large building sits in the middle of town, I'm guessing it might be the town hall.

The people in the streets bow down to us with nervous expressions as we walk by. We nodded back to them as we make our way to the market place.

We enter a large circular plaza with shops around it. Stalls are set up in the middle with various foods, clothes, souvenirs and other items.

Cadence squeals as she sees a clothing store and starts dragging me over to it. I just chuckle at her enthusiasm.

I open the door for them and let them in first, they thank me as they pass by. I close the door behind me and look around. Dressing rooms are at the back to the right and lines of racks and tables with various types of clothing fill the store. It appears the male stuff is to the right and the female stuff is to the left.

"Here, hold Mavis while we help Shella find something nice!" Cadence says and hands Mavis to me.

I take my daughter and smile. "Alright, I'll wait over there then," I reply and point to some chairs next to the changing rooms.

They wander off looking at all the clothes and I sit down in a chair that's right in front of the changing rooms. The others then come back with a pile of clothes in their arms. They enter the changing rooms and give me seductive smiles before closing the curtains.

I can hear them changing while I play with Mavis. The baby changeling giggles as she tries to grab my right hand as I wave it in front of her.

The curtains then open which results in me having a nose bleed again. Celestia is wearing a golden coloured bikini that hugs her chest tightly, only covering the bottom half of her breasts and the thong looks really thin. Her beautiful pregnant stomach is out for all to see.

Cadence is wearing a pale pink bikini that has white lacy parts on the edges of the top and bottom, it’s also got a few red hearts on it as well.

Shella is wearing a white V shaped bikini, the sides of her chest are exposed and it really stands out from her black and deep blue chitin. She's blushing up a storm as well. Just like Celestia and Cadence, her pregnant stomach is on display as well.

Luna is wearing a black bikini where the top wraps around her chest with no straps going over her shoulders. The bottom has three straps on the sides connecting at the back, showing off her backside fully.

I just stare wide eyed and hold Mavis a bit away from me so I don't start dripping blood on her.

Luna giggles at me. "So... we take it thou likes what thou sees?" she asks me with half lidded eyes and twirls around. I just nodded quickly.

"I'll never get tired of flustering him like that," Celestia says as they close the curtains again.

One of the people working here was kind enough to give me some tissues so I could wipe my nose.

Over the next hour, they try on different clothes. Shirts, shorts, loose trousers, even some arousing underwear. Despite it being still winter back home, it's like summer here.

They finally pick what they like and pay for the new clothes and swimsuits, I also get myself some new clothes as well. Mainly shirts and shorts as pony trousers aren’t the right shape for my legs.

We exit the store and I'm carrying two filled bags. "I can't remember the last time I just went shopping for myself," Celestia says with a smile. She's wearing a light pink shirt that fits over her stomach loosely and a pair of what she calls 'Denim Shorts' showing off half of her thighs.

Cadence is wearing a white shirt with a pink heart on the front and a pair of loose looking powder blue trousers.

Luna is wearing the same clothes we arrived in still and Shella is wearing a loose shirt with butterflies on the bottom right of it. She's also wearing a skirt that goes down to her shins.

I'm wearing a white shirt that Luna made me get with the word Stud on the front and a pair of black shorts.

"That was fun. Where shall we go next?" Cadence asks. I notice people staring at us with mixed looks, some look away while others look... Sad? Regretful?

I shake my head and look at my lovers. "How about something to eat and drink," I suggest.

Cadence blushes when her stomach rumbles loudly. We all laugh a bit and she lightly slaps my arm. "It's not funny, I'm eating for two here!" she tells me.

"I know, so where to?" I reply and ask.

Celestia points across the plaza. "How about there? Looks like a nice little Café." She says.

It's a small place but looks nice, tables and chairs are set up out front and a board with the menu on it by the door.

I look around one more time but something seems off to me... where are the town's guards? I haven't seen a single one since we arrived, and shouldn't there be a human mage or two here as well?

I'll worry about it after lunch, no point thinking over an empty stomach. We enter the Café and the woman behind the counter smiles nervously at us. "W-Welcome, your Majesties! W-What can I g-get for you?" she asks with a stutter. Something doesn't feel right here.

"Please, there is no need to be formal with us. We're here just to enjoy ourselves during our stay here," Celestia replies.

The woman laughs nervously. "O-Of course... What c-can I get for you?" she asks again.

I frown and look around, there's no one else in the Café. I look out the front window and see that the plaza is now empty... I feel a shiver go up my spine.

"Luna... does something feel off to you?" I ask her.

She frowns and follows my gaze out the front. "Now that thou mentioned it... Tis way too quiet..." she replies.

I look back at the woman behind the counter who begins to sweat profusely. "I'm sorry!" she says and runs out the back.

I frown and channel four lightning elements into my right hand which gets amplified by my bracelet.

"What's going on?" Cadence asks looking worried.

"I don't know... but I got a bad feeling about this," I reply. I can hear shuffling outside and metal clanging together.

"They're inside right?" a male voice asks quietly.

"Shut your beak fool! We don't want them to know we're here before we attack!" a another male voice replies.

Beak? Does that mean there's gryphons here? I change into my magic aspect form which makes the others worried. I look to my right and see three faint life force outlines of gryphons behind the wall. To my left are four more.

"I know that! If we do this right, we'll be eating alicorn tonight! And that human magic user earlier was quite tasty as well." the first male replies.

That explains why there are no guards or mages around.

"But that magic she used that disabled our enchantments was a real pain in the feathers," the other male says.

I frown as I cast the nullify spell to disable their barriers and switch to my physical form. I'm not sure why they've left the people alone and only killed the guards... but I'll make them suffer for their deaths.

I walk over to the wall on my right and point the spike on my right elbow at the wall. "What was that!?" a timid female voice asks. I then thrust it through and get rewarded with a squelch as I impale one of the gryphons in the head.

The others squawk in surprise. "What the cluck is that!" the female yells. I pull the spike back in and thrust my left arm through the hole I made and grab one of the gryphons by the throat. "Gurk!" the female gryphon chokes and I grunt as I pull her through the thin wall.

I then throw the gryphon at Luna's hooves. "Keep her restrained... I got some questions for her later. You and Tia keep Cadence, Shella, and Mavis safe," I tell her.

"Alright," she replies as she and Celestia take on their aspect forms. Her horn glows and the gryphon is pinned to the floor by shadowy tendrils.

I turn back and glare at the third gryphon who's looking at me shocked. I point my right palm at him and cast the four lightning elements I had channelled. The purple electricity sprays out and hits him. He roars in pain as he spasms on the floor. After a few seconds, I stop and he's just twitching on the floor while smoke rises from his corpse.

"Venna! What happened?" a female gryphon behind the other wall shouts as they look through the front window.

I quickly channel four Ice elements and aim at the group of gryphons staring at us. I cast the spell and the twelve spikes of ice soar at the gryphons. Four spikes hit the first one, impaling his left eye, throat and chest. Three more hit the second one in her right cheek, left arm and to the right of her chest. Two spikes find their place in the third gryphon's neck.

The fourth gryphon used one of its allies as a shield while the other spikes missed and went past them into the street and other buildings. The hit gryphons drop the to floor and writhe in pain as their cries echo throughout the plaza. I slowly walk towards the last gryphon who backs away from me with wide eyes.

"It would seem that our message of 'back off' wasn't clear enough when we upped our defences," I say to him in a distorted tone.

He looks at his fallen allies and then back to me while shaking violently. "S-Stay away from me you freak!" he tells me while backing away some more.

"Oh? And what of the guards you murdered here? Would you spare them if they asked you to?" I ask him coldly. He doesn't reply and takes off into the air. I quickly thrust my right hand out where three vines extend and wrap around him. "And where the fuck do you think you're going?" I ask and pull him down into the stone plaza ground with a loud thud.

I drag him into the café where Luna has the female gryphon tied up tightly. "So what are thou going to do with them?" Luna asks in that whisper like voice. Mavis is crying her eyes out in Shella's arms, making me even angrier.

I dump the male gryphon in front of the female gryphon. "I'm going to ask her some questions," I reply and crouch down in front of her. "How long have you been here?" I ask her.

She glares at me but remains silent as blood slowly trickles down her face. I must have slammed her head into the wall when I pulled her through quite hard.

I growl lightly. "Not going to tell me? Alright then, how about this? You tell me what I want to know, and your friend here remains unharmed," I tell her.

"Thou art going to use thy extreme methods again aren't thee..." Luna says with a barely visible cringe.

"Yes. Tia, take Cadence and Shella into the back room... I don't want them to see this," I ask her.

"A-Alright..." she replies and they go into the back kitchen.

I look back at the gryphon who now looks slightly worried. "I'll ask one more time. How long have you been here?" I ask her.

She remains silent as the male gryphon tries to break free. After a few seconds of silence, I stand up and grab one of the male’s wings and forcefully extend it. I grip the sides of the middle joint and twist it as hard as I can. The gryphon grunts in pain, then screams as the joint snaps with a loud crack.

I let go and look back at the female. "How long have you been here?" I ask her again.

She's staring wide eyed at me but doesn't reply. I grip the wing again and this time pull hard at the broken joint. After a few seconds of straining, the gryphon squawks as I rip half of his wing off. Luna cringes but doesn't do anything.

"TWO WEEKS!" the female gryphon shouts out, fear heavy in her eyes.

"And why have you only killed the guards and not the civilians?" I ask her next.

She shakes on the floor but again, doesn't answer. "You'll get nothing from us!" the male says.

I frown and look at Luna. "Luna, can you teleport my sword here?" I ask her.

She nodded and her horn glows. I then catch my sword from the air and draw the blade. The thorns and ivy grow over it and I stab the male gryphon in his right ass cheek. He hisses in pain but goes completely limp with a panicked expression, I guess the extract works faster on smaller creatures.

I then grasp what's left of his wing and cut it off at the shoulder joint and drop the wing in front of her. The male screams again but can't move a muscle.

"W-We were told to make t-this town into a livestock farm, since i-it was so far out from E-Equestria... W-We killed all those who resisted a-and told the others to do as we say..." she tells me.

Livestock farm!? I growl angrily, but refrain from harming them further... yet.

"Livestock!?... We are not animals thou can just hunt! Because of thy actions today, thou shall be placed in the dungeons where thou shall never see the light of day again savage beast!" Luna tells her with malice.

I look at the female gryphon again. "Tell me. Why do you kill and eat other sentient races?" I ask her. I want to hear their point of view directly.

The male is the one to reply. "We are the superior species, it is our right to do so!" he says.

I channel three ice elements into my sword and stab the male in the right arm. He cries out in pain as his arm freezes over. I then raise my left foot and bring it down on his arm. The sound of ice shattering rings out throughout the café. He stares at the stump that's left and starts to breath heavily.

"Doesn't look like it from my point of view, and I didn't ask you," I say and look back at the female. "Well?"

Tears are now leaking out of her eyes. "The great Sphinx God h-himself has told us that this world is o-ours by right. That everything is ours to d-do as we see fit," she replies.

Sphinx God? "Is this god of yours responsible for your magical barriers?" I ask her.

"Don't tell him anything!" the male threatens her.

I quickly silence him with a bark covered boot to the face, right into his right eye which pops from the blow. He screeches loudly but can't even squirm due to the extract coursing through his veins.

"YES! He's the one who gave us the power to resist magic!" she tells me. I hear the sound of liquid hitting the floor. I look behind the female to see she's pissing herself.

"Are there any more gryphons in the area?" I ask.

"No," the male replies with a grunt.

Now that the female is so scared of me, I don't need the male anymore. I lift my sword up to his neck and slit his throat open. He gasps as his left eye rolls up. After a few seconds of weak twitching, he dies. I look back at the female who looks on the verge of fainting. Tears and snot running down her face freely.

"Yes! T-There's a camp to the s-south in the jungle," she tells me.

"How many?" I ask her.

"Eight!.. P-Please don't hurt me!" she begs and breaks down into a sobbing mess. I notice she's smaller than the others by a good two feet.

"How old are you?" I ask her.

She looks up at me with red puffy eyes. "F-Fifteen..." she tells me.

Bloody hell... they brought a teen here to hunt people?.. And I just mutilated one of her own in front of her. I thought she was a lot older than that... I sigh and cancel my aspect form and sheath my sword.

I then kneel down in front of her. "Listen, as long as you tell us what we want to know, you won't be harmed. You'll be treated well and given a safe place to stay, okay?" I tell her in a calm tone.

She only nodded and looks away. I look to Luna with a tired expression. "Keep an eye on her, I'm going to take a look around from the air to see if anymore are nearby," I tell her.

"Okay, stay safe," she replies.

I smile at her and leave the Café. I cast my air wings and take to the air. I look around and don't see any more nearby, but I do see their camp off in the distance. People start to leave their homes and cautiously approach the Café. "Is it over?" one of them asks.

"Are the gryphons dead?" another asks.

"We're free?"

"We're safe now?"

"Look! The King! He's alright!"

I land in front of the Café and the people gather around. "Oh thank you so much, your Majesty!" an elderly woman says.

The woman from the Café walks up to me looking at the floor. "I'm so sorry, I didn't have a choice," she tells me and sniffles a bit.

I place my right hand on her left shoulder. "It's alright. They're gone and we're fine," I reply.

"Thank you so much for saving our town... The gryphons came without warning during the night and killed all the guards. They told us if anypony tried to leave, they'd kill everypony," a man tells me.

"Well, it's not over yet. There's still eight more out there and I need to hunt them down. The Queens will keep you safe while I find the rest," I tell them.

"Thank you, we'll do whatever the Queens ask of us," the elderly woman says and bows.

I nodded and enter the Café. "Luna, I need my armour and shield," I tell her.

"What are thou planning to do?" she asks as she teleports my gear to me.

"I'm going to hunt down these bastards and make them regret ever stepping foot in Equestria," I reply. The gryphon then starts crying.

"Why are you crying?" I ask her.

"You're going to kill my father aren't you," she says.

I frown in thought. "Yes, I am. Him and the others attacked those I protect and love. They sealed their fate when they spilled innocent blood," I tell her.

She buries her head into her arms and cries harder. "What's your name," I ask her.

She tries to calm down a bit."V-Venna," she replies.

"I'll mention your name and see if your father will surrender. If he doesn't, I will kill him," I tell her and put my armour on.

"Should we come with thee?" Luna asks.

I nodded to her. "Alright, I could use some help," I reply.

Celestia and the others return, but Cadence looks nauseous at the sight of the male Gryphon. "Tia. You, Cadence, and Shella look after the town. Luna and I are going to hunt some gryphons," I tell them and Luna is in her armour.

"Do you have to go now?" Cadence asks.

"Yes, while they still don't know what happened, we'll catch them at their camp before they come to the town and put the people in danger," I reply.

"Alright, please come back if it gets too rough... though from the mess here, I don't think it will be too much of a problem," Celestia tells us.

"Sure, keep each other safe. I'll be back soon," I reply. Luna and I exit where I then cast my fast gliding wings where Luna grabs the back of my chest plate, activates her aspect form and flies towards the south.

We land near some trees without a sound thanks to Luna's aspect abilities. We creep up to the small encampment while Luna keeps her left hand on my right shoulder to make me soundless as well. I see six gryphons talking to each other around a campfire, another is by the stream with a fishing net and the eighth is relieving himself behind a bush.

I motion for Luna to let go of my shoulder so I could talk to her. "Luna, don't attack until I cast the nullify spell. I need to find out which one is Venna's father first," I tell her.

She nodded to me and I take on my life combat form. I channel the elements for the spell and we step out and I whistle loudly, getting their attention.

I cast the spell which shatters their enchantments. "Good afternoon gents! Which one of you would be the father of a gryphon named Venna?" I ask with a frown and draw my sword.

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