Author's Notes:

This chapter contains a sexy scene but its quite short and towards the end. I didnt want to separate this out into another chapter as i have done previously, as it would have spoiled the flow. Honestly, its not that graphic...I think.

Tingles and I lay with our tiny foal between us, he was so cute it was almost painful. The big shining yellow eyes, grey coat and ridiculously small mane and tail made your heart ache. I wanted to cuddle him so much, but the little fellow looked about as fragile as a soap bubble.

His mother leaned her head on the pillow, “We can’t just keep calling him, ‘him’. Have you thought of a name you like? And NOT the one I think you’re about to come out with mister!”

I shut my mouth quickly, I really did like ‘Rock Salt’, it sounded like a film star’s name. ‘Starring Rock Salt…’, oh yeah !

“Hmmm, there was one…” I said, scratching my chin.

“What?”

“My great uncles name, I always liked it and thought it sound tough too.”

“I’m dreading it already…” Tingles mumbled.

“Lux”

She raised an eyebrow, “Lux? That’s a bit short”

“Lux Exterior”

“Oh Come on!”

“Seriously, that was his name”

Tingles gasped, “No! Good grief Fairlight, what were his parent thinking?”

“He was named after his father”

“Oh goddesses…”

“Lux Interior”

“Now I know you’re taking the pee”

“Sorry…I’m just in one of those moods, I haven’t felt like this in ages…”

“I know love, but come on, in our family it’s traditional for the males to name the boys and females to name the girls.”

“Really? Is that a Pegasus thing?” I asked inquisitively.

“Not particularly, so…come on, what do think?”

“Well,” I said leaning back, “I thought that as I like the ‘light’ part of my name, it would be nice to try and incorporate that somehow. Light also makes me think of sunlight shining through the clouds and the ice cubes of your cutie mark. So, maybe it’s a bit cheesy as its old Equestrian, but…’Lumin’.”

Tingles looked down at our foal, “Lumin? Sounds very old to me…but…’Lumin’, yeah, I like that. No second name?”

“I cant think of one, some ponies like them but I find one…’Lumin’, sounds kind of mysterious, like a secret agent or something…something cool. If I’d been born ‘Lumin’, I’d think my dad was cool.”

Tingles chuckled and leaned forward to nuzzle my nose lightly, “You’re daft Fairlight, daft as a brush”, she looked down at our little one and smiled, “you hear that Lumin, you daft dad’s named you now, so you’re stuck with it. When you grow up you can have a go at him about it then.”

“Hey!” I laughed, “He’ll thank me, you wait and see!”

“Ho-kay….” why did she sound dubious ? Nah, the name was cool and all the foals at school would be seriously jealous. I wonder what his cutie mark would be? Ho ho ! I couldn’t wait !

Lumin stirred and stretched out his tiny legs, opening his eyes to look at us with those big yellow orbs. He squeaked and smacked his lips before giving a huge yawn and snuggling back down.

“Is he meant to squeak?” I asked.

Tingles bopped me on the nose, “He’s not a mouse, silly! It’s just foal speak. He’ll be talking soon enough, you wait and see. Mind you, he’ll probably be hungry again before long though. I love nursing him but he does nip me sometimes.”

“I know somepony else who nips, you didn’t half get my ear earlier”, I complained rubbing the still sore tip.

“You big filly!” Tingles tutted, “You near knocked me into next week, my bum’s going to be black and blue for a month.”

“I’ll rub it better if you like…”

“Fairlight!”

We both chuckled and snuggled in next to Lumin, the latest addition to the Fairlight herd. One day, he’d be the new lord of the four winds I supposed. Not that the title exactly meant that much. I hoped I could leave him something more than a frozen load of old rocks, his future had to have hope and with the removal of some of the worst of the Equestrian underworld, the daylight definitely seemed a little brighter.

Morning came round all too early, Lumin was fast asleep and Tingles dozed peacefully next to him. I gave them both a kiss and quietly nipped downstairs for a wash and brush up rather than risk waking them. I’d barely slept last night, but I felt surprisingly energetic today. Heather, the friendly resident minotaur, was in the kitchen already and as chatty as she always was. She stood there…in total silence, staring at me. Whoa, was that creepy!

“Morning Heather”, I chirped.

Silence.

“Can I have two breakfasts please and a couple of warm malted milks?”

She nodded and clomped off into the pantry. I bet in minotaur circles she was one hot piece of…whatever minotaurs have, horns? Bulls head? They looked a bit…’human-y’ to me, at least some parts did. I wonder if they’d been here in the past and mated with…ugh! I think I’ll drop that line of thought. A shudder ran through me, I needed to be able to sleep at night and didn’t need any more graphic imagery that I already had.

I parked myself in front of the fireplace and stretched my stiff legs. Soon after, Grimble trotted in and patted me on the back, “A fine hatchling you have there my lord Salt!”

I grimaced, “Grimble, please…we’ve been over this. Just ‘Rock’, will be fine.” I thought it best to keep to the ruse in case somepony came around looking for me. I had the disguise thing too, just in case, but Grimble had seen me without it so I didn’t want to cause any odd questions. I suppose I should have been a bit more trusting of the tavern keeper, but still.

He held up a claw, smiling “Of course, of course. You found the things I left for you last night to your liking?”

“Things? Oh! I’m so sorry, Grimble, I was er…pre-occupied and totally forgot about them.”

“Don’t worry, it’s alright my lord, I’ll bring them back down shortly. I’d made up another batch of brandy and tobacco for you, in celebration of the new life. He’ll be the new lord some day after all.”

My heart lept and I looked him square in the eye, “New lord? Grimble, who do you think I am? Really…be truthful with me, please”

He seemed taken aback, “Why…you are the lord of the fortress, the home of the tribe of the wendigo. You’re the lord of the four winds, aren’t you? Our books tell us that you’d return one day and that your people should wait here and…”

“My people?! Grimble…I…Good goddesses!” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

“I don’t understand, lord, you have already helped us. You returned to the fortress and we feel the bond with you too, your people have waited…waited a thousand years, and here you are!”

What the bloody hell could I say? I was the descendant and, so far as I knew, the last wendigo in Equestria. These creatures, these minotaurs and griffins were the descendants of the tribe?

“Grimble, forgive me, I’ve not been totally honest with you.”

He gave me a quizzical look and held out a claw in invitation to a chair.

I sighed, “My names not ‘Rock Salt’, it’s…”

“…’Fairlight’, yes my lord, we know.” Grimble interjected.

“What? How? Did you over hear us?”

“No, not really. We have ‘friends’ in the city and stories of a wendigo came to us some time ago, and a name, your name. Of course, I didn’t really know who you were at first, but when I saw those eyes, your colouring, I knew our lord had returned to us.”

I scrubbed my mane, trying to make sense of it all, “You mentioned a ‘bond’?”

“Why, yes. The bond is a part of who we are, it makes us what we are. The bond was something that helped our ancestors to serve and protect the lord of the four winds. It’s certainly weakened over the last thousand years since the calamity, yet now you are here, we can all feel it.”

I felt sick. These creatures were seeing me as some long lost ‘lord’ and believed they were somehow ‘bonded’ to me? Time for a few home truths before this insanity got out of hoof,

“Grimble, honestly, you’ve got the wrong stallion my friend. You’re right, my ancestors were wendigo’s, however that was a very, very long time ago. Tingles and I explored the fortress and theres just bones, rubble and ice. It’s a tomb, a place of nothing but memories of death and a time long since passed.”

I scratched my ear, “Please Grimble, forget all this ‘lord of the four winds’ stuff. For all it means now, I may as well be Mad McMad, king of the Mad ponies.”

He stared at me for a moment before slapping his hind leg in laughter, “Ha! You are amusing, my lord Fairlight! Please, I beg you to forgive me…I expect you think I’ve been a little forward on this and well, yes…I have. In my excitement, I’ve been a bit rude and forgotten that you may not understand all of our history or even want to take on the mantle of the fortress’s lord at all. The choice is yours, of course.”

Heather lumbered over with the hot drinks and porridge. I asked her if she’d take Tingles’ up to her and let her know I’d be along shortly. I’m tactful like that sometimes!

Returning my attention to our griffin host, I motioned for Grimble to continue. He nodded, staring into the fireplace, “You see, we’ve been living in the shadow of the fortress for a long time, metaphorically speaking of course. Our ancestors hid in the caves until slowly, over generations, Equestria changed and began to forget the war. It became little more that a memory, eventually slipping into legend and myth, a story to tell children. We had been all but forgotten when we finally ventured out of the caves and came across this village. It had been virtually deserted because of the timber wolf problem. Simply put, we moved in and we’ve been here to this day.”

He stretched his long lionesque hind legs, groaning in concert with his chairs creaking, “You don’t owe us anything…Fairlight…but we hold our oaths very dear and we’d happily serve you and your family as our forefathers did before us.”

I shook my mane, all of this was beyond strange and rapidly moving into the territory of the bizarre. I have to admit, it made me feel both flattered and a little disturbed at the same time. If nothing else, I felt my identity was safe with this griffin, and my marefriend and foal too. I just hoped that if anypony ‘official’ rolled up looking for me, we wouldn’t have a mini bloodbath. Those minotaurs were big and brutal but not the best warrior I’d seen. Touch low on the old grey matter if you ask me.

“Grimble?” Tingles asked, entering the room carrying Lumin in a sling held in her mouth, “We don’t consider you servants, but friends.”

Despite being slightly muffled talking around the sling, her words made the griffin smile and even blush slightly, “My lady Tingles, thank you for your kind words.”

“Oooh! I like that!” she giggled happily. Oh goddesses, it was going to her head now!

“Alright, ‘Lady Tingles’,” I said rolling my eyes mockingly,”don’t get carried away. We’re not exactly high up in the property market, resale on rocks is a bit low these days.”

There was also the problem with it being in Equestrian territory. I doubt Celestia would exactly be overjoyed to have a new resident in the fortress or the nearby village. If nothing else, the fortress itself was a bloody death trap.

Tingles sat back in the chair and placed Lumin in her lap. I’d always found that position a bit funny, but she liked it as her wings didn’t get cramps. Heather placed a freshly made breakfast on the table before us and Tingles nodded her thanks to the pinny wearing creature. I noticed the design on the front; rabbits today…how cute.

I smiled at the little foal in Tingles’ sling, bundled up and warm. Fast asleep, looking at Lumin made me feel sleepy too,

“Grimble, could you speak to the rest of the villagers here and ask them not to tell anypony we’re here? If asked, we’re mister and misses Salt. I don’t want any fighting or injuries, I’d much prefer to be left alone.”

He nodded in agreement, “I understand my lord, we’ve hidden in Equestria for a thousand years, we can keep your secret safe as well”

I felt embarrassed for asking to be honest. I should have known the villagers would be living here with one eye over their shoulder all the time and it made me wonder if anypony else had ever wanted to move here? I decided to drop that line of thought, I was already getting images of overweight minotaurs and howling timber wolves.

The rest of the day passed quietly, with Tingles and I taking turns cleaning, changing and feeding Lumin. It was exhausting work, I began to wish I’d taken precautions when doing…’things’ with the tangerine mare, but kicked myself for such a selfish thought. Would I really be willing to give up my son so I could have a quieter life? No…of course not, this fragile life, so miniscule and precious, was one I would cherish all my days. At least until the little bugger was old enough to trash my chariot. All that fun was yet to come…joy of joys.

Evening came upon us without much warning it. We were so pre-occupied with Lumin, that we didn’t noticed the sun setting and it was only the clock chiming over the fireplace that reminded me that I had somewhere to go. I stood, trying to get the crick out of my neck and stretched my legs. Tingles eyed me thoughtfully and called over to Heather,

“Would you be okay looking after Lumin for an hour or two Heather?”, she asked the hulking thing.

Heather nodded.

“You’re a darling, here’s his bottle and food…” she rattled off a list which the minotaur quietly nodded at, until finally satisfied, Tingles collected her overcoat and trotted to the door,

“Coming?”

Oh goddesses, I was going to cop it tonight. Grabbing my overcoat and hat, I followed her out, giving Grimble an eye rolling smile. He grinned and waved us out before bolting the door securely behind us. Very untrusting these country folk, mind you, I suppose I’d be a bit untrusting if it meant avoiding being woken in the middle of the night with a timber wolf’s teeth around your knackers. Luna, what a thought!

We walked in silence along the old worn road. I didn’t mind the quiet really, I was completely wrapped up in my own troubled thoughts about how I’d hurt Meadow with my childish behaviour. Turning off by the well, the glade up ahead glowed ominously in the light of the berry bushes and the early evening star light. Tingles pulled me up momentarily,

“Fairlight, I’ve left Lumin because I didn’t want him to get cold out here, but also, well…I’m worried Meadow might be, I don’t know…angry?”

“Yeah, with me though.” I said, my ears drooping, “I’ve been a bloody fool and she’s going to give me what for. I think I deserve it too.”

Tingles put her hoof on my shoulder, “I’m talking about, you know, what I did. Fairlight, I betrayed you, you nearly died because of me.”

I waved it off, “I know, but we’re here now and have a beautiful foal to show for it. Meadow will be happy for us.” I groaned, “Eventually…”

Tingles didn’t seem too placated by that comment.

We entered the glade and waited.

The tangerine pegasus lay next to me, her legs curled underneath her to keep warm. It was a cool night, the sky above beautifully clear except for the usual distant everfree clouds, but they rarely ventured outside the forests perimeter. I wasn’t a weather pony, so my knowledge of meteorological matters was pretty sketchy at best; its raining, its snowing, its warm, you get the idea.

Meadow appeared soon after we arrived, without ceremony, nor even the slightest sound, just a brightening of the light in the glade. Silently, the green mare slowly walked towards us. Something was clearly wrong. Her head was down and her ears flopped, a look which I can’t remember ever seeing except for that time I’d stormed out of the house like a petulant school child after a heavy drinking session.

“Hello love”, I managed, feeling a little uneasy.

She stood there like a statue and said nothing, just…stared at the ground. Tingles got up and walked over and tried speaking to her,

“Meadow…are you alright?”

Meadows voice was barely a whisper, “’Am I alright?’…”

Oh hell! I wanted to warn Tingles, but it was too late…

“Am I alright?! No! I am not all bloody right!” she turned her attention to me, tears welling in her eyes, “How, Fairlight…how could you? You…you bastard…”

I’d never heard her call me that before. Oh, hell this was going very badly, I’d done a lot more damage than I thought and I fully deserved a dressing down. I hung my head and lowered my ears,

“Meadow…I’m so sorry…”

“No, you’re not!” she shouted at me, “You’re always doing things like this….always! Goddesses, why?!”

Tingles looked to me, then back to Meadow, “I don’t understand Meadow, why are you so upset tonight, is there something I can do?”

“Don’t try and patronise me! You…” she paused, narrowing her eyes then shook her mane before continuing a little quieter, “You know what he did Tingles? Do you want to fucking know what he did?!”

If I could have buried my face in the ground I would have. Luna’s shiny arse, I wished I were a bloody ostrich right now.

“...He flew off, saying he was a monster and…and I thought I’d never see him again. The look in his eyes, Tingles…he…he didn’t trust me…”

“Meadow…” I whispered, my heart in my throat.

“I waited here…” she continued, “for days, weeks, I don’t know…and he never came back. I had to keep leaving young Sparrow with my family and they thought I was losing my mind. Maybe I am! Goddesses, Fairlight…I’m so bloody angry with you right now…I don’t know what to think anymore.”

I opened my mouth to speak but my rebellious brain had shut down on me. Tingles went to put a hoof on Meadows shoulder but it was roughly knocked away,

“…And YOU! I trusted you!” Meadow screamed at her, “You promised me you’d look after him and you betrayed him to those rats who wanted to hurt him, to kill him! Good Goddesses Tingles, why did I believe in you? Why did I trust you? You’re as bad as him!”

Tingles backed away nervously, “Meadow, it’s not like that…”

“It is! It bloody well is! I know he…he did things to you Tingles, the goddess knows I understand what that horror is like…yet your betrayal of him happened before that didn’t it? You may as well have put a gun to his head yourself…or have you done that too?”

Oh shit, she had…well, to be precise she’d shot me too, but there was no way I was going to mention that now.

“I’ve had enough of this!” Tingles suddenly rounded on her, “You fucking well listen to me, mare!”

Ever wish you had ear plugs?

“…I didn’t want to do what I did, but if I had, I wouldn’t be here talking to you now, would I?”

Meadow stood her ground as Tingles continued, “The agency told me that Fairlight was a danger to our society, but I didn’t know much about him other than he was a secret crush of mine in the watch. Celestia forgive me, I believed them, at least at first I did. However, like you Meadow, I got to know him…and fell in love with him.”

“So why did you betray him then, Tingles? Answer me that?”

“I didn’t, it was that thousand year old magical booby trap Celestia left in the pass which I set off. By accident I might add, not deliberately…being buried alive doesn’t appeal to me, surprisingly enough.” She shook her mane, “All I’d ever done was pass on information about him, and then not much of any interest. In the end, they wanted me to contact them if he found the fortress, but I never actually thought he would! I thought it was just some old fairy tale, that he’d satisfy his curiosity and give up on it. I wouldn’t have told them anyway and I sure as hell didn’t!”

Meadow stomped a hoof, “What I can’t forgive is that you left him…you ran out and left him there in the fortress all alone. He nearly died in there, Tingles and you abandoned him!”

“He…it…it raped me, Meadow…”

Meadow shook her mane and gave Tingles a sad look, “I know…” she whispered, “…he told me, but surely later you realised it wasn’t really Fairlight who’d done that? You’re not a fool Tingles, I just don’t understand…you could have gone back for him, couldn’t you?”

“It…it was Warlock. He…” Tingles took a deep breath, “He kept me locked up at the agency and tried to get me to tell him everything I knew about Fairlight, the fortress, everything. I’ve never seen him like that before, the anger in his eyes, it was sheer hatred. I did my best to hide what had happened from him, but he…he did things to me, hurt me…”

That fucking orange bastard, I was going to rip his stinking head off when I saw him next. I owed him now, shooting me was one thing, I could understand how upset he was about Luna, but Tingles? No…there would be no forgiveness.

Meadow reached out a hoof and gently stroked Tingles’ mane as she began to cry.

Wiping a foreleg across her face, Tingles’ voice trembled, “He…he wouldn’t let me out of his sight. When he found out that Fairlight had been found by the royal guard and was being transported for exile…he went berserk. I’ve never seen a pony so full of hate…he wanted him dead. Warlock arranged for a hoof picked strike team of ponies loyal to him, to attack the palace guards and took me along to ‘keep an eye on me’. Then…when I saw Fairlight…I didn’t know what to do. I thought he hated me, he’d chased me away and I’d abandoned him, but when I saw him lying there…Warlock standing over him with a gun…”

Meadow nuzzled Tingles’ neck as the tangerine mare sobbed into her mane, “He…shot me, Meadow…my own brother…he shot me.”

“Your brother?!” I shouted nearly choking in surprise.

She nodded, quietly. Whatever he’d done to her, she’d never said and I hadn’t asked. If she wanted to tell me, she would in her own time, but goddess damn it…her own family?

Meadow kissed her cheek and hugged her warmly, “I’m sorry Tingles…I wish there were something I could do to fix things for you, truly I do.”

The green mare walked up to me, eyes glistening, “It still doesn’t make things right for you though Fairlight. I know what you did and I know you weren’t in the right frame of mind…but still…I thought you trusted me…”

“Meadow, will you let me explain?” I said quietly, and a lot more calmly than I felt.

She nodded.

“After what I…the spirit…had done to Tingles, the look of fear on her face when she saw me in that wendigo form, when I saw you step back from me…you had that same look. It was fear, Meadow…I couldn’t stand it, I couldn’t stand what I’d become. And so I…”

“You killed Gates and Melon Patch didn’t you”, she whispered.

“I did”

“Fairlight…why? You’re supposed to uphold the law, protect ponies…even scum like them. You didn’t have to seek them out and kill them did you?”

“Meadow, the watch has been corrupted, there’s no real justice left in Manehattan. Those two tortured, raped and killed ponies, I couldn’t sit back and do nothing knowing they were subjecting others to what they did to you. Melon Patch was busy raping a filly when I stopped him…a filly, barely more than a foal for Celestia’s sake ! Believe me if there was some way I could have brought them to justice I…”

I paused. Would I? Meadow didn’t seem to believe me.

“You would have killed them anyway wouldn’t you?” She said quietly.

I nodded, looking her straight in the eyes, “For what they did to you, Sparrow and myself, for those mares and foals in the pens…yes. I’m sorry Meadow, but yes…”

She shook her head sadly, “I don’t want you to become a killer, Fairlight. I understand why you did what you did, but it still feels wrong inside, despite how horrible and cruel they were…”

“How did you know they were dead?” I asked.

“Aethel told Starswirl and he told me.”

I was astonished, “They’re with the herd?”

“No…no, they’re not with the herd.”

A cold wash of realisation flowed through me, “Oh…”

Meadow placed a hoof on my shoulder, “Fairlight…I don’t want that to happen to you…please, revenge is not the way. Don’t you understand that? Sparrow and I are dead, you can’t bring us back and staining your hooves with blood is only going to taint your soul.”

“My souls already tainted love, the wendigo…you saw how frightening it is, how frightening I am. I don’t want to see that look on your face ever again…”

She shook her head defiantly, “Do you know what you look like Fairlight?”

“I…”

“Bloody terrifying!” Meadow waved her hooves in the air for emphasis, “You had me frightened witless, do you know that? You suddenly change into this huge ‘thing’ from legend and don’t expect me to nearly soil myself? How would you feel if I magically transformed into a dragon right now? Just stand there and say, ‘oh hello, that’s a new look’ ?”

“Um…”

“Do it…” she whispered shyly.

“What?”

“Do it, now…come on…I want to see it again, see you…the other you”

Tingles walked closer, “Meadow…I…”

“Oh shush, he’s a wendigo whether we like it or not, and if you want to be a part of his life you’ll need to accept all of him Tingles, not bits. I will too. We can do this together, but only if you want to.”

Tingles nodded solemnly, “You’re right…let’s do this.”

‘Lets do this’? Hell fire…

Sighing in resignation, I reached for the power inside me, feeling its energy begin to seep through me like it was in slow motion. I could sense and feel the changes even without seeing them reflected in Meadow’s ever widening eyes.

My mane grew, changing to the now familiar deep blue hue, my tail likewise changing from its usual black and white. My teeth itched while they lengthened and grew to points, long, sharp…and lethal.

A large pair of dragon-like wings burst from my back with that familiar shock of sharp pain that, thankfully, quickly dissipated. They spread out, catching the light of the moon and shining like they were coated in liquid silver.

White mist flowed out from me as if it had a life and mind of its own. Steadily, it began to wreath my hind legs and my nethers, billowing, building, speading its otherworldly luminescence out around me.

Reflected in Meadow’s ever widening eyes, I could see my now normally bright blue pair, change to flickering blue flames that tinged the edges of my vision with their colour. My nostils flared as the magic pulsed in my veins and my muscles stretched, bulging with the power of the wendigo. Of me, of who I was normally, only my horn remained. Yet even that, like my coat, had changed to a brilliant snowy white.

I gazed into my wife’s deep yellow eyes. They still shone as brightly and as beautifully as the day I’d first met her all those years ago, and my heart ached with longing to hold her. All I could do now though was wait, and I did so, silently dreading her reaction

The scene of my magical transformation, as dramatic as it probably appeared, was slightly spoiled by Meadows mouth hanging open and drooping ears, giving her a slightly comical look. I took a deep breath, letting it out slowly and waited for judgement.

“My…Goddesses…” she breathed, remembering to blink. She took a tentative step forward and reached out to touch me, pulling back for a moment, “Fairlight? That is you…right?”

“Of course its me!” I grumbled sourly.

“You…you look…beautiful. Terrifying too, but…Celestia’s grace, you are…magnificent…”

Well, that was nice! Not sure about ‘terrifying’, but I remembered my first encounter with Shadow and how she’d appeared to me. I wish she were here now, and Sparrow and Lumin, my beloved family.

Meadow waved a hoof to Tingles who cautiously approached me, “Look at him…isn’t he simply magnificent. So strong…”

Tingles nodded, her eyes downcast slightly. She was obviously having a problem with this, whereas her green counterpart was virtually drooling. With all this attention, I began to feel like a prime piece of meat on a hungry dragon’s plate. If they actually used plates of course…

Meadow reached down and waved a hoof in the mist, examining both it and her leg. She leaned her head down and, I was shocked to see, actually tasted her hoof.

“It tingles…Tingles!” she giggled, “It’s not that cold either, a little chilly perhaps but not dangerous I don’t think.” Meadow looked up at me, “Do you use this some other way?”

I nodded, but she didn’t seem to be interested in a reply, rather she kept on walking around me, sniffing and prodding,

“I love the tail! Look at that colour, so lustrous…the girls would go wild for a tail like that in the spa”

Tingles sniffed at the proffered tail, nodding her approval. Meadow walked round to my side and carefully licked my flank, “Here, Tingles, have a lick and tell me what you think.”

Dutifully, the orange Pegasus stepped up and leaned towards me. I looked back to her and she jumped away, ears flat and head down. Meadow slapped me hard on the arse making me yelp, “Keep looking to your front mister…there, that’s better. Come on Tingles, you’ll be surprised!”

I felt Tingles’ tongue barely touch my fur before she smacked her lips turning to Meadow with a grin, “He…he tastes…minty?”

She smiled and nodded.

“He does! He tastes like mints…that’s…incredible!” Tingles leaned forward and took a longer lick. Oh, Luna…this was having a funny effect on me and I tried to think of something else…unfortunately the only thing I could think of was where my missing chocolates were. I wonder whatever happened to them?

“Fairlight?” Meadow asked curiously, “Can you open your wings again? I want to see them.”

On queue, I opened them out for inspection, the two cooing and a clucking like a couple of hens while they continued to poke, prod and lick me.

“Look at his hooves, Meadow…they’re like diamond!”

“I know! How wonderful…lift them up love, theres a dear…”

More prodding and poking ensued. This time though, Meadow ran her hoof up the inside of my foreleg, nearly making me buck up in surprise. My wings ruffled and something else was…oh, hell no. It was too late, the green mare had eyes like a hawk,

“Tingles…come here…have a look.”

Meadow and Tingles examined my underside. I could feel hooves prodding me and stroking here and there. Murmuring reached my ears, and giggling…hell fire, what were they giggling about now?

“Look, he’s blushing! How cute!” Meadow chirped trotting round to face me. She reached up and took my head in her forehooves, examining my eyes, ears and goodness knows what else. She whispered to Tingles who came up beside me, still looking a little unsure,

“Go on, he won’t bite”

The tangerine pegasus reached up and licked the edge of my ear, sending a tiny electric shock around my body. I shivered.

Meadow nodded to her and…”Ouch! Hey! That bloody hurt!” I yelped. My poor ears where the target once again. The two mares laughed and nudged into each other playfully, yet all I could do was stand there and let them have their way with me. Damn it all, now my bloody imagination was kicking in too…

“Your eyes are strange, but I kind of like them…mysterious…mmmm….” Meadows muzzle brushed past mine and I gave an involuntary whimper, “You like that…don’t you…” she whispered. I nodded.

“Open your mouth now, that’s a good boy”, the green mare examined my teeth and tongue, “Incredible…sharp too. Do you bite?”

“No…” I whispered.

“I wouldn’t mind if you did you know,” she grinned seductively, “but…not too hard, just enough…”

I saw Tingles shudder and her wings stretch out momentarily before she saw me looking and quickly folded them again, her cheeks blushing beet red.

“Put your tongue out, Fairlight”, Meadow commanded firmly, “yes…that’s the way.”

She waved over Tingles and whispered in her ear, “Taste it.”

“What? I…”

“Go on, just a little lick, he looks…delicious. If you don’t, I will. Assert your dominance over him Tingles, he’s your stallion like he is mine. Take control…”

Hang on a minute…!

Tingles reached up to my muzzle. I could smell her breath, feminine and warm. Her eyes, so green and full of life, I wasn’t sure she’d be able to do this and I couldn’t bear to watch. I shut my eyes.

“No!” Meadow tapped me on the nose with a hoof, “Keep your eyes open Fairlight, your mare is here and you will attend her as you should.”

I did as ordered and waited. The game she was playing was one I wasn’t used to and wasn’t sure I approved of either, but if it helped Tingles get over her fears, I’d play along. Unfortunately, so was another part of me, the bloody traitorous thing.

The pegasi’s tongue was warm and soft on my lips, gently probing the edges of my mouth and making my mind go blank. Against my will, my own tongue moved against hers, making her jump a little, but she came back quickly and moved a little closer still. Our lips met, her tongue slowly entering my mouth and tasting me, running along my teeth inquisitively.

I couldn’t help but release a little of the silvery fluid into my mouth. I could feel it welling in there and was about to pull away, but to my surprise she reached forward and grabbed me around the neck. Tingles’ tongue lapped at the fluid, running it around her own mouth and mine, our tongues running around each others in a steady dance. I was running on testosterone now and I was barely managing to keep myself together, the gentle and slow teasing of these two was becoming torturous.

I opened my eyes when our lips parted and felt her gasping and shuddering. Looking down her flank, I nearly squeaked in shock to see Meadow beneath the pegasus mare, lapping at another fluid. Tingles’ eyes were nearly rolling in her head and she groaned before suddenly biting down on my neck and shaking as she climaxed.

Meadow stood back up and walked over to me, “Now…it’s my turn”, she murmured taking my head in her hooves and pushing her tongue deep into my mouth. The scene repeated, Meadow lapping and tasting, pulling on my tongue and lips while Tingles went to work on the green unicorn’s marehood.

All of were now a lot less inhibited than we had been earlier, Tingles especially. The little pegasus whinnied and pushed me to the ground, her chest heaving. Meadow moved closer to us, her hind legs noticeably wobbling.

“That it Tingles,” she breathed, “you’re the one calling the shots here. Don’t ask…tell him what you want.”

The tangerine mare pushed and prodded me until I was lying on my back, my hooves in the air in a ridiculous position for a pony. Not for Tingles though, she straddled my chest and reached behind her, feeling about for what she sought. With a firm hoof, I was guided to the ultimate destination.

“Now, Fairlight…I’m going to…” she gasped as she pushed down on me, “I’m going to fuck you…as hard and as much as I want, as I like…”

She pushed back, groaning and whimpering as she moved, grinding her hips against me and stretching her wings out wide to either side. Tingles moved on her own now, using me to her hearts content moving faster and faster until with a scream that rent the night air, she collapsed on top of me, breathing heavily inches from my mouth. Her eyes looked straight down into mine, her sweat soaked bottle green mane hanging limp and draping over my face. Tingles brushed some of her hair from her own muzzle and from mine,

“Goddesses, I love you Fairlight. I love you so much”

I opened my mouth to reply, only to have her clamp hers over mine and kiss me with a passion that surprised me. She sat back up, taking a deep breath,

“Meadow…that was…wonderful, and he really does taste of mint”

The rest of the evening passed in much the same way, with Meadow, Tingles and I tangled up together once again, warm and safe in each others embrace. As with all good things though, time catches up and life has to move on. Meadow stood to leave and I kissed her,

“Love…how come you can spend so much time with us now? You were always in such a rush before.”

She scratched her ear in thought before giving me a quick nuzzle, “Because there are many who love you, Fairlight, not just us. You have a surprising number of allies in the herd, many more than you’d think actually…and more than Celestia would either.”

“I hope so” I said yawning, “I have to find Shadow now, though. I may be gone a while.”

“What are you going to do about Tingles?”

“I promised I wouldn’t leave her behind again, but…” I closed my eyes and breathed out, “Meadow, I…I have something to tell you.”

“You mean your foal?” She said raising an eyebrow, “Yes, I wondered when you’d tell me about him. A new life is always news in the herd and your antics aren’t that hard to follow.”

“I’m sorry love, I’ve not had a chance to tell you yet, we were a bit…um…busy”

She chuckled, “I know, and you owe me one mister. But, please…don’t ever doubt me again…promise me, Fairlight.”

“I promise Meadow, on my life, I promise”

“On your heart will do…” she gave me a kiss on the nose, “…you silly pony.”

Tingles began to stir and opened her eyes, “Meadow? Are you leaving?”

“I have to, I’m sorry. I wish I could stay, but the magic that allows me to visit is a very old type which is powered by the moon. Rather appropriate wouldn’t you say ?”

“I wish you could stay, you belong with us Meadow…” I whispered into her fur as I nuzzled her.

Meadow shook her mane and pushed away from me, “I want to be with you too, all of you, but this is all I can do. One day we’ll all be together, all of us, and until then my love will always be with you.”

She sniffed and rubbed her eyes, walking backwards as she was surrounded by an ethereal aura, “You’re making me cry you silly stallion! I’ll get you back next time, and bring your foal too! What’s he called?”

“Lumin!” Tingles and I shouted together.

Meadow was starting to disappear in the morning sunlight, her voice growing fainter, “I think I preferred Rock…”