Dinner was a lot of colorful vegetables. Purples, greens, yellows, all mixed together into a delicious delight for my undoubtedly-altered tongue. I couldn't say if it was the earth pony farmers or being a pony myself, but it all tasted wonderful, and I ate eagerly between words. "So, which herd are we visiting next?"

Crystal swallowed her current mouthful before pointing off. "There's a herd in walking distance that's attacked any human they have contact with. They're not that physically strong, just stubborn. I think your stature will help bring them into line before we even get to talking."

I perked an ear at Crystal before realizing I had chosen to do that. I was getting more comfortable in this mostly-pony body. "They don't have any hydras or other large ponies?"

Crystal shook her head. "Mostly pegasi, small ones at that. They're pretty good at ambushing humans though, which is a problem for us."

I pushed to my hooves. "Well there's no time like the present." I felt full and satisfied. "Besides, we shouldn't leave Sandra for longer than we have to."

Crystal circled around the table and pressed her side against one of my legs, and we were gone.

We arrived with a bright flash that sent pegasi scattering like a bunch of spooked birds. One of them seemed to notice Crystal and hissed at her, "Go away! We already said we don't want to be in your stinky herd."

Crystal had spoken truthfully. They were small ponies, about three quarter the size of most I'd seen. I held up a hand at them. "Take it easy guys and girls. We're doing big things, and we want you involved."

A little mare landed on my back and poked my humanoid torso from behind. "Big words from a big pony! You think you can boss us around?" I felt something wet and warm dripping from where she landed, but tried to ignore it. "We can't be scared that easily!" A cloud of mares gathered around me, shouting similar things.

I kept my cool. They were too small to feel genuinely threatened by, especially with my added bulk. "We're here to be friends, not bully anyone. Relax. Who's in charge here?"

The cloud suddenly scattered at the largest of them approached, about the usual size for the pegasi. He flashed a grin at me. "Hey big girl. So what's on your mind?"

I offered a hand towards him. "We're trying to put an end to all the fighting. We've signed on the shapeshifters, and thought we'd ask the fiercest herd next."

He laughed merrily. "You got quite a mouth on you." He slapped my offered hand with a hoof then darted in, nuzzling a breast roughly. "Shaped oddly too. So what do you want us to actually do?"

Crystal spoke up from my side. "We really just want you to leave the humans alone."

"Easier said than done." He huffed. "I smell a human and I get a little crazy. Everyone does, right?" The crowd erupted in murmurs of agreement, one of the stallions clambering up onto a mare and starting to rut her, inspired just by the memory of it. "It just comes naturally to us. No offense or anything."

The answer was both refreshingly honest, and still discouraging. "How are your... food stores looking?"

"Food stores?" The hovering stallion tilted his head. "Who has those? We have to hunt for food every day."

Crystal was quick to see where I was going. "I'll gladly share the food we've been farming, if you come with us and stay away from the humans."

He frowned at Crystal. "We already told you we don't want to be your bitches!" His angry words brought up supportive commentary from the flock around him as other pegasi spoke their feelings.

"Nobody has to be anyone's bitch," I said, a smile forming as I finished, "Unless they want to be."

I was suddenly hugged from behind, the pegasus mare that had landed on me hugged me firmly, her hooves rubbing against my belly. I could feel the source of her wetness in the form of two swollen crotch tits that she ground against my furry back. "I'll be your bitch," she softly offered, drawing cat calls and clopping hooves from the crowd among giggles and laughs.

A part of me liked the idea, the part that fell from my sheath and began to fill. The rest realized with how small she was, I'd split her in half. "We have to stick together, like brothers and sisters. It's ponies against humans, and I want it to be ponies AND humans, but first we have to close ranks and stop all running off on our own things."

The leader flew up into my face. "Ponies and humans? You got big balls, I'll give that." One of the mares confirmed this, nuzzling into the hanging sac softly. "Fine. You said you got lots of food?"

Crystal smiled and spoke up, "Food enough for your entire herd, and all you have to promise is to not harass the humans. Stay inside and play with the other ponies, and leave the humans be. We may even have a few things only skilled pegasi can do. Have you tried working with the clouds yet?"

Cindy's thoughts brushed against me, ~This is going well. We'll have the pony tribes unified by week's end.~

~Is that soon enough?~

~I don't know, maybe we should send a message to the humans while we work?~

While I was spaced out, Crystal finalized the deal and turned to me. "Let's go back. They'll fly there. You ready to go or need a moment?"

"Huh? I'm fine." I stepped towards her only to realize I was swarmed by pegasi around my pony lower half. I felt a tongue soddenly dip into my erect pole and shook them all off with a grunt. "Easy there. I just finished doing that." They were not easily satisfied, and flew back almost instantly. I wasn't allowed to rejoin Crystal until I had filled a belly and sprayed wildly across a few eager snouts. Drained for the moment, they finally let me go, and Crystal whisked us away.

"They'll fly here," explained Crystal. "Like I said, they aren't that far from here. I'll keep them busy and distracted, and maybe they'll calm down over time, but down here they're kept away from humans."

Cindy smiled at Crystal. "We have a problem and a solution. Little Ian will be swarmed by those pegasi. It's time to get him home, and it's time we tried to open some channel with the humans."

Crystal tilted her head. "Nice thought, but how do you plan to not be shot?"

Cindy took control of an arm to thump our chest. "Leave it to me. I'll be careful, but it has to be done. If we wait until after we get all the herds in line, it may already be too late."

Crystal didn't hide her doubts and fears on her face. "I can't stop you... but be careful. You're important to me, er, us..."

I reached to gently pet over Crystal's head, teasing across her ears and through her smooth mane. "We'll be careful. Can you keep an eye on Ian? I have a feeling Sandra may be helpful, and we can burn the gift out of her as a demonstration."

Soon we were off with Ian and Sandra. As we navigated the tunnels towards the surface, I asked Sandra. "What do you want to change? Your gift is mostly spent, but still there."

She looked thoughtful as she walked. "I think..."

Author's Notes:

What should Sandra ask for? Will they make it safely to the humans? Will Ian escape pony captivity without infection? Will the author ever stop making typo jokes?