I yawn as I rub my eyes and sit up. I look around and remember I'm still in hell... or Tartarus as my brother called it.

I pull the covers off me and stand up off the bed, I then stretch my limbs and scratch my chest. I suppress a moan from how oddly good that felt and decide to not do that again. Walking over to the mirror on the wall, I get a good look at myself and notice my hair is longer, and that I have two horns on my head.

I reach up and gently tap a horn but I don't really feel anything from it. I take in my physique and can't help but admire my new body. I've lost my slight pudge and I look lean, fit, and strong. I flex my muscles and I can just feel them stretch and bulge.

'This would be so much better if I didn't find out what I had to eat to live now...' I think to myself and sigh.

I hear a knock on the door and I yelp at the sudden noise. After getting my breathing back under control, I turn to the door.

"Come in," I say loudly.

The door opens and my eyes feel like they're bulging out of my head. A woman that looks like a bird and cat on two legs walks in and smiles at me with her beak... can beaks move like that? She’s wearing a modest maid dress, her feathers on her head are grey and the tips are a dark blue. The fur on her body and the feathers of her wings is a dark brown and she has a pair of silk bags on her hips.

"Good afternoon, ma'am. I'm just here to change the sheets," she tells me as she uses her right leg's talon to pull off the bed sheets and stuff it into her left bag.

I watch in awe at how flexible her legs are and how hard it must be to do this without hands, she replaces the sheets with clean ones and then heads for the door.

"Wait!" I say getting her attention.

"Hmm? Yes?" she replies and tilts her head at me.

"What are you?" I ask bluntly.

"I'm a harpy... how do you not know about us? We’re pretty common in Tartarus?" she replies and then asks in concern.

"No... you could say I'm new around here," I reply.

"Thought so, haven't seen a breed of succupony like you before... You kinda look like Lord Damien," she says and looks me over.

"He's my brother... where is he right now?" I ask her.

"Your brother!?" she yells and quickly bows to me and stutters. "Forgive my casualness, my lady. I didn't know you were related to the Overlord!" she quickly says still bowing.

"Erm, please don't do that. It's fine, really," I say feeling uncomfortable now.

She gets up a notices she spilled the contents of her bags and scrambles to pick them back up. I walk over and help her making her smile nervously.

"My name is Melanie, what's yours?" I ask her.

"Clarisa," she replies. "Thank you," she then says as the last of the sheets are back in her bags.

"Could you show me where my brother is?" I ask her.

"I would, but I have more chores to do, my lady. A guard would be happy to escort you though," she tells me and points a wing to an armoured horse guy.

"Oh, okay. Thank you," I say and she walks off. I head over to the guard and he looks at me. "Could you escort me to my brother?" I ask him.

"Of course. Lord Damien has instructed me to escort you to him when you were ready. Please follow me," he replies and I get a little weak in the knees. Oh god his voice sounds as smooth as silk while being deep and masculine.

I follow behind him and keep my eyes to the ground, why do I feel strange near him? It takes a few minutes, but now we're standing in front of a large double door. The guard opens a door and waves me inside.

I smile at him and nod getting a nod back before he walks off. I can't help but watch him leave for a few seconds before shaking my head. I go through the door and I spot my brother standing next to a table with a map on it. There's two... I can only describe as naga or lamia next to him and another horse man.

Damien looks up and smiles at me. "Hey, sis! How's your head feeling?" he asks me.

"Better now," I reply and walk over to him. "What's all this?" I ask him.

"We're hunting a dangerous demonlord named Tirek. Problem is he somehow found or made a walking fortress which we're having trouble tracking," he replies and taps on the map. "He was last sighted near the swamp, but we lost his trail after that. The tracks left by the fortress just, stopped."

"Who'sss thisss, father?" one of the naga asks Damien.

"She is your aunt and my sister, Melanie," Damien tells him making all three of them go wide eyed. "Mel, these are your nephews. Scalefang, Vipirior, and Tidus," he says pointing to each one.

"My nephews..." I mumble and remember how old Damien told me he was now.

"I remember you telling us of your sister before... but I thought she was dead by now with how long humans lived for..." Tidus says to Damien.

"You can thank Olivia and Twilight for helping me get her here," he says making Tidus sigh.

"That mare is always doing something crazy," he says and looks at me. "It's nice to finally meet you, auntie," Tidus says and holds his hand out.

I gingerly take it and shake his hand. I then shake the nagas hands as well.

"So, what brings you here then?" Damien asks me.

"Oh... well, I'd like to see the City," I reply, getting a smile out of him.

"I see. Well, Desire and Rarity are about to head out to the spa for a few hours. Perhaps you can go with them?" he suggests and I smile. The last time I went to a spa felt heavenly.

"I guess so, where are they?" I ask him.

"Tidus, would you mind taking Mel over to your mother?" my brother asks his son.

"Okay, father. I'll be back as soon as possible," he replies and walks past me. "Come, auntie," he says to me.

I follow behind him and I barely hear Damien wishing me a good time.

The trip is awkwardly silent as we walk through the halls. I glance at the décor until Tidus speaks up.

"So. What do you think of Tartarus?" he asks me.

"Can't really make an opinion yet, seeing as I haven't really seen or been anywhere yet," I reply.

"Good points. Then at least you'll get to see the City with mother when you go out," he says and stops at a door and knocks. "Mother?" he calls out and waits.

"Tidus? Come in!" I hear Dark Desire reply.

Tidus opens the door and I barely see my sister-in-law sitting on a bed talking to a white succupony with deep purple hair. She's wearing a beautiful red dress that goes just past her knees with one strap over her left shoulder.

"Oh, Melanie. Feeling better now?" Dark Desire asks me.

"Yeah... I wanted to see the City so Damien said I should go with you to the Spa," I reply.

"Oh darling, you're going to love it!" the white woman says. She gets up off her chair and walks over to me. "My name is Rarity Belle, but you can just call me Rarity," she tells me and holds her hand out.

"Melanie Jackson..." I reply and shake her hand.

"Your clothes look like they're about to burst, my dear. Perhaps later I can stop by and make you a new set? Or perhaps we can go shopping and find something you'll like? The arachniponies are masters at making clothing with their own silk," she tells me while looking me over.

I tug on my shirt a little, it does feel a bit tighter now. "I guess so, these are a bit tight," I say.

"Here," Dark Desire says and tosses me a pair of shorts, a shirt, a bra, and some panties. "These were my old clothes, but due to my recent growth spurt, they no longer fit me. So I guess you can have them then, I was just going to give them away," she tells me,

I catch the clothes and look them over, a plain pair of black hotpants and a dark blue shirt with some sort of red flower on the centre of the chest, and the underwear is plain white.

"Well then, I'll leave auntie Melanie in your care, mother," Tidus says making me wince. I'm still not used to the idea that I'm an aunt, makes me feel older than I am.

He leaves the room and closes the door. I look back to the other two and just stand there awkwardly.

"Well don't just stand there like a ponyquin, darling. Go get changed and we can then get going!" Rarity says with excitement while pointing to another door.

I walk over to the door and open it to see a nice looking bathroom. The colours are a dark purple wall with a black floor. The toilet and the bathtub looks like they’re made of obsidian and the tub appears to be able to hold five people easily and there's a variety of products for washing hair and fur, even scale polish.

I quickly change my clothes, which I rip off my body due to the fact I can't get them off because of how tight they are. The shirt Dark Desire gave me has two holes in the back which I assume is for my new wings, and the hole in the shorts is for my tail. Fortunately my shoes still fit me.

It takes me ten minutes or so to get changed due to having trouble getting my wings through the holes. But I get it done and re-enter the bedroom.

"Sorry I took so long," I apologise to them both.

"Oh don't worry about it, darling! The longest I've taken is an hour so don't feel too bad about it. Shall we get going now?" Rarity replies and suggests.

I nodded, actually looking forward to seeing the City my brother rules over... still can't believe he's practically Satan...

We leave the room and I silently follow them as they chat about upcoming fashion and gossip they heard around Tartarus.

I glance at all the maids, butlers, and guards we pass in the hallways. And again I feel slightly odd when I look at the guys here, so I decide to ask Dark Desire.

"Mrs Desire?" I say getting her attention.

"Hmm? Just call me Desire, Mel," she tells me and looks at me.

"Okay, I've been getting this strange feeling every time I see a guy... why?" I ask her.

"Oh, that's just your instincts trying to tell you to feed, you must be hungrier than I thought," she replies and without warning, leans down and kisses me hard.

I try to push her back but her hand is holding my head still. I then go limp as I can feel something flow into me, making that craving sensation recede.

She lets go after a few seconds and licks her lips. "There you go, that should last you a good few days," she tells me and I gasp with a heavily flushed face... I've never kissed or been kissed by a girl before... and it was with my brother's wife!

"What did you do!?" I demand once I snap out of my shock.

"I transferred some of my energy over to you, and since I can hold a lot more than you or the average succupony, I can fully feed you if I wanted without draining myself too much," she replies. I notice Rarity has a slight blush and is politely looking away.

"Don't do that again!" I tell her as I get my breathing under control. Why was that the best kiss I've ever had, and why do I feel like I want to do it again?

"Only if you can find a source of lust on your own, I won't have you going lust hungry and raping someone," she tells me seriously and I gulp at her tone.

"Yes ma'am..." I reply.

"Good!" she then says cheerfully and continues walking. "Let's get going again shall we?" she says and I glance at Rarity who sighs and walks beside Dark Desire.

I shake my head and follow behind them at a distance.

I notice that when I pass a guy now I don't have that feeling anymore. I guess Dark Desire was right.

We reach what I guess is the main lobby of the Castle as Desire and Rarity head over to the main doors leading outside.

I look at all the different demons that are lining up in front of another pair of doors at the other end of the lobby with a few guards there keeping an eye on them. Some are holding folders or papers and wearing nice clothing.

Some of them look like boars, spiders, horses, birds, goblins -both green and red-. Even some strange ones like a large beetle and what I can only assume is a bipedal bat.

I walk out the Castle and look up to see grey cloud cover everywhere.

"Is it always this bleak?" I ask.

Dark Desire follows my gaze and giggles. "Oh no, this is a good day. If the clouds are black then it's a bleak day, though the rare hot rainy days are nice in my opinion," she replies and continues walking.

I look around as I follow her. Buildings that look like they could fit back home stand tall, and they're made of either metal or thick looking stone. The glass windows seems to have a darker tint to them, almost like sunglasses.

One building looks like it's a casino while another looks like a bowling alley. Each building looks familiar but alien at the same time, and I notice the people around me giving me curious glances now and then.

"We're almost there!" Dark Desire says getting my attention.

In front of us is a nice looking black stone building with a Japanese style look to it. Dark Desire opens the sliding door and smiles. "Yuna!? Slitherine!?" she calls out and I hear faint gasps.

I look around and see we're in a waiting room with comfortable looking chairs, a small table in the middle with magazines and books on it, strange looking potted plants (one of which looks like tentacles and is moving), a counter with some kind of cash register on it, and a few paintings of locations I can only assume are from Tartarus are on the walls.

The doors to the right of the counter open and out comes two naga like women who smile brightly before slithering over and hugging Dark Desire.

"Mother! We were wondering what wasss taking you ssso long!" the left one says.

She's got pale red scales and a pale pink underbelly. she has a fin on her head that goes down her back but it curls slightly to the right.

"Yesss, and who isss thisss you brought with you? A new cussstomer?" the other then asks.

She has green scales which are paler on her front, she has two fins on her head that only go down to the back of her neck.

Dark Desire grins and gestures to me. "Meet your aunt, Melanie," she tells them making them gasp.

"Our aunt?" the red one asks in confusion.

"Yup, she's your father's sister. He brought her here two days ago," Dark desire replies.

"Oh! father hasss ssspoken about you a lot. We're happy to finally meet you," the green snake woman says to me.

"Erm, likewise. But I know nothing about you two as I've only been here for two days..." I reply feeling a bit nervous.

"Oh that'sss fine. Ssso, you're here for a full treatment with mother and Misss Rarity?" the red one asks me.

"I guess so," I reply.

"Wonderful! I'm Yuna by the way," she then introduces herself and holds out her hand.

"And I'm Slitherine," the green woman then says holding her hand out as well.

I gingerly shake their hands and marvel at how soft and smooth their scales feel.

"I'm Melanie... although I guess you already knew that, hehe," I say and chuckle lamely. I feel so out of place here...

"Oh don't worry about it, sis! Just relax and let your troubles just melt away~," Dark Desire says sweetly and pats me on my lower back.

"I said don't call me that," I tell her with a frown.

"Fine, you'll lighten up eventually," she replies and walks to the door the two snake women came though.

I follow behind her and look around the Spa. Hot tubs, mud baths, massage tables, lounge chairs, saunas, shower room, this place has it all.

"Firssst we ssshall begin with the sssauna," Yuna tells us and points to a door at the back with the female symbol on it.

"Changing roomsss are back there with many different sssized robesss ssshould you want one," Slitherine then says.

I follow Dark Desire and Rarity into the changing rooms and notice it's just a bunch of lockers and no actual changing cubicles.

I blush as Dark Desire and Rarity just strip down naked and store their clothes. Rarity puts on a white robe but Dark Desire just stays nude.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about, Mel. We're all mares here," Dark Desire tells me with a grin.

"You'll get used to it, darling. took me a couple of weeks to stop blushing every time," Rarity says with a giggle.

I just walk over to a locker, quickly strip, and put on a blue robe that fits.

"See that wasn't so difficult now was it?" Dark Desire says in a teasing tone.

I glare at her but she just saunters past in her birthday suit and out the door. Rarity just puts a hand on my shoulder with an apologetic smile.

"You'll get used to her, she's rather forward and blunt with what she says or does," she tells me and walks out the room as well.

I sigh and follow behind her.

We exit the Spa and I admit, I've never felt so good in my life! I groan as I stretch my muscles and then blush as I remember the 'massage' Yuna gave me.

Dark Desire told them to give me the full body massage so Yuna told me to stand up straight, so I did and the next thing I knew is she coiled herself completely around me with her tail where her torso was just above my shoulders. I moaned as her body started to squeeze me in all the right places getting my joints to pop and my muscles to melt as her hands worked on my shoulders and neck.

I shake my head of the memory and look to the now dressed Dark Desire.

"So, where to next?" I ask, strangely excited and refreshed to explore the Capital City of Hell.

"Depends, what are you in the mood to do? Shopping? Games? Food?" she asks me.

My stomach decides to answer for me making them both giggle.

"Food it is then. There's actually a nice restaurant nearby that I've been to a couple of times," Rarity says and my stomach rumbles again in agreement.

We walk down the street and Dark Desire waves at a few demons we pass. I raise an eyebrow at the strange long pink creature that looks like a mixture of different animals fly by, who then waves at Rarity before zooming off down the street.

"Who or what was that?" I ask.

"Oh. That was just Pinkie Pie. She's on a mission to learn every game she can find here before we head back to Equestria," Rarity replies with a giggle.

"Okay..." I say and try to ignore the odd being that flew by.

We arrive at the restaurant and it looks like a goth was in charge of decorating it. I almost feel like I would see Dracula sitting at a table if I walked in...

"Despite its, rather dark appearance, it has some of the best food I've ever had. Including their meat selection," Rarity tells me.

"I see. It's not just going to be waste worm stuff again is it?" I ask and cringe at the thought of eating giant maggots again.

"No, they have other kinds of meat available," Dark Desire replies and walks in followed by Rarity.

I sigh and follow in behind them.

Part 1 of Melanie's first day in Fel Haven.