Twilight sat in the middle of her castle's library, at a loss. She didn't dare ask Spike to come and help her search, so she had all the catalog cards out, in a pile, sorting through them. "I can't believe I don't have anything on this. Surely there must be some books written about this… pet, thing."

The door opened and, in her shock, Twilight flapped her wings and sent the catalog cards flying everywhere. Which was exactly what Rarity saw, when she entered the room.

"Darling, what are you doing?" Rarity looked around at the little cards dancing in the air like lazy leaves in autumn. "A library malfunction?" She tried to keep the titter out of her voice, but it broke through regardless.

"No, I am trying to find out more about-" Twilight's voice stopped, her mouth kept moving, groping at the air like a fish. I can't tell Rarity about this, how will I steer the conversation to it without weirding her out? "Well, it is about one of our friends. I found her acting… very… uh…"

"Rainbow Dash." Rarity took note of her friend's blush, of the way Twilight's face showed both relief and terror at the same time. "I heard she had some relations with that rake of a stallion, Thunderlane. Oh my the rumor mill is working overtime. He takes her on walks, even took her to Fluttershy's cottage last week. And here she is now a Wonderbolt."

Twilight blinked a few times, her mind trying to sort the incoming words into coherency. "Wait, takes her for walks? I don't… when I saw her the other day she was acting like…"

"It's pet-play, Twilight." Rarity blinked at her friend as if the hyphenated word explained everything about their behavior. "Now, it is not my thing, but by what I heard it really is Rainbow Dash's. Fluttershy might-"

"Twilight!" Fluttershy herself rushed in the partly open door to the library, and while her shout wasn't loud, it was frantic by the yellow pegasus' standards. "Oh!" She froze at the sight of Rarity. "I-I-I-I'll just come b-back when you aren't busy."

Rarity's blue magic closed the door behind Fluttershy. "Please dear, we all have somepony to talk about."

"B-B-B-But I need to get home and s-see to my animals…" Fluttershy was in a panic, she knew that her friend had probably told everypony in town that she wanted to be a pet and it was all crushing in on her and she couldn't think.

"Are you alright Fluttershy? We have been talking, and the only pony we know Rainbow Dash has spent any amount of time with lately, has been you." Twilight saw her friend—who had seemed to be panicking worse and worse—suddenly lift her head and blink. "Can you help us work out what is going on?"

"Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy stood up, her heart slowing down from the million-beats-per-minute it had been. "Oh, you mean Stripes!" She saw astonishment on both her friends' faces. "She and Thunderlane are just adorable together." The expressions didn't change.

"Fluttershy, that is what we need to find out." Twilight levitated a book up, opened it. "I read here that ponies who are being held against their will can sometime sympathize with their foalnappers. That they sometimes even help them!"

"W-W-What did you see him doing to Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy looked from Rarity to Twilight. "When he dropped her off and picked her up, she seemed… happy. He was nice to her." She looked the Princess square in the eyes. "He was. And then she spent some time with me and I-" She choked off with an EEP.

"What Fluttershy is trying to say, Twilight, is that it is a," Rarity coughed enough to hide a word that sounded like it started with an S, "relationship."

"Huh? Can't either of you just tell me what is going on?" Twilight looked from Fluttershy, who was blushing so much the fur of her cheeks looked orange, and Rarity, who stared at the ceiling as if it were intensely interesting. "Fluttershy!"

"Yes Twilight?" Fluttershy's tone was amazingly hesitant.

"What are they doing?" Twilight tried to use Fluttershy's own stare back on here, with limited effect.

"Rainbow Dash is Thunderlane's pet and she really likes what he is doing to her but won't say because pets cannot talk." Fluttershy stopped, her eyes wide, realizing what she had said.

"Huh? That can't be right." Twilight turned to Rarity. "Is that right?"

Rarity tilted her head down, batting her eyelashes a few times. "I am not familiar with—ahem—that particular arrangement. But I have heard of ponies that do, and I may or may not sell products to-"

"You sell those things?" Fluttershy's full attention was on Rarity. "Do you have collars?" The second question got Rarity and Twilight's attention.

"Fluttershy, you… you like that kind of thing?" Twilight tilted her head. "Wait, I've got an idea. Fluttershy, you could go with Rarity and get dressed up in…" Twilight gulped, "pet attire, and then you could go and sneak in as a new pet for Thunderlane. Once inside, you could totally find out what is going on and then escape!"

No no no no no… maybe? Fluttershy's heart was beating rapid-fire, she knew she was blushing but something held her upright, unable to get up and flee. "Okay."

"Now, I know it will be hard, and seem impossible, but you need to hold firm. This is your best friend, Fluttershy." Twilight was on a roll, she was sure she could convince her friend to help.

"Twilight dear, I believe she said yes." Rarity tried to interrupt the alicorn, to no avail.

"I did, I said I would." Fluttershy looked to Rarity, gave her a hesitant smile.

"But no matter what, you have to help-" Twilight stopped, her brain catching up and replaying the conversation, alerting her to an inconsistency with her expectations. "Oh, great!"

"Come along darling, I will have you absolutely irresistible to any stallion interested in… games." Rarity smiled to Fluttershy and turned for the door.

"Wait, in case something bad happens, just scream, okay? I will put an alarm spell up to listen for a loud scream." Twilight smiled to her friend. "You are so brave, Fluttershy."

The confidence, the promise of support, actually boosted Fluttershy's spirits and she gave Twilight a hesitant smile. "I-I'll find out what is going on, I promise." She turned and followed Rarity outside. "Are… are you sure you have the right things? I could just go and beg him-"

"Fluttershy, do you doubt that I wouldn't have an appropriate outfit for every situation?" Rarity led the way down the stairs and out of the castle. "I might not specialize in such things, but I assure you that I will make him grab your leash and drag you in faster than… are you trembling?"

Shaking her head, Fluttershy exclaimed, "Oh? No!" It was the softest protest imaginable. "It's just, I… I am really nervous, I… I want to help Dash."

The two soon arrived at Carousel Boutique, and Rarity led Fluttershy in and carefully put out the "Frightfully Busy" sign. "Now," Rarity began and trotted over to a special closet that required a key to unlock, "you have to understand, I don't make these things normally, I…" Rarity blushed a little, producing a fan from somewhere with her magic to attempt to remove the heat. "You mustn't tell anypony, Fluttershy." She waited for her friend to give a worried nod. "This is my private collection." Rarity fanned faster and looked aside, waiting for Fluttershy to gasp in shock, to race out and tell the whole town.

"Is that a genuine Master Mare elite collar?"

Rarity turned and blinked at Fluttershy and her sudden interest in, and knowledge of, high quality collars. "A wonderful eye you have, Fluttershy." Rarity set her fan down and lifted the collar from the rack. "The finest faux leather—of course there is the wonderful machismo of real leather, without the barbarism—with a blank nameplate fastened to it. Delicate quadruple stitching and a perfect fit for a dainty mare's neck." Rarity pulled the collar up and around Fluttershy's neck, carefully fastening the buckle at the rear.

The big full-length mirror to the side soon captured Fluttershy's attention. She stared at her reflection and couldn't stop her wings from rising on her back. "Oh my…"

"That brings up two excellent points, or wings as the case may be." Rarity lifted out two dark black, lace-lined pouches with straps on them. "Not for myself of course, but will not be without the full complement of—ahem—equipment." With a flick of her magic, Rarity lifted the first wing-pouch up and captured Fluttershy's left wing in it.

Feeling her first wing folded, strapped down and trapped, Fluttershy couldn't stop her breathing and heartbeat from quickening. "This… are you sure this is okay?" Fluttershy watched in the mirror, distancing herself from the mare she could see getting bound up. "I mean, what if Master- I mean Thunderlane… what if he takes them?"

Rarity finished fastening the strap-work over Fluttershy's back and under her barrel, ensuring she wouldn't be flying. "Fluttershy, if he does that I send him the bill." Rarity beamed in delight. "Now, how are those? Not too tight?"

"Tighter please?" Fluttershy lifted a hoof to cover her mouth the moment she said it. "Oh, uh, if that is alright." She gave a happy sigh as her friend fastened each strap, one by one, in a notch on their buckles. Testing her wings, fighting their restraints, Fluttershy gave a happy little giggle.

"Now, if I were your master, what would I give you next?" Rarity sat back and looked at Fluttershy. "Oh, of course." She reached up and folded out the second side of the wardrobe door and picked up a bridle.

"Wait." Fluttershy's eyes were locked on what she wanted, what every fiber of her being called for. "T-T-That first." She pointed to the stallion-shaft gag. "I… Thunderlane will expect any p-potential pet to be… be really naughty." She gulped.

Examining Fluttershy's honest-looking expression for nearly three full seconds, and finding it wanting, Rarity knew that something was up. Still, this is a fashion emergency. "Of course!" Rarity built up instant false bravado, the likes of which was trained into anypony who had worked a retail position. Lifting down the big toy, she tried to judge her friend's throat. "I hope you don't have a strong gag reflex."

Fluttershy was glad she had her wings strapped down, they would have flown up and spread out. Closing her eyes—because she couldn't take the suspense—she opened her mouth wide. The cool rubber touched her lips first, Fluttershy quickly realizing that it was bigger than it looked. Her eyes snapped open and she watched as Rarity's magic pushed the big, black rubber dong further and further into her mouth, shoving her tongue down, pushing to the back of her throat and causing her to gag a little. Fighting to control her urges, she trembled as another half an inch was fed into her before Rarity could start fastening the restraining straps.

"How is that?" Rarity saw an expression of pure bliss on her friend's face. A lot of things quickly added together for Rarity and she gave a happy smile. "You cannot promise it, not with that monster in, but I am going to tell you a little secret, Fluttershy, please don't tell anypony else." Her words had the pegasus' attention. "I like putting that on, some nights, and just relaxing, sucking on the huge thing. Make sure you bring him back, or have Thunderlane pay for it."

Breathing through her nose, Fluttershy turned to look at Rarity. She opened her mouth to reply, but found that to be something denied her. The shaft felt huge in her mouth, and turning her head made her feel it move in the back of her throat. She wanted to yell "yay" at the top of her lungs, and even having that denied to her was bliss.

"You look perfectly serviceable for ravishing right now." Rarity lifted a hoof up and tapped the side of her own snout. "But you are missing something… oh, of course!" Her magic closed around a bundle of straps. "I heard Rainbow has somewhat of a tail problem, but this… this will be wonderful. Stand up straight, now."

Fluttershy did as told, spreading her legs a little. The blue magic of her friend moved the straps as if they were alive. The thing grabbed on to her croup, a flat triangle shape pressing to the base of her dock. Straps wrapped down and under her belly, fastening tight, while yet more reached back and between her legs. A squeezing sensation pressed in from each side of her puffy sex, the straps tightening and making her arousal plump up more and more.

Rarity had the training straps fastened, but for the important one. "Hold on dear, this is where it gets fun." Rarity looped the last strap under Fluttershy's dock and pulled. Working the faux leather through the buckle for it, she got it tightened three notches before her friend's tail was not only lifted high, it spilled forward, pink tail falling over her body. "Oh my, I almost want to keep you for modeling…" Rarity eyed her friend critically.

Admiring the bound mare in the mirror, Fluttershy heard the front door of the boutique open and close. Snapping her head around she registered shock.

"Sweetie Belle!" Rarity raced forward, using her magic to try throwing a cloth over Fluttershy. "What are you doing back home so early? Wasn't there a school field trip today?"

"What happened to Fluttershy? What was that thing on her tail?" Sweetie tried to look past Rarity, tried to move past her too, but her sister was too quick.

"Oh, oh it was nothing, Sweetie Belle. I was just measuring Fluttershy for a new outfit, those were just the underthings. You mustn't see a mare in her underthings." Rarity was trying to herd her little sister to the stairs.

"But if those are underthings, why was some of it on her face? What sort of underthings go on your face, Rarity?" Sweetie Belle kept trying to peek and get a look, but even the sheet of cloth hid Fluttershy from her view now.

"It is for a… a fancy dress ball!" Rarity had the filly to the door now and pushed her through it. "Now please, let me get this finished and I can explain everything to you."

"Everything." Sweetie Belle looked up at her sister.

Rarity risked a glance back at the bound-up pegasus she had left in her boutique. "Everything. Now please, go upstairs. I will be back… very soon." She closed the door with a sigh. "Okay Fluttershy, this is costing me more of my sanity than I had first thought it would, but I will not leave a friend in the lurch." Trotting over to her friend, Rarity pulled back the cloth and clipped a leash to Fluttershy's collar. "Let us go and find your new… temporary, owner."

The whole situation had seemed surreal to Fluttershy, but now she was all bound up and had somepony leading her around on a leash. If she could have lifted her tail higher, she would have.

Author's Notes:

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