“...You certainly don’t do things half-measure do you?” Twinkle said as she looked at the enormous household/mansion. “Honestly Christopher. Can you simply not do small?”

“I didn’t pick this house out for myself,” the pegasus replied. “Celly foisted it on me and now I’m attached to the place.”

“And of course, you couldn’t just… oh I don’t know? Sell it and get another?” Twinkle’s deadpan gave Aspect a run for his money.

“After all the effort put into making this place a home instead of a dilapidated house?” the stallion countered. “Plus, I can actually hang all of Realm’s Pictomancy pictures up in here.”

“Ah, he did make quite the number didn’t he?” Twinkle nodded as Bon Bon opened the door and promptly ducked as a pegasus mare flew over her head and tackled Aspect to the ground instead.

“Oh, hello there,” he greeted her. “I’m back from my little adventure.”

“So I noticed,” Rainbow hummed and nuzzled him. “Also, nice reflexes Bonnie.”

Bon Bon nodded her head in thanks as Rainbow spied Twinkle on her back. “Hey, who’s the old mare?” she asked.

“Hey, who’s the little whelp that’s about to get her flank kicked?” Twinkle fired back.

“Rainbow Dash, meet Twilight Twinkle,” the stallion introduced from his position on the ground. “She’s one of my old friends. Twinkle, this is Dash. The fastest pegasus alive.”

“Huh… I bet Hurricane or Firefly would giver her a run for her money,” Twinkle teased.

“What!?” Rainbow puffed herself up. “Please, Hurricane’s cool and all, but I could fly circles around her!”

“She also has enough ego that she could inflate a hot air balloon, so please stop poking it,” Aspect spoke as he crawled to his hooves.

“Haha, so almost exactly like your Hurricane then,” Twinkle chuckled. “That reminds me, she ever get that wish of hers? You know, getting you in the sack to get a worthy heir?”

Bon Bon and Rainbow both turned to look at him.

“No,” the stallion replied bluntly. “She did not. One second she was nice to me, the next she was dropping a lightning bolt on me. She could not have been sending more mixed signals if she were trying about it.”

“Oh dear, somepony never read up on Pegasus courtship rituals,” Twinkle chuckled. “Well, let’s stop standing around out here and get inside already.” She got off of Bon Bon and took a few shaky steps inside, only to bump into another pony that had heard their arrival. A little pinto colt.

Realm just sat on his flank and gawped at Twinkle, pointing a hoof at her as his brain tried to form words.

“Christopher?” Twinkle called out. “Your boy has a horn… and I think he forgot how to talk? Is he brain damaged now?”

“Give him credit, Twinkle,” the stallion replied as he followed her in, only stopping to put the stunned colt on his back. “He thought he was the only one to make it through the ages to be with me again.”

“Ah, I suppose you have a point,” Twinkle nodded and looked at Realm. “Well that’s not fair. I got older and he’s now an immortal twelve-year-old? Where’s the justice?”

“He’ll grow up eventually,” the stallion rolled his eyes. “He’s just not going to need your techniques to remain after a hundred years or so.”

“Ah, fair point,” she nodded and looked at him. “Well, come on kiddo. Yes it’s really me. I was with the Flutter ponies, or what’s left of them anyway.”

“The Flutters are still around?!” Realm squeaked.

“In one form or another,” she nodded. “Being looked away in a reality bubble for a thousand years can change one so. But yes, they live on. Though the only original one left is Rosedust.”

“And look, we’re home in time for dinner, so Twinkle can tell you all about it over some nice cooking,” Aspect said to the colt on his back. “Bonnie?”

“I walk all that way, and now I’m expected to cook for everypony too?” Bon Bon said, looking rather offended. “Honestly Aspect…”

The stallion walked over and gave her a passionate kiss, making sure to hold nothing back.

“I was just joking,” she mused once the kiss broke. “But don’t think you can just snuggle your way out of every time you get into trouble.”

“He still gets into trouble often?” Twinkle asked.

“He’s Christopher… what do you think?” Bon Bon giggled as she went to fetch her apron.

Twinkle giggled as she spied a painting and some ponies that had her back to her. One in particular was familiar. With a smirk, she crept closer and once she was up to it and…

“Look at the pretty little warmare,” she said outloud.

“Pretty?!” Hurricane shouted back. “I’m rugged! And don’t you...for...Twinkle?!”

“Hey there gorgeous,” Twinkle waved. “Guess who isn’t dead.”

“How?! You were one of the few that stayed behind when the Windigoes came! How did you survive?!”

“That is a tale even you might find ‘badflank’,” Twinkle made airquotes with her hooves. “You have Chris here to thank for my newfound freedom.”

“Bonnie led me to her and I pulled of a magical combination of runes and sorcery to cut her ties while still leaving that place intact,” Aspect replied. “It might be a little marble of a place, but it has its purposes, and I’d really rather leave in intact.”

“Honestly, next you’re going to tell me you can pull another miracle out of your flank and bring back someone else from that era,” the mare groused as she folded her hooves.

“Don’t tempt him,” Twinkle chuckled. “Unless that little whelp Starry made that time travel spell like he dreamed of.”

“Eh, but only for a bit,” the mare waved a wing. “It’s nothing like a bridge, more like a brief visit back. And apparently you can only use it so much.”

“Knowing Chris as I do…” Twinkle winked at him. “He’d find a way to cheat.”

“After Grogar?” Chris replied, before shaking his head. “No. Let the dead rest. I’m all for finding out my friends aren’t dead, but I’m not going to try and cheat death to get them back. I’ve seen where that path leads, and I’m not fond of following in the goat’s hoofsteps.”

“Good answer,” Twinkle nodded as delicious smells started to waft from the kitchen. “So, did all of the Painted ponies survive? Or just snippy old feather dusters?”

“Celly saved them all, I brought them back, and Realm’s been painting up a storm ever since he came out of his little time capsule,” the stallion replied. “No new painted ponies, but he has embraced his new calling. For a while I thought he was going to try and be a knight, but he seems to mold more readily to the new era than I do.”

“The advantage of youth,” Twinkle chuckled. “It’s not so easy for us old fogies.” They headed for the kitchen when Bon Bon called them as Twinkle raised a new question. “So, Bon Bon is your marefriend yes?”

Aspect paused for a moment before going for broke. “One of.”

Twilight Twinkle paused and was speechless for a few moments, before she uttered a word. “Elaborate.”

“...Bon Bon and Dash pulled me into a herd arrangement, and later I added another pony to it,” the stallion simplified.

Twilight Twinkle just blinked slowly and stared at him. It was a good two minutes before she spoke again.

“And here I thought only stars could grant miracles…”

“Oh, if you want a miracle, you have to try Bon Bon’s cooking, especially her desserts,” the stallion chuckled as they neared the door to the dining room. “Kids! Dinner!” he called throughout the house.

Realm was already present, but Artemis quickly walked into the room. And a few minutes later, Nightmare ambled in, looking rather tired.

“Another alicorn?” Twinkle commented.

“Another Sparkle clone?” Nightmare riposted. “I know you want her purple plot and all Aspect, but isn’t going after lookalikes a bit much?”

“Nightmare, meet Twilight Twinkle, formerly of Dream Valley,” Aspect said as he introduced the two. “Twinkle, meet the nightmare that possessed my daughter. She’s being given a second chance, so no wishing her back onto the moon for a thousand years.”

Twinkle powered down her horn and sighed. “Well… fine. I guess I owe you a favour anyway.”

“I’m starting to think the moon is safer…” Nightmare gulped, slowly retreating from the room.

“Oh get over here, you know you don’t want to miss out on Bon Bon’s cooking,” the stallion chided her.

“I’ll eat in my room,” she said, not wanting to go near the collective power that now sat in the dining hall. Each and every member here was stronger than the black filly by multiple degrees.

Aspect sighed and walked over to the filly, before trapping her in a hug and whispering a short and simple sentence into her ear. “You’re safe here, you will always be safe in my house.”

“No offense… but sometimes it’s hard to feel that way,” she said. While she could take her adult form in this place, the filly one was… starting to feel more comfortable.

“I said I would give you that chance,” Aspect replied, kissing her just under her horn. “I said I would let you prove yourself. I will not renege on that, nor allow any of my guests to. But they have to be made aware of the circumstances around you. I will not lie to my guests. Honesty is a virtue, young Moon.”

“Yeah, says the stallion that always disguises himself,” she quipped back with a cheeky smile. “Even in his own home.”

“I’d bang my head on the doorframes,” the stallion replied just as easily. “Places aren’t built with humans in mind anymore.”

“What a weak excuse,” she mused as she moved back into the dining room, but gave Twinkle a wide berth. She was just… wary of anyone from the bad old days.

“So, everypony,” Aspect said as he sat at the head of the table. “This is Twilight Twinkle, from Dream Valley, for those of you who don’t know. Also known as the ‘bad old days’ when I had a job to do. Twinkle here was a rare sort of pony, very powerful, and could grant wishes around her if she so chose. She even gave up her own wish one starry night so that others could wish on the stars and get what they wished for. I think I still have a Wishing Star, matter of fact…”

“I am intimately aware of the power of stars,” Nightmare said. “To think that I’d idly wished upon them once… and that led to my escape.”

“Yes, well, the stars only grant wishes one night a year, and I sort of forgot the date it happens,” Aspect replied. “Twinkle, do you remember when they…?”

“Christopher, it has been a thousand years,” Twinkle sighed. “Do you honestly think that I’d remember something like the Seventh Day of the Seventh Lunar Month?”

“I was hoping you would, because my memory is terrible for things like dates and directions,” the stallion replied. “‘S why I brought a ball of string and a stick of chalk to any castle we visited.”

“Unbelievable,” Twinkle shook her head. “It’s sad to see such a great man go senile at such a young age.”

And that would be Nightmare, Rainbow and Artemis doubling over with laughter.

“I’ll have you know I’m one of the oldest living things on the planet,” the stallion huffed. “I’m permitted the luxury of forgetting some things.” Then he felt a pair of eyes watching him from… somewhere. He looked around, until his gaze wandered up to see Midnight looking down at him from the rafters. “Of course, one of the things I didn’t forget about was you. Get on down here, Midnight,” he called to her, pulling the seat next to him out with his magic.

She gracefully fell down from her perch and landed in the chair, sitting upright and folding her hindlegs.

“So, this is new pony then?” she asked in her richly accented tone, looking Twinkle over.

“My word,” the unicorn gasped. “What manner of pony is she?”

“Thestral, one of the tribes,” Aspect replied. “Little tip, don’t try calling her a batpony. Even I can’t do that without consequences.”

She leaned over and nipped his ear to prove said point as Bon Bon started bringing out the first lot of potato and leek stew.

“Oh, just what we need after a day like today,” the stallion sighed. “Something hearty and filling.”

She nodded as she placed the soup down for most of the ponies, except Aspect and Artemis. She left the room and returned a second later with a special treat for the pair of them. Theirs had some odd, white coloured chunks in them.

“Bonnie, did you?” Aspect asked, not daring to touch it until he knew.

Artemis spared no such questions as he took a bite...and almost dropped his spoon.

“Is… is this…” he said with bright sparkling eyes. “Roast chicken!?”

Bon Bon just smiled and hummed as she took a sip of her own soup.

“You didn’t have to do this for us, Bonnie,” the stallion replied as he idly stirred his soup. In order to eat this, he’d have to be human. Ponies didn’t digest meat well, unless it was pegasi and fish.

“Well, I know that you haven’t had any in a long time,” Bon Bon replied as she set her spoon down. “Besides, it wasn’t that big a deal and I’ve done far worse than roast a bit of meat.”

Aspect sighed, before his form flashed. In a moment, the pegasus was replaced with Christopher the human, who ladled up a bit of soup with a chunk of chicken in it and blew on it once, before popping it in his mouth and chewing.

“Mmm,” he mused after finishing his mouthful. “Delicious as always, Bonnie.”

“I hoped it was,” she giggled. “Besides, have to get used to prepping meals like that right?” she rubbed her tummy for emphasis.

“H’oh?” Twinkle raised an eyebrow. “Now isn’t that an interesting development.”

“I’ll...explain it later,” Aspect chuckled, eliciting another giggle from the mare.

“So… we have another member?” Midnight asked plainly, pointing at Twinkle.

“I saved her, I didn’t do that to her,” the human replied. “She’s just as out of touch with the modern world as Luna was. Moreso, really.”

“Actually,” Twinkle corrected him. “The Breezies do an annual migration and bring back plenty of stories.”

“...Okay then, but stories are a poor excuse for living your life,” the human countered. “You should get reaquainted with how things work in Equestria before you say you’re not out of touch.”

“Oh okay then,” she rolled her eyes. “In any case, I assume it is alright for me to stay here until I get on my hooves?”

“I still have plenty of space,” the human replied. “As long as the room’s not taken, feel free to use it.”

“Many thanks,” Twinkle smiled. “I need to start practicing as well. A thousand years is a long time to not use my magic.”

“Mm, well, I gave you back your magic, as well as...updated it a bit,” the stallion replied. “You should be capable of more than just wish-granting and winking now. You should have telekinesis and making your horn glow as well. Basically everything a modern unicorn can do.”

“Winking…” Bon Bon murmured. “You’ve mentioned that before. What is it exactly?”

“Line of sight teleportation,” the human explained. “All unicorns could do it in Dream Valley, it was a basic skill. Just willing yourself to be there instead of here.”

To prove his point, Twinkle just… popped out of her seat and into the one next to Midnight, startling the poor thestral as she grabbed Christopher’s arm out of reflex.

“Like that,” the human chuckled as he continued to eat his soup with his free hand.

“Huh… interesting,” Bon Bon rubbed her chin. “So is that a unicorn-exclusive ability?”

“It was one of the things that only unicorns seemed to be able to pull off, and that was back in Dream Valley when they remembered how to use it,” the human explained. “Most unicorns don’t know they can wink these days.”

“Such a shame, though it does make one lazy,” Twinkle giggled as she blinked back to her own seat.

“Mmm, though it did help with things like rough terrain and trap-filled temples,” the human countered.

“You raided trap-filled temples often?” Rainbow asked, now finished guzzling down her soup.

“There were a few,” Aspect chuckled. “They’d all be derelict by now. And of course, empty of treasure.”

‘Not according to one of my acquaintances,’ Bon Bon mused to herself as she sipped some tea. She hold her tongue for now, let Aspect find her on his own.

Meanwhile, Hurricane had gone off to find the other painted ponies… though none believed the old mare when she said that Twinkle was back.

“So… where’s my granddaughter?” Twinkle asked. “I haven’t seen Clover in a Dragon’s age.”

“Clover was…” Aspect sighed. “You do realize the only Clover we’d have would be the painted one, right? There’s...no fountain anymore.”

“She’d left to find another,” Twinkle sighed. “I...I’d hoped that she was…” She looked down ather food for a moment, before shaking her head. “A-Anyway… the painted one is good enough.”

“Grandma?” they heard from a nearby portrait. “Is...it really you?”

Twinkle turned and smiled widely. “Well, if it isn’t my little anklebiter. How are you kiddo…? Well, aside from being a magically constructed copy of the original?”

“I’m fine, I had a long nap thanks to some stupid human walking away from his daughter for a thousand years,” Clover replied. “But how in Tartarus are you here? We looked for you…”

“Protecting the Flutter Ponies within a magically sealed reality bubble constructed by my magic and the joint wishes of the Flutters,” Twinkle explained like it was the most obvious thing. “Never expected it to bind me to it and grant me agelessness… but hey. Magic right?”

“Okay, next question,” Clover immediately continued with. “How are you here?”

“Oh, that would be Christopher here replacing my pact with a Runic Ritual and the Sunstone,” she explained. “I honestly wasn’t expecting it myself, and Chris on a magical burnout is quite humorous.”

“The darn thing was the only other thing related to the Flutters that work,” the human explained. “It was the only thing that could take your place, out of everything I could do. It still needed something to bind to.”

“What about your Flashstone?” Twinkle questioned. “It was capable of just about anything.”

“The girls made me stop using it, and as it turns out, magical artifacts make great food for a magical tree,” the human replied. “We got it back in some form, don’t you worry. The Flashstone, the Rainbow of Light...they’re still around, just in new shells.”

“Hmm, is that so?” Twinkle rubbed her chin. “Well, glad to hear it then.” She lifted her bowl and finished her soup, sighing contently. “You’re lucky that Bon Bon is taken Chris.”

“Why does everypony say that…” Bon Bon sighed.

“Because you keep ruining food that isn’t yours,” the human teased.

“I’m not that good,” she folded her forelegs.

“Seconds!” Artemis held up his bowl.

“I have no doubt if I hadn’t managed to win you, my daughters would have tried to get you in their kitchen,” Chris chuckled.

Twinkle was busy talking technical magicks with Clover now, so she was out of the picture… so to speak. Bon Bon left to refill Artemis’s bowl and take the others to the sink.

“Seriously, asking if Twinkle was a herd member,” Christopher chuckled, even as he flashed back into being a pegasus. “That’s a good one Midnight.”

“She has nice flanks,” Midnight pointed at the mare that had her back turned to them. “And given she has had foals, likely experienced.”

“That doesn’t mean she’s joining,” the stallion deadpanned.

“No, I am merely pointing out the benefits,” Midnight replied. “I’m sure she would agree to your foal~”

“You don’t know that,” the stallion hissed. “Really, she’s just an old friend who I rescued and-”

“And one you are still staring at,” Midnight chuckled as she nibbled his neck. “I only tease. It is quite fun apparently.”

Aspect sighed as he shook his head. “You’re incorrigible, Midnight,” he sighed. “Look, if you’re so eager to add her, why don’t you go ask her if she wants to join?”

“As I said, I was teasing,” she giggled and nibbled him again. “Mmm, I know what dessert I desire now~” One of her hooves trailing down his chest as she gazed at him with that seductive look of hers.
“Aheh...not with the foals in the room…” he chuckled.

They could see what her hoof was about to do though, then Bon Bon put a bowl down in front of her.

“Mango ice-cream?” she asked as Midnight promptly forgot about Aspect as she started destroying her dessert.

“That, was close,” the stallion sighed as he sat back.

Bon Bon put a bowl down in front of Twinkle, who started at it curiously. “Now… what is this?” she asked, poking a spoon at it.

“Try some,” the stallion said, picking up his spoon and scooping the ice cream into it to demonstrate. Twinkle blinked and dipped her spoon into the mango treat, before taking a bite… and pausing.

“Yup, Miss Bon Bon’s treats are the best,” Realm chuckled as he began eating his own.

“My oh my…” Twinkle hummed as she swallowed. “Now that was something tasty~ Who’d have thought such creamy goodness was so delicious!”

Rainbow snorted.

“Oh believe me, there’s more where that came from,” the colt all but purred.

“Oh I hope so, I could eat this all day,” she smiled as she resumed her eating of the ice-cream.

Realm just chuckled to himself as he found a new mare to play with…

“So,” Aspect coughed to get some attention back. “You’re naturally welcome to stay as long as you like, Twinkle. I wouldn’t dare kick out a friend as old as you are.”

“You are too kind Christopher,” Twinkle nodded. “But honestly, I am absolutely exhausted. Might one of you gentlestallions show me to a room?”

“Yeah, I can do that,” the stallion replied as he pushed his half-eaten dessert to one side. He wasn’t that hungry, and he knew that—

Yep. Midnight was already on it.

“You snooze you lose,” Rainbow chuckled as she guarded her dessert close.

“In any case, I’ll lead the mare to a free room,” the stallion said as he began walking through the halls. Twinkle looked around as they walked, taking in each sight.

“So… life is certainly different for you now,” she commented.

“I know, it’s almost like my daughters conspired to make me set down roots or something,” the stallion chuckled.

“And now you have a new little family blossoming,” Twinkle said and smiled. “It does my heart good to see you so happy again Christopher.”

“Yes, well, I wasn’t exactly consulted on most of it,” the stallion snorted good-naturedly. “But I won’t deny I like it.”

“Still…” She sighed and shook her head. “No, nevermind.” She walked up to the door he’d led her too and opened it. “Have a good night Chris.”

“You too Twinkle,” the stallion replied as he walked away, humming a little tune as he went back to his family.

Of course, what the mare didn’t know was that her room was right next to his…

“You missed out on some stuff today,” Rainbow hummed as she lazed over the side of her bed, her ears touching the floor. “But, you’re no mare, so I doubt the Sisterhooves Social would be all that important to ya.”

“Nope, definitely not,” the stallion agreed as he lay in the middle of the bed. “Heh. Now I’m imagining Tia and Lulu entering.”

“Nah, somehow I don’t think some super alicorns would make the competition all that fair,” Rainbow snickered. “I was supposed to enter with the squirt, but I got caught up in weather duty. Took her out for cupcakes as an apology though.”

“Whereas I have been bored here,’ Midnight sighed and poked at her injuries. “I hate sitting still. Mă face să mă simt inutil și slab.”

“Well when you’re injured, you’re supposed to recover and not do anything strenuous,” the stallion replied, rubbing behind her ears.

“I am aware of this, still bored,” the bat sighed as Bon Bon exited the bathroom, steam rising from her still damp coat.

“Bonnie, the bat is bored,” Aspect called to her as he drew the batmare closer with a wing. “What do with her?”

“Hmm, well she is injured, so no going all ‘Alpha bat’ on her mkay?” Bon Bon said as she stood near the heater to dry her coat before getting in bed. “Else, if she’s going to complain, give her something to do.”

“Hmm, what should I do with the bat…” the stallion mused aloud, as though he couldn’t think of anything.

“Oh, I think I have an idea,” Rainbow mused. “Middy hasn’t had a shower today. Why don’t you give her one~”

“Eh?” the thestral squeaked.

“Mmm, that’s an idea,” Aspect mused. “Just take her into the shower?”

Rainbow rolled her eyes as she got up and sat behind him, moving her wings to stroke his sheath. “I was thinking this kind of shower,” she giggled into his ear.

“Oh, now, see, why didn’t you say so,” the stallion murred as he quickly stood at attention.

“I thought it was obvious but… eh,” Rainbow mused as she started to stroke his member with her wings as Midnight lay on her back in front of him.

“Somepony is eager,” he teased the mare in front of him, using a rear hoof to reach between her hind legs and stroke her lips. The thestral gasped as he started to touch her, while Rainbow curled her feathers around him and started stroking him softly with one wing, while a feather teased and tickled the flat head of his cock.

“Haaah,” the stallion gasped as he felt himself start to rapidly approach a peak. “You’re good at this,” he panted out.

“Ooh, you like my wings?” Rainbow cooed as she nibbled his ear, Midnight’s cunt feeling hot to his touch as Bon Bon stood a ways away, just watching. “I bet you just want to give her a bath huh?” The pegasus slid her feathers up and down. “Maybe I should hold you back again~?”

“Noooooo,” the stallion whined as he felt himself start to twitch. “Please don’t…”

“Oh?” Rainbow mused as he felt a wing tighten around him. “What is it that you say to us all the time?” she nuzzled his ear. “I’ll make you beg for it~”

“I could...hah...turn around and pin you to the bed,” the stallion pointed out. “Screw you instead of bathing Middy here…”

“Mmm, but I know you like this~” Rainbow mused as she leaned down around him and gave the side of his cock a little lick. The stallion bucked as he did his best to let go with his release, only to be stopped by Dash’s wing holding him back.

“Fuuuuuuck,” he moaned. “Please don’t...do this to me…”

“Mmm?” she licked her hot, wet tongue along his length, flicking the head as her wing stroked him. “Say, ‘Please Mistress Rainbow~’.”

“P-Please Rainbow...let me cum,” he begged.

“So cute,” she murred and took the head into her mouth, moaning and bobbing her head for a moment or three… before pulling back and letting go of him entirely. It wasn’t long before the stallion was cumming and bathing Midnight in all the seed he’d been denied from letting go, the hot, thick ropes flying onto her form as she lay in front of him.

As she was now sitting next to her, Rainbow caught some on her face as his twitching member doused the mares in his seed. Soon the thestral mare was coated white as some dripped from Rainbow and onto the bed.

“Hah...hah,” Aspect panted as he sat back, his rod twitching a little as he came down from his high.

“Mm, not a bad show at all,” Bon Bon purred as she crawled up onto the bed, drawing closer and licking along his shaft, starting to clean him up.

“Yeah...I think Dashie is discovering her dominant streak,” Aspect managed to put together. “It might be time to put her in her place with my griffon form again…”

“Aww, but you’re cute like that,” Bon Bon mused as she went down over him and started to deepthroat his member, showing she was still the best at that.

“Fuuuuuck,” the stallion moaned as he lay back again, letting her take him. “Y-Yeah, but I also like being the one in control,” he managed to get out.

“But sometimes, we do too,” Rainbow mused. “And you can’t cheat with your stamina anymore. So we need to train you~” She started to nibble at those wing joints on his back again as he got to look at the mess he made of Midnight, the thestral now rubbing her clit as she licked some of his cum off of her face.

“This isn’t going to end well for me, is it?” the stallion observed even as he felt himself start to be overcome with pleasure again.

“Well that’s up to you,” Rainbow mused. “Maybe you have something new to spring on us~”

Bon Bon pulled back and frowned. “Rainbow… please do not give him ideas.”

Aspect grinned.

“Now you’ve done it,” Midnight panted as she continued to pleasure herself.

There was a flash of light as Aspect was replaced with a big, gruff Diamond Dog, who casually reached down and picked up Rainbow Dash, pulling her hind legs close to his mouth…

Before his long, sloppy dog-tongue began eating her out like no tomorrow.

“Nnnrrgghh~” Rainbow moaned as the thick, smooth tongue lapped at her messily. It was kinda gross… and kinda hot at the same time.

Bon bon just stared at the massive dog. He must have been about six hooves tall at least… and his bulk was something else. His arms were as thick as her waist and he could easily pick somepony up with one massive paw.

“Mmm...pretty little ponies,” the dog growled out as he used his other paw to pick up Bon Bon and hold her up in front of him. “You do good job, warming up Alpha. Now Alpha breed you, then winged pony.”

“Umm… eep?” Bon Bon squeaked, crossing her hind legs out of reflex.

“Bad pony,” the dog huffed at her, before rearranging how he was holding them. Now Bon Bon’s slit rested on Dash’s face. The pegasus started eating the mare out as Bon Bon moaned, putting a hoof on her head as she closed her eyes, losing herself to the pleasure.

And once she uncrossed her legs?

The dog moved her back to hovering in front of his massive, knotted dogcock as its tip prodded her lips. The mare squeaked again, feeling the pointed tip jab at her thigh.

“Now little pony will be bred by Alpha,” the dog huffed as he lowered her down, letting her start to be spread wider and wider by his length. Bon Bon groaned as he fed his fat, dogcock into her. She let out a moan as her body trembled in his grasp, her mouth opening as she started to pant.

“And other little mare will be warmed up by Alpha,” the dog growled as he raised Dash’s hind legs back up to his maw, before licking her lips with his tongue again. Rainbow yelped as he dangled her over him, her moist slit dripping into his open maw as he felt himself bottom out inside Bon Bon, his tip pressed against her cervix as her hips met his own.

“Little pony, time for breeding,” the dog chuckled between licks as he began lifting Bon Bon up and down on his length, treating her like a living fleshlight as he used her to stimulate himself.

The mare started to moan as he filled her over and over again, panting hard as she tried to struggle against his grip. Rainbow meanwhile, shuddered as he lapped at her folds as she started to leak more, her raspy moans filling the room as she came.

“Oh good, winged pony is ready,” the dog noted as he lowered her so that she was level with Bon Bon...well, most of the time, anyways. Meanwhile, he began using Bon Bon just a little harder, trying to press his forming knot into her and his tip past her cervix.

“Aaahh, noo~” Bon Bon moaned. It’s… it’s not gonna fit… ahh~”

“Little pony WILL take it all,” the dog growled as he held her down one time and pushed upward with his hips. With a loud yelp from the mare, his knot slipped inside her, forming a nice bulge in her as she panted hard, sweat pouring from her brow.

“And now,” the dog noted as he held Dash up so her face was level with the tied Bon Bon’s. “Little ponies kiss while they get filled.”

Dash murred as she kissed the panting candy mare, Bon Bon doing so weakly back as she felt that huge knot in her twitch…

Before she began to feel a warmth blossom deep within her as the dog filled her up with his seed, her belly already starting to swell. Bon Bon groaned as she felt him fire spurt after spurt into her deeply, filling her utterly as she went limp, Rainbow stroking her mane.

Soon the length stopped twitching inside her as the dog began to pull back on it, trying to get untied right away…

“Nnaaahhh!” Bon Bon yelped. “N-Not so f-fast!”

“Little pony has had her turn,” the dog replied as he yanked her off with a loud pop, cum gushing out of Bon Bon’s abused sex as the mare yelped again from the rough treatment.

“Careful there,” Rainbow teased. “She is pregnant after all.”

“Little winged pony is next,” the dog reminded her as he put Bon Bon next to Midnight, before holding Dash up to his messy length. “Little pony will clean.”

“Make me mutt~” she taunted him. Of course, with her mouth open, that was easy. He just jammed her muzzle down onto his length and held her there. Rainbow gagged around the massive cock, tasting both him and Bon Bon as he held her over his dick.

Then he began using her like he had Bon Bon, just pulling her back and shoving her back down onto his length to make her clean it. Rainbow groaning around his member as he fucked her mouth, drool running down and touching his balls as she got him nice and clean, his dick now a glistening red again.

“Mmm, much better,” the dog praised her as he pulled her back and held her over his cock. “Little winged pony will be bred now.”

“Urgh, stupid mutt,” she poked her tongue out at him.

“This stupid mutt caught you and is going to breed you,” the dog reminded her as he lowered her onto his length. She was oh so much tighter than Bon Bon, and much smaller. He could fit about three quarters in her as the mare groaned and bit her lip.

“Silly little pony,” the dog chuckled as he began treating her in much the same manner as he had the last mare to take his length. “You will be bred properly.”

Rainbow just moaned as the massive dog filled her over and over. Midnight let out a small yelp as she came from her own ministrations, while Bon Bon just lay on her side, her sex still leaking cum.

Then the dog began actually slamming her down onto his length, trying to fit as much as he could into her. He still couldn’t get it all in, he was simply too big for the smaller mare as she moaned and panted from being used like that.

Then she felt her cervix begin to give under his relentless assault…

Eventually, his tip slipped inside, but even then, the base of his knot hit her lips, unable to push in any further as Rainbow’s mind went blank from the rough fucking. And still, he was undeterred as he kept pulling her down onto him, trying his damndest to fit everything into her. The knot pushed against her lips as more of his length spilled into her womb…

“Ahhhhhfffuuuuck!” she yelled as he managed to squeeze a little of his knot past her lips. “Gaahh! Y-You're gonna tear me you jeeerk!”

“Little pony will stretch,” the dog assured her as he kept pulling her down onto his knot. “Little ponies always stretch.”

With a pop, he fit inside her, her walls stretched out as he felt almost his entire head inside her deeply as Rainbow let out a silent scream of pain and pleasure.

“Little pony is tool for Alpha’s pleasure,” the dog growled as he stroked her mane, not even bothering to use a hand to hold her up. His massive rod kept her anchored to him. “Little pony will bear strong pups.”

“Nnrrghaaahh!” Rainbow moaned, unable to move as she was impaled on his rigid cock, her walls squeezing him tight as she came around him, her vision exploding with white spots.

Then she felt that length twitch just a little inside her...as a warmth blossomed deep within her, her form swelling with his release. She just let out a low moan as he stuffed her full of his release.

“D-Damn…” Bon Bon groaned. “You don’t hold back huh…”

“Little pony is mine to play with,” the dog replied as he kept cumming inside her for a little while longer. “Little pony is mine to breed.”

“So I’ve noticed…” Bon Bon mused. Then a thought occured. “Um, you… did keep your charm on right?”

“Of course,” the dog said in Aspect’s voice. “I’m not stupid.”

Bon Bon breathed a small sigh of relief as Rainbow just twitched a little, letting out an exhausted groan.

Suddenly Aspect flashed into something that still had a big, knotted cock that was buried deep inside Dash. His Gryphon form, just so he could lie next to the other mares and drape a wing over them. Of course, this had the side-effect of pinning Dash under him as his balls kept emptying into her…

And the mare just kept moaning and murmuring his name.

“Enjoying yourself?” Bon Bon mused.

“She is a pretty fun toy, though I think I might have broken her this time,” the griffon replied as he settled himself on Dash.

“Good job,” Bon Bon rolled her eyes as his Gryphon form took up most of the bed. “You could pick a smaller form you know.”

“Eh, I like waking up next to all my mares,” the male cheekily replied. “Plus...not quite done with Dash. Give it a moment.”

Dash wearily opened one eye and looked up at him. “Huh… whazzat?”

“Welcome back to the land of the living,” the griffon teased as he finally stopped cumming. “Now if only you weren’t so tight, I could pull out and take up a smaller form.”

“S-Shuddup…” she murmured. “Can’t help it yer a jerk…”

“Hmm…” the griffon mused before flipping over and pulling his wings in close, letting Dash rest on top of his chest and taking up much less space on the bed. “Better?” he asked the other mares.

“A touch,” Bon Bon sighed as she climbed up on him, as did Midnight. “I swear, you’re gonna break your own charm one of these days.”

“Nah, I make sure to check it when these things start,” the griffon replied as he used his wings to enclose them all in a hug. “I thought it was working with us, Bonnie. Guess I forgot to take in dragonscales into the equation. But no, it’s active. I’ll only turn it off when they ask at the start.”

“It’s alright,” Bon Bon nuzzled him. “Like I said, I’m glad to be having our foal.”

“And one of these days, you won’t be the only one,” he teased her.

“Mmm, well Midnight maybe, but good luck convincing your stuffed little toy there,” Bon bon poked Rainbow's belly with a hoof.

“Oh, I’ll just get creative,” the griffon chuckled as he used his claws to hold them all close.

Then he heard a knock on the wall.

“If you don’t mind,” Twinkle called. “It is rather late and I am quite tired. Might you cease expanding your family for the evening. Or at least let me move to another room?”

“...Aw ponyfeathers, I’m sorry Twinkle,” the griffon called back.

“Heheh, you got in trooouble,” Rainbow giggled.

Aspect just sighed as he lay there, now quite thoroughly experiencing some major buzzkill. “I...forgot that room was right next to mine, Twinkle. I’m sorry.”

Then he heard her speak up.

“The thestral got off awfully light.”

“Well I’m sort of tied to Dash at the moment, and she’s sort of injured,” the griffon pointed out.

“...You have magic featherhead.”

“Stop giving him ideas!” Bon Bon blushed brightly.

One of the griffon’s claws glowed as he traced the bulge in Dash’s belly, before there was a lewd popping noise as she was pulled off of him.

“Aw horseapples,” Bon Bon swore as Rainbow groaned, her fluids spilling everywhere. Dash and Midnight were forced to swap places before the griffon flashed into a thestral form Midnight was intimately familiar with.

“Um...Ia-ma usor?" Midnight blinked slowly.

“That’s why you’re on top,” the stallion illuminated. “I won’t make you do a darn thing. But seeing as how you’re injured, you can set the pace. Or just do nothing if you prefer.”

Midnight climbed up onto him, and slowly lowered herself onto the stallion, smiling wickedly as her walls hugged him oh so nicely.

“Hmm, I might see the point in giving up control every now and then,” the stallion mused as he lay there under his mare.

It was rather nice, having Midnight atop of him as Rainbow and Bonnie snuggled up on his sides. The thestral cooed as she started a steady rhythm of raising and lowering her hips. He could feel himself deep inside her, then she started to squeeze him. Her muscles contracting in a pulse, like she was cumming as she milked his sturdy cock.

“Mmm, such a nice little mare,” he cooed to her as he began rocking his hips back and forth in time with her thrusts.

“Oh look, he does have a setting other than ‘breed’,” Bonnie quipped as Rainbow slowly came to.

“Well when the mare is injured like Middy, I know better than to make her go any harder or faster than she can do comfortably,” the stallion quipped back.

“Didn’t stop you rutting me into the bed as a Gryphon,” Rainbow prodded him as she ran a hoof along Midnight’s flank. “She's really hot huh?”

“She is quite the catch,” the stallion agreed as he ran a hoof down Middy’s side.

The thestral moaned at the touches, her thrusts becoming a bit quicker as she leaned down and gave Aspect a deep kiss. The stallion returned it, letting his tongue coil around hers as his hoof strayed to her flank and rubbed her cutie mark. Such a pretty mark, a shining crescent moon with a string of musical notes.

Her walls hugged him tight again as the mare moaned into his mouth, her silky tail brushing against his balls. The stallion’s thrusts became a little harder, but not too much, as he was still quite aware of Midnight’s injury and wanted to avoid hurting her.

“Sorry… if it is not… pleasurable,” Midnight said, pausing for a moment…

“It’s fine, love,” Aspect assured her. “I’m mostly here for you.”

“Aspect does actually care,” Bon Bon mused as she rubbed the thestral’s side. “And believe me, he's liking this. He really likes being with you.”

Then Rainbow whispered into the bats ear and she blinked. “He… likes that?”

“Like you wouldn't believe,” the pegasus smirked as Midnight started to pull up. Aspect raised an eyebrow at this behavior, wondering what they had planned.

He popped out of the mare as she looked down at his member, slick with her juices and pre… before she lowered herself again. And he felt something tight engulf his dick as Midnight gasped and bit her hoof, as more and more of him was pressed into her ass.

“Oh buuuuuck,” Aspect moaned, his head lolling back as he just enjoyed what Midnight was doing to him. “That’s...tight.”

Midnight squeaked as she pushed down until he bottomed out in her, the mare panting as his dick was hugged oh so tightly in her rear, her marehood twitching and leaking juices onto his stomach.

Then Aspect reached a hoof out and started rubbing her marehood, playing with her clit and making sure she didn’t go without her own pleasure as she did this for him. She let out a sensual moan as she started to move, lifting her hips up and down.

“Mmm,” Rainbow murred. “How's she feel Aspect? Is her ass tighter than mine?”

“Oh yes,” the stallion purred as he kept rubbing the mare. “Probably because she’s also never done this before. She’s fresh to it.”

“Oohh,” Rainbow mused as she watched. “You know… you haven’t fucked Bonnie in the ass either.”

“Stop. Giving him. Ideas!” Bon Bon hissed.

“I’ll keep it in mind for later,” the stallion cooed as he kept stimulating the thestral. Midnight moaned a bit louder, putting her hoof to her mouth to muffle the sounds, though it was likely a little late for that.

“Say what you want, my sweet little mare,” the stallion urged her. “Say what you need.”

“Y-You…” she gasped. “Wherever… you want~♡” She moaned a little louder, his ministrations getting the desired reaction of making her stimulated sex spasm and cum over him.

“So if I were to tell you to put it back in your marehood after I turn my charm off…” the stallion mused as he kept rubbing the mare, not pausing for a moment.

“Are you being mean again?” Bon Bon mused.

“That’s entirely up to her to decide,” the stallion teased. Midnight couldn’t respond, she was still moaning from her climax, and Rainbow shifting to tease her wing joints wasn't helping.

“Aww, we should let the poor mare decide where she wants it at least,” Aspect spoke up in a teasing voice.

“I-I do not care,” she moaned. “Where...ever you want...aaahhh~♡”

“Better be careful with that tone,” Aspect warned her. “Otherwise you might end up as round as Bonnie~”

Midnight’s response was to just moan a bit louder, her sex winking as she panted and groaned, her ass clenching around his dick.

“Dash, why don’t you help our little batmare with aiming my dick where it should be?” the stallion murred as he started stroking Middy’s mane.

“Depends where you want it,” Dash murred. “Wanna stuff her ass? Fill her pussy? Or maybe put it in that pretty lil mouth of hers?”

“Let’s see how she takes a breeding~” the stallion purred as he rubbed Midnight’s belly, imagining it swelling.

Rainbow lifted the mare up. “Like I expected anything different,” she giggled as she lowered the mares twitching sex over him.

“Mmm, let’s see her belly swell,” the stallion cooed as he pulled the mare close and whispered something to her. “Last chance, otherwise I am breeding you, little bat…”

“I… noo,” she moaned. “You can't…”

“No, I can. The question is...do you want it?”

Midnight seemed to consider it for a moment, before shaking her head. Aspect smirked before he began thrusting his hips into her at a faster pace.

“One day...you will,” he promised her as she felt his length start to twitch inside her. The mare moaned again, she wanted a foal… but… if they found out…

“One day, I’ll make your belly swell and keep you here, look after you, love you like you deserve...and drive you mad with pleasure every day~” the stallion promised her as he began to deliver his hefty payload.

The mares juices and his own weren’t the only liquids to drip onto him as she leaned forwards to hug him.

“Mmm,” the stallion moaned as he lightly nibbled Midnight’s neck with his fangs, his silent way of saying ‘Mine.’

She really hoped he would be forever…

It was ungodly early in the morning. Maybe… three?

Aspect checked his clock. Yep. Three. In the bucking. Morning.

And what woke him was a sound coming from above him. His mares were asleep, so… maybe it was a dre--

*thump!*

Okay, that got his attention. He carefully shifted Midnight off of himself and into his spot, watching Dash and Bonnie cuddle her. Then he went out to check.

Okay, if that came from above him...the attic? He’d have to open up that jammed door.

He flashed into his alicorn form and looked up at the hatch, before pulling it open. He'd expected a cloud of dust, not even his cleaning tools had been up here yet.

Yet nothing. Though he noted that the door wasn’t jammed.

It was magically sealed.

“Okay, whoever’s up there, I’m coming up!” Aspect shouted up to the darkness, making his horn glow as he climbed up the attached ladder.

He reached the top as his magic dimly lit the room.

Okay, this was weird. The attic was spotless. Boxes had been stacked neatly. And in size order and given their labels, also in order of contents and alphabetically. Was Twilight camping up here?

Aspect pulled the attic door up after him, making sure that whatever was up here wouldn’t easily escape without making some sort of noise, before slowly advancing down the attic, looking for signs of movement.

So far there was nothing. Various trinkets, also cleaned to perfection. And near the window at the far end, a massive mirror next to it.

If Aspect knew anything about Starswirl and unicorns in general, though, it was always check for magic. He did a simple spell to determine if anything in the attic was magical.

There was a magical presence, but something was… interfering with him. Like a buzz in his head. Of course, Aspect wasn’t one to take no for an answer. Instead he scanned for life-forms.

Again, something was in that attic… but what? He looked around as his flank bumped a box, knocking it over.

And something squeaked.

“I know you’re in here,” the stallion called out. “I’m not angry. I just want to know why you’re trying to hide.”

Utter silence met his words. He checked around and when his head turned back…

The box was back in its place.

The stallion smirked. His magic reached out, seized a half-dozen close boxes…

And let them all hit the ground around him with heavy thumps.

He heard a squeak again, before an emerald aura seized the boxes and put them all back. Aspect looked around for a corresponding glow from a horn…

But nothing. Just boxes, the window and… wait, where'd that mirror go?

And what was the statue of a unicorn doing there?

Okay, this bore investigating. He closed distance with the statue, inspecting it closely…

It was just a stone statue. Unmoving even as he tapped it with a hoof. Had… he simply not noticed it before? It was early…

He looked to one side, pulled a box off, and let it hit the ground again. He had to keep trying…

Nothing at first…

He looked back at the statue, then at the box. Then at the statue again. “That’s an impressive disguise,” he finally said. “I promise you, I’m not mad. I’m not going to hurt you. I just want to talk with you.”

Then green fire engulfed the statute and the most adorable little bug pony appeared, grabbing the box and putting it back.

“D-Do not disrupt my system,” she scolded him. “Everything in I-its place…” Then she paused as her blue eyes widened. “O-Oh Holes…”

Then she bolted for the window…

And smacked right into it…

Aspect chuckled as he pulled the little bug close to him. “Hello there, granddaughter,” he said, holding her close and just petting her head. “How is my daughter doing?”

“I...I...I…” she stuttered. “I-I’m not h-here…” She flashed and now he was holding… a rock?

“Dear, I formed the first Changeling,” the stallion said as he put the rock on the ground. “You’re not getting past me. I’m your grandfather, and I’ve sorely missed seeing your kind. Come on, I don’t bite.”

She flashed back as she trembled. “Y-You're n-not supposed ta f-find me…”

“Like I said, I was there when your kind started existing,” Aspect sat on his haunches and beckoned the little bug closer. “Come here and give your old grandpa a hug, that’ll make everything seem better.”

She looked around, her magic fixing the boxes he’d moved until that uniform perfection was present again. “E-Everything in its p-p-place…” She took a breath. “I… I failed…”

Aspect sighed, walked closer, and pulled the bugpony into a hug. “Dear, you had no chance to begin with. I was going to come up here eventually. I was going to find you eventually. I’m the one that finds out why things are a mystery and brings them to light. Honestly, the only reason you stayed hidden as long as you did was because you didn’t make a noise and sealed the hatch. My laziness was what kept you hidden. Now tell me, doesn’t this feel nice?”

And the changeling did notice one factor. She was being given love...freely, by this hug.

“A-Ahh.. n-no… full a-a-already.” She did have the most adorable potbelly.

Aspect merely chuckled and nuzzled the little one. “So tell me, what’s your name? Why were you up here?”

“I..I d-d-don’t have one,” she murmured. “I was… s-s-s’posd to get o-one after…”

“After what?” Aspect verbally prodded her, without letting her go from the hug of doom.

“A-After I s-s-spy on you…”

“Was it Chryssy that sent you here?” Aspect asked as he nuzzled her.

“T-That’s Q-Queen Chrysalis!” she poked his nose. “S-Supposed to show r-respect.”

“Dear, she’s my daughter, I have the right to call her Chryssy,” Aspect replied, beeping her muzzle back. “So, how are you supposed to tell her I caught you then?”

“Y-You didn't catch me… I-I took you p-p… captive!”

“Ooooor, I could just bloat you with love for my granddaughter and keep you immobile,” Aspect teased her.

“N-N-Nuuu…” she flailed her holey legs. “H-Halp…”

“Answer my questions, little cuddlebug,” Aspect teased her. “How were you going to tell Chryssy what was going on here, hmm?”

“I...dunno…” she said. “I-I was jus’ supposed ta g-g-go home…”

“Hmm, well...counteroffer,” Aspect replied. “How would you like to stay? I’ll even name you if you like.”

“I… I can't. I-I’ll get in t-t-t… the Queen will yell at me again…”

“How?” Aspect asked. “You’ll be here.”

The bug just tapped her head.

“Oh, she can hear your thoughts?” Aspect asked. “Can I ask you to get in touch with her then?”

“I-I d-dunno how…” she said despondently. “I not very g-g-good…”

“How about this,” Aspect asked, stroking her back fin soothingly. “Just think the same thought over and over again. ‘Queen Chrysalis, your father wants to talk to you.’”

She tried… for a few good minutes. She was even mumbling it cutely, stutter and all.

“Anything?” the stallion asked as he kept up his soothing stroking.

Then she yelped loudly and held her head. “N-no…”

“Well, you tried,” the stallion soothed. “Until she does get in contact with you, would you like to stay?”

“I can't hear them…” the nymph said quietly. “T-They cut… They… l-l-left me….” Of course they would have. She failed her mission. She got caught, and by the most powerful being on the planet. She… was as good as dead to them now.

Aspect drew her close and touched her with his magic...or tried to. Her shell made it really hard for his magic to get a grip on her...and he sighed as he let go. “I’m sorry,” he whispered. “I’d fix it for you, but I can’t. I can do a lot of things, but you were made to be the perfect counter to a magic-user’s direct attacks. Or direct anything. But let me make you a promise, granddaughter.”

He kissed her under her horn. “As long as you are willing to walk in the light with me, I will never let harm come to you. For you are family, and I do not turn family away from my door. You will never go hungry, never go unloved, and I will shield your life with my own.”

“I-I-I… guess,” she whimpered.

“Now all you need is a name,” Aspect mused, before putting a hoof on her head. “I hereby dub thee Pupa.”

“...W-Why am I n-named after poop?” she asked.

“Hmm...Pupal?” he tried. “I mean, I named the first Changeling Chrysalis.”

“Huh…” she tilted her head. Clearly she had no idea what the word meant.

“It’s another word for what a caterpillar does as it’s turning into a butterfly,” the stallion illuminated.

“B-Butterfly’s are p-p-pretty…” she murmured, still looking quite sad.

“And I find all of my children beautiful,” the stallion replied, pulling her close and letting her revel in his warmth. “Okay, so technically you’re a grandchild, but the point stands. You’re my kin, and I’m not going to abandon you. I don’t abandon family.”

“T-T-Thank you…” she said quietly. “I-I’m sorry I s-spied on you…”

“And I’m sorry Chryssy cut you from whatever she was using to stay in contact with you, I thought I raised her better,” the stallion replied as he kept on soothing the little bugpony. “So, how do you want to do this? Should I just introduce you at breakfast in a few hours?”

“I… should go,” she said quietly. “P-P-Ponies… dun like us… W-w-w-we’re scary…”

“Pupal,” Aspect said warningly. “I’m not going to abandon you. You’re under my roof. I’m going to take care of you. You can surrender now and it’ll be easy, or you can resist, in which case I’ll keep you bloated full of love and immobile until your resistance is negligible and you surrender to my spoiling ways.”

“O-O-Okay… grandpa,” she said cutely and nodded her head, her bright blue eyes glimmering in the darkness.

“That’s my girl,” Aspect praised her. “Come on down and find an empty room. You’re staying with us now.”

“I-I um… I l-like it here…” she said as she looked around her attic.

“...Fine, but I expect you down at the breakfast table in the morning,” the stallion told her sternly. “You’re not hiding from everypony else, it’s not healthy. And if you ever leave the house for good, I’ll turn this whole system of yours on its head.”

“...what?” she blinked slowly. “You’re silly grandpa~” Aaand she cutely booped his nose again.

“Remember, breakfast,” the stallion replied. “Otherwise I’m coming up here and dragging you down there.”

“Yessir,” she replied, saluting somewhat awkwardly.

“Good, now I’m going to go get some sleep,” the stallion said as he pet her on the head again. “You probably should too.”

“I have a bed,” she said and pointed… oh, how did he not notice the green cocoon and slime coating the rafters.

“...You’re going to make sure this is all contained and not eating away at any load-bearing beams in the morning,” the stallion said to her.

“Huh?” she replied as he poked at the slime and… yup, his hoof was stuck fast.

“...Pupal, get your grandfather free of your slime,” the stallion sighed.

“Silly grandpa, o-o-only Changelings c-c-can touch it,” she said with a giggle as her fangs sliced through the slime, freeing his hoof.

“Mmm,” the stallion muttered as he looked down at her. “It’s been a long morning already,” he sighed, petting her on the head. “This stuff doesn’t eat away at anything, right? It just...sticks there? I’d hate to have the roof come down on us.”

“Just sticky,” she nodded and yawned. Without another word, she climbed up into her little pod thing.

Aspect shook his head as he went back to the hatch. That...was going to be awkward come morning.

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