****

Hunger, unending and as deep as a chasm tore my stomach chitin apart.

I don’t know how long I had walked through these infernal woods, food was nigh impossible to come by. Was it worth it to keep searching for life? Did I deserve to live after letting down my subjects? I was supposed to save them, keep them safe in Equestria from the sulphuric floods that had only been plaguing our hive land these last years. I couldn’t help but hate those ignorant Alicorns living in paradise while the world suffers, while my family dies.

Perhaps I should join them, I’m useless now. Queen of noling, no one is left.

I was just about ready to lie down and die when he dropped into my life, Literally. he was screaming his handsome head off as he plummeted towards the ground, at the last second he seemed to remember that he had wings and rather crudely corrected his descent.

I still jumped behind a tree, had he seen me? Was he hostile…Was he tasty? Nononononon focus!

No, his head was down now. What was he doing? A horn? no, I truly must be losing my wit, I need to sustenance soon.

What happened next confused me: he screamed shrilly and fell over in a faint. After a few seconds I stepped out from behind the trunk with only minor swimming of my vision.

What just happened?

Throughout my reign I had seen many strange ponies, I had eventually become those ponies at one point or another but this stallion was certainly taking first place. Curiosity was winning as my stomach couldn’t help but grumble at the thought of love; I wonder how his love would taste.

Green fire flowed up my body as my disguise took hold.

His eyes opened, the blue orbs stared ahead at me. As his head turned away and he started to sit up on his rump I approached him. He wasn’t looking at me though, he like all males was fascinated with his dick. I swear, all the stallions I have feed off of were so sensitive about them. “The steel rod”, “Jr”, “little me”, and soo many other ridiculous names I have heard stallions name their penis. Shaking my head out those thoughts I started forward again, food had arrived.

“Hello hunk, where did you come from?” I popped the “k” and lidded my eyelids in a interested fashion.

He started in place and looked up from his thoughts and my vision blurred once again.

****

What stood before me was strangely beautiful, in a sad sort of way: a one winged Pegasus. My nostrils sucked in air unconsciously trying to gain its scent. Tart lemonade with a hint of thyme, an odd combination which made me feel oddly thirsty and hungry when I hadn’t been moments before. Taking another whiff I couldn’t help but close my eyes as my equine brain rapidly sorted out the information present: sweet jasmine told my mind she was a mare, a slight smell of burning wood spoke of something that I couldn’t quite put my hoof on, and a underlining spicy cinnamon which I just loved. It was hard to understand at first, how the smells told me so much about this mare. What her voice told was completely different though: 'I’m going to use you'. It had a fake tone to it not to mention no lady, mare whatever, pops out of nowhere and tries to come onto you. I know I wouldn’t.

She had stopped a couple feet away looking at me, wait she asked a question didn’t she?

“Uh, I just decided to drop in. This is going to sound odd but where did I land?” Not to mention why was I falling…

“Looks like we are in the same boat then handsome, I haven’t a clue where we are” This time she actually winked!

My everlasting patience was dying and I don’t know what she could possibly be playing at. I wasn’t some idiot that she could…Wait what could she do? Rob me? Nope, I’m as naked as a pony can be. Kill me? Unlikely since I’m a good three feet taller than her and I’m still sitting down…Rape me? Creepy, but possible if she drugged me, she knows the local fauna better than me after all. Who knows what hallucinogenic stuff she could find…Note to self: don’t eat anything she offers.

Maybe I will play with her a little bit too, I let a “friendly” smile pop onto my face. “Well then little one how about we work together then? I’m Ari… just Ari” oops, I almost said my real name. I hope Ari is a male name here. Also take that tall ones, who’s short now?! “I’m sure between our shared intellect we can find some civilization” I add.

A flash of surprise flashed passed over eyes before they returned to their calculating depths.

“Sure thing stud lead the way!”

Rape is looking very likely now, this is going to be a long journey if she keeps dropping these oh so subtle hints.

Now back to leaving this forest, she came from…Huh, I can’t tell directions with the sun above my head.

“What direction did you come from miss….” Yah, not at all suspicious when she didn’t give her name in response to when I gave my name.

“I….landed in the northern section of the woods.” Ah, that might explain the whole missing a wing bit, sounded like a crash landing to me. Now I feel kind of bad, I thought this one winged mare was a actually going to harm me? When she is just as lost as me and also crash landed? Okay, she is still suspicious but perhaps she just is trying to play the whole “damsel in distress” card.

“I didn’t catch your name there miss.”

And there is that face! Her mask is falling, desperation warring in her eyes. Her ears flicked to the side in what I suppose were the equine equivalent to worry. I know im taller but I hope I'm not that scary.

“I didn’t give it” she mumbled.

“What is your name then? It seems only fair that I know yours since you know mine” come on, just spill it! What are you hiding little mare?

“Uhh… Silver Stream.” Pfft that’s what she came up with? I think my fake name was better, Ari short for my real name: Ariel. No mermaid jokes please. At least, mine was believable! Her fake name is...Stupid really, like she just looked at two random objects and put them together. Not that I know how pegasi in my dreams should be named, wait, that means my imagination is this stupid?!

I was brought back from thoughts at the sound of scuff, blinking I returned to focus just to see her puckered face come flying at my face. Instinctively I lowered my head to avert my eyes for the incoming mare missile.

KLONK.

Fuckityfuckity flying fuck!

That hurt! She connected with my forehead or should I say the big ass horn that I failed to notice sticking out of there. Need a pain comparison? Okay spread your legs, ready, good now...I’M GONNA SMASH A HAMMER ON YOUR GONADS! In pain? Good, now transfer that pain to your head, right between your eyes.

With squinting eyes I peeked from between my hooves which had instinctively rushed to clutch the pain in my horn I noticed a completely new mare lying spread eagle before me. Gone was the grey one winged Pegasus mare and in her place was a black and green one winged mare. I don’t really know what I was looking at, she had shiny skin that was black except for a green section that wrapped around her torso where her wing sprouted from. Her wing was even more curious, compared to my black feathered one hers were papery like a damselfly wing, rounded with silvery veins shimmering in it. She had a horn as well, but it was jagged like it couldn’t decide if it was going left or right. I could forget about the “little” comment I had made earlier as well, she had grown three heads taller making her my equal in height.

Leave the horn smashing bug-horse.

Take and interrogate the odd mare.

Leave her.

Take her.

I couldn’t believe I did that.