Author's Notes:

This chapter contains mature content. Please skip ahead if you do not wish to read about it.

After her extra tuition classes the next day, Silver’s aunt had asked for her to meet her over at the courtyard, wanting to teach the young changeling how to manage her claws.

Silver Rose had actually almost forgotten all about her claws. Thankfully, her hands hadn’t burst into flames on their own since the Friendship Games.

When she pushed the door open, her aunt was already there, sitting on one of the chairs and rubbing her back.

“Hey, Aunt Ivory, I’m here,” Silver announced and stopped next to her. “You okay?”

“Hi, sweetie, just sore. Again.” Ivory wiped at her eyes and stood up slowly. “You know how’s it’s been with your mother…”

“Um… r-right…” Silver rubbed one of her arms. She’d found out from the sirens yesterday, that her aunt and mother had started trying out this new funky relationship where they were going to pretend they were lovers instead of sisters, though from what she had heard before, they already weren’t actual sisters. “So… um… let’s talk about my claws instead, Aunt Ivory. So how does this work?”

“Simple, actually. You know how you normally channel love, sweetie?” Ivory dusted her shirt. “Just focus it to your hands. A lot of it, and it’ll come naturally.”

“Okay, I’ll try.” Silver stepped further back from her aunt just in case.

She already had on her sleeveless top, so at least she didn’t have to worry about burning her sleeves off.

Doing as her aunt had instructed, the young changeling began to channel her stored love to her hands, feeling as it began surging there, like it was swirling around in a whirlpool.

And then, just like her aunt said, her hands began warming up like the last time, even with the smoke coming off her fingertips. In no time, a green fire had spread across her hands, engulfing them. Silver could feel her nails begin to grow, but she was unable to see past the fire. After about five seconds the fire began to fade, leaving her with the same wickedly sharp talons on the tips of her fingers. Silver flexed her fingers, feeling the claws click against each other.

“Excellent work!” Ivory praised. “They’re beautiful.”

“So I actually have to focus my love to get it to work?” Silver swished her left hand in the air. “Then why did it burst into flames on its own the first time?”

“Got me,” Ivory shrugged, holding out both her own hands and rolling her sleeves back up. “Maybe it was just your body showing you that you can now do this.”

And then Ivory’s hands were swallowed up by green fire as well, soon dying down to reveal her own set of talons, though slightly longer than Silver’s.

“So Silver, these weapons…” Ivory tapped her claws together on both hands. “They are about as deadly as that sword you know how to use. In case you lose your sword in a fight, do not forget you have these with you.”

“B-But won’t that give away what I am?”

“Well, no. So long as you kill all the witnesses. No one can notice if there’s no one left to notice, as they say,” Ivory flexed her fingers, admiring how her talons caught the light. “If you have to bring these out, it’ll be a last resort anyway. May as well kill ‘em all.”

“Oh, uhh… okay, Aunt Ivory.” Silver bent down and put one hand on the floor. She wanted to see how sharp they really were.

When she was ready, she put some pressure into her palm and dragged it across the floor. Deep grooves formed under the tip of her claws and she quickly stopped, not thinking it would do that much damage.

“Umm… if mother asks, Aunt Ivory, I slipped and reached out to steady myself…” Silver’s cheeks colored.

“Sure, sweetie, I’ll do that.” Ivory smiled. “But they are sharp, aren’t they? These claws. They’re very good weapons when needed. Come on, try swinging them.”

Silver did as she was asked and slashed the air in front of herself, then in an arc, slicing and dicing her imaginary foe.

“You might find them a little heavy at first,” Ivory said, undulating her fingers so that her talons gleamed in the sunshine. “But you’ll soon get used to it. Better that there be some weight behind the swing anyway.”

Ivory let Silver experiment with her claws as she walked off around the corner, returning with two straw training dummies.

“Now then. We’ll practice with these,” Ivory set the two dummies down next to the fountain. “Come on, give it a try.”

Instead of shredding the air, Silver now began shredding the first dummy, tearing into its chest like it was made out of straw.

“Oh wait, it is made out of straw…” Silver giggled to herself as she happily tore a hole through the first dummy, its arms falling down to the ground.

“Excellent work, sweetie.” Ivory nodded in approval. “Of course, if you’re looking to disable an enemy quickly, carpe jugulum.”

“What does that mean? Seize the…”

“Seize the throat,” Ivory said smugly. “While you won’t be able to cut someone’s head off with these, you can do serious damage to someone’s neck. Unless you’d prefer to go for a bite, that is.”

“I mean… all this will really reveal what we are, Aunt Ivory. What if I don’t manage to kill them and they find out?”

“You just need to make sure it doesn’t happen, sweetie.” Ivory put a hand on her back and rubbed it carefully. “Oooh, I really need a sit down. Why don’t you keep it up, I’ll go cut my claws off and have a good lie down on the couch…”

“Umm, okay, Aunt Ivory.”

Silver started on her second dummy as her aunt slowly shifted away. Whatever they were doing up in her mother’s room or her aunt’s room, it didn’t look very good or productive for her aunt. Silver didn’t know what they did behind closed doors, nor did she want to find out, but if she had too keep seeing her aunt like that, maybe she should do something about it.

“Yeah right…” Silver slashed at the dummy’s head, sending it rolling across the courtyard and stopping against the fountain. “Me going to tell mother to stop. Like that’s ever going to work.”

She stopped and gently tapped a finger against her chin, making sure not to cut herself with the claw. Part of her wished that she could be out hanging around with Sunny Flare and the rest of the Shadowbolts or even better, Home Run, but even she knew that the exams came first. Her mother would be expecting nothing but the best grades when they came around, and Silver was determined not to let her down. Truth be told, it was one of the first times that her mother had paid attention to her academics. It felt nice that Ebony Wings was finally interested in her school life, but at the same time it meant more tutors, so…

“Oh, well,” she said slowly and cut at the dummy’s chest.

Sunny had even offered to go hang out with her after school yesterday, but Silver had to decline. She hated declining fun things, but she really didn’t have a choice in this matter.

“Life, huh…?” Silver took out her frustrations on the dummy, not stopping until it was nothing more but a pile of hay on the floor by her feet. Out of curiosity, she picked up a stalk of straw and stuck it in her mouth, like she had seen farmers do on the internet. It didn’t taste particularly nice, so she spat it back out and crossed her arms, ruminating over her situation.

“I guess I should cut these. I’ll have to use Aunt Ivory’s for now…” Silver looked at her claws. At least she got a new skill from all this.

On the way up, she began to pick up a faint smell of love, and when she was upstairs, she found it coming from her aunt’s room, which wasn’t a good sign.

“Oh no… please don’t be doing that right now…” Silver walked up to the door carefully.

“Mmmphh, harder, Chryssie! I can take more…” she heard her aunt’s voice inside. “Aah! Aah! Yeah!”

And I thought she was having back pains earlier. What is this right now…?

And to make matters worse, she still had her long claws out, meaning she was going to be unable to do anything else until she cut them. Shooting a dour look at the door, she crept back downstairs and into the garden, where she accidentally decapitated some orchids. Accidentally.

When Sunny Flare’s friends had gone home after another of their study sessions, she closed the door and shuffled back in, her mind drained from all the studying they had just done.

She passed by Skyfire and his nerd friend and made a face at them as they played one of their video games. She didn’t know how or why he had time to be playing games, and he’d been sitting there for the last three hours too. Did he even study? Sunny didn’t bother to ask him.

Going up to the bathroom first, Sunny decided to have a nice warm shower and finally changed out of her school uniform, glad that she was done with school related stuff for the day. She took her time to shower, feeling relaxed under the warm cascade of water, her stress pouring away down the drain.

“Man… what a week it’s been…” she said to herself. And it wasn’t even the end of the week yet. In fact, it was only Tuesday.

She stood there, next thinking about lunch yesterday, where she tried to ask Silver Rose out. She had actually tried to do it. Sunny’s face flushed as she thought about how embarrassing it was.

“Stupid, stupid Sunny…” She covered her face with a hand. “You might like her, but what would the others think? That stupid Canvas was even giving you weird looks. Really, Sunny? You need more tact. Hang out, that’s it. You just wanted to hang out with a friend, that was all. Right? Ugh…”

What would she have done if Silver said yes anyway? Would she have attempted to tell her about her feelings when they were out there hanging out? What exactly would she have done, Sunny didn’t know. Looking back, it was just a really silly unthought out plan.

“Why, Silver…?” Sunny leaned her head against her shower wall. “Why do I like you so much? Why do I… why do I want you…? Aah aahhh…”

Sunny looked down, realizing her fingers had found their way to her clit, now giving it a small pinch.

“Nnnghh, Sil-Silver…” she gasped, rubbing her index finger over her sensitive spot in a circular motion. “Who cares why I want… aaahhh… to be with you or not…”

Sunny kept up the stimulation on her clit, now imagining that it was Silver Rose rubbing her fingers over it, kneeling down at her nethers, naked.

Silver’s body was so hot, at least, Sunny thought so. She had never thought so about another girl before, but Silver had a really pretty body. Sunny reached her other hand down, trying to grab the pink haired girl’s breasts, but then realized that she wasn’t actually there; she was nothing but a figment of her imagination right now.

“Mmmm… you’re driving me crazy, Silverrrr…” Sunny smiled as her other hand grabbed onto one of her own breasts, massaging it along with her clitoris.

The girl’s mouth hung open as she pleasured herself, constantly having to spit out the shower water as it poured into her mouth, but she was feeling too good right now to care about that.

“St-stupid love… why does it have to be… so complicated…” she grumbled, moving her fingers below and into her womanhood, swiftly inserting two of them inside.

“I want your hands in me, Silver…” Sunny began moving her fingers back and forth, imagining again that it was Silver who was doing it. “I want you to love me, Silver… I aahhh, I want you!”

Sunny fell to her knees and began moving her fingers in and out at a quicker speed, at the same time, pinching at one of her nipples, pulling it hard.

“Silver… Silver…” Sunny eventually withdrew her fingers, now soaked in her own juices, though it was hard to tell with the running water above her.

She knew Fast Bender wouldn’t like what she was doing, but she had to do this. She was apparently in love with Silver so much that she had to handle her urges. She’d never even felt that way for Fast Bender or Domino.

Sunny once again grabbed her clit between two fingers and squeezed, close to finishing. “Mmm… you’re so good Silver! I think I’m gonna… I’m gonna…!”

There was a sudden knock on the door, shunting Sunny out of her fantasies.

“Hey, sis, you going to be in there much longer? I need to use the bathroom!”

Sunny jumped, slipping in the water and hitting her head on the shower wall.

“Ow!”

“What?” her brother replied. “You’ve been in the shower for ages! What are you even doing in there, washing each hair individually?”

“Sh-shut up, Skyfire!” Sunny rubbed at her sore head, at the same time, looking down at her nethers. She had been so close to the end, but her brother just had to come and interrupt her. “If you need to go that badly use the toilet in mom and dad’s room!”

“I don’t want to!”

“Well… Ugh, just give me a bit!” Sunny got up again, unsatisfied that she had been denied a climax. Her brother’s nerd friend was probably out there with him, most likely fantasizing about her being naked in the shower. If only he knew what I was up to.

With a quick wash of her hair and body, Sunny toweled herself down, then changed into her home shirt and shorts before stepping outside, her towel around her neck, with one hand still using it to dry her hair.

Surprisingly, Pocket Protector wasn’t there with Skyfire.

“Where’s your nerd friend?” Sunny looked around. “He’s not hiding somewhere hoping to catch me naked, is he?”

“He already went home. Do you know what time it is?” Skyfire folded his arms. “And not everyone wants to see you naked, you know? You’re nothing special.”

“He does, I’m sure,” Sunny snorted. “You see the looks he gives me when I’m around? I’m sure he’ll be thinking of me when he gets back home.”

“You think too highly of yourself, Sunny. Not every guy is after you. Are you that desperate for a boyfriend?”

“No!” Sunny said a little too quickly. “It’s not like that!”

“Yeah right.” Skyfire didn’t look convinced. “Or are you that kind of creep where you enjoy people looking at your body?”

“I am not!” Sunny stomped a foot. “I-I thought you needed to use the bathroom?”

“Yeah, but you’re in my way, sis, so move.”

And Skyfire shoved his way past Sunny and slammed the bathroom door in her face, much to her irritation.

Sunny glared at the door for a moment more, then she stalked her way back to her room and locked the door.

“Stupid Skyfire…”

She sat on her bed for a few minutes, then decided to go over to the windows and draw the curtains shut, just to be safe for what she was going to do.

Reaching for her phone, Sunny quickly pulled up the photos of Silver Rose with her shorts down that she had taken during PE class.

“Mmm…” Sunny said appreciatively. She had kept them for possible blackmail in the future back then, but now, they were going to be used for a better purpose. It was a pretty high-definition picture, thanks to her state of the art phone.

Sunny’s free hand crept to her waist, but then she sighed and tossed the phone aside, putting both her hands behind her head as she lay there on the bed.

Outside, an owl hooted. It sounded like laughter.

“I can’t keep doing this… Not every time…” Sunny covered her eyes from her ceiling light.

The mulberry haired girl had only used to masturbate every few months or so when she wanted to feel good, but ever since she’d been truthful to herself about her feelings for Silver, she had been doing it almost every other day. It kind of looked like it was getting out of hand.

Sunny flicked her eyes at the Fast Bender poster on the wall next to her. The actor stared out of the paper, a confident smile on his frozen face.

“I don’t know why I’m being like this, Fast Bender...” Sunny told the poster. “Is it because I really want her? Why do I want her so badly?”

“What do you think, my loyal fan?” Fast Bender’s image replied, a hand moving down to his waist. “You’d probably know better than me. I’m a picture on a poster.”

“I don’t know. It couldn’t have… It couldn’t have originated from kissing her, could it?” Sunny put a finger on her lips.

True, it had been a nice kiss, but the situation hadn’t been a desired one, especially since Silver had tried to choke her out. Sunny shivered from the thought. It had been ages since she went back to that.

She shook her head. Surely her want for Silver couldn’t have come just from a single kiss? Or maybe she wasn’t as straight as she first thought? Perhaps in the end, she really did like girls?

“But no, Fast Bender, I haven’t fallen in love with other girls. I’ve seen Lemon Zest naked a couple of times, even her secret places, but I’m not in love with her. And yeah, all my friends are pretty too, even Sugarcoat. So why am I only falling for Silver?”

“You’re right, it is a very strange occurrence…” Fast Bender put a hand to his chin. “So what about me, huh? What happens to me?”

“Huh? What do you mean, Fast Bender?” Sunny sat up on her bed.

“You used to dream about me. All the time, even when you touch yourself. But now, when was the last time you thought about me like that, Sunny? Like how you do with Silver Rose.”

“No, no, I still love you, Fast Bender, I do!” Sunny protested. “Nothing will ever change that. But… It’s like when I had Domino. I loved him, but I didn’t stop loving you!”

Fast Bender shook his head. “But you never fantasized about Domino. You didn’t even consider going to bed with him. That’s why he dumped you, remember?”

Sunny sighed. “I know, I know… So what should I do, Fast Bender? I don’t know what to do… I don’t want to keep masturbating everyday. I mean… Umm, it feels nice, yes, but too much is no good, right?”

“You’re right about that, Sunny. Maybe you keep dreaming about Silver because you’re holding back? Why don’t you just let her know how you feel? About her.”

“What?” Sunny’s face glowed red. “I-I can’t… I… It’s really… I don’t know, Fast Bender.”

“Now, why not? You like her, don’t you? Why don’t you just tell her how you feel? Maybe she already likes you back, but also doesn’t know how to say it. Maybe that’s why she was so down, Sunny.”

Sunny’s head lifted up when she heard that. She didn’t think to consider that might’ve been a possibility. What if Silver had been upset that she hadn’t yet told her how she felt? But then she had declined the hang out request. Or maybe it was because she couldn’t cancel her lessons.

“What if I try again?” Sunny asked her poster. “This weekend? Would she say yes?”

“That’s the spirit, Sunny.” Fast Bender balled a fist in triumph. “She might. All you can do is give it a try and see what happens.”

“Yes, oh, thank you, Fast Bender!” Sunny got up and ran to her poster, giving it a kiss on Fast Bender’s lips, holding it there for a few seconds. “Mmm… you still kiss so good, Fast Bender… I wish you were out here.”

“But I am. I will always be here, right here with you, Sunny.” And then Fast Bender stepped out of his poster, embracing Sunny in his big strong arms.

“Thank you, Fast Bender…” Sunny leaned her head on his chest and sighed. “Thanks for understanding as well. Do you really think she likes me too?”

“I’m sure of it, Sunny. You just need to be brave and try again.” Fast Bender held her chin up under his finger and smiled at her. “Be truthful. Tell her how you truly feel about her.”

And then he kissed her back on the lips. Sunny closed her eyes and put her hands on his face, rubbing them down his tough jaw.

“Is it wrong that I want you too, Fast Bender…?” Sunny breathed after their lips parted. She began rubbing her crotch against his, feeling a bulge grow in Fast Bender’s pants. “Mmm… feels good…”

“Nothing’s wrong, Sunny. Because you’re so perfect…”

And then Fast Bender pushed her down on her bed and climbed on top of her, still dressed in his detective clothes from Fireman. He pulled at her shirt and tossed it to the floor as he began running a hand down one of her thighs.

“Mmmm… Fast Bender…”

Their lips met again in another passionate kiss as the acclaimed actor slipped one hand under her bra, massaging her breast gently. The hand on her thigh moved higher, stopping next to her nethers now.

And then he pushed past her shorts and peeled her panties to the side, marveling at her beauty between her legs.

“Are you ready, Sunny?”

“I’m… ready… Go ahead.”

Without waiting, Fast Bender had unzipped his pants and whipped out his large dick, placing the tip against Sunny’s wet pussy. He teased her for a few seconds, not putting it in, but eventually, Sunny felt the entire thing enter inside of her, going all the way in.

“Aaahh, aaahh…” Sunny moaned as Fast Bender began to move. She hugged her arms around him, feeling absolutely ecstatic. She’d always wanted Fast Bender to love her like that, and now he was finally doing it. Now she wished that Silver was here too. That would really make her happy, to know that Silver loved her too.

“But I am here, Sunny.” Sunny looked to the side to see her friend, smiling down at her. She was once again naked, showing off her slim and beautiful body to Sunny, who suddenly felt hotter.

“Silver, aahh… mmmgh…” Sunny reached a hand for her. “Please… I love you, mmmm... you know?”

“I know, Sunny…” The other girl inched closer and kissed Sunny on the cheek. “I’ve always known…”

Silver Rose began toying with Sunny’s breasts and nipples while Fast Bender continued to screw her, his body slamming against Sunny’s with audible slaps.

“Aaahhh, so good…” Sunny’s mouth hung open. That gave Silver the opportunity to kiss her on the lips as her fingers squeezed on the mulberry haired girl’s nipples. “Mmmaaahh… I think I’m close! Let it out inside me, Fast Bender!”

“With pleasure, my adoring fan…”

Sunny closed her eyes and waited, one hand around Silver’s waist.

“Sunny, what are you doing?!”

And then she opened her eyes, turning her head to the side. Silver Rose wasn’t there anymore, but her brother was standing in her doorway, gazing at her with shocked eyes.

Sunny looked back at herself. She was naked and Fast Bender had disappeared too. Instead of his cock inside her, she found her fingers doing the work, her love juices staining them and a small portion of her bedsheet.

“It-it’s not what it looks like, Skyfire!” Sunny quickly pulled her fingers out and sat up, covering herself with her blanket.

“Your-your fingers were inside your…” Skyfire took two steps back. “Mom, dad! Sunny’s doing weird things in her room!” And then he ran out, his foosteps fading down the hall.

“No, Skyfire, wait! No!” Sunny hopped out of her bed, tripping on the sheets and falling on her face. “No, it’s not like that! Waaaait!”

“Sunny, Sunny, wake up!”

“Huh, what?” Sunny sat up from her bed, looking around wildly.

“Sunny, you’re going to be late if you keep sleeping,” Skyfire said outside her door. “Why’d you even lock the door for? What if there’s a fire or something?”

“What? I…” Sunny rubbed at her head, then wiped the corner of her mouth, which was dripping saliva. “Gross…”

“Whatever. Mom said she’ll drop you off at school after sending me, so you better hurry.”

“Guh…” Sunny pushed off her bed and tossed her blanket aside. Then she noticed a faint sensation below and looked down, grumbling to herself; her shorts were wet at the crotch area. “Really, Sunny?”

Grabbing her uniform from her closet, Sunny unlocked her door and peeked her head out and when she was sure no one else was in the hallway to see her, she scrambled over to the bathroom, slamming the door and locking it shut behind her.

Sunny put her uniform by the sink, then pulled her shorts and panties off, touching at the sticky liquid that was staining them.

“I’ll have to wash these later…” Sunny sighed, putting them in a pile between the sink and the toilet bowl.

Sunny looked at her face in the mirror and sighed. She was a mess right now, but she remembered one thing from last night, whether it was a dream or not. She was going to tell Silver how she really felt on Friday. That was her current plan. But she had to get Silver alone. No way she was going to do it in front of her schoolmates. That would be another thing they wouldn’t let her live down, especially if Silver rejected her feelings.

She just had to wait for an opportunity, or ask Silver if she could meet her in private. There were a few ways the plan could go, so Sunny decided to think on it while she had her shower. Plus, she still had a few days to decide.