*Knock knock knock*

It was dark when the Carousel Boutique door rang, the occupant inside hurrying to the door. It was Sweetie Belle who opened it a fraction of the way, poking her head out to see who. Her expression flattened somewhat as she saw it was just Rainbow Dash standing on the sidewalk. “Oh… you’re not Scootaloo,” she stated.

“Nope. Just me. Is Rarity home?” The rainbow star athlete asked. “Had some things to drop off and wanted to see if she had any advice for what I could wear to the fall formal while I was here.”

“Rarity doesn’t live here anymore. She moved out!” Sweetie Belle replied.

“Yeah-yeah, very funny,” Rainbow remarked with an unamused roll of her eyes before trying to push the door open. “Will you let me in already?!”

But Sweetie Belle held her ground and the door firmly. “I’m not joking, Rainbow. She packed up some of her stuff and moved straight to Fluttershy’s house! I’m not really sure why she did all of a sudden, but I’m not complaining about having the house all to myself for once!”

Curiously, seeing how Sweetie was holding the door as if hiding something inside, Rainbow tilted her head to peer inward inside the boutique. Sure enough, the young girl was enjoying her newfound freedom by having a sleepover of some sort, how cute. Actually... upon closer inspection, it wasn’t just her CMC friends, but other students from her class as well! Even more notable compared to that was some of them were her male classmates! Rarity definitely would not have allowed that! Was Sweetie telling the truth…?

The group of young students were all gathered around the television, fiddling with some controllers plugged into the Playbox console. Rainbow Dash had even heard of the video game they were playing. It was some four person party game called “Four Play”. It didn’t honestly seem that good to her. Scored a mere 69 on metacritic.

“Wait…” Rainbow muttered as she peered and leaned in closer, squinting her eyes. Not at the game but rather one of the persons playing it. “Is she… is she not wearing a shirt?”

With her character’s defeat, Diamond Tiara groaned in frustration as she was seen throwing her controller onto the floor, pouting all while crossing her arms across her chest. The guys in the room, however, cheered in jubilation at her loss. A boy with a weird-looking spin hat and the controller was snickering in glee as he rolled over and wasted no time unbuttoning and tugging Diamond Tiara’s pants down her legs. She was obviously peeved, but offered no resistance as she was stripped of another article of clothing. Over by the boy’s side, what looked to be a moderate-sized pile of assorted clothing was gathered.

“Gotta go! It’s my turn up next!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed suddenly, slamming the door in Rainbow’s face before she could further get into the room.

Rainbow was left in a rather stunned silence on the dark sidewalk. Staring at the shut boutique door as the group of rambunctious rascals played within.

“That was… weird,” Rainbow noted before walking off.

*Knock knock knock*

It was even later in the night as the door to Mr. and Ms. Shy’s home was heard knocking. Not shortly after did Ms. Shy herself answer.

“Oh! Why hello there, Rainbow, dearie.”

“Uh, hi, Ms. Shy! I know it’s late. Are, ummmm, are Rarity and Fluttershy here by any chance?”

Ms. Shy responded with only a blink of confusion, casting the prismatic-haired girl a puzzled look. “Fluttershy? Oh dear, she didn’t tell you? She moved…. s-she moved…” Ms. Shy did a double take behind herself before leaning in closer to Rainbow Dash, speaking in a low whisper. “She moved into Rarity’s boutique to live with her.”

“Wait… wh-”

“Fluttershy moved where now?!?!” Zephyr Breeze suddenly announced, poking his head out into the hallway as he zeroed into the conversation.

“To Kansas, sweetie!” Ms. Shy loudly answered back. “We likely won’t be seeing her for a while!”

Zephyr Breeze squinted at his mother, obviously suspicious but willing to let it go for now as his head slowly slid back out of view. Ms. Shy quickly leaned back to Rainbow.

“Try to be discreet with that information, will you, Rainbow? She doesn’t even want her father or me visiting her because it could lead… certain people… to her new home. So if you see her at school tomorrow, tell her she should really pick up more of her clothes. I’m surprised how little she brought with her to Rarity’s...”

Rainbow Dash was left stunned silent as the door closed in her face yet again.

“What in the hell was going on here?!”

Meanwhile, in her actual new home, Fluttershy was stirring with a smile on her face. For the life of her, she could not remember a time when her sleep was this pleasant. Compared to this, her previous bed back at her parent’s house was a cold hard rock in the middle of the arctic north!

Fluttershy sat up in the bed letting the silky smooth bed sheets spill downwards off of her, revealing her scantily-clad chest to the room as she stretched and yawned adorably. Looking about the sunlit room it seemed as though her two roommates were already up and about.

Sonata was on her hands and knees, grinning predatorily as she hungrily crawled after a nervous Rising Star, wildly swaying her hips from side to side. The very fact that she was crawling instead of walking somehow only terrified him more. “I waited all night. Show me… I want to see it!” she purred aggressively.

“W-whoa… w-we just got up!” Rising Star replied anxiously, continuously backing away in a circle from the almost-nude siren on all fours.

“I know. I can see your morning wood as clear as day in your boxers!” Sonata grinned. Rearing and wiggling her bubbly butt backward, she took aim at her target before lunging forward. Fluttershy giggled softly as Sonata pounced her master to the floor. It was certainly nice to see them becoming close at the very least!

Rising’s cock gave a not so subtle twitch as he was pinned down by his own surprisingly strong pet. A twitch that went all too noticed by the lovable siren. With her hands and knees, she held him down, leaving only her head which she craned forward and expertly took the waistband to Rising’s boxers in her mouth, pulling it downwards.

Fluttershy herself didn’t fully realize how piqued her interest was at this moment as she quickly jumped off the bed. She briefly fought the urge to use her own feet, but rather, crawled similar to how Sonata was doing.

“Woooooow oh woooooow,” Sonata was heard marveling as it sprung free.

Rising Star braced himself for the worst. Seeing as he had just lost his virginity yesterday night, it was safe to say he wasn’t the most accustomed to girls seeing his wood.

“Ummmm…. do you like it?” Fluttershy asked sheepishly, as if posing the very question Rising Star himself had burning on his mind. But she honestly had no frame of reference when it came to male genitalia.

“Well... I certainly am starting to get an idea on how all those rumors about our mastey got started,” Sonata giggled delightedly. “Bitch-Tamer is right on the money!”

“Uggggg, please don’t call it that,” Rising Star chuckled, covering his face with his palms. “It’s such a stupid name...”

“Of course, master,” Sonata beamed, giving the rigid pole a soft nuzzle with her cheek.

Rising Star, blinked, remembering again exactly where he was, but more importantly, the rules in place. “Sit!” he ordered sternly and suddenly.

The cock nuzzles came to an instant stop, Sonata backing off Rising’s limbs and onto the carpeted floor, quickly assuming proper sitting position on her folded legs akin to that of a perfectly trained pet. Knowing Sonata, Fluttershy was actually a good deal surprised how quickly the siren had backed off. Especially considering how enthralled she seemed with Rising’s meaty friend.

Sonata, seemingly noticing Fluttershy’s slightly perplexed expression quickly reminded her, “remember, bestie! Obedience is a must in Menagerie pets!” she patted at the floor beside her, motioning for her friend to join her at her side. Fluttershy quickly crawled to do so, all while Rising moved himself and his boxers back up.

“And not just for our master,” Sonata went on. “As pets, it is our sworn duty to do anything we are told to do by the guys of this mansion.”

“A-anything?” Fluttershy asked, a small blush already encroaching on her cheeks as the implications such a rule could bring crossed her mind.

“That’s right!” Sonata beamed. “The men of this house are kings! And that doesn’t just stop here. That rule applies to all of us even outside of the mansion! It’s, like, a lot of fun. In fact, if you go out into the hall, you might be able to hear the other pets in the mansion doing exactly that...”

Rising’s own perverted curiosity was piqued now. Walking over to their bedroom door he unlocked and opened it and poked his head into the empty hall. Fluttershy mirrored her master, though from a notably lower point of view while on her hands and knees.

It was true. Faint, but both of them could hear it. Moaning. Panting. Heavy breaths of lust. The squeaking of beds. Skin making contact with another person’s skin. Every bedroom with a closed door had these sounds coming from them. Rising and Fluttershy both knew full well their female classmates were being put to work. It was most obvious with their close next door neighbor. Similar to her, the newly joined Baton Switch had been paired up with Lightning Blue, a student from Crystal Prep. The master and pet couple had been housed in the room besides Fluttershy’s. Crawling over to the other room’s pet door entrance, she could faintly hear Lightning’s authoritative yet giddy voice coming from within.

“Awwww what is this? Some very silly person put some underwear on my lovable pet! Well that’s no good. That’s no good at all! Let’s get that pesky bra and panties off you, girl! ……..There we gooo. That’s a good girl! Yeah… you like wearing nothing but your collar, huh? Yes you do. Oh, yes you do! Being free and unrestrained is the best for you! Maybe you should sleep like this from now on. You like that idea, hmmm? Ooooh looks like you’re already thirsty for your bone. Let’s see you earn it! How pretty can you make yourself for the camera?! Smile now!”

Sonata sat perplexed as she witnessed both Rising’s and Fluttershy’s beet red faces making their way back into their bedroom. “I guess... maybe it was a bit too early for you guys to have your motors running at full speed. That’s okay! We have forever to work ourselves into the normal morning routine. Just remember it’s important though! The morning wood sess is what most of the people here attribute to them doing better in school!”

“Oh… right. It’s Monday. We have class today,” Rising Star said, slapping his forehead. “I completely forgot about school!”

“So… ummmm, what’s the morning routine, b-besides all of the n-naughty stuff,” Fluttershy squeaked.

“The short version? Well first we help our master get dressed, then we head downstairs for breakfast, then the girls get dressed in their boring street clothes, then you say your goodbyes and leave for school. A bunch of guys have cars that can carry a bunch of passengers. They’ll taxi you to Canterlot High and back… and you don’t even have to worry about parking!”

“That… actually does sound rather nice,” Fluttershy noted rather pleased. Like many others in her school she didn’t drive herself having always been one that had to walk to school and back each and every single day. This sounded much easier! Not like this mansion wasn’t already an endless bounty of perks. “But… what do you do, Sonata? I mean, if you don’t go to either school.”

“I mostly just clean up around the place. Cruise the web. Get things ready for everyone when they get back. Maybe leave a few surprises here and there for people to find. Heheh…”

“Just like a normal cat…” Rising mused.

“Rawr,” Sonata growled playfully as a response, clawing the air at him. “But anyways, that’s just something to look forward to when you get back. We do a whole bunch of fun group activities I just know you’re going to love love love, Fluttershy!”

And so, the trio set about on the schedule stated earlier. The two girls helped fetch Rising’s Crystal Prep school outfit from his luggage to dress him with. Both of them, in the meantime, stayed dressed in pet casual attire, save for Sonata putting on an adorable pair of cat ears on her head.

Breakfast had been similar to what it was before. All of the men seated at the table while the girls knelt on the floor and munched away at their food in dog bowls. The main difference now was Fluttershy could actually see. For once as a new member of Menagerie, she was granted vision of the identities of all the male and female members. She couldn’t really name any of the Crystal Prep guys, seeing as she didn’t know them yet. But she did recognize a few from Canterlot High. Brawly Beats, Indigo Wreath, Heath Burns… all of them rather cute by her standards. Not to mention friendly! If she had to pick anyone from CHS to have here, she would have likely chosen them.

Rarity was also present at breakfast… somehow seeming in an even better mood than Sonata! Despite the submissive position on her knees and degradingly required to crawl about in her lacy unmentionables for all to see, she lapped at her food from her dog bowl with a wide smile on her face. Her right hand on the floor was noticeable intertwined with Coco Pommel’s beside her. Fluttershy had much to ponder there.

Overall, it seemed as though everyone was in a lively pleasant mood. There wasn’t much groping or sexual activities related either. Fluttershy assumed the reason for both was due to the ‘morning wood sess’, as Sonata so aptly named it.

After breakfast cleanup came the inevitable part of getting dressed. Just next to the front entrance to the mansion was a large walk-in closet that had been outfitted as a changing room for all pets in the mansion. Barring their underwear, all of the girl’s clothing was held inside, seeing as they had no use for it in their respective bedrooms.

It was an odd moment for Fluttershy now, one that caused her to take a somber pause. After having spent so much time wearing so little... After having met her master and bedding him wearing nothing at all… Her normal street attire felt heavy and off-putting, like it didn’t belong on her now. A small whine even escaped her lips as she unhooked her collar and placed it atop her assigned dresser. Sonata was right, it just felt weird not having anything around her neck. As if a sign, she spotted a thin metal choker on the dresser. Remembering back, it was a sign of Menagerie membership outside of the mansion where collars on girls wasn't exactly socially acceptable. She more than hurried to put it on around her neck.

“It looks good on you,” Sonata beamed from behind her, causing Fluttershy to jump in surprise.

“S-Sonata. Oh my, you startled me…” Fluttershy breathed, turning around to see the still busty underwear-clad siren behind her. It made sense she wasn’t changing seeing as she was just staying in the mansion. A large part of Fluttershy actually felt a good deal of envy towards her, wishing she could join her in that…

“Sorry! I just wanted to see my bestie off!”

“Oh… thank you,” Fluttershy smiled back, doubling up on her wish to stay behind with Sonata. She wondered how lonely the siren was all by herself. “But I’ll be back as soon as school gets out.”

“I know, but while you’re at school, learning all that boring mumbo jumbo stuff, remember to keep in mind ‘obedience’ to the guys! Let it sink in.”

“A-alright,” Fluttershy said uneasily, casting a glance around the room of idly changing and chatting school girls before leaning in closer. “Rising seems fine… b-but I still don’t l know the other guys in the mansion. What if they tell me to do something I don’t want to do?”

“Simple, silly!” Sonata giggled like the answer was the most obvious thing in the world. “Want to do it!”

“Really? I-I don’t know if I could do that,” Fluttershy mumbled. “At least, not as easily as you make it sound.”

“You’ll get it eventually, don’t worry. You’re still in training after all!” Sonata laughed, giving Fluttershy a series of head pats. “Oh, and one more thing while you’re at school. Be on the lookout for any WoWs.”

“WoWs?” Fluttershy asked.

“Women of worth. At least, that’s what Evil calls them. The name just stuck. She’s always looking to expand on members. Especially female members. At least 8's or above she said. So cute solid 10 girls like you! Or even Rarity here!”

The topless fashionista let out a startled cry as she was suddenly grasped from behind and hoisted into the air with a powerful low hug. “S-Sonata!” she gasped as she was shaken up and down, her bountiful bare breasts bouncing wildly for everyone to see. The other girls chuckling at Snuggles’ normal display of affection. Rarity couldn’t do a thing to conceal her embarrassment, hoping her audience would mistake her red face for rage. The moment she was set down she hurried to fasten her bra onto her chest before the siren could inflict additional sexual antics onto her. But Sonata was already skipping away back to Fluttershy like the free spirit she was.

“Besides looks, what kind of girls should they be?” Fluttershy asked.

“Submissive like Sonata said is a must,” Cloudy Kicks chimed in from the dresser besides her. “Well, I mean that’s obvious enough. You’d be surprised how many girls are into that sort of stuff.”

“Not just that, but also if they’re cool with the whole ‘being a pet’ thing,” Shimmy Shake added.

“Those sound… pretty hard to tell about a person. Even for my close friends I’ve known for years, besides Rarity, I-I don’t really know if they would be okay with this kind of stuff,” Fluttershy said.

“Then I suppose you don’t know your friends like I did,” Fleur grinned, the tall woman strutting up to her side with a wide sway of her hips. Fluttershy believed that was honestly the only way the woman knew how to walk. “My friends and I shared everything with each other,” leaning over, she planted a long steady kiss on Shimmy Shake’s lips, one with the other girl quickly leaned back into and happily returned. “Everything,” she added with a wink for emphasis. “Secrets, beds, and boys. Everything a girl has to look forward to at our age. And our friendship has never been stronger because of it. Though, understandably, that level of friendship isn’t suited for everyone...”

“It’s simpler if you think of it like this,” Sonata shot in directing Fluttershy’s attention back to her. “Are any of your friends tired of the same old routine as humans? Same old human responsibilities? Same old human dress codes? Icky! Why not change it up a little bit? Break away! Find that great escape!”

“Course we’re all still students. Personally I would do this 24/7 if it meant I could stop going to school,” Cloudy Kicks said.

“Ummmm yeah, I’m pretty sure most high schoolers would do a lot of things if it meant not going to school anymore.”

Finally, with their normal clothing on making all those in the outside world none the wiser, it came time to depart for school. One by one the girls filed into the rather spacious garage where the boys and a fleet of vehicles were already waiting for them. They separated themselves into two groups by school based on the driver, all of whom seemed to be the guys who owned the cars. A minivan was Fluttershy and Rarity’s car of choice, each girl jumping in received a light slap to their bottoms. With everyone ready, the fleet took off through the garage, the long driveway, the automatic metal gate, and departed in two directions to their respective schools.

“Sooo…” Rarity had begun as soon as they were buckled in and the vehicle began to move. This being the first moment the fashionista had to converse with her friend since she saw her leave for her initiation. “I was delighted to see that you are otherwise unharmed from last night. I assume that means Rising Star didn’t… perform on you? A change of heart, perhaps? You’ll have to fill me in.”

“Ummmm… I-I’ll tell you later…” Fluttershy whispered, noticing there were a good to many ears in this closely-packed minivan for her liking. Not an ideal place to handle delicate secrets of her master. Rarity understood without saying a word. “But… uhhh, how did your initiation go, Rarity?” she asked, knowing full well she had personally watched the blindfolded fashionista go at it like a female dog in heat.

“OH! Ummmm-it was-he was actually quite tame,” Rarity stuttered, face turning a light shade of red as she averted her gaze from her friend, pretending to fix her hair. “It was short, and sweet, you know… as they say… *ahem*. B-but the gentlemen and I were so very much compatible with each other so I consider our relationship a positive one…”

“Uh-huh…” Fluttershy replied. It stung slightly that Rarity had immediately assumed that she had gotten out of sleeping with her master. But it stung even more that she so blatantly lied about her initiation. Thinking back to what Fleur had said… about her closer friendship she had managed with girlfriends who shared everything with each other. She and Rarity were close friends, great friends. Right? Why didn’t she have something like that with her? Even after they were both living in the same perverted mansion.

“But… I wanted to tell you that Fleur herself offered me a role with her modeling agency!” Rarity gushed excitedly, though admittedly also just trying to change the subject. “Moving here has already proven to be a magnificent choice, Fluttershy. Networking, connections, the people in the know… they are all right here for us!”

“A model… well that does sound lovely for you, Rarity,” Fluttershy replied with a smile, still showing she was able to be happy for her friend. Fleur must have been impressed by Rarity’s performance with Royal Pin. So rarely did a woman of class come around with the skills in bed to back it up. She was an obvious woman of worth, as they put it.

“It is fitting, something I feel I’ve prepared my whole life for. I can hardly wait to get out of school. Oh, maybe I don’t even need to go to school anymore! Now, of course, I did also volunteer my services as a fashionista, but as it turned out there isn't much need for it. There won't really be much clothing at all. Fleur, the other models, and I will be posing nude… on occasion, but just as a tease for the camera! None of our naughty bits will make it onto the finished products of course…” Rarity went on and on about her bright prospects as the fleet of vehicles pulled into the CHS parking lot.

While the two newly-minted girl pets were disembarking, it seemed as though her friends were already inside the school’s halls, having them as the topic on hand as they conversed near their lockers.

“So... you’re saying Fluttershy’s mom said she moved into Rarity’s house and Sweetie Belle said Rarity moved into Fluttershy’s house?!” Twilight asked to clarify, wrapping her head around everything that had been said. This wasn’t a joke, Rainbow seemed serious.

“Yeah! Exactly!” Rainbow nodded, hardly believing it herself. “And none of you guys heard anything about this either? You’d think they would at least mention this to one of us...”

“I have not heard a word about it…” Sunset replied dryly, casting a glance to Twilight as if bragging she had been right on the money when thinking something was off. It wasn’t just Fluttershy involved in something fishy, but Rarity as well? And how did Sonata play into all of this? Just what exactly was she up to?

“Now what in the hay does that even mean though?” Applejack asked, lifting her hat to scratch at her head.

“Duhhh!! It means they moved into each other’s houses and didn’t tell the other about it! A classic switcheroo! They are going to be so embarrassed when they find out!” Pinkie Pie answered with a giggle.

“Not that, Pinkie! It means they moved somewhere else and didn’t want anyone to know about it!” Sunset shot in. “Not even us! Her friends!”

“Oh….Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” Pinkie Pie replied.

“Right! Now, if you ask me, I think we’re going to need to launch a full investigation into this,” Rainbow Dash continued. “We need to get to the bottom of this!”

“I agree,” Sunset affirmed quickly. Extremely quickly compared to her normal disagreements on Rainbow Dash’s extreme ideas. “I can trail Fluttershy after school and see if anything seems off.” She left out a choice word of ‘again’ at the end of her sentence to avoid being seen as creepy.

“Wait, why…?” Twilight asked perplexed but was interrupted.

“That sounds mighty fine, I suppose, Sunset,” Applejack continued. “Ah could ask round school. See if any of her classmates noticed anything odd about those two’s behaviors as of late. Ah also caught their locker combinations, so Ah could try getting inside them combing through those to see what Ah find.”

“Huh?!” Twilight stuttered.

“It’s worth a shot, AJ,” Rainbow said with a firm nod. “As for me, if I use my geode’s power, I might be fast enough to snatch Rarity’s phone away from her without her noticing. Maybe if I search through her texts and DMs, I could find something.”

“Sounds good. Let’s do it then,” Sunset replied, clearly taking this matter seriously. And though Pinkie Pie didn’t match her friend’s seriousness, she was even more eager to help out with something so fun!

“Wait-wait-wait-wait-wait!” Twilight exclaimed, holding her hands out and bringing a sudden halt to the group’s vibe. “Isn’t that all going just a little too far?! Have any of you considered, oh, I don’t know… asking Fluttershy and Rarity about what’s going on? You know… to them directly?”

The group was struck with a sudden silence, staring blankly at the nerdy girl until Rainbow Dash sighed dejectedly, shaking her head and staring at the floor as she massaged her temples as if an impatient adult needing to explain how the world worked to a child. “You know, Twilight… sometimes I wonder if you’re even a girl…”

Twilight wanted to pull her hair out. She would have pulled it out too, had the two girls in question not decided to show up right then and there. The others in the group quickly assumed a natural position.

“Oh *cough* h-hey, girls!” Rainbow called out to the two newcomers. Fluttershy and Rarity both seemed otherwise normal. They were dressed in the same way they always had, except for two small metallic chokers they both wore around their necks. But a small change in fashion paled in comparison to the other topics at hand. “What's up?”

“Ummmm n-not much, I suppose,” Fluttershy nervously answered back. Her friends exchanged unconvinced glances with one another.

“That’s cool. That’s cool. Sooooo anything……………. new?” Sunset asked with as much casualness as she could muster, giving her fingers a simple glance as it appeared as though she were checking them for dirt.

If there was anything weird about Sunset’s and Rainbow’s behavior, they certainly didn’t notice seeing as Twilight was currently being the odd one out, banging her head repeatedly against a nearby locker behind them. The two girls tilted their heads and gave her a bemused look.

“Uggggg… I hate my gender so much sometimes,” Twilight mumbled to herself.

“Well, Rarity… you certainly seem... glowing,” Applejack shot in with a raised brow, having noted the fashionista was practically floating with hearts in the air upon their approach. Like a classic cartoon character who smelled a delicious baked pie on an open window still.

“Oh me?” Rarity replied, brushing off the remark like it was nothing. “I just had…. mmmmm… a wonderful night of sleep,” she said, actually being entirely truthful as she scrunched up her hair to her neck and gushed.

“Well… I suppose I did just meet a lot of new friends last night,” Fluttershy chimed in with a sly smile.

Fluttershy meeting a bunch of new people seemed most unlikely out of everything. But her friends could guess what she really meant. “Friends… as in animals?” Pinkie Pie asked.

“Ummmm… I guess you could say that,” Fluttershy replied nervously, brushing her long strand of pink hair as she thought of the right words to say. “They are kind of like…. kind of like……ummm…….….. Twilight…?”

“Twilight?” Sunset mused, quizzically turning around to face the nerd in question. She wasn’t upset any more, nor was she even standing. The schoolgirl had dropped down to her hands and knees, purring at her friends happily with silly grin.

‘Kind of like that… Exactly like that.’ Fluttershy refrained from saying. Both she and Rarity were stricken with a nervous silence as they exchanged glances.

“Twilight….? What are you doing?” Sunset exclaimed out loud, embarrassed on her friend’s behalf. “Get off the floor!”

Twilight however merely just tilted her head at her friend, giving her a confused, “meow?”

“Twilight! What in the hay has gotten into you? People can see you!” Applejack fretted, casting several glances around the halls to see if anyone was watching the nerd destroy her reputation. There were other students present, but they sure as heck weren’t watching them.

“G-get up, Watermelody!” a nearby student was heard calling out. Sure enough, the female student had dropped to the floor and was rolling about with an innocent yet playful expression. “You’re being really really weird!!”

The group of girls heard a plop on the floor, shooting their heads around to see Rainbow Dash had caught whatever it was that was going around. Panting like a dog as she crawled in a circle.

“Is this some sort of… prank?!” Sunset Shimmer asked out loud to no one in particular, backing away slowly. And no one had an answer for her. “Whatever it is, people, it’s not funny!”

Roseluck, Blueberry Cake, and Tennis Match were next, as if on cue. Seemingly normal students one moment and animals in mindset the next. There was no flash of magical light, no wave of the wand, nothing.

Fluttershy squealed quietly in fear as she backed against her locker. It was happening all around her, out of the blue, to anyone… or more specifically, any girl!

Just then her and Rarity’s phones both buzzed, the two of them pulling them out to check on them. The group chat for Menagerie was active, which was abnormal, considering there wasn’t usually any activity on it before class started.

Shimmy Shake: Something really freaky is going on @ Crystal Prep u guys…

Octavia: U seeing it 2, Shimmy?

Lighthoof: Some girls forgetting how to walk and pretending to be animals like they are us?! It’s kind of hard to miss…

Lightning Blue: At least guys aren’t doing it! That would be even weirder.

Juniper Montage: It’s only girls. Girls who aren’t members of our family… Are they trying to join up or something?

Brawly and Heath trotted up to the girls now, both male Menagerie members had their faces in a mix of confusion and panic. “Here too?! What’s going on?”

“We don’t know! They just started acting like this all of a sudden!” Rarity exclaimed.

The pet-rified Twilight, and Rainbow Dash noticed the boy’s approach and seemed very interested, crawling up to their legs to stop them dead in their tracks.

“Ummmmm… you seem nice,” Brawly spoke as Twilight purred gently, crawling up and brushing her side along his shin. Brawly wasn’t weirded out, per se, seeing as girls had done this to him before. They just had never done so at school in front of everyone else. As they all said, location location location.

Their phones all buzzed again. The two male and female members of Menagerie checking on the group chat for an update.

Fleur de Lis: Very well...I’m just going to come out and say what we’re all probably thinking. These random girls at both of our schools are behaving like animals. And we… you know, at the mansion. It’s too much to be a coincidence. Did we do this somehow?

Baton Switch: There’s no way we could have.

Sunny Flare: Maybe by accident somehow? Idk

Cloudy Kicks: You know how weird all that magic stuff is around us! It’s already nearly killed us about several times now.

Thunderlane: If it is magic again, at least turning them into animals is relatively tame.

“Fluttershy… darling! Y-you’re the animal expert,” Rarity called out in distress. "Do something!"

“Y-yeah… Like find out how to stop all this nonsense...” AJ muttered fearfully, staring up into the air as if hoping she could see whatever it was that was doing this to her friends. Pinkie Pie was clawing her hair, appearing as though she just wanted to bolt out of the building. Sunset was just appearing as lost as everyone else, trying to make sense of everything going through her head as she pressed her back against the lockers.

Fluttershy crouched down low to meet Rainbow Dash’s gaze. Rainbow just stood there on her hands and knees, as if without a care in the world. She panted her tongue happily as she stared intently at Fluttershy’s concerned face for a few seconds then quickly turned back to the more interesting Heath as she pawed at his legs. Pawing as if she had forgotten how to use her fingers. Exactly similar to how she had forgotten how to stand and speak.

“She’s not saying anything to me…” Fluttershy mumbled to her friends. “B-but… whatever happened to them… I think it might last a while. Until someone fixes them.”

Around the halls Cherry Crash, Lavender Lace, and Wall Flower Blush were all seen dropping to their knees next as they lost their minds. Various other students were heard screaming in fear as they ran for the exit.

Lightning Blue: Even on the off chance it is or isn’t something we did, we have to help them.

Juniper Montage: Help them how though?!

Evil: Get them to the mansion! If they have minds of animals they aren’t safe out in public!

Fleur de Lis: Agreed. They wouldn’t want to be seen in public like this either.

Royal Pin: Yeah. We’ll do the same thing here over at Crystal Prep. Hurry though.

“It makes sense…” Heath admitted, pocketing his phone again as Brawly nodded. “We’re probably the most experienced people in the city to deal with this particular condition.”

“Wait… what did you say?” Sunset asked, having barely heard the boy from the distance she was at.

“I agree,” Fluttershy urged.

“Me as well,” Rarity concurred, “but we should make haste.”

“Alright…. Ummm, R-Rainbow Dash and Twilight, follow me to the parking lot!” Brawly stammered. The two animalistic girls seemed more than eager to comply, bounding after the male. The worried Fluttershy and Rarity followed behind their two friends.

“Applejack, Pinkie Pie, you two should get out of here!” Sunset urged, turning to her two frightened friends. “We don’t know if this is just affecting people at the school. It might not be safe here! I’ll watch over Twilight and Rainbow.”

“Alright, I hear ya,” Applejack replied, picking up Pinkie’s petrified body and hauling her frozen body under her arm. “Besides, if Ah am going feral, last place Ah’d want to do it is at school.”

Sunset briefly watched Applejack with Pinkie in tow take off for the front entrance of CHS before bolting after the other group headed for the side parking lot entrance. As she passed through the halls it was like she expected. The strange circumstances had not gone unnoticed by the other students. The classrooms were empty and abandoned by both teachers and students alike, despite the bell for the first period having long since rang. This was pure chaos, that went without saying. Thankfully yet sadly, pure chaos was something the students here had long since become accustomed to dealing with.

The main students still left behind were guys, cute guys at that, leading the animalified girls outside. Besides them, other girls with familiar metallic chokers were combing the halls and classrooms, looking for any afflicted female classmates they could have missed. They even had to check the girl’s bathrooms and locker room, seeing how, even in an emergency like this, those areas were forbidden to students of the penis.

Upon walking outside, Sunset saw many of the school’s vehicles had already taken off. Some were abandoned, and others were already in the process of burning rubber. Curly Winds was spotted in his minivan, the passenger door open. Indigo Wreath was likewise situated with his pickup truck and Heath in his car as well.

“Get them in! Come on! Let’s go!” Indigo Wreath hurried the group along with a strong feeling of urgency.

“They might act like animals… but they sure as heck don’t move as fast as they do,” Brawly noted. Cherry Crash giggling playfully as she felt her body picked up by the strong male before being gently tossed into the vehicle and ‘tied down’ by the minivan’s seat belts.

“Are we going to fit them all?” Cloudy Kicks asked desperately.

“Looks like it. But it’ll probably be a tight fit,” Heath replied.

“We can ride in the back of the truck! Just lower the tailgate for us,” Octavia exclaimed.

Sunset Shimmer stared perplexed by the scene of her fellow students handling the situation like a team. Where did this come from anyway? And where were they going with them all? Were they just taking them all home? She was supposed to be the residential expert on handling and dealing with the fallout caused by Equestrian magic. Not to mention… Fluttershy and Rarity were both part of the coordinated group effort as well. She knew this was likely the most improper time in the world to inquire about her friends’ earlier suspicions regarding their living arrangements. But maybe… this was all related somehow.

“Fluttershy…” Sunset began walking over to her friend.

“Sunset? W-what is it?” she replied, turning to her friend.

“Just tell me one thing-” Sunset was cut off mid sentence, dropping to her knees exactly how the other afflicted girls had.

“Oh no! Not you too!” Fluttershy cried. “G-guys! We have another one over here!”

“Don’t worry, I got her! We still have some room left,” Brawly reassured her, rushing over and picking up Sunset. She appeared quite dizzy as she was tossed into the minivan, the car door sliding shut behind her.

“Everyone in and seated?” Indigo asked as he flipped the ignition and buckled his seat belt. Everyone had been. All male and female members of Menagerie as well as non-members who had been feralized. All of them seemingly having no protests to the situation they had been plopped into. They stared mindlessly out the windows, sniffing each other, and scratching various parts of themselves with their wrists. It would have almost been humorous had anyone the slightest clue what was going on. “Good let’s go!” With a petal placed to the metal, the CHS fleet of cars took off from the parking lot, all with drooping suspensions as they burned rubber towards the mansion.

Brawly: Snuggles! We’re all headed back! Get the ZAP ready. This is not a drill! It’s an emergency!

Sonata: Got it!

Baton Switch: What the heck is ZAP?

Heath Burns: Zombie apocalypse protocol, newbie. Where we hunker down tight in the mansion. Total lockdown mode.

Sunny Flare: Yeah, this might not have been random. This could have been a targeted attack on our classmates. We need to get them to safety and pretend they aren’t there in case someone bad is looking for them.

Lighthoof: We don’t exactly have zombies running about… at least not yet. But I have a feeling we are going to need to pretend we do.

Juniper Montage: Yeah, things are turning out the same here at Crystal Prep. Get to the parking lot everyone.

Evil: Can we all just take a second to address the fact that you all laughed at me for preparing ZAP? How the turntables...

Thunderlane: Not now Evil!

Okay……… I’m willing to admit…. this probably ISN’T my most well thought out plan. More of a spur of the moment type of thing. I would so like my dignity back. But hey… at least it is working!

Sunset Shimmer kept herself quiet as she kept herself still, not wanting to arouse any suspicion she wasn’t like the other feral girls. Lavender Lace licked her elbow before sniffing it curiously.

Thank you for that, Lavender… Thank you very much. Now then… where in the heck are they even headed? And why the heck did Fluttershy and Rarity, and everyone else with a functioning brain for that matter, get in without even asking that question?! Though I’m glad that they did. I might have been afraid if it was just these guys taking all the girls to Celestia knows where. At least it seems like they are trying to get us somewhere safe. But still, something fishy is definitely going on here… I mean, besides two of my friends being spontaneously turned into humanoid animals.

Sunset waited for minutes on end as she continued to play along as one of the mindless pets. The car was otherwise silent, save for the occasional purring and cooing the pet girls provided. Sunset briefly wondered if she should join in to keep up her appearance. However, after the short drive, Sunset peered out the window to notice the cars were all pulling into the same driveway.

“Good… I don’t think anyone followed or saw us…” Indigo Wreath thankfully spoke to himself, checking his mirrors to see if anyone was around the empty street.

Whose. House. Is. This…?! Sunset marveled as the fleet of vehicles pulled in. If anything, she couldn’t possibly deny it wasn’t secure. A tall hedge maze and metal fence surrounded the entire large perimeter. Though she wasn’t able to take everything in as the cars soon pulled into the obscenely large garage, the doors of which closed immediately after the last car was inside. Another collection of vehicles in front of them indicated the students from Crystal Prep had already made it here first.

Sunset bit her lip as it dawned on her. This couldn’t be a coincidence. This was the exact mansion she had seen Fluttershy and Sonata wander into. And seeing how she and Rarity had both crafted the same lie about where they had moved to, it was likely they both lived here now!

Some guys in Crystal Prep uniforms were already running out to the cars before the garage doors could even close completely.

“You’re all here! Good! We’ll show you where we’re holding all of the other girls, help us get them in there,” Royal Pin spoke. Sunset had to resist the urge to yelp or resist as she was immediately picked up bridal style in the student’s strong arms and carried off inside the mansion. “At least this one is more well behaved…” Royal Pin spoke to himself. “The last one of my classmates I carried couldn’t stop pawing at my chin.” Sunset was too focused with taking in her surroundings to really keep up her act as an animal. She caught a brief look at a rather spacious, comfortable living room. With many other normal students from Crystal Prep gathered around in the center. A kitchen area… a dining room area… and a small door leading to a staircase that traveled even further down into the mansion. Sunset was helpless to protest as Royal Pin carried her into the basement. It was large, cozy, warm, and well lit… but that wasn’t the first thing that immediately drew Sunset’s attention.

Cages. Metal cages, and a lot of them at that. Enough to have Sunset question why any one house would have so many. Over thirty of them were stacked in a formation on the carpeted basement floor. Many of which already had a few occupants inside them…

Lemon Zest...Indigo Zap… Sour Sweet… Sugarcoat… All of you girls too?!

They were all there, appearing as animalistic as Twilight and Rainbow had. Along with a good number of other Crystal Prep girls she didn’t yet know the names of.

“Alright, in you go!” Royal Pin said, plopping Sunset down onto her hands and knees in front of an open cage. Sunset realized what he expected her to do, and the fact that she had to go along with it to keep her cover. She released a small shudder. Whether it was from fear or from something else… she couldn’t tell at the moment.

Crawling slowly forward on her hands and knees, the schoolgirl passed into the secure confines of the metal cage, Royal Pin close the door shut behind her.

“The cages? Really? That’s where we’re putting them?” Brawly asked as he carried Twilight’s panting body into the basement.

“It’s just to keep them contained for now. I don’t know if you’ve noticed but there’s a lot of them and some of them can be pretty rambunctious if you don’t keep a close eye on them. Which we can’t with them all! And they can do a lot more damage to the place than some cat on the counter.”

“Alright, I see you’re point,” Brawly admitted, lowering Twilight and dropping her to the floor, patting her butt several times to signal her forward into her own cage.

“Let’s hurry and get the rest of the afflicted girls from Canterlot High into these things. Then Lightning Blue said we are going to have another Evil mansion meeting with everyone to talk this through…”

Evil mansion meeting….?!! Sunset thought to herself, already fearing the worst.