Emperor Spike
Chapter 10: Chapter 8: A Day Off
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Starlight had spent two days so far as Spike's slave, and had noticed a bit of a pattern for the 'mad' Emperor, which was actually really odd considering he was supposed to be completely evil.
First and foremost, he seemed to be completely willing to accept all comers into his Throne room to voice any and all concerns they had with his rule. One came in to complain that taxes were too high, and another came in to moan and groan about the pegasi making it rain too early on his house and ruining his garden. Starlight found everypony that came in immensely annoying and she wasn't even dealing with them, so it was only obvious that she expected Spike to explode on every single one of them.
She was unbelievably surprised when Spike gave each and everyone of them the time of day, and had rather long conversations with them explaining the situation. He even left a couple of them with smiles on their faces as they left the room, which left Starlight completely flabbergasted.
Throughout the entire meetings however, Spike always kept Thorax and Ember at his side. Starlight noticed something odd about the two. Spike seemed to use them as a combination of advisors, sex toys, lovers, and all manners in between. It was like they were his second in commands, which made very little sense to her. They were supposed to be slaves. Last time she checked slaves weren't meant to have a hand in ruling the kingdom.
Then again, Ember did get away practically scot free after punching Spike in the face the day before yesterday, so she guessed they were something a little more important then mere slaves. The gossip that Spike would behand anyone who touched either of them laid more credence to that than anything else.
Something else that had confused her was the fact that the Sun and Moon were still orbiting Equestria, at a regular time scale, which she didn't even think was possible, what with Celestia and Luna being reduced to not but mere decorations. Perhaps she could chalk it up to the fact that the Celestia Statue always had the Staff of Domination in her stone hands. Maybe the staff was controlling both of the celestial bodies now.
Spike gave a deep yawn in his throne as he stretched. "Sheesh, sitting in that Throne 24/7 really hurts my back. You'd think Cadence would want a more comfy throne, what with her being a filthy weakling." The Emperor said as he stood up, his spines which were previously crushed against the crystal surface snapping straight again. "I really should hire someone to replace it. Maybe the Quills and Sofa guy. I really liked his couches. When Starlight comes I'll see if he's still available."
Spike pointed at one of the dragon guards which stood at attention along the walls of the room. "Fume, would you be so kind as to postpone the rest of the meetings I have on the schedule today. I think I'm going to take the rest of the day off."
The dragon guard snapped into a salute. "Of course sir. You've earned it if you ask me."
Ember rolled her eyes as she stood up. "Nobody likes a brownnoser Fume." She grumbled.
"I dunno about that. I tend to like it when you and Thorax do it." The Dragonlord hissed with a sly grin, which earned him a light punch on the shoulder.
The Dragonlord turned and shot Starlight a glance through the corner of his eye. She was standing right behind Thorax, who was doing his usual act of kneeling next to the throne obediently. Thorax was being a really good slave, as always. Her, not so much, but honestly he really didn't want her to be. She'd be acting in that case. And Starlight acting usually meant an escape attempt. He was happy to see her quiet, and still.
A rather sadistic thought graced his mind, but first he decided to give her a little relaxation before crushing her spirit even more. Heaven knows she needed at least a little time off before she meet her alternate self and had her reality shattered by it. He'd want the same to be honest.
"Come along you two." He said after snapping his fingers to get the attentions of her and Thorax. "Ember and you are getting a little too dull in my opinion."
Starlight had no idea what that meant, but it made Thorax stand up and walk up to his master, head held low. Starlight decided to follow after him. She still didn't want to be crushed. Or immolated. Or stabbed. By any dragons. At all.
Spike lead the three of them through the winding halls of the Crystal Palace, occasionally stopping to give a concise order to a guard or reprimand a slacking slave.
Soon enough, the party had arrived at a large door solid crystal door, which Spike pushed open like it was nothing. On the other side of the door, was a.... Spa?
Starlight Glimmer was incredibly confused.
The spa consisted of a very large, almost pond shaped sauna full of waist deep warm water in the center of the room, a series of massage tables and chairs lining the walls, and slaves pampering to their masters. It was something straight out of some kind of pleasure magazine. The kind Rarity would absolutely find her self gushing over. Her jaw dropped as Spike walked inside, a swagger in his steps as Thorax and Ember followed close behind.
Two slaves walked up to Spike. Two slaves she recognized as the twins who owned the Spa where she met Trixie. The two gave deep bows, rising back up with smiles on their faces. "Greetings, my Emperor!" They said happily in unison.
Starlight hoped it was an act.
"Lotus, Aloe. Good to see you. I hope you are doing well." Spike said as he put a hand on Thorax's back and gently pushed him towards them. Thorax looked between them and Spike a couple times and visibly shrank, apprehension filling his face. He looked like a dog about to be handed over to the vet.
Starlight expected the worst. Some kind of torture or brainwashing.
"Give Thorax the usual please. Ember will be up next when she feels like it." Spike said as he wrapped an arm around Ember's shoulder and started walking towards the room spanning hot tub.
Ember stepped into the pull and sat down with a content sigh on a bench along the tub's edge. Spike joined her after several slaves stripped him of all his armor. The two shot an expecting glare over to Starlight, who stared back at them with apprehension.
On one hand, the hot tub looked really nice, and she could use a couple moments to relax. Especially because she had been on edge non-stop for the passed day and a half. On the other hand, it could be a trick, and she didn't exactly have an extra set of clothes.
She decided to risk it. Removing her shirt, shoes, socks and pants, but keeping her bra and underwear on, Starlight slowly and apprehensively walked forwards and stepped into the pool. She noticed more than a couple pairs of eyes on her, mostly from ponies, but not from Spike at all, which was nice she guessed. He was a massive sex addicted pervert in this universe yes, but at least he wasn't perving over her.
She sat across from Ember and Spike in a rather narrow section of the pool. She felt herself shuddering at how nice the water felt. As if it had been enchanted to be as soothing and nice as possible. Knowing that magic was a thing, that was probably the case.
She shook her head suddenly. 'No. Stay alert. He's just trying to get into your head.' She thought. Starlight shot her eyes back to Spike but quickly averted them when he saw what he and Ember were doing.
Spike was directly looking at her while Ember was unashamedly giving him a hand job under the water. "You know, you really should loosen up a bit Starlight. I've done a lot of work over the past two days trying to prove to you I am not a total dick. I'm not Sombra. I'm not going to just attack you while your guard is down. Besides, I don't want to ruin the relaxation of my subjects. What kind of ruler would ever do that?"
Starlight brought her eyes back to him, staring him directly in the eyes. Half to show she wasn't backing down.
Half so she wasn't looking at his dick and strong body, which was actually pretty hot. His abs looked like they could crush diamonds.
"Well, how do I know this isn't some kind of torture Spa?" She hissed at him. Her suspicions were confirmed when she heard the sound of some kind of whirring machine behind her, alongside the loud whimper.
She spun around quickly to see Thorax clenching his fists and arching his back while laying on his front, as Aloe was using what looked like an electric polisher on his back plate, while Lotus was using a wet rag to shine his carapace along his legs. He looked a lot more... uncomfortable than in pain. Like it was nothing more than an overly forceful back massage.
"Oh look. Torture." Spike said in a sarcastic voice. Starlight looked from the scene playing before her to Spike and then back several times. So that is what Spike meant by dull.
"Don't worry about those two. They are the only two in the entire Empire I trust to touch Thorax." Spike said as Starlight grumbled and slouched down defeated. "Mostly because they're gentle."
Starlight noticed that Ember was no where to be seen above the waterline. Before she could look around for her though, Spike's body flexed and he gave a forceful grunt, his hands rocketing into the water with a splash. A second or two later, Ember's head emerged from the water with a gasp for air. She took a couple breaths before smiling up at Spike slyly.
"How the hell can you even hold your breath for that long?" Spike asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Trade secret." She replied.
Starlight resisted the urge to vomit.