By Darkryt Orbinautz
With Honeyed Claws
Chapter 2
I-I-I-I'm Hooked On A Feeling. Seriously, Someone Call Rehab.
Rainbow Dash continued knocking. "Fluttershy? Come on, I'm worried about you!"
"Oh, um ..." Fluttershy stuttered, attempting to pace around the room. But with no legs and a tail she wasn't used to controlling, she kept tripping over herself and crashing face-first into her own coils. "Coming! Just wait right there for a minute, Rainbow Dash!"
Outside, Rainbow quit knocking and crossed her arms, waiting for Fluttershy. Inside her bedroom, Fluttershy was still having a nervous meltdown, her teeth chattering.
"Oh, what am I going to do?" Fluttershy asked herself. "I can't see her looking like this!"
Something started to bang on the bedroom door, causing Fluttershy not shortage of annoyance. It took her a minute to realize this was because her gargantuan tail was bumping against the door, preventing it from opening.
"Oh!" Fluttershy groaned. She dashed towards the section of tail and lifted it up with her hands, giving the door enough clearance for Angel Bunny to hop into the room. Angel had come in to get onto Fluttershy for not answering Rainbow Dash, but seeing the mass of snake in the room, Angel went on the offensive. He hopped onto a tail segment and bit into it.
"Ow!" Fluttershy glared at Angel. Acting reflexively, Fluttershy shot the tip of her tail around Angel and lifted up him by his tail. "Angel! You know better than just to attack people at random!"
Angel stared, bewildered by Fluttershy's appearance.
"Well?" Fluttershy demanded. "Apologize!"
Angel turned away. He reluctantly chittered an apology.
"Thank you." Fluttershy gently let him down. She scratched her head as she realized how fast her tail must have moved. The tip of her tail had been outside the window, but it came inside and wrapped around Angel at the speed of lightning. As she wondering about how it moved that fast, she noticed Angel eying her tail again and let out an instinctive hiss. "Don't even think about it, mister!" She wrapped him up again and put him out the door.
"Fluttershy?" Dash repeated. "Are you okay?"
"Oh, yes!" Flutteshy hurriedly shouted. "I'm coming, I'm coming!" She pushed the door open and slithered towards the front door and opened it.
"Hey, Fluttershyy-y-ai-ai-ai ..." Dash stammered, seeing the massive coils and loops of tail behind Fluttershy.
"Hello, Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy said, choosing to ignore her stammer. "Thank you ever so much for coming to check on me. That's very generous of you."
"Uhh ..." Dash weakly raised her hand, pointing her finger at the snake tail. "You have a snake tail where your legs are supposed to be."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Fluttershy fibbed. "Would you like to come inside?" She slithered away from the door, giving room for Dash to enter.
Rainbow Dash went inside, confused. She looked around at the snake tail, which was filling nearly half the house. "You have a snake tail." Dash repeated like a broken record.
"Really?" Fluttershy said nervously, rubbing her hands together. "I hadn't noticed."
"How do you not notice suddenly not having legs?" Dash asked. "Never mind. I don't know what alcoholic mix did this to you, but whatever it was, Twilight's gonna be the one to undo it." Rainbow Dash went towards the door, but Fluttershy shot her tail out and slammed it shut, barring Dash's way.
"No!" Fluttershy said.
"Uh, Fluttershy?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Is something wrong? Aside from the obvious?"
"Yes." Fluttershy answered. They were both silent.
"Would you like to tell me what it is that's wrong?" Dash asked gently.
"Yes."
There was another round of silence. "Any time now, Fluttershy."
"Well, um ..." Fluttershy stuttered. She wasn't sure what it was that was bothering her, but something … something inside her didn't want Rainbow Dash to get Twilight, even though Twilight could probably fix her snake-tail. "I'm not sure."
"You're not sure what's wrong?" Rainbow Dash questioned. "Well, then, how do you know anything is wrong at all?"
"I just do, okay? Please, Rainbow Dash, just trust me." Fluttershy said. "We'll go see Twilight later, okay?"
Dash looked frustrated, but she couldn't resist Fluttershy's puppy-dog pout. "Ugh, fine. But the longer you wait on this, the less likely Twilight can reverse it."
"I accept that." Fluttershy said. "Would you like some tea?"
"I'd like to take you to Twilight ..." Dash muttered. Fluttershy pouted again. "Fine, I'll take some tea. And maybe some cake. But then, we have to go see Twilight."
"Of course." Fluttershy nodded, slithering towards the kitchen. "Make yourself comfortable."
Rainbow Dash sighed, pulling up a chair. She idly kicked her leg in the air, waiting for Fluttershy to return.
"Here you go." Fluttershy returned, offering a plate and a cup of steaming full tea to Rainbow Dash. Dash took a sip of it. Fluttershy sat on her own coils opposite of Rainbow Dash, staring intently like Dash had something Fluttershy wanted.
Dash was kinda creeped out. "Is there something you need, Fluttershy?"
"Oh, um, no." Fluttershy said. "Thank you for being patient with me. I'll get started on the cake in a bit."
Rainbow Dash leered suspiciously at her, sipping her tea again. Fluttershy smiled forcefully in response.
Fluttershy started sliding her tail towards the back of the chair. She raised it up, aiming towards Rainbow Dash's shoulder like a scorpion stinger.
Fluttershy knew what was wrong now. She still couldn't explain why, but she wanted Dash to stay and cuddle with her. She felt like she needed to repeat what had been done to her last night. She felt like there was an empty hole inside her that Rainbow Dash could fill. She felt oh-so-hungry and empty.
"Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked, her voice dropping an octave.
"Yeah?"
"Do you ever get tense?" Fluttershy asked, resting her chin on her hand.
Dash raised her eyebrow. "What do you mean, tense?"
"I mean … do you ever get tired and sore from flying around all the time?" Rainbow Dash was something of a speed demon and daredevil.
Dash unconsciously rubbed her shoulder. "Yeah, I guess... sometimes I gotta let my wings take a break, you know?"
"Mmm. Can I give you a break, Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked seductively, throwing Rainbow Dash off.
"What?" the tip of Fluttershy's tail curled around Rainbow's shoulder and started to rub. "Hey! What's the big idea?"
"It's just a shoulder massage." Fluttershy dismissed Rainbow's complaint.
Dash was about to protest and growl, but a moan escaped her mouth instead. "Ooh. Umm … would you do the other one, too?"
"Of course." Fluttershy said, coiling her tail horizontally around Rainbow's chest and then vertically around her other shoulder. She rubbed and ground on them the same way the creature did her last night.
"Oh yeah. That's the good stuff … I bet Rarity's spa girls wish they could do this!" Dash said, prompting Fluttershy to chuckle. "Okay." Dash adjusted herself. "This is nice, Fluttershy, but we really need to go see Twilight."
Fluttershy clenched her claws. She rubbed her eyes, trying to get them to do the thing the snake-woman did with her eyes last night. Opening her eyelids, Fluttershy felt satisfied when she felt a warmth inside them.
"No, Rainbow Dash, we don't." Fluttershy said.
"Yes we-" Rainbow Dash stopped, her eyes locking with Fluttershy's. Fluttershy's eyes were sending out spirals of lavender, pink and violet. "Do … wow. I didn't think your eyes were so pretty ..." The colors brought to mind sweet-scented soaps and other bath products.
Fluttershy chuckled. "Do you like them?"
"Y-yeah." Dash's response time slowed. A reflection of the colors appeared in her eyes. "They're really pretty ..."
Fluttershy cupped Rainbow Dash's chin. "We don't need to go to see Twilight."
"No … no, we don't."
"Do you want me to get started on that cake?" Fluttershy asked.
"Eh, we can skip it. Just … just let me keep looking at your eyes." Dash said.
"Mmm, if you say so. Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy cupped Rainbow Dash's chin. She turned Rainbow's head and whispered into her ear.
"I need you inside me." Fluttershy whispered sensuously. "What do you say?"
"K-kinky ..." Dash stammered.
"Really?" Fluttershy said. "You mean it? You'll let me eat you?"
Dash's eyebrows shot up. "Whoa, wait, what? No! I thought you meant something completely different! I don't want to be eaten!"
"Hmm ..." Fluttershy rubbed her chin. "All right, we'll come back to that question ..." Fluttershy made the best of it. Raising up, she wrapped her coils around Rainbow Dash and lifted her up. Fluttershy pressed Dash into her. Now in place, Fluttershy leaned in and kissed Rainbow on the lips. Fluttershy withdrew the kiss and leaned forward, pressing her breasts into Rainbow Dash's.
"Doesn't that feel good, Rainbow Dash?"
"Yeah, sure." Dash mindlessly agreed, more focused on Fluttershy's eyes.
"Mh-hmm ..." Fluttershy moaned, taking Dash's answer permission to press her chest in even further. "Oh!" She yelped when she felt something squeeze out of her left breast. Almost like she was …
Fluttershy separated from Rainbow Dash and cupped her breast. She rolled her hand over it and squeezed. Drops of liquids came out, sliding down her scales.
Yup. As she suspected, she was lactating. Why in the wide-wide world of Equestria was she lactating?
For the same reason she had a snake tail and things on her wrists, presumably. She had an idea.
"Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked sweetly. "Would you like to drink my breast milk?"
Most people hearing this question would be appalled. They would have their own questions, something along the lines of "are you nuts?" or "what is wrong with you?" Rainbow Dash, however, had a much more practical question.
"Don't know … is it any good?"
"I don't know." Fluttershy answered, seeing as she hadn't been producing until this morning. "Would you like to be the judge?"
"Sure." Dash answered after a long pause. The hypnosis was having quite an effect on her.
Fluttershy ran her finger along the tip of her breast until a bit of milk leaked onto her finger. She put her finger to Dash's lips. Dash licked it.
"Not bad ..." Dash answered.
"Good!" Fluttershy adjusted them again. She laid Rainbow Dash's head onto her breasts, in a position where Dash's mouth could suckle her breasts while her eyes kept staring into the hypnosis. Dash weakly suckled, her focus still on Fluttershy's eyes. However, as time passed, she started suckling more vigorously, like the taste was getting better the more she had.
"Here, let me help you ..." Fluttershy purred. She put both her hands on one breast and squeezed, sending a forceful splash of milk into Rainbow's mouth. Both of them moaned, Rainbow Dash enjoying the taste, Fluttershy enjoying the relief of pressure it brought her.
Rainbow Dash loved the way Fluttershy was squeezing burst after burst of milk, but she needed air, so she popped her mouth off. Unfortunately, Fluttershy had gotten swept up and kept squeezing, the splashes of milk getting all over Rainbow's face and chest.
"Oh!" Fluttershy gasped. "I'm sorry, Rainbow Dash, I didn't realize – I didn't mean to -"
"It's okay." Dash said, sweeping the milk off her mouth with her tongue. "It's … kinkier than ... I would … expect from you."
Fluttershy chuckled. She leaned in close towards Rainbow Dash, turning up the brightness on her hypnosis. "Now, about that question from earlier … will you let me swallow you? Will you … go inside me?"
Dash whimpered. "I don't know ..."
"I promise you'll be okay." Fluttershy said. "I'll only keep you in me for a little bit, then I'll spit you right back out."
"Err ..."
"You'll be in one piece. I promise it won't hurt a bit."
Rainbow Dash stared deeply into Fluttershy's eyes. Had Fluttershy ever steered her wrong? "O-okay … if you say so ..."
"Oh, wonderful!" Fluttershy exclaimed. She opened her mouth, then started to stretch it. There was a popping sound as the jaw extended, and Fluttershy clutched at the sides of jawline.
"Oooow!" Stretching her jaw unnaturally like that really hurt. The snake-woman made it look so easy. She hoped it got easier with practice.
Pressing on, Fluttershy lifted Rainbow Dash up and angled her, sliding her body into Fluttershy's mouth. She moaned loudly. It felt her mouth was one big erogenous zone that Rainbow Dash was using her entire body to stroke. Fluttershy tilted her head backwards, swallowing Rainbow Dash in one gulp.
"Mmmmhp!" Fluttershy moaned, clutching at her overly-stimulated stomach. Why did this feel so good? She supposed it came back to "two hearts become one" notion again. Rainbow Dash inside her, becoming one with her …
"Aaah!" Fluttershy moaned, suddenly feeling Rainbow Dash inside her tail. That's odd … it was like Rainbow Dash skipped her human-half entirely and went straight into the snake half.
"Oooohh …" Fluttershy groaned, resting her back against a wall. It felt so good to have Rainbow Dash squirm and carry through her insides. She couldn't explain it. There was something inherently satisfying about knowing she had a person inside her.
Rainbow Dash stopped moving inside her. Fluttershy mistakenly though this meant Dash had hit her stomach, but she was incorrect. She felt something inside her move, then felt Dash move again. She realized it must have been the door-things.
"Oof!" Fluttershy grunted as she felt Rainbow Dash land with a thump in the first pod along her tail. She looked down at the pod, confused on what to do next.
Oh. Oh, she knew what she should do next. She just wasn't sure how. She raised her arms through the air, channeling her energy into her stomach-pod. "Aaah … come on."
Fluttershy leaned forward, putting her hands on the pod. Why wouldn't the tentacles pop out? "How did she DO this?" She struggled and flailed with it for awhile longer, but eventually she felt something like a click and felt the tendrils rocket up inside her. "There we go! Now, to just … get them ..." Despite having mastered freeing the tendrils, Fluttershy encountered more difficult in getting them to move where she wanted.
Oh no! Poor Rainbow Dash! She must have saw these things and been terrified. They were moving slowly and tenderly like the snake-creature's did. They were flailing and flopping like hyperactive rodents!
"Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy said. "Rainbow Dash, can you hear me? Knock on the, um, "floor" twice if you can hear me."
Fluttershy felt two knocks. She exhaled a sigh of relief. Knowing Dash could hear would make this go smoother. At least, that was the hope.
"Okay … I'm going to ask you "yes or no" questions, Rainbow Dash. Knock once for no, and twice for yes. Okay?" Dash knocked twice. "Excellent. Do you see the tendrils in the same room as you?" Dash knocked twice again. "Great. Would you go near them, please?"
Fluttershy smiled as she felt Dash crawl towards a tendril. Fluttershy struggled with it for a bit, but eventually managed to direct the tentacle in Dash's mouth. "Okay. Okay. You can do this, Fluttershy." Taking a deep breath, Fluttershy tried to direct the remaining tendrils towards Rainbow Dash. She was more successful in this attempt than the last, the tendrils crawling towards the warm body inside her. "Yes!" Fluttershy worked on getting the tendrils to curl around Rainbow's hands and feet the way they did to her. She felt like she was forgetting something, though … "Oh! Rainbow Dash, would you mind taking your clothes off?"
Rainbow Dash proved more eager and open to the idea than Fluttershy had been at first. As with herself, Fluttershy stopped Rainbow Dash short of her undergarments. She didn't need any more room than that to do her thing. Fluttershy gently wiggled the tendril into Dash's mouth and entrance. She started on trying to get the green liquid into her. Fluttershy grunted as she tried to force it, to no effect. She took another deep breath and tried again with more calmness. This time, she achieved her goal, feeling the liquid flow through the tendrils. It was like the suction generated drinking through a straw. Fluttershy pushed to get into Rainbow Dash. She knew Dash was enjoying it, as she could feel the vibrations from Dash's moaning mouth.
"Oh, yes ..." Fluttershy moaned with half-lidded eyes. "Yes, that's nice … I didn't know this felt so good both ways." She blushed and closed her eyes, the draining of the liquid having a relaxing effect. She leaned into the wall and was highly tempted to take a nap before a contraction from Rainbow Dash jolted her awake. Fluttershy exhaled sharply as she absorbed Rainbow Dash's orgasm. "Oh, that's good ..." What did the snake-lady do to her next? Oh, yes, that's right. Carry her into this bath-thing inside her.
"All right, Rainbow Dash. Ready to take a bath?" Fluttershy purred. Rainbow Dash knocked once. "No!? Why not?" Dash gripped the tentacle in her mouth and bit onto it hard. "Oh, you want more ..." Fluttershy stroked her chin. She herself had wanted more of the stuff, but the tendrils ushered her to the bath. Would it hurt Rainbow Dash to put more in her? Darn it, it would have been really nice if her new body came with a manual that had warnings and things. Like "do not exceed putting this amount of green fluid in victim." Er, mating partner.
Rainbow Dash bit harder, suckling on the tendril. Fluttershy decided to go for it. She wasn't going to be so cruel as to deny Rainbow Dash the pleasure. Besides, she needed to be sure Dash would hold still before her "bath." Fluttershy rearranged the tendrils around, taking spares and putting them so that Rainbow Dash had two tendrils in both orifices. Fluttershy started pouring the liquid again. With twice the liquid flowing inside her, Rainbow Dash quickly reached the height of her pleasure. Fluttershy exhaled with relief as she felt Rainbow's body start to contract again. It made Fluttershy feel like she made the right choice, giving her more. Within minutes, Rainbow Dash hit her peak again – twice, in succession.
"Oooh!" Fluttershy squealed. She took a minute to recover and went back to work. "Okay, Rainbow Dash. No more of that for now. Do you see a puddle of water anywhere?" Dash answered yes. "Okay. I'm going to lift you in the tendrils and carry you into it. I want you to nudge me towards it, okay?" Relieving another yes, Fluttershy lifted Dash up and started to move her. Dash grabbed a tendril and held in the direction of the water. The feeling was not unlike playing a video game.
"There we go ..." Fluttershy mumbled as she finally got Dash into the water. She made sure her head was where it could go. She felt the wing-panels curl and close in on Dash.
Fluttershy stretched and let out an adorable yawn. She kinda wanted to go outside and find someone else to this to, but at the same, just taking a nap while Rainbow rested inside her sounded good too … it would be like a sleepover.
"Nap it … is." Fluttershy tiredly muttered to herself as she made herself a big pile of coils and laid her human-half on top of it.
()()()()
Sometime later, Rarity was walking to the local school holding hands with her sister, Sweetie Belle. "There you go, Sweetie Belle. Have fun at school!" Sweetie Belle waved goodbye for rushing towards the building.
Rarity watched her go and then saw Twilight walking towards her. "Ah, Twilight! Is everything okay after last night?"
"Yeah. Truth be told, that's why I was looking for you. How are you?" The of them started walking side-by-side.
"Just fine, thank you. Do you know if Rainbow Dash made it home? She was so terribly drunk ..."
"Yeah. Pinkie told me she got her home okay. Do you know how Fluttershy's doing?"
Rarity put a finger to her chin. "I don't believe I do. We should go check on her. Although, I'd like to see Applejack. I'm curious if last night was genuine interest, of if it was the alcohol talking … "
"Mm." Twilight shrugged.
"What about you, darling? Did anything click with that strapping young man last night?"
"Mmm. He was okay." Twilight said. "I mean, he is handsome, and we have a few common interests, but I don't think I'd be interested in a long-term relationship."
"Then can I have him?" Rarity asked mischievously. "Like I should have last night?"
""Should have?"" Twilight responded, incredulous. "Rarity, can you just not accept that some guys prefer brains over beauty?"
"No. It goes against everything I have been taught about fashion, beauty, and the male brain."
Twilight scoffed. "You should get a new teacher."
"Maybe I will!" Rarity started to laugh. "Ahem. Anyway, we're going to see Fluttershy, weren't we?"
Twilight was about to answer, but didn't. Instead, she held her arm out in front of Rarity's chest to stop her from passing. "Twilight? What's-" Twilight put a finger to Rarity's mouth to silence her. Rarity gave a muffled gasp.
Fluttershy was coming near them. She looked well-rested, aside from the fact she had a snake tail where her legs should have been and scales all over her torso. She noticed Twilight and Rarity and smiled, slithering towards them.
"Hello, girls." Fluttershy greeted them softly. "Beautiful day, isn't it?"
"I … suppose." Rarity stammered, overwhelmed by the up-close sight of Fluttershy's body.
"Lovely day." Fluttershy said like she was stuck on that topic. "A great to day hang out and bond with your friends ..." She creepily leaned her human-half towards them.
"What-what are you implying?" Rarity asked.
"I'm implying ..." Fluttershy said seductively before Twilight stepped towards her.
"I don't know what happened to you, Fluttershy, but I'm going to fix it." Twilight said determinedly. "Come on. Let's go back to the library."
"Oh, do we have to?" Fluttershy groaned. "It's so stuffy and cramped … after being cooped up in my house all morning, I could really use a place to stretch ..." she emphasized this but uncoiling and rolling her tail towards them, its tips flopping on the ground between Rarity and Twilight's legs. Rarity bent over to examine it.
"Like it?" Fluttershy teased, flicking its tip.
"Ummm ..."
"Seriously, Fluttershy." Twilight said. "We need to go to fix this."
Fluttershy crossed her arms and huffed. "To "fix" something, it has to be broken. I am not broken."
"Perhaps not, darling, but you have to admit this ..." Rarity nervously picked up the end of her tail. "This isn't natural."
Fluttershy jerked her tail out of Rarity's hands. "Just because it's different from you doesn't mean it's not natural! Honestly, Rarity, you can be so shallow-minded!"
"Okay, so … what?" Twilight said. "You were always like this and just happened to hide it until now?"
"Well, no ..." Fluttershy admitted. Before they could get further into the conversation, the topmost pod on Fluttershy's tail rumbled and gurgled.
"Um … is it supposed to do that?" Rarity asked, pointing at the pod.
"I don't know-OOH!" Fluttershy squealed as the pod made another gurgle. "Oh, I think she's ready!"
"Ready? Who's ready!? What does that mean!?"
"You might want to stand back." Fluttershy warned them. The pod gurgled again.
"No need to tell us twice!" Rarity exclaimed as Twilight ushered her backwards from Fluttershy.
Fluttershy moaned, groaned, and squealed before the pod burst open, splitting in half right down the middle. A huge torrent of water came flooding out of the pod with a body inside it.
Rarity covered her mouth, turned around, and hurled on the grass.
Twilight covered her face. "Oh. Come on, Rarity, really?"
Once the flooding water slowed to a halt, and the moving body went still, Twilight could see it was Rainbow Dash, having undergone a similar transformation to Fluttershy. Where Fluttershy's new tail was green with a yellow underbelly and pink bods, Rainbow Dash's was metallic blue with a light-green underbelly and purple pods. Behind them, the pod on Fluttershy's tail quietly resealed itself.
Rainbow Dash pushed herself up, smacking her lips. She yawned heavily before opening her eyes and seeing Twilight and Rarity. "Hey guys! What's up?"
"Rainbow Dash, what happened!?" Twilight shrieked.
"What happened?" Dash asked, rubbing her chin. "I don't know … I think I went over to Fluttershy's house and … then she hypnotized me, I think? And then the next thing I remember, I was having sex with stomach-tentacles, But there's no way that was what actually happened, right? You guys just spiked my drinks with something last night, right?"
Twilight, grimacing, shook her head no.
"What?" Dash finally took the time to look at her hands. Or rather, the claw where her hand used to be. "Wha-huh?" She rolled and looked over her shoulder at Fluttershy. "WHA-HUH?"
"Hmph." Fluttershy kept her arms crossed.
"Okay." Dash put her claws on her head, rubbing her temples. "Wake up, Rainbow Dash. You're having a bad, bad dream ..."
Fluttershy looked around. She noticed clothes within the puddle. She picked Rainbow Dash's drenched t-shirt out of it. "Huh. So this is what happened to my clothes."
Rarity raised her eyebrow. "So … if Fluttershy has Dash's shirt … and Dash has those scales on her … does that mean she's topless or ... not? Do those scales count?" She scratched the back of her head.
"Really?" Twilight huffed, incredulous at Rarity. "Fluttershy is a snake-thing who just popped Rainbow Dash out of her … pod or whatever that is, as ANOTHER snake-thing, and THAT'S the first question that comes to mind?"
Rarity paused. "Yes, I suppose it is."
Twilight shook her head. "You … I … whatever. We're done here." Twilight grabbed Rainbow's claw and Rarity's hand, and with a glare at Fluttershy, made them all disappear in a flash of white light.
Fluttershy had nothing but another humph to say. She would find them. Oh, yes. She would find all of her friends, and she would share this amazing pleasure with all of them! She made to slither away to plan her next move.
And that was when she noticed she had water on her tail from Rainbow Dash's "emergence" a minute ago. She looked on the ground, where there was water, Rarity's vomit, and Dash's soppy clothes.
"Oh my." Fluttershy said. "Someone should really clean this all up." She bit her fingernails for a moment, then slithered away. She would find her friends and pleasure them …
But only after she had gotten a towel. Because seriously, what if some poor little girl walked into that mess and slipped and broke her ankle? Fluttershy didn't want to be responsible for that.
Twilight's spell teleported them inside Rarity's boutique. Rainbow Dash slithered away from them and rested on the stairs, feeling a bit woozy after being expunged from Fluttershy's innards and then teleported not long after.
"All right, girls. We need a plan." Twilight said. "Fluttershy's not going to cooperate, so we need to figure out to force her to where we can fix her." She looked at Rainbow Dash. "And with Rainbow Dash, we can start testing cures."
"Whoa, whoa!" Dash objected. "I never agreed to be a guinea pig!"
Twilight glared at her, then sighed. "I'm sorry, Rainbow Dash. You're right. Rarity, keep Dash here and Fluttershy out while I go get the rest of the gang and send a letter to Canterlot." Rarity saluted as Twilight walked out.
"So, Rainbow Dash..." Rarity said, turning to her. It felt incredibly awkward standing next to her right now, so it was difficult for Rarity to think of small talk. "What's it like, being a snake?"
Rainbow Dash looked around the room, scanning the ceiling back and forth like she had never seen it before. "Not as bad as that scene with Fluttershy made it out to be. I mean, sure I don't have any legs, but hey, I'm still alive." Dash sniffed the air. "Mmmm. You use a cinnamon-scented shampoo this morning?"
Rarity chuckled and blushed. "Why, yes, I did. Thank you so much for noticing, darling." Rarity stared in bafflement when she saw Rainbow Dash sniffing away at the guard rail for the stairs. She was even more baffled when Dash stuck her forked tongue out and licked the rail, which was just not sanitary. "Rainbow, darling … what are you doing?"
"I know. I'm sorry." Dash said, patting her tongue with her hand. "It's just … I'm experiencing so many sensations! I can smell things I've never smelled before and taste things that weren't there before!"
Rarity made a mental note to tell Twilight about Dash's sensory experimentation. She was relieved when Twilight returned, with Applejack and Pinkie Pie behind her.
"Okay, girls. I've got everyone and explained everything. Princess Celestia's going to send Cadence and my brother to help. It'll take them awhile to get here, but in the meantime, we need to think of a game plan."
"Yes." Rarity agreed before shooting Rainbow Dash a glare, as Dash was slithering towards a closet, no doubt to overly sniff it. "Fluttershy's made it clear she sees no problem with her current state as she is, so she's not going to come quietly."
"She's not?" Pinkie asked confusedly. "I thought Fluttershy was always quiet. Well, except for that one time at the Grand Galloping Gala."
"It's an expression, darling. Although ..." Rarity put a hand to her cheek. "Now that you mention it, are we even sure she's really still Fluttershy?"
"Ah think she's still Fluttershy, all right." Applejack said, staring out the window.
"What makes you so sure?"
Applejack pointed out the window, lifting the window up to let the volume in. The other girls crowded around, seeing Fluttershy out in the street. She was bent over, furiously scrubbing a towel on the ground where she released Rainbow Dash. "Oh, messy, messy, messy ..." By now, townsfolk had taken notice of her and were starting to gather to watch her work, confused as to why she was suddenly part-snake.
After a while, Fluttershy felt their lingering, confused gazes burning on her body and stopped scrubbing. Her shyness came to bear. "Why is everyone looking at me? … WHY IS EVERYONE LOOKING AT ME? GO AWAY!" Fluttershy spread her wings out and folded them over her body so that all the strangers couldn't stare. "Um, if that's okay with you?" She added uncertainly. She started slithering away, but she peeked one eye over her wings at the mess and promptly returned to cleaning it with the towel, ignoring the strangers' stares. Someone needed to clean the mess up!
"Yeah, that seems like something Fluttershy would do." Pinkie said.
"Now that that's settled ..." Twilight started, but was interrupted by Rarity yelling.
"RAINBOW DASH! GET YOUR NOSE OUT OF MY PANTRY!"
"I'm sorry! It's just – the smells! The wonderful, wonderful smells!"
While Applejack and Pinkie went into the kitchen to observe Rainbow Dash's behavior and why Rarity was yelling at her, Twilight buried her head into the windowsill.
"Oh, Celestia help us all." Twilight muttered. If she had to keep putting up with shenanigans like this, she wasn't sure how long she could hold out before she got fed up. She supposed she might as well go see what the ruckus was about it. Or was it a fracas?
"What's going on?" Twilight asked, making her way past Applejack into the kitchen. Rainbow Dash had her hands on the doors to Rarity's pantry with her nose stuffed inside, while Rarity stood by the counter, looking cross.
"Rainbow Dash, in her state, decided it would be a good idea to go pilfering through my cabinets!" Rarity explained.
"I'm sorry." Rainbow said, closing the doors. "I couldn't help myself ..."
"In her state?" Twilight asked. "Rarity, what do you mean by that?"
"Oh." Rarity chuckled nervously. "I, uh, guess I forgot to mention that whatever Fluttershy did to Rainbow Dash, she now has a new hyper smelling sense."
"Oh, oh!" Pinkie squeaked. "How hyper? Can she smell me right now? Can she smell what I had for breakfast?"
"Yeah, I can smell you." Dash waved her hands in front of her nose. "Actually, I can smell all of you. Could you, like, stand a little further apart? Your smells are all mixing together with each other, and it's really disorienting ..."
Applejack tilted her eyebrow.
"I think it'd be best to do what she says. Come on, girls. Everybody separate." Twilight directed everyone to different sections of the kitchen like a flagperson directing the flow of traffic. When she was done, everyone was at a varying length from Rainbow Dash. "Better?"
Rainbow Dash took in big sniff. "Much better. Thanks."
"Okay. If we're going to catch Fluttershy and fix her, we need to come up with a plan." Twilight said. "Before we do that, we need to know what's she capable of. Rainbow Dash, you were inside her. What happened before that? Don't leave a single thing."
"Oh." Dash looked up in thought. "I went to her house to check up on her … I saw what happened to her and said we needed to come see you, but she made me sit down and have some tea instead. Then she gave me a shoulder massage with her tail … Right. So, the first rule is, stay clear of her tail. Do not let it massage you."
"I don't think we need to worry about that ..." Rarity muttered.
"I'm serious." Dash snapped. "You need to watch it, because this?" Rainbow Dash bent over and used her arms to lift up a segment of her own tail. "This is what, three, four hundred pounds? Keep in mind, four hundred pounds that's being used to massage you. That is a lot of pressure."
"What else?" Twilight asked.
"Then … she had me look at her eyes. I told her we still needed to see Twilight, but they were just … so pretty. I just had to keep staring. So, rule two. Whatever you do, do not look at her eyes."
"And then?" Twilight continued.
"And then ..." Rainbow Dash fell silent, as the next thing she recalled was drinking Fluttershy's milk. Now that she was back in her right mind, she found that all kinds of disgusting and gross. But also kinda kinky. She had mixed feelings.
"Rainbow Dash?" Twilight waved her hand to see if Dash was still with them. "And then?"
"I … don't want to talk about it."
"Rainbow Dash, we need to know what she can do."
Dash sighed. "I drank her milk." Everyone got a confused look. Rainbow Dash clarified by beating on her chest. They got the hint.
"Moving on." Twilight said quickly. "Anything else?"
"Um, yeah." Dash rubbed her head. "It's a little hazy, but I think she got me to agree with letting her swallow me whole. Then I went down what I think were her intestines and landed in, like, a room, where she fed me this green stuff and I had … sex with these tentacles. That's the last thing I remember before waking up in front of you guys."
Twilight nodded. "I'm going to go write all of this down. In the meantime, why don't you go get some rest? You sound like you've had a long day. The girls and I will think of a plan."
"Aw, come on, Twilight!" Rainbow Dash said. "Are you sure you don't need me? You know, a little fight fire with fire?" She swung her fists through the air, only to propel her body weight forward and collapse face-first on her tail. Twilight gave Rainbow Dash something of a "I'm right and you know it" look.
"Yeah, some rest."
"I have a guest room upstairs." Rarity said.
"Great!" Twilight clapped. She nudged her head at Dash. "It, uh, doesn't have scented candles or anything, does it?"
"I can take them out." Rarity said, quickly going to the stairs.
"Okay, girls. When Rarity gets back, we're going to draw up plans. Pinkie Pie, you take Rainbow Dash upstairs. Make sure she actually rests instead of flying or something, then come back down here."
Rarity returned, holding boxes of scented decoration. Pinkie Pie guided Rainbow Dash up the stairs, helping her up when she got one of her tail segments stuck on a stair step.
Applejack went back into the living room and peered out the window. "Uh-oh."
"What?"
Applejack pointed out the window. "Fluttershy's gone. No telling where she's got off to now or where she's going."
"Mm." Twilight went to the window. "Well, at least she did a good job with the cleaning."
Rarity dumped her scent decorations on the kitchen counter. "Oh my! It's nearly time to pick Sweetie Belle up from school!"
"Rarity, we have more important things to worry about right now. Sweetie Belle will be fine."
"But the poor darling will worry herself sick if I'm not there on time!" Rarity whined. "Twilight, didn't Shining Armor ever pick you up from school when you were young? How worried did you get when he didn't show up?"
Twilight's eye twitched. She didn't want to do this, but Rarity had gotten to her. "Fine. Just … be quick about it."
"Thank you, darling!" Rarity said, quickly dashing through the door.
In the guest room, Pinkie helped Rainbow Dash onto the bed. Or tried to, given how large Dash's tail was. It zigzagged on the bed, spilling over one side and then looping back onto the bed only to spill over the other side.
"There you go!" Pinkie patted Rainbow's tail. "All nice and comfy. I guess." She smiled nervously. "Now you make you get plenty of rest! We need you to be at tip-top shape if we're gonna catch Fluttershy!"
"Yeah ..." Dash muttered like something was bothering her. "Yeah, I guess."
"Something wrong, Rainbow Dash?"
Rainbow Dash had a burst of sympathy for Fluttershy, as she now knew what Fluttershy had been going through this morning. Looking at Pinkie Pie, Dash suddenly felt hungry. Hungry and empty ... just so very empty …
"Rainbow Dash?" Pinkie asked again.
"Pinkie Pie, has anyone ever told you that you smell like sweets?"
"Duh, of course I smell like sweets! I mean, I spend so much time baking, why wouldn't I smell like sweets? Hey, what do people say you smell like, Dashie?" Pinkie turned to face Rainbow Dash, and her mind started to drain and slow. "Oh, pretty colors! … Rainbow … Dash, I … never realized your eyes were … so pretty ..."
Rarity got to the school just after the bell had rang, so she had to wade through a sea of leaving children to find her sister. "Sweetie Belle?" She called, making her way through the sea of kids. "Sweetie Belle, I'm here to pick you up! … That's odd. Usually she comes at the sound of my voice."
Rarity zeroed in like a predator, noticing Sweetie Belle's friends sitting on a bench nearby.
"Apple Bloom! Scootaloo!" Rarity called, moving up to them with purpose. "Where's Sweetie Belle?"
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo looked to each other. "Wut?" Apple Bloom said. "Y'all don't know?"
"No, Apple Bloom, I do not know. Enlighten me, if you would be so kind."
"Fluttershy came and got her."
"WHAT?"
"Yeah." Scootaloo said. "She told us that Fluttershy said you were really busy with a client tonight, so you asked Fluttershy to babysit for awhile." Scootaloo crossed her arms, jealous. "Which is so not fair, because Fluttershy is like, the best babysitter ever ..."
"No!" Rarity shouted, running back towards the boutique. "My little sister is too pretty to be turned into a snake!"
Watching Rarity flee, Scootaloo turned to Apple Bloom.
"What was that all about?"
Author's Notes for "I-I-I-I'm Hooked On A Feeling. Seriously, Call Rehab."
I kinda think that Fluttershy masters her new body just a bit too conveniently and easily. I mean, newly-converted vampires don't wake up, spend ten minutes lolling about, and then go "Rawr! Need blood!"
I was a bit hesitant to include lactation as first, as I dealt with THAT particular kink plenty in my "Poison" series. But try as I might, I just couldn't find Lactating Lamias, despite the obvious alliterative appeal.
Obviously, the chapter title is a reference to a certain song that's been playing in recent-at-time-of-writing Guardians of the Galaxy commercials. It was meant to be a reference to the addictive nature of the hypnosis, but I don't think the connection is quite as obvious in the finished chapter ...