Open World: Level Up

by BioQuill

Button Mash ran away from home, running deep into the heart of the Everfree Forest without knowing he has a near death encounter with the local wildlife he wakes up in a bed that's not his, in a building not his house, on a world not his own, in a universe he can't even begin to understand.

8. Chapter 8: The Nature of Armageddon

I huffed as I bucked a trashcan off one of the roofs, down to the sea of dead below and knocking a couple of them down. Our population has reached just shy of two hundred, meaning, officially, our settlement is a Village… and Kilpulu has to raise the rent accordingly.

We now need to send double the usual amount now a month…

"This fucking sucks…" I growled. "Of course it has to be double…"

"At least it's manageable." Parker said. "And it's not like he didn't wait. The rules say once we reached a hundred he was supposed to raise it. At least he waited until we almost reached two hundred. Besides, Loot from the nearby zones is useful, and scrap metals are plentiful."

"Which at least gives us enough supplies per month…" I said. "Hopefully we can keep this up."

"We can, and will. I have an idea. A stupid one but it's better than nothing."

"What's the plan?" I asked readily, knowing a stupid plan got us into this mess hopefully a stupid plan will get us out of it.

"We need to buy an enchanted item." He said, already walking off as I followed.

That… doesn't sound stupid, actually.

"Alright, buying an enchanted item…where does the 'stupid' part of the plan come in?"

"Several things. One, the enchantment it will have will make things both harder and easier. Second, it will likely activate the Greed Tree for you, and third, you run into anyone out there, they will try and kill you for it."

"I don't think we're getting a 'normal' enchanted item are we?" I asked nervously.

"Technically it is a normal enchantment. Rare actually. It's a Loot Multiplayer. While not illegal normally, some people use Enchantment buffs and such to make their own with ridiculously over powered variants of the normal enchantment. Like the normal enchantment gives a times two, times three boost to all loot you pick up max. The ones they make can give up to a thousand times boost to loot. So I've heard."

"Well…that would certainly be a thing to want to murder over…" I said sheepishly.

"I've personally only ever seen a times hundred and fifty enchantment, but we just need something that can give us an edge and won't horribly put a target on our backs and lets us stockpile the excess and have more than enough to pay the Chaos Guild off with."

"Yeah, any multiplier could help." I nodded.

"It won't just work on enemies you kill either. Any loot you pick up, crops you harvest, scrap metal collected, will all multiply." Parker added.

"Oh that would be fantastic." I said with a smile.

"Just remember, when we get to the place that sells them, keep your head down, lips shut, and don't talk." Parker said. "And I mean that."

I nodded.

Kilpulu used his Teleport Machine and sent us to where Parker asked. A place called Currency.

Walking through the portal next to Parker I caught so many smells. Metal. Cooked meat. Oil. Rott. Feces. Booze. Tobacco. Looking up, I saw why…

All around me were Stalls. One sold meat… Human, Elf, Dragon… Pony. If it was meat, they seemed to have it.

Another, sold items made from bone and flesh, jars of organs and limbs in unknown fluids.

Another, sold all kinds of liquor.

Another, Drugs

Another… Breeders… Slaves… Serf's…

Children…

I nearly stopped, Parker noticed, grabbing my mane and pulling me past all the…

This is a Bizarre of the Black Market Guild… where all the different Chaos Guilds can… sell their wears…

"Just…just keep quiet…everything's going to work out fine…" I thought to myself, trying not to let my boiling rage get the better of me.

We arrived at a stall that had lots of jewelry. Rings, necklaces, bracelets, pins. Hair pins. It was run by a skeleton, humanoid save the two horns in the forehead sticking out. Black flames filled the eye sockets as it wore some thin grey robes.

"Parker. What brings my favorite customer to my stall today?" The skeleton asked. It's voice was a deep, gravely sound that fit for their body very well.

"You say that to everyone Jasmine." Parker replied.

Jasmine?

"So I do. Heh. Still, question still stands."

"I need an enchanted item. Necklace preferably. Loot Multiplier."

"Ah, so you do. Well color me surprised." Jasmine the skeleton said with a tug of their robes. "I don't keep many of those in stock. Lowest Multiplier I got is a times twenty. Largest is a times sixty."

"We'll take the twenty. How much?"

"Two million rem."

Fucking what?!

Parker paid it, and the Skeleton being pulled out small box and from the box a small necklace on a thin metal chain, the item on the chain was a simple metal image of a four leaf clover.

Parker took it quickly.

"Thanks Jasmine." Parker nodded as he put it in his Assistant.

"Any time Parker. Best be running along now. That old friend of yours Irma was here a bit ago." Jasmine said.

"Fucking shit." Parker said. "Come on Button, we're going." With that, Parker and I left.

As we were leaving I heard one of the… kids, crying.

"Shut it runt!" Someone, a large male Lion Anthropomorphic yelled, kicking the cage.

"Button…" Parker said, warning in his tone.

I was trying, I really was, my right hoof having turned into the clawed gauntlet as I clawed at the ground to keep myself from bolting over there and murdering that damned lion.

In the end… I didn't have to.

The gunshot rang out, the Lion man's head turning into meaty chunks as the body fell over.

The chaos was a mix. Most packed up and left. More gunshots came out from everywhere as others were shot dead. Those that didn't flee either were killed or sat unharmed at their stalls.

When the chaos ended the gunman appeared. Well, gun women.

She was human… I think. She was a tan skinned woman with dark brown, almost black hair wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers.

She also had a large pair of wings on her back, mostly a lapis blue with silver and gold along the feathers.

She also had a halo float over her head.

She looked at Parker. "Parker." She spoke her voice was… commanding. Yet gentle. The kind of voice that when spoken with anger, ment you were in trouble.

"Irma…" Parker sighed. "Still causing trouble I see."

"At least I'm doing some good." She spat back. She then noticed me. "Who's the horse?"

"Uh…h-hi…" I said sheepishly, waving a bit. "Thanks for…murdering the Lion…I really wanted to…"

"No problem. Murdering assholes and crooks is what I do best." She said. She then walked over to the caged children. All the children, Breeders, ECT, left behind.

"All while wracking up a body count in the hundreds of thousand and having one of the biggest bounties Nexus has ever placed on someone's head." Parker added.

"I like her." I chuckled.

"Same little horse." She chuckled, letting the kids out of the cages. "Heh. Still can never get over all this." She muttered, looking at me before continuing to break open the cages.

I walked over, helping break some of the cages with her. "Names Button, it's nice to meet you." I said, now having a chance to actually help those that need it.

"Nice to meet you. So, why are you with Parker?"

"He's helping me deal with a lot of things in this hellhole." I answered. "And it's been going great."

"That's good. So he's helping people again I see." Irma said, looking over at Parker.

"I never stopped." Parker stayed.

"You stopped going on raids. Burning down Breeder Conversation Factories, looting their warehouses and stopped helping the rest of us." Irma replied.

"I don't know how you still can, after the Final Apocalypse? You still haven't found Leo."

"At least I'm looking!" Irma snapped. "Maldito bastardo. Siéntate en un palo clavado." She said in Spanish. Huh. Thought the Assistant translated all that. "... Are their children there?"

"... Yeah. A lot his… others from an off world Puritan Colony. Wiped their memories."

"I hate those racist fucks. Hate having to…"

"Am…I allowed to ask?" I inquired nervously.

"They used to be a really big problem. Puritans being the racist sacks of shit they are, engraved those ideals into their children from birth. Majority never… forget them. So, memory wiping kids from Puritan Colonies is… a regular practice. If they're lucky the kids get off this planet and get adopted or go with the Caretakers Guild. Not all leave, some… run into their parents and… don't know who they are. Lot of Chaos Guild Members and Puritan groups or members work together out of a shared hatred of us."

"Funny thing is, I'd do the exact same were I in their shoes…" Irma sighed.

"Well the Puritans can go fuck themselves." I frowned. "But I was meaning more about…Leo?"

"He's someone from the same world as her. Someone she never thought she'd see again." Parker sighed. "Leo and Irma are both like you Button. Isekai. But they arrived here… after dying."

I looked back over at Irma. The wings and halo make sense now.

"He was my daughter's fiance. I never liked him. Was really… spiteful, towards him but… in the end I was able to tolerate him before… I died. Woke up here after being dead a few years. Leo had died too. There was a really nasty lung disease going around back home and… he caught the worst of it. Survived but his body was dying anyway… got two more years with my daughter before his heart gave out. Sometime after that, we both woke up here. That was… thirteen thousand years ago." Irma said.

"And Leo has been missing Since the Final Apocalypse. That was seven thousand years ago." Parker added.

"And…I suppose your in the 'there's no body, so they could be alive' logic?" I inquired,

"He is alive, but Armageddon is a huge place. One death and your Mother knows where on this ever expanding hellhole." Parker stated. "He could be in the next zone, or he could be on the other side of the planet entirely. Most people never see one another after a respawn here."

"Well…I suppose that makes sense." I nodded. "Also considering that there's no good communication network around I suppose that also adds to the pain."

"That idiot is probably just lost in some backwater apocalypse." Irma huffed. "In the mean time I've been attacking Chaos Guild bases, freeing slaves, Pod People, ECT, you know. Stuff that hurts these assholes."

Irma left the kids and people with us, and we took them home.

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Using this enchanted necklace is fucking amazing. Kill a zombie. Drops four hundred and sixty rem. Loot a can of beans, I now have twenty. Harvest our potato crops, eight becomes a hundred and twenty!

I spend the next couple of months abusing this things enchantment on Runs. Stockpiling weapons, ammo, food, metal, anything really.

"So, Sweetie Bot and Maud are finally in the 'Mothering Button's foals Club'." Cheat said.

"Glad they're both taking this well." I said to Cheat. "Also really happy about this necklace, cause I'm getting so much stuff."

"So me, Cream, Philomena, Sweetie, Maud, your Breeders," I winced. I hated that they were often referred to as my Breeders. And after that meeting with Irma that only grew… not by much but it grew. "Only one you haven't touched yet is Diamond Tiara."

"I'll…try to fix that if she wants…" I answered.

To be honest we haven't gone on that many dates either. Mostly fitting them into our Runs, she covers me from the air, I do my thing on the ground. We make out for a while but we haven't been intimate yet.

I was checking up on Frank again. Getting twenty boxes of the Antizen for the effort of one is amazing.

I made my way up, finding a whole lot more than just the Harran Virus strain Zombies here. Green Flue Chargers, T-Virus Lickers, Devil Worm Parasite Ridden. Yikes. Those worms really freak me out…

I made it to Frank's Room and…

Frank looked… different.

He was still huge, hulking but less grotesquely so, more sleek and his torn hazmat clothing now was covering him, covered in cevillar patches and their face, now I could make out an expression on them.

He looked angry.

I used Scan…

[Mini Boss: Frank

Virus Strain: Mixed. (Harran Virus Type 4 and T-Virus Nemesis Strain)]

Oh Fuck!

"Uh…hey Frank, I see you've…got an upgrade…" I said sheepishly, donning my armor as I was readying myself to fight the new and improved Frank.

We circled one another. This new Frank was… smarter. Old Frank would have charged at me mindlessly…

After a moment he did though. Taking a run at me as I was expecting him to swing at me, only to be met by a kick to the chin and sent crashing up into the ceiling. Pulled down and slammed into the floor.

Fuck!

Immediately spikes shot out in all directions, Frank jumping back and remaining unscathed.

"He's smart Button… we're not used to fighting a smart opponent."

"I know that Cheat…this is gonna suck…" I grumbled, getting up quickly.

As I did I was greeted by a cinder block to the face knocking me for a loop before Frank, wielding the biggest wrench I've ever seen, and slammed me across the neck with it.

Crack!

I was sent flying into the nearby wall. Pain exploded across my head for a moment before… fading… shit, shit I can't move!

"He injured your spine!" Cheat yelled, a familiar feeling of them taking over and filling my being took over.

My body stood up, Cheat taking over and in our armored form opened our toothy maw, and caught the wrench as Frank swung it at us.

Pain across my neck exploded again as whatever Cheat was doing to let us move did so painful.

Creee- CHOMP!

Cheat bit the wrench in two, chewing and swallowing the metal in our mouth before I painfully felt my neck snap back into its proper place and the injury begin to heal. "You. Don. Goofed." Cheat said.

Suddenly, our whole body seemed to… melt, and attack Frank. Covering them as I felt like we were eating him from all over, until he was gone and I was back to normal, unarmored and in control.

I felt my neck, moved my body and felt… good.

Well that was all… different…

"Wow, that was really cool Cheat…I didn't know we could do that." I told her.

"I… didn't either." Cheat replied, sounding tired.

"Well…thanks for the save Cheat…get your rest." I mentally told her, not wanting her to push herself after that.

[Mini Boss: Frank, Defeated!

20,000 rem(EB: 400,000 Rem)

Attack Wrench

5 Antizen Boxes(EB: 100 Antizen Boxes)

Frank devoured.

Harran Virus Type 4 digested. Immunity received.

T-Virus Nemesis Strain Digested. Immunity/benefits received.

+30 Defense

+20 Healing Factor

+50 Endurance

+4,000 HP Bonus]

"Awesome." I said with a smile, walking over and making a new tally mark in the wall, for me and Super Frank, and one point for me.

Well, Cheat is the one who won but, same body… I'll add her name up here and… done.

With that I went back to my Run, picking a few things up and then heading home.

First things first, I need to ask Parker what's up with Frank and, given recent patterns…

I found Parker in his room, making some Healing Potions it seemed. "Hey Button." He said.

"So me and Cheat just beat Frank…but uh…he was a Mini Boss somehow." I said carefully. "And he was really mad."

"You have noticed all the new Undead strains right?" He asked. I nodded. "The longer people stay or settle in an area the harder Armageddon makes it for them. Nothing unrealistic mind you, but odds are Frank will get some more upgrades and more powerful infected will show up with each day. The bright side is that the loot will also get better."

I nodded, remembering Frank dropped a lot of stuff the enchantment multiplied by twenty.

"Yeah…it was strange…though we did devour the T-Virus Nemesis Strain and Harran Virus Type 4…though I'm surprised at the bonus we got from the Nemesis Strain…'

"It was made to create super soldier bio weapons so, not that surprising." Parker shrugged.

"Well…considering me and Cheat are now immune to it's negative effects…think if we keep devouring Tyrant's and Nemesis class T-Virus infected we'd continue to get stronger?"

"Yeah." Parker nodded.

"Cool." I nodded "So yeah…Frank is now Super Frank, and I'm concerned about what's about to happen next…question, due to my…" I gulped a bit. "Slavery skill…am I allowed to take control of Mini Bosses?"

"You can if your will exceeds their own. In the end that's all that skill tree comes down to. Battles of will against whatever and or whoever you enslave."

"Right…" I said carefully. "And considering how quickly Frank kicked my ass and…broke my spine, that's not gonna happen any time soon."

"You can build up to it. Start with more aggressive monsters and then eventually you can try it on Super Frank. Saw a guy once not that long ago actually. Little before I found you. He managed to enslave SCP 106. Now that was incredible."

"Who and what?" I inquired. "I'm…not versed in the SCP's, mostly just the more common stuff like 999, 682, and Malo." I said, lightly blushing at the last one cause…damn was there a lot of porn for the skull headed doggo.

"106, the Old Man. Can walk through walls, secretes a deadly toxic corrosion that can melt and rot anything. Organic or not. Loves to cause pain and torture. Drags it's victims into a personal pocket dimension where they are tortured extensively, dying only because the Old Man gets bored or because your death causes his true victims more pain. Preferably targets children to young adults mostly. Can appear at any time, anywhere. Basically immortal."

Okay yeah I didn't need to sleep for the rest of my life anyway…

"Goodbye sleep, I hardly knew yee…" I whined, comically sob laughing at my future of no sleep.

"He is weak to certain things. Electricity, very solid matter and matter in a constant state of flux."

"Well…good to know." I nodded. "I…don't have Electricity and I'm not fast enough to do that 'flux' state…I think I should be very solid from all this nonsense."

"Relax. Majority of the really bad SCP monsters have long since been collected or imprisoned again. Only a handful still run around free and we're nowhere near their territories."

"Oh thank god." I sighed thankfully.

"So, with that out of the way what else did you want to talk about?"

"Well, is Frank going to start hunting me down or is he stuck in his spot?"

"Mini bosses rarely leave their spots. You'll be fine."

"Cool." I nodded. "So, any other curve balls I should be worried about?"

"It's Armageddon. It would be shorter to list off what isn't considered a curve ball."

"Well…will we be meeting Irma more? She was nice." I said honestly.

"Don't know." Parker said, a hint of annoyance in his tone.

"Is it alright if I ask what's going on between you two?" I inquired.

"It's a bit of a long story." He said.

"I'm sure we have the time." I said honestly. "Or do you want to shorten it?"

"Well, as you know, she's Isekai. Got here after dying back in her home reality. It happens, she spent those early years just getting used to everything. At some point she spoke to the Time Walkers, and learned she'd meet her family again on Armageddon. But only when it was made safe."

Armageddon? Safe?!

"She was a mother, three kids were already grown but she loves them, back before she could watch over them from the afterlife. Here, she has no idea what's going on with them. When she arrived on Armageddon she was quick to join the cause, making huge artificial safe zones for people to live here right. We were in the same unit. She was never a fighter before coming to Armageddon, but she took to it like a moth to a flame. Like she was always a soldier. Some years later, she found Leo, her son in law. He wasn't much of a fighter, but had a natural talent for magic and learning the environments on Armageddon.

"After the Final Apocalypse happened, and Leo was respawned to parts unknown, she tried to rebuild everything. Still is. I… didn't."

"What happened?" I asked carefully, wondering why he decided to stop trying to rebuild.

"I went looking for my husband." Parker said. "I found him… he was turned into a slave. Prize Pod People aren't the only ones who can have their profile data removed… erased…"

"O-oh…" I muttered. "I'm…I'm so sorry…"

"Irma took them in. He lives in one of her settlements up north. When I found him there was just… nothing… nothing but that damn flash of green and black… I haven't fought against any of the chaos guilds since. I'll help people, sure…"

"But you'd rather not…experience that pain again." I sighed.

"I've lost a lot in my time, but… when James was taken from me like that… I just couldn't fight. Not like before…" Parker sighed. "It's why when I found out Cheat was pregnant I'd help more directly. Losing James felt worse than any form of death this planet can throw at me… I don't want anyone else to know that pain. Especially not when kids could risk losing their parents."

"I…I understand…" I nodded. "I…couldn't imagine losing any of my family…"

"Hence the training. I couldn't stop them from taking my home, my people and my family. So, I'll try and help stop them from taking yours."

"Thanks Parker." I nodded. "It…it means a lot."

After that I went to the recently built Sniper Nest where Tiara was with her new favorite rifle, Baby.

"Hey Button." She said once I was up there next to her.

"Hey Diamond, how you doing?" I asked with a smile.

"Good. Just keeping a Pegasus eye view of things."

"That's good." I nodded. "See anything interesting?"

"Two Chargers fisting each other." I started at Tiara for a while. She then broke out laughing. "They just punched each other a few times before wandering off. Was worth saying to see your face."

"Okay, cause I was gonna say." I chuckled. "So anyways, I killed Frank but…he's now a mini boss."

"Your favorite zombie got an upgrade?"

"Yeah, and he is pissed." I chuckled. "But with Cheats help we…turned into a giant slime made of teeth and ate him."

"Damn! Sounds… terrifying." Tiara said. "Hence why I prefer distance." She said, tapping a hoof to her rifle.

"I know, that's why I'm up front making sure you stay in said distance." I nodded.

"How's Cheat doing then? Did the fight drain her?"

"It did, mostly with what she did to help me beat Frank…don't know how or why it happened but it did."

"Well, at least you came back safe. So, any plans for our next date?"

"Not really considering the things going on." I said honestly. "While we're safe on money and supplies…there's more danger coming towards us…"

"Like?"

"Well, mostly just the whole 'this place is getting overrun with upgraded and much stronger zombies'..."

"I noticed. Compared to when we got here a month ago the hordes have grown and gotten more diverse. The others are raising the walls more since some can climb and jump. Fucking Hunters…" Tiara huffed. "Even with your special item, everyone is gonna need weapons, armor, ammo of they need it."

"Which is what I'm trying to do…and while I'd like to head to Khorne's Realm again and stockpile a lot of the things we need…it would cause too much attention…" I sighed.

"I was thinking maybe see if other settlements or villages could help? If not then there are some places of value we passed on our way here that would be really helpful."

"Well…I don't know of any other settlements or villages, but what other places do you have in mind?"

"While we traveled we passed a lot of military checkpoints, various government bases and such. Sweetie Bot and Scootaborg should have tagged them all in their Assistant Maps. Once we got to the American states they also tagged gun stores and such too. There are a scary lot of them around."

Well, expanding to outside this one state to search for loot and supplies will be useful. Plus as the village grows into a town. Then a city. Would be useful. Especially if we can get some automated defenses…

"That sounds like a good idea." I nodded. "Hopefully we can get some good stuff or find some decent people."

"Mei probably can fix the ship, or at least make something that can get us airborne so we don't have to worry about driving through swarms and such."

"That's fair." I nodded. "So we got a plan for all that…just can't think of a date…"

"I was actually thinking maybe we could go out and loot/trash some fancy hotel or shopping mall."

"That sounds fun." I nodded with a smile.

We were off immediately. Tiara above me as I ran across the roofs, we soon came across our first target. A fairly large Hotel 6. We got in through the roof door and cleared the hallway, then room by room.

There weren't many infected, thankfully, and the first floor was completely cleared.

We then got to examining each of the rooms. Most had random luggage, the basics. Mini fridge with some candy, water/soda. TV on the wall.

"Looks cozy." Tiara said as she was taking the mattresses and pillows/blankets.

I forget huge items store in the Assistant to sometimes.

"Sometimes I forget that the Assistant's are video game bags…" I said sheepishly.

"To be honest, so do I." Tiara chuckled as she put away all the furniture and such of the room and bathroom before we moved to the next.

This one seemed like it was used by a hoarder. Bags and bags lined the walls, some holding food or clothes.

"This is a neat room." Tiara said.

"Well, at least it's semi organized for a hoarder…" I brought up.

"That is true… huh…" Tiara said as she looked around.

I opened the bathroom to find a small stash of weapons, some guns, knives, a few rounds of ammo and a good stockpile of TP. Huh… this doesn't feel normal…

"So…is it just me, or does this feel…wrong to you?" I asked. "Like…we might be looting someone else's place…"

"I think it is." She said, the patio holding a propane grill and some small tanks. "I think this is a Travelers Camp."

Right. Parker mentioned some people who constantly travel set up or stay at for rest, restock some stuff or leave other things.

We left that room alone, figuring it best for whoever else might need the stuff to take it later.

We eventually cleaned out and left the Hotel 6 and I actually smiled at our next destination. This is the mall Cheat and I crashed into when we got here. I remember being terrified.

I chuckled. Little over a year on this planet and so much has changed.

Walking back in I was looking around, Tiara taking shots at the infected that showed their heads-

"Button, look!" Cheat called.

I saw the now fully dead bodies of a unicorn and Pegasus corpses Tiara had just put down.

"Pony infected? Haven't seen any of them since we got here…" I brought up. "Want to absorb them to get the wing's and horn?"

"Heck yes! One Alicorn Button Mash coming up!"

Cheat took over for a quick moment, devouring the two infected pony corpses and after a moment I felt… huh. Don't feel all that different. I looked to my sides, seeing two folded brown feathered wings there.

Tapping a hoof to my forehead I had a horn now too… huh. Cool-

[Pegasus Race Acquired!

Unicorn Race Acquired.

Prerequisites Complete! Alicorn Race Acquired!

Race Magics for Earth Pony, Pegasi, and Unicorn specific magics have doubled proficiency as an Alicorn.]

The notification said. Ah cool! So this is going to be-

"What in the…" I turned to see a slack jawed Tiara looking at me. "I was gone for three minutes…"

"Sorry…" I said sheepishly. "But ya know, Cheat loves her brains." I tried to joke.

"Huh…" Tiara said as she walked up to me. It was there I realized I was also much taller. Before I was just a few inches over them all. Now I'm a whole foot taller than her. She circled around and before I could say anything dropped onto my back. "Your wings are so beautiful!" She said, suddenly chewing at my new appendages.

My new wings spread open immediately and a feeling mixed of relaxation during a gentle massage and… well, almost similar to another feeling of relaxation I get after strenuous activity.

"Oh…so this is what a wing boner feels like…" I blushed brightly at the sudden new sensations.

I heard Tiara chuckle, finishing up what she was doing to my wings before flying up and off me. "I was preening them." Tiara said with a chuckle. "But yeah a lot of ponies or creatures with wings find the process both relaxing and arousing."

I looked back at my wings. They didn't look all that different save a sheen of almost gloss like shine to them now.

"Well, thanks Tiara." I said with a smile. "Though it's going to be really annoying to figure these thing's out…and this…" I gently tapped my brand new horn.

"It shouldn't be all that different than using your existing telekinesis spell." Tiara said.

I thought about that, figuring I might as well give that a try. I focused, managing to light my horn, my magic aura being a neon lime green color and it wrapped around a bloody shoe, picking it up like my usual telekinesis spell does. Huh. Cool!

Well at least I have that. Might actually end up learning more spells later.

Tiara and I continued along the mall. Looting basically everything and nothing.

I gave guns a try. Holding them in magic made aiming a little bit easier, aim is still shit but now I can levitate the thing near them and shoot. So, Tiara gave me a simple pump action shotgun, showed me how to reload it, told me the ammo was chambered for twenty gage, and let me kill a few infected with it.

I still prefer punching and slamming into my targets but at least now I have some range.

"Well, at least I have some range now, though I still like punching people." I commented.

"That's fair, but now you can stock up on ammo and maybe have an easier time against Frank." Tiara said.

We walked into a bookstore and Tiara flipped through some books. "So… wanna make out for a while after this?"

"I'm sure it'll lead to more than just 'making out'." I teased, knowing things tend to get a lot steamier with my many girlfriends.

"Heh… yeah… um… as much as I'd like that… I… don't want to risk getting pregnant." Tiara said.

Oh… OH! So that's why she doesn't let it get more intimate. Fair, I guess someone had to draw the line and… yeah including the… Breeders… I've gathered a lot of kids…

"I mean, maybe someday but I'd rather not be a mom so soon…" Tiara said.

"Sorry." I said sheepishly. "Just…considering everything going on and…well, being in this hellhole…I can understand why you wouldn't." I said honestly.

"I know it didn't stop the others but I just don't feel ready or qualified to be a mom. So… if we do… do that, it will be… mouth and wing stuff only." She said with a blush.

Wing stuff?

"Um…so, new to Wings and…dating someone with wings…so…what Wing stuff?" I inquired.

Tiara smirked, picking up a book with HER WINGS, tossing it up and catching it, her feathers curling and folding almost like fingers before she tossed the book back on the shelf. "Do with that knowledge as you wish."

It took me a few minutes to pick my jaw up off the ground, and to get all three parts of me at attention to relax. Damn wings not helping…

When we left the mall Tiara was helping me start flying, basic wing control and such. I could flap and get a little off the ground and even glide, but landing often left me face planting in the pavement.

It made running across the roofs way easier though. A jump and a glide and what room half an hour to run and jump across took about five minutes.

Once we got back home Tiara gave me a kiss goodnight and went to her room.

I headed towards mine only to bump into someone.

"Hello master!" Lilly said, her snake tail end wagging excitedly as the rest of her… lower half had grown due to her pregnancy. While the concept of modesty was lost on all the breeder girls rescued from the Chaos Guilds, I managed to at least get them all to wear long, admittedly loose fitting shirts that at least covered up the majority. She eyed me with those same eyes, filled with nothing but a love and lust she had forced into her by horrible people doing worse than brainwashing. I already knew what she was going to ask. It's what they all always ask when I see them. "May I service you right now master?"

I sighed, walking over and giving her at least a quick nuzzle. "I'm fine Lilly, how was your day?"

"Oh! I breastfed the infants for most of the morning, then Miss Philomena had me help her prepare the ingredients for dinner, and then I spent the last few hours remembering the last time I served you, and then I waited here for you for the last hour in hopes to serve you again." She said.

I sighed. The others are all basically the same If I were to ask them. If they're not taking care of the infants or being asked to do something z they sit around, remember and fantasize about me and pleasuring me.

To some that's a dream come true, but that's not a life for them… they aren't living…

"Have you…actually figured out anything you like to do besides thinking about me?" I asked carefully.

Lilly's confusion at my question genuinely hurt to see. "Why would I like anything other than you Master? You're my everything. I have no need for any other interests or likes."

How many times had they all said that, or some variation of that response to me?

We can teach them to cook. To clean. To care for themselves but teaching them about hobbies, likes, interests… it's like trying to teach a rock to swim…

"There's other things you can do than think about me." I frowned. "Believe it or not, I'm not actually all that special, you have so many people you can be friends with, hang out, learn to like something, it's…it's…it's honestly not that hard Lily…"

Her ears folded down, her tail stopped wagging and she looked like she was holding back a panic. Oh crap! "Have… have I offended you Master?"

Crap! Have to remember not to sound annoyed or disappointed or… mad, especially mad, at them. Any of that from me to them, or if they interpret my wording as such, then they go into a full on panic attack that puts them in a manic depression. Then I actually have to screw them. It's literally the only thing that snaps them out of that, otherwise they refuse to eat or anything of their own… little, free will…

"You haven't offended me Lilly." I said, wrapping my hooves and brand new wings around the saddened Breeder.

"What… what can I do to satisfy you Master?" She asked, still looking sad but not on the verge of panic.

"Cuddles sounds nice." I said softly, though noting that she was doing a bit better when I accidentally got upset with her last time. It was…thankful improvement, even if it was just a little bit.

"Cuddles? That's when you touch me but not use me for sex while using my breasts as pillows yes?"

I blushed… admittedly I did do that. Few times I haven't I woke up using them as pillows. Swear she and the others put my head there…

"Well…yes…" I answered. "Cause sometimes just…being next to someone important to you is fine, doesn't have to be sexual…just sharing warmth and being there for each other." I explained carefully.

"But, can't it also be sexual? I exist to pleasure you Master." She asked.

I sighed. Pulling myself closer to Lilly to hug her. Whoever you were before… I'm sorry…

"And I want you to be more than that…" I said sadly. "You're important to me, you shouldn't…just be this…"

"Why would I want to be anything else but your disposable sexual plaything?"

I cried, silently as I took Lilly to her room and cuddled her…

I swear… if I find whoever did this to her… to all of them… I'll… I'll… eat them alive…

---

"Seems you finally unlocked Greed." Parker said, looking at the new Dark Skill Tree. "Wrath too. Good, good."

"And…what'll that do for me?" I asked, a bit groggy as I didn't have good sleep from…all that with Lilly.

"Well, Greed in certain branches can make you like… well, like a Dragon I guess? Basically the more you have that is yours the more you can… take, or earn from others. It's a bit of an odd Tree. Wrath, that one will go very well with your Berserker skills." He said. "Easiest will be Greed to grow first. What's it say to achieve the first Ability?"

"Well…let's check." I said, going to the Greed Skill tree to find the first ability. "By the way…do you know who…does the whole…Breeder thing?" I asked carefully.

"Breeders are largely done by the Chaos Guild Lust. They focus solely on making people, either through Profile Wiping, Birth, Synthetic or test tube clone vats of people and imprinting them to be nothing more than loyal sex toys. Other guilds do so too but on much smaller scales. Lust specializes in it."

"And where can I find Lust?" I asked.

"No idea. Their… factories are hard to find. Back in the day I only ever raided one Lust 'factory' and it was a fucking shit show. Was basically a brothel where the Breeders were knocked up, gave birth and the kids were forced into physical adulthood, mentally and profile imprinted to be Breeders."

They… right out the… those kids never had a…

I punched a hole through the wall.

"There…will be nothing when I'm done with them." I growled, in such extraordinary rage I didn't know what to do with it.

"Angry?" Parker asked with a raised brow. It was rhetorical, I knew, I just looked at him with clenched teeth. "Then I guess we should use it while it's fresh."

"Where?" I asked.

"It's not a Chaos Guild Factory, or wearhouse but I know a lot of Puritan Colonies that could use a good purge."

"Fine…where?" I asked, wanting to know where I can let out this pent up rage.

It was a short portal away to an area filled with odd red crosses and humans all with the same color skin.

Apparently this Puritan Group was just as racist and biggoted as the pony one I slaughtered a month ago, only rather than feeling superior just because of their race, they also felt that way because of some boast religion and the color of their skin. It made no sense to me and I did not care.

The slaughter began.

I started first with the ones who fought back. Police. Soldiers. All of them tried but with Cheat as my armor and my anger, most were killed, eaten, killed and eaten.

They fired guns. Cast magic. Called me slurs. Said their god would judge and punish me for this. All were silenced.

Once all those were killed, next came the stragglers. Trying to run and hide. Pathetic. They begged and pleaded for mercy, and it made me laugh as I tore them to gore and chunks.

Parker rounded up the young and the infants. I continued my hunt, finding my new target. She was slow. Laughably so. I didn't even need to run to trip her, pinning her down as-

"Button no!" Cheat suddenly took over. Backing us off the woman… the… pregnant… woman…

I… but, was she…

"She's not a threat… Breathe, Button."

"How does it feel?" I asked the Pregnant woman as I took a deep breath. "Knowing that your 'Purity' means nothing, and that you were saved by your unborn?" I growled, still fueled by rage but knowing shouldn't…no, I wouldn't hurt a Pregnant woman…I'm already stooping so low as is…

She said nothing, crying as she managed to stand up and tried to leave, only for Parker to appear in front of her. He snapped his fingers and she was out cold.

He caught her quickly and laid her back down. "Looks like she and a few others are the only ones I found pregnant who didn't escape. Kids and infants are all rounded up."

I looked down… feeling that sense of dread I felt back at the Pony Puritan colony.

"What…what did I do?" I asked, feeling tears start to well up. "Oh god…what…why…"

"Wrath." Parker said simply. "And more you let rage guide your actions the more it makes you feel… nothing. In combat it makes you the perfect killer, because so long as you are filled with anger, Wrath will shut down your emotions."

"I…I hate it so much…" I said, starting to cry as my emotion's had to come to grip with…the literal genocide I just commited…again.

"It's going to get worse. The longer it's used the harder it is to hold or get pulled back. Odds are, this," He motioned to the sleeping pregnant woman. "Will happen again and you won't stop in time. And on Armageddon, she won't respawn pregnant." I felt so sick… "Which is why, best course of action for you right now is an ability perfectly suited for such an event."

"But…but…" I shook my head. "What do you have in mind?" I asked, trying not to let my crippling sense of doubt and regret beat me at the moment.

"It's actually a mix of a symbiote and an ability. One of the symbiotes I put in you links your stomach and womb. It's commonly found in certain… species native to Armageddon. The hosts it's normally found within can't convince naturally, so the host finds a pregnant prey, devours them and the unborn, and the symbiote takes the… material, remakes it into a youngling unborn form of the host. The ability you'll need to keep that unborn their normal species and such is in Greed, called Second Mothering. It will make sure the… unborn, reforms as their original species in your womb when the Symbiote does it's job."

I threw up.

"What the fuck!?" I shouted in horror.

"Would you rather eat the mother and the unborn and them not be their original species? Cause with that symbiote in you, that is an option. Also makes sure your womb can properly stretch and house all the… possible young."

"I'D RATHER NOT BECOME WORSE THAN THESE ASSHOLES OR THE CHAOS GUILDS!" I roared, so unbelievably fucking done with this. "But no! Why should I have a conscious and try to be a decent living being when I can just…throw caution to the wind, not have a single god damn care in this entire fucking existance when there's absolutely no consequences!? Hell! YOU GET FUCKING REWARDED FOR IT!"

"The Dark Skill Trees are not rewards Button. Far, far from it."

"How? Cause unless there's some hidden clause I'm unsure about, there is literally all upside to the Dark Skill Tree, even if it's deplorable and awful…"

"... Ask me something Button." Parker said. "Ask me why you think the Welcoming Committee exists? Why things like contraceptives are basically nowhere to be found here? Why despite Mother's Sons, Daughters and fucking Time Walkers have never found the leaders or main bases of any of the chaos Guilds?"

"Because this place is extremely fucking big, as far as I've heard it's about as big as Homeworld, the Welcoming Committee exists cause some people are just assholes, the contraceptive thing…again, we're on a place called Armageddon, certain thing's are probably not going to be found easily…and again, this place is so god damn huge filled with god know's what that it would be extremely difficult to find even one person in this giant mess?" I asked.

He sighed, kneeling down and looking me right in the eyes. "Why is there no access to the Realm of Dreams here then?" I tried to think of something. "Why, despite everything trying to kill you does things like food and weapons come in steady supply? Why do you think the Chaos Guilds call this place home?"

"I…don't know about the Dream thing…I barely understand it as is." I admitted. "And…the other thing…well, I just assumed it was a Hazard Zone or some giant Dungeon that…just spawn's in food? It's each world ending scenario…I mean, let's be real here, if this place was Apocalypse, then why is there just a simple Zombie Infestation cut off from a literal war zone infested with Demons, Blood, Iron and Heavy Metal?" I brought up. "I'm sorry…I barely know anything here…hell, it's only been…what? A year or two since I originally got to this reality?"

Parker sighed again. "How much do you know about The Family?"

"They're…like, the originators of all this? The first Family…either literal or metaphorical I don't know, and they're the biggest and strongest group around…and there was talk about the war so they don't fight anymore or often." I explained with my minimal knowledge of them.

"Now let me ask you… is evil necessary?"

"Well…if Evil wasn't, then why are there Guilds about being a Bad Guy?" I inquired. "I mean…that counts right?"

Parker stood up, looking down at me. "Armageddon is sentient."

I blinked. "Uh…what?" I asked in surprise.

"The lack of contraceptives, the excess of Prize Pod People who spawn here. Why zones don't blend or merge. Easily anyway. Why there is always ammo, food, means to survive despite everything here trying to kill you. The addition to infected types not native to here, Frank changing, heck it gave them the name you picked!" Parker stated. "This planet is alive, it wants more people to live on it, either born or trapped."

"That's…that's really weird." I blinked. "And…that also makes sense…I just thought it was a coincidence that Frank got his name."

"The reason it's Alive, why there are no Safe Zones, any even why Chaos Guilds and evil thrive here, boils down to an old legend."

"And…what's the old legend?" I inquired.

"Back in the early days of the war, before the All Maker showed up, The Family gained a new member. A sort of… copy of the original Nexus founder. He helped them take down his original, and the All Maker. Afterwards, his twisted nature and ways became too vile for the new creation. The Family gave him a place to make and keep all his cruelty and evil nature to thrive. In exchange, he had to be the warden for a prison, where The Family kept all their memories and the echo's of all their most powerful enemies."

"Oh…" I blinked. "That's…wow…"

"That's one of the legends as to why Armageddon exists. It's also the most accepted. Explains the Dark Skill Trees existing here. Why such actions are rewarded, how such… evil, can exist here. Some say it's also how the Chaos Guilds were founded and thrive so well here. Home to one of the Sources of Evil of The Family."

"One of?" I asked worriedly.

"Within the Family there is said to be a group who maintain and control Evil within Creation. The Mother of Monsters. The King of The Void, The Reflection of Evil, The Admin of Fear, and the Legion of The Damned. Supposedly the first four are the heads of maintaining evil within Creation. The last one serves them. Rumors say they were foolish souls who served them in exchange for power, and after death they serve them like the damned souls they are."

"Well…that…makes sense I suppose." I said carefully.

"My point is, that this world wants to keep you. And the only way to stay alive in this world, to protect the ones you care about is to become a monster, or worse."

"Well…that sucks…" I frowned. "Is…that why rescues are practically nonexistent?"

"It's why the few that do come here either end up stranded or never find them. Armageddon will literally throw obstacles and such in their way to waste their time or lead them away from where you really are. Like it or not Button… you and your family are likely never getting off this planet…"

"That…fucking sucks…" I frowned. "Well…I suppose the idea of getting working Wifi on this damned ball of danger is a lot better of an idea don't ya think?"

He chuckled. "There are ways, yeah. But still, you have a choice to make." He sighed, motioning to the still sleeping woman. "What will you do about her and the others?"

"I…" I growled and punched a hole through a wall. "I hate how my first thought…my very first god damn thought was 'well, the Slaver tree still exists'..." I sighed.

"Either way, it's a danger to leave her here. It's unlikely anyone from here will make it back, if we don't take her or kill her and you take the unborn, then some other monster will."

"So…gonna have to take her in…" I shook my head. "Gonna be annoying as shit if she starts being up in arms about her 'purity'...ugh, this fucking sucks…"

"I can always wipe her memory." Parker offered. "Like the foals from the Pony Puritan Colony, the kids here were going to get the same treatment. For the adults it will be a bit more difficult for them to adjust, especially since she and those others are pregnant."

I was conflicted… as if the foals back in town would talk to me, though most still had… a flinch or tense up around me. Memories are gone but the emotions are still there, and they don't know why. I know it's not much better than the Chaos Guilds… it really isn't, but… they at least get to still be who they want. They aren't forced to do or be anything they don't want…

That doesn't help me feel better though…

"I still hate this…I hate all of this…" I shook my head. "Do what needs to be done…"

Parker nodded, picking the woman up and taking her with us to where the kids and others all were.

He performed the memory erase on them, and began to loot the place.

While he did I sat here watching the magically sleeping people.

"Well holy shit." I looked up, surprised I saw Irma there. "And here I thought Parker stopped doing raids on assholes."

"No…this is all me." I sighed. "Parker saw I was…oh how do I put it?" I wondered. "I was…Extremely, Earth Shatteringly, Unreasonably Fuck Ass Mad both at the Breeder's situation and…the entirety of the Lust Chaos Guild." I explained. "Parker just…pointed me in the right direction with all that rage…he saved the kids and the pregnant women at least."

"That is part of the code. When raiding enemy strongholds children and pregnant women are to be secured and collected. Sounds bad but the alternatives are they grow up to be evil racist assholes or become Breeders, Slaves, Serf's, and no it doesn't get easier."

"I…suppose that makes sense." I nodded.

"So, this your first time attacking a Puritan colony?"

"This is my second…I killed an entire Pony Puritan Colony…" I sighed.

"I imagine that sucked, them being your own people and all."

"That's part of it…the other part was…commiting genocide…" I sighed. "Stupid Dark Skill Tree…"

"Yeah. Those are terrifying."

"Yes…yes they are…" I sighed. "And I hate it so much…and I hate it more that I have to use it all…"

"At the end of the day we all eventually unlock it. Fact of life on this floating rock of hell." She said, kneeling down next to me. "We all just need to learn to live with it."

"It fucking sucks, and I hate feeling like a monster…" I sighed.

"Not much I can say except to find what helps make it easier." Irma said. "I remember the first raid I was on when I got here. Felt like shit for months."

"I have no time to fully process." I said. "Cause I always have to do something else to make sure everything and everyone is alright…"

"Funny. That's how I deal with it."

"It'll only work so long…I just hope things will get better…" I shook my head. "But it's a bit rough when the place want's us to live here but also want's to murder us…"

"Yeah. But, seeing your home thrive, people smile and happy, it does make the pain of the deeds we need to do to ensure that happiness and safety easier."

"I mean…yeah…" I sighed. "I still hate…the Breeder's situation…" I said sadly. "That's what…mostly caused this bout of ungodly rage." I shook my head. "I just…I want them to know there's more to life than me…it's not that hard, even if they're stupidly hardwired to it…"

"That's not really possible. Yeah, you can teach them to cook, fight, survive, things those Chaos Guild assholes never put in them, but… they only really do it because they think it makes their Master happy with them."

"So…there's no point in even bothering?" I asked sadly. "Again…makes me wonder…what's the point…" I sighed, hating all of this so goddamn much that I couldn't even help those right in front of me.

"Because either they're with us, safe, happy and cared for, or with someone who will beat, starve, basically rape them and sell off the kids. Or worse. Maybe one day we'll learn how they do this and be able to reverse or remove it, but until then, we save every one we can."

"While that's all fine and dandy…" I said, trying not to cry as I remembered how…hurt they are because of all this. "I…I just want to help…but I can't and it's…it fucking sucks…"

"You already are helping them. Treating them like people is doing more good than you think."

"Treating them like living being's is…well, a lot better than what the Chaos Guilds would do…"

---

"And… this is for fun?" Lilly asked. She was holding a book. Thankfully she could read so, I figured maybe a hobby of reading can help her. I know Irma said she'd only do it cause it would make me happy, but it's better than her always waiting around for me to come home and do stuff to her.

"Yeah, there's a lot of different genres of books that you can read and enjoy." I answered.

"What is it about?"

"Well, that's for you to figure out." I said, knowing it was a simple fantasy book to start her off, something called 'Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'. "Cause it's…a journey you go on mentally, imagining the thing's happening in said fantasy story."

"Uh… okay." She said, opening to the first page.

I sat there and watched her read. So far, ten minutes in and she's still reading.

"How are you liking it so far?" I inquired.

"It's okay. I like to imagine you as all the characters." Yeah that tracks… "And the bad guys as the others."

… Wait what? Others?

"What do you mean by 'Others'?" I asked carefully.

"Well, the main bad guy it is some giant dark lord, so I imagine them as Beth. But in armor. And the little Shmegal, I imagine as Cream."

Huh… so she's Jealous of the others it seems? Even the other Breeders. Guess it does make some sense.

"Why are you jealous of the others?" I inquired.

"Jealous? What does… that mean?"

"Well…there's multiple definitions for it, but I'd say your feeling envy over me being with the others." I said carefully.

"Oh. You mean like feeling a little mad when you're rutting Cream or Philomena or Maid or Sweetie? Yes, I get mad. A little, when you're bedding them and not me…"

Well… at least she's honest…

"Why?" I inquired. "If I may ask." I added, not believing I'm trying to be a psychiatrist here.

"Because I'd like for you to do all those things to me Master."

I'd face-hoof but I actually expected that answer…

"Let's…go with a hypothetical here…" I said carefully. "What if, now trust me on this and go with this line of thought, what if you didn't think about me as the center of the universe, and we use this book as a sorta…test, to see if you're able to see more things than just me…do you think that's possible?"

"... Uh… I don't understand?"

That time I did face-hoof.

"Come on Lily, just work with me here…" I sighed. "What do you not understand?"

"Why would I not think of you Master?"

"Because there's more to life than me." I answered. "I know you are a Breeder, and I know who you were was literally ripped away from you to become…this…but you have to actually look around and realize 'wow, there's some really special thing's out here that isn't Button'."

"But… you are special to me Master…" Lilly said, actually making me look at her in surprise. "You're my everything. I live for when you speak to me, for when I get to touch your coat, for when you tell me what to do and you say I do a good job, my heart races with happiness. And when you bed me, I feel like my existence is complete." She said, rubbing a hand along her lower snake half growing with the babies in there. "These children are a gift from you to me and I want to have so many more with you. I want to always be carrying and raising your children, to always be with you in every way, sexually especially but I love every moment I'm with you Master, because I love you with all my being."

That answer… was a surprise. While yes that sounds nice it's… it was still forced on her. It's like someone took Lovers Class and… dialed it up to a ten. I mean, Cream and Philomena still have interests, likes and dislikes and don't obsess, but I have to admit that's kinda… sweet? Agh… why does this have to be so complicated?

I sighed, hugging the poor hybrid. "I…just wish things were simpler…"

"How so?"

"All…this." I motioned. "You not having your entire being erased just to be some sick pleasure slave…me not becoming a monster because of this horrid world…" I teared up. "I….I just want to go home…"

"Is this place… not home?"

"I know being 'home' is with the people you care about, your family…but…" I sighed. "I miss Equestria…I miss mom…my old home world…hell, I wish I was back at our home in this dimension…I…I just hate Armageddon and how everything's so complicated…it hurts…"

"... I don't hate it. Because, I met you here. My wonderful Master who took me in and gave me chores to do, children to raise, and attention I enjoy."

I shook my head, hating how she'll never understand. "It hurts that there's…so much you will never understand because of what was forced on you…"

"Do I need to understand for you to love me like you love the others?" She asked. "I know you… like me, at least, but you never look at me or the other Breeders like you do Sweetie, Maud, Cream, Philomena and Cheat. If I can understand it, will you love me like them Master?"

"I…can try." I said carefully. "Cause I don't want you to be upset, cause you're still important to me…"

"It makes me happy to hear you say that Master." Lilly said, her tail tip wagging a little. "I want you to love me like you love them. The same way I love you."

"I know you do Lilly." I said, lightly nuzzing the hybrid girl. "And thank you for…wanting to understand."

"To make you happy Master, anything." She said, giving me a hug that put my head right between her breasts. "So, what do I need to do Master?"

"Well…first, you need to understand some things." I said.

"And those are?"

"Well…first is the whole…Breeder thing." I said carefully. "That's…kind of the main thing that…you're not fully understanding…"

"What do I not understand about it?"

"Well…it's that…" I sighed. "You were forced to be this way, the actual person that you were before is…gone, and was replaced by…this." I motioned. "This mentality of a slave…that there's nothing more to life than whoever you love…and while I'm glad that I'm the one that grabbed you instead of some terrible people…"

"So… I used to be someone else but now I'm not?"

"Basically." I said. "You were a Lover Class Prize Pod Person as far as I know…but then, when you were out…Chaos Guilds took who you were, and erased it…" I sighed. "And they replaced who you were with…being a Breeder…any of your likes, dislikes, personality, or just literally anything that didn't involve what you're currently going through as a Breeder was wiped from existence…all so you could be nothing but breeding cattle and nothing else."

"And that's… bad?"

"Before I answer that, what would you consider 'bad'?" I inquired.

"Uh… hmm… well, being ignored, told I'm not doing things right, and not being around my Master."

"Alright." I nodded, which all made sense as I thought about how to proceed with this. "Now…I know this might be sad…but imagine that everything about me, everything that I am, and that you like about me…was taken away, gone forever and replaced with something that isn't me, even though I'm physically the same."

"Oh. Um…. I'd be sad, cry, what replaces you?"

"What would replace me?" I asked. "What replaced you originally…just a Slave that's at the beck and call of their Master, with absolutely nothing to them other than this single blind feeling to follow them and not question why…to not be able to enjoy anything other than what makes the Master happy…" I explained carefully. "Do you understand?"

"Uhm… I… think? Hmm… so… what I am now is not good because it's not who I was… but, I don't remember who I was before because of what others did to me…"

"Exactly." I nodded. "And…it's also bad because…" I sighed. "Do you trust me Lilly? Cause I might say something you might not like…"

"With all my being Master."

I took a deep breath. "It…it honestly hurts me to know that you'll…probably never be able to understand thing's besides 'I'm here to make Master Happy'...I know you gave that wonderful speech and…and I'm glad you care that much…but it's infuriating to know that you'll never be…more." I said carefully. "That you're just…stuck as a slave, thinking everything's alright as long as I'm okay and happy, thinking that life isn't important when I'm not around or upset…it…it hurts me to see what horrible thing's those damned Chaos Guilds did you to and all the other Breeders just for some sick satisfaction…" I shook my head. "I'm sorry if this upsets you…I…I just want to help you see the world the way me and the others do…that life is more than just me and only me…"

She was quiet for a while, still holding/hugging me against her. "I… don't know if I can see the world like you and the others… I actually don't think I even want to…" She said, petting me from head to neck. "I can try and learn and understand but I don't think I'll truly accept or believe it. I can't be who I was, someone I never knew or met, but maybe who I am now can still be as good?"

"That's all I can ask for…is for you to try and understand. You don't need to be your 'old self', I just want you to know that there's more here…there's things you can learn to enjoy without me being apart of it…it's why I wanted you to start reading, as a hobby in case you're ever bored or just want to do something if I'm not here."

"Then… I will. I'll read and try other things. But I won't stop thinking of you, or wanting to make you happy. Emotionally or physically. Even if my life for you was forced into me because of others, giving it to you makes my world have meaning."

"Alright Lilly." I nodded, gently kissing the floof noodle fey. "I'm glad you're willing to try, it means so much to me to hear that."

"Thank you Master… um, if I may…" She said, kissing me back and laying me on the bed and resting on top of me.

---

I have to admit, Lilly taking a bold move like that was… nice. Maybe she won't be fully free, but she can at least be less… less of the Breeder Lust turned her into.

Gonna be one heck of a job to do the same with the others…

I was walking through the village and bumped into someone I wasn't expecting. The pregnant woman I… almost killed.

"Oh, um. Hello?" She said. "You're Button, right?" Parker erased her memories, leaving just her name and the memory she was, well, pregnant.

"Yes, I'm Button." I nodded. "Who are you if I may ask?"

"I uh, had a favor to ask." She said. "Can we talk… privately?"

"Sure ma'am." I nodded. "Anything you want to talk about I'm all ears."

We walked into one of the nearby buildings. "So, I was hoping when I give birth you'd… take my baby."

"Well…" I started, a bit surprised at her decision. "Are you sure miss?"

"Look I… I know you and Parker… did something to me. I know you aren't Chaos Guilds and I also know you aren't bad people, but ever since I woke up something has been nagging at me to leave and… I can't take a baby with me out there. And I know, odds are once I do I'll get killed and respawn but I just can't stay here. Everytime I see you this mix of hatred and fear washes over me and I don't know why."

"I…understand…" I sighed. "I know it's weird…just want to make sure you're fine with this."

"I'm sure. My baby will be safe here, I know that. I don't really know what I'll do out there but whatever is telling me to leave I can't ignore it anymore."

"I understand." I nodded. "I'll make sure your child is safe and sound."

"Thank you Button. I know that odds are when I leave I won't see you again, but if I do, the names Eve."

"It's nice to meet you Eve…how long until…" I motioned to her big baby bump.

"Any day now. Month at the latest but I doubt it. Little one has been kicking a lot so, probably soon." She said, holding her baby bump.

"Alright." I nodded. "Got a name for them?"

"Well, no. Not really. Tried thinking of one but I don't know or remember if it's going to be a boy or girl so, I guess once they're born you can name them."

Two days after our talk, Eve went into labor. Gave birth to a baby boy I named Fry. Still been watching those Futurama CD's and I don't know many human names anyway.

Three weeks later, Eve left, taking a rifle and some basic supplies.

Fry has been a fussy baby, apparently he's allergic to certain cloths and plastics so we've been careful in his bottles, blankets and clothes.

The one taking care of him was Jackie, one of the Den Mother's we bought from Lust.

She doesn't talk much, but replies when spoken too, takes care of the babies with the same care and attentiveness as Philomena to hers. Den Mothers really are something.

"Hello Master." She addressed me as she was nursing Fry. "Are you in need of service?"

"Just wanted to make sure you were doing well, and Fry was doing well." I answered. "How are you doing?"

"I am well." She said, using her free hand to rub her own baby bump. "Our unborn are also doing well. They will most likely be born just before winter."

Right. Winter. First time, well, last year, I was pregnant with Power Up. It was cold, but the best part was that the infected didn't do well with it. The cold. Well, most didn't. A few powered through but much less than normal.

"Alright." I nodded. "Have you tried…doing anything while I was away?" I inquired, hoping she was managing to try something else like Lilly is.

"Do you mean aside tending to the babies?"

"Yeah, like any hobbies or stuff like that?" I asked, feeling like Lily might have told her fellow Breeder's the thing's I talked to her about.

"Nothing catches my interest." She stated. I've noticed Jackie was kinda like Maud. Personality wise anyway.

"Hmm, well, has there been anything that was to your liking other than me?" I inquired.

"Nursing the babies." She said, taking Fry off her nipple and burping him quickly and gently.

"Well…anything other than being a Mother?" I inquired. "Like reading, writing, video games, working out?" I asked, trying to figure out something she could be doing that isn't just…the usual.

"No. Not particularly."

"Hmm…" I hummed. "How are you doing with all the others?"

"I keep to myself mostly. I haven't spoken much with the others outside of a passing hello or thanks for my meals."

"I'd at least give conversations a try with the others." I said honestly.

"I… don't like talking with other people…"

"Any reason for that?" I inquired, not really knowing much about Jackie and hoping to fix that.

"It makes me feel… uncomfortable."

I walked over and sat down next to Jackie. "Is it because you're nervous about not knowing what to say or is there something else?"

"I see other people, not you Master, and they make me feel… terrified."

"I suppose you just have social anxiety." I said, having read up on some mental books in my spare time to try and…at least help the Breeders and other's through some things. "Being with people you don't know can be a bit terrifying at first…but they're all friends and family, and they won't hurt you."

"I…" She stopped, some tears forming before she spoke again. "Please don't make me Master…"

Oh crap! Okay that… that isn't normal!

"It's alright, it's alright." I said quickly, grabbing the Den Mother and hugging her. Well, as best I could. She is like four times my size. "It's going to be okay…I won't force you…I promise." I said softly, gently rubbing her back with my wings since that was the only thing that could reach back there.

"Thank you…" She sniffed, using her free arm to hold me and give me a kiss. "I know it's unbecoming of me to beg this of you Master but…"

"Hey, hey, it's alright." I said softly. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"I don't know what to say." She admitted. "I just… the idea of talking to, or being around others… being touched by anyone other than you just… it makes me feel such… fear. I don't know why. Nursing the babies and caring for them doesn't trigger it, nor does the thought of you and when we…" She rubbed her belly bump. "That was all fine but… Miss Philomena once touched my fingers when she gave me my dinner and… I nearly dropped the plate I got so…" She sighed, tears streaming lightly as she spoke. "I don't know why it happens."

I had a strong feeling I did… those all sound like… PTSD symptoms… of constant abuse…

"I'm…I'm so sorry Jackie…" I teared up. "I…I can't even imagine what you've been through before you met me…"

"I don't remember what it was. Until you pulled my blindfold off, it was like being asleep."

I wracked my brain at what could have happened, cause it sounded like they weren't mind wiped…until I thought of something that…made me oh so furious…but I hid it for Jackie's sake. "Don't worry Jackie…your safe, and you will always be safe. I promise."

"Thank you Master." She smiled, sniffing as she wiped her tears away. "Could you stay for a while?"

"Sure." I said, gently nuzzling the Den Mother. "I'll stay here with you."

She quickly put Fry away into his crib, and laid next to me in her bed.

I did nothing aside from comfort and kiss her through the night. The next morning I let Philomena and the others know about her issue and went to Parker to confirm my theory.

"Yeah, it happens a lot." He admitted as he was organizing the town armory. "They are all on display and 'testing' is actually encouraged." He said.

"I fucking knew it…and I hate it even fucking more." I growled. "When I find Lust, not even the Mother can help after I'm done with them."

"Odds are the ones from Lust and the Market all have PTSD to some degree like that. Even though their minds were asleep, their body and subconscious remembers."

"And I hate that even more." I frowned. "I'm…I just don't know why she's okay with me…even with me being her…master…"

"If I were to take a guess her Subconscious gave you a special exception given how you treated her. Those first weeks before you finally slept with her you kept her safe and comfortable, you made her happy so, she feels safe around you and you alone. Being her Master on top of it is helpful to, as you'll be the only one to actually help her."

"Right…" I said carefully. "Well…good to know I made a good enough first impression…just…want to try and…slowly ease her into talking to at least one person soon…not too fast…"

"I'd recommend getting her a pet. You know, help with her emotional state around people. Between a pet and you she might actually be able to speak a sentence to someone with enough time."

"Yeah…" I nodded. "Kinda sucks that…the closest thing to a pet I can find are mostly zombie animal's or…ugh, Lickers…" I shuddered at those creepy bastards. "Unless you know someone that just…somehow sells pet's around here."

"A few yeah."

"I'm…not surprised." I sighed. "What pet do you think would be best?"

"Well, she is a Den Mother Dire Wolf so, a dog would probably be offensive. Maybe a guinea pig or bird?"

"Well…that would work." I nodded.

"Maybe find a book of animals and ask what she'd like to have as a pet."

"I'm sure we have one around here." I nodded. "I'll see if there's anything she wants."

I managed to find a basic kids book of animals and went back to Jackie. She seemed very on board with the emotional support pet idea and flipped through it.

"Hmm… well, this one looks good." She said, pointing at the picture of a snake.

"Want a pet snake?" I inquired. "Well…that should be fine…" I hummed. "What kind of Snake do you want?"

"I don't know. What kinds are there?"

Probably way more than I remember from Equestria.

"Well…there's probably a lot more than back on Equestria…" I said, trying to think of what could be a good pet snake. "Honestly…first time trying to get a pet believe it or not…"

"Would you consider getting a pet yourself Master?"

Huh… a pet of my own? Closest was a wild pigeon I'd feed during lunch back in school.

"Well…I suppose getting myself a pet would be a good thing." I said. "Closest thing was…a wild pigeon but it probably just hung around cause it knew I gave it food…"

"Sounds like a good opportunity." Jackie said with a smile.

"Alright…so I'm gonna be with Parker trying to find a good pet…or figuring out all the races of Snake here…"

I gave her a kiss and left with Parker.

Honestly I was expecting another market or something like that. Exiting the portal, I was greeted by a town…

The whole place was covered in snow and the frost in the air sent chills under my coat.

"Welcome to Frost Pit Button." Parker said as he led me through the makeshift town made of stone, metal, and ice structures.

"Alright…" I started. "I didn't expect…this to be honest."

"Not everywhere and everyone I know is associated with the Chaos Guilds. Give me some credit." He said, leading me to a large metal and brick building. The sign was simply painted on, reading 'Bestiary and Pets'. Following him in, I was greeted by someone who appeared to be made from literal rock. From head to toe and he, at least they looked like a he, had coals for eyes.

"Parker, long time no see." The rock being said.

"Yeah. Been a while Gro." Parker said with a nod. "This is Button Mash. He wants an emotional support pet for his… new girl, and something for himself."

The rock man nodded, seeming to get the hint. "I see. Anything in mind then?" Gro asked me.

"My…new girl want's a Snake…and I don't have anything in specific at the moment." I explained.

"I see. An emotional support snake. Hmm… I might have something for that. You can browse while I go get them."

With that Gro walked off and I looked at all the display pens. There was the basics. Dogs. Cats. Fish. Turtles. Birds. The further back I got the more diverse it got. There were pigs and ducks, cows and… woah, so that's what a non-Equis Horse looks like… huh. Little weird but eh.

As I walked I was coming across some odd ones. Giant snails. Huge two legged golden birds that looked like a way cooler ostriche. Mini elephant.

Towards the back most area of the building I spotted something that nearly gave me a heart attack. At first I thought it was the corpse of an elderly human man, the decomposed body left there… then its dead eyes turned and looked at me. Holy shit it's that-

"Wow, he's still here?" Parker asked as he walked up next to me.

"What the fuck is that?" I asked worriedly.

"That is a variation of SCP 106. More commonly known as the Old Man, but this guy goes by Dug."

Dug?

"Huh…didn't expect a…simple name for…someone like him." I motioned nervously. "So why is he here?"

"From what I've heard he used to be a sort of pet to this one girl long before I was born. She used his unique portal abilities and pocket dimension to raid Chaos Guild bases and warehouses. She was taken by the Time Walkers long time ago because of Madness and Dug just wandered til he came to this town some… think they said it was seven hundred years ago, freaked everyone out but one of the older residents remembered him and he's basically just been here since. Doesn't need to eat or sleep, just sits around. Think he misses her."

"Well that's…kinda sad." I admitted. "But good to know…"

The 106, Dug, had his dead looking eyes linger on me for a time before moving his head back and resting with his head laid against the wall he sat against.

Considering the horror story Parker told me of this things other versions, seeing one that is both friendly and depressed is kinda… weird.

"Alright, I got the perfect pet for your girl." Gro announced as he approached us. On his head was standing, yes, standing, a tiny green snake like creature with two little legs and two little arms/hands. I recognized it as the Pokemon Snivy. "I know she don't look like a proper snake but should she evolve she'll look more like one. Got a full arsenal of moves to help ease people. Heal them or hold them down."

"Where'd you find her?" Parker asked.

"While ago some travelers were in town. One had sold me this little one, she had a lot of creatures with her and said the little one was better off here than on the road." He picked the Snivy off his head and put them down before me. The little grass snake Pokemon looking up at me with some curiosity.

"Hi there." I smiled to Snivy.

"Sni." It replied with a nod.

"So, how much?" Parker asked.

"Eh, five hundred rem and she's yours."

As Parker paid him for the Snivy I looked back over at Dug the 106 SCP.

I'm not gonna lie, his looks alone terrify the crap out of me, but his abilities would be invaluable to the town.

"How much for Dug?" I inquired.

Gro chuckled. "If ya can move him he's yours. Half the time he's scaring the piss out of the animals. Other half it's the customers."

I nodded, walking over to the SCP. Carefully I gave them a tap with my hoof. Parker said this one secretes a harmful decaying acid but oddly Dug didn't seem to do that, given my hoof was not burning or rotting off from where I touched him.

"Hey there." I said softly. "Can you talk?"

It's eyes moved and looked at me, but it didn't speak anything. Guess it can't.

"Need a friend?" I asked softly.

It's eyes moved down, unsure I think. After maybe half a minute they sighed, a small portal opening on the floor. Dug stuck his hand inside and pulled out a photo. It was old and worn but it showed him and a woman that looked human, red hair but with cat ears and eyes as she was petting Dug as he seemed to be asleep on her lap.

"Oh…she was…more than a friend huh?" I asked softly.

He shook his head, but kept looking at the photo. So he can understand me. That's good at least.

I tried to think of what to say next. "Here, can you write?" I asked, pulling out a notebook and a pencil, a growing habit of keeping these things on me.

Again, he shook his head, but took the pencil and I saw why. His hands shook rather violently holding the pencil. Almost like severe Nerve Damage.

"Mind if I?" I asked carefully, having taken some skills in Scan due to all the night runs and many others telling me it's a really good skill to have.

They nodded and I used Scan on them.

[SCP: 106 Entity.

Variation: Recreation.

Threat Level: 4

Titles: 106, The Old Man, Dug, Old Timer, Failure]

I blinked, finding that off as I tried to figure out how or why he looked like he had nerve damage.

[Scan Level 3 Complete.

Entity appears to be a recreated variant of the original 106 SCP entity. Entity in question appears to have purposeful mutilation to the nerves in the hands, removed vocal cords and an Esper Immune metal skull coating. The entity has the base powers of the 106 SCP entities, portals, intangible at will, teleportation, demi-god strength, speed, endurance and regeneration (not applicable to the purposeful physical mutilations) but lacks the Corrosive Acid of other 106 entities.[]

"Huh…that's…weird." I frowned. "Did…someone do this to you?"

They were still for a while, but nodded after a minute.

"I'm sorry if I'm asking hard questions…" I said softly. "I…just want to understand…and to maybe help you through…all this."

He looked back to the old photo in his hand. Slowly he put it back into the portal, and when he pulled his hand back out an equally old letter was there that he gave to me.

Using my new unicorn magic, I lifted it up and opened it.

[If you are reading this, it means Dug is all alone and I'm long gone. Likely due to Madness.

I'd like to say firstly that thank you for not attacking Dug on sight. I know his looks can be terrifying but he's really just a softy.

My name is… was, Jess. I found Dug in a Chaos Guild laboratory here on Armageddon. I knew he wasn't like the other 106 monsters that were running around the place back then and causing mass death and pain. Dug was… scared. Terrified. Like Breeders, Slaves and Serfs he was once a person. Who, I don't know, and neither does he. All he does know is that I rescued him and like a lost puppy he followed me around and soon helped me in raiding their bases and warehouses.

He's not violent but he will protect you if you treat him well and care for him like I have. He's mentally around the age of a ten year old and through the years it hasn't changed much. He's easy to please but also easily hurt like a child so, if you do take over caring for him, remember that.

If you are going to take him in and care for him, he likes picture books, ice cream, skittles and just about any toy really. He does have an extreme hatred for spiders and roaches I've noticed. One of the few times he attacks something on sight.

Thank you for looking after Dug, whoever you are, and however long Dug has been alone, which I hope isn't long, I hope he has a good home with you.

Sincerely, Jess. Era 1, March 12, 73,946.]

"Shit, that long ago." Parker said, reading the letter from over me.

"That…is a very long time ago." I said sadly, gently handing the note back and gently wrapping a wing around the poor kid, feeling really sad for him.

Dug seemed to enjoy the hug, putting the letter away too.

As a show of good faith I pulled out a box of skittles I had in my Assistant. Candy being a fairly common find on my runs.

I gave them to Dug and he happily tore the lid off and swallowed, not ate, not chewed, swallowed them whole and once the box was empty he dropped it into his small portal and closed it.

[New Ally Acquired.

Dug-106

Class: Tamed Monster.]

Well, that's good. Huh, he's a tamed monster? Makes sense.

"Alright, now let's get out of here and…hopefully thing's get better." I said simply. "And…I'll try to figure out how to get your injuries healed up…"

"Is he able to portal us back home?" Parker asked.

Dug stood up, a large portal of black tar like liquid opening behind him as he motioned for us to follow as he walked in.

Guess that's a yes.

The inside of Gus's pocket dimension was dark, various toys, picture books and bits of trash floated around as we walked down a seemingly brick hallway. We soon reached a wall where another tar like portal waited.

Walking through that we were back home… woah.

That is incredibly useful. I gave Dug another box of Skittles as thanks.

I let Parker show Dug around while I brought Snivy to Jackie. She loved them and Snivy seemed to like Jackie. Specifically her fur.

"Thank you so much Master." Jackie said, Snivy nuzzling into her fluffy, fuzzy neck.

"Your welcome Jackie." I smiled warmly. "And uh…if you see Dug…I know you're…going through things, but he may look like an old man…but he's just ten." I said softly.

"I'll try and keep that in mind Master." She nodded.

Before I left she gave me a kiss and… a very unique quickie before I was set free.

Well… that is definitely a… do again sometime.

Well, two helped, a lot more to go… I smiled to myself. As long as their lives are made better.

---

Next up was Beth. Her room had cribs with the babies she was nursing, all sleeping soundly as she sat on her floor mattress, a small doll in her hands that she was looking at intently.

"Hello Beth." I whispered, not wanting to wake up the many kids.

"Oh Master!" She yelped, thankfully quietly. "I didn't hear you come in." She said, rapidly pulling her long shirt off and spreading… wow that was… different. Lilly and Jackie asked if I needed… that, she's assuming that is why I am here…

Not a good start to this…

"Beth…why?" I asked softly.

"So you can use me and have access to each hole and my breasts for your amusement. Or are you ordering my butt today?"

She is way more direct than Jackie and Lilly were. Not a good sign…

"I'm here to talk to you about important things." I said carefully. "Not…this…"

"Oh…" She said, almost disappointed as she closed her legs and put her large shirt back on. "What do you wish to discuss Master?"

"Well…about you." I said softly. "I talked to Lily and Jackie, trying to help them…and now I'm here to help you." I said softly. "But…mind if I ask why you were staring at that doll intently?"

She looked around for the doll, finding it landed by her pillows when she… assumed the position, and picked it back up. "I like how it looks." She said.

The doll itself was one of those old Raggity Ann Dolls, blue button eyes, one cracked and chipped in the corner, long red thread hair, and wearing overalls with a flower shirt and black shoes.

I gently moved over and sat down next to her. "What do you like about it?"

"I like the dress." She admitted.

"How so? Is it because of how it looks, or how it was made?" I inquired, wanting to see if there was more to it here than I originally though.

"Uhh. The looks." She answered.

"Sorry if I'm being a little…weird with the questions." I said. "I just want to know more about you, and you holding the doll and telling me these things helps a lot."

"Well… I also like that it looks like it comes off and apart easily should you want to fuck me."

I face-hoofed.

"Ugh…" I grumbled. "So…why are you…a lot more forward with your 'needs' than Lily or Jackie?"

"I exist to service you and your needs Master. Why would I be subtle with my purpose in life?" She said so matter of factly I think my jaw fell off.

"Wh-what?" I asked. "You don't just exist to service me…there's more to it than just…being with me." I said carefully. "If that was the case…than why did you want to be with all the kids?" I asked, finding that small bit weird considering how readily she wanted to be bred when she wanted all these cribs and infants around.

She rubbed her belly, a small bump, admittedly smaller than the others, barely noticeable was there. "I can do both." She said. "I… like children. Whether I birth them or not is irrelevant to me. I just want to be a mom indefinitely."

Well… that's… uh… I have no idea how to respond to that.

"Uh…huh…" I muttered. "You…want to be a mother…is that why you're so eager?"

"Yes." She said, picking me up, to my surprise, and laid back on her bed with me on top of her. "I want to always have babies to care for… and babies growing inside me." She said, her tone growing very… sluttery. "And whether you put them in me or give them to me to raise, I will love them as much as I love you Master~"

"Isn't…there something else you want to do?" I asked nervously, noting her tone and worried that her need to be a mother might get out of hand.

"I'm looking at something to do~" She cooed as she planted a kiss on my muzzle.

"Is…that actually why you liked the doll?" I asked. "Because…it feels like a child to hold for you?" I asked, even though I kissed her cheek to give her some attention.

"Hmmm… maybe a little." She said, kissing me back as I felt her hands… explore me.

"I'm…trying to have a serious conversation here with you." He said softly. "I want to help you be…more than this…"

"Why would I want to be anything more than your baby mamma?" She asked, kissing into my neck now as her hands reached my-

I yelped, flapping off as she has grabbed the boys. At that moment one of the babies began to cry and soon the others did too.

Immediately Beth got up and took them all in her arms and gently rocked and eased them, so going a soft lullaby as she did.

The display was a complete 180 from the mood less than ten seconds ago, but Beth looked so… happy, holding those babies. As they all finally began to fall asleep again she gave each a kiss on the head and carefully put each child back into their cribs.

"I…see." I said softly. "You…really like being a mother."

"It's all I care for Master." Beth said as the last of the infants was gently placed back into their crib. "Carrying them to term. Holding them. Nursing them. Playing with them… watching them grow. The idea makes me so happy and excited, but… also so sad…"

"Because…it doesn't last forever?" I inquired. "They'll eventually grow up…"

She nodded, a solemn look as she did. It was gone however as she turned to me, smirking and giving me a seductive wink. "Which is why I hope my Master keeps my fat with them or give me many orphans to raise." She said.

I sighed. Well this is what makes her happy but damn it it's not gonna be all she's gonna do… and I think I know just the hobby she'd enjoy. After all, majority of moms take up knitting while pregnant. At least mine did.

"So…hey, I have the perfect hobby for you to take up." I said readily.

"Hm?"

It didn't take long to find knitting supplies, fabrics and such as well as a few beginner books on it. Before she began that though I upheld my end of this bargan… and rutted her. It admittedly lasted longer than what I wanted but… shit she is good…

Once that was done and we were both tired, sweaty, and satisfied she gave me another kiss before picking up the books and reading them over.

I rested and watched just to make sure she actually went through with it. Also because all feeling in my crotch was sore/sticky/happy.

After several hours she eventually had the beginnings of a basic crochet scarf being formed in all blue yarn.

I smiled. "Now you can start making all the things you want for the kids…and good choice with a scarf, Scarf's can always be used no matter the age."

She smiled, giving me another kiss. "Thank you Master." She said, kissing me again. "Please do visit often?"

I chuckled. At this rate I'll be sleeping in a different bed each night.

"I'll try and visit." I said with a smile, getting up after I got some feeling back.

---

Before visiting the next girl I went on a run to stretch my legs and test out Dug's teleporting. I asked Sweetie about where some of those notable locations were and once I told Dug it was through the portal, down a short walk in the pocket dimension and suddenly, I'm in India where I see an army base. More of the common Harran infected than a mixed hoard, tanks, jets, a large truck labeled Ammo. Another labeled Medical, and a huge propane truck.

Clearing the infected was easy. Getting the loot was easier. Dug literally pulled all the useful trucks and boxes into his pocket dimension and when we went home, it was all there in town.

I gave him five boxes of Skittles and some toys I found as a thank you.

I was now on my way to meet up with Karla who, in the looks department reminded me of Pinkie Pie, with her all pink and curly fur, bright blue eyes and Thicc chubbiness that was a mix of adorable and sexy…

She was also the one with the largest baby bumps, looking bigger than Philomena did when she was pregnant in the later term.

When I opened the door to her room she greeted me with a surprise kiss. "Hi Master." She said with a smile.

"Hey Karla." I said warmly. "How are you doing?"

"Good." She said, rubbing her large baby bump. In the room I saw the babies she was taking care of all in a baby gated area, a fluffy blanket on the floor as they were either sleeping or crawling around and playing with a few baby toys. "Are you here for servicing?"

"No, I'm here to talk to you." I answered. "I've been going around to…help you be more than just…the Breeder part."

"Oh. Uhm… well, what do you wish for me to do?" She asked as I entered her room.

"Well, I just want to talk and learn about any…likes and dislikes you have." I answered simply. "Cause so far I've done this with Lily, Jackie and Beth, and have helped them a bit through it."

"Okay. Well… I like being pregnant. Being around you. Tending to the little ones. Sex with you. And… uh… I like movies."

Okay thank The Mother something I can work with easily here!

"Movies you say?" I asked. "What kinda movies?"

"Oh all kinds. I like them all. But the ones I like the most I usually save for watching once the little ones are asleep at night." With that Karla walked over to a box full of DVD's and she pulled one out. "This one I especially like." She handed the movie over to me.

It was the movie 'It'. Specifically one ported from VHS to DVD. I remember watching this movie with Cheat when we were first here. She shrugged it off. I can never look at sewer drains the same again.

"I remember watching that…and uh…I destroyed one too many sewer drains…" I admitted sheepishly.

"Really? I didn't think you were scared of anything Master." She said, putting the video back in the box. "I mostly watch horror movies when the babies are asleep. During the day I have some cartoon movies or DVD sets playing for them."

"That's fair." I nodded. "Why do you like Horror movies?"

"They make me feel… excited." She said with a smirk. "Like, I know with where we live and all it's kinda silly to be watching horror movies but at the same time it's thrilling to watch the suspense."

"Ah, yeah that makes sense." I nodded. "The suspense, the tension, and all that."

"Yeah. It's super fun. Just wish I had more." She frowned. "Or maybe some spookie books or spookie games! Then we can sit and watch, Fuck and watch, oh it would be amazing!"

I'm gonna look passed the fact she wants me to screw her while watching a horror movie cause otherwise it's a nice idea for a date.

"I know we'd be watching a movie, but don't you think it's a little ironic that you want to do the dirty during a horror event?"

"Why not? Imagine how tight I'll be in a super suspenseful scene~" Karla said with a wink.

The fact I can and am imagining that and got aroused by it shows I'm getting way to used to these girls Breeder stuff.

While I won't lie, it all sounds nice, getting her games and books would be easy enough, as well as more movies I hope this lets her enjoy much more than just me… actually, the fact she has been watching these movies shows she is. Me being around is just gonna be a bonus for her.

"Well…I'm sure I could find some thing's around…" I said carefully, trying not to show I'm getting horny by the thought.

"Yay!" Karla said, picking me up and giving me another kiss. "Thank you Master, it's gonna be so much fun!"

I left Karla's room with a promise to being her a haul of horror and scary books, movies and games and surprisingly, no sex this time. Though I'm guessing she's saving it for when I return with the haul.

I chuckled, shaking my head but all in all happy at least one of them so far found a hobby on their own.

"I suppose this…erasure isn't as perfect as I first feared…" I said with a smile, feeling like there's been some cracks in this logic and there might be something's still around from their previous personalities.

With that I trotted over to Grace's room. She had a nice sky blue fur coat, naturally short and was also, you guessed it, pregnant.

I did have to sleep with them all to prevent them having a major panic attack.

I opened the door to her room and spotted her on the floor, blankets under her and the babies she was taking care of asleep next to her as she was also sleeping with them on the ground.

Well, at least she's on blankets.

I smiled softly, gently tip-hoofing closer to Grace and laying down, gently putting a wing over them to act like a warm blanket for her and the babies.

She immediately grabbed me, tucking me between her massive breasts til only my muzzle poked out of them all and continued to sleep.

She kept sleeping like that for two more hours before she finally woke up when one of the babies made a fuss.

"Hmmm? Oh, come here swee- Master!?" She yelped as I finally pulled myself out of her cleavages grasp.

"Hi there." I said with a smile. "Also…I now have confirmation that you all pull my face in your breasts when we sleep." I chuckled.

Grace blushed as I pulled the rest of me out of her torso boobs and was finally freed. "I'm sorry Master. I'm a heavy sleeper. Sleeping with the babies like this helps me wake up when they need me and I will admit I place them between them too if it's a little cold."

I nuzzled Grace warmly. "I understand." I said softly. "So, I'll let you help the baby." I said, taking a step back to let her help the fussing baby.

"Yes Master." She said, picking up the baby, giving them a diaper change, feeding then burping them before putting them back on the blankets where they continued to crawl around, now wide awake. "So, did you satisfy yourself while you were in there?" She asked, feeling between her breasts.

"I didn't do anything of the sort, considering I originally wanted to put my new wing around you and the baby as a blanket." I answered. "But I'm here to talk."

"Talk about what Master?" She asked, quickly putting on her large cover shirt.

"Well, I've been going around to my…many Breeders, and wanted to talk to you all about…well, you." I said. "The thing's you like, dislike, any hobbies you can do…and so far, I've been pretty successful seeing you all smile with this."

"Oh. Uh… likes and dislikes. I like… sleeping…" She said with a blush.

"I can tell." I chuckled warmly. "If I was tired, it would have been a very comfy rest."

She blushed harder, and a certain smell in the air told me I was getting her aroused. "I, well, should you desire to rest , my breasts and body are yours to sleep upon or… with. Master."

"Somnophilia…never thought I'd possibly do that simple kink before…" I muttered. "So, besides all that, what else do you like to do?"

"I, well… I enjoy looking at the clouds through the window."

"That's nice." I nodded. "Cloud watching is nice and calming."

"I also enjoy music." She said. "Once one of the people outside played some loud enough for me to hear and I thought it was quite lovely."

"Oh, that's good." I nodded. "Ever thought of playing or just listening?"

"I don't know. I'd definitely like to listen to more music, but how would I play my own?"

"Well…I would probably have to find an instrument for you if you do want to play…then there's books and…hmm…" I hummed. "But that's for later. What kind of music do you like?"

"I don't know. I only heard the one song and it wasn't that clear, but it sounded very nice."

I nodded, bringing up my assistant and putting on some music that I downloaded onto it cause when you can put the CD's into it, apparently it could also act like a pseudo MP3 player which is awesome.

As I played the music Grace listened with a smile as each song played. Song after song, album after album she seemed to love them all. She especially seemed to like country, pop rock, and some hip hop. I ended up giving her the CD's and a CD player I had in here I forgot about.

She thanked me with a kiss and some… fun time with her breasts.

Apparently having her breasts be fondled, touched, and used as sexual playthings is a major kink for her.

As I left her I could hear the sounds of some of the classical CD's in that collection play through the door, and it made me smile. Should probably get her a few of each instrument to try out. Who knows, she might be a musical prodigy.

"So far so good." I said with a smile. "Maybe…there is a way to reverse it…even if it's minor thing's…"

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Another day, another chat with the Breeders- okay I need to think of another name for those girls cause calling them Breeders all the time is de… peopleizing? It's insulting.

As I thought of a different thing to call them I came up to Meg's room. I remember she had very dark blue fur with black stripes. She was only slightly smaller than Karla In the baby bump department last I saw…

Opening the door to her room I saw her sitting at a desk, pieces of what I think were once a toaster were carefully taken apart and placed near one another.

In a basket next to her sat the only baby she was taking care of, sleeping soundly wrapped in blankets as she eyed the toaster parts with an almost calculative gaze.

Alright… might have another Karla case here…

"Hey Meg." I said softly to not wake the baby.

"Hello Master." She said, looking over and at me. "Would you like me to blow you?"

It took so much willpower to not choke on air.

"No, not today." I answered. "I wanted to see what you were up to, cause it looks like you already have a hobby or a personal interest in something."

"Oh this?" She asked, pointing at the toaster pieces. "It broke, and I wanted to know why." She said simply.

"Figure anything out?" I inquired.

"This is broken." She said, picking up one of the heating coils. It was burnt out and ruined.

"The heating coils, yeah they look pretty bad." I said. "Hmm, wonder what happened?"

"I don't know Master." She shrugged as she put the broken heating coil back down. "I want to fix it but I don't know how…"

"Hmm…" I hummed, not really knowing how to fix thing's either. "Well, maybe I can find a new heating coil?"

"That could work." She nodded. She got off the seat she was on, gently picking up the basket with the baby and putting them on the desk after moving some of the parts around.

She then picked me up and kissed me and carried me onto the mattress.

"Whoa there Meg, you excited?" I inquired to my suddenly needy mate.

"You are here in my room~" She said, her tone of voice suddenly very different as she purred with lust. She put me on the mattress and began pressing her body weight into me. "It's been so long my master~"

This is… not what I was expecting nor saw coming. She was fine then suddenly… this!?

I tried to defuse this quick, but she kept locking her lips onto mine.

I tried using my magic to get her to calm the hell down and get off of me so I can figure out what the hell is going on.

That managed to keep her off me, unfortunately she's heavily pregnant and still like three times my size so my hind legs were pinned under her still. At least now I can talk to her.

"Oh Master? Bondage?" She asked with a moan.

What the Fuck did someone flip a…

Oh shit was she programmed with a switch when they did this to her?!

"Oh my god…" I muttered. "Meg…look at me, look me in the eyes." I said. "Do you remember what we were talking about before?" I asked carefully, already appalled by what the hell they did to her.

"Sex!" She proclaimed, trying to push through my magic restraints on her.

The sudden shift there broke something in the box spring.

Sweet gods above she's not in control at all!

"Shit shit shit! What do I do without upsetting her or just plowing her brains out!? I WAS DOING SO WELL! EVERYTHING WAS GOING FINE BUT NOOO!" I mentally screamed. "Meg, please stop! You're going to break the bed and we don't want that."

"I do~!" She said, putting harder against my magic and pushing more of her body on me.

Crap!

In a panic I threw a blanket at her.

Then silence… she didn't move for a while… "Master?" She asked. Her voice sounded… normal! "Are we on the bed? Why is there a blanket on me?" She was about to pull it off but I used my magic to keep it on her. That trigger must be sight based. If she sees me she becomes… that sex crazed… thing! "Did you want me to pleasure you after all?"

"No." I answered. "I…figured out a problem…" I said sadly. "And…whenever you see me you…lose control of yourself…"

"Lose control of myself?" She asked, voice muffled by the blanket as she thankfully got off of me and I got up. "I don't get it? We were talking about a new coil for the toaster then… then…" She doesn't even remember that happening?

"You…blacked out…" I said sadly, not sure if I should explain everything she tried to do but it was…technically the truth. "And then…you tried to force yourself on me when…you looked at me."

"What? But you're my Master! I service you when or if needed not, not pounce you like an animal!" The fact she seems more upset she did that without me wanting her to shows a conscious… despite the fact she makes it sound like if I did that to her she'd be fine with it…

I shook my head, taking a bit of the blanket and ripping it off and having her tie it around her eyes. Her makeshift blindfold would work fine for now…

"So… I can't see you ever?" She asked.

"I…I don't know…" I said sadly. "I'll have to talk to someone about this…cause this is new, and it's very worrying.'

Tears quickly began soaking through her blindfold. "But… but how can I serve you if I can't see you…" Meg asked, her voice trembling. "I… you were the first thing I ever saw Master, my first memory is of your face." Mag's words hurt… she was right… the others all saw me… when I took the blindfold off. I'm… the first memory she has that she can remember… "If… If I can't see you then how will I be of use to you?" She cried, arms wrapping around her baby bump as the heaving cries of her panic attack took hold.

I hugged the poor den mother, wrapping my wings around her. "I…I don't know Meg…" I said sadly. "But…but I'll figure it out, I know there's a way to…to stop you from blacking out and being all…sex crazed…you being happy is what's most important to me, you being okay is more important than 'being of use to me'...because I care about you."

"But if I can't be of use to you why do you care about me?!" She bellowed. "Is- it's the babies? I can keep having them for you! I- I'll crawl next to you at all times naked and ready just please Master don't ignore me!" She begged, finding my hooves and crying into them. "Don't ignore me… don't say I have no use…" She cried, and cried, soaking my hooves in her tears as she sobbed on her knees and elbows. "Please… don't send me back."

I had… no words…

I took a deep breath, trying to quite both my crushed heart, and the Sun that is being fueled by my incandescent rage. "I will never ignore you, I will never send you back, and here's why I care." I said, gently lifting her up and kissing her on the lips. "Because I love you, and every single one of my girlfriends…and Mates, all the 'Breeders'...you are my Mates, and that is a fact that will never change. I am your Mate, the one that is here to support you and love you…and all I ask in return, is to see you smile, and do what I know you can do…like before this whole…thing happened, you seemed to be interested in fixing machines right?"

She sniffed and sobbed a bit before replying. "The parts looked… interesting…" She heaved, trying to control her tears. "I wanted to… to know how it worked…"

"I can help you figure it out…I can find you books to help you learn better." I said softly.

"But… I can't read them with you or… or work on them with you…" She cried, giving another heave as more tears flowed out the soaped blindfold. "I'd have to do it all alone…"

"Well, I can still be here with you to do it…you just can't see me." I said. "Like how we were doing it before, we were talking and thing's were fine…"

"And then I tried to rape you…" She said. A dead silence fell on the room. The baby in the other side of the room finally made a commotion. Meg stood, following the wall and looking for the desk. "I'll be there soon baby…"

I undid the blind fold for her as I stayed behind her and out of her vision. "As long as you don't see me, things will be fine Meg…trust me."

"I can't!" She yelped, sliding to her knees as she covered her eyes with her hands. "I don't want to! I don't want to risk hurting you Master!" She cried, her sobs and the babies cries filling the room. Still, on her knees and largely pregnant she knew walked towards the desk. She bumped into the desk and carefully grabbed the basket. "Shh-shh. There… there…" She said through tears, trying to comfort the infant.

I wanted to scream. I wanted to hunt down the sick twisted monster that did this to Meg and kill them…

"I'm sorry Meg…I really am…" I said sadly. "No matter what…remember my words Meg, you are important to me, you may not understand it now, but you are important to me. No matter if you can't see me…I'll always be here for you."

As she cried holding the baby on the floor I walked up to her, giving her the tightest hug I could, and cried with her.

When the tears were dry enough hours later I fashioned her a new blindfold, helped her get to the bed, feed, clean and burp the baby. A little neon red Pegasus foal with a silver mane and hazel eyes. Once he was in his crib, I climbed into bed with her and held her, protecting her… she is mine. They all are. Now and forever.

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[New Skill Branch, Greed Skills Unlocked.

Skills: Mine, Take, Steal, Hoard and Treasury are active.]

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To say I had my first nightmare here would be, well, the truth. I hadn't dreamed or had nightmares since coming to this planet, but I had one last night.

I dreamt of horrors beyond words. Being sold by the one who opened my pod, the heartbreak and betrayal of my lover all but killing me.

Pushed into lines. One by one forced to strip, those who resisted were beaten, broken, healed only to be beaten again and again.

The chair, the dark figures around it strapping me down as I felt them reach into my mind. My soul. My deepest self of what made me, me… and remove, erase, rewrite and change me. My name. Gone. My personality, altered. My love… gone. I was actually… happy, with that last one…

Into cramped boxes I and many others were forced into, sent to someplace we didn't know.

Hours and hours passed, and finally the box opened. The light stings. Pull and dragged we were, chained onto bed frames as people came in, something, something when I saw them made me crazy. Made me need them. Crave them!

They stretched every hole, left bruises and cuts and broke bones and all was healed by the days end.

A potion was forced down our mouths. Our pregnancies accelerated. The months it takes to give birth are reduced to minutes. The last of my babies, taken. I don't even get to hold them.

They are taken below, where into a machine they go as Infants. Newborns, and out they come full grown adults still crying as their newborn minds are terrified of the sudden changes.

Those men appear again. To those former babies they work their twisted work, covering their eyes and taking them elsewhere.

When the last newborn is no longer that, more people come in, the craving and drive and need, the lust for them comes again.

The cycle continues.

Days. Weeks. Months. Years. All blend and all dull. So many of my children not even allowed to be that. Once they are born, they are grown into adults, and those dark beings take away all they could have been and turn it into what they want them to be.

One day, the chains are taken off me. I'm pulled back down, forced back into the chair as the dark beings once again strip what they turned me into, removing memories and putting in something new into me. Something like what I was but different.

A blindfold goes over my eyes. My body moves, but I do not do it. It's all darkness now. Darkness and distant voices that sound so close yet so far away.

Time goes by. How much, I don't know. People touch me. Fondle me. Play with me, none purchase. That's right. I'm property now. Whoever removes my blindfold and I see, they are my owner. My master. I will be their property. Their tool. Their toy for pleasure and child care. I am nothing. Nothing without them. Nothing without their attention. Nothing if I am not of use to them. Nothing if ignore me.

Should I no longer be of use… they can replace me… and I will be resold. Again. And again… until Madness takes me.

I hope I go Mad soon…

I'm told to follow. So I do.

I hear voices. Many. Will I be purchased?

One voice leaves, and after a moment, my blindfold comes off, and I see my new Master.

They are a small, brown pony with a light brown mane and large eyes. My heart flutters. A sensation washes over me, like a time I forgot long ago. My body remembers. A joy filled me. I am eager to serve. To please. To pleasure. "Hello Master." I greet.

---

I woke up in a soaking cold sweat. That… that… I looked down over at Meg, who still is sleeping, peacefully it seems next to me with her blindfold on…

"That's…oh…oh god…" I muttered, gently getting myself out of bed and out of the room as quietly as I could…the moment I heard the door make the softest of clicks…I bolted to an open window and vomited out of it. "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?" I mentally screeched an absolute horror.

I cried for a long time, hurling until bile was all that came up. When It finally stopped I sat against the wall and shivered. That… that's what happened to Meg…

"I…I need…" I got up shakily and started to run, not knowing where I'm going or who I might accidentally bump into…I didn't care, this hurts…

I ran out into the towns cold streets, up and over the walls and across rooftops. I don't know where I ran or how far. I only stopped because the glass gave out under me.

I fell, landing in a pool I rapidly swam to the edge of and began pulling myself up.

Someone grabbed me by the scruff and when I looked up I saw… "Woah. You look… different, Button." Eve said. She looked… well. A little tired but well.

"I…I didn't expect to…see you Eve…" I said, panting lightly. "I'm sorry…" I said, still shuddering and trying not to cry at that awful bullshit I dreamt of.

"Yeah well… I didn't end up going very far." She admitted. "Not for lack of trying either. What are you doing out here… and so late at night?"

"I…had a horrible…well…I wouldn't really call it a Nightmare if I was…reliving…someone becoming a Breeder and being used as one for countless decades…" I answered slowly.

Eve looked at me for a while, tapping her fingers on her side. Clearly unsure how to respond to that. "So… I imagine you need a drink then?"

She walked me to a bar that was inside this building. It was actually very well stocked. She poured me a glass of whiskey with ice. "So… what happened in this… vision?" She asked.

I explained the Nightmare, how I experienced everything and how much it hurt, the betrayal, the pain, having my own children used, abused, tested on and shipped off to god knows where, and…how it all came back to seeing myself at the end. "So…yeah…that fucking sucked…"

"Yeah…" Eve said, the both of us three bottles deep already. "That is… that will keep me from sleeping right for a long time." She huffed, taking another shot of the whiskey. "That's… that's Christ how did you even… see that?"

"I…think I obtained Greed…" I said nervously. "Cause…highdy ho! When Meg see's me, she blacks out into a horny need and…well…a lot of things happened…so when we fell asleep…I thought that she was mine and mine alone, everyone that I'm protecting, mated to…they are mine…"

Eve shrugged. "Sounds about right. I mean, they are. Not as possessions, but definitely as family."

"So…I suppose even her memories are mine if Greed works like that…I don't know…all I know is that I woke up…threw up until nothing but bile was left…and ran as fast as I could…"

"Well, can't fault you for being afraid like that but you should head back. I imagine that should that lady wake up and see you aren't there she'll panic and feel abandoned all over again." Eve said with a shrug.

"Oh god damn it!" I shouted in anger. "I need to get back before she panics, and I don't know if we got enough to set up a radio tower…fuck!"

"Hey hey, relax Silver." Eve said, making me glare at her a bit at the joke. She chuckled but shrugged my glare off. "You aren't alone in building that place. Delicate princess." She added, making me frown and look back to the wings I now sported along with the horn on my head. Heh, I guess back home I would be one huh?

"Well, I'd be called Prince but you are right." I nodded. "Just…I'm scared for them…I just got some headway to helping the Breeder's…no, my Mates, to get a hobby and feel more about life than just me…"

"You're doing better than most people would or can. Plus you have both genitals so prince or princess applies." She said, taking another sip from her cup as I hated that she was right about that.

"Well…either way." I shook my head. "This entire situation suck's balls…"

"If given the option would you?" I used my magic to splash what was left in her cup on her. "Too much?"

"No, it's not like I'm going through some seriously horrible shit at the moment, but just keep fucking going." I said, waving my hoof in the 'keep going' motion. "Cause why the fuck should I give a damn about literally reliving Meg's entire life, feeling betrayal at being a Lover Prize Pod person, being sold and abandoned by the one that found me, and being so used, abused, and beaten, while watching all my children be turned into adults and stolen from me!"

"Hey, I get it, it's fucked but you can't change the past. Now I've discovered I deal with shitty situations with bad jokes and some good booze." Eve said, refilling both our cups. "So it's either panic and mourn a past she doesn't remember, or work to give her a future she will cherish." She said as she held my glass over to me.

"Well…I'm trying to give her that future, same with everyone else." I said honestly. "Just…it's horrifying as hell.."

I took the cup and downed it in one gulp. "Well, then make sure when the opportunity arises and you get to pay those assholes back for the pain they've caused so many, make them beg." Eve said, smirking as I smiled and nodded at her advice. "Until then you've got a family to get back to. So go on. Fly you winged pegacorn abomination of magic." She chuckled.

"I am an Alicorn, and I am Fabulous." I said, standing up and striking a strong pose.

We both laughed hard at that. I waved her a goodbye and left, flying back home and snuck back into Mag's room, snuggling up next to her and held her close.

---

The next morning with soothed emotions and some determination I was working with Meg to figure out how this can work. One way was that she learn how to live blind, at least while I'm around, or I wear some full body disguise/outfit. My first thought was my armor/love Cheat but that form is prickly and found hurt her so casual outfit it is.

Speaking of Cheat has been really quiet -

"I'm here!" Cheat yelped.

"Hey Cheat, how goes it?" I inquired.

"Oh you know, good good, little of this, little of that, little of messing around with your body at the genetic level."

"What did you do?" I asked worriedly.

"Nothing, nothing I've just been experimenting with some things and found out I could replicate more than just species genetic data Into you. Like say, specific abilities that are genetic in nature and even memories should we consume the brains of our enemies and even retain a copy of their consciousness to keep prisoner should the need arise."

Fucking what? Cheat's been doing all that inside me this whole time?

"Indeed I have."

"Fucking…okay, that's…new." I mentally said in surprise.

"New and useful!" She added. "I still have some work to do so don't expect to hear from me for a- Keven put that down!"

Keven?

Cheat? Cheat?! Who the Fuck is Keven!?

"What the hell is going on?" I groaned, trying to go into my mind to figure out what the hell is going on.

That unfortunately did not work. Ah Fuck it I have other shit to do.

It took a while but I found myself a full body jumpsuit that fit me and a mask that fit snug all the way down and halfway up for… kissing.

Now the real rest.

Carefully I used my magic and removed her blindfold. She opened her eyes, blinking to get used to the lights and Meg looked at me. She flinched a bit, worried clearly but the second ticked by and…

"It… works Master!" Meg said happily.

"Hooray!" I cheered happily.

I flew up to her level and gave her a kiss before dripping back down.

The costume I found looked to be loosely based on the Masked Matterhorn from Power Ponies back home. I say Loosely because the colors are black and red with an Alicorn amulet look in the front and the mask having a black tinted visor and optional muzzle cover. Not gonna lie, this suit was kinda cool.

"I'm really glad this is working Meg…and…I…I am so, so sorry…" I teared up. "I…I promise to give you the life you deserve…"

She kneeled down, looking at my mostly covered face and giving me a kiss and hugging me. "So long as I can be with you like this… I'll always be happy Master…" She said.

I spent the next two days with her. Mostly helping her find the parts for her toaster and the tools to reassemble the stuff. In the end she had a large tool box, some books on mechanics, electronic and machinery repair and some various broken items and parts to work on as projects.

I also got to sleep with her without worrying about that whole… sex craziness. Made the whole experience so much more fulfilling. Intimate.

Is also got really used to this outfit. Honestly it's pretty comfy and Parker said he could modify it to be like a second armor I can wear under Cheat when she's working as the armor.

I went to my next Mate, and the final Dire Wolf of the bunch, Hayley. She has some nice red fur and is currently with no kids. Aside the ones I…put in her… the other girls ended up being able to take care of all the babies but given how I raid Puritan Colonies and sooner or later Chaos Guild Bases…

Anyways, she was sitting in her room, her baby bump a good size out and reading a rather large book.

"Hey Hayley." I said to the Den Mother.

"Hello Master." She said, turning to look at me. She put her book down and began to take her shirt off. "Will you be using my body to pleasure yourself Master? Or sample my breast milk? Or enjoy the view? Feel me all over?" She asked. I immediately used my magic and pulled her shirt back down.

"I am here to talk to you." I answered readily. "About hobbies, likes, dislikes, and anything that doesn't involve me."

"Like… just things?" She asked, a look of slight confusion on her face.

"Yeah." I nodded. "Just thing's." I shrugged, walking over and sitting down next to her.

I got a look at the book she was reading… Quantum Mechanics in Computer Processing?

"Well, I like to read. Lilly actually suggested it to me." Haley said.

Well, at least Lilly is trying to play nice with them. She is trying.

"That's good to know." I nodded, really glad to hear that good things are happening. "Anything else?"

"I seem to enjoy topics of complex scientific and mathematic information." She said.

"Oh really?" I inquired. "If I fire a bullet straight into the air, will it come down with enough force to kill someone?"

"No, because if you fire it straight up into the air, it'll start tumbling on it's side, losing a lot of it's speed and force before it lands and would cause a minor bump or a slight breakage of the skin." She answered readily.

Wow. Good. She's definitely smart. A natural intelligence… actually… if she can learn enough… the kids do need a teacher.

"How do you feel about becoming a teacher to our kids given you are…very smart."

"A teacher… would that be wise Master? I'm a Breeder. Should such a being really teach children anything?"

"Would you, being a Breeder, get in the way of telling people how science and math works?" I asked.

"I… Don't know? It shouldn't but… would they… respect me?"

"They would cause you're their teacher, you're helping them learn something important." I said honestly.

"I… suppose, it is worth a try. But I need more books on more simple sciences and mathematics. Maybe some magic and alchemy too?"

"I'm sure I can find some, there is a school nearby so it should still have some books." I said honestly.

"I guess we'll need to renovate one of the buildings within the wall to have a school. Several grades and classes. Workshops and plenty of supplies." She listed off.

"See, you're already doing great." I said with a smile. "I'll see what we can do for this."

"Thank you Master… so… are you positive you don't want any pleasuring or wish to indulge in feeling me?"

"Well, I think you deserve it, since you're going to be doing great things soon."

Her single article of clothing was off when I looked back at her. Well that was fast…

I don't need to explain what happened next. All you need to know is it's the same as all the other times this happened.

I went on multiple runs, to multiple schools taking, well, everything. Desks. Books. Notebooks. Pens. Pencils. Backpacks. Basically anything that wasn't too bloody, broken or outright ruined.

Haley took all the supplies and began working on turning what was once a small multi story mall into our new school.

All in all everything seems to be going well… gives me time to check on something.

Alone in my bedroom I opened up my skill trees. Specifically, the Dark Skill Trees to Greed.

"Alright you…what the hell do you do…" I muttered, looking through my new skills.

Under Greed were the Skills Mine, Take, Steal, Hoard, and Treasury.

According to this, Mine basically means I can now 'label' objects and people as my people or objects. It appears on no scan abilities under level… fifty?! I didn't even know Scan could level up that high. Also, helps those with my mark resist mind control and enslavements. Definitely useful.

Take is similar to Mine, but it gives me a chance to overwrite someone else's mark and claim them as my own but only if I either trade something of equal value or can beat the mark owners will power imprint. In other words a battle of wills with a copy within the mark.

Steal makes me able to take items and people from other groups, enemy or ally. Odd. Doesn't say much else…

Hoard is useful. It says so long as my possessions with me or in one place it makes a passive barrier around them to protect them where they rest. For items this makes them more strong and durable and for people this makes them stronger, more resilient and keeps a minor magic barrier around the town.

The last one, Treasury, was the most unique and the culprit who showed me that… vision. It said all possessions in my Hoard, with my mark, I can know their story, their history, as it's my right as their 'owner'. So that's what did it.

"Well…that's all good to know…but damn it, wish I knew that sooner…" I grumbled, deciding to check on Wrath to see if I learned something new or upgraded something.

Turns out. I did. One new skill. Vengeance. Whoever harms what Greed has marked as my possessions I deal twice the damage to.

Well that is going to be oh so useful.

"Cool." I nodded, good to know that I can bitch smack whoever dares hurt those I care about. "Now…was there anything else I got?"

After a bit of looking I didn't see anything else and figured it was time for the Floof Noodles. Heh. Still fun to say.

First up was Zion. Opening the door I saw her yellow scales first and looking up and over those I spotted her white furry half poking at a potato… okay?

"Uh…hey there Zion, what you doing?" I inquired.

"Hello Master." She said, Turing her upper half around to face me. "Are you in need of pleasuring or healing or a rest?"

Healing and a rest? Huh. Those last two are new.

"Healing and Rest?" I inquired. "What do you mean by that?"

"Would you like me to demonstrate?"

"Not at the moment, but why are you…poking a potato?" I asked.

"It's odd." She said simply.

"Why is it odd?" I inquired, looking over to see if it was just a plain potato or if there was something else about it.

"It seems odd. Like, they grow in the ground and taste bad but steaming, boiling or frying them makes them taste good?"

"That's how cooking works." I answered. "Eating raw food tends to be…not advised for a majority of reasons, and cooking them brings out flavor through said cooking process."

"It's weird." She said, poking the potato again.

Huh, so Zion has confusion on cooking… alright?

"What's confusing about it?" I inquired. "Is it the cooking or…is it something else?" I asked, though I did weirdly find it cute that the big Floof Noodle was poking a potato like it was magic or something.

"It does not seem natural…" She added, swatting the potato away. Alright… that's… weird.

"What do you mean by that if I may ask?" I inquired, wanting to know what was making her think cooking is unnatural.

"Everything has a flavor it has naturally. Changing it seems odd…"

"Well, sometimes people don't like the taste of raw food and would like it to…taste better, but the majority of the time it's to…'clean' the food." I said, and seeing her look at me with a raised eyebrow I sighed. "I don't know the science behind cooking, but I do know that a lot of raw food tends to have germs that normal people can't inject without getting sick."

She frowned. "Everything has good flavor…"

"A lot of people are different." I said. "Different tastes, different tolerance to spices…biology is weird." I shrugged.

"I like foods raw tastes better." She said. "So, what brings you to me today Master?"

"I want to talk to you about a lot of things." I said. "Like hobbies for starters."

"I like… you?" She offered.

"Is there anything else?" I asked. "Something that isn't me."

"Um… eating?"

"Well…can you tell me a bit about yourself?" I asked.

"I am your Breeder. I am carrying your children. I… can swallow just about anything."

"Just about anything?" I inquired.

"Yes." She nodded.

"What can't you swallow?"

"Well, infected for one, anything too sharp, basically nothing that could hurt my insides or accidentally ingest dangerous substances." Huh. I have an advantage there thanks to Cheat.

"That's good to know." I nodded. "Anything else about yourself?"

"Well, I can stretch my vaginal opening and insides."

And… that… was a bit too much information…

"Alright…" I said slowly, really not needing to know such a thing. "But…do you have any likes or dislikes that aren't me or food?"

"Um… I enjoy being pregnant?"

Oh Boy, this is a lot like Lilly… Come on, what can she… She said heal earlier. I remember Parker's friend's said something like that about Lilly too…

"So, about healing?" I inquired. "What did you mean by that?"

"As a Floof Noodle I am one of the few races that have a biological ability that lets me heal any who I swallow and place within a special healing stomach. It secretes an oil that when bathed or ingested by the one needing healing with act as an antibiotic, antiseptic, anti inflammatory, and accelerate their bodies natural healing processes allowing for faster healing of illnesses, broken bones, and other injuries."

Huh… that is… very helpful. Odd, but helpful.

"Huh, that is very interesting." I said honestly.

"The oils can be collected and bottled but are far less effective outside of my organ." Zion added. "Would you like to rest within them for a while?"

"Well…might as well try." I shrugged, wanting to see if I was completely against the thought of being eaten…which I am, or if there's something else to this.

With a nod Zion moved over and picked me up, a faint pop was heard when she opened her mouth… oh so it is like a snake…

Some hours later I was out of Zion's… healing stomach… That was… an experience. Didn't smell like I was expecting it to and was really hot, like a steam room. That… stomach was also way bigger than I expected and the oils made it ten times more slippery like I was expecting.

… I won't lie, it was kinda comfy, managed a short nap.

When Zion pulled me out, managing to use her tongue to wrap around me and pull me back out the luke-warm air actually gave me a slight chill given the temperature difference. Still, I came out feeling… Well, Like I downed a healing and stamina potion… plus my coat, feathers, and mane are all shiny now so, that was nice.

"Do you need anything else Master?" Zion asked.

"Hmm…" I hummed, trying to think of something. "I…want to try and help you see there's more to life than…just me."

"Or eating or being pregnant?" She added in her question.

"Yes." I nodded. "Cause…there's more to life, and I've so far helped a lot of the others."

"What would you like me to do then Master?"

I tried to think of something to help her…but then got a small idea. "Hey, you're good with healing others right?" When she nodded, I sighed thankfully. "Maybe you can learn medicine and become a Medic."

"And they can recover in my healing stomach." She added… well, yeah… It's an option.

"That's true, but it's also to help in case you can't fit more people inside you…" I said, though I noticed how…wrong that sounded.

"Yes Master. How should I go about learning medicine?" That was… actually a good question… We don't have anyone in town with actual medical knowledge, just stuff looted from hospitals, some basic information, and blind luck. I mean, Philomina helps with the births but… that's not enough…

"Uh…crap…" I muttered. "I'm gonna have to hunt down a lot of medical books…" I said nervously, just realizing how lucky we were that nothing too bad happened to us medically.

"Would you like for me to come with you?"

Huh… well, her scaled half makes her immune to bites… so, some armor over her upper half… can she even fight? I didn't even consider them able to… then again they are all currently pregnant… I best just take Dug on this Run.

"Stay here Zion, I don't want you hurt or getting the babies hurt either." I said carefully.

"Okay Master." She said with a nod.

I called Dug and he ported me to a medical school. Looking around and figuring I could use my Shotgun. Dug actually helped here. Opening portals under them and then dropping them from… fifty plus feet in the air. Once the general area was cleared I looked around the various classrooms.

Hmm… No, no, no, fuck what…

I walked into a classroom, seeing an infected, alive, strapped down as their torso was wide open with various organs pulled out and limbs sliced open to the bone…

"What the fuck?" I frowned, looking around quickly to see whoever the hell did this.

I didn't see any signs of someone here now but there were signs they might still be here. Open notebook covered in various equations and footnotes. Jars with the infecteds organs and large jars with several infected heads and brains in them. Also, hearts… makes sense, Harran Virus causes heart issues…

I picked up the notebook and looked at the notes I could read.

[Subjects organs remain in perfect health despite the infection causing vast cardiovascular issues. Heart muscles show signs of cardiac arrest, heart failure and heart attack symptoms yet it still beats. Rapidly at that. Virus seems heavily integrated into the heart muscles, possibly where it multiplies and spreads through the body. White blood cell count even after infection shows the body still attempts to resist infection.]

"Well…I suppose that explains how these bastards aren't just falling over from their own rot…or why they aren't rotting as fast as they should…" I hummed.

[Samples collected of brain tissue show decay of the areas associated with higher brain functions. Mutations in the brain cells seem to rebuild these sections into something akin to that of higher brain functions yet lacks what would typically be associated with a brain capable of these functions, retaining the newly rebuilt space for memory storage and heightened processing of the base senses. Sight. Hearing. Touch, and Smell. Likely to better track and locate prey.]

"So…they kill the 'sapient' brain to heighten the instincts?" I tilted my head. "Well…if it happened to Frank, it might not just have been the Nemesis Virus fully…"

As I was flipping the page I heard something. I quickly put the notebook back and hid behind some desks.

Walking into the room was some guy in gruff semi-armored lab coat, large glasses and messy brown hair. He looked around before taking a sniff. "I know you're still in here." They called out.

"I'm a friend." I called out. "I'm not here to hurt you, and I'm not one of those infected."

"No duh you're talking…" The person groaned as I walked out from around the desk. He crossed his arms as he looked at me. "Well, you aren't Chaos Guild, so who the fuck are you?"

"I'm Button Mash." I answered the doctor. "And who are you?"

"John. Most people call me Mad John but screw those assholes." He shrugged.

"Considering where we are, being Mad isn't the worst thing." I said honestly. "So, I see you're trying to figure out the Zombie's."

"I study Biology. Viruses. Mutations. Even magical crap I look into."

"So, how would you like to have a much…safer place to teach medicine and to figure out how to antidote bomb half the zombie population?" I inquired.

"Not interested." He said, walking to his desk, killing the infected on the table with a neck snap and getting all his samples and notebook.

"Why? It's better than hopping around from place to place, plus considering the growing population in this area…a lot more zombie types are roaming around, and I can easily get you test subjects." I brought up.

"Yeah no see I've got a target on my back and a bounty on my head cause of some… Work I did for the Chaos Guilds a long time ago and frankly I'd rather not let those assholes catch me."

"You'd have a very good body guard in me cause boy oh boy, do I have enough bottled up rage for those assclowns that I'd probably table flip a continent."

He laughed. "Yeah sure pal." He said, grabbing the last of his stuff and beginning to walk off as I followed. "Look the people after me have been around for a long time and do not fuck around and frankly I doubt you could take them- the fuck?" He stopped, seeing Dug with his arms filled with candy bars.

"Don't worry, this is Dug." I said, gently patting his head with a wing. "Dug is friendly, and kind…he's also like…ten, and really likes candy." I said sheepishly. "Also, where did you get those?"

Dug said nothing but John took a look around Dug. "He… isn't natural." He said.

"He…was experimented on when he was young…" I said carefully. "I don't know how he became like this, or what Chaos Guild did it…but he's here, without Vocal Cords or any functioning nerves to begin with…but he's a good kid."

"Hmm…" John replied. He pulled out a small device, placing it over Dug's eye and the small screen on it zoomed in on the eye. I saw… in possibly the smallest test in existence on Dug's iris, a serial number. Followed by Subject 94, and a symbol of some melting skull. "Damn, it is one of theirs."

"Who?" I inquired. "I don't know much about Chaos Guilds besides my incandescent rage towards Lust at the moment…"

"The guys who made your friend Dug here are the same people I'm running from. They're called Violence. They specialize in the creation of extremely easy to use, deadly weapons, armors and items, but also work in creating monsters out of people."

"Oh…that's fucking terrible…and also an apt but simple name." I shrugged.

"Yeah. They're one of the big ones. This guy looks like an early project if he's Subject 94."

"How early?" I asked carefully. "And would they be looking for him?"

"Not likely. According to the records I read he was marked a failure for lacking the acid secretions and not being violent at all. They might kill him on sight but that's all."

"And I'm going to make sure that doesn't happen." I said. "Do you know where one of their bases are?"

"Assuming they haven't moved, yeah? At least the one I worked at. Why?"

"I want to raid it, cause I've dealt with two Puritan colonies, I need to beat a Chaos Guild facility."

"Ah so you're delusional." John said.

"Considering I walked into Khorne's realm and was standing on a mountain of corpses when I was barely a year on this damned place…but I will have help." I said honestly.

"Delusional with friends."

I rolled my eyes. "It can't be that bad right?"

"You ever see a nuke go off?"

"I don't think I have." I said honestly.

"Well do you know what that is?"

"I…believe a Nuke is a type of bomb that uses radioactive material's and is one of the biggest types of bombs out there?" I inquired, having heard about it a lot and looked it up a bit.

"Yeah that's what these guys use against roaches. They won't be something you'd be able to handle, and again, they make and sell weapons and monsters that can be worse than that. I should know, I helped make a good amount of them."

"So then you would know how to deal with them better than anyone." I said honestly.

"Yes, and that is to ignore and avoid them at all costs- Oh fuck!" He ran, narrowly avoiding a bullet that passed by his head.

I turned to see a pale reptilian being holding a large rifle and all leather armor that's been patchworked from smaller segments.

Bad guy!

I immediately donned Cheat and bolted towards the pale reptile, slashing at the bastard strongly before he could get another shot off.

My attack landed and… "Uh… Who are you?" He asked, holding my bladed hoof with a raised brow.

"The hell…" I muttered. "Well…who are you?" I asked.

"I asked you first?" He replied. "But, people call me Skin. On account of my armor." He patted his armor. "Made it from the skins of Wendigos."

Well… this is… not how I was expecting meeting my first Chaos Guild member to go…

"Well then…" I said. "So…why are you here?" I asked, trying to think of someway to fight this person.

"I'm hunting him- Ah fuck he's gone…" Skin said. Looking and yes, John was very gone. Skin dropped me and groaned. "Fucking… that bounty was gonna pay rent at the settlement for months…"

"What settlement?" I inquired.

"When Day Breaks. Well, that's the name of the Zone but eh, whole Zone is our settlement. Been around forever, started as a Monster Prison then just grew and managed to live there. It's not so bad really, just don't let the sun touch you and it's pretty good." He shrugged.

"Well…good thing I'm here then cause that doesn't sound fun." I said nervously. "So…might as well ask…why are you apart of a Chaos Guild?"

"Connections mostly." He shrugged.

"And the sometimes?" I asked, knowing that connections are indeed a good thing, I did have to wonder if it was because of some other 'I just want to be a complete asshole' kind of ideas.

"Sometimes? Oh you mean other reasons? Well, bounty hunting for them pays well. Working for them also gets a lot taken off Settlement Rent, plus it keeps food on the table."

"Well…I suppose given where you live, it would be easier." I shrugged. "Sucks how much I have to pay for 'rent' but…well, there's enough around here, considering all the new variant's and types spawning."

"Oh tell me about it. Well, nice to meet you, uh…?"

"Button." I nodded. "Nice to meet you Skin…also honestly…is it weird that, considering everything I've been told, this wasn't what I expected my first experience with a Chaos Guild member to go?"

"Well, depends on the person and what guild they're with. I'm in Profits. Basically guilds like Greed or other merchant based ones work for them. I work as a Bounty Hunter, and part time Body Guard for the merchants."

"That's fair." I nodded. "Gonna continue looking for the guy?"

"I'll try. Gonna take a while to see if he didn't run too far. If he's gone then, well, shit." He huffed.

"I'm sure things will go well." I shrugged.

"Yeah… well, later Button." He said, taking off running towards where John probably ran.

Well… that… happened? Huh… guess it's good to know not all of them are assholes.

"Alright…good to know." I nodded. "Alright…so let's grab what we need and be off."

Dug appeared from one of his portals and we went back to taking everything we could.

We made it back and I gave Zion all the medical texts. Most were human but we stopped by a veterinary place for animal texts… I'd be insulted but later on I'll need to find a place with other species based medical texts.

"So, do you want me to begin now, Master?" She asked.

"Yes please." I nodded. "Best to start now, and I'll find you more medical books."

"Yes Master." She nodded and began reading.

As she did I'll admit this one felt… more like she's doing as told and less like doing what she wants…

Hmm… Maybe using Treasury can tell me something?

"This is gonna suck but…" I muttered, putting a hoof on her shoulder and trying to use Treasury to go through her memories to see what the hell is going on.

Odd how they can't remember their past, but this ability shows it to me.

---

I remember screaming. Screams of my siblings. My own. I was on something cold and metal. My body, it feels… big. Bigger than it was. My mind doesn't understand. I cry. It's all I can do. It's all I know to do in distress…

Something lands on my head… Information pours into my head. What I am… I am a Den Mother Floof Noodle… My purpose… I am to satisfy… my Master. Please them however they want, and carry their young… Like my mother did…

The item on my head comes off. I am then placed into a chair, where pain touches my entire being. I feel things. Feel things put into my soul. My DNA.

They wrap something around my head, and I am sent off elsewhere.

I feel things. People touching me. Playing with me. My blindfold never comes off.

Time is unknown to me, and I don't know how much of it has passed.

I'm told to follow. I do. I hear voices. Then my Blindfold comes off. I see them. My Master. A small, brown furred Equine. I smile. Something fills me… a warm, happy feeling… "Hello Master." Greet.

---

Snapping back to Reality, I take long, deep breaths… she was… Born and… Never given a chance…

"I…I'm so sorry…" I said, tearing up sadly at what happened…though, a thing that stuck out was…her DNA. "Cheat? Can you…look at someone else's DNA?" I mentally asked her.

"I can try. But no promises." She said. I felt and saw the small blob of her true form exit my hoof and melt into Zion. A few minutes later she retracted back into me. "Okay yeah I can't read her DNA like that. All I did gather was some genetic locks on her DNA."

"Genetic locks?" I inquired. "But…thanks, I learned that…whoever did this to her did it when she was a kid…"

"I thought her DNA seemed young… Must be why it was hard to read. Let me try again…" Cheat said, flowing back into Zion again. This time after a minute or two she flowed back into me. "Okay I got more information that time and… yikes…"

"What can you tell me?" I asked worriedly.

"Well, Physically her body is about the age of twenty six, but her DNA says she should only be two…" Cheat said, making me feel ill… "Also there are locks on certain parts of her DNA. Basically these strands of DNA were forced to be recessive genes and then locked by special magic. I don't know why but it looks like the DNA all relates to one of her parents."

"Think you can break any of the locks? Or should I bring in someone with more knowledge?"

"If you want those locks broken you'd have to find her her own symbiote."

"And…that shouldn't be too hard right?"

"Hopefully." Cheat said. "Well, I gotta get back to- Keven I swear to god if you don't stop messing with that!" And once again Cheat vanished into my subconscious… Okay next time I have to ask who the fuck is Keven… And what are they doing with my mind?

"Alright…Zion…I'm going to help fix what those bastards did to you." I said softly.

"Find who Master?" Zion asked, confused. Right… She doesn't remember…

"It's…something you don't fully remember." I said carefully.

I left her to her studies and began making a mental checklist…

---

Today I was checking on Kiara. I remember she had green scales and bright orange fur. Opening the door to her room I spotted her coiled up into a pile on her mattress.

"Hey Kiara." I said warmly.

"Hello Master." She said, looking over at me and slithering herself over to me. She picked me up and wrapped me in her coiling body. "Would you like to partake in my body?"

Well, different phrasing and… hot wording…

"N-not right now. I want to talk to you…" I answered carefully.

"About?" She asked, still keeping me wrapped up tight in her snake half as her… I guess 'crotch' area was rather close to my head… damn sexy snake people! At least she has the super long shirt on still…

"Well…I wanted to know if you have any hobbies, or likes besides me." I said.

"Something aside from you?" She asked, thinking that over. "Well, I enjoy my pregnancy." The way she looks you could hardly tell she is. "But… I do enjoy the loud noises."

Loud noises?

"What do you mean by that?" I inquired. "Like, music or just loud noises in general?"

"The loud noises the Pink flying pony makes."

Pink flying… Tiara? What noises is she making… gunfire?

"You…like the sound of gunfire?" I asked, wondering if that was the case.

"Yes." She nodded.

"What do you like about it?" I asked, hoping to learn more about her like of guns.

"The noise sounds… powerful. Like a dragons roar or an explosion destroying everything around it."

Well…Kiara likes action… or violence… possibly both?

"Well…maybe we can get you some firearms lessons if you like it." I said. "Just…maybe after you're pregnancy, cause I don't want them to get hurt…"

"What shall I do in the meantime, Master?"

"Well…" I hummed. "You can learn how a gun works I suppose." I shrugged.

"Will you be able to teach me?"

I barely use guns as is… Only reason I agreed to use the Shotgun when Tiara gave me some tutoring was because it's basically just point, shoot, repeat. My aim with rifles is horrible. I can probably get Tiara to teach her some things.

"Well, I can probably get Tiara or Scootaborg to teach you." I said honestly.

"Will you bring her here or shall I accompany you to her location?"

"Hmm, well I suppose I should bring you to her so you can know where our firing range is if you ever want to go there by yourself." I shrugged.

She let me out of her coiled body and followed close behind me as I led her to Tiara's Sniper Nest, made out of a bus we put on the roof of one of the buildings and set up with a few creature comforts, a mount for her rifle, cover and such. She spotted us as we got there and flew down.

"Hey Button. This is…Kiara, right?" Tiara asked.

"Yeah, this is Kiara." I nodded. "And her hobby is…apparently Guns."

"Really?"

"I like the noise." Kiara said.

"Huh. Well, gunshot can be pretty cool. So, what do you want to know?"

"How they operate and function."

"Alright. A simple crash course. This way then." Tiara said. Kiara followed her without question.

I smiled. This is good. These girls do need to start socializing and at least this way they can start.

---

Next up was Carley. She was all dark blue from scales to fur, even her eyes were dark blue. She was also the smallest of all the Floof Noodle Den Mothers. Entering her room she slept cuddling her own tail and her baby bump in her snake half was the most noticeable of all the Floof Noodles here.

I am never going to get tired of saying that.

"Hey Carley." I said with a smile. "How you doing?"

"Hmm? Master!" She said happily, grabbing me and pulling me into a hug. "I wasn't expecting a visit. Do you want me tonight?"

"Well, I want to talk to you." I answered, hugging the Floof Noodle happily. "Like about if you have any hobbies or…things you like that aren't me."

"Things I like that aren't you? Hmm… Oh, I like picture books!"

Picture books? Like, a kids picture books or a comic book or… Cause, this is good. I can work with this very well.

"What kind of picture books?" I inquired.

"Books like this." She said, reaching over into her nightstand and pulling up a comic book. It was titled 'The Batman Who Laughs' and had a very creepy picture of someone with a huge grin and some weird spiked thing over their eyes.

"Well, comic books I know a lot about…though I haven't heard of this one."

"It's neat." She said. "I like to redraw the pictures."

"Oh? You also like to draw?" I inquired.

She nodded, reaching back into the nightstand drawer and pulling out a notebook and giving it to me. I took it and opened it and… holy shit… I looked at the comic cover and her redraw and… it was the exact same!

"Did…you draw this from just looking at it or traced it?" I asked, looking over it and finding it astounding how similar it is.

"I drew it by looking. Did the whole comic too." She said. I flipped open the comic book and her note book. Page for page, word for word she had it redrawn in simple pencil. I'm… genuinely amazed she has this talent. Looks like whoever turned her into a breeder left behind more of her original self than the others.

"This…this is amazing Carley!" I said in awe.

"Thank you Master!" She said, enjoying the praise from me.

"Well, glad to know you've found your hobby…but…mind if I try something real quick?" I inquired.

"If you want Master." She said with a smile and nod.

"Alright, thank you." I nodded, using Treasury on Carley to see the difference between…all the others.

---

I was born to this planet, in a settlement long gone. Raided and pillaged. My Mother, taken. My Father, killed. I was dragged into a cage, kept cramped, fed only enough to survive. Days passed in that cage, being moved from where I called home to a place of more cages and many people.

I screamed for help, they would kick my cage, take my food away, or beat me.

I learned to stay quiet…

I was purchased by someone, and taken to a settlement that looked nice… but it wasn't. People like me here were slaves. My mouth was muzzled at all times. Heavy chains kept my arms and tail slow.

I worked in this place, my owners home, scrubbing to clean all he owned. I did not speak. I did not act out. I slept late at night and awoke early to do it all over again.

My owner had a son. He was not like his father, or mother, he looked at me with curiosity and wonder.

He'd sneak into my room, or called me into his under the guise that I was cleaning. He let me play. Toys after so long felt… made me feel so happy.

My days were filled with small happinesses the boy would sneak me. Sweets, books, he let me listen to his music lessons and taught me to draw.

The years moved on, the Boy was now a man, and his father was forcing him to learn the family business.

It was here… I found her.

Mother came into the room, and I cried, trying to get to her when guards pulled my chains and kept me down. She looked at me… her eyes met mine… and she didn't know me. It was not like a shell, it was like it was her but not.

The boys father showed him how. How to rip and erase the very core of someone, and write in what they wanted, or rather, what their masters wanted them to be.

I was locked in my room, a stone cell with no light and a single metal door that only let chilled air slip in under it. My outburst got me punishment. My mother was… Gone… Long ago.

The boy came to me, removing the chains and muzzle I'd gotten so used to having on, and took me away.

We did not get far.

His father found us, and demanded punishment. When the boy refused, his father retaliated. The power he used on my mother… he used on his own son.

The boy screamed, cried and begged until all that stopped. When the boy stood up, he looked at me with not the curiosity and kindness he always had… but hatred and disgust.

He took my head, and like his father, changed me.

My name, gone. My memories, pulled and scooped out… messily yet his actions felt… gentle. Everything about who I was gone, save for one… my talent for drawing… he left it alone. I don't know why… I don't remember much of anything anymore.

His father approved.

The father took me and sold me. My new owners using that same power again to place new instructions and new reasons for me to live within me. I am a Breeder… I will be good to my new master… pleasure them. At any time, at their beck and call… Always loyal…

They covered my eyes. I sat in a room. Sometimes I'd hear voices. Sometimes I'd feel someone fondle me.

One day, Someone told me to follow them. So I did.

My blindfold came off, and before me I saw my new Master. A brown earth pony. I smiled, feeling happiness and love flood me as my new Master filled my every thought and desire. He replaced what was taken… and I was happy. "Hello Master." I greeted.

---

Snapping back I shook off what I saw… that was… I looked back up at Carley, who looked back at me with confusion. "Are you alright Master?"

"I'm…I'm fine…" I said softly. "I…I know why you're so good at drawing…it was the last bit of Good in someone's very being after they had a majority of it ripped out of them."

She looked at me confused still. "I'm afraid I don't understand?"

I sighed. No… She… Wouldn't…

I blinked, as I was now…extremely confused about a sudden realization. "Wait…how?" I said. "Fucking Dark Skill's making me suddenly confused…" I grumbled…and again, small bit of realization hits me…how the hell am I allowed to learn this when, technically, they shouldn't have remembered to begin with? "What's the last thing you remember before seeing me?"

"Nothing Master. I only remember seeing you." She said.

"No…no that can't be, I literally saw your memories before you…became a Breeder." I frowned.

"I've always been a Breeder." She said simply.

Ugh… Abilities are confusing.

"No you-" My voice cut off… What? I tried to speak, but nothing came out. Like my voice was removed from me.

[quote]Alert! Treasury Information is yours and can not be spoken, written or shared with others in any way. Violation of this will result in the inability to speak, write, or sudden unconsciousness. Greed is for you. Not for others.[/quote]

Well… That's bullshit. Though I guess there had to be some downsides to the Dark Skill Trees…

I grumbled a bit. "Ugh, whatever…" I shook my head. "All I can say is…you're great at art, and you're going to be a wonderful art teacher."

"Art Teacher?" She asked.

"You teach kids or other's how to draw and all that." I said honestly.

"But… I don't know how Master. I just draw and that's it. I don't know how to explain how to draw."

Well… that actually makes some sense. Luckily Art Colleges are a thing.

"Well, I can get you some teaching books to help you figure it out." I brought up.

"Will they also help me draw better?" She asked.

"Well, you can help them draw, and maybe it'll help you learn to draw better." I shrugged.

"Okay Master." She said with a nod.

Once again I was out with Dug to grab some more supplies. It was thankfully an uneventful Run, and I returned with various art books, supplies and such that Carley happily began looking through and using. She really enjoyed the colored pencils and paints.

I gave her a kiss and left her to indulge.

Now… next one. Kara. I remember she had a neon blue color with black spots all along her scales.

Finding her room was easy as it was right near the entrance to the building we all lived in. I opened the door and… what the?

I found Kara tightly hugging a pillow that seemed to have 'Master' written in marker on it. She was squeezing it tightly and giggling every so often. "Oh Master~"

Oh… Crap… this one will… be interesting…

"Uh…hi there." I said carefully. "I'm here to talk."

"Master!" She said happily, turning around rapidly and putting the pillow 'Master' down gently on her bed before scooping me up into just as tight a hug. "I've been waiting for you! Oh I'm so happy you want me to pleasure you again!"

Okay definitely a… lot of things happened to her.

"I said I want to talk, Kara." I said carefully. "No pleasuring yet."

"Awh…" She said, sounding disappointed but still holding me tightly against her many breasts.

"So, I have some questions to ask, like what are your likes that aren't me…" I said nervously.

"Likes that aren't you? Why would I like anything other than you Master?"

"Because there has to be something you like." I said honestly.

"Nope." She said with a smile as she gave me a quick kiss. "Just my master, our unborn babies, and my wonderful role in life as your property Master."

Oh boy she is really… not in a good place.

"There's more to life that Kara." I said.

"Not to me." She added, giving me another quick kiss.

"Of course…" I grumbled, using Treasury and wondering what the hell happened to her.

---

I was brought into this world. Not by the womb of a mother but by the blaring noises of sirens going off.

My mind was blank. No memories. No past. Nothing. Just the primal instincts to start breathing once the fluids surrounding me all my creation were drained.

My parents were cells taken and clones and a hulking machine that grew those cells into a body identical to the original that was copied. Nearly, at least.

Information was poured into me and Breeder Programming placed within. My body, it's cells modified before being allowed to grow, took to the information like a flame to gasoline.

I am a Breeder. I exist only to pleasure and satisfy my Master. I carry and give birth, raise the young be them of my own making or of my Master's giving me to raise.

I was created with this purpose alone. I exist for no other reason.

Willingly once my eyes were covered I went, placed within a room to await my purchase and to someday have my Master.

Only a few months passed, and soon I was told to follow. I obayed. I could hear the voices.

I was being purchased.

I was happy.

My blindfold came off and I saw them. My Master, a small, brown pony. My heart raced. My emotions grew as my immediate love and lust for them filled me. My world. My purpose. My reason to exist is to serve you now, Master.

I smile. "Hello Master." I greet. Eager to let them have their way with me.

---

Snapping back to Reality, Kara was kissing me again.

She… was BUILT to be a BREEDER?!

Can she… is she even capable of…

"I love you my Master~" She purred as she continued to kiss me.

"I…I know…" I muttered sadly. "And…there's nothing else you can do…"

"Why would I want to?"

I just… hugged her, and kissed her back.

I spent the rest of the day with her, mostly to watch over her and… keep her happy.

When she finally tired out and fell asleep after… lots of rounds, I held her head in my hooves as she slept with a smile on her face while… a light stream of tears fell down mine… I… how can I help someone who was built to be one thing and one thing only?

"Come on…I know you exist…" I muttered, looking up to the ceiling in some vein hope that someone was listening. "Mother…The Family…anyone…please…give me something to know how to help…"

I got no sleep last night as I held Kara, praying for a miracle. When morning came and she woke up she greeted me with a smile and a kiss. "Goodmorning Master~" She cooed. "Would you like me to satisfy any morning needs~?"

"Not right now…" I said, getting up weakly as I started to walk out, hoping there was…literally anything I could do as each hoof step felt like it took forever, just waiting for that one miracle that…I was feeling would never come.

To my surprise, Kara was following me. I decided to let her for now. I was just going to get some food anyway.

As I walked to the Cafe with her behind me I suddenly looked up and heard a screech.

A Licker jumped the wall. It was falling right at me…

I was ready to unleash all my anger on this infected… until suddenly a neon blue with black spots snake tail wrapped around it's neck… squeezed… and popped it off…

I looked back up and over to Kara who looked… pissed. "Such a fowl insect thought it could touch Master…" She growled as her tail slammed down onto the Licker corpse, rendering it to red past on the ground.

… Holy shit!

"What in god's name…" I blinked. "How strong are you?"

"Strong enough to protect you Master!" She said, her cheer and smile returning as she picked me up and gave me another kiss.

"Right…" I muttered. "Good job, now can you please put me down?"

"Yes Master." Kara said, giving me another quick kiss before putting me down.

I looked at the red paste of bone shards and ground meat that was once a Licker and smirked. Looks like Kara has another skill after all. Her strength.

As I walked with her following me close behind I had a good idea for what I can have her do to make her more of a person. But after she gives birth. After all, having someone else be a berserker along with me in a party could prove very good.

I ate breakfast with her and… we had one more go before I left her, but not without a new punching bag and training boxing gloves. It won't put too much stress on her body and will give her something to do until after she gives birth.

Guess I got my miracle after all.

Now, the last Floof Noodle and Breeder we got from Lust… Lola. I remember she has pitch black fur and scales, and was big. Almost twice as big as the other Floof Noodles and some of the Den Mothers. Her room ended up having to be this buildings basement. It was the only room that could physically house her.

I opened the door and walked down the stairs to her room. Once I was down I saw her large form sprawled out across four king size mattresses and multiple blankets covering her. I saw she was reading a book that looked tiny in her large hands.

"Hey Lola." I said. "How are you doing?"

She looked over at me, her all black fur showing off her big, emerald green eyes. She smiled, closing her book. "I am doing well Master. Are you here to partake in my body?" She asked.

Yeah… the first and last time I did that I fell into her… and that was also an experience…

"Not right now." I said. "I wanted to talk to you about your hobbies, your likes that don't involve me."

"I enjoy reading, cooking, sunbathing and country music."

That… wait what the? That's… way more than I've gotten from any of the others…

"That's…a lot of interests Lola…" I said in surprise. "Do you…know why?" I inquired.

"I always have. Ever since I was little." What the? "Confused?"

"Yes…yes I am." I said slowly.

She chuckled, but laid on side and motioned for me to sit next to her. I did. "There are many kinds of Breeders Master Button." She… said my name. Not just… Master… "The ones forced into it from Prize Pods or everyday people. Those who are born to Breeders and… processed into being Breeders. Those made from collected DNA of people the Chaos Guilds don't want to force into becoming Breeders but who's spread genetic material would be of great benefit, and then there is me. Who willingly became one."

Willingly?!

"Excuse me what!?" I asked in shock and…honestly, horrified. "Wh-why?"

"I… gave up." She said simply. "I was once not from this world. I came from a world known as Pextradian. It's far from here, but I was an upstart Adventurer who had hundreds of Dungeons completed and many skills and a massive arsenal of weapons and armor. I came to Armageddon looking to prove myself."

"I can…already see where this is going." I said sadly.

She nodded. "The crash landing sent me into an immediate respawn. When I did I was surrounded by grotesque monsters, amalgamations of monsters and what may or may not have been people. That zone alone exhausted my ammunition and healing supplies. By the time I reached the next zone I was exhausted, alone, and starving. I… had to eat some of those monsters to survive. Fifty years of scraping by and wandering aimlessly I finally found a settlement. They took me in and I helped them get by, but we missed a Rent Payment… and the people who weren't taken as collateral were killed, leaving only a handful of what was once a settlement much like this one. Those of us left moved on, taking what we could and moving forewards. That group was twenty strong. By week's end, we were five.

"By the time we reached the next zone, it was just me. And… thirty more years of scraping by and barely surviving, I got killed. Respawned elsewhere. And I kept doing that. Moving, dying, respawning, moving again… after I lost track of how many times I… didn't care anymore. I came across a Lust Collector and I willingly left with them. They let me keep my memories, but they still installed the Breeder Programming." She said, leaning over to me and planting a kiss on me. "And that's my story, Master Button."

"How do I get rid of it?" I asked bluntly.

She smirked, nuzzling into me. "I'm afraid I don't know. The process was wiped from my mind when they installed it. All I remember is laying on the table, then seeing you when the blindfold came off." She said.

"I…understand…" I sighed, nuzzling into her. "But…I'm here to give you Hope again…and to get rid of this bullshit and make Lust burn to the ground."

She wrapped her large hand around my body and pet my head with her thumb. "I won't tell you what to do Master Button… but know that despite my situation, I am happy. I only hope what happens here doesn't happen to the settlement I was part of before. And that our children can grow happy." She said, using her other hand to rub along her baby bump in her snake half.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure everyone is safe and sound." I said with a smile. "Everything is going well…and I hope it'll stay that way…so, question, since I only got a brief summary…what are Floof Noodles?" I asked. "And…also, why are they named such a fun and silly name?"

She chuckled. "We were supposedly named that as a joke as our great Ancestors were born to members of The Family back before the War started. The name just supposedly was said as a joke, but everyone in The Family loved it so much it became the official name."

"I understand why, saying Floof Noodle is just…really nice." I chuckled.

"Yes. So, do you want anything else of me, Master Button?"

"Hmm…" I hummed. "How…physically capable are Floof Noodles? Cause I saw Kara kill a Licker with…quite a bit of ease to be honest."

"We are largely muscles that are largely platted in scales that can resist most gunfire. Our reptilian halves are our strongest weapons aside from our powerful jaws and both can render most bones, rocks and metals into shards, gravel, or scrap." She said. "I myself once crushed a Titan Shadow Creatures neck to kill it."

"Oh…" I blinked in surprise. "That's…wow." I said in surprise. "So…you are very tanky and very strong?"

"Myself more than the others given my size. Perks of being a big girl~" She said, chuckling.

"And…well, I do have a thing for big girls." I said, blushing a bit at that statement but…it felt a lot better to be talking with someone that actually knew what was going on instead of just…blind programming that made me sick to my stomach.

"Such flattery Master Button. Are you playing favorites?"

"Maybe." I said cheekily, though at this point I might as well have since she's the only one that I was with that didn't make me feel extremely sad or outright furious based on their backstory.

I spend the rest of the day with Lola, listening to her tell me stories of her adventures, showing off some of her abilities, that she still had access to, and some… light foreplay and kissing.

Despite the fact her larger than me body was sleeping on top of me last night… I slept better than I have in a while.

---

The next day I was helping expand the walls. Helping clear out the sections of infected from buildings, sealing them off then keeping the infected away while the others set the walls in the streets.

When I took my lunch break, Cheat came back again. "Okay It's all done!" She proclaimed with some enthusiasm.

"So who the hell is Keven?" I asked immediately.

"Hi." A new voice said.

"That's Keven." Cheat said. "He's uh… well, technically he's a construct of various mental fragments of our… meals, that we consumed but didn't have enough for a full copy of the original peoples minds so, we got Keven here."

"So…this is technically our kid?" I mentally asked.

"No." Cheat said.

"Yes." Keven said.

"So…why did you do this?" I inquired, wanting to know why Cheat decided to just…kinda made a person in my head.

"I needed someone who could run as your armor should I get a new body I could move my consciousness onto. As well as someone to help do the grunt work for picking through and adding in all the DNA we ingest into you." Cheat said.

"I'm the only one working on that mom…" Keven replied.

"Not your mom! And shut up Keven!"

"I mean, technically Keven would be our kid due to me giving you the necessary biological needs and you fostering the consciousness into something new." I mentally said. "But…are you working on others?"

"Not at the moment. Also I refuse to accept this idiot as my child." Cheat said.

"You literally made me, how is me being an 'idiot' my fault when I am literally less than a week old?" Keven asked.

"Don't get snippy. All I had to work with were fragments of memories and personalities of racist assholes so I had to dial back the bigotry but apparently I left in the stupid."

"Hey, he's a week old, cut him some slack. I'm 16 and I'm still stupid." I commented, not caring if I called myself stupid cause…well, I've been doing stupid things. "And before you say I'm not…I agreed to going to Armageddon."

"Thank you daddy." Keven said.

"I hate you both…" Cheat said. "So, wanna checkout your new and improved mindscape?"

"Yes please." I mentally said. "Can't wait to see what you did there."

---

My mental mindscape was definitely different. Before it looked like Ponyville, now it was a mix of my hometown and the town here on Armageddon. Sans Zombies.

Cheat was here looking like she did before with a body. I was still looking like an Alicorn and Keven…

Keven looked like a flesh colored humanoid silhouette that seemed to melt and churn into itself.

Most notably I say a stairway in the middle of the street going down and various other me's. Some different colors, sizes, genders.

"Not bad huh?" Cheat said.

"I'd say so." I nodded. "I suppose this is also what you've been extremely busy over."

"Yeah. Setting all this up right was a Hassle. Plus with the mental recreations of our meals made it more so."

"I suppose me going through panic attacks didn't help either?" I asked nervously.

"Nor your episodes of uncontrollable rage." She added. "But all that aside all you see here is what you get. Each one of these other you's represents either an ability or personality trait or a collection of specific memories and down there is the prison." Cheat pointed to the stairway leading down in the middle of the road. "Where all the mental reconstructions are. The full ones anyway. All the bits and scraps that couldn't make up a full one went into making Keven."

"I'm a jury rigged mental Entity." Keven stated.

"Neat." I nodded. "Well, this'll be very interesting later on."

Cheat and Keven gave me a simple tour of the place. It was far more simple that it looked and as I looked around I had a few questions, but shrugged them off for now.

The last stop on this tour was the prison where the prisoners were all people Cheat and I devoured since we… started doing that.

Some glared at me. Others looked away. A few flinched and leaned as far back into their cells as possible, trying to keep the maximum distance between them and the bars I stood on the other side of.

This is… definitely something.

"And that's just about everything." Cheat said simply as we exited the prison.

"That's fair." I nodded. "It's a bit surprising how much you've gotten done here Cheat."

"Well I figured you didn't need me much in those last few weeks so I decided to put some time here and help keep your noggin working properly." She said, giving my head a pat. "And the best part, since we have bodies here, we can have all the sex we want without the risk of another pregnancy. Probably."

"Why do you say 'probably'?" I asked carefully.

"Well there is a slight chance in the excitement I could use a small cell of mine and fertilize an egg in our shared womb or our rutting consciousnesses could produce an offspring too that, like Keven, only exists in our mindscapes."

"Right…" I said. "Good to know that is still a possibility."

"It's only a slight possibility for either. Less than half a percentage." Cheat waved off. "But yeah, this is pretty much everything save that over there." She pointed to what was Twilight's castle. The crystals dark and cracked. "That is where your Dark Skills live."

"I can imagine they are…not very happy to be stuck in one place together…"

"Actually they took that place for themselves and told us all to stay out. Except you they did say you were allowed in."

I sighed, not really surprised. "Cause of course they'd all take the big shiny thing and almost break it immediately…" I shook my head. "I'll go see them if you don't have anything else to show me."

When the two shook their heads I nodded and headed towards the ruined Twilight's Castle. Opening the door everything was pretty dark, only lit by sparkly placed candles. The inside was always huge but it looked bigger in here.

After Twilight became Princess of Equestria back home and moved to Canterlot the old castle of her's became the town library and museum. I went on tours and checked out books a lot here and the layout was definitely different.

"There you are." Looking up and and seeing another me, only this me had the same look save pitch black mane and tail. "Took your time getting here."

"And who are you?" I inquired to the new me.

"Greed. As in that whole branch." He stated.

Huh.

"Kinda thought you would have…green or gold hair if you're Greed…" I said. "But…alright, you're Greed…" I nodded. "So, how have you been doing since you…came to be."

"Eh. Can't complain. You've taken a lot from others and got lots of possessions so I'm satisfied. For now." They smirked.

"So how the hell do I remember things from the Mates when…they aren't supposed to?" I asked Greed carefully.

"Simple. You own them." Greed said with a chuckle as they circled around. "Their hearts, minds, bodies… time."

Time?

"Their Time?" I asked. "What do you mean by that?"

"In a world where ones identity can be removed from them. Their DNA rewritten and entire being changed into whatever another wants, the only true means of recovering what was lost is the time before. See the changes as they happened but keep what they lost."

So… those are visions… of the past. From their perspective.

"So…I keep who they all used to be?" I inquired. "Can…can I try to…reverse what happened to them through this? I own their Time, so I should own who they were before…right?"

"Nope." They said with a smirk, moving and looking me in the eyes now. "That is yours and nobody other than you can have it. Not even who it rightfully belongs to. Besides, why bother? The trauma alone would make those poor girls go insane rather than help them and it's not like remembering who they are will change the Breeder Programming. Lola proves that well enough."

I hate how this rat bastard had a point. "It…it's still better than just being a slave! I…I want to help them be more, be better than whatever those fuckers did to them…"

Greed shrugged. "They are your property. You can do whatever you like to them. Perhaps, a compromise?" Greed asked, suddenly holding an Apple up to me in their hoof.

"And…what compromise do you have in mind?" I asked carefully, not sure if I should take the apple considering I'm facing my own self personified by Greed.

"Think about it, Button. What do all these thefts of their identities and pasts have in common? What is the one common variable in the process that set most of those hot baby makers into the life they live now?"

"Lust?" I asked, considering where the Breeder's tend to come from and the Chaos Guild aptly named after them, it should have been simple enough.

"Close but not quite." A new voice spoke. Flying down from the darkness above was another Me, this one with a hot neon pink mane and rose red coat. They eyed me for a while before smirking and blowing me a kiss. "We sure are a looker~"

"Speak of the whore and they shall appear." Greed said, laughing slightly.

I rolled my eyes. "So, what's the right answer?" I asked carefully.

"It's a bit of Lust." Greed said.

"A bit of Greed." Lust added.

"A bit of each of us really." Greed said, taking a bite of their apple.

"So…it all has to do with the Dark Skill Tree?" I asked carefully. "It…all has to do with Apocalypse doesn't it? It…being a Sentient planet wanted life to be born on it?"

"Give the star a prize." Greed said, Lust planting a kiss on my cheek.

I shook them off but they just licked their lips in glee. "We are part of Armageddon Button Mash and now you are too. Forever tied to the planet through crimes and sins." Lust said.

"And through blood and family." Greed added with a chuckle.

I…didn't like the sound of that. "I'm…stuck on this god forsaken rock…forever…" I muttered.

"By the will of Armageddon." Lust said, stepping up next to me and wrapping a wing and leg around me and keeping me there. "Hey now, cheer up, it's not so bad. There's endless opertunities for sex."

"Endless opportunities to take and keep." Greed added.

Some heavy thuds were heard getting closer. Looking up it was another Me, this one with a pale white coat, easy twelve feet tall and morbidly obese. Gluttony… "Plenty to eat." They chuckled.

"And plenty to slaughter." Another Me said as they dropped from the darkness of the ceiling. This Me looked basically exactly like me but a buzz but mane and a twisted grin on their muzzle… Wrath.

"No…no no no…" I muttered, realizing how boned I really was.

"Welcome home Button Mash." They all said, chuckling turning to manic laughing.

I shook Lust off of me and ran.

"And remember! There's still three of us left to unlock!" Wrath called out as I got outside the twisted castle and shut the door behind me.

---

Back in the physical world I stayed quiet as I helped finish the walls. Time in my mental space is accelerated so, no real loss of time out here.

When I got back to the building my Mates and I all lived in I was greeted by Sweetie giving me a kiss. "Welcome back Button. Did a lot of work today?"

"K-kinda…" I muttered. "So…I just…learned something horrifying…"

"Oh no, are you pregnant again?"

That actually made me laugh a little.

"Worse!" I said in a cheery manner that made Sweetie look a little worried. "I'm stuck here forever! I can't go back to our home…I'm a part of this world now…isn't that funny?"

Sweetie Bot stayed silent for a while. After a moment she placed a hoof to my cheek. "Button, do you remember when you found me? Dusty, half broken and unable to speak or even feel genuine emotions?"

"Y-yeah…" I nodded shakily. "I remember the day…"

"Remember when you took me to that computer and robotics expert in the realm of Dreams and he put the chip that suppressed my programming and gave me the foundation for free will and a sense of self identity? And now, here I am, in love with you, carrying a foal, a Foal Button! I'm a synthetic that never could have had that happen before and now I can because of you. You could have taken me at face value, just a servant and occasional sex toy, but you gave me life and came here in effort to gather all my missing parts and do the same for Scootaborg. If you are part of this planet now Button, stuck here forever, then so are the rest of us and I know that for as long as you live you won't take this planet and all it's horrors at face value. You will help make it something more. Because that's who you are and it's what you do best. Help others become more… or, level up." She added with a chuckle, looking over at my cutie mark.

I shook my head at the joke there. "I…I know Sweetie…and I'm glad your happy…ugh, why am I not allowed to be upset?" I huffed, having yet another speech told to me.

"Because then I would be a terrible girlfriend and we don't want that now do we?" She asked with a chuckle as she gave me another kiss.

"Preach sister." Cheat added.

"You wouldn't be terrible girlfriends when I'm going to be stuck on this sentient hellhole forever…I want you all to be safe and sound, not stuck in Apocalypse land for all eternity…"

"So long as we have one another, we'll manage." Sweetie said, taking my hoof and pulling me along. "Now come on, Cream, Philomena and Mei all made a large dinner for everyone and with all the nights you spent with the others lately we're all looking forward to a meal together."

I nodded, following along. Reaching the room I've been in basically this whole time I felt… kinda happy. Dad and Echo were on the loveseat sharing a blanket. Maud was with Dovahken and Power Up reading them a story. Philomena was nursing our many children on the couch. Mei, Cream and Al were getting the plates ready and the TV had DVD cartoons playing that no one was really listening to but made good background noise.

I thought back to that first night when it was just Cheat and I… I… never realized what this place had become…

"Wow…I never noticed…"

"Because you were too busy worrying about keeping us safe and never got to enjoy the fruits of your labor." Sweetie said.

"Hey Button." I looked up, seeing Tiara fly over me and land in front of me. "Been a while since you ate dinner here."

"Y-yeah…it's…it's been a while." I said sheepishly.

"Good. Come on then while it's still hot and being served."

I smiled and followed… maybe… being stuck here won't be so bad. I guess I can call this place home so long as my family is here.