Silkura 3

>Nnhh...why do you have to feel so...conscious of that thing
>You are none other than the bat pony mare known as Silkura, or Silky, depends who you ask, and you’re currently on your way home after a real quick shopping trip
>And you’re feeling just a tad bit too self conscious about a thing you did to yourself yesterday night
>You sorta...kinda...took a cucumber and did things with it...to you crotch...
>And now you feel like you always do afterwards, paranoid
>Not that you do it that lot to begin with, only every now and then, very rarely, once a month at max!
>G-give or take...
>But you’ve always had this weird fear that everypony can tell what you have been doing, like your body would give off pheromones or a scent you can not detect, or it’s visible on your backside, or even in the way you trot
>You have read that mares walk differently after getting, you know, a-action back there, and other ponies can tell from that
>but that makes you walk kinda funny, when you try not to walk funny, and you might be hugging your tail against your butt a bit too much unconsciously, or then hold it way too up because you don’t want to obviously shield your butt, and it just becomes so awkward and you think ponies might be thinking you’re in heat even!
>You sigh, once again catching yourself taking a little bit awkward steps
>No, you have to walk casually, with confidence
>you put on your runway trot, your hips sway-iiih!
>Bad idea, bad idea, your parts are rubbing together and they’re sensitive from what you did, very bad idea
>You let out a sigh, this would be easy if you could just fly, but you’re using your wings to carry the bags of groceries
>Hmm, you smell smoke, is somepony having a bbq? You haven’t had one in years...pineapple ring hayburgers, roasted nectarines with honey...
>You start to notice a few ponies, no, a lot of bat ponies rushing towards somewhere in the direction of your home, you wonder what’s happening
>And then as you reach home, your bags drop to the ground as you come face to face with your home being burned by roaring flames, the local firefighter ponies rushing about and trying to put it out, but it’s already too late
“M-my home!”
>All that is left is the foundation and frames, all the rest of it seems to be a heap of burned up junk
>”Silkura, there you are”
>The pony from the bank approaches you
>”I was coming over to deliver these papers, but then I came up to this scene, good to see you’re fine, but I do have some good news and some bad news”
“I...what, news?”
>You’re still in a bit of shock, h-how-
>”Yes, well the good news is that you do not owe the bank anything anymore, but the bad news is that the dept, since clearly your business can not run anymore, is paid straight out of your home insurance, and the business deal we had is off. So I am sorry to say, you no longer have any money saved, your bank account is a pure round zero”
>You slowly turn your head to look at the baker pony
“B-but that means all I have is what I have on me”
>The banker pony nods
>”Well look at it this way, with good luck something survives the fire”
>Just as he says that the whole thing collapses into a pile of burned up rubble
>”...or not. Well, dreadfully sorry, but got some businesses to do, ta-ta”
>The banker pony leaves and you just collapse to sit on the ground as they finally manage to put the flames out, staring at the black heap with your eyes getting watery
>Oh no, what about the spiders? Did they get out ok? You don’t see them anywhere, wait your groceries, they’re all you have if nothing survived the fire, did they-
>They’ve been stomped to mush by ponies swarming all over the scene
>it’s...it’s all gone
>Your lip trembles and a few tears drop down from your eyes as a stallion firefighter bat pony approaches you
>”Are you the owner of this house?”
>You wipe your eyes, sniff and nod
>”I’m sorry to say, but nothing survived the fire, the whole house and any items in it have burned down completely, the fire was too strong”
>he gives you a pat on the shoulder
>”Do you have a place to stay? Any friend who can take you in?”
>You nod slowly, the question not fully registering as the reality of the situation keeps sinking deeper and deeper
>You have no home, no money, no nothing, just a mane band that is tying your mane up, you managed to spend every last bit you had on your person when you were shopping for groceries...
>A-at least you don’t owe the bank a lot of money as well, r-right?
>you sniffle again, and notice a lot of eyes on you as the crowd is now paying attention to you, well what’s left of it, it has started to break up and the firefighters are packing up their gear and preparing to head back to their fire station
>You...first you need to get away from here and find a...you need somewhere where you can gather yourself and...Jasmine, her house, she’ll understand
>You quickly open up your wings and start flying, trying your hardest not to cry so you won’t draw any attention as you fly to her place, shedding some tears anyway along the way
>As you reach her door you find a note on it that says “Out on a mission, be back in a few weeks”
>You head right to Night Watches house, barely remembering the way, an find a similar note on her door
>Panic starts to set in as you realize that you have no friends to stay over with...m-maybe the pony who you do business a lot with, who makes those wedding dresses? You could offer up to work for her in exchange for lodging
>But you find a note on her door as well, she’s off to Canterlot for something and won’t be back in a month!
>What now? you don’t have any money at all to stay at an inn, and you don’t really know any ponies
>You pace around in panic, almost hyperventilating and fighting back tears that just seem to be coming out even if crying in public is bad and you don’t want to draw attention and-
>You spot a familiar pony, Love Bites
>Would he let you stay with him? He’s the only one left that you can ask...
>You turn towards him and as you are about to take flight you spot another pony in his company, a stallion
>Now that you look at Love Bites more, he’s got a skirt on and socks
>W-what...oh...
>it all makes sense now, he likes other stallions! And that must be his boyfriend, he’s flirting with him a lot...you have no right to interrupt their life...
>Yeah, of course he’d have a special somepony, it makes sense
>Instead you head out in the opposite direction, missing out on seeing Love Bites shocking the stallion and snickering a lot as the stallion found out that “She” was a he
>You fly off to the woods on the outskirts of the town, and find a secluded enough spot to cry
>And you cry, a lot, trying your best to not make any sound and draw any possible attention to yourself, even if you fail at it horribly
>After...seems like a long time, you stop, slowly, and just let out whimpers while on the ground, lying all curled up and shivering a little
>you dry your eyes, your mane and coat a mess, and your eyes red from crying
>It’s starting to be the morning now...if only you had a little money you could just...
>Suddenly it starts to rain quite hard, and you quickly rush inside the first place where you see with a neon sign saying “open”
>”So you’re saying by working here I can live in here?”
>”Yeah, we’ve got some rooms, and we’ll even let you keep the tips you get”
>your ears perk up and you look up, only to see that you’ve wandered into a very sleazy looking bar
>Are those...poles? For naughty da-
>you spot a mare twirling upside down on one of them and let out a squeak, yes they definitely are!
>You start backing up and back up right into a very large pony
>”Hey boss, I think we’ve got one more pony who wants to be a dancer”
>You let out a meek meep, which was supposed to be “No I’m not”
>The scruffy looking pony behind the bar counter takes a look at you, and then looks your body up and down
>”She looks ok, the job is yours if you want to, free lodging and all”
>You gulp
“B-but I don’t know how to dance...”
>The pony lets out a laugh
>”That’s ok, most of them don’t, we’ll teach them how to properly make money. So what do you say, interested?”
>You let out a very high pitched screee and rush out of the bar
>E-even if you would have a place to stay, becoming an entertainer for stallions would be j-just...
>You’d rather camp in a cave or something!
>And with that in mind, you fly all the way to the small cave where you had the incident with the talking spiders
>With everything that has happened and not eating like you had planned when you got home, you find yourself very out of energy and simply curl up and go to sleep, giving up on trying to do anything right now


>Ugghhh
>Groggily and with a wet, leaky nose you start to unravel from the fetal position you were lying in, your body aching from sleeping on the cold hard ground
>A random bat pony flies by shouting “AAAAAAAA! AAAAAA!”
>you wonder what kind of trouble, trouble it is in
>”So you really are homeless”
>You suddenly jump up at the sound of another pony and whip around, coming face to face with a pony, no wait you know this pony, the one from the sleazy joint you accidentally walked into just last morning
>”Listen kid, one of my favorite dancers keeps going on how I should have aided you, so just come with me alright?”
>you shake your head and take a step back but he grabs you and then drags you with him while you just...kinda let it happen
>You’re dragged back to the bar, where music is booming and a teal colored bat mare is doing things to a pole that makes you blush and squeak
>Another mare, dressed up even more indecently than the dancing one comes up to you as the bartender pony lets you go
>”So you did find her, hi there~”
>You smile awkwardly and extend a hoof for a shake, which makes the mare giggle and shake it
>”You were looking like life had beaten you over the head with a shovel and then put it up your pussy, and I could not stop thinking about you, so I asked this darling employer of ours to go and take a look at the surrounding area”
“Oh...w-well thank you”
>The hooting of the customers as they drool after the mare shaking her butt makes you very nervous
>The bartender looks at the dancer pony speaking with you
>”So what now? I don’t exactly run a charity here”
>The mare looks at him
>”Relax, let me instruct her a little and then she’ll do one dance”
>You stare at the mare with wide, horrified eyes
>”And you’ll give her something to eat in exchange for that”
>your stomach growls
>”Yeah that works, I’ll fill up a plate for her”
>The mare nods and turns to look at you again while you fidget
“B-but-“
>She shushes you by placing her hoof on your lips, making you eep
>”You’re hungry aren’t you?”
>Your stomach growls again, reminding you that yes, you are
>”You should eat first, and I’ll do my dance number while you do, and after that I’ll instruct you”
>She passes you, on her way towards the stage
>”And don’t worry, when you dance it’ll be the quiet hours, not many ponies to stare at you”
>You stare at her as she goes away, stallions slipping bills into her thong
>With a scrunched up mouth and a blush you take a seat at the bar as a plate is placed in front of you, a sloppy low quality breakfast on it
>But as you dig in you find that it’s the best thing you have eaten in a while, all the attention you have focused on eating, so much that you become unaware of your surroundings until you’re done
>And seems that the mare is done as well as she joins next to you, a bit sweaty and smelling...
>For some reason she smells really good...you hope you’re not turning into a lesbian...
>”Phew, that felt good~”
>You blush
>”Looks like you’re done, I’ll let you digest a little while I rest up, that was intense”
>The bartender pony gives her something and she begins to drink it, slowly sipping every now and then while chatting with the bartender stallion
>Slowly the crowd starts to die down and the place to empty, and soon it’s just the staff, the dancers chatting amongst themselves and the staff with them
>And you feel awkwardly out of place, and not sure where to look, there’s indecently dressed mares everywhere
>”Now then~”
>You jolt as you feel a hoof brush your butt
>”Let’s get to choosing you an outfit”
>You get dragged off by the mare and into a dressing room with all kinds of things on a clothes rack
>”Just pick whatever and let’s get started”
>You start browsing the clothes, frowning as you struggle to find anything that isn’t over the top...like these star shaped teat covers that you just stick on like Band-Aids
>But you manage to find black tights and a half corset, and those being the only things that cover up a lot you go with them, putting them on while blushing a lot
>You soon get them on and the mare frowns
>”Let me...”
>She suddenly starts ripping up the tights, getting them full of holes and tears, making your coat peek out indecently, and then she attaches a choker around your neck
>”Much better...but it’s still missing something”
>You notice her eying your ears so you fold them flat and cover them with your hooves
“I know my ears are too big...”
>She giggles a little
>”Some stallions like them extra tufty, here let me”
>She digs out something and starts touching your ears, making you let out a whimper and close your eyes
>”That’s good, stay like that, I’m going to add some make-up”
>She’s what? But you don’t-
>Suddenly you feel tings on your face and just sit tight until it is over
>As you open up your eyes you come face to face with a very indecent mare
>Trashy make-up, messy mane, a choker, a half corset and ripped up tights-wait that’s you!
>You stare at the mirror with a dumbfounded expression as the mare giggles
>”Oh I am good~”
>You just keep looking between her and your reflection
>”Come on, let’s go, we have a lot to learn”
>You awkwardly follow the mare, the cat calls the other dancers giving you making you feel really self conscious
>And then one of them slaps you on the butt, making you jump!
>Are all of these dancers lesbats?
>You’re placed on stage, which is already making you feel like getting off even if there is no audience
>”Lights!”
>The lights get turned on and suddenly you can’t see anything outside the stage, especially any audience if there was one
>The mare joins you
>”It’s a little trick we have to make newcomers get comfortable with dancing on stage”
>She grabs the other pole, hugs it with her thighs and does a little spin
>”Try to do that”
>You stare at the pole and grab it awkwardly, trying to hug it yet not appear lewd
>But you can feel the mare’s gaze on you so you buck up and go for it, closing your eyes and doing a little spin
>And to your surprise, it’s pretty easy and not hard at all
>You come to a halt and open up your eyes, visibly less nervous now
>”Good, now try to do this...”
>For the next...you’re not sure how long, you try your best to mimic the mare, and sometimes you fail, and sometimes you succeed
>And then she tells them to put the music on and just repeat what you did while the lights flash
>It’s awkward at first but soon you start to get into it a little bit, finding it easy to connect one move to the other
>They’re pretty simple and nothing as lewd as you have seen these ponies are capable of, but it’s still something that makes you think that you should offer to wash dishes or something instead, there’s no way you can do this while ponies watch you
>...not to mention you don’t like the way you’re starting to feel when this pole keeps...touching you...
>Suddenly the music stops and the lights die down, and what you hear is cheering and wooping as your eyes adjust and-
>you freeze, there’s ponies sitting at the seats, throwing money onto the stage
>You fall flat onto your butt, giving the audience a good view of your spread hind hooves until you remember to quickly close them
>The mare hops onto the stage, smiling at you
>”Sorry, but I don’t think you would have been able to do it if I played fair, but as you can see it’s not that hard or bad”
>She helps you up while you’re still trying to process all of this, the realization of having put on an actual dance show for stallions slowly sinking in further
>As you’re guided to the dressing room one of the mares gives you a rather shiver-inducing pat
>”Good work out there newbie, nice moves~”
>She snickers at you falling down as you mess up walking forward because of it, making the other mare scoff playfully
>”Come on Ventress, ease up or the poor thing will pass out from blushing so hard”
>The mare responds with a little booty shake at the mare and you while flicking her tail
>”Maybe I should have shown her some really juicy ones”
>For some reason she reminds you a bit of Night Watch...
>This Ventress gets on the stage and-wow, she’s upside down all of the sudden on the pole!
>Back inside the dressing room you begin to hyperventilate a bit and the mare pats your back as you do
>”Sorry...hope you won’t hate me for it”
>W-well...she did fool you but you had a good time even if you thought you would not...but a lot of stallions were looking at you and probably thinking of doing things to you...w-with their dicks!
>You start undressing
>”You can use out shower if you want, since you’re a bit sweaty and you look like you slept in a forest, which I take you did, what even made you do that?”
>You give her the short story of everything
>”Wow, and I thought I was down on my luck, take all the time you need”
>You nod and use the shower to wash up, and let the warm water wash away your worries and thoughts for some time
>You are unsure how long you stood under the water but when you come back you find the bartender there
>”She had to go and perform, so here’s your share of the tips we got thanks to your dance”
>You gasp as you’re handed some money
>”You were not half bad, if you want to stick around I won’t mind, I could use a mare like you, you’re kind of shy and awkward with all of this, opposed to how confident and skilful my mares are, and many stallions like that”
>You smile a little, the first smile in a while
“Thank you, but I don’t think I can do that...sorry...”
>The bartender shrugs
>”Suit yourself, I’m going back to running the bar”
>You finish drying up and now with money exit that place, picking up the pace as you see a few of the stallions who watched you dance also leaving at the same time and giving you leers and smiles while telling you that you were really...w-well, enjoyable to watch
>With a heavy blush of what you just did you retreat back to the little cave, all freshened up and with some money, and having even eaten
>You crack a little smile before sitting down and thinking what to do next
>if...no, when you’re back on your hooves you should thank those ponies in that establishment, somehow


>You are Silkura, currently a homeless bat mare with a soft spot for spiders and an assortment of other bugs as well, though you don’t know as much of them as you do of arachnids
>And you have made money by doing striptease.
>Your face goes red as you remind yourself of that fact
“R-relax Silky, you did it by accident...”
>As you steady your breathing, you spot something that makes you smile
>A lone little spider in the corner of the quite-not-a-cave-but-a-hole, fixing its web
>You get up and go take a closer look, and as the spider notices you it hisses at you and backs away
“No, relax, I’m a nice pony...”
>You look around and spot a random cricket on the ground, and stomp on it gently to stun and probably slightly kill it
>You pick it up with your mouth, carefully by one of the twitching legs, and place it on the web
“See?”
>The spider relaxes and goes over to the cricket, wrapping it up in web fast before returning to its earlier activities
“Could you...help me?”
>The spider pauses and looks at you, and then seems to think for a while before slowly nodding, to which you clop your hooves together a few times while smiling
“Great, ok here is what I need your help with...”
>You whisper your plan to the spider and then it hops onto your wing that you extend for it, and the two of you are on your way, looking for a certain kind of a pony
>After a bit of searching you spot a stallion with three cups and a small red ball, a bunch of money at his side
>He’s swindling tourists, for a fee you get to try to guess in which cup the ball is, and if you get it right you get all the money he’s collected up by now
>But ponies like these always cheat and swindle the ball out so it’s not beneath any of them, and that is where the spider comes in
>The balls are unique, foamy so that they fold up into very little tiny specks, and are easy to hide
>The spider hops off and sneakily locates one of those balls, as you thought the pony was carrying extras with him
>It wraps it up in web so it’s easy to transport, and returns to you as you step up
>”Would the lovely mare like to try her luck? Only three bits”
>You nod and pay up
>”Ok here is the ball, now watch it go”
>As he sets the cups down, your little spider friend has already climbed inside an empty one, now you just need to keep your eyes on that one
>And it’s proving to be quite hard, he moves them much faster than you had thought
>As it is the time to take your guess you gulp while feeling your chest tighten, you are not 100% sure but
>You point at one and he picks it up
>”Sorry, better l-wait what?”
>There was a red ball under it, and the spider quickly sneaks out and away as he stares at the ball with wide eyes, probably thinking he made a mistake
>The small crowd congratulates you as the stallion bitterly hands you the money, and quite a lot of it
“Thank you”
>And with that you’re off, now with a lot more of money, enough to make you quickly buy a little leather pouch for them
>You thank the spider and locate a few more, and after hunting for enough bugs for them you now have a little spidersilk belt you can hang the pouch on
>You bid the spiders goodbye and start heading for a little lake next
>There is something you really want to do, but never have done it because you never really needed to because you had a shower at home
>A clean little pond, with insanely clear water
>You always wanted to take a little bath in it, but never had a reason to, except now
>And you already washed up at the striptease place so you don’t even need any soap, just to enjoy the water
>You leave your belt and pouch hidden inside a bush just in case and take a few steps into the pond, shivering a little
“Brrrrr”
>It’s much colder than you had thought, but it’s somehow...refreshing~
>you take a few more small steps before just letting go and slipping in fully, the crisp pond water making your body tense up as you gasp, suddenly feeling ten times more awake than you were
>You’re torn between wanting to get out and to stay in, and as you simply stand there, unable to make a decision the water slowly begins to feel not that cold, and very pleasant even as you get used to the temperature
>you decide to kick back and float a little, letting out a satisfied “eeeeeee~”
>Unknowns to you a random bat pony stallion has taken notice of this and is paying very close attention to your perky little teats breaking the waters surface, your nipples erect form the cold and standing erect proudly
>Your mane, now free of the little band keeping it in its usual ponytail flows free on the water as you lie on your back and float, your eyes closed and worries gone from your mind
>You stay that way for some time, you’re unsure how long, until you start to feel a bit chilly again, and slowly step out of the water, tail held high because you don’t want it to stick to your coat, and at the same time giving the stallion quite an eyeful of your goods
>And then you do a doggy shake, drying yourself up as good as you can with it, and making your coat and mane extra poofy
>You sniff, feeling a bit cold but extremely refreshed~
>You put your belt on and start to think
>Now you have enough money to stay at an inn, but not for very long, a couple of days at max
>But you could buy camping supplies and-no wait, you just swam in a cold pond, you get the feeling you’d probably get yourself sick if you slept outside this morning...
>You should stay at a hotel or inn for today, and then try camping the next few days
>The idea of camping makes you feel excited, but also worried, the last time you camped was one day in a tent in your parents backyard
>But it’ll be something completely new! And could help keep your mind busy and not focus on how down on your luck you are right now...
>And those poor spiders...you hope they got out, you have not seen any of them but you have high hopes they got out and just went on their own ways
>You hop up and shake your head before gathering your mane back into a ponytail and heading off towards the little inn
>As you fly around you start to feel more than less self conscious about not being fully dried up, blushing and fidgeting in the air
>And you even get a bit lost because of it, taking a few accidental wrong turns before reaching the inn
>You walk in and up to the receptionist
>”Oh hi, if you’re looking for a room we’re sorry, the local marble race convention is happening in Hollow Shades ad we’re completely booked”
>Marble racing? Is that a thing?
“Oh, that’s ok...do you know if the hotel is booked as well?”
>The receptionist pony shakes her head
>”No, but I’d think it has space since we’ve got all these marble enthusiasts staying at our inn”
“Ok, I’ll check there, thank you”
>The receptionist bids you farewell and you head out onto the hotel, which is more expensive but also a bit more luxurious
>It does have room, and you buy a room for the day so you can sleep and then go and buy some cheap fruits you can eat in your room
>And after eating a banana, you find yourself a bit sleepy so you start to nap


>You let out a yawn, wow what a wonderful na-
>You notice the time
>You slept the whole day.
>You actually just went for a nap and managed to skip over to the next night instead of waking up, doing stuff and then going to bed
>And it’s soon even the time for you to give the room back!
>Quickly you get up and shower since you have one at your use right now and after a hurried self grooming session in front of the mirror you set out and return the keys, but also manage to grab free breakfast since they were still serving
>And after stuffing your face with free fruits and croissant, which drew a bit too much attention to you, you set out
>Time to shop for supplies
>The idea of camping makes you feel giddy and nervous at the same time
>You locate the local flea market and go take a look, and after walking through it you exit with a pair of saddle bags with a few little items, a sleeping bag and a small single pony tent, all costing less than you had thought, this is going do well!
>Next, some cheap canned fruits
>But as you reach the store, you end up spending a bit too much on canned lychees, your favorite fruit, since you saved up some bits from the flea market
>And now...you should leave Hollow Shades and find a good spot to camp.
>Outside of the town, away from everypony, but at the same time away...from everypony...
>now that you’re supposed to leave, the company of a lot of other ponies suddenly sounds warm and welcoming instead of stressful and a bit off putting
>...maybe it’s best to hang around a little bit more, if you set out now you’ll just have too much free time on your hooves
>And just as you turn around a pony runs right into you
>”Screeh!”
“Ack!”
>You fall flat on your face
>”Sorry, didn’t se you there...hey, you’re that mare who’s house burned down”
>The voice sounds somewhat familiar, and as you open up your eyes you find a familiar looking white bat pony in front of you, two large mail saddlebags on her side
>It’s the mailmare pony
>”You ok?”
>She extends a hoof to you which you accept and get up
“Yeah I’m ok”
>You start gathering your stuff that got knocked down in the impact and she starts to help
>”Going campi-oh...”
>She seems to put two and two together
>”Hey...do you want to crash at my place?”
>You drop the tent you were just picking up
>”I mean I did fly into you, think of it as an apology”
>You shake your head
“No it’s fine, I don’t want to impose and-“
>She interrupts you with a hoof placed on your mouth, which makes you eep
>”I insist”
>You just nod while still eying her hoof on your lips, making you blush and take a step back
>”I’m Daylily by the way, you were Silkura right?”
>You nod
“Yeah, that’s my name...but just call me Silky, it’s easier”
>Daylily nods
“Silky it is then, follow me I was just heading home”
>You set out following the mare and soon enough you’re at a house and follow her in
>”Midnight, Tulip, I’m home and I brought company!”
>you hear tiny hoofsteps rushing to greet the two of you
>”Oohh, company~, are you going to bring that company over to your bed?”
>You gasp and blush as a little filly, who looks slightly familiar for some reason, greets the two of you
>”And it’s a she even, she’s real pretty, hi!”
>She comes over to you and gives your side a nuzzle, which makes you blush and feel uncomfortable
>”Tulip stop making our guest feel uncomfortable”
>An older looking mare walks in from a room, her mane in a bun and wearing eyeglasses
>”Hi I’m Midnight Delight, nice to meet you”
>You look at the two and then notice they’re staring at you, and hurry to introduce yourself
“Oh yeah I’m Silkura hi my house burned down and now I am here because she said so”
>You point at Daylily and start to sweat just a little as you realize how awkward that must have sounded
“But please call me Silky its easier”
>Thankfully Daylily joins in on the conversation
>”I ran into her, she’s that pony who’s house burned down, and I found her about to go camping so I offered her to stay with us this day, I hear it’s going to rain”
>”So that’s her, the one who makes fabric or something? I’m so sorry for what happened to your home”
>You’re suddenly hugged by the older mare, letting out a meep that makes the filly, who you believe is named Tulip, snicker
“I-it’s fine, I mean it was a sad thing but I’m fine and...”
>She stops hugging you and you try your best not to blush while Daylily walks past you
>”What’s for dinner?”
>Tulip comes over to you as she and Midnight start to discuss something
>”That’s a nice spider”
>you look around if there’s a spider on you but then notice her pointing your cutie mark
>”Can I pet it?”
“Oh that’s just my cutie mark, it’s not a real spider”
>You give her an awkward smile and she keeps looking at you weirdly
>”I know~”
>You freeze up, is this filly trying to...what is she doing?
>”Tulip come on!”
>Suddenly another little filly, with a peach colored coat, rushes out of a room
>Tulip turns around and looks at the newcommer who notices you and looks down, appearing shy
>”Oh uhhmm hi”
>Tulip looks between you and the filly
>”That’s Peachy, my frie-“
>She’s interrupted by a third filly peeking out from the same room, holding a doll
>”Peachy drag her back by the tail if you have to we’re getting to the interesting part!”
>Tulip calls out towards the third filly as she disappears back to the room
>”I said I’m coming Scratchy, gosh you’re always in such a hurry to get me to come”
>Tulip starts heading back and Peachy gives you a shy, cute smile and joins her
>This Tulip must be quite a tardy filly if she’s always late
>you can’t help but to smile just a little, even if you’re not a big fan of kids, these three seemed kinda cute
>”Our little devils seed giving you trouble?”
>You look towards the doorway to what you think is the living room, where Midnight and Daylily disappeared into together, from where Midnight Delight is looking at you
“Oh no, she was just saying hello”
>”Ok, but she can be a bit of a brat”
>You decide to follow Midnight and soon you find yourself in the kitchen where Daylily is stirring a pot
>”So you own a lingerie shop right? Kinda neat that you do your advertisement by yourself, I saw you once when you were out, you’re pretty ballsy to pull that off”
>It was a pretty bold move, to be both the shop runner and the mare who is advertising the products she sells you guess?
“It was nothing, I just had to show off a little”
>You rub the back of your head while blushing and feeling proud
>”Oh so you like to show off huh?”
>Midnight gives you a look that is...you’re unsure what
“I dunno, not that much but from time to time, and especially if you have something worth showing, why not show it off and get it out there, to get ponies interested”
>Midnight Delight giggles a little in a kind of sweet, ringy tone of voice
>”Oh I know exactly what you mean~”
>You wonder if she also runs a business
“Do you run a business?”
>She shakes her head
>”No, I am a schoolteacher”
>Ooh, she does have that vibe to her, you can imagine her teaching and being strict and assigning way too much homework
>”Before that she was a matron at an orphanage”
>Daylily starts putting bowls down onto the table
>”So she knows her foals, fillies and colts”
“That’s pretty amazing, I could never do anything like that...”
>You suddenly notice a spider in one of the corners, and your jaw drops
>It is one of the spiders from your house!
>You suddenly dive towards it, taking it by surprise as you eeeeee and carefully yet excitedly nuzzle the little thing
“You’re ok!”
>And completely miss out on both Midnight and Daylily looking at you weird
“What happened? Did any of the others survive?”
>The spider tells you that all the spiders got out on time and scattered all over the town and surrounding area
“That’s so great! Eeeeee!”
>You get up, placing the spider on your head and turning to look at the two ponies
“They’re all ok!”
>And then stop and blush as you see them looking at you weirdly
“Oh...ahaha...I like spiders and I was living with a bunch of them...I hope that’s not too weird”
>Their expressions soften and they shake their heads
>”No, it’s fine, I take it you didn’t know if they were ok or dead?”
>You nod to Daylily
“Yeah, I was so worried and sad and here this little angel is, telling me that they are all ok, this is the best night ever!”
>You let out a squee as Midnight shakes her head
>”One pony likes spider, other running a criminal organization...”
>Daylily puffs up her cheeks and blushes
>”Oh come on it was just for a little while...”
>You pause and stare at Daylily with wide eyes
“You ran a criminal organization?”
>She looks troubled
>”It’s a long story...I’m not a bad bat or anything just you know”
“Oh I didn’t think tha-“
>The spider interrupts you, telling you it’ll go and tell all its other friends it sees that you are ok, so you nod and let it out by opening up a window
“He wanted to leave and go tell his friends I am all ok”
>Both of the ponies giggle a little and you blush, smiling in embarrassment but also joy
“What can I say, they’re my dear little friends”


>You’re Silkura and...
>”And now you come home with this hussy you’ve been cheating me with!”?
>And you’re unsure if this is how all fillies play house or if these three are just special...
“I uhhh...”
>You look at Tulip who is looking at you and Peach Screech menacingly
>You’re supposed to be the husband, Tulip the mother, Scratchy Velour the child and Peach Screech a “friend” of yours, but you had no idea she had this kind of a friend in mind...
>Peach Screech fidgets, looking uncomfortable
>”W-well if you took proper care of his needs maybe he w-would not be s-sleeping with another mare...”
>Her voice trails off into silence as she struggles to play her role
>Tulip scoffs
>”Hah, I take care of my stallion plenty, and so does our little filly!”
>You do a spit-take, even if the tea you’re sipping is imaginary
>Scratchy Velour baps Tulip on the nose
>”Hey nopony mentioned anything about incest!”
>You look around uncomfortably
“Maybe we-“
>Tulip shushes you
>”Be quiet honey”
>Peach Screech, or Peachy as the two call her, gulp and takes a step forward
>”D-don’t tell my lover to be quiet, you be quiet you, you...l-l-loose-Tulip I can’t say that!”
“Could we play a more family friendly game?”
>You sweat nervously as Tulip sighs and Peachy stops looking so embarrassed
>”Fine...”
>You praise Luna silently as the fillies join the little table where just a moment ago you four where having a tea party
>After dinner they wanted to play with you, and you could not say no because of the hospitality these ponies have given you, no matter how uncomfortable the messy mane’d one named Tulip was making you feel
>”Hey Miss Silkura, do you have a boyfriend?”
>You’re surprised by the question of the freckled one, Scratchy Velour
“N-no...”
>Peachy blinks innocently
>”Why not? You’re...”
>She blushes and Tulip snickers
>”Ooohhh Peachy thinks Silkura is pretty~”
>She makes a kissy face at Peachy who frowns and then looks at Tulip with an angry scowl
>”Shut up Tulip!”
>Tulip gasps and instantly looks regretful
>”Sorry...I just wanted to try to make everypony laugh...”
>Peachy’s ears fold down and she slumps in her seat
>”Oh...I-I’m sorry...”
>You look between the two fillies with the sunken mood and stutter a little
“W-well it’s...w-well you two...”
>You have no idea what to say, but Velour thankfully picks up
>”You’re both sorry, just kiss to make up or something so we can move along”
>Peachy blushes and her wings pomf open, and glances at Tulip who’s wings also pomf open while she leers at Peachy and licks her lips
>And then they lean over and plant their lips together, making you gasp and stare in shock while Velour drops her plastic cup
>”Heck”
>They break the kiss while both blushing and then giving you two coy smiles, making Velour scrunch her mouth and then puff up her cheeks
>”You two...”
>You on the other hand sit there, frozen, one eyelid twitching while your mouth moves up and down
>No, calm yourself, think back on your days of youth, little fillies and colts used to kiss each other just like that a lot before growing aware of each others sexes, that’s what it’s all about, that’s waht it has to be
>You smile awkwardly
“You two get along great huh?”
>Tulip nods and then pulls Peachy and Velour into a group hug
>”We three do!”
>Peachy is shielding her blushing face with her hooves and Velour is blushing as well while still trying to look as pouty as she did before
>You giggle under your hoof
“You certainly do”
>You end up giving all three brief mane ruffles before stopping and thinking if it was ok to do that and if they’d be upset you messed up their manes
>But all three seem happy with that, which makes you feel unnaturally relaxed and at ease while surrounded by little bat ponies
>Like you belong, instead of being an awkward extra who should not be there
>The door opens and Daylily peeks in
>”Mind if I borrow our guest a little bit you three?”
>They nod and start playing with each other while you get up and follow Daylily
>”Sorry if our little problem child and her friends gave you a hard time”
>You shake your head
“Oh it’s no trouble, especially since you are being so kind to me”
>Daylily snickers a little
>”Are you sure? When they asked you to play you looked like you were about ready to fly away”
>Your ears fold and you blush bashfully
“Well...I’ve never been that good with foals, fillies or colts, they kinda make me feel nervous and I don’t really know how to act with them, but it wasn’t as bad as I had expected”
>Daylily looks a bit surprised
>”Huh, she must have gone easy on you then”
>You start to feel worried, how bad could it have been?
“So uhh, what did you need help with?”
>She leads you to the living room of this lovely home, where Midnight Delight is sitting down with knitting needles, with a big piece of silk that looks familiar on a table
>”I remembered we had this table cloth that I got from you one time”
>You let out a light gasp, it’s one of the first things you ever made, back when your business had just started, you gave away some as samples and then had some left over, so you did give one to the mailmare as well
>You take a closer look, feeling nostalgic as you look at it, remembering a lot of things
>Happily chatting with your spider friends, excited about your own business, filled with hope and the warmth from your fireplace...
>Midnight Delight looks at you, setting her knitting project down
>”Do you think it can be fixed?”
>You study the fabric and shake your head
“No, I could patch it up but it’d look silly...I could make something else from it though, real easy”
>Midnight Delight smirks
>”Well I have always liked how the fabric feels, so how about...”
>She leans towards you and whispers into your ear about some kind of socks
“Yeah, I can do that, do you have a needle I could borrow?”
>Midnight Nods while Daylily looks curious
>”What did you ask?”
>Midnight Delight gets up and walks past Daylily, brushing her tail against Daylily’s chin
>”You’ll just have to wait and see, it’s a surprise~”
>Which leaves her confused as you get to work
>After what felt only a little but of time, but turned out to be many hours as you got lost in your work, you were finished and gave them to Midnight and headed off to bed, passing by the room where the three fillies were all sleeping, the two were over for a sleepover it turns out, and headed off to sleep in the guest bedroom
>as you were carried off to the land of dreams you could hear happy sounds and giggling from Daylily’s and Midnights bedroom, they must really have liked your socks
>As the next evening began, you found Daylily had already left for work and the fillies were getting ready for school and after a quick breakfast thanked Midnight Delight and turned down an offer to stay longer
>You did not want to overstay your welcome, and after the farewells headed out with your camping gear properly packed, ready for this new night
>You were in the process of looking for a good place to set up your amp when suddenly you hear a familiar noise, the pitter patter of tiny spider legs, before being swarmed by a storm of spiders
>The same spiders that lived in your house
>the one you found in Daylily’s and Midnights home must have gathered them up like you asked before setting him free
>You let out excited eeee’s as the spiders keep swarming for a little while before gathering up before you
“I’m so glad all of you got out safe!”
>The spiders all make happy noises
“Do any of you know how the fire started?”
>they all look at one another and then at you
“Oh...you all wanted to know what it was like to live in a tropical island with an active volcano so you build one...right in the middle of the floor in my boutique...”
>They rub the back of their heads and do other bashful / embarrassed reactions as you let out a weak laugh and grab a nearby rock, and suddenly throw it upwards and into the middle of the crowd, making the spiders quickly run away and avoid getting squished where it landed
“YOU DID WHAT!?”
>All of the spiders are a bit taken back
“That was my home! And my business! How could you all do that!?”
>They look confused and then look at you again
“You thought I would not be angry and relieved when I found out all of you were fine? That was before I knew that you, you little idiots had burned my house down because you were fooling around!”
>Now they all start to make menacing faces at you, baring their fangs
“Oh I dare you, the first bite I feel I will stomp and stomp and stomp until there is not a single spider left in these woods!”
>You glare at the spiders, panting like an angry bull as they recoil once again and now make sad faces at you, one even climbs up along your body and onto your wing, giving it kisses
>And you just flick it away, making it hit a tree trunk and slowly slide down
“In fact, I don’t think I want to see any of you ever again!”
>Now they look like they’re about to cry, but you don’t care
“Beat it you nuisances! Go away you life ruining little...icky, gross, dumb, stupid, hairy ugly multi legged freaks!”
>They quickly scatter away into random directions, leaving you alone as you start to angrily set up the tent and after managing to get it somewhat up you go in, zip up the entrance and lie around inside of it, feeling like spiders are really not the cutest creatures around


>Sulking, sulking, still sulking...
>You are Sulkura, the sulking bat pony by the name Silkura, in your little tent, because a bunch of spiders torched your house and now you are homeless
>With a sigh you roll around until you give up and get out of the tent, and into a lonely, secluded little clearing near Hollow shades, in the woods but not too deep
>But not too close either, you don’t want ponies to see you and start giving you pity eyes and stuff
>Well, you’re out but you do not feel like doing anything at all, this was a total bust
>You plop your butt down onto the ground and huff, a chilly breeze blowing through and making you rub your body with your wings
>And then something lands on your head, so you shake it
>And then you hear buzzing, thanks to these huge ears of yours...stupid donkey-like tufty things making you look like a stupid donkey and stupid spiders burning your house and-
>You stop as you notice something completely new, breaking your negative train of thought
>A flyder!
>You gasp and stare at the creature with wide eyes, all anger gone from your mind
>You’ve always wanted to see one, and here one is!
>It glares at you and then bites you, and then smirks at you
>But you on the other hand do not react in any way, like a little flyder bite feels like anything after all the stings and bites you’ve experienced as you were a little filly
>This seems to make it a bit taken back as you just stare at it with amazement
>It bites you again but you do not react at all
“A real flyder!”
>It begins to sweat and tries to ruin away, but you carefully snatch it up
“No don’t go yet!”
>It tries to escape twice as hard, so you start to make soothing purr and low key eees while carefully petting the flyder
>It stops struggling and gives up, so to speak, looking like a rebellious youth that was just hugged by an elder relative and has to wait it out instead of trying to break free
>After stopping the flyder shakes itself and then stares at you
>You stare back and give it a smile, and it rolls its eyes and flies away while you wave goodbye
>This was nice, you’re instantly cheered up
>And then...what the heck do you do now?
>but suddenly you’re assaulted by a swarm of flyders out of the blue
>You screeee in surprise while trying to swat them away, getting bit and stung all over, enough to bother even you
>You quickly start running off towards a little pond you saw and straight up jump in to escape them
>You hold your breath and open up your eyes, thankfully the water is very clear
>The swarm is still up there, so you use your bat wings like big fins and paddle yourself forward underwater, towards a few dried up plants that you can use as a straw to breathe
>And then you wait...and wait...and it’s getting chilly underwater
>The flyders are not giving up, you wish your spider friends were here and you could show these bullies...
>And then you remember lashing out at them
>You’re still angry they ruined your home and business, but...
>a fish passes by you, looking at you weird so you point at the topside with your hoof, where a lot of flyders swarm, and it gives you an understanding nod
>Suddenly there’s commotion above the pond, and you see the swarm fly away, chased out by a bat pony stallion who you do not know
>Then he looks down at you and signals you to get out, which you do, joining him before the pond
>”Wow, how’d you manage to piss them off? Not that it takes much effort anyway”
>You brush your wet mane back and out of the way
“Thank you for helping me”
>The stallion nods
>”So are we going to fuck now?”
>You pause
“What?”
>”Fuck, I didn’t help you to not get anything out of it, that’s how it works”
>You stare at the bat stallion while blushing
“Uhhmmm...w-well you get to help a mare and she gives a nice smile and-“
>He interrupts you
>”A smile won’t get my balls empty, so are you going to bend over or what?”
>You scrunch your mouth
“N-no!”
>The stallion sighs
>”Oh man, well I am off to find another mare to be rescued”
>And he just takes off and leaves, leaving you behind with a scrunched mouth, dripping wet
>Is...w-were you supposed to? Is that how it works? You’re utterly confused
>But you’re wet...you have to do something about that
>You head back into camp and start drying yourself off
>A stallion...you wonder what’s going on with Love Bites...
>You let out a chuckle, if life was as easy as stories, because if this was one, all you would need to do was to think of him and he’d just walk in on you for no good rea-
>”Silky?
>You pause, eyes flying open in surprise and then slowly look over your shoulder, seeing Love Bites coming out of a bush
>She-no, he pauses and then blushes a little, staring at you
>”I’m not peeping or anything”
>You feel confused until you realize you’re currently drying out your crotch and the towel is pulled up very tight against your...thing...
>You meep and let go
“No, I wasn’t doing anything-“
>”Hey babe where did you go-Oohh~”
>A stallion, not the one you saw Love Bites with, steps out from behind him
>”Was this the surprise you wanted to show me? A little threesome you naughty mare?”
>The stallion eyes you up and then slaps Love Bites on the butt, which makes him fall down from the surprise
>And as the stallion eyes his butt, his eyes go wide as he sees under the short skirt he was wearing
>”Wait...that’s a penis...”
>He stares at it for a few more seconds and then runs away, screaming about a penis
>You just stare in confusion as Love Bites picks himself off, and dusts his cute outfit while sighing
>Then he notices you staring at him
>”Ok fine I like to dress up as a mare and poke fun at horny stallions, big deal”
>You sit down, confused
“You...you’re not gay?”
>He looks at you and scrunches
>”No, I just like fooling them, why?”
>You quickly shake your head
“N-no reason”
>Love Bites sighs
>”I guess you want me to avoid you from now on, you probably thought I was a mare and wanted to be friends or something...until that little accident, in fact why were you in the stallions bathroom?”
“It was an accident..”
>he shrugs
>”You should pay more attention which bathroom you walk into...but I’m going to go now”
>He starts heading off, but is stopped by your hoof grabbing his tail, making him quickly turn his head around and stare at you
“No. I would love to be your friend”
>You start blushing, really, really red and also let go of his tail
>He seems surprised, and stops
>”Oh...well in that case I guess we’re friends now...friend”
>He gives you a smile that makes- no, you’re not getting heart flutters from a pony who is your friend
“Sure, I mean if you want me as one”
>”I do, if you’re ok with me, being a stallion and all...”
>You let out a weak laugh
“Yeah, it was a shock but...and I kinda thought you had a boyfriend and...”
>He seems confused
>”Why would me dating be a deal?”
>You go tense all of the sudden
“No reason, you are absolutely right, no reason whatsoever”
>He lets out a cute giggle, and then looks at the scene
>”Camping?”
>You shake your head slowly
“No, there was a fire and...”
>”So that was your house that burned down? Ouch, I’m so sorry to hear that”
“And since all of my friends are away I can’t crash at anypony’s place...”
>You trail off and look at Love Bites, who stares back at you, realizing the same thing, but then looks sad
>”I’m sorry, there’s some stuff up at home so I can’t help, even if I wanted to...”
>You nod
“Yeah, and it’d be really awkward for a stallion and a mare to share the same house together and...”
>He looks at you with a raised eyebrow and you blush
“I mean not that we’d be doing anything, I mean that as in uhh... we’d-I mean two ponies could get...feel, it’s...”
>You stop talking and just stare back while he breaks into a laugh
>”I know what you mean, but I think we’d be doing each others make-up and stuff like that, not doing each other”
>You try to tell him that was not what you were thinking the two of you were doing but you can’t find the words as he takes his leave, giving you a wink that makes you meep
>So instead you slowly retreat into your tent, with a bunch of embarrassing thoughts now in your head