Rise of the Serpent Queen Chapter 1: The Vessel
#1 of Rise of the Serpent Queen
The Lamia were once a great threat to Equestria, hellbent on enslaving all of ponykind. However, their Empire fell to ruin when their Queen was defeated and sealed away by the great Starswirl himself.
1000 years later Apple Bloom acquires an artifact holding the malevolent spirit of a powerful Lamia Queen. Influencing her from within her prison, the Queen plans to restore her empire through her, by any means necessary...
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Through the streets of Canterlot, a yellow earth pony with a deep red tail and mane with a matching red bow rushed through the alleyways in hot pursuit of her target.
Apple Bloom was a curious filly, there was no denying it.
Sure, she was on a field trip to Canterlot with her class. Yes, she'd been told to stay with the group as they toured the city...
Needless to say, the moment she saw a certain cyan unicorn with a familiar starry hat and cape rushing towards a nearby alleyway, she had to see what she was up to. 'Besides...' She thought to herself as she galloped after the azure mare, making sure to remain out of sight. 'Ah've been here enough times with AJ yah know mah way back...'
Darting behind a trash can, she watched as the Unicorn mare looked around, making sure she hadn't been followed. Certain that the cost was clear, she rushed down a nearby alleyway. Apple Bloom mentally counted down from before giving chase herself.
After a few twists and turns here and there, the mare finally arrived at her destination: a small shop hidden at the end of the alleyway.
Apple Bloom arched a brow. _'What would a stage magician want from a shady, run-down place like this?'_She thought to herself as she rushed behind another trash can. As Trixie threw the door open and stormed inside, the filly rushed towards the door and jumped through the opening just as the bell mounted above it jingled.
Having successfully snuck in, the earth pony quickly snuck behind a nearby bookshelf to avoid being noticed as the Unicorn stormed towards a stallion wearing a fez, whom she assumed ran the store, with a very sour look on her face.
"Oh, you're back."The stallion smiled, seemingly oblivious to her less than happy glare. "Did you get the results you wanted?"
"Trixie demands a refund!" The Unicorn snapped angrily.
"I guess not..." The stallion replied in a neutral tone. "I'm sorry ma'am, but all purchases are final-"
"Don't give me that!" Trixie interrupted, slamming her hooves onto the table. "You said nothing about that stupid Amulet turning me into some psychopathic monster! I ended up enslaving an entire town!"
"It's not my fault that you lacked the foresight to properly protect yourself from the corrupted magic of the Amulet." The stallion scoffed dismissively. "You're the one who knew enough about it's overwhelming power to seek it out in the first place, it's not on me to assume you skipped over the part where the amulet corrupts the user... and even then, I did warn you...."
The Unicorn rolled her eyes. "Warn me? All you did was say that it was "far too dangerous" and left it at that the moment I showed you the money! I'd hardly call that a warning!"
Apple Bloom held back a gasp as she peeked out of her hiding place while listening in on them. 'Wait, so this is where Trixie got that weird amulet?' She thought to herself, glaring at the stallion that presumably sold her the artifact. 'Ah gotta tell Twilight!'
As the two continued to argue, she quickly attempted to sneak towards the door... only for a realization to hit her, she had no real evidence to fall back on. 'Even if Ah did manage to get Twilight to investigate the store, that shifty owner could easily hide away any other corrupted items he might be selling and pass this place off as a simple antique shop...' She thought to herself as she started sneaking in the opposite direction, making sure she ducked into one of the isles out of his line of sight.
She needed some physical evidence, and it wasn't enough that it just _looked_like it might be corrupted, no, she had to find something that was most definitely corrupted by dark magic that would warrant the full investigation of this place. As she continued to search through the aisles, she came across a few interesting objects; a glowing orb on a pedestal, a book with a cover that depicted a six-fingered hand and the number 3 in the center, a staff with a blue crystal attached to the end of it, a griffin skull (she didn't feel comfortable thinking about what THAT was for... or where he got it for that matter), a golden necklace with an emerald in the center....
'Wait.'
The filly turned her attention to the necklace sitting on the shelf, it seemed to and hexagon-shaped emerald with two golden serpents wrapped around it.
"It's so... beautiful..." Apple Bloom whispered, slowly approaching the artifact. As she got closer she couldn't help but notice the faint lime green glow surrounding it, while on the inside of the emerald there seemed to be several swirling green clouds... as if it was showing her another location entirely.
she trotted a little closer, staring deeply into the swirling abyss within the emerald. For a moment, she could have sworn she saw something... or someone... watching her from within.
"As I said before, I demand a refund!!" She heard Trixie scream, snapping her out of her trance.
"And as I said before, all purchases are final, that means no refunds!" The stallion fired back, getting more and more aggravated by her persistence. "And even if that wasn't the case, I can't exactly give you money for an artifact you lost!"
Deciding that it was her time to skedaddle, Apple Bloom quickly snatched the necklace off the shelf and shoved it into her saddlebag. It wasn't much, but it was at least some form of evidence. Not wasting a second she quickly behind it, she peeked out from behind and salt the two of them were still arguing. Moving very carefully and slowly, she opened the door just enough as to not ring the bell and quickly slipped outside before making sure it closed just as quietly.
She was tempted to let out a sigh of relief, but decided to hold off having a premature celebration until she was 100% sure she was in the clear. Not looking back she quickly dashed down the alleyway in the opposite direction she'd followed Trixie. Not stopping to rest until she was close to the Canterlot library, which was conveniently the next place her class was supposed to visit around this time.
As she picked up from behind the stairway, she saw her class walking up the stairs. Tiptoeing very silently behind the other students, she quickly slipped into the crowd of foals just as Cheerilee began to call out names.
"Jeez Apple Bloom, where _were_you?" Scootaloo whispered as the filly reunited with her fellow crusaders. "For a moment we thought you'd gotten lost or something."
"Sorry about that..." She replied with a sheepish grin. "Ah had to... go to the bathroom." She quickly lied, mentally kicking herself for such a lame excuse...
However, within the confines of the necklace in her saddlebag, the consciousness of an ancient entity continued to stir... already making plans for the young filly.....
Later that night, Applebloom yawned as she entered her room. "G'night everypony!" She called out before closing the door. She could hardly wait to continue her activities with her friends tomorrow. She'd already thought up an abundance of new ways for them to get their cutie marks (Cutie Mark Crusaders Lion Tamers had a nice ring to it).
However as she approached her bed, a green glimmer caught her eye, turning her attention to her school bag rested right next to her desk, she noticed the necklace she'd "borrowed" shimmering faintly. While she felt a little guilty for basically stealing it, she'd convinced herself it was necessary sin. 'After all, it was in a store filled with tons of other ancient trinkets that could be dangerous in the wrong hooves...'_She thought to herself as she trotted towards her bags and pulled the necklace out, gazing intently at the emerald jewel in the center. _'All ah gotta do is give it to Zecora or Twilight tomorrow for inspection. Ah'm basically performing a public service... right?'
She shook her head as doubt began to cloud her mind. If Trixie had gotten the Alicorn Amulet from that place, then it was only natural that anything that came from that store should be put under heavy investigation. However, as she continued to gaze at the necklace, she couldn't help but admire how pretty it was.... normally she wasn't usually one to take interest in wearing jewelry, but she felt a strange sort of... "spark" when she looked at the Emerald, almost as if he was as if she was meant to wear it herself.
"....ah guess it wouldn't hurt to wear it once..." She whispered as she put it on, fastening it snugly around her neck. She trotted up to the mirror on her desk and tossed her mane back, admiring herself. "Don't hate me because Ah'm beautiful~" she joked, trying to mimic Rarity's voice before bursting out in a fit of giggles. However the moment she opened her eyes she did a double take, for a second she could have swore and her eyes were slitted...
"Huh, Ah must be more tired than Ah realized..." She mumbled to herself, she made her way towards her bed and reached for her necklace... before deciding to leave it on. "No real harm in wearing jewelry tah bed." She told herself as she turned off the lights and leapt into her bed.
However as she fell asleep, the necklace began to glow as the entity within slowly began to execute her plan...
Within her dream, Apple Bloom took a few steps back as she looked around, wondering just how she ended up in the jungle. "What in the hay?" She asked as she looked around. "Wasn't Ah just at home?"
"Apple Bloom... come to me~"
The young foal how to shiver go down her back as she looked around. "W-Who's there?"
For a brief moment she heard the sound of something wrestling in the bushes behind her, and that was the only cue she needed to start running as fast as she could. _'Ah don't know how I got here, but I'm in no mood to find out what's stalking me!'_She thought as she ran through the jungle in a blind panic, brushing past several branches and almost tripping over roots, yet trying to get as far away from whatever creature was after her as she possibly could.
Finally, after what seemed like hours of running she stopped at a nearby river to catch her breath... and found what appeared to be a stone bridge leading across it. Quickly looking behind herself to make sure she wasn't being followed by... whatever was after her, she quickly hurried across the bridge and soon found herself at the foot of some stone stairs leading up to a temple of some sort.
While she was suspicious as to what attempt was doing in the middle of the jungle, she decided that shelter from whatever was after her was better than nothing at all and quickly climbed up the steps.
As she trotted down the hall, she noticed several carvings that depicted several ponies bowing down to a half-snake, half-pony creature... who seemed to be wearing the very same necklace she took from the shop.
_'This does not bode well...'_The filly thought as she continued onwards, finding herself in a large rectangular room lit with torches and had two statues of the creature depicted in the carvings, both of them were stationed on the opposite end of the room in between the two statues was a stone carving of a cobra's head, its eyes alit with green flames.
"S-something tell me Ah shouldn't be here...." Apple Bloom gulped as she to the nervous step backwards, only to jump as a voice echoed throughout the chamber.
"Oh, to the contrary, little one... I've been waiting for you~" A soft yet alluring voice called out to her as the stone cobra's mouth slid open, revealing a dark cave... and two green eyes peering out at her.
The filly stood rooted to her spot out of pure fear as the creature slowly slithered out of the cave. Her upper half was Pony to be certain, her coat being the deep hue of turquoise, her deep green mane was long and almost silk-like, and her slitted eyes where and lime green in color. Apple Bloom's attention however was drawn to her bottom half. Like how the statues and carvings depicted, her hips elongated into a snake's body which stretched far out behind her, covered with shiny deep green scales with a turquoise under belly and a lime green diamond pattern.
"Why hello, my little pony." The strange creature hissed, showing off her fangs and forked tongue.
"Wha... w-w-what in Equestria are y-you?" Apple Bloom stammered, having finally found her voice.
"I... am a Lamia. The Queen of all Lamia to be precissse~" She stated as best of her tail strongly slithered out of the cave, revealing just how immense and long her body was. "And you, little filly, are my ssspecial guessst.."
While Apple Bloom was still only a filly, she wasn't naive enough to believe the creature was as friendly as shade herself out to be. "W-What do you want?" She asked hesitantly, backed away slowly just in case she suddenly decided to lunge at her.
"You don't need to worry, little one... I sssimply wisssh to help you my dear... and all you have to do..." She hissed as she slowly slithered towards her. "...isss look into my eyesss, my dear." And she said this, her eyes went from slitted pupils two are blossoming array of colors displayed, quickly getting Apple Bloom's attention as their pulsating patterns began to bring her into a trance.
"Wh-what are you...?" Apple Bloom whispered as she attempted to move her head, only to find that she couldn't bring herself to look away... in fact, for some reason she didn't want to look away....
"Yesss, that's a good girl. Don't resissst..." The Lamia whispered seductively. As she got closer she began to sway back and forth, enhancing the effects of her hypnotic gaze.
The filly was petrified, yet intrigued by the seductive way this... creature was speaking to her. Her eyes, they were so pretty, the endless glimmers of light creating rippling waves of beautiful colors, one after the other, she couldn't help but wish she could watch those swirling eyes forever....
...and yet a small part of her mind couldn't help but protest that something was wrong.
"Ah-Ah'm not sure..." Apple Bloom stammered as she staggered backwards, but the Lamia wasn't about to make her resistance easy, she subtly slipped her tail between her thighs from behind and slowly grinded her underbelly scales against her pussy. "...ah.... ah don't... uh... ohhh..." She moaned hesitantly as she unconsciously clenched her legs together, not that it did her much good, as the Lamia's tail continued to gently tease her marehood, the foal was so entranced and distracted by the gentle caress of the Lamia's tail that she slowly began to let her mental guard down. 'Would it really be that bad? Just letting this creature help me? She seems so nice.... so beautiful... so...'
"....NO!" She frantically screamed, pushing the coils off of herself and immediately bolting away from the Lamia.... only to find the entrance to the throne room now blocked by a stone wall. "What the-!? How!?"
"Now now, there'sss nothing to be afraid of little one..." She hissed as she slithered closer to the helpless foal, the tip of her tail cupped her chin and forced the filly to look at her once more, drawing her attention into the colorful rings blossoming from her eyes. "...like I sssaid, I sssimply want to help you. All you have to do isss sssurrender your mind to me..."
Apple Bloom could sense that something was wrong and attempted to turn away, desperately trying in vain to pull her eyes from her alluring gaze... but they were drawn to the Lamia's like a magnet. Her head bobbed along, following hers like a puppet on a string.
With a smile on her face, the Lamia moved closer and held Apple Bloom by her shoulders. "That'sss better, jussst let your thoughtsss drift away, let the colorsss dominate your mind..."
"N... no... s-sompony... hel-mmmphh..."
Before she could speak another word, the Lamia bent down and kissed her. Apple Bloom immediately melted into her embrace, falling deeper and deeper into her trance as the Lamia's tongue slid into her mouth, casually coiling around her own like the serpent she was.
Apple Bloom couldn't look away as she was entranced by the spirals. Her body nearly going limp, slowly leaning forward as the blissful feeling spread throughout her body, awakening the lust within her innocent mind. In a matter of seconds, her pupils began to shrink as they were completely swallowed up by the spirals, soon followed by the rest of her eyes as she fell under her spell. Her eyelids grew heavy yet she fought to keep them open, her mind now desperate to let more of those beautiful spirals in.
Soon a coil formed around her waist, just tight enough to hold her in place, her prey shivered as her coils started circling her shoulders. What was left of the foals hazy mind slipped away as she began to passionately return her kiss, her mind quickly being filled with nothing but colorful spirals and burning desire to obey, she could barely keep her eyes open, but tried her hardest to let more of the beautiful spirals in...
"Yessss you love the feeling of warmth and fuzziness now soaking through your whole body.... pulling you down into compliance...." The Lamia whispered that she stroked her mane, her eyes soon began to glow lime green as a similar aura began to surround Apple Bloom's body...
Back in the waking world, the filly moaned in her sleep as the amulet around her neck continued to glow, its lime-green aura slowly spreading across the Earth Pony's body.
Apple Bloom relaxed her legs as her marehood started winking, her chest rising and falling at a steady pace as she unconsciously moved her right hoof towards the source of the heat between her legs. Her innocent mind could only rely on instinct as she started rubbing her warm mounds with the tip of her hoof, biting her bottom lip as she felt the pleasure spike and her lust became stronger.
The amulet started to glow even brighter, it's aura fully encasing her body in its entirety, the more Apple Bloom rubbed herself, the better it felt, and the less she wanted to stop....
...and the further the magic of the amulet wormed its way into her mind...
Back within her dream, even under the haze of hypnosis, Apple Bloom could feels the coils encasing her, wrapping around her and encircling her neck. The sensational feeling of her smooth body caused her to instinctively relax her body, her eyes started to flutter as she came close to falling asleep... only for her eyes widen in shock just as the coils sharply tightened around her neck, that final action forced her mind to completely give into the bliss as a loud *PING* went off in her mind and a blissful smile spread across her face.
"Mmmm... yesss mistress..." Apple Bloom moaned out.
"Very good little one... now, enter my mouth... enter your destiny..." She commanded as she unhinged her jaw, opening her mouth wide enough to devour the young foal.
Apple Bloom could only sigh contently as the Lamia's mouth closed around her head and then opened very wide and moved down taking her head to the throat, her mind filled with euphoric bliss as she remained entranced even as the Lamia ate her.
As the Lamia slowly inched her way down her body, she could feel her tongue sliding over her head, lathering her face with saliva as she was pushed further into her mouth. Her world turned upside down as the Lamia lifted Applebloom over her head and allowed gravity to assist in the consumption of her meal. Soon her shoulders went down her throat, followed by her arms and torso, then her hind legs which continued to kick despite the Lamia's tail still buried inside her pussy. As the Lamia swallowed down her buttocks, she removed her tail from her body... and immediately replaced it with her tongue.
"Aaahhhhhh!" Apple Bloom half-wailed, half-moaned, as her hips thrust and her back arched, she felt an explosion of pleasure as she climaxed, experiencing the most intense orgasm she had ever felt, her entire body had gone numb and she couldn't summon the strength to struggle anymore... between moans and spasms of pleasure, edging on orgasmic bliss, she could see nothing but colors, and feel nothing but her slimy throat.
The Lamia giggled as her prey went limp in her mouth, she eagerly drank down her cum before finally slurping down her tail, swallowing her whole. "Mmmm~, that wasss sssatisssfying..." She sighed contently as she rubbed the bulge traveling down her tail, feeling the weak struggles of her meal. "Now, all that remainsss isss for my new vessssel to awaken..."
Back in the walking world, the effects of the amulets power quickly took hold over Apple Bloom's mind. With her body exhausted and her mind barely conscious enough to fight against its influence, the amulets magic had no problem altering her body to suit its new host.
Soon her hind legs slowly began to fuse into one, then they grew longer and longer until it morph into a long serpent tail about three times the length of her normal body....
Apple Bloom could only moan in pleasure as she slowly slid down her slick gullet, sinking deeper and deeper into the depths of the Lamia's body.
However, instead of the tight, hot, wet confines of her stomach she expected, she found herself in an endless void of green mist. She found herself desperately looking around, confused as to what had become of her... however before she could consider calling out to her mistress, she caught movement within the most...
Soon, the ghostly form of a snake slithered out of the mist towards her. The serpent quickly slithered around her body, it's scales caressing every inch of her before finally stopping at her face. For a moment she thought she was going to be consumed again...
...however it turned out to be the exact opposite, as the serpent immediately forced itself into her mouth and down her throat, she writhed in boundless pleasure as her body was forcefully altered and transformed, the changes her body went through in the waking world now affecting her on a mental level.
As she passed out from the most intense orgasm she could possibly experience, she heard the Lamia Queen's voice one final time...
"I am your everything, and you belong to me."
Apple Bloom woke up with a start, breathing heavily and drenched in sweat. "It was... it was just a dream... a _really_bizarre dream..." She sighed in relief as she glanced out the window, Luna's moon was still in the sky, yet she could see a tinge of orange over the horizon. "Wow, it's almost morning..." She mumbled to herself and she got out of the bed, figuring she could at least get a quick drink... only to fall flat on her face. "OW! What in the-" She groaned as she picked herself up and looked at her hind legs-and froze.
She practically felt a scream _explode_inside her and she realized the lower half of her body had now been replaced with a long snake tail! Unlike the creature in her dream, her's was a deeper shade of yellow with the red diamond like patterns covering on the top and an underbelly there was a slightly brighter shade of yellow.
"It wasn't a dream! It wasn't a dream!" She repeated to herself in terror as she tried her best to move around, only to find it difficult to do so with a giant tail. "Ah gotta get Applejack, Ah gotta-"
'That won't be necessary, Apple Bloom...' A familiar voice called out to her. Suddenly a green mist-like substance erupted from the necklace she was wearing, shifting into the face of a very familiar Lamia.
"Who... who are you?"
'I am your new Queen...'