The Victorious, the Gentle, and the Tiny | Ch 1
Shining Armor had won the card game and the bet. Now Orion had to agree to let himself be shrunk and used as a toy by the captain and his wife.
The introduction to an MLP M/F/m story. Erotic content to come.
The Victorious, the Gentle, and the Tiny
Chapter 1: Intro
By: Blobskin
Contains: MLP, Shining Armor, Cadance, micro, suggestive
Version: 5
"I win! Full House!" Shining Armor declared as he slammed his cards down on the table, sending bits, cigars, and poker chips flying.
Orion wasn't sure if it was tears welling up in his eyes or if it was the enormous quantities of alcohol he'd consumed that made his own pitiful hoof of cards blurry. Either way, the grass green pegasus swayed back and forth in his seat as he desperately tried to will his meager pair of threes into something better than a Full House. Unfortunately, they refused to cooperate.
"You know what that means?" Shining continued to celebrate like a drunk. "I get the whole pot!" He grinned as he wrapped his hooves around the messy pile of things they'd both tossed in the center of the table. Including, but not limited to: bits, hoofball cards, a few shoes, a broken comb, an empty beer bottle, and a broom that actually belonged to the bar. "And that's not all. You have to--" a hiccup stopped him from completing his own sentence.
"I know I know I... know..." Orion mumbled as the world turned sideways and went black.
The next thing the pegasus knew he was waking up cradled in soft pink arms next to a warm fire. He groaned as he rolled in their grasp and brought a hoof to his head in an attempt to end the throbbing. His stomach felt like it was doing back-flips and his skull wanted to peel itself down the middle. Orion had just learned a valuable lesson: hangovers suck.
"You're awake?" a gentle mare's voice came from above like an angel.
Orion lazily lifted his gaze to hers before going wide-eyed. Jumping out of her grasp, he scrambled a short distance away so he could bow to Princess Mi Amora Cadenza.
"You shouldn't be moving around, not after the night you've had," she cautioned sincerely.
Orion blinked with confusion plastered across his face. Then he fell over, his legs suddenly remembering the wild binge he had foolishly been a part of.
"Ah, what the -- what's going on? Why do my legs hurt and why is my head... just... pounding?" Orion whined as he squeezed his temples, eyes sealed shut.
"Easy easy," Cadance soothed as she moved to hold him again. She laid him on the floor and began to massage his head.
"Ah, that feels good," Orion hummed happily. Then some sense of reason came back to him. "Why am I in... your chambers?"
Cadance sighed. "My husband got you quite drunk last night. Then he dragged you here after you collapsed and had the nerve to ask me to care for you while he too was intoxicated beyond... beyond all common sense!" She shook her head sadly. Of course she couldn't deny help to a stallion who clearly needed it. "What were the two of you thinking drinking so much?" she quizzed with a scowl written across her muzzle.
Orion grinned nervously. "We were having a card game."
She merely raised an eyebrow.
"At a local pub."
Cadance said nothing.
"With beer."
"Figures."
"We had fun!" Orion asserted defensively.
"Was it worth it?"
"For now." Orion couldn't help but wonder where Shining had gone after dropping him off. Hopefully he had already forgotten about the bet. The bet Orion clearly remembered losing.
Cadance noticed his grimace even though he tried to hide it. "Is something wrong?"
Orion really didn't want to tell her, but lying to Shining's wife didn't sound very nice. "We had a rather... unusual bet. And I lost."
Cadance rolled her eyes. "I'm sure it won't be that bad."
"Well... that's just it. The bet kind of included you."
It was Cadenza's turn to blink in confusion. "Shining made a wager that included me? Without my permission?"
Orion nodded.
"But you lost the bet."
"Uh," Orion didn't want to continue explaining.
"So what is supposed to happen now?" she asked calmly.
"Th-things..." he droned off.
"Honey, I'm home!" Shining's voice echoed from downstairs.
"Would you excuse me for just one moment?"
By the time Orion could register the joyful expression that flashed across the mare's face, she had already trotted out of the room and closed the door behind her. The sound of hooves clicking down a marble staircase filled the room a moment later. "I think I'll just rest here for a while," Orion mumbled to himself. Lying on his back by a lit fireplace with a raging headache was as good a plan as any.
"There you are!" Shining smiled at his wife as she entered the den. "How's my buddy doing?"
Cadance pranced up to her husband with a small smile. "He's just fine. Did you two have fun at the pub?"
"Why yes we did." The two nuzzled. "We enjoyed excellent drinks and I took all of Orion's bits."
"And you even won the game."
Shining grinned. "Yes I did."
"What was the bet?" she asked slyly, pressing against him and running a hoof down his chiseled chest.
"That he'd join us in a night of passion," Shining spoke huskily.
"Just a three-way?" Cadance quizzed with a slight frown.
"Baby, you wanted me to bring something exciting and new to the bedroom." Shining brought his lips to hers for a quick kiss.
"So what then?" Cadance pressed, genuinely curious.
"Orion agreed to become our little toy."
"Bondage?" she asked, her lids rising with slight interest.
Shining chuckled. "In a sense. He agreed to be shrunk."
Cadance pulled away from her husband to look him in the eye. "Shrunk?" He nodded. "How ever did you get him to agree to that?"
Shining grinned. "You can get a pegasus to agree to anything with a little alcohol. They're major lightweights, especially Orion."
Cadance hummed happily while a smirk spread over her muzzle. "You bad boy. I bet you used a spell to protect yourself," she scolded playfully and moved in for another kiss.
"We going to start here or do you want to get acquainted with our newest partner first?"
Orion lay on the floor, groaning in agony as the faint sound of hooves tapped their way up the stairs once again. Moments later the double doors of the bedroom were thrown open and in walked the smiling rulers of the Crystal Empire. Honestly, Orion wasn't expecting this. He was sure their wager would make Cadenza flip.
Did Shining chicken out and lie to her about the bet? Orion wondered. That must have been it.
"I see you're enjoying that fireplace," the mare greeted cheerfully.
"Uh... yeah. It's... um... nice?" He wasn't sure what to say right now.
Shining snickered and closed the door. "Hey, how's your head?"
"Not good," he relented. "Thanks for looking after me and all, but I should really get home." Orion stood on four shaky hooves and tried to walk past Cadance, but he immediately collapsed. Luckily, she was quick enough to catch him.
"Easy easy. You're still suffering from all that drinking. Why don't you lay down so we can fix you up?" she suggested kindly.
Orion reluctantly agreed. "You're probably right. I could use... a bed." The next thing he knew Shining was levitating him to their bed. In a snap he was lying on the plush surface, comfy beyond belief. "Thanks?"
"No problem. It's the least I can do for my new toy," Shining replied with a suggestive wink.
Orion blinked. "What did you say?"
"What, you think I forgot about our wager?"
"Come on Shining, there's no way Cadance would--"
"I quite like the idea!" she cut in, draping a leg over her husband's shoulder.
"You do?" Orion asked, dumbfounded. "But you're the Princess of Love and you're supposed to be, like, the most loyal wife in the world!" She simply pouted cutely in his direction. "You'll be cheating on your husband with a stallion you don't even know," he reiterated.
"What are you talking about? My husband is right here!" She made out with Shining for a moment to make her point.
Shining caught the shock on Orion's face and decided to explain it in simpler terms. "You're just going to be our plaything, she's still going to be making love to me."
There was a long pause before Orion spoke again. "Okay..."
"So you'll still do it?" Cadance hopped forward excitedly.
"I guess? I mean, if you're okay with it then we're all good to go. Right?"
The mare squealed and tapped her hooves together. "Oh this is going to be so much fun! Who gets the first turn with him?" she directed the question at Shining.
Orion was about to ask what she meant, but Shining was quicker. "You get the first turn my little blossom. I'll make us some tea while you have your alone time. Be gentle though," he instructed as he moved back towards the door. "I want a working toy when it's my turn."
"I promise not to break him!" she singsonged to the closing door. Then she turned back to Orion. "First-things-first. Let's take care of that hangover and get you tiny!"
"We're doing it tonight? Right now!?"
Cadance tittered. "You're a bit slow on the uptake aren't you?"
He sputtered for a response to that.
"I like you," she lolled happily.
Author's Note:
I didn't originally intend for Cadance to be OK with Shining's three-way proposal. In the first draft or two, Shining showed up with Orion and had to convince her to play along. Obviously, I couldn't get the dialog to make any sense or get even close to working out. So I abandoned the idea and instead changed their personalities around. When I portrayed Shining and Cadance more as sexual predators, everything ran much more smoothly.