It was the evening time and Empusa had set up camp near a cold mountain river. Charity had had the luxury of washing her hair with some shampoo and conditioner that Empusa provided. Charity was sitting with her back to Faith who was fighting to pull the tangles out of Charity's dark brown hair.
"Ow! Ow ow ow!" Charity complained.
"I feel like your hair has gotten thicker as you've gotten older," Faith suggested. She had experience brushing her step-sister's hair her entire life since she had always played a major role in Charity's upbringing.
Empusa was busy unpacking gear from the cart, getting ready to serve up some food. "Look at the ponygirls," she said quietly.
Their boots had been removed for the day. Garnet had already been hobbled. It was her turn this night. Hazel wouldn't be hooded until they were all ready to go to sleep. As Charity watched, the ponygirls were looking intently at each other. One would wiggle her back end a little and after a pause the other would do the same.
"They are talking to each other," Empusa whispered. "The chain that links them is a particularly hard metal. Despite the fact that it is not organic, it is still the pathway for a lot of communication. The ponygirls become very sensitive in the spot where the chain exits from their backs. They seem to be able to get a lot of information from their partner by simply reading the other's tugs and shakes."
"I wonder what they say to each other?" Charity asked.
"I'm not sure, but I think that right now they are talking about you," Empusa said.
Occasionally, the ponygirls would both glanced over at Charity and seem to snicker.
"I think that they really like you," Empusa said.
Charity was not really sure how to respond. She was happy, perhaps, but also, a little wary.
Empusa cleared her throat and seemed to stare meaningfully at Faith for a moment.
"Oh! Hey, babe?" Faith said. "The Queen and I were talking earlier about... well, we are concerned about your sleep walking incident last night, you know?"
"Uh huh..." Charity said.
"It turns out that Empusa has an extra set of hobbles and we were thinking that it might be best if you wore them during the night time... as a safety precaution..."
"Um... ok..." Charity said. "I guess that makes sense."
"Okay, good!" Faith said, obviously relieved. "You just really gave me... gave us all... a scare last night."
Empusa was already pulling the hobbles out of a crate - two thick, open cuffs with a pile of sturdy, heavy looking links of chain. She gave one of the cuffs to Faith, then they both knelt down and Faith watched as Empusa demonstrated how to properly fit the shackles around Charity's ankles. When the fetters were locked they both stood and Charity watched Empusa slip the key into a pouch on her belt.
When Charity looked down she realized that there was only about twelve inches of chain linking her ankles. Most of the chain links made up an extension that branched from the midpoint of the hobble chain. Faith was holding the remainder of the links. She slowly led Charity over towards the ponygirls and Empusa bent down and connected that chain to the midpoint of Garnet's hobbles.
"Are you good, babe?" Faith asked.
"I guess so," Charity responded.
"Ok..." Faith turned and walked over to the fire where two stools were set up. Charity started to follow, but then she realized that Empusa was setting out the metal bowls of fruits and grains for the ponygirls on the rail of the cart in the opposite direction. The chain connecting her to Garnet went taut. Garnet and Hazel turned to look at Charity for a moment. Garnet gently tugged the chain. Charity had no choice but to follow the ponygirls to the cart.
Empusa set down the third metal bowl of food for Charity. "Mmmm! Dinner time, girls!" She patted Charity on the head then walked over to sit with Faith by the fire.
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Charity and the ponygirls, Hazel and Garnet, were lying together in the meadow under a star-filled sky when Faith and Empusa arrived to prepare them for sleep. After eating dinner and being well-licked by the ponygirls, Charity had little choice but to follow along with them as they slowly wandered away from camp. If Charity resisted, the ponygirls seemingly worked together to get her to follow their lead. Garnet would tug on the chain between their hobbles while Hazel would move up behind Charity and nudge her. Charity eventually gave up resisting after one last look back towards the campfire where Faith and Empusa sat laughing together.
Finally, the ponygirls had found a soft spot to settle down for a while. After Charity sat down with them, they snuggled close and simply lay watching the night sky.
"Time for bed!" Empusa announced as she approached. She was holding the canister of massage cream and Faith and Charity scooped up handfuls to rub into the ponygirls' legs and backs. Charity was just finishing up Garnet's shoulders when she felt a cool glop of cream pressed on her own back. "I don't want you to be eaten by any predators either," Empusa said as she started rubbing Charity's back.
The cream felt similar to sports creams Charity had tried in the past. She felt her muscles relax and feel warm and loose.
"Contentment," Empusa said.
"Hmm?" Charity asked, lazily.
Empusa pointed at Charity's chastity belt. The inverted Y design on the faceplate seemed to be glowing a blue color, shining faintly in the darkness. "Your belt is starting to glow. I think that means that you are content. What do you think?"
Charity felt a surge of blood flood her genitals. Her arousal ramped up. "I'm not sure if it's contentment or just..." Her voice trailed off. Wow! She was really horny!
"Watch what I can do," Empusa said. She raised her hands up to the sky and then waved them towards Faith.
"Oh!" Faith squeaked. Her clothes began to shift. Her blue jeans and her sweat shirt seemed to merge and then restructure themselves into a long dress much more resembling the type of clothing Empusa wore. The sweatshirt split along Faith's shoulders until only two thin straps remained. Some form of support pushed Faith's breasts up and the shirt opened to better display her cleavage. The robes pulled in around her waist and flared over her hips displaying her figure as best possible.
Faith laughed. "Oh, wow!"
Empusa grabbed one of Faith's hands and held it up, examining Faith with a certain hunger. "Oh, wow, indeed! You look gorgeous! Do you like it?"
Faith was smiling looking down at herself. "I rarely wear dresses," she said, "but I really like this. It's very comfortable and... I feel very free in it..."
"Oh!" Empusa said. "Something fell on the ground there. I think it came from your pocket? Sorry. I didn't include a pocket on your dress."
"Oh, yeah," Faith said. "These were the things in my pocket..."
Charity felt as though she were in some sort of trance. She was surprised to hear her own voice suddenly. "A gun with four b... bullets and a dead cell phone..."
"A dead cell phone?" Empusa asked. "What is a dead cell phone? Did it die after you arrived."
"She means that the battery is dead," Faith explained, laughing.
"Battery..." Charity mumbled. She was starting to feel very sleepy. Horny and sleepy. She draped an arm around Garnet's waist and leaned into her. Everywhere they touched felt so good.
"It's a telephone, but it works wirelessly, electromagnetic," Faith explained. "Well... it doesn't work at all here. But... How did you do this?" Faith asked, smiling and waving at her new clothes.
"Magic, of course," Empusa said. "Your universe chose technology. Ours chose magic."
"But, what more can you do? Can anybody use magic?" Faith asked.
"Just like your technology needs a battery, magic requires a power source too. And no. Not everyone can do magic. I happen to have a great affinity for it. That's why I'm the Queen," Empusa laughed. "Let's get the ponygirls to bed. I have a safe place to store the things that were in your pockets on the cart."
Charity hardly felt like she was touching the ground as they made their way back into the camp. "Love you, babe," Faith said as she kissed Charity on the head. She helped Charity settle down on the middle of the blanket. Hazel, who had been hooded, lay down beside her. Charity rolled towards Hazel and draped her arm over her waist and up between her breasts. Garnet settled down behind Charity. She snuggled up close, pressing her breasts into Charity's back. The links of chain joining the two ponygirls draped over Charity's hip.
She felt so warm and protected. She quickly drifted off to a marvelously deep sleep filled with erotic dreams.
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As Faith suggested, in the morning, Charity had her hobbles removed. Faith and Charity were resting on a small berm during their early afternoon rest stop.
"You seem to be glowing today," Charity said. "Your dress is beautiful and it really suits you. I rarely have ever seen you wear a dress. I like it."
"I like it a lot," Faith said, looking down at herself. "And you are glowing too. All this walking, I guess. I see some definition in your limbs, some muscle. You're not quite so noodle-y."
