Leaving the forest

The sun was now beginning to set over the Everfree Forest and most of the teams heading back to Ponyville to avoid the setting sun. And each team eventually agreed it was best to leave in case the animals became feral and deadly. Not least of all seeing as five of the presumed six of the roots had been found in the forest so the lions share of the work was done. As planned all six ponies and dragon had agreed to meet back up at the Castle of Friendship when the sun set. Rainbow and Pinkie were the last ones to enter the castle, scowling all the while.

"Where the hay are those damn roots? We scoured the whole bloody forest." Rainbow said, scowling and flinging her arms in the air in frustration.

Pinkie bouncing alongside her wrapped a hand round her neck. "Aw cheer up Dashie, I mean sure we didn't find a superpowered root but look at all these other roots I found."

Pinkie accentuated her point by whipping out her purse and pulling out a handful of different roots. "Perhaps we could make tea from them?"

"Pinkie darling did you spent all the time checking every root in the forest?" Rarity asked to which she got an annoyed glare from Rainbow.

“Yep.” Rainbow growled, causing the other ponies there, except Fluttershy to laugh.

“In any case then I suppose we should take a note of all the roots we all got. Starting with Spike, as we already know what it is.” Twilight said, pulling out a pen and paper.

“Yes so mine is the root of honesty and it means that if I ask any yes or no question the answer is automatically yes even if reality has to shift.” Spike said, as Twilight wrote it down in her list.

“Um I have the Element of Laughter so I can do pretty much do whatever I want and nopony will think anything of it." Fluttershy explained, her voice as quiet as possible.

“That’s such a fun power Fluttershy you could run around Ponyville stark naked and nopony would care.” Pinkie squealed, much to Fluttershy, who was currently masturbating in her seat, simply blushed at the question. Trying to hide how aroused the thought was.

"Ye-AH-yes I suppose I could do that.” Fluttershy gasped as she dug into her G-spot, much to the disinterest of her friends.

"Yes well in any case then we have Rarity's with the root of magic, she can now learn any spell and magic instantly from just observing it." Twilight explained taking down the note causing Spike to turn to Rarity.

"That's incredible Rarity, what kind of limits are there? Are there- I mean..." Spike asked before stammering into silence. "I'm struggling to ask this without triggering my power...you know- I mean there are powers like Discord. So those powers could be something you could use."

Rarity paused, as did Fluttershy, the thought of how much power she might wield didn't seem to occur to the fashionista or to the shy pony. Fluttershy knew Discord was rather proud of his powers, but that even he couldn't truly control them. He'd once told her privately that it was like controlling a herd of sheep, he could guide them but if the sheep decided to go one direction he couldn't stop them. If even a immortal being like Discord couldn't control them, Rarity might struggle to say the least.

Rarity however seemed to dismiss the idea. “The Root of Magic said there would be no negative consequences to any magic I gain but yes I would be able to copy any creature's magic including Discord's I suppose."

"That's incredible." Spike said, gazing at Rarity with awe before realizing that he was staring too long and found himself very interested with the map of friendship. All the while Fluttershy noticed that Rarity was fighting hard to keep the blush off of her face.

"Um yes so that's Rarity's root power." Twilight said, placing down the pen. "Did anypony find the Root of Generosity?"

The ponies all looked at each other and shook their heads. "So that one's still missing then."

"I scoured the entire forest, top to bottom, and every root too." Rainbow whined, pointing at Pinkie as the latter played with the roots she had ripped up in the forest. "Where the hay could it be?"

"Not to mention the Roots of Kindness and Loyalty." Fluttershy pointed out.

"Oh well I found the Root of Loyalty." Twilight said up, earning a groan of exasperation from Rainbow.

"You stole my root." Rainbow whined, throwing her arms up in annoyance.

"Oh hardly darling, I don't think any of us actually found the root that was the same as their element.” Rarity pointed out but Rainbow still folded her arms and huffed.

“Still want a power.” She growled, causing a good natured laugh around the table at her expense.

"Well in any case yes I got a power. Which in short means I can make any pony part of an institution believe that the institution rules are whatever I say they are." Twilight explained, taking a note on the fact.

"Aw damn it that sounds awesome." Rainbow whined with a pout. "But don't go changing the Wonderbolts Twilight. They're plenty awesome enough as they are."

Fluttershy however couldn't help but notice how Twilight's lips turned into a smirk. "Don't worry Rainbow, I wouldn't think of it."

"So that leaves just the Root of Generosity and Kindness there correct?" Rarity pointed out to Twilight.

"I suppose so." But when she said that Fluttershy noticed that she was there was a hesitation in her voice that kept her from answering immediately.

"But strangely when I cast my crystal detection spell I only found the Root of Loyalty, not any of the other roots" Rarity said. "So why didn't I notice any of the others?"

"Two possibilities, either finding the roots cause the caves to revert to normal caves, or they're shielded some way." Twilight suggested. "If you don't know a specific counter spell it might be not be able to find them."

"But she was able to find the Root of Loyalty, so they can't all be shielded." Spike pointed out. "Perhaps the other two roots had been found."

"Perhaps." Twilight admitted. "But I'll try and look into any spells to counter any concealing spells nevertheless."

"If I don't get at least one root I'm gonna be mega pissed." Rainbow shouted.

"Don't worry Dashie we'll make sure you get some super cool powers soon." Pinkie said, wrapping an arm around Rainbow's neck. Rainbow betrayed a small smile.

"Thanks Pinkie." Then she began to yawn. "Well it's getting late girls. I think I'll head back and hit the hay."

"Oh I should get back to baking at Sugarcube Corner too." Pinkie said jumping out of her seat. "See you all tomorrow."

"I should get back as well. Sweetie Belle will be missing me." Rarity said, but Fluttershy noticed she was speaking just a tad too fast. Fluttershy noticed that Sweetie Belle's name seemed to embarrass Rarity these days.

"I'll walk you back." Spike yelped out far too quickly. Betraying that innocent little crush of his.

Rarity herself blushed at the proposition, and for a brief moment Rarity seemed to worry, as if she held some secret at home, but her affection for Spike won out. A gentle smile of delight adorned her features as she said. "That would be absolutely lovely darling."

Fluttershy took the opportunity to also leave, she however walked back to cottage. Her mind awash with thoughts, she had been masturbating that entire evening and nopony said a word, a part of her felt ashamed for such a sinful act. But it was still easy to forget her guilt when she remembered how hot it was. As she walked through she found herself wondering if she should have pushed this power more. She could have had another round with Spike's unbelievable double dicks, she could have tasted Twilight's Alicorn snatch, or fingered Rarity's beautiful and radiant body, or found her tongue down Rainbow's ass.

She stumbled, arousal dripping through her. "Oh dear, oh no, oh Fluttershy why can't you be normal? Why do you... you."

She couldn't finish the words, instead she found herself forgetting all about the Root of Laughter and darting of for some privacy inside her cottage. Hiking up her skirt she began to reach towards her cunt to pleasure herself, until she heard a noise. In a reflex she dropped her skirt as tried to look normal, peering through the windows.

But just as she remembered her own powers, she noticed exactly who were coming out of the forest. None other than the jaw-droppingly sexy Princess of Lust Cadence herself alongside Starlight Glimmer. Fluttershy had known she was in Ponyville but she didn't have this power before. She had religiously followed the tabloids and rumors about the horny Princess, and masturbated to those fantasies often.

But now if she had the courage. That didn't need to be a mere fantasy for very long.

A/N: So I got nothing when it came to the Root of Generosity other than perhaps having it be Sunset so she has the means to recruit for Spike in the human world. But that would be a while off, and I've got no other ideas nor means to work her into the plot early. So we'll just leave it for now and work into another character's recruitment.

In any case next chapter is a vote chapter. Remember until the mane six are recruited Ponyville options only. Suggestions for what options to add to the vote chapter are welcome as well.