Monster in the high tower by Anon

(10/12/2021)

https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/37813344/#q37936400

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>Rumors circulate around Canterlot Castle
>Princess Celestia is keeping a MONSTER in the high tower
>Bad ponies who have committed crimes are brought to the castle
>The worst hardened criminals in Equestria
>After a short meeting with the Princess, they are led to the tower
>Several minutes later they return, sobbing, sniffling and contrite.

>What happened to them up there?
>What did the terrible thing in the tower do to them?
>What is the monster in the tower?
>All the other maids gossip about it
>But you are about to learn for yourself.

>Only one maid is allowed to go up to the tower.
>But she took a sick day
*gulp*
>That means you are assigned the task today
>The other maids show sympathy
>But they won't trade with you

>The Royal kitchen sends a breakfast tray
>The Head Housekeeper mare orders you to bring it up
>Every step is filled with terror
>What is the monster doesn't enjoy the breakfast you brought?
>Will it want to eat PONY for breakfast instead?
>You're too young to die!

>With a brief knock you peek inside
>There, in the center of the room is the horror you feared
>It is seated, reading a newspaper like a pony
>Can it really read? Or is it just imitating pony behavior?
>Maybe it's a trap

>You say nothing, but place the beast's tray on its table
>Its proportions are terrifying
>Long legs, weird torso, and a round head with tiny ears on the side
>A squashed little muzzle.
>But the lap is what scares you most
>It's HUGE!
>You thought Dad's lap was big when you were a filly.
>Both your Mom & Dad could sit side-by-side on the monster's huge lap
>With you in-between!

>Then, to your horror, he stands.
"Oh, hi. Good morning."
>Oh Celestia...it can speak like a pony!
>You shake in fear and nearly pee yourself.
"You're not the usual maid. Is she okay?"
>He puts down his paper and for the first time you see his scariest weapon.

>He has NO HOOVES!
>Where his front hooves should be the monster just has two flat slabs of flesh
>Kinda like a sea turtle's flipper
>Except the flipper can split into 5 little tendrils that can spread out
>It's an abomination.

>The long arms
>The wide lap
>The huge, paddle-like hooves
>You realize the awful truth
>This beast is perfectly suited for SPANKING!
>The worst judicial punishment in Equestria
>What every pony, foal and adult fears
>And Princess Celestia has a MONSTER designed to do it.

"Hey, would you mind telling the kitchen..."
>Oh no...it wants to eat more pony meat for breakfast!
"I don't need a straw in my drinks.
"I never use them; seems wasteful."

>But you've reached the limit of your courage
>Like the skittish wild ponies you descended from, you panic and bolt away
>Screaming as you run back to safety.

>Other maids comfort you
"Whatever you saw up there can't be that bad, is it?"
>But you do not tell them.
>You can not put the horror into words
>Wrapped in a blanket, trembling
>Cup of cocoa in your hooves
>You can only tell them one thing;
"No...more...straws..." 

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Small addition by Pan:

>They taught us monkeymen were super easy to anger
>With hands like paddles, and legs for saddles, and boots with spurs
>They take your rump and then they spank off all of your good fur
>The basic gist of it is monkeymen are not okay