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// Spreading Contact. 
// Story: Equestrian Eeveelution. 
// by Symphonicdysonince 
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<<Hey,>> I cooed, trying to calm the scared summon, <<I didn't mean to startle you.>> I lay as low as I could get, flattening my ears and attempting to give Eros my best puppy-dog eyes. Maintaining that position, I attempted to move closer. She warped away, appearing on Triphyle's back.

"You stay away from me!" I winced from the strength of her mental shout.

<<Alright, alright.>> I stepped back. <<Look, I just wanted to let you know that there will be a surprise party later, and I know how jumpy you aren't even listening to me are you?>>

"Fine, you've told me. go!"

I gave a sarcastic bow. <<As you wish.>> I was picked up and thrown back by Eros's telekinetic grip. I landed back amongst my packmates, the force flipping me onto my back. <<Oh, hi guys.>> I righted myself. <<So, it turns out that Eros can understand us when she's in our head, but she doesn't like Eevee's apparently. No,>> I preemptively cut Yomega off, <<I don't know what I did, or if it's even me.>>

Yomega sighed, looking around. <<Looks like Twilight and the rest of the Bearers missed all this.>> He shook his head. <<Well, what's done is done. I'm going to go check up on Spike and the Library, you guys can do whatever you want until the party.>> His paw whipped out, placing itself onto Zann's chest. <<Leave Eros alone. She's twitchy enough as is without you following her around.>>

Sitting down, Zann gave a mock salute to Yomega. <<Sir, yes sir. Permission to go help eat, er, make cupcakes sir?>>

Yomega began rubbing his muzzle, his ears folded and eyes tightly shut. <<For the love of... Go ahead.>>

I followed the grey Eevee as the rest of the group walked off. I waited until we were relatively alone before speaking up. "What's bugging ya?"

"It's..." He glared at me, before softening his look with a sigh. "It's Eros. She psychic right? That means she can talk to Sweetie Bell, and potentially others, and explain to them just what we are. How long until we're locked up to be studied by the Circle? How long until they try to force a summoning of one of us?" I saw a few strands of fur spring up from his tail. "How long until we go mad from the lack of sunlight? Until they force us to fight in their underground fighting rings? Until they vivisect us to see what makes us tick?!"

"Right, stopping this here." I stated before latching onto his mane. Dragging him to the ground, we rolled into some bushes. Stopping so that I was on top of him, I firmly gripped his shoulders. "Eros said she didn't know what we are. This could mean that she's never seen an Eevee at all, or she got a look at my memories and knows we were originally human."

"That could be even worse!" I felt his tail start twitching. "Once Twilight knows that, she's going to be grilling us through Eros or Fluttershy, not letting us sleep until she's gleaned everything she can from us. And then we'll be locked away for 'further testing' in her dungeon and-"

"We lie to her." I interrupted. "Just as we've been lying to them this whole time."

"Lies won't hold forever." His ears began twitching along with his tail. "We'll be found out, and then we'll be arrested for lying, and then we'll be locked up for that, or banished, or-"

I let him ramble for a bit while trying to think of some way to stop the train wreck in front of me. I came up with and discarded ideas as I thought them. About the time he was ranting about "Prison Pockets", I decided to just go with the next thought that popped into my mind.

"And then we'll need to find Conner for the Bake and Bond, and then we- Umf! Mmf mffmmf. Mmmm..." He leaned into my kiss. Eventually, when I felt him stop twitching, I completely broke it.

"You good now?" I waited for his nod. "Great! Now, listen to me. Everything is going to be fine. Eros is so skittish, I doubt that she'll say anything to Sweetie. We're terrifying, after all. Who knows when we may be listening in. Besides, we have one major piece of evidence for not being summons."

"And what's that?"

"Some of us are evolved, and did so in front of ponies. Meanwhile, no summon has ever evolved in front of their summoner." I paused. "Or, at least, not that Villhiem overheard. So, obviously not summons. The ponies get along well enough with us, so Eros will eventually come to see us as safe to be around. Everything'll work out fine in the end."

"Okay, okay." He huffed, slightly blushing. "You want to get off of me now?"

"Yeah, that branch back there is starting to get annoying."

"Ye~ah." Yomega's blush grew brighter. "That's not a stick..."

"... Oh." I squeaked out.



[Third]

Eros stared back at the thing called Leo as it walked away with the grey one. How could I have ever mistaken them for Eievuis?

Zephyr buzzed up beside the Ralts, causing her to flinch. <<:Harsh much?:>> He asked.

<<:That was uncalled for, Eros.:>> Triphyle added. <<Those Eievuis-:>>

"Those things are not Eievuis!" Eros snapped at the two summons. Both of them flinched, shaking their heads from the force of her thoughts. "Look at how they move. Far to... to... to much like Hellgars, too predatory to be Eievuis. They're only taking forms our partners would be comfortable with. And when I brushed the mind of the one called Leo, I felt it's true presence." Eros shuddered, rubbing her arms together. "Whatever else may it want, it definitely wants freedom. And these ponies won't be able to survive it."

<<:If they are as dangerous as you think they are, why not kill them now to protect our partners?:>> Triphyle asked, plodding along behind the fillies they've bonded with.

"That might be what'll set them free. I don't know enough about them to figure that out." Pink eyes locked onto Sweetie Bell. "And I won't risk her until I do."

Zephyr flitted about. <<:You no get Leo's memories?:>>

"No, it's sheer presence prevents me from doing so."

<<:So we watch and wait.>> Triphyle concluded.