Remmy stood before her, a look of horror on his own face, as he quickly made the transformation into a real horse. In seconds he was no longer human, instead a horse with sleek lines and a glossy coat.

　"NO!" screamed the princess, "The curse is broken, he succeeded!"

　The Longrider stepped into the paddock, shaking his head. "The curse is indeed broken, the kingdom has been spared, but the price still has to be paid. The price was for a man trying, success plays no part in this."

　Crying, the princess got up and ran for the horse that Remmy had become. She hugged it's neck, her naked chest rubbing against the coarse horse hair. "It's not fair. This man saved the kingdom, he saved me!" she yelled.

　"There is nothing I can do," said the Longrider sadly.

　"But there's something I can do!" Princess Dee said. She stepped away from the horse and looked up at the sky. "Wizard!" she yelled. "Wizard Rudd! I call you to appear before me Wizard Rudd! I know you will be watching us, your plan in ruins! Appear before me now!"

　The Longrider thought the girl deranged, but sure enough there was a whirl of dust and the Wizard himself stood before them. He didn't look happy. "So you broke my curse, our business is done," he said.

　"No, our business is NOT done. Why did this man have to change, he succeeded in breaking your curse and is this how he is to be repaid?" said the princess.

　"He paid the price of your freedom, your majesty. Not even I can change the costs of such powerful magic. His humanity is lost forever."

　The princess almost broke down, but was able to hold herself together for just a little longer. "Is there nothing you can do, oh great Wizard?"

　The Wizard thought for a moment. He knew it had taken great love and passion to break his curse and only now realized that such a love could not be stopped once started. "Yes, but you will have to make a difficult choice," he said.

　"Tell me!" ordered the princess.

　"I told you his humanity is gone forever, that is true. But your humanity is strong, stronger still because of your love. I can bring him back most of the way, if you were to share your humanity with him, but if you did so, it would be at a cost to yourself. Neither of you would be totally human ever again, instead you would both be human ponies, forever.

　The princess paled. "You mean I would return to being as I was when the curse was active?"

　"Yes, your majesty. And so too would this lad. You would both be that way."

　The princess bowed her head. "Very well, do it."

　The Longrider protested. "Princess Dee!"

　"Do it Wizard!" the princess yelled, "Do it now!"

　There was a whirl of wind and the Wizard left. As the dust settled the horse was gone and in it's place stood Remmy, bound in bondage as he had been before he changed. Only now he also had pierced nipples with bells, and his bondage would never come off.

　Standing with him was the princess, back in her bondage as well. She turned to look at him and the couple came together, rubbing, nuzzling, and silently thanking each other.

　The crowd began to disperse and the Longrider walked toward the couple. He gathered the reins that hung from both their bridles and led them out of the paddock to where Gaspode stood waiting, still trying to come to terms with being a horse himself. The Longrider climbed up on the saddle and tethered the ponyboy on one side of him and the ponygirl on the other side. Then he urged Gaspode forward and they began their long journey back to the king with the new ponycouple running happily along, the kingdom saved.   

　The End.

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