“Well, do my eyes deceive me today? Hi, Diana!” The vixen groaned silently as she recognized immediately the voice of the most annoying of her classmates, and with a sigh Diana turned in the direction of the approaching girl.
“Hello to you too, Arianne” The other girl was very different from the vixen, that was far more introvert usually, while Arianne was one of the most popular girls at school, a cheerleader to boot and one of the most desirable beauties in the city. The newly arrived girl walked nonchalantly with a measured gait on her four hooves, followed closely by her best friend Jane.
Their friendship was a strange one, Jane was a jaguar and clearly a dangerous predator with a slim and graceful body, almost completely an animal except for her face, long hair and upper chest area while Arianne was a mare and belonged to a prey species, with inborn instincts to avoid predators. Not Arianne though, she befriended the jaguar girl with ease and with time their relationship developed in a symbiotic friendship: the filly was the brain and face of the pair and managed to basically rule the social circles with the skills of a queen bee , while Jane was the protector of the equation and dissuaded the other social butterflies to challenge Arianne’s position.
Even now Jane approached her unconcerned, eventually sitting on her haunches near her best friends and starting to groom her front paws in a very cat-like manner with an undercurrent air of menace.
Seeing the mare strutting around capturing the attention of the various passerby was enough to remind Diana why she wasn’t able to stand her presence. It was not a deep grudge or the personality of the other girl, it was pure and simple envy of her good looks, every time the two were in the same place all the gaze always wandered to the figure of Arianne. Diane spent hours sometimes grooming her untamable fur with combs and cosmetics, but every time her long fur would stick in every direction from the slightest breeze, making her look as a tangling mess.
The mare before her instead was the epitome of the maintained beauty, every day she would go outside with a perfectly groomed fur, polished hooves and smelling of roses, unlike the other fillies in class that most of the time had the typical stable scent. Her face was unblemished and with pleasant features in a natural way, and more than one time Diana overheard the other males in school commenting how attractive were the black patches on her rump and the way Arianne knew it, and made always a show by swaying noticeably her flank when she knew potential lovers were nearby. In those occasion Diane would simply grind her teeth and fantasize about buying an halter for the filly and leave her in a farm somewhere tied to a post, unable to free herself with the impractical hooves she found herself with, and unfit to lead around with a wink the male around her. That would surely teach something to the smug trollop, but alas even now Jane glared at her as if she knew exactly what she just thought of, just like the other times.
“Fine day today, isn’t it? I see that you had the same thoughts as us, and ditched school to see the new renovations. So what do you think? I personally am impressed, they even have extra services for the ones that struggle with the articles for lack of hands by lending a personal vendor to the buyer. The staff almost tripled overnight with all the guards and attendant, to accommodate all the visitors. Jane and I just left some of our group to drink something, want to join us?”
“No thanks” Diana answered with a strained smile, succeeding in hiding her dislike for the obvious mare one more time, not that her other friends fell for the trick.
“Or maybe…” Arianne turned to Ron with an appraising stare and winked seductively as the filly finally decided that she liked what she saw “Your friend would like to keep company to a group of smoking hot girls like us? Come on Diana, if he wants to come with us you should too!”
“I don’t think…”
“Oh, here you are! You girls forgot to take the gift from the previous shop. I helped a new costumers briefly and when I turned you two vanished. We have a wide selection of collars and chokers for the young ladies, with the hope that you would choose our fine establishment in the future”
“Thank you, we would be honored, and I already see the collar I would like to take, the one in leather with the horseshoe, it compliment my nature, don’t you think? And wow Jane, look at the choker with Swarovsky, it would really look good on you!”
The jaguar nodded with a small smile as the vendor fastened the first necklace around Arianne’s neck, then turned around and did the same for Jane when the girl asked for his help with a small blush, fidgeting as the mare giggled at her big and strong best friend asking someone’s aid.
The man then turned to the other teens and with a smile told them that they would be welcome in his shop, and if in the future needed anything his business was the right place to find it, then returned inside.
After Arianne stopped gushing over about the new choker of the jaguar girl she addressed the vixen again, trying to change her mind “I know a place that should cater to our every need nearby, and your friend here seems agreeable to sample some food, so don’t be a killjoy, and let’s go!”