In the chaos of the convention and with so many pictures being taken, you might miss one more camera.  But what made this one different is that it was being manned by the cameraman for Jack Smiley, a local television news reporter.  Jack was a smiling, happy fellow who was great with an interview.  But that was how the public knew him.  A select few knew him from the fetish/BDSM scene.  There, Jack Smiley became 'Master Dark', a dominant who had picked up a bad reputation.

The few who had played with him had discovered that Master Dark had no respect for limits, forcing people to do things they explicitly didn't want to do.  He was so selfish, the only thing Jack cared about was what he found thrilling and thus he would not properly respect safe words, a huge betrayal and completely unacceptable.  For example, after gaining his trust, a young submissive had confided in Master Dark that he was terrified of drowning and being underwater. Jack had talked the man into being placed into a full body rubber mermaid outfit that squeezed his legs into a fish tail, and bound his arms behind his back.  The whole time Jack promised they'd only put him in a half-full bathtub.  However, once he was completely restrained and helpless, Jack surprised the young man by gagging him and tossing him in Jacks car.  Then he drove him to a nearby deep pool.  Once at the pool, SCUBA gear was attached to the armless, fish-legged young man, including some heavy weights that would counteract his natural buoyancy.  The gag was removed, the SCUBA re-breather placed in his mouth and before he could say anything, he was shoved into the pool.  Theoretically, the terrified young man could've spit out his breathing device and used his safe word at any time, but there was no way someone petrified of drowning who was far below the surface was going to spit out a breathing device.  Jack had videotaped the whole thing, his desperate struggles, particularly focused on the sheer terror in the eyes of the young man.  Jacks twisted mind found it delicious.  Despite Jack's claims that he was helping him get over his fear, it's no surprise the young man never went anywhere near Jack again.  As the story had spread, almost no one in the scene would 'play' with Master Dark.  So that only insured Jack focused on people who hadn't heard of him...

Jack had been assigned to the convention because the person assigning reporters knew that Jack liked people in costumes, without really knowing why.  The fact that most of the costumes were nothing like the bondage outfits Jack really liked meant he spent most of the convention with a plastered on happy face as he went through the motions pretending to be interested in the answers given to his questions.  But as Jack moved through the hall of people snapping pictures, suddenly he came to a stop.  Jack stared at Theo as if he was a starving man looking at a steak.  Recognizing the bondage aspects of the outfit, Jack was transfixed by the golden haired doll in the pink pony outfit.  Lucky for Jack, the only one who noticed his inappropriate look was Jack's cameraman, an older man who'd worked with Jack long enough to know what was going on.  His cameraman nudged him out of his transfixed state.  Putting on his work face, Jack strode right towards the group.  He signaled his cameraman and turned to the camera.

  "Hi, I'm Jack Smiley, reporter for News Four here in the city.  Today I'm with a group of young ladies with some fabulous costumes!  And who are you all dressed as?"  The girls, drawn to the bright lights and the camera, all quickly lined up and posed around Theo.  Theo of course was still locked in place, unable to move.  As the reporter asked questions, the girls all were excited to answer, telling him all about the Planetary Ponies and answering questions about who they are and what school they went to.  An attentive eye would notice the reporter was only half listening and kept trying to get Theo to speak, but the girls were too quick to answer and jump in front of the camera.  Jack kept asking questions, but his mind was only on Theo.  Finally Jack just knelt down and put the microphone in front of Theo.

  "Young lady, I have to say your costume is the most amazing of all!  At first I thought you really were a pink pony!  Tell us a bit about yourself."  Theo just stared, unable to say anything with the metal bit in his mouth.  Jack waited expectantly, but the pause began to get uncomfortable...  When suddenly there was a response!

  "Help me!  I'm a boy trapped in this costume!  These girls have forced me into this outfit and now they are marching me around in public, humiliating me!"  Jacks face took on a shocked look.  But it was nothing compared to the look of shock on the faces of the girls.  They all looked near panic.  Well, except for one girl.  Sarah had a huge smile on her face as she typed furiously on her new phone.  And the voice coming out of the collar of Theo's suit, the voice that sounded just like a muffled boys voice coming from inside the costume, continued.  "No, I'm just kidding Jack!  It's true, I am a boy, and I am kinda restricted in this costume, but I'm doing it to help the girls out.  Although they did make it a little too girlish."  Relief washed over several faces as both Jack and the girls heard what was said.  Sarah continued to type, realizing that she had a perfect opportunity to finally get back at Theo for the lesbian rumors he'd spread about her.  Her lips curled in a vengeful smile as she typed furiously.  "My name is Theo, and I'm from Central School, just like the other Planetary Pony girls."  Jack nodded.  "I also live with my aunt Nancy, from Nancy's Theatrical Costumes.  I have to tell everyone she created this costume for me and she's amazing.  Come by her workshop anytime, it's in the house where we both live at 127 Main Street, and I'll be happy to model this costume for anyone who comes to my aunts shop!  Sometimes I just wear it when I'm home alone, it's so comfortable!"  Theo winced at that.  He couldn't believe he'd just volunteered to wear this costume for anyone in the city... Well, he didn't really, but everyone in the city would think he had.  Theo struggled, trying to move, trying to halt the voice coming out.  But there was nothing he could do.  Sarah could make him say anything on television and everyone would think it was Theo!  Theo tried to will the voice to stop, but out of the corner of his eye, he could see Sarah typing quickly and he knew more was coming.

  "Oh, and you don't have to call me Theo.  I much prefer to be called 'Goldilocks' or..."  Sarah paused with her typing.  She knew how Theo was always trying to get everyone to call him 'T-Dog'.  With a burst of malicious creativity, she began typing again.  "... my friends all call me 'T-Puppy' because I'm so cute and cuddly.  Sometimes they call me 'T-Piddles' because I'm not housebroken yet..."  Theo raged as he heard those words.  Goldilocks was bad enough for a nickname, but now no one would ever call him T-Dog without laughing again!  GRRRR!  She just ruined his totally cool nickname!  She couldn't do this!  He rocked back and forth in his pink pony prison, the movement barely perceptible from outside.

During this whole time, with everyone so focused on Theo, no one noticed the flush in Jack's face.  Without meaning to, Sarah had scored a direct hit on Jack's fetish.  Nothing delighted Jack more than taking young boys and turning them into ultra-feminine young girls.  He delighted in doing whatever it took to find their limits... And then go past them.  And Jack had a weakness for strict bondage and pet play.  Jack's mind was awash in all the possibilities.  Jack thought he'd found a young boy who was willing to be girlish, who was willing to play a human pet, who would actually let himself be bound and let others take control.  It was like Jacks dream come true.  And once the process had started, Theo would be unable to stop Jack from taking it as far as it took to be too far.  How far was too far?  Everyone had limits.  But Jack realized this was suspicious.  Was this for real?  Jack had to know.  No one noticed how Jack suddenly became very serious.

  "Um, could you girls please move away for a bit, I'd like a chance to speak with Theo one on one."  Jack handed the microphone to the cameraman.  The cameraman understood, and, putting his arms out, began moving the girls away.  The girls were caught off guard by this move, being herded off by the cameraman.  Even Sarah looked a bit worried.  From a distance just about out of earshot where the cameraman guided them, the girls watched anxiously.  They had no idea what was really happening.  Suddenly this was more than just having fun with Theo.  If Jack got suspicious that Theo wasn't really here of his own free will, they could all be in some serious trouble.  The girls looked around frantically for Eden, but she still wasn't back.  Meanwhile, Jack started softly talking to Theo.

  "I'm not sure how to say this but... What you're doing is a huge fetish of mine.  I'm a bit of a dominant and I love dressing cute young things as animals and dominating them.  I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that only someone who had a similar fetish would wear a costume like this."  Jack petted Theo as he spoke, running his hands through Theo's long blonde mane.  "I have some friends who run a human pony farm out of town.  Is that something you'd be interested in?"  Jack waited for a response.  Meanwhile, Sarah could see Jack was waiting, but had no idea what was being said.  So she typed the only thing she could think of.  Something that could work no matter what Jack was saying.
  "Mmm-hmmm" Theo responded, to the horror of Theo inside.  Jack, however, was terribly excited!  He felt like he'd struck gold.
  "Oh, that's great!  I know it was a risk being so forward, but I had a feeling as soon as I saw you!  Now you joked earlier about being forced and trapped.  In my experience, people joke about the things they really like because then they can just say they were joking so people don't think they're weird.  So am I right in guessing you not only like to be restrained, but you like being forced to be so girly?  I mean, obviously any boy who grows their hair as long as yours isn't really being 'forced'", Jack gently stroked Theo's mane, realizing that it was actually his hair coming out of the costume.  "But I know how it works...  You like to pretend to fight it tooth and nail, but you really want to be a princess, right?"
  "Oh.  Sure."  It again appeared to come from Theo as Sarah typed from a distance.  She couldn't hear a word, but she was trying to guess at what to say in order to keep Jack from becoming suspicious.  Theo was freaking out inside at the way the conversation was going!  Jack kept pressing with his questions.
  "So, are you just into ponies?  Because the people at this farm, they have bondage outfits like dogs and rabbits, but even more extreme ones that force people to be cows or pigs too.  Are you into that?  You could actually be out in the yard, having the whole experience, rolling in the mud, eating food from a chute..."  Sarah was staring intently, trying to lip-read Jack but couldn't quite see.  But as Jack turned, she was sure he said 'farm' and she just caught the word 'cute', she began typing in response.  Obviously Jack was talking about the pony outfit.  What else would be a cute farm animal?  And Sarah thought she might as well remind Jack about how Theo wanted to be called 'T-puppy'.  As she typed, Sarah realized she should've gone with 'T-kitten'!  That would've been even more humiliating for Theo.  Or, wait...  Thinking of farm animals...  Sarah should've probably been content to just make Theo have neutral replies.  But the poor girl couldn't resist what she thought was an opportunity to embarrass Theo by making him seem to love cute animals. 
  "Oh, I love ponies, of course, but I love anything at the farm that's all cute and fuzzy.  Puppies, kittens, even little yellow chicks with their cute little peeps!"  Theo responded.  Jack almost did a double take at what Theo had just said.  What was he saying?  Theo liked those fuzzy, little baby chickens?  Jack's face broke out in a huge smile as he realized how that could work!  Jack began applying what Theo had said to Jack's own fetish.
  "A 'chick'.  I get it.  You want to be forced to be ultra-cute and feminine, and insanely helpless.  And someone with your beautiful golden hair would make an amazing little 'chick'.  For a beauty like you, I'd happily have a custom outfit made.  For you, I would spare no expense!  I'm picturing an excruciatingly tight bondage suit, something golden and fuzzy, your arms trapped helplessly in little wings.  Do you like the wings idea?  It's almost worse than being fully bound because you can still react, you just can't do anything.  On top of that, something undeniably cute and feminine."  Jack let his imagination flow freely as he melded Sarah's chick suggestion with his fetish.  "Maybe you'd be dressed in a lovely Lolita style dress like the outfits your classmates are wearing?  Only something even more frilly and girly.  It would be so tight, and absolutely inescapable of course.  Something with bows, ribbons, a big petticoat, maybe with orange thigh-high ballet boots laced so tight you couldn't even bend your knees?  You'd be all awkward and barely able to walk, just like a little chick.  Is that the kind of thing you're dreaming of?  And... I could 'play' with you!  I'm thinking you'd have some kind of gag that looks like a beak, but that hides an O-ring so you can still enjoy a nice 'worm'."  Jack chuckled to himself.  "Isn't that how it goes?  The early bird gets the worm?  But you wouldn't have to worry.  I'd make sure you got your worm.  If you look half as good as I'm imagining you'd get all the worm you can handle and more! Not to mention there are other dark little holes that a worm could show up in..."  Jack seemed very excited by the mental picture he was describing but Theo was completely repulsed!  He wished that someone, that anyone else could hear what Jack was saying but all the wishing in the world from Theo couldn't help Sarah guessing at the conversation from a distance.  And Sarah saw Jack all happy and excited.  She needed to type something positive!
  "That sounds great, Jack!" Theo said emphatically.  Jack was beside himself with excitement.
  "Oh my goodness, you really are perfect!"  Jack thought for a moment.  "You also said earlier that you liked being forced.  Me and these guys I know can do a pretend kidnapping if you'd like.  You'd have no option at all... I'll tell them you like to pretend to resist so you can really have fun with it.  Imagine you're just walking home from school and a van pulls up next to you.  A couple of guys leap out and grab you.  You struggle helplessly, but they're too much for you.  Soon you find yourself all tied up and at their mercy.  Doesn't that just sound like the best?  Or do you prefer it be more dramatic?  They could chloroform you, and so you'd pass out struggling and the next thing you'd see is you waking up already dressed in the chick outfit.  Oh and I should've asked... When would be a good time to do this?  It can't be right away, because I need to have your outfit made.  And I'm already thinking of some extras for the costume that will make it even more fun but that might take a while."  Jack was almost falling all over himself now that he thought he'd found someone who was into Jacks fetishes.  Sarah squinted, and was sure she saw Jack say 'time?'  To Theo's horror, the response was...
  "Oh time doesn't matter.  Any time."  Jack grinned fit to burst his face at this news.
  "I totally understand.  You want it to be a complete surprise.  That's so kinky!  Well, I know what school you go to, where you live, I think we can arrange a proper 'kidnapping'.  And I'll tell them that you like to be forced, so they can expect you to resist.  This is so wonderful!  Trust me, when you least expect it, you'll have the best time ever!"  Theo reeled in horror inside his costume.  What had Sarah done?!  Jack got up to leave, but just before, he bent over and whispered to Theo.  "Just think, the next time I see you, you'll be my locked up and helpless little 'chick', and I'll be your big, strong 'cock'!"  Jack gave him a wink as he headed back to talk to his cameraman.  Theo wanted to throw up. And that's why Theo completely missed the person who had approached the girls...