Intros-a-plenty

Nopony expects to get a letter from a princess... okay, 'almost' nopony expects to get a letter from a princess... But 'nopony' ever expects a Princess to send a Letter to one of Equestria's few proffessional 'pleasers', which of course is a polite word for 'escort', another polite word for, well, you know... One can only imagine the look on her assistant's face when he saw to where the letter was addressed.

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Canterlot Castle got a very rare guest that day... rare as in 'had never been there before in his life'. A fairly large Unicorn stallion roughly half a head taller than average, with a coat that was cherry red, Clean and groomed, and snugglably fluffy at the same time, A tail and mane that were golden blonde, long, and just as well groomed as the fur, the mane even managing a 'Lion Mane-ish' style to it's appearance. There was no 'attire' in place despite being smack in the middle of the palace, though certain Courteous illusion spells were in the works to maintain decency should one encounter any prissy nobles.

This Stallion was clearly 'well worked', yet with a stream-lined smoothness to his musculature, he was hardly a 'mac', but managed to be both large and mildly graceful at the same time. At the moment those eyes were the epitome of what many would describe as 'bed-roomy', Seeming both Ocean and Sky blue depending on the lighting, and combined with a practiced smooth smile one could almost worry the guard's themselves might be in danger of flinching. Then of course there was the cutie mark, a very telling image in-fact, one that displayed the image of a very 'messy' bed, no, not filthy, just messy, well 'used', you get the hint.

"Yeah hi, that's me!"

'I'... am Bedroom blitz, Professional, Premiere Equestrian 'Pleasure pony', and I cannot tell you how mind bogglingly bloody nervous I am right now! Sure, I put on a good show, Strut like a proud Stallion as the guard's in-front of me act as escorts to the Royal chambers, put on that playful smile like I always do... But one Client I would never have expected to have was Princess Celestia, my Heart was fit to beat it's way clean through my Ribs from the stress of imaginging 'me' being expected to satisfy the Eldest ruler of our Country... Sure, I've pulled off some pretty tall orders before, Even handled a dragon once, but 'this' was a Multi Millenia old Immortal princess who's probably seen stuff even 'my' wild imagination has never even cooked up.

Ohhh, I am so glad I'm wearing that illusion spell right now, my imagination started running away with my body... Maybe I should apologize to the maids on my way out.

Then something happened that both made my day, and horrified me at the same time.

There was a drawn out, loud, and Feminine whine from farther down the hall where I could see the Grand doors of Celestia's Chambers cracked open, A whine that proclaimed "Buuuut AAUUUUNNTIIEEEE!"

Followed by a very uncharacteristically forceful, and familiarly 'royal empowered' "NO!" That created a low rumble of air-pressure in the hall-way and sent a familiar white unicorn tumbling back out of the door before it slammed shut.

Now, I've heard of Prince Blueblood before, Managed to 'see' him a couple of times and did everything I could to avoid having to encounter his legendarily insufferable Entitled attitude, so I'd never 'met' him personally, but the very subtle sneer from some of the guards, along with a couple of very quieted chuckles, spoke volumes for their own opinions of him...

Of course, what came sprinting by was hardly the self proclaimed 'Penacle of Stallion-hood' ... Oh no, This was clearly female, horrified i might add, and releasing a constant squeel in the higher Falsetto I'd heard in years, but clearly the 'formerly prince' blueblood, Egressing with a most terrified demeanor... yet honestly, looking every bit the feminine counter-part to his original self.

For a moment after he had gone, I couldn't help but snicker at the event and wonder if maybe he'd finally cauesd one problem too many for Celestia and got punished... 'that' train of thought derailed violently when I noticed other apparent issues present, In the form of one of the guards half-way down the hall appearing very much strained and uneasy, which for anyone who knows 'anything' about the royal guard, is a hint that something is incredibly wrong.

The freaked out look aside nothing really 'looked' wrong, but then I caught it. *sniff sniff* a scent that is absolutely unmistakeable to any 'experienced stallion', the Scent of a mare in heat coming directly from that guard, and I knew what it meant, as well that the armor concealed the physical changes. 'Oh sweet Sun and Moon, He's been turned into a mare!'

As a 'proffesional' in my art to a degree that few if any other stallion would ever strive for, I was experienced in the 'unusual interests' of certain individuals... that is to say, I have used magic to turn into a mare before, the first few times were entirely horrifying and mind blowing at the same time, but worth it to essentially 'double' my potential clientel... This also means that I know exactly how foreign and disturbing it must feel, and I never once experienced 'heat', so naturally I was quite driven to sympathize with the poor stallion and see if I couldn't fix this, consequences of delaying meeting the Princess be damned!

The 2 Escorts, heheh 'escorts', stopped and watched curiosly as I suddenly sprinted to the disturbed guard at the edge of the hall, who immediately jumped and looked quiet terrified... I could easily surmise 'why', it was likely that it was the sheer proffesionalism of the Royal guard that was keeping instinct from getting the poor thing acosted because of whatever condition was forced on him, so first of course I said "Don't worry, I hold perfect control over my mental faculties!" which seemed to relieve some of that terror. "Now tell me, you're not naturally a mare are you?"

now confusion set in, sure everypony could probably smell it and 'know', but it seemed to be a different thing entirely to just come out and say it... He didn't seem sure if he should be offended and angry or embarassed and sad, but eventually nodded, and curiosity spread on the faces of my escorts

"Right then, lets see if we can fix that shall we?" The confusion only grew as I lowered my muzzle and aimed my horn, a Slightly pinkish and cherry red glow spreading over it before gathering into another layer of magic... Honestly, I could probably stand among Canterlot's more prestigious mages, if it weren't for the fact all of my 'talent', both physically and magically, dealt with the kinkier side of things.

worry grew in his expression, certainly it wasn't every day that one runs into a unicorn experienced with Gender changing magic, typically it's considered highly advanced and known to back-fire if done wrong, but I wasn't having any of those 'fearful over-reactions' and released very quickly.

Visually nothing seemed to change at first, the guard winced and shied away on reaction, but then in mere seconds broke into a gleeful laughter and even bounced with joy while shouting "It'S BACK! I'M FIXED!" and repeating this a couple of times before he remembered himself and returned to his post, now far more naturally composed though unable to hide a gleeful smile... of course, some clean-up was still necessary, but my 'job' was done in that situation!

with natural Proffesionalism with left the scene and continued the rest of the moderate distance to the Princess's Chambers, though I did feel a bit better about the moment after 'helping', The nervousness continued to grind at the back of my mind... though as we drew closer I began to notice some other scents that had been concealed by the 'mare-scent' further down the hall, one of the guard's scents managed to resemble a 'dragon' of all things, and another that of a Thestral... Yes, I have been around, I have known many a species.

The more unsettling thing still was that the escorting guards stopped well before reaching the door, seemingly unwilling to venture closer for some purpose, and as the door was pushed open by the 2 already waiting next to it, they even backed away to run off to other duties... This was not helping the nervousness... If it weren't for my own stack of proffessionalism and natural Sureness of self I probably would have fled already, this summons had the makings of terrifying possibilities.

One of the guards called out in a slightly more gruff voice than usual, appearing that the helmets enchantments acted a bit differently with different species "Announcing, Sir... hrm, Bedroom Blitz, at Her Highness' Request!"

There was a mildly tense tone in the voice that answered "Do Come In" Now, almost everypony had heard the princess at least once, She made a point of visiting many places in her domain, and everypony knew that her voice could inspire a feeling of motherly love and adoration no matter who she spoke to, and that it almost never wavered from this loving tone... That was not what I picked up, to an untrained ear it sounded as normal as ever, but I picked up on strain, a bit of desperation, and, dare I say, hunger.

Naturally I responded immediately by Cantering on into the room, trying not to twitch as the doors closed shut behind me, the nervousness making the sound come across as more of a boom than it should... It was quite clear where she was, standing by the window to the balcony, wide open with the wind flowing around her, facing away though, and while it was concealed with practiced subtlty, I could still pick out tenseness in her position.

I was a moment from partaking of normally expected courtesies when she spoke up again "Please ignore the normal Formalities, I am loathe to admit to lacking the patience for such at this point in time... There is a letter there on the table, rare is it I show one of my student's, and fellow Princess's, letters to another, but this one pertains to why you are here, and... I would prefer if reading it explains the reason for me."

Okay, 'now' I felt less nervous in one way, and was totally freaking out in another way entirely as I stepped over to the table to get a look... what in Equestria could twilight have sent to Celestia that could compell her to summon 'me' to her!

Dear, Princess Celestia

I've been hearing strange rumors from some of the other residents of ponyville, a few cases of sudden dissapearances, rumors of some kind of 'magical mutation' [though that hardly makes any sense, magic doesn't just mutate ponies on it's own!], or even more unusual, these rumors about ponies suddenly being a different gender that they weren't supposed to be.

Of course, I haven't seen concrete evidence behind these rumors yet, It's my experience that, true or not, such unsettling rumors becoming 'common place' always hints at something suspicious in the works... Perhaps I'm just paranoid since it's been a few years since our last national Crisis, but it inspired me to seek corespondence, and see if you knew of similar stories popping up else-where.

Of course, I also wanted to write and see how you've been doing, staying in ponyville still creates long periods of never seeing eachother and... OH BUCK!, now?! OF ALL THE TIMES FOR SOMETHING TO... SPIKE!!! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO RECORD OUTBURTS LIKE THAT... STOP wRITING!!!!

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Okay, I'm going to withdraw my previous statement of having not encountered any concrete evidence behind these rumors! I have in-fact, only minutes ago [Spike note: It took an hour to get her to stop hyper-ventilating] I appear to have been affected by... whatever has inspired the rumors... oh this has to be the most embarassing thing to tell a Princess, even when I 'am' one!

I appear to have been transmogrified into a Hermaphrodite... I can honestly say I am having trouble thinking straight suddenly... Geez, how do stallion's deal with this stuff all the time? or when some mare's in heat?!... DAMNIT SPIKE!!

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I can only imagine that you'll want me to start researching to seek out some form of solution to this, what I'm afraid to interpret as, spreading epidemic of wanton magical alterations... I just hope I can figure it out before I go loopy from all this new stuff I'm feeling... oh god it won't go the buck down! Maybe Ice will... ugh.

Sincerely, Princess Twilight Sparkle.

P.S. She kindof ran off to, I'm guessing, find a way to solve her 'immediate' dilemma, I figured I'd go ahead and send this message.

well... that had to be an interesting letter to recieve, and without missing a beat Celestia continued, almost as if she knew i was done without looking. "I recieved that letter 2 day ago, I have already sent a reply mentioning that I would send her some 'proffessional' assistance to minimize the difficulty of her affliction, a 'specialist'... It is my understanding that, despite your chosen proffesion, you are indeed highly skilled in certain unusual applications of magic... you proved as much by remedying one of my guards in the hall-way, though I fear what is taking place shall not be quelled so easily.

Now I shall tell you what I know, This 'epidemic' has been in effect for one week so far, I of course sent a summons for 'you' after the first couple of days and the hints that led me to guessing the value of your skills in particular. It has been spreading it's effects seemingly at random, once or twice a day so far I have recieved fresh reports about new cases popping up suddenly...

I 'have' surmised that the changes appear to focus on the following in specific;
Gender Changes, not limited to simple 'Stallion and Mare' shifts
Species changes, though so far nopony has randomly turned into another alicorn, maybe I just jinxed it.
Various forms of Physical Alteration that do not fall under the previous 2 categories, though usually 'smooth' changes, in that they do not overwhelm the victim's ability to function naturally.
Changes in instincts, or appearance of entirely new physical or psychological motivations... I am experiencing this one personally and it is very unpleasant.
So far in 'rare' cases, there have been instances of a Pony's age being changed.

These are just the effects we know so far, There are likely to be more surfacing at a later time...

The only defining 'pattern' that we have seen, though it is not solely restricted to this, It is highly common for it to affect those with high magical power... like myself... and seems to repeat off of this individual like a node to chronically affect those around them... That you can even be in this room without being affected is a good hint that you are perhaps uniquely resistant to it's effects, Perhaps because you have partaken of the effects willingly in the past and gained an immunity to unwilling changes.

Before the expectable suspicions arise, I have already investigated Discord... He, or rather 'she' now, has not escaped the effects either, and is not handling it well... It is pleasant that thus far my Sister 'has' managed to escape the effects, though it is not clear as to why, perhaps the past transformations related to nightmare moon.

If it is not clear already, I intend to send you to assist Princess Twilight in her research in any way that you can, and to ease the troubles in pony-ville if possible while you are there... You will of course be compensated plentifully."

I can't say I've ever been hired to listen to a mission briefing such as that and then assigned to directly assist a princess before, but, there's a first time for everything... just to be sure I nipped my tongue a bit to see if I was imagining this *nip*... nope, It's real alright. "That is quite a crisis princess, I know personally how... unsettling some of these effects can be, even the first time experienting 'willingly' with them... The compensation would be greatly appreciated, though I would gladly 'help' for free in such a case as this, I can certainly put it to good use in my efforts."

Now came the bold move, I'm fairly certain I know what comes next, the scent in the air tells all too much about what she's putting up with, but I felt the urge to take the initiative and start to move closer "Now then, I can tell quite thoroughly that you didn't call me here 'just' for that, you are suffering through something yourself, and I would be remiss were I not to offer my assistance in easing your troubles, if only temporarily."

The Chuckle that came as a response was uncharcateristically 'lewd' in tone "I was just about to suggest exactly that... you see, I have been ignoring this 'affliction' ever since it appeared on the first day this week, and honestly, compounded instincts wear even on 'my' patience... I must ask though, can you fix it? and if not, can you 'handle' it safely?"

It was at that moment that she finally moved, turning herself around and revealing... well, a lot.

Her expression looked unnaturally strained for what anyone knows to expect of her, there was an obvious glint of hunger in her otherwise loving gaze, and I swear she was even drooling slightly. "You most certainly 'look' and 'feel' the part of a stallion beffiting your claims of 'proffessional', and since you have entered not a moment has passed that a needing torment hasn't been growing inside."

Of course my eyes drifted down an instant after taking in her expression, a genuine expression of shock crossing my muzzle for a short moment, before fading quickly into something far more along the lines of sympathy. "I will admit, I am far from familiar with 'Alicorn Anatomy', but I can only imagine that, combined with the effects of this 'epidemic', that you are suffering through something far more extreme than what even 'I' have experienced when... experimenting."

Below her currently rested a new 'endowment' who's proportions certainly were beffiting of one occasionally reffered to as a 'goddess', and I could only describe the Reddened Length as being well into stages of over-arousal that would have most stallion's crying for satisfaction. "I will certainly try to 'cure' your 'affliction', but if I cannot, I do believe that I am quite capable of at least relieving you, temporary though it may be... I am familiar with size altering magic, and I have quite a bit of stamina, so I don't think that will be a problem."

"You are very sure of yourself, I still worry for your safety if I stop resisting it, but I suppose that it will be a suitable 'trial by fire' and prove to me that you can handle anything else waiting for you."

"Indeed! now then, lets find out if I can fix this first." I started to focus, leveling my horn for her intensely aching burden... Taking some time to gather up several over-layers of magic to focus on 'gender repair'... and unleashed it with a bright cascading flash that naturally urged me to close my eyes.

After a deep breath I returned my attention to look her over... ohhh, that didn't work... No, it didn't remove it, but the cascading magic certainly had an effect in a way that pushed the arousal even harder, to the point of gushing quite a mess "well, that didn't work... good thing I can handle messy." I could see the control slipping now, and worked fast, Unleashing another spell, for myself this time, counter-acting the gap in our sizes to make what was to come... safe.

Yes, I'm stopping there!, what? You expect me to tell you about sleeping with the princess? Pah, I have too much respect for Celestia to go spilling details about sharing a very long, wet, and intimate session with her, you'll just have to use your imaginations!