Chrysalis

My eyes slowly fluttered open as I woke up. A ray of sunlight hit me, forcing my eyes closed for a second, and I glanced over at my window where the sun was peeking through the small space between the partly closed curtains.

“Fuck you, Celestia,” I thought vehemently.

A chill ran up my spine as I was suddenly hit with a puff of warm air. Looking down at my waist, I saw Trixie’s blue arms wrapped around me. I could feel her soft belly expanding and contacting against my lower back, and she was mindlessly mumbling something that I couldn’t make out.

“Probably dreaming about food, knowing her.” I rolled my eyes as I unwrapped her arms and pushed myself forward, only to bump into Adrian, whose back was turned towards me as he slept.

My eyes focused on the black hair on his head. Last night and this morning aside, the only other time I’d seen him without a hat on was when he and I went to Trixie’s show last weekend. The look on his face seemed… bothered, his closed eyelids occasionally tightening every ten seconds or so, and my curiosity was aroused.

“What I wouldn’t give to be Luna right now.”

I slipped out of the bed and stretched my arms out, letting out a long, but quiet yawn. Deciding that I needed to take a shower, I made my way out of my bedroom and towards the bathroom, levitating my bathrobe out of my closet and towards me with my magic. When I reached my bedroom door, I looked back at my sleeping roommates. My eyes drifted over to Trixie, who had repositioned herself and clutched my pillow to make up for my absence. Her tail swished back and forth over the edge of the bed, its legs having been broken thanks to last night’s session.

“She’s gonna pay me back for that. That was a brand-new bed, for pony’s sake. You think she’d be more careful with all that weight she has.”

I shook my head. Was that last notion really necessary? To be completely honest, she really wasn’t all that fat. Sure, she had a little “extra” in certain places, but she was still a healthy girl. My eyes traced the contours of her curvy, sleeping figure, envy bubbling within me. I instinctively crossed my arms when I saw her breasts, which were squished together as she slept on her side.

I sighed as I put on my robe and walked out. “She really doesn’t know how lucky she is.”

A stray lock of hair fell in front of my face as I closed my bedroom door. I tried blowing it away and back into place, but it ended up falling back again. “Stupid mane,” I grumbled, walking into the bathroom and towards the mirror, shutting the door behind me. “This always happens after a session. I can never get my mane… right… after…”

My sentence trailed off when I got in front of the mirror, my eyes widening when I saw my reflection.

I can’t remember the last time I saw my mane this green. I ran my fingers through it, and instead of the dry feeling that I would have expected a mere twelve hours ago, it felt smooth and silky, my digits passing through it effortlessly. “Wha-?” I mumbled, staring at my reflection, dumbfounded by the mare looking back at me. Then I wondered, if my mane was this healthy, then what about…

I placed one hoof on the edge of the tub and moved my robe over to expose my leg. To my surprise, all the holes in it had closed. I couldn’t remember the last time my legs were this healthy!

It didn’t make any sense, though. I mean, lust was my second favorite form of love, but I’ve had plenty of threesomes before and I’ve never gotten this much energy from those sessions. I tried to think back to last night, replaying the events in order to find something – anything – that would explain this.

“Let’s see… they did tell me that it’s been a long time since both of them have had sex,” I thought. “Perhaps all that pent up lust was enough to do this to me.”

Settling on that assumption, I took off my robe and stepped into the tub, closing the curtain and turning the water on. After a quick shower, I dried myself off and put on my bathrobe before walking out to find Adrian, awake and fully dressed, on his way out of my bedroom. “Morning,” he said to me.

“I honestly thought you’d be the first to wake up,” I answered. “Don’t you have work today?”

“Yeah,” he nodded, “but I don’t have to show up until later. We’re just running auditions in the recording studio today.”

“That reminds me, when do Trixie and I need to be there for our recording session?”

Adrian shrugged. “Whatever day and time works for you both. We can figure that out later when I get home. Cel, Roxy, and I will just record the other voice actors on the days that you and Trixie can’t be there.”

“Okay, then.” I chuckled a little. “You know, I didn’t expect you to be this relaxed. I remember you telling me last night that you never had sex with someone you didn’t love. Was that all just bullshit?”

He shook his head. “It wasn’t. I just I knew what I was getting into before I knocked on your door. I just told myself that since it didn’t mean anything to either of us, it didn’t count.”

He said that, but I still felt an emotional disturbance in him. It was mostly confusion, with a hint of regret, but I got what I wanted, and after I do him his favor, we’ll be even, so that’s all that matters...

Right?

“Oh, and Chrysalis?”

My ears perked up in curiosity. “Yeah?”

“You’re strong enough to cast a soundproof spell by yourself now, right?”

I nodded.

“Well, in that case, as long as you make sure none of my stuff gets stolen… I guess you could have people over for your… ‘sessions,’” he said, air quoting that last word.

I raised an eyebrow. “Really? What made you change your mind?”

“I figured that if it’s that hard for you to find a partner willing to take you back to their place, I could bend the rules a little, just so long as you keep it to a maximum of twice a week. That should keep you sated, right?”

Twice a week, huh? I could manage that. I gave the human a nod. “It should.”

“Good, At least this way you won’t get so sick that I have to have sex with you again.”

Why is it that every time I assume he’s being nice, it ends up being something that, at the end of the day, is for his own benefit? Oh, well. That didn’t mean I had to stoop to his level.

“Well, for what it’s worth, you weren’t as bad as I thought you were going to be,” I said with a shrug. “I mean, at least I didn’t have to coach you.”

“Thanks, I guess,” he replied, unsure of what to say. He looked straight at me for the first time this morning before turning away. “You look a lot better,” he told me before walking into his room.

“What?” I asked, but my only reply was the sound of Adrian’s bedroom door closing.

That was rather unusual for him. When he said that, I felt a strange feeling of sincerity coming from him. Getting a genuine compliment from Adrian, or most anyone, for that matter, was a rare occurrence for me.

I folded my arms. “Hmph. I guess that’s the closest thing to ‘thanks for the sex’ that I’m gonna get from him.”

I then heard a loud yawn coming from behind me. “Oh, goody. The Great and Powerful Trixie awakens,” I thought with a sigh.

The unicorn stretched her arms as she sat up, her eyes opening slowly. “Good morning, sleepyhead,” I said to her, and her eyes widened when she saw me.

“Wha? Chrysalis!” she gasped, covering herself as best as she could.

I rolled my eyes. “Will you quit the conservative act? I’ve already seen everything you got. There’s no point in hiding it.”

She looked away from me, her cheeks growing red. “Could you not remind me about last night? It’s bad enough that I had to live through it once. I don’t want to have to remember it.”

“You’re acting like you didn’t enjoy it,” I scoffed. “From the way you were carrying on, it sounded like you loved every minute of it.”

“It was just the heat of the moment. It’s over now, so we don’t have to talk about it anymore.”

“It would’ve been over faster if somepony didn’t take forever and a half to take off her clothes. Seriously, what were you so afraid of? You said it yourself: it wasn’t your first time.”

“I know that,” she snapped, levitating her clothes over to her. “It’s just that with the way you and Adrian harass me about my physique, I didn’t want to open myself up to more jokes at my expense.”

“Is that all?” I asked.

“Well, having you two constantly doing it gets to me after a while, okay?”

I felt waves of embarrassment and vulnerability radiating from Trixie, and it was the first time I’ve seen her like this. Seeing her actually be honest with her feelings was surprising, to say the least.

“Well, I guess Adrian and I do get a little harsh with our comments sometimes,” I sighed. “Admittedly, it was a lot easier when we were neighbors, but now that were roommates, making fun of you is becoming tired.”

“Is that your way of saying sorry?” Trixie asked, pulling up her sweatpants. “I can never tell with you.”

“That s-word isn’t in my vocabulary, sweetie.”

She gave me an unamused look. “I suppose that’s the best I’m gonna get from you.” She put on the rest of her clothes, save for her underwear, which she levitated towards her and stuffed into the pocket of her hoodie.

“Well, just know that there are some mares out there that are more insecure about their bodies than you are about yours,” I told her, my gaze shifting to the side.

With a grunt, Trixie got up and made her way out, glancing up at me as she passed me by. “At least now you’re a lot easier to look at.”

“Y’know, when Adrian said it, he was a lot nicer.”

The unicorn ignored me as she walked back to her room, and I closed the door once she was out. Despite the snarkiness of her last comment, I still felt that strange sincerity that I sensed from Adrian. I say strange because within that sincerity I sensed something else, but it was so small that I couldn’t make out exactly what it was.

“I really wish I knew what that little hidden emotion was,” I thought. “I could’ve sworn I felt it last night, too, but with all that was going on I couldn’t focus on it.” Even as I recalled last night’s events yet again, even remembering when I sensed that other emotion, the memory wasn’t fresh enough to help much.

I shook my head, deciding that it wasn’t important. If I ever sense it again, I’ll know what it is. There was no point in obsessing over it.

What mattered was that I was able to get my fill last night and then some, and with Adrian easing up on that little rule of his, I could have a partner over whenever I ran low, and I will never have to ask him or Trixie to have a session with me ever again.

SEVERAL HOURS LATER

Adrian

“If you want this mission to be a success, you’re gonna need a team.”

“Don’t worry chief, I’ve got two agents in mind that I know will be a huge asset.”

I pressed a button on the soundboard, interrupting the dialogue for a moment. “Okay, guys. Can we run those last two lines again? They sounded a little off.”

The two diamond dogs behind the microphones nodded and reread the lines while Roxy, Cel Shade, and I sat in front of the soundboard. This was the first of many times that I’ve asked the two actors to repeat a set of lines. My mind kept getting distracted every so often, and I was only able to keep my focus for about a minute at a time.

Last night… it was my first time doing something like that. I mean, I’ve had sex with my previous girlfriends, but this was the first time I’ve ever had casual sex and my first threesome. For someone like Chrysalis it was most likely a normal night, but for me, it felt a very strange. Doing it with someone I didn’t love was… weird. I mean, it felt good, but at the same time I couldn’t wait to get my rocks off and get it over with.

Ugh… why is sex so complicated?

“So, whaddaya think?” Roxy asked, snapping me out of my thoughts. “They’re pretty good, aren’t they?”

“They aren’t half bad,” said Cel. “Magnus would be good as the younger male characters while Memphis has the bass in his voice to play the older ones.”

“They make a big sister proud,” Roxy sighed, wiping away a fake tear. “What do you think, Adrian?”

I blinked. “Huh?”

“Magnus and Memphis. Do you think they’re any good?”

“Oh, yeah. I think we can use them. You were right about them having decent range. We could probably get them to voice two characters each, maybe three.”

Roxie and Cel gave each other concerned looks, then Roxy pressed a button on the soundboard. “Good job, you two. That’s it for today,” she told her brothers. “Wait outside and I’ll be out in a couple minutes to take you home.”

“Okay, Rox,” Memphis said as he and Magnus walked out of the recording booth and through the exit to the hallway. The second the door closed, Cel and Roxy’s gazes immediately shifted towards me.

“Alright, Adrian. What’s going on?” the pegasus asked.

“What are you talking about?” I asked back.

“You’ve been really out of it today. Usually, you’re the most focused out of all three of us.”

“Not to mention the fact that your scent is a little off today,” Roxy added.

I raised an eyebrow and leaned back in my chair, taking offense to that comment. “I’ll have you know that I took a thorough shower this morning,” I said with a raised finger and thought “I had to, considering what I went through last night.”

“It’s not that you smell bad, Adrian,” the diamond dog corrected. “I mean you smell like there’s a hint of someone else’s scent on you.”

My heart skipped a beat. “Really? I thought the shower got rid of the scent! Damn that canine sense of smell!”

Cel gave me a smug smirk. “Your face says it all. Hey, Rox, think you can get a lock on whose scent it is?”

“I’m a dog, not a magician. I can’t tell whose scent it is unless it’s from someone I know,” she told him.

“Well, maybe it is from someone you know.” Cel’s ears then twitched in excitement. “Oh! Maybe it’s Kayla, the griffon that works on the Power Ponies cartoon, or maybe it’s one of those cute zebra twins!”

Roxy rolled her eyes. “Well, I guess it’s worth a shot,” she sighed, rolling her chair over to mine.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! I missed the part where I agreed to this!” I objected, rolling my chair away, only to hit a wall.

“Chill out, Adrian. Don’t make it weird.”

“You’re trying to sniff me and I’m making it weird!?”

Roxy held my arms tightly, trying to hold me in place as I struggled to squirm out of her grip. “Just… hold… still!” she pressed her nose to my chest, taking in a couple of whiffs.

“Well? Anything?” asked Cel.

“I’m getting something, but… hold up…” Roxy took in one long, deep sniff and her tail suddenly pointed upwards. “I’m picking up two scents that aren’t his!”

“Well, well, Adrian,” the pegasus laughed. “I never pegged you as the type to partake in a ménage à trois.”

She took a couple more whiffs of me, trying to figure out who they belonged to. “They smell familiar, but I can’t put my finger on it. Whoever they are, they don’t work here at the studio.”

I let out a relieved exhale, feeling lucky that she hasn’t ran into Trixie and Chrysalis enough times to distinctly remember their-

“Wait! I think I got it!”

Fuck.

“It’s… no way!”

“What? Who is it?” Cel asked.

Roxy sat back in her chair and turned to him with a horrified look on her face. “It’s Trixie and Chrysalis…”

“You’re shitting me!”

“You’ve got some explaining to do, Mister Lewit,” Roxy said, looking at me with narrowed eyes. “The three of you hate each other! What reason could any of you possibly have for wanting to sleep with each other?”

“You two aren’t gonna drop it until I spill, aren’t you?”

“Nope,” they answered. Shaking their heads.

“Ugh… I thought so…”

Trixie

Babs sighed with satisfaction, wiping pizza grease off her fingers with a napkin. “Gee, thanks for taking us out, Trixie. You didn’t hafta do that.”

“It’s the least I could do for you guys,” I smiled. “You’re the two greatest supporters of The Great and Powerful Trixie! This outing my way of thanking you for being there for me, especially this past week.”

“Don’t mention it, Trix,” Sunflower said with a dismissive wave. “You’re like a sister to us, ya know?”

“Yeah! A sista’ from anotha’ mista’!”

We all had a good laugh at that. Sunflower and Babs really did feel like sisters to me, and spending time with them helped me keep my mind off of last night as the waiter waked over to us. “Are we all good here, ladies?” he asked.

I looked over at Babs and Sunflower. “You two want any more slices?”

They looked at each other, then back at me, and they shook their heads. “Nah, we’re good,” Babs answered.

“We’ll take the check, please,” I told the waiter, and he nodded his head before walking off.

“So, are ya ready for tomorrow’s show?” Sunflower asked.

I looked at her with a determined grin and nodded. “The Great and Powerful Trixie is always ready. My new routine is sure to draw in the masses, especially with my last-minute addition,” I then looked at the young filly. “Right, Babs?”

A fire burned brightly in her eyes as she looked at me, a huge smile on her face. “Right!”

Author's Note

So Babs is somehow part of Trixie's last minute addition to her routine. This should be interesting.

It seems each of the roommates is dealing with last night in their own way. We'll have to see how it affects them later on. If you want to find out what happened in detail, you can click here.

Cue ominous laughter.

Let me know what you guys thought of this chapter in the comments. The next chapter won't come out until a bit later since I'll be working on two one-shot stories, one of which is for Mother's Day, so be prepared to wait a while.

Until next chapter, keep it sketchy, folks!