A new day was dawning, the rays of the sun stretched over the rooftops of Canterlot, waking the first ponies to go out and perform their day to day activities, they also fell into the windows of the castle and right onto the face of the sleeping human, tickling his nose. Annoyed by that Alex slowly awoke with a tired growl from his slumber. Letting out a yawn he noticed that two lumps were besides himself under the warm covers of the bed. Also he noticed a light pressure on both his chest and his right inner thigh. With a small chuckle he lifted the covers to spot both changelings cuddled against his sides. Neo had snuggled his head into his chest, sighing contently in his sleep, a little bit of drool on his mouth. Alex then lowered his gaze to his lower abdomen, blushing hard at what he saw. Nox lied draped partially over his right thigh, his head resting on his inner thigh. What made the human blush however was that the nose of the changelings was very close to his crotch, inhaling his scent deeply.

Carefully to not wake the two Alex tried to shift out of bed, however this proved to be rather counterproductive as once he began to move Nox snuggled closer to him, pressing his face against Alex'es crotch and cooing in delight. Alex gasped as he felt the warm breath of the changeling through his underwear, his eyes widening in horror as he realized that his member was beginning to harden due to that treatment. With slightly shaky hands he slowly lifted Nox'es head from his crotch and set him on the bed carefully, slowly sliding out of bed after doing so.

A shiver ran up his spine once his feet made contact with the cold, pristine marble floor as he let yesterdays events pass through his mind once more. Could he trust Light Bringer or was it all just a ruse to get him to make a mistake? Could he even trust Blueblood with his plans, now that there was a chance that Princess Celestia could get informed at any given moment? Should he act now or rather wait a few days, to let grass grow over his latest actions? All of these questions, racing through his head, caused the young man to stand there, deeply lost in his thoughts and worries.

Alex pondering only got interrupted when his bowels made itself apparent, signaling him to better relieve himself. Shaking his head to shoo the dark thoughts away he silently snuck over to the door and quickly made his way out of the bedroom, only to almost trip over Sweet Slumber who lied curled up, right infront of the door, still awake but every now and then her eyes closed for a second, only for her to shoot awake again with a gasp and some incoherent mumbles. Once the door was opened by him the batpony's ears quickly stood on edge as she jumped up and whirled around to face him, slightly swinging from one side to the other, her being sleep deprived being very obvious.

"Wh-Where do you think you're going buster? " She rose a eyebrow, she clearly was in a very cranky mood, making Alex a bit worried if she would still be as adorable, as when he first met her.

"Umm....I needed to go to the bathroom really bad..." He spoke silently to one, not annoy her unnecessarily and two, not awake the sleeping cangelings in the room behind him.

"Oh really? Just going to the bathroom huh? Not sneak off again and getting yourself accused of being a spy again?" She walked up very close to him, a snarl on her face. "I better make sure you are telling the truth..."

He gulped at that, seeing how pissed off she really was. "H-h-how would you do that...?"

A smirk spread on her face. "Only one way I see....I watch you do it, make sure you don't run off." She then let out a yawn that once again showed her fangs but also her adorable side as she let out a little coo.

"Sweet Slumber, is that really necessary? I promise I wont run off or..agh!" He was interrupted by her pressing her hoof on his crotch strongly.

"We can do this two ways buddy....I got no sleep last night and day, so you better listen closely....either I follow you to the bathroom or we will see if everything about you smells so darn sweet and lovely." She wiggled her eyebrows making him blush deeply.

"A-alright, alright....you can follow me but no peeking..." She giggled softly and nodded, letting go of his crotch as she walked him to the bathroom.

"You go in, I will wait out here.....also....sorry if I was too mean....I just really get bitchy when I don't get my beauty sleep." She mumbled as they arrived at the bathroom door, her eyes splayed against her head as she looked up at him sheepishly.

Alex just chuckled and petted her ears softly. "I don't mind Sweet, I know I would be pissed too if my sleep was taken away from me, although I don't think beauty sleep suits you. You are beautiful already, anymore and you may make Celestia jealous." He smirked causing her to squeak in surprise as he slipped into the bathroom.

Once inside he sighed in relief as he looked around. Even the bathroom was huge in Blueblood's suite, a small pond like pool was placed into the ground on the right side of the room, multiple tubes that spread from the outside into the room and disappeared under the marble floor leading into it. On the ground around the pool countless bottles of soaps, conditioners and whatnot were placed to give the perfect bathing experience. There were also some faucets on the inside of the pool with labeled handles above them, one read simply bubble bath, while another was labeled with minty fresh orgasm. On the left was the toilet, it was made from simple porcelain with a silver plated lid. Besides it were multiple toilet paper holders, carrying toilet papers in all the colors of the rainbow and differing textures.

Shaking his head with a chuckle the human simply seated himself on the throne and did his businesses in silence, having fallen into deep thoughts once again. Once he was done and had flushed he smelled himself, noticing that he had began to reek quite a bit. Opening the door to the bathroom to tell the batpony that he would clean himself, he found her in the middle of licking her chest fluff and muttering to herself in a low voice.

"Umm....Sweet are you okay out here?" The human asked with one eyebrow raised as he looked at her from the door frame. She immediatly stopped her self grooming and turned to him with a small but very visible blush on her face.

"Yeah.....I am okay, are you done? I really need some sleep." She smiled weakly, trying to hide how tired she truly was.

"Well.....with the one thing I am....but I noticed I really am reeking so I best take a bath." He looked to the side. To his surprise she went up to him and sniffed him.

"What are you talking about? You still smell as sweet as before, maybe a bit more musky but that is a good thing in my book." She gave him a quizzical look as she kept smelling him.

"Really, cause to my nose I clearly reek of sweat and well....I don't like it at this point." He chuckled softly as he began petting her softly once more,making her lean into his hand and sigh in relief.

"Alright, alright you big goof but only under one condition...." She looked up at him with a stern look in her eyes.

"Shoot, what is it?" He smirked, knowing that what now would hit him would either be an impossible task or something good.

" You tuck me into bed and once I have woken up you make me a coffee that could wake up the dead." She giggled adorably to which Alex let out a laugh and nodded.

"Deal, do you like your coffee with milk and sugar?" He let his hand travel from her ear to her neck, petting her more.

"I usually drink my coffee as dark as the night but I do enjoy if some syrup play is involved soo....surprise me, now get to bathing, I don't want to stay awake any longer than I have to be." She gave him a playful glare as she used her hoof to stop him from petting her.

"Yes ma'am!" Alex saluted and slipped back into the bathroom, undressing to get himself cleaned. As he turned the water on to fill the pool, after fumbling around for a good five minutes, trying to find out how to get it working, he looked at himself in the mirror, noticing how ragged and unkempt both his beard and hair had become, coupled that with the new scars he had gotten over the past few days, it gave him quite the viking look.

"Yo-ho-ho and a skull full of mead....or how did that one go again?" He mumbled as the pool filled fully. Turning off the water he slipped into the heavenly warm water and looked at the labeled faucets, his eyes falling on one specific one he had seen earlier. "Minty fresh orgasm.....eh fuck it." He turned on the faucet letting the soapy liquid flow into the water as the soon ensuing mint smell lulled him into a state of complete bliss.

After about a hour the door to the bathroom opened once again, revealing a now cleaned and fully relaxed Alex, only dressed in a towel around his hips and his old clothing under his arm. Looking down he noticed that Sweet Slumber had already fallen asleep. She had curled up beside the door, her tail laying over her eyes and ears as she mumbled in her sleep and licked at the tip of said tail. Silently cooing at such cuteness the human snuck over to her and very carefully picked her up, making her giggle in her sleep and snuggle into his arms.

Carrying the mare like that he made his way into the now silent living room which was only sparely lit by the embers that still were smoldering in the fireplace. Placing Sweet on one of the couches close to the fire place he searched for a blanket and softly tucked her in, making sure not to wake her in the process.

"Sweet dreams, you silly adorable bat..." He smiled as he turned from the mare towards the kitchen, he now needed to make the perfect coffee, not only for himself but also her. While walking, his mind went back to the thoughts he had when he awoke, how should he act from here? What would be a good way to progress, who could he truly trust? And should he act today?

"I at least should get a Idea of the layout of the castle....but for that I should wait for my guard to be ready....don't want to cause trouble for her...." He pondered as he walked into the kitchen absentmindedly and bumped right into a fluffy roadblock that let out a loud squeak as he did so. Stumbling back he realized that he had once more bumped into Amelias backside who whirled around and glared at him with a snarl.

"Okay buddy, the first time I did let you get away with being confused but this time I know you deliberately ran into my back! What do you have to say!" He cowered at her angered outburst, his hands up in the air to block incoming hits.

"I...I promise it was a mistake, after what happened yesterday and all that I just was in thoughts and did not look where I was walking, also I wanted to make some coffee for the group and some specifically for Sweet Slumber! I swear thats all, please don't break my bones!" He had his eyes closed tightly.

She growled and grabbed his hands. "Open your damn eyes you coward! If your thoughts make you so darn stupid that you get a instant need for griffon flank, you better do it right!" This made his eyes snap open.

"Wait what?!" He looked at her as she turned around and showed him her backside openly.

"Keep looking, take it all in alright?! Next time you get confused just tell me for plucks sake, so I can do this without being scared out of my skin, I hate being scared!!" He reacted by quickly closing his eyes and averting his line of sight to her talons on the ground before opening his eyes again, then when she turned to him he lifted his head to look at her, a huge blush on his face.

"Better now?" She chirped with a sly smile across her beak to which he simply nodded slowly, still not fully comprehending what just happened. "Good, now get to making that coffee and tell me what you were thinking about, if it was so important that you lost your sights because of it, it is worth listening to."

"I don't really know how to start....I mean,I don't want to anger you any further and...." He mumbled softly.

"You feel the need for griffon beauty again?" She looked at him with honest eyes. He shook his head with a blush. "Then explain please, take your time, you have some coffee to make after all."

Alex nodded and with a deep sigh began making the coffee in two separate cans, one for Sweet Slumber and one for the rest of the other residents of the suite.

"You see...I just do not know how to act now. I mean, Celestia has it out for me pretty much and just when I thought I found out anything, everything changed." He leaned against the kitchen counter.

"You mean with how Light Bringer suddenly showed himself to be a ally?" Amelia chirped to which he nodded. "I see what you mean, you don't know him, so you do not know if you can trust him, which is natural. Yet you can believe me when I tell you that everything he told you yesterday was the truth, still, make your own experiences with him, otherwise you will always see him as a possible enemy probably." She stretched a wing over his back to give him some comfort.

Alex smiled at her and began making the special coffee bland for Sweet Slumber, mixing caramel syrup as well as hazelnut syrup into it before speaking. "The second thing is, I do not know how to act now overall, I mean now my chances to get into the dungeons are very limited. So I now must prove that I am trustworthy to at least one of the princesses and that will be quite a chore. I would not even know how to start that one....plus it would have to be a way that would make it possible for me to act quickly, seeing as who is being imprisoned there, gets tortured often..... " He groaned in slight despair.

"I really do not see the problem in that." Spoke the griffon which made Alex stare at her in disbelief. "Your best bet would be Princess Luna I believe."

"I figured so as well but how does that help me in any way?" He looked at her intrigued, a glimmer of hope shining in his eyes.

"Well....you did hear about Chrysalis group moving right? Ask her to be able to investigate it on your own, take that batmare guard with you, heck even Nox for all I care. That should get you in her good books I believe, especially since she already likes you for getting rid of Silver Mane, good job by the way." She giggled.

"That is a idea but.....how do I tell her? If I tell her that I know about Chrysalis movements I will pretty much have done myself in right?" He sighed.

"Just say you heard it as gossip from the maids, that will work, everyone knows the maids in Canterlot Castle talk a lot, in the worst case, you can say that you got asked by Blue to go and investigate in his name. Heck talk to him at the breakfast table about advocating for you before the princess. " She smiled happily.

"That actually is a good idea but what about the prisoner?" He rubbed his chin in thoughts.

"Thats the good thing about having allies within the castle, while you are away the others and me will make you a map of the castle and the dungeons, so you have a easier way traveling through it, this also makes you seem less suspicious as you will be away while we gather informations." She smirked slyly.

"Alright....this actually sounds like a plan now." He smirked as by now the smell of freshly made coffee was wafting through the halls of the suite and the sun was rising. Alex smiled to himself as he thought about how he would ask Blue for his assistance in those matters.

"You wanna do what?!" Alex cringed at the Princes outburst. Prince Blueblood just had gotten done drinking his first cup of coffee when Alex had dropped his request upon him. "Alex, I very much respect you and know you are capable of handling yourself but that endeavor is simply ludicrous! We have no idea what the changelings under Chrysalis want, nor do we know how they would react to you! "

"I know Blue but this is the only way I see, in which I can get Luna to trust me fully, maybe even support our cause. " Alex pleaded as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Nox cleared his throat to get their attention. "My lord, I do not really see the problem with that plan, if Sweet Slumber and I were to accompany Sir Alex I am sure there would be no danger to him, quite the opposite even I believe."

"How so my dear changeling warden?" Blue raised a eyebrow high.

"Sir Alex love is, as Neo and myself have noted already, quite exquisite and very plentiful. By all means, I do believe he would be welcomed with open arms." To that the Prince poured himself another cup of coffee, his face in thought as he drank it slowly.

"Okay....I see where you are coming from, under those circumstances....I will support this little adventure. Plus if it helps to further the overall cause, I think it would be a disservice to both our efforts and the trust I have in Alex. I will talk to aunt Luna with you Alex after breakfast, you make a good coffee by the way." He smiled to which Alex did a small bow and nodded.

"Thank you Blue, I truly appreciate your support." Alex took a healthy bite of the toast he was currently feeding on.

"Don't thank me yet, after we convinced Luna to send you to investigate instead of a usual force of soldiers." To that Alex nodded, hoping that the princess of the night would be appreciative of their proposition.

It was three hours after breakfast by now, everyone had come and eaten. By now Blueblood and Alex stood before the dark blue doors of Luna's royal suite. Beside them stood a serious looking Nox, who tried to uphold the look of a stoic knight and Sweet Slumber who was humming happily as she was sipping away at a cup of the special coffee Alex had made for her. Blue looked at Alex and gave him a nod, raising his hoof to the door, he gave it a strong knock.

From the inside a very grouchy voice came that was very easily recognizable as the one of the princess of the night. " Yes, yes we are arriving, who in the right mind would knock at this time of day!?" The door opened to reveal Luna, looking very disheveled, just like she had just been awoken from sleep. "Yeah? Oh, nephew and our guest, what leads you to our doors at such a daytime? We usually reside in here to rest for the night while our sister takes over the day shift."

"Auntie, can we come in for a second....it is of utmost urgency, I promise. " Blue held his head low in respect as did Alex.

"Fine, follow us but make it short." She let them step inside and led them into the kitchen. "What is it, that is so important that it needs us to be awoken?"

"Aunt Luna, is it true that Chrysalis changeling group is traveling towards King Thorax domain? I heard gossip of some of the guards, I wanted to be sure." Blue began slowly.

"Yes, it is true, we do not know why she suddenly moved but to our belief it is not a attack, they have elderly and hatchlings with them, indicating they would not be able to fend well if needed. Why do you ask such question nephew? Is anything bothering you?" She had a soft look in her eyes.

"I wanted to ask.....how does Celestia intend to deal with it?" Fear lied in the princes voice.

"From what she told us, she will attack them if they keep moving. We did disapprove of such method but she just said that we were not understanding the rules of this new world." She sighed deeply.

"But would it not be wiser to send someone there to see what is going on in a peaceful manner, as like a scout? " Blue crooking, laying his head to the side.

"Of course that would be our most wanted way of approaching the situation but chances are high that any force we would send would get attacked, so where would we be taking that peaceful scout group to investigate?" She used her magic to fill herself a glass of water.

"Well I wanted to ask if our guest could be of use here? " To that she looked at them with a stern but interested expression. " You see, he is not of this world, so there would be no reason for them to attack him, couple that with how he dealt with Silver Mane, I would believe he would make a good scout, as well as a good diplomat if needed."

"You make a good case...." She looked at the ceiling in thought. "But we cannot send him in there on his own, possible bandit attacks are the smallest of our problems, rather our sisters distrust would be what worries me. "

"Thats why I would be sending my guard Nox with him and would request from you to do the same with Sweet Slumber. In that way he would be safe, get good grades with the changelings and be under your guards watch to keep Celestia at bay."

Luna smiled softly and nodded. "That actually sounds like a good idea. Human Alex..." She looked at him directly. "We assign you the mission of scouting Chrysalis group and find out what made them move, if possible use no violence of any kind, this is a diplomatic mission. Do you accept?"

"Yes your highness, I will do my best to bring good results." Alex saluted in a kind of wonky way, making Sweet Slumber almost burst out into laughter.

"Then you Changeling Nox and you Sweet Slumber are assigned to accompany him and help him in his tasks. Do you accept that mission?" She looked at them sternly.

"Yes Ma'am!!" The two answered in unison.

"Good then you are hereby assigned to your cause, go and prepare, it will be a hard but worthwhile journey. Once you are ready come back to our chambers,we will teleport you to the closest outpost to the changeling group. Good luck."

With that Alex said his thank you towards the princess while Blue decided to stay with Luna, wanting to discuss something about him wanting to invite someone for when Alex would return. Alex simply smiled as he left the suite, already planning what he should bring along for the journey and wondering how the changelings under Chrysalis would be.

If Nox was anything to go by, they would not be too bad in any department, right?

Author's Note

Aaaand were back in the game!! First of all, I want to apologize for not updating the story for so long, I had to fight with a multitude of things including quite the crippling depression, work stress, a injury on the knee and the German goverment generally trying to destroy the internet with all that they have. Because of that my writing style may a bit rusty and therefore this chapter may be a bit weak but I intend on getting back to my A-game and hope you still enjoyed it at least a bit.
But I am back now and here to stay!!
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