Author's Note

(Edited By AidenHeaven)

So here is a another Chapter relatively soon after the last.

I hope you all enjoy also

Trigger Warning
For parts of this Chapter

Chapter 5- Emotions and Royal Meetings (Edited)

Equestra.
Location - Sanctuary
Time - 6:50am

With a tired groan, Tony landed onto the old couch with a content sigh as he leaned his head back. "I feel like death." Tony groaned loudly as he looked at the ceiling. He heard a similar noise come from next to him as Chrysalis climbed onto the couch and sat next to him.

"The feeling is mutual." She stated as she sluggishly held herself up.

"So Star, while we both have a metric ton of questions for each other… I'm exhausted and probably gonna sleep for the next day so can we pick this up like tomorrow?" Tony asked as he looked at the Mare.

"That's understandable, I'll speak to my sister about getting this place updated while you both rest." She said with a smile.

"Your sister?" Chrysalis asked curiously as Tony tiredly pointed at her in a manner that said he seconded her question.

"Yes well my sister is the Mayor, she is super nice and I'm sure she would be more than happy to assist you both in getting settled… though she will probably ask you to cull some monsters." Star explained as she gestured to Tony.

"Sure, that sounds agreeable." Tony said as he felt the Changeling Queen leaning against him.

"And she won't have an issue with me being here?" Chrysalis asked in a faintly venomous tone of voice. "She isn't going to report me to Celestia?" She asked, making Tony turn to look at the entity next to her with a confused look.

"No no, she wouldn't after I explain that you and your partner are here to help." Star replied, causing Tony and Chrysalis to look at each other.

"Eh, I don't know if I'd tap that." Chrys said with a smirk.

"I see how it is." Tony said with a chuckle.

"Wait, you both aren't a couple?" Star asked, making the pair shake their heads. "Oh, I'm sorry for assuming."

"It's fine." Chrys said as she shifted her body, leaning more of her weight against the human for support. “He has saved me a few times but we have only just met recently… like an hour or so.” She explained as Tony shifted, allowing for the Changeling to get more comfortable against him.

“This is simply because we are both exhausted,” Tony said as he gestured towards the closeness of the pair.

“Sure, well I'd best be off,” Star said as she climbed off her seat as Chrysalis’ horn ignited, causing the window to quickly repair itself.

“I have a question before you go, how do you know about Humans?” Tony asked the mare.

“Oh well it would take a huge amount of time to explain but the short story is that we have discovered many old sites that belonged to them where we have scavenged technology to integrate into our society.” Star Note explained as she gestured to the kitchen, lights, and vents on the walls. “They have made life easier for all species but most we haven't been able to explore due to being protected by some kind of unified automaton.” She explained as Chrys patted Tony’s knee, making him look at her.

“Alright, I'll ask you for more information tomorrow then,” Tony said as he took the Changeling’s hint.

"Okay, well I hope you both rest well," Star said with a nervous smile as she quickly left through the front door.

"Finally some peace and quiet," Chrys said with a tired sigh.

"Yea, I'm gonna go inspect the master bedroom to see what condition it's in," Tony said as he got up, causing Chrysalis to collapse on the couch.

"Don't leave me here." She asked him. Causing him to groan and pick up the Changeling after he collected his equipment. "Thank you." She said with a smile.

"Don't get used to it." He retorted with a chuckle before carrying her upstairs to search for the master bedroom. He felt like he was about to collapse from a mixture of exhaustion, pain, and the adrenaline in his system fading as he pushed open the third door to discover the main bedroom. The room was in decent condition with a massive king-sized bed, a large dresser, a large walk-in wardrobe, a small seating area in the corner by a bookshelf and fireplace, and a set of double doors leading to a balcony.

"Nice, the old owner paid for enchanted linen," Chrys said as Tony put her down.

"And that helps us how?" Tony asked as he followed the tired Changeling.

"Well they have been enchanted to not rot, spoil and they protect the mattress, blankets, and pillows with this magic also." She explained as she climbed onto the bed and stretched out.

"Alright, well I'm gonna find a…" Tony started before the door to the room was surrounded by Chrysalis' magic aura and closed. "Chrys."

"I'm sorry but I don't want to sleep in a room without you in it incised we are attacked." She explained as she patted the space next to her.

"That's fair, let me get changed," Tony said as he walked over to the edge of the bed and sat on it. "It feels like forever since I have taken this off," Tony said as he undid his chest plate, arm armor and dumped it on the floor. This was wrinkly followed by the top half of his undersuit, which he tossed across the room.

He sighed as he stretched, feeling the cold bite of the air against his skin. "Fuck it’s cold." He groaned while he stretched, causing several pops and cracks to be heard from his body as he felt weight against his back. He looked back to see Chrysalis had moved her body against his as she wrapped her hooves around his neck. "What are you doing?" Tony asked, confused.

"Helping, though I need to feed a bit before I can… if that's okay." She asked the ODST, who nodded to her.

"Sure, help away." He said as he patted her hoof before undoing his boots and removing them. "Fuck me." He groaned as he flexed his toes. "You have no idea how good that feels." He chuckled as he felt a warm sensation cover his body as he was covered in her aura.

"Hold still." The Changeling instructed as the shards of shrapnel pushed themselves from Tony's body before flying into a floating orb in front of the pair. He watched as the wounds healed quickly before the green aura faded. "There, that should help." She said in an exhausted tone as the orb was compressed and placed onto the bedside table as a solid mass of material.

"Thank you, you can start feeding now if you like. Tony replied as he patted her hoof.

"I have been, like, quite solidly draining you… you didn't notice?" Chrys asked, confused.

"Wait really? Aren't I meant to get super exhausted like how Star Note did?" He asked her.

"Yea… normally." She replied.

"Huh, well I guess if it doesn't exhaust me, then I guess I may be a good source of food for you." Tony chuckled sarcastically.

"Wait, you're willingly offering to be a source of Emotion for me?" She asked, shocked, gaining a shrug from the man.

"Sure, I don't currently have a use for it at the moment so go ham." He said as he removed his leg armor.

"Why's that?" She asked as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"It's a long story, like really long… and I don't really want to be a buzzkill right now so maybe another time." He said as he turned his head to look at her. "Besides I gotta change my pants." He said as he patted her hoof, causing her to let go of him as he stood up. He walked over to his rucksack and pulled out his PT shorts before he walked to the ensuite.

"What are you doing? I thought you were changing?" She asked him confused.

"Well, believe it or not, I'm not super keen on getting naked in front of a woman I just met, even if she is from another species," Tony explained, gaining a snort of amusement from the mare before entering the bathroom and closing the door behind him.

The room was dim, only lit by a few fogged windows and a fogged skylight. "Fuck." Tony sighed as he rubbed his eyes, trying to process the last day. He stood for a few minutes before he checked the shower and discovered that there was working plumbing and hot water. "Nice." He said with a smile before he removed his pants and underwear. "Need a towel before I can shower." He muttered as he pulled on his shorts and inspected the room.

"What's taking so long?!" He heard the Changeling Queen call out.

"We have running hot water and decent pressure with the shower, just looking for a towel!" He called out as he heard the door open behind him.

"Wait really?" She asked surprised.

"Yea really." He replied as he checked another cabinet and discovered towels. "And we have towels." He added with a smirk.

"Oh my stars, I'm having a bath." She announced excitedly while trotting over to the bath.

"What happened to being exhausted?" Tony asked with a chuckle as he leaned against the counter.

"I was but then I fed on you and well let's just say you're very filling," Chrys explained with a smirk and a wink, gaining a hollow chuckle from Tony.

"Good to know," Tony said as he dumped two towels on the counter before inspecting himself in the mirror. His eyes drifted across his chest and arm at the myriad of scars and burns, coupled with a few tattoos, ranging from insignia to a tattoo of a planet over his heart. His fingers traced his body where the shrapnel had been as he heard the water running behind him.

"You know, I'd you want I can make the rest go away." He heard Chrysalis say tenderly behind him, making him smile as he touched the heavy bruising around his neck from the wraith.

"It's alright, I have had many chances to have them repaired but I have kept them as a reminder that I'm a survivor." He said as he glanced back at the Mare, who smiled at him. "I'm curious, how good are you at shape-changing?" Tony asked curiously as he turned and sat on the bench.

"Well, I am an extraordinary Changeling Queen, one of the few that could successfully shapeshift and mimic an Alicorn." She said in a prideful tone, achieving short applause from the marine.

"Can you turn into bipeds?" He asked curiously.

"You know I haven't tried, maybe one day." She said with a coy smirk. "I mean if you are lucky." She added, making them both chuckle as She climbed into the bath and gave a satisfied sigh. "This is amazing, care to join?" She asked with a smirk.

"As much as I would love to, I fear I'd fall asleep in it." He responded with a smirk of his own as he got up and walked past her.

"Really? That's your only reason for not climbing into this bath with me?" She asked curiously along with a smirk.

"Yea, I don't wanna fall asleep in the bath." He repeated with a smile as he exited the room and walked over to his bag. He collected it and sat on the edge of the bed with it before opening a side pocket to grab one of the 24-hour MRE and proceeded to prepare it and consume it. He left a few packs of chocolate, fruit drink mix, and coffee aside for when he woke up as he finished the rest of the pack. "Really can't nail chili, can they?" He complained chuckling to himself. He collected the remaining pair of rations packs and dumped them on the bedside table.

“Let’s see what I packed, can't really remember what I put in here since Reach,” he muttered as he put his bag onto the bed and began emptying its contents, finding the medical supplies he packed on the Autumn, the plasma grenades, a spare sets of his combat undersuit, a small pack of tools, some underwear, a spare full canteen a few small bottles of pills and a few pictures. Upon finding the pictures, the man felt his chest tighten before he put them back into his pack. “I can’t… I need to keep… I don't know.” He sighed as he ran his hands through his hair before he collapsed backward onto the bed. “What is the actual fucking point anymore?” he asked the room, which responded with a deafening silence. “Why am I still fighting when I have nothing left?” He growled as he clenched his fists and sat up. He could feel himself getting agitated as he went over all the choices that led him up to his current point.

“Fucking should have made that wizard send me home… Doubt he would have… not that I even have a fucking home anymore.” He quietly hissed as he stood up off the bed. “I should have protected my team in the Autumn better, but I wasn't good enough and…” He growled as he noticed his helmet laying on the floor before he walked over to it and collected it off the ground. “I should have gone to earth with the boys but my god damn fucking pride got in the way and now she is dead and I’m ALONE!” He shouted as he threw the helmet at the wall with enough force to get it lodged in the drywall.

He took several short rapid breaths as he glared at the new wall decoration, “I should have been better, should have been stronger… I should…” He continued his rant, his voice beginning to shake like his body began to. “ I should have been a better Father and Husband when I had the chance.” He said quietly as he stood there for several minutes before his eyes slowly drifted to his magnum that lay with the rest of his equipment. “What’s stopping me?” he asked as he walked over to it and collected it before he returned to the bed, sitting on its edge near his rucksack. He sat there quietly while inspecting the weapon, repeatedly having the barrel of the weapon pointed towards him. “Just a simple pull of the trigger and bang, no more problems.” He said with a somber smile, which quickly melted away as he lowered the weapon. “Anna wouldn’t be too happy with me if I did.” He signed as he removed the magazine and pulled the slide back, ejecting the remaining round in the weapon. “Besides, I doubt that wizard would hold true to our deal if I popped myself,” he said as he dumped the weapon on the bedside table with the pile of food.

He continued to sit in silence for what felt like an eternity before he repacked his backpack, save for one of the bottles of pills and his canteen. “At least I packed these,” he muttered as he popped the bottle and retrieved two oval pills, put them in his mouth, and washed them down with a few gulps of water. “Should help me sleep.” He muttered as he hid the bottle of pills and properly got into the bed.

He stretched out on the large bed, silently thanking the universe that it wasn't pony-sized as his body began to go numb and his consciousness began to fade. As he was about to fall asleep he heard the bathroom door open. "That was quick," Tony called out.

"Quick? I was there for nearly two hours." Chrys replied as she climbed onto the bed.

"Really? Huh, fair." He said as the mare rolled her eyes before her horn flared, lifting the covers off of Tony. "What are you doing?" He asked her as she moved over him and lowered herself on top of him.

"I want to completely feed and I think we both need someone to cuddle as well." She explained as she laid her body on his, her hips against his with her hindlegs holding him tightly. Her front legs wrapped around his neck as she rested her head next to his while he wrapped his prosthetic arm around her.

"Yea I guess that's true, just let me know if my arm gets uncomfortable for you." He said, gaining a nod of approval as he felt the changeling hold him tightly.

"Okay." She said quietly as she noticed the man’s helmet sticking out of the wall. “Ah what happened?” She asked, gesturing to it, gaining a shrug.

“Wanted to decorate.” He replied sluggishly before he passed out.

“That doesn’t help” She grumbled as she used her magic to remove the piece of equipment and repair the hole it made. “I was expecting an actual answer from you, not sarcasm.” She said with an annoyed tone of voice as she placed the helmet onto his armor before getting comfortable and quickly falling asleep.

Equestra.
Location - Sanctuary
Time - 1pm

Chrysalis awoke with a start, her horn flaring as she sat up, sweat forming on her brow as she glanced around the dimly lit room. Her breathing was erratic as she scanned the room for threats only to find nothing but the Human that saved her life still restrained between her thighs. She allowed herself to relax as she inspected the soldier beneath her before noticing she had changed.

"Wow, I would have expected this to take longer, I guess he is a good source of food." She said as she inspected her limbs, noticing that the holes were completely gone. Her body was more filled out to a similar body shape to Princess Celestia if not a little thicker in places. "I haven't felt this good in a while." She said with a smile as she flexed her wings before noticing the man beneath her shiver slightly from the sudden lack of her body heat. She shifted and carefully laid back down his chest. Doing her best not to put too much of her renewed weight on him. "I'm happy you found me." She said quietly as she nuzzled him, gaining a groan from the man.

She laid there watching him sleep for a few moments before her eyes drifted to the bruising on his neck, causing her to remember the wraith attacking her and how helpless she felt. "I'll protect you as you have for me." She promised him quietly as her horn flared, causing the bruising to quickly heal. "I wonder how you will react to how I look now?" She asked him quietly with a smile before her mind drifted to the nightmare she had. "I also hope Celestia doesn't find us." She said as she gently squeezed the man. She was about to fall asleep when she faintly heard knocking from downstairs and a voice calling out.

"Hello! Anyone home?!" A voice called out, making the Changeling groan. "It has even been 12 hours yet." She growled quietly as she climbed out of the bed and used her magic to cover the human with the covers. "I'll be back." She said to the softly snoring man before teleporting to the front. Her frustrations at being taken away from the warm bed were quickly destroyed by shock as she pulled open the door fully.

Outside the house was a group of ponies, 6 were dressed as Solar Guards, they were armed with spears and swords, and were mostly unicorns. The seventh alabaster unicorn stallion was dressed in similar golden armor with purple trim to it.

Besides the mob of guards was a pair of mares. One was Star Note wearing a pair of saddlebags and smiling sheepishly at the Changeling while standing next to a second unicorn mare with a vanilla coat and grape green mane that was tied back in a bun. She wore a pair of silver glasses on her nose and had a pair of saddlebags on as well which covered her cute mark. Star Note mouthed an apology as Chrysalis' eyes drifted to the radiant form of the Alabaster Alicorn that stood behind the entire crowd. The Alicorn's magenta eyes quickly locked with the Changeling's as she smiled.

"It has been a while, Chrysalis. You are looking well" Princess Celestia said in a warm tone of voice as the alabaster unicorn guard gave the Queen a venomous look.

"Crap," Chrysalis said loudly before glaring at Star Note.

"Oh don't blame her, I have been monitoring your movements since you were blasted away," Celestia explained as she stepped forward.

"Wait what? You have?" Chrysalis asked, confused. "Then why have you suddenly decided to rock up?" She asked.

"Well simply put, you are with a creature I would very much like to meet." The princess explained, gaining an untruthful look from Chrys.

"Why?" She asked, cautious of the monarch's motives.

"I shall explain, but first may we come inside for some tea. I have brought some with me and some snacks." Celestia explained.

"Okay, but they stay outside." Chrysalis accepted while pointing at the Guards.

"Naturally," Celestia replied, her smile never leaving her face.

"Princess, you can't trust…" the alabaster guard attempted to warn but was stopped by the Alicorn as she raised her wing.

"Shining please, Chrysalis is restored so honestly, you all wouldn't make much difference if I am being honest," Celestia explained politely, much to the visible offense the stallion took. "So wait out here, beside we can't have your history clouding the judgment of any decisions made." She added in a polite yet direct tone of voice without breaking eye contact with the Changeling.

"Yo… yes your highness." He begrudgingly agreed while taking a step back.

"Wonderful. Now shall me?" Celestia said while gesturing inside with a nod.

"Sure, but any funny business and you are out." Chrysalis threatened.

"Naturally." She replied with a kind smile before the two unicorns and the princess entered the house. Once inside the house, Celestia used her golden magic to close the door as the group walked into the sitting door.

"Also I'd advise not to be loud," Chrysalis said as Celestia walked next to her.

"Of course, you are my host." She explained as she sat down on the couch along with Chrysalis while the two mares nervously sat in armchairs. While Celestia was being polite, an aura of power surrounded her.

"I have to say, it is a nice place you have here, a bit run down but a fixer-upper." Celestia compliments in a coy tone of voice as her horn glowed faintly. The sight of her horn glowing made the Changeling tense up moments before a low mahogany coffee table appeared in the room with trays of finger food, a large teapot, and several cups. "As much as I would love to small talk, I doubt you want to," Celestia said as she floated a biscuit to her mouth.

"Your doubts are correct," Chrysalis replied as she eyed the platter, raising an eyebrow at some containing cooked meat. The Solar Princess noticed and smiled politely.

"I had those prepared for our Human friend seeing as they are omnivorous." She explained as she poured four mugs of tea with her magic.

"How do you know that?" Chrysalis asked, curious as she accepted one of the mugs as it hovered in front of her.

"Well, I have been alive for many, many centuries and I have seen much." She said as she sipped her tea, causing Chrys to sip her own. "The last time I encountered a living Human would have been about 400 years ago, give or take a couple of decades… she was delightful," Celestia explained, reminiscing for a few moments. "She died, however, as a majority of humans do."

"Old age?" Star Note asked, gaining a somber look from Celestia.

"Oh heavens, I wish that was the case but no. " The princess started as she lowered her mug. "Unfortunately it is due to Magical intolerance. Humans from realms where magic is foreign don't tend to live longer than a few months unless direct action is taken." She explained, gaining the full attention of the room.

"And what would that action entail?" The unnamed unicorn asked.

"Simple, during a moment of near-death DNA of a decently magical person is introduced into the body before the human is magically healed. They are left in a place of great magical power in hopes that their body absorbs it correctly." Celestia explained.

"And if they don't absorb it correctly?" Star asked curiously as she was scribbling down notes.

"Oh well, they detonate." She replied bluntly, causing the three other mares to look at her in shock.

"Come again?" The unnamed unicorn asked.

"Their body absorbs the magic, but it isn't integrated into their cells. Which results in large amounts building up until they explode in a dangerous flare of magic. " Celestia explained further. "That's if the initial transfusion works, which it doesn't always." She added as she ate another biscuit.

"Wait, hold up a second, so are you telling me that he is going to die but going through the method to save his life could also kill him?" Chrysalis asked, trying to quickly organize the facts she was given.

"Yes, unfortunately, first we need to find a sufficiently powerful magically inclined individual but not too powerful as that will reduce his chances even further, also it can't just be a regular Unicorn because the average range of power is simply not enough for this method," Celestia explained.

"Wait, how come we can't use somepony who is powerful like an alicorn or Changeling Queen?" Chrysalis asked curiously, gaining a sigh from Celestia. "You attempted it with that female Human didn't you?"

"Of course, I was head over hooves for her and wanted to save her… it didn't end well," Celestia said, deflating for a moment before shaking her head. "Anyways, I have a few leads on some sufficiently powerful individuals," Celestia said to the Changeling.

"Okay, but why are you putting so much effort into a person you haven't even met?" Chrysalis asked.

"Well that's simple, he saved my niece so in turn, I shall do what is in my power to save him." She replied in a determined tone of voice.

“Alright, but what's going to happen to me?” Chrys asked as she placed her teacup on the table.

“It all depends on the Human’s response, seeing as he is asleep I shall return at the later point.” She said as she finished her drink. “Do try to stay out of trouble,” Celestia remarked as she got off the couch. “I’d hate to see you be swatted once more.” She added before she vanished in a radiant flash of light, along with the table, the two mares, and presumably the group of guards outside.

“Bitch.” Chrysalis hissed at where the Alicorn just was. “She must have an ulterior motive to just return a favor.” She added as she got off the couch. Her horn ignited in a brilliant green fire as she created a powerful hidden barrier around the house to stop the Alicorns from watching them or teleporting in.

“That should hopefully keep both Sun and Moon out.” She stated as she walked to the front door, enchanting it to stop it from being forcibly entered along with the windows. Once she had made some rounds of the entire house, she returned to the master bedroom to discover her roommate where she left him. “I have a feeling that nightmare earlier was Moon bitch waking me up to talk to her sister.” She growled loudly, gaining a noise of complaint from the human as he sluggishly sat up and rubbed his face. “Sorry, I didn't realize I was being noisy.”

“No, it wasn’t you… I was having a weird-ass dream about moons, a blue horse, and gorillas when it suddenly ended.” He explained as he blinked slowly and inspected the Changeling. “You got fat.” He added as the pillow next to him suddenly flew into the side of his face with a loud crack. “Ow”

“Don’t be rude, this is what I normally look like… when I'm not starving,” Chrysalis said in a hurt tone of voice.

“Sorry, I just wasn’t expecting to wake up and see a thicc horse.” He added with a chuckle.

“Thick?” She asked, confused.

“Yep, with two Cs,” He said with a chuckle as Chrysalis simply stared at him in utter confusion.

“I… what?” She asked

“I’ll explain another time, so who’s a bitch?” he asked as he stretched and yawned.

“Oh just… well… I just had a meeting with Princess Celestia, who runs this country with her sister, Princess Luna.” She explained to Tony, who nodded slowly.

“Okay cool… I have no idea who those people are but okay.” Tony nodded.

“That’s fair, so pretty much Celestia wants to save your life because you saved her niece.” She explained.

“Okay… and why does she need to save me?” He replied as he scratched his chest.

“Well, because you may be suffering from Magical Intolerance which is apparently fatal,” Chrys explained.

“Oh okay, and how is she going to do that?” Tony asked curiously.

“Well by nearly killing you and putting you through a procedure which has a decent chance of killing you and then putting you in a magically rich area and hoping you don’t explode,” Chrysalis explained to him, as he looked at her as if she just told him she was pregnant with his kid. He sat there looking at her face to see if she was joking and when he got no sign of her teasing he ran his hand through his hair and took a deep breath.

“I’m sorry but… THE FUCK!”