The sounds of customers chatting filled up the dining room as I walked towards the exit of the Hayburger joint I was working at. I had just finished up an early morning to 3:00 PM shift, which I had chosen because… I had something planned. You see, I was having a jolly old time during a little meeting when learning about how the Crystal Empire was essentially Atlantis, then some asshole named King Sombra took me away after I just flirted with Chryssy. I told her I wanted to go on a date, not have sex… what else did you think I whispered to her?

Plus, we’ve already had that at some point. Sex, not the date.

We went on one date actually during the whole year we’ve been dating, which in my opinion, sucks. Sure, we lived together, but I wanted to have a nice dinner with her at some fancy restaurant that’ll give you three ounces of cat food, or another round of mini golf. Just something to spend some proper bonding time with my marefriend. And hopefully somewhere quiet. Some of the nobles have been very vocal about how much they don’t like the changelings(mostly because they don’t buy food or clothing from said nobles’ businesses because they either hand{hoof?} make them, or magically transform to have said articles of clothing. Also changelings like eating food, but they don’t need food.) So I would like to keep my Chryssy away from assholes like that.

Even if she says she can handle being insulted, I cannot handle having her be insulted. Especially because I know it does affect her to some amount.

While I was walking down the street, I noticed a flower and chocolate shop right next door. Oddly, this was really convenient since Chryssy talked about a specific chocolate shop in Canterlot she likes to go to on occasion. And because this is a poorly written comedy with an emphasis on the story, I think this is the shop she was talking about. Something about the shop being right next door to a flower shop. It was an odd thing, but changelings love chocolate almost as much as they love…. Well, love. And Chrysalis was a borderline chocolate connoisseur, considering milk chocolate to be pretty trashy.

I don’t know how I could handle Chrysalis not liking milk chocolate. a few kisses and a couple of fun sessions in bed probably helped me with Chryssy definitely helped.

A cuddle session, in bed, The session that involves: I snuggle up to Chryssy and she can then use me as a pillow. That kind of session.

So I walked on into the flower shop, bought some flowers, went right next door, bought a box of chocolate and went on my way. I held both the bouquet of flowers and the box of chocolate in my magic. I don’t know how I managed to live without having what is basically telekinesis since I’ve become a unicorn; having magic really is a game changer. Granted, I would still rather use my hooves for a majority of what I’m doing since my magic is pretty basic and crude at best, but for walking around and holding things, magic was pretty much on top; it’s even better than hands.

Plus I started to make two orders at once at Hayburger while using my magic. Apparently my magic is pretty decent according to Flip, but I think he’s just being nice.

Magic aside, today is going to be perfect, the kind of day I dreamed since I was small. Where I’d get to have my date, without the world at stake, with the mare that I love with my all. Tonight will be perfect. So I kept happily trotting along, happily humming a familiar tune to myself the whole time. Truly nothing can go wrong-

“Give me all your money, anything you think is worth money; everything you’ve got, and you won’t get hurt!” Somepony with a ski mask and a knife came out. He was an orange unicorn, holding the knife in a yellowish magic, and he looked pretty dangerous, not gonna lie. Very deadly… Like a sentient teddy bear in a daycare. I glanced left and right, and saw Skitter sitting with a baseball bat and Scatter holding a crossbow. Skitter gave me a nod; he wants to see me defend myself. The robber was beginning to get impatient with my lack of compliance.

There was a nice, spare brick on the ground, long forgotten by the builders of old. I think I’ll grab that with my head penis.

“Look, give me everything valuable that you have on you, and you get to leave unharmed.” The robber growled.

“Dude, can we not do this tonight? I was planning on having a nice, fun day with my marefriend since it’s been a while since we could just hangout. You mind pissing off before you get clubbed in the back of the head by a changeling holding a baseball bat after getting shot in the ass by another changeling with a crossbow?”

“Wha?” The robber cocked his head before shaking it. “Look, just give me your money, and nopony goes home in a body bag.”

I pointed behind the robber. “Look! It’s Princess Celestia in lingerie!” I shouted. Everypony in the general area stopped looking at the robbery taking place, looking towards where I was pointing. The robber wasn’t convinced so I couldn’t go and sucker punch him. That’s a shame, if only he noticed the brick slowly approaching him from behind with my magic holding it.

The robber simply growled. “If you don’t give me your money right now-”

A brick dropped on his head and knocked him out. It made a coconut sound. Skitter and Scatter nodded to me, putting their weapons away to… somewhere. I don’t know since their weapons sorta… just vanished.

“Don’t ruin my perfect little day, you fuck face. Have a good day in jail!” I waved as Skitter, disguised as a Royal Guard(I could tell by the eyes still being very changelingy) came out of the alleyway and began to drag the unconscious son of a bitch off of the street. I chuckled.

“Good work sir, using your environment to your advantage. You’re already thinking a bit like a changeling- guh?”

I booped Scatter on the nose.

“Sir! I have a reputation to uphold!”

“And?”

“I care not for it!” I laughed as I nuzzled Scatter’s cheek and kept on walking.

“So, you plan on taking the Queen on a date?” Scatter asked.

“Yup. It’s been a hot minute since the last one, and I’ve been itching for some time alone with her.” Scatter then slipped me two tickets to some play. “Are you certain you don’t need money? Like I’ll pay you every bit I own.” Another two tickets were handed to me, for dinner at a nice little restaurant for a play not too far from the theater the play was being held out. “Scatter, it’s like you want me to kiss you on the lips.”

“Well sir, if you did that, then Queen Chrysalis would have both our heads. I am just making sure the Queen’s date is a pleasant one.”

“You, young lady, just earned yourself several belly rubs later.” Scatter gave me the cutest, fang filled smile ever and happily skipped alongside me, being very influenced by my chipper mood. Skitter dropped in beside his sister before the two changelings quickly vanished from view. It’s a shame that they have to guard me while being hidden from view; I wanna talk to them while I walk along.

“I’m home!” I announced, closing the front door, and wandering around the house. No… Chryssy so far. Usually that big bug was sitting on the couch with her nose deep in a crossword book. So not seeing her there was a surprise. After a few minutes of wandering around the house, I looked inside my bedroom and… there was Chrysalis, laying in our bed, nose deep in a crossword book. Wow, I am surprised. Very surprised.

I hopped up in the bed and immediately curled into my marefriend’s form. “Hey Chryssy,” I handed the big bug the box of chocolate and bouquet of flowers that I had bought. That snapped her from her little stupor of giggles; she just finished one of the crossword puzzles. Oh man those giggles, the very ones that made me love Crystal Clear, were almost identical to Chrysalis’s giggles, even if they were slightly layered and had a pleasant buzz underneath her vocals. Chrysalis as a whole was adorable.

“You’re fucking adorable when you finish a crossword book. All giggly like a schoolgirl staring at some kid she has a crush on.”

“Well, crosswords are fun, and it’s always nice to finally complete your daily quota of crosswords. I wish you were home more often and less busy with training or work; I want to do these with you on occasion…” Chrysalis eyed the chocolate and the flowers. “What is with these? Do you want something-”

She stopped when I planted a kiss on her cheek,

“Yeah, I wanted to take you out on a date. It’s been a wee bit since the last date, with politics, your children wanting to attend a wedding and it causing a national emergency… Oh, and me getting kidnapped by Pony Hitler and being held captive for a week. We haven’t really gotten a chance for a second date… Ever. And I want to spend time with you, just me, you, and whatever the heck the two of us want to do out in the city. Hell, a picnic would be nice as long as I get to have one with you. So I took a morning shift today, had three cups of triple strength coffee, and had today planned up until this point.

“So what do you want to do Chryssy? Wanna just do crosswords with me? Go out for lunch? Whatever you wanna do.” I pulled out two sets of tickets, the very ones Scatter gave me earlier. “We even got tickets to a play and reservations in what is apparently a really nice restaurant if you wanna go that route.”

Chrysalis hummed. “Well, I would love a chance to enamour you with a dress I’ve bought recently, so perhaps we can go for a stroll around the city? If something catches our eyes, we can do whatever that thing is. Then I can show you the new Hive underneath Canterlot, we can stop back here, get dressed and head for that play and dinner.”

“Sounds like a plan to me!” I jolted when a green aura picked me up and I was suddenly muzzle to muzzle with my marefriend. And… Now my brain isn’t working. Chrysalis just kissed me on the lips, and now I can’t comprehend how I got so lucky with the mare I was dating. Took a chance, took a turn, took a dive, and landed on this mare. Now, I was expecting to be dating a human woman at some point in the future, but given how that is physically impossible, I don’t even mind. I got my Chryssy, and I’m happy.

“Yuck! Why is that big bug walking around?”

Well, there goes my mood. You see, me and Chrysalis were having a lovely conversation about how well the changelings have adapted to their new Hive, Equestrian laws that they have to follow in order to remain within the Hive and Equestria such as coming up with disguises that isn’t somepony that already lives in a town, no kidnapping, all that fun stuff. I told Chrysalis of the changeling that turned into a plush while I was selling pizzas that one time. Apparently said changeling now has a pony family to feed off of and to cuddle with.

“Yeah! And it’s that stupid pony that’s dating her.”

“Why did we walk into the snobbish part of Canterlot again?” I asked.

“I believe we were too busy enjoying ourselves to notice,” Chrysalis patted me on the head. “Come now, pay them no heed. It would be wise-”

Somebody threw a bottle at the back of my head, which was caught midair by Chrysalis herself. Sweet Chryssy, she looks mad. Chrysalis took a deep breath before her horn ignited and the two of us were back at home again. I hopped up on my hind legs and grab Chrysalis’s face with both hooves, trying to calm her down. Her ears were literally fuming with steam.

“Breath in,” I instructed. As instructed, Chrysalis took a deep breath. “Breathe out.” We repeated this until my marefriend had calmed down a little bit. “Better?”

“I am. However, I would have been perfectly happy if somepony didn’t throw a glass bottle at the back of your head.”

“And I’d be just as angry in somepony did the same to you…” We both sighed. “We need a random, remote island the two of us can just go to sometime.”

“That wouldn’t work. My drones can do fine on their own for an extended period of time, but they simply feel happier when I am in close proximity. It’s why my drones all still reside in Canterlot. And as their Queen and surrogate mother, I’d like to make sure the Swarm is happy and well. It’s why I actually got the negotiations for the Hive’s integration into Equestria done so quickly; they’ll be happier with being closer to their food, and don’t have to be disguised if they choose not to.” Chrysalis took a deep breath. “Okay, let us go attend that play… First, I would like to put a dress on.”

“Do I have to put a suit on?”

“That would be nice. I love a stallion who can dress up for special occasions-”

A flash of magic engulfed my form. Now I was dressed up in a suit, a nice, black one that I got at some point, the same one Rarity made for me just before the Royal Wedding. Ah, good times. I got done looking myself over in the mirror before Chrysalis’ reflection appeared next to mine, and what I saw made my jaw drop. Chrysalis was wearing a nice, simple, blue dress with a few sparkles here and there. A heart shaped pendant hung just above her chest, which was accentuated by the deep cut in the neck.

The dress snuggly hugged Chrysalis’s barrel and panned out into a simple skirt that fell simply draped over her lower half of her body. The dress left Chrysalis’s hindlegs exposed to the world, but hid her flanks in a way that had to be deliberately designed to tease anypony who likes said flanks. I fit into that category, apparently. Do I have any shame in that? No. Not at all.

Chrysalis was even wearing earrings. Very pretty.

Chrysalis’s mane was even styled to somehow make it longer than usual, and it more lush than it usually does to boot. Holy fuck. What the fuck. Chrysalis, I am trying to enjoy my time with you, but how can I do that with you looking sexy as fuck. She even had boots on, similar to Celestia’s and Luna's horseshoes, but they went higher up and were made of… leather. The first set of boots, on her forelegs, went up to her knees(elbows?). Her hindlegs’ boots went up to her thighs. Not sure where that leather was sourced from, but I won’t question it. Why do you ask?

“Oh. My. Fucking. God.” I turned to get a good look at the real thing.

“So, how do I look?” Chrysalis asked teasingly.

“Are you certain you’re not a goddess of some sort?”

“I am certain, Fruit. I don’t have shrines, and I do not believe I’m omnipotent. Why do you ask?”

“No reason in particular. I was just curious. You look amazing by the way.”

“And you are quite handsome!” Chrysalis brought a hoof up to my jaw and rubbed it. “And I saw you trying to get a peek at my flanks, you little pervert.”

“Can you blame me for admiring my girlfriend’s ass?”

“And now you call me a donkey. Blasphemy!”

“Whoa!” I hugged Chrysalis and nuzzled her. “So, to that play and then dinner?”

“That was the plan, was it not?” I nodded dumbly and walked side by side with my marefriend out the bedroom and back onto the streets of Canterlot.

“Ah, Queen Chrysalis! We were expecting you!” some stallion trotted away from whoever the heck he was talking to to come and talk to us. “We heard that you would be attending a play with your consort. I hope it is up to your liking, as I don’t know if changelings even like plays,” the stallion chuckled. “So welcome to my theater! I hope you enjoy the show we’ll be putting on tonight. And don’t worry, you two will be in the booth.”

“That would be lovely. I wouldn’t want to make anypony run away because they still don’t like changelings for whatever reason. Even if the invasion mostly ended off with my drones cuddling anything remotely pony shaped.” Chrysalis hummed. “So what is this play about, before we even walk into the theater.”

“Just a classic, the Alicorn Wars: The Tale of a Fallen Moon.” That made my ears perk up. “Oh? Does that sound like a play you’d enjoy, Mr. Fruit Punch?”

“Oh, I was hoping to learn more about that, but all the books on that are so obscure and lack any and all detail in any history book I could find.” Sure, I could ask a Princess, but I’m not certain how Celestia would react, or if Luna would yell at me for being an insensitive prick that only seeks knowledge.

It’d be hurtful and accurate if Luna called me that.

“Luckily for you, my friend, Princess Luna came down and helped us make our play a little more historically accurate even if a couple things here and there are changed for dramatic effect. I’m sure as somepony like yourself who seems to love history will love the play. Now come, time is finite, and I’m certain you two would just love to see the play!”

“That was a decent play,” I commented as we walked out of the theater.

“It was, even if it was over-dramatized.”

“I think I woulda liked a comedic downplay of everything. Like Luna decided to kill Celestia because Celestia ate the last of her favorite cereal.”

“I… Did not think you’d want to see a comedy, Fruit.”

“Oh no, I still loved the play. Comedy has been an interest of mine at some point, even studied it for a bit until I learnt that I suck at it.” We began making our way towards the restaurant Scatter had made reservations for. “And sometimes, I do still love a good comedy show, even though I did really like the Fallen Moon. I also probably just wanted to hear you laugh; it’s contagious and has no right to be as cute as it is.”

“Are you saying I am not allowed to be cute?”

“Yes,” Chrysalis’s form dropped slightly. “You are criminally cute, like it’s almost unfair. You’re so fucking adorable; your giggles, laughs, just everything about you is cute. Hell, when I first saw your actual face, I thought you were the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. And I’ve got to pet sit puppies before,” I got up on my hindlegs to whisper into Chryssy’s ear. “You are the best thing to ever happen to me, and I love you.” That got Chryssy standing up tall.

“You and your desires to just make me feel like the luckiest changeling in the world.”

“You’re also the prettiest changeling in the world.”

The two of us walked into the restaurant and began to enjoy the rest of our night together.

Author's Note

chrysalis’s dress is a more a more blue version of this