Chapter 14: That hollow feeling

The next morning I awoke with the same, sort of nagging feeling in the back of my mind. I didn't know why the whole gender bender thing was putting me through a loop, but it was putting me through a massive fucking loop. I awoke before Luna and decided to make her some breakfast. Pancakes with blueberries. Her favorite.

As I cooked, thoughts of the sex last night went through my mind. Luna had turned me into a girl; a very beautiful girl, then deflowered me with a giant ass pony dick. That's pretty much all that happened.

SO WHY THE HELL WAS IT ON MY MIND SO MUCH?!

I punched the counter, not even realizing what I did. The noise caused Luna to stir from her slumber. She quickly sat up and looked over at me in the kitchenette. "Huh? Wazzuh... Dear? What is the matter?" She asked, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

I sighed and sucked the blood from the side of my fingers. I managed to hit the edge of the counter pretty damn hard. "I-It's nothing." I assure her. Luna knew all too well it was just nothing. She trotted over, wrapping herself around my waist.

"You are thinking about last night, aren't you?" She asked, her voice tinged with a bit of worry. I sighed and nodded, not bothering to hide anything from Luna. She'd find it out one way or another. "Tis alright to be curious, you know. I myself am bisexual. It is nothing to be ashamed of." She assured.

I stared at her with long, heartfelt eyes. "Luna? You have to promise me something."

"Anything." She tolled me, wrapping her wings around me tightly. God, I loved the feeling of those soft, heavenly, deep blue feathers caressing me. It made me feel safe and loved all at the same time.

I took a deep breath, then let it out loudly. "Promise me you'll never let me become a woman again." I said. No matter what, I couldn't do. Next time I might not have the control to change back.

Luna smiled. "Okay. Tis quite scary how rapidly thou personality changes when you become a mare. You are a completely different pony!" She said, eying me up and down with a bit of curiosity. "You are definitely not you."

I placed both hands on the counter in hopelessness and frustration. "I know... It's just... The fire, the pleasure; it made me feel so... alive! I loved every second of it, and... I really liked being a woman..." I muttered the last part.

"Beg pardon?" She asked.

I sighed and looked away, to ashamed to meet her gaze. "I said, I really liked being a woman..."

There was an awkward silence between us as we stood there, eying everything but each other. Luna cleared her throat and let me go from her grasp.

"Like we said before, tis... okay to be curious." She assured.

I scoffed and scooped our pancakes out of the pan, throwing them on a plate haphazardly. "Luna... You don't get it... I really liked being a woman. I don't know... just something about it is so... intoxicating, so refreshing. If you ever turn me into a woman again, I'm afraid I might not willingly change back. And you don't want to make she-me angry." I warned.

Luna was at a lose for words. Her big strong husband just revealed he liked being the different sex. "So... How dost thou feel... being a male?" She asked.

I sputtered a second and held out my hands defensively. "Whoa don't get me wrong, I'm more than comfortable being a guy. It's just... Wow. The things I felt as a woman? Indescribable! I don't know what to think right now."

Luna sighed and nodded, giving me a large hug. "Nathaniel? We understand... You are so brave for revealing those feelings to us. We love thee... no matter what." She assured.

I let out a sigh of relief and held my princess close. "I'm... sorry if I disappointed you." I said, trying to fight the embarrassment. "You must think I'm... sick or something."

Luna giggled and shook her head. "Nay. We think nothing less of you." She confirmed, nuzzling my chest affectionately. "While it is not a normal feeling after first going through a magic induced sex change, it is not uncommon. You know," She said, trying to cheer me up. "You are quite a beautiful woman."

I blushed and held her tighter. "Stop..." I giggled, looking away. Luna giggled as well and released me, grabbing her breakfast.

"It seem thou has some left over estrogen in thee." She teased. I blushed again. "Do not worry. It'll pass."

Luna and I enjoyed our breakfast. I was feeling a little better since I told her how I felt. Although, the feelings were starting to get a bit stronger. Every moment I thought about being... opposite was one step closer to wanting it more. I kept trying to push it out of my mind, but it kept coming back with force.

After breakfast, we got ourselves freshened up and spent the day touring Trottingham like the cute couple we were. Again, the feelings kept resurfacing. All I could think about was how full I was last night! How incredible sex was and-

No, I had to fight it, but something deep inside told me to let go, and just demand it.

The rest of the day was an incredible struggle to not tell Luna to change me back. I had to literally catch myself at times when the words would try and slip out of my mouth during normal conversation. I could feel the migraine setting in already...

After we got back from Buckingmare Palace, I made Luna and I some supper. I wanted to have a nice, quiet meal with my wife and settle things down after the amazing freak show that was last night.

Luna ate her dinner happily, but frowned when she noticed me just poking at my helpings with my fork. I just... didn't feel like doing anything. My headache was just getting worse, my mind was on... other things, and it wasn't helping that, no matter what I did, those thoughts would literally just... pop into my head!

"Nathaniel? Art thou sure you are alright?" Luna asked me. I didn't answer. "Nathaniel?" She called out louder.

"Huh, what?" I looked over to see Luna's worried expression. "Oh... um, yeah... I'm okay. Just, you know. Kinda tired after the long day." I assured her, not wanting to worry her too much. She seemed to accept the explanation partly, but kept an eye on me throughout the remainder of the night.

Soon we were both in bed, ready to get a good night's sleep. Luna and I agreed that tonight would be a good night to take a break from the romance, since last night took the cake in the entire relationship. I couldn't get an ounce of sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, all I could see was myself as a woman again. Feel the length of Artemis inside me... My mind was reeling and my breath came out in ragged gulps. My heart was beating faster and faster as I began to twitch and tingle-

Something was definitely not right!

My breath was barely coming out and I could feel my heart set to burst! I struggled and gasped as I shot, up, running for the faucet in the kitchen. My throat was on fire, my mind was starting to go fuzzy! Luna awoke as I made my way in haste out of the bedroom.

"Nathaniel? Dear? Are you okay?" She called out.

I couldn't concentrate! My mind was going into a hazy blur and my lungs felt like they were going to burst! I was in pain, shock... I was either having a heart attack, or something else entirely! I didn't get time to think about what was happening, because I ended up passing out right there with a loud crash.

The last thing I remember hearing was Luna calling my name.

Luna wasn't enjoying being here again. This was her second time in just two short months she had to see Nathaniel sent to the hospital. She didn't know what happened! One minute, the two of them are sleeping soundly, the next, he's running out of the room, then passes out on the floor, barely breathing.

Luna ran a hoof down her face and sighed. Maybe it was the spell having this adverse affect on him. It was possible; he was a different species after all and it really was meant for Pony use. Still, everything went perfectly, so it wasn't like there were any problems she noticed. Although, the personality was completely off.

She had seen that spell used plenty of times. The mare or colt was usually withdrawn, shy, apprehensive. But, Nathaniel? He was daring, bold, and completely, insatiably horny! Something else was at work here, and she hoped the doctors knew what.

"Princess Luna?"

Luna looked up to see the mare doctor giving her a caring smile. "Yes, Doctor? How is he?" She asked. The mare sighed and looked at the chart.

"Well, he's different, that's for sure. But, you know that. We had to intubate him, since his windpipe was completely closed off. He was running a fever of one hundred and five degrees, which could have easily killed him. What really puzzled us though, was that there was an unusual amount of Poison Joke in his system. Very high levels which could bring even a bull Manticore down!"

Luna's eyes went wide. "Wait... Thou art saying he was... poisoned?" She asked in a bit of shock. A second attempt at assassination was just... It boggled the night Goddesses mind that this supposedly 'peaceful society' could do such a thing!

The Doctor nodded slowly. "It's a very large possibility. Alone, since he has no natural magic in his body, the Poison Joke would have done nothing, but it appears he had a very large dose of Magic in the last 24 hours. Anything you can explain?" The Doctor asked.

Luna sighed. She didn't want to reveal just what went on last night. "Just a little spell I preformed last night. I didn't think it was anything serious, until he started obsessing about it."

"What was the spell?"

Luna's ears went bolt upright and a blush creeped upon her cheeks. "I-I'm sorry, but it's private." She informed, a little bit harshly.

"Look, I'm obliged by Doctor/patient confidentiality. You're the wife of the patient, your secrets are safe with me. So, what was the spell? It might be important to know."

Luna put a hoof over her face to conceal the blush. "It..." She looked around and made sure nopony could hear her. "It was a sex changing spell." She informed in utter embarrassment.

The Doctor's eyes widened. "Wow... um, that's a new one. So, were there any changes in his behavior when you used it?" She asked.

Luna nodded "Yes. He had a complete personality shift! My sweet, charming gentlecolt, turned into an insatiable mare of lust!" Luna fell back into the chair, rubbing her temples in frustration. "We knew something was amiss..." She scolded herself.

The Doctor giggled a bit. "I think I know what happened. Since Prince Nathaniel doesn't have any natural magic in his body, the Poison Joke had nothing to build itself off of. When you preformed the sex changing spell, it must have grown off that, manifesting itself solely on that form of magic. That must be why he was obsessed with the feeling. Since he couldn't change back, the Poison Joke built up in his system with the magical residue from the sex changing spell, causing him to go into shock."

Luna blinked a few times. "Well, thou art a very good Doctor to deduce that!" She praised. "Dost thou know how the Poison Joke got into his system?" Luna asked.

"Yeah, we do." The mare pulled out a bag and inside was Nathan's wedding band. "The lining of his ring was coated in it. Either somepony wanted him dead, or was wanting to play a really, really mean joke on him. Poor dear..."

Luna grabbed the baggy in her magic. "We shall take it from here. We thank thee for your help. When will he be able to leave?"

The mare smiled. "He's feeling a lot better right now. He can leave anytime he wishes." She informed. Luna nodded and was led down the halls to her new husbands room. She entered the room and smiled.

"Well, it seems thou hath a very good rapport with hospitals." She giggled.

I turned and laughed when I heard Luna's joke. "Yeah, hospital's and I just bond in a nice way. So, Poison Joke, huh? Remind me to kill someone when we get home."

Luna smiled and ran over, hugging my waist. "Thou has to stop scaring us like this." She sighed, nuzzling my stomach. She looked up at me with those large, beautiful eyes and grinned. "Dost thou still wish to become a pretty lady?"

I shuddered and shook my head. Now that that crap was out of my system, I had no other thoughts or doubts in my head about the encounter. It was what it was. I may have enjoyed it at the time, but that was because of some magic poison build up. I don't know what it'd be like to go through it again. "Not for a long, long time." I assured her. Luna let out a sigh.

"We are glad. Thou was... scary, to say the least." She shuddered. She grinned deviously at me as she rubbed my back. "I can't believe thou took my entire length!" She added with a mock, shocked tone.

My eyes went wide in embarrassment. "I can't believe I put you in not just one, but all three of my holes! I was fucking insatiable!"

Luna giggled as we left my room. "Indeed, but thou makes a very beautiful human mare." She insisted. "Thy looks and grace would win over anypony's heart in seconds."

I smiled at the compliment as I finished getting redressed. "Well, if I ever turn gay, I'll keep that in mind. Now, let's just head back to Canterlot. I think this honeymoon was a bust."

Luna had to agree, not happy about that of course. We'd have to make it up soon, because she wanted a real deal honeymoon with her husband. "Okay, but we are having another one when we both have free time. Is that agreeable?" She asked. Of course I had to agree with that. I wanted a normal honeymoon with my wife damn it!

We exited the hospital grounds a few drops of rain began to fall in the early morning streets. "That's okay in my book. Now, let's get home and figure out who tried to freaking kill me." I said angrily. Luna draped a wing around my back and matched my tone.

"Yes. Let's." She said as we went back to the hotel. Whether it be Pony or Gryphon who tried it this time, I wasn't about to let this would be killer get away. My heart wanted justice, and the heart wants what it wants.

Someone was going to pay for ruining my honeymoon!

Author's Note

Hey, bitches! So, here it is, why he liked being a wooman so much.
So, who could it be?! Who wanted our dear prince dead? Tune in Monday to find out! And make sure you have your secret decoder rings to help him find out who the killer is!
*insert old batman show theme here*