Chapter 28

12-29-13, 6:02 A.M.

As Jeremy woke up, he became aware that Celestia was no longer beside him. Pushing himself up into a sitting position and pulling on his suit, he looked around, only to hear a humming noise and the sound of rushing water coming from an adjacent door. Apparently, Celestia was showering. Having mentally noticed he was awake, she sent a brief image of her smile his way telepathically before calling out “Just getting ready to raise the sun.” Jeremy acknowledged this mentally. “Hey, I’m going to head back to my apartment, then. Anything you need?” he replied. Celestia exited the shower, grabbing a towel with magic and refusing his offer by shaking her head. She might have been technically naked all the time, but Jeremy still blushed at seeing her dripping wet and toweling herself off – some human psychological coding, he supposed. Plus, it was Celestia. He still couldn’t get over that.

“Hey, you look a little strange. Are you feeling all right?” Celestia asked, concerned.

“Yeah, it’s just… I can’t believe the three of you are in love with me. You two are practically gods, right? Chrysalis is a queen. And I... I'm just a human. Some guy who happened to meet Luna, and know how to fire guns. I... I feel like I was just in the right place at the right time,” Jeremy mused. Celestia kissed him on the cheek.

"Aren't we all?" With that, she left to attend to her duties. After a while, Jeremy smiled and exited the room himself, gently closing the door.

Of course, he still wanted to get the proper amount of sleep, and he knew Chrysalis was already expecting him to. So, he headed back into his apartment, and was about to perform the most graceful swan dive into his bed when he noticed there was a small square of paper already in it. Unfolding it, he read another official royal notice, this time stamped with both Celestia’s and Luna’s seals. “By the order of the two Princesses of Equestria, the human Jeremy has been officially appointed the Royal Pony-Changeling International Advisor, and may carry out all duties as such.” Underneath this was a note from Luna. “Chrysalis is still waiting? You should fix that soon.” Embarrassed, Jeremy grinned before setting the notes on his desk, taking off his suit and crawling into bed. Sleep first, Chrysalis next, he thought as he slipped away from reality.

12-29-13, 12:12 P.M.

As he woke up again, Jeremy felt pretty good. The events of earlier that morning seemed like a day ago already, but he knew they weren’t – his internal clock was always confused when he took a nap. Feeling refreshed, he swung over the balcony and fell off the edge of the stairs, his boots cushioning him. Grinning at the shock absorbers, he set off for the office.

By the time he arrived, he had realized that his key was trapped in his pants pocket under the suit, and was struggling to get it out. Having finally done so by the time he got there, he inserted it and turned it, only to find that the door was already open. Okay, that was dumb, he thought, and stepped inside.

The office, as usual, was deserted, and he briefly considered taking off his suit – despite all its features, it was still slightly bulky to wear. However, Chrysalis would probably attack him if he did so, and Jeremy resolved to keep it on as he stepped through the portal to the hive. Curiously, as he stepped through, he noted that his computer was already on, and a few programs were opened - had someone been poking around? He decided to investigate later.

As soon as he entered, his suit started playing music that he only faintly recognized. Alarmed, he looked around to find he was surrounded by changelings. They gestured him outside, and Jeremy confusedly followed to find Chrysalis, humming along to the beat before she began singing. “No more gas, in the red, can’t even get it started,” she began, and Jeremy immediately recognized the song. He leveled his gaze at her, half delighted and half amused – well, he did say a song was required at this point. Chrysalis, noticing his expression, winked and continued. “Throw on your brakelights~! You’re in the city of wonder, ain't gon’ play nice! Watch out, you might just go under – Better think twice, your train of thought will be altered, so if you must falter, be wise…” she sang as she circled around him. Jeremy followed her, unsure of what to do. The changelings in the back were keeping up the beat, mimicking the voices perfectly – which was one thing they were already really good at.

As Chrysalis continued singing, Jeremy slowly became aware that she had remembered his favorite thing – symbolism. Every time “city of wonder” or “city of lights” was spoken, the green sacs that covered the walls and ceiling lit up, painting the entire massive cavern in an eerie, shifting green light. Plus, the song was mostly about a mysterious affliction that had taken the singer by surprise – this was obviously love, and Jeremy found it extraordinarily funny that a changeling would refer to it as such.

Chrysalis finished the last of her lines, and the suit stopped playing music. She stepped towards him. “So… how was that? Not exactly a love song, but I thought it fit, don’t you?” she asked.

Jeremy grinned. “That was perfection incarnate - really, I think you could make a killing in the music industry. Especially with such good backup singers!” he complimented while looking around at the group of changelings who had been helping with the singing – each of them looked away, a green tinge creeping onto their cheeks. Chrysalis chuckled and gestured back towards her room. As she and Jeremy walked towards it, the crowd of changelings who had been watching – when had so many arrived? – parted to make room for them, some cheering. Jeremy blushed furiously, and Chrysalis burst into laughter.

“Oh, you wriggler – you’re going to have to get used to that someday,” she teased him.

12-29-13, 1:12 P.M.

They entered her room, and Chrysalis lit up her horn. A single red rose appeared out of nowhere, and floated over to Jeremy, who looked at it before trying to hold back laughter. “Really? A rose? How cliché of you,” he teased back. Chrysalis laughed and pounced at him, and before he knew it, they were on top of her cocoon. As far as cocoons went, it was like a cross between a bean chair and a water bed, and highly comfortable, although moving about felt odd - though his weight was supported, the flexible outside of the cocoon felt as though it might burst at any moment.

“So, Mr. Changeling Ambassador,” Chrysalis started mockingly, and Jeremy grinned up at her, surprised but still willing to play along. “What would you like to do with me today?” she asked, tracing a hoof along the panels of his suit.

“Oh, you know. A game of Monopoly, maybe a few card games?” Jeremy replied innocently, giving an insolent grin as he looked up at her. Chrysalis giggled, and teleported his suit off.

“You know, I’m starting to get tired of you ladies ripping my clothes off every day,” Jeremy remarked. “Maybe I’d just like to take off my own clothes for once, or something.” Chrysalis shook her head.

“If you don’t want us taking off your clothes, maybe you should stop wearing them!” she retorted. Jeremy bit back the culturally obvious response.

Chrysalis looked down to find him already aroused just by being naked. “Well, someone wants to get going,” she commented as she shifted her position, stopping when her head was positioned just above the tip.

“I can’t help that, it’s-“ Jeremy protested, but was cut off when she started caressing it with her tongue. For the first time, Jeremy noted a changeling’s tongue: It was very long, prehensile, and quite thin, with a forked end. Whatever he had been about to say before, Jeremy had already forgotten it as she used her tongue to squeeze and kiss him in the oddest places.

“Enjoying yourself?” Chrysalis asked, grinning evilly. Jeremy had no reply, as he was too busy trying to control his raging hormones. Sensing this, Chrysalis gave a short chuckle before taking his whole length in her mouth, her jaw expanding farther than Jeremy thought possible to accommodate. Jeremy lost himself for a moment to her movements, before remembering stupidly that he was expected to hold up his end of the deal as well. He grabbed hold of her haunches, attempting to twist them up towards him, and after a moment of Chrysalis' confusion she allowed him to do so.

Jeremy examined Chrysalis' pussy - it didn't seem all that different from any other mare's. Aside from the fact that it was bright bluish-green, that was. He reached out with his tongue, giving it an experimental lick. Chrysalis tasted even sweeter than Celestia, almost to the point where Jeremy suspected her fluids were engineered to mimic sugar - this would make sense from a biological standpoint, to attempt to get ponies addicted to the fluid. He might have to be careful... As he licked, Chrysalis shivered, and Jeremy grinned - he still had it. From that, a new idea surfaced in his mind - something he'd wanted to try out with Celestia, but had forgotten. He centered his tongue at the opening of her folds, then pushed inward - Chrysalis gasped with surprise around her mouthful of his manhood.

The second after he did so, Jeremy's tongue felt something much different from her moist vaginal walls - this thing felt like a small appendage or two. To his shock, the foreign object stiffened and wrapped itself around his tongue, pinching it on the sides with what felt like small limbs. All this had occurred in the space of less than a second, so Jeremy had no time to react, only giving out a muffled cry as his tongue was now trapped inside her. Chrysalis looked back, startled, and a moment later the pressure on his tongue released, and he pulled it out hurriedly as Chrysalis turned to face him.

"Oh, by the hive - I am so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you!" she quickly apologized.

Jeremy felt his tongue with the roof of his mouth - it felt fine, though slightly sore. "That's... okay... If you don't mind me asking, what exactly was that?" he asked.

Chrysalis looked away, her expression one of shame. "It's used to keep stallions'... cocks... inside, so they can't pull out once we drop our disguises..." she falteringly explained, and looked away again, looking for all the world as though she expected him to smack her.

To her obvious surprise, Jeremy simply shrugged. "Huh. Makes sense," he remarked, and went right back to licking.

"You... ah... don't mind...?" she asked, her face now caught between sexual pleasure and openmouthed surprise.

Jeremy stopped for a moment, giving her a small smile. "I thought something like this might happen - and I remember what I said. I don't mind what body parts you have."

Chrysalis simply looked at him for a moment, before smiling genuinely. From then on, she seemed gentler than she had before - where her earlier expressions could have resembled the rape her changelings were famed for, now her motions were unsure, gentle, and somewhat timid. Jeremy suspected she simply didn't know how to react, and thus decided to boost her confidence by responding as sincerely as he could to her every motion. After a while of this, they were both smiling as they passionately sucked and licked at each other. Unsurprisingly, but disappointingly, Jeremy was the first to orgasm. Chrysalis clamped down on his member as his seed spurted down her throat.

With that, she turned to face him. "We can... stop, if you're finished now..." she mumbled, and Jeremy was caught off guard by how unsure her voice sounded. No, he couldn't end it like this - her expression was clearly asking for him to say no, he could go another round. Jeremy didn't actually know if he could - but he wasn't about to let his marefriend down. Jeremy looked down at her, a devilish expression on his face.

"You know the rules, girl," he started, and repositioned her so that she was lying on the cocoon on her back, with his legs touching hers. "It isn't over until we're both finished."

Chrysalis gave him a delighted smile, but crossed her legs. "Wait..." she asked, and to Jeremy's shock used her hooves to make them swap positions - he was now lying on the cocoon, and she was straddled atop him. "I want you this way..." she whispered.

Jeremy smiled up at her. "Whatever works," he answered, and Chrysalis began rocking back and forth, trying to get him hard again. It only took a few seconds of this before he was ready to go once more, and Chrysalis raised herself up with both her hooves and a buzz of her wings, before dropping down, seemingly impaling herself on his member. Jeremy gave a short grunt of surprise, but this quickly gave way to a moan as Chrysalis began moving up and down, using her weight to both balance herself and keep him under her. After he had already came once, Jeremy was super-sensitive - and Chrysalis was tight. He once again called upon his mental concentration, holding himself back from orgasm - but after he had already done so, he found it oddly easier, despite the stimulation.

Chrysalis, to her credit, was quick, and her inner walls clamped down on him like a boa constrictor as her juices seeped out from under her. Jeremy let himself go the instant he sensed her finish - he had already drained himself dry after the first time, but the feeling was still as sensational as ever - like stars were dancing in his head.

12-29-13, 1:32 P.M.

They lay on top of the cocoon, taking a moment to rest. “So… was that… what you expected?” panted Jeremy.

“No... it was so much better,” Chrysalis replied, still smiling. Another thought occurred to Jeremy, and he suspected he wasn’t the only one who was thinking this. The first time they had met, they were mortal enemies. The second, grudging allies. And now… Now, they were more than friends. Jeremy sometimes wondered if he had done something really good in a past life at times like this – after all, normal people didn’t get this kind of romantic luck.

After a while, Jeremy felt cold enough to push Chrysalis off of him, seeking his suit. “Don’t you have any insulation on that ridiculous hide of yours?” Chrysalis complained, noticing him shivering.

“No, and I don’t want any – interferes with motion,” Jeremy answered. It was true he was skinny as a nail, but that was more genetics than anything – or so it seemed. Finally finding his suit in a corner, he slipped it on, and returned to his position, cuddling Chrysalis as he had with Celestia and Luna. “Chrysalis, why the hell are so many ponies attracted to me?” he wondered aloud.

“Probably something to do with your hero status? And the way you go out of your way to save them, risking life and limb just to protect those you hardly know? We tend to like that,” answered Chrysalis seriously. Jeremy could think of no reply to this, so he simply went back to hugging Chrysalis, pressing her body firmly into his so the both of them were warm. Chrysalis seemed to enjoy the attention, and closed her eyes for a moment, before making a purring sound. Her eyes flew open and she stopped, sitting up rapidly.

“Did you just…” Jeremy asked.

“No!” Chrysalis frantically answered.

Jeremy burst out laughing. “That is so cute!” he exclaimed, and Chrysalis blushed green.

“Don’t you dare tell anyone,” she threatened. Jeremy was still laughing.

“Relax, I won’t tell a soul,” he promised. “Still, that is ridiculously adorable,” he added after a pause and Chrysalis swatted at him with her front foreleg. Still laughing, he got up, making a placating gesture with his hands. After a short moment, Chrysalis laughed as well.

“Sorry, I just – if word got out…” she explained.

Jeremy dismissed her faltered attempts with a wave of his hand. “It’s fine, really.”

With that, he left, Chrysalis actually cheerfully waving him good-bye as he exited through the portal. Jeremy rolled his eyes – looked like he wasn’t the only secretly hopeless romantic around here. He sat down at his desk and pulled out another sheet of paper, and began drawing. His doodles this time were centered around Chrysalis – and he found the subject noticeably easier now that he had gotten so close to her. Satisfied with the results, Jeremy put the drawing away and went back to focusing on his actual work.

12-29-13, 2:07 P.M.

Jeremy decided to play through some games – it was refreshing to get back to them, even if it was on a different computer. Slowly trekking through the ruins of a city, he didn’t notice when Chrysalis came up behind him. “Having fun?” she asked, and Jeremy very nearly jumped out of his chair.

“Fu – don’t scare me like that!” he exclaimed after a moment, putting a hand to his chest to quell his racing heart. Chrysalis laughed, and jumped up into his lap, resting her head on the table and watching his paused game.

“So, let’s see some of your ‘games’ – this is like those hero tales in stories, right?” she asked.

“Yep, pretty much,” Jeremy awkwardly said as he allowed her to remain in his lap and unpaused the game.

"Never read one of those before - I hope this doesn't ruin them for me," she commented in reply.

Jeremy looked at her. "You've never read a book before?"

Chrysalis grimaced. "I can read, but I had better things to do than steal books." After a moment, Jeremy shrugged and went back to the game.

Of course, Chrysalis was not nearly as squeamish as Celestia when it came to blood and gore, and watched with rapt enthusiasm. “There wouldn’t be a pony version of this game – I don’t think they could handle such images of violence,” Chrysalis commented.

Jeremy gave a noncommittal grunt. “True. But it’s not like I play the game for all the blood.” He spent a while checking for hidden loot, to Chrysalis’ displeasure, before getting back in his vehicle and moving on.

12-29-13, 6:24 P.M.

A few hours later, he quit the game and sat back – he’d get to this part later. Chrysalis jerked a little at the sudden motion, but quickly re-adjusted her position so that she was lying down on top of him. “Mmm… I could go for a nap, right about now…” she remarked as her eyes closed.

“But then I won’t be able to move!” protested Jeremy.

“Your problem,” she replied and went to sleep. Unamused, Jeremy gently picked her up, putting her in his chair before heading out to dinner.

When he came back, she was still asleep on the chair, an ear twitching and a smile flashing as she dreamed of something particularly pleasant. Jeremy looked at her, a small smile coming to his own face, and quietly turned off the lights and closed the door. In the dark, he trekked back to his room, wondering about the upcoming fight. Chrysalis had said it was in just a few days, but it had felt like forever – probably because of all the stuff he had done in the interim period. Now that he was officially coupled with Celestia and Chrysalis too, Jeremy felt marginally better about the whole situation – and the weapon he was having built was a plus as well.

He decided to read some more of Lyra’s story before going to bed. With a straight face, Jeremy watched as the girl blushingly proposed to the boy, to which the boy responded yes as his friends cheered him on. Jeremy would have to find this couple someday – it would be metaphysically fascinating.

Additional A/N: Song was 'Disturbia', by Rihanna.

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