Chronos' Sexual Revolution

Chapter 5

The Stallion Who Would Have Dinner

"Why did you teleport us away like that? What happened to Paige? And where did you get that scroll?" She asked trying to keep up with the prince as he walked down the street levitating a scroll.

"It's the spell we need. I managed to teleport it away with us. Pretty neat, huh?" Chronos said slowing down.

"Not neat! You stole from Princess Twilight. We were there to apologize, remember? When she finds out she'll think-" Clover's worrying was interrupted as the prince stopped and started fall to one side. She managed to get under him before he hit the ground, but it wasn't easy supporting his weight.

"I guess I pushed myself too far." Chronos said breathing heavily as he used his magic to place the scroll behind his ear.

"What did she make you do?" Clover asked helping him get to his hooves

"Do you know anywhere nearby we could rest?" He asked trying to support himself.

"Well, my apartment is a block away, but…" Clover said looking down.

"Excellent, I'll rest there. Lead the way!"

"I don't think that's such a good idea." Prince Chronos noticed the mare's nervousness and decided to put her at ease.

"I'm not expecting a castle, Clover. I'm sure it's fine."

"J-just don't say anything. You can rest for a few minutes then you have to leave. Okay?" Clover said making her terms clear. Chronos was curious as to why she was so hesitant to let him see where she lived.

As the two of them walked down the street, several ponies took notice of the prince and the mare walking down the street. Clover wasn't used to such attention as the prince smiled and waved to everyone around her. She found herself a bit envious of how easy it was for him to be so social. She felt invisible next to him as she walked beside him.

"Can I get a picture?" A few mares asked.

"Sure! How's this?" Chronos said putting a leg around Clover and pulling her close. Clover and the mares were both taken by surprise.

"Umm… They probably want a picture of just you." Clover said.

"Nonsense! You don't mind if my assistant is in the picture, right?" He asked. The mare with her camera looked at her friend who shrugged.

"I suppose." She said slightly disappointed.

"Actually, I don't feel like taking a picture. You go ahead." Clover said stepping out of the frame.

"Are you sure?" Chronos asked.

"Oh well, what are you going to do?" The mare with the camera said as she prepared to take the shot. Chronos quickly smiled as she snapped the photo before running to her side.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling alright?" Chronos asked Clover.

"I'm fine. Let's go. It's right up here." She said walking ahead of him. Chronos tried to talk to her, but he was barely able to keep up with her. He was finally able to catch up to her as she stopped in front of a rundown building.

The windows that weren't cracked were covered with cardboard. The bricks were discolored and crumbly. The stoop smelled like it had been used as a restroom on more than one occasion. He had lived in Canterlot all his life and couldn't remember seeing a building of such poor condition before.

As Clover walked up to the door and opened it, the sound of crying foals and shouting could be heard through the paper thin wall. She didn't say anything as she stepped over a stallion sleeping under a greasy newspaper. His smell did considerably less to improve the overall aroma of the building. He looked around and saw patches of wallpaper missing from the wall. Whether they fell off or were simply torn, was anypony's guess?

Clover stopped at a door with a faint outline of the number four. There was some sort of marker before, but it was nowhere to be seen. She looked around making sure no one was around before using her magic to pull a key from the top of the doorframe. She carefully placed her key in the slot and jiggled it several times as she pushed it in before turning it. It was clearly a ritual she had practiced before because it didn't seem to upset her when it took several tries to finally get the door open.

A short, overweight green unicorn in a flower print dress walked out of the apartment next door with a cigarette in her mouth. She tossed a quick glance at Chronos before looking at Clover.

"No overnight visitors, Clover! I didn't think I had to explain that to you though. What is he a gigolo or something? He looks kind of high dollar. How much is he?" She said in a voice that sounded like a cement mixer.

"He's not a gigolo. It's Prince Chronos." She explained.

"You expect me to believe that you brought home, Prince Chronos? He looks a lot like him though. I'll give you that." She said fixing her rather obvious pink wig and winking at him.

"He's not staying overnight. He's just going to rest for a few minutes."

"So he'll be available soon?" She said taking her fresh cigarette down to the butt in an instant and spitting it away.

"Will you set her straight?" Clover said looking at him.

"I'm not saying anything like you wanted." The prince said putting his hooves up.

"Ooh, obedient! I like that." She said before going into a coughing fit.

"Come on!" Clover said ordering him inside and closing the door.

"Don't wear him out too much!" The mare shouted.

Calling Clover's apartment cramped would have been an understatement. His bed had more space than her entire bedroom. There was a bathroom, but it lacked a door of any kind. There wasn't any sort of closet. It was more a box than a living space.

"Why'd you embarrass me like that? She thinks I brought home a prostitute."

"Don't worry. The first time is free, but the second round is another matter entirely." He said laying on her bed and taking the scroll out of his ear.

"What are you talking about?" Clover said.

"The walls are paper thin. I bet she's listening to us right now." Chronos whispered.

"You are not a gigolo. You're Prince Chronos!" She shouted.

"I'll be whoever you want as long as you pay for the hour. I get that one a lot though!"

"You have wings and a horn. Stop playing!"

"My horn is a fake. I put it on back in Cloudsdale. Some mare made me put it on and I just never took it off. I make a lot of money impersonating that guy." He shouted.

"Why are you doing this? It's embarrassing." She huffed.

"You're not going to be living here much longer anyway. What's it matter?" He said busy studying the scroll.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I'm not going to let you live here. You can have the room next to mine."

"I can't move into the castle. Only royalty can live in the castle. It's a rule."

"No one can complain if you're my personal guest."

"I can't. It wouldn't be right."

"What's wrong? I'm a prince, Clover. It'll be all right."

"No, it won't. You're my employer and I have sex with you. Don't you think our relationship is going to be confusing enough without living together?"

"Clover, we're currently trying to trick my parents into believing we're in love so they can't marry me to some other mare. I'm also about to cast a spell that'll make us 'love' each other. Our relationship is past confusing." He laughed.

"You're going to cast it now?"

"Yep, we're about to meet my parents in about five minutes anyway." Chronos said standing up and starting the spell.

"What? What do you mean five minutes from now?" Clover said as the prince's horn sent out heart waves that fell over the two of them. As they looked into each other eyes, the rest of the world seemed to melt away. It felt like they were spinning as the spell seemed to take hold. The two of them closed their eyes for a second as the magic around them seem to dissipate.

"Open your eyes and look only at me, Clover." Chronos told her.

"Okay." She said looking into his glittering green eys..

"How do you feel?" He asked staring into her deep brown eyes.

"Well, now that you mention it I'm kind of… kind of…"

"Yeah?" He said hopeful for a positive result.

"Absolutely furious with you! First, you steal from Princess Twilight. You pushed yourself way too far doing who knows what with Paige. By the way, I'm pretty sure whatever you were doing was highly sexual and very inappropriate. Then you embarrass me in front of my landlady. To top it all off, you cast a highly dangerous spell on me without my permission only seconds after learning it. I am a lot of things right now. In love with you is definitely not one of them." She said fuming as she backed him into a ball.

"Clover, you need to smile." Chronos told her.

"Smile! I am so far from smiling right now. You're lucky if I don't tear off this shirt and quit altogether. You're reckless, irresponsible, stubborn, and above all else rude. I swear you're the worst employer in the history in all of Equestria."

"You don't have to smile, but if you could stop shouting in the next five seconds, I'd really appreciate it." He said as a familiar purple glow surrounded them.

"Didn't anyone teach you any manners?" She shouted.

"I beg your pardon!" A regal female voice said.

Clover found herself in front of a large ornate table filled with a feast fit for royalty. At the head of the table sat a very angry Princess Luna and a very intrigued Spike. The mare was in the royal dining room of Canterlot Castle.

"I see another mare has experienced our son's particular brand of charm." Spike joked.

"Chronos, who is this mare?" Luna demanded.

"This is Clever Clover, former maid and my current assistant. Say hi, Clover." Chronos said pushing the stunned mare forward.

"I-I'm so sorry for my thoughtless words. I-I-It's a pleasure to meet you." She said bowing her head.

"It's not your fault. My son knows better than to be an out at a certain time. My wife placed a spell on him quite sometime ago when he had trouble coming home for dinner. He's automatically summoned here before dinner every night. Something I'm guessing he failed to tell you."

"It doesn't matter. She's going home. Now!" Luna said glaring enough to make Clover feel more than a little scared for her life.

"Actually, she's home already. As my personal assistant, she'll be moving into the room next to mine." Luna balked at the prince's announcement.

"Absolutely not! I forbid it. With your engagement party on the horizon, I won't let you have another mare move in next to you."

"I demand the same privilege afforded to Princess Twilight Sparkle. It's my right to delegate a live in assistant." Chronos shot back.

"The circumstances surrounding her ascension required your father to live with her. You were born an alicorn. You don't require an assistant."

"I recently received a letter from Twi about an interesting young mare who managed to get my son to finally apologize to her. That's quite a feat, young lady."

"It was nothing, Sir Spike. I merely convinced him to do the right thing."

"Trust me, my dear. Getting my son to do anything he doesn't want is a feat in and of itself. Do you know what it's like to give an alicorn foal his shots? I swear he turned the hospital upside down before Luna finally calmed him down enough to take his shots." Spike laughed putting Clover at ease. Chronos just glared at his father for embarrassing him.

"You can't possibly be considering this!" Luna said.

"If she makes him a better stallion, there might be some benefit to letting him have an assistant. However, I agree that it would be highly inappropriate to have the two of them living next to each other."

"What are you proposing?" Luna asked. Spike stood up and walked over to her.

"I believe the problem with Clover living next to our son is the fact that he may be tempted to sleep with her. However, I believe if she were to make a promise to refrain from sexual activity with our son that she would keep it." Spike said stopping in front of her. The mare had to look up as the dragon towered over her. He seemed bigger than he looked somehow. His eyes locked on to her own. She didn't think it was possible, but she felt more nervous under his gaze than Princess Luna's.

"Sir Spike?" She said feeling an immense amount of pressure from his gaze.

"If you swear to never have sex with my son as long as you live here, you can live in the room next to his. If you can agree to that, we will let you live within the castle. Understood?" He asked in a deathly serious tone.

"I-I promise." Clover gulped. Spike turned and looked to Luna who simply sighed.

"Very well! I'll trust Spike's judgment in this matter. You may live as a guest within the castle walls for as long you're my son's assistant. However, if you break your promise I will not hesitate to dismiss you immediately. Consider this your only warning." Luna told her.

"Th-thank you, your highness! I'll be on my best behavior." She said bowing her head.

"Is something wrong Chronos? You've been pretty quiet." Spike addressed his son.

"I was just wondering if anything like that happened between you and Princess Twilight. I mean you lived with her as an for sometime. It wouldn't be too much a stretch too assume that the relationship turned into something more at some point." Spike turned towards his son with a stern expression.

"Whether I did or not is none of your concern, I chose your mother and we had you. I've never once looked back on any of those decisions. I suggest you dwell on other matters." Spike told him as the two males exchanged hard stares.

"Come, let us eat. The food is getting cold enough as it is and I can't stay too long." The princess' urging seemed to calm the two of them down as they both sat down. Clover stood there not sure if she should join.

"Come on, Clover. You must be starving." Chronos said levitating a seat next to him.

"Oh, yes. Please join us, Clover." Luna said in less than sincere tone.

"How would you like to hear another story about my son as a foal?" Spike asked her.

"She doesn't want to hear that. It was all so long ago." Chronos said poking his salad.

"I wouldn't mind hearing another story." Clover said to the prince's dismay.

"Did you know what it's like to potty train a colt who can fly and teleport? I swear making him sit on a toilet was nearly impossible."

"Oh, I remember that! You held his wings down while I made sure he didn't use his magic. It took an entire hour of crying and squirming but my wittle Chrony finally made boom boom on the potty." Luna said making Chronos' entire face turn red.

"Can we please discuss something else?" The stallion said sinking into the seat.

"I'm sorry. One of the many symptoms of parenthood is talking about your kids. Do you plan on having foals someday, Clover?" Spike asked as he bit into a huge gem. Chronos and Clover immediately glanced at each other.

"Spike! Don't you think that's a rather personal question?" Luna scolded him.

"Oh, come on! It's not all that personal, and I'm sure the thought has crossed Clover's mind before. It has crossed your mind before?" Spike said looking over to the nervous mare. Clover knew he was asking, but it was almost like he telling her at the same time.

"I …ummm-"

"So I was telling Clover about my upcoming engagement. I was wondering how the planning is going?" Chronos said changing the subject.

"Your father and I are still working on the fine details so to speak, but everything is coming along nicely." Luna said casting a side glance at Spike as she took a sip from her goblet. The dragon caught her eyes and nodded quickly as if remembering something.

"Actually, we were wondering what type of mare you wanted to marry. Your mother and I have different ideas about the type of mare we think you should be with. Your opinion could help resolve some tension- Ow!" Spike said as Princess Luna elbowed the dragon. Chronos could see what was going on though.

"Are you two fighting over my future fiancée?" Chronos asked.

"Fighting is such a strong word. It's more like a minor disagreement than anything truly serious. We just wanted your opinion for clarification purposes." Luna reassured him, but Chronos had seen his mother act like this before. Whenever he caught the two of them arguing, his mother always took it upon herself to downplay the squabble.

"I guess I'd want her to be smart, pretty, and strong willed. Someone who isn't afraid to speak their mind." Chronos told her.

"I see. All those sound like qualities Charity possesses." Luna smiled as Spike rolled his eyes.

"Charity? I suppose she'd be all right, but I want somepony who's not quite so into themselves."

"Huh? It looks like Charity isn't as perfect as she seemed." Spike said as Luna stuck a fork deep into her salad.

"If there was any mare I'd marry though, it'd probably be Clover." Chronos said causing the mare to nearly choke on a cherry tomato. As Clover managed to clear her throat, she saw Spike and Luna looking at her.

"You want to marry her!" Luna said pointing a hoof at the mare who was completely flustered mare.

"I don't want to marry anyone, but Clover is as good as option as Charity. She might even be better." Chronos explained.

"W-w-will you excuse us for a moment?" Clover asked without waiting for an answer. She stood up and grabbed the prince from the table. Once the two of them were in the hall, Clover let out a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong? Why'd you want to leave? I think they were warming up to the idea." Chronos said looking at his parents through the door. The two of them were talking, but his mother looked especially upset. Chronos wondered if she was so dead set on Charity that saying he'd marry another mare made her angry.

"Why'd you say all those things back there?"

"I'm trying to give you advantage. We need them to like you, remember?"

"But you said… I mean… Do you really think I'm all those things you mentioned?" Clover asked looking down.

"Of course, I do." Chronos said.

"What about that last part?" Clover said making circles in the carpet with her hoof.

"You mean about being strong willed?" Chronos wondered.

"The part about me being better than Charity." Clover corrected him. Charity was considered by many ponies the highest standard of beauty. She didn't like it.

"Yeah, I mean she can be pretty overbearing sometimes, but I mean it's easier to be around with you." Chronos said taking the air out of his compliment.

"Oh, that was it, huh?" Clover said feeling a bit depressed.

"Are you okay?" Chronos asked her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. We should go back in." Clover said hiding her disappointment. As the two of them walked back in, Spike and Luna stopped their conversation. Clover noticed the princess was even angrier with her than before. Something she didn't even think was possible.

"If you'll excuse me, I must attend to my duties." Princess Luna said standing up and leaving the room. Spike walked out with her.

"It seems like she's really angry with me." Clover whispered to the prince.

"Oh, she's not angry with you." The prince told her.

"Really?" The mare watched as the princess left the room. Princess Luna cast a hot white glare at her that sent chills up her spine.

"She's past angry. She's absolutely furious." Chronos told her. Clover could only gulp as the day ended. She had sex with the prince, befriended one princess, and made an enemy of another. Today was her first day as the prince's assistant and it was already the craziest day of her life. She had the distinct feeling that things wouldn't get any calmer as the search for the prince's bride continued.

Meanwhile

"Maybe this should be the last batch, Charity. I don't think there's any taste testers left." The pegasus said looking at the incapacitated servants and chefs who littered the floor of the kitchen. Some of the clutching their stomachs in pain and groaning. The lucky few were rendered completely unconscious.

Charity's cooking had gotten worse with each attempt. The debutante's victim started to drop one by one. Each one to scared to say no, despite seeing the person before them fall before their eyes. Melody went from helping Charity with cooking to tending to the victims of her cooking.

Charity's sanity had also deteriorated with each failed attempt. The mare usually pristine white fur was caked with flour and egg shells. Her blue eyes were like dots as she pulled another batch of "cookies" out of the oven.

"Nonsense, Mr. Tweeter can try them!" She said eyeing the green hummingbird who flew behind one of Melody's purple wings. Melody looked at the cookies. They looked fine, but if they were enough to take down a full grown pony, a tiny little green hummingbird wouldn't have a chance.

"I'd like to try these." Melody said taking it upon herself to protect her precious pet.

"Say ah!" Charity said levitating the treat towards the mare's mouth. Melody opened her mouth and prepared herself for the worst. As the cookie touched her tongue, the most amazing thing happened.

"It's delicious!" Melody said happily chewing the tasty treat.

"You aren't just saying that, are you?" Charity asked suspicious of her reaction. One of the staff had tried to compliment her but he fell to the floor in agonizing pain.

"Honest, it's really good." Melody said taking a cookie and sharing it with Mr. Tweeter. Charity took a cookie and nibbled it.

"It is. I did it!" She cackled wildly over her first successful attempt.

"Congratulations, Charity. I'm sure you'll be able to get Spike's approval with this."

"Tomorrow, I will present these to Sir Spike and assume my rightful place as the frontrunner. You two clean up this mess." Charity said looking at two servants in pain on the floor.

"Urgghh…." They groaned in agony.

"Spike shall see me as the only possible choice and I shall fulfill my destiny. I will succeed where my mother failed." The mare laughed.