Late one evening at Palace in Canterlot, Spearpoint, a grey coated unicorn with a dark blue mane and tail with a pair of teal eyes was dressing himself into his armor. The stallion was trying to be as quiet as possible as many of the other soldiers were fast asleep. Meanwhile, Spearpoint was sitting on his bunk in his barracks feeling somewhat nervous. He recently had his evaluation from Shining Armor before he left to the Crystal Empire, and it was horrible. He was ranked the worst royal guard under Celestia, and he felt like the worst. He was always late to formations, he was a coward running away at the sight of rats, and constantly having missing pieces of his armor. But to be fair his destiny was never being a royal guard in the first place as he looked over at his flank…he never received his cutie mark; and he never knew why…being a royal guard was an act of desperation to make a living. He was mocked and ridiculed his whole life, but despite all that, he made sure to make it as a royal guard, and he did alright. But he was never good at fighting and was always lagging behind his fellow comrades in arms.
He was looking upward to the ceiling thinking things over; tonight was the night he would have a private meeting with Princess Celestia herself. She was always sympathetic to her staff, even the ones who weren't that good at their jobs. He can only hope she just dismisses him without much of a fuss, but it was still odd that she would be doing this in the throne room. He slowly walked down the barracks with the other stallions still up snickering and whispering amongst themselves. Spearpoint just ignored them and continued down the barracks until he came through the halls of the castle. He was somewhat depressed and wasn't really paying attention to them and continued to trot through the aisles wondering what he should try next…Donut Joe maybe hiring; he should try getting a job with him. He was going down the grand hall and was heading to the throne itself. There Celestia sat alone in the dimly lit grand hall where the princess decided to have that dreaded personal conversation with him.
He stood shaking; all overall he wanted to do was run and cower, but he had to confront this head-on. Spearpoint trotted over to the throne and bowed in front of her, ready for his dismissal, "Private Spearpoint is present as ordered!"
Celestia was busy reading the report in front of her; she then looked over and acknowledged him. "Yes, Spearpoint, it seems, you are quite the colorful individual."
"Yes…" he grumbled, lowering his head, not knowing how to take that. The mare looked down at them with a smile. "don't be so nervous, please relax."
Spearpoint scratched the back of his mane realizing he didn’t have to be so formal as he kept forgetting that this is Celestia, not his commander.
The guard rose up and stood there waiting as the princess continued to read through his evaluation. "So, I assume you know why you're here."
"Yeah, I… I'm getting dismissed, aren't I!?" Spearpoint cried out.
Celestia looked down at her guard and replied, "I'm thinking of a more interesting decision……I know you like to cross-dress."
Spearpoint's cheeks flushed pink…he always had his strange fetish of dressing up as a maid, but he thought he was always alone when he did it. Even if it was the princess, he couldn't believe that she would spy on him and cried out, "How do you know about that!? We're you spying on me!?"
"N…no! that's not it at all!" Celesta cried out, "I…I found out more on accident when I was flying by the barracks…I do apologize; I didn't mean to expose your secret."
The royal guard scratched his mane and looked upward, feeling somewhat embarrassed. "It's fine, princess… I'm just a bit defensive over that secret."
The princess's cheeks flushed pink as she continued, "I also noticed that you have an odd habit of helping the maids clean up the castle…and you seem to be enjoying it."
The guard groaned, seeing another one of his secrets being exposed by the princess. This was becoming more embarrassing than just being dismissed outright. "Oh great, you saw that too…."
The princess snickered behind a hoof then asked, "so…the reason I brought you here is I wish to ask if you would want to be one of my cleaning staff?"
The guard gulped and thought things over; at the very least, he wouldn't be jobless and then stammered, "s…sure I wouldn't mind that…."
Then Celestia's cheeks flushed pink and continued, "Right, I um…also proposing something else…would you want to be my maid? As such…be transformed into a mare? I know this is quite a proposal, but I can tell that you desire for a new identity?”
Spearpoint was stunned by this odd proposal and stood there looking somewhat baffled. He thought the proposal for a bit. All his life, he wasn't sure of his gender as a stallion…but having the ability to change it? Can it actually be a possibility…but this is so sudden and so strange he didn't know how to take this. The stallion looked up then asked, "well…I…um…would that be, ok?"
Celestia was stunned too, "of course it is, it's rare to see a pony who wishes to be switched to a different gender, but it happens from time to time."
Spearpoint was now shaking all over…a different gender…he wasn't sure about this at all. He wasn't sure of this life-changing decision, but the longer he stood there, the more that the idea excited him.
Celestia held up a hoof, "I see that this is quite a decision, and you may need a few days to think this over, but I must warn you once we do this, there's no going back for a while…this spell will drain me, and it can be a week or two before I can turn you back to normal.
Spearpoint paused as he wasn't sure at first, but a few days to think it over didn’t sound…what if Celestia changes her mind or he chicken's out…no, he has to make the decision now! This might be the only opportunity to figure out who he is! He then slammed a hoof down and shouted, "I don't need a few days! I… I'll do it. I have nothing to lose! If I don't like being a maid, then I can be turned back to normal like you said."
The princess gulped as she was looking unsure. "You sure? You know what you're asking for, right? You will be a mare for an entire week maybe even longer."
The stallion was sure and adamant about this decision. It was secretly a dream come true, but he didn't want to say it out loud. Spearpoint gulped as he closed his eyes, "yes, I understand; just go on with it."
Celestia gave a slight nod as she lit her horn; she sent tendrils of magic to wrap around the stallion. Spearpoint squeaked as he felt the transformation start to take effect as his body start to morph underneath his armor. The stallion felt his muscles and bones rearranging; he felt his skull cracking and his face morphing. This transformation was quite painful a lot making him grunt and gnash his teeth, but he endured the pain. But when the transformation was coming to an end, what made him squeak and feel queasy was feeling his stallion hood disappearing. It felt like his underside being tickled and stretched then in a matter of seconds something that's been there for his entire life suddenly went missing. He squeaked, feeling it slip up through his body and cheeks flushing pink, knowing his reproductive organs were now officially rearranged.
Celestia's horn dimmed as she looked down at the transformed mare and asked, "are you ok?"
"Yes...yes, I believe so…" Spearpoint stammered and squeaked, hearing his new high-pitched voice. It was elegant with a Canterlot accent. With, something about it made her think of Princess Cadance.
"Wow, you have such a lovely voice," Celestia whispered; she then got up and looked the mare over.
The mare looked over her new slender body with her armor still covering her. Still, it was now loosely covering her body with her helmet lopsided over her head. Everything about the former stallion was gone now standing in his place was a much smaller more adorable frame. The only thing that stayed the same was Spearpoint's mane and tail which were still cut in a basic military style. "So…um…I guess I need a maid's uniform?"
"Yes, and your mane and tail could use some work," Celestia explained as she lit her horn. The armor around her body started to transform as well with the metal turned into a silky cloth, and her helmet started to shrink on her head.
"Eep! My armor!" Spearpoint cried out, being somewhat surprised.
"Well, yes, you do need a new uniform…and…um…it would take some time to get one tailored but trust me, I will make this a work of art," Celestia explained; she concentrated on her spell and continued it.
Then the gold color started to turn into a pitch black with a teal sash wrapped around Spearpoint’s midriff. Her helmet was then slowly transforming into some kind of maid's cap, as her gauntlets covering her hooves were turned from metal to a softer, more comfortable fabric, with white socks growing up her legs. She then felt her mane and tail growing outward and squeaked out an "ouch!" as Celestia's magic brushed and braided her now long flowing hair.
"Sorry, trying to be gentle," The princess apologized.
The mare grumbled irritably under her breath but let Celestia continuing braiding her mane…this was odd even for the somewhat uncouth princess. But she let her finish brushing her mane. Then a tiny white apron was tied around her midriff, and white frills appeared at the end of the skirt of her dress. She sat back, feeling the new light uniform dressed over her. This entire transformation was a lot to take in, and it made her feel so strange like a giant weight was lifted from her body.
"There, it's complete!" Celestia squealed, clapping her hooves together. She then gave her new maid a look over, walking around the mare and admiring her work, then whispered, "wow, you're cute."
"Y…yeah…you think…I… I'm cute!" the mare squealed, hugging herself with her hooves and feeling so bashful.
"Yes, you're adorable, Spearpoint," Celestia whispered, helping Spearpoint to her hooves. The mare paused that as she felt as that name no longer suited her…in fact, she always wanted to change it. It was such a dumb name. She had almost zero magic ability as a foal, and it's why her parents named her Spearpoint because she used to stab her toys with her horn.
The mare then turned to Celestia and asked, "can I have a new name?"
The princess paused as she tapped a hoof to her chin, "sure…but…what would you want to be called?"
The new maid thought about her new name. She…she also used to be called Mop Head due to her usually unkempt mane…and now she was a mare (and she did like mopping); she replied, "hmmm, what about Mop Head or Moppy for short…."
Celestia dawwed at the comment and replied, "oh Moppy, that's an adorable name."
She then turned to another form wrote her new name down and some other information about her new maid. Celestia then drifted it over to Mop Head, who took the form; she read it over basically all the information regarding her was the same… except, of course, her gender change, and all the male pronouns switched to female ones. Then there were her new duties. The tasks she'll be performing were as expected, cleaning, mopping, dusting. There were actual rankings among the maids as well, the low-level maids which she'll be starting did most of the cleaning, then mid-level maids were in charge of keeping the library and the royal chambers cleaned, and the head maids hand-picked by the princess herself managed entire parts of the castle managing the duties of the other maids under them.
"Well, I guess I gotta start somewhere." Mop Head whispered; she then wrote down her name on the form.
"Well done," Celestia exclaimed and clapped her hooves as she rolled up the scroll. "Alright, all the official paperwork is finished now; I know you're still living at the barracks due to you still saving up for a home. So you can have a room at the maid's quarters, and I expect you to behave yourself."
"Yes, princess," Mop Head replied as she performed a curtsey almost flawlessly.
Celestia couldn't help but joke, "looks like you've been practicing."
The new maid's cheeks flushed a shade of pink and threw a hoof. "Glad you noticed."
The princess then rose up and held out a hoof, "come, I'll show you to the maid's quarters."
Celestia then led Mop Head towards her new home.
As the maid walked around the palace she felt so relaxed without all that heavy armor, it was rather lovely having all that metal clanking around her. If she was honest, she never felt like the armor fit her body anyways. In fact, the way that the silk dress around her body and the feeling of the soft slippers on her hooves was rather comforting. As Mop Head was embracing her new comfortable outfit the two eventually made it to the maid's tower, where Celestia opened the door slowly to reveal a long winding staircase. Mop Head slowly trotted through a long spiral staircase; she came to an empty room near the top. There Celestia opened up to show a quaint little room complete with a dresser, a bed, table and chairs, and a ponyquin in the back of the room for her uniform. There the maid went about undressing herself. Celestia looked away as Mop Head finished and draped her uniform over the ponyquin; she turned to see Celestia’s cute expression and snickered, "why are you looking away? You know we usually are naked, right?"
"Oh…so…sorry didn't know if you were comfortable in your body yet…." Celestia stammered; she turned to see the naked body of her new maid, and she was pretty cute even without her outfit with the coat looking softer than when she was a stallion. Mop Head walked over to the princess, swishing her tail, and with tears in her eyes and hugged Celestia.
The princess stood there and placed a hoof over the young mare, then whispered, "I hope you're not discouraged about your demotion."
"No…in fact, I'm excited…thank you for giving me a second chance…." Mop Head whispered as well.
"It's no problem, now get some sleep; tomorrow will be a busy day," Celestia cooed as she walked out of the room.
Mop Head waited for a few minutes until the echoes of hoofsteps dissipated, then with a ton of pent up excitement exploded as she squealed in delight, hugging herself. "I can't believe this happened; I'm a mare!"
She bounced up and down, getting excited, going over to a mirror to admire herself, and gasped in surprise, seeing how cute she looked for the first time! Her dainty eyes, long lashes, small frame, round face. She was, without a doubt, cute…she then turned her entire body around and threw her tail up to show off her cute rump. It was thicker than when she was a stallion with a little tight virgina and two tiny bouncy crotchboobs. Mop Head was just in awe at how she was now an actual mare…she was just speechless beyond any words that can describe how she was feeling. The mare then trotted over to the bed and laid down under the covers. She didn't even know if she was going to be able to sleep tonight with all these thoughts going through her mind.