MLP: Age of Chaos

by religarro

Chapter 15 - Rule 63

In the far north beyond the borders of Equestria, surrounded by ice and snow, lay the Crystal Empire. A beacon of light, of peace, and of comfort amidst the cold and dark. No other kingdoms could claim to shine brighter. No other country could boast a greater wealth than that of the empire. Their gem mines ran deep, their waters ran pure. Beauty, music, art, and the passions of craft could be seen everywhere. Outside of Equestrian influence, the church of the Crystal Heart flourished, spreading love far and wide.

Most of the pranks that affected Equestria didn't affect the empire to the north. In fact, the rest of the world remained virtually un-harassed by The Masters of Mayhem. Truthfully, many countries looked upon the mischievousness of the chaos gods and the plight of Equestria as a source of quality entertainment. What little that DID affect the whole world usually resulted in the creation of a new holiday and was usually taken in stride as good fun. In some far off lands there were even rumors saying that Disarray was beginning to be worshiped, but for now those were just rumors.

The Crystal Empire had no worshippers of chaos. Why would they, when their own patron deities are so close and shined so brightly? Empress Mi Amore Cadenza and young Princess Flurry Heart; the physical embodiments of love, and Emperor Shining Armor; the physical embodiment of protection.

Here in the frozen lands, where love reigned supreme, all was well.

Was.

It started as a typical day in the empire. The sun rose over the horizon, making all the crystal spires sparkle and shine. Not only was it one of the most beautiful sights on Equis, it also worked as an alarm clock for everypony...everypony except for the empress who managed to keep dozing anyway. Not even the noise of Shining Armor, or the bustling of maids and castle staff cleaning the room or laying out her outfit for the day, could disturb Cadance of slumber. After over two years of marriage, this fact still amused Shining.

Stepping out of bed, the crowned emperor immediately noticed something was off. His pajamas felt too large, while tight in weird places; such as his chest and hips, and was it his imagination or had he shrunk in the night? He wasn’t sure if he should be freaking out or if he were still asleep and this was some weird disorienting dream.

When he caught a glance of himself in one of the many mirrors around their bed he finally fully awoke with a jolt; instead of a tall muscular stallion he saw a beautiful mare. Said mare looked just like him; except she was smaller than he ought to be, had wide foal-bearing hips, and a rack he would normally drool over. The same rack, in fact, that he saw when he looked down at his own body. Her own body. Shining's reaction was swift as it was obvious; she screamed in fear.

That managed to wake Cadance up.

“Shiny?” she asked in a sleepy, not quite awake, voice. She stared at the being next to her, who was staring back at her with wide fearful eyes. Cadance had to shake her head a few times to make sure she wasn’t dreaming. “Shiny?”

Once recovered from the overall shock of the situation, Shining’s initial fright turned to irritation as she gave an adorable pout.

“Cady, we agreed we’d only do this once and wouldn’t ever talk about it again!” she said, her cute voice attempting to sound harsh and firm but she only managed an adorable whine. Cadance was forced to make a great effort not to giggle and coo at that.

“My love, I swear this time I had nothing to do with this!” Cadance said, still holding in her mirth.

Shining just gave her an unbelieving look, folding her arms under her ample bosom.

“Really! I didn’t!” the pink empress said, giggling “but...we could take advantage of it? Right? As the avatar and patron deity of love, I am open to all sorts of intimacy. So come here, my beautiful mare?”

It was spoken like an invitation, as if the empress were asking, however before Shining Armor (or rather Gleaming Shield) could react, she found herself pinned to the bed on her back, her wife over her, their lips locked.

There was a flash of purple light. The smell of honey and freshly baked cookies. And when they both opened their eyes they were surprised to see Cadance had changed as well. The alicorn of love was now taller and had a new layer of lean muscle. Her face was sharper, yet very androgynous. Gleaming Shield couldn’t help but audibly gulp as just looking at her wife...husband?...caused a heat that throbbed in her very core.

“What the heck?!” the new emperor said in a voice that could swoon a thousand mares.

“Are...um...are you sure you didn’t do this?” asked Gleaming, her eyes greedy soaking every inch of her husband’s body, as Cadance...no...Amore...often slept in the nude.

Emperor Amore stared down at his wife. His eyes were just as full of lustful greed as he memorized every curve. “I am going to melt from such radiant beauty, but I swear I didn’t do this. However, let’s not waste this gift. Beloved, where were we?”

The marriage of the Emperor and Empress (or Empress and Emperor now), was very strong in that sense; the two being the living embodiment of The Lovers; according to the church of the Heart. Her Highness was the manifestation of all love in its rawest, softest, and most pure form, and his Highness was the manifestation of the refined love, hard, and protective. However, due to the effects her vast power had on her physical body, Cadence was practically insatiable. She loved to experiment with all kinds of new things and experience love in as many different ways as possible. Shining of course didn’t complain. As a loving husband and partner to his soulmate, he was always open to experiment along with his wife, and this time would be no different. Emperor Amore’s lips pressed strongly against Gleaming's. Tongues wrestled in a battle Gleaming knew she would lose. As Amore’s hands roamed over the new mare's body every touch seemed to throw more and more fuel on the fire burning in her core. A hand gripped her rear and she let out a moan, louder than any groan or grunt she ever made as a stallion. The sound drove Amore wild.

Just as they were about to start, so close they could feel the heat from each other’s groin, the door opened and a maid walked in. Quickly taking stock of the situation, she bowed an apology and left in haste. After all, every member of the castle staff knew that service to their Majesties means occasionally getting an eyeful of things some may deem highly inappropriate. Nopony dared to complain though. After all, who were they to scorn The Lovers? When their Majesties were in the throes of passion, the whole castle could feel the waves of pure love washing over them, and in turn their own love for their rulers and patron deities grew. That was the way of things, and the maid couldn’t help give a soft smile to herself. She was proud that she was fortunate enough to witness such a scene. She skipped down the hallway, humming a happy tune, determined to do the best she could as thanks for such a gift.

“Talk about killing the mood…” sighed Amore

Gleaming blushed, still feeling Amores' stiffness rubbing against her. “We...have a busy day. Many things to do. But, later we could continue this...I want...no...NEED you inside me...please don’t make me say that again!” the mare whined

Amore sighed but held her close. “I know what you mean, as I desire to make love to you with all the passion and power I can muster. By Celestia’s fat ass! Is this how you stallions feel all the time?! I thought I was horny enough as a mare, but being the embodiment of love AND a stallion?! The fires of passion I feel are ten times worse! My balls ache to empty themselves into you. Every glance at you, every smell, every sound you make. It fills me with such hunger for you. My love, how do you deal with this!? I am about ready to say buck this day, and buck all engagements! Let me buck my wife, dammit!” the pink emperor lamented, again giving a heavy sigh of exasperation.

Gleaming grinned “I had my soulmate at my side, with a hunger just a deep. But please, let me up and change us back. If you don’t, I fear we’ll never leave this bed”

Amore smiled back and nodded “I love you so much, and as much as I want to plow you into the mattress, you’re right.” he said as his horn lit and they both were covered in a pale blue light as Amore attempted to use a spell to put them back in their proper bodies. Nothing happened. He tried again, and this time even Gleaming tried to help, but again and again nothing happened.

“Well, at least I’ll admit that this wasn’t your doing” sighed Gleaming. “Now what?”

Amore shrugged. “Now we must continue on with our day, what else?”

“Wait, what?! I can’t go out like this! I will be the laughing stock of all branches of the guard for months!” cried Gleaming, hopping to her hooves and waving her arms frantically.

Amore couldn’t help but smirk “Do you think this will be a walk in the park for me? The press are going to have a field day. Though, I will admit, I don’t think they will have too much negative to say”

With it decided, they both dressed the best they could, however they found that they had to borrow each other’s clothes and even then Cadence’s old tops were too tight for Gleaming, something Amore was both envious of and promised to thoroughly enjoy later.

Unfortunately for Gleaming Shield, as the thought had slipped her mind, the first pony they saw into was the last Gleaming wanted to run into; their door-guard Flash Sentry.

Said guard was currently on the ground in front of them, nearly completely incapacitated...due to how hard he was laughing.

“It’s not funny Flash!” pouted Gleaming Shield, which only made Flash laugh even harder.

“Ahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Seriously, you’re both like two of my best friends, so I know you both get up to some kinky stuff, but what kinda games were you Cadance playing this time?! You lost a bet or something? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!”

Gleaming continued to pout and give him a tiny kick out of frustration. The effect was immediate. A purple light surrounded the guard and there was the smell of honey and freshly baked cookies as his features changed right before their eyes and his laugh rose in octaves, and slowly died off as the now changed guard rose to her hooves. Flare Warden looked at herself with wide shocked eyes, wincing at her now ill-fitting armor.

“W-W-What the buck?!” she exclaimed, accidentally backing up into a group of guards patrolling the hallways, the same flash of light and change happening to all of them.

Amore raised a brow.

“Now that I think of it, didn’t I change when I touched you?”

Gleaming nodded slowly “My head was swimming when it happened, but yea, it was after you kissed me…”

They both shared a knowing look and nodded.

“I need the castle locked down immediately! No one in, no one out! We need to contain this before it spreads over the entire empire!” ordered Emperor Amore.

“Flash...er...Flare, round up those guards there, divide, and spread the orders around to each gate and entrance. Complete lockdown until we can get a handle on what’s going on” continued Empress Gleaming Shield.

The previous frazzled guards stood at attention best they could, given how uncomfortable in their own armor they looked.

“After we have things locked down, then what?” Asked Flare Warden. “We can’t stay like this forever! I don’t want to be a mare!”

“There is something we are going to do” said Amore “we are going to write to my aunts...if they are even still my aunts...I have a sneaky suspicion the Masters of Mayhem are behind this. When those guards changed, I could detect chaos magic”

Gleaming sighed in exasperation. Of course it was those trouble makers. However, thankfully they had ruined their plans by isolating the castle, so they could afford to be a bit calm about it.

The issue was that the Crystal Empire wasn’t the only nation affected.

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At the palace of Canterlot, perched majestically upon the throne of the sun, was Prince Solaris. His long mane flowed with an unseen ethereal breeze and shone with all the colors of the sky. His alabaster fur shone pristine along his tall chiseled body. A body that radiated power and grace. He couldn’t be called anything but flawless. The prince of the sun, lord and ruler of Equestria; a deity in physical form. The mares couldn’t help but swoon, the stallions felt filled with admiration. All who gazed on this figure, clad in naught but a toga and golden regalia, were swept away by his majesty.

Prince Solaris was brooding. He went to bed last night as Princess Celestia, and was now this. Not to mention his sister (who was now his brother) had all but tackled him in a mild panic after their own transformation. Evidently it was something involving her night guard.

Said brother was now entering the throne room, wearing a form-fitting three piece suit. The dark blues and purples matched their fur color immaculately, and their long flowing hair so full of the cosmos added an air of mystery to them. Prince of the night, of the moon, and the stars. Guardian of dreams, and secrets, and mysteries. Like his brother, Prince Artemis radiated power.

“Have you given more thought to our current predicament brother?” asked Artemis

Prince Solaris grumbled annoyed, but nodded. “This is a tricky one. I can say that while I have a very good idea who is behind this, there are aspects of this ‘prank’ still eluding me. All I know is that right after I raised the sun, I heard a scream from right outside my chambers. I immediately went to investigate, finding captain Sharp Steel in the throes of a panic attack. I tried to aid him only to find out that he was now a she. I touched her to calm her, and no sooner had I done so than I became this.

Prince Artemis nodded, looking over to the captain in question. The captain, nodding as well, agreeing with the retelling of recent events.

“I heard similar screams from from the quarters of my own captains. It was from holding back to take in and investigate the scene that I was able to confirm that whatever this is, it is transferred by physical contact. I would have made a retreat and quarantined the area had not a guard stumbled into me in their panic.” said Artemis.

“I have already given the order to quarantine the castle. We must keep this as isolated as possible” replied Solaris, who received a nod from his brother.

Just as they were about to conclude on the matter, they both heard several screams and a din of commotion just outside the throne room doors. This immediately captured both royal sibling’s attention.

After a few more moments, the doors burst open, and the once male cryer who was now wearing an ill fitting uniform called out “Now presenting to their Majesties, Princess Bluebelle!”

Said mare quickly entered the throne room, looking very agitated and scared. Outside the room in the hallways came the panic cries of ponies Bluebelle touched in her race to get to her uncles.

“Aunties...er...Uncles! Something horrible is happening!” cried Bluebelle.

“And you just made it worse you fool!” cried Artemis, looking past his now niece at the guards and servants turned opposite screaming and panicking through the hallways. “What is wrong with you? You’re supposed to be a trained elite soldier! Surely this shouldn’t cause you to panic like that!”

Bluebelle fixed her mane, a gesture she already had while being Blue Blood, but it seemed to fit better with her new self.

“Ahem, well, with all due respect this is an unknown situation we had no prior training or briefing for, even the leader of the secret service is allowed certain leeway when it comes to one’s own mental shock!”

Solaris’ eyes widened and in an instant he was up from his throne, gripping Bluebelle by the shoulders; the poor mare being violently shaken. “What did you just say?!”

“U-uncle! You’re hurting me! This isn’t how you treat a lady!” Bluebelle cried in fear.

Prince Solaris stopped shaking the mare, but didn’t release her. “What did you just say Bluebelle!? Before I grabbed you!”

“That...that even the leader of the secret service is allowed certain leeway?”

Prince Artemis understood almost instantly. “Military leaders!” he cried out.

Solaris nodded and began pacing the throne room. “Dammit Dammit Dammit! I guess Cadance can handle Shining Armor. Hell, those two will probably use it as an excuse to stay in bed all day. However, we have to isolate the Solar Guard, the Lunar Guard, the Secret Service, and the Equestrian Bureau of Investigations in order to try and contain this…”

Artemis froze. “Sis-I mean, Brother! The EBI, Dammit! Their leader lives in the middle of the red district! That means…”

“It’s too late for the city….” Solaris continued.

Bluebelle nodded solemnly in agreement, then added “So...explain to me how I made it worse?”

The Equestrian Bureau of Investigations, or EBI, was a special elite military branch founded by Luna many years before her banishment. It was given the power and authority to investigate any reported crime no matter the rank or social status of the individual, and in turn reported solely to the crown. This was a way to investigate nobles and people in political positions who would abuse their power while being too big to prosecute by the average citizen or local law enforcement, and track down dangerous criminals avoiding the law. Luna had believed that the best way to catch a crook was to think like one, so a lot of the agents of the EBI were reformed criminals given a second chance to use their contacts, information, and expertise of the dark underbelly of society for the betterment of ponykind. It was a very dangerous job and only the best of the best could handle it. It was said, for those in the know, that the EBI was on par with the ESS. Currently, the leader of this elite organization was one of the most resourceful and vicious bounty hunters of the age: the ex-wanted criminal Beatrix Lulamoon; the great and powerful mistress of trickery.

Trixie Lulamoon, now known as Trixster Lulamoon, was currently staring at his body in a full length mirror. “Oh buck oh buck what the buck?! How the buck?! Dammit, what is this?!”

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door, a muffled voice asking “Hey, Trixie? You ok in there? It sounds like somepony else is in there with you”

Still very confused, Trixster walked over to the door, opening it to reveal her two right hands; the twins Flim and Flam.

At first the twins were just as confused, but soon recognized their boss.

“So...trying a new disguise spell, Trixie?” asked Flam.

“Let me guess, Vito Colteone again?” commented Flim.

“I really appreciate the concern, but right now Trixster needs his privacy” Trickster replied, pushing the two of them out of his doorway in exasperation.

The effect was immediate. There was a purple flash, the smell of cookies, and the twins transformed into mares; Shim and Sham, who’s reactions were obvious as they were predictable.

They screamed.

Then they ran. A panicked kind of sprint. The kind where you shove everyone out of your way, in a beeline to get to where you feel secure. It was beautiful, in a chaotic way.

Other ponies immediately shifted, the spell taking effect instantaneously. They in turn screamed and ran, touching more. There are few things on Equis quite like a pony stampede. They are a naturally flighty animal, ponies. That, plus their herding instincts, can cause such glorious chaos when introduced to the right catalysts.

Fortunately for Trixster, years of training and showbiz had tempered his instincts to panic. Instead he just listened to the screams and sounds of stampeding hooves echoing from down the halls with a heavy sigh.

“This….is not good…” he managed to say before he was enveloped in a blue light and teleported straight to Canterlot Castle, right at the hooves of his boss, a male princess Luna. Next to the well dressed prince was a male princess Celestria wearing a toga. Off to the side was a female Blueblood who was visibly flustered and trying to take sly glances at the stallion.

Trixster was curious as to why Blue would be blushing the way she was. Trying to look professional, while still stealing glances at the showpony. It was then he remembered that he was currently only dressed in the gray sweatpants he normally slept in.

The blue stallion nearly had a panic attack about not having a top on until he remembered…he was a stallion now. Who cared if he had a shirt on or not.

Trixster stood to his full height, placed a hand on his hip, and gave Bluebelle a wink before turning to Prince Artemis.

“So, Trixster is correct in assuming he wasn’t singled out for this…gender bender…thing…”

Artemis nodded, “First, let me apologize for the rudely abrupt teleportation, time was of the essence. Secondly, let me confirm your assumption by informing you of what we know thus far; all military leaders in Equestria have swapped sexes. This effect isn’t limited to only military personnel, but can be passed on through touch. Would We be safe in assuming you haven’t touched anypony since your wake?”

Trixster shook his head, sighing “Sorry, but Trixster touched his two seconds in command, Shim and Sham. Well, ‘touch’ is putting it mildly. Trixster was trying to shove them out of his apartment”

Prince Solaris stamped his hove on the ground, leaving small cracks in the marble as he threw his head back and bellowed to the heavens.

“BUCK!”

“Trixter would like to add that they had run away post transformation in a panic” added the blue showpony sheepishly. “They may or may not have also touched a rather large amount of citizens, resulting in more panic. Trixster may or may not have heard the stomping hooves of a panic stampede right before he was teleported…”

The solar prince’s eye twitched.

“Calm, brother” the lunar prince said softly, turning to Trixster “I suppose we can’t find fault in your actions. However, now we must act with even greater urgency. Sky Lancer!”

A young mare in ill-fitting armor appeared and saluted the princes.

“Your orders my lord?”

Artemis nodded “Isolate Canterlot. Complete lock down. No pony in or out. We must stop the spread before it affects all of Equestria!”

Sky nodded and teleported straight to the officers' barracks. “Attention all guards! Orders from the top! We have a situation on our hands! A gender-bending spell is spreading through the city via physical contact. The princes want the guard to lock down Canterlot. Full lockdown. Any questions?”

The officers, who had immediately stood at attention when Sky Lancer teleported in, looked at each other before one raised his hand and gave Sky a cheeky smirk. “While you’re like that, could you give us some advice on how to hit on hot mares like you captain?”

The other officers snickered a bit as Sky Lancer sighed, walked over to the Officer, and placed a finger on his forehead. The effect was immediate; there was a purple flash, the smell of cookies, and a confused mare wearing ill-fitting armor.

“Anypony else think this is a joke?!” Silence. “Well, you have your orders. Canterlot on lockdown. Ready your platoons and MOVE OUT!”

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In Ponyville, Twilight awoke early, sleepily walking down the hall to her kitchen when she noticed a black scaled figure walking out of her brother’s old room. “Disarray?! You’re back?!” Twilight asked happily, wiping the sleep out of her eyes. She must still be half asleep because Disarray’s form looked very effeminate.

“Good morning to you too Twi” greeted Disarray cheerfully, her voice sweet and airy, with a hint of draconic growliness, giving it a delightful vibe of mystery. She was rather proud of her new voice. “Yes, I decided to come check on you. See how you were holding up”

Twilight was fully awake now, and stared at the dragoness in front of her. She was stunning, giving Dragon Lord Ember a run for her money in terms of looks…not that Twilight ever thought of Ember that way, or was curious at all about…ANYWAYS. “What did you do Disarray?...”

Disarray giggled and walked past Twilight to the kitchen, a sway in her hips. “Well, we were doing our weekly group training exercises” she began, raising a brow at Twilight’s slightly shocked expression. “What? Doesn’t Team Harmony have team training? Pity. Anywho, Maelstrom was teaching us how to shapeshift our form. It’s one of our many abilities you know. All of a sudden Chimera expresses his curiosity about being a mare. Well then Shadow Blitz wondered if being a stallion was all that different. More questions were asked, some conversations were had, and presto change-o we all decided to spend the day as the opposite gender”

Twilight facepalmed. “So your latest prank is to walk around as a dragoness and confuse ponies?”

“Oh, I didn’t say that~” purred Disarray as she reached out and touched Twilight, transforming instantly. “Do have fun with that, I have to get a move on, the spa is waiting.”

“Wait, wha-” Dusk Shine started to say, but stopped abruptly, surprised by the sound of his own deep voice. “Wait, you can’t leave me like this!”

“Ta-ta~” replied Disarray with a smirk and a wink, disappearing in a flash of purple and green flame.

Dusk Shine sighed, went to the bathroom, and took an aspirin. It was way too early in the morning for this. “I need to find a change of clothes,” he muttered to himself, becoming aware of how uncomfortable his pants were in the front. It also dawned on him that he had yet to complete his morning ritual. Looking down at the bulge in his pants, and taking note of the growing need for a morning piss, he cursed Disarray with every swear he knew.

After doing his typical morning routine, Dusk Shine found himself at a crossroads. On the one hand, he could let this prank play out for a bit longer, as this could provide him valuable intel on the inner workings of the stallion mind. The very thought of acquiring elusive knowledge was very tempting. On the other hand, he wanted to get another win over Team Chaos. This was a pretty tame prank, all things considered.

Thinking about it, Dusk figured it best to let his friends decide. Maybe they’ll leave it for a few days, maybe they’ll choose to end it immediately. Figuring that as fair, he left his castle and made his way to the marketplace. One thing, he thought, that would be interesting to observe would be how the rest of Ponyville was taking this.

Walking into the market square he saw exactly what he expected. A small group of ponies were running around panicking, but the vast majority of ponies around were calmly going about their day. He had to guess that living in Ponyville for so long had made the regular residents rather accepting of the craziness around them.

Walking up to Applejack’s stand, Dusk couldn’t help but admire the chilled farm ponies. It would seem that the two eldest apple siblings had switched clothes, neither quite fitting. Applejack was toned and strong, but nowhere near as big as Big Mac was, so him wearing his older sibling’s shirt, all open and loose…the sweat running down his chest as he heaved those heavy apple crates…

Dusk Shine had to look away and exhale the breath he didn’t realize he was holding.

Big Gala on the other hand, was a bit too big for her siblings' clothes; the daisy dukes and tied off top were hugging every one of her curves in the best possible ways. Dusk Shine began to question if he was, in fact, bisexual.

“Twi? That you? Am ah glad to have run into you! Look at what happened to us!” Applejack said, standing tall. Dusk Shine was definitely looking. “Ah woke up this mornin all buff-like and stallion-fied and figure ‘ooooh wee this is gonna be one of THOSE days’ ya know? So ah go an ask Big Mac if ah can borrow some of his britches cus there ain’t no way ah’m stuffin all of this into mah ol shorts'' Dusk shine had to take out a hanky and remove some sweat from his brow as his eyes moved down to the noticeable bulge in Applejack’s pants. Yea, there was no way the golden farm pony would be able to stuff that into his old shorts…as much as Dusk Shine wanted to see him try.

“So Ah’m grabbin his clothes right? Our hands meet, and poof, Ah gots me a new sister, Big Gala over there” Applejack continued, gesturing over to the very tall, red, muscular, curvy, amarezonian form that was Big Gala. The mare in question heaving a large barrel of apples next to their stall, glancing up at Dusk, who was busy not trying to catch an eye-full of cleavage, and giving a simple “eeyup”.

“Anywho, so we both trade clothes and head down to breakfast. All things considered, this is pretty tame to some of the stuff we all get up to round here…” Applejack continued. Dusk Shine nodded in agreement. “Ah end up touchin Bloom, and Mac…er…Gala, ends up touchin Grammy…and well, now Ah has a lil brother and a granpappy!”

Dusk decided now was the time to chime in. “Yea, it’s another prank from Chaos, Disarray kinda explained it to me. Passed by touch. Come on, lets round up the others”

A sudden shriek from Carrousel Boutique caught their attention, a noticeably baritone shriek.

“We should probably start with Rarity, who knows what kind of mental state she’s in!” Dusk said.

“Right with ya Twi!” Applejack agreed, following behind Alicorn who took off running towards the boutique.

“While I’m like this, call me Dusk. Dusk Shine. I don’t know, it just feels…right” Dusk called back.

Applejack nodded. “That's what Big Gala said, that it just felt right. You can keep callin me Applejack, that still feels right for me.

The two ran right up to Carousel Boutique and right through the front door, expecting to find the worst. What they didn’t expect was to see Rarity…a male Rarity, wearing a white three piece suit, complete with top hat, cane, tails, and the whole nine yards. Said stallion was striking poses in the showroom mirrors, gushing over himself.

“Um…Rarity?” asked Dusk.

“Elusive, darling. Call me…Elusive” the stallion said, turning to face his two friends.

Both Applejack and Dusk Shine felt their heart skip a beat. No stallion should be allowed to be that gorgeous. It wasn’t fair. To call Elusive smooth, or suave, would be selling the stallion short.

“We-uh, we heard ya scream so we thought…” Applejack added, opening and closing his mouth.

“Oh that? Pish Posh, I had just surprised myself. I knew I looked good, but wow do I look GOOD.” Elusive said, doing another turn in the mirror. “I’ve had male models before, and have of course designed various suits and tuxedos; but never have I had the opportunity to take such an…intimate…approach. My mind is absolutely full to bursting with ideas!”

“Well…um…we’re happy for you Elusive…” Dusk stuttered out. As Twilight, he had never been good at talking to handsome stallions, and that trait seemed to carry over at Dusk. “We’re gathering everypony so…”

“Oh do we HAVE to end this one so soon? I would like to get some of my ideas sketched out and experiment a bit, darling” Elusive asked with a pout.

“Well, that's why we’re gathering everypony. So we can vote and see if we want to end it right away.” Dusk added.

Applejack shrugged “I don’t mind one way or the other”

“Really?” asked Dusk. Applejack just nodded and shrugged.

Meanwhile, on the other side of town. Applebuck and Sweetie Beau had caught up with Scooter and the three were on their way to meet up with the rest of their team at the Chaos Regional HQ (aka, the old cutie mark crusaders treehouse) when Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon intercepted them.

“What do you want now?” asked Scooter. “We’re busy”

“To put you in your place once and for all of course” said Diamond smugly “Do you think some boys clothes are going to fool anyone? No, we are going to expose you all as the Masters of Mayhem and-”

Sweetie just rolled his eyes and flicked them both on the nose. The effect was instantaneous.

“I…what?....What is this?! WHAT IS THIS?! I'M A BOY?!?!?! DADDDDDYYYYY!!!!!!”

Mr. Rich came running over, a surprised look on his face.

“Diamond Tiara? Is that you? But…you’re a…a boy? What in the world? How did this happen?”

“They happened!” cried the effeminate coltish stallion wearing capris, a tube top, and a silver diamond encrusted tiara who was pointing a perfectly painted and manicured finger at the trio “They transformed me into a boooooyyyyyyy!!”

Apple Buck approached, holding his hands up. “It was an accident! This is all a new prank from the Masters of Mayhem! You have to be very careful not to touch nopony or the spell will transform you too!”

Filthy Rich stared at the stallion for a second before recognizing Apple Bloom. With an eye roll he nodded, of course it had to be those new lords of chaos.

“I get it.” he said, before running off towards his business, Barnyard Bargains, and returned wearing rubber gloves and a bee keeper’s outfit, before poking his son with the end of a mop handle “Firstly, I’ve always wanted to have a son, but your mom got her tubes tied after you were born. Isn’t this great?! Now, let's get you home to change!”

“...change?” asked Diamond timidly.

“Yes, change. Tiaras are for ladies and twinks, my son. As a stallion, you are going to have to wear something more appropriate. A tie perhaps? Yes, we'll go through my collection of ties for you. Oh, a wonderful idea, your new name shall be Splendor Tie! Anyways, let's move!”

Filthy Rich continued to herd a pouting, whining, crying newly named Splendor Tie back to their mansion as Silver Spoon followed behind silently, shooting angry glares at the trio as they tried their best not to break down laughing.

“So what now?” asked Scootaloo, once the Riches were out of sight.

“What we’d normally do on a day like today?” answered Apple Buck with a shrug.

The other two shrugged as well, and off they went to the local spa, taking a second or two to duck down an alleyway and shift into their chaotic forms. Even while genderbent, their chaotic forms was an unmistakable look.

The three talked down the streets of Ponyville, taking in the reactions the residents had of them. Some, like the flower sisters, screamed and ran in the opposite direction. Some just parted aside, staring on in a mixture of mistrust and disgust. What surprised the trio were the looks of reverence, awe, and even admiration , hidden among the groups of glares and scoffs.

As the trio walked into their destination, the Ponyville spa, they could hear the disgruntled attendants, and the giggling of one chaotic dragoness.

“Give us one good reason we should serve you today after the stunt you pulled?!” Demanded Lichen. Both him and his twin brother were staring at the black scaled dragoness who was currently smirking at the two.

Said dragoness simply materialized a small pile of large gems on the receptionist’s desk, gesturing to it and causing the two attendants to sigh.

“...Ok, fine. What do you want?”

“The usual, Full Package” Disarray responded, before the trio behind her piped in as well.

“We’d like the Full Package as well” said Hymnphonic, wrapping his arm around Disarray’s waist.

The twin brothers shrugged and led the four off to the changing rooms, then the saunas. Disarray wrapped a couple towels around herself and walked down the halls, pondering the mess of things Team Harmony had to be making right now. This was such a simple prank, and she got to have a nice spa day while the whole world was being turned on its head. Lovely.

The draconic goddess of chaos gave her friends a wave and headed into the female sauna. A sauna that was currently occupied by a relaxing Mayor Mare. Said mare who quickly grabbed her towels to cover herself as the dragon walked in, took a seat, and began to stretch herself out.

“Um, excuse me Disarray, this is the LADIES sauna!” Mayor Mare said indignantly, before gawking at Disarray’s body as the dragoness undid her towels and proceeded to lay along the sauna benches.

“And today, I am a lady~” answered the Disarray. “I know many ponies have never seen a dragoness before, but seriously mayor, tis rude to stare”

The mayor quickly turned away with a small blush, giving a few small coughs before turning back and asking “What is your game this time?” with a bit of annoyance.

“This~” answered the dragoness, who reached out and touched the mare’s thigh. The change was instantaneous.

“What the hay?! What did you do to me?!”

“Oh come now Mr. Mayor, it would have happened today sooner or later. Now, to remind you, this is the LADIES sauna” Disarray said, giving the middle aged mayor a shit eating grin.

“What?! But I AM a lady!” the stallion responded.

Disarray ignored the words, directing her attention to the stallion’s body “Oh wow Mr. Mayor, I’m flattered~”

Mayor Mustang looked down to where Disarray was looking. The stallion was sporting a rather impressive erection.

With a shriek of surprise and a face turning beet red, the stallion got up and made a hasty exit to the other sauna.

---

Back in Canterlot, captain Sky Lancer was working side by side with the lunar guard captains Ebony Ice and Light Parry along with one of the heads of the EBI; Trickster Lulamoon, and the head of the ESS; Bluebelle.

Unfortunately, their best efforts to quarantine Canterlot after the fiasco with Shim and Sham proved in vain as messengers were arriving, reporting gender-bending outbreaks in every major city in Equestria. Really, you couldn’t even blame the twins; but Sky Lancer was going to try.

“All this chaos, because Prince Artemis thought it was a good idea to use criminals for his secret investigations squad!”

“That's the Equestrian Bureau of Investigations, thank you very much! Also, we could have been much faster if you had allowed the EBI and Lunar guard to do our jobs without Solar interference”

“He’s right” agreed Ebony. “No one knows the Red district like Tricker, and us Lunar guards are trained for speed. If you hadn’t insisted on including Solar guards in every squad, we could have had the majority of the city locked down in time”

“Well, it doesn’t matter now” Sky Lancer said dismissively. “From the reports, it seems those insufferable Masters of Mayhem had spread this to every major city in Equestria”

The Solar captain cursed the ‘deities’ of chaos under her breath, clutching the golden sun totem she wore around her neck.

---

Back in Ponyville, in Sugarcube Corner, an energetic stallion named Bubble Berry bounced through the shop to the bathrooms where he accidentally found Lyra, Bon Bon, and Vinyl Scratch.

“OH! Get out!” “What the buck?!” “Mares Only dude!”

“Upsi! Sorry sorry, I forgot I’m not Pinkie anymore, my mistake!” Bubble Berry apologized before turning away to leave.

“Wait! Pinkie? Pinkie Pie is that you?!” Lyra asked, grabbing the pink stallion by the shoulder “What did you mean…” The effect was immediate.

Bubble Berry bounded away, leaving Vinyl, Bon Bon, and a very confused Harpsi.

“Wha-what the buck?! Bon Bon Im a…a…” the stallion said, hyperventilating.

“Calm down Lyra, hunnybun, calm down…” Bon Bon said encouragingly as Harpsi pressed his side against a wall as he held onto a sink for seemingly dear life, gawking at his reflection in the mirror.

“I can’t…I can’t…Bon Bon…I like STALLIONS now!!” he said, his eyes running over the reflection of his body before turning to his fiancée. “Stallions, Bon Bon, I want them…I want them to…I…I…ARGH!” he groaned.

“I’m not just gonna give up on us, We’ll figure this out” Bon Bon said, reaching out to grab and hold onto her fiance. “We’ll-” the effect was immediate.

The both gazed at each other silently, soaking in the appearance of the other. Finally, Babar broke the silence with a chuckle “See Harpsi? One little touch is all it took…”

They smiled.

They wrapped their arms around each other.

They kissed, passionately.

Vinyl just scratched her head as she looked at her two friends and tried to escape before things got weirder. She was scooting along the wall towards the exit when she grazed against the two as they made out, instantly turning into Vinny Skratch.

“...Da buck?!” Vinny exclaimed, looking himself over before shrugging “Guess I’ll go find Ocavia for…reasons…” he said, leaving the bathroom just as Cup Cake was entertaining.

The blue mare took in the sight; two stallions making out as another watched in the mare's bathroom, and screamed.

“AAHH PERVERTS!”

“Oh, save it, Cup Cake” Vinny groaned, flicking Cup Cake on the forehead and instantly changing her into a stallion.

Up in the skies above Ponyville, Rainbow Blitz was grumbling, curing his bad luck. It all started when he was visiting Fluttershy that morning and had bumped into Derpo as the mail-stallion was making his rounds. Now Rainbow had only one goal, to locate the source of this chaos and punch them in the face!

“Come on Rainbow, this is useless. I think we should go meet up with others” said Butterscotch next to him; even Fluttershy had transformed.

“Yea….yea I think you’re right. Won’t be able to undo this without the others anyways” sighed the blue stallion.

Off they flew to the Castle of Friendship, eyes peeled for any of the Masters of Mayhem. Yet, they didn’t see mane nor tail of them, which was weird.

The Agents of Mayhem, however, were busy relaxing at the Spa. All six members were relaxing in one of the hot tubs.

“Ah, nothing like a good day of chaos and relaxation” sighed Disarray happily.

“You said it!” agreed Bad Seed as he slid a little further into the water.

Hymnphonic didn’t respond, just deciding to be a little bold and moved closer to the dragoness, wrapping one of his arms around her waist. Disarray didn’t seem to mind this, and even leaned against the green haired stallion.

“Oh yea” the dragoness said, addressing the two members who had shown up not fifteen minutes prior. “Did you complete your rounds?”

Party Pop and Chimera grinned in unison.

“Ohhhh yea” giggled Pop “We visited nearly every country and kingdom on Equis. This prank is spread all kinds of far and wide”

The dark scaled dragoness just smiled. “Good. Good.”

---

In Canterlot, the Princess had assembled all their military leaders in the throne room. The plan to isolate the city to stop the spread had proven futile, as reports were coming in from all major cities in Equestria. Prince Solaris sighed as he stared out of one of the stained glass windows.

“All efforts to contain this have failed. Our only hope lies with elements of harmony now…”

---

Back in Ponyville, Team Harmony was sitting on their thrones around the Crystal Map. Deep in debate.

“I saw we just zap ourselves back now!” argued Rainbow Blitz.

“Now now, let's not be too hasty” said Elusive as he sketched away on an art pad. “There are so many benefits to consider”

“What benefits!?” Rainbow practically shouted back.

“Seeing things from a different perspective of course. I’ve come up with so many new designs, it would be a shame to stop now darling. ``I vote we wait a bit longer before reversing the prank” the white stallion responded.

“We’ll, ah’m rather indifferent on it” Applejack added, looking at his arm and giving it a few flexes “Mare or stallion, ah’m still me, still strong, so one way or the other, don’t matter. If the majority want it, ah’m gonna go that way”

Bubble bounced in his seat, giggling “Oh yea yea, I know what you mean! I mean, I love being a mare, but when I'm like this, only my butt bounces around when I prance around ooh ooh and I can actually see my hooves when I look down! It's kind of nice. I miss the twins though….” he said, holding his hand up to his chest to cup nonexistent boobs. “I vote to change back now”

Dusk nodded, “That's the majority, Elusive”

“Oh well, I guess I got enough sketches down anyways, let's change it back” the white stallion sighed.

At that moment, Disarray decided to walk into the Map room, her scales shimmering. “Wow what a wonderful day. Nothing beats a good spa day…”

The mane six stared at the dragoness from their thrones, each face showing a bevy of emotions.

Holding up her clawed hands, Disarray smiled “Hey, hey, I just came to give you all some advice for ending this prank. See, the whole world is affected…”

“THE WHOLE WORLD?!” Dusk Shine cut in, strands of his mane starting to stand out in different directions.

“The whole world is affected…” Disarray continued. “So a normal harmony wave won’t cut it. That’s good for fixing Equestria, but isn’t really gonna work globally. Now, you could just leave the rest of the world to it’s fate….or you can produce a Super Wave”

This got team harmony’s attention.

“A what now?” asked Applejack.

“A Super Harmony Wave. It’s simple, you use the castle itself as a conduit. Focus on producing a harmonic wave like normal, but this time, stay on your thrones and focus the energy into the map itself, the castle will do the rest” Disarray explained, heading towards the door.

“And why should we believe anything you say?” Rainbow asked, frowning at the black scaled dragoness.

“Do or don’t, I don’t care. Fire a normal harmony wave, save equestria, forget about the rest of the world. Try and fire a Super Harmony Wave and save everyone across the globe. The choice is yours, I’ve had my fun. Anywho, I have places to be, so I’ll be taking my leave. Tootles~”

And with that, Disarray the dragoness disappeared in a flash of purple and green flames.

Team Harmony stared at each other. One by one each placed their hands on the crystal map table. They nodded to each other, their eyes glowed, the map glowed, the castle glowed.

All will be made right.

---

It had been two weeks since what had been dubbed “The Great Gender Bender Prank”, and Gleaming Shield was currently praying to the porcelain god. Her, along with a bunch of other ex-males from around the world have found themselves unable to change back, no matter how much harmony magic they were flooded with.

It was a confusing predicament to be sure. Some Equestrian nobles thought it was a grand conspiracy of the Masters of Mayhem to lower Equestra’s already small male population. The real reason was much simpler and fantastic.

Every male who had been changed and who couldn’t change back….was currently pregnant.

Gleaming Shield threw up again as Empress Cadance patted her wife’s back comfortably, holding her hair out of the way for her.

“That’s it love, let it out” she cooed gently.

“I d-don’t remember it being this bad when you had Flurry” groaned Gleaming, giving a few more dry heaves.

“That's because it wasn’t, alicorn physiology and all that” Cadance explained, helping her wife to her hooves and wiping her mouth with some tissue.

In Ponyville, the girls sat in their normal booth, chatting amongst themselves, as the Cakes came over with their orders.

“Now, hun I told you I’m still capable of carrying trays of food”

“I just don’t want you to over excerpt yourself in your condition…”

Pinkie giggled “Thanks for bringing over our orders Mrs. Cake and Mrs. Cake”

“I told you dear, just call me Cup and her Carrot, it’ll be a lot less confusing” the plump blue mare said, her wife giving a chuckle as the ginger-maned mare straightened up with a stretch.

“And if you girls need anything, don’t hesitate to ask” added Carrot Cake.

“I’ll help you carry it out next time” added Pinkie

“Oh, not you too, I told you both, I’m still perfectly capable of carrying things on my own” complained Carrot, with a roll of her eyes.

“For now dear, we’ll see how big you get, and if you’ll be singing a different tune then” added Cup Cake, laying a hand against her wife’s currently flat belly. Carrot smiled, leaned in, and gave her wife a kiss. Their family was growing. Granted, by unconventional means, but the two couldn’t be happier.

That was generally the sentiment globally, according to all the correspondents and ambassadors that Celestia had to deal with.

The Minotaurs saw the event as a minor annoyance, as the bulls turned cows complained about their acquired hefty assets. Over all however, they report the population boom as a net positive. Same could be said for the Yaks. Yakistan declared the “Day of Different Genders” a national holiday, full of feasting and “much frocking, yak style!” to quote the yak ambassador.

The Griffin Empire seemed to have taken very negatively to the prank, and claim the event as “the Equestrian gods interfering and meddling in griffin affairs.” Celestia was quick to send many letters explaining that the Masters of Mayhem, and by extension Maelstrom, were not recognized as official Equestrian deities and aren’t representatives of Equestria and her interests; thus Equestria bears no responsibility for their actions. If she was being honest though, the griffins just liked complaining, and would gripe and complain about being ‘left out’ if they hadn’t been affected.

The biggest shocker came from the dragon lands though. They sent many letters from the various Dragon Lords and even the dragon’s High King himself, praising the prank. The letters wrote of new holidays, celebrations, and feasts held in Disarray’s honor. Never have the dragon lands been so full of eggs. Many dragoness’ were egg-heavy and this was cause for celebration!

Disarray put down the scroll he had been reading. It was from his friend, Dragon Lord Ember. She had written to inform him that Garble and his, now her, crew were all very egg-heavy. She figured Disarray would get a kick out of hearing the fate of his old tormentors. She was right, as the black scaled drake couldn’t hold back his snickering.

All in all, the whole world saw his prank as a positive, and with all that chaos’ influence was growing. There were whispers in the shadow, people were starting to notice. Things were starting to move. Pieces were in place.

Oh yea, it was all coming together.

Comments

[Starlight Nova]

Why isn't Disarray in the cover art?

[Kaliann25]

Okay a different take on my original version. Now that I look back I must said I always rushed with the endings. Love how you are taking a more calmed tone and adding more details to the background. Also Glad that you took so may of the elements of the original like the EBI or the name Vito Colteone.

Anyway, thank you so much for the chapter.

Read ya' later!!

[ThunderBasilisk]

Finally an update after so long! Also i expected a reaction to the events of last chapter but it seems like it was glossed over. Will it be explored in later chapters? Also the chaos in this chapter was hilarious.

[DarkDMan]

New World Order!!!

[Kichi]

Yay, one chapter for year... You forgot the Caribous and how their slaves decided to rise and turn the masters into slaves

[Mega_Xlr]

An excellent chapter.... I just didn't understand one thing... how can he/they be pregnant if it takes 9 months? there's also the fact that Gleaming Shield gives birth when that time hasn't passed?

question: do guys after giving birth do they go back to being studs?

[religarro]

11332840
Your questions confuse me

[Mega_Xlr]

11332883
1) Seriously? was it you who wrote the story and you're telling me you're confused? I'm the one who's confused, well just a little.
2) Which one?

[religarro]

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"how can he/they be pregnant if it takes 9 months?"
And
"there's also the fact that Gleaming Shield gives birth when that time hasn't passed?"
Both are two very confusing questions.
1. I dont actually understand what you're asking me.
2. Nowhere had I said Gleaming gave birth yet.

[religarro]

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The Caribou dont exist in this universe

[Mega_Xlr]

11333643
At the end of the chapter you let this show.

That's what I understood.

So if it didn't happen I'm wrong, sorry.

[religarro]

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Gleaming Shield is pregnant. I never said anything about them giving birth. Its only been 2 weeks after the prank.

[Mega_Xlr]

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That's what I'm talking about... that was the point where I understood that she was giving birth.

Will he go back to being a stallion after giving birth?

isn't it just her plus all the others too, including the other races?

[Aether Spark]

Just as confirmation Spikes mad at Twilight but he doesn't hate her and is willing to stop when a prank goes too far.

Right?

[Aether Spark]

Spike can be a normal name, not just a pet name, besides he named so for his head spines.

[Clopian26]

Oh boy how exciting can’t wait for more