Polar Ace held a hoof to his mouth as he tried his best to suppress a loud yawn. Despite working for the Day Guard, the unicorn stallion had a bad habit of staying up well into the night, leaving him exhausted for his duties. To make matters worse, he had been assigned to guard a restricted section of the castle for today, one that saw little to no guests on an average day like today. Standing alone for hours on end in a single hallway was proving to be maddeningly boring, even for a Royal Guard like him.
At least if he had another pony around he could try and spark up idle chit-chat to stave off his boredom, but for some reason this job was a one-pony duty. It was taking all his effort to remain awake, which was becoming a losing battle with each passing minute.
Another yawn bubbled up from his throat, his eyelids drooping slightly as he glanced out the nearby window at the sun. Only another half hour or so until my shift ends. You can do this, Polar! Giving a quick shake of his head to dispel his fatigue, Polar Ace stood tall and proud, just as he had been trained to do.
Minutes later, Polar felt the familiar feeling of sleep washing over him. A quick nap couldn’t hurt… he thought as he finally succumbed to sleep’s loving embrace.
Thunk!
Hmm? Slowly stirring from his nap, Polar Ace rubbed at his tired eyes, blinking away the lingering sleep from his eyes. He could just make out a fuzzy figure standing infront of him, a blob of black, grey and ice blue. Hang on… He thought as his body began to awaken bit by bit. Nopony else is supposed to be here…
“H…hey…” Polar groggily said, his vision clearing enough for him to just make out the image of a grey mare with an ice blue mane standing inches from his face. She appeared to be dressed in the uniform of the cleaning staff, and was looking at him with a confused look on her face that matched his own.
Probably a new hire that got lost on her first day. “You’re not supposed to be here…” Did my voice always sound like that?
The mare said nothing, just blinking at him as she stared back.
“H-hey! This is a restricted area!” Polar barked, his voice sounding oddly high-pitched all of a sudden. “You can’t–“ As Polar reached out his hoof, the mare did the same, the two connecting with a light *thunk*.
“Huh?” Now fully awake, Polar’s eyes widened as he looked down at his hoof, noticing that his armoured shoes had been replaced with lace socks and slippers. Lowering his hoof again, the mare copied his action.
Polar Ace tilted his head. The mare did the same. He stuck out his tongue. Still the mare infront of him copied his actions. Finally he raised a hoof and yet again the mare mimicked his movements perfectly. Which could only mean…
“…Oh,” was all Polar Ace could say as she realized that the mare standing infront of her was her own reflection, somepony having placed a mirror nearby while she slept. That wasn’t the only thing they’d done though, as the mare was now dressed in a maid’s outfit, her once short mane having grown out considerably.
Distracted by her new appearance, Polar Ace didn’t notice Princess Celestia peeking in through the window, giggling to herself as she watched the stallion turned mare. True, turning him into a mare might have seemed like an overreaction to falling asleep near the end of his shift, but this hadn’t been the first time Polar Ace had been caught asleep at the wheel. One more report and he likely would have been dishonourably discharged, so Celestia figured this was a good way to give him one more chance to straighten out.
The fact that Polar looked adorable as a mare was just an added bonus.
So shellshocked was she by her new appearance, Polar didn’t notice as another guard came to replace her until he was standing right next to her. He just looked at her with a sympathetic look and said, “Fell asleep again, huh?”
Polar Ace just meekly nodded her head.
Patting him on the back, the Guard Pony just sighed. “Better report to the maid’s quarters for your new assignment.”
Lowering her head in shame, Polar Ace reluctantly began the long walk across the castle towards the maid quarters, mentally chastising herself. At least the uniforms are comfy…
I knew that it's bad to be sleeping on the job, but this takes it to another level xD
9834398
Running out of guards may be the intent of the plan. After all, they've literally never succeeded on-camera...
9835718
well, other than Shining Armor. engaged to a Princess then Prince Consort or not, he was very good with that city wide shield and throwing his wife. also, Twilight had to have learned her offensive spells somewhere and i guarantee it wasn't from sun butt. she probably helped him study for his officer's exam.
How many more introductions do you think you’ll make before just focusing on what happens to them as maids
Calling it: Mirror.
Called it. Mirror.
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Well he is taking inspiration from a short comic series at the moment, there might be one more in the series but after that the story will either be complete, forced to come up with new scenarios, or continue.
Herself, as of now.
Well, gotta look on the bright side.
Yeah, the maid uniform are nice, you don't even have to be a mare to enjoy them.
I wonder how much of the cleaning staff is a rotating crop of misbehaving guards. And how much of it's high echelon is the non-rotating part
Nice.
Just another sleeping victim
9835829
Same could be said outside of ponyland.
9836260
Very true :)
I LOVE THESE!!!!
While it's nice to get a bit more insight as to how these transformations are happening with the benefit of it being a written story and not only a picture. I'm really hopeful it's not just "The comics as story chapters."
To really make this special we do indeed need to explore a bit of how the stallions changed to maids are dealing with all this.
Do some of their former guards hit on them, now that they are mares? How do their family's react to this? Or to keep it simple. Have them doing tasks that they have to struggle with their new forms to do. Shopping? How is it to walk through the market place as a mare in a maid outfit?
There could be some real fun to be had here, so I really hope it's not just the transformations and story over. :/
will there be a funny end where celestia gets transformed?
Man I hope Celestia does this to prince blue blood to.
9831289
My objection is that she has changed them into mares, and just magically altered them at all, without their consent. Ruins it for me.
9832695
My point exactly. She seems to have crossed a rather serious line if you think about it. I understand the tone of the story is meant to be largely comedic and fetish fuel, but still.
9832449
Requiring them to do cleaning work is normal really. Using transformative magic on them without their consent is what would break it in my eyes. As to being stuck like that? She specifically changed them to make them work better, but if they leave what cause is there to keep them changed? If they quit, she would likely change them back and send them home.
9837807
Dude, I think you're taking this a weeeee bit too seriously...
wonder how long before celestia gets a surprise with a transfer request.
9837807
To be fair, most of the comics you’re not really supposed to think of the consequences or the reasons as to why said character did something you’re just supposed to laugh
9839409
Basically, yes.
9835718
Hm not true...
In the fight against Sombra's Armies they manage to hold their own...
9840821
You mean in the alternate universe that in-story should never have existed? Sure, that's totally a valid precedent.
9840838
Well it was on screen ;p
9840874
As I've seen it put: you're not incorrect, but you're still wrong.
9837181
I definitely want to see stallions hitting on them.
*laughs in Celestia/Trollestia/Molestia*
Which of those is more fitting?
Nah.
Sounds nice of her (maybe).
But the bonus is definitely worth it.
You forgot he 4th one
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9840814
I get that she is an absolute ruler, but even the most powerful monarchs in history ruled with the consent of the governed, and had to legitimately fear revolt if they overstepped their boundaries. Chinese and Japanese emperors, seen as gods by their people, had to live in fear of revolution, which happened more than once through history.
Leaving that aside, my main complaint from the start has been the issue of consent. I just find it hard to enjoy stories like this. If you like it, that's good for you.
Hopefully there’s some actual story here other than describing the picture per Badam otherwise there’s not really much content here
9844116
There will be, don't worry.
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I haven't for gotten, it was just released. Give me a little time, please.
Nice