Chrysalis had taken the form of a well-known and respected white Unicorn Fashionista, not quite realizing the effects upon her this was to exact. When the small Dragon approached her, and he takes from her the one thing he desires.
During Spike's travels throughout Equestria, he comes across a certain starving changling queen. Against his better judgement he decides to help her, this one act of kindness will put in motion a tale of loss and gain.
Spike discovers a strange mare trapped in the tunnels beneath Canterlot. Ignorant of the danger, he offers his friendship, but fake smiles and honeyed words hide a dark and desperate agenda..
Spike finds Chrysalis after the wedding, battered and beaten, but offers her a chance for redemption. However, things develop past that after he gets to know her, not as an enemy, but as a pony - or rather, as a changeling. . .