Chrysalis awoke with a yawn as she blinked her eyes open and saw the scared little child curled up in a ball in the corner on the cold hard ground. She grinned mischievously at the fear expressed by Toby as she climbed off her rock bed and stretched out her legs. She trotted over to him and placed a froe hoof on his small form to stroke along his back.
Her sinister grin wider as she lowered her head down to his as her hot breath brushed against the side of his face “Time to wake up my little morsel.” She let out a low chuckle as she reached her hoof up to stroke at his head a little rough.
Toby whimpered at the rough stroking of his head and slowly blinked his eyes open to look up at her with an evil smirk. His lower lip quivered as he spoke through sobs “P-please let me go your highness. I-I pro…” he was cut off as she stomped a hoof in front of him causing him to tremble.
“Silence,” she yelled as she glared down at the terrified child. She growled, but took a deep breath and relaxed “Now as I said before, you are not going anywhere small one. You are going to be catalyst I need to finally take my rightful place as the true Queen of Equestria,” she cackled.
“B-b-but Auntie Celestia and Auntie Luna are the Princesses of Equestria,” he spoke nervously as he sat up bringing his knees up to his chest and hugging his legs tightly.
She chuckled lowly as she looked down at him curiously “Oh, so you think they are your family don’t you my sweet little treat?” she smirked mischievously down at him.
He shuddered with fear as he slowly raised his head “Y-yes they are. They love me,” he felt a tear roll down his cheek.
She laughed “Oh, you poor naïve child,” she shook her head as she laid down in front of him placing her fore hooves on each side of him. “They have you fooled little one. They despise those who are different from them, those who don’t appear to be a regular pony. That includes you my dear little snack,” she chuckled and rubbed at his cheek roughly with a hoof.
He turned his head to the side away from her hoof with more fresh hot tears shedding from his eyes “T-that isn’t true,” his body shook with sobs.
Chrysalis chuckled as she sat up on her haunches “Oh, you don’t think so my dear child. Well, let me show you what your so called loving family done to me and my family,” she growled as she lit her horn up. Suddenly an image appeared and Toby slowly turned his head to look at it.
After viewing the memory of Chrysalis, Toby had a sad yet shocked look on his face. Chrysalis closed her eyes for a second to act like she was crying, and then opened them to look down at him. She smirked evilly as she laid back down in front of him.
“Now don’t you see little one? Your so called Auntie Celestia and her ponies believe that they are the only ones capable of love, and those different from them are unworthy of it.” She sneered. “They are just fooling you little one. When you least expect it, they will turn on you and cast you away like us,” she rubbed at his side with a hoof.
Toby shook his head vigorously as tears fell from his face “T-that isn’t true. T-they do love me and they always will. T-they love me with all their hearts, even if I am not like them,” he looked up at her shaking.
She looked at him with a scowl of anger and stood up to her full height stomping a hoof next to him “You insolent little runt! You are indeed as naïve and weak as you appear, but let us see how strong your love really is,” she chuckled as she licked her lips. She lit her horn up and enveloped Toby in her magical aura.
“P-please sto….Gah,” she squeezed at him, and proceed to absorb the aura which slowly started to drain Toby of his love.
As he was being drained, Chrysalis could feel her own aura envelope her as it injected her with his love “Awh… yes, yes that feels magnificent,” she let out a cackle as she absorbed a little bit more before releasing the scared child from her magic causing to collapse to the ground.
His breathing became shallow and weak as he started to cough and whimper “Hu… huh… huh… w-what did you do to me?” He asked in a broken tone as he curled up on the ground.
Chrysalis sighed satisfyingly “Mm… I just absorbed some of your love my dear little morsel, and may I say it tastes simply divine, “she let out a low chuckle. She grinned widely at the trembling and weakened colt and stroked at his side with a hoof. “Now you stay here my dear child while I go feed my children. Ha… like you can go anywhere,” she chuckled evilly as she trotted out of her living quarters leaving Toby behind whimpering and trembling like a leaf.