By TheWraithWriter
“I’ll show you fat, you anorexic succubus,” Twilight said through a mouthful of hayburgers.
Gourmet hayburgers, to be exact. While she did prefer the openness that living in Ponyville provided her, Twilight had to admit that living in a castle in a capital city had its benefits.
“We are not that thin, Twilight Sparkle,” said Princess Luna with amusement.
“Luna!” Twilight jumped, nearly choking on her hayburger before a good thump on the back from the goddess of the moon sent the piece of food lodged in her throat sailing across the room.
Twilight coughed a few times, blushing heavily. “Thank you,” she said meekly, “I’m sorry Luna, I wasn’t-”
“Talking about us? We figured as much,” Luna smiled mischievously. “But making believe otherwise was great fun.”
Twilight returned Luna’s smile. “I suppose you’re right. All three of you.” she added with a smirk of her own.
Luna’s puzzled look quickly morphed into a more sheepish one, a faint blush completing it. “Ah, we- I apologize. I sometimes slip back into the old tongue. A thousand years with just yourself to talk to will do that.”
Twilight winced. “It’s okay, Luna, nopony is going to fault you for that.”
“My banishment is old news, Twilight Sparkle, let us talk of more recent events. Such as the ones that led to you sitting here in the royal kitchen stuffing your face with hayburgers.”
Twilight sighed and picked up another burger. “It’s nothing, really.”
“Nothing does not constitute calling somepony an anorexic succubus.”
Rolling her eyes, Twilight stuffed the burger in her mouth before answering. “Chrysalis,” she mumbled.
“Tis rude to speak with a full mouth, Twilight.
The purple alicorn swallowed. “Chrysalis,” she repeated.
“You had another fight, I assume?”
Twilight nodded as she reached for another burger. “She called me fat.”
Luna tilted her head to the side, a vaguely amused expression on her features. “Did she now?”
Twilight groaned. “No. Not directly, at least. She suggested I go on a diet.” another hayburger found its way down Twilight’s gullet.
Luna’s expression became less vague. “Imagine.”
Twilight shot Luna a glare. “She has no right to tell me what I should be doing with my life!”
“And you are showing her this by devouring burgers of hay like they murdered your family?”
Twilight gritted her teeth a moment and then sighed, tension draining from her form. “No, I’m just making it worse.” she said with a hung head.
“Might I guess that there is more to this than your eating habits?”
Twilight nodded. “We seem to be fighting a lot lately. We’ll be going along, having a nice day, and then something she says or does just upsets me for no reason and we end up fighting.” another sigh “She doesn’t deserve that kind of treatment.”
“Then perhaps you should tell her that instead of me,” Luna said with a smile.
Twilight brightened somewhat. “Yeah, I should. Thanks Luna.”
“Anytime, Twilight Sparkle.” Luna grinned.
Twilight hopped down from her place at the table, intent on finding Chrysalis and making up. She paused at the door though.
“Luna? …Have you been spying on my dreams? You seem to know an awful lot about what’s happening already.”
Luna giggled. “I have not been spying on your dreams, Twilight.”
“Oh, good.”
“Tia has been spying on you though and she insists on reading her notes back to me, for some reason.”
Twilight quirked an eyebrow. “What? The princess has been spying on me? For how long?”
“Oh, at least a few years now. Making you a princess meant frequent visits to Canterlot which made it easier for her. Ah, these are her words, not mine.”
Twilight’s eyebrows switched positions as she tilted her head the other way. “And she told you all this?”
Luna laughed with a wave of her hoof, munching lightly on a burger of hay before answering. “Oh of course not. Not directly anyway. She talks in her sleep.”
“‘Talks in her…’” Twilight’s entire coat stood on end as her brain came to a rather unpleasant conclusion.
“Is something wrong, Twilight?” Luna asked.
“I really need to talk to Chrysalis.”
“Don’t let me keep you.” Luna said casually, taking another bite of a hayburger.
Twilight dashed away from the kitchen with a speed a certain blue pegasus would approve of. She quickly made her way back to her room, hoping Chrysalis was still there and hoping she could somehow scrub out the scarring and arousing images in her head.
However, when Twilight reached the hallway outside her room, she found it devoid of changeling queens. In place of her lover, Twilight found shards of broken glass and a large puddle of something that smelled a lot like casual friendship. There were signs that something had been drug through the puddle and recently too. Nearby, Twilight found a folded piece of paper, not unlike an invitation left on tables.
Picking it up, the pretty purple pony princess began to read.
-Dear Twilight,
I’m so very sorry I acted like a bitch earlier and called you fat. I’m really amazed you still want to be with me at this point, when the powerful and highly attractive Princess Celestia is just a letter away from making your dreams come true….
Anyway, if you still want to talk to me for some reason, I’ll be down at the train yard, contemplating my life.
Also, if you come, please bring cake.
-Chrysalis
And not Celestia
Twilight blinked a few times, reading the letter over a few times. It certainly didn’t look like Chrysalis’ hoof or magic writing. And it certainly didn’t sound like Chrysalis either.
Twilight knew that she had to go down to that train yard. But, she still had to express her feeling over the current situation first.
“Fffffffffffffffffffffffu-”