“I still can’t believe that you actually had the guts to ditch morning guard duty for some mare.” the yellow pegasus exclaimed with surprise and joy. “Wait till the guys back at Canterlot hear about this!” he was laughing out loud “After Captain Sonic Boom said to all of us we should follow YOUR example.” He was vehemently laughing that he fell on the floor thinking about what he said. “This is too much.” He said wiping off the tears from his eyes.
“For the last time, I wasn’t ditching morning duty. It was already morning by the time I got back.” Shining Armor vehemently shook his head as he tries to deny the pegasus’ claims. “Come on Sharpeye, give me a break. I had a rough night yesterday, really rough night.” He pressed his hoof between his eyes trying to rid himself of the drowsiness he was feeling as of the moment.
“Sure a rough night…” the pegasus smirked and grinned towards Shining Armor.
“It’s not what you think!” Shining Armor quickly replied hoping to make himself clear before Sharpeye thinks of something else. “I was only trying to show her around town and have something to eat. Nothing more happened!” Shining Armor stared at the pegasus with his eyes crossed on him. “Okay?”
“Lighten up…” Sharpeye tried to push himself back “I was only kidding.” His laughter started to sound sheepish “Listen, I heard that Captain Sonic Boom’s been pushing the lieutenant lately and with the sudden appearance of the dragon last night, I can’t blame him for blowing of some steam.” Sharpeye’s face started to become serious.
“A dragon?” Shining Armor recalled the massive shadow flying over them. Since he didn’t bothered to even look up he had no clue that it was a dragon flying over them. His face was blank with the horrifying realization. “I had no idea…”
“You okay?” Sharpeye waved his hoof left and right in front of the daydreaming unicorn in front of him.
“Yeah, I’m fine…” Shining Armor shook his head noticing Sharpeye’s calls. “I’m just relieved that nothing happened.” He let out a sigh of relief. “What’s this about Captain Sonic Boom and the lieutenant?”
Darting his eyes around their surroundings making sure that no other guards or the lieutenant was in the vicinity, Sharpeye went a little closer to Shining Armor in response to his question. “Rumor has it that the lieutenant used to be part of the Royal Guard, in fact he was even nominated by the Captain himself to be the next captain of the Royal Guards.” He whispered behind Shining Armor’s ear.
“What happened?” Shining Armor in shocked to hear the piece of info asked.
“I don’t know exactly but I heard that he went home to be a family stallion?” he replied still maintaining his whispering voice. “I don’t really know the details but that’s what I’ve heard.”
“Well anyway, it’s best that we start our duties don’t want to have the lieutenant yelling at us.” Shining Armor replied as he waved his hoof and went their separate ways.
“Hmm… That stallion…” Chrysalis, still in her stolen form, recalled the incident from the café earlier. Walking around the room back and forth, she was slowly weaving her plan inside her mind. “I see…” A malicious smile slowly crept on her face. She slowly walked towards the window as she furnishes her plans inside her mind.
First, take control of the lieutenant, invade his home and take his form. Then send most of the guardspony in town to a trap and have her troops assume the missing guards’ form. Lastly with the town unprotected have it populated with changelings under the guise of the townspony. If the plan is successful they can easily enter Equestria without anypony noticing their arrival.
The mere thought of the plan excited the changeling princess as she squeals in glee. The moment she had her thoughts sorted, she peered onto the window hoping to find the unsuspecting target in sight. Darting her glances left and right, she saw no pony resembling the lieutenant.
“Don’t worry the morning is just starting I’m sure he’s bound to come here.” She told herself reassuring herself of her thought-out plan. Unsure of the place and her time limit of her stolen form, she was hesitant in doing the search by hoof so she decided to stay and wait until he arrives.
Moments have passed; she still hasn’t seen signs of the target. “He’s a guard so he has to come around sooner…” she was starting to panic. The time limit of her form was slowly ticking away the more she waits. If she wasted her time, she would lose her stolen form and be trapped inside the room like an escape convict hiding from the authorities. “I guess taking a initiative won’t be so bad…” her thoughts of hiding and waiting were starting to get swayed. She slowly walked towards the door. Her heart was pounding the closer she is to the exit. She thought of everything, she did mental simulations; but the thought of actually doing it proved to be more nerve-wrecking. Her hoof was already at the door knob by the time she got her mind back into reality.
“You can do this Chrysalis…” she tried to motivate herself. “This is your duty and your mission.” She took one big gulp and a deep breath; she twisted the knob opening the door taking the first step of her mission.
It wasn’t so bad. She thought as she looked upon the warm morning over the bustling town. Everything was bright and cheerful. All of the shops were opened. The town nearly had everything covered from fruits and vegetable stands, to furniture shops. Over at the father side of the town were the spa, local taverns and other forms of relaxation to the ponies in town. On the opposite side one can see a glimpse of the barracks. There were several guardsponies were stationed near the area. Just besides the bazaar area were the inns, hospitals and other forms of service establishments. Her attention quickly diverted upon seeing the familiar café where she feasted on the cake.
“I wonder where Shining Armor is?” she asked herself as she walked closer to the café. “I mean the target” she shook her head stopping on her tracks. “Why should I concern myself with that idiot, I have no further use for him except for the cake but that aside, I have a more important mission to carry out “She reminded herself of the task at hand.
Hoping to find the lieutenant, she lost track of time. In one fateful step, she noticing something was happening to her body. She immediately looked down and was horrified of what she saw. Her hoof was changing back. Her left hoof was already black and holed in contrast to the upper part of it which was still white. Without hesitation, she quickly galloped back towards the inn. The reversion was too fast at her pace, her whole leg already changed back. She quickly changed her goal and focused on finding the nearest alleyway to hide herself.
“This can’t be happening…” she was starting to panic as she looked at her two front hooves and only saw her familiar black and holed hooves. She took a quick glance at her body and to her fear; it was her own body that she was seeing. Everything was falling apart, her plan, her goals, and her mission, not to mention her life if one of the guards saw her that would be the end of it She thought. She turned around hoping that no pony saw her reverting back. Her eyes quickly widened in surprise and shock to see the turn of events. “This might not be so bad after all…” She smirked after seeing her target in sight. “If only I could grab his attention.” She snickered and quickly thought of a way to lure the lieutenant to her trap.
“What the?” the lieutenant quickly turned towards the alley after seeing weird green glows emanating. He tilted his head wondering what the strange light could be as he comes closer and closer to it. He was left dumbfounded the moment he saw there was nothing. He scratched his head perplexed. Before he could even turn back, all of his energy was suddenly sucked away by an unknown force from behind.
“Gullible fool!” Chrysalis laughed maniacally at her fallen prey. “That was quite of some tasty love you have there…” she snickered “Now to set my plans into motion.” She said as she prepared herself to emulate the form of the lieutenant’s loved one. the similar eerie green flames engulfed her body burning away her original form into her targeted form.
What did I turn into? She thought, excited of her new form and unable to contain the suspense, she quickly looked around for something that could work as a mirror. The closest she could find was a broken window fragment just beside her. Excitedly, she took a glimpse of her new form. her excited mood quickly turned into confusion the moment she saw herself. It was blurry, but she could picture out a white coat, a spiked blonde mane and a pair of blue eyes. Upon closer inspection she can finally see bits of details of her new face. Her face became a bit muscular and square shaped. Her body became bulkier and muscular. Her wings were also as muscular and ripped. She wasn’t freakishly muscular but her body was too ripped to be considered the regular kind.
“This can’t be right…” she said to herself. The mere sound of her voice made her shiver. Her voice was coarser and rougher. She couldn’t belief herself of what did she become. She never expected to become a stallion not at this time. Her heart was racing against time trying to think of a plan B. Acting concerned as a mare was easy though but as a stallion for another stallion it was different. Her cover would be blown so easily if she dealt with him in this form now, but her target. He was simply lying beside her at her mercy. She thought.
The lieutenant groans in pain as he was starting to regain consciousness. Lost, confused and frustrated at the turn of events, she quickly ran away leaving the lieutenant alone down on the ground.
“How can this be possible?” She thought still feeling confused about her transformation. In her rush, she suddenly crashed into a familiar white unicorn guard sending both on the ground. “Watch where you’re standing!” she shouted in her newly found rough and coarse voice.
“C-Captain?!” Shining Armor’s eyes widened to see none other than Captain Sonic Boom right in his face.
“Shining Armor! I’m so glad to see you!” oblivious to her current appearance she quickly hugged the unicorn stallion tightly.
The two’s display were somehow garnering the attention of several bystanders. Shining Armor noticing the questioning stares of the public pushed the stallion away. “What are you doing here?” he asked still believing that the pony in front of him is the Captain.
“It’s me!” she forced herself coming closer to Shining Armor. Her eyes suddenly glowed in green revealing the original form of her eyes In response to her emotions.
“Huh?” Shining Armor noticed the flickering changes in the eyes. “No…” His voice dropped from the disbelief. “This can’t be serious.” He finally caught the true identity of the muscular pony in front of him. Without hesitation he grabbed the stallion’s hoof and dragged him into the nearest hiding place available.
“What happened? How did you ended up like this?” Shining Armor raised his voice asked Chrysalis wearing his Captain’s appearance. “Where did you get this form?”
“Well I-“She looked away from Shining Armor as she tries to think of a solid and sound alibi. “I decided to look around town and before I noticed I was changing back.” She gave a huge sigh and looked at Shining Armor directly in the eye. “I panicked okay?” She started raising her voice “I just grabbed whatever I could find to disguise myself.” Her eyebrows crossed. “Before I realized I ended up in ‘this’ appearance” she was filled with contempt as she looked over her new appearance. She looked at him steadily hoping that he will buy her story.
“Well anyway let’s just head back to your room” Shining Armor suggested. “That way no pony can see you like this.” he continued. “We can’t let any pony see you especially the guards.”
“Why?” she curiously asked.
“Well…” Shining Armor quickly trying to conjure up an excuse so that Chrysalis would quickly follow his suggestion. “That pony is a wanted criminal.” He tried his best keeping a straight face but his nature made a few of his face muscles flinch and twitch.
“Criminal?” She replied seeing pass through Shining Armor’s lie. “Are you sure about that?”
“Yes! He’s a criminal so it’s best we quickly hide you so that none of the guards might mistaken you for him.” He quickly turned around hiding his facial expressions from her.
“Okay…” Seeing that Shining Armor seems to be sticking with his lie, Chrysalis went along. “But first you have to take me at that place you called ‘café’ I want to try that cake again.” She smiled a playful smile wanting to see how Shining Armor will react.
“What?!” Shining Armor quickly turned to her. “You just had cake this morning!”
“I told you it wasn’t me.” She shrugged and turned away from Shining Armor revealing a slight blush on her cheeks.
Shining Armor felt a bit awkward seeing his ‘Captain’ act like that. “You win… “Knowing that he can’t argue with Chrysalis anymore he gave out a huge sigh and nodded in agreement
“Yes!” she smiled feeling a sensation of victory.
“But on one condition you have to put this on.” Shining Armor’s horn glowed purple. Using a simple conjuration spell, he drew out a figure resembling a cloak. The cloak softly landed behind Chrysalis’ board shoulders courtesy of her new form. The sparks of magic soon fell out of the cloak as it solidifies turning it into a full-fledge cloak.
They soon went towards the same café with Chyrsalis still oblivious that she looks like an overly buff pegasus, and Shining Armor worried sick hoping that no pony would see the them especially on how Chrysalis looks like right now.
**Author's Note**
Sorry for the delay, I had a hard time trying to connect the last chapter and the succeeding plans for the fic plus i got caught up with my other fic (Hope you guys can take a glimpse of it) added with the disappointment for not having the specs required for Diablo 3...