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//  Meeting Queen Chysalis  
// Story: The Lost Legends of Equestria: Star Swirl the Bearded 
// by Silver Inkwell 
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Meeting Queen Chrysalis

“Who is this Queen Chrysalis anyways?” Star Swirl said quite some time after the whole entire affair with the traitor being in the royal court, which was and turned out to be Orion Sky in the very end if you couldn’t guess that at all.

“Oh, she’s just another royal regal alicorn, but she is a bit… different from the rest and others, for one thing she likes to experiments with potions and magic and science, and I am all for those, but she can take it to extremes at times.

For another thing she has a mysterious nature around her, or so many have said, she never reveals her true or real feelings, ever. She’s odd and unusual because she won’t act like the rest of us either, she says that she only shows her true face when she is wearing different masks, but that when she shows her true face she is only wearing one mask of many, and when she is wearing one mask she is only showing a very small part of herself, and so you see her words and wisdom and philosophy seem to be just as confusing as you.

But perhaps maybe you can make something out of her for me this time.”

“Yes, perhaps I can,” and with that said he waited until the day would come that he could go and meet this Queen that he had heard so much about.

He knew only what the king told him, and other than what she was like he had only told him that she exported honey and sugar and various random potions too, in fact her whole entire kingdom was good at doing just those things.

And so the day eventually came that he finally got the chance to meet her, and to be exact and precise it was three days before the summer solstice that he finally did get the chance and opportunity to meet her, and he was very glad for it indeed. She arrived very simply with no ponies to announce her presence.

Well none in the city at least, she did have one for the main hallway of the throne room “Announcing her royal majesty Queen Chrysalis,” a random messenger said before stepping out of the middle of the way and room to give her some entry space and whether that was out of pure common courtesy or respect or tradition or some kind of social status or a combination of them, he could not tell, and honestly he could care even less about it, a whole lot less.

And with that in his mind he watched in wonder and awe as she strode down the middle of the aisle in a brilliant bight white dress that was lined with bright golden yellow lace that seemed so flow and move like honey as she gently glided across the floor not even making the slightest hint or suggestion of a noise.

Her body was equally white as the color of her dress, but perhaps more vibrant for the dress seemed dull in comparison to her natural beauty and splendor, but it was hard to tell with only natural light coming through the windows.

And her hair, it was brown like a very deep and rich chocolate, but it had streaks of the same bright brilliant yellow that laced her dress.

She was quite a very lovely sight to see indeed, and both Star Swirl and the king had to remind themselves that they were already married to another.

“Wow,” Star Swirl said being the first one to state the obvious, “You look very lovely and totally awesome and cool, can I have the name of your stylist and all your personal contact information so I can get in touch with you very soon?”

She laughed at this comment as if remembering a very fond moment from the past, “I remember the first time that the king asked that,” she said with a very light tone and voice that was as sweet and soft as honey and even the speed and flow at which it came out was also as smooth as it, “But no, you may not.”

Star Swirl was both relived and disappointed, relived because he wouldn’t have the temptation to go and see her, and disappointed because he couldn’t go see her. “I see that all is going quite well over here without me here,” she said.

“Yes,” Cosmos said, “But now that you’re here you will certainly bring joy and delight to many, and also your sweet goods and treats too, I mean, what would the party be without you?” he said raising his hoofs to make a point.

“Yes,” she said very calmly and coldly and smoothly, “What would it be like without me to offer my sweet goods and services? You would have even less to offer than you usually do, and you should thank me even more for that.”

The king smiled at that, “What kind of thank you did you have in mind?”

She smiled playfully, “Certainly not the one that you had in your mind just now, sorry boys, but I don’t ‘do it’ with other ponies who aren’t fit or worthy enough for me, and neither of you quite cut it out for me.”

And with that said she gently glided past both of them and it was just then right at that very moment that he finally noticed the details and color of her eyes, they were blue just like the ocean so very far away from them.

“I’ll be staying in one of the guest’s rooms unless you would like it otherwise?” she said from behind both of them.

“That’s fine,” Cosmos said turning around to face her and he did the same too, “But should you ever need anything feel free to ask.”

“Thank you very much, but I think that I will be fine on my own.”

And with that said she gently glided off down the hallway as one of the many various random guards would take and lead her to the first available empty room that there was, but that was no worry since there were many indeed.

“Is she always like that?” Star Swirl said after she left.

“Oh yes she is,” Cosmos said turning back around facing front now, “And she is always playing games with us stallions, and no matter what others say she will never find any pony to settle down with, and she’s said it herself on many occasions, she doesn’t need a long term commitment, just a short term simple little rush of pleasure and joy and delight instead, and that is why despite what others say and suggest that she should do, she will never ever marry.”

“Alright, fine then, but were you thinking of… well you know… that when she said the thing about the giving her even more thanks for her stuff and things?”

“Oh yes I was,” he said with some small guilt, “But I can’t help it, no pony can. It’s like she cast some kind of spell over us or something like that.”

“If it was a spell I would know by now, and trust me, it wasn’t,” he said.

“I know,” Cosmos said, “It was something much better than neither of us can ever really have but it will still be something we wish for even when we die.”
“Yeah,” Star Swirl said in agreement feeling these exact thoughts and ideas.
They sat there in silence together for quite some very long time until he finally decided to speak up, “Is the rest of her kingdom like that?” Star Swirl said.
“I honestly don’t know,” King Cosmos said with a laugh.

“I would certainly hope not because that would mean that you have an entire kingdom with ponies who have all had their hearts broken and shattered to many small tiny little pieces by just one race of ponies,” he said.

“Yeah, I hope that too, but mainly because I want her to be unique and special and different and odd and strange and mysterious too.”

“Well that’s a good reason too I guess, but you were right about her.”

“Of course I was, did you doubt the word of a king and a friend?”

“No, of course not, I just doubted how much you could exaggerate or embellish it, or even if your memory faded with and over time, that’s all,” he said.

“Why you little…” Cosmos said as Star Swirl ran out laughing.

“Come back here! Guards! Chase after him! Don’t let him get away!”

And with that said they had themselves a merry little chase until the king finally caught him, and when he did they both laughed and went their separate ways after they explained to the guards what just happened exactly. And when Star Swirl got back to his room he was too tired to notice the letter that was on his desk by his bed and instead he fell into a very deep sleep instead.