Starlight Glimmer wearily cracked an eye open at the sound of her alarm clock. Vague memories of some dream about Chrysalis came back to her mind, and with them the events of the previous day. She moaned, and Chrysalis' voice answered, like she was in the very same room.
"Ugh, you said it."
Starlight was about to reach over and turn off the alarm when it stopped of its own accord.
She turned over to see what had stopped the alarm.
And she saw Chrysalis lying next to her on her bed, closer to the alarm clock.
Don't do a Twilight. BE CALM. BE CALM. BE CALM.
Starlight very gingerly started to shift out of bed when she heard Chrysalis mumbling, "Wait, where am I?"
"Uhhhh..."
Chrysalis' eyes shot open and she bolted into an upright position, looking around the room, until her eyes fixated on Starlight. A short, tense silence followed.
And then Chrysalis smacked her face with her hoof.
"This is your bedchamber, isn't it?"
"... Yeeeeessss...?"
"In the middle of Twilight Sparkle's crystal castle."
"Uh, yes?"
"With all of her friends right nearby."
"Oh, I think I see where you're going with this."
"So not only are we being forced to listen to each other, I've now been transported into one of the most dangerous places possible for me to be. Great."
Despite her alarm at suddenly having a revenge-crazed changeling queen in her bedroom, Starlight flopped back onto her rump despite herself and began rubbing her chin, contemplating.
"This all seems like some sort of insane prank."
Chrysalis groaned, rubbing her eyes. Starlight gave her a proper look-over and realized she looked quite the worse for wear; she had some dirt and brambles in her mane, and looked thinner than the last time they met.
"Changelings can drink coffee, right? I can go get you some, and you can use my shower in the meantime."
Chrysalis rolled her eyes with a sneer.
"Are you joking? I can't stay here a single second longer than necessary! If Twilight spots me—"
"Just take the form of a pony. I'll cover for you. Now get a shower; we need to figure out what's doing this to us and put a stop to it before one or both of us snap."
Chrysalis opened her mouth to speak, and then suddenly stopped and glanced aside like a thought had come to her.
"I... suppose I'll know if you're lying, since I can hear everything you say. Don't make me regret this, pony."
Starlight stood up and strode out of the room with a grin. After closing the door behind her, she mumbled, "Honestly, what do you think would happen if Twilight found you? She might lock you up in prison. Where you'd have nothing better to do but chew me out every day. Come on, I'm not crazy."
The sound of Chrysalis snickering floated over to her, and Starlight breathed a sigh of relief as she put a pot of coffee on.