It's a new day not long after Chrysalis's fight with her mother. Whilst her mother wanted her to kidnap Celestia and Luna, Chrysalis straight out refused as she had become close to the two.
"Fine you ungrateful brat! Ignore how things work in this hive! I don't care!" yells her mother in a snapping tone. "You fail as one of your kind! The rightful heir! I don't care!"
"Well! I hate you and never wanted any of this!" Chrysalis snaps back at her mother. "I don't like deceiving ponies or stealing their lives like you do, mother! I'll never be like you! Never!" She then flies off in tears to her room and cries herself to sleep. Maybe, after all, she does have a small piece of her heart left or else she wouldn't be able to care for Celestia and Luna.
A few minutes later, the Queen is approached by one of her guards-Antennae.
"What do you want, Antennae?" asks the Queen.
"Well, your highness," responds Antennae, "don't you think you're being a bit too harsh on your daughter. Making her try to kidnap and replace her friends, that's just wrong. Besides, Celestia and Luna will be more helpful to us later, when your daughter is older. Besides, if you get rid of the main princesses, the ponies are definitely going to notice."
"Ok, Antennae, you're probably right," responds the Queen sternly. "You do have a point. Taking the main princesses would raise too much suspicion. That can wait for now at least." She lets out a low but yet still evil chuckle. She then goes to tell her daughter the quote on quote good news.
"Oh daughter," says the Queen as she enters her daughter's room, "good news, we're not going to get rid of your friends the princesses yet."
"Really mother?" says Chrysalis, "thank you so much!" She embraces her mother in a hug. She then returns back to bed and falls fast asleep.
"You're welcome," says her mother with a sick grin as she leaves the room. After all, she has a takeover to plan. She just doesn't want her daughter to know that.
Back in the main room, the Queen gathers her guard and explains her plan. "We need to go undercover in Canterlot, collect as much info on the princesses as we can, but we're not to kidnap them. That won't be necessary until my daughter finally becomes queen in twenty years. For now, though, take to your pony disguises and other animal disguises and get out in the field. Now go!" The Queen screams at them, terrifying them. They then transform into their disguises and fly out of the hive and then disappear into Canterlot, no pony realizing the small invasion of Changelings.
Over the coarse of the next few months, the changelings gather tons of information on the Canterlot princesses, Celestia and Luna. Several of them work as servants in the castle whilst others work as photographers and reporters within the city. Every night, the changelings report their findings to their queen, who is disguised as a unicorn pony named Cherry Rose and no pony is the wiser. Their mini invasion, at least in the Queen's eyes, is a huge success.
"Yeah," says Chrysalis to her daughter, Cocoona, "mom was a liar and a jerk. She lied about her not spying on Celestia and Luna. She did spy on them and did a mini invasion of Canterlot. She told me they weren't going to. I hate her for that. I hate her so much. Your grandma was a monster. Be glad you never met her."
"Hearing all this from you, I'm so grateful that she's dead," responds Cocoona as she snuggles up under her mother's arm. She then falls fast asleep. All the while, Chrysalis just stays there until her daughter is fully asleep. Then she takes her and tucks her into bed for the night. Chrysalis then goes into the throne room and falls asleep on her throne a few hours later. Chrysalis is so glad she can keep her daughter from all the heartache, abuse and lies she faced as a child.